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27th March 2012: LAW NEWS HEADLINES & LINKS

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FOCUS OF THE DAY story: Antitrust regime at crossroads: Merged competition authority must keep the best and eliminate the worst elements of the present system. Full story - The Lawyer
  • The spooks' conversion of David Anderson QC | Richard Norton-Taylor http://t.co/PL0RhdAs Mar 27, 2012
  • Tighter privacy laws would only serve the rich and powerful http://t.co/DrhXW20d Mar 27, 2012
  • Criminal Cases Review Commission must be reformed, say campaigners http://t.co/IhggG04n Mar 27, 2012
  • No-fault divorces 'should be standard' http://t.co/B3rL0yxl Mar 27, 2012
  • Another account of 'The Natwest Three' fraud case hits bookshops http://t.co/S89pqvS0 Mar 27, 2012
  • Fresh series of defeats for proposals to cut access to legal aid for children http://t.co/ptI0JJmp Mar 27, 2012
  • LAW FIRM NEWS: Trowers makes up 11 to partner, seven in London | The Lawyer: http://t.co/WvHJd1z8 Mar 27, 2012
  • LAW FIRM NEWS: Addleshaw Goddard promotes six to its partnership | The Lawyer: http://t.co/wHqoZfW2 Mar 27, 2012
  • LAW FIRM NEWS: Doughty Street silk to defend Peter Hain against 'arcane' contempt claim | The Lawyer: http://t.co/6gmj9erX Mar 27, 2012
  • LAW FIRM NEWS: Ex-Hogan Lovells partner pleads guilty to £1.3m expenses fraud- Legalweek http://t.co/RYGMWp0L Mar 27, 2012
  • LAW FIRM NEWS: Addleshaws and Trowers confirm new additions to partnership- Legalweek http://t.co/JdCORdCY Mar 27, 2012
  • LAW FIRM NES: Dewey memo reveals full details of top-level management overhaul- Legalweek http://t.co/XAeoismM Mar 27, 2012
  • LAW GAZETTE: Britons will suffer from Clarke’s opt-out, says Brussels http://t.co/ReTwMXv0 Mar 27, 2012
  • Legal aid and arbitrary power http://t.co/LPRY1qX4 Mar 27, 2012
  • Legal block to inquest into Duggan's death http://t.co/4pS8IJzn Mar 27, 2012
  • Dominique Strauss-Kahn's cross-Atlantic legal battle http://t.co/d0wvZakg Mar 27, 2012
  • Welsh Secretary Cheryl Gillan questions need for Welsh legal jurisdiction debate http://t.co/zPEteKr2 Mar 27, 2012
  • Legal bid over academy row Downhills Primary School http://t.co/oxLgxiB3 Mar 27, 2012
  • TECH LAW: Apple's iPad faces legal battle in Australia over '4G' claim http://t.co/DycKpe1i Mar 27, 2012
  • US: Justin Bieber threatened with legal action over telephone prank | http://t.co/eQbOSMZJ http://t.co/rOl4f9hw Mar 27, 2012
  • CONVEYANCING: Spain warns overseas property buyers not to cut corners http://t.co/sLvzvIEA Mar 27, 2012
  • Human rights and accountability will ensure the road to Rio isn't a dead end http://t.co/8w2V578c Mar 27, 2012
  • PAKISTAN: SC adjourns Gilani contempt hearing - http://t.co/WkJt1205 http://t.co/r6rDQ5rl Mar 27, 2012
  • Solicitors Journal - Firms with compliance officers ready to go will benefit http://t.co/5f8yuLyE Mar 27, 2012
  • Solicitors Journal - Assessing PSLA damages for mesothelioma victims http://t.co/tRdYLoMP Mar 27, 2012
  • Solicitors Journal - Defective product legislation offers a faster alternative to negligence claims http://t.co/1xfJZhdK Mar 27, 2012
  • Solicitors Journal - The end of 'supermarket' banking - PPI misselling http://t.co/Y3xbuXpA Mar 27, 2012
  • Solicitors Journal - Divorce lawyers need to read up on insolvency rules http://t.co/4lzdUkje Mar 27, 2012
  • Solicitors Journal - Kettling will not always be lawful http://t.co/3J7rbUIL Mar 27, 2012
  • Solicitors Journal - We must end the scandalous treatment of young lawyers http://t.co/g82FpxEP Mar 27, 2012
