
Owen Bowcott
Owen Bowcott is the hlcarpenter's legal affairs correspondent. He was formerly the hlcarpenter's Ireland correspondent and is the co-author of Beating the System, about the criminalisation of computer hacking
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National Archives files reveal concern over detention of pregnant daughter of Northern Ireland civil rights leader
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UK government launched campaign to block memoirs being published fearing damaging disclosures
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Adviser felt compelled to complain about security at PM’s country residence after incident, files reveal
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Princess of Wales dismissed complaints about campaign for global ban, National Archives show
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His criticism in 1995 chimed with No 10 misgivings over ownership of PM records, National Archives show
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‘Imaginary capital’ rules for home ownership falsely inflated wealth and deprived people of help
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Ruling strengthens rights of estimated 1.8 million people holding ‘pre-settled status’
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Sarah Jane Young, whose father was killed in IRA attack, awarded £715,000 but judge dismisses claim for punitive damages
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EU and UK ‘unlikely to be like an ex-couple holding hands at a future friend’s wedding’, says Emma Gill
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Research suggests vulnerable individuals have been deprived of around £200m in legal support
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Prosecutor says, however, there is ‘reasonable basis to believe’ atrocities may have been committed
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Guidelines remind the bench black offenders tend to receive longer sentences for firearms offences
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Sir Peter Gross will chair panel of experts looking at how act is interpreted in British courts
Politics live with Andrew Sparrow Brexit: PM to meet Ursula von der Leyen in Brussels on Wednesday for make-or-break talks – as it happened