Wednesday

22nd February 2012: LAW NEWS HEADLINES & LINKS

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FOCUS OF THE DAY story: Legal claims can now be served via Facebook in Britain, after a landmark ruling in the English High Court. Mr Justice Teare gave the go-ahead for the social networking site to be used in a commercial case where there were difficulties locating one of the parties. Fully story - The Telegraph

  • Vicar John Suddards and Betty Yates murders: Man charged http://t.co/DG9U0kDw Feb 22, 2012
  • Cherie Blair starts hacking legal case http://t.co/dnvPz9y7 Feb 22, 2012
  • British man sentenced in US over bribes to Nigerian government http://t.co/vnNvatVi Feb 22, 2012
  • NEW LAW JOURNAL: The real impact of Bribery Act 2010 may not be felt for another decade, predicts forensic accountant http://t.co/LHju7dQK Feb 22, 2012
  • NEW LAW JOURNAL: Launch of arbitration scheme for family disputes http://t.co/eJob1C5M Feb 22, 2012
  • NEW LAW JOURNAL: Legal comparison sites "underused" http://t.co/cR6xfBUa Feb 22, 2012
  • NEW LAW JOURNAL: County of Surrey loses out following cuts to HSBC's conveyancing panel http://t.co/1vFSpdm4 Feb 22, 2012
  • NEW LAW JOURNAL: Crime wave and ICO appeals drive legal rexruitment market http://t.co/fBFfAQzV Feb 22, 2012
  • NEW LAW JOURNAL: MoJ to ensure greater regulation of bailiffs http://t.co/slUnp9Z9 Feb 22, 2012
  • NEW LAW JOURNAL: Silks & solicitors team up for Riverview’s adventure http://t.co/Kx0B0t5U Feb 22, 2012
  • NEW LAW JOURNAL: Costs run from date of costs order where claimant is CFA-funded http://t.co/XWsqah8O Feb 22, 2012
  • Belfast 'supergrass' trial judge clears a dozen loyalists of terror charges http://t.co/c7jA3WaC Feb 22, 2012
  • Solicitors Journal - Solicitors launch pioneering family arbitration service http://t.co/kqdPMLFt Feb 22, 2012
  • Occupy London protesters 'will go to European Court of Human Rights' http://t.co/edDgAUS0 Feb 22, 2012
  • European Court of Justice will rule on ACTA http://t.co/YWaFXkGS Feb 22, 2012
  • Bailiffs to move into St Paul's as Occupy London protesters refused right to appeal http://t.co/LFXnCpC8 Feb 22, 2012
  • Leeds murder trial jury told of fight in kitchen - http://t.co/KlGQJwfE Feb 22, 2012
  • Legal blondes holding court - http://t.co/b9fHH5wJ Feb 22, 2012
  • Child rapists' sentences reviewed - http://t.co/VqtygckI Feb 22, 2012
  • Loyalist leader cleared of murder - http://t.co/RnIITgcT Feb 22, 2012
  • Charlotte Church ready to settle hacking claim for 'up to £500,000' - http://t.co/LWrxhQrn Feb 22, 2012
  • LAW GAZETTE: Ruling takes foreign lawyers further on passage to India http://t.co/wHOH5486 Feb 22, 2012
  • Nine men cleared of murdering UDA man Tommy English http://t.co/YXV5Dzq2 Feb 22, 2012
  • Solicitors Journal - Drug trafficker cannot keep legitimate assets, Supreme Court rules http://t.co/czPGKjqx Feb 22, 2012
  • Twitter's gesture of solidarity returns to fight the NHS Bill http://t.co/qIj5y0VV Feb 22, 2012
  • IRELAND: Kenny defends human rights stance - Republic of Ireland, Local & National - http://t.co/ypUiCeyy http://t.co/tjgg7Hfr Feb 22, 2012
  • Withdraw from human rights law to deport Qatada, say Tory MPs http://t.co/1Lr03vQT Feb 22, 2012
  • Sikh priest wins legal victory in wage claim dispute http://t.co/lR0YqSMj Feb 22, 2012
  • US: Legal Fees for Fannie and Freddie Near $50 Million: http://t.co/9xJPSqEd Feb 22, 2012
  • Sentinel project research reveals UK GPS jammer use http://t.co/BiPlCm4k Feb 22, 2012
  • Occupy London St Paul's eviction appeal bid thrown out http://t.co/zgknZUeY Feb 22, 2012
