News
This page contains an index listing of news items published by Blackstone Chambers.
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James Eadie QC appointed First Treasury Counsel
The Attorney General, Baroness Scotland QC, has announced the appointment of James Eadie QC as First Treasury Counsel. The appointment will take effect from 1 January 2009.
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Diya Sen Gupta joins the Employment Group at Blackstone Chambers
Blackstone Chambers is delighted to announce that Diya Sen Gupta, who specialises in employment and discrimination law, has joined Chambers’ highly regarded Employment Group today, 18 December 2008.
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Abdulla Bin Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa v Michael Joseph Jackson
Robert Englehart QC and Andrew Green appeared for singer Michael Jackson in the High Court concerning a dispute with Sheikh Abdulla Bin Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa.
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Bar Pro Bono Award 2008 goes to Access To Justice In Afghanistan Project Team
The 2008 Sydney Elland Goldsmith Bar Pro Bono Award, announced on 1 November 2008, has been awarded to the Access to Justice in Afghanistan Project Team.
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Blackstone Chambers in FT Innovative Lawyers Report 2008
Blackstone Chambers has been mentioned in the Financial Times Innovative Lawyers Report 2008
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The War on Terror and Human Rights Law in the UK
On Tuesday 14 October, Shaheed Fatima gave a talk as part of Harvard Law School's human rights programme on human rights law in the UK and abroad since September 11.
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David Pannick QC appointed Crossbench Peer
Blackstone Chambers is delighted to announce the appointment of David Pannick QC as a non-party political Peer. The House of Lords Appointments Commission made the announcement today, 29 September.
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Michael Fordham QC named silk of the year
Michael Fordham QC has been named as Public Law and Human Rights Silk of the Year at the Chambers & Partners Bar Awards 2008.
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Human Rights: Judicial Protection published
A new book, Human Rights: Judicial Protection in the UK, has been published giving a comprehensive account of the way in which human rights principles are given effect in the law of England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
