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- British judges don't understand Twitter. http://t.co/NAilfPH9 Feb 08, 2012
- Home Office minister to visit Jordan over Qatada - http://t.co/SAgvOgzq Feb 08, 2012
- Scotland Yard arrests 121 in gangs crackdown http://t.co/mHPxZbuH Feb 08, 2012
- Police target stolen metal sales http://t.co/smwTJntH Feb 08, 2012
- Solictor-General tells MPs of 'huge regret' over collapse of Lynette White corruption trial http://t.co/D2APS4Qj Feb 08, 2012
- The bar can bridge the gap http://t.co/vAak8LyW Feb 08, 2012
- Guido Fawkes 'forced lawyers to chase' http://t.co/hMAvOv9A Feb 08, 2012
- SYRIA: Bashar al-Assad's gunmen 'murder three entire families in Homs' http://t.co/dFc9pxVx Feb 08, 2012
- Broadcasters ordered to hand over Dale Farm eviction footage http://t.co/LrEJ1r94 Feb 08, 2012
- Secret police files challenged http://t.co/XCx7apNG Feb 08, 2012
- Phone hacking: News International faces more than 50 new damages claims http://t.co/yDQ7ke5N Feb 08, 2012
- US: How a conservative-leaning supreme court may yet rule for gay marriage http://t.co/crtm1GhP Feb 08, 2012
- Wigs off, jeans on at the Judicial College | Joshua Rozenberg http://t.co/BEOsgODz Feb 08, 2012
- MEXICO Victim of sexual harassment finds justice after posting story on YouTube http://t.co/xkey97Jx Feb 08, 2012
- British Justice Department rejects pardon for Alan Turing, the father of computer science http://t.co/A8jG4uF0 Feb 08, 2012
- Justice For Megrahi campaigners claim there is an 'orchestrated desire' to block Lockerbie investigations http://t.co/4G8WkDuA Feb 08, 2012
- SPAIN: Where justice meets farce: Garzon, the Spanish ‘superjudge’ http://t.co/QJXOH16A Feb 08, 2012
- PAKISTAN: Supreme Court to hear PM Gilani’s appeal on Thursday http://t.co/Fj12G1Gs Feb 08, 2012
- £1m home belongs to us, say tenants (Oxford) http://t.co/nKIGMoAF Feb 08, 2012
- MALAYSIA: human rights and environment record criticized ahead of European trade talks http://t.co/o6gfjNsS Feb 08, 2012
- Judges throw out Times newspaper free expression complaint http://t.co/55SqXPAf Feb 08, 2012
- Islam and Free Speech: OIC vs. Universal Declaration of Human Rights http://t.co/epldZMXB Feb 08, 2012
- Indefinite detention: not very British - UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/R6TEIykm Feb 08, 2012
- LIBERIA: Children's Rights Are Human Rights http://t.co/1DzaPfoa Feb 08, 2012
- PHILIPPINES: Human rights victims of Martial Law set to receive compensation http://t.co/ItCEhwfv Feb 08, 2012
- EU: Human rights and ETS under spotlight at EU-China summit: http://t.co/q7DcdIgb Feb 08, 2012
- Media interest in lives of celebrities is legitimate, human rights judges rule http://t.co/QBeMOvty Feb 08, 2012
- LAW GAZETTE: Joey Barton is no martyr, he’s a danger to justice http://t.co/bKotxVCL Feb 08, 2012
- Immunities Decision from International Court of Justice http://t.co/WGt52hGg Feb 08, 2012
- Report highlights concerns over “quality and efficiency” in criminal justice - Scotland http://t.co/qTGepqDu Feb 08, 2012
- Hospital had human rights duty to protect voluntary patient from suicide, rules Supreme Court: http://t.co/PHRz8oc1 Feb 08, 2012
- Tory councils serve notice of legal challenge to HS2 http://t.co/6GeMUfY4 Feb 08, 2012
- Co-op’s £10k legal bill for Tesco fight (Essex) http://t.co/Rnq7h7yg Feb 08, 2012
- Legal ruling could see introduction of airline 'fat tax' http://t.co/Ubq1z537 Feb 08, 2012
- PAKISTAN: Legal framework required to stop CIA drone carnage http://t.co/ThytbpRG Feb 08, 2012
- AUS: Legal eagles stunned as intruder fools guards, metal detector | http://t.co/gch2sQ6o Feb 08, 2012
