31st May - Law News

1252th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & legal articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap

Our last Saturday Law Interview featured 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

• Direct access in spotlight after barrister is slapped with 11 misconduct findings http://t.co/VP7sDaLDgP 
• Oxbridge takes top honours in latest law faculty league table http://t.co/wOYL8nKNXw
• McKenzie friend gives budding advocates a lesson in how not to behave in court http://t.co/5TGInMCGyZ 
• 'Oxford law student' offers Obama herd of cows, sheep and goats to marry daughter http://t.co/6PyhP0th9J 
• How law can set you up for an alternative career http://t.co/rTMUCwOCNc 
• Southampton Uni law student drafts piss-taking health and safety instructions for microwave http://t.co/Ne4UXGmB2C
• Event: Alternatives for wannabe barristers — the City, in-house and academia http://t.co/GaIHyDeRtu 
• Shearman & Sterling blitzes magic circle with trainee and NQ pay rises http://t.co/ieGZe8bhRU 
• Ashurst latest firm to boost trainee and junior lawyer pay http://t.co/Bd8panWs3u 
• 11 weirdly passive aggressive things law students say to non-law students http://t.co/fVp4XBYisC 
• Does appearing on The X Factor help you get a training contract? http://t.co/sl54YSe18w
• Life in a law firm: ‘Prepping to go to Russia #fridaynightmare #byebyeweekend’ http://t.co/GM7jppmCAL 
• Training contract hunters could buy 95p Gateley shares as a way to stand out after firm reveals June listing date http://t.co/H7bZFoRO0z 
• City lawyer posts Adele-inspired ode to land law on YouTube http://t.co/E41OMXWLMm 
• Former Allen & Overy solicitor Chelsy Davy joins 'hedonistic vibes' DJ collective http://t.co/ZVBZdmGsul 
• Ex-Skadden trainee appointed parliamentary private secretary to Justice Secretary Michael Gove http://t.co/2J1Bgw0GR7 
• The Judge Rules: imperfect law school rankings tell us something about complacent Russell Groupers http://t.co/EtFGE0SupG 
• Phone hacking: massive privacy damages | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/V4hyo49XhI 
• Cake, Equality, and the Queen's Speech | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/STfIBb3bBe 
• Public Law in an Age of Austerity – Major 1COR/JUSTICE seminar on 4 June | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/LFqUuwiIL5
• Law Society's concerns over Queen's Speech | New Law Journal: https://t.co/5xKH1emhnH 
• Hacking payouts “unparalleled” | New Law Journal: https://t.co/lXnjyTP5gb 
• Court protects children from IS | New Law Journal: https://t.co/VHG7hgvkKj 
• Insolvency practitioners to the rescue? | New Law Journal: https://t.co/w7iYTk5KGw 
• Law firms should have exit strategy | New Law Journal https://t.co/CRyleZP5QG 
• Criminal barristers voted for direct action on legal aid reforms: “no returns” & “days of action” | New Law Journal https://t.co/OUC2INBZdA
• Zero hours exclusivity clauses banned | New Law Journal: https://t.co/87ayWIhfh8 
• A new award for women lawyers has been announced | New Law Journal https://t.co/tHAgRotuPR
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/f7LvKG4B9D
• The darker side of Buddhism: monks who promote violence http://t.co/i0FP7NFx22 
• #Argentine police arrest 'meteorite thieves' http://t.co/gVvxGL9Ekh
• #Thailand murders: Lawyers' concern over key evidence http://t.co/7M7gDSTRIc 
• European Union anger at Russian travel blacklist http://t.co/gx3yCqaTJO 
• No charges over Katie Hopkins' tweets on 'sweaty jocks' http://t.co/jbtp59AcnG 
• HMS Bulwark joins migrant rescue mission http://t.co/xaCxHxO2p5

30th May - Law News

1251th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & legal articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap

Our last Saturday Law Interview featured 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