  • News Corporation firm NDS accused of ITV Digital hack http://t.co/bryGwodh Mar 27, 2012
  • Peter Hain faces contempt of court charge over book http://t.co/S1WQZj4E Mar 27, 2012
  • Community sentences to be 'toughened up' for offenders http://t.co/cPAi2YNz Mar 27, 2012
  • Riot report reveals '500,000 forgotten families' http://t.co/Qql4YEXk Mar 27, 2012
  • Student jailed over Fabrice Muamba tweet http://t.co/KX46XROd Mar 27, 2012
  • Poor parenting to blame for riots, report says http://t.co/rZUnDjgp Mar 27, 2012
  • Peter Hain faces legal action over memoirs http://t.co/ug5l4pjK Mar 27, 2012
  • Solicitors Journal - Internet must be available to all before it becomes the main access to justice channel http://t.co/GKcxrS8I Mar 27, 2012
  • Hacking book: when investigative journalism comes up against the law http://t.co/GkbdDWKC Mar 27, 2012
  • Private firms set to take over core probation services http://t.co/oKSk45RA Mar 27, 2012
  • LAW FIRM NEWS: Reed Smith installs City head as part of firmwide management shake-up | The Lawyer: http://t.co/na85NEwP Mar 27, 2012
  • LAW FIRM NEWS: Berrymans Lace Mawer elects new senior partner | The Lawyer: http://t.co/iKfbLyjg Mar 27, 2012
  • LAW FIRM NEWS: Monckton leads as Nokia prepares for price-fixing showdown | The Lawyer: http://t.co/SnGwAXzp Mar 27, 2012
  • LAW FIRM NEWS: Dewey suffers more departures as Houston chief quits | The Lawyer: http://t.co/hP154MY3 Mar 27, 2012
  • LAW FIRM NEWS: Ex Hogan Lovells partner Grierson admits £1.27m expenses fraud | The Lawyer: http://t.co/uwuD24EA Mar 27, 2012
  • LAW GAZETTE: Consultation opens on jurisdiction for Wales http://t.co/jQXPmmu7 Mar 27, 2012
  • LAW GAZETTE: ‘Difficult’ year ahead for ABS hopeful http://t.co/9sPe07NQ Mar 27, 2012
  • US: Supreme Court appears eager to rule on healthcare law http://t.co/7gM3n7FN Mar 27, 2012
  • BBC News - Fabrice Muamba: Racist Twitter user jailed for 56 days http://t.co/qTVHWRSb Mar 27, 2012
  • TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/VTrW0MekMar 27, 2012
  • Chris Cairns, ex-cricketer libel damage case - The judge said he had increased the damages from the starting point of £75,000 to £90,000 to reflect the "sustained and aggressive actions http://t.co/lTSxPKs9 Mar 27, 2012
  • The legal aid bill will enable multinationals to exploit the poor http://t.co/74fTmLVs Mar 27, 2012
  • Call for Welsh representative on UK supreme court http://t.co/S1W6lFbV Mar 27, 2012
  • Google should be forced to censor search results, say MPs http://t.co/FQmkHdCR Mar 27, 2012
  • Control order replacement could strengthen terror resolve, warns watchdog - http://t.co/gw8qNa1T Mar 27, 2012
  • 'No good arguments against no fault divorce', top judge says http://t.co/bgWZq3eX Mar 27, 2012
  • 50,000 immigrants entered Britain under new student visa system - Telegraph http://t.co/FQepylu1 Mar 27, 2012
  • Radical Scottish tribunal reforms out for views http://t.co/rDkn5r6i Mar 27, 2012
  • UN: Cambodia Tribunal Judge’s Resignation Proof of ‘Interference,’ Defense Says http://t.co/m33rUpbS Mar 27, 2012
  • IRELAND: Scandal in Ireland: Bertie's fall from grace | The Economist http://t.co/Xj07IWKn Mar 27, 2012
  • Homophobic hate preacher to speak at Hertfordshire University (Update: Event Cancelled) http://t.co/qBlVoozf Mar 27, 2012
  • ISRAEL: Israel reprimands Austria, Belgium over vote on UN human rights council http://t.co/ho8aMA5J Mar 27, 2012
  • ITALY: Should Italian lawyer be forced to work on Jewish holy days? http://t.co/ZPvnMJxx Mar 27, 2012
