6th May - LAW NEWS Headlines

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• Are Oral Arguments Worth Arguing About? Advocacy is not usually a spectator sport http://t.co/0FKwbFOf May 06, 2012
• Murdoch’s Pride Is America’s Poison http://t.co/Kd1qsFnI May 06, 2012
• 'Strong advice' for Newquay Airport explosives joker http://t.co/iKRGXuDN May 06, 2012
• Malakai McKenzie death in Nottingham: Two more charged http://t.co/v4421TSJ May 06, 2012
• Man arrested after fatal assault in Blackpool takeaway http://t.co/J3RgZ7f4 May 06, 2012
• Man arrested in Brighton flat murder hunt http://t.co/rRjhJE9B May 06, 2012
• Woman, 29, arrested over man's death in Glasgow http://t.co/K5JlaQ79 May 06, 2012
• Debts 'threaten fire engine company's ability to tackle high-rise blazes' http://t.co/t7hculNR May 06, 2012
• Border checks on drugs and guns 'dropped' at Heathrow http://t.co/Z3zxWFRv May 06, 2012
• Bridgend: rail death inquiry after man's body found http://t.co/lVyJ9vG9 May 06, 2012
• Conspiracy charges for three arrested after terror raids http://t.co/GZRsJGbo May 06, 2012
• Scottish independence: Final week of referendum consultation http://t.co/JDgON0HE May 06, 2012
• Business Secretary Vince Cable 'feels vindicated' over BSkyB http://t.co/UfD2BCvk May 06, 2012
• RUSSIA: Reform Domestic Laws on Disability Rights http://t.co/dXKED4St May 06, 2012
• LIBYA: NTC should immediately revoke a new law that bans insults against the people of Libya or its institutions http://t.co/WnNGzG6I May 06, 2012
• Orwell Comes to the Guantanamo Tribunal http://t.co/nm7qQuch May 06, 2012
• US: President Barak Obama's legal position on trial at Guantanamo tribunal http://t.co/aD2Iaqtn May 06, 2012
• IRAN: Court upholds rights lawyer's 9-year jail term http://t.co/YqpW1SEX May 06, 2012
• GERMANY: Football captain tackles Ukraine on human rights http://t.co/EAQrltSc May 06, 2012
• INDIA : “Rights of tribals at the core of Maoist conflict” http://t.co/jGTO9gzH May 06, 2012
• Consumer rights: 'How much of a priority is paying into a pension?' http://t.co/GKoR1kX1 May 06, 2012
• Courts move to seize Albanian businessman's Scottish assets http://t.co/pIDzC743 May 06, 2012
• Courts forced to close during Olympics as threat of transport chaos hits overstretched justice system http://t.co/3D8V8FGV May 06, 2012
• Forced labour claims dent image of London 2012 http://t.co/UNSw5UDZ May 06, 2012
• Police 'in denial' over rise in racism complaints http://t.co/FcK3npbj May 06, 2012
• Prime Minister David Cameron's secret summit with News Corp http://t.co/E9yyaKHE May 06, 2012
• INDIA: Court raps Tejinder Singh's counsel for pressure tactics in army chief's defamation case http://t.co/ujv1Rwq4 May 06, 2012
• US: Indian student Ravi's lawyers urge a sentence of probation http://t.co/u2KCbAj8 May 06, 2012
• US: Edwards knew money was for his benefit http://t.co/jOp7PbgV May 06, 2012
• Sarah Ferguson orphanage trial in Turkey adjourned http://t.co/N7zqQKPI May 06, 2012
• Chaos as 9/11 suspects go on trial at last - http://t.co/k6jtYW0t May 06, 2012
• CAMBODIA: Photographs of Illegal Logging in Cambodia: http://t.co/LKs3NYkt May 06, 2012
• INDIA: FIR against realtor for illegal sale of plots http://t.co/TgoPUX35 May 06, 2012
• Man who illegally disposed of waste jailed for 4 months http://t.co/h4vhD2gw May 06, 2012
• ISRAEL: 'Illegal to export macaques for medical experiments http://t.co/6Rv5tbi0 May 06, 2012
• US: Huge New York Law Firm Dewey LaBoeuf To Shut Down After Reckless Boss Bets Company And Loses http://t.co/pK1t53qr May 06, 2012
• LIBYA: Rights group urges Libya to revoke speech law http://t.co/x8XCzV4v May 06, 2012
