18th May - Law News

2336th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based news & legal articles archive focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's Video Focus: Ecuador has housed the WikiLeaks founder at its embassy in central London since 2012. Leaked documents reveal the Ecuadorian government spent millions of dollars monitoring his every move. Here is what we know about 'Operation Hotel' 


Focus of the Day story: 'Cosy club' of lawyers and accountants slated by UK parliamentary group. According to UK parliamentary committees, almost £4 million was paid to Carillon days before construction giant failed. Full story - The Global Legal Post

Saturday Conversations on Law

• BC introduces anti-SLAPP legislation to protect public interest debates #Canada https://t.co/AWN9MEkpK2 
• Judge Overturns Assisted Suicide Law In California #US https://t.co/nNJdcFumc2 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/sOJ51fJNrk
• Judge's resignation highlights fraught ties of judiciary and gov't #Greece https://t.co/2SfIJNuA4v
• MPs blast government’s approach to PI reform as they call for £1,500 small claims limit https://t.co/wV5G4xFumZ 
• SDT: Solicitor’s headbutt “madness” had to lead to strike-off https://t.co/zjx1aLIzrY 
• Senior MP says SRA should do more to combat “alarming” ignorance of equality laws https://t.co/rhSWF8hHWF 
• Court modernisation: Court Service spins response to NAO report https://t.co/STbj1wRPgW 
• Judiciary of #Guam searching for new ethics prosecutor https://t.co/EZAd2FLw3t
• Income Tax Appellate Tribunal says Google #India must pay tax on ad revenue sent to parent https://t.co/2Crri5F0gW 
• Taylor Swift: Man accused of stalking singer jailed https://t.co/fuk7T6GsEO 
• Cabinet agrees Brexit customs 'backstop' option https://t.co/bQz3qHe2Pq 
• Acid attack: Mark van Dongen's ex-partner cleared of murder https://t.co/lVyy88mT1r 
• Iuliana Tudos death: Man jailed for Finsbury Park barmaid murder https://t.co/8sWRLh6eLP 
• Casper and Corey Platt-May deaths: Father found dead in Greece hotel https://t.co/tp7n8PXbIb 
• Slaughter squirms in Commons hot seat | Law Gazette https://t.co/Vajlm9tK3J 
• Legal aid cuts hurt vulnerable immigrants | Law Gazette https://t.co/Nz6OKocwYX 
• Housing legal aid 'protected' for those most in need, MoJ insists | Law Gazette https://t.co/gLQ8OqGnbc 
• 'Rabbit in headlights' solicitor lent phone to GBH suspect in custody | Law Gazette https://t.co/Q6OD8H2WbF awyer’ contracts | Law Gazette https://t.co/0tOVNeL7Ut 
• Eversheds reports PEP boost after flat few years | Law Gazette https://t.co/bdBp9L7CfJ 
• CPS fined £325k for losing DVDs containing victim interviews | Law Gazette https://t.co/lCjQnQrsBJ
• Herbert Smith Freehills to move nearly 500 to Canary Wharf | Law Gazette https://t.co/H1XKwtDbEL 
• MPs urge government to halt £5k small claims plan | Law Gazette https://t.co/PrYvOnd5rQ 
• Taylor denies seeking media and political support while under investigation - Disclosures Tribunal #Ireland... https://t.co/rLo2kEiamJ 
• Proceedings Before Motor Accident Cases Tribunal Are Inquisitorial In Nature: Calcutta HC #India… https://t.co/3kFjwP8q6W 
• Lawyer: Guantanamo Bay detainee denied motion to show art #US https://t.co/rr32TrKzVZ 
• #HongKong localist Ventus Lau launches legal challenge against by-election ban https://t.co/pVLGsYOcFs 
• Lawyer: Solicitor-general can withdraw charges against Guan Eng #Malaysia https://t.co/dd878rOW41 
• Here’s the full list of all the weapons the UK sold to Israel last year https://t.co/2DgMMRWean 
• The proposed additional powers for the Office of the Solicitor General #Philippines https://t.co/RXKd3T7dLO 
• How a champion boxer got caught in Britain’s immigration dragnet https://t.co/o7RD4PA4YW 
• 'For me it's like a murder': the surge in sexual attacks on children in Somalia https://t.co/iw3fzEOIm5 
• Will was attacked for being gay. How can we end homophobic hate crime? https://t.co/DAMVnuZWEv 
• Why are for-profit #US prisons subjecting detainees to forced labor? https://t.co/TDnQRoSHT1 
• UK taken to Europe's highest court over air pollution https://t.co/YleGIsf0dV 
• 12 years in jail for shoplifting: how Walmart is helping prosecutors hike up sentences #US https://t.co/Rti7wZuzOt 
• #Israelis cheer in Jerusalem as Palestinians shot in Gaza https://t.co/qj2q6lluqO 
• Labour faces calls to expel a pro-Israel group over its response to the Gaza killings https://t.co/dLQZnCAGsb 
• Arkansas judge bars TV ads attacking state Supreme Court justice. Is that constitutional? #US… https://t.co/nln1JyGpq9 
• Grenfell Tower: Review does not urge cladding ban https://t.co/sYeGbNfgAh 
• How physics gender gap starts in the classroom https://t.co/qc1TkOSjSw
• #DRCongo Ebola outbreak spreads to Mbandaka city https://t.co/Y5aZwd4Snf
• Rural police 'could routinely carry guns' in an alarming move https://t.co/AVlw64yVB9 
• Vape pen explosion pierces Florida man's cranium killing him #US https://t.co/wmLYtk3rIL 
• #Bosnian Protesters Demand Justice For Deaths, End To Corruption https://t.co/oNFCdfh9eC 
• Illinois officer guns down school shooter #US https://t.co/sDp6CGCwgY 
• Stormy Daniels: Trump discloses payment to reimburse lawyer #US https://t.co/I20p3Scoe4 
• BuzzFeed reports Ministry of Justice to Information Commissioner over report 'cover-up' https://t.co/k5lXDEybvu 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/Mw81WaME9p
• Pope condemns Gaza killings by #Israel, says Mideast needs justice, peace https://t.co/FARhvahTME
• Ghanaian shoe seller vows to bring #Gambia's former leader Jammeh to justice https://t.co/J1Sk71XOet 
• Driver's two-lorry overtaking move leaves woman with life-changing injuries and unable to work… https://t.co/aDBaMUXyW7 
• A day in the life of ... Alex Verdan QC https://t.co/Bz9mUwJpkX 
• Immigrants Facing Deportation 'Could Be Unable To Defend Themselves' After Sweeping Legal Aid Cuts... https://t.co/QgmaFsDm04
• Top court deliberates whether compulsory broadcaster fees are legal https://t.co/vefxBF3FFE 
• Government admits it is checking if Theresa May's Brexit customs plan is legal https://t.co/GAAPFSt1K7 
• The UK's self-inflicted Brexit 'punishment' over Netflix https://t.co/zI4sxjL8jP 
• Larry Nassar: Michigan State University to pay $500m to abuse victims #US https://t.co/mdcJC9at83 
• Activists Want to Use the British Courts to End Saudi Arabia's War in Yemen https://t.co/6EKnJ0m1m6
• Kingston solicitor the new face of national campaign challenging perceptions https://t.co/frNtHG6iy7
• British bookmakers odds on to unlock US sports after legal ruling https://t.co/yrPwWrOfE0

17th May - Law News

2335th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based news & legal articles archive focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's Video Focus: The South African government is debating whether to expropriate land from white farmers and give it to black South Africans. Land expropriation means taking property and land without any form of financial compensation. Critics of the proposed plans say it will run South Africa’s economy and increase poverty as it did in Zimbabwe. Meanwhile supporters believe it’s an attempt to move beyond South Africa’s history of racism - and is a step towards redressing some of the most damaging legacies of apartheid, townships and segregation. 


