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• Family courts pioneer shared parenting orders | Owen Bowcott

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 962
  A new law that would give parents shared responsibility for their children is unnecessary, says leading family lawyer Judges and lawyers are already anticipating the governments proposed reforms to the status of separated parents by pioneering shared residence orders, according to a leading family solicitor. The ...
  18 hours ago

• Free Federal Tax Filing | A Pear Of Sisters

  
  #1 One Celebrity — Authority: 141
  You know about Tax Filing ? If you look after video, just try this: www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxschYgqJ9A As you all probably have received your tax forms for the year…its time to get filing. And why not file for free. Turbo Tax is offering free federal tax filing. With TurboTax you’ll get your biggest tax ...
  6 days ago

• Advice agencies in crisis: We will just disappear. No one will notice | Fiona Bawdon

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 962
  While campaigners will fight for agencies like Citizens Advice Bureaux, who will fight for smaller organisations? Advice agencies – which provide a lifeline to people in debt, or facing problems with their benefits or housing – are under financial pressure as never before. Demand for services is increasing, at a ...
  6 days ago

• New Issues of FRLAN News, IJMHSC, IRL News, JPR, WAN

  
  Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog — Authority: 112
  Fahamu Refugee Legal Aid Newsletter , no. 23 (Feb. 2012) [ full-text ] - Note: With this issue, the newsletter has moved to an all-blog format. International Journal of Migration, Health and Social Care , vol. 7, no. 3 (2011) [contents] - Mix of articles. International Refugee Law News (Jan. 2012) [ full-text ] - ...
  6 days ago

• Legal aid bill: government considers further concessions

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 962
  Justice minister Jonathan Djanogly concedes he is uncertain about the precise costs and benefits of the reforms Further concessions may be made by the government on controversial areas of the legal aid bill, the minister steering the legislation through parliament signalled on Thursday. Addressing a legal conference ...
  1 week ago

• Operative parts of apex court’s 2G judgment

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 533
  New Delhi, Feb 2 (IANS) The operative parts of the Supreme Court’s decision Thursday in which it cancelled all 122 licences for 2G spectrum (airwaves) allocated to telecom companies in 2008 are:* But for the vigilance of some enlightened citizens and NGOs… the nation would never have known how scarce natural ...
  1 week ago

• Government to consider tightening up referral fee ban and regulating third-party funding

  
  InvestmentWatch: Emerging markets, Real Estate, Personal finance, Business management, Politics, Economics — Authority: 149
  McNally: clarified situation on solicitor-to-solicitor referrals The government is to consider tightening up the ban on referral fees in personal injury and also introducing statutory regulation of third-party litigation funding, it confirmed yesterday. While rejecting calls to exempt charities and trade unions from ...
  1 week ago

• SC cancels 122 ‘arbitrary’ 2G licences, government in trouble (Afternoon Lead)

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 533
  New Delhi, Feb 2 (IANS) In a fresh blow to the government, the Supreme Court Thursday cancelled all 122 licences for 2G spectrum allocated in 2008 and left the decision of a probe into the role of Home Minister P. Chidambaram, then finance minister, to the trial court.In a judgement with implications [...]
  1 week ago

• Anthony Weiner Used $13,000 in Campaign Cash to Hire Private Investigators During Scandal

  
  Politisite: Politics from the Right Side of the Web — Authority: 500
  Disgraced former Rep. Anthony Weiner used more than $13,000 in campaign funds to hire private investigators to probe the so-called “hacking” of his Twitter account — despite later taking responsibility for the leaked photos that led to his resignation from Congress. Weiner paid T&M Protective Services of ...
  1 week ago

• Bar Council Urges Government to Amend Civil Litigation Reforms – The Bar Council

  
  Current Awareness — Authority: 135
  “As Peers debate reforms to civil litigation funding within Part 2 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders (LASPO) Bill, the Bar Council, which represents barristers in England and Wales, has urged the Government to consider seriously its alternative proposals for reform.” Full story The Bar ...
  1 week ago

