Woolwich, crime and mental health

Murder of a soldier in south-east London – a horrid event with some further nastiness in its wider repercussions.

Woolwich isn’t too far from my home, and as when Damilola Taylor was murdered (close enough to our old flat to have the home secretary interviewed on TV outside it), in the days and years after the event, people have questions about what they term the state of our ‘communities’.

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Russia’s legal sector

The market economy in the Russian Federation has developed exponentially since the Soviet Union (USSR), its legal predecessor, dissolved in 1991. Oil and gas contribute up to 25% of GDP and a massive 80% of exports according to UKTI, but Russia is diversifying its economy. With low unemployment, a population of 140m and GDP per capita higher than $ 20,000 (well above other BRIC countries), Russia is becoming one of the world’s largest consumer markets.

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UK turns back on EU justice project

The UK will decline to take part in a European Commission (EC) initiative to launch a ‘European justice scoreboard’ that aims to improve justice systems across the continent, justice secretary Chris Grayling told the House of Commons earlier this week.

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My Legal Life: Monique Fauchon

Law runs in the blood – my parents were lawyers, as was my grandfather. My legal training was simply being immersed in court work and learning on the job. There’s no better preparation. I love the law’s ability to solve an apparently intractable problem for a client.

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Roundtable: immigration

Immigration has proved a toxic issue for recent Home Office ministers. In 2004 home secretary David Blunkett resigned following revelations that a visa application had been fast-tracked. Immigration minister Beverley Hughes resigned after admitting she ‘unwittingly’ misled people about a suspected visa ‘scam’. Charles Clarke resigned as home secretary in 2006 after intense pressure over the release of foreign prisoners who could have been deported at the end of their custodial term.

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