Focus of the Day story: Solicitors caught up in the bar's protest against the government's legal aid reforms should not be bullied or blamed, the chair of the Criminal Bar Association has said, as barristers prepare to escalate their action. The association has advised its 4,000 members to adopt a 'no returns' policy from Friday 25 May. It would start to take effect in courts after the late-May bank holiday. Full story - The Law Society Gazette

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Supreme Court sides with death row inmate after lawyer said he was guilty #US https://t.co/L7fPPXRliF
• Pope warns nuns to use 'sobriety' on social media https://t.co/C0AFWzHBFn 
• Stan Lee, comic book legend, 95, sues old company for $1bn #US https://t.co/zsVgaOu8q1 
• Brexit: EU Withdrawal bill suffers 15th defeat in Lords https://t.co/BAraYRCMaS
• Fresh fears over danger tumble dryers https://t.co/9yuQ98d8s9
• Tory Windrush Fiasco: Man left 'broken' after immigration detention https://t.co/xDOpwXDyBQ 
• Grenfell Tower fire: Survivors in emergency housing 12 months on https://t.co/a3zaPo15D2 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/5EFxv6LfYM
• EU warns #Poland over independence of the country's justice system https://t.co/QkQFTNKuxb
• Toronto justice of the peace accused of 'bullying and mocking' defendant #Canada https://t.co/MSH0d1ENSn h
• #Philippine Congress urged to reject chief justice's ouster https://t.co/y5t9UOaQ5d 
• Council of Europe bans ex-president from top posts after corruption inquiry https://t.co/DvjwRYngzQ 
• Tini Owens is locked into an unhappy marriage – this is why we need ‘no fault’ divorce https://t.co/u0P5l8jlk3 
• Khurshid Drabu obituary: Britain’s first Muslim judge https://t.co/Gv0sNDZ0QU
• Race was big factor in deportation scandal, Windrush citizens say https://t.co/4aW9dGclNn 
• UK law firm accused of failings over #Azerbaijan leader's daughters' offshore assets https://t.co/8FVx6jeHH5 
• White Woman Calls Cops on Black Real Estate Investor Inspecting House Next Door #US https://t.co/Yv2SWEmOwD
• Dreamvar reaction: Conveyancers face insurance premium hikes | Legal Futures https://t.co/li18RLAQpA
• Law firm finances creaking as falls in PI and conveyancing work take their toll | Legal Futures… https://t.co/hRQbau9ywL 
• High Court refuses to strike out £1.2m family law negligence claim | Legal Futures https://t.co/munSPOlFlR 
• So, You No Longer Want To Be A Lawyer. Now What? https://t.co/EgcKJtwMvu 
• Supreme Court Upholds Individual Rights In 2 Key Criminal Justice Cases #US https://t.co/bhcfmmboPN 
• Former regulator's holidays keep him from attending INBS inquiry #Ireland https://t.co/QEK3LRcmfh 
• Teenage girl 'sobbed over Islamic State fighter's death' https://t.co/4TO1euTJtx 
• 85 year old Romford woman found dead at home after 'cowardly assault' https://t.co/FIxdj5zxua 
• Munby steps into bar dispute with plea for caution | Law Gazette https://t.co/P5quNeVdBB 
• Government shelves bill to cut '19th century red tape' around logbook loans | Law Gazette https://t.co/ruhEUild4W
• Question mark remains over cross-examination support for vulnerable witnesses | Law Gazette https://t.co/r58P6uX92W
• County court judgments hit record levels | Law Gazette https://t.co/lsvPiRdufP 
• City firms 'squeezed' fee income from stricken Carillion | Law Gazette https://t.co/vrudEju3C2 
• Three fined for England rugby coach Eddie Jones abuse https://t.co/PZ10K975cC 
• Oxfam chief executive to stand down https://t.co/JzGDL8BQqX 
• Nigerian student beat up pal over who had the richest dad https://t.co/wBTmhq9FHE 
• Why a Zurich lawyer is being targeted in Russiagate https://t.co/1a8ebDwpMt
• Judge who's jailed some of Grimsby's most high-profile criminals steps up to new role https://t.co/gCF9sQOdcx 
• Making your mind up: Why choose law? https://t.co/usQz6LI6vK
• Criminal Bar issues harsher proposals to combat fee cuts https://t.co/sRQhvC7Q3p 
• The Criminal Legal Aid (Amendment) Regulations 2018 https://t.co/0IF7deXrRT 
• Government lawyer steps down as Shell, Eni trial on #Nigeria corruption is adjourned https://t.co/0CykJZLapr 
• Deputy governor sorry for calling economy 'menopausal' https://t.co/6AZyEbtCz1
• UK government trying to block release of files exposing Gaddafi links https://t.co/6eQ2zi7mY7 
• European court overturns #Malta ban on Auschwitz play https://t.co/QZutjQDkKj 
• Calls for inquiry into #Israel’s Gaza killings https://t.co/aE5tms367R 
• Police mishandling digital evidence, forensic experts warn https://t.co/9vMkpHh4JM 
• Prisons inspector condemns 'appalling' suicide rate at Nottingham jail https://t.co/TJMBnIxvth 
• Footage emerges of 'distressing' home visit by immigration officers https://t.co/aEk0EkjZeR 
• Facial recognition is not just useless. In police hands, it is dangerous https://t.co/1MTedIQSW5 
• $1 million mystery gift to Trump inauguration traced to conservative legal activists #US https://t.co/yHvUcc29b0
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/rrTuNBq8rH
• University racism 'complacency' warning https://t.co/2tUXXhed71 
• Criminal charges fall despite rise in recorded crime - check your police force https://t.co/mwIqDUVleu 
• Carillion bosses drove construction firm off a cliff, say MPs https://t.co/5M1sI0jSOZ 
• Furness hospital baby deaths: Midwifery council criticised https://t.co/pNBRsfh62T 
• #HongKong grants legal aid to Rohingya refugee amid steep drop in aid awards https://t.co/l758cWYuie
• ICO is threatening to take legal action over police use of facial recognition technology https://t.co/v1kh3rPl6d 
• Modern marriage is no longer patriarchal - because of mixed hen parties, lawyer argues https://t.co/fM4J8eu5Wx 
• A UK spy chief has accused Russia of 'flagrant breaches' of international law https://t.co/ahWalGPoDc
• Are Top UK Civil Servants Breaking The (Procurement) Law? https://t.co/ZrOlGBO3Ep 
• UK drivers could be forced to pay fines they didn't commit due to legal loophole https://t.co/KT4DIqjxZ6
• UK Labour Party: #Israel Blatantly Defied International Law https://t.co/arvQ09Edn7 
• UK Government proposes new law to create 'Green Brexit' https://t.co/FtFZksCgCi 
• Sergei Skripal Was Retired, but Still in the Spy Game. Is That Why He Was Poisoned? https://t.co/isGNgNaGus 
• #US Supreme Court Ruling Favors Sports Betting https://t.co/f9woxBayZ5 
• #Saudi women prepare to hit the road https://t.co/nt62LJM3ke
• #Laos Families displaced by mega railway project await compensation https://t.co/5aIR6C3pRL https://t.co/5aIR6C3pRL
• #India's Hindu holy city Varanasi flyover collapse killimg at least 18 https://t.co/Vuwlwzn85X

