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• Dyson: miscarriages of justice likely since LASPO

  01-12-2014 23:25 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Master of the Rolls says litigants in person ‘overawed and dry up’ in court.
  
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• MPs back Grayling change to JR reform

  01-12-2014 22:42
  
  Criminal Justice and Courts bill rebounds back to House of Lords.
  
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• US supreme court debates whether Facebook threats are protected speech

  01-12-2014 21:55
  
  Anthony Elonis was sentenced to jail time for making violent threats against estranged wife, but brought appeal based on grounds comments weren’t to be taken seriously The supreme court ventured nervously into the worlds of internet trolling and rap music on Monday as it sought to avoid establishing new restrictions on free speech to deal with the case of a Pennsylvania man who posted violent threats against his estranged wife on Facebook.
  Anthony Elonis was sentenced to 44 months in prison
  
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• Canadian mum flouts cannabis law for treatment - BBC News

  01-12-2014 20:43
  
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  Canadian mum flouts cannabis law for treatment
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  The mother of a boy with severe epilepsy refuses to give her son his medical marijuana in the form the law dictates he should get it - through smoke or vapours. Six-year-old Liam McKnight is always the first in his family to run to the door. His mum ...
  
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• London mayor 'should run criminal justice'

  01-12-2014 18:05
  
  City Hall takes on Whitehall over control of prosecutors and the courts.
  
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• Pollution and medical negligence among cases rejected by supreme court

  01-12-2014 16:45
  
  US supreme court disappoints the estate of a Michigan woman who died after a kidney transplant and an Iowa corn processing plant by letting judgments standThe supreme court will not hear an appeal from the estate of a Michigan woman who died following a kidney transplant after turning down a blood transfusion because of her religious beliefs.The court also will not hear an appeal from an Iowa grain company about a class-action lawsuit brought by nearby residents, over pollution concerns. Continu
  
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• 109 women prosecuted for false rape claims in five years, say campaigners

  01-12-2014 15:31
  
  Charity accuses authorities in the UK of pursuing cases against rape complainants more aggresively than other countriesAt least 109 women have been prosecuted in the last five years for making false rape allegations in the UK, according to campaigners who are calling for an end to what they claim is the aggressive pursuit of such cases.The charity Women Against Rape (War) is taking its campaign to the House of Commons on Tuesday, where some of those who have been jailed for lying about rape alle
  
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• Outgoing SRA chair backs legal apprenticeships

  01-12-2014 15:31
  
  Charles Plant received a lifetime achievement award from the City of London Law Society.
  
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• EY enters UK legal market

  01-12-2014 11:57
  
  SRA grants alternative business structure licence to third of the accountancy ‘big four’.
  
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• Punishment in criminal law

  01-12-2014 01:01 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  The justice system must better represent the needs of victims
  
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• One in four young lawyers doing unpaid work

  01-12-2014 01:01
  
  JLD survey exposes worsening plight of aspiring solicitors.
  
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• Jackson LJ calls for better skeleton arguments

  01-12-2014 01:01
  
  The legal profession is failing to get the message about preparing better skeleton arguments, Lord Justice Jackson has said.
  
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• How to: build a rural practice

  01-12-2014 01:01
  
  Running a rural practice has complexities resembling an Archers subplot.
  
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• Evictions and homelessness

  01-12-2014 01:01 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Homelessness evictions without court order lawful
  
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• Crown court fees

  01-12-2014 01:01 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Important changes have come in to force for cases with representation orders dated on or after 2 October 2014.
  
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• Child abduction changes

  01-12-2014 01:01 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Proposed amendments to child abduction legislation will have a far-reaching impact on family law, write Joanna Farrands and Helen Habershon
  
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• CAT reform may create a ‘US-style lawyers’ charter’

  01-12-2014 01:01
  
  Peers have warned that plans to extend the jurisdiction of the Competition Appeal Tribunal risk creating a ‘US-style lawyers’ charter’.
  
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• Bar to offer solicitors account for client funds

  01-12-2014 01:01
  
  The principle of law firms holding client money is again under scrutiny after it emerged that solicitors could be given access to a bar-run third party account.
  
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