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  • Chris Tappin who was extradited to the US to face arms dealing charges has bail bond set at one million dollars http://t.co/vCaZtclU Apr 23, 2012
  • KAZAKHSTAN: Human Rights Watch urges Kazakh trial suspension http://t.co/dTYm4Ilb Apr 23, 2012
  • Barak Obama defends human rights record at Holocaust Memorial Museum http://t.co/ttXcIaXz Apr 23, 2012
  • Phone hacking: attorney general warns MPs to be 'cautious' in report http://t.co/TRkfswpl Apr 23, 2012
  • US: Actor Charlie Sheen Surprises His Attorney At Bar Association Event http://t.co/7xqn2Rlb Apr 23, 2012
  • US: Zimmerman Attorney: Apology Was Ill-Timed http://t.co/sLN9YAkx  Apr 23, 2012
  • Lawyers in Ulster in uproar over a decision by NI attorney-general to prosecute Peter Hain MP for criticising a judge http://t.co/FFJ3jMs0 Apr 23, 2012
  • US mother Eileen Clark loses extradition battle - http://t.co/MYTiX4vz Apr 23, 2012
  • Wayne Rooney's father cleared over bet probe http://t.co/mAkyc3ZF Apr 23, 2012
  • Secret justice: making the exception the rule http://t.co/CPO6i3qX Apr 23, 2012
  • Crime one of the world's "top 20 economies" - U.N. http://t.co/ugMxtHUZ Apr 23, 2012
  • DENMARK: Two cheers for Danish justice - Free Press society Lars Hedegaard found not guilty by Supreme Court http://t.co/fGg0Qi2X Apr 23, 2012
  • LAW GAZETTE: Consumers ‘in the dark’ on CMC practices http://t.co/UZurKjLI Apr 23, 2012
  • Solicitors Journal - Research challenges Norgrove's negative picture of social worker experts http://t.co/rDChHC7Y Apr 23, 2012
  • Solicitors Journal - SRA under fire for making Compensation Fund cover uninsured firms http://t.co/qZqbSbjl Apr 23, 2012
  • Ditch diets and start jogging, says London barrister http://t.co/Vak2OXOC Apr 23, 2012
  • Man charged with Norman Moffatt murder 'confessed to four people' http://t.co/HteuTbyk Apr 23, 2012
  • Benefit fraud: Llandudno bank manager Julie Harvey gets suspended jail sentence http://t.co/YQFcvxnm Apr 23, 2012
  • Robert Jay, Leveson's forensic inquirer, prepares to face Rupert Murdoch http://t.co/DP7UifyV  Apr 23, 2012
  • Bar Standards Board's 'research' is crass and deeply flawed | Richard Moorhead http://t.co/yjdR52vF #barrister Apr 23, 2012
  • AUS: $56m of assets or $30m? Ex-lovers disagree http://t.co/zqA1WSoj Apr 23, 2012
  • Police could still bring criminal charges over the death riddle of MI6 spy Gareth Williams, the inquest heard http://t.co/ckjE4U0F Apr 23, 2012
  • AUS: Barristers stand up for Nyoongar Tent Embassy http://t.co/pKUghcNt Apr 23, 2012
  • IRELAND: Competition Authority analysis of barristers' fees flawed http://t.co/ULaT1BvG Apr 23, 2012
  • LAW GAZETTE: Plant: firms 'deluded' to think ABSs won't have impact http://t.co/8r8bpXHC Apr 23, 2012
  • AZERBAIJAN: With the Eurovision approaching, it’s time to draw attention to the lack of human rights http://t.co/LPWxu0Hu Apr 23, 2012
  • INDIA: Human rights activist Binayak Sen urges Maoists to release abducted Sukma collector http://t.co/4NkM4KPS Apr 23, 2012
  • Rapist to use human rights legislation to fight life sentence http://t.co/00Q7ZHlR Apr 23, 2012
  • US: Obama targets tech use in human rights abuses http://t.co/6SJcAMzW Apr 23, 2012
