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FOCUS OF THE DAY: New research recommends a review of ethics education within the legal profession. Sixty per cent of legal professionals struggle with moral ethics at some point during their careers, a new report has revealed. The report, compiled by the University of Birmingham, examined the views of 943 solicitors, barristers and law students on the subject of moral ethics within the legal profession. Full story - Solicitors Journal
- An area of Caerphilly has been ranked the most deprived community in Wales, official figures have shown http://t.co/Fr7asbFR4v
- Inquiry into Morrisons contaminated petrol from Murco, Milford Haven http://t.co/TwcwWeJPEp
- Two police officers chased an autistic man putting out bins for "fun", a court has heard http://t.co/pb9fvVdgxP
- Sony to compensate PlayStation Vita owners after bad ad http://t.co/pqO0QMfZXt
- Sun reporter Clodagh Hartley cleared over Budget leak http://t.co/UGznvVCwA4
- Scottish First Minister Sturgeon announced plans to take action against landowners who pose a barrier to development http://t.co/f1azbDGqRx
- Criminal and former associate of the Kray twins, "Mad" Frankie Fraser, has died aged 90 in a London hospital http://t.co/D6MJHijZNi
- Two British men die 'snorting white heroin' in Amsterdam
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- London brothers who admitted going to Syrian terror training camp jailed http://t.co/auVMTPrXb5
- Downing Street under pressure on plans to restrict judicial review access http://t.co/TZF1zXMDmd
- How Michael Brown's family could still file a lawsuit against Darren Wilson #US http://t.co/B3BDNj2IDx
- #TURKEY bans reporting on corruption investigation of ex-ministers
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- Hissing And Sighing: The Lament Of Sex Workers In #SIERRALEONE
http://t.co/tH4HvyGxmD
- #BULGARIA charges radical imam, six others with supporting Islamic State
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- #HongKong riot police clear protest site, arrest student leaders
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- #EGYPT plans blanket anti-terrorism law against 'disrupting order'
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- Former CBC Host Jian Ghomeshi Charged With Sexual Assault #CANADA
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- Students can benefit from carefully planned career path, what advice is given about their studies? | Law Gazette http://t.co/RQO9X4vIIX
- My legal life: Munir Majid, Head of industrial disease, Asons - A Profile | Law Gazette http://t.co/gb0VOa9DM9
- Labour calls for early LASPO review | Law Gazette http://t.co/NmTJ9gMFUw
- Interview with sacked BBC Apprentice solicitor on her journey from self-funded LPC student to solicitor-entrepreneur http://t.co/48xRySIqoU
- Irate Lord Justice Jackson uses Court of Appeal judgment to issue lawyers with student-style skeleton argument tips: http://t.co/6b2K5QSQXs
- Cracking the Code: how Sweden is closing prisons and reducing the prison population | Longford Lectures http://t.co/wApdpsl7vw
- UK recording industry seeks review of law allowing fans to copy music http://t.co/huHV770NFa
- Did Scotland Yard break the law by examining News UK phone data? http://t.co/LKJQSW6ZCO
- ‘Prison is not for punishment in #SWEDEN we get people into better shape’ http://t.co/9ykjlg5wUP
- Film producer mounts legal challenge over Charles Taylor interview http://t.co/DuiXWwLiAp
- Human rights abuses ‘leave a third of Libyans with mental health problems’ http://t.co/l3Jf8idCe6
- Terror law watchdog calls for court role in temporary exclusion orders http://t.co/oPXLQ4IVlK
- President of #ISRAEL opposes proposed law to give ‘national rights’ to Jews only http://t.co/w8sHahPAa3
- First anti-domestic violence law in #CHINA hailed as a step forward
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- LAW FIRM NEWS: Weil prioritises London and finance in 12-strong promotions round | The Lawyer http://t.co/3nQGPGrTZm
- LAW FIRM NEWS: India’s TMT Law Practice takes over Chennai IP firm APR Associates | The Lawyer http://t.co/fnye5OPh6j
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Watson Farley pushes revenue up 8 per cent to £56.8m at half-year | The Lawyer http://t.co/ORLeXgAXx7
- Heading the legal team at HMRC, Gill Aitken on adding value in-house | The Lawyer http://t.co/ZrbC7iiQZg
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Teacher Stern triumphs against Mishcon's Saudi prince in Supreme Court | The Lawyer http://t.co/VWsKhNBC3g
