23rd June - LAW NEWS Headlines

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• Argument for gay marriage would also legalise incest and polygamy, claim bishops and MPs http://t.co/tikCrXcj Jun 23, 2012
• Top Tory donor linked to Jimmy Carr tax scheme http://t.co/EyT0ue6x Jun 23, 2012
• Rowan Williams pours scorn on David Cameron's 'big society' http://t.co/EoDDjZwN Jun 23, 2012
• Gay marriage supporters welcome leading critic's change of heart http://t.co/GLgZYQ7c Jun 23, 2012
• MALI: The Faces Of Mali's Worst Human Rights Crisis In 50 Years http://t.co/bSdlLuGK Jun 23, 2012
• GERMANY concerned over human rights in BANGLADESH http://t.co/j9n8XZJB Jun 23, 2012
• MEXICO: 'Mistaken identity' over Guzman drug arrest http://t.co/hlvcIezu Jun 23, 2012
• Sir Chris Hoy defends tax arrangements http://t.co/DcFVFPkS Jun 23, 2012
• The Barrister Blog: Review of 'Law and Peace' http://t.co/ZkxYruo0 Jun 23, 2012
• The Strange Case Of The Law http://t.co/PY6PMirk Jun 23, 2012
• Shafilea Ahmed came to school 'covered with bruises from beatings by her parents', teacher claims http://t.co/oSFlaGFl Jun 23, 2012
• UK candidate for European Court of Justice Judge confirmed.: http://t.co/oQV2iz6z Jun 23, 2012
• Justice at last for family of man killed on Greek island - Sunderland http://t.co/oYx4ujlv Jun 23, 2012
• Anger over 'axed' maple tree at solicitors office - Basingstoke http://t.co/ukZAc9bh Jun 23, 2012
• Let’s deal with this “it’s legal” argument for tax avoidance http://t.co/qtnmPUmZ Jun 23, 2012
• Actress Melissa Joan Hart Settles Legal Battle With Former Manager http://t.co/NSvnh970 Jun 23, 2012
• US: Holder v. Congress: Political Firefight or Legal Contempt? | Forbes http://t.co/ELxfjCMq Jun 23, 2012
• Court rules that 32-year-old Marshall Hollins' sex with 17-year-old was legal but pictures of it not legal http://t.co/WCa49JHg Jun 23, 2012
• Simon Cowell takes legal action against One Direction US? http://t.co/HDCu2Vr2 Jun 23, 2012
• US: Legal Aid To Push For Marijuana Policy Change Through Courts http://t.co/lH8hs83S Jun 23, 2012
• Disabled taxi dispute could see legal action against Coventry City Council - http://t.co/hUbSN7lt Jun 23, 2012
• Actor John Travolta in legal trouble over alleged gay encounters http://t.co/uvkfvoYX Jun 23, 2012
• Doncaster mayor facing legal action after he overruled councillors to save the town's libraries http://t.co/6xIsws3h Jun 23, 2012
• John Travolta Facing Legal Action In Spa Saga http://t.co/rbwdYDt1 Jun 23, 2012
• IRAQI KURDISTAN: ‘Insulting’ Religion Bill Threatens Free Speech http://t.co/trkVkB22 Jun 23, 2012
• Foreign Office Minister expresses deep concern at sentencing of Iranian human rights lawyer http://t.co/sxCke7ck Jun 23, 2012
• EU condemns IRAN for discriminatory human rights practices http://t.co/o9JmxDWd Jun 23, 2012
• Is Air Conditioning a Human Right? The New York Times Debates the Question http://t.co/wVpVFBdP Jun 23, 2012
• EU urged to press GULF on human rights next week http://t.co/Ze0z1Pp2 Jun 23, 2012
• RUSSIA: Human Rights Activist Resigns From Presidential Council http://t.co/aLlUwdpj Jun 23, 2012
• UN Human Rights Chief Condemns Boko Haram Attacks in #NIGERIA http://t.co/0YpSwjpP Jun 23, 2012
• Julian Assange: Ecuador's UK ambassador set for talks in Quito http://t.co/8GwtbWCm Jun 23, 2012
• Facebook forced to allow users to opt out of adverts http://t.co/Ks50rI98 Jun 23, 2012
