FOCUS OF THE DAY: Many of the 1,863 law firms e-mailed by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) last Thursday that their apparent lack of professional indemnity insurance (PII) meant they would have to move into a period of shut-down had cover after all, it emerged. The SRA blamed a range of factors for not having evidence of PII for the 2014/15 year for those firms. Full story - Legal Futures
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- Swiss banker Raoul Weil acquitted of conspiring to help American tax evaders http://t.co/bDYGARqQrk http://t.co/ugO8FCFwTe
- Supreme Court of #INDIA Says Bollywood film industry's Ban On Female Makeup Artists Is Discrimination http://t.co/8qzwQnUYVX
- Activist lawyer takes NSA surveillance case to federal appeals court #US http://t.co/hdnDjq85fo
- Diversity quotas: would they be legal, would they make a difference?: http://t.co/Qmp3W0r15b
- Everyday sexism: court mode of address guide implies all male judiciary http://t.co/zqaDZHJMhX
- A #US Prisoner Swap With #CUBA possible? http://t.co/i0nCnQ1wzW
- Police Targeted Media With No-Fly Zone Over Ferguson, Tapes Show #US http://t.co/sx2qRgmpiG
- Inquiry Faults #LIBERIA Force That Fired on Protesters http://t.co/QoAB0tqFom
- #US Supreme Court Weighs Status of Jerusalem for Passports http://t.co/wYQhKGcYxN
- Should Voting Be a Constitutional Right? #US http://t.co/Cf8E1ONWdz
- Newport 'slavery' victim Darrell Simester speaks of ordeal http://t.co/fTZWzDrGBl
- Yaya Toure Twitter abuse investigated by police http://t.co/JoZ1ybAdBn
- Pirate Bay co-founder 'TiAMO' arrested in #THAILAND http://t.co/bXcIx7i89Z
- Cage fighter jailed for stabbing pregnant ex-girlfriend http://t.co/GKd5LQMJcp
- #MEXICO missing case: Iguala Mayor Jose Luis Abarca held http://t.co/LrPyOEIh2L
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Ropes & Gray makes up four partners in London in 20-strong global promos round | The Lawyer http://t.co/UxMMbKbIKH
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Edwards Wildman set to make London redundancies as turbulence continues | The Lawyer http://t.co/eGTuHxuCSx
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Mayer Brown client UBS loses complex derivatives case in High Court | The Lawyer http://t.co/4t5qZrc18d
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Kennedys chief executive Guy Stobart steps down | The Lawyer http://t.co/QGrKB1wSEv
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Taylor Wessing launches diversity scheme to hit 25 per cent female partnership by 2018 | The Lawyer http://t.co/v8P8rofU3I
- Solicitor mediation referrals plummet post-LASPO | Law Gazette http://t.co/zUzuAUQsWk
- Law Society condemns strict liability tax offence | Law Gazette http://t.co/TUK6peFiOk
- Regulator promises ‘flexible’ route to profession | Law Gazette http://t.co/LLrTFyagaj
- High-profile criminal cases expose inequality in #SOUTHAFRICA justice system http://t.co/Z4fUhLLqJu
- Oscar Pistorius prosecutors appeal against ‘shockingly light’ jail term #SOUTHAFRICA http://t.co/ws5xF8D1x4
- Holiday backpay ruling – what will it mean to you? http://t.co/RKKhUWObia
- Coalition seeks to limit impact of holiday backpay ruling http://t.co/L46Iutag1B
- Pistorius: Another vulnerable defendant goes to prison | Felicity Gerry QC http://t.co/FNBzxQB8ol
- Courts service goes to private sector for new chief | Law Gazette http://t.co/1UUJssn61l
- Lynne Featherstone MP takes Lib Dem Home Office job http://t.co/1y1FmY3ZNm
- Eurozone economic forecast cut by European Commission http://t.co/8g6PA3NMK5
- Sentence for Ann Maguires killer out of step with rest of western Europe http://t.co/lsft1SbaHf
- UK’s first ICC judge attacks proposed restructuring of international court | Joshua Rozenberg http://t.co/cln96dQGXC
