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Groups file court application over whether Canada’s laws allow entry of former Israeli PM

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Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino is facing a court application aimed at forcing him to determine whether Canada’s war crimes laws prevent former Israeli prime minister Naftali Bennett from attending a speaking engagement in Toronto later this month. The application — known by its technical term of a mandamus — was filed Friday in Federal Court and asked a judge to compel Mendicino into making a decision on Bennett’s admissibility. It was filed by Khaled Mouammar, a former national president of the Canadian Arab Federation, human rights groups Palestinian and Jewish Unity and Just Peace Advocates, and the think-tank Canadian…
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Building a house or renovating? We explain what Domestic Builders Insurance covers and how to protect yourself.

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Domestic Building Insurance (DBI) – What is it, when can I rely on it, how does it protect me as an owner and how do I know if my builder has obtained it? Building a new home is an exciting time, but it can also be stressful with the many terms and documents being provided to you that you may not have come across before. One of the most important documents you should receive from your builder is an insurance certificate which confirms that the builder has obtained a current policy for Domestic Building Insurance (DBI), also previously known as…
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Unfair Contract Terms change: Is your business ready?

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In late 2022, the Treasury Laws Amendment (More Competition, Better Prices) Bill 2022 passed both houses of the federal parliament. The relevant laws take effect from 9 November 2023 and significantly bolster the Unfair Contract Terms (UCT) regime in Australia.For business owners and managers who are unfamiliar with the UCT regime, now is the time to revisit these laws. Unfair Contract TermsUCT laws have been in place since 2010 for consumer contracts, and since 2016 for ‘small business contracts’.The purpose of the UCT laws is to prevent reliance on unfair terms in standard form contracts when dealing with consumers and…
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Algeria parliament approves law tightening control over the media | Freedom of the Press News

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Reporters Without Borders criticizes the legislation saying it has ‘negative chapters’ that constitute a violation of press freedom. Algeria’s parliament has approved a new media law that tightens control over the work of journalists and imposes new restrictions. While the government said the law is key to ensuring the free exercise of media activity under legal controls, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said the law included “negative chapters” that constitute a violation of press freedom. The law bans the Algerian media from receiving any funding or material assistance from any “foreign entity”. Communications Minister Mohamed Bouslimani said the law aims to…
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What three luxury homes reveal about who owns UK property

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Stylised graphic showing Beechwood House, Lubov Chernukhin and Alisher Usmanov Owners of around 50,000 UK properties held by foreign companies remain hidden from public view, despite new transparency laws. The Register of Overseas Entities, launched in August 2022, was meant to reveal who ultimately owns UK property. But analysis by BBC News and Transparency International found that almost half of the firms required to declare who was behind them failed to do so. Labor MP Margaret Hodge said the legislation was not “fit for purpose”. A UK government spokesperson said the register has been an “invaluable source of information for…