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• Bankers, lawyers and other professionals abetting corrupt money in UK property | Letters

  29-07-2015 21:26
  
  Your editorial (29 July) is right. The inflated housing market is just one symptom of the fact that the UK is a financial haven, as investigations by the Guardian, Global Witness and others have repeatedly shown. So while David Cameron’s crackdown on corrupt money in UK property is a promising step, there is much more to do. Large-scale corruption is only possible with help from a “pinstriped army” of bankers, lawyers and other professionals. The Fifa and HSBC Swissleaks scandals have show
  
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• Major companies in UK obliged to make slavery and trafficking statements

  29-07-2015 21:19
  
  From October all companies doing business in the UK with a turnover of £36m or more will have to deliver annual statement covering international supply chainsThe major supermarkets, the likes of Primark, Marks & Spencer and well known food and technology brands, will all have to set out how they are preventing slavery and human trafficking taking place in their supply chains, under rules announced by the UK government.From October, all companies doing business in the UK with a turnover of &
  
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• Firms in UK will have to reveal efforts to stop supply chain slavery and trafficking

  29-07-2015 21:19
  
  From October all companies doing business in the UK with a turnover of £36m or more will have to deliver annual statement covering international supply chainsThe major supermarkets, the likes of Primark, Marks & Spencer and well-known food and technology brands, will all have to set out how they are preventing slavery and human trafficking taking place in their supply chains, under rules announced by the UK government.From October, all companies doing business in the UK with a turnover of &
  
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• UK govt. loses appeal over 'illegal' asylum law - Press TV

  29-07-2015 19:03
  
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  UK govt. loses appeal over 'illegal' asylum law
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  In June, Britain's High Court ruled that the government's controversial "Detained Fast Track" system was illegal. The UK's Court of Appeal has ruled against the government's appeal over fast-track detention of asylum seekers. In June, Britain's High ...en meer »
  
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• Football fan, 72, convicted over making 'monkey' gestures at black players

  29-07-2015 18:54
  
  Middlesbrough fan Ernest Goult claimed gesture was a traditional Teesside expression but was convicted of public order offences A Middlesbrough fan has been found guilty of making monkey gestures at black Blackburn Rovers players after one of them scored a controversial goal against his team in a Championship match.The players Lee Williamson, Rudy Gestede and Markus Olsson spotted Ernest Goult, 72, making the gestures after Gestede scored a last-minute equaliser against the home team at Middlesb
  
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• Football fan, 72, convicted of making 'monkey' gestures at black players

  29-07-2015 18:54
  
  Middlesbrough fan Ernest Goult claimed gesture was a traditional Teesside expression meaning ‘rubbish’ but was convicted of public order offences A Middlesbrough fan has been found guilty of making monkey gestures at black Blackburn Rovers players after one of them scored a controversial goal against his team in a Championship match. The players Lee Williamson, Rudy Gestede and Markus Olsson spotted Ernest Goult, 72, making the gestures after Gestede scored a last-minute equaliser against th
  
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• Action day 29: SRA warning prompts revised protocol

  29-07-2015 18:34 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Solicitors thank the regulator for its ‘timely assistance in these difficult times’.
  
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• Firms allowed to recruit university students in second year

  29-07-2015 18:32 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Code is amended to reflect ‘modern practices’ after it found previous rules only ‘artificially’ protected students.
  
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• High Court judge being investigated after British Airways row

  29-07-2015 17:35 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Judge Peter Smith recused himself from a price-fixing case against British Airways after airline accused him of bias.
  
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• Separate-business rule relaxation ‘will increase consumer choice’

  29-07-2015 17:04 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Legal Services Board approves plans to allow law firms to manage businesses in other sectors.
  
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• Where there’s a will … the person who wrote it may not get their way | Jay Watts

  29-07-2015 16:57
  
  A new ruling giving a daughter a large share of her mother’s inheritance against her original will means our final wishes may now be annulled in courtThe court of appeal ruled this week that Heather Ilott is entitled to a large share of her mother’s inheritance, overturning a will that left her money to three animal charities. Senior judges agreed with the QC’s argument Ilott had “an unreasonable, capricious and harsh mother”, who was wrong in never forgiving her daughter for eloping w
  
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• Netanyahu approves more West Bank construction after demolition ruling

  29-07-2015 16:25
  
  Israeli settlers and police clashed as two illegal settlement buildings were torn down but PM, under pressure from pro-settler parties, approves hundreds moreBinyamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, has approved the immediate construction of hundreds of settlement units in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem in an effort to stave off a growing threat posed by pro-settler parties in his rightwing coalition government.The issue was brought to a head on Wednesday by a supreme court rul
  
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• School-leaver overturns immigration-related blanket ban on student loan

  29-07-2015 15:29
  
  Supreme court decision in favour of Beaurish Tigere, 20, could pave way for hundreds of other young people settled in UK to fund higher educationA 20-year-old school-leaver who was denied a student loan has succeeded in overturning a blanket ban – related to immigration status – on funding for higher education. The supreme court decision could pave the way for hundreds of other young people who are settled in Britain and have been to school in this country to carry on to higher education.Con
  
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• How to respond if someone tells you they’ve been raped or sexually assaulted | Nicole Westmarland for the Conversation

  29-07-2015 14:50
  
  The Bill Cosby case has highlighted the importance of reacting adequately to victims of sexual violence. Here are some ways you could helpThis week’s New York Magazine surely has its most poignant cover ever, in a piece of remarkable journalism. With the caption “the unwelcome sisterhood”, thecover shows black and white photographs of 35 of the 46 women whose sexual assault allegations against Bill Cosby span five decades.One of the women, Barbara Bowman, who was aged just 17 and trying to
  
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• New insurer enters PII market aiming for specialist firms

  29-07-2015 14:10 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Pelican Underwriting Management Ltd will offer £5m limits and initially target firms with one to five partners.
  
