Lawyer in the news – Page 24
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ProfileJudicial review win for king's descendants
Matthew Howarth Acted for the Plantagenet Alliance, which earlier this month won the right to judicially review decisions authorising the exhumation and reinterment of Richard III’s remains in Leicester – rather than in York, where it is claimed the king wanted to be buried.
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ProfileVictory in Lewisham Hospital challenge
Kath Nicholson acted for the London Borough of Lewisham in its successful challenge to health secretary Jeremy Hunt’s decision to downgrade accident and emergency and maternity services at Lewisham Hospital.
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FeatureBaby buried in unmarked mass grave
Keith Etherington is acting for a bereaved couple who, 29 months after the death of their newborn daughter, discovered that her body had not been cremated as promised, but was in an overgrown and unmarked mass grave.
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ProfileBrazilian crash victim gets £7m damages
Jenny Kennedy won £7m in damages for a newly-wed Brazilian woman who, although wearing a crash helmet, suffered severe brain injuries when knocked off a motorbike in London by an uninsured driver.
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NewsMother loses Euro court compensation fight
Mike Pemberton acted for Lorraine Allen, who was imprisoned after wrongly being convicted of the manslaughter of her son.
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FeatureActed for Angolan man unlawfully killed
Who? Mark Scott, 47, partner at London firm Bhatt Murphy. Why is he in the news? Represented the family of Jimmy Mubenga, a 46-year-old Angolan who an inquest jury found had been unlawfully killed after being restrained by three G4S guards on a BA flight while being deported. In their ...
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Psychic's libel battle ends in victory
Who? Graham Atkins, 46, founding partner of media specialists Atkins Thomson.Why is he in the news? Represented psychic Sally Morgan in her successful libel action against the publisher of the Daily Mail. The newspaper had accused her of using a hidden earpiece during a Dublin show to receive instructions from ...
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Acted for Ian Brady in prison application
Who? Corinne Singer, 51, a mental health consultant at virtual national firm Scott-Moncrieff & Associates (Scomo). Why is she in the news? Acted for moors murderer Ian Brady in his application to be moved from Ashworth maximum security hospital back to prison. Singer submitted that, because Brady is not benefiting ...