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- Chris Grayling's self-defence plans greeted with dismay by lawyers http://t.co/KleLwO9A
- April Jones Facebook comments: should Matthew Woods be in prison? | Joshua Rozenberg http://t.co/Nr0EHx2y
- Judge Constance Briscoe, one of Britain's first black female judges arrested http://t.co/paa1UVvK
- Loeb & Loeb enters Hong Kong with former Salans ally | The Lawyer http://t.co/bihqC0oO
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Linklaters and SullCrom scoop roles as UnitedHealth pushes into Brazilian healthcare market | The Lawyer http://t.co/vB1ieLXE
- LAW FIRM NEWS: MoFo hires real estate trio from Skadden in Tokyo | The Lawyer http://t.co/7luAoW2X
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Bakers picks Hughes as fifth London-based practice group head | The Lawyer http://t.co/ti3Aw7UO
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Schoenherr merges with Turkish ally CTK Türkoğlu & Celepçi | The Lawyer http://t.co/hoJSxzBP
- Tory's 'rights for shares' scheme blasted by employment lawyers | The Lawyer http://t.co/eReUFQAK
- Tesco shoppers in Cambridge 'ignored pensioner mugging' http://t.co/2OSFOcgg
- What Comes After the Welfare State? | Online Library of Law and Liberty: http://t.co/tHwMoMtw
- PAKISTAN: Gunmen have wounded a 14-year-old rights activist who has campaigned for girls' education http://t.co/5ffE6uoC
- Justin Lee Collins found guilty of harassing Anna Larke http://t.co/WkIfCVKn
- Savile abuse claims: Police pursue 120 lines of inquiry http://t.co/nJ2B7v9w
- Direct age discrimination: Supreme Court decision in Seldon v Clarkson Wright and Jakes [2012] UKSC 16 | LAW GAZETTE http://t.co/IHT1wWsw
- Twitter’s Legal Counsel Speaks Out Against Patent Trolls http://t.co/IaI4HjbB
- Spending cuts on legal services will deny 'effective access' to justice, says leading barrister http://t.co/nZSb7nI8
- Google Legal Chief: Patent Reform a Balancing Act - Digits http://t.co/VJLlxisA
- Indelible marks and legal brains - BBC Wales Political Editor http://t.co/BsZQ3PED
- 'Legal high' Annihilation sells out online after putting nine Scots in hospital http://t.co/z1x1dF1n
- Legal action over Watling Street 'toxic homes' http://t.co/jltYjRAF
- Court of Protection backs hospital in right-to-life case | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/5KPzoR3V
- Osborne offers workers shares for giving up employment rights | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/QhWAcPLy
- Grayling seeks further protection for home-owners who tackle burglars | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/aXfFGTp9
- TheLawMap: Law Business News Roundup: 1st to 7th October http://t.co/AQDkgKX1
- Boris Johnson: the best jokes from his conference speech http://t.co/rtihLvs6
- Facebook slur about soldier deaths: Azhar Ahmed sentenced http://t.co/3VhR19z0
- Elections of the future really to be decided on how much violence we are prepared to countenance? | LAW GAZETTE http://t.co/1rMJV8xo
- Chancery Lane takes stake in OFR support provider | LAW GAZETTE http://t.co/b4sFsFSm
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Weil beefs up Paris finance practice with Linklaters hire | The Lawyer http://t.co/urdilQ8l
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Reed Smith makes it an Asia four with launch in Singapore | The Lawyer http://t.co/dvycBhNV
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Eversheds hands second term to CEO Hughes | The Lawyer http://t.co/5VAkpaLV
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Scottish firms Burness and Paull & Williamsons are set to merge, creating a £37.6m firm | The Lawyer http://t.co/EhJfFvvq
- CHINA: Laws to ban exacting of evidence via torture improved http://t.co/ADwoHNSE
- Illegal parking outside schools facing crackdown http://t.co/GeLGh3X9
- INDIA: Why are illegal constructions by rich spared? Supreme Court asks http://t.co/RLX56xkK
- GHANA: Gold Sparks Conflict With Illegal Chinese Miners http://t.co/GBqYNs2x
- US: Lawyer releases index of Scouts 'perversion files' http://t.co/lhpFuUKz
- PAKISTAN: Court allows lawyer to meet Indian prisoner Sarabjit singh http://t.co/PaUBwhPu
- Trainee lawyer, 22, who was 'hit by sun lounger on cruise faces bankruptcy as legal bills soar to £350,000 http://t.co/HVA4dm1U
