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• The Janner hearings will be awful but the case must proceed | Hugh Muir

  14-08-2015 20:54
  If the defendant’s mental state causes the process to collapse, at least justice will be done – and seen to be done – as far as is possibleThere is no satisfaction to be taken from the messy and wholly distressing set of proceedings that now surround the elderly Labour peer Lord Janner. Facing 22 charges of historic child sex abuse, there is widespread and public discussion as to his mental state, with his every movement scrutinised, his every recent utterance pored over for evidence of me
  
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• Man 'was making political stand' by writing about last day in Sun newspaper

  14-08-2015 18:19
  Friends say terminally ill man Bob Cole, who documented his final hours before visiting a Dignitas clinic, wanted to gain support for the right to dieA terminally ill man who documented his final hours in the Sun newspaper before visiting a Dignitas clinic was taking one final political stand after a life of tireless activism, friends have said.Bob Cole, 68, the former secretary of Welsh CND, died at the clinic in Zurich, about 18 months after accompanying his wife, Ann Hall, there, where she al
  
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• Court rejects PII insurer's bid to aggregate £11m claims

  14-08-2015 18:14 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Richard Woodman, a partner at Royds, said a ruling in the insurer’s favour would have set a ‘very dangerous precedent’.
  
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• Court rejects PII insurer's bid to aggregate £11m claims

  14-08-2015 18:14 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Richard Woodman, a partner at Royds, said a ruling in the insurer’s favour would have set a ‘very dangerous precedent’.
  
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• Israeli Concern That Jeremy Corbyn As Labour Leader Would Reinstate UK Law on ... - Center for Research on Globalization

  14-08-2015 15:22
  Israeli Concern That Jeremy Corbyn As Labour Leader Would Reinstate UK Law on ...
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  A future Labour government under the leadership of Jeremy Corbyn would almost certainly reinstate the law on Universal Jurisdiction that was amended by the previous Cameron government in order to facilitate the entry into Britain of Israeli politicians ...en meer »
  

• Insurer takes dishonest £135k settlement case to Supreme Court

  14-08-2015 14:09 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Court of Appeal restored full award after Zurich had successfully reduced it to £14,720.
  
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• Infographic lays bare impact of court closures

  14-08-2015 13:50 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Law Society seeking views and case studies on government plans to close 91 courts and tribunals in England and Wales.
  
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• Mentoring scheme to increase diversity at top

  14-08-2015 13:07 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Law Society seeking to address under-representation of minority groups higher up the career ladder.
  
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• Hunger-striking Palestinian prisoner in coma: lawyer - Yahoo News UK

  14-08-2015 12:18
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  Hunger-striking Palestinian prisoner in coma: lawyer
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  A Palestinian held by Israel without trial has slipped into a coma after a nearly two-month hunger strike, his lawyer said Friday, raising fears for his life. "I was informed yesterday (Thursday) evening by the (Israeli) hospital where he is being held ...en meer »
  

• When keeping a child from their mother is in their best interests | Joshua Rozenberg

  14-08-2015 10:58
  The court of appeal has decided that a Latvian girl should continue to live with her adoptive parents in the UK, contrary to the wishes of her mother and the Latvian authoritiesTaking a child away from a parent is one of the most profound and far-reaching powers a court can exercise. Can it ever be in the best interests of a child to lose not only a parent but also a nationality and family heritage? Related: Latvia complains to UK parliament over forced adoptions Should she be sent to a country
  
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• Cancer sufferer due to end his own life calls for assisted dying law change in UK

  14-08-2015 09:14
  Bob Cole makes plea for politicians to be more sympathetic to those with fatal diseases, from Dignitas euthanasia unit in SwitzerlandA terminally ill man has called for a change to British laws on assisted dying, as he prepares to end his life at a Swiss clinic.
  Bob Cole, 68, will kill himself at 2pm at the Dignitas clinic in Zurich, around 18 months after watching his wife Ann Hall do the same. Continue reading...
  
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• The sometimes enjoyable mind of Dyson Heydon | Richard Ackland

  14-08-2015 09:07
  Dyson Heydon’s conservative worldview was well-known long before the Liberal party invitation scandal blew up. Just ask his fellow judgesFew figures in the pantheon of the NSW barristers’ trade union are more saintly than Sir Garfield Barwick. Dyson Heydon qualifies as a modern day hero in the same mould - brilliance at the law, steadfast adherence to conservative values, rising to dizzying heights in the service of the nation.Why wouldn’t Heydon want to sing the praises of Barwick at a Li
  
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• Azerbaijan makes a mockery of justice as couple sentenced in political show trial

  14-08-2015 08:00
  No one who witnessed persecution of Leyla and Arif Yunus could doubt that this was a vicious campaign against independent opponents, says Tanya LokshinaThe court of grave crimes in Baku found leading Azeri activists, 59-year-old Leyla Yunus and her 60-year-old husband, Arif, guilty of swindling and tax evasion yesterday, and sentenced them to eight and seven-and-a-half years in prison respectively. I was in that courtroom as the verdict was read, and when the judge announced the sentence my firs
  
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• Indonesia court overturns school abuse convictions: lawyer - Yahoo News UK

  14-08-2015 05:31
  
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  Indonesia court overturns school abuse convictions: lawyer
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  An Indonesian court has overturned convictions against a Canadian and an Indonesian who were jailed for 10 years each for sexually abusing children at a prestigious Jakarta international school, their lawyer said Friday. School administrator Neil ...en meer »
  
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• Currency-rigging lawsuit settlements rise past $2 bln -lawyer - Yahoo Finance UK

  14-08-2015 01:08
  
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  Currency-rigging lawsuit settlements rise past $2 bln -lawyer
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  NEW YORK, Aug 13 (Reuters) - Investors have recovered more than $2 billion in settlements with nine banks over claims of price-rigging in the foreign exchange market, and are continuing to pursue claims against seven other banks, a lawyer for the ...
  Currency-rigging lawsuit settlements rise past $2 billion - lawyerYahoo News UKalle 23 nieuwsartikelen »
  
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• City struggling to convert revenue into profits - survey

  14-08-2015 01:01 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Average profit per equity partner falls from £484,000 in 2014 to £480,000 in 2015.
  
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