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• Man 'Stole His Lawyer's Mobile' In Court - Yahoo News UK

  05-05-2015 22:56
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  Man 'Stole His Lawyer's Mobile' In Court
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  A man has been charged with stealing his own barrister's phone during a court appearance. Bobby Heath is accused of taking the phone at Bexley Magistrates' Court on 1 May. The 25-year-old, from southeast London, was in court pleading guilty to ...
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• Canadian court delays bail decision for ex-Guantánamo detainee Omar Khadr

  05-05-2015 21:08
  
  Khadr, once the youngest prisoner at Guantánamo, fighting against government’s last-ditch attempt to keep him from leaving jail for the first time since 2002An appeals judge has said she needs more time to consider her decision on granting bail for a man who was once the youngest prisoner in Guantánamo Bay, giving Canada’s conservative government a 48-hour victory in its last-ditch attempt to keep Omar Khadr behind bars.Related: Canada appeals against bail for Omar Khadr, youngest ev
  
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• High Court halves SDT suspension of ‘passively complicit’ partner

  05-05-2015 18:21 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Karibo Lawson’s punishment found to be ‘extremely severe’ and his suspension is cut by a year.
  
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• Court halves SDT suspension of ‘passively complicit’ partner

  05-05-2015 18:21 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Karibo Lawson’s suspension cut by a year after SDT punishment found to be ‘extremely severe’.
  
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• France passes new surveillance law in wake of Charlie Hebdo attack

  05-05-2015 18:11
  
  Controversial new bill that allows intelligence agencies to tap phones and emails without judicial permission sparks protests from civil liberties groups
  The French parliament has overwhelmingly approved sweeping new surveillance powers in the wake of the terrorist attacks in Paris that killed 17 people at the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo and a kosher grocery in Paris.
  The new bill, which allows intelligence agencies to tap phones and emails without seeking permission from a judge, had spark
  
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• Litigation funder pledges £200m for new cases

  05-05-2015 16:46 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Third-party litigation funder says money will ‘transform’ the market.
  
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• Labour promises legal aid reversal for domestic violence victims

  05-05-2015 16:38 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Party says it will increase victim surcharge to return funding back to pre-April 2013 levels.
  
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• Labour promises cuts reversal for domestic violence victims

  05-05-2015 16:38 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Party says it will increase victim surcharge to return funding back to pre-April 2013 levels.
  
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• UK election: Ultra 'safe seat' for Narayan Murthy's son-in-law - Times of India

  05-05-2015 16:13
  
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  UK election: Ultra 'safe seat' for Narayan Murthy's son-in-law
  Times of India
  LONDON: Indian tech titan N R Narayana Murthy's son-in-law Rishi Sunak is all set to fill in heavyweight Tory leader and former foreign minister William Hague's large shoes. READ ALSO: ​Narayana Murthy's son-in-law leads Indian-origin MP list in UKen meer »
  
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• Nepal quake survivors face threat from human traffickers supplying sex trade

  05-05-2015 15:00
  
  Criminal networks using cover of rescue effort to target poor rural communities in country from which an estimated 15,000 girls are trafficked a year, warn NGOsTens of thousands of young women from regions devastated by the earthquake in Nepal are being targeted by human traffickers supplying a network of brothels across south Asia, campaigners in Kathmandu and affected areas say.The 7.8-magnitude quake, which killed more than 7,000 people, has devastated poor rural communities, with hundreds of
  
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• Immigration adviser convicted after pretending to be solicitor

  05-05-2015 14:14 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  District judge said Flora Mendes had ‘left a trail of destruction towards vulnerable people she left in her wake’.
  
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• Paralegal barred by SRA for taking client information

  05-05-2015 13:13 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  James Pickles was fined £300 last September for taking information whilst working at Jordans Solicitors.
  
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• Syria war: 'unthinkable atrocities' documented in report on Aleppo

  05-05-2015 12:47
  
  Regime accused of crimes against humanity and opposition groups accused of war crimes in Amnesty reportBashar al-Assad’s Syrian regime is committing war crimes and crimes against humanity by systematically using barrel bombs to kill civilians and destroy infrastructure in Aleppo, says Amnesty International.The accusations come in a report released on Tuesday, two days after the regime bombed a school and community centre in a rebel-held district in the city where students were sitting exams.Re
  
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• Syria government forces accused of war crimes for 'barrel bombs in Aleppo'

  05-05-2015 12:47
  
  Amnesty International report says use of indiscriminate weapon contravenes UN security resolution but Damascus denies projectiles exist
  Bashar al-Assad’s regime is committing war crimes by systematically using barrel bombs to kill Syrian civilians and destroy infrastructure in Aleppo, says Amnesty International.The accusations come in a report released on Tuesday, two days after the regime bombed a school and community centre in a rebel-held district in the city where students were sitting exa
  