16th May - Law News

2334th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based news & legal articles archive focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's Video Focus: A new 19km bridge connecting the mainland with the Crimean Peninsula has been officially opened, making Russia the host of Europe’s longest bridge. President Vladimir Putin personally drove a truck across it to mark the occasion.


Focus of the Day story: Training law students in emotional competency, and a change in culture, led from the top, in law firms and chambers are among the shifts needed to combat the growing problem of stress in the legal profession, according to a roundtable held in the run-up to Mental Health Awareness Week. Full story - Legal Futures

Saturday Conversations on Law

• #China's Visiting Officials Occupy Homes in Muslim Region https://t.co/IjyqbUBF6V 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/YBZUskj0gO
• Why human rights groups are beginning to support the rights of non-human animals https://t.co/3C2nMKFsR7 
• #Hungary plans to set up new high public affairs court: justice minister https://t.co/2AcrLhrGmD
• Making the case for the SRA’s use of waivers https://t.co/ADtmwliSLO 
• Notaries lose confidence in regulator’s ability to oversee probate and conveyancing work https://t.co/FBkJkmuPkA
• England football hooligans warned on punishments during World Cup 2018, but police confident of safety while… https://t.co/iTbkRPGhAd
• Barrister ABS offers couples ‘single joint expert’ approach to divorce https://t.co/WmrfzPXPYa 
• Dreamvar: CA finds seller’s solicitor liable for imposter fraud – but buyer’s conveyancer still on hook too... https://t.co/MLruBcIwxU 
• Will the Supreme Court Scrutinize Solitary Confinement? One Justice Offers a Map #US https://t.co/pTYUBhI5Pn
• High Court backs lawyer's ‘hatchet job’ libel claim | Law Gazette https://t.co/JzgMJLu3Cm 
• Lawyers told off for 'rushing to the High Court at first sign of complexity' | Law Gazette https://t.co/XUkbwCbDG9
• Client's negligence claim over £465k divorce payout is kept alive | Law Gazette https://t.co/glbq48vjyI
• Rocket Lawyer takes on solicitors under another SRA waiver | Law Gazette https://t.co/ilqFGWn8fH  transparency | Law Gazette https://t.co/j7nXJ285zp
• Appeal rules against seller's solicitors in crucial Dreamvar liability dispute | Law Gazette https://t.co/v7FFMUrLDu 
• #Malaysia's attorney general to go on leave pending probe https://t.co/ZvaZIO3O7W 
• Lars von Trier's 'gross' and 'torturous' film prompts walkout https://t.co/M1mxTuapPo
• 'Shock in Gaza at the scale of the killing' by #Israel https://t.co/XNJQtsrgyU
• Windrush: Sixty-three people may have been wrongly removed https://t.co/yigAM1WtPZ 
• Facebook details scale of abuse on its site https://t.co/5BbtrMBmLj
• #Ireland's High Court rules solicitor's legal claim served too late https://t.co/dynXiFmRYH 
• Francis George Solicitor-Advocate hires lawyer for conveyancing team https://t.co/lx2e8YKq9F 
• BGCCI elects new committee with Barrister Omar Sadat as president #Bangladesh https://t.co/DtWEE64rPk 
• #Russian overstayer claiming he is a target of spies granted asylum in #NewZealand https://t.co/82gQhwqs53
• The secret executions in Europe's 'last dictatorship' #Belarus https://t.co/JbWSG85GiX 
• George Soros' Foundation quits #Hungary over 'repressive' policies https://t.co/ha8olDGNII 
• #Italy anti-abortion posters spark outcry in Rome https://t.co/rMNrvMKXo5
• Home Office accused of 'shambolic incompetence' over skilled migrants https://t.co/EjSpz0Kk7B
• Brutal Capita staff used ‘excessive’ and totally unnecessary restraint on asylum seekers https://t.co/RqIoTTfaas
• Glasgow Labour Asim Khan hopeful was branded "untruthful" and "evasive" by tribunal judge https://t.co/fSsqHxr7JQ
• #Uganda Commonwealth Games Missing athletes and coach face deportation from #Australia https://t.co/DY3RfNmu9I 
• Supreme Court wants rejig of tribunal system on lines of National Judicial Appointments Commission #India... https://t.co/QUhtb3lCP4 
• De Blasio lawyer tries to shield councilman in 'segregationist' suit #US https://t.co/fYFWRXJB8n 
• I love Eurovision, but Jerusalem 2019 with #Israel's killing fields will be no cause for celebration https://t.co/sg3PoVLBJm
• Nurses falling ill after inhaling spice fumes in prisons, says union https://t.co/Hp0tq60Fo1
• New Look reviews clothing prices amid 'fat tax' row https://t.co/AVxUUSUNm2
• Rihanna 'stalker' charged after 'breaking into her home' #US https://t.co/D2qNj4aqOI 
• Shoreham air crash: Pilot Andy Hill denies manslaughter of 11 men https://t.co/UEz9pnucU5 
• Gap says sorry for T-shirts with 'incorrect map' of #China https://t.co/1VXV7NXIoR 
• Face recognition police tools 'staggeringly inaccurate' https://t.co/hF2siZga7z 
• #Egypt court acquits police officers of lawyer's torture and murder https://t.co/Wv39M1Nld9 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/6oPsYFM772
• UK businesses warned over risk of Brexit-driven crime surge https://t.co/zbqHzrqFBL 
• #Malaysia to review not revoke fake news law, says Mahathir https://t.co/Qq382QTwiR 
• British soldiers face new scrutiny as law firm lodges hundreds of fresh claims of Iraq wrongdoing… https://t.co/At8C8Jy5zI 
• UK newsstands will sell 'porn passes' to verify ages under new laws https://t.co/NQVzQ3pzYm 
• #China’s Last Cave Dwellers Fight to Keep Their Underground Homes https://t.co/UDGQNyoh1q
• Surest Way to Face Marijuana Charges in New York: Be Black or Hispanic #US https://t.co/jeQmOhm0RH 
• As #Israel Celebrates Dream of Independence, Many See Nightmare Taking Shape https://t.co/s6f6AtETpD 
• Love-all in brand dispute as US court considers claims from Adidas and Skechers https://t.co/4xw5HuplqF 
• Internet platforms need to tackle anonymity to protect freedom of speech | The Global legal Post… https://t.co/iE64aGs0CL 
• Holyrood set to reject Westminster Brexit powers bill https://t.co/OHuRzvU3c2 
• Vietnam next big IP challenge as China protects its own high end market | The Global Legal Post… https://t.co/RaIHSqNnE5
• Asus 65 million euro price tag to settle competition case | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/F0d6jD4AGX https://t.co/F0d6jD4AGX 
• Equality Commission calls for end to Scotland's hidden disability housing crisis https://t.co/4fDBPMhrGJ

