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Contempt laws should be brought into the age of online information, the Law Commission has suggested in a consultation amid growing concern over the effect of the internet on jury trial. Full story - Solicitors Journal
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- Polish ritual slaughter illegal, court rules http://t.co/1fXcgIqz
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- IRAN: For victims of the Iranian regime, it’s a long quest for justice http://t.co/JFINBnEo
- TANZANIA: African Court Asked to Deal With Closure of SADC Tribunal http://t.co/vBeCh7li
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- BALKANS: Kosovo ex-PM Ramush Haradinaj cleared of war crimes http://t.co/Y75lunrk
- US: Harassment in the Workplace http://t.co/zfcfVFK2
- Losing in Court, and to Laptop Thieves, in a Battle With NASA Over Private Data http://t.co/f55ZVwn9
- US: Court Muses on Unicorns in Debating Sentencing http://t.co/51XPZdbj
- Dos and don'ts for the bill of rights commission http://t.co/YiSp0bjI
- Leveson inquiry: learn to speak like Robert Jay QC - video http://t.co/LWWe7IMZ
- How Richard O'Dwyer's love of films led to two-year struggle for liberty http://t.co/Eqgkhp3J
- WikiLeaks suspect Manning mistreated by military, psychiatrist says http://t.co/3MDViLEr
- 300 alleged phone hacking victims: From Prince Charles to Milly Dowler http://t.co/dt7YTkJZ
- Danny Nightingale case: court of appeal to rule on jailed SAS soldier http://t.co/aZRrT1QE
- Senior judge demanded to know which genius decided to charge a householder for holding knife while protecting his home http://soc.li/gWvDn5e
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- Viewpoint: Poverty is a state of mind http://t.co/FxvtRodC
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- Andy Coulson and Rebekah Brooks face Elveden charges in court http://t.co/mQKcSXDt
- Court in Russia bans video clips of Pussy Riot online http://t.co/7jh9LkL9
- Enfield park rape: Man charged over attack on girl http://t.co/ziy2Mdi9
- UK Captured detainees 'risk ill treatment in Afghan custody' http://t.co/qfbuUX3d
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- Leveson report: Clegg to make separate statement to MPs http://t.co/zsdUVPNU
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- Important Consultation for Disabled People: ‘Getting it Right? Human Rights in Scotland’ http://t.co/6ocAPStZ
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- NIGERIA: Laws recognize defamation as both a civil wrong and a criminal offence http://t.co/6zlIao97
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- MAURITANIA slammed for rights abuses http://t.co/zDjOn7S0
- CCIA, digital rights group blast ITU control of Internet ahead of WCIT negotiations http://t.co/9BY7Tpd4
- Malala Yousufzai, the rights of girls, and how child marriage unites us with the developing world http://t.co/3Bo1eiLY
- Image rights laws are passed by the States of Guernsey http://t.co/jv1gZctM
- US: Animal rights group sues California restaurant over foie gras ban http://t.co/zXFa2poJ
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- CANADA: Toronto lawyers do improv to help with their communication skills http://t.co/09oy9bDA
- Rocket Lawyer intends to defend themselves Against LegalZoom's allenged 'False Accusations' http://t.co/0CZLIkBT
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- Herman Ouseley says Equality and Human Rights Commission has failed http://t.co/DAJJi3Qd
- US: Federal judge OKs MoneyGram fraud deal, $100M fund http://t.co/upYyfEOT
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- PAKISTAN's Courts Push to Limit Media Criticism http://t.co/WBTdBGs6
- US: Congressman proposes 2-year ban on bills about Internet http://t.co/JJgpWSTm
- IRELAND: Limerick solicitor suspended over missing money http://t.co/bxYfhJWz
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- INDIA: Why Justice Katju will be waiting for the Leveson inquiry report http://t.co/0AEAL6Rw
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- Contempt laws set for reform in consultation for new media age - Legalweek http://t.co/BK3gZbzv
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- US: Appeals court upholds NY gun law - http://t.co/D0MdEVVs
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- UAE: Tougher UAE Internet dissent law shuts door to free speech http://t.co/PiazNss3
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