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• Steve Bell on Michael Gove and legal aid – cartoon

  23-06-2015 22:23
  
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• The Guardian view on the new justice secretary: hope at last for penal reform? | Editorial

  23-06-2015 21:07
  
  Whatever happened to the old education secretary? Michael Gove sounds like a new manMichael Gove, the new justice secretary, might well be wondering what part of the criminal justice system actually works. His department’s budget is a third smaller in real terms than when Ken Clarke moved in in 2010 and, at least partly as a result, outcomes are miserable. In most countries where governments are trying to cut the criminal justice bill, the prison population is the first place they start. In En
  
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• ‘Assisted dying’ bill will fuel a rise in suicides | Letters

  23-06-2015 20:47
  
  Today another “assisted dying” bill reaches parliament, presented by MP Rob Marris.Most doctors don’t believe assisting patients’ suicides should be part of clinical practice. Those specialising in the care of dying people are almost unanimously opposed. Many disabled people fear that if terminally ill people are encouraged and assisted to commit suicide by a change in the law, they would be next. Oregon, on which this bill is modelled, saw an almost 50% rise in assisted suicides in 2014
  
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• Qatar delays vote on pledge to reform 'abusive' worker sponsorship system

  23-06-2015 20:04
  
  Country’s shura council postpones vote in further blow to rights groups’ hopes of ending kafala system, which ties workers to employersQatar’s pledge to reform a sponsorship system which has been blamed for the abuse of foreign workers by the end of this year is in doubt after its advisory legislative council delayed a vote on the proposals.Human rights campaigners criticised the move, the latest blow to efforts to end the kafala system that ties workers to their employers and prevents the
  
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• One Gove: let's get together and feel alright

  23-06-2015 19:20
  
  New justice secretary creates disconcerting atmosphere with talk of making rich lawyers create a fairer legal system to help the poorest in societyHe nodded hard towards the opposition. He checked his reflection in the shine of his shoes to work on the sincerity and nodded harder still towards the opposition. When Michael Gove is going out of his way to be likeable, alarm bells start ringing. Giving an inch isn’t generally his style: he’s normally as dogmatic on policy as he is on grammar. T
  
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• Harvey Keitel is suing financial company for breach of contract

  23-06-2015 17:34
  
  The actor has filed a $1.5m lawsuit against E*Trade for dropping him from an ad campaign and ‘moving in a different direction’ ... with Kevin SpaceyHarvey Keitel is suing financial services company E*Trade for dropping him from a new advertising campaign. Related: Harvey Keitel: five best momentsContinue reading...
  
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• Mike Redmayne obituary

  23-06-2015 16:30
  
  Law professor who undertook pioneering research into the use of forensic evidence in legal casesThe law professor Mike Redmayne, who has died of cancer aged 47, was a pioneer in criminal justice scholarship whose research into the use of forensic evidence in legal proceedings started to appear once the courts began to admit DNA analysis in criminal trials from the late 1980s onwards.He readily conceded that forensic testing made for more secure convictions, and that many wrongly convicted defend
  
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• Mike Redmayne

  23-06-2015 16:30
  
  Law professor who undertook pioneering research into the use of forensic evidence in legal casesThe law professor Mike Redmayne, who has died of cancer aged 47, was a pioneer in criminal justice scholarship whose research into the use of forensic evidence in legal proceedings started to appear once the courts began to admit DNA analysis in criminal trials from the late 1980s onwards.He readily conceded that forensic testing made for more secure convictions, and that many wrongly convicted defend
  
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• Criminal courts are failing the poor, says Michael Gove – video

  23-06-2015 16:18
  
  In his first speech as justice secretary, Michael Gove says on Tuesday that Britain's courts are failing the poor and need reform. Gove says those who make the most money out of the courts would be required to hand back additional benefits and expertise to help improve what he described as a two-nation justice system where the wealthy access a 'gold standard' service others cannot afford Continue reading...
  
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• Gove confirms government could leave European convention on human rights - Politics live

  23-06-2015 15:14
  
  Rolling coverage of all the day’s political developments as they happen, including Michael Gove’s first speech as justice secretaryGove says he would rather close courts than make further legal aid cutsGove says rich law firms must do more to ensure poor can get legal helpZac Goldsmith seeking Tory nomination for London mayor 2.14pm BST Michael Gove was on the World at One talking about his speech, and other issues. Here are the key points.We don’t want to. Neither the prime minister nor I
  
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• Legal aid cuts ‘threaten diversity’ in profession

  23-06-2015 14:45 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Labour MP also says savings from her party’s proposed sale of judges’ lodgings would have been eaten up by hotel bills.
  
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• Lawyers' levy? Michael Gove wants rich law firms to help secure justice for all

  23-06-2015 14:26
  
  Justice secretary signals radical approach as he attacks ‘two-nation’ legal system but critics blame Tories for cutting access to justice for the poor
  Wealthy and successful law firms need to do more to make sure access to justice is available to everyone, Michael Gove has announced.Signalling a radical approach, the justice secretary pledged that those who make the most money out of the courts would be required to hand back additional benefits and expertise to help improve what he described
  
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• Lawyers' levy? Michael Gove threatens to make rich law firms pay for legal aid

  23-06-2015 14:26
  
  Justice secretary signals radical approach as he attacks ‘two-nation’ legal system but critics blame Tories for cutting access to justice for the poor
  Wealthy and successful law firms need to do more to make sure access to justice is available to everyone, Michael Gove has announced.Signalling a radical approach, the justice secretary pledged that those who make the most money out of the courts would be required to hand back additional benefits and expertise to help improve what he described
  
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• Court system needs reform, says justice secretary Michael Gove – video

  23-06-2015 13:53
  
  The UK's court system is in urgent need of reform, says the justice secretary, Michael Gove. He promises to speed up access to justice while making the system fairer and cheaper. He says the government will aim to use technology more extensively and cut bureaucracy Continue reading...
  
