23rd February - Law News

1155th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news& legal articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap

FOCUS OF THE DAY: Law firms must innovate to prosper - Innovation, “like breathing, is not optional if a firm wishes to prosper in a highly competitive legal services marketplace”. Full story - New Law Journal

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Ana Irene Delgado, former #Panama ambassador in UK and legal prodigy - A Profile | Law Gazette http://t.co/MxOH2dh6Qe 
• The henchmen who prop up Putin need to be hit where it hurts https://t.co/BxQTbSYo88 
• Britain to mull new laws on tax evasion https://t.co/KZ13ctfkO0 
• Women's rights groups urge MPs to vote against gender abortion amendment https://t.co/4so7cN1jdU 
• 3-parent babies against EU law and could ‘affect humanity’ – EU MEP’s https://t.co/VN1DhMKTq0 
• UK mulling new tax evasion law after HSBC scandal https://t.co/FZBsmZp3iS https://t.co/1Dp4hXeVRS 
• RBS facing legal action over financial contracts https://t.co/1Dp4hXeVRS 
• Quindell PLC: Legal Division Price Tag Could Exceed Market Cap http://t.co/lxCkjZTijN 
• Questions to be answered on legal entities provided for in Bill #IRELAND https://t.co/LHGlc5djUG 
• Happy Chip owners launch £10m legal battle against Newcastle City Council https://t.co/GJUmFb7k8E 
• Law students today have a plethora of new options to choose from #INDIA https://t.co/HfLwpg3V7Z 
• #DENMARK ready to impose capital controls to protect currency https://t.co/oA01X82MUq 
• MPs balk at banning practice of aborting babies for their gender https://t.co/EThY3NUENh 
• New law puts onus on universities to tackle extremism https://t.co/CoXuk4jHfY 
• David Cameron has said he opposes an amendment seeking to change the law on gender-based abortions https://t.co/yZmyKZb6z2
• UK admits unlawfully monitoring legally privileged communications https://t.co/TqSw9mTiBE 
• Leading criminal barrister to accuse successive administrations of treating the law with “contempt” https://t.co/sOcmWv8Okq 
• Séan Dunne’s wife seeks to block US legal action on assets #IRELAND https://t.co/xyQVG5a9Jl 
• Belfast judge's decision to award convicted child abuser £20k after personal details were revealed https://t.co/oDUvQd8o5v 
• The legal tax perk that boosts your pension by up to 45 per cent? https://t.co/uYy0w3YqD7 
• Sydney siege report: Tony Abbott says legal system let community down #AUSTRALIA http://t.co/4iX5Hm6rt8 
• Ruling bars state from treating free legal advice as a campaign contribution #US https://t.co/7bf2a99mEW 
• #IRELAND says second major tobacco firm threatens legal action https://t.co/2mQ61OoMZX 
• Legal highs 'getting stronger and more addictive' http://t.co/wPaBYhafX1 
• Law chief marks Magna Carta with fierce attack on Cameron https://t.co/zvR8aJNAkC 
• Data retention laws are deflecting discussion about real issues: barrister #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/ATy0g7AlGX 
• Barry George, wrongfully convicted of the murder of Jill Dando, in protest over compensation rules http://t.co/lqglXD2Sxn 
• Five UK Ebola nurses and doctors are under investigation by regulators, Public Health England says http://t.co/0TjZGmEDip 
• Conservatives suspend Sir Malcolm Rifkind after 'sting' http://t.co/imgkF4X4IC 
• Bring in blame-free divorces and rights for cohabitants, says law body http://t.co/ZCaAIParoe 
• HSBC should face UK criminal charges, says former public prosecutor http://t.co/VxzbJGIhfX 
• Nick Clegg to decry prison numbers as Lib Dems lay out justice policy http://t.co/y68f08pBih 
• Hospital psychiatric detainees more at risk of preventable death http://t.co/s0R2sYJiSl 
• A vote to criminalise gender-selective abortion will be a disaster for women http://t.co/lxg71efiiH 
• Royal Mail general counsel Neil Harnby - A Profile | The Lawyer http://t.co/hzpts1juHx 
• Addressing law’s need for change | The Lawyer http://t.co/zXqUpknBqV
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Slaughters turns to the Ivy League in search of talent | The Lawyer http://t.co/rk5zCBTuwN 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Quindell extends exclusivity period for Slater & Gordon takeover bid | The Lawyer http://t.co/AD21UVM1um 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Quinn Emanuel reports 33 per cent increase in London revenue for 2014 | The Lawyer http://t.co/fNt3oGrSWq
• Big data: too much information | Law Gazette http://t.co/H5BqeEn5g4 
• Summit: ‘inconvenience’ a threat to rule of law – LCJ | Law Gazette http://t.co/LaTVyTcmdg 
• Grayling faces Magna Carta challenge to court fee hikes | Law Gazette http://t.co/zYwaDmZsKu 
• Summit: law must continue to innovate, says Grayling | Law Gazette http://t.co/naEhDUSGYG 
• Alaa Abdel Fattah: #EGYPT jails activist-blogger for five years http://t.co/6MF2H48yz9 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHC3kLR
• BLP, Nabarro and Herbies among key advisers on £770m deal to kick-start stalled Pinnacle development | The Lawyer http://t.co/iPJZyuylz7 
• Offshore firms report buoyant revenue rises in strong 2014 | The Lawyer http://t.co/0sVdCjU3lG 
• Gibson Dunn Dubai partner faces cross-examination over falsified evidence claim in Djibouti case | The Lawyer http://t.co/dnEFhWYvaU 
• African firms: international lawyers don't understand our market | The Lawyer http://t.co/wVEBdIz5Aj
• McGuireWoods criticised for 94-page Tchenguiz claim that "flouts the principles" of the Commercial Court | The Lawyer http://t.co/tiJHYmGkA6 
• My legal life: Max Harris, Associate, Baker & McKenzie; chair, Junior Lawyers Division - A Profile | Law Gazette http://t.co/B3L2wtsoPu 
• ‘Mr Loophole’ rails against driverless cars | Law Gazette http://t.co/BGJv8oQqko 
• A new criminal offence for ‘revenge porn’ is laudable in its intent, but an opportunity missed | Law Gazette http://t.co/jVPtPvnPb1 
• The UK is not the same as Russia – but we should not be so superior | Law Gazette http://t.co/4iiFcHwwHy
• Views wanted on legal innovation | Law Gazette http://t.co/a3mFMrEY4y 
• LPC graduates toil to find training contracts | Law Gazette http://t.co/qCM95YN01p
• Sussex authorities merge legal teams | Law Gazette http://t.co/w1W9aiGkUI 
• Let mediation solve ‘toxic’ disputes – Tory MP | Law Gazette http://t.co/YXfOk4dmzC 
• SRA taken to task over perceived City bias | Law Gazette http://t.co/84Tkk4fKS2 
• HSBC confirms its chief holds Swiss bank account http://t.co/wCFySoowD4 
• Straw and Rifkind deny 'cash for access' wrongdoing http://t.co/i3gjiAIxto 
• Muslims form 'ring of peace' to protect Oslo synagogue #NORWAY http://t.co/wfQ5oXHBfy 
• Judges to rule on police requests for journalists' phone records http://t.co/OLuA1ecul5 
• Karen Danczuk: Man arrested in sex abuse probe http://t.co/qrfQbtGmqu 
• Ex-police officer denies involvement with Chelsea fans accused of racism http://t.co/TdGAjnD8KP 
• Five reasons why CPD should still be a priority as the ‘hours’ system disappears | Legal Futures https://t.co/AVE3ZFtqUz
• Man arrested in Karen Danczuk sex abuse inquiry http://t.co/S1WNdvqnmL 
• Ex-police officer Chelsea fan sorry over Paris Metro incident http://t.co/TwaEK0Pm9b

