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• NAACP suspects cover-up after files into 1946 Georgia lynching destroyed

  17-02-2015 20:30
  
  Two young couples were killed by a white mob in 1946 and activists have long claimed law enforcement officials conspired to shield people from prosecution​All records from a grand jury inquiry into America’s last mass lynching have disappeared or been destroyed, US government lawyers have disclosed, reigniting allegations from civil rights activists that the perpetrators have been protected by an establishment cover-up.In a little-noticed filing to a federal court in Georgia, the Department
  
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• Activists suspect cover-up after files into 1946 Georgia lynching destroyed

  17-02-2015 20:30
  
  Two young couples were killed by a white mob in 1946 and activists have long claimed law enforcement officials conspired to shield people from prosecutionAll records from a grand jury inquiry into America’s last mass lynching have disappeared or been destroyed, US government lawyers have disclosed, reigniting allegations from civil rights activists that the perpetrators have been protected by an establishment cover-up.In a little-noticed filing to a federal court in Georgia, the Department of
  
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• Anonymity breakthrough in personal injury claims

  17-02-2015 17:10 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Court of Appeal rules claimants in PI and medical injury approval hearings should be anonymous unless there is good reason for identifying them. 
  
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• Aer Lingus hit by £40m damages claim by Belfast International airport

  17-02-2015 16:24
  
  Irish airline, which is in the middle of a takeover bid by BA owner IAG, is accused of breach of contract over its 2012 move to Belfast George Best City airport
  Belfast International airport is to double its claim for damages against Aer Lingus to £40m over the airline’s move to a rival airport.The Irish flag carrier, which is in the takeover sights of BA owner International Airlines Group, is accused of breach of contract over its move to Belfast George Best City airport in 2012. The tw
  
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• Challenge to domestic violence legal aid ruling

  17-02-2015 13:38 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Rights of Women charity appealing High Court decision on Law Society-backed challenge.
  
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• Roman Polanski to attend Polish hearing to consider extradition to US

  17-02-2015 13:37
  
  The filmmaker will appear in Krakow court on 25 February over a US extradition request related to his 1977 child sex crime conviction, says his lawyer Filmmaker Roman Polanski will attend a court hearing in Poland next week that will consider a US extradition request over a 1977 child sex crime conviction, his lawyer said. A spokeswoman for the court in the southern city of Krakow said the hearing would take place on 25 February. Continue reading...
  
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• Criminal legal aid judgment tomorrow

  17-02-2015 13:11 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Judicial review into crime duty tender process heard last month.
  
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• Criminal legal aid judgment ‘imminent’ – reports

  17-02-2015 13:11 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Judicial review into crime duty tender process heard last month.
  
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• Polanski to attend Polish extradition hearing, lawyer says - Yahoo News UK

  17-02-2015 11:52
  
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  Polanski to attend Polish extradition hearing, lawyer says
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  Reuters/Reuters - File photo of director Roman Polanski walking on the street after visiting Krakow city council January 15, 2015. REUTERS/Michal Lepecki /Agencja Gazeta/Files. KRAKOW, Poland (Reuters) - Filmmaker Roman Polanski will attend a court ...
  
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• Music dominates copyright disputes

  17-02-2015 11:48 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  City firm RPC analysed High Court cases in the year ended 30 June 2014.
  
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• 'Part of anti-graft law amendments transplanted from UK Act' - Zee News

  17-02-2015 10:35
  'Part of anti-graft law amendments transplanted from UK Act'
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  New Delhi: The drafting of a bill to amend the Prevention of Corruption Act has come under the criticism of the Law Commission which has held that the approach to "transplant" certain provisions from a foreign legislation is misconceived and will ...
  
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• The new special educational needs maze, where parents go back to the start

  17-02-2015 08:40
  
  Laws meant to ‘simplify’ support for children with SEN have made things chaotic, and in some cases catastrophic, say families, schools and expertsBesides the presence of a frisky Gordon setter, the scene when I arrive for my appointment with Melinda Nettleton and John Friel exudes simplicity and order: a pristine meeting room at a London legal chambers, tea and biscuits served on spotless white china and conversation of lawyerly precision.What I’ve come to discuss, by contrast, seems compl
  
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• Bryan Stevenson: If it's not right to rape a rapist, how can it be OK to kill a killer?

  17-02-2015 04:48
  
  As two members of the Bali Nine face execution in Indonesia, the acclaimed US lawyer says ‘there is no natural way to systematically engage in killing another human being’ – which is why it’s an experience that dehumanises all involvedBrigid Delaney: In your book Just Mercy you write about a death penalty case where your client Herbert Richardson was executed. You were with him in his last hours. One of the most interesting things was how you observed a sense of shame and discomfort amon
  
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• John Oliver's 'Jeff the diseased lung' reminiscent of Australian cigarette packaging - video

  17-02-2015 01:32
  
  John Oliver seems inspired by notoriously graphic Australian cigarette packaging on his HBO show, Last Week Tonight. In this segment, he cites the 2011 anti-cigarette marketing law and legal action subsequently threatened against Australia by Philip Morris International (PMI). The tobacco firm also threatened to sue countries like Uraquay and Togo, prompting Oliver to offer his own ad campaign, starring 'Jeff the diseased lung', which he encourages PMI to adopt free of charge and viewers to shar
  
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• John Oliver creates 'Jeff the diseased lung' inspired by Australian cigarette packaging – video

  17-02-2015 01:32
  
  John Oliver is inspired by notoriously graphic Australian cigarette packaging on his HBO show, Last Week Tonight. In this segment, he cites the 2011 anti-cigarette marketing law and legal action subsequently taken against Australia by Philip Morris International (PMI). The tobacco firm also threatened to sue countries like Uruguay and Togo, prompting Oliver to offer his own ad campaign, starring 'Jeff the diseased lung', which he encourages PMI to adopt free of charge and viewers to share as wid
  
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