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• Tougher Antiterror Law to Take Effect in UK - Wall Street Journal

  12-02-2015 23:40
  
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  Tougher Antiterror Law to Take Effect in UK
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  LONDON—The U.K. has enacted new legislation designed to help combat terrorism by curbing the flow of Britons joining Islamic State and other militant groups in Iraq and Syria. The Counter-Terrorism and Security Act includes several controversial ...
  
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• Texas senator proposes bill to allow concealed weapons nationwide

  12-02-2015 23:31
  
  NRA-backed ‘reciprocity’ legislation would require a state to honor permits issued by other states as gun safety advocates say it is ‘irresponsible’A US senator from Texas wants to enable Americans to travel across state lines with their concealed weapons.The Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act, introduced this week by US Senator John Cornyn, would allow concealed weapons permits issued in one state to be recognized in any state across the US. Continue reading...
  
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• UK adopts weakened shale gas law - ENDS Europe (subscription)

  12-02-2015 20:26
  UK adopts weakened shale gas law
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  The UK adopted a weakened shale gas law on Wednesday night after last minute changes were made in the upper house. The government pushed the Infrastructure Bill through after cutting changes made by the lower house of parliament last month that ...
  
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• 'Revenge porn' law passes in UK - SBS

  12-02-2015 20:13
  
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  'Revenge porn' law passes in UK
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  A "revenge porn" law banning people from sharing sexual images of their former partners online without their consent has been passed in England and Wales. Source: AAP. 13 Feb 2015 - 1:07 AM UPDATED 25 MINS AGO ...
  Revenge Porn Is Now Illegal Thanks To New UK LawThe Debrief
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• Rachel Corrie's family loses wrongful death appeal in Israel's supreme court

  12-02-2015 19:37
  
  Family of US woman killed in Gaza 12 years ago had sought to hold Israel liable for her death, but judges uphold decision of lower court in Haifa Israel’s supreme court has rejected the appeal by the family of Rachel Corrie – the US activist who was crushed to death by a military bulldozer in Gaza 12 years ago – which had sought to hold Israel liable for her death. The ruling, which followed a high-profile hearing before Israel’s top court last year, appears to bring to an end – in the
  
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• Supreme Court agrees to hear QASA challenge

  12-02-2015 18:12 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Decisions open another chapter in a long-running fight between regulators and advocates.
  
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• UK prisoner vote ban: 'can you put a value on the loss of this right?'

  12-02-2015 17:38
  
  As the European court of human rights refuses to order compensation for prisoners, a former inmate shares what it’s like to be denied the vote
  “I was in prison on the day of an election. I posted a mocked-up ballot paper into the wing postbox. It was utterly pointless of course, but I was just looking to make a point,” an anonymous former inmate told the Guardian. Despite finding yet again that the UK continues to violate prisoners’ rights to participate in elections, the European court
  
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• Royal assent for inducments ban and SARAH act

  12-02-2015 17:34 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Two pieces of legislation become law after months of parliamentary debate.
  
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• Royal assent for inducements ban and SARAH act

  12-02-2015 17:34 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Two pieces of legislation become law after months of parliamentary debate.
  
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• Debtors prisons are illegal in America. Missouri locked me up in one anyway | Nicole Bolden

  12-02-2015 17:15
  
  I didn’t have the money to fix my car, let alone pay fines from unpaid traffic tickets. The state held me in prison until it got the money out of my motherOn 17 March, 2014, I was driving with two of my children in Florissant – which is right next to Ferguson, Missouri – when I got into an accident. The accident wasn’t my fault, but the officer who arrived on the scene gave me a ticket for not registering my car: it runs fine but couldn’t pass the mandatory state inspection necessary f
  
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• In love and desperate to marry: gay Alabama couple denied by a judges' revolt

  12-02-2015 17:14
  
  Keith Ingram and his partner Albert Pigg wanted to be the first gay couple to be married in Alabama – but were stopped by one of many judges who have openly defied the supreme courtKeith Ingram is no stranger to the daily hostility faced by gay people in the deep south. He left high school because of it at the age of 16, quit a job a couple of months ago to avoid being called a “faggot”, and is careful to avoid open displays of affection with his partner when he walks down the street of hi
  
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• UK gets tough new anti-terror law - Business Standard

  12-02-2015 16:20
  
  UK gets tough new anti-terror law
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  Tough new powers to seize passports at the border from those suspected of travelling to Syria or Iraq for extremist activity will come into force in the UK from tomorrow. The Counter-Terrorism and Security Bill received Royal Assent from the Queen ...
  
