Wednesday

25th January 2012: LAW NEWS HEADLINES & LINKS

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FOCUS OF THE DAY story: 'The time is coming when the distinction between solicitors and barristers will be “more a matter of tribal culture than function”, the Law Society president has predicted, with common education, training and even potentially regulation on the agenda.' Full story - Legal Futures

  • Small solar: Court of Appeal confirms that changes were unlawful: http://t.co/5scAEvAc Jan 25, 2012
  • Why California's three strikes law is out of order | Sadhbh Walshe http://t.co/3WhMAISK via @guardian Jan 25, 2012
  • In praise of… the small claims court | Editorial http://t.co/fjl7tvrU via @guardian Jan 25, 2012
  • Police chief hits out at cuts that put his force on http://t.co/IbgaDIeK via @guardian Jan 25, 2012
  • NORTH KOREA: Pyongyang urged to respect universal values http://t.co/TcE2yOs0 Jan 25, 2012
  • EGYPT: Egyptian Human Rights Activist Asks What's Next For Her Country http://t.co/JVkZv554 Jan 25, 2012
  • SYRIA: Syria May Be Expelled From UNESCO’s Human-Rights Committee - Businessweek http://t.co/XWLC8FFi Jan 25, 2012
  • Solicitors Journal - Energy drinks company cannot register 'Viaguara', court rules http://t.co/vuDLixuR Jan 25, 2012
  • Solicitor to a plumber: Why reinventing yourself is the best career move ever http://t.co/GZ7tdUBL Jan 25, 2012
  • @TTraddles Prey explain this virtuosity! Jan 25, 2012
  • Happy St. Dwynwen's day to all my Welsh friends and followers :) Jan 25, 2012
  • Where's the 'bread, freedom and social justice' a year after Egypt's revolution? | Mariz Tadros http://t.co/buTecXd6 via @guardian Jan 25, 2012
  • PHILIPPINES: Justice remains elusive for slain journalist, environmentalist Gerry Ortega - Bulatlat http://t.co/rRceMmEe Jan 25, 2012
  • IRAQ: Haditha - Justice Failed U.S. Raid Victims http://t.co/UlKZpKHK via @TIME Jan 25, 2012
  • Barrister’s Error Sees Torturers Escape Jail http://t.co/we5EkBu6 Jan 25, 2012
  • AUS: Scarborough man cleared of flatmate's death http://t.co/EsE4gKYW Jan 25, 2012
  • Man jailed for robbery - Bridlington: http://t.co/qV2TYsBl Jan 25, 2012
  • INDIA: Five arrested after clash in Ekbalpore http://t.co/KZ873Ilz Jan 25, 2012
  • PAKISTAN: Miscalculated defiance! Interpretation of the presidential immunity http://t.co/bq5F9Fai Jan 25, 2012
  • Defence barrister compares Crown's case to jigsaw puzzle http://t.co/74W6PW9r Jan 25, 2012
  • Barrister 'impersonated colleague to discredit court official' - Telegraph http://t.co/ECw1eT2U Jan 25, 2012
  • @Miss_Cowell My good friend Ken, 80 drove to the bank thinking his bank balance was 24p after phone credit automated text! Bless :) Jan 25, 2012
  • MALAWI: human rights status worries Commonwealth boss http://t.co/H7bD3u86 Jan 25, 2012
  • Call to end 'satellite uplink jamming' http://t.co/GkFSwySH via @guardian Jan 25, 2012
  • PAKISTAN: A decline of human rights in Pakistan http://t.co/AmVQssnR Jan 25, 2012
  • RUSSIA: Kremlin Human Rights Council Campaigns for Fair Elections http://t.co/UJzr2d8T via @ria_novosti Jan 25, 2012
  • Book Review – Lone Star Law: A Legal History of Texas http://t.co/XenXRsLI Jan 25, 2012
  • GERMANY: Leftists suggest legal cannabis clubs http://t.co/A5o1nqEY via @TheLocalGermany Jan 25, 2012
  • Legal action to evict Occupy Edinburgh postponed as they promise to leave http://t.co/eF2z3I9u Jan 25, 2012
  • US: A Legal Defense Fund for Climate Scientists: http://t.co/Z5K9LHj0 Jan 25, 2012
  • Government loses legal bid to cut solar panel tariff - Telegraph http://t.co/aylZXXsc Jan 25, 2012
  • Flooding risk could soon be contentious for conveyancing - http://t.co/Bqpt6YeD Jan 25, 2012
