31st March - Law News

1556th 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: Consumer choice and the affordability of legal services would be boosted if regulators were separated from their representative bodies, the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has told the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA). The SRA has set out how full independence from the Law Society would benefit the public and business users of legal services. Full story - Solicitors Journal

Saturday Conversations on Law

• 'Record global haul' of illicit food and drink https://t.co/3tuL2DQ8S9 
• National Archives: UK victims of Nazi abuse in 1960s compensation https://t.co/EqqlqoRwYw 
• #Qatar 2022: 'Forced labour' at World Cup stadium https://t.co/G2j9olVelq 
• Virtual assistants will mean fewer lawyers, Riverview predicts | Legal Futures: https://t.co/oS0Revf1mO 
• Bar Standards Board set to become ABS licensing authority | Legal Futures: https://t.co/sELgV7ZBFI 
• Special delivery – how postmaster trekked 300 miles to help customer https://t.co/gslicSFr0a 
• Grieving low-income families pushed into funeral poverty, say MPs https://t.co/gk4UExvgOb 
• Lorry driver tells court how he pleaded with injured cyclist to 'hold on' https://t.co/RxsuDPurWX 
• Donald Trump: women who get illegal abortions should be 'punished' #US https://t.co/UwmGvvE45w 
• Daily Mail editor received £88,000 in EU subsidies in 2014 https://t.co/K2UFTunDMP 
• Cybercriminal targets elite law firms https://t.co/mzTJdMUWPa 
• Arbitration on the rise in Singapore https://t.co/rk8Gs5pwzP 
• Ashurst poaches TMT duo from Herbert Smith Freehills https://t.co/mOyYMU27nt 
• Luxury companies face data challenges https://t.co/hq1NpzV6ij 
• Disgruntled law school grad loses case https://t.co/LoXfWknlIj 
• A Postcard from the Supreme Court https://t.co/ZOTEUAeKBq 
• Soccer star files lawsuit against Samsung https://t.co/Knw43Ft0Ui 
• India to push back against new Tier 2 visa rules https://t.co/RD1rdJCtwQ 
• Wednesday's UPDATED LawNewsIndex: 30th March https://t.co/mtYGtlz6gm #lawyers #legal #solicitor #barrister #attorney https://t.co/RcTfsB7V3K 
• Teachers' leader condemns sexist bullying of 'swotty' girls https://t.co/vl3CEdlMHI 
• Boy of eight held at Paris airport for more than a week #FRANCE https://t.co/mR2mV8EaVe
• Laptop containing plans of #Belgian PM's home found near terrorists' flat https://t.co/tASAymgXbS 
• UK plans to track all internet connections could cost £1bn, campaigners warn https://t.co/Ba2TEsFJwv
• Charges dropped against Chetham violin teacher accused of raping pupil https://t.co/dktcSNpqMM 
• Can #Pakistan win its war against the Taliban? https://t.co/wD33tjiqaA 
• Aldi biscuits may have been contaminated by pests https://t.co/q6IS8DHHWP 
• ECtHR: Police should not be prosecuted for Jean Charles de Menezes shooting | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/QG4PmH62Gk 
• FBI unlocks iPhone as data privacy battle continues | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/JKgo0wMruk 
• Legal Aid Agency to make CCMS mandatory from 1 April | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/LiQ6iUK4cI 
• CourtNav to help litigants nationwide after successful pilot | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/RXOWUzfqKU 
• Elton John sued; former bodyguard alleges sexual harassment https://t.co/EjliiIEyab
• Microsoft’s racist chatbot returns with drug-smoking Twitter meltdown https://t.co/hYHkGN19JU 
• Italian passenger on hijacked EgyptAir plane tells of 'selfie' disbelief https://t.co/OiJn4iJw6e 
• Hollande drops plan to revoke citizenship of dual-national terrorists #FRANCE https://t.co/aKGTAv55Re Mar 30, 2016 
• From Jim Crow to transgender ban: the bathroom as battleground for civil rights https://t.co/oi8Zy6Wlrb 
• #Mexican rape victim reveals details of case plagued by privilege and impunity https://t.co/Ft0AUu2cNx 
• Disability activist Doug Paulley: ‘I’m tackling injustice’ | Saba Salman https://t.co/AOg72sEzgu 
• 'We are hopeful now': brothers freed from slavery seek British policy change https://t.co/fLNj3U70ot 
• Jean Charles de Menezes: police officers should not be prosecuted, says ECHR https://t.co/DngapxUUXK 
• ‘Fat cat’ lawyer image creating more LiPs, says Citizens Advice | Law Gazette https://t.co/DV1UHp7OC3
• Controversial online court will need careful piloting – CJC | Law Gazette https://t.co/t3lOWLrcLd 
• Small businesses say lawyers failing to meet their needs | Law Gazette https://t.co/ctT7RZ15e7 
• Court of Protection plans to shift more costs onto deputies | Law Gazette https://t.co/MTkp0YERaP 
• Solicitor, 28, who fabricated court letters is struck off | Law Gazette https://t.co/HwYAQvbJb0 
• Interview: Michael Coates - Shell UK’s head of legal - A Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/vkjCSAoUP7 
• #US election: As suspected before Trump steps back from Republican support pledge https://t.co/PScYR7YHWz 
• Jean Charles de Menezes family loses European court fight https://t.co/93KlBt7AjC 
• Complaints about Vodafone rocket in UK https://t.co/zM1TWOj1K5 
• EgyptAir hijack: #Egypt requests suspect's extradition from #Cyprus https://t.co/gPuEy1mZYb 
• EU referendum: O'Donnell warns over two-year exit feasibility https://t.co/5vBKu3ppe3 
• Hijacker photo man Ben Innes explains Egyptair plane snap https://t.co/0FSZHCnMKA 
• Pele sues Samsung for $30m over lookalike use in ad https://t.co/bfitLUg6DV 
• Paris attacks: Hollande drops plans to strip nationality #FRANCE https://t.co/lFSNcIXjsk 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! https://t.co/e0CwarQM9M
• Third of British workers may benefit from new legal pay level https://t.co/Zli6sZrCVr
• Thousands of police visits 'criminalise' children in care homes https://t.co/D33yVQtYZf

