JURIST

AUGUST 22, 2022

Barristers practicing criminal law in the UK have voted to strike “indefinitely” in a ballot action, the Criminal Bar Association announced Monday. The walkout will start on Monday, September 5, meaning virtually all criminal court cases in England and Wales will be unable to proceed.

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JURIST

AUGUST 5, 2024

UK law associations expressed concern Monday over the suggestion that 24-hour “night courts” should be established to deal with the mass riots throughout the UK, emphasizing that solicitors are already overworked and underpaid. The violent riots have continued to spread throughout various UK cities and towns.

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JURIST

JANUARY 26, 2022

The UK Government Monday introduced a bill to criminalize “virgin repair” surgery, known as hymenoplasty. The post “Virgin repair” surgery criminalized in the UK appeared first on JURIST - News. However, there is no scientific evidence to support this practice.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 11, 2020

In January 2014 the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights, together with Public Interest Lawyers, urged the ICC to investigate alleged war crimes committed “with respect to the abuse and mistreatment of Iraqi detainees by UK military forces.” ” They argued that the abuse lasted from 2003 until 2008.

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JURIST

AUGUST 3, 2024

The UK Parliament enacted the Victims and Prisoners Act on Friday. The new act bars the UK convicted murderers, who receive a sentence of life imprisonment, from marrying or entering into a civil partnership behind bars. The new law formally introduces the principles of the Victims’ Code into law.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

UK Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab Sunday announced new measures to increase the severity of punishments faced by person incarcerated on terrorism charges who commit offences while in prison. Other aspects of the UK’s anti-terrorism policy have drawn criticism from rights groups for interfering with the right to privacy.

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JURIST

JULY 7, 2022

Professor Penney Lewis, the Law Commissioner for Criminal Law, advocated for the reforms, saying : Sharing intimate images of a person without their consent can be incredibly distressing and harmful for victims, with the experience often scarring them for life. This is a grave mistake.

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JURIST

MARCH 20, 2024

Extending the reach of labor inspectorates into high-risk sectors and building more effective bridges between labor and criminal law enforcement is also critical in this regard. 203) provides a strategic framework for comprehensive action against forced labor.

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SimplyLawJobs

MAY 24, 2021

Whether you’re a law student, a paralegal, or a solicitor with years of experience, listening to a legal podcast that suits your interests can be extremely beneficial, and fun. To help you choose the best, we’ve put together a list of 5 top legal podcasts in the UK that you should be listening to. . 1) UK Law Weekly.

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JURIST

MAY 21, 2021

In addition to Lithuania, governments of countries such as Canada , the UK and the Netherlands have previously passed resolutions stating that acts of China amount to genocide against the Uyghur minority so as to put pressure on international organizations such as the UN to take action.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 28, 2021

Around the same time the Gambia filed a case at the ICJ, Burmese Rohingya Organization UK ( BROUK) along with six women who were raped and tortured petitioned the Argentinian judiciary to open a case against senior Myanmar officials. Saturday’s holding grants the BROUK petition.

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JURIST

APRIL 14, 2022

A UK Conservative Party MP was found guilty Monday of sexually abusing a 15-year-old boy. Imran Ahmad Khan, an MP of Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s ruling party was charged with forcing the teenager to consume alcohol before abusing him in 2008. The incident occurred before Khan became Wakefield MP, and at the time denied the charges.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

.” The Panel took note of Al Mahdi’s submissions, where he detailed his “firm intention” to raise public awareness against extremism, as well as observations by the UK (where he has been incarcerated) in deciding he has good “prospects for resocialization and successful resettlement.”

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JURIST

DECEMBER 11, 2021

The designations follow coordinated measures with Canada, the EU, and the UK to sanction leaders in Myanmar and Belarus for the continued repression of their citizens. US Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken, announced the sanctions in a press statement coinciding with International Human Rights Day, 2021.

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JURIST

JUNE 20, 2021

US spokesperson Ned Price said in a press briefing that the US is “deeply concerned by Hong Kong authorities’ selective use of the national security law to arbitrarily target independent media organizations,” adding the charges appear to be “entirely politically motivated.”

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Conflict of Laws

JANUARY 22, 2025

Featuring the reports from the most recent IACL/AIDC General Congress in Asuncin, the volume provides the reader with unique insights by renowned legal scholars into the practices of 14 national jurisdictions ( inter alia China, Germany, Japan, Korea, UK, U.S.) and the the European Union (EU).

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Mondaq

JANUARY 25, 2022

Has any aspect of the response broken Scots criminal law? What could have been done better in response to the pandemic?

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Mondaq

MARCH 29, 2022

In the following article BCL's partner Shaul Brazil examines the application in the United Kingdom of the ‘forum bar' to extradition which was introduced following widespread criticism of the perceived imbalance in the extradition arrangements between the United Kingdom and the United States and the so-called ‘long arm' jurisdiction of United States (..)

