23rd April - LAW NEWS

484 days of LawNewsIndex brought to you by TheLawMap

FOCUS OF THE DAY: Three-quarters of lawyers say they are more stressed now than they were five years ago, according to a survey by legal charity LawCare. Full story - Law Gazette

• Older prisoners are fastest-growing part of jail population, says chief inspector http://t.co/XjrnYBvgMU 
• Chris Grayling's attack on judicial reviews is itself 'meritless' http://t.co/PRY57gWIj7 
• US: New York City Plan Sets 21 as Legal Age to Buy Tobacco http://t.co/WNpO7zfA0M 
• Legal aid for prisoners does not need to be cut – it already has been http://t.co/TjD7s4XHoX 
• US: Many wounded in the Boston bombings could face staggering bills for care, rehabilitation or compensation http://t.co/JIGaDVwmsp 
• Partner numbers at US firms' City offices soar in last five years | The Lawyer http://t.co/DUdLXDyLNO 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: A&O raids Shearman for Düsseldorf corporate partner | The Lawyer http://t.co/oo0QNMZhC7
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Peters & Peters client Black Cube settles dispute with Vincent Tchenguiz | The Lawyer http://t.co/fXwRk5nysm 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Holman Fenwick boosts construction with triple partner hire | The Lawyer http://t.co/3ldY6z4yUN
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Herbert Smith Freehills promotes 19 with a focus on Asia Pacific | The Lawyer http://t.co/5RRP6Kd0kZ 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: A&O implements trainee pay rises for first time since 2010 | The Lawyer http://t.co/h7j8835nmu 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Ashurst promotes 12 to partner including seven in London | The Lawyer http://t.co/Iv2pl3uVLv 
• Co-op launches ‘massive expansion’ of family legal aid service | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/1b62we0DL2 
• Grayling goes ahead with judicial review curbs | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/JwGScVrwCK 
• Lords fold on health and safety reform | Law Gazette http://t.co/OPCvTeHoFi 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHCkVDp
• Boston Marathon bombings: How notorious bombers got caught http://t.co/seoqQTIL00 
• Arrests over Millwall v Wigan FA Cup disorder http://t.co/nz2kFk1Ytc 
• Sussex Police probe Councillor John Cherry's race remarks http://t.co/PdcSdRWkLX 
• Army recruitment at 16 'should stop' http://t.co/rftsbC25cO 
• EU crime opt-outs 'could damage UK crime fighting' http://t.co/vEVI0fdOic 
• Rape conviction rate at an all-time high http://t.co/cmKf37XOf3 
• EU policing and justice opt-out would endanger internal security, Lords warn http://t.co/HO2s0Nr1pN
• Legal fee rises will stem 'soaring' judicial review cases, says MoJ http://t.co/wWzKl0ISqP 
• CHINA: Liu Xia, house arrested wife of Nobel peace prize winner appears in public http://t.co/PVpX2tZnRj 
• Government has failed to justify EU opt-out, say peers | Law Gazette http://t.co/w8dl7suC80 
• GUATEMALA: Historic Genocide Trial against Former Dictator. Court Procedures Disrupted http://t.co/c4Qn7pn2D5 
• GREECE: Ex-Minister Is Tried in Bribery Cover-Up Case http://t.co/daDTKlfaH9 
• Facebook Trial Over ‘Timeline’ Trademark Rights Delayed http://t.co/6n5ST7lr4O 
• KUWAIT: Trial of opposition leader Musallam Al Barrak adjourned http://t.co/6Fz4zZJFRX 
• US: Jury chosen in Michael Jackson wrongful death trial http://t.co/yg2DIyZGKU 
• SAUDI ARABIA: Employers of illegal workers in Saudi to pay deportation cost http://t.co/7gbTvXlgRb 
• US: Boston bombing suspect's wife 'very distraught,' lawyer says http://t.co/tIARoT3l4l 
• CANADA: One woman’s reign of terror at rights tribunal: DiManno http://t.co/dGuznEpjPI 
• INDIA: Tribunal order fuels verbal spat between Tata Power, R-Infra http://t.co/32nKtgKHyy 
• IRELAND: Tribunal corrects Richardson reference http://t.co/47G4TMcvET
• Police search for woman in racist YouTube rant http://t.co/HIuMoIsWKy 
• Councillor faces explosives charges after Denbigh evacuation alert http://t.co/zjtW4MVcdn 
• Suspected paedophiles arrested after vigilante parents pose as underage girls online http://t.co/GQmwNlWzQe 
• Boston bombing suspect Dzokhar Tsarnaev faces death penalty over weapon of mass destruction charge http://t.co/7qlj7CerWK 
• Gerry Adams gives evidence at brother Liam's trial for child sex abuse http://t.co/33OYUe98Jj 
• University of Houston Law professor sees Internet domain name expansion as major test for future cyber-communications http://t.co/Zcqlu5Ra3V 
• GERMANY: City of Hamburg Fines Google for Violating Privacy Law http://t.co/csIh3u0krj 
• IRELAND: Govt committed to abortion legislation before summer break http://t.co/3fCs8JxBji
• ICC Prosecutor Targets Human-Rights Abuses in Central African Republic http://t.co/qJ7jDFhELB 
• BURMA: Myanmar Unrest Is 'Ethnic Cleansing' http://t.co/h4Bv2e8i8T
• Promoting European legal values abroad | Law Gazette http://t.co/xPzHAXsWt4
• CJC recommends measures against defamation costs | Law Gazette http://t.co/UsMOAJevpn 
• Rape figures show all-time high in conviction rate | Law Gazette http://t.co/iBhel7Q3Wj
• Co-op goes face-to-face with nationwide family legal aid service | Legal Futures http://t.co/Kp85GgZFp6 
• Dynamo Legal launches collective marketing brand with eye on £7m marketing warchest | Legal Futures http://t.co/11KVlEjI8D
• Google boss defends 'immoral' UK tax arrangements http://t.co/BycjSOG6ye 
• Property ownership for cohabitees - common myths exposed http://t.co/azjY6tIe5u 
• LIBERIA: Officials Insist Justice System is Improving http://t.co/71CTpZNC90
• US: Law school dean regrets ‘censorship’ of Chief Justice Roberts visit http://t.co/Kv4SkflEYV 
• INDIA: Former Chief Justice JS Verma dies, he was heading panel looking at violence against women http://t.co/MBL7azeCo7 
• Barrister Cherie Blair: I want to see women achieve full equality before I die http://t.co/unQkfjd4RB 
• Panorama: Inside Britain’s Sharia Courts, BBC One, review http://t.co/4kK4OytHIZ
• Tales From the Prison of International Notoriety - Amanda Knox’s Memoir, ‘Waiting to Be Heard’ http://t.co/jKLkyhbZhX 
• Grandfather dies after doctors 'misdiagnosed pea on lung for cancer' http://t.co/mDkNYnnvkY 
• Eco millionaire fights ex-wife's claim for maintenance 20 years after divorce http://t.co/QleF9ww8jf 
• Rochdale care homes to sue council leader for suggesting children not safe after grooming scandal http://t.co/z8T9gfqlB9 
• Teacher's human rights breached by unproven allegations disclosure http://t.co/QRKmPhb7iK 
• Government U-turn on defamation bill heralds libel reform victory http://t.co/t89ZryOXmC 
• Boston bomb suspect charged with 'using weapon of mass destruction' http://t.co/jpaxuCMUZh
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Jeantet builds real estate with Orrick hire | The Lawyer http://t.co/XmbRenHoil 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Ropes bulks up in City and Hong Kong with Fried Frank duo | The Lawyer http://t.co/T7LLMFSbeK 
• Brick Court silk instructed on Tobin tax challenge | The Lawyer http://t.co/lkrnD7tMbM
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Sidley Austin hires former Man Group GC after 10-year tenure | The Lawyer http://t.co/VPXU4Fmlco 
• Video and the law firm | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/W7eLAkaAda 
• Law firm toner bandit pleads guilty | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/E1nWQutVkK 
• Qatari Lawyers' Association on the ropes | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/Cjm8tcOl5e 
• Sony hacker jailed for a year | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/rEgvNI74x7 
• Musharraf denied meeting with lawyers | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/QI31O6jnJe 
• Oz tipped to lead global class actions | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/FkTup64tQN 
• BP deadline sees states join legal battle | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/tT3ADYsTRt
• Peers reject workplace rights-for-shares scheme http://t.co/fR1tiilp0e 
• Iraq Inquiry: Inject urgency to complete report, peers urge http://t.co/7zYKS7kKDO
• CANADA foils 'al-Qaeda inspire' terror attack on train http://t.co/LWYnPfhr0P 
• Boston marathon bombing: Dzhokhar Tsarnaev charged http://t.co/eiwryOwKkH
• Former FIFA officials Warner and Blazer face likely legal cases and FBI probe http://t.co/Ah8Kq24xE7 
• GERMANY: Lufthansa considered legal action over planned strike http://t.co/hAUsxseuxB 
• BP's legal gamble may trim spill bill by billions http://t.co/fcDnLKURxH
• Luxembourg supports Britain's legal challenge to Financial Transaction Tax http://t.co/QCCUm6r7xC 
• BURMA riots: Video shows police failing to stop attack http://t.co/6zeNZrg2zI 
• News Corp settles phone-hacking claim http://t.co/KxYkxA3yP1 
• Google fined over illegal wi-fi data capture in GERMANY http://t.co/2TS1oZbnX7 
• Ex-minister Chris Huhne could face £100,000 legal bill http://t.co/9Sbd3eScqW 
• Prestatyn fire deaths: 'Give me lie detector test to prove I'm not a murderer' http://t.co/D9kiubt9hf 
• Victim Support head warns funding changes could kill charity http://t.co/JU2kAp8oey 
• News Corporation reaches $139m settlement with shareholders http://t.co/PEsKZ8LAN8 
• Virgin Atlantic wins ‘name racism’ battle | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/4RRFySEz7Z 
• Strasbourg backs UK on political advertising | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/zPW9Tk8FJn 
• New face for Nicklinson campaign | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/KRzKjj1mZI

22nd April - LAW NEWS

483 days of LawNewsIndex brought to you by TheLawMap

FOCUS OF THE DAY: Lawyers to miss court hearings in protest over changes to contracts. CPS issues warning to lawyers taking part in all-day meeting in protest over introduction of competitive tendering. Full story - Guardian Law

