LawNewsIndex

Monday

28th January - LAW NEWS

399 days of LawNewsIndex brought to you by TheLawMap

FOCUS OF THE DAY story: ISPs and defamation law: hold fire, Robert Jay. Defining internet service providers as publishers within defamation law would be totally unworkable. Full story - Guardian Law

Chris Huhne's Trial To Start Next Week http://t.co/DiPqhxAp
Sergei Magnitsky's Russian trial condemned as 'absurd' http://t.co/HwNUrFaY
RUSSIA opens trial of dead lawyer Magnitsky http://t.co/C2O6OBsO
SPAIN: Dr Eufemiano Fuentes in court for cyclists' doping http://t.co/Zr531z9X
CHINA: Rumours swirl around Bo Xilai trial http://t.co/iqfCAQKV
Violation of Human Rights in BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA on the rise http://t.co/93lniBv6
CANADA: Human rights tribunal probes immigrant’s complaint about huge ‘rent deposit’ http://t.co/4Xw7jk28
Councils 'dodging democracy' over tax rises, says Pickles http://t.co/pjSS8p1C
BRAZIL nightclub fire: Three arrested in Santa Maria http://t.co/ydi4BSjS
How the Nazis escaped justice http://t.co/QPpy36WE
Murder inquiry launched after teenager is brutally stabbed in Pimlico http://t.co/VP83Hfso
Shoosmiths - A Feature | The Lawyer http://t.co/iVRS5AiM
LAW FIRM NEWS: Sportingbet takeover legal fees reach £6.85m as host of firms advise | The Lawyer http://t.co/IzsCeZQt
LAW FIRM NEWS: A&O and McCanns lead for Bord Gais as Irish asset sale begins | The Lawyer http://t.co/iGcpuBMv
LAW FIRM NEWS: CMS, Morgan Lewis lead as Shell signs $10bn shale gas deal with Ukraine | The Lawyer http://t.co/aVtOu2vX
LAW FIRM NEWS: Pinsents gets Balfour Beatty legal services work | The Lawyer http://t.co/XgdZViRI
No 5 Chambers fends off the downturn blues with move towards shared services | The Lawyer http://t.co/rPJuMDqO
Knowledge management is an increasingly important function in offering quality client service | The Lawyer http://t.co/1HLAkinl
Financial disputes are starting to dominate the English courts | The Lawyer http://t.co/vjzC26N0
Estonia, Latvia & Lithuania escaped the worst of the eurozone crisis, attractive for foreign investors | The Lawyer http://t.co/GJ9zymAj
Lawyers must be sure their clients with land interests are insured against wildlife-related hold-ups | The Lawyer http://t.co/YZ0jONDy
A recent case clarifies the point at which employee consultation should start in regard to redundancies | The Lawyer http://t.co/1Qg6xyYv
The Supreme Court choked when it could have developed the law on legal advice privilege | The Lawyer http://t.co/aeeARsid
ECHR decisions show where employers can draw the line on displays of religious belief at work | The Lawyer http://t.co/wWShs1Uh
Disruptions: A Fuzzy and Shifting Line Between Hacker and Criminal http://t.co/nKof8zBs
Labour rights groups seek action after BANGLADESH factory blaze http://t.co/Da2RQ6Ay
Protestant civil rights parade takes place in Londonderry http://t.co/jPVH8cG7
SWITZERLAND: Topless women's rights protesters clash with police at Davos http://t.co/TfFd43GY
Holocaust no reason to ignore rights of others http://t.co/MD4Pf5U5
TUC boss: Cameron will seize your EU employment rights to weaken them http://t.co/Czohme36
ISRAEL: Government to recognize illegal Bedouin villages http://t.co/CjaGihh9
US: One Year of Law School http://t.co/mmyurzZe
EGYPT Leader Sets Emergency Law http://t.co/PtPZoicI
Lawyer’s warning over UK ‘secret courts’ http://t.co/F7YW6VmH
US: 'American Idol' is racist, lawyer claims: nine former contestants primed to sue http://t.co/EMt0S41S
PAKISTAN: Supremacy of law: Judiciary bears no personal grudges, says PHC chief justice http://t.co/MKEGA8pK
BAHRAIN: King hails role of judiciary http://t.co/sksMYijM
US: Judge dismisses disruptive Oregon inmate's lawsuit http://t.co/4SrzptMF
US: Judge Dawson Sentences People to Shovel Snow, Run Around the Block in Ohio http://t.co/GH0QOWDy
Apple users launch privacy campaign against Google http://t.co/d2a7i6BS
INDIA: Delhi rape - Court rules suspect to be tried as juvenile http://t.co/V0GDp4Ka
Use of police cautions has 'got out of hand', magistrates warn http://t.co/NIl5KGe8
Patrolling the mean streets with the 'Mother Teresa of Burnley’ http://t.co/hJRG0mIx
Duchess hoax call: Australian DJs axed in wake of nurse suicide http://t.co/PmSgxMFz
Secret court hearings 'will do more harm than good', Tory MP says http://t.co/mCFnkuzA
Scores of violent offenders able to walk out of jail http://t.co/KsZAuv4E
Criminals could avoid court under new 'proportionality' test http://t.co/khFGyAcq
Costs budgeting: why judges need more training | LAW GAZETTE http://t.co/FShy43fY
LAW FIRM NEWS: Fenwick and O'Melveny join local firm as Cisco buys Israeli software group | The Lawyer http://t.co/AzUlEUIQ
'Witch hunt' punch-up hearing postponed due to absence of Lebedev lawyers | The Lawyer http://t.co/W4tAzzV4
Former 39 Essex Street silk accused of VAT fraud heads to trial | The Lawyer http://t.co/K6ipk8N0
LAW FIRM NEWS: Allen & Gledhill and Clyde & Co in Singapore negligence row | The Lawyer http://t.co/TrhStQBs
Cardiff University follows Welsh Government's lead in panel revamp | The Lawyer http://t.co/cPlU6Lgq
LAW FIRM NEWS: Capita to enter LPO market after Poland-based pilot for Pinsents | The Lawyer http://t.co/muHKsNnV
LAW FIRM NEWS: Hill Dickinson acquires DLA's Sheffield and Manchester insurance hubs | The Lawyer http://t.co/AmT6Gt6j
The Lawyer Hot 100 2013 unveiled | The Lawyer http://t.co/fOnwNrKS
Understanding the CPR | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/y67xxOgb
Last week's Law Review: The Law Business: 21st to 27th January http://t.co/nw8ENEIj
TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/3ThvKdVJ
SRA calms referral fee fears | LAW GAZETTE http://t.co/1hVi6DnY
1,000 firms face Santander panel exit over CQS | LAW GAZETTE http://t.co/A87SJmOR
Simplify complaints procedures, OFT tells profession | LAW GAZETTE http://t.co/3lOvb6zD
DBA caps set by government | LAW GAZETTE http://t.co/pVqFKo9K
Dubai legal links strengthened | LAW GAZETTE http://t.co/bxVyVCHL
MoJ reveals £600m in court fines are unpaid | LAW GAZETTE http://t.co/ZNP93SAr
Judicial review limits attacked | LAW GAZETTE http://t.co/3opIMYI9
Texas considers plan to open borders to foreigners | LAW GAZETTE http://t.co/9kvTnFEO
Economic woes prompt firms to ditch lockstep | LAW GAZETTE http://t.co/rLZpFS4S
Costs and assessing unreasonable behaviour | LAW GAZETTE http://t.co/SLQahERO
China arbitration fight rocks foreign firms | LAW GAZETTE http://t.co/ujySIY2W
Solicitors face sanction threat over COLP/COFA forms | LAW GAZETTE http://t.co/Yl7qF3tt
Legal professional privilege fight goes on | LAW GAZETTE http://t.co/pdMcEyaU
Sixty-eight years after Auschwitz: Why we still remember http://t.co/6IF4U7sv
Man hands himself in after two cyclists killed in Bristol hit-and-run crash http://t.co/U6MurjJI
MP wants to change law so monarch could have gay partner http://t.co/wFacNhzp
The Most Ridiculous US Law of 2013 (So Far): It Is Now a Crime to Unlock Your http://t.co/XfBeuTEL
Who will protect the human rights of the law abiding? http://t.co/EtaKUpIR
Mergers & acquisitions boost for Scottish law firms http://t.co/eMm7Ml0d
Admiral risks fury over law firm tie-up to save accident fee deals http://t.co/HfZqBotR
Law professor says Washington should stop deferring to 'ancient' US Constitution http://t.co/e8EuQ0qT
Call for new law to force police to tackle diversity crisis at top http://t.co/E9sLmIyr
US: Antiscience legislation in Arizona http://t.co/9vTaU2sR
Consumer panel attacks regulators for not making lawyer registers available to comparison websites | LEGAL FUTURES: http://t.co/Jk9DMIFD
Admiral "set for deal" with Lyons Davidson to safeguard referral fee income | LEGAL FUTURES: http://t.co/n4Q5vmYI
Hundreds of women still wrongly imprisoned http://t.co/L8wgHRh0
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed charge uncertain after US appeals court ruling http://t.co/kRoGN7Fb
London Olympics builders see gagging order lifted http://t.co/LnB78xIZ
ECUADOR to take legal action over Assange extradition http://t.co/8XiUV4W4
Facebook legal notice could get you cash, so don't trash it http://t.co/gwlenPl1
Libor link in Guardian Care Homes legal case against Barclays could open floodgates for claims http://t.co/kMRxXAWr
FastJet faces $7m legal claim over African debts http://t.co/uSuZ0lSj
Google faces legal action over alleged secret iPhone tracking http://t.co/qsF15AAQ
Redditch man loses claim against B&Q at employment tribunal http://t.co/NrtEDqqH
Ministry of Justice seeks bids to protect it from cyber attacks http://t.co/VzwSbu2a
INDIA: Child Rehabilitation needed in Juvenile justice: Chief Justice of India Altamas Kabir http://t.co/hXO9zSuk
Anger rises over 'secret justice' Bill http://t.co/qHAiKthR
US Energy Companies Pursue Justice at a Fixed Cost http://t.co/N0yQCDjg
Will Apprenticeships Cheapen The Title Of Solicitor? http://t.co/K7cFu8q2
INDIA: In 3 weeks, Delhi’s six fast track courts get 500 rape cases http://t.co/OGYiOkTr
Children's needs must be at the heart of Scottish family courts http://t.co/ANdTh8UC
Shakespeare, man of law - What 400-year-old plays tell us about modern problems http://t.co/NMAW9tZA
CHINA: Tibetans stand trial over self-immolations http://t.co/lWJLnHCK
TURKEY: PM criticizes pre-trial detentions of military officers http://t.co/ozjZXVz9
Gordon Beurskens’ embezzlement trial delayed again http://t.co/Ybcq4n3X
CHINA keeps quiet about Bo trial despite talk it could start Monday http://t.co/Uf47UY0N
ITALY: Berlusconi praises Mussolini on Holocaust Memorial Day http://t.co/umImGVoj
Starbucks rejects tax row threat after Cameron speech http://t.co/oVDMRcWm
A Flood of Suits Fights Coverage of Birth Control http://t.co/6UAsyaFZ
Bookmaker gunman: Alan Levers' family say 'no revenge' http://t.co/gau56yyw
Starbucks in tax talks after Cameron speech http://t.co/oVDMRcWm

