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• High court dismisses challenge to UK’s handling of case of man held in Nigeria

  23-03-2023 19:04
  
  Authorities not required to state whether Nnamdi Kanu was victim of extraordinary rendition, judge rulesThe brother of a British national being held in Nigeria after falling victim to extraordinary rendition has said he is disappointed after the high court dismissed his challenge to UK ministers’ handling of the case.Kingsley Kanu, brother of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (Ipob), a prominent separatist movement proscribed in Nigeria, claimed that three foreign secr
  
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• Brother of Biafra separatist held in Nigeria loses court challenge against UK

  23-03-2023 19:04
  
  UK government not required to state whether Nnamdi Kanu, a British national, was victim of extraordinary rendition, judge rules The brother of a British national being held in Nigeria after falling victim to extraordinary rendition has said he is disappointed after the high court dismissed his challenge to UK ministers’ handling of the case.Kingsley Kanu, brother of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (Ipob), a prominent separatist movement proscribed in Nigeria, claimed
  
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• Melanie McFadyean obituary

  23-03-2023 18:02
  
  Campaigning journalist and lecturer who won the Bar Council legal reporting award for her coverage of joint enterprise lawThe outstanding characteristic of the journalist, writer, and lecturer Melanie McFadyean, who has died of cancer aged 72, was fearlessness. To this was added a wild sense of humour, a generosity of spirit and, most of all perhaps, an empathy with the dispossessed. She was a campaigner with an eye only for the subject, and never for her byline. It was this that made her effect
  
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• Don't crow over court victories, bar leader warns

  23-03-2023 16:46 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Bar Council chair stresses importance of the cab rank rule amid protest over acting for fossil fuel clients.
  
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• Bar chief caught in crossfire as row erupts over representing fossil fuel companies

  23-03-2023 16:46 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Nick Vineall KC defends cab rank rule at church service, as over 100 lawyers - including six KCs - sign declaration that they will refuse to act for companies supporting fossil fuel projects.
  
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• UK MPs call for inquiry into use of ‘alienation’ claims in parental disputes

  23-03-2023 14:22
  
  Concern growing that diagnoses by unregulated experts are being used to silence parents or undermine allegations of abuseAn urgent inquiry is needed into unregulated psychological experts ​being used in high conflict disputes to ​​diagnose whether one parent has attempted to ‘alienate’ ​their child ​from ​the other​, MPs have said.Opening a debate on family court reform in England and Wales, the MP for Coventry North West, Taiwo Owatemi, said
  
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• MPs call for inquiry into use of ‘alienation’ claims in parental disputes

  23-03-2023 14:22
  
  Concern that unregulated experts’ diagnoses are being used to silence parents or undermine abuse allegations in England and WalesAn urgent inquiry is needed into unregulated psychological experts ​being used in high-conflict disputes to ​​diagnose whether one parent has attempted to “alienate” ​their child ​from ​the other​, MPs have said.Opening a debate on family court changes in England and Wales, the MP for Coventry North West, Taiw
  
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• Linklaters to let staff exchange bank holidays

  23-03-2023 13:37 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Magic circle firm says scheme enables people to mark other cultural and religious events without having to take annual leave.
  
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• Postmasters urged to avoid no win, no fee lawyers

  23-03-2023 12:19 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Three firms agree not to charge clients seeking compensation from the Post Office.
  
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• Postmaster claimants urged to avoid no win, no fee lawyers

  23-03-2023 12:19 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Three firms agree not to charge clients seeking compensation from the Post Office.
  
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• Compulsory mediation proposed for 'low level' family disputes

  23-03-2023 10:26 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Government measures would also see financial penalties imposed on parents 'unreasonably' prolonging court proceedings.
  
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• Separating parents could be forced to go to mediation under Raab plans

  23-03-2023 07:00
  
  Move aims to help families in England and Wales resolve issues while reducing pressure on courts and impact on childrenThousands of children in England and Wales could be protected from witnessing their parents pitted against each other in the courts under proposals to legally enforce mediation for separating families.Mediation would become mandatory in all suitable low-level family court cases excluding those which include allegations or a history of domestic violence under the proposals, the M
  
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