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This is an archive of series one of Pod's law, the podcast about recent cases by Julius Komorowski, Advocate.
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Episode 14: International Wrongs & DR
26 JAN 2014 · In this episode I cover International Wrongs and Domestic Rights.
1. SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
Kiobel v Royal Dutch Petroleum Co
(17 April 2013)
No. 10–1491
Does the US Alien Tort Statute apply to breaches of international law within the territory of a foreign state?
http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/12pdf/10-1491_l6gn.pdf
2. EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS
Jones v United Kingdom
(14 January 2014)
App Nos. 34356/06 & 40528/06
Was the immunity from suit of a foreign state, and of its officials, on the basis of state immunity, consistent with the European Convention on Human Rights, Article 6?
http://www.bailii.org/eu/cases/ECHR/2014/32.html
3. QUEEN'S BENCH DIVISION OF THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE OF ENGLAND AND WALES
Belhaj v Straw
(20 December 2013)
[2013] EWHC 4111 (QB)
Where the claimants alleged that the UK government had been complicit with foreign states in their illegal abduction and return to Libya, were their claims non-justiciable because they concerned acts of state?
http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/QB/2013/4111.html
~EVENTS~
Gerald Gordon Seminar on Criminal Law, University of Glasgow (12 June 2014):
http://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/law/research/criminallaw/gordonseminar/
Sovereignty, Property and Critical History of International Law
University of Glasgow (13 February 2014):
http://tinyurl.com/nj4xw6o
~E-MAIL~
julius.komorowski@terrafirmachambers.com
~RSS FEED~
http://feeds.feedburner.com/podslaw
Episode 13: Adoption
12 JAN 2014 · In this episode I cover adoption.
1. SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM
AA (Somalia) v Entry Clearance Officer, Addis Ababa
(18 December 2013)
[2013] UKSC 81
What counts as a “de facto adoption” for the purposes of children re-uniting with their refugee adoptive parents in the United Kingdom?
http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKSC/2013/81.html
(I also mention the Immigration Rules, available at:
http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/policyandlaw/immigrationlaw/immigrationrules/ )
2. COURT OF PROTECTION OF THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE OF ENGLAND & WALES; CHELMSFORD COUNTY COURT; FAMILY DIVISION OF THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE OF ENGLAND & WALES
“The Essex affair”
I discuss the matter of the Italian woman who underwent a forced Caesarean section, and whose child was taken in to care and adopted.
Mostyn J, Judgment of 23 August 2012: http://www.judiciary.gov.uk/Resources/JCO/Documents/Judgments/re-aa-approved-judgment.pdf
Judge Newton, Judgment of 1 February 2013:
http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/Misc/2013/20.html
President of the Family Division, Sir James Munby, Judgment of 17 December 2013:
http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Fam/2013/4048.html
(I also mention the decision of the Court of Appeal in MB [1997] EWCA Civ 3093
http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/1997/3093.html)
3. COURT OF APPEAL OF NORTHERN IRELAND
Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission’s application for judicial review
(27 June 2013)
[2013] NICA 37
Can homosexual couples, including couples in civil partnerships, jointly adopt a child in Northern Ireland?
http://www.bailii.org/nie/cases/NICA/2013/37.html
(I also mention the House of Lords decision of In re P of 2008
http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKHL/2008/38.html
and also the European Court of Human Rights in Gas and Dubois v France of 2012
http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/sites/eng/pages/search.aspx?i=001-109572)
~EVENTS~
Legal Services Agency: Judicial Review Masterclass: 20 January 2014
http://www.lsa.org.uk/seminars/seminars.php?c=113&s=20
SYLA & Black Chambers: Criminal Day Conference: 20 January 2014
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/syla-criminal-day-conference-tickets-9840226382
This is an archive of series one of Pod's law, the podcast about recent cases by Julius Komorowski, Advocate.
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