Sunday

27th January - LAW NEWS

Holocaust Memorial Day's LawNewsIndex brought to you by TheLawMap

Blanket criminal records system incompatible with right to privacy http://t.co/H2ZEuA3W
KUWAIT hosts training course on human rights http://t.co/qG69ZXMj
Consumer Rights: Don't leave it too late to claim for mis-sold PPI - http://t.co/celLN063
British creative agency wins rights to Simenon works http://t.co/zEcaa5la
RUSSIA: PM Medvedev says death of a whistle-blowing lawyer in prison will not adversely affect the country’s business http://t.co/skSxf5Ih
Lawyer says Armstrong will miss US Anti-Doping Agency's deadline for him to testify http://t.co/ngMxIkaF
The Law Business: 21st to 27th January - What happened in the world of Law Last week http://t.co/nw8ENEIj
Scottish Footballer Leigh Griffiths in shoplifting charge http://t.co/UBmxSw2U
Welsh assembly: Presiding officer wants more women AMs http://t.co/zuyesxfk
Scottish independence: Nicola Sturgeon in EU commitment pledge http://t.co/UDxVlet8
Holocaust Memorial Day to be marked http://t.co/IVWIHjIF
Desperate, last plea of woman plagued by neighbours from hell http://t.co/x1YBWf4k
Extracts from Suzanne Dow's final letter to council http://t.co/KgwtescH
CANADA: Centuries testify to human rights claims of indigenous peoples http://t.co/elJrEq2Y
Universal human rights in NIGERIA http://t.co/0nk9YQI5
VENEZUELA: Dozens Killed In Prison Riot: Mourning Families, Human Rights Groups Criticize Venezuelan Inaction http://t.co/AsiAMgd1
UAE to highlight impressive human rights record at UPR session http://t.co/AkyvWmJg
ISRAEL's human rights record 'concerns' UK http://t.co/sI6YALDs
SYRIA and the Universality of Human Rights http://t.co/EYZauH6V
Prince Charles uses Human Rights Act to guard Duchy's tax secrets? http://t.co/Hf9QJu1j
ZIMBABWE: Coltart directive racist, illegal http://t.co/91cCAGru
US: Obama's Drug War: After Medical Marijuana Mess, Feds Face Big Decision On Pot http://t.co/eASePMHF
US: UNH law school takes 1 more step to merge with UNH http://t.co/iiDTsXST
TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/3ThvKdVJ
Anonymous hackers target US agency site http://t.co/RDy5KCSn
Police release three on bail in 'Muslim patrol' investigation http://t.co/tBWs66Yj
IRELAND: Garda killed in attempted bank robbery http://t.co/uaX1epSE
Cyril Smith named in Barnes abuse case http://t.co/ko3N5htR
Lower Gornal student awarded top law award - Dudley http://t.co/SPk8YwgE
Is the Rule of Law Fairly Applied to US Terror Suspects? http://t.co/7zP6iwWO
Law firm DLA Piper to close Glasgow office http://t.co/pd0g9N5i
Huddersfield GP warns about new mental health law after parents taken away and put in homes against family’s wishes http://t.co/Q6rId7Rr
IRAQ: Lawmakers pass law to block Prime Minister Maliki from third term http://t.co/NZpUmLTl
NHS Lothian branded ‘toothless’ over waiting time law http://t.co/KrTKFMPc
Concept of adultery could be abolished in law as grounds for divorce in wake of Government plans http://t.co/7XeddD8a
Inuit, standing and the gates to the Luxembourg Court | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/L0CcowIx
Crosses, Undercover Cops and Rocknroll - The Human Rights Roundup | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/U8BZFirI
Poll: Should the UK Supreme Court put recordings of entire hearings on YouTube? | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/QN1RrM0w
UK Supreme Court judgment summaries on YouTube... now we need the full hearings | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/BDfDcxlz
Who owns the copyright on barristers' advocacy? - Emily Goodhand | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/EjPfnben
Judging people - and a case about a Porsche 917 | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/F6GBHAU5
Context is everything - European Court of Human Rights struck out 99% of UK cases in 2012 | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/PgWPbD9y
Legal advice privilege should not extend to accountant's advice, says Supreme Court | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/xQzRUOTC
Equal marriage on the way as Bill published | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/bUzECut2
Joint tenancy rule has nothing to do with Convention rights | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/KXl0ZDcG
EGYPT: Riots kill 27 after fans sentenced to death http://t.co/kymZnU72
US phone unlocking deadline set to expire http://t.co/ptPymMUk
A broker-focused conveyancing distributor has recorded a four-fold increase in total business since its launch in June http://t.co/2HcIu4WD
Gunman dies after using 'fake gun' in Plymouth bookmaker robbery http://t.co/vKFtr8uY
Holocaust survivor Henia Bryer: Prisoner number A26188 http://t.co/tUPgRp5x
MEXICO: Legal soul search after Frenchwoman freed http://t.co/RNXTBaa8
US: An Innocent Man Spent 37 Years In Jail Due To Galling Technicality http://t.co/hriozL9V
Glimmer of hope for IPs on legal reforms is just a flash in the pan http://t.co/Ge1vKdli
Birmingham City FC eyeing legal bid over local Hall Green MP email http://t.co/PmzvShAy & http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/QB/2006/320.html
Italian Restaurant wins legal battle against Westminster Council over yearly outside seating charge of £200 per table http://t.co/CSXtzBMx
Morag Wise QC and Iain Armstrong QC appointed as Senators of the College of Justice in Scotland http://t.co/QzHiPoXx
INDIA Rape Case Tests Fast-Track Courts http://t.co/r7I5hfaJ

