Clair Dobbin
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Julian Assange appeal hearing: Clair Dobbin has dropped her papers and lost her place[1] |
Clair Josephine Crawford Dobbin is a British barrister who was called to the bar in November 1999.[2]
Clair Dobbin is a specialist in public inquiries, inquests, public law (with a special interest in children's rights) and international co-operation law (extradition, diplomatic law and mutual assistance). She has been Treasury Counsel since 2004 ('A' Panel since 2014).
In May 2022, Clair Dobbin was appointed as one of eleven Queen’s Counsel to form part of the legal team supporting Hugo Keith QC, Lead Counsel to the Covid-19 pandemic Public Inquiry.[3]
Clair Dobbin has appeared for the US government at the Julian Assange extradition appeal hearings,[4] and is currently counsel to the Rochdale and Lambeth children's homes investigations in the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse.[5]
Related Documents
| Title | Type | Publication date | Author(s) | Description |
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| Document:Assange Final Appeal Day 2 – Your Man in the Public Gallery | blog post | 29 February 2024 | Craig Murray | Initially US authorities were keen to downplay the possible sentence, but have radically changed tack and now emphasise 30 to 40 years as the norm, which is in effect a rest of life sentence. That shift, together with the refusal so far to rule out the death penalty, gives a measure of the ruthlessness with which the CIA is pursuing the extradition of Julian Assange. |
| Document:Your Man in the Public Gallery: Assange Hearing Day 12 | blog post | 18 September 2020 | Craig Murray | Finally US Government lawyer Clair Dobbin unveiled her key point: Surely all these contentious points were therefore matters to be decided in the US courts after extradition? No, replied defence witness Carey Shenkman. Political offences were a bar to extradition from the UK under UK law, and his evidence went to show that the decision to prosecute Assange under the Espionage Act of 1917 was entirely political. |
References
- ↑ "Clair Dobbin KC has dropped her papers and lost her place"
- ↑ "Miss Clair Josephine Crawford Dobbin KC"
- ↑ "Clair Dobbin QC joins the Covid-19 Public Inquiry legal team"
- ↑ "UK barrister Clare Dobbin KC contradicts US prosecutor Kromberg in Assange Renewal Appeal Hearing"
- ↑ Clair Dobbin on Linkedin"
