16th September - LAW NEWS

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• CANADA: Defence lawyer challenges girl's evidence http://t.co/Q7iCXwrW 
• MALAYSIA: Lawyer ‘buys’ former Miss Malaysia for RM600 in charity auction http://t.co/OgjgStay 
• Hillsborough families' lawyer calls for permanent 'commission of truth' http://t.co/FRXTOMuI 
• IRELAND: Trader 'nearly brought down bank', court told http://t.co/WAmG95hX 
• US: 1970s 'Fatal Vision' case returns to court http://t.co/swDzsolZ 
• NIGERIA: Ibori - Appeal Court May Hear Case In November http://t.co/dmUGS5mX 
• INDIA: Any interference with the media's freedom to access, report and comment upon ongoing trials is unlawful http://t.co/1rmxAQr0
• Scientology Sends A Blistering Legal Letter To Vanity Fair http://t.co/kfBbtBkV 
• Legal delays on the line...Virgin Trains' fury as officials stall http://t.co/8cP0PGMC 
• INDIA: Department of Personnel and Training seeks legal advice on Supreme Court's verdict on info panel http://t.co/ia8anytL 
• Hillsborough: Families plan legal moves http://t.co/D305hy0s 
• Legal action in Paris on Kate's topless photos http://t.co/swtqr97b 
• Lesbian couple, surrogate mother and sperm donor in three-year legal battle over right to be parents http://t.co/8BzDcuVb 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/VTrRtc5a
• Azelle Rodney, Gay Rights and the Cabinet Shuffle - The Human Rights Roundup | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/TQK7LRHv 
• A bluffer's guide to human rights courts | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/fzOaDPoM
• A new president, a blog and a talk | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/hih5tgVz 
• Is the UK listening to the European Court of Human Rights? | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/h2BAmPDo 
• The troubling case of Rachel Corrie | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/0MrXBJWw 
• Mere faults in prison investigation does not breach Article 3 rules Court of Appeal | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/MxkhVifA 
• Can morality be explained by science? Do human rights = echr1(hra − 1) + echr2(hra − 2) | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/7MzGtpPT 
• Foreign government may take UK to European court over its 'illegal’ child-snatching http://t.co/FakfFXnP 
• We must reform our justice system via http://t.co/aodr7okN 
• Our creaking courts: a day inside Westminister Magistrate's http://t.co/UKv6w9o4 
• IRAN: Children look on and families cry for pardons at daily hangings http://t.co/IwVxYg9A 
• INDIA: Set up child rights body by year-end, state told http://t.co/CqS5Ku6g
• US data whistleblower: 'It's a violation of everybody's constitutional rights' http://t.co/H00L4IwK 
• Right to information is vital for society http://t.co/OH0TRGyG 
• BAHRAIN: Human Rights Minister meets Julie De Rivero http://t.co/ZeKC4Nvh 
• AUSTRALIA: Accordion-playing agent hits wrong note at tribunal http://t.co/5RhXlDWA 
• Defeat for ministers over five-a-side football tax http://t.co/gdUNr9YR 
• Vince Cable should stop signing away workers' rights by the back door http://t.co/MVmn8eOh 
• Birmingham law firm fights plans to slash health and safety laws http://t.co/nZbfjyfD 
• Harrogate Law firm appoints new family law specialist http://t.co/OGOTebx1 
• NEW ZEALAND: The Solicitor-General's office is reviewing a case in which an Auckland investment banker ran over a man http://t.co/qFzocqrk
• INDIA: Justice Katju proposes regulation for media http://t.co/XrX7DZue
