- This week's SaturdayLawInterview features Dr. Paul Bernal, Lectuer at the University of East Anglia Law School:
“To be left alone is the most precious thing one can ask of the modern world” - an interview about privacy, surveillance and the interconnected world we live in.
- Credit union offers cheap online payday-style loans http://t.co/LBAA00lKPa
- Campsfield House immigration removal centre: Fire breaks out http://t.co/Rq1bOESina
- Life after prison: the sisters who hope to make a difference http://t.co/1KjAVQYyYG
- Court clarifies statelessness in Al-Jedda: Home secretary acted unlawfully | New Law Journal: http://t.co/kSDlcsPZ0D
- Asylum in disarray: Call for detained fast track system to be closed | New Law Journal: http://t.co/TueWSPIglg
- Pennington's Manches purchase results in 115-partner firm | New Law Journal: http://t.co/0gpqLcjVCi
- Magna Carta: 800th anniversary should remind us to keep check on authority of the state | New Law Journal: http://t.co/HGW6odUVWq
- EU Charter of Fundamental Rights trumps domestic law | New Law Journal: http://t.co/K6QJ4upIxQ
- “Flexible” working on the Queen’s Bench: First flexible vacancies are advertised | New Law Journal: http://t.co/smP9UYaf5x
- SRA targets document storage in aim to save millions | New Law Journal: http://t.co/KYRTwRF4KV
- Banks await fate of LIBOR | New Law Journal: http://t.co/9bIgnmdexn
- Banker can’t lord it over villagers | New Law Journal: http://t.co/1UvRjldmeB
- Townsend: regulation "needs to be like radiotherapy" | New Law Journal: http://t.co/jY7YHk0vwW
- Khawar Qureshi QC to chair international arbitration debate - Halsbury’s Law Exchange debate | New Law Journal: http://t.co/I8yVHH1Yi6
- Demise of single joint expert? Results of UK Register of Expert Witnesses Survey 2013 revealed | New Law Journal: http://t.co/xJXWyBlmyK
- Greenpeace activists await trial among harsh winds, tears and no sympathy http://t.co/afnj8QnG5b
- US court may allow suits against Guantanamo forced feeding http://t.co/GtSJpU0zwd
- IRELAND: Court won't name 150 BOI staff over porn email claims http://t.co/tBB3GDAbm1
- US: The Terminator himself, Arnold Schwarzenegger intends to challenge law and run for president http://t.co/KjtcSOJdGG
- US: Slain Dallas ISD law magnet student was determined to become lawyer http://t.co/EyiaJCnGh7
- US: NSA Plan to Log Calls Is Renewed by Court http://t.co/YVzUOYO8J5
- In Kenya Inquiry, NORWAY Looks at Somali Migrant http://t.co/6KScp7oiCw
- Corruption in PERU Aids Cutting of Rain Forest http://t.co/7IdO6xSglx
- TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHC3kLR
- Boy of 12 sought for Manchester campus sex attacks http://t.co/YI94JytJAZ
- Magistrates debate end to Bible oaths in court http://t.co/DdqqG9QELs
- Private citizen wins right to prosecute Met police worker http://t.co/8EEup1AUeo
- Hillsborough investigation: Reinforcements to be brought from other forces to quiz police who attended 1989 tragedy http://t.co/4omToIylyB
- NETHERLANDS threatens to go to intl tribunal over Greenpeace arrests http://t.co/wT6RZ2znLe
- INDIA Creates Additional Tax Tribunal Benches http://t.co/mZmMyGaaqh
- Sacked PCSO's claim she did not know she had amnesia when she forgot to tell Scotland Yard of theft conviction http://t.co/QDoSGer0um
- Charity tribunal rejects appeal by corporate trustee of Cup Trust http://t.co/PS4A0PCZP9
- Transsexual police officer attempts to sue Essex Police http://t.co/RFnbnLtyNl
- Probation officers vote to strike in protest at privatisation http://t.co/BJ197uScQI
- Police face legal challenge over secret files on protesters http://t.co/rrANQ4p7pH
- Lobby bill and judicial review change threaten democratic rights http://t.co/rshVjyaeJX
- Security services need full review http://t.co/Ryh24Yc5D1
- Director of public prosecutions: stormier after Starmer http://t.co/Nm5iZkPKTq
- Sun reporter charged over 'theft of Labour MP's phone' http://t.co/26T5EDeR0f
- Seven-figure payout for trader after childbirth errors http://t.co/1nVTdE4Hm9
- Prisons now over 99 per cent full, official figures show http://t.co/NAjUmxDaH3
- Civilian lawyers have put Britain and its Armed Forces in danger? http://t.co/rG4M1721cS
- NIGERIA: Rivers Judiciary warns PDP to stop fabricating lies against judges http://t.co/JNVD8aw04q
- MALTA: Judiciary should not be isolated from society, says new judge http://t.co/XAI8F9q5CC
- AUSTRALIA: Queensland sex offender laws won’t withstand high court challenge, says Labor http://t.co/GsKS6mFIWT
- CANADA: Law Society absolves lawyers DeMerchant and Sukonick after seven-year legal battle over Hollinger work http://t.co/oOTr40IwIX
- CANADA: Quebec language law enforcement to soften http://t.co/jQFuNt3iK7
- The ICC is an affront to international justice http://t.co/IzULjpG3LE
- HUNGARY: Ex-Socialist speaker of parliament forms Community for Social Justice party http://t.co/DSlrQgrrsP
- US: Richman Center Hosts Experts From Around the World at Global Justice Forum | Columbia law School http://t.co/mcziwBbG80
- SOUTH AFRICA: Demand vigilante justice after child murders http://t.co/TCHTbA3EMH
- SOUTH AFRICA: Chief justice office needs more money http://t.co/AuDtiXBf6u
- INDIA: Delay in justice fuels law and order problem in country, says Kashmir Chief Minister http://t.co/wZUxrwKHB3
- CANADA: RCMP defend response at shale gas protest site where explosives seized http://t.co/WbkpgX3RBb
- First barista licence, then barrister degree http://t.co/nR4wswG4sj
- Dartmouth barrister identified by hospital wristbands http://t.co/tRcumRYNkG
- Police barrister blames strain from flag protests and recent murders for inquest delays http://t.co/dAIdx8WOBX
- UKRAINE leader says will sign law to release Tymoshenko http://t.co/GWJIjRLW8d
- Liberty, Tyranny And The Rule Of Law http://t.co/Pub1hxP2s4
- US: Missouri Law Defending Christmas Sparks Concern http://t.co/cJkmteaqi6
- US: Law Student Selling Hot Wheels Collection To Pay Off Debt http://t.co/jSAZm1JTEM
- SAUDI ARABIA turns down UN Security Council seat http://t.co/4RZDL8Hsvb
- Law firms get squeezed on US rent talks | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/aXv305CWG3
- Uria Menendez advises on Angola JV | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/dUgYiww7UT
- Legal risks to impact four out of five businesses | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/5lyCrHmHj9
- Moscow sets daily rates for pro bono work | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/osPPwSBICO
- Manches was facing 'considerable financial difficulties' before merger | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/uiLzpaY4ME
- Linklaters loses private equity leaders to White & Case | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/3KYUg9CU8P
- US data distribution creates insider trading, says NY A-G | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/E35as3heXW
- In-house lawyers predicted to set up law firms | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/Jkld3TSvvy
- ISRAEL: Netanyahu Moves to Step Up Legal Deportation of Illegal Migrants http://t.co/Yf8G1pPskc
- SYRIA: Legal experts teach Syrian rebels to prevent human rights abuses http://t.co/0kp9weoWlM
- US: Harper Lee legal case: museum refuses to back down http://t.co/VezqxPWeBY
- SRA issues referral fee warning notice to PI firms | Legal Futures http://t.co/KvF9Jltau5
- AUSTRALIA: Aboriginal Legal aid service says alcohol bans will not work http://t.co/Z1pSTer0mB
- ABS unveils acquisition strategy | Legal Futures http://t.co/ZnfzvDSCx6
- IRELAND: Legal watchdog wants Judge struck off solicitors register http://t.co/oAiyC2ZnXi
- UK intermediaries to be responsible for offshore workers' employment taxes under simplified Government proposals http://t.co/eU9evIOuX9
- Law conference puts sport under spotlight http://t.co/r9kMhEIEZO
- Guernsey disability discrimination law priority of strategy http://t.co/snViS2oDDI
- MPs to review laws on UK spy-snoopery after GCHQ Tempora leaks http://t.co/A6xn5iHC6a
- US: Law Firms Reach the Tipping Point with lease negotiations http://t.co/YARYqQmUvf
- US: New York Lawmaker Pushes Bill to Thwart Phone Theft http://t.co/0SqWoSbFe4
- Discrimination against Gypsies is rising in Europe, in cruel violation of human rights http://t.co/eDl666DJ8M
- US: Bernard Madoff's aides' attorney: He created 'aura of legitimacy' http://t.co/uRJ1wXxfp4
