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6 Jan 2010, 7:56 am by PJ Blount
London, 29 March 1972, Moscow, 29 March 1972 and Washington, 29 March 1972 Ratification Lebanon Deposit of instrument with the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: 23 May 2006 Date of effect: 23 May 2006 Registration with the Secretariat of the United Nations: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 28 September 2009 [read post]
5 Jan 2010, 1:53 am by sally
Pedro v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Court of Appeal “In order to maintain the freedom of movement or EC workers, the Department of Work and Pensions was obliged to treat a dependent family member of an EU national, who retained his UK worker status, as living in Great Britain for the dependant’s eligibility for a United Kingdom pension credit. [read post]
12 Nov 2009, 3:00 am
Many international lawyers have now heard about the Clementi Report, which provided the impetus for the reforms in Britain's Legal Services Act 2007, which has dramatically changed the regulation of the legal profession in England and Wales and has set the stage to allow allow publicly traded law firms in the United Kingdom. [read post]
27 Oct 2009, 6:08 am
  If you go to their website, and read their reports, you will notice that when votes occur (as they do for controversial issues but not the bland periodic reviews), there is a distinctive pattern, something like this: The voting was as follows: In favor:  Angola, Argentina, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chile, China, Cuba, Djibouti, Egypt, Gabon, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Jordan, Kyrgyzstan, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mexico, Nicaragua, Nigeria,… [read post]
17 Oct 2009, 5:48 am
Great Britain now has a 12-member Supreme Court that functions separately from the legislative branch. [read post]
17 Oct 2009, 12:00 am
As of 1 August 2009, the most important convention in the field of uniform private law will thus enter into force in Japan, leaving Great Britain as the sole major trading nation not yet party to the convention. [read post]
8 Oct 2009, 7:50 pm
That Canada shares a monarch with the United Kingdom is a vestige of our colonial heritage. [read post]
7 Oct 2009, 1:38 pm
The subsequent huge runup in housing prices in Great Britain made this a great deal for the banks, and some of the homeowners are now taking their retrospective buyers’ remorse to court in a group action. [read post]
24 Jul 2009, 9:59 am
photo credit: Vegansoldier Most scholars will tell you, quite correctly, that the very first modern copyright law was the Statute of Anne. which was passed in 1710 in the Kingdom of Great Britain (now the United Kingdom). [read post]
24 Jul 2009, 9:59 am
photo credit: Vegansoldier Most scholars will tell you, quite correctly, that the very first modern copyright law was the Statute of Anne. which was passed in 1710 in the Kingdom of Great Britain (now the United Kingdom). [read post]
14 Jul 2009, 11:58 am
International fingerpointing in the recent cyber attacks against U.S. and South Korean websites has widened to include Great Britain, as researchers examining the attacks trace them to a server in the United Kingdom. [read post]
24 Jun 2009, 3:53 am
This is understandable, given the fact that Great Britain and Ireland have very few other future-proof industrial sectors. [read post]
22 May 2009, 7:36 am
  The interim report raises a lot of issues that should interest readers outside Great Britain too, especially in other countries with common judicial systems (e.g., the United States, Australia, Canada). [read post]
14 May 2009, 12:23 pm
The United Kingdom, (a/k/a: Mother England. f/k/a: The Little Island that Could), just lowered the student loan interest rate to 0%. 0%! [read post]
21 Apr 2009, 8:30 am
A soccer coach in the United Kingdom is suing his bank over "phantom" withdrawals that he says someone made on his account. [read post]
11 Apr 2009, 10:53 am
The voting was as follows:In favour: Angola, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Cameroon, China, Cuba, Djibouti, Egypt, Gabon, Indonesia, Jordan, Malaysia, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Qatar, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, South Africa;Against: Canada, Chile, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Ukraine, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland;Abstaining: Argentina, Brazil, Bosnia and… [read post]
18 Mar 2009, 8:33 am
Participants will discuss a variety of such programs in the United States, Great Britain, and France. [read post]
17 Feb 2009, 4:47 am
. - IPC search • Esp@cenet IPC searches by countries: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, German Democratic Repbl, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Monaco, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, Russia, Soviet Union… [read post]
28 Nov 2008, 5:00 am
On this day ...... 1843 (165 years ago today), as described at the website of the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization, the governments of Britain and France entered into this Anglo-Franco proclamation regarding what are now known as the Hawaiian Islands (left):Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and His Majesty the King of the French, taking into consideration the existence in the Sandwich Islands of a… [read post]