• Afghan child-bride's in-laws sentenced for torture http://t.co/q4YoAO5Y May 06, 2012
• US: New Florida law against trading with Cuba a total failure http://t.co/Uz116mov May 06, 2012
• The Roman Catholic Church has protected evil for too long http://t.co/Rurvzeg6 May 06, 2012
• Lord Strathclyde: the reluctant reformer http://t.co/FcxbFZBm May 06, 2012
• 9/11 suspects defiant as US court attempts to begin trial proceedings http://t.co/a5EKlHDv May 0 Ignore warning 6, 2012
• Fake bomb smuggled into Olympic Park http://t.co/koiqEYeB May 06, 2012
• Heathrow border drug checks 'dropped over queues crisis' http://t.co/6MJIjB1u May 06, 2012
• Doctor struck off after trying to buy lethal scorpion and spider venom http://t.co/CkGcD9mx May 06, 2012
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/VTrW0Mek ▸  May 06, 2012

5th May - LAW NEWS Headlines

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• IRELAND: Legislation introduced to regulate legal profession will ensure law firms can compete internationally http://t.co/Nt7Z6JN0 May 05, 2012
• Brave solicitor Peter Farthing dies after two-year cancer battle - Gloucestershire http://t.co/7qhh8YuS May 05, 2012
• LIBERIA: Final Ruling in Money Laundering Case Set for Next Month http://t.co/f3Ks3t38 May 05, 2012
• Judge jails drunk who said he wanted to blow him up - Northern Ireland http://t.co/DnxqwcZa May 05, 2012
• IRELAND: Fr Reynolds' solicitor says RTÉ fine reflects seriousness of breach http://t.co/EXGYyYKy May 05, 2012
• The notion of international humanitarian law as a tool of legal repression is broader than the laws of war http://t.co/VoQRzfSU May 05, 2012
• 300,000 children serving as soldiers in more than 30 conflicts worldwide in clear violation of international law http://t.co/ojjpswbv May 05, 2012
• On the right of states to exclude migrants http://t.co/XEOwcmLl May 05, 2012
• FRANCE: Il a aussi répété qu'il ne tolérerait aucun horaire pour les femmes dans les piscines ni de viande halal dans http://t.co/JzjpIKoC May 05, 2012
• BANGLADESH: After 40 years, justice to victims of 1971 Bangladesh war http://t.co/0d3p3WZr May 05, 2012
• Brother of Bertie Acheson criticises justice system http://t.co/Mg34Pzff May 05, 2012
• CANADA: Justice Minister wary of jeopardizing talks by condemning student protest violence http://t.co/z56LJuOR May 05, 2012
• World War II scoop reporter receives AP apology http://t.co/f2HGMvk0 May 05, 2012
• 'Bumblebee thieves' - Swedish outrage as over plucky Brits' plan to steal bees http://t.co/bJCFvWQA May 05, 2012
• Couple in Somerset withdraw church bell complaint http://t.co/ZJ2i45Pu May 05, 2012
• Complaint by Paul Randle-Jolliffe against barrister dismissed http://t.co/IVy53u5D May 05, 2012
• IRELAND: Company says it did utmost to avoid dismissal http://t.co/nkuWha3o May 05, 2012
• UGANDA: There are many things right just as many that are wrong - Public personae of a British barrister http://t.co/YhE6Vhlu May 05, 2012
• IRELAND: Fashionistas called to the bar http://t.co/AVyAwBdl May 05, 2012
• NEW ZEALAND: Unprecedented public criticism of New Zealand's top court http://t.co/QVoRzElG May 05, 2012
• Judge: 'The child killer I defended continues to haunt me’ http://t.co/kdKypJ3K May 05, 2012
• INDIA: Barrister Yellappa - Man who Refused Plum Post to Fight the British: http://t.co/TF8IZsqJ May 05, 2012
• Frances Barber: 'Playing a seductive barrister has made me realise why I'm so unlucky in love' http://t.co/GjyTrhrS May 05, 2012
• Washington’s human rights hypocrisy and the case of Chen Guangcheng http://t.co/nLLJj9lV May 05, 2012
• CHINA: Human rights shouldn't hinder state-to-state relations http://t.co/UFpgHCpj May 05, 2012
