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Third-Party Disclosure and National Security


On 17 October 2025, Mr Justice Richard Smith handed down judgment in…

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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…

US Media Group files urgent application for interim measures at ECtHR


On Thursday, the Moscow bureau of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) petitioned the European Court of Human Rights on an urgent basis, asking the court to…

Hanan v Germany: Grand Chamber confirms the extraterritorial application of the ECHR to German troops in Afghanistan


The Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights has handed down its eagerly awaited judgment in Hanan v. Germany (App No. 4871/16), a case…

Judicial review challenging restrictions to places of worship during lockdowns in Wales and England


A group of more than 100 church leaders have launched judicial review proceedings of the Welsh and Westminster Governments’ decision to force places of worship to…

Success in European Court of Human Rights on journalists’ rights in Hungary


On Tuesday 26 May, the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg held that Hungary violated the right of freedom of expression of six journalists subject…

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Mark Cullen admitted to the Bar of Antigua and Barbuda


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