4th May - LAW NEWS

495 days of LawNewsIndex brought to you by TheLawMap

• HUNGARY: Jobbik rally against World Jewish Congress in Budapest http://t.co/bWg3fh444w 
• Foreign Students to Face New Checks at US Borders http://t.co/nWF5ShfL2c 
• US: Path From ‘Social Butterfly’ to Boston Suspect’s Widow http://t.co/MDZUBWxKLu 
• Jackie McNamara in legal battle for £40,000 bonus for helping Partick Thistle seal SPL promotion http://t.co/xpKlpeTIc3 
• Alcohol price legal challenge fails http://t.co/rStctLgfKo 
• Payment by results plan for rehabilitation of offenders http://t.co/1MeaoBqpqP 
• Writer Hanif Kureishi 'loses £120,000 life savings in suspected fraud' http://t.co/7hEHujbQg9
• Defamation Act 2013: New era of libel law is ushered in | New Law Journal: http://t.co/xAbHUmyCGd 
• Red tape re-run: SRA consults on new initiatives | New Law Journal: http://t.co/0aLe0w3BpG 
• Assent for Growth Bill: Employee shareholder scheme receives green light | New Law Journal: http://t.co/azfDEOxx7I 
• SFO funding: Concerns over Serious Fraud Office's dwindling budget | New Law Journal: http://t.co/kp6dR2jIS8 
• Whiplash figures contradict government: Figures show significant drop in whiplash claims | New Law Journal: http://t.co/WW1iJyazp0 
• Proposed changes to legal aid will block immigration cases with “excellent prospects of success” | New Law Journal: http://t.co/bV4QcXsRau 
• Concerns over judicial review curbs: Immigration lawyers express dismay at government’s proposals | New Law Journal: http://t.co/ms0fHlSrvF 
• RTA portal fees slashed: Cuts go ahead despite concerns that lawyers won't be able to cover costs | New Law Journal: http://t.co/ftZTeD8Nhq
• Supreme Court finds UK government is in breach of the EU Air Quality Directive | New Law Journal: http://t.co/eTKES4Bhla 
• Harper Lee sues for copyright of To Kill A Mockingbird http://t.co/YmihJXwKR6 
• Boy wins Birmingham Magistrates' Court cell ruling http://t.co/1zH0i4HFxx
• Family court 'delays' on care decisions cut http://t.co/E0znZMkt4N 
• Andrew Mitchell's 'plebgate row' bike sold on eBay for £10,600 http://t.co/Zg0c94U9vf 
• From the archive, 4 May 1978: Liberals unveil plan for human rights http://t.co/wiH9hZTJlP 
• Why Stuart Hall would never have been convicted in the US http://t.co/GQPTa3pda7 
• US: Law Student Arrested for Anti-Semitic, Racist, Threatening Comments http://t.co/uEXEvAVfQL 
• Ubiquitous Liberalism: Amr Shalakany on Law and Revolution in EGYPT http://t.co/HT3KmerW52 
• Neo-Nazi gang trial to get under way in Germany after chaotic start http://t.co/1HbDB4zwKV 
• Mark Bridger trial: final CCTV images of April Jones shown in court http://t.co/SkDJbhaKvo
• US: Burial wrangle for Boston suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev http://t.co/SKnQI1nG6g 
• Lawyer Gerard Nesbitt convicted in cannabis supply trial http://t.co/R03gwHglwY
• Actress Lindsay Lohan ‘rehires former lawyer’ http://t.co/4GSGZXv2ld 
• LIBYA expects ICC ruling on Saif al-Islam trial in May - lawyer http://t.co/NW6ks3zTEY 
• IRELAND: Juvenile court judge wants Minister to explain lack of spaces available in detention centres http://t.co/NOgJIUHaDR 
• IRELAND: Man acquitted of murder of British soldiers at Massereene http://t.co/lA33K6ExYa 
• 'Make online bullying illegal': Ricky Gervais and Katie Price back autistic man's campaign to stop harassment http://t.co/D88XAbabXB
• Shared Channel Islands appeals tribunal suggested http://t.co/5Ag2JwvHPg 
• Greene King takes tax case to upper tribunal http://t.co/w1QH9EAcPg
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHCkVDp
• How JAPAN’s “Stealth Constitution” Destroys Civil Rights And Sets The Stage For Dictatorship http://t.co/HPOuMcqlNn
• PAKISTAN human rights body says prison guards involved in Sarabjit attack http://t.co/mwKmw71fxc 
• BANGLADESH factory collapse a catalyst for workers’ rights http://t.co/i3GhJYTKgz 
• CANADA: Federal crime legislation casts ‘dark shadow’ on principles of justice, Ontario judge says http://t.co/H76hLnKTja
• UKIP’s law and justice policy | Law Gazette http://t.co/iur0i9Xg2u
• Lawyers fight for justice, armed with tweets and blogs | Legal Futures http://t.co/V4f1gz5zGa 
• Sandwich shop banned from using 'Cobfather' logo http://t.co/cigP1dQucV 
• Conservative councillor Brian Coleman caught on CCTV assaulting café owner http://t.co/RlhnZEuhci 
• Stuart Hall accused of dodging payout for abuse victims http://t.co/RRc8PJszGJ
• Committal for Contempt of Court - Practice Guidance | Lord Judge http://t.co/qgsogxQXoJ 
• ETHIIOPIA: Terrorism Law Decimates Media http://t.co/QlqoWZD78K 
• US: Indiana law-school student plans to hit golf balls across 9 states for charity http://t.co/87PO9Jjm0J 
• US attorney general says Kansas gun law is unconstitutional http://t.co/jgRZIkewtT 
• ARGENTINA: UN Rapporteur insists in criticizing Argentine ‘politicization’ of the Judiciary http://t.co/WzvRuh26va 
• Impartiality of Scottish judiciary undermined by religious ceremonies, say NSS: http://t.co/fOsbXxQCpI 
• NIGERIA: Nigerians Are Encouraged By Judiciary Reforms http://t.co/FNi7DnCv04 
• IRELAND: Sentencing must ultimately remain a matter for the judiciary http://t.co/RV8lFYxtbW
• Roxie Jo-Anne Archer death: Man jailed for life for toddler murder http://t.co/cO5Do9UOXd 
• Cyclist killer Gary McCourt sentence 'scandalous' http://t.co/AZ5iB6e8CD 
• Care home companies face tougher financial checks http://t.co/DCEnNysADh 
• Planning changes to boost mobile broadband http://t.co/G84SVEij3R 
• Unpaid internships – no wonder my grandmother doesn't understand them | Libby Page http://t.co/G1oW7z0i1l 
• US: Bloomberg and Kelly prefer airwaves to courtroom in stop-and-frisk trial http://t.co/kKKu5jgWum 
• Royal Charter for press regulation is delayed http://t.co/jRhmlK4ehJ 
• PF2: a new approach to public private partnerships? | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/7jppVEdWy2 
• NI libel laws need reform, says Tweed. | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/SuZizm3QHp 
• Eversheds elects Irish international chair | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/5L1CMnxl8K 
• Rajah & Tann in Indonesian alliance | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/427ZhiLWWK 
• China in antitrust delays | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/xiVOUqWV8i 
• Second law firm lists in Australia | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/xo5Am0rO2s 
• Security and legal professionals claim 24-hour breach notification will not be a complete burden http://t.co/CBGnr1NKMR 
• Proposed Dutch laws grant police hacking powers – in the NETHERLANDS and abroad http://t.co/eFZ1MGSfqY 
• Solicitor Ivan Geffen's obituary http://t.co/77NURuFNMS 
• Afghan Interpreters Launch UK Legal Bid http://t.co/EkrplsYLVz 
• IRELAND: Former Lynn apprentice in running for top legal award http://t.co/5CxX68pZKT 
• Lord Justice Goldring confirms new Hillsborough inquests will be held in the North West http://t.co/QVXEZwBShv 
• US: Justice Department's solution for crowded federal prisons: Release more inmates http://t.co/8zLEosW81y 
• 'Secret justice' warning from leading judges http://t.co/ncD0BcVYCy 
• AUSTRALIA: Judge approves $82.5 million settlement of class action by Storm Financial victims against Macquarie Bank http://t.co/T3hbAUY29L
• Scottish court rules minimum alcohol pricing is legal http://t.co/kPH0Wci38n 
• Afghan interpreters in legal bid for UK settlement http://t.co/9hnLtkWZ7l 
• The ATL Top 50 US Law School Rankings 2013 http://t.co/mo87AR4dbO 
• Body found in chimney of law firm after staff noticed a bad smell http://t.co/UZbtyVHPuM
• Africa’s logging permit crisis puts EU at risk of laundering illegal timber imports http://t.co/nuc3eOQQ12

3rd May - LAW NEWS

494 days of LawNewsIndex brought to you by TheLawMap

FOCUS OF THE DAY: Family lawyers offering unbundled legal services should be wary of charging clients on an hourly basis, the Law Society has warned. Full story - Legal Futures