- Degree apprenticeships launched to boost hi-tech skills http://t.co/LqRDXtSjQ1
- Vloggers paid for promotions 'need clearer labelling' http://t.co/yZ2nIzS1yQ
- Sun reporter Clodagh Hartley cleared over Budget leak http://t.co/UGznvVCwA4
- Two arrested at Heathrow over Syria terror offences http://t.co/Stc9nzW2wq
- Gas bills: 1.5 million customers overcharged by faulty meters http://t.co/rFVH6AczYr
- Drunk Mohammed Khelya, from Blackburn on honeymoon, issued death threats & as a result ground plane in Bermuda http://t.co/qQkiOcEp11
- Can internet companies monitor terrorists? http://t.co/9ZsX87STY1
- John Allen trial: Former children's home boss guilty of 26 abuse charges http://t.co/ODVJzVXVrk
- Four men have admitted a burglary during which a university lecturer was savagely beaten at his London home http://t.co/Xe1QUcKaYH
- The Law Society backs Malaysia fight against sedition law | Law Gazette http://t.co/yuu1Hs0eQh
- Funding secured for Tesco shareholder class action | Law Gazette http://t.co/EMJgiG9JvJ
- Quindell director forced to terminate shares agreement | News | Law Gazette http://t.co/xoPKCJWN0B
- Commons braced for JR vote | Law Gazette http://t.co/9z8nVggqio
- Greer to review affordability of legal services | Law Gazette http://t.co/tahm01G2aE
- SRA pledges new focus on helping small firms | Law Gazette http://t.co/SDPbYFD6RE
- TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHCU8a3
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Bird & Bird and Dechert saddle up for Assos v ASOS trademark battle | The Lawyer http://t.co/jPOmEvUhsp
- LAW FIRM NEWS: The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) names Foot Anstey and Mills & Reeve on first roster | The Lawyer http://t.co/sj4Id4sPdF
- Home Secretary Theresa May to publish new anti-terror powers http://t.co/6vx82UVSpF
- Six unexpected WW1 battlegrounds http://t.co/ZEARsdgVn6
- The Taliban's psychiatrist #AFGHANISTAN http://t.co/FDbZ7ue0lm
- Ferguson shooting: Protests spread across #US http://t.co/tkqZoucVkH
- UN passes resolution in light of revelations by Snowden & new challenges to liberty presented by information age http://t.co/fapLp0kB1W
- How men who blighted lives of thousands with thalidomide evaded justice http://t.co/anNuELKxMA
- There is still a chance for justice for Mike Brown—Obama and Holder can deliver it #US http://t.co/GuNN4Zu2aO
- Victims of Kawama demolitions must have justice #DRCONGO http://t.co/EBUj44XkFS
- Woman suffered 'terrible burns' in acid attack orchestrated by lover 60 years her senior, jury hears http://t.co/NhYhZndkPi
- Appeal Judge ‘horrified’ by the number of unrepresented litigants http://t.co/WuEnxzsU8j
- Former MP Craig Thomson lied about using union credit card to pay for prostitutes, his barrister says #AUSTRALIA http://t.co/z9j2gMQHD4
- Baby Ferouz supporters wait for response from Clive Palmer #AUSTRALIA http://t.co/UgXjSEZTEg
- Lawyers for a jailed Egyptian-Canadian Al-Jazeera journalist have urged his release #EGYPT http://t.co/sInhyXuszU
- EU watershed on criminal law poses questions for UK http://t.co/UfTT5XK3T3
- President Obama's Executive Order On Immigration Creates Demand For Legal Advice #US http://t.co/n6M0LCYYI6
- Weidmann Sees High Legal Hurdles for Sovereign QE #US http://t.co/Xce9dhrnQ9
- Family to take legal action after elderly woman's arm broken at Bangor nursing home http://t.co/5V1V7AsIDe
- Bitcoin Needs an Aggressive Legal Defense http://t.co/fxdOtqiFFv
- British ski instructor who was banned from teaching in #FRANCE has started a legal bid to clear his name http://t.co/O11NzMTSE5
- Google dodges 'costly' legal precedent, settles Daniel Hegglin case http://t.co/BJgh7qA9hB
- In Justices' Calculations on Gay Marriage, a Legal Golden Ratio Looms #US http://t.co/vQsZlDrPGc
- Retired judge taking over G20 disciplinary hearing has history of overturned decisions #CANADA http://t.co/i0ab1BwSEe
- Judge Lori Douglas's offer to retire early accepted by judicial panel #CANADA http://t.co/N2NHLN4oc7
- Judge will rule Dec 8 on whether to dismiss the murder case against British businessman Dewani #SOUTHAFRICA http://t.co/J9wD8fnGXE
- Actress Halle Berry turns to court to stop ex Gabriel Aubry from straightening their daughter’s hair #US http://t.co/oiV3pzG3xn
- NDA government managed to vacate 363 of 374 former MPs from official bungalows #INDIA http://t.co/jG6XyK0Op5
- B.C. judge warns First Nations claims tribunal at risk of failure #CANADA http://t.co/VjOQolY46F