- Canadian lawyer held in SYRIA for eight months escapes after captor leaves door unlocked http://t.co/bS0bBHwjHj
- FRANCE: Trial of Norwegian neo-Nazi Vikernes postponed http://t.co/jPwfjCeOX4
- Trial for soldier over major’s crash death http://t.co/o8Fii7Dafm
- Controversial secret courts must be open to scrutiny says leading judge http://t.co/VxCdL5drBd
- NEW ZEALAND: Church discrimination claim rejected by Tribunal http://t.co/IG80Rqrj6c
- Defence Secretary worried about court cases makeing it more difficult for the armed forces to carry out operations http://t.co/gg8YpKb2S3
- Human Rights Watch Says ETHIOPIA Inmates Tortured for Confession http://t.co/Q7NRBK6LAN
- Rights groups slam addition of SAUDI ARABIA and CHAD to UN Security Council http://t.co/urrwghTrFK
- CANADA: Quebec human rights commission slams proposed values charter http://t.co/AdVdJKff1C
- ‘Legal creep’ threatens to paralyse military, says thinktank | Law Gazette http://t.co/ofbBmh50gg
- US: In Maryville, Anonymous must beware the risk of vigilantism http://t.co/4a032l4oJ5
- UK's top prosecutor defends journalists who break law in public interest http://t.co/gGhue0veR7
- ITALY: 90-year-old former Nazi soldier handed life sentence for role in Greek massacre http://t.co/pB1NbojEXY
- Thousands of UK's poor in court over non-payment of council tax http://t.co/Zmp0bnnpKh
- Keir Starmer: 'The potential for change in our criminal justice system is huge' http://t.co/UMEbxpcdhl
- Essex courtroom fight heightens security concerns http://t.co/FjFg7xiSQJ
- Piracy site IsoHunt to shut down and pay $110m http://t.co/8kapEGkGYz
- EL SALVADOR: Where women may be jailed for miscarrying http://t.co/c7HQNEzhiP
- Operation Tuleta: Two face MP phone theft charges http://t.co/sEyqdOJ1Kp
- UK Muslims warned of militant al-Shabab threat http://t.co/pKWsiXNBrT
- Orchid View inquest: Home riddled by 'institutional abuse' http://t.co/hH6308bD8Z
Saturday
19th October - Law News
663 days of LawNewsIndex brought to you by TheLawMap
Friday
18th October - Law News
662 days of LawNewsIndex brought to you by TheLawMap
FOCUS OF THE DAY: A High Court judgment that refused three applications for judicial review of barristers’ disciplinary decisions is to be appealed, after the court found that anomalies in tribunal panel member appointments did not affect the validity of the findings. Full story - Legal Futures
FOCUS OF THE DAY: A High Court judgment that refused three applications for judicial review of barristers’ disciplinary decisions is to be appealed, after the court found that anomalies in tribunal panel member appointments did not affect the validity of the findings. Full story - Legal Futures
- Arctic 30: Greenpeace activist's father tells of shock at detention in RUSSIA - video http://t.co/wl6a3x5OK4
- Fiji Airways flies in local senior associate as new GC | The Lawyer http://t.co/aCu94XPqgK
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Former Blake Dawson chair Padbury elected as Ashurst vice chairman | The Lawyer http://t.co/zdqcJXDKT4
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Morrisons to double in-house team as it adds DAC Beachcroft, Eversheds, DWF to new panel | The Lawyer http://t.co/VT96UizEmE
- Former Freshfields London head Tim Jones to join England Rugby 2015 | The Lawyer http://t.co/fqT5JbHqjW
- Balva policyholders left to call Riga number | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/KTZEBBwIYy
- Lawyers are invited to engage with the European Commission’s justice priority plans | Law Gazette http://t.co/SR7nxMC3X2
- Firm rewards staff with shorter working week | Law Gazette http://t.co/ZKnzs2VQwY
- Bar disciplinary rules ‘opaque’ says High Court | Law Gazette http://t.co/BrgHJPbOVT
- Anti-corruption warning to in-house | Law Gazette http://t.co/URs2QK0yAO
- CoA upholds ‘commonsense’ appeal over school PI claim | Law Gazette http://t.co/sebrihXxsV
- PI firms ignoring rules to comply with referral fee ban, says SRA | Law Gazette http://t.co/Ga5isI2P1o
- Legal profession praised over social mobility | Law Gazette http://t.co/rilbHfQb0K
- TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHC3kLR
- US prosecutor condemns Hague trials of Kenyan leaders http://t.co/DGoFB62T8V
- Transsexual PC Emma Chapman sues Essex police http://t.co/r2cUcSwzwh
- Immigration texts 'sent in error' prompt complaints http://t.co/N5ok5ZNmjI
- Legal claims 'could paralyse' armed forces http://t.co/vW7hQC9QHV
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Incoming Ashurst chair Tidswell targets global elite status | The Lawyer http://t.co/VO8UqqL9wQ
- LAW FIRM NEWS: DBS Law cuts staff working hours following record turnover | The Lawyer http://t.co/50xjwBVPde
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Jones Day and Cleary score goal for Indonesian acquisition of Inter Milan | The Lawyer http://t.co/jZYr5Evwzw
- LAW FIRM NEWS: BHP Billiton loses anti-corruption and compliance boss to Steptoe & Johnson | The Lawyer http://t.co/JKiDHsvyOo
- 39 Essex Street first in line to set up Kuala Lumpur base | The Lawyer http://t.co/hqtCKs0Z1q
- SOLOMON ISLAND battle illegal logging http://t.co/d9dHU5Xtc7
- INDIA: Illegal export of iron ore: BJP's K'taka lawmaker arrested by CBI http://t.co/kv2YtKaZAZ
- Afghan blast: Soldiers 'unlawfully killed' http://t.co/40D6oAsXRG
- Dozens held in CANADA shale gas protest http://t.co/cwNowgm4cf
- Human trafficking gets life sentence in slavery crackdown http://t.co/auipHgzC8Q
- The effect on bereaved people of a random knife murders http://t.co/ad8BgfGQOB
- "Everyone knew" about Jimmy Savile, former officer says http://t.co/i6o5cpMl3D
- Jeremy Hunt to highlight plight of 'chronically lonely' people http://t.co/6rEuOPCoct
- Man admits driving without licence for 40 years http://t.co/VWwNTsy8FH
- Norwegian suspected of being KENYA mall attacker named http://t.co/B2rpbD4xBf
- Lawyers need to take pro-active role on bribery law, says SFO | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/C31fb5tVsd
- Singapore arbitration draws interest from Fountain Court set | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/WnKEU0QXdm
- Information or Infomercial | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/cI480uw8UX
- Indian firm plans Australian office openings | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/qHRY1bYARa
- BofA legal costs rise to one billion dollars | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/0hvwzfxzEn
- GCHQ 'probably' intercepting lawyers emails | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/98uLXYt4jK
- Indonesia considers ethics test for foreign lawyers | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/Gt3hqM3OtO
- Russian courts 'in turmoil' under reform plans | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/zmX82oc84G
- BULGARIA: Government Mulls 16% Judiciary Cuts http://t.co/WlkVRX19ep
- PHILIPPINES: Supreme Court creates body to probe corruption and decision brokering at judiciary http://t.co/YMuXm3O8EA
- Laura Grant, student from Sussex Downs College has won the Eastbourne Law Society Claude Gordon Award for 2012/13 http://t.co/VV40LNip1k
- AUSTRALIA: Law firms predict big WorkCover losses http://t.co/11fD0Zsxcp
- Health Minister Edwin Poots is set to bring revised abortion guidelines before the Stormont Executive http://t.co/bbcBkNMoMj
- No law degree required for would-be solicitors | Times Higher Education http://t.co/UvnlmfMBac
- FCA name and shame policy will cause irreparable damage http://t.co/hgdXFS6slh
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Simpson and Kirkland land top roles on $1bn Melrose-KKR deal | Legalweek http://t.co/5B8GG15W4R
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Former Pinsents disputes head leads trio of hires for Irwin Mitchell | Legalweek http://t.co/yN6AxE08nn
- Eight in 10 executives doubt their company's ability to handle legal risk | Legalweek http://t.co/en8cgourHY
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Linklaters PE duo Bagshaw and Youle quit to join White & Case | Legalweek http://t.co/VeEzaKjXdm
- Lack of diversity should raise flag about firms, LSB tells regulators | Legal Futures http://t.co/BjbmMUmAoj
- Barrister-led firm becomes first dedicated tax ABS | Legal Futures http://t.co/S4gBomWNvA
- A top police officer blamed the hot weather for a rise in his force's crime rate during the summer http://t.co/Okek4bSfIO
