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Why NZ’s 50-year-old relationship property law is failing modern couples

Comment from Otago University: Legal experts warn NZ’s 50-year-old Property (Relationships) Act is no longer fit for purpose

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Pending civil suits, arbitral claims stand abated after resolution plan approved under IBC: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has ruled that once a resolution plan is approved, any pending civil suits and arbitration proceedings are effectively halted. Claims that have not solidified will be extinguished at the approval of the NCLT resolution plan. Only those claims that are crystallized as of the effective date will…

The Economic Times

Six former CJIs said simultaneous elections won't undermine federalism, Constitution: JPC chief

Members of the parliamentary panel, comprising legal specialists, concluded that One Nation One Election adheres to constitutional frameworks, emphasizing that simultaneous elections uphold federalism and democratic integrity. Economists are in favor, arguing that synchronized electoral cycles could substantially enhance economic performance. The committee is actively collating insights from across India…

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How UK could adopt US-style murder offences under new plans

The Law Commission has put forward that mandatory life sentences for murder should be abolished

The Independent UK

Why the BCCI, one of the world’s richest sports bodies, answers to no one

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is one of the wealthiest sports governing bodies in the world. But for years, one simple question has remained unanswered: why is the BCCI not accountable to the public, which funds, watches, and sustains the game it controls?

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What to know about the charge that former Prince Andrew and Peter Mandelson could face

The arrests of the former Prince Andrew and Britain's former ambassador to the U.S. over their links to Jeffrey Epstein are shining a spotlight on an ancient offense known as misconduct in public office

The Independent UK

Sir James Munby obituary

Energetic high court judge who became president of the family division and drove through reforms

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More details of crime suspects may be released to try to stop misinformation

Information such as age and nationality will generally not constitute contempt of court under proposed laws

The Guardian - UK

Government urged to change ‘offensive’ and ‘outdated’ language in disabled children’s law

The Law Commission set out dozens of points for the government to consider to better meet the needs of young people and their families

The Independent UK

I Fought the Law: the tragic, compelling true story behind the ITV show

Julie Hogg was murdered in 1989: this is the story of her mother’s 17 year fight for justice

Evening Standard

‘It’s overwhelming’: woman who was UK’s first surrogate closes agency as demand soars

Kim Cotton says laws, little changed since being rushed through in response to her pregnancy in 1985, are ‘dinosaur’

The Guardian - UK

More migrants arrested under new returns deal with France, confirms Home Secretary

Yvette Cooper said that the first referrals for people who came to Britain in small boats to be sent back across the English Channel have already been made

Evening Standard

Guidance on police disclosing suspects’ ethnicity should change, Cooper says

Home secretary says Law Commission is looking into change amid row over case of alleged rape in Warwickshire

The Guardian - UK

'Boil in a bag' funerals where bodies are liquified and flushed down drain could get go-ahead

The Co-op is hoping to bring water cremation to UK customers in what it called the ‘biggest change to funerals in over 120 years’

Evening Standard

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The Conversation

Why police released the ethnicity of Liverpool parade crash suspect

Within hours of a driver ramming into a crowd at Liverpool’s Premier League victory parade, injuring 65 people, Merseyside Police shared in a press release that they had arrested a suspect. Unusually, the announcement included the race and nationality of the person arrested – a 53-year-old white British man.

The Independent UK

Report hits back at ‘disgraceful’ accusations of two-tier policing after summer riots

‘Those participating in disorder were not policed more strongly because of their supposed political views but because they were throwing missiles’

Evening Standard

No evidence of ‘two-tier policing’ in summer riots response – MPs

The Home Affairs Committee published a new report which found the response by police forces to the summer riots was ‘entirely appropriate’.

Evening Standard

Government secrecy fuelled Southport attack conspiracy theories, say Tories

Labour minister Lucy Rigby denied an accusation by Helen Grant that the Government accelerated conspiracy theories around the attack last year.

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The Guardian - UK

Law Commission proposes reforms on how possible miscarriages of justice are handled

Report also criticises compensation system for people wrongly convicted of crimes in England and Wales

Evening Standard

Solution needed to deal with up to 300,000 sets of unclaimed ashes across UK

The Law Commission has undertaken a consultation on reforming the law around burial and cremation.

The Guardian - UK

Murderers who use strangulation or kill ex-partners face longer jail terms

New laws to be introduced in England and Wales in attempt to reduce violence against women and girls

The Independent UK

Tougher sentences for jealous ex-partners who kill

The changes follow an independent review into domestic homicide sentencing by barrister Clare Wade.

The Guardian - UK

Graves could be reused under proposals to tackle lack of space for the dead

Law Commission also suggests reopening cemeteries declared full as part of England and Wales consultation

The Guardian - UK

There’s an article I shouldn’t tell you about – is contempt law in a losing battle with reality?

The concept behind the Contempt of Court Act is laudable, but in the age of social media it is clear an update is needed, says Archie Bland, editor of the Guardian’s First Edition newsletter

Dynamite News

Law Commission Chairman Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi resigns; to take oath as Lokpal Members (Judicial) today

The Law Commission Chairman, Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi, has resigned from the commission after a 17-month tenure as the chairperson. Read further on Dynamite News:

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