On 2nd May 2017 Samata Ullah was sentenced to 8 years’ imprisonment with an extended licence of 5 years at the Old Bailey for various terrorism offences including professing to be a member of ISIS, terrorist training and preparation of acts of terrorism. He had pleaded guilty to five offences earlier in the year. Tom Little was instructed by the Crown Prosecution Service and was led by Brian Altman QC.
Some of the press coverage can be found below:
The Supreme Court has ruled that claims for compensation by a man who killed three people, but was acquitted by a jury in the Crown Court on the grounds of insanity, are barred by the doctrine of illegality. The Claimant, Mr Lewis-Ranwell, sought damages from…
In this week’s Dekagram Dominique Smith examines a recent decision of the Court of Appeal considering and endorsing 90:10 split liability offers (contrary to the received wisdom following the decision of the High Court in Mundy v TUI [2023] EWHC 385 (Ch); and Robbie Parkin…
Kerry analyses Paul v Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust and the Supreme Court’s attempt to impose coherence on decades of caselaw from McLoughlin, Alcock and Frost through Walters, Shorter and Ronayne. She then asks the hard question for modern travel law practitioners: what, if anything, can claimants do…
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