  • European Parliament Legal Affairs committee will consider its rapporteur’s draft opinion on ACTA this Wednesday http://t.co/R96IwDM6 Apr 23, 2012
  • US: Secret Service Sex Worker Scandal Moves Advocates to Highlight US Legalization http://t.co/3zWoLsdT Apr 23, 2012
  • Taxpayers will pay for Straw's legal defence - http://t.co/lWEf4cfQ Apr 23, 2012
  • A game developer in Portsmouth is expanding with the help of a business law specialist http://t.co/COlrlEkM Apr 23, 2012
  • ISRAEL: Ampal-American Israel Corporation CFO Irit Eluz says, "The situation was bad before, and it's bad now http://t.co/Pg4utqZv Apr 23, 2012
  • Taxpayers fork out £10k for Celtic parcel bomber's legal aid fees.. before trial starts http://t.co/QjLd52Bk Apr 23, 2012
  • Sheffield United Twitter probe into Connor Brown rape case comments http://t.co/0TI4cIHu Apr 23, 2012
  • Abu Qatada: David Cameron on BBC Radio 4 Today programme - Analysis by Carl Gardner http://t.co/1hCKHMNZ Apr 23, 2012
  • Irrational, inhuman and degrading: detention of a mentally ill asylum-seeker was unlawful: UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/cWDWFAYv Apr 23, 2012
  • LAW FIRM NEWS: Dublin firm Dillon Eustace opens Cayman Islands base | The Lawyer: http://t.co/6JxUHScy Apr 23, 2012
  • House of Lords should be 80% elected - MPs and peers' report http://t.co/lG09plxD Apr 23, 2012
  • Evidence on death of MI6 agent Gareth Williams to be public http://t.co/UMXPhGos Apr 23, 2012
  • Ofcom to probe Sky email hacking http://t.co/SgboRELQ Apr 23, 2012
  • LAW GAZETTE: LASPO bill is back in the Lords this week, for the upper house to pick over its wounded amendments http://t.co/5LMPDtPw Apr 23, 2012
  • Solicitors Journal - LSB calls for will writing to be regulated http://t.co/HsM2nhJZ Apr 23, 2012
  • BABY BARISTA BLOG: With prejudice http://t.co/V8MbA9UP via @guardian Apr 23, 2012
  • Boat race protester banned from Olympic torch route http://t.co/pxPXgjCO Apr 23, 2012
  • Apt for St. George's Day, YouGov survey on attitudes to the concept of Britian http://t.co/tyGTH027 Apr 23, 2012
  • Regulator criticised after woman assaulted in care home http://t.co/pBjt8myJ Apr 23, 2012
  • PPI mis-selling: 'No need to pay' for claims http://t.co/9XuFMmQQ Apr 23, 2012
  • INDIA: Techie murdered by brother-in-law - http://t.co/nFii0ZZv Apr 23, 2012
  • BOOK REVIEW: The Twilight of Administrative Law? | Online Library of Law and Liberty: http://t.co/eEMKymt8 Apr 23, 2012
  • Inquiry launched into 'betrayal' of Libyan asylum-seekers by MI5 - http://t.co/xQJQH5bD Apr 23, 2012
  • Boat race swimmer Trenton Oldfield faces court - http://t.co/TQYBwH5R Apr 23, 2012
  • LAW GAZETTE: An overview of the EU’s week http://t.co/kgwRpXb0 Apr 23, 2012
  • Did Defense Lawyer Tactics Kill An Asbestos Victim? http://t.co/GozhrX7W Apr 23, 2012
  • NEW ZEALAND: Bike rage lawyer: It was just a 'spat' - http://t.co/jbROaaBs Apr 23, 2012
  • US: Jamaica’s most prominent politicians and businessmen involved in Florida court trial to influence email usage http://t.co/MC0p9nN5 Apr 23, 2012
  • Legal aid bill for Lennon bomb plotter hit £10,000 before trial began http://t.co/2HuOfcZS Apr 23, 2012
  • Breivik trial: NEW ZEALAND mum's grief over murdered daughter - http://t.co/scU83XRK Apr 23, 2012
