Former Kenyan Minister for Industrialisation cleared of Crimes Against Humanity

Steven Powles together with Matthew Ryder QC and Michelle Butler of Matrix Chambers were part of a team working with Kenyan lawyers representing former Kenyan minister for industrialization, Mr Henry Kosgey, who faced allegations of Crimes Against Humanity before the International Criminal Court in The Hague. ►►

Heaven on Earth - A Journey Through Sharia Law

Sadakat Kadri's book about the sharia was launched last week, and there have so far been favourable reviews in The Times, The Scotsman, The Spectator, The Observer, The Guardian and The Sunday Times (available here). He also has a blog post about the reversal of Oklahoma's sharia law ban up at the London Review of Books website.

The EHRC finds violation of Article 6 in Othman v UK

The European Court of Human rights this morning delivered its judgment in the case of Othman v UK. The court found that the applicant's deportation to Jordan would be in violation of Article 6 of the Convention on account of the real risk at the applicant's retrial of the admission of evidence obtained by torture of third persons. Mr Othman was represented by Edward Fitzgerald QC of Doughty Street Chambers. ►►

Court of Appeal grants permission to appeal against latest Zimbabwe Country Guidance

In JG & CM (Zimbabwe), the Court of Appeal has granted permission to appeal against the current Zimbabwe Country Guidance, issued by the Upper Tribunal in EM and Others (Returnees) Zimbabwe CG [2011] UKUT 98(IAC), a case affecting potentially thousands of Zimbabweans seeking asylum in the UK. Counsel for both appellants are Mark Henderson and Laura Dubinsky. Alasdair Mackenzie was junior counsel in the Upper Tribunal and in the first stages of the Court of Appeal proceedings.►►

Staffordshire Police settle claim for failure to stop murder of woman

Staffordshire Police have settled a damages claim for a substantial sum (including costs) following the murder of a young woman, Donna Wilson, by her former boyfriend Shaun Clarke, in 2007. The claim, brought in negligence and under the Human Rights Act, was based upon systemic and individual police failings. This case is one of a series of cases being handled by Nicholas Bowen QC which seek to hold the police and other public authorities liable for murders that were eminently preventable had the requisite degree of professionalism been forthcoming. ►►

European Court of Justice holds that EU Charter of Fundamental Rights binding on UK

The Grand Chamber of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has delivered its judgment in the landmark case of Saeedi/NS (C411/10) deciding fundamental questions about Member States' obligations under the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights and whether the Charter binds the UK. At the hearing before the Grand Chamber, Doughty Street barristers Mark Henderson and Alison Pickup appeared for Saeedi/NS, and Geoffrey Robertson QC and Jonathan Cooper for EHRC. ►►

David Burgess murder acquittal

Sen Kanagasingham who was accused of murdering human rights lawyer David Burgess has been acquitted. He had already admitted to manslaughter on grounds of diminshed responsibility. Ed Rees QC of Doughty Street and David Kitson of Sonn Macmillan Walker were the trial counsel for the defence team. ►►

Managing Director Acquitted in Network Rail Multi-Million Pound Corruption Case

Chris Sallon QC, instructed by Simons Muirhead and Burton, recently secured the acquittal of the UK managing director of a multi-national Swiss based company, who had been charged with bribing the former head of contracts at Network Rail in a ten million pound corruption case. The jury returned their verdict after a re-trial lasting 6 weeks. ►►

Victory for fair trial rights in Strasbourg

The Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights delivers the long awaited judgment in Al-Khawaja and Tahery v United Kingdom, finding a violation of the right to a fair trial in Mr. Tahery's case as a result of the admission of decisive hearsay evidence. Mr. Tahery was represented by Rebecca Trowler of Doughty Street Chambers. ►►

The charity's chair tells why he is driven by his commitment to rights

Stephen Cragg, Doughty Street barrister and chair of the Public Law Project, shares why he is a firm believer in linking charitable efforts to professional skills to Kaye Wiggins of Third Sector. ►►

Mother of abused child compensated after five year struggle

The Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (CICA). announced yesterday that it would make an award to the mother of a child sexually abused in 2005. Mrs C, represented since April 2009 by Harry Lambert, discovered the abuse and was instrumental in having the perpetrator brought to justice. The incident exacerbated long standing psychiatric problems. ►►

Judicial Service Commission acted wrongly with Registrar

The Registrar of the Supreme Court in Gibraltar, Annabelle Desoiza, represented by John Jones, has been successful in her judicial review application to stop the disciplinary proceedings against her. Judge Sir Michael Turner ruled against the Judicial Service Commission and identified what he described as inherent weaknesses in the 2007 Judicial Services Act. John was ably assisted by Sanjivi Krishnan. ►►

Lecturer spared jail sentence

Brian Dodgeon a University researcher was spared jail after the death of a teenage girl who took drugs at a party at his home in North Kensington. Mr Dodgeon was handed an eight-month sentence, suspended for two years after admitting four charges of possessing drugs including ecstasy, LSD and ketamine. Counsel Sarah Elliott acted on behalf the defendant. ►►

Lessons from Neary

Oscar Wilde said "experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes". On 1st December Stephen Reeder presented a detailed exegesis of the mistakes made by the authorities in the case of Hillingdon LBC v Steven & Mark Neary [2011] EWHC 1377 (CoP) as part of the Butterworths Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards Conference 2011 in London. Ulele Burnham completed the presentations with a session on Human Rights Act breaches and claims for damages under the MCA 2005. ►►

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