News — 11 October 2023

Crime, Fraud and Regulatory Partner, Tayab Ali, appears on Newsnight

Tayab Ali, partner in our Crime, Fraud and Regulatory team, appeared on Monday night’s edition of Newsnight, looking at the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestine. Tayab serves as the…

News — 07 July 2023

UK Court of Appeal expresses ‘deep concern’ about the treatment of Nnamdi Kanu

UK Court of Appeal expresses ‘deep concern’ about the treatment of Nnamdi Kanu following the Nigerian Federal Court’s ‘clear and emphatic’ judgment that he was the victim of ‘unlawful extraordinary…

News — 22 June 2023

Court of Appeal set to determine the decision-making duties the Foreign Secretary owes British citizens mistreated abroad

The Court of Appeal will today hear an appeal brought on behalf of Nnamdi Kanu, in relation to the Foreign Secretary’s ongoing refusal to reach a decisive view on whether…

News — 10 May 2023

Kanu family granted permission to appeal to the Court of Appeal, with an expedited hearing on 22 June 2023

On 8 May 2023, Lord Justice Lewis, a senior Court of Appeal judge, granted the family of Nnamdi Kanu permission to appeal the High Court judgment that found that the…

News — 12 April 2023

Foreign Affairs Committee issues damning report into UK government’s failure to assist British nationals abroad

The Foreign Affairs Committee (FAC) has published a damning report, concluding that the UK government is failing to prevent ‘Abductor states’ from ‘weaponising [the] citizenship of British nationals for geopolitical…