26th May - LAW NEWS Headlines

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• Baroness Warsi fails to fully declare rental income from London flat http://t.co/sIDVepf6 May 26, 2012
• Dutch-born Nazi war criminal Klaas Carel Faber dies in Germany http://t.co/JqWsS0hz May 26, 2012
• NIGERIA: Sacking of Doctors is Violation of Human Rights http://t.co/FtqLOxJw May 26, 2012
• AFGHANISTAN: Human rights concerns grow for women and girls advocates http://t.co/c8fsYfJ7 May 26, 2012
• China and the US Grapple Over Human Rights http://t.co/BZcoZHfC May 26, 2012
• The Role of Tax Havens in Illegal Logging http://t.co/V4DBTyg3 May 26, 2012
• Residents living near illegal gypsy camp refuse to pay council tax http://t.co/LmmNoJSy May 26, 2012
• CHINA targets illegal immigration at North Korea border http://t.co/3kPJNZff May 26, 2012
• Lit cigarette probably caused illegal vodka factory explosion that killed five http://t.co/zgOcKu8N May 26, 2012
• BRAZIL: President vetoes part of law that would open Amazon to deforestation http://t.co/2PAYrUxz May 26, 2012
• Who's an American Indian? Harvard Law Professor Elizabeth Warren case stirs query http://t.co/ud76Qpnm May 26, 2012
• Police called to reports of bloodied man find crew shooting zombie film http://t.co/ZrIslkwr May 26, 2012
• The law should be helping a child to have two parents http://t.co/rk0tb1jw May 26, 2012
• BBC Radio 3's Petroc Trelawny arrested in Zimbabwe for not having a work permit http://t.co/wgjKsAPk May 26, 2012
• SYRIA: Houla child massacre confirmed by UN http://t.co/dzZJiJp1 May 26, 2012
• AUS: Lawyer can't recall stealing artworks http://t.co/aTvVesH7 May 26, 2012
• US: DOJ has sought to bar former Acting Solicitor General Neal Katyal from a case http://t.co/pHFsCTQG May 26, 2012
• Four deny part in sham marriages - Lancashire http://t.co/TFmaUnUx May 26, 2012
• IRELAND: Solicitor sentenced over stamp duty fraud http://t.co/VZpOtz1Z May 26, 2012
• Apple says Department of Justice "sides with monopoly" http://t.co/HadkYtO5 May 26, 2012
• Scottish Justice secretary urged to stop release of ex-police officer who tried to hack off wife's head http://t.co/pmyIZ4QG May 26, 2012
• Lord Chief Justice to rule if the life of Lennox the dog will be spared - Northern Ireland http://t.co/RX4xEPJJ May 26, 2012
• Sun libel victor faces £300,000 legal bill http://t.co/hZsKfo0h May 26, 2012
• The Legal Battle Begins Over Dish's Ad-Skipping DVR http://t.co/TBFCY2MJ May 26, 2012
• Apple's legal response to DOJ in eBook price-fixing case http://t.co/B8mAxsRR May 26, 2012
• US: Legal team that defended Ted Stevens calls discipline of 2 federal prosecutors 'laughable' http://t.co/RlgyPklF May 26, 2012
• Man convicted for having 'legal high' - Wiltshire http://t.co/FIlw72PK May 26, 2012
• Think your money is legal tender? Don't bank on it http://t.co/c4m4CBRz May 26, 2012
• Taxpayers financing legal costs of police top brass - http://t.co/PwRoBZFX May 26, 2012
• Concorde pilot landed with £50,000 legal bill after failing to silence local children http://t.co/5rW6NL3E May 26, 2012
• US: Kansas Law Bans the Use of Foreign Legal Codes http://t.co/HZlZqrL0 May 26, 2012
• Legal secretary attacked by girls who 'rained fists' slams court for letting thugs go free http://t.co/QFIUiNod May 26, 2012
• PHILIPPINES: 2 legal experts predict CJ conviction http://t.co/0Zvex88e May 26, 2012
• IRAN: Judiciary should immediately provide medical care for political prisoner http://t.co/4IWcEteO May 26, 2012
• US Applies 'Double Standard' on Human Rights http://t.co/mQ30mVSR May 26, 2012
• Court: Man jailed for barrister fraud - Peterborough http://t.co/ZET5TIG1 May 26, 2012
• AUS: Sydney barrister Stuart Donaldson stumped by Leichhardt council's demands http://t.co/hMksbmOd May 26, 2012
