13th May - LAW NEWS

504 days of LawNewsIndex brought to you by TheLawMap

FOCUS OF THE DAY: Privatised justice is no justice at all. Justice Secretary Chris Grayling's radical changes to legal aid could mean being represented by the same company that jails you. Full story - Guardian Law

• Will ABSs be allowed to cross EU borders? | Law Gazette http://t.co/7f8wmfLju6 
• Judicial tension over costs budgeting | Law Gazette http://t.co/Ip3Tv5Jy5h 
• Legal education move by embattled Co-op | Law Gazette http://t.co/ls2oGl3sIb
• Assisted suicide should be regulated by courts, senior judges told http://t.co/bVsxORdf4e 
• NIGERIA: 62 Illegal Patent Medicine Stores Sealed in Lagos Since February http://t.co/ohqN4AUxE8 
• CANADA: Montreal firm monitoring illegal downloading for court cases http://t.co/fsWBbFbZUA 
• US: Reforms need reforming? Benefits of changes in malpractice law still being disputed http://t.co/HAeBoZMU0F 
• INDIA: Big challenge ahead for new Law Minister Kapil Sibal http://t.co/5JzYBxRmEM 
• Sun on Sunday pays damages to man wrongly linked to serial killer http://t.co/9jH7Dg8ByW
• US: Not all people with disabilities oppose assisted suicide legislation http://t.co/he8y3SceOh 
• INDIA: Lack of legislation hurting direct selling in India http://t.co/sWoeSCiFuU 
• BANGLADESH: Islamist politician arrested for war crimes http://t.co/nbxURCSJbl 
• N ZEALAND: Waitangi Tribunal has taken to the water to see for itself the lands lost to Maori http://t.co/zPQbH8tlib 
• Paperless office not for us says retiring Stafford solicitor David Worrall http://t.co/hwTOCCTRXu 
• Duty solicitor rotas: 14 May deadline for CRM12s http://t.co/shY2DN2Vwe
• FSA delayed plans to test every horse before crisis http://t.co/HNcA3q211N 
• Andrew Moran: Fugitive due in court after Spain arrest http://t.co/tUYC6kOfaH 
• Right-to-die cases due at Court of Appeal http://t.co/cxI3CTsZBs 
• CHINA: Rat meat and Chinese food - questions about food safety in the country http://t.co/hmX9x5D33H 
• Vicky Pryce and Chris Huhne released from prison http://t.co/T8fpTCJsCM
• Lend Lease legal chief parts company with contruction giant | The Lawyer http://t.co/jChqbpIIAM 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: BLP and Stephenson Harwood in store for £121m Oxford Street development | The Lawyer http://t.co/aDlOenBvsT 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Henderson in-house team shrinks amid shift to using law firms more | The Lawyer http://t.co/XUiPAIljF1 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Clifford Chance and Simpson Thacher share KKR job on UK water buy | The Lawyer http://t.co/RdbmJ6hdMK 
• Money key attraction for UK associates moving to US firms, The Lawyer survey reveals | The Lawyer http://t.co/B2yWpNYGC2 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Dundas targets London merger after run of City exits | The Lawyer http://t.co/nIJjOjOrBV 
• LAW FIRM NEWS:: Riverview Law enters into strategic alliance with DMH Stallard | The Lawyer http://t.co/uWcn9avCez 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Legacy Herbert Smith issues £20m cash call to equity partners | The Lawyer http://t.co/2FXjZQA3rg 
• Associations are the way in for Western firms to dip a toe in the Asian market | The Lawyer http://t.co/qWYbNJGjKK 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: China giant Yingke targets domestic SME market with launch of virtual legal services | The Lawyer http://t.co/5ph2PQ1GBT 
• Chris Vaughan, GC at Balfour Beatty, build a legal function fit for a complicated world | The Lawyer http://t.co/OQumKC6C8m
• Avoid DPAs American-style: Deferred Prosecution Agreements (DPAs) will now be part of the law | The Lawyer http://t.co/Ktgu49xteu 
• A CoA decision against Commerzbank is a warning that common law contractual rules are alive & kicking | The Lawyer http://t.co/YxP2aEpdeb 
• If Whitehall lawyers are to be part of a civil service spin-out, there are state and EU legalities | The Lawyer http://t.co/rxPO9absNT 
• Cash alone does not tempt associates: junior and mid-level lawyers not obsessed with money | The Lawyer http://t.co/vpJMyMPCb2
• Chinese firms are pushing ahead with international expansion as internal changes are being played out | The Lawyer http://t.co/HpRR80KQrN 
• Tech flight: April deals roundup | The Lawyer http://t.co/MejXscbNC5 
• Law Firms had focused training on newbies, but now looking at training mid-level associates | The Lawyer http://t.co/sbt8YByatJ 
• A surprising number of UK associates haven’t even heard of the top US firms in London | The Lawyer http://t.co/nsHoSL2wzy 
• Bar regulator bids to take heat out of QASA standoff | Law Gazette http://t.co/6BP91LLY8Y 
• Call for solicitors to use British Sign Language | Law Gazette http://t.co/S1u60lqdEy 
• ‘Don’t ditch quality,’ says Desmond Hudson | Law Gazette http://t.co/kNuBKHrdTa 
• Foreign case influx at commercial court | Law Gazette http://t.co/GowovC6Ytw 
• Wragge & Co takes axe to legal support jobs | Law Gazette http://t.co/04jZPNnu3v 
• Fiji rule of law report found in contempt | Law Gazette http://t.co/V6XWswcHlv 
• Immigration clampdown ‘danger’ to legal sector | Law Gazette http://t.co/hYgXD02vKB 
• Riverview strikes deal with DMH Stallard and applies for ABS status | Legal Futures http://t.co/bMvdR73UW1 
• Home Office tour to study drug policies in 10 countries http://t.co/ZORJgcaH48
• EGYPT: Test of judiciary as retrial of Mubarak and allies begins http://t.co/2FbfGxzHJO 
• MALAWI Judiciary support staff salary hike July- Govt http://t.co/wGJ7Xnt8zm 
• From Guantanamo to Yemen: A Mother's Day appeal for justice http://t.co/FgWY3FOKlw 
• INDIA: Speedy trial of crimes against women a priority: High Court chief justice http://t.co/5QtCHJyhCx 
• GHANA: Society implements Justice Empowerment Project in Upper East http://t.co/5Mejszx20t 
• GUATEMALA's Maya finally find justice over civil war crimes http://t.co/dWQpVL4lZc 
• US: Justice Ginsburg says Roe v. Wade ruling gave abortion opponents target http://t.co/GPXCVqT7Ku
• Law Society plots paralegal accreditation scheme | Legal Futures http://t.co/Xl806C6iXX 
• CHINA: Authorities ban human rights, political discussions at universities http://t.co/42FQm7dub1 
• Human rights group CHRI raises concern over poor access to justice in GHANA http://t.co/3knOFwn8jf 
• Animal advocates fight U.K. ‘breedism’ http://t.co/xTbxh7TSaw
• Plain cigarette packet plan dropped because of legal threat http://t.co/URkHTzXQxJ 
• Crown Court judge had to adjourn a murder hearing because a Mandarin interpreter refused to turn up over low pay http://t.co/HcmvpKcN6Z 
• Stolen Scottish children let down by law http://t.co/3jaqJLwXnn 
• Operation Jasmine: MP urges care home abuse law change http://t.co/UhqDoZaTQz
• The profound problem of male sexual violence http://t.co/A3Dlp7eDzh 
• Hotel death police wait to quiz Nicola McDonough http://t.co/nTdXmJw63w 
• US: New Orleans Mother's Day parade hit by shooting of 12 people http://t.co/9LFpc1Dhbi 
• Notes on the legal system of SAUDI ARABIA http://t.co/r1t1tlbOid
• US: A timeline of major legal developments involving O.J. Simpson http://t.co/BgcjxCDXan
• How Should the Law Think About Robots? http://t.co/F5hDIN8DAp 
• IRELAND: Change to 125-year-old Victorian law means Muslims can be buried with no coffin http://t.co/R9174JasRp 
• Law protecting SPAIN coastline to change http://t.co/8BP15aX1S3
• Libel lawyer Paul Tweed to tell MLAs why free speech reform is wrong http://t.co/ekciN660Qq 
• Private eyes to track down EU students who owe £50m in loans http://t.co/58tYZLESbh 
• The murder of Daniel Morgan: A crime the police wouldn't solve http://t.co/nuCoZKGOkJ

