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coverage in the press:

• Met challenged over News of the World phone-tapping scandal

  Publication date: 3 September 2010

• Cameroonian journalist wins stay on removal 24 hours before flight due

  Publication date: 13 August 2010

• Stephen Grosz quoted by The Independent on anti-terrorism law

  Publication date: 13 August 2010

• Shazia Khan of Bindmans LLP speaks to LexisNexis Butterworths about the BBC News report on women bishops

  Publication date: 30 July 2010

• Saimo Chahal's client, locked in syndrome sufferer asks for right to die with dignity

  Publication date: 19 July 2010

• R v Peter Coonan (formerly Sutcliffe) Judgment 16 July 2010 @ 10am, Court 76

  Publication date: 16 July 2010

• Victory for badgers on all counts as Court of Appeal declares proposed Welsh badger cull unlawful

  Publication date: 13 July 2010

• Free legal information for young people

  Publication date: 9 July 2010

• Welsh badger cull stopped in its tracks

  Publication date: 6 July 2010

• Mark Emery quoted in Guardian race discrimination article

  Publication date: 6 July 2010

• British Transport Police accept it was unlawful for their officer to order a journalist to delete his photographs

  Publication date: 5 July 2010

• Campaigners acquitted of conspiracy to cause criminal damage

  Publication date: 2 July 2010

• Different legal defences, different outcomes for two environmentalist groups

  Publication date: 1 July 2010

• Police pay damages to journalists for breaching their right to report

  Publication date: 25 June 2010

• Equality considerations unlawfully ignored in approval of multi million pound development

  Publication date: 22 June 2010

• Three cleared over teenager 'revenge' killing

  Publication date: 17 June 2010

• Badgers win eleventh hour reprieve

  Publication date: 11 June 2010

• Protester found not guilty

  Publication date: 10 June 2010

• Badger Trust wins right to challenge Welsh badger cull in the Court of Appeal

  Publication date: 9 June 2010

• Kent police ‘learns the lesson’ of £5.3 million policing operation that resulted in mass human rights breaches

  Publication date: 9 June 2010

• Peace protesters win round one in eviction fight

  Publication date: 8 June 2010

• Paul Ridge featured on BBC consumer progamme highlighting the increasing lack of Legal Aid lawyers

  Publication date: 2 June 2010

• Bindmans’ clients Debbie Purdy and Beth Ellis, have both recently published books in which they have a chapter each devoted to their lawyer Saimo Chahal

  Publication date: 24 May 2010

• Stephen Grosz featured on BBC News commenting on the right to demonstrate within a kilometre of Parliament Square

  Publication date: 21 May 2010

• Landmark Prison Disability Discrimination Judgment: Ministry of Justice found to be in breach of disability and public law duties owed to life sentenced prisoner

  Publication date: 17 May 2010

• A six-year-old girl receives £5 Million compensation for a medical negligence claim

  Publication date: 17 May 2010

• Rights claims may follow 2010 Elections fiasco

  Publication date: 7 May 2010

• Savage (Respondent) v South Essex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (Appellant)

  Publication date: 28 April 2010

• Kumar Murshid, former LDA member, wins clarification and costs from Evening Standard

  Publication date: 28 April 2010

• ‘The Telegraph and The Independent quote Shah Qureshi in environmental discrimination case’

  Publication date: 21 April 2010

• Settlement reached for Bindmans client Tim Nicholson in climate change discrimination case

  Publication date: 19 April 2010

• Doubts linger over wisdom of Welsh badger cull despite rejection of judicial review

  Publication date: 16 April 2010

• Young children’s views determine High Court’s decision

  Publication date: 16 April 2010

• Liz Barratt is quoted by The Independent on immigration law issues

  Publication date: 12 April 2010

• Clinical Negligence and Personal Injury Specialist Siobhan Kelly is Promoted to Partner

  Publication date: 8 April 2010

• Rashid Hajili Wins the Bindmans Law and Campaigning Award

  Publication date: 29 March 2010

• Stephen Grosz featured on Channel 4 News following Met Police admission that G20 protest arrests were unlawful