Today's video story: The President of Afghanistan, Ahshraf Ghani talks to the BBC about the migrant crisis and why there has been an exodus of people from his country.

30th March - Law News

1555th 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: EU judges in Luxembourg could limit key powers in UK surveillance laws just weeks before Britain votes on its EU membership. An emergency hearing on the bulk interception of communications data has been scheduled for 12 April at the European court of justice (ECJ), whose rulings are binding on UK courts. Its final decision could have a decisive impact on the powers of GCHQ, the Cheltenham-based monitoring agency, and could come shortly before Britons decide whether to remain in or leave the EU on 23 June. Full story - Guardian Law

Saturday Conversations on Law

• CMC fights off challenge from Lloyds over PPI advert | Legal Futures: https://t.co/QyVOyrLOTR 
• Legal services market is failing us, say small businesses | Legal Futures: https://t.co/KhnsvycG07
• A Supreme Court Pioneer, Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, Now Making Her Mark on Video Games https://t.co/j2vPVuTiWx 
• Santiago Erevia, Once Denied Medal of Honor Over Ethnicity, Dies at 69 #US https://t.co/nLQnBBkWYv 
• Florida Governor Signs Law to Cut Funding for Abortion Clinics #US https://t.co/er791L2F9z 
• Donald Trump's Terror Dependency #US https://t.co/3chNeWJH26 
• Accountability, at Last, for Bosnia's Agony https://t.co/NP8TJZxMoP 
• Transgender Law Makes North Carolina Pioneer in Bigotry #US https://t.co/CEmKjn3gnR 
• Ken Thompson, Brooklyn Prosecutor, Emerges as Shrewd Victor in Akai Gurley Case #US https://t.co/eOiX2IN8mf 
• Without Scalia, America's political landscape is being transformed #US https://t.co/z40WNwhW3R 
• Bosnian war reporter Florence Hartmann jailed by Karadžić tribunal is released early https://t.co/OAtIOaWzRw 
• We need to change the law so homeless people get the help they need https://t.co/iJcTAlU2Jw 
• Utah becomes first US state requiring anesthesia for abortions at 20 weeks #US https://t.co/7Nfy1l4cml 
• Law student admitted 'by mistake' will miss out on LLM, court rules https://t.co/WJTvLxnkuX 
• Allen & Overy refreshes banking leadership https://t.co/w2SQAqSR4v 
• Model loses case against Donald Trump's modelling agency https://t.co/oiqSAZgTHo 
• Woman convicted for posing as a lawyer https://t.co/An5owbej31 
• Veil Jourde opens in Brussels https://t.co/bl0wxGsw6z 
• India to push back against new Tier 2 visa rules https://t.co/ksKkTh2xz2 
• Law firm sues Michael Jackson estate for $200k unpaid fees https://t.co/x9wmMDM5fF 
• Law firms beware: Samas malware is especially dangerous https://t.co/3gnk8PkoVN 
• Uber passenger pays £102 for ride as driver takes huge detour https://t.co/bL2RCPosWS 
• EgyptAir hijack: Man held after using fake suicide belt #CYPRUS https://t.co/x32pyjt2SC
• Donald Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski charged with assault #US https://t.co/wAbaUkYlON
• Buy-to-let landlords should face new affordability tests, Bank says https://t.co/85Jhlp6Ut2 
• Asad Shah death: Man in court charged with murder https://t.co/orJYAOFtVW 
