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• Fast-growing firm expands in south west with acquisition

  26-05-2022 16:50 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Shakespeare Martineau’s ‘house of brands’ takes on another business - but acquired practice won’t keep its identity.
  
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• Hong Kong judicial independence under systematic attack, legal figures warn

  26-05-2022 15:56 via theguardian.com
  
  Signatories of legal opinion say territory’s government is using continued presence of overseas judges as ‘vote of confidence’International judicial figures including the former UK attorney general Sir Robert Buckland have warned the remaining British, Australian and Canadian judges operating in Hong Kong that they are working in an environment where judicial independence has been wholly undermined and the Chinese Communist party can dictate the outcome of cases.The group has b
  
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• 'Too fair, too kind, too gentle': legal aid solicitors demand tougher action

  26-05-2022 15:13 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Several criminal defence practitioners are boycotting burglary work but want to widen the scope of cases.
  
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• Entrepreneur loses contempt appeal in £200,000 dispute with Farrer & Co

  26-05-2022 13:25 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Julie Meyer, 55, in ‘deliberate and cynical breach’ of court orders, Court of Appeal rules.
  
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• CPS guidance ‘makes things worse’ for rape survivors, victims’ commissioner says

  26-05-2022 12:24 via theguardian.com
  
  Vera Baird calls for therapy notes to be excluded from criminal trials, as they are in AustraliaNew guidance designed to give rape victims confidence to get therapy before their trial “makes things worse” for survivors and lessened their protections, according to the victims’ commissioner, Vera Baird.The guidance issued by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) aims to “alleviate victim concerns that accessing counselling could damage the prosecution case,” but Baird e
  
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• DWF announces Hong Kong tie-up – as Addleshaw Goddard leaves city

  26-05-2022 12:23 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Listed firm agrees deal with financial services regulation specialist as Addleshaw confirms September exit.
  
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• DWF announces Hong Kong tie-up – as Addleshaw Goddard leaves

  26-05-2022 12:23 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Listed firm agrees deal with financial services regulation specialist as Addleshaw confirms September exit.
  
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• Police force spending £1m redacting material

  26-05-2022 12:01 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Solicitor-general alarmed over amount of public resources being dedicated to redacting material for disclosure.
  
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• HMCTS pays £111m for new London tribunal centre

  26-05-2022 11:51 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  The 30-court Central London Tribunal Centre to open at end of next year.
  
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• Russian can sell Belgravia mansion to fund legal fees

  25-05-2022 17:35 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Fugitive may ‘in principle’ sell properties to pay Mishcon and Greenberg, judge rules.
  
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• VW settles £200m ‘Dieselgate’ claims

  25-05-2022 16:11 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Motor giant makes no admissions in respect of liability, causation or loss.
  
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• Wagner Group fighters accused of murdering civilians in Ukraine

  25-05-2022 15:36 via theguardian.com
  
  Belarusian private soldiers are first international mercenaries to face war crimes charges since invasion beganRussia-Ukraine war: latest updatesTwo alleged Wagner Group fighters from Belarus have been accused of murdering civilians near Kyiv, making them the first international mercenaries to face war crimes charges in Ukraine.Ukrainian prosecutors late on Tuesday released the names and photographs of eight men wanted for alleged war crimes – including murder and torture – in the vi
  
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• Alleged Wagner Group fighters accused of murdering civilians in Ukraine

  25-05-2022 15:36 via theguardian.com
  
  Belarusian pair are first international mercenaries to face war crimes charges since invasion beganRussia-Ukraine war: latest updatesTwo alleged Wagner Group fighters from Belarus have been accused of murdering civilians near Kyiv, making them the first international mercenaries to face war crimes charges in Ukraine.Ukrainian prosecutors late on Tuesday released the names and photographs of eight men wanted for alleged war crimes – including murder and torture – in the village of Mot
  
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• Almost 4,000 fined for breaking mask rules on London transport

  25-05-2022 14:58 via theguardian.com
  
  TfL prevented 7,283 people from travelling during 11 months of coronavirus restrictions on networkAlmost 4,000 people were issued with fixed-penalty notices (FPNs) for not wearing a face covering on public transport in London when it was compulsory to do so, and thousands more were prevented from travelling or told to leave the capital’s network, official figures show.Mandatory wearing of masks on Transport for London (TfL) services was put in place to help stop the spread of Covid-19. Fac
  
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• Mishcon sees off £65m negligence claim

  25-05-2022 14:24 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  London firm also wins counterclaim over £300,000 in unpaid fees.
  
