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• Take Note: Amended UK Insolvency Law Now In Force! - The National Law Review

  26-05-2015 23:10
  
  Take Note: Amended UK Insolvency Law Now In Force!
  The National Law Review
  On 26 May 2015 new UK insolvency law changes take effect and all insolvency practitioners and stakeholders should be aware of these amended rules which apply from today onwards. Read on to make sure you are up to date! The previous government ...en meer »
  
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• Tories putting civil liberties under threat, warns Nick Clegg

  26-05-2015 23:00
  
  Former Lib Dem leader tries to rally bruised party with pledge to defend human rights as Tories go it alone with Queen’s speech for the first time since 1996
  Nick Clegg will on Wednesday emerge from the disaster of the general election to warn MPs that Britain’s civil liberties hang in the balance, promising to fight measures expected in the Queen’s speech that may compromise Britain’s commitment to the European convention on human rights.Clegg has said nothing in public since he resigne
  
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• UK 'Flash Crash' Trader's Lawyer Says Bail Conditions 'Illegal' - Wall Street Journal

  26-05-2015 21:21
  
  UK 'Flash Crash' Trader's Lawyer Says Bail Conditions 'Illegal'
  Wall Street Journal
  A lawyer representing Navinder Singh Sarao, the U.K. trader arrested on charges of manipulating futures prices and contributing to the market “flash-crash” in 2010, said the £5 million ($7.7 million) bail set by U.K. judges was illegal because Mr ...en meer »
  
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• Michael Gove must take radical steps to cut the prison population | Letter from Terry Waite, Benedict Birnberg and Antonio Ferrara of the Prison Video Trust

  26-05-2015 19:45
  
  We are one of the small band of charities whose heroic efforts Denis MacShane praises in his passionate plea for a prisons policy that makes practical sense, reduces recidivism and takes politics out of prisons (Opinion, 21 May). We have been going since 1991, with the encouragement of the prison service, making educational videos and DVDs for distribution in our prisons. In our early years we had a small public grant but for the last 12 years have been entirely dependent on charitable donations
  
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• US supreme court to review murder case that excluded all potential black jurors

  26-05-2015 18:59
  
  Prosecution removed four African Americans from jury selection process, circling word ‘black’ on their questionnaires in 1987 capital case of Timothy WhiteThe US supreme court has agreed to review a case in which a Georgia prosecutor is accused of striking out all prospective black jurors from a 1987 capital trial involving a black defendant and a white victim.
  Forty-two prospective jurors were available, four of whom were black – and all four were removed by the prosecution during jury se
  
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• Supreme court to review murder case that excluded all potential black jurors

  26-05-2015 18:59
  
  Prosecution removed four African Americans from jury selection process, circling word ‘black’ on their questionnaires in 1987 capital case of Timothy WhiteThe US supreme court has agreed to review a case in which a Georgia prosecutor is accused of striking out all prospective black jurors from a 1987 capital trial involving a black defendant and a white victim.
  Forty-two prospective jurors were available, four of whom were black – and all four were removed by the prosecution during jury se
  
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• US supreme court to hear crucial Texas electoral redistricting case

  26-05-2015 18:22
  
  Districts based on total population violate ‘one person, one vote’, say plaintiffs
  Case could be significant for states with large immigrant populations The US supreme court agreed on Tuesday to hear an important case about whether states must count only those who are eligible to vote, rather than the total population, when drawing electoral districts for their legislatures. Continue reading...
  
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• The Queen's speech: your bill-by-bill guide to the next parliament

  26-05-2015 18:21
  
  A slim majority of 12 is still enough for the Conservative government to pursue its manifesto policies and some of the bills that failed under the coalitionWednesday’s state opening of parliament will mark the first day of the new parliamentary year. The Queen will read a speech written by the new Conservative government, setting out its agenda for the coming session.Continue reading...
  
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• Tory plans to block online porn could breach EU law - RT

  26-05-2015 18:04
  
  RT
  Tory plans to block online porn could breach EU law
  RT
  Prime Minister David Cameron's plans to automatically block online pornography may soon be made illegal under EU law, a leaked memo has revealed. Cameron proposes to introduce legislation forcing internet service providers (ISPs) to enact filters which ...en meer »
  
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• London firms moving fee-earners to regions – report

  26-05-2015 17:57 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Despite the market for London offices in the legal sector booming, the northshoring wave among law firms continues.
  
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• Kenyan lawyer offers livestock to wed Obama's daughter: report - Yahoo News UK

  26-05-2015 17:50
  
  Yahoo News UK
  Kenyan lawyer offers livestock to wed Obama's daughter: report
  Yahoo News UK
  A Kenyan lawyer has offered US president Barack Obama 50 cows and other assorted livestock in exchange for his 16-year old daughter Malia's hand in marriage, a report said Tuesday. Felix Kiprono said he was willing to pay 50 cows, 70 sheep and 30 ...en meer »
  
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• Prosecutors examining claims that police spied on sister after death of her brother

  26-05-2015 17:08
  
  Police officers could face prosecution after sister of Christopher Alder allegedly placed under improper surveillanceProsecutors are examining allegations that police improperly monitored the sister of a former paratrooper who died on the floor of a police station.The allegations have been passed to the Crown Prosecution Service by the police watchdog, the Independent Police Complaints Commission, following a two-year investigation. Continue reading...
  
