27th April - LAW NEWS

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• How to make drug courts work in the US http://t.co/k0sZWnB8vu 
• JAMAICA: n Caribbean, gridlocked courts stall lives http://t.co/r4Jisitn2E 
• US: ‘South Park’ creator skips court, delaying trial of man charged with breaking into his home http://t.co/1qjLUJ7BFW 
• INDIA: Supreme Court indefinitely postpones trial court proceedings against Mittal and Ruia http://t.co/0eI5VKr144
• US: UCLA chemistry professor ordered to stand trial in fatal lab fire http://t.co/Y0mGRwAnRj 
• SPAIN: Dutchman arrested over huge web attack http://t.co/9QRgmxkc4V 
• How Britons fled grim jihadist camp http://t.co/lDx59tHRMi 
• Heathrow expansion protesters hold Barnes rally http://t.co/c7DK6UaWds
• N KOREA to issue verdict on US citizen on charges including attempting to overthrow government http://t.co/Zj2QgBWcSn 
• Armed drones operated from RAF base in UK, says MoD http://t.co/Ejhp7ephK7 
• Actor Tom Conti: My dad, sent to a prison camp for being Italian in UK during WW2 http://t.co/Q4gfPQ3LoN 
• Boston bombings: Was DAGESTAN the starting point? http://t.co/iSAKRuNW1E 
• BANGLADESH: Dhaka building collapse - Factory owners arrested http://t.co/IbhSga8B2V 
• Keir Starmer proves the case for not having a prosecutor as DPP http://t.co/h5BJSLbVEV 
• World Intellectual Property Day - why you should engage with the event | The Firm http://t.co/60Rymt6IKO 
• Donald Trump's anti-windfarm ad banned over Lockerbie parallels | The Firm http://t.co/uEoIgAxiYb 
• Do not hang up - Keeping clients on hold is a risky business | New Law Journal: http://t.co/4Vx8zmE28z 
• Court fee waivers - MoJ consulting on new court systems | New Law Journal: http://t.co/7OriXwMU7x 
• Costs reforms: “Variable” form of one-way qualified costsshifting for defamation & privacy cases? | New Law Journal: http://t.co/iSsHs5lV4t
• Five law firms have been named in The Times “Top 50 Employers for Women” list | New Law Journal: http://t.co/Iwtfl9DlRm 
• Skilled workers’ rule is unlawful - High Court rules against immigration rule | New Law Journal: http://t.co/od4etIYMuk 
• SLOVAKIA: Police seize huge arsenal of illegal weapons belonging to criminal underworld http://t.co/XndAqJYwNs 
• CHINA hands down death sentences in finance crackdown http://t.co/T3f8wc3Dls
• SIERRA LEONE: The role of the judiciary in tackling corruption and charging fraudsters http://t.co/NaKXZsUxVl 
• Illegal mines tarnish gold from GHANA http://t.co/46mVsm0dnC 
• HIV warning over illegal tattooists http://t.co/8QZ4Neqidg
• Ex-lawyer suffers setback in £4.25m Leonardo da Vinci court battle http://t.co/7grF4BdycK 
• Thousands of Brotherhood supporters demand 'judicial purge' at EGYPT's High Court http://t.co/5dYntxlqwJ 
• Employment tribunal decisions 15.04.13 to 21.04.13 http://t.co/uevgHC0EEb 
• N ZEALAND: High profile lawyer Doug Taffs suspended for bringing profession into disrepute by drink-driving http://t.co/bpySfNwPBI 
• Former housekeeper wins victimisation case against boss http://t.co/77251cRVpy 
• Tribunal finds former Al-Maktoum College principal tried to ‘rewrite history’ http://t.co/BnW3BgACMn 
• PHILIPPINES optimistic that United Nations tribunal to rule favorably on territorial claim http://t.co/4GdwVVx6c0 
• RUSSIA: ‘Smokers’ rights’ movement holds founding convention http://t.co/SpuS758uAs 
• US: Obama condemns 'assault on women's rights' in passionate Planned Parenthood speech http://t.co/AW8yFONbMb
• US: Dzhokhar Tsarnaev 'sat emotionless as he was read his rights,' says witness http://t.co/BZ5QGOMDtx
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHCkVDp
• GREECE financial crisis causing country to fall behind on human rights obligations http://t.co/6PvhOlpHOF 
