8th October - Law News

1382nd Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & legal articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap
 
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Saturday Conversations on Law

• Three Crowns' PEP skyrockets to £1.6m in first year of trading | The Lawyer http://t.co/cMqigFJEWP 
• Government legal team restructures to focus on NHS corporate issues | The Lawyer http://t.co/21jtrqK8zl 
• Radian to appoint six firm panel worth £5m | The Lawyer http://t.co/Zrl4egu39f 
• IBA 2015: go beyond your client duty, Annan tells lawyers | Law Gazette http://t.co/ze6psAc613
• IBA 2015: war crime? There’s an app for that | Law Gazette http://t.co/JjJcjOHVcB 
• Barrister fined for running unlicensed taxi firm | Law Gazette http://t.co/PsQZuZQ8ZP 
• Merger mania – but not for Ince & Co | Law Gazette http://t.co/MEsGf6hn96
• Part-time judge loses pension appeal | Law Gazette http://t.co/y8Ms4zHbMV 
• Appeal court reopens case against collapsed firm | Law Gazette http://t.co/Sqk4T168cz 
• Legal Aid Agency tweet leaves solicitor bewildered | Law Gazette http://t.co/cOxTUUt7ag 
• IBA 2015: The accountants strike back | Law Gazette http://t.co/id4BAcnXvX 
• Criminal court charges 'waste taxpayers' money' - Society | Law Gazette http://t.co/tGmjBZDa0u 
• Brilliant Law founder to launch comparison site | Law Gazette http://t.co/nxnRnPW94o 
• Society tells Gove: you must save 59 courts from closure | Law Gazette http://t.co/undtNp8vEk
• The Law Superstore comparison website to be launched by former Minster Law chief | Legal Futures http://t.co/UlRwkU6Pjq
• Moorhead: corporate lawyers' approach to professional ethics could be a "serious problem" | Legal Futures http://t.co/hAvUYvB2ls 
• Appeal judges overturn Blakemores negligence claim strike-out and £635,000 costs judgment | Legal Futures http://t.co/uwF8FqwtE9 
• Pure Legal to begin expansion after award of ABS licence | Legal Futures http://t.co/G8EfSq9xQz 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/2m9ui3EKvQ
• Former New Zealand cricketer Chris Cairns "manipulated the British legal system", a court in London heard http://t.co/CG7EnrrQ7c 
• Donald Trump's challenge to a planned offshore wind farm will go to the UK Supreme Court later http://t.co/Z87piNZX1m 
• Violence in #Israel and the
• Harvard's prestigious debate team loses to New York prison inmates http://t.co/545gcH7DHp
• Cameron's 'assault on poverty' pledge belied by new figures http://t.co/iwysMWNPAP
• International criminal court must investigate bombing of #Afghan hospital http://t.co/srijprJPCm 
• Supreme court justices clash over death penalty in Kansas murder cases #US http://t.co/YzY16gwp8G 
• Concerns raised over ECJ's safe harbour ruling | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/eG1Xm6yH9K 
• Annan tells lawyers to go beyond their duty to clients | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/xk22itHsI9 
• Magna Carta begins worldwide tour that will take it to US and China | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/2Nax5ZnKVI 
• Giant employment law firm enters Europe through German tie-in | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/y4g6eKXNfc 
• Dewey juror reports muscle pain after deliberating for over two weeks | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/pWi6R3xs7B
• Delhi district courts lose a sixth of working time to strike action | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/CVHXkXzq4I 
• Legal profession urged to do more to tackle its drug problem | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/umd5cnpZjD 
• Protesters disrupt Suffragette film premiere in Leicester Square http://t.co/mfGPDyD1W1 
• Google speeds up news article downloads on mobile devices http://t.co/MlkWHegFRp
• Fifa president Sepp Blatter provisionally suspended for only 90 days https://t.co/pMEcbEiNRG 
• Becky Watts murder trial: Stepbrother 'had sexual motive' https://t.co/g899GNLqsl 
• Retired bishop Peter Ball jailed for sex assaults https://t.co/PXDuVCRw3j 
• Walthamstow Central fight: Up to 200 teenagers present https://t.co/o4zJHgq9gU