15th May - Law News

2333rd Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based news & legal articles archive focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's Video Focus: Palestinian health ministry officials now say at least 52 people have been killed by Israeli forces at the protests on the Israel-Gaza border, and more than 2,200 others injured. The death toll makes Monday the deadliest day since the start six weeks ago of a series of protests dubbed the "Great March of Return", along the Israel-Gaza border fence. More than 100 Palestinian fatalities have been reported over those six weeks.


Focus of the Day story: In the Belhaj case, Britain set aside the rule of law and moral principles. Abdel Hakim Belhaj got his apology, but we still lost the moral high ground. Full story - Guardian Law

Saturday Conversations on Law

• The Guardian view on Gaza shootings: Brutal #Israel needs to stop killing unarmed civilians https://t.co/sLptORcPqD 
• Gaza violence: #Israel defends actions after killing 55 Palestinians https://t.co/pyX3L40WWi 
• Security footage 'viewed by thousands' https://t.co/Dn0goeXxlS 
• Shaparak Shajarizadeh Twice Arrested For Allegedly Removing Her Headscarf in Public in #Iran https://t.co/mdfAhkv1RX
• At Boston Trial of 'Cadillac Frank,' a Who's Who of Mobsters in Sensible Shoes #US https://t.co/zbD3QqNry4
• Buhari govt has destroyed National Assembly, Judiciary – Fayose #Nigeria https://t.co/KBvhemV04K 
• Naomi Musenga death: #France Emergency operator blames pressure after mocking caller https://t.co/GgDPbysBsf 
• Our ‘hostile environment’ towards migrants only exists with public consent https://t.co/ljFeAumuYk 
• Palestinians do not want to negate #Israel. We just want a future https://t.co/ohQCGo6WEY 
• Barring heterosexual couples from civil partnerships is discriminatory, court told https://t.co/lubkxjaGp4 tect rule of law https://t.co/ZNvRRW9K45 
• Ex-soldier guilty of racial hatred charge after CPS initially declined to prosecute https://t.co/nMinYPrByo 
• Interview: Sandie Okoro | Law Gazette https://t.co/g6EDmkyJOt 
• My legal life: Peter Young | Law Gazette https://t.co/257x6LXni8 
• Ask any litigator what is their least favourite aspect of the Jackson reforms and the chances are they will say bud… https://t.co/pNMI0qf3zi 
• Police officer to repay £368k made through PI conspiracy | Law Gazette https://t.co/FoPyaMo4G7 
• In focus: Cautionary notes on courts reform | Law Gazette https://t.co/rled0C7mHc
• MoJ spends extra £800,000 on new laptops for judges | Law Gazette https://t.co/WFmsfjH8aK 
• Clifford Chance ‘reverse mentoring’ plan launches | Law Gazette https://t.co/JwozlBL7Mo 
• Property fraud liability rulings tomorrow | Law Gazette https://t.co/d23uTh3bcb
• City Police test contingency fee pilot | Law Gazette https://t.co/W8gfB5RMG1
• Cold comfort for lawyers on legal aid relief | Law Gazette https://t.co/1f94TGUhTH 
• Solicitors mull support for bar action | Law Gazette https://t.co/C8Jg3koSsZ 
• Insolvency specialist latest litigation funder to weigh up London float | Law Gazette https://t.co/z5hJFokmvJ 
• Solicitors affected by bar boycott must not be bullied, CBA chief warns | Law Gazette https://t.co/fG5KQDara6 
• Imran Khan is not the judiciary's 'ladla', says CJP during Bani Gala case hearing #Pakistan https://t.co/wEohkpLhPI 
• Boarding school 'sorry' for 'blacked up' slave photo https://t.co/DL42yyaw6Q
• Teenage terror suspect 'chatted about killing Obama' https://t.co/ZP4cAxvJwf 
• New Connecticut chief justice Richard Robinson wants to improve confidence in judiciary #US https://t.co/RpTCih3Ex2
• Judge denies restraining orders to both ex-convict, Detroit Lakes cop https://t.co/KWGSZEFeb9 
• Freshfields and Simpson Thacher lead on £2bn Zoopla sale https://t.co/1MEImLCDku 
• Fishermen who 'found' nets on the Shannon Estuary avoid convictions https://t.co/p9oY5glIjA 
• A&O pursues plan to target startups with lead role on fintech deal https://t.co/XpuHZLuliR 
• Sacked #Philippine chief justice to appeal her ouster https://t.co/sdYPYI9WYr 
• Call for “emotional competency” push as Mental Health Awareness Week kicks off | Legal Futures… https://t.co/HY3a2MCvde 
• At least 18 Palestinians in Gaza have been shot dead by #Israeli troops after bloody clashes erupted on the border https://t.co/5GhHvZaPUu
• In the Courts: the Jewish burial case https://t.co/w7ORqcCdE0 
• Legal awards outfit is still offering trophies to a fake firm https://t.co/2U25kDBQuO 
• Farrer & Co reported to President of #Malta by furious judge https://t.co/epXGf7EEJa 
• Linklaters staff have been instructed to inform management about their workplace relationships… https://t.co/wzCPN0rE50 
• Sainsbury’s and Asda mega-merger: it’s all about market share https://t.co/f8SH7Muqxk 
• Former City partners challenge legal directories with online rival | Legal Futures https://t.co/yDkZeq4GJa
• Rocket Lawyer receives waiver to employ solicitors | Legal Futures https://t.co/L2wGdHMLLX h
• Gun control on the ballot as activists seek reform through state initiatives #US https://t.co/c9JURbx7So 
• Delhi Police filed case on the death of wife of Congress MP Shashi Tharoor #India https://t.co/gGeanIsKWM 
• Justice Qazi Faez Isa expresses reservations on separation from SC bench #Pakistan https://t.co/uu8xx2N4Jb 
• Victims of serious crime face arrest over immigration status by Tory hostile environment policy https://t.co/brINrCZf2o 
• 'Justice for Noura' outrage at #Sudan death sentence for girl allegedly raped https://t.co/NKO55iN9Rm 
• Amid new approach to military justice, Sajjan pledges to 'aggressively' handle offenders #Canada… https://t.co/RrpmBn1E65
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/tGPexFCtpk
• In a first for #Canada, trafficking victims get free legal help https://t.co/Ad5e157unS https://t.co/Ad5e157unS May 14, 2018
• Alarm at drop in legal aid for #HongKong judicial review applications https://t.co/VujArQL5vh
• The twisted legal logic behind Trump's decision to separate immigrant children from parents #US… https://t.co/7ilwd3InUF 
• Glasgow to create first 'legal graffiti' site for artists https://t.co/v9bcg2fjXa 
• EU rough sleepers win damages for illegal deportations https://t.co/nGV9p1pqE3 
• One in three nurses do not have time to carry out basic patient care https://t.co/dO4RGiM5so 
• 'Upskirting' victim working with Ministry of Justice on law reform after securing Theresa May's backing… https://t.co/3kHRRQhL6Z
• What is GDPR? Everything you need to know about the new set of EU data protection laws https://t.co/8P2gxtHRMB 
• Law firm demands staff must report office flings and tell bosses if they snog a colleague https://t.co/rnj4JELpbG 
• IS still threatens Europe, warns MI5 chief https://t.co/TAuWpBrXUQ 
• 'Our most profound moral issue': Guernsey's assisted dying vote https://t.co/hksZj1N6U4 
• The Observer view on the LeaveUK judgment and the flaws of our electoral law https://t.co/RweIqSKjoW https://t.co/RweIqSKjoW 
• The UK must act to counter Trump's destructive Jerusalem decision https://t.co/0Q9IawMJs7 
• Event: Innovation in the law — with Pinsent Masons in Glasgow https://t.co/Q79dIko304