• Anti-austerity protesters gather in London to demonstrate against cuts http://t.co/A6b5w1wdwq 
• Boy remanded in custody for alleged Colchester knife murders http://t.co/rjz2KXWiEs
• HMRC waives tax return penalties 'whenever someone appeals' http://t.co/c8zP3OmF7c 
• Benefit cap could drop 40,000 children into poverty, leaked memo warns http://t.co/SWHjphwa09 
• Government 'shocked' by report of Dignitas link to struck-off doctor http://t.co/uAggKcvoOw 
• Sepp Blatter attacks critics as he vows to pull Fifa through corruption crisis http://t.co/Hmv5ilucCx
• Callous teenage terrorist jailed for grooming Asperger's man to carry out Lee Rigby style attack http://t.co/TWNsBGHkg1 
• Lindsay Lohan fan faces jail for harassing celebrity haunt booking manager http://t.co/sDEVW8ZEqp 
• Scotland Yard detective and lawyers' daughter deny selling women for sex http://t.co/bFwmiA0ccJ 
• Rural street lights switch-off blamed over death of woman pedestrian http://t.co/fuoa3yDnPF 
• Diamond fraudsters fail jail for £1.5m family scam http://t.co/NurVuobKqp 
• Revealed: Furious letters to Thomas Cook ex-CEO http://t.co/I8iWqEQILh 
• Silk Road founder: 'it ruined my life and destroyed my future' http://t.co/cVxONOUkUw 
• Some highs are more legal than others http://t.co/7MJZdTjxTT 
• Boy, 16, arrested over double murder of Muslim student and father-of-five http://t.co/eKfEoeNmAk 
• Why is 'hippy crack’ such a gas for the hipsters? http://t.co/ateL2iepUl 
• Conservatives attacking the Human Rights Act have forgotten their party's tradition of defending liberty http://t.co/kuF8L7etUv
• England threaten to boycott World Cup as Blatter is re-elected http://t.co/Woz3nPijMj 
• Jewish woman win £16k damages over Shabbat row http://t.co/cqAOvwqGRx 
• Brownstock festival security guards jailed for kidnapping reveller http://t.co/5MhYKVu3f1 
• Art and Hypocrisy in the Gulf: #AbuDhabi is opening cultural centers, but is barring artists and writers from enteri…https://t.co/LS0lrNW4cn 
• Horrors of Human Trafficking in South Asia https://t.co/tjTVw6Tf6h 
• Arrest Underscores #CHINA's Role in the Making and Spread of a Lethal Drug https://t.co/iEzUxtG2Ik 
• Dalai Lama Urges Aung San Suu Kyi to Help #Myanmar's Rohingya https://t.co/MuDxIeFqZ2
• #US Police Unions Must Not Block Reform: Restrictive contracts are shielding officers from proper accountability https://t.co/oFNsELl82F 
• Biracial Beauty Queen Challenges #JAPAN's Self-Image https://t.co/GEo0qyRl0E
• A #US Tax Investigation Snowballed to Stun the Soccer World https://t.co/sTWFvwMISk
• Hastert Case Is Said to Be Linked to Decades-Old Sexual Abuse #US https://t.co/UPQfTPCCkA 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/qvQLWtj6RL
• Silk Road drug website founder Ross Ulbricht jailed #US http://t.co/dPUlUI8bkV
• #Italy rescues 3,300 migrants in Mediterranean in one day http://t.co/UYgJfKSL42
• No £100 fine for late tax returns, says HMRC http://t.co/xA9dpK7B2j
• Nuneaton's Cocks Lloyd Solicitors to support top fundraising group https://t.co/l5g8xOvgxm 
• Solicitor slams cops for Penygroes 'headbutt' woman treatment https://t.co/QnTu8FuEVB 
• 56.6 Billion Illegal Cigarettes Consumed in the EU in 2014, Worth More Than €11bn in Lost Tax Revenue https://t.co/y1QBe3nTMA 
• Two die in illegal gold mine near Tahoe project in #PERU https://t.co/z465Z7p17K https://t.co/CZ7RvGS4Vp
• Northampton resident creates own ‘illegal’ parking bays outside block of flats in Duston https://t.co/wFtdUJybMi 
• Fewer immigrants are entering the #US illegally, and that’s changed the border security debate https://t.co/ArgTu1p3A4 
• Shopkeeper in Salford built elaborate false wall to conceal thousands of illegal cigarettes https://t.co/TLnP2MNsJb 
• Firm withdraws services from murder suspect due to legal aid dispute #IRELAND https://t.co/YMYKe9671j 
• Tesco faces legal fight with shareholders seeking compensation over profits scandal https://t.co/zfu9lsLzmk 
• Nhleko’s Nkandla report to face legal scrutiny #SOUTHAFRICA https://t.co/o8FLj8OyGv 
• Gay conversion therapy ruins lives. We cannot afford to keep it legal https://t.co/fHgxB6TMLV
• Legal highs: What will be affected by the 'blanket ban' and what are the punishments if caught? https://t.co/NwV8l40G4d 
• European Union Referendum Bill: European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) and Delegated Powers memoranda https://t.co/duUzTsgmo9 
• #China in 1989 and 2015: Tiananmen, Human Rights, and Democracy https://t.co/X5uIwg2PFM 
• Robes, rods and our basic human rights | Save the Human Rights Act https://t.co/Hxi7DQbef7 
• British Columbia’s Human Rights Tribunal to Consider Eliminating Gender from Birth Certificates #CANADA https://t.co/fakHPYqUHF 
• A pledge too far: Scrapping the Human Rights Act can’t be done, thankfully https://t.co/4Vm4FRBisN 
• Liberty’s ‘Human Rights’ campaign uses luvvies to spread misinformation - claim made by a right wing rag https://t.co/7nc71FpaFb 
• Encryption is important to human rights — and backdoors undermine it https://t.co/YG44kqHKQa 
• Human rights groups condemn #Nauru's criminalisation of political protest https://t.co/MOV7mXkdXJ 
• Human Rights Watch: Put migrants' rights at center of Asian summit https://t.co/TTve0MHBgE 
• The #Australian Personal Property Security Act 2009: A five year review https://t.co/ANv9Enskwg 
• CMA gains powers to advise UK government on draft laws https://t.co/64JfWRJMuk 
• UK Government Goes Full Orwell: Snooper's Charter, Encryption Backdoors, Free Speech Suppression https://t.co/nSBdoLsVLM
• New UK law would give government access to encrypted Internet messaging apps https://t.co/guDOlwB68B 
• A response to Daniel Hannan: a “UK Sovereignty Act” would make no legal sense https://t.co/hdF6ry2FMJ 
• Cleric thinks faith is above the law https://t.co/SUREntziGb 
• SNP back down on demands for Scotland to set own abortion laws https://t.co/DsGHsKmZud 
• #US judge grills lawyer defending Obama's healthcare law changes https://t.co/6oq8VxnjaL 
• Investigatory Powers Bill to update UK communications data laws https://t.co/nLIJGO4axD 
• Law firm beauty parades are in decline | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/AWueVg3MYd 
• Microsoft might compromise on encryption battle, suggests GC | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/EDc64GlkVn 
• Pillsbury corporate finance team migrates to Winston & Strawn | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/9zBXx3Tfd5 
• Women lawyers tarred with femininity brush | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/caglWJvb7T 
• Skadden corporate trio join Hogan Lovells to beef up Frankfurt office | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/HPVLtuugqD 
• Cooley has arrived in London much later than other US firms but with no less ambitions | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/8sq7yAmxUB 
• Stalked by youth | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/9ScNcp2zw6 
• Woman pleads guilty to hotel killing of DLA associate | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/triOhQpzIX 
• 30 years on death row and many appeals later, 'deck is always stacked against you' http://t.co/BgMeB3Cc06 
• Ian Brady photo deal: Security officer found guilty http://t.co/1GGQTEUXKU 
• Sun reporter Anthony France sentenced over misconduct http://t.co/fse9jmy8NQ
• Orthodox Jewish women driving ban unacceptable, says Education Secretary & ex-solicitor Nicky Morgan http://t.co/hkm2HenBWE 
• Chuck Blazer's blog chronicles his lavish Fifa days http://t.co/JIzWb0VDzN 
• #SouthAfricans shocked by World Cup scandal http://t.co/q7VsrqMTNq
• How Fifa makes and spends its money http://t.co/zpmb5fl9JX 
• The #Malaysian jungle camps where traffickers raped and killed http://t.co/RmzdrqDQkZ 
• Fifa re-elects Sepp Blatter as president http://t.co/oifZTp9rlv 
• US state adopts ABS model | Law Gazette http://t.co/1XrYUxkdIv 
• Ex-City solicitor becomes Gove aide | Law Gazette http://t.co/0nJFBqAU0n 
• ‘Bury your marriage’ divorce centre staffed with ‘legal advisers’ | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/lhtSbyqmn8 
• Bakers to mount appeal against ‘gay cake’ ruling | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/1xW3NLkiv7 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/SWYLrfeP2F

29th May - Law News

1250th 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: Law Society will publish report on consequences for legal sector of EU withdrawal. Having considered the contents of the Queen's Speech, the Law Society has raised concerns over the implementation of a British Bill of Rights, the Investigatory Powers Bill, and the potential withdrawal from the Europe Union. Law Society president Andrew Caplen said the representative body for solicitors supported the retention of the Human Rights Act (HRA) and was looking forward to working with the government to ensure that the Act's fundamental principles were protected. Full story - Solicitors Journal

