Today's Saturday Law Interview features the Plaid Cymru, Party of Wales leader Leanne Wood, who is a former probation officer as well as Social Policy lecturer. The questions range from the viability of a devolved criminal justice system as well as the current laws on domestic violence.
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| Saturday Conversations |
- Former director of public prosecutions Sir Keir Starmer selected to contest safe Labour seat http://t.co/3oaOjCO8A8
- New York protest against police killings follows Washington march #US http://t.co/2mPAMXbFax
- Torture victims will bear psychological scars long after CIA report scandal fades #US http://t.co/7eXN3jZEAb
- Scene at botched Oklahoma execution of Clayton Lockett was 'a bloody mess' #US http://t.co/vR9kalDz7M
- Civil rights marchers in Washington DC set to protest against police killings #US http://t.co/2CN8lucTY4
- Domestic violence victims’ access to legal aid ‘unlawfully restricted’ http://t.co/PC1JIFVZYw
- Dominic Grieve backs calls for a resumption of the Gibson inquiry http://t.co/47yGCLlZ4e
- British MPs demand inquiry into UK’s role in CIA abductions http://t.co/VIGV6h1Mec
- Tweets for IS, 'works in Bangalore' but for Shami Witness, family comes first #INDIA http://t.co/x7wKowE2tC
- #INDIA arrests man over pro-Islamic State tweets http://t.co/l4akCIYkj2
- Post Office settles disability discrimination case http://t.co/LztHUKs2no
- Sudanese migrant crushed on M25 after hiding under lorry http://t.co/aaHpBj7z2f
- TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHCU8a3
- Lawsuits for medical innovation? | New Law Journal https://t.co/iMar6EutZ5
- Law Commissions plan electoral reform | New Law Journal https://t.co/yJfnq326op
- Lawyer welcomes rejection of PII “bombshell” | New Law Journal: https://t.co/TU2pOxwN8H
- Independent Living Fund closure challenge fails | New Law Journal: https://t.co/9IShcOs9dM
- Wheelchair users on buses only have a right to “reasonable adjustments” | New Law Journal: https://t.co/pvFokaHWwt
- Third NLJ/LSLA Litigation Trends Survey tracks ongoing impact of reforms | New Law Journal: https://t.co/qgauU9rkn8
- Incoming Bar Council chair sets out his goals | New Law Journal: https://t.co/UNLeO1un90
- Home Office joins families to remember missing people https://t.co/uq9NBYkehy
- Cyber Security Strategy third anniversary https://t.co/a3uCQpa4gh
- 'UK is proud that 155 States have now endorsed the Declaration of Commitment to End Sexual Violence in Conflict' https://t.co/TS6bxuOyY1
- MP to propose judiciary reform #MYANMAR https://t.co/gLvP6Ilgsc
- Training in social media is urged for judiciary, by District Judge Barney McElholm https://t.co/P3ZaNQkc5K
- Next Judiciary chairman eyes treatment of minors #US https://t.co/gr0lsbpXRS
- Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, Alberta #CANADA https://t.co/5XqOdujKaX
- Legislation to fix penalty point flaws #IRELAND https://t.co/pPo7WPCwqU
- 'I can't believe it's not a filter' website-blocking legislation to hit parliament in 2015 #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/zt8zoqEXJR
- Legislation Seeks Interim Steps to Stop Asian Carp #US https://t.co/48ii9TuO2H
- Professor Piotr Hofmański is the first International Criminal Court judge from #POLAND https://t.co/dd3hdnd0c0
- How Special Prosecutors Can Help Bring Police to Justice #US https://t.co/39xnB7ezNK
- Demands for Justice Are Failing Black Women and Girls #US http://t.co/n4uIpaMyED
- Civilian justice trumps military impunity in #MYANMAR https://t.co/xSttEtlv5c
- Jay Z, Russell Simmons Meet With New York Governor Over Criminal Justice Reforms #US http://t.co/BXyBhlZ6v8
- Bromsgrove solicitor Alison Webber warns divorced parents to settle on Christmas visits https://t.co/o6tJHGWFcF
- Battens Solicitors has appointed a new solicitor, Georgina Bacon to its’ family team https://t.co/Fy7qIwj51N
- Ex-Montana Solicitor General Taking Post In Nevada #US https://t.co/vUSksJPfYW
- An independent barrister has found David Ross's $220,000 legal bill "reasonable" #NEWZEALAND https://t.co/SA96JmeSIn
- Barrister who battled Boris caught up in Tory controversy in Sussex http://t.co/Uw7v2c68OB
- Top barrister to investigate impact of A&E closures on Brent residents http://t.co/ge7oe1tYya
- Lord Chancellor has special responsibility to uphold the rule of law and to protect constitutional principles https://t.co/KxnuNdBoln
- Met accused of illegally accessing 20m News UK email records as it fights legal bid to return them http://t.co/vQC28ghLOC
- Philip Hammond ‘confused’ about extent of UK surveillance powers http://t.co/XD6dPicgXn
- New food law will change allergy-sufferer Lorna's life http://t.co/tn0a1gV1Tz
- The UK's new porn laws might be annulled because of this MP http://t.co/fgvqBm02M8
- Students workers taken advantage of by 'trial periods' #IRELAND https://t.co/0IvGZ25mtv
- Family of Briton held in Guantanamo Bay beg for him to stand trial http://t.co/pJO2ynQHIZ
- Queensland police officers to stand trial for alleged rape of woman while on duty #AUSTRALIA http://t.co/KWZ3O78a9A
- Interpretive Communities in International Law | Michael Waibel, University of Cambridge https://t.co/bqC5QQnN0G
