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- Is it ever OK to photograph strangers on a train? http://t.co/oX7N2mdkLE
- UK Uncut plans legal aid protests across Britain http://t.co/h3Yya6tBuL
- End of early release for child rapists welcomed by minister - video http://t.co/wVib7popiz
- Senior UK judges emphasise importance of open justice | Joshua Rozenberg http://t.co/2sOsJ7KTbT
- Bar Standards Board statement regarding costs and the QASA Judicial Review https://t.co/pkwYgeeg4l
- Important changes to Public Access training for Barristers https://t.co/WsYf2eusYN
- New uniform procedure for complaints against judicial office holders http://t.co/D0B3ktAX7K
- Automatic 'early release' axed for child rapists and terrorists https://t.co/hhNEJbUkCY
- Bhatia Best Solicitors take court action against the Lord Chancellor over Legal Aid http://t.co/KCsUBuFFmU
- Gillespie Macandrew reports steady financial year | The Lawyer http://t.co/lMIcyk0ApA
- Bowman Gilfillan adds Botswana to Africa network | The Lawyer http://t.co/88ZXbWj3Ww
- South London Legal Partnership confirms trainee scheme days after official merger | The Lawyer http://t.co/b9YZOFa1WF
- Vodafone legal director takes up revamped British Gas GC role | The Lawyer http://t.co/RJFdnQ2121
- Top litigator quits Paul Hastings after falsifying degrees from Harvard and Oxford | The Lawyer http://t.co/DwIL5k4FbO
- Brick Court appoints first female joint head | The Lawyer http://t.co/Rn0KEMje6n
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Ashurst London support staff base to shrink by 120 roles | The Lawyer http://t.co/FEIGgReb3f
- Charging by time only is unpopular with clients, a new system is needed? | Law Gazette http://t.co/r5XdkcMTYG
- US federal courts open for 10 days after shutdown | Law Gazette http://t.co/kl7XDvNvts
- Battle lines drawn over mesothelioma costs | Law Gazette http://t.co/ezHxAcPbC2
- Fiji civil rights leader hears Chancery Lane’s support first-hand | Law Gazette http://t.co/78nbMEwQCU
- Baby barristers get keys to public access | Law Gazette http://t.co/qkQZaZ7zBf
- Grant to aid community takeover of Scalpay, to cover conveyancing costs http://t.co/MDO0N17bp4
- TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHC3kLR
- The strange case of the disappearing justice minister | Legal Futures http://t.co/cjyj0DHFbi
- Claims management firm First4lawyers unveils £10m advertising campaign | Legal Futures http://t.co/zbUQ5ngHbu
- Ian Hannam initially suspected of criminal offence, tribunal hears http://t.co/1e4zvPHmMW
- Tribunal rules stopping sickness benefit at 55 is age discrimination http://t.co/tVPDHjAUwe
- Tribunal rules Tesco restricted access to Muslim prayer room http://t.co/BH4OVbIDqE
- SOUTH AFRICA: Tribunal clears way for Hlophe hearing to continue http://t.co/qbzCyuBmrz
- Shop bosses sold illegal cigarettes and tobacco and out-of-date meat http://t.co/h4PW4s1nYR
- ICC urged to investigate 'commission of crimes' in Palestinian territories http://t.co/xfa2MaXzLq
- ITALY sinking: Search resumes for missing migrants http://t.co/2h0WnvNQWZ
- Labour's parliamentary candidate for the seat of Kingswood in Bristol faces possible de-selection over parking fines http://t.co/nrFoFWS5q6
- Early jail release to be curtailed under government plans http://t.co/g3Q8Qgivtq
- Tumblr verdict on last night's Question Time http://t.co/NNkxiKlOBV
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Hogan Lovells, Reed Smith lead Islamic ship financing | Legalweek http://t.co/9Te1wgdntd