Saturday

26th January - LAW NEWS

397 days of LawNewsIndex brought to you by TheLawMap

ANTIGUA set to bypass US copyright law with WTO green-lit media, software sales website http://t.co/ZzYlssBW
US: Pumas would get protection from law http://t.co/Uh9lNxCn
Universal Music Likely Headed to Trial Over YouTube Takedown http://t.co/nFwkcTDc
Lynda Spence trial: Missing woman was 'sent text threat' http://t.co/fxVxQ5oB
US: Former IMF boss Strauss-Kahn Innocent, Pimp Tells Sex Trial http://t.co/0SzwKErK
Oxford abuse trial: woman tells of rape at 15 and treatment as a 'piece of meat' http://t.co/cpSAkeDK
INDIA: Doubts raised about fairness of Delhi rape trial http://t.co/046OR2J8
Charles Taylor trial: Investigator guilty of contempt http://t.co/KBGLcwW9
September 11 trial threatened by legal dispute http://t.co/B5YsBzFX
NETHERLANDS: Lawyer for 3 men accused of valuable art theft say there is insufficient evidence to charge them http://t.co/NhiY9Ixj
US: Chinatown lawyer tapped to lead New York State Bar Association http://t.co/TkUTinjZ
"Chaotic" Jackson reforms will mean a "raft of litigation" | The Lawyer http://t.co/eAxIblo0
Lawyers' salaries favour men | New Law Journal http://t.co/E3xviwiG
US: Lawyer suing Birmingham Water Works calls judge's action "green light" to stronger case http://t.co/3ybVAVYn
CANADA: ‘Deal’ colours murder testimony, lawyer suggests http://t.co/1PKcfRoG
Scottish Government could face more lawyer trouble http://t.co/pqCy3Jhm
Aisling McCarthy Brady: Lawyer says 'terrified' Irish nanny is 'a wreck' http://t.co/4fDrzURh
Retired army officer calls for UK to allow women in combat http://t.co/MdGwA275
BURMA: Will the tribunal crisis push for the creation of a new constitution? http://t.co/0Ncydepa
Employment tribunal success - Withholding of wages is a common problem for grooms leaving jobs http://t.co/d29eJPu0
Justice Minister, David Ford announced proposals for major reform of the tribunal system in Northern Ireland http://t.co/NhVjI4Rj
Choose paying discount on data protection fines or pursuing appeals, rules Information Rights Tribunal http://t.co/lYkWE6aF
Tribunal upholds FSA bans for market abuse trio http://t.co/5nHqq5bC
When Police Violate the US Constitution http://t.co/VaJRfBx0
Shares for employment rights: what employers think about it (answer: not a lot) http://t.co/CI8mvaJh
Judges rule CRB checks 'incompatible' with Human Rights Act http://t.co/yKx67KdY
How Much Law School Is Enough? Should US legal education be reduced from 3 to 2 years? http://t.co/kmqLwbjy
FINLAND: Crowdsource opposition to 'excessive' copyright law that hit nine year old 'pirate' http://t.co/Bo2TgWo8
US: Proposed New Mexico law would send rape victims to prison for having abortions http://t.co/YWNSoqDx
IRAN: Judiciary needs to Halt Death Sentences and Investigate Torture Claims : http://t.co/ECeVWbUl
TURKEY: Sentencing of four Human Rights Association (IHD) members http://t.co/ibl4aTzj
Britain lists Israel next to Iran as nation with human rights record 'of concern' http://t.co/QbKVQEt1
NORTH KOREA: Japan’s Backing of UN Inquiry Gives Hope http://t.co/cKgk8BCB
Human Rights laws stop Algerian terror suspect with links to gas plant massacre being deported http://t.co/Yihme5Qo
IRELAND: Irish detective shot dead 'without warning' in Louth robbery http://t.co/27lbF7ZV
Gunman dies after public stop Plymouth bookmaker robbery http://t.co/Bfdh6mQM
Global nature of organised crime is why we need National Crime Agency, says minister http://t.co/xtRaGALY
'Everybody wanted a piece of Peter Ustinov' http://t.co/Kx2Zj4Mb
The lives blighted by CRB checks http://t.co/RvJaF5aN
Downfall of young man hooked on internet gambling http://t.co/cMf4kQrh
Police increasingly having to take patients to hospital in emergencies 'due to ambulance cuts' http://t.co/jY7cPiUH
Sudanese paedophile cannot be deported over fears he would be 'persecuted' in home country http://t.co/zJ1bF7Yi
Lovelace: a feminism-free 'feminist' critique of the pornography industry | Naomi Wolf http://t.co/LInVOnKz
US: Judge says wrongful death claims in Aurora theater shooting should be tossed http://t.co/8hvGP2dK
Church of England given fast-track option for same-sex marriage http://t.co/80IUzwX0
RUSSIA’s anti-gay ‘propaganda law’ assault on freedom of expression http://t.co/gGrdsVAc
EGYPT: Lawyer on Trial for Working With 'Illegal Organization' http://t.co/sbrqOIeD
US: Unlocking Your Phone Without Permission Becomes Illegal http://t.co/o9OE6cyk
Reading man who ran illegal football streaming website spared jail http://t.co/TCW7Pm40
TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/3ThvKdVJ
US: Magnitsky's Mother Thanks Obama for Legislation http://t.co/FrTno5CG
POLAND: Parliament Rejects Civil Union, Gay Rights Legislation http://t.co/ur33ExdK
The Bundle: Assaults on access to justice - and the supreme court on YouTube http://t.co/Pit2iCgZ
Child labour uncovered in Apple's supply chain http://t.co/vNN8jPEH
Revealed: who can fly drones in UK airspace http://t.co/uuISvW4g
Joanna Lumley is foolish for laying rape at drunken feet http://t.co/E7hZUZfw
'Sadistic' man who murdered toddler Millie Martin to serve at least 25 years http://t.co/FaAdcdr5
Men who 'despised the British' deny plotting suicide bombing http://t.co/R4blJYVa
The inside story of how targets make policing worse http://t.co/xeJHrU2t
Horsemeat scandal: Withdrawn burgers found on sale in Tesco in Oxford http://t.co/2vNOm7SK
LAW FIRM NEWS: Top firms reduce debt, cut staff costs and increase capital in response to downturn - Legalweek http://t.co/R76rBIdg
LAW FIRM NEWS: Links, A&O lead bank-side DCM rankings as year-on-year proceeds grow 11% - Legalweek http://t.co/dcMvxzEh
LAW FIRM NEWS: Freshfields and Linklaters emerge as top financial services advisers - Legalweek http://t.co/1XamUVbj
UK and Dubai courts draw up new guidelines to boost trade ties - Legalweek http://t.co/LuiLwb3K
LAW FIRM NEWS: Freshfields sees Bank of England fees drop as financial crisis work subsides - Legalweek http://t.co/pDEP8fx2
LAW FIRM NEWS: Herbert Smith and Eversheds carve up £70m in TfL billings over five years - Legalweek http://t.co/IDg0gxFJ
US: Cheerleader's $11-million Victory in Online Defamation Lawsuit is Short-lived, as She Sued the Wrong Site http://t.co/y5nz87qY
US Lawyer turns up heat on basketball coach | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/te13tQUl
Soft drink war hits New York court | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/q4VfnkVx
Prison terms for cyber attack hackers | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/372HT02U
Insolvency lawyers wanted in Australia as economy still struggles | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/F696pGFV
Fans sue Armstrong over memoir deceit | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/EUEF2d2d
Sackings highlight tough times for English lawyers | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/0ADhXSFe
TURKEY allows Kurdish language in courts http://t.co/lWnWkiH6
Derry woman jailed for ‘squealing like a fishwife in street’ http://t.co/fwzteaoh
The TARDIS Is Now Legal Currency In NEW ZEALAND http://t.co/f8tEwNg6
Legal action could be taken over market row http://t.co/ZdJ0kZWO
Stockton Council pursuing Billingham House owners over legal costs http://t.co/wy3zVfYH
Legal aid for divorce is going in April - Who is telling the public? http://t.co/FTDj05Iv
Insolvency profession wins battle against legal cost reforms http://t.co/aMWELUpX
Sky Sports Presenter Jeff Stelling caught in legal row over Soccer Saturday tour collapse http://t.co/2gbokljk
Eden Hazard charged with violent conduct by Football Association over ball boy row, but no criminal charges http://t.co/jX5SruQ2

Friday

25th January - LAW NEWS

396 days of LawNewsIndex brought to you by TheLawMap

FOCUS OF THE DAY story: More legal aid cuts will lead to poor relying on 'second best' lawyers. Chair of Bar Council warns that further cuts to criminal legal aid risk undermining provision of justice. Full story - Guardian Law

