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Abu Hamza trial date pushed back to April 7, 2014
The trial of infamous terror suspect Mostafa Kamel Mostafa, better known as Abu Hamza, will commence on April 7, 2014 – a week later than the previously scheduled commencement date – by order of US District Judge Katherine B. Forrest. Abu Hamza faces charges in connection with a 1998 hostage crisis in Yemen, the attempted establishment of a “jihad training camp” in Oregon, and the support of “violent jihad” in Afghanistan between 2000 and 2001.
John Reynolds on the Russian trend of London litigation
Quite a few cases linked in one way or another to Russia have passed through England’s courts and arbitration tribunals. As a growing number of business contracts stipulate that disputes should be governed by English law, the list continues to grow. Meanwhile, Russia has resolved to draw cases back to its own courts, aiming to tackle some of the judiciary’s more prominent issues. To learn more about this quagmire, RAPSI spoke with John Reynolds, a partner at White & Case and head of its London Litigation Department.