31st March 2012: LAW NEWS HEADLINES & LINKS

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• NEW LAW JOURNAL: Private Client Practitioner announces "Top 25 Most Admired Companies 2012" http://t.co/ekTOwfma Mar 31, 2012
• NEW LAW JOURNAL: Supreme Court rules reports of alleged corruption were justified http://t.co/BUm0oorr Mar 31, 2012
• NEW LAW JOURNAL: LawWorks & LexisNexis celebrate student pro bono work http://t.co/Z7AUblWT Mar 31, 2012
• NEW LAW JOURNAL: Redundancy supported “legitimate aim” in Woodcock http://t.co/G7emTcV4 Mar 31, 2012
• NEW LAW JOURNAL: Public Account Committee criticises MoJ financial management http://t.co/c2fhw4Mr Mar 31, 2012
• NEW LAW JOURNAL: Peers disappointed over measures to ensure judicial diversity http://t.co/Z6FjpC14 Mar 31, 2012
• NEW LAW JOURNAL: Supreme Court makes landmark mesothelioma ruling http://t.co/uDZceZ2G Mar 31, 2012
• US: Arizona law would criminalize being lewd or annoying on the Internet  http://t.co/RLjgeFSm Mar 31, 2012
• The legal aid bill will enable multinationals to exploit the poor http://t.co/74fTmLVs Mar 31, 2012
• US: Can Greg Smith Legally Tell All About Goldman Sachs? - Forbes http://t.co/QzFKeLdN Mar 31, 2012
• Edinburgh City Council is to pursue campaign group for the costs it incurred during a legal dispute over a new school http://t.co/su4YCfOP Mar 31, 2012
• Shell overcomes legal obstacles to Arctic drilling - New Scientist http://t.co/ECXqqVQO Mar 31, 2012
• William Hague faces legal action over Sri Lankan diplomat war crimes claim http://t.co/gQHTHkSK Mar 31, 2012
• US threatens Britain with £6bn trade sanctions as legal battle over aircraft subsidies comes to a head http://t.co/PBHDAzso Mar 31, 2012
• Buyers angry at HSBC mortgage delays http://t.co/7bhtCohs Mar 31, 2012
• HSBC reveals criteria for conveyancing panel http://t.co/4yJh5Plb Mar 31, 2012
• BAHRAIN: New rights group launched in Bahrain http://t.co/ZVM6CRy1 Mar 31, 2012
• John Randall QC wins Barrister of the Year Award 2012 http://t.co/3hFnk4CU Mar 31, 2012
• IRELAND: Rosehill injunction case adjourned to July http://t.co/TayPlbiM Mar 31, 2012
• UK woman 'duped into driving looters' http://t.co/ZPb43zmD Mar 31, 2012
• PAKISTAN: When the accused is a holy man http://t.co/jkmlxrdR Mar 31, 2012
• CANADA: Congolese victims’ pursuit of justice against Canadian company goes to Supreme Court http://t.co/EzYPlfEf Mar 31, 2012
• US: Justice Dept. gives Seattle its police reform list http://t.co/oE6AkTNG Mar 31, 2012
• UKRAINE: Activists call for justice as Ukraine rape victim buried http://t.co/3dhIKMiV Mar 31, 2012
• Latest shake-up at court condemned by solicitor - Skipton http://t.co/FybTDEa5 Mar 31, 2012
• IRELAND: Solicitor Brian O'Donnell and wife file for bankruptcy http://t.co/aHRhIJYY Mar 31, 2012
• MALDIVES: Politics, Climate Change and Human Rights in the Maldives | http://t.co/62PGIR70 Mar 31, 2012
• PHILIPPINES: PH human rights lawyers assail high court decision "freeing" Martial Law torturers http://t.co/PkQCvOr5 Mar 31, 2012
• BRAZIL: Human rights group outraged at Brazil's underage sex ruling http://t.co/kRNfstuM Mar 31, 2012
• BALKANS: Bosnian Minorities Push for Right to Be President http://t.co/7Jh1Porm Mar 31, 2012
• Peter Cruddas secretly taped making Tory Union claims http://t.co/wNBvX7Xm Mar 31, 2012
• Man demands justice after 'racial abuse' from police http://t.co/E0KqTY1S Mar 31, 2012
• Deaths of five nursing home residents probed in Broughty Ferry http://t.co/mbOmU7gu Mar 31, 2012
• Mother jailed after conning 'father' for a decade http://t.co/ZA8z9D3R Mar 31, 2012
• UK social workers snatch a child from France http://t.co/Q9OyUUNm Mar 31, 2012
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/VTrW0Mek ▸  Mar 31, 2012
