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• Consent is not enough: if you want a sexual partner, look for enthusiasm | Gaby Hinsliff

  29-01-2015 20:34
  
  The furore over rape prosecution guidance from the CPS shows we need a new understanding of sexual relationshipsAre you a man about to leap into bed with a woman, worried that you might not later be able to prove in court that you’re not actually a rapist? Well now there’s an app for that – or rather, there was.Good2Go was launched with great fanfare last autumn, offering to provide users with recorded proof of sexual consent that could be produced in evidence if necessary. All a man
  
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• Texas poised to execute intellectually disabled prisoner within hours

  29-01-2015 20:10
  
  Robert Ladd’s lethal injection to come days after Georgia’s execution of another intellectually disabled man; lawyer condemns policy based on fiction​Texas is hours away from executing the second intellectually disabled prisoner in in the US this week, in what lawyers say is a clear violation of the constitutional protection against cruel and unusual punishment.The convicted murderer Robert Ladd, 57, will be killed with a lethal injection at 6pm Central Time on Thursday barring last-minute
  
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• UK broke law in fewer than 1% of European human rights cases in 2014 - The Guardian

  29-01-2015 20:02
  
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  UK broke law in fewer than 1% of European human rights cases in 2014
  The Guardian
  The court decided 1,997 cases that were lodged against the UK in 2014; of those, 1,970 (98.7%) were declared inadmissible or struck out. The Strasbourg court found no violation of the convention in 14 applications (0.7%), and it found a violation in 13 ...
  
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• UK broke law in fewer than 1% of European human rights cases in 2014

  29-01-2015 20:02
  
  Statistics published as Britain gears up for election that will feature Tory threats to withdraw from the European convention on human rightsThe United Kingdom was found to have acted unlawfully in fewer than one per cent of the cases lodged against it last year at the European court of human rights (ECHR), it has been revealed.Compared with the other 46 countries who are members of the Council of Europe, the UK was the subject of very few judgments – just four cases – that found it had viol
  
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• 'We had no idea we'd be talking about it this long': Friendship Nine on 1961 sit-in

  29-01-2015 19:53
  
  Survivors participants of a South Carolina civil rights protest celebrate overturning their trespass convictions for sitting in diner’s ‘whites only’ section In February 1961 Clarence Graham made history. A student at Friendship Junior College in Rock Hill, South Carolina, he was convicted, along with eight other civil rights protesters, of trespass. They refused to pay the $100 fine and were sentenced to 30 days’ hard labor.Their crime was taking a seat at a ‘whites only’ lunch coun
  
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• 'Friendship Nine' conviction tossed 54 years after lunch counter protest

  29-01-2015 19:18
  
  ‘We had no idea it was as monumental as it would turn out to be,’ says member of group convicted of trespass for sitting in ‘whites only’ sectionIn February 1961 Clarence Graham made history. A student at Friendship Junior College in Rock Hill, South Carolina, he was convicted, along with eight other civil rights protesters, of trespass. They refused to pay the $100 fine and were sentenced to 30 days hard labor.Their crime was taking a seat at a ‘whites only’ lunch counter and attemp
  
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• Three parent baby law is 'irresponsible' says Church of England ahead of vote - Telegraph.co.uk

  29-01-2015 18:46
  
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  Three parent baby law is 'irresponsible' says Church of England ahead of vote
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  “Without a clearer picture of the role mitochondria play in the transfer of hereditary characteristics, the Church does not feel it would be responsible to change the law at this time.” Sir Tony Baldry, the Second Church Estate Commissioner and the ...
  Church of England calls for delay over three parent babiesDaily Mail
  MPs to mull mitochondrial donationYahoo News UK
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• UK lawyer warns of cyber-insurance loopholes - SC Magazine UK

  29-01-2015 18:33
  
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  UK lawyer warns of cyber-insurance loopholes
  SC Magazine UK
  “It's that scale, and about having that perspective,” the lawyer added. Sarb Sembhi, director at Storm Guidance, was also at the event, and speaking to SCMagazineUK.com afterwards he said that the market is still in its infancy. “I think it's true that ...
  
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• New rape guidelines are welcome – if they’re actually followed | Harriet Wistrich

  29-01-2015 17:57
  
  The latest CPS advice issued to help police dispel rape myths is meaningless if ignored by officers on the groundIt is always very encouraging to hear the director of public prosecutions, Alison Saunders, and the Metropolitan police’s lead officer on rapes and sexual assaults, Martin Hewitt, saying the right thing about rape. New guidance to help dispel rape myths advises police officers to look at the wider context in which an attacker alleges that consent is given and warning that social med
  
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• Government push for victim support

  29-01-2015 15:28 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Ministry of Justice launches online tracking service for victims of crime.
  
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• Appeal court extends jail term over claw hammer attack

  29-01-2015 14:57
  
  Philip Spence will serve minimum of 27 years, instead of 18, for attacking three sisters during burglary at a London hotelA man who smashed the skulls of three sisters with a claw hammer as they slept in a London hotel room has had his minimum term increased from 18 years to 27.Philip Spence, 33, attacked Ohoud al-Najjar and her sisters Khulood and Fatima, who were visiting from their home in the United Arab Emirates, during a burglary at the Cumberland hotel in Marble Arch in April 2014. Contin
  
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• To end violence against trans people, the police must stop perpetuating it

  29-01-2015 14:35
  
  Transgender women, especially women of color, face physical risks so routine that we barely hear about them. Erasure of their identities is more routine stillThree transgender women of color have been murdered in America less than one month into this new year: Lamia Beard in Virginia, Ty Underwood in Texas, and Goddess Edwards in Kentucky. Their names join the list of more than 200 trans people worldwide who were murdered last year, according to statistics compiled by Transgender Europe – and
  
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• Top-25 firm confirms £15m overdraft

  29-01-2015 14:34 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Extended credit facility came during a year in which profits before tax at DAC Beachcroft fell by 13.6%.
  
