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• TUC agrees ‘non-compliance’ strategy against anti-strike laws

  11-09-2023 19:43
  
  UK government gave itself powers to enforce minimum service levels during industrial action by public service workersTrade unions have passed a resolution promising a “strategy of non-compliance” with ministers’ controversial anti-strike legislation.Meeting at the Trades Union Congress’s annual meeting in Liverpool, delegates unanimously agreed to seek to resist the new law, which allows public sector employers to establish “minimum service levels” on strike d
  
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• Ministers urged not to shelve plans to outlaw oppressive lawsuits

  11-09-2023 18:55
  
  Government told ‘all-encompassing law’ is needed to tackle so-called Slapps against critics and journalistsPlans to outlaw wealthy individuals launching spurious legal battles to evade scrutiny and intimidate critics must not be kicked “into the long grass”, ministers have been urged.The call came after a taskforce was launched to develop “non-legislative” measures to stop journalists being targeted by so-called Slapps ( strategic lawsuits against public parti
  
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• Plans to stop wealthy evading scrutiny with oppressive lawsuits must not be jettisoned

  11-09-2023 18:35
  
  Ministers urged not to abandon non-legislative measures to prevent so-called Slapp suits against critics and journalistsPlans to outlaw wealthy individuals launching spurious legal battles to evade scrutiny and intimidate critics must not be kicked “into the long grass”, ministers have been urged.The call came after a taskforce was launched to develop “non-legislative” measures to stop journalists being targeted by so-called Slapp suits( strategic lawsuits against public
  
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• Retiring lord chief proposes more cameras in court

  11-09-2023 18:11 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  'Strong argument that we need to go further,' Lord Burnett tells Commonwealth colleagues.
  
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• Lack of partner diversity 'should be a national scandal', junior solicitors hear

  11-09-2023 16:46 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  LSB chief executive discusses barriers to promotion during the Law Society's Junior Solicitors Network Summit.
  
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• Court accidentally gave adoption family details to birth father

  11-09-2023 13:03 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Ministry of Justice reprimanded for data breach and ordered to improve systems.
  
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• ‘Uncharted territory’: elections officials weigh Trump’s presidency eligibility

  11-09-2023 13:00
  
  The constitution bars anyone from holding public office if they ‘engaged in insurrection’ – but political vitriol makes it a tough call After defending the integrity of US elections from an onslaught of threats over the last several years, secretaries of state across the US are now turning to a new high-stakes question: Is Donald Trump eligible to run for president?Several secretaries are already working with attorneys general in their states and studying whether Trump is disqu
  
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• Litigation funder reveals massive payoff from $16bn case

  11-09-2023 12:55 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  New York court added that funder’s involvement added no extra costs to the claim.
  
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• 'Less transparent and democratic': damning verdict on rule of law

  11-09-2023 12:46 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Legal thinktank says 'hostile attacks' on lawyers among several factors undermining rule of law in the UK.
  
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• Legal bodies and media join taskforce to fight SLAPPs

  11-09-2023 01:01 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Culture secretary to attend inaugural meeting of taskforce set up to tackle abusive legislation.
  
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• Small island nations take high-emitting countries to court to protect the ocean

  11-09-2023 00:01
  
  Countries threatened by rising sea levels are asking a tribunal to decide on responsibility for pollution of the marine environmentIn a landmark hearing, small island nations disproportionately affected by the climate crisis will take on high-emitting countries in a court in Hamburg, Germany, on 11 September, in what is being seen as the first climate justice case aimed at protecting the ocean.During the two-day hearing, the nations – including the Bahamas, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Antigua and Bar
  
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