Kenworthy's News

Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Barrister Mark Schwenk reports on the situation for asylum seekers in mainland Greece from Thessaloniki.

It is sometimes the case that the Home Office chooses to disbelieve an Applicant for asylum because, through no fault of their own, different people at different stages of the asylum process have transliterated their name (or, perhaps, the name of their home area or something similar) differently.

Congratulations are in order to Ben Nolan QC and Patrick Cassidy for their recent acquittal in a murder case heard at the Preston Crown Court before HHJ Cummings QC

David Morton, instructed by Cuttle & Co Solicitors, secured an acquittal for their client following an 8-day rape trial held at one of Manchester’s Nightingale Court

Leading on from Margaret McDonald’s Lecture at the 'Association of Costs Lawyers’ Conference on the case of Best v Luton, the ACL referred the case to the Civil Procedure Rule Committee (CPRC) to consider whether part 36 offers can be made in relation to the costs detailed assessment.