12th May - LAW NEWS

503 days of LawNewsIndex brought to you by TheLawMap

• US: Police Officer Gives Bike to Teen Who Walks 9 Miles to Work http://t.co/d1XlATSmGJ 
• SAUDI ARABIA: Cleric who Backed Protests on Trial for His Life http://t.co/oIDsBxSF39 
• US: OJ Simpson Heads to Court to Fight for Freedom http://t.co/MZYPnQVsek 
• Chancellor George Osborne: Offshore tax havens 'must crackdown on illegal evasion' http://t.co/BtsDFqb1gb
• 350,000 illegal ballot papers seized in BULGARIA http://t.co/muPEoeKBog 
• SRI LANKA: A People Without a Story or Justice - the Tamil rebel movement betrayed those it was fighting for http://t.co/MDBK7LZW2s 
• EGYPT: 3 Arrested in Plot to Bomb Egyptian Cities and US Embassy http://t.co/0xMgrmWgUS 
• The E-Book Piracy Debate, Revisited http://t.co/g7FltCm0QN 
• Out of EGYPT’s Chaos, Musical Rebellion http://t.co/MbG8CECe0B 
• Home Secretary Theresa May vows to 'carry on' with deportation work of Abu Qatada http://t.co/EsZAVNfF37 
• One of Britain's most wanted Fugitive Andrew Moran arrested in Spain http://t.co/zUC4ZRFSTQ 
• Kids will be kids, except when we suddenly judge them http://t.co/XrbT5qnbuC 
• Will PAKISTAN finally stand up against illegal US drone attacks? http://t.co/dgqWFmPdX7 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHCkVDp
• Secret Imprisonment, Rule of Law and Legal Aid Under Attack - The Human Rights Roundup | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/0gqgzIfcsU 
• Who "holds" the working papers of the Climategate inquiry? | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/jzJj854JZf 
• The problem of 'rebalancing' Article 8 | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/PO6qXK6pCp 
• "Is the test for capacity to cohabit the same as the test for capacity to marry?" | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/bj6TLKbfAU 
• Photographs that put the world to rights: Amnesty Young Human Rights Photojournalism award 2013 http://t.co/zule8RIU8c 
• US: A Bill of Rights for Students? http://t.co/piFUwkfJO0 
• Rights group says ERITREA detains 10,000 political prisoners http://t.co/cO7WL9YR6J 
• SAUDI ARABIA: Baby Steps Toward Women’s Rights http://t.co/62TOOU4XR4 
• VENEZUELA rights group asks ICC to probe alleged abuse of detainees in post-election tumult http://t.co/lt8F5iQfBZ 
• INDONESIA: Deputy Governor Denies Violation of Human Rights http://t.co/YzV5lKKb15 
• US: Anti-Israel UN human rights official can’t be fired, State Department says http://t.co/YDlqfKINxo 
• INDIA: Human Rights Activists and Death Penalty http://t.co/mECo4D3Nvl 
• US: Protect cage fighters - before legalization,wrestle with the serious long-term risk of brain injuries http://t.co/kEqzwKLgGm 
• SAUDI ARABIA: Human Rights Defender Fawzan Al-Harbi Summoned by Police http://t.co/LMY0TLRBMN 
• Child commissioner's human rights warning on disabled girl http://t.co/CMsFPD6SnL 
• CUBA: Mariela Castro, Cuba and human rights http://t.co/9yJnTbbD62 
• CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: Rights body accuses Central Africa rebels of 'horrific abuses http://t.co/pyMoJ6tbGj 
• Bank of England under fire for not putting women on notes http://t.co/UzgSIUiUUW 
• How to spot a murderer's brain http://t.co/IN1emEcMbQ 
• David Cameron's head of strategy sues Australian minister for libel http://t.co/LGrDJgy32Z 
• UK company's spyware 'used against Bahrain activist', court papers claim http://t.co/eMaUx97KpW 
• One leading lawyer has accused Lord Falconer, the former Lord Chancellor, of indulging in Orwellian spin http://t.co/RvoCoiwOKb 
• BRAZIL: Jury clears police of 1996 murder of PC Farias http://t.co/aSmR6Ra1Z4 
• Scottish independence: Labour launches referendum campaign http://t.co/CN1DpkvgSc 
• Inquiry into Church of England cleric abuse claim set up http://t.co/hzdLqK0Bu7
• KENYA: Kenyan doctors under charge of negligence of duty – Board investigates 348 cases against doctors http://t.co/9AT1ayM8f9 
• MP raises questions over collapsed Gwent care home inquiry http://t.co/PosaESXfrz 
• ZAMBIA: Tribunal on judges must start sitting - Justice Minister Kabimba http://t.co/DgJGsaiGbW 
• ZIMBABWE: Legal Practitioners' Disciplinary Tribunal Defers Mwonzora's Case http://t.co/ovacNhvGlP 
• BANGLADESH: A war-crimes tribunal will continue issuing verdicts on trials of Islamist hardliners | The Economist http://t.co/XCjfdOm2Kq 
• IRELAND: Judge orders sale of ship to pay its crew http://t.co/nsL1nI4s4l 
• BRAZIL judge suspends Maracana stadium 'privatisation' http://t.co/pdlGBAzzZb 
• Hardwicke disowns article by own barrister after attack on Yewtree sex investigation http://t.co/4zgm1vScqP 
• US: Judge again rejects limits on emergency contraception http://t.co/Pq1CFsDovs
• TURKEY: Judiciary ignored demand for rights: council president http://t.co/Q3NtW5Cyx7 
• The battle over EGYPT's Judiciary http://t.co/1kRvi6afvr 
• US: First Steps to a Better Immigration Bill http://t.co/d73kIAAYrg 
• Racial storm in FRANCE over viral anti-gay marriage poster http://t.co/nyXClNuFjA 
• Only social justice can answer the environmental crisis http://t.co/zOMSQTujYg 
• IRELAND: Justice system ‘unsuited’ to dealing with child abuse, conference told http://t.co/1Q6Kmvdo9B 
• INDIA: Who is Ashwani Kumar? Eminent lawyer Ashwani Kumar's career as Law Minister over http://t.co/jLwuupgS2W 
• INDIA: Sibal may be new Law Minister, CP Joshi likely to get additional charge of Railways http://t.co/0Tk7PTgUce
• Tory MPs challenge Cameron: insist EU referendum be enshrined into law http://t.co/pmIMbcDRhx 
• Libel lawyer Paul Tweed to tell MLAs why free speech reform is wrong http://t.co/kQRuyOo8bI 
• Law changes are on the way for spraying http://t.co/LdZnNhN6wT 
• Consumer rights bill: how things will change http://t.co/1aOZ8tlUQL 
• First UK law firm opens in BURMA http://t.co/5vqB95QaWw 
• Will Emmons, UK law student, awarded Browning Fellowship http://t.co/dqzffXqETE 
• UK paper comments on Pakistan election law violations http://t.co/2r3cYbyrRA 
• Lethal 'legal highs' being sold on Amazon http://t.co/8p24XG5DHA 
• ISRAEL: Is The Law of Return Unjust? The law granting automatic Israeli citizenship to every Jew http://t.co/rfrZUAtH0M

