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• Lawyer: Glock used power to get him wrongfully imprisoned - Yahoo News UK

  10-07-2015 22:46
  
  Lawyer: Glock used power to get him wrongfully imprisoned
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  ATLANTA (AP) — A former lawyer for gun manufacturer Glock says in a federal lawsuit filed this week that a vindictive campaign by the company led to unfounded criminal charges against him that caused his wrongful imprisonment. Glock Inc., the ...en meer »
  
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• Lawyer: Glock used power to get him wrongfully imprisoned - Yahoo Finance UK

  10-07-2015 22:46
  
  Lawyer: Glock used power to get him wrongfully imprisoned
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  ATLANTA (AP) -- A former lawyer for gun manufacturer Glock says in a federal lawsuit filed this week that a vindictive campaign by the company led to unfounded criminal charges against him that caused his wrongful imprisonment. Glock Inc., the ...en meer »
  
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• Modest French economic reform bill becomes law - Yahoo News UK - Yahoo News UK

  10-07-2015 21:02
  
  Modest French economic reform bill becomes law - Yahoo News UK
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  PARIS (AP) — France's Socialist government has cleared a final legislative hurdle on an economic reform bill that will make layoffs easier and let stores stay open more often to boost job creation and growth. The relatively modest reform bill became ...en meer »
  
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• The Guardian view on rambling: the right to roam is a precious freedom | Editorial

  10-07-2015 19:38
  
  Walkers and farmers should respect one another and take pleasure in sharing Britain’s open spacesDo not be misled by the Dickensian ring of phrases like the Crudwell Award or the Inclosure Consolidation Act, 1801. A court of appeal ruling this month upheld the power of commissioners appointed under the terms of the 1801 act to designate rights of way in the process of enclosing common land. The case concerned two stretches of bridleway in the north Wiltshire parish of Crudwell, but the ruling,
  
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• The secret side of Iran-US relations since the 1979 revolution

  10-07-2015 19:38
  
  Tehran has long been signaling that it wants normalized relations with Washington, but still doesn’t know if it can trust it, says a former interpreter to four Iranian presidentsIran’s attitude to the United States is like someone pining for a former, perhaps abusive lover. It has declared its contempt but also longs to again be a partner. And as is often the case, the line dividing hate and love is a thin one.Take for instance the hostage crisis in 1979, when militant students stormed the U
  
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• Human rights groups call for inquiry into why GCHQ spied on Amnesty

  10-07-2015 19:10
  
  Letter to Guardian from Amnesty, Liberty and Privacy International follows revelation from Investigatory Powers Tribunal about UK monitoring agencyThree leading human rights organisations have called on the prime minister to launch an inquiry into why the intelligence services spied illegally on Amnesty International.The revelation that GCHQ has been monitoring its communications came in a revised judgment this month from the Investigatory Powers Tribunal – the body responsible for handling co
  
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• Inquiry needed into GCHQ’s spying on us | Letter from Amnesty International, Liberty and Privacy International

  10-07-2015 18:51
  
  One measure of a free society is how it treats its NGOs and campaign organisations. The recent revelation (Rights groups targeted by GCHQ spies, 23 June) that Amnesty International has been snooped on by the UK security services is the death of the canary in the coalmine.Ever since whistleblower Edward Snowden revealed the existence and scale of the US and UK mass surveillance programmes two years ago, campaign groups across the world have been worried that we are being spied on. We now know def
  
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• Macfarlanes beats magic circle

  10-07-2015 18:04 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  City of London firm posts highest PEP yet for 2014/15.
  
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• Gove scuttles Grayling's youth prison flagship

  10-07-2015 17:43 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  ‘Secure college’ planned to house hundreds of young offenders is abandoned.
  
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• Gove dumps Grayling's youth prison flagship

  10-07-2015 17:43 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  ‘Secure college’ planned to house hundreds of young offenders is abandoned.
  
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• Jackson refuses costs for ‘chaotic’ trial bundles

  10-07-2015 16:36 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Lord Justice Jackson unhappy with help given to ‘hapless’ judge in piecing together case.
  
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• Freddie Starr groped teenage girl on Savile show, judge finds

  10-07-2015 16:23
  
  Entertainer’s libel case dismissed after judge says Karin Ward proved it was true that Starr groped her on Clunk-Click in 1974
  Freddie Starr groped a 15-year-old girl while she was attending a Jimmy Savile show 41 years ago, a high court judge has found. Mr Justice Nicol dismissed a claim by the 72-year-old entertainer for slander and libel against Karin Ward on Friday, “because her words were true”.Continue reading...
  
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• Action day 10: MoJ denies manipulating legal aid figures

  10-07-2015 15:30 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Practitioner group accuses justice ministry of ‘bare-faced lie’.
  
