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• Police may be liable for 999 delays and failure to stop murder of Cardiff woman
  Published on Saturday, 26 November, 2011

• UAE 5 report published
  Published on Friday, 25 November, 2011

• Government pays out over death of Falklands veteran in Police Custody
  Published on Wednesday, 23 November, 2011

• Doughty Street welcomes back founding member Nick Paul
  Published on Tuesday, 22 November, 2011

• Appeal upheld as zero notice removals violate right to access justice
  Published on Tuesday, 22 November, 2011

• British student faces extradition to the US over copyright breach
  Published on Tuesday, 22 November, 2011

• Crime of Aggression and the International Criminal Court
  Published on Tuesday, 22 November, 2011

• CIVIC and UNHCR release report on civilian harm in Somalia
  Published on Thursday, 17 November, 2011

• Frankland prison found guilty
  Published on Thursday, 17 November, 2011

• The Death of Colonel Gaddafi - Libya, Law and the Rules of War
  Published on Wednesday, 9 November, 2011

• Since when is a holiday a deprivation of liberty ?
  Published on Monday, 7 November, 2011

• Counsel appointed for Special Tribunal for Lebanon
  Published on Thursday, 27 October, 2011

• Migrant families entitled to local authority support
  Published on Wednesday, 26 October, 2011

• Advocate General dismisses any UK opt out from EU Charter of Fundamental Rights
  Published on Friday, 14 October, 2011

• Anti-Fascists acquitted of conspiracy to commit violent disorder
  Published on Tuesday, 4 October, 2011

• Human Rights Activists & Medical Care Criminalised in Bahrain
  Published on Monday, 3 October, 2011

• Victory for freedom of expression as Newspaper wins privacy case
  Published on Friday, 30 September, 2011

• School closure faces challenge
  Published on Friday, 30 September, 2011

• 'Bench Rage' - Magistrates Court sentencing during the August riots
  Published on Tuesday, 27 September, 2011

• Cannibalistic killer not assessed properly in Broadmoor
  Published on Monday, 19 September, 2011

• Academic detained on suspicion of terrorism for possessing 'Al-Qaeda manual' settles claim against police for £20,000
  Published on Monday, 19 September, 2011

• Uganda frees Al-Amin Kimathi
  Published on Monday, 12 September, 2011

• World War II veteran freed on appeal
  Published on Friday, 9 September, 2011

• Judith Farbey QC appointed as London Region Lead Assistant Commissioner by the Boundary Commission for England
  Published on Thursday, 8 September, 2011

• Refusal to notify victims of child restraint arguably unlawful
  Published on Wednesday, 7 September, 2011

• Nick Stanage appointed Assistant Deputy Coroner
  Published on Tuesday, 6 September, 2011

• Judgment on care and accommodation welcomed
  Published on Monday, 5 September, 2011

• Opinion on NHS duty to provide, goes live
  Published on Tuesday, 30 August, 2011

• Peruvian protestors settle personal injury claim against UK mining company
  Published on Tuesday, 2 August, 2011

• 'Mau Mau' torture victims win right to fight on
  Published on Friday, 22 July, 2011

• Turkish Business Applications under EC-Ankara Agreement-Important victory in Court of Justice
  Published on Thursday, 21 July, 2011

• Court must balance article 8 rights of children with seriousness of offence before sentencing primary carer
  Published on Monday, 18 July, 2011

• Supreme Court rejects closed hearings
  Published on Thursday, 14 July, 2011

• President of EAT gives judgment on the meaning of 'personal injury' under international law for the purposes of state immunity
  Published on Tuesday, 12 July, 2011

• Former ballerina loses appeal to Supreme Court over nighttime care
  Published on Wednesday, 6 July, 2011

• Steve Broach wins Young Barrister category in legal aid awards
  Published on Wednesday, 29 June, 2011

• Enforcing Housing Rights: The Case of Sheikh Jarrah
  Published on Wednesday, 15 June, 2011

• Historic sex abuse case stayed
  Published on Wednesday, 15 June, 2011

• Human rights of incapacitated autistic man violated by local authority
  Published on Thursday, 9 June, 2011

• Neglect by hospital staff contributes to death of voluntary inpatient
  Published on Wednesday, 8 June, 2011

• Inquest Jury Finds Gross Failings by Gwent Police
  Published on Friday, 27 May, 2011

• Cuts to disability services in Birmingham overturned
  Published on Friday, 20 May, 2011

• Met failed victims of child slavery
  Published on Friday, 20 May, 2011

• Court of Appeal quash the acquittal of Gary Dobson for the murder of Stephen Lawrence
  Published on Wednesday, 18 May, 2011

• Supreme Court declares DNA retention policy unlawful
  Published on Wednesday, 18 May, 2011

• Jury's verdict of unlawful killing at Inquest into death of Ian Tomlinson vindicates family and public concern
  Published on Thursday, 5 May, 2011

• AG's opinion given in important ECJ case on self employed Turkish nationals
  Published on Wednesday, 27 April, 2011

• Trafficked woman wins pay out from Home office
  Published on Monday, 11 April, 2011

• Persistence pays off
  Published on Wednesday, 6 April, 2011

• Supreme Court to consider dignity in social care
  Published on Monday, 4 April, 2011

• Mother jailed over bleach killing
  Published on Monday, 4 April, 2011

• Court of Appeal lowers the bar in Article 8 claims against the Home Office for maladministration
  Published on Thursday, 31 March, 2011

• WL and KM- Supreme Court finds that secret policy makes detention unlawful
  Published on Wednesday, 23 March, 2011