22nd February - Law News

1154th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news& legal articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap


Our Saturday Law Interview featured Dr. Steven Vaughan, a former city solicitor and now a legal academic with expertise on the laws regarding the regulation of nanotechnology as well as the standard and quality of legal advice offered by corporate law firms: 'Regulating nanotechnology & the quality of corporate legal advice'.

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Fracking moratorium 'should be extended' to underground coal gasification http://t.co/Gv2qHfMHc7 
• Dog punch man hunted after Norwich street attack http://t.co/49jktr6QwG 
• Court intermediary numbers to double http://t.co/DFKys2l5HD
• Why homeless Britons are turning to the Sikh community for food http://t.co/ImQAZy8mxU 
• HSBC left itself open to criminal charges, says Lord Macdonald http://t.co/ulhIMO8GsC 
• Austin Mitchell dismisses 'no chance' of Grimsby loss remarks http://t.co/YD55gZgwsg 
• Danny Alexander calls for corporate tax evasion crackdown http://t.co/sgzjkLRWWY 
• Fans identified by Met Police after Chelsea appeal http://t.co/sNY5f6XkLb
• Political Policing of Protests? | Human Rights Ireland https://t.co/0v6sFFLc0P 
• UCD Human Rights Network Screening: The Torture Files | Human Rights Ireland https://t.co/G5K1KRS39G 
• Social and Economic Rights Panel Discussion at DCU | Human Rights Ireland https://t.co/t48zwIPf58 
• Obama’s Immigration Reform: Lessons for Ireland? | Human Rights Ireland https://t.co/eYBDTRi6vN 
• The Criminalisation of Social Protest in Ireland : The Jobstown Aftermath and the ECHR | Human Rights Ireland https://t.co/b6OTitd7M4 
• Public Lawyers, Public Values: Debating Government Lawyering in Ireland | Human Rights Ireland https://t.co/73ZwOX1j5I 
• Sir Robert Francis' Review of Whistleblowing Processes in the NHS - Joanna Glynn QC | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/3QWWDEIE85 
• Slaves, animals and Lord Mansfield | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/oojlnEKcEJ 
• Help me find the 50 human rights cases absolutely everyone needs to know about | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/Gy4tbREZaV 
• CA supports anonymity orders in personal injury approval hearings | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/zdQEu0stdE 
• Joshua Rozenberg resigned Telegraph post after editors sexed up human rights story | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/a1mH0lvbqH
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHC3kLR
• Super-jails are the inhumane mark of ignorant politicians http://t.co/tjjzQZx27F 
• Police seek 'Chelsea fans' who shouted racist chants at St Pancras station http://t.co/EcrjvzRYhO 
• Judges to rule on police requests for journalists' phone records http://t.co/OLuA1ecul5 
• #UKRAINE crisis: Prisoner swap boosts ceasefire http://t.co/8I97rNaew7 
• Immigration Street: TUC calls for Channel 4 to drop documentary http://t.co/hnGs1SHpxg 
• Ex-UKIP councillor Rozanne Duncan: 'No regrets' over racist comments http://t.co/iv9o2vSkbp 
• Apprentices get 'exploitative wages' http://t.co/K0PYY7WBOy

21st February - Law News

1153rd Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news& legal articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap


Our Saturday Law Interview featured Dr. Steven Vaughan, a former city solicitor and now a legal academic with expertise on the laws regarding the regulation of nanotechnology as well as the standard and quality of legal advice offered by corporate law firms: 'Regulating nanotechnology & the quality of corporate legal advice'.