  • Carl Whant jailed for 35 years for murdering pregnant teenager http://t.co/063rRxSt Feb 22, 2012
  • Michael Gove's full letter on homophobic teaching materials in schools: http://t.co/F8Md0X9Z  Feb 22, 2012
  • LAW FIRM NEWS: Freshfields, Hogan Lovells and SJ Berwin act on Westfield shopping mall deal | The Lawyer: http://t.co/jroM6ZEa Feb 22, 2012
  • LAW FIRM NEWS: Squire Sanders launches international shipping team in London  | The Lawyer: http://t.co/m8i6FNck Feb 22, 2012
  • Court unanimously rejects Occupy LSX appeal | The Lawyer: http://t.co/F23zYAWQ Feb 22, 2012
  • LAW GAZETTE: ABS revolution in view http://t.co/cJ6se5H6 Feb 22, 2012
  • Liam Fox calls for business tax cuts and change in labour laws http://t.co/ss1mLmXg Feb 22, 2012
  • Solicitors Journal - Mummery LJ warns of 'immeasurable human misery' of boundary disputes http://t.co/muQOlge7 Feb 22, 2012
  • AFGHANISTAN: NATO Apologizes After Afghans Protest Burning of Korans: http://t.co/DeuetxGh Feb 22, 2012
  • US: Corporations beg clarity on anti-bribery law http://t.co/FEW810Bf Feb 22, 2012
  • Justice committee MPs call for new 'presumed dead' law http://t.co/Iux2fznu Feb 22, 2012
  • ISRAEL: Tal Law headed to the trash can of history http://t.co/9kSxZq4A Feb 22, 2012
  • US: city's illegal immigration law to be nuisance http://t.co/rdbTk5QX Feb 22, 2012
  • Suzanne Pilley trial: I kissed her goodbye then never saw her again, says would-be lover - Scotland http://t.co/QRHUNBDD Feb 22, 2012
  • US: Trial starts for student in gay cybercrime case http://t.co/q7UUG1TH Feb 22, 2012
  • EGYPT: Hosni Mubarak trial enters final day http://t.co/2o6GV99a Feb 22, 2012
  • US: George Huguely Trial Jury Deliberations: Will George Huguely Go Free? http://t.co/tS5gX0sB Feb 22, 2012
  • LAW FIRM NEWS: Stephenson Harwood uses Facebook to serve court claim | The Lawyer: http://t.co/WEmWSk3x Feb 22, 2012
  • Top City lawyer who hatched kidnap story to avoid drink-drive charge released from prison http://t.co/S6lTlCzU Feb 22, 2012
  • INDIA: Foreign lawyers can arbitrate in India: High Court http://t.co/9OEXgWXP Feb 22, 2012
  • US: Lawyer blames rail officials at NY bus crash trial http://t.co/01NhveDU Feb 22, 2012
  • US: FANS are to blame for their injuries at Indiana stage collapse that killed seven, say lawyers for... http://t.co/Xmxs8e8m Feb 22, 2012
  • Action needed now to stop gang violence in London courts - Public & Commercial Services Union http://t.co/3pER1KG7 Feb 22, 2012
  • US: Supreme court to revisit affirmative action in university admissions http://t.co/ViXv8FKl Feb 22, 2012
  • TECH LAW: Company suing Apple over iPad trademark in China says open to talks http://t.co/GOiByGeJ Feb 22, 2012
  • LAW FIRM NEWS: Sidley boosts City corporate with Linklaters partner hire- http://t.co/Lzj8pMlr Feb 22, 2012
  • LAW FIRM NEWS: OC secures new Madrid presence with five-partner Spain team haul http://t.co/x5LYafXm Feb 22, 2012
  • LAW FIRM NEWS: Neuberger criticises costs in Irwin Mitchell personal injury case http://t.co/9kQTd0RT Feb 22, 2012
  • LAW FIRM NEWS: Trio of UK firms advise as judge OKs Facebook High Court claim first- http://t.co/iFKDZCnE Feb 22, 2012
  • LAW FIRM NEWS: A&O, White & Case take key roles as Greece agrees new €130bn bailout http://t.co/A8s57SOr Feb 22, 2012
  • Why we sued Simon Singh: the British Chiropractic Association speaks | Edzard Ernst http://t.co/heg3sEmX Feb 22, 2012
  • Every movement of London's Olympics will be monitored – including yours http://t.co/ztAhdaFB Feb 22, 2012
