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

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