- Britain must give prisoners vote or leave Council of Europe, European human rights official says http://t.co/mOqgq5NJeX
- Ian Dibell, off-duty officer who died tackling gunman, wins police bravery award http://t.co/dYGnDzUjGY
- More transparency for Court of Protection http://t.co/p1RMzlZfbf
- EU commissioner defends cap on bank bonuses in face of British challenge http://t.co/IDyTylSVEH
- Court of protection 'should be opened up to public and media scrutiny' http://t.co/Er3e9jmYgV
- Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Juvenile Justice System: Federal Support Still Needed http://t.co/w5DfSgC5YZ
- Muižnieks challenges FRANCE’s justice minister Christiane Taubira over migrants’ rights http://t.co/66fvF54nNy
- LIBERIA: Justice Minister Faces Supreme Court Over Rodney Sieh's Release http://t.co/LFIznWC2EB
- NEW ZEALAND: Justice precinct to cost $300m http://t.co/YV7LMjyBVG
- Justice Secretary makes ruling in Addingham murder case http://t.co/heN841pm3a
- Double honours for Newcastle lawyer Seamus Sweeney who represented Lord Sugar http://t.co/qSbatTQsCx
- Review corruption laws, MALAWI leader asks new Justice Minister http://t.co/5MMZNEM0pK
- The unseen cost of cutting legal aid http://t.co/Dkr2VHUXpT
- Shell IRELAND project suffers legal setback http://t.co/Y5nZD8TZfD
- New legal battle over gay adverts on London buses http://t.co/m0xfVmndUg
- GREECE: Legal immunity of six far-right Golden Dawn MPs lifted http://t.co/IuEi9C10eT
- US: Robert Baugh named Lawyer of the Year by Birmingham Legal Secretaries Association http://t.co/f0yDFbV5kt
- Over Regulation Hits UK Tenants - http://t.co/LHpkMG7yjo
- UK spy agencies inquiry to take public evidence http://t.co/JGrU3ElA6Y
- The simplest of pre-Question Time supper! #bbcqt http://t.co/NyuhzUnG5Y
- AUSTRALIA: Lawyer lashes out at 'Gestapo unit' in ATO http://t.co/0qbGCaj5SR
- Young lawyer, Sophie Pilcher, 24, originally of Leven, near Beverley, defending Khmer Rouge against genocide claims http://t.co/IIlXe1Cm2t
- US: School lawyer lied about 'arrest' of girl suspended for trying to help drunken pal, attorney says http://t.co/b4Zjs7gK0l
- NEW ZEALAND: Burnt out defence defence lawyer Greg King was 'haunted' by crimes http://t.co/flefqtZS13
- IRELAND: New Supreme Court judges appointed by President http://t.co/CMVgdd4ll8
- AUSTRALIA: Bleijie bypasses courts on state's worst sex offenders http://t.co/ztty2XvSwY
- IRELAND: Landlord attends court with €10,000 in cash to stop repossession http://t.co/akhSoY0Q0Q
- IRELAND: Trial of solicitor told of €610,000 taken from garda’s account http://t.co/Uqeo4YUQP2
- PAKISTAN: Jail trial of former President Musharraf ordered in murder case of mosque cleric & mother http://t.co/ftNQw03bSq
- US: Trial date set for two former Vanderbilt football players charged with rape http://t.co/RNOG90OkZf
- NEW ZEALAND: Electoral fraud trial forces government minister Banks' resignation http://t.co/7Q2SMnIzmX
- Tribal rights group calls for BOTSWANA tourism boycott http://t.co/6yQ3AZDTDy
- Appalling Human Rights Abuses in BAHRAIN http://t.co/IRUtwmP9vg
- IRAN's human rights violations continue with increase in public executions http://t.co/Grfa48Jcxo
- Situation of human rights defenders in TOGO improved, but challenges remain http://t.co/xMshYSdWkV
- Human rights laws to help middle-class elderly who fund their own care http://t.co/QDwLwVTJ4G
- FINLAND: Court hearing for transsexual’s human rights plea http://t.co/1cA06eTPAA
- BULGARIA: Boris Gutsanov awarded €44,000 after human rights breach http://t.co/GTNj2tjzS6
- Spalding Human rights activist ready to face jail on return to THAILAND http://t.co/I9J0lFnhD3
- UN human rights official endorses call for CANADA's inquiry into missing and murdered aboriginal women http://t.co/Qc54jgzMOZ
- UN rapporteur Christof Heyns condemns use of drone strikes http://t.co/79Zhgjpq8o
- UK 'should leave Council of Europe' if it defies ruling on prisoner voting rights http://t.co/bw4nnWsSGw
- ITALY: Nazi war criminal Erich Priebke's family demand return of his corpse http://t.co/nwcMb6nxhu
- EU commissioner defends cap on bank bonuses in face of British challenge http://t.co/IDyTylSVEH
- Ex-BBC DJ Michael Souter guilty of sex attacks on boys http://t.co/tclGk3Khiu
- Amnesty urges IRAN to spare hanging survivor's life http://t.co/3ruFMKCOsc
- MP Gloria de Piero: Call off the hunt for topless pictures http://t.co/zD9VczhbxG
- KENYA: Fresh CCTV footage shows brutality of Westgate attackers http://t.co/M2GGGznv0u
Thursday
17th October - Law News
661 days of LawNewsIndex brought to you by TheLawMap
FOCUS OF THE DAY: Lord Neuberger warns of inefficiencies, delays and costs if legal aid is cut further. Ongoing attempts by the government to cut legal aid further and reduce the availability of judicial review could lead to "a rank denial of justice and a blot on the rule of law", Lord Neuberger has warned. Full story - Solicitors Journal
FOCUS OF THE DAY: Lord Neuberger warns of inefficiencies, delays and costs if legal aid is cut further. Ongoing attempts by the government to cut legal aid further and reduce the availability of judicial review could lead to "a rank denial of justice and a blot on the rule of law", Lord Neuberger has warned. Full story - Solicitors Journal
- Coroner Alan Crickmore guilty of stealing from dead http://t.co/PFwNdZBTRy
- EE rebuked over 'misleading' UK mobile coverage maps http://t.co/xc3KAWnFMz
- Crime falls 7% to record low in England and Wales http://t.co/jBN7Qi9fg9
- Leveson inquiry's Robert Jay: witnesses deterred by fear of press 'monstering' http://t.co/xSSAmJP9KB
- Guideline hourly rates review could begin next month | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/9vcTTNJzFb
- £160 duty solicitor fee ‘unlikely to be viable’ | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/kqFY0wvjaj
- Fountain Court eyes Singapore launch | The Lawyer http://t.co/LN8RNSSawS
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Libel boutique PSB Law shuts down after two partners head to Hill Dicks | The Lawyer http://t.co/v40abwwpZk
- Exchange Chambers expands ahead of cost-cutting office move | The Lawyer http://t.co/MZjTZEkk9x
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Irwin Mitchell hires Pinsents lit chief Kissack as disputes head | The Lawyer http://t.co/QkfjAiGYh6
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Linklaters star private equity duo quit for White & Case after management showdown | The Lawyer http://t.co/u20bPceOfT
- The SRA is right to devolve compliance responsibility to firms, but they still need guidance | Law Gazette http://t.co/gLKxpyfjZk
- No firm is too big to fail, says SRA director | Law Gazette http://t.co/Tg4jkWRH9Z
- Barrass: don't be afraid to speak to the SRA | Law Gazette http://t.co/9yYiYlpLWQ
- Rates consultation coming next month, reveals judge | Law Gazette http://t.co/UvGHb0QTyd
- TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHC3kLR
- US: Law firm hired in FirstEnergy lawsuit has good track record http://t.co/dvyKjp6fno
- US: Snapchat admits sharing images with US law enforcement http://t.co/5WBPYQtR9U
- GHANA: Illegal miners chase farmers with cutlasses, sticks http://t.co/q07DyWUrRg
- UAE: Illegal business thrives outside consulates in Dubai http://t.co/2ErIQ1cgOy
- US: Four 'illegal migrants' die as boat capsizes off Miami http://t.co/rvhmpncoUJ
- Totnes tribunal hears of costly lighting http://t.co/qT4WAbcswL
- Extent of spy agencies' surveillance to be investigated by parliamentary body http://t.co/HXKyWgvaC4
- CPS issues new guidelines on investigating child sex abuse cases http://t.co/rgyW00mrQG
- Morrissey hits back at NME and the judge who called him 'devious' http://t.co/6fsqIMlIpc
- EU helping prop up BELARUS president Lukashenko, says opposition http://t.co/hAEXtvvQMx
- Social mobility report: Work 'may be no route out of poverty' http://t.co/S4R3hiFxv7
- Al-Madinah free school in Derby labelled 'dysfunctional' by Ofsted http://t.co/lJlFmpRPlT
- Man seeks 'climate change asylum' in NEW ZEALAND http://t.co/dCnSRKaDlG
- Independence vote 'there to be won', Salmond insists http://t.co/Obc7v9IqXX
- New global index exposes 'modern slavery' worldwide http://t.co/aljAh0JUFb
- Labour plans payday lenders levy to fund low-cost credit http://t.co/rlzBXfZGGf
- Child sex abuse trial guidelines offered to prosecutors http://t.co/sIZ3hEDRyZ
- US debt ceiling: Senate passes US budget deal http://t.co/tzHHnuTBak