Law Society hits out at barrister contracts for putting solicitors 'at disadvantage' | The Lawyer http://t.co/itqnt0r7
LAW FIRM NEWS: Bristows client Sony fined over hacking of PlayStation users' personal details | The Lawyer http://t.co/xA3j01IV
LAW FIRM NEWS: Selling cars helped Ashurst boost coffers by half a million pounds in 2011/12 | The Lawyer http://t.co/x1QHZzuZ
LAW FIRM NEWS: BLP promises to “bounce back” following retention rate fall | The Lawyer http://t.co/KhPuQf62
ANTIGUA applies to World trade Organisation for permission to run 'pirate' website that ignores copyright law http://t.co/hDBAg6xd
Lib Dems condemn MP's criticism of ISRAEL ahead of Holocaust Memorial Day http://t.co/5aPzUsDP
US: Is miscarriage murder? States that put fetal rights ahead of a mother's say so http://t.co/e3DtvCME
BBC admits Casualty smoking storyline did not have to be dropped (not over Wales's tough anti-smoking laws) http://t.co/VXDMqL0j
Oxford abuse trial: woman tells of rape at 15 and treatment as a 'piece of meat' http://t.co/cpSAkeDK
Zero Dark Thirty: Hollywood's gift to American power http://t.co/VM90mSK5
ISPs and defamation law: hold fire, Robert Jay http://t.co/lcg0r964
British soldiers who tried to smuggle guns and drugs into the UK have been jailed http://t.co/B690c2Cy
Barry George, wrongly convicted of the murder of BBC TV presenter Jill Dando loses compensation case http://t.co/fs658djT
‘Marriage of same sex couples is lawful’ | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/Us7jcuMq
In-house lawyers reject Law Society's new division | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/VDZic9hG
COLP cover-up is unforgiveable – and that’s the truth | LAW GAZETTE http://t.co/nRDjHTTm
Legal challenge begins on RTA fixed fees | LAW GAZETTE http://t.co/MiQLtaab
US: Subpoenas of Google show law's failings http://t.co/EfP9lvo2
US: Clinton calls for change in law she says blocked discipline of employees over Libya http://t.co/8S3xW6hv
Rachel Manning murder trial: Keith Hyatt 'saw police at body site' http://t.co/vKusV9ur
Barclays bosses' bid for Libor trial anonymity fails http://t.co/bhFtj2zH
RUSSIA: Judge Yevgeny Makhno caught napping during trial in Blagoveshchensk City Court http://t.co/4ZNERJWT
Brother of a former EastEnders actress was perfectly in control when he killed her http://t.co/iXD12vU7
At Leeds Crown Court, witness at Joshua Hirst murder trial talks of bloodstained clothes http://t.co/Bx5BWcc6
CHINA: Trial of Bo Xilai opens next week, says Beijing-backed paper http://t.co/9SXn6Rs8
Birmingham terror suspects 'glorified 9/11' http://t.co/2GrgwfyT
FRANCE: In a French Case, a Battle to Unmask Twitter Users http://t.co/jC0WQmQH
Goldman Sachs Overcomes Its Latest Legal Headache http://t.co/eMe4fZeM
What Denis Diderot, the great provocateur of the Enlightenment, can teach us about freethinking http://t.co/yos9mLpl
Former Devon and Cornwall police officers to claim age discrimination at tribunal http://t.co/2303NdWT
Dealer group loses employment tribunal on age discrimination http://t.co/1xBAzWZx
Pull up your socks, Johnny Foreigner | LAW GAZETTE http://t.co/YhUMHXmB
Bailiff checks to be bolted on to Crime and Courts Bill | LAW GAZETTE http://t.co/YoOiuu3D
Society and Bar clash over new standard contract terms | LAW GAZETTE http://t.co/VuZgpXJC
LAW FIRM NEWS: Forster Dean CEO slams MoJ as firm makes 13 redundant | The Lawyer http://t.co/h3xsQ8bP
LAW FIRM NEWS: Eversheds CEO: "Everything we've done has had culture at the heart" | The Lawyer http://t.co/1ARENhgQ
Under-age workers found in Apple supply audit http://t.co/W7paFPnE
Newcastle United's Nile Ranger arrested after rape claim http://t.co/0vUaOK43
Apple pledges to eradicate child labour from technology supply industry http://t.co/aYxvGjei
Natural environmental rules & regulations: Protected species such as newts can hold up developments http://t.co/EdfmzPZk
TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/3ThvKdVJ
'Muslim vigilante victim' urged to contact police as more men are arrested http://t.co/uxeUp6fj
Driver lashes out at snowball boy http://t.co/PiyHgvGz
US: Obama, civil rights is about legislation, not alliteration http://t.co/umI2hmhc
Man arrested in connection with terror offences in Syria http://t.co/l7jOnxsr
Anonymous hacker group: Two jailed for cyber attacks http://t.co/UNrSXgD9
Manchester City's Courtney Meppen-Walter charged over deaths http://t.co/oJamB42H
Bailiffs' behaviour to be controlled by new laws http://t.co/3ZWc7ycZ
RUSSIA: Posthumous trial of lawyer Sergei Magnitsky is 'farcical' and 'sinister' http://t.co/ZRwAHoCQ
UN to examine UK and US drone strikes to assess legality and civilian casualty figures http://t.co/TTTkJVVF
TURKMENISTAN: Human Rights? What Human Rights? http://t.co/dGiNrlyZ
British Foreign office lists ISRAEL as ‘country of concern’ on human rights report http://t.co/HrNnmpkU
ISRAEL expected to boycott UN human rights scrutiny session http://t.co/u0Z6Zjyj
UN Human Rights Expert to Investigate US Targeted Killing Program on ACLU http://t.co/sCb78DUV
ITALY: Judge in L'Aquila Earthquake Trial Explains His Verdict http://t.co/cdi9zhXv
Jed Rakoff: The US judge who rules on business http://t.co/Jz0kzxoZ
MetaLawIndex: Law on Street Photograhy in London http://t.co/byi6E0H4
Judge brands property law unfair on married couples http://t.co/M7EThGHW
'Going To Law School Was The Biggest Mistake Of My Life' http://t.co/RLIGFczZ
IRELAND won't ease drunken-driving law for farmers http://t.co/njdMsKWB
PAKISTAN Holds Hundreds Without Charge Under Controversial Law http://t.co/RUY0u6h7
Law firm brings jobs to Belfast http://t.co/wtEaA6dN
Media law trends in 2013: what's on the horizon http://t.co/sbjcYPrV
Fed up at work? When to look for a new law job http://t.co/qZ2820v7
Should Brit soldier face Kenyan law? http://t.co/A3tiwxpP
Law school staff at Surrey University give poor marks to exam proposals http://t.co/JS6lt2BL
MetaLawIndex: A macro economic slow gaze http://t.co/5GIWt7Go
Law Society warns solicitors to protect themselves against "biased" barristers' terms | LEGAL FUTURES: http://t.co/fmKIU2ZA
Clash over whether Delhi rape case proves continuing need for cab-rank rule | LEGAL FUTURES: http://t.co/CNUvM051
BULGARIA: Judiciary Faces BGN 16 M Budget Shortfall http://t.co/ieE9FDyn
IRAN's Judiciary Chief Defends Public Hanging Of Robbers http://t.co/089Wcup4
VATICAN Responds To Allegations That It Encourages Illegal Ivory Trade http://t.co/GEUtS0O4
Elderly Cambridgeshire couple visit jumble sale, end up in illegal rave http://t.co/l6xdz4uH
TRINIDAD: Security guard accidentally shoots penis off with illegal gun http://t.co/rDoY0I6L
Can Transitional Justice Prevent Conflicts? http://t.co/LYNR7b9d
US: Criminal justice and the courts: Thumb on the scale http://t.co/uYqGWxWS
US: Lynne Stewart’s Struggle for Justice Continues http://t.co/AJ5oTTIN
War Crimes: How Nazis Escaped Justice in South America http://t.co/fEPUWh7D
INDIA: How Justice Verma's 15 young legal lieutenants made a 600-page report in 29 days http://t.co/VJGg2jQf
War crimes in BANGLADESH: Justice delayed http://t.co/dCG9BfHO
Impunity in VENEZUELA: The price of justice http://t.co/TUiDqrUw
LAW FIRM NEWS: Luxembourg's Wildgen adds managing partner role | The Lawyer http://t.co/IDWVef7x
LAW FIRM NEWS: SJ Berwin's debt rose by over 300 per cent in last financial year, LLPs reveal | The Lawyer http://t.co/Lxo3XHkI
LAW FIRM NEWS: Akin Gump launches new Singapore office | The Lawyer http://t.co/05pEWYu4
LAW FIRM NEWS: Debevoise's Mary Jo White picked by Obama to head the SEC | The Lawyer http://t.co/NPqWCB98
LAW FIRM NEWS: Mishcon v Addleshaws as Berezovsky heads back to court | The Lawyer http://t.co/N1KPDsuT
LAW FIRM NEWS: Locke Lord to take on first London trainees after 2012 City launch | The Lawyer http://t.co/ot0z1vgm
LAW FIRM NEWS: DLA Piper to shut Glasgow & offload defendant insurance teams as redundancy talks continue | The Lawyer http://t.co/hjHz8RHQ
LAW FIRM NEWS: Allen & Overy prepares to shift US and European support roles to Belfast base | The Lawyer http://t.co/2M1jrhb4
Legal challenge to Earls Court regen blocked http://t.co/TDfUKg6t
5 Staples of the US Legal System That statistics say don't work http://t.co/nIyacWkm
Deutsche Bank in legal row over £50m loan with PAKISTAN minister in UK court http://t.co/fjbbnIEI
Legal action threat as protest held over Sheffield Children’s service cuts http://t.co/8TlQmofu
US Photographer captures daily life inside the lonely legal brothels of rural Nevada http://t.co/q66lop1i
St Albans council threatens legal action over rail depot http://t.co/Ag5aIBxw
Courts should not protect social workers from legitimate press scrutiny, rules judge http://t.co/xVTWCRMt
Palestinians May Take ISRAEL to International Courts Over E-1 Settlement http://t.co/5zYukBLp
US: Number of cases filed in New York courts fell in 201 http://t.co/4cPEvAvQ
INDIA: Maharashtra to set up 16 more special courts for women cases http://t.co/fg0ypypD
HONDURAS once again passes law to create 'model cities' investment zones http://t.co/OtOxbPzW
US Law to Keep Sex Offenders from Social Media Ruled Unconstitutional http://t.co/S06MywKD
US: Has the Brady law prevented 1.5 million people from buying a firearm? http://t.co/FASPg3DZ
More than 3,000 foreign criminals fighting deportation http://t.co/IJot4oa5
Earl of Cardigan acquitted of assault http://t.co/y4vasESN
‘Lack of evidence’ for judicial review restrictions | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/J89qy9mN
LAW FIRM NEWS: Hogan Lovells boosts Moscow office with four lawyer Linklaters hire - Legalweek http://t.co/yACd8QvD
LAW FIRM NEWS: Magic circle duo post marginal dips in spring NQ intake - Legalweek http://t.co/nqISjupM
LAW FIRM NEWS: Eversheds set to cut up to 166 jobs in latest redundancy round - Legalweek http://t.co/j59XiEvC
LAW FIRM NEWS: DLA cuts 45 in Glasgow exit as firm agrees defendant insurance sell-off - Legalweek http://t.co/OVD3Qi8c
LAW FIRM NEWS: A&O to lay off US and Euro support staff as 43 jobs move to Belfast - Legalweek http://t.co/Ebr6TIDj
Bierley solicitor made threats to kill http://t.co/eOdfWT9E
A round-up of recent global deals and the lawyers who made them happen | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/QO5nqZZA
Lawyers protest at Sri Lanka chief justice inauguration | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/NrzCz3q4
Thai journalist jailed for insulting King | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/04eqAeUo
Energy firm slapped with multi-million bribery charge | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/HMXteksR
Law firms clash over drugs whistleblower fee deal | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/ICjaj5Ev
Female lawyers lose £50k in gender gap | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/96bs8jrH
Yes, It’s Too Late To Retrain As A Barrister At 40 http://t.co/k5v8SEzB
AUSTRALIA: Police extend AWU slush fund inquiry http://t.co/IYSP3IzB
Google, Facebook and Twitter may 'face EU defamation and privacy cases' http://t.co/9a4ulvzb
Europe's legacy in UK workplaces is not to be sniffed at http://t.co/ODLuHwYs
Mummery LJ blocks challenge to rule on periodic joint tenancies | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/H6lcQVAv
US: Mississippi's sole abortion clinic faces fresh legal fight to stay open http://t.co/hBabJFHe
Arms and the Women in the US army http://t.co/HWjKyU4d
US: Air Force Leaders Testify on Culture That Led to Sexual Assaults of Recruits http://t.co/h4lZ4eCU
THAILAND: Court Gives 10-Year Sentence for Insult to King http://t.co/OkFIwogZ
Murder trial halted at High Court in Livingston after member of public accidentally takes juror's seat http://t.co/j9bAEHz1
Keighley rape trial: Bilal Hussain and Shazad Rehman in court http://t.co/4iVlIAoZ
Barry Reeve murder trial: Accused 'forgiven by God' http://t.co/OEc87rB6
Actress Lindsay Lohan 'will go to trial after rejecting rehab plea deal' as former lawyer 'refuses to represent her' http://t.co/t4KjhkKH
Lynda Spence trial: Missing woman 'owed criminals cash' http://t.co/Uu61D2hA
EGYPT: President Morsi implies Jews control the American media http://t.co/DFKVUfsw

Thursday

24th January - LAW NEWS

395 days of LawNewsIndex brought to you by TheLawMap

FOCUS OF THE DAY story: Supreme Court warns of 'uncertainty' if legal privilege extended to non-lawyers. Parliament, and not the courts, should decide on whether legal advice privilege (LAP) should be extended to non-lawyers, the Supreme Court has decided. Full story - Solicitors Journal

