17th May - Law News

2697th 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: Bob Hawke, Australia's 23rd prime minister and former Labor Party leader, has died at the age of 89. A great conciliator, Mr Hawke's achievements as prime minister included modernising the economy and integrating it into the global community, establishing Medicare, and championing environmental issues.

Focus of the Day Article:

Bullying and sexual harassment rife among lawyers, global survey finds as IBA chief exhorts practitioners to “be of good character,” while UK and government workers singled out. With the UK Mental Health Awareness Week in full swing, reality bit into the campaign with a survey revealing levels of bullying in the UK are above the international average.
Full story - The Global Legal Post

Saturday Conversations on Law

• WJEC apology after GCSE computer science exam problem https://t.co/Ljpe5xZZcT
• Birmingham Star City cinema death man 'was searching for keys' https://t.co/AweGLfgC0U
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/KaruWaPNoa
• 'Wimbledon Prowler' admits Boris Becker burglary attempt https://t.co/Gnr2eEfuAO 
• Carl Beech 'did not know' alleged abusers' names https://t.co/A2gGyIaKBG 
• UK to scrap passenger landing cards https://t.co/Og4T5nIFyY 
• Ombudsman wants to see evidence of costs estimates upfront https://t.co/VmJvSKDE8c 
• Jackson backs new clinical negligence liability test to allow more claims https://t.co/ExwAbSlRUc
• Failure to offer super exam in Welsh may be unlawful, SRA warned https://t.co/sa5LFtJLI5 
• MPs tell Gauke to revisit legal aid for inquests https://t.co/RJItY7D8p1
• Judge spikes PI claim from 'disabled' victim over fundamental dishonesty https://t.co/ScsINNLm3p
• Defendants pleading guilty online may not be aware of wider consequences, MPs told https://t.co/zv1ti9x3bI
• England: Probation to be renationalised after serious failures https://t.co/poZiTsIOIP 
• Dundee law graduate John Finucane to be next Lord Mayor of Belfast https://t.co/zlL05wsaur 
• CJEU: Registration of the mark ‘NEYMAR’ by a third party is invalid https://t.co/PKVbuhfIE2 
• Solicitor Eilidh Douglas to appear on Question Time tonight https://t.co/jSgflFwtRb
• Celtic faces multimillion pound court action over child abuse https://t.co/DqwWyVu8Et
• Scottish Legal News attracts record readership https://t.co/ZSpOpH6AAp
• Possible miscarriage of justice in legal highs case referred to High Court https://t.co/wpYrk6lieg 
• Construction law expert switches from Battersea to Granite City https://t.co/jO3EDyawzt
• An advertising worker was injured after falling from a billboard advertising a personal injury law firm https://t.co/yn1nEvxSlu
• New legal directors appointed at Turcan Connell https://t.co/Jwf4krKKnB
• Faculty urges intestate rights for cohabitants https://t.co/ntdAeP8uAF 
• House-builder wins appeal against decision to refuse permission for brownfield development https://t.co/jTr3BvxUoF
• DWF partners donate £2m in shares to charitable foundation | Legal Futures https://t.co/PfIDiO5ijt 
• My eating disorder nearly cost me my life | Legal Futures https://t.co/UdYCDAAIb9 
• Give clients a cost benefit analysis of their cases, LeO says | Legal Futures https://t.co/b4KG6PBu79
• Call for curbs on Lord Chancellor’s power over online rule committee | Legal Futures https://t.co/7uFFsTEMv
• Solicitor’s “atrocious” conduct over child contact case condemned | Legal Futures https://t.co/1qlD5bobnN
• Man jailed for painting racist graffiti on family's Salford home https://t.co/oAnRJh89aS 
