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• California vaccination rules for schoolchildren clear senate committee

  22-04-2015 23:46
  
  Revised bill, which passed 7-2, limits parents’ ability to opt-out of vaccinating children, but allows homeschooled and independent study students to exemptA controversial California bill that would require more children to be fully vaccinated as a condition of attending both public and private schools cleared a key legislative hurdle today. By a 7-2 vote in front of the hundreds of red-garbed opponents of the bill who had jammed the hearing room, the senate education committee moved the propo
  
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• California bill limiting vaccination opt-outs for children clears committee

  22-04-2015 23:46
  
  Revised bill limits parents’ ability to opt-out of vaccinating children but allows exemption for homeschooled and independent study studentsA controversial California bill that would require more children to be fully vaccinated as a condition of attending both public and private schools cleared a key legislative hurdle today. By a 7-2 vote in front of the hundreds of red-garbed opponents of the bill who had jammed the hearing room, the senate education committee moved the proposed law forward
  
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• Menendez lawyer could seek venue change for corruption trial - Yahoo Finance UK

  22-04-2015 22:49
  
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  Menendez lawyer could seek venue change for corruption trial
  Yahoo Finance UK
  Abbe Lowell, left, attorney for U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez, walks out of Martin Luther King Jr. Federal … NEWARK, N.J. (AP) -- A lawyer representing indicted Sen. Bob Menendez told a judge Wednesday he is considering filing a motion to have the upcoming ...en meer »
  
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• Sad absence still of Parkinson’s disease awareness | Letters

  22-04-2015 20:59
  
  “Imagine how distressing it would be to be laughed at in the street,” starts Jenni Murray’s moving article about the ridicule her mum suffered because of her Parkinson’s symptoms (My mother wasn’t drunk – she had Parkinson’s, 20 April). The day this appeared – the start of Parkinson’s Awareness Week – my friend gave her neighbour a lift to hospital. He had a severe droning noise in his head, was anxious that this might be related to his (benign) brain tumour and didn’t
  
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• Government resists Batang Kali inquiry calls giving 'Princes in Tower' defence

  22-04-2015 20:36
  
  Lawyers say government would have to investigate 15th-century case of princes disappearing in Tower of London if it gives in to demands for inquiry into 1948 killing of Malayan civiliansThe government will be obliged to investigate the 15th-century murder of the Princes in the Tower if it gives in to demands for a public inquiry into the 1948 killing of Malayan civilians by British soldiers, government lawyers have argued.
  In a submission to the supreme court, counsel for the Foreign Office and
  
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• Prince Charles letters may not be released until late July

  22-04-2015 20:09
  
  Decision not yet taken on how much of ‘black spider memos’ should be redacted before documents are made available to publicA set of “particularly frank” letters written by Prince Charles to government ministers may not be released until the end of July because legal arguments over their publication have yet to be concluded, officials announced on Wednesday. Following a decade-long battle initiated by the Guardian, the UK supreme court ruled last month that the government had unlawfully b
  
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• Prince Charles 'black spider memos' may not be released for months

  22-04-2015 20:09
  
  Decision not yet taken on how much of letters attempting to influence policy should be redacted before documents are made available to publicA set of “particularly frank” letters written by Prince Charles to government ministers may not be released until the end of July because legal arguments over their publication have yet to be concluded, officials announced on Wednesday. Following a decade-long battle initiated by the Guardian, the UK supreme court ruled last month that the government ha
  
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• Monkey business: should chimpanzees have the same rights as humans?

  22-04-2015 18:22
  
  Two chimps held at a research facility in the US are waiting to hear if they have been illegally detainedAge: Ooh, anyone’s guess. Mankind split from them about four to six million years ago, so – old. Very old.Appearance: Simian. But they ape humans, too. Continue reading...
  
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• Solicitor-advocate Egan on Society presidency track

  22-04-2015 17:46 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Criminal specialist Joe Egan to take office as deputy vice-president in July.
  
