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• Woman Admits Killing Gay Tryst Lawyer In Hotel - Yahoo News UK

  28-05-2015 20:58
  
  Yahoo News UK
  Woman Admits Killing Gay Tryst Lawyer In Hotel
  Yahoo News UK
  A woman who posed as a man to lure a newlywed lawyer into a bogus gay tryst at a boutique hotel, before stabbing him to death, has admitted his murder. Jamyra Gallmon knifed David Messerschmitt repeatedly in the abdomen, groin and heart during a ...en meer »
  
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• Keir Starmer defends Human Rights Act in maiden Commons speech

  28-05-2015 20:21
  
  Former director of public prosecutions says it is poor, vulnerable and bullied people who would be affected by repealing the Human Rights ActThe “put upon and the bullied” in society will suffer if the Tories press ahead with their manifesto pledge to scrap the Human Rights Act, former director of public prosecutions Sir Keir Starmer has said.As the justice secretary Michael Gove insisted that the government was determined to reform Britain’s human rights laws, Starmer used his House of Co
  
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• Despair, and a little hope, at the Queen’s speech | Letters

  28-05-2015 20:16
  
  The government’s decision to omit from the Queen’s speech the Conservative election pledge to scrap the Human Rights Act and to replace it with a British bill of rights, should be welcomed (Report, 28 May). A single message should emerge loud and clear from the consultation process which will take place instead. While the Human Rights Act may not be perfect, there is no credible case for its repeal. To do so would create significantly greater problems than would be solved, for the people of
  
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• New UK law would give government access to encrypted Internet messaging apps - Ars Technica UK (blog)

  28-05-2015 17:15
  
  Ars Technica UK (blog)
  New UK law would give government access to encrypted Internet messaging apps
  Ars Technica UK (blog)
  The new Investigatory Powers Bill, announced in yesterday's Queen's Speech, will include legislation to force Internet companies to give access to encrypted conversations of suspected terrorists and criminals. According to The Telegraph: "New laws will ...
  Snooper's charter: New UK law to tackle terroristsgulfnews.comalle 7 nieuwsartikelen »
  
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• High-profile public law firm to close

  28-05-2015 15:40 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Birmingham practice has fought against controversial decisions made by public authorities for nearly 12 years.
  
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• Scotland bill may give Holyrood veto over Human Rights Act repeal

  28-05-2015 15:24
  
  Provision in bill will establish in law a convention that Westminster seeks consent for legislation relating to Scottish mattersDavid Cameron has strengthened the ability of the Scottish government to block Tory plans to repeal the Human Rights Act, in a move that has caused alarm in some parts of Whitehall.A brief, little-noticed provision in the Scotland bill, which implements the findings of the cross-party Smith commission, will establish in law a convention that Westminster seeks the consen
  
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• Microsoft would weigh UK encryption law, lawyer says - The Hill

  28-05-2015 14:40
  
  Microsoft would weigh UK encryption law, lawyer says
  The Hill
  Microsoft is weighing how best to balance the privacy of its users with proposed laws, including one in the United Kingdom, that could curb its business unless it agrees to certain limits on encryption, the company's top lawyer said Wednesday. Brad ...en meer »
  
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• Fifteen drivers to be prosecuted for filming lorry collision on A14

  28-05-2015 14:01
  
  Figures show tenfold increase in six years in number of people facing charges for using a mobile phone behind the wheelAt least 15 motorists are to be prosecuted for using a mobile phone to take pictures or video of a four-lorry pile-up. The collision happened on the A14 between Histon and Girton, in Cambridgeshire, at about 5.45am on Thursday and involved a lorry carrying seven and a half tonnes of teddy bears. Two of the lorry drivers suffered minor injuries.This is what was left this morning
  
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• 15 motorists to be prosecuted for filming multi-lorry traffic collision

  28-05-2015 14:01
  
  Figures show 10-fold increase in number of people prosecuted for using a mobile phone while driving in recent years At least 15 motorists are to be prosecuted for using a mobile phone to take pictures or video of a four-lorry pile-up. The collision happened on the A14 between Histon and Girton, in Cambridgeshire, at about 5.45am on Thursday and involved one lorry which was carrying seven-and-a-half tonnes of teddy bears. Two of the lorry drivers suffered minor injuries.This is what was left this
  
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• Criminal defence giant targets north-west

  28-05-2015 14:00 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Cartwright King merger with Garstangs Burrows Bussin will lead to firm employing 250 staff across 17 offices.
  
