26th July - Law News

943rd Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap

• Dawn Purvis ‘harassed by anti-abortion activist’ http://t.co/lGMx8sCZXn 
• UK bans Nigerian barrister after 30 “vexatious” employment tribunal claims http://t.co/vSLzKtO5AB 
• Former Burton MP and criminal barrister Ivan Lawrence caught in no insurance shame http://t.co/7apUtLLq6n 
• The barrister, the courts, and the murky world of art fraud: Louise McBride vs Christie's http://t.co/WjGlRixdE9
• UK withdrawal from the Convention? A broader view http://t.co/Rhd3UhTR7M 
• UK set to implement emergency Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Bill http://t.co/9gkGZIoTqh 
• Law firm DWF, which has a Tyneside office, has boosted profits by 23% in 2013/14 http://t.co/kkYcuJ7mSQ 
• UK tribunal hears evidence of mass surveillance http://t.co/45c9YlrJY8 
• 10 ways to stay legal on the roads this harvest http://t.co/4U3qPaH9KD
• UK government sets out long-awaited energy efficiency standards for new property rentals http://t.co/fq1UJCpjc9 
• Supreme Court expresses 'grave concern' over £640,000 costs | Law Gazette http://t.co/PLyCD3CD3g 
• ITALY: Specialisation School for Legal Professions "Enrico Redenti" http://t.co/i2dUNz7Ylk 
• Carbon Capture and Storage: Legal and Regulatory Review - Edition 1 http://t.co/vQujH4OwWm 
• 5 trends changing the legal market http://t.co/v6cluJWn1v 
• Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications (ELSI) of Genomic Research http://t.co/G4noeDH76d 
• US: Taking pictures is legal, but also harassable http://t.co/Ue1zGh8BZ0 
• AUSTRALIA: 2 Melbourne councils spent $500,000 campaigning against state government’s marquee East West Link project http://t.co/Z5SLSODrb9 
• Legal case places abortion debate firmly in the spotlight http://t.co/Jgk4p4Y7eK 
• Aylesbury Legal eagle helped reunite parents with children after social services intervention http://t.co/1IkBjPh8fV
• Apple eBook settlement now in question, as judge raises concerns it could harm consumers http://t.co/2JEOsS5iUW 
• Us: Judge who had admittedly had an affair with the wife of a man in a child support case that was before his court http://t.co/byt96HtaZX 
• US: Judge argues for return of firing squad executions http://t.co/iNUa7bVhnf 
• SERBIA: “This law is completely new for us and will bring a lot of new cases to judicial system.” http://t.co/FBwKIUtmvE 
• TURKEY: Former military chief: I warned PM over Gülenist risk within police, judiciary http://t.co/BMjbPl9yIi 
• Judiciary of SOUTH SUDAN team on Kenya visit http://t.co/xWrIjvBDfm 
• JAMAICA Judiciary to get $260m in retro payment http://t.co/HWKzkxq9OG 
• On the application of Sandiford v Secretary of State for Foreign & Commonwealth Affairs: Supreme Court | Law Gazette http://t.co/3FfT4z5QW2 
• Britain reviewing extradition treaty with US with parliamentary committee asking public to rate Extradition Act 2003 http://t.co/Kp3YbtA5wI 
• Irish, Dutch, UK law firms in tax inversion beauty contest in US http://t.co/4x1g9tQ0CG 
• Text and Ride in INDIA, an innovative concept http://t.co/n9DxZ0Mtj5 
• In Scarred Chinese Tibetan City, Devotion to Sanctity of Life http://t.co/JUOPn3CPBw 
• Israel’s Outspoken Envoy Is Wise to US Ways http://t.co/9iRCdZDlZw 
• US: Ex-Chief of C.I.A. Shapes Response to Detention Report http://t.co/jvObFt4C1F
• MEXICO charges six over Michoacan children's home abuse http://t.co/u4G0WcJcVs 
• AUSTRALIA to move detained asylum group onshore http://t.co/bC2yoXCfFQ
• CHINA's Guangdong province removes over 850 'naked officials', seen as potentially corrupt, from their posts http://t.co/1KjZKzGE6n 
• EU sanctions weaken anti-terror efforts - Russia http://t.co/99hNEz2DXe 
• SPAIN: The fight for the Basque, a 50 years conflict http://t.co/c6TyfqL64T 
• The people smugglers: Is the tough application of CANADA’s immigration laws justified? http://t.co/I79Z4mpld4
• SERBIA: Recent scandal over plagiarised PhD theses of top politicians has exposed a collapsing education system http://t.co/0W5Ply9p2r 
