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- ETHIOPIA: Human Rights Group Urges Immediate Release of Jailed Muslim Leaders http://t.co/haBd69kN
- RUSSIA needs Human Rights Ombudsmen in every region – President Putin http://t.co/BiB3lP0A
- BAHRAIN: Nabeel Rajab, human rights activist gets three-year sentence for demonstration http://t.co/Qhh1nPZM
- BURMA Rights Commission Resists Investigating Rohingya Abuses http://t.co/fobw9eBL
- Wildlife consultation paper | The Law Commission http://t.co/Sk7WWQUy
- Criminal justice system efficiency must not compromise the importance of safeguarding people with a learning disability http://t.co/VA5KA9fj
- The appointment of Rt Hon Lord Carloway QC as Lord Justice Clerk in Scotland http://t.co/OE8rixsC
- Apple calls US Dept. of Justice settlement proposal unlawful http://t.co/M3kQl7Aa
- Is there justice for Goldman Sachs? http://t.co/Nr0mmgDU
- BAHRAIN verdict delay is 'denial of justice' http://t.co/Jwiy0VzE
- Apple slams Justice Dept.'s proposed e-book settlement http://t.co/TnQz2i9i
- US: The case before Supreme Court that public universities should continue to consider race as a factor in admissions http://t.co/KELa67dK
- Tony Nicklinson breaks down as High Court rejects his right-to-die plea http://t.co/jNDzbfR2
- INDIA: Don't trample on judiciary: Chief Justice warns accountability law shouldn't impair judges' freedom http://t.co/8u3TzVXw
- High-flying Sheffield legal eagle Irfan Rashid has been shortlisted in the Trainee Solicitor of the Year http://t.co/sLAO1He2
- Landmark ruling for cohabiting couples welcomed by solicitor http://t.co/XlUvrn7b
- AUSTRALIA: Court pursues $30,000 bail paid to wrong man http://t.co/sHCGjY02
- IRELAND: Barrister fees to be capped at 25% less http://t.co/eQagTCJV
- Stobart Barristers heading for £1m turnover http://t.co/VdQP3sMz
- Julian Assange: Why Ecuador is offering asylum http://t.co/g8rsNLrl
- Laura Trott street party approved using 1847 law http://t.co/lmrueoS6
- Legal ban on naming of IRA accused http://t.co/EkL7lsh0
- Managers buy legal firm Law at Work http://t.co/eoakp4RZ
- Cameron Shepherd taking legal action against Northampton after failing medical http://t.co/sSfEk9Ui
- Locked-in syndrome sufferers lose legal challenge over assisted dying http://t.co/Pp1ftR3x
- Locked-in syndrome sufferers lose legal challenge over assisted dying - t http://t.co/Pp1ftR3x
- IRELAND: Legal action threat for non-payment of Republic's household charge http://t.co/3l5zVzhP
- City law firm locked out of offices amid landlord dispute | The Lawyer: http://t.co/ytgTuky1
- Bindmans and Leigh Day fail to convince court on 'right to die' cases | The Lawyer: http://t.co/cf1fjN5l
- Locked-in syndrome victims lose 'right to die' case http://t.co/iJdvLZM5
- Julian Assange asylum row puts UK in catch-22 situation http://t.co/SBn2G63W
- Outcry in CHINA over mother sent to labour camp after daughter's rape http://t.co/VOPV2Lvr
- LAW GAZETTE: The death threat had been sent by text to the mobile telephone of a lawyer in Colombia http://t.co/iE3I8N1X
- LAW GAZETTE: Clarke looks again at discount rate deductions http://t.co/4VOlFFzL
- LAW GAZETTE: High court declines JR of assisted suicide law http://t.co/AinaaAKu
- LAW GAZETTE: Surge in demand for law degrees as A-level pupils get results http://t.co/JNkgGWNG
- Julian Assange: Ecuador grants Wikileaks founder asylum http://t.co/iwWqKeec
- How to lose followers on Twitter – a helpful guide for lawyers and legal journalists | The Lawyer: http://t.co/8Sos2hFC
