Ally Law

Alistair "Ally" Law (born 11 February 1997) is an English YouTuber from Southampton. His videos feature him climbing on a range of buildings and structures, as well as doing 'overnight challenges', where he and a group of friends attempt to stay the whole night in various commercial premises.

Ally Law
Personal information
BornAlistair Law
(1997-02-11) 11 February 1997[1]
Southampton, Hampshire, England
NationalityBritish
OccupationYouTuber
Websiteallylaw.co.uk
YouTube information
Channel
Years active2014–present
Genre
Subscribers3,140,000[2]
(31 May 2020)
Total views374,765,892 [2]
(31 May 2020)
NetworkAllyLaw.co.uk
Catchphrase(s)"It's a Madness!"
"We don't take L's"
“The power of the ‘viz”
100,000 subscribers
1,000,000 subscribers

Early life and education

Alistair Law was born on 11 February 1997 in Southampton, England. He attended the secondary school Oasis Academy Mayfield, leaving in 2013.[3] Law notes that before starting parkour at the age of 16, he was "extremely unhappy sat in [his] bedroom wasting away day after day, he had quit school and had no friends and had absolutely no idea what [he] wanted to do with [his] life." He had been addicted to video games since the age of 13.[4] Law is a qualified carpenter.[5] Law also remarked in one of his videos that he played football at the age of seven at The Hamble School in Southampton.

Career

Law started his YouTube channel in December 2014. The first video he uploaded was of him performing parkour on the top of buildings in Southampton city centre, filmed on a GoPro camera.[6] Law started to receive local media attention in the Southern Daily Echo for his stunts in December 2015, after he scaled Dumbleton Towers in the Thornhill area of the city.[4]

Law has climbed in multiple locations around the world, such as Melbourne,[7] Dubai,[8] Bangkok,[9] and Barcelona.[10]

Law also does 'overnight challenges', where he and a group of friends will attempt to stay in a range of commercial premises after closing hours.[11]

After trespassing in Thorpe Park to climb the Stealth roller coaster in July 2017, and breaking into the Celebrity Big Brother house twice in January 2018, Law was given a 5 year criminal behaviour order that prevents him from trespassing on areas of bridges or buildings not open to the public, any business property outside business hours, and given a lifetime ban at all properties owned by Merlin Entertainment.[12][13] The criminal behaviour order only applies in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, and a breach of the conditions could lead to a possible five-year jail sentence.[14] In addition, Law was sentenced to 120 hours of community work for breaking into the set of Celebrity Big Brother.[15]

Law's YouTube channel passed one million subscribers in May 2018,[16] passed the two million subscriber mark on 14 October 2018. He also passed the 3 million subscriber mark in December 2019, despite a 5 month long absence from YouTube due to legal reasons.[17]

Criticism

Law has received criticism from politicians, police and general members of the public for his climbing and tresspassing of property. He has been warned multiple times by Hampshire Constabulary for trespassing, and after the video footage of him climbing Dumbleton Towers appeared on the Daily Echo, Southampton City Council leader Simon Letts stated that "It is a tragedy waiting to happen and someone's mother is not going to have a son at Christmas." In response to the trespassing, Law says "I always make sure I find them and explain to them what I am doing and in most cases the police are really understanding."[4]

Speaking to 9news.com.au, after climbing a crane in Melbourne, Law stated that "[he] is not going to pretend it's not dangerous [...] I will never put myself in a situation I'm not 110 percent confident with."[18]

When Law and a group of friends trespassed into the Etihad Stadium in September 2017, The Independent called the incident a "concerning security breach".[19]

In April 2020, Law was criticised for allegedly travelling "more than 100 miles" to film a video whilst COVID-19 pandemic movement restrictions were in place.[20]

Personal life

Law resides in Southampton.[21] He adheres to a vegetarian diet.[22]

References
  1. Ally Law (12 February 2017). ITS MY BIRTHDAY. Thailand: YouTube.
  2. "Ally Law". Social Blade. Social Blade. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
  3. "Order of Events" (PDF). Oasis Academy Mayfield. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 November 2014. Retrieved 21 August 2017.
  4. Morris, Felix (15 December 2015). "VIDEO: Daredevil Ally Law climbs Southampton's Dumbleton Towers block with no safety gear". Southern Daily Echo. Newsquest. Retrieved 21 August 2017.
  5. "We Spoke To One Of Britain's Youngest Urban Explorers". www.unilad.co.uk. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
  6. Ally Law (7 December 2014). GoPro POV Southampton Rooftop Parkour & Freeunning | Ally Law. Southampton: YouTube.
  7. "British Daredevil Climbs 200-Metre Tall Crane In Dizzying Video". NDTV. Retrieved 21 August 2017.
  8. Ally Law (11 July 2017). CAUGHT BY POLICE IN DUBAI CLIMBING 400M CRANE!. Dubai: YouTube.
  9. Ally Law (9 March 2017). CLIMBING 329M BUIILDING IN BANGKOK! CAUGHT BY SECURITY. Bangkok: YouTube.
  10. Ally Law (17 October 2016). EXPLORING 100M ABANDONED TOWER IN BARCELONA. Barcelona: YouTube.
  11. "WARNING STRONG LANGUAGE: YouTuber enjoys overnight stay at Aquadrome - watch the video here". Daily Echo. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
  12. "YouTube star Ally Law banned from UK theme parks and TV studios". Sky News. 14 December 2018. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
  13. Law, Ally (14 May 2019). "My CBO order has now been framed.pic.twitter.com/mSMS2npoQ9". @AllyALaw. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
  14. "YouTuber gets studio and theme park ban". BBC News. 14 December 2018. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
  15. "Big Brother break-in YouTubers sentenced". BBC News. 5 March 2019. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
  16. Law, Ally (9 May 2018). "One million people? Fucking Unbelievable Massive thanks to every single one of you that support me every single day. I've dreamt of this moment ever since I created my channel 3 1/2 years ago! The journey has been a madness but just know, This is just the beginning.. pic.twitter.com/2YHsZhX9zn". @allyalaw.
  17. "UCagHkTCCSbohFMJln7JYqMQ Monthly YouTube Statistics - Socialblade.com". socialblade.com.
  18. Davidson, Sean (19 April 2017). "Daredevil records illegal and dangerous crane climb in Melbourne's CBD". 9news.com.au. Mi9. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
  19. Brown, Luke (5 September 2017). "Manchester City's Etihad Stadium broken into by urban free climbers in concerning security breach". The Independent. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  20. Boyd, Milo (13 April 2020). "YouTuber 'travels 140 miles' for video throwing chocolate eggs at people'". Mirror. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
  21. "Southampton YouTuber Ally Law convicted of trespassing into Big Brother house". Daily Echo. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
  22. Law, Ally (24 April 2019). "I haven't eaten meat in over 6 years man". @AllyALaw. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
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