Tweet lands arrest

Sascha — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 10:13:46 +0000

A Twitter comment has landed a man with a lifetime ban to Robin Hood Airport in Doncaster and to be arrested under the Terror Act. Paul Chambers who vented his frustration by tweeting “Robin Hood airport is closed. You’ve got a week and a bit to get your shit together, otherwise I’m blowing the airport sky high!!” It is thought that this was the first ever arrest for comments made on a Tweet.

Source: Independent

Law Firms Unite for Haiti

Sascha — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:27:32 +0000

Image: AP

Law firms around the world have offered financial and pro bono support to help survivors of the Haitian earthquake, while the Law Society has launched an appeal to gather donations.

Chancery Lane has set up an online appeal which will aggregate money raised by the legal profession on behalf of the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) – the umbrella organisation for 13 humanitarian aid agencies.

The appeal has been running since 21 January and has so far received a four-figure sum in donations from solicitors.

The International Bar Association’s (IBA) management board has donated £10,000 from the IBA’s funds to the DEC, and it has launched an appeal to raise money to rebuild the country’s judicial infrastructure.

Reblogged from Law Gazette

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