• US evangelical groups are increasingly shaping UGANDA's development policies to suit their religious agenda http://t.co/it1A0bHNDk 
• FRANCE: Sarkozy's political party faces scandal http://t.co/wBtlBPOTZR 
• SRI LANKA migrants' voyage of desperation http://t.co/CNQ0n85CNl
• PERU: The Shipibo-Konibo of Cantagallo: Preserving indigenous culture in a slum http://t.co/W5COMMaxpy 
• Museum honours CUBA's revolutionaries http://t.co/MX8FyZgIUe
• Judge jails editor and rights lawyer for two years over articles critical of government and judiciary to deter others http://t.co/9EmOyXsLvA 
• Judge allegedly falls asleep during child rape trial http://t.co/H9sGGvKKfI 
• Fracking firm Tamboran obtains Belcoo quarry injunction http://t.co/F4zup17lF4
• Missing Arthur Jones: Friends widen search in Crete http://t.co/cpLZGVnp4i 
• Butler 'crushed to death by lift' at Burghley House http://t.co/ASZsHit4Lk 
• Global decline of wildlife linked to child slavery http://t.co/RXmPYZdYw3 
• UN 'may include' Isis on Syrian war crimes list http://t.co/7PA08ciFba 
• US shuts embassy in Libya due to militia clashes http://t.co/EVpqMLs9CP 
• Newly-found gut virus 'abundant in humans' http://t.co/dtMtk5hcN8 
• First PAKISTAN team of climbers scale K2 summit http://t.co/4fT3IwrspG 
• Judge being investigated after accused of falling asleep during child rape trial forcing it to be abandoned http://t.co/UlErjGtIRk
• First female Navy commander leaves ship amid affair claim http://t.co/AzYiDxtrRJ
• NIGERIA 'placed on red alert' over Ebola death http://t.co/CrSKcsBOt6 
• Privy Council exhibition | New Law Journal: http://t.co/TkLOTmO3yD 
• Solicitors have misconceptions about ATE (after the event) insurance | New Law Journal: http://t.co/68DFN0aWno 
• Relatives of missing loved ones will be able to obtain presumption of death certificates | New Law Journal: http://t.co/hyp3POjs2v 
• Not just LASPO: the rot set in the process of getting Justice | New Law Journal: http://t.co/qWSLQDbmnL 
• Course for women partners in law firms has been launched by the University of Cambridge | New Law Journal: http://t.co/OBehZQwd8G
• Welcoming the Insurance Bill | New Law Journal: http://t.co/If2AO6UEFX 
• Injury lawyers up in arms: Warning over motor insurance strike-out proposals | New Law Journal: http://t.co/vlY9Dy7RrY 
• £500,000 minimum PII is “misguided” | New Law Journal: http://t.co/6tfEZnhljK 
• Areas of potential law reform revealed | New Law Journal: http://t.co/eoCiuSqo45 
• More money for barristers | New Law Journal: http://t.co/RUGZhcAb1H
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHCltZZ
• English councils propose 'Tesco tax' http://t.co/hHEODzIA4C 
• SFO to pay property developer Vincent Tchenguiz £6m over botched inquiry http://t.co/pMJD8G4uBj 
• IRELAND: Address by the Minister for Justice and Equality Frances Fitzgerald, T.D. Courts Service Annual Report 2013 http://t.co/meoolcPq29 
• PAKISTAN: Karachi University (KU) finance director abducted, the varsity went to court against the law enforcers http://t.co/s9OxFxL0Cb 
• Justice at last for Oxford children who died in arson attack http://t.co/PLRtuDYcJk 
• CANADA: Justice Frank Iacobucci lays out 84 recommendations for police http://t.co/I8gsm8N9ut 
• CANADA: Stephen Harper urged to apologize for spat with Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin http://t.co/WYtesi9i4E
• African Leaders Summit in US: Opportunities to Focus on Democracy and Human Rights http://t.co/vxNIrB5Mm5
• Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Bill: European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) memorandum https://t.co/tscrrg3N0O 
• Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Bill: Human rights memorandum https://t.co/uNt2jiZmjd 
• JAPAN: Forced change of religion in Japan: UN Human Rights Committee denounces Tokyo’s policy of turning a deaf ear http://t.co/sp9ZtgWOTe
• Christian persecution in CHINA intensifies as pastor sentenced to 12 years in ‘miscarriage of justice’ http://t.co/jpRHta53OT 
• European Court of Human Rights Factsheets http://t.co/2qTwdSLw1J 
