31st January - Law News

1132nd Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & legal articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap


Our Saturday Law Interview features Dr. Steven Vaughan, a former city solicitor and now a legal academic with expertise on the laws regarding the regulation of nanotechnology as well as the standard and quality of legal advice offered by corporate law firms: 'Regulating nanotechnology & the quality of corporate legal advice'.

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Sheffield University Student fury over 'impossible' economics exam http://t.co/y5EwVubx1w J
• John Cooper QC on Saudi justice (5 minute audio clip) http://t.co/FiStEaFzpF
• The huddled masses besieging Fortress Calais #FRANCE http://t.co/sSMoK82O68
• Jeremy Forrest case: Mother denies exploiting abducted daughter http://t.co/fczfS9GYDq 
• Election 2015: Migrant voters 'could be decisive' http://t.co/j8HLUVVvQv 
• London Mayor Boris Johnson: Extremists 'porn-driven' http://t.co/hvG3DsP6FR 
• #Mexican children cross Texas border to attend school http://t.co/IGz1OOiIUj 
• Midnight deadline looms for tax returns http://t.co/wldA9M46a0 
• British Army sets up new brigade 'for information age' http://t.co/8HoHX8pwcg
• Alan Barnes: Disabled mugging victim fund reaches £100k in two days http://t.co/TYO3rwPK6E 
• Tasers for front-line police officers 'a mistake' - Welsh Police and Crime Commissioner http://t.co/onyA0d9m06
• 'Tasers for all front-line officers' - Police Federation http://t.co/sRJkQr2tOa
• #GREECE economy: Merkel rules out more debt relief http://t.co/wziYHaiKP8 
• Warning by MP at a discussion with leading experts on the merits of a written constitution | New Law Journal http://t.co/HHZxVKHDQt 
• Court provides clarity over “image rights” as celebrity wins T-shirt battle | New Law Journal https://t.co/p6EPIpyxuj 
• Cybersecurity risk, global investigations & new regulations to lead change in e-discovery in 2015 | New Law Journal http://t.co/RYGQt2MHsO 
• Get your aprons at the ready for the Great Legal Bake, in the week of 9-13 February | New Law Journal https://t.co/ZBzXcauhl4 
• The importance of the free legal advice sector | New Law Journal https://t.co/4jRssCUmmH 
• Male and female general counsel approach the purchase of legal services in different ways | New Law Journal https://t.co/dVGvDZtRte 
• Third parties access to client information prompt the SRA to launch guidance for confidentiality | New Law Journal http://t.co/5snmmlEZ2B 
• Personal injury lawyers voice opposition to government plans to hike court fees by 420% | New Law Journal http://t.co/az65ijTaxa
• Compensation excludes dividends: directors who save tax by accepting modest salary and remuneration | New Law Journal http://t.co/CVxG3JpP29 
• Lawyers disagree over “fundamentally dishonest” sanction | New Law Journal https://t.co/6rFUHSDI5T 
• Costs own-goal in footballer libel trial | New Law Journal https://t.co/IZItMpbiN1
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHCU8a3
• Hospital patient beat estranged wife over head with wheelchair http://t.co/k9gitH8xQp 
• Former Royal Navy chef jailed over £1m 'fake' sea bass scam http://t.co/yaNFdKiBPR
• Rory McIlroy to tee off in £13m court battle http://t.co/pQ7cvHGDEH 
• Corrupt policeman offered 'blue light' taxi service http://t.co/zTbvzO8c9I
• Increase in police corrupted over sex and drugs http://t.co/Lh52SioFfd 
• Telegraph View: is it time to establish a lesser offence of date rape? Wrong move on rape http://t.co/6Li8Rj916x 
• Throwing a snowball could land you in court, police warn http://t.co/uG4NG2iwjP 
• Roy Keane accused of road rage http://t.co/Z6QCwTBFPG 
• Margaret Thatcher warned of paedophile scandal, secret documents reveal http://t.co/sBGwuq8NuE 
• Man jailed for 'sexual incident' with a Shetland pony http://t.co/XOyC36GvmY 
• Fraudster who passed himself off as City playboy jailed http://t.co/nGr3fiy57G 
• Burglars who attacked university professor Paul Kohler receive up to 19 years in jail http://t.co/iigQOqERfU 
• Samantha Henderson murder: police find body in a lake http://t.co/OcLBYLm6MV 
• #SAUDIARABIA blogger Raif Badawi flogging postponed second time http://t.co/GlBc7h0lPy
• Diplomat Sir Peter Hayman 'engaged in sexual perversion' http://t.co/t4foFPuq2G 
• Benedict Cumberbatch in call to pardon convicted gay men http://t.co/FJX1WlfV6p 
• Harriet Harman responds to Sarah Vine’s rape comments http://t.co/HvsiTMtIcz 
• Alabama on potential collision course with supreme court over gay marriage http://t.co/r1VaH2IS1z 
• Secret 1981 file naming senior diplomat as paedophile is released to public http://t.co/objGM9dent 
• MoD faces tribunal challenge from whistleblower doctor sacked by text http://t.co/mUgvVmzo5F 
• Andrew Mitchell ordered to pay further costs after refusing Plebgate settlement http://t.co/EStsZrCza5 
• Canada's new anti-terror legislation prompts civil liberties fears http://t.co/fCUaLUynnr 
• IT projects start to replicate decision-making of judges | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/8WoCDyG9yX 
• Learning curves and career highlights: What it's really like to be an interim GC | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/Zf7iv9LZYh 
• Competition heats up amongst law firms in China | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/awZ8zDqMWE 
• Father and son legal team sue Australian politician | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/osBz5rjxol 
• US firms curb lateral hire promises after Dewey controversy | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/bImrBC6Bg2
• Deutsche Bank surprises analysts with low legal provisions | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/qehWOZpiYK 
• Suicide investigation launched in China anti-corruption drive | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/VhoBXD8PbF
• LAW FIRM NEWS: CMS paid £2.3m to prepare Dundas for takeover, LLP accounts show | The Lawyer http://t.co/SR7yaW0UMQ 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Allen & Overy records highest trainee retention since before recession | The Lawyer http://t.co/Q5mXXCrl3b 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: BLP advocacy head Stuart Isaacs QC joins King & Spalding | The Lawyer http://t.co/rowXyrvRpC
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Reed Smith advises Sky on mobile phone launch with Telefónica UK | The Lawyer http://t.co/SZgJroohvY
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Freshfields adds Kirkland employment partner as US expansion drive continues | The Lawyer http://t.co/dSKp7aSxpf 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: DLA Piper International revenue and headcount fell in 2013/14, accounts show | The Lawyer http://t.co/o74CtxB6gq
• LAW FIRM NEWS: HSF cuts debt by 21 per cent in first full year after merger | The Lawyer http://t.co/LC4uX4rsnR 
• EU-US legal services breakthrough | Law Gazette http://t.co/vwS3t9rzZb 
• CoA overturns 'fundamentally unfair' care order | Law Gazette http://t.co/YBREEZerbz 
• #PAKISTAN Shia mosque blast in Shikarpur kills dozens http://t.co/waHpC8L2nR 
• Plebgate row: Andrew Mitchell 'refused libel case settlement' http://t.co/0BHw8OWpZh 
• Google agrees privacy policy changes with data watchdog http://t.co/1019hJek8w 
• Burglars jailed for Wimbledon lecturer attack http://t.co/CwqLdmHI7X 
• Missing Samantha Henderson: Body found in search http://t.co/WaGjwJYq3b
• Barrister Amal Clooney reveals her court outfit: 'I'm wearing Ede & Ravenscroft' http://t.co/PKqdIgBBa4 
• #CHINA says no room for 'western values' in university education http://t.co/Yjspi3xMyP 
• How British universities helped mould Syriza’s political elite http://t.co/30mHH7PY32
• Would a university hide a scholar who had committed a crime? http://t.co/2PqXSMVpsH
• Is ‘academic citizenship’ under strain? http://t.co/HiqYVgRDcN
• Government announces new rules for private colleges http://t.co/gb1YZzRfs5