  • US: Former Senator John Edwards faces trial over '$1m spent to hide affair' - http://t.co/292N4XUw Apr 23, 2012
  • NIGERIA: Imoke tasks Navy on illegal sale of petroleum products on waterways http://t.co/iGRcwUnJ Apr 23, 2012
  • US: How States Should Approach Immigration http://t.co/aIsaZWBc Apr 23, 2012
  • LAW GAZETTE: Will-writing must become reserved activity, LSB says http://t.co/Lx56TJsl Apr 23, 2012
  • Racism is rife at GCHQ, says officer suing for bullying http://t.co/OaD9yvin Apr 23, 2012
  • The law's all too lordly - The growing tendency for public figures to use public money to protect reputation http://t.co/tCSFySNS Apr 23, 2012
  • CRB checks top 30million but create 'atmosphere of mistrust' http://t.co/x3y5zFOq Apr 23, 2012
  • Theresa May facing more questions over Abu Qatada farce http://t.co/6Ctgc9u7 Apr 23, 2012
  • The law's all too lordly way of defying its critics http://t.co/tCSFySNS Apr 23, 2012
  • 'Atmosphere of mistrust' created by CRB regime: case studies http://t.co/Qzuw5ntg Apr 23, 2012
  • State acts like 'bad parent' when it lets criminals off, says minister Nick Herbert http://t.co/O1ZW5lKX Apr 23, 2012
  • Parents must ask internet providers to block porn http://t.co/o4Mmirjw Apr 23, 2012
  • Police investigating alleged naming of Ched Evans rape victim online http://t.co/cQI3Qt3U Apr 23, 2012
  • Stephen Lawrence's mother demands new public inquiry http://t.co/x10ubLQs Apr 23, 2012
  • LAW FIRM NEWS: Addleshaws continues to build litigation with Lloyds hire | The Lawyer: http://t.co/hs8Lep6f Apr 23, 2012
  • LAW FIRM NEWS: DLA Piper's funds head quits for Simmons & Simmons | The Lawyer: http://t.co/dBJl5rkV Apr 23, 2012
  • LAW FIRM NEWS: Field Fisher unveils new-look supervisory board | The Lawyer: http://t.co/wWcb4C1D Apr 23, 2012
  • China's Fangda hires Freshfields partner to spearhead Hong Kong office | The Lawyer: http://t.co/97A8dRPj Apr 23, 2012
  • LAW FIRM NEWS: Stephenson Harwood prepares to launch in Dubai | The Lawyer: http://t.co/yVIwFxt0 Apr 23, 2012
  • LAW FIRM NEWS: Addleshaw Goddard plays host to Halliwells mediation | The Lawyer: http://t.co/erpGi3lW Apr 23, 2012
  • Justice Vos incredulous as 11 firms file 50 more phone-hacking claims | The Lawyer: http://t.co/OLYlMcqt Apr 23, 2012
  • LAW FIRM NEWS: Linklaters seals Allens Arthur Robinson alliance | The Lawyer: http://t.co/qWU2WuU6 Apr 23, 2012
  • Leveson Inquiry to hear from Murdochs and newspaper owners http://t.co/Pu1TwyB2 Apr 23, 2012
  • Wal-Mart investigates MEXICO bribery allegation http://t.co/d2PDJsZG Apr 23, 2012
  • UN to investigate plight of US Native Americans for first time http://t.co/jO0MWykE Apr 23, 2012
  • Stephen Lawrence murder: Theresa May considering new public inquiry http://t.co/W6zd9Juj Apr 23, 2012
  • Abhijit Banerjee: 'The poor, probably rightly, see that their chances of getting somewhere different are minimal' http://t.co/DqsGJQ5w Apr 23, 2012
  • 'Bad parent' state is failing to halt crime, says policing minister http://t.co/SXwxwvX7 Apr 23, 2012
  • Peter Hain prosecution: silliness in court http://t.co/1oGBM13R Apr 23, 2012
  • Parliament can make human rights 'more democratic' - University of Oxford: http://t.co/R5Ws0rL0 Apr 23, 2012
