4th February 2012: LAW NEWS HEADLINES & LINKS

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• Man arrested after cyclist is killed in crash - http://t.co/NseBHdGN Feb 04, 2012
• Private investigator attempts to gag media http://t.co/yUWFLInF Feb 04, 2012
• Man jailed for texting friends to riot http://t.co/wEdYXq8M Feb 04, 2012
• Cash crisis slows justice for the vulnerable at Court of Protection http://t.co/FWhMFvjl Feb 04, 2012
• IRELAND: Solicitors abandon fight over complaint system http://t.co/o9mrmPCn Feb 04, 2012
• LAW NEWS HEADLINES & LINKS - LawNewsIndex: 4th February 2012: http://t.co/gt1hyK9A Feb 04, 2012
• KYRGYZSTAN: “Where is Equality? Where is Justice?” – Imprisoned Rights Activist http://t.co/tgL46GNq Feb 04, 2012
• US: Walmart Women Still Seek Justice In Sex Discrimination Case http://t.co/iG6BXUNg Feb 04, 2012
• Scottish Justice Secretary rolls out No Knives Better Lives campaign http://t.co/8UqqCK9U Feb 04, 2012
• David Norgrove criticises child access shake-up http://t.co/nA7litoU Feb 04, 2012
• US: Police Dept trashed evidence from 500 cases, inc several cold-case sex crimes & suspected murders http://tinyurl.com/24f2w8m Feb 04, 2012
• US: The Allegedly Distracting Breasts At Law Counsel Table: Guess Who They Belong To? http://t.co/PIfAYe5N  Feb 04, 2012
• US: San Francisco Firm Sends Awesome Officewide ‘Restroom Etiquette’ Email http://t.co/piO83Lvf Feb 04, 2012
• "Mid to large law firms usually want lawyers who’ve had prior training, even for their most junior-level positions" http://t.co/RDQ1lWG2 Feb 04, 2012
• US: Pay Freeze Lifted for Federal Courts http://t.co/exCKxSyK Feb 04, 2012
• PCC chairman Lord Hunt offered Lord Leveson a contractual solution to self regulation of the press http://t.co/vdQzq0fJ Feb 04, 2012
• Mother of knife attack victims condemns press intrusion http://t.co/o3zfwVoA Feb 04, 2012
• News agency involved in dispute with UK coroner's courts over apparent refusal to reveal the addresses of the deceased http://t.co/2xxJZoP3 Feb 04, 2012
• Attorney General investigates Guardian over reporter's juror tweet http://t.co/hlaAQQxR Feb 04, 2012
• US: Department of Education Investigates Harvard Admissions for bias against Asian-Americans http://t.co/I6dEZAch Feb 04, 2012
• BANGLADESH: Cloth traders fund highway robberies: http://t.co/5rUeXbT4 Feb 04, 2012
• Prisoners to be banned from claims - Justice Gap http://t.co/aDbCjy2F Feb 04, 2012
• Reforms of ‘no win, no fee’ will play into the hands of big business and media groups - The Justice Gap http://t.co/pK0rDgzp Feb 04, 2012
• Myths and rape juries - The Justice Gap http://t.co/krQICcBI Feb 04, 2012
• No Article 10 breach by anti-corruption NGO: http://t.co/X8cRyy7c via @AdamWagner1 Feb 04, 2012
• Solicitors Journal - Supreme Court refuses to hear library closure appeal http://t.co/vjZWOatq Feb 04, 2012
• Ear bitten off in fast food queue in Glasgow http://t.co/w4cquL26 Feb 04, 2012
• BERMUDA: Blakeney defends position on sexual orientation as House passes Human Rights amendment http://t.co/0TdtHisQ Feb 04, 2012
• ARMENIA: human rights advocates demand release of journalist http://t.co/Z5fffoAF Feb 04, 2012
• GERMANY & CHINA: Merkel wraps up China trip, expresses concern about human rights http://t.co/xlniaZ7b Feb 04, 2012
• LIBYA: Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International and Doctors Without Borders have a Western-centric tinge http://t.co/1zlZ344y Feb 04, 2012
• Lancashire police officer who wrongly accessed information on the Police computer was given a prison sentence http://t.co/UtJnxaoz Feb 04, 2012
• Church officer cleared of groping a woman in Wakefield Cathedral http://t.co/BmNjGP8z Feb 04, 2012
• Betty Yates murder: Man arrested http://t.co/H0xw6s8t Feb 04, 2012
• TECH LAW: Cyber Cops Wrestle With Legal Hurdles, Public Perception http://t.co/F6KN2KJM Feb 04, 2012
• US: Man Adopted Girlfriend as Daughter in Legal Maneuver http://t.co/Bg9vP83t Feb 04, 2012
• Children of separated parents to have legal right to contact with mum AND dad http://t.co/Lf9TfNGU Feb 04, 2012
• INDIA: Irate babus seek free legal aid for arrested buddies http://t.co/4L5Lb0wG Feb 04, 2012
• US: Legal Brawl Erupts Over Tom Cruise Thriller 'One Shot' http://t.co/WV1MSd3v Feb 04, 2012
• ‘Legal’ drugs linked to two users’ deaths in Swindon http://t.co/VOr38BAP Feb 04, 2012
• IRELAND: Ryanair threatens legal bid to block Aer Lingus from plugging shortfall http://t.co/yvLNRe32 Feb 04, 2012
• INDIA: 2G scam verdict: Affected foreign investors plan to take legal recourse http://t.co/NpIioAcQ Feb 04, 2012
