24th August - Law News

1336th 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 Law Society has asked practitioners to complete a short survey to demonstrate how proposed government court closures will impact themselves and their clients. The government plans to close 91 courts and tribunals across England and Wales, and integrate or merge 31 more. Full story - New Law Journal

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Justin Gatlin vows to boycott BBC and British media over ‘biased’ 100m reports http://t.co/RIFfjd7eMe 
• Topless protesters march through Manhattan in call for equality #US http://t.co/lAyEGZyRhQ 
• Pokémon world championships: two arrested after firearms found in car http://t.co/A2YZwoSvi3 
• Twitter blocks access to political transparency organisation Politwoops http://t.co/fVi52qPXgv 
• Tony Abbott says 'it's OK to be gay' but insists same-sex marriage is not OK #AUSTRALIA http://t.co/ULJJyWbXpe 
• Moscow moves to shut down ‘depraved’ nudist beach #RUSSIA http://t.co/FKmsN36b4n 
• Beirut rubbish protesters clash with police amid anger at political paralysis #LEBANON http://t.co/jOxcCtmyhU 
• Immigrant who 'walked almost entire Channel tunnel' appears in court http://t.co/uSAzSY2S4Z 
• Woman appears in court over Primark breastfeeding claim http://t.co/Qrzs4J7NsM 
• The Spotify privacy backlash: what is my personal data really worth? http://t.co/zYRP0Rf8Sg 
• Troubled kids are treated if they are white – and punished if they are black http://t.co/VhELOTYOD7 
• Will the 24-hour tube kill off London’s night-bus drama? http://t.co/0MwrzijRD8 
• Why I call myself a 'coconut' to claim my place in post-apartheid #SouthAfrica http://t.co/nDnMm3Idzj 
• What black and white people really think about one another http://t.co/3QGzhVpu9t 
• Ashley Madison hack: do victims deserve to be punished? http://t.co/FAEgxcxK0q 
• #French train attack men receive Légion d’honneur for 'preventing massacre' http://t.co/5TFR1NEORl 
• British rights activist Andy Hall charged with defamation in #Thailand http://t.co/NK003qcnVM 
• Highways England to expand in-house team after DfT separation | The Lawyer http://t.co/EwJNAF5Fjd 
• Tomorrow’s law firm: has anyone asked its clients? | The Lawyer http://t.co/wLOWqrnQ9r 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Baker & McKenzie's turnover takes 4 per cent hit to $2.43bn in year after record figures | The Lawyer http://t.co/ej4DegSjEt
• LAW FIRM NEWS: CMS UK hits profits record following €100m tech-driven costs saving | The Lawyer http://t.co/rn3g1Bxf0L 
• Addleshaws, HSF, Irwin Mitchell and Norton Rose Fulbright win spots on National Grid panel | The Lawyer http://t.co/iuR50lPFpd
• Live blog: legal aid action suspension | Law Gazette http://t.co/LbzHqJWRuG 
• European lawyers in history | Law Gazette http://t.co/palJQLL5df 
• Rise in divorce cases signals mediation failure | Law Gazette http://t.co/gpxgfY2Q6a 
• Strong dollar hits profits at Baker & McKenzie | Law Gazette http://t.co/tkEWFLYi1R 
• McKenzie friend jailed for £5,000 fraud scheme | Law Gazette http://t.co/PhifqQrEWN 
• Mel Gibson accused of pushing female photographer in #AUSTRALIA http://t.co/mxdkfmi7th 
• Iain Duncan Smith plans changes to benefit assessments http://t.co/iodJOB98YY
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/Rogs9NvWXa
• DWP seeks 2,800 short-term staff weeks after shedding thousands of full-timers http://t.co/TgNvdPRFz6
• Law Society told to disclose letters about ‘Harry Potter solicitor’ | Legal Futures http://t.co/zO2YETAYk2 
• PC fee does not represent value for money, solicitors tell Law Society | Legal Futures http://t.co/nlMLgUaf65 
• Jail for 'professional' McKenzie Friend who defrauded clients of thousands of pounds | Legal Futures http://t.co/v0OPf5FNMK 
• #Palmyra's Baalshamin temple 'blown up by IS' http://t.co/b1P8CFxnCt 
• #France train shooting: Police question suspect http://t.co/6LutSnV4Cn 
• China share slide: Pension fund to invest in stock market http://t.co/1vyDXOtaae
• Migrant flow through Macedonia resumes http://t.co/5JiLCcZnik 
• British hostage 'held by al-Qaeda' in Yemen released http://t.co/hYHwzafL5W
• Do Yvette Cooper and Liz Kendall look like leaders? http://t.co/hdihsRNvXj

23rd August - Law News

1335th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & legal articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap
 