• CANADA: Ottawa police to submit race of drivers they stop http://t.co/8ZNPPuYz May 05, 2012
• US: Police handcuff human rights protesters at White House http://t.co/vdUGm5cB May 05, 2012
• Judge starts campaign against ‘scourge’ of divorce http://t.co/G6hLlmXZ May 05, 2012
• Vulnerable defendants and the courts http://t.co/KKdYiqys May 05, 2012
• RSPCA at ‘breaking point’: as cruelty convictions up by nearly a quarter http://t.co/VXx7DBmi May 05, 2012
• Does the Criminal Cases Review Commission lives up to what the Runciman Royal Commission on Criminal Justice envisaged? http://t.co/dd7bOfgG May 05, 2012
• Free to go? Surviving a wrongful conviction - The Justice Gap http://t.co/JZTJi0c5 May 05, 2012
• Wrong questions, soft targets - The Justice Gap http://t.co/Ucq7I6Os May 05, 2012
• How experts got it wrong in Baby Jayden case - The Justice Gap http://t.co/DHJEXPwG May 05, 2012
• ‘It’s the litigants who will suffer most’ - The Justice Gap http://t.co/RsDU0Mg6 May 05, 2012
• INDIA: Introspect on dispensation of justice, Vice-President Ansari urges lawyers http://t.co/ccd7XQLP May 05, 2012
• CANADA: Military drone testing raises legal concerns   http://t.co/rZ4EBqht May 05, 2012
• Prominent legal scholar and China expert comes to aid of Chen Guangcheng http://t.co/hPhD9OA0 May 05, 2012
• Force India pay £650,000 legal costs to Caterham http://t.co/iDiL3VaK May 05, 2012
• CANADA: Conrad Black's legal legacy remains limited, experts say http://t.co/8do6WfoQ May 05, 2012
• Remember, Remember, the Fifth of May: http://t.co/JjHiaAOE May 05, 2012
• On Education, What Would You Do as the British Prime Minister? http://t.co/GOd3K3UZ May 05, 2012
• Code of Ethics for Overseas Education Agents - London Statement http://t.co/dSSg5JWr May 05, 2012
• British Government Seeks Special Status at Hacking Inquiry http://t.co/81uE0m41 May 05, 2012
• Louise Mensch:'I'm meant to say that the Commons is too blokey. But I love it...' http://t.co/hs8kEcgL May 05, 2012
• Betrayed behind enemy lines: Army captain breaks silence on elite unit's fight for survival - http://t.co/OQDq7cRR May 05, 2012
• Three in court after terror swoop - http://t.co/kwnjX86l May 05, 2012
• BRAZIL: SIM card scandal claims head of Brazil phone group TIM http://t.co/goVZ4BvA May 05, 2012
• Jeremy Clarkson claims airport delays could be solved with 'a bit of racism' http://t.co/AFtlFz41 May 05, 2012
• Duchess of York's lawyers try to get Turkish criminal charges against her thrown out ahead of trial http://t.co/FEvM6yPs May 05, 2012
• US: Restaurant group offers illegal immigrant workers healthcare http://t.co/68WqINt9 May 05, 2012
• Illegal off-road bikers pose threat to Walney reserve http://t.co/xkWD07aZ May 05, 2012
• Jury May Be Deadlocked In Oracle-Google Trial http://t.co/vO7BPWN9 May 05, 2012
• Call for magazine editor’s release after trial on lèse-majesté charges - Reporters Without Borders http://t.co/qV0wRdXY May 05, 2012
• US: Ohio court tosses $2B award, dealers claimed Ford overcharged them http://t.co/1HzD4wAz May 05, 2012
• Ex-BP engineer pleads not guilty in spill probe http://t.co/ctaR6XaA May 05, 2012
• What Timothy McVeigh can teach us about Khalid Sheikh Mohammed's trial | Andrew Gumbel http://t.co/YAUj6IP0 May 05, 2012
• Greater trial for Floyd Mayweather may be 90 days in jail not Miguel Cotto test http://t.co/iNwn3s6L May 05, 2012
• THE FIRM: As Ross Harper's law firm ceased trading, old interview with Ross Harper himself from 30 Jan 07 http://t.co/ROCERJvK May 05, 2012
• THE FIRM: Change in administration of bankruptcy creates process price increases http://t.co/kzC7IEIi May 05, 2012
• THE FIRM: Australian legal giant Slater and Gordon entry has prompted a degree of anxiety from sectors of law http://t.co/uk3tu0yG May 05, 2012