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Assisted suicides soar in US state held up as model by euthanasia lobby #US https://t.co/uqgNdkma84 
• Scottish solicitors are increasingly being targeted by fraudsters who use their details on fake law firm websites http://t.co/2dYJdhssqr 
• New law cuts thefts of scrap metal by a third http://t.co/bgtj5saFcG 
• One work accident; multiple defendants; different substantive laws http://t.co/P86U4jHkip 
• Eversheds survey suggests UK business support for strike law reform The Lawyer http://t.co/YJ8uBKbqNk 
• New US law could put your UK data at risk http://t.co/uLJUTv0FRu 
• Three parent babies: Britain has breached EU law, MEPs warn http://t.co/vaXuakrNur 
• UK IP Law Gets A Restyle http://t.co/csuWM7nR7e 
• Rights groups criticise US and UK spies for 'disturbing' sim cards hack http://t.co/14pyBC29B5 
• Legal marketing case study: Improving referrals through reward systems at Keystone Law https://t.co/lXwPytBmfA 
• Top legal firm Gilson Ray agrees rugby sponsorship deal with leading Edinburgh private school http://t.co/QYKQxgpusR 
• Legal battle over photos by Vivian Maier: Nanny died penniless, but her pictures now sell for thousands #US https://t.co/5HSYCac7rh 
• Legal bid over Rotherham landlord licence plan http://t.co/lVE5695akV 
• Legal Battle Expected Over Obama's Immigration Order #US https://t.co/ua6Dld9J1u 
• Vincent Tchenguiz suffers setback in £2.2bn legal action http://t.co/JcYIrvS3qQ 
• Newcastle bakers Greggs win legal battle over customer toilet dispute http://t.co/OVhlxlcdIw 
• Tottenham can start building their new 56,000 capacity stadium http://t.co/HH5uZO5RVG 
• About the conveyancing market post-MMR and the online experience for brokers https://t.co/u8wPm2VAGP
• Former First Lady of Virginia Is Sentenced to Prison for Graft #US https://t.co/Bj8roQtnBV 
• Mayor's Arrest on Sedition Charges Deepens Sense of Crisis in #VENEZUELA https://t.co/tpHLEW8E2J 
• Commercial surrogacy is a rigged market in wombs for rent http://t.co/h2iwuuxCHN 
• Argentina, Iran and the strange death of Alberto Nisman http://t.co/chfWOTeotm 
• In a country like Britain, obsessed with the now, libraries are a political battleground http://t.co/5ubJ4RkJ3N 
• Racist fans are everyone’s problem – not just football’s http://t.co/4a8pOpH3B2 
• In the Ferguson era, Malcolm X’s courage in fighting racism inspires more than ever #US http://t.co/qKfgFgOOfZ
• Slavery bill debate: government's refusal to abolish tied visa attacked http://t.co/XPcZ7D9B9g 
• The collapse of Guantanamo's military commissions #US http://t.co/U56ba1cNrt 
• Journalists make a living by uncovering news and then extorting bribes to bury the story #CAMBODIA http://t.co/8WzkpYAJmd 
• Prince Ali of Jordan: 'Bring back FIFA's reputation' http://t.co/rc3edBp7hY
• Cambridgeshire church plague graffiti reveals 'heartbreaking' find http://t.co/bnPRuLvOoQ 
• Men in miniskirts campaign for women's rights http://t.co/aSzSdjJQgk 
• Chelsea fans sought over London station racist chants http://t.co/HtLzgFQv9m 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHCkVDp
• Patients face 'unfair' fines on free prescriptions http://t.co/rx95CfJxlB 
• The fall of fraud? | New Law Journal https://t.co/jdIAxTnf5c
• Treasury Solicitor's Department is changing its name | New Law Journal: https://t.co/DBto6ngkfR 
• DNA tests to be funded | New Law Journal: https://t.co/V4hifDH6ee 
• Online courts by 2017 | New Law Journal: https://t.co/xQRFDz1Tx5 
• Species control orders | New Law Journal: https://t.co/mw8VHYDeB2 
• The tribunals structure declared “fit for purpose” by the Senior President of Tribunals | New Law Journal https://t.co/6kdXkWoTIh 
• Law firms must innovate to prosper | New Law Journal: https://t.co/tPsMHjN24N 
• Student pro bono clinic compensation achievement | New Law Journal: https://t.co/HFyAONYfPp 
• Annual increase in compensation limits for employment cases has been announced | New Law Journal https://t.co/a53JLagZbr 
• Give training responsibility back to chambers, says BSB | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/EtVo9DEPPw 
• High Court finds ‘material errors’ in Grayling’s guidance on legal aid funding | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/F1iSAyew55 
• The psychology of filing: for lawyers | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/KG38Gox821 
• Children ‘stripped for own protection’ by police must have a parent present | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/mvqQLexS0w
• Care worker admits trying to murder three colleagues in West Bromwich http://t.co/slnQWqLknj 
• Driver disguised car as an ambulance to run errands for his wife http://t.co/6PHbctvqWh 
• My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding was accurate portrayal of gypsy life, High Court rules http://t.co/OGpuUJQvRm
• Burglar who boasted about his haul on Facebook caught after leaving footsteps in snow http://t.co/2Uo5rN072h 
• Does elite music teaching leave pupils open to abuse? http://t.co/aW785PE2ov
• Carer, 19, caught on camera stealing from pensioner's purse http://t.co/64ZfCZ0mW3 
• Police release images of three men in relation to Paris Metro racism incident http://t.co/zEq5Qhz9PC 
• Investigation after 102 incidents at trampoline park http://t.co/vPL5fNY7Z6 
• #CHINA's corruption probe bares its teeth http://t.co/CMhuCpaPan 
• Mafia man Domenico Rancadore to be extradited to Italy http://t.co/egUn8zkVNK 
• Tottenham Hotspur stadium: Family firm loses legal challenge http://t.co/ChzBcfpdPZ 
• Care worker Melissa Swift admits 'bleach' murder attempt http://t.co/PWRVf01dqW 
• Paris Metro CCTV shows Chelsea fans sought by police http://t.co/D6ONQku9pC 
• More bereaved families to get legal aid at inquests if state was involved in death http://t.co/iUPCXTOhrP
• #BURMA's human rights abuses highlight alarming corporate corruption http://t.co/ybV9rEj26w 
• The only people who need to fear an affirmative consent standard for rape are rapists http://t.co/oAMHRW8LYM
• Gay couple serving life sentences to marry in prison http://t.co/eLYr31CjrS 
• BigLaw resists techo evolution over fear of losing billable hours | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/XigxRXceE5 
• Pillsbury aims to double London headcount in 10 months | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/LSmktOGRzl 
• Lawyer loses $289k by clicking on hacker attachment | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/vytiNsNn5x 
• White male lawyers urged to turn down judicial positions | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/KWETugQCNv 
• Design team starts work on proposals for Saudi lawyers uniform | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/xm0rDkikxP 
• To fight illicit drug use, we must respect human rights | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/r0zsUjqr1j 
• By day and by night - two different stories at the Eiffel Tower | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/Jbk85ZyLBh 
• The different shades of innovation | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/nsv9OtL3Hw

20th February - Law News

1152nd Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news& legal articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap


FOCUS OF THE DAY: Blow to legal aid as High Court dismisses judicial review. A last-ditch challenge to the lord chancellor's legal aid reforms was thrown out by the High Court this morning. The Law Society and practitioner groups are seeking an appeal. Law Society president Andrew Caplen said he was 'extremely disappointed at this outcome'. Full story - The Law Society Gazette

