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31st May - LAW NEWS Headlines

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  • Draft Sexual Offences Act 2003 (Remedial) Order 2012: second Report http://t.co/PPAJkeZM May 31, 2012
  • Facebook - the next human rights frontier http://t.co/loBu7y8v May 31, 2012
  • Stop Sri Lanka deportation flights, says Human Rights Watch http://t.co/up1aKtBO May 31, 2012
  • O2 adult themed filesharers to be sent letters from film-maker http://t.co/cTTrnyW8 May 31, 2012
  • Ukraine's president downplays Euro 2012 racism fears http://t.co/uUpEZw0l May 31, 2012
  • Council staff time wasted by adversarial legal cases against residents http://t.co/bRL9LoZG May 31, 2012
  • US: ACLU lawsuit challenges Ill. gay marriage ban http://t.co/nKoH28lV May 31, 2012
  • Novitas Legal Loans Scheme: Fund designed as lending vehicle for those in divorce proceedings, targets 8% annual return http://t.co/S4pQjtby May 31, 2012
  • Legal pact permits NYC transit workers to don religious head wear http://t.co/3AbPOZxW May 31, 2012
  • Rising legal costs push TiVo into the red http://t.co/nhO9YeHh May 31, 2012
  • Federal Trade Commission picks legal sharpshooter for U.S. probe of Google http://t.co/5tj3RIwU May 31, 2012
  • Town that scrapped traffic wardens welcomes them back after enduring car chaos http://t.co/GGmPixwF May 31, 2012
  • Jeremy Hunt sent 'sympathetic' text messages to James Murdoch despite legal advice http://t.co/TqX1LVhO May 31, 2012
  • Sharia Law: neither equal nor free - Maryam Namazie - One Law for All http://t.co/GBlpCefR May 31, 2012
  • AUSTRALIA seeks to clamp down on forced labor, organ trafficking http://t.co/fBfOvkW1 May 31, 2012
  • Dewey Collapse Gives Lenders Pause, But Landlords Won't Cease And Desist in Pursuing Law Firms : http://t.co/j56gvWcp May 31, 2012
  • US: Indian tribes to triple amount of time members can spend in jail say they're challenged by a lack of funding http://t.co/9kbQVMjd May 31, 2012
  • Analysis: Dewey's bankruptcy: Let the rumble begin http://t.co/7nyrtKy6 May 31, 2012
  • Second trial finds Nat Fraser guilty of murder http://t.co/etSJWSa1 May 31, 2012
  • Arlene Fraser trial: Family fear Nat Fraser will prolong legal battle http://t.co/sSqLnUkn May 31, 2012
  • IT due diligence when buying or selling law firms | Solicitors Journal: http://t.co/qpbenP43 May 31, 2012
  • A new proportionality test without accompanying guidance will be disastrous | Solicitors Journal: http://t.co/etHhkSpU May 31, 2012
  • When to apply for a debt relief order | Solicitors Journal: http://t.co/BK2oROnx May 31, 2012
  • Revisiting the approach to contractual interpretation | Solicitors Journal: http://t.co/1n7Ro7jG May 31, 2012
  • Silk may glamorise criminal trials, but TV can be used to put off would-be felons | Solicitors Journal: http://t.co/eO4jrZIV May 31, 2012
  • Trainee remuneration and the competence tipping point | Solicitors Journal: http://t.co/OgqaeydK May 31, 2012
  • On the beat | Privatising the police | Solicitors Journal: http://t.co/7N7Xy06T May 31, 2012
  • Being a zoo keeper for a day is less scary than preparing for a Lexcel ⁰audit | Solicitors Journal: http://t.co/qxv9MlLq May 31, 2012
  • By the way | Word nerd | Solicitors Journal: http://t.co/V5ns9JSN May 31, 2012
  • Police force allows comments and "likes" on Facebook page about Andy Coulson arrest http://t.co/mb5UM2Yw May 31, 2012
  • Seven arrested on suspicion of starting London riots http://t.co/8qzxNnVA May 31, 2012
  • Shafilea Ahmed murder: sister covered up for parents http://t.co/h1Dwir9i May 31, 2012
  • Sunderland footballer Titus Bramble cleared of sexually assaulting two women http://t.co/WaYCPTgs May 31, 2012
  • Murderer complains lawyer was on raised platform during trial http://t.co/iQYDOOml May 31, 2012
  • A generation is growing up skewed by internet pornography, judge warns 12 year old who raped a schoolgirl http://t.co/JWXpwjaa May 31, 2012
  • Only 16% of solved crimes lead to convictions http://t.co/RVDrrcX2 May 31, 2012
  • LAW FIRM NEWS: Andy Coulson turns to DLA Piper to fight perjury charges | The Lawyer: http://t.co/lbHty0aW May 31, 2012
  • LAW FIRM NEWS: Morgan Lewis builds CNPC ties with hire of Dewey's Beijing head | The Lawyer: http://t.co/c3g49cfn May 31, 2012
  • Andy Coulson to 'vigorously contest' Sheridan trial perjury charge http://t.co/FlAaRMvN May 31, 2012
  • NORWAY: Breivik: Court in Norway hears killer took stimulants http://t.co/VqEiAZXc May 31, 2012
  • Birmingham riots: Four guilty of shooting at police http://t.co/KNilY7A2 May 31, 2012
  • Derby fire deaths: Mick and Mairead Philpott in court http://t.co/ZakjtPW3 May 31, 2012
  • No 10: Jeremy Hunt will not face ministerial code inquiry http://t.co/Dp65d7Ak May 31, 2012
  • Silk? Refreshingly legal drama with female lead not constantly distracted by love interests http://t.co/muPzhzhJ May 31, 2012
  • US: The Miami face-eating case should not stampede US into a 'bath salts' ban http://t.co/4WVpxVTQ May 31, 2012
  • Schoolboy who raped nine-year-old girl is spared custodial sentence http://t.co/FJ1vsXfD May 31, 2012
  • US: Milwaukee Police Accused Of Illegal Cavity Searches http://t.co/C7gZ3cet May 31, 2012
  • CHINA mulls illegal drug blacklist http://t.co/HlP9eXQ2 May 31, 2012
  • ITALY: Police impound 18,000 illegally excavated artifacts http://t.co/XeveGNru May 31, 2012
  • US: Students Press for Action on Immigration http://t.co/UnIb5RCc May 31, 2012
  • LAW GAZETTE: Clarke plea on prisons population http://t.co/XeOGRXN5 May 31, 2012
  • LAW GAZETTE: Law Society responds to training review http://t.co/LA4nIP6L May 31, 2012
  • LAW GAZETTE: Reserved service plea by Society over immigration advice http://t.co/AsGPyADz May 31, 2012
  • LAW GAZETTE: Minority Plaid Cymru hails legal devolution but majority cautious http://t.co/1uMzygXM May 31, 2012
  • LAW GAZETTE: Patent court decision 'worth £3bn a year to UK' http://t.co/Le7DK7CU May 31, 2012
  • LAW GAZETTE: Government move to replace tribunal judges splits profession http://t.co/R8Ovxljt May 31, 2012
  • LAW GAZETTE: 'Self-serving' interpreter figures slammed http://t.co/3BJZlMSZ May 31, 2012
  • LAW GAZETTE: Chinese law firm looks to build UK ‘bridge’ http://t.co/9Rh9GTVt May 31, 2012
  • LAW GAZETTE: Social mobility in the legal profession http://t.co/QAKEXud7 May 31, 2012
  • LAW GAZETTE: Case management - a more robust approach http://t.co/rxrbUKww May 31, 2012
  • LAW GAZETTE: Red-tape bonfire plan for legal services bureaucracy http://t.co/lUkNqzlA May 31, 2012
  • LAW GAZETTE: Trust in lawyers falling, says consumer panel http://t.co/wNfRjjKj May 31, 2012
  • LAW GAZETTE: Insurers set for referral to competition watchdog over inflated premiums http://t.co/3G0GpCEM May 31, 2012
  • More clients shopping around - SOLICITORS JOURNAL http://t.co/Mu9f7yyQ May 31, 2012
  • CANADA: Alberta reverses stance on publicizing illegal donations to political parties http://t.co/zHtvPB1v May 31, 2012
  • LAW FIRM NEWS: Employment boom drives JMW turnover growth http://t.co/uUg1goDH May 31, 2012
  • Legal Services Board (LSB) has approved plans to push back the publication date of law firm diversity data until 2013 http://t.co/aJdgQgvj May 31, 2012
  • LAW FIRM NEWS: Withers to pay £100,000 over negligent Chelsea garden advice http://t.co/hhyWzuv6 May 31, 2012
  • LAW FIRM NEWS: Clifford Chance ups associate pay, holds trainee and NQ bands steady http://t.co/stAyeVcR May 31, 2012
  • LAW FIRM NEWS: Taylor Wessing posts global turnover rise to £206m http://t.co/JcWhpRfw May 31, 2012
  • Thousands of illegal immigrants are being freed 'to safeguard their human rights' http://t.co/2weu58jf May 31, 2012
  • Top City lawyer jailed over £1.2 million fraud http://t.co/aeUPe8ut May 31, 2012
  • Lawyer for British couple facing death for drug smuggling says they are innocent http://t.co/1qqPmtqV May 31, 2012
  • Michaela murder trial lawyer walks out of court over 'attack on his integrity' http://t.co/72KNS0YT May 31, 2012
  • TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/VTrRtc5a ▸  May 31, 2012
  • Why Rangers' court win against the SFA raises more questions than answers http://t.co/8W6cQIHa May 31, 2012
  • Google criticizes Thai Courts for giving Web master 1-year suspended prison sentence over forum comment http://t.co/TCLZtxBI May 31, 2012
  • Supreme Court judgment: Assange v Swedish Judicial Authority | The Lawyer: http://t.co/xFotoeat May 31, 2012
  • Andy Coulson: Scottish courtroom clash that led to detention at dawn http://t.co/KuE0aHum May 31, 2012
  • Rangers in crisis: FIFA could punish club http://t.co/d7CWC8Gv May 31, 2012
  • PERU: Disability Rights: Voting in Peru http://t.co/XFAa4hZK May 31, 2012
  • A sea change in transgender rights http://t.co/VGOZEH5g May 31, 2012
  • Barcelona and Real Madrid prepared to share TV rights to make La Liga more competitive http://t.co/kS3PF4LD May 31, 2012
  • US: Sex offenders fight for right to use Facebook http://t.co/JqONQKSr May 31, 2012
  • SYRIA: Human Rights Council to address Houla massacre http://t.co/u6wuhHPO May 31, 2012
  • Warwick waitress, 76, wins tribunal redundancy payout http://t.co/19YK8lCX May 31, 2012
  • No action for copyright tribunal http://t.co/QQMwcm9Z May 31, 2012
  • Pat Fenlon of Hibernian Football club to face SFA tribunal for alleged cup final gesture http://t.co/IRw9rK8Q May 31, 2012
  • INDIA: Control over Army tribunal: HC notice to ministry of defence http://t.co/LKpTpywd May 31, 2012
  • UK Tribunal ruling on UBS brings rich Indians under lens http://t.co/wxsNbVbs May 31, 2012
  • British nurse told she was 'wrong colour' to get job in Cumbria and to 'go back where she came from http://t.co/KOPJiQ1K May 31, 2012
  • Law to lower roaming charges the fastest approved in EU http://t.co/LGTliF58 May 31, 2012
  • BBC breached laws by identifying child convicted over London riots http://t.co/Z7qZoPDC May 31, 2012
  • CANADA: Legal challenge to Quebec’s protest law delayed to Friday http://t.co/fdoqeH7t May 31, 2012
  • Julian Assange, Scarlet Pimpernel of cyberspace? : a profile of the Wikileaks founder http://t.co/9IWcevgr May 31, 2012
  • Police get new powers to deal with minor offences http://t.co/9koYjeje  May 31, 2012
  • Court told Damien Duffy murder case is 'without precedent' http://t.co/HLSL9pV6  May 31, 2012
  • Three women admit charges over Belfast brothel http://t.co/fWJyMs2D  May 31, 2012
  • Defence lawyer withdraws from Michaela McAreavey case http://t.co/aBHGbGsC  May 31, 2012
  • Former bank may regain Sean Quinn's old Kiev shopping centre http://t.co/gPvxvTan May 31, 2012
  • Crimewatch reconstruction of Bertie Acheson murder http://t.co/uc6S6Hrv  May 31, 2012
  • Constable Stephen Carroll's widow to meet parents of killer Brendan McConville http://t.co/vRhd64WK  May 31, 2012
  • Jane Haining Holocaust medal heads home to Dunscore http://t.co/3rwBrCHA  May 31, 2012
  • Police reopen Amanda Duffy murder inquiry http://t.co/pwGO82xA  May 31, 2012
  • Nat Fraser found guilty for second time of murdering wife Arlene in 1998 http://t.co/nwLukoIY  May 31, 2012
  • Scottish Independence: Holyrood to endorse independence http://t.co/ED8U6ICh  May 31, 2012
  • Duff and Phelps 'agreed' to cap Rangers fees at £500,000 http://t.co/FpCIgBoa  May 31, 2012
  • Arrest after suspected armed robbery at Grangetown, Cardiff http://t.co/hUy0sirw  May 31, 2012
  • Yaseen Ali Ege murder trial: Father Yousuf Ege denies beatings http://t.co/xkiAy57b  May 31, 2012
  • Wales sprinkler law 'despite not being cost effective' http://t.co/H3zQeKNk  May 31, 2012
  • Sky blocks access to The Pirate Bay file-sharing site http://t.co/KyE96dyq May 31, 2012
  • London Mayor Boris Johnson to review police anti-racism measures http://t.co/2GiIhvXJ May 31, 2012
  • Derby fire deaths: Mick and Mairead Philpott charged http://t.co/luTcQLjo May 31, 2012
  • Snapshot of South Africa under apartheid in the 1970s - No Blacks, Coloureds or Asians http://t.co/fbV8OB34 May 31, 2012
  • CANADA: Severed limbs suspect named as Luka Rocco Magnotta http://t.co/FX0eMSj3 May 31, 2012
  • Professor David Nutt, leader of independent scientific committee on drugs suggests alcohol sensors 'in every car' http://t.co/oyldXyUi May 31, 2012
  • Car insurance facing Competition Commission study http://t.co/vujmZwAG May 31, 2012
  • Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt to face Leveson questioning later today http://t.co/XHzxhCFk May 31, 2012
  • Heard the one about the ladyboy? Media jokes about trans people are not acceptable http://t.co/aQeHkkgU May 31, 2012
  • Not just the Mail or males: We need to look beyond the usual suspects when asking why women have terrible body image http://t.co/1VHoyASJ May 31, 2012
  • Today’s Ireland vote begs the question: Will the EU be the death of democracy? http://t.co/IEmsBO7r May 31, 2012
  • The court's judgment demonstrates to Taylor's victims that impunity can and will be challenged http://t.co/z2sSArlx May 31, 2012
  • 50-year jail term for Charles Taylor heralds 'new era of accountability' http://t.co/j8CrjxDd May 31, 2012
  • Jailed doctor who helped find Bin Laden 'turned down relocation to US' http://t.co/DVinPIbG May 31, 2012
  • THAILAND: Web Editor sentenced over anti-monarchy posts http://t.co/wbelFJyE May 31, 2012
  • The problem with social mobility: Politicians told to put own house in order first before critiquing other professions http://t.co/rAmqty9H May 31, 2012
  • Special report: Tamil asylum-seekers to be forcibly deported - http://t.co/L1VGCz4b May 31, 2012
  • Bath Council plea to banner thieves who had also stolen bunting during Olympic torch run - http://t.co/yiyjPjLU May 31, 2012
  • Former newspaper proprietor Eddy Shah is charged with child sex offences - http://t.co/yKHJP0qb May 31, 2012
  • Parents charged with murder of six children in Derby house fire - http://t.co/b6QOedw9 May 31, 2012
  • We were set up, say couple in Bali drugs haul - http://t.co/ECqwysDC May 31, 2012
  • Royal Academy of Music director jailed for fraud - http://t.co/Iy8XwwJm May 31, 2012
  • Did Andy Coulson commit perjury in Sheridan trial? http://t.co/DRpLxwVE May 31, 2012
  • LAW FIRM NEWS: Blackstone and Matrix silks among advisers as Assange loses extradition appeal- Legalweek http://t.co/wDi2qsh6 May 31, 2012
  • LAW FIRM NEWS: Riverview Law makes international move with New York launch- Legalweek http://t.co/Xy5C0Dpu May 31, 2012
  • LAW FIRM NEWS: Simmons signs up OC finance litigation duo for new Bristol base- Legalweek http://t.co/hzFtU6Wa May 31, 2012
  • LAW FIRM NEWS: Gide makes up City capital markets lawyer in seven-strong round- Legalweek http://t.co/cxNojtia May 31, 2012
  • LAW FIRM NEWS: The Transfer Window: recent moves including Shearman, Shoosmiths and DLA - Legalweek http://t.co/hlMBMfoa May 31, 2012
  • Former Hogan Lovells partner handed three-year jail term for expense fraud- Legalweek http://t.co/OnhtyWuV May 31, 2012
  • LEGAL FUTURES: Riverview goes international with NY office and direct access pitch to American l.. http://t.co/79zBjoyP May 31, 2012
  • LEGAL FUTURES: Government bid to slash red tape around legal services regulation goes live http://t.co/SVI656mT May 31, 2012
  • LEGAL FUTURES: Consumers start to exert buying power over lawyers, says survey http://t.co/uKeeyRdp May 31, 2012
  • THAILAND: Message Board Manager Is Given Suspended Prison Sentence - Google condemns http://t.co/n5zfq5uV May 30, 2012  
  • 15 Of America's Craziest Laws http://t.co/68DidvSe May 31, 2012
  • Make It Easier For Poorer Pupils To Study Law & Medicine, Says Alan Milburn http://t.co/upb9yxAV May 31, 2012
  • Can We Follow the Netherlands and Cut Our Prison Population? http://t.co/hAczxi3S May 31, 2012
  • Damian Green Ignores Warnings That Student Immigration Policy Will Harm The UK http://t.co/OcI0lhcl May 31, 2012
  • Why We Need More Legal Protection for our Forces http://t.co/5HQfBQUH May 31, 2012
  • Justice Secretary Ken Clarke Claims The Press Is More Powerful Than Parliament http://t.co/IhldJ9m3 May 31, 2012
  • Understanding the Role of Social Media is Key to Challenging Extremists http://t.co/jUCXVrp9 May 31, 2012
  • Vince Cable: News International Made 'Veiled Threats' Against Lib Dem MPs http://t.co/0ztW14GE May 31, 2012
  • Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict http://t.co/wUMVkSpS May 31, 2012
  • War crimes: Charles Taylor now, Bashar al-Assad next http://t.co/GaaQAqZX May 31, 2012
  • US: Minority voting rights under threat from state ID laws, attorney general warns http://t.co/6xZK72nl May 31, 2012