- US: Republicans' new 'judicial activism': a coup d'etat of state supreme courts http://t.co/tkpMEQbL
- INDIA: Courts & laws haven't been kind to women who invoke rape charge against live-in partners http://t.co/FHeDMS2z
- US: NY appeals court rules shooting victim can sue gun maker, distributors; reverses lower court http://t.co/pemDWuKL
- Justin Lee Collins harassment trial jury sent home http://t.co/JjxS7X1t
- Abu Hamza wife asked to consider downsizing London home - no time limit on tenancy agreement http://t.co/f2OPxoK7
- Stephen Farrow murder trial: Defendant 'seen' near victim's home http://t.co/O9EfgyUA
- Paul Henry on trial for Gainsborough attempted murder http://t.co/Vm05tOCW
- Millie Martin trial: Mother and partner in tears at evidence http://t.co/nR3p7rbG
- Putting PALESTINE On The Agenda: At The Russell Tribunal In New York - http://t.co/kOenYqyF
- NEW ZEALAND: Eight music pirates in sights of tribunal http://t.co/n3T49zIb
- INDIA: Tribunal issues notices to CCI, DLF in Jasola case http://t.co/1xwXklsi
- Osborne's 'shares for rights' scheme full of holes, say unions http://t.co/tRw36GGG
- UN rights chief wants NEPAL to look into war abuses http://t.co/7HRoKNsC
- Osborne's new jobs offer: give up your workplace rights http://t.co/UfAdD1Tn
- Strict New Procedures for IRAN Currency Trading After Protest http://t.co/xkf3riIB
- Reasons Matter (When Intuitions Don't Object) http://t.co/aYkBJx3x
- US: ‘Three Strikes of Injustice’ http://t.co/NTfG9y9T
- TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/VTrRtc5a
- IRA supergrass Raymond Gilmour 'abandoned' by MI5 http://t.co/nKvZXSW7
- Tory conference: Burglary 'over-reaction' to be allowed http://t.co/pRjD6JRo
- Victims to pick offenders' punishment, Home Secretary says http://t.co/UBZXScWx
- PwC targets in-house counsel with “legal effectiveness” service | Legal Futures http://t.co/LFLgG3MS
- LSB: current financial protection regime risks giving clients “false confidence” | Legal Futures http://t.co/C6fGX8Ao
- Direct Line set for ABS as it reveals £110m solicitor referral fee income since 2009 | Legal Futures http://t.co/BaynBe3b
- US: Sandusky, Victims Plan to Speak at Sentencing - ABC News http://t.co/KEHDoXWW
- IRELAND: Government urged on stem cell legislation http://t.co/FmBaIF53
- NEPAL: In report on conflict, UN human rights chief voices concern over pace and extent of justice efforts: http://t.co/sh2Uihya
- EGYPT: Rights group says Egypt's new draft constitution curbs freedoms, urges panel to amend articles http://t.co/d0wStqOn
- Tory conference: Chris Grayling hails 'old lags' scheme http://t.co/vWfDCy8y
- US: 'Justice Bus' to provide free legal help to low-income residents throughout Alabama http://t.co/jfSmru6h
- SIERRA LEONE: Judiciary Firm on Enforcing Piracy Laws http://t.co/t7WZTH7t
- GHANA: High Court Judge, Justice Barbara Ward-Acquah, has downplayed assertions that Ghana’s judiciary is corrupt http://t.co/rLcUsRJd
- US: Changes in law to let Georgia net more sales tax from online sales http://t.co/FPx06vRy
- Law Firms Seek Super Savings with Back-Office Centers http://t.co/Z42umCJi
- US Law school deans: Why race matters in college admissions http://t.co/sC5qapeW
- Judge children’s welfare ‘by standards of 2012’, Munby LJ says in Ultra-Orthodox ruling | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/pRbTYxFi
- Fighting back - People who protect their homes and families against intruders should not be treated like criminals? http://t.co/5K7kIBQg
- Two in court accused of murder of Indian general http://t.co/p3hzKIxG
- Ched Evans: Two charged over naming of rape victim http://t.co/wpSUjHgc
- The gang's all here: Krays' rival Richardson laid to rest http://t.co/J0XJk1c1
- Bridger weeps as murder charge is read out in court http://t.co/KW7ISOB3
- Footballer Adam Hammill held after Liverpool paramedic assault http://t.co/W48HdLu5
- Bedford couple unwittingly grow cannabis http://t.co/JFdlmQPZ
- Mark Rothko painting defacement: Man arrested http://t.co/WVBWO4UL
- Justice minister: we’ll stop weekend courts pilot if critics are right | LAW GAZETTE http://t.co/t53WZkTB
- Local solicitor issues an SOS - Save Our court Service http://t.co/iwEQ7ZOo