How well did your firm or department cope with the snow? | LAW GAZETTE http://t.co/8IvW6iKY
Eversheds sheds up to 166 in strategic restructuring | LAW GAZETTE http://t.co/8GzNH7L8
CAMBODIA: Tribunal Staff Demand Explanation for Salary Problems http://t.co/qz6EEDIC
Welsh National Opera loses employment tribunal appeal http://t.co/aOAbusFa
US: 'The Baddest Lawyer In The History Of New Jersey' Goes On Trial Again http://t.co/c1F1UYnV
Lawyer describes suggestion to sue ISPs for defamatory content as ‘radical’ and ‘an onerous burden’ http://t.co/X7CAScV7
RUSSIA: Political dissident Russian asylum seeker in Netherlands was pressured before his suicide - lawyer http://t.co/11Jod9h4
Programming bootcamp converts lawyer into hacker http://t.co/k8rAslkQ
SYRIA: Attacks on Religious Sites Raise Tensions http://t.co/IUikxMiu
MALI: Witness details killings by Malian forces as human rights group charges dozens of deaths http://t.co/diaNJxv7
MALI Army Executions? Reports Of Grave Human Rights Abuses By Troops In African Nation Grow http://t.co/ULdC71yk
Up in Smoke: Freedom and Responsibility in the Corporatist State | Online Library of Law and Liberty: http://t.co/cq0meUbs
No Accommodations Allowed: The Rights of Conscience & European Court of Justice | Online Library of Law and Liberty: http://t.co/d5eRDZ6K
THAILAND: Thai human rights defender and editor convicted and sentenced to 11 years http://t.co/tAj4FpXC
US: Freethinkers in the Civil Rights Movement Event in Chicago http://t.co/EBvOfwj7
TUNISIA: Draft Constitution Still Slights Rights http://t.co/dMQHQqdf
Animal rights campaigner calls for ban on Gumtree pet sales http://t.co/cLzV0nWj
AZERBAIJAN: Heed Council of Europe’s Call for Rights Reform http://t.co/ihin0rgH
Nice mothers support abortion rights too http://t.co/R9Hrav70
How UK libel laws undermined Sunday Times in Lance Armstrong article case http://t.co/PcECiujb
What I think George Orwell would have written about today | Shami Chakrabarti http://t.co/586di7Pj
Being the centre of a meme sensation should be lucrative but a Berlin lawsuit shows fame doesn't always pay http://t.co/cfmuvhS9
Ohio based US band Black Keys sue casino-owner Pinnacle Entertainment for copying their music http://t.co/eqDAKNoT
LAW FIRM NEWS: Slaughters and Freshfields reveal retention rates | The Lawyer http://t.co/SRIEZXuD
LAW FIRM NEWS: Eversheds to cull 166 jobs across the UK and Asia as new strategy takes hold | The Lawyer http://t.co/MylXhPbM
Secret courts ‘unjust’ warns Law Society | LAW GAZETTE http://t.co/iohsRfFn
Man who murdered Edinburgh flatmate jailed for life http://t.co/wePasxAY
Gay marriage: MPs to vote on proposals for the first time http://t.co/R77kOMUZ
Labour to support motion to cut voting age to 16 http://t.co/iahqQNuy
Sony fined over 'preventable' PlayStation data hack http://t.co/Yd4Qjxsi
UK sergeant 'stranded' in Kenya after civilian shot dead http://t.co/s9rB9loQ
Fall in crime in England and Wales 'may be exaggerated' http://t.co/8yNEBfva
Bringing back terraced streets could could cut crime and raise living standards, says think-tank http://t.co/homkUSdI
Police overstating true fall in crime rate http://t.co/8eCmnbfV
TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/3ThvKdVJ
UK and the EU: Better off out or in? http://t.co/KT5quVar
Evictions warning over housing benefit reforms http://t.co/PxU5qMij
Watchdog finds two more UKBA immigration backlogs http://t.co/xWEYOWmT
US: Pentagon to end ban on women in front-line combat http://t.co/UyupwbS4
SRA sticks to its guns over referral fee ban guidance | LEGAL FUTURES: http://t.co/MUgvJYWR
US: Time to reform state’s ‘three strikes’ law http://t.co/W5LLVzwx
Vandals target LGBT office at Boston College Law School http://t.co/HNNi50z4
European Commission creates group to analyse whether EU legal anomalies constrain cross-border insurance trade http://t.co/BmojQRyE
Gay marriage: ex-minister plans sets out to change law after Facebook case http://t.co/1BU4XsbN
Under-age rape law change welcomed in MOROCCO http://t.co/XKbK2j4Q
Property laws for cohabiting couples 'unfair', judge says http://t.co/tK8g0zj6
Jersey's bankruptcy law 'could be updated' http://t.co/C6PUnBX8
MOROCCO plan to change rape marriage law http://t.co/SThQ1piX
Government closes door on accountants' last hope to change privilege rules | LEGAL FUTURES: http://t.co/JofYpDDa
LAW FIRM NEWS: Eversheds pays off £20m in borrowings and boosts partner capital - Legalweek http://t.co/Eh947bgp
LAW FIRM NEWS: Reed Smith enters coveted Houston market with local office launch - Legalweek http://t.co/wbqjHPkA
LAW FIRM NEWS: Kirkland adds M&A partner in Hong Kong with Paul Weiss hire - Legalweek http://t.co/Mu5PPw1a
LAW FIRM NEWS: Nabarro leads for new client Google on London HQ purchase - Legalweek http://t.co/pGkoX7KM
LAW FIRM NEWS: Supreme Court rules against extending privilege to accountants - Legalweek http://t.co/fpMPmg8H
LAW FIRM NEWS: Clydes names Burns as successor to long-serving senior partner Payton - Legalweek http://t.co/Gx2SUFEX
‘Scope for argument’ over referral fee rules, SRA warns | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/0Cd7Ylvq
SRI LANKA lawyers boycott chief justice ceremony http://t.co/cYXQKfF9
MALAYSIA’s judiciary is independent, says retired judge http://t.co/nBbshZ7b
INDIA: ‘Judiciary must take suo motu cognizance of crimes on women’ http://t.co/wRsDxt6t
US: “Aaron’s Law” To Go Before House Judiciary Committee http://t.co/Uhk3sD19
Choir director accused of raping former pupil says teenager was a 'fantasist' http://t.co/OYET12Wo
Found: weapons cache hidden days after Dunblane massacre http://t.co/dKJBFgzn
Motorcyclist on cannabis with 45 traffic convictions who killed pedestrian given 18 months http://t.co/YGTDPwiM
Undercover officers should not act like James Bond, UN expert says http://t.co/rHEp3OTS
Property laws for cohabiting couples 'unfair', judge says http://t.co/tK8g0zj6
Could there be an easy legal answer for those dramatically affected with aviation disasters | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/h4TIUzSs
Offshore firms announce alliance | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/j6gnjrhy
Trainee lawyer retention rates slip | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/dp8xABoz
London legal hiring boosts 2012 job figures | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/zpAtYuZu
Court throws out associate's $77m unfair sacking claim | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/JCWmYMUN
Accountants lose bid for extension of legal privilege | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/3gcZAKkl
Google Transparency Report shows rise in data requests from law enforcement organisations http://t.co/K0KRyPKu
Online trolls threaten to rape Question Time panellist Historian and Classicist Mary Beard http://t.co/mEwlwI2S
Steve Jobs threatened legal action to stop Palm poaching Apple staff http://t.co/nEuBGPrh
Should commercial surrogacy be made legal in Britain? http://t.co/0jVlxJ82
Selfridges Faces Legal Action Over Selling Raw Milk; Court Case Will Also See Farmer Prosecuted http://t.co/Y0n8tDZS
LAW FIRM NEWS: BLP and Nabarro advise as Google acquires site for new UK HQ | The Lawyer http://t.co/Rmao4i8B
LAW FIRM NEWS: Eversheds hires Comet GC in wake of retailer's collapse | The Lawyer http://t.co/ChimJdqh
Ladbrokes cuts legal panel as move away from hourly billing edges closer | The Lawyer http://t.co/mE9uDahR
LAW FIRM NEWS: Reed Smith lands in Houston after calling off merger two years ago | The Lawyer http://t.co/gSBZXW1Z
LAW FIRM NEWS: FSCS adds former A&O and Aegon lawyers to board | The Lawyer http://t.co/nCLbpZul
Recorder removed for "bringing judiciary into disrepute" | The Lawyer http://t.co/Xb6p8iOW
LAW FIRM NEWS: Clydes names insurance expert Burns as successor to senior partner Payton | The Lawyer http://t.co/OwTIO8Ad
LAW FIRM NEWS: Osborne Clarke makes up first batch of partners since European mergers | The Lawyer http://t.co/nZcR8b6O
SOUTH AFRICA: Cop in court for shooting KFC robber http://t.co/v3Cb29ad
Man stole from air ambulance charity http://t.co/iPsHeHbR
BURMA’s military-backed MPs handed power over courts http://t.co/f8huNdFv
Ex-husband in hit-man case says courts were wrong http://t.co/CP7oADfo
Police Spy Case Shows Threat of Secret Courts http://t.co/WMbNzcG2
Khat ban rejected by UK drug advisers http://t.co/EUISgfuh
Police officers sue forces over forced retirement http://t.co/3XyVOWU3

Wednesday

23rd January - LAW NEWS

394 days of LawNewsIndex brought to you by TheLawMap

FOCUS OF THE DAY story: The cab-rank rule is ineffective and should be removed from the barristers’ code of conduct – and instead applied as a principle to all providers of legal services, including alternative business structures (ABSs) – a new report has urged. Full story - Legal Futures

