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6th March 2012: LAW NEWS HEADLINES & LINKS

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FOCUS OF THE DAY story: Libel claimants will be required to show ‘serious harm’ before their case can proceed, under the latest government proposals contained in the defamation bill. Full story - Solicitors Journal
  • Suspect shot dead 'after he failed to raise hands’ http://t.co/p70EOPPG Mar 06, 2012
  • Lord Condon warns against police accepting hospitality http://t.co/VuEOB158 Mar 06, 2012
  • Father 'banned from seeing daughter alone' after accidental porn download http://t.co/4SsQ0c0V Mar 06, 2012
  • Private companies paid to get ex-convicts back to work http://t.co/3EanfnQr Mar 06, 2012
  • Jordan promises fair trial for Abu Qatada as Theresa May returns http://t.co/SmY8fHiT Mar 06, 2012
  • What I’ve learned about lawyers and legal complaints in the last two days http://tinyurl.com/7anw4ca Mar 06, 2012
  • Pursue masked protesters more vigorously, CPS says http://t.co/NpFvK2Sa Mar 06, 2012
  • Lawyers beware: your clients are rebelling http://t.co/mV0hu59d Mar 06, 2012
  • How to free up funds for legal aid http://t.co/QKYML26x Mar 06, 2012
  • Ken Clarke unsettled by criticism of secret courts plan http://t.co/O0xqhbpV Mar 06, 2012
  • Scottish lawyers pay tribute to silk found dead in Pakistan | The Lawyer: http://t.co/X3vbtVJu Mar 06, 2012
  • LAW FIRM NEWS: Curtis Mallet-Prevost launches in Kuwait | The Lawyer: http://t.co/4EMTzdsy Mar 06, 2012
  • LAW FIRM NEWS: Matrix loses filesharing appeal brought by BT and TalkTalk | The Lawyer: http://t.co/wNNWL4nx Mar 06, 2012
  • LAW FIRM NEWS: Wragges ends promos hiatus with three new partners | The Lawyer: http://t.co/xHTngEQF Mar 06, 2012
  • LAW FIRM NEWS: Lawyers share in Lehman advisory bill of over £1bn | The Lawyer: http://t.co/WknyGmWq Mar 06, 2012
  • US: Judge Richard Cebull’s Racist ‘Joke’: http://t.co/qkIcvY7W Mar 06, 2012
  • US: Supreme Court rule, which requires that suspects in custody be told of their right to remain silent http://t.co/VFVvrjRO Mar 06, 2012
  • Priests arrested in Eastbourne in sex abuse inquiry http://t.co/TFCUKdws Mar 06, 2012
  • BT and Talk Talk lose file-sharing appeal http://t.co/kkDct5wV Mar 06, 2012
  • Leveson Inquiry: Ex-police chief makes riots warning http://t.co/ouSda6SD Mar 06, 2012
  • US: Allen Stanford found guilty in $7bn Ponzi scheme http://t.co/ahkLkNqT Mar 06, 2012
  • Has Training Contract Gloom Become Self-Reinforcing? http://t.co/9Rd0jJue  Mar 06, 2012
  • 'Lulzsec hackers' arrested in international swoop http://t.co/1Q3zl76T Mar 06, 2012
  • Rothesay court closure ‘may not cut costs’, solicitor warns http://t.co/ZQuTRqjy Mar 06, 2012
  • Boyfriend pocketed £80,000 after selling partner's home behind her back http://t.co/iiYUgbmL Mar 06, 2012
  • Christopher Swain's daughters sue over £1m inheritance tax http://t.co/XwVL4vz7 Mar 06, 2012
  • Grandmother jailed after plot to steal homes from elderly - http://t.co/8b9EEEOH Mar 06, 2012
  • Bar Council letter to the profession regarding Barrister Connect http://t.co/OxvpIlDl Mar 06, 2012
  • IRELAND: Turn-up for the books as library gets return 100 years later http://t.co/62mwytdD Mar 06, 2012
  • Dewsbury and Mirfield MP Simon Reevell defends his work as a barrister http://t.co/zdEvgpcy Mar 06, 2012
  • Fake barrister David Evans wore gown and wig at court http://t.co/P1plAPFo Mar 06, 2012
  • UN: Islamic states oppose discussion of homophobic violence at UN http://t.co/9ZIJCZge Mar 06, 2012
  • SINGAPORE: Domestic Workers to Get Weekly Day of Rest http://t.co/1jBY5Abx Mar 06, 2012
  • Major UK Human Rights Review launched: http://t.co/HgQoQJwG via @AdamWagner1 Mar 06, 2012
  • CANADA: Parking spot is a human right, Ottawa mother claims http://t.co/lnvqgmXc Mar 06, 2012
  • Blogging - can it help your legal career?- Legalweek http://t.co/Zuz64fgi Mar 06, 2012
  • Gay prisoners to get jail tales shown in Artangel installation http://t.co/B4bK1FEd Mar 06, 2012