Our last 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

• 12 Cities Where It's Totally Legal To Go Topless http://t.co/cpNMpM1e3V 
• Second hedge fund lines up for brewing legal battle over Phone 4U debts https://t.co/CtL4Luknpr 
• Rights of transgender youth, adults at heart of cutting-edge legal cases #US https://t.co/bwsfKZ8gC6 
• In innovative legal maneuver, San Francisco targets graffiti vandals with costly civil suits #US https://t.co/lsyO8OQQnu 
• Julie Bishop says #AUSTRALIA is seeking legal advice on Syria strikes https://t.co/f9RYm1bcjV 
• Reflections on legal education #JAMAICA https://t.co/haVtOTgUq0
• Artificial Intelligence, Legal Responsibility And Civil Rights https://t.co/DjtVVvHWi5 
• Image of law enforcement as male dominated is 'outdated' says Surrey Police https://t.co/5MH9U5nTgu 
• UK banks face £5bn lawsuit over forex claims https://t.co/AaoWS1YyxY 
• Black Lives Matter activists have released a 10 point plan to address abuses by #US police forces https://t.co/gtapb5Gmsl 
• #VENEZUELA declares martial law after smugglers attack Colombia border region https://t.co/F4aJ8GxYYM 
• Europe’s Shared Burden: Collective Responsibility for Migrants at Sea, UCD 9th-10th Oct 2015 | Human Rights Ireland https://t.co/gxuBzbBEmc
• Bitcoin: A Hedge Against Bad Government https://t.co/N1J38uduci 
• Some Examples of the General Common Law #US https://t.co/M1fm0LQuyy 
• What Did the 14th Amendment Congress Think about “Birthright Citizenship”? #US https://t.co/kH5Wj3l312 
• The Round-Up: Janner's debut, and the plight of relying on Dignitas.| UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/2SyDDc5n5S
• Ashley Madison adultery website faces $578m class action over data breach #CANADA http://t.co/ACQ1PSEKxS 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/BLexNRpBI3
• Labour leadership contest awash with excitement and despair http://t.co/8CC1MgxtyK
• Chilcot’s inertia is a betrayal of those who died in Iraq https://t.co/Vjbu7vJq5q
• Inequality? Blame property... https://t.co/rPPJdPpwxs 
• A female Doctor Who writer may not think it should happen, but as a man I'd love a female Doctor https://t.co/W7lFNnHrZN 
• That a transgender woman's in the White House, but still have a long way to go #US https://t.co/02W4OI6AnU 
• Horse dies after being 'stabbed and sexually violated' in Aberdeenshire https://t.co/4OZVmnZieZ
• Ashley Madison hack: SNP MP Michelle Thomson complains of smear campaign after email address is published online https://t.co/gR2w7Sh3C9
• Blind man tasered by police who mistook walking stick for samurai sword wins compensation https://t.co/NfdTyGLzhd 
• Cat lovers petition for their pets to have equal status with dogs in 'hit-and-run' cases https://t.co/V0XPlo2KhE 
• Car hacking scandal: Security designed to stop thieves hot-wiring almost every modern motor has been cracked https://t.co/SyIxNWZTZT 
• Crippling court costs force poverty-stricken people to 'plead guilty to crimes they didn't commit' https://t.co/nBetPZLgaF
• Harvey Proctor: Former Tory MP faces second police interview in relation to murder allegation https://t.co/u9Yb8b2b4q
• Stop-and-search: Police training will challenge unconscious bias of officers to cut down on unlawful use of tactic https://t.co/7xSIGSud2e 
• Revenge porn complaints soar after screening of Channel 4 documentary https://t.co/H3wp1xCiiK 
• Two British men arrested on suspicion of rape in Magaluf https://t.co/HQVYuebRES 
• Silent blight in a countryside of empty homes and shut shops https://t.co/ywfNKF25Ub 
• The children of #Gaza who live with the legacy of war https://t.co/DGk2Y4Geco
• David Cameron pushes Chilcot for Iraq report: 'We want this inquiry finished' https://t.co/itVLmwL42y 
• Restaurants’ tipping policy ‘forces waiters to pay to work’ https://t.co/S2Zh7XiX7U 
• Once, firms cherished their workers. Now they are seen as disposable https://t.co/Rcyxg10YzX 
• The European Union’s migrant ‘emergency’ is entirely of its own making https://t.co/OB7nNHsWu9 
• The Tories are taking us back to 1979 – we need a strategic state https://t.co/ty85FIZVHP 
• Unknown heroes who faced death behind Nazi lines keep their secrets https://t.co/MvSyzzu5mA
• Why the workplace of 2016 could echo Orwell’s 1984 https://t.co/MJuPDYBGJX 
• Ashley Madison hack: banking staff vulnerable to blackmail https://t.co/v3KYixkcwW 
• Europe on high alert after #French train attack by heavily armed gunman https://t.co/N7qzpp0IZz 
• IVF availability ‘allows women to delay having babies and pursue careers’ https://t.co/Jrftuu8JGK 
• #MACEDONIA police fire stun grenades as thousands of migrants rush border https://t.co/UoZLKrTiH7
• Yanis Varoufakis brands Alexis Tsipras the ‘new De Gaulle’ as election gets ugly #GREECE https://t.co/i5KVhhW24c 
• Jeremy Corbyn wins economists’ backing for anti-austerity policies https://t.co/DfZggtjsDn 
• Charges dropped against Britain’s Got Talent coach https://t.co/NnTpzkXtQ6 
• Owner bites back over £2,800 bill for her 'insane' dog https://t.co/HwmdkaeC2M 
• Motorists owed refunds of thousands for parking tickets issued by PCSOs without proper authority https://t.co/NBUjjoAjzS
• Dog walker given police warning after letting her dog paddle in a river https://t.co/6DNPrgfrJt 
• Gerry Adams insists the IRA was not involved in Kevin McGuigan murder https://t.co/QStXxp7jee 
• Bake Off's Mel and Sue almost arrested after stealing Paul Hollywood's car https://t.co/qItvF1bamk 
• Charity race for children's hospice where runners dress in drag is 'a hate crime' https://t.co/IwiQAPdC3e 
• Islamist indoctrination of London schoolgirl in family home was as bad as sex abuse, judge rules https://t.co/jU6Hwh52Lt 
• Prisoner caught with mobile phone and charger up his bottom https://t.co/t4QXt0KBGo 
• Picture emerges of the moment a man was tasered on a plane before being sectioned https://t.co/yOrrFCyFI8

22nd August - Law News

1334th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & legal articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap
 
Our last 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

• The 25 sexiest solicitors in the City https://t.co/Ya2NvEmJya 
• Freshfields posts 83% newly qualified lawyer retention rate https://t.co/7sQKaFpGpz 
• Oxford University law student jailed for punching woman in nightclub https://t.co/rhuYcd6lyP 
• Tribunal slaps young solicitor, 30, for faking orthopaedic expert reports https://t.co/fYmcI8Ywf5 
• Law comes to the Edinburgh Fringe https://t.co/tTi0vqrLSz 
• Bar students are getting even worse at ethics, official report shows https://t.co/4NVmBXsq3p
• Law student summers: expectations vs reality https://t.co/L5xMucW0Er
• BPP big wigs silent as failed students are reported sacked from training contracts https://t.co/FUdRWSTqOT 
• University of Law extends money back guarantee to out-of-work GDL students https://t.co/TBONhlX3GY 
• Aspiring barrister and ex-Herbert Smith Freehills paralegal killed in family home https://t.co/jyjaaiWjVh
• Mayer Brown reveals 55% autumn newly qualified lawyer retention rate https://t.co/kcKPejIakq
• Solicitors’ profession keeps growing like Topsy — up 18% over five years https://t.co/6AkY6XNAyl 
• Pictures emerge of proposed Lincoln’s Inn ‘education bunker’ https://t.co/jwlZ6j2gtn 
• City firms fall over themselves to trumpet benefits of working one day-a-week from home https://t.co/PSO72Gg0fj 
• Solicitor struck off after fiddling train fares to pay LPC debts https://t.co/DzivUDwQfA 
• The Judge Rules: Accelerated courses — students need to beware https://t.co/hEvFcXMnDs 
• Meek surrender or clever tactic? No one quite knows as lawyers suspend 52 day legal aid strike https://t.co/JUgF9m6P4U 
• BLP retains 71% of its trainees while Clifford Chance keeps 96% https://t.co/Yv6RwFnD2z 
• Walk the Thames, LLST’s final & most versatile “walk” of the year, will be on Saturday 3 October | New Law Journal: https://t.co/FiGIC7UnMf 
• Duped holiday home owners to get their money back | New Law Journal: https://t.co/n39ZZdJXN4 
• Law Society calls for survey response to planned court closures | New Law Journal: https://t.co/f9BYW9F9oc
• Horrified Wetherspoon customer finds racist 'Lord Kitchener'-style poster on the pub's noticeboard https://t.co/F4sp6x5l0K 
• Filmmaker and actress Natalie Portman says Jewish community should focus less on the Holocaust https://t.co/MRzcxrDTGi 
• Louise Mensch blames Corbyn supporters for anti-Semitism - turns out it's her own offensive search history http://t.co/mntA2XxeyF
• Trade Union Bill: TUC fears over social media restrictions http://t.co/JGRQexmHLe 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/PqiFtZfRRp
• Spotify says sorry after privacy policy anger http://t.co/wvGQ8UPCKk 
• France train shooting: Americans overpower gunman http://t.co/Sna2kqLoq9 
• Law firm appears at Edinburgh Fringe to discuss fake online reviews | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/Bm1bO3qcVA 
• Legal departments show vulnerability to phishing attacks | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/Q6Hc0bhmZ1 
• Top Chinese firm moves to reward high-flyers | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/AYCf64ndfo
• BigLaw names appear on Ashley Madison dating lists | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/1ilJuUNta2 
• Chinese lawyer numbers grow by 20,000 a year | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/kWf5zZNXtB
• US questions the smartness of new entrants to the law | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/kvtNTHMVOf 
• Biggest challenge for law firms is finding new customers | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/IoE5U5bEx7 
• Lawyer jobs in decline because of AI, says Stanford Uni lecturer - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/BcgWwQtH4e

