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- Assisted dying is an act of kindness we all might need http://t.co/zvdakmpdA2
- Actor Tom Ellis wins damages over Sunday Mirror's Tamzin Outhwaite claim http://t.co/nulxeKqj9X
- Eleanor de Freitas’s death shows the CPS has a duty to make humane decisions http://t.co/ELhkz2HkPa
- Daughter ‘would still be alive’ if CPS had not pursued charge of false rape http://t.co/mt7rtBK7aW
- If America is going to reveal the truth about torture, Obama must end Gitmo’s cover-up court #US http://t.co/6KolEslFkI
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Mourant Ozannes and Ogier switch senior Jersey funds lawyers | The Lawyer http://t.co/uvcnWh46v8
- Blackstone silk rebuffed in bid to fight Singapore JR battle | The Lawyer http://t.co/KnLyhOKllc
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- LAW FIRM NEWS: Leigh Day force disclosure of breach of legal professional privilege by security services | The Lawyer http://t.co/bNQmozXc5c
- LAW FIRM NEWS: As senior partner vote closes at noon, Herbert Smith Freehills awaits a new leader | The Lawyer http://t.co/ZiNqkdZBlT
- The battle against terrorism mean that we should accept some interception of lawyer-client messages? | Law Gazette http://t.co/rJdMKMAUl9
- Huge raid to shut down 400-plus dark net sites http://t.co/C5ExBNfmem
- Max Clifford loses appeal to cut assaults sentence http://t.co/I4L9i0gdKZ
- Documents reveal GCHQ spies targeted lawyers | Law Gazette http://t.co/0HDxrLpb2n
- Craig Holt, founder of legal services brand QualitySolicitors, has left the business | Law Gazette http://t.co/tnkPo1bNnw
- Fixed fees needed for deafness claims, say insurers | Law Gazette http://t.co/OTAJUfVWTG
- TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHC3kLR
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- Simple living President of #URUGUAY Jose Mujica gets $1m offer for his VW Beetle http://t.co/boeDE0T7Z9
- Gay marriage bans upheld in four #US states http://t.co/xdcBu2REFi
- More than 300 companies secured secret deals from #LUXEMBOURG to slash their tax bills http://t.co/Q422amWWLk
- Republican win in #US Senate breathes life into patent legislation http://t.co/ustYA6QnKf
- Sinn Féin continues its Stand By Your Man policy… but will it sour public opinion? #IRELAND http://t.co/jXBNwt5kL2
- Poll: Should businesses keep their religious beliefs separate from their work? #IRELAND http://t.co/HwqplqkFDK
- Supreme Court hears arguments on evidence destruction, shotgun possession #US http://t.co/SJspyTsBin
- Illinois voters approve anti-discrimination voting amendment #US http://t.co/jevIisZzVw
- UN committees outline states' obligations to end harmful practices against women and girls http://t.co/67LsUusAqM
- World's End murder trial: DNA linked to Angus Sinclair was recovered from tights and a bra http://t.co/1OAz1Wvn9k
- Court will cast wide net for Boston bombing trial’s jury #US http://t.co/i1ELBAZGdI
- Judiciary assures rejecting interferences in case of Journalist Bidaiwi’s murderer #IRAQ http://t.co/oYCiBlDbSh
- Shrien Dewani #SOUTHAFRICA trial: CCTV video footage shows accused meeting convicted driver morning after killing http://t.co/yTD5QqehwA
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- 3 arrested for selling Zunar’s book on Anwar at trial #MALAYSIA http://t.co/MFqIfbnfJq
- Jamaat VS Judiciary? Islamist collaborators takes on the International War Crimes Tribunal #BANGLADESH http://t.co/YcEjoNu4zq
- Three Quick Thoughts on the Election’s Implications for the Judiciary #US http://t.co/ia2D9d7NXp
- Full scale of Plymouth's illegal tobacco trade revealed after £12,000 seizures http://t.co/qkp6vEvqEP http://t.co/OQ1RlOyMLg
- Amazon timber from illegal loggers is heading to Rotterdam #NETHERLANDS http://t.co/8BZdrTlyum
- Online conveyancing platform announces stamp duty integration http://t.co/pIwzZUoGI1
- NC voters approved constitutional amendment giving criminal defendants option to waive right to trial by jury #US http://t.co/fhclj8mnYK
- N Ireland Justice Minister David Ford has crowned three ‘Justice Champions’ for services to their community http://t.co/pAsLw2xBiH
- Speech by The Hon. Mr Justice Green: Advocacy in Peril? http://t.co/Ui0SnOZQWs
- Stormont's Justice Committee agree to hold an inquiry into public confidence in the criminal justice system http://t.co/yWmpmaZErR
- Thalidomide drug scandal survivor battles for justice with East Kilbride MP http://t.co/n2eyOE7LLV
- Families of murdered Bowraville children given renewed hopes of justice #AUSTRALIA http://t.co/sXODZLngbz
- The Supreme Court has more fun than ought to be legal arguing about shrimpy grouper #US http://t.co/36kCGebJg6
- The Land Of Many Lawyers And Very Slow Justice #BRAZIL http://t.co/YzkJrSky3c
- BPE Solicitors, which has Cheltenham and Stroud offices, promotes Scott Rowe to partner http://t.co/py2xWukum5
- Second solicitor from Birmingham based AKZ Solicitors struck off http://t.co/JVxH6z927a
- Mississauga real estate lawyer Rita Grewal vanishes into thin air – allegedly with $3.5 million #CANADA http://t.co/T9Dl4PF0j8
- Scholarship beckons women to ACT bar #AUSTRALIA http://t.co/rzcdWVwBeD