30th January - Law News

1131st Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & legal articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap


FOCUS OF THE DAY: Justice agencies are failing to treat victims who raise complaints over their treatment with empathy or patience, leaving victims feeling ignored, a new report has revealed. After consulting more than 200 victims on the complaints procedure, the Victims' Commissioner found that three-quarters of respondents said they were unhappy with the response received and half said the complaints process was difficult to use. The review also found that there was 'inadequate attention to the personal touch victims needed.' Full story - Solicitors Journal

Saturday Conversations on Law

• A day in the life of a care home http://t.co/VqzCFwnlOJ 
• Mortonhall baby ashes: Families to be offered settlement http://t.co/N6QDVSmmoW 
• Men's pay has 'fallen more than women's in real terms' http://t.co/ADypr0UF3K 
• #SOUTHAFRICA apartheid assassin de Kock given parole http://t.co/wMEChUnAEF 
• Sir Winston Churchill's funeral marked 50 years on http://t.co/N3EuFjnrqM 
• Srebrenica massacre verdicts upheld at war crimes tribunal #SERBIA http://t.co/78dxjvtSgU 
• Can Europe get past the #Greek myths & moralizing, & deal with reality respecting the Continents core values? https://t.co/Gg8arRqObi 
• Pittsburgh-based Law Firm K&L Gates Founds Project to Fight 'Revenge Porn' #US https://t.co/2yQBdsnJdK 
• #CHINA Further Tightens Grip on the Internet https://t.co/z9s9khcWQ3
• Doreen Lawrence to speak at conference on police spying, corruption and racism http://t.co/J5oMpnFYDS 
• Labour would halt plans to slash on-call legal aid solicitors http://t.co/LTEkRbTjRG 
• Defiant Australian editor Alan Morison to return to face Thai navy defamation case #THAILAND http://t.co/DlaCK70IGb 
• Prosecutors used the same legal strategy against Barrett Brown as they did me. Are you next? http://t.co/XqBUePOLWn
• Deutsche Bank legal costs fall by 80 per cent in Q4 2014 as cases linger | The Lawyer http://t.co/5fOaPJpakS 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Freshfields first of magic circle to report spring trainee retention, keeping 85% | The Lawyer http://t.co/TLy9nbfyTC
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Chadbourne becomes latest entrant into Jo'burg with Bowman Gilfillan hire | The Lawyer http://t.co/ExwtmA6mAz 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Squire Patton Boggs advises on Sheffield Wednesday sale to Thai seafood businessman | The Lawyer http://t.co/3YxSP9A1BU 
• BBVA UK legal head takes up new role at derivatives platform NetOTC | The Lawyer http://t.co/mbiZMwI08m 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: China’s Dacheng raids Haworth & Lexon for six-partner team | The Lawyer http://t.co/BmVicFKnop 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Simmons' managing partner Jeremy Hoyland on Bristol, Luxembourg and defying gravity | The Lawyer http://t.co/4VQ4rtNCqx 
• Late claimant’s bid to delay trial refused | Law Gazette http://t.co/xUiEPGtxzg 
• Cleaner banned from working in law firms without the regulator's permission | Law Gazette http://t.co/NsETOBcF5t
• We'll scrap legal aid contract scheme, says Labour | Law Gazette http://t.co/i2Ak36vQ06 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHCU8a3
• Judge will allow Marvin Gaye song to be used in ‘Blurred Lines’ copyright trial #US https://t.co/J3PqShoDj2 
• #TUNISIA’s truth commission carries on despite red tape and lacking funds https://t.co/C8vR6EgYT6 
• Attorney general nominee Loretta Lynch says she's no Eric Holder #US https://t.co/gkzuw4ZhJB
• Impeached #SRILANKA chief justice reinstated https://t.co/PzTUyxx0nS
• Will the Obama administration finally bring the CIA's torturers to justice? #US http://t.co/WrZkYn4Xjy
• John Banks facing a retrial over charge of filing false electoral return #NEWZEALAND https://t.co/v27yGXVmD7 
• Fife Charity worker spared prison for sex assault on disabled woman https://t.co/mo4b1aa4CV 
• Wetherby & York law firm bidding farewell to family solicitor Jonathan Leach who served more than 33 years https://t.co/NIMfJ2GrZg 
• Need for ADR professionals stressed in #BANGLADESH as court cases pile up https://t.co/WbKAY1zBv3 
• Mortgage company wins court battle http://t.co/ftyirGQ9lJ
• Inquest reveals barrister Katrina Dawson killed by police bullet #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/CcLmrARHD6 
• South Korean legal services opening up under £500m free trade agreement https://t.co/U0x4CIZW9L 
• Dáil walkout: Protest as legal action stops penalty points debate #IRELAND http://t.co/m9mTzGxMvc 
• Legal aid payments to lawyers in Northern Ireland will be subject to a new levy of up to 15% https://t.co/NOvX61e3v7
• Rangers Supporters Trust: Legal action saved Ibrox https://t.co/vJ2OfU9lwa 
• Legal profession facing 'collapse', warns top Wolverhampton judge https://t.co/LaRSfBNoxr
• Law chief rounds on David Ford over plans to cut legal aid and courts https://t.co/5k5ze0LfDD
• Deutsche Bank's legal headaches drag into 2015 https://t.co/dG6uxY5Ci6 
• Warwick University's costs pass £100K as it foots Thomas Docherty’s legal bill https://t.co/98jIDRna2j
• Westminster council rejects Qatari royal family’s plans for £200m palace http://t.co/s84AFAyYMQ 
• Any response to family violence must include funding legal services #AUSTRALIA http://t.co/FkRdfHHrAu
