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- COLOMBIA: Cyber attacks against human rights organisation Political Prisoner's Solidarity Committee http://t.co/a3kDCPab
- Human rights groups protest GUATEMALA - US drug operation http://t.co/g7439MpC
- London Met student: 'I'm petrified' http://t.co/k87kbGKH
- London Metropolitan University starts visa legal action http://t.co/pSD712qk
- We're one crucial step closer to seeing Tony Blair at The Hague http://t.co/iabIaqxu
- Dairy farmers and processors agree code of practice http://t.co/qTyVn53T
- Tax justice bus tour continues across Britain and Ireland http://t.co/LjNXnS54
- INDIA: CJI names Justice Altamas Kabir as his successor http://t.co/nTszJJ7g
- US: Former solicitor accused of molesting boys http://t.co/p44BlMnr
- Solicitor 'helped' con £730,000 from Oldham college http://t.co/n0i82Cff
- Solicitor who groped bus traveller put on sex offenders' register http://t.co/GrWhdkKo
- US: Arizona's Sheriff Joe Arpaio praises U.S. attorney's office http://t.co/2B4DuKsp
- Army servicemen were 'attacked, verbally abused and harassed' during the Olympics http://t.co/UrqcQfNE
- MoJ's memo on squatting demonstrates this law is just for show http://t.co/Qu3AYliL
- US: Guantánamo's perversion of justice http://t.co/zNE2858L
- Telegraph defends royal hairdresser libel case via early resolution scheme http://t.co/YjUYzh6L
- MP Alan Duncan supports Welby intruder shooting couple http://t.co/AQjPxY0B
- Julian Assange: UK rejects death penalty claim http://t.co/ECwXCGUO
- West Coast Main Line First Group deal put on hold following a legal challenge by current operator Virgin http://t.co/MHkPV9b6
- AUSTRALIA: Dramatic scenes in bikie court case http://t.co/KpGTdif5
- LAW GAZETTE: Death of a Colombian family - The judiciary is on the side of the angels but the real power lies elsewhere http://t.co/J3Pae4AH
- 14 Legal Tips for Starting Up - Starting a company means surprises, but a lawsuit shouldn't be one http://t.co/8gYItfzZ
- Legal Theory Lexicon: Legitimacy http://t.co/gvSCRicI
- ‘Legal high’ taken off shelves after substance landed teenager in hospital - Sunderland http://t.co/m3NoEOGI
- Corby Cube overspend: Architects withdraw legal action threat http://t.co/jtoTVQWw
- Leeds calls for legal action over GCSE exam grades controversy http://t.co/oAsaK8ab
- Burnt RBS Investors In £3.3bn Legal Threat http://t.co/b90Ntczr
- Cutting corners on conveyancing can be dangerous http://t.co/RJqLV2qj
- Crisis, what banking crisis? The rise of ethical banking in Britain http://t.co/u7pZSHBR
- KENYA: Defending Kanu regime human rights violations is Attorney General Githu’s biggest headache http://t.co/NrUs7bdq
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Freshfields, Linklaters and Morgan Lewis advise as Rosneft teams with Statoil | The Lawyer http://t.co/lr4zZnJC
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Bevan Brittan and Trowers advise on Barnet-Harrow legal merger | The Lawyer http://t.co/uv8aGwNn
- Seven firms share £2.4m fees on Scottish-Irish oil merger | The Lawyer http://t.co/NIaJC20c
- Call for wider efficiency drive as Olympics-related cases speed to resolution | The Lawyer http://t.co/nNicmlnS
- LG misses out on US presence as one-time merger prospect FFW opens in Palo Alto | The Lawyer http://t.co/hbOf7e9K
- Charge of the satellite brigade - reform civil litigation funding | The Lawyer http://t.co/nb6OTybj
- More people are piling into the UK’s litigation funding market – but shadow of cost liability lurks | The Lawyer http://t.co/NaTlztwI
- Better billing is key to winning work from Aussie in-housers | The Lawyer http://t.co/nhiDWit5
- Angola and Mozambique - Lawyers are key to their reconstruction | The Lawyer http://t.co/ScB28VfI
- With internationalisation firmly entrenched firms that want to guard independence are turning to networks | The Lawyer http://t.co/6VymrFRV
- Sunner breeze | Profiles | The Lawyer http://t.co/YTxPjuVT
- Which Law Firm will become The Lawyer’s European Law Firm of the Year | The Lawyer http://t.co/eHdgWc0d
- The great Aussie merger mystery: In the past three years eight UK firms have launched Down Under | The Lawyer http://t.co/PeqEvgCF
