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• Law reform 'worth billions', economists find

  26-10-2020 12:31 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Landmark report shows economic gains from five highest-value projects in recent years exceed £3bn over 10 years.
  
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• MPs vote to give smoking ban bill second reading – UK politics live

  16-04-2024 20:22 via theguardian.com
  
  Rishi Sunak’s authority suffers blow as several Conservatives vote against bill, which clears first Commons hurdle with 383 votes to 67At 12.30pm a transport minister will respond to an urgent question in the Commons tabled by Labour on job losses in the rail industry. That means the debate on the smoking ban will will not start until about 1.15pm.Suella Braverman, the former home secretary, is one of the Britons speaking at the National Conservatism conference in Brussels starting today.
  
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• Kemi Badenoch becomes first cabinet minister to say they will vote against smoking ban bill – UK politics live

  16-04-2024 19:12 via theguardian.com
  
  Business secretary says she agrees with prime minister’s policy intentions but believes in ‘equality under the law’At 12.30pm a transport minister will respond to an urgent question in the Commons tabled by Labour on job losses in the rail industry. That means the debate on the smoking ban will will not start until about 1.15pm.Suella Braverman, the former home secretary, is one of the Britons speaking at the National Conservatism conference in Brussels starting today. The conf
  
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• Legislation to overturn SC’s litigation funding ruling debated in the Lords

  16-04-2024 17:32 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Second reading of Litigation Funding Agreements (Enforceability) Bill receives a smooth ride.
  
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• Claimant firms go head to head in ASDA action

  16-04-2024 17:07 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Leigh Day and Keller Postman unable to agree over disclosure of documents.
  
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• Why become a B Corp?

  16-04-2024 16:21 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  People, profit, planet, purpose.
  
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• Family judges will return to robes in safety pilot

  16-04-2024 16:00 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Three-month pilot follows concerns over ‘violent and threatening behaviour experienced by judges and court users’.
  
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• Truss claims ‘health police’ will push for other bans if smoking rules change – UK politics live

  16-04-2024 15:59 via theguardian.com
  
  Former PM tells debate that rules to phase out smoking are ‘emblematic of a technocratic establishment in this country that wants to limit people’s freedom’At 12.30pm a transport minister will respond to an urgent question in the Commons tabled by Labour on job losses in the rail industry. That means the debate on the smoking ban will will not start until about 1.15pm.Suella Braverman, the former home secretary, is one of the Britons speaking at the National Conservatism confer
  
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• Tory rightwingers criticise gradual smoking ban as Streeting backs plans as ‘a Labour bill’ – UK politics live

  16-04-2024 15:43 via theguardian.com
  
  Shadow health secretary says Labour need no persuasion to back legislation and he agrees with Liz Truss that it is ‘unconservative’At 12.30pm a transport minister will respond to an urgent question in the Commons tabled by Labour on job losses in the rail industry. That means the debate on the smoking ban will will not start until about 1.15pm.Suella Braverman, the former home secretary, is one of the Britons speaking at the National Conservatism conference in Brussels starting today
  
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• Tory rightwingers criticise plans for gradual smoking ban in Commons debate – UK politics live

  16-04-2024 15:17 via theguardian.com
  
  Health secretary Victoria Atkins opens debate, outlining risks and saying smoking leads to 80,000 deaths a yearAt 12.30pm a transport minister will respond to an urgent question in the Commons tabled by Labour on job losses in the rail industry. That means the debate on the smoking ban will will not start until about 1.15pm.Suella Braverman, the former home secretary, is one of the Britons speaking at the National Conservatism conference in Brussels starting today. The conference, which features
  
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• MPs start debate on gradual smoking ban with warning it causes 80,000 deaths a year – UK politics live

  16-04-2024 15:05 via theguardian.com
  
  Health secretary Victoria Atkins opens debate, outlining risks and saying smoking leads to 75,000 GP appointments a yearAt 12.30pm a transport minister will respond to an urgent question in the Commons tabled by Labour on job losses in the rail industry. That means the debate on the smoking ban will will not start until about 1.15pm.Suella Braverman, the former home secretary, is one of the Britons speaking at the National Conservatism conference in Brussels starting today. The conference, which
  
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• SQE marking fiasco: training contract warning for 'fast-rescinding' employers

  16-04-2024 14:08 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  City of London Law Society training committee says impact on candidates wrongly told they failed Solicitors Qualifying Examination will be significant.
  