• Bank of England warns of EU referendum risks https://t.co/xvbn93jj5W
• Operation Midland: Harvey Proctor criticises child abuse inquiry for ruining life https://t.co/mgwkwqRTXA 
• Judith Nibbs 'decapitated by jealous partner' in Hoxton https://t.co/Y3Hd4pSEDq 
• Law Society of Scotland proposes new legislation to protect consumers and grow legal services - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/kcKFPU5O7b
• Michael Livingston takes the helm at MMS - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/FG54bMSCsI 
• Lords: Government should draw on support from across the political spectrum in making the case for EU membership https://t.co/vuJ5DI09Ih 
• Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie LLP makes partner promotion - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/ihznHLanPw
• Change to mortgage process in Scotland as legislation sets new trigger for land registration completion - Scottish L…https://t.co/NJTY5t9yGZ 
• MBM named litigation team of the year at Scottish Legal Awards - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/r7ADg6B95a 
• Lindsays scoops double prize at legal awards - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/PZ41vg29G0 
• Pagan Osborne paralegal wins top award - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/W3KfvwnrW5 
• Blackadders named employment team of the year - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/2bPm3aKq10 
• Slater & Gordon’s GC resigns after two months | The Lawyer https://t.co/ZxeOeCOhLR 
• Ashurst hires partner duo from HSF in London TMT boost | The Lawyer https://t.co/ITh24nMkMX 
• My career story: “I moved from a tiny regional firm to a big City one” | The Lawyer https://t.co/uI2sdtfbzH 
• Women in law: how to manage the first stage of your career | The Lawyer https://t.co/iEDLNKP9fw 
• ‘Fat cat’ lawyer image creating more LiPs, says Citizens Advice | Law Gazette https://t.co/DV1UHp7OC3 
• Slater and Gordon legal chief quits after two months | Law Gazette https://t.co/UnvBatjZr1 
• Vara: no U-turn on court closures | Law Gazette https://t.co/cF3ve9FEgd 
• MoJ tightens controls on MedCo members | Law Gazette https://t.co/y6gwQreHLD 
• Land Registry: don’t make a monster | Law Gazette https://t.co/CkiEwaLOPn 
• Brussels terror: Suspects and the accused must be granted their legal rights | Law Gazette https://t.co/v2wYUEyTHv
• EgyptAir hijack: Larnaca negotiations continue #CYPRUS https://t.co/uhVYnhEt5a 
• Leaving EU 'devastating for young', says Nicky Morgan https://t.co/U1mXcAmNXV 
• South Shields armed police shoot and injure man https://t.co/lS01W7uA83 
• Row over 'EU criminals in UK' claim https://t.co/JKgDFFyBeF 
• Falkland Islands fears new ruling expanding #Argentina's sea control https://t.co/ogTUdwgzyp 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! https://t.co/QwWdTGKVXs
• Stop targeting football fans with ‘draconian laws’, says campaign group https://t.co/L2yml8EMm3

Today's video story: The hijacker of an EgyptAir passenger jet was arrested at Cyprus' Larnaca airport after a five-hour standoff. No one was hurt in the incident after the man surrendered to authorities.