• BLP wins as CoA looks to Russian law in key matrimonial case | The Lawyer http://t.co/oslJ1MIPtg 
• Swiss partner duo quit after being caught up in US tax evasion allegations | The Lawyer http://t.co/Yg1J1vWoN9 
• Glencore GC appointed as Xstrata merger goes live | The Lawyer http://t.co/kU2IpPJYFi
• Boston Plotters Said to Initially Target July 4 for Attack http://t.co/lzqs3Bjmoi 
• BANGLADESH Arrests Engineer Who Warned of Dangers of a building collapse http://t.co/XTbyf56ijJ 
• US: Movement on the Death Penalty http://t.co/fwvRSl97bh 
• British lawyer blames INDIA for Sarabjit's torture in Pakistani prison http://t.co/MyiFpmlvgl 
• Guantanamo lawyer: 'Barak Obama still gives us hope http://t.co/Fq4dOVTzcH 
• US Lawyer: Rejection of immunity claim cripples Bulger defense http://t.co/wasLt9wQh5 
• No one should be jailed in secret, says top judge http://t.co/jOywnAcXNl 
• IRELAND: Driver who killed child thought he'd hit manhole, court told http://t.co/J8Q6aAgzUc 
• Chris Grayling calls for greater transparency in the dealings of the Court of Protection http://t.co/cFH6oxKRbW 
• Charter Chambers: legal aid cuts to “destroy the whole notion of pupillage” | The Lawyer http://t.co/Mb2qJpcNZ9 
• RBS kicks off Emea panel review ahead of July start | The Lawyer http://t.co/wsDfz1teil 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Addleshaw Goddard opens in Hong Kong | The Lawyer http://t.co/q9svwILkTL 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Noerr unveils plans for Brussels launch | The Lawyer http://t.co/u0WgXwHv15 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Osborne Clarke unveils first UK partner promos since 2011 | The Lawyer http://t.co/4ezkX1hYPP 
• Lawyers top daydreaming charts as 56 per cent fantasise about success | The Lawyer http://t.co/88OGTe5Js5 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: DLA Piper hires $3m cruise ship for partner meeting | The Lawyer http://t.co/gXABwU304n 
• The constancy of uncertainly - perilous solicitors in a volatile age | Law Gazette http://t.co/sAVTQBF6qZ 
• Criminal legal aid reforms ‘potentially unlawful’ - Law Society | Law Gazette http://t.co/Wkur86z68i 
• SRA’s chief executive to step down - The 'challenges have been formidable', Townsend says | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/9H5Nn2NgRK 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHCkVDp
• Unpaid wages claims - employment tribunal or small claims court?: http://t.co/Od16wSLjt7 
• BANGLADESH tribunal indicts UK Muslim leader http://t.co/MjBxlWOqc5 
• F. Scott Fitzgerald's take on 'Great Gatsby' movie rights? $16,666 http://t.co/wzPx8NcCBG 
• ISRAEL’s right-left split on Palestinian rights http://t.co/6pJzkF2GtO 
• Queen's speech to contain legislation on pensions, social care and benefits http://t.co/vzmBuq2CFj 
• How a gay pro athlete could help change workplace law http://t.co/4SSEPIGP7R 
• US lawyers preparing drone law database as authorities 'make up the rules as they go along' http://t.co/HeIYW8Mq7U 
• INDIA: Law Minister Ashwani Kumar's fate could be linked to Supreme Court hearing on May 8th  http://t.co/Ing72xMdTg 
• US: Why I Am Signing Marriage Equality Into Law http://t.co/r1W0ToCdFY 
• US: Judge sends ricin-letters case to grand jury http://t.co/R2YHzH88c0 
• US: Appeal Set on Ruling to Release Terrorist Suspect http://t.co/LLueBQZtJ7
• US rights report aims to pressure IRAN judiciary http://t.co/5hIePyXI52 
• GHANA: 'I am proud of the judiciary as an Institution' - Justice V.C.R.A.C Crabbe http://t.co/Bgik0MPrZP 
• KENYA: Judiciary reform project receives big boost http://t.co/Z58sSgVkna 
• LIBERIA: Fixing a Corrupt Judiciary - Chief Justice Korpkor Finally Seated & Vows Changes http://t.co/lUKFTbhJRg 
• IRELAND: Justice Minister criticises judiciary sentencing http://t.co/0CKOQPvxqK 
• Will police stop naming suspects? http://t.co/Eu0AaOK0tC 
• PAKISTAN: Benazir Bhutto murder-case prosecutor shot dead in Islamabad http://t.co/owXK3X0uEW 
• BANGLADESH building collapse death toll passes 500 http://t.co/TrFKbHTBIT
• LSB director questions independence of frontline regulators from the lawyers they oversee | Legal Futures http://t.co/hJDINIWFbc
• LAW FIRM NEWS: RPC and Dentons lead on £225m Greenwich Square regeneration - Legalweek http://t.co/D0pwx8b5xi 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Magic circle partner promotions fall 17% as female promotions see 60% drop-off - Legalweek http://t.co/C1poai480u 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Newly merged Bond Dickinson to combine partnerships with two-tier structure - Legalweek http://t.co/hRQpvP4sw5 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Addleshaws secures Hong Kong launch as firm continues international push - Legalweek http://t.co/jhAGzQNHlH 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Bakers, BLP, CC and CMS among firms in contention as RBS reviews EMEA panel - Legalweek http://t.co/AGadetiv7C 
• Insurance giant Aviva kicks off tender process for new-look adviser line-up - Legalweek http://t.co/fqFdZwdAkV 
• Dark web drugs site Silk Road knocked offline by hacker http://t.co/oeyDpbB8hY 
• Barristers to have tools to compete with solicitors as BSB seeks approval for liberalisation | Legal Futures http://t.co/PJshxhEOYi
• ISRAEL’s right-left split on Palestinian rights http://t.co/6pJzkF2GtO 
• INDIA: Indian laws do not recognize dual citizenship, says former solicitor general http://t.co/M84OT9MfzP 
• Consultations on the Reform of the UK Designs Legal Framework - Government Response http://t.co/eGleuCWeW6 
• Digital Surveillance Report Exposes Short-Sightedness In UK Law-Making And Shows The Way Forward http://t.co/HR2jpt0MaM 
• Fifth of Brits don’t familiarise themselves with foreign laws http://t.co/tv7R4G65OX 
• ‘Britain breaches EU air quality law’ http://t.co/BA6N9m1nul 
• Tax chief waived £20m owed by bank 'for fear of embarrassing chancellor' http://t.co/pDfdeWyAZG 
• Dangerous dogs law change suspended by Welsh government http://t.co/NIfbYVltmD 
• An Taisce launches legal challenge to UK nuclear station plan http://t.co/fn8xUkvW2J 
• Three in four believe those accused of sexual assaults should be granted anonymity http://t.co/5F4VEzHkoD 
• How I exposed Stuart Hall's abuse: Yasmin Alibhai-Brown on anonymous letter that kick-started abuse investigation http://t.co/KqQ5aAtt3p
• Northern Ireland Chief constable wants urgent review of flag code of conduct http://t.co/WJrkUnsfid 
• PCSO Batmaz tipped off drug criminals http://t.co/tdRdd7yfU4 
• Young offenders need more education, says think tank http://t.co/4KbktdnDnJ 
• Occupy London activist cleared of rape at St Paul's camp http://t.co/1EUnAiHTi4 
• Sgt Danny Nightingale recommended for discharge from SAS http://t.co/pORG9Tf5OC 
• BELIZE gay rights activist in court battle to end homophobic colonial-era laws http://t.co/pBgGcAvsjO
• New Hillsborough inquest will be held in north-west, coroner rules http://t.co/fbC2kEq7uY 
• A round-up of recent global deals and the lawyers who made them happen | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/5VWFLNpE4P 
• Cross-border family disputes rise | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/upKXOGUdWk 
• Carson McDowell targets Belfast Pinsents partners | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/1TvVVCqONo 
• Technology helps mid-sized law firm growth | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/zXiZCZB5wV 
• Nishimura expands Asian empire | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/DbM18HCzTH 
• Ex-Dewey chair gets six year deadline | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/waRloM7gyz 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Linklaters and Bakers given green light for Seoul launch | The Lawyer http://t.co/9nbKpb89Ut
• LAW FIRM NEWS: DLA slashes promotions by 40 per cent with 34 made up | The Lawyer http://t.co/FViWot2zEK
• SRA CEO Antony Townsend to stand down | The Lawyer http://t.co/KxkY9S3IOn 
• SRA chief Antony Townsend to step down | Law Gazette http://t.co/m2QN7VPqla
• Legal fight could bankrupt Lance Armstrong http://t.co/FUUJSUF4yn 
• £30,000 block of cocaine posted to Belfast, court hears http://t.co/zO2hDZE0vg 
• AUSTRALIA: Former soldier and barrister campaigning to allow Kiwis to join Aussie armed forces http://t.co/v14n7w1vaI
• How about that? Lord Justice Leveson is a privy counsellor http://t.co/lARUboSnpC
• IRELAND: Justice Minister: Judges sending too many people to prison http://t.co/PyRlaEtmza 
• US: Boston bomber's friends charged with obstructing justice http://t.co/hd4cSQfEVD