21st August - Law News

1333rd 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 entire structure of the civil courts in England and Wales will come under scrutiny as part of a judge-led review. The judicial office today confirmed the terms of reference for a review led by Lord Justice Briggs which will produce an interim report by the end of this year. Full story - The Law Society Gazette

Saturday Conversations on Law

• UK insurers 'on track' to meet Solvency II capital requirements, says Fitch https://t.co/rbB3j6CLU6 
• “Swatting” is UK trolls’ newest intimidation and harassment tool, and police need to take it seriously https://t.co/CX5tc53fbR 
• Topless women in Times Square are ‘breaking the law’ #US https://t.co/rgcfneWxYK 
• Criminal practitioners provide 'goodwill' gesture as open dialogue with MoJ continues | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/UeiuLNIZ6q
• LAW FIRM NEWS: BLP keeps on 71 per cent of autumn 2015 trainees | The Lawyer http://t.co/GzwL11AZCM 
• This judgment could shake up how personal injury solicitors operate | Joshua Rozenberg http://t.co/W4OTVpWLne 
• Law books aren't dull – they're crammed with jaw-dropping tales http://t.co/KRzDjEpJbQ
• How Oscar Pistorius's release from prison was blocked #SOUTHAFRICA http://t.co/6bXeR0szQg 
• George Clooney has been given permission to install 18 CCTV cameras at his £10m country home http://t.co/2aHAoApBwD
• Sheriff's blunder reverses sex attacker student's conviction | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/VRxXJuPYWR
• QC says Crown 'jumped the gun' in not prosecuting bin lorry driver | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/tgs1dfJLbu 
• Scots lawyer who removed client files from firm’s office found not guilty of ‘professional misconduct’ http://t.co/9xg20qRtW3
• Man stripped of British citizenship because of al-Qaeda links re-enters UK illegally | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/xWMoyWHqNt
• Tony Blair's attorney general calls Chilcot inquiry a disgrace, chairman has 'lost control' | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/yfKtaoy6KL 
• Edinburgh lawyer chosen to contest Labour seat at Holyrood next year | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/xS7aEqHrHX 
• Lindsays residential team welcomes new solicitor, Julie Malone | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/ApEEl4Cu3e 
• Royal Navy worker convicted of culpable homocide after killing with one punch | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/7rmWKU1SGb 
• Talking About the Death Penalty, Court to Court https://t.co/9hrY7iEgdz
• Ad Blockers and the Nuisance at the Heart of the Modern Web https://t.co/bell29iQAj 
• #Chinese Report Details Role of Political Connections in Tianjin Blasts https://t.co/tFuSuJchrX 
• Why Latino Children Are Scared of Donald Trump #US https://t.co/suYEzwPjfV
• Topless in Times Square: A Legal View #US https://t.co/mrU7vHINMM 
• Judge Says Hillary Clinton Didn't Follow Government Email Policies #US https://t.co/6jv4R8df4j 
• Crackdown in #NIGER Fails to Deter Migrant Smugglers https://t.co/AeLdD3tgZM 
• Ryanair loses flight delay court case http://t.co/4J7kSiD7tZ 
• Migrant on track halts Channel Tunnel train http://t.co/FPepQGi2TE 
• Glasgow bin lorry crash: Driver 'told pack of lies' http://t.co/RPd3uhTV3i 
• Criminal lawyers suspend legal aid strike after 52 days in "goodwill" gesture | The Lawyer http://t.co/dh69SY3VBn 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Clifford Chance retains 96 per cent of trainees following pledge to recruit more | The Lawyer http://t.co/0B8opuLCpB 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Burness Paull staff get 7.5 per cent bonus after strong 2014/15 results | The Lawyer http://t.co/Rd95Q972bk
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Mills & Reeve’s Clarke reveals Norfolk as home of the trailblazer | The Lawyer http://t.co/OrNJynp0hT 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Chinese elite firm Haiwen turns away from pure lockstep | The Lawyer http://t.co/1qNDIWM18U 
• Costs and clinical negligence | Law Gazette http://t.co/V7Yc7ITvxd 
• Trio prosecuted by SRA over investment funding | Law Gazette http://t.co/1NWT3K61tE 
• Public Defender Service set to expand | Law Gazette http://t.co/cbRJS3ao7f 
• Ryanair faces £610m claims bill after losing test delay case | Law Gazette http://t.co/srATNSPDQY 
• Lawyers suspend legal aid action | Law Gazette http://t.co/oeTMVgrEtD 
• Why is EU struggling with migrants and asylum? http://t.co/Jp2AJ7Txfa 
• #Macedonia police use tear gas against migrants http://t.co/cFaAFzmRI7 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/qXHAwNH5CY
• 'No help' for South Yorkshire family caught up in Tunisia attack http://t.co/eqzMF610F8 
• Labour leadership: Corbyn 'would make Labour Iraq apology' http://t.co/ahU1sVbzoR
• Maggie Kirkpatrick avoids jail time for child abuse http://t.co/Q0Vd7IQmk0
• #DENMARK police hunt pair who stole Rodin bust http://t.co/aXo8mgUeIT 
• Cedric Belfrage, the WW2 spy Britain was embarrassed to pursue http://t.co/yU0t2ON8xd
• Glasgow bin lorry: Former prosecutor says driver should have been charged http://t.co/lGxWaFqG8t 
• Tasmanian Government accused of 'highly unusual' tactics to pass legislation through Upper House #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/0WyzY778ou 
• High Support For Legislation To Curb Drug Costs https://t.co/z1b0bhOXz0 
• Bernie Sanders To Introduce Legislation Abolishing Private Prisons When Congress Reconvenes #US https://t.co/mikaffrqSK 
• #KENYA's Proposed Military Legislation Faces Opposition https://t.co/gvRyV4zJA5 
• HEALTH PRACTITIONERS TRIBUNAL AMENDMENT BILL 2015, Tasmania #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/W0Hl48usgd 
• Police warn party supporters against disruption of tribunal proceedings #NIGERIA https://t.co/b7NU7M9hUt 
• Non-existence of justice in the society has weakened the citizen state relationship in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa #PAKISTAN https://t.co/2lPos2d6OQ 
• Tribunal Adjourns Hearing On Legality Of APC’s Suit Against Okowa #NIGERIA https://t.co/Xh4xBBUHBE
• Tribunal dismisses Ladoja’s application to invite forensic expert #NIGERIA https://t.co/ddPusBISuv 
• Rivers’ Tribunal Strikes out APC’s Request to Transfer Election Materials to Abuja #NIGERIA https://t.co/SWP2FbNTuA
• Feds appealing NAFTA tribunal decision of Nova Scotia quarry project #CANADA https://t.co/IPl7TBbHdK 
• Teens fired for observing religious holiday awarded $26,000 from rights tribunal #CANADA https://t.co/zT1tFmzJBJ
• Suge Knight’s Lawyer Calls ‘Straight Outta Compton’ ‘Exaggerated And Silly’ #US https://t.co/k3nCuIRxwq
• Lawyer plans charter challenge to Nova Scotia’s anti-cyberbullying law #CANADA https://t.co/0U4RgRyD7a
• Guantanamo Briton's lawyer blasts US for blocking release calls on Cameron to ensure Obama 'keeps promises' https://t.co/kGL2mVXXS9 
• Duffy Trial: Lawyer testifies Ray Novak heard of Wright's plan #CANADA https://t.co/uW3Su7dyHO 
• Bergdahl lawyer slams candidate Trump over 'traitor' comments #US https://t.co/azXMAH7MRg 
• Divorce lawyer says of Ashley Madison hack: 'It's going to be Christmas in September' https://t.co/tJVcB0s4ZB 
• More Bill Cosby accusers step forward as lawyer vows to grill the 'real' comedian #US https://t.co/iyOkkRfG2N 