14th May - Law News

2332nd Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based news & legal articles archive focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's Video Focus: A record number of refugees arrived in Europe between 2015 and 2016. First comes the excitement but soon they realise it is not entirely like home. Two years have passed and refugees living in UK, Spain, France and Germany tell whether reality met their expectations.


Focus of the Day story: A major research project is being launched into the way the justice system treats women who kill abusive men. Criminal lawyers, both prosecution and defence, are invited to contribute to the study, which is being run by the Centre for Women’s Justice and Justice for Women. They can take part by completing a survey on the topic by 17 June, at: www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/CWJresearch. Full story - New Law Journal

Saturday Conversations on Law

• #US threatens European companies with sanctions after Iran deal pullout https://t.co/kZrrsY9XSV 
• Man stabbed near Festival Hall London hours before Bafta TV awards https://t.co/zI2JbU2Wa1 
• Legal aid row: ‘Go back to the drawing board’, Labour tells government ahead of today’s Commons debate… https://t.co/pgBqxFM77J
• What would Donna do? Seven lessons learnt from Suits’ Donna Paulsen https://t.co/oJnD5RPMny https://t.co/oJnD5RPMny 
• Kidnapped Brits 'very grateful' after release from #DRCongo https://t.co/gxWJa47VD9 M
• Top tax QC's Twitter spat with criminal barristers after writing controversial article about rape trials... https://t.co/hL2hQu2rn4 
• ‘My cerebral palsy may affect my speech and mobility, but it won’t stop me becoming a barrister’… https://t.co/J01HojEmq9 
• ‘The SQE is a floor on which we can build things, not a ceiling to limit us’ https://t.co/569MTI6Luq
• The story of Christabel Pankhurst, the law graduate suffragette barred from joining an Inn https://t.co/oJmGpipoeD 
• Wealthiest households in Westminster failing to pay extra £833 in tax https://t.co/h9vtmYN4D3 
• SuRie Eurovision stage invader quizzed by police as inquiry begins https://t.co/AFDckvqGNh 
• UK plan to extend civil partnerships revealed in government report https://t.co/EYEHFVC4cW 
• Women dominate BPTC enrolments, but more men score top marks https://t.co/wX5TK2iGzH 
• Lawyer: Nevada on Hook for $60M in Unpaid Prison Guard Time #US https://t.co/X84fGirBJs 
• My training contract isn’t what I thought it’d be — what now? https://t.co/Vd5kldXGF8 
• ‘How are you, really?’ City firms and chambers on board as leading wellbeing charity gears up for mental health wee… https://t.co/nd4E2SGlL2 
• 'Class A drugs' found at Home Office headquarters https://t.co/FSEBYtmtOA
• Gold miner in #Honduras must stop exhuming bodies from cemetery - lawyer https://t.co/4UEQWHLK7l 
• Ministry of Justice accused of lying over ‘explosive’ criminal courts report https://t.co/6DkIppn3Xn 
• Top litigation partner sacked over inappropriate behaviour allegations https://t.co/OLOp4KGNkH 
• Rosa Luxemburg: The unsung hero of postcolonial theory https://t.co/AHyyw9OJ2n 
• Killed for their bones: On the trail of the trade in human body parts in #Malawi https://t.co/HxDYKB3INj 
• Trump Attorney Giuliani Brands Stormy Daniels' Lawyer a 'Pimp' https://t.co/YOflG2QTzB 
• #Nicaragua's Ortega to allow inquiry into protest deaths https://t.co/OiktqndIe4 
• In #Mexico a third election candidate murdered within a week https://t.co/1AuQV7pxtq
• A ‘golden ticket’ to training contract glory, or losing its shine? Legal Cheek explores the Oxbridge law degree... https://t.co/pw4s7ELh4s ered #Italy https://t.co/URTmLhLR83
• Tort lawyers won’t be required in 30 years, suggests top judge https://t.co/I18mB6mPTv 
• White House: AT&T's payments to Trump lawyer Michael Cohen 'the definition of draining the swamp' #US… https://t.co/lKvK8h4CyK 
• Lord Chancellor wants more top City lawyers to become judges https://t.co/yoWwA6Fbeq 
• Ex-Cleary Gottlieb secretary amasses secret £6.6 million fortune after observing investments made by mega-rich lawy… https://t.co/NTtDd9n8rE 
• FCC fines robocall spammer $120 million for illegal spoofing https://t.co/Xk12cKRIS9 
• Members of one family were behind a wave of blasts targeting three churches in the #Indonesian city of Surabaya, po… https://t.co/RS4tpDP75p 
• Take R Kelly’s smug face off Spotify altogether https://t.co/TtIt0pWuU4
• In the Belhaj case, Britain set aside the rule of law and moral principles https://t.co/DLnElwDDnc 
• Marshall Islands to Make Cryptocurrency Legal Tender in 2018, Optimistic Outlook https://t.co/qd0H639Eyk 
• Royal Wedding 2018: Queen's ceremonial consent to Harry and Meghan's marriage https://t.co/ZBFFczpxam
• EU rough sleepers win damages for illegal deportations https://t.co/nGV9p1pqE3
• Paris knife attack: Suspect 'born in Russia's Chechnya' #France https://t.co/Lc60ciHhHF
• The family of Beth Shipsey launch legal challenge to overturn suicide ruling https://t.co/6JpnQhrWFP 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/nUEYTd73bq
• Markel UK rebrands its legal advisory business https://t.co/hn8qPsA2l9 h
• Judge blasts "ridiculous" legal advice given to 'machete' robber who wanted to confess https://t.co/REPefvP62E
• Mormon church compiles list of 'legal issues' with Utah's medical marijuana initiative #US https://t.co/oFGg4vZ3Hh 
• Almost all UK law firms vulnerable to email fraud https://t.co/Xq7IfDQgCt
• Minister expresses criminal justice concerns in Brexit speech at the Irish Law Awards https://t.co/fON1ghtJBO 
• Car service Addison Lee loses UK legal appeal over courier status https://t.co/CDj7BzzUtg 
• Tribunal rules Google #India must pay tax on Adword payments https://t.co/8xr713TIeB 
• Employment tribunal rules…: Policeman denied promotion in UK due to his Pakistani origin https://t.co/nuzfuj5h1M
• Tribunal appointed to look into complaints about Supreme Court chief justice of #Seychelles https://t.co/04xS0H91F0 
• Tribunal hears Satan was using people in a “spiritual battle” within an Arbroath Christian group... https://t.co/kKC6srjqUF

