2011 Seminar Programme

Furnival Chambers would like to thank everyone who took part in their successful 2011 Seminar Programme, whether as a speaker or an attendee.

Details of the 2012 programme will be published on this page early in 2012.

Furnival News

European Court of Human Rights rules on the extradition of two men to the US to face life without parole sentences: Craig Harris was led by Mark Summers in Harkins and Edwards v the UK, arguing that Joshua Edwards  extradition to the USA to face a "life without parole" sentence would violate Article 3 of the European Convention.  The judgment is notable for overruling the House of Lords decision in R (Wellington) v SSHD [2008] UKHL 72 on the correct approach to art 3 in extradition cases. The Chamber gave judgment on 17th January 2012.  Download the ECHR press release here.

Barrister Paul Garlick QC warned Guyanese about breaching UK Bribery Act

Earlier last month Paul Garlick QC and Nicholas Hearn acted in a successful appeal of a District Judge's decision to order the extradition of a Romanian national pursuant to a European Arrest Warrant.

Three sentenced to jail for operating £27.5m boiler room Fraud. Stephen Leslie QC represented a defendant Mark Dingley in the trial and was the only defendant that was acquitted. Click here to download the news. (PDF Reader required)

Caroline Haughey prosecuted the case of a Tanzanian woman held as a "modern-day slave" in a bungalow in Harrow.