• How a dubious statistic convinced #US courts to approve of indefinite detention https://t.co/Xkf2QbeHpJ 
• Leading ballet dancer and former lover in court over company row #IRELAND https://t.co/xoGOUn9594 
• Controversial trial of Ukrainian filmmaker closes in #RUSSIA https://t.co/4lVg4fRvF7 
• Prep school rape accuser sobs on the stand and says she's traumatized http://t.co/dqh7IAdbip 
• Michael Jordan wants $10 million because a defunct grocery store used his name in a steak ad #US https://t.co/JCaV22y75v 
• Partner tells jury there was 'nothing unusual' about David Cooper in hours after he allegedly killed Sameena Imam https://t.co/8LjOwQAf6z
• No charges against police in fatal New Jersey shooting caught on dashboard camera #US https://t.co/STynePsFNc 
• Jury deliberating in Charlotte cop's manslaughter trial #US https://t.co/VJo9NrOsem 
• Appeals court refuses to rehear former Illinois governor corruption case #US https://t.co/l63tC4PJOM 
• #ISRAEL court suspends sentence of Palestine prisoner on hunger strike https://t.co/sqEoIZSe8U 
• Former #IRAN prosecutor acquitted of killing prisoners https://t.co/uKleeDIa47 
• #CHINA: owners of Tianjin explosion site used influence to avoid regulations https://t.co/QikrxMgSKK 
• Illegal cockle haul in Canterbury nets $8000 in fines #NEWZEALAND https://t.co/jzrRvlNui3 
• Citi Overlooked a Few Thousand Illegal Trades #US https://t.co/38bknL0Qc5
• Could you be breaking the law if you upload a photo of your expensive restaurant meal to Instagram or Facebook? https://t.co/TM0UHfsLe6
• Illegal tobacco products found in Eastbourne shop https://t.co/kPJMLR1Wcf 
• Inside the Mafia’s Illegal Street Horse Racing #ITALY https://t.co/VR6SyAacDJ 
• Our shame at the 'gruesome extent' of illegal bird hunting https://t.co/4QZ69fegxW 
• BSB seeks power to fine barristers cleared by disciplinary tribunals | Legal Futures http://t.co/xS6IkICpxY
• Kidwells launches accountancy joint venture – to add to its nine other branded businesses | Legal Futures http://t.co/SIVw9D9fxg 
• Tormented pensioner jailed over carrying gun for protection released after legal error https://t.co/xjkRewHrSy 
• Inside the UK's worst detention centre: 'Hell must be better than that place' https://t.co/l72Tj6WEYr 
• Colleagues of rapist police officer ignored his deviant behaviour, report finds https://t.co/9u805PWjPC
• Driver throws away parking fine and is prompty fined for littering https://t.co/atryQhLrTY 
• Only Oscar Pistorius can give Reeva's grieving family what they need most https://t.co/z1Zd8nzaCp 
• Stuffed wolf worth £32,000 stolen from Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts' granddaughter https://t.co/MhANeQMFi7 
• Man tasered on easyJet plane at Gatwick 'after row over two pieces of hand luggage' https://t.co/dwxGkbmUr1 
• North Wales detective caught in office 'love square' used police systems to spy on ex-girlfriend https://t.co/KSVtJjNwWd
• Bin lorry driver denies putting himself before Glasgow crash victims https://t.co/fk7MqPK0b3
• Secret files reveal techniques of Cold War Soviet spies https://t.co/HWGr56bQ04
• MI5 spied on novelist Doris Lessing for decades, files disclose https://t.co/tCXpZywnNN 
• Big Four Japanese firm opens fourth domestic office | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/doKxYAZJ7l 
• Legal profession moves en masse into app design | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/4VCrcsviiX 
• UK High Court's repeal practically unenforceable | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/n85BXlKk8g 
• Law firms given platform to share cyber threat information | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/A9rqKn40TE 
• Vietnam firms create country's first legal alliance | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/SDR9dqvbhU 
• Law firms are engaging in shallow innovation, says Novus director | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/2WvJj2yHVq 
• Mayer Brown struggles to retain NQs in London | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/C75al2WQ2x 
• Music giant was run by its lawyers, according to leaked tape | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/Z5bXdfJzFE 
• Samsung Pay: What is it and how does it compare to Apple Pay? http://t.co/cuf5kLoSFX 
• Kevin McGuigan murder: Police link Provisional IRA to killing in Belfast http://t.co/j4xO1TEQFk
• British Airways Luggage Issues - Legal Action Steps Needed? https://t.co/KMe9Kli3wt
• Co-operative Legal Services appoints executive team https://t.co/DXis9yL9HB 
• Why insider trading should be legal https://t.co/VbAK9Mw5Sz
• Legal battle pushing Vaughan homeowner into poverty #CANADA https://t.co/6vxLy576jI 
• Working class hero leads strike against government legal aid cuts from the tee https://t.co/U1wPTEOf6A 
• Legal bids by college lecturer who dismembered teenager cost tax payer £800,000 https://t.co/HzTdeLDFm3 
• Has a lost Nazi ghost train carrying gold finally been found? Two treasure hunters think so https://t.co/fp1uBBOOqO 
• Summer Budget 2015: new rules for non-domiciled individuals https://t.co/CTxaITAHb0 
• #SWEDEN urges Amnesty to learn from its prostitution laws https://t.co/AvmzADwwSr
• New law means Wales is first part of UK to introduce training for landlords and agents https://t.co/briEZh1y3M 
• #MAURITANIA's tough anti-slavery laws face tougher resistance https://t.co/AZsJDSr77j 
• How changes to EU data protection law could affect UK business https://t.co/ksdVf1U02M 
• Lobbying efforts against proposed PI changes is 'scaremongering', claims association #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/IG1P33CvdK 
• Barrister and peer suggests Iraq Inquiry held up by legal inexperience | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/Luavey3jft 
• Former SNP leader calls for federalised police force | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/aHG9HYpoPQ 
• Figures show one third of drivers fail to pay Glasgow city centre bus gate fine | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/1De850PSZg 
• Ledingham Chalmers to raise money for land workers' charity | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/QfdJglQYkp 
• Shami Chakrabarti's Liberty sets sights on Scotland | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/Tcokpri0XT 
• Andrew Mackenzie appointed to RICS Dispute Resolution Appointments Board | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/S1sw27u922 
• Book review: On Liberty, by Shami Chakrabarti | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/B0EF7exCyS 
• Terror accused being in Supermax 'unfair' #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/6YQUbkQJvV
• Jury discharged after barrister taken ill in trial of man accused of hiding in an attic before sexually assaulting w…https://t.co/5i6dyVFJ5d 
• Strabane Euromillions winner handed community service after alcohol fuelled assault on taxi driver https://t.co/0ku4TorgI4
• $1.2 million judgment upheld for former A.C. solicitor claiming retaliation #US https://t.co/h1T0K31ZzR 
• She's a cut above the rest, trainee solicitor Annie James donates long hair to charity https://t.co/wcAAbvEJHl 
• Solicitor vows to stay on Zachary Hammond case after calls for recusal #US https://t.co/UAxXmHWKKC 
• Regulator to investigate personal injury lawyer’s park footie behaviour after he pleaded guilty to GBH https://t.co/ElOp1mCqXT