• Taxpayer to pick up £6m costs of vindicated Farepak directors http://t.co/gfFuzCGm Jun 23, 2012
• George Washington's copy of US Constitution sells for nearly $10m http://t.co/5YIi8MAh Jun 23, 2012
• Scots disarmed for Bannockburn parade http://t.co/O1ZTkG2n Jun 23, 2012
• Alan Duncan issues memo at DFID banning jargon words like 'going forward' http://t.co/cYRqKyN5 Jun 23, 2012
• Martin McGuinness to shake hands with the Queen next week http://t.co/7cCazgHt Jun 23, 2012
• Julian Assange: WikiLeaks founder 'could be holed up in Ecuadorian embassy for years' http://t.co/VgIviaKj Jun 23, 2012
• Seven Britons extradited for every one American, MP claims http://t.co/M1cO8Vdf Jun 23, 2012
• No referendum to be held on House of Lords reform http://t.co/boVR4cOf Jun 23, 2012
• Alan Turing: Inquest's suicide verdict 'not supportable' http://t.co/naBrhiaX Jun 23, 2012
• SCOTTISH LEGAL: Moscow court orders 3 feminist punk rockers to spend another month in jail despite no formal charges http://t.co/KQxvYJOP Jun 23, 2012
• SCOTTISH LEGAL: Scottish Government may be given power to issue its own bonds under proposals http://t.co/W8j7zBWr Jun 23, 2012
• SCOTTISH LEGAL: It remains to be seen whether White’s case against the authors and publishers of Decoded progresses http://t.co/X1j8rpD1 Jun 23, 2012
• SCOTTISH LEGAL: Book Recommendation - COMMERCIAL LITIGATION: PRE-EMPTIVE REMEDIES http://t.co/vdfzHxQt Jun 23, 2012
• SCOTTISH LEGAL: UK Government published proposals to reform rules for consulting staff about large-scale redundancies http://t.co/uJyjGsHV Jun 23, 2012
• SCOTTISH LEGAL: ECHR calls for contribution to deal with backlog http://t.co/hq5QiE2l Jun 23, 2012
• SCOTTISH LEGAL: Bank of Scotland has been accused by a High Court judge of forcing the collapse of Farepak in 2006 http://t.co/t0WsLQs1 Jun 23, 2012
• SCOTTISH LEGAL: Judge orders inquiry into "conflict of interest" allegations against Rangers administrators http://t.co/sS2ChgYf Jun 23, 2012
• SCOTTISH LEGAL: Lady Clark of Calton QC has been appointed as the new chair of the Scottish Law Commission http://t.co/rJEkOWfu Jun 23, 2012
• SCOTTISH LEGAL: Shoosmiths, English legal firm to enter the Scottish market, merger with Archibald Campbell & Harley http://t.co/OlCLHsRa Jun 23, 2012
• THE FIRM: MacAskill faces Justice Committee grilling over stalled law reforms http://t.co/36QQlRuH Jun 23, 2012
• THE FIRM: MacAskill misses deadline over unimplemented law reforms http://t.co/3MHi89P6 Jun 23, 2012
• THE FIRM: Crown PR offensive to abolish corroboration begins http://t.co/sSXBVl0Y Jun 23, 2012
• THE FIRM: Law Society of Scotland publishes guidelines on "integral" social media http://t.co/X9TRvxBd Jun 23, 2012
• THE FIRM: Strathclyde Police spin chief joins "No" campaign http://t.co/F4JmJd4y Jun 23, 2012
• THE FIRM: Removing corroboration: One step forward, two steps back http://t.co/AKA0sfkl Jun 23, 2012
• THE FIRM: Article 10, protection of sources and police pressure to reveal them http://t.co/tbsP8Cet Jun 23, 2012
• THE FIRM: Statement from Roseanna Cunningham on racist crime http://t.co/oDzpz9U8 Jun 23, 2012
• Lessons in inequality from SINGAPORE http://t.co/DJvR4VlA Jun 23, 2012
• Ed Miliband and Britain’s anti-immigrant backlash http://t.co/BUamJ9DP Jun 23, 2012
• Note to refugees from South Sudan: ISRAEL is for the white man http://t.co/uqK1jGmp Jun 23, 2012
