'A lawyer in your pocket' - THE SECRET BARRISTER 'Pioneering legal advice for short attention spans' - GUARDIAN 'A very valuable guide' - TRISHA GODDARD FROM THE BIG ISSUE'S 2025 CHANGE MAKER: The indispensable guide to your right to protest In this handbook, campaigning lawyer Christian Weaver brings together everything you need to know when taking a stand. Whether you are marching on the streets or making your voice heard from your own front room, organising in your workplace or writing a letter to your MP, this essential guide equips you with your fundamental rights and the laws that protect you - as well as the ones you might inadvertently break. From attending a demonstration to when the police can - and can't - stop you, this book has your back. In it, you'll find up-to-date information on a whole range of topics, including: - Public assembly and who to notify when you're on the move - Striking in the workplace and action your employer can take against you - Direct action and when it crosses over into trespass - Stop and search and how to access help if you are arrested - Online activism and what to do if you accidentally libel someone For activists new and old alike, Your Right to Protest is the indispensable guide to using your voice for what you believe in.

A very valuable read ... Your Right to Protest has got lots of valuable information and I learned so much from it! -- Trisha Goddard, Talk TV
Weaver is an activist lawyer looking to change the world from inside and outside of the courtroom. Weaver has also penned two books explaining the law to the layman; Your Right to Protest is designed to stick in your back pocket if you're on your way to take a stand * Big Issue *
The right to peaceful protest has been curtailed in recent years, and issues like racism appear to be endemic, institutional and multi-generational ... but there are things you can do and battles that you can fight and win ... Your Right to Protest is a guide to making your voice heard -- Adrian Goldberg * Byline Times *
Your right to protest is enshrined - and Christian Weaver wants to protect that. With the focus on a wide range of protests - from public demonstrations to less obvious examples such as letters to MPs and Freedom of Information requests, Weaver aims to empower people by democratising the law and giving people an understanding of the rights they may not realise they have -- Stephen Topping * Manchester Evening News *
An invaluable addition, this is a timely and necessary read -- Hamza Yusuf
The toolbox to using your voice - we will definitely keep in our pocket * The Mandem Read *
Essential reading -- Ruth Hannan, founder, Care Full Economy
Christian Weaver continues to educate people on their basic legal rights [and] Your Right to Protest aims to explain the rights of the individual to protest, in a climate where those rights have never been so important * Garden Court North Chambers *
A brilliant book * Rama Publishing *
A much needed book. As communities continue to rise up in face of ever entrenched injustice, knowing our rights become ever more important -- Ife Shakur, host * The Black British English Podcast *
A must read -- Chian Reynolds
Praise for The Law in 60 Seconds -- :
An indispensable guide to the law and your rights, giving you a lawyer in your pocket ... Exceptional -- The Secret Barrister
Pioneering legal advice for an age of limited attention spans * Guardian *
A brilliant and generous and very necessary book -- Sarah Langford, author of 'In Your Defense'
A triumph of a book. It should form the basis for a national curriculum in law ... this GEM of a book has it all -- Joanna Hardy-Susskind
Packed with concise, useful facts and tells you how to defend yourself in a pub fight. So just what we need! * The Law Society Gazette *

Christian Weaver is a human rights barrister, social justice campaigner and author of The Law in 60 Seconds. In 2023 Christian was named Legal Aid Newcomer of the Year for his work representing the family of Awaab Ishak, and his tireless campaign culminated in a new landmark law. He has worked at INQUEST and Liberty, and has been featured onnearly all UK major news platforms, including BBC News, the Guardian, Radio 4 and more. He is currently touring the UK to educate the public on their legal rights. Christian is based in Manchester.