24th December - LAW NEWS

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• Legal experts from INDIA extend PAKISTAN visit http://t.co/Ayf3atSG 
• US: Need a Tax Deduction? Pay Legal Fees by Year-end http://t.co/3nXxLm2W 
• Ex manager Paul Lambert & Norwich City Football Club settle legal dispute http://t.co/9WLEULct 
• BP oil spill judge approves $7.8B partial settlement of claims http://t.co/vpmKDRcT 
• Apple v. Samsung: Who's been editing the judge's Wikipedia entry? http://t.co/cSEpL8Fp 
• US: Shortchanging Ex-Offenders http://t.co/m6THRhVy 
• Sneaky Apps That Track Cellphones http://t.co/k0osI83j 
• British Newspaper Sues Armstrong Over Libel Case http://t.co/1tW7yzok 
• US: Little Sign of a Predicted E-Book Price War http://t.co/BRcNUbQR
• The Moral Animal: At first glance, religion is in decline http://t.co/UEySLBu4 
• Union may consider legal action over DARD Ballykelly move http://t.co/Q3w2eRug 
• Two men charged after Londonderry hammer attack http://t.co/GJBYb0Gx 
• AFGHANISTAN: Policewoman kills US military adviser http://t.co/Yd85Z5QK 
• INDIA Prime Minister appeals for Delhi calm after rape protests http://t.co/Rz8zpZFy
• Salford woman, 86, robbed of casino winnings http://t.co/E8uHynmb
• Andrew Mitchell's allies accused of 'rewriting history' http://t.co/HZoCVgTb 
• My Legal Life: Helena Kennedy QC | LAW GAZETTE http://t.co/Atbs4ze3 
• The British government must come clean over torture in Iraq http://t.co/gv7k8ygK 
• CHECHNYA: Russia closes paper after journalists laugh at Vladimir Putin http://t.co/smdMd5Tu 
• Police file to CPS after Duchess of Cambridge hospital prank call http://t.co/SnQgwEl3
• Thompson to be questioned again on Savile http://t.co/12LyrYkI 
• Call to ban Taser use on children http://t.co/JZHQrCCH 
• A Point of View: And all shall worship money http://t.co/iXCHS6V1
• Opposition mounts to court closures in Galloway http://t.co/gXPoff4n
• INDIA: Over 300 posts of judges in high courts vacant http://t.co/VKy7hZ0Z 
• Family judges seek protection from parents in 'unsafe' courts http://t.co/qsX0tNiG 
• SAUDI ARABIA to open human rights offices in prisons http://t.co/dPrTSQ59 
• ‘CANADA human rights in dire condition’, according to IRAN official http://t.co/9aF5A59B 
• Is Google the answer to the referral fee ban? | LEGAL FUTURES: http://t.co/wE5ptELA
• Dramatic climbdown from Grayling as portal extension is delayed | LEGAL FUTURES: http://t.co/DAl8TXoo
• AUSTRALIA: Marriage proposal swings illegal sex case http://t.co/lm9y9lLG 
• Law, respect and the lesson of 'Plebgate' http://t.co/fY97ewkh 
• Plebgate: no one is above the law, least of all the police http://t.co/DNM1rzIA 
• CHINA: 'No one cried out': justice minister http://t.co/k82fG1UC 
• PAKISTAN: 71 female lecturers appeal to Chief Justice of Pakinstan for justice http://t.co/gBnHLEJs 
• INDIA: Call for justice on social media brought them together to fight for cause http://t.co/rjyo3fnd 
• INDONESIA's killers escape justice, but feature on the silver screen http://t.co/It16K81g 
• Mahdi Hashi: Lawyer's question over 'rendition' http://t.co/L7n4Llj0 
• Government announces adoption system overhaul http://t.co/zviIMtun
• IRAN censures West double standards http://t.co/GCIYeTci 
• UK lawyers help CAMBODIA with LGBT rights http://t.co/IaNvioBo
• INDIA: Changes in terror law raise human rights alarm http://t.co/wyJTMeTD 
• PHILIPPINES Passes Law on Enforced Disappearances http://t.co/DeznpxJv 
• INDIA: Delhi rape: Shinde promises strong law, speedy trial; appeals for calm http://t.co/FG12esAI 
• US: Fear of Gun Ban Legislation Spurs Buying Frenzy at New Hudson Store http://t.co/qhg08OJy 
• US: History of gun-control legislation http://t.co/TUvqpg08
• New safeguards for Scottish legal system proposed http://t.co/yrbDzZrn 
• FRANCE: French Take Legal Action Against British Ski Hosts http://t.co/NadsjKij 
• NIGERIA: Nigeria Bar Association Withdraws Legal Service to Kidnap Suspects http://t.co/QjdaoCCa 
• Feud over Frankie the cat leaves family with £20,000 legal bill after 'foster owner' refuses to hand him back http://t.co/flqDZx18 
• INDIA: Bollywood celebs who faced legal battle in 2012 http://t.co/HZgKahic 
• Legal battle halts major revamp of Elswitha Quarter in Gainsborough http://t.co/k1Y26oDF
• Local Government Attwood takes legal advice on Derry council jobs http://t.co/cwsUpWb4 
• Walthamstow stadium: residents explore legal challenge as MPs await word from Pickles http://t.co/WcrWv9a0 
• US: Judge Gives Final Approval to BP’s Oil Spill Settlement http://t.co/i4Q0fbr7 
• US: Cats at Ernest Hemingway Museum Draw Tourists, and a Legal Battle http://t.co/HFj2LHUl 
• When BAHRAIN Said: Get Lost http://t.co/deQG9blY 
• Do I have to pay this parking fine for using a private carpark? http://t.co/E76jwKLJ
• A fund-raising company which broke charity law is likely to escape prosecution because of a loophole in the regulations http://t.co/vUvvbO8S 
• Andrew Mitchell: voters still think he was right to quit, poll shows http://t.co/FFSlXsLm