- National Green Tribunal bans cutting of trees across country #INDIA http://t.co/0FNuOIjAa0
- Tax Tribunal backlog reaches record high http://t.co/AapNBxlbRQ
- Federal Government toughens illegal firearm laws with minimum jail term #AUSTRALIA http://t.co/zwbtWKPDLv
- Experimental battlefield ‘hibernation’ treatment ‘fast tracked’ by US Special Operations Command #AUSTRALIA http://t.co/lteKwQGP40
- Woman Cleared in Death Tied to G.M.'s Faulty Ignition Switch #US http://t.co/iNYz5fmSe9
- University of Virginia's Image Suffers After Campus Rape Report #US http://t.co/dWUtgMUXbb
- UN officials concerned over activists rights in #BURUNDI http://t.co/E1o3P2k8Pq
- FAI silent on legal threat over John Delaney’s IRA ballad #IRELAND http://t.co/1l3wVWxkao
- #CHINA High Court to investigate ways to reduce death penalty crimes http://t.co/mmsUvtAMeb
- Are the days of feminism numbered? http://t.co/0UikDjuNVb
- #CAMBODIA Khmer Rouge tribunal postpones war crimes trial to January http://t.co/3J5SRXjZPs
- Gardaí told Ian Bailey’s partner he confessed to murder #IRELAND http://t.co/HSj4Ip9R51
- #THAILAND web editor Nut Rungwong sentenced for defaming king http://t.co/nFULT9auD4
- Solicitors were instructed to deny video showed John Delaney #IRELAND http://t.co/COyFF8MJHZ
- Former commander of Islamist collaborators Mobarak Hossain sentenced to death for 1971 war crimes #BANGLADESH http://t.co/DqPt4OfgAU
- Growing Up in #IRELAND report reveals family hardship http://t.co/ndH42gPKWI
- Despite executive amnesty, many illegal immigrants still fear deportation #US http://t.co/zHmA6YIXS5
- Trial of Catholic school tutor accused of sexual assault against boy closes with her testimony #US http://t.co/uwrNHLU8zo
- Philip Boudreau 'murder for lobster' trial resumes with key witness #CANADA http://t.co/gw0KZOfRtL
- Tiny Settlement Check Gets Man “Angry” About Massive Plaintiff Lawyer Payouts #US http://t.co/lraktFFhZ7
- Shrien Dewani trial prosecutor explains alleged flaws in state evidence #SOUTHAFRICA http://t.co/UVnPhQlKE3
- Lawyer Representing 3 Christians Facing Prison for Faith in #IRAN Denied Access to Clients http://t.co/M2mSx55wp2
- Fairfax County hires former Mark McGwire lawyer in John Geer police shooting case #US http://t.co/boFoaa2V9O
- Approach courts for compensation, MHA tells those acquitted on false terror charges #INDIA
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- Chinese police again probe acquitted death row prisoner: lawyer #CHINA http://t.co/tkb2PSh8DO
- Ten fast track courts to come up to deal with cases of atrocities against women #INDIA http://t.co/MHfFwTcmun
- Australian courts' $1 million a year paper problem #AUSTRALIA http://t.co/WOiiSgeoSF
- Govt looking to judges strength in high courts, no plans for Supreme Court: Law Minister Gowda http://t.co/g5XDrenbYc
- Michael Brown's mother 'absolutely shocked' by lack of indictment, says lawyer #US http://t.co/fxI9kyd5ef
- Speeding up the courts in #INDIA http://t.co/LN1fUvYRd2
- Public stripping and assault of woman and rival protests thereafter highlight gender-relations divide in #KENYA http://t.co/kfKrq3WRw5
- While hosting World Internet Conference #CHINA tries Tiananmen activist for leaking 'state secrets' to US website http://t.co/VOOTcqJU0d
- World War One Through Arab Eyes http://t.co/MDbsyNF3lz
- What is a Jewish nation state? http://t.co/XXQsrSZizD
- Justice for African Americans will remain an illusion as long as America fails to account for racism #US http://t.co/EH3nulEgYs
- New social security programmes targeting tens-of-millions of the poorest are the largest in the world #INDONESIA http://t.co/veDrvryQMw
- Plans to bulldoze Delhi's celebrated artist colony where they live could leave them homeless & damage culture #INDIA http://t.co/Kt3dNhYeh6
- #BAHRAIN police 'raid home of top Shia cleric' http://t.co/T0r62mtOrY
- A new 'conscience clause' being proposed will legally protect gay discrimination in Northern Ireland http://t.co/9BI5Cq5Qjm
- Ferguson verdict: This isn't a 'tragedy'. This is part of a long-running genocide of black men in America http://t.co/mdAhoauG7t
- As a gay, mixed-race West Ham fan, you may be shocked to know how I've been treated over the last 20 years http://t.co/C2QN58nDAF
- Too quick to shoot: The killing of Michael Brown in Missouri exposes flaws in US law and policing http://t.co/zEE0wk7PUC
- Letters: Who will nail the lies about Europe? http://t.co/srZUAPIjaM
- Voyeur Dr Lam Hoe Yeoh set up toilet cameras network http://t.co/cWojcdIShY
