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Guest Post From The White Rabbit: How to become a barrister seventies style… « Charon QC

http://charonqc.wordpress.com/2011/11/15/guest-post-from-the-white-rabbit-how-to-become-a-barrister-seventies-style/

How to become a barrister seventies style… BY The White Rabbit They did indeed do things differently then.

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Justice for victims of human rights abuses by UK companies overseas - 1

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http://obiterj.blogspot.com/2011/08/recent-disorder-bail-and-sentencing.html

The recent disorder: bail and sentencing.

The English riots « UK Human Rights Blog

England has experienced a fourth consecutive night of rioting and looting in its cities, prompted by the shooting by police of Mark Duggan in Tottenham.

http://ukhumanrightsblog.com/2011/08/10/the-english-riots/

http://charonqc.wordpress.com/2011/08/06/law-review-guest-post-%e2%80%98be-careful-what-you-say-the-authorities-are-listening-%e2%80%99/

Law Review Guest Post: ‘Be careful what you say. The authorities are listening.’ « Charon QC

Law Review: Guest Post- ‘Be careful what you say. The authorities are listening.’ What people may not be aware of is that conversations with public bodies may not regarded as private, so that an off- the- cuff remark made in the heat of the moment can have devastating consequences.

Anarchists should be reported, advises Westminster anti-terror police | UK news | The Guardian

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/jul/31/westminster-police-anarchist-whistleblower-advice

Anarchists should be reported, City of Westminster police have advised locals.

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Eight newspapers pay libel damages to Christopher Jefferies | Media | guardian.co.uk

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/greenslade/2011/jul/29/joanna-yeates-national-newspapers

Do not jail the troll | Ally Fogg | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk

Facebook 'is an online equivalent of Speakers’ Corner' in London, seen here in 1933. Photograph: Keystone/Getty Images

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/libertycentral/2010/nov/04/trolls-are-offensive-but-not-criminals

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"Men and women of marriageable age have the right to marry and to found a family, according to national laws governing the exercise of this right." In Hamer v United Kingdom (1982) 4 EHRR 139, the European Court of Human Rights stated that marriage, in the context of Article 12, is the 'formation of a legally recognised binding association between a man and a woman' which thereby involves the acquisition of legally recognised social status. The Hamer case concerned Article 12 in relation to prisoners and a breach of Art 12 was found.

Summary judgment in a “Solicitors from Hell” case « Inforrm's Blog

http://inforrm.wordpress.com/2010/10/14/summary-judgment-in-a-solicitors-from-hell-case/#more-4819

This post originally appeared on Media Lawyer , the indispensable subscription service from the Press Association covering all aspects of media law. It is reproduced with permission and thanks.

http://www.newstatesman.com/2010/10/sex-work-criminal-law-ban

New Statesman - Sex work and the prohibitionists

The British do like to ban things. It is one of our national vices.

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Subscribe to this blog Andrew Katz is partner and head of the IT/IP team at Moorcrofts LLP, a boutique law firm based in the Thames Valley providing corporate and commercial advice to knowledge-based industries. Andrew qualified as a barrister and requalified (and now practises) as a solicitor.