Wednesday

7th March 2012: LAW NEWS HEADLINES & LINKS

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Law firms will not survive if they continue to resist consumer demands for fairer pricing, the Legal Ombudsman has warned. A report published yesterday states that up to a quarter of the 90,000 annual complaints relate to costs, where a client has felt overcharged, confused or been surprised at the charges presented by their lawyer. Full story - Law Gazette

  • Defendant 'sitting duck' - solicitor http://t.co/c4B5IFai Mar 07, 2012
  • Crooked solicitor smuggled drugs and phones into prisons in oversized shoes http://t.co/HrDJ5QBX Mar 07, 2012
  • IRELAND: Nun faces 87 charges of sex abuse - http://t.co/3UIX4LhI Mar 07, 2012
  • Disability fraud trial man sacks barrister http://t.co/Za8Z7sPN Mar 07, 2012
  • Justice Must Be Seen To Be Done http://t.co/g1XeMCKD Mar 07, 2012
  • Social exclusion at the bar is as old-fashioned and damaging to lawyers as racism is to football - The Lawyer: http://t.co/wvTYWgsm Mar 07, 2012
  • Assessing costs is one focus of the Jackson reforms, but some of his adjustments just don’t stack up | The Lawyer: http://t.co/MhLD0t6X Mar 07, 2012
  • Riddle of the brands: the secret formula of kudos for Law firms | The Lawyer: http://t.co/vnrXZaKB Mar 07, 2012
  • DWF hands third term to managing partner | The Lawyer: http://t.co/ZAzmaaBL Mar 07, 2012
  • LAW FIRM NEWS: City firms meet 'Gifted and Talented' youngsters at Lawyer 2B event | The Lawyer: http://t.co/6OM75hN7 Mar 07, 2012
  • LAW FIRM NEWS: Herbies client hit with wasted costs order over e-disclosure failures | The Lawyer: http://t.co/N76ygRSe Mar 07, 2012
  • Death of the High Street hits local solicitors http://t.co/xVByExNO Mar 07, 2012
  • The Court of Appeal has today rejected the appeal by BT and TalkTalk in their judicial review http://t.co/lVcrpVYQ Mar 07, 2012
  • Should abortion be legal in cases of rape? Rebecca Kiessling tells her story: http://t.co/3l0euFkL Mar 07, 2012
  • 'Legal high' linked to deaths in Leicestershire may be banned http://t.co/3ASacRb4 Mar 07, 2012
  • US: Attorney General Holder gives legal defense for al-Awlaki killing http://t.co/AKjwAX8k Mar 07, 2012
  • US: Separated couple awaits immigration law change http://t.co/tMaKomdG Mar 07, 2012
  • US & IRAN: Lawmakers mull tougher Iran law for foreign banks http://t.co/1zpVOQx7 Mar 07, 2012
  • US: Judge temporarily blocks Wisconsin voter ID law http://t.co/GheQLyCN Mar 07, 2012
  • Pc David Rathband's family calls for final show of support http://t.co/56hhwXj2 Mar 07, 2012
  • MMR doctor wins battle against being struck off http://t.co/pKch7QCM Mar 07, 2012
  • Rebekah Brooks 'talked about horse loan at lunch with UK's top police officer' http://t.co/wAV1QYtp Mar 07, 2012
  • Hacking book: a new legal settlement could tame the tabloids http://t.co/Urs0MW42 Mar 07, 2012
  • Keir Starmer's troubling guidelines on protester prosecution http://t.co/QP7BjT19 Mar 07, 2012
  • Terror suspects win supreme court ruling over secret witness http://t.co/A1wLHs0v Mar 07, 2012
  • Solicitors Journal - 'Legacy of inaccurate data' to blame for mySRA delays http://t.co/1YafME1g Mar 07, 2012
  • Solicitors Journal - Supreme Court sanctions 'clear breach' of natural justice http://t.co/dPcax3G4 Mar 07, 2012
  • LAW GAZETTE: Bring back Green forms http://t.co/ccfkQTY1 Mar 07, 2012
  • LAW GAZETTE: Ombudsman stance plays into hands of the Co-op http://t.co/YBhULder Mar 07, 2012
  • LAW GAZETTE: City firm couple jailed for fraud http://t.co/g7AOFBPf Mar 07, 2012
  • LAW GAZETTE: SRA seeks online feedback http://t.co/nhzrHTTn Mar 07, 2012
  • TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/VTrW0Mek ▸  Mar 07, 2012
  • Police service on brink of disaster due to cuts, officers warn http://t.co/R7T9stfM Mar 07, 2012
  • Stateless terrorists with a dirty bomb now real threat for UK, says Clegg - http://t.co/eUurOUgN Mar 07, 2012
  • Girls should not be locked up for drunken behaviour, MPs say http://t.co/vXTlHCMB Mar 07, 2012
  • Families face having their internet cut off after laws to curb 'piracy' are upheld in court http://t.co/3nqYy79O Mar 07, 2012
  • Secret civil court hearings 'would put government above the law' http://t.co/XXlZ9rmR Mar 07, 2012
  • Ken Clarke 'most unsettled' by backlash over plans to extend secret court hearings http://t.co/Onz5TlAc Mar 07, 2012
  • US: NYC court hearing for former IMF boss Strauss-Kahn, accused of sex assault, is delayed 2 weeks http://t.co/ns5EmoN3 Mar 07, 2012
  • Lawyers share in Lehman advisory bill of over £1bn | The Lawyer: http://t.co/dNitR3LM Mar 07, 2012