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• Syria government forces accused of crimes against humanity in Aleppo

  05-05-2015 12:47
  
  Amnesty International report says Assad regime’s use of barrel bombs contravenes UN security resolution but Damascus denies projectiles exist
  Bashar al-Assad’s Syrian regime is committing war crimes and crimes against humanity by systematically using barrel bombs to kill civilians and destroy infrastructure in Aleppo, says Amnesty International.The accusations come in a report released on Tuesday, two days after the regime bombed a school and community centre in a rebel-held district in the
  
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• Legal ‘iPlayer’ as Supreme Court launches on-demand video service

  05-05-2015 11:46 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  The UK Supreme Court hopes the initiative will serve as an educational tool for lawyers and law students.
  
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• Legal ‘iPlayer’ as Supreme Court launches on-demand video

  05-05-2015 11:46 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  The UK Supreme Court hopes the initiative will serve as an educational tool for lawyers and law students.
  
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• The In-House lawyer debate - The sharp end - Legal Business (blog)

  05-05-2015 10:30
  Legal Business (blog)
  The In-House lawyer debate - The sharp end
  Legal Business (blog)
  LegalBusinessUK RT @drlangtry_girl: Actual shout of laughter at IDS. Asked where £12bn of welfare cuts are coming from 'we haven't done the work on it yet'… 28m • reply • retweet • favorite · LegalBusinessUK RT @thelegal500: NEW LAUNCH: Corporate ...en meer »
  
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• Life During Law - David Ereira - Legal Business (blog)

  05-05-2015 10:30
  Legal Business (blog)
  Life During Law - David Ereira
  Legal Business (blog)
  Legal Business is pleased to announce the launch of its first Commercial Litigation summit – a high-level event uniting advisers and general counsel to debate the key issues facing litigators in a risk-driven business environment. For more information ...en meer »
  
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• Nauru deported Digicel's general manager before blocking Facebook

  05-05-2015 07:16
  
  Lorna Roge reportedly replaced by Digicel after a dispute with Nauruan government over paymentThe Nauruan government revoked the visa of the general manager of Digicel and deported her just weeks before the provider began blocking Facebook and other websites.Sources on the island say Digicel was forced to replace its general manager on the island, Lorna Roge, after a dispute over payment with the Nauruan government.Continue reading...
  
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• Nauru cancelled visa of Digicel's general manager before blocking Facebook

  05-05-2015 07:16
  
  Lorna Roge reportedly replaced by telco provider after a dispute with Nauruan government over paymentThe Nauruan government revoked the visa of the general manager of Digicel just weeks before the provider began blocking Facebook and other websites.Sources on the island say Digicel was forced to replace its general manager on the island, Lorna Roge, after a dispute over payment with the Nauruan government.Continue reading...
  
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• Want to know about immigration detention? Then sue for negligence | Richard Ackland

  05-05-2015 05:27
  
  In the absence of administrative law remedies civil law actions for negiligence may, unfortunately, be asylum seekers’ best bet for redressThere are numerous individual common lawsuits alleging mistreatment and negligence of asylum seekers on the part of the government and its agents.However, public interest lawyer at Maurice Blackburn, Lizzie O’Shea, says there’s no “silver bullet” in the armoury of remedies available to asylum seekers and refugees. Continue reading...
  
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• Senior Burundi judge flees rather than approve president's candidacy

  05-05-2015 04:48
  
  Judge Sylvere Nimpagaritse said ‘in my soul and conscience’ he could not sign an illegal ruling after ‘enormous pressure and death threats’The vice-president of Burundi’s constitutional court – which was about to decide on the legality of a hugely contested third term for president Pierre Nkurunziza – fled the country on Monday.
  His dramatic departure comes only hours after police shot dead four protesters in the central African country where violence has left at least 13 dead in j
  
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• Supreme court puts archive of recordings of past cases online

  05-05-2015 01:01
  
  Court hopes free video-on-demand service, making recordings available for up to one year, will be educational resource and help save legal costs
  The supreme court is to make recordings of past cases available online as a free video archive.
  The final court of appeal in the UK has led the way in televising court hearings, although until now it has broadcast only live hearings. Continue reading...
  
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• Clinton willing to testify once to Benghazi panel -lawyer - Yahoo News UK

  05-05-2015 00:13
  
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  Clinton willing to testify once to Benghazi panel -lawyer
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  Reuters/Reuters - Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton delivers the keynote address at the 18th Annual David N. Dinkins Leadership and Public Policy Forum at Columbia University in New York April …more 29, 2015. REUTERS/Brendan ...en meer »
  
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