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Magnusson moves into Norway through Kluge association | The Lawyer: http://t.co/YPKQgibJ
- LAW FIRM NEWS: US quartet says cheese to Carlyle's $3.3bn Getty purchase | The Lawyer: http://t.co/HGQHwEJO
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Hogan Lovells brings Paralympics and Haiti together for first time | The Lawyer: http://t.co/UV19WfaF
- LAW FIRM NEWS: O'Melveny and SJ Berwin join Burness on Lloyds' £1bn private equity sell-off | The Lawyer: http://t.co/sFzt6a1b
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Linklaters' City real estate head to join Capco in new legal role | The Lawyer: http://t.co/otyPq72B
- PAKISTAN: Is Our Judiciary Independent? http://t.co/lx72iaL8
- INDIA: Respect judicial independence, Chief Justice tells government. http://t.co/QAym0yO2
- AUSTRALIA: Lower House Of Parliament Approves Asylum Legislation http://t.co/HJcVXZhn
- More Cybersecurity Experts Blast US IT Security Legislation http://t.co/PLm2rT9C
- Hands off our Holidays: It's not just the rogues who fall short http://t.co/DeipzMNj
- Cumbrian finance expert claims constructive dismissal at tribunal http://t.co/DkzwQVvX
- KENYA: Baraza Tribunal Set Integrity Bar Higher http://t.co/9n1NaKkP
- NEW ZEALAND: Ngati Kahu leader says next month's remedies hearing by the Waitangi Tribunal will be an important first http://t.co/tB1r0Qhv
- Tribunal criticises doctor who removed wrong fallopian tube http://t.co/TYjnDsLv
- KAZAKHSTAN: Ensure Fair Trial for Opposition Activists, Oil Worker http://t.co/Vp8yq2bb
- INDONESIA: Ban Says East Timor’s Rights Abusers Should Face Justice http://t.co/QBMlvaD1
- Pakistani Law in U.S. Courts | The Volokh Conspiracy http://t.co/mkeaTleh
- Ex-IRA man Tom McFeely lied in UK bankruptcy bid: http://t.co/kKxukyWP
- PAKISTAN: Prime Minister not above law, says Supreme Court http://t.co/PVid5pfY
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Linklaters real estate partner to join Capco as first in-house counsel- Legalweek http://t.co/ImaYHCvx
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Four US firms in the picture as Carlyle snaps up Getty for £2.1bn- Legalweek http://t.co/ygk8DvOb
- UK's 20 'most wanted' tax fugitives named http://t.co/LJwYifjM
- Two in court today charged with murder of oil executive http://t.co/Gl7Dfnct
- UK 'has duty to extradite Julian Assange' http://t.co/sbFW8RsR
- So, are drug users sick or simply criminals? http://t.co/GcFJO95I
- What's trying to please a man got to do with feminism? http://t.co/0rcb8JSc
- No clarity from Standard Chartered http://t.co/IeETjUv7
- We volunteered for the Games, but not for the Big Society http://t.co/AYzyUREc
- Separating men and children is discrimination, plane and simple http://t.co/rFPCsRWw
- British PM's ex-media boss in court http://t.co/aDibwyZg
- Politics is the real loser from ‘Young, Bright and on the Right’ http://t.co/Wx54yU0j
- Theresa May warns Chinese visa plan poses 'security threat' http://t.co/ZnqybRbY
- Tia Sharp death: New Addington body formally identified http://t.co/MoGDSnZW
- Hacking accused appear in court http://t.co/DuAo8zB6
- Bradley Manning treatment in 'flagrant violation' of military code – lawyer http://t.co/YsovtOcq
- 10 tips from a lawyer on filing a successful deferred action application: http://t.co/CulKf5ad
- US: A Lawyer Could Be Disbarred For Allegedly Smuggling Cuban Cigars http://t.co/otHLnRdp
- Samsung E-Mails Show Google’s Concern Devices Not Mimic Apple http://t.co/LIriWyUj
