1501st 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: Concerns already highlighted by internal review but DPP says more can be done. The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is insufficiently resourcing and staffing its Rape and Serious Sexual Offences (RASSO) units, a new report has claimed. Full story - Solicitors Journal
FOCUS OF THE DAY: Concerns already highlighted by internal review but DPP says more can be done. The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is insufficiently resourcing and staffing its Rape and Serious Sexual Offences (RASSO) units, a new report has claimed. Full story - Solicitors Journal
 |
| Saturday Conversations on Law |
- DWP post for Amazon boss is 'disgusting', says Margaret Hodge https://t.co/vFCfBxX187
- Swedes are hitting back following a series of far-right violent marches over the weekend #SWEDEN https://t.co/y69m6RP4cD
- Home demolitions hit the Bedouin again #ISRAEL https://t.co/VpcGRvannb
- Britain’s part in making the EU a plaything of corporate interests https://t.co/20YrUzteRH
- How DNA and 'recreational genealogy' is making a case for reparations for slavery https://t.co/ARtKNXYcHG
- MoJ in spotlight as government plans to cull 75% of offices | Law Gazette https://t.co/kyc5a8Opqu
- Jackson: Lottery could pump-prime legal aid fund | Law Gazette https://t.co/AwpFMvHnaS
- LSB not opposed to full-scale legal market probe | Law Gazette https://t.co/TNdzyk1zMS
- Five reasons why legal professionals should adopt cloud-based technology | Legal Futures: https://t.co/KclSbNgEkL
- Law Society asks solicitors: Should we abolish client accounts? | Legal Futures: https://t.co/dWPX4IpKC2
- Cocaine addict solicitor wins right to further appeal hearing on privilege | Legal Futures: https://t.co/3EMl1Q0sR8 Feb 04, 2016
- Solicitor who fabricated documents in bid to deceive tribunal and opposing lawyers struck off | Legal Futures: https://t.co/GRMg2T8s8w
- Nearly 14,000 disabled people have mobility cars taken away following government welfare changes https://t.co/z40ydqFKvW
- CMS Hasche Sigle becomes first international firm to set up shop in Iran https://t.co/CeoxfRAIhG
- DLA Piper agrees partner remuneration overhaul https://t.co/L1pxhvBCg4
- Betwixt clients and shareholders listed lawyers face tough conflicts, warns Australian judge https://t.co/gE42a1CEz6
- Shkreli hires high-profile New York lawyer https://t.co/zOJzMxtvUK
- Indian Supreme Court may overhaul anti-gay law https://t.co/xWaUzoHI3z
- US and EU unveil successor to Safe Harbour https://t.co/neAvT29L25
- Schengen Agreement restrictions and labour mobility https://t.co/y60jMiihxs
- Solicitor warns of ‘marked increase’ in FGM cases | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/nZfCg0TnDn
- ‘EU-US Privacy Shield’ in, ‘Safe Harbour’ out | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/U4giToa2Fi
- Law Society opens applications for diversity scheme | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/R1Ugc8KtOB
- Being discreetly Jewish in Marseille #FRANCE https://t.co/sR70Ga2yba
- Headteacher mocked on Twitter for claiming evolution is not a fact https://t.co/AGW28pgYhF
- UK to seek changes on troops' service and free speech in European rights law https://t.co/vNBcctzkiJ
- Pitcairn mayor charged with possessing child abuse material wants to face 'local law' https://t.co/vZBIHXhnvv
- If Brisbane wants to be a 'new world city' it should stop persecuting artists and act like one #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/4HXIfjbhE6
- Lesbian woman wins court battle with former partner over daughter https://t.co/BpG80Fwo38
- First steps towards meeting the global goals – your stories and images https://t.co/NndXgnxfiC
- Lord Lucan death certificate granted more than 40 years after disappearance https://t.co/gI02HFNZPW
- 'It's only a matter of time before people control time and manner of their death' https://t.co/FUIlMyiRSN
- Gay cake row: couple's appeal adjourned https://t.co/AZsEV5fzkv
- Lawyer criticises 'broadsheet newspapers' for 'incompetent' reporting https://t.co/Z3Wu89ITkO
- Lord Lucan death certificate granted https://t.co/zc7XfWPvYc
- 'Plebgate' row: Officer cleared of misconduct https://t.co/T3Q4bG34wm
- Police brutality victim Sarah Reed dies in Holloway prison https://t.co/CAmyhkvRr2
- Police probe 'threats' claims at Glasgow Central Mosque https://t.co/tjxLognkRK
