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• RadioShack would accept liquidation bids - lawyer - Yahoo News UK

  06-02-2015 23:07
  
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  RadioShack would accept liquidation bids - lawyer
  Yahoo News UK
  Reuters/Reuters - The exterior of a RadioShack store is seen in New York February 5, 2015. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid. By Nick Brown. (Reuters) - A lawyer for RadioShack on Friday said the bankrupt electronics chain would accept all kinds of bids for its ...
  
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• Judge rules man's upskirt photos of girl, 13, at Target not a crime but appalling

  06-02-2015 22:28
  
  Portland man, 61, admits to snapping photos up her skirt, but he did not violate privacy laws because such sightings can occur by happenstance, judge cites An Oregon judge has ruled that a 61-year-old man did nothing illegal when he crouched in the aisle of a Target store and snapped photos up a 13-year-old’s skirt.It was lewd and appalling, but not outlawed, Washington county judge Eric Butterfield said. Related: In a world where upskirt shots are legal, there can't be enough anti-creep laws
  
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• Few convictions under UK terror law that served as model for Canada - Toronto Star

  06-02-2015 22:20
  
  Toronto Star
  Few convictions under UK terror law that served as model for Canada
  Toronto Star
  MONTREAL—New laws to jail promoters of terrorism and seize or silence jihadi propaganda have stirred up controversy but led to few actual convictions in a country that served as one of the models for Prime Minister Stephen Harper's latest salvo ...
  
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• Terminally ill New Yorkers demand state rule on legality of assisted dying

  06-02-2015 20:54
  
  Lawsuit filed by doctors and terminally ill patients seeks to rectify ‘antiquated’ state law and help those ‘searching quite desperately to end their suffering’A group of terminally ill patients and their doctors filed a lawsuit this week in New York demanding that the state make a declaration that doctor-assisted dying is legal in the state.In the complaint filed Wednesday, the plaintiffs demand that the state make a declaration that “a physician who provides aid-in-dying to a mentall
  
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• UK parliament approves "the biggest reform to insurance contract law in more ... - Out-Law.com

  06-02-2015 17:25
  UK parliament approves "the biggest reform to insurance contract law in more ...
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  The Insurance Bill, which will update aspects of commercial insurance law currently governed by the 1906 Marine Insurance Act, was passed unanimously by the House of Commons on Tuesday. The bill will now become law once it receives royal assent, ...
  
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• Canada's highest court strikes down ban on doctor-assisted dying

  06-02-2015 16:42
  
  Ruling from supreme court ends 20-year legal battle over the right of people with terminal illnesses to ask for medical help to dieThe supreme court of Canada has overturned the country’s ban on assisted dying, ending a 20-year legal battle over the right of people with terminal illnesses to ask for medical help to die.Canada’s federal and provincial governments now have one year to craft legislation to respond to the ruling. Continue reading...
  
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• Today is a great victory against GCHQ, the NSA and the surveillance state | Carly Nyst

  06-02-2015 16:22
  
  Britain and America broke the law by intercepting electronic communications in bulk, and they can no longer claim otherwiseIt is a rare thing to bring truth to bear on the most powerful and secretive arm of the state. Never before has the Investigatory Powers Tribunal – the British court tasked with reviewing complaints against the security services – ruled against the government. Not once have the spooks been held to task for overstepping the lawful boundaries of their conduct. Not a single
  
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• Murder suspect kills himself awaiting jury's verdict

  06-02-2015 14:58
  
  John Heald was on trial at Hull crown court accused of murdering a guesthouse landlady and raping another womanA man on trial accused of murdering a guesthouse landlady has killed himself while waiting for the jury to reach a verdict.John Heald, 53, was on trial at Hull crown court accused of murdering Bei Carter and raping another woman. Continue reading...
  
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• GCHQ broke the law by spying on UK citizens - Channel 4 News

  06-02-2015 14:32
  
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  GCHQ broke the law by spying on UK citizens
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  GCHQ broke the law in its access to billions of emails and online address books gathered by American spies, the UK's surveillance watchdog has ruled. GCHQ (Getty Images). For the first time in its 15-year history the Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT ...
  Court: UK spies broke law by getting info from NSAThe Hill
  British spooks broke the law as millions of UK emails were spied onMirror.co.uk
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• PI giant reports huge revenue drop post-Jackson

  06-02-2015 14:18 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  In 2012/13 Minster Law recorded losses before tax of around £600,000, and these increased in 2013/14 to £2.5m.
  
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• PI giant reports £50m revenue drop post-Jackson

  06-02-2015 14:18 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  In 2012/13 Minster Law recorded losses before tax of around £600,000, and these increased in 2013/14 to £2.5m.
  