• Tory equality policy is a sick tribute to the memory of Stephen Lawrence http://t.co/w5gwhYpsGm 
• Criminal legal aid cuts prompt protest by northern lawyers http://t.co/CxEaSrOTOA 
• Ethnic minority stop and search rates doubled since 1999: get the data http://t.co/Pt8Inl57cU 
• INDIA: Magistrates Courts in Chennai see a rise in cheque bounce cases http://t.co/GWApvlV9vT 
• AUSTRALIA: Courts and police leave abused women exposed http://t.co/UemCSDNFZb 
• IRELAND: Reform of the courts needs a careful hand http://t.co/lDgA8K02Kz 
• Fee Remissions for Courts & Tribunals - Consultation paper | Ministry of Justice https://t.co/6jGW3vlsHQ 
• UK bill moves to limit power of Sharia Courts http://t.co/muDZoZnWFZ
• Claire Turner, director of legal and insurance services at the University of Exeter - Profile | The Lawyer http://t.co/2Ga9vFyi3n
• Enforceability really matters in cross-border disputes, and arbitration offers the best solution | The Lawyer http://t.co/gGGvHyW15I 
• Divorce: following the money | The Lawyer http://t.co/uXGRmjUjGw
• Prematurely promoting women to fulfil board quotas lets down those who are there on merit | The Lawyer http://t.co/NMU2dEafTd 
• The quickest way to cut costs at hard-pressed firms is for partners to take less | The Lawyer http://t.co/e6cnR698ZW 
• All is volatile among US firms in London | The Lawyer http://t.co/PemTMEeDqf 
• Measures to shed light on the SWITZERLAND mysterious banking system herald work for lawyers | The Lawyer http://t.co/Krh0WNR08n 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Chief's exit puts spotlight on CC's private equity client retention | The Lawyer http://t.co/wPOgh7eXeo 
• Access to sophisticated business intelligence is critical in a fast-changing market | The Lawyer http://t.co/WebeGFXEZn 
• US firms are on a hiring drive to gain clout in London and boost their English law capabilities | The Lawyer http://t.co/itFx26WIgy
• LAW FIRM NEWS: A boost for Freshfields in Germany? | The Lawyer http://t.co/NEc6dWmOIt 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: A&O tops list of foreign India practices | The Lawyer http://t.co/PInP5svqHK 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Pinsents makes up 14 partners in second post-merger round | The Lawyer http://t.co/RQXdKTAZZo 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Dechert, Quinn and Weil among revenue risers in growth year for US firms | The Lawyer http://t.co/8NuZTPUOaH 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Gide seeks Paris boost through Veil Jourde talks | The Lawyer http://t.co/Z23Dhfs630 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Olswang governance review leads to management rejig | The Lawyer http://t.co/AIqrRkqsfy 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Latham and Joelson Wilson at wheel on £300m Addison Lee sale | The Lawyer http://t.co/JIYTf67HaH 
• Male-dominated lateral market hits gender diversity at US firms | The Lawyer http://t.co/8BQjzCdbQ0 
• How To: run a ‘virtual law firm’ | Law Gazette http://t.co/oG0eo4TpVP 
• The increasing intolerance of British policymakers | Law Gazette http://t.co/mdSC47OgT2 
• Drug smuggler Lindsay Sandiford appeals for legal funds http://t.co/cjVBmJiLem 
• Tory councillor quits over remarks about ethnic children http://t.co/akpy8QiQ5j 
• Polls: No indication of huge Romanian-Bulgarian influx http://t.co/ldUgIEAYIU 
• Footballer Luis Suarez will be offered anger management counselling by PFA after biting Chelsea's Branislav Ivanovic http://t.co/oPJhknw0gM 
• Dutch schools close over Leiden shooting threat http://t.co/D9sDrGwIRC 
• Google boss defends UK tax record to BBC http://t.co/nshvrInbzv 
• Hollywood actress Reese Witherspoon was arrested for disorderly conduct http://t.co/eCiR0sypSt 
• Boston Marathon bombs: Prosecutors prepare charges http://t.co/A6wxshECOY 
• Minorities stopped disproportionally in decade after Macpherson report http://t.co/YsDS5vTrY9 
• Animal rights group fails to overturn ban on political advertising http://t.co/nV8pttn1qp
• SLOVAKIA: Lawyer has died in hospital after being stabbed in a particularly vicious attack committed on public street http://t.co/w8GjAhzBEi 
• Leveson lawyer lovers face criticism over affair http://t.co/zHq7CYAwuI 
• Book Review: The Lawyer’s Lawyer by James Sheehan http://t.co/Yh5KyoJxrc 
• Premier League defends itself against accusations over lack of black managers from Rooney Rule lawyer http://t.co/I1OBaLF8Mm 
• Actors Leonardo DiCaprio and Charlize Theron celebrate lawyer at Glaad awards http://t.co/CZE6tQ5rLy 
• LIBYA: Qaddaf Al-Dam, Gaddafi's cousin to face attempted murder trial in Egypt http://t.co/rgx2i3nHpV
• RUSSIA: A Blogger on Trial - Aleksei Navalny's trial the most important political trial in decades http://t.co/PXN97b2U6K 
• BULGARIA: Rally against Illegal Police Snooping http://t.co/yLRgS4sPM9 
• N ZEALAND: murder trial for 1979 shooting of a Turangi petrol station worker has been adjourned at the High Court http://t.co/IzVlyo49jm 
• Web users unwittingly turning into online pirates amid confusion over what constitutes illegal downloading http://gu.com/p/3fa99/tw 
• PHILIPPINES bureaucracy fuels illegal baby trade http://t.co/lPEn6xDu4Z 
• CANADA: New credit card surcharges would be a ‘big shock’ to Canadians, consumer group warns http://t.co/sVxtuSzpgL 
• BANGLADESH: The quest for Justice - the profound conviction that complicity in mass murder should not go unpunished http://t.co/DG0h02ruZK 
• US: Top Conservatives Admit Boston Bombing Suspect Cannot Be Tried In shady Military Tribunal http://t.co/nQfu0pRG03 
• EU seeks to avoid housing bubbles with mortgage law deal http://t.co/ubOiRPOYrA 
• US Law Firm Quits Political Intelligence Work After Senator’s Query http://t.co/dGxXBoDYyI 
• US: Martial Law in Boston Did Not Catch the Suspect http://t.co/bCYd3hMtZX 
• US: How Congress Quietly Overhauled Its Insider-Trading Law http://t.co/czjoGzO81B 
• INDIA: Cracking the law test - Thoughts of lawyers in black coats seated in dingy courtrooms http://t.co/roHD0UsjwG
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHCkVDp
• LAW FIRM NEWS: A&O and DLA perfect blend on £160m sale of whisky maker | The Lawyer http://t.co/WdialaYrl1 
• Olympic medallist Katherine Grainger set for London Legal Walk | Law Gazette http://t.co/n0lrHFgKBg 
• MoJ seeking views on new means test to determine whether people are entitled to waiver of court fees | Law Gazette http://t.co/CDaMtm3zoS 
• New bar nursery open 7 till 7 | Law Gazette http://t.co/3LNlTJSNiH 
• Law Society demands insurer title change | Law Gazette http://t.co/AiwWhuz9wj
• Legal director at centre of High Court dispute | Law Gazette http://t.co/gKIm57TUUc 
• ‘Right to die’ man breaks his silence | Law Gazette http://t.co/ymtk3KaB0h
• Stress rising among lawyers – LawCare | Law Gazette http://t.co/eR8sy6vwnf 
• SRA management ‘lacks diversity’ | Law Gazette http://t.co/jqMQxAoSkP
• Mortimer takes helm at legal expenses insurer's ABS | Legal Futures http://t.co/YBseHknwIo 
• SRA plans for ABS fining guidance branded "premature" | Legal Futures http://t.co/vhJm1sqteT
• A cry from Guantanamo that should shame us all http://t.co/VSTf0gHz0v 
• Champion of underdog battles for MPs’ rights to 38 per cent pay hike - Comment http://t.co/K52nSzXihG 
• Police murder probe follows deaths in Lincolnshire http://t.co/bvUVSNIUm6 
• The £675m owed by UK’s richest criminals http://t.co/H3mW1Ytkxp 
• Gym chain LA Fitness agrees it broke the terms of its own contracts after investigation by Observer http://t.co/rKl9WY2U3C 
• INDIA: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh: women's status and safety a growing concern http://t.co/tdsFu0DFFY 
• US: Atrocities like the Boston bombing are hard to tackle, but gun crime isn't http://t.co/zhVT3DC9BU
• CHINA Criticizes US for Its Human Rights Record http://t.co/LIghVZM6YJ 
• US: House Cybersecurity Legislation: A Small Step, but Flaws Need Correction http://t.co/bxE8CpaEhR 
• US: Former University of Texas Law School Dean John Sutton dies at 95 http://t.co/NmKSkE6Dgv 
• MOROCCO: Adoption law change leaves foreigners in limbo http://t.co/10VOGs1gWn
• When laws become too complex | Cabinet Office https://t.co/6SrJzLOAnv 
• Post-Employment Retaliation Not Actionable In The UK http://t.co/WurjEqFDFU 
• UK Insurer Barred from Enforcing Mandatory Arbitration Provision | The National Law Review http://t.co/ramBdpwY6d 
• UGANDA: Meet Justice Odoki, who served Amin and saved the country http://t.co/bi5EBpfZX1 
• INDIA: Juvenile justice hit due to shortage of homes http://t.co/eECFrqiwZa 
• ZIMBABWE: ‘Justice Hungwe needs Chidyausiku’s protection’ http://t.co/kvtoQYCtKS 
• IRELAND: Charles Lysaght: Chief Justice's matter of tact helps to defuse row http://t.co/NAHYAgJPoR 
• EGYPT justice minister quits, cites Islamist protest http://t.co/wGOwa8cgNz
• Newly-crowned Miss Wales Gabrielle Shaw reveals her ambition to be a barrister http://t.co/aXEiFph1ZQ
• Charge after Kidderminster Harriers player is punched http://t.co/4uaEEvU1LO 
• Chief secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander signals tax powers offer for Wales http://t.co/tsn0LsNZVT 
• Bulgaria ambassador hits out at UKIP poll 'propaganda' http://t.co/EodZaA4oFJ 
• Boston bombs: Tsarnaev brothers 'planned more attacks' http://t.co/jXovKZ6Doh 
• Paris Brown: Kent Tweet row girl will not be prosecuted http://t.co/VwNn5Gd5wC

