FOCUS OF THE DAY: Costs lawyers ready to defend their right to appear in court. The Association of Costs Lawyers (ACL) has gone to the length of obtained counsel's opinion in order to confirm that its members have rights to conduct costs litigation and to act as advocates in costs proceedings. Full story - Solicitors Journal
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| Last week's Twitter readership & interaction |
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Bird & Bird joins Indonesia race with double allies | The Lawyer http://t.co/M23R2IQ5Sw
- LSW FIRM NEWS: Freshfields and A&O take top spots on Spire Healthcare IPO | The Lawyer http://t.co/Q0XXgAji98
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Quinn Emanuel fined $2m for leaking Apple/Nokia deal | The Lawyer http://t.co/CxhgZdZIMm
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Norton Rose Fulbright appoints Leeker as its global compliance chief | The Lawyer http://t.co/r1ndS6rfmW
- Wonga to pay out £2.6m after sending debt collection letters from fake firms | The Lawyer http://t.co/eHFKwbGhRw
- Hacking trial: Kingsley Napley client Brooks acquitted, DLA client Coulson guilty | The Lawyer http://t.co/ss2YY0weZd
- Canary Wharf bondholders do battle over Clifford Chance HQ sale proceeds | The Lawyer http://t.co/ynXiff8sB3
- Judge rebukes Cameron for comments on Coulson conviction http://t.co/rS0BsxwdAQ
- Nato summit logo features Newport's Transporter Bridge http://t.co/cS4zWyptjC
- Durham head teacher Anne Lakey "exploited" boy for sex, court hears http://t.co/VVjGbfSSlB
- Yarl's Wood faces MP visit over sex abuse claims http://t.co/qyB73cAJfB
- Road casualties in Scotland down 10% as pedestrian deaths fall http://t.co/MftIf6vSqs
- BBC apologises after news alerts sent in error http://t.co/N39RYpDihP
- Britain tolerates fascists because of the value placed on free speech and freedom of conscience http://t.co/RuMrUiifGz
- NORTH KOREA threatens war on US over Kim Jong-un movie http://t.co/bZolNejf65
- David Cameron facing MPs' questions over convicted Coulson's appointment http://t.co/rS0BsxwdAQ
- Leicester 'botched revenge' arson killers jailed for life http://t.co/hfRA4oR7vJ
- Assisted suicide campaigners fail to get supreme court to overturn ban http://t.co/nsLDiEtNfZ
- Payday lender Wonga fined for threatening customers with fake law firms | Law Gazette http://t.co/oE8GPWPZzH
- TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHCltZZ
- SPAIN: Judge has formalised charges against Princess Cristina, King Felipe's sister, in a tax fraud http://t.co/dtvq9kykMA
- Wonga chased debt with fake lawyers, says FCA http://t.co/OsTl0O3eed
- Campaigners lose "right to die" case http://t.co/BL9c9DxAK8
- Lofty Salaries in the Ivory Towers: Are US university presidents overpaid? http://t.co/4Lxv5aEeDG
- A Thin Rationale for Drone Killings http://t.co/jXlNyRQyPt
- US: For Women in Midlife, Career Gains Slip Away http://t.co/B9NwNGnVt4
- US: Justices Uphold Emission Limits on Big Industry http://t.co/gzSPHDCMhg
- 'Hardened' attitudes over disability, Welsh first minister warns http://t.co/reAeBW0yuI
- Ban on 'no helmet' Cycling Scotland advert overturned http://t.co/8IH3wVGccu
- MSPs due to scrap council tenants' 'right to buy' http://t.co/i2S8bUyD87
- NIGERIA atheist Bala 'deemed mentally ill in Kano state' http://t.co/ScF4WKdaoy
- SUDAN death row case: US works for Meriam Ibrahim exit http://t.co/U1rY6pobIR
- Employers are to be banned from stopping staff with zero-hours contracts seeking extra work elsewhere http://t.co/aiKffjketO
- Right-to-die Supreme Court judgement due http://t.co/iMumI2sMBM
- Luis Suarez 'bite': Uruguay striker faces lengthy ban if found guilty http://t.co/OvP8D9xnji
- Patients 'facing longer GP waits', warns BMA http://t.co/fgM5bHG6IS
- Phone-hacking jury considers final verdicts http://t.co/BNAYgXaYLT
- Minors remain jailed for life despite US supreme court ban on such sentences http://t.co/XNGVGO3CVv
- US: Sing Sing aims to join the ranks of America's prison museums http://t.co/XQh7tFe5hn
- Julian Assange makes fresh bid to break deadlock in Swedish rape case http://t.co/98UvGO3pLw
- US: California universities should do more to prevent sexual assault, audit says http://t.co/edkEO5HpxS
- Assisted suicide campaigners await supreme court verdict on right to die http://t.co/CbSpZqnjEO
- Christian Heathrow worker takes unfair dismissal claim to court of appeal http://t.co/d0znjGIVaE
- Diner calls 999 to complain to police about his McDonald's burger http://t.co/Xf6x5qzjKq
- Football match-fixing: GHANA chiefs exposed in undercover video http://t.co/BcRCZr6Al6
- Doctors ask judge to allow them to let woman, 20, die http://t.co/Ri7HPWP6xo
- Theresa May defends new nanay state surveillance powers as 'question of life and death' http://t.co/haDb6yx6ua
- Head of free school arrested again over fraud allegations http://t.co/ziV8oZpyvP
- The Home Office faces a crisis of confidence over immigration controls http://t.co/QPhQuDZuT5
- There has not been a vast criminal conspiracy by the press against the public as the phone-hacking trial demonstrates http://t.co/D7Yj06vfkL