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• MoJ admits thousands of unresolved claims clogging up RTA portal

  25-05-2022 14:20 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Lawyers say system is not working for volume claims, as MoJ concedes implementation has been ‘a little bumpy’.
  
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• SRA should keep costs protection, Supreme Court rules

  25-05-2022 14:15 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Regulator had intervened in case raising concerns that it might be unable to bring some prosecutions in future.
  
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• Vomiting and partying until 4am: Sue Gray delivers damning verdict on Boris Johnson’s No 10

  25-05-2022 14:11 via theguardian.com
  
  PM issues partial apology for boozy culture including spilled wine over walls and drunken staff told to leave by back entranceSue Gray report published – live updatesSue Gray has issued a damning verdict on the party culture in Boris Johnson’s Downing Street, in a 37-page report that includes nine photographs, and names a string of senior civil servants.Gray sets out in embarrassing detail how each event unfolded, including a leaving party on 18 June 2020, at which “one individ
  
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• Squire Patton Boggs hails gender diversity progress

  25-05-2022 14:07 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  European managing partner Jonathan Jones tells Gazette: ‘This is the start of a long journey’.
  
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• Hodge Jones & Allen reaches north to Liverpool

  25-05-2022 10:52 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Chief of London-based human rights firm says expansion will enable it to help more people 'stand up for their rights'.
  
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• Bitcoin blogger in clash over deleted Twitter data

  25-05-2022 10:51 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Hearing in 'Dr Bitcoin' libel case focuses on readership and influence of disputed publications.
  
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• Médecins Sans Frontières condemned for ‘profiting from exploitative images’

  25-05-2022 10:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Medical charity criticised for selling fundraising images amid row over ‘unethical’ photos from DRC identifying child rape survivor Doctors, photographers, human rights activists and academics have written to Médecins Sans Frontières to raise concerns that the medical charity is exploiting the trauma of vulnerable patients to promote its work.In an open letter to the international president and MSF board, almost 50 signatories, who include current and former staff, alle
  
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• How two Goldman prize winners won landmark rulings in Dutch courts

  25-05-2022 09:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Marjan Minnesma’s legal fight forced the Dutch government to cut emissions, while Chima Williams took on Royal Dutch ShellThe road to a landmark legal victory compelling the Dutch government to take climate action began a decade ago when the 2022 Goldman prize winner Marjan Minnesma received an official letter saying the government did not want to be a frontrunner in tackling the climate crisis.At the time the Netherlands was one of the world’s worst greenhouse emitters and had a dis
  
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• New affirmative consent campaign tackles issue head-on, experts say

  25-05-2022 09:00 via theguardian.com
  
  ‘Make No Doubt’ videos aim to provide young people with tools to give and ask for consent, launched one week before NSW law changeFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our free news app; get our morning email briefingParty pashes, drunken encounters and booty-call texts – these are some of the scenarios featured in a campaign being rolled out on social media before new affirmative sexual consent laws coming into effect in New South Wales next week.It is
  
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• New CMS leader in Ukraine ready to help rebuild nation

  25-05-2022 08:09 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Vitaliy Radchenko escaped missiles in Kyiv and describes how the Ukraine legal sector has survived.
  
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• Dutton’s campaign to sue detractors failed to factor in vagaries of defamation law | Richard Ackland

  25-05-2022 04:22 via theguardian.com
  
  The Liberal minister may not have liked the rude things people posted about him on Twitter, but in defamation fools rush in where angels fear to treadWith the election outcome now decided, for all practical purposes, we can now happily turn to that other theatre of conflict – the courts. In March last year, around the time he was moving from home affairs to defence, the Liberal party strongman Peter Dutton issued a warning to the citizens.He was going to sue people who posted rude things a
  
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• Six in 10 people in UK believe government ‘ignores rules’

  25-05-2022 01:01 via theguardian.com
  
  People in the UK and Poland rated their governments worst on matters of trust and legitimacy in an EU-funded studyPeople in the UK are more likely than those in other European countries to say that their government ignores rules, according to a large six-state survey, with ‘Partygate’ probably to blame.The EU-funded study found that 62% of people in the UK think their government ignores rules and procedures, compared with an average of 44% and well above the next highest, Poland (50%
  
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• Boris Johnson would throw ‘entire team under bus’ to survive Partygate, No 10 official says, amid claims over lockdown events – as it happened