• 'Junk science' forensic evidence leading to unsafe convictions in criminal trials
  Published on Tuesday, 22 March, 2011

• Falun Gong win quashing of Hong Kong Immigration Department exclusions
  Published on Monday, 21 March, 2011

• West Yorkshire Police apologises
  Published on Friday, 18 March, 2011

• Human Rights Must Be Considered in All Extradition Cases
  Published on Wednesday, 16 March, 2011

• Upper Tribunal Issues New Country Guidance determination on Zimbabwe
  Published on Tuesday, 15 March, 2011

• Defending services for disabled people
  Published on Thursday, 10 March, 2011

• Inquest finds killer's release 'failed victim'
  Published on Thursday, 10 March, 2011

• Silk Diversity
  Published on Wednesday, 2 March, 2011

• R V East Riding Of Yorkshire Council: Court Of Appeal Judgment On Inter-play Between S20 Children Act 1989 And Part Iv Of The Education Act 1996
  Published on Wednesday, 2 March, 2011

• Court of Appeal defines 'deprivation of liberty' in care setting
  Published on Tuesday, 1 March, 2011

• Low Template DNA
  Published on Wednesday, 23 February, 2011

• Landmark Judgment finds that BBC subjected TV Presenter to age discrimination and victimisation
  Published on Tuesday, 11 January, 2011

• Trial of climate change activists collapses
  Published on Monday, 10 January, 2011

• Leading Human Rights Lawyer and Member of Chambers Passes Away
  Published on Tuesday, 4 January, 2011

• Court of Appeal confirms ex turpi 'criminality defence' does not apply to human rights claims
  Published on Wednesday, 15 December, 2010

• Successful challenge to LSC's tendering process for Public law and generic mental health services and High Secure mental health services
  Published on Monday, 13 December, 2010

• Client receives £35,000 damages for assault and false imprisonment
  Published on Wednesday, 24 November, 2010

• Nurses win High Court challenge to government's barring scheme
  Published on Thursday, 11 November, 2010

• Former presenter claims against BBC for age and sex discrimination
  Published on Friday, 5 November, 2010

• High Court upholds right to free NHS services
  Published on Friday, 29 October, 2010

• Doughty Street recommended in 10 practice areas in Chambers & Partners 2011 edition
  Published on Friday, 29 October, 2010

• Forensic Science under scrutiny
  Published on Wednesday, 27 October, 2010

• High Court Quashes Oppressive Extradition
  Published on Tuesday, 26 October, 2010

• Vulnerable young people must be accommodated by local authorities
  Published on Thursday, 21 October, 2010

• Court of Appeal quashes refugee's conviction despite guilty plea
  Published on Thursday, 21 October, 2010

• Horseracing's Top Groom and Manager Acquitted of Assault
  Published on Thursday, 14 October, 2010

• LSC tender for family law services ruled unlawful
  Published on Friday, 1 October, 2010

• Retired businessman faces extradition to USA over missile parts allegations
  Published on Monday, 27 September, 2010

• Solicitor wins gagging order in website case
  Published on Friday, 24 September, 2010

• Article 8 and Possession Proceedings
  Published on Thursday, 23 September, 2010

• Apology and compensation to woman failed in rape trial
  Published on Monday, 20 September, 2010

• Suicidal schizophrenic wins police action
  Published on Monday, 20 September, 2010

• Doughty Street instructed in judicial review of the Legal Services Commission's family law tendering process
  Published on Monday, 6 September, 2010

• Kenyan Court of Appeal rules mandatory death penalty for murder is unconstitutional
  Published on Friday, 30 July, 2010

• Demonstrator successful in resisting removal
  Published on Friday, 30 July, 2010

• Former Bosnian leader wins extradition fight
  Published on Tuesday, 27 July, 2010

• No-notice removals policy declared unlawful
  Published on Monday, 26 July, 2010

• Privy Council quash Belize murder conviction
  Published on Friday, 23 July, 2010

• Employment Tribunal holds that a Firefighter's right to freedom of expression under Article 10 was violated and awards £80K compensation for his unfair dismissal
  Published on Wednesday, 21 July, 2010

• Damages can be sought under the Human Rights Act for failure to educate
  Published on Thursday, 15 July, 2010

• Government concedes in the Court of Appeal that UK has no opt-out from the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights
  Published on Tuesday, 13 July, 2010

• Supreme Court rules that gay men and lesbians forced to hide their sexuality are refugees
  Published on Thursday, 8 July, 2010

• Judgment pending on parliamentary privilege for expenses fraud allegations
  Published on Wednesday, 7 July, 2010

• Ben Chataway joins Doughty Street Chambers Housing Team
  Published on Tuesday, 6 July, 2010

• Seven peace activists cleared by jury after anti-war protest at arms factory
  Published on Monday, 5 July, 2010

• Record discrimination award for female police officer
  Published on Monday, 21 June, 2010

• Terror suspect wins control order appeal
  Published on Wednesday, 16 June, 2010

• "Nazi" - slang not insult
  Published on Wednesday, 16 June, 2010

• Parliamentary privilege - no bar to expenses fraud prosecution
  Published on Friday, 11 June, 2010

• Mark Henderson picks up 'Legal Aid Barrister of the Year award' 2010
  Published on Thursday, 27 May, 2010

• Two Pakistani students win deportation appeal
  Published on Wednesday, 26 May, 2010

• European arrest warrant dropped for 21-year-old charge
  Published on Wednesday, 26 May, 2010

• 7/7 inquests to probe whether the bombings were 'reasonably preventable'
  Published on Friday, 21 May, 2010

