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- ‘Lord Chancellor should be a lawyer not a career politician’, practitioners tell inquiry | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/xapEWgBG3P
- Law Society predicts boost in legal services | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/KIQfk3JJfN
- Minibus driver jailed for five years for cyclist's death http://t.co/2vcFzMNAJ4
- Philip Lamey: Ex dental professor loses case for unfair dismissal http://t.co/Zq4uSKzzK3
- Matthew McCrea jailed for bottle attack on Abbie Keers http://t.co/PWh1lqQWMO
- The last Armenians of MYANMAR http://t.co/kndJMq6bRz
- Ebola outbreak: WHO warns that virus could infect 20,000 http://t.co/XiofZOLlDg
- Andrew 'Freddie' Flintoff escapes ban for speeding http://t.co/8fKLS3X26b
- Rotherham child abuse scandal: Ofsted plans early inspection http://t.co/3YILBPpKZ1
- South Yorkshire Police crime recording criticised in new report http://t.co/8dKpQXcKKF
- CVC ordered to pay AB InBev €129m after switching Freshfields for A&O | The Lawyer http://t.co/3t0YN8OkXB
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Sweden's Trelleborg appoints Dometic Group’s legal head as GC | The Lawyer http://t.co/x9eARzNPOa
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Hengeler wins reprieve for Uber in German battle over taxi app | The Lawyer http://t.co/fmqoqeShmY
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Deloitte turns to Latham and Taylor Wessing for HP Autonomy row | The Lawyer http://t.co/hTpVOnjZhG
- BURUNDI’s crackdown on dissent must not go unnoticed http://t.co/FR3jM7q3u7
- Scottish independence: Prime Minister David Cameron says UK supports million Scottish jobs http://t.co/0n7VZYE3P3
- 'Statistically significant' rise in net migration to UK, more than two third of the total number from Europe http://t.co/t8HcOdn9zE
- Have accusations of rape victim blaming gone too far? http://t.co/1sLjmnmhLr
- What's the best route into law? http://t.co/URvfofeXMl
- Legal market growth nears pre-recession levels | Law Gazette http://t.co/JfyLbBJYJF
- TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHC3kLR
- PHILIPPINES 'Diluting' Population Control Law to Protect Religious Liberty http://t.co/QeoIS6njiw
- The Law Clinic at Valparaiso University Law School is now accepting new cases http://t.co/QwTN9PAxjp
- AUSTRALIA: Experts fear planned changes to estate laws will encourage ‘gold diggers’ http://t.co/GnUE4ow51N
- CHINA: Judge Says Graft Inquiry Shows Party Follows Rule of Law http://t.co/h2KQb8U6cb
- US: Why Washington’s marijuana law will be better than Colorado's (if it survives the Fife challenge) http://t.co/LK9CeaVMvJ
- US: Gov. Pat Quinn signs anti-discrimination law for pregnant women http://t.co/hsyesWrIgO
- Scottish government fees stance ‘incompatible with EU law’ http://t.co/PfCREoHjzC
- AUSTRALIA: Victoria election - law and order issues key for swing voters http://t.co/i7pp4IlPEX
- Physiotherapist bit client’s shoulder while she was lying on table, growled like a baby lion to “satisfy sexual urge http://t.co/osb6R2gBiE
- INDIA: Complete deconcretisation within one week: National Green Tribunal to authorities http://t.co/0lotxtkfYc
- UKRAINE: Russia's foreign minister believes it’s counterproductive to create tribunals after each conflict http://t.co/Q9mgNUCOJ0
- NEW ZEALAND Māori wardens anxiously await tribunal decision http://t.co/QnlO4hEaZN
- Tribunal fees are a silent bedroom tax http://t.co/V8uKwj19GK
- AUSTRALIA: Public servants, defence personnel face rough justice on tribunal challenges http://t.co/3bjY1DpxIV
- SAUDI ARABIA: Scholars take part in interfaith human rights, ethics symposium http://t.co/DqMdmWWw26
- Integrating Human Rights and Gender Equality in Evaluations http://t.co/TCNY3Rp7NZ
- Placing human rights within humanity http://t.co/9WL8tazBQa
- NEW ZEALAND: Human Rights Commission condemns violent hate attack on gay Wellingtonians http://t.co/bSXP6u9Tvb
- RWANDA: UN human rights rapporteur Kiai meets Busingye http://t.co/jumMamrslz
- SAUDI ARABIA Remains on U.N. Human Rights Council despite 19 Beheadings, including One for “Sorcery” http://t.co/mtVgVrDQLb
- MEXICO: Threats against Silvia Perez Yescas, human rights defender from CIARENA http://t.co/4wbsxDDkCt
