19th May - LAW NEWS Headlines

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• Seven people face terrorism charges in Northern Ireland http://t.co/2W7vuaIF May 19, 2012
• Rochdale grooming investigation: two more men arrested http://t.co/UFac8gP8 May 19, 2012
• Richard Dawkins the arch-atheist backs Michael Gove's free Bible plan http://t.co/UvmkD2qz May 19, 2012
• Germany isolated over euro crisis plan at G8 meeting in Camp David http://t.co/RkpssYsZ May 19, 2012
• COLUMBIA: Human rights situation 'grim' in 2012: NGO: http://t.co/9JQBGhoJ May 19, 2012
• 106 carers in a year took away dementia patient’s right to dignity, says wife http://t.co/RdMWI5JE May 19, 2012
• Teesside mother-of-three ran £1m drugs gang with former lovers http://t.co/YsOfIuG2 May 19, 2012
• IRELAND: 'I'd rather be shot than face court,' priest told his lawyer http://t.co/eGMHsZMx May 19, 2012
• Girl accusing Poole Pirate Darcy Ward of sex assault could have stopped encounter, says barrister - Bournemouth http://t.co/glXgDZ2l May 19, 2012
• Call for Papers: Re-Conceptualizing International Economic Law: Bridging the Public/Private Divide http://t.co/H1pXR5O3 May 19, 2012
• International Law, Counter-Terrorism, and the Concept of "Prevention" - ASIL CLE INSTITUTE http://t.co/n42uUqpv May 19, 2012
• Attending to the language of justice : IntLawGrrls http://t.co/12eHxGIY May 19, 2012
• Hallam case 'gives insight into malpractice in criminal justice system' http://t.co/opPA2KkX May 19, 2012
• Another victim of asbestos timebomb - York http://t.co/SHAql40o May 19, 2012
• Law firm Bridge McFarland has won title of best mediumsized employer at the Lincolnshire and Rutland Skills Awards 2012 http://t.co/UkLpvvfZ May 19, 2012
• IRELAND: Compensation costs in Carmody case disputed http://t.co/AhfbiYWq May 19, 2012
• Funding cuts support for families in crisis - King’s Lynn: http://t.co/Dgwn9sEZ May 19, 2012
• Newcastle solicitor lived high life after £1m fraud http://t.co/1KEIyWIF May 19, 2012
• Queen's Speech, Abu Qatada and the NHS risk register - The Human Rights Roundup: UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/pzrRjP8M May 19, 2012
• South Africa shrinks from investigating Zimbabwe torture allegations: UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/iXvBM8Bb May 19, 2012
• European Court Grand Chamber to rule on prisoner votes: UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/Ng2TYV7B May 19, 2012
• Unlawful to refuse support for Portuguese with AIDS - Nearly Legal: UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/mFjWflQH May 19, 2012
• Libel on the internet: Christian author takes on Dawkins and Amazon: UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/unSVhniY May 19, 2012
• Peace campaigner evicted from Parliament Square using new law - Marina Wheeler: UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/3cYgGNvm May 19, 2012
• Discriminatory basis of Child Tax Credit is justified, rules Supreme Court: UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/bEoUv4ge May 19, 2012
• Human Rights Round-Up - Scottish Human Rights Law Group http://t.co/slkROAf0 May 19, 2012
• 106 carers in a year took away dementia patient’s right to dignity, says wife http://t.co/RdMWI5JE May 19, 2012
• News International newspapers could be spun off into trust http://t.co/8zGoRpww May 19, 2012