• Malawi gay couple imprisonment condemned
  Published on Friday, 21 May, 2010

• Prison service officials may face unlawful killing charge
  Published on Friday, 7 May, 2010

• Court of Appeal rejects secrecy in civil claims
  Published on Tuesday, 4 May, 2010

• 7/7 Bombing Inquests
  Published on Monday, 26 April, 2010

• Wrongly accused pilot wins compensation battle
  Published on Friday, 23 April, 2010

• Justice at last for Hari Veriah
  Published on Thursday, 8 April, 2010

• Rule 39 prevents extradition of football fan Gary Mann
  Published on Wednesday, 7 April, 2010

• Media win right to attend Court of Protection case
  Published on Wednesday, 7 April, 2010

• Judgment given in test case on Dublin Regulation
  Published on Wednesday, 31 March, 2010

• Animal rights campaigner has success in appeal
  Published on Wednesday, 24 March, 2010

• Five members from Doughty Street have been appointed Queen's Counsel
  Published on Tuesday, 23 March, 2010

• Gyrocopter pilot cleared of manslaughter of hunt supporter
  Published on Thursday, 18 March, 2010

• Zuhdija Tabakovic Pleads Guilty, Sentenced to Three Months' Imprisonment
  Published on Wednesday, 17 March, 2010

• High Court rules the Secretary of State unlawful in rejecting Parole Board's advice
  Published on Thursday, 11 March, 2010

• Abuse of Process Appeal Allowed in the Court of Appeal of Hong Kong
  Published on Monday, 8 March, 2010

• Bomb plotter's wife not guilty
  Published on Friday, 5 March, 2010

• Man who killed intruder cleared of murder
  Published on Wednesday, 3 March, 2010

• UK detention for Iraqi Kurd ruled unlawful
  Published on Friday, 19 February, 2010

• Redacted Binyam Mohamed paragraphs released
  Published on Wednesday, 10 February, 2010

• Football fan granted extradition reprieve
  Published on Tuesday, 9 February, 2010

• Doughty Street Chambers Recruits Manchester Housing Experts
  Published on Monday, 8 February, 2010

• Tim Otty QC joins Doughty Street Chambers
  Published on Monday, 1 February, 2010

• Ex IRA prisoner acquitted of conspiracy to blackmail
  Published on Thursday, 28 January, 2010

• Ex TalkSport presenter wins right to Ofcom challenge
  Published on Thursday, 28 January, 2010

• Right to anonymity for terror suspects denied
  Published on Wednesday, 27 January, 2010

• Right to legal representation at disciplinary hearings reaffirmed
  Published on Thursday, 21 January, 2010

• Gary McKinnon granted judicial review
  Published on Thursday, 14 January, 2010

• First no-jury criminal trial for 350 years
  Published on Thursday, 14 January, 2010

• Control order revoked
  Published on Tuesday, 12 January, 2010

• Jury find police restraint killed Mikey Powell - damning narrative verdict returned at inquest
  Published on Monday, 21 December, 2009

• Liberty/JUSTICE Human Rights Award for Gurkha Justice Campaign
  Published on Monday, 14 December, 2009

• Reform of the Death Penalty in Singapore - A Glimmer of Hope
  Published on Friday, 11 December, 2009

• Secret evidence not admissible to deny bail
  Published on Tuesday, 1 December, 2009

• Genocide law widened following lobbying by AEGIS Trust
  Published on Friday, 27 November, 2009

• Supreme Court upholds the right of asylum-seeking children to have age determined by the Court
  Published on Thursday, 26 November, 2009

• Father drops bid to keep son on life support
  Published on Tuesday, 24 November, 2009

• Prison officers can be sued for malicious prosecution
  Published on Monday, 23 November, 2009

• Educational provision for out-of-school child deemed inadequate
  Published on Thursday, 19 November, 2009

• Another victory for Aldermaston protesters
  Published on Tuesday, 17 November, 2009

• Doughty Street leads Human Rights Training Seminar in Bogota
  Published on Monday, 2 November, 2009

• Supreme Court changes law on enhanced criminal record certificates
  Published on Thursday, 29 October, 2009

• Suicide-bid Nigerian girl released
  Published on Wednesday, 28 October, 2009

• Inquest finds murdered woman failed by authorities
  Published on Monday, 12 October, 2009

• Media granted access to Court of Protection hearing for first time
  Published on Monday, 12 October, 2009

• New guidelines issued for reporting restrictions in the criminal
  Published on Saturday, 3 October, 2009

• Alleged liquid-bomb plotters found not guilty
  Published on Monday, 7 September, 2009

• Transsexual can transfer from male to female prison
  Published on Friday, 4 September, 2009

• DOUGHTY STREET CHAMBERS RECRUITS BARRISTER FROM OLD SQUARE CHAMBERS AND OPENS OFFICE IN BRISTOL
  Published on Tuesday, 1 September, 2009

• DOUGHTY STREET CHAMBERS RECRUITS BARRISTERS AND OPENS OFFICE IN MANCHESTER
  Published on Thursday, 27 August, 2009

• All capital sentences in Kenya commuted
  Published on Wednesday, 5 August, 2009

• BHRC report on human rights monitoring in Bahrain published
  Published on Monday, 3 August, 2009

• High Court requires clarification of Clinton warning in Binyam Mohamed case
  Published on Thursday, 30 July, 2009

• Debbie Purdy victory in House of Lords swansong
  Published on Thursday, 30 July, 2009

• Extradition to France dismissed for 21-year-old crime
  Published on Tuesday, 28 July, 2009

• Guideline judgment handed down on media access to cases in the family courts
  Published on Thursday, 16 July, 2009