- Lawyer for 9/11 mastermind accuses US government of torturing Khalid Sheikh Mohammed http://t.co/xdZ84qlh
- NEW ZEALAND: Stewart Murray Wilson's lawyer says public leaders causing the serial sex offender to fear for his safety http://t.co/gu6WmZOi
- CANADA: Owner believed mall was 'structurally sound,' Elliot Lake inquiry hears http://t.co/nCCRaMr2
- RUSSIA: Putin, the Patriarch and Pussy Riot: what’s behind the trial of Russia’s Punk Rockers http://t.co/JxmBocam
- Anni Dewani murder: court hears from third accomplice as trial begins http://t.co/squjozvH
- CHINA: A Murder Mystery, Far From Solved http://t.co/GOCHHjVK
- US: Facebook looks to California law to speed up Instagram payout http://t.co/3eU1caeJ
- AUSTRALIA Plain-Pack Tobacco Law May Spread to U.K., N.Z. http://t.co/Jfjv59S1
- US: Government surveillance system Trapwire could be illegal http://t.co/yND8epOt
- Four men arrested in raids across GERMANY in bid to stop illegal exports of nuclear technology to Iran http://t.co/nA3RGnSV
- MEXICO: Illegal logging in Mexico's monarch butterfly reserve down to near zero http://t.co/51E60XBs
- Important gains in women's rights in AFGHANISTAN could be at risk after American troops leave http://t.co/cBJ9IwGX
- US: Illegal Immigrants Line Up by Thousands for Deportation Deferrals http://t.co/o1Qe3YVp
- Judges banned from blogging or Tweeting about cases http://t.co/ZKNuImBj
- Judges express 'great concern' at shorter sentence for paedophile http://t.co/Z9FrEmqF
- Police officers in court as man brings private prosecution http://t.co/kIDyQKAp
- 'Eight points for boob, boss told nurse in game of sexual Scrabble’ http://t.co/8ZUxzUkC
- Dementia patients given right to say on end-of-life care http://t.co/EUkAwOgK
- Assisted suicide profile: Tony Nicklinson http://t.co/06O7ljEn
- Assisted suicide profile: 'Martin' http://t.co/SfRNWkYy
- Assisted suicide comment: euthanasia puts the vulnerable at risk http://t.co/UC70NsB7
- TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/VTrRtc5a
- Assisted suicide comment: the dying should have advice from professionals http://t.co/iuIo6r1A
- Whatever the butler's role, the VATICAN has questions to answer http://t.co/btlDvnqz
- The new totalitarianism of surveillance technology | Naomi Wolf http://t.co/fpAMs2aV
- UK threatened to arrest Assange inside embassy, says Ecuadorean minister http://t.co/vz35JHjG
- Apple and Samsung urged to make peace by patent trial judge http://t.co/qQ2X3Vn9
- What makes a good barrister | Baby barista Blog - Guardian Law http://t.co/ZY7KFjJT
- LEGAL FUTURES: ABS-in-waiting completes claims management acquisition http://t.co/heVSgOSr
- LEGAL FUTURES: Companies facing referral fee ban "embracing opportunities" offered by ABS http://t.co/gql5EgHA
- Text reminder for Scottish court witnesses http://t.co/0AvyqjHI
- Five jailed for drug trafficking in Stirling area http://t.co/76vZKEgd
- Three charges dropped against Methven murder accused http://t.co/Py5HeTaa
- Pair jailed for Edinburgh Meadows gunpoint muggings http://t.co/RvI0zqly
- Second Severn Crossing crash: Lorry driver arrested http://t.co/n6N8JZfW
- Pavement thieves in Penarth steal Cliff Parade slabs http://t.co/8Eoq4Drm
- England bowler gets second driving ban http://t.co/vQtQuvuS
- Carole Waugh death: Two men charged with murder http://t.co/dKnlxtpL
- Libor scandal: Seven banks summoned in US probe http://t.co/FSu9QYNh
- Julian Assange: UK issues 'threat' to arrest Wikileaks founder http://t.co/Kpw77DMj