Human Rights News
Magnitsky hearing postponed as mother urges Russian lawyers to boycott trial
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.
Victory for Dingemans and Aughton Ainsworth in ECHR religion case
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.
Human rights barristers await European ruling in joined religious liberty cases
Top human rights barristers are awaiting a significant judgment on four landmark religious liberty cases this week.
Clifford Chance's fight for Chagos Islanders fails in ECHR
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.
Mother of dead Russian lawyer Magnitsky makes plea to ECHR
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.
Human Rights Analysis
Adversity challenger
Nobody fights harder in tough civil action cases than Jocelyn Cockburn, a trait that saw her crowned The Lawyer’s Partner of the Year 2012
Global exchange - in association with The Open University
The growing importance of public international law and global human rights practices were examined at The Lawyer’s latest roundtable discussion
Land craft
Jean Bursle and Matthew Edwards report on how the Australian property market and the recognition of native title have found some middle ground
Trials and tribulations
As the holiday season begins, one group of lawyers has never been busier. Jon Robins meets Stephen Jakobi, the face of Fair Trials Abroad
Awards preview: assistant solicitor of the year
On 22 June, 1400 people will crowd into the Grosvenor House Hotel on Park Lane for the most eagerly-awaited event of the year. With only one week to go, The Lawyer brings you a sneak preview of the shortlisted individuals and teams
