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• Romeo and Juliet movie child abuse lawsuit to be thrown out by judge

  25-05-2023 22:10
  
  The stars of Franco Zeffirelli’s Oscar-winning film have tentatively lost their battle to receive damages over a sex scene filmed when they were teenagesA California judge has signalled she will throw out a child abuse lawsuit put forward by the two lead actors from the 1968 adaptation of Romeo and Juliet.Last December, Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting, who were teenagers when making Franco Zeffirelli’s Oscar-winning film, accused Paramount of sexual exploitation over a nude scene t
  
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• Braverman bill could lead to 3,000 asylum seekers being deported a month

  25-05-2023 21:10
  
  Exclusive: leaked documents on illegal migration bill also say legal aid fees will need to rise in order to ensure legal coverMore than 3,000 asylum seekers could be detained and deported from the UK every month to enforce Suella Braverman’s flagship asylum bill, leaked documents show.As Rishi Sunak faced a backlash from Conservative MPs over record levels of net migration, briefing papers have revealed the government has drawn up plans to remove 3,163 asylum seekers every month from Janua
  
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• Chris Packham awarded £90,000 damages in libel case

  25-05-2023 20:47
  
  Naturalist wins claim over articles on Country Squire Magazine website that accused him of lying about charityChris Packham said he has been vindicated after a judge found that he had been subjected to an online ideological campaign, accusing him of fraud and dishonesty, before awarding him £90,000 in libel damages.The prominent naturalist found his character, speech impediment and Asperger syndrome mocked in articles published on the Country Squire Magazine (CSM) website, which also accus
  
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• Proposed UK laws are labelling refugees as criminals, says European report

  25-05-2023 19:17
  
  Council of Europe committee warns new legislation risks breaching internal convention rights and the rule of lawThe UK has been accused of wrongly labelling refugees and trafficking victims as criminals in a critical report from European representatives.The report from a committee of the Council of Europe’s parliamentary assembly has warned ministers they could be at risk of breaching their international obligations and the rule of law with their new legislation. Continue reading...
  
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• Court finds barrister who kept quiet about SRA probe was dishonest

  25-05-2023 18:05 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Solicitor had applied to join the bar knowing he was under investigation.
  
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• High Court orders breakdown of medical expert fees

  25-05-2023 17:37 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Judgment could change how medical expert fees are calculated and presented.
  
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• Court orders breakdown of medical expert fees

  25-05-2023 17:37 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Judgment could change how medical expert fees are calculated and presented.
  
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• CPS paralegal jailed for accessing case files

  25-05-2023 17:24 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Assistant admitted misconduct in public office and perverting the course of justice.
  
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• Ban for paralegal who dishonestly took funds from client account

  25-05-2023 13:54 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Private client specialist used deception to obtain more than £30,000 for her and her sister.
  
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• Inflation warning over legal aid reforms

  25-05-2023 13:45 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Ministry of Justice publishes response to means test proposals nearly a year after consultation ended.
  
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• UCL claims 'abuse of process' in group action litigation

  25-05-2023 13:40 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Solicitors accused of being more focused on drumming up business than properly checking claims.
  
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• Solicitors in line of fire in UCL group action

  25-05-2023 13:40 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Claimant lawyers accused of being more focused on drumming up business than properly checking claims.
  
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• Chris Packham awarded £90,000 damages in libel case against website

  25-05-2023 13:04
  
  Naturalist wins claim over articles on Country Squire Magazine website that accused him of lying about charityChris Packham has been awarded £90,000 in libel damages from a website that alleged he lied in order to persuade people to donate money to a wildlife sanctuary.The prominent naturalist successfully sued over nine articles, published on the Country Squire Magazine website, including those relating to his involvement with the Wildheart Trust, which runs a wildlife sanctuary on the Is
  
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• Rwandan ex-police chief arrested in South Africa over 1994 genocide

  25-05-2023 11:40
  
  Fulgence Kayishema, 62, charged with playing leading role in church killing of more than 2,000 peopleOne of the world’s most wanted genocide suspects, a Rwandan former police chief, Fulgence Kayishema, has been arrested in South Africa and charged with playing a leading role in the murder of more than 2,000 people in a church in April 1994.Kayishema has spent more than two decades as a fugitive and was living under a false name at the time of his arrest on Wednesday afternoon in Paarl, 35
  
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• Time to look again at the lord chancellor's role - lord chief justice

  25-05-2023 10:45 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Alex Chalk MP formally sworn in as seventh lord chancellor in six years.
  
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