Ashurst Renews China JV For Another 6 Years

Ashurst Renews China JV For Another 6 Years

Legal Week reports… Ashurst has renewed its strategic alliance with China’s Guantao Law Firm for another six years. The renewal was signed by Ashurst chairman Ben Tidswell and Guantao managing partner Cui Liguo in Sydney last week. The non-exclusive alliance...
China: Rights Lawyer Li Heping Tortured Whilst In Custody

China: Rights Lawyer Li Heping Tortured Whilst In Custody

This will come as no surprise to anyone who follows the treatment of political and rights prisoners in China but it should always be documented and re-documented. Li Heping we learn was shackled for a month, forced to take unspecified drugs, constantly questioned,...
China: Xie Yang’s Trial Has Started

China: Xie Yang’s Trial Has Started

After some torture the next stage of the proceedings is to drop the defendant in a court that nobody can access and only tell everybody at the last moment there is a “trial” This is what goes for rule of law in China these days… Al Jazeea...