- Public Interest Conception of Public Law: Procedural Origins & Substantive Implications | Jason N E Varuhas https://t.co/280LkmEeOw
- Use of Court-Appointed Experts by the International Court of Justice | Daniel Peat, University of Cambridge https://t.co/vlMU1h3JgN
- Jurisdiction and Applicable Law in the WTO | Lorand Bartels, University of Cambridge https://t.co/VFfi6ZqTij
- Private Law at the Crossroads: Is There a Right Way Forward? | Nicholas McBride, University of Cambridge https://t.co/TnbghPShWc
- Curator’s Picks: Magna Carta’s Legal Legacy https://t.co/bN61r3OEgg
- Early legal advice: our challenge to the legal aid minister Shailesh Vara MP https://t.co/6bCNGGxgdy
- Should insider trading be legal? https://t.co/rXvxGx4Ej1
- Uber Avoids Ban in #FRANCE as Global Legal Battle Spreads https://t.co/cdxkPj6Ttw
- JFK killer Lee Harvey Oswalds' coffin embroiled in legal battle http://t.co/9RZRUpg0vt
- Lancaster Catholic Bishop threatens parishioner with legal action amid row over church closures https://t.co/E0v1FshUmo
- Police warn shops over sales of legal highs https://t.co/Qr33VVU73W
- Raw milk: What is it? Is it safe? Is it legal? #AUSTRALIA http://t.co/PTUTBd8Ydd
- Man is jailed after PUNCHING an £8 million Monet painting http://t.co/8hVe8zxlTi
- Susan Patton says inebriated rape cases should be viewed as a 'learning experience' http://t.co/VUtV86ZIja
- A hidden problem: As Christmas approaches, we must not forget the homeless http://t.co/5QbbFgib7i
- #HongKong protest camps flowered out of a living tradition of democracy http://t.co/eRFzdJxoVE
- Brown lives also don't matter in Palestine #ISRAEL http://t.co/y8CqdpF8Yu
- This leaflet on gay people is the most vile Christmas message you will see this year http://t.co/ABe7H3icLI
- Galloway left 'scared to go out alone' after attack http://t.co/gsZq3bE7f2
- 80-year-old man guilty of plotting acid attack on teenage girlfriend who broke up with him http://t.co/iF8FFcjdMb
- ‘Named and shamed’ barrister hits back at “misleading” LeO | Legal Futures http://t.co/bYDMIwz1DE
- Assure Law buys HighStreetLawyer in bid to build 200-firm network | Legal Futures http://t.co/2w7Xt1wvEV
- Detained foreign suspects' police records go unchecked http://t.co/Rlfte3AsHz
- Man dead and one arrested in Holyhead pub roof alert http://t.co/GckrXP5Koa
- 'Far from rare' for affluent middle-aged men to lead deadly double lives, experts warn http://t.co/MX09NfNVkg
- 'Spy' cars blamed as motorists stung for extra £90m http://t.co/26tQiV2Iuo
- Football fan hides fireworks in underwear before Bristol Airport flight http://t.co/AfYWjiJdxB
- Jules Stenson admits phone hacking at News of the World http://t.co/Ocnv7dYCWn
- Remove Muslim veil when giving evidence in court, says top woman judge http://t.co/zLSSX4dGSR
- Soldier wins £1.5m damages after snoring operation http://t.co/DYylcbuet3
- Sir Chris Hohn ordered to hand over £337m in one of England's biggest divorce cases http://t.co/i8UfuX2UzM
- New Scotland Yard building may be 'too small' http://t.co/vrwEFj5T9B
- Cleaner jailed for stealing £23,000 ring from cancer sufferer http://t.co/8cimYiDXtL
- German human rights lawyer Wolfgang Kaleck calls on #Europeans to prosecute US architects of #torture http://t.co/c3V83rteQE
- #CIA torture: Homeland and 24 make great TV, but they’re no way to govern http://t.co/v36MbRjZKw
- #CIA officials stand their ground and strike back over torture report http://t.co/9ouhdCW8sc
- Britain convulsed by its dirty secret in wake of CIA torture report http://t.co/hdCn6M5T6o
- In praise of Senator Dianne Feinstein who fought to reveal what was done in the name of #US democracy post-9/11 http://t.co/f0GYp5CnI1
- Questions for Jack Straw over CIA torture report – and his response http://t.co/55ynpDZD3A
- Freezing cells and sleep deprivation: the brutal conditions migrants still face after capture #US http://t.co/foQKCZ8MzB
- Harvard law professor's legal threat to Chinese takeaway which slightly overcharged him goes viral: http://t.co/IFhpQ7Lp0j
- Barristers extol delights of down-market shopping for Christmas booze: http://t.co/MBGZTy5A84
- Gavels, gavels and more gavels -- and a dodgy wig: http://t.co/KOcfH6GpSl
- 17 City firms offering hungry vac schemers and law student liggers the best and worst of nosh: http://t.co/zGaxfqwzbm
- Hogan Lovells continues push on Asia corporate recruitment | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/scQM0lQ02l
- Law firm concerns over commodity benchmarks | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/MYtXuvSxAG
- Key skill sets now required to conduct an e-Disclosure exercise as courts clamp down on costs | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/ItnIAItDCF
- DMH Stallard announces latest merger | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/NPDuOAyUkD
- Law firms drop out of pro bono | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/GRBO6Gokcp
- Cooley readies London launch with Edwards Wildman partners | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/PPOGJE6ybT
- Legal head tipped by Ecclestone as F1 successor | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/YeHLIR2Mcr
- Top firm said to be paying US$9m pa to lateral hire | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/i2dqU7ICTo
