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  • AFGHANISTAN: Dereliction of Duty - By Kenneth Roth http://t.co/dTPWgoeG May 23, 2012
  • CHINA: Rights group documents violence by China's urban regulation enforcers | http://t.co/3Q5Z1Huh May 23, 2012
  • BAHRAIN to mull ways to improve rights record | Fox News http://t.co/sFCxaPQH May 23, 2012
  • TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/VTrRtc5aMay 23, 2012
  • Conflict of interest concerns over Duff & Phelps Rangers role http://t.co/5VtpY2EO May 23, 2012
  • Stalker who followed woman is ordered to keep his distance for 20 years - Scotland http://t.co/HblmGToG May 23, 2012
  • Judges overturn 30 year old terror convictions http://t.co/QYr1UTux May 23, 2012
  • Long Eaton Solicitor celebrates 40 years in the job http://t.co/t537tcFX May 23, 2012
  • Hackers hit US justice dept again - Anonymous claim to have obtained 1.7 GB of data. http://t.co/qM8jBbNY May 23, 2012
  • Lord Justice Leveson discusses role of law bloggers http://t.co/1iv1nOk3 May 23, 2012
  • Q&A with Ana Marie Cox and Jim Geraghty: for US senator John Edwards trial http://t.co/p3IVmtgf May 23, 2012
  • Google rejects automatic pornography block rules http://t.co/AMGHjJdA May 23, 2012
  • PAKISTAN jails doctor who helped CIA find Bin Laden http://t.co/YA6ZtmB6 May 23, 2012
  • Stobart Group launches barrister-only legal service with fixed fees | Solicitors Journal: http://t.co/zIFVxo2y May 23, 2012
  • Barrister calls on inquiry to investigate if newspapers still using alleged illegally obtained information : http://t.co/jrbfG0iH May 23, 2012
  • Disabled Cumbrian girl victim of school bullies, court told http://t.co/yhbsjwJn May 23, 2012
  • Michaela McAreavey murder trial hears confession claim http://t.co/7di11ayy May 23, 2012
  • Burnley youths,17, jailed for sex abuse of girl,14 http://t.co/42pQn3sU May 23, 2012
  • AUS: Barrister argues speed count http://t.co/V3cOR1SP May 23, 2012
  • Airstrip planning enquiry: a barrister & solicitor resume struggle over the future use of a grass airstrip :N.Yorkshire http://t.co/8sgk2593 May 23, 2012
  • Prime Minister David Cameron rebuked after Ed Balls 'muttering idiot' attack http://t.co/vXwifZmo May 23, 2012
  • Trenton Oldfield denies University Boat Race swim charge http://t.co/7UoHjyXl May 23, 2012
  • Facebook and banks behind flotation face lawsuit http://t.co/7NecQ3fU May 23, 2012
  • Leveson Inquiry: Piers Morgan explained phone hacking - Paxman http://t.co/JNsBcKmO May 23, 2012
  • Four held over police 'bribes' http://t.co/K9IoKT6M May 23, 2012
  • Judges back prisoner in Russia human rights row http://t.co/IVIdq3ZT May 23, 2012
  • IOC: Olympic Hurdles for Saudi Women Persist http://t.co/g8IiPsL2 May 23, 2012
  • AZERBAIJAN: Eurovision is deaf to human rights abuses | Amnesty International http://t.co/I7VfI1vf May 23, 2012
  • Human Rights Watch Criticizes Chinese Para-Police for Abuses http://t.co/tC6F8eoM May 23, 2012
  • ZIMBABWE: “Civil Society meet UN Human Rights Chief” http://t.co/DOBII5h6 May 23, 2012
  • MPs secretly vet judges for European court of human rights role http://t.co/RJqRX6d9 May 23, 2012
  • British ministers 'ponder response to Israeli strike on Iran' http://t.co/GLqFZup8 May 23, 2012
  • Appeal court raises jail terms: Men who raped 11-year-old have sentences doubled http://t.co/MGi6YOAt May 23, 2012
  • Julian Assange extradition verdict due next week http://t.co/fsrexv21 May 23, 2012
  • Lord Justice Leveson: statute might be needed to back press regulation http://t.co/enau1e6g May 23, 2012
  • New chief prosecutor defends international criminal court http://t.co/Wu2Dp7vi May 23, 2012
  • BABY BARISTA BLOG: The barristers are revolting http://t.co/xSCASZBI May 23, 2012
  • If Jacob Zuma doesn't like an 'offensive' painting, tough luck | Justice Malala http://t.co/t6okdDgt May 23, 2012
  • American sites publish 'banned' paparazzi pictures of Duchess http://t.co/I2FPw9in May 23, 2012
  • Foreign lawyers in Kurdistan warned of action against "illegal" practice | The Lawyer: http://t.co/XgroDpW4 May 23, 2012
  • LAW FIRM NEWS: Quinn Emanuel scores victory against A&O in High Court | The Lawyer: http://t.co/vVt6oS6j May 23, 2012
  • LAW FIRM NEWS: Kennedys breaks £100m barrier with 12 per cent growth | The Lawyer: http://t.co/v3TjEqvq May 23, 2012
  • LAW FIRM NEWS: Collyer Bristow plans Innovator One costs claim | The Lawyer: http://t.co/LPnwZOZr May 23, 2012
  • Tales from practice: Postman Barr | Solicitors Journal: http://t.co/HOK19hRi May 23, 2012
  • Editor's blog: Trainee remuneration and the competence tipping point | Solicitors Journal: http://t.co/yrqZyb2W May 23, 2012
  • The Road Traffic Acts were passed as ⁰a result of the motor car’s grim harvest of road injuries | Solicitors Journal: http://t.co/kMYYo5mJ May 23, 2012
  • Television: a great crime prevention tool | Solicitors Journal: http://t.co/JiYgGZO2 May 23, 2012
  • Decision to scrap trainee minimum wage was done with obscene haste | Solicitors Journal: http://t.co/etJDONiC May 23, 2012
  • Deprivation of liberty can never be ‘normal’ | Solicitors Journal: http://t.co/PfYiwLWe May 23, 2012
  • Now is not the time for infighting over quality assessment | Solicitors Journal: http://t.co/2lPAB4gz May 23, 2012
  • New personal injury small claims limit would restrict claimant’s rights | Solicitors Journal: http://t.co/hf1WLXPl May 23, 2012
  • Contingency fees must not become ‘blot on the landscape’ | Solicitors Journal: http://t.co/c9Uumq0W May 23, 2012
  • Coalition splits over Beecroft report | Solicitors Journal: http://t.co/6i6BpldN May 23, 2012
  • Thief cannot sue uncle who injured him during getaway | Solicitors Journal: http://t.co/NoFMsmWr May 23, 2012
  • LAW GAZETTE: Judicial diversity must start with lawyers, says Goldring http://t.co/0N3aPWBF May 23, 2012
  • UN legal counsel urges new law graduates to remain committed to cause of justice http://t.co/0vRE4cIy May 23, 2012
  • LAW GAZETTE: Legal walk lineup http://t.co/yQxMpxEt May 23, 2012
  • OAH distinguished lecture series adds three legal historians in the group http://t.co/SzmLiFqV May 23, 2012
  • Pakistani doctor jailed for helping CIA find Osama bin Laden http://t.co/4ASTEdJx May 23, 2012
  • ARGENTINA: Same-Sex Marriage Now Legal For Buenos Aires Tourists http://t.co/A5BKp2q3 May 23, 2012
  • Facebook Loses Legal Battle with Adult Social Site Faceporn http://t.co/W9ouvSpC May 23, 2012
  • A legal showdown between our current and former MPs http://t.co/oMfS6zu2 May 23, 2012
  • MALAYSIA: Anwar's legal battles with his political foes http://t.co/djZKx8lQ May 23, 2012
  • US: Reagan center takes legal action over blood sale http://t.co/BxMCxzLK May 23, 2012
  • UK 'sought legal advice on Iran attack' http://t.co/u5jLYycr May 23, 2012
  • US: Roman Catholic church in the US launches legal assault on Barack Obama's health reforms http://t.co/KBAAqG79 May 23, 2012
  • Legal aid cuts: if barristers don't defend justice for all, who will? | Michael Mansfield http://t.co/YdPK6hfX May 23, 2012
  • Juries & judges should be told if an accused person has previous convictions: Scottish law Commission report http://t.co/pDec4i6h May 23, 2012
  • PAKISTAN: Acid attack victims take legal action to block Saving Face in Pakistan http://t.co/ZwVkOPUq May 23, 2012
  • CHINA: New law sobers up drunk drivers in China http://t.co/uHop2hUt May 23, 2012
  • US: Harvard Law School succeeds in taking down anti-Holder Fast and Furious protest website http://t.co/4gyFOd3f May 23, 2012
  • Social Media Case Law - The Beginning http://t.co/sXjRIsBp May 23, 2012
  • ‘That guy’ graduates from law school | http://t.co/5iCzo4Gu May 23, 2012
  • LAW FIRM NEWS: Ex-Bakers partner faces jail over money laundering | The Lawyer: http://t.co/iw5HtcVE May 23, 2012
  • LAW FIRM NEWS: Reed Smith Paris partner quits for France's Moisand Boutin | The Lawyer: http://t.co/4ts3Ats7 May 23, 2012
  • LAW FIRM NEWS: 4 Pump Court silks target Hong Kong with arbitration launch | The Lawyer: http://t.co/BgwKIiwo May 23, 2012
  • OFT triumphs against Ryanair in Aer Lingus case | The Lawyer: http://t.co/52qixBck May 23, 2012
  • LAW FIRM NEWS: Dewey London to shut down this Friday | The Lawyer: http://t.co/iqdTk5tC May 23, 2012
  • US opens Chipotle securities law investigation http://t.co/DoYUQXDO May 23, 2012
  • US: Joining Law of the Sea Treaty can’t wait http://t.co/rPDtFuje May 23, 2012
  • LAW GAZETTE: Six months to end 'indiscriminate' prisoner voting ban http://t.co/zYpv5xnK May 23, 2012
  • Strasbourg's prisoner votes judgment amounts to a retreat, but no surrender | Adam Wagner http://t.co/LYgSdZaQ May 23, 2012
  • Workers' rights don't strangle growth http://t.co/iVnPrJDI May 23, 2012
  • John Sentamu's claims on civil partnerships are false http://t.co/Z2R7A5js May 23, 2012
  • US: Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Surveillance Case http://t.co/qOL7XNeZ May 23, 2012
  • US: Secret Service Director to Testify That Security Was Not Breached in prostitution Scandal http://t.co/mEluJ7Y2 May 23, 2012
  • PHILIPPINES: Chief Justice Denies Corruption Charges http://t.co/t3HRjBQC May 23, 2012
  • Google Privacy Inquiries Get Little Cooperation http://t.co/nO4mpIET May 23, 2012
  • The Crisis of European Democracy http://t.co/yJ3VGZcE May 23, 2012
  • Private eyes 'paid police for tip–offs': Mike Schwarz of the law firm Bindmans told MPs http://t.co/aMKCJ0n7 May 23, 2012
  • US: DOJ accepts ruling that transgender bias is illegal http://t.co/CwrHdLFS May 23, 2012
  • DNA test combats illegal fishing worldwide http://t.co/sL7KfAgo May 23, 2012
  • Illegal car salesman must pay more than £1,000 - Cambridge http://t.co/lghZqZY5 May 23, 2012
  • IRELAND: Warning over sale of prescription drugs http://t.co/sA9gFHLm May 23, 2012
  • AUS: 'Eye in the sky' spies on illegal waste dumpers http://t.co/et3bf7c5 May 23, 2012
  • ZIMBABWE: Homosexuality Illegal, Says justice minister Chinamasa http://t.co/7V8AHRBL May 23, 2012
  • Salisbury Plain illegal drivers targeted by MoD police http://t.co/wOQ9shkO May 23, 2012
  • US: Supreme Court Silent on Illegal Music Downloads http://t.co/zDjXT9Km May 23, 2012
  • Samsung accuses Apple’s expert witnesses of being ‘iSheep’ in patent trial http://t.co/JNkZGL2z May 23, 2012
  • NORWAY: Breivik trial takes Norway through valley of death | http://t.co/auvBgCtv http://t.co/rjTaxn7W May 23, 2012
  • Mladic trial: More than 400 to testify for prosecution http://t.co/MX2c8D1H May 23, 2012
  • Widower comes face to face with hotel workers accused of strangling his bride on paradise Mauritius http://t.co/pk4a8mQn May 23, 2012
  • Wizard of biz or crafty insider? Goldman Sachs former director Gupta http://t.co/jRv7CWiu May 23, 2012
  • Michaela murder trial jury warned over media coverage - N. Ireland http://t.co/KdZSpoW1 May 23, 2012
  • Interview: Polly Higgins, lawyer and campaigner - Scotland http://t.co/dH7tkkfQ May 23, 2012
  • Former Nintendo Lawyer Joins the Motion Picture Association of America - MPAA http://t.co/Ivel69W6 May 23, 2012
  • John Travolta Sex Accuser's Former Lawyer Files Suit Against Gloria Allred http://t.co/kF92pNmm May 23, 2012
  • CANADA: Inquiry into veteran’s suicide derailed as MacKay gags military lawyers http://t.co/ekHFBcni May 23, 2012
