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Barrister snub to diversity monitoring “embarrassing” and “pathetic”. Only a handful of the 15,000-plus members of the Bar have disclosed information such as whether they went to public or state schools, in a snub to the chairs of the Bar and the Bar Standards Board (BSB) who had personally requested it. Full story - Legal Futures
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Fixed-fee partner-only boutique launches in London with CC hire - Legalweek http://t.co/67iGlEcY
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Keoghs to launch in Manchester following Clydes fraud team hires - Legalweek http://t.co/qHHdme8V
- LAW FIRM NEWS: A&O forms new association in Saudi Arabia - Legalweek http://t.co/MSzukfBR
- 4-5 Gray's Inn Square remains in business despite defections - Legalweek http://t.co/QvKlt9hg
- Aviva sues former Dewey chiefs over 2010 bond offering - Legalweek http://t.co/dQVTBoWk
- Christopher Morrison admits Asda sex attack on boy http://t.co/Fs9UJBn9
- David Black murder: One arrest in County Tyrone, two in Dublin http://t.co/MO00w1rU
- Belfast flag violence: 11 police injured and 15 arrests http://t.co/27PfADRi
- Richard Morgan convicted of killing baby Slater Sharkey http://t.co/QA4zJjEi
- Instagram seeks right to sell access to photos to advertisers http://t.co/lzP5rGX4
- Judges should decide secret courts, government accepts http://t.co/52kjL75i
- Samsung drops Apple sales case in Europe http://t.co/bmveOt63
- Abortion in Ireland permitted when mother's life at risk http://t.co/tibfjHkM
- S&P raises GREECE's credit rating http://t.co/25BlRuZD
- Neon Roberts tumour case: Judge gives go-ahead for surgery http://t.co/2mlEHrx5
- Muslims demand gay marriage exemption http://t.co/Vjwjs1Um
- Britain shames itself by detaining immigrants indefinitely http://t.co/R0KCHXQq
- Closing courts ‘will add to pressure on troubled Scottish town centres’ http://t.co/1vJj9rRD
- Sheriff courts are halted by lawyers’ legal aid protest http://t.co/HxhorJAY
- Rights campaigners urge MPs to reject secret courts plan http://t.co/SkPiuGjb
- High fliers from Rochdale Sixth Form College call order to the courts http://t.co/tBcgyXQw
- INDIA: No norms on punishments to assist trial courts: SC http://t.co/uyFvkfyp
- Care system fails young offenders - report http://t.co/SPDIuTxT
- Redundancy talks period to be cut from 90 to 45 days http://t.co/7VGBd8OJ
- Queen attends cabinet meeting in Downing Street http://t.co/5IRlHyVo
- Neon Roberts tumour case: Judge 'may decide on surgery' http://t.co/2mlEHrx5
- Newtown shootings: How do you explain murder to a child? http://t.co/4f1DsKd9
- Met police chief warns over 'pleb' case arrest http://t.co/5Adcabl0
- Lords challenge Grayling’s control of Supreme Court appointment | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/R4xcilPj
- Increase in JRs 'mainly the result of' immigration cases, MoJ admits | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/2wTM5zY2
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Herbert Smith Freehills hires Thai partner in boost to Asia litigation | The Lawyer http://t.co/VCNSdNng
- LAW FIRM NEWS: BBC confounded as Sports Personality calls connect to Clifford Chance | The Lawyer http://t.co/p1bAyLMJ
- Rocket Lawyer: ‘disruptive not destructive’ | LAW GAZETTE http://t.co/dXATqk2W
- PC renewals ‘relatively trouble free’ but 4,500 short | LAW GAZETTE http://t.co/UAqfEN7A
- Bill of rights commission splits | LAW GAZETTE http://t.co/OlmlEXEr
- Quindell gains ABS licence and says it can deliver profit under new costs regime | LEGAL FUTURES: http://t.co/UJz3i6gG
- Accountants launch bid to become ABS regulator, with 100 applications in the offing | LEGAL FUTURES: http://t.co/uvZ3zlSe
- Wibsey solicitor in appeal over £45,000 'rare metal' con http://t.co/3BiTsU47
- West Kirby law firm shuts down after solicitor is struck off http://t.co/tiMZMNwt
- RUSSIA abstains from vote on Yugoslav war crimes tribunal http://t.co/H462j4hT
- ARGENTINA Declares Media Law Constitutional, Begins Process To Break Up Grupo Clarin http://t.co/D5T8vrYn
- 30 Under 30: The Young People Who Are Shaping Law And Policy in US http://t.co/Q07OjpwE
- Top 10 US privacy law violations in the Petraeus probe http://t.co/BELYW8ff
- Injunction blocks BRAZIL congress vote over oil royalty law http://t.co/JFNmguI3
- EU insolvency law: European Commission proposals would signal sea change in how cross border insolvencies are managed http://t.co/MUtoCre9
- The law is too weak, says father of cyclist killed after hitting car door - http://t.co/UIlu63Df
- Independent Scotland unlikely to be left outside EU, says former judge http://t.co/JNnWnPyR
- PHILIPPINES MPs approve contraception law http://t.co/b0AXRSxC
- US: George W Bush Signed 2005 Law Protecting Gun Makers From Being Sued http://t.co/7fUWNmLI