• 'She went through torment': parents criticise Bristol University over student suicide https://t.co/fAt9UbFjPK 
• #Russian bots rigged Voice Kids TV talent show result https://t.co/pnqZHNzkGX
• GozNym cyber-crime gang which stole millions busted https://t.co/xvCQnp8tcn 
• LGBT school lessons protests spread nationwide https://t.co/BPqQ9jPsYJ
• Bishop of Lincoln Christopher Lowson suspended from office in relation to action related to child abuse enquiry https://t.co/pCqyxIAzRm 
• Home Office denies father visa to see son collect doctorate https://t.co/M0wW825DBj 
• ULEZ cuts number of worst polluting cars in central London https://t.co/ICHDHCoCbZ
• Huawei poses security threat to UK, says former MI6 chief https://t.co/D0iidbGuqS 
• Prince Harry paid damages over pictures of his Oxfordshire home https://t.co/nKgeSalTwn 
• UK prisons are a disgrace. No wonder a Dutch court has refused to extradite https://t.co/UQvj80CR0K
• Dressing for the dock: the psychology of courtroom style https://t.co/jpfdqIVqCT 
• Probation reforms: Numbers returning to prison 'skyrocket' https://t.co/d9uBxCnA9S
• Convicted for fraud Conrad Black: Trump signs full pardon for former media baron #US https://t.co/stXXOQdYzl 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/Yb1PN6wPjp
• Probation service: Offender supervision to be renationalised reversing former Justice Secretary Grayling's changes https://t.co/etRJyu86Kg
• #Austria approves headscarf ban in primary schools https://t.co/zub9Cs5Y2n
• Facebook Takes Step to Police Content on Its Live Service https://t.co/D9NOooEUIR 
• Donald Trump Jr. Strikes Deal for ‘Limited’ Interview With Intelligence Committee #US https://t.co/sWPq2D9Apx 
• #Russians Hacked Voter Systems in 2 Florida Counties. But Which Ones? https://t.co/4YZQk3kBoP 
• Eurovision Arrives in Tel Aviv, in Range of Rockets and the Focus of Protests #Israel https://t.co/adQ93TR5Mb 
• A Friend to #Israel, and to Bigots: Viktor Orban’s ‘Double Game’ on Anti-Semitism https://t.co/211zERaNjC 
• #Mexico’s Congress Votes to Expand Domestic Workers’ Labor Rights https://t.co/XL9ONRqnMF 
• Unrest erupts over toddler's rape in Kashmir #India https://t.co/lANd3nTyB8
• Man detained in #China for giving dogs 'illegal' names https://t.co/7KYYU0suj8
• #SriLanka extends nationwide curfew after anti-Muslim riots https://t.co/J0RDickLmn
• Huawei says willing to sign 'no-spy' agreements https://t.co/Y8fw5exSX2 
• Wikipedia blocked in #China in all languages https://t.co/B9ITqGA1hp
• #US says it will not join Christchurch Call against online terror https://t.co/KrP7Wh3quT
• Man killed by crossbow in #Germany led 'medieval cult' https://t.co/mQ0UAaFScx
• Kering fashion houses to stop hiring models under 18 https://t.co/dFzNWvrNIH 
• MPs call for inquiry into how family courts treat rape and abuse survivors https://t.co/I3gTAbkOpo
• Why is all offender supervision to be renationalised? https://t.co/KcSRLvsiex
• Probation will be renationalised after disastrous Grayling reforms https://t.co/3avPe7OtVz 
• The Guardian view on prosecuting war crimes: no one is above the law | Editorial https://t.co/c9ABBNa5eG
• TV industry under the microscope after Jeremy Kyle Show cancellation https://t.co/Mtq1RIuD7h 
• Trump declares national emergency over IT threats #US https://t.co/UqT6eimfVx
• London Bridge attack inquests: Medics 'did not know where victims were' https://t.co/vB1rCKv3et 
• Choco Leibniz biscuit heiress apologies over Nazi-era labour comments #Germany https://t.co/71rSnpWoPc 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/4rouOic1yi