20th August - Law News

1332nd 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 Legal Services Board (LSB) has expressed concern that the cost of practising as a solicitor remains the same even though the Solicitors Regulation Authority’s (SRA) budget continues to fall. However, it has decided to approve the application from the Law Society and SRA for the 2015/16 practising fees, set at £320 for individuals, with firms between them again contributing £62.7m. Full story - Legal Futures

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Former barrister gave immigration advice unlawfully | Law Gazette http://t.co/7Bzxfg3LAk 
• Gove brings former colleagues to MoJ | Law Gazette http://t.co/puaTO79Ebd
• Labour Party could split under Jeremy Corbyn, says former Home Secretary Yvette Cooper http://t.co/rx2SGzmZaY 
• #GREECE crisis: PM Alexis Tsipras quits and calls early polls http://t.co/ch05jQcD0S 
• Media events: on-stage interviews with Ahmet Altan and Amol Rajan... http://t.co/Z5mdNcVIk8 
• #Spain's campaigning judge seeks change in law to prosecute global corporations http://t.co/GKYnunL73x 
• #Argentinian Pope holds Falklands sign urging Argentine-UK talks http://t.co/tSgFVUfDE0
• Glasgow bin lorry crash: Driver Harry Clarke refuses to answer questions http://t.co/jLLtulucK1 
• Ashley Madison: Leaked accounts fallout deepens #divorce #lawyers http://t.co/nDvhUSKvGj 
• UK embassy in Tehran to reopen after British-Iranian relations thaw http://t.co/vtMtKigZ8R 
• Bangkok bomb: Two suspects hand themselves in #THAILAND http://t.co/ogTMwpyT8n
• #Russia is using jailed Ukrainian pilot as pawn in its game with west http://t.co/Vqmu3Ah6lT 
• Россия использует арестованную украинскую летчицу как пешку в игре с Западом - Марк Фейгин http://t.co/bqOHv2Bzit 
• The world must act to stop #Syria’s suffering | Letters http://t.co/DPp5jchNsu 
• Costco and CP Foods face lawsuit over alleged slavery in prawn supply chain http://t.co/daRZ5U1Q84 
• The Guardian view on #Eritrea: listen to the voices of those who have fled | Editorial http://t.co/UAR0NkF731 
• #Canadian mining company accused of exploiting #Eritrea's forced labour http://t.co/e7Ai4EdZV8 
• Birthright citizenship: a history of futile #US conservative attempts to repeal law http://t.co/mtQKZ89Wjv 
• Firms circle ailing McClure Naismith as administration looms | The Lawyer https://t.co/TViXd9N76A 
• Qatar Petroleum hands out panel spots to HSF and Simmons & Simmons | The Lawyer https://t.co/23sLEBwbQf 
• Hitachi Rail Europe to boost in-house capability with first GC | The Lawyer https://t.co/DPULd3g9ZE 
• BLP turns to Clyde & Co for corporate insurance hire | The Lawyer https://t.co/PuHtykNrzP 
• Wide scope for review of civil court structure | Law Gazette http://t.co/7h2Ep4xorz
• City giants embrace flexible working as staff laud benefits | Law Gazette http://t.co/Nej1rLy3pm 
• Action day 51: PDS silks cover junior-level trials | Law Gazette http://t.co/d5JUQ0gLFE 
• The progressive practice: the importance of branding | Legal Futures http://t.co/fbkwHYLUTU 
• Barrister who took BSB to judicial review hopes for “fair hearing” of forgery claims | Legal Futures http://t.co/fOFGmYyWtp 
• Former lawyers convicted of providing illegal immigration advice | Legal Futures http://t.co/RDFJc8cx3r
• NewLaw owner acquires firm's ABS joint venture partner | Legal Futures http://t.co/69kORsO2oG
• The crucial role of women within Islamic State http://t.co/ObPdrhzYyU 
• Passenger Tasered on Easyjet plane at Gatwick http://t.co/tlwglpYBnR 
• SNP MP Michelle Thomson says email on adultery site database was 'hacked' http://t.co/6mg8DdKhKq 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/g8eor8EMWN
• Nazi gold train 'found in #Poland' http://t.co/FokDqW6ICD 
• Migrants crisis: #Slovakia 'will only accept Christians' http://t.co/rOMa78A6uA 
• MPs and Peers call for radical new approach to drugs laws http://t.co/cbiXRD4WBj
• #German art row over proposed export limits http://t.co/YIwxIHxcuW 
• A conversation with the first Muslim judge in California, Honorable Halim Dhanidina https://t.co/ZfHGoB5nSu 
• Non-profit atheist group files complaint against Texas judge who forced man to marry or face jail https://t.co/Z5xx3YSxIh 
• Judge declares mistrial after juror recants not guilty verdict #US https://t.co/CosOl0rUDc 
• Clerk's Semen-Stained Dress Proof of Judge's Sexual Harassment: Lawsuit #US https://t.co/nCsNLq85dC
• The watch for an independent, principled and progressive judiciary, worthy of the people, continues in #MALAYSIA https://t.co/WK0xXwB8To 
• Cairo on Anti-Terror Law: Countries Should Respect #Egypt Judiciary Independence https://t.co/RwhiQ91dNj
• Mutunga Must Act On Graft in Judiciary #KENYA https://t.co/Mm8PfTqETH
• #Turkish judiciary will curb government’s witch hunt, says SP leader https://t.co/e90CTCZ42A 
• Applications Invited for Soros Justice Fellowships in Advocacy and Media https://t.co/5y40ii7ypZ 
• Kay McFarland, former Kansas Supreme Court chief justice, dies at 80 #US https://t.co/4Qy6aNqynW 
• Victim's Family Says Accused Killer Slipped Through Justice System #US https://t.co/WDhiayYE8i 
• #Libyans Have Earned the Right to Justice https://t.co/P5ma4603cv 
• Marikana massacre: still no justice, three years on #SOUTHAFRICA https://t.co/qy0stbOGre 
• Hillary Clinton Talks Gun Policy, Criminal-Justice Reform Following 'Black Lives Matter' #US https://t.co/bViXdZHbEG 
• Illegal drug use rises among the middle aged https://t.co/YQ7iPDtyK8
• Lancashire cricketers 'involved in Kent bar fracas' https://t.co/1TqFHC3Yj7 
• Brutal street attack video viewed one million times https://t.co/G5xp50QacR 
• Police should say sorry for stop and search mistakes https://t.co/55icWe3MMW 
• Gerald Ratner's daughter lies in pain for two hours as ambulance fails to arrive after bike accident https://t.co/SuKlaA9tVZ 
• Grandfather died after liver 'nearly split in two in Manchester care home attack' https://t.co/HMah9TlPzx 
• Baroness Butler-Sloss supports accused rapist in court https://t.co/43f3tBWM5W 
• Avon and Somerset Chief Constable Nick Gargan urged to quit over misconduct https://t.co/uNellhQCgZ 
• Hackers told police Mumsnet founder Justine Roberts had been 'murdered' at her London home https://t.co/Bm2vUKYlMh 
• Innovative UK law firm doubles trainee investment | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/qi0nV5NIZT 
• Kramer Levin sanctioned by court over unprofessional conduct | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/kV6wRIAk71 
• Regulator accused of abuse of power over lawyer's appointment | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/T0KRc3nXbQ 
• Gibson Dunn investigates record US corruption penalties | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/gkvyQnNpLV 
• Rajah & Tann follows A&O in launching contract lawyer service | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/iCUUX8Rvp2 
• Herbert Smith to introduce flexible working across London teams | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/lEkVPs525g 
• US law firms worried by lack of skills among law students | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/QxbRZig22i 
• Legal profession cited as example of brutal environment by NY Times | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/yXv351FlLV

19th August - Law News

1332nd 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: Firms struggle to convert revenue into profitability. Over a quarter of firms see overall profit pool decrease as regional firms outperform City counterparts in PEP metric. Full story - Solicitors Journal

