Hearings in the Supreme Court are now shown live on the Court’s website.

On Wednesday 19^th July the Court will hand-down judgment in Jones v Birmingham City Council and another [2023] UKSC 27. The Court will determine whether Part 4 of the Policing and Crime Act 2009 is incompatible with Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights. The hand-down will begin at 9:45am in Courtroom 1.

From Wednesday 19^th July – Thursday 20^th July the Court will hear the case of Commissioners for His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs v Fisher and anotheron appeal from

• The company that owns the rights to the Titanic is lobbing new allegations against OceanGate.
• RMS Titanic Inc. said it let Paul-Henri Nargeolet use the sub because of now-disputed safety claims.
• Legal counsel to OceanGate rejected that characterization in comments to Insider.

The world’s preeminent authority on the Titanic shipwreck was permitted to join the ill-fated Titan dive on OceanGate’s false promises of top-tier safety, a new legal filing alleges.

Paul-Henri Nargeolet, a 77-year-old French submersible

W80, an armed police officer, shot Jermaine Baker dead in a police operation. Mr Baker was implicated in a plot to snatch two individuals from custody. The police had intelligence that the plotters would be in possession of firearms. W80’s account was that during the intervention, Mr Baker’s hands moved quickly up to a shoulder bag on his chest. Fearing for his life and those of his colleagues, W80 fired one shot. No firearm was found in the bag, but an imitation firearm was in the rear of the car.

An investigation was conducted by the Independent Office for Police

CALL FOR PAPERS

ILPC Annual Conference 2023 – Human in the Machine: Digital Rights and AI

We are pleased to announce this call for papers for the Information Law and Policy Centre’s 8^th Annual Conference on 23-24 November 2023 hosted by the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (IALS) and supported by the School of Advanced Studies (SAS) and Bloomsbury’s Communications Law. You can read about our previous annual events here.

We are looking for high quality contributions that explore the impact of policymaking on human-data interaction, automated and self-learning systems, including generative AI, that are used across

Nafisa Hasan (“the wife”) and Mahmud Ul-Hasan (“the husband”) married in 1981. In 2012 in Pakistan the husband obtained a divorce. The wife applied to the courts in England and Wales for financial relief under section 12(1) of the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984 (“the 1984 Act”) on the basis that the divorce was an overseas divorce recognized as valid in England and Wales. On her application under the 1984 Act, the court in England and Wales was empowered to make any of the orders which it could make under the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 (“the 1973 Act”) if

(Updates with context in paragraph 2, background in paragraphs 4 to 6, JPMorgan report in paragraph 6)

June 27 (Reuters) – The European Central Bank wants lenders to speed up their exit from Russia given the increased reputational, legal and financial risk of doing business there, supervisory chief Andrea Enria said on Tuesday.

Although Europe’s top supervisor has for months said he hoped European financial bodies would cut ties with their Russian assets, the matter has taken on new significance after Saturday’s 24-hour mutiny by the Wagner militia underscored the country’s political fragility.

In a letter to members of the

Please join us on Wednesday, July 12 at 12PM EDT for a webinar on Predicting and Managing the Risks of Doing Business in China.

As tensions between the US and China continue to build, what does this mean for US companies operating in China? Partners George Grammas and Ed Newberry will discuss the current political landscape, as well as provide insight on where things are headed and what you can do to mitigate risks and protect your relationships going forward. The discussion will help senior leaders and decision makers evaluate their current activities in China and determine whether they should

Leading settlement funding firm reports that the e-cig manufacturer is under fire from family groups, facing multiple lawsuits with more to come

SACRAMENTO, Calif., May 24, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Legal-Bay LLC, the premier Pre Settlement Funding Company, reports that JUUL Labs, Inc. has agreed to pay $40MM to the state of Californian due to allegations of deceptive marketing for their electronic cigarette product. Many of these lawsuits allege that JUUL’s marketing tactics were specifically designed to appeal to young people via social media campaigns and influencer partnerships, involving flashy advertising and sweet flavors to present a product that would