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• Only Labour will secure our basic human rights | Letter from Sadiq Khan

  23-04-2015 20:02
  
  Your editorial on civil liberties (22 April) is right to warn of the Tory threat to our framework for fundamental rights. Following the publication of their manifesto we now know that five more years of the Tories would mean the systematic dismantling of the postwar human rights system that has done so much to protect people’s basic rights here and across Europe. And on this erosion of civil liberties, as on so many other issues, the Liberal Democrats have proved themselves to be wil
  
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• General Election 2015 explained: Law - The Independent

  23-04-2015 19:46
  
  General Election 2015 explained: Law
  The Independent
  Jurisdiction. Responsibility for the administration of general and other elections rests with the Ministry of Justice. Legislation. The rules have been developed by centuries of statute and precedent. The definitive guide to the subject, Schofield's ...en meer »
  
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• Senior judge: politicians are ignoring harm caused by cuts to legal system

  23-04-2015 18:20
  
  Former appeal court judge Sir Alan Moses hits out at parties after only Greens pledge to reverse £700m cuts to legal aid in manifestosPoliticians are failing to address the severe problems caused by deep cuts to the legal system in this election, a former senior judge has warned.Addressing a protest rally staged by legal aid lawyers in Westminster, Sir Alan Moses said that the lack of access to justice was being ignored. Continue reading...
  
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• Medico-legal expert struck off register for misrepresentation

  23-04-2015 17:27 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Titus Oyewole Odedun was found to have misrepresented his experience and qualifications.
  
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• Supreme Court: the common law working out illegality defence - UK Human Rights Blog (blog)

  23-04-2015 16:56
  
  UK Human Rights Blog (blog)
  Supreme Court: the common law working out illegality defence
  UK Human Rights Blog (blog)
  Nigel Farage is quoted yesterday as preferring immigrants to be Australians and Indians rather than EU citizens, because they probably speak English and “understand common law.” Nice coincidence, then, that on the same day the Supreme Court came out ...en meer »
  
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• Local and national interests clash in Indonesia's palm oil industry

  23-04-2015 16:43
  
  Political unrest intensifies as largely autonomous district authorities put the interests of palm oil developers and investors first The industry of palm oil, the product found in everything from chocolate to lipstick that is habitually reviled by environmentalists, is facing new challenges due to unrest in key producing regions.It was reported by the Cameroonian Association of Oil Refineries this month that the export of refined products including palm oil from several African nations, includin
  
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• Azerbaijan jails two rights campaigners

  23-04-2015 16:09
  
  Intigam Aliyev, a lawyer, and Rasul Jafarov are given long prison terms as country prepares to host European GamesTwo human rights defenders in Azerbaijan who were campaigning against politically motivated arrests have been imprisoned.The prosecutions come as the country prepares to host the inaugural European Games. Related: GB squad for Baku European Games named as human rights concerns riseRelated: Azerbaijan’s human rights are on a knife edge. The UK must not walk away | Thorbjørn J
  
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• Hundreds of solicitors attend vote for justice rally

  23-04-2015 15:52 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  The rally was organised by practitioner groups the Criminal Law Solicitors’ Association and London Criminal Courts Solicitors’ Association.
  
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• Nick Clegg calls for review of DPP's decision not to prosecute Lord Janner

  23-04-2015 14:16
  
  Deputy PM says ‘second opinion’ might help people understand Crown Prosecution Service’s controversial decision not to charge peer over child abuse claims
  Nick Clegg has suggested that a decision not to prosecute the Labour peer Lord Janner over child abuse claims should be reviewed, amid calls for the director of public prosecutions to reverse her decision.While expressing “huge respect” for the independence of the prosecuting authorities, the deputy prime minister said it was essenti
  
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• Conveyancer hit by phone scam

  23-04-2015 13:50 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Solicitors Regulation Authority calls for extra vigilance after north-east firm loses 'significant amount'.
  
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• Crime rate in England and Wales falls 7% to lowest level since 1981

  23-04-2015 12:31
  
  ONS crime survey shows decline continues long-term downward trend, but separate police figures reveal 32% increase in recorded rapesThe crime rate in England and Wales fell by 7% in 2014 to an estimated 6.9 million incidents, its lowest level since 1981, according to the latest official figures.The Office of National Statistics said the decline continued the long-term downward trend in crime that had been seen in England and Wales since the mid-90s. Continue reading...
  
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• Record defamation payout of $287,788 awarded to Brisbane businessman

  23-04-2015 11:05
  
  Jarrod Sierocki and his business Insolvency Guardian have been granted damages of $260,000 plus $37,788 interest after being targeted onlineA judge has awarded a Brisbane businessman a record payout for defamation, including character attacks that will permanently appear on a controversial US consumer watchdog website.
  Jarrod Sierocki and his business Insolvency Guardian have been granted damages of $260,000 plus $37,788 interest after being targeted by a disgruntled former business partner and
  
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• Dyson: ‘we must simplify Civil Procedure Rules’

  23-04-2015 11:00 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Master of the rolls was speaking at the Law Society on ways to reduce delays in the justice system.
  
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• Dyson: 'we must simplify Civil Procedure Rules'

  23-04-2015 11:00 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Master of the rolls was speaking at the Law Society on ways to reduce delays in the justice system.
  
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