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• Employment tribunal fees and EU law

  10-07-2015 15:25 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Are employment tribunal fees making it practically impossible or excessively difficult to exercise rights under European Union law?
  
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• New financial court to hear UK and international market cases

  10-07-2015 15:02
  
  Lord chief justice announces establishment of financial list to hear claims of more than £50m or disputes arising from marketsA financial court specialising in claims of more than £50m and cases that raise issues about UK and international markets is to be established, the lord chief justice has announced.The financial list would hear disputes arising from the equity, derivatives, foreign exchange and commodity markets, John Thomas said. It would develop a test case procedure to establish
  
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• New financial court to hear UK and international market cases - The Guardian

  10-07-2015 15:02
  
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  New financial court to hear UK and international market cases
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  Traders work in the City of London. The financial list will hear disputes from the equity, derivatives, foreign exchange and commodity markets. Photograph: David Levene for the Guardian. Owen Bowcott, legal affairs correspondent. @owenbowcott. Friday ...en meer »
  
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• New financial court to hear UK and international market cases | Law | The ... - The Guardian

  10-07-2015 15:02
  
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  New financial court to hear UK and international market cases | Law | The ...
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  Traders work in the City of London. The financial list will hear disputes from the equity, derivatives, foreign exchange and commodity markets. Photograph: David Levene for the Guardian. Owen Bowcott, legal affairs correspondent. @owenbowcott. Friday ...en meer »
  
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• Ministers get a wigging from lawyer - Belfast Telegraph

  10-07-2015 14:45
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  Ministers get a wigging from lawyer
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  It is terribly ironic that ministers are "paying lip service" to the principles of Magna Carta in year the charter's 800th anniversary is being celebrated, a leading barrister said. Alistair MacDonald QC, Chairman of the Bar Council - which represents ...en meer »
  
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• Michael Gove scraps £100m 'secure college' plan in U-turn

  10-07-2015 14:41
  
  Coalition spent almost £6m on prison project described by critics as modern-day borstal, but new justice secretary has decided not to proceedThe justice secretary, Michael Gove, has scrapped plans for a giant £100m “secure college” for teenage prisoners, in a U-turn that will be embarrassing for his predecessor Chris Grayling.The government had already awarded a contract to build the prison to hold 320 young people, spent almost £6m on preparations and passed enabling legislatio
  
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• EU-US trade deal compromise ditches private arbitration

  10-07-2015 12:36 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  MEPs vote for ‘transparent’ justice system to resolve investor-state disputes.
  
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• EU-US trade deal compromise ditches arbitration

  10-07-2015 12:36 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  MEPs vote for ‘transparent’ justice system to resolve investor-state disputes, but critics remain unconvinced.
  
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• Controversy as GQ magazine erases all mention of phone-hacking article

  10-07-2015 12:26
  
  Condé Nast, accused of contempt of court, removes Michael Wolff’s trial pieceGQ magazine, which is facing a possible contempt of court penalty over an article about the News of the World phone-hacking trial, has come under attack in the US for removing the piece from its website.According to Gawker, GQ’s publisher, Condé Nast, has taken down the article, “The court without a king”, which was written by Michael Wolff and published in April 2014.“These laws are self-evidently lud
  
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• Judge rejects ‘draconian’ costs ruling against firm

  10-07-2015 11:54 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Firm had put in a bill for £131,514 in costs for a case which took 115 hours to prepare.
  
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• Top U.K. Law Firms Play Catch Up With U.S. Rivals Amid M&A Boom - Bloomberg

  10-07-2015 11:20
  
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  Top U.K. Law Firms Play Catch Up With U.S. Rivals Amid M&A Boom
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  London's biggest law firms saw their 2014 revenue stagnate as Britain lagged behind the U.S. in a boom year for mergers and acquisitions, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Allen & Overy LLP was the top performer of the group, known as the magic ...
  
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• Ministers get a wigging from lawyer - BelfastTelegraph.co.uk - Belfast Telegraph

  10-07-2015 10:41
  
  Belfast Telegraph
  Ministers get a wigging from lawyer - BelfastTelegraph.co.uk
  Belfast Telegraph
  It is terribly ironic that ministers are "paying lip service" to the principles of Magna Carta in year the charter's 800th anniversary is being celebrated, a leading barrister said. Alistair MacDonald QC, Chairman of the Bar Council - which represents ...en meer »
  
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• Tom Selleck settles legal dispute over water theft

  10-07-2015 10:21
  
  The actor has resolved a complaint that alleged he stole water for his avocado ranch during a serious droughtAfter being accused of stealing water to use on his avocado ranch, Tom Selleck has now reached a settlement agreement, according to the LA Times. Related: Tom Selleck cast as villain of California drought in lawsuit alleging water theftContinue reading...
  
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