FOCUS OF THE DAY: Criminal law barristers returned 305 instructions in the first seven days of their 'no returns' protest against the legal aid cuts earlier this month, research for the Criminal Bar Association (CBA) has suggested. Full story - Solicitors Journal
- MP Nigel Evans 'staggered' following rape arrest http://t.co/gbYbqcIK2C
- Irish inquiry: Concerns over Gardai secret phone recordings http://t.co/OAPcOCgdaj
- Clydesdale and Yorkshire Banks to close 28 branches http://t.co/LcLbeHlp9R
- John Davis charged with murdering Hazel North http://t.co/T7mKXWsIz3
- Florida police shooting teens 'killed themselves' http://t.co/xTH9527owC
- Rebecca Coriam's family to sue Disney for $75,000 http://t.co/OzrYyUsuXH
- Former Co-op bank chief Paul Flowers speaks of personal 'hell' http://t.co/NZu27T6B7k
- Matron took sex toy into work a tribunal rules http://t.co/p4N6JJfRZT
- Miss Hampshire beauty contest spat as London woman wins http://t.co/9AsrWUUubK
- UKRAINE far-right leader Muzychko dies 'in police raid' http://t.co/uOAa2OXVGx
- SOUTH AFRICA: Pistorius and Steenkamp were 'loving couple', says lawyer http://t.co/vl15c4TG6E
- UK inflation rate falls to fresh four-year low of 1.7% http://t.co/Rz9elxtOEs
- Treasury to sell more Lloyds shares http://t.co/ML4mdZuZiF
- Suspected Gulnara Karimova letter (daughter of UZBEKISTAN's president) smuggled to BBC http://t.co/TDzE5ReZVi
- ‘Scandal’ of liver disease inaction http://t.co/5Vpxash2xy
- Malaysia Airlines MH370: Relatives in CHINA scuffles http://t.co/6ipDKQ40rd
- Stephen Lawrence review prompts Met shredding ban http://t.co/rkbFVYWjTI
- LAW FIRM NEWS: BLP loses three in a week as Oddy quits for Latham | The Lawyer http://t.co/GmWTgTNvg1
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Clayton Utz ends Hong Kong association to focus on Australia | The Lawyer http://t.co/N48LU0uXFV
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Osborne Clarke to launch in San Francisco | The Lawyer http://t.co/tx1pMVwo1w
- Former Shell legal head Peter Rees resurfaces at Thirty Nine Essex Street | The Lawyer http://t.co/NxdJRDfbUW
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Berwin Leighton Paisner prioritises corporate in promotions round | The Lawyer http://t.co/79fEIyqKD5
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Gleiss Lutz and Hengeler raided over Deutsche Bank lawsuit | The Lawyer http://t.co/sK1Q4D5fXJ
- Elite 'red circle' firms Zhong Lun and Jun He plot merger as consolidation grips China legal market | The Lawyer http://t.co/sVR6OTK6h5
- Reynolds portrait was ‘plant’ for tax purposes | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/KYMCKw0Oun
- The criminal legal aid cuts: Is it possible to survive after 20 March? | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/rtPGLByngK
- Partners cannot be treated as employees, Supreme Court hears | Law Gazette http://t.co/Zgcy7KsD1A
- Monitor court outcomes to tackle reoffending, says Green | Law Gazette http://t.co/gVmWM9mAnw
- PI lawyers still back ATE insurance option | Law Gazette http://t.co/gWGuS9PdF4
- Insurers propose scrapping compensation for whiplash | Law Gazette http://t.co/L78vMOJ4rF
- TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHCltZZ
- In-house interview: Master of domains – Andy Southam at Netnames | The Lawyer http://t.co/ldsTEfIaek
- Beware a council lawyer scorned | The Lawyer http://t.co/yySfETwvRH
- Austria: Hypo-activity | The Lawyer http://t.co/rBsTBgJUPK
- Training: Paralegal purgatory | The Lawyer http://t.co/7frwDCJy6B
- Litigation: The Supersilks | The Lawyer http://t.co/9rV3Y2asaw
- Local authority law: Public enterprise | The Lawyer http://t.co/BTUEkotKyj
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Ogier pilots paralegal scheme to nurture new talent | The Lawyer http://t.co/bgbm4IS218
- Local authority chiefs press watchdog over ABS delay | The Lawyer http://t.co/5pvKKZwYYX
