Owen Bowcott

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  Drone strikes threaten 50 years of international law, says UN rapporteur

  21 Jun 2012: US policy of using drone strikes to carry out targeted killings 'may encourage other states to flout international law'

• Julian Assange asylum: questions and answers

  20 Jun 2012: How long can Julian Assange stay in the embassy, and could he go to Ecuador? These and other legal questions answered

• Supreme court rulings limit rights of those fighting removal from UK

  20 Jun 2012: Interests of criminal justice can outweigh rights under article 8 of European convention on human rights, court rules

• Legal crisis over Julian Assange's asylum request

  19 Jun 2012: Decision by WikiLeaks founder to seek political asylum in the Ecuadorean embassy throws legal process into turmoil

• Secret court plans 'address genuine problem in disproportionate way'

  19 Jun 2012:

  Independent reviewer David Anderson QC says justice and security bill contains elements of 'overkill'

• Secret courts bill under attack as House of Lords prepares for second reading

  18 Jun 2012:

  Reforms go against principles of open and adversarial system of justice say campaigners, lawyers and MPs

• Secret Troubles memo could prompt fresh legal action

  18 Jun 2012: Minutes of 1972 meeting amount to 'policy of impunity' for aggression by British soldiers, say human rights groups

• Anorexic woman should be fed against her wishes, judge rules

  15 Jun 2012: Judge says woman currently in palliative care is aware of imminent death but lacks capacity to decide to refuse feeding

• Plans for secret hearings in civil courts attacked by Lords committee

  15 Jun 2012: Constitution committee says proposals will undermine UK's long-held principle of open justice

• Julian Assange's application to reopen extradition case turned down

  14 Jun 2012: Supreme court responds to request to reopen case of extradition to Sweden with terse statement declaring it 'without merit'

• More female judges appointed - but ethnic minority candidates making slower progress

  14 Jun 2012: Latest statistics show large numbers of BAME lawyers are applying to become judges

• Supreme court asked to reopen Julian Assange appeal

  12 Jun 2012:

  Submission by lawyers for the WikiLeaks founder states that justices ruled against him on legal point not argued in court

• Bill targeting internet 'trolls' gets wary welcome from websites

  12 Jun 2012: Internet service providers welcome protection from libel action in return for identifying abusers, but others fear loss of anonymity

• Police told to pay damages over press release implying man killed girlfriend

  1 Jun 2012: Judge rules that Bedfordshire police statement issued after Amilton Bento was cleared of murder was defamatory

• Legal experts criticise justice secretary's new powers to select judges

  1 Jun 2012: Lady Neuberger says Ken Clarke's involvement in selection of lord chief justice and supreme court president is a 'disgrace'

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