- An application to trademark the term ‘social enterprise’ has sent shivers through the sector, but fear not | The Lawyer http://t.co/WhBu73sd
- Cosmetic surgery industry should strive now for self-regulation before a DoH review reaches its conclusion | The Lawyer http://t.co/kXXVylWH
- Partners may have to get used to taking a lower share of profits as firms feel the funding squeeze | The Lawyer http://t.co/WcLwV21F
- Unpicking fraudsters’ complex methods requires significant but necessary Government resources | The Lawyer http://t.co/Vk2O8M2T
- Irwin Mitchell, Parabis green lights may shift ABS logjam | The Lawyer http://t.co/y9S1ymev
- How London law firms kept busy with work from Asia as well as more familiar sources | The Lawyer http://t.co/fvlOOOha
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Herbies FSR chief quits for Linklaters | The Lawyer http://t.co/qej7k57r
- Grieving dad claims he saw death trial juror fall asleep http://t.co/OKl2Jr68
- Put Blair on trial http://t.co/CGumSThr
- INDIA: Massacre trial exposes inconvenient truth for BJP http://t.co/bBe7Xlnp
- Alexander Macgillivray, Twitter’s chief lawyer, says that fighting for free speech is more than a good idea http://t.co/tcyHyEHr
- JAPAN: Lawyers to start legal assistance at Haneda airport - Tokyo Bar Association to trial new scheme http://t.co/DbtvlRu6
- Savannah Dietrich was told to 'get over it' by lawyer after being assaulted by classmates http://t.co/ngteddY5
- LAW GAZETTE: Crunch time for EU criminal lawyers http://t.co/qEFo8yvA
- LAW GAZETTE: The Association of British Insurers appeal against Court of Appeal’s decision to increase general damages http://t.co/3XRo7PCa
- INDIA: Special courts can speed up trials http://t.co/3HTTceD9
- ISRAEL: Courts reinforce civil rights violations http://t.co/PoxcaeOW
- Patent battles are a worry for developers http://t.co/0UDixAVE
- AUSTRALIA: State Government, Grocon in court fight against CFMEU over Emporium site blockade http://t.co/gRuz4DBA
- US: Late court decisions may impact 2012 election http://t.co/wwi5IwBh
- William Hague is wrong, we must own up to our brutal colonial past - http://t.co/1E9PThNf
- Desmond Tutu and Tony Blair | PhD Studies in Human Rights Blog http://t.co/jjfxSYBY
- AUSTRALIA: Put women's rights at heart of our foreign policy http://t.co/T84dXDt0
- Actor Bruce Willis to fight Apple over music rights after his death http://t.co/D7PAV5Ih
- O2 UK Will Ask Competition Tribunal to Halt Early 4G Release on 1800MHz http://t.co/R5X6g5my
- NEW ZEALAND: What a Hide? Rodney on the Waitangi Tribunal http://t.co/vGoqEZhg
- Charities can fairly dismiss an employee on sick leave http://t.co/IkxPPSye
- CANADA: Tribunal approves smart meter human rights complaint http://t.co/LzKZjfqt
- Azelle Rodney death: Police 'shot suspect six times' http://t.co/G7Ahf9OP
- Palestinian man dies after setting himself alight - to draw attention to his family's poverty in GAZA http://t.co/NVdXQjuz
- Belfast rioters 'savage' against police http://t.co/ViMywgDY
- Why is IRAQ now immune from criticism over appalling human rights record? http://t.co/HbF9qa9v
- PAKISTAN: Religious, Human Rights Leaders Speak out for Jailed Pakistani Christian Girl: http://t.co/xz9oFlaD
- INDIA: Poverty is violation of human rights, says Justice Kapadia http://t.co/N4RArBEZ
- Christian rights cases go before Strasbourg court http://t.co/G1r4xNwl
- Legal Services Board will launch a consultation on proposals to bring the unregulated arm of will writing http://t.co/EIcqncvu
- INDIA: Constitution can replace the religious texts in today's times, Chief Justice of India SH Kapadia said http://t.co/AnRdBrFr
- PHILIPPINES: Chief Justice Asked To Reopen Case On P60-M Compensation http://t.co/Hn3TmLBj
- ZAMBIA: Justice Minister Sebastian Zulu has been replaced by university Law Professor Chileshe Leonard Mulenga http://t.co/CjXrHJgl
- Still no shame for thalidomide cover-up http://t.co/56Mk515l
- Law Specials: More people jailed for waste crimes http://t.co/j5P7aAqk
- JAPAN's island survey 'illegal and invalid' - China's Foreign Ministry http://t.co/kWiyjyXy
- ISRAEL finally evicts illegal settlement after months of legal wrangling http://t.co/JLYvkZBo