2nd May - LAW NEWS

493 days of LawNewsIndex brought to you by TheLawMap

FOCUS OF THE DAY: Reforms to prison privileges announced by the justice secretary today have been condemned as ‘cheap shots’ to ‘whip up prejudice’ and create a ‘smokescreen’ to detract from legal aid cuts. Full story - Law Gazette 

• Police commissioner wants private firms to sponsor cars and stations http://t.co/wglfJVLt1O 
• Police force in 'secrecy' row admits it was wrong http://t.co/wCDROmjKJj 
• US drone strikes being used as alternative to Guantánamo, lawyer says http://t.co/dfqQdA9Qz6 
• BBC vows to tackle bullying at work http://t.co/XwXTuGx0rt 
• Two-year consultation bears fruit with updated property forms | Law Gazette http://t.co/evtkHixBaA 
• The spelling and grammar shame of Apprentice contestant's new legal brand: http://t.co/rMhM5k3RNM 
• Coronation Street star William Roache denies rape charges http://t.co/igjrwk3QtJ 
• LIBYA: Lawyers appointed for Col. Gaddafi's son Saif al-Islam Gaddafi as he briefly appeared in court http://t.co/FBltVJoWS0
• Should parliament give itself more powers? Privilege such as free speech is surprisingly limited | Joshua Rozenberg http://t.co/B8DV59BMz0 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Forsters makes up two in slimmed down partner promotions round | The Lawyer http://t.co/jSUEIRlfRC 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Lefèvre Pelletier creates environment team with WInston & Strawn hires | The Lawyer http://t.co/mpvX3hhCkI
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Eversheds names new international chair as Gray retires | The Lawyer http://t.co/zeteaBS1TM
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Ashurst Germany corporate chief to join Gibson Dunn in Munich | The Lawyer http://t.co/jHZCnbfY16 
• Private equity spurns law firm advances | Law Gazette http://t.co/rcbe9TfS2Y
• Fake bomb detector seller James McCormick jailed http://t.co/Q0zLzrPtec 
• Broadcaster Stuart Hall admits indecent assaults http://t.co/MFOMEWoi9q
• Unbundled legal services and hourly rates don't mix, warns Law Society | Legal Futures http://t.co/RgzUBkNj27 
• BPP offers free courses for LPC graduates who fail to find jobs | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/4TebbqaaWE 
• Western retailers rethink in BANGLADESH should include help with improving working conditions, not pull outs http://t.co/yj7eZRldDM
• PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Sorcery Law Repeal After Witch Burnings http://t.co/KX9Iy4ZyfE 
• International law and the US war drive in Syria http://t.co/VQtLMKoThY 
• US to Defend Age Limits on Morning-After Pill Sales http://t.co/Qzy9lLafO7 
• IRELAND: Proposal Would Allow Abortions in Emergencies http://t.co/WNDzQ3gJNZ 
• US: Three Are Accused of Impeding Boston Bombing Inquiry http://t.co/m43n6rVAnw 
• Proposal aims to protect rights of domestic workers in the GULF, but critics say charter does not go far enough off http://t.co/d6XQGf15Pu 
• MALAYSIA: Ruling party accused of giving citizenship to illegal immigrants to secure votes and win elections http://t.co/eyQ19D3xpy
• GREECE: Athens Mayor vows to prevent far-right Golden Dawn party from staging food handouts for Greeks-only http://t.co/jAJMjkmqQq 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHCkVDp
• BPP Law School to offer unemployed graduates free courses | The Lawyer http://t.co/EJy1uwA0jx 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Osborne Clarke confirms one redundancy as Integreon deal ends | The Lawyer http://t.co/84N4VxOyJu 
• Pension Protection Fund closes in on legal panel following delay | The Lawyer http://t.co/zfZlDqZeMb
• Northern Ireland lawyer to stars Paul Tweed wants it made easier, not harder, to sue http://t.co/fReOEqOwSD 
• US: Sony settles lawsuit by lawyer for gospel artists http://t.co/oYKNBG5Oce 
• US: AEG lawyer concedes that Michael Jackson is dead http://t.co/0N6iSxHfli 
• Open up secret courts demands Justice Minister: Chris Grayling orders review of shadowy Court of Protection http://t.co/OA18APvelG
• Spanish courts launch criminal investigation into doping in cycling http://t.co/UtrMZqwcq6
• CANADA: Calgary Courts Centre locked down on bomb scare http://t.co/1SvtJW38Ow 
• Digital Surveillance: how to avoid another Snoopers' Charter http://t.co/nLMUR1laIv 
• Netflix loses rights to stream nearly 2,000 titles http://t.co/MEdMkQfkDx 
• Sellafield firearms officer ‘let down by bosses’, tribunal told: http://t.co/heNP75sKCf 
• Controversial proponent of terrorism handed human rights award by US rights groups http://t.co/twTwnIJ11Z 
• David Cameron’s twin-track policy pits human rights against trade http://t.co/HMwsjWqojG 
• Facebook and banks ask US judge to throw out IPO lawsuit http://t.co/7sGpZ8hRXZ 
• Cycling: Judge orders doping blood to be destroyed http://t.co/Vs3mVyubUM 
• ZAMBIA: ‘Judiciary vital to attracting investors’ http://t.co/mLNwNtlJSw
• IRAN: Judiciary Chief Raps West's Instrumental Use of Women http://t.co/bpBB0lMnWG 
• GHANA: Judiciary must be accountable to people – Chief Justice Theodora Wood http://t.co/o5vRxzrXlJ 
• The Muslim Brotherhood is not interested in purging, but rather hijacking EGYPT's judiciary http://t.co/Ympt6P13s9 
• PepsiCo forced to withdraw 'racist' Mountain Dew ad http://t.co/jAxOzYOJqL
• Why are Buddhist monks attacking Muslims? http://t.co/iJAYE03N08 
• 'Drug gang' trio wanted by Metropolitan Police http://t.co/1RLr34D1Jc 
• British gambler Marcus Bebb-Jones jailed for US killing http://t.co/m20ubDrRbP 
• April Jones case: Jury visits Machynlleth, her home town http://t.co/37iajWJjTi 
• We have forgotten that boys will be boys: Our culture has lost its ability to channel the boisterousness of young men http://t.co/mpdiwsi6HW 
• Warwickshire Police 'open justice' row after charged officer not named http://t.co/lFrnqFCkUt
• County courts help bring justice for all: From the archive, 2 May 1932 http://t.co/rqvtWgmLHW 
• NORTH KOREA sentences Kenneth Bae to 15 years' hard labour for unspecified crimes http://t.co/H5seeYr2kP
• Sarabjit Singh: Indian 'spy' dies after PAKISTAN prison attack http://t.co/JWtQbOSfbE 
• Shortfall fears for interest-only mortgage holders http://t.co/1HH6CdwSs4
• CANADA: Need knows no gender - Male victims of domestic abuse http://t.co/ZvuNRtxrwa 
• Guns and human rights in the US http://t.co/ydoQ1ucq4Q
• INDIA: Wife of human rights activist accuses him of domestic violence http://t.co/31KutSkfrP 
• NORWAY: Pirate Site Blocking Legislation Approved By Parliament http://t.co/58Zt1FNrwB
• David Cameron says he is ready to introduce legislation on an in-out EU referendum before the next election http://t.co/mQLdfbv9qV 
• US: Force-feeding hunger strikers breaches law http://t.co/y2nsJ5xyxJ 
• Solicitor criticises decision to prosecute Huddersfield woman over theft of 30p cat food http://t.co/GYF370gzOQ 
• Sevenoaks solicitor charged with conspiracy to defraud http://t.co/mud38m153c
• You ain't seen nothing yet, says top banker, with flood of investment and merger activity on way | Legal Futures http://t.co/XnIUqJYAhM
• Law Society to tell its council: you can dissent but do so nicely | Legal Futures http://t.co/ugz16w3jBx 
• Flood stokes cab-rank rule argument | Legal Futures http://t.co/Sh0yBvfCI0 
• Stobart Barristers sets sights on criminal legal aid contract | Legal Futures http://t.co/nOneamkPqD
• When prisoners mean profit, the numbers don't go down http://t.co/9cFbiAeBY4 
• Cutting prisoners' privileges will add to the pressures in jail http://t.co/iNDbfH1FqY 
• Prince Charles uses 'intestate' cash in Cornwall to fund his own charities http://t.co/3WHfDtxpmD 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Clydes partner promotions fall 50% as Dundas round more than doubles - Legalweek http://t.co/0Lm73qf4im 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Hogan Lovells and Simpson take bite of Apple's landmark $17bn bond issue - Legalweek http://t.co/54VThVuH7r 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: DAC Beachcroft, Weightmans and Gateley unveil partner promotions - Legalweek http://t.co/LBNbGFn6M3 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Herbert Smith Freehills co-head of arbitration joins Orrick in latest exit - Legalweek http://t.co/OFKkryGKhO 
• Litigation warning over executive packages | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/IC3DXe7Rs6 
• Online delivery threat to profits of tradtional firms | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/nXs2QMQIAL 
• Death penalty lawyer appointed in Boston | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/2HBdC8Xh07 
• Indonesian firm seals DLA deal | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/TWmxpKqvXf 
• US legal services demand slips | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/YBgMPnUztF 
• ABA looks to tighten bar exam rules | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/ptbedGJzBl 
• BP faces lawsuit bonanza | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/55tWZbWpZN 
• Yet Another Allegation That Google Is Dodging Tax In The UK http://t.co/GYznhQA1mt 
• Government to drop arts & crafts from creative industries, law change over orphan works & money get wasted elsewhere http://t.co/0n1VtWpShX 
• Newspaper rules to reflect Scots law http://t.co/sOIE1a3UqO 
• Copyright law: Five ways to protect authorship http://t.co/4K91rXupSb 
• Scots law chief rebukes Cable over RBS legal bid http://t.co/A1GUtE7SZU 
• Would a new law narrow the gap between rich and poor? http://t.co/7tikg6K1Gl 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Herbies exits continue as global arbitration co-head quits for Orrick | The Lawyer http://t.co/h3Vjp1Z87r 
• E-Books and Democracy http://t.co/VZjFOa8C6Q 
• The Most Hated Bangladeshi, Toppled From a Shady Empire http://t.co/ve4ZWf4eer 
• LIBERIA's New Chief Justice, Associate Encouraged to Accelerate Judicial Reforms http://t.co/L2kQJuy3AO 
• No justice? 4,000 violent yobs across Greater Manchester ‘let off with slap on wrist’ http://t.co/SbOOkbVQQs
• AUSTRALIA: Inspiring barrister to speak at leadership conference | Lawyers Weekly: http://t.co/L4N8X4AUyc 
• IRELAND: Government nominates barrister for appointment at European court http://t.co/mF2MF4BvIf 
• US: New legal chief of bankrupt Alabama County steps aside http://t.co/8Gx1l65kLp