16th May - Law News

2696th 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: Alabama Senate passed a near-total abortion ban, posing a challenge to the Supreme Court case Roe v. Wade. Senator Bobby Singleton (D-AL) tells CNN why he voted against the bill.

Focus of the Day Article:

Sexual harassment and bullying is rife in the legal profession - and government legal workplaces are worse offenders than law firms, the largest international survey of the phenomenon reveals today. 'US Too?', a global study led by the International Bar Association (IBA), found that a third of women lawyers have been sexually harassed at work, while half of women and a third of men have faced bullying. UK respondents reported higher rates of sexual harassment and bullying than many other European countries, including France, Germany, Spain and Italy. Some 7,000 legal professionals from 135 countries responded to the IBA's survey.
Full story -The Law Society Gazette

Saturday Conversations on Law

• 'Shameful': Bullying and harassment endemic in law, global survey finds | Law Gazette https://t.co/SzZdMTQXl6
• Litigation funder unveils inaugural recipients of £1m grant awards | Law Gazette https://t.co/xN7B9PYg0
• Snooping tribunal subject to judicial review, Supreme Court rules | Law Gazette https://t.co/taQwVHpLV
• Manchester struggling to cope, say DJs, in brutal verdict on courts reform | Law Gazette https://t.co/xLtsgdPyIc
• Legal aid lawyers offered £50 and £100 incentives to test flexible court hours | Law Gazette https://t.co/Mb9TRlMNbI
• Immigration boss banned over doctored costs email to client | Law Gazette https://t.co/lQIiAAHSs9 
• Issues for lawyers in China’s Belt and Road Initiative | Law Gazette https://t.co/J6quLjTimV 
• CashBack for Communities total funding to reach £110m https://t.co/pGpDGYtaR2
• Paisley Sheriff Court custody cell toilets a ‘potential biohazard’ https://t.co/ViQDB9kAkY 
• Holly Morrison joins Duncan & McConnell Solicitors https://t.co/GPgIjlhZiC
• Veterans to be protected from prosecution https://t.co/XVtfCnXPjf 
• Lawyers get to grips with AI as revolution looms https://t.co/Aqa6cZMVqf
• Clyde & Co defends first HAVS proof in more than a decade https://t.co/Szm5R60CzQ
• Law Society: Greater publicity required on importance of making a will https://t.co/Pv1ag4xT0M 
• Bullying and sexual harassment ‘rife in the legal profession’ https://t.co/33V0i1TppP 
• Appeal against ouster clause preventing judicial review of spy court decision succeeds https://t.co/EVbmEicuO4
• Murderer’s appeal against conviction over judge’s ‘misdirection’ on diminished responsibility rejected https://t.co/CgKz3F0VF3
• Venice Biennale: Is exhibiting tragic migrant ship distasteful? https://t.co/xAM2BUxSKk
• Carl Beech 'created fake email account to back up abuse claims' https://t.co/jVblZ560Mu
• Classic Ferrari worth millions stolen on test drive https://t.co/VHWScpZP1A 
• Pilots 'raised Boeing safety fears' months before Ethiopia crash https://t.co/ulCVIfEIcU 
• Emma Faulds: Two cars 'central' to body search https://t.co/cyINrg224W
• Putting my recovery first - Mental Health Awareness Week | Legal Futures https://t.co/ARPRZjkViH 
• Solicitor “paid £1.5m in salaries from client account” | Legal Futures https://t.co/RybliqWbeP 
• Court modernisation has yet to deliver – and might never, warn DJs | Legal Futures https://t.co/f1bx2CVMlj
• British lawyers more likely to be bullied, global survey finds | Legal Futures https://t.co/wsrgMbsaY2
• Inside #Chile's Amaranta school for transgender children https://t.co/p5Jd3N9niK 
• The #Pakistani brides being trafficked to China https://t.co/YBhBHALieI 
• The Jeremy Kyle Show finally axed by ITV after death of guest https://t.co/XEv5cQDMGb 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/JZHpGRIIqS
• 'It would destroy it': new international airport for Machu Picchu sparks outrage #Peru https://t.co/GrDylP39QU 
• Ofcom forces telecoms firms to tell customers about better deals https://t.co/2hElWDgBcS 
• Cooking fry ups and using woodburners 'may turn homes into toxic boxes of air pollution' https://t.co/43FNHwSqlf
• Home Office misses deadline to access EU poverty relief funds https://t.co/9wRGVdN85W 
• A sex strike is not enough: women need to down tools completely https://t.co/lticDbsPxD
• Coming soon: the great universal credit deception https://t.co/0Yao9ryfRp
• Delivering Brexit won’t quell the forces of nationalism, as Eurosceptics might hope https://t.co/NXaxAIFVDj 
• River Usk: Outrage after 4x4 group 'damage wildlife' and no immediate NRW action https://t.co/sD6S5UptxW 
• Christchurch attacks: Facebook curbs Live feature in #NewZealand https://t.co/WnESZlZShI 
• Military prosecutions: Supposedly 'unfair' investigations to be barred https://t.co/UmnXRMtZbE 
• Diet pills sold to teenager by UK stores, BBC report finds https://t.co/Lcv9juo5pq
• San Francisco is first US city to ban facial recognition #US https://t.co/XbNiixl9nZ 
• Welsh workers pay Scottish income tax in payment mix-up https://t.co/gdhVs2PiDw
• Call for inquiry into abusive parents' access to children https://t.co/3igx1NfClG 
• Alabama passes bill banning abortion #US https://t.co/Xvo2joMHtK
• Phone and internet users to get end-of-contract alerts https://t.co/KUVOcJbBRF 
• Boris Johnson could be challenged in court on Brexit vote claim https://t.co/PXEIffmYzG
• The #Swedish dream was always too good to be true. And now the far right is back https://t.co/AMg0F9fFgA
• Exclusion of poor tenants highlights fatal flaw in housing policy https://t.co/04vnZwj59r
• Homeless people ‘denied social housing as risky tenants’ https://t.co/L9BEpdcyAt
• 'That show has ruined my life': Jeremy Kyle guest speaks out https://t.co/AzsgXlsM8j
• Mordaunt vows to introduce amnesty for military veterans https://t.co/Z2j8OFdVHs
• Bullying and sexual harassment rife among lawyers, global survey finds https://t.co/vUhgT7cgn1 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/jO4k4QcguS

15th May - Law News

2695th 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: MPs have joined calls for the Jeremy Kyle Show to be taken off air for good, after the death of a man shortly after he appeared on the programme. Steven Dymond was found dead last week, following a recording. Police said his death was not being treated as suspicious. In an internal email, the ITV boss Dame Carolyn McCall said the decision to suspend the show was "the best way" to protect it and its staff. But Downing Street said broadcasters and production companies had a responsibility towards the mental health and wellbeing of participants and viewers.