- Former Ukip regional chairman Peter Entwistle jailed for grooming children http://t.co/LO2dmDvzL5
- Criminal gangs monitoring enslaved sex workers via webcam with 'impunity' http://t.co/bKoWmok8Tf
- Regin: US and UK intelligence services could be responsible for snooping spyware http://t.co/LNikOZ6B2Z
- Tividale acid 'revenge' victim tells of attack by masked man http://t.co/UA7I0RuPQ4
- The level of recorded crime in Scotland has reached its lowest level in 40 years, falling by 1% in the past year http://t.co/XVAK0jjTHA
- Bank culture 'will take generation to change', says report http://t.co/d4AQYkbMeS
- #Fifa 'corruption' report: Sajid Javid calls to publish full investigation http://t.co/9yzJxGjEpd
- Facebook used to 'enslave' people trafficking victims http://t.co/sLSlfRh08F
- More than 100 names put forward as new head of chid abuse inquiry http://t.co/PnwIA8DP2q
- Vodafone gave Scotland Yard phone records of 1,700 News UK staff http://t.co/EPAcfWrQl4
- Girl allegedly tied to a chair by teachers 'puzzled why they didn't like her' http://t.co/dJowZQ8ztR
- Police investigation launched into House of Lords expenses 'fraud' scandal http://t.co/uxkW1IKMGO
- Non-lawyers and clients setting pace in legal market | Legal Futures http://t.co/khVySaxgIs
- “Unbalanced promotion of competition” puts lawyers’ ethical standards at risk | Legal Futures http://t.co/mocmvetOBV
- Datalaw secures venture capital funding as it gears up for new CPD era | Legal Futures http://t.co/sefI8UjPAj
- Law Society climbs down over Sharia will practice note and apologises | Legal Futures http://t.co/KOnHJfE6WQ
- Keystone Law outlines post-investment growth plans | Legal Futures http://t.co/57vvDg66Go
- Claims management company would up over misused client funds | Legal Futures http://t.co/EWqoQqmZze
- Applications invited for appointment to the Sentence Review Commissioners http://t.co/9eYWeuoADT
- New Model of Criminal Law - Discussions in Kazakhstan https://t.co/I3JQYzNRBE
- Charity Commission launches a consultation on an updated draft of its guide to trustees’ duties http://t.co/6nBR2FKiRl
- Lincoln waste company director sentenced to prison for breaching environmental permit & planning conditions http://t.co/zINo1SsKFp
- How GPs can help in ending violence against women http://t.co/11ZfcTFv5e
- New powers to tackle sham marriage announced http://t.co/WKJXw1Vqhi
- Government action to help eliminate violence against women and girls http://t.co/QIbcghWwm9
- The moral and economic case for improving mental health care http://t.co/oPKw7PwQiQ
- Crime news: offline CRM14 eForm users need to download latest version http://t.co/bID9bx2zps
- Valuation Office Agency warn against council tax banding scams http://t.co/rgIsxQRXGk
- West Bromwich Albion footballer Saido Berahino arrested for drink-driving http://t.co/CBZgJSyk4U
- Tesco 'gifts for boys' sign removed after a 7 year old girl's complaint http://t.co/Y769BDave0
- Lawyers for the family of US teenager Michael Brown have denounced the process that cleared the police officer #US http://t.co/r0OevOSjUA
- Auntie’s man Rozenberg and former AG Goldsmith bag ULaw honorary doctorates: http://t.co/QWmLCQuw3R
- Barrister hit with fine for slagging off MP trial witnesses in blog: http://t.co/wuE9XxnJuT
- Wannabe solicitor wins enough to pay his way through law degree and LPC with poker tournament triumph : http://t.co/v6ZZhNm1nt
- Barrister Michael Shrimpton, who claimed Nazis wanted to nuke Queen at Olympics is found guilty : http://t.co/aY78mZfAbr
- EIP prepares for expansion in the US and Germany | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/dCzs2BMslH
- Texas firm Austin-based Barron & Newburger goes national | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/2Vyqa0LOqK
- Simmons plans Luxembourg funds office | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/brR9wPZafP
- King & Spalding beefs up Europe capital markets team | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/6z8Ek83z8L
- Milbank Tweed follows high end bonus trend | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/oilddD7IDq
- Napoli Bern top partners hurl accusations | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/KEsMkbOLjy
- Slaughters gives rare media interview | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/xqVNOKuixW
- Singapore law firms urged to drop commoditised work | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/9v8DOVy5HW
- #IVORYCOAST & Roma forward Gervinho caught smuggling girl onto plane
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