6th April - LAW NEWS HEADLINES

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• BRAZIL: Chevron’s Brazil Spill Legal Claims Rise to $22 Billion http://t.co/bmjAjQej Apr 06, 2012
• Legal loophole could let billionaires BUY other planets before human settlers arrive http://t.co/Uijwzf4H Apr 06, 2012
• Is it legal to sell digital downloads? - Consumer rights http://t.co/7GAdf9A7 Apr 06, 2012
• Leading article: Offshore tax deals - legal but wrong http://t.co/crPCPbmp Apr 06, 2012
• Legal move to ban wild animals in travelling circuses welcomed http://t.co/Oo7njEpR Apr 06, 2012
• Stuntman takes legal action against Broadway's "Spider-Man" http://t.co/Ycz0Dqsq Apr 06, 2012
• Gothic house legal case http://t.co/jP3gBncA Apr 06, 2012
• The Legal vs. the Illegal Arms Trade http://t.co/C3oFEzRv Apr 06, 2012
• Trayvon Martin killing: UN human rights chief calls for investigation http://t.co/f6xi1ihP Apr 06, 2012
• SINGAPORE: Yale’s Faculty Passes Rights Resolution on Singapore Campus http://t.co/DVlb5zZ9 Apr 06, 2012
• ZIMBABWE: Human Rights Activist 'Honored' to Receive Amnesty Int'l Award http://t.co/kzKe8ZJU Apr 06, 2012
• BAHRAIN: Hunger striker's daughter arrested http://t.co/OPPRPHB8 #cnn Apr 06, 2012
• HSBC publishes criteria for conveyancing panel http://t.co/mJDlCPcl Apr 06, 2012
• Raider holds up his hands - Wiltshire http://t.co/WDxmBpxp Apr 06, 2012
• Keighley minicab boss told to pay £200,000 or go to jail http://t.co/GYi9ij2S Apr 06, 2012
• No need to outlaw forced marriages - Letters - Opinion http://t.co/khAiSzFb Apr 06, 2012
• Climbdown on secret inquests: Victory for the Mail's open justice campaign http://t.co/zkAPf9HV Apr 06, 2012
• Murder trial jury sent home for Easter http://t.co/A3J2gJnN Apr 06, 2012
• Skipton solicitor cuts it for charity http://t.co/6rGCg9Pn Apr 06, 2012
• Today's LAW NEWS HEADLINES in LawNewsIndex: 6th April 2012: http://t.co/ta4DLhNu Apr 06, 2012
• MALAWI: Constitutional crisis at the death of President Bingu wa Mutharika http://t.co/7ymYx4GW Apr 06, 2012
• Murder arrests over girl's New Forest campsite death http://t.co/yOJjLobp Apr 06, 2012
• Illegal mince pies and other UK legal legends http://t.co/awKHaaiN Apr 06, 2012
• Metropolitan Police criticised after racism inquiry http://t.co/v0B9yDzG Apr 06, 2012
• VATICAN: Pope Benedict Assails ‘Disobedience’ Among Priests: http://t.co/Uwe7LAez Apr 06, 2012
• US & RUSSIA: Russia Says Sentencing of Viktor Bout Hurts Relations With U.S.: http://t.co/NctH5Oyb Apr 06, 2012
• British Broadcaster With Murdoch Link Admits to Hacking: http://t.co/d7oy5VNF Apr 06, 2012
• BRUNEI: Bodyguard of Sultan of Brunei's ex-wife liable for £12m diamond fake http://t.co/ZJW4tSig Apr 06, 2012
• Unfair dismissal reform divides government and unions http://t.co/fkl55YSW Apr 06, 2012
• Babar Ahmad and the injustice of the US/UK extradition laws http://t.co/aip9G9O5 Apr 06, 2012
• Inside Keppel: finding freedom in a children's prison http://t.co/04os9V2L Apr 06, 2012
• LAW GAZETTE: Civil partners get the same divorce treatment as married couples, appeal judges rule http://t.co/4zfTM5R8 Apr 06, 2012
• US: Turn-of-century bakery invoked in health care law debate http://t.co/AO0e8OhS Apr 06, 2012
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/VTrW0Mek ▸  Apr 06, 2012
• CHINA: Chinese government tells military to ignore internet in wake of coup talk http://t.co/tVkqOutD Apr 06, 2012
• Millions paid out to teachers for classroom assaults and accidents http://t.co/TWThKZU8 Apr 06, 2012
• Virgin employee quits after claims she sent celebrity flight details to paparazzi http://t.co/C2LhRuzG Apr 06, 2012
• Metropolitan police face fresh questions in race row http://t.co/K5FcY5rv Apr 06, 2012
• Tobacco display ban 'to curb young smokers' http://t.co/Axn7yjWY Apr 06, 2012
• Student killed by unmarked police car responding to stolen vehicle report - http://t.co/hjTMyInt Apr 06, 2012