Saturday Conversations on Law

• A Review of the previous week's Legal Press - The Sunday Law Review: 8th to 14th February http://t.co/25dirwl9SY
• Blackstone Chambers links up with Ofcom for Big Fat Gypsy Wedding success in High Court | The Lawyer http://t.co/Vp5bF3GOie 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Burness Paull and Levy & McRae face legal action over collapse of $400m hedge fund | The Lawyer http://t.co/iza9tTvIVY 
• BSB wants to surrender powers on pupillages | Law Gazette http://t.co/H5zwryl6q0 
• Legal aid challenge for inquests succeeds | Law Gazette http://t.co/fB7m8RXVI1 
• 6 ways candidates who don't fit the mould can boost chances of landing a training contract or pupillage: https://t.co/Tko6p0DHCc 
• Berwin Leighton Paisner hit by claim that it doctored trainee retention rate: https://t.co/krHA34dFn6 
• Uni law faculty takes legal aid court referral scheme nationwide: https://t.co/3R5a7zck6s 
• I left Daily Telegraph over editorial standards too, reveals top law hack Joshua Rozenberg: https://t.co/yjHDgQJRBm
• Bar in cyber war with itself over bigwig support for Global Law Summit: https://t.co/TyW0QaAaLt 
• Telly sensation and barrister Judge Rinder takes best man duties at Cumberbatch wedding: https://t.co/SYwkHhtHPP
• Don’t panic, George tells Amal as couple beefs up domestic security: https://t.co/I8hxfpBxjz 
• Tom Cruise is still loitering around the Inns of Court: https://t.co/2YjVrLVlvN 
• University of Law stems flow to BPP and snares Linklaters for five-year LPC deal: https://t.co/ruHSP9oZjH 
• Freshly-minted QC defends silk system – and bacon buttie picture: https://t.co/vc2jcoyfTS 
• Government Magna Carta law summit hit again -- Lord Green bails as keynote speaker: https://t.co/drJPlHE3qz 
• The 10 stages of failing to get a vac scheme: https://t.co/v85CwlcUkH 
• Pancake Day triggers rush to legal texts: https://t.co/jVwXQD889g 
• Why it's time to scrap the QC title: https://t.co/1yf1uO8wjM 
• Law student run burger shack takes top London eatery honours: https://t.co/L3aNKM10Fr 
• Training contract numbers take another tumble: https://t.co/AoM6D21UIT 
• Classic Fleet Street legal bookshop to become an Itsu: https://t.co/mLeOZu0Yfc 
• Baroness Hale bemoans 11 years of women judges being overlooked for promotion to the highest court: https://t.co/H9LK9fsps0
• Connected and protected: balancing children’s online freedom and safety http://t.co/JZggocH87j
• We’ll all die one day. Isn’t it time we got used to the idea? | Tim Lott http://t.co/hfkuNqLaEl 
• George Osborne says HSBC tax evasion prosecutions not his job http://t.co/WL9951t0RU
• Motorists could recoup 'millions' on illegal parking fines http://t.co/ERTZ3QOBy4 
• What are multinationals doing to champion rights of millions trapped in modern-day slavery? http://t.co/HiEkGKX7Jb
• Guildhall music teacher Philip Pickett jailed for raping female students http://t.co/SxDVNyZBkX 
• Big Fat Gypsy Wedding investigation handled correctly, high court rules http://t.co/y7LmLTvfto 
• King & Spalding boosts revenue by 8 per cent to $934m | The Lawyer http://t.co/vYVPvMSuBS 
• BSB moots handing more control of pupillage over to chambers | The Lawyer http://t.co/v3VejfwNye 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Pillsbury pledges to double London office headcount in 2015 | The Lawyer http://t.co/raObgOIHZH
• LAW FIRM NEWS: K&L Gates posts 11 per cent boost in London revenue to £44.96m | The Lawyer http://t.co/Y1WqKBIeJ1
• LAW FIRM NEWS: BLP caught manipulating trainee retention figures | The Lawyer http://t.co/OV0UHjnW32 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: White & Case grows revenue by 4 per cent to hit $1.5bn in 2014 | The Lawyer http://t.co/2sLeLDjW7G 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Paul Hastings’ London chair: “We have been careful not to be everything for everyone” | The Lawyer http://t.co/5fnJ3CdmAM
• Money laundering: thank you, Canada | Law Gazette http://t.co/05bwQZHDp4
• Revise domestic abuse legal aid rules, MoJ urged | Law Gazette http://t.co/mX4NIKEzLn 
• High Court allows judicial review on legal aid for inquests | Law Gazette http://t.co/mWneqZL9TB 
• RAC: Millions in private parking penalties 'charged illegally' http://t.co/ThzxQvIHuK 
• US and UK accused of hacking Sim card firm to steal codes http://t.co/a9i4XTFfOx 
• Guildhall School of Music teacher jailed for sex attacks http://t.co/hbh7qYYnWf 
• Care worker Melissa Swift admits 'bleach' murder attempt http://t.co/PWRVf01dqW 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHC3kLR
• Report reveals poor morale of government lawyers | Legal Futures http://t.co/5AusqF4HbQ 
• Court Appeal overturns ruling that law firm wrongly paid out £2.3m from client account | Legal Futures http://t.co/zBqWHJSiZd 
• All legal services regulators should be under duty to promote economic growth, SRA says | Legal Futures http://t.co/2df0DSKBSt 
• Lawyers using libel threats to "intimidate" clients who post negative reviews online | Legal Futures http://t.co/NnJ8iYs1Fi 
• Abid Naseer trial: MI5 agent gives evidence in long wig http://t.co/CIkYqS8sk7 
• Social services ignored 18 warnings about boy, 7, who died after suffering years of abuse http://t.co/0ISIgZt49C 
• Sara Cox helps convict brother's burglars by posting CCTV on Twitter http://t.co/bpGDhQplNV
• Police spend £56k on 16-day wait for criminals to pass drugs http://t.co/a2X6eso4PU 
• Henna tattoos alert after woman's hair dye death http://t.co/RaXkfWWgYb 
• Vogue photographer who 'discovered Twiggy' denies sex attacks on two women http://t.co/Wb88tl4bjU 
• Police removal of 14-year-old girl's clothes was legal, court rules http://t.co/QvHHGtCJWR 
• Met police 'pay to protest' proposal rejected by campaigners http://t.co/bPSop0bPis
• Evidence from Chicago detective's cases re-examined for multiple exonerations #US http://t.co/lVAZo0qDC7 
• How Chicago police condemned the innocent: a trail of coerced confessions #US http://t.co/nIhqZzINFr 
• Koch brothers join up with liberals to tackle rising prison numbers #US http://t.co/p4slgHNIGO 
• Swiss raid on HSBC predicted to be repeated at other banks | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/B06KW6apxH 
• Vice Media parties on $300k dinner as Paul Weiss M&A lawyer arrives | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/VkQIHcqpo7
• US prosecutors take aim at individuals over financial crisis | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/NFMu0M9VLm
• Barrister warns over new 'fundamentally dishonest' rule | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/tjIZkGjZoL 
• UK security service admits to surveillance breaches of human rights law | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/vrwe44KK64 
• Luxury companies face challenge over social media | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/JL0l8qFRpr 
• Clients value knowledge over cost | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/TmzaciWVvK 
• Uganda hit by law firm mergers under pressure from international clients | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/o4ra8Aq4gP 
• The rich people who say they are happy to pay their taxes http://t.co/7K4gp5pewC 
• Be careful who you swear at on the train http://t.co/3yLXRHoro5 
• Police lost 20,000 stop-search records after 'wrong button pressed' http://t.co/vpwyBov7e0 
• Brusthom Ziamani: Teenager guilty of plot to behead soldier http://t.co/hrdDV7haFH 
• Generation Y lawyers less proud of their employers but more able to achieve work/life balance | The Lawyer http://t.co/VGDrP2ghmT 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Us Firm Proskauer targets London. Again. | The Lawyer http://t.co/6cDCimlanF
• University of Law renews five-year partnership with Linklaters | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/nl8snyUKs6 
• Children will express their opinion to judges hearing them | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/bNMk9fibwX 
• Treasury Solicitor’s Department to get face lift | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/EiSkhTfuik 
• Criminal Bar comes to blows over GLS involvement | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/Nmdtf1RJwp 
• Government ‘admits lawyer snooping unlawful’ | Law Gazette http://t.co/J3dCDuuTvb

19th February - Law News

1151th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news& legal articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap


FOCUS OF THE DAY: The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has apologised for releasing information that made it appear as if there had been a massive rise in training places last year – when in fact the number has stayed static. Responding to a Freedom of Information Act request about trainee solicitor numbers from a legal recruitment company, the SRA said that “5,541 training contracts were registered in 2014, and 3,415 periods of recognised training entered into”. Full story - Legal Futures