  24-05-2022 21:17 via theguardian.com
  
  Latest updates: insiders express fury to BBC that Boris Johnson escaped fine for events junior staff were penalised for attending. This blog is now closed, read our full report here.Party attended by PM ‘so cramped people sat on laps’How people spent the day of the Downing Street leaving drinksPressure on Met to justify no fine for PM over leaving drinksUnions angered by No 10 remarks about public sector payAre UK Covid cases going down or are they just harder to count?From the Sun&r
  
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• Boris Johnson would throw ‘entire team under bus’ to survive Partygate, No 10 official says, amid claims over lockdown events – live

  24-05-2022 21:05 via theguardian.com
  
  Latest updates: insiders express fury to BBC that Boris Johnson escaped fine for events junior staff were penalised for attendingParty attended by PM ‘so cramped people sat on laps’How people spent the day of the Downing Street leaving drinksPressure on Met to justify no fine for PM over leaving drinksUnions angered by No 10 remarks about public sector payAre UK Covid cases going down or are they just harder to count?From the Sun’s Harry ColeMichelle O’Neill, the Sinn F&e
  
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• Partygate live: leaving drinks attended by PM so cramped people sat on laps and bins overflowed with bottles, No 10 staff say

  24-05-2022 20:07 via theguardian.com
  
  Latest updates: insiders express fury to BBC that Boris Johnson escaped fine for events junior staff were penalised for attendingParty attended by PM ‘so cramped people sat on laps’How people spent the day of the Downing Street leaving drinksPressure on Met to justify no fine for PM over leaving drinksUnions angered by No 10 remarks about public sector payAre UK Covid cases going down or are they just harder to count?From the Sun’s Harry ColeMichelle O’Neill, the Sinn F&e
  
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• Partygate live: leaving drinks attended by PM so cramped people sat on other’s laps and bins overflowed with bottles, No 10 staff say

  24-05-2022 19:50 via theguardian.com
  
  Latest updates: insiders express fury to BBC that Boris Johnson escaped fine for events junior staff were penalised for attendingParty attended by PM ‘so cramped people sat on laps’How people spent the day of the Downing Street leaving drinksPressure on Met to justify no fine for PM over leaving drinksUnions angered by No 10 remarks about public sector payAre UK Covid cases going down or are they just harder to count?From the Sun’s Harry ColeMichelle O’Neill, the Sinn F&e
  
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• Downing Street must withdraw its threat to replace the Human Rights Act | Letter

  24-05-2022 18:32 via theguardian.com
  
  The government’s bill of rights proposal will weaken the public’s right to challenge abuse, says Geoffrey BindmanRafael Behr correctly identifies the government’s threat to replace the Human Rights Act with a bill of rights as “government by gesture and culture war provocation” (Inane and Orwellian: a Queen’s speech to improve the life of Boris Johnson, 10 May). The Human Rights Act incorporates the rights set out in the European convention on human rights. Ja
  
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• ‘I f**cked up’: Solicitor suspended for accounting failures

  24-05-2022 17:32 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Firm did not obtain an accountant’s report for years and missed VAT payments.
  
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• Partygate: Sadiq Khan asks Met police to explain decision not to fine Boris Johnson over No 10 leaving drinks – live

  24-05-2022 16:23 via theguardian.com
  
  Latest updates: London mayor says he is concerned Londoners losing trust and confidence in policeNo 10 officials tell of cramped conditions at party with PMNo 10 denies Boris Johnson asked Sue Gray to ditch reportFive questions after ‘Partygate’ images of Boris Johnson emergeAre UK Covid cases going down or are they just harder to count?Russia-Ukraine war: latest updatesFrom the Sun’s Harry ColeMichelle O’Neill, the Sinn Féin leader in Northern Ireland, who is set
  
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• ‘Global crisis’ of violence: 161 healthcare workers were killed last year, study finds

  24-05-2022 16:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Report by SHCC catalogues more than 180 incidents of attacks on hospitals with 320 health workers wounded in 49 conflict zonesViolence against healthcare workers has become a “global crisis”, with 161 medics killed and 188 incidents of hospitals being destroyed or damaged last year, according to a new report.Data collected from 49 conflict zones by the Safeguarding Health in Conflict Coalition (SHCC), also found that 320 health workers were wounded in attacks, 170 were kidnapped and
  
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• Partygate: No 10 insiders reveal partying and extensive drinking in Downing Street during lockdown – UK politics live