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Solicitors’ profession keeps growing like Topsy — up 18% over five years https://t.co/6AkY6XNAyl 
• Lincoln solicitor claims thousands of motorists could be driving uninsured https://t.co/sjIXwAb4tI 
• Senior partner from a Yorkshire law firm Peter McCormick has been appointed to the Football Association Board https://t.co/lVFt9if8KW 
• DPP solicitor made basic legal error and failed to put crucial evidence #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/Ms6L6amddM 
• A solicitor fractured the cheek bone of a spectator during an attack as he was playing in a football match at Leeds https://t.co/p99lKPfvj2 
• Graduate Faisal Muhammed wins prestigious scholarship to begin studying at the Bar https://t.co/Eq2nu6kg40 
• Man whose blood was detected on airbag of stolen crashed car "sorry" for his actions https://t.co/LcdZemVdNJ
• Hawke Bay Prominent barrister Tony Snell sworn in as judge #SOUTHAFRICA https://t.co/ZqQIVokUzE
• Freezing Mark Kavanagh, Danny O'Brien's winnings unlawful: barrister Damian Sheales #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/JMNZdJoSEw 
• Resubmit flight delay claim after regulator intervention https://t.co/KgAcOA1iLV 
• RWE legal action against demonstrators “disproportionate and absurd” #GERMANY https://t.co/c8uFaEfeJW 
• Taxi drivers launch legal challenge against Embankment cycle superhighway https://t.co/ujZCNdvCSI 
• Abbott government bid to crack down on green group legal appeals facing likely defeat in Senate #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/N6CE9P5FpA 
• #MEXICO marks legal milestone as soldier jailed for disappearance https://t.co/b0ubGrpZRx 
• George Zimmerman sells rebel flag art 'to raise legal fees' #US https://t.co/7taUn0njIk
• Roomba’s robotic lawn mowers are now legal in the US, and astronomers aren’t happy https://t.co/nRQs3dz4HS 
• Is it legal to attack a seagull? https://t.co/bgiAlx6UYo 
• #SouthAfrican minister seeks legal advice over Oscar Pistorius release https://t.co/BBQSZlDZ67 
• Labour seeks legal advice over leadership election infiltration fears https://t.co/i2P2acOt1T 
• Record conveyancing in second quarter claims search firm https://t.co/QRDU51e2Pb
• Ownership Of Privately-Held Companies: Privacy Versus Transparency https://t.co/5y0QZ2vpE6 
• Tributes to London law student Vivian Chan killed in blast at Bangkok shrine https://t.co/pLXCrLk2p6 
• Address the skills shortage to help UK manufacturing flourish, says expert https://t.co/JahdAgSeGC 
• Current UK employment law is bad for small business https://t.co/P86hHNNnxc 
• NYC mayor signs law to combat future Legionnaires' outbreaks #US https://t.co/VxjJl9PglL 
• Germany, UK Data Privacy Alert https://t.co/MznDo7D6xP
• Tributes poured in yesterday to a “beautiful, talented star” trainee lawyer found strangled at her family’s home https://t.co/NVTZYEq09f 
• Former barrister pleads guilty to providing illegal immigration advice | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/j1WZXP4MoO 
• The Questionable Legality of Military Aid to #Egypt https://t.co/4LLSR3YwXe 
• Times Square's Topless Women Should Be Regulated, Mayor Says #US https://t.co/JtVL4GTNYa 
• Bank of New York Mellon Settles Bribery Case Over Interns #US https://t.co/qFNEhlOzzx 
• Rape Case Puts Focus on Culture of Elite St. Paul's School #US https://t.co/dGKjnnZumX 
• Same sex marriage related Book Ban in Venice Ignites a Gay Rights Battle #ITALY https://t.co/JQWKnjxF99
• Fear of Toxic Air and Distrust of Government Follow Tianjin Blasts #CHINA https://t.co/jWi4fnokgm 
• One Palestinian's Refusal to Eat Puts #Israel in a Bind https://t.co/Vo9oykoyLr 
• Prison Guard 'Beat Up Squad' Is Blamed in New York Inmate's Death #US https://t.co/nBprmLH2Ty 
• Powerful case for women in the City | Law Gazette http://t.co/KBH5zuQIZU 
• Profits rebound at Irwin Mitchell | Law Gazette http://t.co/9WZdDfsefz 
• Firms sounded out over withdrawal of legal aid bids | Law Gazette http://t.co/vpI9uVX7X2 
• Former Blakemores boss granted conditional PC | Law Gazette http://t.co/k6RH6e5Mqc 
• PIRC apologises to senior officer over mishandling of complaints | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/cEbDyWkxXL 
• Blog: Can you keep a secret? | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/lyz0y9I6RN
• Sexual offences lead increase in Scottish railway crime | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/CJpbNGLeuB 
• Turnover tops £100m at BLM | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/QoUxqdlX4n 
• Police criticised after volunteers find body in search for tourist | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/gsRMFM4dnp 
• Extradition to Poland for ‘minor’ alleged offence would be ‘disproportionate’, Criminal Appeal Court rules http://t.co/Di2kbEWEIn
• Scottish blogger raises thousands for Mars bar thief | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/q0WlA6iagv 
• Most graduates 'in non-graduate jobs', says CIPD http://t.co/ddhy9A1Qio 
• #Syrian archaeologist 'killed in Palmyra' by IS militants http://t.co/dtAwRbaHTN
• Mumsnet's co-founder suffers 'swatting attack' http://t.co/QlMJdJ9Aud 
• Dreamliner 787 Heathrow fire 'probably caused by short circuit' http://t.co/Je97rcuuYd 
• Bangkok bomb: Erawan shrine attacker 'is part of network', police say #THAILAND http://t.co/G9ml7OcYoz
• 'If we don’t give them a voice, no one will': #Eritrea's forgotten journalists, still jailed after 14 years http://t.co/YV1eHoZWRZ 
• Is Joe Hockey going to bust some monopolies? His IP referral gives us hope #AUSTRALIA http://t.co/pY3HRHpSZZ 
• Katrina killings: judge orders new trial over police shootings after hurricane #US http://t.co/hN96FIF5m4 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Herbert Smith Freehills makes agile working permanent after positive feedback | The Lawyer http://t.co/yImIYjEaXs
• Irwin Mitchell earmarks further acquisitions as profit and turnover rise | The Lawyer http://t.co/Xwwf8tCADT 
