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• Many migrant families held by US could soon be free from detention 'nightmare'

  11-05-2015 23:49
  
  Crisis talks under way to resolve fate of undocumented mothers and children in Texas and Pennsylvania allegedly detained in violation of child protection lawsOne thousand undocumented mothers and children currently detained in immigration centers in Texas and Pennsylvania could be freed imminently at the order of a federal judge, unless the US government can avert the crisis in its immigration policy over the next 10 days.Emergency talks were under way in Washington on Monday between US immigrat
  
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• 1,000 migrants held by US could soon be freed from detention 'nightmare'

  11-05-2015 23:49
  
  Crisis talks under way to resolve fate of undocumented mothers and children in Texas and Pennsylvania allegedly detained in violation of child protection lawsOne thousand undocumented mothers and children currently detained in immigration centers in Texas and Pennsylvania could be freed imminently at the order of a federal judge, unless the US government can avert the crisis in its immigration policy over the next 10 days.Emergency talks were under way in Washington on Monday between US immigrat
  
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• Starbucks not liable in case of police officer who spilled hot coffee in his lap

  11-05-2015 21:05
  
  Jury says coffee chain owes Raleigh, North Carolina police lieutenant Matt Kohr nothing after he said he suffered third-degree burns three years agoA jury in North Carolina said Starbucks was not liable for damages after a Raleigh police officer said he suffered third-degree burns from a cup of coffee spilling in his lap three years ago.Lieutenant Matt Kohr had sought damages of up to $750,000 from the coffee company, but the jury decided 10-2 on Monday that Starbucks owed him nothing. Continue
  
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• Why the US needs black lawyers even more than it needs black police

  11-05-2015 20:45
  
  According to the American Bar Association, 88% of all lawyers are white and only 4.8% are black. This shouldn’t matter in principle – until it doesIn response to last year’s killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson, La June Montgomery Tabron, who heads WK Kellogg Foundation, one of the US’s largest philanthropies, issued a statement in which she astutely noted that deaths like Brown’s “demonstrate that the law enforcement and justice systems in our nation are broken.” Yet as the tally
  
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• UK law firm Zaiwalla eyes Indian clients - The Hindu

  11-05-2015 20:15
  
  UK law firm Zaiwalla eyes Indian clients
  The Hindu
  The United Kingdom-based international law firm Zaiwalla & Co Solicitors, having represented clients such as President of India, Governments of China and Iran as well as the Bachchans and the Gandhis, is now seeking to represent Indian business houses ...
  
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• Bar regulator seeks SRA-style powers over failing chambers

  11-05-2015 18:54 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  The Bar Standards Board proposes creating 'level playing field' with other regulators. 
  
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• Profits climb at JMW Solicitors

  11-05-2015 18:26 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  PEP rises to over £400k at Manchester firm, where income has almost doubled in five years.
  
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• Lawyer urges release of Tories' proposals for British bill of rights

  11-05-2015 17:26
  
  Martin Howe QC, who helped draft plans to scrap Human Rights Act, confirms 40-page draft is already in existenceThe lawyer who helped draft Conservative plans for scrapping the Human Rights Act has urged politicians to publish the detailed proposals as early as possible.Martin Howe QC, who has been a party parliamentary candidate, confirmed that a 40-page version of a draft new bill of rights is already in existence but cautioned that its eventual enactment will be a “complex and delicate” p
  
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• Falconer returns to front bench

  11-05-2015 17:04 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Tony Blair's lord chancellor replaces Sadiq Khan as shadow justice secretary.
  
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• Al Jazeera journalist sues employer for negligence - lawyer - Yahoo News UK

  11-05-2015 16:57
  
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  Al Jazeera journalist sues employer for negligence - lawyer
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  Reuters/Reuters - Al Jazeera journalist Mohamed Fahmy is seen outside of a court before a hearing in his trial in Cairo, February 23, 2015. REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih. CAIRO (Reuters) - An Al Jazeera television journalist on trial in Egypt has filed a ...en meer »
  
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• Tories' bid to scrap Human Rights Act looks simplistic and rushed

  11-05-2015 16:24
  
  Conservative plan to draft an abolition bill within 100 days could mean reforms are not ‘comprehensive and credible’ as promisedA battle is under way over the Conservatives’ plan to get the scrapping of the Human Rights Act into the government’s first Queen’s speech on 27 May.The new justice secretary, Michael Gove, is said to be determined to press ahead as quickly as possible with one of the most politically sensitive measures that had appeared to be only of academic interest before
  
