http://www.thelawyer.com http://www.thelawyer.com http://www.thelawyer.com/magazine/graphics/logo-rss.png http://www.thelawyer.com http://www.thelawyer.com/news-and-analysis/practice-areas/litigation/litigation-news/troops-protected-by-human-rights-act-wherever-they-are-rules-supreme-court/3006138.article http://www.thelawyer.com/news-and-analysis/practice-areas/litigation/litigation-news/troops-protected-by-human-rights-act-wherever-they-are-rules-supreme-court/3006138.article Soldiers serving in the British armed forces will be protected by the Human Rights Act (HRA) wherever they are based, the Supreme Court ruled this morning. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:11 GMT http://www.thelawyer.com/news-and-analysis/practice-areas/litigation/saveukjustice-the-story-since-9-april/3005274.article http://www.thelawyer.com/news-and-analysis/practice-areas/litigation/saveukjustice-the-story-since-9-april/3005274.article Tue, 28 May 2013 13:31 GMT http://www.thelawyer.com/magnitsky-hearing-postponed-as-mother-urges-russian-lawyers-to-boycott-trial/1016687.article http://www.thelawyer.com/magnitsky-hearing-postponed-as-mother-urges-russian-lawyers-to-boycott-trial/1016687.article The preliminary hearing of the posthumous trial of Russian lawyer Sergei Magnitsky has been postponed after his family and their lawyers refused to take part in the trial. Tue, 29 Jan 2013 15:52 GMT http://www.thelawyer.com/victory-for-dingemans-and-aughton-ainsworth-in-echr-religion-case/1016447.article http://www.thelawyer.com/victory-for-dingemans-and-aughton-ainsworth-in-echr-religion-case/1016447.article The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has delivered a mixed verdict in four landmark religious liberty cases this morning, finding that British Airways (BA) discriminated against a cross-wearing employee but dismissing the other three appeals. Tue, 15 Jan 2013 11:50 GMT http://www.thelawyer.com/human-rights-barristers-await-european-ruling-in-joined-religious-liberty-cases/1016415.article http://www.thelawyer.com/human-rights-barristers-await-european-ruling-in-joined-religious-liberty-cases/1016415.article Top human rights barristers are awaiting a significant judgment on four landmark religious liberty cases this week. Mon, 14 Jan 2013 00:04 GMT http://www.thelawyer.com/clifford-chances-fight-for-chagos-islanders-fails-in-echr/1016251.article http://www.thelawyer.com/clifford-chances-fight-for-chagos-islanders-fails-in-echr/1016251.article The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ruled that claims against the UK Government by Chagos Islanders are inadmissible, seven years after the case was filed. Thu, 3 Jan 2013 12:21 GMT http://www.thelawyer.com/mother-of-dead-russian-lawyer-magnitsky-makes-plea-to-echr/1015093.article http://www.thelawyer.com/mother-of-dead-russian-lawyer-magnitsky-makes-plea-to-echr/1015093.article The mother of Sergei Magnitsky, a Russian lawyer who died in November 2009 while being detained in a Moscow prison cell, has appealed to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) to declare that Russia has violated the European Convention of Human Rights in relation to Magnitsky’s death. Fri, 19 Oct 2012 17:10 GMT http://www.thelawyer.com/litvinenkos-widow-drops-human-rights-lawyer-ahead-of-inquest/1015019.article http://www.thelawyer.com/litvinenkos-widow-drops-human-rights-lawyer-ahead-of-inquest/1015019.article The wife of murdered russian spy Alexander Litvinenko is understood to have dropped her longstanding human rights lawyer Louise Christian of Christian Khan in favour of a Russian firm in the West End. Fri, 19 Oct 2012 12:25 GMT