MPA’s Woei Tyng Tan takes the helm at Singapore Chamber of Maritime Arbitration
Outgoing executive director Bernice Yeo says she is taking a break to do all the things she has always wanted to do
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How the US bypasses British courts to try its military over crimes in the UK
Even sexual assault or paedophilia cases are heard by US courts martial, using an obscure 1951 agreementA little-known system in which US military personnel are tried through a court martial for alleged crimes committed in the UK is under growing scrut…
Bahraini award to UK envoy shows ‘our diplomats are up for grabs’, says peer
Rights activists call UK ambassador ‘morally compromised’ for accepting honour from Bahraini king in apparent breach of Foreign Office rulesThe British ambassador to Bahrain has been accused of breaching government rules over accepting an award by the …
Israel continues to commit genocide by targeting children in Gaza, UN inquiry finds
Independent report says by aiming at children Israel is undermining capacity of Palestinian people to existIsrael continues to commit genocide by deliberately targeting Palestinian children in Gaza, an independent UN inquiry has found.The report by th…
UK prioritised ties with UAE over averting mass atrocities in Sudan, MPs to be told
Foreign Office failed to act on warnings of genocide due to ‘pressure’ from emirates, Yale human rights investigator will tell a parliamentary select committeeThe British government had received intelligence that Ethiopia appeared to be supporting a ge…
Nationalist group leaders agree to stop hoisting St George’s flags in Oxfordshire
Local council secures high court injunction against four leaders of Raise the Colours campaign and ‘persons unknown’Leaders of the nationalist group Raise the Colours have agreed to stop hoisting England flags on lamp-posts in Oxfordshire after the loc…
HR consultant wins English court case using AI lawyer in apparent legal first
Barrister who was given material produced by Garfield AI says advocacy at trial ‘remained fundamentally human’An artificial intelligence law firm has won a case in an English court, in what is believed to be the first time a trial has been won using an…
Jones Act wars: Duelling campaigns intensify debate over US domestic shipping law
Jones Act stakeholders fight to end waiver while libertarian group wants to kill the law altogether
India joins nuclear shipping race amid energy security concerns
New government act opens door for commercial actors with a new liability regime
UK climate activists fear case delays could cost them right to jury trial
Defendants worry that changes could remove chance of acquittal based on jurors’ consciences in defiance of the lawClimate activists fear that delays to their cases may mean they lose the right to a trial before jurors, who are typically more likely to …