In its first year, Legal Feeds has brought legal news from across Canada to our readers. Seems lawyers like to read about what's going on with their collegues, from appointments to the bench to lawyers in trouble and more, here are the 10 most read stories of 2011 from the blog.

1. Tale of dead dog’s ashes not enough to save lawyer
 
2. Toronto criminal lawyer Marshall Sack dies

3. Top 10 tips for the well-dressed (male) lawyer

4. Judge lays into insurance lawyer
 
5. Six new judicial appointments
 
6. B.C. judge calls Justice lawyer’s conduct ‘reprehensible’
 
7. Feds announce seven judicial appointments

8. Young Women in Law hosts charity gala

9. Tax Court nixes lawyer’s attempt to write off internet poker losses

10. Crush of Chinese homebuyers create legal issues in B.C.

Lawyers and judges in the Pictou Justice Centre are seeing things in a whole new light. Nova Scotia’s newly renovated courthouse, about a two-hour drive from Halifax, features three painted glass windows from the town’s original court.

The windows were originally imported from England in the mid-1800s, but were badly damaged in a fire at the original Pictou County Courthouse a few years later. Thanks to the efforts of community members — including two lawyers, a court administrator, and a retired provincial court judge — they now once again look down over the dispensation of justice in Pictou.

“The detail in the windows has been described as the finest of its kind in Canada and it was important to preserve their history and beauty,” said retired provincial court judge Clyde MacDonald. MacDonald was one of the founding members of the Pictou Justice Complex Painted Windows Society.

The light from the restored windows — including one of the Roman Goddess of Justice — will shine over a modern courthouse that cost the provincial government $2 million to renovate and upgrade. Now all justice services in the area are contained under one roof, which features a secure interview room in cells, videoconferencing services, a room for vulnerable witnesses, a suite of secure rooms for legal counsel, and surveillance cameras and equipment with continuous views of inside and outside the courthouse. Not to mention a very special painted lady.

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Canada

Crown approves charges against Vancouver Stanley Cup rioters, The Globe and Mail

Four fatal B.C. shootings not related: police, The Globe and Mail

Toronto man facing drug charges after downtown police chase, Toronto Star

United States

BP not negligent in Alaska oil spill: judge, Reuters

Divided appeals court vacates murder conviction, Reuters

International

Thai court jails firebrand 'red shirt,' then releases on bail pending appeal, Reuters

Egypt's Mubarak back in court in landmark trial, Reuters