29th March - Law News

1555th 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 expressed disappointment at a decision by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) to reject calls to extend Solicitors Indemnity Fund (SIF) cover by a further three years to 2023. SIF closed in 2000. Currently, however, any firm that has closed since September 2000 without a successor can resort to the SIF for any claim made after the six-year run-off period. This arrangement is due to end in 2020, and the SRA Board has now decided not to grant an extension. Full story - New Law Journal

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Vote Leave releases list of serious crimes by EU citizens in Britain https://t.co/Rj4QmU8rJk 
• #US ends case against Apple after pulling data from San Bernardino iPhone https://t.co/SV2YOGOqTN 
• Four paedophiles convicted after sting operations by vigilantes https://t.co/2hYJLx7wn7 
• #US Capitol shooting: suspect in custody after incident at visitors center https://t.co/CpLNegqINq 
• I was punched at a Donald Trump rally. His message of hate caused the violence | Bryan Sanders https://t.co/fQ9JWYaSKo 
• More child road deaths in summer months than winter, says RAC report https://t.co/SPtYaQbZvO 
• Police officers deliver baby boy at roadside in north London https://t.co/pTm7KekYZf 
• 20% increase in children arrested for suspected gun crimes in last year https://t.co/CsB3DYNvHw 
• RBS appoints ex-Barclays deputy GC as new legal boss | The Lawyer https://t.co/xLOmLnjyTW 
• Auckland International Airport hires GC from Ooredoo Asia | The Lawyer https://t.co/FLU5AJNw75 
• HSF cashes in on seven-year Nortel bankruptcy with $400m fees | The Lawyer https://t.co/DzRGh1GshT 
• England granted jurisdiction in Anglo-Scottish maintenance dispute | Law Gazette https://t.co/g18gLAQJtN 
• Pet charity targets solicitors for free wills service | Law Gazette https://t.co/JQCwpgEO6c 
• Government consults on quick sale of Land Registry | Law Gazette https://t.co/FBv1KBZv37
• Four councils join forces to create new legal service | Law Gazette https://t.co/qpdiT9APWW 
• SRA fines family lawyer for failing to record cash payments | Legal Futures: https://t.co/q7vKzy7n3f 
• Denton's IT accelerator looks short and long term as Apperio investment and ROSS expands | Legal Futures: https://t.co/8FqSDo3yoC 
• Land Registry can sue conveyancers for mortgage misrepresentations, High Court rules | Legal Futures: https://t.co/fp7AArmLh5 
• Lawsuit challenges constitutionality of North Carolina LGBT discrimination law #US https://t.co/QrnfRS7asW 
• There is no confirmation that Fr. Tom Uzhunnalil was crucified on Good Friday https://t.co/vRWpjkPK8U 
• 'Gunshots' at #US Capitol in Washington https://t.co/p9vyYsVcVx 
• Fidel Castro scorns Obama's #Cuba visit https://t.co/MWBE836gh0
• Is #India facing its worst-ever water crisis? https://t.co/Ql8QRwj14u 
• Republicans begin to thaw on Obama's Supreme Court pick #US https://t.co/SaJSKELf0X 
• Lahore attack: #PAKISTAN PM Sharif demands swift action on terror https://t.co/Qdt4QOP4ra 
