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Buttet v UK: ECtHR gives disappointing judgment on the UK’s State Immunity Act 1978 and employment exemptions
Schona Jolly QC and Ruaraidh Fitzpatrick of Cloisters represented the Applicant, M.Buttet, in his proceedings before the ECtHR, instructed by John Halford and Shirin Marker at Bindmans LLP.
Schona Jolly QC to address disability and equality in a post-Brexit UK
Schona Jolly QC spoke at the Business Disability Forum President’s Group Dinner on the implications of disability and equality in post-Brexit UK.
Schona Jolly QC to chair the HRLA Annual General Meeting and Lecture
The Human Rights Law Association Annual Lecture is open to everyone. The chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission, David Isaac, will talk about the state of human rights in modern Britain. Leading the conversation will be Cloister's Schona Jolly QC.
Schona Jolly QC on plugging the post-Brexit human rights gap
Human rights and equalities lawyer Schona Jolly QC warns that the government’s refusal to incorporate the EU Charter of Rights into UK law will weaken human rights protections.
Schona Jolly QC on BBC World News: Why the world must act now to protect the Rohingya
Schona Jolly QC appeared on BBC World News today to discuss human rights concerns of the Rohingya refugee crisis in Myanmar.
Most of the Brexit rebels are lawyers. Maybe experts are useful after all.
Human rights and equalities barrister Schona Jolly QC has written an opinion piece in The Guardian about the profound flaws with the EU Withdrawal Bill and why lawyers, in particular, are worried.