Shami Chakrabarti In November 2015, the settlement was announced of a High Court libel case brought by Martin Hemming, formerly the Legal Adviser to the Ministry of Defence, concerning false allegations made by Chakrabarti. The publishers apologised for the "hurt and distress caused" by the allegations, confirmed they were "without foundation", and agreed to pay Hemming damages and legal costs. Shami Chakrabarti Sharmishta Chakrabarti, Baroness Chakrabarti, (born 16 June 1969), commonly known as Shami Chakrabarti, is a British Labour Party politician and member of the House of Lords. She is a barrister, and was the director of Liberty, an advocacy group which
Disablement Income Group Peter Large were themselves disabled. For this reason, many consider DIG to represent the beginnings of the modern disability movement in the United Kingdom. Disablement Income Group The Disablement Income Group (DIG) was a British disability pressure group formed in 1965 in Godalming, Surrey. It is considered the first pan-impairment pressure group in Britain, and was created to campaign for the introduction of a full disability income through the social security system for all disabled people. According to the Charity Commission, The Disablement Income Group had ceased to exist as a charity by 2 April 2003. DIG was founded in