  Publication date: 23 March 2010

• Met Police admits G20 protest arrests unlawful

  Publication date: 22 March 2010

• New Book co-authored by Mike Schwarz

  Publication date: 22 March 2010

• High Court poised to rule on legality of ‘unjustified’ Welsh badger cull

  Publication date: 19 March 2010

• Employment Law article published in ELA Briefing

  Publication date: 18 March 2010

• Neil O'May featured on Channel 4 News commenting on the issues relating to Jon Venables’ recall to prison

  Publication date: 9 March 2010

• Errol Heibner - 34 Years and Counting

  Publication date: 8 March 2010

• Shortlist is Announced for the Bindmans Law and Campaigning Award

  Publication date: 5 March 2010

• Saimo Chahal Writes for The Guardian on Killing with Kindness

  Publication date: 26 February 2010

• Bindmans Leads the Way on the Protection of Unaccompanied Minors

  Publication date: 19 February 2010

• Bindmans Supports the Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Awards 2010

  Publication date: 19 February 2010

• Brixton indie band The Thirst to have the records of their fingerprints destroyed and their DNA samples handed over by police

  Publication date: 11 February 2010

• Lord Clarke of Hampstead Cleared in Police “Parliamentary Expenses” Investigation

  Publication date: 5 February 2010

• Shah Qureshi is Lawyer of the Month for the Black Lawyers Directory

  Publication date: 2 February 2010

• Kent police admit mass stop and search policy was unlawful

  Publication date: 29 January 2010

• Katie Wheatley is featured as the Gazette's 'Lawyer in the News'

  Publication date: 28 January 2010

• Saimo Chahal is quoted by The Guardian on assisted suicide

  Publication date: 26 January 2010

• Mrs Inglis’ Solicitor confirms that there will be appeals against both conviction and sentence

  Publication date: 21 January 2010

• Frances Inglis Murder Trial – Statement on Old Bailey Outcome

  Publication date: 20 January 2010

• Samantha Orobator Victim of Injustice to be Freed Soon

  Publication date: 20 January 2010

• Divisional Court hears Kent Police’s explanation for withholding evidence of the legality of 3550 protestor stops and searches

  Publication date: 13 January 2010

• Badger campaigners turn to the courts to halt cull

  Publication date: 8 January 2010

• Saimo Chahal Features in The Lawyer's Hot 100 for 2010

  Publication date: 4 January 2010

• Saimo Chahal is quoted by The Guardian on legal aid cuts

  Publication date: 3 January 2010

• Shah Qureshi Interviewed by Channel 4 News on the legality of the British Airways strike action

  Publication date: 17 December 2009

• Press coverage for JFS ruling

  Publication date: 17 December 2009

• Supreme Court puts an end to divisive and racially discriminatory school admissions policy

  Publication date: 16 December 2009

• Well respected photojournalist pursues complaint to the IPCC after being stopped whilst working by police who tell her we can do anything under the terrorism act

  Publication date: 11 December 2009

• Family Values: The Civil Partnership Act

  Publication date: 4 December 2009

• Police reveal a catalogue of errors resulting in written warnings to two Detectives and words of advice to a third

  Publication date: 4 December 2009

• Najma Rasul is featured as the Gazette's Lawyer in the News

  Publication date: 3 December 2009

• Brixton indie band The Thirst arrested at gunpoint after gig and held in police cells for fifteen hours by police, who almost a week later admit, we clearly got this wrong

  Publication date: 2 December 2009

• Bindmans Achieves Success in the First Family Case to be heard by the Supreme Court

  Publication date: 1 December 2009

• Disability campaigners celebrate the end of unsafe, unlawful and discriminatory taxi licensing policies

  Publication date: 27 November 2009

• Shah Qureshi is featured as The Times' Lawyer of the Week

  Publication date: 26 November 2009

• Climate Camp Protestors win battle for High Court scrutiny of G20 Policing

  Publication date: 25 November 2009

• Shah Qureshi is interviewed by Australia's ABC Radio National

  Publication date: 24 November 2009

• Family Law Specialist Melanie Hay Joins Bindmans

  Publication date: 13 November 2009

• Bindmans achieves top rankings in 2010 edition of Chambers and Partners UK

  Publication date: 12 November 2009

• Environmentalists are protected by UK Discrimination Law - Appeal Tribunal decides

