Success in Supreme Court of St Helena case for David Manknell - Apr 2020
Environmental Law
David accepts instructions across a range of environmental work, both in public law and private law prcoeedings.
Selected Cases
- R v Marque Technology Ltd & Ors: Two week trial in Lincoln Crown Court in relation to a Category 1 water pollution incident.
- R v First Choice Coffee: Defended leading coffee distributor in prosecution under the Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations.
- R v Tallon International Limited: Defended prosecution under the Aerosol Dispensers (EEC Requirements) Regulations and the Environmental Protection (Controls on Ozone-Depleting Substances) Regulations.
1COR Quarterly Medical Law Review – Winter 2019/20 – Issue 4 - Mar 2020
Welcome to the fourth issue of the Quarterly Medical Law Review, brought to you by barristers at 1 Crown Office Row. This quarterly publication aims to provide summaries and comment on recent cases...
David Manknell represents father at inquest into death of mental health campaigner - Feb 2020
Teyneen Taylor was a mental health campaigner and raised awareness of mental health by blogging about her experience with borderline personality disorder. She died in October 2018 at a psychiatric...
Date set for inquest into deaths from the Shoreham Airshow Disaster - Jan 2020
This week Senior Coroner Penelope Schofield has announced a date for the inquest into the death of eleven men at the Shoreham Airshow Disaster. She thanked the families for their patience and...
David Manknell and Jo Moore successful in JR challenging Home Office decision-making - Jan 2020
R (MK) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2019] EWHC 3573 David Manknell and Jo Moore (led by Lisa Giovannetti QC), instructed by the Government Legal Department, acted on behalf of the...
Inquest opens into the death of Alex Malcolm - Sep 2019
The inquest into the death of 5 year-old Alex Malcolm, who was was beaten to death by his mother’s boyfriend for losing a trainer in a park, has commenced. The offender had a history of violence,...
Congratulations to David Manknell, Suzanne Lambert, Alasdair Henderson, Natasha Barnes and Paul Reynolds on their appointments to Attorney General’s Panel of Counsel - Jul 2019
We are proud to announce that David Manknell has been re-appointed to the Attorney General’s A Panel of Counsel, Suzanne Lambert, Natasha Barnes and Alasdair Henderson have been appointed to the...
David Manknell acts for AAIB in High Court refusal of BBC application for Shoreham cockpit footage - Jan 2019
The BBC and Press Association claimed that Go-Pro cockpit footage from the Shoreham Air Crash should be disclosed to the media under the Civil Aviation (Investigation of Air Accidents and Incidents)...
The Kenyan Emergency Group Litigation is at an end - Nov 2018
All claims against the UK Government (the Foreign & Commonwealth Office) in the massive Kenya Emergency Group Litigation litigation have been dismissed. The action is at an end. On 21 November...
Guy Mansfield QC upholds Kenya Emergency Group Litigation judgment in Court of Appeal - Oct 2018
Following an expedited oral hearing, the Court of Appeal on Tuesday, 9 October, in a reserved judgment, [2018] EWCA Civ 2213, refused the Claimant permission to appeal the decision of Stewart J in the...
David Manknell and Amelia Walker successful in their defence of the Dubs child refugee scheme - Nov 2017
The High Court (Treacy LJ and Ouseley J) has dismissed the judicial review application challenging the number of unaccompanied minors being given sanctuary in the UK under the Dubs amendment. David...
David Manknell and Amelia Walker successfully defend challenge to the Home Office’s procedures - Sep 2017
David Manknell and Amelia Walker acted for the Home Secretary and were instructed by the Government Legal Department in this seminal case of Citizens UK v the Secretary of State for the Home...
David Manknell appears in High Court ruling on the scope of judicial review - Sep 2017
David Manknell has appeared in a case exploring the public law/private law divide. The High Court dismissed a claim brought against FENSA, the well-known operator of a building self-certification...