11th May - LAW NEWS

502 days of LawNewsIndex brought to you by TheLawMap

• Chris Grayling's radical changes to legal aid could mean being represented by the same company that jails you http://t.co/Cz3sRjeI5G
• Police 'pursued vendetta' against lawyer awarded £550,000 damages http://t.co/CoXlbKIMkw 
• Blur drummer David Rowntree who trained as solicitor attacks government's legal aid plans http://t.co/UzMeIJjMNQ 
• State Spending With Limits, and Without | Online Library of Law and Liberty: http://t.co/aOKBkSjvZe 
• The Theologico-Political Question (Part II): A Review of “42″ | Online Library of Law and Liberty: http://t.co/R3y6L8naxp 
• Originalism and Affirmative Action Part I: The Critics’ Argument | Online Library of Law and Liberty: http://t.co/dN82iJoy3l 
• EGYPT: Ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's retrial starts http://t.co/infxzWVqgZ 
• INDIA: Law Minister resigns over alleged corruption charges http://t.co/2Nxxy6IsaP 
• CHINA Officials Seek Career Shortcut With Feng Shui http://t.co/Ha2QMXuOSd
• ISRAEL: Standoff at Western Wall Over Praying by Women http://t.co/xOugTS8cCs 
• Poison Attack Revives Fury in CHINA Over ’95 Case http://t.co/G1JvWxA6jz 
• US: Judge Refuses to Drop His Order Allowing Morning-After Pill for All Ages http://t.co/X7XlvXObSZ
• Privacy Breach on Bloomberg’s Data Terminals http://t.co/SDmalbKd4P 
• US: Racism in a Texas death case http://t.co/ZUrK63ml3F 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHCkVDp
• Facebook and flexible friends, time of contrast for the fortunes of women in the workforce | Law Gazette http://t.co/BrMIW20C87
• ZAMBIA: Activist Brebner Changala describe Supreme Court judgement to investigate three judges as a sham http://t.co/a2PP7I9nUh 
• Employment tribunal to lose power to make wider recommendations in discrimination cases http://t.co/1BVkF8BSu4 
• US administration likely to brief on Armenian Genocide-era insurance claims http://t.co/1eYKeoIH59 
• IRELAND: Ballinamore solicitor scoops prestigious accolade http://t.co/9NFb3UQzvA 
• Disgraced solicitor jailed for inciting suspected loyalist paramilitaries to murder, bid to move to open prison http://t.co/pNHZchDmRW 
• US: Transcriber sought for Bradley Manning Wikileaks trial http://t.co/IVAPUQmCr7 
• Soap actor Ken Barlow's arrest an interesting parallel to the growing “lawyer bubble” here in NEW ZEALAND http://t.co/yA2qvF2SI8 
• Lawyer accuses deceased singer Michael Jackson sexually assaulted Australian choreographer Wade Robson as a child http://t.co/6WYNt9WWIH 
• Jimmy Savile Victims' lawyer condemns report that clears police of protecting shamed star http://t.co/6jT33NUPgh 
• US: OJ Simpson says lawyer botched case, will ask for new trial http://t.co/0iJo62gzRq 
• Senior QC calls for a radical shake-up of Scottish courts http://t.co/OXiv12h34b 
• April Jones murder suspect was an emotional wreck, says arrest officer http://t.co/oQ19l5Fqdf 
• AUSTRALIA: Courts involved in cricket TV rights http://t.co/skQEDwbSbt 
• IRELAND: Court ruling could mean lower pay for trade employees http://t.co/M5yzGgDCM9 
• INDIA: Uttar Pradesh government and court disagree over decision on explosive operatives http://t.co/x66AGF6qNo
• Top judges issue guidance over private hearings | New Law Journal: http://t.co/T9oVWfM2ql 
• Could "pay as you go" help low income clients? | New Law Journal: http://t.co/3troH8Ul5i 
• Proportionality rule is “boggling” says personal injury expert | New Law Journal: http://t.co/neW3JoFwlx
• Plans to slash fees go ahead despite concerns that lawyers won’t be able to cover costs | New Law Journal: http://t.co/NIc1qwe2pP 
• Multi-millionaire does not have to pay housing & lifetime maintenance 20 years after divorce | New Law Journal: http://t.co/bL5m9hNvWB 
• Government strikes tough note on immigration | New Law Journal: http://t.co/THP3RcW31k 
• Halsbury Legal Awards winners | New Law Journal: http://t.co/5WzYXUwju8 
• Jim Davidson bailed until July over sex allegations http://t.co/EEh0rw1RI8 
• Europe Is Losing Out by Not Recognising Migrants' Talents http://t.co/i5jUP7KJA8 
• Metropolitan Police must change way it deals with mental illness, panel says http://t.co/6IWMgQxeXg 
• Murder investigation launched after fatal shooting in Birmingham pub http://t.co/L5oJz7XDdt 
• Men are victims as well as perpetrators of sex crime. So why aren't they talking? http://t.co/Y7WbGWIwfT 
• Solicitor wins £550,000 for false imprisonment http://t.co/ZQFEmavXGY 
• US: Tamerlan Tsarnaev's secret Virginia burial upsets locals http://t.co/BkuZJJb2wW 
• US: Texas fertiliser plant blast - Criminal probe launched http://t.co/KzD27Zl7XJ 
• GUATEMALA: Former military leader Rios Montt found guilty of genocide http://t.co/aiS6DMJvLe 
• Cleveland Police in huge damages payout to lawyer http://t.co/GRpSkqsb77
• US Law students lend a hand to undocumented students http://t.co/RuNGbndJRE 
• CANADA Minister Sees Better Prospect of Change to EU Oil-Sands Law http://t.co/AVHJTKiPXX 
• US human rights ruling against Shell may have ramifications elsewhere, which worries Daimler ahead of trial http://t.co/r8kogM1aDB 
• New legislation on decrofting land put to parliament http://t.co/IGBKSkDSsC 
• US Judge says auction house cannot sell Kobe Bryant’s stuff yet as legal issues get complicated http://t.co/gfMEjiCTii 
• Former judge to examine role of police corruption in murder investigation http://t.co/AxT9fFKTF8 
• ISRAEL: Justice minister pledges to end gender segregation http://t.co/Qq3SoUwywD
• Court of Appeal applies Russian law in dispute over beneficial ownership of London property http://t.co/eRbEaLQy7W 
• Needlestick regulations become UK law http://t.co/lkjk44JbCM 
• UK's New Defamation Law May Accelerate The Death Of Anonymous User-Generated Content Internationally http://t.co/iqhGbIgpT8 
• AZERBAIJAN & BRAZIL Consider New Legislation on Expression http://t.co/vXfq85OK5n 
• 'You're scared', David Cameron told as controversial gay marriage legislation is dropped from the Queen's Speech http://t.co/PZNnrfLISm 
• NEW ZEALAND says no to software patent rights http://t.co/c1UiD6gcQo 
• ARGENTINA Approves Controversial Judiciary Law http://t.co/0Ir8FzmNVQ 
• NIGERIA: Judiciary Cleansing Should Be Total http://t.co/WclO7dUKe1 
• Ex-prisoners to get mentors for 12 months, says justice minister - video http://t.co/N0652m4n0g 
• A Theory of Justice, the Musical Imagines Philosopher John Rawls as a Time-Traveling Adventurer http://t.co/bnCwpIg2Jn 
• AUSTRALIA: Chief Justice attacks WA's Attorney-General for blocking court web streaming http://t.co/aMztOlijdH 
• Climate justice group to highlight campaign with climb of Everest http://t.co/lfBeUKmRIs 
• US: Enron's Jeffrey Skilling Will Get Rough Justice http://t.co/EsfSA2eo7C 
• Justice Secretary Chris Grayling to set out wide-ranging shake-up of the criminal justice system http://t.co/JAZYQQdGWh 
• BELIZE: Supreme Court hears closing arguments from attorneys urging strike down of anti-sodomy law http://t.co/GmrqUsSUav 
• Orphan Works - the new law in the UK http://t.co/yzckxChHed 
• UK Intellectual Property Office responds on 'abolition of copyright' law http://t.co/383iPSUVQA 
• US firm’s lawyer joins Cambridge Law Firm Taylor Vinters http://t.co/lRoKy3TjDC 
• SNP bound by law to stop independence campaign 28 days before referendum http://t.co/XR0hIOWlKn 
• From Chinese factory to UK households – realities of the trade in legal highs http://t.co/eTrxAcDMJ9 
• Anger at Police report on Jimmy Savile affair which failed to address why officers were blinkered by his celebrity http://t.co/64PPeBZ8c2
• IRELAND: Kenny rules out reopening Moriarty Tribunal for Lowry tapes http://t.co/zkpgP5GMJk 
• New law may lead to more people trying to represent themselves in court, a Nottingham solicitor has warned http://t.co/mhEVWUHbIM 
• Wealth manager Bellpenny targets solicitor and accountant IFA arms after acquisition http://t.co/KB9FVhJmgC 
• GUATEMALA: Ríos Montt trial enters final phase, 75 years sought for genocide, crimes against humanity http://t.co/ySpKOiglQd 
• JPMorgan sued by California over 'illegal' debt collections http://t.co/5RxCVNwJIP 
• US: Students fight back against illegal unpaid internships http://t.co/NdFxMzLjRy 
• US: Washington lawyer gets 6 months for stealing clients’ insurance payouts http://t.co/E1VWJdT5J9 
• Meet SAUDI ARABIA's first female lawyer http://t.co/zFF4P6h1Q7 
• INDIA: Three new Intelligence courts in Maharashtra http://t.co/r3VOBG3iJ6 
• INDIA: Coal-gate: Law Minister denies reports of meeting the Prime Minister http://t.co/oK4rqxLNpF
• US: Twitter legal director to White House tech post http://t.co/e4cQeuidai 
• PAKISTAN Legal challenge: Peshawar High Court terms drone strike ‘naked aggression’ http://t.co/ARV4XHgWdO
• Cricket AUSTRALIA launches legal action against TV rights holder Nine http://t.co/JouyxqBagN 
• Outrage at barrister who called Stuart Hall's crimes 'low level' http://t.co/VVqRuP2CCT 
• Aberystwyth doctor six month ban for 'flirting' texts http://t.co/B51zpSMNUO 
• Salford prison van fugitive Ryan McDonald caught http://t.co/Uku7Fd2oYE 
• Bedfordshire child cruelty hoarders get suspended sentence http://t.co/gFnbGpok2m 
• INDIA: Court rejects actor Sanjay Dutt's plea http://t.co/m9ZFqft581
• Operation Chalice: Child sex abuse case concludes http://t.co/b4IckeR07N
• Abu Qatada documents 'linked' to Denmark arrest http://t.co/p9MR56cWZv 
• Abu Qatada 'would return to Jordan' http://t.co/dgY7UvhBBp
• BANGLADESH: Dhaka building collapse - Woman pulled alive from rubble http://t.co/jdWdWrRFQ5

10th May - LAW NEWS

501 days of LawNewsIndex brought to you by TheLawMap

FOCUS OF THE DAY: The president of the Supreme Court has warned that denying access to the courts could create an exploitative society that might ultimately fail - and he called on lawyers to help ensure the justice system works. Full story - Law Gazette 

