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| Last week's interactions with @TheLawMap |
- New Scottish solicitor panel launched by the National Accident Helpline | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/LY0M61liv3
- Fake emails sent to law students offering LPC funding | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/E0sMLN4HhI
- New Law Society president Andrew Caplen speaks exclusively to John van der Luit-Drummond | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/EC87I04xcP
- MoJ announces new court rules for whiplash claims | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/nJsNxMEauv
- Information Commissioner warns lawyers of data breaches | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/Psv21CsB5C
- Missouri execution on schedule despite outrcy over botched injections http://t.co/e6ELEeZr8t
- Bernie Ecclestone: 'I'm an idiot' for paying £60m to settle F1 bribery trial http://t.co/PubzS32FDf
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Reed Smith and Lindahl among firms advising on Meda’s £1.8bn acquisition of Rottapharm | The Lawyer http://t.co/QIymL7wl8F
- QC aborts review of industrial relations law | Law Gazette http://t.co/2AvFjlBPE4
- Tommy Sheridan's perjury conviction to be reviewed http://t.co/tKbipSGlfq
- Military jets escort Qatar Airways plane to Manchester Airport http://t.co/mgsh6IQ7cf
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Freshfields posts 82 per cent retention, keeping 37 of 45 qualifiers | The Lawyer http://t.co/4YqSWsiccr
- Appeal court backs publication of arrest names | Law Gazette http://t.co/Fr5wbiVYcV
- US: I saw anti-abortion violence in the American south. At last, the law is on the the side of women's rights again http://t.co/FktgceCS0P
- Union law review frozen after barrister objects to ministerial statements http://t.co/dPfbBM9V58
- Councils struggle with tenfold rise in deprivation of liberty assessments http://t.co/VaD5LpbGqI
- International criminal court urged to investigate ISRAEL over Gaza 'crimes' http://t.co/NTpu6R85UC
- Scotland's Justice Minister Kenny MacAskill statement expected on armed police http://t.co/jKBx6HR4au
- PSNI vehicle contracts: Police staff member arrested http://t.co/CN0ewuDKmz
- National Eisteddfod: Safes containing £6k cash stolen http://t.co/bNkSviFOFM
- Powys council's deputy leader Myfanwy Alexander resigns over n-word http://t.co/hLkyU1eELk
- First candidates receive new school qualifications http://t.co/28gisyZEmR
- Shadow chancellor Ed Balls fined over car accident http://t.co/HR1WInDDOd
- Family hears judge say victim statements make 'no difference' http://t.co/f4ev4jPpkm
- Hewlett Packard accuses Autonomy founder of fraud http://t.co/jygCye6hsz
- AUSTRALIA child protection agency probes Gammy's father http://t.co/GhyfdXnumz
- Former BBC Radio 1 DJ Chris Denning admits abusing boys http://t.co/HNlgxa1GkK
- In full: Baroness Warsi's resignation letter to David Cameron over Gaza http://t.co/t4Owt4Fmjl
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Baker & McKenzie bolsters Jo'burg with competition bolt-on | The Lawyer http://t.co/FtlMarhhMY
- Open thread: Gaza and international law | Law Gazette http://t.co/VNgwP3HeLJ
- Nominal damages for ‘negligent’ yacht advice | Law Gazette http://t.co/4QOBDk8hyl
- Warsi: UK’s stance on Gaza undermines rule of law | Law Gazette http://t.co/84ohveN5Fc
- TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/1t42nYQw8j
- GERMANY: F1 boss Ecclestone offers court deal http://t.co/L7k2qqhwai
- Baroness Warsi quits as Foreign Office minister over Gaza http://t.co/DOHazoUtsl
- Judge apologises to family of murdered man over victim statement comment http://t.co/5vgNbA43QA
- NEW ZEALAND: Tauranga lawyer Craig Horsley has been suspended from legal practice for three years for misconduct http://t.co/zq4CxB94Be
- PAKISTAN's Democracy in motion: Tribunal declares PPP candidate’s election in Nawabshah as void http://t.co/F9NVMywsZR
- Tribunal upholds scheme for London church charities to change their charitable objects http://t.co/CUL4QfNYkZ
- Tribunal told former Black Country health chief failed to carry out leadership responsibilities http://t.co/broMrXVGCu
- Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Act 2014 http://t.co/55r0j71w4E
- US: The quest to enact Healthy Workplace legislation, Part I: Subtle progress in Massachusetts http://t.co/EhzJRDsTSN
- INDIA: Bill to give Sebi special powers tabled in Lok Sabha http://t.co/LwNpUPjICF
- SOUTH AFRICA: Two men will face court charged with an alleged plot to kill two SA judges https://t.co/whjtEuPMyF
- US: Judge declares mistrial in case of Needham doctor http://t.co/ZwFct86joL
- INDIA: MP judge accused of sexual harassment, says ready for death penalty if found guilty http://t.co/fC67LXKzT8
- US Judge: Alabama abortion clinic law unconstitutional http://t.co/K4RvQCBfeI