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Weil, CC and Linklaters advise as Japan's Lixil acquires German rival Grohe for €3bn | Legalweek http://t.co/gci7BA8pTN
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Slaughters, Linklaters and Paul Weiss toast top roles on Stock Spirits IPO | Legalweek http://t.co/PcfIx1DeeB
- In-house lawyers aiming for top company roles must gain business experience outside of legal, says CEO | Legalweek http://t.co/B4LUUatfAu
- Cleary moves out of Hong Kong's Central district as faltering deal flow forces firms to downsize | Legalweek http://t.co/5lbr25KPxs
- LAW FIRM NEWS: HSF offers Belfast lawyers to ease client workload | Legalweek http://t.co/Rkn1X8SiCU
- Lack of language skills leaves UK in-house lawyers off the pace in emerging markets | Legalweek http://t.co/FBQIkfq8aQ
- British Gas snares Vodafone director for reinstated general counsel role | Legalweek http://t.co/WIxFbMFaOi
- M&A confidence grows as mega deals fuel rise in global activity | Legalweek http://t.co/K4oVlrnJoe
- Critics of FIJI constitution warn judiciary is prey to political interference http://t.co/bMdSUXWFAm
- NIGERIA: Paralysis of the Judiciary http://t.co/S3eqD7JeRc
- NIGERIA: The Chief Justice's alarm on the criminal justice system http://t.co/83NQveT4LO
- US: Federal Courts Remain Open During Government Shutdown http://t.co/2NGuSyh8o2
- US Judge says Samsung’s lawyers illegally shared private Apple-Nokia licensing agreements with Samsung execs http://t.co/LIJEVtNg3N
- US: Judge orders monitor to keep Arizona sheriff from racial profiling http://t.co/3eSMcOJXmO
- CANADA: Judge calls mandatory jail time for bullied Manitoba shooter ‘excessive’ http://t.co/GdDmN7JyT6
- IRAN passes marriage law allowing men to wed 13-year-old adopted daughters http://t.co/7Q7wjmQxPF
- QATAR appoints international law firm for labour review http://t.co/jJPleNDzkO
- Justice fears over proposal to widen the definition of "arrest" in Scotland http://t.co/xiApzG82Z9
- IRELAND: Justice system stacked against abuse victims, says group http://t.co/YX4l3dmVrn
- GHANA: Sole Commissioner against some judgment debt compensations http://t.co/heemJg8mqd
- Law students at the University of Ulster’s Magee campus will have the chance to meet one of the UK’s top barristers http://t.co/lh4Qq8h70L
- Norwich City Football Club boss Chris Hughton 'target of racist Facebook posts' http://t.co/yC2WZzHNkB
- 23andMe's 'build-a-baby' patent criticised http://t.co/2ffEsJvmyo
- Nineteen rogue investigators' clients face probe http://t.co/QoSIAxykkO
- GCHQ Belgium hacking claim 'has to be probed' http://t.co/w9E7MLrr8y
- CANADA: Manitoba’s new privacy legislation gets Royal Assent http://t.co/T0sbwDws8m
- 'Company A': the telecom that coached the FBI on how to spy on me http://t.co/QMfvN0VwND
- MoJ's misleading evidence on the cost of the legal system http://t.co/NyI0M0whC7
- US indicts 13 suspected members of Anonymous hacking collective http://t.co/tfGJcieSg4
- CHINA's advice on travel: do queue, don't litter – and don't steal lifejackets http://t.co/VdH7mLyehg
- Met police contributed to disgraced ex-commander Ali Dizaei's legal fees http://t.co/7s8llnx0wd
- Muslim boys told their beards breach school rules http://t.co/AnSyo88esP
- GREECE: Fascist Golden Dawn party leader jailed ahead of Greek criminal trial http://t.co/2lKPoRIyIT
- Spurs fans could be arrested if they chant 'Yid' on Sunday http://t.co/DvT1YCPjlq
- PAKISTAN: Imran Khan open to army operations if Taliban talks fail http://t.co/raBZ4Q8IGx
- QATAR World Cup boss: tournament will not be built on 'blood of innocents' http://t.co/AOt3LwvHPQ