21st April - LAW NEWS

482 days of LawNewsIndex brought to you by TheLawMap

• High Street solicitors could be forced to close by Government legal aid changes http://t.co/KdgHTSVOuC 
• INDIA: Top judges moot an idea: Free legal aid could give lawyers a leg up http://t.co/uIaxgHHVnK 
• Scottish authority legal bills top £400,000 http://t.co/SkBWMCoVe1 
• Protesters in final bid to block FRANCE gay marriage law http://t.co/KQVe1SJdhy 
• Major US Law Firm King & Spalding Blocks Employee Email Access http://t.co/Z9gEQyo5BT 
• CANADA: Justice minister seeks law on intimate images http://t.co/5M06ZMmAUN 
• INDIA: Seven law students barred from exam get HC breather http://t.co/tMylr0Stcv 
• Actor Jude Law wrote a letter on behalf of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals against seal trade to the WTO http://t.co/2tiUuxTJXL 
• ITALY: Berlusconi fraud trial hearing delayed http://t.co/S6ZAi3fhhH 
• US media storm over murder trial of abortionist Kermit Gosnell http://t.co/c0fCz5336P 
• GUATEMALA war crimes trial rulings spur protests http://t.co/Da4JXHi94c 
• US: Judge Rules Against Viacom in Copyright Suit Against YouTube http://t.co/90AHhh5aee 
• The Right to Remain Silent in US http://t.co/dz9kdZKUzg
• US: Immigration and Fear http://t.co/Ypg7VWfiPQ 
• MEXICO: Even Violent Drug Cartels Fear God http://t.co/iwuLrcwlPx 
• US: California Tries to Regain Fuller Control of Prisons http://t.co/7939NNLS1j 
• Legal Questions Riddle Boston Marathon Case http://t.co/beGzqXlBnE 
• ITALY: The Latest Threat to Pompeii’s Treasures - Italy’s Red Tape http://t.co/Azm2kKAQ2o 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHCkVDp
• US Gun Control Advocates are Playing Chess | Online Library of Law and Liberty: http://t.co/wD2E4PkzjI 
• The Problematic Chevron Doctrine | Online Library of Law and Liberty: http://t.co/f0jD6FjREU 
• Standing with Erasmus, Undaunted | Online Library of Law and Liberty: http://t.co/46vsjvGK1o
• US: New Senate Immigration Amnesty Plan Bears Union Imprint http://t.co/qwyziF5Mvc 
• AUSTRALIA: Ex Health Care Union Boss Williamson Arrested, Charged http://t.co/1TnaHN2tcM 
• The Tallinn Bronze Soldier riots - and why Russia was in Strasbourg | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/Ii6b5JpsOE 
• EU Steps Up, Thatcher's Legacy & More Legal Aid Cuts - The Human Rights Roundup | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/aLJFhFuyBw 
• Racial harassment claim by Jewish teacher over union's Israel-Palestine policies fails | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/OGvXTYz54B 
• Successful A1PI claim in construction adjudication - lessons for us all | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/wPHxJdtVTz 
• Local authorities and the duty to consult with parents | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/BJGSA5XZqi 
• Randy, rating, and his (house)boat - Reeves v. Northrop | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/N8vAGNsQqI 
• Doctor entitled to rely on GMC's assurance of Caribbean qualification to be acceptable in UK | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/nqVUBn0JwS 
• Kiobel v Shell: US Supreme Court on corporate accountability for foreign human rights abuses | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/xQ7elTENny 
• Local authority ordered to pay substantial costs in family human rights case | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/wpQT3a2ob6 
• Europe's illegal cigarette trade grows again http://t.co/4KwZDCPDCN
• GHANA: Group calls on government to halt illegal logging in Gonjaland http://t.co/WU2lSHppGi 
• Affair between Leveson lawyer and Hugh Grant's counsel 'did not affect outcome of press inquiry' http://t.co/stBOA3OOQG 
• CANADA: Lawyer seeks class action suit against colluding engineering firms http://t.co/Xx7xmKvW1x 
• Premier League race row: 'Rooney Rule' lawyer Cryus Mehri accuses top flight of hindering black managers http://t.co/Rrqb0COey9 
• How Royals' lawyer used Leveson, Lord McAlpine and veiled threats to keep Rolf Harris arrest secret http://t.co/Hw8o495cQH 
• Tribunal dismisses South Wales refugee's claims of discrimination against callcentre employer http://t.co/kHWlLVFiPV 
• CAMBODIA: Time running out for Khmer Rouge tribunals http://t.co/b6oq4PTHUk
• At a crossroad: current state of human rights in the world, are governments are doing enough to protect them http://t.co/BGZlpiPTwk 
• BAHRAIN: Crown Prince Salman addresses civil rights on the eve of the Sunday's Formula One Grand Prix http://t.co/LKMcbX9dMQ 
• EGYPT: Rights activists say President Morsi is ignoring commission report detailing state atrocities http://t.co/6k1rcxcQag 
• US: Why Should I Care That No One’s Reading Boston Bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev His Miranda Rights? http://t.co/gAwf8OJPPf 
• IRELAND: Fitzgerald says 'critical' abortion legislation draft will be brought to govt in next week http://t.co/3D2Q9X37ag 
• Patent litigation in Europe: Key cases 2012/2013 | Patent Lawyer http://t.co/npDiCCErIq 
• Non-Practicing Entities have a valid role to play in the European patent market | Patent Lawyer http://t.co/0qMHYN3eoR 
• Provisional measures in cross-border patent litigation in EU under review by the European Commission | Patent Lawyer http://t.co/EMFxOIHIny 
• Agents are a critical element in managing an international intellectual property portfolio | Patent Lawyer http://t.co/wZuHXyjJlM 
• Scottish independence: Osborne and Alexander dismiss SNP currency plan http://t.co/FO9ndYvKTt 
• Boston suspect: denial of Miranda rights 'un-American', activists warn http://t.co/Nw08FMlGhm 
• Guantánamo Bay: why can't Shaker Aamer return home to London? http://t.co/BBUOUHTsiN 
• Last British resident in Guantánamo 'may never be allowed home' http://t.co/kI7E0dLVHa
• Boston bombing suspect was under FBI surveillance, says mother http://t.co/mr9kOZrvib
• The Obhrais: Millionaire family that kept a woman prisoner in their home http://t.co/fS4CrZNbvf
• CANADA: Law Society panel hits ‘uncivil’ lawyer Joe Groia with $247,000 in costs http://t.co/DicGji0Nxv 
• Advances in image analysis empower law enforcement but worry privacy advocates http://t.co/bGviE7Hz4s 
• Patents, Trade Marks and Design Rights: Groundless Threats http://t.co/E7IxfgH1ov 
• UK regulator alleges GSK paid rivals to delay generic drugs http://t.co/310zWaEpph 
• UK Telecom regulator Ofcom fines TalkTalk £750,000 http://t.co/GmQKrDV5oU 
• Healthcare Professionals Need More Guidance On Surrogate Pregnancy http://t.co/BuyQYmWGmj 
• UK Supreme Court Rules for News-Clipping Service in Dispute With Publishers http://t.co/Ne0hgGTqsW 
• Celebrities' barrister, the Leveson QC's glamorous No2 and an affair that triggers doubts over Inquiry's integrity http://t.co/VG594mXznu
• Barristers plan to boycott changes to justice system, warning it will offer "supermarket justice" http://t.co/G2W8bwHNdP 
• Taxpayers landed with £27,000 legal bill for MP's £23.90 expenses claim http://t.co/YZ9Jz3kiIS 
• Meriden Gypsies to leave camp after losing legal fight http://t.co/rcIwaDaGmA 
• Legal sector faces moves to put client first http://t.co/duM2ZBRWgC 
• GHANA: Legal Brains at Supreme Court http://t.co/gwGHbeJRYq 
• INDIA: How about bonus points for advocates providing free legal aid? ask judges http://t.co/byZOOoWa5f 
• CANADA: Legal questions surround Manitoba PST hike, prof says http://t.co/QswGbgoQNw 
• Osborne in legal challenge to European Commission over financial transaction tax http://t.co/NPS8QPb9NM 
• The Mind of a Terror Suspect http://t.co/Zy5UxS0Lxh 
• Top UN Rights Official Denounces Executions in IRAQ as ‘Obscene’ http://t.co/sHBjwIdNXY
• Trial Annulment in GUATEMALA Rejected by Judge http://t.co/5k8PTxqrYW
• Football fan's prejudice halts Newcastle rape trial http://t.co/ze1Ts2iaOn 
• Truro City striker Stewart Yetton in assault probe http://t.co/oX0brSjQOb 
• UK violated human rights after it turned a blind eye to torture of terror suspects, says damning report http://t.co/DYudVSCwir 
• ZAMBIA: Gay rights activist claims police withheld HIV drugs http://t.co/Mu7DkYQeY5 
• The right to protest in April | MetaLawIndex - the 'underbelly' blog from TheLawMap http://t.co/vguTCLiThb