• Law Specials: UK calls for justice over protests and violence against embassies in Sudan http://t.co/vQDHwqPV 
• NEW ZEALAND: High-flying lawyer had been censured seven times for unsatisfactory conduct over 30-year period http://t.co/S98ieqQk 
• NIGERIA: Why Policemen Are Not Popular With Nigerians http://t.co/ceak76cs 
• US: Do Tax Cuts Lead to Economic Growth? http://t.co/D0cCYBQr 
• Death at Guantánamo Bay - Adnan Farhan Abdul Latif, no trial since 2002, cause of death - probable hunger strike http://t.co/GR3CeXPN 
• Property sales and misleading information: Be aware, be very aware http://t.co/KV7BsIUc 
• Woman remanded over baby given 'bleach' http://t.co/Tu42usO4 
• US: A Push for Clemency as an Execution Nears http://t.co/aEVe0SWI 
• Zynga fires back in legal war with Electronic Arts http://t.co/ZlBrpELs 
• Twitter’s Legal Blow in Occupy Case Will Make a Lot of Companies Nervous http://t.co/meGJiRDt 
• NEW ZEALAND: Legal euthanasia not a 'slippery slope' http://t.co/rRSwiHzd
• MP's son Sean Ellman denies legal high charge http://t.co/XSOu6kh4 
• US: Legal expert weighs in on Beef Products Incorporated lawsuit http://t.co/bM1VLhzu 
• The police were able to use lies, smears and the legal system to protect themselves http://t.co/Jz6W0Hqp 
• Legal threat over milk price as Defra ramps up rhetoric http://t.co/t0uC0380
• The Royal Family's history of legal action http://t.co/Iw80zVw0 
• We must have legal speed limit signage http://t.co/nKiXHgKV 
• Apple wins second legal bout against Samsung in patent row http://t.co/qA3Qc3NV 
• Guantanamo still a blight on US record http://t.co/9ccBPDDM 
• CANADA: Environment Minister eyes overhaul of law protecting at-risk wildlife http://t.co/H8s3mbu1 
• GHANA: Law reforms must conform to good governance, human rights - http://t.co/KlyWQ0OZ 
• INDIA: Trivedi case: Govt to review sedition law http://t.co/h6W6Wxo7 
• ITALY: Berlusconi says comeback will depend on electoral law http://t.co/B12woohd 
• ZIMBABWE PM Tsvangirai marries despite court ban http://t.co/Y3DLIaDp
• BAHRAIN Justice Minister: Independence and Rulings of the Judiciary Should Be Respected http://t.co/LAKoVdTC 
• US: Democrat pushes bill requiring police to obtain warrant for email snooping http://t.co/Tt7OSWSE 
• RWANDA: Judiciary to Develop Sentencing Manual http://t.co/4vIoJjUH
• Scottish footballer to stand trial over homophobic threats http://t.co/tBxZKgrM 
• US: Japanese diplomat to stand trial for assault http://t.co/QVRy8n6I 
• Pussy Riot trial: testing old values http://t.co/BCDfrUev 
• Policeto look into prosecution witness following collapse of trial of elderly couple accused of killing granddaughter http://t.co/mlQfjQCA 
• Christopher Tappin to stand trial in November on arms charges http://t.co/FYheYOVG  
• CHINA Sets Trial Date for Figure in Scandal http://t.co/TlAdZ0Em
• LEGAL FUTURES: Mortgage fraud inquiry delays SRA's draft conveyancing strategy further http://t.co/GRWTgnDs 
• Ricky Hatton's father arrested over gym 'assault' on son http://t.co/ZPk4Gavd 
• SOUTH AFRICA: Marikana unrest: Police fire rubber bullets and raid shacks http://t.co/ljxPlcg6 
• SWEDEN's rape rate under the spotlight http://t.co/27HcubFj 
• Operation Elveden: Journalist freed on bail http://t.co/rcwx6F1E
• Woman charged over 'bleach' bottle for boy in Eltham http://t.co/0hbHIrkz 
• Film protest: EGYPT PM urges US to end 'insults' http://t.co/Ecbgb4Pz 
• Hillsborough: Police cover-up 'known for years' http://t.co/eLYPrxPv 
• Kate topless photos carried in Irish Daily Star tabloid, but condemned by co-owner of publication http://t.co/HEmDlVJe