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• Senior Labour peer plans to bring back assisted dying bill to House of Lords

  26-05-2015 16:15
  
  Lord Falconer keen to retable stalled legislation following death of British man at Dignitas clinic in Switzerland
  Lord Falconer, the shadow Lord Chancellor, has said he would like to bring back his failed Assisted Dying Bill after a British businessman travelled to the Swiss clinic Dignitas to end his life.Falconer, who served as Lord Chancellor under Tony Blair, criticised the fact that Jeffrey Spector, 54, had to go abroad for help to end his life after learning his cancer had worsened. Conti
  
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• Labour peer plans to bring back assisted dying bill to House of Lords

  26-05-2015 16:15
  
  Lord Falconer keen to retable stalled legislation following death of British man at Dignitas clinic in Switzerland
  Lord Falconer, the shadow jord chancellor, has said he would like to bring back his failed assisted dying bill after a British businessman travelled to the Swiss clinic Dignitas to end his life.Falconer, who served as lord chancellor under Tony Blair, criticised the fact that Jeffrey Spector, 54, had to go abroad for help to end his life after learning his cancer had worsened. Conti
  
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• Amazon gets onside of new law and will pay UK taxes on UK sales - euronews

  26-05-2015 15:31
  
  euronews
  Amazon gets onside of new law and will pay UK taxes on UK sales
  euronews
  Online retailer Amazon has become the first tech multinational of its kind to abandon much-criticised corporate structures that allow it to avoid paying corporation tax in Britain. For the last 11 years Amazon has booked its UK sales in Luxembourg ...en meer »
  
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• Professional negligence warning over costs budgeting

  26-05-2015 15:26 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Survey shows only one in 10 commercial litigators made an application to revise agreed costs budget upwards.
  
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• Lawyer for U.K. 'Flash Crash' Trader Says Bail Conditions 'Illegal' - Nasdaq

  26-05-2015 15:22
  Lawyer for U.K. 'Flash Crash' Trader Says Bail Conditions 'Illegal'
  Nasdaq
  A lawyer representing Navinder Singh Sarao, the U.K. trader arrested on charges of manipulating futures prices and contributing to the market "flash-crash" in 2010, said the 5 million pound ($7.7 million) bail set by U.K. judges was illegal because Mr ...en meer »
  
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• Immigration lawyer who lied to court struck off

  26-05-2015 14:09 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Benny Thomas, a former senior partner at Consilium Chambers, guilty of ‘highest level of offending behaviour’.
  
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• 'The UK is becoming the world leader in censorship', says obscenity lawyer ... - The Independent

  26-05-2015 13:06
  
  The Independent
  'The UK is becoming the world leader in censorship', says obscenity lawyer ...
  The Independent
  Britain is at the cutting-edge of censorship, it has been claimed, as government plans to implement ID-based age checks for pornography websites gather pace. A scheme put forward by the porn industry would see users forced to verify their identity ...en meer »
  
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• Plea to help journalists report civil appeals

  26-05-2015 12:13 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Proposal that parties should bring two extra copies of skeleton arguments for court reporters.
  
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• E-conveyancing portal to begin rollout today

  26-05-2015 07:33 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Veyo's first users will be firms that have already placed orders, followed by those that have registered interest.
   
   
  
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• Tim Carmody can't demand reform as part of his severance package | Mark Bahnisch

  26-05-2015 04:32
  
  The embattled Queensland chief justice’s bluster over court modernisation shows he fails to understand the separation of powers Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen famously had some difficulty explaining the concept of the separation of powers. Perhaps he could be forgiven, as the Westminster maxim was all too often belied by practice in the Sunshine State. The upper house of parliament, an unelected rump, was swamped by a Labor “suicide squad” in 1922 and abolished. Parliament was too often supine to
  
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• Man who killed himself at Dignitas explains decision in film

  26-05-2015 02:52
  
  Businessman Jeffrey Spector, who was diagnosed with inoperable tumour on his spine that would have led to paralysis, used film to discuss assisted dying
  A businessman with an inoperable tumour has killed himself at an assisted dying clinic in Switzerland – after spending his last seven days making a film for his widow and three children. Jeffrey Spector died on Monday, six years after he was diagnosed with an inoperable tumour that was growing near his spinal column.Continue reading...
  
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• International firms step up social mobility efforts

  26-05-2015 01:16 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  ‘Contextual’ recruitment tool allows firms to identify potential bias in their selection process.
  
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• Legal experts call for greater scrutiny of surveillance laws

  26-05-2015 01:01
  
  Government must not repeat mistakes of previous administrations, but instead must have ‘an open and transparent assessment and critique of UK surveillance powers,’ academics sayAn alliance of prominent academics have signed a letter to the government warning against any expansions of state surveillance without the full involvement of parliament and the public.The letter’s 38 signatories, led by LSE law professor Andrew Murray and University of East Anglia lecturer in IT law Paul Bernal, ca
  
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