FOCUS OF THE DAY: The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has decided to press ahead with plans that would allow European law firms that do not conduct reserved work to set up in England and Wales outside of the regulatory regime, despite Law Society concerns that they will enjoy a competitive advantage over domestic practices. Full story - Legal Futures
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- Scottish independence: STV confirm Darling and Salmond TV debate date http://t.co/rkP8D5sF8h
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- Solicitor Janet Hopkins, senior partner at Lawson-West, which is based in Leicester retires after 30 years http://t.co/oTPE1p44Wy
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- CANADA: New 'revenge porn' law could land teenagers in prison, critics argue http://t.co/ByDSK0TaTJ
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- Law Society lays on rubber chicken for only 250 notes per head at 'excellence' awards: http://t.co/7DHA9kZjwW
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- Legal battle to make doctors help poorly tot breathe http://t.co/tRhopQobGA
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- AUSTRALIA: Victoria Bar dominates barrister law award finalists | Lawyers Weekly: http://t.co/vzm629s4y0
- EU 'right to be forgotten' law unenforceable, says justice minister http://t.co/8CvsvaukZE
- Michael Tracey obituary: Talented footballer and solicitor who later moved to rural Ireland http://t.co/PA4ybzBTGf
- British Facebook users may not ‘like’ lack of legal protection | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/W3kPv7HnEM
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- Residence test shame | Law Gazette http://t.co/HjsQvz9T3d
- Bar deal applies to just 0.1% of work | Law Gazette http://t.co/TCvZDbzDEk
- Firm wins court battle over legal contract tender | Law Gazette http://t.co/9JumEVF5m9
- Mishcon leads profit growth at top-40 firms | Law Gazette http://t.co/MeTNMicOXX
- Grayling not giving up on regulatory reform | Law Gazette http://t.co/R0Q1zOa8SR
- Council approves 17% cut in PC fee | Law Gazette http://t.co/nERVrp1Ac7
- How Vanessa Feltz's bravery exposed our shameful culture of victim-blaming http://t.co/PTUQzFl4N9
- Father jailed for eight years for killing baby as he played computer game http://t.co/Nv8YL10c1y
- Three former Met officers lose appeal against drug conspiracy convictions http://t.co/fFuK0XT3rL
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Maclays posts positive turnover results to £43.3m after seven-year slide | The Lawyer http://t.co/hDr61xzB4R
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- Actor George Clooney slams Daily Mail over 'irresponsible' marriage story http://t.co/pVta1hiNYJ
- Butler-Sloss: I won't quit as head of abuse inquiry http://t.co/sd8Mpgh3mN
- NSPCC wants covering up abuse to be criminal offence http://t.co/usd8MvlZyR
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- FRANCE Decapitated: The French dislike modernity. They mistrust it. That is the nub of the problem http://t.co/P6KTUQoTv7
- Donald Sterling Spars With Wife's Lawyer at Trial That Will Determine Clippers Sale http://t.co/Wcy9fiTUFZ
- Yelp Joins Critics of European Union Antitrust Settlement With Google http://t.co/HorgNF9YIk
- US: Faith Groups Seek Exclusion From Bias Rule http://t.co/HfQFFHzN0h
- US Adjusts Court Flow to Meet Rise in Migrants http://t.co/aGBh69qugK
- Firm wins court battle over legal contract tender | Law Gazette http://t.co/9JumEVF5m9
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- Police investigate dropped nurse tribunal case in wake of Savile report http://t.co/EhkY10Scgy
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- Asylum secrecy on the high seas is designed to foil the enemy within – the law http://t.co/9PZm7DDFHn
- AUSTRALIA: Mock trial to examine whether ban on deaf jurors is warranted http://t.co/40tc3MTpib
- Gibraltar lawyers jailed over £40m client money scam | The Lawyer http://t.co/NjzmG0IQJq