20th April - LAW NEWS

481 days of LawNewsIndex brought to you by TheLawMap

• IRELAND: Hundreds of adjourned repossession cases to be struck out under new Bill http://t.co/DoxmQjgbMS 
• What now for the victims of the legal aid cuts? | Halsbury Law Exchange http://t.co/mJAdE5miYh 
• Why getting directions and the budget right at the outset is imperative | New Law Journal: http://t.co/WiljPDR6bf 
• Former Inofrmation Commissioner Kevin Dunion, appointed to Scottish Legal Complaints Commission | The Firm http://t.co/mpXEJTgAFQ 
• MP warns of “sinister” police list of Hillsborough debate speakers | The Firm http://t.co/sCL2rNYDmT 
• Leveson Royal Charter “decree” likened to Mugabe’s rule by Lord McCluskey | The Firm http://t.co/3tgnE2MLF2
• Former Law Society CEO and consultant Douglas Mill reports on the vibrations on the legal spider's web | The Firm http://t.co/914HAq1BQK 
• CPS issues warning to lawyers taking part in all-day meeting in protest over introduction of competitive tendering http://t.co/942GtuYv4f 
• INDIA: Alleged rape of Delhi girl by neighbour triggers protest march http://t.co/AruUUNCpJT 
• Police question Paris Brown over Twitter comments http://t.co/4wtFAdUXVG 
• BBC radio presenter wins tribunal after Government claimed she was fit to work despite recovering from breast cancer http://t.co/AJl5RvwIHI
• INDONESIA: Activist groups call for rights tribunal in Aceh http://t.co/Mjq4KildUN 
• Woman awarded £12,293 for sexual harassment whilst working for Autism Charity http://t.co/7BZkDdNUb4
• ‘One million Irish starve to death’ Irish Famine Tribunal convened in New York http://t.co/9wmzCNHRew 
• AUSTRALIA: No lawyer contact for expelled asylum seekers http://t.co/svDUB52XLH 
• Lawyer David Blair Wilson tried to smuggle drugs into Saughton Prison http://t.co/woKtNuhAij 
• Lawyer says US soldier accused in Iraq killings reaches deal http://t.co/qEnBHxCSIe 
• Rape trial halted after juror says he is a Newcastle United fan and could not give Sunderland fan a fair trial http://t.co/ytGnY4qjlu 
• GERMANY: Turkish media ensured access to neo-Nazi trial - The Local: http://t.co/goOSrGTxUD 
• Plans to close 10 sheriff courts approved by Scottish government http://t.co/AEZAqZDwLg 
• Tearful Irish nanny pleads not guilty to murdering one-year-old baby girl http://t.co/kWtTzWcRwc 
• US: The Myth of the Law-Abiding Gun http://t.co/eIDQH0K7y4 
• US: Immigration bill bans racial profiling by federal law enforcement  http://t.co/Qhoj3PIgRi 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHCkVDp
• PAKISTAN's former President Pervez Musharraf faces terrorism court http://t.co/qjx4wnP0Tj 
• CANADA: Passage of controversial language legislation hits roadblock http://t.co/xTYatmBIcC 
• Midlands' second largest Law firm Shakespeares sees integration as key http://t.co/SWAxYntfIj 
• Using the Law to Crack the Glass Ceiling http://t.co/oJiBCUUcO9 
• US: Florida Teachers to carry guns in schools bill passed House Judiciary Committee 11-7 http://t.co/PoSvHhQgBh
• The Wrong Decision for Human Rights - Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum (Shell) http://t.co/upIroaSDcq 
• ‘US-British foreign policy is never about human rights, Bahrain no exception’ http://t.co/9WWgoR8MKL 
• 5 Leading Companies in Human Rights (GPS, JCI, JNJ, MSFT, NTRS): http://t.co/wPuHmySUhg 
• Derry killer Greatbanks jailed for hammer attack http://t.co/desC5ezLUk 
• Cumbria PCC Richard Rhodes sorry for using chauffeur http://t.co/bgUdfwkg1c 
• Three guilty of abuse of 'enslaved' woman in London http://t.co/LjbGkNhABl
• Popstar's legal fight to straighten out GHD contract | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/tjsGkUdjC4 
• Lawyers handed Philippines election role | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/ctIOin2vrT 
• Pirate Bay founder charged over hacking | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/ybnddeBUAn 
• Chicago firm sued over IPO work | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/H0yBaRRUxH 
• Stressed lawyers reluctant to report concerns | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/GirA0xa6xA 
• Negligence claims rise following tax avoidance crackdown | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/s5r4dJxYeE 
• CANADA: Nova Scotia Justice Minister calls for law on distribution of intimate images http://t.co/nRp9ShI8xB 
• US: Former justice of the peace charged with Texas DA murders http://t.co/wieWsXTgVO 
• Best value tendering: the end of the criminal solicitor and justice as we know it? Part 1 http://t.co/MGg937nT7J 
• IRELAND: Kilkenny solicitor struck off by President of High Court http://t.co/RZdGZdCVOR 
• Darlington Solicitor Gillian Ibbotson of Latimer Hinks, goes the extra mile for Support Dogs http://t.co/15y93kAwhq
• One Step Closer to Boardroom Equality in the UK? | The National Law Review http://t.co/uAB2XpjuOU 
• OFT alleges Glaxo infringed competition law http://t.co/jxi5h2yCqk 
• Researchers call for new UK guidelines on surrogacy http://t.co/dg9gsLnjNc 
• Couple want IRA conviction quash decision made public http://t.co/QOuboRFhbB 
• PAKISTAN: Sending high court judges behind bars is equivalent to terrorism claims Barrister http://t.co/fVlcUTR6ef 
• Bowie Jane: Melbourne Barrister’s Double Life as a London Pop Singer http://t.co/jhd5jZzugw 
• N ZEALAND: Cricketer Brendon McCullum taking legal action for defamation against Parker, a former Kiwi captain http://t.co/kPBcSu6ASY 
• AUSTRALIA: Asylum seekers from Sri Lanka denied legal rights: advocates http://t.co/fMevQn36wh 
• US: California bullet train zooms forward with legal settlement http://t.co/sCqRRwOSlr 
• GERMANY: Lufthansa mulls legal action against new warning strike http://t.co/XfxHgowfpe 
• US: Law School Scholarships http://t.co/mvLxHXAjQ2 
• US: Fighting terrorism with law enforcement http://t.co/fe247vcF0m 
• US: Corporate Accountability for Human Rights: Kiobel's Call to Action http://t.co/O5scZKsGGr 
• APIL can celebrate survival, if little else | Law Gazette http://t.co/m6U9zMYHtP 
• Crime & Courts Bill Amendments http://t.co/8tNZHjQMeg 
• Press regulation: minor bloggers excluded from exemplary damages http://t.co/Nrm2fKUgz9 
• Newcastle fan pulled from Sunderland sex assault jury over prejudice http://t.co/hnz4g4lraG 
• Judges insist on business as usual as Northern Circuit barristers begin protest | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/IUSuDmMHEz 
• IRELAND: Savita Halappanavar: Medical misadventure verdict in inquest http://t.co/1PgTENKdHI 
• Santander might compensate 30,000 former Abbey mortgage holders http://t.co/WHzhikSSYR 
• Boston bombing: How internet detectives got it very wrong http://t.co/vwNFiAAhdS 
• AUSTRALIA: Bill in Queensland Parliament paves way for streamlined conveyancing http://t.co/18HDHWHDJI 
• S AFRICA: Sexual offences court ready soon http://t.co/Tn2ymxfb8t 
• US: Courts Aren't Equal in Funding, Study Concludes http://t.co/3akaKmzsRI 
• ARGENTINA: Argentines Protest President Fernandez’s Bid to Increase Grip on Courts http://t.co/RJRUw28ljV 
• N ZEALAND: Illegal spying info now offshore, says Kim Dotcom http://t.co/OIUFp6KQUj

19th April - LAW NEWS

480 days of LawNewsIndex brought to you by TheLawMap

FOCUS OF THE DAY: More than 1,600 law firms and barristers now on Legal Ombudsman’s complaints list. The names of 1,617 law firms and barristers who have been the subject of a formal decision by the Legal Ombudsman (LeO) are now in the public domain. Full story - Legal Futures