1COR Public Law Seminar – Life, Liberty & Security - Sep 2017
Date: 11th September 2017 We will be tweeting using the hash tag: #1CORpublic Registration: 16:30pm onwards Programme: 17:00 - 17:50 Panel Discussion chaired by Mrs Justice Whipple. ...
The Times reports on Chambers extremism cases - Jun 2017
Frances Gibb has written in The Times (｣) about the number of cases being heard in the Family Division concerning extremism. The piece features quotations from Mr Justice Hayden in A Local Authority...
Martin Downs in new Radicalisation Judgment about protecting older children and vulnerable adults - Apr 2017
Mr Justice Hayden has just handed down a new Judgment concerning safeguarding those at risk of radicalisation: A Local Authority v Y [2017] EWHC 968 (Fam) (27 April 2017). The Judgment focuses on...
Marina Wheeler QC in Public Interest Immunity & Radicalisation case - Apr 2017
Marina Wheeler QC appeared for the Home Secretary in her successful application for public interest immunity in a Radicalisation Case. Mrs Justice Pauffley has just handed down Judgment. The case...
David Manknell wins in Court of Appeal in licence conditions and family separation case - Mar 2017
The Court of Appeal dismissed the Claimant's appeal against the refusal of his Judicial Review of licence conditions set by the Probation Service. The Claimant had been convicted of terrorist offences...
Profits from the sale of the Inquest Book given to the Bar Pro Bono Unit - Nov 2016
The Inquest Book: The Law on Coroners and Inquests edited by Caroline Cross was published earlier this year. This week, profits raised of £954.41 have been donated to the Bar Pro Bono Unit by the...
David Manknell in Calais Children Asylum Case - Jan 2016
The Upper Tribunal is hearing the claims of four Syrian children living in the "jungle" camp in Calais. The children claim that they have family in the UK, and are seeking to be allowed into the UK...
David Manknell appointed to the A Panel of Junior Counsel to the Crown - Jul 2015
We are delighted to announce that David Manknell has been appointed to the A Panel of Junior Counsel to the Crown. This appointment will be effective from 1st September 2015. David joins a large...
David Manknell acting for the Investigatory Powers Tribunal in GCHQ surveillance claims - Jul 2014
David Manknell is acting as junior Counsel for the Investigatory Powers Tribunal in the claims arising out of the Edward Snowden leaks. The claims are brought by numerous civil rights organisations...
David Manknell in Court of Appeal win on French burqa ban law - Jul 2014
The Court of Appeal rejected a claim that the removal of an Iranian father and daughter to France would be unlawful due to a French law which would prevent the daughter from wearing a burka to school....
David Manknell acting in “Edward Snowden” claims, instructed as Counsel to the Investigatory Powers Tribunal - Feb 2014
David Manknell is acting as Counsel for the Investigatory Powers Tribunal in the claims arising out of the Edward Snowden leaks. The claims are brought by numerous civil rights organisations including...
David Manknell appeared in Supreme Court cases on oral hearings before the Parole Board - Oct 2013
David Manknell appeared in the Supreme Court in the cases of Osborn, Booth and Reilly, who each sought to overturn decisions of the Court of Appeal that they are not entitled to an oral hearing before...
David Manknell in Supreme Court cases on oral hearings before the Parole Board - Apr 2013
On 16 April, David Manknell is appearing in the Supreme Court in the cases of Osborn, Booth and Reilly, who each seek to overturn decisions of the Court of Appeal that they are not entitled to an oral...
New Appointments to the Attorney General’s A, B and C Panels – February 2013 - Feb 2013
We are delighted to announce the following new appointments to the Attorney General's Panels - Owain Thomas to the A Panel (a re-appointment), Amy Mannion and John Jolliffe to the B Panel and Caroline...
New Appointments to the Attorney General’s A, B and C Panels – February 2012 - Feb 2012
We are delighted to announce the following new appointments to the Attorney General's Panels - Oliver Sanders to the A panel, Robert Wastell to the B panel and Adam Wagner to the C panel. The 23...
New appointments to the Attorney General’s A, B and C Panels - Mar 2010