- US: Macy’s Fight With Martha Stewart May Foretell More Legal Clashes: http://t.co/eI57ERjm Feb 08, 2012
- TheLawMap group on Linkedin.: http://t.co/p4BWHKHP Feb 08, 2012
- Facebook criticised for 'hurting' cybercrime investigation http://t.co/G9sxvrQ9 Feb 08, 2012
- Tweeter Paul Chambers was victim of 'legal steamroller', High Court hears http://t.co/rVnh02Y9 Feb 08, 2012
- Solicitors Journal - New sentencing guidelines 'unfair', veteran drug mules lawyer warns http://t.co/fcivoFpQ Feb 08, 2012
- Solicitors Journal - ABSs will accelerate legal sector consolidation, experts say http://t.co/ML1aoaNl Feb 08, 2012
- The rise and fall of lap dancing - Impact of new legislation and reclassification of clubs as 'sex encounter venues' http://t.co/ZyW4RmSL Feb 08, 2012
- Milly Dowler murder: Levi Bellfield appeal bid rejected http://t.co/srMgyigI Feb 08, 2012
- Phone hacking: Coogan and Gascoigne reach hacking settlement http://t.co/F0cZ28rZ Feb 08, 2012
- Harry Redknapp cleared of tax evasion http://t.co/IBZyK2HA Feb 08, 2012
- LAW GAZETTE: Storm raging over investing in litigation http://t.co/AsDccQTw Feb 08, 2012
- LAW GAZETTE: Law Commission to tidy law on financial provision after break-up http://t.co/smSG90rc Feb 08, 2012
- LAW GAZETTE: Jackson ‘Plan B’ splits claimant lobby http://t.co/H9yR8djY Feb 08, 2012
- Contempt laws are still valid in the internet age http://t.co/G28YdITJ Feb 08, 2012
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Former Ince & Co partner struck off over £3m expense fraud charges- Legalweek http://t.co/azlHgxVS Feb 08, 2012
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Bakers secures Spanish coup with hire of former Garrigues managing partner- Legalweek http://t.co/hYgEQfHG Feb 08, 2012
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Sidley and Paul Weiss join ranks of US firms posting rising revenues- Legalweek http://t.co/AknbkclU Feb 08, 2012
- Research highlights rule of law risk in energy-rich states | The Lawyer: http://t.co/yeGyW7tM Feb 08, 2012
- The Lawyer Workplace & Diversity awards: WINNERS | The Lawyer: http://t.co/QN369XHA Feb 08, 2012
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Hogan Lovells names London-based Cheffings as new chair | The Lawyer: http://t.co/1faxG523 Feb 08, 2012
- US: Constitutional law professors should be kept as far away from nuclear weapons as possible http://t.co/p6IeJPjJ Feb 08, 2012
- ITALY: Berlusconi to Face Charges in New Trial http://t.co/bh5OGx0K Feb 08, 2012
- Putting history on trial - In case involving Kenyan abuse, scholarship must fit legal rubric http://t.co/NeB8wAOL Feb 08, 2012
- US: insider-trading trial of of Galleon hedge fund founder Rajaratnam trial challenging, judge says http://t.co/hkmCEWPk Feb 08, 2012
- US: NY trial date moved to May for ex-P&G board member after lawyer criticizes government tactics http://t.co/rnK0yRDU Feb 08, 2012
- US: Judge Sets Trial for Iranian-American in Plot to Kill Saudi Ambassador: http://t.co/Itd9M4rp Feb 08, 2012
- US: Jury selection nears final stage in murder trial of former UVa lacrosse player http://t.co/WBlPWCMt Feb 08, 2012
- TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/VTrW0Mek ▸ Feb 08, 2012
- Should spanking be illegal? http://t.co/lOcGOwjC Feb 08, 2012
- Crackdown launched against illegal school parking http://t.co/sWcMlsbc Feb 08, 2012
- Minimum pricing on alcohol is legal in EU says Nicola Sturgeon - SCOTLAND http://t.co/4XH4ONT1 Feb 08, 2012
- INDIA: 5 die in illegal mine collapse: http://t.co/Y7y8ks6Y Feb 08, 2012
- CHINA: China’s biggest illegal private lending case yet http://t.co/1OBju6K2 Feb 08, 2012
- JAMAICA: Jamaica melts down illegal guns in crime crackdown http://t.co/pToUvC1N Feb 08, 2012