• SEC social media rule overlooks rules of engagement around the world | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/PZKz8fcyV1
• Harbinger settles SEC dispute for $18m | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/ifCAGlzsvE 
• Law students eye career away from firms | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/RevXBK7Ov0 
• Slovak bank files claim against Greece | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/6dlVrEJOYI 
• Report: domestic regulation boosts overseas expansion | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/eXdijX5CUN
• Quinn Emanuel heads down under | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/JKPjNEibtW 
• Hong Kong aims to simplify local qualification system amid fierce competition for places | Legalweek http://t.co/lnIhdyvDfG 
• SRA calls on largest law firms to publish diversity data in push to improve access to legal profession | Legalweek http://t.co/ZUzcru5XeL 
• Law firms need to invest in their IT systems in order to expand their business | Legalweek http://t.co/psbW5byTLH
• Magic circle trio among host of global firms to land spots on Deutsche Bank's domestic panel | Legalweek http://t.co/NhdSltDGut 
• London partnership prospects sink as promotions at UK top 30 drop by 17% | Legalweek http://t.co/wCQQXKIayI 
• Law firms lose lustre as students mull alternative career options | Legalweek http://t.co/guc0VDmf2V 
• Stephen Lawrence murder: David Norris refused right to appeal http://t.co/NkBVpD89Bl 
• Daniel Morgan's murder: this stain on our criminal justice system remains http://t.co/ZwJftsyCmb 
• Hoarding couple admit child cruelty http://t.co/HU4S67F2Xi 
• Fees every five minutes in Law Society guide to unbundling | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/MqEXxH1JVf 
• Grayling to face crime lawyers | Law Gazette http://t.co/Oah8h3eEYE 
• ‘Significant concerns’ over costs budgeting | Law Gazette http://t.co/dcrx5XgdNf 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Freshfields freezes associate pay as trainee salaries unchanged again | The Lawyer http://t.co/lH2kHToK7D 
• Abu Qatada 'will voluntarily go back to Jordan when new treaty is ratified' http://t.co/h7sciTwOD8 
• Reacting to child abuse by lowering the age of consent would be cruel http://t.co/63vXnei3zE
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Quinn Emanuel launches in Sydney with HSF partners | The Lawyer http://t.co/4rf0QUuO6x 
• Sausage-skin maker raids Dairy Crest for first London in-houser | The Lawyer http://t.co/bK7f6lbgsE 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Ex-Dewey tax partner exits Linklaters' Washington base for KPMG | The Lawyer http://t.co/2cYRFS5p78
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Ex-Cobbetts debt recovery arm cuts 44 staff in redundancy round | The Lawyer http://t.co/8lyAi1g5PL 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Freshfields adjusts associate pay but trainee salaries are frozen again | The Lawyer http://t.co/9NpqeuRYn5
• Co-op Bank’s debt rating downgraded to ‘junk’ status | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/hNQd3ItbED 
• IRELAND: Two men arrested after burglary and fire at Chief Whip's office http://t.co/lOgOeE4Yjh 
• Just two comparison websites sign up to new legal standards | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/eha5Nx3hzy 
• Britain’s fragile legal legacy | Law Gazette http://t.co/7ss34rLnhp 
• Guidance for law firms collecting diversity data | Law Gazette http://t.co/x2RraSeFH2 
• Bar regulator bids to take heat out of QASA standoff | Law Gazette http://t.co/6BP91LLY8Y 
• Wacky and arbitrary rules and laws demonstrate the arrogance of power in CHINA http://t.co/ZRsYhCYcGn 
• Europe Inches Closer to Establishing a Banking Union http://t.co/2yKraVsnrQ 
• US: Home Brewing Soon To Be Legal In All 50 States http://t.co/3xhk7x1YWZ 
• Legal aid cuts risks damaging civilised society, warns senor judge http://t.co/uinkz10lpN 
• US: After Verdict, Sentencing Is a New Trial for Jurors http://t.co/0s9CrZuua8 
• CHINA: Celebrated Filmmaker Is Investigated by Family Planning Officials for breaking one child law http://t.co/Hore0CB4W5 
• PI diversification continues as Antony Hodari snaps up Tandem Law http://t.co/5QUAR3qqAu 
• Number of CLC-regulated ABSs reaches 35 | Legal Futures http://t.co/A1Mqj4nI3a 
• To be an ABS, or not to be: Shakespeares becomes one of largest firms to gain licence | Legal Futures http://t.co/dznzK7FEs9
• Quindell: no reason for share price plummet | Legal Futures http://t.co/D1oYBvUT6a 
• North-west ABS targets national practice after London launch | Legal Futures http://t.co/uUWrBj2HBe 
• Legal price comparison websites "begin to sign up" to good practice standards | Legal Futures http://t.co/cCjJ2VCFpV 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHCkVDp
• Linenhall Chambers gives send off to retiring barrister Jeannie France-Hayhurst http://t.co/qaHGuvJ0Me 
• Queen's speech revives 'snooper's charter' legislation http://t.co/a1yrV4VZgq 
• HS2 legislation outlined in Queen's Speech http://t.co/1keytRnvSR
• Former Archbishop of York 'did not report' sexual abuse claims http://t.co/jrsvP8iPKR 
• US: Ohio prosecutors may seek execution for Ariel Castro http://t.co/Klt1S4XvVA 
• Dental nurse wins case after being given written warning for eating apple http://t.co/tLFVy0SjDy 
• Grieving drivers who kill loved ones could escape prosecution http://t.co/MeZaOHhS01 
• Jimmy Savile 'not protected' from arrest, West Yorkshire Police say http://t.co/bNRKCembbh 
• Tests for new chemical guns in late stages http://t.co/sijjXo9xTY 
• Home Office policy on discretionary leave for children ruled unlawful | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/AC6AeJhMFl 
• Family email advice line tries to fill gap left by cuts | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/Ww93ohABoR 
• Advocates should “adapt to realities” of criminal legal aid cuts, Lord Neuberger says | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/D2LG3QrMOk 
• How will the probation service work under Chris Grayling's plans? http://t.co/DD2vU0z4U1 
• UK human rights record under pressure from UN torture panel http://t.co/lKSp10f3tP 
• US: Ohio suspect Ariel Castro held on $8m bond for rape and kidnapping charges http://t.co/GMxtBYD3HM 
• Public sector probation trusts to become public service mutuals http://t.co/PghfjjEPQ4 
• ITALY: Rome's Jewish leader forced to pay Nazi war criminal's legal costs http://t.co/Ahm7yGweL3 
• Letters: No justice in legal aid changes http://t.co/FfJUIcQAjr 
• Government lawyers defend decision to keep Prince Charles's letters secret http://t.co/YwFxa4iVIj 
• URUGUAY: General found guilty of junta's 1974 murder of communist http://t.co/LoRhZJ2kUh
• Probation cannot be solved by a minister in a hurry http://t.co/4eWAtORSUt
• Freshfields' Red Knight hails United's 'heir to Busby' | The Lawyer http://t.co/M7hgROLwJI 
• Barclays deputy GC leads the race in scramble to replace Harding | The Lawyer http://t.co/rVft0kWzQd 
• Which way now for Personal Injury lawyers? | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/EPygMfST0U 
• Chevron slates Indonesian court ruling | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/7DiU5XjRyy 
• Porn copyright lawyers attacked over 'troll' lawsuits | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/Ri6bDGaXrv 
• Stephenson Harwood seals Myanmar tie-up | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/t84YdZUXhq 
• Boodle Hatfield takes gender diversity gong | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/la9QUEPCQE 
• Latham lands Shearman team ahead of Düsseldorf opening | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/aikHxQbb6N

9th May - LAW NEWS

500 days of LawNewsIndex brought to you by TheLawMap

FOCUS OF THE DAY: New rules governing international arbitration have lawyers hotly debating how much regulation is required. Full story - The Lawyer