- Rebekah Brooks: Everyone seems to have an opinion on high-profile trials but justice is not Big Brother | Law Gazette http://t.co/sHhWNUKvrB
- BBC highlights devastating reality of vendor conveyancer fraud | Legal Futures http://t.co/QZYwLlYcmB
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Maclays leads as Jane Norman goes into administration for second time | The Lawyer http://t.co/xxVumo25G4
- Excellence breeds diversity in 20 years of The Lawyer Awards | The Lawyer http://t.co/qqzLFALMnb
- LAW FIRM NEWS: DLA Piper Italy partner caught up in corruption probe | The Lawyer http://t.co/BCvC5aKpE2
- Make it so: Sir Patrick Stewart to record personal voicemail message for winner of The Lawyer Awards prize draw http://t.co/Ix80vnwWsn
- LAW FIRM NEWS: 2Birds joins Indonesia race with double allies | The Lawyer http://t.co/EsEszHqVii
- Solicitors Regulation Authority names first non-lawyer chair | Legal Futures http://t.co/j6zDQ3tpbA
- Debt management giant's ABS plans expansion into wills | Legal Futures http://t.co/HYQqKyA18v
- Neuberger backs single regulator but criticises LSB | Legal Futures http://t.co/d0y4pnfxss
- SRA announces appointment of new chair | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/FFJAgQ7twL
- Debt solutions provider to offer 'comprehensive suite of legal services at a competitive price' | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/6rLHfD5FpQ
- Leicester fire deaths widower calls for severe sentence http://t.co/q0VHYBYVOC
- Glasgow 2014: Man charged over bid to grab Queen's baton http://t.co/vFIam87rMF
- Police training college: Team recommend that Tyrone plan continues http://t.co/dsNS4oeRk3
- Glyndwr University's foreign student recruitment freeze http://t.co/Flta95vkyb
- Registrar says sham marriage couples 'too amorous' http://t.co/GtTP3RqGpr
- Hacking trial verdicts and David Cameron's 'humiliation' http://t.co/LIv0N28DnS
- European bank 'hit by sophisticated cyber-thefts' http://t.co/3yPOPtSkza
- Home Secretary Theresa May: There is no surveillance state http://t.co/k74JgQM9dY
- URUGUAY footballer Luis Suarez in World Cup 'bite' controversy http://t.co/QJGGerbYFw
- Resolving neighbour disputes https://t.co/LYQWBsBqok
- Pembrokeshire 'hobbit home': Councillors to visit site http://t.co/pgTdpALKOm
- Caroline Graham murder: Woman arrested in Portadown released http://t.co/OWITVlp9Sk
- Appeal for Aberdeen Isis jihadist Abdul Rakib Amin to come home http://t.co/yne218lEHV
- Jayden Parkinson murder trial: Ben Blakeley 'violent to previous partners' http://t.co/avo9NBKF8m
- Lenny Henry criticises BBC chief's diversity plans http://t.co/OJFsqnOlHh
- SUDAN death row woman Meriam Ibrahim 'detained' http://t.co/U1rY6pobIR
- MP likens Bank of England to 'unreliable boyfriend' http://t.co/q5WZQzZQ8F
- Scale of student visa fraud condemned as 'truly shocking' http://t.co/f3auSF6LOW
- Prime Minister David Cameron apologises over Andy Coulson appointment after he was found guilty of phone hacking http://t.co/469wAKYX93
- Hacking trial: Coulson guilty, Brooks cleared of charges http://t.co/AYcwcINJvc
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Wong Partnership becomes the latest to venture into Myanmar | The Lawyer http://t.co/y5tPDUyXWZ
- LAW FIRM NEWS: A&O, Herbies and Macfarlanes keep Virgin panel spots after review | The Lawyer http://t.co/3A2iJL1fi0
- Hacking trial: Kingsley Napley client Brooks acquitted, DLA client Coulson guilty | The Lawyer http://t.co/ss2YY0weZd
- PEP up 19% at Stephenson Harwood | Law Gazette http://t.co/tkwviEHpGh
- New SRA chair aims for ‘strong working relationship’ | Law Gazette http://t.co/zxghoFLmqZ
- High court rules vulnerable defendants deserve equal protection | Law Gazette http://t.co/gd1iZyNLye
- KENYA's backstreet BleachedBeauty trade: a haven for toxic skin-lightening treatments http://t.co/0uzs7Dudrl
- 'This is IRAQ - if you have guns, bring them' http://t.co/PUtPFYZphi
- GHANA environment pays cost of illegal mining http://t.co/lZ5eo3nKI8
- Residents of DRC asked to turn off everything other than TVs so power grid can cope with demand of football fans http://t.co/JPUIIsV4DQ
- EGYPT's president says judicial rulings must be respected, a day after three Al Jazeera journalists are sentenced http://t.co/gFRfbVYbGJ
- British government 'breaking law' in forcing data retention by companies http://t.co/kIQ9VQPaxq
- US: Obama's 'drone memo' is finally public. Now show us the library of secret law http://t.co/jXrXnXeJFi
- If I went back to jail, I would refuse to share a prison cell http://t.co/DVMFTd7sso
- Barrister who lied about career to be disbarred | Law Gazette http://t.co/zknUPP1Gzk
- 'Lawyers for Yes' group lobbies for Scottish independenc | Law Gazette http://t.co/180AtZCuTh
- AA expands legal services with conveyancing panel | Law Gazette http://t.co/jbfDBOLEjv
- PII changes threaten ‘solicitor brand’, says City society | News | Law Society Gazette http://t.co/SPG9VN3Fqy
- TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHCltZZ