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Richard Keen QC appointed Advocate General for Scotland | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/MFtsW6OYFS 
• Christine McLintock takes up the reins as the Law Society of Scotland president | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/dRbM1fCLKn 
• Scottish Civil Justice Council publishes second Annual Report and Programme | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/w5zycVQKPu 
• Charity’s legal challenge against council’s decision to approve fish farm refused | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/ytbIMyCHnh 
• Law Society of Scotland to move to Atria One | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/fygNZep91H 
• Bill to increase MSPs financial transparency introduced | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/T728jjQdNy 
• Chair of child abuse inquiry announced | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/7YjetEthjS 
• UK government to crackdown on legal highs with blanket ban | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/DpIXTcyI6T 
• Andy Coulson trial: jury sent home as court deals with legal issues http://t.co/WbtOZL0gav 
• Mother of children killed on holiday says Thomas Cook 'abhorrent' http://t.co/V4uZF5vsLN 
• 16-year-old boy arrested over Essex stabbings http://t.co/BYOO0xeWOD 
• Bisexual asylum seeker in Home Office battle has deportation flight cancelled http://t.co/A4ZdC1Owz7 
• Smoking ban 'reduced annual rate of child respiratory problems by 11,000' http://t.co/BXmevAV3RZ 
• #Ireland's media silenced over MP's speech about Denis O'Brien http://t.co/AjtZd71A4j 
• Bleak House, eat your heart out. Hancock v Rinehart – that's real drama http://t.co/jyTs7dfX6V 
• For Loretta Lynch, Fifa is just the latest in a string of tough targets http://t.co/rlOxmVY9hM 
• Serious Fraud Office says it is looking at material relating to Fifa allegations http://t.co/lnxTMiPvWX 
• Arthur Cox and Kerman & Co advise on Applegreen's €70m IPO | The Lawyer http://t.co/E2Q8Ea3N1V
• Olswang: trouble at the top as management shakeup continues | The Lawyer http://t.co/Hio5LI6ApN 
• Blackstone Lockerbie QC appointed Advocate General for Scotland | The Lawyer http://t.co/zt9WkR5bzx 
• Law firms lag behind accountants in office space efficiency plans | The Lawyer http://t.co/qXXjeYgNr7 
• Freshfields loses Australia country lead to Ashurst | The Lawyer http://t.co/kX0T5Hyn2p 
• Osborne Clarke's Berg: "It's all about continuity" | The Lawyer http://t.co/4Dob1qhE4e 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Gateley IPO - firm valued at £100m, senior management set to hold £3.2m stakes | The Lawyer http://t.co/kgJINuyWqX
• Gateley to go public on 8 June | Law Gazette http://t.co/tYTtuVQBa4 
• Criminal defence giant targets north-west | Law Gazette http://t.co/QexqhRbGLu 
• High-profile public law firm to close | Law Gazette http://t.co/SyQW9yt07e 
• LAA tweaks billing system after criticism | Law Gazette http://t.co/mH78sWMgxa 
• IPO to value Gateley at £100m | Law Gazette http://t.co/Wf2mpQ2GqH 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/SWYLrfeP2F
• Most-wanted #German Nazi Sommer 'unfit for trial' http://t.co/xhXWZR42fz 
• #NorthKorean hackers 'could kill', warns key defector http://t.co/SKYiOhSip5
• European Court of Human Rights: Lawyers do not have same freedom to speak out as journalists | Legal Futures http://t.co/jNZ6tPk3ij 
• Linder Myers heading for profit a year after avoiding administration | Legal Futures http://t.co/fW8S8fPccM 
• Major US divorce firm lands in UK with ambitions to dominate the market | Legal Futures http://t.co/wtYlH6bNcz 
• Counter-terrorism police make two arrests in Berkshire http://t.co/H3KjZmPZDL 
• BBC defends reality show involving poor, dubbed 'Hunger Games' http://t.co/tLuJWJUxee 
• Amnesty demands action over BBC findings on Northern Ireland killings http://t.co/aTFVGcu9ML 
• Oxford University to appoint first female vice-chancellor http://t.co/ZH43ZKk2SD 
• Tom Hayes, 'ringmaster' of Libor fraud, given $2.5m to stay at UBS, court hears http://t.co/Q0Flaokyc8 
• Glastonbury: Kanye West booking prompts death threats for organiser http://t.co/e0bG3eKXJx 
• George Galloway tweets his intention to run for London mayor http://t.co/Wb6mim1o4q 
• Hasidic Jewish sect tells London mothers to stop driving http://t.co/VzWPsQgFyh 
• Scotland bill may give Holyrood veto over Human Rights Act repeal http://t.co/fE6DVSwLWe 
• Despair, and a little hope, at the Queen’s speech http://t.co/rPTqoCFeh3
• Keir Starmer defends Human Rights Act in maiden Commons speech http://t.co/ADuI5IO28c
• Bryan Cave targets big clients | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/IGdwa0QyIY
• DLA loses eight US real estate lawyers to Stroock | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/fp1bZ0tce0 
• China's 7th largest law firm sets up Shenzen co-op zone joint venture | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/GDjXPx9EaD 
• NHS trusts could face corporate manslaughter charges | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/gR66c8aeOQ 
• Dewey defendants face the court | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/a6Dpm7xfuW 
• German companies switch to e-discovery methods | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/9TwTwmiuOq 
• Baker Botts shuts doors in Abu Dhabi | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/quGUoEFFMJ 
• Lawyer confesses to stealing $2.6m from former employer | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/oCyOEYueeU 
• Charity Commission to receive new powers | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/DlJufwhiEO 
• Police and CPS told to improve charging decisions | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/ruEROZ3dIo

28th May - Law News

1249th 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 president of the Law Society has voiced concerns for the future of legal professional privilege after criticising the ‘rushed’ introduction of recent sweeping surveillance powers. Andrew Caplen told the Malaysian Bar Council that the right to consult a legal adviser in confidence, without either having their communications tapped or fearing they might be, was ‘fundamental’ to the right to a fair trial. Full story - The Law Society Gazette

