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OF THE DAY: Competition authorities see rise in ‘leniency’ applications. Businesses and individuals are blowing the whistle on cartels in greater numbers. The number of businesses and individuals whistleblowing on cartels in return for immunity from prosecution has increased 69 per cent in the last year, according to commercial law firm EMW. Full story - Solicitors Journal
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- Support for Welsh independence has fallen to its lowest recorded level in the wake of the Scottish referendum http://t.co/FA6ZWcbrjV
- Glasgow City Council says care homes demand 'excessive' fees http://t.co/ikkoM6gnOz
- Plymouth University boss William Taylor accused of 'kissing student reps' http://t.co/5zSvi4rBLH
- London asylum seekers moved to Folkestone hotel http://t.co/qBebRfH4L7
- NEW ZEALAND: Chef gambles away bank error http://t.co/Tl8efj1j6S
- NORWAY goat cheese fire closes tunnel http://t.co/vOBYWmA7Sh
- Online anger at Emma Watson naked photo countdown hoax http://t.co/TC7clelPSd
- French hostage Herve Gourdel beheaded in ALGERIA http://t.co/4KUnCaoowL
- David Cameron holds talks with Iran's Hassan Rouhani http://t.co/IOtHgY0ONy
- Foreign fighters laws passed during terror hysteria will be unjust and anti-democratic | Greg Barns http://t.co/prhtId9efy
- Pakistani citizen challenges UK’s ‘act of state’ stance in Iraq torture case http://t.co/dfOAQOdEFf
- On Liberty by Shami Chakrabarti – 'I don't trust the powerful' http://t.co/MhFuU9SZBE
- John Kerry urges NORTH KOREA to shut down ‘evil’ prison camps system http://t.co/fM4828YJdb
- Abu Qatada’s surprise acquittal is blow to Theresa May http://t.co/jdr7IflTPe
- Trinity Mirror's ostrich-like response to phone hacking was a disgrace http://t.co/uileQYEUu3
- CHINA: Ilham Tohti should get the Nobel peace prize, not life in prison http://t.co/59iQ5d3D5h
- EGYPT’s human rights groups ‘targeted’ by crackdown on foreign funding http://t.co/3dQR9lS8kD
- Frat brothers rape 300% more. One in 5 women is sexually assaulted on campus. Should we ban frats? http://t.co/qCMxxSMO3v
- EU crackdown on organised crime results in 1,000 arrests http://t.co/jqGV8hSVpy
- Prosecutors forced to admit covert operation caused miscarriage of justice http://t.co/gmSfcg7Jj7
- Uke can’t call it that: the war of the ukelele orchestras http://t.co/MGfX2Q654l
- G4S ordered to pay £6,000 to elderly disabled man over hospital handcuffs http://t.co/8z1vgSWcZn
- A day in court for non-payment of the TV licence: ‘What do they want us to do, kill ourselves?’ http://t.co/p04wRP8r6p
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Addleshaws exits mount as corporate crime chief Hargreaves quits for KWMSJB | The Lawyer http://t.co/7xPZN3r2TV
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Dentons picks up KWMSJB Paris restructuring team | The Lawyer http://t.co/xwZmamOVEC
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Slaughters and Hogan Lovells lead on Mothercare rights issue | The Lawyer http://t.co/0S07nA8CWX
- Children’s Commissioner report suggests justice system is failing young people | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/M75Ck2GSzs
- Credit hire and insurance add-ons in the spotlight | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/E3ejKkz5Lh
- MoJ whips up legal aid consultation after High Court rebuff | Law Gazette http://t.co/nlO7BeGhX5
- Labour conference - Legal aid, immigration – and why lawyers could be the key to the general election | Law Gazette http://t.co/18H3BDav2h
- Struck-off solicitor jailed for continuing to practise | Law Gazette http://t.co/B5LwsMUv1b
- SRA backtracks on massive hike in fining powers | Law Gazette http://t.co/W13m29FAhy
- Two types of constitutional convention | head of legal http://t.co/njO0YoFofe
- Let's avoid a huge constitutional talkfest | head of legal http://t.co/jMBFS2mP4T
- Early printed books bought for public by National Library of Scotland http://t.co/AmZ6cZNQA4
- It will take more than just waving a magic wand to enact real change to deeply engrained normative gender discourses http://t.co/EjXfB3R9mG
- The struggle to claim the month of October http://t.co/gG3FXNqTAO
- Art show Exhibit B called off after racism protests http://t.co/mHmlxmjLoW
- Prison book restriction 'harms studying' http://t.co/fZkaFn9uVj
- FRANCE: Air France-Transavia - Confusion over expansion plans http://t.co/56JGJahbN7
- The Tube is to run a 24-hour service at weekends from 12 September 2015, it has been announced http://t.co/pNWwYVu2X5
- Car insurance market faces overhaul, he UK competition regulator has said http://t.co/4FVFuITg8x
- Family of British hostage Alan Henning has received an audio file of him "pleading for his life" http://t.co/LPcEMCziuE
- Alice Gross: Brother defends prime suspect Arnis Zalkalns http://t.co/1cHbTMoWX3
- UN climate summit: CHINA pledges emissions action http://t.co/281mGVjwaW
- Ebullient Nicola Sturgeon to run for SNP leader job despite losing 'Yes' vote http://t.co/SqV2gliVjp
