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• Iowa ban on 'telemedicine' abortions struck down by state supreme court

  19-06-2015 20:30
  
  Court decides that rule would have placed undue burden on women’s right to an abortion as activists praise decision: ‘Politics should never trump medicine’The Iowa supreme court has struck down a restriction that would have prevented doctors from administering abortion-inducing pills remotely via video teleconferencing, saying it would have placed an undue burden on a woman’s right to get an abortion.Iowa is one of only two states that offers so-called telemedicine abortions – Minnesot
  
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• Terror suspect's tag to be removed over mental health concerns, judge rules

  19-06-2015 20:00
  
  Judge says given 39-year-old Somali refugee’s growing delusion that his Tpim tag contains a bomb, to continue wearing it would breach human rightsThe high court has ordered the removal of a terror suspect’s monitoring tag because of a deterioration in his mental health and his delusional belief that the device contains a bomb.The suspect, referred to as DD, an imam suspected of radicalising young people and making a powerful contribution to an Islamic terror group’s media campaign, is subj
  
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• Jeremy Hutchinson talks to Alan Rusbridger – books podcast

  19-06-2015 18:53
  
  The Guardian's former editor, Alan Rusbridger, crosses swords over liberty, censorship and privacy with the doyen of the English criminal bar, Jeremy Hutchinson, at a Guardian Live event Continue reading...
  
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• Silk Road creator's lawyer blasts US investigator's plea deal - Yahoo Finance UK

  19-06-2015 18:49
  
  Silk Road creator's lawyer blasts US investigator's plea deal
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  (Reuters) - The lawyer for convicted Silk Road creator Ross Ulbricht said Friday an ex-Secret Service agent's expected guilty plea to stealing more than $800,000 of bitcoins during a probe of the black market website shows the investigation was corrupt.en meer »
  
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• Ombudsman ordered to cut costs and improve satisfaction

  19-06-2015 18:47 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Legal Services Board cites instability as a cause for concern.
  
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• European parliament accused of 'hiding away' proof of torture by Assad regime

  19-06-2015 18:41
  
  Photographs of torture by regime deemed too ‘disturbing’ to exhibit but Syrian opposition urges MEPs to turn words of support on human rights into actionThe European parliament has ruled against holding a major public exhibition of photographs documenting torture and abuse in Syrian government institutions, deeming the images too provocative, “disturbing and offensive”, the Guardian has learned.The MEPs have decided that the photographs, smuggled out of Syria at great risk by a defector
  
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• Analysts: Health law repeal boosts economy, adds to deficit - Yahoo News UK

  19-06-2015 18:10
  
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  Analysts: Health law repeal boosts economy, adds to deficit
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  WASHINGTON (AP) — Repealing President Barack Obama's signature health care law would modestly increase the budget deficit even as it boosts the economy, according to a nonpartisan government study released Friday. The Congressional Budget ...
  Analysts: Health law repeal boosts economy, adds red inkYahoo Finance UKalle 192 nieuwsartikelen »
  
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• Dutch paediatricians: give terminally ill children under 12 the right to die

  19-06-2015 15:26
  
  The Dutch Paediatric Association has said the Netherlands should follow Belgium in changing the law on euthanasiaTerminally ill children in unbearable suffering should be given the right to die, the Dutch Paediatric Association has said, calling for the current age limit of 12 years old to be scrapped.Eduard Verhagen, a paediatrics professor at Groningen University, who is on the organisation’s ethics commission, said: “We feel that an arbitrary age limit such as 12 should be changed and tha
  
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• Legal aid contracting stalls in three areas

  19-06-2015 15:07 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Insufficient bids for new duty provider contracts in Devon and Cornwall, Hampshire and Wales. 
  
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• Music groups win court battle over private copying of CDs

  19-06-2015 13:56
  
  Judge rules government erred in law by not introducing compensation scheme for rights holders when it changed rulesMusic industry organisations have won a high court battle over measures introduced by the government allowing people to lawfully copy CDs and other copyright material bought for their own private use.
  A judge ruled that the government erred in law when it decided not to introduce a compensation scheme for songwriters, musicians and other rights holders who face losses as a result of
  
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• Bar should share risk on unpaid fees – Society

  19-06-2015 12:59 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Law Society responds to Bar Standards Board consultation on the ‘cab rank rule’.
  
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• Bar should not have right to sue for unpaid fees – Society

  19-06-2015 12:59 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  In a response to a Bar Standards Board consultation on the ‘cab rank rule’, the Law Society says risk should be shared fairly.
  