- Overtime should count in holiday pay http://t.co/ycYYIHZfVA
- Workers have won a groundbreaking case at the Employment Appeal Tribunal to include overtime in holiday pay http://t.co/fynPE0i7Ld
- Holiday ruling could award 5m UK workers thousands in backpay http://t.co/Tb4sOPzYXE
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Mourant Ozannes hires Maples' Singapore head in Cayman push | The Lawyer http://t.co/gbYeXZN5nA
- LAW FIRM NEWS: DLA Piper competition partner Pullen quits for Stephenson Harwood | The Lawyer http://t.co/xheL3kX5zg
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Pinsent Masons widens lead at head of Aim rankings with 60 clients | The Lawyer http://t.co/xPMnVCS8eR
- Claims management complaints regime to begin in January | Law Gazette http://t.co/pA9Aq8AMMq
- Labour backs legal apprenticeship scheme | Law Gazette http://t.co/jPHTsbM4WJ
- TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHC3kLR S
- Row over the Samaritans' Twitter app http://t.co/Rbjc7FhaGp
- Libyan cadets sent home early after Cambridge sex assaults http://t.co/OX1MgRQqZg
- European Arrest Warrant vote: MPs demand 35 motions http://t.co/Uz48Dhl5mz
- GCHQ head says tech firms 'in denial' on terrorism http://t.co/BhukHWn6pd
- JP Morgan faces US currency trading probe http://t.co/WqMjf5GV5T
- Sir Nigel Knowles: A new way forward in the post-legal aid era | The Lawyer http://t.co/gQpysRvWx1
- Achieving IPSAS with sound legislation in #NIGERIA http://t.co/dHrZznOrpX
- Disability group submits report to UN calling for legislation against forced sterilisation #AUSTRALIA http://t.co/3FPuzLP0AD
- Electricity Appellate Tribunal rejects Adani Power plea on condoning delay #INDIA http://t.co/qRlT6SaJ8t
- Director of Walsall firm escorted from premises in family dispute, tribunal hears http://t.co/OuhJj3NdvD
- UN rights office condemns #SINGAPORE homosexuality ruling http://t.co/YRqhcrDil7
- UN urges end of impunity for crimes against journalists http://t.co/u7Y8aePPrb
- Whitby solicitor Paul Bastiman retires after 50 years service http://t.co/ouA2ivmFpc
- Inns scholarship money wasted on 'expensive, unproductive' BPTC, says former Lord Chief Justice: http://t.co/qzBwwIliaD
- The end of the training contract? Law school and firm combine to launch new 'articled apprenticeship' route: http://t.co/l3x6z3W2wi
- Kanye WestLaw Twitter parody charts law student experience from perspective of gaffe-prone rapper: http://t.co/Mzg3LuuOsW
- #NAMIBIA Supreme Court upholds coerced sterilisation verdict on HIV positive mothers http://t.co/5H5eHFjJfn
- Honouring the dead by wearing a red poppy does not endorse war http://t.co/hIclusMBAW
- Thousands of women in our country are living in sexual slavery - more must be done to help them http://t.co/lRU2GGaker
- Vicious attack on British railway worker caught on CCTV http://t.co/YItp4kdYG7
- 'Pink fairies' beat men in homophobic attack http://t.co/0MQrTU0Hw3
- Terror suspect friends with Abu Hamza’s sons http://t.co/J0Mlhx1LpH
- Poppy tin theft suspects identified an hour after public police appeal http://t.co/6IFvsNyu3T
- Bar Standards Board left with £100,000 bill after QASA costs ruling | Legal Futures http://t.co/hY8vTTBIGF
- City boss stole £78k to pay school fees http://t.co/pDFN5MvUMh
- Plebgate: Police watchdog will investigate three officers http://t.co/J1JORulDXn
- Judge attacks Chris Grayling for failing to provide prisoners with healthy sex courses http://t.co/L7g7BCqPII
- Lady in the Lake: New DNA could throw new light on crime, says family http://t.co/F2x7kt1Qb0
- MPs to escape expenses investigations after paperwork destroyed by Parliament http://t.co/jVFCbk05er
- Sperm deal children ‘irredeemably marred’ by four-parent feud http://t.co/O0odV3lbZz
- Ghoncheh Ghavami’s defiance will not ruffle the realpolitik of #IRAN http://t.co/29pp7l72nF