- BELARUS: Legislation on alternative energy needs improving http://t.co/SOnfALVXWx
- Beverley solicitor, Lesley Archer named region’s top private client lawyer http://t.co/bke2asYpGs
- Nottingham solicitor to lead GB sledge hockey team in battle for place at Winter Olympics at Sochi http://t.co/3rv2KdrcQ9
- How General Pinochet's detention changed the meaning of justice http://t.co/5odWHsKmGH
- CANADA: Manitoba justice wins Mahatma Gandhi peace award http://t.co/HMILKFdSmR
- Is Justice Atuguba Really a Role Model to GHANA Judiciary? http://t.co/zMMHTgK3DJ
- UKRAINE Justice Minister: No Grounds for Tymoshenko Pardon http://t.co/cTfisCBiOU
- CUBA’s Justice Minister says the government fights prostitution http://t.co/CpcMymg4Yz
- Justice Minister Damian Green reveals new measures to tackle root cause of over representation in penal institutions http://t.co/rI5B6UOkdp
- IRELAND: Justice budget down €70m but Garda recruitment to resume http://t.co/i7D0klK51q
- Cellphones are a common motive for murder in SOUTH AFRICA, a high court judge has said http://t.co/Q0OEaTlxbr
- Plymouth Law School graduate Danielle Lowther sees the way to a bright career http://t.co/KfSECsdLdd
- US: Law school grad gets boot camp in Vegas bird death http://t.co/G8ndv18ZIr
- Plymouth law firm Curtis Whiteford Crocker re-brands and continues to grow http://t.co/hhFREzfp7S
- CANADA: Cyberbullying law promised in throne speech takes aim at online abuse http://t.co/P96pitgtCm
- PAKISTAN: KP Law Minister Israrullah Gandapur killed in suicide attack http://t.co/plGvEZdW4V
- CANADA: Throne speech promises law forcing balanced budgets http://t.co/JyBGFll1kE
- ‘Get big, get niche or get out,’ Marshall tells personal injury firms | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/OlsyqpJe7Y
- High Court rejects challenge to BSB disciplinary tribunals | Legal Futures http://t.co/dE5brA3iEh
- SRA launches review of COFA role | Legal Futures http://t.co/DObyCfeGyA
- This is how broke criminal barristers are: http://t.co/NBEcyXaio7
- AUSTRALIA: Victoria Bar shows appetite for pro bono | Lawyers Weekly http://t.co/WH3R3nakDT
- Children's Commissioner for Wales says law is needed to tackle cyberbullying http://t.co/PQzwBpPCNh
- Lord Neuberger: Legal aid cuts threaten to deny justice http://t.co/XpspyMcUfX
- Norman Baker: UK prepared to defy EU over legal high laws http://t.co/peC7r9JDZF
- 'Sexting' poll shows pressure faced by teens http://t.co/n1ZmqxRtE4
- Plebgate: Draft report recommended disciplinary action http://t.co/HWMoz9qpjP
- Eccles couple guilty of trafficking servant girl http://t.co/ZAYFXfO4V6
- Ex-policeman investigated over Savile http://t.co/tpzoMKv0nF
- The Jimmy Savile transcript should be required reading for police http://t.co/MYC7JTNFpi
- Surveillance back in the spotlight http://t.co/NAOqR1KUkQ
- In praise of … Lord Neuberger http://t.co/x4elOh7pdF
- Unleashing the secrets of marketing from management consultants | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/5xIgobNmft
- GCs likely to be reached by law firm bloggers | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/N3NSLw674d
- Global commercial law market worth US$300 billion | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/mIVegyYSue
- Barclays compliance chief takes stress leave | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/WC1Mr9ILxI
- Cooley expands to become rising name in Washington DC | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/gW9qoPFvh0
- UK law firm collapses under new PI rules | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/iPmsSzafWk
- Big data issues for investors raised by SEC chief | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/L4DUffO778
- Morgan Lewis & Bockius mass defection to Gide | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/5hnugQT54f
- It’s not haha-laal! Muslim comic faces legal action http://t.co/zU2AyRrRnS
- Why it’s legal for Google and Facebook to use your face in ads http://t.co/7f83fKs9Sg
- SOUTH AFRICA: Legal Aid studying Marikana ruling http://t.co/qLOUi3yumB
- English solicitors on the edge as profession faces meltdown your business advantage http://t.co/oT6HsD9ttR
- Legal battle to save chase farm under way http://t.co/DGi6mp9ggw
- TAIWAN: Legal battle with Wang to continue, KMT says http://t.co/quNqjXihEu
- Legal advice needs to be more accessible for SMEs http://t.co/AxUu6ktPGK
- Judges rule schools not 'hazard-free zones' after mother tries to sue http://t.co/EAyKKDDAZE
- Foreign criminal awarded £25,000 damages http://t.co/HhmDoK9X2y
- Prisoner votes ruling could lead to new clash between judges and MPs http://t.co/Pu0uplVa45
- Five Golden Rules for a Successful IBA Experience | The Lawyer http://t.co/NLJHJEXV6z
- Compliance chief at scandal-hit Barclays takes time out due to "stress and exhaustion" | The Lawyer http://t.co/Ta0n01OUe8
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Davis Polk, Freshfields and MoFo take lead on £185m Chinese supermarket deal | The Lawyer http://t.co/My1c5NHPKc
- David Cameron criticises the Guardian for publishing Snowden data http://t.co/m3xAQwkjqr
- Killer Lerone Boye escapes from east London mental health unit http://t.co/LVWsceATaq
- US federal courts on brink of shutdown crisis | Law Gazette http://t.co/COVxm8AHJk
- Grayling rejects ‘Europeanisation’ of justice | Law Gazette http://t.co/sRpPtVqNmd
- Townsend: unprecedented change not over | Law Gazette http://t.co/CFzksY8ZnC
- UK Supreme Court judgment: R (Chester) v Justice Secretary, McGeoch v Lord President - http://t.co/Z5QgZRcZrL
- PAKISTAN: Lawyer seeks blasphemy case against Musharraf http://t.co/bQ0FoFjiSd
- INDIA: Lawyer for Delhi gang-rape convicts may lose licence http://t.co/HuxqoA6VJQ
- The Football Lawyer: Qatar 2022 compensation claims and the problem with quotas http://t.co/RVWMnMuYIj
- David Cameron says Atos decision-making must improve http://t.co/MqOppq5lWu
- Savile interview provokes fury from victims' groups http://t.co/Lht4ZKPteG
- Plebgate: PM says police owe Andrew Mitchell apology http://t.co/jRXXXkGgwC
- Eight-year standoff over prisoner voting rights approaches resolution http://t.co/E03JS3vvKC
- Are 1 in 5 civil marriages really a sham? http://t.co/ibzrAYq3VI
- Government reforms ‘a blot on the rule of law’, Lord Neuberger warns of inefficiencies | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/iKd18aPO2W
- Case Law, Strasbourg: Delfi AS v Estonia: Court Strikes Serious Blow to Free Speech Online http://t.co/q0WLY8Brew
- California prison overcrowding case turned back by US Supreme Court http://t.co/bWJ0VGut4I
- Busting CHINA’s Bloggers: vast state censorship apparatus works hard to keep microbloggers down http://t.co/N7p6ZVPM2i
- New competence framework essential to avoid a legal Mid-Staffs scandal, says SRA | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/yCmBKTHnMB
Wednesday
16th October - Law News
660 days of LawNewsIndex brought to you by TheLawMap
FOCUS OF THE DAY: The High Court has thrown out a libel case by a retired Moscow policeman against a UK fund manager in a case that has been labeled a blow to libel tourism. Full story - The Lawyer
FOCUS OF THE DAY: The High Court has thrown out a libel case by a retired Moscow policeman against a UK fund manager in a case that has been labeled a blow to libel tourism. Full story - The Lawyer
- Footballers and employment law | Law Gazette http://t.co/iWCVfBFPmh
- Now is a great moment to push for data about crime and justice to be published online | Law Gazette http://t.co/hgD8Ogp19w
- What’s holding back family mediation? | Law Gazette http://t.co/cUd57pMDJf
- In-house interview: GC Simon Dowler of legal team at software house Misys | The Lawyer http://t.co/c1itmQk9CQ
- LAW FIRM NEWS:: TMT boutique Kemp Little to launch technology consultancy arm | The Lawyer http://t.co/ffibuysQb3
- Devereux Chambers elects new head | The Lawyer http://t.co/Nhl6OS8hDk
- High Court refuses to delay high street court battle with MasterCard | The Lawyer http://t.co/RGszLxEGID
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Tidswell beats Geffen to new chairman role at Ashurst | The Lawyer http://t.co/D8CvkfuhQv
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Gide in shock swoop on Morgan Lewis Paris for nine-partner team | The Lawyer http://t.co/8FSvjiSRoC
- Britain's most senior judge attacks judicial review curbs http://t.co/nolmZSAwdJ