• Can attorney probate be useful?

  
  thepretentious.com — Authority: 114
  An attorney probate might be able to help to get to the bottom of the issue, as well as bring litigation towards somebody who continuously believes to be derelict within their monetary responsibility for the estate. Figuring this away could be a complicated legal path and should be trusted to an attorney who has the ...
  1 week ago

• Opponents win custody advice concession in ‘un-costed and unjust’ LASPO – Law Society’s Gazette

  
  Current Awareness — Authority: 135
  “The government has abandoned its controversial plan to pave the way for the means-testing of legal advice for suspects detained in police stations.” Full story Law Society’s Gazette, 26th January 2012 Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
  2 weeks ago

• Ask William Hague to help stop land grabs

  
  Oxfam News Blog — Authority: 460
  Foreign Secretary, William Hague. Credit: Foreign and Commonwealth Office/Flickr The Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill is still progressing through Parliament. This Bill threatens to make it harder for communities affected by corporate land grabs to seek justice in UK courts. So it’s time to ...
  2 weeks ago

• Pro Bono Legal Work and Your Legal Career

  
  Legal Authority - Legal Jobs, Attorney Jobs — Authority: 98
  T ry to list professions that inherently expect their members to give portions of their time to the underprivileged for free; it will probably be a short list. At the top of that list, however, would almost certainly be the legal profession. Pro Bono Publico : For the public good. “Pro bono” is practically ...
  3 weeks ago

• India-Pakistan prisoners – fishermen, POWs, and more

  
  Journeys to democracy — Authority: 494
  Indian fishermen released from Pakistani prisons, waiting to go back Below, my article on the India-Pakistan prisoners issue published in Aman ki Asha on Jan 11, 2012, followed by a correction from Sen. Iqbal Haider and further clarification from B.M. Kutty. Also please do read Shivam Vij’s thought-provoking ...
  3 weeks ago

• Legal aid cuts will put domestic violence victims at risk, report warns

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 962
  Research by womens groups says nearly half of victims will not be eligible for help under restrictions proposed in bill Many victims of domestic violence will be unable to obtain legal help in future to help them escape from abusive relationships, according to a report by womens groups. Research conducted by Rights ...
  3 weeks ago

• Debt Management Group

  
  Financial Fellow — Authority: 107
  Debt Management : Pensioner Debt.   by Hollie Wilcox In today’s financial climate no sector is immune from the possibility of falling into unplanned debt. Recent investigation has shown that the latest sector of society to be affected is the pensioner sector. The amount of debt held by pensioners is increasing, ...
  3 weeks ago

• Nick Clegg unites with Lords in battle to alter benefit cuts

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 962
  Deputy PM attempts to ameliorate consequences of change which critics claim will make many families homeless David Cameron has been lobbied by the deputy prime minister, Nick Clegg, on the need to rewrite the governments flagship benefit reform to help children suffering as a result. Clegg proposed a series of ...
  3 weeks ago

• Lawyer Salary: Average Salary of a Lawyer Since the Economic Downturn of 2008

  
  Legal Advice and Legal Aid — Authority: 116
  What do you know about the Average Lawyer Salary? Starting out as a graduate with a law degree can be challenging in today’s economy. Gone are the days of L.A. Law-type firms with $100K salaries, marble floor offices, and a guaranteed job that easily offsets your acquired student debt. As a matter of fact, a ...
  3 weeks ago

• The Legal Assistance and the Pro Bono System

  
  4myp - Custom Promotional Calendars — Authority: 140
  New Hampshire lawyers were kind enough to render free lawsuit services worth $1 million to the poor people of the state last year but in fact, these lawyers should be receiving $100 per hour. Only this group of lawyers is the one who willingly gave their services for free according to the New Hampshire Bar ...
  3 weeks ago

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