• Test case on media access to family courts
  Published on Tuesday, 30 June, 2009

• Outstanding Achievement Award for Edward Fitzgerald QC
  Published on Wednesday, 24 June, 2009

• Compensation for wrongful imprisonment ruled too low
  Published on Monday, 22 June, 2009

• Freedom of expression outweighs right to privacy
  Published on Thursday, 18 June, 2009

• Receiving housing benefit rebate does qualify as "paying rent" for right-to-buy
  Published on Wednesday, 10 June, 2009

• Anti-war protestor acquitted of violent disorder
  Published on Monday, 8 June, 2009

• 'Right to effective education' vs 'right of access'
  Published on Thursday, 28 May, 2009

• Children's departments must care for young homeless
  Published on Wednesday, 20 May, 2009

• Death of the Tolerated Trespasser
  Published on Wednesday, 20 May, 2009

• Private Eye wins right to publish 'confidential' information
  Published on Tuesday, 19 May, 2009

• Terrorist sentences slashed
  Published on Monday, 18 May, 2009

• Tenant of 45 years can stay in her home
  Published on Thursday, 14 May, 2009

• Solicitor in landmark DNA case comments on government proposals
  Published on Thursday, 7 May, 2009

• Electronics engineer acquitted of aiding the Tamil Tigers
  Published on Wednesday, 29 April, 2009

• 7/7 trio cleared
  Published on Tuesday, 28 April, 2009

• 5th London Legal Sponsored Walk 2009
  Published on Tuesday, 21 April, 2009

• DPP rejects prosecution of leaks
  Published on Thursday, 16 April, 2009

• Rwanda accused win UK court case
  Published on Thursday, 9 April, 2009

• The Times in the dock over "jury secrets disclosures"
  Published on Thursday, 9 April, 2009

• Gurkhas return to High Court to force compliance with judgment
  Published on Friday, 3 April, 2009

• Baby OT dies after High Court Judge rules medical team may remove ventilator
  Published on Monday, 23 March, 2009

• Metropolitan Police Admit Brutality on Detainee
  Published on Monday, 16 March, 2009

• Eligibility criteria for disabled children's services ruled unlawful
  Published on Friday, 13 March, 2009

• Refugee cleared of terror charges
  Published on Friday, 13 March, 2009

• Doughty Street Chambers proudly sponsors Detainee Support Group Research
  Published on Thursday, 12 February, 2009

• Ministers must not be allowed to by-pass Parliamentary scrutiny - Patrick O'Connor calls for end of use of Privy Council to create primary legislation.
  Published on Wednesday, 11 February, 2009

• JCHR inquiry into genocide, torture and related offences committed abroad
  Published on Wednesday, 11 February, 2009

• Victim rejected as credible witness due to mental health issues
  Published on Tuesday, 27 January, 2009

• Hundreds saved from the death penalty in Uganda
  Published on Friday, 23 January, 2009

• High Court allows Gary McKinnon judicial review
  Published on Friday, 23 January, 2009

• Hundreds saved from the death penalty in Uganda
  Published on Friday, 23 January, 2009

• Coroner overruled in child death-in-custody case
  Published on Thursday, 22 January, 2009

• Sole or decisive hearsay evidence admitted
  Published on Wednesday, 21 January, 2009

• Peaceful protest "no justification" for Stansted disruption
  Published on Friday, 9 January, 2009

• Irony intended
  Published on Monday, 15 December, 2008

• Open verdict at de Menezes inquest
  Published on Friday, 12 December, 2008

• Human rights groups welcome European judges' DNA database decision
  Published on Thursday, 4 December, 2008

• Robert Latham is Legal Aid Barrister of the Year
  Published on Tuesday, 2 December, 2008

• Journalist Entitled to Protect Sources
  Published on Monday, 1 December, 2008

• Media successfully challenges reporting restrictions in multi-million employment claim
  Published on Thursday, 13 November, 2008

• Reduced sentence for guilty plea
  Published on Friday, 7 November, 2008

• British Library: "Taking Liberties" exhibition
  Published on Tuesday, 28 October, 2008

• Doncaster Coroner's decisions quashed
  Published on Thursday, 23 October, 2008

• Gavin Millar QC shortlisted for "Barrister of the Year" Award
  Published on Thursday, 2 October, 2008

• Gurkhas win right to stay in the UK
  Published on Tuesday, 30 September, 2008

• Inquest into the death of Jean Charles de Menezes
  Published on Wednesday, 17 September, 2008

• Geoffrey Robertson QC named Times Lawyer of Week
  Published on Tuesday, 16 September, 2008

• Acting on climate change deemed lawful excuse
  Published on Thursday, 11 September, 2008

• Mixed verdicts in liquid bomb trial
  Published on Wednesday, 10 September, 2008

• Victory for free speech and the right to protest - peaceful anti-nuclear protestor acquitted of terrorist offence
  Published on Tuesday, 26 August, 2008

• European Court of Human Rights intervenes in Gary Mckinnon extradition case
  Published on Tuesday, 12 August, 2008

• Unlawful assessments of the rate of housing benefit for claimants
  Published on Monday, 4 August, 2008

• Court of Appeal (Civil Division), quash controversial amendments to the rules governing the use of restraint against vulnerable children in custody in 'Secure Training Centres'.
  Published on Monday, 28 July, 2008

• Head of Doughty Street Chambers to be New Director of Public Prosecutions
  Published on Friday, 25 July, 2008

• Law lords "turn the clock back" on test for disability discrimination
  Published on Friday, 18 July, 2008

• Loss of High quality housing solicitors due to public funding changes imposed by LSC
  Published on Monday, 14 July, 2008

