Public International Law
Blackstone Chambers is experienced in advising and representing governments, corporate bodies and individual litigants on international disputes, constitutional affairs and human rights issues before a range of international courts. Barristers have particular experience in international boundary disputes, state and diplomatic immunity and international protection of human rights. They appear regularly before the International Court of Justice, international arbitration tribunals (for example ICSID, the International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes) and before domestic courts in cases involving issues of public international law.
Chambers’ expertise in this area is anchored in individuals who have a strong academic background in public international law, for example Maurice Mendelson QC (Chair of International Law, UCL from 1987-2001) and Guy Goodwin-Gill (Senior Research Fellow in public international law at All Souls College, Oxford since 2002, and Professor of International Refugee Law at Oxford University since 1998).
Recent cases
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J1 v Secretary of State for the Home Department
[2013] EWCA Civ 279
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Case 38263/08 Georgia v Russian Federation (II), European Court of Human Rights
[2011] ECHR 2175
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Al-Saadoon and Mufdhi v United Kingdom (Application No. 61498/08)
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Apostolides v Orams
[2010] EWCA Civ 9
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Ahmed and others v Her Majesty’s Treasury; al-Ghabra v Her Majesty’s Treasury; R (Youssef) v Her Majesty’s Treasury
[2010] UKSC 2
News & Events
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Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law Appointment
News | 01 Oct 12
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Three New Silks
News | 29 Feb 12
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Chambers of the Year 2011
News | 22 Jun 11
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Shaheed Fatima - NYU Appointment
News | 20 May 11
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Sir I Brownlie CBE QC's Memorial Service Addresses by Sir Elihu Lauterpacht QC and Maurice Mendelson QC
News | 24 Nov 10
