FOCUS OF THE DAY: A group of personal injury law firms has begun a legal challenge to the government’s plans for vetting whiplash claims. The Ministry of Justice announced in December that diagnosis of the injury would be made by a panel of independent accredited medical professionals. Full story - The Law Society Gazette
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- All that happened in the lives of UK lawyers and law firms last week - a comprehensive review of the legal press of last week - Sunday Law Review 22nd to 28th February
- A fair hearing for sovereign debt http://t.co/v6TAfTwyje
- Listing Hong Kong’s Law Firms on the #HongKong Stock Exchange http://t.co/GarzDCrGLC
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Franklin adds four-strong Paris competition team from Bird & Bird | The Lawyer http://t.co/x66G1dpHnI
- European lawyer moves: 5 March 2015 | The Lawyer http://t.co/SDBjbPFdPU
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Weil’s UK revenue hits $125m as global PEP soars by 16 per cent | The Lawyer http://t.co/nTeoRSPviE
- Nigerian asylum seeker to prove she is gay to stay in the UK https://t.co/va3PzCr79R
- Irwin Mitchell follows Slater and Gordon with rebrand | Law Gazette http://t.co/2CV3B0l00W
- Should barristers have to qualify within five years? http://t.co/Y2nj5782vd
- Commercial Property Solicitor Malcolm Glynn joins expanding legal firm Progression Solicitors https://t.co/VnZOClSJHF
- Solicitor in Denbigh hospital dispute accused of 'playing silly games' https://t.co/DIy0PNUkos
- From work experience to fully qualified solicitor: Charles Daysh of Jones and Co Solicitors https://t.co/bcq6UWVCF0
- Solicitor son calls father to tell him he is trespassing #IRELAND https://t.co/9idp6JRVwA
- Becoming an illegal logger is not as difficult as you might think, nor as difficult as it should be https://t.co/H4xnSufHZg
- #AUSTRALIA Clamps Down on Illegal Foreign Housing Investment https://t.co/MDymqswprz
- The brutal world of #TANZANIA's illegal ivory poaching industry https://t.co/DJtjO0c551
- Prince William condemns illegal wildlife trade on #CHINA visit http://t.co/MRd44iKe6z
- Jurors resume deliberations at Arias sentencing retrial after lawyer says panel at impasse #US https://t.co/YhvufmuODm
- A lawyer who was a counsel for several activists of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement, shot dead #PAKISTAN https://t.co/45N06dI1u4
- Opposition Lawyer's Killing Reminds of Violent Past #MOZAMBIQUE https://t.co/YqQ14e79wN
- The Lawyer Who Could Kill Obamacare Tells a Revealing Joke #US https://t.co/gSSVIGF22Q
- Boston bombing trial: Tsarnaev lawyer admits his guilt #US http://t.co/HUm4IjtDKD https://t.co/iEDLCwyrNd
- Campaign finance scandal causes waves in #CHILE as case hit courts https://t.co/om9V8AVlt5
- Two sides enter the ring for another Supreme Court battle over health care #US https://t.co/88fG9xSOWU
- What have the European courts ever done for us? https://t.co/cwUJI4t1Vt
- Courts can ask states to compensate road mishap victims: Supreme Court #INDIA https://t.co/gglW8qCjjp
- Q&A: In Alabama, State Court Vs. Federal Courts. Who Wins? #US https://t.co/wnpt3qGhcn
- Tories consider limiting child benefit to three children http://t.co/0OpCyEV4HN
- New Zealand spying on Pacific islands, Snowden leaks say http://t.co/EjvEuxOR8C
- Abid Naseer: Manchester terror plot release 'risked lives' http://t.co/5dCAhlPWP1
- Ex-Conservative MP Harvey Proctor's home searched by police http://t.co/L2BIpHL1J0
- Chemistry teacher Jamshed Javeed, who admitted Syria-related terror offences, is jailed at Woolwich Crown Court http://t.co/SjB3eYCMf7
- US ambassador to South Korea slashed with razor by political extremist http://t.co/OaXNYYsyKh
- SFO launches investigation into Bank of England liquidity auctions http://t.co/x6LbiUE3bX
- Police chief: terrorist convicted in US should have been tried in UK http://t.co/ZvrGp0nvtn
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Boutique boom continues as Freshfields litigators quit Moscow office to go it alone | The Lawyer http://t.co/81u7KHujmU
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Gibson Dunn partner admits "serious misjudgment" in handling of Djibouti case | The Lawyer http://t.co/BgBj6wx9M6
- 'Paranoia among firms & junior lawyers': Profession responds angrily to SRA's plan to scrap trainee code | The Lawyer http://t.co/I1DmrFkpJQ
- No justice without interpreters | Law Gazette http://t.co/OBnRqodmd3
- Court fee increase imminent as levy clears parliament | Law Gazette http://t.co/FerBktYyt4
- TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHC3kLR
- Criminal lawyers appeal for funds to continue legal aid fight | Law Gazette http://t.co/Ys74SjghHv
- CCTV footage shows a bus driver getting stabbed in the eye in South London http://t.co/DmgmawBqOP
- French court orders wanted former Kazakh minister to be extradited to Russia or Ukraine http://t.co/PPxvLgR2Wq
- Police offer £2,000 reward for stolen cup dubbed 'the Welsh Holy Grail' http://t.co/O2As9TjvQ5
- British pensioners targeted in scam by extremists raising funds for Isis http://t.co/cX4xlYZWKr
- 'They looked like Isis': masked raid led to 'kidnapping' at Chicago police site #US http://t.co/6gY1bUjmpn
- Tell us: have you been held by police when nobody knew where you were? http://t.co/AS6W2XaMDy
- Ferguson police department and Michael Brown shooting – read the Justice Department reports #US http://t.co/d0BWU7OuNK
- Supreme court divided over challenge to Obamacare #US http://t.co/QoYI1pKJol
- Obamacare challenge: supreme court arguments point to divisions #US http://t.co/ldXYvaodRy
- Alabama court orders judges to uphold ban on gay marriage #US http://t.co/KXstVNFCAG
- Man sues Philadelphia police over 2011 arrest for 'fly on the wall' photo dispute #US http://t.co/kEJF7I01Vl
- Scottish School apology over 'Palestinian terrorism' homework http://t.co/F3PIjk2067
- Bank of England liquidity auctions probed by fraud office http://t.co/hYE4Ept5DJ
- Election 2015: Cameron agrees to just one TV debate http://t.co/Vv1blRlVcY
- Secure eMail contact addresses listed for defence practitioners on Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) website https://t.co/dULQdcCPx5
- Protecting the UK from cyber-attack https://t.co/H1Nz0Eeng5
- Government announces crackdown on illegal fly-tipping https://t.co/z9oATZqsRd
- "It is time to get serious about wildlife crime." https://t.co/hBOGF0G23x
- Traveller sites banned from entire town as High Court issues unprecedented injunction http://t.co/FcA0x0Coe8
- RE teacher found hanged after claiming she had been bullied by school colleagues http://t.co/JcGflEtAYh
- Laura Ashley boss says he struggles to pay his estranged wife's £110k-a-month maintenance http://t.co/KLa1NcPN5D
- Man stamps pigeon to death for eating hotdog crumbs http://t.co/ocV2N2FUQh
- Mother acts as surrogate for own son's baby http://t.co/Ws0YkWe6fA
- Lesbian Nigerian woman told: 'Prove you're gay to stay in Britain' http://t.co/g7WC2rVzz9
- Man admits mugging frail OAP Stanley Evans for £5 http://t.co/2iLqTOo3eH
- SRA dumps trainee code of best practice | Law Gazette http://t.co/HGAGI5iYJS
- Irwin Mitchell unveils new advertising push to "distance" itself from other firms | Legal Futures http://t.co/397jSlXaKB
- County court backs law student McKenzie Friend scheme | Legal Futures http://t.co/rUiDTD7BKr
- Innovation in providing legal services will be “paramount”, survey finds | Legal Futures http://t.co/gbi3fzqKyc
- UK bomb plot suspect Abid Naseer found guilty in the #US http://t.co/Qi328vf6Mg
