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• Civil servants called UK Covid testing scheme ‘unlegit’, court hears

  03-05-2022 20:33
  
  Details of emails released in Good Law Project challenge to awarding of contracts to Abingdon Health for antibody testsCivil servants described the government’s Covid testing programme as “unlegit” and “no way to do business” in emails revealed in a high court challenge to the awarding of up to £85m in contracts for antibody tests.The campaigning organisation Good Law Project (GLP) is challenging the health and social care secretary, claiming the contracts wit
  
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• Partygate means all Covid fines should be overturned, lawyer argues

  03-05-2022 20:15
  
  Call for penalties to be scrapped in light of Boris Johnson’s defence of breaches, as 23 already struck downSee all our coronavirus coverageCovid fines should be overturned en masse in light of the prime minister’s defence for attending lockdown-breaching events, a lawyer has argued, as it emerged more than 20 penalties imposed on businesses had been struck down in recent months.Lucinda Nicholls, who successfully represented 23 firms and is still fighting on behalf of seven more, sai
  
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• ‘Betrayal’: chief justice orders inquiry into leak of draft abortion ruling

  03-05-2022 19:36
  
  John Roberts says leak of opinion to overturn Roe v Wade ‘intended to undermine the integrity of our operations’John Roberts, the US chief justice, has announced an investigation into a leak showing that the supreme court provisionally voted to overturn the landmark 1973 Roe v Wade case that legalised abortion nationwide.Publication of the draft opinion by the Politico website on Monday night sparked demonstrations outside America’s highest court, condemnation from Joe Biden an
  
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• Who shot the dog? The canine killing that could play a crucial role in the Ben Roberts-Smith defamation trial

  03-05-2022 19:30
  
  Identity of Afghan special forces member who killed stray dog could prove critical in newspapers’ defenceFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesDownload the free Guardian app; get our morning email briefingAmid allegations of war crimes, of murder, and of domestic violence, the seemingly inconsequential but bizarre death of a dog has dominated days of evidence in the Ben Roberts-Smith defamation trial.It has done so because the identity of an Afghan special forces member
  
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• Erosion of abortion rights gathers pace around the world as US signals new era

  03-05-2022 19:29
  
  A leaked supreme court draft ruling shows the US is set to end 50 years of a woman’s right to choose. Elsewhere, the battle still ragesIn 2022, abortion remains one of the most controversial and bitterly contested ethical and political battlegrounds. It is illegal for women to terminate their pregnancies in any circumstance in 24 countries, with a further 37 restricting access in any case except when the mother’s life is in danger.As a leaked document signals that the US supreme cour
  
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• US shaken to its core by supreme court draft that would overturn Roe v Wade

  03-05-2022 19:14
  
  Biden condemns abortion opinion that, if handed down, would mean ‘fundamental shift’ in law and imperil many other rightsUS politics – live coverageJoe Biden has warned that a leaked draft supreme court ruling overturning Roe v Wade, the 1973 case which guaranteed the right to abortion, would represent a huge change in America law and could imperil a wide range of other civil rights.In a historic moment that shook the US to the core and highlighted jagged social and political d
  
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• Nottinghamshire police and crime chief caught speeding five times in 12 weeks

  03-05-2022 17:46
  
  Caroline Henry was elected to the post of PCC using the slogan ‘Make Notts Safe’ in 2021A Conservative police and crime commissioner who pledged to crack down on speeding has been caught breaking a 30mph limit five times within a 12-week period.The PCC for Nottinghamshire police, Caroline Henry, admitted the offences, including two committed on consecutive days, at a previous hearing in February at Nottingham magistrates court. Continue reading...
  
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• Why did #MeToo bypass the music industry? Just look at the gatekeepers | Tamanna Rahman

  03-05-2022 16:30
  
  Having spoken to women across the business, I know abuse is rife. But speaking out is made incredibly hardThanks to a joint investigation by BBC Three and the Guardian, allegations of sexual misconduct against the DJ Tim Westwood – claims he firmly denies – are finally being heard. As I listened to the testimony of the seven women who came forward, I had a strong sense of deja vu. Last year I spoke to women across the industry for another BBC Three film, Music’s Dirty Secrets,
  
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• Legal cases may explain why Rwanda plan is not working, suggests No 10

  03-05-2022 15:51
  
  As Channel crossings pick up, asylum seekers seem undeterred by plan to deport people to east AfricaLegal challenges to the policy of deporting asylum seekers to Rwanda could be a reason why the plan has not yet, as intended, started to deter unofficial Channel crossings, Downing Street has said.After a period without significant numbers of crossings amid bad weather, several hundred of people made the journey in recent days, bringing the total to more than 7,000 so far this year. It is the firs
  
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• The Tories’ biggest trick is making their opponents fight post-Brexit policies in the courts | Anton Jäger

  03-05-2022 13:16
  
  While progressives see the courts as a way to achieve justice, the government sees long legal battles as a way to galvanise supportIt seems like every few months brings news of another defeat for the UK government in the courts. And there may well be more to come – the latest policy in the sights of lawyers and activists is the plan to process certain asylum seekers who’ve arrived on Britain’s shores in Rwanda in east Africa.The policy was met with justified outrage from progre
  
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• When the NHS spends billions on personal injury cases, it’s the public that loses | Polly Toynbee

  03-05-2022 12:21
  
  Damages are soaring, but no more injuries are being reported – a fairer system is possible“Let’s kill all the lawyers,” cries a rebel in Shakespeare’s Henry VI Part 2, raising a loud audience cheer. Now it’s Jeremy Hunt and his health and social care committee that threatens to skewer lawyers, specifically the personal injury ambulance-chasers, who are of course outraged.Hunt’s radical plan to reform compensation for clinical negligence is “complet
  
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• Vulnerable, British and black? Now that’s enough to have you face deportation | Afua Hirsch

  03-05-2022 09:00
  
  When a lost non-verbal teenager ends up in an immigration centre, it’s clear citizenship has become a privilege, not a rightHave you checked your ID privilege lately? Because in recent days I’ve observed with unprecedented clarity that it’s becoming a phenomenon in Britain. There are two types of citizen in this country: those who feel compelled to carry proof that their presence is legal. And those secure enough, entitled even, to barely give it a thought.Until recently, I hav
  
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• Alito's long legal career has featured criticism of Roe and abortion rights - CNN

  03-05-2022 09:00 via cnn.com
  
  Alito's long legal career has featured criticism of Roe and abortion rights  CNN
  
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• The Wagatha Christie case (part 2)

  03-05-2022 04:00
  
  As the so-called ‘Wagatha Christie’ trial approaches, neither side is backing down from a case that has legal fees running into the millions, says media editor Jim WatersonListen to part 1The so-called ‘Wagatha Christie’ trial is due to begin next week with Rebekah Vardy and Coleen Rooney still locked in an expensive and increasingly messy libel battle.Rooney, the wife of Derby County manager Wayne, ran an elaborate sting operation that led her to claim, in late 2019, tha
  
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• Mapping the Justice landscape | NAO blog - National Audit Office

  03-05-2022 01:15 via nao.org.uk
  
  Mapping the Justice landscape | NAO blog  National Audit Office
  
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