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- Gaza Protest Sentences Cut
A group of Tooks lawyers scored a notable victory in the Court of Appeal on July 13th when Joel Bennathan QC, Garry Green, Sam Robinson, Sultana Tafadar and Srikantharajah Nereshraaj represented 6 out of the 10 protesters who were before the court.
22/07/2010
- Kirsty Scamp Freed
After a campaign by Justice for Women, Kirsty Scamp's appeal against her murder conviction reached the court of Appeal on 21st July. In 2006 she had stabbed her violent boyfriend as he attacked her in their home. The Court quashed the murder conviction and substituted one of manslaughter, varying the sentence to allow for her immediate release.
22/07/2010
- UN Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia Appeals Tribunal Orders Retrial
The UNICTY Appeals Tribunal today ordered the retrial of the three co-defendants in the case of Prosecutor v Haradinaj et al.
21/07/2010
- Article 4 Claims In Strasbourg
Two separate claims brought under Article 4 have been communicated to the UK.
Sandhya Drew has made submissions for the EHRC which is intervening in one case, and acts for the Applicant in the other.
12/07/2010
- Michel Massih QC - BLD Lawyer of the Month!
Congratulations to Michel Massih QC, the world’s sole practising Queen’s Counsel of Palestinian origin, who has been selected as BLD’s Lawyer of the Month.
05/07/2010
- Anti-arms Campaigners Claiming Prevention of War Crimes Acquitted of Conspiracy to Cause Criminal Damage at Arms Factory
Today at the Hove Crown court the last of the campaigners known as the EDO decommissioners were acquitted.
02/07/2010
- Chambers UK 2011 - Tooks Barristers Featured as Leaders at the Bar
Tooks barristers continue to score in the latest edition of Chambers UK, due to be published in November 2010. Individual members have been recognised in Administrative and Public Law; Civil Liberties; Crime; Employment; Immigration and Police law.
02/07/2010
- ‘Shaken Baby’ Father Has Conviction Overturned by Court of Appeal
A father whose conviction for harming his baby daughter in a "shaken baby syndrome" case has had his conviction overturned by the Court of Appeal.
01/07/2010
- Leave to Appeal Given in Landmark Torture Case
On 30th June Rangzieb Ahmed, the only man ever convicted of directing Al Qaeda operations in the UK was given leave to appeal against his convictions. The grounds include the allegation that British complicity in his torture in Pakistan was so unconscionable that his trial should never have been allowed to take place.
01/07/2010
- Man Who Posed as British Leader of al-Qaida Jailed
Ishaq Kanmi, who called for the assassination of Tony Blair and Gordon Brown on a jihadi website, was sentenced to five years today.
24/06/2010
- Bloody Sunday Report Published
Lord Saville’s report into the deaths of 13 people killed when Parachute Regiment soldiers opened fire during a civil rights march in Londonderry on Bloody Sunday, 30th January 1972, has finally been published.
16/06/2010
- Belfast Jury Acquits "Raytheon 9" of Attempting to Damage Arms Factory during Gaza Conflict
9 women accused of offences related to attempted damage to an arms factory in Derry during the Israel Gaza conflict have been acquitted by a jury in Belfast Crown Court.
04/06/2010
- Human Rights Workshop in Kampala, Uganda
Richard Reynolds led a four day workshop on ‘Successfully litigating human rights abuse cases involving torture’.
01/06/2010
- Tooks Scoop Two at the LALY Awards!
Against tough competition Adam Straw won the award for Young Barrister of the Year whilst Michael Mansfield QC was honoured with the award for Outstanding Achievement.
27/05/2010
- Grand Chamber Hearing in Al-Khawaja
Joel Bennathan QC travelled to Strasbourg to appear in front of the 18 judge Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights on May 19th.
26/05/2010
- Students Arrested in Anti Terror Raids Can Stay in UK
Abid Naseer, the alleged leader of an al-Qaeda plot and Ahmad Faraz Khan have won their appeals against deportation.
21/05/2010
- Grandmother Wins Right to Foster Parents’ Pay
Landmark judgment on whether kinship carers can qualify to be carers of ‘looked after’ children
13/05/2010
- 3 Court of Appeal Judgments in Secret Evidence Cases
Judgments restricting the extent of secret evidence in various jurisdictions were handed down today. Paul Troop was junior counsel for the Claimant in Home Office v Tariq.
04/05/2010
- Michael Mansfield on the Jury Panel of the Russell Tribunal
Michael Mansfield is a member of the jury panel on the Russell Tribunal inquiry into the legal ramifications of Israel's human rights and humanitarian law violations in Palestine. Part 1 was heard in Barcelona in March 2010. There are to be four more hearings, the next in London later in the year.
28/04/2010
- Birmingham City Council Workers in Unprecedented Equal Pay Victory
Sarah Bourke was junior counsel for the successful non-union claimants in what is believed to be the largest ever claim against a public authority in Europe
28/04/2010
- Adam Straw Selected as Finalist for Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year Award
The Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year awards are organised by the Legal Aid Practitioners Group.
28/04/2010
- Supreme Court Rules That Sex Offender Legislation Breaches Article 8
Hugh Southey QC and Adam Straw acted for JF who successfully argued before the Supreme Court that the lack of a review mechanism meant that sex offender registration breached article 8.
21/04/2010
- Successful Bail Challenge in European Court
Hugh Southey acted in a successful claim that the United Kingdom breached the human rights of a defendant not produced before the Crown Court when it considered a prosecution appeal against bail.
14/04/2010
- Woman Trafficked Into Prostitution Awarded £22,000
A woman trafficked into prostitution has been awarded £22,000 under the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme. No prosecutions had been brought in respect of the offences against the woman.
13/04/2010
- Jane Russell to Speak at ERA Seminar in Trier 12th April 2010
This seminar is part of a series that ERA has organised every year since 2003 devoted to the two European anti-discrimination directives adopted under Article 19 TFEU (Article 13 TEC).
12/04/2010
- Nick Wrack Successfully Defends Gaza Protestor
Violent Disorder charges dropped after missing film footage uncovered.
26/03/2010
- Eminent Consultant Psychiatrist Has Finding of Unfair Dismissal Restored by Court of Appeal
Dr Sameer Sarkar had been dismissed from his position at Broadmoor for non clinical reasons. The Employment Tribunal had held that his employers had acted unreasonably in sabotaging an internal initial resolution but that had been overturned by the EAT.
19/03/2010
- Nick Wrack Represents Anti War Soldier Joe Glenton
Anti War Soldier Joe Glenton was sentenced today to nine months detention for refusing to do a second tour of duty in Afghanistan. Lance Corporal Glenton was initially charged with desertion but this charge was dropped and he pleaded guilty to being Absent Without Leave for over two years. He had planned to contest the desertion charge by arguing that the Afghan war was illegal.
05/03/2010
- Out of the Dogghouse!
Snoop Dogg wins again in his appeal against refusal of entry clearance
04/03/2010
- Chris Williams Represents the Family of a Remand Prisoner Who Was Unlawfully Killed
A Leeds Inquest Jury found that a remand prisoner had been unlawfully killed.The inquest into the death, in 2006, of Michael Clegg lasted 5 weeks. The jury’s verdict was highly critical of cell sharing risk assessments at HMP Leeds identifying some 30 systemic failures.
01/03/2010
- Congratulations to Tim Moloney and Hugh Southey !
Tooks are delighted that Tim Moloney and Hugh Southey have both been successful in their silk applications.
26/02/2010
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