- Ann Maguire’s killer should never have been named http://t.co/K0EVEETlCK
- No prospect of NYT journalist testifying at ex-CIA officer's trial, prosecutors say #US http://t.co/EvQvTKJTo5
- Lawyers announce pro bono work is now 'more important than ever' | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/YbLBfFZu4Y
- ‘Two-tier’ family justice system needs more government support | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/BYpni1bLz1
- Law Society report shows solicitor commitment to pro bono work | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/CJ9IDT1vk8
- Paper tax returns a no-no from November http://t.co/2DKdd8D9WY
- Minister for Modern Slavery and Organised Crime, opening speech at the Third Arab Forum on Asset Recovery http://t.co/5oine3KDyC
- Home Secretary's oral statement on child abuse inquiry http://t.co/TtsIDx9ctv
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- Digital currencies: 5 reasons we’re calling for information http://t.co/bsTkZjoGyo
- Bitcoin, Litecoin… How could digital currencies revolutionise the way we pay? http://t.co/7NAzCzkEy8
- #IRAN activist Ghoncheh Ghavami 'on hunger strike' http://t.co/qayFOlv8fM
- Harvester sorry over Eastleigh disabled diner treatment http://t.co/ddqDUmM7CU
- Liberal Democrat MP Norman Baker has resigned as a home office minister http://t.co/oGX879Bmwf
- Animal law on agenda at Australian law faculties | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/6cT7KEpA6C
- Guyana lawyers call for Attorney General to resign | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/ft2FSIXBMk
- US faces prospect of legal deserts | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/AkhIi3yIhw
- DWF cuts 26 staff from insurance team in Liverpool | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/vaazVgEvS9
- Eversheds merges with Juridia in Finland | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/p9PF1i15vG
- Korean tax service to strengthen response to law firms | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/0VfxGfCA3l
- Orrick Herrington threatened with criminal proceeds by Ivory Coast bar | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/GgUbU4vYWH
- Quinn Emanuel backs away from suit against Obama | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/SMQQFC2oNg
- #NEWZEALAND auction house has decided to put two "fake forgeries" under the hammer http://t.co/PPG3M2RR6L
- At least 24 migrants die as boat sinks in Black Sea near Istanbul #TURKEY http://t.co/xAMKdesoAJ
- Suicide blast kills 23 in #NIGERIA, prison attack frees 144 http://t.co/mJzsg1tV8o
- #MALAWI envoy snubs Robert Mugabe #ZIMBABWE 'dictatorship' http://t.co/iEGt9YPE3I
- Woman sets herself on fire in central Sofia, #BULGARIA http://t.co/Lfyk7Be1Fn
- Key challenges lie ahead for cloud TV http://t.co/X0SZ9jpEnx
- Human rights are on a knife edge in ##AZERBAIJAN and the UK must not walk away http://t.co/tC1SCc2kgA
- Case of Sherlock Holmes copyright closes after US supreme court refuses appeal http://t.co/wRAu67l08R
- Theresa May needs ‘non establishment’ chair for child abuse inquiry http://t.co/Fkr5cNn5Sr
- Tobacco firms win legal right to challenge EU rules http://t.co/AHMvXLkNns
- Facebook sets up 'dark web' link to access network via Tor http://t.co/L0ycDWrSyV
- HSBC sets aside $378m in currency probe http://t.co/eorb78cRVr
- Kennedys becomes ABS but no external investment planned | Law Gazette http://t.co/yhfHC6TvEK
- DWF confirms 26 redundancies as claims decline | Law Gazette http://t.co/35AQgXv0Oi
- Munby’s fury as aid denied in adoption fight | Law Gazette http://t.co/L5S6diYUwJ
- A analysis and critique of Evgeni Pashukanis' #legaltheory #marx http://t.co/n9lEbTjFm6
- A review of all activity in UK Law firms last week: The Sunday Law Review - 26th October to 1st November http://t.co/RIreXWXUSE