Focus of the Day Article:

A new campaign, #SupportingSolicitors, has been launched to promote the help available to solicitors facing professional and personal challenges. It goes live today at the start of Mental Health Awareness Week. It has been put together jointly by the Law Society, the Solicitors Regulation Authority, wellbeing charity LawCare, SBA The Solicitors’ Charity – which supports those in serious financial need with grants – and the Solicitors Assistance Scheme, a service best known for helping those facing disciplinary and regulatory issues.
Full story - Legal Futures

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Sacked receptionist awarded £4,700 over unfair dismissal during pregnancy | Law Gazette https://t.co/UaUBQpxWG6
• Regional tech firm reports 'exceptional' year | Law Gazette https://t.co/qVfYGscYVi 
• Appeal throws out Post Office bid to replace judge | Law Gazette https://t.co/Ogj9exrUVY
• Releasing suspects under investigation is having 'terrible consequences' | Law Gazette https://t.co/K2CWapOGDD
• DIY wills blamed for wave of probate disputes | Law Gazette https://t.co/XAPHM0B9qp 
• Mental Health Awareness Week: why we should give a damn | Law Gazette https://t.co/zvl53050bZ
• 'Brexit refugee' solicitors left in limbo as Ireland plays hardball | Law Gazette https://t.co/iFab93FdN4
• County lines dealers jailed in 'landmark' slavery case https://t.co/Qt7DXXalKV 
• Bullied Syrian teenager fears for his safety https://t.co/7bbPau69uB 
• Jeremy Kyle death: Court had issued arrest warrant for man found dead after television show  https://t.co/N3g0UO2vL2 
• Crewe academy coach guilty of attempting to groom underage girl https://t.co/ZNIh0rQ64C 
• Texas officer shoots dead woman heard on video saying 'I'm pregnant' #US https://t.co/4SVHdZgqj
• WhatsApp hack: have I been affected and what should I do? https://t.co/zBmM7L5qEf 
• #Germany’s AfD turns on Greta Thunberg as it embraces climate denial https://t.co/4janMc8HF0 
• UK universities told to compensate students over campus strikes https://t.co/TQedJ7aepi 
• WhatsApp spyware attack was attempt to hack human rights data, says lawyer https://t.co/TGARRFrgWI 
• Barr Assigns U.S. Attorney in Connecticut to Review Origins of Russia Inquiry #US https://t.co/ZfsAablpBh
• Felicity Huffman’s Guilty Plea Could Bring 4 Months in Jail #US https://t.co/QHurqeWtPM 
• #US Supeme Court Justices Split Over the Power of Precedent https://t.co/p5V7nlgOqV
• Donald Trump Jr.’s No-Shows Led to Subpoena, Republican Senator Says #US https://t.co/VJgX5ilDVr 
• Stan Lee: Ex-manager of comic book legend charged with elder abuse https://t.co/Q1GEYUsrE4 
• Oritse Williams rape trial: Woman 'lay like dead body' https://t.co/m9cHUEB7xp
• Lib Dems find 'no grounds for action' against Sir David Steel https://t.co/5Ijk6vui7A
• Far-right activist Tommy Robinson faces new contempt case https://t.co/F3DJAy4BY4 
• US: Couple awarded over $2bn in damages over cancer-causing weed killer https://t.co/8JG9L9IpKZ
• Carrie Diggins takes up Deputy Accountant of Court role https://t.co/bIkhpmN07W
• Law Society pays tribute to Dr Iain Macmillan CBE https://t.co/c5wYfUZx1W 
• Thorntons supports Fife engineering firm move to employee ownership https://t.co/xvukFgN0Ia 
• Smart devices to get regulatory baseline security measures? https://t.co/kbxPmfhNSJ
• Law Society launches mental health survey https://t.co/1Gknw1lBRd 
• Donald Towsey joins McDougall McQueen https://t.co/VCWwMcEb7s
• Lisa Gregory joins Grant Smith Law Practice https://t.co/O9wQqvz7gu
• 181,000 UK offenders fuelling ‘chronic and corrosive’ threat from serious and organised crime https://t.co/Jwt9bHRy6r
• Flagship Glasgow Tribunals Centre opens https://t.co/2iLw0dzTq5 
• Simple procedure claim for delivery of £30,000 car dismissed as ‘incompetent’ https://t.co/ZqplK7O6Lx
• Licensed conveyancers set for practising fees cut | Legal Futures https://t.co/AxLIjpqdTm
• Sole practitioners ‘more profitable than small firms’ | Legal Futures https://t.co/DBcyn7EJ1z 
• “Too kind” solicitor struck off for backdating EPA to save client money | Legal Futures https://t.co/n7TFIOWGlw
• Lawyer-matching service aims to harness “economic power” of GCs | Legal Futures https://t.co/rOpzjlLtLS
• Carl Beech told 'extraordinary tale' of VIP paedophile ring https://t.co/gPrxqO5m3m
• #Somali villager travels to US to confront army chief he says tried to kill him https://t.co/Nw1dpkoEgM
• Alesha MacPhail murder: Aaron Campbell to appeal sentence https://t.co/0A4w95JAro
• Cow & Gate in baby food recall from major supermarkets https://t.co/XX6MXiS9il
• Key events in the Julian Assange legal saga https://t.co/6p1S9WQZ3E 
• #Israel: Amnesty International engages in legal action to stop NSO Group’s web of surveillance https://t.co/G3DIVWJx6G
• United Kingdom Consumer Legal Services Report, 2019 - Consumer Demand Led by Conveyancing and Wills/Probate https://t.co/7t7GtjTkZl
• Legal proceedings against travellers in Marlow have been started https://t.co/wL96sb5arq 
• Councils to be placed under legal duty to house victims of domestic abuse: https://t.co/Q2T7H3nXfo
• Accused of ‘Terrorism’ for Putting Legal Materials Online #US https://t.co/VTePtbYG0w 
• Being a parent carries legal responsibilities https://t.co/eK9vpPbv9
• Leah Heyes: Second arrest over suspected drug death https://t.co/zSqJ1MEJqY 
• Inequality driving 'deaths of despair' https://t.co/u9zAbPTPJm 
• Poverty porn Jeremy Kyle show: MP calls for ITV show to be axed for good https://t.co/EdqwVgn1Xf 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/oq3tUre4ZC
• WhatsApp discovers 'targeted' surveillance attack https://t.co/gDRFEcr9Nm
• #SriLanka imposes curfew amid anti-Muslim violence https://t.co/0k5AKc4gMO 
• Omar al-Bashir charged over dead #Sudan protesters https://t.co/pB5AJTfEMF
• Kavanaugh and Gorsuch, Justices With Much in Common, Take Different Paths #US https://t.co/dliJNLP7UY
• WhatsApp voice calls used to inject Israeli spyware on phones https://t.co/qOWMPboSwp 
• Is #India the frontline in big tech’s assault on democracy? https://t.co/vw9iE4KBIn 
• Ex-Autonomy CFO jailed for five years over Hewlett-Packard fraud https://t.co/fCN5NLMjXj 
• Spend £2.7bn more to tackle organised crime, says NCA chief https://t.co/obi1ZUUjqu 
• Britain risks heading to US levels of inequality, warns top economist https://t.co/JsWCiH7U7D 
• The Guardian view on private jails: flaws in the system | Editorial https://t.co/Fi9oS8YhDa 
• Ex-Google boss defends multiple controversies https://t.co/oLSG8J1l30