- Law firms get closer to boardroom budgets as complexity of issues grows | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/heHQfaZLAz
- Tax specialist Flick Gocke opens fifth office in Hamburg | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/0Lh7bEj2bi
- Harvard and Northwestern join in law school venture in Qatar | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/vuXdWt0PAP
- Big Joe Beltrami, father of modern Scottish criminal defence, dies in Glasgow | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/RixBPR8Ooc
- Law firms go to court over laptops taken by exiting lawyers | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/voLIcz8NXJ
- Bank of England internal compliance said to fail professional standards | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/sJYJrvQ5Ig
- PwC faces $1b claim over toxic chemicals in legal document paper | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/POHPPBy9qR
- Controversy grows over links by Irish law firms to tobacco sector | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/yVVekBq6i3
- No duty on solicitors to check credit status of parties, High Court rules | Legal Futures http://t.co/CMnu5NyZnq
- Large law firms “most worried" about threats from ABSs and accountancy firms | Legal Futures http://t.co/eFcDGoWZw0
- Kelly Sotherton's stolen Commonwealth Games gold medal found http://t.co/bJ9rdq5C4c
- Two men arrested in terror fraud probe linked to Syria http://t.co/KQIs3viUFb
- BBC Trust boss proposes 'bespoke' regulator http://t.co/ST9L1ZFuZE
- Facebook case: Injunction halts £20,000 payout to convicted sex offender http://t.co/fu3kqO27bZ
- General election 2015: Broadcasters offer to shift TV debate http://t.co/absuF46Gvn
- Ayesha Ali killing: Mother and lover found guilty http://t.co/PaA08dx5WV
- Stepbrother charged with Becky Watts murder in Bristol http://t.co/arhaZkO5zL
- Police retention of protestor’s data is lawful | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/k4XIchqSUC
- Legal aid: on the side of the angels | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/7btzG0xgmG
- Lawyers’ aversion to risk is damaging their future success | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/g2VD3tzWLu
- Banks and financial services firms at risk of employment litigation | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/E2pulY8rwe
- Legal aid cuts undermine social welfare system | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/9s1yUT0iHb
- Reform of ‘groundless threats’ regime in IP law is a boost for SME innovation | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/wY4rmGfKuU
- Small law firms use social media to punch above their weight | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/PK2ppA6gf1
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Reed Smith year-end financials show 7 per cent revenue boost to $1.15bn | The Lawyer http://t.co/QYNisEdqMz
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Cuatrecasas sees revenue rise 3 per cent to break through €250m | The Lawyer http://t.co/kStFbHGlTi
- Fried Frank comes off 'Putin's banker' case as Russian oligarch represents himself | The Lawyer http://t.co/SMNlC4yBcb
- SRA may scrap trainee rules, allowing recruitment at any age | The Lawyer http://t.co/5IreC2z9RT
- Galloway firm denies breaching SRA rules over Twitter letters | Law Gazette http://t.co/hWvICwmhIN
- BOOK REVIEW: Stamp Duty Land Tax | Law Gazette http://t.co/Y5w7OePiRG
- Family court hammers firm in compliance crackdown | Law Gazette http://t.co/ObYO3JMC9B
- #FRANCE violates treaty on smacking - Council of Europe http://t.co/HHcmcnIgzi
- Trial of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tsarnaev to begin http://t.co/HUm4IjtDKD
- Andrew Mitchell in £80,000 libel payout to 'plebgate' PC http://t.co/YVAsn1ZDCU
- Hillsborough inquests: Police told to 'blame fans' http://t.co/1cUAQb7Pf5