- Conman Gordon Manson, from Edinburgh, jailed after trying to negotiate takeover of Avanta http://t.co/q8jD8Z0w
- US: New York Attorney General sues JP Morgan Chase over troubled investment bank Bear Stearns http://t.co/Mi9welXO
- US: Republicans' new 'judicial activism': a coup d'etat of state supreme courts | Diane Roberts http://t.co/tkpMEQbL
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Hogan Lovells sets ten-year target to boost female partner numbers to 30% - Legalweek http://t.co/1EAY8pV9
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Dechert and Linklaters take on Beijing partners from Simmons and Bakers - Legalweek http://t.co/AC00pTtR
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Jones Day recruits Paris derivatives heavyweight as Euro push continues - Legalweek http://t.co/kCIqEueV
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Direct Line eyes move into legal services with planned ABS switch - Legalweek http://t.co/K6krktjH
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Baker & McKenzie leads charge into Peru with local merger - Legalweek http://t.co/54GnT2E6
- Haitian lawyer claims government persecution | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/WOm8UP0h
- Eversheds ramps up Gulf growth plan | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/Jg3efkKh
- Jobs boost for US legal sector | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/BuGpJIWd
- Blood drive plea for shot lawyer | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/r7BKy4AK
- US firm revives non-lawyer investment case | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/PGodXiwD
- Overseas students: No more night queues to register http://t.co/gfV8nIYK
- ICC probes new match-fixing claim http://t.co/5WC0YAIT
- Defacing Rothko painting 'not vandalism' claims Russian man http://t.co/5YbASeCX
- Judge backs doctors in Muslim man's right-to-life case http://t.co/hQ0x4wx9
- Victims of crime may lose out on millions in compensation http://t.co/xMMGXbcl
- Securing a training contract: steps to take while at university http://t.co/3CoPhX7v
- Julian Assange supporters ordered to forfeit £93,500 bail money http://t.co/yGe7Lody
- IRELAND: Anglo Irish Bank trio appear in court http://t.co/SbGcW6Sq
- Hospital allowed to withhold lifesaving treatment from brain-damaged man http://t.co/QQZpxWdQ
- RUSSIA: Putin says Pussy Riot 'got what they asked for' as jailed women appeal http://t.co/Ihf3H7nK
- 'Employee shares for rights' Q&A: what the proposals will mean http://t.co/haAteg0I
- George Osborne: workers can swap rights for company shares http://t.co/RHA0jhGB
- Letters: Promises on libel law reform must be kept http://t.co/8mMfrKai
- Top legal job for Hadham MP - Solicitor General of Great Britain http://t.co/X1XpcFYq
- The supergrass deals that slash life sentences for murder to just three years http://t.co/RLLKNbkU
- Tipping the scales of justice: A barrister’s view http://t.co/rvIiqKl2
- Legal Theory Lexicon: Vagueness and Ambiguity http://t.co/Ravic4A6
- Man branded killer to sue in landmark legal aid case http://t.co/qG2XYrQi
- Scottish Legal Aid Board to give £7m aid for projects that help people with debt http://t.co/0VedWl8p
- Julian Assange legal threat a stunt, QC says http://t.co/XDlz8vWd
- South Africa threaten ECB with legal action over claims Kevin Pietersen was provoked to send texts http://t.co/opV5gjhm
- Can sole practitioners survive in the new legal marketplace? http://t.co/AlE2p9Tn
- Businessman Chad Elie jailed over illegal bets http://t.co/NmTqt4QI
- Alps shooting victim kept illegal taser gun and had changed the locks at his home to stop his brother getting in http://t.co/lnssZQIm
- US: Janet Jackson's lawyer dismisses allegations over brother Michael's funeral http://t.co/0YB9uiBY
- NEW ZEALAND: Lawyer trouble holds up lawyer's trial http://t.co/nsc38rPs
- SOUTH AFRICA: The trial of Anni Dewani’s alleged killer was expected to continue http://t.co/tsFeUfvT
- AUSTRALIA: Facebook warned to respect right to fair trial http://t.co/Ao1SnUmA
- US: Woman set to testify against 'terror' preacher Abu Hamza after she was kidnapped by his Yemeni militants http://t.co/dfnaXfY6
- US: Sungeun Grace Lee, Terminally Ill New York City Woman, Decides To Stay On Respirator http://t.co/yEmRgSDk