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• MarketsUK 'flash crash' trader should get bail - lawyer - Financial Times

  22-04-2015 15:58
  MarketsUK 'flash crash' trader should get bail - lawyer
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  A UK futures trader accused by US authorities of contributing to the "flash crash" that shook stock markets in 2010 should be granted bail, his lawyer told a UK court on Wednesday. Joel Smith representing Navinder Sarao argued to District Judge Purdy ...en meer »
  
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• Critics of Lord Janner decision misunderstand justice system

  22-04-2015 15:33
  
  I want to know why allegations were not put to Janner while he was still fit to stand trial but that is what a public inquiry should tell us - not a trial
  The creation of the Crown Prosecution Service nearly 30 years ago was pretty traumatic for the police. I remember it well and wrote a book about it at the time. Overnight, detectives lost the power to decide what charges should be brought against people they had arrested. Instead, the director of public prosecutions — whose remit had been co
  
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• Garment workers in Bangladesh still suffering two years after factory collapse

  22-04-2015 15:22
  
  Poor working conditions persist despite promises of reforms following the Rana Plaza disaster, which killed 1,100 people in Dhaka, Human Rights Watch claimsWorkers in factories in Bangladesh making clothes for western firms continue to suffer from poor working conditions two years after a factory collapse that killed 1,100 people and prompted widespread promises of reforms, a new report by campaigners claims.The report from Human Rights Watch, the independent advocacy organisation, comes on the
  
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• Bangladesh garment workers suffer poor conditions two years after reform vows

  22-04-2015 15:22
  
  Assault, verbal abuse and forced overtime persist following the Rana Plaza disaster, which killed 1,100 people in Dhaka, Human Rights Watch claimsWorkers in factories in Bangladesh making clothes for western firms continue to suffer from poor working conditions two years after a factory collapse that killed 1,100 people and prompted widespread promises of reforms, a new report by campaigners claims.The report from Human Rights Watch, the independent advocacy organisation, comes on the second ann
  
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• Pret staff's free coffee for people they like: discrimination or a nice gesture?

  22-04-2015 15:20
  
  After sandwich chain’s chief executive Clive Schlee reveals giveaways are part of official policy, we find out the legal implications and what customers thinkWho gets a free coffee from Pret a Manger? And if you don’t, what does that say about you?It’s a question that has been asked by many in the hours since the chief executive of the sandwich chain revealed staff are encouraged to give free coffees to people they like. Continue reading...
  
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• Republicans in knots over gay marriage ahead of supreme court decision

  22-04-2015 14:31
  
  Republicans face a dilemma amid soaring public support for gay marriage: how to give tacit approval with one hand, but deny legislative approval with the otherAs the US supreme court prepares to weigh the constitutionality of same-sex marriage, Republican presidential contenders insist they have no problem with gay couples – they just don’t support their right to legally marry.
  At least, that’s how several candidates recently defined their views on gay marriage in the GOP’s latest bid to
  
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• Law firm Stephens Scown ranked number 1 in UK for Twitter influence - Western Morning News

  22-04-2015 14:12
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  Law firm Stephens Scown ranked number 1 in UK for Twitter influence
  Western Morning News
  A South West law firm has been ranked number one in the UK for its influence on Twitter. Stephens Scown LLP, which has offices in Exeter, Truro and St Austell, came top in the digital marketing specialists I-com's survey which looked at the influence ...
  Exeter law firm ranked UK number 1 for Twitter 'influence'Exeter Express and Echoalle 2 nieuwsartikelen »
  
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• Commonwealth rights record ‘not good enough’

  22-04-2015 13:59 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  The Hon Michael Kirby condemns ‘muted’ response to abuses based on sexual orientation. 
  
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• Will it really take a man's word for people to believe rape victims?

  22-04-2015 13:52
  
  Jon Krakauer writes in his new book, Missoula, that rape ‘occurs with appalling frequency’. Yes, it does – and women have been saying that for yearsWhen it comes to rape, a woman’s word has never been enough. So it doesn’t surprise me that with all that’s been written on rape, it’s a book written by a man that’s captured the attention of the nation. But it does depress me.My depression wasn’t assuaged when Jon Krakauer, the author of Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a C
  
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• Former Law Society president joins Janner decision critics

  22-04-2015 13:41 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Linda Lee joins onslaught of criticism of decision not to prosecute the Labour peer Lord Janner over alleged child sex abuses.
  