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JURIST

OCTOBER 22, 2022

Law students from the European Union are reporting for JURIST on law-related events in and affecting the European Union and its member states. Panagiotis Lampropoulos is a recent graduate of the University of Bristol Law School (UK). He is currently doing a year of required military service in Greece. .

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SimplyLawJobs

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Many of those who wish to go on to be a solicitor often start work as a paralegal thanks to the vast experience of the law that they can obtain. This can be across criminal law, family law, property, wills, personal injury or even employment law. . 5 misconceptions about being a paralegal.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Employee law is currently hugely important including how employers will keep their workforce safe, and what rights employees have when at work. Also, some governments like the UK are providing relief schemes such as the furlough scheme to those who’s companies have had to temporarily relieve them from work. « Older Entries.

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AUGUST 15, 2024

While written from the perspective of English law, it incorporates comparative insights from similar FDL claims in other jurisdictions, including Australia, Canada, EU Member States, and the US. Chapter 4 examines the capacity and challenges faced by English courts in adjudicating foreign direct liability (FDL) claims.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Criminal law is a big thing. I have a client who is based in the UK and they want to move into the United States and do some stuff here. Since we have a ton of laws about that going on right now, I’m helping them kind of go through and understand what their obligations are. Employment becomes a huge thing.

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SimplyLawJobs

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

local government, property, family or criminal law. The UK’s Best Law Schools. by DebbieH | Nov 19, 2020 | Careers Advice If you’re in the United Kingdom, and looking to get in the field of law, then look no further! « Older Entries.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2020

local government, property, family or criminal law. The UK’s Best Law Schools. by DebbieH | Nov 19, 2020 | Careers Advice If you’re in the United Kingdom, and looking to get in the field of law, then look no further! « Older Entries.

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LexForti

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

I am Vincenzo Senatore , dual Italian/English qualified lawyer with over 14 years of combined experience representing and advising clients on matters involving corporate law, Italian and English law, domestic and international business transactions, business litigation, international criminal law.

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JURIST

JUNE 3, 2024

In 2015, one of the suspects, Mr. Wang, applied to study in the UK under an exchange program. Under Article 110 of the Chinese Criminal Law , a person convicted of espionage could be subject to life imprisonment. One of the suspects on police bail was found dead in a park in the UK on May 20.

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JURIST

JULY 7, 2021

The UK’s Court of Appeal on Monday quashed the convictions of three black men who were arrested for robbery in the late 1970s, where the court relied on the testimony of a knowingly corrupt police officer.

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Conflict of Laws

AUGUST 3, 2023

The UK Supreme Court confirmed this approach in February 2021 in its Okpabi decision (for discussion of possible changes in UK decisions after Brexit, see Hübner/Lieberknecht ). These cases have based their jurisdiction on national provisions which were applicable according to Art. The proposal to enforce claims under Art.

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LexForti

JUNE 2, 2022

Common law traditions that are being followed in India have been acquired from the UK but still the doctrines of “maintenance” and “champerty” have not been followed strictly here. This was further supported when the Criminal Law Act, of 1967 did away with these crimes and torts of “maintenance” and “champerty”.

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JURIST

JANUARY 23, 2021

The Central Criminal Court of England and Wales on Friday sentenced seven persons to a total of 92 years in prison after their failed smuggling attempt resulted in the deaths of 39 Vietnamese migrants. The migrants paid the smugglers to be able to work illegally in the UK, and most of them paid approximately £30,000.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

The UK Independent Office for Police Conduct announced Thursday that Eight Metropolitan police officers (five active and three former) are being investigated for gross misconduct, in the latest step of the investigation into the police’s handling of a series of murders committed by Stephen Port between 2014 and 2015 against LGBTQIA+ people.

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JURIST

MARCH 15, 2022

The post UK court restricts same-sex marriages in Bermuda and Cayman Islands appeared first on JURIST - News. Only 31 countries have legalised gay marriage. Over 70 countries still criminalise same-sex consensual sexual activity.

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JURIST

JULY 28, 2021

The investigation was opened in March 2011 against unknown individuals on suspicion of money laundering committed in Switzerland between 2008 and 2010 and was based on a complaint filed by UK-based Hermitage Capital Management alleging criminal activity.

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JURIST

MAY 22, 2021

uk, Nikola ?uk, uk, Marinko Miljevi?, The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina announced Friday that it had confirmed the indictment of eight former soldiers of the Army of Republika Srpska, or the Bosnian Serb Army, for crimes against humanity. . mar, Boško U?anin, anin, Svetislav Ra?i?, Željko Baji?,

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The Crime Report

APRIL 8, 2022

However, after the industrial revolution [and the rise of] the English working classes, there just weren’t enough police to keep whacking people over the head with the criminal law. Today, one out of every three adults in this country has a criminal or arrest history of some kind.

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JonathanTurley

AUGUST 20, 2024

Three years ago, we discussed the conviction of a British man for “toxic ideologies,” under the draconian laws criminalizing inciteful or dangerous speech. The erosion of free speech appears to have only accelerated in the UK.

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