4th September - Law News

983rd Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap

FOCUS OF THE DAY: Family courts unfair for litigants in person, MPs told. The committee was taking evidence from Susan Jacklin QC, chair of the Family Law Bar Association, Dave Emmerson, co-chair of Resolution’s legal aid committee, Nicola Jones-King, co-chair of the Association of Lawyers for Children and Jane Robey, director of National Family Mediation. Full story - The Law Society Gazette

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• Every 100 legal services jobs support 67 more in the wider economy, says Law Society deputy | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/1FSzdaWYP9 
• Corporate salaries in the north west and north east to match London rates | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/phUytjqqQG 
• Solicitors who caused significant harm to profession investigated by Insolvency Service and SRA | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/fQQ8h4GIKa
• Calls for legal advice strategy | Law Gazette http://t.co/QcGz8GgKqG
• Land Registry chief announces departure | Law Gazette http://t.co/Sa2ftUSMl4 
• Ex-soldier stockpiled guns and ammunition for 'World War Three' http://t.co/wxJZp07FLm 
• Video: Pirouetting Buckingham Palace guard facing disciplinary action for 'dancing on duty' http://t.co/CYEPCNNKwE 
• Parents reunited with five-year-old Ashya King, but fight goes on http://t.co/FwCdNFWiFm 
• US corporate counsel creates tech exam for law firms | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/5q754Ea49U 
• India's Amarchand opens eighth office | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/kNfTc6jBBO 
• Simpson Thacher picks up top fraud prosecutor | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/rwOPOggTAP
• Small US law firms uncomfortable discussing overdue bills | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/iMeMEAJRJu 
• Freshfields hunts for project management team | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/xjmDNnpIUm 
• Boeing class-action lawyers slammed by judge | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/gjdZsqporm 
• Former Friends of the Earth legal head Phil Michaels loses cancer battle | The Lawyer http://t.co/AulUGD9tln 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Eversheds and Veale Wasbrough Vizards among firms on new LUPC framework | The Lawyer http://t.co/05cU4GznFl 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Fladgate boosts tax & disputes with partner hires as part of new 3 year strategic plan | The Lawyer http://t.co/kpv0Wwisi7 
• Smallholders urged to plan for important CAP changes https://t.co/jUx4OicD17 
• West Midlands to be first landlord ‘right to rent’ check area https://t.co/1qGk2jit6K 
• Government supports UK's next generation of cyber security professionals https://t.co/zryQurU1ru 
• New regulations controlling trade in some shark and ray species https://t.co/FawGbcaQdh 
• Court orders almost £40,000 to be repaid to MMO after fraudulent claims https://t.co/XfFQfdPIGt 
• Chief Executive to leave Land Registry next year https://t.co/lp6ga3JYA3 
• Civil/crime news: Liverpool office numbers have changed https://t.co/IErZcuvOTz 
• NATO Summit Wales 2014 - live https://t.co/fg5rzk9etw 
• William Hague and Angelina Jolie welcome DRC Army Action Plan on Sexual Violence https://t.co/qFUYDOBD5L
• Capita expands legal market presence with Eclipse acquisition | Legal Futures http://t.co/ex5Wa3K1Pt 
• LSB supports fee-charging McKenzie Friends – with safeguards | Legal Futures http://t.co/0NHnuKb6xw
• Bar Mutual complaints referred to financial ombudsman | Legal Futures http://t.co/7cPzEU1ecC 
• Nato Summit 2014: Inside the presidential suite at the Celtic Manor Resort http://t.co/4YE4oWjJnn 
• IRA on-the-runs 'cannot rely on letters to escape prosecution' http://t.co/cbN8PenqR2 
• No religious basis for abuse in Rotherham, CPS lead lawyer on child sexual abuse, says that it is about male power http://t.co/LsOMfx5i3n 
• President Barack Obama arrives in Wales ahead of Nato Newport summit http://t.co/LUURzqPCfv 
• Ex-chief constable Mike Hedges 'unaware of Rotherham child sex abuse' http://t.co/5NYyR3CzQh 
• eBay glitch blocks access for users on auction site http://t.co/TJw7rXg7SM 
• Scottish independence: Man arrested over Jim Murphy egg incident http://t.co/Pzt2V4V5ag 
• South-west council slashes legal budget | Law Gazette http://t.co/tVtRoVRCkl 
• US: Michael Brown's juvenile records could be released under court order http://t.co/XVkh576eUK 
• INDIA: Police question three men over suspected gang-rape and murder http://t.co/6IpMRgsJqf 
• Terrorism won’t be beaten by removing people’s passports | Dominic Grieve http://t.co/zd4UCTRobR 
• Regaining trust in banks 'years away', says Andrew Tyrie http://t.co/zhJtF9m5g2 
• Carbuncle Cup 2014: Woolwich supermarket named 'worst building' http://t.co/6h9SjcauIW 
• Philips, Samsung and Infineon in 138m-euro cartel fine http://t.co/prbDob5N7k 
• Map: Which country pays the most bribes? http://t.co/p6X7Cs3zri 
• INDIA: Girl 'humiliated' by village elders found dead http://t.co/bKZ1T3co34