Saturday Conversations on Law

• A Review of the previous week's Legal Press - The Sunday Law Review: 8th to 14th February http://t.co/25dirwl9SY
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Freshfields and Skadden advise on Ball Corporation’s £4.3bn bid for UK rival Rexam | The Lawyer http://t.co/XSOlctKALf
• A ‘strategic’ approach in-house | Law Gazette http://t.co/jWd4A5bL9h 
• Trowers applies for Malaysia licence | Law Gazette http://t.co/zmjrDi0N7I 
• Judge rules that florist discriminated unlawfully by refusing same-sex wedding #US https://t.co/EGShd9DHiG 
• In New York, Immigrants' Advocates Vow to Fight After Judge Halts Obama Programs #US https://t.co/ulQNvMHQEZ 
• Persecution Defines Life for #YEMEN's Remaining Jews https://t.co/NJENX6ALa2
• Faulted for Avoiding 'Islamic' Labels to Describe Terrorism, White House Cites a Strategic Logic #US https://t.co/YdOZWDJts0 
• A Judge's Assault on Immigration #US https://t.co/m3ZZcnd83N
• Daily Telegraph journalists say they felt discouraged from writing uncomfortable stories about a range of advertisers http://t.co/ueuDN8ul1S
• Suicide in men 'highest since 2001' http://t.co/GUpaUMav0B
• Paris Metro racist abuse victim calls for Chelsea fans' punishment http://t.co/zu5QyySHzC
• Operation Elveden: Payment probe prison officers bailed http://t.co/IHA2o7z6mW 
• #AUSTRALIA's response to 9/11 was more damaging to freedom than any other country's http://t.co/OMJ0GkViiV 
• Trowers & Hamlins applies to be first foreign law firm in Malaysia following change in local law | The Lawyer http://t.co/kogyVHg8xL
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Olswang CEO elections still months away as firm searches for candidates | The Lawyer http://t.co/AyAbXgzOYz 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Pinsent Masons secures victory for Home Office over £224m eBorders payout | The Lawyer http://t.co/0GAM5jjS5M 
• Government admits procedures for handling legally-privileged information are unlawful | The Lawyer http://t.co/cwIlavOjm4
• Referral relationships help independent firms to punch above their weight | The Lawyer http://t.co/aJpUda2M5w
• PI giant moves in to conveyancing | Law Gazette http://t.co/0zdaLei9P7 
• Law firms told: look after ‘Generation Y’ – or they’ll move on | Law Gazette http://t.co/5fdXiBbdee 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHC3kLR
• National Accident Helpline moves into conveyancing | Legal Futures http://t.co/g9GuQVjDe4 
• LeO receives almost 1,000 CMC ‘contacts’ in first three weeks | Legal Futures http://t.co/AzKd7xGWtF 
• First ABS attached to a barristers' chambers launched in Liverpool | Legal Futures http://t.co/2c4tqw1y3Q 
• #US rapper Afroman arrested for punching fan http://t.co/Lhf8kh8tkc
• Police chiefs must explain 'sorry mess' http://t.co/vpwyBov7e0 
• Derek Brockwell: Escaped prisoner found and arrested in Belfast http://t.co/r6sZrutnd1 
• TV star Elliott Tittensor sued by injured plumber http://t.co/Bdj5mQXZvq 
• Beheaded mum Jennifer Mills-Westley, killed in Spain 'was defenceless' http://t.co/KhaKUgI4F7 
• Childcare charity urges all-party costs review http://t.co/zHVluM5E5X
• Man arrested over Becky Godden murder http://t.co/Q9Zo785rQr 
• Barack Obama says US 'at war with those perverting Islam' #US http://t.co/tEL2a1yULM
• NICE 'sets price too high for NHS medicines' http://t.co/iz4Fg7g5s7
• Jeb Bush backs brother's NSA surveillance program to keep America safe #US http://t.co/NlT178DYBM 
• Children to be given a voice in family court care proceedings http://t.co/NvzCrZCEiQ 
• Legal aid cuts exposing domestic abuse victims to court ordeal, says report http://t.co/Icl6x7jm2j 
• What do the charges Peter Oborne levels against the Telegraph tell us about the economics of newspapers? http://t.co/JhJdvfpA9n
• MI5 agents will wear make-up and wigs during trial of man accused of plotting terror attacks on UK, US and Denmark http://t.co/tvo8T51cqB 
• Nuts-for-spices crisis spreads across Europe as six more UK food products recalled http://t.co/43D2MroM6w 
• Kincora sex abuse victim wins right to pursue claims of MI5 collusion http://t.co/qZwjs8khFN 
• Teenager in court charged with trying to acquire lethal toxin abrin http://t.co/6pQNCXm3wI
• Sainsbury’s and Morrisons remove Mexican foods as nuts are found in some spice packs http://t.co/zM3l2EnONI 
• Woman arrested at Heathrow on suspicion of terrorism offences and child neglect, as she travels with her baby son http://t.co/QHua6uFzuR 
• Twitter joke trial law is being used to win easy convictions and must be scrapped, report claims http://t.co/Wh24uVYgUp 
• Baby whose parents fought in the High Court to save likely to die 'within hours' http://t.co/X7ao8BdgeQ
• Social services ignored 18 warnings about boy, 7, who died after suffering years of abuse http://t.co/0ISIgZKFyc 
• Moped gang target wealthy Hampstead residents to steal expensive jewellery http://t.co/NHXFHbg2DE 
• Mother who 'hit daughter on hand' with wooden spoon charged with cruelty http://t.co/iyU7nQikO5 
• Teacher fined for posting pro-Hitler image on Facebook aimed at Jews http://t.co/6OGTNrANgO 
• Huddersfield family fire deaths suspect arrested after global manhunt http://t.co/ai9R2n82rj 
• Bath truck crash: Teenage driver released on bail over deaths http://t.co/hJhnRzSxZ3 
• Ten years on from the foxhunting ban, has anything really changed? http://t.co/29fZ4SIpId 
• International companies lose out on privilege protection in US | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/wusCEfHFJ0 
• Paul, Weiss fees outweigh client compensation by 10 to one in NY case | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/28H7qhZgAn 
• CC corporate head says firm must commit to efficiencies | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/JF6UAYxhSJ 
• Labor Law Plus links in with New Jersey immigration specialist | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/dT9d8OyDyc 
• Lawyers line up after librarians and authors for most desirable career | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/ZmpwH5IJxo 
• Japanese corporate counsel have less pricing challenges | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/qAzLpZ65Hb 
• SEC looks into Alibaba claims | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/rq5eruTL5m 
• Singapore clients put pressure on fees | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/B5Wvo4N9Ke

18th February - Law News

1150th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news& legal articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap


FOCUS OF THE DAY: MoJ funding for paternity testing is 'puzzling', says leading family charity. From September, family court judges in England will be able to order DNA tests to determine a child's parentage, according to the justice minister Simon Hughes. The announcement follows the completion of two pilot programmes in Taunton and Bristol family courts, managed by Oxfordshire Family Mediation and Cafcass, which were set up following anecdotal evidence that courtroom arguments over parentage often led to significant delays in divorce cases. Full story - Solicitors Journal

