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12th April - LAW NEWS HEADLINES

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FOCUS OF THE DAY story: The government has responded to lobbying by the Law Society and agreed to amend the Equality Act to make it clear that employment lawyers can be ‘independent advisers’ for the purposes of compromise agreements involving discrimination. Full story - Solicitors Journal

  • US: A Look at Why Consumers Are Using Prepaid Debit Cards: http://t.co/dXnbCAXA Apr 12, 2012
  • Goldman Sachs Fined $22 Million Over Trading Huddles: http://t.co/Ay808wXD Apr 12, 2012
  • US: Evicted From Park, Occupy Wall Street Protesters Take to the Sidewalks: http://t.co/0PL9Q6Mr Apr 12, 2012
  • CHINA: Chinese Image-Makers Race to Contain Scandal: http://t.co/JrzL6KJG Apr 12, 2012
  • Female tycoon Kate Bleasdale brings £12m sex bias case against her firm http://t.co/zczYQKo7 Apr 12, 2012
  • Taxpayers benefit from Manchester's non-custodial scheme http://t.co/A3nZb1dQ Apr 12, 2012
  • IRAN: Legality of attack on Iran's nuclear facilities hinges on UN charter http://t.co/11rsChse Apr 12, 2012
  • Private sector medical staff assessing benefit claimants told to sign Official Secrets Act http://t.co/6CDPqsil Apr 12, 2012
  • Human rights and Europe: Down to the wire | The Economist http://t.co/qI7nVgKg Apr 12, 2012
  • NORTH KOREA: Amnesty Probes North Korean Human-Rights Abuse http://t.co/ILCSzk2r Apr 12, 2012
  • LAW FIRM NEWS: DLA Piper seeks 'fresh perspective' with management revamp | The Lawyer: http://t.co/UsIIaczF Apr 12, 2012
  • CANADA: Ban on motorbike beanie lids imminent, Victoria hints http://t.co/7DQ4hrxz Apr 12, 2012
  • Fears over law to reduce Domestic Violence - Worcester http://t.co/ClcgSGIU Apr 12, 2012
  • 'Robocop' serving life for murder lodges appeal to clear his name http://t.co/I7P2iKPi Apr 12, 2012
  • Phone-hacking claimants' solicitor confirms US lawsuits http://t.co/w93IPvwj Apr 12, 2012
  • Trainee solicitor defrauded John Lewis with bogus refund claims for clothes - Wales http://t.co/mYoN4ZJt Apr 12, 2012
  • US: 'Steve Jobs' Bio Gives Justice Dept. Ammo for E-book Lawsuit - http://t.co/fKK5U7OC Apr 12, 2012
  • Firm action on unpaid fines in Staffordshire http://t.co/p9WSPM3E Apr 12, 2012
  • Olympic Games delays start of sex case trial http://t.co/DZXX0owT Apr 12, 2012
  • LAW GAZETTE: Law Society slams minimum salary consultation http://t.co/04KiSdLq Apr 12, 2012
  • UZBEKISTAN: Policy of secretly sterilising women http://t.co/WtAqaCUt Apr 12, 2012
  • Anti-terrorist hotline calls 'may have been recorded' http://t.co/P3hmlNwB Apr 12, 2012
  • Investors losing faith that Nokia can stop the rot http://t.co/bvc0yvKs Apr 12, 2012
  • Wall Street up on euro zone yields, earnings bets http://t.co/fNKiSBvT Apr 12, 2012
  • German incest couple lose European Court case http://t.co/u9L8ze1r Apr 12, 2012
  • Heartbroken woman drives ex-boyfriend's car into bowling alley http://t.co/YDscA21Y Apr 12, 2012
  • Scotland Yard 'blurred' boundaries with News of the World - http://t.co/P8jhaXEo Apr 12, 2012
  • Security bodies, private emails: parallels between the UK and US - UK Human Rights Blog: http://t.co/xqfPRThu Apr 12, 2012
  • GERMANY: Incest couple lose European Court case http://t.co/u9L8ze1r Apr 12, 2012
  • PALESTINE: Human rights center voices concern over life of Palestinians on hunger strike http://t.co/45cVwVdt Apr 12, 2012
  • Conference - 2013 British Legal History Conference - Theme: Law and Authority - Glasgow University http://t.co/89fgGrqi Apr 12, 2012