• THE FIRM: Alan Miller of the SHRC on the prisoner voting case http://t.co/4JbLGge1 May 26, 2012
• THE FIRM: A Supreme Court decision yesterday looks set to overturn current pleading practice in the Sheriff Court http://t.co/B5SU3OVe May 26, 2012
• THE FIRM: Football bigotry legislation “irrelevant” as anti-English “exemption” revealed http://t.co/sABFxMqJ May 26, 2012
• THE FIRM: Former BBC solicitor: “Political” Crown Office has been subsumed into Executive http://t.co/3VnJ2IzE May 26, 2012
• THE FIRM: SLAS challenge Clydesdale Bank compliance request for solicitors' confidential data http://t.co/0s804aYR May 26, 2012
• THE FIRM: Edinburgh "waives" £258,060 in bus lane camera revenue http://t.co/Owl7GXeQ May 26, 2012
• THE FIRM: Society sidesteps guidance to members over Clydesdale Bank demands http://t.co/9DZWvKD5 May 26, 2012
• US: John Edwards Trial Juror Flirting With Ex-Senator http://t.co/q9iwiYE0 May 26, 2012
• Bradley Manning backers oppose ‘outrageous secrecy’ of trial http://t.co/ND19IgmU May 26, 2012
• INDIA: Trial against Talwars to begin on June 4 http://t.co/Dlv4SfT2 May 26, 2012
• Judge who ordered new trial over $1M Ark. lottery ticket taken from trash steps down from case http://t.co/WnkyHiPl May 26, 2012
• NORWAY: Breivik trial: Police describe Utoeya arrest drama http://t.co/JFij6GWX May 26, 2012
• US: John Edwards trial: Jury dismissed for the weekend with no verdict http://t.co/na0cx5vW May 26, 2012
• Despite its popularity, the death penalty would allow the state to kill innocent people http://t.co/6bFHeKod May 26, 2012
• The Debate: Should brothels be legalised? | Independent Editor's choice Blogs http://t.co/sDlE0pJ9 May 26, 2012
• Gender Inequality: Why do some men consider the street as a female meat market? http://t.co/q5EMKAge May 26, 2012
• It's not good enough just to want to be in power - wait long enough, fairness and equality will eventually come about http://t.co/ecOls0xL May 26, 2012
• Scottish voters must hear the best case for both sides - http://t.co/L1M6NdPb May 26, 2012
• Look behind Azerbaijan's glitzy façade t http://t.co/QIMMMXdD May 26, 2012
• UK plans for euro-immigrants surge - http://t.co/V1327NGe May 26, 2012
• PC who stole £4,000 recovered raid cash jailed - http://t.co/DOA9dQjX May 26, 2012
• Teen makes a hash of home economics - Cannabis brownies in school http://t.co/2w8E4Xap May 26, 2012
• Consultant's negligence led to death of a mother of 2, consultant jailed for 2 years http://t.co/hslVc69o May 26, 2012
• Cameron aide’s cosy chats with News Corp http://t.co/qnw5JMcB May 26, 2012
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/VTrRtc5a ▸ Top stories today via @MikePannett May 26, 2012
• Housing benefit system discriminated against disabled people, rules Court of Appeal: UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/sNVnDqY3 May 26, 2012
• Comment: How will the Defamation Bill protect free speech?: UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/e5TyPxBa May 26, 2012
• Supreme Court judge on war, intelligence and the retreat of judicial deference: UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/iuGevoNV May 26, 2012
• Sumption's Speech, Settling and Secret Justice - The Human Rights Roundup: http://t.co/bkbbRQ4R May 26, 2012
• A secret justice climb down? Perhaps not: UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/QNaxdpNX May 26, 2012
• Convention should not be a basis for demanding unnecessary public inquiries - Court of Appeal: UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/adYFIbjZ May 26, 2012
• Anemometers and wind farms once more: PINS now win the day: UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/jKFppP9b May 26, 2012
