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- Outgoing Law Society chief executive Des Hudson speaks | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/pukZFDemr4
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- Bill looks to abolish chancel repair law | Law Gazette http://t.co/035qNSnI8W
- Hundreds of cases left without interpreter | Law Gazette http://t.co/RwJRExgLwJ
- Campaigners call for veteran barrister Michael Mansfield QC to lead inquiry into historic child sexual | Law Gazette http://t.co/XXLhWzosKa
- Clinical negligence cost inflation ‘astonishing’ - MDU | Law Gazette http://t.co/dO6NzTAT5Q
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- NETHERLANDS court finds government responsible for 300 deaths in Srebrenica massacre http://t.co/aDgLZy9pl6
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- UN rights chief criticizes secrecy in governmental surveillance http://t.co/00Uv58PvlE
- Are These The Law Schools With The Largest Gains In Employment? http://t.co/ahJ5GMkhmO
- US: NYC Jury awards shoplifter $500K for broken ankle http://t.co/MSsu4fxx8d
- Jury hears of South AUSTRALIA driver's shooting ordeal http://t.co/ipR1Thwe1U
- CANADA: Legislation and Agencies Related to the Jurisdiction of the Tribunal http://t.co/ajU7TfK8Am
- NIGERIA: Police Beef up Security as Tribunal Begins Sitting in Ekiti, http://t.co/GXv7P8HMNP
- INDIA: Apex court ask Attorney General Rohatgi what value of tribunal decision substituting High Court would be http://t.co/4e5n6PbqGf
- INDIA: National Green Tribunal raps Delhi Metro over dumping construction waste into Yamuna http://t.co/lUVJqCLJFS
- INDIA: Tribunals a parallel system, lack right people, says Supreme Court http://t.co/oXocggIE2p
- New evidence in case of British woman on death row in Indonesia leads to call for review blanket ban on legal aid http://t.co/S7SghNrmYp
- Derby teacher banned from classroom after pulling knife & jokingly threatening to kill pupil for getting answer wrong http://t.co/dGDsPReXv3
- Inquiry blames ‘systemic failures’ after IRA suspects were wrongly told they were not wanted by police http://t.co/CqWu4wP7wF
- Police fail to identify a suspect in more than half of recorded crimes, new figures show http://t.co/PAhdPxuTvr
- Judge and 'breathtakingly arrogant' barrister in slanging match during trial http://t.co/pK0W7cdBDN
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- Emergency legislation giving police access to phone records becomes law http://t.co/SxT2NiaamO
- Questions grow over why passenger jets were still flying over UKRAINE as flights are now re-routed http://t.co/3tdBYe5xAh
- Prisons and hospital criticised after rapist death http://t.co/UlpDT2dXZx
- Microsoft calls end to Android Nokia X smartphones http://t.co/QZ9INf4uK4
- 'Biological pacemaker' tested in lab http://t.co/lYYGbHFhqQ
- Child car seat installers guilty of failings, says Which? http://t.co/m4QoxeWurx
- News of the World 'undermined axe murder inquiry' http://t.co/zhxleD2qUX
- Belinda Bauer wins Harrogate crime novel award http://t.co/NU0nRJcOkd
- Labour plan to part re-nationalise rail network http://t.co/w8ebmCyBvF
- What's the point of Alex Salmond making speeches in England wasting Scottish taxpayer's money? http://t.co/Kvyqc79CtH
- 'Big Four' UK banks set to face CMA competition probe http://t.co/vj8EyJqFRi
- Third of solicitors err when seeking SAR consent | Legal Futures http://t.co/JOV2TVyvtV
- ‘Accountants have £500,000 indemnity limit, so why can’t we?’ SRA tells LSB | Legal Futures http://t.co/9zXMEouLdk
- Severe obesity is a disability, European court adviser rules http://t.co/Rb9T6uuz5o
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- My wife knew she was dying – but she chose life http://t.co/JDm0HWG5wC
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- European Court of Human Rights confirms forced divorce of trans people is legal http://t.co/gi7YL8asmn
- Are AUSTRALIANS Committing Human Rights Abuses in Syria and Iraq? http://t.co/5ge8OGQvF7
- Human rights lawyer Lord Joffe likens the battle for an assisted dying law to the abolition of slavery http://t.co/w97MzdsJ74
- US: Human Rights Campaign Endorses Healey for Attorney General in Massachusetts http://t.co/G5W5s1nNnU
- CANADA: Human Rights Tribunal awards couple $30,000 after harassment by neighbour http://t.co/8BqhNiLFMl
- Course on ROOTS OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE: AN INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE http://t.co/c44BCJxRnw
- MALTA: Commission for Administration of Justice advise against Andre Camilleri http://t.co/DWlfUo5u7d
- HUNGARY: Justice Minister & head of the supreme court (Kuria), highlighted the importance of judges’ independence http://t.co/gYOp5xD62b
- US: Bowe Bergdahl hires top military justice lawyer as investigation into his 2009 Taliban capture continues http://t.co/63Oi3PDw0k
- CANADA: 'Justice has been served:' Preeper brothers sentenced to life in prison http://t.co/qHwLVhdmNX
- Jihad, justice and the American way: is this a model for fair terrorism trials? http://t.co/HgmcBBOgd3
- Justice Secretary says vast majority of Scots want police to be armed.. but where's the proof of this? http://t.co/cRa2wKXr3Q
- US: Top Justice Official Tells Banks Lawsuits May Be Coming http://t.co/Sb9V6nUCwe
- US: Lost IRS emails to be investigated by Justice Dept. http://t.co/U12zKyK0Rq
- Colin Freeman, of Freeman Jones Solicitors LLP, recently raised more than £1,000 for The Palmer Children’s Trust http://t.co/7zysofm1eh
- Bankrupt Enniskillen solicitor Seymour Major up in court http://t.co/ibF6LEdp6F
- AUSTRALIA: State appoints Michael O’Farrell, SC, as Tasmania’s new Solicitor-General http://t.co/JOjpVtSaI6
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- Barrister S Chelvan was awarded Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year award last month, according to The Guardian http://t.co/XuhZYiXqXQ
- Anti-discrimination law in Northern Ireland http://t.co/t3UkuBrPuQ
- Euthanasia Law: Assisted Dying Bill Could Create 'Death Squads', Specialist Warns http://t.co/avynD8hpPn
- UK data law is good news for Ireland’s tech sector http://t.co/whMtDPCYT5
- The Free Trade Agreement of the Americas and Legal Harmonization http://t.co/W4lDPXd8UE
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- US: Legal disputes over debt plan aired in Detroit bankruptcy case http://t.co/I1tOiBvYfl
- AUSTRALIA: Legal advice about swimming coach Scott Volkers' indecent assaulting, laid bare at Royal Commission http://t.co/Yhs31tC3Ou
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- Over a third of clients use internet to find lawyers | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/zVG44kZ0r6
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