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UK House of Commons approves same-sex marriage bill
May 22, 2013 by Theresa Donovan
The House of Commons of the UK Parliament voted 366-161 on Tuesday to approve the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill. The legislation was introduced in January and will effectively extend the application of the Marriage Act of 1949 to same-sex as well as opposite-sex couples. The bill allows for an.... [more]
Supreme Court rules on foreign taxes
May 20, 2013 by Jaclyn Belczyk
The US Supreme Court ruled Monday in PPL Corp. v. Commissioner that a UK "windfall tax" is creditable under US tax law. Internal Revenue Code §901(b)(1) states that any "income, war profits, and excess profits taxes" paid overseas are creditable against US income taxes. In 1997, the UK imposed....... [more]
UK court denies bail for Abu Qatada
May 20, 2013 by Elizabeth LaForgia
A UK immigration tribunal denied bail for radical cleric Abu Qatada Monday due to the high risk of escape. Qatada's lawyers insist that he should be able to spend time with his family before he leaves the UK for Jordan, where he will stand trial for terrorism. Qatada was convicted in absentia for.... [more]
UK judge upholds request to withhold evidence in Russian spy death investigation
May 19, 2013 by Theresa Donovan
A senior judge for the Judiciary of England and Wales on Friday partially upheld a request by British Foreign Secretary William Hague to withhold certain information from the investigation into the 2006 death of Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko. Litvinenko was a member of the Federal Security.... [more]
Group of MPs pushing for EU referendum before 2015
May 5, 2013 by Keith Herting
A group of 20 Tory MPs on Saturday have urged UK Prime Minister David Cameron to hold a nationwide referendum on remaining within the European Union (EU) prior to the next general election in 2015. In January, Cameron promised that if his party were to win the next election in 2015, the Tories.... [more]
Bangladesh war crimes court indicts UK Muslim leader
May 3, 2013 by Alison Sacriponte
The International Crimes Tribunal Bangladesh (ICTB) has indicted Chowdhury Mueen-Uddin, a Bangladesh-born UK Muslim leader, for crimes against humanity and genocide including his alleged role in the murder of top intellectuals during the country's 1971 liberation war. Mueen-Uddin is alleged to.... [more]
UK Supreme Court finds government violating EU air quality law
May 1, 2013 by Laura Klein Mullen
The UK Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that the government has been failing to meet EU air quality standards and reached out to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) for guidance. This is the first time that the court has addressed the problem with air pollution in the UK, which is the worst in the.... [more]
Europe court ruled UK may not suspend benefits to wives of terror suspects [this day at law]
April 29, 2013 by Sarah Steers
On April 29, 2010, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) held that the UK government may not withhold government benefits lawfully due to the wives and families of alleged terrorists. In 2006, the UK Treasury established strict guidelines that dictated the receipt of government benefits. These.... [more]
UK appeals court denies government's Abu Qatada appeal
April 24, 2013 by Keith Herting
The UK Court of Appeal on Tuesday denied permission to the Home Secretary to appeal to the nation's Supreme Court the decision not to deport radical Islamist cleric Abu Qatada to Jordan. The appeals court refused to deport Qatada last month, fearing he would face torture if returned to Jordan..... [more]
UK court allowed government one week to seek release of US intelligence [this day at law]
April 22, 2013 by Sarah Steers
On April 22, 2009, a judge for HM Courts and Tribunals Service stated that he would allow the UK government seven days to request the release of classified information related to the detention of Binyam Mohamed from the US government, or the court would issue the request order itself. Mohamed.... [more]
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