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• Rapists use social media to cover their tracks, police warned

  28-01-2015 21:59
  
  Police and Crown Prosecution Service conference on rape hears attackers are increasingly creating false narratives onlineRapists are increasingly exploiting social media to cover their tracks and mislead investigators, a joint conference by police and prosecutors on rape was told on Wednesday .At the police and the Crown Prosecution Service’s first joint initiative on rape, prosecutors said they had established an emerging pattern of behaviour where rapists constructed “false narratives” a
  
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• We must increase availability of restorative justice for crime victims | Letters: Jon Collins, Restorative Justice Council

  28-01-2015 21:02
  
  The victims’ commissioner is right that too often victims of crime do not get what they need from the justice system (Victims of crime let down by criminal justice system, report finds, theguardian.com, 27 January). Efforts to address this are welcome. But the best way to engage and empower victims is to increase the availability of restorative justice, which enables victims to meet the offender, explain the impact that the offence had on them, and potentially receive an explanation and an apo
  
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• ACLU asks judge to block attempt to repossess copies of CIA torture report

  28-01-2015 20:34
  
  Emergency motion asks federal court to block move to keep full report secretRepublican committee chairman asked Obama administration to return copiesThe American Civil Liberties Union is turning to federal court to stop the chairman of the Senate intelligence committee from repossessing the secret copies of a landmark inquiry into Central Intelligence Agency torture. In an emergency motion filed late on Tuesday, the ACLU asked Judge James Boasberg of the District of Columbia federal district to
  
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• Stanford swimmer to be charged with felony rape over alleged campus attack

  28-01-2015 19:39
  
  Case brought by Santa Clara County prosecutor is uncommon example of criminal prosecution of a campus rape allegationA former Stanford University swimmer was expected to be charged with five counts of felony rape on Wednesday, after two cyclists allegedly saw him on top of an unconscious woman on the university campus, a spokesperson for the county prosecutor’s office said.The student, Brock Allen Turner, a 19-year-old Ohio native, was arrested after the two cyclists tackled him as he attempte
  
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• CIA torture report: ACLU asks judge to block attempt to repossess copies

  28-01-2015 19:13
  
  Emergency motion asks federal court to block move to keep full report secretRepublican committee chairman asked Obama administration to return copiesThe American Civil Liberties Union is turning to federal court to stop the chairman of the Senate intelligence committee from repossessing the secret copies of a landmark inquiry into Central Intelligence Agency torture. In an emergency motion filed late on Tuesday, the ACLU asked Judge James Boasberg of the District of Columbia federal district to
  
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• Women with disabilities excluded from domestic abuse law, say campaigners

  28-01-2015 18:44
  
  Male carers who can prove they are acting in their partners’ interests would escape punishment under ‘coercive control’ legislationA new law on domestic violence that criminalises “coercive control” could exclude women with disabilities, who are particularly vulnerable to such abuse, say campaigners.The new legislation, part of the Serious Crime Bill, will make it illegal for someone to exercise psychological, emotional or financial control over their partner. The law has been welcomed
  
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• Ched Evans submits ‘fresh evidence’ to try to get rape conviction overturned

  28-01-2015 17:25
  
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  • Ched Evans deal called off following pressure on Oldham The former Sheffield United striker Ched Evans has submitted “fresh evidence” which he hopes will get his rape conviction overturned.A statement on his website says the submissions were made to the Criminal Cases Review Commission on his behalf on Friday. It is claimed that these details “strengthen” his case. Continu
  
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• Ched Evans submits ‘fresh evidence’ to try and get rape conviction overturned

  28-01-2015 17:25
  
  • Criminal Cases Review Commission looking at case
  • Striker turned down by Sheffield United and Oldham
  • Ched Evans deal called off following pressure on Oldham The former Sheffield United striker Ched Evans has submitted “fresh evidence” which he hopes will get his rape conviction overturned.A statement on his website says the submissions were made to the Criminal Cases Review Commission on his behalf on Friday. It is claimed that these details “strengthen” his case. Continue rea
  
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• The £8.8m typo: how one mistake killed a family business

  28-01-2015 17:03
  
  The Welsh engineering firm of Taylor & Sons has won a major claim against the government agency after they mixed it up with another firm of a similar nameName: Taylor & Sons Ltd.Age: 124. Continue reading...
  
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• Michael Fisher obituary

  28-01-2015 16:23
  
  Solicitor who became an expert in Irish cases related to the TroublesMichael Fisher, who has died of cancer aged 68, was still a young solicitor when he was launched into the world of terrorism cases. In 1974, he had just set up a legal practice called Fisher Meredith in south London, with Eileen Pembridge, and the firm was gaining a reputation largely as a committed legal aid practice, doing crime and family work. Mike ran the criminal side of the practice and most of his work spanned standard-
  
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• Michael Fisher

  28-01-2015 16:23
  
  Solicitor who became an expert in Irish cases related to the TroublesMichael Fisher, who has died of cancer aged 68, was still a young solicitor when he was launched into the world of terrorism cases. In 1974, he had just set up a legal practice called Fisher Meredith in south London, with Eileen Pembridge, and the firm was gaining a reputation largely as a committed legal aid practice, doing crime and family work. Mike ran the criminal side of the practice and most of his work spanned standard-
  
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• Freshfields boosts profits but wary of dangers

  28-01-2015 15:57 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  The firm’s report to members claims a successful year which reflected greater stability in many key markets.
  
