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The Latest Breaking News from Michael Mansfield KC

Dawn Sturgess’s family condemn security ‘failure’ that led to novichok poisonings

Lawyers for relatives of woman who died told inquiry warnings should have been issued after attack on Sergei Skripal

The Guardian - UK

Novichok poisonings were result of ‘abject Government failure to protect public’

The Dawn Sturgess Inquiry heard closing submissions from counsel on Monday.

Evening Standard

The assisted dying bill: safeguards are essential to prevent suicide

Letters: The sense of being a burden would be felt the most keenly by the most helpless

The Guardian - UK

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Vladimir Putin ordered Novichok attack on my life, Salisbury victim Sergei Skripal tells Dawn Sturgess inquiry

Former Russian spy says he ‘never thought the Russian regime would try to murder me in Great Britain’

The Independent UK

Justice for Grenfell deaths may not come this decade, warns former chief prosecutor

Lord Macdonald warns of likely delays in criminal justice system as survivors denounce ‘arrogant’ building firms

The Guardian - UK

Christopher Kapessa’s family call on CPS to review decision not to charge suspect

Inquest at Pontypridd finds 13-year-old black boy was deliberately pushed into river by older child as ‘dangerous prank’

The Guardian - UK

Teenager denies pushing Christopher Kapessa into river before he drowned

Inquest continues into death of 13-year-old black boy allegedly pushed into Welsh river in summer 2019

The Guardian - UK

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Michael Mansfield KC: ‘The two-party system is a straitjacket’

The barrister famous for his work on landmark cases such as Grenfell, Stephen Lawrence and the Birmingham Six has written a book about fighting injustice

The Guardian - UK

UK government’s refusal to confirm Skripal spy role is ‘surreal’, lawyers say

Michael Mansfield KC criticises argument for restriction orders before inquiry into 2018 novichok poisoning of Dawn Sturgess

The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak under pressure over Covid inquiry legal battle as Boris Johnson hands over WhatsApps

The former prime minister said he was willing to pass on messages dating back to pre-May 2021 that are on a locked phone.

Evening Standard

Family of novichok victim raise concerns at lack of inquiry start date

Lawyers for relatives of Dawn Sturgess, who was killed in Wiltshire in 2018, call for process to be speeded up

The Guardian - UK

Priti Patel restricted disclosure of documents to Novichok death inquiry

The former Home Secretary signed the restriction notice in July this year.

The Independent UK

Police officer’s account of motorway shooting under scrutiny at inquest

Yassar Yaqub was fatally shot during an enforced stop on a motorway slip road.

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