• Police arresting fewer criminals, say official new figures http://t.co/3gfKJvqcLG 
• Typist faces £100,000 libel bill after Twitter rant http://t.co/oU23FTr2e2 
• Low paid with savings (more than £3000 in savings) will face court costs http://t.co/KGuTp7WsON 
• Global development podcast transcript: modern-day slavery in focus http://t.co/vmlggVpc3c
• Exonerated while black: America's guilty secret about convicting innocents http://t.co/15EI4KnLon 
• The Sun was right to publish Harris story in the face of legal threats http://t.co/fEiwTHYCfd 
• The resistance of child slaves themselves will force the end of slavery | Gordon Brown http://t.co/mehaYujnJO 
• Scottish bar launches dispute resolution service | The Lawyer http://t.co/w4D6XILXvX 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Latham hires A&O capital markets partner in Frankfurt | The Lawyer http://t.co/fU9i9A3HPM
• Integreon BD boss quits to launch UK arm of LPO | The Lawyer http://t.co/MaSRQA9a2G 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Dentons added as Network Rail shrinks full-service legal panel | The Lawyer http://t.co/RvcWdEeMSU 
• Claims managers will exploit small claims increase, APIL president warns | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/LMcsN6rnzv 
• Whistleblowers the next target of employment law review | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/zYwCCXiY4g 
• The yes and no of Scottish independence | Law Gazette http://t.co/CRBNwg54yr 
• Be proud and fight on, PI lawyers told | Law Gazette http://t.co/UMKFKgY3hZ 
• Silk quits Bar Standards Board in quality assurance protest | Law Gazette http://t.co/yemAlLePpk 
• Barristers to ‘strike’ on Monday | Law Gazette http://t.co/CiamqCrnAQ 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHCkVDp
• Rolf Harris questioned in Yewtree sex offence probe http://t.co/uAbeUbcMQw 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Pinsent & Walker Morris lead as Portsmouth FC saved from administration | Legalweek http://t.co/xyh5zABw3e
• LAW FIRM NEWS: A&O and Latham lead on $2bn landmark Islamic bond | Legalweek http://t.co/PnQBIhmyyc 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Simmons reviews flexible working options following staff consultation | Legalweek http://t.co/qxXzbE4w7J 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Seyfarth Shaw to open first Asia office with DLA hire | Legalweek http://t.co/qvR2J71xvL 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: King & Spalding adds to Singapore team with King & Wood Mallesons disputes partner | Legalweek http://t.co/rRyinn1PSt 
• PAKISTAN: Former President Pervez Musharraf under house arrest in Pakistan for alleged human rights violations http://t.co/3APTKBSDz0 
• Donald Trump hires top lawyer for Scottish wind farm battle http://t.co/fIJRDigR32 
• Boston Bomb Suspects Pictured; Lawyers Come To Victims' Aid http://t.co/vUjHNt4ZWS 
• Breivik becoming a 'cult figure': lawyer http://t.co/FT448iNdzx 
• INDIA: Defence lawyer fails to turn up, court appoints amicus curiae http://t.co/X9ClVZXDDu 
• FRANCE: IMF's Lagarde to be questioned in French misconduct case: lawyer http://t.co/Xwq3y0RT8Q 
• US: Amanda Knox tells People she’s sometimes ‘paralyzed’ with anxiety after slaying, trial http://t.co/OPgPXf2DFc 
• Judge in GUATEMALA Annuls Genocide Trial of Ex-Dictator http://t.co/yAxOne8KEn 
• POLAND: The Jewish Hero History Forgot http://t.co/Df2AV32Q3V 
• US: Criminalizing Children at School http://t.co/250YUqbtl4 
• US: For Gun Bill Born in Tragedy, a Tangled Path to Defeat http://t.co/saN22ybICE 
• Plans for former Maze prison site get go-ahead http://t.co/fgkmxXfoKg 
• US 'ricin' letter suspect charged over Obama 'threat' http://t.co/sZiqaWSoUs 
• US Supreme Court Restricts Law Commonly Used In Human Rights Cases http://t.co/Be6h50DUXM 
• IRAN: Public Outcry in Kurdish City After Male Suspect Paraded in Female Clothing http://t.co/hdw2HQSHVo 
• FRANCE: Fingerprints decision breached human rights law http://t.co/S3nX8KJeTa 
• CANADA: Former human rights chief abused employees, report finds http://t.co/Qebz5VSaKY 
• BAHRAIN F1 Event Goes Ahead Despite Human Rights Protests http://t.co/eX3MDadZ0l
• Images released of 10 sought over Millwall v Wigan FA cup disorder http://t.co/qkQ59gGkV6 
• Regulator will be "under close scrutiny" with growth of insurer ABSs | Legal Futures http://t.co/GVdqqiDqrw 
• Stress among lawyers on the up - but most won't tell their employer | Legal Futures http://t.co/00lmvG0EKb 
• 'Cod fraud' uncovered by BBC NI food sample tests http://t.co/3kQcJqBA38 
• FBI releases photos of Boston suspects http://t.co/mxOwtBZLoE 
• Sun executive editor Fergus Shanahan charged over payments to public official http://t.co/T0WCjErzbY 
• Third arrest in Cumbria PCC leak case sparks row over whistleblowers http://t.co/jKXi3DX31e
• PAKISTAN: Former President Musharraf flees court after judges order his arrest http://t.co/EEPglQn4Cj 
• US: Former Judge Accused of Killing 2 Texas Prosecutors http://t.co/UmiwuEECkj 
• IRELAND: Television celebrity Judge Judy honoured by UCD Law society http://t.co/pIxEc5FpnN 
• US: LulzSec hacker receives year in prison for Sony breach http://t.co/TMGuNKoiy0
• ARGENTINA and the Judiciary: subverting the rule of law http://t.co/pIpllNYq4I 
• PAKISTAN: ‘Supremacy of law basic responsibility of judiciary’ http://t.co/YiZa5dsMfs 
• SINGAPORE judiciary demands apology for web backlash http://t.co/osPag7HI79 
• Justice ministry blasts planned Friday rally for 'purge' of EGYPT judiciary http://t.co/lYY3P03Cmk 
• 5 Law Schools Where Students Want To Save The World http://t.co/x6iGYZCB8D
• SPAIN approves new law to calm outcry over evictions but opponents not happy http://t.co/tk8LiLxZCP 
• VENEZUELA: Post-election disputes and Venezuelan law http://t.co/hIliR0xq3C
• Kent solicitor charged with defrauding UK investors out of £5m | The Lawyer http://t.co/z5TWx0I9mI 
• European Commission Will Allow U.K. Online Gambling Law Changes http://t.co/ogzc5ErYgZ 
• UK Supreme Court Rules Viewing Newspaper Articles online Doesn’t Breach Copyright Law http://t.co/xUwimkbaIa
• AUSTRALIA: Queensland rejects UK succession law changes http://t.co/xX97RPgTzS 
• Legally Speaking: Same-sex marriage: The legal position in BERMUDA http://t.co/rzmgJyp704 
• UK weathermen could face legal action from angry tourism operators  http://t.co/YKTTwBdU8p
• Would the Law Change if the UK Was to Leave the EU? http://t.co/tjlmryfmQ0 
• Q&A: Right to die debate http://t.co/Wf4AVwtJye 
• Climate justice and hunger top agenda for Dublin summit http://t.co/08LCMs8kut 
• Top court limits reach of US justice with torture case http://t.co/lC8Oyck5Io
• IRELAND: Chief Justice Shatter denies row as Chief Justice steps in http://t.co/XHOIvxARNV 
• Jury hears how father-of-three is "on trial for his life" - Oxford http://t.co/H64SxVPwCv 
• Dorset family hires barrister after school place rejections http://t.co/U0ukKW1ORU 
• NEW ZEALAND: Barrister continues to fight against cannabis convictions Herald News http://t.co/rUlWSOCZei 
• Chagossians suffer blow in fight to go home as court rejects WikiLeak cable http://t.co/DKk3WTGtUi 
• Mr Loophole is not just the go-to lawyer for celebs in motoring distress http://t.co/YEYmJn2Ehb 
• A round-up of recent global deals and the lawyers who made them happen | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/adFyEbHW9m 
• Litigation work picks up slack at Indian law firms | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/DkCa7r9DbP 
• Pharma giant pays out $24.9m in whistleblower case | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/MyJ1IOwiRL 
• DLA settle bill 'churning' dispute | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/edm8EhAPQs 
• British businesses prioritise employment law re-negotiation | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/wN6vFKIChS 
• Law Society supports Sri Lanka suspension | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/7E14XtN5Td
• Providing behind-the-scenes legal back-up for TV productions is fast-paced and diverse | The Lawyer http://t.co/nieUoMFroz
• Paralegals as competent as trainees, SRA study finds | The Lawyer http://t.co/xY2FguUpHM 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Pinsents launches TMT practice in Singapore with local hire | The Lawyer http://t.co/EuKxXR6O5n
• LAW FIRM NEWS: King & Spalding recruits KWM arbitration co-head to Singapore | The Lawyer http://t.co/OGGRNwYIXK 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: BHP Billiton appoints new chief counsel from Herbies | The Lawyer http://t.co/jUXbrTwN0f 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Kent solicitor charged with defrauding UK investors out of £5m | The Lawyer http://t.co/z5TWx0I9mI 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Zhong Lun hires first western partner for year-old City base | The Lawyer http://t.co/6PxW0jlwg6 
• Would a legal rhino horn trade stem poaching? http://t.co/yL7QthfNZP 
• VENEZUELA: Supreme Court president has said there was no legal basis for the vote-by-vote recount opposition demands http://t.co/1zkoI8fMQh 
• Ex-Sun deputy editor faces payments charge http://t.co/hKGWRW9qIH 
• Richard Rhodes PCC expenses 'leak': Police make third arrest http://t.co/Wj9G4rNSU7 
• Boston Marathon: President Obama vows bombers will face justice http://t.co/5dvPvSmgrB 
• The truth - why the Telegraph dropped Kelvin MacKenzie's column http://t.co/xVp2ZizP91 
• The Home Office's Spelling And Punctuation Shame (In A Press Release About English Language Tests): http://t.co/1DC7VbeJSy 
• “Everything terrible is something that needs our love”: Some thoughts on Margaret Thatcher and compassion http://t.co/FL0kfSFg8V 
• Number of law firms declines to 2007 level | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/mVAfIG7UGr 
• MP warns of ‘misery’ after Commons reject health and safety amendment | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/zPrFcPjNlR 
• Criminal solicitors & barristers getting to grips with enormity of legal aid changes proposed by MoJ | Law Gazette http://t.co/CLfx946iEr 
• New entrants must have old principles, Townsend tells PI sector | Law Gazette http://t.co/0Zhw69knbX 
• The right to protest in April - The latest blog in TheLawMap http://t.co/vguTCLiThb
• Global development podcast: modern-day slavery in focus http://t.co/ZkAxax01Ku 
• US torture 'indisputable', CNN's humiliation, and Iran sanctions http://t.co/VatVBQzw24 
• M25 suicide case demonstrates limits of court of appeal | Joshua Rozenberg http://t.co/7ns2PK4OCV 
• Facebook's big misogyny problem http://t.co/hUzBfZZRTF

18th April - LAW NEWS

479 days of LawNewsIndex brought to you by TheLawMap

FOCUS OF THE DAY: ‘Merely viewing a web page’ does not breach copyright, Supreme Court says. Lord Sumption makes court's views clear as Meltwater case referred to Europe. Full story - Solicitors Journal

