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Further inexplicable delay from Kuwait Courts in Marsha Lazareva’s case continues to raise concerns after next hearing is postponed.
Kuwait, 24 June, 2019 – On Sunday, June 23rd, the Kuwait Court of Appeal finally heard evidence from the defence in the case of Marsha Lazareva and Saeed Dashti. This…
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Cherie Blair Saw The Positive Difference A Meaningful Engagement With Local Communities Can Have.
Cherie Blair, Founder of the Cherie Blair Foundation for Women and Chair of Omnia Strategy LLP Two weeks ago I was in Cox’s Bazar, a thriving coastal city on…
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Omnia Strategy takes Marsha Lazareva’s case to the United Nations.
Omnia Strategy has today, 23 May 2019, filed a petition of complaint with the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, requesting an investigation into the detention and treatment of…
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Gabrielle Holly provides commentary on Manus Island class action and Australia as a forum for transnational human rights litigation.
Senior Associate Gabrielle Holly is participating in an online symposium for the Business and Human Rights Journal on business, human rights and extraterritoriality. In her most recent post she considers…
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Omnia Strategy’s Gabrielle Holly contributes to first legal symposium in Vedanta.
Omnia Strategy’s Gabrielle Holly has contributed to the first legal symposium on the much anticipated decision of the UK Supreme Court in Vedanta Resources PLC and anor v Lungowe and ors…
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Gabrielle Holly analyses the UK Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Vedanta Resources PLC and anor v Lungowe and ors.
This morning, the Supreme Court delivered its much anticipated judgment in Vedanta Resources PLC and anor v Lungowe and ors. In a unanimous decision, the court found that a claim brought…
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Cherie Blair CBE, QC and Omnia’s Chair is panelist at World Law Forum Conference on Arbitration and Human Rights
Leaders League provides insight from the World Law Forum Conference on Arbitration of Business and Human Rights Disputes, which included Cherie Blair CBE QC and Lord Goldsmith PC QC as…
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Solomon Ebere named Africa Arbitration Rising Star of the Month
Africa Arbitration (AA) is designed to project arbitration industry and jurisprudence in Africa. It was created to showcase some of the intelligent and experienced arbitration practitioners that Africa has to…
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Cherie Blair CBE, QC talks sustainable and responsible investment at the Concordia Africa Initiative
Speaking at the inaugural Concordia Africa Initiative summit in London yesterday, Cherie Blair CBE, QC called on private and public actors to think about investment in Africa from a sustainability…
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BIICL UNGPs in Legal Practice Roundtable – 29 January 2019
Gabrielle Holly will be a speaker at the fourth roundtable of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs) in Legal Practice Roundtable series convened by the British…
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