13th May - Law News

2331st Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based news & legal articles archive focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's Video Focus: Several thousand people are out protesting in the capital of the south Caucasus country of Georgia, following overnight anti-drugs raids on two clubs. The Georgian Interior Ministry says 8 suspected dealers were arrested. But the demonstrators say officers used excessive force and that their operation was a 'deliberate provocation'. The protesters are now calling for both the Prime Minister and the Interior Minister to quit.

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Worcester Police poster tells offenders when to hand themselves in https://t.co/hq2alm7jzL
• Serial killer Dennis Nilsen dies in prison aged 72 https://t.co/7lHeRUrqH8
• #Pakistan blocks US diplomat from leaving after fatal crash https://t.co/7bQzEBeCxG
• Compensation test too high | NLJ https://t.co/4mZmpTLHIY 
• The next recruitment drive for judges is about to begin | NLJ https://t.co/N6T6KvJOfQ 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/YVi6HsWrCh
• Centre for Women’s Justice: lawyers needed to help with research | NLJ https://t.co/7RSCrHR6oJ 
• Law Commissioners have begun work on a major review of the law on surrogacy | NLJ https://t.co/kJ7rOWOIz1 
• At least one person has been killed and several injured in a knife attack in Paris, #French media say. https://t.co/wzuzuPHajV 
• Licensing lawyer cautions Scottish ministers over Safe Home campaign https://t.co/3eZdRHxbys 
• Court closures in the works | NLJ https://t.co/ouqNxpbpBm 
• Woman’s appeal against ‘undefended’ divorce competent but refused https://t.co/RCh30O7QZO
• #Canada to monitor the rise of hate groups amid far-right rise https://t.co/i72z3iZHke 
• MPs reject bid to resurrect ‘Leveson 2’ https://t.co/ztfOLt7iua
• How capitalism allows extreme views about sex to flouish https://t.co/uVfFaZQg6q 
• Gina Haspel: Democrat Donnelly backs CIA pick beset by torture questions #US https://t.co/g6KmeHGtrD 
• Lenovo, the #Chinese giant that plays by the rules … and loses https://t.co/3Armkq1JAg 
• Divorce goes digital across England & Wales | NLJ https://t.co/DzxA47HZU8 
• Date set for Scottish government’s Supreme Court battle over Brexit bill https://t.co/iPTud4TOPf 
• Foreign worker charge 'tears families apart' https://t.co/1Vzqxfzsra 
• Why Starbucks faces toilet trouble https://t.co/lInoOAwzys 
• Data Protection Bill spells threat to law & press | NLJ https://t.co/HT0w3Sm7OF 
• #India's 'killer dogs': Strays blamed for spate of child deaths https://t.co/yNH2JBTo8b 
• #India man kills self over $13,000 electricity bill https://t.co/nQtPw53qli
• Poundworld 'put up for sale' after expressions of interest https://t.co/cIMWrl7CFj 
• 10 Essential Steps to Renewing your Law Firm’s Professional Indemnity Insurance https://t.co/2dIJ6xhLEM
• Aberdein Considine: Most family firms would surrender control for growth https://t.co/A8B6mHzPyv 
• Gilson Gray acquires solicitor office in North Berwick https://t.co/nXRj2rTXhdt
• Silvio Berlusconi: Ban on former PM holding office scrapped #Italy https://t.co/h2BnMd9BM3 
• Tech revolution on the horizon | NLJ https://t.co/YxangU9y0q 
• Margaret River shooting: Relatives 'stunned' by killings https://t.co/oCD50NJZRQ 
• Thousands join TUC march over wages and workers' rights https://t.co/vZhbu5XntA 
• Scottish Law Commission embarks on joint review of surrogacy laws https://t.co/UNa0Zleu0U 
• Public order guidelines published | NLJ https://t.co/yARR1BELe7 
• Sheriff takes high level of drug deaths into account in sentencing heroin dealer https://t.co/OgAihVcLnc 
• Brodies: Brexit could create obstacles for Scottish football https://t.co/1MLcL3hTLz 
• Raeburn Christie Clark & Wallace appointments boost property & financial services https://t.co/8lWjYWOduB
• Police watchdog recommends call handling improvements as dead man’s family plan to sue https://t.co/iXlocduIWT 
• Trainee lawyer who claimed credibility and career were at stake refused sanction for counsel in personal injury act… https://t.co/2IIGpXRH17 
• Rise in drug arrests among teenagers prompts 'county lines' concerns https://t.co/9Rofa2eYZq 
• Two cyclists on round-the-world trip feared murdered in #Mexico https://t.co/6UH05SNnS1 
• After decades of ‘gay panic defence’ in court, states slowly begin to ban the tactic https://t.co/6FevfcUO0h 
• Former #Malaysia PM Najib Razak banned from leaving country https://t.co/UU8j35OY3D 
• WHSmith 'sorry' for Pinderfields Hospital £7.99 toothpaste https://t.co/IC0jXyTQSn 
• Student mental health 'failing a generation' https://t.co/glHtx67Uvy 
• South Wales police Taser rethink as gang knife threat grows https://t.co/QDqTpgdhWG 
• Thousands of companies to take action under #Australia's anti-slavery law https://t.co/n6cJZjuHKJ 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/IW5WA13k49
• We would have fought UK Government, Quayle tells MHKs #IsleofMan https://t.co/PD8rvWWqkq
• In UK, getting a training contract depends on where your law degree is from https://t.co/qYmqOBWZXc 
• Shining lasers at planes in the UK could now get you to 5 years in the clink https://t.co/X9JXwHFR1S 
• #Spanish union eyes legal action after Ryanair talks break down https://t.co/lBs4yNjiP1 
• Audit boss irritated by €463000 legal bill incurred by law commissioner #Cyprus https://t.co/01AmpppT7U
• Netanyahu, Trump Discuss Joint Legal Troubles Amid Corruption Allegations Back Home #Israel https://t.co/WYXSnP6P3r 
• With Jail Sentences and Corporate Flameouts, #China Is Tackling its Debt https://t.co/4dRWYYwJXp 
• Giuliani’s Law Firm Undercuts His Statements as They Part Ways #US https://t.co/KXAg6M7mgG 
• Texas Teacher Showed a Photo of Her Wife, and Was Barred From the Classroom #US https://t.co/pg3yej7hV7 
• UK Austerity and immigration rules concern UN racism official https://t.co/fF8zFXrEGJ 
• Asylum seekers 'given inappropriate study bans' https://t.co/P1IqsqC3Tx 
• War crimes tribunal takes Prosecutor Tureen off all cases for 'meeting suspect' #Bangladesh https://t.co/eLaSNR6iHS
• 'It's destroyed my life': Windrush victim recognised as legal citizen after 13 years https://t.co/i5MvUk6lmJ