- US: 'Black America's Law Firm' Looks To Big Cases With New Leadership http://t.co/zqYryz3e
- Church Officials Call on Filipinos to Campaign Against Birth Control Law http://t.co/KRRzf1SU
- FRANCE warms to Gérard Depardieu, the heroic exile http://t.co/kwdQQHD3
- Driver who killed pedestrian after texting escapes jail http://t.co/XfayJ2Hh
- Human rights no defence for criminals and terrorists, says Grayling http://t.co/KmdeD15I
- Threat of right wing fanatics is growing warns Home Secretary http://t.co/ZdoFrQ3h
- McDonald's waitress wins £3,000 compensation for being fired http://t.co/WCgTULOl
- Soldier carried out armed robbery to avoid being sent back to Afghanistan http://t.co/vLXzJvtO
- In Other Countries, Laws Are Strict and Work http://t.co/JLXzkLZZ
- PALESTINE: West Bank Land, Empty but Full of Meaning http://t.co/L00PLAWy
- BANGLADESH Finds Gross Negligence in Factory Fire http://t.co/x0q4uSfd
- Top Cambridge corporate lawyer retires http://t.co/Bp7pdLnt
- Shropshire lawyer warns on seasonal marriage strains http://t.co/jxLWrMP5
- City lawyer warns top football clubs http://t.co/rieCnoLE
- European Court of Justice squanders opportunity to save £14m after rejecting bid to slash sessions http://t.co/NyWqYJj1
- In praise of war and justice http://t.co/MNXwaNFU
- CPS denies dropping Huhne perversion of justice charges http://t.co/7D4SKODM
- BALKANS: In the search for justice in the former Yugoslavia, are we ignoring the Serbian victims of war crimes? http://t.co/FI67lzoz
- The Leveson report is a charter for control freaks in policing http://t.co/dWrI6Fn1
- Rape Crisis is 40 – and the need is greater than ever http://t.co/k0rlyaMN
- DR CONGO: Congolese militia leader acquitted of rape and murder charges http://t.co/sWPOrK56
- Redundancy consultation period to be halved to 45 days http://t.co/BRfQBAfm
- BBC and ITV apologise to Lord McAlpine for sex abuse allegations http://t.co/PmK2Lon1
- TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/3ThvKdVJ
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- BBC Radio 4 - You and Yours, 13/12/2012 , Conveyancing Complaints http://t.co/G4Jck4Fr
- David Cameron's local hunt guilty of illegal fox-hunting http://t.co/ujRMzdVc
- 83,000 illegal cigarettes seized in Northamptonshire in last three months http://t.co/lEYempTu
- The European Court of Human Rights urgently needs to decide on the Chagossians’ right to return http://t.co/8QhDZg9S
- Russian rights activists to draft list of violators to help US http://t.co/L40I2ibJ
- LSB urges conveyancing regulators to consider alternatives to client account | LEGAL FUTURES: http://t.co/uoSe24pN
- Kiss and make up? Edmonds, Deech and McGowan begin process of détente | LEGAL FUTURES: http://t.co/wPf62TWL
- Linklaters seals Saudi cooperation deal with A&O's former local ally - Legalweek http://t.co/eRG26hMU
- Lloyds Banking Group appoints new GC with hire of FSA legal chief - Legalweek http://t.co/8sK8TUSI
- Lord Phillips takes press reform role; Matrix, 5RB counsel advise papers - Legalweek http://t.co/uPn0bs9B
- LAW FIRM NEWS: LG makes first Singapore lateral as firm plans to expand new base - Legalweek http://t.co/Yc0GjvRd
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Bond Pearce follows up merger with four-partner Maclays team hire - Legalweek http://t.co/F6WCGfSb
- THAILAND: Human Rights Watch denounces insurgents' killings of Thai teachers in violent south http://t.co/umFGWFol
- MOLDOVA: Mum’s court protest at forced sterilisation and low compensation http://t.co/8fDe9qZj
- Legal arguments for Scotland remaining in EU after Yes vote http://t.co/yAQIlj9V
- Adrian Sutil says there are no legal issues preventing an F1 return http://t.co/5BElXumq
- Abu Qatada new landlord didn't want terrorist tenants http://t.co/ewa50xeu
- Hillsborough single released to support families' legal fight http://t.co/v2gwBzvA
- INDIA: Telangana lawyers boycott courts to protest prosecution order http://t.co/nsJPZJ1F
- Recommendations by FCAs accepted by courts in 75% of cases http://t.co/XWxmofSb
- BURMA courts wary investors on port project http://t.co/Mhd815zE
- Lawyers across Scotland boycott custody courts in legal aid row http://t.co/qDfWwlkH
- Maltese judge charged with bribery | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/aSEyvDGl
- Three with a difference | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/6yXmt7WA
- India Supreme Court research shows regional bias | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/4ew7yPlC
- Chilean lawyer puts the brakes on gold rush | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/aNa759Fl
- Women lawyer count still low in US, state survey reveals | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/TsbG78mA
- Top US firms drive up billing rates | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/P1HAoQdH
