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Barristers from Tooks Chambers are regularly featured in the general press, specialist legal publications in addition to having many individual cases reported. Here you can find our news with links to individual barristers profiles.

Fresh Medical Evidence Secures Retrial for Babysitter
The Court of Appeal has ruled that Suzanne Holdsworth should be retried for the murder of a 2-year old child she was babysitting on the basis of fresh medical evidence as to the cause of death.
01/05/2008
'Pussycat' Snoop Dogg wins exclusion appeal
The AIT this week upheld a decision by an Immigration Judge that there was no justification for the visa ban imposed on Snoop in March 2007. Finding that the fracas at Heathrow, which had largely founded the exclusion on 'non-conducive' grounds, had been precipitated by BA officials and the police.
25/04/2008
Guidance from EAT on dates of evaluation in equal pay claims
21/04/2008
Special Immigration Appeals Commission decision in the case of 'AS' is upheld
Hugh Southey acted for AS in the recent Court of Appeal case upholding the decision of SIAC that it was unlawful for the Secretary of State to seek to deport the Appellant to Libya despite a Memorandum of Understanding.
18/04/2008
Judgement of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in Prosecutor v Haradinaj et al
03/04/2008
Inquest into the death of Simon Murden
Verdict of the inquest into the tragic death of a young man shot by Humberside police.
02/04/2008
New Submissions in the Case of Kevin Lane Presented to the Criminal Cases Review Commission
Kevin Lane was convicted of the murder of Robert Magill in October 1994 after a retrial. He has always protested his innocence.Fresh evidence, and new arguments, concerning a number of issues at the heart of the case have been submitted to the CCRC.
20/03/2008
Long Fight to End Alleged Miscarriage of Justice
Two men convicted of a double murder in 1995 have their appeal against conviction heard in the Court of Appeal after a long running campaign.
17/03/2008
3rd Kuttan Menon Memorial Lecture - Transcript and recording now available
Justice Albie Sachs talked about the same-sex marriages case in the South African Constitutional Court. A transcript and audio recording of the lecture is now available online.
28/02/2008
Plot to Kidnap and Behead a British Muslim Soldier
20/02/2008
Met Police Fearing “Shootout” Allowed War Crimes Suspect to Flee
An Independent Police Complaints Commission report into the failure of the Metropolitan Police to arrest war crimes suspect General Doron Almog revealed that the Metropolitan Police claimed that they failed to board an aircraft to issue an arrest warrant.
20/02/2008
Five Students Win Terror Appeal
'This nightmare is over. It's important to note that this sort of thing could happen to anybody - it's like a thought crime.' Father of one of the students.
14/02/2008
Tooks Barristers bolster Finucane campaign
Relatives of murdered solicitor Pat Finucane will today mark the 19th anniversary of the killing by pressing British prime minister Gordon Brown and Northern Secretary Shaun Woodward for a full inquiry.
12/02/2008
Michel Massih QC wins 'Criminal Lawyer of the Year Award' 2008
Michel Massih QC has been recognised as 'Criminal Lawyer of the Year ' for 2008 by the Society of Asian Lawyers.
08/02/2008
House of Lords Judgement in R v Clarke; R v McDaid
A significant judgement with far reaching consequences. The House had to decide whether the absence of a signed indictment at the outset and during the majority of the trial invalidated the proceedings. Their Lordships unanimously quashed the convictions.
06/02/2008
Court of Appeal landmark judgement in David Walker
Hugh Southey acted in the recent appeal to the Court of Appeal in which the Court held that the failure to provide opportunities for prisoners serving indeterminate sentences for public protection to progress was unlawful.
05/02/2008
Civil Actions Arising From Immigration Detention (CAFID) Series of Seminars
25/01/2008
3rd Kuttan Menon Memorial Lecture 'Equality of the vineyard, or equality of the graveyard?'
21/01/2008
Tooks Barristers join marine conservation project
04/01/2008
Rebekah Wilson joins the Women’s Initiatives for Gender Justice in The Hague
Rebekah Wilson has joined The Women's Initiatives for Gender Justice, an international women's human rights organisation advocating for gender-inclusive justice and working towards an effective and independent International Criminal Court (ICC).
18/12/2007
Prison detox regime contributed to Prisoner's death
A jury sitting at Manchester Coroner's Court found that a programme of heroin detoxification operated at HMP Manchester which involved the use of Dihydrocodeine (DF118) was not clinically proven to be effective.
28/11/2007
Government Appeals ruling on indeterminate sentences
Hugh Southey acted in the appeal against a ruling holding that the Secretary of State had acted unlawfully against prisoners serving IPP sentences.
28/11/2007
Adam Straw writes on prison and mental health law
21/11/2007
Adel Yahya, no longer faces a retrial for conspiracy to murder
Adel Yahya, one of the men accused of planning the failed terror attacks on London on July 21, 2005, has been jailed for six years and nine months by at the High Court in London after pleading guilty to possessing terrorist information.
14/11/2007
Sarah Bourke acted for Kerry Sparrow in the inquest concerning the death of Judge Andrew Chubb.
18/10/2007
Michael Mansfield QC represents Mohamed Al Fayed at the Diana & Dodi Inquests
03/10/2007
Steve Kamlish QC appeared on Panorama: Give us your DNA
Stephen Kamlish QC appeared on Panorama to talk about DNA profiling in miscarriage of justice cases.
26/09/2007
Fastest British motorist to be caught in a speed check
26/09/2007
Tim Moloney writes on Terrorism and Appeals
Tim Moloney has joined the team to write on Terrorism and Appeals in Blackstones Criminal Practice 2008.
26/09/2007
Legal 500 2007 recommends Tooks Chambers
17/09/2007
Blair told to quit
Tooks barrister Peter Herbert called upon Sir Ian Blair to resign over his handling of the shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes.
10/09/2007

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