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• Former UK spy boss calls for law revamp - 3News NZ

  18-01-2015 21:22
  
  Telegraph.co.uk
  Former UK spy boss calls for law revamp
  3News NZ
  The former head of UK spy agency MI5 has warned that British terror laws are not fit for purpose. Lord John Evans says more powers should be given to spies to track suspects online, following a spate of lone-wolf attacks around the world. The smaller ...
  The law is lagging behind in the fight against terrorTelegraph.co.uk
  Outdated anti-terror laws hamper the UK's ability to stop attacks, says ex-MI5 ...Market Business News
  
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• UK law enforcement makes arrest for Christmas PlayStation and Xbox DDoS ... - Digital Trends

  18-01-2015 18:01
  
  UK law enforcement makes arrest for Christmas PlayStation and Xbox DDoS ...
  Digital Trends
  Law enforcement in the U.K. arrested an 18-year-old man outside of Liverpool, England in connection with the Christmas DDoS attacks on Sony and Microsoft's gaming servers, according to the BBC. He has been accused of unauthorized access to computers ...
  
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• Australian litigation funder plans more mass claims against big UK firms - The Guardian

  18-01-2015 17:36
  
  The Guardian
  Australian litigation funder plans more mass claims against big UK firms
  The Guardian
  Simon Dluzniak, a solicitor from the claims funder which has recently expanded into Europe, said UK law prevented class actions being taken through the courts but permitted group actions. “We have the ability to fund multiple [claimants] in large ...
  
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• Australian litigation funder plans more mass claims against big UK firms

  18-01-2015 17:36
  
  Bentham Europe, which is coordinating shareholders’ action against Tesco, eager to develop service to back group actionsThe Australian litigation funder coordinating shareholders’ legal action against Tesco is promising to launch more mass claims against large firms in the UK.Bentham Europe, whose parent company is based in Sydney, is eager to develop a service providing financial backing for consumers who do not believe they will succeed by pursuing individual complaints. Continue reading..
  
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• Too many of Scotland’s women end up in jail – and that’s bad news for us all | Jim Murphy

  18-01-2015 16:35
  
  Imprisoning low-level female offenders does not reduce crime – it just makes nomads of women and childrenScotland sends too many women to jail. Two-thirds of female inmates are mothers. The status quo just doesn’t work for the women, their children or society.I am as uncompromising as the majority of Scots when it comes to crime; I want to see serious criminals punished. But we need to think about the impact jailing women has on their families. For too many children across Scotland, the impr
  
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• ISIS execution of gay man shows the medieval brutality jihadists would bring ... - Daily Mail

  18-01-2015 13:30
  
  Newsweek
  ISIS execution of gay man shows the medieval brutality jihadists would bring ...
  Daily Mail
  Two men were hurled from the top of a tower block, two more were crucified in front of a baying crowd and a woman was stoned to death in the latest series of horrific executions by ISIS. The men were thrown from the roof down to the crowd below in the ...
  Islamic State 'throw two men to their deaths from tower block for being gay'Mirror.co.uk
  
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• Criminal legal aid information 'not perfect but sufficient' - MoJ

  18-01-2015 11:50 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Lord chancellor's defence of crime duty tender process to be heard in the High Court on Monday
   
   
  
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• I was sold into sexual slavery

  18-01-2015 09:15
  
  On holiday in Greece as a 14-year-old, Megan Stephens fell in love. But her boyfriend turned out to be a pimp who trafficked her for six years. She tells her story to Elizabeth DayA few weeks ago, Megan Stephens got on a bus in a bustling city centre in the north of England. A man sat across the aisle from her. He was wearing sunglasses and had a moustache. For a horrible moment, she thought she recognised him.“I just froze and missed my stop,” Megan says. “I was using my phone as a mirror
  
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• Lawyer: Mexico city obeys court order, allows gay marriage - Yahoo News UK

  18-01-2015 01:44
  
  Fox News Latino
  Lawyer: Mexico city obeys court order, allows gay marriage
  Yahoo News UK
  MEXICALI, Mexico (AP) — The first marriage between homosexuals was held Saturday in this city on the border with California, after officials ended an 18-month fight that led to a Mexican Supreme Court order to permit the wedding, a lawyer for the ...
  Lawyer: Mexico border city blocks gay marriage a 4th timeDaily Mail
  
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• Lawyer for ex-girlfriend of paedophile musician Ian Watkins hits out at police - The Guardian

  18-01-2015 01:09
  
  The Guardian
  Lawyer for ex-girlfriend of paedophile musician Ian Watkins hits out at police
  The Guardian
  The police prosecution of the former girlfriend of ex-rock star and convicted paedophile Ian Watkins, which last week ended in her acquittal, was an attempt to “cover up” their failure to investigate the singer, according to her lawyer. Michael Wolkind ...
  
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• Legal aid cuts hit divided families as contact centres close down

  18-01-2015 00:32
  
  Anguish as lifeline neutral spaces for separated parents who cannot agree access rights suffer dramatic fall in referralsChild contact centres, where children meet their separated parents who cannot agree access rights, are disappearing as legal aid cuts take effect.The National Association for Child Contact Centres (NACCC) says 40 centres have closed in the last 18 months across England and Wales – and the pace of closures is accelerating. It says that, because it can no longer obtain legal a
  
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