• Disaffection over indeterminate prison sentences could 'trigger repeat of Strangeways riots' http://t.co/Ro3wKdJj May 19, 2012
• Crime and punishment, Norwegian style http://t.co/JKT9OKUk May 19, 2012
• THAILAND: Metropolitan Administration seeking legal counsel after being ordered by Court to pay damages for 09 pub fire http://t.co/lwullAuS May 19, 2012
• Best Practices for Coauthoring Legal Scholarship http://t.co/ZMzpRrws May 19, 2012
• Legal row over Swansea strip club status http://t.co/ZziGVU3y  May 19, 2012
• INDIA: Legal experts were divided on the Mumbai Cricket Association's (MCA's) decision to ban Shah Rukh Khan http://t.co/64S9dASX May 19, 2012
• Sex establishments should be made legal during London Olympics, claims US pimp http://t.co/6b1upMLA May 19, 2012
• US, AUS & INDIA: American woman serves legal notice on Siddharth Mallya http://t.co/74k1rmVL May 19, 2012
• Dissident Republican Colin Duffy relatives on terror charges http://t.co/Kkw7Sa9O May 19, 2012
• NEW LAW JOURNAL: HSBC agrees to change its approach to conveyancing http://t.co/8K2P6j0q May 19, 2012
• NEW LAW JOURNAL: Pinsent Masons stakes claim to tax title http://t.co/26STBdfB May 19, 2012
• NEW LAW JOURNAL: Law commission consultation on vehicle licensing http://t.co/7rhhU7Ba May 19, 2012
• NEW LAW JOURNAL: Master of the Rolls predicts demise of hourly billing http://t.co/keGePXnn May 19, 2012
• NEW LAW JOURNAL: Under-performing employees are greatest worry http://t.co/Cop5RfYW May 19, 2012
• NEW LAW JOURNAL: Removal of legal aid "wicked" http://t.co/VqWZqD3a May 19, 2012
• NEW LAW JOURNAL: Reform proposals include plan to overturn filming ban http://t.co/AeCT70pE May 19, 2012
• NEW LAW JOURNAL: Lawyers slam proposals for removal of jury in defamation trials http://t.co/GvFOOsW1 May 19, 2012
• THE FIRM: The Firm meets Miss Scotland LLb http://t.co/0Zq4uXMz May 19, 2012
• THE FIRM: Dear Kenny, about these law reforms... http://t.co/LKD9MTNB May 19, 2012
• THE FIRM: Brooks charged by CPS: Sources claim Coulson to be charged under Rubicon http://t.co/vYk8UP8E May 19, 2012
• THE FIRM: Raids at 7 addresses in the west of Scotland and made six arrests after "hate crime" offences were reported http://t.co/Phz2aQ41 May 19, 2012
• THE FIRM: Eddie Stobart QC... http://t.co/JJ9Mtbut May 19, 2012
• THE FIRM: 4593 bus lane penalties issued in Edinburgh in six days http://t.co/080c4pPK May 19, 2012
• THE FIRM: MacAskill rapped over unimplemented law reforms http://t.co/u6X7eWWK May 19, 2012
• Disabled people’s human rights must be factored into housing benefit - Equality & Human Rights Commission http://t.co/kGKD7SMn May 19, 2012
• MEXICO: Law for the protection of human rights defenders and journalists passed http://t.co/qEWM3M42 May 19, 2012
• US: Appeals court affirms minority voting rights law http://t.co/uwwIvZBx May 19, 2012
• Providing the right support for young asylum seekers http://t.co/kpmsYag9 May 19, 2012
• FRANCE: French women's minister pitched into fierce equal rights battle http://t.co/NKl81zM2  May 19, 2012
• US: Trayvon Martin's mom disturbed by 7-Eleven video moments before death http://t.co/f5h6nWTv May 19, 2012
• US Lawyer arrested in Dublin cyclist's hit-run death http://t.co/7zXoFJ2n May 19, 2012
• John Travolta's Lawyer Fires Back At Conaway's Ex Over Groping Accusation http://t.co/9AnJIdHw May 19, 2012
• US: Clemens’s Lawyer Takes Aim at McNamee’s Credibility http://t.co/YNnFYNvq May 19, 2012