- I risked arrest at Balcombe to send the coalition a message on climate change | Caroline Lucas, Green MP http://t.co/eKvhAbYI1H
- Vote for prisoners appeal rejected by supreme court http://t.co/yxe4gOxclI
- US: University of Iowa College of Law is proposing to slash tuition by nearly $8,000 for out-of-state students http://t.co/9FRT5ngv8u
- AUSTRALIA: Jury in Jayant Patel trial unable to reach verdict http://t.co/Fpat9hOn3E
- US: Conspiracy trial of Madoff employees set to open http://t.co/gvzhOcFsyH
- IRELAND: Trial date set for Ivor Callely in relation to allegations of making bogus phone expense claims http://t.co/N4Y2Ayjh1v
- AUSTRALIA: Brisbane brothel madam had 48 mobile phones, 26 prostitutes and 34 drivers in her employ, court told http://t.co/rBgrZW3B2d
- CHINA: Police destroy illegal weapons http://t.co/WlkQgg6poa
- Illegal horse grazing Bill published by Welsh government http://t.co/533rZQSdE6
- CANADA: Illegal BC dentist 'without honour' sentenced to three months in jail http://t.co/ORNLQunzD2
- Green Party MP Caroline Lucas in court over fracking protest http://t.co/aYmIm8CEQF
- Police warning after drug traffickers' cyber-attack http://t.co/1K9naKTN25
- RUSSIA: Opposition leader Alexei Navalny's sentence suspended on appeal http://t.co/txhKAAnI8A
- UK inmates lose right to vote ruling http://t.co/aLpVMNqt3z
- Police and government 'plebgate' row intensifies http://t.co/ELjL77TTxH
- TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHC3kLR
- CZECH: Czechs leftists back business over human rights ahead of election http://t.co/M4eZ7I2zT9
- AUSTRALIA: Child rights queried in gay divorce http://t.co/fpmKObshLG
- NSA leaks journalist Glenn Greenwald leaves the Guardian http://t.co/nPbBdySzxU
- ITALY: Nazi criminal funeral halted due to protests http://t.co/dFtz4FVVtX
- UN human rights official endorses call for Canadian inquiry into missing and murdered aboriginal women http://t.co/Qc54jgzMOZ
- Animal rights campaigners claim death of unborn panda cub is a 'relief' http://t.co/naTPupNtID
- Five costly employment tribunal awards and how to avoid similar claims http://t.co/yyOsJe0KnX
- Turbine tribunal shut down http://t.co/bxEKWAbCKf
- SOUTH AFRICA: Tribunal hears closing arguments in Sasol Chemical Industries pricing case http://t.co/ANmH8WCzCs
- PERU: Judge bans Peruvian town's annual cat-eating festival http://t.co/7xazfTXq3f
- US: Judge tells Congress 'go to hell,' urges confrontation over furloughs http://t.co/QBNd2RrNBM
- African rule of law lags behind development gains http://t.co/uIfe0vPyXJ
- PAKISTAN: Barrister Zafarullah Khan appointed Law Secretary http://t.co/BJ37iGfT4e
- Mayson attacks market in "spurious claims" and urges focus on value | Legal Futures http://t.co/cY6vsktKNI
- Criminal firms will collapse, not consolidate, if legal aid cuts are too fast, government warned | Legal Futures http://t.co/8iaLDJeUkr
- Law Student Of The Day: Alleged Social-Media Hoaxer http://t.co/vZ6ql0FFTa
- US: NYPD Union Sues Over Law Easing Profiling Suits http://t.co/2rSm8ieSRK
- Nigerian rulers are the problem of judiciary, according to the Chair of the Legal Aid Council of NIGERIA http://t.co/GGclhFMajU
- IRAN Judiciary Refuses to Release More Political Prisoners http://t.co/Q5qA7UorXx
- MALAYSIA: Judiciary comes under fire from politicians and lawyers over Allah ruling http://t.co/4vZDoh7ZIu
- Justice Department To Tackle Hate Crime in Northern Ireland http://t.co/4te6TVdnGh
- INDIA: Justice Mudgal calls for regulating sports betting expeditiously http://t.co/tWlLjmTSCZ
- MOLDOVA overturns anti-gay ‘propaganda’ law with hopes of joining EU http://t.co/k7Tn3K9KnT
- Isle of Man and UK sign agreement for automatic exchange of tax information http://t.co/pXvir7Md8V
- Fewer claims after employment law changes http://t.co/wMO0DXhAGQ
- Lloyds Chief António Horta-Osório: Liberalise Planning Law or Risk UK Housing Bubble http://t.co/bi50vG5Aaj
- ‘Asset recovery trial is supported by UK law’ http://t.co/LTFab7h0XT
- UK keen to see Indian legal sector open up http://t.co/sHF2ujW1d6
- Teaching Legal History: A CFP for the Book http://t.co/TAYC0xEz8X
- AUSTRALIA: Report on Pro Bono Legal Services in Family Law and Family Violence http://t.co/0GNQpMEWcm
- US: Kansas pays legal firms almost $1m to defend anti-abortion laws http://t.co/EHyvjmk1ix
- Legal challenge over threat to Shrewsbury and Oswestry care centres http://t.co/okIfuP54Yb
- Rory McIlroy is to be hit with a counter claim when he takes legal action against his former sports agent http://t.co/Jrz0bJXRg3
- US Fisa court makes 'substantive changes' to surveillance requests, judge insists http://t.co/bYhFNBqJ8I
- Libyan al-Qaida suspect pleads not guilty as US federal trial begins http://t.co/0OqZlowKJZ
- Surrey Police transcript reveals Savile abuse denials http://t.co/yU0gBS6ZKR
- IRELAND is to close a tax loophole used by Apple http://t.co/su7Vj14Vh7
- Homeless accommodation: more complaints against councils http://t.co/JnmpKT6ylk
- Mapping Mediterranean migration http://t.co/31j1GfQsrQ
- 'Plebgate' police officers' honesty queried http://t.co/rlNDcVfeGy
- Wolters Kluwer divests to focus on legal | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/2NBB6jMlRl
- ABA International arrives in London | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/ti0YsFeVdL
- UAE sees surge in demand for lawyers | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/rLyaTVNaBw
- Wigs could be ditched in Zambia courts | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/cTACWaiX2M
- 30-year dispute pays dividends for NY law firm | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/Jj0twC7el9
- Penningtons takes over Manches to create 115-partner UK practice | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/PzSzqhSx9h
- Argentina leads World Bank dispute list | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/QMxE7eiUsm
- Press regulation Royal Charter, final draft: detailed comments on the new provisions http://t.co/EwQ0i0S9uQ
- Man Booker Prize: Eleanor Catton becomes youngest winner with The Luminaries http://t.co/AmvMePNMlY
- The 6th century St. Cynwyd's Church in Maesteg.. Sadly on a funeral http://t.co/dwVIpiLzPK
- The Barrister Blog: Book Recommendation - Pupillage Inside Out: http://t.co/mTv4f3FQnh
- AUSTRALIA: Fake prince appeals 14-year sentence http://t.co/fMgvdXWKiG
- A career as a solicitor/barrister ... next steps presentation http://t.co/Q1JZYnHmkV
- SRA to strip away restrictions on qualifying as a solicitor | Legal Futures http://t.co/Si69ZCRkib
- Solicitor faces being struck off for turning blind eye to money laundering http://t.co/QT4CsvMUZ6
- Penzance solicitor Lawrence Ford to head up Coodes' new mental health team http://t.co/ic2IirMwaq
- Motoring 'loophole' solicitor is caught at twice the drink-drive limit http://t.co/54rXBa80ty
- Solicitor says plight of buyers in limbo reveals legal failings http://t.co/lxG6KYTmQO
- Snapchat hack secretly saves images using app http://t.co/9t7BWJ0RIc
- Big Issue stabbings: Homeless man detained for life http://t.co/txxoSjeOii
- Mark Duggan inquest: Officer 'saw gun in hand' http://t.co/Nt0ULUaC3w
- Police film raid on brothel in Birmingham as part of a major crackdown on "modern day slavery" http://t.co/bI7Fpw9Bp2
- IPCC questions police 'honesty' over plebgate http://t.co/KsI8NMqZTr
- What you need to know about the new social housing fraud act http://t.co/lOBfGL0hR6
- Is this the end for Britain as a centre for libel tourism? http://t.co/uLNZxVjS81
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Penningtons gets its Man(ches): a move facilitated by a pre-pack administration deal | The Lawyer http://t.co/7WN6eFrfOa
- Co-op scraps plan to offer 100 training contracts per year | The Lawyer http://t.co/9UbaITVmqA
Tuesday
15th October - Law News
659 days of LawNewsIndex brought to you by TheLawMap
FOCUS OF THE DAY: Apprenticeships and other innovative routes into law must retain high standards or risk damaging the solicitor brand, the head of the University of Law warned this week as the Solicitors Regulation Authority prepared to ignite a ‘bonfire’ of entry regulations. Full story - Law Gazette
FOCUS OF THE DAY: Apprenticeships and other innovative routes into law must retain high standards or risk damaging the solicitor brand, the head of the University of Law warned this week as the Solicitors Regulation Authority prepared to ignite a ‘bonfire’ of entry regulations. Full story - Law Gazette