1st May - LAW NEWS

492 days of LawNewsIndex brought to you by TheLawMap

FOCUS OF THE DAY: The trainee intake model has reached critical point with shrinking business opportunities compounded by high training costs. Full story - The Lawyer

• UK government failing legal duty on air pollution, supreme court rules http://t.co/9tf9RhV7Fq 
• Sunday Times gangster article crucified me, says London businessman http://t.co/8OApPHVMAZ 
• Supreme court upholds payouts to prisoners over delayed parole hearings http://t.co/zFTmEIYfSM 
• Boom in cross-border family disputes | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/mqXNMggEFS 
• Justice Secretary Grayling ‘turning the tide on compensation culture’ | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/8yoqlzpqxD 
• Businesses warn against TUPE test change - Abolition 'likely to result in renewed uncertainty' | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/7SEyy0NPN7 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Hogan Lovells and Links in focus as Kodak sells unit to UK pensioners for $650m | The Lawyer http://t.co/0OiqrfZGRh 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Brodies elects O'Neill as new chair and promotes trio to partnership | The Lawyer http://t.co/pdpAO7cQsv 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Stephenson Harwood unveils Beijing launch and Singapore association | The Lawyer http://t.co/2PDAGwN9tI 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Client Earth pollution case goes to Europe after Supreme Court victory | The Lawyer http://t.co/mJlnZCG2pr 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Stephenson Harwood raids Dentons again as quartet make partner | The Lawyer http://t.co/ClDhZQcnFQ 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Dundas appoints 10 new partners in bumper promos round | The Lawyer http://t.co/XkJazid7XP 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Hogan Lovells and Simpson Thacher bite into record $17bn Apple bond | The Lawyer http://t.co/2lqQ7zY13M 
• Society endorses ‘a la carte’ advice – but warns of risks | Law Gazette http://t.co/t6F3rc6J7w
• Small-claims threshold decision in autumn, Grant says | Law Gazette http://t.co/GOqCHi0JGY 
• Massive rise in cross-border family disputes | Law Gazette http://t.co/J7lAywugZz 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHCkVDp
• CANADA: Quebec's landmark election law was ignored from the start: veteran organizer http://t.co/ViTS27rsE9 
• Many in Muslim world supposedly want sharia as law of the land - Pew Forum survey http://t.co/rb3qMh4Wyz 
• Despite a tiny sample (1.72%) study concludes that most Muslims want Sharia Law to be implemented http://t.co/Vnr5mzgIZf
• ARGENTINA Urged To Ensure Independence Of Judiciary http://t.co/U6YLvMrJwU 
• NIGERIA: Nobel Laureate Soyinka urges government not to manipulate Judiciary http://t.co/8KTx12iGr5
• EGYPT: Muslim Brotherhood out for revenge on judiciary http://t.co/8btzrqCa8u 
• SRI LANKA: Gov’t intensifying crackdown on journalists, judiciary, activists, Amnesty reports http://t.co/URmjtOFfNd 
• PAKISTAN: Judiciary reminded of its role in validating martial laws http://t.co/8hi6qcE1qk 
• IRELAND: Cabinet breaks up until evening with no agreement on abortion legislation http://t.co/zGy2hUoxbB 
• VIETNAM: Flawed on Human Rights, but a Leader in Gay Rights http://t.co/rErCdRytPo
• ERITREA: UN Human Rights Expert to Gather First-Hand Testimonies From Eritrean Refugees http://t.co/qHHU6ofKKl 
• NIGERIA: Human Rights Body Probes Alleged Civilian Killings http://t.co/PSWQYF22e6 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Clydes partner promotions fall by half to seven | The Lawyer http://t.co/aNXAQ4FJHs
• Model of a modern secretary general | Law Gazette http://t.co/wkr3p6Axlf
• Dhaka building collapse: EU considering action to help improve working condition for factory workers http://t.co/gDL3di8oZT 
• Bullied children using 'wrong jokes' http://t.co/SWh5ksSOkP
• Vince Cable calls for RBS prosecutions decision http://t.co/kEgwhhxiuo 
• Rapid rise in global family legal disputes http://t.co/KrMSqNtDsx 
• US: Michael Jackson trial - defence warns jury of singer's 'darkest secrets' http://t.co/yVatLdOxxn
• Overseas child abduction cases handled by specialist judicial office has risen from 92 to 253 in the past two years http://t.co/tcaBV0Dt5d 
• Five charged with £125m fraud over films tax relief http://t.co/UNmE7fRjCX 
• UK Moving on Design Patent Rights | Patent Law Blog http://t.co/FMpjHBtqrr 
• Law firm ACH Shoosmiths is in discussions with several potential recruits as it moves into a new office in Edinburgh http://t.co/QKsh6uxRYb
• Stormont veto of free speech law ‘will put off investors’ http://t.co/14dLXJg3Re 
• UK law allows anyone to use Instagram images http://t.co/MXFDzm1LPn 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Shearman and Simpson lead as e-commerce giant takes $586m stake in China's Twitter - Legalweek http://t.co/qJM5ZSeDRQ 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: SJ Berwin repays profit distributions to partners after payout delay - Legalweek http://t.co/kSEE5hBgIO 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Eversheds, CMS and Watson Farley announce 2013 partner promotions - Legalweek http://t.co/WObVU2u95z 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Slaughters becomes first magic circle firm to announce 2013 pay increases - Legalweek http://t.co/ydcThk4hPx 
• Exeter lawyer's anti-legal aid tendering petition signed by 24,000 http://t.co/P7DmqIK1X8
• INDIA: Additional solicitor general Harin Raval resigns after coalgate letter http://t.co/9kgMaSTa9E 
• POLAND: Justice minister sacked over German embryo row http://t.co/sfA83jKtMJ
• Violent offenders avoid courts with soft on the street justice http://t.co/zIYQF1qQo5 
• US: Outraged lawmakers look to change military justice http://t.co/qx1VaSTHkI 
• Armed men seize LIBYA's Justice Ministry http://t.co/hvvrJ1DZv5
• Copyright law reforms in pipeline after Royal Assent given to Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill http://t.co/bGjMOr4crF 
• Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill http://t.co/djbO86bvCR
• The Mating Habits of the British Barrister Bird Are One of the Deep Mysteries of the Universe http://t.co/aE4jYCcJ2N 
• AUSTRALIA: MP Craig Thomson seeks to crowd-source legal fees http://t.co/BfrhcE5bbq 
• BANGLADESH: Police clash with protesters demanding death penalty for collapsed garment factory building owner http://t.co/AcaZ7Skxb0 
• Planning rules reform could see wind farm ban in scenic Scotland http://t.co/m2nMQg4ZzZ 
• Richard Bacon promo complaint 'not upheld' by BBC Trust http://t.co/4JZxcyyeDf 
• Aggro Santos trial: Rape 'against morals and pride' http://t.co/mlL07S2pQ2 
• Twitter warns news organisations over hacking amid Syrian attacks http://t.co/GJs1ADfkxW 
• Six admit planning to bomb EDL rally http://t.co/w1z0SsLDNW 
• US: Justices refuse Alabama's immigration law appeal http://t.co/aEh5ROeNFA 
• Grayling’s prison clampdown is a smokescreen, says lawyer | Law Gazette http://t.co/FavY0NSvom 
• Animal neglect and cruelty convictions up by a third http://t.co/PV1kJcJ59x 
• Legal aid funding cuts leave prisoners outside the rule of law http://t.co/En73ZCXH9U 
• Ten thousand violent crime cases dealt with by 'community resolution' methods http://t.co/wYNl9ib365 
• INDIA: Girl, who suffered brain injury when her attackers tried to smother her, dies 11 days after attack http://t.co/a5o883esZY 
• UKRAINE: Yulia Tymoshenko imprisonment 'politically motivated' http://t.co/lN70n4179d 
• US: Dzhokhar Tsarnaev defence adds prominent anti-death penalty lawyer http://t.co/JXvDaSuBDD 
• How can prisoners 'work harder' when they've got nothing to do? http://t.co/mbtOc02QRD
• US: George Zimmerman waives stand-your-ground defence at pre-trial hearing http://t.co/DeWNHhf6fx 
• Assisted suicide poll shows support among majority of religious people http://t.co/KWcC068elu 
• Why prison uniforms are a bad idea http://t.co/HiOZdw2Jyb 
• Swiss lawyer is calling on Australia to change its laws to provide animals with lawyers | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/0rNs2vv7wh 
• Bad vibrations for the Beach Boys | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/M1syEB2dY0 
• Squire Sanders sets up Saudi women's practice | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/5Q82xn6JM6 
• HSBC in Dublin court over Madoff losses | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/q6J8NP2RG6 
• Singapore targets Mumbai for arbitration | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/wqcjDNsFSh 
• US: Young People in the US Are Being Exploited To Sustain The Lawyer Bubble http://t.co/0NsK9636LP 
• CANADA: Luka Magnotta’s lawyer speaks out as trial date is set for Sept. 15, 2014 http://t.co/Jvzc2WLk0n 
• Guantanamo Bay hunger strikers treated like animals, says lawyer: http://t.co/6V55dqy2oQ 
• US: AEG lawyer - 'Ugly stuff' to come in Michael Jackson death trial http://t.co/QmbzGv1DZI 
• Pakistan lawyer seeks court's help to send Sarabjit Singh to UK http://t.co/F8s7FFidmB 
• PAKISTAN: Are anti-terror courts the safest path to acquittal? http://t.co/8qSB4Cx8sj 
• INDIA: Set up special courts to try rape cases: AIDWA http://t.co/uBkRHn1K58 
• April Jones murder: 'Bone found' at Mark Bridger's home http://t.co/bJSNhXNrfX 
• Naomi Oni acid attack: Woman charged http://t.co/beiussP9lP 
• US: Barack Obama says Guantanamo Bay prison must close http://t.co/eiwbWr2grt 
• Salford prison van ambush: Two men escape http://t.co/SEja7fVFz2 
• Prestatyn fire deaths: Melanie Smith guilty of murder http://t.co/g1AV7FmZI1 
• Scottish courts get new powers to tackle fine dodgers http://t.co/rLe2DCvN4m 
• IVORY COAST Justice Minister: Local Courts Can Try former First Lady Gbagbo who is wanted by ICC http://t.co/hUEWyQS9NZ 
• Scottish courts to be given powers to take fines straight from criminals' benefits http://t.co/bjiXyhuF20 
• IRELAND: Marie Fleming loses Supreme Court right-to-die case http://t.co/tN1xRvXvcU 
• CANADA: Anglo-rights activist calls French language charter 'ethnocentric' http://t.co/xi2EhrTXmE 
• US: Anonymous gun rights billboards featuring Native Americans draws criticism in Colorado http://t.co/FMTKLDbUaf