• Petition to White House to enact Leelah’s Law needs 30,000 names in five days #US https://t.co/gh2YNDQKC0 
• Russia Says Air Force Flight Near UK Complies With International Law https://t.co/Xpw8jrkn0Q
• Law Society warning over Northern Ireland legal aid cuts https://t.co/5VRohQYLCg 
• Conveyancing Association to survey members to identify key obstacles currently hindering home-buying process https://t.co/jKLyoBlolY 
• Law Firm Bromleys, based in Ashton-under-Lyne, saw revenues rise 5 per cent to £2.55m in the 12 months to April https://t.co/C8JAQhA3gM 
• Stamp Duty Reform - Some notice next time please! https://t.co/dD4zyeCIWO 
• Conveyancers overtake family lawyers in complaints league table | Legal Futures http://t.co/q4OjioS0Ar
• “I want to dominate the market,” says entrepreneur securing £12m funding for clinical negligence ABS | Legal Futures http://t.co/nc4BSMinjP 
• Neo-Nazi Richard Harris jailed for Blackwood racial attack http://t.co/8U3kajWs4M 
• Sandra Dunham given 18 days' home confinement in US fraud case http://t.co/4k5QyI8Nvw 
• Lynx pilot gets Royal Navy wings from Prince Andrew http://t.co/wwK4t5zmvd
• Police lack resources to probe corruption, inspectors say http://t.co/RcWrzHviQb
• Gunman arrested at Dutch news broadcaster NOS http://t.co/ErC9bUDDrM
• Russian military planes 'disrupted UK aviation' http://t.co/ImflXAfPwY 
• At last, the DPP are confronting some toxic rape myths with their new guidelines http://t.co/FlEuqzodkc
• Apple's vast profits are deserved, but the scale of the tech giant's tax avoidance demands an international response http://t.co/HOqnjw9VJm 
• Letters: As faith leaders, we urge the Government to resettle thousands more Syrian refugees http://t.co/SrBJw3zOFs 
• Letters: Tory campaign seems designed to attract bigots http://t.co/hgdA0Jd4tV 
• These are the DDP's new guideline on rape and consent - and why they are so important http://t.co/gBfYDudh5r
• Teenager who stabbed teacher Ann Maguire to death loses sentence appeal http://t.co/4lN87qFy27 
• Watch 82-year-old lollipop man get his stick stolen in 'senseless' attack http://t.co/UHN5mFBpRk 
• Watch 'dangerous driver' plough into RAC patrol man as he repairs car on the M6 http://t.co/AT94uuQ19s 
• Family of murdered teenager Alice Gross ask anti-immigration groups not to hijack case http://t.co/lUcyPMFYlO 
• Campaigners hail DPP's tough new rape guidelines as 'huge step forward' http://t.co/c5s3wQxNQ6 
• Sex abuse victims accidentally named by MPs http://t.co/MabV5jYBwM
• Nursery nurse admits hurling crayon at 'whining' toddler http://t.co/PdDnCJS7lb 
• Mark Duggan documents lost in the post, ministers admit http://t.co/hM9XEWkn4U 
• Dead tycoon's former partner fights over £6m estate in unique 'divorce' battle http://t.co/mjakV2NjD0 
• Rape law: One woman's quest to overturn decades of injustice http://t.co/6WfzvYbAgA 
• Video: Crime victims can track police progress on new website http://t.co/pBb0FtXYHV
• Theresa May: Don't call police to report a crime, visit a website instead http://t.co/VhmkTHZvoM 
• European court rules extradition of alleged British jihadi to US was lawful http://t.co/ZZSU2TS2SS 
• Boy, 16, who murdered teacher Ann Maguire loses challenge to jail term http://t.co/YncWWh3yOl 
• Appeal court extends jail term over claw hammer attack http://t.co/7TVRZ5hRAf 
• To end violence against trans people, the police must stop perpetuating it http://t.co/kKIxsXVrmz 
• New rape guidelines are welcome – if they’re actually followed http://t.co/oolVxa59G1
• 'We had no idea we'd be talking about it this long': Friendship Nine on 1961 sit-in http://t.co/A1tydVuAoe 
• UK broke law in fewer than 1% of European human rights cases in 2014 http://t.co/jh7M0VrdFp
• Texas poised to execute intellectually disabled prisoner within hours #US http://t.co/4KEB7i7CSy 
• Consent is not enough: if you want a sexual partner, look for enthusiasm http://t.co/JGfXvQK4Rl 
• Hollywood meets law in London | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/U0QGCMTGe2 
• Qatar lawyers look to modernise the courts | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/CfgRn4vcML
• Law firms warned on cost control | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/3PBLBWo1TQ 
• Top UK law firms on merger trail | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/ajq7JlYLld 
• Global legal landscape to be reinvented by Dentons Dachung megamerger | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/pnD4F3VWMR 
• Charged New York politician distances himself from law firm | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/IOk5xDmBgR 
• Freshfields gives cyber security help on pro bono basis | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/lTZHrdvZdn 
• Lawyers rank with shop workers as unhappiest UK employees | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/sKJkQj8cIt

29th January - Law News

1130th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & legal articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap


FOCUS OF THE DAY: The Law Society has urged the Solicitors Regulation Authority not to give up regulating solicitor insolvency practitioners. Chancery Lane said giving practitioners the option of being regulated by another body could create additional costs and burdens for all involved. In its response to an SRA consultation on the issue, the Society said most solicitor IPs do not want to be regulated by an accountancy regulator. Full story - The Law Society Gazette

Saturday Conversations on Law

• 'Counter-extremism' boost in schools http://t.co/lHefWWz8Mn 
• Burglars 'enjoyed' Wimbledon lecturer attack http://t.co/Gzf8nBxb1d 
• Data from death inquiries lost by Ministry of Justice http://t.co/17O7xv0edx 
• Top-25 firm confirms £15m bank loan | Law Gazette http://t.co/BmWqENpLlK 
• Government push for victim support | Law Gazette http://t.co/IqakiFCf69 
• Sampson’s expenses ‘novel and contentious’, says MoJ | Law Gazette http://t.co/2DLlB05ryC 
• #CHINA's super-rich communist Buddhists http://t.co/xNqmyAm380 
• MH370: Malaysia declares flight disappearance an accident http://t.co/NjQetIwmVp
• Supreme Court rules family cannot sue police | Law Gazette http://t.co/xKMFFwHMlD 
• MoJ admits losing inquiry data discs | Law Gazette http://t.co/P6wIWVerZ2
• Amal Clooney accuses #Turkey of hypocrisy on freedom of speech in Armenian genocide trial https://t.co/yXa8xIZ3N3
• Rape trial footballer Simon Lenighan: ‘Allegations cost me Leeds United contract’ https://t.co/V3hUL3MhI2
• #CAMEROON Bar Council Elections - Common Law Lawyers Endorse Sama Francis https://t.co/r4XDHYPi8A
• WikiLeaks threatens legal action against Google and US after email revelations https://t.co/xtI9A1FkQV
• Rory McIlroy hopes for quick legal case http://t.co/44Hf78mQ2L
• Top law official at Aberdeen City Council is leaving the local authority “by mutual consent” later this year https://t.co/TVWy36jCuW
• Anti-Semitism exposes legal gaps in Europe http://t.co/mRiZTVjBFh
• DUP and Sinn Féin consider legal action over election debates exclusion http://t.co/1H5b1ZWH6i
• #AUSTRALIA asylum: Sea detention of Sri Lankans legal, court rules http://t.co/Ft1RjU1ytd
• Conveyancing is in much better shape https://t.co/UEr2k9Wsah
• Villiers rejects call over OTRs law https://t.co/sVzrRJ3gTE
• UK hails #DRC’s new electoral law https://t.co/B9Ra6DwojH
• UK General Election — A Question of Immigration? https://t.co/UdQeeZcnto
• UK Harmonises Electric Bike Law with Europe https://t.co/bPkGVOkHsb
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Dentons, Dacheng merge to create world’s biggest law firm https://t.co/lvsJqAzfdE
• An evaluation of government and law enforcement interventions aimed at reducing metal theft https://t.co/wNrsCgJh5g
• Assisted suicide law 'needs tougher safeguards' http://t.co/vzNh6oiZGl
• How Do We Increase Empathy? https://t.co/LwEXIe8MhI
• At Silk Road Trial, Lawyers Fight to Include Evidence They Call Vital: Emoji #US https://t.co/Tu3djuhGup
• 'American Sniper' and its jingoism Fuels a War on the Home Front #US https://t.co/oed6Gcozep
• New Rules in #CHINA Upset Western Tech Companies https://t.co/I39LJUKBNs
• Justices Stay Executions of 3 in Oklahoma, Pending Decision on Lethal Drug Protocol #US https://t.co/Fz9JYZ5C1B
• All-but-Forgotten Prisoner in #JORDAN Is Suddenly at Center of Swap Demand by ISIS https://t.co/O4dLVXoYb7
• Some of the more conservative States Renew Fight to Stop Same-Sex Marriage #US https://t.co/w4gbZZwkK0
• #SRILANKA plans fresh inquiry into human rights abuses during civil war http://t.co/Oe7G7moDrv 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Al Tamimi forges Egyptian association to access investment opportunities | The Lawyer http://t.co/OKd1Zpiytm
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Browne Jacobson managing partner pledges further growth for third term | The Lawyer http://t.co/aaEim35ltV 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Collins and Mayhew to contest BLP managing partner election | The Lawyer http://t.co/cs8wR0ourg
• Fighter jets scrambled to intercept two Russian bombers off Bournemouth coast http://t.co/V2LpZKoUos 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHCU8a3
• Michelle Obama headscarf controversy - do Saudis really care? http://t.co/QM58s4YRbp
• Pembs chief Bryn Parry-Jones's dispute 'cost £150,000' http://t.co/hHhRmAh7ku 
• We must increase availability of restorative justice for crime victims | Jon Collins, Restorative Justice Council http://t.co/1HroJ6CHrv 
• Rapists use social media to cover their tracks, police warned http://t.co/19xmKrK1WA
• International insurance group to launch ABS for corporate clients | Legal Futures http://t.co/g2lXMCO8lr
• Network Rail sends Thames Water 'multi-million pound bill' http://t.co/dHc2glaOlN 
• Drone maker DJI bans Washington flights after White House crash http://t.co/7aD2U0xuX0 
• Skull clue to exodus from Africa http://t.co/CY1GcQdD7L 
• Tory MPs 'expect key role' in future coalition negotiations http://t.co/zUPkOlMxYm 
• Castro demands Guantanamo Bay in return for US-Cuba diplomatic deal http://t.co/I6L7UpCKqj 
• Lord Wigley sorry for linking Trident jobs with Auschwitz http://t.co/WHhZ1ZmQzQ 
• Care spending 'cut by fifth in 10 years' http://t.co/vx93pQemjw 
• Jailed nurse not guilty of killing four elderly patients, says trial juror who helped convict him http://t.co/54taRoyfFi 
• Campaigners hail DPP's tough new rape guidelines as 'huge step forward' http://t.co/c5s3wQxNQ6 
• Shoplifters at Asda have been posting DVDs to themselves to evade security http://t.co/rdGEzduyDa 
• The most senior judge in Britain thinks 'peddling internet porn' contributes to violent murders http://t.co/ItlwEEWiar 
• Theresa May: Don't call police to report a crime, visit a website instead http://t.co/VhmkTHZvoM 
• Men must prove a woman said 'Yes' under tough new rape rules http://t.co/wbIf7Ge1ng 
• 'Angel of Death' murders: Juror's doubt over guilty verdict http://t.co/6rt5DwfZaw 
• Andrey Lugovoy: UK only ordered Litvinenko inquiry after falling out with Russia http://t.co/3ihyJZoUZV 
• Charity worker found hanged 'after complaining she was intimidated by noisy neighbours' http://t.co/f6e6er0WJJ 
• Debbie Evans, head of art at leading girls' grammar school, banned for life after affair with pupil http://t.co/zPxQFkKSvp
• Artist says £50k a year from ex-wife in divorce is 'unreasonable' http://t.co/YWxJerItGX
• The foreman of a jury which convicted a serial killer has said he now believes the man is innocent http://t.co/7WzbPxNPyg 
• Pricing directors miss the point | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/pZDG22ILuZ 
• East Coast USA law firm rates rising fastest | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/K620hFKBdh
• Law firm set-up blocks client value | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/JZnPa2IMn5 
• Dentons Dachung merger described as high risk | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/K44VW4NdaM 
• Al Tamimi starts association with Egypt firm | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/ECZK5bOrPZ 
• China's largest law firm opens office in Taiwan | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/lRd8pWItKM
• Rainmakers could stand to gain as CC begins lockstep review | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/PKO11sFCJI 
• Claims and settlement sizes fall for US federal class actions | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/WLAZnDBXVB

28th January - Law News

1129th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & legal articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap


FOCUS OF THE DAY: Fewer than half of managing partners at the top 200 law firms think that recent mergers in the market have been successes, new research has found – even though most expect major consolidation in the next two years. The research – which surveyed 102 of the top 200 firms – said that only 43% of those who had undergone a merger in the last five years considered the majority of law firm tie-ups had been a success; 21% said they had not, while the rest declined to answer. Full story - Legal Futures

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Michelle Obama opts to forgo headscarf during #SaudiArabia visit http://t.co/byoWrlTwwq 
• The Tesco store closures - the list in full http://t.co/SLcf1MyvW5 
• Family of woman killed by ex-partner loses battle to sue police for negligence http://t.co/m9cbW0fMp9 
• Michael Fisher obituary: Solicitor who became an expert in Irish cases http://t.co/0Nt2QOWaL9 
• The £8.8m typo: how one mistake killed a family business http://t.co/FXJLgufw8B 
• Ched Evans submits ‘fresh evidence’ to try to get rape conviction overturned http://t.co/CwdOS2pJbh 
• Women with disabilities excluded from domestic abuse law, say campaigners http://t.co/ZfNRLgC3oK 
• CIA torture report: ACLU asks judge to block attempt to repossess copies #US http://t.co/cAjHaObC7U 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Clyde & Co and 7KBW succeed in £8.8m typo claim against Companies House | The Lawyer http://t.co/lCLwPjvbvu 
• Virgin Media bats off ninth patent infringement claim from tech company Rovi | The Lawyer http://t.co/vK1ssxlhHF 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Herbert Smith Freehills on board for HS2 rail project | The Lawyer http://t.co/aZY51cpRUj 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Freshfields to pay £1bn to retired partners over next 50 years | The Lawyer http://t.co/Mk901voJfv 
• Drone on – with an eye on the law | Law Gazette http://t.co/BYlGHhe1es
• The lord chief justice wants to spare us details of horrific crimes. His good intentions are doomed | Law Gazette http://t.co/xq6YtFrgqP 
• SRA warns solicitors over risks to client confidentiality | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/jpWW5VFCnu 
• Court of Appeal recognises client capacity in entering CFAs | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/bf4HcUHcX4 
• Freshfields boosts profits but wary of dangers | Law Gazette http://t.co/CM2lbPSDgT 
• SRA secures injunction against fraudster ex-solicitor | Law Gazette http://t.co/RJVzoEpvFP
• 'Upskirt' voyeur Paul Appleby sentenced for 9,000 photos http://t.co/DjttKPZkyO
• Courts strike in Scotland ‘forced police to cut arrests’ https://t.co/GMMQ8DtR2G 
• Spirit of Shankly false imprisonment case against four police forces reaches courts https://t.co/nHxB0QSJw0 
• Britain's courts are 'full off sex offenders, warns Justice Secretary Chris Grayling http://t.co/13OdyBQN6O
• Procedures questioned: 16-year-old plea against military courts restored https://t.co/IcPubRUr83
• All set for military courts to try terror suspects #PAKISTAN https://t.co/BZjurdKD3C 
• Court closures complete as reforms get underway in Scotland https://t.co/dbbaljUKMn
• Mandatory minimum sentences are bad for communities #CANADA https://t.co/3SgJz3jaN7
• A growing chorus: courts agree mandatory minimum sentences are unconstitutional #CANADA https://t.co/SDjVr0VeF0 
• Alabama Chief Justice: Federal Courts Don't Hold Sway On Marriage #US https://t.co/QVil6Q7jbi 
• Edward Snowden Wins 'Debate' With NSA Lawyer https://t.co/ZJ2t5bsdyL 
• Court docket on lawyer discipline to be public #SCOTUS https://t.co/ox2xqdB3hH 
• Lawyer: Boy Scout files depict 'sordid' history of abuse #US https://t.co/9MEmmoRllW 
• Dismiss Dean Del Mastro’s attempt to seek mistrial after guilty verdict, crown pleads #CANADA https://t.co/WkMizCSLNq 
• Liam Gallagher facing court fine over US daughter he has never seen http://t.co/dsGG5agAkS
• Barrister Henry Hendron, 34, arrested over the death of his teenage boyfriend  http://t.co/9dDoMowRDM 
• #ARGENTINA's President Denies Lawyer Death Link https://t.co/mbtP3SHPH5 
• Lawyer for Melissa Rivers claims doctors were acting like 'groupies' #US http://t.co/Z7nhEukKhY 
• Student implicated in Facebook scandal will take part in hearing: lawyer #CANADA https://t.co/tT70TSyldx
• Litvinenko 'poisoned by Russian mafia state,' family's lawyer claims http://t.co/KahrPFxhrp 
• The Fraud of the Student-Athlete Claim #US https://t.co/RzGftaqp1D
• Mormons Seek Golden Mean Between Gay Rights and Religious Beliefs #US https://t.co/61H5TRbtZ1 
• States Move to Make Citizenship Exams a Classroom Aid #US https://t.co/HEcN45eHW4 
• Group Linked to ISIS Says It's Behind Assault on #Libyan Hotel https://t.co/LXNkn5svRm
• A New Level of Refugee Suffering for #Iraqi and #Syrian citizens who can't go home https://t.co/xiMSZhKYPl 
• Grabiner is both right and wrong to resist the money question http://t.co/eSbzsVDtwY
• In-house media lawyer heading for the spotlight? http://t.co/efnVxS6jSl
• KPMG general counsel Sharp stands down after 18 years | The Lawyer http://t.co/Io5OFi4uiz 
• Sir Declan Morgan: 'Significant concerns' over courts budget cuts in Northern Ireland http://t.co/ymNPmFgqyz 
• Couple charged with child cruelty after investigation as part of an investigation into the care system in north Wales http://t.co/J83MhqJTBF 
• Cameras could be allowed in Scottish courts http://t.co/GAal555wa8
• Cigarette packaging opposition 'growing in Tory ranks' http://t.co/jyFA8W0f4b 
• Litvinenko post-mortem 'probably most dangerous ever' http://t.co/jM8mGyUnPL 
• National Gallery staff to stage five-day walk-out http://t.co/CaiW7NJaZW 
• Gary Glitter breaks down in tears over child porn images http://t.co/8dE2RgbDGZ 
• Blood for sale: The illegal 'red market' in #INDIA http://t.co/30e0yQlEd6 
• Joanna Michael murder: Family cannot sue police http://t.co/IH811hANUV
• Patient’s shocking death alone in a public toilet made me question end-of-life care http://t.co/JnIaOg60q7
• Maureen Lipman: rise in antisemitic attacks may prompt me to leave UK http://t.co/JtgQxG257k
• European counter-terror plan involves blanket collection of passengers’ data http://t.co/Nr8nZCKEbc 
• Cameron’s five-year legacy: has he finished what Thatcher started? http://t.co/2p4lUy2FiQ 
• Loretta Lynch: opponents and allies expect Senate attorney general confirmation http://t.co/dmzA4CidYT 
• Tribunal non-payments a ‘scandal’, says minister | Law Gazette http://t.co/z9IPm4OiN5 
• LeO finally takes on CMC complaints | Law Gazette http://t.co/z1NmvOIiCn
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHCU8a3
• Law enforcement wants popular police-tracking app disabled #US https://t.co/bdUPc8YuFR 
• UK Lords kill attempt to sneak in new surveillance laws https://t.co/CVdzYNUvFc 
• New Campaigning Laws ‘Frightening’ UK Charities https://t.co/6P0aA4tQQI
• Evolving digital markets require speedier enforcement of competition rules, says UK government http://t.co/OsztNduyzb 
• Children as young as 11 are taking so-called legal highs in Northern Ireland https://t.co/kj3w1Ud6Og 
• Government agents find 'legal highs' at Nottinghamshire prison after raid https://t.co/kqjDf5vXsK 
• WikiLeaks threatens legal action against Google and US after email revelations http://t.co/HRIzYmHApe 
• Is London the world’s legal capital? https://t.co/6t8C35NCWL 
• Chris Brown’s Tour Postponed Due To Legal Woes: See His Heartfelt Apology https://t.co/DAmTDQwUIs
• 'American Idol' season 11 winner Phillip Phillips takes legal action over contract #US http://t.co/yx4tlYv3NS 
• Former solicitor Simon William Griffiths is facing dishonesty charges https://t.co/sTcqZr48gJ 
• Solicitor returns to Cambridge law firm Woodfines Solicitors after time in Hong Kong https://t.co/q6OrYSJRtG 
• Solicitor struck off after he was found guilty of 30 counts of professional misconduct #IRELAND https://t.co/1Lex9U9UUJ
• St Albans solicitor recognised at Entrepreneurial Woman of the Year awards https://t.co/Hiv0BCYGoX 
• Equity release - should advisers be a jack of all trades or a specialist in one? https://t.co/Ugy4yGwBMZ
• No5 Chambers barrister Russell Bailey recovers costs for wronged employer https://t.co/br1MiJDuSv 
• Ripley murder trial: Court hears accused ‘lost control’ when he stabbed victim 33 times https://t.co/61WZbEf1lT
• 'Disgraceful' former Wellington barrister ordered to pay $30,000 #NEWZEALAND https://t.co/iJQXEteXIb 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Finland's Roschier tempts Latham capital markets partner home from London | The Lawyer http://t.co/lLANFrNLFc 
• Eaglewood Capital Management hires Paul Hastings associate as its first GC | The Lawyer http://t.co/Xx9y0ewJ7e
• LAW FIRM NEWS: A&O and Ashurst win key roles on £680m Jurys Inn hotel chain sale | The Lawyer http://t.co/f6ZZiIqH2j 
• Freshfields and Herbert Smith Freehills ring in on Hutchison Whampoa’s £10.25bn acquisition of O2 | The Lawyer http://t.co/eBAIyRCmzV 
• Top 200 expect more consolidation - even though most think mergers to date have not succeeded | Legal Futures http://t.co/2lgb4xLUh2 
• Lord Chief Justice calls for independent review of legal market | Legal Futures http://t.co/qLBLnixuDt 
• LeO recruits team of 30 to tackle claims management complaints | Legal Futures http://t.co/23J5bWRSSn 
• “Don’t merge to make costs savings”, says head of newly merged City firm | Legal Futures http://t.co/Y4ehHDSznh 
• The BBC has just done more to eradicate ‘terrorism’ than all our wars since 9/11 http://t.co/RYIuEHaOt1 
• A population bigger than London's has been displaced in Syria, so why has the Government only accepted 90 refugees? http://t.co/kXU5gIxzTv
• At least Ukip is openly bigoted – the Tories just hide their disdain for people like me http://t.co/Ur0QqhN0qA 
• This Christian blogger has stopped wearing leggings so she doesn't 'entice' other men http://t.co/I5TRG79YMG 
• People are very upset about Ukip Jelly Babies http://t.co/iyELuslEah 
• Two people come forward to claim they were abused by former Home Secretary Leon Brittan http://t.co/enAIuGkB9s 
• 'Clare's Law' saves 1,300 women from violent partners in first year http://t.co/2tvdqp3qF3 
• Police officers could be charged for 'calling alleged domestic violence victim 'f*****g slag' and 'b***h'' http://t.co/beeuEhCnWo 
• Labour to cut luxury houses used by High Court judges across the UK http://t.co/mtv2eY18Zr
• Birkbeck College academic investigated after allegations of 'research misconduct' http://t.co/2oeksGu9eB
• Gary Glitter claims he never abused young fans because he was too busy cleaning his wig http://t.co/cvh3YxSl1j
• Government in £9 million payout after single letter blunder causes business to collapse http://t.co/mey8YEtIdM
• Vince Cable proposes reforms to controversial free-trade deal with US http://t.co/EscggM4sFI
• Bravery of the Congolese women #CONGO http://t.co/aB98sAA4yH 
• Hopes and fears in the shadow of the Holocaust http://t.co/YLoyiF0QfK
• Microsoft to spruce up eDiscovery tools | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/XNo1gbzRgm 
• Hair straightener patent dispute | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/0GuTV5lZOY
• Human rights comes under corporate attack | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/7Zhggk5By5 
• Dentons Dachung announce merger across 120 offices | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/Gjiz66qgEs 
• Pillsbury boosts Austin office by hire of ten from Bracewell IP | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/C88OlLdBCR
• Law firms snubbed by Debrett's listing of most influential lawyers | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/KEWfILeEHP 
• Lawyer faces US$1m fine over medical witness slip | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/pFfQmY67P1
• DLA branches out of legal through cybersecurity offshoot | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/qhCnNw9Xhb 
• Underage girl rapist William Mailer dies in prison http://t.co/c4E8s1GjTq 
• Amazon's Tokyo offices raided as part of investigation into alleged sales of images of child sexual abuse #JAPAN http://t.co/cG7gf4fT5R 
• Hacktivists step up web attack volumes http://t.co/qQGKY7lMoY 
• Lib Dem Tessa Munt quits as Vince Cable aide over fracking http://t.co/77zRegFugH
• Nicola Payne death: Two charged with 1991 murder and abduction http://t.co/02TJLMwwDU

27th January - Law News

1128th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & legal articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap


FOCUS OF THE DAY: Thinking of becoming a freelance lawyer? Five things to consider. Full story - The Lawyer

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Gary Glitter trial: Assault claims untrue, singer says http://t.co/kRjyU8QmcY 
• Iraq Inquiry: Chilcot to face MPs over delays to report http://t.co/08ESHMBu6Y 
• Don’t hijack her murder, Alice Gross parents tell anti-immigration groups #US http://t.co/4OnQi7ZX2X 
• Charlie Hebdo saw a fierce free speech debate. Now it’s an Italian poet Erri De Luca's turn http://t.co/aknVWYNlBt 
• Georgia again plans to execute intellectually disabled inmate #US http://t.co/EWsQrxpSRc
• Justice agencies lack human decency when it comes to complaints | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/FC4api4GfU 
• SRA urged not to relinquish insolvency regulation | Law Gazette http://t.co/IOYijQOGRS 
• CFA retained by client without mental capacity – CoA | Law Gazette http://t.co/g8AsHG6Dex 
• Legal services market failing to cut costs, says LCJ | Law Gazette http://t.co/T7jVMOUhhd
• Italy 'frustrating' attempts to bring key witness to Alexander Litvinenko inquiry http://t.co/azTioq4u0x 
• Dog theft gangs marking target houses with chalk symbols http://t.co/E7cqM478pW 
• Murder suspect Leo Barnes found dead in his cell http://t.co/N6YyNA7lUc
• Boris Berezovsky died with tax debt of £46 million, High Court hears http://t.co/5viqnieOx0
• Fraudster made £22,000 selling fake Poppy Appeal pins and Premier League badges http://t.co/MQJTInzXxw 
• Harrods wine thief 'had no idea' rare Burgundy Grand Cru worth £20k http://t.co/ASfbxBVUlI 
• Man charged with murdering Zac Evans in machete attack http://t.co/F44wYjruCw 
• Child sex abuse inquiry could cost hundreds of millions http://t.co/9lBC1DPBCU
• Christian campaigner mount private prosecution against doctor accused of offering gender-based abortion http://t.co/jU6KeEBsw7 
• Crime victims treated as a 'nuisance', says official report http://t.co/3KE4Nc8hEy
• Alexander Litvinenko killers 'put thousands of lives at risk' with trail of radiation across London http://t.co/ueu2GGdvLa 
• Auschwitz 70th anniversary: Even today, Jews need Israel as a safe haven http://t.co/looxzLzx0j 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: White & Case and Osborne Clarke reveal spring retention | The Lawyer http://t.co/RAfZHTXoBQ 
• India's largest Law firm Amarchand splits as brothers battle over equity stake | The Lawyer http://t.co/2qGZ10xc9D
• Almost half of all non-merged UK firms would consider a tie-up over the next two years | The Lawyer http://t.co/X6dLDc1fdN 
• When a partner misbehaves, everyone around them can be tarnished | Law Gazette http://t.co/WdRnoCWght
• Accountant threat driving law firm merger interest | Law Gazette http://t.co/x7gXwb7aDr
• Gary Glitter trial: Former singer gives evidence http://t.co/kRjyU8QmcY
• Rail journey satisfaction dips - Passenger Focus survey http://t.co/zzkH4Nsdpb
• Glasgow bin crash tweet: Ross Loraine, 19, cautioned http://t.co/8vEK27wmkk
• Aston McLean Williams death: Police were 'judge and jury', claims mum http://t.co/gOAfXyCNGr 
• Dubai International has taken over from Heathrow as the world's busiest international airport http://t.co/eBdsoGGWyC
• Court in #FRANCE stops child from being named Nutella http://t.co/kAOhq02M5E
• Auschwitz: 70 years since concentration camps liberated http://t.co/0HnqpFJgYp 
• Alexander Litvinenko's poisoning of 'utmost gravity' http://t.co/r912cnSvA8
• Alice Gross murder suspect Zalkalns 'would have been charged' http://t.co/FDjxig82lI 
• Crime victims ignored and confused, says Baroness Newlove http://t.co/ASJBWZJ2d4
• #GREECE debt repayment in full is 'unrealistic', says Syriza http://t.co/CIzKdmLd5A 
• Facebook says it caused fault that sent services offline http://t.co/UuHmMgtk5M
• Auschwitz 70th anniversary: Survivors mark camp liberation http://t.co/voSYgkI47K 
• UK economy records fastest growth since 2007 http://t.co/Af21p8vlo5 
• Victims of crime let down by criminal justice system, report finds http://t.co/AOIP4ARaZv
• Alexander Litvinenko murder inquiry opens in high court http://t.co/cBdkmOO0kW
• Ben Emmerson QC – the high-flyer representing Marina Litvinenko http://t.co/0ECul9IiXy 
• How a law degree could launch your career in politics http://t.co/bFJtSmPmhD 
• Alexander Litvinenko death gives rise to issues of ‘utmost gravity’ http://t.co/3rrDsuaIfY
• Special report: Cyber security – In a rights pickle | The Lawyer http://t.co/rmbm5vjSNj 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Grimaldi makes trio of lateral hires from local rivals | The Lawyer http://t.co/xYwqjfM6AM 
• Sovereign Housing Association adds four firms to 14-strong legal panel following review | The Lawyer http://t.co/2Yrag4usOB 
• BOOK REVIEW: Court of Protection Handbook – a user’s guide | Law Gazette http://t.co/NENVsJP9Kg 
• J K Rowling ruling challenged by Associated Newspapers | Law Gazette http://t.co/jOF45Utrcd 
• Roundtable: in-house public sector | Law Gazette http://t.co/NWcYCBbY4F 
• South-east roll-out for CRM14 form | Law Gazette http://t.co/3RrIYDRKSY
• Sikh Solicitors no longer have to remove articles of faith when meeting clients in detention centres| Law Gazette http://t.co/NVRszVQUM
• After the easy fixes, what next for diversity? | The Lawyer http://t.co/oZrNOD4y7s
• Victims ‘let down by justice agencies’ – report | Law Gazette http://t.co/CIUAGZ42xa
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHCU8a3
• Akon: 'America was never built for black people' http://t.co/z6RDdQsOVS 
• Hollywood shoots Arabs: 'American Sniper' replays the age-old racist roles http://t.co/Ea3jSYoxib
• Innovative flight claims practice completes 10,000th case in less than two years | Legal Futures http://t.co/76aRKWFgjX 
• With an anti-terrorism law in the works #SPAIN still uneasy with the Moors http://t.co/lFA2UdBUv3
• Did the army manipulate the revolution four years ago? #EGYPT http://t.co/qan1FEpvn5 
• Jailing of former Law Society council member damaged profession, SDT says | Legal Futures http://t.co/6ShAsImYlU 
• Human rights comes under corporate attack | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/nAZnxLEX2I
• Private sector-prosecutor collaboration secures 13-year conviction | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/jWazYmMlDS
• Dinsmore & Shohl takes over Midwest firm to arrive at 575 lawyers | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/vrqVDZ2lEd 
• Bird & Bird to face €130m negligence suit from German property funds | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/zbQVNVIP88 
• Serbian lawyers to call off strike after concessions from the government | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/8OZIZBatrC
• Amarchand to split in two as brothers fall out | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/fsoGZYarVW 
• #ARGENTINA to dissolve intelligence body after prosecutor death http://t.co/kHfSO7Z6e1 
• Ex-CIA officer convicted of leaking Iran plan #US http://t.co/JWP894hOy9
• TalkTalk forces porn filter choice http://t.co/tzXmqUMYvC
• Facebook complies with #TURKEY page block order http://t.co/YWFLXryLrZ 
• Plymouth train mum Sammie Welch given good manners note http://t.co/RMqUibZSv7 
• Benedict Cumberbatch sorry for 'coloured' comment http://t.co/wbeSfrCoZp
• FBI has charged three men it says were spying for Russia and trying to recruit sources in New York City #US http://t.co/ff9cTLpf84 
• Alexander Litvinenko 'killed on third attempt' http://t.co/dCtEK47rAR 
• When you say you 'don't see race', you’re ignoring racism, not helping to solve it http://t.co/pcRtm0E2NY 
• Libby Lane: First female Church of England bishop consecrated http://t.co/JTXrz4YULe
• New laws to protect those cashing in pension pots http://t.co/0rjYxe2IzN