  Publication date: 3 November 2009

• Mike Schwarz quoted by The Guardian on police use of bail restrictions

  Publication date: 28 October 2009

• Human rights are above politics - they are our greatest ethical challenge

  Publication date: 28 October 2009

• Bindmans’ Partners listed in Black Letter Law's "Showcasing Achievement in Law"

  Publication date: 27 October 2009

• Gwendolen Morgan 'highly commended' at the Law Society Excellence Awards 2009

  Publication date: 23 October 2009

• Young adults with learning disabilities challenge decision to axe specialist college places

  Publication date: 22 October 2009

• Bindmans acts in high profile race and disability discrimination, victimisation and harassment case against successive Heads of 4 New Square Barristers' Chambers

  Publication date: 16 October 2009

• Equitable victims overturn Government rejection of Ombudsman’s report

  Publication date: 15 October 2009

• Shah Qureshi quoted by Solicitors Journal on climate change discrimination case

  Publication date: 14 October 2009

• Bindmans represents Tim Nicholson in climate change discrimination case

  Publication date: 13 October 2009

• Gwendolen Morgan shortlisted for the Law Society Excellence Awards 2009

  Publication date: 8 October 2009

• Brussels II case first family business for Supreme Court

  Publication date: 6 October 2009

• DPP issues guidance on assisted suicide in response to House of Lords Decision in the Debbie Purdy case

  Publication date: 23 September 2009

• Shah Qureshi featured on Channel 4 News commenting on New Paternity Leave Proposals

  Publication date: 15 September 2009

• Bindmans receives excellent reviews from Legal 500 in the 2009 edition

  Publication date: 11 September 2009

• Rhona Friedman is featured as The Times' Lawyer of the Week and the Gazette's Lawyer in the News

  Publication date: 10 September 2009

• Bindmans represents Tim Nicholson in landmark climate change discrimination case

  Publication date: 7 September 2009

• Bindmans to join The Children's Society’s new legal service for young people

  Publication date: 2 September 2009

• Uncomfortable holiday reading: Bindmans briefs MPs and peers on Government refusal to investigate the Batang Kali massacre

  Publication date: 28 August 2009

• Pregnant British woman, Samantha Orobator, to appeal against Laos drug smuggling conviction

  Publication date: 27 August 2009

• Campaigners condemn ministers’ provisional response to Batang Kali massacre as ‘putting a sell-by date on justice’

  Publication date: 25 August 2009

• Shah Qureshi featured on Channel 4 News commenting on the BNP's discriminatory membership criteria.

  Publication date: 24 August 2009

• Police riot notebooks reveal brutal use of shields against G20 protesters

  Publication date: 23 August 2009

• Human Rights Solicitor Paul Ridge Quoted by The Telegraph on NHS care home refunds

  Publication date: 20 August 2009

• Human rights: clarifying the law on assisted suicide

  Publication date: 20 August 2009

• Landmark Victory for Debbie Purdy in the House of Lords

  Publication date: 30 July 2009

• Debbie Purdy’s House of Lords Judgment to be Handed Down at 4.30pm on Thursday 30th July

  Publication date: 29 July 2009

• Two well respected journalists seek apology and damages from Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis, further to being physically stopped from reporting Greek Embassy protest and manhandled by police officers

  Publication date: 28 July 2009

• Travelling sideways and unsecured: the reality of using London-style taxis for many wheelchair users is challenged as unsafe and discriminatory

  Publication date: 27 July 2009

• Head of Family Law Katherine Gieve Quoted by The Tablet on the Changing Landscape of Family Law

  Publication date: 18 July 2009

• Young Legal Aid Lawyers group wins outstanding achievement award

  Publication date: 10 July 2009

• Bindmans advises DRAX environmentalists

  Publication date: 6 July 2009

• Protesters challenge G20 armed police raid on Earl Street Convergence Centre

  Publication date: 5 July 2009

• Changes at the top

  Publication date: 2 July 2009

• Malaysia lawyers pursue UK over villagers’ deaths

  Publication date: 2 July 2009

• Professor van der Lely's whistleblowing claim against UCL

  Publication date: 1 July 2009

• Test case about to be issued on G20 policing

  Publication date: 29 June 2009

• Jewish school’s admissions policy discriminates unlawfully on racial grounds

  Publication date: 25 June 2009

• Appeal Tribunal to decide whether environmentalist’s climate change views are covered by UK Discrimination Laws

  Publication date: 16 June 2009

• Information for those at the G20 protests

  Publication date: 15 June 2009

• Why must a secret service fair hearing be heard in secret?

