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• David Cameron 'now backs limits to peers' time in House'

  27-08-2015 21:23
  
  Criticism over 45 new peerages and public anger over rising political costs force PM to support curbs on Lords appointmentsDavid Cameron is preparing to back the introduction of term limits for peers following a deluge of criticism on Thursday over the rising number of peerages handed out to his close associates. The move comes as the new honours list showed that the Lords are to receive another 45 peers. These include party donors, MPs and special advisers. Related: The new peerages and the new
  
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• Google attacks Brussels antitrust case in 100-page response

  27-08-2015 20:12
  
  Legal action by European commission over shopping price comparison service ‘wrong as matter of fact, law and economics’, says GoogleGoogle has described the European commission’s antitrust case against its search engine business as “wrong as a matter of fact, law and economics” in a lengthy counter submitted to the regulator.The commission’s competition policy chief, Margrethe Vestager, launched a full-scale legal attack on Google in April, accusing the compan
  
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• Subway's silence over the Fogle fiasco leaves a bad taste

  27-08-2015 19:37
  
  The sandwich chain has a chance to show customers the integrity behind its obesity campaign was real, even if the pitchman turned out to be a fraudJared Fogle, Subway’s lead pitchman for 15 years, may be on his way to prison, and the restaurant chain is losing a cornerstone of its enormously successful brand story. But it doesn’t have to. Subway has a moment, right now, to step up and show that the authenticity and heart it showed with the Fogle campaign was real, even if the pitchma
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn win may push UK caste bias law - Hindu Business Line

  27-08-2015 18:53
  Hindu Business Line
  Jeremy Corbyn win may push UK caste bias law
  Hindu Business Line
  A long-running campaign to get Britain to introduce legislation to prevent caste discrimination could gain impetus, should Jeremy Corbyn, the current frontrunner in the leadership campaign for the Labour party, be selected as the party's head in September.en meer »
  

• The Latest: Defense lawyer blames Senior Salute culture - Yahoo News UK

  27-08-2015 16:38
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  The Latest: Defense lawyer blames Senior Salute culture
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  A lawyer for a recent graduate of an elite New Hampshire prep school charged with raping a 15-year-old freshman girl says she lied on the stand when she said she didn't recall telling friends about the sex acts she was prepared to engage in the night ...en meer »
  

• Ex-Leeds Utd boss Haigh jailed – report

  27-08-2015 16:34 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Former deputy chief executive of GFH Capital faced allegations of embezzlement.
  
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• Ex-Leeds Utd boss Haigh jailed

  27-08-2015 16:34 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Solicitor and in-house counsel faced allegations of embezzlement.
  
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• Letter: Sir Bob Hepple was unstinting in his support for younger colleagues

  27-08-2015 16:15
  
  I had the good fortune to have been one of Bob Hepple’s labour law doctoral students at Cambridge in the 1970s, a period of great intellectual excitement in this developing field. Bob was a pioneer in the fields of comparative, international and European labour law as well as domestic law and worked closely with the International Labour Organisation and other international bodies to promote labour standards. His eminence on the international stage was recognised by the Award for Distinguis
  
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• The death penalty is in its final throes, but too many are still being executed | Clive Stafford Smith

  27-08-2015 15:39
  
  Of the 195 states recognised by the UN, only 37 still use capital punishment – in the misguided belief that it is an effective deterrentHistory may be susceptible to few inexorable predictions. But we are on safe ground if we say that sacrificing a human being to the false god of deterrence, or for pure revenge, is not going to look civilised when we peer back from the 22nd century, any more than our own history books laud the Salem witch trials three centuries ago.At one time or another,
  
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• Bellwether index shows fall in City law firm deals

  27-08-2015 15:02 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Law Society says City firm deal numbers could indicate problems for economic recovery. 
  
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• Deutsche Bank staff questioned as part of Libor investigation

  27-08-2015 14:39
  
  Current and former traders interviewed by SFO about manipulation of London interbank offered rate and euro counterpartCurrent and former Deutsche Bank staff have been questioned by the Serious Fraud Office in recent weeks in relation to the investigation into Libor rate-rigging. Traders have been interviewed about the manipulation of the London interbank offered rate and its euro counterpart, Bloomberg has reported. Continue reading...
  
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• Blog: Changes in UK Consumer Law - Scottish Legal News

  27-08-2015 14:02
  Blog: Changes in UK Consumer Law
  Scottish Legal News
  Dr. Julie Nixon, solicitor at MBM Commercial writes about recent changes to UK consumer law. Currently, UK consumer law is a mix of EU-derived and UK-specific rules. The Consumer Rights Bill will replace some, but not all, of the UK's current ...
  

• Ministers fixating on claimant costs, say PI lawyers

  27-08-2015 13:54 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Claimants go on the attack as the debate over fixed fees for clinical negligence continues.
  
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• Retention stays high at magic circle

  27-08-2015 13:35 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Firms keep on at least eight out of 10 trainees.
  
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• UK gun laws are about to be overhauled – not necessarily for the better | Joshua Rozenberg

  27-08-2015 12:39
  
  The Law Commission’s proposed reforms fall short of what we need. But this is a public consultation, so you can helpNext month, both sides of the firearms debate will come face to face at a half-day conference organised the by government’s law reform advisers. On one side will be law enforcement, represented by the National Ballistics Intelligence Service, the National Crime Agency, the Crown Prosecution Service and the Metropolitan Police Forensic Firearms Unit. The other side will
  
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• Anaerobic digestion can help UK reach renewable energy targets - The Lawyer

  27-08-2015 12:03
  Anaerobic digestion can help UK reach renewable energy targets
  The Lawyer
  The role of solar, wind and tidal power in achieving the EU's target of creating 20 per cent of its energy from renewable sources by 2020 is well known. However, the energy derived from waste in helping to meet these targets shouldn't be dismissed. The ...
  

• Fake Goldman Sachs is latest Chinese counterfeit bank to hang out its shingle

  27-08-2015 08:54
  Goldman Sachs (Shenzhen) Financial Leasing comes to light after pirate branch of China Construction Bank offered customers deposits but no withdrawals Related: Police shut down massive iPhone counterfeiting operation A Chinese finance company has set itself up in business with the name Goldman Sachs but said any similarity to the US investment giant was unintentional. Continue reading...
  
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• French court awards woman disability grant for 'allergy to gadgets'

  27-08-2015 04:10
  Court recognises that Marine Richard, 39, suffers from electromagnetic hypersensitivity to everyday devices such as mobile phonesA French court has awarded a disability grant to a woman claiming to suffer from a debilitating allergy to electromagnetic radiation from everyday gadgets such as mobile phones.The applicant, Marine Richard, 39, hailed the ruling as a “breakthrough” for people afflicted by electromagnetic hypersensitivity (EHS). Related: Better Call Saul: is electromagnetic
  
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• Kentucky clerk told to issue marriage licenses to gay couples as ruling upheld

  27-08-2015 00:02
  Rowan county clerk Kim Davis cannot ‘decline to act in conformity with constitution’ as supreme court interprets it, judges say, but appeal is possibleA federal appeals court has upheld a ruling ordering a Kentucky county clerk to issue marriage licenses to gay couples.Rowan County clerk Kim Davis objects to same-sex marriage for religious reasons. She stopped issuing marriage licenses the day after the US supreme court overturned state bans on same-sex marriage. Continue reading...
  
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