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7th August - Law News

Edition 3511: LawNewsIndex is a UK based daily legal news archive on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Jurisprudence, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics & Human Rights since 2011  

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Treating wife's body as something owing to the husband and committing sexual act against her will is marital rape, the Kerala High Court has said. The observation came while the court dismissed two appeals filed by a man challenging the decision of a family court granting divorce. A bench of the High Court, comprising Justice A Muhamed Mustaque and Justice Kauser Edappagath, said marriage and divorce must be under the secular law and time has come to recast the marriage law of the country.


Saturday Conversations on Law
  • New podcast to explore unsolved murder - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Zum71A4rq8 
  • Dr Eimear Spain reappointed to Psychologists Registration Board - Irish Legal News https://t.co/wax0KnijWR 
  • US: Lawyers pardoned for waving guns at Black Lives Matter protesters - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/cHcvqgEOXp 
  • NI: Barrister welcome plan for modernisation of civil and family justice system - Irish Legal News https://t.co/ouFBTinrgY
  • Dependency victory for relatives of deceased businessman | Law Gazette https://t.co/Y7m3sVtXDT 
  • An anaesthetist who poisoned his partner in a series of botched exorcism ceremonies is facing jail. Hossam Metwally, 61, performed a "dangerous perversion" of the Islamic Ruqya ritual on Kelly Wilson at the couple's home in Grimbsy https://t.co/CUeB7AJQ
  • Snickers #Spain pulls TV advert after homophobia accusations https://t.co/Jf7aYxHXbe
  • Long Covid – lessons for local government employers - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/MMoFQZSaoD 
  • Brian Collins joins Nasc legal service - Irish Legal News https://t.co/xnrtN1mv8A
  • Downing Street has refused to grant a stay of execution to an alpaca that faces the prospect of being killed after twice testing positive for bovine tuberculosis https://t.co/0XXjqPDuM
  • If the government cared about free speech, it would reform the London libel industry - Recent action against a book about Putin shows what can happen when journalism collides with the English legal system https://t.co/FkkoBVxGhV
  • Domestic abuse rehabilitation scheme for heterosexual couples only - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/HgKR6MD1PB
  • Clarity for Crown court over trade mark offences | Law Gazette https://t.co/av43KsDEv
  • Govanhill Law Centre future in doubt as Scottish government refuses funding - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/f80njtJim
  • Parking fines could be increased to as much as £120 under Scottish government proposals - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/itS8M2Yt8e
  • Airdrie sheriff finds liferent interest should be included in divorcing couple’s matrimonial property - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Hw86B3sQRw
  • Doireann O'Mahony joins Normanton Chambers - Irish Legal News https://t.co/YcnI8PnJj1
  • Brighton toddler death: Mother Verphy Kudi jailed for leaving toddler alone for days https://t.co/h0fB3SrKou
  • BigLaw business model “not sustainable”, says Mayson - Legal Futures https://t.co/QsERbNnWul 
  • ‘Protecting our people’: US firms insist on staff vaccination | Law Gazette https://t.co/RoHreUQEw
  • Bar Council and judiciary to take action on bullying from the bench - Legal Futures https://t.co/zDKJ5krMtS 
  • Solicitor General apologises for delays into Katie Allan inquiry - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/gmD3cPDjvI 
  • Major study proposes ODR to handle small business debt cases - Legal Futures https://t.co/JskNZPr3Cr
  • NI: Joint action plan aims to resolve parental issues outside of court - Irish Legal News https://t.co/BVyD8tY9u5
  • The football-loving lawyer Fatuma Abdulkadir Adan, moving the goalposts for girls’ rights in #Kenya – podcast https://t.co/3sS1MUXNir
  • ‘A violation’: football star recounts having to strip during match to prove she was female - Tabitha Chawinga, a #Malawi international who plays in China, has called for greater safeguards against abuse in her home country https://t.co/myVQnaVZ3j 