• THE FIRM: Perspectives on ABS and what they will mean vary amongst solicitors in Scotland http://t.co/TBLga6Q1 May 05, 2012
• THE FIRM: Good for whom and good for what? Cameras in court, Donald Findlay, QC http://t.co/oK353ofB May 05, 2012
• THE FIRM: Linda Urquhart OBE on not so contrasting fortunes of McGrigors and Ross Harper, established Scottish firms http://t.co/9yRyUJCd May 05, 2012
• THE FIRM: First Minister says Operation Rubicon "takes precedence" over Holyrood inquiry into phone hacking http://t.co/snX3qkfH May 05, 2012
• THE FIRM: Scottish Government consultation publishes radical "move towards" “full-cost pricing of court fees" http://t.co/okWMouHD May 05, 2012
• THE FIRM: SLCC admits no statutory authority for complaints research: evades “ultra vires” query http://t.co/klnTXMPq May 05, 2012
• THE FIRM: Lord Advocate's trip to Libya dismissed as an "Alice in Blunderland charade" by Justice for Megrahi committee http://t.co/UQbuzKyo May 05, 2012
• THE FIRM: SYLA warns profession over trainee solicitor salary pressure http://t.co/sNbtenMC May 05, 2012
• US: Judge says Texas not allowed to cut funds to Planned Parenthood http://t.co/NJzfnR8z May 05, 2012
• An anti-war campaigner has vowed to continue her protest outside Houses of Parliament despite police removing her tent http://t.co/0ZvBTcZt May 05, 2012
• US: Ohio appeals court says trial judge erred in $2B award to Ford truck dealers, sends case back http://t.co/bktkQSTS May 05, 2012
• BRAZIL: lawmakers investigate human rights abuses committed during dictatorship http://t.co/n5YFu4k5 May 05, 2012
• INDIA: Human Rights Defender P.V. Rajagopal and his organisation branded as supporting Maoist rebels http://t.co/JS6AGl9b May 05, 2012
• RUSSIA: Russian Federation ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities - UNICEF http://t.co/tMNwq76F May 05, 2012
• Bmibaby shut down: what are your rights? http://t.co/rhsbPUB8 May 05, 2012
• Human rights could land MPs in the dock http://t.co/grcltJfa May 05, 2012
• KUWAIT: Rights bodies urge Kuwait to free bedoon protesters http://t.co/rN58SqjN May 05, 2012
• INDIA: Green tribunal stops construction of Hindon road http://t.co/DcowPv4z v May 05, 2012
• US: Accused 9/11 plotters to appear in Guantanamo Bay court http://t.co/GffkZhqa May 05, 2012
• US: Harvard Law School won’t say if faculty member Liz Warren listed as minority http://t.co/5Lvf56el May 05, 2012
• Sex Law History: 11 Ways You Could Be Punished For Your Desire http://t.co/xMv5hcYE May 05, 2012
• US: Florida Will Enforce Anti-Cuba Contract Law, Governor Says http://t.co/YkYpgCZG May 05, 2012
• Dewey’s Fall Underscores Law Firms’ New Reality http://t.co/HFSAIgaT May 05, 2012
• RUSSIA: Gay rights activist fined under new law http://t.co/MHqUnelo May 05, 2012
• US: Reports link Law to crackdown on nuns http://t.co/5Xv2mC5B May 05, 2012
• US: Justice Department sends letter on immigration law; protesters seek repeal http://t.co/Q57VVOAj May 05, 2012
• US law firm Dewey warns of possible closure http://t.co/OzcMdu3O May 05, 2012
• Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and other '9/11 plotters' back in court http://t.co/i2BX5xb1 May 05, 2012
• MEXICO: Bodies hung from bridge as 23 more die in Mexico drug war http://t.co/mmK9DAlT May 05, 2012
• Cairn Trust – Small business, big idea http://t.co/TabOIS1r May 05, 2012
• Could mystery fingerprints provide clue in dead spy case? http://t.co/pl8aG0jC May 05, 2012
• Magistrates should use online crime maps ahead of sentencing http://t.co/5s0xsSqb May 05, 2012
• Scottish and Southern Energy fined £1.25m over doorstep selling case http://t.co/M2HB3GTm May 05, 2012