- AU Human Rights Memorial Project Consultation Report http://t.co/0jVOXfLoqJ
- CANADA: Manitoba Metis Federation is accusing the new Canadian Museum for Human Rights of censorship http://t.co/7LZegWwfTI
- UN Human Rights Report Cites Murder, Kidnap and Torture in UKRAINE http://t.co/SKdgMPTC4d
- Ugandan elected to UN human rights committee: Duncan Muhumuza Laki is the legal advisor at the UGANDA Mission http://t.co/YAbkK6Yxaq
- AZERBAIJAN urged to Investigate Brutal Attack on Journalist Ilgar Nasibov in Nakhchivan http://t.co/uPZPXmbGBb
- Bailiffs on the way? Know your rights with our new fact sheet http://t.co/vLBbyXh05w
- Nominate for the 2014 Australian Human Rights Awards https://t.co/1VhT7VpFTp
- CHINA: Rights Lawyers Issue Statement to Protest Plans to Suspend One of Their Own http://t.co/nnMVcWOBL2
- Another great leap forward in global children’s rights http://t.co/gM66l7lpYM
- What Are Your Rights as an Airline Passenger? http://t.co/wwF8gSt23T
- How Much Do You Know About the Equal Rights Amendment? http://t.co/afmndrlMMQ
- What are my rights if my flight is cancelled because of the Icelandic volcano? http://t.co/DP9omwm2Xo
- VIETNAM Jails Prominent Rights Activist Bui Thi Minh Hang http://t.co/NKw9s3II0M
- Labour Launches Human Rights Campaign With Sir Patrick Stewart, Eddie Izzard and Amnesty http://t.co/fvjf3dIa7K
- US: Longtime Tennessee civil rights lawyer George Barrett dies at 86 http://t.co/uiQDdddbYx
- NORTH KOREA calls US 'graveyard of human rights' after Missouri riots http://t.co/MyMhcIen5y
- Big Data and Data Protection: Preparing for Tales of the Unexpected | The Barrister Magazine http://t.co/eXkjGhxVTb
- Forex and other benchmarks | The Barrister Magazine http://t.co/mBjASeLES6
- The verdict on reasonable doubt | The Barrister Magazine http://t.co/Ad8qv1WbE3
- Open Justice – the principled case for televising court | The Barrister Magazine http://t.co/i96klq9KJ5
- Transition within the legal sector – how to manage the process successfully | The Barrister Magazine http://t.co/83E2QZ2sQo
- Barristers risk losing their Public Access advantage - Unless essential steps are taken | The Barrister Magazine http://t.co/LyupwQbDUE
- Perfect your negotiation, persuasion and influencing skills | The Barrister Magazine http://t.co/ItvetJAxTd
- New Technology Could Revolutionise Drug Screening In Criminal Justice System | The Barrister Magazine http://t.co/2wJSiDKz8z
- Increased Depressive Symptoms among Arab Bedouin Women Under Threat of House Demolition in Southern ISRAEL http://t.co/m1i0e5LPs3
- Women, E-waste, and Technological Solutions to Climate Change http://t.co/q9A40Yb8RH
- Data-Driven Human Rights: Using the Electronic Health Record to Promote Human Rights in Jail http://t.co/mWIWbFI4av
- Using a Reporting System to Protect the Human Rights of People Living with HIV and Key Populations http://t.co/md2N3xXqmT
- Human Rights and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria http://t.co/vNyaHfGB3o
- The Impact of Reliance on Private Sector Health Services on the Right to Health http://t.co/jLXcYjFjLs
- Emerging Roles of Health Care Providers to Mitigate Climate Change Impacts: A Perspective from East Harlem, New York http://t.co/4GZttNzKD0
- Chikungunya, Climate Change, and Human Rights http://t.co/FDfGlbFNC0
- Social Justice, Climate Change, and Dengue http://t.co/onP2zd6Y2S
- Wrong Side of the Tracks: The Neglected Human Costs of Transporting Oil and Gas http://t.co/ohcNDEE0na
- Rising Oceans, Climate Change, Food Aid, and Human Rights in the Marshall Islands http://t.co/EfS6FtZPMS
- Climate Change and the Right to Health for Māori in Aotearoa/NEW ZEALAND http://t.co/Cht4Y0zFox
- A Human Rights Analysis of Disaster, Vulnerability, and Urbanization in New Orleans and Port-au-Prince http://t.co/iQEYhenpPO
- Collective Violence Caused by Climate Change and How It Threatens Health and Human Rights http://t.co/BqiBcdClD7
- Climate Change, Children’s Rights, and the Pursuit of Intergenerational Climate Justice http://t.co/rJZFzTKfo5
- Advancing Climate Justice and the Right to Health Through Procedural Rights http://t.co/JXa6bQ6eVk