30th April - LAW NEWS

491 days of LawNewsIndex brought to you by TheLawMap

FOCUS OF THE DAY: It doesn’t take a lawyer to realise this attack on legal aid will have a deleterious effect on justice. Chris Grayling wants to shave £200m off the legal aid budget. Having made the decision to cut, the law of unintended consequences comes into play. Full story - The Independent

• Clothed in Misery: Latest deady chapter in the story of miserable labor conditions in the global garment industry http://t.co/WpdjIdZCHO 
• US: Supreme Court should have said that every state has the duty to pay for counsel for indigent criminal defendants http://t.co/RwW9He0sEK 
• Massacre in NIGERIA Spurs Outcry Over Military Tactics http://t.co/IrpYkSVFCT 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: OC hits 100 UK partners with Speechlys restructuring hire | The Lawyer http://t.co/7dYEjl3TB2 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: CMS adds eight in London as part of 31-strong promos round | The Lawyer http://t.co/fRymkJ1TKv
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Bakers, OC take roles as Best Buy exits Carphone Warehouse JV | The Lawyer http://t.co/tgvRgZzbwJ 
• Magic circle lead charge against Libor-rigging claims at the CoA | The Lawyer http://t.co/sf8hyaHz9q 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Japan's Nishimura and Asahi launches into Myanmar and Thailand | The Lawyer http://t.co/BWAuk8u9n4 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Burges Salmon partner promos dip to three after bumper 2012 round | The Lawyer http://t.co/gyqaNoMKLO 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: US duo lead on $586m sale of stake in China's Twitter-like Weibo | The Lawyer http://t.co/LgSWnhBzVN 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Eversheds goes international with increased promotions round | The Lawyer http://t.co/9QSR8VjzYa 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Slaughters hands NQ lawyers salary bump to £63,000 | The Lawyer http://t.co/WTlkSfHnwv 
• A lack of judges at the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) is causing delays | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/RC8eOlExe4 
• Covent Garden porters cannot keep all of porterage fee | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/PZHzm9yYua 
• First person jailed by Court of Protection speaks out | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/lQt1fuXHlE 
• Social media and reputation management - what’s over the marksman’s line? | LawInSport http://t.co/LqYjAHPCmg 
• Nespresso loses fight over coffee capsules | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/xbiHRNv7ye 
• The Tyco-Eversheds deal – from whiteboard to renewal | Law Gazette http://t.co/Hu6tXeCg10 
• Model of a modern secretary general | Law Gazette http://t.co/wkr3p6Axlf 
• Saatchi promises safeguards in negligence immunity bill | Law Gazette http://t.co/UdVTSgiTJO 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHCkVDp
• The weekly roundup of Law News Blog from TheLawMap: The Law Business: 22-28th April http://t.co/pJizD4BBQs
• A blow to EL claims | Law Gazette http://t.co/xT49UGOHnT 
• Contributory negligence: employee or lawful visitor? | Law Gazette http://t.co/NwqMNbOSZt 
• High Court throws out JR on ‘easyCouncil’ | Law Gazette http://t.co/i8zykX9FeY 
• ‘Mayhem’ threat as Wales votes against QASA | Law Gazette http://t.co/PKQ9JuQ6LN 
• Interest swap mis-selling claims company eyes ABS status | Legal Futures http://t.co/9I5uwjCK5s 
• Bringing all legal advice into regulatory net may resolve consumer confusion, says LSB chief | Legal Futures http://t.co/jZKfhZKXBg 
• Licensed conveyancers support retaining referral fees | Legal Futures http://t.co/zWZutrgZrN 
• BBC Welsh music royalty row with EOS goes to tribunal http://t.co/Qj3qxuiTx4
• INDIA: Green tribunal shifts Sterlite gas leak case to New Delhi http://t.co/CUBklPTpbu 
• LEBANON: Former Prime Minister Hariri's assassination investigation tribunal probes witness details leak http://t.co/bUKKczwsTj 
• US: NFL to fight anti-gay bias, says N.Y. attorney general http://t.co/1XCE7qVfCM 
• ISRAEL: Attorney general affirms policy of e-mail searches of foreign travelers http://t.co/Qb23y1f6N1
• US: Indian-American attorney to prosecute Boston bomber http://t.co/2iCSOgGRxb 
• IRELAND: Enda Kenny calls for calm as abortion debate becomes more fractious http://t.co/wsOtdYpyxA 
• BURMA: No need to change law on Rohingya citizenship: Myanmar panel http://t.co/KtZdIYzHzI 
• ISRAEL: Emergency law limiting detainee rights extended http://t.co/aHNhmw8zOb 
• BURMA: Suu Kyi 'rule of law' mantra distant hope in Myanmar http://t.co/g6UJvK2lBG 
• CANADA: Ontario judge tosses gun charges against 13-year-old over improper strip search http://t.co/gzev8c8EOw 
• IRELAND: Judge orders arrest of man accused of withholding information on murder of Alan Ryan http://t.co/GBN3AMLSPw 
• Judge orders Blackburn Rovers to pay former manager Berg millions in compensation http://t.co/DcebuJk7UO
• Photographers' anger at law change over 'orphan works' http://t.co/HPwsk5ewur 
• UK's 'Instagram Act': Will your photos become everyone else's? http://t.co/yp93ZaEFry 
• Legal aid cuts could spell the end for Thanet criminal law firms http://t.co/aVTr3HMrCW 
• Discrimination: Ageism factor faces critical legal test in the UK http://t.co/wJPOu0uVOe 
• EGYPT: Morsi and Egypt judiciary draw closer on proposed legislation http://t.co/FBDlLhJrR8 
• Prisoners stripped of right to watch TV http://t.co/eitLlDQnAo 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Hill Dickinson puts jobs at risk amid firm-wide business review | The Lawyer http://t.co/nlLB67EacY 
• Peers repeat call for more judges at CJEU | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/J6SFzP2aY6 
• The Price Of Cheap Clothes | HumanRights.ie http://t.co/TFq7bmENsF
• Tory rapped for "inappropriate" comments about council's solicitor http://t.co/zW7LagDEd9 
• Homeland lawyers 'sloppy' with copyright requests | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/B2tyGjDAKu 
• Pakistan's legal profession protests against lawyer attacks | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/SWF21YBCYr 
• SFO incomes increases from asset seizures | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/a7EqrtKw3l 
• Tyco renews fixed fee deal | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/YzDQ4gxXVw 
• Philippine Chief Justice lambasts legal profession | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/3f8ugPdpVy 
• Corporate confidence rises in Oceania | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/6mkPf0mF6Y 
• Bee deaths: EU to ban neonicotinoid pesticides http://t.co/4XiYsOWXyU 
• Could youth commissioners do the police more harm than good? http://t.co/46ucRiONlx 
• Barclays Libor court case delayed until April 2014 http://t.co/hofKEPf2qC 
• How HMRC treated its Goldman Sachs tax deal whistleblower as a criminal http://t.co/570tEg4j3P 
• THAILAND considers opening Tourist Court to speed up justice for foreign visitors http://t.co/gEHpOHbbTC
• Funeral for Hillsborough justice campaigner Anne Williams http://t.co/RAA8nQAiBD 
• KENYA: Chief Justice denies taking bribe in presidential petition http://t.co/C6yTPcQZxU 
• POLAND: Polish Justice Minister Gowin Fired on Embryo Controversy http://t.co/tqbZRR9qSH 
• Helen Mann inquest: Head teacher 'worried over Ofsted review' http://t.co/oNaJqahYr2 
• Dental nurse 'poisoned boss's coffee with mercury' http://t.co/UElr6T8VlK 
• BANGLADESH: Dhaka factory collapse - Owner Rana faces anger at court http://t.co/OxebyThhqF 
• INDIA: Complying with legal issues abroad challenge for Indian companies: Study http://t.co/nEsgXBNrn7 
• European Central Bank only to publish OMT legal act if activation imminent http://t.co/chUmrYJpjF 
• AUSTRALIA: Legal aid denied to offshore detainees http://t.co/ZqlCTmKByT 
• Constable Stephen Carroll murder: PSNI 'sabotage' claim at appeal http://t.co/1SK75VUmcz 
• Deal or No Deal winner Caroline Banana sentenced to carry our community work for benefit fraud http://t.co/kxm0PJENnm 
• NEPAL: Police investigating an alleged fight between European climbers & their Nepalese guides on Mount Everesthttp://bbc.in/10n5scL 
• WWI prisoner of war postcard found http://t.co/jpB2UscvE3
• Men guilty of raping boy, 14, in Manchester Debenhams http://t.co/EH61OfVoMJ
• Wales child abuse: Operation Pallial inquiry finds evidence of 140 claims http://t.co/z746xEvqXa

