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• 'King of Ireland' law repealed - Belfast Telegraph

  12-03-2015 23:13
  
  Belfast Telegraph
  'King of Ireland' law repealed
  Belfast Telegraph
  Laws stating the UK's queen is the king of Ireland and that anyone selling horses outside greater Dublin shall die are to be repealed, the Government has announced. Also in this Section. Model kits commemorate Troubles · Tycoon ordered to leave mansion ...
  
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• Magna Carta exhibition offers timeless lesson in people power

  12-03-2015 20:06
  
  British Library showcase highlights value of enduringly popular document still relevant to everything from control orders to European integrationThe most powerful work of art in the gripping Magna Carta exhibition portrays a king being attacked by peasants. They come at Henry I with scythe, fork and shovel, turning the tools of their daily work into crudely effective weapons.This surreal masterpiece of medieval art is a depiction of a royal nightmare: uneasy lies the head that wears the crown. T
  
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• Magna Carta exhibition is an 800-year-old lesson in people power

  12-03-2015 20:06
  
  British Library showcase highlights value of enduringly popular document still relevant to everything from control orders to European integrationThe most powerful work of art in the gripping Magna Carta exhibition portrays a king being attacked by peasants. They come at Henry I with scythe, fork and shovel, turning the tools of their daily work into crudely effective weapons.This surreal masterpiece of medieval art is a depiction of a royal nightmare: uneasy lies the head that wears the crown. T
  
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• Nigel Farage says his discrimination law remarks were wilfully misinterpreted

  12-03-2015 19:45
  
  After being rounded on by rivals, Ukip leader clarifies remarks, saying he was arguing employers should be allowed to favour British applicants over migrantsNigel Farage has moved to clarify his suggestion that he would abolish much of Britain’s anti-race-discrimination legislation, saying he was merely arguing employers should be allowed to prefer British workers over migrants for jobs.The Ukip leader said he had been “wilfully misinterpreted” after he gave an interview to Trevor Phillips
  
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• Tucson's homeless 'dream pods' must go, rules federal judge

  12-03-2015 19:08
  
  Protesters have until Friday evening to clear away the brightly painted plywood boxes after decision in lawsuit that stems from Occupy movementA federal judge ruled on Wednesday that the city of Tucson, Arizona, can forcibly remove scores of coffin-like “pods” set up on city sidewalks to protest against treatment homeless people but that the demonstrators can continue to camp out on the pavement.Under the decision by US district judge David Bury in a federal lawsuit stemming from the Occupy
  
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• Clifford Chance appoints new Big Four auditor

  12-03-2015 18:37 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Resignation of Deloitte confirmed in letter to Companies House.
  
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• M&S and others supplied by factories that mistreat workers, rights group says

  12-03-2015 17:30
  
  Human Rights Watch report quotes complaints about forced overtime and underage labour at Cambodian factories also supplying Gap, H&M and AdidasCambodian factories supplying high street names including Marks and Spencer, Gap, H&M and Adidas are mistreating their workers, a rights group said, quoting employee complaints about abuse including forced overtime, firing of pregnant women and underage labour.Many of the 73 factories investigated by Human Rights Watch (HRW), for their report Work
  
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• German anger over Greek demand for war reparations

  12-03-2015 17:02
  
  Rift deepens with Berlin incredulous at Greek minister’s claim to seize German property and repatriate antiquities unless Berlin pays €341bn for war crimesGermany has reacted with anger and defiance to Greek government demands for multibillion-euro reparation payments over first and second world war atrocities which have further deepened the rift between the two countries.Greece’s justice minister Nikos Paraskevopoulos said Athens was prepared to approve a court ruling to seize German prop
  
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• Solicitors to require mandatory ‘statement of competence’

  12-03-2015 15:23 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  The statement forms part of the new approach to the education and training of solicitors, moving away from a prescriptive system.
  
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• Is the UK's new plain cigarette packaging law a test case for trademarks? - The Drum

  12-03-2015 15:08
  
  The Drum
  Is the UK's new plain cigarette packaging law a test case for trademarks?
  The Drum
  Yesterday afternoon saw the government back the hotly debated move towards plain packaging for cigarettes here in the UK with the new packets set to be on shelves from next year. Health campaigners have said they are delighted with the move, hailing ...
  
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• Legal limbo where spies reside is beyond spooky

  12-03-2015 14:49
  
  With each revelation over the activities and apparent safeguards covering intelligence agencies it seems the more we know, the less we knowThe discovery of a rogue spook at GCHQ is certainly the most eye-catching revelation in the latest report by the interception of communications commissioner. But it is not the most far reaching.What we know is that someone on the staff of the government’s eavesdropping centre in Cheltenham deliberately carried out a number of unauthorised searches last year
  
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• Blurred Lines: songwriters suffer as Tom, Dick and Harry demand their percentages

  12-03-2015 14:28
  
  A leading artist manager says the Blurred Lines case exposes the music industry’s dirty secret – that the people who write songs increasingly have to share the credit with people who didn’tAs the dust settles on the Blurred Lines fiasco, it seems the person who’s come out of this the worst is Robin Thicke. Pharrell Williams can probably earn back his part of the settlement in a matter of months, but Thicke probably will never see that sort of income again. What’s more, we learned that
  
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• Federal judge allows removal of Arizona homeless protest 'pods'

  12-03-2015 13:05
  
  Protesters have until Friday evening to clear away the brightly painted plywood boxes after decision in lawsuit that stems from Occupy movementA federal judge ruled on Wednesday that the city of Tucson, Arizona, can forcibly remove scores of coffin-like “pods” set up on city sidewalks to protest against treatment homeless people but that the demonstrators can continue to camp out on the pavement.Under the decision by US district judge David Bury in a federal lawsuit stemming from the Occupy
  
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• SRA overrides opposition to ditch insolvency regulation

  12-03-2015 12:58 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Four out of five respondents to a consultation opposed plan to cease regulating solicitor IPs.
  
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• Accused UK spies not breaking law but need more transparency - News24

  12-03-2015 12:44
  
  News24
  Accused UK spies not breaking law but need more transparency
  News24
  London - British spies, accused of undertaking mass, unfettered surveillance of the public's communications, are not breaking the law nor reading everyone's emails but do need to be more open, a powerful committee of lawmakers said on Thursday. Britain ...
  
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• Insurance giant RSA moves into law

  12-03-2015 12:05 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Firm joins the likes of Direct Line and Ageas in providing legal services through alternative business structure.
  
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• UK law firm DWF opens Dubai office - Construction Week Online

  12-03-2015 08:30
  Construction Week Online
  UK law firm DWF opens Dubai office
  Construction Week Online
  UK-based law firm DWF is opening an office in Dubai targeting developers, contractors and insurance firms. The firm said that the office is its first outside the UK and Ireland and has been opened as a result of relationships with existing clients ...
  
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• Third of domestic violence victims cannot provide evidence for legal aid

  12-03-2015 01:05
  
  Justice select committee says victims are exposed to intimidation because they have no legal representationMore than a third of victims of domestic violence cannot provide the evidence required to obtain legal aid, according to a parliamentary watchdog.Without support from a lawyer, victims find it hard to leave abusive partners, are exposed to intimidation and may have to confront attackers in court if left unrepresented, the justice select committee warned on Thursday. Continue reading...
  
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• MPs lambast civil legal aid reforms

  12-03-2015 01:01 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Justice committee’s devastating report on part 1 of LASPO highlights botched implementation and calls for policy review.
  
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