• Solicitor reprimanded for email calling opponent a 'plonker' | Law Gazette http://t.co/fLOdy1qF72 
• Turnaround at Irwin Mitchell as profits rise 6% | Law Gazette http://t.co/WENzrHbGnz 
• Summer of content for solicitors? | Law Gazette http://t.co/lfrak2LLcl 
• Judge criticises LAA over translation costs | Law Gazette http://t.co/3ZIKOm6xUk
• Defendants 'venue shop' for more lenient sentence | Law Gazette http://t.co/nNSgHfA0Vw 
• Judge dismisses LIP's bid to get solicitor jailed | Law Gazette http://t.co/IuRUbtS5Mc
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/YDH8eKC9DT
• #RUSSIA sanctions: Contraband cheese gang rounded up http://t.co/zMJa7kMQFV 
• 'Gag law': Spaniard who photographed police faces fine #SPAIN http://t.co/Slh8JKeTXQ
• Paris shootings survivor sues #French media http://t.co/SitMyFmOPE 
• Top five conveyancing firms gain most from property surge | Legal Futures http://t.co/XvuvRGGfpT 
• "Disgraceful" solicitor who used client account cash to keep firm afloat struck off | Legal Futures http://t.co/ifEI5SfaAY 
• White House hires first transgender member of staff http://t.co/epVrxjJthE 
• New guidance from EBA keeps ethical conduct in scope of legal risk https://t.co/MZy9QbnwJR 
• Alternatives for Working in the Legal Field in #Singapore https://t.co/0E61GW7OKz
• Chelsea Manning 'denied access to legal library' days before hearing over allegations #US https://t.co/UUtMC9L7hO 
• Drunk pilot was seven times legal alcohol limit before take-off https://t.co/6gDac4yiMk 
• #MYANMAR 's parliament extends martial law along Chinese border https://t.co/i2k7bInSI9 
• EU inheritance law can help Britons https://t.co/vWlZPovh9a 
• UK government plan to jail online copyright pirates for up to 10 years has been attacked by legal boffins https://t.co/nllZWFjRwG
• #EGYPT makes it illegal for journalists to contradict official account of terror attacks https://t.co/Z2IAkztSgI
• Overseas property affected by change to inheritance law #IRELAND https://t.co/KjdaLfAVsl 
• Quality Solicitors Talbots has appointed Paul Furnival to lead the firm’s family law offer https://t.co/yKpQ15tPxn
• #Iran and American Jews: Netanyahu makes another unsubtle pitch for Congress to undermine Obama #ISRAEL https://t.co/Ycc4FXMDg5 
• Many Black Lawyers Navigate a Rocky, Lonely Road to Partner #US https://t.co/pSa7G8k6QL 
• Religion Meets Rebellion: How ISIS Lured 3 London Girls https://t.co/JHwO8UOQrz 
• #INDIA Finally Faces Up to an Ugly Reality of Environmental Horrors https://t.co/D91uFdbrP2 
• Exclusion of Blacks From Juries Raises Renewed Scrutiny #US https://t.co/KLkXguuQso 
• Ugly Attacks on Refugees in Europe https://t.co/qR0DQLx8WR 
• Sex Offenders Locked Up on a Hunch https://t.co/JutQLp4hGF 
• Why #Starbucks Prices Went Up as Coffee Beans Got Cheaper https://t.co/XcYsI61Zf7 
• Red Cross Offers Workshops in International Law to Hamas https://t.co/tqSAwxak43 
• Connecticut Death Penalty Law Is Unconstitutional, Court Rules #US https://t.co/SbRLO0bWcJ 
• Europe Gives Google More Time to Respond to Antitrust Charges https://t.co/pVKZdsH0fa 
• CHINA#'s Renminbi Devaluation May Initiate New Phase in Global Currency War https://t.co/jGfSZZE4vM 
• Kentucky Clerk Defies Court on Marriage Licenses for Gay Couples #US https://t.co/y30ctbb5Yc 
• Colorado bakery owner's refusal to make a cake for a same-sex wedding is headed to court #US https://t.co/TWzcZqvjvC
• April Jones: Cafe owner defends kidnap sign in Machynlleth http://t.co/zb1dGIncCP 
• Police Abuse Is a Form of Terror #US https://t.co/79CZMm72r6
• Mississippi Ban on Adoptions by Same-Sex Couples Is Challenged #US https://t.co/GSt90XWBQY 
• Let's Expose the Gender Pay Gap https://t.co/dHVPJMwymo
• I’ve seen how debating skills win the argument for rehabilitation in jail https://t.co/OR6GPRMI8V 
• NGO alert: anti-slavery NGOs in #Mauritania threatened by draft law https://t.co/btd6tRytz4 
• #Palestinian detainee vows to continue hunger strike after emerging from coma https://t.co/z12nLElnit 
• Gavel bashing: why banging in court on TV is a serious factual offence https://t.co/2abQnuiekV
• Producer of abuse documentary An Open Secret taking director to court https://t.co/cHSJuAt1qm 
• Eric Garner case: coalition petitions state court to unseal grand jury documents #US https://t.co/74pyd8MFhC
• Trigger warnings don’t hinder freedom of expression: they expand it https://t.co/qk7zibDgOO
• NHS sounds compensation alarm after £120,000 lawyer bill for £5,000 claim https://t.co/KW48c6a9dD
• We need answers on #Eritrean legislators https://t.co/WBzMnRcM9H
• Shaker Aamer still waits in chains https://t.co/dpNkrL2lTX
• Law firms expand in booming Texas | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/bkLPACEysz 
• Indian lawyers live in luxury as firms compete for talent | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/e3asgcEejl 
• Innovative UK law firm doubles trainee investment | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/6BiNupHhpm 
• Amazon CEO blames regulation for holding back drone delivery services | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/wxuMGDtjvj
• India's plans to open to foreigners will not include all countries | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/L9AZswhBb0
• Value gap between law firms and clients identified by Seyfarth Shaw | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/Yst4QHeDAG
• Korea plans July 2016 opening for European law firms -| The Global Legal Post https://t.co/K0WxgN9h96
• Law firms on verge of demographic crisis | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/8I27BFMket 
• Compliance costs mount as UK economic sanctions hit highest level in three years | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/7NJxr7F7kQ
• Riverview Law dips into existing talent pool to award six new training contracts | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/OAblLclVE1
• Calais migrant crisis: UK and France to sign deal http://t.co/Ey1dxdSeWG
• Is #France’s supermarket waste law heading for Europe? https://t.co/YGc5BYQpRE