29th April - LAW NEWS

490 days of LawNewsIndex brought to you by TheLawMap

FOCUS OF THE DAY: Lawyers vie for prosecution role as Keir Starmer quits. Calls for replacement to be experienced prosecutor as director acknowledged for bringing humanity to role. Full story - Guardian Law

• It doesn’t take a lawyer to realise this attack on legal aid will have a deleterious effect on justice http://t.co/GsrzSzdpPM 
• Under the US Supreme Court: Dzhokhar Tsarnaev entitled to a lawyer? http://t.co/WpbDaPWwK0 
• Mesh scandal: Lawyer on why £7m compensation case will not be the last http://t.co/GR8VnaUwjU 
• US ‘Spy’ Held in Venezuela Is Filmmaker, Lawyer Says http://t.co/ywBMpkckJr 
• INDIA: Lawyer who took up the cases of 1984 anti-Sikh riot victims after seeing helpless survivors at a refugee camp http://t.co/c04JlBMTMT 
• DUBAI: Lawyer asking court to be exempt from representing father who tortured daughter to death http://t.co/L4RXnbhT2a
• Fate of hundreds in the Bristol area decided in secret courts http://t.co/lXpogu3TKl 
• INDIA: ​Mumbai gets its first Shariah court to settle civil, marital disputes http://t.co/VpW47rWmb5 
• INDIA: Chief justices of high courts want higher salary than top state officials http://t.co/VHJ3B1JNcr 
• CANADA: Author raises questions about top court's review into Constitution allegations http://t.co/Fcbl5A65VE 
• The UAE's human rights record must be questioned on president's UK visit http://t.co/KNH0Qthixs 
• David Cameron should reject both press charters and opt for an ombudsman http://t.co/fFFRKYXGa4 
• Using the ABS structure to deliver council legal services? Creative thinking indeed at Lambeth Council | The Lawyer http://t.co/cTjYQkZxqh 
• If the judiciary can’t keep pace with technology, US-style closeted juries will become the norm | The Lawyer http://t.co/B9aN8QTWBe 
• A touch of steel in the boardroom in Clifford Chance, Australia | The Lawyer http://t.co/NOvJNYHVX0 
• ‘Quality assurance’ for criminal advocates appears to be a doomed push for price-competitive tendering | The Lawyer http://t.co/RH4l02Wv0v 
• Restricting judicial review process is constitutional matter, nothing to do with cutting red tape | The Lawyer http://t.co/8IGYlMNB4m 
• Tough questions to face on trainees | The Lawyer http://t.co/YJcgK2gwgE 
• Offshore firms are not letting proposed regulatory changes to the legal profession put them off | The Lawyer http://t.co/Sirtyz0u7L
• Offshore: Corporate and litigation roundup | The Lawyer http://t.co/jO0DtC0iaz 
• Online piracy enforcement in the UK – Copyright lawyers want legislation reformed and simplified | The Lawyer http://t.co/ic6a0Ymdg3 
• The trainee intake model has reached critical point with shrinking business opportunities | The Lawyer http://t.co/C1nXxegAfS 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHCkVDp
• PI firms can prosper with right skills, says Graves | Law Gazette http://t.co/UoDRZMx5Ge
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Linklaters promotes six in City as 24 new partners revealed | The Lawyer http://t.co/3ueiCT4PW9 
• Society targets ‘special relationship’ with US visit | Law Gazette http://t.co/5PwMrCnejd 
• Governance threat to M&A | Law Gazette http://t.co/VPAQ3cg2Sq 
• Malaysian lawyers denied access to clients | Law Gazette http://t.co/FDDsdqGRic 
• Scrap ‘flawed’ asylum system, says Society | Law Gazette http://t.co/Y285APnq7C 
• Majority will avoid sanctions on compliance | Law Gazette http://t.co/f88ukpNIAh 
• Taxpayer to foot bill for interpreter pay rise | Law Gazette http://t.co/7ZCpRaqEbK 
• PCT bidders risk flouting conduct code | Law Gazette http://t.co/kbdKE2Nl6E
• US: Wins and Losses in the Fight Against Tobacco http://t.co/H3BmJ4g1py 
• US: Next Steps on Military Sexual Assaults http://t.co/MR3E0C8abJ 
• Court Ruling Takes a Stand on Essential High-Tech Patents http://t.co/0dnU19A2OT 
• Cross-dressing Kurds in IRAN to support women’s rights http://t.co/JWuXEB83qL 
• ISRAEL: Jewish women eye further court fight for Western Wall rights http://t.co/SNhKxBVt7n 
• CHINA: Draft amendment stresses consumer rights http://t.co/gZa18Oc1Qq 
• Rights-for-shares scheme is wrong, but Government forced it through http://t.co/50kx4arJEo 
• 'Rights’ that make a mockery of our courts? http://t.co/Tzy5q28QMw
• How do I become an international human rights lawyer? http://t.co/cTgIoUVF1v 
• Why not compile a national list of hate-preachers? http://t.co/xhiaD4lqmI 
• 'There's a horrible culture that criticises women all the time. It has to stop' http://t.co/TJQxDOMBYS 
• Police urged to open new stations in shopping centres http://t.co/JbPcbkSjjE 
• PAKISTAN: Election Tribunal declares disqualify former PM Ashraf http://t.co/Nxjv2Zmx6Y 
• Tribunal Judge Retirement - David Sacks retires with effect from 27 April 2013 http://t.co/tPowBKI7Zd
• ICC judge withdraws from Kenyan leaders' case http://t.co/B4aiDn2kon
• India conveys concern to SAUDI ARABIA over new labour law http://t.co/ngOoo4o92T 
• GREECE passes reform law to unlock more EU/IMF rescue loans http://t.co/2zTcEVHWWC
• EGYPT: President indicates compromise has been reached with judiciary to defuse an uproar over a proposed law http://t.co/bJHQSTFopu 
• INDIA: PM Manmohan Singh rejects demand for Law Minister's resignation http://t.co/2Ib9SwSIrF
• Large scale reforms to law governing cases of defamation have become law as the Defamation Bill gains Royal Assent https://t.co/lUQW5YJ5B2 
• Scotland should opt into UK wide press regulation, say committee of MSPs http://t.co/xztPWGlJi3 
• Legislation Outlawing Caste in the UK Gets Queen Elizabeth’s Approval http://t.co/EO1VxVXtix 
• Legal aid: Lawyers in Wales agree strike action http://t.co/YVlIXAhTdN 
• Casteism equal to racism? UK law holds key http://t.co/Bpnlsm9ZTV 
• New legal aid reforms end 'justice for all', lawyers warn http://t.co/813Zl61SlV 
• Sunrise Festival go-ahead, despite fears over noise & traffic related challenges http://t.co/TZYmHxv0XY
• Former Rangers' director King: Whyte legal threat 'without merit' http://t.co/Kj5WHOTPWr 
• Dangerous legal high Clockwork Orange found on sale across Wales http://t.co/GGRzNUhzJn
• AUSTRALIA: Legal case threatens ratings agencies' bottom line http://t.co/yjel2fOZL0 
• AUSTRALIA: Bookmaker Tom Waterhouse will consider legal action against John Singleton over serious allegations http://t.co/7HjFZzupps
• Tobacco display ban in large shops comes into force http://t.co/Z2aYpi0eaC 
• Wales child abuse: Operation Pallial inquiry update due http://t.co/z746xEvqXa 
• Dubai drugs trial: David Cameron 'concerned' over torture claims http://t.co/rnTvX0Whgy 
• New Michael Jackson trial pits family against concert organiser AEG Live http://t.co/O58Y3Rkecp 
• English Pen: we've got a defamation bill but it's how we act that matters http://t.co/pGAKvNiceu 
• ENRC investigated for bribery in Africa and Kazakhstan http://t.co/C4fpukdWC9 
• British men await Dubai court verdict amid accusations of torture http://t.co/2EZ1uDsoIj 
• Judge describes 'wicked and selfish' motive of using daughter to provide parent with a fourth child http://t.co/uv5wKHTot1 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Video interview with Walkers' Pierce: offshore sector focused on transparency | The Lawyer http://t.co/961qQTGffQ 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: DAC Beachcroft expands construction with Watson Burton hire | The Lawyer http://t.co/2ue5ENWTHb 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Shulmans rebounds from slump with revenue hike to £7.8m | The Lawyer http://t.co/XOXvP0SCku 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Incoming Weightmans management: London tops the agenda | The Lawyer http://t.co/FALj2eBT9W 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: A&O takes biggest hit as magic circle squanders £10m on lost trainees | The Lawyer http://t.co/agfm5TMf6S
• Making alternative business structures work | Legal Futures http://t.co/pRJuJBbJuc 
• Do small law firms have a brand? | Legal Futures http://t.co/AOpFNM4tDg 
• SRA: new 'growth duty' could give rejected firms and individuals stick to beat us with | Legal Futures http://t.co/D6lTuRlJTd 
• Jordans recruits senior in-house lawyer to spearhead ABS | Legal Futures http://t.co/pYvlW3lFES 
• Barrister boss of eyes ABS as he hits out at litigation ban | Legal Futures http://t.co/pYew3iBrkO 
• Some theories about motivations behind Boston attack and the role the Internet played in shaping them are outrageous http://t.co/kZ6fJHcyId 
• BURMA: Press freedom still not living up to the law, seminar told http://t.co/YVqPRSldwT 
• CANADA: ‘Law Enforcement Against Prohibition’ http://t.co/6Ysoru4ubx 
• The Lockerbie Bomber. Read the secret SCCRC 800-page Report on our forum. http://t.co/TGbV0IHRuu 
• Former Justice Secretary Ken Clarke brands UKIP clowns with no good policies but a collective dislike of foreigners http://t.co/4Ajk2vwbV7 
• US: State of Colorado Repeals Its Immigration Law req http://t.co/jeAduzU47i 
• BANGLADESH: Owner of collapsed building who had ignored health and safety issued has been arrested http://t.co/S0R2fMKdpv 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHCkVDp

28th April - LAW NEWS

489 days of LawNewsIndex brought to you by TheLawMap

• British man Grant Cameron accused of drug offences in Dubai, was allegedly tortured by police http://t.co/4VPEaxKfTg 
• CANADA: Top court's review into Constitution allegations unacceptable, according to Quebec 
• IRELAND: High Courts to extend sittings into summer holidays http://t.co/fkW7aST3bK 
• More on Originalism and Same Sex Marriage: A Response to Mike Ramsey | Online Library of Law and Liberty: http://t.co/oqrpa5lxC2 
• If on a Winter’s Night a Drone Strike | Online Library of Law and Liberty: http://t.co/au8YcthCpH 
• Defence lawyer fails to appear in PAKISTAN court for Mumbai attack http://t.co/uWasuXWxsw 
• Illegal tattooists are branding people in GARDEN SHEDS as experts warn of HIV risk http://t.co/ap9WfCELRt. 
• Chris Grayling to end early release for violent criminals http://t.co/LrttFVJb20
• US: Obama backs abortion-rights group in fight for women's health http://t.co/1NjDXZGUTb 
• Human rights are worth fighting for - John Precott http://t.co/fkEFCAkZ4L
• Shining light on workers' rights http://t.co/EpcGkgvB0I 
• EGYPT: Judiciary in the hands of vested interests http://t.co/2LH9rADGns 
• CANADA: Conservative Indo-Canadian Appointee To Canadian Human Rights Tribunal Accused Of Abusing Staff http://t.co/TUgUwuUI4B
• Court awards anonymity for victim of libellous "paedophile" allegations | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/rSYr2ADEf8 
• Jihadist suspect cannot be extradited to United States because of his mental illness | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/6KsYZ4LVzm 
• Political Advertising TV Ban (Just) Upheld, Bad Law and International Human Rights - The Human Rights Roundup http://t.co/nmYizl9NZt
• The spanner of "human dignity" in the wheels of modern medicine | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/AjrVapJrNO 
• Strasbourg ties itself in knots over advertising ban | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/XXmEC5Lvul 
• Government pressing ahead with (most of) its proposals to restrict access to judicial review | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/Q6eqnAB1Q0 
• How can the courts manage the Facebook phenomenon? | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/4494gtoRZi 
• Supreme Court find A1P1 breach in retrospective legislation | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/DoaJEtEH6p 
• The felling of a tree might breach occupier's right to respect for a home | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/ZgmUJKnEjt 
• What is the UK Supreme Court? Head to YouTube to find out (with cheesy muzak) | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/BFAoDL7cf5 
• Judicial Review reform: What does "totally without merit" mean? - Paul Bowen QC | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/KMJIC8QFJt 
• Denounce the ECHR to deport Abu Qatada... You cannot be serious! | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/FFeWEYKsxS 
• Genetic testing of children up for adoption | UK HUman Rights Blog http://t.co/5Zt17ZJmwh
• Ex-SAS officer to sue Met for unlawful arrest http://t.co/HQthhnvNvb 
• The opposition to secret courts is gathering pace http://t.co/sM9ixZGnqo 
• Home Office fury as drug dealer immigrant wins right to stay in UK http://t.co/PuS87gFXZh 
• Proceeds of crime: £80m seized from Scottish criminals http://t.co/Z4LRjCqXM6 
• Danny Jones stabbing death: Teenager charged with murder http://t.co/INEz4TcrzQ 
• Overprotected children 'more likely to be bullied' http://t.co/VqHFiu1Ygm 
• Schools 'should teach how to view porn', sex forum says http://t.co/JaJlOAVHGf 
• Hull death: Teenager arrested after woman dies http://t.co/JaiEs52ehb 
• M9 death teenager named as Michael Easton, 13 http://t.co/B689gzxEhO
• Why a law is needed to secure an EU referendum http://t.co/VKmWROzwJv 
• GREECE tables law on latest EU-IMF loan deal http://t.co/pmer4q9bpo 
• CANADA: After years and a sharply divided supreme court decision, judge rules woman must remove niqab to testify http://t.co/j53BPqb77g 
• ICC judge withdraws from KENYA’s Hague cases http://t.co/yrQDApCpUG 
• Judge favors Microsoft in deciding value of disputed Motorola patents http://t.co/hf090VrFAb 
• Human rights groups ask FIFA to withdraw BAHRAIN candidate http://t.co/QAV0Ro9rO4 
• PAKISTAN human rights body condemns assault on Sarabjit http://t.co/8APmvxhEOz 
• AUSTRALIA: Boycott call over human rights abuse in Sri Lanka http://t.co/E1EEzhCN3c 
• Keighley and Skipton law firm helps parties get a fair deal http://t.co/Ye1wKEQA9S 
• St Andrews campaigner’s £173,000 legal bill leaves environmental group furious http://t.co/HMyDmTN79X 
• MALAWI: New Chief Justice would be Anastasia Msosa http://t.co/mPclGGrdad 
• Catholic barrister assesses significance of the Scottish midwives victory for religious freedom in the UK http://t.co/FvszpEoqJJ 
• Leveson's refusal to probe lawyers' affair is 'staggering', says Tory MP http://t.co/xVFdnWdUtt
• N ZEALAND: Family law Barrister disappointed that Government is to repeal a clause that protects children from abuse http://t.co/H9S2fZMoiv 
• BANGLADESH: Garment workers Burn Factories to Protest Unsafe Conditions http://t.co/8tO7rDqIYD
• Mutual legal assistance treaty between the UK and Jordan https://t.co/UnJEsFWC7A 
• ITALY: Legal expert slams INDIA's Supreme Court ruling on marines http://t.co/YpOw0o6CRT 
• Ex-beauty queen in legal aid fraud http://t.co/FU8ULC34gQ 
• Lawyers warn legal aid changes will result in justice system 'armageddon' http://t.co/RnAifXamn4 
• Libel Cases Now Harder to Bring in England http://t.co/O52A9MXFMI 
• The 2013 American Law 100 http://t.co/RkiaKonpy8
• Mississippi man arrested in US ricin letters inquiry http://t.co/oMDhmyEagC