• Support for deaf clients | Law Gazette http://t.co/GlbuzpqkNL 
• State must provide ‘genuine access’ – Neuberger’s rebuke to government | Law Gazette http://t.co/mVB6q0rRk4 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Senior Swedish partners team up for boutique launch | The Lawyer http://t.co/U9tn7Q0LbX 
• DWF bulks up real estate with Eversheds team | The Lawyer http://t.co/wO0RKox7LY 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Linklaters beefs up relaunched DC base with Bingham tax duo | The Lawyer http://t.co/0q7WQcAuk5 
• Consolidation continues as Jackson reforms take hold of claimant sector | The Lawyer http://t.co/pI674NeOqy 
• CoA throws out £400m Northern Rock appeal | The Lawyer http://t.co/ipIbFMjeH8 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Herbies brings in Aussie corporate chief to rejig London corporate structure | The Lawyer http://t.co/T5Jg6hlVpa 
• Home secretary must pay solicitor’s fees after client ‘vanished’ | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/ARZH9lCysx
• GERMANY: Nazi-themed Wagner opera cancelled in Dusseldorf http://t.co/0JNmZGY0UD 
• MPs repay £390,000 in 'profits' on second homes http://t.co/ihcQBcVFSJ 
• Leicester school's halal lamb burger contained pork http://t.co/H3zkgGGCdy 
• Payment-by-results plan for offender supervision under fire http://t.co/VqXrlFbrUa 
• Hospitals reveal 750 'should never happen' blunders http://t.co/pSccv2fDfY 
• Police sergeant who sold story to Sun jailed http://t.co/iL2VkYcaUt 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHCkVDp
• The last 500 days in Law: http://t.co/lEHqCnzhtO and the shape of things to come http://t.co/SktBKgf90y
• IRAN: Claimants of election fraud acknowledged no vote rigging in 2009: Judiciary chief http://t.co/6ZU4aRuL1S 
• MALAYSIA: Judiciary reforming itself to restore reputation & credibility, according to former chief justice Zaki Azmi http://t.co/Tu7sHKpbXw 
• US faces gaps in protecting human rights in business activities – UN experts: http://t.co/KyXlFpUscp 
• European Court of Human Rights Says No Political Motivation Behind Arrest of former UKRAINE PM Tymoshenko http://t.co/KrRVpk5EPP 
• EGYPT NGO law could betray revolt's ideals: U.N. rights chief http://t.co/X0pmDaTNfy
• UN names NORTH KOREA human rights investigators http://t.co/vacRdgNf06
• Men go on trial over Sharkey fire deaths in Helensburgh http://t.co/RkUE3ddk53 
• Schoolgirl 'sold to Eddy Shah to pay credit card bills' http://t.co/920Oagswf4 
• Age of consent should be 13 says a prominent barrister http://t.co/3YXi0uEsBY 
• US teen charged over Utah football referee's death http://t.co/Qv9KpwFxCW
• ITALY court upholds Berlusconi tax fraud conviction http://t.co/aveZDjkNIt 
• US: Ariel Castro faces rape and kidnap charges in Ohio case http://t.co/pfHAFyAA05
• GERMANY weighs belated justice for Auschwitz guards http://t.co/RIEWSQ626t 
• Scotland’s share of North Sea oil could be subject to years of legal wrangling? http://t.co/trE9DJ0rIo 
• Law firm Freeth Cartwright has appointed a new managing partner at its Nottingham office http://t.co/WqVA1PVP7D 
• US: Delaware becomes the 11th state to make same-sex marriage legal http://t.co/S8RwYedYIS 
• UK aid law: Now or never? https://t.co/h91M3Zd0am 
• UK Government Plans to Revamp Consumer Laws Concerning Digital Content http://t.co/qsiFmHtGOK 
• UK Court Appeal of EU Short-Selling Law to Be Heard June 11 http://t.co/a6T8b1m9wK 
• Queen's Speech: Immigration laws to 'deter' foreigners who will not contribute to UK http://t.co/s3fM7E1cpt 
• US: Morgan Stanley Legal Charges Reduce 1st-Quarter Per-Share Earnings http://t.co/VfjrCuTbf2 
• AUSTRALIA: Victorian Legal Aid backflip on cuts to defence solicitor funding http://t.co/ylW0Syp8Ef 
• Warnings about ‘legal highs’ as use soars http://t.co/Cgi5Ekov2h 
• CANADA: Legal tab for probing government actions cost taxpayers dearly http://t.co/SqwifGwfF5 
• US: Bank of America Cuts 'Reasonably Possible' Legal Losses Estimate http://t.co/l1EFKIsySX 
• Not available in XL: Abercrombie & Fitch CEO Mike Jeffries accused of only wanting 'thin and beautiful people' http://t.co/nXE5N3Q16k 
• New inquiry into murder of Daniel Morgan ‘will expose Met cover-up’ http://t.co/PwhJMCDgeE 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Hill Dickinson and Bond Dickinson unveil partnership promotions rounds - Legalweek http://t.co/yMKU5NQG20 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Fulbright London partners dodge Norton Rose UK remuneration system - Legalweek http://t.co/Jo89MV11uz
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Latham hires four-partner Shearman team for Duesseldorf launch - Legalweek http://t.co/jsOaKaAfHU 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Stephenson Harwood continues Asia push with Myanmar association deal - Legalweek http://t.co/0SLo6KyNyR 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Linklaters boosts Washington tax practice with Bingham partner duo - Legalweek http://t.co/LFDwussXGb 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Mishcons sees turnover rise 14% as firm makes up one partner - Legalweek http://t.co/vQKKlqUH7f 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Wragges to outsource staff and cut up to 30 jobs in support restructuring - Legalweek http://t.co/m0fMb9AuEp 
• Mesothelioma Bill promises £355m for victims | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/hGJolay2XB
• Arrests - is it possible to publish names without mud sticking? http://t.co/GAuAJ0loIf 
• Legal aid tendering: will it actually work? | Joshua Rozenberg http://t.co/3JNkdZKFYX 
• Minister accused of wrongly blocking publication of Prince Charles letters http://t.co/Rab7FoUZL1 
• Queen's Speech reveals national insurance reforms for LLPs | The Lawyer http://t.co/7IYz7JBpYU 
• The Boundaries of Photo Editing where the enhanced reality is a moral issue? http://t.co/QWc1XKocIH 
• UK Government ramps up new law introduction | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/1WMOenzEOp 
• Kuwait oil group settles $2.2bn Dow dispute | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/V5mHaWwSPJ 
• MegaUpload case 'threatens Internet freedom' | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/oT4Nxxo13s 
• Equality commitments take hit at magic circle firms | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/1Sv23C66bY 
• Rival lawyers urge Eddie Stobart to 'truck off' | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/sw2mWuS4XW 
• BANGLADESH building collapse death toll over 800 http://t.co/XjtA7fz8rW 
• America’s Military Injustice - harassment of women http://t.co/LTqBVdaZT7 
• US: Sexual Assaults in Military Raise Alarm in Washington http://t.co/4IpQB0xDgr
• AUSTRALIA: Fearless and flawed - the remarkable life of Barrister Paul Rofe http://t.co/aR4G1qalJh 
• 'Fresh proposals' planned over cyber-monitoring http://t.co/VOmT9bwxgx 
• Child abuse inquiry at Yehudi Menuhin School in Cobham http://t.co/Qqz8Ady0rK 
• The Sun's executive editor and royal correspondent face court over payment charges http://t.co/EksxyevZVD

8th May - LAW NEWS

499 days of LawNewsIndex brought to you by TheLawMap

FOCUS OF THE DAY: Only three of the 25 top-earning criminal legal aid firms will bid for a contract if the government’s current scheme for price-competitive tendering (PCT) is introduced – and more than half would support a boycott. Full story - Law Gazette

• Leveson counsel Robert Jay QC joins High Court bench | The Lawyer http://t.co/4H2jz6NqG1 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Wragge & Co launches redundancy consultation with 30 at risk | The Lawyer http://t.co/tuaylYnjmk
• Immigration, rehabilitation and deregulation reforms in Queen’s speech | Law Gazette http://t.co/JjaF9g9NnN 
• ‘Expect further transactions’, Slater & Gordon says, as it buys Simpson Millar | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/9P3ZXwjC7T 
• Increased risk of ‘misuse of client money’ by solicitors, SRA warns | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/UWeZphdmYU 
• Will legalised marijuana lead to an economic boom? http://t.co/Ai11SRjSxt 
• Leveson lead counsel Robert Jay appointed judge http://t.co/51ekjedpgn 
• Cleveland police set to interview women's 'kidnappers' http://t.co/TF4z9hMLKH 
• Prestatyn family fire murders: Melanie Smith jailed for 30 years http://t.co/BScaXmiO4n 
• The weekly comprehensive Law Review blog from TheLawMap: The Law Business - 29th April to 3rd May. http://t.co/i2HEUq1D2p
• ISRAEL: Speaker warns failure to agree on vote system may lead to 1960s electoral law or Orthodox Gathering Proposal http://t.co/2GQZXMxORU 
• RUSSIA: President Putin signs law banning senior officials from possessing foreign assets http://t.co/eUW4FFBUCu 
• US: Judge calls Prenda Law and others a 'porno trolling collective' http://t.co/GTRaXqU1Ox 
• US: Senators propose law to combat cyber theft http://t.co/yAQsNBnp2G
• Candace Bushnell's latest work leaked by hacker Guccifer http://t.co/H2Vca3D20b 
• Queen's speech: selling counterfeit goods to be made criminal offence http://t.co/Q88lirHD4j 
• Belated Congratulations to employment solicitor Larkin Cen, a worthy MasterChef finalist | Law Gazette http://t.co/xI7mqkjiBE 
• Deadline looming to stay on the roll, SRA warns | Law Gazette http://t.co/DA63I5UXrf
• Bar: legal aid plans will ‘irreversibly undermine access’ | Law Gazette http://t.co/pTbAdukCXX 
• Arrests over $50m BELGIUM airport diamond heist http://t.co/VPNKtuvjLz 
• Queen's Speech: Migrants to face NHS restrictions http://t.co/8pHUhmkZqI 
• Metal singer Tim Lambesis arrested over murder plot http://t.co/2gAoANg3TL
• US: 12 year old boy confronts mustachioed policeman for illegal parking http://t.co/7iJhLqOasQ 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHCkVDp
• IRELAND: Misogyny behind State controls on women’s reproductive rights http://t.co/7a5CMPOMmh 
• GERMANY: Families of Victims Demand Answers in NSU (Neo-Nazi) Trial http://t.co/60cbhgySUK 
• GUATEMALA: Genocide trial starts then stops http://t.co/ZeXMw67Bb1 
• US: Jodi Arias Trial - A look at the charges being considered by jurors http://t.co/0WhemgVX5M 
• CoA ruled solicitor should not be subject to non party costs order for failing to obtain after the event insurance http://t.co/Y05Ehr1zRx 
• Injured in an accident? Beware of insurance firms http://t.co/YQ5XCYOay8 
• Husband calls for inquest into how his wife died days after giving birth http://t.co/EwYTuqaLjY 
• Solicitors' firms to 'vanish from Cumbrian High Street due to sweeping Government reforms such as cuts in Legal Aid' http://t.co/ACFK8uV2O1 
• Peverel Group names new head of legal | The Lawyer http://t.co/QMGY3xnUrH
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Anderson Strathern reappointed as advisor to The Crown Estate | The Lawyer http://t.co/ahf4myBSFW 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Bird & Bird snares franchising duo from FFW after Abell hire | The Lawyer http://t.co/bmn8RER46C 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Fulbright London partners clinch opt-out from Norton Rose's UK LLP | The Lawyer http://t.co/sR1Lg8Piua
• Eddie Stobart drives into legal aid row http://t.co/OHWMej7M3V 
• Daniel Morgan: New investigation by Judge into unsolved axe murder http://t.co/uZgvMMu1MV
• Young human rights reporter of the year 2013 - sixth-form category http://t.co/jGT5h7yko7 
• UN names Australian, Serbian, Indonesian to human rights probe in North Korea http://t.co/Ind1IDnyax 
• RUSSIA: Putin signs ban on foreign bank accounts into law http://t.co/gUacVCfbP3
• Judiciary of GUAM seeks $865,000 in merit bonus money http://t.co/SZ3KFbeCc8 
• EGYPT's judicial authority bill: A needed 'purge' or 'massacre' of judiciary? http://t.co/G7Mn8EYEiN 
• IRELAND: Law change will enable consumers to buy common drugs through internet pharmacy http://t.co/j4MM9vVsrl 
• US: Colorado Batman gunman James Holmes pleads insanity http://t.co/JGpnIfO733
• SRA: we expect more large law firms to go under | Legal Futures http://t.co/nScioUr61S 
• Slater & Gordon to stump up £23m for triple acquisition | Legal Futures http://t.co/Vn3sEPn4vr 
• US judge rules Cuban spy can stay in Cuba if US citizenship renounced http://t.co/zzGW4otETn
• US: Judge fines firm for improperly enforcing porn copyrights http://t.co/iaB1cWoUb1 
• US: Criminal justice is still more lenient with women http://t.co/E8zmy4xiE8
• Scottish independence: Academic warns of legal wrangle over North Sea oil http://t.co/mkUvHb1Y0w 
• Aussie Law Firm Seeks $62 Million for UK Deals http://t.co/GSRS7GsEij 
• 93-year-old former serviceman loses ruling on expats voting in UK elections http://t.co/v0wv4lKOBR 
• Community service has proved more than redemptive for some offenders http://t.co/a4khz6SaJ1 
• The Beate Zschäpe trial is a chance to show how enlightened GERMANY is http://t.co/Lp2pAKh6Xe
• Press regulation: you couldn't make it up | Editorial http://t.co/8UOr30K6T1 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Dentons makes first post-merger hires in Germany | The Lawyer http://t.co/oYnQQaafdG 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Linklaters NQs receive 4 per cent salary boost to £64k | The Lawyer http://t.co/H9zD3TWc1E 
• BofA reaches $1.6bn MBIA settlement | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/gNQTaqPmkt
• US Justice Department picks machine over man in beer merger probe | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/zXS3Qr4EXV 
• Kenyan Mau Mau victims in compensation talks | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/5frX8iGeOD 
• Motorola 'abused' patent position | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/DoWAF7bEN8 
• Pressure pushes employees to commit fraud | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/FkAxXlzauH 
• Eddy Shah 'raped schoolgirl in hotel rooms', court told http://t.co/Caiq6Ud30G 
• Podcast: The fight to protect the brand of 'solicitor' from the ABS barbarians : http://t.co/j709Xj3Qh1 
• Tenants who make unlawful alterations have no right to enfranchise | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/r3bBhecTDc 
• Wolstenholmes: tribunal orders two to be struck off | Law Gazette http://t.co/gUeu38drG4 
• S AFRICA: Free legal advice is helping the poor http://t.co/xfLjS2OJVV 
• US: The Legal Battle Over New York City's Taxi Apps | Law Blog - WSJ http://t.co/IFrPktCYOX 
• AUSTRALIA: Victorian Legal Aid backflip on cuts to defence solicitor funding http://t.co/I9yC3XIjx2 
• US: PokerStars Wins Legal Delay in Casino Fight http://t.co/JAZXE9NyJv 
• Education blog: Defamation Act 2013 http://t.co/NOmjtirTh8