• Brussels attacks: #Belgium releases terror murder suspect https://t.co/jxwuGidnBi
• I want to leave the law behind and start afresh https://t.co/nrl1qvnhBP 
• With Radovan Karadžić sentenced, Bosnia-Herzegovina must move forward #BALKANS https://t.co/kIAEOqGJpb 
• CIA photographed detainees naked before sending them to be tortured https://t.co/44rioYWBbe 
• The CIA naked photos scandal is a wake-up call https://t.co/SXWv8MB8hD 
• S.F. mayor raises stink over N. Carolina bathroom law #US https://t.co/CtjFOVND5u 
• North Carolina Sued Over Anti-LGBT Law #US https://t.co/NfX4c5Rnx1 
• A Crack in the World’s Most Restrictive Abortion Law #CHILE https://t.co/zYEex3cWpL 
• Indian Children's Law in Choctaw Foster Case Praised by Some, Criticized by Others #US https://t.co/2wIdmlMJRV 
• Law change could make Maine vanity plates more risque https://t.co/eWtvqozy82 
• Judge Rules Bankrupt Law Grad Can Cancel Some Debt #US https://t.co/QyroyUaoT9 
• Legal notice will remove 187 illegal billboards #MALTA https://t.co/nQXphGKvu9 
• Law Society president Christine McLintock: Political parties must address 'disastrous' legal aid situation https://t.co/NWAPbu4jpf 
• Dundee’s ‘career beggars’ to face legal action https://t.co/yB9ljHJU71 
• Death of twin during ​Cesarean led to successful legal claim against Gloucestershire NHS Hospitals https://t.co/wCmQPdbNB5 
• 1000 cos, 47 countries and a legal trouble: Key facts to know about defence expo starting today https://t.co/cny03TzdUv 
• Activists launch legal action against French marine park over orcas https://t.co/4hyPlN80mM 
• 'People will use harder drugs': legal high users on the impact of law changes https://t.co/gB5FjeHDfJ 
• #Australian Cryptologists alarmed by Restrictive Exports Law https://t.co/nZHGu8q2zY
• 16 People Missing Amidst #CHINA’s Crackdown on Anoymous Letter Urging President Xi Jinping’s Resignation https://t.co/XMsXPmKf4y 
• Counterterrorism & Police Commissioner in New York Slammed Ted Cruz's call for Patrols in Muslim Community #US https://t.co/JN90FF115W 
• New York's stringent paperless-prescribing law takes effect #US https://t.co/Knv5QdtH4Y
• British man faces jail after keeping wife as a slave https://t.co/vgoGb25YSw
• Burner phones could be made illegal under #US law requiring personal details of anyone buying a new handset https://t.co/dxkdILbH3F 
• EU: Emergency Hearing for UK Surveillance Bill https://t.co/6Ew1gWBkvo
• #INDIA to take up UK visa law with British authorities https://t.co/kzrXMUlcKR 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! https://t.co/HiO0FN0zEs
• Ukip-backed Brexit campaign employs EU migrants to rally support https://t.co/S3eFe50CJb 
• EU judges could limit UK surveillance powers before referendum https://t.co/2u3zjSi7Jt 
• Child soldier to war criminal: the trial of Dominic Ongwen #UGANDA #ICC https://t.co/H2fuZDFSmo 
• Murder trial witness on alleged 1981 rape by prosecutor: 'He derailed my life' #US https://t.co/gNvgFtfoed 
• #Mexico arrests 'money launderer' for drug lord Guzman https://t.co/HOTboWCVcf

