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- Advanced dementia sufferers have no place in court | Joshua Rozenberg https://t.co/YQHFWU2AaD
- Investigative journalist Hicham Mansouri released after 10 months in jail #MOROCCO https://t.co/vzpSNrbFON
- Transgender children, the law, and a boy born in the skin of a girl https://t.co/kH0BZVeYpd
- Couple to begin court fight against ban on heterosexual civil partnerships https://t.co/xwVPqaxpNN
- Lord Janner escaped prosecution due to CPS and police failings, report finds https://t.co/bcMdlr9qPu
- Terrorism Act incompatible with human rights, court rules in David Miranda case https://t.co/Gly561Zfji
- UK terror law incompatible with human rights, court rules in David Miranda case – video https://t.co/722bMfLCLg
- David Miranda ruling throws new light on schedule 7 powers https://t.co/canHcGDzPZ Jan 19, 2016
- How Coronation Street handled revenge porn https://t.co/734socExnE
- Scots lawyer suspended from practising fails in damages action against former client as writ was not validly served https://t.co/cv5F21ypYr
- New partner appointment expands Shepherd and Wedderburn’s regulatory offering | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/W4NsTHT4aO
- Solicitors subject to new letting agent regulations | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/vBTKAxWCUs
- Key clause in Terrorism Act 2000 found incompatible with ECHR | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/EKnID2hZW4
- Determinate sentence prisoner refused permission for judicial review as petition had ‘no real prospects of success’ https://t.co/1PJqqvnr3K
- Northern Ireland: Child protection expert backs change in indecent images law | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/4e678GADyy
- Compass Chambers holds silent auction to raise funds for the Child Brain Injury Trust | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/HcWkZ9ReUZ
- The Hon. Lowell Goddard to deliver Macfadyen Lecture 2016 | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/OBIs7rkgX4
- Pinsent Masons ranked in Stonewall's top 50 | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/BqXRi2m2pn
- Scotland Bill to come under scrutiny again in Lords | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/gCkTQ6HAHC
- Academics mark 30 years of judicial review | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/E8LDatBLVz
- Shepherd And Wedderburn agrees lease at 1 West Regent Street | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/lmta30GL4R
- Scottish government should produce post-legislative reports on acts says SPPA committee | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/LC5Vg8EsWP
- Ombudsman feeding a witch-hunt: nothing wrong with informing consumers, but give them the full story | Law Gazette https://t.co/vZ55okB0so
- MoJ denies legal aid contract U-turn | Law Gazette https://t.co/lbJdSQOvcY
- Listed Australian firm halts trading after profits warning | Law Gazette https://t.co/GNkAZ0gOjE
- Law firms shine in gay-friendly top 100 | Law Gazette https://t.co/8Zx7e06J06
- Bitcoin: Is the crypto-currency doomed? https://t.co/wkcmkEwkYU
- Thousands of trials end over no-show witnesses - watchdog https://t.co/aB31xLULeW
- Apple, Samsung and Sony face child labour claims https://t.co/XsorLioRR6
- "Educate against hate" website is to be launched by Education Secretary as part of a renewed drive against extremism https://t.co/Hw6PhnLf62
- Labour access to justice commission to meet formally for first time https://t.co/ajsoco82Gi
- Reviewer warns of risk that public will see SRA as biased in favour of solicitors | Legal Futures: https://t.co/lANrSehkN2
- Major insurance fraud report: Increase SRA fining powers, change tribunal burden of proof | Legal Futures: https://t.co/0UwqaKWXnz
- Cameron 'stigmatising Muslim women' with English language policy https://t.co/iOEzdFNSE0
- Donald Trump should be banned from UK for 'inflaming hate crime', MP says https://t.co/xkH7Kzpx6K
- Miliband adviser criticised 'confusion of strategic purposes' before election https://t.co/mUUSKMg3VT
