FOCUS OF THE DAY: It doesn’t take a lawyer to realise this attack on legal aid will have a deleterious effect on justice. Chris Grayling wants to shave £200m off the legal aid budget. Having made the decision to cut, the law of unintended consequences comes into play. Full story - The Independent
- Clothed in Misery: Latest deady chapter in the story of miserable labor conditions in the global garment industry http://t.co/WpdjIdZCHO
- US: Supreme Court should have said that every state has the duty to pay for counsel for indigent criminal defendants http://t.co/RwW9He0sEK
- Massacre in NIGERIA Spurs Outcry Over Military Tactics http://t.co/IrpYkSVFCT
- LAW FIRM NEWS: OC hits 100 UK partners with Speechlys restructuring hire | The Lawyer http://t.co/7dYEjl3TB2
- LAW FIRM NEWS: CMS adds eight in London as part of 31-strong promos round | The Lawyer http://t.co/fRymkJ1TKv
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Bakers, OC take roles as Best Buy exits Carphone Warehouse JV | The Lawyer http://t.co/tgvRgZzbwJ
- Magic circle lead charge against Libor-rigging claims at the CoA | The Lawyer http://t.co/sf8hyaHz9q
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Japan's Nishimura and Asahi launches into Myanmar and Thailand | The Lawyer http://t.co/BWAuk8u9n4
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Burges Salmon partner promos dip to three after bumper 2012 round | The Lawyer http://t.co/gyqaNoMKLO
- LAW FIRM NEWS: US duo lead on $586m sale of stake in China's Twitter-like Weibo | The Lawyer http://t.co/LgSWnhBzVN
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Eversheds goes international with increased promotions round | The Lawyer http://t.co/9QSR8VjzYa
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Slaughters hands NQ lawyers salary bump to £63,000 | The Lawyer http://t.co/WTlkSfHnwv
- A lack of judges at the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) is causing delays | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/RC8eOlExe4
- Covent Garden porters cannot keep all of porterage fee | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/PZHzm9yYua
- First person jailed by Court of Protection speaks out | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/lQt1fuXHlE
- Social media and reputation management - what’s over the marksman’s line? | LawInSport http://t.co/LqYjAHPCmg
- Nespresso loses fight over coffee capsules | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/xbiHRNv7ye
- The Tyco-Eversheds deal – from whiteboard to renewal | Law Gazette http://t.co/Hu6tXeCg10
- Model of a modern secretary general | Law Gazette http://t.co/wkr3p6Axlf
- Saatchi promises safeguards in negligence immunity bill | Law Gazette http://t.co/UdVTSgiTJO
- TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHCkVDp
- The weekly roundup of Law News Blog from TheLawMap: The Law Business: 22-28th April http://t.co/pJizD4BBQs
- A blow to EL claims | Law Gazette http://t.co/xT49UGOHnT
- Contributory negligence: employee or lawful visitor? | Law Gazette http://t.co/NwqMNbOSZt
- High Court throws out JR on ‘easyCouncil’ | Law Gazette http://t.co/i8zykX9FeY
- ‘Mayhem’ threat as Wales votes against QASA | Law Gazette http://t.co/PKQ9JuQ6LN
- Interest swap mis-selling claims company eyes ABS status | Legal Futures http://t.co/9I5uwjCK5s
- Bringing all legal advice into regulatory net may resolve consumer confusion, says LSB chief | Legal Futures http://t.co/jZKfhZKXBg
- Licensed conveyancers support retaining referral fees | Legal Futures http://t.co/zWZutrgZrN
- BBC Welsh music royalty row with EOS goes to tribunal http://t.co/Qj3qxuiTx4
- INDIA: Green tribunal shifts Sterlite gas leak case to New Delhi http://t.co/CUBklPTpbu
- LEBANON: Former Prime Minister Hariri's assassination investigation tribunal probes witness details leak http://t.co/bUKKczwsTj
- US: NFL to fight anti-gay bias, says N.Y. attorney general http://t.co/1XCE7qVfCM
- ISRAEL: Attorney general affirms policy of e-mail searches of foreign travelers http://t.co/Qb23y1f6N1
- US: Indian-American attorney to prosecute Boston bomber http://t.co/2iCSOgGRxb
