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• The world must act to stop Syria’s suffering | Letters

  19-08-2015 21:22
  We, as concerned academics, legal, humanitarian and media professionals, condemn the Syrian government’s grotesque massacre in its aerial bombardment of a well-known and busy market in the Damascus suburb of Douma on Sunday 16 August 2015. As we write the killing continues.We call on the UK government to condemn this act and to demand, as per UN resolutions, that the Syrian government immediately and unconditionally stop bombing its civilian population. The death toll has reached over 100
  
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• Wide scope for review of civil court structure

  19-08-2015 18:38 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  The lord chief justice and master of the rolls ordered the review last month.
  
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• Costco and CP Foods face lawsuit over alleged slavery in prawn supply chain

  19-08-2015 18:29
  Legal claim filed in California seeks injunction against US retailer to prevent sale of prawns produced by Thai supplier unless labelled a product tainted by slavery Three California law firms are seeking an injunction to stop the US retail chain Costco selling prawns unless they are labelled as the produce of slavery.The firms have filed a class action lawsuit against Costco and its Thai seafood supplier, alleging that Costco knowingly sold prawns from a supply chain tainted by slavery. Continu
  
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• How changes to EU data protection law could affect UK business - ComputerWeekly.com

  19-08-2015 17:47
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  How changes to EU data protection law could affect UK business
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  For nearly 20 years, UK data protection laws have remained fairly static, even in the face of considerable technological advances, the rise of social media and the big data boom. The European Commission decided to address this gap between law and ...
  

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• Former Blakemores boss granted conditional PC

  19-08-2015 16:56 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  The SRA also confirms ‘conduct issues’ are being investigated relating to Guy Barnett.
  
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• The Guardian view on Eritrea: listen to the voices of those who have fled | Editorial

  19-08-2015 16:41
  This despotic state in the Horn of Africa crushes its citizens’ freedom, causing many to risk everything on a perilous journey across the Mediterranean. By listening to Eritreans who have got away, the Guardian sheds new light on Europe’s immigration crisisDictatorial regimes barricade themselves from scrutiny. Journalists are denied visas, territories closed off, and rare authorised visits take place under strict control, with access limited to selected places, people and themes tha
  
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• Canadian mining company accused of exploiting Eritrea's forced labour

  19-08-2015 16:16
  United Nations denounces Nevsun Resources for making use of men conscripted into country’s indefinite military serviceThe UN has accused a Canadian company of using forced labour at Eritrea’s only active mine in a hard-hitting report released in June.Nevsun Resources, which owns a majority share of the Bisha copper and gold mine and oversees its operations, has repeatedly come under fire over the use of conscripted labour since construction of the mine began in 2008.Continue reading.
  
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• Birthright citizenship: a history of futile conservative attempts to repeal law

  19-08-2015 15:06
  Legislation and court cases have sought to dismantle what Donald Trump calls ‘the biggest magnet for illegal immigration’ since the 19th century, taking on the near-impossible task to revoke a constitutional rightRepublican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump caused his weekly public stir when he released his first policy paper on immigration. In addition to its proposal to build a massive wall along the southern border and somehow making Mexico foot the bill, it also called for an
  
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• University of Law extends money-back guarantee

  19-08-2015 14:19 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Students will now also be able to claim half their fees back if they do not find a job within nine months of graduating.
  
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• Firms sounded out over withdrawal of legal aid bids

  19-08-2015 14:17 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Practitioner groups want to know how many firms are willing to withdraw their bids for new legal aid contracts.
  
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• Katrina killings: judge orders new trial over police shootings after hurricane

  19-08-2015 09:12
  New trial for five former New Orleans police officers on shooting charges after prosecutors’ anonymous online postings ruled to have tainted judicial processFive former New Orleans police officers deserve a new trial on charges connected to the deadly shootings of unarmed people amid the chaos following hurricane Katrina, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday, upholding a judge’s 2013 decision. Related: 10 years after the storm: has New Orleans learned the lessons of Hurricane Katrin
  
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• Is Joe Hockey going to bust some monopolies? His IP referral gives us hope | Tom Westland

  19-08-2015 08:24
  A Productivity Commission review into intellectual property is welcome news – it could help prevent Australia being fleeced in future trade agreementsCorporate rent seeking is the great Australian pastime. It’s certainly one of our most dynamic growth industries. As we saw with the carbon and mining taxes – the necessary Senate votes were supplied by a party named after a man who stood to gain millions of dollars from the repeal – companies are getting very good at twisti
  
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• 'If we don’t give them a voice, no one will': Eritrea's forgotten journalists, still jailed after 14 years

  19-08-2015 08:00
  The country is ranked worst in the world for press freedom, its writers locked in secret jails. Here, PEN Eritrea profiles the men who fought for a free press, and paid the priceEritrea has become one of the world’s worst offenders for human rights abuses over the last decade, imprisoning the third highest number journalists – after China and Iran.Related: Guardian Africa series: Inside EritreaRelated: Tale of two Eritreans offers glimpse inside Africa's most secretive state Where tw
  
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• Turnaround at Irwin Mitchell as profits rise 6%

  19-08-2015 01:05 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  The group had seen profits fall 8.5% to £17.1m in 2013/14 as it invested in acquisitions and infrastructure.
  
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• Profits rebound at Irwin Mitchell

  19-08-2015 01:05 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  The group had seen profits fall 8.5% to £17.1m in 2013/14 as it invested in acquisitions and infrastructure.
  
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