FOCUS OF THE DAY: “U-turn” on costs-management rules causes shock waves - ractitioners have reacted with shock to the senior judiciary’s last-minute decision to drop a key part of the Jackson reforms for high-value commercial cases. Full story - New Law Journal
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- Chief executive of the Legal Services Commission gets key role at new Legal Aid Agency | LAW GAZETTE http://t.co/QsyRqI44Bi
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- LAW FIRM NEWS: Staff at Cobbetts' rescued debt recovery arm face redundancy | The Lawyer http://t.co/UxNmIvi08X
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Hogan Lovells blames foreign exchange for revenue and profits dip | The Lawyer http://t.co/kZkaapy10g
- US: Washington, D.C. law firm Patton Boggs has laid off a unknown number of lawyers http://t.co/fseb622mZH
- Barrister aims to put legal jargon into layman’s terms with new blog on cases http://t.co/10VD5shOxn
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- SFA head Ogilvie ‘assumed’ pay was legal http://t.co/BGBCixmAu1
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- Police finance chief suspended http://t.co/V72CN0YIyx
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- THAILAND’s illegal immigrants: A deadly cocktail - Long-standing worker abuses get some serious attention http://t.co/esP9TpsZfm
- Anti-sectarian legislation criminalises innocent people for things which are not criminal http://t.co/36HhcVYaFT
- Scottish Courts shake up raises concerns warn top lawyers http://t.co/V7IGaOjkGh
- BALKANS: UN tribunal acquits former Serbian army chief of aiding and abetting Bosnian Serb atrocities http://t.co/uMgYxr6Iz4
- Iraqi doctor was complicit in torture, tribunal finds http://t.co/s9ZgkkkiQ4
- Banker labelled 'Crazy Miss Cokehead' after whistleblowing, tribunal hears http://t.co/tJantKqZBJ
- BANGLADESH War Crimes Tribunal Hands Death Sentence To Islamist Leader http://t.co/3bPFJdp68k
- BRAZIL: Chronicling Brazilian Women’s Struggle for Equal Rights http://t.co/VCPipREStG
- Raasay shooting and fishing rights returned to crofters http://t.co/YtR3UAef0c
- US: Voting rights - Preclearance, past and present http://t.co/FlIiQOoL95
- KENYA: Judiciary launches pre election report: http://t.co/x4ZNSnszmO
- UK judge who issued extreme ruling for Samsung against Apple hired by Samsung | FOSS Patents: http://t.co/HTQLSDuWEO
- ZIMBABWE: Judge dismisses referendum postponement, Alec Muchadehama, attorney for Assembly to appeal http://t.co/wLdOzwLpEh
- British human rights activist faces Thai jail threat http://t.co/1QabKNCWgN
- INDONESIA: Religious Minorities Targets of Rising Violence http://t.co/2txTqIwa25
- HAITI's 'Baby Doc' Duvalier faces charges of human rights violations http://t.co/WqSzNTwH80
- IRELAND: Solicitor on trial over health insurance forgeries http://t.co/8mNWDBjAAk
- Solicitor tie-ups: don't think 'referrals', think 'collaboration' http://t.co/cfkCEa6jBB
- UK Law Professor Authors Paper Leading to HUD's Endorsement of 'Discriminatory Effect' Standard http://t.co/LSXzDxkiOW
- FSA's landmark legal victory over Barclays could see more assets being frozen http://t.co/oVNPdGgaL4
- Secret courts condemned by 700 legal experts http://t.co/Ns9sXtVFuC
- Do you 'get' OFR? | LEGAL FUTURES: http://t.co/yUO32EtUOu
- LSB calls for equal pay audits amid worries about gender and race disparities | LEGAL FUTURES: http://t.co/0xYUaLQbwg
- AIM-listed legal expenses insurer buys Manchester law firm | LEGAL FUTURES: http://t.co/i0MpP8eev4
- Solicitor says sheriff court changes will hit ‘quality of justice’ http://t.co/zuos7g5Ryc
- SYRIA: Sectarian narratives promote troubling agendas, not justice http://t.co/rQr9vh6FnX
