FOCUS OF THE DAY: Court of Appeal delivers blow to banking industry with default ruling. The Court of Appeal has ruled that banks cannot impose a default on a person's credit file if the credit agreement in question has already been judged unenforceable. Full story - Solicitors Journal
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- Lahore High Court probes Prime Minister's foreign tour funds with a threat of fines in case of impropriety #PAKISTAN http://t.co/7qNHNB4HNU
- Barrister & president of Chartered Institute of Arbitrators Michael Stephens has joined Kings Chambers in Birmingham http://t.co/W7Z18xnod7
- Pro-QC barristers back away from bid to control Bar Association executive #AUSTRALIA http://t.co/RfU8oh2Xxu
- Tax bar needs to be made more accountable if government really wants to reduce the number of tax avoidance schemes http://t.co/QFMwXkCfL6
- Barristers disbarred for repeatedly refusing to pay tribunal fines | Legal Futures http://t.co/xnSYNcT76Y
- Defence barrister alleges ’glaring’ error in Omarjan Azari beheading plot case #AUSTRALIA http://t.co/dKxywN4awN
- Solicitor Melanie Lidstone-Land contributed to tv documentary filmed inside UK's most secure psychiatric hospital http://t.co/gt5zCJc6qt
- Shropshire commercial solicitor Stuart Rose uses 30 years of expertise to dispense advice on wine http://t.co/2sc38df0qV
- Law Society: Scottish solicitor numbers at an 'all-time high' http://t.co/EwDNsiNS7e
- Big Banks Are Fined $4.25 Billion in Inquiry Into Currency-Rigging http://t.co/xlEcaexeiQ
- Debts Canceled by Bankruptcy Still Mar Consumer Credit Scores #US http://t.co/U9qchiy7Nb
- Freud and the Middle East: Dreams, nightmares and the war against ISIS http://t.co/TCIXjUqO1q
- OBITUARY: John Doar, Federal Lawyer on Front Lines Against Segregation, Dies at 92 #US http://t.co/dYBx97XXdb
- European Antitrust Regulators to Hold Discussions With Google's Rivals http://t.co/niwvD0oCnW
- Lee Jun-seok was convicted of deserting the Sewol as it sank in April, killing 304 people #SOUTHKOREA http://t.co/IvGwrxPQGM
- Corruption can no longer be described as a cancer on the system: It is the system in #AFGHANISTAN http://t.co/cKdPMAW7RG
- The Legacy of a Culture of Fear: The post-communist states have not flourished as expected http://t.co/r8LooM3FJc
- For Guccifer, Hacking emails of rich Americans Was Easy. Prison Is Hard #US http://t.co/nU71X8ruiy
- Law student sparks bonfire panic after gun tweet: http://t.co/Af9pvGQ54x
- Daily Mail issues correction to Chris Grayling's article which claimed that not all ECHR judges are legally qualified http://t.co/nxw9qwTXUD
- Crown Court solicitor-advocate tells barristers to stop being so smug: http://t.co/NTTBVoH8Gf
- 14 things that mean something completely different if you’re a law student : http://t.co/u2NFZ3H2EC
- City firms sign up to 25-hours-a-year pro bono deal: http://t.co/T8vMxzmsfv
- Criminal damage charge after horse found shot dead in garden http://t.co/GzaBxXgJ6C
- Teenager who orchestrated 'revenge rape' attack detained http://t.co/teHhcXF0ST
- Fifa report into allegations of corruption is wrong, says investigator http://t.co/4IcsYfcg0o
- London woman convicted of funding her husband fighting in Syria has been jailed at the Old Bailey for 28 months http://t.co/JePxkqXuYc
- Ipso (Independent Press Standards Organisation) will need more than a quick fix http://t.co/nPbvfilhGV
- Manchester trafficking ring ‘sold pregnant woman into sham marriage’ http://t.co/2OCAPGrZGa
- Corporate manslaughter fines should be up to £20m, says Sentencing Council http://t.co/azjjcP3BIu
- #EGYPT decree could lead to release of jailed Australian al-Jazeera journalist http://t.co/AGROG2PEQB
- Google’s French arm faces daily €1,000 fines over links to defamatory article http://t.co/q9J8VBblrp
- More potential victims of ‘fake sheikh’ come forward after BBC documentary http://t.co/TmJWFhDmk4
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Pepeliaev Group to open two offices in Russia to target Asian market | The Lawyer http://t.co/kaVYksHSgt
- LAW FIRM NEWS: RPC’s Charlotte Taggart joins Cabot Credit Management as GC | The Lawyer http://t.co/2bShS425AJ
- LAW FIRM NEWS: European moves - 13 November 2014 | The Lawyer http://t.co/297FtO8kvI