  • News network CNN has sacked three employees for going into an office without having been vaccinated against Covid. It is legal in the #US for firms to require employees to be vaccinated https://t.co/D3Bngcsea
  • DAS medical report fraudster loses appeal against conviction - Legal Futures https://t.co/An85K4FhkC
  • Positive discrimination: the case for legal reform | Law Gazette https://t.co/PxRATkwsiu
  • Groundbreaking research shows that extremist attackers are often united in their violent misogyny, whatever their ideology: What do many terrorists have in common? They abuse women https://t.co/IUWAF2azvm 
  • A confidential sexual harassment reporting line is to be introduced for female guests in quarantine hotels. The move by the Department for Health and Social Care comes after another woman reported being harassed by a male security guard https://t.co/aILjlhgJlC
  • Governor Cuomo relied on a shrinking cadre of trusted advisers to guide strategy over sexual harassment allegations and to hit back at the women who accused him #US https://t.co/XihI4lUHaK
  • Biden, in a Push to Phase Out Gas Cars, Tightens Pollution Rules #US https://t.co/WhEBxn8hD6 
  • Cyclist who ignored warning sign and collided with car loses personal injury appeal - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/sHH2eUDLDH
  • Outcry over plan to deport Jamaican nationals who came to UK as children - Move comes despite Home Office ‘agreement’ not to remove those who arrived in Britain under age of 12 https://t.co/5zxx2hDpJd
  • #Australia borders: Citizens living overseas could be 'trapped' if they return https://t.co/0kmvdt1vYi
  • 100-Year-Old Alleged Former Nazi Will Stand Trial on Charges of Involvement of the Deaths of Nearly 3,500 Jews #Germany https://t.co/xrqLqoVNn
  • A #Chinese state media interview with an Olympic gold medallist Gong Lijiao asking when she would get married and have children, has sparked backlash online https://t.co/6aEIJ5P9nx
  • The government has defended the UK's climate conference president Alok Sharma after criticism over his international travels - without quarantine https://t.co/1mKZlXbnBF
  • NI: Court of Appeal: Department of Communities successfully appeals 'terminally ill' benefits case - Irish Legal News https://t.co/3gag3r6yvW
  • Vaccine passports look inevitable, so what rights do New Zealanders have? #NewZealand https://t.co/MzMYW03goa
  • Lawyers pledge to boycott extended court hours | Law Gazette https://t.co/kRT1HMsTof
  • Are landmark laws failing those tricked out of their homes by landlords? - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Ssn55cyaQW
  • Cop26 president Alok Sharma flew to 30 countries in 7 months. Minister responsible for climate conference travelled mainly during winter and spring and did not isolate https://t.co/VESKkH6lLw
  • Covid ping causes collapse of murder trial | Law Gazette https://t.co/enyOTUw60
  • Most of Wales' remaining Covid rules will be scrapped from Saturday. Rules on the numbers that can meet indoors will end - nightclubs will be able to reopen, and social distancing laws for workplaces will be axed https://t.co/ajfgeczQbo
  • Prison service urged to develop transgender policy - Irish Legal News https://t.co/Oo70y3cHcP 
  • Apple to scan iPhones for child sex abuse images https://t.co/qwNEpW1dMr
  • FRC fines KPMG £13 million in Silentnight case - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/ML1lhicWh0 
  • NI: JMK Solicitors raises £13,000 for children's cancer charity - Irish Legal News https://t.co/RMzydADzVR
  • #Turkish influencer Merve Taskin prosecuted 'for photos at Amsterdam sex museum' https://t.co/ybdhtHVYsz
  • Covid: Live events to be protected by government insurance scheme - It will begin next month with a £750m budget to cover cancellation costs if events are legally unable to happen due to government Covid restrictions https://t.co/4W6kRMArEA
  • #Pakistan has deployed paramilitary troops in a town in the country’s eastern Punjab province a day after a Muslim mob attacked and badly damaged a Hindu temple https://t.co/h3pJZvNIH8 
  • As #Thailand’s COVID cases soar government takes critics to court https://t.co/0xxbUIHi7Z
  • Private equity firm makes first UK law firm acquisition - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/ue5WPejrOt
  • BCLP adds Korean real estate veteran from Mayer Brown to head up Korea practice - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/xbTGKcic33