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An apt warning to Rishi Sunak from a man for all seasons | Brief letters

29-11-2023 19:24

Overriding the supreme court | One of the only things that annoys me | Virtual country diary trips | Tory treats | Correct apostrophes | Feet of imaginationRishi Sunak and those seeking to override the supreme court (Opinion, 29 November) should ponder the words of Sir Thomas More in Robert Bolt’s A Man for All Seasons: “This country’s planted thick with laws from coast to coast … and if you cut them down – and you’re just the man to do it – d’you

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Letter: Heather Rogers obituary

29-11-2023 17:23

On top of her crowded litigation schedule, particularly in the field of media law, the barrister Heather Rogers made time for pro bono work.In 2012-13 she acted as adviser to the unpaid international commission of judges, which I chaired, on the still unsolved 1961 air crash in what was then British-ruled Northern Rhodesia, now Zambia, that resulted in the deaths of the United Nations secretary general, Dag Hammarskjöld, and 15 other people. Continue reading...

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High court challenge to ‘constitutionally unprecedented’ UK anti-protest law

29-11-2023 13:53

National Council for Civil Liberties brings civil case to quash ‘back-door’ regulations making it easier for police to stop protestsUK politics live – latest updatesA new law making it easier for the police to put conditions on peaceful protests is “constitutionally unprecedented” and unlawful, according to a claim filed at the high court in London.The legal challenge from the National Council for Civil Liberties, also known as Liberty, is seeking to have the contro

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‘You’re only as sick as your secrets’: New Orleans clergy abuse bankruptcy is uniquely acrimonious

29-11-2023 13:00

The church is using legal tactics to prevent testimony from survivors and spur expensive inquiries into its critics This is the first installment of a three-part series exploring how the archdiocese of New Orleans’s bankruptcy stands apart from other cases of its kind.As his practice grew, the plaintiff attorney Richard C Trahant, 56, sent money to the Jesuit high school of New Orleans. Lots of money. Continue reading...

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I’m an outspoken Black woman in France – so a powerful man tried to silence me with the law | Rokhaya Diallo

29-11-2023 08:00

A celebrity targeted me online, but under a system that should protect all equally, I was the one charged with a criminal offenceAs someone who has been in the public eye for the past 15 years, I am used to scrutiny and criticism. Online hate – especially when it targets women, and Black women in particular – has been extensively documented. So I have a pretty good idea of what to expect if I choose to speak out about sexism and racism in a country unwilling to acknowledge its misdee

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