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• Labour pledges to abolish tribunal fees system

  07-04-2015 20:18 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Plaid Cymru advocates Welsh legal jurisdiction as justice issues begin to feature in election campaign.
  
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• Pakistan judge orders former CIA lawyer, agent be charged - Yahoo News UK

  07-04-2015 18:37
  
  Pakistan judge orders former CIA lawyer, agent be charged
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  ISLAMABAD (AP) — A Pakistani judge on Tuesday ordered criminal charges be filed against a former top CIA lawyer who oversaw its drone program and a former station chief in Islamabad over a 2009 strike that killed two people. Former acting general ...en meer »
  
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• Judge rejects sex allegations against Prince Andrew, lawyer - Yahoo Finance UK

  07-04-2015 18:09
  
  Judge rejects sex allegations against Prince Andrew, lawyer
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  MIAMI (AP) -- A federal judge rejected a bid by two women to join a high-profile sexual abuse lawsuit and ordered scandalous sex allegations against Britain's Prince Andrew and a prominent U.S. lawyer removed from the court record. U.S. District Judge ...en meer »
  
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• Prince Andrew wins court victory after judge orders sex allegations to be erased

  07-04-2015 17:57
  
  Florida judge says Virginia Roberts cannot join lawsuit against Jeffrey Epstein and orders allegations that Roberts was forced to have sex with Andrew to be removed from the recordAllegations that a 17-year-old was forced to have sex with Britain’s Prince Andrew, which prompted a crisis at Buckingham Palace earlier this year, have been removed from a federal court case by a judge in the US.
  Judge Kenneth Marra ordered Virginia Roberts’s accusations about Andrew to be struck from the record a
  
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• Judge orders Prince Andrew sex allegations struck from court record

  07-04-2015 17:57
  
  Florida judge says Virginia Roberts cannot join lawsuit against Jeffrey Epstein and orders allegations that Roberts was forced to have sex with Andrew to be removed from the recordAllegations that a 17-year-old was forced to have sex with Britain’s Prince Andrew, which prompted a crisis at Buckingham Palace earlier this year, have been removed from a federal court case by a judge in the US.
  Judge Kenneth Marra ordered Virginia Roberts’s accusations about Andrew to be struck from the record a
  
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• Malaysia uses specious terrorism threat to regress on human rights

  07-04-2015 16:05
  
  New Prevention of Terrorism Act will give Najib Razak’s government powers to detain people without trial, and could usher in new wave of repressionThe passage of Malaysia’s new Prevention of Terrorism Act, which has been approved by the lower house of parliament, deals another heavy blow to the cause of human rights in south-east Asia. Three years after the hated colonial-era Internal Security Act was repealed, the government will once again have the power to lock people up arbitrarily and i
  
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• Arrest of human rights lawyer draws condemnation from UK law society - The Rakyat Post

  07-04-2015 14:29
  
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  Arrest of human rights lawyer draws condemnation from UK law society
  The Rakyat Post
  United Kingdom's the Law Society president Andrew Caplen says human rights lawyer Eric Paulsen's (pictured above) treatment has failed to comply with the United Nations basic principles on the role of lawyers. KUALA LUMPUR, April 7, 2015:.
  
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• Income and stability improving – Society’s practice bellwether

  07-04-2015 13:40 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Survey shows dramatic rise in the percentage of practices operating profitability and within their overdraft limit.
  
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• Income and stability improving, says Society health check

  07-04-2015 13:40 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Survey shows dramatic rise in the percentage of practices operating profitability and within their overdraft limit.
  
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• As Chicago votes, Mayor Emanuel accused of 'cowering in silence' over Homan Square

  07-04-2015 13:15
  
  Today Chicagoans will elect a new mayor – but activists say voters have been robbed of a candidate willing to speak out against allegations of police abuseThe last election day in Chicago was 24 February, and Mayor Rahm Emanuel was expected to stave off a re-election challenge. But that morning, the high-profile mayoral race took an unexpected turn: allegations of abuse and detention inside a secretive Chicago police facility known as Homan Square reverberated from a Guardian report across the
  
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• Uber asks US court to dismiss lawsuit filed by alleged rape victim in India

  07-04-2015 11:00
  
  The online car service said the court should dismiss the lawsuit as the victim had sued the wrong partyUber has asked a US court to dismiss a lawsuit filed by an alleged rape victim in India’s capital, Delhi, saying the ride-sharing company could not be held legally responsible for the driver’s acts. The passenger, who reported being raped and beaten after hailing a ride with the Uber driver in Delhi in early December, sued the online car service in a US federal court in January, claiming th
  
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• Dallas Buyers Club: how Hollywood turns a buck from 'pirates' | Geordie Guy

  07-04-2015 10:23
  
  iiNet has been forced to hand over the details of customers alleged to be pirates, but at least the court didn’t greenlight threatening tactics by copyright holdersHollywood’s own drama continues: its customers appreciate the “making movies” bit of the business model, but not the “distributing copies of the movie in exchange for money” bit. Altogether too many punters skip the payment process entirely and download what they want to watch, when they want to watch it.Related: Dallas Bu
  
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• We need ground rules if drone technology is to take off

  07-04-2015 08:30
  
  The rapid growth and interest in drones has outpaced the technology available to support effective regulation. Without it, the industry may remain grounded Everybody has seen them, in parks, at sporting events and even filming current events. Drones are becoming commonplace and have reached a maturity in their control where they can be sold as toys that don’t need an expert to fly them. The EU select committee in the House of Lords has recommended caution in the regulation of drones – especi
  
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