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September, 21 2016
Caroline Haughey has been appointed to the Prime Ministers Modern Slavery Task Force, to be chaired by the Prime Minister
Downing Street has said: “The new taskforce aims to do more to bring perpetrators to justice and to support victims both domestically and overseas ……The membership of the taskforce has crucially been designed to help drive forward the operational response with an unusually high number of intelligence and policing experts joining Ministers around the table…They will […]
September, 21 2016
Amanda Bostock successfully represents the judicial authorities in guideline case before the Lord Chief Justice on section 12A of the Extradition Act 2003
Amanda Bostock, led by John Hardy QC, represented the judicial authorities of Germany and Lithuania before the Divisional Court in the case of Puceviciene & Others v Lithuania & Others [2016] EWHC 1862 (Admin) which provides definitive guidance on the practical operation of section 12A, intended to ensure that extradition only takes place when the […]
September, 21 2016
Jon Swain secures acquittal in murder trial at Reading Crown Court
After an 11-day trial, the defendant was acquitted of the murder of a 69 year-old. The prosecution alleged that the defendant got out of his vehicle and attacked the deceased, knocking him to the ground and then punching and kicking him causing fractured ribs and a punctured lung, leading to his death 2 days later. […]