• Bo Xilai's wife 'admits' murdering Briton to cover up theft of £3.8bn http://t.co/7sURT06t Jun 23, 2012
• NORWAY: Breivik Psychotic or not? The experts are still divided http://t.co/uaLT27kv Jun 23, 2012
• Tymoshenko's daughter urges Cameron to drop Ukraine boycott http://t.co/FL6LQulL Jun 23, 2012
• No plan for Lords reform referendum http://t.co/fkzaB794 Jun 23, 2012
• Brooks back in court over cover-up claims http://t.co/eOxcuiIc Jun 23, 2012
• Leniency for Owen Holland, the Cambridge PhD student for protesting against David Willetts, Universiy Minister speech http://t.co/UC3CkkEM Jun 23, 2012
• Mystery of vital iPhone 'lost' by News International http://t.co/Dz8sfihq Jun 23, 2012
• Sainsbury's buyer who got his hands dirty on 'hot' potatoes jailed for £1m scam - http://t.co/pbGpq5sd Jun 23, 2012
• US: The Anti-Union Roberts Court http://t.co/m1JtOldZ Jun 23, 2012
• US: Mississippi’s Only Abortion Clinic at Risk as Law Nears http://t.co/sGoDrfp2 Jun 23, 2012
• US: Sandusky Guilty of Sexual Abuse of 10 Young Boys http://t.co/TLyT32yk Jun 23, 2012
• S. AFRICA: Minister Invokes Law to Protect Waterberg Air Quality http://t.co/rZacfErX Jun 23, 2012
• US: How stocks will fare in court ruling on health law http://t.co/aV3B8oNK Jun 23, 2012
• INDIA: Law minister resigns, Chief Minister refuses to accept resignation http://t.co/spLwMtBO Jun 23, 2012
• US: Moroccan man Faces 30 Years After Admitting Capitol Bomb Plot http://t.co/zZm6vC81 Jun 23, 2012
• INDIA: Court says reclaiming Tata Nano land 'illegal' http://t.co/nbw0CiuY Jun 23, 2012
• US: Barack Obama: US Health Care Reforms Supreme Court Decision Due http://t.co/bb3AvZmm Jun 23, 2012
• Police forced to destroy all mugshots of innocents: Schoolboy's landmark legal victory http://t.co/wuaGvLqw Jun 23, 2012
• PAKISTAN: Supreme Court and politics: First days of the Raja | The Economist http://t.co/SkCjZ6Um Jun 23, 2012
• CANADA: Magnotta's lawyers set 2013 date for preliminary hearing http://t.co/g8Eej87Y Jun 23, 2012
• NORWAY: Anders Behring Breivik lawyers argue he was sane when he carried out attacks http://t.co/xQ55psPf Jun 23, 2012
• US: Jill Easter: Lawyer accused of planting drugs on rival PTA president had written a book about 'the perfect crime' http://t.co/Z2AXA3nh Jun 23, 2012
• US: Jerry Sandusky trial: Verdict has been reached in sex abuse case http://t.co/O8VsJ58f Jun 23, 2012
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/VTrRtc5a ▸  Jun 23, 2012
• CANADA: Tribunal awards Toronto man $40,000: http://t.co/J38HWnyD Jun 23, 2012
• Tribunal findings deeply unsettling http://t.co/DppS1Y87 Jun 23, 2012
• Tribunal backlog hits record as cases 'stem job creation', says Beecroft http://t.co/cB1M0Z7W Jun 23, 2012
• LIBYA: Rights group condemns killing of judge al-Jazwi http://t.co/EPzlyojh Jun 23, 2012
• Judge restricts Apple and Samsung's exhibits, argument time http://t.co/BEl4Uta2 Jun 23, 2012
• US: Judge delays ruling on union contracts at American Airlines http://t.co/VzwFMFgC Jun 23, 2012
• US: AMR Bankruptcy Judge Postpones Labor Ruling Until June 29 http://t.co/LNjEC9Xq Jun 23, 2012
• The Components of Good Data Legislation http://t.co/7Pc76kSW Jun 23, 2012
• Head of SPAIN judiciary resigns in spending scandal http://t.co/j8R4wyvF Jun 23, 2012
• Independence of judiciary in PAKISTAN has come to stay: http://t.co/2D0MkIWl Jun 23, 2012
• Ed Miliband: tighten law so British don't lose out to foreign staff http://t.co/JFZEIpQx Jun 23, 2012
