All articles by Jonathan Rayner – Page 13
-
NewsGun attack survivor marks endangered lawyer day
A Colombian lawyer who last month survived a gun attack while visiting clients is to speak in London this week.
-
ProfileICC asked to investigate detainee ‘abuse’
Phil Shiner’s firm has submitted a complaint to the court based on analysis of alleged abuses of Iraqi detainees by UK military forces.
-
ProfileJames Thornton
The founder of ClientEarth talks to the Gazette about how Zen Buddhism informs his work and being raided by the Polish police.
-
NewsMental health drive for offenders criticised
Scheme does nothing to address the ‘noticeable decline in available hospital beds’ or the ‘ongoing crisis’ in providing help in the community, critic says.
-
ProfileCalls for overarching Jimmy Savile inquiry
Alan Collins is acting for victims of Jimmy Savile, who are calling for a single overarching inquiry into how Savile escaped prosecution over child abuse.
-
News‘Political’ trial of 10 lawyers begins in Turkey
Process condemned as an attack on the principles of separation of powers and the rule of law.
-
ProfilePaperwork blunder adjourns hearing twice
John Gaunt acted for a client in two hearings - over alcohol licensing laws - that were adjourned.
-
-
ProfileAdvice for ‘numbnuts’ squatting demonstrators
Paul Ridge advised demonstrators opposed to the criminalisation of squatting who had set up camp outside the office of a Conservative MP.
-
NewsGeorgia bar calls for help for over 100 jailed lawyers
Georgian lawyers routinely suffer assaults and threats in the course of their work, the Council of Bars and Law Societies conference in Brussels heard last week.
-
NewsTroika ‘destroying Greek profession’
‘Brain drain’ under way as lawyers flood to central Europe and Australia.
-
NewsUK solicitor secures top European post
Ruthven Gemmell, a former president of the Law Society of Scotland, is to be the first UK solicitor to become president of the council of bars and law societies of Europe.
-
FeatureLawyers in the line of fire
Lawyers across the globe are being murdered, unlawfully detained or assaulted for going about their work of representing clients.
-
ProfileDavid takes on RBS Goliath
Dean Nicholls acted for property developer John Morris, in a defended claim against Royal Bank of Scotland.
-
NewsFirm wins concession on mental capacity aid
Court of Protection was asked to consider legality of regulations introduced in April.
-
NewsEurope’s human rights system under new scrutiny
Council of Europe opens consultation on convention and Strasbourg court.
-
ProfilePaul Mahoney
The UK’s judge at the European Court of Human Rights explains how it ‘insures’ nations against ‘backsliding into totalitarian government’.
-
ProfileBig Brother winner settles copyright case
Lucy Middleton acted for Brian Belo, who claimed that ITV and Lime Pictures copied programme idea to create TOWIE.
-
ProfileElkan Abrahamson
The Gazette’s Legal Personality of the Year reflects on a career spent holding the authorities to account.
-
ProfileMadoff fraud suspect vindicated
Trevor Asserson successfully defended Sonja Kohn, the main defendant in Madoff Securities International Limited (MSIL) v Raven & Ors.