Grayling takes aim at the bar | LAW GAZETTE http://t.co/lCodFL8g
COLP/COFA test failed by over 1,000 | LAW GAZETTE http://t.co/RCQAvMcd
US: Toward A New View of Law and Society: Complexity And Power In The Legal System http://t.co/cHGt3nmi
RUSSIA holds out olive branch to US but chides West http://t.co/OAyGB1SE
US: Dow Chemical Faces Trial in Urethane Price-Fixing Case http://t.co/hnQQGWBP
Why are vandalism rates falling? http://t.co/QlfqRoD8
Lynda Spence trial: Accused denies harming missing woman http://t.co/MaQPYKs1
US: Murder, racketeering trial of former New Jersey prosecutor begins http://t.co/Lb0nDwq2
Trial date set over Sharkey fire deaths in Helensburgh http://t.co/BRwYyj1o
SPAIN puts doping on trial http://t.co/2J4quPcE
Was 'transgender warrior' a victim of an Australian miscarriage of justice? | Joshua Rozenberg http://t.co/RBVUFDXm
Listen carefully: jeopardising legal advice services is reckless http://t.co/K0IEKi43
Treasury presses supreme court to consider secret evidence in bank case http://t.co/gGdJivrm
Military contracting: our new era of corporate mercenaries http://t.co/y5OmQ7kY
European arrest warrants work. But Theresa May wants to opt out http://t.co/t6UHstxj
AUSTRALIA: Game boss suspended over illegal hunt claim http://t.co/L98mearD
US Navy fined for 'illegal entry' at PHILIPPINES coral reef http://t.co/erkXn47k
Cab rank principle ‘could extend to ABSs’ | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/NggjxQ9E
US: No disagreement is more fundamental than that about the connection between justice and prosperity http://t.co/RpJNNIHX
‘Gospel of Intolerance’ in UGANDA - American Christian funding of Ugandan anti-Gay movements http://t.co/rosvFAdv
US: Sexual Abuse Files Cast Shadow on Los Angeles Cardinal http://t.co/GhuB64aA
For Rape Victims in INDIA, Police Are Often Part of the Problem http://t.co/ZRRyjgz5
TURKEY: CHP leader furious over lawyer raids http://t.co/baiR039L
Ex-clients pursue class action against Canadian PI lawyer who allegedly charged excessive fees | ABA Journal http://t.co/0yAgf35I
Lawyer Pens Detailed Analysis of 'Hobbit' Contract Between Bilbo and Dwarves http://t.co/79kf9sRY
Leading litigator Cameron Fyfe to defend nurse banned for good deed http://t.co/xyjN1bRA
Canadian gunman kills lawyer and doctor and critically wounds female prosecutor in PHILIPPINES court http://t.co/sEGvKT17
Leveson lawyer: ISPs should block defamatory web content http://t.co/xTE9qM74
Lance Armstrong unlikely to face criminal prosecution for perjury, says lawyer who questioned Texan under oath http://t.co/93UIzDWG
Conviction and Death Sentence at BANGLADESH International Crimes Tribunal http://t.co/GozdwjQ8
PHILIPPINES to bring South CHINA Sea dispute with Beijing to tribunal http://t.co/dbmqP6KM
PA, 52, at Defence contractors forced out of her job wins claim for unfair dismissal as boss wanted a younger model http://t.co/YYx0VQRg
Depoliticizing BAHRAIN's Uprising: The Rhetoric of Human Rights http://t.co/uC0ez6N3
Ecstasy drug trafficker awarded €6,000 as court backs MALTA law complaint http://t.co/y66daNV4
GREECE: Justice Ministry setting up working group for human rights http://t.co/xg1g3YgK
Northern Irish human rights activist Inez McCormack dies http://t.co/ovzuHIFc
The Human Rights Human Wrongs exhibition: In recognition of 20th-century liberation struggles http://t.co/RzDWbrGQ
TURKEY: Nine Human Rights Lawyers Imprisoned http://t.co/oMjeAhoa
LIBYA: Draft law being prepared in to bar Gaddafi-era officials from holding public office http://t.co/nTCmDCsK
UN human rights office condemns execution of a juvenile in IRAN http://t.co/p70yxXRX
Open Source Design Tools for Human Rights Activists http://t.co/U23SVd8G
Law Professors in CHINA Call for Independent Judiciary http://t.co/AYNVDAsp
UN needs to respond to human rights abuses in NORTH KOREA http://t.co/vbyYWw41
Broadcasters must give rivals free access to footage of 'high interest' events where there is no cost, rules CJEU http://t.co/ztLtWlkQ
David Cameron's Europe speech guns for workers' rights – they must be defended http://t.co/u32HKa6M
US: Gun Owners Must Contact Schools In Proposed Legislation http://t.co/5tnDJiY4
US: Rhode Island lawmaker introduces legislation to save father-daughter dances http://t.co/9nr6iFMI
LAW FIRM NEWS: Eversheds cuts debt on back of growth year, accounts reveal | The Lawyer http://t.co/x0S3Uokx
LAW FIRM NEWS: Addleshaws, Hogan Lovells, Links lead as Lloyds sells pub group to PE house | The Lawyer http://t.co/NeHFriTc
LAW FIRM NEWS: Carey Olsen links up with BVI firm in Caribbean push | The Lawyer http://t.co/4Kmqj68p
Blackstone's Pannick fails to persuade Supreme Court to extend privilege to accountants | The Lawyer http://t.co/oeTUwbeu
LAW FIRM NEWS: Balfour Beatty to sign deal with Pinsents as part of cost-cutting drive | The Lawyer http://t.co/FfDT9fRB
Public sector lawyers hit by spending cuts in Newcastle, Bristol, Manchester | The Lawyer http://t.co/voCKExLn
Supreme Court rejects bid to extend legal professional privilege to non-lawyers | LEGAL FUTURES: http://t.co/sdNtN9y0
SRA reveals scale of COLP/COFA failures as 1,200 nominees don't declare suitability issues | LEGAL FUTURES: http://t.co/rwbp7aki
Let parliament decide on privilege, Lord Neuberger says | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/rrpUfdy9
Legal professional privilege only for lawyers, Supreme Court rules | LAW GAZETTE http://t.co/zyms0Fnj
Islamist thugs abuse man in second 'vigilante' video http://t.co/G1KC3nlE
Sexual exploitation and steroid abuse top threats to police http://t.co/GHNn2saQ
Powers to enter home to check on pot plants and fridges still in place despite pledge to cut snooping http://t.co/RYkuwCXW
Stuart Hall charged with rape and indecent assault http://t.co/w6Cu8xFw
Call for construction industry 'blacklist' inquiry http://t.co/6z0RUxpZ
Police corruption: Criminals 'give officers steroids' http://t.co/4dumFK5U
TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/3ThvKdVJ
Bumi 'unable' to release findings of law firm's probe http://t.co/9a5mmDXy
Smacking breaches international law, charity claims http://t.co/Az5vfPH8
Karl Lagerfeld backs French gay marriage law with two Chanel brides http://t.co/7A6Z2MK6
US: Rajesh Gupta, Ex-Goldman Sachs director Says in Appeal Trial Judge Hampered Defense Case http://t.co/AC6CcYlJ
US: Judge Lets NYPD Resume Suspicion-Less Stops http://t.co/LAOl6b9v
SRA set to offer informed guidance but not safe harbour over referral fee ban | LEGAL FUTURES: http://t.co/zi8o584b
'Privacy visor blocks facial recognition software' http://t.co/CXkdkaJZ
US: General John Allen cleared over 'inappropriate' emails http://t.co/PHHPhzIn
PPI: The unintended consequences of a scandal http://t.co/q13H2Hja
Broadcaster Stuart Hall charged with rape http://t.co/HmjrYZ6d
David Cameron is to promise an in/out referendum on the EU if the Conservatives win the next election http://t.co/nXlRU3Oo
LAW FIRM NEWS: Magic circle duo lines up on £1bn Virgin Money credit card deal - Legalweek http://t.co/N2QEFrB0
LAW FIRM NEWS: Bakers appoints Rawlinson to succeed Senior in London MP role - Legalweek http://t.co/x1iGRrBw
LAW FIRM NEWS: A&O joins host of firms announcing trainee retention rates - Legalweek http://t.co/mExVERf1
LAW FIRM NEWS: Eversheds pays off £20m in borrowings and boosts partner capital - Legalweek http://t.co/Eh947bgp
Fly-tippers brought to justice http://t.co/xtiEkZL6
Justice for the PayPal WikiLeaks protesters: why DDoS is free speech http://t.co/rr6HUm0Z
EU justice opt-out would weaken UK crime-fighting, says Charles Clarke http://t.co/2knVDNb2
PAKISTAN Legal first: Twitter feud turned defamation suit http://t.co/gw3ETvJ8
Payouts to legal fund of shamed top police set for axe http://t.co/3VJw7rPr
Scot who lost his life savings when RBS collapsed vents his fury as taxpayers are hit with Fred Goodwin's legal bill http://t.co/IrLPSZN5
Boris Johnson will use legal powers to force through cuts to London fire service http://t.co/A9O3xQC7
Khat: a legal high, but should it be banned?mhttp://www.channel4.com/news/khat-a-legal-high-but-should-it-be-banned
Al Qaeda bomb plot gangs were handed £30m in legal aid to fund their defence http://t.co/MGW74Zo2
Amarchand leads India deals table | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/otMDqUGs
Watchdog escapes lawsuit over destroyed documents | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/YuEjHesN
Media groups face proposed Brussels crackdown | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/pa48pdGi
Barclays staff to be named in Libor rigging trial | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/YEuWt9tE
US legal jobs stagger behind average growth | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/gMz6r2pA
PAKISTAN: Lawyers boycott courts to protest attack on judge http://t.co/zIf6Glxk
Protestor banned from disrupting City of Culture events in Derry http://t.co/uaFKITeT
CAMEROON: Illegal wildlife traders in custody yaounde http://t.co/1OUSi6T0
Illegal dumping costs Epping Forest taxpayers more than £60k http://t.co/SbO7MPsC
SOUTH KOREA regulator mulls more penalties for illegal subsidies http://t.co/4rI5bsJi
GERMANY: Footballer Franck Ribery set for June trial after underage prostitute sex charge http://t.co/gFIYlakQ
BANGLADESH war crimes trial: Key defendants http://t.co/J4tSOOtS
Wife of Iranian American pastor on trial for evangelizing in IRAN says news of his release is a decoy http://t.co/7RJCiE7f
'Muslim Patrol' harrass men for looking 'gay' in London http://t.co/x8wYJsBk
Homophobic 'vigilante' video appears online http://t.co/ZlZLkqeD
Royal succession: Succession rules from 'bygone era', says Clegg http://t.co/TUVredzr
IRELAND: Irish council in Kerry bid to relax drink-drive limit http://t.co/AKQGYsKL
Policeman and journalist charged in payments probe http://t.co/flkFZMsp
Brighton footballers 'took photos during sexual assault' http://t.co/eu8fLLjY
LIBERIA's Charles Taylor appeals at The Hague http://t.co/ujb0VKxE
Costs specialist becomes ABS | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/EsSmxsbl
Silence over Jackson ‘leading to rumours of delays’ | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/TBY3J2nL
Sole practitioners: we won’t join Law Society | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/iZpY2PM4
‘Data mismatches’ hit COLP and COFA approvals | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/vmHrTWEa

Tuesday

22nd January - LAW NEWS

393 days of LawNewsIndex brought to you by TheLawMap

FOCUS OF THE DAY story: Although they have made a quiet start, ABSs have the power to change the face of the legal sector. A year on from the first alternative business structure (ABS) licences and the legal sector is beginning to see the effects. Full story - The Lawyer

