Lady Hale leads panel making feminist readings of court judgments – The Lawyer

Posted October 18th, 2011 in diversity, judges, judgments, news, women by sally

“A panel of distinguished female lawyers and legal scholars gathered at Norton Rose’s InterLaw Diversity Forum event on Thursday 13 October to discuss judgments from a feminist lawyer’s point of view.”

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The Lawyer, 17th October 2011

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Russia’s richest woman wins Sunday Times libel battle – The Guardian

Posted October 18th, 2011 in costs, damages, defamation, media, news by sally

“Russia’s richest woman has won a bitter two-year libel battle against the Sunday Times after it wrongly claimed that she had secretly bought a £50m mansion in north London.”

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The Guardian, 17th October 2011

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Spouses have no right to lottery winnings – Daily Telegraph

Posted October 18th, 2011 in gambling, marriage, matrimonial home, news by sally

“If your spouse picks the winning numbers, you are entitled to a share of the jackpot only if he or she invests it in a shared asset such as the family home, a High Court judge ruled yesterday.”

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Daily Telegraph, 18th October 2011

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Media reports on the detention of children: UK Border Agency response – UK Border Agency

Posted October 18th, 2011 in children, detention, immigration, news by sally

“The UK Border Agency today reiterated the need to hold families for short periods at UK ports and airports in small numbers of cases in order to act in the interests of vulnerable children and protect the border.”

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UK Border Agency, 17th October 2011

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Child detention: has the government broken its promise to end it? – The Guardian

Posted October 18th, 2011 in children, detention, immigration, news by sally

“After promising last year to end child detention in failed asylum cases – and closing the notorious Yarl’s Wood unit – the government opened a smart new centre for deportees. But isn’t this still detention?”

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The Guardian, 17th October 2011

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Fake rape claim Burnley woman is jailed – BBC News

Posted October 18th, 2011 in news, perverting the course of justice, sentencing by sally

“A woman who falsely accused a man of rape has been jailed for two years.”

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BBC News, 17th October 2011

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Gary McKinnon extradition law ‘not biased against Britons’ – The Guardian

Posted October 18th, 2011 in autism, computer crime, extradition, news, reports, treaties by sally

“Controversial extradition legislation under which Gary McKinnon, who has Asperger’s syndrome, faces being sent for trial in the United States on computer hacking charges is not ‘lopsided’ or biased against British citizens, a judge-led review will report on Tuesday.”

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The Guardian, 18th October 2011

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PC jailed over sex text abuse – The Independent

Posted October 18th, 2011 in harassment, misfeasance in public office, news, police, sentencing by sally

“A ‘sexually obsessed’ police officer who sent explicit text messages to vulnerable women after his marriage fell apart has been jailed for three years and four months.”

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The Independent, 17th October 2011

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