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Demand for legal aid is soaring
LEGAL aid services are increasingly providing assistance to individuals who have not traditionally been their clients, in areas such as mortgage stress, debt and even employment law. Legal Aid NSW chief executive Bill Grant said demand for criminal law
Updated: 05/17/2012 10:07A
Number of hate crimes increases
The figures do not include 42 charges reported to the Crown linked to a new law on religious sectarian hate crime at football matches, which came into force on March 1. The number of charges linked to race crimes increased by 8% from 4178 to 4518,
Updated: 05/17/2012 09:56A
North Carolina To Investigate James O'Keefe Group For Possible Criminal Voter
According to the News & Observer, state election chief Gary Bartlett “will investigate whether the people in the video who tried to vote in the name of another violated state criminal law by impersonating a registered voter.
Updated: 05/17/2012 09:49A
Vince Li Beheading Case May Be Leading Ottawa To Change Law To Put Public
Federal Justice Minister Rob Nicholson did not mention Vince Li in connection with the review, the Winnipeg Free Press reported Wednesday in a report out of Ottawa. But word of the review comes just two days after Li's psychiatrist asked a review board
Updated: 05/17/2012 09:48A
Ahmed rejoins Williamson & Soden
A specialist criminal law solicitor has returned to Solihull and Birmingham law firm Williamson & Soden after a couple of years with a rival firm. Habib Ahmed has rejoined Williamson & Soden just two years after leaving the firm.
Updated: 05/17/2012 09:22A
UN Official's Support for LGBT Rights an Illegal Act in Some Countries
Pillay called for the end of criminal laws against homosexuality, saying “We must punish hatred and violence, not love. The best antidote for homophobia and transphobia is to educate adults and children." In March, 2012 a draconian law went into effect
Updated: 05/17/2012 09:19A
UN Official's Support for LGBT Rights an Illegal Act in Some Countries
Pillay called for the end of criminal laws against homosexuality, saying “We must punish hatred and violence, not love. The best antidote for homophobia and transphobia is to educate adults and children." In March, 2012 a draconian law went into effect
Updated: 05/17/2012 09:19A
Government seeks new tools to tackle economic crime wave
But it could take one or two years before DPAs are enshrined in law, Barry Vitou, a partner in the corporate crime practice at law firm Pinsent Masons, said. Blunt and Garnier said law enforcement agencies did not have the tools to tackle
Updated: 05/17/2012 09:17A
Should hiding HIV status always be a crime?
“We are using some of the most serious offences in the Criminal Code in some of these cases. It's like cracking a nut with a sledgehammer. It's a wildly disproportionate response,” says Richard Elliott, executive director of the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal
Updated: 05/17/2012 09:15A
Report alleges crime intelligence paid journalists
The allegation emerged in an official document compiled by Col Kobus Roelofse of the SAPS anti-corruption task team and lodged in court papers by the lobby group Freedom Under Law on Tuesday. The chief of police crime intelligence, Lt-Gen Richard
Updated: 05/17/2012 09:09A
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