Philip Rule has been nominated for the award of Legal Aid Barrister 2017, and the Legal Aid Practitioners Group has shortlisted him as one of…
The first edition of Archbold Review of 2017 has cited two of Philip Rule’s criminal appeal cases: In brief is noted the decision in Wilcocks…
In the very first judgment of the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) this year ([2017] EWCA Crim 1), Lord Justice Burnett, Mr Justice Wyn Williams…
On 14 December 2016 the Supreme Court handed down its judgment in R v Docherty [2016] UKSC 62. Philip Rule presented the appeal to the…
Philip Rule was asked to comment upon the sentence of imprisonment for public protection, IPP, that continues to leave thousands of individuals caught in a…
No5’s Philip Rule is delivering a talk to the Adriatic Conference, Croatia, about the principle of lex mitior and its place in the common law…
Parole Board delays result of systematic breach of duty: http://www.solicitorsjournal.com/case-reports/prisons-3 Philip was leading No5’s Varsha Jagadesham. R (Hussain) v Parole Board of England and Wales (2016)…
Conviction quashed – Court of Appeal guidance on the meaning of harassment in the s42A Family Law Act offence of molestation In its reserved judgment…
hirteen cases were considered by the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) where prisoners serving indeterminate sentences of imprisonment for public protection (“IPP” sentences) had applied…
The conference on 26 February 2016, held in the court building in Strasbourg, brought together a wealth of expert speakers covering many areas of interest…
In one of Philip Rule’s ongoing cases before the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg (Minter v UK) the President of the First Section…
In December 2011 the client was convicted of murder but this was quashed in February 2015 following a successful appeal brought by Philip Rule to…
The Administrative Court Digest has published three consecutive reports concerning cases brought on behalf of prisoners subject to the sentence of indeterminate imprisonment for public…
Philip Rule, member of No5 Chambers Public Law Group, is taking part in an upcoming seminar held by the Public Law Project. The seminar, titled ‘Private…
On 14 April 2015 the Administrative Court (Mr Justice Collins) allowed the claim brought on behalf of an IPP (indeterminate sentence for public protection) prisoner…