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• Quashing of Andrew Malkinson’s rape conviction confirms failings of criminal review watchdog

  27-07-2023 19:37
  
  Critics say underfunded CCRC only investigated 17-year-long miscarriage of justice when handed evidence ‘on a platter’The quashing of Andrew Malkinson’s rape conviction after 17 years in jail has thrown a spotlight on to failures by the miscarriages of justice watchdog to take up his case earlier.The Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) declined to grant Malkinson a new appeal hearing in 2012 and again in 2020, although it considered different evidence than in its third revi
  
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• The Guardian view on the freeing of Andy Malkinson: a case for reform | Editorial

  27-07-2023 19:30
  
  This 17-year-long wrongful imprisonment scandal has lessons for all levels of the criminal justice systemNo criminal justice system that generates a miscarriage of justice like Andy Malkinson’s can feel at ease with itself. Mr Malkinson was convicted in 2004 of a rape he did not commit. He spent 17 years in prison before being released on licence in 2020. This week, the court of appeal quashed the original conviction on the basis that DNA evidence now made it unsafe. Mr Malkinson is thus a
  
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• US supreme court allows construction of Appalachian pipeline to resume

  27-07-2023 17:58
  
  Work on Mountain Valley Pipeline, which will transport fracked gas 300 miles through West Virginia and Virginia, had been haltedThe US supreme court has allowed construction to resume on the controversial Mountain Valley Pipeline, which is a project to transport fracked gas 300 miles through West Virginia and Virginia.The new ruling clears the way for construction to restart, lifting stays from lower courts that had halted work. Continue reading...
  
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• Judge right to award lying libel claimant £1 damages, appeal rules

  27-07-2023 17:23 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Self-proclaimed bitcoin inventor 'attempted to obtain an advantage by deceiving the court'.
  
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• Judge right to award lying claimant £1 damages, appeal rules

  27-07-2023 17:23 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Self-proclaimed bitcoin inventor 'attempted to obtain an advantage by deceiving the court'.
  
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• PEP and turnover flat at Travers Smith

  27-07-2023 16:39 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Results reflect resilience in a year of market disruption, managing partner insists.
  
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• Solicitors’ watchdog investigates claims of wrongdoing in asylum cases

  27-07-2023 16:38
  
  Announcement by body that regulates profession in England and Wales follows allegations law firms offered to submit false claims UK politics live – latest updatesThe solicitors’ watchdog in England and Wales is investigating firms and individuals at the centre of allegations of wrongdoing in dealing with asylum applications, it has said.The news came as the justice secretary, Alex Chalk, demanded the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) come down hard should it uncover any cases of
  
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• PI practice eyeing number one spot snaps up two more firms

  27-07-2023 16:26 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Express Solicitors announces moves which bring total staff numbers up to 650.
  
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• Commission considers case for criminal appeals reform

  27-07-2023 15:47 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Commissioner issues call for evidence to identify areas where the law is not working.
  
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• Prince Harry’s lawsuit against Sun publisher can go to trial, judge rules

  27-07-2023 13:49
  
  High court rules prince’s claims of illegal information gathering can proceed but phone-hacking allegations cannotThe Duke of Sussex’s damages claim over allegations of unlawful information gathering against the publisher of the Sun will go to trial, a high court judge has ruled.Prince Harry, 38, alleges he was targeted by journalists and private investigators working for News Group Newspapers (NGN), publisher of the Sun and the now defunct News of the World. Continue reading...
  
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• Post Office lawyer wanted postmistress to ‘keep her mouth shut’

  27-07-2023 12:32 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Public inquiry also hears Post Office discussed trying to persuade expert witness to change opinion.
  
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• Freshfields hits mute on trading performance

  27-07-2023 12:21 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  From next year, financial information available to the media and public will be limited to Companies House filings.
  
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• Child killer Colin Pitchfork’s release from prison put on hold

  27-07-2023 12:21
  
  Judge rules decision to release man convicted in 1988 of murdering two 15-year-old girls should be reviewedThe double child killer Colin Pitchfork has had his release from prison put on hold after a judge decided the decision to free him should be reviewed.In June, the Parole Board said Pitchfork, who was jailed for life and handed a minimum term of 30 years in 1988 for the rape and murder of the 15-year-olds Lynda Mann and Dawn Ashworth, no longer posed a threat to the public. Continue reading.
  
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• Administrators confirmed for collapsed law firm funder

  27-07-2023 12:14 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  All options being explored including a call on firms that have debts with VFS Legal.
  
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• Chalk asks SRA to look again at immigration solicitors

  27-07-2023 11:51 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Lord chancellor urges regulator to show that abuse of system will not be tolerated.
  
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• ‘Exhausting, exhilarating but never dull’ - lord chief justice signs off

  27-07-2023 11:40 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Lord Burnett of Maldon retires on 30 September after six years in office.
  
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• Solicitor who swore at counsel should be named, judge rules

  27-07-2023 10:51 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  ‘AB/X’ is accused of breaching the code of conduct at abandoned costs hearing.
  
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• Student’s sexual assault and murder shows women’s safety in India ‘not a priority’

  27-07-2023 07:00
  
  Despite reforms, campaigners say Mumbai killing proves lack of progress in protecting students since 2012 ‘Nirbhaya’ gang-rapeThe list of complaints made by female students living at the women’s hostel in the south of Mumbai is depressingly long and goes back years. The women were regularly harassed by male staff, by the drug addicts who hung around outside and other men who made crude gestures. But whenever the women complained, they were threatened with eviction or simply ign
  
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• Lawsuits are key tool in delivering climate justice, says UN body

  27-07-2023 05:00
  
  Report says nearly 200 cases filed around the world in past 12 months challenging governments and firmsLawsuits challenging government and corporate inaction on the climate breakdown have become an important driver of change, according to a UN body.A report by the UN Environment Programme (Unep) and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law at Columbia University says litigation is setting precedents for climate action all over the world, even beyond the jurisdictions in which cases are filed. But
  
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