  • US: Rapper Twista Invovled Legal Battle Over The Death Of Bodyguard http://t.co/e4iI0IZy Apr 12, 2012
  • TECH LAW: Microsoft claims legal victory ahead of Motorola's German sales ban hearing http://t.co/RHhetCjk Apr 12, 2012
  • Council faces legal action over plans to set up Catholic schools without inviting rival bids - http://t.co/wxjdwXnn Apr 12, 2012
  • Dale Farm: Basildon Council considers legal action http://t.co/iOZlTRAy Apr 12, 2012
  • Why fixed rates are bad for clients and the legal profession - Marilyn Stowe Blog http://t.co/Sq0gQVpx Apr 12, 2012
  • Xit2 anti-fraud portal targets conveyancing - http://t.co/5yqsSVI4: http://t.co/kgyaKwAN Apr 12, 2012
  • LAW FIRM NEWS: Freshfields adds Asia partners from Allens Arthur Robinson and Milbank | The Lawyer: http://t.co/Tc8FD1ws Apr 12, 2012
  • INDIA: Delhi's 'child's maid' story is a chance to address deeper problems in India | http://t.co/jVC6wXXb Apr 12, 2012
  • Police arrest man with 'large axe' in Stockland - http://t.co/SxKNsDGT Apr 12, 2012
  • UK Uncut protesters to host street parties - http://t.co/7IdgyOvE Apr 12, 2012
  • US: 'There's a race war going on': Nazis come to Trayvon Martin's town http://t.co/4LkIiaQf Apr 12, 2012
  • The human cost of UK's £300m addiction to lap-dancing - http://t.co/siG5ml8r Apr 12, 2012
  • US: George Zimmerman charged in Trayvon Martin case – as it happened http://t.co/mHaGExH3 Apr 12, 2012
  • George Zimmerman charged in Trayvon Martin case – as it happened http://t.co/mHaGExH3 Apr 12, 2012
  • Why is the future of the human rights court being decided by so few? http://t.co/uTdrKVCe Apr 12, 2012
  • IPCC criticises Met Police over Neil Wallis role http://t.co/OiAGV2s9 Apr 12, 2012
  • NEW LAW JOURNAL - New legal ombudsman policy allows lawyers to be identified before complaint has been decided http://t.co/m33J3ylo Apr 12, 2012
  • NEW LAW JOURNAL - Indirect race discrimination against Bar Council fails http://t.co/r6y4OWde Apr 12, 2012
  • NEW LAW JOURNAL - Obscure & ancient laws cleaned up by Law Commissions http://t.co/hdPHBDzm Apr 12, 2012
  • NEW LAW JOURNAL - All county court money claims are to be handled at one business centre from now http://t.co/pjSN2k4M Apr 12, 2012
  • NEW LAW JOURNAL - ECtHR rules that Abu Hamza can be extradited to the US http://t.co/CMx3SA9E Apr 12, 2012
  • AFRICA: Swaziland's vibrant tourist industry masks a hunger for democracy http://t.co/pKG3PbOw Apr 12, 2012
  • LAW FIRM NEWS: Shoosmiths promotes seven in offices outside of London- Legalweek http://t.co/8BUGSfbT Apr 12, 2012
  • LAW FIRM NEWS: Freshfields strengthens Asian offering with double partner hire- Legalweek http://t.co/yrDhrFCb Apr 12, 2012
  • Supreme Court to have final say in Birmingham equal pay case | The Lawyer: http://t.co/kcm8idnx Apr 12, 2012
  • LAW FIRM NEWS: Ex-Halliwells partners prepare for mediation with liquidators over £20m windfall | The Lawyer: http://t.co/zds3jnW0 Apr 12, 2012
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  • Solicitors Journal - Care applications rise above 10,000 for first time http://t.co/BUISwYqF Apr 12, 2012
  • Baby P case leads to surge in applications to remove children - http://t.co/EmeshrPx Apr 12, 2012
  • Theresa May under fresh pressure to deport Abu Qatada - http://t.co/kHVAOOWj Apr 12, 2012
  • Army officer accused of rape said alleged victim had 'eaten chicken suggestively' - http://t.co/lSdzo6RV Apr 12, 2012
  • LAW GAZETTE: OFR: the first stumbling block? http://t.co/jz8onDbj Apr 12, 2012