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• Coroner in SAS inquest blocks release of witness statements

  19-06-2015 12:39
  
  Rejecting media groups’ application, coroner says publication could threaten any future criminal prosecutions over heat deathsA coroner hearing the inquest of three men who suffered fatal heat illness during an SAS training march in south Wales has refused to allow the release of witness statements, concluding that their publication could threaten any future criminal prosecutions.The Guardian and other media organisations argued that in the interest of open justice, statements taken by detecti
  
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• CoA overturns family ruling after ‘wholly unacceptable’ delay

  19-06-2015 12:32 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Court of Appeal upholds challenge against ‘substantially delayed’ judgment.
  
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• Supreme Court opens costs appeal against negligent firm

  19-06-2015 12:24 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Trustee allowed to pursue claim for costs free from liability of previous legal action.
  
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• PEP soars at Nabarro

  19-06-2015 11:22 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  International firm is growing faster than at any time since the financial meltdown of 2008.
  
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• Tattooed mother has court breastfeeding ban overturned on appeal

  19-06-2015 08:17
  
  A woman banned by a court from breastfeeding her child because she was ruled to be at risk of having contracted HIV has had the injunction overturnedA woman who was banned by a court from breastfeeding because she was tattooed has had the injunction overturned.The family court in Sydney found the judge who made the original decision, federal circuit court judge Matthew Myers, was relying on his own opinion rather than objective facts. Continue reading...
  
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• Wragge to draft law proposals as UK pulls ahead on driverless cars - The Global Legal Post

  19-06-2015 08:16
  The Global Legal Post
  Wragge to draft law proposals as UK pulls ahead on driverless cars
  The Global Legal Post
  Autodrive has just revealed that two large global auto manufacturers are showing interest in running trials in the UK. Tim Armitage of Autodrive said: 'The advantage of the UK right now is it can be done anywhere. It could be a motorway trial, it could ...en meer »
  
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• Mansfield breaks ranks over legal aid action

  19-06-2015 07:48 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Veteran radical urges members of the Criminal Bar Association to call for an emergency meeting to vote for strike. 
  
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• Californian company behind fatal balcony collapse sued over other project

  19-06-2015 06:27
  
  Segue Construction paid A$4.5m after being sued two years ago for water damage to balconies and outdoor spaces in 109-unit Californian complex The company that built a Berkeley apartment building where six people were killed after a balcony collapsed on Tuesday was accused two years ago of building faulty balconies in another project, court documents show.Segue Construction, of California, paid A$4.5m (US$3.4m) to settle litigation over alleged defects in a condominium development in Millbrae, C
  
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• Gina Rinehart drops Channel Nine defamation suit over House of Hancock

  19-06-2015 05:01
  
  Billionaire mining magnate will instead pursue production company Cordell Jigsaw Zapruder for ‘deceptive and misleading conduct’The billionaire mining magnate Gina Rinehart has indicated she will withdraw her defamation suit against Channel Nine over the television mini-series House of Hancock.Australia’s richest person may instead sue the show’s production company. Continue reading...
  
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• Tattooed mother told not to breastfeed for mental health reasons, court told

  19-06-2015 04:25
  
  Appeal court hears federal court judge banned woman, 20, from breastfeeding because of HIV risk but he wanted her to stop because of postnatal depressionA judge who ordered a mother to stop breastfeeding because she got a tattoo initially wanted her to stop because she had postnatal depression, a court has heard.The mother, known as Ms Jackson, was ordered to stop breastfeeding her 11-month-old baby by the federal circuit court judge Matthew Myers on 5 June. Myers said there was an unacceptable
  
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• Tattooed mother appeals court order not to breastfeed for health reasons

  19-06-2015 04:25
  
  Appeal court hears federal court judge banned woman, 20, from breastfeeding because of HIV risk but he wanted her to stop because of postnatal depressionA judge who ordered a mother to stop breastfeeding because she got a tattoo initially wanted her to stop because she had postnatal depression, a court has heard.The mother, known as Ms Jackson, was ordered to stop breastfeeding her 11-month-old baby by the federal circuit court judge Matthew Myers on 5 June. Myers said there was an unacceptable
  
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• Judge ordered tattooed mother to stop breastfeeding 'for mental health reasons'

  19-06-2015 04:25
  
  Urgent appeal hearing told judge who banned woman, 20, from breastfeeding because of HIV risk initially wanted her to stop because she had postnatal depressionA judge who ordered a mother to stop breastfeeding because she got a tattoo initially wanted her to stop because she had postnatal depression, a court has heard.The mother, known as Ms Jackson, was ordered to stop breastfeeding her 11-month-old baby by the federal circuit court judge Matthew Myers on 5 June. Myers said there was an unaccep
  
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• UK Refuses to Introduce New EU Animal Health Law - ThePoultrySite.com

  19-06-2015 02:08
  
  UK Refuses to Introduce New EU Animal Health Law
  ThePoultrySite.com
  UK - In a surprise development at this week's European Union Farm Council meeting, the United Kingdom said it would not be signing up to a new 'Animal Health Law' agreed by Brussels and the European Parliament. The law will merge and update many ...
  
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