• Sean Clark cleared of the murder of Martin Dinnegan, a 14 year old schoolboy
  Published on Monday, 14 July, 2008

• Former MI5 officer has right to bring free speech claim in High Court
  Published on Friday, 4 July, 2008

• Appeals Chamber Acquits Naser Oric
  Published on Thursday, 3 July, 2008

• Migrant domestic staff 'at risk'
  Published on Wednesday, 2 July, 2008

• Ruling threatens HA independence
  Published on Tuesday, 1 July, 2008

• Geoffrey Robertson QC appointed to the UN's Internal Justice Council (IJC).
  Published on Thursday, 26 June, 2008

• Self-defence and duress of circumstances provide defence to assault and flight after hard stop by plain-clothes officers
  Published on Friday, 20 June, 2008

• Terminally-ill patient entitled to challenge DPP over prosecution policy for assisted suicide.
  Published on Monday, 16 June, 2008

• Ex steel workers win £2 million compensation
  Published on Monday, 16 June, 2008

• Edward Fitzgerald QC is awarded CBE
  Published on Monday, 16 June, 2008

• Housing benefit applicants entitled to use sanctions to force through right to buy claims
  Published on Thursday, 12 June, 2008

• "World's biggest hacker" fights extradition
  Published on Tuesday, 10 June, 2008

• Animal rights protestors acquitted of SOCPA offences
  Published on Wednesday, 4 June, 2008

• Conviction of asylum seeker declared an abuse of process
  Published on Wednesday, 21 May, 2008

• Psychiatric Hospitals Not Exempt from Smoking Ban
  Published on Tuesday, 20 May, 2008

• Damning Verdict on Police Complaints watchdog
  Published on Monday, 19 May, 2008

• INQUEST fundraising event
  Published on Friday, 9 May, 2008

• Lords rule family can sue over fatal shooting
  Published on Sunday, 27 April, 2008

• Spain drops bid to extradite freed Guantanamo Bay prisoners
  Published on Tuesday, 22 April, 2008

• Appeal Court Blocks Deportations to Libya and Jordan
  Published on Wednesday, 9 April, 2008

• Administrative Court takes action on delays
  Published on Tuesday, 8 April, 2008

• Challenge to PCT's failure to protect life, welfare and dignity
  Published on Monday, 7 April, 2008

• Training in Rwanda
  Published on Monday, 10 March, 2008

• OSCE Counter Terrorism and Human Rights manual launched
  Published on Monday, 25 February, 2008

• Media gains right of access to judicial review "defences"
  Published on Thursday, 21 February, 2008

• Raissi completely exonerated
  Published on Thursday, 14 February, 2008

• Thousands able to sue for false imprisonment
  Published on Thursday, 7 February, 2008

• NHS faces unlawful killing (corporate manslaughter) verdict
  Published on Thursday, 7 February, 2008

• Potential victim of violent crime entitled to duty of care
  Published on Thursday, 7 February, 2008

• Butterworth's New Law Guide: Mental Capacity Act 2005
  Published on Friday, 1 February, 2008

• Ben Cooper joins Doughty Street
  Published on Thursday, 31 January, 2008

• Police vetting challenge in the High Court
  Published on Wednesday, 30 January, 2008

• Blackstone's Guide to the Mental Health Act 2007
  Published on Wednesday, 30 January, 2008

• Prisoners' rights to health, housing and social care on discharge - LAG articles
  Published on Wednesday, 30 January, 2008

• Inter-American Court Ruling on Death Penalty in Barbados
  Published on Thursday, 20 December, 2007

• UK responsible for its troops abroad
  Published on Wednesday, 12 December, 2007

• High Court establishes right of appeal against convictions for contempt of court
  Published on Wednesday, 12 December, 2007

• Banning Order Ruled Not Legitimate
  Published on Monday, 3 December, 2007

• Sussex police guilty of sex discrimination
  Published on Thursday, 29 November, 2007

• Chambers & Partners 2008 rankings
  Published on Monday, 26 November, 2007

• Litvinenko widow launches case in European Court of Human Rights
  Published on Friday, 23 November, 2007

• Peter Thornton QC appointed Senior Circuit Judge
  Published on Monday, 5 November, 2007

• Control orders breach human rights
  Published on Wednesday, 31 October, 2007

• Revenue Owes a Duty of Care in Negligence
  Published on Thursday, 25 October, 2007

• Landmark manslaughter decision in House of Lords
  Published on Wednesday, 17 October, 2007

• Doughty Street minipupillage in FT
  Published on Wednesday, 17 October, 2007

• Keir Starmer QC wins Human Rights Silk of the Year
  Published on Friday, 5 October, 2007

• Inquests into the deaths of Diana, Princess of Wales and Dodi Al Fayed open
  Published on Tuesday, 2 October, 2007

• Prizewinning Campaigner Acquitted of Obstructing the Highway
  Published on Thursday, 27 September, 2007

• Legal 500 2007-8
  Published on Wednesday, 26 September, 2007

• Animal Rights Protestors' Convictions Quashed
  Published on Wednesday, 12 September, 2007

• Anti-terror police accused of sleeping on duty
  Published on Friday, 31 August, 2007

• July 7 survivors demand independent public inquiry
  Published on Thursday, 30 August, 2007

• DNA and fingerprint case to be heard by highest court in Europe
  Published on Monday, 6 August, 2007

• Disclaimer - email scams
  Published on Friday, 3 August, 2007

• Court of Appeal: Assurances by Algeria not safe
  Published on Thursday, 2 August, 2007

• President of Family Division upholds open justice principle for inquests
  Published on Wednesday, 1 August, 2007