  Publication date: 11 June 2009

• Emilie Cole quoted by The Sunday Times on employment law relating to redundancy

  Publication date: 9 June 2009

• Debbie Purdy v. Director of Public Prosecutions

  Publication date: 1 June 2009

• Rejection of Health Ombudsman findings challenged by Bindmans

  Publication date: 31 May 2009

• Bindmans plays supporting role in Ken Loach’s new “Looking for Eric” film

  Publication date: 27 May 2009

• Equitable victims win right to challenge rejection of Ombudsman’s report

  Publication date: 26 May 2009

• Metropolitan Police face judicial review over policing of G20 protests

  Publication date: 25 May 2009

• Bindmans’ protestor clients win first round in challenge to mass stop and searches

  Publication date: 20 May 2009

• Bindmans is first Human Rights firm to join Diversity Scheme

  Publication date: 14 May 2009

• ‘Serious Failings’ at HMP Camphill - Highly Critical Verdict Returned by Inquest Jury

  Publication date: 5 May 2009

• Campaigning lawyers give a guarded welcome to government shift on massacre inquiry

  Publication date: 30 April 2009

• John Halford quoted by The Observer on Police Tactics used in the G20 protests

  Publication date: 27 April 2009

• Malaysia’s Malik Imtiaz Sarwar Wins the Bindmans Law and Campaigning Award

  Publication date: 22 April 2009

• Stephen Grosz quoted by The Independent on Human Rights

  Publication date: 20 April 2009

• Police Investigation is dropped against Damian Green MP and Christopher Galley

  Publication date: 16 April 2009

• Leila Deen Receives Police Caution for Throwing Green Custard over Lord Mandelson

  Publication date: 15 April 2009

• Bindmans acts for Equitable Life Policyholders in High Court challenge to Treasury

  Publication date: 15 April 2009

• Promotions to Partner at Bindmans

  Publication date: 3 April 2009

• Mike Schwarz quoted by The Guardian on Stop and Search Powers

  Publication date: 23 March 2009

• Freedom of Expression Awards 2009 Shortlists Announced

  Publication date: 17 March 2009

• Asad Saeed race claim against Metropolitan Police

  Publication date: 3 March 2009

• Shah Qureshi quoted by The Guardian on Employment Law

  Publication date: 2 March 2009

• Emilie Cole quoted in The Independent

  Publication date: 28 February 2009

• Press Statement regarding Peter Coonan (formerly Sutcliffe)

  Publication date: 19 February 2009

• Rendition Whistleblower issues further claim against Government

  Publication date: 18 February 2009

• Bindmans Supports the Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Awards 2009

  Publication date: 16 February 2009

• Bindmans’ Employment Team Continues to Grow

  Publication date: 11 February 2009

• Legality of Chadwick appointment questioned by Equitable group

  Publication date: 9 February 2009

• Sunday Times Rich List Millionaire criticised for ‘fraud’ on 95 Year Old Pensioner

  Publication date: 3 February 2009

• Stephen Grosz quoted by The Times and The Telegraph on Human Rights

  Publication date: 30 January 2009

• The right to die: why Debbie Purdy deserves an answer

  Publication date: 29 January 2009

• The Queen on the Application of B v Director of Public Prosecutions

  Publication date: 27 January 2009

• Shah Qureshi is new Head of Employment at Bindmans

  Publication date: 13 January 2009

• Stansted runway protest by Plane Stupid

  Publication date: 9 January 2009

• Should we legalise assisted suicide?

