TEL AVIV – Israelis on Saturday took to the streets in protests, now in their 11th week, against plans by Benjamin Netanyahu’s hard-line government to overhaul the country’s legal system.
The protesters say the proposed changes undermine the country’s democracy by restricting the power of the Supreme Court. Netanyahu and his allies say the plan is needed to curb what they claim is the excessive powers of unelected judges.
The main protest in the central city of Tel Aviv drew tens of thousands of people who waved Israeli flags and traffic sign banners that read “Dead End!” and “Risk Ahead!”…
In this post, Lisa Fox, a senior associate in the litigation team at CMS, previews the decision awaited from the Supreme Court in London Borough of Merton v Nuffield Health Ltd.
Factual Background
Nuffield Health acquired Merton Abbey (the “Premises”) on August 1, 2016, when it bought the business of Virgin Active. It applied to the London Borough of Merton (“Merton”) for mandatory and discretionary rate relief. The application for mandatory relief was initially granted (representing 80% of the rates otherwise payable). However, following a visit by Council officers in November 2016, Merton withdrew the relief on the basis that…
Hearings in the Supreme Court are now shown live on the Court’s website.
On Wednesday 18th january the Court will hear the case of Moulsdale t/a Moulsdale Properties v Commissioners for His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (Scotland), on appeal from [2021] CSHI 29. The appeal concerns whether the taxpayer’s sale of certain property was a supply exempt from value added tax (“VAT”). More specifically, whether the taxpayer intended or expected that the property was sold or would be a capital item in the hands of the purchaser under Schedule 10 of the VAT Act 1994, resulting in the taxpayer’s option…
The household of Bryan Kohberger, the suspect who was charged with murdering 4 College of Idaho college students final November, has launched an announcement saying that they care deeply for the victims’ households, and can proceed to like and assist their son.
NewsNation reporter Brian Entin posted the assertion from Kohberger’s household to Twitter on Sunday.
The household’s assertion mentioned, “At the beginning we care deeply for the 4 households who’ve misplaced their treasured kids. There are not any phrases that may adequately specific the unhappiness we really feel, and we pray every day for them.”
It continued: “We are…
