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• Jailing shoplifters will not address root causes, says senior Tory

  01-08-2023 23:00
  
  Sir Bob Neill criticises government plan for failing to consider mental health and addiction problems of many offendersMinisters cannot “warehouse” addicts and people with mental health problems who commit crimes such as shoplifting, a senior Conservative MP has said in response to a plan to give shoplifters mandatory sentences.Sir Bob Neill, the chair of the Commons justice select committee, said the new policy would “pump low-level offenders” into almost-full jails at h
  
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• The Guardian view on wild camping at Dartmoor: immersion in beauty is legal after all | Editorial

  01-08-2023 19:30
  
  An attempt to ban backpackers from one of England’s most beautiful national parks has failed. Now we need a wider conversation about access to natureIt rained again. Across Britain, skies were mostly variations of grey, as they have been for weeks. But notwithstanding the weather, the last day of July deserves to be remembered as a vintage one for lovers of life lived outdoors.In evening sunshine at the Oval, an outstanding Ashes series produced an improbably poetic climax, as Stuart Broad
  
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• Tens of thousands of children in limbo after parents split due to court delays

  01-08-2023 19:01
  
  Family courts in England and Wales can take more than a year to make decisions on where children will live after separationTens of thousands of children in England and Wales are being left in limbo by delays in the family court that have meant many waiting over a year for their future to be resolved.The Law Society said the system is in crisis after data showed children who have been removed from their parents are having to wait an average of 46 weeks to get a final decision on where they will l
  
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• Court delays leave tens of thousands of children in limbo after parents split

  01-08-2023 19:01
  
  Family courts in England and Wales can take more than a year to make decisions on where children will live after separationTens of thousands of children in England and Wales have been left in limbo by delays in the family court that have meant many waiting over a year for their future to be resolved.The Law Society said the system was in crisis, after data showed that children removed from their parents were having to wait an average of 46 weeks to get a final decision on where they would live.
  
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• Eviction prevention advice scheme goes live

  01-08-2023 17:52 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Government-backed scheme will give people facing homelessness access to free expert legal help.
  
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• BLM tieup holds partner profit steady at Clyde & Co

  01-08-2023 15:52 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  International firm added over 100 new partners in 2022-23.
  
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• 'Historic win' in Court of Appeal over same-sex parental rights

  01-08-2023 15:31 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Judgment clarifies and simplifies the way children resident abroad can receive English family law justice.
  
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• Former boss accepts £2.5m deal to lead listed firm’s recovery plan

  01-08-2023 15:12 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Rosenblatt founder admits business ‘lost focus and direction’ under previous management.
  
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• Mail sting: SRA asks government for unlimited fining power

  01-08-2023 13:02 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Regulator cites the case of immigration lawyers intervened into following newspaper report.
  
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• UK spy agencies want to relax ‘burdensome’ laws on AI data use

  01-08-2023 13:00
  
  GCHQ, MI6 and MI5 propose weakening safeguards that limit training of AI models with bulk personal datasetsThe UK intelligence agencies are lobbying the government to weaken surveillance laws they argue place a “burdensome” limit on their ability to train artificial intelligence models with large amounts of personal data.The proposals would make it easier for GCHQ, MI6 and MI5 to use certain types of data, by relaxing safeguards designed to protect people’s privacy and prevent
  
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• Claimants lose bid for disclosure over Trustpilot reviews

  01-08-2023 12:51 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Granting of a Norwich Pharmacal order requires balancing of rights, head of the media list rules.
  
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• Children waiting a year for legal decision on living arrangements

  01-08-2023 12:15 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Law Society calls on government to restore funding for early advice to ease pressure on ‘creaking’ family justice system.
  
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• Solicitor who repaid £147,500 after resigning is struck off

  01-08-2023 11:34 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Private wealth solicitor admits to backdating document and authorising loans from client account.
  
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• Kingsley Napley profits slide in ‘challenging’ year

  01-08-2023 07:37 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  London firm attributes fall to cost of new office and series of partner hires.
  
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• Fix ‘endemic’ problems in youth custody, urges prisons watchdog

  01-08-2023 01:01
  
  Monitoring boards chief warns of poor conditions at four young offender institutions in EnglandA prisons watchdog has warned that poor conditions are “endemic” at four young offender institutions in England and urged ministers to take urgent action to improve them.In her new role as the national chair of the Independent Monitoring Boards (IMBs), Elisabeth Davies has taken the unusual step of writing a letter to the prisons minister, Damian Hinds, to raise serious concerns about the w
  
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