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• Treat all child abusers with equal severity | Letter

  21-09-2015 20:15
  
  Mr Justice Walker says “the victims’ fathers were concerned about the future marriage prospects for their daughters” (Abused Asian children suffer more, court of appeal rules, 18 September). Where do we even start with this statement? Is this the only or most typical response of the male parents about their female children? Would an abuser of a child of a feminist mother, for instance, have a lesser sentence for a similar crime because this mother would not consider marriageabi
  
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• Eastern European leaders defy EU effort to set refugee quotas

  21-09-2015 19:50
  
  Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary and Latvia reject efforts by Brussels to form common policy on just 66,000 migrants, calling it illegalCentral and eastern European leaders have defied attempts by Brussels and Berlin to impose refugee quotas ahead of two days of high-stakes summits in Brussels to try to decide on what already looks like a vain attempt to limit the flow of refugees and migrants into Europe.
  After months of being consistently behind the curve in grappling with the EU&rsqu
  
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• Solicitor firm shuns SRA for bar regulator

  21-09-2015 18:09 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Family firm becomes BSB-regulated entity – despite having no barrister on its team. 
  
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• So Cameron was young and reckless. Lucky he wasn’t young, reckless and poor | Gary Younge

  21-09-2015 17:45
  
  What David Cameron is alleged to have done is odd, but not a crime. The consequences of immature transgressions, however, vary massively according to race, sex and classBy the time the sun had risen this morning Twitter had run out of pig jokes. Allegations that the British prime minister, David Cameron, “put a private part of his anatomy” into a dead pig while he was a student had broken the internet. #Piggate is trending. Stories about Cameron’s allegedly excessive drug-takin
  
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• No grounds for PII reforms, say lenders

  21-09-2015 16:22 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Solicitors Regulation Authority reviewing professional indemnity insurance and Compensation Fund arrangements.
  
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• SNCF found guilty of discriminating against Moroccan workers

  21-09-2015 15:31
  
  French rail operator ordered to pay €150m in damages to around 800 north African workers first hired in 1970sFrench rail operator SNCF has been ordered to pay about €150m (£97m) in damages after being found guilty of discriminating against hundreds of Moroccan workers.Employees had sued the transport company, claiming it had deliberately passed them over for promotion and offered them fewer work and retirement benefits than French and European colleagues.Continue reading...
  
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• US civil rights report condemns abuses against detained immigrants

  21-09-2015 14:00
  
  US Commission on Civil Rights calls for immediate release of families held in detention facilities, pointing to violations of constitutional rightsA scathing report from the US Commission on Civil Rights (USCCR) has criticized the government’s treatment of immigrants in detention facilities and called on the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to immediately release families held in such centers.The 130-page report, released on Thursday, detailed a litany of abuses against immigrants in
  
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• Comparison site steps in to ADR gap

  21-09-2015 13:19 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Firms offered access to confidential mediation service as ADR deadline looms.
  
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• Judiciary watchdog investigates judge over BA luggage complaint

  21-09-2015 12:26
  
  Judge complained about bags going astray in written ruling in case involving airline and allegations of air cargo price fixing A judiciary watchdog is investigating a high court judge who complained about his luggage going astray on a flight booked with British Airways while he was overseeing a case involving the airline.Mr Justice Peter Smith mentioned the problem in a written ruling on a case involving allegations of air cargo charges being fixed. He said in the ruling that he had decided to p
  
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• Judge withdraws from BA case after airline loses his luggage

  21-09-2015 12:26
  
  Judge complained about bags going astray in written ruling on case involving airline and allegations of air cargo price fixing A judiciary watchdog is investigating a high court judge who complained about his luggage going astray on a flight booked with British Airways while he was overseeing a case involving the airline.Mr Justice Peter Smith mentioned the problem in a written ruling on a case involving allegations of air cargo charges being fixed. He said in the ruling that he had decided to p
  
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• Couple win £20k damages in landmark childcare case

  21-09-2015 11:43 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  ‘Loving’ parents awarded £10,000 each after their eight children were ‘unlawfully’ kept away from them by a local authority.
  
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• Pinsent Masons: the UK's most-liked law firm - The Lawyer

  21-09-2015 01:27
  Pinsent Masons: the UK's most-liked law firm
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  This year's Business Leadership Report is a 'must-have' for any provider that wants to know what its clients are really thinking when it comes to selling legal services. The report focuses on the growing range of alternative legal services and ...en meer »
  

• VouchedFor lists ‘rated’ solicitors in Sunday paper

  21-09-2015 01:01 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Only solicitors who have paid will feature in Mail on Sunday supplement.
  
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• Small firms: majority support

  21-09-2015 01:01 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  The ups and downs of running a small firm and where their owners can go for advice.
  
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• SDT: Lloyd Aneke (aka Lloyd Chukwuma Dillon Aneke)

  21-09-2015 01:01 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  The SDT ordered that the applicant’s application for restoration to the roll should be refused.
  
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• SDT: Kemal Howard Gurpinar

  21-09-2015 01:01 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  The SDT ordered that the applicant’s application for restoration to the roll should be refused.
  
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• SDT: Alexander Henry Bevan and Guy Robin Hollebon

  21-09-2015 01:01 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  The SDT ordered that the first respondent (admitted 1977) should be struck off the roll, and that the second respondent (admitted 2001) should pay a fine of £10,000.
  
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• Microsoft highlights in-house importance

  21-09-2015 01:01 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Brad Smith will take on the title of president and chief legal officer. He will remain general counsel.
  
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• Media and privacy law

  21-09-2015 01:01 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Privacy injunction attempts by the rich and famous – and public perceptions.
  
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• Kent ABS plan on ice as town halls look to consolidate

  21-09-2015 01:01 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  More than a year has passed since the council began the procurement process for a commercial partner to form a groundbreaking joint venture.
  
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• City trainee wins junior essay contest

  21-09-2015 01:01 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Essays were invited on anonymity in legal proceedings.
  
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• BSB entities launched as legal aid cuts bite

  21-09-2015 01:01 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Powers were granted in April to the regulator to allow entities that can offer reserved legal activities.
  
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