25th August - LAW NEWS

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• An Australian's role in human rights act undervalued http://t.co/arRGDQZY 
• CHINA Deny Forcing Refugees Back to War Zone in MYANMAR http://t.co/8HGe5zgu
• The Theory and Practice of Toleration | Online Library of Law and Liberty: http://t.co/rg7uFhrM 
• What Rule of Law? | Online Library of Law and Liberty: http://t.co/BYoqXLZK 
• Mandatory Life Sentences for Juvenile Homicide Offenders as Cruel Punishment | Online Library of Law and Liberty: http://t.co/URubpql7 
• Adieu, Tony Nicklinson, Released Finally from Your Unwanted Life Sentence | Online Library of Law and Liberty: http://t.co/JjXwQwgs 
• The Constitution of Affluence: An Update | Online Library of Law and Liberty: http://t.co/BitR8mBj
• Boards face legal action over GCSE grading row http://t.co/ahi2LbCL 
• Legal News, Australia: Barrister appointed directly to the High Court | UK Supreme Court Blog http://t.co/7OZYT89q 
• Gloucestershire police commissioner candidate profile: Victoria Atkins http://t.co/ipvw12IV 
• Asil Nadir conviction: SFO says 'justice has been done' http://t.co/95OBMr09 
• Skepticism and Social Justice http://t.co/VP5irz7h 
• INDIA: Justice Kapadia urges judges to adhere to constitution while pronouncing judgements http://t.co/SLjlE68o 
• No-fault compensation for medical injuries moves closer in Scotland http://t.co/OzTBsi9e 
• "Increased momentum" in third-party funding market http://t.co/foE2quZd 
• Solicitor removed from roll after setting up unregulated insurer to provide clients with ATE http://t.co/E0MdeqSq 
• US: Death Takes a Policy: How a Lawyer Exploited the Fine Print and Found Himself Facing Federal Charges http://t.co/aDQ6GOPV 
• Anders Breivik's lawyer on defending a mass murderer http://t.co/5HgT8uz2 
• US lawyer hits out at Britain's 'ridiculous' decision to harbour paedophile http://t.co/eU4s4hRf
• US: Judge rules Trayvon Martin shooter can travel to meet lawyer http://t.co/laZn7DUA 
• Celebrity lawyer 'Mr Loophole' says women drivers get off speeding tickets more easily because they cry http://t.co/kmXQGh7a 
• CANADA: Conrad Black lawyer denies case would open floodgates http://t.co/Wk9q8wT9
• Anders Breivik trial exemplified NORWAY's strengths - http://t.co/tUysDHTr 
• It's nice to think that only evil men are rapists - But the reality is different - http://t.co/GUw8qzxF 
• Student jailed for raping sleeping woman in halls of residence http://t.co/ZEngVBF0 
• Police microphone network to detect gunshots does not work http://t.co/8CoFHnba 
• Farm tractor in low-speed police chase http://t.co/pNDyEzLO 
• Cold, clinical and sane: The only thing Anders Breivik’s terrorist attack must change is far-right racism http://t.co/4Oije61r 
• 65,000 hate crimes against disabled people and rising. This has to stop http://t.co/m82jUgQz 
• Cameron and the Naked Prince - the scope of Leveson http://t.co/xJj46O3S 
• Do we need a social netiquette upgrade? http://t.co/pheWvkwT 
• WikiLeaks: Met police embarrassed as Assange arrest plan revealed http://t.co/Pn7bzh9k 
• Tory police candidates must find £5,000 deposits while Labour fund theirs http://t.co/0JzXoz5V 
• Sister feels 'punished' over prosecution of her husband for crash that killed 21-year-old http://t.co/WluLRBp2 
• US: Leaked documents on $250m Mitt Romney fortune fuel Republican crisis http://t.co/0tSj41qD 
• Man fined for GM food trial attack http://t.co/ymPXxA5J 
• Two arrests over rape of boy in Manchester shopping centre http://t.co/hMvUa4XS 
• Police investigate burglary at DJ Chris Moyles' home http://t.co/er6qfQDt
• The Disability Rights Movement in RUSSIA http://t.co/jXiepNuN 
• IRELAND: Minister says child rights referendum to be in autumn http://t.co/fcG843eq 
