FOCUS OF THE DAY: GCHQ acted unlawfully when it used intelligence gathered by the US National Security Agency’s mass electronic surveillance programmes PRISM and Upstream, the Investigatory Powers Tribunal has ruled. The relationship between the British and US intelligence agencies led to GCHQ unlawfully accessing millions of people’s private communications. The relationship between the two was discovered after civil liberties organisations brought a legal challenge in the wake of the Edward Snowden whistleblower revelations. Full story - New Law Journal
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| Saturday Conversations on Law |
- A Review of the previous week's Legal Press - The Sunday Law Review: 8th to 14th February http://t.co/25dirwl9SY
- The court of the future is online | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/sz5rcNKcEj
- Music and football industries ramp up protection of IP rights | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/gHhfJCqPa3
- Courts continue to ‘like’ a service of documents through Facebook | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/Ly9O3SpRji
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Eversheds recruits six consultants to launch regulatory compliance offering | The Lawyer http://t.co/zUhO2cqrJz
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Ashurst’s finances boosted by Australian merger as cash total doubles | The Lawyer http://t.co/HhpFnXCniF
- LSB rubber-stamps abolition of mandatory CPD | Law Gazette http://t.co/hQ355Ry3SL
- Schillings internet framework | Law Gazette http://t.co/d9NkS9nkF1
- Veyo begins marketing campaign | Law Gazette http://t.co/jdYNuZ5Id3
- Lawyers form pro-EU group | Law Gazette http://t.co/k5gu4vPsen
- Applications for silk invited | Law Gazette http://t.co/RftIm08hZF
- Pro bono students win £130,000 | Law Gazette http://t.co/gWX3jXovNa
- Ministers ‘avoiding’ litigants in person question – Khan | Law Gazette http://t.co/8WswJQUTqJ
- Freedom Ride: Turning point in #AUSTRALIA's race relations http://t.co/znk7PTkDYE
- David Ford: NCA powers 'could help stop NI sex trade' http://t.co/E3J1uZA3IN
- Ex-Oxford Union president Ben Sullivan rape case reviewed http://t.co/fT9QkyZ4lh
- Man, 92, thrown to ground in 'sickening' robbery for £5 http://t.co/LacfWZ6TIp
- Football fans want right to stand, Welsh Conservatives say http://t.co/sAlLA1AOHS
- Gwent Police 'thank' Facebook taunting criminal http://t.co/NHUHKGLvk5
- What would happen if prices started going down? http://t.co/RiYm2vze9m
- Cyber bank robbers steal $1bn, says Kaspersky report http://t.co/l7q8P3evho
- #US drone rules impact Amazon plans http://t.co/r1oO7gDV4S
- Ed Balls: I always get a receipt for getting my hedge cut http://t.co/GAdcBNpZwd
- Eurozone ministers not optimistic over Greek debt deal http://t.co/ysMZ2t0HrM
- Rail travel: South East passengers 'most delayed' http://t.co/C9RYAGoO55
- Paddington deaths: Rapist Ashraf Amrani 'murdered parents' http://t.co/emONJyd0vO
- Ed Miliband in 'apprenticeship guarantee' for school leavers http://t.co/P7YJrRIP7G
- #DENMARK attacks: Two men charged in Copenhagen http://t.co/KOzs4zz0vf
- Will the UK begin to regulate Bitcoins in 2015? | The Lawyer http://t.co/q5axoArgCv
- The Global Law Summit: Celebrate what’s great about UK law | The Lawyer http://t.co/niTRZh5koU
- Special report: Silk appointments 2015 – Why be a QC? | The Lawyer http://t.co/6NWjQniAop
- Research shows lawyers are unprepared for retirement and set to work well beyond 65 | The Lawyer http://t.co/NsWLjCO9nB
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Olswang Paris office founding partner decamps for France's UGGC | The Lawyer http://t.co/Th86Z0bsox