• LATVIA: Court judgement on ‘Gozi Virus’ cyber-crime suspect’s human rights complaint http://t.co/10YlapfbVe 
• CoE human rights commissioner concerned for HUNGARY NGOs over “stigmatizing rhetoric” http://t.co/JUrvHwF0Ir
• INDIA: Holistic human rights education essential to make schools safer http://t.co/NJ6o2bv9Ks 
• European Human Rights Court: No Right to Same-Sex Marriage http://t.co/1ruXwMtqzh 
• COLOMBIA: Judges Reject Human Rights Action Against Chiquita on Supreme Court Precedent http://t.co/qmdKRo6bzg 
• AUSTRALIA: Human Rights Commission study finds widespread discrimination against pregnant women http://t.co/wTtxKpCrC6 
• UN Human Rights Committee requests JAPAN to redress comfort women issue http://t.co/qnctuGUNQp 
• UKRAINE: Human Rights Watch Warns Kiev of War Crimes in Grad Rockets Use http://t.co/T1omHSd8zA 
• US: Stranger leaves creepy porcelain ‘daughter’ dolls outside California homes http://t.co/39nHbsR7nu 
• 'Agoraphobic' benefit cheat caught holidaying in Goa http://t.co/gkANX3mJMB 
• Dave Lee Travis hits out at CPS as second trial looms http://t.co/zAxgIVxYjR 
• Bengal tiger discovered locked up in abandoned house in MEXICO http://t.co/T42cQVjS8S 
• Mikaeel Kular: Fife social services under pressure to justify handling of case http://t.co/sNEPa6T5j5 
• Managing corporate information leaks | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/h2s1MIp8Eq
• What about litigation funding, Lord Woolf? | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/zJ6SZe0A2o 
• Does the Internet respect the concept of privacy? | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/1glvslxb7s
• Bryan Cave beefs up leadership | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/ZMv2njoCsR
• Former judge identified as victim in Texas law firm murder | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/DCUlQx1qmY 
• Partner remuneration systems described as stupid | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/7im0FzRfF4
• European law firms pitch to US businesses | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/ukjEv19SR3 
• CC cuts partnership democracy in management overhaul | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/BGUZEzlByF 
• Car insurance: Is it legal for my dad to insure my car and name me as a driver? http://t.co/577hWczAsh
• US: Pot may be legal, but homeowner agreements can ban http://t.co/A53EoLb334
• Legal threat after reports of youths terrorising neighbourhood http://t.co/b6shp6zKyM
• PAKISTAN: Judgement over petition set for ensuring that all appointments to public offices are made on merit http://t.co/PRIppEaZCU 
• Barristers Could Struggle to Make July 31st Tax Deadline As Profits Continue to Drop http://t.co/G2jyhXVBo1 
• Boxer Frank Payne from Grays has become one of the youngest people in the country to qualify as a barrister http://t.co/BxLz9iCUwf 
• Barrister John Iteshi's avalanche of vexatious race & sex claims sees him barred from ever taking legal action again http://t.co/D43M3PCB2k 
• IRISH barrister David Casserly is involved in Luis Suarez’s urgent appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport http://t.co/6WYGiJOYzd 
• AUSTRALIA: ICAC barrister’s tough tactics http://t.co/Kcb1MMflLJ
• Administrative Law Judge Makes Latest Move in Dispute with DOL Solicitor over Mine Act Provision http://t.co/Kc9Vahlm2k 
• Children with special needs in Wales will be worse off than those in England if a new law is passed http://t.co/LEWLzPT8lC 
• Open verdict in forgery-accused solicitor Gareth Evans's death http://t.co/F78QXkZNEA
• AUSTRALIA: Notorious solicitor Michael Ryan’s skirmishes continue after death: Call girl denied slice of fortune http://t.co/ukzenl6RBR 
• IRELAND: Solicitor says no deal for Rostas murder trial witness http://t.co/GFF8etCHbg
• Defending solicitor found herself needing legal representation following drunken fight with sister over a family will http://t.co/iOZO42EraW 
• Solicitor charged over false claim of corrupt Met police payments http://t.co/z8kLNMVFUj