FOCUS OF THE DAY: Solicitors, insurers and mortgage lenders all raise concerns regarding SRA's indemnity cover plans. The Legal Services Board (LSB) has published a list of correspondence from numerous stakeholders who oppose the Solicitors Regulation Authority's (SRA) plan to reduce minimum PII cover to £500,000. Full story - Solicitors Journal
Last week's interactions with @TheLawMap |
- Tredegar Park 'new site' for Nato Newport peace camp http://t.co/RHnAp5rDB3
- What can and can't you put on headstones? http://t.co/MDmQLiPtzq
- Belfast City Council seeks legal advice on George Galloway event http://t.co/DgggahECLg
- DVLA changes: NI minister criticises Swansea staff http://t.co/saZ6pkuhL4
- Scottish independence: Bank of England has referendum contingency plan http://t.co/FRk3ZxGejk
- Leanne Meecham death: Stepfather guilty of murder http://t.co/UsVM2JIPk4
- Littlemore daughter kept dead mother's body in bathroom http://t.co/C5tonNVAzb
- Manchester United bans tablets and laptops at home matches http://t.co/FHbt1to8Jz
- Woman cleared of smuggling money for Syria in underwear http://t.co/jEGTlZexHy
- Iraq crisis: UK 'will play role' in rescue mission, says PM http://t.co/8DglvrD6YQ
- Bevan Brittan makes it two in a row as London's Barnet and Harrow awarded local authority ABS | The Lawyer http://t.co/Q8hP4kd6W4
- Prison inmates held without electricity or running water for over two days http://t.co/NfzKHYjV6G
- 60,000 sign petition urging Sheffield United not to re-sign rapist Ched Evans http://t.co/0EToN694ed
- Cameron warned over 'sabre-rattling' with European court of human rights http://t.co/edRU2Eceuj
- Fifty years after the last hanging, the UK has fallen out of love with the death penalty http://t.co/CQ5aNpTr8i
- US: Texas landowners are caught between protecting their property and saving migrants' lives http://t.co/yyX4NQ5XgX
- US court will not delay ruling striking down Virginia gay marriage ban http://t.co/Jj9QBcYAIz
- IRAQ: The power struggle in Baghdad and Nouri al-Maliki's fight for control http://t.co/N4c1BjCdDQ
- ARGENTINE defies contempt threat from US judge in debt default case http://t.co/OWAfXXMTFy
- TTIP talks should address barriers to free movement of lawyers between the EU and US | Law Gazette http://t.co/0BRHyOsu2N
- Second council ABS approved | Law Gazette http://t.co/xiDEPuMUlj
- Liverpool PI firm falls foul of advertising standards | Law Gazette http://t.co/TX3yHiAgiv
- Family system 'woefully behind' in treatment of vulnerable | Law Gazette http://t.co/sFdP7QHUTP
- TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHCltZZ
- Senior nurse faces tribunal after patient died two days after being given the wrong medication http://t.co/8fUoyAaqyV
- PAKISTAN Tribunal declares election of federal minister void http://t.co/fFYFnAFX1U
- Tribunal upholds ban for PI broker http://t.co/3ZCnWCafFx
- £100m DMI omnifail: BBC managers' emails trawled by employment tribunal http://t.co/THt7THMffG
- Employment tribunal claims almost halved over the past year http://t.co/S5MnViOcQC
- UK ban on prisoners voting breaches their human rights: European rights court http://t.co/OinGOTK7s9
- CHILE's support for Palestine: two-faced on indigenous rights https://t.co/5k8HRNsDkw
- Rights-based approaches to forest conservation - Eldis http://t.co/WEsRxhVlFx
- HIV and human rights: good practice guide http://t.co/zGMqsN83gr
- UN Rights Council appoints members of commission to investigate purported Gaza violations: http://t.co/vnhIusrSnG
- US: Michael Brown shooting - civil rights groups may sue to obtain officer's name http://t.co/UVHDjWA5dO
- Offshore babies: The murky world of transnational surrogacy http://t.co/sz35xShHmO
- SOUTH AFRICA: Marikana miners shot down - second anniversary http://t.co/bqbh5ooZ2s
- INDIA uranium mining fuels health crisis http://t.co/m7Ij1PRaY2
- EGYPT protest deaths: Linked to president? http://t.co/RL605UlCzw
- LIBYA: Interior Ministry says Tripoli police chief killed by fighters after leaving a meeting in the Tajoura http://t.co/n82YpLjzBJ
- EGYPT's Rabaa deaths 'crime against humanity' http://t.co/u4iUNugj5F
- Minister quits because £120,000 salary and expenses is not enough to support his family in London http://t.co/5R3yOuhko9
- Lord Neuberger, Britain's most senior judge, admits he doesn't read all papers in a case http://t.co/0K25aXvPCA
- Woman teacher who had sexual relationship with female pupil walks free http://t.co/5BX6HUCN7k
- Benefit cheat stole £70k while running £2.6m property empire http://t.co/PGarIan6LA
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Aaron & Partners posts recordbreaking revenue of £7.26m off back of Bennett's acquisition | The Lawyer http://t.co/zok01aFbzp
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Muckle & Walker Morris among six appointed to first Sustainable Development Capital panel | The Lawyer http://t.co/cL9GKfM8hv
- Russell Group universities still to fill LLB places for autumn | The Lawyer http://t.co/W4koqC6BGP
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Nabarro to offer fixed fees for all litigation clients | The Lawyer http://t.co/fnprFADD7z
- Slater & Gordon eyeing yet more deals as it hits £100m revenue mark | Legal Futures http://t.co/8TM0qtGJSk
- Second local authority ABS: we are not a threat to law firms | Legal Futures http://t.co/7FyLPZt9v8
- APIL makes successful complaint over Hampson Hughes advert | Legal Futures http://t.co/SrX9Zf2znn
- The Guardian view on voting rights for prisoners http://t.co/z1tUNydlVC
- Ben Jennings on prisoners’ right to vote - cartoon http://t.co/DKtxEuHoj0
- US: Police Files on Radicals Are at Center of a Lawsuit http://t.co/q8gN0TB2cm
- Dream of a GAZA Seaport Is Revived in Truce Talks http://t.co/5mMUCYYZh1
- INDIA: The Animal Farm where George Orwell was born http://t.co/2le3O3HyzK
- Jersey abuse inquiry hears first care witnesses tell of abuse http://t.co/tTLrelZwCE
- UK arms export licences to Israel will only be suspended if fresh violence breaks out in Gaza, ministers say http://t.co/Udgqk2gIYe
- Law firms need to up the stakes on cyber crime | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/TY9Q7QpyXk
- Dechert wins Singapore licence | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/uC497scW3C
- Dubai practice expands to Qatar and Bahrain | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/Pr2D7IukHX
- Ashurst hunts for offshore provider | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/WpneLSQcYq
- A&O talks to partners in South Africa | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/JaC23DQqsA
- Ireland considers mandatory mediating for separating couples | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/NdNoOKBJNO
- Lowenstein opens seven-lawyer Washington DC office | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/OzZKKVnxjf
- Lawyers shocked at China due diligence developments | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/jVqIopcP5N
- ABA joins forces with Rocket Lawyer to help small business | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/rf7NougwHo