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- Townsend: new post-Clementi legal services framework in place by 2020 | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/8cFZGFi8Cu
- Should Sports Betting Be Legal Everywhere? http://t.co/fXpJ8s7V4a
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- US president hints at deal offering undocumented Caribbean immigrants legal status http://t.co/vGApStxrzh
- Legal team takes on 14 families with complaints against Eastbourne Hospital http://t.co/pN17UFFhnW
- Bristol law firm Thrings involved in global deal for Coty cosmetics http://t.co/DBLIH41CjX
- Unique 'legal blockade' threatens to scupper UK fracking expansion http://t.co/SzGLEKxjBb
- Legal payouts 'threaten blue-chip balance sheets’ http://t.co/SRgd3q9c7e
- UK Condemns Nigeria and Uganda for Anti-Gay Law http://t.co/3Vk1ecCadN
- Libel law reform will protect us all http://t.co/eEaN9c3LBU
- UK law: Renewed bid to make it difficult for those wrongfully convicted to claim compensation http://t.co/yrrDujPw9u
- TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHC3kLR
- Porsche board members face 1.8bn euros lawsuit http://t.co/cWSJSBqtS2
- AUSTRALIA announces inquiry into asylum child detainees http://t.co/M6qIBHdUqB
- Sussex landowners mount 'legal blockade' against fracking http://t.co/Z98wP6So5c
- Lloyds Banking Group PPI bill rises by another £1.8bn http://t.co/zurdWtKfAw
- UZBEKISTAN: Arrest of human rights defender Ms Umida Akhmedova following peaceful demonstration http://t.co/MD0oba02mI
- CANADA: In Nova Scotia, disability-rights protesters press Ottawa for justice reform http://t.co/knjBYfuadg
- AUSTRALIA: Human rights inquiry into asylum children in detention http://t.co/7uODqX9UnI
- INDIA: Men's rights organisation set to float a political party http://t.co/I5o1C50meH
- AUSTRALIA: Human Rights Commission titles may be lost in upgrade of president's powers http://t.co/Mxr2q5scEe
- ITALY: Amanda Knox case judge lambasted by Raffaele Sollecito's lawyers for remarks http://t.co/fitsI2hW84
- New legislation which purports to clamp down on ‘reckless’ bankers smacks of sabre-rattling | Law Gazette http://t.co/v5iLN8gYtD
- Parliament is seeking to clarify when compensation should be paid upon reversal of a conviction | Law Gazette http://t.co/uqpq3bSSgA
- Firm merger activity heats up | Law Gazette http://t.co/8cozxsFqCD
- Society warning on LLP tax reform | Law Gazette http://t.co/87iBxBbzJw
- New JLD chair for Sophia Dirir, senior lawyer at charity Action for Children | Law Gazette http://t.co/UpWkRzWc99
- Pauline Thompson obituary ( former member of the Law Society’s mental health and disability committee) | Law Gazette http://t.co/pWVnLigoK5
- Treasury Solicitor’s Office (TSol) signs up to diversity | Law Gazette http://t.co/Afn8M7JDhM
- China’s rule of law called into question | Law Gazette http://t.co/mlUvQBfSGj
- McKenzie friends ‘valuable’ in court | Law Gazette http://t.co/SXtjghRWDS
- Women in leadership a ‘priority’ at City law firm | Law Gazette http://t.co/SL5jokrUrw
- Insurer XL downsizes in indemnity market | Law Gazette http://t.co/7S6mSfQiXu
- Don’t ‘tinker’ with legal regulation – Townsend | Law Gazette http://t.co/aHEzAKHvsv
- VHCC cases jeopardised by fee cuts | Law Gazette http://t.co/xZzM110AmN
- R&R Ice Cream’s GC Francesca Yardley: Show me the lolly - A Profile | The Lawyer http://t.co/8jQxdjE4KV
- Hot 100 management roundtable: Law suits | The Lawyer http://t.co/Lomhxs8oqw
- Italy: Via Dolorosa | The Lawyer http://t.co/zFZcd0ZS4i
- M&A fees: Work and pay in the new regime | The Lawyer http://t.co/KOTtLMMwEs