27th April - LAW NEWS

488 days of LawNewsIndex brought to you by TheLawMap

• How to make drug courts work in the US http://t.co/k0sZWnB8vu 
• JAMAICA: n Caribbean, gridlocked courts stall lives http://t.co/r4Jisitn2E 
• US: ‘South Park’ creator skips court, delaying trial of man charged with breaking into his home http://t.co/1qjLUJ7BFW 
• INDIA: Supreme Court indefinitely postpones trial court proceedings against Mittal and Ruia http://t.co/0eI5VKr144
• US: UCLA chemistry professor ordered to stand trial in fatal lab fire http://t.co/Y0mGRwAnRj 
• SPAIN: Dutchman arrested over huge web attack http://t.co/9QRgmxkc4V 
• How Britons fled grim jihadist camp http://t.co/lDx59tHRMi 
• Heathrow expansion protesters hold Barnes rally http://t.co/c7DK6UaWds
• N KOREA to issue verdict on US citizen on charges including attempting to overthrow government http://t.co/Zj2QgBWcSn 
• Armed drones operated from RAF base in UK, says MoD http://t.co/Ejhp7ephK7 
• Actor Tom Conti: My dad, sent to a prison camp for being Italian in UK during WW2 http://t.co/Q4gfPQ3LoN 
• Boston bombings: Was DAGESTAN the starting point? http://t.co/iSAKRuNW1E 
• BANGLADESH: Dhaka building collapse - Factory owners arrested http://t.co/IbhSga8B2V 
• Keir Starmer proves the case for not having a prosecutor as DPP http://t.co/h5BJSLbVEV 
• World Intellectual Property Day - why you should engage with the event | The Firm http://t.co/60Rymt6IKO 
• Donald Trump's anti-windfarm ad banned over Lockerbie parallels | The Firm http://t.co/uEoIgAxiYb 
• Do not hang up - Keeping clients on hold is a risky business | New Law Journal: http://t.co/4Vx8zmE28z 
• Court fee waivers - MoJ consulting on new court systems | New Law Journal: http://t.co/7OriXwMU7x 
• Costs reforms: “Variable” form of one-way qualified costsshifting for defamation & privacy cases? | New Law Journal: http://t.co/iSsHs5lV4t
• Five law firms have been named in The Times “Top 50 Employers for Women” list | New Law Journal: http://t.co/Iwtfl9DlRm 
• Skilled workers’ rule is unlawful - High Court rules against immigration rule | New Law Journal: http://t.co/od4etIYMuk 
• SLOVAKIA: Police seize huge arsenal of illegal weapons belonging to criminal underworld http://t.co/XndAqJYwNs 
• CHINA hands down death sentences in finance crackdown http://t.co/T3f8wc3Dls
• SIERRA LEONE: The role of the judiciary in tackling corruption and charging fraudsters http://t.co/NaKXZsUxVl 
• Illegal mines tarnish gold from GHANA http://t.co/46mVsm0dnC 
• HIV warning over illegal tattooists http://t.co/8QZ4Neqidg
• Ex-lawyer suffers setback in £4.25m Leonardo da Vinci court battle http://t.co/7grF4BdycK 
• Thousands of Brotherhood supporters demand 'judicial purge' at EGYPT's High Court http://t.co/5dYntxlqwJ 
• Employment tribunal decisions 15.04.13 to 21.04.13 http://t.co/uevgHC0EEb 
• N ZEALAND: High profile lawyer Doug Taffs suspended for bringing profession into disrepute by drink-driving http://t.co/bpySfNwPBI 
• Former housekeeper wins victimisation case against boss http://t.co/77251cRVpy 
• Tribunal finds former Al-Maktoum College principal tried to ‘rewrite history’ http://t.co/BnW3BgACMn 
• PHILIPPINES optimistic that United Nations tribunal to rule favorably on territorial claim http://t.co/4GdwVVx6c0 
• RUSSIA: ‘Smokers’ rights’ movement holds founding convention http://t.co/SpuS758uAs 
• US: Obama condemns 'assault on women's rights' in passionate Planned Parenthood speech http://t.co/AW8yFONbMb
• US: Dzhokhar Tsarnaev 'sat emotionless as he was read his rights,' says witness http://t.co/BZ5QGOMDtx
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHCkVDp
• GREECE financial crisis causing country to fall behind on human rights obligations http://t.co/6PvhOlpHOF 
• Facebook/Twitter users aren't above the law: Judge warns after ruling on pictures claiming to show Bulger killers http://t.co/JO2vv4fraU 
• Met to combine rape and abuse units to tackle grooming gangs http://t.co/TgFmtRjMGn 
• Police call for smartphone app backup http://t.co/P6VHeAU3EJ
• INDIA: West Bengal to legislate a new law to protect small investors http://t.co/Y8tvzn1VUs 
• US has no legal basis to launch a military action in Syria, but Congress could change that http://t.co/8YwxNRsdZd 
• INDIA: Law Minister says he has done no wrong, government rules out his resignation http://t.co/PHxvLC6Xqb
• Judge Cuts Google’s Motorola Royalty Demand to Microsoft http://t.co/VRYmEPstNL 
• Cash-crisis Salford uni faces huge legal bill in libel row u-turn http://t.co/QmtmMzxIbO 
• Law firm Clifford Chance to roll out 1,600 BlackBerry smartphones http://t.co/uJZLYxRREG 
• Free speech champion slams Stormont for blocking Defamation Bill http://t.co/TFp6HtliqW 
• Vladimir Putin threatens to change RUSSIA's adoption laws over gay marriage http://t.co/rvjBuwKC2C 
• UK Deputy Prime Minister says 'snooper's charter' will not become law http://t.co/FMck173NXW 
• Margaret Hodge urges accountancy code of practice over role in tax laws http://t.co/NKUBRrqOpz 
• MEPs welcome European Court of Justice ruling on anti-gay Romanian football owner George Becali http://t.co/NjVv2JebIy 
• Rape and Justice in the Civil War http://t.co/mVjZ5uJGYR 
• BANGLADESH Prime Minister vows justice over factory collapse http://t.co/UtMhXbdwWp 
• Justice Department accuses US citizen of being Cuban spy http://t.co/v0uTBSE27C
• Jury continues deliberations in Scalford murder trial http://t.co/UpFCliYXzt 
• US: New York police find 'part of 9/11 plane landing gear' http://t.co/DXGav4XjEp 
• Debit card customers tied down by time limit on refunds http://t.co/wVWZguXh3m 
• Earring back injury case: Safaa Pate in £1m claim http://t.co/2p3d9Oo4C8
• SAUDI ARABIA: Religious police keeping an eye on men deemed too handsome lest they woo the womenfolk http://t.co/2WCpm7Sf96 
• Craig Denholm, officer named in 'amnesia' report over Milly Dowler hacking, lands top role with another force http://t.co/WjJflkp5Ow 
• PR guru Max Clifford charged with 11 counts of indecent assault on teenage girls http://t.co/zItcgkr7RU 
• Endorsement of Royal Charter on press regulation will not undermine monarchical neutrality http://t.co/StMQ6WSp5m 
• Homeland lawyers 'sloppy' with copyright requests | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/9Y5U7I3ek8 
• Kiwi's crank up legal training | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/N7NO7N1eZO 
• Accountants surpass law firms in social media race | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/pfbq2e2ggq 
• Lawyers praise Google's 'peace offering' | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/naCNvP3WL0
• Oz lawyers revel in bribery crackdown | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/2kcklP30Ro 
• Bakers shake promotion approach to meet equality targets | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/amIQDtXgwm 
• SOMALIA: Mogadishu shooting - Top legal official killed http://t.co/TF2kOQircD 
• ISRAEL: Women worshipers score legal victory http://t.co/7KnheWA0jo 
• Family of a Belfast engineer killed after safety systems on his equipment failed has been denied public funds http://t.co/6nzHiC05Pv 
• GERMANY: Commerzbank Bonus Appeal Fails as Dresdner Bankers Win Again http://t.co/JoL7X2UeSp 
• Western Firms Feel Pressure as Toll Rises in BANGLADESH http://t.co/R2llWIoMRY 
• AUSTRALIA: Guantanamo lawyer to defend Nauru 10 http://t.co/y7NbjhVzMk 
• INDIA: Robbers strike at home of senior lawyer and kill son http://t.co/bXGs3DL3Mq