Ep. 62: Court claims from the empire’s long shadow

21/01/2019 21 min
Ep. 62: Court claims from the empire’s long shadow

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Episode Synopsis

Last year the High Court ruled out claims against the British Government brought by people caught up in the Mau Mau emergency in Kenya in the 1950s. The allegations of brutality against guards employed by the Colonial Office were time-barred by the half-century that has elapsed since the events took place. Guy Mansfield QC represented the Foreign Office in this litigation and discusses the importance of the Limitation Act with Rosalind English.


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