14th May - Law News

2694th 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: Travelling by plane has never been more popular, with four billion passengers flying every year. But aviation emissions contribute to climate change, and scientists say we need to do more to tackle the problem. BBC research has found that only a tiny fraction of passengers travelling with the world's biggest airlines are choosing to offset their carbon footprints. Carbon offset schemes involve paying extra in order to contribute to environmental projects that reduce the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere, though some say it's just an excuse to continue polluting. But it's not the only way to reduce the impact of your flight on the planet.

Focus of the Day Article:

Private jails more violent than public ones, data analysis shows - figures for England and Wales raise questions over government’s prisons model.
Full story - Guardian Law

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Bradley Welsh: Man charged over Trainspotting actor murder https://t.co/MIy4x36FNE 
• London 'boy-snatch robbery' moped gang jailed https://t.co/JeWsBjA8go 
• #German crossbow deaths police find more bodies https://t.co/7qZZ7b99dt
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/yLK41CDSGt
• Bar chief calls for emergency courts shut-down https://t.co/RkU4XeplaJ 
• Separate rules for LiPs would be 'recipe for chaos' https://t.co/HvX31tmn1g 
• Barrister Baird named as Victims' Commissioner https://t.co/LUHAgkWWse
• Government reduces external legal spend by 10% https://t.co/TSfJD3V3VV
• City partner charged over 'inappropriate' touching in wine bar https://t.co/faCg3Ep01S 
• Struck-off solicitor says he was 'too kind' in backdating power of attorney https://t.co/2lzSfHY63C 
• Supporting Solicitors: campaign challenges mental health stigma https://t.co/hpZEJLwDHY 
• How costs-chaser James Green is making new friends https://t.co/Drm07IgxBp 
• Questions raised over future of divorce centres https://t.co/S80V0TWMKm 
• SRA probes 26 firms over money laundering https://t.co/J61cQlxHMS 
• Firms warned of PI refunds after Herbert case https://t.co/fsZv2pz8kt
• Mental Health Awareness Week: time for lawyers to speak up https://t.co/ZcGx6qiNiH 
• No blanket comfort for claimant PI firms https://t.co/VcbEPJyNyQ
• When misinformation online leads to death threats https://t.co/JvifC0W3FS
• Actress Felicity Huffman pleads guilty in college admissions scandal #US https://t.co/Qs3zCCnqKz
• Ballymurphy: Former paratrooper says soldiers 'were out of control' https://t.co/HBZ2Gj97sn 
• Lady Chatterley's Lover: Export ban placed on judge's copy https://t.co/8cBUj9QCJ6 
• Conor McGregor: Charges dropped after phone smashing incident https://t.co/cEkq0ieEss
• Hillsborough disaster: Safety officer Graham Mackrell fined £6,500 https://t.co/LmGokOWohf 
• London Bridge attack inquest: Sara Zelenak 'slipped' before attack https://t.co/N28JPRIYO3 
• Event: AI Beyond the Hype – Benefits, Challenges and Liabilities https://t.co/jnkHWb4uNa 
• Faculty backing for new LawCare webchat https://t.co/SV40aKWiUj 
• Aberdein Considine launches free consumer debt advice service https://t.co/AK1TPOpNsQ 
• Judges in Netherlands refuse to extradite man to Britain over ‘inhuman and degrading’ prison conditions https://t.co/Yy3kImGZoa
• Video link system could streamline Aberdeen Sheriff Court https://t.co/sYAEhK6S8A
• Proposed law offers new build homebuyers redress without the stress https://t.co/LuYfvHdJ91 
• Clyde & Co opens Dublin office amid Brexit concerns https://t.co/hYM5ui1aJj 
• Morton Fraser public sector team expands local authority work https://t.co/EVpSjVKpXK 
