FOCUS OF THE DAY: The Law Society has chosen Catherine Dixon to replace Des Hudson as its chief executive. Ms Dixon has been chief executive of the NHS Litigation Authority since April 2012. A Law Society spokesman said she would join in the next few months, at the end of her notice period with the NHSLA.. Full story - Legal Futures
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- Investor prospectus makes clear that Barclays Bank faces multimillion-pound payouts and years of costly litigation http://t.co/HzKCo5LqsI
- AUSTRALIA: Baird government looks at legal options on Newcastle mayor Jeff McCloy amid allegations at ICAC http://t.co/Zef5sfJgOP
- Former teachers lodge legal challenge against Fife Council’s granting of permission for a new £40 million College http://t.co/3fCwacxYxj
- CANADA: Legal Aid Alberta funding crisis continues with new court decision http://t.co/nSNgyQnTkA
- NHS faces legal bill as dozens suffer problems after private eye operations http://t.co/ytGQaUntGh
- Information Commissioner’s Office issued warning to legal firms that personal information must be kept secure http://t.co/ZK4o5oHYHX
- NEW ZEALAND: Auckland Barrister Hirschfeld Censured for Negligence in Legal Aid Charging http://t.co/BaUJCuShDI
- US: Statement by Attorney General Eric Holder on Latest Developments in Ferguson, Missouri http://t.co/6WvidNFXhU
- IVORY COAST embarks on addressing the legacy of internal strife that culminated in the 2010 post-election violence http://t.co/uX388RCRrL
- US: When Will We See Justice for Michael Brown? http://t.co/McxRv2mWL4
- INDIA: 1984 anti-Sikh riot victims to carry 'Torch of Justice' from Delhi to New York http://t.co/X8mMOS3rnY
- Child rapist brought to justice after judge 'fell asleep' in original trial http://t.co/DreuYTBVka
- Content marketing is ruining the web. Its decline will be poetic justice? http://t.co/vhq6hXq4Wx
- Can universal jurisdiction help Palestinians seek justice? http://t.co/46pNfFPfBg
- Can a musical do justice to SOUTH AFRICA's Marikana mine massacre? http://t.co/0AF0636Dbx
- SOUTH AFRICA: Two years after Marikana massacre, families still wait for justice http://t.co/5k9aI6dxJQ
- TURKEY: The dark politics of Turkish criminal justice: the case of Gulsum Koc http://t.co/J6csWkkU3R
- US: It's not just Ferguson, America's criminal justice system is racist http://t.co/j7gPbFVSYV
- IRELAND: Plan to relocate two children in care will go ahead http://t.co/0YlaCm0t41
- Junior Family Practitioner, Solicitor or Barrister – Cayman Islands - Applications are invited for this position http://t.co/RoIyOSaQlL
- US: Former solicitor appeals state court decision to PA Supreme Court over legal fees http://t.co/fw0xbIysQd
- Sports solicitor labels Court of Arbitration for Sport's reduction of Luis Suarez's sanctions embarrassing for FIFA http://t.co/JKwqQotSu6
- Honeymoon flight delay sees groom plead guilty to disorderly behaviour via solicitor http://t.co/fn42Yqwfg0
- MALAYSIA: Sayur Manis: Delicious, But Also Deadly, Greens From Borneo http://t.co/BEMeFO6x2I
- CHINA: Police ‘fire on Tibetan protesters’ http://t.co/Ha8oaISt7h
- PALESTINE: Doctors tackle damaged minds amid Gaza's post-war destruction http://t.co/XXIlybULkU
- Passengers with HIV sue CHINA's Spring Airlines http://t.co/nmmKQeTh0N
- Maximum security prison graduation ceremony in KENYA http://t.co/o9OlvCE6QB
- ITALY says two boat migrants die, 1,500 saved as total passes 100,000 http://t.co/SkjvMAW34y
- US: Ferguson police - Michael Brown was robbery suspect http://t.co/qTLEhsq5iH
- INDONESIA: Police Detain US Couple In Murder Probe http://t.co/iIZYiQiVSM
- Palestinians accuse ISRAEL of violating Gaza truce http://t.co/zRb3eaZCKu
- NIGERIA: Boko Haram suspected of abducting more than 50 Nigerian villagers http://t.co/dSf6PeUhak
- SAUDI ARABIA: Cleric calls for global code of conduct for leaders, scholars & young to halt aslide into violence http://t.co/4ykSAyD10g
- Solicitor asks for more severe penalty for his speeding Gloucester client to avoid legal lacuna http://t.co/SlHoRxQrkH
- Solicitor asks for more severe penalty for his speeding Gloucester client to avoid legal lacuna http://t.co/XKCSDlKhbh
- The He-Man approach to crime shames us all http://t.co/uJjSvJPItL
- LAW FIRM NEWS: BLP and Taylor Wessing advise on sale of Heron Plaza | The Lawyer http://t.co/ROqJlaRRFM
- VimpelCom replaces general counsel Jeffrey McGhie with former Virgin Media GC Scott Dresser | The Lawyer http://t.co/HbEGjp1BkG
- CPS to take no action against ex-Times lawyer Brett in NightJack phone hacking case | The Lawyer http://t.co/bGFQHYbiTm