Saturday Conversations on Law

• McQueen Legal appoints new senior associate | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/DCvU307ZFO
• Law Society of Scotland responds to Queen’s Speech | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/JL7Xa3vYVE 
• Lawyers warn action needs to be taken on Edinburgh tram lines before fatality | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/VMIbxwXXJi 
• MSPs reject proposed assisted suicide law | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/EILmfr8V5u 
• Scotland Bill to begin legislative journey through Westminster | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/rKvhmoo1aN 
• Motorist jailed for nine years for causing death by dangerous driving has sentence reduced on appeal http://t.co/HU992VmO5O 
• Thousands to see Magna Carta original on display at Supreme Court | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/rUDiJxJVdv 
• Justice Secretary Michael Matheson calls for radical change in treatment of female criminals | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/2pM3rqO1dL 
• Thorntons family law specialist accredited by Law Society | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/rLFKbQYlj6
• New York judge asked to rule on whether chimps are 'persons' – video #US http://t.co/aEJYactmA8 
• Blacklisted workers seek to prise open secrets of covert police surveillance http://t.co/7kfnIlUze0 
• Hollywood studios sued for recycling old movie soundtracks http://t.co/6Tm6wTV7J6
• Tim Carmody cancels contentious talk on judicial reforms due to wife's illness #AUSTRALIA http://t.co/AfDWHfoFN1 
• Washington wisdom on data collection shown up by Justice Department verdict #US http://t.co/s4egcZVhAp
• 15 motorists to be prosecuted for filming multi-lorry traffic collision http://t.co/rNGyrfVKfp 
• The comedy side of getting to #America http://t.co/12xaAMEdQc 
• Methodist Church apologises for abuse spanning decades http://t.co/YZKfxYGHtB 
• UK growth hit by trade deficit and services slowdown http://t.co/HVrJSltwTs 
• Food poisoning bug 'found in 73% of shop-bought chickens' http://t.co/sx6Eqta2bV 
• #UKRAINE police receive Western-style training http://t.co/cLNvLpJjmZ 
• Claims of NI 'collusion' between UK agents and paramilitaries http://t.co/EFYxPcVGOz 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Fried Frank poised for major UK funds boost with K&E partner trio | The Lawyer http://t.co/qMHN0ULDLk 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Ashurst pay rises across the board as NQ salaries hit £65,000 | The Lawyer http://t.co/oAHHh00ger
• DLA Piper and Latham take lead on PureTech's $160m IPO | The Lawyer http://t.co/eMZRMKiJdy 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Dentons strengthens trade finance pratice with Watson Farley partner Gardiner | The Lawyer http://t.co/qWWtQgkcfe
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Olswang GC Callander to take on new general counsel role at Addleshaws | The Lawyer http://t.co/TG7znP4ZG1
• Tesco appoints Diageo M&A GC as first UK legal director amid restructure | The Lawyer http://t.co/HCBsQJ7nyj 
• European Lawyer moves: 28 May 2015 | The Lawyer http://t.co/4vAdIHc7n8 May 28, 2015
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Cartwright King moves North West through Garstangs merger | The Lawyer http://t.co/z6ELRz11Ut
• LAW FIRM NEWS: King & Wood Mallesons corporate partner leaves for Paul Hastings | The Lawyer http://t.co/7geb899mf0
• McGuireWoods and Scott & Scott to take on Tesco in multibillion pound shareholder claim | The Lawyer http://t.co/i62GOfzYgY 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Gateley listing date set for 8 June with share price of 95p | The Lawyer http://t.co/yLCUiFqHPm
• Consolidator vows to buy 60 high street firms | Law Gazette http://t.co/5UpJJ33ZlD 
• Four out of 10 divorce petitions flawed | Law Gazette http://t.co/2yFVAwPAnt 
• Northern Ireland barristers withdraw services in legal aid protest | Law Gazette http://t.co/pi1cUuyxLA 
• MoJ accelerates court Wi-Fi | Law Gazette http://t.co/qZ7Z35xxbz 
• Metamorph vows to buy 60 high street firms | Law Gazette http://t.co/bH85HMauxZ 
• Government pauses for thought on human rights | Law Gazette http://t.co/2sl8BjFTem 
• Four out of ten divorce petitions flawed | Law Gazette http://t.co/yrXFr50oIK
• Banking Inquiry: ‘Deep regret’ supervision not more intrusive #IRELAND http://t.co/BcGVGwlF2K 
• No double beds allowed for unmarried elderly #IRELAND http://t.co/iTTD3xQ7aW 
• Family Court: Inquiry ordered over care provision for teenager #IRELAND http://t.co/DpoZnVVyeZ 
• US justice officials charge 14 in #Fifa corruption investigation http://t.co/J4wrteZEX8
• The fight for rights as an Asian domestic worker http://t.co/WgWpKGkPbJ 
• Banned Russian art squirrelled away in #Uzbekistan http://t.co/yCOoavCI6p 
• Is #CANADA on the path to totalitarianism? http://t.co/sVNYb6oe4p 
• Breather for Greenpeace in battle with government #INDIA http://t.co/pJjHqdbOnF 
• SC quashes death warrants issued in “undue haste” after NLU D's Death Penalty Litigation Clinic intervenes #INDIA http://t.co/oZFNTcnKqd 
• Major firm ventures into start-up space #AUSTRALIA http://t.co/GSFVdG7cc6
• Obama administration will not seek Supreme Court stay on immigration block #US http://t.co/Hp6x02FiQF 
• Activists alarmed about Indian laws curbing free speech amid charity crackdown #INDIA http://t.co/dEbYp1xrjb
• Judge sets release schedule for Clinton's State Department emails #US http://t.co/ETlIiks4CM
• 'I was raped by another man. Now the Tory state is cutting the one thing that saved my life' http://t.co/H6397oH71b 
• Man gets punched in the face for defending Muslim women on a train from abuse #AUSTRALIA http://t.co/BaUCalD7lH 
• UK's biggest male rape charity Survivors UK has state counselling funding slashed to zero http://t.co/lxLLrqcOqF 
• Every armed police officer in London 'may have been exposed to asbestos' http://t.co/c5cF30UesH 
• G4S has sacked an employee arrested over an international human trafficking ring http://t.co/GG1vDNsajQ 
• Tom Hayes Libor trial: Trader accused of rigging lending rates ‘tried to enlist help of stepbrother’ http://t.co/nraPoNqRAp 
• Law firms need an exit strategy, SRA says | Legal Futures http://t.co/tfAU8z91xB 
• Anti-solicitor campaigners who burned court bundles are liable for contempt | Legal Futures http://t.co/4C5dJY9iRF 
• Acquisition-hungry Metamorph Law looks to transform high street practice | Legal Futures http://t.co/H0DCqZTe4E 
• Allison Pearson: A British Bill of Rights will finally deliver justice http://t.co/WJAOu9fMlA 
• Doctors admit diagnosis of dying teenager was wrong http://t.co/bTu0307V9o
• Cocaine worth £1.6m found hidden in cheese lorry at Dover http://t.co/Yi2XODwsRb
• Police warn youngsters against 'Paracetamol Challenge' http://t.co/a26KKqUdc8 
• Identity theft jump 27pc as thieves target innocent account-holders http://t.co/rlWpuBq5CR 
• Mexico firms gear up for discussions with international lawyers | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/V9vmmnOmEZ 
• Quinn Emanuel to open Shanghai office with ex-Kirkland partner | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/C6VtXLnL8S
• KWM to focus on energy and funds in Singapore office | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/Go0HWvdzzt 
• Florida lawyers lead businesses into Cuba as embargo ends | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/3pMpfpNJME
• Paralegal's knowledge of French leads to overturning of $4.25m award | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/rlK1yx2sSp 
• Legal departments need to up knowledge of cybersecurity | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/qsKX1c29iz 
• New York banking regulator to depart | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/rjQsg1CeMT 
• Willkie Farr wins merger clearance for Orange over Jazztel acquisition | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/0dZNxpchz0

