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• House conservatives offer plan to replace Obama's health law - Yahoo News UK

  04-06-2015 23:56
  
  House conservatives offer plan to replace Obama's health law
  Yahoo News UK
  WASHINGTON (AP) -- House conservatives offered their plan Thursday for repealing President Barack Obama's health care overhaul and replacing it with tax breaks and other changes. But they're divided over whether to replace that law's subsidies for ...en meer »
  
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• Advocacy group Cage takes legal action against Charity Commission

  04-06-2015 22:24
  
  Organisation that was linked to Islamic State killer Mohammed Emwazi says regulator exceeded its role by pressuring charities to cut tiesThe advocacy group Cage, which faced questions over its links to the Islamic State killer Mohammed Emwazi, has launched a legal action against the Charity Commission.Cage has commenced judicial review proceedings against the regulator, which it claims exceeded its role by pressuring other charities to cut their ties with the organisation. Continue reading...
  
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• A&O brings in bonus pot to take on US rivals

  04-06-2015 17:13 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  The magic circle firm made the change to lockstep as top UK firms seek to compete with their US counterparts.
  
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• MoJ hit with further £249m of cuts

  04-06-2015 16:23 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Ministry of Justice among the departments facing the deepest cuts after the chancellor pledged to find £3bn in savings this year.
  
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• Scotland match with Qatar to go ahead despite criticisms over fixture

  04-06-2015 15:47
  
  Scottish fans and trade unions have questioned the wisdom of a match with the hosts of the 2022 World Cup after reports of widespread human rights abusesA friendly football match between Scotland and Qatar will go ahead in Edinburgh on Friday despite widespread condemnation of the human rights abuses reported to be prevalent in the construction of venues and infrastructure for the 2022 World Cup. As the Guardian first revealed two years ago, Qatar’s building frenzy ahead of the international t
  
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• U.K. State Surveillance Powers Challenged Under Human Rights Law - TechCrunch

  04-06-2015 15:41
  
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  U.K. State Surveillance Powers Challenged Under Human Rights Law
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  The U.K. government is facing a legal challenge to surveillance legislation that was rushed through parliament last year. At the time the Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Bill (now DRIPA) was criticized for granting the government overly broad ...
  MPs bid to overturn UK surveillance law at the High CourtEngadget
  UK government in court to defend forced decryption lawThe Hill
  MPs begin challenge against
  
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• Will the UK leave the human rights convention? Three cases may decide | Joshua Rozenberg

  04-06-2015 14:15
  
  The European court of human rights is to hear three appeals against the UK government. The results will test David Cameron’s mettleMinutes after the prime minister refused to rule out leaving the European convention on human rights, the court that hears complaints under the convention announced that it is to consider two high-profile appeals against the UK government. Defeats for the government​ in either case – or in a third, which is to be heard next week – would strengthen the argumen
  
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• More top-100 firms post profit hikes

  04-06-2015 14:02 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Taylor Wessing, Fieldfisher and Bristows all enjoyed a bumper 2014/15.
  
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• How unlawful are quashed legal aid regulations?

  04-06-2015 12:38 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  The High Court quashed 2014 civil legal aid regulations but challenges to them may not be straightforward.
  
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• Legal highs: share your experiences

  04-06-2015 12:25
  
  Britain’s draft blanket ban on legal highs including laughing gas and poppers threatens to send the trade underground. Share your experiences of buying and taking legal highsBritain’s trade in legal highs is booming. Two new legal highs – synthetic chemical compounds that mimic the effects of drugs such as ecstasy and methamphetamines – are identified every week, with 101 new substances detected in 2014 alone. Britain’s ban on legal highs will include laughing gas and poppers as well a
  
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• How can journalists protect their confidential sources from exposure?

  04-06-2015 12:05
  
  Study provides 11-point framework to assess legal source protection frameworksIn an era when whistleblowers are under attack from the authorities and confidential sources are being compromised by state surveillance, how can the people who provide journalists with valuable information be protected?Some answers can be found in research carried out for Unesco by the World Editors Forum (WEF). The paper, called “Protecting journalism source in the digital age”, suggests a framework for assessing
  
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• MPs David Davis and Tom Watson in court challenge over surveillance Act

  04-06-2015 11:17
  
  The Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Act 2014 was rushed through parliament by the coialition government last JulyTwo MPs – the Conservative David Davis and Labour’s Tom Watson – are challenging emergency surveillance legislation passed by the coalition government last year.A high court hearing in London on Thursday aims to overturn powers introduced by the Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Act 2014 (Dripa) which was rushed through parliament last July. Continue reading...
  
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• Lawyers urged to treat litigants in person ‘with courtesy’

  04-06-2015 11:15 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Guidance issued by representative bodies also includes advice on dealing with McKenzie friends.
  
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• Assessing the legal implications of the digital single market

  04-06-2015 11:00
  
  The DSM regulation aims to level the playing field between US and European digital services. What must UK businesses do to take advantage?The European Union (EU) recently unveiled plans for a digital single market (DSM), which will affect all aspects of online business from e-commerce through to copyright rules. Through the subsequent enforcing legislation, the European Commission (EC) hopes to level the playing field between US and European digital businesses while removing the fragmentation an
  
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• Tony Abbott's 'with me or agin me' rhetoric cheapens citizenship debate

  04-06-2015 08:54
  
  Prime minister’s assertion that Labor is weak on terrorism unless it supports stripping dual-national jihadists of citizenship makes a mockery of real national security interestsTwo little windows might shed some light on all this shouting in the dark about Australian citizenship, and the circumstances in which it might be taken away.First, this is not a debate between people who want to keep Australia safe by stopping foreign fighters from returning and weaklings who want to lay out a welcome
  
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• SRA 'loosens the grip' on separate business rule

  04-06-2015 08:11 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Regulator seeks a level playing field for existing firms to own or manage separate businesses.
  
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• BSB plans to drop mandatory CPD hours

  04-06-2015 08:03 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  The Bar Standards Board is proposing to abolish the requirement for barristers with over three years practising experience to complete a mandatory 12 hours of continuing professional development.
  
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• Labor agrees 'in principle' to stripping citizenship from dual-national fighters

  04-06-2015 04:18
  
  But eminent lawyer and academic, Greg Craven, says plan ‘irredeemably unconstitutional’ and ‘would be swatted down like a bug by the high court’Labor has given “in principle” backing to the Abbott government’s proposal to strip citizenship from dual nationals fighting for Islamic State, saying it is a “sensible step”. But prominent lawyers have questioned whether it is constitutional.
  The prime minister, Tony Abbott, has been demanding “in principle” support from Labor for
  
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• Lawyer for former Guatemalan dictator shot dead in capital - Yahoo News UK

  04-06-2015 00:40
  
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  Lawyer for former Guatemalan dictator shot dead in capital
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  GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — The lawyer representing former dictator Efrain Rios Montt against genocide charges was shot to death Wednesday in the capital, Guatemalan authorities said. Francisco Palomo was shot at least 12 times in the chest and face while ...en meer »
  
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