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• Dominic Raab bullying claims: deputy PM refusing to resign after reading report – as it happened

  20-04-2023 23:51
  
  Dominic Raab denies wrongdoing after report on his behaviour delivered to Rishi Sunak this morningToday’s announcement by the Association of School and College Leaders that it is to hold a formal ballot for national strike action for the first time in its history (see 9.49am) marks a significant development in the ongoing dispute between teachers and the government.Up until now only members of the National Education Union (NEU) have taken strike action in England, with five more days of st
  
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• London charity concert told to pay royalties in ‘embarrassing’ copyright row

  20-04-2023 20:16
  
  Concert to be charged fee after using music by performer Earl Okin – even though Okin says he does not want the moneyA charity concert in aid of needy musicians starring Dame Evelyn Glennie and the BBC Radio 4 announcer Zeb Soanes has been hit by an “embarrassing” copyright row over six minutes of suggestive comedy jazz.The event at Cadogan Hall in London on 1 April mostly featured humorous arrangements of out-of-copyright classical works, and was intended to raise money for th
  
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• The Guardian view on migration bill changes: a dirty deal | Editorial

  20-04-2023 19:56
  
  Rishi Sunak has put party interest above the rule of law in agreeing amendments to his showpiece legislationIn two weeks’ time, the Conservative party faces the prospect of heavy local election losses in England. If they are severe enough, the losses could shatter the fragile faith that Rishi Sunak has managed to instil among his MPs that he is their best bet for survival. Talk of Boris Johnson’s return, stilled for the past month, would rekindle. Mr Sunak and his advisers are deeply
  
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• Dominic Raab bullying claims: deputy PM refusing to resign after reading report as Sunak accused of dithering – live

  20-04-2023 19:40
  
  Dominic Raab denies wrongdoing after report on his behaviour delivered to Rishi Sunak this morningToday’s announcement by the Association of School and College Leaders that it is to hold a formal ballot for national strike action for the first time in its history (see 9.49am) marks a significant development in the ongoing dispute between teachers and the government.Up until now only members of the National Education Union (NEU) have taken strike action in England, with five more days of st
  
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• James Cleverly defies Tory right’s push to leave ECHR

  20-04-2023 18:45
  
  Foreign secretary says UK should not want to club with Belarus and Russia in rejecting European human rights conventionThe foreign secretary has defied the Tory right by arguing that the UK should remain a signatory of the European convention on human rights (ECHR), as Rishi Sunak caves to demands from hard-right MPs to ignore European court rulings on small boats.James Cleverly said he was “not convinced” that leaving the ECHR was necessary to ensure the immigration system was robus
  
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• Dominic Raab bullying claims: Rishi Sunak accused of ‘dither and delay’ after decision about deputy PM’s fate postponed – live

  20-04-2023 18:29
  
  Rishi Sunakreceived report into allegations thatdeputy PM bullied officials this morningToday’s announcement by the Association of School and College Leaders that it is to hold a formal ballot for national strike action for the first time in its history (see 9.49am) marks a significant development in the ongoing dispute between teachers and the government.Up until now only members of the National Education Union (NEU) have taken strike action in England, with five more days of strikes plan
  
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• Veronica McTernan obituary

  20-04-2023 18:05
  
  My mother, Veronica McTernan, who has died aged 85, was a socialist and a country dancer who volunteered for more than 20 years supporting vulnerable children.Her passion was politics – Veronica was a socialist to her fingertips. She stood as a Labour candidate for Edinburgh council in 1974, and several times after that. While she never won, she was a committed activist in her local community, in particular through her service on local school councils. Continue reading...
  
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• Dominic Raab bullying claims: Rishi Sunak still considering report, No 10 says, but hopes to publish it ‘swiftly’ – live

  20-04-2023 17:29
  
  Rishi Sunakreceived report into allegations thatdeputy PM bullied officials this morningToday’s announcement by the Association of School and College Leaders that it is to hold a formal ballot for national strike action for the first time in its history (see 9.49am) marks a significant development in the ongoing dispute between teachers and the government.Up until now only members of the National Education Union (NEU) have taken strike action in England, with five more days of strikes plan
  
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• London charity concert told to pay £1,000 in ‘embarrassing’ copyright row