27th May - Law News

1248th 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: Contractual blind spots affect not only general counsel, but whole companies too. The corporate contractual process is failing. Epically. And that’s a big problem. Full story - The Lawyer

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Law Society will publish report on consequences for legal sector of EU withdrawal | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/034vd1m9Oi 
• Tories ‘pause for thought’ on Human Rights Act in Queen’s Speech | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/U14LvZeufB 
• Queen’s Speech 2015: Lib Dem lawyers to oppose infringements on civil liberties | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/EuIIf68zJQ
• Five solicitors sanctioned by SDT for failing to close businesses properly | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/E12IDuvBqg 
• Professional advisers are failing to provide philanthropy advice | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/6eiO0imGVp 
• Ecclestone sues HMRC for breach of contract | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/a7KqTqVmb5 
• Legal battle over royal house of Mysore, and one of #INDIA's great fortunes http://t.co/jkvxeR1gNv 
• Threat to exit human rights convention must be dropped, Tories tell Cameron http://t.co/2abOixX3hB 
• Jeffrey Spector deserved better than our cruel law on assisted dying | Charles Falconer http://t.co/l8hNhqOmxe 
• Preston law firm’s conveyancing division reports record £3.1m growth https://t.co/zffOfA4vQV
• Coram’s Noel Arnold shortlisted for prestigious Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year award https://t.co/Vg3QRJdMjU 
• Is the future of government spying in #US legal? https://t.co/BD0OqrccXC 
• Legal highs contributing to HMP Northumberland assaults and discipline problems, report reveals https://t.co/LLE7F4nojk 
• UN expert calls on Serbia to expedite legal measures amid housing crisis https://t.co/E6nAcAUvNu 
• Is it time that chimps are given legal rights? What about elephants, dolphins and whales? https://t.co/ZhJafJ7mYI 
• Policy on HM Revenue & Customs enforcement, prosecutions and naming employers who break national minimum wage law https://t.co/d4ZCbnWjFc 
• Amended UK Insolvency Law Now In Force! https://t.co/o8v0GlDl8N 
• Experts warn about UK security laws https://t.co/YJJrh5F41H 
• #SPAIN's top court overturns regional anti-eviction law https://t.co/CX5SD2wAEB
• Twelve things women in #SAUDIARABIA can't do https://t.co/bUWNuNMzB9 
• #Russian NGOs fear fresh crackdown after 'undesirable' law https://t.co/6EvbPSLpHL
• Amazon gets onside of new law and will pay UK taxes on UK sales https://t.co/sETiLaoEYr 
• New surveillance laws must have full public debate, say top UK academics https://t.co/5IJBG69fCl 
• Tory plans to block online porn could breach EU law https://t.co/zELL7zdUiB
• SYLA events lift curtain on life of in-house lawyers and advocates | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/IbhiMir422 
• Pinsent Masons becomes most popular legal brand in Scotland | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/86dnGNr9TZ 
• Conservatives delay scrapping of HRA | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/iQNE66S3sv 
• Law Society Scotland: cars with children smoking ban laudable but difficult to enforce | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/gtAu5mpIAi 
• Sapper caught growing cannabis at home wins appeal against ‘excessive’ sentence | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/S6DdNmIHbW 
• Scots ministers consult on sexual offence trial changes | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/8wjgRcKUdo 
• Proposed law to force ID checks on Britons accessing adult entertainment online | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/Ebz2aIrhgh
• Strike changes: what do they mean? http://t.co/qVutpyUuon 
• Northern Ireland welfare dispute: Westminster could take over powers http://t.co/7Brm2Ca04S
• Crowds 'could be counted' with phone and Twitter data http://t.co/zM2YMbfsNp 
• Queen's Speech: Ministers to consult on Bill of Rights http://t.co/YVpDRibJOc 
• Queen's Speech: New online data terror powers proposed http://t.co/X4kJKiLA7A 
• Queen's Speech: 'English votes for English laws' plan http://t.co/2TWPPsPL39 
• Ex-Falkirk MP Eric Joyce sentenced for assaulting two teenagers http://t.co/S2Ojq7OuAr
• SRA warns on exit strategies after solicitors fined | Law Gazette http://t.co/1f3ZOXRi6G 
• Queen's Speech 2015: Bill-by-bill http://t.co/mRJb6NjZdk
• Ian Binnie, ex-Supreme Court justice, to arbitrate Senate expense claims #CANADA https://t.co/ANZ1wADZj0 
• Queensland to change judicial appointments process after Tim Carmody's time as Chief Justice #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/rIMwGvnyz3 
• Staffordshire Police investigating claims by Esther Baker that she was raped while officers stood guard https://t.co/dv73DEQiDU 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Spratt Endicott Solicitors celebrating the promotions of three members of staff and the appointment https://t.co/MkXN0Bweq1 
• It is possible to imagine a #NEWZEALAND where the law enables terminally ill people to die with their doctor's help https://t.co/dSnJepq8nN 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Simpkins and Co Solicitors, based in Highcliffe, is opening a London office https://t.co/782ZC2DMYu 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Linder Myers appoints new employment solicitor Hannah Skelton https://t.co/QXbDdWoulh http://t.co/9qTPzLx82x 
• Sydney siege gunman claimed he was being 'set up' by ASIO, inquest hears #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/ghTogPp8SH 
• Man jailed for racking up 36th no-insurance offence #IRELAND https://t.co/QVxy1M6hqY 
• Queensland Chief Justice Tim Carmody has been accused of breaching the separation of powers #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/swZxDLusiY 
• Howells Solicitors break £6m turnover mark and continue to recruit https://t.co/8ks9XOjkFB 
• The high cost of legal indifference for startups https://t.co/oz2C5qw493 
• POLL: Should assisted suicide be legal in Britain? https://t.co/vJGR0bwXBK 
• Legal Cell of Karnataka Congress Against Filing Appeal Against Jayalalithaa in Supreme Court #INDIA https://t.co/JPSfr27lJq 
• Additional funds promised for struggling ACT legal aid services #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/xr7LfEQsAn 
• Comment: Surrogacy law reform is a gay issue https://t.co/GYhPY9tpez
• #France opposed UK banking reform exemption http://t.co/WAOUdZgL5T 
• Wollen Michelmore solicitor Katrina Vollentine wins Women in Law Awards 2015 https://t.co/jboV0l8yoo 
• Can David Cameron Recover the UK National Sovereignty? http://t.co/80Qa2mKyT0 
• Legal experts call for greater scrutiny of surveillance laws http://t.co/RHljVG8yhx 
• UK pornography industry proposes user ID checks for adult websites http://t.co/TyIt7sOnNZ 
• UK porn laws might mean ID checks with the post office https://t.co/ratXF8gqMM 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Winston & Strawn confirms Dubai launch with Pillsbury project finance team hire | The Lawyer http://t.co/WyGQNPXQdM 
