A legal research organization proposed changes to bail procedures after finding that 1 in 5 inmates await trial without conviction. Justice released recommendations to help magistrates make better decisions about pretrial detention as Britain’s remand population reached 11,629 people, among a record 17,071 held before trial. The group said courts should presume release with conditions…
Britain’s legal watchdog plans to demand more information from law firms following the SSB Law scandal. The Solicitors Regulation Authority will ask practices about their work areas, their reliance on specific cases, and their agreements with litigation backers. The Legal Services Board reported last week that the regulator failed to protect SSB Law clients who…
Legal regulators must immediately protect law firms that unknowingly violated statutes before a September court decision, a prominent barrister said on Thursday. Gregory Treverton-Jones argued that many practices allowed unauthorized employees to handle litigation without realizing they broke the law. The Solicitors Regulation Authority should guarantee no prosecutions for unintentional violations before September 16, when…
Britain’s Court of Appeal determined that lawyers cannot fulfill service requirements by leaving court documents in their office for a delivery service to collect. The decision arose from a dispute where Edwards Duthie Shamash represented tenants of a Barking apartment building damaged by fire who sued Bellway Homes. The law firm attempted to transmit the…
Britain’s Supreme Court rejected an appeal from Process & Industrial Development over how legal costs should be paid after Nigeria successfully challenged fraudulent arbitration awards worth 11.1 billion dollars. The oil company wanted Nigeria to pay expenses in naira rather than pounds sterling, claiming currency depreciation would create an unfair windfall. The justices ruled that…
Tax attorney Dan Neidle faces an 8 million pound defamation lawsuit from barrister Setu Kamal over a February article criticizing a tax arrangement. Neidle wrote that participants in the Arka Wealth scheme would face substantial tax bills and called for its closure. Kamal denies claims that he promoted unethical practices and says the allegations damaged…
The Department of Homeland Security intends to send Kilmar Ábrego García to Liberia by the end of this month despite multiple federal court rulings against his initial wrongful deportation. The Salvadoran man, who lived in Maryland for over 10 years, was mistakenly removed to El Salvador earlier this year, even after courts determined he faced…
The United States and Vietnam finalized a framework for a trade agreement that will allow Hanoi to avoid some tariffs while accepting a 20 percent baseline rate. The deal follows months of negotiations after Washington initially threatened Vietnam with a 46 percent tariff in April 2025 before suspending the measure for 90 days. Vietnam eliminated…
The European Commission ruled on Friday that TikTok and Meta violated multiple requirements of the Digital Services Act. Both technology companies denied researchers proper access to public data, according to the commission’s preliminary findings. Meta also failed to establish simple systems for users to report illegal material and dispute moderation choices on Instagram and Facebook….
Croatia reinstated mandatory military service on Friday after lawmakers voted 84-to-11 to approve changes to defense legislation. The decision follows regional security concerns stemming from the Russia-Ukraine conflict and Balkan instability. Citizens born in 2007 will undergo medical evaluations by year-end, before basic training begins in January 2026. Defense Minister Ivan Anušić said the program…