• Jacqueline McCluskey made partner at BTO https://t.co/YHczPuRUL5 
• Use of non-disclosure clauses in employment cases raises concerns https://t.co/4SCNuS34JW 
• Allegations of historic paedophile ring in Scottish legal profession to be considered by Lord Advocate https://t.co/rhY1ctBwsY
• Scottish lawyers focus on margins and overheads to boost profits https://t.co/Qtk84JmUMS 
• Lord Advocate entitled to claim legal advice privilege over emails with in-house lawyers on Rangers proceeds of crime https://t.co/zscdVBEcIa 
• Jeremy Kyle Show finally suspended, albeit for one episode after guest death https://t.co/XO1j37voQz 
• #Sweden reopens Julian Assange rape investigation https://t.co/ftY5aNgBye
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/6GhPbDoyx8
• A new law aimed at cracking down on so-called puppy farms in England is to be laid in Westminster on Monday https://t.co/ZV0EVVG5Ml
• M40 Lorry driver makes card payment on phone at wheel https://t.co/HEUvP9WQFd
• Cardiff's homelessness problem 'could be solved now' https://t.co/g7jSuoLTZg 
• Library stink: smell of durian fruit prompts evacuation at University of Canberra, #Australia https://t.co/MbOSJswCMJ 
• Private jails more violent than public ones, data analysis shows https://t.co/IREhCBZ8mY
• #Swedish prosecutor to give decision on Assange rape inquiry https://t.co/PnKY8SdilN
• Knifeman pulls out dagger sword in Hull city centre https://t.co/rHBH6iFmcy 
• 'Kidnappers still holding Taraba lawyer after collecting N5m ransom' #Nigeria https://t.co/0Qu2qeR5Io 
• Trump seeks to limit judges' powers on injunctions after legal blows #US https://t.co/8OZLNT8Uqw 
• How politicians in #Iraq use constitutional, legal rules to compete for influence, authority, and power https://t.co/v75nzuDPoW 
• The NRA is burning $100,000 a day, then-President Oliver North warned in an internal letter #US https://t.co/1kqLZzhl8m
• ABC Orders 50 Cent-Produced Legal Drama ‘For Life,’ Multi-Cam ‘United We Fall’ to Series https://t.co/UUHgI3crPR 
• Britney Spears appears in cleared court to speak on her legal status #US https://t.co/3T4enASXDI 
• Deferred Prosecution Agreements 5 Years On – the Americanisation of UK Corporate Crime Enforcemen https://t.co/h2VmcYGwuD 
• #HongKong LGBT people can get equality in the courts, says top UK lawyer https://t.co/jZdbOpQbWA
• Judge strikes down Kentucky law restricting abortions after 15 weeks #US https://t.co/agtzO2VeEG
• British jury ignores judge and frees self-represented climate activists based on the "necessity defense" https://t.co/l7yLEim1Lf
• Pope Francis aide restores power for hundreds in occupied Rome building #Italy https://t.co/fydocibArk
• Domestic abuse: PM vows to end 'postcode lottery' for victims https://t.co/QpH093jSa1 
• Investor group warns almost 100 firms over lack of gender diversity https://t.co/mGmpt2ns8b 
• We can't halt drug trade with arrests, says crime agency chief https://t.co/7dPuMaL0cM 
• Keir Starmer: Brexit deal unlikely to pass without confirmatory poll https://t.co/2IQB7mTXI1 
• You are what you E.A.T. | Legal Futures https://t.co/Is1NQsbbeW
• Government consults on law underpinning smart contracts | Legal Futures https://t.co/GnsAHPy8I5 
• Groups join forces to launch #SupportingSolicitors campaign | Legal Futures https://t.co/mqsGXAetp5 
• Law firm central to scheme that lost ‘hotel room’ investors £52m | Legal Futures https://t.co/4p6QEGhe0z

13th May - Law News

2693rd 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 leaders of the anti-migrant Alternative for Germany Party have been turned away from a top Berlin restaurant. It said it would not serve politicians who show hostility towards ethnic and religious minorities.

