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• Kalief Browder paid 'terrible price' for solitary confinement, justice says

  18-06-2015 22:06
  
  Anthony Kennedy invoked New York man imprisoned at Rikers Island who died by suicide following supreme court reinstating Hector Ayala’s death sentenceWriting a concurring opinion in a supreme court ruling that reinstated a California man’s death sentence, Justice Anthony Kennedy on Thursday invoked the recent death of a young man who spent three years in jail without trial to make another point: the use of solitary confinement “exacts a terrible price”. Kalief Browder, a 22-year-old Bron
  
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• Egypt's Morsi appeals protesters jail sentence: lawyer - Yahoo News UK

  18-06-2015 21:29
  
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  Egypt's Morsi appeals protesters jail sentence: lawyer
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  Lawyers for Egypt's deposed Islamist president Mohamed Morsi on Thursday appealed his sentencing to 20 years in prison for the arrest and torture of protesters during his mandate, one said. Morsi, who was ousted by then army chief and now President ...en meer »
  
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• Give a voice to Darfuri victims in ICC debate | Letter from Muatasim Mahadi

  18-06-2015 20:49
  
  Simon Tisdall was right to point out the contempt with which South Africa’s government, and various other African states, treat the international criminal court, the latest example of which was the vanishing act on Monday of Sudan’s president Omar al-Bashir (Zuma flicks a V-sign at the ICC and US, 16 June). It is clear that African leaders are spearheading a rebellion against the court for a supposed bias against the continent.But Mr Tisdall fails to acknowledge another strand of African opi
  
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• RBS reassures solicitor firms over payments delays

  18-06-2015 18:05 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Since yesterday, payments made by clients through direct debit and direct deposits have been delayed.
  
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• Chechen exile in UK fears explusion will mean extradition to Russia

  18-06-2015 17:53
  
  Separatist Masud Dudaev to appeal against UK court decision returning him to Sweden where ‘asylum is not assured’
  A prominent Chechen exile, who fled to Britain fearing assassination, has been ordered by the high court to be returned to Sweden, from where he could be forcibly removed to Russia.Masud Dudaev, a friend of the murdered Rusian exile Alexander Litvinenko, and son-in-law of a former Chechen president, arrived in the UK two years ago after Sweden refused to accept his application fo
  
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• Ombudsman overhaul to cost profession up to £90k a year

  18-06-2015 17:37 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Decision to split role previously held by Adam Sampson will mean LeO will pay for an extra executive.
  
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• Texas can reject Confederate flag license plates, supreme court rules

  18-06-2015 16:29
  
  The Sons of Confederate Veterans had sought to put the flag, which is their logo, on vanity plates but state argued plates amount to ‘government speech’The US supreme court has ruled against a Confederate veterans group seeking the right to put the controversial flag on Texas speciality license plates.The case, Walker v Sons of Confederate Veterans, centered on first amendment issues of free speech and to what extent a speciality license plate represents the views of the state that issued it
  
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• Society: ‘Lawyers must fight against poverty’

  18-06-2015 15:26 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Law Society is backing new Oxfam initiative to help the poorest and most vulnerable people gain access to justice.
  
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• UK invites Egypt's Abdel Fatah al-Sisi for talks, Downing Street confirms

  18-06-2015 14:59
  
  No 10 says David Cameron will raise ‘matters of concern’ with Sisi, who has enacted series of authoritarian laws since seizing power in 2013David Cameron has invited Egypt’s military ruler Abdel Fatah al-Sisi for talks in the UK, Downing Street has confirmed.The prime minister’s official spokeswoman said Number 10 was looking at opportunities for a meeting in the UK. On Wednesday an Egyptian court upheld a death sentence against Sisi’s predecessor, Mohamed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherho
  
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• All 50 US states fail to meet global police use of force standards, report finds

  18-06-2015 14:10
  
  Amnesty International report describes ‘shocking lack of fundamental respect for the sanctity of human life’ as nine states have no laws to deal with police forceEvery state in the US fails to comply with international standards on the lethal use of force by law enforcement officers, according to a report by Amnesty International USA, which also says 13 US states fall beneath even lower legal standards enshrined in US constitutional law and that nine states currently have no laws at all to d
  
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• Neill elected by MPs as justice committee chair

  18-06-2015 12:35 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Legal aid cuts fallout and human rights legislation reform likely to be key issues for new committee leader.
  
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• Defendants should be allowed to waive their right to trial by jury | Joshua Rozenberg

  18-06-2015 12:01
  
  The UK criminal justice system needs to do more with less. Sir Brian Leveson’s recommendations would introduce some sensible flexibility to itSir Brian Leveson is best known for his report on the culture, practices and ethics of the press. But there is another Leveson report that may turn out to be much more far-reaching. Published in January, it recommended ways of streamlining the criminal justice system in England and Wales. Given that there is less money available, both for legal aid and f
  
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• Underlying PEP climbs 24% at Stephenson Harwood

  18-06-2015 11:39 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  International firm posted a 42% rise in partner profit after taking into account deferred fee receipts.
  
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• We share responsibility for Syria's murderous stalemate. We must come together to break it | Paulo Pinheiro

  18-06-2015 11:01
  
  So far, the actions of influential states display a greater willingness to fuel war than to work for peace. This must change
  The 3,823rd person to be interviewed by the Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic was a 16-year-old boy recovering from massive injuries in a hospital in a neighbouring country. His injuries were too severe to be treated inside Syria, where hospitals are intentionally attacked and indiscriminately shelled, and where medical aid is deliberately prevented from re
  
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• Only the UN can break Syria’s murderous stalemate. There is no military solution | Paulo Pinheiro

  18-06-2015 11:01
  
  Half of its citizens are now displaced: we have a shared responsibility to end a culture of entrenched immunity and create the conditions for a negotiated peaceThe 3,823rd person to be interviewed by the Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic was a 16-year-old boy recovering from massive injuries in a hospital in a neighbouring country. His injuries were too severe to be treated inside Syria, where hospitals are intentionally attacked and indiscriminately shelled, and where medical ai
  
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• Bar backs off from legal aid action

  18-06-2015 11:00 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  CBA said although it ‘understands the difficulty solicitors face’ it will not call for barristers to forgo work in response to legal aid cuts.
  
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• German federal court grants retrial after judge texted during testimony

  18-06-2015 04:40
  
  Court throws out conviction of two men accused of involvement in knife fight after judge sent texts during trial to babysitterA German federal court has granted two defendants a retrial because their judge was sending texts from her mobile phone during testimony to arrange a babysitter for her children.The federal court of justice (BGH) found that “even in an age of limitless mobile phone and internet use”, a judge “must devote full attention to the hearing”. Continue reading...
  
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• Exclusive - FIFA's Valcke hires US lawyer for corruption probe - Yahoo Eurosport UK

  18-06-2015 00:59
  
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  Exclusive - FIFA's Valcke hires US lawyer for corruption probe
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  NEW YORK (Reuters) - FIFA Secretary General Jerome Valcke has hired a prominent New York defence attorney in the face of corruption investigations that have roiled the world football body, a person familiar with the matter said on Wednesday. Defence ...en meer »
  
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