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• Guinea's ex-military leader denies responsible for massacre - lawyer - Yahoo News UK

  14-07-2015 22:36
  
  Guinea's ex-military leader denies responsible for massacre - lawyer
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  OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) - Guinea's ex-military leader told magistrates he feels moral responsibility for a massacre carried out by soldiers during his regime but does not share criminal responsibility for ordering it, his lawyer said. Moussa Dadis Camara ...en meer »
  
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• Lawyer denies property deal cash earmarked for politician - Belfast Telegraph

  14-07-2015 22:19
  
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  Lawyer denies property deal cash earmarked for politician
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  A lawyer who transferred money for a massive Irish property deal into his own account has denied it was intended for any politician. Ads by Google. Ian Coulter's Belfast-based law firm was involved in the £1.1 billion sale of Northern Ireland assets ...en meer »
  
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• Women's pay: Firms have nothing to fear from new law, says PM - Express.co.uk

  14-07-2015 21:02
  
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  Women's pay: Firms have nothing to fear from new law, says PM
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  FIRMS should have “nothing to be frightened of” over being forced to reveal the pay gap between the men and women they employ, David Cameron told bosses after complaints that the data could be misleading. PUBLISHED: 19:50, Tue, Jul 14, 2015 ...
  UK Government Launches Gender Pay Gap ConsultationThe National Law Reviewalle 197 nieuwsartikelen »
  
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• US law firm in lawsuit against UK banks over foreign exchange manipulation ... - Western Morning News

  14-07-2015 18:07
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  US law firm in lawsuit against UK banks over foreign exchange manipulation ...
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  A US law firm is preparing a multimillion-pound lawsuit against banks found guilty of manipulating the foreign exchange market, following the billions lenders have already been fined by regulators. US law firm in lawsuit against UK banks over foreign ...en meer »
  
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• Action day 14: Manchester legal aid lawyers stand united

  14-07-2015 18:02 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Hundreds of practitioners attend north-west rally to protest cuts as judges seek answers.
  
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• Action day 14: Judges query absence of solicitors

  14-07-2015 18:02 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Hundreds of practitioners attend north-west rally to protest cuts as judges seek answers.
  
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• No damage caused by civil legal aid reforms, says defiant MoJ

  14-07-2015 17:39 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Government defends itself against a highly critical report from the justice committee on LASPO.
  
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• If you encourage someone to kill, are you guilty of murder? | Joshua Rozenberg

  14-07-2015 17:20
  
  The supreme court is soon to consider the law of joint enterprise, in which secondary participants are charged with the same offenceDoes the law of joint enterprise cause injustice? That’s the question the supreme court will confront in October. If its answer is yes, the UK’s most senior judges will have the chance to put things right.The court has agreed to hear an appeal by Ameen Hassan Jogee, 26, who is serving a sentence of life imprisonment with a minimum of 18 years. Jogee was convicte
  
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• Google accidentally reveals 'right to be forgotten' requests

  14-07-2015 15:28
  
  Data shows 95% of Google privacy requests are from citizens out to protect personal and private information – not criminals, politicians and public figuresLess than 5% of nearly 220,000 individual requests made to Google to selectively remove links to online information concern criminals, politicians and high-profile public figures, the Guardian has learned, with more than 95% of requests coming from everyday members of the public.The Guardian has discovered new data hidden in source code on G
  
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• Google accidentally reveals data on 'right to be forgotten' requests

  14-07-2015 15:28
  
  Data shows 95% of Google privacy requests are from citizens out to protect personal and private information – not criminals, politicians and public figuresLess than 5% of nearly 220,000 individual requests made to Google to selectively remove links to online information concern criminals, politicians and high-profile public figures, the Guardian has learned, with more than 95% of requests coming from everyday members of the public.The Guardian has discovered new data hidden in source code on G
  
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• Outrage as 9 Sudanese women face 40 lashes for wearing trousers

  14-07-2015 14:36
  
  Rights groups say arrest of Christians is further evidence of routine discrimination against non-Muslims, frequently punished for ‘indecent dress’A Sudanese Christian woman arrested for wearing trousers has narrowly escaped the punishment of 40 lashes, in a case that human rights groups say is further damning evidence of the government’s intolerance to its Christian population.Fardos Al Toum, 19, was arrested for indecency along with 11 other women in June in front of a church in Khartoum
  
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• Outrage as 11 Sudanese women face 40 lashes for wearing trousers

  14-07-2015 14:36
  
  Rights groups say arrest of Christians is further evidence of routine discrimination against non-Muslims, frequently punished for ‘indecent dress’A Sudanese Christian woman arrested for wearing trousers has narrowly escaped the punishment of 40 lashes, in a case that human rights groups say is further damning evidence of the government’s intolerance to its Christian population.Fardos Al Toum, 19, was arrested for indecency along with 11 other women in June in front of a church in Khartoum
  
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• Hillary Clinton criticises the Uber business model for exploiting workers