- Financial performance at US headquartered global firms outstrips that of domestic rivals | The Lawyer http://t.co/t2KVLlbq2q
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Uría Menéndez posts record results with 3.6 per cent revenue increase to €192.1m | The Lawyer http://t.co/ZWwJw6Rdrr
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Eversheds recruits six consultants to launch regulatory compliance offering | The Lawyer http://t.co/zUhO2cqrJz
- Eastbourne and Lewes Councils appoint Pinsents local government head to lead combined team | The Lawyer http://t.co/ThNKnmwvdR
- Punt Peerpoints the way - UK contract lawyers market goes into overdrive | The Lawyer http://t.co/tqTfbVU4Kz
- The in-house interview: Morrisons GC Mark Amsden - A Profile | The Lawyer http://t.co/emnIaUOcKB
- Profile: Patrick Allen, co-founder Hodge Jones & Allen - A Profile | Law Gazette http://t.co/ehrjKlZ8xW
- My legal life: Tara McInnes, Associate, dispute resolution, Gardner Leader - A Profile | Law Gazette http://t.co/4Cc2ESy2dW
- Access to learning fund | Law Gazette http://t.co/yiaxYGTF2x
- Does the expansion of Gulf financial centres demonstrate the solidity of the region’s legal systems? | Law Gazette http://t.co/eGlOAjT26n
- Warning witnesses: the risks | Law Gazette http://t.co/1rjFvvtjpI
- PEP edges up at growing Hogan Lovells | Law Gazette http://t.co/zCyF5RtJFT
- Profits slip as reforms hit Irwin Mitchell | Law Gazette http://t.co/NmrroKdu2w
- Nationwide mandates quality scheme membership | Law Gazette http://t.co/N4qA12zaQc
- Online courts will cut need for lawyers – IT guru | Law Gazette http://t.co/sxe7oR2pR9
- TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHC3kLR
- Online court proposed to resolve claims of up to £25,000 http://t.co/ECZfJEYNzh
- Victim told to write to vicious attacker or face jail herself http://t.co/SXdaoQojOo
- Wanted criminal who openly taunted police on Facebook is caught http://t.co/hSC6IErElY
- Copenhagen shootings: Why #DENMARK was steeled for terror attack http://t.co/BlHTuIJJaY
- 'Skunk-like cannabis' increases risk of psychosis, study suggests http://t.co/CrzqpFIOec
- LSB rubber stamps abolition of mandatory CPD | Law Gazette http://t.co/9aFD2uLSvR
- New terror measure in justice act | Law Gazette http://t.co/3Kzei6aMX8
- North entices City legal giants – report | Law Gazette http://t.co/aluzv6jHKe
- Wales asbestos costs ruling muddies waters | Law Gazette http://t.co/9lCJrsHotJ
- Legal charity sits on £200m cash pile | Law Gazette http://t.co/bRnG2E84cZ
- CJC calls for online claims revolution | Law Gazette http://t.co/P8tAJhtfGG
- Nobody gets what they want as BSB “subverting the rules” case heads back to Visitors | Legal Futures http://t.co/ZhuClWoZLd
- Separate business rule reform will "unlock" competition and innovation in legal market | Legal Futures http://t.co/hDj32DV0x2
- It's time for state-backed online dispute resolution, says Susskind-led CJC group | Legal Futures http://t.co/ghD0C5bJFN
- Paddington next of kin double murder probe launched http://t.co/QT0cJNwCIQ
- Bid to save at least 1,000 migrants in Mediterranean http://t.co/0cf5iHPzPM
- Greens accuse Plaid Cymru of 'harassment' over election http://t.co/QtKFtzhGc3
- Call for fox hunting to be devolved to Wales http://t.co/ZzCuKZIJOB
- Asians recruited to Northern Ireland brothel http://t.co/EHrl6byCGX
- Rotherham abuse scandal: Ed Miliband 'deeply sorry' http://t.co/dsFpOYijEf
- M1 fatal crash coach driver bailed http://t.co/qzvtoy7E43
- Copenhagen shootings: Danish gunman 'had violent past' #DENMARK http://t.co/SWg41Auun5