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• 'Voluntary' Sharia Tribunal in Texas: This Is How It Starts - Breitbart News

  28-01-2015 15:28
  
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  'Voluntary' Sharia Tribunal in Texas: This Is How It Starts
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  Many Sharia law bodies rule on a range of disputes from domestic violence to child residence all of which should be dealt with by UK courts of law.” Instead, “they operate within a misogynist and patriarchal framework which is incompatible with UK ...
  
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• Family of woman killed by ex-partner loses battle to sue police for negligence

  28-01-2015 14:04
  
  Supreme court rejects case brought by family of Joanna Michael but clears way for action under European convention on human rights
  
  A family has lost its battle in the supreme court for the right to sue police for negligence over the death of a young mother killed by her ex-boyfriend in fit of jealous rage.Joanna Michael, 25, from Cardiff, dialled 999 twice, but “individual and systemic failures” by police meant the emergency services arrived too late to save her life, the highest court
  
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• SRA secures injunction against fraudster ex-solicitor

  28-01-2015 12:57 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Regulator said it had been concerned about Dixit Shah’s connection with at least one law firm.
  
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• SRA secures injunction against fraduster ex-solicitor

  28-01-2015 12:57 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Regulator said it had been concerned about Dixit Shah’s connection with at least one law firm.
  
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• Holocaust snub over lawyer's death - Belfast Telegraph

  28-01-2015 12:41
  
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  Holocaust snub over lawyer's death
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  Jewish groups have boycotted the Argentine government's Holocaust Day commemoration over the mysterious death of prosecutor Alberto Nisman, as scepticism grows over President Cristina Fernandez's plan to reform the intelligence services she suggests ...
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• Loretta Lynch: opponents and allies expect Senate attorney general confirmation

  28-01-2015 12:32
  
  As Obama’s pick to succeed Eric Holder begins two days of hearings, the New York lawyer’s superb career has even old adversaries expecting her to ‘ace’ themTake it from the lawyer who squared off against her in her most high-profile case as a prosecutor: Loretta Lynch will emerge unscathed from her confirmation hearings to become the 83rd attorney general of the United States of America.“I think she’ll ace the hearing, and I think she’ll have absolutely no problem convincing the Un
  
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• Attorney general nominee expected to be confirmed at Senate hearing

  28-01-2015 12:32
  
  As Loretta Lynch begins two days of hearings, the New York lawyer’s superb career has even old adversaries expecting her to ‘ace’ themTake it from the lawyer who squared off against her in her most high-profile case as a prosecutor: Loretta Lynch will emerge unscathed from her confirmation hearings to become the 83rd attorney general of the United States of America.“I think she’ll ace the hearing, and I think she’ll have absolutely no problem convincing the United States Senate that
  
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• Tribunal non-payments a ‘scandal’, says minister

  28-01-2015 11:56 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Employers to be hit with new penalties for non-payment of employment tribunal awards.
  
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• Patient’s shocking death alone in a public toilet made me question end-of-life care

  28-01-2015 09:30
  
  I’ve seen the lengths people will go to for a ‘dignified’ death and it has made me rethink assisted suicide“Cardiac arrest, public toilets” proclaimed the tinny speaker in the intensive care pager. Clutching the grab bag and defibrillator I headed toward the scene, considering what we were likely to find. There’s an unwritten rule of cardiac arrest: if it’s in a public place, it’s always a syncopal episode, a faint.A number of responders had arrived before me at the cramped and p
  
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• Give slavery victims ‘freedom from prosecution for minor crimes’

  28-01-2015 07:05
  
  Police chief says plans laid out in modern slavery bill for legal discretion will help bring cases against gangs exploiting peopleGranting victims of slavery immunity from prosecution to give evidence about exploitation will be a key tool in tackling organised gangs, according to the officer in charge of coordinating new investigative powers.The modern slavery bill, due to pass into law before the election, will help the 13,000 people estimated to be working under duress in the UK but may also p
  
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• Georgia executes inmate Warren Hill after supreme court refuses stay

  28-01-2015 02:44
  
  Court turns down plea from man seven doctors said was mentally impairedExecution appears in violation of ban on cruel and unusual punishmentAfter four years of relentless legal effort, the state of Georgia has finally achieved its aim: it has executed an intellectually disabled prisoner in an apparent flagrant violation of the US constitution.Warren Hill, who was aged 54 but who had the cognitive ability of a young boy, was pronounced dead at 7.55pm on Tuesday, having been administered a lethal
  
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• Supreme court refuses to halt Georgia execution of Warren Hill

  28-01-2015 01:07
  
  Supreme court turns down plea from ‘intellectually disabled’ manDeath row inmate had been scheduled to die three times beforeThe US supreme court on Tuesday refused to halt the execution of a Georgia man whose lawyers said he was ineligible to be executed because he is intellectually disabled.The justices turned away a last-minute plea from Warren Lee Hill. He was scheduled to be executed on Tuesday evening at the state prison in Jackson, Georgia. Related: Georgia again plans to execute inte
  
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• European counter-terror plan involves blanket collection of passengers’ data

  28-01-2015 01:05
  
  Exclusive: European commission plans to request 42 items of personal information about air passengersA new European commission counter-terror plan will require the blanket collection and storage for up to five years of personal data records of all passengers flying in and out of Europe, the Guardian can reveal.Civil liberty campaigners say the revised European passenger name record plan – in the aftermath of the Paris attacks – breaches a recent European court of justice ruling that blanket
  
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• LeO finally takes on CMC complaints

  28-01-2015 01:01 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  ‘People should not have their time wasted by the poor services of some claims firms’ – justice minister.
  
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