- All clear on M&A deals front | The Lawyer http://t.co/Aug3V4dup7
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Clyde & Co adds construction partner from RPC | The Lawyer http://t.co/srafQoQu5X
- UK Parliament considers allowing secret courts to issue orders to seize reporters' notebooks http://t.co/T6GFSfAHKB
- INDIA: President must take Supreme Court’s advice on Telangana: Chief Minister http://t.co/XZ1HJ6t697
- ITALY: Judge in Knox trial says he suffered over guilty verdict http://t.co/zKRLhDqy4R
- AUSTRALIA: Judge Tim Carmody's scathing remarks on handling bikie laws will only increase attacks on the judiciary http://t.co/LrxJO0sURb
- TRINIDAD: Judiciary condemns ‘fear factor’ comments in Bail debate http://t.co/6vdz5EWPUI
- KENYA: Loopholes in Judiciary leave many crying for justice http://t.co/c6SpRkKqLV
- MALTA: Threats of impeachment do not deter judges, magistrates http://t.co/z4lrYNucAo
- MALTA: Protesters target new abortion law http://t.co/kzLqOwLU2S
- SAUDI ARABIA: New Saudi counterterrorism law alarms activists http://t.co/kFjnU95xqg
- RUSSIA: Regulator Blocks 4 Sites Under Anti-Extremism Law http://t.co/Aj7k1lIZKu
- CANADA: Law that strips certain Canadian expats of voting rights to be debated in court http://t.co/3iSrHg066s
- Spratt Endicott Solicitors reaches out with new office http://t.co/6bStqywNc2
- GHANA: Chief Justice urges lawyers to adapt to change http://t.co/ahsnQpu9en
- INDIA: Justice Iyer slams judges for recusing from cases http://t.co/ooF9VmzFZj
- BANGLADESH: Civil society members have once again voiced concern over the existence of Zinda Park in Narayanganj http://t.co/Dh7eOV8L72
- IRELAND: Millionaire barristers are a myth http://t.co/sOZZGXxTmt
- JAMAICAN lawyer named IACHR rapporteur on women rights http://t.co/SbF8X31wrE
- Woody Allen Lawyer: Mia Farrow 'Engineered' Dylan Farrow Sex Abuse Accusations http://t.co/NoRIecZW7b
- Legal fees soar to £38.9m after busy half-year for public M&A | The Lawyer http://t.co/wdMdn9a2nD
- INDIA: ‘Illegal’ Russian businesses now give Goa cause to worry about its tourism http://t.co/U4gpUK4SWi
- US: Alaska legislation takes aim at warrantless spying by NSA, other federal agencies http://t.co/K03qgr3g3K
- US: Legislation, awareness efforts help to combat human trafficking http://t.co/ruNnTL7qJc
- NEW ZEALAND: Ex-lawyer won't give up on fight for woman http://t.co/EMrh0CbgD9
- PAKISTAN: Musharraf gets a big push towards his trial, AFIC embarrassed http://t.co/AEvRlRKerY
- AUSTRALIA: Posthumously grant to two South Australian Second World War Diggers medals http://t.co/C5bHbNpXpD
- BANGLADESH: ‘Qaisar Bahini’ chief indicted for 1971 war crimes - trial against the former minister begins on March 4 http://t.co/NSadkqvRCJ
- INDIA: Military tribunal resolved 681 cases in Rajasthan last year http://t.co/2M0tLG7LCh
- Further £15m has been found by the Scottish government to help those hit by the so-called "bedroom tax http://t.co/xLJPz2G6Ah
- Richard III reburial: Row unresolved one year on http://t.co/kFdZFsMWH7
- Public libraries get online access to research journals http://t.co/fCOU7TjyCn
- Lloyds bank group pledges to employ more women http://t.co/NmQHl16kZW
- 'Mortal Kombat' drug link probed after teenager dies in Glasgow http://t.co/wi1wyf7thv
- Gulf opens between profession and consumer groups over LSB lay chairs proposal | Legal Futures http://t.co/6Vn8XbK7Dc
- SRA imposes conditions on PwC and Direct Line's ABS licences | Legal Futures http://t.co/wiIFSny2Xc
- Michael Gove warned against ranks of 'yes men' http://t.co/uqmPpjrQjf
