House of Lords on Monday kick-started a process that is expected to remove "anachronistic" British laws that have criminalised libel for more than 700 years.The changes scheduled to come up for discussion as part of the controversial coroners and justice bill today, repeal laws dating back to 1275 and allow "extremely serious" libel and sedition to be prosecuted in criminal courts.These laws have long...
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of thousands of people with origins in the Indian sub-continent face caste discrimination in Britain, according a new report, sparking calls for making caste discrimination illegal in British laws.British law currently does not protect people who suffer caste-based discrimination. The issue of caste was discussed at the committee stage of the Equality Bill 2009 in the House of Commons in June, but...
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American businessman Stan Kroenke is inching closer to a formal takeover of English Premier League side Arsenal.Denver businessman Stan Kroenke increases stake in English Premier League side ArsenalKroenke has a 29.9 holding just short of the 29.99 mark which demands a formal takeover bid-- American businessman Stan Kroenke is on the verge of a formal takeover of English Premier League side Arsenal,...
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LONDON:Thousands of people of Indian origin, 71 per cent of whom were Dalits, facecaste discrimination in Britain, says a new report, leading to demands in thecountry for making itillegal.The report, titled"Voice of the Community -- A Study into Caste and Caste Discrimination in theUK", says that the caste system is widespread and that it affects thousands ofpeople in the workplace, the classroom and...
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visitHogan & Hartson LLP, a powerful Washington law firm that was previously home to Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, is on course to merge with Lovells LLP, one of Britain's largest and most prominent firms, according to people familiar with the matter.If approved, the deal would create one of the world's largest law firms, with about 2,500 attorneys and $2 billion in annual revenue. It also...
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David Cameron promised today to change the law so that no further powers could be transferred to Brussels without the approval of the British people in a referendum.The Tory leader acknowledged that his campaign for a referendum on the Lisbon Treaty was over after it was signed by all 27 members of the European Union."Never again should it be possible for a British government to transfer power to the...
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British men have been fined by a court for tossing pigeons in the air at a market in the Polish city of Krakow.The two birds were unable to open their wings which were broken when they plummeted to the ground.The culprits, both aged 24, were from Barrow-in-Furness and Ulverston in Cumbria, but their surnames were not released under Polish privacy laws.Prosecutor Boguslawa Marcinkowska said they pleaded...
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'British proposals could hit legal migrants in recession' < ');" class="size11 blue"> RateIndian and other non-European migrants could find themselves doubly disadvantaged in the recession if immigration proposals currently before parliament end up wrongly targeting legal migrants, the British government has been told.New rules proposed by the Labour government to simplify and tighten immigration laws...
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Supreme Court has decided to examine the issue of whether foreign law firms charging professional fees from Indian companies and businessmen are liable to pay income tax in the country.A bench headed by Justice S H Kapadia has issued notices to a London-based law firm on a petiition filed by the Income Tax Department.The law firm in turn claims that it is not liable to pay any income tax in India as...
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visitLONDON -- The two chief rivals in the U.K. election struggled for the high ground, competing to see who would be faster to restart the economy and close the widening deficit.Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Conservative Party leader David Cameron, speaking at a conference here, gave few specifics on how to revive business activity without worsening public-sector red ink.The government, in its Dec....
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