- NEPAL: Conference of Lawyers Association (PPLA), reshuffled leadership and is demanding independence of the judiciary http://t.co/ru9NIyoYFg
- NIGERIA: Confusion in Abia Judiciary as House Sacks Chief Justice http://t.co/OEyOpgvj0l
- NIGERIA: Judiciary staff workers resumed duty on Monday after an industrial action which lasted 21 days http://t.co/R6NgJHPvH3
- IRAN's judiciary ponders potential action towards prosecuting ISRAEL for war crimes http://t.co/jFzuNWHLXn
- INDIA: Higher judiciary hit by ‘very serious’ sexual-harassment charge http://t.co/GAlj4RhYsI
- Pop culture, peddler of racism http://t.co/JwHUicSvOz
- 'Exploration of identity should not be limited to the national' – Scottish artists wrestle with independence issue http://t.co/NkplQ9sqPF
- Pakistani man held at US facility denied legal counsel during decade-long hold http://t.co/Ue0MzWJZdw
- Mirror group phone-hacking costs could soar to £12m, court told http://t.co/PEdV5bEVsD
- Activists complain to IPCC over police efforts to recruit them as informers http://t.co/CKijYe19Cu
- International surrogacy laws in the spotlight amid row over baby Gammy http://t.co/X9XgYomIF7
- Scotland promised extra tax and legal powers for referendum no vote http://t.co/8ehyu9emdH
- Enemies in life, comrades in death: a century to count the cost of war http://t.co/2pCEerz3G2
- UK Anti-Doping gives steroids trafficker first lifetime ban http://t.co/tWpMise61y
- 'Lights Out' ends day of WW1 centenary commemorations http://t.co/Ul2SRAE0NR
- US cities’ crackdown on homeless people is ‘close to ethnic cleansing’ http://t.co/RRUjSkCeAn
- Billie Piper questioned by police after car accident leaves cyclist 'seriously injured' http://t.co/z4vTRe5WeX
- Woman charged with murder over death of girl, 7, in Nottingham http://t.co/TRR7G6OPwV
- Ravel Morrison arrested: West Ham sweat on new signing Carl Jenkinson as Morrison is bailed after arrest http://t.co/j719WK9195
- Two men convicted for possessing extreme ‘WhatsApp porn’ that wasn't viewed http://t.co/RKXEzSBT0c
- The case for the defence of an alleged jihadi: ‘She's too selfish to be a terrorist’ http://t.co/Q5SUK9d03P
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Eversheds, Harper Macleod, Morton Fraser, Optima on new Clydesdale panel | The Lawyer http://t.co/C4YjKItBQF
- Smaller firms at risk from greater PII competition, The Lawyer report reveals | The Lawyer http://t.co/7lke9OM6i8
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Cooley closes in on 1 October London launch with 50-lawyer office pencilled in | The Lawyer http://t.co/XxEDnCj6KM
- World War One in numbers: the shocking figures behind the slaughter http://t.co/A643uBUYNQ
- ITALY: Detectives poring over social media for details that might help them arrest new generation of Mafia http://t.co/gGst3axDvM
- Drunken vicar threatened to kill police http://t.co/nRuZ3bGkUE
- Welsh Police to launch statement-taking smartphone app http://t.co/s6JtIrZnFe
- Police find body in hunt for missing 15-year-old http://t.co/5Ty88K5ItC
- Move border checks back to Britain, say French politicians amid new Calais migrants crisis http://t.co/LOxfZGoYBG
- Remembering the wasteful carnage of WW1 http://t.co/l7NrpEe2WZ
- 'They Must Suffer The Consequences' - Donald Trump Says Americans Carrying 'Plague' Should Stay In Africa http://t.co/x090GUY72p
- Wikipedia link hidden by 'right to be forgotten' http://t.co/8ixOVCY7bf
- US: We almost certainly execute innocent people with cruelty. This isn't justice http://t.co/Vg4fWkgdZ3
- Irwin Mitchell launches IMe Law with esure | Legal Futures http://t.co/2AbcMgmtq2
- Solicitors accused of “bullying” barristers into accepting contracts | Legal Futures http://t.co/VdQtZtfLV1
- SRA calls for evidence as indemnity deadline approaches | Legal Futures http://t.co/n8XsUblUYX
- Bar Standards Board to “research need for accreditation schemes” | Legal Futures http://t.co/GYSbYJtrSP
- Pollution PI lawyer wins Asia's Nobel Prize | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/xgkjkLkPCM
- M&A surge predicted as Australia plans media law overhaul | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/mrfEFWhB2w
- No hiding for corporate offenders | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/axkpsXmfrP
- Goldman Sachs leveraged finance group loses enthusiasm for Linklaters | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/kTQqj80FSY
- Minnesota law firm to target medical marijuana business | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/awXyyvWUyz
- International arbitration is on the rise | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/SOTbV1cs1X
- Decision due this year on US$20m fine threat to Chicago law firm | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/AdythRV993
- UK law firm mergers soar | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/Og89FzEAl2
- ISRAEL: Increasing pressure for peace and justice in Gaza http://t.co/y6mEAyylgK