- The Great Procrastination: The human rights based approach to climate justice http://t.co/WRcn3zl813
- Recent consistory court judgments; registry appointments and retirements http://t.co/AdNKcaiNr0
- Landmark US civil rights legal records deleted from Pacer http://t.co/kkapc4gYE7
- The web encourages bad behavior, and it's part of our nature to focus on the negative http://t.co/J53MIxZ7ev
- Android Phones Hit by ‘Ransomware’ http://t.co/vB2x9LztfN
- QATAR's lavish support of Hamas is the biggest obstacle to a deal on Gaza http://t.co/HsC93TiNCH
- Ex-Diplomat for the VATICAN Could Be Tried on alleged sexual abuse of boys http://t.co/fAHQTu9qTN
- As Peace Talks Approach, Rebels Humiliate Prisoners in UKRAINE http://t.co/KOVPdZregc
- The Expanding World of Poverty Capitalism http://t.co/EtUPCk61uk
- US President Obama, who once boldly and candidly addressed race, has outsourced the issue to the Rev. Al Sharpton http://t.co/45lUY0IKOv
- How Social Media Silences Debate: diminished rather than enhanced political participation http://t.co/zgkGXFouYt
- US: How the Supreme Court Protects Bad Cops http://t.co/95DTQeJPym
- U.N. Draft Report Lists Unchecked Emissions’ Risks http://t.co/SsEPWRMQKg
- Exposing the great 'poverty reduction' lie http://t.co/sInQoVkn4k
- Both the US and INDIA have failed to hold accountable military personnel who have committed human rights violations http://t.co/5vJWfzIqCf
- ETHIOPIA: Girls as young as five married off http://t.co/aZY9Lf07S6
- Russian hackers suspected in US bank attack http://t.co/HiQ9qcydFb
- Hindu Holi festival shows its colours in UK http://t.co/xs90FK5fNy
- Horseracing levy consultation launched https://t.co/f1ZzWMFEZV
- More help for families of missing people https://t.co/Wl6vLDeiO5
- Civil news: bolt-on fee training still available online https://t.co/pbACfF2Zdb
- International investment conference to be held in Wales https://t.co/3h5aItiKI8
- Free duty to refer events for individuals making barring referrals to the Disclosure and Barring Service https://t.co/qTc3gNXYzy
- Of course seven-year-olds should be taught ‘age appropriate’ sex education http://t.co/fEEsHB2a5F
- Rotherham child abuse scandal: Anger at authorities who failed to act http://t.co/recrXAFlWM
- Met Commissioner Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe joins calls for British jihadists to lose citizenship http://t.co/raZbQ0AZ6l
- Rotherham abuse scandal: Town's officials now oversee child safety elsewhere in Britain http://t.co/IOnrwpG2nS
- Prescription drugs found on Jelly Tots production line prompts police investigation http://t.co/HzwWFXdA6V
- Web forum drives firm’s consumer credit growth | Legal Futures http://t.co/irGKEPaibK
- Listed Australian PI firm "well placed" for UK expansion | Legal Futures http://t.co/P4hiFLr8Zu
- Woman vows to confront 'cowards' after being punched for challenging groper http://t.co/GLBdbuVidE
- Jewellery and zumba classes to tackle gang violence http://t.co/WeULxThVdz
- Dog uncovers haul of stolen guns and jewellery after trying to fetch stick http://t.co/sXq0ixCOUE
- Rotherham: In the face of such evil, who is the racist now? http://t.co/EWfVSgnzmf
- NHS England push to rein in cancer drug prices http://t.co/bzE1gGz3PX
- Crime commissioner Shaun Wright has quit the Labour Party but remains South Yorkshire's PCC http://t.co/bgWxdirhJb
- The Guardian view on the Rotherham child abuse scandal: no excuse http://t.co/S3h4FEMvIi
- Lockdown in Cardiff: City turned into high security 'prison' with 10 mile 'ring of steel' ahead of NATO summit http://t.co/g8Ia0rvlnD
- US favours GCs on boards over UK | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/xyhobu4MPl
- Clyde & Co strengthens aviation practice | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/wFE98J085L
- Top UK judge defends China justice plans for Hong Kong | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/8E2U6IYHOT
- Male Foley partner loses bias case over earnings | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/9Ihwykq8vm
- Lawyers make pledge after Ferguson shooting | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/kGlWEK4uyf
- Ex-Dewey UK partners could be sued by liquidators | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/EG1B4SxEJo
