25th December - Law News

Edition 5112: 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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Today's Highlighted Video: Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago (Appellant) v Akili Charles (Respondent) (No 2) (Trinidad and Tobago) JCPC/2022/0034

A selection of important developments in the world of law and justice (for a comprehensive look at the news and events, please visit @theLawMap Twitter/X feed):

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Top judges join call for England and Wales to raise age of criminal responsibility to 14. Children can be investigated by police, charged with a crime and put on trial from age 10, the joint lowest age in Europe
• A fourth remand detainee awaiting trial for alleged offences relating to the Palestine Action group has ended a hunger strike after more than 50 days. Amy Gardiner-Gibson has joined three others in ending the strike after being taken to hospital
• Bombay High Court asks Vijay Mallya for India return date before hearing his plea against fugitive offenders law | Bar & Bench #India
• Epstein files takeaways: possible co-conspirators, fake video and Trump trips, and 'A' from Balmoral
• Prosecutions for strangulation in England and Wales increase sixfold in three years. CPS says new law marked ‘significant shift in recognising serious nature’ of offence, often linked to domestic abuse and sexual assault
• #Australia to deport British far-right fascist charged with displaying Nazi symbols
• 'Important difference' in age assessment JR claims, Court of Appeal rules | Law Gazette