27th August - LAW NEWS

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• SAUDI ARABIA: Egyptian designer runs afoul of Saudi princess, gets 500 lashes http://t.co/JHyUN5Wd 
• The Non-Aligned Movement, IRAN, and Human Rights http://t.co/FenW9NRi 
• Rein in security forces, rights watchdog tells Palestinians http://t.co/7x8oKZCI 
• 'Cuts are threat to justice system' http://t.co/ojqtP5K1
• Ian Brady's sick boast to lawyer: I'm more infamous than the Yorkshire Ripper http://t.co/W5RDS6NE 
• JAMAICA: 'First Lady' Nicole - New solicitor general settles in http://t.co/HVpKX189 
• Solicitor chased and caught Falmouth vandal http://t.co/f8hWBtFt
• EGYPT: Attorney general investigates outspoken anti-Muslim Brotherhood critic who led protest http://t.co/sGBxe8Ww 
• US: George Zimmerman's Facebook Page Shut Down By His Attorney, Mark O'Mara http://t.co/M5XaA7lf 
• PAKISTAN: An analysis of the crisis plaguing the judiciary and the government http://t.co/XagdJ3hz 
• AUSTRALIA: Tasmania considers cigarette ban for anyone born after 2000 http://t.co/CyXLMgUl 
• New wave of fines threatens motorists http://t.co/aREtUuXf 
• Sleeping Beauty: Art Performance with a Legal Catch http://t.co/o58QNTS3 
• High-street revival plans at risk in legal battle http://t.co/LYmxOkWT 
• Four-year legal battle on Wolverhampton student flats ends http://t.co/kq1ZAnqx 
• PAKISTAN: Prime Minister wins time in legal wrangle over president http://t.co/Ifa0ukku 
• US: Lawyers for Reagan shooter QUIT as family for John Hinckley Jr are overwhelmed by 30-year legal battle http://t.co/9DJ762dm 
• Campaigners slam legal pill which lets you drink five pints of beer and still pass a breathalyser test http://t.co/MGjGCQqJ 
• Google reacts to Apple's US patent victory over Samsung http://t.co/I5EpbTTS 
• Roath Park Lake car: Woman charged over vehicle in water http://t.co/PxPQIsHX
• As prosecutors gather, thought on ICC & Arab world http://t.co/2DdppDrh 
• Violence Against Women with Disabilities http://t.co/cvW5a0ap 
• Roadside cameras suffer from large gaps in coverage, police admit http://t.co/5hSH8rFR
• Harry reveals why Leveson and British law are impotent in the digital age http://t.co/ceNtGsFG 
• INDIA: Awareness on elderly rights to be raised http://t.co/QyFBcyLs 
• Convicted Al-Qaeda terrorists launch human rights bid against UK http://t.co/oI9ERQ0M 
• Bahraini rights activist Al-Khawaja banned from entering EGYPT http://t.co/fz3Yh0FA 
• US martial arts expert banned from entering Britain over his 'kill or be killed' teachings http://t.co/bLHFdA51 
• Europe far right shuns Breivik's acts, flirts with ideas http://t.co/JgcRY9rS
• Samsung attacks 'patent law abuse' after Apple win http://t.co/OnUJSgv7 
• Louise Mensch wrong to back Sun on Harry pictures, says Nadine Dorries MP http://t.co/Kkl6XIhh 
• Tanni Grey-Thompson: Paralympic star to disability rights champion http://t.co/nJUu947B 
• Apple to seek injunction against Samsung smartphones and tablets and could triple fine http://t.co/nq0YNgN2
• AFGHANISTAN: Taliban behead 17 Afghan partygoers http://t.co/1B5iCYoZ 
• CANADA: MPPs return to legislature early to debate teacher wage legislation - http://t.co/6j0SsQX4 
• PAKISTAN: Political leadership splits on finding ‘middle way’ to end judiciary-executive tussle http://t.co/s48eMhk1 
• INDIA: How can judiciary enforce right to sleep? http://t.co/gEz4ap8J 
• PHILIPPINES: With Sereno as Chief Justice, Malacañang sees judiciary reforms http://t.co/PjEo7fcK
• Law Specials: Court services 'pressured' by cuts http://t.co/i6ALuflU 
• US & CANADA: Judge gives Texan's property to Canadian pipeline http://t.co/n6baoXLC 
• US: Judge rules domestic violence law discriminatory http://t.co/qqPVPXjh 