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• Litigators raise concerns over court document access plans

  16-04-2024 14:02 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Practicality as well as unintended consequences questioned.
  
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• NatCon conference continues in Brussels after police leave without enforcing closure – UK politics live

  16-04-2024 13:48 via theguardian.com
  
  Mayor of Brussels reportedly told police to close down NatCon conference as Nigel Farage was speakingAt 12.30pm a transport minister will respond to an urgent question in the Commons tabled by Labour on job losses in the rail industry. That means the debate on the smoking ban will will not start until about 1.15pm.Suella Braverman, the former home secretary, is one of the Britons speaking at the National Conservatism conference in Brussels starting today. The conference, which features hardline
  
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• No 'absolute right' to manifest religious beliefs, prayer-ban judge rules

  16-04-2024 13:33 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  High Court says Michaela Community Schools Trust prohibition on prayer rituals does not infringe Article 9 of ECHR.
  
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• Police arrive to shut down rightwing conference in Brussels as Nigel Farage speaks – UK politics live

  16-04-2024 13:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Mayor of Brussels reportedly tells police to close down NatCon conference as Nigel Farage speaksAt 12.30pm a transport minister will respond to an urgent question in the Commons tabled by Labour on job losses in the rail industry. That means the debate on the smoking ban will will not start until about 1.15pm.Suella Braverman, the former home secretary, is one of the Britons speaking at the National Conservatism conference in Brussels starting today. The conference, which features hardline right
  
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• Braverman tells Tories they should not commit to leaving the ECHR in a ‘losing manifesto’ – UK politics live

  16-04-2024 13:16 via theguardian.com
  
  Former home secretary says including ECHR withdrawal in general election manifesto will ‘set cause back a generation’At 12.30pm a transport minister will respond to an urgent question in the Commons tabled by Labour on job losses in the rail industry. That means the debate on the smoking ban will will not start until about 1.15pm.Suella Braverman, the former home secretary, is one of the Britons speaking at the National Conservatism conference in Brussels starting today. The conferen
  
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• MPs’ vote on gradual smoking ban set to expose Tory splits over key Sunak policy – UK politics live

  16-04-2024 12:45 via theguardian.com
  
  PM’s plan to prevent those under 16 ever being able to buy tobacco should pass due to Labour support, but many of his own MPs could abstain or vote againstAt 12.30pm a transport minister will respond to an urgent question in the Commons tabled by Labour on job losses in the rail industry. That means the debate on the smoking ban will will not start until about 1.15pm.Suella Braverman, the former home secretary, is one of the Britons speaking at the National Conservatism conference in Bruss
  
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• 'Misleading' mitigation leads to return date with SDT

  16-04-2024 12:31 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  SDT panel told that solicitor allowed ‘misleading submissions’ to be made on his behalf in relation to loans to clients.
  
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• Discount rate not a 'hypothetical maths problem', PI lawyers tell government

  16-04-2024 11:30 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Association of Personal Injury Lawyers responds to MoJ's call for evidence on reforms to discount rate.
  
