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• Jay Z wins copyright infringement case over Big Pimpin' Egyptian song sample

  21-10-2015 22:25
  
  Judge dismisses lawsuit filed by Osama Fahmy, nephew of Baligh Hamdi, an Egyptian composer whose 1957 song Khosara Khosara features in the 1999 hitJay Z has won a copyright infringement trial stemming from his 1999 hit single Big Pimpin’, ending a long drawn-out case which shined a light on sampling in pop music and western artists’ use of Arabic melodies.US district judge Christina Snyder abruptly dismissed the lawsuit against Jay Z and his producer Timbaland before it went to a jur
  
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• Xi Jinping: world has room for improvement on human rights – video

  21-10-2015 20:12
  
  The Chinese president Xi Jinping discusses China and the UK’s steel industry prospects and comments on China’s human rights situation. The president says China’s investment meant the creation of 6,000 jobs in the UK. He also admits that China has space to improve its human rights, saying that China is prepared to listen to the UK and other countries on a basis of mutual respect Continue reading...
  
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• Xi Jinping: China has ‘room for improvement’ on human rights – video

  21-10-2015 20:12
  
  The Chinese president Xi Jinping discusses China and the UK’s steel industry prospects and comments on China’s human rights situation. The president says China’s investment in British steel saw the creation of 60 million jobs in the UK. He also admits that China has space to improve its human rights, saying that China is prepared to listen to the UK and other countries on a basis of mutual respect Continue reading...
  
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• UK Authorities Admit EU Law Stops UK Govt Assisting Steel Closure Workers - Breitbart News

  21-10-2015 18:41
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  UK Authorities Admit EU Law Stops UK Govt Assisting Steel Closure Workers
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  A Conservative led council has refused to give a tax break to Tata Steel's Scunthorpe plant, admitting that granting a discount on the firm's £15.2 million business rates bill would be illegal under EU law. Tata Steel yesterday confirmed 900 job losses ...en meer »
  

• UK "anti-radicalisation" law can take kids from thoughtcriming parents in ... - Boing Boing

  21-10-2015 17:08
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  UK "anti-radicalisation" law can take kids from thoughtcriming parents in ...
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  The Conservative Party's "anti-radicalisation" laws call on teachers and other public servants to report brown children who espouse "radical" ideologies -- and now the other shoe has dropped, with the Family Division of the Judiciary promising to steal ...en meer »
  

• Charity Commission fights claim it unlawfully choked off lobby group's funds

  21-10-2015 16:35
  
  Commission is accused of exceeding its remit by seeking to cut funds to Cage, which campaigns on behalf of people accused of terrorism US intelligence agents appear to have influenced a decision to investigate charitable donors to Cage, the high-profile lobby group that campaigns on behalf of people accused of terrorism, describing it as a “jihadist front”, court papers reveal.Days before the Charity Commission intervened to choke off future funds from the voluntary sector to Cage, i
  
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• Donate blood or go to jail: when did US judges become vampires? | Steven W Thrasher

  21-10-2015 16:15
  
  A judge in Alabama has allegedly made people who owe court fees choose between jail and blood donation
  The New York Times reported on Monday that Judge Marvin Wiggins of Marion, Alabama, is offering destitute people who owe court fees a dangerous choice: donate blood, or risk going to jail. According to audio posted by the Southern Poverty Law Center, recorded in September on the day of a blood drive, Wiggins allegedly told those with fines: “If you do not have any money, and you don&rsquo
  
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• French legal aid protest goes national – and physical

  21-10-2015 16:12 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Robed lawyers clash with riot police in dramatic scenes outside court buildings.
  
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• Challenge legal aid contracts by Friday, Law Society says

  21-10-2015 15:55 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  The Law Society has issued guidance on how firms can contest the outcomes of the new legal aid procurement.
  
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• MoJ paid Serco £1.1m for running secure children's unit after it closed

  21-10-2015 15:50
  
  Hassockfield training centre closed on 20 November last year but Serco continued to be paid until 9 January, FoI request revealsA private company that operates prisons for the government has been paid more than £1m for running an empty secure children’s unit for seven weeks, the Guardian has learned.Serco, which operates six prisons in the UK and jails in Australia and New Zealand, had managed Hassockfield training centre, near Consett, since it opened in 1999. Continue reading...
  