  • Human rights groups call for end to surgical castration of sex offenders http://t.co/my1qkjiE Feb 22, 2012
  • TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/VTrW0MekFeb 22, 2012
  • SRA rejects calls to curb publication of regulatory decisions against solicitors http://t.co/h62yJIH9 Feb 22, 2012
  • LeO presses ahead with bid to cover claims managers and unregulated legal providers http://t.co/6Ps0RWJ7  Feb 22, 2012
  • Arthur Scargill wins £13,000 damages in dispute with NUM http://t.co/jwAN4bAL Feb 22, 2012
  • Worcestershire car clampers who 'milked the public' jailed http://t.co/Ts0dgAOd Feb 22, 2012
  • Men 'plied girls with drink and drugs for sex' http://t.co/iEf43obt Feb 22, 2012
  • Paddy Power transgendered TV advert investigated http://t.co/qUYlcHp1 Feb 22, 2012
  • Private firm to run Lincolnshire Police station http://t.co/RjGPx3ur Feb 22, 2012
  • 'Fraud' arrests at government contractor A4e http://t.co/5yxvn04m Feb 22, 2012
  • Glenavy company fined £35,000 over bad smell http://t.co/2IY2X1ln Feb 22, 2012
  • £16m fraudster William Ronald Marks used sister's account http://t.co/yhlweZv2 Feb 22, 2012
  • Four men admit Portstewart fatal fight involvement http://t.co/i6wxWt5i Feb 22, 2012
  • Health minister urged to change organ donor scheme in Northern Ireland http://t.co/G91JPCQ0 Feb 22, 2012
  • Man denies Kirkconnel war memorial vandalism on Armistice Day http://t.co/bC1P0NQ0 Feb 22, 2012
  • Tony English death: Police charge man http://t.co/ErtNjH5M Feb 22, 2012
  • Murder inquiry after Govan stab death http://t.co/BsekcwJH Feb 22, 2012
  • Julian Emms stole son Michael's charity cash, jury told http://t.co/aT1M7wHn Feb 22, 2012
  • Kirsty Jones murder: Thai police pledge to continue hunt for killer http://t.co/f19Saxx1 Feb 22, 2012
  • Nikitta Grender murder: Pregnant teenager murder jury sent home http://t.co/yoigco29 Feb 22, 2012
  • Tesco offers to start paying young people on Government work experience scheme, as row grows over unpaid placements http://t.co/VGKwaHMA Feb 22, 2012
  • Serious Organised Crime Agency moves to protect intellectual property rights http://t.co/PIUrzLkH Feb 22, 2012
  • CHINA: Animal rights movement energized by stars like Yao Ming, group says http://t.co/Kvy3cFtt Feb 22, 2012
  • Elderly have less rights than animals: Dot Gibson, National Pensioners' Convention tells http://t.co/rB5G5QS2 Feb 22, 2012
  • FRANCE: Far right leader Marine Le Pen suffers legal defeat in presidential bid http://t.co/FoewF61m Feb 22, 2012
  • Baby P social workers appeal against their sacking - with support from Sharon Shoesmith http://t.co/XofBxER9 Feb 22, 2012
  • Met Police leaked gay officer’s abuse case to tabloid, rules tribunal - http://t.co/Ams5Tpue Feb 22, 2012
  • Tribunal ends unholy row involving the Bishop of Dudley http://t.co/g52HjL1H Feb 22, 2012
  • ITALY: Laws leave Costa Concordia cruise-ship victims at sea http://t.co/qkTuCWeL Feb 22, 2012
  • US: Corporations beg clarity on anti-bribery law http://t.co/FEW810Bf Feb 22, 2012
  • INDIA: Italy works back channels, sea law to get marines off Indian hook http://t.co/t7vxfwEF Feb 22, 2012
  • US: Virginia law would force women seeking abortion to undergo probe http://t.co/vgCINbf4 Feb 22, 2012
  • ISRAEL: High Court rules Tal Law unconstitutional, says Knesset cannot extend it in present form http://t.co/4XWsB4Hh Feb 22, 2012
  • Law on missing people should be simplified, say MPs http://t.co/4d67o2NW Feb 22, 2012
  • PI firms need scale to survive, says firm pumping £3m into its business http://t.co/AIg4V4V4 Feb 22, 2012