• Met Police in race row after secret recording exposed http://t.co/iSPFBIyr Mar 31, 2012
• TURKEY: Turkey passes school reform law critics view as Islamic http://t.co/U2PrUDWs Mar 31, 2012
• U.S. Supreme Court takes up healthcare in secrecy http://t.co/YUKGgpxf Mar 31, 2012
• William Hague announces additional £1m for Lebanon Tribunal http://t.co/foYwmimZ Mar 31, 2012
• INDIA: Indian tribunal puts $12 billion Posco plant in limbo http://t.co/nBLreYc6 Mar 31, 2012
• UGANDA: Rights groups upset at murderer's pardon http://t.co/2Egni3wY Mar 31, 2012
• BAHRAIN: Rights group urges Bahrain to free hunger striker http://t.co/c8LPab1e Mar 31, 2012
• AZERBAIJAN: Rights groups seek Eurovision boycott over host Azerbaijan http://t.co/8YIBNtNr Mar 31, 2012
• Fifa accused of ignoring complaints about award of hosting rights to 2018 and 2022 World Cups http://t.co/xRFMuMJ1 Mar 31, 2012
• BRAZIL: Critics slam court's underage sex verdict http://t.co/4lKbvUMo Mar 31, 2012
• IRELAND: Eircom reassurance after court move http://t.co/zobO3wlM Mar 31, 2012
• US: Lawyer says US blocks investigation of Afghan massacre http://t.co/AoFlJNGx Mar 31, 2012
• TECH LAW: With Oracle vs. Google trial about to begin, judge orders settlement talks http://t.co/dtfOfIIR Mar 31, 2012
• BALKANS: Macedonian Court Delays Renegade Priest’s Re-trial http://t.co/bL9W0eHR Mar 31, 2012
• UK Border Agency to trial x-rays to determine age of asylum seekers http://t.co/hKvryK3O Mar 31, 2012
• ARGENTINA: Former president Carlos Menem faces bombing trial http://t.co/TdNz6xwL Mar 31, 2012
• US: Gregory Scott Hopkins: Republican politician on trial for 1979 murder of Catherine Janet Walsh http://t.co/1JxohLAC Mar 31, 2012
• Dewani too ill for South African trial, rules High Court - http://t.co/UWjEc33H Mar 31, 2012
• Neil Lennon bomb plot trial: ‘An act of violence against Scotland’ http://t.co/sZxGgdoD Mar 31, 2012
• US: Batman stopped for having illegal licence plate http://t.co/uo0hNgWz Mar 31, 2012
• Ban smoking in cars call: Experts want it to be made illegal for sake of kids' health http://t.co/9VEST2Z3 Mar 31, 2012
• US: Democrat congress candidate demands investigation into illegal Rush Limbaugh robocalls targeted against her http://t.co/70odEaJe Mar 31, 2012
• Using the internet lands 'hacker' back in prison - http://t.co/6nKRbre7 Mar 31, 2012
• Shrien Dewani's health halts extradition to South Africa http://t.co/uxaIJY4S Mar 31, 2012
• Shirley Finlay murderer's appeal denied http://t.co/KxiUD3jA Mar 31, 2012
• Francis McNally jailed for 11 years for pipe bomb http://t.co/WZhdneUy Mar 31, 2012
• MoD 'cash-for-contracts' trio receive suspended sentences http://t.co/ZNDmx1nn Mar 31, 2012
• Coleraine man sentenced for Trevor Spiers killing http://t.co/W1gUuw3i Mar 31, 2012
• Dumfries and Galloway police make 'drugs money' warning http://t.co/1TGiClY9 Mar 31, 2012
• Simon Brown and Paul Banks jailed for John Carter Leith lift killing http://t.co/8Y2IGFLE Mar 31, 2012
• Man in court to face Jenny Methven murder charge http://t.co/rC1ZbhFr Mar 31, 2012
• Muirhead and McKenzie guilty of Neil Lennon parcel bomb plot http://t.co/T9C4fo7c Mar 31, 2012
• Police doctor Marcos Hourmann acted dishonestly over conviction, GMC finds http://t.co/HdptWE0M Mar 31, 2012
• Fabrice Muamba: Jailed Twitter user Liam Stacey's appeal dismissed http://t.co/5jO2K5Z9 Mar 31, 2012
• Constable Carroll's widow's 'pity and disgust' for murderers http://t.co/PIT8d9BI Mar 31, 2012
• Couple with 69 animals in Somerset home admit cruelty http://t.co/5zuwm9BX Mar 31, 2012
• Met police officer suspended in racist abuse inquiry http://t.co/ytrTgE22 Mar 31, 2012
• Three US credit firms warn of security breach http://t.co/wVYO1dJL Mar 31, 2012
• Fuel driver driving hours rules relaxed by government http://t.co/xAShBQch Mar 31, 2012