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• World News in Brief: Justice efforts in Libya, deadly attacks in Ukraine, scores killed since Israel-Lebanon ceasefire - UN News

  25-11-2025 22:32
  World News in Brief: Justice efforts in Libya, deadly attacks in Ukraine, scores killed since Israel-Lebanon ceasefire  UN News
  
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• Study visit of a delegation from the Community Court of Justice of ECOWAS to the Court - ECHR

  25-11-2025 22:03
  Study visit of a delegation from the Community Court of Justice of ECOWAS to the Court  ECHR
  
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• Republican Jim Justice to pay $5m in back taxes following government lawsuit - The Guardian

  25-11-2025 21:38
  Republican Jim Justice to pay $5m in back taxes following government lawsuit  The Guardian
  
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• US Justice Department stumbles in retribution campaign against Trump foes - Reuters

  25-11-2025 20:50
  US Justice Department stumbles in retribution campaign against Trump foes  Reuters
  
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• UK politics: No 10 says no final decisions after leak reveals jury trials might be scrapped except for alleged rapists and killers – as it happened

  25-11-2025 19:34
  Downing Street does not deny that justice secretary, David Lammy, is considering scrapping juries for most trialsJohn McFall is standing down early as Lord Speaker in the House of Lords so that he can care for his wife, Joan, who has was Parkinson’s. According to Sam Blewett and Bethany Dawson in their London Playbook briefing for Politico, the main candidates to replace him are Michael Forsyth, a rightwing Scottish secretary in the final two years of the John Major government, and Deborah
  
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• No 10 says no final decisions after leak reveals jury trials might be scrapped except for alleged rapists and killers – UK politics live

  25-11-2025 19:28
  Downing Street does not deny that justice secretary, David Lammy, is considering scrapping juries for most trialsJohn McFall is standing down early as Lord Speaker in the House of Lords so that he can care for his wife, Joan, who has was Parkinson’s. According to Sam Blewett and Bethany Dawson in their London Playbook briefing for Politico, the main candidates to replace him are Michael Forsyth, a rightwing Scottish secretary in the final two years of the John Major government, and Deborah
  
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• Lady Chief Justice gives evidence at the House of Commons Justice Select Committee - Courts and Tribunals Judiciary

  25-11-2025 19:25
  Lady Chief Justice gives evidence at the House of Commons Justice Select Committee  Courts and Tribunals Judiciary
  
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• MoJ considering ‘extreme’ proposal to scrap jury trials for all but the most serious cases

  25-11-2025 19:10
  The radical plan from David Lammy has been criticised by senior lawyers, who say it could ‘destroy justice as we know it’Jury trials for all except the most serious crimes such as rape, murder and manslaughter are set to be scrapped under radical proposals drawn up by David Lammy.In proposals that drew a swift backlash from senior lawyers, who said that they would not reduce court backlogs and could “destroy justice as we know it”, the justice secretary has proposed that
  
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• David Lammy considers scrapping jury trials for all but the most serious cases

  25-11-2025 19:10
  Senior lawyers criticise justice secretary’s radical plan for England and Wales, saying it could ‘destroy justice as we know it’Jury trials for all except the most serious crimes such as rape, murder and manslaughter are set to be scrapped under radical proposals drawn up by David Lammy.In proposals that drew a swift backlash from senior lawyers, who said that they would not reduce court backlogs and could “destroy justice as we know it”, the justice secretary has p
  
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• E&E News: Jim Justice to pay more than $5M in back taxes - POLITICO Pro

  25-11-2025 18:37
  E&E News: Jim Justice to pay more than $5M in back taxes  POLITICO Pro
  
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• CPS to train staff on ‘spectrum of abuse’ in violence against women and girls

  25-11-2025 17:25
  Five-year strategy aims to improve casework after analysis finds domestic abuse in more than third of rape casesThe Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) will train its staff to recognise the “wide spectrum of abuse” in cases of violence against women, after new data found that domestic abuse was present in more than a third of rape cases, and in more than eight out of 10 cases of stalking and image-based abuse.Launching its five-year Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) strategy, the b
  
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• Justice Department lawyer fired over deportation case joins group opposing Trump policies - Reuters

  25-11-2025 16:54
  Justice Department lawyer fired over deportation case joins group opposing Trump policies  Reuters
  
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• Jim Justice to pay more than $5M in back taxes - Politico

  25-11-2025 16:30
  Jim Justice to pay more than $5M in back taxes  Politico
  
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• Removal of judge in Palestine Action ban legal challenge ‘deeply concerning’

  25-11-2025 16:00
  Unusual last-minute change means panel of three will now hear case rather than Mr Justice ChamberlainConcerns have been raised after the judge who was expected to hear a legal challenge to the ban on Palestine Action was removed from the case at the last minute without explanation.Mr Justice Chamberlain had granted permission for the judicial review and said that he would preside over the trial but it has emerged that a panel of three different judges will instead hear the case, which is due to
  
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• Graham Linehan cleared of harassing trans activist but convicted of damaging phone

  25-11-2025 11:39
  Irish comedy writer cleared at Westminster magistrates court of harassingSophia Brooks Father Ted co-creator Graham Linehan, 57, has been cleared at Westminster magistrates court of harassing transgender activist Sophia Brooks but was found guilty of criminal damage to their mobile phone.More details soon …Continue reading...
  
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• Leading lawyers condemn ‘contrived’ Bangladesh trial of former UK minister

  25-11-2025 11:00
  Exclusive: High-profile lawyers suggest ex-City minister Tulip Siddiq has not enjoyed basic rights during her trial in absentiaThe trial in Bangladesh of the former UK City minister Tulip Siddiq has been “contrived and unfair”, leading lawyers including a former Conservative justice secretary have told Bangladesh’s ambassador before Thursday’s verdict.Siddiq, who resigned from the UK government in January, is due to receive her verdict and sentence in absentia, with the p
  
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• It’s not jury trials that have left Britain’s justice system in crisis | Letter - The Guardian

  25-11-2025 10:26
  It’s not jury trials that have left Britain’s justice system in crisis | Letter  The Guardian
  
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• John Rawls and unequivocal justice - The London School of Economics and Political Science

  25-11-2025 09:00
  John Rawls and unequivocal justice  The London School of Economics and Political Science
  
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• Reform’s ‘Trumpian’ legal threats hint at more aggressive approach to media

  25-11-2025 07:00
  Ultimatums sent to publications appear to intensify as Nigel Farage’s party rises in polls“It was Trumpian,” said Mark Mansfield, editor and CEO of Nation.Cymru, a small English-language Welsh news service. “It has perhaps given us a flavour of how a Reform UK government would behave towards the media.”Mansfield is referring to what he described as an attempt by a figure at Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party to “bully” his publication, but he believes
  
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• Sen. Jim Justice and his wife sued for, agree to pay $5 million in unpaid taxes from 2009 - CNBC

  25-11-2025 04:23
  Sen. Jim Justice and his wife sued for, agree to pay $5 million in unpaid taxes from 2009  CNBC
  
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• Sen. Jim Justice agrees to pay $5 million in back taxes after lawsuit from DOJ - NBC News

  25-11-2025 04:04
  Sen. Jim Justice agrees to pay $5 million in back taxes after lawsuit from DOJ  NBC News
  
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