Month: January 2023

A 53-year-old Singapore woman who stabbed herself in the abdomen outside a school has been sentenced to 6 months’ jail, with ‘no established causal link’ between her offending and her psychiatric conditions.

Ressa, who shared the Nobel Peace Prize with a Russian journalist in 2021, still faces three other cases, including a cyber libel conviction now under appeal that could mean nearly seven years in prison.

This is quick reference guide offers insight into the operation of Luxembourg’s New Code of Civil Procedure (the NCPC), as well as relevant treaties and conventions that Luxembourg has signed, limitation periods, types of enforceable order, competent courts, pitfalls and much more.

A new looming Consumer Duty deadline means there will be no relaxed start to 2023 for UK financial services firms, according to one legal expert.

The public body responsible for monitoring compliance with the the Supply Chain Due Diligence Act has made a complaint form available on its website, which can be used to report violations of the new law.

Three environmental organisations have filed a lawsuit against the food company Danone and want the company to ‘deplastify’.

A decision by the Sheriff Court of Appeal in Scotland demonstrates why parties must pay close attention to the detail of settlement agreements, according to one legal expert.

Businesses have been urged to share their opinion with government on how proposed reforms to the UK’s tax relief system for research and development (R&D) would impact them after an expert warned the plans could harm investment.

After second round of in-person talks, Taiwan flags ‘possibility of signing early-harvest deals’ on various traded goods, but some analysts question what it could actually get out of a comprehensive pact with Washington.

Phuc is alleged to have been responsible for ‘violations, wrongdoing’ by junior officials.