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- Scottish justice system - defiant Salmond rejects calls for Scottish inquiry into phone hacking: http://t.co/jkzfn4FH May 02, 2012
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- CHINA: Chen Guangcheng left US embassy 'after family threats' http://t.co/NLsQhcH5 May 02, 2012
- LAW GAZETTE: Appeal court backs law firm in ‘you’re fired’ retainer row http://t.co/cIkPA6lf May 02, 2012
- IRELAND: Meath woman awarded €38k after holiday sun lounger collapse | http://t.co/cKpkMiub May 02, 2012
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- Solicitors Journal - Master of the Rolls, will unveil a new definition of ‘proportionate’ costs later this month http://t.co/9dIbQeBn May 02, 2012
- Bills delayed 'to make room for Lords reform' http://t.co/AXXIb4sT May 02, 2012
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- The Legal Profession Cannot Shrink Itself Fast Enough - http://t.co/IziyAbZT May 02, 2012
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- Court bans Microsoft products from German market http://t.co/0x7MjOmA May 02, 2012
- Solicitors Journal - LASPO bill is now an Act http://t.co/3Y3O3Tsv May 02, 2012
- Solicitors Journal - Ministers plan to raise limit for personal injury small claims to £5,000 http://t.co/l3jpLTUv May 02, 2012
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- AUS: Another $26m for legal aid not enough: lawyers | The New Lawyer http://t.co/q6snfoc6 May 02, 2012
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- INDIA: Barefoot lawyers bring food security to India's tribes http://t.co/SHTRnZ3E May 02, 2012
- CHINA: Blind Chinese lawyer Chen Guangcheng leaves US embassy http://t.co/Q2PMNIIJ May 02, 2012
- Rupert Murdoch hits back at 'unjustified and highly partisan' select committee report http://t.co/QlTFxr8n May 02, 2012
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- Inquest verdict due in MI6 spy Gareth Williams death riddle http://t.co/7xT22pem May 02, 2012
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- BOA accused of "wasting a lot of time and money" by the World Anti-Doping Agency after their failed court case http://t.co/eEABQ0t9 May 02, 2012
- INDIA: Supreme Court to decide fate of Rajiv killers http://t.co/wcjTSUbV May 02, 2012
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- AUS: Aboriginal leaders have threatened a revolt against the federal government's Stronger Futures laws http://t.co/bRozk1TG May 02, 2012
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- Underage drinking: Penalty points for NI pubs and clubs http://t.co/BgkjFGfl May 02, 2012
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- Smithwick Tribunal told IRA 'believes evidence deliberately false' http://t.co/sxZgf0jf May 02, 2012
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- Trial of scanners to replace full-body searches in Northern Ireland prisons http://t.co/uAm42jbT May 02, 2012
- Doctor offers baby case apology at Birmingham inquest http://t.co/0XfIrmqM May 02, 2012
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- Sir Walter Scott's treasures go on tour http://t.co/2gPDKjI1 May 02, 2012
- Ross Monaghan cleared of gun charges at Kevin Carroll murder trial http://t.co/oK8LIksc May 02, 2012
- John Kennedy murder: Police in Dundee appeal for help http://t.co/pdFMwuAm May 02, 2012
- MSPs approve drink pricing sunset clause http://t.co/gkFoEIWx May 02, 2012
- Israel flag racism student Paul Donnachie loses appeal http://t.co/kpt1YDWd May 02, 2012
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- Schoolboy trial over murder of Dawn McKenzie adjourned http://t.co/9rL7MY8D May 02, 2012
- New claims over Cardinal Brady's role in sex abuse inquiry http://t.co/w1tEpUrp May 02, 2012
- Nat Fraser trial: Court told of Hector Dick farm search claim http://t.co/mCYLVMil May 02, 2012
- Seven arrested over terror funding - men were from Croydon, Cardiff, Coventry & London http://t.co/XAJrmSzF May 02, 2012
- David Cook guilty of murdering neighbour Leonard Hill, 24 years after killing woman http://t.co/FrYQm0pt May 02, 2012
- Arriva petitioned after cutting bus service in Pencarreg, Carmarthenshire http://t.co/KgYfKrQY May 02, 2012
- Homeless suffer lack of respect, says Shelter Cymru and Cymorth Cymru report http://t.co/OIUcMctO May 02, 2012
- Badger cull: Carwyn Jones says plan dropped 'because of law and science' http://t.co/2h4oWnG6 May 02, 2012
- Yaseen Ali Ege murder trial: Cardiff mother Sara Ege 'beat son to death' http://t.co/IUmaUmSl May 02, 2012
- BAHRAIN: should free uprising leaders: rights group http://t.co/DPUn1Duo May 02, 2012
- Human rights showdown awaits Clinton in Beijing, where blind lawyer's fate is being discussed http://t.co/WfQPoUe5 May 02, 2012
- Dowler police under fire for keeping hacking secret - http://t.co/16LEARYA May 02, 2012
- MI6 accused of withholding clues in 'spy in a bag' case - http://t.co/s0fl7XDL May 02, 2012
- Legal Futures: SRA hanging in-house lawyers out to dry with unclear ABS rule, Law Society claims http://t.co/UnhB2V1L May 02, 2012
- Legal Futures: SRA lays bare litany of complaints over mySRA http://t.co/8Pr6rsdF May 02, 2012
- AFGHANISTAN: Taliban enforcer squads accused of ruthless control in Nuristan http://t.co/AhP6qh21 May 02, 2012
- Occupy movement takes over parts of London Stock Exchange http://t.co/Q83ZIN02 May 02, 2012
- Rupert Murdoch deemed 'not a fit person' to run international company http://t.co/DkzgWrdo May 02, 2012
- PPI compensation fees could hit £2bn http://t.co/HF4iQFO4 May 02, 2012
- David Green new SFO director plans to focus on key cases in strategy switch http://t.co/hWcKvgI2 May 02, 2012
- Legal Futures: Court of Appeal ruling highlights need for retainers to deal with clients who won't pay bills http://t.co/3DJz4kmM May 02, 2012