  • Murdoch’s Lawyers Say “Stop the Front Page” - Full text of Murdoch lawyer's letter to the BBC about Panorama http://t.co/DBoIYdOl Mar 27, 2012
  • PAKISTAN: Strike after lawyers’ killing - Judicial system remains paralysed in Sindh http://t.co/aHv2igVm Mar 27, 2012
  • US: Trayvon Martin started confrontation, Zimmerman lawyer says http://t.co/9uyjLcEJ Mar 27, 2012
  • TECH LAW: Facebook files to dismiss ownership dispute http://t.co/8J1O4sKn Mar 27, 2012
  • KAZAKSTAN: Trial of 47 suspected Islamic extremists starts in Kazakhstan http://t.co/yGJJUYQ8 Mar 27, 2012
  • US: Landmark Catholic Church abuse trial begins http://t.co/NqHDomKg Mar 27, 2012
  • US: Make employer password demands illegal, say users http://t.co/L8pBnM9s Mar 27, 2012
  • US: Airport dog finds illegal food stowed in luggage http://t.co/D4AX7tQy Mar 27, 2012
  • CANADA: Brothel ban is illegal, Ontario court rules http://t.co/3GwBtDNT Mar 27, 2012
  • ISRAEL: Israeli court rules against illegal settlement - Govt. must remove settlers by 1st May http://t.co/p1mOGaqQ Mar 27, 2012
  • Illegal Dee cockling rising, says Environment Agency Wales http://t.co/q7x9CARZ Mar 27, 2012
  • Illegal exclusions: in no other area would ministers be so slow to act http://t.co/Hn5i1Tju Mar 27, 2012
  • US: Understanding the healthcare battle: the best resources from around the web http://t.co/2WB7BAXE Mar 27, 2012
  • Law Society rolls out £40,000 rebrand http://t.co/Maob9KpX - LegalFutures Mar 27, 2012
  • BSB to seek approval for introduction of aptitude test that will weed out bottom 10% of students http://t.co/67m6c8Et - LegalFutures Mar 27, 2012
  • Pioneering web-based probate service goes live as two investigations into online legal advice begin http://t.co/mAkfNyyD - LegalFutures Mar 27, 2012
  • Bahman Faraji murder: Three men jailed for life http://t.co/kjJMSTic Mar 27, 2012
  • London riots: Mark Duggan inquest 'may not be held' http://t.co/ae8xFEI5 Mar 27, 2012
  • Heathcliff actor James Howson's arrest ordered http://t.co/Re2kvwFb Mar 27, 2012
  • RMT legal threat to Boris Johnson over election poster http://t.co/fsDh63Jz Mar 27, 2012
  • Damaen Kelly's estranged wife tells court of boxer's assault http://t.co/EnUCn859 Mar 27, 2012
  • Court told accused is 'high-risk' http://t.co/T1CLsrSr Mar 27, 2012
  • Pair appeal convictions for Thomas Devlin murder http://t.co/poKCOboR Mar 27, 2012
  • Agreement reached in prison service dispute http://t.co/ghHzkrt9 Mar 27, 2012
  • Hyponatraemia inquiry hears how transplant broke guidelines http://t.co/utw3heUT Mar 27, 2012
  • City watchdog criticises Glasgow credit unions http://t.co/jwdbFFH0 Mar 27, 2012
  • Stephen Nolan charged with murder over Ebrahim Aryaei Nekoo death http://t.co/nx9lKAxA Mar 27, 2012
  • Wild camping ban proposal for Loch Lomond islands http://t.co/77z7HpZj Mar 27, 2012
  • Blue badges: campaign against disabled parking abuse http://t.co/y2d9GDj8 Mar 27, 2012
  • South Wales Police Olympic torch rehearsal http://t.co/LLI5VBG0 Mar 27, 2012
  • Angelika Dries-Jenkins murder: John Mason's evidence http://t.co/hjmevDjC Mar 27, 2012
  • Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams says state cannot solve all problems http://t.co/qv5HEwWr Mar 27, 2012
  • US: Supreme Court hears challenge to Obama healthcare law http://t.co/t5adhAUk Mar 27, 2012
  • Shawn Tyson trial: Murder accused often carried a gun, US court hears http://t.co/MT5kHzCy Mar 27, 2012
  • French bank Societe Generale to receive damages from Mail on Sunday http://t.co/6cjvanLM Mar 27, 2012
  • Dominique Strauss-Kahn faces vice ring charges http://t.co/Cx5Y3IdH Mar 27, 2012