Friday

18th May - LAW NEWS Headlines

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FOCUS OF THE DAY story - Companies engaged in financial crime may be able to negotiate plea bargains under legislation being put forward by the Ministry of Justice. Full story - The Telegraph


  • Metropolitan Police keeping suspects' text messages and contacts indefinitely http://t.co/haXi4x0K May 18, 2012
  • Cleared Jill Dando murder suspect Barry George in court fight for compensation http://t.co/GD5xx4mW May 18, 2012
  • Abu Qatada could be freed within days http://t.co/mSfDE6k3 May 18, 2012
  • Sexual abuse compensation case to test legal limits of church's liability http://t.co/T3MCzjPk May 18, 2012
  • Juror fined £450 after smoking cannabis joint on break from rape trial http://t.co/FwkSy45a May 18, 2012
  • MALAWI: President vows to legalise homosexuality http://t.co/sOZZzpec May 18, 2012
  • NORWAY: Inside Halden, the most humane prison in the world http://t.co/etROdoEO May 18, 2012
  • How do you insult someone legally? http://t.co/wY6gBoKM May 18, 2012
  • Ticketus contract with Rangers 'is being terminated' http://t.co/RxgML4gy May 18, 2012
  • BRAZIL: President to receive apologies for human rights abuses she suffered http://t.co/7S1jbEYd May 18, 2012
  • Queen ripped by human rights group for inviting controversial leaders to lunch   http://t.co/9AGkcIz4 May 18, 2012
  • Copyright Tribunal issues final decision on web licensing: joint statement from Meltwater Group, NLA, PRCA, and UKMMA http://t.co/pT1LLC3t May 18, 2012
  • Japanese Tribunal Judge Seeks To Resign http://t.co/MFkQGvP7 May 18, 2012
  • Rangers takeover: Charles Green covers ‘all options’ at SFA talks : http://t.co/LZBiessd May 18, 2012
  • The Cardinal is right – Western society is intolerant towards Christianity http://t.co/RyZIpA23 May 18, 2012
  • US: Gay marriage: Empathy or right? http://t.co/AgsfSRbl May 18, 2012
  • Human Genome adopts rights plan to ward off Glaxo http://t.co/bK7ixEnw May 18, 2012
  • BRZIL: Freedom of information law has taken effect in Brazil challenging an embedded culture of secrecy and bureaucracy http://t.co/3tP8YREC May 18, 2012
  • JLD slams SRA decision to drop trainee solicitor minimum pay | Lawyer2b: http://t.co/0MP3tFzl May 18, 2012
  • Law firm appoints property solicitor http://t.co/w2N43k7q May 18, 2012
  • IRELAND: Watchdog sets precedent by cutting legal costs in libel case http://t.co/VJ7BVwhd May 18, 2012
  • High Court rules against Southsea solicitor in row over wills http://t.co/1ct5xUVC May 18, 2012
  • Trying to Understand Catholic Social Justice http://t.co/LyE5Y3Ff May 18, 2012
  • IntLawGrrls: Kony 2012, the ICC & peace/justice divide http://t.co/krpbA3QR May 18, 2012
  • Police investigating the phone-hacking scandal must act on the evidence "wherever it leads" - David Cameron http://t.co/xTTeV2vp May 18, 2012
  • US: Prisons to step up anti-rape efforts http://t.co/gNmhbIIZ May 18, 2012
  • CANADA: Justice Marie Deschamps to retire from Supreme Court of Canada http://t.co/LAD2FPhs May 18, 2012
  • Miscarriage of justice victim Sam Hallam celebrates his freedom with a pie, a pint and Del Boy http://t.co/euLzQglz May 18, 2012
  • Don't let them stop you taking photographs on the Glasgow subway | http://t.co/O4X3gXDS May 18, 2012
  • Abu Qatada applies to be freed on bail http://t.co/p5V7ARkJ May 18, 2012
  • EGYPT: Soldier poet victimised by Egyptian military, says ex-colonel father http://t.co/KCI4bvdB May 18, 2012