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• Spying on our emails WAS against the law: historic ruling against UK's ... - Evening Standard

  06-02-2015 14:13
  
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  Spying on our emails WAS against the law: historic ruling against UK's ...
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  British spies' system for snooping on the public's internet communications was today branded unlawful in a historic ruling. Man floored by punch from woman shopper after mugging of pensioner on Sloane Square. A mugger who allegedly robbed a pensioner ...
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• CMCs face fees hike to cover cost of regulation

  06-02-2015 13:55 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  The claims management regulation unit, run by the Ministry of Justice, says fees will increase from £1,400 to £2,000 from April.
  
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• Met police treatment of journalist confirms it as a 'rogue force'

  06-02-2015 13:30
  
  Internal ‘investigation’ dismisses complaint about warning to Croydon Advertiser reporterYou may recall that in April last year newspaper journalist Gareth Davies was, bizarrely, accused by the Metropolitan police of harassing a convicted fraudster by approaching her for a comment.Davies, chief reporter of the Croydon Advertiser, was served with a “prevention of harassment notice” after contacting Neelam Desai, who had pleaded guilty to a series of frauds and was later jailed for 30 mont
  
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• UK-US surveillance regime was unlawful ‘for seven years’

  06-02-2015 11:10
  
  Regime that governed access to intercepted information obtained by the NSA breached human rights laws, according to Investigatory Powers TribunalThe regime that governs the sharing between Britain and the United States of electronic communications intercepted in bulk was unlawful until last year, a secretive UK tribunal has ruled.The Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT) declared on Friday that regulations covering access by Britain’s GCHQ to emails and phone records intercepted by the US Nation
  
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• GCHQ-NSA surveillance regime was unlawful ‘for seven years’

  06-02-2015 11:10
  
  Regime that governed access to intercepted information obtained by the NSA breached human rights laws, according to Investigatory Powers TribunalThe regime that governs the sharing between Britain and the United States of electronic communications intercepted in bulk was unlawful until last year, a secretive UK tribunal has ruled.The Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT) declared on Friday that regulations covering access by Britain’s GCHQ to emails and phone records intercepted by the US Nation
  
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• GCHQ mass internet surveillance was unlawful, court rules

  06-02-2015 11:10
  
  Access to intercepted information obtained by the NSA breached human rights laws, according to the Investigatory Powers TribunalMass surveillance of the internet by the British monitoring agency GCHQ was unlawful until the end of last year, the UK’s most secretive court has ruled.The Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT) ruled on Friday that the agency’s access to intercepted information obtained by the US National Security Agency (NSA) breached human rights law. Related: Mass surveillance is
  
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• Reversal of UK collective redundancy law likely - Full-Time Whistle

  06-02-2015 03:39
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  Reversal of UK collective redundancy law likely
  Full-Time Whistle
  Hopes for redundancy payout fade after justice court's advocate general backs UK government. Nearly 3,500 former employees of Woolworths and Ethel Austin look likely to lose their battle for compensation after a ruling at the European court of justice.
  
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• Detaining mentally ill in police cells is a scandal that needs to end, say MPs

  06-02-2015 01:01
  
  Keith Vaz, home affairs committee chairman, says detention of more than 6,000 adults and children ‘is far too high. These people are not criminals’MPs say the detention of more than 6,000 mentally ill people in police cells last year is a continuing scandal that urgently needs to be ended. Related: Mental health: hundreds forced to travel long distances for acute care Continue reading...
  
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• Detention of mentally ill people in police cells needs to end, say MPs

  06-02-2015 01:01
  
  ‘These people are not criminals,’ says home affairs committee chairman Keith Vaz of the more than 6,000 detained last yearMPs say the detention of more than 6,000 mentally ill people in police cells last year is a continuing scandal that urgently needs to be ended. Related: Mental health: hundreds forced to travel long distances for acute care Continue reading...
  
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• Interveners named as stage set for crucial Coventry case

  06-02-2015 01:01 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Judges will decide whether the pre-Jackson costs regime was lawful.
  
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• ‘Gratuitously rude’ judge reprimanded in CoA ruling

  06-02-2015 01:01 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  His Honour Judge Dodds reportedly told 13-year-old child involved in case she ‘might want to put her crash helmet on’ for his decision.
  
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• ‘Gratuitously rude’ judge reprimanded by CoA judges

  06-02-2015 01:01 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  His Honour Judge Dodds reportedly told 13-year-old child involved in case she ‘might want to put her crash helmet on’ for his decision.
  
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