This increase in market share comes as no surprise to Simplylawjobs, as the site has recently noticed a significance shift in the market place. It’s no longer only legal recruiters who are advertising on their site, but nowadays law firms are turning to them directly to fill their legal vacancies.

Howard Whitehead, Legal Account Manager for SimplyLawJobs stated ‘Law Firms are becoming more internet savvy and realising that it is where the "new age" candidates are looking for employment’.

Such short term success has caught the attention of reputable National and International firms like Sky, Tesco, RBOS, Santander and PriceWaterhouse Cooper who are currently advertising on the site.

As well as being a reputable platform for advertising law vacancies, the site expressed how employers have turned to them due to the increasing costs in recruitment agency fees.

With the UK’s economy in recovery, could it be that more and more legal recruiters are looking to fill positions online than ever before. This is something Simply Law Jobs can prove.

Kenneth Clarke, the Justice Secretary, has proposed civil legal aid should only be routinely available to those who face losing their life, liberty or home under the biggest shake-up of the system in its 50-year history.

Created by Sound Off For Justice to help raise awareness, propose alternative reforms and give Londoners a chance to have their say, the taxis will tour the capital for five days from Monday.

Each cab will be equipped with both an internet capable Apple 3G iPad and iPhone 4, so supporters can sign the campaign’s online petition or join its voicemail protest.

These voice messages will then be sent to Mr Clarke, asking him to rethink cuts that could leave millions of Britons without access to justice and a voice in court.

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Exeter City Football Club is to take legal advice after the state of its pitch forced the postponement of the League One match against Swindon Town, reports the BBC.

Tuesday night's game was cancelled after officials decided the goalmouth at the away end was waterlogged.

In a statement the club apologised to fans for the condition and performance of the pitch at St James Park.

It added the Board would now be seeking both technical and legal advice before making any further comment.

"Everyone at the club worked extremely hard during the build-up to this game and we all share the fans' frustration at the postponement," the club said.

The pitch was moved last summer to enable future development of the away end stand.

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A boss who took an employee he caught stealing to the police station with a sign saying "Thief" around his neck has paid £13,000 after the criminal sued for "humiliation". This report from the Telegraph.

Simon Cremer, 47, took Mark Gilbert, 40, to the police station after discovering he had written out a company cheque to himself and taken it to Cash Converters in October 2008.

Gilbert was paraded through the streets of Witham in Essex with a cardboard sign which read: "Thief. I stole £845 am on my way to the police station."

He admitted the crime to police and was let off with a caution but Mr Cremer was charged with false imprisonment before the case against him collapsed in December 2008.

Now Mr Cremer, who runs a flooring firm, has paid £5,000 in compensation and £8,000 in court costs to the worker who stole from him.

He said: "I think it's absolutely disgusting that he was even able to sue me after he had stolen from me to be honest. I don't want to give him a penny after what he did, so it really sticks in my throat.

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The British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS) had challenged the law, arguing women should choose where they complete their treatment.

Women currently have to make two visits and are given pills each time.

The Department of Health opposed the change, which would have covered England, Scotland and Wales

Early medical abortions involve taking two sets of pills. These are taken 24 to 48 hours apart in order to induce a miscarriage.

Some had claimed changing the law would send out a message that you can use abortion as contraception. Concern was also expressed that young girls having early medical abortions could end up feeling isolated and frightened.

But BPAS chief executive Ann Furedi said the charity would continue to press for a change in the law.

She said: "It cannot be morally right to compel a woman to physically take tablets in a clinic and to subject her to the anxiety that symptoms will start on the journey back when her doctor knows it is safe and indeed preferable for her to take these at home."

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The ex-MP for Livingston, 57, was found guilty on two counts, but cleared of a third count, relating to £360.

Devine nodded as the verdicts were delivered. Sentencing is in four weeks. The maximum jail term is seven years.

He was the first MP to stand trial in the wake of the revelations about Parliamentary expenses claims.

The jury took two hours and 45 minutes to agree their verdicts on the three counts.

Peter Wright QC, prosecuting, said the case against Devine was "very straightforward", saying Devine made the fraudulent claims "with a view to gain for himself, or with an intent to cause loss to another - the public purse".