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Chinese Zhong Lun targets Chinese top three with 22-partner Kaiwen acquisition | The Lawyer http://t.co/J4fhC9ixhW
- KENYA: Women demand justice over post-election sexual violence http://t.co/6ielHiiy8J
- Deepcut: Des James hopes for 'closure' over daughter Cheryl http://t.co/oc9v8hvq4b
- Belfast Met: Report critical of sale of unused buildings http://t.co/VrcfZ5xPuD
- Northern Ireland's poorest 'still struggle after downturn' http://t.co/z9p0EU0PxI
- Dissent among scientists over key climate impacts report http://t.co/grroPe9vkq
- Unmanned drones: MoD told 'transparency will build public trust' http://t.co/U035d2ENcR
- Justice Minister Chris Grayling defends prisoner book rules http://t.co/10EjrwYdMH
- Many primary school teachers 'ill-equipped' to teach languages http://t.co/XhAttXJBof
- Deepcut barracks death: New inquest hope for family http://t.co/DVeS99l1wZ
- Lloyds accused of short-changing PPI claimants http://t.co/YD1wzduAXM
- EU blacklists Cambodia, Guinea, Belize over illegal fishing http://t.co/8bFWSRKlwW
- LATVIA: Justice Minister could be denied access to official secrets due to her previous activities http://t.co/12oyMYOC5l
- Superficially attractive reasons are led for the removal of corroboration as a requirement of Scots criminal justice http://t.co/nf5i0D74j5
- CANADA: Justice reviews released for legal aid, sheriff's office - Newfoundland & Labrador http://t.co/ZEJDxWHQDf
- INDIA: Justice for Dhaval Lodaya protest reaches CST station in Mumbai http://t.co/mADyXzJmvE
- FRANCE: Documenting police harassment of migrants in Calais and strengthening resistance against the border regime http://t.co/x2Kc4DySxc
- World Court urged to assess legal status of ISRAEL's occupation of Palestine http://t.co/QW3adfTHd2
- TURKEY: Bar associations, legal experts ask courts to overturn Twitter ban http://t.co/a72ekUY75J
- INDIA: Legal literacy class for the women inmates of Garhwa subjail organized http://t.co/WQLwBEaPnL
- Legal action looming over Walsall Manor unborn babies http://t.co/k7LcOrp3jR Mar 25, 2014
- INDIA: Legal opinion sought on inclusion of RIL’s partners under new gas price http://t.co/pzNj9y0FLx
- NEW ZEALAND: Botch-up at Russian billionaire's luxury beachfront hideaway sends Kiwi builder to the wall http://t.co/xZ826xeL3x
- US: Banks promise legal battle with Detroit if debt deal isn't approved http://t.co/dSNympeked
- Actor Mel Gibson 'considering legal battle for custody of daughter Lucia' http://t.co/IfdI1h4bDT
- AUSTRALIA: Legal experts slam law that allows electric shock therapy on children http://t.co/ZvsSAyn0kv
- Life insurers urge regulator to intervene in pensions shake-up http://t.co/d0hOm1E4De
- SPAIN: Proposed change to tax system, include ‘Beckham’s Law’, allowing some expats to be taxed at 24.75% http://t.co/bGjSOegfC4
- UK Government Publishes Employment Tribunal Statistics http://t.co/Wfi40EJsI9
- TAIWAN police break-up trade deal protest http://t.co/WuSFDlodX9
- Tribes in PAKISTAN's FATA region are struggling to repeal a colonial-era, collective punishment law http://t.co/GGQhebCwFV
- UK has quietly been returning asylum seekers to Mogadishu, despite the threat of al-Shabab http://t.co/ep0Am1MIh6
- NETHERLANDS: Dutch far-right fall out of favour http://t.co/4a37fT1x5g
- ISRAEL: Foreign ministry employees declare a full-scale strike at home and at diplomatic missions over pay http://t.co/GPcssE3N9O
- Trial of Al Jazeera staff adjourned in EGYPT http://t.co/b2dQngcWNH
- EGYPT: Muslim Brotherhood members sentenced to death http://t.co/1Z4qszx1Mk
- Internet swoons over 'battle-ready heroine' CRIMEAN attorney general Natalia Poklonskaya http://t.co/WAN23YFdYO
- British woman 'raped by security guard in her hotel room' at Egyptian Sharm-el-Sheikh resort http://t.co/cdXpeZ1wz4