  • Facebook users file class action suit in US over web tracking http://t.co/XS7TbBnJ May 18, 2012
  • AZERBAIJAN: 'Tortured' singer flees days before Eurovision http://t.co/kdvqqepU May 18, 2012
  • Human rights groups criticise Queen's historic lunch of monarchs http://t.co/3cgTCfBn May 18, 2012
  • Briton 'with foetuses' arrested in Thailand http://t.co/aB4exq94 May 18, 2012
  • Portugal drops Graham Mitchell extradition request http://t.co/euN5Clyd May 18, 2012
  • Plaque to boys killed by IRA Warrington bomb stolen http://t.co/WUYtpVQu May 18, 2012
  • Baroness Warsi: Minority of Pakistani men see white girls as 'fair game' http://t.co/cvhr5YjM May 18, 2012
  • US: Evidence and “ultimately avoidable” legal irrelevancy released in Trayvon Martin case http://t.co/oWaaMUP1 May 18, 2012
  • Apple wages new legal battle against HTC http://t.co/V3Semdf6 May 18, 2012
  • Car wash landed with legal bill after 'whistling' complaint http://t.co/FwB7KbXp May 18, 2012
  • Alert over cannabis and legal highs spiked with crystal meth http://t.co/2kRjyJr6 May 18, 2012
  • Shopping centre launches legal bid against Scunthorpe M http://t.co/LKCpMaLf May 18, 2012
  • US: Beverly Hills threatens legal action over subway extension http://t.co/ullJAcB7 May 18, 2012
  • BCCI scandal: long legal wrangling over collapsed bank http://t.co/ADJOt2Np May 18, 2012
  • Man who won landmark legal ruling over assault case is finally cleared http://t.co/C3Hoxrqo May 18, 2012
  • HMRC to face legal action over Qrops revision http://t.co/ZFCGU5eQ May 18, 2012
  • Barristers may strike over legal aid reforms and fees http://t.co/kGh2qwYL May 18, 2012
  • US: Tim Tebow lawyers threaten legal action if website doesn't stop selling 'MY Jesus' T-shirts http://t.co/9ehWecHX May 18, 2012
  • Eddie Stobart - barrister at law? - http://t.co/HSH6kvZ7 May 18, 2012
  • In these barren times, we must look after our hard-pressed lawyers and talent show judges http://t.co/KmmTJyrp May 18, 2012
  • AUS: Rules relaxed for silk applicants http://t.co/R71okD1a May 18, 2012
  • Rebekah Brooks and the 'preposterous' claim tabloid expose of prosecutor's affair with peer http://t.co/jhLJmyFp May 18, 2012
  • Myth of fatcat barristers http://t.co/jIQYMl70 May 18, 2012
  • Government prepared to settle for cheap justice, but trying to con the public into believing greedy lawyers to blame http://t.co/ZEKXEoRg May 18, 2012
  • SRA board unites to scrap minimum wage | Solicitors Journal: http://t.co/2jAzV3WS May 18, 2012
  • Housing association was not a charity, appeal judges rule | Solicitors Journal: http://t.co/9U8WIpua May 18, 2012
  • Magistrates could sit on own in community centres | Solicitors Journal: http://t.co/rCqGlUFH May 18, 2012
  • UK fined over treatment of mentally-ill man | Solicitors Journal: http://t.co/W0GPIgd3 May 18, 2012
  • Indirect discrimination against men over child tax credit is justified | Solicitors Journal: http://t.co/sm8xroPR May 18, 2012
  • Doctors’ new iPhone app ‘could cut whiplash fraud’ | Solicitors Journal: http://t.co/7aWFDCHC May 18, 2012
  • LAW FIRM NEWS: Dechert eyes Shanghai launch as part of China expansion | The Lawyer: http://t.co/hltoaRuA May 18, 2012
  • LAW FIRM NEWS: Mayer Brown names new chair as Krueger steps down | The Lawyer: http://t.co/EfNnN7Bs May 18, 2012
  • LAW FIRM NEWS: Legal alliances Legal Networks International and Oasis announce merger | The Lawyer: http://t.co/NjID91Ph May 18, 2012
  • LAW FIRM NEWS: BLP on course for modest turnover rise at end of expansionist year | The Lawyer: http://t.co/LmttFN5k May 18, 2012
  • LAW FIRM NEWS: Trucking giant Eddie Stobart enters legal market with barristers business | The Lawyer: http://t.co/UoHOS8D0 May 18, 2012
  • LAW FIRM NEWS: Irwin Mitchell clinical negligence head replaces Napier as City chief | The Lawyer: http://t.co/nzlyvLHp May 18, 2012
  • LAW FIRM NEWS: Cuatrecasas wins Spanish financing mandate amid economic turmoil | The Lawyer: http://t.co/zw7La9L6 May 18, 2012
  • LAW FIRM NEWS: Field Fisher and LG moot £150m merger | The Lawyer: http://t.co/O8oynDJq May 18, 2012
  • Kirkland's White set for global management role | The Lawyer: http://t.co/SzOFDKcW May 18, 2012
  • LAW FIRM NEWS: Proskauer hires Dewey City steering group duo | The Lawyer: http://t.co/opqv2h6e May 18, 2012
  • LAW FIRM NEWS: Collyer Bristow's future looks secure as it defeats Innovator One claim | The Lawyer: http://t.co/oq5SrBkU May 18, 2012
  • LAW GAZETTE: One out, all out - Barristers' strike watershed moment http://t.co/zjuRafhG May 18, 2012
  • LAW GAZETTE: Djanogly dismisses calls for Scottish-style deal on pleural plaques http://t.co/Fitm53mV May 18, 2012
  • LAW GAZETTE: Pro bono no substitute for legal aid - Wotton http://t.co/T2IiaNNi May 18, 2012
  • LAW GAZETTE: Criminal bar unfurls strike banner http://t.co/qlLylhtz May 18, 2012
  • CHINA bars blind dissident's family choice of lawyers http://t.co/y6ATIYV3 May 18, 2012
  • Israeli court ruling to help fight gender pay gap http://t.co/mg4ReMUe May 18, 2012
  • TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/VTrW0Mek ▸  May 18, 2012
  • Iran 'to sue Google' for not labelling Gulf on world map http://t.co/ekuz91Zn May 18, 2012
  • Companies engaged in financial crime get 'plea-bargain' offer http://t.co/ewy3Q5ZM May 18, 2012
  • CHINA: Most-wanted man Lai sentenced to life in prison http://t.co/7oPmtLdL May 18, 2012
  • Google NSA Relationship Secrecy Continues Despite Courts Efforts http://t.co/3Wv3yHIK May 18, 2012
  • Barristers threaten strike action over cuts and delays http://t.co/4GB6O662 May 18, 2012
  • Police officer reprimanded for tweeting he had arrested offenders who battered 93-year-old woman http://t.co/FOVHeFkb May 18, 2012
  • US: Court rules NY town's prayer violated Constitution http://t.co/xBY60hHx May 18, 2012
  • Dale Farm: broadcasters do not have to reveal eviction footage, court rules http://t.co/gL9t0JNk May 18, 2012
  • SINGAPORE: Contempt of court Bill to be tabled this year: http://t.co/7WeaRZ8E May 18, 2012
  • Peter Hain says end of contempt case 'victory for free speech' http://t.co/foQpmXER May 18, 2012
  • Ex-lawyer pens children’s book - Bolton http://t.co/E1CKDxqJ May 18, 2012
  • US: Koch Bros. Lawyer Faces Off Against Martin Bashir: Treatment Of Kochs In 'Far-Left Media' Is 'Irresponsible' http://t.co/4DTtMHSG May 18, 2012
  • US: Second Travolta accuser fires lawyer http://t.co/aOTxz6IE May 18, 2012
  • US: Lawyer sues judge, two others in Rosa Parks estate case – http://t.co/y9UEt3ST May 18, 2012
  • AUS: Court hears of Slipper's distress over sex claims http://t.co/HRQm1KHB May 18, 2012
  • US: House to Consider Proposal to Bar Indefinite Detention After Arrests on U.S. Soil http://t.co/4p922F1t May 18, 2012
  • US: Clemens’s Lawyer Spars With Critical Witness http://t.co/6g74wgxk May 18, 2012
  • Lawyer plundered his ailing aunts' £400,000 estate by changing their wills and taking cash http://t.co/LjmYkD4e May 18, 2012
  • US: Former Goldman Sachs director Gupta trial could feature big corporate stars http://t.co/id45uRE7 May 18, 2012