  • How Ayn Rand became the new right's version of Marx http://t.co/DPXvk4Wy Mar 06, 2012
  • 'Clare's Law' is little help if the police don't perform their basic duty | Sandra Horley http://t.co/m7mWpO8Q Mar 06, 2012
  • Solicitors Journal - New entrants will influence the regulatory landscape http://t.co/KYkiajrl Mar 06, 2012
  • Solicitors Journal - Animal Welfare Act: five successful years? http://t.co/RKeKOrEc Mar 06, 2012
  • Solicitors Journal - Benevolent funds with a restricted beneficiary class http://t.co/LLivKUf4 Mar 06, 2012
  • Solicitors Journal - The dialogue between the British and the Strasbourg courts works well http://t.co/8Qqfx9hL Mar 06, 2012
  • Solicitors Journal - Faulty breast implant removal: does your client have a claim? http://t.co/PjElPwtl Mar 06, 2012
  • Solicitors Journal - New family arbitration scheme is no alternative to litigation http://t.co/1jdlA721 Mar 06, 2012
  • Solicitors Journal - High street firms will survive onslaught of big brands AS we can provide what clients really want http://t.co/9Up4XtPq Mar 06, 2012
  • Solicitors Journal - Three legal aid defeats and two concessions http://t.co/VzlCVng3 Mar 06, 2012
  • Solicitors Journal - Council wins costs recovery order for remedial renovation of Brunel building http://t.co/RnBIw3pZ Mar 06, 2012
  • LAW GAZETTE: Opponents score hat-trick on legal aid votes http://t.co/dKSNrJhr Mar 06, 2012
  • LAW GAZETTE: Treat clients as customers or you’re doomed, says Ombudsman http://t.co/Fr5sgqbL Mar 06, 2012
  • LAW FIRM NEWS: Freshfields, Norton Rose join host of firms in Misys battle |  The Lawyer: http://t.co/wpYC02co Mar 06, 2012
  • LAW FIRM NEWS: Siemens installs Vodafone lawyer as UK general counsel | The Lawyer: http://t.co/AHJ6nUF9 Mar 06, 2012
  • LAW FIRM NEWS: White & Case revamps global pro bono offering | The Lawyer: http://t.co/oa8DOJhZ Mar 06, 2012
  • LAW FIRM NEWS: Ropes & Gray joins Paul Hastings on list of US firms targeting Seoul launch | News | The Lawyer: http://t.co/3vF5lrup Mar 06, 2012
  • LAW FIRM NEWS: Twitter libel case gifts roles to QCs from One Brick Court and Ely Place | The Lawyer: http://t.co/knjrVqFr Mar 06, 2012
  • US: Billionaire’s Bogus Legal Tactics Against Bloggers Threaten Free Speech https://t.co/111ndOHv Mar 06, 2012
  • US: Congress expands authoritarian anti-protest law http://t.co/tzf4DVMy Mar 06, 2012
  • US: Attorney General Holder Explains Threat That Would Call for Killing Without Trial: http://t.co/UxtSEMrN Mar 06, 2012
  • TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/VTrW0MekMar 06, 2012
  • Birmingham courts could face shut down after security firm's wages blunder http://t.co/gIdtYHmD Mar 06, 2012
  • Can UK courts pass judgment on due process in other Convention countries?: http://t.co/gtIpoHVi Mar 06, 2012
  • Knives seized every day at Nottingham's courts http://t.co/sX50kvut Mar 06, 2012
  • Former New Zealand cricketer Chris Cairns says Lalit Modi ruined his career with fixing slur http://t.co/EYdXNPMJ Mar 06, 2012
  • INDIA: Advocates boycott courts, want police top brass sacked http://t.co/eGIkJxmR Mar 06, 2012
  • US: Supreme Court to consider wiping out foreigners' ability to sue over rights abuses abroad http://t.co/ENoV0Yai Mar 06, 2012
  • US: Connecticut prison inmates on hunger strikes can be force-fed, the state Supreme Court ruled http://t.co/1xHnRxqq Mar 06, 2012
  • US & IRAN: Iranian Court Overturns Marine’s Death Sentence in Spy Case: http://t.co/Rg7ZK0IM Mar 06, 2012
  • Glasgow Rangers' FC lawyer quits Collyer Bristow following club's administration | The Lawyer: http://t.co/ZPKBhQtE Mar 06, 2012
  • US: Lawyer for nine more men accuses former Boston Red Sox clubhouse attendant of sexual abuse  http://t.co/hWfJIo6Q Mar 06, 2012
  • US: Libel lawyer: Fluke ‘definitely’ has reason to sue Limbaugh http://t.co/TIJzk73Q Mar 06, 2012
  • Companies promised fee for giving ex-prisoners work http://t.co/6LLbKpy3 Mar 06, 2012
  • Extradited Briton Chris Tappin denied bail in US http://t.co/bCcfAMcs Mar 06, 2012
  • Tributes paid to leading Scottish lawyer Paul McBride QC http://t.co/wmZeiLVU Mar 06, 2012