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• George Clooney coming to Belfast with lawyer wife Amal - Belfast Telegraph

  11-05-2015 16:11
  
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  George Clooney coming to Belfast with lawyer wife Amal
  Belfast Telegraph
  Hollywood star George Clooney will join his barrister wife Amal when she travels to Belfast next month as part of the legal team representing the so-called 'hooded men'. Also in this Section. Armed men smash their way into Belfast home · Can you help ...en meer »
  
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• Gateley prepares for first law firm stock market offering

  11-05-2015 13:45 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Firm appoints bankers to advise on a £130m London float this year.
  
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• Gateley chief says PLC status offers ‘opportunity for growth’

  11-05-2015 13:45 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Firm appoints bankers to advise on a £130m London float this year.
  
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• Why human rights reform could trip up Michael Gove | Joshua Rozenberg

  11-05-2015 11:00
  
  Of all the tasks awaiting the new justice secretary – legal aid, building bridges with judges – scrapping the Human Rights Act is the trickiestThe most sensitive issue in Michael Gove’s in-tray as he arrives at the Ministry of Justice is human rights. The Conservatives were elected on a manifesto commitment to “scrap the Human Rights Act and curtail the role of the European court of human rights”. But there was little detail on how that might be achieved.And manifesto promises are not
  
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• Assange appeal rejected by Sweden's supreme court

  11-05-2015 10:09
  
  Ruling means arrest warrant against WikiLeaks founder over claims of rape and sexual assault will not be liftedSweden’s supreme court has rejected an appeal by Julian Assange over his arrest warrant for alleged rape and sexual assault.
  Sweden issued the warrant in 2010 following allegations from two Swedish women, one who said she was raped and another who alleged sexual assault. Related: Julian Assange: the fugitiveContinue reading...
  
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• Gove in at MoJ as Cameron prepares for a fight

  11-05-2015 07:16 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Second consecutive non-lawyer appointed to see through human rights reform.
  
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• From the archive, 11 May 1922: Ivy Williams, the first Englishwoman barrister

  11-05-2015 06:30
  
  Miss Ivy Williams of Inner Temple is the first female to be called to the bar of England and WalesThis is a notable day for Englishwomen, for to-night the first woman to earn the distinction was called to the English Bar. It was call-night at the Inner Temple, and at the head of the twenty-three students who have qualified was Miss Ivy Williams, B.C.L., M.A. (Oxford) and LL.D (London). She is the daughter of an Oxford solicitor and is herself a lecturer in law at an Oxford women’s college.
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• NZ lawyer calls for UK consular inquiry - SBS

  11-05-2015 06:08
  NZ lawyer calls for UK consular inquiry
  SBS
  The New Zealand lawyer for Bali death row inmate Lindsay Sandiford wants an inquiry into whether her UK consular officer may have prejudiced her case. Source: AAP. 11 May 2015 - 1:55 PM UPDATED 8 MINS AGO ...en meer »
  
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• Whiplash claims dip post-Jackson

  11-05-2015 01:01 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Whiplash claims registered with the government falls by 23% since the Jackson reforms.
  
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• Stress taking its toll on barristers, survey shows

  11-05-2015 01:01 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  One in eight barristers ‘emotionally exhausted’ and more than half do not sleep properly.
  
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• Stress takes its toll on barristers, says survey

  11-05-2015 01:01 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  One in eight barristers are ‘emotionally exhausted’ and more than half do not sleep properly.
  
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• Solicitors struggle with legal aid tender bids

  11-05-2015 01:01 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Solicitors struggled to meet the deadline for legal aid tender bids, with some firms working right down to the wire, the Gazette can reveal.
  
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• Commercial property: construction of conditional contracts

  11-05-2015 01:01 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  A recent judgment over the purchase of a Berkshire shopping centre adds some clarity to interpretation of conditional contracts.
  
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• £3.2bn claim lodged

  11-05-2015 01:01 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Magic circle firm Clifford Chance, New York firm Wachtell Lipton and international firm Steptoe & Johnson are acting in a £3.2bn claim lodged in the High Court last week by IT giant Hewlett-Packard against former executives of a UK company it acquired in 2011.
  
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