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• PI claims farmer fined £80k for unsolicited calls

  01-04-2015 23:07 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Hundreds of complaints came in over the space of 18 months.
  
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• UK Judge Sentences Law Student in Terror Case - Wall Street Journal

  01-04-2015 20:41
  
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  UK Judge Sentences Law Student in Terror Case
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  LONDON—A British judge sentenced a law student found guilty of possessing bomb-making instructions to 42 months in prison, concluding a high-profile terrorism case in which the defendant was acquitted last week of a more serious charge of attack ...
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• Kurds protest in support of British teenager at terrorism hearing

  01-04-2015 19:58
  
  Two dozen protesters gathered outside London’s Old Bailey at the pre-trial hearing of Shilan Ozcelik, 18, charged in relation to activities in Syria and IraqA small but noisy group of Kurdish protesters gathered outside the Old Bailey on Wednesday to protest at terrorism charges brought against a British teenager. Shilan Ozcelik , an 18-year-old of Kurdish descent, was arrested earlier this year at Stansted airport.Continue reading...
  
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• First bar entities to be announced ‘in days’

  01-04-2015 19:40 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Regulator's business plan sets out priorities for 2015-16.
  
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• British law student jailed over bomb-making manual - Express.co.uk

  01-04-2015 17:33
  
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  British law student jailed over bomb-making manual
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  A BRITISH law student cleared of plotting an attack during the UK's first secret terror trial has today been jailed for possessing a bomb-making manual. By Rebecca Perring Rebecca Perring. PUBLISHED: 16:20, Wed, Apr 1, 2015. Court sketch of British law ...
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• Legal aid cuts have worsened the plight of the vulnerable | Andrew Langdon

  01-04-2015 16:14
  
  Damning reports by the three different government bodies have come up with the same bleak conclusion: domestic abuse victims are being failed in our courtsMonday night’s Panorama about changes to the provision of legal aid pulled a couple of punches. Perhaps it was the lack of time, or perhaps it was viewed as “too political” for the BBC. But the fact is that parliament’s justice committee recently looked at the legal aid, sentencing and punishment of offenders (Laspo) legislation which
  
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• Widow of property investor Jack Dellal wins round of legal battle over estate

  01-04-2015 16:02
  
  High court is told Ruanne Dellal inherited £15.4m but her husband, who died in 2012, must have given away some of his fortune without her knowledge The multi-millionaire widow of a property dealer said to have gambled £1.7m in one night has won the latest round of a legal battle for “reasonable provision”.Jack Dellal, who died in October 2012 aged 89, left his “entire” £15.4m estate to widow Ruanne Dellal, who now says that figure was an “absurd presentation” of the true
  
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• Insurer loses bid to tear up injury settlement

  01-04-2015 15:27 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Appeal judge: ‘Parties who settle claims with their eyes wide open should not be entitled to revive them.’
  
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• English Court of Appeal Decision Significantly Expands UK Privacy Law - The National Law Review

  01-04-2015 15:26
  
  English Court of Appeal Decision Significantly Expands UK Privacy Law
  The National Law Review
  On March 27, 2015, the England and Wales Court of Appeal (EWCA) handed down a historic judgment in Google Inc v. Vidal-Hall & Ors [2015] EWCA Civ 311, with significant consequences for organizations handling personal data in, or from, the UK.en meer »
  
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• Quindell and the Battle for UK Market Share - Big Law Business (blog)

  01-04-2015 15:25
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  Quindell and the Battle for UK Market Share
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  Editor's Note: This article is written by a London-based strategic consultant to law firms at TromansConsulting. By Richard Tromans, Founder, TromansConsulting. What has happened? The UK personal injury (PI) sector is undergoing rapid consolidation via ...en meer »
  
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• Erol Incedal trial evidence must remain secret, judge rules

  01-04-2015 15:16
  
  Judge refuses request by media to be allowed to report sections of case on which accredited reporters were permitted to take notesThe bulk of the evidence in the UK’s first terror trial held mostly behind closed doors will remain secret forever, a judge has ruled.
  Erol Incedal was found not guilty of preparing an act of terrorism following a trial at the Old Bailey. Continue reading...
  