- Lampedusa boat tragedy is 'slaughter of innocents' says president of ITALY http://t.co/tW9BtUwRx6
- Licensed conveyancers limit expansion bid to ‘property-related’ litigation | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/GQWULtvSJ4
- US whistleblower law firm Grant & Eisenhofer PA has released an app for Apple and Android | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/zPmQGNL6wZ
- Aussie firms unprepared for the future | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/4cbsApoWFb
- Tax evasion laws used to jail Vietnamese lawyer | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/Ty7Meobixg
- Littler Mendelson spreads network to Columbia and Costa Rica | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/RmTTDvSjTm
- Chinese move closer to needing family tax advice | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/WDG5YKMtr1
- Financial sector hit by UK regulation fines | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/eQ0zSPmojX
- Twelve Nebraska counties 'have no lawyers' | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/1rMUxBVXLr
- 'Collective failure' to save two-year-old killed by mother http://t.co/eAbb8Esrd0
- GCHQ faces legal challenge in European court over online privacy http://t.co/fP6iRribbN
- THAILAND: Thai monarchy laws need reviewing, say critics pointing to recent cases http://t.co/ScEQuLqZ4W
- Shetland windfarm project suffers court setback over rare bird http://t.co/cx7iPhAzac
- RUSSIA levels piracy charges at whole Greenpeace crew http://t.co/ygLNvEpHvA
- Amanda Hutton guilty of starving Hamzah Khan to death http://t.co/CCrydHVjae
- Mail on Sunday apology for reporter attending Miliband family memorial event http://t.co/wLuipcblDx
- 86 charged in 'crash for cash' probe by Gwent Police http://t.co/ZJjmTOcDuG
- Indemnity insurance meltdown fails to materialise http://t.co/ttP5qhv4JM
- Former Law Society Council member jailed after series of assaults described by judge as 'of the utmost depravity' http://t.co/xaNCYElAQW
- Legal battle erupts over blind pensioner's Gosforth bungalow http://t.co/zZ7CkDb0mc
- CANADA: Legal-aid dispute threatens hundreds of criminal trials http://t.co/GrzUZewtsa
- Legal bid for Litvinenko inquiry http://t.co/a2xLUTscrr
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Gloucestershire law firm Harrison Clark Rickerbys advises on £12m AIM company takeover http://t.co/sKPLtka3Tt
- Law firm Bond Dickinson retains place on AIG panel http://t.co/4KSHVqDm3z
- SINGAPORE High Court dismisses challenge to anti-sodomy law http://t.co/Zkm4rY4n2A
- Online Symposium: Abolition of Exequatur and Human Rights http://t.co/dwx1DDaEUJ
- RUSSIA: A Russian advocacy group has nominated Vladimir Putin for a Nobel Peace Prize http://t.co/PTmROWChaM
- Massive Indigenous Rights Movement Launches Across BRAZIL http://t.co/v2ErRiKCGt
- SAUDI ARABIA: Prominent Saudi activist detained after hosting forums http://t.co/dJLH7B1eEG
- SOUTH AFRICA: Rights body’s powers set to be curtailed http://t.co/7kJAu8AE68
- TURKEY: Authorities violated human rights during Gezi Park protests, says Amnesty International http://t.co/C6cmmfjOOG
- Powerful law firm aims to become first to represent US college athletes http://t.co/iB4tVtSLgy
- AUSTRALIA: Abbott broke law with media shutout, say Indonesian journalists http://t.co/5C7yv7a52G
- Law firms fear business will slow because of US gov't shutdown http://t.co/K9nYRL1vkx
- UAE: Dubai 'courts silent' over Sean Emmett honeymoon death http://t.co/o1qAe3lVDY
- Does Scotland Want Independence? http://t.co/WzLgREMoA0