  • N. ZEALAND: Dotcom lawyer: We need that data back http://t.co/xA8J8bYM May 23, 2012
  • Cricketer Luke Pomersbach\'s lawyer denies he has confessed http://t.co/gjKcfwug May 23, 2012
  • US: Irvine lawyer sentenced in $20-million investment fraud http://t.co/YGYiMEFy May 23, 2012
  • US: Ex-Goldman Sachs director Rajat Gupta's lawyer accuses US govt of giving jury a 'cropped photo' http://t.co/AHkOeAXP May 23, 2012
  • Abu Qatada lawyers rake in £21m legal aid fees http://t.co/x4VfVzyD May 23, 2012
  • Royal lawyer who advised News International defends the use of surveillance on hacking victims http://t.co/shcAOFVO May 23, 2012
  • INDONESIA & AUS: Corby’s lawyer welcomes SBY’s decision http://t.co/jZDnvuYd May 23, 2012
  • Lawyers fear closure of Scottish courts in shake-up: http://t.co/n9GB0RXF May 23, 2012
  • CALL FOR PAPERS: Rethinking the Fragmentation and Constitutionalization of International Law http://t.co/0FX5Nuay May 23, 2012
  • US: Courts to Try Contractors for Torture at Abu Ghraib http://t.co/YAadPv2w May 23, 2012
  • Hong Kong courts side with Apple over iPad trademark dispute with Proview http://t.co/AIcK9pDM May 23, 2012
  • S. Africa: Court decision on Zuma painting welcomed: http://t.co/PI3F7XOP May 23, 2012
  • US: Court: no benefits for kids conceived after dad died http://t.co/KSHhCLcb May 23, 2012
  • Good for the Euro judges. Prisoners should have the vote http://t.co/vofK1HTu May 23, 2012
  • Disgraced education firm A4e 'sent jobseeker to look for work at a lap-dancing club' http://t.co/swzRtXON May 23, 2012
  • Coroners' courts are YOUR last defence against a tyrannical State. Is that why Cameron wants to make them secret? http://t.co/GuljinpY May 23, 2012
  • The prisoners dilemma http://t.co/ztD8iFhL May 23, 2012
  • Topless Women’s Rights Activists Snatch Euro 2012 Trophy In Ukraine http://t.co/iVwP4bTp May 23, 2012
  • US: Do We Still Need the Voting Rights Act? http://t.co/kCHim8qH May 23, 2012
  • Know Your Rights: Know Your Rights: Photography in Public http://t.co/vGjJZMAg  May 23, 2012
  • The European Court of Human Rights is an absurd yoke around Britain’s neck http://t.co/3seR0qvz May 23, 2012
  • US man fights for his right to download – but supreme court won't hear appeal http://t.co/cRja8Yxn May 23, 2012
  • News leech's fresh cash deal with rags 'reasonable' – tribunal http://t.co/Md5aiowu May 23, 2012
  • Tribunal upholds FSA decision to ban and fine former UBS advisers http://t.co/QjPNXV6U May 23, 2012
  • INDIA: London tribunal slams SC delay - India’s slow-moving judicial system has come in for some more stick http://t.co/IyNrtYBU May 23, 2012
  • IRELAND: Mahon tribunal fails to stop Barry's case against it http://t.co/8uWaj780 May 23, 2012
  • Tribunal told of 'secret payments' to senior AIB staff http://t.co/AdeDvoFq May 23, 2012
  • CANADA: Giant protest in Montreal puts emergency law to test: http://t.co/0ZgbgPwn May 23, 2012
  • CANADA: Law stripping voting rights from Canadian ex-pats unconstitutional, legal challenge argues http://t.co/hWzg45Vn May 23, 2012
  • 'Socialist' Vince Cable not fit for office, says Adrian Beecroft for opposing change in employment law http://t.co/4xtDoytK May 23, 2012
  • David Cameron urged to stand up to Europe over prisoner vote row http://t.co/VKIex0dw May 23, 2012
  • Jack Straw could face legal action over rendition claims within a month http://t.co/DwrHM9oM May 23, 2012
  • Serious criminals cannot hide behind EU deportation rules, judges conclude http://t.co/zikFiOly May 23, 2012
  • Man released unconditionally in pipe bomb investigation http://t.co/hidOjvFX May 23, 2012
  • Sports supervisor charged with sex assault against teen http://t.co/VdzPjf37 May 23, 2012
  • £2m payout for bank staff after secret bonuses revealed http://t.co/HH4tn1C3 May 23, 2012
