Category: Law News

Protestors ramp up in Israel blocking roads

TEL AVIV, Israel – Israelis blocked roads and demonstrated on Thursday against a contentious government plan to overhaul the judiciary, hoping to ramp up pressure on lawmakers after parliament reconvened this week following a month-long recess. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu paused the overhaul in March after intense pressure and the opposing sides are trying to reach a compromise agreement. But in a sign of the mistrust of his intentions, tens of thousands have continued to protest every Saturday night since. Thursday’s midweek protests were smaller, but demonstrators are hoping to remind legislators of their presence and their past ability to…Continue Reading

Gavin Newsom Points Out Greg Abbott’s Brutal Self-Own On Gun Violence

California Gov. Gavin Newsom went after Texas Gov. Greg Abbott for “conveniently” not bringing up Texas’ gun death rate in his attempt to scold California over gun control laws on Sunday.Abbott, who appeared on Fox News in the wake of this weekend’s deadly shooting at a Dallas-area outlet mall, argued that gun violence impacts states with both eased and stricter gun laws before taking a swipe at California.“I think that the state in which the largest number of victims occurred this year is in California, where they have very tough gun laws,” Abbott said.Greg Abbott on Fox…Continue Reading

News stories from the Star you should know about on Wednesday, May 3, 2023

Good morning. This is the Wednesday, May 3 edition of First Up, the Star’s daily morning digest. Sign up to get it earlier each day, in your inbox. Here’s the latest on the “World’s Worst McDonald’s,” a legal poison linked to suicides, and a new rental law in a Vancouver suburb. DON’T MISS: How the “World’s Worst McDonald’s” became a symbol of downtown decay The 24-hour fast-food restaurant in the heart of downtown Ottawa has long been a popular stop for people leaving the bar district in search of greasy food. Workers would struggle to keep up with cleaning, while…Continue Reading

Attorney general alerts online companies to BC’s image-sharing law

Breadcrumb Trail LinksLocal NewsNiki Sharma says the Intimate Images Protection Act will come into force in the coming months and create new legal mechanisms to stop the distribution of such photos online.Author of the article:The Canadian Press Ashley JoannouPublished May 04, 2023 • Last updated 1 day ago • 2 minute readBritish Columbia’s attorney general Niki Sharma has sent a letter to major technology companies warning they could soon face orders to stop the distribution of intimate images of BC residents shared without their consent. Sharma speaks during a ministers meeting in Ottawa, on…Continue Reading

Kenneth Law: New details on sodium nitrite sales as family speaks out

Editor’s note: If you or anyone you know is struggling with mental health there are a number of ways to get help, including by calling Talk Suicide Canada at 1-833-456-4566. A list of local crisis centers is also available here. As new details surface in the investigation into Kenneth Law, representatives for the family of a 17-year-old boy who died after ingesting a chemical allegedly sold by the Ontario man who is speaking out after his death, calling on online retailers to pull the compound from digital shelves. Lawyers for the family of 17-year-old Anthony Jones, from Detroit, US, told…Continue Reading

Madawaska First Nation implements its own tax law in response to NB canceling agreements

Madawaska First Nation has gone ahead and cut out the New Brunswick government from taxes collected on tobacco and cannabis sold on-reserve. In response to the province canceling a series of tax revenue-sharing agreements it held with Wolastoqey First Nations, Madawaska has enacted its own cannabis and tobacco licensing act, allowing the band government to set a tax rate for those products and collect the revenues, says Chief Patricia Bernard. “It’s really going to be unfortunate, because the whole purpose of these tax agreements was to create a fair playing field of on- and off-reserve sales taxes,” Bernard said. “Now…Continue Reading

LGBTQ Ugandans live in fear as new law looms

KAMPALA (Reuters) – At a shelter for lesbian women in Uganda’s capital Kampala, gone are the days when the residents, having fled abuse and stigma at home, can breathe easy and be themselves. That came to an end a month ago when parliament passed some of the world’s strictest anti-LGBTQ legislation, which would criminalize the “promotion” of homosexuality and impose the death penalty for certain crimes involving gay sex. President Yoweri Museveni said on Thursday that he supports the legislation but has requested some modifications from parliament, including provisions to “rehabilitate” gay people, before he signs it. Staff at the…Continue Reading

Remote Signing of Wills.

The global pandemic caused by COVID-19 has evolved the adoption of technology in our daily lives and work. In order to continue life and commerce during lockdowns the laws have changed to widen the use of electronic signing and execution of documents. While contracts, leases and other standard documents are often signed remotely questions started to be raised on whether another document could be signed remotely, a person’s last Will and Testament. In Victoria the Wills Act 1997 (Vic) (the Act) provides how a Will needs to be executed in order for the document to be valid. Historically a Will…Continue Reading