• Court of Appeal rules on impact of DDA on possession proceedings
  Published on Wednesday, 25 July, 2007

• High Court rules Legal Services Commission acting unlawfully
  Published on Friday, 20 July, 2007

• Doughty Street victory for press freedom
  Published on Monday, 16 July, 2007

• Bristol jury acquits Peace Protesters
  Published on Friday, 1 June, 2007

• 30 spared death penalty in Malawi
  Published on Friday, 27 April, 2007

• European court gives green light to DNA and fingerprint case
  Published on Friday, 30 March, 2007

• Libel claim struck out for abuse of process
  Published on Friday, 16 March, 2007

• Al Fayed Wins Jury for Inquest
  Published on Friday, 2 March, 2007

• Protection of sources strengthened
  Published on Thursday, 22 February, 2007

• Control order quashed - on human rights grounds and for failure to consider criminal prosecution
  Published on Friday, 16 February, 2007

• Court of Appeal dismisses appeal on "terrorism" case
  Published on Friday, 16 February, 2007

• Appointment to London A Panel
  Published on Monday, 12 February, 2007

• Privy Council quashes death sentences of Grenada 14 and orders resentencing - life does not mean life
  Published on Wednesday, 7 February, 2007

• First Ruling on 'Terrorism'
  Published on Friday, 26 January, 2007

• Victory for cyclist who refused to stay in the gutter
  Published on Friday, 26 January, 2007

• Terrorism - charities "part of the solution, not part of the problem"
  Published on Wednesday, 24 January, 2007

• The Lawyer's Hot 100
  Published on Thursday, 11 January, 2007

• Chambers & Partners 2007 rankings
  Published on Wednesday, 10 January, 2007

• Sri Lanka removed from "White List"
  Published on Thursday, 14 December, 2006

• Henrietta Hill wins the Peter Duffy Award at Human Rights Awards
  Published on Wednesday, 13 December, 2006

• Keir Starmer QC sets the record straight on human rights in an era of international terrorism
  Published on Thursday, 7 December, 2006

• De Menezes Family Seek Judicial Review of CPS Decision not to Prosecute Officers
  Published on Monday, 4 December, 2006

• K-FOR case tests European human rights law
  Published on Thursday, 16 November, 2006

• De Menezes family launch challenge of CPS decision
  Published on Monday, 6 November, 2006

• Legal 500 2006 rankings
  Published on Sunday, 5 November, 2006

• Doughty Street Chambers - Top-Ranked
  Published on Thursday, 2 November, 2006

• Inquest jury find lack of communication and mental healthcare contributed to young offender's death in custody
  Published on Wednesday, 18 October, 2006

• South Wales Police reach record settlement
  Published on Thursday, 12 October, 2006

• Doughty Street Chambers in House of Lords victory for press freedom
  Published on Wednesday, 11 October, 2006

• Hungary: Man Wins Historic Psychiatric Detention Case at ECHR
  Published on Wednesday, 4 October, 2006

• Megaman not guilty
  Published on Friday, 29 September, 2006

• Test case : Inland Revenue incompetence cannot be questioned in court
  Published on Thursday, 28 September, 2006

• Identity Card book establishes its credentials
  Published on Thursday, 21 September, 2006

• New Butterworths editor
  Published on Tuesday, 19 September, 2006

• World War One soldiers pardoned
  Published on Tuesday, 29 August, 2006

• Government Appeal over Control Orders Rejected
  Published on Wednesday, 2 August, 2006

• Everest gross negligence charges dismissed
  Published on Thursday, 20 July, 2006

• House of Lords upholds employment rights of former civil servants
  Published on Friday, 30 June, 2006

• Prison service condemned over racist murder in the Report of the Zahid Mubarek Inquiry
  Published on Thursday, 29 June, 2006

• £93,000 award for working mum police officer
  Published on Wednesday, 28 June, 2006

• Control orders quashed
  Published on Wednesday, 28 June, 2006

• Ruth Brander - Young Legal Aid Barrister of the Year
  Published on Friday, 23 June, 2006

• Court of Appeal quashes murder convictions because of "discredited" evidence
  Published on Tuesday, 20 June, 2006

• Doughty Street in victory for "free speech"
  Published on Friday, 12 May, 2006

• UK delegation puts Colombia under legal spotlight
  Published on Tuesday, 9 May, 2006

• Stephen Irwin QC sworn in as High Court Judge
  Published on Friday, 5 May, 2006

• Lawyers' letter on "presumption of deportation" in The Guardian
  Published on Friday, 5 May, 2006

• Barrister writes Liberty's response to the Law Commission Consultation Paper on homicide law
  Published on Monday, 24 April, 2006

• Homelessness: severity discharge rules diluted
  Published on Sunday, 23 April, 2006

• Control orders declared incompatible with human rights
  Published on Thursday, 13 April, 2006

• Lawyers letter on legal action by Australian wood-chipping company in The Guardian
  Published on Monday, 3 April, 2006

• New tenant - David Rhodes
  Published on Wednesday, 22 March, 2006

• Privy Council Abolishes Mandatory Death Penalty in the Bahamas
  Published on Wednesday, 8 March, 2006

• Private screening of Shooting Dogs
  Published on Thursday, 2 March, 2006

• Inquest into Death of Paul Yorke in Metropolitan Police Custody
  Published on Monday, 13 February, 2006

• Christopher Sallon QC successfully defends Sion Jenkins
  Published on Thursday, 9 February, 2006

• No "pressing social interest" that journalist's sources should be identified
  Published on Wednesday, 8 February, 2006