• Black Celebs Who Have Supported Gay Rights http://t.co/cf3IfeEt 
• US: Faith and rights groups call for hate crime hearings http://t.co/BxB2M6Ti 
• “Rights at Risk” - The Limits of Liberty in Modern AMERICA http://t.co/PRJawjex 
• The Equality and Human Rights Commission is being destroyed http://t.co/nLsLwEJX 
• Tribunal raps Metro cleaners Churchill in bitter dispute - Gateshead http://t.co/1rs7uJeY 
• NEW ZEALAND: The Waitangi Tribunal decision and its repercussions http://t.co/Ilku66w5 
• Employment tribunal changes: claimants will face fees http://t.co/7cSq5Ntv 
• NEW ZEALAND: Tribunal Iwi still retain ownership water rights http://t.co/7Qy2KJj5 
• Apple appeals Kodak patent ownership victory, asks judge to be quick about it http://t.co/55PeMIxY 
• US: Judge refuses to set aside $675K fine in Boston University student's music piracy case http://t.co/konTCACy
• ROMANIA: The fight over the judiciary - Constitutional Court declared invalid a referendum on impeachment | Economist http://t.co/x6c5JmCt 
• BALKANS: Low human rights standards in prisons in Bosnia and Herzegovina http://t.co/Azx2V2DV 
• US: Human rights advocacy is not hate speech http://t.co/lFNSTvyV 
• Lawyers are told to use the bus for court cases after mileage allowances are reduced http://t.co/Twevc67u 
• SRA consultation to clarify independent financial advice http://t.co/Fa0CuR4z 
• NORWAY: Breivik trial: Survivors’ relief over prison sentence http://t.co/YtmBVXWz 
• US Actor Stephen Baldwin arrested for driving on suspended licence http://t.co/R6crFIRk
• ISRAEL: Illegal settlers in West bank pass 350,000 mark http://t.co/Q2DH0iHH 
• JAPAN condemns 'illegal' landings by Chinese activists, S KOREAN president on disputed islands http://t.co/PjAJN1gu 
• RUSSIA: Moscow Court Finds Kasparov Not Guilty of Illegal Protest During Pussy Riot Trial http://t.co/QT3d3yJh 
• Stroud council finds illegal home in 'tool shed' http://t.co/mqxlPEx1 
• How Hate Gets Counted - The horrific shooting at a Sikh temple in suburban Milwaukee, US http://t.co/ZxAfps97
• Lance Armstrong, Best of His Time, Now With an Asterisk http://t.co/ttSRFOl0
• US: Federal appeals court strikes down FDA tobacco warning label law http://t.co/9z30EqDu
• Teenager fined after faked stabbing in Dudley http://t.co/OqkKFfc7 
• English language 'originated in Turkey' http://t.co/Hnkjedyf 
• US: Lawyer in Justin Bieber car chase case fights anti-paparazzi law http://t.co/F19ZoPEE 
• US: New state laws make undercover probes of farm operations risky http://t.co/rSKercXc 
• Julian Assange: Americas give Ecuador partial support http://t.co/fcbXEEEE 
• US: Seeing and Battling a ‘Cartel’ in the Hiring of Rabbis http://t.co/FoYQD1JL 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/VTrRtc5a
• AUSTRALIA: Prime Minister bats away union scandal claims | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/nOFRi4YC 
• MALAYSIA moves to regulate Islamic scholars | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/Qf3iwrr0 
• US companies face tougher rules on African war zones | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/fnNrxHWA 
• English regulator predicts high profile ABS 'failure' | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/MD9PWDHy 
• 'Forcible rape' legislation ... this is 'civilized' politics? http://t.co/PwwfTn2M 
• Complaints rise over Prince Harry naked Vegas photos http://t.co/hW90o7uy 
• US music file-sharer must pay damages http://t.co/fP7lbtF1 
• NORWAY: Anders Behring Breivik rules out verdict appeal http://t.co/57LfIF5w 
• Patent trial: Jury awards Apple $1bn in damages from Samsung http://t.co/wxoRj8ky
• Wales organ law change 'needed despite transplant rise' http://t.co/zak2DS4V 
• Arm of the law reveals Julian Assange arrest tactics http://t.co/vcy47oWk