• SRA promises ‘reckless trading’ clampdown | Law Gazette http://t.co/jTwXBGmeVJ 
• 150 firms in ‘very significant financial difficulty’, SRA says | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/URAfWE1i0s
• Courts can use hypothetical licensing arrangements to calculate trade mark damages, says High Court http://t.co/lo2UiW51oa 
• Protesters booed Thatcher procession outside the Royal Courts of Justice in central London http://t.co/FdPaeMiuTx 
• DUBAI Courts new counter to boost e-service use http://t.co/AI3iNzZvgJ 
• AFGHANISTAN: Islamic Courts - A Pre-Taliban System With Post-2014 Potential? http://t.co/4jQbOwedsd
• Intuitive Lawyer Says Warnings in Robot Surgery Ignored http://t.co/IWAkLvaln6 
• CANADA: Ottawa lawyer denies misappropriating $500,000 from clients http://t.co/KWDz2zYwAj
• Non Lawyer Member Appointed to the Scottish Legal Complaints Commission http://t.co/iRKrayb8CI 
• LIBYA: Detained ex-Gadhafi spy chief has no lawyer http://t.co/pxRtEOdGNj
• Abu Qatada could still be prosecuted in UK, Home Secretary signals http://t.co/M908iZXUpk
• Driver begs to be jailed after he knocked down and killed young mum http://t.co/HATwxOntmb
• No truck with ABSs and litigants in person? Stobarts in hot water http://t.co/7IaowUSWeO
• MPs throw out health and safety liability move | Law Gazette http://t.co/TQHB19y3Cl 
• PAKISTAN: Elections Nomination Tribunal clears former cricketer Imran Khan to contest parliamentary elections http://t.co/eSDwqKugBn
• Employment tribunal decisions 08.04.13 to 14.04.13: Chef with severe nut allergy found to have disability http://t.co/uTF8F0yWwZ 
• CANADA: Jamaican farm worker's death gets human rights hearing http://t.co/yE8h9SsYYI 
• Suspicions in Boston Attack Turn to Man Seen in Videos http://t.co/b082NvxFBG
• Meet America’s most ridiculous law school dean http://t.co/VcyDXV5cRd
• EU digital rights groups demand net neutrality protection http://t.co/PqJLQUdipz 
• US: North Dakota passes law banning abortions after 20 weeks http://t.co/lsJt13QpcB 
• Law firms’ merger may spark wave of tie-ups - Baker & McKenzie merges with Habib Al Mulla in Dubai http://t.co/1DggBMEVtd 
• US firms seek stricter visa rules for Indian IT firms http://t.co/wozBLoDvpl
• 'Top Ten Ways Islamic Law forbids Terrorism' - response to Boston Bomb plot accusation by right wing Fox News speaker http://t.co/zLiKp53b2L 
• The Amazing Fake Websites Of US TV drama Law & Order http://t.co/Rcb2F5n4jc 
• HUNGARY: Law Threatens Fair Elections, Transparency Says http://t.co/WWP7p2hBM0 
• US: Court Hears Gay ‘Conversion Therapy’ Arguments http://t.co/eGG9K88hZf
• Vienna 1913: When Hitler, Trotsky, Tito, Freud and Stalin all lived in the same place http://t.co/uevLHzkHz5 
• PAKISTAN's Pervez Musharraf: Court orders ex-ruler's arrest http://t.co/knG3ogpSf9 
• London Marathon: Police presence increased http://t.co/W1LqvZUV87 
• Terror threat: four jailed in homemade bomb plot case http://t.co/CqUfWdOX1P 
• Opemipo Jaji guilty of raping girl, aged 11, in London park http://t.co/13i3fHV3WB 
• Declan Hainey death: Mum Kimberley cleared of all charges http://t.co/5IipU0mzJ9
• Hillsborough justice campaigner Anne Williams dies at 62 http://t.co/AlKwgZ3lru 
• US: It's not NRA dollars that are blocking gun control. It's the NRA's narrative http://t.co/AE8ctadXLF 
• Paralysed builder to carry on Tony Nicklinson's right-to-die battle http://t.co/LsxeZVgvz1 
• Ex-Prisoner on Benefits: 'I'm following all the rules, but they won't pay for me to survive' http://t.co/hNXHCFamX5 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: BHP Billiton appoints new chief counsel from Herbies | The Lawyer http://t.co/jUXbrTwN0f 
• ‘Extremely difficult’ to persuade courts to revise costs budgets | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/qrNwSzE2J5 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHCkVDp
• Medical researcher, Steven Eaton, who faked cancer data jailed for three months http://t.co/SN0Q5TLH35
• Police staff arrested following leaked details of Cumbria PCC’s expenses http://t.co/2Hhd6o1WRU 
• MALAWI's tainted judiciary: Why urgent reform is needed http://t.co/yUbbLUoZP8 
• IRELAND: Taoiseach stresses independence of judiciary but will not intervene in row http://t.co/5GoxorQfGr 
• US: Singer Shakira asks judge to dismiss ex-boyfriend's $250m lawsuit claiming he made her famous http://t.co/5nqqPLKx9V 
• US: Judge OKs controversial $700,000 settlement in Muslims' lawsuit over McDonald's food http://t.co/SYW2LdBqkm
• More than 1,600 law firms and barristers now on Legal Ombudsman's complaints list | Legal Futures http://t.co/BPduknMB0s 
• Legal Services Board to keep up pressure on SRA over ABS licences | Legal Futures http://t.co/4ZNxlrNlXt 
• US Senate rejects amendment to expand gun-sale checks http://t.co/TT3WQuWHu1 
• Boston marathon attacks: No arrest, say officials http://t.co/mj4f1Yf48D
• Palestinian museum showcases prisoner misery http://t.co/QoIjw3FMUZ 
• What is terrorism? Terrorism has come to signify race and religion though everyone is careful not to say so http://t.co/6lpJuOPjwd 
• TURKEY: Prosecutors accuse Levent Ersoz of attempting to murder President two decades after his death http://t.co/auYIsS6KW7 
• FRANCE breast implants trial begins http://t.co/Ouv6MT2Fj0 
• Boston Marathon bomb suspect 'identified' http://t.co/xtIPXM8STR 
• Advisers predict overhaul of protection commission http://t.co/Fjc8AVakRI 
• Are Germans Really Poorer Than Spaniards, Italians And Greeks? http://t.co/G5szYndSjY 
• For A European Republic http://t.co/vcmVCeKbsw 
• The British Press And Euroscepticism: Mirror Or Magnifying Glass? http://t.co/GwZXXour5I
• BAHRAIN’s dark side – Empty promises while repression goes unabated http://t.co/V3tiNUhXAe 
• Hunger Strikes put Guantanamo in spotlight http://t.co/O1Kncv6cDl 
• 'Human rights' judges stop UK sending Abu Hamza aide to the US http://t.co/TZZr3n1MLn
• Rights group urges authorities in LIBYA to give a former spy chief access to a lawyer http://t.co/5QwviYzmhD 
• Foreign victims of human rights abuses who sue in US suffer Supreme Court setback http://t.co/cCEycmgKfp 
• US Supreme court blocks Nigerian activists from suing Shell over alleged torture http://t.co/JMtZu1tCxR 
• INDIA: Cautious approach delayed appeal against Advani in Babri case http://t.co/3bYP3QzJRW 
• FCA charges eight landbanking fraudsters; solicitor collared for money laundering http://t.co/ABlCyEYb3s
• When do we appoint a solicitor when buying a house? http://t.co/s1PFKYGcHs 
• Samsung probed over HTC 'reviews' | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/M9hP690mLj 
• Somalian lawyers need protection, says human rights group | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/KCQoO5tEMN 
• British Government 'lacking engagement' in fraud inquiry | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/PkP4n0Ae0T 
• Bakers to merge with leading UAE firm | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/WS6HJnH0tS
• Legal service consumers 'less satisfied' | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/y4tje2wni1 
• Why libel reform is needed to stop companies bullying their critics http://t.co/Q8CrxNpF8a 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: HFW makes nine promos as new MP takes the helm | The Lawyer http://t.co/YLOmsPefc4 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Irwin Mitchell promotes comms head in 14-strong partner round | The Lawyer http://t.co/wUJN1AOUGj 
• Law should reflect the fact that cars are far more dangerous than cycles http://t.co/3v5zq6G0IA 
• Secret arrests and tips for lazy law students http://t.co/PoJRpDrLIL 
• IRELAND: Chief Justice announces new forum for judiciary http://t.co/J1pFscSabK 
• Barrister appointed to oversee public inquiry into councillors link to the voluntary & community sector in Hartlepool http://t.co/434pqv5PWD 
• AUSTRALIA: Staff get pay rise but legal aid crisis continues | Lawyers Weekly: http://t.co/E6E1aOeu7b 
• Familiar theme in conveyancing research | Solicitors Regulation Authority http://t.co/JQ0WYHkYwg

17th April - LAW NEWS

478 days of LawNewsIndex brought to you by TheLawMap

FOCUS OF THE DAY: There is a growing trend of settling family disputes by way of arbitration. This can be done either by choosing arbitration as a method to settle a dispute or by inserting a mandatory arbitration clause in pre and post nuptial agreements. Full story - The Barrister Magazine

