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Rodney Dixon KC and Kathryn Howarth have filed an Article 15 Communication at the International Criminal Court, requesting that the Prosecutor open an investigation into alleged Crimes against humanity in Tunisia. Since what has been described as a “coup” by…
TGC has once again been recognised in the 2024 Legal 500 UK Bar rankings, with 58 individual rankings across 11 practice areas. The Legal 500 UK Bar is a reputable ranking system that recognises the UK’s top barristers and…
The applicants in Ghannouchi and Others v Republic of Tunisia obtained an order from the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights on 28 August 2023 that puts into place provisional measures to protect leading Tunisian opposition politicians who are…
TGC are delighted to announce that Sian Reeves’s application for the Attorney General “A” Panel of counsel has been successful, having previously been on the “B” Panel. We are also pleased to announce that Kathryn Howarth & Saoirse Townshend’s application…
Between 10th and 28th July 2023 Sir Ernest Ryder, appointed as Judge Coroner heard the inquest into the death of Marine Benjamin McQueen at the Royal Courts of Justice. The Judge Coroner ruled that Marine McQueen died on 14 November…
Kathryn Howarth represented the Requested Person at his extradition hearing before District Judge Turnock on 16 June 2023, who on 4 July 2023 handed down a judgment discharging the Requested Person from the extradition proceedings at Westminster Magistrates’ Court. He…
On 15 June 2023, Kathryn Howarth secured the discharge from extradition proceedings of a mother of two young children, in relation to an extradition request from the Czech Republic. The case was heard by District Judge Girffiths at Westminster Magistrates’…
Two cases have been filed at the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights in Arusha, Tanzania, concerning the detention, prosecution, and maltreatment of a cross section of members of the opposition and a prominent judge in Tunisia. In the…
A group of prominent Tunisian opposition figures including the former Minister of Justice, who are detained, have applied to the UK Foreign Secretary to use his powers under the UK’s Global Human Rights Sanctions regime of 2020 to impose sanctions…
Kathryn Howarth represented the Crotian Judicial Authority in extradition proceedings before Cranston J in the Administrative Court. The proceedings concerned a request by Croatia for the extradition of Mr Milenko Maric to face a re-trial in Croatia, in relation…