18th August - Law News

1331st 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: A new pupillage run by two chambers and Norfolk’s public sector legal service has been launched for this September. It will offered by nplaw, a shared legal service that works for eight Norfolk councils and various other public sector clients, and run in partnership with London public law set Doughty Street Chambers and the Norwich chambers Octagon Legal. Full story - The Lawyer

Saturday Conversations on Law

• David Cameron eating Pringles on an Easyjet flight to Spanish holiday while the justice system is decimated  http://t.co/dfvA7yTyYT 
• Women further ahead in university places http://t.co/EUqJ6iRQRX 
• DWP admits using made-up stories from fictional claimants to demonstrate positive impact of benefit sanctions http://t.co/KPVcQeff24 
• Roman Catholic Church in Scotland issues apology for child abuse http://t.co/UCvwW1aHkw 
• 48-year-old man has been arrested after a £100k Aston Martin was keyed in Hackney http://t.co/XehsDwrgqZ 
• Fracking in the pipeline as exploration sites offered to firms http://t.co/4vjmoxpmTV 
• #Germany to expect 750,000 refugees in 2015 - reports http://t.co/cmFYBNOZc3 
• New managing partner for Marks & Clerk in Edinburgh | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/3rcDuHZ8DP 
• Bin lorry crash victim's family to apply for private prosecution | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/n1k0sac8Lu
• Legal advice need not be incorrect or negligent to be inadequate, appeal court rules | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/xYBgHgwVRz 
• Life peer attempts to renew abortion devolution bid | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/sMfSmgBT22 
• Review into abuse allegations in Catholic Church due to be published | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/TTtliFbKHF 
• Alexander Mccall Smith presents Lord Lyon portrait | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/5maEIbIKUa 
• Sheriff lets wheelchair user off the hook after finding himself at a loss | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/fwpeJJyzIJ 
• SLCC: Legal advice does not need to be wrong or negligent to be inadequate for the client | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/Xv4cDYjyg6
• DWP admits making up quotes by 'benefit claimants' saying sanctions helped them https://t.co/Vuyr6sppEi 
• Professional secrecy in jeopardy | Law Gazette http://t.co/taxnoAR6Mm 
• Complaints handling | Law Gazette http://t.co/KvaHnnbFaM 
• Conveyancing firm numbers dip in buoyant market | Law Gazette http://t.co/zrQBITeOkA 
• BSB granted retrial after evidence blunder | Law Gazette http://t.co/3UhKaWB1Kk 
• Circuit judge criticises LAA for lack of help | Law Gazette http://t.co/QU2jLfEl2o 
• Strike-off for solicitor who claimed false train fare refunds | Law Gazette http://t.co/FxT4KaMtlq 
• Internet flowers – the perils of a thoughtful gift http://t.co/qY59q9Djz6 
• Trade union bill not backed by evidence | Letter from academics in industrial relations http://t.co/f5WAHKXLZF
• Northamptonshire police ban stop and search by officers who abuse powers http://t.co/8ysWWL85MY 
• As sex workers we welcome Amnesty's policy – it will help empower us http://t.co/YoEeZFi05v 
• The truth about rape and sexual assault is ugly – and many women know this http://t.co/hABfs51fIF 
• Fairpoint closes Colemans deal to become predominantly a legal services provider | Legal Futures http://t.co/a2dBBUKn5b
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