7th May - LAW NEWS

498 days of LawNewsIndex brought to you by TheLawMap

FOCUS OF THE DAY: No one should be jailed in secret, says top judge. Lord chief justice issues urgent guidance to judges following court of protection's imprisonment of Wanda Maddocks. Full story - Guardian Law

• Briton Geoffrey Portway admits US plot to kill and eat child http://t.co/Iq3NWgOOvr 
• US: Cleveland officials hail bravery of missing women http://t.co/9vWuT41GHA
• BANGLADESH: Behind the rise of anti-women group Hifazat who are demanding blasphemy law & subjugation of women http://t.co/g3BO3wqEKT
• Tax avoidance: Ernst & Young report calls for transparency http://t.co/wSErlvOoxS 
• Debt worries feature payday loans, says StepChange http://t.co/4Q5jEszHBK 
• Peterborough ditch bodies: Joanna Dennehy charged with murders http://t.co/onGgwDY74v
• Connors family servitude retrial: Jury discharged http://t.co/BZWntyYNAc 
• Briton fails to overturn ban on long-term expats voting in UK elections http://t.co/DzB83B8CjA 
• Jimmy Tarbuck arrest - why Littlejohn's column makes sense http://t.co/bGOJOvmvY0
• SDT strikes off two Wolstenholmes solicitors | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/U9RMxIqOFe
• Acquisitive Quindell posts big jump in profits | Law Gazette http://t.co/2NZZCViAJu 
• Religion Beyond the Right - Boy Scouts of US reassesses its ban on gay scouts http://t.co/Tp90h4JGfq 
• EU Rules Against Patent Move by Google’s Motorola Unit http://t.co/V4XEU0plnz 
• US: Workers Claim Race Bias as Farms Rely on Immigrants http://t.co/fWc7Bwulql
• US Directly Blames China’s Military for Cyberattacks http://t.co/2eJYXRjWwO
• Legal IT systems involve significant financial investment in software | Law Gazette http://t.co/YKDGDN7iA3 
• Struggle over financial limits for small claims is traditionally difficult for lawyer policymakers | Law Gazette http://t.co/PHCWrJHSMz 
• Bosman lawyer challenges new UEFA overspending regulations saying they restrict competition & threaten player wages http://t.co/r4hDejFiMq
• US: George Zimmerman's lawyer challenges use of voice experts at trial http://t.co/jE0On1l9gh 
• Actress Lindsay Lohan's pay cheques will now go 'straight to lawyer Shawn Holley', while she is in rehab http://t.co/57Iuoi1kZw 
• US: New York attorney general: Banks have no fear of law enforcement http://t.co/gDajeCFn1G 
• On moral relativism and a higher law http://t.co/0gdWnXuTNc 
• Kim Dotcom spying row prompts N ZEALAND to propose domestic snooping law http://t.co/xeRQMllHgP 
• PAKISTAN: Rule of law vital for a just, fair society: Chief Justice http://t.co/nJfUyedOMp 
• RUSSIA Prepares Law to Ban ‘Gay Propaganda’ http://t.co/FaXT8WjjHN 
• Demand for Anti-Blasphemy Law Protesting Islamist Group in BANGLADESH Turn Violent http://t.co/4b1fBNDt9z 
• INDIA: Supreme Court bats for growth, clears Kudankulam project http://t.co/LSTXfgWbF2 
• GERMANY: Missed Opportunity? Hopes Pinned on NSU Trial May Be Dashed http://t.co/lw7GyVgZHK 
• US: Christopher X. Brodeur, On Trial for His E-Mails, Interrogating Witnesses, and Himself http://t.co/kfdtbC4eov 
• ICC trial of KENYA’s deputy president postponed http://t.co/zV717J5nV9 
• ITALY: Court rules against moving Berlusconi sex trial http://t.co/Ay1rMyePXw 
• TRINIDAD: Crackdown on illegal cellphones in prisons coming http://t.co/HcgfakKXea 
• RUSSIA: Media magnate Lebedev faces trial for notorious TV punch-up as tycoon he hit may return to Moscow http://t.co/mGIRDFIbaw 
• KENYA: China's Top Actress Urges Greater Effort to End Illegal Ivory Trade http://t.co/sWOCDyabKV
• N ZEALAND: Waitangi Tribunal & Crown lawyers shown sites razed when British troops retaliated for 1845 Maori sacking http://t.co/c5pc8OoA7i 
• 'The Apprentice' star Stella English breaks her silence after her employment tribunal battle with Lord Sugar http://t.co/uAgP0Vf0OA
• MALAYSIA: Bersih to set up tribunal to probe election fraud http://t.co/Ahw3cROzcd
• N ZEALAND: Tribunal has 'no place' telling church what it believes - lawyer http://t.co/KwZB5P2RLo 
• PAKISTAN: Rights body condemns attack on prisoners http://t.co/56nRDQQgup 
• The right’s last stand against US immigration reform? http://t.co/7emRhEUswK 
• Consumer Rights To Be Boosted Under New Laws http://t.co/XuJun81Asc 
• INDIA: Intelligence Director challenges attorney general's claim in coal scam http://t.co/J3zL8mphMJ 
• AUSTRALIA: The rights of all people to a fair and just trial http://t.co/FETUTFW9Vq 
• Parents' hospital parking ticket shock after watching their son die - Liverpool http://t.co/9RSomNxxEg 
• Burton solicitor helps out children's hospice http://t.co/L0nWolDsV7 
• CANADA loses appeal at WTO over Ontario’s green energy legislation http://t.co/SNzZtobIs6 
• IRELAND Abortion Legislation: Catholic Church Dangles Threat Of Excommunication Over Lawmakers http://t.co/UqyzK4yfqm 
• Self-employed workers to be exempt from Health & Safety legislation http://t.co/vMQ6tWmfBO 
• N ZEALAND: Draft intelligence community legislation released http://t.co/otvsGtwkRv 
• US: Study sets off immigration bill squabble http://t.co/MnhyxfRwX1
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHCkVDp
• Boston judge clears way to send man to Scotland for allegedly poisoning another student’s wine http://t.co/oghb85D6Cx
• US: California cities can ban medical marijuana shops, state court says http://t.co/5L4cONSKJ2 
• Press's royal charter gets little support from public http://t.co/D81wJAKsIm
• Nokia litigation boss Richard Vary - leading tiny team at the heart of the great 21st century patent war | The Lawyer http://t.co/8n51lJlQu7 
• A revolution in French employment law? | The Lawyer http://t.co/4TYGQL7P3p 
• France is to allow gay marriage: unlike England, courts are not prepared if the union ends in divorce | The Lawyer http://t.co/TBdLaEArm2 
• New Defamation Act’s demand claimants prove serious damage first could end the gravy train of McLibels | The Lawyer http://t.co/6N0PAHnEmx
• Contracting parties that don’t take advice on which law governs their agreement are asking for trouble | The Lawyer http://t.co/4ZfFxLdE6Z 
• Abu Dhabi financial free zone means opportunities for common law-qualified lawyers | The Lawyer http://t.co/DnhYM5N9yz 
• New rules governing international arbitration have lawyers debating how much regulation is required | The Lawyer http://t.co/CxGYMxVmbt 
• Law Firms shortlisted for The Lawyer Awards upped game in a grim market with hard work & imagination | The Lawyer http://t.co/1fv2nIXwBj 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Slater & Gordon set to acquire trio of UK personal injury practices | The Lawyer http://t.co/ycWc9leUgz 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Parabis on verge of £90m merger with Greenwoods | The Lawyer http://t.co/c71zNYTa3l 
• 1963: the defining year of the US civil rights movement http://t.co/8WTLk433M2 
• April Jones murder case: Evidence from friend expected http://t.co/jtCh9oCqT4 
• Shelter Scotland says government should regulate letting agents http://t.co/GuEJRrvdd9 
• Bali drug smuggler Lindsay Sandiford lodges new appeal http://t.co/XkhGeC0nZg 
• US: Singer Lauryn Hill jailed for tax evasion http://t.co/hk77yZ26cy 
• Slater & Gordon makes its personal injury play with trio of acquisitions | Legal Futures http://t.co/4GchHNXjOw 
• ABS Quindell posts 900% increase in turnover and profit | Legal Futures http://t.co/Z5TzN5vnRG
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Bristol firms lead on £3.9m investment in Dragons' Den reject Trunki | The Lawyer http://t.co/j4DkO9q863 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Greenberg Traurig and Macfarlanes deliver £1 City Link sale to Better Capital | The Lawyer http://t.co/zPUMAXAlud 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Dundas partner joins Payne Hicks Beach in further construction push | The Lawyer http://t.co/zWNz43TrWW 
• Iglo GC plans exit after six years at Birds Eye owner | The Lawyer http://t.co/hHn4GAz6Qj 
• Revealed: International litigants in London rise by a third in three years | The Lawyer http://t.co/6cJac9p8Om 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Ashurst axes partners from super-plateau after six years of grace | The Lawyer http://t.co/qAnqLF0Z8c 
• Is it you? The Lawyer Awards shortlist unveiled | The Lawyer http://t.co/0BXOybqkDw
• INDIA: President praise public interest litigations for delivering justice & demands self discipline from Judiciay http://t.co/CblWRIcaiF 
• Let's get married! But not in ISRAEL - Marriage law in Israel is as restrictive as its Islamic neighbours http://t.co/45xjREov3R 
• Governments can no longer shirk human rights responsibility http://t.co/mXXJINOBuQ 
• Rights tribunal dismisses racism charge against Public Service Alliance of CANADA http://t.co/guHaasLKwK
• The Defense of Human Rights Will Not Legitimize War on IRAN http://t.co/gpvQy0FrvM
• Rise in number of new UK laws prompts red-tape claims http://t.co/DXfGaP8LyR 
• Tees Law recruits International Family Law specialist as the number of cross-border family cases quadruples http://t.co/QKIFBbj7Rx 
• Jimmy Tarbuck arrested in child abuse inquiry http://t.co/15C0gi9Imq 
• Queen's Speech 2013: What's expected - Bill-by-bill http://t.co/YYGg2g80xG 
• Forget the City - work-life balance is more of a problem for crime lawyers | Legal Futures http://t.co/R9eaUC8OnN 
• ABS acquires conveyancing firm to continue diversification strategy away from PI | Legal Futures http://t.co/m7szEEs1Mi 
• Terrorism & elusive justice in NIGERIA http://t.co/USn6FgHBPX 
• US: NY judge urged to reject Justice Department request to delay morning-after ruling enforcement http://t.co/nXctHmV9Gw 
• US: Robel Phillipos released on bail with house arrest http://t.co/6ovr74naCb 
• Armless artist Karipbek Kuyukov 'denied entry' to UK as he couldn't satisfy biometric ID requirements http://t.co/PtDy3PQX2K 
• MP Nigel Evans reveals soap star helped him escape 'media circus' after arrest over rape allegations http://t.co/BHOKC3rzR1 
• GERMANY: Neo-Nazi cell survivor in dock for biggest German terror trial for decades http://t.co/NlRpNH9kJ0 
• IRELAND: Fusing practice and theory in legal education http://t.co/9ESMGI0101 
• Review: Dirty secrets of legal profession http://t.co/qipjAE179u 
• Players' agent launches legal threat to Uefa financial fair play rules http://t.co/Cs8O8TBIi4 
• INDIA: Student legal literacy mission to cover all schools http://t.co/1Foibzbars 
• Stuart Hall: BBC to hold 'freestanding investigation' http://t.co/LZQ8eRat4M 
• Abuse awareness poster is 'only fully visible to children' http://t.co/Sw8ze6ytCW 
• GERMANY arrests 'former Auschwitz guard' Hans Lipschis http://t.co/OxQw25ZjfE

