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Jamie Bryson preparing legal challenge to facing trial without jury in Nama probe case Jamie Bryson. Picture by Pacemaker. 24 May, 2021 15:58 A LOYALIST activist accused of conspiring to subvert a Stormont inquiry into a billion pound property deal is preparing a legal challenge to facing trial without jury. Lawyers for Jamie Bryson have taken preliminary steps in a potential High Court case against the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) in Northern Ireland. The 31-year-old denies a charge of conspiracy to commit misconduct in a public office on dates between...

Submitting... Former attorney general John Larkin The defendants are already seeking to judicially review the decision to have them returned for Crown Court trial - where Mr Bryson will be representing himself. But now he has initiated a second possible challenge to the legality of the decision to issue a certificate for a non-jury trial. Pre-Action Protocol correspondence has been sent to the Public Prosecution Service in Belfast, alleging that the DPP has misdirected himself and asking for the certificate to be rescinded. Mr Bryson, who has enlisted former Attorney General John Larkin QC fo...

Ecuador: Extreme rainfall related to the El Niño phenomenon - Early Action Protocol summary (EAP2020EC02) Format The IFRC Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) has approved a total allocation of CHF 249,983 from its Forecast-based Action (FbA) mechanism for the Ecuadorian Red Cross (ERC). The approved amount consists of an immediate allocation of CHF 135,565 for readiness and prepositioning and CHF 114,418 automatically allocated to implement early actions once the defined triggers are met. The FbA by the DREF is a forecast-based financing mechanism managed by the DREF. Allocations for FbA b...