• Foran Glennon gains SRA approval for London launch under ABS licence | The Lawyer http://t.co/kqJnaI23Ay 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Shearman freezes associate pay but hikes trainee salaries by 15 per cent | The Lawyer http://t.co/0nhDjUSPIp 
• Challenger bank Hampshire Trust hires first director of legal from CAF | The Lawyer http://t.co/bJ1WEX5XTN 
• Funds giant BlackRock scoops up former Barclays EMEA investment GC Handling | The Lawyer http://t.co/pKPc9DRMql 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Olswang general counsel Callander departs following CEO appointment | The Lawyer http://t.co/jfjnzK8u9R 
• Are fixed costs about to move beyond PI? | Law Gazette http://t.co/15CoBuTjoO 
• Society fears for legal professional privilege | Law Gazette http://t.co/rEuDbheUjK 
• Toblerone lorry thieves jailed http://t.co/mR9OUngbQo 
• NoW news editor 'used hand signal' to tell Andy Coulson of phone hacking http://t.co/6W7kGVJQQX 
• 'Uber protest' by black cab drivers brings traffic chaos to Westminster http://t.co/hTGHH9QMAN 
• Fifa corruption arrests: key questions answered http://t.co/lXqXDapdup 
• The Sun attacks David Cameron over British bill of rights delay http://t.co/FlzhuSepXe 
• Cameron set to delay plans to scrap Human Rights Act http://t.co/cWqofsk7IM 
• How will the extension of Right to Buy actually work? http://t.co/cNqMtHLfpr
• #CHINA makes mass arrests over stolen artefacts http://t.co/WdCCGneAPH 
• EU to announce migrant quota plan details http://t.co/fUuYPAe0B2
• Queen's Speech 2015: EU referendum, tax cuts and Right to Buy expected http://t.co/ow9xzcEbkG 
• Fifa corruption probe: Officials arrested in Zurich http://t.co/u3yJJbkRvk 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/pMTl8YVPdg
• Senior Cardinal in the Vatican labels #Ireland's same-sex marriage referendum 'a defeat for humanity' https://t.co/0JMJpcxNaA 
• Parents threatened with prosecution after son (14) missed school since September #IRELAND https://t.co/x7MG5w2bQ2 
• Alibaba tries to weave magic to wean firms off fakes https://t.co/Bh89Vs6Zmy 
• Former Church of Ireland lay worker charged with 75 counts of sexual abuse on 10 boys #IRELAND https://t.co/tKKZiWF26v
• Dayan Krishnan for Kejriwal as Delhi HC says ACB can act against Central Govt employees #INDIA http://t.co/XPHgY8gQYp
• Lawyers turn to helpline for Ethi-Call dilemmas #AUSTRALIA http://t.co/J9jO1yOLZ1 
• KWM launches Singapore office #AUSTRALIA http://t.co/A8OT7k3llb 
• Cleveland agrees to limit police use of force after shootings #US http://t.co/T1UsD5K49u 
• Triggs won’t pursue Brandis, AFP drops corruption inquiry #AUSTRALIA http://t.co/iCDU5GNw5R 
• Appeals court rules with states challenging Obama's immigration action #US http://t.co/04SQNn1G09 
• The Amarchand split – Legal Industry reaction & more #INDIA http://t.co/Ww7dQLGSy3 
• Obama administration asks U.S. top court not to hear Google copyright fight #US http://t.co/NJythF0DvJ 
• Lawyers warned on PR pitfalls #AUSTRALIA http://t.co/rlQ905viLB 
• Rishikesh Verma replaces Bhushan as Kejriwal withdraws challenge to Gadkari’s defamation notice #INDIA http://t.co/PafxGzywWa
• EU referendum: Staying in 'will be Yes campaign' http://t.co/lLzm11Ywvo 
• "Veyo will fail", predicts CEO of UK's biggest conveyancer | Legal Futures http://t.co/vpkCyMiV1p 
• SRA investigated baby with ‘material interest’ in ABS | Legal Futures http://t.co/nmY4FmITQK 
• 'Canal Boy' is locked away for £50,000 ramraid at Mercedes HQ http://t.co/rNjj4NR5pF 
• Cycling legend Brian Robinson awarded compensation after collision http://t.co/px1oocFGRu 
• Gang steals £200k of toblerone chocolate from lorry http://t.co/kZZIRbWAWF 
• Father forced to fight hospital in courts to keep son alive spends funeral cash on lawyers http://t.co/Ew6rNj5ZD3
• Skype summoned to court over refusal to share customer data #BELGIUM http://t.co/5J4CQjCY5Y 
• Suited office worker caught on camera moments before he stabs prostitute http://t.co/OHB8hxY00f 
• Surge in foreign criminals freed to live openly in Tory run Britain http://t.co/I1BrJTD1Th
• How to counter the allure of Isil for teenagers http://t.co/lKzQ1yvAsi 
• I wish I could pass a longer jail term, judge tells stalker http://t.co/YNFkA7MIlG 
• Don't warn naughty children they'll go to jail, police tell parents http://t.co/K131Jlkvqw
• EY in UK takes two more partners from Addleshaws | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/gk2kplK2Am
• Energy sector cuts lawyers and relies on finance team for legal brief | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/tZK8hVhY0z 
• Focus to go on email evidence as Dewey LeBoeuf trial starts in New York | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/S4lPyZLUTm 
• Bank of England inquiry procedures questioned by top lawyer | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/0jOeit9UBt 
• Top Australian GCs set up group to influence parliament | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/cUJ8dU6i9g 
• UK merger will create £75 million turnover firm | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/bqYKcmMHIy 
• CSHR wins case over 'state aid' appeal | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/NA5t9WQHRU
• Should animals have the same rights as humans? http://t.co/ngv7WHU6QD 
• Number of identity theft victims 'rises by a third' http://t.co/XlnjwSSoZu 
• NI legal aid: Barristers quit criminal cases in protest http://t.co/3MikADKvtJ 
• Tories will not accept migrant relocation quotas for UK http://t.co/xHe3LuKR1U 
• Qatar royal warns that #Muslims are being "dehumanised" by the coverage of violent extremism in the Middle East http://t.co/TIillnd6G5 
• Northern Ireland welfare reform bill fails to pass http://t.co/HmnajSm3GY 
• Landlords enjoy £14bn tax breaks as figures reveal buy-to-let expansion http://t.co/nld2W4fsFr 
• Prosecutors examining claims that police spied on sister after death of her brother http://t.co/8VsDgpp4jQ 
• Labour peer plans to bring back assisted dying bill to House of Lords http://t.co/QQQzjklw3T 
• The Queen's speech: your bill-by-bill guide to the next parliament http://t.co/npFVnEgpTV
• VIP paedophile ring: woman waives anonymity to link politician to abuse http://t.co/gfgNjWgemK 
• #US supreme court to hear crucial Texas electoral redistricting case http://t.co/ynRmMZXbm6 
• #US supreme court to review murder case that excluded all potential black jurors http://t.co/Wtw8xpourS 
• Michael Gove must take radical steps to cut the prison population http://t.co/vKSGrvjtsE 
• Tories putting civil liberties under threat, warns Nick Clegg http://t.co/ttYXXhoF95 
• Why Michael Gove must think carefully about the Human Rights Act http://t.co/eyNCcclAK8 
• Law Society’s online conveyancing portal takes off | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/DyYJw6SETJ 
• Devolution of powers may pose headaches for elected mayors | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/hv2nZwWFgB 
• LASPO: Court has no power to stop sexually abused being cross-examined by alleged perpetrator | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/WmnXEfEYb3 
• Professional negligence warning over costs budgeting | Law Gazette http://t.co/oy8DGZQSML 
• London firms moving fee-earners to regions – report | Law Gazette http://t.co/DLfNmiX5Zj