  • Drugs charges follow searches over north Belfast bomb http://t.co/HExrn2fW May 23, 2012
  • Four in court over 'terror training camp' near Omagh http://t.co/DbkRfOYX May 23, 2012
  • Bombs made safe after alert at Maureen Ave in Derry http://t.co/CommRS3u May 23, 2012
  • Two men arrested over 1998 murder of Thomas Lockard http://t.co/eKZqmiZT May 23, 2012
  • Call for Stephen Carroll killer Wootton's tariff to be reviewed http://t.co/Azi9zNsF May 23, 2012
  • Alcohol code of practice launched in Northern Ireland http://t.co/Dequ9ZO7 May 23, 2012
  • Michaela McAreavey murder trial - prosecution to outline case http://t.co/dhdUqI0k May 23, 2012
  • Trinity Housing Association to be asked to give money back over land deal http://t.co/bd31KPdO May 23, 2012
  • Fife electrical cable thief urged to seek medical attention http://t.co/uaaFWPlD May 23, 2012
  • Life ban for pony neglect woman from Fife http://t.co/B0260ii6 May 23, 2012
  • Scottish government plan could see offenders pay victims http://t.co/M5ZmV9xH May 23, 2012
  • Nat Fraser trial: Retired police officer says witness alibi 'not robust' http://t.co/ui8hM5D2 May 23, 2012
  • Lockerbie bomber: Public figures demand inquiry into conviction http://t.co/phLiPno6 May 23, 2012
  • School boy tells court of police dog attack at Falkirk farm http://t.co/FxInTD2W May 23, 2012
  • Law Commission calls for Scots trials to hear of prior convictions http://t.co/RVKkLNTf May 23, 2012
  • Terry Grange: Former Dyfed-Powys chief constable dies http://t.co/4vEZxH6j May 23, 2012
  • Heat magazine apology to Duchess of Cambridge for photo http://t.co/uxEYuaDJ May 23, 2012
  • Muamba tweet: Jailed Liam Stacey sorry for racist comments http://t.co/aO78LXUm May 23, 2012
  • Yaseen Ali Ege murder trial: mother blames husband http://t.co/CXRKmNXc May 23, 2012
  • CANADA: Bus killer Vince Weiguang Li 'believed victim was alien' http://t.co/ZzRcEkfo May 23, 2012
  • Nazi legacy: The troubled descendants http://t.co/tL66YCX5 May 23, 2012
  • More than 87,000 racist incidents recorded in schools http://t.co/4UUSEAEx May 23, 2012
  • Former land girl was 'starved' in hospital after hip replacement http://t.co/pmc12CDR May 23, 2012
  • I won't let you derail law to allow gay marriage, Clegg warns Tories http://t.co/ZVxDh6Oo May 23, 2012
  • Now's your chance to air tabloid grievances, Leveson tells MPs http://t.co/xdOs3ob6 May 23, 2012
  • Personally, I'd fire bullying teens from a cannon and relocate the 'feral' kids to Chipping Norton http://t.co/bmkGb4tt May 23, 2012
  • Tory MPs 'gagged' welfare-to-work whistleblowers - DWP is investigating 11 other separate cases of fraud at A4E http://t.co/XD0LS16O May 23, 2012
  • Anti-paedophile vigilante jailed for minimum term of 18 years http://t.co/E3O3xylU May 23, 2012
  • UK has six months to give prisoners the vote http://t.co/on8OSdn8 May 23, 2012
  • Badger baiter sentenced to 23 weeks http://t.co/XIBXC6mR May 23, 2012
  • Murdoch executives face sanctions over hacking 'lies' http://t.co/HLIVLYOI May 23, 2012
  • 'Crimbos' replace Asbos – but will they rush children into custody? http://t.co/y39ft0ia May 23, 2012
  • Accused Met officers part of unit behind Nigerian embezzler's conviction http://t.co/aaievU1g May 23, 2012
  • Metropolitan police anti-corruption unit investigated over payments http://t.co/6HTTXFDi May 23, 2012
  • Anti social behaviour: crackdown – and backdown http://t.co/H58ce1CT May 23, 2012
  • LEGAL FUTURES: Law Society backs alternative routes to qualification as Mayson airs fears over direction of LETR http://t.co/cuXeYLJv May 23, 2012
  • LEGAL FUTURES: Line of solicitors being marched through SDT for failure to pay insurance premiums http://t.co/ugIoRLTh May 23, 2012