- THAILAND murders: Police 'close to making an arrest' http://t.co/Nv1hvPLGgV
- Trinity Mirror pays out on phone-hacking claims http://t.co/D6Ev3yQCiP
- Unions set for three days of strikes in October http://t.co/gS1HmbbTEq
- Radical Muslim cleric Abu Qatada has been found not guilty of terrorism offences by a court in JORDAN http://t.co/5aC9Dm1lnY
- FRANCE's ex-President Sarkozy's corruption case 'suspended' http://t.co/fPART7DRml
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Luther's global turnover up 12 per cent as German revenue breaks through €100m | The Lawyer http://t.co/8fUEfM6Gvt
- Wonga's first-ever GC leaves for internet crowd-funder Funding Circle | The Lawyer http://t.co/sYnET8c5hj
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Nabarro's Molson Coors panel spot under threat | The Lawyer http://t.co/Kotca5dPtj
- 70% of children cases lack representation | Law Gazette http://t.co/NoymRz7DF7
- Labour will not reverse legal aid cuts – Shadow justice minister Andy Slaughter | Law Gazette http://t.co/All2OVmDw3
- Barristers shed wigs and gowns to offer fixed fee divorce service | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/BoamyD3Lfe
- Law Commission clarifies legal framework for social investment by charities | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/GfUBJc4Dn3
- TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHC3kLR
- Should teachers 'promote' British values? http://t.co/vjxnKdjURY
- VATICAN arrests ex-envoy Wesolowski over child abuse http://t.co/3x4VlVsxev
- FRANCE debates tough new anti-terror bill: what do the experts think? http://t.co/TtaWKlKTk3
- France debates tough new anti-terror bill: what do the experts think? http://t.co/TtaWKlKTk3
- Baby euthanasia case spurs debate in FFRANCE http://t.co/cV01nkNfjT
- Britain's top divorce lawyer: 'Judging a woman's worth by the man she's dating is Victorian' http://t.co/AtjHAbau2i
- Shotgun licence costs should help fund more police officers, says Yvette Cooper http://t.co/TJK2nzlpBa
- Emma Watson's UN speech appears to have angered some members on 4chan's b board, who now seek retribution http://t.co/9uAPaWKUwp
- Criminals could appeal after Home Office admits potentially misleading DNA evidence presented to juries http://t.co/Lz9tkr85D7
- US federal prison population drops for the first time since 1980 http://t.co/nnUdt3Gb4n
- US: Federal judge takes on Texas voter ID law at heart of discrimination debate http://t.co/ph5Km3p687
- Ghoncheh Ghavami’s brother pleads with Iranian president to free sister http://t.co/cClzV1XMD3
- Children being denied justice by legal cuts, says children’s commissioner Maggie Atkinson http://t.co/fUkQVho3J7
- US: Speaker Boehner’s Lawyer Abandons Sinking Ship Known As Obama Lawsuit http://t.co/iw5PFVh5jv
- US: Illinois State Police Officer Completely Loses His rag In Unconstitutional Checkpoint Stop (VIDEO) http://t.co/hpo0OLUCDl
- National Accident Helpline unveils strong results | Legal Futures http://t.co/uJqdOcGwMD
- Appeals hitch forces LSB to issue warning notice over BSB bid to regulate entities | Legal Futures http://t.co/kBBrQ5NkaM
- SRA seeks five-fold increase in fining power | Legal Futures http://t.co/ipkdJKUuLv
- Trafficked Nigerian women feared death by juju 'magic' http://t.co/EZFAZ9BFwG
- £104k Welsh assembly cash paid into fraudulent bank account http://t.co/u1tWQ9L18f
- Imperial labels Labour tobacco tax proposal ‘unjust’ http://t.co/3XalwAeKdy
- Alan Henning: Hostage family receive plea for life http://t.co/LPcEMCziuE
- Police hunt man who grabbed woman as she walked dogs by the River Taff in Cardiff http://t.co/8ZEqvqcUoL
- LGBT professional parent group launches in London | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/r7iXw0Db0k
- Akin Gump swipes four more partners from Bingham | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/sVJInuwtyx
- Time tracking and research partnership set up | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/eTVSAJ6KQt
- Pan-African employment law throws up issues | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/s98gG0xmJ3
- Debt collection is the top legal risk for small business | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/4jancztVBx
- McCarter & English does second merger in 2014 | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/BdrZKhlJDd
- Freshfields NY bags Fried Frank former senior partner | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/eWN440pbli
- Bingham and Morgan Lewis said to have agreed global top 5 merger | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/aRucx6Jsbj
- Lawyers play key roles in Tesco profits inquiry | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/DCs6l7DkRa
- Digital services suppliers urged to register for new EU VAT service https://t.co/VwjfNHLLo2
- Fake toys seized by Border Force at Stansted https://t.co/Fk5MQttr1V
- Carmichael welcomes Commission's commitment to delivery of new powers for Scotland https://t.co/P8vWRzexzE
- Elderly care sector in China offers opportunities for UK companies https://t.co/f8wu4gLs1U