• 'Muslims are evil. Let’s kill them all': Fox News guest Erik Rush provokes furious reaction with Boston bombing rants http://t.co/y4OWj5MPPj 
• Three men arrested on suspicion of spraying graffiti on a wall in the vicinity of Margaret Thatcher funeral service http://t.co/tcWKGnP9ys 
• Facebook comment leaves juror facing contempt charge http://t.co/GWkCHKl0Ys 
• 5 Hilarious Legal Defenses Actually Attempted in Court http://t.co/993ebE3Yjc 
• S AFRICA: Legal aid gets 8% of NPA’s allocation http://t.co/PWUEbqd1kE 
• Summit to discuss use of legal highs in Scotland http://t.co/drKtEepGiw 
• St Mirren chairman Stewart Gilmour threatens legal action http://t.co/Bu01nkAiGm 
• N ZEALAND: Gay marriage becomes legal in New Zealand http://t.co/In8b92twad
• Alumni networks make sense | Law Gazette http://t.co/ryEWL8xil2 
• What are we losing in the Web’s images of suffering and schadenfreude? http://t.co/yd1mE8pN0A
• Growth in solicitor numbers goes into reverse | Law Gazette http://t.co/14zv8vyZw5
• Chevron grills US lawyer in $19 bln Ecuador pollution case http://t.co/h7j2pKa9ms 
• INDIA: Lawyer of Delhi gangrape accused warned over failure to appear http://t.co/2BG9dq6szl 
• Play about successful Pakistani-American lawyer wins Pulitzer for drama http://t.co/0MBHwjp0Hi" 
• N ZEALAND: High-profile criminal lawyer was able to walk into a courtroom with a gun stashed inside his briefcase http://t.co/EHQfwhOUOS 
• INDIA: Investment pacts cannot be subject to foreign courts, says Finance Minister http://t.co/IvnLKlT31r 
• AUSTRALIA: Courts can resume ordering charity donations after legislation introduced http://t.co/S6UEwN7cDC 
• AUSTRALIA: Courts face massive problems as jurors corrupt trials by turning to social media for help http://t.co/KXWpzCAEN1 
• Living Through Terror, in Rawalpindi and Boston http://t.co/tE6D9qKAOi 
• As Thatcher Goes to Rest, Miners Feel No Less Bitter http://t.co/f5IVjLa3gL
• Security Experts Ponder Whether Any Long Race Can Be Completely Safe http://t.co/JqF3UiKYQ1 
• US: Indisputable new nonpartisan study confronts legacy of brutality against detainees by the Bush administration http://t.co/SlmlpKhmQT
• RUSSIA: Blogger Alexei Navalny, opposition’s most charismatic leader goes on trial http://t.co/b5ipyYAGoF 
• Smithwick tribunal: Garda criticises PSNI's intelligence handling http://t.co/SS2BGkdKOM 
• IRELAND: Judge won praise over fight for children's rights http://t.co/J7KDFttBW8 
• US: Groups Sue to Block Arkansas' 12-Week Abortion Ban http://t.co/N7pa28wybs 
• Which US Law Schools' Grads Get the Most Judicial Clerkships? http://t.co/WKK6YjscRX 
• FRANCE: Catholic bishop appears to threaten, condone, violence over French gay marriage law http://t.co/SfKqKqYWJS 
• INDIA: Did Law Minister change Central Bureau of Investigation's report on coal scam? http://t.co/B3lfJPvo8d 
• IRELAND: Law reform proposals merit serious consideration http://t.co/Dhmhb3ICtC 
• US: Adoption Case Brings Rare Family Law Dispute To High Court http://t.co/bwEv3N4Rwh
• Human rights group sues British government over export of spying technology used in Bahrain http://t.co/Itsq9yuQdm 
• INDIA: Sikhs to approach human rights bodies over Bhullar into life imprisonment http://t.co/LJhgLWGOEN
• Rights chief says GREECE can ban neo-Nazis http://t.co/ZKL6dhTcBp 
• MOROCCO rejects any proposals to give UN mission in W. Sahara power to monitor human rights http://t.co/2HuNhC8JuE 
• Kimberley Hainey murder conviction quashed on appeal http://t.co/HNx5ar4xhm 
• Microsoft signs Android patent deal with Foxconn http://t.co/XFfxKkw7EV 
• Abu Qatada: Home Office seeks Supreme Court appeal permission http://t.co/S4Do9cLbNT 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Bakers seals merger with UAE firm Habib Al Mulla & Co | The Lawyer http://t.co/Z7lV06O66G
• In-house pay gap closes as firms shift away from old PQE model | The Lawyer http://t.co/Km6D4d6wz4 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Keystone takes on Nokia IP head in 10-strong hiring spree | The Lawyer http://t.co/sUHGQ93ze1 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: CC's Weber-Rey to take up senior governance role at Deutsche Bank | The Lawyer http://t.co/sP0f59eSiw 
• ‘Merely viewing a web page’ does not breach copyright, Supreme Court says | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/mn5rDUSTVH 
• Solicitor charged with fraud and money laundering | Law Gazette http://t.co/xnDdTS4IlF
• US torture of prisoners is 'indisputable', independent report finds http://t.co/NwGrDxEGjT
• SENEGAL acts on child begging after fire kills nine in care of renegade teacher http://t.co/S4vRjVl17G 
• Boston Marathon bombings: Human decency will always win through http://t.co/GO34E3FauY 
• Theresa May seeks appeal over Qatada deportation ban http://gu.com/p/3f7eg/tw
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHCkVDp
• Strong consumer interest in legal services from brands | Legal Futures http://t.co/RyhpYzEGni 
• Row over unrated insurers erupts after SRA bids to calm Balva worries | Legal Futures http://t.co/Fw8qA5GgZY 
• Oh baby – Bar Council finally launches first ever Bar Nursery | Legal Futures http://t.co/CeiozK8kQr 
• German television series and a Polish magazine have sparked a diplomatic over antisemitism and war guilt http://t.co/NE3DpP1wjG 
• GERMANY: Petty criminals chose prison over €5 fine http://t.co/UknyouwaJI 
• GERMANY: Swiss CD sparks nationwide tax raids http://t.co/FQBaNzrmUM 
• Separating Legislative and Executive Power | Online Library of Law and Liberty: http://t.co/9el7zmc3US
• Call for Abstracts: Colloquium on Environmental Scholarship http://t.co/DxVFqC2hiZ 
• Report From the Piracy Contact Group, Working Group 2, Meeting in Copenhagen http://t.co/4C76Lix7eA 
• G8 Declaration on Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict http://t.co/mTspbiZu8z
• Gender plays key role in GUATEMALA trial http://t.co/gioiZ4RSDJ 
• Eviction ban bid over benefit cut - a call to Scottish Government to change the law http://t.co/aQbIVHjUbh
• Campaigners have vowed to continue their fight for legislation after MPs voted against banning caste discrimination http://t.co/ML0IaUGsQw 
• Are UK drug laws stopping depression drug trials? http://t.co/v5szMxzqTU 
• Ingram Adapts CoreSource to Comply with UK Deposit Law http://t.co/5wR8mFYV5i 
• IRELAND: Judges concerned at erosion of autonomy http://t.co/mhp5C33hfv 
• S AFRICA: Chief Justice denies ‘reverse racism’ http://t.co/NeisAIlwEP 
• Lawyer swapped text messages with inmate jailed for attempted murder http://t.co/rdpcfkyWsQ 
• NIGERIA: Is It Time for My Own Law Firm? http://t.co/C61zBiELZR
• Legal challenge in United States to patents of human genes http://t.co/JIkDPexP5v 
• US: Citigroup’s Costs for Toxic Assets Soar on Legal Fees http://t.co/bKrf6eEkAU 
• Samsung probed in TAIWAN over 'fake web reviews' http://t.co/YuVp5j5nXw 
• A man who handed over a friend to police while dressed as Batman has been charged with burglary http://t.co/mMbrN9Yzy6 
• Google Glass: No advertising allowed, developers told http://t.co/JyQgRJNCO4 
• Press regulation: culture secretary defends exemplary damages plan http://t.co/U16C5QKSD0
• Key libel reform thwarted as Conservatives block defamation bill http://t.co/rGasaS0gw0 
• Firms still failing to ask for client feedback, survey shows | Law Gazette http://t.co/S5Kt7umiIU
• Legal Aid Agency plans for austere year | Law Gazette http://t.co/lEUXVluPet 
• ‘Silence is golden’ on employment law, professor tells Cable | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/QhBaL04NXB 
• Libel action dies with claimant | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/KkoeawXRYh 
• LawVest shows £3.2m operating loss in first year, accounts reveal | The Lawyer http://t.co/ayJrGnjwZH 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Linklaters client RBS loses CoA case against Highland Capital | The Lawyer http://t.co/WCsBE1uLoU 
• Enforcement is not the only strategy for brand owners | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/bqMkjtKbrj 
• ENRC hit by whistleblower allegations | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/joTJ70o6bo 
• Bank 'victimised' employee for prior discrimination case | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/08cleOJ1YE 
• Seyfarth Shaw taps DLA partner ahead of Shanghai launch | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/ESZDQhsRXc 
• Google proposal to 'satisfy' regulator | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/ky4JDMupKS 
• Rig leader denies Deepwater responsibility | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/SGvJxTmaQ5 
• Middle-class asbos: what behaviour warrants one? http://t.co/jorUBTftL0 
• Corporations amendment key battleground in Commons libel debate http://t.co/4bbfYHJx3P 
• Lord McAlpine wins first round in hearing for Twitter libel case http://t.co/KRFHr3xBKW
• Despite signing whistleblower protection laws US president is gagging all federal employees with 'national security' http://t.co/X571KPgJi0 
• Two men charged over Wembley disorder during Millwall match with Wigan http://t.co/5v9wH3n26c 
• 4,000 police officer on duty for Margaret Thatcher's funeral http://t.co/Wl2nj5b3bd 
• Broadcaster Stuart Hall in court over alleged indecent assaults on young girls http://t.co/EEfOVHsfEN

16th April - LAW NEWS

477 days of LawNewsIndex brought to you by TheLawMap

FOCUS OF THE DAY: Mortgage fraud and money laundering are the biggest risks facing conveyancers, but three-quarters of firms want more training to tackle them, according to research by the Solicitors Regulation Authority. Full story - Law Gazette

