20th April - LAW NEWS

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• IRELAND: Hundreds of adjourned repossession cases to be struck out under new Bill http://t.co/DoxmQjgbMS 
• What now for the victims of the legal aid cuts? | Halsbury Law Exchange http://t.co/mJAdE5miYh 
• Why getting directions and the budget right at the outset is imperative | New Law Journal: http://t.co/WiljPDR6bf 
• Former Inofrmation Commissioner Kevin Dunion, appointed to Scottish Legal Complaints Commission | The Firm http://t.co/mpXEJTgAFQ 
• MP warns of “sinister” police list of Hillsborough debate speakers | The Firm http://t.co/sCL2rNYDmT 
• Leveson Royal Charter “decree” likened to Mugabe’s rule by Lord McCluskey | The Firm http://t.co/3tgnE2MLF2
• Former Law Society CEO and consultant Douglas Mill reports on the vibrations on the legal spider's web | The Firm http://t.co/914HAq1BQK 
• CPS issues warning to lawyers taking part in all-day meeting in protest over introduction of competitive tendering http://t.co/942GtuYv4f 
• INDIA: Alleged rape of Delhi girl by neighbour triggers protest march http://t.co/AruUUNCpJT 
• Police question Paris Brown over Twitter comments http://t.co/4wtFAdUXVG 
• BBC radio presenter wins tribunal after Government claimed she was fit to work despite recovering from breast cancer http://t.co/AJl5RvwIHI
• INDONESIA: Activist groups call for rights tribunal in Aceh http://t.co/Mjq4KildUN 
• Woman awarded £12,293 for sexual harassment whilst working for Autism Charity http://t.co/7BZkDdNUb4
• ‘One million Irish starve to death’ Irish Famine Tribunal convened in New York http://t.co/9wmzCNHRew 
• AUSTRALIA: No lawyer contact for expelled asylum seekers http://t.co/svDUB52XLH 
• Lawyer David Blair Wilson tried to smuggle drugs into Saughton Prison http://t.co/woKtNuhAij 
• Lawyer says US soldier accused in Iraq killings reaches deal http://t.co/qEnBHxCSIe 
• Rape trial halted after juror says he is a Newcastle United fan and could not give Sunderland fan a fair trial http://t.co/ytGnY4qjlu 
• GERMANY: Turkish media ensured access to neo-Nazi trial - The Local: http://t.co/goOSrGTxUD 
• Plans to close 10 sheriff courts approved by Scottish government http://t.co/AEZAqZDwLg 
• Tearful Irish nanny pleads not guilty to murdering one-year-old baby girl http://t.co/kWtTzWcRwc 
• US: The Myth of the Law-Abiding Gun http://t.co/eIDQH0K7y4 
• US: Immigration bill bans racial profiling by federal law enforcement  http://t.co/Qhoj3PIgRi 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHCkVDp
• PAKISTAN's former President Pervez Musharraf faces terrorism court http://t.co/qjx4wnP0Tj 
• CANADA: Passage of controversial language legislation hits roadblock http://t.co/xTYatmBIcC 
• Midlands' second largest Law firm Shakespeares sees integration as key http://t.co/SWAxYntfIj 
• Using the Law to Crack the Glass Ceiling http://t.co/oJiBCUUcO9 
• US: Florida Teachers to carry guns in schools bill passed House Judiciary Committee 11-7 http://t.co/PoSvHhQgBh
• The Wrong Decision for Human Rights - Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum (Shell) http://t.co/upIroaSDcq 
• ‘US-British foreign policy is never about human rights, Bahrain no exception’ http://t.co/9WWgoR8MKL 
• 5 Leading Companies in Human Rights (GPS, JCI, JNJ, MSFT, NTRS): http://t.co/wPuHmySUhg 
• Derry killer Greatbanks jailed for hammer attack http://t.co/desC5ezLUk 
• Cumbria PCC Richard Rhodes sorry for using chauffeur http://t.co/bgUdfwkg1c 
• Three guilty of abuse of 'enslaved' woman in London http://t.co/LjbGkNhABl
