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Archive for January 27th, 2010

Lawcast164: The legal basis for the Iraq War and Lord Goldsmith’s opinion with Carl Gardner Today I am talking to Carl Gardner, a former government lawyer in Tony Blair’s administration and author of the Head of Legal blog, about the legality of the War in Iraq. The legal analysis turns on United Nations Special Resolution [...]

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“All Change or Not” The Bar’s Roadshow hits York. Jane Lambert Barrister NIPC Law blog On 30 Oct 2007 the Legal Services Act received Royal Assent. Part V of that Act provides a legislative framework for legal services including advocacy to be offered by businesses consisting of lawyers and non-lawyers.  Since 31 March 2009 the [...]

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Below is a press release from Reprieve. I have extracted it in full.  The report runs to 221+ pages… I have read some of the more UK specific parts and will examine the document in more detail during the course of the day. Our adherence to the  international rule of law was questioned by government [...]

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Philippe Sands QC, a member of Matrix Chambers and professor of International Law at University College, London, suggested on Newsnight that following evidence about the legality of the Iraq war, Tony Blair may have to choose his travel destinations carefully. I won’t make any further comment on that for the present. (Apologies for typo in [...]

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