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• Top-25 firm confirms £15m bank loan

  29-01-2015 14:34 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Extended credit facility came during a year in which profits before tax at DAC Beachcroft fell by 13.6%.
  
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• Boy, 16, who murdered teacher Ann Maguire loses challenge to jail term

  29-01-2015 13:21
  
  Will Cornick stabbed Maguire seven times as she taught a Spanish class at Corpus Christi Catholic College in Leeds last yearThe 16-year-old boy who murdered teacher Ann Maguire has lost a challenge to his 20-year minimum term.Will Cornick stabbed Maguire, 61, seven times from behind as she taught a Spanish class at Corpus Christi Catholic College in Leeds in April last year. Continue reading...
  
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• MoJ admits losing inquiry data discs

  29-01-2015 13:20 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Lawyers tasked with finding out which personal details may have been passed on.
  
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• European court rules extradition of alleged British jihadi to US was lawful

  29-01-2015 12:43
  
  Haroon Aswat, who has paranoid schizophrenia, was flown to US last year after allegedly conspiring to establish a terror camp in OregonThe extradition of a mentally ill British suspect to face trial in the US for running a jihadi training camp was lawful, the European court of human rights has ruled.Haroon Aswat, who had paranoid schizophrenia, was flown to the US last October. It is alleged he conspired with the extremist preacher Abu Hamza in 1999 to establish a terror camp in Oregon. Aswat, 4
  
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• Sexual assaults in prisons in England and Wales on the rise, figures reveal

  29-01-2015 12:40
  
  Ministry of Justice statistics show 170 cases reported in 2013 – the highest in 10 years – while violent attacks also roseA bleak picture of a rising tide of sexual assaults and violent attacks inside prisons across England and Wales has been revealed by the latest Ministry of Justice figures.The first separately published figures for sexual assaults in prisons show that there were 170 cases reported in 2013 – an increase of more than 50% on the 113 reported the previous year and the highe
  
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• Supreme Court rules family cannot sue police

  29-01-2015 12:31 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Relatives of murder victim sought right-to-life ruling. 
  
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• Police given new guidance to combat rape 'myths' - BBC News

  29-01-2015 11:37
  
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  Police given new guidance to combat rape 'myths'
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  Advice to police in England and Wales clarifying the circumstances in which a person can consent to sex has been given by the Crown Prosecution Service. The law already states consent must be given fully and freely, but the new guidance instructs ...
  Men will have to prove a woman said yes in new rules for police investigating ...Daily Mail
  Rape laws reviewed to expose rapists who 'hide' behind social media – legal .
  
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• Russia Says Air Force Flight Near UK Complies With International Law - Sputnik International

  29-01-2015 10:34
  
  Russia Says Air Force Flight Near UK Complies With International Law
  Sputnik International
  MOSCOW, January 29 (Sputnik) — Two Russian Air Force strategic bombers spotted near British airspace were conducting a planned 19-hour flight over the North Atlantic and did not breach international regulations or any nation's borders, a Russian Air ...
  
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• Lawyer challenges herself to spend just £1 a day on food - Telegraph.co.uk

  29-01-2015 09:36
  
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  Lawyer challenges herself to spend just £1 a day on food
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  Alice Biggar with some of the items she is relying on to complete her 1-a-day food challenge (Medavia.co.uk). She said: "Within a few days the blog really took off. People seem to find my suffering humourous." "Everyone assumes I would be starving ...
  Lawyer from Bristol lives on £1 a day for a monthBath Chronicle
  
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• Sri Lanka plans fresh inquiry into human rights abuses during civil war

  29-01-2015 09:29
  
  New government says it is considering investigation following refusal by former president to cooperate with UN probeSri Lanka is planning an investigation into accusations of human rights abuses in the final stages of a 26-year civil war amid international frustration at the failure to look into numerous civilian deaths, a government spokesman said.Former president Mahinda Rajapaksa, who was ousted in a surprise election defeat this month, had refused to cooperate with any UN investigation into
  
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• Cutting ties – how would the UK's exit from the EU affect law firms? - Legal Week

  29-01-2015 06:54
  Cutting ties – how would the UK's exit from the EU affect law firms?
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  Poll finds 33% of partners expecting UK to quit EU; but just 14% calculating their firms would benefit from 'Brexit' Immortalised by Kipling, 'if' is a very big word. As the UK general election approaches, it is increasingly punctuating the narrative ...
  
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• CPS launches crackdown on rapists who pray on drunk women: Tightened laws ... - Daily Mail

  29-01-2015 02:59
  
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  CPS launches crackdown on rapists who pray on drunk women: Tightened laws ...
  Daily Mail
  Tough new rules are being introduced in date rape cases to stop suspects using social media to construct 'false narratives' to help cover their tracks. The Crown Prosecution Service also wants to tighten the law against offenders who target people ...
  Campaigners hail DPP's tough new rape guidelines as 'huge step forward'The Independent
  New rape guidelines will remove 
  
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• Law Society warning over Northern Ireland legal aid cuts - Belfast Telegraph

  29-01-2015 00:39
  
  Belfast Telegraph
  Law Society warning over Northern Ireland legal aid cuts
  Belfast Telegraph
  "The Law Society of Northern Ireland has consistently said that there is a need to take a holistic approach to examining efficiency and economy within the Justice system. That call continues to fall on deaf ears as what is being proposed will further ...
  
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