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• The government is playing a dangerous game trying to scrap the Human Rights Act | Philippe Sands

  21-10-2015 12:56
  
  The Tories’ plans to repeal this fundamental act will have profound consequences for the future of human rights in the UK, and Britain’s engagement with EuropeTucked away in the Conservative manifesto for the 2015 general election was a commitment that few – including, one suspects, David Cameron – assumed would require action: to “scrap the Human Rights Act” and “curtail the role of the European court of human rights”. After the surprise of his el
  
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• Essex backs ABS plans to net £1.8m a year

  21-10-2015 12:53 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Councillors agree to make application to set up an alternative business structure.
  
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• Land Grab UK Doctor's Lawyer Speak, Deny Violance Used in Farm Acquisition - AllAfrica.com

  21-10-2015 11:33
  Land Grab UK Doctor's Lawyer Speak, Deny Violance Used in Farm Acquisition
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  LAWYERS for the British doctor at the centre of a farm row in Zimbabwe have insisted that he is entitled to the land and denied he was using violence to force the present occupant off the Mashonaland Central property. The lawyers issued a statement as ...en meer »
  

• ‘Innovative’ financial list formally unveiled

  21-10-2015 11:08 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Legal and financial services industries were given a market briefing on the new Rolls Building list.
  
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• Staff shortages forcing prisoners to choose between books and showers

  21-10-2015 10:00
  
  Charities say limits on access to prison libraries in England and Wales – blamed on a lack of escorts or unsupportive governors – is harming inmate rehabilitation Inmate access to prison libraries is being compromised by staff shortages, experts have warned, with some prisoners forced to choose between borrowing books and a phonecall home or a shower.Nina Champion, head of policy at the Prisoners’ Education Trust, said the organisation had worked with prisoners who had a choice
  
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• Lawyer’s crowdsourcing site aims to help people have their day in court | Mary O’Hara

  21-10-2015 09:00
  
  People at every level should have access to legal support, says Julia Salasky, founder of an online fundraising site to raise money for court costsWith warnings coming thick and fast about the stark ramifications of the government’s sweeping cuts to legal aid, it was probably inevitable that someone would come up with a new way to plug some gaps in access to justice. Enter the legal crowdfunder, CrowdJustice, an online platform where people who might not otherwise get their case heard can
  
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• Charity Commission and terrorism suspect campaigners Cage in high court

  21-10-2015 07:00
  
  Advocacy group claims regulator had no right to ask charities to stop its funding, in a case with ramifications for UK groupsThe right to fund unpopular causes is at the heart of a key case heard in the high court on Wednesday, in a legal battle that pits controversial campaigners Cage against the charity regulator.Lawyers for the high-profile lobby group Cage, which campaigns on behalf of people accused of terrorism, will claim that the Charity Commission exceeded its remit in seeking – a
  
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• Land grab UK doctor's lawyer speak - New Zimbabwe.com

  21-10-2015 03:45
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  Land grab UK doctor's lawyer speak
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  LAWYERS for the British doctor at the centre of a farm row in Zimbabwe have insisted that he is entitled to the land and denied he was using violence to force the present occupant off the Mashonaland Central property. The lawyers issued a statement as ...en meer »
  

• Laura Ashley chairman and estranged wife have spent £5m on divorce

  21-10-2015 02:03
  
  Khoo Kay Peng and Pauline Chai have been in litigation for more than two years The chairman of Laura Ashley and his estranged wife have racked up £5m in lawyers’ bills during a divorce settlement dispute, judges have heard.Khoo Kay Peng, 76, who owns 44% of Laura Ashley PLC, and Pauline Chai, 68, who was crowned Miss Malaysia in 1969, were together for more than 40 years and have five children.Continue reading...
  
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• CJC: Listen to local communities before shutting their court

  21-10-2015 01:01 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Judicial-led group voices broad support for government’s proposals.
  
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• Attorney disputes charge filed against UK Law student for crashing drone at ... - WKYT

  21-10-2015 00:11
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  Attorney disputes charge filed against UK Law student for crashing drone at ...
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  University of Kentucky Police have charged a student with wanton endangerment for crashing a drone into Commonwealth Stadium just prior to kickoff Saturday at the UK vs. Louisiana Lafayette football game. LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - An attorney on ...en meer »
  

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