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Former UK Police Commissioner Ian McGrail called on Friday for an independent investigation by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office into corruption in Gibraltar, in a statement from his lawyer to the Gibraltar Broadcasting Corporation (GBC). McGrail was arrested in March 2022 on suspicion of conspiracy to obtain unauthorized computer material, misconduct and violations of [...]

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James Joseph is UK Senior Correspondent for JURIST.  Over the last 18 months Emma Lilley and I have been campaigning for The Law Society to diversify their admissions ceremonies and hold them regionally, allowing more people to attend their special day of being admitted to the role of solicitor, which in layman’s terms is their [...]

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The citizenry of Gibraltar, a British Overseas Territory, has voted to partially legalize abortion in a referendum on Friday. The results revealed 62 percent of voters supported partially legalizing abortion. The legalization will occur when the Crimes (Amendment) Act 2019 comes into force to amend the Crimes Act 2011. This will take place within 28 [...]

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The former chief of staff for ex-Maltese Prime Minister Joseph Muscat, Keith Schembri, was arraigned in court Saturday on charges of money-laundering, fraud and corruption. The charges were brought following a magisterial inquiry into payment of €650,000 from Schembri to the former managing director of Allied Newspapers, Ltd., Adrian Hillman, when the news company had [...]

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The European Commission referred the UK to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) on Friday over failing to recover illegal state aid received by corporations in Gibraltar. In 2012, Spain raised concerns about unfair taxation practices by Gibraltar. The following year, the Commission launched an investigation into the allegations. Shortly afterwards, the UK submitted an [...]

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Spain’s Council of Ministers on Friday approved national regulatory measures to guarantee expat Britons their right to residency and healthcare access in the absence of a Brexit deal. The temporary measures are intended to “Preserve the interests of citizens, Spanish and British, who exercised their right to free movement before the date of withdrawal and [...]

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Kingdom of Spain v United Kingdom, Case C-145/04, European Court of Justice, September 12, 2006 [ruling upholding a UK law that extends the right to vote in European Parliament elections to residents of Gibraltar, the tiny British overseas territory at...

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