• High Court quashes health authority decision not to fund continuing care
  Published on Tuesday, 31 January, 2006

• Strasbourg victory for Conscientious Objector in Turkey
  Published on Monday, 30 January, 2006

• Greg O Ceallaigh Makes World University Debating Grand Final
  Published on Wednesday, 4 January, 2006

• Conference 27 March 2006
  Published on Wednesday, 4 January, 2006

• Azeem Suterwalla - new tenant
  Published on Tuesday, 3 January, 2006

• Doughty Street Barrister acts for family in inquest in case of "gross neglect"
  Published on Monday, 19 December, 2005

• Privy Council quashes life sentences because of prosecutorial misconduct
  Published on Friday, 16 December, 2005

• Doughty Street at HLPA
  Published on Thursday, 15 December, 2005

• Doughty Street Barrister successfully argues suicide significantly influenced by workplace bullying.
  Published on Friday, 9 December, 2005

• Doughty Street Chambers team of barristers involved in great legal victory in the global campaign against torture
  Published on Thursday, 8 December, 2005

• Doughty Street Barrister represents first defendant to be tried under new law banning unauthorised demonstrations around Parliament
  Published on Wednesday, 7 December, 2005

• Law Lords to deliver judgment in 'torture evidence' case
  Published on Tuesday, 6 December, 2005

• Doughty Street Barristers win appeal on inquest into death of person with long-term schizophrenia at Court of Appeal
  Published on Wednesday, 30 November, 2005

• Peter Thornton QC successfully argues absence of causation in murder trial
  Published on Friday, 18 November, 2005

• Privy Council hands down judgment in Jamaican death row case
  Published on Thursday, 17 November, 2005

• Peter Thornton QC delivers lectures on trial by jury
  Published on Thursday, 17 November, 2005

• Chambers and Partners Student Guide 2006
  Published on Wednesday, 16 November, 2005

• Doughty Street maintains high rankings in Chambers and Partners 2006
  Published on Monday, 7 November, 2005

• Alasdair Mackenzie - new tenant
  Published on Wednesday, 19 October, 2005

• Doughty Street barristers in historic "torture evidence" challenge in the House of Lords
  Published on Tuesday, 18 October, 2005

• Peter Thornton QC - new joint Head of Chambers
  Published on Tuesday, 18 October, 2005

• Keir Starmer wins Pro Bono Award 2005
  Published on Monday, 17 October, 2005

• Legal victory in test case on Zimbabwean asylum seekers
  Published on Friday, 14 October, 2005

• Doughty Street Sweeps the Board at Chambers and Partners Bar Awards
  Published on Tuesday, 27 September, 2005

• Greenpeace 13 acquitted in GM trial
  Published on Wednesday, 21 September, 2005

• Mental Disability Advocacy Centre Challenges Russian Treatment of the Mentally Ill
  Published on Wednesday, 31 August, 2005

• Heather Williams - Employment Tribunal chair
  Published on Tuesday, 30 August, 2005

• Doughty Street in major fraud trial victory
  Published on Friday, 5 August, 2005

• Peter Thornton QC in leading cases on the law of provocation
  Published on Friday, 5 August, 2005

• Review of Sadakat Kadri's "The Trial"
  Published on Tuesday, 26 July, 2005

• The Case of N. - Francis FitzGibbon
  Published on Friday, 22 July, 2005

• Privy Council to hear sentencing appeal
  Published on Monday, 4 July, 2005

• Peter Thornton QC in leading cases on the law of provocation
  Published on Thursday, 30 June, 2005

• Doughty Street in major fraud trial victory
  Published on Friday, 24 June, 2005

• 417 saved from the death penalty in Uganda - The end of the mandatory death penalty in Africa?
  Published on Monday, 13 June, 2005

• Doughty Street in major victory over miscarriage of justice
  Published on Wednesday, 25 May, 2005

• Doughty Street Chambers in major victory over grave police misconduct
  Published on Thursday, 5 May, 2005

• Professor Nick Grief writes briefing paper on illegality of nuclear weapons
  Published on Thursday, 21 April, 2005

• Landmark ruling by the Court of Appeal on the entitlement to audio record Home Office asylum and human rights interviews
  Published on Wednesday, 20 April, 2005

• Book Launch
  Published on Monday, 11 April, 2005

• Helena Kennedy QC calls for continued public funding for access to justice
  Published on Wednesday, 6 April, 2005

• English court rules that President Putin orchestrated Yukos prosecutions
  Published on Friday, 18 March, 2005

• Three new tenants for Doughty Street Chambers
  Published on Thursday, 17 March, 2005

• Attorney General's advice on legality of Iraq war sought under Freedom of Information Act
  Published on Wednesday, 23 February, 2005

• McLibel case wins in Strasbourg : “A turning point in English libel law”
  Published on Tuesday, 15 February, 2005

• Rights of Access Under The Freedom of Information Act 2000
  Published on Tuesday, 4 January, 2005

• High Court upholds human rights challenge to Iraqi civilian death
  Published on Tuesday, 14 December, 2004

• Blackstone's Guide to the Asylum and Immigration Act 2004 written by Doughty Street Immigration Team
  Published on Thursday, 9 December, 2004

• "International Justice Mechanisms - Are they working?" Doughty Street seminar with Human Rights Watch - Monday 6th December
  Published on Wednesday, 24 November, 2004

• Mubarek inquiry opens
  Published on Thursday, 18 November, 2004

• Unlawful killing verdict in Porton Down inquest
  Published on Wednesday, 17 November, 2004

• Professor Geraldine Van Bueren calls for a Social Justice Act for the UK
  Published on Monday, 15 November, 2004

