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• This British bill of rights could end the UK | Philippe Sands

  14-05-2015 21:32
  
  The Tories’ plans would leave some people in the United Kingdom with more rights than others. This is clearly untenableDavid Cameron has given Michael Gove the task of scrapping the Human Rights Act and curtailing the role of the European court of human rights. Gove, the new justice secretary, is probably unaware of how poisonous are the contents of the chalice passed into his hands. And Cameron wants a draft bill within the first 100 days of his new government.Adopted in 1998, the Human Right
  
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• Wake up to the risks of losing human rights | Letters

  14-05-2015 20:16
  
  I would like to commend the Guardian for drawing attention to the issues regarding the Human Rights Act in Northern Ireland (Scrapping Human Rights Act ‘would breach Good Friday agreement, 11 May). As an elected member of the Northern Ireland assembly and justice spokesperson for the Alliance party, I feel it is imperative that I speak up for the people of Northern Ireland against what is ultimately a populist and ill-conceived plan to remove a fundamental part of the UK’s constitution. For
  
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• How do you make millions by doing good? Becoming a whistleblower lawyer

  14-05-2015 19:39
  
  Students and law firms take full advantage of prospect of billion-dollar ‘whistleblower bounties’ US agencies dole out for valuable corporate informationHow does one make millions by doing good? By becoming a financial whistleblower. Hoping to cut down on corporate fraud and increase compliance, US agencies like the US Securities Exchange Commission are using financial incentives to increase the number of corporate whistleblowers. These efforts haven’t succeeded in creating just more whist
  
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• How do you make millions by doing good? Become a whistleblower lawyer

  14-05-2015 19:39
  
  Students and law firms take full advantage of prospect of billion-dollar ‘whistleblower bounties’ US agencies dole out for valuable corporate informationHow does one make millions by doing good? By becoming a financial whistleblower. Hoping to cut down on corporate fraud and increase compliance, US agencies like the US Securities Exchange Commission are using financial incentives to increase the number of corporate whistleblowers. These efforts haven’t succeeded in creating just more whist
  
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• How do you make millions by doing good? Become a whistleblower

  14-05-2015 19:39
  
  Employees and law firms take full advantage of prospect of billion-dollar ‘whistleblower bounties’ US agencies dole out for valuable corporate informationHow does one make millions by doing good? By becoming a financial whistleblower. Hoping to cut down on corporate fraud and increase compliance, US agencies like the US Securities Exchange Commission are using financial incentives to increase the number of corporate whistleblowers. These efforts haven’t succeeded in creating just more whis
  
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• U.K. updates cybercrime law allowing for life in prison sentence - SC Magazine

  14-05-2015 18:51
  
  U.K. updates cybercrime law allowing for life in prison sentence
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  Cyber criminals in the U.K. could receive a life sentence for their crimes after updates were issued to the country's Computer Misuse Act earlier this month. The recent amendment says a person could deserve life in prison if they have committed an ...
  
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• Judges unveiled for Excellence Awards

  14-05-2015 17:30 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Law Society Excellence Awards ceremony takes place in October.
  
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• Judges announced for Excellence Awards

  14-05-2015 17:30 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Law Society Excellence Awards ceremony takes place in October.
  
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• Profits surge at University of Law

  14-05-2015 16:22 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  UK’s first for-profit university posts hefty trading surplus as asset sales cut debt.
  
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• Lawyer: Amtrak train engineer doesn't remember deadly wreck - Yahoo Finance UK

  14-05-2015 16:08
  
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  Lawyer: Amtrak train engineer doesn't remember deadly wreck
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  PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- The engineer at the controls of the speeding Amtrak train that lurched off the tracks in Philadelphia, killing at least seven people, has no recollection of the crash and wasn't on his cellphone or using drugs or alcohol, his ...en meer »
  
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• LASPO bites again as redundancies threaten insurance team

  14-05-2015 15:40 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Top-40 practice Hill Dickinson cites a ‘considerable market change’ and places 30 staff at risk.
  
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• This pursuit of the hungry shows the monstrous side of modern Britain | Joanna Blythman

  14-05-2015 13:28
  
  The prosecution of Paul and Kerry Barker for taking food from bins has removed Tesco’s caring mask. Compassion instead came from the residing judgeIn the BBC’s recent Poldark drama, Jim Carter, an unemployed tin miner, is caught poaching the local gentry’s rabbit to feed his hungry family. Despite pleas for clemency Jim is made an example of by the judge, sentenced to two years, and subsequently dies in jail, paying the ultimate penalty for a minor food theft.Perhaps someone at the Hetton
  
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• The cardinal is right: the law and mercy are one and the same - Catholic Herald Online (blog)

  14-05-2015 12:45
  Catholic Herald Online (blog)
  The cardinal is right: the law and mercy are one and the same
  Catholic Herald Online (blog)
  Last Sunday evening the Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster visited Farm Street and preached at the evening Mass. This evening Mass is sometimes referred to as “the gay Mass”, though of course it is no such thing. But it is a Mass at which several ...
  
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• The benefits of studying copyright law? They're patently obvious

  14-05-2015 11:09
  
  Copyright law is at the centre of huge music and tech disputes – and its complexity forces students to become creativeWe all enjoy reading books, watching films and listening to music. But in truth, we enjoy what copyright law allows us to.And, as Pharrell Williams, Robin Thicke and rapper TI found out in March, there are many blurred lines – and these can provide opportunities for lawyers. Related: Careers for the 21st century law studentRelated: What A-levels and work experience do you nee
  
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• Google must be more open on 'right to be forgotten', academics warn in letter

  14-05-2015 10:00
  
  Open letter signed by 80 experts in technology and data law argues for more public scrutiny over Google’s handling of removal requestsGoogle needs to be more transparent in the way it handles so-called “right to be forgotten” requests, with 80 leading academics writing an open letter that accuses the firm of developing its policies “in the dark”.In the detailed and strongly worded four-page letter shared with the Guardian, experts in technology law, data protection and philosophy claim
  
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• Dear Google: open letter from 80 academics on 'right to be forgotten'

  14-05-2015 10:00
  
  Full text of the letter demanding more transparency from Google over how it processes ‘right to be forgotten’ requestsIt is one year since the European Court of Justice ruled that citizens have the right to request that Google remove links to information about them if these are out of date, misreprentative or irrelevant. But some of the world’s most expert academics claim that Google has not been transparent enough in how it is responding to requests for delisting, and 80 academics from ar
  
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• Argentinian judges back colleague, 97, amid row over his competence

  14-05-2015 05:04
  
  Carlos Fayt’s absences from the bench questioned as country’s president calls for investigation of his mental and physical stateArgentina’s supreme court judges are backing a 97-year-old fellow justice amid government claims he is physically and mentally incapable of remaining in his post.Carlos Fayt is the oldest member of the court. The government has been questioning his absence at recent hearings, including one in April to confirm the panel’s president, Ricardo Lorenzetti. Continue r
  
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• Jackson: costs management is here to stay

  14-05-2015 01:16 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Leading judge says hostility to his reforms is reducing, but recommends some judicial discretion.
  
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