26th August - Law News

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• Real IRA man's family to be compensated http://t.co/OqE73gl6EZ 
• CHINA: Bo Xilai trial - China prosecutors in 'no leniency' call as trial ends http://t.co/z10VEzU9rY 
• Patient confidentiality? Not if the price is right http://t.co/SSvi13PAeL 
• Prison monitors are there to stop abuse http://t.co/EIOG7ChUSn 
• US Federal Courts in Crisis: Irrational budget-cutting is doing grievous harm to the American justice system http://t.co/PmfoYznd8O 
• KENYA: Is Chief Registrar Shollei a Victim of Her Own Success and judiciary is taking revenge? http://t.co/IE2BkqrR1v
• SINGAPORE: The judiciary and its checks and balances role http://t.co/8dFiZdWXpJ 
• KENYA: Impending changes at the Judiciary excite power brokers http://t.co/UDwcbNl0ok 
• IRELAND: Bullying legislation didn't predict the age of Twitter http://t.co/4i43yHlNSE 
• US Dod Breed Specific Legislation: Obama Supports Pit Bulls, but Owns Portuguese Water Dogs http://t.co/duCP4xI5lf
• BANGLADESH: Lack of legal measures against newspapers for publishing a rape victim’s deposition inside a closed court http://t.co/uP0W9duntF 
• IRELAND: Moriarty tribunal cost €550,000 in first half of year http://t.co/Iqq3Fm8ecD 
• Rights of Women and Law in INDIA http://t.co/CD7ZATi27C 
• UN rights chief to raise 'concerns' in SRI LANKA http://t.co/BXGMU8M75U 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHC3kLR
• UAE: Dubai ‘Smart Court’ campaign enhances creativity http://t.co/UVpGjANSJF 
• Microsoft kickbacks probe and accusations of illegal deals reache PAKISTAN http://t.co/Ha53kAttx7 
• INDIA: CBI enquiry sought into illegal beach sand mining http://t.co/MGAoNcOsnZ
• INDIA: Mumbai gangrape trial will be held in a fast track court http://t.co/kTTHR9FEhg
• Trial of EGYPT Brotherhood chiefs, Hosni Mubarak adjourned http://t.co/7f2PkaaLw7 
• Brotherhood leaders to go on trial in EGYPT http://t.co/yDz8JCoyy0 
• US: Donald Trump lawyer denies NY AG's lawsuit claims http://t.co/uVFVhxS7qJ 
• NEW ZEALAND lawyer struck off after failing to file a claim in the Disputes' Tribunal and ignoring client's wishes http://t.co/r50Zl2P2Tk
• SWISS lawyer uses USD 500,000 artwork to post bail after accusations of aiding US clients with tax evasion http://t.co/or8VNkLLCa
• Lawyer says guards gave ‘50 Shades of Grey’ to Guantanamo prisoner charged in 9/11 attacks http://t.co/pONcovbp3L 
• AUSTRALIA: Lawyer slams asylum seeker policies http://t.co/sncwtTqiaL 
• Bo Xilai: A Poor Test of Rule of Law in CHINA http://t.co/GOEPRPtXx9 
• US: Washington D.C. law firms lag national averages http://t.co/UuJC2cx5he 
• US: Tribal-law overhaul may spark land dispute http://t.co/70ltJIxg6l
• Army colonel David Parkinson killed in Kenya by armed gang http://t.co/c14yTwnoZH
• AUSTRALIA: Family law courts chase $1.4m in fees http://t.co/VDpjmnXmUK 
• Some US Lawyers have embraced the power of billboard advertising http://t.co/BDcpfMfoPC 
• A Point of View: Democracy and Islamic law http://t.co/WEJjV4D6Xe 
• ARGENTINA loses $1.3bn debt court appeal http://t.co/bKJJ3ZibKl 
• New book: "Democratic Justice and the Social Contract" http://t.co/rivyC2A00J 
• Rigam Rai becomes first woman solicitor of Nepali origin in HONG KONG http://t.co/rw2wixET2D 
• Police and crime commissioners accused of electoral fraud http://t.co/oLrJ4FgxoY 
• US: Yale Law students put prison visitation policies under the microscope http://t.co/iv7n1ygzG4 
• It's Left-wing prats who are defending our freedoms, admission by guardian of right wing expression, The Telegraph http://t.co/PTvJoS70Cc 
• EGYPT Widens Crackdown and Meaning of ‘Islamist’ http://t.co/0nlwNAN5C8 
• INDIA: Battling Superstition, Indian Paid With His Life http://t.co/A9JbS2hpIx 
• Following Martin Luther King’s Path, and Trying to Galvanize a New Generation http://t.co/Gz4Su9mw72 
• Hundreds of new 'legal high' designer drugs flooding into Europe, warns report http://t.co/0hwvWqWgNv 
• Disgraced cyclist Armstrong settles law case with Sunday Times http://t.co/Kt177KTOCz 
• UK deputy PM demands legal check on arrest of reporter's partner http://t.co/foPmiD3kwP 
• You could find trouble in store later on if you end things cheaply with a DIY-divorce http://t.co/svgzVNivhU 
• UK inheritance tax rules separates domicile from residency http://t.co/Z6aKu4Iyay 
• Theresa May Plans UK Anti-Slavery Law to Target Human Traffickers http://t.co/Z9l424nGIL 
• Calling for submissions: Postcard design for Save UK Justice campaign http://t.co/XnK6eEZPj3 
• Hosni Mubarak appears in court days after release http://t.co/hTRJkrqpAR 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHC3kLR