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• Top UK law figure slams jails conditions - Press TV

  01-04-2015 13:43
  
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  Top UK law figure slams jails conditions
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  Lord Woolf, who headed the inquiry into the Strangeways prison riot in the 1990s believes that the need to look tough on crime has hindered progress to combating poor prison standards and fundamentally improving their conditions throughout England and ...en meer »
  
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• Kenya court urges change to law that penalises women who pass HIV to baby

  01-04-2015 13:27
  
  Human rights groups welcome Kenya high court ruling that section of law to curb spread of HIV and Aids is unconstitutionalHuman rights groups have welcomed moves to change Kenya’s 2006 HIV and Aids Prevention Act which at present effectively criminalises pregnant women who pass HIV to their babies.The law says that a person knowing they are HIV positive must tell “any sexual contact” of their status in advance and could be jailed for seven years if they “knowingly and recklessly” place
  
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• Appeal court to hear employment tribunal fees challenge

  01-04-2015 13:19 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Unison trade union had sought to question the legality of fees introduced by the government in 2013. 
  
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• Chris Grayling's policy on absconders and open prisons is declared unlawful

  01-04-2015 13:11
  
  High court rules that excluding prisoners with a history of absconding from moving to open jails is inconsistent with justice secretary’s own directionsChris Grayling’s policy of stopping prisoners from being transferred from closed prisons to more lenient open prisons if they have a history of absconding has been declared unlawful by the high court. The justice secretary’s policy was introduced following high-profile media reports last year of prisoners with a history of violence abscondi
  
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• McKenzie friends could drive ‘bulldozer’ through Legal Services Act

  01-04-2015 13:08 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Bar Council group makes series of recommendations following review of current advocacy landscape.
  
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• McKenzie friends could drive ‘bulldozer’ through 2007 act

  01-04-2015 13:08 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Bar Council group makes series of recommendations following review of current advocacy landscape.
  
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• Quindell suspends share trading for profits correction

  01-04-2015 11:54 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Suspension comes days after company announced deal to sell its professional services division to Slater and Gordon for £637m.
  
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• Quindell suspends share trading ahead of document unveiling

  01-04-2015 11:54 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Suspension comes days after company announced deal to sell its professional services division to Slater and Gordon for £637m.
  
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• Back to the future for firm names

  01-04-2015 11:00 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Turning the clock back could restore loyalty and save money, 'cask consultation' reports. 
  
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• Palestinian Authority becomes member of international criminal court

  01-04-2015 10:01
  
  Move is welcomed by activists who see it as opportunity to bring accountability to years of conflict between Palestinians and IsraelThe Palestinian Authority has become a member of the international criminal court and is marking the momentous occasion with a low-key ceremony at the court’s headquarters.Palestinians signed the court’s founding treaty in January and it came into force on Wednesday, an event welcomed by activists who see it as an opportunity to bring accountability to years of
  
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• Momentum for resolving small claims online is gathering pace

  01-04-2015 08:30
  
  With eBay and PayPal succesfully using internet-based mediation, it’s only a matter of time before this approach is adopted by UK courts to resolve disputesHow can technology help with dispute resolution? The answers lie in the fundamental question, is the court a place or a service? That was the question posed (and answered) by the report published in February by the online advisory group of the civil justice council, Online Dispute Resolution for Low Value Civil Claims.The group was tasked w
  
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• Lord Woolf: 25 years on from Strangeways, prisons are still in crisis

  01-04-2015 08:00
  
  Harry Woolf, the former chief justice who wrote the report on the 1991 Strangeways prison riot, says its lessons haven’t been learnedPrison officers know that the control of a prison depends largely on the consent of the prisoners. What can happen when that consent is withdrawn was never demonstrated more powerfully than on this day 25 years ago when the prisoners in Manchester’s Strangeways prison rebelled. The riot that followed left two people dead and turned into the longest prison siege
  
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• Rise in death sentences worldwide blamed on security crackdowns

  01-04-2015 02:01
  
  Amnesty International condemns ‘shameful’ figures, with most of the increase coming in Nigeria and EgyptThe number of death sentences passed around the world increased by more than a quarter during 2014 from the year before, much of this connected to crackdowns on terrorism or internal security in countries such as Egypt and Nigeria, according to an annual report by Amnesty International. Over the course of past year the number of people confirmed to have been executed globally dropped by 22
  
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• Lord Woolf blames 'tough on crime' politicians for poor state of prisons

  01-04-2015 01:01
  
  Former Lord Chief Justice who chaired 1990 Strangeways riot inquiry says political parties in thrall to media hold back jail improvementLord Woolf, who chaired the inquiry into the Strangeways prison riot, has blamed the competition between political parties to show they are tough on crime for holding back progress in improving jail conditions in England and Wales.In a lecture to mark 25 years since the disturbance, the former Lord Chief Justice will say that a collective failure of leadership b
  
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• Labour proposes £26m sale of judges’ lodgings

  01-04-2015 01:01 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Savings will fund more enforcement officers for court fine collection, party’s Zero-Based Review claims. 
  
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