EU, Britain clash any other time in most modern post-Brexit spat

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BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union said Wednesday that Britain’s “unilateral action” on trade rules will breach international law and is threatening legal action as post-Brexit tensions continue to escalate between the two sides.Commission vice-president Maroš Šefčovič said in a statement that UK’s decision to unilaterally extend a grace period on checks for goods moving…...

04 March

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Longer detention of asylum seekers justified: govt

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Longer detention of asylum seekers justified: govt

Security officials have dismissed concerns that proposed changes to the Immigration Ordinance relating to the detention of asylum seekers would violate a common law principle ensuring they may only be detained for a reasonable period of time. The Hardial Singh Principles state that a person can’t continue to be detained, if the screening of non-refoulment…...

04 March

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Court docket grants leave for JR on blocked council debate

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Court docket grants leave for JR on blocked council debate

The High Court on Wednesday granted permission to Southern District Council chairman Lo Kin-hei to legally challenge a decision by the council's secretary last year, when she failed to facilitate a council discussion about the police. The proposed agenda item concerned how the Southern Police District handled cases involving mentally incapacitated persons. This followed a…...

04 March

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Taoiseach: Eire’s illegal adoption scandal is ‘ghastly’

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Taoiseach: Eire’s illegal adoption scandal is ‘ghastly’

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said Ireland’s illegal adoption scandal is “shocking” and the Government will deal with it in a “caring way”.In a strong contribution to his parliamentary party meeting, Mr Martin was speaking ahead of Wednesday night’s broadcast on RTÉ television of its investigation into how widespread the practice of illegal adoptions was in…...

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Lovely ache seeks same rights for frequent-legislation unions as married couples

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Lovely ache seeks same rights for frequent-legislation unions as married couples

Lawyer Anne-France Goldwater has served notice she'll seek to challenge the absence of legal protection for common-law couples in Quebec. Author of the article: Linda Gyulai • Montreal Gazette Family lawyer Anne-France Goldwater has dedicated her career to fighting for changes to Quebec's Civil Code to assign the same rights and obligations to common-law couples…...

04 March

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