• Call for more legal gypsy sites in Darlington http://t.co/WaoGV7Qd Feb 04, 2012
• SAUDI ARABIA: Legal experts call for curbing the rising tide of litigation http://t.co/LgQdhuDI Feb 04, 2012
• New restrictions to hit home buyers http://t.co/fWURThuB Feb 04, 2012
• LEGAL VIEW: Conveyancing. A year of revolution? http://t.co/g2fwR5EV Feb 04, 2012
• ETHIOPIA: Reporters’ Trial in Ethiopia: http://t.co/GkfEtWb6 Feb 04, 2012
• Can EGYPT Avoid Pakistan’s Fate?: http://t.co/OrbxBuQ9 Feb 04, 2012
• SOUTH AFRICA: Julius Malema: S Africa's ANC youth leader loses appeal http://t.co/jjbl9t7d Feb 04, 2012
• Top 10 burglary blackspots revealed http://t.co/Bi5sBCt2 Feb 04, 2012
• RUSSIA: Moscow prepares for rival demonstrations in minus 20 temperatures http://t.co/7f3FVIYF Feb 04, 2012
• SYRIA: Homs 'massacre' leaves 260 dead http://t.co/xwEt8o0V Feb 04, 2012
• Why a lasting power of attorney is not just for the elderly http://t.co/lOhUjbIu  Feb 04, 2012
• US: Backed by tougher Indiana law, nuns target sex trade during Super Bowl weekend http://t.co/uTwUGWwT Feb 04, 2012
• Illegal tattooist defends his work http://t.co/MElRbPcd Feb 04, 2012
• INDIA: Man arrested for illegal trading of human organs http://t.co/e971jlMK Feb 04, 2012
• INDIA: Boom time for illegal sand mining http://t.co/6yNNj0sE Feb 04, 2012
• Rape trial shock for TV soap Coronation Street viewers http://t.co/TeYwE2TN Feb 04, 2012
• US: Actor Mel Gibson may be witness in discrimination trial http://t.co/bKfof1hG Feb 04, 2012
• A London law firm has lost an appeal of a ruling that it discriminated against a gay barrister http://t.co/SY7aqhOg Feb 04, 2012
• Lawyer accepts no leniency for Massereene murderer http://t.co/9fhLaFbn Feb 04, 2012
• INDIA: Lawyer accused of brandishing gun, abduction http://t.co/WbckAcee Feb 04, 2012
• US: Lawyers try to stop next week's execution of inmate they say is mentally ill http://t.co/RIpz0dgl Feb 04, 2012
• Law Society calls for changes in family courts to be resourced http://t.co/7OEn4O6R Feb 04, 2012
• Woman jailed by court after stealing cheese from Nottinghamshire store http://t.co/LTHqS6Tb Feb 04, 2012
• Premier League and satellite firms in new court ruling http://t.co/PhpU8uB6 Feb 04, 2012
• INDIA: Court grills CBI over its Pathribal probe http://t.co/6hdtldCt Feb 04, 2012
• Huhne and the wife he left to be reunited – in a court http://t.co/Izyg7Lq7 Feb 04, 2012
• GERMANY: Germany is safe from being sued by victims of WWII Nazi atrocities after ruling in world's highest court http://t.co/Jxwmv9Pz Feb 04, 2012
• CAMBODIA: UN court sentences Khmer Rouge chief to life http://t.co/IuH9Ky5P Feb 04, 2012
• PAKISTAN: Preparations: Gilani sets ground for fresh court encounter http://t.co/j9BsTws8 Feb 04, 2012
• US: F.B.I. Admits Hacker Group’s Eavesdropping: http://t.co/w5IKYQbA Feb 04, 2012
• AFGHANISTAN: Cold Weather Kills Children in Afghan Refugee Camps: http://t.co/bueZnLJw Feb 04, 2012
• TURKMENISTAN: Threats against human rights defender and journalist Mrs Natalia Shabunts http://t.co/jLt9ecQc Feb 04, 2012
• UN court ruling on Nazi war crime victims ‘a setback for rights’ http://t.co/4hqoAjg7 Feb 04, 2012
• CANADA: Harper urged to talk human rights in China http://t.co/bvhrkUOf Feb 04, 2012
• LIBYA: Libyan diplomat was tortured, died in detention, rights group says http://t.co/qu0qNegG Feb 04, 2012
• US: NYPD investigation of Muslims: Civil rights groups ask for probe http://t.co/PnWdL9EP Feb 04, 2012
• Newcastle by-law call over 'charity muggers' http://t.co/HYXLVYk8 Feb 04, 2012
• US: Two lawyers have now filed 12 new lawsuits against 12 new schools http://t.co/l1dclhv2 Feb 04, 2012
• US: Law grads go to court for bankruptcy protection http://t.co/p9V9oAea Feb 04, 2012
• US: Make My Day law for business advances in Colorado http://t.co/jLwnF3Vs Feb 04, 2012
• US: Law Enforcement Websites Under Attack by Hackers http://t.co/RFC4IQbv Feb 04, 2012
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/VTrW0Mek ▸  Feb 04, 2012
• Chris Huhne Resigns: Nick Clegg, David Cameron, Vince Cable And Others React To Energy Secretary Stepping Down http://t.co/ewxbtTfm Feb 04, 2012
• Britain steps up its claim to the Falkland Islands http://t.co/rAG7ALgC Feb 04, 2012
• LAW GAZETTE: Lord Justice Jackson recommends fixed costs regime for govt. environmental judicial review http://t.co/w5ouH9og Feb 04, 2012
• LAW GAZETTE: City firm guilty of discrimination, appeal rules http://t.co/WZfK14hf Feb 04, 2012
• LAW GAZETTE: Chancery Lane appoints former No 10 adviser as corporate affairs chief http://t.co/I44F2DsJ Feb 04, 2012