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• Equal rights versus freedom of conscience | Letters

  20-04-2015 20:55
  
  Your editorial (Equality for gay people does not threaten Christian freedoms, 18 April) implies it is wrong for people to stand up for their beliefs. Throughout history those who were prepared to do so have suffered presecution. Thomas More was executed by Henry VIII for refusing to accept the annulment of his marriage to Catherine of Aragon. Was he wrong? Were individuals who spoke out – many, but not all Christian – against the Nazi regime’s treatment of Jews also wrong? Because a law is
  
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• UK government threatens to revoke oligarchs' North sea oil licences

  20-04-2015 20:33
  
  Secretary of state, Ed Davey, moves over worries Russian group’s ownership could endanger UK oil and gas supplies if sanctions are extended in futureNorth sea oil licences acquired by a group of controversial Russian oligarchs are to be revoked by the British government unless the fields are immediately sold.The LetterOne Group, which was founded by former TNK-BP directors Mikhail Fridman and German Khan, purchased the 12 fields from RWE’s oil and gas unit DEA last month.But the Department o
  
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• Detainee dies of suspected heart attack at Yarl's Wood immigration centre

  20-04-2015 19:53
  
  Home Office confirms investigation is under way after death of a man being held in family unit at detention centre in BedfordshireAn investigation has been launched into the death on Monday of a detainee at Yarl’s Wood immigration removal centre.It is understood that the man was being held in the family unit at the Bedfordshire detention centre with his wife and child. Witnesses said he is thought to have had a heart attack and been taken from the centre in a private ambulance, but the Home Of
  
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• Lawyer for convicted ex-Connecticut governor outlines appeal - Yahoo Finance UK

  20-04-2015 19:01
  
  Lawyer for convicted ex-Connecticut governor outlines appeal
  Yahoo Finance UK
  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- Former Republican Gov. John G. Rowland's lawyer has outlined an appeal strategy over his client's conviction in a political consulting scheme, arguing that prosecutors failed to disclose information that would have been helpful ...en meer »
  
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• U.S. law firm uses ABS structure to open in U.K. - Financial Post

  20-04-2015 16:15
  
  U.S. law firm uses ABS structure to open in U.K.
  Financial Post
  U.S.-based Cahill Gordon & Reindel has received an alternative business license from the U.K.'s Solicitor Regulation Authority that will allow the firm to practise English law for the first time since it opened in London in 2000. Cahill's first move to ...
  
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• Conveyancers’ regulator appoints former Law Society chief

  20-04-2015 15:12 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Dame Janet Paraskeva to chair Council for Licensed Conveyancers.
  
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• Exporting to the US: how to crack the American market

  20-04-2015 13:37
  
  Our Q&A on how to start exporting to the US offered a range of useful advice, from adapting to the American style of business to understanding tax regulationsDo you dream of taking your business to the States? It can be a daunting, but potentially rich, opportunity, as the figures reveal – exports to the US were worth £3.2bn to the UK economy in February alone. From gluten-free foods to ancient Egyptian art, the US looks to the UK for a wide range of products. How can you ape the suc
  
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• Celebrate marijuana on 4/20, but get to work on legalization tomorrow

  20-04-2015 13:30
  
  We are so close to nationwide cannabis law reform that I can taste it. It tastes like freedom and a functioning democracyHappy 4/20!If you are wondering why all of your American friends seem a bit spacey today, remember that today is 20 April – or 4/20. Originally a slang term coined a group of teenagers in Nothern California (they would get out of school at 4:10, and meet at 4:20), those three numbers now refer to any sort of cannabis-related activity. So, naturally, today is a big day for ca
  
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• Professional services blamed for UK productivity failings

  20-04-2015 13:13 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Law firms among leading culprits for stagnation since the downturn, research by national newspaper claims. 
  
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• Lord Janner: DPP under pressure over 'perverse' decision not to charge peer

  20-04-2015 12:56
  
  One of Janner’s alleged victims calls for Alison Saunders to quit after she said peer was not fit to stand trial because he has Alzheimer’s diseaseThe director of public prosecutions is under renewed pressure after one of Lord Janner’s alleged victims called for her to quit over her “perverse” decision not to put the peer on trial.Hamish Baillie, 47, who was one of the nine people lined up to give evidence against Janner over child sex abuse allegations, said the decision not to prosec
  
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• ‘Named and shamed’ barrister suspended over payments

  20-04-2015 11:44 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Public access practitioner suspended for failing to pay for work done by three barristers.
  
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• Law productivity growth by lawyer seen as dragging down UK economy - The Global Legal Post

  20-04-2015 09:46
  
  The Global Legal Post
  Law productivity growth by lawyer seen as dragging down UK economy
  The Global Legal Post
  Professional services is one of four sectors identified by the Financial Times whose low productivity increases are dragging down the UK economy, explaining why employment is strong but economic growth has been weak. Alexander Supertramp.en meer »
  
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• New kit supply law hits UK statute - printweek.com

  20-04-2015 09:12
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  New kit supply law hits UK statute
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  Individuals looking to source specialist printing equipment in order to produce counterfeit or fraudulent identity documents will soon find it much harder to get away with their actions after a new law comes into force next month. money. The Specialist ...
  
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• UK Islamists Lay Down the Law - American Thinker

  20-04-2015 08:15
  
  American Thinker
  UK Islamists Lay Down the Law
  American Thinker
  “The Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) – an umbrella body representing a wide range of Muslim organisations – has drawn up a list of key commitments which they suggest Muslim voters may wish seek from would-be MPs.en meer »
  
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• Society warns Treasury on non-dom tax plans

  20-04-2015 01:01 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Treasury began consulting in January on ensuring that non-doms commit to pay the so-called remittance basis charge for a minimum of three years.
  
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• News focus: law and justice pledges

  20-04-2015 01:01 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  The general election manifestos are in – here’s our quick-fire summary of their headline pledges on law and justice.
  
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• Liberian case law digest

  20-04-2015 01:01 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Lawyers can now access, consider and build on Liberian case precedent.
  
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• Legal aid group anniversary

  20-04-2015 01:01 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Young Legal Aid Lawyers will celebrate its 10th anniversary this week.
  
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• Joint vision for Vardags

  20-04-2015 01:01 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  London family firm Vardags has entered into a joint collaboration with Dubai-based Trench & Associates.
  
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• Immigration: political football

  20-04-2015 01:01 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  What are the main political parties’ pledges on immigration if they are elected in May?
  
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• Firms too quick to blow own trumpet

  20-04-2015 01:01 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Eight in 10 lawyers think they deliver an above-average service, but only four in 10 clients say they are receiving it.
  
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• Cyclone-hit school aid

  20-04-2015 01:01 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  The Law Society Charity is offering a grant of up to £5,000 to the University of the South Pacific Law School in Vanuatu for the purchase of law books following devastation caused to the island nation by a cyclone.
  
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• Clinic’s pro bono gong

  20-04-2015 01:01 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  The University of Huddersfield’s student-led Legal Advice Clinic has won a national pro bono award.
  
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• APIL chief to target insurers

  20-04-2015 01:01 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  APIL members meet in Newport on Thursday for their annual conference.
  
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