- US: California Governor can take significant steps to protect civil liberties and community safety http://t.co/pKNi8Z0c
- US: The law, which targets 'commercial' photographers who pursue celebrities, violates the 1st Amendment http://t.co/39N75eV6
- US: Fears About Shariah Law Take Hold In Tennessee http://t.co/ZRpnm1WV
- Online service to charge £25 for conveyancing referral | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/e7R7TfQG
- UK 'fails to freeze' Mubarak-era assets http://t.co/fN3K31kx
- Phone hacking: Rebekah Brooks appears in court http://t.co/tZuNo37x
- LAW GAZETTE: SRA urges advocates to register as deadline looms http://t.co/rH9PpbHs
- Bodies of couple found as girl, 13, left alone on rented boat on Norfolk Broads http://t.co/qraxHtxY
- Inquiry into 2005 police shooting of 'unarmed' man http://t.co/wBIWYZd0
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Norton Rose and Bär & Karrer get slice of action as Domino's goes Swiss | The Lawyer http://t.co/d051BuNH
- Bevan Brittan and Trowers advise on Barnet-Harrow legal merger | The Lawyer http://t.co/uv8aGwNn
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Seven firms share £2.4m fees on Scottish-Irish oil merger | The Lawyer http://t.co/NIaJC20c
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Freshfields and Linklaters among advisers as Rosneft teams with Statoil | The Lawyer http://t.co/4QiyB9ea
- SRA slashes intervention panel from 24 to eight | The Lawyer http://t.co/qIAUNBUB
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Field Fisher ramps up US focus with launch of Palo Alto base | The Lawyer http://t.co/WtkGXCdd
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Former Schillings partner Gideon Benaim joins Michael Simkins | The Lawyer http://t.co/wnybRHCm
- ABI sues over personal injury judgment that changes damages policy | The Lawyer http://t.co/Jv5ocUFP
- LEGAL FUTURES: Todd calls for last stand against QASA http://t.co/KLMpO6aE
- LEGAL FUTURES: Here come the 'Super Lawyers' as US rating service launches in UK http://t.co/fZp43HLS
- TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/VTrRtc5a
- Police obtain European Arrest Warrant for cleric wanted over sex abuse claims http://t.co/8Ga2KuTI
- AFGHANISTAN: Butchered and beheaded for singing and dancing (or were they?) http://t.co/PlB030jM
- Four arrests after hijacking and attempted burglary http://t.co/X7OaBtn5
- George Gray was murdered in 'vicious assault' in east Belfast http://t.co/9A7iaMw4
- Police spend millions rehiring retired officers or staff http://t.co/PzvzHCCy
- Prof John Tulloch, 7/7 London bomb survivor, fights to stay in UK http://t.co/jZa63tyu
- Householder arrested after suspected burglars shot http://t.co/LoPsFNOn
- Prince Harry's photos, squatting and defining rape - The Human Rights Roundup | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/nNIvU3n7
- US: Bain Capital & Others May Have Skirted Tax Law http://t.co/Xuh1GE17
- POLAND: Government Introducing Civil-Partnership Law, Facing Opposition http://t.co/Tm1tlhNv
- US: Influx of employment lawsuits, regulations a bright spot for law firms http://t.co/Z6EwtQVt
- PAKISTAN: Blasphemy Law should be reviewed http://t.co/bspskGfm
- US: New voter ID law with provisional ballot option could cause election nightmare in Virginia http://t.co/Dhh7qzeD
- GERMANY: Judge questions legality of child ear-piercing - The Local http://t.co/fUNJp7Un
- US: Justice vs. the Judge - effort to ensure fairness in the trial of George Zimmerman http://t.co/bVx2cKdH
- AUSTRALIA: Sir Anthony Mason's role in Whitlam's dismissal jeopardised the independence of the judiciary http://t.co/w0WzSIva
- US: Federal judge sides with Justice Johnson in legal bid to become 1st black chief justice in La. http://t.co/MvILc740
- SNP press ahead with same-sex marriage legislation http://t.co/8o9wtVdS
- EGYPT: Lawyers file report with attorney general accusing former presidential candidate Shafiq of insulting judiciary http://t.co/cd1QlHag
- INDIA: This Week West Bengal: Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee vs judiciary http://t.co/gwp9sYBz
- Paralympics drugs testing policy defended http://t.co/lxskiPTe
- Thirteen police officers injured in Belfast clashes http://t.co/F55SFIJK