- Acid attack victim Naomi Oni accuses police of incompetence http://t.co/F6a2iqzstO
- Two men arrested after Stephen Lawrence memorial damaged http://t.co/3Ihna8CdS0
- Donations to cyclist who died while raising money for Mind pass £50,000 in a day http://t.co/wEAh5ZpO2t
- Spotlight falls on former Met Police bosses in investigation into 'mass-shredding' of internal corruption files http://t.co/clHsNvzsBo
- FGM: Top gynaecologist hits out at ‘political’ prosecution for female genital mutilation http://t.co/NVxA1tVDLQ
- Judge cites Karl Marx in rejecting law firm's bid to exit professional indemnity scheme | Legal Futures http://t.co/VEq4YwuMjW
- BT legal chief warns firms of new entrant threat as its ABS eyes expansion | Legal Futures http://t.co/DT00JNBfCx
- LexisNexis awarded ABS licence to launch compliance service | Legal Futures http://t.co/0peqEu2q8n
- Labour to back review of law criminalising failure to pay TV licence http://t.co/4uGI7fXOlf
- The true cost of private contracts in universities http://t.co/anI6i9HzEm
- VENEZUELA investigates '60 cases of human rights abuse' http://t.co/ipmH0xBjxl
- FRANCE election: Far Right National Front gains trigger alarm http://t.co/Wt4lYw2xqq
- Police van 'catapults' over car in Bermondsey crash http://t.co/vTYhhumpqn
- Silverstone boss contacts David Cameron over Circuit of Wales http://t.co/iPPeYjqDEO
- E. coli deaths at Swansea's Singleton Hospital 'caused by infection prevention failure' http://t.co/Y7oK4OQ3cK
- Jean McConville: Adams tells lawyer to contact police http://t.co/hZwnIebOsA
- TURKEY Twitter ban is 'a losing battle', expert claims http://t.co/9BkGsSlF7L
- Paedophile priest Francis Paul Cullen jailed for 15 years http://t.co/3hi5Bmb47U
- Birmingham chair of governors rejects 'Islam plot' letter http://t.co/kIyoe1TPFi
- US: Ex-Madoff employees found guilty of conspiracy http://t.co/3kDVHiva2m
- TV presenter Ant McPartlin assaulted in Chiswick http://t.co/7BlKdTWYKI
- Campaign for Donetsk 'to join UK' because the city was founded by an industrialist from Wales http://t.co/k78xmj9ZEk
- Andrew Mitchell had 'history of police verbal aggression' http://t.co/YaptTnooxt
- Jimmy Tarbuck will not face abuse charges http://t.co/xJAaOZP3m8
- Researchers in several countries are designing mathematical models to predict atrocities and war http://t.co/2nBH5dn1ue
- What PAKISTAN Knew About Bin Laden http://t.co/rWKeHt0u1c
- US: For Gay Couples in Michigan, a Day of Joy Ends in Legal Uncertainty http://t.co/b5pQI4IHws
- Countries Divided on Future of Ancient Buddhas destroyed by the Taliban http://t.co/5N7bC73vUD
- US: Toyota and General Motors failed the American public when they delayed recalls of millions of defective cars http://t.co/NQosI1g0f4
- More US Troops to Aid UGANDA Search for Joseph Kony http://t.co/gwVhoVFiHt
- Selling a Poison by the Barrel: Liquid Nicotine for E-Cigarettes http://t.co/4zR6xMLPh1
- Spanish banks: Finding the alternatives | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/cwVzRup1Xn
- New Zealand makes court the last resort in family cases | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/2dem8T4Lb6
- Sharia law to be upheld in UK wills | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/2jMuEQjJ7h
- Minter Ellison appoints new chief executive | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/aUw9yrWtxI
- Google avoids 'largest lawsuit ever' | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/31ieW4ZOxH
- Call for Rwandan lawyers to up their game | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/ujKNHVOGC9
- Ex-Shearman partner sets up barristers website | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/793vNZxefB
- Malaysian lawyer lashes out over plane criticism | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/wI51kszsWP
- US firms take top spots in European M&A | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/TMJ0RG4Byd