- VIP paedophile inquiry being killed off, claims Harvey Proctor https://t.co/Rzx90nrHnM
- Four-year EU benefits ban could change, Philip Hammond says https://t.co/T9y0AYdost
- Woman who was engaged to police spy sues Met over 'psychological torture' https://t.co/O770MxFbiM
- Teacher gets lifetime classroom ban over affair with student https://t.co/2fw9ZtLxyp
- Tennis appears to be in denial but match-fixing claims are not new https://t.co/3e7d8eVoca
- The Geneva refugee convention can’t cope with this crisis. Time for a rethink https://t.co/jDljJsWoXj
- The next financial crash is coming. Which way will the world turn? https://t.co/gX7iMIp56i
- Briton dubbed the 'Barbie bandit' was 'sweet' girl with Saturday job in the post office https://t.co/iqJ78DnOtn
- Doctor who claimed disability benefit was 'actually army medic cleared for battle training' https://t.co/PrBDZ73aXd
- Fireworks experts died at wedding after premature blast triggered fire https://t.co/SLbGbUeKFj
- Civil servant jailed for partially blinding pensioner in row over pay of female tennis players at Wimbledon https://t.co/1QxCAbLgLL
- Medical student in plot to assassinate police and soldiers in drive-by London shootings, court hears https://t.co/AkhhRPiW5E
- Plane Stupid activists accused of chaining themselves to Heathrow runway hold protest outside court https://t.co/UYiCAIH7NV
- Consultant claims colleagues 'prioritise lucrative private work and golf over NHS patients' https://t.co/TBay1QcI9s
- Pupillage Gateway to begin three months earlier | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/RndvPGvxon
- Record-high overseas information requests increases burden on financial sector | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/dh6HE2IHG2
- Law student 'all-rounders' pack a punch in non-legal job market, survey finds | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/TMVn0VhZ3X
- S.Korea: Foreign envoys protest limits on foreign law firms | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/cVSrMf2rD8
- KWM to hold elections as Europe MP stands down after less than a year | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/jFv6AHni52
- Merck pays $830m to settle investor lawsuit | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/6ylhkmT3lx
- Reed Smith scraps 45 attorney positions | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/AnPlITNieU
- ABS licence granted to litigation funder Burford | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/ogQfLdj9uh
- VC firm invests $8m in startup that helps lawyers win more cases, faster | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/flPi9tX374
- Merck pays $830m to settle investor lawsuit https://t.co/cySjkWDujL
- Singer Don McLean 'arrested on a domestic violence charge' #US #AmericanPie https://t.co/C0xnAXUkKC
- Spike Lee boycotts 'lily white' Oscars over white nominees #OscarsSoWhite https://t.co/AqRlAEx6mO
- Loose Women host reports One Direction fans to police following abusive tweets https://t.co/6emRpvRIs4
- Da Pinchi Code: Police conclude 'innocent and explainable' symbols are not a mysterious criminal language https://t.co/0jEmppijpa
- Four men accused of plotting Isis-inspired drive-by shootings in London using a moped https://t.co/DBUp3X8HuH
- Hatton Garden Heist: burglar 'found evidence of Tory minister abusing children' in previous robbery https://t.co/ex5T9SMuZP
- ‘Big Four’ audit firms never examined over illegal tax plans https://t.co/6p1FeSMqzP
- Prison population: Calls to fine the home towns of petty criminals to reduce inmate numbers https://t.co/kKfLyMQ05v
- Deepcut barracks: New rape claims add weight to call for public inquiry https://t.co/fdqsn0oZDx
- Holland & Barrett accused of squeezing suppliers https://t.co/ejR1XV3YbR
- Penguin scraps degree requirement https://t.co/biMBVNrO8E
- Paris attackers linked in #Morocco arrest https://t.co/wadjkuLjnP
- Donald Trump debate: Ban risks making tycoon a 'martyr' https://t.co/huQyb16grB
- David Cameron's Muslim women policy 'lazy and misguided' https://t.co/2dYgxfFmNq
- Undercover policeman proposed to activist https://t.co/97SRTgLQYa
