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Jonathan Worboys to speak at Vienna Arbitration Days

7th June 2024 - 8th June 2024

4 New Square Chambers’ Jonathan Worboys will join a panel of highly regarded speakers at the upcoming Vienna Arbitration Days 2024. Austria’s foremost arbitration conference…

Richard O’Brien KC acts for HM Treasury in successfully resisting appeal in £17 billion public sector pensions case: R (British Medical Association) v HM Treasury

On 17 April 2024 the Court of Appeal handed down judgment in R (British Medical Association) v HM Treasury [2024] EWCA Civ 355, an important public…

Two new silks for 4 New Square Chambers

We are delighted to share that two members of 4 New Square Chambers, Richard O’Brien and Shail Patel are to be appointed King’s Counsel. These appointments are…

Lionel Nichols meets Norfolk Island delegation to advise on international law and human rights issues

On 14 November 2023, 4 New Square’s Lionel Nichols met with a delegation from Norfolk Island to provide advice on the international law and human rights…

Richard O’Brien represents the United Kingdom in landmark case before the European Court of Human Rights

Richard O’Brien represents the United Kingdom in landmark case before the European Court of Human Rights concerning state interception of communications. On 12 September 2023 the…

Richard O’Brien acts for National Crime Agency in its successful defence of its warrant in the Encrochat proceedings

Richard O’Brien acted for the National Crime Agency in its recent victory before the Investigatory Powers Tribunal (“IPT”) in the “Encrochat” proceedings. A group of lead…

Lionel Nichols joins 4 New Square Chambers

4 New Square Chambers has announced that Lionel Nichols has joined chambers as of 1st November 2022. Lionel Nichols specialises in international and cross-border disputes, focusing…

R (Morahan) v HM Assistant Coroner for West London

The Court of Appeal has handed down judgment in this judicial review appeal, in which Jonathan Hough KC acted for the Respondent Coroner.  The case concerned…

Grand Chamber holds UK’s Surveillance regime to be unlawful: new safeguards required for any secret surveillance regimes in the Council of Europe

The Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights has handed down a very significant judgment in the joined appeals of Big Brother Watch and…

Landmark challenge to Russian “foreign agent” laws goes to the Strasbourg Court

The Moscow bureau of the international media group Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) and its general director, Andrey Shary, have filed an Article 34 application with…