• Cabinet Office to tackle ‘excessive complexity’ of legislation | Law Gazette http://t.co/5Gpj17RIHe 
• Clients sometimes drive you mad? Won’t happen again because they are no longer clients but ‘consumers’ | Law Gazette http://t.co/Tyz1Za1izA 
• Smithers wins Law Society election as high street dominates top jobs | Legal Futures http://t.co/S7r236xcA2
• Defending Social Justice (Legal Aid) | The Barrister Magazine http://t.co/XJGqbdmc0o 
• Government posturing on self-defence protects police more than householders | The Barrister Magazine http://t.co/ztto9OEsbR
• Family Disputes and Arbitration | The Barrister Magazine http://t.co/xSMxjKUkZv 
• Criminalising Subletting: A Step Too Far ... Or not Far Enough? | The Barrister Magazine http://t.co/fSa4hG47qu 
• Media Reform Coalition consults bloggers and small publishers on press regulation http://t.co/OUKdpWnCo5 
• Wild animals in circuses to be banned http://t.co/7IdhmGI2Yh 
• Police and Crime Commissioner critcised for appointing Labour colleague as deputy http://t.co/t9uG3gzhJZ
• Hamza lieutenant wins European human rights battle over extradition http://t.co/doKMeCpHjS
• Human rights court blocks extradition of UK-based terror suspect to US http://t.co/dG6qxnoMss
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Former Nabarro senior partner takes deputy chairman role at McArthurGlen | The Lawyer http://t.co/YNzEzCu4aF 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Seyfarth Shaw hires DLA Piper partner for Shanghai launch | The Lawyer http://t.co/lvTR6T8cQA 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Nabarro promotes eight in wake of talent development course | The Lawyer http://t.co/LSjx8dh4p0 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Eversheds advocacy head returns to bar as in-house unit is phased out | The Lawyer http://t.co/3FYfhhLtqN 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Irwin Mitchell replaces Clifford Chance on Saudi princes' court battle | The Lawyer http://t.co/YVhZmw8wKa 
• IRELAND: Jailed drug dealer Gilligan goes to Supreme Court over sentences http://t.co/TBOaykmHVm 
• Death toll rises to 35 in SOMALIA'S court attack http://t.co/r79jVyUNiM 
• KUWAIT Gives 5-Year Term to prominent opposition politician for insulting the country's ruler http://t.co/y8G9Z3m3jJ 
• US Practiced Torture After 9/11, Nonpartisan Review Concludes http://t.co/Q1EIEL8yuR 
• Dr. Martin Luther King’s Righteous Fury http://t.co/gXP4ffXis2 
• Chinese vessel on PHILIPPINES coral reef caught with illegal pangolin meat http://t.co/Am19WKFPwb 
• INDIA: Coal scam - Chief to hire private lawyer to file affidavit in Supreme Court http://t.co/6aA1h9VAPN 
• SENEGAL: Ex-president's son detained in Dakar: lawyer http://t.co/GrdTXg6Yzw 
• US: California Attorney General Harris won’t comment on president’s ‘best looking’ compliment http://t.co/g0WLZdcfFD 
• US: Attorney General Bob Ferguson sues Arlene's Flowers in Richland for refusing gay wedding http://t.co/QRAlPaQfZy 
• Virgin Atlantic job name change race claim by Max Kpakio http://t.co/kqGbJqrmyC 
• Who, what, why: Can police stop protests at Margaret Thatcher’s funeral? http://t.co/B8PquDf1KF 
• Caste discrimination: MPs to vote on ban http://t.co/ML0IaUGsQw 
• FBI probes deadly Boston Marathon 'terror' blasts http://t.co/9mD7MGRm7C 
• Haroon Aswat US extradition opposed by court http://t.co/mifLEEFqNO
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHCkVDp
• TURKEY: Famed pianist Fazıl Say sentenced for blasphemy - http://t.co/4xonwLSscC 
• ITALY: Prosecutors pursue trial for Costa Concordia officers http://t.co/r74DL92B82 
• MPs urged to back local planning opt-out in England http://t.co/dvBRTxw7N6 
• Fast-track legislation preventing proper scrutiny, says rights committee http://t.co/aaqqaf6nq4 
• IRA tapes to be handed to police after US supreme court ruling http://t.co/Ap329N7BhO 
• Battle to save key equality legislation http://t.co/ZnlIC1Jlwc
• Complexity of parliamentary legislation 'undermining the rule of law' http://t.co/yPYnzNsKdG
• Firms ‘do not need to be concerned’ over Balva, SRA says | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/zWwUOk866e 
• What Liberace reveals about the march of gay rights http://t.co/hKL2p4IlOu 
• Construction firms blacklist: Scottish Affairs Committee 'appalled' http://t.co/W8jBnudtd0 
• US: President Obama signs law limiting financial disclosure requirements for higher paid federal workers http://t.co/cBFkpyo2k0 
• IRELAND: Commission report calls for reform of jury service http://t.co/mWvW0AAO90 
• US: Law School Electronic Transcript Ordering Pilot Underway at http://t.co/YeBcgj8vBz 
• US: Law enforcement pursuing witnesses in Boston bombings http://t.co/mUlVwLuT4u 
• AUSTRALIA: A lawyer is fronting a tribunal for allegedly taking fees from an estate left to the koala foundation http://t.co/6m7SkDFZAF 
• Commerzbank 'victimised' employee over discrimination case, tribunal rules http://t.co/gZJImyklfJ 
• LIBYA: Journalist accused of ‘insulting’ judiciary leaves prison for hospital http://t.co/SDCIZtrnTh 
• IRELAND: Association of Judges supports comments by Mr Justice Peter Kelly about the independence of the judiciary http://t.co/mzbQZW5mAz 
• US: Judge denies bid for relief from Gitmo prisoner on hunger strike http://t.co/Rk5IK1EjcG 
• US: Judge fines himself when smartphone goes off in court http://t.co/T8DTFvHPmP 
• SOMALIA: Tributes paid to Somali human rights lawyers killed in al-Shabaab attack http://t.co/7kESbFQ4mO 
• INDIA: Justice J S Verma honoured for fighting for justice for the Indian Woman http://t.co/WD0cxjUCNE
• Millwall CEO: Brawling fans need to be brought to justice http://t.co/IKPe9YceV8 
• LIBERIA: President appoints Francis Korkpor as new chief justice http://t.co/sCyLy1hbMP 
• PAKISTAN: Democracy can’t sustain without free, fair elections: Chief Justice http://t.co/gZNrZ93Exe 
• CANADA: Dozens demand justice for Rehtaeh Parsons at rally outside Halifax RCMP building http://t.co/WzR0qG8i72
• PAKISTAN: Transitional justice theory — Ex-President Musharraf’s trial http://t.co/WitGw7hh2h
• The argument that tax avoidance is legal is dead and gone http://t.co/qT6szq899u 
• INDIA: The bra designed to shock attackers http://t.co/BtzVOALZth 
• Leicester arsonist set fire to men in pub garden http://t.co/G6gTXZ3bmv 
• Boston Marathon blasts: London Marathon to review security http://t.co/bJTQyx1RTE 
• UK businesses want change to EU terms, says lobby group http://t.co/i6MUIDyRUS
• "Unsurprising" Stella English lost her case against Alan Sugar, says employment lawyer http://t.co/mzhs1kHnqB
• US: Supreme Court Declines New York Gun Law Case http://t.co/fdGSoDtcap
• UK law change leads to spike in tribunals http://t.co/NBsRSkEovW
• Small firms breaking copyright law - one in three small businesses in the UK are using unlicensed software http://t.co/7Y3Bk55sbl 
• Moorland Prison criticised over handling of sex offenders http://t.co/heVGRtACdz 
• Cyclists call for 'strict liability' law to hold drivers to account http://t.co/ZVgYmIGX4H
• Council for Licensed Conveyancers: regulatory ambitions stretch well beyond conveyancers | Legal Futures http://t.co/0Vw5WzTQe0 
• Number of individuals and firms in dock over COLP and COFA failures rises to 800 | Legal Futures http://t.co/pabVAVMyqG 
• Mrs Thatcher and me - a personal take on her influence on the legal profession | Law Gazette http://t.co/W772N70wdh 
• Chancery Lane wants voice at whiplash inquiry | Law Gazette http://t.co/n7aVFyEmgT
• Reforms must work, family division head warns | Law Gazette http://t.co/rugqUD5yge
• Manchester judge warns of legal time bomb for families http://t.co/wrKvgRmdrA 
• Self-driving cars face host of legal hurdles http://t.co/bRfu6SN0tO
• AUSTRALIA: Pay win for Legal Aid workers http://t.co/qYaWECed0U 
• AFGHANISTAN: Frustrated by corrupt and plodding government courts, Afghans are turning to Islamic judges http://t.co/IzAAHClZfE 
• IRELAND: 'Legal confusion' over abortion law - Shatter http://t.co/VvXL5YV7fk 
• Emotional intelligence is still the key to corporate success and influence | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/ZIzwmvnZCj
• Lawyer on trial amid prison smuggling claims | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/Qut0v7yxrK 
• Kim Dotcom to delay police damages claim | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/e5ah3ZRCbS 
• Temporary legal help 'mark-up' under microscope | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/pVeR3usOkN 
• Personal injury lawyers to go 'back to basics' | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/m9uYc5ayCA 
• Sidley Austin names management committee vice chair | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/HZtHC90N6Z 
• Unfair dismissal claims rocket as law change looms | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/eCv0VOuokr 
• US: Boston Marathon hit by explosions http://t.co/9qFbc8GqAm 
• FRANCE: Black Workers 'Banned From Paris Gare Du Nord During Israeli President Shimon Peres's Visit' http://t.co/tdqzddMg0a
• Secret arrests would be an affront to justice http://t.co/qRpfSfejHn
• Stamp addict sells his beloved collection to repay churches he stole from http://t.co/B7ldVQBA4V 
• SFO co-head of bribery and corruption joins US law firm's London base | Legalweek http://t.co/aCE5GH6v26
• TURKEY passes anti-terrorism law reform http://t.co/ViLsrxklyO
• Why Law Society of KENYA has lost credibility http://t.co/vDxXew6SqU 
• S KOREA: The Looming Threat for South Korean Law Grads? http://t.co/A9awReunYX 
• New SAUDI ARABIA labour law not to affect genuine workers claim INDIA External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid ht http://t.co/HZEbdCS9Yw
• IRELAND: Judges issue statement in support of judicial independence http://t.co/8uw332i16O 
• IRELAND: Commission report calls for reform of jury service http://t.co/nAJBVXUhlj
• The Antisocial Network - The fruitless search for dehumanized money http://t.co/ctAaZrPsDS 
• Scottish Court Service Publishes Court Structure Proposals http://t.co/vi8oiSA9vr 
• Sharia courts a threat to UK justice system, says Keighley MP http://t.co/hc2S66Ehgf 
• CANADA: Quebec courts now Twitter-free http://t.co/OzoYeuGZrE 
• US: ‘No way Guantanamo detainees could be armed’ – lawyer http://t.co/KwLYdkondQ 
• S AFRICA: Marikana lawyer Mpofu released from hospital after stabbing http://t.co/RBLuBGMohI 
• INDIA: ‘Free lawyer’ service helps tribals branded Maoists http://t.co/L62SAi22Oa 
• IRELAND: Constitutional convention backs extension of marriage rights to same-sex couples http://t.co/wZY3yDG9ub 
• FRANCE: Faulty breast implant trial to start in France http://t.co/WEnG1AiJyr 
• Mubarak's trial causes controversy in EGYPT http://t.co/l5Jd7VwOWA 
• GERMANY: Neo-Nazi trial set to expose security forces failing http://t.co/bcNSyyVCtE 
• Taxpayer to pick up £27,000 legal bill after tribunal hearing over Labour MP Jim McGovern's £24 rail ticket http://t.co/WPfMbrXxeT 
• Plans to restrict unfair dismissal cases at employment tribunals have sparked an increase in claims http://t.co/WPfMbrXxeT 
• Poorly paid worker cleans up at tribunal http://t.co/eriD7vlLOS
• Extra police in Derry for Margaret Thatcher's funeral http://t.co/Hyeyr0XD9x
• Porn sites reject 'growing risk' of malware claim http://t.co/iSQBDBx5zt 
• Wordpress website targeted by hackers http://t.co/eO0IOvd2ZZ 
• Parkinson's sufferers 'face regular discrimination' http://t.co/fDuy1eHgbN 
• Human genome: US Supreme Court hears patents case http://t.co/rEmGNReced 
• Liverpool teenagers sentenced for homeless man's murder http://t.co/8MPjzNqKmZ 
• Human rights: we won't be silent | Nick Clegg http://t.co/AppMEjcwvr 
• Fast-track legislation preventing proper scrutiny, says rights committee http://t.co/aaqqaf6nq4 
• Caste discrimination in the UK must be outlawed http://t.co/ffjsVCAEZs 
• CANADA: Is hacktivism on behalf of Rehtaeh Parsons a revolution in rape campaigning? http://t.co/cQEc3yirpK
• UK refuses to admit US embassy cables obtained by WikiLeaks are genuine http://t.co/IgQqA8Beyo 
• Ex-Freshfields senior partner takes top Germany role at Rothschild | Legalweek http://t.co/s0T6KP4WNX