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FOCUS OF THE DAY: The Court of Appeal interpreted the definition of “terrorism” this week, when it held that powers contained in the Terrorism Act 2000, Sch 7 are flawed because they do not give journalists “effective protection”. Full story - New Law Journal
FOCUS OF THE DAY: The Court of Appeal interpreted the definition of “terrorism” this week, when it held that powers contained in the Terrorism Act 2000, Sch 7 are flawed because they do not give journalists “effective protection”. Full story - New Law Journal
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| Saturday Conversations on Law |
- Hungarians rally against government push for sweeping anti-terror powers #HUNGARY https://t.co/dHdoShohjr
- The day Zhao Wei disappeared: how a young law graduate was caught in #CHINA's human rights dragnet https://t.co/V1BjWStJzE
- Victims' law could boost rights to challenge crime investigation process https://t.co/Z3gWLH04BA
- Victims of crimes are ill-served by the justice system: this bill will change that | Keir Starmer https://t.co/x84xcwsF0S
- Call to review burden of proof in child sex abuse cases https://t.co/V5bzocIeQ6
- Tesco could be fined £500m over accounting scandal, say analysts https://t.co/TCUsVLPB5x
- Stories from a war hospital in #Jordan: 'Bombs are falling all over the Arab world' https://t.co/Kx0uXQ6vqu
- Maria Theodoulou, partner and criminal defence lawyer at Stokoe Partnership, London - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/JxzrISwaw8
- My legal life: Erika A Kelton, Partner, Phillips & Cohen, London and the US - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/B2HHob9OdY
- LGBT: celebrating difference | Law Gazette https://t.co/iOVHstQ3cT
- Upholding lawyers’ values | Law Gazette https://t.co/CeldSRCXDr
- Bonuses up at Ministry of Justice | Law Gazette https://t.co/uE3MAbc48A
- Partners working 6.5 weeks extra per year, research shows | Law Gazette https://t.co/QyhMwN8rii
- P2P lender seeks 100 law firms for first panel | Law Gazette https://t.co/nMB6IKHy7Z
- Bitcoin technology heralds ‘smart contracts’ era | Law Gazette https://t.co/H1LRllyDgn
- Capita still falls short on court interpreting | Law Gazette https://t.co/P7DfcyxkYw
- Lawyer wins review of DWP delays | Law Gazette https://t.co/nDbtmLC9P5
- SRA training shakeup will hit solicitor brand – survey | Law Gazette https://t.co/3hJrZP3Ssa
- SRA publishes consumer credit toolkit | Law Gazette https://t.co/ZZuBRrPYLD
- MoJ reveals 15 closed courts remain unsold | Law Gazette https://t.co/Ysx4naT8Xd
- Negligence claims against law firms halve | Law Gazette https://t.co/EACjIiKWmT
- CMC regulator reports sharp decrease in PI specialists | Law Gazette https://t.co/o8ePZ7FvBf
- Barrister disbarred for ‘persistent dishonesty’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/qKQJdIgYba
- Fewer requests for dormant client money | Law Gazette https://t.co/AXfLPuw7X7
- TheLawMap Wig is out! https://t.co/f5kJsVIC1L
- #KENYA South Coast residents triumph as environmental tribunal blocks sand harvesting https://t.co/VWsAyONfaJ
- My greatest desire is to take this tribunal to the grassroots — Dr Ngozi Chianakwalam, Chairman, IST #NIGERIA https://t.co/xjX9hVGWzq
- After girl faces rapist in court, judge calls child sex abuse an “epidemic” #US https://t.co/DBCUB2cXiF
- Texas AG Ken Paxton: Federal judge’s plan to repair broken foster care system is ‘judicial takeover’ #US https://t.co/c6ZnBtxuN6
- Criticism that liberal judges were vetting out conservative candidates #ISRAEL https://t.co/ItFYdjqSj7
- Judicial training: Judges urged to uphold people’s faith in judiciary #PAKISTAN https://t.co/1kR9wTNwF5
- Chief Justice Katureebe promises to transform judiciary #UGANDA https://t.co/GLUhhx090G
- Government must fill up vacancies in judiciary expeditiously: Chief Justice of #INDIA T S Thakur https://t.co/3QUY0BktgU
- #IRAN arrested 100 over Saudi embassy attack: judiciary https://t.co/s5VwHijvF0
- House bill called safety legislation after 55 lives lost in 2015 https://t.co/WYid4OuUpa
- Critics of Israeli human rights violations meet match with new PM spokesman #ISRAEL https://t.co/6TX1T2TYNF
- #SOUTHAFRICA’s “Virgin Scholarship” unconstitutional- Human rights groups cries https://t.co/BkeeqW1VcH