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• Gateley to go public on 8 June

  28-05-2015 13:56 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  National commercial firm announces stock exchange listing date and share price.
  
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• Hollywood studios sued for recycling old movie soundtracks

  28-05-2015 13:02
  
  A new lawsuit claims that classic film scores have been illegally reused in films from Bridesmaids to Argo The American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada has accused major Hollywood studios of recycling old soundtracks in a new lawsuit launched this week. Related: Settling a score: movie soundtracks that should be removedContinue reading...
  
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• Washington wisdom on data collection shown up by Justice Department verdict

  28-05-2015 13:00
  
  The inspector general’s report undermines the Beltway consensus that expiring portions of Patriot Act are crucial counter-terrorism toolsFor all the acrimony over the future contours of US domestic surveillance, a consensus has emerged: the expiring portions of the Patriot Act that do not govern the mass collection of US phone records are critical counter-terrorism tools.
  The only dissent from that consensus: the Justice Department’s internal watchdog, which has found that a provision herald
  
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• Blacklisted workers seek to prise open secrets of covert police surveillance

  28-05-2015 12:51
  
  Trade unionists blacklisted by major firms are pushing for the public inquiry into undercover policing to examine alleged collusion between covert police officers and company directorsBlacklisted workers have intensified their campaign to uncover the extent of secret police surveillance operations against them.Covert police officers are alleged to have passed information they gathered on the trade unionists to multi-national firms who maintained a secret and unlawful blacklist. Related: On the b
  
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• Tesco Facing 'Substantial' Shareholder Damages Claim in the U.K. - Bloomberg

  28-05-2015 10:43
  
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  Tesco Facing 'Substantial' Shareholder Damages Claim in the U.K.
  Bloomberg
  Tesco Plc is facing the threat of a shareholder damages claim in the U.K. over the 263 million-pound ($404 million) profit overstatement that plunged Britain's biggest retailer into crisis last year. A vehicle set up by U.S. law firm Scott & Scott to ...en meer »
  
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• Tim Carmody cancels contentious talk on judicial reforms due to wife's illness

  28-05-2015 10:19
  
  Queensland chief justice was said to have planned to use the speech to present his vision for changes to courts, which form part of his proposed resignation deal The Queensland chief justice, Tim Carmody, has cancelled his appearance at a legal conference where he was to deliver a contentious speech to a closed audience including a judge he purportedly referred to as a “fat fuck” and another who recorded the remark.It emerged on Thursday that Carmody would not attend the conference on Hamilt
  
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• New York judge asked to rule on whether chimps are 'persons' – video

  28-05-2015 08:32
  
  Animal rights activists are arguing that a chimp can be a 'person'. The two chimps in question are being used as research subjects at a state university in New York. The activists hope a judge will rule the chimps be freed, allowing them to be taken to an animal sanctuary in Florida. An attorney for the state argues that the chimps, named Leo and Hercules, are not human Continue reading...
  
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• Scaling the heights – partner promotions at the UK's largest law firms go ... - Legal Week

  28-05-2015 01:18
  
  Legal Week
  Scaling the heights – partner promotions at the UK's largest law firms go ...
  Legal Week
  With the number of appointments climbing by 8%, what are the key trends to emerge from this year's haul? Nobody said making partner was easy. But for those willing to put in the hours and sacrifice weekends and evenings in return for an ownership stake ...
  
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