- SRA warns in-house lawyers not to mislead third parties | Law Gazette http://t.co/wmGcKKAccJ
- US: Jury in NY acquits ex-hedge fund founder's brother http://t.co/uXXWHTxtSE
- INDIA: Well known Jurist and former Chief Justice of Kashmir Justice Farooqi passes away http://t.co/E4LkKugAIe
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- US: Gentle jurist Turk let mercy have a say in his courtroom http://t.co/F06yl7wo0y
- Nike ends Manchester United kit deal after 13 years http://t.co/SbRSX9FQkR
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- Westminster paedophile ring allegations: Home Office ordered to hand over more details http://t.co/5dO7jVsFrK
- Billionaire financier tells judge: 'I don't care about money' http://t.co/osCs48va4g
- Government attempts to integrate radicalised Muslims lack money and drive, says ex-Coalition security minster http://t.co/WZo30wwVSu
- 65 CMCs warned over referral fee ban in first quarter of 2014 | Legal Futures http://t.co/7JDPVORUiw
- SRA warns in-house solicitors of disciplinary action over debt collection letters | Legal Futures http://t.co/rB3Nec1iBS
- American women targeted as MALAYSIA becomes Internet scam haven http://t.co/6chgMPT5Ze
- BAHRAIN summons top opposition leader for questioning http://t.co/ZNDyIn3WlT
- CHINA: Author Murong Xuecun summoned by police over Tiananmen Square event http://t.co/fbeoxJ8lyt
- This Grand Inquisition won't find 'the truth' of child sex abuse http://t.co/gWA0TbEoYY
- HMRC chief under fire from MPs over plans to access bank accounts http://t.co/SEqxCw7W9p
- Social media users warned against falsely calling politicians paedophiles http://t.co/w1jQqBfEDd
- Six-week-old baby 'beaten to death' by babysitter, court hears http://t.co/JzLew6fd6F
- Gatwick Airport PCSO 'stole £15k from travellers' http://t.co/hSNiTpGr59
- Thavisha Peiris murder: Pizza delivery driver 'killed for phone' http://t.co/ttb6odhWkA
- Harriet Harman has suggested Gordon Brown did not make her deputy prime minister because she is a woman http://t.co/C8LBpeGfop
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- Conservative minister Matthew Hancock in 'sack Cameron' photo opportunity blunder http://t.co/ONKH8h7Oql
- Al-Hilli murders 'No Alps link' in death of ex-husband http://t.co/RY5UI1Jrz4
- Ex-senior judge Butler-Sloss to head child sex abuse inquiry http://t.co/m5Mg8OVM8P
- Using EU Civil Justice Instruments https://t.co/v2BsB0jSG2
- EU Criminal Justice for Defence Counsel https://t.co/MFXvYwnmvK
- International Development Secretary Justine Greening: New poverty goals must focus on peace, jobs and justice https://t.co/5Sh8J29H3D
- Galen Bascom '13 to Clerk for US Supreme Court Justice Breyer http://t.co/uszmUEtV0A
- UKRAINE: Justice minister moves to ban Communist Party for supporting terrorism http://t.co/1SamExsF3H
- Increasing numbers of domestic violence victims are seeing justice in the North West, new CPS figures show http://t.co/dHp39QB9il
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- SINGAPORE: Family Justice Bill will seek to strengthen infrastructure and enhance court management processes http://t.co/lsWkdFeCF8
- Justice minister Simon Hughes says he would not support offshoring Ministry of Justice Jobs in Newport http://t.co/GmDWNPY6EV
- AUSTRALIA: Queensland chief justice Tim Carmody to get public welcome http://t.co/mjJtrCeRlT
- Bar and MoJ end fee impasse over high value legal aid fraud cases with further talks underway http://t.co/CN2CxMM2vS
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- Text pest barrister Peter Sefton barred from practising http://t.co/N88thWkhNL
- Buchanan Ingersoll negotiates flat fee on e-discovery | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/vmE6BlI5qx
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- Malaysian firm expands into Laos | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/1RWm1HmVyK
- Murder trial to start for ex-White House lawyer | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/9LhrSwY8GR
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