27th January - LAW NEWS

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• Blanket criminal records system incompatible with right to privacy http://t.co/H2ZEuA3W 
• KUWAIT hosts training course on human rights http://t.co/qG69ZXMj 
• Consumer Rights: Don't leave it too late to claim for mis-sold PPI - http://t.co/celLN063 
• British creative agency wins rights to Simenon works http://t.co/zEcaa5la
• RUSSIA: PM Medvedev says death of a whistle-blowing lawyer in prison will not adversely affect the country’s business http://t.co/skSxf5Ih
• Lawyer says Armstrong will miss US Anti-Doping Agency's deadline for him to testify http://t.co/ngMxIkaF 
• The Law Business: 21st to 27th January - What happened in the world of Law Last week http://t.co/nw8ENEIj
• Scottish Footballer Leigh Griffiths in shoplifting charge http://t.co/UBmxSw2U 
• Welsh assembly: Presiding officer wants more women AMs http://t.co/zuyesxfk 
• Scottish independence: Nicola Sturgeon in EU commitment pledge http://t.co/UDxVlet8 
• Holocaust Memorial Day to be marked http://t.co/IVWIHjIF 
• Desperate, last plea of woman plagued by neighbours from hell http://t.co/x1YBWf4k 
• Extracts from Suzanne Dow's final letter to council http://t.co/KgwtescH 
• CANADA: Centuries testify to human rights claims of indigenous peoples http://t.co/elJrEq2Y 
• Universal human rights in NIGERIA http://t.co/0nk9YQI5
• VENEZUELA: Dozens Killed In Prison Riot: Mourning Families, Human Rights Groups Criticize Venezuelan Inaction http://t.co/AsiAMgd1 
• UAE to highlight impressive human rights record at UPR session http://t.co/AkyvWmJg
• ISRAEL's human rights record 'concerns' UK http://t.co/sI6YALDs
• SYRIA and the Universality of Human Rights http://t.co/EYZauH6V
• Prince Charles uses Human Rights Act to guard Duchy's tax secrets? http://t.co/Hf9QJu1j 
• ZIMBABWE: Coltart directive racist, illegal http://t.co/91cCAGru 
• US: Obama's Drug War: After Medical Marijuana Mess, Feds Face Big Decision On Pot http://t.co/eASePMHF 
• US: UNH law school takes 1 more step to merge with UNH http://t.co/iiDTsXST 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/3ThvKdVJ
• Anonymous hackers target US agency site http://t.co/RDy5KCSn 
• Police release three on bail in 'Muslim patrol' investigation http://t.co/tBWs66Yj 
• IRELAND: Garda killed in attempted bank robbery http://t.co/uaX1epSE
• Cyril Smith named in Barnes abuse case http://t.co/ko3N5htR
• Lower Gornal student awarded top law award - Dudley http://t.co/SPk8YwgE
• Is the Rule of Law Fairly Applied to US Terror Suspects? http://t.co/7zP6iwWO 
• Law firm DLA Piper to close Glasgow office http://t.co/pd0g9N5i 
• Huddersfield GP warns about new mental health law after parents taken away and put in homes against family’s wishes http://t.co/Q6rId7Rr
• IRAQ: Lawmakers pass law to block Prime Minister Maliki from third term http://t.co/NZpUmLTl 
• NHS Lothian branded ‘toothless’ over waiting time law http://t.co/KrTKFMPc 
• Concept of adultery could be abolished in law as grounds for divorce in wake of Government plans http://t.co/7XeddD8a
• Inuit, standing and the gates to the Luxembourg Court | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/L0CcowIx 
• Crosses, Undercover Cops and Rocknroll - The Human Rights Roundup | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/U8BZFirI
• Poll: Should the UK Supreme Court put recordings of entire hearings on YouTube? | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/QN1RrM0w 
• UK Supreme Court judgment summaries on YouTube... now we need the full hearings | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/BDfDcxlz
• Who owns the copyright on barristers' advocacy? - Emily Goodhand | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/EjPfnben 
• Judging people - and a case about a Porsche 917 | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/F6GBHAU5 
• Context is everything - European Court of Human Rights struck out 99% of UK cases in 2012 | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/PgWPbD9y 
• Legal advice privilege should not extend to accountant's advice, says Supreme Court | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/xQzRUOTC
• Equal marriage on the way as Bill published | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/bUzECut2 
• Joint tenancy rule has nothing to do with Convention rights | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/KXl0ZDcG 
• EGYPT: Riots kill 27 after fans sentenced to death http://t.co/kymZnU72 
• US phone unlocking deadline set to expire http://t.co/ptPymMUk
• A broker-focused conveyancing distributor has recorded a four-fold increase in total business since its launch in June http://t.co/2HcIu4WD 
• Gunman dies after using 'fake gun' in Plymouth bookmaker robbery http://t.co/vKFtr8uY 
• Holocaust survivor Henia Bryer: Prisoner number A26188 http://t.co/tUPgRp5x 
• MEXICO: Legal soul search after Frenchwoman freed http://t.co/RNXTBaa8
• US: An Innocent Man Spent 37 Years In Jail Due To Galling Technicality http://t.co/hriozL9V 
• Glimmer of hope for IPs on legal reforms is just a flash in the pan http://t.co/Ge1vKdli 
• Birmingham City FC eyeing legal bid over local Hall Green MP email http://t.co/PmzvShAy & http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/QB/2006/320.html
• Italian Restaurant wins legal battle against Westminster Council over yearly outside seating charge of £200 per table http://t.co/CSXtzBMx
• Morag Wise QC and Iain Armstrong QC appointed as Senators of the College of Justice in Scotland http://t.co/QzHiPoXx 
• INDIA Rape Case Tests Fast-Track Courts http://t.co/r7I5hfaJ