• Revenues grow at Norton Rose as global acquisitions add up | City A.M. http://t.co/CtmLpGz2 May 19, 2012
• High-flyers turn hunger strikers after Dubai desert dream ends in jail - http://t.co/uPSTkwKP May 19, 2012
• Capitalism at a crossroads as world leaders meet http://t.co/fvegWVUP May 19, 2012
• Graham Mitchell tells of Portugal extradition relief http://t.co/dlHiqGDu May 19, 2012
• Drug dealer who shot addict jailed for life http://t.co/9aNQhrNt May 19, 2012
• Barry George, wrong convicted of Jill Dando murder to sue for compensation http://t.co/5GyLZKTf May 19, 2012
• Aishwarya Rai's post-baby body forces INDIA to confront its attitude to women http://t.co/gc74as4Q May 19, 2012
• British citizen arrested in Thailand on suspicion of smuggling babies' corpses http://t.co/87TF4W9K May 19, 2012
• CHINA: Chen Guancheng at Beijing airport waiting to leave for US http://t.co/wAcwpFMo May 19, 2012
• G8 summit: French €57bn financial tax plan rejected by UK http://t.co/UrW3pLrL May 19, 2012
• Transexual who beat hundreds of women to final of modelling competition revealed to be a man http://t.co/sqhwdBP1 May 19, 2012
• NORTH KOREA: Execution of three people found guilty of cannibalism' http://t.co/NHbnXDrv May 19, 2012
• Withdrawals at Santander UK amid Spain fears http://t.co/xjaF2DBU May 19, 2012
• Tory ministers met Google chiefs 23 times http://t.co/B03H9dGS May 19, 2012
• Facebook IPO fight-back begins: shares priced for 'perfection', says analyst http://t.co/bynKgvpu May 19, 2012
• Director who won compensation after wife died in paramedic blunder sees payout slashed over affair http://t.co/Sy60cOmI May 19, 2012
• Widower pays price for infidelity as judge rules he is not entitled to full compensation http://t.co/awgMYJ2i May 19, 2012
• Wife exposed ex-Tory leader as a bigamist http://t.co/vyRRRSd4 May 19, 2012
• NIGERIA: Tribunal Dismisses Abubakar Audu's Petition, Okays Wada's Election http://t.co/ln5WtdiI May 19, 2012
• Tribunal teacher Hall hits back at critics: Powys http://t.co/VqmOqcg6 May 19, 2012
• CANADA: Toronto police chief excuses himself from G20 tribunals http://t.co/3YlOAgwh May 19, 2012
• Courts may not stop short-term peace campers in Parliament Square - Boris Johnson's wife: http://t.co/dvuzbogT May 19, 2012
• Dewey to consider bankruptcy filing: source http://t.co/UKYjCYTm May 19, 2012
• US: Court upholds key tool of Voting Rights Act http://t.co/fpo0SgxI May 19, 2012
• US: Maryland's top court recognises same-sex divorce http://t.co/KrcBGGpC May 19, 2012
• Seven face court on terror charges - Northern Ireland http://t.co/SK3mzHFa May 19, 2012
• US: SCOTUS for law students: A campaign finance face-off (sponsored by Bloomberg Law) : http://t.co/6JyVaNri May 19, 2012
• US: Undocumented Law Students Pass State Bar Exams, But May Not Be Able To Practice http://t.co/69PvvoMh May 19, 2012
• Family justice system to give non-resident parent the right to be in regular contact with children - A father's own perspective http://t.co/P7FISRI2 May 19, 2012
• The EU Cookie Law – what to do now http://t.co/mQ59KDC0 May 19, 2012
• CANADA: Quebec’s emergency law blasted by critics http://t.co/gcmh85m1 May 19, 2012
• MONGOLIA: New investment law: deterrent or clarification? - http://t.co/auvFOcCF http://t.co/ryqo1syV May 19, 2012
• Law firms Lawrence Graham, Field Fisher Waterhouse Assess Merger http://t.co/iahvjug8 May 19, 2012