  • LAW GAZETTE: ‘Cynical’ border agency decisions lose at appeal http://t.co/7aYqg9eN Apr 12, 2012
  • RUSSIA: Medvedev wants election law for governors adopted in April http://t.co/yXrfcgSN Apr 12, 2012
  • INDIA: India Company Law Board OKs intl arbitration in Telenor-Unitech case http://t.co/ukHr3CJE Apr 12, 2012
  • US: New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg launches campaign against gun laws http://t.co/UigSzqQR Apr 12, 2012
  • Internet surveillance and secret courts add up to a headache for Nick Clegg http://t.co/38EirOoz Apr 12, 2012
  • Field-day for courts as landbanking scams shut down http://t.co/inCxBEBO Apr 12, 2012
  • US: Supreme Court Will Uphold Obamacare http://t.co/umDHVS0r Apr 12, 2012
  • US: Supreme Court women: The 4 female justices share a stage to honor Sandra Day O’Connor http://t.co/bZMkwg84 Apr 12, 2012
  • EGYPT: Court recuses itself in Al-Shater presidential qualification case http://t.co/3Mv4ULp4 Apr 12, 2012
  • Muslim lawyer loses religious discrimination case http://t.co/BHTcGWDe Apr 12, 2012
  • CHINA: Gu Kailai: spectacular fall from grace of charismatic lawyer and politician's wife http://t.co/RNQw59pz Apr 12, 2012
  • JURIST - Paper Chase: Chief Guantanamo judge sets trial date for 9/11 accused: http://t.co/lm8iPjxF Apr 12, 2012
  • CANADA: Tori Stafford trial: Blood stains found in accused's car: http://t.co/JI7I42Rw Apr 12, 2012
  • George Zimmerman's trial could be as divisive as OJ Simpson's | Gary Younge http://t.co/rqShEaxg Apr 12, 2012
  • Did British Ministers Approve the Illegal Rendition and Torture of Libyan Dissidents? http://t.co/651mkqgm Apr 12, 2012
  • AFRICA: The illegal ivory trade threatening Africa's elephants http://t.co/Jk6FV8Mi Apr 12, 2012
  • US: Nine suspected illegal immigrants killed in Texas crash http://t.co/qEZ70LJ8 Apr 12, 2012
  • Hungary: Revoke Denial of Pride March Route http://t.co/kNtr9bSx Apr 12, 2012
  • Are U.S. prisons degrading and inhuman? European Court of Human Rights takes a pass « The Berkeley Blog: http://t.co/TRPcW4Dp Apr 12, 2012
  • BBC cameraman takes broadcaster to tribunal over driving licence dispute | http://t.co/uwukWElK Apr 12, 2012
  • The Journal Online : Judges criticise Society delay in reporting solicitor complaint: Scotland http://t.co/xq8FjRqW Apr 12, 2012
  • Troll threatens Louise Mensch: which child should die? http://t.co/IKSI2mPL Apr 12, 2012
  • Are our street names sexist? http://t.co/u6Xdqktl Apr 12, 2012
  • Young homeless underestimated by Britons, says survey http://t.co/705zN7I5 Apr 12, 2012
  • Charles Manson is denied parole http://t.co/iRfNNoM2 Apr 12, 2012
  • The Barrister Magazine - Young adults, maturity and sentencing http://t.co/wP1dPXvm Apr 12, 2012
  • The Barrister Magazine - The international expansion of the English Bar http://t.co/pbCaChgc Apr 12, 2012
  • The Barrister Magazine - Employee annoyances http://t.co/D9JUd1Ly Apr 12, 2012
  • The Barrister Magazine - Expert Witness immunity- Where Now? http://t.co/ueEQeUMd Apr 12, 2012
  • The Barrister Magazine - Are Historic abuse trials reliable? Felicity Gerry http://t.co/AWHNnldM Apr 12, 2012
  • Bell Pottinger exposed in plans to hijack ‘people’s petitions’: TBIJ http://t.co/S7lKpFqD Apr 12, 2012
  • US: Ruling Averts Testimony By a Detainee, for Now: http://t.co/j0EjykaW Apr 12, 2012
  • Legal education review calls for response to 'radical' proposals- Legalweek http://t.co/szLzvKEo Apr 12, 2012
  • Met reopens investigation into bus driver's death after racism claims - http://t.co/ICeZiJMc Apr 12, 2012