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• Law firm Dewey warns of possible closure http://t.co/VZBSg9XV May 05, 2012
• "Hunger Games" success spells trouble for TV ads http://t.co/JNT5JgF9 May 05, 2012
• French billionaire quizzed at New York child support trial http://t.co/YnYKbjuD May 05, 2012
• Stafford Hospital death: Dad wants son's inquest ruling changed http://t.co/HpoyvieA May 05, 2012
• Swastikas daubed on Jewish woman's car in Brighton http://t.co/pRdAiGQx May 05, 2012
• Elderly Birmingham woman attacked while asleep in bed http://t.co/1b0VLKcY May 05, 2012
• Leroy Burnett murder: Men jailed over Battersea killing http://t.co/HnCok9gM May 05, 2012
• Man who stabbed girl in face guilty of attempted murder http://t.co/4Q3AUc9B May 05, 2012
• Judges reject killer Kevin Nunn's High Court DNA challenge http://t.co/QgOf4wHv May 05, 2012
• Birmingham arrests over female genital mutilation http://t.co/dksPrUiN May 05, 2012
• Costa Concordia payout offer 'an insult', says dancer http://t.co/OMtqEeUc May 05, 2012
• Police investigate death of care home resident in Rusholme http://t.co/TcDrRcih May 05, 2012
• Teenage rapists sentenced for attacking girl, 11 http://t.co/ofrXT8Gy May 05, 2012
• Charles Green death: Burglars guilty of manslaughter http://t.co/7PCAUfje May 05, 2012
• Respect party harassment claim by Bradford East MP David Ward http://t.co/KgQsBWFc May 05, 2012
• Fitzwilliam Museum art theft haul worth 'up to £40m' http://t.co/A2F6aYBp May 05, 2012
• Templepatrick property developer declared bankrupt http://t.co/xNxcZR2f May 05, 2012
• Court rules money must be paid back to Bank of Ireland http://t.co/oQIEQC8w May 05, 2012
• Londonderry home help thief sent to prison http://t.co/LyO5qHqn May 05, 2012
• Sean Quinn 'resents asset strip claim' http://t.co/w2M4bWrH May 05, 2012
• Man charged with Brighton murder of Jeffrey Burrows http://t.co/Uvw1exgn May 05, 2012
• Taxi driver attacked by hijackers in Newtownabbey http://t.co/pkzVqV7N May 05, 2012
• Killer Henryk Gorski loses appeal over sentence http://t.co/1MCzx91M May 05, 2012
• Northern Ireland death penalty appeal to go ahead http://t.co/gdYX7vl0 May 05, 2012
• Catholic Church leadership in denial mode: Martin McGuinness http://t.co/9CmxWBeL May 05, 2012
• Warrant for man over ear bite attack in Tranent http://t.co/uV9inUOE May 05, 2012
• Pub landlord car killer Lee McNamara given longer jail term http://t.co/sJvNcD4I May 05, 2012
• Inverness restaurant owner Thomas Eccles jailed for rape http://t.co/0SIQKtSe May 05, 2012
• Jane Kelly death: Mark Jarvie cleared on grounds of insanity http://t.co/6O9ilgQo May 05, 2012
• 'Secret Tay beaver cull plan' claim denied http://t.co/r76XpLvd May 05, 2012
• Ross Monaghan acquitted of murdering Kevin 'Gerbil' Carroll http://t.co/VhDJXUwa May 05, 2012
• Wonderland's Alice day celebrated in Llandudno http://t.co/41GVI8hR May 05, 2012
• Lottery winner Gavin Davies accused of attacking girlfriend Daniah Hussain http://t.co/H1aUpPGq May 05, 2012
• Paramedic and technician struck off they 'did not do job' http://t.co/fFte5BUO May 05, 2012
• Sacha Baron Cohen 'not banned' by BBC http://t.co/VRdDVDNg May 05, 2012
• Boris Johnson 'to seek return to Commons in 2015' - http://t.co/4ZmniErc May 05, 2012
• GREECE: Fascism rises from the depths of Greece's despair http://t.co/NuSqyP3O May 05, 2012
• Crackdown on top police officers 'retiring' to join private forces http://t.co/nGUcQN8Y May 05, 2012
• Dancers flat-footed after fake offer to take part in Olympics exposed - http://t.co/jMPBcBEX May 05, 2012
• Unified patent court proposals would harm small businesses http://t.co/40ObreR5 May 05, 2012