UN tribunal rules that Britain acted illegally in the way it exercised control over the Chagos Islands
A UN tribunal has ruled that Britain acted illegally in the way that it has exercised territorial control over the Chagos Islands. The ruling has raised questions over the UK’s claim to sovereignty and has offered hope of return to hundreds of evicted islanders. The ruling throws into doubt the UK assertion of absolute ownership, […]
Matrix launches election law briefings in run up to the General Election
Our election law team, including Anthony Hudson QC, Gavin Millar QC, Antony White QC and Helen Mountfield QC, are publishing weekly briefings on key election law issues in the run up to the UK General Election on 7 May 2015. The briefings will cover discussion from our experts on freedom of political expression, privacy, lobbying, […]
Kate Cook appointed as Chair of the Legal Response Initiative
Kate Cook has been appointed as Chair of the Legal Response Initiative (LRI). The LRI provides pro bono legal support to least developed countries as well as non governmental organisations at the climate change negotiations (UNFCCC). It works through a network of volunteer advisors from law firms, barristers chambers and universities in different jurisdictions who […]
Tim Owen QC rules in a first-of-its-kind ruling in the Cayman Islands Grand Court
Tim Owen QC acting as a visiting Cayman Islands Grand Court judge, agreed that hundreds of pages of records relating to the ill-fated Operation Tempura police corruption investigation should be withheld from public release. The ruling, which was delivered via Skype, marked the culmination of a three year process to decide if a complaint by […]
Nicholas Randall QC acts for Hull City in successful landmark challenge
Nicholas Randall QC acted for Hull City in successful landmark challenge to the decision of the FA Council to refuse the Club’s application to change its playing name to Hull Tigers. Hull City have succeeded in quashing the decision of the FA Council to refuse its application to change the Club’s playing name to Hull […]