  Publication date: 12 December 2008

• House of Lords - Savage (Respondent) v South Essex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (Appellant)

  Publication date: 10 December 2008

• Judge orders the return of 16 year old boy to the UK

  Publication date: 9 December 2008

• Christopher Galley and Damian Green MP

  Publication date: 1 December 2008

• R (JL) v Secretary of State for Justice House of Lords

  Publication date: 26 November 2008

• Ex MI5 Officer Continues the Fight to Publish his Memoirs

  Publication date: 24 November 2008

• Gwendolen Gwynn Morgan shortlisted for the Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year Awards

  Publication date: 20 November 2008

• Whistleblower to Sue Foreign and Commonwealth Office

  Publication date: 17 November 2008

• Liverpool City Council faces High Court scrutiny over city-wide disability discrimination

  Publication date: 17 November 2008

• Bindmans achieves top rankings in latest edition of Chambers and Partners UK

  Publication date: 10 November 2008

• Judgment given TODAY in Debbie Purdy case on assisted suicide

  Publication date: 29 October 2008

• Victory for free speech and the right to protest: peaceful anti-nuclear protestor acquitted of terrorist offence

  Publication date: 28 October 2008

• Hearing on 27th & 28th October on Savage case

  Publication date: 24 October 2008

• Saimo Chahal of Bindmans LLP wins the Solicitor of the Year Award at the Law Society Excellence Awards

  Publication date: 24 October 2008

• Book launch of 'Human Rights: Judicial Protection in the United Kingdom'

  Publication date: 21 October 2008

• Saimo Chahal shortlisted for Law Society Excellence Awards 2008

  Publication date: 7 October 2008

• Debbie Purdy’s judicial review challenge to DPP's prosecuting policy on assisted suicide is being heard at the High Court on 2nd and 3rd October

  Publication date: 2 October 2008

• Another great year of reviews from Legal 500

  Publication date: 25 September 2008

• Times Lawyer of the Week: Mark Emery

  Publication date: 25 September 2008

• Leading law firm strengthens executive advice team

  Publication date: 19 September 2008

• Greenpeace campaigners at Kingsnorth acquitted

  Publication date: 15 September 2008

• CPS lawyer wins record payout for race discrimination

  Publication date: 8 September 2008

• Drax power station protesters to face trial

  Publication date: 22 August 2008

• Chief Justice of Gibraltar – Tribunal verdict awaited

  Publication date: 28 July 2008

• Former MI5 officer wins right to bring free speech claim in High Court

  Publication date: 18 July 2008

• Father can challenge JFS ruling

  Publication date: 18 July 2008

• Disabled groups to fight taxi licence ruling

  Publication date: 18 July 2008

• Animal rights activist appeals sentence

  Publication date: 10 July 2008

• Mike Schwarz gives evidence to the Joint Committee on the draft Constitutional Renewal bill

  Publication date: 4 July 2008

• Debbie Purdy wins permission for judicial review in challenge to DPP's prosecuting policy on assisted suicide

  Publication date: 11 June 2008

• Debbie Purdy challenges DPP to clarify his prosecution policy on assisted suicide

  Publication date: 6 June 2008

• Sikhs take French turban ban in schools to the EHRC

  Publication date: 3 June 2008

• Successful UCL & Bindmans debate on liberty and security

  Publication date: 22 May 2008

• Statement re: Peter Coonan

  Publication date: 14 May 2008

• Appeal Court strikes down "terror" ban on Iranian opposition group

  Publication date: 7 May 2008

• New LLP status from 1st May 2008

  Publication date: 30 April 2008

• Bindmans Law and Campaigning Award honours Burmese monk

  Publication date: 22 April 2008

• Arts Council faces High Court scrutiny over decision to cut black and minority ethnic dance companies

  Publication date: 8 April 2008

• Acquitted schoolboy wins the right to challenge police DNA retention policy

  Publication date: 8 April 2008

• Bindmans represents campaigners in protests at Westminster and Heathrow

  Publication date: 28 February 2008

• Tribunal awards substantial compensation in landmark gay discrimination case against Church of England

  Publication date: 8 February 2008

• 'Irrational': Unanimous Court of Appeal's verdict on Pension Ministers' defiance of Ombudsman report

  Publication date: 7 February 2008

• Court of Appeal poised to rule on pension campaigners' test case

  Publication date: 6 February 2008

• Bindmans boosts City Fraud practice

  Publication date: 11 January 2008

• Official secrets prosecution collapses

  Publication date: 9 January 2008

• Judge orders the return of 15 year old boy to the UK

  Publication date: 20 December 2007

• House of Lords hear challenge to the ban on political advertising

  Publication date: 17 December 2007

• United Sikhs to appeal as French highest court upholds turban ban in schools

  Publication date: 14 December 2007

• Commission refuses Home Secretary’s request to appeal against Iranian “terror” ban ruling