Focus of the Day Article:

Fully-video court hearings for domestic abuse cases are being piloted at Manchester and Birmingham Civil Justice Centres. While video technology is used widely in courts, it usually links just one person into a physical courtroom. With fully video hearings, all parties appear by video. Vulnerable people can appear before the court using a video link from a computer in their solicitor’s office, saving them the distress of appearing in court at what is likely to be a traumatic time.
Full story - New Law Journal

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Metro Bank quashes 'false' rumours of financial instability https://t.co/wqWRAfSRb0
• Hundreds of foreign doctors mull leaving UK over 'crippling' fees https://t.co/UgmWa6raMm
• The Guardian view on abortion: protecting a human right | Editorial https://t.co/4AIcKoHo7O
• The children growing up in a ‘motherless village’ #Indonesia https://t.co/z7qymwsnhO 
• Rail passengers losing out on compensation due to demands https://t.co/7BQewKWHTB 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/bHf9hsgnD3
• Harvard Drops Harvey Weinstein Lawyer as a Faculty Dean #US https://t.co/j0DWXvfs7R 
• My Cousin Was My Hero. Until the Day He Tried to Kill Me https://t.co/FXvLoiL01e
• Inside #Syria’s Secret Torture Prisons: How Bashar al-Assad Crushed Dissent https://t.co/SMRqOpIyJQ 
• Nigel Farage ‘fled after chauffeur driven 4×4 crashed into car carrying toddler’ https://t.co/IufcU0Us13
• This man could go to jail for 20 years for giving migrants food and water #us https://t.co/cSp0cryF0Q
• Alyssa Milano urges sex strike in protest against Georgia abortion law #US https://t.co/32B9UUHjAu 
• #Germany: Three Bavaria hotel guests found dead from crossbow bolts https://t.co/NWgrlIYE3P 
• Gerald Corrigan crossbow death: Murder probe starts https://t.co/VZ6JAMwOlV 
• Fraud victim's two-year fight with bank ends in victory https://t.co/Hwk1ndUVVj 
• Organised crime chronic and corrosive to the UK - National Crime Agency https://t.co/RYZqKrnK4e
• Mena Mangal: journalist and political adviser shot dead in Kabul #Afghanistan https://t.co/F13U6FPgCy 
• Ukip candidates urge followers to switch to far-right social network Gab https://t.co/zIh7B6wzcV 
• Law third most complained about course by students https://t.co/41nPZ2yCYf 
• What a transatlantic tie-up means for trainees and junior lawyers https://t.co/HEk1xL2A3q 
• Freshfields raises newly qualified solicitor pay to £100,000 https://t.co/Ij4YBUJGw0
• Kim Kardashian relates to law student struggles https://t.co/IY9dzfk8uA
• Under-promoted, oddly-timed and confusing to outsiders: why the bar is not making the most of its scholarships https://t.co/P794VTXkLJ 
• Media and tech law firm Wiggin launches training contract programme https://t.co/FTLt0g2fGb 
• #Australian student survey: Win a coffee with a partner at a leading global law firm in Sydney, Melbourne, Perth  https://t.co/kg5Gya3WIt
• London criminal law chambers pulls ‘unpaid’ internship https://t.co/vRSvxDjqCZ
• Former Cripps learning and development manager jailed for historic indecent assaults against teenage boy https://t.co/Q3hKdYrsQu 
• Law academics include Star Wars quip in equity law textbook https://t.co/HvXBzePqM9
• Uber’s flotation: from law suits to the stock market https://t.co/gjmw7pWOqN 
• The role of diverse skills in the ‘radically different’ legal services of the future https://t.co/fqzfDTFYqJ 
• Inns of Court unveil country’s cheapest barrister training course https://t.co/ek8aP3enRJ 
• Lady Hale opens up about her ‘brilliant’ mother who went back to work after her father died when she was 13 https://t.co/bJnQ4VQidx 
• From lawyer to legal entrepreneur: You’re programmed to be risk averse — but you can’t fear failure https://t.co/wKFZjGGBws 
• Richard Susskind to deliver keynote speech at Future of Legal Education and Training Conference 2019 https://t.co/LCQtrcwUwM 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/PPrmSCNiRk
• All the president’s judges: how Trump can flip courts at a record-setting pace #US https://t.co/4XSw4IqoT5 
• Flying Scotsman could be banned from main line tracks after people trespassed to catch a glimpse of it https://t.co/GjVBcPr802
• Meet the lawyer who rakes in a $180000 salary - but thinks that's not enough to get by https://t.co/9iOawrmDTv
• Dhaka High Court orders probe into Hindu lawyer Palash Kumar Roy's alleged murder #Bangladesh https://t.co/tfNsT7sV1d 
• Litigation funder Manolete Partners poaches Brodies lawyer https://t.co/nyJfuZolSh 
• #Ukraine president-elect may refuse to meet Trump's lawyer when he flies into Kiev, sources say https://t.co/mvCzdci0V6 
• In Huawei Case, Prosecutors Ask Judge to Remove Lead Lawyer #US https://t.co/7G3ZVqvv8f 
• Napa lawyer Alicia Cronbach sets up specialist legal firm for wine acquisitions https://t.co/am1HAsT3Pu 
• Former top FBI lawyer James Baker defends origins of the Russia #US investigation https://t.co/QrCBBaoGYz

12th May - Law News

2692nd 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 Sri Lankan court has given permission for DNA tests to be carried out on the remains of one of the suicide bombers involved in the Easter Sunday attacks, in order to confirm whether he was the suspected mastermind, Mohamed Zahran. Authorities will compare the DNA with that of Zahran's four-year-old daughter, who survived a raid on a safe house a week after the bombings.