  • Dublin minister urges Bill of Rights for Ulster : http://t.co/ZRD6VPiE Apr 23, 2012
  • FRANCE: French anti-immigrant far-right worries critics after soaring in presidential vote http://t.co/p9wXLacv Apr 23, 2012
  • BAHRAIN: The right race in the wrong place? http://t.co/tHVc4RBS Apr 23, 2012
  • IRELAND: Varadkar backs Mitchell over planning tribunal criticism http://t.co/151gv884 Apr 23, 2012
  • INDIA: Don't dump debris on Hindon river bed: Tribunal - http://t.co/JqttCAtP Apr 23, 2012
  • Dismissals for misconduct must be carried out fairly http://t.co/KB4P0T2L Apr 23, 2012
  • CANADA: Head of Canadian Human Rights Tribunal on stress leave, future uncertain http://t.co/nhldvCsV Apr 23, 2012
  • British and Swiss regulators are likely to begin enforcement proceedings against Swiss bank UBS AG: Unauthorized trades http://t.co/6Rt7svsx Apr 23, 2012
  • LAW FIRM NEWS: Vinson signs up ex-Herbert Smith Japan energy chief in Tokyo- Legalweek http://t.co/cPeVq5DW Apr 23, 2012
  • LAW FIRM NEWS: CC and Links head up Goldman's $2.3bn China bank share sale- Legalweek http://t.co/l3HsSSxv Apr 23, 2012
  • LAW FIRM NEWS: Drinks giant names ex-Halliwells lawyer as new UK & Ireland GC- Legalweek http://t.co/kTTtYLGV Apr 23, 2012
  • LAW FIRM NEWS: Greenberg confirms Dewey talks as firm considers 'strategic combination'- Legalweek http://t.co/rN6JRsNZ Apr 23, 2012
  • Mistakes law firms can avoid http://t.co/rhymWY7m Apr 23, 2012
  • US: Supreme Court to consider Arizona immigration law http://t.co/Oo37kMmS Apr 23, 2012
  • Union backs new dangerous dogs laws http://t.co/YpAZSYkR Apr 23, 2012
  • Medics filmed 'offering female circumcision' - http://t.co/JIgXEwEh Apr 23, 2012
  • Child abuse law 'does not cover neglect' - http://t.co/2Mj5eCss Apr 23, 2012
  • Donor who fled over fraud charges is set to return to Britain - http://t.co/Q6qTAm7D Apr 23, 2012
  • BBC Panorama used jailed NOTW private eye 'to trace individuals' - http://t.co/TXB6NpEz Apr 23, 2012
  • Officers injured during nationalist march through Brighton http://t.co/HAkzvh2H Apr 23, 2012
  • Arrest made in Andrew Allen murder investigation http://t.co/loaVInHa Apr 23, 2012
  • Scottish Land Court centenary to recall Skye 'battle' http://t.co/ZdOtfG0R Apr 23, 2012
  • Eating disorders memorial service held in Edinburgh http://t.co/vMfq1X5P Apr 23, 2012
  • Donald Trump begins renewables mission in Scotland http://t.co/1KfE82wW Apr 23, 2012
  • Legal action over Peter Hain memoirs 'misconceived' http://t.co/fK7IevTi Apr 23, 2012
  • Conservative MP Glyn Davies' referendum call over Lords plan http://t.co/aCvAv28s Apr 23, 2012
  • Ched Evans rape victim 'named and abused online' http://t.co/dEjmKvZY Apr 23, 2012
  • Ken Clarke: ECHR reforms 'will cut UK's frustration' http://t.co/L2zqZ3CO Apr 23, 2012
  • Legal Futures - Will-writing and estate administration to become reserved legal activities http://t.co/zJBxD9uA Apr 23, 2012
  • Legal Futures - SRA to tell insurers: disclose your credit rating to solictors http://t.co/AieJTaTr Apr 23, 2012
  • Legal Futures - Not-for-profit providers “should be able to charge” for legal advice http://t.co/nSpBityI Apr 23, 2012
  • Legal Futures - LSB to investigate regulating all “general legal advice” http://t.co/TnZYd8od Apr 23, 2012