Rebecca Niblock
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The question is not whether the European Convention on Human Rights is outdated, but if the political narrative around it is eroding the very trust it was designed to uphold.
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The government needs to learn from its own rhetoric on human rights.
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Bill amounts to another nail in the coffin of the UK’s reputation as a country with respect for the rule of law.
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In July 2019 the High Court found in favour of Royal Bank of Scotland in N v RBS, which was brought by a former customer seeking damages flowing from what it said were unlawful actions taken by RBS.
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Bill is promoted as primarily concerned with the problem of arrests from non-EU countries, avoiding focus on Brexit.
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Extradition: removing the automatic right to appeal will lead to injustice
by Rebecca Niblock, solicitor at Kingsley Napley LLP and co-author of Extradition law: A Practitioner’s Guide