- Don't cross the line? But sometimes a cyclist has to to stay safe http://t.co/PH2NeysSii
- Man who killed three generations in Cwmbran fire has sentence increased http://t.co/hlfCGvCSSp
- Second UK member of Greenpeace crew jailed in Russia is denied bail http://t.co/OUZeCQuv7K
- Crown Prosecution Service admits misleading public over complaints http://t.co/tSedtauybp
- High Court delivers blow to libel tourism in Magnitsky libel ruling | The Lawyer http://t.co/BQ3GvKNFLw
- SRA seeks to save millions with intervention rules change | Law Gazette http://t.co/VVT7CI77E7
- Training overhaul at least four years away, says SRA | Law Gazette http://t.co/ETjLfhqh93
- Penningtons buys Manches in pre-pack deal | Law Gazette http://t.co/AQWYCpqpI3
- A World Without Privacy: WAR IS PEACE - FREEDOM IS SLAVERY - IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH http://t.co/CVR4XGUbO3
- Testing Europe’s Conscience - the drowning of more than 300 Africans near the Italian island of Lampedusa http://t.co/jf2oRgi2M4
- BURMA: European Union begins drafting new resolution following diplomatic pressure from the United States http://t.co/3EJ1lrJr4B
- African Regional Civil Society Convening on Human Rights & Business, 25-27th Nov, GHANA http://t.co/536mBcI5Gq
- UK ignores human rights to increase China trade deal http://t.co/kf41KAFJjz
- CUBA: Human rights defender physically attacked at her home and arrested http://t.co/M1n2KvKsJv
- SAUDI ARABIA Celebrate Four Years of ACPRA, Their Defiant Human Rights Organization http://t.co/pbKlh3vUlu
- ANGOLA condemns human rights violations in Western Sahara http://t.co/kls9SCShtR
- Lawyers link tax evasion and human rights http://t.co/Lg0RwLcRmY
- 'Strong ties' with INDONESIA should mean ending human rights abuses http://t.co/YkoECsBwVp
- RUSSIA: Top human rights council agrees on broad amnesty plan http://t.co/qALzdYHap4
- Teaching human rights can be lonely with little student and staff support http://t.co/uzTTY0tjVn
- A guide to determining which type of fat cat lawyer the Daily Mail thinks you are: http://t.co/TdntpX1rL4
- AUSTRALIA: The Criminal Defence Lawyer’s Memorial http://t.co/n76ZcoMIcP
- SOUTH AFRICA: Equality courts ‘crying out for work’ http://t.co/E0SWj79PSz
- IRELAND: Court hears allegations Thomas Byrne defrauded 91-year-old woman http://t.co/mRRrCaUYr1
- US: Federal courts delay cases, warn of more drastic measures as shutdown drags on http://t.co/J9EmoaotFh
- Ian Watkins trial: Jurors to be offered counselling http://t.co/zJhWsSRYfH
- The sad tale of the lollipop man who was told he couldn't high-five anymore http://t.co/Qdpa3iSXP7
- What is the reasonable way for UK asylum seekers to 'prove they are gay'? http://t.co/brxrM3OdrX
- Drink-driving increases among elderly http://t.co/avjsCg5tgh
- NEW ZEALAND dismisses major internet companies’ disputes with new spying law http://t.co/oeVz5H96Yu
- CHINA: Forced student labour in making Apple & Playstation products is central to the Chinese economic miracle http://t.co/EcLXxRmUH3
- AUSTRALIA: Queensland bikie prison plan is 'madness', civil rights groups say http://t.co/G0XI7JV50z
- Undercover police legal battle continues http://t.co/1zWchBnUGb
- Libel tourism at an end, say lawyers following high court rulings http://t.co/CB0e5nBiUE
- Cambridgeshire Police carry out migrant worker raids http://t.co/M0gwvOSQbm
- Birmingham suspected brothels raided by police http://t.co/bBRZBJjLG1
- Cyberbullying law needed, says children's commissioner for Wales http://t.co/cJYapXnfY0
- TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHC3kLR
- Tribunals Bill welcomed by The Scottish Government’s Justice Committee: http://t.co/76HPFTtD4h
- PHILIPPINES: Supreme Court will conduct a lifestyle check on judges and court personnel http://t.co/xyR3tYlhJI
- INDIA: Book on history of Assam judiciary released http://t.co/ZRct7j3iMh
- GHANA: Former President promises to help Chief Justice in ridding Judiciary of bribery and corruption accusations http://t.co/MlIXxXeh3Y
- US: Delaware judge lifts secrecy surrounding Al Jazeera-AT&T case http://t.co/ZChBwrWMNF
- US: South Carolina man who shot teenager in head will NOT face trial http://t.co/NbIsIady6v
- Buyers left in 14-year limbo by home-title dispute http://t.co/u7IIwNB8Th
- Liverpool Lawyer Andrew Todd faces being struck off for failing to report suspicions of money laundering http://t.co/LEVq2ilr9d
- A day in the life...of a solicitor - Laura Austin, partner of Levy and Co, based in Clacton http://t.co/NeSWvCPqfE
- IRELAND: Byrne trial hears woman was unable to sign forms http://t.co/pEa6sA4tbt
- AUSTRALIA: Gatto solicitor David Chapman walks free on suspended sentence for drug trafficking http://t.co/R01bODVCc5
- Impunity feared in COLOMBIA military justice law http://t.co/FW0R9Z9OlD
- The Climate Justice Fund allows Scotland to share its expertise http://t.co/ksRj1wOcZE
- UGANDA: Why Justice Kisakye ruled against rebel MPs http://t.co/KrlI2C5hhA
- CHINA: Poor quality of court translations puts justice at risk, experts warn http://t.co/lfnl2knrDZ
- A man has been jailed for six months for bringing drugs into Magilligan Prison inside Kinder eggs http://t.co/TYXu2tH3g5
- Workers in IT, law, HR and marketing are the most fulfilled by their careers http://t.co/PUTTLofRpn
- Exceptions on ritual slaughter are wrong http://t.co/Cc38eK44Bi
- Scrap metal dealer fears new laws will ruin trade http://t.co/MEtvdagtjf
- Greenpeace launches legal bid to restrict UK fracking http://t.co/1fxWcGUPb6
- European court of human rights attacks UK newspapers for misleading reports http://t.co/bjAK4r1GCk
- US: Legal Bills Rising, billionaire hedge-fund manager Steven A. Cohen Is Said to Plan Art Sales http://t.co/4H6b1PRySo
- Indian doctors in legal action over UK exam bias http://t.co/GelYJ5C7jp
- SOUTH AFRICA: Court orders Legal Aid to foot Marikana bill http://t.co/YCzVx77d0d
- Public sector workers at risk of prosecution if need for corroboration is removed in shake-up to the justice system http://t.co/JBYvRITOJI
- INDIA: ‘Even my lawyer seemed against our marriage’ the tale of an inter-faith marriage http://t.co/o4uNfSIGK9
- AUSTRALIA: LNP lawyer urges cabinet to leave workers compensation alone http://t.co/RBdXWAXJBg
- Guantanamo Bay lawyer uses stories she’s heard at work to write fiction http://t.co/098DY1xrPO
- US: Tampa lawyer sets up downtown bee hive http://t.co/JZ78ajPhfw
- Lawyer Interview: Jan Dalgleish is HR director Collyer Bristow | The Lawyer http://t.co/wL7OGy1RsO
- US: Court's equal rights case turns the law upside down http://t.co/SWiocFXCUt
- Glasgow Rangers rebels to go to court to force their way onto board at AGM http://t.co/JRGEFbQDxv
- INDIA: Courts should not be guided by "misplaced sympathy" while examining quantum of punishment of an offender http://t.co/X8ZSenVQLr
- KENYA: African Union against Kenyatta trial http://t.co/a7X7Kbw0H7
- CAMBODIA to hear closing statements in KRouge trial http://t.co/xr6Jtp8fVn
- NEW ZEALAND: Fraud trial against former clothing boss due to begin http://t.co/OYjN5cXaWK
- 'Act only according to the maxim by which you can at the same time will that it should become a universal law' | Immanuel Kant http://t.co/7szCu4B1OD
- 5 things to know about CHINA's new aged care law http://t.co/e1qcp1zX7n
- Adventures in New Forms of (Legal) Academic Publishing http://t.co/vUAmjWHmr0
- US: Duquesne law students write sustainability rules for Pittsburgh http://t.co/2a6dQnqFoe
- Law professor uses 'The Wire' to bring study of criminal law to life http://t.co/f1vblVoBmm
- US: New law bans trapping of bobcats Governor signs measure covering land near parks http://t.co/j0gN6r45TV
- US Law School Q-and-A: Applying Early, Adding Diversity Statement http://t.co/oXsy1Ul00e
- US tax law has some expatriates waiving the American flag http://t.co/LQuO4jqAki
- NEW ZEALAND: Dump spy law, IT giants urge MPs http://t.co/NjvewiAFTD
- INDIA: Sindh Govt to appoint 200 law graduates in police dept http://t.co/cCAqAOUGRC
- African rule of law declines despite economic gains, Ibrahim index shows http://t.co/xQ2QNwlk8D
- Law Society’s disciplinary arm faces claims of sharp practice http://t.co/xzWPKQFoeP
- US: New law bans firing domestic violence victims after teacher was sacked http://t.co/icvU6SgIRV
- Greenpeace law challenge will not ban UK fracking, says industry http://t.co/bG8gxQXfId