  20-04-2023 16:06
  
  Concert was charged fee after using music by performer Earl Okin – even though Okin says he does not want the moneyA charity concert in aid of needy musicians starring Dame Evelyn Glennie and BBC Radio 4 announcer Zeb Soames has been hit by an “embarrassing” copyright row over six minutes of suggestive comedy jazz.The event at Cadogan Hall in London on 1 April mostly featured humorous arrangements of out-of-copyright classical works and was intended to raise money for the Help
  
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• Dominic Raab bullying claims: Sunak wants situation resolved ‘swiftly’ but will read report ‘carefully’, No 10 says – live

  20-04-2023 15:27
  
  Rishi Sunak has receivedreport intoallegations that his deputy PM bullied officials Today’s announcement by the Association of School and College Leaders that it is to hold a formal ballot for national strike action for the first time in its history (see 9.49am) marks a significant development in the ongoing dispute between teachers and the government.Up until now only members of the National Education Union (NEU) have taken strike action in England, with five more days of strikes planned
  
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• IP lawyers surprised by 'landmark' yellow circle ruling

  20-04-2023 13:50 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Judgment in Lidl v Tesco court battle 'could have repercussions in the future'.
  
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• IP lawyers' surprise at 'landmark' yellow circle ruling

  20-04-2023 13:50 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Judgment in Lidl v Tesco court battle 'could have repercussions in the future'.
  
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• 'I could kill you' litigant banned from approaching solicitor

  20-04-2023 13:41 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  High Court upholds injunction against landowner who told solicitor to ‘mind your own f***ing business’.
  
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• Strasbourg override plan 'undermines the rule of law'

  20-04-2023 13:19 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Legal professional bodies condemn amendment allowing ministers to ignore ‘pyjama injunctions’.
  
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• Strasbourg override plan 'a clear and serious breach'

  20-04-2023 13:19 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Legal professional bodies condemn amendment allowing ministers to ignore ‘pyjama injunctions’.
  
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• Commercial Court caseload declines

  20-04-2023 12:50 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Annual report shows a 9.9% drop in claims issued in flagship court.
  
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• Data page – April 2023

  20-04-2023 12:11 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  The latest data page figures, compiled by Moneyfacts, are now available.
  
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• The rape survivor who spoke out: Ellie Wilson on the brutal reality of taking an attacker to court

  20-04-2023 11:00
  
  Less than 1% of reported rapes lead to a conviction. But this was the case for Wilson – who then waived her anonymity to expose the problems in the criminal justice systemOn 26 May last year, Ellie Wilson sat in the witness room of the high court in Glasgow, waiting to be called. As chief witness, the rape victim in the trial of her ex-boyfriend Daniel McFarlane, her anxiety was off the scale.“Any time the door would knock, I’d have this flash of black across my vision and the
  
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• City lawyers join calls for SFO review

  20-04-2023 11:00 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Experts call for 50% budget increase and more political support for fraud-busting agency.
  
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• Lords could defeat plan to ignore ECHR small boat rulings, ministers warned

  20-04-2023 10:53
  
  Former head of judiciary says move by UK would probably amount to a ‘symbolic breach of the rule of law’UK politics live – latest updatesMinisters have been warned by a former head of the judiciary that plans to let the UK ignore rulings from the European court of human rights (ECHR) on small boat crossings could be defeated in the House of Lords.John Thomas, who was lord chief justice of England and Wales from 2013 to 2017, said the move would probably amount to a “symbo
  
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• Judicial record undermines Clarence Thomas defence in luxury gifts scandal

  20-04-2023 09:00
  
  Republican mega-donor Harlan Crow was linked to a conservative group that had court business while Thomas was on the benchEarlier this month, the supreme court justice Clarence Thomas put out a statement in which he addressed the storm of criticism that has engulfed him following the blockbuster ProPublica report that revealed his failure to disclose lavish gifts of luxury vacations and private-jet travel from a Texan real estate magnate.Thomas confirmed that the Dallas billionaire and Republica
  
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• ‘They just left the corpses lying there’: survivors speak about the horrors of a massacre in northern Tigray

  20-04-2023 08:00
  
  Human rights experts fear perpetrators will not face justice for the hundreds of civilians murdered in the last fighting of the two-year war in EthiopiaLike others in his village, Weldesamuel* fled into the mountains when he heard of the soldiers’ approach. He stayed there for four days, sleeping in caves and under bushes, as gunshots rang out and smoke rose from the valley below.With nothing to eat and little to drink, some of his neighbours were drawn back down the slopes in search of fo
  
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