JURIST

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

The UK Illegal Migration Act will cause over 30,000 backlogged asylum applications unable to be processed, according to a report released on Wednesday by independent charity Institute for Policy Research (IPPR). The act tasks the UK Home Secretary to deem irregularly arriving migrants permanently inadmissible to the asylum system.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

The British Medical Association (BMA) announced Thursday that in a recent re-ballot for continued junior doctor strike action, 98 percent of junior doctors in the UK voted in favor of continuing their planned strikes for the upcoming months. The BMA hopes that this strike action will encourage the UK government to “come to the table.

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JURIST

JANUARY 27, 2024

The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) published an exclusive report revealing that UK businessman Ian J. 2 Intermediate People’s Court, with Stones immediately appealing against the ruling. Stones’ various procedural rights and allowed the UK to visit him and sit in on the sentencing.” This appeal was dismissed in September 2023.

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JURIST

APRIL 18, 2023

The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) Tuesday announced the launch of its investigation into Amazon.com, Inc.’s The CMA’s findings will allow it to determine whether Amazon’s acquisition of iRobot will reduce market competition within the UK. ’s $1.7

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JURIST

OCTOBER 14, 2023

The UK has taken the most strict measures when dealing with climate activists. The UK has also been imposing long sentences on activists/protesters. Both were charged with causing public nuisance and sentenced to 2-3 years each. With this legislation, the threshold of disruption is a lot lower than previous legislation.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 2, 2022

The report comes as a legal challenge to the Protocol has reached the UK Supreme Court. The Ireland-Northern Ireland Protocol was negotiated between the UK government and the European Union with the intention of ensuring the continuance of free trade across the Irish border as the UK left the EU.

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JURIST

JUNE 17, 2022

Uk Home Secretary Priti Patel Friday approved the extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the United States. The post UK Home Secretary approves Assange extradition to US appeared first on JURIST - News. Moris indicated that Assange will appeal Patel’s decision.

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JURIST

APRIL 28, 2023

UK Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Steve Barclay Thursday welcomed a High Court decision which found that the Royal College of Nursing’s (RCN) strike scheduled for May 2 is illegal. Instead of ending at the scheduled time of 8:00 PM local time on May 2, the strike action will now end at 11:59 PM local time on May 1.

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JURIST

JANUARY 26, 2022

The UK Court of Appeal Wednesday found that the Home Office’s decision to strip D4 of her British nationality was unlawful. The case surrounds a British national, D4, who was stripped of citizenship in 2019 after leaving the UK to join Isis in Syria.

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JURIST

MARCH 1, 2024

The allegations are that, because of the issuance of such bribes, three government-owned Mozambican companies made deals in 2013 and 2014 with Privinvest and Credit Suisse for loans of around $2 billion. The post UK court finds Mozambique president cannot be sued in UK over bribery allegations appeared first on JURIST - News.

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JURIST

MAY 14, 2023

The Wau Holland Foundation , a WikiLeaks fundraising organization, filed an LD-2 disclosure form on Friday showing that it hired the law firm Squire Patton Boggs to lobby the DOJ on behalf of Julian Assange. The Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 requires LD-2 disclosure forms for lobbyists.

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JURIST

MARCH 16, 2023

Australia Tuesday concluded a deal with the US and UK that will extend nuclear powered submarines to the Australian Navy. Article 2 of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) does not allow current non-nuclear states to “receive nuclear explosive devices or seek their manufacture.”

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JURIST

JANUARY 15, 2023

Iranian authorities Saturday executed dual British-Iranian national and former public official Alireza Akbari on charges of “corruption in the land and extensive action against the internal and external security of the country through espionage” for the UK. Akbari’s execution triggered outrage in the UK.

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JURIST

APRIL 15, 2021

The UK’s High Court Upper Tribunal Immigration & Asylum Chambers ruled Wednesday that the Home Office failed to properly investigate deaths at immigration centers. Upon finding Oscar Okwurime dead in 2019, the UK Home Office began deportation proceedings against Ahmed Lawal.

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JURIST

AUGUST 2, 2022

The UK Court of Appeal Monday denied to extend a stay in the Archie Battersbee case. Battersbee, a 12-year-old boy from the UK, was found unconscious in his home on April 7. The Court of Appeal held an emergency hearing on Monday, as the hospital had planned to ignore the UN request and remove life support at 2 pm on that day.

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JURIST

JANUARY 17, 2023

UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly Monday told the House of Commons that Iran “will be held to account” for the execution of British-Iranian citizen and former Iranian Deputy Minister of Defence Alireza Akbari.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2023

Yesterday, the UK Government published its response to a consultation on the prospect of joining the 2019 HCCH Judgments Convention. It is clear from the responses received for questions 1, 2 and 5 that respondents consider the merits of Hague 2019 to outweigh any potential downsides.

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JURIST

JANUARY 9, 2023

UK Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab and Dutch Minister of Justice and Security Dilan Yeşilgöz-Zegerius are to co-host the meeting in March. According to the press release, the UK offered £1 million funding and dedicated police assistance to the ICC and has supported Ukraine in domestic investigations.