  • Christopher Jefferies calls for inquiry into police leaks to newspapers http://t.co/ilenCcbm via @guardian Jan 25, 2012
  • BABY BARISTA BLOG: Who guards the guards? http://t.co/tlFpICKp via @guardian Jan 25, 2012
  • LAW GAZETTE: UK ‘blocking’ EU human rights accession http://t.co/wS2C8ssX Jan 25, 2012
  • LAW FIRM NEWS: Wiggin promotes COO to chief exec in preparation for ABS conversion | The Lawyer: http://t.co/iCZP1XI8 Jan 25, 2012
  • Hymn to the birds and trees http://t.co/4jxufrtI Jan 25, 2012
  • Concordia's invisible US owner branded 'a disgrace' - The Independent http://t.co/KjDkMKmg Jan 25, 2012
  • Britain facing boom in dishonesty - The Independent http://t.co/RyQD40pP Jan 25, 2012
  • Costa Concordia incident is a stark illustration of the importance of tort law | The Lawyer: http://t.co/2tlmEogD Jan 25, 2012
  • What will happen to personal injury claims in the Coalition’s war on ’compensation culture’? - The Lawyer: http://t.co/haHiKauN Jan 25, 2012
  • New EU data protection legislation is likely to hit businesses hard - Data overload | The Lawyer: http://t.co/QN4R89J5 Jan 25, 2012
  • Halliwells: picking at the carcass | The Lawyer: http://t.co/1L4coHuu Jan 25, 2012
  • Harry Redknapp's excuses 'lack credibility', court hears http://t.co/GWRxVIBR Jan 25, 2012
  • Jo Yeates' landlord Chris Jefferies accuses police of leaks http://t.co/esbMRIFx Jan 25, 2012
  • Rick Santorum thinks pregnancy through rape is God's gift? Seriously? | Kate Harding http://t.co/qENNRTJO via @guardian Jan 25, 2012
  • Solicitors Journal - First legal aid concession on means testing at police stations http://t.co/k9312dkz Jan 25, 2012
  • Micro-managing LSB “risks independence of profession” http://t.co/ulsL257I RT @legalfutures Jan 25, 2012
  • LAW FIRM NEWS: A&O, Hogan Lovells and DLA score roles on Peacocks collapse- Legalweek http://t.co/9blMPjwn via @LegalWeek Jan 25, 2012
  • LAW FIRM NEWS: Wiggin confirms ABS intentions as non-lawyer CEO joins partnership http://t.co/XKDsznc8 via @LegalWeek Jan 25, 2012
  • LAW FIRM NEWS: Latham and Olswang lead as Searchlight buys stake in Hunter wellies | The Lawyer: http://t.co/T8zjZEDB Jan 25, 2012
  • Government loses appeal over cuts to solar subsidies | The Lawyer: http://t.co/9YVaBNhk Jan 25, 2012
  • LAW GAZETTE: Law Society president: split in profession to end http://t.co/a78zesn5 Jan 25, 2012
  • Government cut to solar tariffs blocked as court appeal fails http://t.co/uaOKJtdd Jan 25, 2012
  • Change in illegal dogs law urged http://t.co/n3PKEDvl via @shropstar Jan 25, 2012
  • NIGERIA: Navy hands over 8 alleged illegal bunkerers to EFCC http://t.co/I6TIS1o8 Jan 25, 2012
  • URUGUAY: Uruguay approves $513,000 settlement for disappearance, illegal adoption during dictatorship http://t.co/eGJvT9gl Jan 25, 2012
  • US: German Rockefeller impostor ordered to stand trial http://t.co/OoTSCM1N Jan 25, 2012
  • US: Opening Arguments Set for Perelman Trial: http://t.co/nbLq4A5z Jan 25, 2012
  • Kenyan leaders to face trial for inciting ethnic war - The Independent http://t.co/tosRHZgi Jan 25, 2012
  • US: Stanford trial: Former billionaire cricket tycoon emerges in chains http://t.co/HyXrlDXK Jan 25, 2012
  • PHILIPPINES: 'Trial not limited to acquittal, conviction' http://t.co/nJYpGn0D Jan 25, 2012
  • What is the role of bishops in UK politics? http://t.co/kUmVEsZ8 Jan 25, 2012
  • Rapist TV psychic Martin Smith found hanged in cell http://t.co/8vPtg24D Jan 25, 2012
  • Ex-Archbishop Carey attacks bishops over benefit cap http://t.co/5xlly03j Jan 25, 2012
  • TheLawMap FOCUS OF THE DAY: Common training & regulation of solicitors and barristers on the cards, says Law Society http://t.co/fTUpJKpQ Jan 25, 2012