6th May - LAW NEWS

497 days of LawNewsIndex brought to you by TheLawMap

• ‘Duty of candour’ law planned to prevent care home abuse http://t.co/nnJOBX0bci 
• Andrew Mitchell defends rape accused MP Nigel Evans http://t.co/Xk6DyhGu3x
• Scottish footballer Michael Higdon arrested after winning player of the year http://t.co/uTbN4FNinW
• US: A Court Rule Directs Cases Over Friskings to One Judge http://t.co/pJOZmdsZfw 
• Last Hope in Ruins: BANGLADESH's Race to Save Shaheena, still caught up in rubbles http://t.co/Ig6Wji5czu 
• US: Caught in Methodism’s Split Over Same-Sex Marriage http://t.co/EwsvoMGEcG 
• German Outpost Born of Racism in 1887 Blends Into PARAGUAY http://t.co/aOYe3cxQhb 
• US: How Social Networks Drive Black Unemployment http://t.co/LYtjhOLCci 
• INDIA: The lawyer as a writer http://t.co/45cy3aYnIM 
• INDIA: Woman lawyer moves high court against police harassment http://t.co/6BvC7E1yDb 
• CANADA: Most sexual assault victims lack confidence in cops, courts, Justice survey says http://t.co/zTzEnfAXhT 
• INDIA: Despite fast-track courts, rape conviction rate still low http://t.co/4CaTcDa2XZ 
• Creation of Property Chamber as seventh chamber of First-tier Tribunal from 1 July 2013 http://t.co/1BHWLlPvOp 
• N ZEALAND: Bishop of Auckland taken to human rights tribunal by gay prospective priesthood trainee http://t.co/LVNNKTJ6sU 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHCkVDp
• AUSTRALIA: Urgent review after council CCTV shutdown over questions of legality http://t.co/9QSsxkDgrl 
• AUSTRALIA: Independent Pricing And Regulatory Tribunal releases draft 2013 Review of Taxi Fares report http://t.co/IunUmUS3ek 
• US: New Jersey law protects overdose patients from prosecution http://t.co/CK9WkG2voG 
• LIBYA: Political Isolation Law passed overwhelmingly http://t.co/6T8z14yTsx
• LAW FIRM NEWS: The Transfer Window: recent moves including Latham, CC and A&O | Legalweek http://t.co/CGf8A62ZnA
• Commercial property: Energy Act 2011 | Law Gazette http://t.co/qlTnQfigV3 
• Lawyers need to ‘network widely’ | Law Gazette http://t.co/LnZCYysrDL 
• Gateway aims to help vulnerable | Law Gazette http://t.co/G73i3IXUZj 
• Barclays MD: in-house faces cost pressures | Law Gazette http://t.co/AC7IyJatSV 
• Pre-emption rebuke from Lords | Law Gazette http://t.co/NLSF363y6S 
• HJA rejects Magdalene ‘cash cow’ slurs | Law Gazette http://t.co/YRDXAL5Z1M 
• Most criminal firms to snub PCT contracts | Law Gazette http://t.co/JQMojb6MTp 
• Women trailing at magic circle elite | Law Gazette http://t.co/70Ml3iCS94 
• Cornwall speedboat crash investigated by the Police http://t.co/GAAAEjB0bO 
• Wales cosmetic surgery probe after breast implant scandal http://t.co/j3a3wVWUf8 
• Neo-Nazi murders: Beate Zschaepe goes on trial in GERMANY http://t.co/DzBUk7tRyZ 
• Overseas UK pensions 'blocked for spouses' http://t.co/wnhu5bpVYu 
• EGYPT Justice minister quits over assault on judiciary http://t.co/rTpkD3gMAS
• 10 dead as BANGLADESH Islamists demand blasphemy law http://t.co/6qsEQS2xWj 
• LIBYA adopts law barring Kadhafi-era officials http://t.co/myRGFDmFB4
• CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC to investigate ousted leader Francois Bozize for human rights abuses http://t.co/eph7U6WlCQ 
• ‘Conditional cautions’ can now be given for offences usually dealt with at crown court http://t.co/rX6wJqeIC7 
• VENEZUELA: Justice minister says military to form part of anti-crime initiative http://t.co/xxRXFwEyG7 
• Divide and fall: Reflecting on UKIP, Politics, and Faith http://t.co/IUQoXsYBFG 
• Prison van ambush: Escaped prisoner arrested in Lancashire http://t.co/Irvb6xV1Mx 
• US: Legal experts say feds are pressuring widow, friends to cooperate in marathon bombing probe http://t.co/DgM0q6TRhB 
• Coalition split looms as David Cameron drops foreign aid pledge http://t.co/UBGkLDhlXI 
• Law firm set up new service to encourage Bulgarian/ Romanian immigrants to cash in on Britain’s compensation culture http://t.co/rpyCoJaP9F 
• Bullying Suicides: Parents Call For New Law http://t.co/gtiN9HgMmX 
• Royal Assent boost for Lillian’s Law http://t.co/c1MaVKA1OA 
• Names in rape cases that need to be named http://t.co/cHC2nwEMWb 
• HUNGARY: Inside the far-Right stronghold where Hungarian Jews fear for the future http://t.co/ufHyI51sda 
• Destruction of six million DNA samples will see loss of key cold case tool http://t.co/42PWTSNYby 
• Horse riders wearing high visibility jackets 'could face prosecution for impersonating police officers' http://t.co/3oR9HfBGUS 
• Kenyan Mau Mau victims in talks with UK government over legal settlement http://t.co/26qlMK8Ynb 
• Kenyan Mau Mau: official policy was to cover up brutal mistreatment http://t.co/SebsV26TmT
• 'Shisha factory' uncovered in Westminster raid http://t.co/mkFpiETI72 
• BBC inquiry must answer Stuart Hall claims, says Lord Patten http://t.co/OMN1Kjm2GO