• US: FBI 'looking at' law making Web sites wiretap-ready, director says http://t.co/5nCFKJhv May 19, 2012
• Arlene Fraser murder trial: Idea of another man seeing wife 'festered' in husband Nat's mind, court hears http://t.co/6vbimLR3 May 19, 2012
• US: McNamee bombshell does nothing to speed Roger Clemens trial http://t.co/wQid3lcR May 19, 2012
• US: Gupta's Disarming Lawyer Seeks Victory Where Rajaratnam's Failed http://t.co/aNCSsJ57 May 19, 2012
• US: John Edwards trial: jury requests evidence in campaign finance case http://t.co/b2VVl4jw May 19, 2012
• SOUTH KOREA: Fishing in Illegal Waters http://t.co/SU8xJM6g May 19, 2012
• Facebook Suit Over Subscriber Tracking Seeks $15 Billion http://t.co/XezKr1UU May 19, 2012
• JAPAN: Officially declaration of lucractive kompu gacha practice illegal in social games http://t.co/0SPB2r8b May 19, 2012
• Sales of illegal software last year hit US $63.4billion http://t.co/z5gUcYDd May 19, 2012
• CHINA: Beijing Clampdown on Illegal Foreigners http://t.co/aZyRXRcO May 19, 2012
• Driving without a licence killed father-of-four in motorway crash after falling asleep http://t.co/he4bOQAY May 19, 2012
• CANADA: Montreal protest declared illegal after Molotov cocktail http://t.co/0HvZ8rSE May 19, 2012
• US: 'Black Madam' to stand trial for illegal butt injections http://t.co/3RmLbXj3 May 19, 2012
• CANADA: Illegal loggers cut down historic 800-year-old cedar tree at Canadian park http://t.co/HkEz1mho May 19, 2012
• Strauss-Kahn countersuit: Opening the door to his sexual past? http://t.co/pp3MkarG May 19, 2012
• S. AFRICA: Presidential appendage portrait riles African National Congress http://t.co/N28Sn3sT May 19, 2012 Solow lawsuit over Citigroup disclosures dismissed http://t.co/73CMbpWl May 19, 2012
• Northern Ireland Events Company investigation to cost £1m http://t.co/HauS7d28 May 19, 2012
• Murder victim's family sues PSNI over body part retention http://t.co/NtxCEiJt May 19, 2012
• Doctor denies causing Rebecca McKeown's injuries http://t.co/tPxdQR1h May 19, 2012
• DPP Barra McGrory challenges 'lenient' underage sex sentence http://t.co/Mn7vbwoC May 19, 2012
• Sean French admits attempting to murder love rival Kieran Goodbrand http://t.co/mzYXsgZZ May 19, 2012
• Eliska Novotna murder trial told she slept with knife under her pillow http://t.co/vCXa5uzc May 19, 2012
• Inverness Caley Thistle striker Gregory Tade racially abused on Twitter http://t.co/5or5924m May 19, 2012
• Nat Fraser trial: Accused suspected wife Arlene was having affair http://t.co/66NPGb6c May 19, 2012
• Anglesey councillor Barry Durkin resigns after being suspended after complaints of bullying http://t.co/9FX2vqlv May 19, 2012
• Ched Evans rape case: Police at Sky over victim naming http://t.co/yYkie6FE May 19, 2012
• Court defendant jailed for stealing own prosecution papers http://t.co/e3axaLBo May 19, 2012
• Gabor Sarkozi murder trial defendants 'were Good Samaritans' http://t.co/3v5jVfK9 May 19, 2012
• Dyfed-Powys Police plan stations shake-up http://t.co/Xge5KqRw May 19, 2012
• Ardwyn School head teacher Eirios Hall gets one year teaching ban after humiliating and manhandling children http://t.co/71CwLrc6 May 19, 2012
• Investigation into radioactive contamination concerns at RAF Kinloss http://t.co/ItRT614S May 19, 2012
• Streets in Banff evacuated as bomb squad called in http://t.co/hvz5H7nB May 19, 2012
• Five men face dissident republican charges http://t.co/LMZcgTVo May 19, 2012