- Solicitors will spend less time on training under new CPD regime | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/kmdDVAu7JI
- Dungavel detainee in South Lanarkshire tested for Ebola http://t.co/jaZ9x7gsuS
- Awema: Naz Malik 'put Wales rugby tickets on expenses' http://t.co/Qt67jkpuYF
- Jail for couple who robbed epileptic woman having fit http://t.co/KZv4o9ulo1
- Charity says a decision by the NHS in England to reject a drug for men with prostate cancer is a "fiasco" http://t.co/Mqo5gA78Xd
- It's a breach of copyright: Premier League warns about posting goal videos online http://t.co/VBcXu5uU5c
- Honeymoon murder suspect Shrien Dewani found fit to stand trial in South Africa by a panel of psychiatric experts http://t.co/TFglhXhrmD
- Ebola crisis 'to take six months to control' http://t.co/gdPHPogXzB
- Public Health England investigating outbreak of Salmonella affecting 156 people in England over the past few months http://t.co/Cts1d92Nr1
- Online safety: is the internet really a dangerous, lawless jungle for children? http://t.co/pwLPok97oP
- KENYA's lead poisoning victims narrate ordeal http://t.co/wRyw3ArBjX
- European Court of Human Rights has ordered POLAND to pay reparations to two Saudis being held in Guantanamo Bay http://t.co/RAymllsxZs
- S KOREA: Boisterous welcome from 50,000 people in football stadium, Pope Francis tells crowd to beware of materialism http://t.co/8wDOQ8XLXX
- INDIA: Prime minister addresses violence against women & unveils financial initiative in Independence Day speech http://t.co/N1VtExzFid
- Those cheering for police body-worn cameras must think a little deeper http://t.co/VRNDGFQZIk
- Marketing directors, £477,000 and the great salary debate | The Lawyer http://t.co/180HKTCL7Q
- Bonuses for business services professionals are not as easy as they seem | The Lawyer http://t.co/yWmPFtmuVO
- Eight new training contracts with social welfare law focus created | The Lawyer http://t.co/poWfFmjR7q
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Irwin Mitchell’s profit drops 8.5 per cent to £17.1m as revenue inches up | The Lawyer http://t.co/vqkGG8M6bz
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Clifford Chance's Layton and Norman: We needed leaner leadership | The Lawyer http://t.co/XeyGnd9avv
- Solid rock of US constitution stands in the way of EU-US free trade talks | Law Gazette http://t.co/dv0lZZZxJP
- Society granted special consultative status by United Nations | Law Gazette http://t.co/JwoUYh5pNu
- Profits dip as Irwin Mitchell invests | Law Gazette http://t.co/BmUkZ5oGgk
- Canada set to embrace ABSs | Law Gazette http://t.co/qtfZ6kqDIL
- More lawyers sign 'living wage' pledge | Law Gazette http://t.co/xsQy7iwnmU
- Police name officers in undercover sex claim case http://t.co/xvepgnkZ2T
- INDIA Independence Day: PM Modi says nation shamed by rape http://t.co/KIMHhN0onm
- HONG KONG lawyers take stand for independence from Beijing http://t.co/AFegIdl9Ur
- PAKISTAN clashes after shots fired at Imran Khan http://t.co/9BSQ8a4YwH
- TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHCltZZ
- US: Clerk of courts warns of jury duty, court scams http://t.co/Ome8yh5XUr
- US victims' lawyer: Arab Bank financed terrorists http://t.co/ZFvlVjwaTz
- Bullying rises at young offender institution where boy killed himself http://t.co/f6p3NdL6KV
- Surrogacy is still available to paedophiles. This must change – but how? http://t.co/6BYGnbDhAm
- Suspected burglar who hid in tree for hours severely disrupted trains near Charlton http://t.co/JjLxrYWYhq
- Chances of getting a rape case to prosecution at lowest levels since records began http://t.co/7QwBszlP2M
- One-fifth of jobs in London are low-paid, report says http://t.co/91SUWJ9boH
- Missing mother and one-year-old son found dead http://t.co/OTT63l8k0H
- Police name officers in undercover sex claim case http://t.co/xvepgnkZ2T
- Ebola crisis vastly underestimated, says WHO http://t.co/liS5ONVCgu
- April Jones killer denied compensation for jail attack http://t.co/PFjkevidLQ
- Unidentified woodland skull may have been brought to UK as 'trophy' http://t.co/OkuKUylpr1
- Husband kept fight against gipsy camp from terminally-ill wife http://t.co/w0ElUpWvGw
- ABSs set to cross the Atlantic | Legal Futures http://t.co/UxlSdKp7WJ
- CMCs using “special arrangements” with banks to avoid investigating PPI cases | Legal Futures http://t.co/REGjpnnoor
- Last hurdle before accountants can offer probate: a two-day course | Legal Futures http://t.co/2CtxYMac3O