- Ian Bailey: Court hears police made death threat after murder arrest #IRELAND http://t.co/Q0zBhqKhEE
- Barrister hire: Patrick O’Kane at Cordery | Law Gazette http://t.co/1ocn48Lg3h
- UK Parliament clarifies that gendercide abortions are illegal http://t.co/1QtFn4EvM1
- HMRC should settle all outstanding avoidance scheme disputes to bolster UK tax credibility, says expert http://t.co/ID58tQJcZM
- Guy Fawkes night’s oddest traditions are due to a 1606 law http://t.co/jucmMpgtnm
- Grimsby based Wilkin Chapman Grange won national recognition for commitment to staff training and development http://t.co/6kAnZSXnut
- Prime Minister considering lifting martial law in some areas within #THAILAND http://t.co/QgPrDMtUv2
- Senior Legal Figures Urge UK to Support European Arrest Warrant System http://t.co/OOMwH2K6i4
- alt.legal: All Your Profits Are Belong To Us http://t.co/66jxgZC7xZ
- Five North East law firms have ranked highly in the recent Chambers UK 2015 report http://t.co/TzAiZyDHPZ
- Tasmania drops mandatory prison sentences from anti-protest legislation #AUSTRALIA http://t.co/wGaWWghZXq
- If you've ever thought about speaking out against immigration, beware — you could become a lord http://t.co/0FnhfWdKGX
- GCHQ can delete extremist content online all it wants, but it won't help defeat Isis http://t.co/xCvFa74sgf
- Be it decriminalisation or the 'Nordic Model' — something needs to be done about prostitution http://t.co/OyaZ2hgoHK
- Million Mask March protesters attack woman 'for having the wrong accent' http://t.co/iQSGdpyyO6
- British police to arrest dealers after FBI sting on internet drugs baron http://t.co/1PgsyEo6Or
- Liam Lyburd arrest: Teenager accused of planning gun and bomb attack on college http://t.co/lAqCBf8ypM
- Control your gamekeepers or face prosecution, judge warns aristocrats http://t.co/KobJXTmlTz
- Internet is becoming a 'dark and ungoverned space', says Met chief http://t.co/BJ3aaqUy8c
- Son of UK man killed by foreign doctor Daniel Ubani ordered to pay thousands of pounds for insulting him #GERMANY http://t.co/7lh7Qe00xB
- Former BBC director sues Marks & Spencer after wrongful arrest for meat theft http://t.co/odXPBNJKQn
- Nordic PMs warn David Cameron over EU immigration change http://t.co/wzVC3sHMiF
- Drink-driving: Most drivers would be 'ashamed' to be caught http://t.co/ypD6gf9tN5
- Home Depot hackers stole 53 million email addresses #US http://t.co/QeLIURozwM
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- Compensation Fund could pay the price after High Court buy-to-let ruling | Legal Futures http://t.co/WqEbvtSmA5
- 'Irish alcoholism nature' reason for job rejection for #Irish teacher in #SOUTHKOREA http://t.co/L8gBKUa2p7
- Gwent Police mistakenly spray 'hot chilli' at four-year-olds http://t.co/YwO2Z0O8KM
- A report on the Bangladeshi migrants eking out a living in Rome, hiding from authorities #ITALY http://t.co/zOHxmI60F1
- Officials & businessmen from #CHINA used a state trip by President Xi Jinping to smuggle ivory out of #TANZANIA http://t.co/TD6cUQL4nu
- Supreme Court of #LIBYA rules elected parliament illegal http://t.co/WeOlwxEXHe
- Clarification of the statutory scheme regulations for the price of branded medicines supplied to the NHS http://t.co/RT21bYr9Hs
- Staffordshire company Ibstock Bricks (1996) Limited ordered to pay £33,621 for polluting local brook http://t.co/j72XNPI3Um
- 7 foreign flagged ships under detention in the UK during September 2014 http://t.co/V0zG9Fzy5W
- Department for Education and WWE urge pupils to banish bullying http://t.co/Bb5AAEBQi1
- UK and Australia unite to tackle serious crime: Ministers sign agreement to share crime scene DNA http://t.co/rWhtXKWRaO
- Flanders' Fields Memorial Garden opens http://t.co/Jog2Fen4TE
- East Germany's trade in human beings http://t.co/dXXXIOPyxm
- Inquiry paints damning portrait of the Marikana massacre #SOUTHAFRICA http://t.co/YbsJBFDEhs
- UK should consider taking EU to court over £1.7bn bill, say senior Labour MPs http://t.co/XFPghUMQPl
- Call for prosecutors to answer for trial of alleged rape victim who killed herself http://t.co/Y2tFGamx3N
- Our addiction to criminalising human behaviour makes a mockery of private responsibility http://t.co/zlposvQsnd
- Missouri officials refuse to issue same-sex marriage licenses despite ruling #US http://t.co/IBwJKPJF0D
- PwC tax advice under spotlight after Luxembourg leaks | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/uZOQ2XLDPX
- Akin Gump donates US$1.67m to US political parties | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/e3EsXJetir
- Emissions challenges likely to be ineffective | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/oBcfpjWacQ
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- 'Cannibal' killer found chewing woman's face in hotel room before he was tasered by police, in Blackwood, South Wales http://t.co/fqMNmS8wAM
- Microsoft GC seeks talks over privacy invasions | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/jmyzKmqzme
- Goldman Sachs bucks trend on legal costs | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/3SUPZWUItj
- Wilkie Farr opens 9th office in Houston | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/2n4F7paTPh
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