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• Russian ambassador accuses U.K. authorities of violating international law - UPI.com

  07-08-2015 23:02
  
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  Russian ambassador accuses U.K. authorities of violating international law
  UPI.com
  Russian Ambassador to the U.K. Alexander Yakovenko has accused Britain of ousting Russian diplomats over visa issues. Photo released by Press and Information Office/Kremlin.ru. LONDON, Aug. 7 (UPI) -- Russia accused the British government of forcing ...
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• Doctors who colluded in US torture vote to crawl 'out of the dark side'

  07-08-2015 22:06
  American Psychological Association votes almost unanimously to ban members from being involved in Bush-era tactics of torture in wake of damning reportThe largest association of psychologists in the United States voted to begin reversing its policy of collusion in torture on Friday by prohibiting members of the American Psychological Association from participating in the interrogation of US prisoners on foreign soil. Related: US torture doctors could face charges after report alleges post-9/11 '
  
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• Another Journalist Claims UK Law Enforcement Violated Anti-Terrorism Laws By ... - Techdirt

  07-08-2015 20:56
  
  Another Journalist Claims UK Law Enforcement Violated Anti-Terrorism Laws By ...
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  Well, now we know what the UK's anti-terrorism law does best. The Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA) expanded powers for security/law enforcement agencies. For safety. For the nation. And, ironically, for the prevention the sort of thing it ...
  
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• Forget law and order: today’s police officers dream of going viral | Marina Hyde

  07-08-2015 19:44
  With the old pact between police, politics and press in tatters, cops now have to seek the limelight onlineIdea for a press conference: someone stands in front of New Scotland Yard and fixes the cameras with a serious look, before appealing for information relating to possible crimes carried out by former occupants of that building. Perhaps the mere sight of the edifice, or its old Scotland Yard predecessor, could trigger memories that could help with inquiries – or, indeed, launch some eye-ca
  
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• Stop and search is a disgrace across the UK – not just in our cities | Kehinde Andrews

  07-08-2015 17:30
  New figures show that in some rural areas black people are up to 17.5 times more likely to be stopped by the police than white people. Only wholesale reform of the criminal justice system can address its institutional racismFigures published today show black people are up to 17.5 times more likely than white people to be stopped and searched by the police in certain areas of the UK. This enormous disparity is no great surprise. The issue of stop and search has dogged the police service for decad
  
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• Court dismisses £30 data request for firm files

  07-08-2015 16:56 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Judge rules it would be disproportionate to demand that Taylor Wessing must search for non-privileged data.
  
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• Round-up of UK employment law developments in July 2015 - Lexology (registration)

  07-08-2015 16:23
  Round-up of UK employment law developments in July 2015
  Lexology (registration)
  Employees unable or unwilling to take their 4 weeks' EU-derived statutory holiday because of sickness absence continuing to the end of the leave year can carry it forward, but must take it within 18 months of the end of the leave year in which it accrued.en meer »
  
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• iTunes 'breaks the law' in the UK after new sharing copyrighted material ... - Metro

  07-08-2015 15:22
  
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  iTunes 'breaks the law' in the UK after new sharing copyrighted material ...
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  A recent ruling by the High Court states it is now illegal to transfer copyrighted works from one format to another. This means if you download an MP3 and then burn it onto a CD to listen to in your car, you are technically breaking the law. Even ...
  Using iTunes is now illegal under UK copyright lawThe Independent
  UK Law Makes it Illegal for iTunes Users To Rip CDs, Back Up PurchasesExclaim!
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• CPS issues ‘revenge porn’ guidance

  07-08-2015 14:31 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Prosecutors being given details of cases brought so far since legislation was introduced in April.
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn's bill for nationalising energy sector costed by City at £185bn

  07-08-2015 14:05
  City analysts say regulatory hurdles for Labour leadership runner’s ambition to nationalise energy sector would see minimum £124bn billNationalising the major power providers, as suggested by Labour leadership candidate Jeremy Corbyn, could cost £185bn, according to leading City analysts.Following a report in the Financial Times in which Corbyn discusses an ambition to take control of the major power providers, analysts at Jefferies stockbrokers concluded there would be a number of hurd
  
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• Do Businesses Understand Competition Law‎ - Mondaq News Alerts (registration)

  07-08-2015 13:54
  Do Businesses Understand Competition Law‎
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  This spring, the UK Competition and Markets Authority (the "CMA") published a study on UK businesses' awareness and understanding of competition law, understanding of anti-competitive behaviors, and penalties for any violations. The study included ...en meer »
  
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• China accuses prominent rights lawyer of inciting subversion - Yahoo News UK

  07-08-2015 13:29
  
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  China accuses prominent rights lawyer of inciting subversion
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  Reuters/Reuters - Human rights lawyer Wang Yu talks during an interview with Reuters in Beijing in this March 1, 2014 photo. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon. BEIJING (Reuters) - Police in China have accused a prominent human rights lawyer of inciting ...en meer »
  
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• In sexual assault cases, the idea of the ‘perfect victim’ is pernicious | Keir Starmer

  07-08-2015 13:14
  It was recently reported that compensation has been reduced for sexual assault victims who have criminal convictions. We need to stop expecting everyone to be a model citizenAmong the many reasons that the sexual exploitation cases in places such as Rochdale and Rotherham took so long to be recognised, investigated and eventually prosecuted was that many of the victims felt unable to report to the police what had happened to them or, in a number of cases, first appeared on the police radar becau
  
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• Tide of legislation defeats deregulation drive

  07-08-2015 12:34 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Research shows 2,015 new laws introduced last year – 35% of which originated in devolved administrations. 
  
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• Action day 38: LAA opens client hotline

  07-08-2015 12:24 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Legal Aid Agency creates new telephone service for unrepresented defendants ahead of meeting with practitioner groups.
  
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• The arts, the law and freedom of speech

  07-08-2015 11:30
  
  Police involvement in the cancellation this week of a National Youth Theatre production highlights again the difficult legal challenges for arts organisations putting on contentious work. Can a new set of guidelines help?Reports this week that the National Youth Theatre had pulled the plug on Homegrown, a new play about radicalisation, contained some discomfiting details. The production had been moved from a venue in Bethnal Green, east London, amid concerns it was “insensitive”. Police had
  
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• Society concerned over company transparency plan

  07-08-2015 10:33 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Prison penalty for failing to comply 'extremely disproportionate', Law Society tells government. 
  
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• Truman Bodden Law re-confirmed through 2020 by UK SRA - Cayman 27

  07-08-2015 02:29
  
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  Truman Bodden Law re-confirmed through 2020 by UK SRA
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  Truman Bodden Law School has been re-confirmed by the UK's Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA). That means the school's qualifying law degrees will be recognised through 2020. Students with a law degree from Truman Bodden Law School can enter ...
  
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• Truman Bodden Law re-confirmed through 2012 by UK SRA - Cayman 27

  07-08-2015 02:29
  
  Cayman 27
  Truman Bodden Law re-confirmed through 2012 by UK SRA
  Cayman 27
  Truman Bodden Law School has been re-confirmed by the UK's Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA). That means the school's qualifying law degrees will be recognised through 2020. Students with a law degree from Truman Bodden Law School can enter ...
  
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