  • News Corp 'hacked phones on US soil' – so were these three the intended targets? http://t.co/rAwTWQqY Apr 12, 2012
  • Scale of abuse against women revealed - http://t.co/PKfwMlRZ Apr 11, 2012
  • Maskey calls for gambling laws to be updated - Northern Ireland http://t.co/0H84YgxP Apr 12, 2012
  • Scottish government's Edinburgh Zoo panda advert banned http://t.co/70rIT0D7 Apr 12, 2012
  • Appeal over sectarian singing on Glasgow to Carlisle train http://t.co/14yQ1FdM Apr 12, 2012
  • Serial rapist David Beattie given life sentence http://t.co/vGjVQ06i Apr 12, 2012
  • Reggae star Finley Quaye in Leith assault charge http://t.co/WLPkrdOZ Apr 12, 2012
  • Kevin 'Gerbil' Carroll witness 'not afraid' by gunmen firing http://t.co/IoDXUgYG Apr 12, 2012
  • Ex policeman on trial for suppressing evidence in murder case http://t.co/TWnFlDlG Apr 12, 2012
  • Ismail Burnett admits knife murder of James Bruce in Boddam http://t.co/oOZRqfQA Apr 12, 2012
  • Council officials in Edinburgh face new claims of corruption http://t.co/YI8jXSlS Apr 12, 2012
  • Castle Huntly prison officer found with on-the-run inmate http://t.co/wKl8ZIoM Apr 12, 2012
  • Chirk metal thieves' fire at 33,000-volt electrical pole http://t.co/zWDxHdWq Apr 12, 2012
  • Hafan Tywi private care home in Ferryside, Carmarthenshire, shut by court http://t.co/ddzDcS8e Apr 12, 2012
  • Sex assault: Bogus cancer therapist Reginald Gill and wife Leila jailed http://t.co/okWhT1Rs Apr 12, 2012
  • Torture casts a ghastly shadow over our country's reputation - http://t.co/91T2k69r Apr 12, 2012
  • Royal Marines love triangle ends in harassment case http://t.co/1ZEZAGyk Apr 12, 2012
  • US sues Apple and publishers over e-book prices http://t.co/aEo53mKZ Apr 12, 2012
  • US: Trayvon Martin: George Zimmerman charged with murder http://t.co/tJbqyVOn Apr 12, 2012
  • LEGAL FUTURES - Caplen heads to summit of solicitors’ profession http://t.co/papkG52d Apr 12, 2012
  • LEGAL FUTURES - Trainees on housing benefit is “not the image that befits the profession”, Law Society tells SRA http://t.co/HppzqPrg Apr 12, 2012
  • LEGAL FUTURES - Firms “need to develop” whistleblowing and client account interest policies http://t.co/2dqy6Rvm Apr 12, 2012
  • Four-Year-Old Center in London Is Devoted to Growing Field of Transnational Law: http://t.co/Ps9hBKHT Apr 12, 2012
  • FRANCE: Muslims in France Waiting for the Backlash: http://t.co/1W8PmvcW Apr 12, 2012
  • Swiss Court Decision Snarls Effort to Reach U.S. Tax Deal: http://t.co/VVBiKY4x Apr 12, 2012
  • Why Do Americans Balk at Euthanasia Laws? http://t.co/iZTVvl2s Apr 12, 2012
  • In English courts justice must be seen to be done, and not just by the rich | Heather Brooke http://t.co/a48Gbb6W Apr 12, 2012
  • Former Prime Minister Blair 'no memory' of Abdel Hakim Belhaj rendition case http://t.co/g6MpLWQY Apr 12, 2012
  • Footballers Ched Evans and Clayton McDonald raped woman, court hears http://t.co/cI5LbgQk Apr 12, 2012
  • Following policing row all fans banned from Gillingham v Swindon Town football match http://t.co/WCAX59CA Apr 12, 2012
  • Neil Heywood murder: Cameron welcomes Chinese inquiry http://t.co/bKyxp7su Apr 12, 2012
  • Abu Hamza: Europe's judgment call | Editorial http://t.co/ikBRhc2T Apr 12, 2012
  • US: Horror film poster forger sentenced http://t.co/nzEsbmZ1 Apr 12, 2012
  • LAW FIRM NEWS: Bird & Bird makes up 12 partners in enlarged promotions round- Legalweek http://t.co/dOBO7Uc0 Apr 12, 2012
  • LAW FIRM NEWS: Herbert Smith trials unconscious bias training in gender diversity push- Legalweek http://t.co/nqAawlCz Apr 12, 2012