  24-05-2022 15:34 via theguardian.com
  
  Latest updates: anonymous individuals describe chaotic mid-lockdown events they felt were condoned by Boris Johnson Boris Johnson pressed to explain meeting with Sue GrayFive questions after ‘Partygate’ images of Boris Johnson emergePartygate: what were you doing on 13 November 2020?Are UK Covid cases going down or are they just harder to count?Russia-Ukraine war: latest updatesFrom the Sun’s Harry ColeMichelle O’Neill, the Sinn Féin leader in Northern Ireland, who
  
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• Partygate: No 10 plays down, but does not deny, reports Boris Johnson floated idea that Sue Gray shelve report – UK politics live

  24-05-2022 15:11 via theguardian.com
  
  Latest updates: prime minister’s spokesperson says Boris Johnson is looking forward to publication of reportBoris Johnson pressed to explain meeting with Sue GrayFive questions after ‘Partygate’ images of Boris Johnson emergePartygate: what were you doing on 13 November 2020?Are UK Covid cases going down or are they just harder to count?Russia-Ukraine war: latest updatesFrom the Sun’s Harry ColeMichelle O’Neill, the Sinn Féin leader in Northern Ireland, who i
  
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• Partygate: No 10 plays down, but does not deny, reports Boris Johnson floated idea that Sue Gray shelves report – UK politics live

  24-05-2022 14:52 via theguardian.com
  
  Latest updates: prime minister’s spokesperson says Boris Johnson is looking forward to publication of reportBoris Johnson pressed to explain meeting with Sue GrayFive questions after ‘Partygate’ images of Boris Johnson emergePartygate: what were you doing on 13 November 2020?Are UK Covid cases going down or are they just harder to count?Russia-Ukraine war: latest updatesFrom the Sun’s Harry ColeMichelle O’Neill, the Sinn Féin leader in Northern Ireland, who i
  
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• Afghan female judge awarded prestigious human rights prize

  24-05-2022 14:40 via theguardian.com
  
  Fawzia Amini advocates for rights of Afghan women and girls from London hotel room she’s been stuck in for nine monthsOne of Afghanistan’s top female judges has been honoured with an international human rights award while she continues her work to advocate for her country’s women and girls from a London hotel.Fawzia Amini, 48, fled Afghanistan last summer after the Taliban takeover of the country. She had been one of Afghanistan’s leading female judges, former head of the
  
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• Solicitor rebuked for putting arm round trainee in strip club

  24-05-2022 14:22 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Former Clyde & Co partner admits failing to have ‘sufficient regard’ for trainee’s wellbeing.
  
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• Former City partner rebuked for putting arm round trainee in strip club

  24-05-2022 14:22 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Ex-Clyde & Co solicitor admits failing to have ‘sufficient regard’ for trainee’s wellbeing.
  
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• Ex-partner rebuked for putting arm round trainee in strip club

  24-05-2022 14:22 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Former Clyde & Co solicitor admits failing to have ‘sufficient regard’ for trainee’s wellbeing.
  
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• Anexo looks to ‘growth opportunities’ after positive results

  24-05-2022 13:19 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Listed credit hire and legal services provider announces 53% increase in profit before tax.
  
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• City firms lead establishment of Black British civil rights group

  24-05-2022 12:29 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Black Equity Organisation's six key mandates include tackling racial disparities in the criminal justice system.
  
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• Good Law Project sets up independent law firm

  24-05-2022 12:19 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Firm to be ‘training ground for public law and social welfare lawyers of the future’, group says.
  
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• Good Law Project sets up independent firm

  24-05-2022 12:19 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Firm to be ‘training ground for public law and social welfare lawyers of the future’, group says.
  
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• No returns: Disruption minimal as backup helpline attracts 19 volunteers

  24-05-2022 11:50 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Trial hearings disrupted on the day running at well under 50 - and falling, MoJ data shows.
  
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• ‘Dr Bitcoin’ denies fabricating evidence of libel harm

  24-05-2022 11:22 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Blogger's tweets and video damaged Craig Wright's academic reputation and prospects of becoming a magistrate, High Court hears.
  
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• Welsh Human Rights Bill part of 'inevitable' devolution

  24-05-2022 08:09 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Blueprint drawn up for a separate tribunal system, as Wales says UK government has failed on justice.
  
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• Welsh Human Rights Bill heralds 'inevitable' devolution of justice

  24-05-2022 08:09 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Blueprint drawn up for a separate tribunal system, as Wales says UK government has failed on justice.
  
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