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• Law scores well in employer-for-women table

  22-04-2015 11:32 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Law firms account for nine out of the 50 ‘top employers for women’ ranked by The Times.
  
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• Law scores well in employer for women table

  22-04-2015 11:32 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Law firms account for nine out of the 50 ‘top employers for women’ ranked by The Times.
  
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• Cuts to prison restorative justice show why Chris Grayling should be voted out | Eric Allison

  22-04-2015 11:00
  
  Justice minister Chris Grayling is an incompetent recidivist – cutting effective programmes like the one in Brixton the archbishop of Canterbury is visitingTomorrow, the archbishop of Canterbury will go to jail. He will visit Brixton prison, south London as a guest of the Prison Fellowship, the charity that helps prisoners through support and prayer.Justin Welby will be singing the praises of the Sycamore Tree project, run by the fellowship since 1998 and in place in 40 prisons nationwide. It
  
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• I want to be a judge – despite my cerebral palsy

  22-04-2015 10:57
  
  Studying is difficult but I want to change how people view disabilities, writes a law student with cerebral palsyI’m 29, and in my fifth year of a six-year undergraduate law degree at the Open University (OU). And I want to be a judge – even though I have cerebral palsy and dyslexia.For some, this may seem like an impossible feat – but I’m determined to make it happen. Continue reading...
  
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• MPs' letter adds to pressure on DPP to reverse decision on Lord Janner

  22-04-2015 10:49
  
  Cross-party figures say decision not to prosecute Labour peer after child abuse investigation has damaged public confidence in criminal justice systemPressure is building on the director of public prosecutions to reverse her decision not to prosecute Lord Janner over child abuses after cross-party figures signed a letter to letter to the Times.Labour’s Simon Danczuk, the Tories’ Zac Goldsmith, the Greens’ Caroline Lucas and others say the decision has damaged public confidence in the crimi
  
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• MPs' letter adds to pressure on DDP to reverse decision on Lord Janner

  22-04-2015 10:49
  
  Cross-party figures say decision not to prosecute Labour peer after child abuse investigation has damaged public confidence in criminal justice systemPressure is building on the director of public prosecutions to reverse her decision not to prosecute Lord Janner over child abuses after cross-party figures signed a letter to letter to the Times.Labour’s Simon Danczuk, the Tories’ Zac Goldsmith, the Greens’ Caroline Lucas and others say the decision has damaged public confidence in the crimi
  
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• Boris Johnson adds to MPs' disapproval of DPP decision on Lord Janner

  22-04-2015 10:49
  
  London mayor weighs in after cross-party letter says public confidence in justice system has been damaged by decision not to prosecute over child abuse claimsPressure is building on the director of public prosecutions to reverse her decision not to prosecute Lord Janner over child abuse claims after cross-party figures signed a letter to the Times.Labour’s Simon Danczuk, the Tories’ Zac Goldsmith, the Greens’ Caroline Lucas and others say the decision has damaged public confidence in the c
  
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• UK Law Alum Mitch McConnell Among Time's 100 Most Influential People - UKNow (press release)

  22-04-2015 10:06
  UK Law Alum Mitch McConnell Among Time's 100 Most Influential People
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  LEXINGTON, Ky. (April 22, 2015) — U.S. Senate Majority Leader and University of Kentucky College of Law alumnus Mitch McConnell has been named to Time's 100 Most Influential People list and will be featured in the annual Time 100 issue available on ...en meer »
  
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• SNP in U-turn on scrapping tenet of Scots Law - Express.co.uk

  22-04-2015 02:03
  
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  SNP in U-turn on scrapping tenet of Scots Law
  Express.co.uk
  CONTROVERSIAL plans to remove a key principle of Scots law were delayed again yesterday in a humiliating U-turn by the SNP. By Paul Gilbride. PUBLISHED: 00:01, Wed, Apr 22, 2015 | UPDATED: 02:55, Thu, Apr 23, 2015. Michael Matheson and Sir ...en meer »
  
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