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Owen Bowcott

Owen Bowcott is a former legal affairs correspondent and Ireland correspondent for the Guardian

July 2024

June 2024

  • Joe Joyce for obits

    Joe Joyce obituary

  • Sir Oliver Popplewell. 15-05-2003. Photograph by Martin Godwin.

    Sir Oliver Popplewell obituary

April 2024

  • Keith Carmichael of the torture survivor charity Redress.

    Keith Carmichael obituary

    Human rights campaigner who founded the charity Redress following his unlawful imprisonment and torture in Saudi Arabia

March 2024

  • Sir John Jonah Walker-Smith and his wife, Aileen

    Sir Jonah Walker-Smith obituary

  • Rose Dugdale Member Of The Ira Outside The Tottenham Civil Rights Centre. (mrs Eddie Gallagher).<br>Mandatory Credit: Photo by Jimmy James/Evening News/Shutterstock (3440513a) Rose Dugdale Member Of The Ira Outside The Tottenham Civil Rights Centre. (mrs Eddie Gallagher). Rose Dugdale Member Of The Ira Outside The Tottenham Civil Rights Centre. (mrs Eddie Gallagher).

    Rose Dugdale obituary

February 2024

  • Former Taoiseach John Bruton arrives at Leinster House, Dublin, to address the Seanad on Brexit.<br>J2AWHB Former Taoiseach John Bruton arrives at Leinster House, Dublin, to address the Seanad on Brexit.

    John Bruton obituary

    Irish taoiseach who helped pave the way for the Good Friday Agreement and laid the foundations for economic growth

January 2024

  • Rampton in 1987, shortly after he became a QC.

    Richard Rampton obituary

    Leading defamation barrister who led the courtroom case against the Holocaust denier David Irving in 2000

November 2023

  • MPs expenses row<br>File photo dated 15-10-2009 of Sir Thomas Legg as the results of his review into MPs' expenses will finally be published today. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Thursday February 04, 2010. See PA story POLITICS Expenses. Photo credit should read: John Stillwell/PA Wire

    Sir Thomas Legg obituary

    Former permanent secretary in the Lord Chancellor’s Department who presided over the public inquiry into MPs’ expenses
  • Lord Judge at Westminster Abbey in 2012.

    Lord Judge obituary

    Former lord chief justice who was a resolute defender of free speech and the independence of the judiciary
  • Benedict Birnberg, civil rights solicitor

    Benedict Birnberg obituary

    Pioneering lawyer and civil liberties campaigner who paved the way for the abolition of the death penalty in Britain

October 2023

  • Hon Sir William Gage(Marcus) Justice - Judge of the High Court of Justice, Queens Bench Division since 1993. He will be sitting in the Jill Dando Murder case.. (Photo by Jeff Overs/BBC News &amp; Current Affairs via Getty Images)

    Sir William Gage obituary

    Appeal court judge who chaired the public inquiry into the 2003 death of the Iraqi prisoner Baha Mousa in British army custody

July 2023

  • Simon Brown, a judge of liberal sympathies, was renowned for his finely written judgments.

    Lord Brown of Eaton-Under-Heywood obituary

    Judge who made a lasting impact on immigration and sexual offence law and went on to become a supreme court justice

May 2023

  • Rt Hon Sir ROBERT CARSWELL Lord Chief Justice of N. Ireland COMPULSORY CREDIT: UPPA/Photoshot Photo UGL 012518/A-08 06.01.1997, Credit:Photoshot / Avalon

    Lord Carswell obituary

    Barrister and judge who served as lord chief justice of Northern Ireland

April 2023

  • PROSECUTING EVIL: THE EXTRAORDINARY WORLD OF BEN FERENCZ, Ben Ferencz as chief prosecutor in the Einsatzgruppen trial, Nuremberg, Germany (1947-1948), 2018. © Vertical Entertainment / courtesy Everett Collection<br>RT25YB PROSECUTING EVIL: THE EXTRAORDINARY WORLD OF BEN FERENCZ, Ben Ferencz as chief prosecutor in the Einsatzgruppen trial, Nuremberg, Germany (1947-1948), 2018. © Vertical Entertainment / courtesy Everett Collection

    Benjamin Ferencz obituary

    Last surviving Nuremberg prosecutor who played a key role in advancing the cause of international justice

February 2023

  • Henry McDonald

    Henry McDonald obituary

    Northern Irish journalist and author whose lively writing explored the Troubles with empathy and fascination

January 2023

  • Richard Hartley arriving at the Old Bailey in London in 1999 to represent the footballer Bruce Grobbelaar in his libel case against the Sun.

    Richard Hartley obituary

    Skilful and persuasive barrister who won over the jury for Bruce Grobbelaar and other high-profile clients

April 2022

  • Mary Monson was dedicated to securing a full understanding of – and providing friendship to – those caught up in the criminal justice system.

    Mary Monson obituary

    Defence lawyer renowned for her sympathetic handling of criminal cases involving poor, juvenile and immigrant clients

March 2022

  • Officials raised the Mauritian flag above an atoll on the Chagos Islands, pictured, and sang the national anthem in a ceremony in February.

    Mauritius challenges UK rights over Indian Ocean domain name

    Right to license .io address being challenged on grounds Britain no longer has legitimate claim to Chagos Islands
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