Today's video story: A 360 tour of CERN that takes you deep inside the Large Hadron Collider – the world’s greatest physics experiment.

28th March - Law News

1554th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & legal articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap

Wishing a very happy Easter Bank holiday to all our readers!

Saturday Conversations on Law

• More Armed forces personnel calling confidential helpline https://t.co/KVtxVXQOUL 
• Teachers warn that extremism fears stifle open debate https://t.co/zYf5wvf9gz 
• Top EU law chambers ups pupillage award to £65,000 as Brexit vote looms https://t.co/iutNO5neUV
• New Zealand courts thrown into disarray as a third of country's top judges fall ill during luxury château break https://t.co/iFQKKYNhuu 
• The legal sector boom: Lawyers responsible for 8,000 additional jobs https://t.co/CEEp1ifYBs 
• Video: Litigation Commercial Awareness Question Time -- with Hardwicke and RPC https://t.co/qcv0NYo688
• Commemorative toilet roll tells of female struggle to enter legal profession due to lack of toilet facilities https://t.co/JMMakyRCY1 
• Team of four students from UCL, LSE, Leicester and Portsmouth crowned the most commercially aware wannabe lawyers in…https://t.co/ZeHEWtaNTa 
• Aberdeen University law student found dead in her halls https://t.co/Eas0Ek9Ubo 
• 15 tweets Lord Denning would have made had he been on Twitter https://t.co/O6JljnP0KT 
• Sheffield bids to wrestle corporate law northshoring crown from Manchester https://t.co/QUiMNRtPUn 
• Supreme Court shatters law geeks' wedding dreams https://t.co/L6e1wJqhxK 
• Coders create new portal for law centre in pro bono hackathon https://t.co/SHeXjdGVX7 
• Top judge faces bias accusation following QC's article that criticised him for airline luggage loss reaction https://t.co/kOgllCAZmo 
• Compliance and the robot lawyer: what happens when it all goes wrong? https://t.co/6LPcKzkFyl 
• Celeb law watch: Pop stars in the news https://t.co/uOvrCI0vv8
• Research: One fifth of the world’s top law schools are in the UK https://t.co/lRksUU3m8I 
• The life of a law student campus ambassador https://t.co/ktTsw5fOn2 
• Junior barrister admits supplying drugs that killed teenage boyfriend at Temple party https://t.co/CncqLDrV7A 
• Hogan versus Gawker: Free speech can be costly https://t.co/UUFofdoSw1 
• Competition: The Global Financial Crime Blogging Prize https://t.co/fhGwYxZcJL 
• Legal regulation consultation | New Law Journal: https://t.co/rldF1vMNzN 
• Research points to lack of strategic support for managing partners at law firms | New Law Journal: https://t.co/HHsbzkr7fL 
• SRA personal injury fraud warning | New Law Journal: https://t.co/tf2gxbtq9r 
• Cameras in Crown Court | New Law Journal: https://t.co/NPqHiLnia4
• Insurance premium tax attack | New Law Journal: https://t.co/2zOJ8BA9CH 
• Litigators should expect “substantial change” | New Law Journal: https://t.co/mVuTlQf8CL 
• Decision makers v practising lawyers | New Law Journal: https://t.co/obwOwYjMog 
• No extension for Solicitors Indemnity Fund cover | New Law Journal: https://t.co/l4ZysNTNvn 
• Trafficking victims win review: MoJ to undertake review of legal aid provision following threat | New Law Journal: https://t.co/UqbGLph4lY 
• I’m a Peace Activist in Brussels. Here’s 5 Things You Need to Know About the Attacks #BELGIUM https://t.co/TPeXa9tCDA 
• Pope Francis's reforms polarise the #Vatican https://t.co/XX3zKwiXh0 
• EU referendum: Vote Leave apologises for wrong names of those who sees the benefit of stay in the EU, on pro-Brexit https://t.co/Sq8MMugau3 
• Bodies found at Leeds house, police say https://t.co/NKJw9RwMGn 
• Easter Rising: Centenary parade takes place in Dublin #IRELAND https://t.co/SX9DCEFqaY
• Too few people understand new state pension, MPs warn https://t.co/Cpb0WuMaqK 
• Harlow bouncy castle death: Girl blown away in winds https://t.co/pEngr5DMG5 
• Pope's Easter message condemns failure to help migrants https://t.co/ySDnJWIGSp 
• Brussels attacks: Police clash with 'fascists' at memorial #BELGIUM https://t.co/d5AA1gTjvv 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! https://t.co/NRjo03AEAz
• #PAKISTAN declares Hindu festival of Holi as public holiday https://t.co/lQGKvwYaPa

Today's video story: A minute of silence is held in the center of Brussels as people gather to pay tribute to victims of bombings that took dozens of lives on Tuesday.

27th March - Law News

1553rd Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & legal articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap

Wishing a very happy Easter to all our readers!