- LIBERIA's Charles Taylor prefers Rwandan jail to UK http://t.co/CO67wXkaSz
- Senghenydd: Centenary of UK's worst pit disaster marked http://t.co/Z1cAjrquZq
- Police chief direct recruitment 'to bypass constable rank' http://t.co/wyWhgDzWE8
- Man charged with Buckingham Palace intrusion http://t.co/vpYy8Ur9Ls
- Al-Sweady inquiry: Decorated soldier denies Iraqi abuse claims http://t.co/HyoCTlAwYQ
- Benefit tourism claims: European Commission urges UK to provide evidence http://t.co/wJkdcKHWRy
- US: Al-Qaeda suspect al-Liby in New York to face charges http://t.co/jIRHiDcRj2
- Jimmy Savile NHS abuse probe: 'Up to 30' hospitals involved http://t.co/47upSIsEOp
- Madeleine McCann: Police reveal 'pre-planned abduction' theory http://t.co/QW5B5ZVo6W
- Oh Lord, can't we keep religion out of politics? http://t.co/o7CAHhzNYo
- Fracking faces challenge from Lancashire farmer and Greenpeace http://t.co/xf8nVzzVor
- Charles Taylor's life behind bars: tennis and transfer woes http://t.co/t8duIvVTjI
- Lord Lester warns against further state intervention into press regulation http://t.co/CtI1sOyLDK
- Hammer falls on free Sky TV for judges http://t.co/5xD5A0RsCE
- Surveillance tribunal may allow publicity http://t.co/tonKbN2iN8
- The minority report: the impact of US foreign policy on ethnic communities http://t.co/FoU6G5MZGT
- Forced student labour is central to the Chinese economic miracle http://t.co/EcLXxRmUH3
- Firm broken up after failing to secure indemnity insurance | Legal Futures http://t.co/fo9VaObc2B
- Circuits club together to back QASA judicial review | Legal Futures http://t.co/xeV14rN9Bk
- Personal injury firms escape indemnity renewal relatively unscathed, survey finds | Legal Futures http://t.co/4qRFlj6KGs
- Vicky Pryce bears no grudge for imprisonment and 'has to just look forward' http://t.co/1yHOW3A93V
- Former Madeleine McCann suspect defends Portuguese police http://t.co/51mvOPTgvN
- The hunting ban has failed the foxes, too http://t.co/NYsC7kquCg
- Judges dismiss wealthy foreigners’ libel cases http://t.co/q5vJq13dq1
- Attorney General: Britain's 'economic, physical and ethical well-being' depends on Europe http://t.co/H3xSvlfFed
- Rosie Millard took on mobile phone mugger and won http://t.co/0RAkvbyI3Y
- Jackson: we’ll hear from appeal court soon | Law Gazette http://t.co/jHvXMPAtJU
- LCJ urges Wales to start afresh | Law Gazette http://t.co/h6SvNZmgX4
- Disclosing dirty laundry? | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/QCrcmbdNcv
- Wolters Kluwer divests to focus on legal | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/p9uwlSHAcm
- Top US sports lawyer Jim Tanner starts own practice | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/hqksoJBCqE
- ABA International to arrive in London this week | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/5F5V1u8g9u
- Amazon forest lawyer goes on trial for fraud | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/8rXkvTmiPd
- Lawyers' security meeting in Pakistan ends in scuffle | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/cMFPvnacYI
- Squire Sanders creates healthcare fellowship first | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/ul92qzClFC
- Legal costs drag JP Morgan into loss | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/5qQz635fg6
- Clients get sceptical about premium law firms | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/dPe8U1ofja
- Peer makes fresh attempt at cohabitation rights bill | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/7lSqE0uaXw
- The SRA has six million files in storage | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/0BaU4BaeLW
- For firms to offer the same service in the same old way is selling Scotland short | The Lawyer http://t.co/wgFmxzHr9q
- Scottish model of the independent law firm has a lot going for it | The Lawyer http://t.co/vCihhlKS4x
- There are concerns that Scottish planning policy could put the brake on development | The Lawyer http://t.co/ofs6mAXmY4
- Real estate deals in Scotland are up but there are complex motives behind the sales | The Lawyer http://t.co/tKWeAmP0g8
- International firms are finding the French market has passed its best | The Lawyer http://t.co/tVHekFpTD8
- Document management: The digital edge | The Lawyer http://t.co/93A9Psx1AU
- Good old British household names dominated the deals listings in September | The Lawyer http://t.co/eu45Z6r40r
- Two Chinese firms are being sued in a blazing forestry deal row | The Lawyer http://t.co/vD6kkpm7Yk
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Allen & Overy leads as Lloyds Banking Group offloads Australian assets | The Lawyer http://t.co/bnfSZwLihP
- CoA rules Scrabble tile trademark to be invalid | The Lawyer http://t.co/ziCZSXxRvB
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Penningtons acquires Manches as merger talks close | The Lawyer http://t.co/f1rXj3VxNP
- Quadrant aims for Asia and energy with joint senior clerk hire | The Lawyer http://t.co/ZcD80MGPPw
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Gianni Origoni to open Hong Kong office | The Lawyer http://t.co/0BstaDlVjZ
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Kevin Gold reappointed as Mishcon holds first-ever management elections | The Lawyer http://t.co/YLyatHTuD9
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FOCUS OF THE DAY: Coulson J declines “unreasonable” costs budgets in professional negligence claim. The High Court has declined to accept “unreasonable” costs budgets on both sides of a £1.6m professional negligence claim, in an important decision on proportionality. Full story - New Law Journal
TheLawMap EXCLUSIVE: Saturday's Law Interview with Jane Needham SC, Senior Vice President of NSW Australia Bar Association.
FOCUS OF THE DAY: Coulson J declines “unreasonable” costs budgets in professional negligence claim. The High Court has declined to accept “unreasonable” costs budgets on both sides of a £1.6m professional negligence claim, in an important decision on proportionality. Full story - New Law Journal
TheLawMap EXCLUSIVE: Saturday's Law Interview with Jane Needham SC, Senior Vice President of NSW Australia Bar Association.
- Regulators defend separate responses to LETR | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/vcy7FWTnPP
- Pioneer Law Gazette editor Sheila Pratt dies | Law Gazette http://t.co/MCxTRzfyQH
- Regional firms buy files from Harris Cartier in PII fallout | Law Gazette http://t.co/68QINFAOM4
- Room for ‘only 300 criminal firms’ | Law Gazette http://t.co/I6BzKqGJav
- MALAYSIA court rules non-Muslims cannot use 'Allah' http://t.co/Ykw7gsHojX
- Hertfordshire Police escort M1 cyclist off motorway http://t.co/5wafjpe4ni
- Trio awarded Nobel economics prize http://t.co/a0KZ8HwwSC
- Protests follow Google 'endorsed advert' change http://t.co/9RRUZj8zC8
- Terror raid: London suspects questioned http://t.co/lyIwgM64EA
- NHS Savile abuse probe widened http://t.co/47upSIsEOp
- TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHC3kLR
- Vicky Pryce: Most women jailed due to the men in their life http://t.co/rxr5Mnglrt
- Al-Madinah Muslim free school: Policy review on head coverings http://t.co/Ukq1A8wo05
- Boy, 10, held over death of man, 79 http://t.co/jdXveJM0bF
- Piers Morgan: my fight with the US pro-gun lobby http://t.co/eLblvC5hYD
- Criminal compensation reforms would shift burden of proof on to victims http://t.co/SGtIvOLKrm
- NSA files – live coverage of all developments and reaction http://t.co/FGUeGoAS6R
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Taylor Wessing brings in Nabarro infrastructure head | The Lawyer http://t.co/FkbveXesw1
- London litigation boutique goes under as professional indemnity cover fails | The Lawyer http://t.co/mBsNneTCdP
- Top Chinese firms face Canadian lawsuit over capital markets transactions | The Lawyer http://t.co/P7gTdSziuh
- Scottish chiefs split over future of the market | The Lawyer http://t.co/tBAW5eP23G
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Wragge & Co outsourcing deal results in 26 support staff redundancies | The Lawyer http://t.co/fLUfsu2wV3
- In INDIA’s Politics, Jail Time Is a Badge of Honor http://t.co/XQJWvLJSA8
- INDIA: It’s illegal for lawyers to abstain from work: High Court judge http://t.co/JUoE1Ywkk1
- Waste crime crackdown shuts 25 illegal sites a week http://t.co/X1CHJSLLDP
