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• ‘No longer relevant to the UK’: list of 600 EU laws to be scrapped is published

  15-05-2023 20:25
  
  Government reduces number of environmental laws to cut from 1,700 to 341 but wide range to be repealedMinisters have published the list of 600 EU laws the government plans to scrap by the end of the year in a much-reduced Brussels bonfire that has enraged hardline Brexiters in the Conservative party.In a significant retreat on its retained EU law bill, the government has slashed the number of environmental laws that would have automatically expired on 31 December from 1,700 to 341.Membership of
  
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• Society warns on Finance Bill changes

  15-05-2023 17:35 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Donations located in the EU and the European Economic Arena will no longer qualify for UK charitable tax reliefs from April 2024.
  
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• CILEX civil war: legal executives asked if they wish to switch

  15-05-2023 13:59 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Consultation by CILEx Regulation opens as Legal Services Board in principle approves transfer to SRA.
  
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• We don’t know if jury-less trials will convict more rapists, but don’t shut down the debate | Nicola Sturgeon

  15-05-2023 13:00
  
  Since I stood down as Scotland’s first minister, I have been struck by the polarisation in politics. This vital discussion must not become part of thatBack in February, one of the reasons I gave for my decision to stand down as first minister was a concern about the part I might be playing, however unwittingly, in the polarisation of our politics.Polarised, often highly toxic, public discourse is not a uniquely Scottish phenomenon. And by no stretch of the imagination was I the sole or eve
  
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• Sturgeon calls for both sides to ‘take a breath’ in rape trial reform row

  15-05-2023 13:00
  
  Sturgeon laments polarisation in first policy intervention since stepping down as Scotland’s first ministerUK politics live – latest updatesNicola Sturgeon says the furious backlash to Scottish government plans to pilot jury-less trials for rape cases is the latest example of the polarisation of politics that contributed to her resignation as first minister.The proposal, part of a wide-ranging justice reform bill introduced by her successor, Humza Yousaf, aims to tackle endemic low c
  
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• Former opponent buys rights to checkmylegalfees.com

  15-05-2023 12:26 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Litigation firm’s boss looking forward to being on the 'same side in court'.
  
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• Solicitor with 'clouded judgment' over property developer fined £45,000

  15-05-2023 12:05 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal finds practitioner acting for both sides breached trust placed in him by buyer clients.
  
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• Multi-billion pound Brazilian dam claim postponed

  15-05-2023 11:24 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Date change for 'substantial' 11-week London High Court trial over 2015 dam collapse.
  
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• Court rejects £63m claim against PwC over Slater and Gordon deal

  15-05-2023 07:55 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Quindell successor company sued Big Four firm for alleged breaches of contract and confidence.
  
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• The scope of vicarious liability

  15-05-2023 02:01 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
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• News focus: London International Disputes Week begins

  15-05-2023 02:01 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  London International Disputes Week begins today. The event will underline how the capital retains its peerless reputation for the resolution of complex disputes.
  
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