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Simmons adds Edwards Wildman partner in Hong Kong | The Lawyer http://t.co/lKlzBPyiJd
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Baker & McKenzie, Freshfields and Gibson Dunn cross fingers as HP kicks off panel tender | The Lawyer http://t.co/MZ5d39rcgQ
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Clifford Chance, Freshfields, HSF and Linklaters on £2.6bn FCA forex settlement | The Lawyer http://t.co/I5gChNnbXl
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Addleshaw Goddard loses insurance litigation chief Leedham to Mishcon | The Lawyer http://t.co/ep8b841r2e
- Judge rages at ‘grotesque leeching’ of costs in divorce | Law Gazette http://t.co/emoDF0XysC
- Parent company pledges support for Rocket Lawyer UK, the legal document specialist | Law Gazette http://t.co/G8kcta3gKc
- Court overturns legal aid denial in ‘wrongful arrest’ case | Law Gazette http://t.co/IsT7v06QaN
- Young people’s low aspirations due to poor careers advice | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/78r7jsCmqE
- Over one million cohabitants stand to inherit nothing | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/nn4vWRh5J6
- Solicitors warned against ‘doctoring’ expert reports | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/cVCLHXihFI
- How I did on Twitter this week: 31 New Followers, 23 Mentions, 19.1K Mention Reach. How'd your week go? via http://t.co/nzGZEUH4Kw
- TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHC3kLR
- Garda reform has to be a top priority #IRELAND http://t.co/YX38djHBwS
- Irish-born terrorist White Widow Samantha Lewthwaite 'killed by sniper' - unconfirmed reports http://t.co/wn1S53u3pU
- Roy Keane involved in alleged altercation at #IRELAND team hotel http://t.co/zSIeQ1Pyri
- BSB to launch ‘professional statement’ | Legal Futures http://t.co/61oYiDVide
- Judge hits out at system for forcing solicitors to charge barristers referral fees | Legal Futures http://t.co/BpEtrDmL9D
- Shame in the City: £2.6bn fine leaves London’s reputation in tatters http://t.co/cTlq8VPzzm
- Isis in #IRAQ - What would happen if al-Baghdadi really was killed in an air strike? http://t.co/xzfrY1Z9Sv
- YouTube video shows #SYRIA boy 'braving sniper fire' to rescue young girl trapped in shoot-out http://t.co/dYmny0ER39
- YouTube vlogger Craig Dillon pursues defamation action after rape allegation http://t.co/ZKhqPIqUIi
- Police arrest man over sex attack on nine-year-old girl in alleyway in Southend http://t.co/r5AInljSku
- Scotland Yard searching Bodleian Library for Dickens Dossier on alleged child sex abuse http://t.co/O3PAgZgmxD
- Lord Goldsmith calls for review of ‘Fake Sheikh’ convictions as he is exposed http://t.co/g4M25kgT0q
- Anjem Choudary supporter Abu Rumaysah 'leaves Britain for Syria' – just after police order him to hand in passport http://t.co/XcG19hlEZm
- UK supports new permanent seats for Brazil, Germany, India and Japan, alongside permanent African representation http://t.co/gVXhpalBzv
- Out-of-work benefits claims in Wales fall by 9,500 https://t.co/qadU1HABww
- G4S sells subsidiary running services at Guantánamo Bay for $135m #US http://t.co/IUVVWqzLhv
- In a divided America, partisan and race-based redistricting are indistinguishable http://t.co/jKsphDkNHi
- Alabama Republicans get sympathetic hearing in gerrymandering case #US http://t.co/enMhQPCFUJ
- New York to share $35m with other cities to reduce untested rape kit backlog #US http://t.co/IYqyYhTeme
- Judges’ 'resentment' toward Government adding to adoption slump, ex-minister warns http://t.co/TIkPQDJW9N
- Internet pirate jailed for giving music away for free http://t.co/7gQouA3BG6
- Connah Smith jailed for trying to murder two women in seven-hour ordeal http://t.co/PdRF5Pn4pR
- Apple faces lawsuit over missing text messages http://t.co/FmnNfzY9BN
- Lord Chief Justice: 'Terror accused should never be anonymous' http://t.co/6wpAHxelUm
- Police killer Harry Roberts could be given a new name following prison release http://t.co/t4XpXV5x4l
- Couple rack up legal bills of nearly £1m fighting divorce battle (over assets worth just £2.9m) http://t.co/uMQysaRb3s
- IPCC probe three police forces over 'failure to act on intelligence about indecent images of children' http://t.co/jQ9LjnA5Qi
- Missing letter blunder at Companies House 'ruins century-old business' http://t.co/tQo98YdVDp