Saturday Conversations on Law

• #US states file lawsuit accusing drugs firms of inflating costs https://t.co/Av3RkM7ejO
• HMP Nottingham staff cars destroyed by fire https://t.co/QhPTSotW7
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/sq5KEwsu8x
• Animal cruelty sentencing: Just 8% of convicts jailed https://t.co/pJO2P4QwFO
• Elon Musk faces trial over 'pedo' tweet https://t.co/mDjP2Gb56s 
• Welcome to Planet Rumpole, where rank misogyny still holds sway https://t.co/wF8WOejVsT 
• 2013 reforms saw offenders supplied with tents upon leaving prison | NLJ https://t.co/dyyP8hTfp1
• Tactile voting devices unlawful, High Court rules | NLJ https://t.co/bqmzAusgGx 
• Litigants prefer London: 1,012 litigants from 28 countries | NLJ https://t.co/Hz4lOqRjpb 
• Future disputes under the microscope | NLJ https://t.co/p01wkC5aSg
• Pupillage gateway & the recruitment timetable | NLJ https://t.co/QbagbBsXl7 
• King’s College law student Giulia Mazzu’s hard work on immigration cases helped her earn a ‘best contribution’ awar… https://t.co/CGPLVlcM7e 
• Firms warned on dirty money | NLJ https://t.co/xlPXEgFwzb 
• No justification for restricting claimants under consumer contract exception | NLJ https://t.co/mWaSKLBWeI
• Victims protected as fully video court hearings begin | NLJ https://t.co/xOswmOVpRo
• Banking fragility rooted in justice failures: Evidence from #Ukraine https://t.co/z1cSjqpzFk 
• A conversation with U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor at the 2019 ALA Annual Conference & Exhibition https://t.co/vApjkuDcD8 
• #Brazil lawmakers vote to strip financial oversight from justice minister https://t.co/KmwNP96Py6
• Justice Department charges Chinese hacker for 2015 Anthem breach #US https://t.co/V7keJju6JG 
• Chief Justice John Roberts is under tremendous pressure #US https://t.co/MYZI1UHIJM 
• Rod Rosenstein bids farewell to Justice Department #US https://t.co/t19UM7HQt8 
• Solicitor 'horrified' by article about Cab visit to Kean offices, court told https://t.co/QtheuP1qPw 
• Lucy Frazer QC MP has been appointed as Solicitor General for England and Wales https://t.co/1fEYIZvjqU 
• Georgia state abortion law fuels Hollywood boycott call #US https://t.co/JLfL0KMUNv
• Holyhead crossbow shooting victim dies in hospital https://t.co/NYZV6vcs7h 
• ‘Threatening the Future’: The High Stakes of Deepening School Segregation #US https://t.co/TPoiGzZ6Hr 
• Who Was Most Opposed to Freeing 2 Reporters in #Myanmar? Aung San Suu Kyi https://t.co/I2YPjRCX9h
• Hundreds of Bodies, One Nurse: #German Serial Killer Leaves as Many Questions as Victims https://t.co/SvEWbpyZPw
• County Attorney Stopped to Help Migrants on a Texas Highway. Moments Later, She Was Arrested #US https://t.co/PD7TZhqrdF
• White House Asked McGahn to Declare Trump Never Obstructed Justice #US https://t.co/0DYgw3i3DD 
• Incidents of fly-tipping in England jump by almost 40% in six years https://t.co/3vlvJJNTfX 
• Women prisoners: Are children unfairly punished by mum's sentence? https://t.co/1W10P7s6Lm 
• #HongKong lawmakers fight over extradition law https://t.co/WqV64C00Ga 
• Facebook sues analytics firm Rankwave over alleged data misuse https://t.co/FHzhBpSZYY 
• Social media: Senior police officer calls for boycott over abuse images https://t.co/I0HfCVIzAl 
• Labour pledges £10 minimum wage for under-18s https://t.co/OrjKHypzhb
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/hggiUCxfmY
• UK court denies bail to fugitive Indian diamantaire Nirav Modi for third time https://t.co/dVSGHCE7lO 
• Barrister & Rabbi, Alex Goldberg appointed senior chaplain at University of Surrey https://t.co/DI1fFsj1nT
• No Incinerator 4 Horsham intends to appoint a London-based Planning Barrister from Landmark Chambers https://t.co/gt1jPHNMf0
• Gerald Kean learned from CAB that man in Regency shooting was a client #Ireland https://t.co/4Xkw5RSwgq
• Solicitor General Jones to Attend Ceremony of Remembrance #Canada https://t.co/Bhtm0993o2
• SOLICITOR who allowed her partner to grow cannabis at her Lancashire home has been suspended for six months https://t.co/BoPEi97CIJ 
• Fly-tipping: Councils demand tougher sentences for worst offenders https://t.co/MfpFsWSZhA 
• Police to investigate Danny Baker over royal baby tweet https://t.co/Kmx3snTF9X
• Nearly all countries agree to stem flow of plastic waste into poor nations https://t.co/3Pk76jnEbW
• MPs call for 'life-changing' Kuvan to be made affordable https://t.co/aaZNLykFAj 
• Compensation possible for London Capital & Finance investors https://t.co/qSSmYaFDVo 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/o7RmU56luJ