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• Andy Burnham: men convicted for being gay should get automatic pardons

  17-07-2015 23:00
  
  Labour leadership contender’s proposal would mean up to 50,000 convictions for acts that would be not be illegal today could be quashedAn automatic legal pardon should be given to all men convicted under historical homosexuality laws without the need for families or individuals to apply to the government, the Labour leadership contender Andy Burnham has proposed.His pledge, following consultation with Sir Keir Starmer, the former director of public prosecutions and current Labour MP, means it
  
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• Children in immigration tribunals 'may have to represent themselves'

  17-07-2015 18:45
  
  Removal of legal aid is leaving thousands of youngsters with no access to the law and at risk of exploitation and homelessness, charity claimsVulnerable children are at risk of having to represent themselves in immigration tribunals because they no longer qualify for legal aid, according to a report by the Children’s Society.Continue reading...
  
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• High court quashes regulations allowing people to copy CDs

  17-07-2015 17:33
  
  Move follows judge’s recent ruling that government was legally mistaken in deciding not to introduce compensation scheme for musicians who faced lossesThe high court has quashed regulations introduced by the government to allow members of the public to lawfully copy CDs and other copyright material bought for their own private use. The move follows a judge’s recent ruling that the government was legally incorrect in deciding not to introduce a compensation scheme for songwriters, musicians a
  
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• A&O hikes junior salaries by 25%

  17-07-2015 17:19 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Steep increase in associate pay at magic circle firm as competition for top talent intensifies.
  
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• NHS sounds alarm over ‘disproportionate legal costs’

  17-07-2015 17:09 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Litigation authority reports number of claims falling slighty as government gears up to consult on fixed costs. 
  
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• Court closures ‘won’t affect legal aid and family reforms’

  17-07-2015 16:25 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Ministry of Justice and HM Courts and Tribunals Service consulting on shutting nearly one-fifth of the courts estate.
  
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• Finally, the high court puts a brake on snooping on ordinary Britons | Carly Nyst

  17-07-2015 15:37
  Today’s court ruling that the government must comply with European law on surveillance is a timely reminder that there are limits on what the state can doA UK court has ruled today that the government’s ever-growing powers to track and monitor its population must be restrained and that the UK cannot continue to flout its international obligations to respect privacy and protect personal data. For the first time in over a decade, the British government must stem its insatiable appetite for sur
  
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• U.K. 'Emergency' Surveillance Law Ruled Unlawful By High Court - TechCrunch

  17-07-2015 14:49
  
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  U.K. 'Emergency' Surveillance Law Ruled Unlawful By High Court
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  In a high profile win for civil liberties in the U.K., surveillance legislation rushed through the national parliament in a matter of days last year has today been declared unlawful under European Human Rights law. Two MPs, Tom Watson (Labour) and ...
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  UK High Court strikes down British data retention lawPolitico
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• Snooping law for rewrite after landmark court ruling

  17-07-2015 13:57 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  High Court says 2014 data retention measure is inconsistent with EU law. 
  
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• A rushed UK surveillance law has been struck down by the High Court - The Next Web

  17-07-2015 13:16
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  A rushed UK surveillance law has been struck down by the High Court
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  The High Court in the UK has ruled today that part of the country's surveillance legislation is unlawful. The Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Act 2014 (DRIPA) was determined to be breaking the law by hindering the public's right to a private life.en meer »
  
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• UK's emergency surveillance law struck down by MPs - Engadget - Engadget

  17-07-2015 12:27
  
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  UK's emergency surveillance law struck down by MPs - Engadget
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  The High Court has ruled today that parts of the UK's emergency surveillance legislation, the Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Act 2014 (DRIPA), is unlawful. Conservative MP David Davis and Labour MP Tom Watson, represented by the Liberty ...
  UK High Court gives government nine months to rewrite data retention law ...Network World
  UK High Court strikes down British data retention law – POLITICO
  
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• Judicial sackings almost double in a year

  17-07-2015 12:27 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Total removed includes 19 magistrates, eight tribunal judges and five judges.
  
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• National pay scales for coroners to end £70k variance

  17-07-2015 12:24 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Chief coroner suggests salaries should be assessed in the same way as they are for judges.
  
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• Rupert Murdoch's News UK shamed by failure to pay legal costs

  17-07-2015 12:23
  
  Instead, journalists respond to crowdfunding appeal by raising the fees imposed on Sun crime reporter following his conviction for paying a police officerRupert Murdoch’s organisation had a moral duty to pay the legal costs for Sun reporter Anthony France. But it refused to do so.Instead, members of the public and plenty of journalists responded to a crowdfunding appeal and raised the cash in less than six hours.“I am hoping that as friends and supporters of Anthony, and other journalists st
  
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• Woman loses latest court battle over son's death at Iraq police station

  17-07-2015 12:13
  
  Patricia Long, whose son Paul was a Royal Military police officer killed in Majar al-Kabir, has legal challenge dismissed by court of appealA woman whose son, a British redcap, was killed by an armed mob in Iraq has lost the latest round of her legal battle for a new independent inquiry into his death.Court of appeal judges in London dismissed a challenge by Patricia Long against an earlier ruling by the high court that she did not have a right in law to have another investigation. Related: 'Run
  
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• Former consultant barred after hidden £6.8m transaction

  17-07-2015 11:53 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Regulator finds that a consultant at a firm conducted high-value transactions without his employer's knowledge.
  
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• Firm ‘lacked high standards of conduct’ in client transfer bid

  17-07-2015 11:36 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Lord chief justice refuses application to transfer representation for convicted client.
  
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• End of PORN blocks? Cameron's compulsory online filters could be SCRAPPED ... - Express.co.uk

  17-07-2015 11:35
  
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  End of PORN blocks? Cameron's compulsory online filters could be SCRAPPED ...
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  The Prime Minister announced measures to stop the hard-core porn "in the darkest corners of the internet" from "corroding childhood". "For a lot of children, watching hard-core pornography is in danger of becoming a rite of passage," David Cameron told ...en meer »
  
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• High court rules data retention and surveillance legislation unlawful

  17-07-2015 10:54
  
  Victory for Tory MP David Davis and Labour’s Tom Watson, who argued on privacy grounds, as judges find Dripa is ‘inconsistent with EU law’Emergency surveillance legislation introduced by the coalition government last year had been found to be illegal by the high court.A judicial challenge by the Labour MP Tom Watson and the Conservative MP David Davis has overturned the Data Retention and Investigatory Act 2014. The judges ruled that days retention powers in the legislation are inconsisten
  
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• Michael Gove to call for prisoners who study hard to get early release

  17-07-2015 01:01
  
  Justice secretary will say inmates should be able to earn their release through improved education programmes driven by prison staffPrisoners who work hard for qualifications while behind bars could be allowed to leave prison early under an “earned release” scheme, the justice secretary, Michael Gove, will suggest.In his first major speech on prisons policy, Gove is due to say that more can be done to provide the right incentives for prisoners to learn, as well as calling for prison staff to
  
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• Laxer Lawyer Training Regs Would Hurt UK Law, Group Says - Law360 (subscription)

  17-07-2015 00:05
  
  Laxer Lawyer Training Regs Would Hurt UK Law, Group Says
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  Law360, New York (July 16, 2015, 5:45 PM ET) -- Proposals to lower legal training standards are a danger to the U.K. legal industry's global reputation, according to a Thursday report from the U.K.'s main solicitor association. The Law Society launched ...
  
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