All articles by Jonathan Rayner – Page 10
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ProfileChallenge halts historic market demolition
David Cooper acted for conservation campaigning groups in a challenge to the demolition of parts of Smithfield General Market.
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ProfileActed for Muslim woman in niqab ban appeal
Sanjeev Sharma acted at the European Court of Human Rights over French law making it illegal to wear niqabs.
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NewsGovernment pushes on with online powers of attorney
Solicitors warn digitisation likely to increase risk of fraud and abuse.
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ProfileDavid Greenwood
David Greenwood has been acting for victims of childhood sexual abuse since the early 1990s. He outlines why the government must start listening.
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ProfileWorld Cup loss for property investors
Chris Corney is acting for some of the victims who were persuaded to buy land in Brazil on the assurance it would rise in value thanks to the World Cup.
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OpinionFace-to-face with the niqab
The European Court of Human Rights never ceases to come up with judgments that baffle or infuriate.
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FeatureRisk and compliance: the tools of hazard
Law firms are constantly evaluating and managing risk but best practice can remain elusive, debated delegates at the annual Risk and Compliance Conference.
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ProfileSupreme Court win over caution disclosure
Mike Pemberton acted for a young adult fighting to end obligatory disclosure of a minor offence on job applications.
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Sign language trial ‘big step forward’
Video crew recorded the signers so that, should a dispute over meaning arise, evidence could quickly be reviewed.
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ProfileProfile: Marilyn Stowe
Dealing with warring couples has not given divorce lawyer Marilyn Stowe a jaundiced view of human nature. Quite the reverse.
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ProfileTrustee dispute over temples
Brian Addlestone acted in the Supreme Court for members of the Sikh community in Britain.
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NewsFirms underestimate real risks to business
Law firms tend to overestimate the risks that ‘loom largest’ and underestimate those that pose the real threat, a Law Society conference heard last week.
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Psychiatric nurse pledge for police stations
The nurses will help ‘divert’ the mentally ill away from the criminal justice system, Jeremy Wright has promised.
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ProfileSolicitor receives death threats
Phil Shiner victim of death threats following his firm’s attempts to prosecute British soldiers for alleged war crimes in Iraq.
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NewsCourt and councils face surge in denial of liberty cases
Court of Protection could be overwhelmed, head of family division warns.
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ProfileDavid Morgan
Few solicitors have been jailed in the Soviet bloc, driven a tram in Innsbruck, or shot the breeze with Nelson Mandela. This one has.
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ProfileSports lawyer ties up Gareth Bale deals
Alan Wetterhahn acted for world’s most expensive footballer in his transfer to Real Madrid and during Adidas sponsorship deal.
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OpinionNot one of the ‘pusillanimous’
Nigerian human rights lawyer Rommy Mom asked awkward questions and paid the price.
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NewsNews focus: CCBE plenary session
Prosecuting cross-border fraud, UK exceptionalism and the rule of law in Ukraine were among the issues discussed at last month’s plenary session of the CCBE.
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ProfileReview challenge to NI abortion rule
Angela Jackman acted for a mother and daughter in a JR over policy that refuses NHS abortions to women in Northern Ireland.