  • INDIA: CBI lawyers take Rs 1.25 crore to dilute Adarsh charges, held http://t.co/qDN7emPW Mar 07, 2012
  • US: Actress Nicollette Sheridan's lawyer said actress feared retaliation http://t.co/GrP0xNXJ Mar 07, 2012
  • US: A powerful Republican senator’s efforts to help his son were highlighted in a Yonkers corruption trial yesterday http://t.co/WKq9Rp2P Mar 07, 2012
  • US: Rutgers webcam trial: Clementi closely monitored roommate Ravi's Twitter account | http://t.co/bbRSVnRE http://t.co/bor7MuGV Mar 07, 2012
  • CANADA: Tori Stafford murder trial: Tapes put accused in area of abduction, prosecutors say: http://t.co/ERwt1Pn5 Mar 07, 2012
  • CAMEROON: Cameroon government cracks down on illegal logging - AlertNet: http://t.co/E5ojJrNl Mar 07, 2012
  • CANADA: Teacher pickets illegal: B.C. finance minister http://t.co/yxrf7yuR Mar 07, 2012
  • Remembering Anne Frank - 'I Knew Nothing about the Profundity of Her Thoughts' http://t.co/fY08UqGf Mar 07, 2012
  • Mars Rio Ferdinand and Katie Price Twitter advert cleared http://t.co/69V4ssvq Mar 07, 2012
  • Recent Judicial Independence Seminars: ‘Law, Politics and the Future of Human Rights Act’ http://t.co/NVk4xubH Mar 07, 2012
  • IVORY COAST: Human rights' group warns of crime wave http://t.co/comIfjqs Mar 07, 2012
  • AFGHANISTAN: Afghan Women's Rights Face Setback http://t.co/siojx0g7 Mar 07, 2012
  • Music teacher forced to resign from £10,000-a-year private school as headteacher disliked her nose stud http://t.co/c8H859pf Mar 07, 2012
  • Employer groups push for tribunal fees to boost ‘confidence to hire’ http://t.co/W5P1uo46 Mar 07, 2012
  • New laws tackling copyright infringement online have won the backing of the Court of Appeal. http://t.co/Y6IIGIhc Mar 07, 2012
  • Police raid 'gangs' after stabbings - http://t.co/uTorxNlv Mar 07, 2012
  • Ali Dizaei: The 'copper' who refuses to go quietly - http://t.co/jaUINhIn Mar 07, 2012
  • Two senior News International journalists 'attempted suicide' - http://t.co/eTTPpfA5 Mar 07, 2012
  • Police told to reopen inquiry into 'bent' Lawrence detective - http://t.co/3Xf7SFcs Mar 07, 2012
  • Flasher Royston Thompson jailed for 16 weeks http://t.co/SPBUiqNQ Mar 07, 2012
  • Singer PJ Proby 'cheated benefits system out of £47,000' http://t.co/IgrtVVgl Mar 07, 2012
  • Oxford Street Foot Locker stabbing: Second murder charge http://t.co/1oTY4Q5K Mar 07, 2012
  • No charges over PC Ian Terry's training exercise shooting http://t.co/5j6P9CD8 Mar 07, 2012
  • Dale Farm protester urinated on police officer from gantry http://t.co/6rKUT15r Mar 07, 2012
  • Wrong-way A30 death crash driver David Rushbrook jailed http://t.co/glq73Xla Mar 07, 2012
  • Constable Stephen Carroll murder trial finishes http://t.co/j3rUN1zq Mar 07, 2012
  • Security breach over Belfast City Council details http://t.co/aYNeP6Kx Mar 07, 2012
  • 5,000 applicants for new prison officer jobs http://t.co/YZO8r9ZX Mar 07, 2012
  • Arrests over £20k mephedrone find in Limavady http://t.co/3EfMNoiI Mar 07, 2012
  • Man arrested over Ian Paisley 'confidentiality breach' released http://t.co/ymFsX0c5 Mar 07, 2012
  • Couple charged with Christopher Mackin murder in Belfast http://t.co/2g3SRdVO Mar 07, 2012
  • Police probe 'suspicious' death in Stirling http://t.co/I9rXZa7P Mar 07, 2012
  • Berwickshire teenager admits raping nine-year-old girl http://t.co/7yMANiCz Mar 07, 2012
  • Simon Brown and Paul Banks admit John Carter Leith lift killing http://t.co/4XGbL3nJ Mar 07, 2012
  • Car of Neil Lennon parcel bomb accused 'was bugged' http://t.co/U2oncSHC Mar 07, 2012
  • Post-mortem examination shows Paul McBride's death 'not suspicious' http://t.co/ZlGMXFlF Mar 07, 2012
  • LAW FIRM NEWS: A&O and Simmons advise as Walkers sells off fiduciary business to focus on law- Legalweek http://t.co/FOIxXmDb  Mar 07, 2012
  • Pink Cardiff street lights plan 'to deter Asbo yobs' http://t.co/OvNEuRaD Mar 07, 2012
  • Gwent Police stations closure fear of MP Wayne David http://t.co/qJO6FgB7 Mar 07, 2012
  • Ex-fish farm on Anglesey Selonda UK fined £50,000 http://t.co/IZHDieM9 Mar 07, 2012
  • LAW FIRM NEWS: Shearman hands London chief new remit to lead Mid East expansion- Legalweek http://t.co/QIYYYbLL  Mar 07, 2012
  • UK legal outsourcing business “with a heart” goes on massive City lawyer recruitm.. http://t.co/OvvCQVAd  Mar 07, 2012
  • Defendant insurance firm eyes private equity http://t.co/CkUgD802  Mar 07, 2012
  • Focus on what women lawyers do – not the hours they work – to avoid “female brain.. http://t.co/nhJvDPxz  Mar 07, 2012
  • Council apologises to Tattershall boy over pirate flag http://t.co/vMbsSP8w Mar 07, 2012