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Human rights

30 September 2016
Issue: 7716 / Categories: Case law , Law digest , Human rights , In Court
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Ibrahim and others v United Kingdom (App. Nos. 50541/08, 50571/08, 50573/08 and 40351/09) [2016] All ER (D) 57 (Sep)

The Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights held, among other things, that the UK had failed to demonstrate why the overall fairness of the fourth applicant’s trial, for assisting a conspirator in the detonation of four bombs on three underground trains and a bus in central London, which failed to explode and failing to disclose information, had not been irretrievably prejudiced by the decision not to caution him and to restrict his access to legal advice.

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One in five in-house lawyers suffer ‘high’ or ‘severe’ work-related stress, according to a report by global legal body, the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC)
The Legal Ombudsman’s (LeO’s) plea for a budget increase has been rejected by the Law Society and accepted only ‘with reluctance’ by conveyancers
Overcrowded prisons, mental health hospitals and immigration centres are failing to meet international and domestic human rights standards, the National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) has warned
Two speedier and more streamlined qualification routes have been launched for probate and conveyancing professionals
Workplace stress was a contributing factor in almost one in eight cases before the employment tribunal last year, indicating its endemic grip on the UK workplace
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