  • @drpmason Yes, I'd add to that element of class and perhaps institutional conditioning? Jan 25, 2012
  • Progress of court cases criticised by inspectors again http://t.co/N1Zmvmgu Jan 25, 2012
  • INDIA: Supreme Court pulls up Army in Pathribal encounter case http://t.co/NV3OSyyU Jan 25, 2012
  • The Strasbourg Court is still a cranks’ paradise http://t.co/CEERKdNK Jan 25, 2012
  • NZ: Dotcom's lawyer questions flight risk verdict http://t.co/UtvaYF2a Jan 25, 2012
  • CANADA: Shafia trial - ‘There was simply no time for a murder,’ defence lawyer argues http://t.co/Ld7jSoTC via @nationalpost Jan 25, 2012
  • CANADA: Pressured into deporting Rwandan genocide accused Mugesera: lawyer http://t.co/ToFzNpDa Jan 25, 2012
  • US: Gay groups angry Kansas anti-sodomy law remains on books | http://t.co/dNwQ66Vh Jan 25, 2012
  • EGYPT: Egyptian leader partially ends hated emergency law http://t.co/IBnBD5I4 via @sfgate Jan 25, 2012
  • US: Landmark condom law for porn filming signed by L.A. mayor http://t.co/0MXznl5D via @lanow Jan 25, 2012
  • Davos: World leaders protecting business over rights in economic crisis | Amnesty International: http://t.co/NzKmBBvL Jan 25, 2012
  • BAHRAIN: Nabeel Rajab, Bahraini Human Rights Activist: Tunisia’s Support is a “Moral Obligation” http://t.co/GKDfoT6H Jan 25, 2012
  • US: Michael Daragjati Pleads Guilty to Civil Rights Violation: http://t.co/OqPRDO0i Jan 25, 2012
  • US: Golden Globes TV rights trial opens in Los Angeles http://t.co/FEdtZzAV via @LATcompanytown Jan 25, 2012
  • TIBET: Tibetan Parliament & Rights Groups Condemn China’s Firing on Tibet Protesters http://t.co/fDx6Q9pZ Jan 25, 2012
  • NIGERIA: Rights group: Islamic rebels in Nigeria have killed 935 since 2009 http://t.co/PfMvv6YU Jan 25, 2012
  • Human rights court must ditch frivolous cases to avoid becoming 'small claims' arena, says Cameron http://t.co/hA9aVtGz Jan 25, 2012
  • TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/VTrW0Mek ▸ Top stories today via @amwclarklaw Jan 25, 2012
  • David Cameron calls for reform of European court of human rights http://t.co/tzDnhUFq via @guardian Jan 25, 2012
  • Religious freedom under threat from courts, professor warns http://t.co/hoqsv0Rx via @guardian Jan 25, 2012
  • Common training and even regulation of solicitors and barristers on the cards, sa.. http://t.co/pHJDrhir RT @legalfutures Jan 25, 2012
  • LAW SOCIETY GAZETTE: Twitter ban in Redknapp trial http://t.co/xhJi81d4 Jan 25, 2012
  • RT @TheIndyNews: UK ready to send more warships into Gulf in 'clear signal' to Tehran http://t.co/IMr70mv1 Jan 25, 2012
  • RT @TheIndyNews: Government is caught misleading voters over bonuses http://t.co/RQmmKw6n Jan 25, 2012
  • RT @TheIndyNews: Surrey Police to face IPCC over NOTW involvement in Dowler case http://t.co/7GcDrmiW Jan 25, 2012
  • Change in illegal dogs law urged http://t.co/kv0MnMwn Jan 25, 2012
  • Sir Richard Branson urges change to drugs law http://t.co/KyMiPN7i Jan 25, 2012
  • Quindell to pay £19.3m for law firm - http://t.co/auvFOcCF - Financials http://t.co/ol32LYys Jan 25, 2012
  • US: California's Humane Animal Slaughter Law Overturned By Supreme Court | Neon Tommy: http://t.co/GMePgmeE via @AddThis Jan 25, 2012
  • EGYPT: Egyptian emergency law partially suspended http://t.co/NqVtgscG #cnn Jan 25, 2012
  • FRANCE, TURKEY: Erdogan says French genocide law is ‘racist’ - http://t.co/auvFOcCF - Europe http://t.co/jbkxistD Jan 25, 2012
  • LSB issues Bar Standards Board with warning notice over cab-rank rule changes http://t.co/6SKyFv0f RT @legalfutures Jan 25, 2012
  • AIM-listed company to buy Liverpool law firm in ABS first http://t.co/ZlANAT6F RT @legalfutures Jan 25, 2012