LAW FIRM NEWS: Linklaters picks up banking partner from A&O in Spain | The Lawyer http://t.co/b1U8JlV6
Catastrophe averted as Hunter the cat returns to Inner Temple | The Lawyer http://t.co/1UztGq44
City solicitor wins key data roaming case against T-Mobile | The Lawyer http://t.co/fN5mbMYG
LAW FIRM NEWS: Salans advises as Hilco buys struggling HMV's debt | The Lawyer http://t.co/znqGznS0
Supreme Court stars on YouTube | LAW GAZETTE http://t.co/0MZwjlEM
Taxi for the cab rank rule | LAW GAZETTE http://t.co/1bjNVQ8d
SRA spurns pleas to approve post-Jackson business models | LAW GAZETTE http://t.co/U3TamXjn
Sentencing to death by firing squad of Lindsay Sandiford for drug trafficking has been condemned as cruel http://t.co/e5UHY4Xa
US: Cincinnati lawyer Thomas Lowe suspended for billing client for time they spent having sex http://t.co/l1XQSwEL
INDIA: Lawyer for accused in the Delhi gang-rape trial - one man wasn't present & the other was hiding under bus seat http://t.co/lWm96kiP
CANADA: Lawyer wonders if sleep deprivation was part of Ashley Smith’s punishment http://t.co/qGpxhtZG
CHINA: Lawyer Gao Zhisheng is allowed to meet Family http://t.co/IT2PxUYr
IRELAND: Lawyer for Savita’s husband said he wanted to keep media waiting http://t.co/dYYzZ5Iw
SAUDI ARABIA: Lawyer seeks to defend terror suspects pro bono http://t.co/h2RA6mfe
PAKISTAN: Lawyer for intelligence agency says suspected militants held without evidence http://t.co/MR4BfLGJ
Pupils at a North Berwick High School get a taste of life as a lawyer http://t.co/FJsWT3df
Top lawyer: European judges got Christian registrar Ladele ruling ‘wrong’ http://t.co/NG0NkA1M
Lawyer of former UKRAINE PM Yulia Tymoshenko 'faces criminal charges' http://t.co/zKh7sg7M
Financial Times editor criticised by tribunal over unfair dismissal http://t.co/OzDg2Re2
Employment: first tribunal case on Swedish derogation of Agency Workers Regulations http://t.co/seidvmHB
INDONESIA: Judge to face tribunal over rape ‘joke’ http://t.co/wtQdcavr
BANGLADESH: War Crimes Tribunal Gives Death Sentence to Islamist cleric for atrocities committed during 1971 war http://t.co/QpxKcSAM
US: President's speech is a Map of Human Dignity http://t.co/MSaoxUrg
US: Even if It Enrages Your Boss, Social Net Speech Is Protected http://t.co/yuLiMyzL
IRAN: Lawyer and Women’s Rights Activist Hopes Discriminatory Passport Law Does Not Pass http://t.co/1VwNTYKX
Of rights and risks: are women’s human rights in jeopardy? http://t.co/RmURDUfA
CANADA: Temporary miner from China sees human rights complaint rejected http://t.co/j4oB9u5X
INDIA: EU Rights Dialogue Should Promote Accountability http://t.co/e9TCejDL
FRANCE: National Assembly holds sway in whether to approve a bill for marriage equality http://t.co/yzaZml56
ITALY summarily returning unaccompanied asylum seekers to GREECE to face a dysfunctional asylum system http://t.co/hPwfNIMO
European Court of Human Rights rules that mother’s parental rights were breached http://t.co/WgYlTCbe
Student human rights award: Pulitzer Fellowship worth $2,000 up for grabs http://t.co/uigBd1ng
POLAND: Push for Human Rights - there would be no European Endowment for Democracy http://t.co/ejSJ2gbk
Django Unchained action figures pulled after civil rights outcry http://t.co/MFo0D7mn
US: President Obama namechecks Stonewall in historic inaugural address for gay rights http://t.co/0RcjzkmE
Is human branding an animal-rights stunt too far? http://t.co/leOHfLsB
Nick Clegg urges 'equal rights' for royal girls as MPs prepare to debate rules of succession http://t.co/qdEdYzrK
US: Gun control, terrorism, gay rights and climate change: Obama sets out his bold battle plan for the next four years http://t.co/heNefXsR
LAW FIRM NEWS: Ashurst joins local firms on Aviva's sale of Malaysian joint venture | The Lawyer http://t.co/eAncuyRg
LAW FIRM NEWS: AIG Asia in-house litigation head joins Thai firm Tilleke & Gibbins | The Lawyer http://t.co/eeWfUFvj
LAW FIRM NEWS: Tods Murray sees profit drop by 25 per cent in 'slow' 2011/12 | The Lawyer http://t.co/QWsQCvOh
LAW FIRM NEWS: Bakers names former IP head as successor to London chief Senior | The Lawyer http://t.co/WSrS4H6K
How social enterprise can help reduce re-offending http://t.co/qfFlP1Xu
US: Roe v Wade at 40: what American women owe to abortion rights http://t.co/OkwAzYBf
Former Liberian President Charles Taylor's prosecutors urge court to reject war crimes conviction appeal http://t.co/Q3Z3een2
Forces to publish details of misconduct cases http://t.co/BBPCqQL5
Proposals to allow foreigners to head police expose a breakdown in trust with politicians in the wake of Plebgate http://t.co/90HTWg63
Smacking breaches international law, charity claims http://t.co/Az5vfPH8
British grandmother Lindsay Sandiford sentenced to death for drug trafficking http://t.co/QnQBhNnu
Just 13 people use flagship Tory scheme for reporting nuisance neighbours http://t.co/Fbsiz1bN
Anti-social behaviour must be investigated within 24 hours http://t.co/GtSfuqlc
Fears grow over contaminated ecstasy tablets, after two people die and several others are hospitalised http://t.co/sdZa9grz
TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/3ThvKdVJ
CANADA's First Christian Law School Opposed over Gay Lifestyle Ban http://t.co/LdcduJDU
One Important Way Mega Is More Law-Proof than Megaupload http://t.co/NaruXZLo
God, Natural Law and Martin Luther King Jr.'s "Letter from the Birmingham Jail" http://t.co/77Uk7JWN
RUSSIA: Moves to Enact Anti-Gay Law Nationwide http://t.co/43u3cq0e
Judicial Review: proposals for reform | THE BARRISTER http://t.co/R4wRMLk1
War rape: The forgotten pandemic sweeping SYRIA http://t.co/3velIuAk
Justice secretary questions hiring of QCs in criminal trials | LAW GAZETTE http://t.co/or2mZq7p
Information Liberated: Jeffrey Tucker on How Digital Media Subverts Government Power http://t.co/tt8PBE1C
US: Filmmaker Gets 4 Years for Grossing Out Jurors http://t.co/3QDRIHm2
Prisoners win big payouts for parole delays http://t.co/nX1svi4c
Crown Prosecution Service launches crackdown on middle-class tax evaders http://t.co/CsevtVxU
Most child abuse deaths last year were 'avoidable' http://t.co/cYVP6y68
Barristers fear QASA boycott will lead to loss of right to practise | LEGAL FUTURES: http://t.co/zLBsQVNu
Solicitors' firm sees red in trade mark dispute with licensed conveyancers over their name | LEGAL FUTURES: http://t.co/LGOtkKbz
Drug users fearing the law must not be scared to contact health services http://t.co/EgsLUVcS
State Pension Changes - A Briefing for Family Lawyers http://t.co/QQT0LQQV
Are Ethnic Minority Students Being Forced Into Medicine And Law Degrees, As Les Ebdon Claims? http://t.co/ukZ659bp
Gift voucher law must be changed - Protecting consumers ought to be the priority http://t.co/zN6tbKQl
ITALY: Amir Issaa, Italian hip-hop artist, raps about citizenship law http://t.co/R2fv2OOW
University of Buckingham law lecturer takes on international sport case http://t.co/00TIaCNd
INDIA: Stop blaming the judiciary for government's failures http://t.co/jN5LRoXn
ZAMBIA: Rising crime rate in the country must be fought from all angles using legal means to protect human life http://t.co/lVei3KSC
UGANDA: 'Selective Justice' Chants Are Worrying http://t.co/9iwIdjAs
SRI LANKA Chief Justice says her life is in danger after impeachment http://t.co/CYIwYLAL
INDIA: Chief Justice would like to have joined the Delhi Protest March against brutal rape http://t.co/nf5Z5Puj
HMV adminstrators Deloitte confirm Justice Collective single proceeds will go towards Hillsborough fund http://t.co/HwhS8hln
This assault on judicial review threatens Britons' access to justice http://t.co/MpRRO0ob
Katie Price threatens legal action against hotel after wedding details are leaked http://t.co/0rZ5K8It
US: Alaska Bar Association to offer free legal services on Martin Luther King Day http://t.co/B6MqJvIU
Nominet Takes Legal Action Over ‘Defamation’ http://t.co/uc4WWhw6
Taxpayers may have to foot legal bill for Fred Goodwin, ex-RBS chief http://t.co/h6zHduHP
UK in 'generational struggle' against terror, says PM http://t.co/V31GxxRb
Tax evasion: Criminal crackdown to accelerate http://t.co/k4xIy7Id
BBC receives 216 complaints for Tweenies Jimmy Savile spoof http://t.co/5BPmYDVc
Hazel Stewart refused appeal over woman's murder http://t.co/RqZzg8Ny
Quartet of clerks join 4-5 Grey's Inn Square exodus to rival - Legalweek http://t.co/hy6uDbRa
LAW FIRM NEWS: Top firms aim to win full Hong Kong court rights as market liberalises - Legalweek http://t.co/son6v4u7
LAW FIRM NEWS: CMS accounts reveal £7.7m capital contributions boost in 2011-12 - Legalweek http://t.co/sgyAvUKF
LAW FIRM NEWS: Freshfields and Slaughters lead on £1.5bn Stansted sale - Legalweek http://t.co/hBCwTcYJ
Child-fearing US teacher sues school | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/LYTqeTnc
Indian lawyers told to ditch 'shark' image | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/A9bhg2dJ
Arrest of Turkish lawyers sparks global outrage | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/Iuh0RW0j
Asian firms plot Burma expansion | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/2OFowW6u
Armstrong doping admission could trigger law suit frenzy | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/hOM4Jfxo
Clients balk at complaining about legal profession | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/wx0kS0oT
US: Law unclear on judges' obligation to preside at gay marriages http://t.co/XIQvHRBp
The Prisoners at Guantánamo, and the Rule of Law http://t.co/ZpxP0cIu
US Law firms push to get young associates up to speed http://t.co/vGXUtTp7
The supreme court's YouTube channel is a welcome step for open justice http://t.co/LG7fFlBG
Snow and ice and workplace rights http://t.co/KmnYvjBF
Leveson's chief inquisitor calls UK press 'most unruly and irreverent in world' http://t.co/j7ZzRiuF
More legal aid cuts will lead to poor relying on 'second best' lawyers http://t.co/RYUkAxGQ
IRAN Resorts to Hangings in Public to Cut Crime http://t.co/o5hNgT7r
A Revamped Myspace Site Faces a Problem With Expired Rights http://t.co/Mo1MIJKW
US Supreme Court wisely ended destructive lawsuit to prevent federal government from financing promising research http://t.co/uSRA7soL

