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• British lawyer killed in Amazon boat crash: Trial begins - AOL Travel UK

  08-05-2015 22:15
  
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  British lawyer killed in Amazon boat crash: Trial begins
  AOL Travel UK
  A British lawyer was killed in a boat crash while on holiday in the Amazon - and now her husband has returned to Brazil to attend a trial of two boat drivers charged with her manslaughter. Gillian Metcalf died in September 2013 when two boats collided ...en meer »
  
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• Court reserves judgment in dispute over dead daughter's frozen eggs

  08-05-2015 20:07
  
  Couple argue that daughter never wavered in her wish that her mother should carry her child after her deathA judge is taking time to decide whether a mother can use her dead daughter’s frozen eggs in an attempt to give birth to her own grandchild.
  The judge reserved judgment after a one-day hearing at London’s high court on Friday in what is believed to be the first case of its kind. Continue reading...
  
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• Illinois justices overturn state's landmark 2013 pension law - Yahoo News UK

  08-05-2015 18:34
  
  Illinois justices overturn state's landmark 2013 pension law
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  SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Illinois Supreme Court on Friday struck down a 2013 law that sought to fix the nation's worst government-employee pension crisis, a ruling that forces the state to find another way to overcome a massive budget deficit.en meer »
  
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• Blake Morgan boosts London presence with merger

  08-05-2015 16:53 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Top-50 firm Blake Morgan announced today it is to merge with London-based commercial firm Piper Smith Watton.
  
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• Firm leaves QS network to 'develop own brand'

  08-05-2015 16:31 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  North west practice opts for independence rather than be part of the national network.
  
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• Why Google and other tech giants are creating tools for political dissidents

  08-05-2015 16:11
  
  After taking fire for caving to repressive regimes on data privacy, can the tech industry rehabilitate its reputation? When Saudi Arabia announced plans to flog dissident blogger Raif Badawi earlier this year, Badawi’s wife, Ensaf Haidar, and his sister, Samar Badawi, took to the internet, joining Movements.org. An online platform set up to crowdsource human rights support from around the world, the site isn’t the brainchild of an activist organization or a nonprofit. Rather, it is the produ
  
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• UK Election: Narayana Murthy's son-in-law becomes MP - onmanorama

  08-05-2015 14:49
  
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  UK Election: Narayana Murthy's son-in-law becomes MP
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  London: A record number of 10 Indian-origin candidates including Keith Vaz, Priti Patel and Infosys co-founder Narayana Murthy's son-in-law were today elected to the British Parliament. Prominent Labour candidates like long-serving MPs Keith Vaz ...en meer »
  
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• High court battle over dead daughter's frozen eggs

  08-05-2015 14:46
  
  Mother is challenging regulator’s refusal to allow her to take daughter’s eggs to US to become pregnant with her own grandchildA mother has launched a legal battle for possession of her dead daughter’s frozen eggs so that she can become pregnant with her own grandchild.
  A high court judge was told how the daughter, while “suffering terribly” from terminal cancer, never wavered in her wish that her mother should carry her child after her death and would have been “devastated” if she
  
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• Former student fails in legal challenge over Oxford's handling of rape claims

  08-05-2015 13:56
  
  Court refuses Elizabeth Ramey permission to bring judicial review challenge of policy she says allows university to avoid investigating sexual assault allegationsA former Oxford student has failed in her attempt to overturn the university’s policy on investigating complaints of rape and sexual assault. The high court in London refused Elizabeth Ramey permission to bring a judicial review challenge. She had claimed that the university’s approach of refusing to conduct an inquiry except in ext
  
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• UK polls: NR Narayana Murthy elated over son-in-law Rishi Sunak's victory - Economic Times

  08-05-2015 13:48
  
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  UK polls: NR Narayana Murthy elated over son-in-law Rishi Sunak's victory
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  BENGALURU: Exultant over his son-in-law Rishi Sunak's victory in UK general elections, IT czar and Infosys co-founder N R Narayana Murthy today expressed confidence in his ability to perform well as an MP while noting that he has "big shoes" to fill.
  Narayan Murthy 'very happy' with son-in-law's victory in UK electionsThe Hindu
  Infosys' NR Narayana Murthy elated o
  
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• 'Snoopers' charter' in line for return after Conservative win

  08-05-2015 13:29 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Home secretary says Communications Data Bill can be revived after coalition partner removed by voters.
  
