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• Parliament’s part in the C of E’s rifts on equality for women and gay people | Letters

  07-02-2023 19:05
  
  Westminster interference over women priests left a legacy that is still felt today, says April Alexander, while Andy Foster says equality for LGBTQ+ people in the church must become lawMPs may “raise concerns” about the fact that the Church of England appears not to be willing to offer marriage in church to same-sex couples (Welby ‘would rather see C of E disestablished than split over same-sex marriage’, 1 February), but parliament has something to answer for in relation
  
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• Global firm sees off £400,000 fees challenge in High Court

  07-02-2023 18:31 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Judge finds businessman to be liable for contract setting out payment plan following termination of retainer.
  
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• We weren’t going to spend £700m on Quindell, ex-SG directors tell court:

  07-02-2023 18:29 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Witnesses deny they used leaks of confidential information to beat down the price of 2015 acquisition.
  
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• Lidl accuses Tesco of ‘deception’ in legal dispute over yellow circle logo

  07-02-2023 18:01
  
  German discounter claims its rival has infringed its trademark by using design for Clubcard promotionsLidl has accused its bigger rival Tesco of “deception” during the latest round of a long-running legal battle between the two supermarket chains over the use of a yellow circle logo.The dispute centres around a yellow circular design on a blue background, which is used by Tesco to promote offers available for members of its Clubcard loyalty scheme, as well as being used by Lidl as it
  
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• Defendants of colour more likely to be charged than white people, finds CPS study

  07-02-2023 17:44
  
  Mixed ethnicity suspects in England and Wales charged 10 percentage points higher than rate of white counterparts for similar offencesBlack and minority ethnic defendants are significantly more likely to be charged for a comparable offence than white British defendants in England and Wales, a study commissioned by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has found.The findings, described as “troubling” by the CPS and experts, show that defendants from mixed ethnic backgrounds are most lik
  
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• Insulate Britain activist jailed for eight weeks for contempt of court

  07-02-2023 15:39
  
  David Nixon disobeyed judge’s order not to mention climate crisis as motivation during trial over road-blocking protestAn environmental activist has been jailed for eight weeks after disobeying a judge’s instruction not to mention the climate crisis as his motivation during his trial for taking part in a road-blocking protest.David Nixon, 36, a care worker from Barnsley, was sentenced at Inner London crown court on Tuesday after admitting contempt of court the day before by using his
  
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• We have done 'huge amount' to support welfare of judges, LCJ insists

  07-02-2023 13:50 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Lord Burnett says the judiciary has ‘completely transformed’ help for its members.
  
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• Family solicitor 'stabbed colleague after becoming mentally ill during pandemic'

  07-02-2023 13:31 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Kevin Lane, who ran a law firm in South Wales for more than three decades, attacked his company’s director Rory McCreesh last year.
  
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• Tribunal 'wrong to strike out judge's grievance claims'

  07-02-2023 13:03 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Crown court judge asks employment appeal tribunal to set aside lower court's judgment striking out her claims.
  
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• Owners of 53,000 properties still unknown

  07-02-2023 11:45 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Analysis of new Register of Overseas Entities shows almost half the companies required to declare failed to do so.
  
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• From stolen nudes to ‘rape chat’: the horrific drama tackling the sexual assault epidemic in UK schools

  07-02-2023 11:42
  
  Sexual violence is so normalised that 59% of young women have been attacked. The creators and stars of bold new show Consent explain this awful culture – and why it’s worse in private schoolsNatalie has just joined an independent sixth form as a scholarship student. She fancies her friend Alice’s brother, Archie – a star pupil destined for Oxbridge. Archie really likes her, too. But his friends use a WhatsApp group to constantly pressure him into having sex (“We&rsq
  
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• Solicitor fined for allowing elderly woman in care to sell home

  07-02-2023 10:46 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Essex lawyer also missed ‘obvious’ warning signs on a potentially fraudulent transaction.
  
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• The Gareth Thomas case proves it: no one wins when an HIV transmission fight goes to court | James Greig

  07-02-2023 09:00
  
  A civil case brought by the former rugby star’s ex-partner has played into discussions of what stance – if any – the law should take on HIVFew public figures alive today have done more to reduce the stigma around HIV than Gareth Thomas. Since he declared his status in 2019 (saying he had been forced to, following threats of blackmail by a tabloid newspaper), the former rugby player has campaigned to promote better understanding of the virus.It’s regrettable that such a po
  
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• As the detective who inspired TV’s Prime Suspect, I know this: the misogyny of David Carrick lives on | Jackie Malton

  07-02-2023 08:00
  
  I hope the rapist’s sentencing will offer closure to victims, but fear the Met will be weeding out abusive officers for some timeJackie Malton is a former senior police officerWe have now heard for the first time from David Carrick’s victims – the women a serving Met police officer raped, controlled, threatened and abused. Their victim statements, read out by prosecutor Tom Little during Carrick’s sentencing hearing on Monday, painted a picture of terror, violence and con
  
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• Focus on real-life not high concepts, consumer watchdog tells regulator

  07-02-2023 07:58 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Panel says LSB devotes disproportionate time and resources to issues such as rule of law and professional ethics.
  
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