• Pssst... no secret hearings in naturalisation cases: UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/rslvei1R May 26, 2012
• European Court of Human Rights retreats but doesn't surrender on prisoner votes: UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/RerLA88o May 26, 2012
• Don't rely on human rights in a dismissal claim : UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/uyKvouFr May 26, 2012
• Why no public appointment hearings for UK's new European Court of Human Rights judge?: UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/jZih3rOv May 26, 2012
• Time extended for appeals under Extradition Act: UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/NA0N4vax May 26, 2012
• Police denied TV footage of Dale Farm evictions: UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/sVZoUjlV May 26, 2012
• The case for letting prisoners vote - UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/emFJfXxh May 26, 2012
• US: SEC Bars Andrews Kurth Lawyer From Appearing Before Agency for a Year http://t.co/a0WFE5SZ May 26, 2012
• Hunt's News Corp. Role Under Fire - Wall Street Journal http://t.co/JSxhFqsE May 26, 2012
• Feeding frenzy for lawyers in botched Facebook IPO http://t.co/UbdWMRqD May 26, 2012
• US: NJ man charged with murdering NY boy Patz in 1979 http://t.co/FmJRVdHC May 26, 2012
• AUS: Patz suspect’s lawyer well versed in psychiatric defense http://t.co/0UfAddvQ May 26, 2012
• S. AFRICA: Lawyer breaks down in court over Jacob Zuma 'Spear' painting http://t.co/3SQexFPe May 26, 2012
• PM ignored warning over Hunt: Lawyer told No 10 minister may be biased on day he was appointed http://t.co/ug08abFj May 26, 2012
• Attempts to explore sex life of murdered honeymooner Michaela McAreavey & husband provoked fierce clashes at the trial http://t.co/V0kPxohR May 26, 2012
• Lawyers told Hunt to stay out of Sky deal - http://t.co/bWyavAMY May 26, 2012
• Michael Gove criticises 'bizarre' Jewish exam question http://t.co/ZVZsXuEr May 26, 2012
• Why the plans to subject inquest jurors to such intrusive security vetting? | http://t.co/oSaOlZIA May 26, 2012
• The Bundle: Strasbourg rules on prisoner votes. Again http://t.co/bj8rZIx4 May 26, 2012
• Brian Witty rape victim feared he would kill her after being released http://t.co/GvK0MGMK May 26, 2012
• Former Met detective accused of falsifying records in rape cases http://t.co/oTVz3tqh May 26, 2012
• Detention centre failures contributed to death of asylum seeker, inquest finds http://t.co/HEpPt1M2 May 26, 2012
• You're fired … what happens after a sacking http://t.co/MaBL8VIK May 26, 2012
• Cookies law changed at 11th hour to introduce 'implied consent' http://t.co/zLXyeGLV May 26, 2012
• Lotus chief executive Dany Bahar suspended http://t.co/7oz1HcOo May 26, 2012
• RBS faces $100m action after trader caught lying http://t.co/NMVUOgcS May 26, 2012
• Police kept Lord Monson's son handcuffed to bed as he lay dying http://t.co/amv6okfG May 26, 2012
• Leveson Inquiry: Jeremy Hunt 'briefed David Cameron on BSkyB takeover bid in private memo’ http://t.co/UI6g2IaF May 26, 2012
• Theresa May: we'll stop Greek migrants if euro collapses http://t.co/KQe1Gau9 May 26, 2012
• Personal trainer raped, beat and robbed secretary he met on dating website http://t.co/1SWA7oEH May 26, 2012
• Former detective accused of faking records in rape cases http://t.co/JQUQEeRe May 26, 2012
• Laura Johnson jailed: how London gang culture seduced the millionaire's daughter from suburbia http://t.co/Fl7jg3Dg May 26, 2012
• Nurofen addict cost drug company £2.4m http://t.co/lBGfZw09 May 26, 2012
• Concorde pilot landed with £50,000 legal bill after failing to silence local children http://t.co/5rW6NL3E May 26, 2012