- Police pursue illegal harecoursers in Lincolnshire http://t.co/6SY1EgafdE
- ETHIOPIA: Human Rights Watch accuses African leaders of undermining AU Charter http://t.co/nRwhTtTZDj
- In COLOMBIA, rights activists fear impunity for war crimes under new military justice law http://t.co/dMHiGtFLrT
- AUSTRALIA: Vice-president of Victoria's Freedom of Information tribunal attended a celebration for a law http://t.co/plS48h6Uy3
- Science can only develop by ignoring national borders: Whose science is it anyway? http://t.co/Js1P2y5S5W
- ITALY steps up migrant boat patrols after tragedies http://t.co/TY2fbFlX2t
- Visa rules for Chinese coming to the UK will be relaxed http://t.co/es2vTQ233N
- RUSSIA: Moscow riots follow 'migrant' murder http://t.co/FZm61oPVkS
- Design for relocated Scotland Yard released http://t.co/oHS5B4VcNq
- Four arrested in London terror raids http://t.co/lyIwgM64EA
- Madeleine McCann search: Police release e-fits of man http://t.co/2t9imAm3d5
- A full list of our Focus of the Day stories dating back a year! http://t.co/rhEiQq9uyJ
- TheLawMap Review of Last Week: The Law Business: 7th to 13th October http://t.co/LinUKmZ3ug
- INDIA: Law Students' Association organized event for budding lawyers http://t.co/Bxk4yEzUms
- Press law will fail without newspapers' support, Tories warn http://t.co/NxQiVCcScU
- Lawyers in France strike over £27m cut in Legal Aid. UK citizens face £220m cuts http://t.co/OUvV07Gna1
- Justice Secretary Grayling: legal market needs to be more diverse and innovative | Legal Futures http://t.co/mQXSlt1e9u
- The UK is a non-protectionist island in a sea of closed jurisdictions | Law Gazette http://t.co/T100TG21bX
- Judicial recusal: judge must step down in circumstances where there appears to be bias or apparent bias | Law Gazette http://t.co/ackynEa0Jc
- National Crime Agency: the big picture | Law Gazette http://t.co/s2yHrGir8D
- Regulating ABSs: levelling the playing field | Law Gazette http://t.co/ylWQT1IPLw
- Clash between the Mail and Ed Miliband can teach us a lot about human rights & crisis management | Law Gazette http://t.co/fJn4CjPwDR
- EU access directive | Law Gazette http://t.co/bIawEKbHrJ
- Scholarship payments on offer: 11 law degree scholarships worth £6,000 & placements with leading firms | Law Gazette http://t.co/bIegw5jxiA
- Standardised property deals procedure launched | Law Gazette http://t.co/dc6Gux9p7R
- Poor due diligence plagues lateral hire | Law Gazette http://t.co/pV5qNvSPaV
- Britons take to video to learn US law | Law Gazette http://t.co/gFePOsBzmx
- Legal training shake-up must not ‘dumb down’ | Law Gazette http://t.co/6tw5ctb6Up
- Comparison site aims exclusively at SME market | Legal Futures http://t.co/mGmuhhxsuu
- Joe Whitty obituary: Reforming prison governor who took the helm at the Feltham Young Offender Institution in 1989 http://t.co/qa0Y87w0wc
- New evidence may clear woman convicted of murder 21 years ago http://t.co/Fggbf8yobm
- GCHQ mass surveillance putting right to challenge state at risk, say lawyers http://t.co/3El9S62F86
- GCHQ accused of monitoring privileged emails between lawyers and clients http://t.co/QWsOr0rRST
- EU urged to tackle boat people crisis in Mediterranean http://t.co/gmEPeYky2g
- Privy council route can't deliver Leveson http://t.co/KpHrAWQbVH
- Publishers beware: European Court of Human Rights imposes liability for anonymous defamatory comments http://t.co/mGOAzPREQJ
- SRI LANKA: Complaints on human rights violations decline this year http://t.co/CByTSaANwi
- SAUDI ARABIA: Conference condemns silence over human rights violations http://t.co/e7Qi74hmoI
- BARBADOS: The Myrie case and human rights http://t.co/2muUIhmUS1
- TURKEY: Supreme Court of Appeals’ Balyoz verdict unlikely to change http://t.co/8m3fVcGlRm
- AFGHANISTAN polls: Warlords, rights abusers join the race http://t.co/wawcwgxdJN
- Minister's ban on blood from gay men 'irrational' declares judge - Northern Ireland http://t.co/S0nY8NHvAV
- IRELAND: Kenny plans to extend Seanad voting rights to all graduates http://t.co/7QomG5tyMO
- NEW ZEALAND: Public 'shouldn't lose confidence' in justice system, according to Chief Justice following Lundy retrial http://t.co/QZQ4UJETHb
- Ex-colonies sue Britain for slavery http://t.co/nhsXqOt4RO
- INDIA second among 95 countries in legal framework of the Right to Information http://t.co/AZGoru20hz
- New law is aiming to combat metal thefts http://t.co/uhiGiEljvO
- Britain's fastest-growing legal high chain opens branch next to drug rehab charity http://t.co/4ZJbqvr61M
- Weekender Interview: Florian Schmidt-Gabain, lawyer, 31 http://t.co/NCW7lEPJN9
- PAKISTAN: CJ lauds lawyers’ role for reviving judiciary, democracy http://t.co/aHot2xfV9j
- FRANCE: Condemnation of French Courts for Upholding Stop and Frisk Laws http://t.co/NOv0X7eEMI
- AUSTRALIA: Lawyer Chandrika Achala Devi Urban struck off after stealing from clients http://t.co/ARScaDqeT3
- Betting law is paradoxical in INDIA, feels Retd Justice Mudgal http://t.co/MPYlbuBzEg
- MOROCCO teen 'kissing trial' adjourned to November http://t.co/GkGb0z0stx
- IRELAND: Tribunal finds GP guilty for missing melon-sized growth http://t.co/YXAihCIBdW
- IRELAND: Tribunal to hear Ryanair’s challenge to Aer Lingus ruling in February http://t.co/ihzIWqRLcF
- INDIA Asaram saga: 'Witness' rejects police help, says will go to judiciary http://t.co/5A1eLoo9ye
- KENYA: Hackers invade CJ Willy Mutunga communication channels, judiciary promises to act http://t.co/VMu6OiWOiu
- US judge denies request to appoint lawyer for captured al-Liby http://t.co/tEG3ACAV36
- IRELAND: Sex offences bill must address family abuse http://t.co/7Ev1rfwelt
- CANADA: New Saskatchewan foreign worker legislation introduced http://t.co/tPjTzPHHUZ
- BAHAMAS Signs Two Historic Pieces of Legislation http://t.co/B90NCw3vxf
- GUYANA: Lawyers not buying Law Reports from Legal Affairs Ministry http://t.co/zUfJh4qDR3
- Social Public Procurement: Corporate Responsibility Without Regulation http://t.co/IpEInWj0ki
- Creating Cayman as an Offshore Financial Center: Structure & Strategy Since 1960 http://t.co/xMhid56pQH
- IRELAND: Minister's ban on blood from gay men 'irrational' declares judge http://t.co/S0nY8NHvAV
- EGYPT: Detained US citizen found dead in cell http://t.co/4BMKBOqbl5
- PAKISTAN: Judiciary playing key role in supremacy of constitution: Chief Justice http://t.co/lnxmDZS7PN
- Gaza 'terror tunnel' uncovered inside ISRAEL, says army http://t.co/lDiyuh1UUw
- Landlord immigration checks restricted after Lib Dem concerns http://t.co/ZdzHiLLJWc
- Video: Sports Minister, who is also a qualified solicitor demonstrates judo throw on Telegraph journalist http://t.co/d4cq7psmZC
- INDIA seizes armed ship owned by American 'anti-piracy' security firm http://t.co/XESZa5kGKN
- PALESTINE: Gaza's first 'prison baby' on way after jailed Palestinian smuggles out sperm http://t.co/Ye7Szs9hsn
- WH Smith shuts down its website over hardcore pornographic ebooks http://t.co/7qsD3VDy7R
- Plebgate: Keir Starmer defends police investigation http://t.co/dYwbzDdubl
- Nine in 10 walk free for first violent crime http://t.co/nGo76MMovE
- Press regulation: Why Maria Miller’s plans for reform are so dangerous http://t.co/LUMBlJbUBp
- Human Rights Act must stay, says Keir Starmer http://t.co/wLi4JlgiUq
- Police jobs opened up to foreign chiefs in end to historic rules http://t.co/Vegg2Va19l
- Julian Brazier MP calls for 'legal high' shop ban http://t.co/AjmLIMe7Zd
- Sexual offences: Wrong questions asked of victims, says Keir Starmer http://t.co/pVNombhgmf
- US:Documentary looks at the role of the legal community in Alabama during the Civil Rights Movement http://t.co/KDxOayxKu1
- Legal battle over £1.5m home of Scotland's most wanted man http://t.co/mWQ49iR45e
- Legal jurisdiction still clouds Afghan deal about US forced staying on http://t.co/PqcoI3qkLE
- Britain's fastest-growing legal high chain opens branch next to drug rehab charity http://t.co/zYROqXmign
- Britain's fastest-growing legal high chain opens branch next to drug rehab charity http://t.co/PB4p0nNPWZ
- How Activist Is the US Supreme Court? http://t.co/kRmGVzStP7
- Four Executives on Succeeding in Business as a Woman http://t.co/0J2rg32UNA
- TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHC3kLR
- 'No more the meek & mild subservience', arise Madam Counsel : TheLawMap Interview http://t.co/Yqs07o8C3x
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