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Judges applying to join Poland's Supreme Court should have the right to appeal against the opinions of a body which reviews candidates, the European Union's top court ruled on Tuesday. Tuesday’s verdict by the Court of Justice of the European Union said the final decision in such cases rested with a Polish court. The ruling underlines the ongoing rift between the EU institutions and the Polish government over rule of law. But critics say the way judges are appointed has become a tool to politicize the judiciary. Poland is in a long-running row with the EU over reforms that the bloc says hurt court independence by increasing political control over judges. The nationalist Law and Justice party (PiS) says the reforms are necessary to make courts more efficient. What did the court say? The European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled that Poland's legal reforms could violate EU law, in that they remove the possibility of judicial review in the Supreme Court nomination process. … [Read more...] about EU top court rules Polish judges can appeal nominations

Shamima Begum has been left "angry, upset and crying" after a court ruled she could not return to Britain to fight a citizenship battle, friends said. The ISIS bride is now stuck in a detention camp in Syria after the Supreme Court unanimously turned down her request to come back to Britain yesterday. Ms Begum left east London with two friends when she was aged 15 to join the terror group, which led to her British citizenship being revoked on grounds of national security. The now 21-year-old has not spoken to journalists since the verdict. But friends say the decision to block her return to Britain has left her devastasted. Do you have a view on this story? Let us know in the comments below. They told Sky News : "She's very angry. And she's very upset and crying. She doesn't want to talk to us." Ms Begum was seen walking through the al-Roj detention camp where she has been living in northern Syria following the collapse of the terror group's Middle East … [Read more...] about Isis bride Shamima Begum left ‘angry, upset and crying’ after court blocks UK return

Kindly Share This Story: Justice Mojisola Dada of an Ikeja Special Offences Court, on Tuesday, told John Abebe, brother to late former First Lady, Mrs Stella Obasanjo, that he had a case to answer over an alleged forgery of some portions of an oil contract document. Newsmen report that Abebe had made a  no-case submission after the  Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s (EFCC) closed its case against him. In the submission dated Jan. 19, Abebe said that the anti-graft commission had no case against him. However, in a ruling on Tuesday, Dada held that evidence by the EFCC established a prima-facie case against Abebe. “The no-case submission is hereby dismissed, and the defendant is hereby called upon to open his case,” the judge ruled. Newsmen report that, in the no-case submission, which relied on Section 239(1) of the Administration of Criminal Justice Law, 2011, Abebe’s counsel, Mr Uche Nwokedi (SAN), had urged the court to dismiss the … [Read more...] about Alleged forgery: You have case to answer, Judge tells Obasanjo’s in-law

The Duchess of Sussex wants the Mail On Sunday to hand over any copies of her letter to her father - and publish a front-page statement and put a notice on MailOnline for at least six months. Meghan won her privacy case last month after a judge said the paper had breached her privacy and copyright by publishing parts of the letter . Her lawyers are also seeking £1.5m from the Mail On Sunday to cover their legal fees, with half to be paid within two weeks. The new details emerged today in a hearing over costs and other unresolved matters. The duchess's lawyers want the Mail to publish statements to say she has won her case, with an online notice staying on the MailOnline homepage for "not less than 6 months". Advertisement They said they were not looking to punish the paper and were only seeking nominal damages. Ian Mill QC, representing Meghan, also applied for an injunction, saying it was needed to stop the publication from … [Read more...] about Meghan demands return of letter to dad after court win – and wants front-page Mail statement

Sheriff’s detectives called it manslaughter, punishable by up to 40 years in prison. A grand jury saw it as second-degree murder, punishable by a life term. In court Monday, a young man who says he killed his father in self-defense in their White Oak Estates home following years of abuse and neglect pleaded no contest to a reduced charge of negligent homicide and was put on probation for five years. Anthony Templet’s attorneys and East Baton Rouge Parish prosecutors called it a just resolution to a gut-wrenching case. Baton Rouge teen pleads not guilty to shooting father; faces second-degree murder charge A Baton Rouge teenager accused of fatally shooting his father during an argument in their Shenandoah home on June 3 pleaded not guilty Monday … “We couldn’t be happier. We think this is a good middle-of-the-road outcome,” Jarrett Ambeau, one of Templet’s lawyers, said outside the 19th Judicial District Courthouse. Templet stood at his side. “This … [Read more...] about In 2019 killing of father, young man pleads no contest and is sentenced to probation