• Police called to reports of bloodied man find crew shooting zombie film http://t.co/ZrIslkwr May 26, 2012
• Culture department not bidding for rare Ulster proclamation http://t.co/zm9BWEZR  May 26, 2012
• NI tenant deposit scheme progress 'before summer' http://t.co/vgxHP2Hb  May 26, 2012
• Baby Millie accused to get bail if nuns agree to a tag http://t.co/7GEOW3oM  May 26, 2012
• Belfast rioter gets suspended jail term http://t.co/fxA7UDWN  May 26, 2012
• Ex-policeman Kyle Jones 'risked PSNI lives' in prison http://t.co/ufKKdRCd  May 26, 2012
• Sinn Fein's Martin McGuinness confirms unionist talks http://t.co/s5nMgGVW  May 26, 2012
• Christopher O'Reilly killed partner Karen Gallagher over baby row http://t.co/M5eBzekr  May 26, 2012
• Nat Fraser trial: 'Only one person had motive to murder Arlene' http://t.co/UUfR7iru  May 26, 2012
• Rangers launch legal action against SFA over transfer ban http://t.co/fRB3b8SK  May 26, 2012
• People confused by Single Transferable Vote, Highland Independents say http://t.co/Z6WyXBJe  May 26, 2012
• Coach driver to face M5 dangerous driving death crash trial http://t.co/9LOsFAOR  May 26, 2012
• IPCC receives 631 corruption allegation complaints about Welsh police forces http://t.co/v1vMda1t  May 26, 2012
• Newport family wins multi-million pound birth error compensation http://t.co/z8vYvaww  May 26, 2012
• More evidence of Duff and Phelps suspected conflict of interest http://t.co/axnseGIP May 26, 2012
• Euro crisis: UK plans for rise in immigrants http://t.co/8YZmC5PU May 26, 2012
• FINLAND: Hyvinkaa shooting: Finnish police chase killer gunman http://t.co/fqZY0Kyz May 26, 2012
• AUS: Risks in court of common opinion - children in court http://t.co/FR66AmGN May 26, 2012
• US: Does the Supreme Court Believe in Double Jeopardy Protections? - The Atlantic http://t.co/R0kRQK5p May 26, 2012
• INDIA: IPL molestation: Court quashes FIR for a ‘happy ending’ - cricketer Luke Pomersbach cleared of assault http://t.co/B8rIeh3t May 26, 2012
• Ally McCoist: Rangers manager spells out need to win in court against transfer ban http://t.co/9FuHU56C May 26, 2012
• S. Africa: Confusion as Zuma artwork case is halted http://t.co/1OBzteIm May 26, 2012
• Rangers take Scottish FA to court in attempt to quash player signing ban http://t.co/JpUqogoQ May 26, 2012
• Unalienable rights - screenwriters rights http://t.co/tUPzE5TC May 26, 2012
• UN rights chief calls on Zimbabwe sanctions to be suspended http://t.co/80xMEVxv May 26, 2012
• ISRAEL denies African migrants' rights, says US http://t.co/BjSt7DPP May 26, 2012
• Swedish Eurovision star strays into Azeri rights row http://t.co/9Z3i2wOm May 26, 2012
• INDIA: Green Tribunal rejects plea against Jaitapur Nuclear project http://t.co/4p8M7Bza May 26, 2012
• ZAMBIA: Tribunal Sitting Blocked http://t.co/O2fSBWR8 May 26, 2012
• INDIA: Green Tribunal agrees to hear plea against Lavasa’s hill city http://t.co/fABppq4J May 26, 2012
• Baby P social workers lose tribunal appeal - http://t.co/a6ewi3fB May 26, 2012
• US: Victoria Kennedy tells BC law grads to unite others; steers clear of Anna Maria controversy http://t.co/KayH01WU May 26, 2012
• US: Judge: Anti-gay marriage law is unconstitutional http://t.co/sBWTnTX2 May 26, 2012
• US: Kansas governor. signs measure blocking Islamic & foreign laws http://t.co/Zpqu5owt May 26, 2012
• BRAZIL: President Rousseff vetoes parts of forest law http://t.co/6VDODGVr May 26, 2012
• US: Doma ruled unconstitutional for denying benefits to same-sex couples http://t.co/Tcv9xwY4 May 26, 2012
• CANADA: Student groups challenge Quebec protest law http://t.co/oq0VRe4S May 26, 2012
• Cookie consent laws come into force this weekend http://t.co/7pMserhz May 26, 2012