  • Post-mortem on hotel death lawyer Paul McBride http://t.co/iPHhCprE Mar 06, 2012
  • LAGOS: Court dismisses Akingbola’s application to stop trial by EFCC http://t.co/ZWFsXJAi Mar 06, 2012
  • ICELAND: The trial of Iceland's prime minister is about democracy, not money | Alda Sigmundsdóttir http://t.co/r2KFbQpD Mar 06, 2012
  • ICELAND: Former PM on trial for failing to prevent the country's 2008 financial crash http://t.co/5RDYMaJ6 Mar 06, 2012
  • CANADA: Stafford trial 'will be hard' on all, Crown says http://t.co/uPW5BRWi Mar 06, 2012
  • US: Georgia law barring illegal immigrants from college advances http://t.co/fmc2s4Y9 Mar 06, 2012
  • Smokers in a Northern Ireland town were puffing more illegal cigarettes than anyone else in the UK http://t.co/LzKug0Xh Mar 06, 2012
  • Illegal ravers in Milton Keynes confront police patrol http://t.co/noyvtiWP Mar 06, 2012
  • US: Top court sets new arguments on human rights suits http://t.co/tDxJa3R8 Mar 06, 2012
  • Employment tribunals: Government considers overhaul http://t.co/gy8BPp68 Mar 06, 2012
  • Know your rights when buying online: New OFT initiative http://t.co/PQRC9yOq Mar 06, 2012
  • Trouble flares at animal rights protest near Bristol Airport http://t.co/ZDfbkNsO Mar 06, 2012
  • INDIA: Child rights body moots guidelines against corporal punishment - http://t.co/Xlb2irkP Mar 06, 2012
  • IVORY COAST: Rights Group Condemns Violent Crime, Impunity in Ivory Coast http://t.co/4XaXTeDk Mar 06, 2012
  • SYRIA: Syria faces mounting pressure on aid, rights abuses http://t.co/Gd8FaAQA Mar 06, 2012
  • LAW FIRM NEWS: Ashurst wins role alongside Aussie firms on $2.4bn Asia-Pac mining M&A deal- Legalweek http://t.co/3UpgjvCe Mar 06, 2012
  • BUSINESS LAW: Siemens appoints new UK general counsel with Vodafone hire- Legalweek http://t.co/oPUIxZa6 Mar 06, 2012
  • LAW FIRM NEWS: The Transfer Window: recent moves including Ropes, Shoosmiths & RPC- Legalweek http://t.co/PuumZWTj Mar 06, 2012
  • Deputy Mayor 'told Met to rein back on hacking investigation' - http://t.co/WbXnADdZ Mar 06, 2012
  • Man shot dead by police had faced drugs charge - http://t.co/92Gry5Na Mar 06, 2012
  • DPP defends right to peaceful protest http://t.co/OHPHAP32 Mar 06, 2012
  • The copper, the Lawrence killer's father, and secret police files that expose a 'corrupt relationship' http://t.co/nDgThQ32 Mar 06, 2012
  • Car arson attack at Briarhill, Antrim, 'a hate crime' http://t.co/a7928d30 Mar 06, 2012
  • Pair charged with Christopher Mackin murder in Belfast http://t.co/mEPiABXR Mar 06, 2012
  • Prison service boss in N. Ireland to step down after a year http://t.co/FCwHd5Z4 Mar 06, 2012
  • Camelford water poisoning: Aluminium in brain 'beyond belief' http://t.co/BiDsETAQ Mar 06, 2012
  • Man held after Gorbals stabbing death of Gerard Dobbin http://t.co/d6WzgtIG Mar 06, 2012
  • Suzanne Pilley feared murder accused David Gilroy read emails http://t.co/miUCX0Li Mar 06, 2012
  • Tesco used student image on clothes 'without permission' http://t.co/yf88uBPv Mar 06, 2012
  • Man charged with abduction and attempted murder of Bearsden woman http://t.co/V5DvumnR Mar 06, 2012
  • Scotland rugby star Max Evans cleared of assault by Edinburgh court http://t.co/NP6SLH8H Mar 06, 2012
  • Tributes paid to leading Scottish lawyer Paul McBride QC http://t.co/wmZeiLVU Mar 06, 2012
  • 'Clare's Law' gives 'right to ask' on domestic violence http://t.co/IV8g2ucX Mar 06, 2012
  • Police probe three drugs users' deaths at Anglesey http://t.co/Zl7EN7Vx Mar 06, 2012
  • Christopher Tappin denied bail by Texas court http://t.co/70RFWnQ0 Mar 06, 2012
  • Pursue masked protesters more vigorously, CPS says http://t.co/NpFvK2Sa Mar 06, 2012
  • Law Society warns Bar off introducing aptitude test for students http://t.co/Z7lGdOWh Mar 06, 2012
  • Ombudsman tells lawyers: sort out your pricing or risk losing work to “nakedly commercial enterprises http://t.co/1e4e10Hv  Mar 06, 2012
  • First legal advice video-link service goes live in Westminster library http://t.co/PMracBZO  Mar 06, 2012