- Education (Scotland) Bill to be debated at Holyrood today | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/s7pX6cLHOi
- No more looking for Lucan | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/yyVZiXZUw8
- Scottish government releases community right to buy guidance | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/v03OIwpxJS
- Davidson Chalmers opens new Galashiels office | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/L4dBVKH6G9
- Law Society publishes guides for new parents | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/nn6c3BiAY3
- EU and US strike new privacy deal following demise of Safe Harbour | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/3YBPAFooxL
- Edinburgh University officials told staff to leak information on indebted students | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Gm1NkRZF3Y
- Donald Trump ‘nominated for Nobel Peace Prize’ for 'vigorous peace through strength ideology' https://t.co/kpUKUV3UsT
- Conveyancers ‘should not cross-examine clients’ over stamp duty | Law Gazette https://t.co/PcqpqAbRAx
- Solicitor jailed for helping drug-dealer clients appeals conviction | Law Gazette https://t.co/ECD0J2hK9u
- Jackson: Lottery could pump-prime legal aid fund | Law Gazette https://t.co/AwpFMvpLMi
- Police say there is not enough evidence to prosecute a hit-and-run driver who accelerated into a cyclist https://t.co/IRweFtepFb
- Michael Gove gives a little away on the forthcoming draft British bill of rights | Law Gazette https://t.co/Q0sduaQKqi
- Tax and professional secrecy | Law Gazette https://t.co/ReTocqtx5i
- Jackson proposes fund for modest claims | Law Gazette https://t.co/1pRy53DgdZ
- TheLawMap Wig is out! https://t.co/sSjOrEdR4G
- #AUSTRALIA's offshore asylum policy ruled legal by High Court https://t.co/aYtJL5rMD9
- White & Case in limbo in Saudi Arabia | The Lawyer https://t.co/K4nBLIz6YI
- Latham joins Swiss duo in Kuoni’s £1bn sale to EQT | The Lawyer https://t.co/vaQw4LyYCK
- McCann FitzGerald joins Irish rivals with New York base | The Lawyer https://t.co/MYd7XSXqbw
- DLA Piper overhauls remuneration structure in profit drive | The Lawyer https://t.co/FysRRqd28Z
- Orrick unveils 15-strong Houston launch team | The Lawyer https://t.co/ZNgkSKAg3F
- Thomas Cook promotes from within as GC Stoehr packs bags | The Lawyer https://t.co/l45dGtG8J2
- Stephenson Harwood takes seven-lawyer Eversheds team in Hong Kong | The Lawyer https://t.co/h3KZ9n3eTF
- McDermott names new London head as Nineham retires | The Lawyer https://t.co/MZ1Fw9CF7z
- He Xiaobo: latest victim of #CHINA's crackdown on labour activists https://t.co/KsRcdiRLKj
- Palestinian poet Ashraf Fayadh's death sentence quashed by #SAUDI court https://t.co/vS6gNHvzM0
- Should #French President Hollande be able to pardon a woman who killed her abusive husband? | Joshua Rozenberg https://t.co/BRpokS1htm
- PinkNews publishes stories removed from Google under 'right to be forgotten' https://t.co/GNkewYgAdg
- UK to seek changes on troops' service and free speech in European rights law https://t.co/AQBWrVkIEp
- GP gave elderly patient sleeping pills to pass on to her noisy neighbours in attempt to keep them quiet https://t.co/QMY5kFaoJf
- Unforgiving Buddhist monk sues driver after car crash injuries leave him unable to meditate https://t.co/Ks5RSNarm1
- Shoreham crash pilot Andy Hill 'was involved in another air incident a year earlier' https://t.co/NVJDXM5q0R
- Google to deliver wrong search results to would-be jihadis https://t.co/YnPTQ74naS Feb 03, 2016
- Footballer Joey Barton's brother has sentence cut for murder after becoming charity worker in prison https://t.co/qj68ObWMGq
- Theresa May was warned about concerns over 'British FBI' chief Lynne Owens https://t.co/DjbaCGLWJY
- Pensioner bleeds to death during operation after spelling mistake on blood supply https://t.co/ydm0rjtTXH
- India Chipchase murder: man, 51, in court charged with killing doctor's daughter, 20 https://t.co/yQq6Eou2mI
- New National Crime Agency boss faced criticisms over 'litany of failures' at Surrey force https://t.co/IN31wQRmzH
- High Court ruling outlines extraordinary scale of allegations against Blavo & Co | Legal Futures: https://t.co/gu4r4ByMlR
- Leading unrated indemnity insurer withdraws from market | Legal Futures: https://t.co/Ydhi4JMxUB
- Knights targets non-lawyer professionals in next stage of growth | Legal Futures: https://t.co/VGq7VeV8NQ