- New venture tackles illegal dumping - Northern Ireland - http://t.co/TTvBN2WS Feb 08, 2012
- Hacking and lawyers: privilege again... http://t.co/9lAcggAC Feb 08, 2012
- US: FBI Sought Information on Armstrong’s Complaint of Probe Leak, Lawyer Says http://t.co/gcZ9CGgR Feb 08, 2012
- Canadian lawyer named to FIFA panel on bribery allegations http://t.co/yAqeZExU Feb 08, 2012
- RUSSIA: Plans to Retry Dead Lawyer Sergei L. Magnitsky in Tax Case: http://t.co/V477Dbme Feb 08, 2012
- US: Amanda Knox lawyer appeals slander conviction http://t.co/BKlzbiyA Feb 08, 2012
- Lawyer struck off after 'one of worst cases of fraud http://t.co/I3iKEdZm Feb 08, 2012
- US: Sandusky lawyer: Evidence is being withheld http://t.co/KexKZwAv Feb 08, 2012
- INDIA: Google and Facebook pull content after Indian courts say it offends religions http://t.co/g56GpBwp Feb 08, 2012
- UK Supreme Court is tweeting, but where are the other courts?: http://t.co/gQBA1GfX Feb 08, 2012
- The courts have to judge John Terry before the FA can http://t.co/lKzMi7Wk Feb 08, 2012
- PAKISTAN: Supreme Court wants to hold international arbitration till judgment - gold and copper mining row http://t.co/0rAw2WPp Feb 08, 2012
- ISRAEL: Court rules against demolition of empty Lifta homes http://t.co/D4TEzLe7 Feb 08, 2012
- US: Court to decide if SeaWorld whales are illegal 'slaves' http://t.co/uYlkOcuP Feb 08, 2012
- INDIA: Human rights defender and trade union leader Murali Mohan beaten to death by police http://t.co/bHJVUJEo Feb 08, 2012
- Olympic Stadium naming rights up for grabs - Yahoo! Eurosport http://t.co/WVoO49IG Feb 08, 2012
- Rights and protest in the Middle East http://t.co/v8u87fOW Feb 08, 2012
- EU: European court rebuffs Monaco princess, upholds media rights in German cases http://t.co/Drw1RLOJ Feb 08, 2012
- US: Rights Group Wants Probe After 2 Barred From Returning To US From Libya http://t.co/ZaKb7Dj4 Feb 08, 2012
- US: Court Rules CA Marriage Ban Unconstitutional: overturning the ban on same-sex marriage enacted by referendum http://t.co/L5rpsDHg Feb 08, 2012
- CANADA: Justice minister defends new citizen's arrest law http://t.co/juYAEDSz Feb 08, 2012
- UAE : Law on translators: they must obtain licence from justice ministry and renew it every three years http://t.co/EY57s8jN Feb 08, 2012
- CANADA: SCOC ponders law on disclosure of HIV/AIDS to sex partners http://t.co/EzDG5EwN Feb 08, 2012
- Deport Abu Qatada: or if not, give him the law's full protection http://t.co/c1vtmako Feb 08, 2012
- US: Rights Advocates Ask Automakers to Help Fight Alabama Immigration Law http://t.co/m2nqXu0b Feb 08, 2012
- US: Justice Department was wrong to block South Carolina voters to show government-issued photo ID to vote http://t.co/8nAa3r2D Feb 08, 2012
- Stalking law call led by Plaid Cymru MP Elfyn Llwyd http://t.co/NkmRIlXX Feb 08, 2012
- US: Texas begins enforcing law requiring pre-abortion sonogram http://t.co/iJy4U61O #cnn Feb 08, 2012
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Bakers secures Spanish coup with hire of former Garrigues head- Legalweek http://t.co/hYgEQfHG Feb 08, 2012
- Twitter joke case in high court - Paul Chambers challenges criminal conviction over about Robin Hood airport closure http://t.co/TwPCDw21 Feb 08, 2012
- Steve Coogan due to settle phone-hacking claim http://t.co/jDcrGnPa Feb 08, 2012
- Private equity keen on investing in the law, say both new Parabis owner and Irwin.. http://t.co/lLKTYE1S Feb 08, 2012
- Government warned over Jackson delay http://t.co/v7jLGjjz RT @legalfutures Feb 08, 2012
- Jury out in Harry Redknapp trial http://t.co/EL3DilZg Feb 08, 2012
