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• Ofcom director appointed LSB chief executive

  27-10-2015 23:44 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Solicitor Neil Buckley to replace Richard Moriarty, who is joining the Civil Aviation Authority.
  
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• US judge compares forcing Apple to bypass password to providing execution drugs

  27-10-2015 23:12
  
  Justice Department asking Apple to access user’s data is comparable to asking a drug company to administer a lethal injection, US judge saysAsking Apple to bypass an iPhone’s password protection to hand over personal information to the US government is the equivalent of “asking a drug company to administer a lethal injection”, a judge has said.The Obama administration requested that Apple bypass passwords in a case involving an iPhone 5S and a closed investigation that is
  
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• Judge says Obama administration asking Apple to skip passwords is 'lethal'

  27-10-2015 23:12
  
  Potentially incriminating data on iPhone 5S shouldn’t be accessed by Apple and handed to the Justice Department, a US judge has warnedAsking Apple to skip an iPhone’s password protection to hand over personal information to the US government is the equivalent of “asking a drug company to administer a lethal injection”, a judge has said.The Obama administration requested that Apple bypass passwords in a case involving an iPhone 5S and a closed investigation that is being c
  
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• High Court throws out 65,000 ‘highly irresponsible’ price-fixing claims

  27-10-2015 18:25 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Judge says international firm was wrong to sign statement of truth when there was no basis for claims.
  
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• Joint enterprise review ‘long overdue’, lawyers argue

  27-10-2015 17:36 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Supreme Court and Justice Committee of the Privy Council hearing murder appeals.
  
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• Hundreds to seek compensation for bank mis-selling

  27-10-2015 17:00 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Newcastle firm TLW Solicitors investigating 150 cases against banks for allegedly mis-selling interest rate hedging products.
  
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• Roman Polanski should be extradited to the US says new Polish government

  27-10-2015 16:59
  
  Polanski is due in court on 30 October, as leader of the newly elected Law and Justice party calls for director to be extradited to the US over a 1977 conviction for sex with a minorRoman Polanski should be deported from Poland to the US to face sentence over a conviction for having sex with a minor in 1977, according to the leader of Poland’s newly elected Law and Justice party. Related: Roman Polanski testifies at extradition hearing in PolandContinue reading...
  
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• The UK 200 2016 - The Lawyer

  27-10-2015 16:49
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• MP: courts charge stops guilty ‘working the system’

  27-10-2015 15:05 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Select committee member and pressure groups clash over new fee for convicted defendants.
  
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• Serious Fraud Office investigating ‘money-laundering’ related to Fifa

  27-10-2015 12:24
  
  • Allegations of money-laundering involving payment to Jack Warner
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  The Serious Fraud Office has confirmed it is looking into potential money-laundering offences in the UK related to Fifa corruption. Related: Franz Beckenbauer says German FA made ‘mistake’ over payment to FifaRelated: Fifa presidential candidates: can any of these men clean up world football? | Owen GibsonContinue reading...
  
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• Man challenges 'joint enterprise' murder conviction in supreme court

  27-10-2015 12:03
  
  Ameen Jogee, who encouraged his friend to stab a former police officer, has already lost fights over his conviction in the high court and the appeal courtA man convicted of murder under the doctrine of “joint enterprise” because he encouraged a friend to stab a former police officer is mounting a supreme court challenge.Related: If you encourage someone to kill, are you guilty of murder? | Joshua RozenbergRelated: Lawyers criticise decision to prosecute housing protester over sticker
  
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• Lessig on Super Pac crusade: 'one very important ally has been Donald Trump'

  27-10-2015 12:00
  
  The Harvard professor mounted his outsider’s campaign to push for campaign finance reform, while Trump has hammered rivals for accepting big moneyWhen Lawrence Lessig, the Harvard professor running for the Democratic presidential nomination, scans the Republican field, he sees one obvious ally: Donald Trump.Trump-Lessig might not be the most natural political pairing of the 2016 cycle. But no other Republican, Lessig said in a phone interview with the Guardian, has been so outspoken on the
  
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• Mark Duggan's family wins right to appeal against lawful killing finding

  27-10-2015 11:40
  
  Family challenges decision that inquest jury was entitled to bring lawful killing verdict over death of Duggan, who was shot by police marksman in 2011The family of Mark Duggan, whose fatal shooting by a police marksman sparked nationwide riots, has won permission to go to the court of appeal over a finding that he was lawfully killed.They are challenging a decision by three high court judges that an inquest jury was entitled to bring in its 8-2 majority verdict.Continue reading...
  
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• Law students: are you 'commercially aware'?

  27-10-2015 11:11
  
  Commercial awareness is a term that’s used regularly but rarely defined, which can cause trouble for students applying for jobs in the legal professionIn the world of legal graduate recruitment, commercial awareness is crucial. But the term can be confusing for those who are applying for training contracts and vacation schemes.Often, students don’t get the training contracts or vacation schemes they apply for because of a lack of commercial awareness. One such student is Connor Bingh
  
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• Solicitor-advocates step up challenge with referral site

  27-10-2015 11:07 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Website makes it easier for solicitor-advocates to refer work to each other in response to the direct access move by barristers.
  
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• Should cyclists be allowed to run red lights?

  27-10-2015 08:30
  
  Cyclists in Paris are now allowed to ride through red lights, and San Francisco is mulling a similar move. With the four main candidates for mayor considering just such a radical rewriting of the rulebook, could London be next?The lights turn red but the cyclist behind me shoots straight through. Two police officers radio to a colleague up the road who pulls him over and writes out a £50 on-the-spot fine. The Metropolitan Police hand out around 3,000 of these fixed penalty notices a year t
  
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• UK government should withdraw its invitation to Abdel Fatah al-Sisi | Letters

  27-10-2015 08:00
  
  We are concerned to hear that the government has invited the Egyptian dictator, Field Marshal Abdel Fatah al-Sisi, to visit the UK. We believe it violates the British values which the government claims to champion to welcome a ruler who has overthrown an elected government and instituted a regime of terror which has thrown back the cause of democracy in Egypt and the wider Middle East many years.While not necessarily supporting deposed President Morsi or the policies of his Freedom and Justice p
  
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• John McDonnell leads calls for UK to cancel Egyptian president’s visit

  27-10-2015 08:00
  
  Shadow chancellor among 55 signatories to letter urging David Cameron to cancel invitation to Abdel Fatah al-SisiThe shadow chancellor, John McDonnell, is leading calls for David Cameron to cancel an invitation to Egypt’s president, Abdel Fatah al-Sisi, to visit Downing Street on the grounds that he is a military dictator responsible for a “regime of terror”.McDonnell is one of 55 signatories to a letter urging the government to cancel the engagement – which could happen
  
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• Retirement of nine judges in a year puts pressure on domestic violence cases

  27-10-2015 03:21
  
  In the federal circuit court’s annual report chief judge John Pascoe says the ‘workload cannot be met with the current judicial resourcing’ The retirement of nine judges in 12 months has put huge pressure on the court that deals with family law matters, including domestic violence.Chief judge John Pascoe said in the federal circuit court’s annual report 15% of the judiciary had retired in 2014-15 and not all had been replaced. Related: Rosie Batty calls for royal commissi
  
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• UK 200: New Model Law and the ABS providers - The Lawyer

  27-10-2015 01:17
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