• Court of Appeal rules that foreign torturers can be sued in UK courts
  Published on Monday, 15 November, 2004

• Andrew Hall QC wins Pro Bono Award 2004
  Published on Monday, 8 November, 2004

• Citizens' Inquiry into the Legality of Trident
  Published on Friday, 5 November, 2004

• The Case for a Social Justice Act in the UK - Doughty Street Seminar Thursday 4th November 6.00pm
  Published on Tuesday, 2 November, 2004

• IPCC makes recommendations following Harry Stanley inquest
  Published on Tuesday, 2 November, 2004

• Court of Appeal rules that child support regulations are discriminatory
  Published on Monday, 25 October, 2004

• Doughty Street Public Lecture by Judge CG Weeramantry - The US Election Results: Where now for International Law? Wednesday 10 November 6.15pm
  Published on Thursday, 21 October, 2004

• IPCC to be represented at Harry Stanley inquest
  Published on Tuesday, 19 October, 2004

• Doughty Street, Bindmans and Redress Seminar - Immunity for crimes against humanity: An end to civil and criminal impunity
  Published on Tuesday, 12 October, 2004

• HL v United Kingdom: European Court of Human Rights rules detention of autistic man unlawful
  Published on Friday, 8 October, 2004

• Doughty Street announces LSC Human Rights and Public Law Seminar Programme for 2004-5
  Published on Tuesday, 21 September, 2004

• Doughty Street to participate in JUSTICE and Sweet & Maxwell's Annual Human Rights Conference
  Published on Tuesday, 14 September, 2004

• Doughty Street takes McLibel case to European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg
  Published on Monday, 6 September, 2004

• "One Step Ahead" - Home Office consultation on organised crime
  Published on Tuesday, 10 August, 2004

• Doughty Street contributes to key British Council seminar seminar "Realising rights: implementing human rights through litigation"
  Published on Tuesday, 3 August, 2004

• Identification: investigation, trial and scientific evidence - New LAG book by Paul Bogan
  Published on Tuesday, 3 August, 2004

• Landmark Death Row Ruling
  Published on Wednesday, 7 July, 2004

• International Criminal Practice - Third Edition
  Published on Friday, 18 June, 2004

• Helena Kennedy QC to launch Charter for the Rights and Freedoms of Women in the Kurdish Regions and Diaspora
  Published on Friday, 18 June, 2004

• Public inquiry opens into Zahid Mubarek killing
  Published on Monday, 7 June, 2004

• Professor Nick Grief joins Doughty Street as Associate Tenant
  Published on Thursday, 27 May, 2004

• Human Rights and the European Union – Doughty Street holds joint conference with JUSTICE and Monckton Chambers
  Published on Thursday, 27 May, 2004

• Doughty Street barrister represents key figure in New Cross fire case
  Published on Thursday, 13 May, 2004

• Doughty Street in key challenge to immunity for torture
  Published on Wednesday, 12 May, 2004

• Helena Kennedy QC publishes widely-acclaimed Just Law
  Published on Wednesday, 12 May, 2004

• Doughty Street contributes to new Certificate in International Human Rights Law and Practice for legal professionals
  Published on Tuesday, 27 April, 2004

• Doughty Street International Law Team signs brief in crucial Alien Tort Claims Act case before US Supreme Court
  Published on Wednesday, 21 April, 2004

• Doughty Street in major inquest breakthrough
  Published on Wednesday, 21 April, 2004

• Northern Ireland Policing Board launches Human Rights Monitoring Framework
  Published on Wednesday, 21 January, 2004

• Mandatory death penalty abolished in Trinidad and Tobago
  Published on Wednesday, 21 January, 2004

• House of Lords orders public independent inquiry into death of Zahid Mubarek
  Published on Wednesday, 21 January, 2004

• Professor Geraldine Van Bueren wins Child Rights Lawyer Award
  Published on Thursday, 20 November, 2003

• Geoffrey Robertson QC gives War Crimes Lecture at the Imperial War Museum
  Published on Wednesday, 19 November, 2003

• More Moscow Monitoring
  Published on Monday, 3 November, 2003

• Doughty Street submission to Human Rights and Deaths in Custody Inquiry
  Published on Tuesday, 23 September, 2003

• Doughty Street Human Rights and Public Law Advice Line extends opening hours
  Published on Tuesday, 4 March, 2003

• Keir Starmer QC appointed Human Rights Advisor to Northern Ireland Policing Board
  Published on Wednesday, 12 February, 2003

• Geoffrey Robertson QC appointed to UN Special Court in Sierra Leone
  Published on Thursday, 5 December, 2002

• Doughty Street wins House of Lords appeal removing Home Secretary's power to fix tariffs
  Published on Friday, 29 November, 2002

• Crimes Against Humanity - The Struggle for Global Justice
  Published on Tuesday, 13 August, 2002

• Report on the Mission to Israel and the Occupies Palestinian Territories for the Bar Human Rights Committee, 16 - 21 April 2002
  Published on Thursday, 6 June, 2002

• Two More Silks at Doughty Street
  Published on Monday, 15 April, 2002

• Death Penaty May Go In Eastern Caribbean
  Published on Tuesday, 19 March, 2002

• Robertson and Nicol on Media Law
  Published on Tuesday, 5 March, 2002

• Newly Published - Blackstone's Guide to Race Relations (Amendment) Act 2000
  Published on Friday, 15 February, 2002

• Murder in Mongolia
  Published on Tuesday, 12 February, 2002

• Criminal Justice, Police Powers and Human Rights
  Published on Tuesday, 12 February, 2002