He said the Green Book guide for MPs made clear that when claiming expenses MPs should be guided by the principles of "selflessness, integrity, objectivity, accountability, openness, honesty and leadership".

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Apple is being warned against trying to squeeze cash out of the newspaper industry by controlling subscriptions for iPads and iPhones, reports the BBC.

The European Newspaper Publishers' Association (ENPA) says it is concerned by the company's plans to direct online sales through iTunes.

If that happens, the ENPA warns, a large cut of their profits would go to Apple.

However, the technology giant insists it wants to give customers choice.

Several European Newspapers claim that Apple has banned them from offering free electronic editions to their print customers.

The move sparked industry speculation that a further clampdown was imminent.

Publishers' main concern is that users will not be allowed to subscribe via newspapers' own websites.

In a statement, the ENPA said: "consumers may only have access to the newspaper of their choice via the iTunes store, where the transaction would be subject to commission."

Apple currently receives a 30% share of revenue from apps and eBooks sold this way.

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Young couples are being actively discouraged from marrying and ministers should start championing families rather than celebrity culture, a leading Cabinet minister will say today. This report from the Telegraph.

In what is the Coalition's clearest pro-marriage intervention since it was formed, Iain Duncan Smith will say that it is "absurd and damaging" for ministers not to extol the benefits of marriage for fear of stigmatising those who choose not to marry.

The Work and Pensions Secretary will argue that the current system of benefits is "crazy" because it stifles people's genuine aspirations to build and commit to a strong family. He believes marriage has become the preserve of the better off.

Mr Duncan Smith will say: "We do a disservice to society if we ignore the evidence which shows that stable families tend to be associated with better outcomes for children."

He will add: "There are few more powerful tools for promoting stability than the institution of marriage." Mr Duncan Smith, a former Conservative Party leader, has embarked on a radical overhaul of the benefits system and he warns that the Government needs to understand better the costs of family breakdown. In a speech as part of Marriage Week UK, he will say: "Over the years the political establishment has frowned if a mainstream politician mentions marriage.

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The government should cut its ties with the "expansionist" European Court of Human Rights, says a report by a right-leaning think tank. This story published by the BBC.

The Policy Exchange report says the recent row over prisoners' voting rights highlights the issue.

The report, written by a former government adviser, Dr Michael Pinto-Duschinsky, says the UK has become "subservient" to the Strasbourg court.

He says it also ignores the traditional British freedom of the press.

The report claims the 47 Strasbourg judges have "virtually no democratic legitimacy" and are poorly qualified compared to Britain's own senior judges.

Lord Hoffman, a former Law Lord, who wrote the foreword to the report, said Strasbourg has "taken upon itself an extraordinary power to micromanage the legal systems of the member states".

The report says the ECHR is a "virtually unaccountable supra-national bureaucracy".

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Britons are the most anxious about immigrants, an international survey of eight European and North American countries has suggested. This report from the BBC.

The Transatlantic Trends poll of about 1,000 people in each country found 23% of British people thought immigration was the country's biggest problem.

This compared to about 10% in the EU and the US.

The findings came even though five of the nations had a greater proportion of foreign people in their populations.

The survey, commissioned by the German Marshall Fund (GMF) in the US, involved the United States, Canada, the UK, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Spain.

According to the research 59% of Britons believed there were "too many" immigrants, easily the highest proportion in the survey.

In Germany and the Netherlands, both countries with a higher level of foreign-born residents, the figure was 27%.

British respondents were the most likely to say immigrants were a burden - about a quarter of UK respondents did not think even legal migrants should be allowed to access the NHS or state schools.

In other European countries the figure ranged between 1% and 5%.

The British were also the most likely to say that immigrants took jobs from native-born workers.

However, nearly three quarters thought the government should allow more foreign doctors and nurses into the UK and just over half wanted more foreign care workers for the elderly.

Seven out of 10 people in the UK said their government was doing a poor job in managing immigration - this was behind only the US (73%).

GMF president Craig Kennedy said the survey was a "wake-up" call for governments.

"The survey shows that North Americans and Europeans have strong opinions about immigration policy, what works, and what doesn't," he said.

"But the survey also shows that the more one is exposed to immigrants, the more one feels positively toward them."

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