• US: Arkansas Supreme Court declares execution law unconstitutional, siding with death row inmates http://t.co/CCF223GD Jun 23, 2012
• Judges for the environment: we have a crucial role to play http://t.co/aBaZRVJ3 Jun 23, 2012
• Police may have to destroy photos of innocent people after court ruling http://t.co/oD8BYQ4L Jun 23, 2012
• Google accused of withholding evidence from Texas antitrust probe http://t.co/P0GyXCrQ Jun 23, 2012
• US: Rahm Emanuel: Citizens United is one of worst supreme court decisions ever http://t.co/tgmFKmK4 Jun 22, 2012
• Yousuf Raza Gilani's sacking is bad news for PAKISTAN http://t.co/i5q40Jbu Jun 23, 2012
• French minister for women seeks abolition of prostitution in Europe http://t.co/3JMoD2v3 Jun 23, 2012
• What will Washington do about Lugo's ouster in PARAGUAY? http://t.co/vZB2Gpm7 Jun 23, 2012
• Youths cheered as couple attacked on Racecourse Road, Derry http://t.co/SzgkL9qn  Jun 23, 2012
• Taggart brothers win right to trial over £8.5m loans from Ulster Bank http://t.co/W7ifHyNd  Jun 23, 2012
• Crumlin teachers resume work-to-rule http://t.co/Hj4bhyWv  Jun 23, 2012
• Judgement reserved in Gerry McGeough legal challenge http://t.co/DPQYpmjv  Jun 23, 2012
• Old Bailey bomber Marian Price 'moved to hospital' http://t.co/0miJZZFE  Jun 23, 2012
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Another Scottish law firm announces merger http://t.co/2Y2hrXqk Jun 23, 2012
• Moray Crematorium worker suspended amid theft probe http://t.co/mwazY3Ng  Jun 23, 2012
• Scott Kerr jailed for 10 years over rape and sex assault in Glasgow http://t.co/fh8bLzuH  Jun 23, 2012
• ScotRail outlines train drink ban http://t.co/z1lM11az  Jun 23, 2012
• Highland police investigate 'suspicious' death in Inverness http://t.co/Iykx5kOZ  Jun 23, 2012
• Judge orders report on Duff & Phelps Rangers role http://t.co/qAUSqYCi  Jun 23, 2012
• Tom Maynard death: Inquest opened http://t.co/rO6Ofvzk Jun 23, 2012
• Truancy: Merthyr mother jailed as children miss school http://t.co/xalWrDQy  Jun 23, 2012
• Liverpool fan Phillip Gannon banned for Evra racist abuse http://t.co/eKuWtDJw Jun 23, 2012
• Psychic guilty: Karl Lang 'preyed' on sex victims http://t.co/N8Cw7qrP  Jun 23, 2012
• Thousands of Belfast Health Trust X-rays not properly assessed http://t.co/ppL4uYw7 Jun 23, 2012
• Grounded schoolboy admits stabbing foster carer Dawn McKenzie to death http://t.co/13z4734P  Jun 23, 2012
• Police inspector Richard Munro withheld Fife murder evidence http://t.co/nr8F18E3  Jun 23, 2012
• Birmingham dentist 'conned £1.4m from the NHS' http://t.co/KfVKbh9R Jun 23, 2012
• Man faces BMW 140mph M25 chase charge http://t.co/6qZukz4S Jun 23, 2012
• INDIA unblocks The Pirate Bay and other sharing sites http://t.co/9EiTeQBi Jun 23, 2012
• NeverSeconds blogger Martha Payne raises £100,000 for Mary's Meals http://t.co/HxBAVaP5 Jun 23, 2012
• NORWAY: Breivik trial's effect on the people of Norway http://t.co/tZeQSKPh Jun 23, 2012
• NIGERIA: Goodluck Jonathan sacks security and defence chiefs http://t.co/meMMz0aM Jun 23, 2012
• Syria's Olympics chief denied visa for London Games http://t.co/BshBlDN1 Jun 23, 2012
• EGYPT: Anti-military protesters fill Tahrir Square http://t.co/UeLvzRXs Jun 23, 2012
• NORWAY: Breivik trial ends in Norway with walkout by families http://t.co/Let0OqsW Jun 23, 2012
• Robinson says Sinn Fein right to meet Queen http://t.co/JBp2adRe Jun 23, 2012