Lawyers

• British same-sex marriage laws influence South Australia to change homosexual legislation

  South Australia plans to change its homosexual laws after the state denied to recognize same-sex marriage of British newlyweds in Bulmer-Rizzi case. The state was also influenced by British laws when it decriminalized homosexuality in 1975.

• Europe human rights watchdog call for UK ban on children doing paper rounds

  European Committee of Social Rights suggests UK to ban children paper rounds. It says newspaper delivery rounds and holiday jobs are in breach of children's rights.

• High Court dismisses petition against Nottingham Forest after full debt payment

  Football club Nottingham Forest ended on a winding up list Monday. The High Court dismissed the petition after the club paid its full revenue debt.

• European Court rules mass surveillance infringes basic human rights

  European Court of Human Rights ruled in a Hungary case that mass surveillance law infringes the right to privacy in the European Convention of Human Rights. The ruling may kill off the UK mass surveillance bill.

• Nestle loses Kitkat shape trademark court battle

  Nestle lost a legal battle to trademark the shape of KitKat chocolate bar. British high court ruled on Wednesday that KitKat's shape was not distinctive enough to merit a trademark.

• Judge says UK terrorism law contradicts human rights legislation

  British appeal court rules that the UK's Terrorism Act 2000 contradicts European human rights legislation that protects freedom of expression. The ruling came in the case of David Miranda, who was detained for carying a journalist's document.

• Google, Microsoft, and Facebook criticize UK spying laws

  US tech giants including Google, Miscrosoft, Facebook, Yahoo, and Twitter have jointly urge the UK government to reconsider its new digital surveillance law. The firms say they reject the bill that would require weaker encryption for the spying action.

• U.S., UK regulators might settle Deutsche Bank Libor case this year

  U.S. and British regulators are in a plan to settle the Deutsche Bank AG (DBKGn.DE) Libor case in the next few months as they hope to extract major penalties from the bank for alleged manipulation of the benchmark interest rate, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing sources.