Monday

21st January - LAW NEWS

392 days of LawNewsIndex brought to you by TheLawMap

FOCUS OF THE DAY story: A call by the competition watchdog for simpler complaints procedures in the legal profession has received the support of the Legal Services Board. Full story - Law Gazette

ZIMBABWE: Reform or Perish Under The ‘Illegal’ Sanctions http://t.co/mQsjEn6L
7,000 illegal mobiles and SIM cards found in prisons http://t.co/sBxfRWxg
TAIWAN: Majority supports citizen participation in trials, wary of trial by jury - according to government poll http://t.co/9uCUSN1o
Scottish Police chiefs split over trial to let lorries drive faster on notorious A9 road http://t.co/N2WjVVZk
OFT attacks complexity of legal complaints process | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/HYHRDL33
Supreme Court launches YouTube channel | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/J11YDhQi
International Day of Solidarity with Basque lawyers in Spain http://t.co/VddXxa0Z
Volunteers will be branded with a red hot iron to highlight animal rights abuses http://t.co/E7H3Ddfo
Gun Rights, Constitutional Interpretation, and Plato http://t.co/xf4XyWh1
Employment Tribunal Judgement on Aspects of AWR Pay Between Assignments Model http://t.co/Wsj9zq1s
Belfast Flag Protest is a physical manifestation of deep dissatisfaction with the social position of loyalist community http://t.co/xbG7YTyv
SRI LANKA: Implications Of Silencing The Judiciary http://t.co/Sp91d1jr
BAHRAIN: 13 Migrant Workers Killed & 8 Injured in Apartment Building Fire Due to the Lack of Proper Housing Conditions http://t.co/qZofLHcc
MALTA: The human rights plight of a transexual http://t.co/vdlrLddU
BAHRAIN: Human Rights Affairs Minister Receives a Delegation from Amnesty International http://t.co/qLJr9tAa
Surely ISRAEL isn't the planet's worst human rights offender? http://t.co/3XqbxfBy
Moving into the mainstream - Making human rights central to EU foreign policy http://t.co/HpD8UwzY
JAMAICA: Legislation needed to prevent contamination of evidence at crime scene in order to strengthen investigators http://t.co/x2c4SMIT
AUSTRALIA: Intersex concerns on human rights bill http://t.co/3CEvGRx0
Keystone Law - a feature | The Lawyer http://t.co/5GpUmgeB
LAW FIRM NEWS: Slaughters and Davis Polk among advisers as Aviva sells last Delta stake | The Lawyer http://t.co/28c4dMoN
5 rules of the insolvency game: As the high street suffers, lawyers pick up mandates from administrators | The Lawyer http://t.co/cLHQDCUk
LAW FIRM NEWS: Irwin Mitchell Sheffield boss linked with luring DLA Piper defectors | The Lawyer http://t.co/uP95Tmol
Big Cases from last year’s punishing economic conditions that pushed many companies into administration | The Lawyer http://t.co/VCR0W9Hy
A new survey shows positivity is trickling back in to Ireland’s legal market | The Lawyer http://t.co/pMFrHFQz
Firms in north-west Africa’s Morocco and Algeria hubs are seeing a greater influx of international clients | The Lawyer http://t.co/DJ76JV02
Russia’s Supreme Commercial Court is on verge of taking a more liberal stance on foreign arbitral awards | The Lawyer http://t.co/wgUlx6xd
NHS negligence payouts can be good value but investment in the services would be a better outcome | The Lawyer http://t.co/btZWnT0C
Although they have made a quiet start, ABSs have the power to change the face of the legal sector | The Lawyer http://t.co/Z9iMEOd3
The Public Service Pensions Bill could lead to constitutional corruption if it is not amended | The Lawyer http://t.co/WrTc9tNV
Shonagh MacVicar, head of legal at Glasgow 2014, is adamant the Commonwealth Games will emulate glories | The Lawyer http://t.co/tNOa9g5A
The down-to-earth visionary - Eversheds CEO Bryan Hughes’ finance-focused style | The Lawyer http://t.co/qBsQmMHv
Law firms are scrambling to grab a piece of action in the fast-emerging country formerly known as Burma | The Lawyer http://t.co/PWSnqHVX
Family justice ‘wish list’ | LAW GAZETTE http://t.co/xGkRBE5c
Green in the dock with technology | LAW GAZETTE http://t.co/F5nare4Z
‘Common sense’ fraud ruling lauded | LAW GAZETTE http://t.co/RfMXzohZ
A review of the 2012 changes to criminal law | LAW GAZETTE http://t.co/JUtIMLPQ
Unpaid court fines still add up to £600m | LAW GAZETTE http://t.co/1uJacFbm
Business leaders have grown ‘diversity weary’ | LAW GAZETTE http://t.co/6ckfB7Ga
Legal advice agencies hit by funding cut | LAW GAZETTE http://t.co/QKhaTmZ0
NORTH KOREA allows foreign visitors to use own mobiles http://t.co/ZwpQ51xz
Christine Tacon named as supermarket ombudsman http://t.co/lkuCqF5D
Web 're-defining' human identity through online gaming and social media - report http://t.co/L0VP10uZ
Migrants paying gangs to smuggle them out of Britain http://t.co/yiHZngGP
Dreamliner: Japan and US probe battery maker http://t.co/Sz0XYolO
PC Gareth Francis: Third arrest over death of officer http://t.co/9ctmSi0Z
'Plebgate': MPs rebuke top civil servant over row http://t.co/rq5CRuBT
INDIA: Delhi gang rape trial begins in fast-track court http://t.co/mWMGoV0L
US 'supercops' backed by Theresa May http://t.co/hf7vfTYy
Gifted lecturer commits suicide after torment by junkie neighbours http://t.co/BER0Dhzq
Criminals should not be allowed to hire expensive lawyers at tax payers expense, Chris Grayling says http://t.co/9ZG90y5N
TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/3ThvKdVJ
EGYPT court partially torched after judge stops trial of police accused of killing protesters http://t.co/jBx3kmSf
The Law Business: 14th to 20th January http://t.co/XuudbWdB
LAW FIRM NEWS: White & Case and WilmerHale lead on Sberbank JV with search engine | The Lawyer http://t.co/aZaCPyJU
LAW FIRM NEWS: Slaughters and Davis Polk among advisers as Aviva sells last Delta stake | The Lawyer http://t.co/BvcMuGHm
LAW FIRM NEWS: Asian firms to spearhead Myanmar expansion | The Lawyer http://t.co/HVqM9avb
Team of 4-5 Gray's Inn clerks follows barristers to 39 Essex Street | The Lawyer http://t.co/YupuGCwa
LAW FIRM NEWS: Salans partners to double capital contributions when Dentons merger goes live | The Lawyer http://t.co/2tkQwTdy
LAW FIRM NEWS: Ashurst uses quick-fire questioning to gauge support for US merger deal | The Lawyer http://t.co/F1Sb4cRF
New marketing collective bids to move beyond PI as Accidents Direct plans big panel expansion | LEGAL FUTURES: http://t.co/eFVjns4p
The SRA's trust exercise | LEGAL FUTURES: http://t.co/cSrdQ54N
LSB and consumer panel back OFT call for simpler legal regulation | LEGAL FUTURES: http://t.co/Er6tT2kh
INDIA: Tough New law for juveniles in the works http://t.co/4nOaP5Dm
Ethnic minority students 'forced into medicine and law' http://t.co/8yIY4lMi
Britain breached international law by 'torturing and killing prisoners' during Iraq War, claim 180 Iraqis http://t.co/rKsCK0CE
Understanding Sharia law and Islamophobia: http://t.co/HEbSYVvm
AUSTRALIA: Hate-crimes law expansion up for debate http://t.co/9VajRchk
Baseline survey of solicitor firms 2012 http://t.co/1GdrBkbc
Chief justice says BERMUDA court system 'disgracefully inadequate' http://t.co/zCg9dHHe
One in four staff in criminal justice system say they are being bullied at work http://t.co/w4QIOLNj
Consumers reluctant to complain about legal profession, says OFT http://t.co/Tf7EoQvd
Blaenhonddan footpath back on the legal track http://t.co/xI1npB5o
Guernsey Airport spill by Lagan 'could lead to legal action' http://t.co/6pyeI9KO
Pioneering waste plant faces legal action after pollution leaks and an explosion http://t.co/Uk1lqrxi
Lance Armstrong faces multi-million dollar legal challenges after confession http://t.co/7KHKYEli
AFGHANISTAN: Torture on rise in Afghan jails, says UN report http://t.co/iwDFAwlL
Inquiry into Taser arrest in Stoke-on-Trent after death http://t.co/D71k5P53
Off-duty Greater Manchester police officer murdered http://t.co/oYsdEgqw
IRAN courts restart of nuke talks, but snubs UN http://t.co/DaLXJA38
Murder jury hears from Boston factory boss http://t.co/Pfhp4N1N
PHILIPPINES: Cybercrime law - To junk or amend? http://t.co/KwcooTVc
Law students: interested in a career in Judicial Review and human rights? Enter this competition http://www.hrla.org.uk/Human_Rights_Lawyers_Association_Moot_Poster_Final.pdf
ISRAEL: Arab protesters Plan More Tents in New Illegal Outpost http://t.co/6uFqJuYU

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