- Barrister Warren Grier was found by his wife at about 6am on August 2 last year, hanged after money worries http://t.co/zEF9LK5DaZ
- Essay competition: calling all students - article published on Guardian Law and the UKSC Blog http://t.co/XyVxtozJVE
- Sinn Fein opposes 'abortions only via NHS' law bid http://t.co/bwMTQ54vds
- Vote on 'abortions only via NHS' law bid faces delay http://t.co/sTkTi2Epib
- US: Law firms increasingly shun borrowing, relying instead on increased capital contributions http://t.co/VXwXiWPmYp
- US: Voting Rights Law Draws Skepticism From Justices http://t.co/87NriMm8e2
- Keith Towler frustrated at illegal school exclusions http://t.co/q8yJyYaRj5
- INDIA: Fire at illegal market kills 19 in Kolkata http://t.co/GntGHhuzNI
- Bag searches may have been illegal in Belfast Airport http://t.co/Utf5ZKlprd
- SNP cuts sheriff courts by a quarter – then gives them more work http://t.co/fXaxsQpRLF
- Clapper v Amnesty: Courts and Congress v Our Constitution http://t.co/AYrRFCQlXJ
- Scottish crown office announces iPads to be introduced to Scots courts in pilot trial http://t.co/7qMNec6p9t
- Eastleigh candidates challenged over secret courts http://t.co/oIZSfP82FC
- Kenneth Clarke's plans for secret courts savaged by lawyers http://t.co/MrlS03WkjC
- Flag protest: Willie Frazer charged and Jamie Bryson arrested http://t.co/4Np60ILJGi
- Sandhill Park fire: Four jailed for mansion arson attack http://t.co/WSJGIQqC1w
- Sonny Grey boiling water murderers found guilty http://t.co/fJ7hj3TXn1
- Glasgow Rangers FC will not lose league titles http://t.co/UPAxFFjkK5
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- Derby death blaze accused conversations played in court http://t.co/LHXYP2xxnl
- Bradley Manning pleads guilty to some Wikileaks charges http://t.co/WvGZG9ye2R
- Future of juries, South African justice and too many, many male judges | The week's Law Review from The Guardian http://t.co/R9QDW24vRt
- Gordon Brown's former aide warns over arrest of officer accused of press leak http://t.co/LfM6T78RmQ
- Catholic church sex abuse ruling could cause big spike in compensation claims http://t.co/SMIDPp0dvP
- US: Obama to support gay couples' supreme court challenge to California's Prop 8 http://t.co/zGv37wYolt
- We backed the Lib Dems over civil liberties – they must stand firm http://t.co/HCj9UhSfPM
- US: Yale's anti-doping in cycling debate: who's who on the panel http://t.co/KxN8RzfXvs
- US: Floyd Landis on doping in cycling: debate at Yale law school – live blog http://t.co/8u4ymcNTi4
- Poor costs information accounts for quarter of divorce complaints | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/qeYGzkSM7r
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Hogan Lovells, SJB and Herbert Smith see retention rates fall from last year - Legalweek http://t.co/MH2VDnndyR
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- Impropriety allegations need careful handling | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/VSlFTpLK5e
- Reed Smith touches down in Houston | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/xUHzWeQKfe
- Oz firms plan fee hike | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/5Hz9EICZmI
- Lawyers warned over spiralling divorce costs | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/XIOcb4G866
- Dewey bankruptcy plan officially approved | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/gB57ncOYO9
- Lawyers chase cut on nearly all major mergers | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/f1gY0v9zUE
- US: A Shift on Violence Against Women http://t.co/b8VsHz0ERr
- US: The decline from 2000 to 2009 marks a significant shift in the racial makeup of America's prisons http://t.co/GSQMoCztFt
- US Voting Rights Law Draws Skepticism From Justices http://t.co/87NriMm8e2
