15th October - Law News

1389th 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: Barristers are to be allowed to operate through agencies and corporate vehicles under proposals released today by the Bar Standards Board (BSB). As things stand, employed barristers in a non-authorised body (that is, not regulated by a legal regulator) – such as in-house counsel, and barristers employed in central or local government or professional services/consultancy firms – are not allowed to supply legal services to clients of their employer without seeking a waiver from the BSB. Full story - Legal Futures

Saturday Conversations on Law

• UK firm's surveillance kit 'used to crush #Uganda opposition' https://t.co/gngLRM6eAA 
• EU referendum: David Cameron to reveal demands within weeks https://t.co/BQZgTXRPWx 
• Met Police detective injured in Hackney shooting https://t.co/dJ8DMcbom8 
• #France rejects 'tampon tax' change https://t.co/k0vy15AWg3 
• Two new #Libyan Lockerbie bombing suspects identified https://t.co/aMIThFSVEg 
• Secret court case application numbers more than double in a year https://t.co/SviCI3Xk04 
• On Syria, Britain must abide by UN resolutions https://t.co/KCLAoQakiS 
• #Swiss wrong to prosecute politician for denying Armenian genocide, court rules https://t.co/fJyBSvHcdz 
• VW to recall 8.5m diesel cars across Europe https://t.co/U6ebjMdTkl 
• Operation Elveden: how Murdoch, the CPS and the police got it so wrong https://t.co/PvoRv1gDjG 
• Court orders girl with two mothers to stay in touch with two fathers https://t.co/UoMpyL5ZJj 
• NGO alert: international organisations in #Pakistan under greater scrutiny https://t.co/xBq9SevPmG 
• Bridge players lose legal fight to classify card game as 'mind sport' https://t.co/cFHFfOtkN9
• Exclude criminal records from job applications, companies urged https://t.co/qKVMTjafLM 
• Don't interfere on human rights, says Chinese envoy before Xi's UK visit https://t.co/WFPiasMxG8 
• Lawyers not bothered about being hired in Lord Sugar’s boardroom | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/j0U7RCiiuc 
• Definition of sport a bridge too far for the High Court | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/VpkejX4tZj
• Benefits to having video-link witness statements lost to poor technology | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/OS4q9sIGqM 
• VW ordered to recall 2.4 million cars in #Germany http://t.co/rJhmuzN0ym
• Guzman prison break: Video shows 'Shorty' escape details #MEXICO http://t.co/HMXxGSbQjt 
• CMC fined record £570k after pressuring claimants | Law Gazette http://t.co/taWYe1mJBm
• MoJ U-turns on outsourcing court fine enforcement | Law Gazette http://t.co/f85fdViOre 
• High Court rules bridge is not a sport http://t.co/l1WUQ53tsr 
• Crime figures: 'Five million' fraud cases in past year http://t.co/3Okp7TlsKm 
• Criminals raid 50 firms in cyberattacks this year – SRA | Law Gazette http://t.co/Jf9Yywej2n 
• D-day for criminal legal aid – live | Law Gazette http://t.co/rn0GcnrXkg 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oSxkZGeSAW
• Migrant crisis: EU leaders meet with focus on #Turkey http://t.co/BmdSy8QL9Y 
• NHS and care sector: Safety a 'big concern' in England http://t.co/RrW6889hSs 
• Kids Company leaders to be questioned by MPs http://t.co/mMG9Nd2z7p
• Exclude criminal records from job applications, companies urged http://t.co/JHl2cZnV2a 
• Irwin Mitchell wins Supreme Court battle in landmark test case over court room dishonesty | The Lawyer http://t.co/s4W2GLU8Lv
• GE Capital's Dimitrief replaces Denniston as GE legal head | The Lawyer http://t.co/T1SBBPJDc6 
• GE Capital turns to Weil Gotshal for $32bn asset sale to Wells Fargo | The Lawyer http://t.co/eEfEVdv8VZ 
• HSF hires BLP project management team as LPM roll out continues worldwide | The Lawyer http://t.co/nRxdWOa17r 
• French firms expand after solid year as magic circle suffer in Paris | The Lawyer http://t.co/kcRpd9L3H6 
• BA strike-out appeal upheld as CoA rules against Peter Smith in air cargo cartel claim | The Lawyer http://t.co/PBaxk0PJG9 
• Should everyone work as hard as the Chinese and Americans? No. Nuh-uh. Nope http://t.co/CIZPs8oobu 
• All-women shortlists are seen as terrifying. But so is the status quo http://t.co/aR1Lwv9Rnt 
• Briton, 76, has been in Iranian jail for 4 years on spying charges http://t.co/o3XlUaMtuo 
• Tories give green light to first selective state school in half a century http://t.co/jglgvzC9Cn 
• Cameron and Gove showered praise on Kids Company in 18 months before its closure http://t.co/4GE4WjJDVQ 
• Ecuador asks Britain to allow Julian Assange 'safe passage' for MRI scan http://t.co/PcZNKJm7DH
• Victims of cyber crime should be 'low priority' if they fail to take security steps, says report https://t.co/9gm7FxJf12 
• Mobility scooters involved in nine road deaths last year https://t.co/n2krZcThN7 
• We should celebrate landmark divorce ruling that will stop husbands cheating their wives out of money https://t.co/SV4wgDs8TB 
• 'Menagerie a trois': Monkey handler 'suffers nightmares' over glassing as love rival zoologist spared jail https://t.co/MlAn8Bq2AA 
• Justice Secretary's wife Sarah Vine complains after police refuse to visit her house during 'night of terror' https://t.co/04OYCXEiq6 
• SRA shuts down 18-office legal aid firm | Legal Futures http://t.co/XuYM9kRQwA 
• Philip: If it’s a new law firm, it should be an ABS | Legal Futures http://t.co/fCjMfGMcNW 
• GCs find role more challenging post-recession | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/dZl7vzkoP0 
• South Africa intends to leave ICC | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/Vqmj4s89QP 
• Lawyers demand VW buy back offending vehicles | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/HllwAYpr8I 
• DLA Piper to launch Casablanca office | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/Dez3Ndfg9B 
• Japanese and Malaysian firms form alliance | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/oEM8SOp8Uy 
• Law firm leaders' confidence drops | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/cTCI2NpGHj