- IRELAND: Enda Kenny calls for calm as abortion debate becomes more fractious http://t.co/wsOtdYpyxA
- BURMA: No need to change law on Rohingya citizenship: Myanmar panel http://t.co/KtZdIYzHzI
- ISRAEL: Emergency law limiting detainee rights extended http://t.co/aHNhmw8zOb
- BURMA: Suu Kyi 'rule of law' mantra distant hope in Myanmar http://t.co/g6UJvK2lBG
- CANADA: Ontario judge tosses gun charges against 13-year-old over improper strip search http://t.co/gzev8c8EOw
- IRELAND: Judge orders arrest of man accused of withholding information on murder of Alan Ryan http://t.co/GBN3AMLSPw
- Judge orders Blackburn Rovers to pay former manager Berg millions in compensation http://t.co/DcebuJk7UO
- Photographers' anger at law change over 'orphan works' http://t.co/HPwsk5ewur
- UK's 'Instagram Act': Will your photos become everyone else's? http://t.co/yp93ZaEFry
- Legal aid cuts could spell the end for Thanet criminal law firms http://t.co/aVTr3HMrCW
- Discrimination: Ageism factor faces critical legal test in the UK http://t.co/wJPOu0uVOe
- EGYPT: Morsi and Egypt judiciary draw closer on proposed legislation http://t.co/FBDlLhJrR8
- Prisoners stripped of right to watch TV http://t.co/eitLlDQnAo
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Hill Dickinson puts jobs at risk amid firm-wide business review | The Lawyer http://t.co/nlLB67EacY
- Peers repeat call for more judges at CJEU | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/J6SFzP2aY6
- The Price Of Cheap Clothes | HumanRights.ie http://t.co/TFq7bmENsF
- Tory rapped for "inappropriate" comments about council's solicitor http://t.co/zW7LagDEd9
- Homeland lawyers 'sloppy' with copyright requests | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/B2tyGjDAKu
- Pakistan's legal profession protests against lawyer attacks | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/SWF21YBCYr
- SFO incomes increases from asset seizures | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/a7EqrtKw3l
- Tyco renews fixed fee deal | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/YzDQ4gxXVw
- Philippine Chief Justice lambasts legal profession | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/3f8ugPdpVy
- Corporate confidence rises in Oceania | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/6mkPf0mF6Y
- Bee deaths: EU to ban neonicotinoid pesticides http://t.co/4XiYsOWXyU
- Could youth commissioners do the police more harm than good? http://t.co/46ucRiONlx
- Barclays Libor court case delayed until April 2014 http://t.co/hofKEPf2qC
- How HMRC treated its Goldman Sachs tax deal whistleblower as a criminal http://t.co/570tEg4j3P
- THAILAND considers opening Tourist Court to speed up justice for foreign visitors http://t.co/gEHpOHbbTC
- Funeral for Hillsborough justice campaigner Anne Williams http://t.co/RAA8nQAiBD
- KENYA: Chief Justice denies taking bribe in presidential petition http://t.co/C6yTPcQZxU
- POLAND: Polish Justice Minister Gowin Fired on Embryo Controversy http://t.co/tqbZRR9qSH
- Helen Mann inquest: Head teacher 'worried over Ofsted review' http://t.co/oNaJqahYr2
- Dental nurse 'poisoned boss's coffee with mercury' http://t.co/UElr6T8VlK
- BANGLADESH: Dhaka factory collapse - Owner Rana faces anger at court http://t.co/OxebyThhqF
- INDIA: Complying with legal issues abroad challenge for Indian companies: Study http://t.co/nEsgXBNrn7
- European Central Bank only to publish OMT legal act if activation imminent http://t.co/chUmrYJpjF
- AUSTRALIA: Legal aid denied to offshore detainees http://t.co/ZqlCTmKByT
- Constable Stephen Carroll murder: PSNI 'sabotage' claim at appeal http://t.co/1SK75VUmcz
- Deal or No Deal winner Caroline Banana sentenced to carry our community work for benefit fraud http://t.co/kxm0PJENnm
- NEPAL: Police investigating an alleged fight between European climbers & their Nepalese guides on Mount Everesthttp://bbc.in/10n5scL
- WWI prisoner of war postcard found http://t.co/jpB2UscvE3
- Men guilty of raping boy, 14, in Manchester Debenhams http://t.co/EH61OfVoMJ
- Wales child abuse: Operation Pallial inquiry finds evidence of 140 claims http://t.co/z746xEvqXa