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• Crown Prosecution Service chief inspector signals concern over funding

  23-09-2015 20:06
  
  Kevin McGinty says cuts can leave agencies unable to function, amid fears criminal justice system cannot sustain its scheduleBudget cuts can go too far and prevent government agencies from fulfilling their public service roles effectively, the new chief inspector of the Crown Prosecution Service has warned.In a clear sign of concern about the level of funding for the criminal justice system as it faces a surge in terror and sexual abuse prosecutions, Kevin McGinty denied the CPS was close to col
  
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• Lindt wins legal battle after court rules Haribo claim does not bear up

  23-09-2015 18:21
  
  Sweet victory for Swiss chocolatier as court says foil-wrapped teddy is not copy of Haribo’s jelly sweetsHaribo’s long-running legal battle to stop Lindt selling chocolate teddy bears has ended after a federal court ruled the Swiss chocolatier’s product was not a copy of its rival’s gummy bears.The decision ended a dispute between the companies that started in 2012 when Haribo accused Lindt & Sprüngli of copying its Gold Bear trademark by launching a foil-wrapped
  
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• Unhappy returns of the day for copyright claim

  23-09-2015 18:05 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  A California judge's ruling that Warner/Chappell can no longer collect royalties for Happy Birthday may not apply in England, says IP expert.
  
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• Sexual consent is simple. We should all be clear what constitutes rape | Alison Saunders

  23-09-2015 17:49
  
  A new CPS campaign focuses on cases where two adults know each other, and attempts to debunk some of the myths around sex offences. Join the debate at #ConsentIs …Consent Is … beautiful, it is enthusiasm, it is free choice, it is mutual. It is NOT assumed, NOT a right of marriage, NOT in the clothes you wear.These views, shared on Twitter this week in response to a new awareness campaign by the Crown Prosecution Service, which I head, show that the vast majority of people fully und
  
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• Courts to move from 'physical paradigm' - new HMCTS chief

  23-09-2015 16:54 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Natalie Ceeney defends consolidation of court estate and hails digital future.
  
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• Facebook case may force European firms to change data storage practices

  23-09-2015 15:48
  
  Changes may be required after European court advocate general accuses US intelligence services of ‘mass, indiscriminate surveillance’European companies may have to review their widespread practice of storing digital data with US internet companies after a court accused America’s intelligence services of conducting “mass, indiscriminate surveillance”.The influential opinion by the European court of justice’s advocate general, Yves Bot, yet to be confirmed by th
  
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• US intelligence services accused of 'mass, indiscriminate surveillance'

  23-09-2015 13:59
  
  European companies may have to review practice of storing digital data with US internet companies, in fresh victory for Austrian privacy campaigner Max SchremsEuropean companies may have to review their widespread practice of storing digital data with US internet companies after a court accused America’s intelligence services of conducting “mass, indiscriminate surveillance”.The influential opinion by the European court of justice’s advocate general Yves Bot, yet to be co
  
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• Legal training: SRA hits back at Law Society concerns

  23-09-2015 13:51 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Regulator says it has not yet decided how it plans to assess trainee solicitors after Chancery Lane warns that proposed changes would hinder poorer students.
  
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• Nicola Sturgeon rules out Westminster deal to scrap Human Rights Act

  23-09-2015 13:35
  
  Scottish first minister says she opposes any weakening of human rights laws – not just in Scotland but across the whole of UKThe Scottish government will not do a deal with Westminster over human rights, Nicola Sturgeon has said, as the first minister laid to rest suggestions that SNP MPs might abstain on Conservative plans to scrap the Human Rights Act in exchange for a Scottish bill of rights.In a speech the Liberty director, Shami Chakrabarti, described as “an incredibly important
  
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• Alcohol-facilitated rape is not simply drunken sex | Jessica Valenti

  23-09-2015 13:28
  
  One day, deriding sexual assault victims for drinking will be as unthinkable as suggesting a married woman signed on to sex on demandThe further back we go in American history, the more horrifyingly narrow our definition of rape gets. It used to be that women had to prove they “put up a fight” if they wanted to be believed, or show that they were chaste. This thinking is not even that far behind us.A recent study showing the pervasiveness of sexual assault on college campuses, conduc
  
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• IPCC reform: the challenges

  23-09-2015 13:15 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  The public need to be involved in reform of the police watchdog. Otherwise improved accountability will not be achieved.
  
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• Debt trends in the UK middle market - The Lawyer

  23-09-2015 12:55
  Debt trends in the UK middle market
  The Lawyer
  The recent growth and renewed confidence in the UK economy has seen increasing buoyancy in the debt markets and numerous new non-bank funds entering the market. With the prolonged low interest rate environment, fund managers are increasingly ...en meer »
  

• Clifford Chance to promote LGBT rights worldwide

  23-09-2015 12:44 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Magic circle firm seeking to build inclusive culture across 36 offices – including in jurisdictions where homosexuality is illegal.
  
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• Conveyancing lifts income at NAHL

  23-09-2015 11:24 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  PI-based business reports first-half profits up by 18.7%.
  
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• Inside a prison classroom: 'These men are not barbaric or malign'

  23-09-2015 08:00
  
  Education is proved to reduce reoffending, yet funding cuts in America are ruining chances of a life on the outside“This is one of the saddest stories I’ve ever read,” Leo says, looking down at the sheets of paper spread across the desk in front of him. The margins are filled with carefully scribed annotations, each page covered with underlined sentences and circled words. The other men’s pages are similarly filled, as each attempts to make sense of the story before them.
  
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• Police to shut arcades of vice: from the archive, 23 September 1975

  23-09-2015 06:30
  
  Playland amusement arcade in Piccadilly Circus was being used by male sex workers to meet clientsThe use of amusement arcades, like Playland near Piccadilly Circus, for male prostitution and associated vice was a known problem even before the case which ended in sentencing at the Old Bailey yesterday. Nor is the problem confined to London - and even in the capital the racket has not yet been fully smashed. Although 152 youths have made statements to the seven-man Scotland Yard team, Judge Alan K
  
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