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• Legal aid cuts threaten our very democracy | Letter from Sir Anthony Hooper, Sir Stephen Sedley, Sir Alan Moses and 138 others

  01-05-2015 19:56
  
  In 2010, annual expenditure for the civil and criminal justice system stood at approximately £2bn per annum, which equates to the cost of running the NHS for a fortnight. Spending was falling and was not spiralling out of control. Now, after two years of an unprecedented programme of cuts, the level of spending is down to approximately £1.5bn per annum. The effect of the cuts is reflected in eye-watering statistics. From 2012-13 to 2013-14, debt cases fell from 81,792 to 2,423 and in
  
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• Open letter condemns legal aid cuts, calls on new government to restore justice

  01-05-2015 19:08
  
  More than 100 judges, peers, lawyers and doctors write open letter to the Guardian calling on new government to prevent ‘widespread miscarriages of justice’
  More than 100 judges, peers, prominent lawyers and doctors working in the civil and criminal justice system have called on the incoming government to restore legal aid to prevent “widespread miscarriages of justice”. Continue reading...
  
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• Open letter condemn legal aid cuts, calls on new government to restore justice

  01-05-2015 19:08
  
  More than 100 judges, peers, lawyers and doctors write open letter to The Guardian calling on new government to prevent ‘widespread miscarriages of justice’Continue reading...
  
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• Law bodies concerned despite client snooping victory

  01-05-2015 18:09 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Law Society and bar repeat calls for statutory protection for professional privilege. 
  
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• Client snooping: concern despite case victory

  01-05-2015 18:09 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Law Society and bar repeat calls for statutory protection for professional privilege. 
  
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• God’s employee loses CoA battle in Magna Carta ruling

  01-05-2015 17:10 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  The Reverend Mark Sharpe loses an employment claim in which Court of Appeal upholds church law.
  
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• Iranian foreign minister angers supporters with human rights claim

  01-05-2015 14:58
  
  Mohammad Javad Zarif is accused of lying after saying during a Charlie Rose interview in the US that Iran does not jailed citizens for their opinionsIran’s foreign minister is facing a backlash from his supporters, after claiming in a recent US interview that his country does not imprison citizens solely because of their opinions.Mohammad Javad Zarif, who remains popular in Iran for his handling of the nuclear negotiations, appeared on the Charlie Rose talkshow this week while on a visit to Ne
  
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• Janner's alleged victims question inconsistency in dementia cases

  01-05-2015 14:46
  
  Lawyers request review of decision not to try Labour peer on health grounds after an elderly child abuser with dementia had his sentence increased
  Lawyers representing people who allege they were abused by Lord Janner have called for “consistency and transparency” after an elderly man with dementia had his sentence for child sex crimes greatly increased by the Court of Appeal. Alison Saunders, the director of public prosecutions, decided in April not to charge Labour peer Janner, 86, on heal
  
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• Magic circle firm's 'UK first' for women lawyers - Law Gazette

  01-05-2015 14:22
  
  Magic circle firm's 'UK first' for women lawyers
  Law Gazette
  Magic circle firm Allen & Overy has set up what it claims to be the first scheme of its kind in the UK to encourage women on extended career breaks to return to the law. The firm's announcement comes after figures from the Law Society's latest Annual ...
  
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• The Guardian view: Britain needs a new direction, Britain needs Labour | Editorial

  01-05-2015 14:15
  
  Election 2015 poses some profound questions for this country. Ed Miliband has better answers than his rivals, and so deserves a chance to governThe campaign is nearly over and it is time to choose. We believe Britain needs a new direction. At home, the economic recovery is only fragile, while social cohesion is threatened by the unequal impact of the financial crisis and the continuing attempt to shrink the postwar state. Abroad, Britain remains traumatised by its wars, and, like our neighbours,
  
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• Magic circle firm’s ‘UK first’ for women lawyers

  01-05-2015 14:06 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Allen & Overy partner says there is no ‘silver bullet’ for women juggling commitments in and outside of work.
  
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• Police monitored political movements of candidate standing against Nigel Farage

  01-05-2015 12:35
  
  Police have been keeping tabs on Green Party candidate who is standing against UKIP leader Nigel Farage, as police face further questions over monitoring of elected politiciansPolice have been monitoring the political activities of a candidate while he has been seeking to be elected to parliament. Ian Driver is standing for the Green Party in the Kent constituency of Thanet South which UKIP leader Nigel Farage is hoping to win next Thursday. Related: Police continued spying on Labour activists a
  
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• Not everyone who commits a crime deserves to be punished | Joshua Rozenberg

  01-05-2015 12:03
  
  Thousands of people are protesting at the conviction for assault of Eireann Kerr, whose drink was spiked with the date-rape drug GHBA few nights before Christmas 2013, Dr Eireann Kerr went out for a meal with some of her friends from Altnagelvin hospital, in Londonderry. They visited a couple of bars and had a few drinks.Kerr, now 34, remembers nothing from the time she left the first bar until the following morning, when she woke up in a police cell. Tests on her hair established that she had i
  
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• Slaughter and May boosts wages

  01-05-2015 11:36 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Magic circle firm has completed 2015 annual salary review.
  
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• Fixed fees for deafness top insurers’ agenda

  01-05-2015 11:21 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Association of British Insurers keen for more reform of civil justice system.
  
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• Minimum wage case earns City firm an ‘exorcism’

  01-05-2015 11:15 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  International law firm King & Spalding was the subject of a ‘corporate exorcism’ yesterday afternoon, complete with a US choir and ‘preacher’.
  
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• Leading UK law firm opens in Hong Kong with special focus on employment - The Global Legal Post

  01-05-2015 09:31
  
  The Global Legal Post
  Leading UK law firm opens in Hong Kong with special focus on employment
  The Global Legal Post
  Lewis Silkin, which houses one of the world's largest employment law teams, is opening its first branch abroad - by sending two lawyers and four other staff to Hong Kong to serve the Asian market.en meer »
  
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• Women who waive their anonymity are changing our perspective on rape | Joan Smith

  01-05-2015 09:00
  
  Shame is a big reason why women don’t reveal their experiences of sexual assault. Now some remarkable young women are breaking that mould
  Women who have suffered a serious sexual assault sometimes feel as though they’ve been given a life sentence. The psychological effects can last for years, forcing victims to change their everyday routines and taking away their sense of autonomy. No matter how much we believe in the principle that women should be able to have a few drinks and walk home lat
  
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• Australian aid helps keep Indonesia's legal system transparent. So why cut it? | Arjuna Dibley

  01-05-2015 03:21
  
  Geoffrey Robertson’s call to withdraw Australian aid after the execution of Chan and Sukumaran is misguided – our aid helps Indonesia’s legal system functionIn the hours leading up to the execution of Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran, Geoffrey Robertson QC made an impassioned plea to the Australian government to redirect our aid dollars away from Indonesia. I admire Robertson and agree with a lot of what he writes and says. Like Robertson, I find the death penalty appalling. Yet I cannot a
  
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• Society criticises in-house deregulation plan

  01-05-2015 01:01 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Businesses wanting to provide external legal services should take the alternative business structure route, Chancery Lane says. 
  
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• Society attacks in-house deregulation plan

  01-05-2015 01:01 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Businesses wanting to provide external legal services should take the alternative business structure route, Chancery Lane says. 
  
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