26th May - Law News

1247th 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: MIAMs (mediation information and assessment meetings) could be expanded in scope to include civil cases, Lord Neuberger has said. Speaking at the Civil Mediation Conference in London last week, the President of the Supreme Court expressed caution about compulsory mediation, but said he felt there might be some merit in extending the MIAM scheme for family cases to smaller civil cases. Full story - New Law Journal

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Assisted Suicide Bill ambiguous and lacking in definition Law Society warns | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/iWpKoV2L08 
• Minimum notification period of 15-years before review doesn't breach sex offenders human rights | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/92ODT93orY 
• Supreme Court upholds Inner House ruling on French-born children’s ‘habitual residence’ in Scotland http://t.co/CrDUcc6pVB 
• Tributes paid to Lord Gill as he retires as Lord President | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/0oc0EBcA0I 
• Sheriff Appeal Court appointments confirmed | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/ahkGN4YrAU 
• Morisons underscores growth with move and appointments | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/kXzrTKCDk9 
• Lord Advocate instructs police to reopen decade-old murder investigation | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/ZH7CqMkOY9 
• Constitutional expert appointed as Mundell adviser | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/f41wKEKRtA 
• Weightmans announces record turnover boosted by Scottish growth | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/5PjCn6mRt7 
• Malaysia exhumes suspected migrant remains from graves http://t.co/U3ib3xHjvZ 
• BB King's death to be investigated as murder #US http://t.co/qgMcWyq6gl 
• Ofgem to investigate 'forcibly installed' pre-pay meters http://t.co/E4NozvMapu 
• Time Warner Cable in $78.7bn takeover deal by Charter Communications #US http://t.co/8qit6uYEaL 
• FCA seeks £80m 'death bond' fines http://t.co/LKz2t4cM9F 
• Amazon's sales reporting change could raise tax bill http://t.co/oU1WuaXOmW 
• Libor trial: 'Ringmaster' was 'greedy', court hears http://t.co/zSm6stngcz
• Children should not be kept in prison http://t.co/QMrSfzx4fC 
• Legal experts call for greater scrutiny of surveillance laws http://t.co/RHljVG8yhx 
• Man who killed himself at Dignitas explains decision in film http://t.co/PBVct66Bzt 
• Sir Malcolm Bruce: Commons would empty very fast if lying MPs had to quit http://t.co/0HclMwBBtj 
• Tim Carmody can't demand reform as part of his severance package http://t.co/y82gMWLFuC 
• In-house interview: Bjarne Tellmann, Pearson - A Profile | The Lawyer http://t.co/QFWuYzB3KD
• Culture, challenge and change: cultural change in an organisation | The Lawyer http://t.co/HzeRT5RGEV 
• Getting to grips with corporate contracts | The Lawyer http://t.co/0VJ2Aypzmw 
• Star legal writers in the employment sector | The Lawyer http://t.co/iUFtQ1G5X8 
• Bernie Ecclestone drafts in HSF and five-silk team on £1bn HMRC bill judicial review | The Lawyer http://t.co/qjvVVWtUu9 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Weightmans turnover rises 2.5 per cent to record £89m | The Lawyer http://t.co/Jai7Uebew8 
• Pearson’s Tellmann: alternative providers "will threaten the in-house world" | The Lawyer http://t.co/XoH5TcJJIa 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Quinn Emanuel launches in Shanghai with white collar Kirkland hire | The Lawyer http://t.co/WHxQVVaKDc 
• European firms report record turnover as Continent bounces back | The Lawyer http://t.co/b5FgCjB1UN 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Linklaters in talks to introduce gated equity in lockstep overhaul | The Lawyer http://t.co/xpZzDH92Ms
• E-conveyancing portal to begin rollout today | Law Gazette http://t.co/z3665W3Ad4 
• Plea to help journalists report civil appeals | Law Gazette http://t.co/LBg77zlYj6 
• Immigration lawyer who lied to court struck off | Law Gazette http://t.co/HHAwuiJPy4 
• How I did on Twitter this week: 26 New Followers, 30 Mentions, 11.3K Mention Reach. Want to grow your numbers? http://t.co/18GZNRIYqt 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/6BWJQjyb6P
• Ex-bouncer McKenzie friend banned after calling lawyer a ‘lying slag’ | Law Gazette http://t.co/ZqSsGkPZcs 
• In-house redundancies test Perth firms #AUSTRALIA http://t.co/4hLgNeLEj2 
• Carmody offers resignation, demands reform #AUSTRALIA http://t.co/6x6JP2uwaB 
• Senior GCs band together for reform #AUSTRALIA http://t.co/pTCTS30sYY 
• NLU-Mumbai receives 3,000+ applicants for entrance test #INDIA http://t.co/Dqpi1wZW3i 
• The intern: Being here has changed my life #AUSTRALIA http://t.co/b8SF9sb8Uk 
• Petition in Supreme Court to declare Mukul Rohatgi’s AG appointment void #INDIA http://t.co/F7GGrcN3c3 
• Eyeing the next frontier, Miami law firms ramp up Cuba strategy #US http://t.co/CfDdFMMQpe 
• Interest in mentor programs spikes as clerkships decline #AUSTRALIA http://t.co/P8baSdvdtf 
• A View From On High: Civil Mediation Conference 2015, speech by Lord Neuberger https://t.co/MqS5mElLcq
• Lord Justice Leveson: 'I don't feel crushed by the European jackboot' http://t.co/DwiXJHu0Rt 
• Video: Didcot murders: Police hunt Oxford University groundsman as three victims named http://t.co/HxzKTitfkW 
• Man whose body found in shed named as 11 people arrested in murder inquiry http://t.co/8y1qInECs8 
• Three police officers hurt in attack by 200-strong mob at illegal rave http://t.co/UNtr3LmFKI 
• Five internet trolls a day convicted in UK as figures show ten-fold increase http://t.co/izlM8KVoML 
• 'First wives club’ fights for justice from the divorce courts http://t.co/zbfHRARLVI
• Bogus lawyers jailed after targeting the elderly with asset protection scam | Legal Futures http://t.co/d3tKdtwXZ9 
• Veyo gets off the ground with 80 firms | Legal Futures http://t.co/D60HYoPjgQ 
• Immigration lawyer who lied to High Court is struck off | Legal Futures http://t.co/scJCJIAPtu 
• Ebola crisis: #Guineans jailed for putting corpse in taxi http://t.co/FvDSXoCrzH 
• Triple murder suspect Jed Allen found dead in Oxford woodland http://t.co/ljYlS6DCOT

