29th May - Law News

2709th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based news & legal articles archive focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's Video Focus: Could a beligerent approach to foreign policy make for a safer world? Many think Trump a buffoon and a threat to world peace. But with ISIS weakened, and signs of progress in North Korea, perhaps his supporters can point to some initial successes. Is the beat way of pursuing peace to prepare for war? Or has Trump in fact made the world more precarious than ever?

Focus of the Day Article:

New thinking on prison sentencing needed. A different approach is required, where punishment is not seen as an inevitable escalator of severity.

Full story - Guardian Law

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Jamie Carragher Twitter prank causes mobile meltdown https://t.co/5g58ziuLZG 
• Prisoners to get more work opportunities as government eases rules https://t.co/EhPUl0Q0Wu
• Landmarks in law: Sally Bercow and the first major 'Twibel' case https://t.co/Vl5J9Isbgb 
• Victims of domestic abuse need legal aid https://t.co/VwNkCzsISq
• Family courts failing victims of abuse and rape, say experts calling for inquiry https://t.co/DGaaulJ1gl
• Officials altered records in bisexual prison officer case, judge says https://t.co/pO8XPqeG9L 
• David Paintin obituary: campaigned for the reform of abortion law https://t.co/WJiEpf7L9g 
• Artificial intelligence and lawyers' ethics | Law Gazette https://t.co/GarzfKQmC4
• Solicitor transferred £300k in client funds under guise of probate work | Law Gazette https://t.co/vDbvbAWybt 
• Munby's concerns prompt fresh guidance on special guardians | Law Gazette https://t.co/YNLv8hhtl5
• Magic circle firm brings in five-figure maintenance grant for trainees | Law Gazette https://t.co/emLgKDrC6R 
• Second chance: Gauke widens prisoner release scheme | Law Gazette https://t.co/m5G0res9l6 
• Three months 'not long enough' for domestic abuse review | Law Gazette https://t.co/XZRNlSWPVA 
• Leave the work to counsel: Judge slashes solicitors' trial costs | Law Gazette https://t.co/0iAQqmjHOc
• Amnesty loses five bosses after report on 'toxic workplace' https://t.co/8xjcI2sP2f
• US: Utah judge suspended for six months over Trump comments https://t.co/a2G4ILt3D2
• Unpaid work for prisoners represents £250,000 worth of labour in Dundee https://t.co/PAeAXiZd3W
• More prisoners to be offered day release for work and training https://t.co/S3GksbIoSM
• Personal injury compensation north and south of the border https://t.co/xXQCNVVqp1
• Faraday Grid appoints Nathan Fagre as new general counsel https://t.co/ZMRBKVzo5T 
• Cybercrime prosecutions under one per cent despite rise in incidents https://t.co/hdASVs46fJ 
• Architect who stole £350,000 from charity faces £1.5m court action https://t.co/xHY4sh6Kxt 
• Home Office guidelines under fire as figures reveal 40 per cent of Dungavel inmates deemed ‘vulnerable’ https://t.co/ysbh2gJ2F0
• Man found guilty of theft by housebreaking who claimed ‘no case to answer’ fails in appeal against conviction https://t.co/HkVuUZwNcB
• #Australian jailed for UK backpacker's kidnap and rape ordeal https://t.co/pygz71i9N8 
• JLS star Oritse Williams not guilty of rape https://t.co/DFaM3wC21v 
• Muslim Council demands Tory Islamophobia inquiry https://t.co/ox8PTohGXE
• Survey: recruitment fears head mid-sized firms’ concerns | Legal Futures https://t.co/TQ9nDlLbqF
• Wills firm embraces four-day week for all staff | Legal Futures https://t.co/Ke911w2prW 
• Claimant PI market will “contract sharply” after whiplash reforms | Legal Futures https://t.co/T8mYbZfkAV 
• Probate solicitor took money from estates to keep firm afloat | Legal Futures https://t.co/2fD1DePXFW
• Match-fixing in football: #Spanish police make arrests in top two divisions https://t.co/oaNtyYoWuu 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/yaLVoRhqv1
• Son of singer Ruby Murray taking legal action to stop curry businessman cashing in on name https://t.co/b2fd5t2Vkh
• Anti-abortion group approved at University of Aberdeen amid legal action https://t.co/oaATibkpXB
• British people in #France set to join legal action against UK over postal votes https://t.co/pMa6bXhiJi
• #French court to begin trying Ian Bailey 'in absentia' for murder of Sophie Toscan du Plantier  https://t.co/h1Nm9x75oY 
• Penniless thief stole meat from Sainsbury's twice to survive https://t.co/IClL6qPGyQ
• 'People call solicitors before they call doctors': Motorists want lower whiplash court payouts #Ireland https://t.co/m93qAoNXVr
• In the era of #MeToo, can businesses still use Non-Disclosure Agreements? https://t.co/9UiIl07FAF
• 'Courtroom is terrifying for plaintiffs', legal process needs to be demystified #Ireland https://t.co/QX7H8JeW1B 
• Solicitor firm partner goes extra mile for West Mercia Women's Aid https://t.co/Bb7ui07xA2 
• HOMS Solicitors appoints Marguerite Seymour as associate solicitor in litigation https://t.co/Mk7EczwNaw
• Car theft payouts 'at seven-year high' https://t.co/AIEuUz9ozI
• Man dies on plane after ingesting 246 cocaine bags https://t.co/nqT8JyUDhX
• Non-emergency 101 calls to become free https://t.co/XYGPVouy94
• Fertility paradox in male beauty quest https://t.co/Tj2NGYPCil 
• Inside the Warwick University rape chat scandal https://t.co/Ii4PcSVPwu 
• Who are the Muslim community patrols protecting #US mosques? https://t.co/gptwOeAPBv 
• PIP breast implant scandal: Victims visited by bailiffs https://t.co/snvobibrqN
• Declaration of Human Rights at Sea https://t.co/FocjbtNPP6
• #China’s LGBT Community https://t.co/Zcg4e8Qls2
• How Convicts Ordered to Stay Offline Try to Slip Their Digital Leashes https://t.co/JXMSrZuZt
• ‘They Came to Kill.’ Almost 5 Die Daily at Hands of Rio Police #Brazil https://t.co/cDTAyfxAxR
• Fakebook’s Dirty Tricks over Nancy Pelosi video https://t.co/ZGelHCDK3O
• #Japan knife attack: Children stabbed in Kawasaki park https://t.co/658DiOnzkj 
• Car theft payouts 'at seven-year high' https://t.co/AIEuUz9ozI 
• More prisoners will be allowed to take outside jobs https://t.co/3HVFNMR2mX 
• #Myanmar's Thangyat: Jailed for a comedy show https://t.co/dEbQ2L7wEb 
• PI firms offered exit route with 'no need' for due diligence | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/HpKfuk2lXr 
• Police officer's son who killed two in Audi but was spared jail is pictured https://t.co/L7Vjf8fmP7