5th May - LAW NEWS

496 days of LawNewsIndex brought to you by TheLawMap

• PERU deputy minister resigns as Humala rolls back indigenous law http://t.co/pNL8oJx95G 
• UAE: New law for licensing Dubai social care facilities to be out soon http://t.co/ufEtjkhREM 
• IRELAND: Quinn Insurance administrator retracts evidence about executive: McAteer issues press statement http://t.co/OymmrTr8MY 
• ZAMBIA: Supreme Court to Decide Judge Chikopa Tribunal http://t.co/Rm7keRDVqu 
• Employment tribunal decisions 22.04.13 to 28.04.13: http://t.co/EpbrvoMY8P 
• Nigel Evans denies rape claim as 'completely false' http://t.co/IVzzi1WO3V
• Julian Assange could still be languishing in the Ecuadorean embassy in London for months http://t.co/AWUES41dHa 
• PHILIPPINES: Lawyer Llasos defines how it’s like to be an ‘indie’ senatorial candidate http://t.co/59dNJsXB4X 
• Lawyer denounces miscarriage of justice that saw Brian Shivers jailed for sapper murders http://t.co/9pH9A8zqQa 
• US: First week of singer Michael Jackson civil trial gives glimpse of singer's talent, pain http://t.co/a2sAgZSZOn
• Birmingham City Football Club owner's Hong Kong trial goes ahead http://t.co/wblIs74t9C 
• PAKISTAN: Former President General Pervez Musharraf's trial to be held in his Pakistan farmhouse http://t.co/cKogWiZfU6 
• Choco pies: The smuggled treats of NORTH KOREA http://t.co/Ntk1GCoRHp 
• Illegal rave sites: When ravers are your neighbours http://t.co/wwBWeFaWEI 
• Boss of illegal indoor market in Bradford must pay £90,000 http://t.co/Ldx5Ax1KV0 
• INDIA: President Pranab Mukherjee asks Supreme Court to decide women lawyers' plea for safer courts http://t.co/lHdOheOpNZ
• Property investor Paddy McKillen battles on in the courts http://t.co/3sEHULTrDk
• The Last Refuge From Scandal? Professorships in US academic institutions http://t.co/mH8k7dD098 
• Sexism and the Single Murderess - Amanda Knox http://t.co/j6D2PI0ADA 
• Worker Safety in BANGLADESH and Beyond http://t.co/qVlvcc67YK 
• Corporations Find a Friend in the US Supreme Court http://t.co/2ZO3xxVopy 
• Latest Product From Tech Firms: A US Immigration Bill http://t.co/LVVAGRqwZf 
• Britain may squander human rights for the sake of deporting Abu Qatada http://t.co/V0YFLOgUUb 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHCkVDp
• The worst rights violator in CUBA http://t.co/E0ZMBKCYRx 
• IRELAND: Rights activist Biram Dah Abeid honoured over anti-slavery campaign http://t.co/pZLnj27T5l 
• INDIA: Coal mining scam - Solicitor General blames Law Minister http://t.co/4kcLTtY3e0 
• City's 'oldest solicitor' was a true 'inspiration' - Fenton, Staffordshire http://t.co/TeSFSSzP0M
• Students with an interest in human rights should consider the European Human Rights Moot Court competition http://t.co/HgqhtGcuu7 
• Fifty shades of lay? New rules for lay representation | The Journal http://t.co/ixiVOnZYNF
• EVENT: CPD for New Lawyers: Court of Session Procedures, Edinburgh | The Journal http://t.co/XJUm6ME6Tn 
• EVENT: CPD for New Lawyers: Forced Marriage - Legal Responses, Glasgow | The Journal http://t.co/HxFoQAa6al 
• Lord Bonomy to lead & 'baby ashes' inquiry | The Journal http://t.co/1QBaf1y9ct 
• Judge upholds alchohol pricing law | The Journal http://t.co/37i1ZXK5wZ 
• Drink producers to appeal minimum price decision | The Journal http://t.co/CBY8kQ4RfC 
• ABILA - Feminism in International Law Committee: Call for Chairs http://t.co/DhKEmcm6Cx 
• The President & the prison camp - Guantánamo http://t.co/r2ABvxWRTQ 
• US law & G8 call for donations to Rome Statute's Trust Fund for Victims http://t.co/laPcbJabvT 
• US Congress and Deliberation in the Age of Woodrow Wilson: An Elegy | Online Library of Law and Liberty: http://t.co/rpcBpUb0va 
• Probation privatisation plan prompts fears over mentally ill offenders http://t.co/3yhRV93o9G
• NIGERIA: Jailed Boko Haram rebels seek pardon http://t.co/ohYZAGov0y 
• GERMANY: Refugees protest against German restrictions http://t.co/APDyv41KLu 
• ZAMBIA: Supreme Court sets date ruling on Judge Chikopa’s tribunal http://t.co/dX3OV5y2S5
• CANADA: Witness alleges judge committed fraud http://t.co/JSnWY90aL8 
• US judge set to approve Empire State Building settlement http://t.co/dMnxWak4x0 
• SOPA reincarnated? NORWAY readying draconian anti-piracy internet law http://t.co/1P4jfp5fb4 
• PERU deputy minister resigns as Humala rolls back indigenous law http://t.co/pNL8oJx95G
• Denouncing Human Rights, Legal Aid Woes and Animal Rights Advertising - The Human Rights Round Up http://t.co/lZKWHr6go1
• Government U-turn on EHRC’s General Duty - Neil Crowther | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/JwFgfxlSBq 
• Supreme Court refers air pollution case to the EU Court | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/eFL126gWkJ 
• LAA must give reasons about funding expert assessments in care proceedings - Eleanor Battie | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/lSMhZtl2pH 
• Guidance from the Supreme Court on human rights damages | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/ELa3oIyMIY 
• Conscientious objection to abortion: Catholic midwives win appeal | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/mcO6KvTjix 
• KENYA: Respect Judiciary, Deputy President Ruto urges Raila http://t.co/7MrDjKHMzP 
• US: Law enforcement officials looking to wireless industry to help curb cellphone thefts http://t.co/mVoVeNmBLE 
• IRELAND: Abortion legislation hailed as ‘important step’ by human rights official http://t.co/ROipqOkWhu 
• IRELAND: Private hospitals lobby over bed occupation legislation http://t.co/fEs4B8qRQ4 
• MasterCard fails to delay action over transaction fees http://t.co/YhXrhlb7GH 
• Jersey 'damaged' by lack of discrimination law http://t.co/sRzrna3njT
• Regional deal-maker takes national role with law firm - Yorkshire http://t.co/ESpyaHSnpV 
• How change in law affects using pictures online http://t.co/rorn32SbXg 
• NIGERIA: UN Human Rights Office concerned about large casualties http://t.co/lav1B0bSlC 
• Taliban threatening Sarabjit Singh's lawyer, says PAKISTAN Human Rights Commission http://t.co/ZMf9QTI8zr 
• PAKISTAN human rights commission demands security for Sarabjit's lawyer - http://t.co/fb28VdtJgE
• Rebekah Brooks' bodyguard David Johnson charged over allegations of conspiring to hide computers from police http://t.co/L9P52kthyh 
• London riots hero who was put on police wanted poster wins damages http://t.co/0v3zr2tz3U
• Chris Grayling calls for better rehabilitation after 200,000 crimes a year by ex-prisoners expose depressing stats http://t.co/QOLakkz8o2 
• Tory MP, Nigel Evans, held on suspicion of raping man http://t.co/NEHpg4guFY 
• How Guantánamo's horror forced inmates to hunger strike http://t.co/3oiyQmBO5p 
• Anonymity for those jailed by 'secret courts' is wrong, says Lord Chief Justice http://t.co/CGV9y3ENJr 
• A mother sent to prison on evidence she cannot see http://t.co/q6sZgFrcMI 
• Niall Ferguson's 'unqualified apology' over gay comments http://t.co/80ZlldFEWe