April 2024 / 23 posts found
Jail for holding a placard? Protest over the climate crisis is being brutally suppressed
Years ago, when Dr Sarah Benn recognised the scale of the climate crisis, she made sure that she was doing all the right things. She recycled, she went vegan, she stopped flying, she voted Green, she signed petitions. It was because she didn’t see real change happening, despite doing all those things, that she then went further. She glued her hand to a building. She sat down in front of an oil terminal. And she stood on a grass verge with a handwritten sign, saying, “Stop New Oil”. Benn’s story will be pretty familiar to anyone with a passing interest in […]
How Litigation Lawyers Support Kids Through Divorce
In many divorces, maintaining stable routines and a loving, supportive atmosphere for the children is the greatest challenge. Divorces can be a major interruption. Kids may not be sure of which house they’ll sleep in or where they’ll be staying, and this instability can cause a gauntlet of psychological issues they may carry into adulthood. Parents usually try to do what’s right for their kids, but doing so can be hard amid all the disputes that occur in a divorce. There are fights about money, alimony, and custody, and underlying all these conflicts are things like heartbreak and anger. Thankfully, […]
Manchester Arena attack survivors and relatives take legal action against MI5 | Manchester Arena att…
Hundreds of the Manchester Arena bombing survivors, along with relatives of the victims, have launched legal action against MI5, claiming it failed to take action that could have stopped the attack. More than 250 people have joined the group action against MI5, and have submitted their claim to the investigatory powers tribunal, which hears complaints against intelligence services. The claim rests upon article 2 of the Human Rights Act, which protects the right to life. It is believed to be the first time MI5 has been sued over its failure to stop a domestic terror attack. A statement on behalf […]
20 Lies We Tell Ourselves When It Comes To Divorce
Everyone copes with divorce in a unique way. We make good choices and bad choices or some of both, but sometimes we do something that really isn’t good or bad: we lie to ourselves. Lies we tell ourselves provide a temporary soothing solution to our broken hearts, they justify our decisions, or they make us feel less anxious about things. Here are 20 lies we tell ourselves in divorce and my reply to each: 1. I couldn’t care less what happens to my ex. Ask yourself if that’s really true. Isn’t there a part of you who will always care […]
European Court of Human Rights rules on climate change cases
A claim brought against more than 30 European states by Portuguese young people who claim their human rights are infringed by climate change policies is inadmissible, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights ruled unanimously today. However the court found partially in favour of a separate claim brought against Switzerland. In Duarte Agostinho and Others v Portugal and 32 Others, judges found that six climants, aged between 11 and 24, had not used all the legal avenues available to them in their home country and had not exhausted domestic remedies. No jurisdiction could be established for the other states […]
SEC Issues Voluntary Stay as Litigation Over Climate Rules Pends
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a voluntary stay on its controversial climate rules on April 4, just weeks after companies and organizations filed lawsuits questioning the rules’ legal validity. The legal complaints the SEC has incurred regarding the rules run the gamut, with some petitioners claiming the SEC has overstepped its duties. Others have advocated that the commission’s rules would not do enough to inform investors. The latter argument came as a result of the SEC dropping Scope 3 emission disclosures from the final version of the rules it approved on March 6. More from Sourcing Journal […]
Government reviews role of apologies in civil litigation
Bellamy: Should it be easier to make an apology? The government today launches a consultation on whether it should be easier to apologise in civil proceedings without admitting liability. The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) said the Compensation Act 2006, which first legislated for this, has had little impact and it is seeking evidence on why and whether fresh legislation is required. The consultation paper cites the Apologies (Scotland) Act 2016 as a possible model, although its impact is also thought to be quite low. Justice minister Lord Bellamy said: “While there is little empirical evidence to suggest how effective the […]
Post Office Horizon Inquiry to restart with solicitors and barristers featuring heavily in the list of witnesses
Public hearings of the Post Office Inquiry begin again next week – with nine solicitors set to give oral evidence in the coming two months. The inquiry moves onto the final elements of the Post Office scandal, examining in detail the issues of governance, redress and how the organisation and others responded as it emerged that hundreds of prosecutions of sub-postmasters may not have been safe. The upcoming two phases will start on 9 April with evidence from former Post Office operator and founder of the Justice for Subpostmasters Alan Bates, whose story was one of the main focuses of […]