Saturday Conversations on Law

• A Review of the previous week's Legal Press - The Sunday Law Review: 8th to 14th February http://t.co/25dirwl9SY
• Pioneering family court to be extended | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/zME3nf9Hmw 
• SRA ‘sorry’ for confusion over trainee numbers | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/jlNW40T49I 
• High Court dismisses legal aid judicial review | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/FL61ymKAIh
• Brain damaged woman awarded £7m compensation | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/eDiE9jRO6y 
• Racist Chelsea fans Paris footage examined by UK police http://t.co/ZB1Px9gyF7 
• Guantánamo torturer led brutal Chicago police regime of shackling and confession #US http://t.co/mMUD7qduiI 
• White House considers swift challenge to judge's immigration ruling #US http://t.co/aDZ4BlncBT 
• High court upholds plan to slash on-call legal aid solicitors http://t.co/I7O7yqH94g 
• #French court stays extradition of Argentinian accused in 'dirty war' case http://t.co/sYRylS6L8l 
• Bad lieutenant: American police brutality, exported from Chicago to Guantánamo #US http://t.co/z5piifufOT 
• The judge was right to reunite a child with his EDL-supporting father http://t.co/Klnd4T4Ha4 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: BLP lawyer joins competition boutique Hausfeld in mass litigation hiring spree | The Lawyer http://t.co/lNonWOCfWD
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Revenue at Paul Weiss hits $1bn mark in 2014 year-end results | The Lawyer http://t.co/UVIP8O2UWO
• Mental health tribunal pains | Law Gazette http://t.co/b4GNkvyojU 
• A judicial eye on bundles: Efforts to reduce the cost of trial bundles are impressing the bench | Law Gazette http://t.co/Q1CRJoAG93
• Emails contradict Police Scotland stop-search claims http://t.co/9QPR2Swl6K 
• Banks to allow account access using fingerprint tech http://t.co/2sEd41aVa4
• E-cigarettes to be banned from Scotland hospital grounds http://t.co/fFTSxyJEDl 
• Romanian and Bulgarian migration: Rise in workers in UK http://t.co/1aIyf99tOW 
• Film shows racist Chelsea fans in Paris Metro preventing black man from boarding train http://t.co/P9lEvdeuto 
• #Swiss police raid HSBC's Geneva office http://t.co/GwugcXk0no 
• One in five Dutch doctors would help physically healthy patients die #NETHERLANDS http://t.co/7Z1S4PELsq
• Chief prison inspector calls for review of super-jails http://t.co/uxbjc78pUo 
• How Google determined our right to be forgotten http://t.co/dgKcRZsO4C 
• Firm branding – it might get you in the room but it’s up to you after that | The Lawyer http://t.co/zlNrFGjBgu 
• Fountain Court hires in Singapore ahead of London expansion to 39 Essex Street | The Lawyer http://t.co/NcQIvEvn9s 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Germany's Heuking reports 12 per cent revenue rise to €121m | The Lawyer http://t.co/kMWTFp1kXK 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Norton Rose Fulbright re-elects chair Stephen Parish for a third term | The Lawyer http://t.co/iOKJ7zjr69 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: MacRoberts builds up construction and real estate team with four DWF partners | The Lawyer http://t.co/ZUCUjZ0tSB
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Clifford Chance's Guy Norman: If we don’t become more efficient, we'll be in difficulties | The Lawyer http://t.co/MyvgD4Uh9G 
• Law Society and LCCSA lose judicial review into criminal legal aid reforms | The Lawyer http://t.co/ZRhYtBHKa0 
• SRA apologises for trainee ‘confusion’ | Law Gazette http://t.co/Phv7NTJ4k0 
• Pioneering family court to go national | Law Gazette http://t.co/AtF2cXhy73
• Blow to legal aid as High Court dismisses judicial review | Law Gazette http://t.co/ACHOYu6pQC 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHC3kLR
• #US hosts anti-extremism summit after global terror attacks http://t.co/cJERX76BpB 
• 'Energy firms charge long-term customers more', says inquiry http://t.co/thxJYYJ9Iz
• LSB to call on regulators to make law firms and chambers "accountable" over diversity | Legal Futures http://t.co/S28Pm2gu6k 
• SRA apologies for training contract numbers "confusion" | Legal Futures http://t.co/zysb2PHT2K 
• Fallout Publisher Sends Legal Threat To Game With 'Fallout' In Title https://t.co/1q85LjnzWY 
• Should fox-hunting with dogs be made legal again? Have your say here http://t.co/SeAQ8Ayz3G 
• Perth road plan faces human rights challenge http://t.co/0TIEzqj5ji 
• Simple pranks - but are they legal? https://t.co/J32AsKrcGY 
• Last Angus “legal highs” shop robbed http://t.co/YgSLYgO9zM
• River Thames garden bridge legal challenge to be launched http://t.co/fR6cndxocw 
• Channel 4's Ukip docudrama sparks nearly 1,000 complaints http://t.co/1KTj3DwBwn 
• Warning over legal highs in jails after emergencies at Bristol prison http://t.co/3lC57mIDwu 
• Brain-damaged woman awarded £6.5m by court https://t.co/gR5Emm03tG 
• DGHP have produced a new information pack for tenants who make a complaint about a nuisance neighbour https://t.co/Bt0fgeFl77
• Debt-ridden solicitor Peter Ellis Taylor, member of law firm, Ellis Taylor Law LLP struck off https://t.co/j9hBHY2v70 
• End of mortgage for Leasehold flat. Do I need a solicitor? https://t.co/jQ2W7lwceW 
• Solicitor faces conflict of interest questions over Rebels bikie #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/JqQz6rY3W3 
• Deputy Solicitor-General to be GCSB's Acting Director #NEWZEALAND https://t.co/dYeaBef2mZ 
• Shamed Northumberland lawyer Frances Louise Brough struck off following hearing of Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal http://t.co/uinbfHmIOc
• Australian lawyers accused of hiding client money from authorities | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/R6DGVvDYk8 
• A&O loses corporate duo to Clayton Utz | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/haPxCgp6qL 
• UK could start eBay model of civil dispute resolution by 2017 | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/N3iVgRXY5D 
• Uria Mendenez figures indicate Spanish turnaround | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/kb1QmoN57g 
• Bakers sued for alleged aggressive tax avoidance | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/uA6waTdvrP 
• General counsel should aim to be socio-political | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/AsCj2vUKR3 
• Eversheds targets Big Four consultancy work | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/W59ehCbyKr 
• Counterfeit websites removed by UK police | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/1lFW4vbKN1 
• The most dangerous job in sport? Englishman Andy Moles in charge of the #AFGHANISTAN cricket team http://t.co/6OgPCN9co2 
• Bath truck crash: Teenage driver arrested over deaths http://t.co/iIzMKBgmkr 
• Omagh bombing: trial of Real IRA suspect Seamus Daly will go ahead http://t.co/bwDL3jPr2D 
• Judge criticises council after toddler taken into care over father's links to English Defence League http://t.co/Kp7KqXk0Za 
• Mother 'killed drunk son by squirting morphine into his mouth' http://t.co/Zgc6SwgHQI 
• 'UK's vainest man' faces prison after creating web page claiming ex-girlfriend was prostitute http://t.co/SaaSrEUYGr 
• Terror suspect 'tried to buy enough ricin to poison 100 people' http://t.co/AUcskCP6Sf 
• Care home murder victim 'loved life and was devoted to family' http://t.co/0Ec1fajE4f
• Roman Polanski to attend #Polish hearing to consider extradition to US http://t.co/Pbj7KS8rp7 
• Aer Lingus hit by £40m damages claim by Belfast International airport http://t.co/YTiaB38sxC 
• Courts to order DNA testing to cut courtroom battles | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/LwvkLs6ZEe 
• Slater and Gordon launch advertising assault round two | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/4vK5yckpiK 
• Lawyer is fourth most desirable job, says YouGov | The Lawyer http://t.co/jVPA1f01zc 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Clifford Chance reports increase in cash from £103m to £110m | The Lawyer http://t.co/Lb4e3klEkl 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Linklaters moves 10 financial processes staff to Warsaw after outsourcing contract ends | The Lawyer http://t.co/I522Soe1Yw 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Shearman, Slaughters and SullCrom advise on Fairfax takeover of Brit | The Lawyer http://t.co/vuVgbhC1Qb 
• Criminal legal aid judgment tomorrow | Law Gazette http://t.co/7G5K2CRwuB
• Anonymity breakthrough in personal injury claims | Law Gazette http://t.co/dUj7KUbiF6 
• Challenge to domestic violence legal aid ruling | Law Gazette http://t.co/lpkXiIo4Vm 
• Criminal legal aid judgment ‘imminent’ – reports | Law Gazette http://t.co/pqNQh35wh8