25th May - Law News

1246th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & legal articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap

Our last Saturday Law Interview featured 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

• Top universities fail to record sexual violence against students http://t.co/uOhSskyAmS 
• Family of handcuffed student Kingsley Burrell urge inquiry into deaths in police custody http://t.co/vzRpF0ERhV
• One million minority ethnic votes helped Tories to No 10, thinktank finds http://t.co/Du1pwFMeGi 
• How David Cameron and Nigel Farage are making children fear immigration http://t.co/p4k5ClyAyI 
• Our government must talk to Muslim teens – and be honest about its mistakes http://t.co/7v4azGDP1o 
• The welfare state saved me. To need it isn’t a moral failure http://t.co/WY4PbveL8i
• Far from facing the truth, the #US is telling new lies about #Iraq http://t.co/43zJuS5gHN 
• Making sure the balance is right in the reporting of suicides http://t.co/ECJGFYM4yx 
• He was the saviour of #Afghan music. Then a Taliban bomb took his hearing http://t.co/1DpujvtJEc 
• #Iraqi army lacks 'moral cohesion' to fight Isis, says UK military chief http://t.co/uySVAiIA5q
• Man who forced #French supermarkets to donate food wants to take law global http://t.co/kZlFmpF5Uy 
• Alps shootings: #French Foreign Legion soldier 'top of suspect list' http://t.co/lmBYhcVPgx 
• Jayant Prakash obituary: High Court judge, magistrate & champion of multiculturalism from #FIJI http://t.co/dFBPKESBOB 
• British judges not bound by European court of human rights, says Leveson http://t.co/vpxhtS5cBC 
• Lib Dem leadership rivals unite to save Human Rights Act http://t.co/3mV9Tqrssm 
• Is crowdfunded litigation the future of justice? | Joshua Rozenberg http://t.co/a27Xvb4KVU 
• Bullied 'Dancing Man' Sean O'Brien parties in Los Angeles http://t.co/dkPwjDBMgL 
• Woman who made a fortune running a prostitution racket has agreed to hand back more than £1m in crime profits http://t.co/rXPzc4ORQd 
• #ISRAEL ex-PM Ehud Olmert given prison sentence http://t.co/FJSeG0xfKM 
• Andy Coulson trial: Former editor 'knew of Milly Dowler voicemails' http://t.co/bmwRDkmpXe
• Two City firms launch sci-fi recruitment tool in bid to boost diversity http://t.co/Y6gPSrtF61 
• Defendant tells judge that Solomon the cuddly owl will defend him http://t.co/D4FGcNczYu 
• Linklaters takes trainee pay honours for English firms — just days after Hogan Lovells shot to top spot http://t.co/gHfMGhnF0Z
• A letter from Michael Gove: 'Being Lord of The Chancellors is a really great job' http://t.co/sIocHGSOdB 
• Law school exams are 'literally worse than having my wisdom teeth extracted' http://t.co/twvZ9nTJL5 
• Vast majority of crime barristers back picket lines to oppose legal aid reforms http://t.co/RJAzlBP0EA 
• Edward Snowden journo's latest scoop is about GCHQ's misuse of a gavel http://t.co/aEcouf45j6 
• London trainee faces career ruin after faking law degree and LPC certificates http://t.co/2DhIXBFgnM 
• Hollywood comes to a Nottinghamshire high street law firm http://t.co/Jaly3mXJFf 
• 10 exam struggles that only a law student will understand http://t.co/CN5gJYiQfy 
• Hogan Lovells boosts trainee and NQ wedge to join Slaughters at top of English pay table http://t.co/wOEUSz1B4k 
• Market recovery in question as three law firms wield redundancy axe http://t.co/IibNZuFxoR 
• New Lord Chancellor Michael Gove quotes Lord Denning as he is sworn in at the RCJ http://t.co/q9aEyxKBfF 
• Adventures in junior lawyer advertising: The Texas Law Hawk is back http://t.co/s5FMNWAgL5 
• Top QC in househusband U-turn as she tells young women lawyers to share domestic chores http://t.co/n7H6B94b6T 
• 'Grayling and Gove attempt to go unnoticed' - the London Legal Walk in pics and tweets http://t.co/vK7LT2yUHF
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/1fLEWLnJix
• EU citizens not eligible for referendum vote, says No 10 http://t.co/ig3tVzYxds 
• 16-year-old girl burned to death by lynch mob in #GUATEMALA http://t.co/mFAsBzeiCR 
• Yaya Toure allegedly 'arrested for speeding at 124mph' in his Porsche on the M6 http://t.co/yQcXXAvAvh 
• Police asked to investigate death in care home of dementia patient who cared for others through her life http://t.co/c8B3E7gY3V
• Two directors of a British defence company being investigated by FBI over #Afghanistan bribery allegations http://t.co/XKCIJo5APJ 
• Bourne illegal rave missile attack leaves officers injured http://t.co/KqlCrSHwNf