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• Hopes and fears in the shadow of the Holocaust | Letters: Bruce Ross-Smith, Benny Pollack, Martin Shaw, Bob Dawson, Jeremy Beecham

  27-01-2015 20:20
  
  Chief rabbi Ephraim Mirvis urges the need for Jewish children today “to keep our grandparents’ stories alive” (Opinion, 27 January). Part of the difficulty is the enormity of the horrors of the past and the enormity of the horrors of the present, with genocides – as Andre Singer (director of Night Will Fall) commented in an interview – still very much with us. The Jewish writer and theologian Arthur Cohen wrote of the Shoah in terms of what he called the Tremendum, something so complet
  
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• Bravery of the Congolese women | Letters

  27-01-2015 20:16
  
  It was inspiring to hear about the strength and courage of the Congolese women involved in improving the domestic situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo (Report, 22 January). Each year at Freedom from Torture we provide treatment to dozens of Congolese women, the majority of whom have been imprisoned by the authorities in the DRC and subjected to rape and other sexual torture. Our evidence suggests that these women are victims of persecutory rape and have been targeted specifically becaus
  
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• Vince Cable proposes reforms to controversial free-trade deal with US

  27-01-2015 20:12
  
  Business secretary seeks to address public fears that corporates could sue governments; of threat to NHS; and over food importsTough new protections to assuage public concern about the controversial Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, including the protection of the NHS and UK food standards, were proposed at cabinet yesterday by the business secretary Vince Cable.His remarks suggest considerably greater concern about the public scepticism of TTIP than expressed by the Conservative
  
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• Georgia again plans to execute intellectually disabled inmate

  27-01-2015 18:17
  
  Warren Hill, who has come hours away from execution four times in as many years, will be executed at 7pm barring a US supreme court-issued stayGeorgia is hours away from executing an intellectually disabled man, in an apparent violation of a constitutional ban that prohibits cruel and unusual punishment.Warren Hill is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection on Tuesday at 7pm for killing a fellow prisoner, Joseph Handspike, in 1990. It is the fourth time Hill has come within hours of executi
  
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• Litvinenko 'poisoned by Russian mafia state,' family's lawyer claims - BBC News

  27-01-2015 17:52
  
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  Litvinenko 'poisoned by Russian mafia state,' family's lawyer claims
  BBC News
  But Mr Lugovoi told Russian television station LifeNews TV on Tuesday that there could be no fair trial in Britain. "They classified the materials, saying Litvinenko co-operated with English intelligence. How can it be investigated impartially after ...
  Alexander Litvinenko silenced on Putin's orders, widow's lawyer claimsEvening Standard
  Ex-KGB spy Litvinenko told UK police Putin ord
  
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• CFA retained by client without mental capacity – CoA

  27-01-2015 17:06 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Lord Justice Richards says appeal is dismissed and that the CFA was not frustrated.
  
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• Charlie Hebdo saw a fierce free speech debate. Now it’s an Italian poet’s turn | Tana de Zulueta

  27-01-2015 17:00
  
  Erri De Luca is accused of provoking violence with his opinion. How a Turin court treats him could have huge implicationsThree weeks after the massacre at Charlie Hebdo and the march in Paris which was supposed to display international solidarity over the right of free expression, a court in Turin is about to test the limits of free speech in Italy.Erri De Luca, 64, one of Italy’s best-known authors, is to stand trial on Wednesday on charges of “incitement to commit crimes”, an offence tha
  
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• Don’t hijack her murder, Alice Gross parents tell anti-immigration groups

  27-01-2015 16:59
  
  Father and mother of girl killed by Latvian builder last year ask civil rights group Liberty to represent them at forthcoming inquestThe family of teenager Alice Gross, who was abducted and murdered by a recent migrant to Britain driven by a sexual motive, have said they do not want their daughter’s death exploited by anti-immigration groups.In a statement to the Guardian through their lawyer on Tuesday, the Gross family said they wanted an inquest into the death to consider whether her killer
  
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• Legal services market failing to cut costs, says LCJ

  27-01-2015 16:31 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Market created by the 2007 Legal Services Act should undergo an independent examination, Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd tells MPs.
  
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• SRA urged not to relinquish insolvency regulation

  27-01-2015 15:49 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  The Law Society says most solicitor IPs do not want to be regulated by an accountancy regulator.
  
