Professor Bill Bowring is representing the Bar Council of England & Wales at the first ever meeting between the ECHR and representatives of the Bars and Law Societies of the 47 Council of Europe’s member states.
Stephen O’Rourke QC takes up his role as Principal Crown Counsel today. He now heads the Advocate Depute team of more than 60 High Court prosecutors in Scotland.
Sarah McKeown and Mark Baumohl have been appointed as Deputy District Judges on the South Eastern circuit.
Professor Bill Bowring’s expert evidence on the Russian legal system was preferred by the court in the case of MB & Services Limited and Tatiana Golovina and United Company Rusal Plc. Bill who advises on Russian law...
Hashim Reza successfully defended a claim based on judgments in favour of Strategic Technologies Pte Ltd against the Ministry of National Defence of the Republic of China (Taiwan).
The Ministry of National Defence had applied on various grounds to set aside an English-registered judgment arising out of non-compliance with a contract for military equipment. Its application also requested that enforcement proceedings against it to be stayed. That application raised many issues, some of which involved questions of law on which there had not been any previous English authority.
The Court of Appeal gave judgment in the long running and multi party case of Blindley Heath Investments Limited v Bass (and others) [2015] EWCA Civ 1023 on Friday 9 October 2015. The case, included two juniors in chambers who acted for the successful parties: Hashim Reza and Timothy Carlisle.