Outline Chambers News

Serbia's post-election transition, judicial accountability and important legal developments in Kosovo, Montenegro and Croatia feature in this week's Balkan Legal News.

The CJEU Grand Chamber's ruling in Tagu (C-583/24) clarifies when disproportionate sentences may justify refusing surrender under a European Arrest Warrant. Matei Clej examines the implications for UK extradition proceedings, particularly under Articles 3 and 8 ECHR, and the challenges facing individuals sought to serve sentences for drug-related offences in Romania.

Can a person be extradited following a conviction in absentia? Venfort Abogados and Outline Chambers examine the 2025–2026 reforms in Spain and the UK, the legal safeguards available to defendants, and why effective extradition defence often requires coordinated legal representation in both jurisdictions.

A concise overview of six key developments in sanctions, regulatory enforcement, investment arbitration, cross-border litigation and international criminal law, with practical implications for legal practitioners and businesses worldwide.

Matei Clej examines the $6.3 billion Binance hack, the rapid freezing of stolen cryptoassets and the legal challenges of tracing, recovering and securing digital assets under English law.

Serbia’s election has reshaped its political landscape. This edition covers international reactions, election observation findings and the constitutional road to a new government.

A concise overview of six key developments in sanctions, regulatory enforcement, investment arbitration, cross-border litigation and international criminal law, with practical implications for legal practitioners and businesses worldwide.

This week's regional briefing examines electoral safeguards, constitutional reform, media freedom, digital privacy and judicial governance across the Western Balkans.

A concise overview of six key international legal developments, from UK sanctions and cross-border litigation to international arbitration and the growing impact of sanctions on global institutions.

This week's Balkan Legal News examines key developments across the region, including Serbia's parliamentary elections, Bosnia and Herzegovina's General Elections, Kosovo's constitutional crisis, the Krško nuclear waste dispute, and Albania's proposed criminal procedure reforms.

A concise overview of six key international legal developments, from UK sanctions and cross-border litigation to international arbitration and the growing impact of sanctions on global institutions.

Toby Cadman, Head of Chambers | 9 October 2026 On behalf of everyone at Outline Chambers, I extend our warmest congratulations to Judge Navanethem Pillay, who this morning was named the laureate of the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize. The Norwegian Nobel Committee has honoured her for her efforts to promote peace and international law, and has spoken of the exceptional courage and integrity with which she has led the way towards a more comprehensive global legal order. It is difficu

This week's Balkan Legal News examines key developments across the region, including Serbia's parliamentary elections, Bosnia and Herzegovina's General Elections, Kosovo's constitutional crisis, the Krško nuclear waste dispute, and Albania's proposed criminal procedure reforms.

A concise overview of six key international legal developments, from UK sanctions and cross-border litigation to international arbitration and the growing impact of sanctions on global institutions.

An answer from Westminster to the claim that international law has never worked Toby Cadman, Head of Chambers | 1 October 2026 The Charge This year’s London Conference on International Law is meeting in Westminster, a short walk from Church House, where in the summer of 1945 representatives of four Allied powers negotiated the instrument that would put the leaders of the Third Reich on trial. It was a strange setting, then, in which to hear one of the recurring questions of t

This week’s briefing covers key legal and judicial developments across the Western Balkans, highlighting issues of accountability, judicial independence, constitutional challenges, war crimes and the rule of law.

This week’s International Legal News covers key developments in UK and international law, from a landmark Supreme Court ruling on third-party losses and new AML and crypto asset measures to major sanctions developments involving Russia, financial institutions and the ICC.

This week’s briefing covers key legal and judicial developments across the Western Balkans, highlighting issues of accountability, judicial independence, constitutional challenges, war crimes and the rule of law.

From frozen Russian assets and a major arbitral award against Georgia to new investment arbitration proceedings and expanding sanctions enforcement, this week’s International Legal News highlights developments shaping cross-border disputes, state liability and international financial regulation.