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• Right of self-defence central to legal debate over Syria drone strike

  07-09-2015 21:35
  
  Some lawyers say use of article 51 of UN charter to justify attack appears to be a departure from established practiceThe killing of British jihadists in a UK drone strike on the Syrian city of Raqqa was justified by David Cameron as an act of self-defence under article 51 of the United Nations charter.
  While that legal principle was the basis of armed action in both the Falklands war in 1982 and the invasion of Afghanistan in 2001, human rights groups say its deployment in a targeted killing ma
  
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• UK’s respect for rights should start with charities at home | Letters

  07-09-2015 21:07
  
  Your article (Human rights groups feel chill as country after country clamps down on their work, 27 August) reports that one factor weakening the capacity of western democracies like the UK to support human rights NGOs abroad is our own anti-terrorist measures. Another factor is the wider hostility of Conservative ministers and the board of the Charity Commission towards campaigning by British charities since 2012.Oliver Letwin, Chris Grayling and George Osborne have all spoken in hostile or fro
  
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• Alistair Carmichael court asked to dismiss legal bid to unseat him

  07-09-2015 20:50
  
  Lib Dem MP’s lawyer tells election court that petition from constituents over leaked Nicola Sturgeon memo is ‘bound to fail’A lawyer for the former Scotland secretary Alistair Carmichael has told judges in Edinburgh that attempts to throw him out of the Commons have no basis in law and must be rejected.A rare election court sitting in Scotland’s civil courts was told by his counsel Roddy Dunlop QC that an attempt by some of Carmichael’s constituents in Orkney and Sh
  
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• Même si je suis menacé je me battrai pour le Niger | Ali Idrissa

  07-09-2015 18:17
  
  Dans notre pays riche en uranium, nous avons besoin d’un système équitable de répartition des ressources, mais ma campagne pour la démocratie et la liberté ne m’a attiré qu’intimidation, menaces et séjours en prison• To read this article in English, click hereTout a commencé en 1990. Je me battais pour la démocratie et de meilleures conditions pour les étudiants. Bien que notre pays ait obtenu son ind&ea
  
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• Je suis menacé de mort mais je continuerai à me battre pour le Niger | Ali Idrissa

  07-09-2015 18:17
  
  Dans notre pays riche en uranium, nous avons besoin d’un système équitable de répartition des ressources, mais ma campagne pour la démocratie et la liberté ne m’a attiré qu’intimidation, menaces et séjours en prison
  • To read this article in English, click hereTout a commencé en 1990. Je me battais pour la démocratie et de meilleures conditions pour les étudiants. Bien que notre pays ait obtenu son ind&e
  
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• Society: overhaul employment tribunals and scrap fees

  07-09-2015 16:23 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Chancery Lane proposes system based on a single jurisdiction broken down into four levels of complexity.
  
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• Aylesbury child abuse ring: six men handed long prison terms

  07-09-2015 16:22
  
  Underage girls were groomed for sex for as little as ‘the price of a McDonald’s, a milkshake and cinema ticket’, judge saysSix men who were members of a child abuse ring in Aylesbury have been handed lengthy prison sentences for grooming vulnerable underage girls for sex for as little as “the price of a McDonald’s, a milkshake and cinema ticket”.The men were convicted at the Old Bailey of a range of sex offences between 2006 and 2012, including multiple rape o
  
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• I fear for my life. But I will not stop fighting for Niger | Ali Idrissa

  07-09-2015 16:02
  
  In our uranium-rich country we need a fair distribution of resources. But my campaign for democracy and freedom has brought intimidation, threats and detentionIt all started in 1990. I was fighting for democracy and better conditions for students. Despite our nation having gained independence from France in 1960, Niger had been prone to political instability and ruled by a one-party system. As a young man all I wanted was freedom and democracy. Related: Areva's uranium mining deal with Niger rec
  
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• Despite the threats, I will not stop fighting for Niger | Ali Idrissa