• Facebook/Twitter users aren't above the law: Judge warns after ruling on pictures claiming to show Bulger killers http://t.co/JO2vv4fraU 
• Met to combine rape and abuse units to tackle grooming gangs http://t.co/TgFmtRjMGn 
• Police call for smartphone app backup http://t.co/P6VHeAU3EJ
• INDIA: West Bengal to legislate a new law to protect small investors http://t.co/Y8tvzn1VUs 
• US has no legal basis to launch a military action in Syria, but Congress could change that http://t.co/8YwxNRsdZd 
• INDIA: Law Minister says he has done no wrong, government rules out his resignation http://t.co/PHxvLC6Xqb
• Judge Cuts Google’s Motorola Royalty Demand to Microsoft http://t.co/VRYmEPstNL 
• Cash-crisis Salford uni faces huge legal bill in libel row u-turn http://t.co/QmtmMzxIbO 
• Law firm Clifford Chance to roll out 1,600 BlackBerry smartphones http://t.co/uJZLYxRREG 
• Free speech champion slams Stormont for blocking Defamation Bill http://t.co/TFp6HtliqW 
• Vladimir Putin threatens to change RUSSIA's adoption laws over gay marriage http://t.co/rvjBuwKC2C 
• UK Deputy Prime Minister says 'snooper's charter' will not become law http://t.co/FMck173NXW 
• Margaret Hodge urges accountancy code of practice over role in tax laws http://t.co/NKUBRrqOpz 
• MEPs welcome European Court of Justice ruling on anti-gay Romanian football owner George Becali http://t.co/NjVv2JebIy 
• Rape and Justice in the Civil War http://t.co/mVjZ5uJGYR 
• BANGLADESH Prime Minister vows justice over factory collapse http://t.co/UtMhXbdwWp 
• Justice Department accuses US citizen of being Cuban spy http://t.co/v0uTBSE27C
• Jury continues deliberations in Scalford murder trial http://t.co/UpFCliYXzt 
• US: New York police find 'part of 9/11 plane landing gear' http://t.co/DXGav4XjEp 
• Debit card customers tied down by time limit on refunds http://t.co/wVWZguXh3m 
• Earring back injury case: Safaa Pate in £1m claim http://t.co/2p3d9Oo4C8
• SAUDI ARABIA: Religious police keeping an eye on men deemed too handsome lest they woo the womenfolk http://t.co/2WCpm7Sf96 
• Craig Denholm, officer named in 'amnesia' report over Milly Dowler hacking, lands top role with another force http://t.co/WjJflkp5Ow 
• PR guru Max Clifford charged with 11 counts of indecent assault on teenage girls http://t.co/zItcgkr7RU 
• Endorsement of Royal Charter on press regulation will not undermine monarchical neutrality http://t.co/StMQ6WSp5m 
• Homeland lawyers 'sloppy' with copyright requests | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/9Y5U7I3ek8 
• Kiwi's crank up legal training | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/N7NO7N1eZO 
• Accountants surpass law firms in social media race | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/pfbq2e2ggq 
• Lawyers praise Google's 'peace offering' | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/naCNvP3WL0
• Oz lawyers revel in bribery crackdown | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/2kcklP30Ro 
• Bakers shake promotion approach to meet equality targets | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/amIQDtXgwm 
• SOMALIA: Mogadishu shooting - Top legal official killed http://t.co/TF2kOQircD 
• ISRAEL: Women worshipers score legal victory http://t.co/7KnheWA0jo 
• Family of a Belfast engineer killed after safety systems on his equipment failed has been denied public funds http://t.co/6nzHiC05Pv 
• GERMANY: Commerzbank Bonus Appeal Fails as Dresdner Bankers Win Again http://t.co/JoL7X2UeSp 
• Western Firms Feel Pressure as Toll Rises in BANGLADESH http://t.co/R2llWIoMRY 
• AUSTRALIA: Guantanamo lawyer to defend Nauru 10 http://t.co/y7NbjhVzMk 
• INDIA: Robbers strike at home of senior lawyer and kill son http://t.co/bXGs3DL3Mq