12th May - Law News

2330th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based news & legal articles archive focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's Video Focus: Himanshu Roy, a senior Mumbai police officer involved in many high-profile investigations, allegedly committed suicide at his home on Friday. A former chief of the Anti-Terror Squad of Maharashtra, Himanshu Roy was an Additional Director General of Police.

Saturday Conversations on Law

• #Colombia's war crimes tribunal rejects politicians with ties to terrorist groups https://t.co/4XXY9qEB4t 
• Liverpool-Roma clash: Appeal for Sean Cox assault footage https://t.co/nIuyeWRUid 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/jrXJg9hvuW
• Tata Steel moves company law appellate tribunal over Liberty House bid for Bhusan Power & Steel #India… https://t.co/aPFdX50WJA 
• Former police sergeant testifying at human rights tribunal denies sexually assaulting #Canada… https://t.co/5Ev35tgp55
• Trump 'embarrassed, frankly' by Mueller investigation, John Kelly says #US https://t.co/FwBorSYA5v
• Chocolate wars: Waitrose faces copycat claim from Hotel Chocolat https://t.co/SplOUrS9SG 
• Dutch lawyer who pleaded guilty in Mueller probe serving sentence in Pennsylvania #US https://t.co/M9fSN3KQhI h
• UK has seen 'Brexit-related' growth in racism, says UN representative https://t.co/YRXqK6QMKW 
• Council lawyers reminded of duties after disclosure failure | Law Gazette https://t.co/8pbyNBwXiq
• Top QC fined £10,000 over payment in property case | Law Gazette https://t.co/WP5KDXZXws 
• Barclays chief fined over whistleblowing scandal but bank escapes sanctions | Law Gazette https://t.co/ibVRIz6Erd 
• Appointments commission not delivering on judicial diversity, Lammy blasts | Law Gazette https://t.co/4wxMuD2IzS
• Munby praises teenager in 'blood on our hands' case | Law Gazette https://t.co/ThEegGg4z4 
• Costs penalty for defendant who withheld the 'full story' | Law Gazette https://t.co/eH56MMpxdd 
• Keen: We'll decide whiplash damages, not the judges | Law Gazette https://t.co/rkLi8dN6sQ 
• School pencil cases banned to stop 'stigma' https://t.co/gQNP3ZObTV 
• Cheeki Rafiki yacht boss given suspended sentence over unsafe vessel https://t.co/VK6T23MZOV
• Shipping container dumped in Warmington garden https://t.co/pPN5yVKGVY
• MPs back legal right to paid leave for bereaved parents https://t.co/SzUpRC08Nv 
• UVF 'supergrass' Gary Haggarty released from prison https://t.co/3qyXsVb9a2 
• #SouthKorean defense company that paid Trump lawyer Cohen $150,000 https://t.co/HmltjDBNtZ 
• Grenfell Tower inquiry panel broadened in apparent U-turn https://t.co/pA0486qmg9 
• Trump formally nominates Sinatra as federal judge in WNY #US https://t.co/eq98be3dIb 
• An Assessment of Traditional Justice and Reconciliation in #Uganda https://t.co/sQLy6YWAhX 
• Sellafield faces huge fine over worker's exposure to radiation https://t.co/a75l0OMnkB 
• Diet pills death: family seek judicial review of suicide verdict https://t.co/QTfEtcpYUe 
• Police have ruined my life, says woman living in witness protection https://t.co/lOUS5hTArd 
• #Indian Mallya can be regarded as a 'fugitive from justice': UK high court https://t.co/rAbl8sXrBX
• UK Justice system transformation programme faces 'daunting challenge', says NAO https://t.co/El0i1DPUPC
• Jockey Victoria Smith to ride first race as a transwoman https://t.co/n4BGcdma4B 
• Body confirmed as missing Frightened Rabbit singer https://t.co/ynixgzOZJk
• Barclays boss Jes Staley fined £642,000 for 'conduct breach' https://t.co/0iWfXgpOZh 
• Justice Chelameswar writes to CJI on elevation of Justice KM Joseph #India https://t.co/NVDBba24Js
• How Walmart, the Big Seller, Is Shopping for a Fight With Amazon https://t.co/dsDBREBX9V 
• Man accused of being “inside man” in tiger kidnapping is innocent family man, says defence barrister #Ireland... https://t.co/Sf839PfhIj 
• Solicitor General faces complaint over quo warranto from private citizen #Philippines https://t.co/EdDA58hELR
• #Spanish civil war speech invented by father of Michael Portillo, says historian https://t.co/mex1AkzKMx 
• Body found in search for Frightened Rabbit singer Scott Hutchison https://t.co/eGAH2plV5s 
• Man changed address of UPS headquarters to his own apartment https://t.co/Hk7tdE9C6s 
• You might not care about striking lawyers – but you should https://t.co/LjkX1gl2jm 
• London Mayor Sadiq Khan plans TfL delicious 'junk food' advert ban https://t.co/IHbluFmHu1 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/hvB7kBzcpI
• Student loans boss Steve Lamey hired 'against advice' https://t.co/feommjygIH 
• London's moped crime hotspots revealed: Check your area https://t.co/XTSqsnRjxE 
• Brexit campaign group Leave.EU only fined £70,000 for breaking electoral law during referendum https://t.co/E03qaOQ9pk 
• Faith schools, despite being a hindrance to cultural integration get green light to expand alongside grammar schools https://t.co/wFt3OQepSR 
• Tax cut wars! Surgeon vs nurse, solicitor vs social worker, chippy vs GP: Who saves more and when #Australia… https://t.co/AyppbMdEYC 
• Brexit data transfer gaps a risk for UK startups, MPs told https://t.co/EM6jJiGi4E
• British expat in Spain admits selling tourists' data to UK law firms in fake holiday sickness case… https://t.co/3bRCuTZnjt 
• UK law change opens up British citizenship by double descent to thousands in #SouthAfrica https://t.co/JiqnPQS2Y1 
• The British territory with Europe's harshest abortion laws https://t.co/m0gjxvBoUL 
• Government faces fresh legal challenges over badger cull extension https://t.co/LmkigvvBSH 
• Black Airbnb guests mistaken for burglars plan to take legal action against police #US https://t.co/MURMilfU53 
• #Germany's legal crackdown on social media: four misconceptions dispelled https://t.co/QVn0EVWMih 
• 'Dreamers' ask to defend DACA program against Texas legal assault #US https://t.co/x2yoTm6LSC
• Tenant rights: Can a landlord kick me out? https://t.co/svBqplhUod
• Police called after black Yale student fell asleep in common room #US https://t.co/hnRl7pfd5E 
• Pothole 'epidemic' costs £1m a month in motoring claims, says AA https://t.co/JyqnYXjkdc 
• Student loan rates absurd, say MPs https://t.co/7CyJPtVxLv 
• MPs to examine Dangerous Dogs Act https://t.co/gArPIRP6O5 
• #Portugal's president vetoes legal gender change law https://t.co/UQG2XLy4vi 
• How white women use strategic tears to avoid accountability https://t.co/rUBLAXzhRO
• A #Sudanese teenager killed her rapist, and Muslim women are fighting for her life https://t.co/LP9YmTaFrf 
• So we’ve apologised for Abdel Hakim Belhaj’s rendition. But who did it? https://t.co/cCsjWN1ZoW 
• Barrister Quentin Hunt & Dean Armstrong QC discuss most common misconceptions around GDPR compliance… https://t.co/tYooWre43g 
• #Pakistan Lawyer files petition in Supreme Court to stop Chinese from buying land https://t.co/Re6aE8ayPq

11th May - Law News

2329th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based news & legal articles archive focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's Video Focus: The British prime minister has apologised to a man who was illegally kidnapped by British spies and sent to be tortured by Muammar Gaddafi's Libyan security services. Abdul-Hakim Belhaj was suspected of having links to al-Qaeda in the early 2000s and was a victim of rendition as part of the US "war on terror", which was backed by the UK. His lawyers had to fight for years before the British authorities finally accepted his story.


Focus of the Day Story: A judge has described an unrepresented defendant cross-examining witnesses 'almost like committing the offence all over again' in a leaked internal Ministry of Justice report. The 36-page report, Unrepresented Defendants: Perceived effects on the Crown court in England and indicative volumes in magistrates' courts, was obtained by media outlet BuzzFeed and published this week - after BuzzFeed was given a six-page summary report by the ministry under Freedom of Information (FoI) laws. BuzzFeed said today that it is one of three parties that have reported the ministry to the Information Commissioner. Full story - The Law Society Gazette

Saturday Conversations on Law

• 'I Want Women To Have Rights Like Men,' Says Lawyer In #Pakistan's Swat Valley https://t.co/7Fg0iCrnJL 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/VhashI5ZsT
• El Chapo's Lawyer Asks to Move Trial, Hoping to Avoid a 'Spectacle' https://t.co/sUdNKLQ3dc
• Leading media lawyer warns Data Protection Bill cost sanctions could be in violation of human rights laws:… https://t.co/hlrMtvCieo 
• Top judge predicts revolution in use of legal services and training of lawyers | Legal Futures… https://t.co/gIl6AzJN7r 
• Call to investigate barriers to ABSs moving into other professional services | Legal Futures https://t.co/X0UN7K98hv 
• Ministry of Justice “a little frustrated” by legal aid strike as CBA recommends ‘no returns’ policy | Legal Futures… https://t.co/71RjB51J5y 
• B.C. solicitor general Mike Farnworth says legal cannabis users' vehicles could be seized at U.S. border #Canada… https://t.co/FJPSOP1bbE 
• The Guardian view on illegal rendition: take the ethical option | Editorial https://t.co/zMiB4R8BmM 
• Dr Dre loses trademark battle with gynaecologist Dr Drai https://t.co/kDMpKElJ0m 
• Family seek to replace 'sarcastic' coroner after autistic daughter died https://t.co/1yz2xJeK60 
• Tories accused of 'subverting democracy' by not tabling Brexit debates https://t.co/whLO3Zy9iv 
• Windrush citizens urged to give evidence for compensation https://t.co/d3h7sD4Rqf
• The Gender Recognition Act is controversial – can a path to common ground be found between women & transwomen? https://t.co/2t1QenBicU 
• Brexit won't scupper City's supremacy, say arbitrators | Law Gazette https://t.co/8IkCZQg4Vu 
• Gauke in talks with City solicitors about judicial pipeline | Law Gazette https://t.co/cfPFsZpK6d 
• Tech will see the end of contested trials, says Vos | Law Gazette https://t.co/uCDJ9H8xYW 
• White & Case executive partner steps down to take fight to magic circle | Law Gazette https://t.co/pqslZgQDR9 
• Post-Brexit creep into Ireland continues with new office opening | Law Gazette https://t.co/MPEj3dbgpq
• 'Rabbit in headlights' - judges' leaked verdict on unrepresented defendants | Law Gazette https://t.co/DvteshD8Xv 
• Carillion collapse should prompt FoI private sector extension, PM told | Law Gazette https://t.co/5u6jVUTgIe 
• Bar pupillage report shows BAME struggle | Law Gazette https://t.co/G1rmi5dwIt 
• Conduct code needed as private prosecutions rise | Law Gazette https://t.co/dB9Bj3B5eY 
• ‘Sloppy, lazy and careless’: tribunal raps ex-compliance officer | Law Gazette https://t.co/Zg7PlMYvzF 
• Quinn Emanuel sacks London partner for 'inappropriate behaviour' | Law Gazette https://t.co/JCq88t5H1V 
• Why can’t the media and programme-makers get family law right? | Law Gazette https://t.co/xIdTh72Dav
• Stoke-on-Trent house '30in too tall' risks demolition https://t.co/epAENLi8zP 
• Fox killing inquiry: 'Smear campaign' against PC stalled investigation https://t.co/ewUdPtymeB 
• Undercover police inquiry: Report will take at least eight years https://t.co/8wltYQRZhY
• Scientist David Goodall, 104, ends his life in #Switzerland https://t.co/Tc4HE2hIn9 
• Singer R Kelly accusations: Spotify removes singer from playlists https://t.co/O6VrbtwEXy 
• Belhaj rendition: UK apology over Libyan dissident treatment https://t.co/7aWr2sKLjT 
• Teenage girl 'plotted British Museum grenade terror attack' https://t.co/oSuQGxq9zs 
• Joelson promotes senior female solicitor to Managing Partner https://t.co/6Z9dbAO9rY 
• Bankrupt man sets all his belongings on FIRE so they can't be seized by evil nasty bailiffs https://t.co/Adn3w4WfcY 
• Tributes to popular Plymouth solicitor and Harley Davidson fan Roger Page https://t.co/07fSKJCmt7 
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