  14-07-2015 14:18
  
  Economic policy speech slams the ‘on-demand economy’ following lawsuits against startups like Uber over responsibility to workers and employee rights
  In her first major speech laying out her economic agenda, Hillary Clinton on Monday slammed the “on-demand economy”, accusing bosses of exploiting their workers by “misclassifying them as contractors.” The presidential hopeful said that while the sharing economy, led by high-profile technology startups like Uber, Airbnb and Lyft, is “
  
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• Secret justice raises constitutional questions but offers few answers

  14-07-2015 14:17
  
  The case of Erol Incedal saw reporters’ notebooks impounded at MI5 HQ and the lord chief justice questioning the independence of prosecutors
  For many years, parts of a criminal trial, notably those involving spies, have been heard behind closed doors. But even taking into account the peculiarly British acceptance of secrecy this was extraordinary.
  If the prosecution had its way, the London law student Erol Incedal would have remained anonymous and his trial heard in total secrecy.Continue read
  
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• US urged to cancel Xi Jinping visit after China's human rights crackdown

  14-07-2015 14:00
  
  Petition calls on Barack Obama to also suspend official exchanges with Chinese government following wave of detentions of lawyersActivists are urging Barack Obama to cancel an upcoming visit from the Chinese president, Xi Jinping, after more than 145 human rights lawyers and campaigners were detained in China as part of a rapidly intensifying campaign against civil society. In the wake of the detentions, a petition sent to the White House petitions website said: “Since Xi Jinping came to power
  
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• Family lawyers: 100% divorce ruling exceptional but fair

  14-07-2015 13:30 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  A hospital consultant has been ordered to give his former wife his entire fortune, after neglecting to pay child support.
  
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• IRA informant's damages claim against MI5 set for secret trial

  14-07-2015 13:13
  
  Judges back view that case from Martin McGartland, who was kidnapped and later shot seven times when his cover was blown, cannot be heard in open courtComplaints by an IRA informant that he was not sufficiently protected by MI5 are likely to be heard in a secret trial, the court of appeal has accepted.
  The decision by three judges supports arguments on behalf of the home secretary, Theresa May, that the damages claim by Martin McGartland, who penetrated the republican movement, cannot be heard i
  
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• Where is the diversity in law recruitment?

  14-07-2015 12:52
  
  Despite recent initiatives, the legal profession remains a bastion of white, middle-class, privately educated males. So what can be done to make it more inclusive? Harriet Swain reports on a roundtable debate At the beginning of his career, Dele Ogun, founding partner of the City law firm Akin Palmer, failed to get an interview as a solicitor until he left his name off his CV. “My name was a difficulty,” he says. Speak to almost any lawyer outside the white, male, public-school-educated esta
  
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• 'Force lawyers into pro bono' - think tank

  14-07-2015 12:12 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Report says public have lost trust in legal profession and recommends free work as a way to re-establish it.
  
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• Prisons 'at their worst level for 10 years'

  14-07-2015 11:30
  
  In a damning final report, the chief inspector highlights increased violence, staff shortages and overcrowding in jails in England and WalesPrisons in England and Wales have declined across all areas last year to their worst level for at least 10 years, the chief inspector of prisons has reported.Nick Hardwick, in his last report, says that staff shortages, overcrowding and a rising level of violence fuelled by a rapid increase in the use of legal highs have all contributed to a significant over
  
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• Fifa and FA must do more to stop young people falling victim to fake agents

  14-07-2015 08:00
  
  Football bodies and government need to tackle illegal recruitment practices to protect young people and the reputation of the sportIt is a, sadly, often-repeated story. An African teenager playing football at an academy in his native country was taken by an “agent” who said he would get him into professional football in Europe. The youth, who was a child at the time, was then taken to another African country where he was made to work with no pay and poor living conditions. He did not play fo
  
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• Disbarred lawyer charged in kidnapping police called hoax - Yahoo News UK

  14-07-2015 04:09
  
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  Disbarred lawyer charged in kidnapping police called hoax
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  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The case of a California woman who said she was kidnapped for ransom only to have police call it a hoax took another bizarre twist Monday when federal prosecutors announced they charged a disbarred Harvard-trained lawyer ...en meer »
  
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• UK surveillance report makes concessions to privacy lobby

  14-07-2015 01:01
  
  Report in response to Edward Snowden’s revelations concedes privacy should be a greater concern in data collection and that current laws are outdatedPrivacy campaigners have secured significant concessions in a key report into surveillance by the British security agencies published on Tuesday.The 132-page report, A Democratic Licence To Operate, which Nick Clegg commissioned last year in the wake of revelations by the US whistleblower Edward Snowden, acknowledges the importance of privacy conc
  
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• Privacy campaigners win concessions in UK surveillance report

  14-07-2015 01:01
  
  Report in response to Edward Snowden’s revelations concedes privacy should be a greater concern in data collection and that current laws are outdatedPrivacy campaigners have secured significant concessions in a key report into surveillance by the British security agencies published on Tuesday.The 132-page report, A Democratic Licence To Operate, which Nick Clegg commissioned last year in the wake of revelations by the US whistleblower Edward Snowden, acknowledges the importance of privacy conc
  
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• New official website for Welsh law

  14-07-2015 01:01 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Online information service will help lawyers keep track of evolving legal framework in Wales.
  
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