- The more that we can preserve of the workings of our judicial system, the more we will know about our society https://t.co/6ejNtyUFwR
- Justice minister won’t rule out Gustafsen Lake inquiry but says it’s not a priority #CANADA https://t.co/91IEY0xh1o
- Former NOPD superintendent pushes for criminal justice reform with national group #US https://t.co/fNPTV1MdyO
- Justice Mudgal orders DDCA to be ready for India-Lanka T20 at Kotla #INDIA https://t.co/5T4Tn927Kn
- 'Merry' Christmas motorist causes €10k worth of damage in county Limerick #IRELAND https://t.co/3XVDTcIcUe
- Behind the scenes with Robert Buckland, Solicitor General https://t.co/12eFyUuIl1
- Solicitor who made “conscious choice to prop up her practice with client funds” is struck off | Legal Futures: https://t.co/Frnz4t8dDU
- GCs urged to take control of process and technology needs | Legal Futures: https://t.co/V2TPS69wpb
- Dual-qualified lawyer struck off as solicitor is disbarred for “persistent dishonesty” | Legal Futures: https://t.co/5cWQt7HC73
- Anger at Lynton Crosby's UK Australian of the Year award over tobacco lobby links https://t.co/H5LHcwbvA9
- Saskatchewan school shooting: boy, 17, charged with four counts of murder https://t.co/1Xvr9E0UAo
- #NORWAY's asylum policy in chaos amid Russian intransigence https://t.co/coyCnlANrw
- G4S paid to look after empty beds at scandal-hit Medway youth jail https://t.co/JtproEFwoq
- Diversity on television is not just a black and white issue https://t.co/qhlqNm8Hy7
- The Oscars whiteout is driven by racism – and greed https://t.co/MBiF6XHgrF
- Foreign Office ‘has betrayed Briton on death row in #Ethiopia’ https://t.co/RUKCAyeREK
- How a fake George Clooney sparked a caffeinated legal row https://t.co/sMoSebkNCG
- War and Peace and 'lawfare' | Law Gazette https://t.co/ZoMMKtMmWI
- CMC regulator investigates more but shuts down fewer | Law Gazette https://t.co/MEHCrDv4qe
- What can conveyancers expect this year? | Legal Futures: https://t.co/4GZhkH8MOS
- Temperature rises as Law Society and SRA row over regulator's independence | Legal Futures: https://t.co/7rSTjRWxse
- Middle-class workers who 'manipulate' price comparison sites to get cheap insurance quote face crackdown https://t.co/FndN6OGmyh
- At least 200 children, some as young as 11, have been victims of 'revenge porn' in past nine months https://t.co/N0a5r6NuzA
- Fines for driving while on phone fall four fold in three years https://t.co/RjCnDXCKML
- Iraqi fighter suing Army eight years after making up story that his sister, 7, had been killed by troops https://t.co/cMNrjxwPBC
- Anarchists face immediate trial alongside migrants after protesters stormed Port of Calais https://t.co/X4OB7KUogn
- Family of convert feared to be with Isil blame right wing conspiracy https://t.co/h23BQjLyCQ
- Poppi Worthington's grandparents call for police and social services to be prosecuted for negligence https://t.co/Qz7i3Am9Sr
- Call to admit refugee children 'considered' by government https://t.co/khyHYySv3c
- Adidas to end IAAF sponsorship deal early in wake of doping crisis https://t.co/W9WECzXNta
- Why Is It So Difficult for Syrian Refugees to Get Into the #US? https://t.co/FVR7lASRpz
- A Waiting List for Justice in New Orleans https://t.co/J7McnXxBIP
- Takata Airbag Flaw Linked to 10th Death; 5 Million More Vehicles Recalled #US https://t.co/IidRYQt54M
- Kansas Court of Appeals Voids Restrictive 2015 Abortion Law #US https://t.co/zGFL3ly4o6
- Arrest of Leftist Israeli Activist Underlines Political Split #ISRAEL https://t.co/A82iyZpOM6
- Guantánamo Detainee Guantánamo Detainee Refuses Offer of Release After 14 Years in Prison https://t.co/x7kxBZDDK1
- Georgia Police Officer Indicted for Murder of Unarmed Black Man #US https://t.co/VzDPMeLtLL
- Court Rejects a Bid to Block Coal Plant Regulations #US https://t.co/LDo27sz2j3
- A Former Mexican Governor Is Arrested, but Not by His Own Country #SPAIN https://t.co/uYOW5nVU6Q
- Asylum seekers made to wear coloured wristbands in Cardiff by Home Office contractor Clearsprings Ready Homes https://t.co/sIJVCSM5KQ
- Academy diversity pledges welcomed by Hollywood https://t.co/4jqeExaYKm
- #French government promises to keep law and order in Calais https://t.co/64nLaQruwC
