News & Views

15/02/2012

How secret renditions shed light on MI6's licence to kill and torture

Little-known clause lets secretary of state authorise UK's spies to commit crimes abroad  


18/01/2012

ITN in the news on Joint Enterprise

Simon Natas is quoted in Justice Committee's report on joint enterprise


18/01/2012

Joint Enterprise: Hear Simon Natas on BBC Radio 4

ITN's Simon Natas speaks to BBC Radio 4's The World Tonight about the Justice Committee's report on joint enterprise


01/12/2011

Law Society Gazette Lawyer in the News: Simon Natas

Simon Natas overturns public order conviction in the High Court.


30/11/2011

ITN successfully defends fomer PCSO

A FORMER Police Community Support Officer who served in Bodmin has been cleared of lying about his past in order to get his job.


21/11/2011

ITN's Simon Natas Overturns Public Order Conviction in the High Court

Swearing at police is not a crime because officers hear foul language "all too frequently" to be offended, a judge has ruled


10/11/2011

Phone hacking: Lawyer Tom Crone disputes James Murdoch evidence

A former News International lawyer has accused company chairman James Murdoch of giving "disingenuous" evidence to an MPs' inquiry into phone hacking.


10/11/2011

PRESS RELEASE: Raed Salah wins permission to appeal against Home Secretary’s deportation decision

On 7th November 2011 an Immigration Judge granted Sheikh Raed Salah permission to appeal the ruling of the First-tier (Immigration) Tribunal. Sheikh Salah has been granted permission to appeal on all 6 grounds submitted to the Judge.


10/11/2011

Muslims Against Crusades banned by Theresa May

The home secretary is banning Muslims Against Crusades (MAC), a group that planned an anti-Armistice Day protest.


30/09/2011

High Court rules Raed Salah is 'entitled to damages for wrongful detention'

High Court rules Raed Salah is 'entitled to damages for wrongful detention'The Middle East Monitor (MEMO) welcomes the High Court ruling that the British government's detention of Sheikh Raed Salah was illegal during the early part of his detention and that he is entitled to damages during that period.


30/09/2011

BREAKING NEWS: Banned activist Raed Salah wins UK unlawful detention case

A Palestinian activist is entitled to damages after being unlawfully detained by Home Secretary Theresa May, the High Court has ruled. 


22/07/2011

Serbia extradites war crimes suspect Goran Hadzic for trial at The Hague

Leader of 1990s Serbian insurgency in Croatia makes no move to appeal or delay transfer after seven years on the run.


22/07/2011

Qatar breaks Arab ranks over Syria

While most Arab states sit on the fence, Qatar is standing up to Damascus over an attack on its embassy 


29/06/2011

Press Statement: Mr. Raed Salah 29 June 2011

Press Statement on behalf of Mr. Raed Salah following the Home Secretary's decision to deport 


24/06/2011

Plans to extend limit of detention without charge criticised

Committee says extending limit for detaining terror suspects to 28 days would have to be approved by parliament in each case.


20/06/2011

Matrix barrister appointed UN counter-terror expert

Ben Emmerson QC's appointment as UN Counter Terrorism Special Rapporteur.


19/06/2011

Nato suggests 'weapons systems failure' in Tripoli raid

Nato has admitted "a weapons systems failure" may have led to civilian casualties in Sunday morning's air strike in the Libyan capital, Tripoli. 


17/06/2011

Internet freedom 'is a matter for UN'

Council of Europe's head of human rights says privacy and free speech are global issues and the UN should look at them.


14/06/2011

Human rights warning over school discipline plans

Wide-ranging new powers for teachers to search pupils and delete photos from their phones may fall foul of human rights laws.


14/06/2011

ILC Adopts Articles on the Responsibility of International Organizations

ITN's Ravi Naik comments of the International Law Commissions adoption of Articles on the Responsibility of International Organizations.


14/06/2011

Juror 'contacted defendant on Facebook'

Juror allegedly contacted a defendant online during a multi million-pound drugs trial.


14/06/2011

Legal aid cuts a 'false economy'

Sweeping reforms will restrict access to justice and hit vulnerable hardest, warn law charities.


12/06/2011

Ahava 4 vow to fight on

ITN's Simon Natas acted for four activists who blockaded a Covent Garden shop which trades in cosmetics produced on an illegal Israeli settlement in the West Bank. 


09/06/2011

Torture inquiry will cover rendition, vows QC

Press reports that the government's forthcoming torture inquiry will not investigate rendition are "simply wrong", the inquiry's senior lawyer said on Wednesday. 


09/06/2011

Independent inquiry ordered over CPS claims

CPS stands accused of misleading courts over the collapse of a trial against six environmental activists. 


07/06/2011

New Terrorism Strategy Launched

Home Secretary Theresa May has launched the government's updated strategy for tackling terrorism


07/06/2011

Financial reforms have caused civil war in the Coalition

With support from the business world riding high, the new Chancellor George Osborne sets out his vision for fixing the financial system. 


07/06/2011

Legal-aid cuts of £350m will bring chaos to courts, judges fear

Litigants, some with mental health problems, will be forced to represent themselves in emotional divorce and childcare cases