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• IPCC rejects appeal over harassment warning to newspaper reporter

  23-06-2015 13:49
  
  Commission says Met police were right to issue notice to Croydon Advertiser journalistThe Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) has rejected an appeal against a harassment warning that was given to a reporter after he questioned a convicted fraudster.Gareth Davies, the Croydon Advertiser’s chief reporter, was served with a “prevention of harassment notice” (aka police information notice or PIN) in March 2014 while investigating Neelam Desai, a woman who had previously admitted fr
  
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• Gove tells top lawyers to provide more free legal advice to the poor - Politics live

  23-06-2015 12:30
  
  Rolling coverage of all the day’s political developments as they happen, including Michael Gove’s first speech as justice secretaryGove says he would rather close courts than make further legal aid cutsGove tells top lawyers to provide more free legal advice to the poor 11.30am BST David Cameron has paid tribute to Sir Chris Woodhead, the former Ofsted chief whose death has just been announced.Chris Woodhead started a crucial debate on school standards and reform. Meetings with him were neve
  
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• Indian director Mahmood Farooqui arrested on suspicion of rape

  23-06-2015 12:21
  
  Co-director of 2010 film Peepli Live denies sexually assaulting a woman at his home in Delhi in MarchMahmood Farooqui, the Indian co-director of 2010 satirical comedy Peepli Live, has been arrested on rape charges. Related: Documentary about gang rape wins Indian national film awardContinue reading...
  
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• Gove admits more courts will close in justice efficiency drive

  23-06-2015 12:16 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  In his maiden speech since becoming justice secretary, Michael Gove said the government is reviewing the existing court estate.
  
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• Gove admits more courts will close in efficiency drive

  23-06-2015 12:16 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  In his maiden speech as justice secretary, Michael Gove said the government is reviewing the court estate.
  
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• ​Clyde & Co reports 10% PEP rise

  23-06-2015 12:02 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  International firm notes particularly strong performance in the UK.
  
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• First Fashion Law Degree Announced - Vogue.co.uk

  23-06-2015 11:43
  
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  First Fashion Law Degree Announced
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  THE world's first degree in fashion law will be offered by Fordham Law School starting this autumn, the New York-based institute has announced. Professor Susan Scafidi - the director of the school's Fashion Law Institute who created the first course in ...en meer »
  
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• UK constitutional law conference at The University of Manchester - The University of Manchester (press release)

  23-06-2015 11:35
  UK constitutional law conference at The University of Manchester
  The University of Manchester (press release)
  Leading minds in UK constitutional law will gather to debate key issues in the aftermath of the 2015 General Election. A series of short, blog-style papers will be delivered by academics from around a dozen leading institutions at the day long UK ...
  
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• Gove proposes closing underused courts in first speech as justice secretary - Politics live

  23-06-2015 11:17
  
  Rolling coverage of all the day’s political developments as they happen, including Michael Gove’s first speech as justice secretaryGove says he would rather close courts than make further legal aid cuts 10.02am BST I’ve just received a full text of the speech.Here is the bit where Michael Gove suggests closing courts that are underused. He says he would rather do this than make further cuts to legal aid.We can reduce our dependence on an ageing and ailing court estate which costs around on
  
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• High court judgment slates ‘grossly excessive’ fees

  23-06-2015 11:15 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Arguments in judicial review case described as ‘diffuse and frankly confusing’.
  
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• Polish woman pleads with husband to 'come out of hiding' with son

  23-06-2015 10:37
  
  Layla Dad writes open letter to her estranged husband who is believed to be in the UK with their six-year-old son whom he took from Poland in JanuaryA Polish woman has begged her estranged British husband to “please, please come out of hiding”, after he disappeared with their six-year-old son and is believed to be in the UK.Leyla Dad, 33, launched proceedings in the family division of the high court in an attempt to trace her son Mani, who disappeared from his home in Kielce, Poland, in Janu
  
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• Politics live

  23-06-2015 10:09
  
  Rolling coverage of all the day’s political developments as they happen, including Michael Gove’s first speech as justice secretary 9.09am BST Many government ministers are inherently rather dull. But there are others who could generate a sparky row with an announcement about paperclips and - for better or worse - Michael Gove falls into that category. His conduct as education secretary was so combative and transformative that the teaching profession is still trying to recover (and it was te
  
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• Gove criticises 'two nations' legal system in first speech as justice secretary - Politics live

  23-06-2015 10:09
  
  Rolling coverage of all the day’s political developments as they happen, including Michael Gove’s first speech as justice secretary 9.09am BST Many government ministers are inherently rather dull. But there are others who could generate a sparky row with an announcement about paperclips and - for better or worse - Michael Gove falls into that category. His conduct as education secretary was so combative and transformative that the teaching profession is still trying to recover (and it was te
  
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• The simple idea that could transform US criminal justice | Tina Rosenberg

  23-06-2015 07:00
  
  Judge Victoria Pratt looks defendants in the eye, asks them to write essays about their goals, and applauds them for complying – and she is getting resultsMunicipal court in the US works like this: the accused stands with his attorney in front of the bench, looking up at the judge on high. The accused is effectively invisible, a bystander to the back-and-forth between judge, prosecutor and defence attorney, who speak in jargon that ordinary people do not understand. The judge may wish the accu
  
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