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Three-Strikes Bill Could Result in 11,000 Per Cent Increase in Jail Time

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UK Litigation Crisis Passes

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Law to ease pressure on crime victims enacted

Justice Minister Simon Power amends the Legal Services Act 2000
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Pot-Smoking Law Changes

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Lawyers And The New Real Estate Law

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Do Aussie Law Firms Hold Key To Asia?

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High Court Judges Lack Experience on Criminal Matters, They Say

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Bluechip Founder's Growing Legal Woes

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Lawyers Report Pick Up In M&A Activity

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Law Firm in Contempt of Commons

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Tough Penalty For Downloading Freeloaders

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Big Personal Tax Cuts Coming

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Australian Law Changes Toughen Up On Securities Law

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The CallPlus Battle Ready To Go To Court

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Kate Middleton looks set to win a controversial invasion of privacy lawsuit
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Who Would Own the Foreshore?

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UK Defamation Law Review Could Change Thngs In New Zealand

NBR's Nevil Gibson writes on changes to UK libel laws, and what they may mean here
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Team Tiger Seek To Restrain The Beast of Publicity

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Fees Action May Continue While Complaints in Progress

LawTalk reviews a High Court decision
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High Court Rules on Legal Aid

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Justice Wilson's Day In Court - Not A Happy One

Supreme Court recalls decision on basis of judicial bias
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Violent Offenders Getting Away With It

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Developer Henderson Wins Against IRD, Delays Another Case

The embattled property developer's battles with IRD continue
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Pss . . Wanna Be A Silk in London

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Judge Clears Way For Justice Department Strike

Department staff went on 23 hour strike until today
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Veitch Arrested On Six Charges

The former broadcaster arrested and charged with six assaults between 2002 and 2006
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Scotland Yard Report On Bhutto Likely To Stoke Fire

British investigators said Bhutto was killed by the bomb blast not by bullets
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Why The Telco Business Attracts Commerce Commission Attention

Competition and emerging technologies are two reasons given
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Blogger To Face Charges of Breaching Court Suppression Order

The courts seek to ensure suppression orders are not undermined
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Kiwi Spammer Gets $21 Million Fine

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Name Suppression Law Row Heightens

This time over a high profile businesswoman and her P supply
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The Case Isn't Closed On The Anthrax Killings

Questions remain unanswered over the case against Dr Bruce Ivins
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Federal Judge Gives Bush A Win In War On Terror

Osama bin Laden's former driver is to stand trial via Guantanamo Bay military commission
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Defiant 9/11 Mastermind Accused Wants Death - For Himself

It was disorder in Court when Khalid Sheikh Mohammed ranted against President Bush and other 'crusaders'
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UK Lawyer's Book Argues US Interrogation Lawyers Could Face International Prosecution

Philippe Sands argues that former Bush administration lawyers face prosecution abroad for endorsing interrogation techniques that constitute torture
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