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• Alexander Litvinenko had survived another poisoning attempt, inquiry told

  27-01-2015 15:26
  
  Public inquiry into Russian dissident’s 2006 death, which he blamed on Putin, hears he was poisoned only two weeks before fatal attemptAlexander Litvinenko was the victim of not one but two attempts to poison him with radioactive polonium, the public inquiry into his murder has been told.On the opening day of the long-delayed inquiry into the 2006 killing of the Russian dissident, a court in London heard that in addition to the fatal poisoning incident on 1 November that year, Litvinenko had s
  
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• UK Harmonises Electric Bike Law with Europe - Bike Europe

  27-01-2015 14:12
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  UK Harmonises Electric Bike Law with Europe
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  LONDON, UK - The UK has finally laid out in detail its proposed harmonisation legislation to bring its electric bike legislation in line with Europe. The Electrically Assisted Pedal Cycles (Amendment) Regulations 2015 will update the UK's original 1983 ...
  
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• Accountant threat driving law firm merger interest

  27-01-2015 13:13 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Survey finds biggest firms predict significant merger activity in next two years.
  
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• Alexander Litvinenko told Met police Putin ordered his murder, inquiry told

  27-01-2015 11:45
  
  Public inquiry into his death told that Russian dissident said he had no doubt whatsoever it was done by the Russian secret service
  
  Follow live updates from the Alexander Litvinenko public inquiryAlexander Litvinenko accused Vladimir Putin of personally ordering his murder in deathbed interviews with the Metropolitan police in the days before he died, the public inquiry into his killing has heard.On the opening day of the inquiry into the Russian’s murder in 2006, the court was told that
  
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• Alexander Litvinenko death gives rise to issues of ‘utmost gravity’

  27-01-2015 11:45
  
  Sir Robert Owen opens inquiry into Russian dissident’s killing eight years ago, vowing to carry out full and independent investigation
  
  Follow live updates from the Alexander Litvinenko public inquiryThe killing of Alexander Litvinenko gives rise to issues of the “utmost gravity” which have attracted “worldwide interest and concern”, the chairman of the public inquiry into his death has said.Opening the inquiry on Tuesday, more than eight years after the Russian dissident was murde
  
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• How a law degree could launch your career in politics

  27-01-2015 11:24
  
  The skills and experience you gain as a law student could benefit you in other careers – such as politics
  Read more stories about studying lawAs any law student knows, it’s tricky to get a graduate job in the legal industry. Competition is fierce, the legal aid budget has been cut and crime is, apparently, falling. Law schools are still doing all they can to get more students studying the subject – around 20,000 are admitted each year, but there are only 4,500 trainee contracts and 500 pup
  
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• Argentina's President Denies Lawyer Death Link - Yahoo News UK

  27-01-2015 11:21
  
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  Argentina's President Denies Lawyer Death Link
  Yahoo News UK
  Argentina's president has dismissed claims that government officials had any involvement in the mysterious death of a leading lawyer. Alberto Nisman was found dead in his flat in Buenos Aires on 18 January with a gun nearby - initially it was claimed ...
  
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• Ben Emmerson QC – the high-flyer representing Marina Litvinenko

  27-01-2015 07:00
  
  Murder inquiry can only increase the reputation of the deputy high-court judge, Oxford professor and UN special rapporteurBen Emmerson QC, who represents Marina Litvinenko at the inquiry into the murder of her husband, is one of the busiest, high-profile barristers in the London courts.On Monday afternoon, he was summoned to give evidence to the Home Affairs Select Committee about his role as counsel to the rudderless Independent Panel Inquiry into Child Sex Abuse. Continue reading...
  
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• Alexander Litvinenko murder inquiry opens in High Court

  27-01-2015 07:00
  
  Public inquiry led by Sir Robert Owen expected to find Russia responsible for polonium poisoning of MI6 informant in LondonA public inquiry into the death of Alexander Litvinenko opens in the High Court on Tuesday, eight years after the former Russian intelligence officer and MI6 informant was murdered in London with deadly polonium.Hearings will take place in court 73 over the next 10 weeks, and there is worldwide interest in the case. The inquiry’s chairman, Sir Robert Owen, is expected to i
  
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• Victims of crime let down by criminal justice system, report finds

  27-01-2015 01:01
  
  Commissioner Lady Newlove says staff fail to show compassion and calls for clear guidance on how to provide supportVictims of crime feel let down and ignored by the criminal justice system despite repeated government promises to improve its performance, the victims’ commissioner has warned.In her first review of compliance with the victims’ code, Lady Newlove said those who had complained about their experiences were still receiving inadequate attention. Continue reading...
  
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• Victims ‘let down by justice agencies’ – report

  27-01-2015 01:01 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Victims’ Commissioner sets out standards to address concerns.
  
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• New Campaigning Laws 'Frightening' UK Charities - Pro Bono Australia

  27-01-2015 00:05
  New Campaigning Laws 'Frightening' UK Charities
  Pro Bono Australia
  A new law that restricts how much charities can campaign in the lead up to the United Kingdom election has many of them “frightened” and is stopping them from speaking out on important issues, according to a new report. The BBC has reported that a ...
  
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