- Lawyer turned sailor fails in bid to sue Sir Robin Knox-Johnston over round-the-world yacht race http://t.co/tNiMRUUadU
- Record pace set in small law firm mergers | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/7AqSmtmXX8
- London firms move to industrialise the law | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/ptsBOkSqH7
- Demystifying international arbitration | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/KPiO6nmTS4
- A&O predicts rise of private lending market | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/WNwUfhOTWo
- CMS Cameron kits out lawyers with Microsoft tablets | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/MDQdrs2n4L
- Plaintiff lawyers put on alert by RICO settlement | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/btHCPNzlh6
- Japanese and Indian lawyers collaborate as trade rises | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/7wLNbClzI5
- Dentons loses top Africa strategist | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/7cnqvQsBxY
- Nottinghamshire Police probe dentist patient death http://t.co/n0X3TgdhF6
- #QATAR to be cleared of corruption claims over the 2022 World Cup bidding process when Fifa report is published http://t.co/hkEU5TnXVK
- Hundreds jailed for abortion in #ELSALVADOR http://t.co/g01i4KL5sg
- A tough cell: #US to defend solitary confinement use before UN http://t.co/5HeJ6XdQ0p
- Palestinians mark 10th anniversary of Arafat's death #PALESTINE http://t.co/CwDOX3xnqW
- Critics of a street begging ban say it targets ethnic Roma, but defenders say it will lower crime #NORWAY http://t.co/zoW2H69e5D
- Former law student & presently the #NEWZEALAND Solicitor-General returns to Hughes Hall, Cambridge http://t.co/1TCoABglNu
- President receiving tax-free housing allowance while living in state accommodation #TRINIDAD http://t.co/fU60XYDdoc
- Emergency trip to the loo leads to arrest for Eglish woman http://t.co/9J89Qyr3Ii
- Regretful solicitor Steven John Marsden has been punished following an investigation by the regulator http://t.co/DxOBqhQCwH
- Former solicitor, 36, boasts collection of 250 teddy bears while moving out of home http://t.co/WNNsUN4uv7
- #US court refuses to hold Occidental liable in #COLOMBIA bombing http://t.co/ejjlAkxySQ
- President of #EGYPT al-Sisi decrees law on repatriating foreign prisoners http://t.co/C9Q1iMtORU
- In rural #KENYA traditions run deeper than law on cutting girls http://t.co/npGF96UZt8
- Shootings help solicitor's office build case against Horry County strip clubs #US http://t.co/3vpiCDcTAQ
- Hero's welcome for far-right leader Vojislav Seselj accused of war crimes #SERBIA http://t.co/gtUKCsgSqx
- Gender selective abortions skew birthrates, so millions will never find wives, potentially causing #INDIA strife http://t.co/GsVqADJB6Z
- #INDIA suspends officials over botched surgery http://t.co/6AbHOyYfod
- How can Chris Grayling apologise to MPs while ignoring the prisons crisis? http://t.co/swDuU7OnvV
- Woman can have legal aid to sue police for false imprisonment, high court rules http://t.co/STaHZnGJkm
- Students tackle offensive laddish behaviour on university campuses http://t.co/S9rGZ8fwWF
- Machete raid tussle caught on camera in Sunderland shop http://t.co/6ep39o0ckv
- Ched Evans row: MP and patrons criticise Sheffield Utd http://t.co/qXJHWCtCjS
- 'Fake Sheikh Mazher Mahmood entrapped victims' http://t.co/wR2FvGkRa1
- Comcast agrees with Obama on net neutrality, except for the legal bit #US https://t.co/Ke0ZF5nI8n
- Legal challenge to child guardian plan begins http://t.co/nYyoq45xfa
- Unlike many Sheffield United fans, I’ve changed my mind: re-signing Evans would only trivialise and normalise rape http://t.co/WgS8pfAyjw
- Appeal court ruling on Max Clifford shows how far defendants can go | Joshua Rozenberg http://t.co/paKAlNKdxO
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Kennedys stands by Sheffield United sponsorship as Ched Evans returns to ground | The Lawyer http://t.co/ES1tEMnQr5
- Court rules successor firm responsible for complaint | Law Gazette http://t.co/1T6TAddBOF
- Litigation deluge set to follow record forex fines | Law Gazette http://t.co/v2VySnuiBJ
- Justice Minister Simon Hughes plans scheme to divert women from prison | Law Gazette http://t.co/ntSsEOTSJm