• There is to be a £5 increase to the overall practising costs for Scottish solicitors http://t.co/mWVLlgL7 
• INDIA: Additional solicitor general summoned http://t.co/EPgtAJNV 
• Huddersfield solicitor believes many councils are breaking the law on payments to carers http://t.co/CXuiQ3wr 
• Judges back pub couple in TV football battle with Premier League http://t.co/0xUMDbDI 
• Judges rebel over plans for police and crime commissioners http://t.co/sfeWJwGo 
• US: Our Hubris Over American Criminal Justice http://t.co/ttdXK5bt
• INDIA: Chief Justice advises judges not to interfere with governance http://t.co/2QgvVXgc 
• PHILIPPINES: Demons of Luisita case hound new Chief Justice http://t.co/CTTFgQFr 
• It's obvious that British courts should defend firms' patents http://t.co/eQ5rcTOV 
• US: Courts Upholds Lower Court’s Graphic Cigarette Label Ban http://t.co/npSzcGuY 
• AUSTRALIA: Sydney lawyer who stole two paintings from a restaurant has a form of amnesia http://t.co/lwEPme9Q 
• MEXICO: Lawyer - Mexican police shooting of US Embassy car accidental, not an attack http://t.co/z8GvP48k 
• NEW ZEALAND: Top lawyer Barry Hart may be struck off - found guilty of professional misconduct by Law Society tribunal http://t.co/fohk1ri2 
• Gangbuster lawyer trashed in court before Crown Office took her on http://t.co/Wxwavfxh 
• Lawyer says drugs raid on Lance Armstrong's team hotel during 2005 Tour de France was scrapped at last minute http://t.co/DcqOb2Bc 
• Apple Samsung jurors' deliberations on patents were 'methodical' | The Australian http://t.co/WoRlAIzi
• Inmate Bernard Sharkey absconds from Teesside jail http://t.co/C8aFT0vt 
• David Cameron praises Paralympians, but his policies will crush them - http://t.co/nnVHXPhv 
• Sex, suburbia and the Leveson inquiry http://t.co/pbuuhDGv
• Body found amid hunt for 'distressed' paper girl, 14 http://t.co/uZAcGODO 
• Asil Nadir's creditors unlikely to see a penny http://t.co/YiOhLzfs 
• Police hope for peaceful end to Notting Hill Carnival after two stabbings yesterday http://t.co/AV8shRc0
• 1940 Britain claimed "German agents" among illegal Jewish refugees to Palestine http://t.co/TCKZ063t 
• GHANA: 300 illegal miners trapped to death in 2011 http://t.co/cEGhSCR3 
• JAPAN declares "illegal occupation" of Korean-held islands http://t.co/2kkoaur2 
• INDIA: Activists want illegal lion shows banned http://t.co/FxoAz1if 
• US: Paul Ryan’s Social Extremism http://t.co/pNfnmu53 
• US Patent Law, The Decisive Winner of Apple v. Samsung http://t.co/RZgrv0lZ 
• US: Beard-Cutting Case Tests Limits of Hate Crime Law http://t.co/zwfBCK2l 
• US: Law Professor Says One Of Romney's Tax-Avoidance Schemes Is Illegal http://t.co/T6Cvg9Vz 
• CANADA: The Impact of America's New Patent Law Is Seen http://t.co/rWF91bhb 
• US: Missouri to be eighth state to enact Kelsey's Law http://t.co/G0e640PY
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/VTrRtc5a
• Africa massacre suspect David Simpson moved from jail http://t.co/DUrqLtjk 
• Unicredit 'in US Iran sanctions breach investigation' http://t.co/7JwwXaDX 
• TOGO: Demonstrators against electoral reforms call sex strike to pressure men to challenge president's growing power http://t.co/Ny1SOeQO
• ISRAEL: Former Israeli soldiers disclose routine mistreatment of Palestinian children http://t.co/8VrM5EoO 
• Raw facts for the Tory far right http://t.co/c5ShMQNP
• Letters: Flawed judgment in the Breivik case http://t.co/isAZsoiq 
• The Rule of Law Means the Laws Are Actually Enforced http://t.co/2wprM6o0 
• US: Texas may reconsider law that sends prostitutes to prison after 3 misdemeanor convictions http://t.co/Wjtuvsmu 
• US: Activist Challenges a Sweeping Revision in Patent Law http://t.co/81QlXFfP 
• UK firm Griffin Law enters US market with office in Alexandria http://t.co/qa5BBDry