FOCUS OF THE DAY: An appeal court judge has described legal aid savings as a false economy after seeing a litigant in person struggle without help from a solicitor. In Lindner v Rawlins, the Court of Appeal refused a husband’s attempt to produce material he considered would support allegations made in his divorce petition. Neither party was represented during proceedings and the court had to take time during the hearing to go through relevant family procedure rules. Full story - The Law Society Gazette
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- A Review of the previous week's Legal Press - The Sunday Law Review: 1st to 7th February http://t.co/HCHII3sXod
- Call to drop legal action against Dundee school janitor https://t.co/SdigC0lAaY
- Commerzbank tells investors to brace for more legal charges #GERMANY https://t.co/Einj0sjcWy
- Colorado collects $44 million tax in first year of legal cannabis #US https://t.co/FPCotKfYE4
- Legal bid for death row Australians in #INDONESIA https://t.co/sB2WA003Ks
- Mosque 'deeply disappointed' by Cathy Newman's reaction to venue confusion http://t.co/FPesxPg1PL
- Legal bid to halt Stonelairg wind farm https://t.co/XTRYLYBrKR
- UK threatens to hit back at #Austria over Hinkley Point legal challenge http://t.co/j2umyshlqL
- Merseyside legal row over driveway gates finally resolved https://t.co/DJuoFsIByb
- Senior barrister" to look at allegations of false promises made to students from India and Nepal by NMIT #NEWZEALAND http://t.co/wwEUDwPqhP
- Terror raid: Details of alleged plot revealed with consent of federal police, PM's office says #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/rzWcTeLRiN
- Jehovah's Witness elders deny responsibility for sex predator's actions https://t.co/H623e6819d
- Barrister Peter Sefton, who was banned for bombarding ex with vile texts, is back at work https://t.co/6GVcsfDEoE
- Wearing 'flimsy dresses' suggests girls are 'LOOSE and free' claims barrister behind sexual consent row https://t.co/svIAQ3QDiL
- Wirral-based Havard Law looks to combine new technology with 'old school' principles https://t.co/qZLUdBEZtZ
- Serious Fraud Office faces £6m bill after failed Celtic Energy prosecution of six businessmen including Alan Whiteley http://t.co/Rh3VbwscsU
- Lisburn Solicitors Association seeking local people’s help to ensure that Lisburn Courthouse does not close https://t.co/ctHTDzGE6N
- Solicitor General asks high court for an opinion on US sanctions #VENEZUELA https://t.co/EeQ0EV35BO
- Court fee hikes to spell ‘disaster’ for access to justice | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/vV8TSSplse
- Rhetoric on tax avoidance is ‘disingenuous’ | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/W6H4c5kZ3i
- Revenge porn now a specific criminal offence | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/wiLUlqz2bW
- North West law firm awarded FCA approval | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/qm49E5PhJV
- Early edition of Magna Carta has been found deep in the archives of Kent county council | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/ahqXIgYfGT
- Glasgow Rangers keeper Steve Simonsen has been banned for two games after being found guilty of betting on 55 games http://t.co/mWDSQpYTXb
- BBC ramps up in-house legal training | The Lawyer http://t.co/8ZcAkxkv6E
- News Corp deputy general counsel David Pitofsky promoted to top job | The Lawyer http://t.co/3AYeCEH6jX
- SFO ordered to pay £7m in legal costs for Guildhall Chambers silk trial | The Lawyer http://t.co/0lfkQWB7qT
- Freshfields partner Davies leads legal campaign group to keep Britain in the EU | The Lawyer http://t.co/5D9SXUIxvd
- Naked man jumps on bus to flee Braintree flat fire http://t.co/vNjNGJYCXT
- Apple bans 'bonded servitude' for factory workers http://t.co/1dsIsKwkLl
- Fifth of sex attack victims 'asleep or unconscious' http://t.co/gzuSY6u6YQ
- #DOMINICANREPUBLIC lynching raises fears of humanitarian crisis http://t.co/us9MI9SSCC
- Lord Fink: tax avoidance is normal in British society http://t.co/xVdjlf6qPQ
- Stranger than pulp fiction: meet Bob Nygaard, America's psychic-crime fighter #US http://t.co/uFViIUjrWY
- Judges are fed up and it's not hard to see why | Joshua Rozenberg http://t.co/AfFfHC5JLs
- A ban on beggars in Norwegian cities is not the answer to homelessness #NORWAY http://t.co/V492UqM8RE
- In love and desperate to marry: gay Alabama couple denied by a judges' revolt #US http://t.co/O1no4JV67A
- Debtors prisons are illegal in America. Missouri locked me up in one anyway #US http://t.co/qYAY8vq64T
- Ireland claims world first for women solicitors | Law Gazette http://t.co/1Ro7nqkXwy
- SFO told to pay costs of ‘flawed’ prosecution | Law Gazette http://t.co/HZCAngybSP
- CFA regime ‘vital after legal aid abolition’ | Law Gazette http://t.co/zibPsrZEXI
- Firm targets flotation after £5m private equity investment | Law Gazette http://t.co/0Ow2kvtJ7D
- Fifty Shades of Grey 999 call spike expected by London Fire Brigade http://t.co/yuOOcu7hTz
- Revenge porn is being made a specific criminal offence http://t.co/yj5N50t2uX
- Veteran correspondent Bob Simon dies in car crash #US http://t.co/59e3ExQLlu
- Row over sugar firms' links to scientists http://t.co/fcHxqMkzUb
- Advice issued on secret care home filming http://t.co/UOJD8vZwa3
- #EGYPT court begins retrial of Al Jazeera journalists http://t.co/7yC0AGaqB3
- Korean Air executive jailed in 'nut rage' case #SOUTHKOREA http://t.co/viJmHNnmf3
- Doctor Michael Salmon jailed over sex assaults at Jimmy Savile hospital http://t.co/Z2tmVhUpgs
- HSBC files reveal how UK's non-dom tax concession is being exploited http://t.co/Z1T8ZZnTgH
- What A-levels and work experience do you need for a career in law? http://t.co/y60hQop3nm
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Former Hogan Lovells managing partner joins architecture firm TP Bennett as non-exec | The Lawyer http://t.co/Qaw3PowK6E
- Lord Neuberger: "Concerning but understandable" that only 2% of judges feel valued by current government | The Lawyer http://t.co/tQDrwfAf6X
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Fried Frank wins CVC as private equity client thanks to hires of White and Oates | The Lawyer http://t.co/AczH37NWSP
- Lawyers On Demand data highlights surging flexible legal resourcing market | The Lawyer http://t.co/r14EEj5jbv
- Alarm at plan to relax separate business rule | Law Gazette http://t.co/HRUy8UcJC1
- TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHC3kLR
- NHS 'to get whistleblower guardians' http://t.co/ON5l6SU8WL
- Saudi historian claims Western women drive because they 'don’t care about being raped' http://t.co/hW7ZViMUT5
- First photographs of Devinder Kainth, the British boxer arrested for 'killing German paedophile with one punch' http://t.co/sqoBNdqfFX
- Essex Police’s failure to investigate 30 abuse claims left children vulnerable http://t.co/7tUdz15eVb
- Prolific internet troll who branded victims paedophiles spared jail http://t.co/OlQ5N7RIRW
- Our crumbling prison system is a disgrace to modern democracy http://t.co/cRDdJjI8u4
- British jails have more 'lifers' but less overcrowding, says report http://t.co/6aypEn1Pij
- England and Wales near top of prison spending league table http://t.co/pzNXpi1U7U
- Woman killed herself after struggling to deal with being unmarried and childless by 30 http://t.co/LakaRoItfa
- Bank worker faces jail after helping steal £123k from account after threats to reveal naked pictures http://t.co/QM3AhxtegZ
- Ministry of Justice under the Coalition has moved to cut the number of luxuries available to prisoners http://t.co/nb0fqeS5cc
- Jealous husband jailed for strangling nurse wife in her hospital intensive care unit http://t.co/Bf04ltLMuJ
- Child abuse inquiry will have 'truth and reconciliation' role http://t.co/Sw6mjbXy1a
- Union baron who accused DJ of wife beating was probed over domestic abuse claims http://t.co/CCXq5LwXCP
- Father wins custody battle with children's grandparents to return them to Australia http://t.co/pQrWkLR33z
- Royal Horticultural Society manager accused of £700,000 swindle http://t.co/9N836N0Nyw
- British victims to sue ferry operator over Concordia wreck http://t.co/xXJHoiZbyC
- German 'paedophile' beaten to death in Spain was 'Katie Price's assistant' http://t.co/vBqyHugvJC
- 'American Sniper' Chris Kyle said ex-Marine was 'nuts' #US http://t.co/g6lMfsBGkQ
- Paramedic sentenced over Walsall Manor Hospital death http://t.co/NV80WaFugb
- HMRC calls in police and SFO on HSBC leak data http://t.co/bi7JpVfPSZ
- Veyo sets its hare running with high-profile ad campaign | Legal Futures http://t.co/R5zBJ6ywzQ
- Assure Law targets personal injury with latest acquisition | Legal Futures http://t.co/LqM0EP61EB
- Law firm secures restraint order against litigant in person | Legal Futures http://t.co/jeBXoSO8Wx
- Costa Concordia captain Schettino guilty of manslaughter #ITALY http://t.co/fQymQKlvvt
- Children taken to UK should be returned to #Australia, judge rules http://t.co/h5qtDG8W2q
- The Guardian view on whistleblowers: heroes working in the public interest | Editorial http://t.co/DeWOyLNhrf
- Poor pay and pensions could force a third of judges to quit | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/BMrBtI2yXs
- LSB approves SRA’s CPD changes | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/j2ltN3DArR
- Court of Appeal brands legal aid cuts a false economy | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/uALyn1LXeg
- Whistleblowing laws to be extended | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/xPo9O0EFkC
- UBS predicts difficult litigation environment for banking sector | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/GRmJDJQSUk
- Partnership pay gap increases | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/Bf9Y6Z4WDK
- Slater & Gordon takes over top Welsh consumer practice | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/BTUR7Pjpzk
- A million dollars a year is no longer enough | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/5iFCdCvX9X
- Ireland sues Britain over notorious 'hooded men' torture case | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/bMesaQ1YaB
- Lawyers on boards help internal governance of companies | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/m8OLpyY4x8
- HSBC comes under the spotlight over Swiss tax affair | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/8R009j23HD
- Australian bank stamps out hourly billing | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/KoXFzxr3yu
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