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Referral fee ban - Governement's Djanogly says it will NOT be a criminal
The ban on referral fees will not be a criminal offence and is to be enforced by the legal professions regulators instead, justice minister Jonathan Djanogly announced yesterday. Meanwhile, the Law Society has said that consumers are unlikely to
Updated: 10/12/2011 08:21A
Reforming Pakistan's Prison System
Reforming Pakistan's corrupt and dysfunctional prison system is central to curbing rising crime and militancy, fixing a deteriorating criminal justice system and enforcing the rule of law. Reforming Pakistan's Prison System , the latest report from the
Updated: 10/12/2011 07:53A
"Ineffective" suspended jail sentences may go
“To be effective and credible, criminal law must be accepted by the population which must have belief in the effectiveness of sanctions,” the government said. The use of electronic bracelets to allow some sentences to be carried out in the community
Updated: 10/12/2011 07:30A
Turkmenistan amends law to prevent legalization of proceeds from crime and
of foreign states in respect of persons with incomes obtained by criminal means, as well as participating in the legalization of the proceeds and terrorist financing, are recognized in accordance with law and international treaties of Turkmenistan.
Updated: 10/12/2011 07:27A
20 Asians arrested for violating labour law
Muscat: Twenty expatriates from different Asian nationalities have been arrested in a raid carried out by the Directorate of Criminal Investigation Department in Al Khuwair area of Muscat, according to a Royal Oman Police (ROP) press release on
Updated: 10/12/2011 07:22A
Law, War and Nonsense
This time Barack Obama indulged in no unconvincing euphemisms, but just condensed the criminal dossier on Mr. al-Awlaki to a brief paragraph or two, making it clear that the, uh, gentleman deserved just what he got, if not more.
Updated: 10/12/2011 07:03A
Kyrgyz government and law enforcement agencies should make a stand for the
Let us remind unknown in the number of 10-15 people on horseback attacked the base camp of Talas Copper Gold CJSC on the night of October 8, 2011. According to preliminary data, the security officers were beaten and also they fired security post,
Updated: 10/12/2011 06:09A
Editorial: Court decisions affect people's right to know
Arkansas' FOIA provides for both civil and criminal action against those who deliberately violate the law. Criminal action is left to the discretion of local prosecutors and rarely is invoked. When the Legislature enacted the FOIA in 1967,
Updated: 10/12/2011 06:03A
COMMENT: Criminal laws
I should have got Paxman in as guest editor this month with all the legislation and politics doing the rounds in the MI business. He might have had a better stab at making sense of the small print. Not that I would fancy his chances
Updated: 10/12/2011 05:45A
Homeless men camp on Hove golf course
A group of homeless men who have set up home on a golf course are threatening any intruders to their makeshift camp with legal action. The men have been sleeping in archways on the pitch and putt course at Kingsway Multi-Play in Hove
Updated: 10/12/2011 05:27A
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