  07-09-2015 16:02
  
  In our uranium-rich country we need a fair distribution of resources. But my campaign for democracy and freedom has brought intimidation, threats and detention• Lisez cet article en français, iciIt all started in 1990. I was fighting for democracy and better conditions for students. Despite our nation having gained independence from France in 1960, Niger had been prone to political instability and ruled by a one-party system. As a young man all I wanted was freedom and democracy. Rel
  
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• Amanda Knox acquitted because of 'stunning flaws' in investigation

  07-09-2015 15:37
  
  Release of judges’ legal reasoning says case against Knox and her former boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito, lacked evidence to prove wrongdoingItaly’s highest court acquitted Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito, her former boyfriend, of the 2007 murder of the British university student Meredith Kercher, because there were “stunning flaws” in the investigation that led to their convictions, according to judges’ legal reasoning.A panel of judges at the court of cassation i
  
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• Barrister took £2,000 from client without permission

  07-09-2015 14:58 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Tribunal finds Stephen Supple guilty of professional misconduct. 
  
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• The problem with religious people? They always think they’re right

  07-09-2015 14:34
  
  From being told when we may live or die to who we may marry, I’m getting fed up of everyone’s ‘religious viewpoints’I’m getting a tiny bit browned off with some “religious viewpoints”. We’ve had rather a lot of them lately, telling us when we may live or die, and who we may not marry. Our Archbishop of Canterbury has been begging MPs to reject Rob Marris’s right-to-die bill, the pope still thinks abortion is a sin, and Kentucky clerk, Kim Dav
  
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• Alistair Carmichael court asked to dismiss legal challenge

  07-09-2015 13:45
  
  Lib Dem MP’s lawyer tells televised election court that petition from constituents over leaked Nicola Sturgeon memo is ‘bound to fail’A court has been asked to dismiss a legal challenge to the election of the former Scottish secretary Alistair Carmichael. Four of the Liberal Democrat MP’s Orkney and Shetland constituents have raised a case at the court of session in Edinburgh, claiming he misled voters during the general election campaign over the leaking of a memo about
  
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• Parabis admits ‘discreet discussions’ after fire-sale rumours

  07-09-2015 13:16
  
  Speculation that Irwin Mitchell and Keoghs interested in acquiring parts of national firm’s business.
  
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• Slash police budgets – it will stop officers doing other people's jobs

  07-09-2015 12:55
  
  Police officers are concerned their work won’t get picked up by other struggling public services. But that’s for politicians to deal withThe case of the 14-year-old boy criminalised for sending a naked selfie to a girl in his class is symptomatic of much that is wrong with policing in the UK. Many have remarked on the stupidity of treating an immature, impulsive act as a criminal matter. The police, not unreasonably, say they were merely following guidelines on the distribution of in
  
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• China releases Korean-American missionary - lawyer - Yahoo News UK

  07-09-2015 12:37
  China releases Korean-American missionary - lawyer
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  BEIJING (Reuters) - China has released a Korean-American missionary arrested last year over a non-profit school he ran near the border with North Korea, his lawyer said, resolving a case that sparked outcry from international Christian groups. A ...en meer »
  

• UK public sector cuts spend on law firms by 10pc - The Global Legal Post

  07-09-2015 12:01
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  UK public sector cuts spend on law firms by 10pc
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  A town hall efficiency drive has seen the spend by local authorities on law firms and barristers fall £18bn to £156bn in 2013/14, according to research from Thomson Reuters. Freer. Related stories. UK local government looks to privatise legal departments.
  