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• Breast augmentation class action against Sydney clinic on verge of $25m settlement

  16-04-2024 06:29 via theguardian.com
  
  Lawsuit against The Cosmetic Institute alleges patients in NSW and Queensland experienced heart problems, punctured lungs and seizuresFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastWomen who allegedly suffered complications undergoing so-called “one size fits all” breast augmentation surgery in two states could be compensated under a proposed class action settlement.The lawsuit was launched against The Co
  
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• Supreme court allows Idaho to enforce ban on treatment for transgender youth

  16-04-2024 01:34 via theguardian.com
  
  Order allows ban to stand while lawsuits proceed, in decision critics call ‘an awful result for trans youth and their families’The supreme court is allowing Idaho to enforce its ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youth while lawsuits over the law proceed, reversing lower courts.The justices’ Monday order allows the state to put in a place a 2023 law that subjects physicians to up to 10 years in prison if they provide hormones, puberty blockers or other gender-affirmin
  
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• Creating sexually explicit deepfake images to be made offence in UK

  16-04-2024 01:01 via theguardian.com
  
  Offenders could face jail if image is widely shared under proposed amendment to criminal justice billCreating a sexually explicit “deepfake” image is to be made an offence under a new law, the Ministry of Justice has announced.Under the legislation, anyone who creates such an image without consent will face a criminal record and an unlimited fine. They could also face jail if the image is shared more widely. Continue reading...
  
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• High court judge removed from case in part due to his Garrick membership

  15-04-2024 20:41 via theguardian.com
  
  Jonathan Cohen was due to hear case involving alleged rape victim but second judge ruled he should not hear itA high court judge has been removed from presiding over a case involving an alleged rape and domestic abuse victim, in part due to his membership of the men-only Garrick Club.Sir Jonathan Cohen was due to hear a family court case involving a dispute between a separated couple over shared care arrangements for their child, but a second high court judge ruled last Thursday that Cohen shoul
  
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• Dozens of jailed people may get new DNA testing after Andrew Malkinson exoneration

  15-04-2024 20:31 via theguardian.com
  
  CCRC to retest rape and murder cases from before 2016 where DNA was a factor in identificationScores of people who maintain they were wrongly convicted of rape and murder will have fresh DNA testing conducted in their cases after Andrew Malkinson’s exoneration.The announcement by the miscarriage of justice body for England, Wales and Northern Ireland, the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC), comes ahead of the publication of a major review of its handling of Malkinson’s case. The
  
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• Sunak says ‘all sides should show restraint’ after Iranian attack on Israel – UK politics live

  15-04-2024 19:31 via theguardian.com
  British PM says he will speak to Netanyahu to express solidarity and discuss how further escalation can be avoidedUK general election opinion poll tracker: Labour leading as election loomsDavid Cameron ruled out trying to become PM again in an interview this morning. (See 9.30am.) But Liz Truss has not done so. In an interview with LBC’s Iain Dale, being broadcast tonight, she did not entirely dismiss the possibility. This is from LBC’s Henry Riley.Truss is giving interviews to publi
  
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• Sunak says ‘all sides should show restraint’ after Iranian attack on Israel – as it happened

  15-04-2024 19:31 via theguardian.com
  
  British PM says he will speak to Netanyahu to express solidarity and discuss how further escalation can be avoidedUK general election opinion poll tracker: Labour leading as election loomsDavid Cameron ruled out trying to become PM again in an interview this morning. (See 9.30am.) But Liz Truss has not done so. In an interview with LBC’s Iain Dale, being broadcast tonight, she did not entirely dismiss the possibility. This is from LBC’s Henry Riley.Truss is giving interviews to publi
  
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• Prince Harry loses initial attempt to appeal against security ruling

  15-04-2024 17:42 via theguardian.com
  
  Spokesperson says Duke of Sussex will challenge decision and hopes to ‘obtain justice from the court of appeal’The Duke of Sussex has lost his initial attempt to appeal against a high court ruling over the level of his personal security when he visits the UK.Harry took legal action against the Home Office over the February 2020 decision of the executive committee for the protection of royalty and public figures (Ravec) that he should receive a different degree of taxpayer-funded prot
  
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• Lawyer cleared of contempt after ‘boozy’ night led to false PI claim

  15-04-2024 17:27 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Legal executive did not knowingly mislead over untrue statement in whiplash claim, High Court rules.
  
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• Barrister suspended for lying over whereabouts of lost case files

  15-04-2024 16:22 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Bar Standards Board says barrister in ‘not being candid…risks undermining public confidence in the profession’.
  
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