43 h. ago EHRC commissioner calls for trans people to accept reduced rights

Akua Reindorf said law never permitted self-ID, but trans campaigners call remarks ‘profoundly unhelpful’Transgender people must accept a perceived reduction in their rights after the supreme court decision on gender because they “have been lied to over many years” about what their rights actually were, one of the commissioners drawing up the official post-ruling guidance has said.Speaking at a debate about the repercussions of April’s ruling that “woman” in the Equality Act refers only to a biological woman, Akua Reindorf said trans people had been misled about their rights and there “has to be a period of correction”. Continue reading...

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43 h. ago EHRC commissioner calls for trans people to accept perceived reduced rights

Akua Reindorf said law never permitted self-ID, but trans campaigners call remarks ‘profoundly unhelpful’Transgender people must accept a perceived reduction in their rights after the supreme court decision on gender because they “have been lied to over many years” about what their rights actually were, one of the commissioners drawing up the official post-ruling guidance has said.Speaking at a debate about the repercussions of April’s ruling that “woman” in the Equality Act refers only to a biological woman, Akua Reindorf said trans people had been misled about their rights and there “has to be a period of correction”. Continue reading...

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56 h. ago Hungary’s crackdown on LGBTQ+ content violates human rights, says EU lawyer

ECJ advocate general condemns ‘stigmatising’ law that bars such content from schools and primetime TVEurope live – latest updatesThe Guardian view on Hungary’s anti-LGBTQ+ lawsA Hungarian law banning content about LGBTQ+ people from schools and primetime TV has been found to violate basic human rights and freedom of expression by a senior legal scholar at the European court of justice.The non-binding opinion from the court’s advocate general, Tamara Ćapeta, issued on Thursday, represents a comprehensive demolition of the arguments made by the Hungarian government defending its so-called childprotection law, passed in 2021. Continue reading...

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58 h. ago Supreme Court makes it easier to claim 'reverse discrimination' in employment, in a case from Ohio

A unanimous Supreme Court has made it easier to bring lawsuits over so-called reverse discrimination, siding with an Ohio woman who claims she didn’t get a job and then was demoted because she is straight

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63 h. ago Hungary’s crackdown on LGBTQ+ content violates human rights, says EU’s top court

ECJ advocate general condemns ‘stigmatising’ law that bars such content from schools and primetime TVEurope live – latest updatesThe Guardian view on Hungary’s anti-LGBTQ+ lawsA Hungarian law banning content about LGBTQ+ people from schools and primetime TV has been found to violate basic human rights and freedom of expression by a senior legal scholar at the European court of justice.The non-binding opinion from the court’s advocate general, Tamara Ćapeta, issued on Thursday, represents a comprehensive demolition of the arguments made by the Hungarian government defending its so-called childprotection law, passed in 2021. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago ICE operation calls for 5,000 federal agents and 21,000 National Guard troops to make deportation arrests

‘Operation at Large’ calls for thousands of federal agents from across law enforcement agencies to join the Trump administration’s mass deportation effort

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3 d. ago If kids trapped under cars is suitable material for comics then we really are in meltdown as a society.

While so-called comic Andrew Lawrence defends his right to laugh about Liverpool victims, private clubs have the right not to book him

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4 d. ago Federal officers in tactical gear went into a Latino community in Minneapolis. A protest followed

Dozens of protesters have converged in the heart of the Latino community in Minneapolis after a large force of federal and local authorities wearing tactical gear conducted what they called a law enforcement action

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4 d. ago Elon Musk goes nuclear on Trump and his big, beautiful bill: 'Pork

Elon Musk went nuclear on President Donald Trump's big, beautiful bill on Tuesday, calling it 'a disgusting abomination' and condemning lawmakers who voted for it.

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4 d. ago Real Madrid sex scandal: Lawyers for minor involved in beach club sex video call for FOUR YEARS in prison for star defender Raul Asencio

Asencio is accused of sharing a video involving the girl, who was 16 at the time it was filmed, and doing so knowing she did not give her permission for it to be taken. He insists he is innocent.

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4 d. ago UK drivers risk £1,000 fine for not reporting two details to DVLA

You could also face prosecution if you do not tell the DVLA about these issues and have an accident.

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4 d. ago DVLA issue number plate warning amid calls for new UK laws affecting all drivers

Ministers are being pressured to take urgent action over the illegal trend

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7 d. ago An Ohio lawyer once called in bomb threats to delay court dates. Now, he’s been accused of murdering a client

Gregory Moore, a former divorce attorney in Cleveland, Ohio, is accused of murdering his client, Aliza Sherman, in 2013 to avoid taking her case to court.

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9 d. ago UK’s top lawyer attacks Badenoch over call to leave European human rights treaty

Attorney-general Richard Hermer says ‘pseudo-realist’ politicians risk providing ‘succour to Putin’

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9 d. ago Panicked celebrities secretly lawyering up in case they're called to testify in Diddy trial: Live updates

Sean ' Diddy ' Combs is facing the third week of his sex-trafficking and racketeering trial in New York City .

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9 d. ago Panicked list of celebrities secretly lawyering up in case they're called to testify in Diddy trial: Live updates

Sean ' Diddy ' Combs is facing the third week of his sex-trafficking and racketeering trial in New York City .

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9 d. ago Farage abortion plans would have ‘catastrophic consequences for women’

Exclusive: Campaigners have raised concerns about Nigel Farage’s calls for stricter abortion laws

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9 d. ago DVLA urges all drivers to check photo card licence now or risk £1,000 fine

The DVLA has issued an important reminder to all motorists in the UK, warning that they may need to act now to renew their photo card driving licence - or face fines of up to £1,000

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1 week ago Lawyer joins calls for sealed Chinook crash documents to be released

Solicitor advocate Professor Peter Watson said the decision to seal the documents was ‘extraordinary and unjustified’.

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1 week ago Labour minister hits out at Sadiq Khan’s call for cannabis law reform

A Labour minister has rejected Sir Sadiq Khan’s calls for the partial decriminalisation of cannabis, stating that the government’s stance “remains unchanged”.

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