- Lib Dems pledge further tax-free allowance rise http://t.co/3y2WyWCnz8
- Matloch brothers search: Two arrests made http://t.co/wa1qFPDxUu
- Mortgage lenders say 'prepare for a rate rise' http://t.co/BXVesxwiv3
- CHINA dissident lawyer Gao Zhisheng 'destroyed by jail' http://t.co/u8PQt3aIxs
- Robin Williams was suffering from the early stages of Parkinson's disease at the time of his death http://t.co/VkPZN79gFe
- A weekly round-up of lawyers moves across the globe | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/6DxqDbJLbu
- Law firms grow 33pc faster with non-exec on board | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/htSgLM63YG
- Two thirds of legal teams lack info security staff | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/x1YZjkdg6A
- Clayton Utz launches app for dawn raids help | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/0hJn8Snndo
- Companies say soaring data will increase legal costs | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/RLPIew04A0
- Praise from judges can be used in lawyer publicity | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/jSnUCWaman
- Columbia law school professor says that Scottish independence would be bad for business | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/NfCGVE5gzU
- Indian firms gear up for property opportunities | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/WgdB7DqZT4
- Lawyers urged to rise above US politics | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/jZiDPS3XHh
- Hedge fund billionaire attacks Martin Lipton | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/EOtpaM3gYE
- Is the concept of human rights non-ideological? http://t.co/3pN11Sa3Zx
- Want to end sexual violence against women? Fix the men http://t.co/mXDtyebCzi
- KENYA: Lives are at risk in the coastal city of Mombasa after thousands were exposed to lead http://t.co/wRyw3ArBjX
- US president calls for transparent probe into the shooting death of unarmed black teenager in the suburb of St Louis http://t.co/9BEIIDnkJN
- Crowd control: Riot police techniques from Ferguson to France http://t.co/bpthTzbZn9
- AUSTRALIA: Public and private groups are testing environmentally friendly shark-attack mitigation technologies http://t.co/XcOQxmb2Ah
- BAHRAIN court sentences men to life imprisonment for killing policeman last year http://t.co/pigx9Q3ykD
- Indian Jet Airways plane dived 1,500m as pilot 'sleeps' and co-pilot playwed with tablet computer http://t.co/eBykbg0SY2
- Can you die from a broken heart? http://t.co/rPuXKAgoC0
- Should holiday email be deleted? http://t.co/r9HVyYYLe9
- Mobile firm EE introduces queue jumping charge http://t.co/T8ZJGEJ81q
- UKRAINE crisis: Rebel military chief Strelkov 'quits' http://t.co/FcH3G6f9vb
- Sir Cliff Richard's Berkshire property searched by police in relation to an alleged historical sex offence http://t.co/sBX2vfFfZc
- George Brandis releases Family Law Council report into surrogacy http://t.co/sOI7oWFD7K
- Hewlett-Packard allegations: Autonomy founder Mike Lynch tries to clear name http://t.co/pbv6tvTGNb
- US: Couple fights North Carolina same-sex marriage ban after 48 years together http://t.co/jE9Bemsews
- THAILAND: Suspected human trafficker and Thai 'baby factory' under investigation http://t.co/T8TdYBQdz2
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Boyes Turner sees PEP rocket in 2013/14 after ending tripartite merger talks | The Lawyer http://t.co/BiqvElAsmq
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Singapore firm Wong Partnership follows Myanmar entry with Indonesia deal | The Lawyer http://t.co/PQdT3OkzmJ
- Law Society picks NHSLA head Dixon as new CEO | The Lawyer http://t.co/fdFMdQWU62
- Institute of Chartered Accountants (ICAEW) granted authority to license ABSs | The Lawyer http://t.co/btxHmvNvzd
- Barclays turns to Sullivan & Cromwell for possible £1.2bn US fraud case | The Lawyer http://t.co/oxkQ8TE0ne
- Depression the last taboo in law firms? Lawyers suffering often don’t want to talk about it | Law Gazette http://t.co/JOFWM98wXf
- Family lawyers sound alarm on separating parents | Law Gazette http://t.co/E2WvOVpoUw
- Law Society appoints new chief executive - Catherine Dixon, from the NHS Litigation Authority | Law Gazette http://t.co/Nkrg4p3CX9
- Commission probes religion in the workplace | Law Gazette http://t.co/WPrsl5bMv4
- ICAEW approved to regulate probate and license ABSs | Law Gazette http://t.co/T95Eoh4H18
- NIGERIA: Punishment for armed robbery in Lagos http://t.co/JmeStQlTQr
- TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHCltZZ
