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Archbishop Cranmer (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
From ‘Very Worried of Richmond Hill: Islamic shari’a councils are now recognised as arbitration tribunals under the 1996 Arbitration Act, and are part of the Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) procedure available to UK citizens. So far, at least five councils have been recognised as tribunals and moves are afoot to have scores more throughout the country. The tribunals cover all disputes...
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IT Law in Ireland (Free subscription) | yesterday
... offence. So called hacking tools have been specifically criminalised in some jurisdictions. In the UK for example section 37 of the Police and Justice Act 2006 (which was eventually brought into force in October 2008 ) amended the Computer Misuse Act 1990 to create a new offence of making, supplying or obtaining articles for use in computer misuse offences - an offence which would be committed...
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Anglican Mainstream (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
From Cranmer From ‘Very Worried of Richmond Hill: Islamic shari’a councils are now recognised as arbitration tribunals under the 1996 Arbitration Act, and are part of the Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) procedure available to UK citizens. So far, at least five councils have been recognised as tribunals and moves are afoot to have scores more throughout the [...]
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Click World News (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Stephanie Migot writes in to let us know how UK law firm Wragge & Co has decided to set up a special "cyber tracing" team , whose job it will be to scour the internet for anyone making negative anonymous comments about any of their clients and then take action. Of course, the law firm says it's really looking for people leaking confidential information (such as disgruntled employees),...
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Techdirt (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Stephanie Migot writes in to let us know how UK law firm Wragge & Co has decided to set up a special "cyber tracing" team , whose job it will be to scour the internet for anyone making negative anonymous comments about any of their clients and then take action. Of course, the law firm says it's really looking for people leaking confidential information (such as disgruntled employees),...
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The Osterley Times (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
France's minister for Europe, Pierre Lellouche, has stated that David Cameron's stance towards Europe is "pathetic" and he says it will "castrate" UK influence on the continent . Mr Lellouche told the Guardian the Conservatives' new plan was "pathetic". "It's just very sad to see Britain, so important in Europe, just cutting itself out from the rest and disappearing...
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Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Six years after the ban on tobacco advertising and sponsorship in the UK, a London-based sports body stands accused of breaching the law by promoting a cigarette brand on its website.[1] The Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) which represents the world's top male tennis players, is responsible for the sponsorship contracts for the various international tournaments.
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New Statesman (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Return to: French minister: Tory plans will "castrate" UK in Europe Published 05 November 2009 Europe minister warns that Cameron's plan to reclaim powers won't succeed "for a minute" The Conservatives' EU policy has been denounced by a French government minister who described it as an "autistic" approach that would "castrate" UK influence in Europe.Pierre Lellouche, France's Europe minister, who said...
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
The former head of the Metropolitan Police calls for a royal commission to take an unbiased view on the future of UK law enforcement – and warns of the dangers of the Tory-favoured US model of elected police chiefs Royal commissions are not popular with modern governments. It is nearly 50 years since the 1962 royal commission resulted in the 1964 Police Act. However, I am sure an independent...
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
David Cameron is expected to commit himself to changing British law so that any significant EU treaties will be subject to a plebiscite Tory sources are saying that David Cameron will announce the details of his new Lisbon referendum policy tomorrow. He is expected to commit himself to changing UK law so that, if any future government wants to sign a treaty transferring powers to the EU, it will have...
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Media: PDA | guardian.co.uk (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
UK's largest news aggregator publishes open letter denying it is undermining publishers' businesses Aggregating links to internet news is a common battleground, and not only for Google News. NewsNow.co.uk, the UK's largest news aggregator, is facing legal action from several publishers, which it answered with a prominently placed open letter on its homepage, clicked now over 60,000 times according...
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T Jantunen.com (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
The UK government has been accused of failing to protect citizens’ privacy by the European Commission. It said the government should have done more to guarantee online privacy when trials of a controversial ad-serving system were carried out in 2006. The Commission said it had now started the second phase of legal action over the trials. [...]
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BBC News (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
The Commission has sent a letter containing its opinion to the UK which now has two months to respond. If the Commission is unsatisfied with the response it could take the case to an EU court and perhaps force a change in UK law.
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Is there more to life than shoes? (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
... of the argument is that William Hague will go to the other ministers and say that he wants the UK to have opt outs from the EU over issues on employment law, such as the social chapter (now articles 136 - 145 of the Treaty and thus not a 'chaper' anymore), taxation and general sovereignty issues. I worry that the future Prime Minister, whose eyes appear only to be on getting the keys to Number...
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cellular-news (Free subscription) | yesterday
... a contract that it freely entered into in 2001. Boo hoo."Digicel has appointed recently retired UK Law Lord, Lord Hoffman of Brick Court Chambers, London, as its nominee Arbitrator on the 3 person panelPosted to the site on 8th November 2009Page Tools Tags:
