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FOCUS OF THE DAY: Lawyer groups slow to applaud new justice secretary’s appointment. Former education secretary receives mixed reactions to his new role. Endorsements for Michael Gove MP have been slow in materialising as lawyers await more news of and about the new Lord Chancellor. Full story - Solicitors Journal
FOCUS OF THE DAY: Lawyer groups slow to applaud new justice secretary’s appointment. Former education secretary receives mixed reactions to his new role. Endorsements for Michael Gove MP have been slow in materialising as lawyers await more news of and about the new Lord Chancellor. Full story - Solicitors Journal
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- Prince Charles's 'black spider memos' show lobbying at highest political level http://t.co/4RMqaUt3kE
- Google must be more open on 'right to be forgotten', academics warn in letter http://t.co/BBZFpEgdAI
- Dear Google: open letter from 80 academics on 'right to be forgotten' http://t.co/spO9kconRW
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- This pursuit of the hungry shows the monstrous side of modern Britain http://t.co/BCwSXoiRj7
- How do you make millions by doing good? Become a whistleblower http://t.co/hGBUygtP5L
- Nigel Farage advisers quit as Ukip descends into civil war http://t.co/eftRhV5Cfw
- Wake up to the risks of losing human rights http://t.co/ulg3D7RZR0
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- Judges unveiled for Excellence Awards | Law Gazette http://t.co/schXlJU0c8
- Freedom of Information Act to face greater scrutiny | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/EYyOQ1v9yF
- High Court judge tells warring couple to have ‘serious settlement discussion’ | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/K26CrNIPjJ
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- LAW FIRM NEWS: Coffin Mew opens Brighton office and pledges to double revenue by 2017 | The Lawyer http://t.co/uUmYVv3Rh0
- Publisher Springer Nature appoints new GC following Macmillan Science merger | The Lawyer http://t.co/gCb1FYQn2N
- European Lawyer moves: 14 May 2015 | The Lawyer http://t.co/SqxwahbQNR
- Review into Welsh legal sector to begin next week | The Lawyer http://t.co/f4P34yiANx
- African Development Bank backs new pan-continent business lawyers association | The Lawyer http://t.co/cUPjBJVbNf
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Cleary, Milbank and Paul Weiss win roles on $2bn Cushman & Wakefield merger with DTZ | The Lawyer http://t.co/MaK9gSqHPv
- Freshfields, CMS and Gide advise on SNCF acquisition of Eurostar | The Lawyer http://t.co/NRNufkQVj5
- National Grid set to cut its legal panel | The Lawyer http://t.co/l2MsO9PX4o
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- LAW FIRM NEWS: Olswang elects IP head Stevens as new CEO | The Lawyer http://t.co/AoVhFab0ov
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- Nomura CEO to lawyers: get out of your comfort zone | The Lawyer http://t.co/OgMJXYp68R
- Jackson’s escape route comes at a heavy cost | Law Gazette http://t.co/YlPSpr757L
- Jackson: costs management is here to stay | Law Gazette http://t.co/36IwG1Xg3Q
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- Morale at ombudsman under scrutiny amid staff upheaval | Law Gazette http://t.co/Ar3phK5Gi3
- Legal consumers not swayed by price or advertising – poll | Law Gazette http://t.co/wBL07z8afN
- Human trafficking bill to be debated by MSPs | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/S4HIPo0Bma
- SLN Spotlight: Elspeth Carson | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/zv5cup0t8d
- Lord Advocate invokes double jeopardy law over 1992 murder | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/Q5CK8X6qnI
- First Minister backs Lord Gill in rejecting calls for register of financial interests | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/PteZssLTKe
- Schoolboy hit by bus awarded £8000 damages after judge rules driver was ‘negligent’ | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/aMTSxv4CoW
- Shepherd and Wedderburn to play prominent role at water summit | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/j7CMMRn033
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- #China to increase video surveillance in security push http://t.co/6BnkowOj81
- #France's Sarkozy accused of pandering to racist sentiments http://t.co/H2MEeydbke
- #Vatican says has agreed first treaty with State of Palestine http://t.co/dtqDbK3F6T
- Apple, A123 close to settling battery hiring lawsuit #US http://t.co/6mY45YZA93
- Facebook may sue lawyers over fugitive's lawsuit: NY judge #US http://t.co/jQPmHS0Zrk
- Derailed Amtrak train lacked latest U.S. safety controls #US http://t.co/ox8UNpX67L
- Some Wisconsin protesters arrested amid demand for role in probes #US http://t.co/Akd0IxobvE
- International Anti-Suit Injunctions - Personal Amenability of Foreigners in #India | Bar & Bench: http://t.co/H71vUZvGZE
- PIL filed in SC for probe into “laptop scam” involving Delhi judges #INDIA http://t.co/kUxzFhF8fn
- Delhi High Court Bar Association continues strike with little respite for litigants #INDIA http://t.co/bczn65RVyf
- Karnan J. requests HC to bear his expenses for Sr. Advocate in Supreme Court #INDIA http://t.co/MNXSNki8Fr
- “We’ve done it in Delhi, there’s no reason why we won’t do it in Mumbai” Shardul Shroff and Pallavi Shroff #INDIA http://t.co/TDjQuPjJNF
- No reference to larger Bench to reconsider Second Judges case #INDIA http://t.co/TCMGXLoszo
- Union Cabinet assents to amending Child Labour laws; Employment to be allowed in “family enterprises” #INDIA http://t.co/yxjkZKlFx8
- Lawyers have a vital role to play in defending workers from injury and injustice http://t.co/cVyKyVLHLv
- Lawyers big losers under Abbott PPL proposal #AUSTRALIA http://t.co/3aAJEfqqbI
- ‘Over-lawyering’ rife in financial services #AUSTRALIA http://t.co/hpvUfJ1Jos
- Budget ignores legal aid shortage #AUSTRALIA http://t.co/F8zMIe6ECb
- Best lawyers at the business end #AUSTRALIA http://t.co/XLnR7iuhUO
- Clutz recognised for work with Indigenous communities #AUSTRALIA http://t.co/kWxowSvU67
- Globals dominate M&A finalists #AUSTRALIA http://t.co/iPPww2jAYg
- Impact of 'passive' Budget on lawyers revealed #AUSTRALIA http://t.co/8QQbMZipzw
- Priory doctor 'told patient men aren't programmed for monogamy' http://t.co/nnfSrneUJP
- Mother, 23, froze to death in primary school because she was too intoxicated to climb fence http://t.co/GjScErxq8X
- Teenager who fled to Syria escapes charges after changing his mind about becoming a jihadi http://t.co/lQka4NkNuW
- Russian beauty Queen seeking £5.5m flat in divorce settlement http://t.co/SnIJdGKTS5
- Britain is too tolerant of the intolerant? http://t.co/gMu4bfAt9n
- Right wing journalist: 'We must get rid of the dreadful Human Rights Act' http://t.co/ZU1V1kvRje
- All the 'black spider memos' expose is the passion and dignity of Prince Charles http://t.co/Vt1cTQTWRj
- Promising actor and son of QC found dead after taking 'lethal' cocktail of drugs http://t.co/xRCEgk20sY
- New terror laws must safeguard free speech http://t.co/NDxvnOdKQ7
- GC Hub aims to save in-house lawyers and law firms time and money | Legal Futures http://t.co/4lcVsVG2Vu
- Kingsbridge siege police 'injured with electrical power tools' http://t.co/nQqa1mP0kf
- Ronald Reagan shooting: John Hinckley back in court #US http://t.co/K5StXTbHEQ
- 'No electoral fraud' in Nigel Farage-contested Thanet South seat http://t.co/3tWWnI1Lf9
- Mediterranean migrant crisis: HMS Bulwark rescues hundreds http://t.co/0F6zVq9vI1
- Read the Prince Charles 'black spider' memos in full http://t.co/VrmehbmBRN
- #Greece drops option of legal action in British Museum Parthenon marbles row http://t.co/a2h1bFt1VO
- Retention of offenders' DNA profiles not illegal, supreme court rules http://t.co/QeCAF70S3X
- Torture still routine in #Chinese jails, Human Rights Watch report finds http://t.co/FKbxbUg3Qq
- Tim Carmody's appointment fractured Queensland's courts. Will he keep his promise to leave? #AUSTRALIA http://t.co/cctglA3vX5
- It wasn't just Lib Dems who opposed Theresa May's counter-extremism plans http://t.co/izWXIzEQRc
- ICC urges #ISRAEL to cooperate with probe into potential breaches in Palestine http://t.co/3ArZWdmCCX
- #French police watchdog investigates video of alleged abuse of Calais migrants http://t.co/hTheuIxUVS
- UK homeless no longer have to take 'almost impossible' accomodation test http://t.co/VmdfCKMAET
- The arguments against the Human Rights Act are coming. They will be false | Keir Starmer http://t.co/fXHYT3Gxpm
- Oskar Gröning trial: British Auschwitz survivor takes the stand http://t.co/RrI9KwOxAT
- #INDIA's child labour 'reforms' could make it a dangerous place to invest http://t.co/RbGCsgwjuA
- Thomas Cook should 'hang its head in shame' over deaths of children in Corfu http://t.co/0ORfljM2cD
- #US Department of Justice judgments on RBS and Barclays 'delayed' http://t.co/2vqOnzcpN8
- Law firms struggle with over-capacity and new competitors | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/j11LJ6v455
- EY beefs up financial regulatory practice | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/qfevzdx8VU
- Scottish law firms see figures improve | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/44EfwUsoBV
- Lowest paid lawyers score highest in happiness | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/WJv44J3Sif
- US Justice for black defendants undermined by lawyers | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/9gugV5No95
- JP Morgan aims to attract women lawyers through back-to-work scheme | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/uk0y5j5Yri
- In-house lawyers need 'influencing skills' | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/JyQmtM0p5G
- Private letters sent by Prince Charles to Labour ministers a decade ago published after a lengthy legal battle http://t.co/fMO1eNHEdr