17th February - Law News

1149th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news& legal articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap


FOCUS OF THE DAY: Silk appointments 2015 – Why be a QC? The ‘new’ silks appointment system has now been in place for nine years. This year’s round of appointments, announced last month, suggests a stabilisation of the revamped system. While the number of applicants was roughly steady on 2013/14, with 223 hopefuls this year compared with 225 the previous year, the tally of successful silks slipped from 100 to 93. Full story - The Lawyer

Saturday Conversations on Law

• A Review of the previous week's Legal Press - The Sunday Law Review: 8th to 14th February http://t.co/25dirwl9SY
• Can Jewish people walk the streets of Paris in peace? #FRANCE http://t.co/MI189qbpQP 
• Is your toaster a silent recruit in a 'thingbot' army? http://t.co/6SMJfW9ftD
• Prescription charges: NI health minister proposes re-introduction http://t.co/FBQGnmIxk3 
• 'Child risk' councillor Alex Folkes 'had indecent images on computer' http://t.co/5dThnvb5P4 
• Oxfordshire town crier Anthony Church lied about Army background http://t.co/ItNr7NQ63n 
• #AUSTRALIA outrage at greyhound 'live baiting' footage http://t.co/J00KBytfHk 
• David Cameron: Unemployed young 'should do community work' http://t.co/oJO8PqRUGr 
• UK inflation rate falls to record low of 0.3% in January http://t.co/eqzt48EFd8 
• Birmingham City FC's owners in receivership http://t.co/R5sPmq3B8F 
• Bath truck crash: Manslaughter suspects arrested http://t.co/1rmWJVUOEB 
• Bryan Stevenson: If it's not right to rape a rapist, how can it be OK to kill a killer? http://t.co/SI6kd8Lt1d 
• The new special educational needs maze, where parents go back to the start http://t.co/DpuJfBpHM0 
• Marginalised as a woman in the UAE? Emphatically, 'no' | The Lawyer http://t.co/irZKGR63QV
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Pillsbury year-end results show 3 per cent boost to $560m | The Lawyer http://t.co/4prd0xSgkv 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Norton Rose Fulbright LLP accounts show a move into the black in 2013/14 | The Lawyer http://t.co/KfPj9V0WHj
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Bird & Bird launches IT-focused consultancy | The Lawyer http://t.co/ehUTkESAbL 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Phone hacking lawyer Mark Lewis leaves Taylor Hampton for Seddons | The Lawyer http://t.co/tEaydT3TLe
• Music dominates copyright disputes | Law Gazette http://t.co/3QBeCqBxNP 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHC3kLR
• National Crime Agency 'must seize more from criminals' http://t.co/t6gx0G23Tt
• Watson-based app heralds ordinary speech legal searches | Legal Futures http://t.co/8yWvIXs8Yb 
• Slater & Gordon heats up TV advertising battle as Quindell share price rollercoaster continues | Legal Futures: http://t.co/KO1ElsvuNk
• Business Growth Fund to consider more law firm investments | Legal Futures http://t.co/zrYfKKGKr1 
• Family court judges given power to order DNA tests http://t.co/E2GfV0rFC5 
• Rolls-Royce says it does not tolerate improper business http://t.co/fwgjckc9iv 
• Armstrong hit with $10m damages bill #US http://t.co/kFFTy0l7tf 
• Tottenham Hotspur liable for player brain damage http://t.co/n4JhXL1dOv 
• Man charged over 'chemical weapon' http://t.co/J3ro4oi5aI 
• Women held after man allegedly attacked at 50 Shades screening http://t.co/vbAhEX5O7n
• Bath truck crash: Fund in honour of Mitzi Steady, 4, raises triple target http://t.co/znK5rO0KCs 
• Police call coastguard to help injured officer at landlocked train station http://t.co/WbyktM5dN3 
• Legal battle looms over Christian school closure in ‘British Values’ row http://t.co/nWfOaziDRe 
• Online judges and internet hearings under eBay justice plan http://t.co/oGPJeL4PqM 
• Virtual courts could deliver real justice? http://t.co/TLUvL6uDCe 
• Vigilante Speedwatch volunteer sacked for catching too many drivers http://t.co/v2TghuSjsN 
• Spurs starlet wins compensation case after his career was ended by a heart attack http://t.co/y20hScnJFD 
• Canadian lawyers win major battle over lawyer-client privilege | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/EEXKVpYV23 
• Wife of murdered DLA assistant gives details of last text | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/SFyRyIM17g 
• UK lawyers search for options in looming pension crisis | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/uGAwNwPATl 
• London firms giving fee earners less space | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/F4ynJAMKn2 
• Counterfeit websites removed by UK police | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/eIEb1NBKsU
• Australian firms slash costs to boost profits | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/csnJq7T5vP
• Foreign companies are more wary China | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/iMBvdfc8WF 
• US law firm profits rise by six per cent | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/LzhEtc7T3y
• Terror prisoners take segregation battle to supreme court http://t.co/4grX98vRFN

16th February - Law News

1148th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news& legal articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap


FOCUS OF THE DAY: GCHQ acted unlawfully when it used intelligence gathered by the US National Security Agency’s mass electronic surveillance programmes PRISM and Upstream, the Investigatory Powers Tribunal has ruled. The relationship between the British and US intelligence agencies led to GCHQ unlawfully accessing millions of people’s private communications. The relationship between the two was discovered after civil liberties organisations brought a legal challenge in the wake of the Edward Snowden whistleblower revelations. Full story - New Law Journal