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• A ban on beggars in Norwegian cities is not the answer to homelessness

  12-02-2015 16:00
  
  Norway’s dirty little secret is out: how did one of the world’s richest nations grow so mean as to consider banning begging on its streets? We must use this controversy to tackle deeper issues facing our cities, writes Harald N RøstvikThe most visible of the beggars that Norway has been seeking to outlaw are immigrants, arrived from poverty-stricken parts of eastern Europe. During the day they line the city streets here, holding out little cardboard cups. At night they retreat to their worn
  
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• SFO told to pay costs of ‘flawed’ prosecution

  12-02-2015 15:33 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Costs bill presented by wrongly accused group of solicitors is expected to be around £7m.
  
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• Ireland claims world first for women solicitors

  12-02-2015 15:23 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Women outnumber men 92 years after first admission.
  
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• Judges are fed up and it's not hard to see why | Joshua Rozenberg

  12-02-2015 14:54
  
  Those of us who speak to judges regularly know they are disillusioned; now, thanks to an unprecedented survey, we have statistical evidenceThere are two extraordinary things about the UK judicial attitude survey: first, that it was commissioned by the senior judiciary and, secondly, that its findings for England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland were published. Those of us who speak to judges regularly know how fed up they are; now we have the statistical evidence. Related: UK judges disi
  
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• Stranger than pulp fiction: meet Bob Nygaard, America's psychic-crime fighter

  12-02-2015 14:15
  
  A retired New York cop, he stumbled upon his new calling during an encounter with two women in a Florida bar. After bringing down a high-profile Miami psychic, he wants the US justice system to take fortune-teller fraud more seriouslyIt wasn’t something she would normally have done.
  Then again, nothing in Megan’s life was normal that year. There had been a bad breakup that triggered a deep depression. Her doctor had prescribed pills, her mother had prescribed time away from New York, and s
  
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• Man lynched in Dominican Republic as tensions run high

  12-02-2015 14:04
  
  Police said death of young man, found hanged from a tree, was related to theft but human rights groups say it comes in context of ‘constant discrimination against Haitians’The apparent lynching of a young man in the Dominican city of Santiago has reignited fears of a looming humanitarian crisis.The body of a man, apparently of Haitian descent, was found hanged from a tree in a city park, his body beaten and his hands and feet bound by rope.
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• Dominican Republic lynching raises fears of humanitarian crisis

  12-02-2015 14:04
  
  Young man, apparently of Haitian descent, found hanged from a tree in a Santiago park as anti-Haitian sentiment appears to be on the riseThe apparent lynching of a young man in the Dominican city of Santiago has reignited fears of a looming humanitarian crisis.The corpse of a man, apparently of Haitian descent, was found hanged from a tree in a city park, his body beaten and his hands and feet bound by rope.
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• CFA regime ‘vital after legal aid abolition’

  12-02-2015 13:24 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Law Society and Ministry of Justice both argue against defendant’s claim of human rights violation in Coventry case.
  
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• Firm targets flotation after £5m private equity investment

  12-02-2015 12:40 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Business Growth Fund announces it has bought a minority share in McMillan Williams.
  
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• What A-levels and work experience do you need for a career in law?

  12-02-2015 10:52
  
  Last week, a panel of experts answered your questions about what sixth form students need to forge a career in law. Here’s what they told us
  Related: What do you need for a career in law? – live Q&A Related: Why we must raise the bar to becoming a barrister Related: Why every aspiring lawyer should study human rights law Continue reading...
  
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• Alarm at plan to relax separate business rule

  12-02-2015 08:04 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Law Society warns SRA proposals will increase number of unregulated firms to the detriment of consumers.
  
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