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ABA Journal

MARCH 1, 2023

Dechert is “aggressively defending itself” in three upcoming trials in the United Kingdom and in two lawsuits in the United States that have one common…

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APRIL 25, 2023

UK Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Steve Barclay Monday announced he is taking legal action against upcoming strike actions organized by the Royal College of Nursing (RCN). The decision will determine if the strike action will go ahead on May 2.

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JURIST

JANUARY 28, 2024

Ethiopia signed a Memorandum understanding (MoU) on January 2, 2024 with the government of Somaliland which will grant Ethiopia access to the Gulf of Aden in exchange for Ethiopia’s recognition of Somaliland’s independence from Somalia.

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JANUARY 26, 2023

In the wake of a wave of allegations and investigations of sexual misconduct and corruption among the Metropolitan Police Service, the Greater London police see two to three officers face criminal trials weekly, Liz Jackson reports for BBC News. Each unit will be evaluated for “warning sings” of potential corruption.

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DECEMBER 13, 2023

Prof Catherine Sharkey, New York University, US Punitive Damages in English Law Prof Rachael Mulheron, Queen Mary University London, UK Discussant : Dr Eleni Katsampouka, University of Cambridge, UK When to be Afraid? Who‘s afraid of punitive damages for product liability?

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Mondaq

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Marcus Smith J has put the further "trial" of Neurim v Mylan to bed with a short 14 paragraph judgment which concludes that he will not alter course from his original "Main Judgment".

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AUGUST 4, 2022

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) Wednesday rejected a UK family’s request to prevent the hospital from removing their son from life support. Following the High Court ruling, the family approached a UN committee for people with disabilities seeking UN intervention in the UK proceedings.

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JURIST

APRIL 24, 2021

China has been accused of detaining up to 2 million people in a system of camps set up across Xinjiang in recent years, with survivors alleging widespread abuse, including brainwashing, torture, rape and forced labor. “Only when the Chinese government faces the consequences of its actions will it be deterred from further abuses.

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JURIST

JULY 16, 2022

The UK government formally backed the Employment (Allocation of Tips) Bill at its second reading in parliament on Friday, where it was passed by MPs. It would benefit more than 2 million workers and will give them the right to request their employers’ tipping records (section 27J(3)). must be dealt with, respectively.

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JURIST

MAY 19, 2023

The US, Russia and the UK–where Khan is a citizen–are all parties to the convention. ” Khan, along with several ICC judges connected to the case, are all listed as defendants in the Russian prosecution.

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JANUARY 28, 2024

The Example of X v Secretary of State for the Home Department ([2021] EWHC 355 (Fam)) To illustrate the argument, I choose a UK case that enters into a direct dialogue with Susanne Gössl’s reflection about the notion of habitual residence (see post (2) ). Yet, one may question the application of the UK legal presumption.

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JURIST

MARCH 9, 2024

The police may apply through the court for movement restriction orders if they deem it necessary, according to Part 7 Subdivision 2. The UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron also raised concerns about the absence of any reference to independent oversight and the lack of clarity on the procedures that will govern detention without charge.

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JURIST

JUNE 17, 2022

The UK Serious Fraud Office (SFO) Wednesday announced Southwark Crown Court’s sentencing of two company directors to 11 years’ imprisonment on charges of conspiracy to defraud and misconduct in a green investment scheme. The SFO also revealed that the two men used the investments to enrich themselves.

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JURIST

JULY 18, 2022

UK communication services regulator Ofcom Monday said that international news network RT, which is funded by the Russian government and was taken off the air in the UK in March, broke impartiality rules in 29 programs from February 27 to March 2, during the initial stages of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2024

The marriage was later registered in the UK “after a long period of time” since its conclusion. 2) The foreign judgment is contrary to public policy because it violates Islamic Sharia law, individual property rights and the distribution of property under UAE law. Comments: The case is in many regards…. exceptional.

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APRIL 19, 2022

The UK Intellectual Property Office recently announced its plans to provide the public with a bit more access to the patent examination system—making it easier for third parties to provide pre-grant observations that can be used by examiners and seen by others. [1] 2, 2022). [1] 2] Section 21 of The Patents Act 1977 (UK Law).

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OCTOBER 6, 2022

On Friday, December 2, at 4 pm, the European Association of Private International Law (EAPIL) will hold an Online-Seminar on the Rome II Regulation. Speakers will be: Eva Lein, BIICL (UK)/University of Lausanne (Switzerland). Constanze Bonzé, BIICL (UK). Marie Louise Kinsler, 2 Temple Gardens, London (UK).

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Mondaq

JULY 29, 2022

Episode 7 in Season 2 of the Cipher Vision Podcast series features Lew Zaretzki, Managing Director of Hamilton IPV.

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JURIST

JULY 6, 2023

Canada, Sweden, Ukraine and the United Kingdom (UK) filed a joint application Tuesday instituting proceedings against the Islamic Republic of Iran before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) claiming that Iran has violated its obligations under the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Civil Aviation (otherwise known (..)

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