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• Exclusive - FIFA's Blatter hires US lawyer for corruption probe - Yahoo News UK

  17-06-2015 23:50
  
  Yahoo Eurosport UK
  Exclusive - FIFA's Blatter hires US lawyer for corruption probe
  Yahoo News UK
  NEW YORK (Reuters) - FIFA President Sepp Blatter has hired a high-powered U.S. lawyer to represent him as a corruption probe rocks football's global governing body, a person familiar with the matter said. Blatter recently retained Richard Cullen, the ...
  Exclusive - FIFA's Valcke hires US lawyer for corruption probeYahoo Eurosport UKalle 51 nieuwsartikelen »
  
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• Case of Rebecca Minnock shines a light on family courts | Letters

  17-06-2015 20:59
  
  Judge Stephen Wildblood QC disapproves of Rebecca Minnock going into hiding with her child and speaking to the media (Mother who hid with son slated by judge for her publicity stunt, 16 June). But she has opened the doors of the family courts; many mothers who come to us for help will be grateful for this.The secrecy the Children Act imposes on family courts, the adoption drive, and the cuts to benefits and legal aid, have silenced mothers. There were 2,400 forced adoptions in 2014; and 12% more
  
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• How to police an island where no one breaks the law - The Guardian

  17-06-2015 18:54
  
  The Guardian
  How to police an island where no one breaks the law
  The Guardian
  When crime strikes, as it has on the Hebridean island of Canna, it makes the news. But what does the job entail for the officers who work in such tiny communities? The police force on the Isles of Scilly. The Isles of Scilly's police force: 'Possibly ...
  
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• Matthew Dick, a U.K. lawyer, sneaks marriage proposal into newspaper crossword - Washington Times

  17-06-2015 17:49
  
  Washington Times
  Matthew Dick, a U.K. lawyer, sneaks marriage proposal into newspaper crossword
  Washington Times
  A combo taken on Wednesday June 17, 2015, shows some of the British national newspapers of Tuesday, June 16, and features at center the back page of The Times showing its daily crossword puzzle. A crossword-loving British lawyer hid a ... more >.
  UK lawyer sneaks proposal into Times' crossword puzzleCTV Newsalle 204 nieuwsartikelen »
  
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• Pay up Rupert Murdoch for an innocent member of your staff

  17-06-2015 17:46
  
  Why the News Corporation chair should fund his former journalist’s legal costsI know it isn’t fashionable to champion former staff members of the News of the World. It was the newspaper where phone hacking took place and the resulting scandal was the reason that Rupert Murdoch closed it down.But not everyone on the paper was guilty of hacking. And, despite my loathing for many of the stories it published and its journalstic agenda, I have always been careful not to tar every NoW journalist w
  
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• Maldives recruits UK law firm to strengthen democracy - Colombo Gazette

  17-06-2015 14:14
  Colombo Gazette
  Maldives recruits UK law firm to strengthen democracy
  Colombo Gazette
  Cherie-Blair The Maldives Government has appointed a top UK law firm, Omnia Strategy LLP, to advise the Government for strengthening the legislative framework of the Government as part of the government's broader strategy for democracy consolidation in ...
  
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• UK setting wrong example on human rights, says top jurist

  17-06-2015 13:35 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Sir Francis Jacobs QC believes arguments for reform are flawed and based on a misunderstanding of how the rule of law is applied.
  
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• Public defenders are overworked and underfunded. That means more people go to jail

  17-06-2015 13:30
  
  Too often, those who are poor receive lower quality defense than those who have the means to pay Money can buy you a great defense team, but what if you can’t afford one? More than 80% of those charged with felonies are indigent. As a result, they are unable to hire an attorney and instead rely on representation by a public defender.Public defenders are, as a general matter, the hardest working sect of the legal bar. But our nation’s public defender systems have long been plagued byunderfund
  
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• Torture is a war crime the government treats like a policy debate | Trevor Timm

  17-06-2015 13:15
  
  Torture architects are television pundits and given enormous book contracts while Guantanamo detainees still can’t discuss what happened to themThe Senate commendably passed an amendment outlawing torture by a wide margin on Monday, but given that torture is already against the law - both through existing US statute and by international treaty - what does that really mean?The bill, a response by lawmakers to last year’s devastating CIA torture report that exposed the agency’s rampant illeg
  
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• hang review – Marianne Jean-Baptiste looks back in fury

  17-06-2015 12:39
  
  Royal Court, London
  debbie tucker green’s play sits at the sharp end of the capital punishment question, but the drama would be heightened by a greater sense of moral doubtRelated: Marianne Jean-Baptiste: 'It's not a sob story - I could have stayed in the UK and fought it out' In her last play at the Royal Court, truth and reconciliation, debbie tucker green – a playwright of lower-case initials and high aspirations – confronted victims of violence with their persecutors. Her new piece is
  
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• hang review – Marianne Jean-Baptiste dispenses justice with compelling anger

  17-06-2015 12:39
  
  Royal Court, London
  debbie tucker green’s play sits at the sharp end of the capital punishment question, but the drama would be heightened by a greater sense of moral doubtRelated: Marianne Jean-Baptiste: 'It's not a sob story - I could have stayed in the UK and fought it out' In her last play at the Royal Court, truth and reconciliation, debbie tucker green – a playwright of lower-case initials and high aspirations – confronted victims of violence with their persecutors. Her new piece is
  
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• Female solicitors denied promotions ‘over pregnancy fears’

  17-06-2015 12:14 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Law Society of Scotland research into working patterns highlights discrimination.
  
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• Hundreds of Nigerians illegally trafficked to UK, says anti-slavery chief

  17-06-2015 08:52
  
  Flow of potential modern slavery victims for sexual exploitation or domestic servitude targeted as influx from African country rises by thirdHundreds of people from Nigeria are being illegally trafficked to the UK, where they face sexual exploitation or being forced into domestic servitude.The anti-slavery commissioner, Kevin Hyland, said tackling the flow of people from the African country was one of his main priorities and promised to oversee work bringing together law enforcement agencies in
  
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• Beastie Boys win fight for their right to legal fees from Monster Energy

  17-06-2015 04:22
  
  Rappers racked up millions defending (You Gotta) Fight Fight For Your Right (To Party!) against copyright infringement by drinks companyThe maker of the Monster Energy drink must pay $668,000 towards the Beastie Boys’ legal fees after the rappers chose to win at all costs in their copyright violation trial, a decision that resulted in a $1.7m jury verdict in their favour.US District Judge Paul Engelmayer wrote in a ruling on Monday that his review of the band’s legal bills suggests that the
  
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• Beastie Boys win fight for their right to $668,000 legal fees from Monster Energy

  17-06-2015 04:22
  
  Rappers racked up millions defending (You Gotta) Fight Fight for Your Right (to Party!) against copyright infringement by drinks companyThe maker of the Monster Energy drink must pay $668,000 (£427,000) towards the Beastie Boys’ legal fees after the rappers chose to win at all costs in their copyright violation trial, a decision that resulted in a $1.7m jury verdict in their favour.US district judge Paul Engelmayer wrote in a ruling on 15 June that his review of the band’s legal bills
  
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