  Publication date: 14 December 2007

• Court strikes down "terror" ban on Iranian opposition group

  Publication date: 30 November 2007

• Banned Iranian Opposition Group Appeal: Judgment on Friday, 30th November, 10.30am

  Publication date: 27 November 2007

• Bindmans ranked amongst the top in Chambers 2008

  Publication date: 8 November 2007

• Ex Honda employee wins substantial damages for unlawful race discrimination and constructive dismissal from Honda

  Publication date: 31 October 2007

• Neil O'May represents Derek Pasquill, charged under the Official Secrets Act

  Publication date: 19 October 2007

• Bindmans in the top rankings of Legal 500

  Publication date: 5 October 2007

• Prisoners' action leads to closure of Gurney Wing, HMP Norwich

  Publication date: 4 October 2007

• Bindmans' lawyers Alison Downie and Mark Emery appear on BBC1's Inside Out

  Publication date: 3 October 2007

• New legislation on 1st October introduces Living Wills / Advance Decisions

  Publication date: 28 September 2007

• LSC puts justice in a straight jacket

  Publication date: 26 September 2007

• Investigatory powers court hears legal challenge to decision to ‘leave World War II spy out in the cold’

  Publication date: 25 September 2007

• Success in the European Court for Turkish nationals looking to set up businesses in the UK

  Publication date: 20 September 2007

• Peter Lewis v HSBC Bank PLC

  Publication date: 14 September 2007

• Peter Lewis v HSBC Bank Plc

  Publication date: 14 September 2007

• "Discriminatory, unlawful and unreasonable": the High Court's verdict on Alzheimer's drugs guidance issued by NHS watchdog, NICE

  Publication date: 10 August 2007

• As the mother of a brown boy...

  Publication date: 8 August 2007

• Public inquiry ordered into near death at Feltham Youth Offender's Institution

  Publication date: 25 July 2007

• Court of Appeal hears Secretary of State for Pensions argue that Ombudsman was 'irrational' and 'unfair'

  Publication date: 25 July 2007

• Lord Levy cleared in 'cash for honours' inquiry

  Publication date: 23 July 2007

• When Murdoch met Blair - information released

  Publication date: 18 July 2007

• John Reaney wins case against Church of England

  Publication date: 18 July 2007

• Bindmans lawyer wins Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year second year running

  Publication date: 10 July 2007

• Prisoners sue over 'unfit' wing

  Publication date: 6 July 2007

• Independent Inquiry brings suicide attempt at HMP Pentonville under the spotlight

  Publication date: 5 July 2007

• High Court told Alzheimer's drugs guidance is 'riddled with fundamental errors'

  Publication date: 26 June 2007

• Fairford Two strike a blow for anti-war protestors

  Publication date: 26 May 2007

• Victims challenge abolition of miscarriages of justice scheme

  Publication date: 9 May 2007

• John Reaney v the Hereford Diocesan Board of Finance at the Employment Tribunal, Cardiff

  Publication date: 16 April 2007

• Bindmans Signs Unified Contract Under Protest

  Publication date: 30 March 2007

• HIV activist wins first Bindmans Law & Campaigning Award

  Publication date: 15 March 2007

• High Court rules in favour of pensions campaigners

  Publication date: 21 February 2007

• Bindmans battles DWP over Ombudsman snub

  Publication date: 6 February 2007

• The Times Law supplement interviews Sir Geoffrey Bindman

  Publication date: 30 January 2007

• Racism, ratings and reality TV

  Publication date: 18 January 2007

• Protesting too much?

  Publication date: 18 January 2007

• Knighthood for Geoffrey Bindman

  Publication date: 4 January 2007

• Peter Lewis: rehearing continues the fight for justice

  Publication date: 19 December 2006

• Anti-war protestors welcome House of Lords judgement

  Publication date: 13 December 2006

• Bindmans continues to lead the way

  Publication date: 30 November 2006

• Police want power to crack down on offensive demo chants and slogans

  Publication date: 27 November 2006