26th January - Law News

1127th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & legal articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap


FOCUS OF THE DAY: A legal challenge over domestic violence evidence criteria has foundered at the High Court. A judicial review, R (oao Rights of Women) v Lord Chancellor [2015] EWHC 35 (Admin), was brought by the Public Law Project on behalf of Rights of Women (ROW) against April 2013 regulations setting out the evidence that domestic violence victims must show in order to prove eligibility for legal aid. Victims can be asked, for example, to produce a letter from a health professional detailing injuries consistent with domestic violence, an assessment of risk by a social worker, a letter of admission to a refuge or evidence of a court order. . Full story - New Law Journal

Saturday Conversations on Law

• As the legal revolution progresses, the weakest and most abused clients will be pushed to the margins | Law Gazette http://t.co/CqB0pBqkQd 
• Tax dispute forced firm into insolvency | Law Gazette http://t.co/TROMqRFAMu 
• Court of Appeal close to setting debt repayment precedent | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/Ekjsm2ZmqY 
• John Cooper QC on the Global Law Summit: By going there, we are tacitly endorsing what Grayling is doing” http://t.co/XBs7Pvf8Ut
• Trinity Mirror should come clean about phone hacking http://t.co/CSoXsGOVQc
• Why we have to get smart about artificial intelligence http://t.co/i5Cj3dkril 
• Legal highs and prescription drugs face ban in English and Welsh prisons http://t.co/zTAX749JnZ  is fundamental threat to human rights, says European report http://t.co/4uh5SP0kTK
• Activists cheer Scottish government rethink on new women’s prison http://t.co/2ASOp3TIdQ 
• Vedder Price wins key role on launch of the UK’s first regulated bitcoin trading platform | The Lawyer http://t.co/LpHppdm7Sj
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Wilson Sonsini loses Beijing head Li to Sidley | The Lawyer http://t.co/klmR53Edvw 
• Merseyside summit to tackle legal aid cuts | Law Gazette http://t.co/NCppxlKz1M
• Saatchi bill running out of time | Law Gazette http://t.co/aHWEc7ro7E 
• Society puts trainee minimum salary back on agenda | Law Gazette http://t.co/tcLx27iucd
• #EGYPT FGM trial 'convicts Raslan Fadl of manslaughter' http://t.co/wxbhaAjBz0
• The Smith reforms have become obsolete even before they've become law https://t.co/fev6EJW7tt
• Slavery Victims Treated as Criminals in #IRELAND https://t.co/grRs6M40qM 
• UK Government Urged to Pardon the 49,000 Men and Women Who Were Persecuted Under Anti-gay Laws https://t.co/00Hsorpe2N 
• UK decision to lower flags after death of Saudi king stirs debate https://t.co/4lZayUNCBz 
• #IRAN lawmakers drafting law on nuclear enrichment hike https://t.co/wv9bPTwb7m 
• Government sneaks previously rejected surveillance laws into Counter Terrorism bill https://t.co/v284zkYOFV 
• Former DPP Eamonn Barnes said that gardaí went out of the way to have Ian Bailey prosecuted #IRELAND http://t.co/Bim8G7vSOH 
• L'Origine Du Monde Facebook Legal Battle - Court To Reach Decision #FRANCE https://t.co/YGkb6Zw3be 
• How can I draw up a valid will on my own? #IRELAND https://t.co/Ru1yzEUZji 
• Attorney General Soraya Diase Coffelt quits after 10 days refusing to be the Governor's puppet #VIRGINISLANDS https://t.co/ayEF1FWiz0 
• Paris attacks prompt fresh concerns about online Islamophobia http://t.co/sr0MP1MfAQ 
• A9 average speed cameras 'have reduced speeding' http://t.co/nXVRoqkR7g
• Double murder accused Leo Barnes found dead in prison cell http://t.co/KB03dJIZsm 
• #MALAYSIA Airlines website 'compromised' by hackers http://t.co/jjBCEazK7E 
• A third of siblings in care 'forced to live apart' http://t.co/8NDiHwvADu 
• CCTV: Too many cameras useless, warns surveillance watchdog Tony Porter http://t.co/Jn08fL4Dfl 
• Election should include online voting in 2020 - Bercow http://t.co/VkfgFFfsQ6 
• Prince Philip recommended for knighthood by #AUSTRALIA http://t.co/mYTqJaGrzr
• New £75m women's prison scrapped, confirms Scottish minister http://t.co/qpeSyX5U5L 
• Former president Hosni Mubarak's sons released from Egyptian prison #EGYPT http://t.co/dDakObbR1h
• Clare's Law: 1,300 domestic abuse disclosures made http://t.co/ytigUJ5UWF 
• MPs: Ban fracking to meet carbon targets http://t.co/5DYTzWatKj 
• Libby Lane would be first female bishop to be consecrated http://t.co/JTXrz4YULe 
• Syriza and Independent Greeks agree #GREECE coalition http://t.co/YpzLgL9Dlk 
• Jewish leaders call for Europe-wide legislation outlawing antisemitism http://t.co/NO6rAiEKdg
• The war on leaks has gone way too far when journalists' emails are under surveillance http://t.co/fYvyng1kRZ 
• Alabama same-sex marriages could start on Monday, says judge #US http://t.co/Z7L4vUUUM2 
• Just how hard can it be to purge prisons of drugs? http://t.co/ONUGo1yTWs
• LAW FIRM NEWS: DLA Piper bulks up in Singapore with hires from Gibson Dunn and Jones Day | The Lawyer http://t.co/rFabdNabja 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Goodwin Procter and Mayer Brown pick up key roles on £327m sale of Tower Place | The Lawyer http://t.co/kgEec5g7ZW 
• The in-house interview: Pets at Home legal chief Louise Stonier - Profile | The Lawyer http://t.co/4vCLQ8u4rG
• My legal life: Kevin Poulter, Legal director, employment and social media, Bircham Dyson Bell - Profile | Law Gazette http://t.co/8NppHujD1n
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHCU8a3
• Where do the wealthiest 1% live? http://t.co/p8fmYJmKvK 
• Syriza victory in #GREECE: Turning point for EU? http://t.co/BxNvt9gS3D
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