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• Yes, there is such a thing as rape within marriage

  29-07-2015 14:07
  
  Contrary to what Donald Trump’s campaign spokesman Michael Cohen believes, marital rape is a crime, as too many victims know all too wellDonald Trump has hit the headlines, yet again, for all the wrong reasons after his lawyer and campaign spokesperson claimed it isn’t possible to rape your spouse. The statement came after the Daily Beast ran a story this week about how Ivana Trump once accused her former husband of “rape”, later saying not in the “criminal sense”.Her statement was p
  
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• Lord chancellor loses challenge to ruling on fast-track system

  29-07-2015 13:58 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Detained fast-track system ‘systemically unfair and unjust’ to asylum seekers, Court of Appeal rules.
  
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• Lord chancellor loses challenge to ruling on fast-track asylum process

  29-07-2015 13:58 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Detained fast-track system ‘systemically unfair and unjust’ to asylum seekers, Court of Appeal rules.
  
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• Bar Council leader raises concerns over ABS entities

  29-07-2015 13:50 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Alistair MacDonald QC says there are still unanswered questions on alternative business structures and if they should be permitted at the bar.
  
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• 'Why not do the right thing'? Renewed gun control push targets firearm dealers

  29-07-2015 13:00
  
  Thirteen Democrats sent letter imploring three major firearms dealers to refrain from selling guns without complete and thorough background checks of buyersFaced with little appetite in the US Congress to strengthen federal gun laws, a group of senators on Tuesday called on firearm dealers to help reduce the scourge of gun violence in America by performing more robust background checks, even when it’s not required by the law.
  Their mantra: “No background check, no gun.”Continue reading...
  
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• Members of Congress put the onus on gun dealers to enforce safety laws

  29-07-2015 13:00
  
  Thirteen Democrats sent letter imploring three major firearms dealers to refrain from selling guns without complete and thorough background checks of buyersFaced with little appetite in the US Congress to strengthen federal gun laws, a group of senators on Tuesday called on firearm dealers to help reduce the scourge of gun violence in America by performing more robust background checks, even when it’s not required by the law.
  Their mantra: “No background check, no gun.”Continue reading...
  
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• Burma military is violating international law by blocking aid, say charity groups - Catholic Herald Online

  29-07-2015 11:26
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  Burma military is violating international law by blocking aid, say charity groups
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  Aid groups in Burma have condemned the military's blocking of relief supplies to more than 1,000 newly displaced Kachin civilians as a violation of international humanitarian law. “We demand unconditional and free humanitarian access to those displaced ...
  
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• UK terror prisoners' segregation for extended periods ruled unlawful

  29-07-2015 11:15
  
  Supreme court unanimously rules that separating Kamel Bourgass and Tanvir Hussain from other prisoners beyond initial periods of 72 hours is unlawful
  Two high-profile terrorist prisoners who were segregated for extended periods have won challenges at the UK’s highest court.Five supreme court justices in London allowed appeals by ricin plot conspirator Kamel Bourgass and “liquid bomber” Tanvir Hussain. Continue reading...
  
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• Terror prisoners' segregation for extended periods ruled unlawful

  29-07-2015 11:15
  
  Supreme court unanimously rules that separating Kamel Bourgass and Tanvir Hussain from other prisoners beyond initial periods of 72 hours is unlawful
  Two high-profile terrorist prisoners who were segregated for extended periods have won challenges at the UK’s highest court.Five supreme court justices in London allowed appeals by ricin plot conspirator Kamel Bourgass and “liquid bomber” Tanvir Hussain. Continue reading...
  
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• Ireland's Sunday World appeals against jury's €900,000 libel award

  29-07-2015 10:26
  
  Damages granted by jurors were ‘excessive and disproportionate’, says paperThe Sunday World, the popular paper sold across Ireland, has urged the Dublin appeal court to overturn a jury’s libel decision, and its award of €900,000 (£637,000), to a man it described as a “Traveller drug king.”Martin McDonagh was paid €90,000 of the €900,000 award, made in 2008, pending the outcome of the newspaper’s appeal.Continue reading...
  
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• Firms under scrutiny over measures to prevent money laundering

  29-07-2015 01:07 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Reports about potential breaches of anti money laundering rules continue to rise, with 184 in the last year.
  
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• Firms under scrutiny over anti-money laundering

  29-07-2015 01:07 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Reports about potential breaches of anti-money laundering rules continue to rise, with 184 in the last year.
  
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• Solicitors 'in denial' about threat from accountants

  29-07-2015 01:06 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Analyst says 750 accountancy firms could join market to offer probate services.
  
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• David Cameron vows to tackle trafficking of Vietnamese children

  29-07-2015 01:01
  
  Fact-finding mission will examine how to stop traffickers in Vietnam, while big UK firms will have to show how they are preventing human slaveryDavid Cameron is to promise a crackdown on the trafficking of Vietnamese children by ordering big British businesses to set out annually what they are doing to stop slavery and human trafficking in their supply chains.As many as 3,000 Vietnamese children are thought to have been trafficked to Britain to work in cannabis farms and nail bars, and are often
  
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• David Cameron vows crackdown on trafficking of Vietnamese children

  29-07-2015 01:01
  
  Fact-finding mission will examine how to stop traffickers in Vietnam, while big UK firms will have to show how they are preventing human slaveryDavid Cameron is to promise a crackdown on the trafficking of Vietnamese children by ordering big British businesses to set out annually what they are doing to stop slavery and human trafficking in their supply chains.As many as 3,000 Vietnamese children are thought to have been trafficked to Britain to work in cannabis farms and nail bars, and are often
  
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