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|  Zardad (2005) | |
| Anthony Jennings QC represented Mr Zardad in both his first and second trial, and Anthony Jennings QC and Alison Macdonald appeared in the preliminary hearing of the international law arguments. |
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| Lambert Watson v The Queen (2004) | |
| A 9 judge Board of the Privy Council ruled that the mandatory death penalty for murder was inhuman punishment contrary to Jamaica's constitution and international human rights standards. The present existing law clause did not apply to immunise this punishment from judicial amendment to ensure conformity with these standards. Henceforth all cases of capital murder in Jamaica required judicial sentencing hearings. Nicholas Blake QC and Julian Knowles appeared for Mr Watson. |
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| Advisory Opinion on the Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (2004) | |
| The Advisory Opinion was requested by the General Assembly of the United Nations. The ICJ were asked to consider the legal consequences arising under International law. James Crawford SC was counsel for Palestine. |
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| Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Genocide (Croatia v Yugoslavia)(1999-) | |
| The case was referred to the International Court of Justice by Croatia, who contended that the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) had violated the Genocide Convention 1948 through activities undertaken against Croatian citizens between 1991 and 1995. James Crawford SC is counsel for Croatia. |
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| The legality of the use of armed force by the US and the UK against Iraq (2002-2003) | |
| In a series of four opinions, Rabinder Singh QC, Alison Macdonald and Charlotte Kilroy explore different potential authorisations for military action against Iraq. |
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| Secretary of Security v Prabakar (2004) | |
| This case concerned the expulsion of a Sri Lankan Tamil asylum seeker from Hong Kong SAR to Sri Lanka where he had been tortured. Although Hong Kong is not a party to the Refugee Convention, the case established that similar procedural standards of careful scrutiny of a protection claim apply in Hong Kong as a result of adherence to the Torture Convention. If a protection claim is rejected, the Government must give sufficient reasons to explain why. Nicholas Blake QC appeared for the asylum seeker. |
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| ITLOS Case no. 12: Malaysia v Singapore (2003) | |
| James Crawford SC was counsel for Malaysia in this application for interim measures in a case concerning land reclamation by Singapore in and around the Straits of Johor. |
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| Republic of Fiji & Anor v Prasad (2001) | |
| Nicholas Blake QC represented the appellants in this case concerning the recognition of de facto governments. The court considered whether legal effect could be given to the actions of the interim civilian government under the principle of necessity. |
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| Lubbe & Ors v Cape Plc (2000) | |
| Lord Dan Brennan QC appeared in this case in which it was held that forum principles and Article 6 of the Human Rights Act, meant that lack of representation in South Africa for black miners affected by asbestos related disease required a trial to be in England. |
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| R v Bow Street Metropolitan Stipendary Magistrate ex parte Pinochet Ugarte (No 3) (1999) | |
| Clare Montgomery QC and Julian Knowles appeared for General Pinochet in the case concerning the former Head of State of Chile who had been charged for extraterritorial acts of torture, murder and conspiracy to murder - whether these acts constituted extradition crimes. |
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