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May 2025

William Irwin represents Foreign Secretary in Chagos Islands interim relief application

William Irwin, led by Sir James Eadie KC, was instructed by the Foreign Secretary to resist an application for interim relief which would have prevented the UK from signing a treaty with Mauritius regarding the sovereignty of the Chagos Islands….

22/05/2025
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William Irwin represents Foreign Secretary in Chagos Islands interim relief application

Complaint filed at FIFA regarding the 2034 World Cup in Saudi Arabia

Rodney Dixon KC, with leading international human rights experts Professor Mark Pieth (Founder of the Basel Institute on Governance, Basel) and Stefan Wehrenberg (Attorney at Law, Zurich) have today filed a complaint with FIFA regarding its failures to implement its…

15/05/2025
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Rhys Davies writes for The Economist

Rhys Davies and Ben Keith write for The Economist, Click here to view the article on The Economist website.  “For more than 100 years, Interpol has played a vital role in combating serious international crime, from terrorism to human trafficking….

12/05/2025
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Rhys Davies sworn in as a Recorder at Inner London Crown Court

Rhys Davies has been sworn in as a Recorder at the Inner London Court, at a ceremony today, by Her Honour Judge Newbery. Rhys will sit as a Criminal Recorder on the South Eastern Circuit. He will continue to sit…

12/05/2025
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Module 7 of the UK Covid-19 Public Inquiry commences substantive hearings today for three weeks

Module 7 is examining the UK’s approach to testing, tracing and isolating during the pandemic. Zeenat Islam is instructed as Counsel to the Inquiry, led by Sophie Cartwright KC.  More about Module 7 can be found here – https://covid19.public-inquiry.uk/modules/test-trace-and-isolate-module-7/ 

12/05/2025
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Dominic Adamson KC and Harriet Gilchrist secure acquittals in Fire Safety Trial

Dominic Adamson KC, leading Harriet Gilchrist, instructed by Mark London, Kathryn Kligerman and Yaasica Hamilton-Haye at Devonshires represented two corporate defendants in a fire safety prosecution relating to a fire which resulted in the near total destruction of an ‘Extra…

08/05/2025
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Settlement reached in Vardy v Rooney costs dispute

The long-running and high-profile costs dispute between Rebekah Vardy and Coleen Rooney concluded on 6 May 2025, after the parties agreed a settlement shortly before a two-week detailed assessment was due to begin. Mrs Vardy had been ordered to pay…

08/05/2025
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Further submissions made to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers concerning the trial of Mr Mincione at the Vatican City State

Further submissions have been made to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers concerning the first-instance criminal proceedings against Mr Raffaele Mincione in the Tribunal of the Vatican City State. These proceedings continue to be…

01/05/2025
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