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• Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes again delays start of 11-year prison term

  26-04-2023 22:15
  
  Lawyers for the disgraced entrepreneur told a judge she would not be turning herself in as she is appealing custody rulingTheranos founder Elizabeth Holmes has again delayed the start of her 11-year prison sentence for fraud charges, after appealing a previous decision that would have required her to turn herself in on 27 April.Lawyers for Holmes, who is currently out on bail, informed US district judge Edward Davila on Wednesday that she will not be reporting to prison as scheduled, because she
  
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• Sexual assault survivors welcome Scottish plans to scrap ‘not proven’ verdict

  26-04-2023 21:47
  
  Other proposals include pilot of judge-only trials for rape casesLandmark proposed changes to Scotland’s justice system have been welcomed as “transformative” by campaigners and survivors of sexual assault, but face significant opposition from the legal profession.The victims, witnesses and justice reform (Scotland) bill published on Wednesday includes the abolition of the controversial Scottish verdict of “not proven”, thought to be a key factor in Scotland’s
  
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• Afghan asylum seeker must be moved from Knowsley hotel, court rules

  26-04-2023 21:05
  
  Home Office ordered to relocate refugee due to deteriorating mental health triggered by anti-migrant hostilityA vulnerable Afghan asylum seeker who was caught up in the Knowsley anti-migrant disturbances in February won a victory in the high court on Wednesday after a judge ordered that the Home Office must urgently move him out of his hotel, which was targeted by protestors, to a safer place.It is thought to be the first case of its kind where the Home Office has been ordered to move an asylum
  
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• Sexual assault victim who named her attacker in blog defeats his libel action

  26-04-2023 20:02
  
  High court judge rules Nina Cresswell’s account of Billy Hay’s attack is true on the balance of probabilitiesA woman who wrote about being sexually assaulted, naming her attacker, has defeated a libel action he brought against her after a judge ruled that her account was true on the balance of probabilities.Nina Cresswell was sued by Billy Hay over a blog and social media posts she wrote in 2020, as the #MeToo movement exploded, saying that he violently assaulted her 10 years earlier
  
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• UK ‘should impose sanctions on human rights abusers in Sudan’ – report

  26-04-2023 18:17
  
  UK all-party group says failure to bring to justice Darfur abusers 20 years ago has led to current violenceSudan crisis – latest updatesThe UK should impose sanctions on human rights abusers in senior Sudanese military positions as well as designate the Wagner group operating in Sudan as a terrorist group, a report from the all-party group on Sudan has urged.The group, including the Conservative former Africa minister Vicky Ford, said on Wednesday the west has allowed impunity to become th
  
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• Junior lawyers concerned by silence on Ince administration

  26-04-2023 17:21 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Shareholders and trainee solicitors have waited more than two weeks for any update.
  
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• Junior lawyers concerned at silence on Ince administration

  26-04-2023 17:21 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Shareholders and trainee solicitors have waited more than two weeks for any update.
  
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• Scottish ministers publish radical plan to overhaul handling of sexual offences

  26-04-2023 17:09
  
  Controversial proposals include abolition of ‘not proven’ verdicts and pilot of judge-only trials for rape casesLandmark proposed changes to Scotland’s justice system have been welcomed as “transformative” by campaigners and survivors of sexual assault, but face significant opposition from the legal profession.The victims, witnesses and justice reform (Scotland) bill published on Wednesday includes the abolition of the controversial Scottish verdict of “not pr
  
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• Magistrate given formal warning over anti-Semitic content

  26-04-2023 17:00 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  The JCIO said he had apologised and ‘accepted responsibility for his conduct’.
  
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• News focus: CILEX's proposed divorce from its regulator

  26-04-2023 15:54 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  CILEX has got the go-ahead to ditch the current regulator of legal executives and get hitched to the Solicitors Regulation Authority. But the divorce, if it happens, is already proving very messy.
  
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• US Supreme Court chief refuses to testify as ethics row escalates

  26-04-2023 15:41 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Senate committee is examining allegations of unreported gifts, travel and real estate deals.
  
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• Four in 10 new A&O partners women

  26-04-2023 12:55 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Magic circle firm beats gender diversity promotion target.
  
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• Sony fails to get Jimi Hendrix band rights case moved to New York

  26-04-2023 12:05 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  ’Obvious that England is the most natural and appropriate forum’ for claim brought by estates of Hendrix bandmates.
  
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• Home Office checking lawyers' regulatory credentials, MPs told

  26-04-2023 10:56 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Practitioner group wanted to know how government was 'monitoring the activities' of immigration lawyers.
  
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• Home Office checking lawyers have right 'credentials', MPs told

  26-04-2023 10:56 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Practitioner group wanted to know how government was 'monitoring the activities' of immigration practitioners.
  
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• Struck-off City solicitor saw marketing budget as 'part of his package'

  26-04-2023 10:36 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Tribunal explains reasons for banning solicitor over conduct following London trip.
  
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• How can I make a complaint in the most effective way?

  26-04-2023 09:00
  
  The key here is to keep a paper trail, so always email if possible, and keep a copy of your actions and responses, in case you end up in a small claims courtTempting as it is to vent down the phone for instant results, always complain in writing. It allows you to keep a record and a timeline, to marshal the facts and moderate your emotions. Email is best. Don’t forget to put your full name, address and customer reference/booking/order number to enable the company to identify you on the sys
  
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• Labour fails to force disclosure of solicitor's email to Corbyn aide

  26-04-2023 07:00 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  High Court rules solicitor’s communication marked LEGALLY PRIVILEGED should remain so, as high-profile litigation continues.
  
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• ‘Fear and shame’: jury hears opening arguments in Trump civil assault trial

  26-04-2023 03:07
  
  Writer E Jean Carroll is suing former president for battery and defamation for allegedly assaulting her at a store in 1996Donald Trump’s lawyer told a New York jury on Tuesday that the advice columnist E Jean Carroll conspired with other women to falsely accuse the former president of rape because they “hate” him for winning the 2016 election.The opening day of a civil trial in a Manhattan federal court heard that Carroll is suing Trump for battery and defamation “to clea
  
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