Maria Mulla (Barrister at No5 Chambers) and Matthew Purcell (Partner at Saunders Law) invite you to join a webinar discussing the enforcement of judgments obtained from the US, China and Asia, and the DIFC (Dubai International Financial Centre) Courts, in England and Wales....

Date: Thu, 04 Mar 2021

Last week, the UK Supreme Court ruled in the case of Begum v Secretary of State for the Home Department, in favour of the Secretary of State and against Ms Begum on all counts. This means that Shamima Begum, who travelled to Syria as a child to join ‘ISIL’ will not be able to re-enter the UK to appeal the UK’s decision to deprive her of her nationality...

Date: Thu, 04 Mar 2021

Chloe Ashley has been awarded a prestigious outgoing Pegasus Scholarships for 2021 by Inner Temple....

Date: Thu, 04 Mar 2021

In cases involving child abuse or neglect or more serious injuries to children, criminal proceedings are frequently foreshadowed by family proceedings. It is also an issue which arises commonly in cases involving domestic violence. It may be that it assists the criminal proceedings to rely on documentation, evidence and judgments from family proceedings.

A new authority from the Court of Appeal has offered guidance to Counsel on what their professional obligations are when a defendant’s case changes part way through.

In allowing a recent appeal, the Court of Appeal highlighted that the key principle to be applied was whether the refusal to grant an adjournment will lead to an unfair trial.