• Popstar's legal fight to straighten out GHD contract | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/tjsGkUdjC4 
• Lawyers handed Philippines election role | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/ctIOin2vrT 
• Pirate Bay founder charged over hacking | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/ybnddeBUAn 
• Chicago firm sued over IPO work | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/H0yBaRRUxH 
• Stressed lawyers reluctant to report concerns | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/GirA0xa6xA 
• Negligence claims rise following tax avoidance crackdown | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/s5r4dJxYeE 
• CANADA: Nova Scotia Justice Minister calls for law on distribution of intimate images http://t.co/nRp9ShI8xB 
• US: Former justice of the peace charged with Texas DA murders http://t.co/wieWsXTgVO 
• Best value tendering: the end of the criminal solicitor and justice as we know it? Part 1 http://t.co/MGg937nT7J 
• IRELAND: Kilkenny solicitor struck off by President of High Court http://t.co/RZdGZdCVOR 
• Darlington Solicitor Gillian Ibbotson of Latimer Hinks, goes the extra mile for Support Dogs http://t.co/15y93kAwhq
• One Step Closer to Boardroom Equality in the UK? | The National Law Review http://t.co/uAB2XpjuOU 
• OFT alleges Glaxo infringed competition law http://t.co/jxi5h2yCqk 
• Researchers call for new UK guidelines on surrogacy http://t.co/dg9gsLnjNc 
• Couple want IRA conviction quash decision made public http://t.co/QOuboRFhbB 
• PAKISTAN: Sending high court judges behind bars is equivalent to terrorism claims Barrister http://t.co/fVlcUTR6ef 
• Bowie Jane: Melbourne Barrister’s Double Life as a London Pop Singer http://t.co/jhd5jZzugw 
• N ZEALAND: Cricketer Brendon McCullum taking legal action for defamation against Parker, a former Kiwi captain http://t.co/kPBcSu6ASY 
• AUSTRALIA: Asylum seekers from Sri Lanka denied legal rights: advocates http://t.co/fMevQn36wh 
• US: California bullet train zooms forward with legal settlement http://t.co/sCqRRwOSlr 
• GERMANY: Lufthansa mulls legal action against new warning strike http://t.co/XfxHgowfpe 
• US: Law School Scholarships http://t.co/mvLxHXAjQ2 
• US: Fighting terrorism with law enforcement http://t.co/fe247vcF0m 
• US: Corporate Accountability for Human Rights: Kiobel's Call to Action http://t.co/O5scZKsGGr 
• APIL can celebrate survival, if little else | Law Gazette http://t.co/m6U9zMYHtP 
• Crime & Courts Bill Amendments http://t.co/8tNZHjQMeg 
• Press regulation: minor bloggers excluded from exemplary damages http://t.co/Nrm2fKUgz9 
• Newcastle fan pulled from Sunderland sex assault jury over prejudice http://t.co/hnz4g4lraG 
• Judges insist on business as usual as Northern Circuit barristers begin protest | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/IUSuDmMHEz 
• IRELAND: Savita Halappanavar: Medical misadventure verdict in inquest http://t.co/1PgTENKdHI 
• Santander might compensate 30,000 former Abbey mortgage holders http://t.co/WHzhikSSYR 
• Boston bombing: How internet detectives got it very wrong http://t.co/vwNFiAAhdS 
• AUSTRALIA: Bill in Queensland Parliament paves way for streamlined conveyancing http://t.co/18HDHWHDJI 
• S AFRICA: Sexual offences court ready soon http://t.co/Tn2ymxfb8t 
• US: Courts Aren't Equal in Funding, Study Concludes http://t.co/3akaKmzsRI 
• ARGENTINA: Argentines Protest President Fernandez’s Bid to Increase Grip on Courts http://t.co/RJRUw28ljV 
• N ZEALAND: Illegal spying info now offshore, says Kim Dotcom http://t.co/OIUFp6KQUj