  • Ratko Mladic: Trial of the 'Butcher of Bosnia' suspended indefinitely because of 'prosecution errors' http://t.co/yzVu9h4D May 18, 2012
  • PERU: Illegal Gold Mining Bigger Than Drug Trade http://t.co/PXNgBt67 May 18, 2012
  • ISRAEL: The challenge of treating African immigrants in Israel http://t.co/wUPekGrW May 18, 2012
  • INDIA: Illegal mining still rampant in Aravallis, 40 lives lost in Alwar region http://t.co/ZGOAmH9f May 18, 2012
  • Illegal beavers causing ‘widespread damage’ - Scotland http://t.co/vRzHpAQi May 18, 2012
  • BRAZIL: Ford, GM and BMW linked to illegal logging and slave labour in Brazil http://t.co/3sUZBuFx May 18, 2012
  • Kosovan illegal driver killed passenger's unborn baby by triggering premature birth in drunken crash http://t.co/GSntmb8X May 18, 2012
  • Former editor says Murdoch sowed seeds of hacking scandal http://t.co/UT2N3ytJ May 18, 2012
  • U.S. Supreme Court Justice Breyer robbed again http://t.co/AoEkWyPN May 18, 2012
  • Why Inter-Faith Understanding Is More Important Than Ever in Leadership http://t.co/cVBA8n7D May 18, 2012
  • Party Politics With a Power of Arrest http://t.co/Fshlemfz May 18, 2012
  • Public Prosecution Service in NI 'must give victims explanation' http://t.co/ObxYVdXv May 18, 2012
  • Pupils suspended over 'drugs find' at Castlederg High School http://t.co/Id2auJ8i May 18, 2012
  • Police Ombudsman's Office 'held body parts' of four victims http://t.co/OoQ3LDaZ May 18, 2012
  • Eliska Novotna murder trial told of sex attack fears http://t.co/dYNY2UU4 May 18, 2012
  • Hate crime cases increase in Scotland http://t.co/U5LIg5hq May 18, 2012
  • Hawick and Edinburgh child sex attacker David Cumming faces prison http://t.co/lWZkRx4Y May 18, 2012
  • Salmond aide Joan McAlpine apologises to MSPs for being disrespectful http://t.co/xhc2jj3l May 18, 2012
  • Nat Fraser trial: Accused 'faked emotion' over wife's disappearance http://t.co/SjjlTB7o May 18, 2012
  • Edinburgh bus lane cameras to be reviewed http://t.co/HABKOQOB May 18, 2012
  • Scott Kerr admits Christmas night out rape and sex assault in Glasgow city centre http://t.co/HMsDisif May 18, 2012
  • Cheltenham man charged with making explosive http://t.co/wTmPYnFx May 18, 2012
  • US: George Zimmerman was 'bleeding from the nose and head' http://t.co/dgaFoSIt May 18, 2012
  • Law change call over North Yorkshire police payout http://t.co/QgrFQIRp May 18, 2012
  • CANADA: Quebec announces emergency law to restore order http://t.co/OYgzM7QI May 18, 2012
  • US: Activists hail victory after New York judge blocks part of NDAA law http://t.co/KIXRfI6S May 18, 2012
  • US: Evidence is released in the Trayvon Martin homicide http://t.co/tiwOMHe9 May 18, 2012
  • Headline-hungry Keith Vaz grabs the spotlight with some ill-informed nonsense about video games http://t.co/qizOah0L May 18, 2012
  • Phone hacking: Rebekah Brooks could challenge charging decision because prosecutor was victim of tabloid sting http://t.co/5MyQ7RiE May 18, 2012
  • Police forces put £1.5bn privatisation plan on hold - http://t.co/pjwyHR2c May 18, 2012
  • 'I need time to recover from the last seven years': man jailed for murder has conviction quashed http://t.co/tUm5eAfn May 18, 2012
  • Redefining marriage to include same-sex couples would benefit nobody | John Sentamu http://t.co/N6KyaCV5 May 18, 2012
  • LAW GAZETTE: Stobart Barristers: did the legal earth just get flatter? http://t.co/g71b5fgE May 18, 2012
  • LEGAL FUTURES: Stobart Group to start advertising barrister-led service http://t.co/LE2HbA0W May 18, 2012