In Conversation with… Joanna Cherry

King’s Counsel. MP for Edinburgh Southwest. Chair, UK Parliament’s Joint Committee on Human Rights. SNP Spokesperson, Justice and Home Affairs 2015-2021. Led the successful 2019 Cherry Case against Boris Johnson’s unlawful prorogation of the UK Parliament. Co-litigant in the case against the UK Government at the EU Court of Justice, which established that Article 50 could be unilaterally revoked. Called to the bar in 1995, took silk in 2009. Standing Junior Counsel to the Scottish Government 2003-2008. Crown Counsel 2008-2011. One of the first specialist sex crimes prosecutors in Scotland’s pioneering National Sex Crimes Unit.

• Spoken Word
• £12.50
• 10 August 2026
• 60 minutes
• 12:00
• The Stand's New Town Theatre
• Grand Hall
• Age 12+ (Guideline)
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