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• City Link’s army of self-employed workers count cost of business failure

  01-01-2015 19:14
  
  More than 1,000 drivers and agency personnel were classed as ‘service delivery partners’ - no guaranteed hours, no sick pay, no holiday pay and no redundancy paymentOn New Year’s Eve, more than 2,300 workers at City Link found out their jobs had been axed. But more than 1,000 self-employed van drivers and agency workers who earned a living from the failed parcel delivery firm will not receive a redundancy letter.John Baginton, a 54-year-old van driver, has had no communication from the com
  
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• Heroes of 2014: Russian human rights group Memorial | Natalie Nougayrede

  01-01-2015 16:00
  
  For 25 years Memorial’s extraordinary activists have stood up for democratic values. If it is closed down, Russia will be entering a dark ageIt takes courage to stand up to Vladimir Putin’s regime from within Russia. It might take even more courage now that financial hard times will surely intensify state propaganda against supposed “traitors”. So Memorial, a human rights organisation that is a beacon in the fight for values in post-Soviet Russia, deserves admiration and support.This is
  
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• Pope Francis uses new year mass to condemn slavery and human trafficking

  01-01-2015 14:42
  
  Theme of the service to mark Roman Catholic church’s World Day of Peace is No Longer Slaves, but Brothers and SistersPope Francis has urged people of all religions and cultures to unite to fight modern slavery and human trafficking, saying in his first mass of 2015 that everyone had a God-given right to be free.The service at St Peter’s Basilica marks the Roman Catholic church’s World Day of Peace. This year’s theme is No Longer Slaves, but Brothers and Sisters. Continue reading...
  
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• Will Serial's Adnan Syed ever be exonerated or get a new trial? | Alan Dershowitz

  01-01-2015 14:25
  
  Many people have asked me if, after the podcast, Adnan Syed might some day walk free. Sadly, the justice system isn’t always justIs there still a case against Serial’s Adnan Syed after Jay Wilds’ interview?
  Jay from Serial: ‘I was convinced that I would be going to jail for a long time’
  Serial: The Syed family on their pain and the ‘five million detectives’
  Everywhere I go, I’m asked whether I think that Adnan Syed “did it”, whether he received a fair trial and whether he has
  
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• Will Serial's Adnan Syed ever be exonerated or get a new trial? | Adnan Syed

  01-01-2015 14:25
  
  Many people have asked me if, after the podcast, Adnan Syed might some day walk free. Sadly, the justice system isn’t always justIs there still a case against Serial’s Adnan Syed after Jay Wilds’ interview?
  Jay from Serial: ‘I was convinced that I would be going to jail for a long time’
  Serial: The Syed family on their pain and the ‘five million detectives’
  Everywhere I go, I’m asked whether I think that Adnan Syed “did it”, whether he received a fair trial and whether he has
  
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• Make divorce tougher on women, says leading lawyer - The Independent

  01-01-2015 11:51
  
  The Independent
  Make divorce tougher on women, says leading lawyer
  The Independent
  In December, a judge ruled that hedge fund investor Sir Chris Hohn should pay his former wife, Jamie Cooper-Hohn, £337m. It was the UK's biggest ever divorce settlement. Baroness Deech has been an outspoken critic about the uncertainties in divorce law ...
  UK legal aid cuts could distort lawyer recruitment for decadesThe Global Legal Post
  Divorce laws should be tougher on women, says top female peerTele
  
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• Defence lawyer: Journalists will still have to stay in Egypt - BBC News

  01-01-2015 10:52
  
  BBC News
  Defence lawyer: Journalists will still have to stay in Egypt
  BBC News
  ... who work for the Qatar-based television channel al-Jazeera, include a former BBC correspondent, Peter Greste. They received sentences of between seven and 10 years at their original trial. Defence lawyer Negad El-Boraie, representing Mohamed Fahmy, ...
  Egypt court orders retrial of jailed Jazeera reportersDaily Mail
  Al-Jazeera journalists Mohamed Fahmy, Peter Greste and Baher Mohamed get ...The Independent
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• Woman suspect of posing as lawyer arrested in Utah - Yahoo News UK

  01-01-2015 01:44
  
  Daily Mail
  Woman suspect of posing as lawyer arrested in Utah
  Yahoo News UK
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah police have arrested a woman suspected of posing as a lawyer and negotiating a plea agreement with prosecutors. Investigators believe Karla Carbo, 29, of South Jordan impersonated an attorney at least three times over the ...
  Utah woman with no legal experience 'stole identity of lawyer and started own ...Daily Mail
  
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• Woman suspected of posing as lawyer arrested - Daily Mail

  01-01-2015 01:43
  
  Woman suspected of posing as lawyer arrested
  Daily Mail
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah police have arrested a woman suspected of posing as a lawyer and negotiating a plea agreement with prosecutors. Investigators believe Karla Carbo, 29, of South Jordan impersonated an attorney at least three times during the ...
  
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• Donald Dewar, the anti-Catholic law and Tony Blair - Express.co.uk

  01-01-2015 01:23
  
  Express.co.uk
  Donald Dewar, the anti-Catholic law and Tony Blair
  Express.co.uk
  But he asked the UK government and Buckingham Palace to back his rejection of SNP demands to scrap it in 1999. The late Labour leader believed any move to ditch the law by the fledging Scottish Parliament could embarrass Tony Blair's government.
  
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