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Homophobia a ‘Poor Law’ of the Victorian era; Cross-dressing an expression of identity reiterating fundamental right: CCJ

Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ): A Five Judge Bench comprising of Saunders (President) and Wit, Barrow, Anderson, Rajnauth-Lee, JJ. allowed an appeal

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Only vindicatory damages awarded for failure to establish link between the breach of constitutional right and closing down of business

Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ): A Five Judge Bench comprising of Saunders (President) and Wit, Hayton, Anderson, and Rajnauth-Lee, JJ. awarded only

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‘DEVIN’ can be used as an EU trademark for mineral water: Court of Justice of the European Union

Court of Justice of the European Union: The General Court comprising of A.M. Collins, President, M. Kancheva (Rapporteur) and J. Passer, JJ.

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Addressing Prophet Mohammad as a ‘paedophile’ has the potential to incite religious intolerance: ECHR

European Court of Human Rights (ECHR): A Seven Judge Bench comprising of Angelika Nußberger (Germany), President, André Potocki (France), Síofra O’Leary (Ireland),

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No obligation on part of Chile to negotiate on the matter of sovereign access of Bolivia to Pacific Ocean

International Court of Justice: The application was filed by Bolivia against Chile in ICJ to receive a fully sovereign access to the

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Taxing Officer uses discretionary power to Tax the Bill at a grand total of USD 11,084 in favour of applicant

East African Court of Justice-First Instance Division: The instant taxation ruling arose from a bill of costs filed before Yufnalis Okubo, Taxing

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Application to annul sentence and release applicant from prison not granted where applicant alleged for rape: African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights

African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights: The application had been filed under Rule 19 of the Court Rules from Provision 17

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ECJ: Organisms obtained by mutagenesis are GMOs and are, in principle, subject to obligations laid down by GMO Directive

European Court of Justice (ECJ): Confédération paysanne, a French agricultural union which defends the interests of small-scale farming, together with eight other

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Former Civil Defence Forces Initiator and High Priest granted conditional release in war crimes : Residual Special Court for Sierra Leone

The Hague, Netherlands: The Residual Special Court for Sierra Leone (RSCSL) granted conditional early release to Special Court convict Allieu Kondewa. Kondewa,

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ECJ asks EUIPO to reconsider the three-dimensional shape of ‘4 Finger KitKat’ as an EU trademark

European Court of Justice: In 2006, EUIPO registered the three-dimensional shape of a ‘4 Finger KitKat’ as a EU trademark in respect

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Ban on publication of newspaper annulled in light of restriction on ’Freedom of Press’

East African Court of Justice: The 5-Judge bench comprising of Monica K. Mugneyi, PJ, Isaac Lenaola DPJ, Faustin Nitezilyayo, Fakihi Jundu and

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Mandatory Death Penalty in Barbados held Unconstitutional: CCJ

Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ): In the court of Sir Dennis Byron, President and Honourable Justice Saunders, Wit, Hayton, Anderson, Rajnauth-Lee and Barrow

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ICJ finds partial jurisdiction under Optional Protocol to Vienna Convention to entertain Application of Equatorial Guinea against France

International Court of Justice ( ICJ): On 13 June 2016, Equatorial Guinea instituted proceedings against France in ICJ with regard to a

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WIPO Translate: Republic of Korea is First to Adopt WIPO’s “Artificial Intelligence” – Powered Patent Translation Tool

The Republic of Korea is adopting WIPO’s ground-breaking “artificial intelligence”-based translation tool for patent documents, making it the first member state to

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Qatar institutes proceedings against UAE in ICJ and requests to indicate provisional measures

International Court of Justice (ICJ): Qatar on 11th June 2018 instituted proceedings against the United Arab Emirates (UAE) at the International Court

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ICJ to hear preliminary objections of USA in the Iranian Assets Case

International Court of Justice (ICJ): The ICJ will hold public hearings devoted to Preliminary Objections raised by the United States in the

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ECJ: By adopting a certain derogation regime and allowing the capture of 7 species of wild birds, Malta has failed to fulfil its obligations under EU Law

European Court of Justice (ECJ): The ECJ has declared that Malta has failed to fulfil its obligations under EU law by adopting

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General Court of European Union confirms European Parliament’s decision to recover almost €300,000 from Marine Le Pen

General Court of European Union : The General Court confirmed the decision of the European Parliament to recover from Marine Le Pen

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ECJ: It is not sufficient that the designation is liable to evoke some kind of association of ideas with Geographical Indication

European Court of Justice: ECJ recently provided useful guidelines pertaining to violation of registered geographical indication (GI) violation. The case concerned Michael

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ECJ: The Administrator of a fan page on Facebook is jointly responsible with Facebook for processing of data of visitors to the page

European Court of Justice: The ECJ recently held that the data protection authority of the Member State in which the administrator has