• Terror suspect Babar Ahmad admits fighting in Bosnia in BBC interview http://t.co/0TW9WWTS Apr 06, 2012
• School discipline: Sparing the rod has spoilt the children http://t.co/I4S0WiJx Apr 06, 2012
• Crime bosses hiding billions in Europe due to confused laws, says EU chief http://t.co/WwqFX7d8 Apr 06, 2012
• US: President signs small business act into law – with Republican support http://t.co/dMtxEKR4 Apr 06, 2012
• Enforce the law before ticking those boxes - abortion clinics http://t.co/NKZoIE1C Apr 06, 2012
• US: Coca-Cola and PepsiCo sever ties with group behind stand-your-ground laws http://t.co/L4ZBKmHV Apr 06, 2012
• UK: Coke withdraws from group that backs Stand Your Ground law http://t.co/pUnk9N1o Apr 06, 2012
• Khmer Rouge Tribunal at Risk Without Cambodian Support http://t.co/qKQJGLXn Apr 06, 2012
• IRELAND: Lowry defends access to ministers http://t.co/burZXD9i Apr 06, 2012
• NHS risk register: public interest in publishing 'very high or exceptional' http://t.co/BhnPAyWx Apr 06, 2012
• CAMEROON: LGBT Rights Workshop Shut Down http://t.co/8oUUlD2d Apr 06, 2012
• Fathers' rights campaigner sent dead hedgehog to former lover http://t.co/K63697A0 Apr 06, 2012
• PM urges support of Christianity, but his own Minister tells Europe Britons do not have right to wear cross at work http://t.co/ixhxZrLp Apr 06, 2012
• The achingly right-on Equalities Minister Ms Featherstone is so lightweight - Daily-Mail http://t.co/3Pgb3sHn Apr 06, 2012
• LAW GAZETTE: New magistrates' courts open http://t.co/ksR0EGGy Apr 06, 2012
• CANADA: Quebec court delays deletion of gun registry in last-minute ruling: http://t.co/4mW9CQAQ Apr 06, 2012
• US: Obama Concedes That Courts Can Review Acts of Congress: http://t.co/PNhEkeAK Apr 06, 2012
• LIBYA: Kadhafi son 'attacked' in Libya detention: ICC lawyer http://t.co/IJbH2ypv Apr 06, 2012
• US: George Zimmerman lawyer: "Fairly simple but tragic case of self-defense" http://t.co/dXmVtv4u Apr 06, 2012
• FRANCE: Terrorism Trial for Physicist Ends http://t.co/PyctrbYZ Apr 06, 2012
• UK: Death penalty trial of five 9/11 suspects to resume at Guantanamo http://t.co/qOZ7hLdF Apr 06, 2012
• Rochdale child-sex trial: Accused man denies being a pimp http://t.co/Sl9mvR6k Apr 06, 2012
• Detective texted tycoon's daughter during her trial - http://t.co/YQOyCw5r Apr 06, 2012
• TURKEY: Turkish press sees trial of coup generals as landmark http://t.co/qJh7oeAn Apr 06, 2012
• Babar Ahmad appeals for trial to be held in UK http://t.co/r6Fzm7u0 Apr 06, 2012
• Should It Be Illegal to Swear at a Police Officer? | Open Society Foundations http://t.co/z5vfUvRw Apr 06, 2012
• INDIA: Illegal mining in Arunachal: Assam govt, Coal India http://t.co/kJAi22Xw Apr 06, 2012
• SUDAN: South Sudan says Sudan tried to build "illegal" oil pipeline http://t.co/Acx65gn5 Apr 06, 2012
• US: Immigration and Abortion Combine to Split Nebraska Republicans | http://t.co/UMgb9HMY Apr 06, 2012
• US: Connecticut Senate Votes to Abolish Death Penalty: http://t.co/knE774Hs Apr 06, 2012
• Aberdeen bypass challenge set for UK Supreme Court http://t.co/2HDb1OBz Apr 06, 2012
• Stephen McClaggan ran as killers targeted Kevin 'Gerbil' Carroll http://t.co/VfscR9R0 Apr 06, 2012
• Cpl Anne-Marie Ellement 'hanged herself after bullying campaign' http://t.co/380xSzDC Apr 06, 2012
• Half a million Apple Mac computers 'infected with malware' http://t.co/xTnPaNsJ Apr 06, 2012
• Student struck by police car in Birmingham dies http://t.co/9WH1vUya Apr 06, 2012
• US: Merchant of Death' Viktor Bout sentenced to 25 years http://t.co/sYHDgSBW Apr 06, 2012
• Twenty Met Officers referred to police watchdog over racism claims - http://t.co/9TIaFIfa Apr 06, 2012
• LAW GAZETTE: How to judge restorative justice http://t.co/XwnjoOvU Apr 06, 2012
• Legal Futures - News round-up: would-be ABS expands, HSBC publishes panel criteria, and much more http://t.co/lXOwziPY Apr 06, 2012