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• Narayan Murthy 'very happy' with son-in-law's victory in UK elections - The Hindu

  08-05-2015 13:06
  
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  Narayan Murthy 'very happy' with son-in-law's victory in UK elections
  The Hindu
  Infosys founder Narayana Murthy on Friday said he was "very happy" with the victory of his son-in-law, Rishi Sunak, in the British Parliament election. Mr. Sunak, representing the Conservative Party, won from Foreign Secretary William Hague's ...
  Infosys' NR Narayana Murthy elated over son-in-law's win in UK electionsIndia Today
  UK polls: NR Narayana Murthy elated over son
  
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• Narayana Murthy's son-in-law has just become a UK member of Parliament - Quartz

  08-05-2015 12:45
  
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  Narayana Murthy's son-in-law has just become a UK member of Parliament
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  By some accounts, Rishi Sunak, a 34-year-old Oxford and Stanford graduate, was part of a Conservative Party experiment to increase the ranks of minority politicians in an organisation that is still overwhelmingly white. And by all accounts, it is an ...
  UK polls: NR Narayana Murthy elated over son-in-law Rishi Sunak's victoryEconomic Times
  Narayan Murthy 'very happy' with son-in-law's victor
  
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• Top-100 firms rethink global expansion plans

  08-05-2015 11:52 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Steep decline in interest in Russia and Sub Saharan Africa.
  
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• Protest at Venezuelan lawyer's detention

  08-05-2015 10:45 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  International Bar Association says arrest violates international 'client's cause' standards. 
  
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• Justice minister Hughes suffers painful election defeat

  08-05-2015 10:35 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Commons will have at least three new solicitor MPs.
  
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• Hughes suffers election defeat as Grayling eyes MoJ return

  08-05-2015 10:35 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Commons will have several new solicitor MPs after remarkable election.
  
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• Hughes suffers election defeat as Grayling eyes justice return

  08-05-2015 10:35 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Commons will have at least three new solicitor MPs.
  
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• Delays in Court of Protection 'readily tolerated' - Munby

  08-05-2015 09:22 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  President of Family Division calls for changes to procedure and behaviour in the court to mirror those in family court.
  
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• China's draft national security law calls for cyberspace 'sovereignty' - Yahoo News UK

  08-05-2015 07:55
  
  Yahoo News UK
  China's draft national security law calls for cyberspace 'sovereignty'
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  Reuters - A map of China is seen through a magnifying glass on a computer screen showing binary digits in Singapore in this January 2, 2014 photo illustration. REUTERS/Edgar Su. BEIJING (Reuters) - China has included cybersecurity in a draft national ...en meer »
  
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• Salman Khan’s case sends a message: India’s elite are not above the law| Priya Virmani

  08-05-2015 03:30
  
  13 years after a homeless man was killed in a hit-and-run incident, the Bollywood star’s jail sentence could mean that the end to legal impunity for the rich is nearThe Bollywood star Salman Khan has been sentenced to five years in prison after been convicted of all seven charges against him relating to a hit-and-run incident that happened in 2002. Khan, who has starred in many blockbusters since the 1980s, is among India’s most celebrated cultural figures. It was widely thought that Khan’
  
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• Republicans put plans to reauthorise Patriot Act on hold after court ruling

  08-05-2015 00:18
  
  US appeal court rules NSA bulk data collection illegal under old lawSenate Republicans scramble for short-term fix on surveillanceSenate Republicans have conceded they may have to temporarily suspend plans for a long-term reauthorisation of the Patriot Act after a court ruling against its use by the National Security Agency dramatically turned around the prospects for surveillance reform in Washington.
  Three US appeal court judges threw the existing plan – to extend the NSA’s power to collec
  
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