Saturday Conversations on Law

• A Review of the previous week's Legal Press - The Sunday Law Review: 8th to 14th February http://t.co/25dirwl9SY
• The court of the future is online | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/sz5rcNKcEj 
• Music and football industries ramp up protection of IP rights | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/gHhfJCqPa3 
• Courts continue to ‘like’ a service of documents through Facebook | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/Ly9O3SpRji 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Eversheds recruits six consultants to launch regulatory compliance offering | The Lawyer http://t.co/zUhO2cqrJz 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Ashurst’s finances boosted by Australian merger as cash total doubles | The Lawyer http://t.co/HhpFnXCniF 
• LSB rubber-stamps abolition of mandatory CPD | Law Gazette http://t.co/hQ355Ry3SL 
• Schillings internet framework | Law Gazette http://t.co/d9NkS9nkF1 
• Veyo begins marketing campaign | Law Gazette http://t.co/jdYNuZ5Id3 
• Lawyers form pro-EU group | Law Gazette http://t.co/k5gu4vPsen 
• Applications for silk invited | Law Gazette http://t.co/RftIm08hZF 
• Pro bono students win £130,000 | Law Gazette http://t.co/gWX3jXovNa 
• Ministers ‘avoiding’ litigants in person question – Khan | Law Gazette http://t.co/8WswJQUTqJ
• Freedom Ride: Turning point in #AUSTRALIA's race relations http://t.co/znk7PTkDYE 
• David Ford: NCA powers 'could help stop NI sex trade' http://t.co/E3J1uZA3IN 
• Ex-Oxford Union president Ben Sullivan rape case reviewed http://t.co/fT9QkyZ4lh 
• Man, 92, thrown to ground in 'sickening' robbery for £5 http://t.co/LacfWZ6TIp
• Football fans want right to stand, Welsh Conservatives say http://t.co/sAlLA1AOHS 
• Gwent Police 'thank' Facebook taunting criminal http://t.co/NHUHKGLvk5 
• What would happen if prices started going down? http://t.co/RiYm2vze9m 
• Cyber bank robbers steal $1bn, says Kaspersky report http://t.co/l7q8P3evho 
• #US drone rules impact Amazon plans http://t.co/r1oO7gDV4S 
• Ed Balls: I always get a receipt for getting my hedge cut http://t.co/GAdcBNpZwd 
• Eurozone ministers not optimistic over Greek debt deal http://t.co/ysMZ2t0HrM 
• Rail travel: South East passengers 'most delayed' http://t.co/C9RYAGoO55 
• Paddington deaths: Rapist Ashraf Amrani 'murdered parents' http://t.co/emONJyd0vO 
• Ed Miliband in 'apprenticeship guarantee' for school leavers http://t.co/P7YJrRIP7G 
• #DENMARK attacks: Two men charged in Copenhagen http://t.co/KOzs4zz0vf 
• Will the UK begin to regulate Bitcoins in 2015? | The Lawyer http://t.co/q5axoArgCv 
• The Global Law Summit: Celebrate what’s great about UK law | The Lawyer http://t.co/niTRZh5koU 
• Special report: Silk appointments 2015 – Why be a QC? | The Lawyer http://t.co/6NWjQniAop
• Research shows lawyers are unprepared for retirement and set to work well beyond 65 | The Lawyer http://t.co/NsWLjCO9nB
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Olswang Paris office founding partner decamps for France's UGGC | The Lawyer http://t.co/Th86Z0bsox
• Financial performance at US headquartered global firms outstrips that of domestic rivals | The Lawyer http://t.co/t2KVLlbq2q
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Uría Menéndez posts record results with 3.6 per cent revenue increase to €192.1m | The Lawyer http://t.co/ZWwJw6Rdrr 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Eversheds recruits six consultants to launch regulatory compliance offering | The Lawyer http://t.co/zUhO2cqrJz 
• Eastbourne and Lewes Councils appoint Pinsents local government head to lead combined team | The Lawyer http://t.co/ThNKnmwvdR 
• Punt Peerpoints the way - UK contract lawyers market goes into overdrive | The Lawyer http://t.co/tqTfbVU4Kz 
• The in-house interview: Morrisons GC Mark Amsden - A Profile | The Lawyer http://t.co/emnIaUOcKB
• Profile: Patrick Allen, co-founder Hodge Jones & Allen - A Profile | Law Gazette http://t.co/ehrjKlZ8xW
• My legal life: Tara McInnes, Associate, dispute resolution, Gardner Leader - A Profile | Law Gazette http://t.co/4Cc2ESy2dW
• Access to learning fund | Law Gazette http://t.co/yiaxYGTF2x 
• Does the expansion of Gulf financial centres demonstrate the solidity of the region’s legal systems? | Law Gazette http://t.co/eGlOAjT26n 
• Warning witnesses: the risks | Law Gazette http://t.co/1rjFvvtjpI 
• PEP edges up at growing Hogan Lovells | Law Gazette http://t.co/zCyF5RtJFT 
• Profits slip as reforms hit Irwin Mitchell | Law Gazette http://t.co/NmrroKdu2w 
• Nationwide mandates quality scheme membership | Law Gazette http://t.co/N4qA12zaQc 
• Online courts will cut need for lawyers – IT guru | Law Gazette http://t.co/sxe7oR2pR9
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHC3kLR
• Online court proposed to resolve claims of up to £25,000 http://t.co/ECZfJEYNzh 
• Victim told to write to vicious attacker or face jail herself http://t.co/SXdaoQojOo 
• Wanted criminal who openly taunted police on Facebook is caught http://t.co/hSC6IErElY 
• Copenhagen shootings: Why #DENMARK was steeled for terror attack http://t.co/BlHTuIJJaY 
• 'Skunk-like cannabis' increases risk of psychosis, study suggests http://t.co/CrzqpFIOec 
• LSB rubber stamps abolition of mandatory CPD | Law Gazette http://t.co/9aFD2uLSvR
• New terror measure in justice act | Law Gazette http://t.co/3Kzei6aMX8 
• North entices City legal giants – report | Law Gazette http://t.co/aluzv6jHKe 
• Wales asbestos costs ruling muddies waters | Law Gazette http://t.co/9lCJrsHotJ 
• Legal charity sits on £200m cash pile | Law Gazette http://t.co/bRnG2E84cZ 
• CJC calls for online claims revolution | Law Gazette http://t.co/P8tAJhtfGG
• Nobody gets what they want as BSB “subverting the rules” case heads back to Visitors | Legal Futures http://t.co/ZhuClWoZLd 
• Separate business rule reform will "unlock" competition and innovation in legal market | Legal Futures http://t.co/hDj32DV0x2 
• It's time for state-backed online dispute resolution, says Susskind-led CJC group | Legal Futures http://t.co/ghD0C5bJFN 
• Paddington next of kin double murder probe launched http://t.co/QT0cJNwCIQ 
• Bid to save at least 1,000 migrants in Mediterranean http://t.co/0cf5iHPzPM
• Greens accuse Plaid Cymru of 'harassment' over election http://t.co/QtKFtzhGc3
• Call for fox hunting to be devolved to Wales http://t.co/ZzCuKZIJOB 
• Asians recruited to Northern Ireland brothel http://t.co/EHrl6byCGX 
• Rotherham abuse scandal: Ed Miliband 'deeply sorry' http://t.co/dsFpOYijEf 
• M1 fatal crash coach driver bailed http://t.co/qzvtoy7E43 
• Copenhagen shootings: Danish gunman 'had violent past' #DENMARK http://t.co/SWg41Auun5