• Build a CV that taps into the mindset of interviewers

  07-09-2015 11:48
  
  Once you’re at your law interview, use your CV to focus the conversation on the things you have in common
  A great CV is a gateway to an interview – but once you’ve impressed on paper, you need to impress in person.In the midst of another highly competitive training contract interview season, here are some tried and tested strategies for using your CV to steer an interview to your advantage. They’ll get you on your way to having a confident conversation and surviving once
  
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• Alistair Carmichael legal challenge broadcast live on TV

  07-09-2015 09:25
  
  LIb Dem MP admitted responsibility for leaking memo that wrongly suggested Nicola Sturgeon wanted David Cameron to win electionThe first election court hearing in Scotland for 50 years will be broadcast live on TV on Monday as a legal challenge to the election of Liberal Democrat MP Alistair Carmichael begins.
  The former Scottish secretary came under pressure to quit after admitting responsibility for a leaked memo written by a civil servant that wrongly suggested the first minister, Nicola Stur
  
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• Israel plans to demolish 17,000 Arab buildings in West Bank, UN says

  07-09-2015 02:00
  
  UN finds only 33 of 2,020 Palestinian planning applications approved, with demolitions causing poverty and leaving families in ‘state of chronic uncertainty’Israel plans to demolish up to 17,000 structures, most of them on privately owned Palestinian land in the part of the illegally occupied West Bank under full Israeli military and civil rule, a UN report has found.Between 1988 and 2014, Israel’s Civil Administration, the governing body that operates in the West Bank, issued
  
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• Israel plans to demolish 13,000 Arab buildings in West Bank, UN says

  07-09-2015 02:00
  
  UN finds only 33 of 2,020 Palestinian planning applications approved, with demolitions causing poverty and leaving families in ‘state of chronic uncertainty’Israel plans to demolish up to 13,000 structures, most of them on privately owned Palestinian land in the part of the illegally occupied West Bank under full Israeli military and civil rule, a UN report has found.Between 1988 and 2014, Israel’s Civil Administration, the governing body that operates in the West Bank, issued
  
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• Vendetta against local councillors

  07-09-2015 01:01 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Blood-feuds are not limited to families in Italy, as some recent judgments illustrate.
  
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• SDT: Richard Gregory Barca

  07-09-2015 01:01 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  The SDT ordered that the respondent should be reprimanded.
  
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• SDT: Nancy Josephine Lee

  07-09-2015 01:01 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  The SDT ordered that the respondent should be struck off the roll.
  
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• SDT: Kofi Agyeman

  07-09-2015 01:01 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  The SDT ordered that the applicant’s application for the determination of the indefinite suspension imposed on him on 6 June 2011 should be refused.
  
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• SDT: Jeremy Simon Barker and Michelle Jane Newton

  07-09-2015 01:01 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  The SDT ordered that the first respondent (admitted 1980) should be suspended from practice for two years to commence on 19 May 2015; and that the second respondent (admitted 2000) should be suspended from practice for six months to commence on 19 May 2015.
  
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• SDT: Afshan Ejaz Nawaz

  07-09-2015 01:01 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  The SDT ordered that the respondent should pay a fine of £6,000.
  
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• More magistrates quit over court charges

  07-09-2015 01:01 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  The Ministry of Justice introduced fixed costs under the last government.
  
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• Magistrates quit over court charges

  07-09-2015 01:01 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  The Ministry of Justice introduced fixed costs under the last government.
  
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• Magistrates quit in protest at court charges

  07-09-2015 01:01 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  The Ministry of Justice introduced fixed costs under the last government.
  
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• Law Society in-house engagement push

  07-09-2015 01:01 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Five-point engagement plan will be unveiled at an event in London on 17 September.
  
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• Further ‘Wales-only’ law affects landlords

  07-09-2015 01:01 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  The Housing (Wales) Act 2014 places an obligation on all private landlords who have a rental property in Wales to register.
  
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• Councils slash legal spending in austerity response

  07-09-2015 01:01 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Research also finds authorities finding new ways to reduce legal budgets.
  
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• Claimant lawyers spending £76m a year on marketing

  07-09-2015 01:01 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Average spend per business rose from £128,117 in 2010 to £315,810 last year.
  
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• Claimant lawyer advertising soars

  07-09-2015 01:01 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Average spend per business rose from £128,117 in 2010 to £315,810 last year.
  
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• Bid canvass continues as legal aid D-day looms

  07-09-2015 01:01 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Legal Aid Agency gives another indication of the time frame for tenders announcement.
  
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