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Supreme Court refuses permission to appeal in Weller children paparazzi photographs case https://t.co/M6MGEhA9uh 
• Legal aid cuts add to strain on divorcees https://t.co/jTtSaKZoXZ 
• I saw Karadžić’s camps. I cannot celebrate while many of his victims are denied justice https://t.co/8K2qexdZCC 
• Nobel peace prize winner and former IPCC boss Rajendra Pachauri speaks out over sexual harassment claims https://t.co/GG9axo4LOA 
• Obama rejects 'attempt to stigmatize Muslims' in #US after Brussels attacks https://t.co/fzfzd8Et4A
• Law Graduate Who Sued Her School Loses at Trial https://t.co/VBYXQ1b37g 
• Fayçal Cheffou charged over ‘core role’ in Brussels bomb attacks #BELGIUM https://t.co/hoWMZbAOak
• Gravestones stolen and camouflaged on road in Sussex cause accident https://t.co/o7OCH8fxDy 
• #Greece removes migrants from Macedonian border camp https://t.co/YDEYv0riWH 
• San Francisco police release footage of Briton’s ‘brutal’ murder #US https://t.co/7hIr6CGXgO 
• Robert De Niro steps into autism vaccination row by screening film https://t.co/IRkjIO6BeL 
• Man who 'confronted Muslim woman' over Brussels claim police acted foolishly https://t.co/N2lVL49tOR 
• Asad Shah death: Appeal for calm after shopkeeper attack https://t.co/iSGQkpbWW5 
• Aldi forced to change paint named 'rape yellow' (after the plant) after complaints from a sex assault victim https://t.co/VXffN9m7Zc
• Chinese activist's family 'taken away' over letter calling for Xi Jinping to quit #CHINA https://t.co/utgIqzvYAI 
• French journalist Florence Hartmann jailed by war crimes tribunal #ICC https://t.co/FTb26upqh3
• Steps That Europe Must Take Now After Brussels https://t.co/3nnD8YLMWO 
• Son of Wrongly Cremated Woman Comes Forward, Resolving a Macabre Mystery #US https://t.co/cE6yeBE3T4 
• Prosecutor Won't Seek Prison for Peter Liang, Ex-Officer Convicted in Killing #US https://t.co/yS47zf8o8q
• Advertising Industry Wrestles With Bias After a Lawsuit #US https://t.co/lduI91H1eK 
• No Contraception? No Equality #US https://t.co/z7T9hugOMf 
• Religion and Birth Control at the #S Supreme Court https://t.co/j8ycfF9zJC 
• For Transgender New Yorkers, a Center of Their Own in the Bronx #US https://t.co/BjatkN97vG 
• Italian city makes it illegal to look like a prostitute in public to protect 'urban decorum' https://t.co/lfPuiWEqHT 
• #US election 2016: The 40-year hurt https://t.co/gYXAqhD67p 
• A year of war that has set #YEMEN back decades https://t.co/mtC1fE7CEs 
• Brussels attacks: Man charged with terrorist offences #BELGIUM https://t.co/3AfzD5q4rs 
• Transforming lives in Manchester through opera https://t.co/sHsv5hcbRj 
• Redcar murders: Man charged over women's deaths https://t.co/8s00TNwhfH 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! https://t.co/Ye0kfEyJSA
• One picture from the Brussels attacks is a lesson in the delicate art of propaganda https://t.co/7so1BvDvMU 
• Government planning to repeal animal welfare codes https://t.co/P2TypeCO9l
• The science of shaken baby syndrome | Letters https://t.co/CZEKnF0F91

Today's video story: Muslim-majority Pakistan is for the first time observing the Hindu festival of Holi as a public holiday. The festival of colours marks the beginning of Spring and the triumph of good over evil.

26th March - Law News

1552nd Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & legal articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap

Wishing a very happy Easter to all our readers!

Saturday Conversations on Law

• The science of shaken baby syndrome | Letters https://t.co/CZEKnF0F91
• Home Office 'to review' policy on returning Afghan military interpreters https://t.co/O24UAvul5T 
• #Turkish journalists face secret trial for revealing arms deliveries to Syria https://t.co/rzouITy0CM 
• Solicitors work Easter weekend to help buyers beat stamp duty deadline https://t.co/a3StUASxun 
• #Iraq violence: 'IS suicide attack' kills 29 in football match https://t.co/6A3K2mAh4P
• Race-hate against Brussels tweet man dropped https://t.co/LZfKC6gvsU 
• Weaker beers 'to solve drink problems', say councils https://t.co/s1CTK4GWhM 
• Arrest after Glasgow shopkeeper Asad Shah dies in attack https://t.co/wjqlLWrpGe 
• Why is travelling alone still considered a risky, frivolous pursuit for women? https://t.co/Moh9yPKPx3 
• North Carolina man arrested after failing to return old video rental for 14 years #US https://t.co/1H6lJnTYH6 
• Glasgow shopkeeper Asad Shah posted heartfelt Easter message to 'beloved Christian nation' hours before he was bruta…https://t.co/flZsINQ0WO
• Jeremy Corbyn: Tories are asset stripping the education system https://t.co/McLgnDYYdo 
• Jury direction clause in sexual harm bill 'may breach article 6 ECHR' | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/w6rqNbSdRt 
• Public inquiry into child abuse set to be costliest in Scottish history | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/g8byWGbAFW 
• Spending on court paraphernalia up | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/GllSei45h7 
• Trust with Lib Dems on board donates £34,000 to Alistair Carmichael over 'vexatious' Election Court case https://t.co/UfZLqMbImP 
• Michael Shaw appointed RBS general counsel | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/SxFEvmYFCp 
• Law Society and Faculty back Ewing over OGA appeals process | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/9IbJpjP5eD 
• Shepherd and Wedderburn advises on £86m revolving loan facility for major housing project | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/j3bFaZcHyZ 
• Senior judge praises Faculty's pro bono scheme | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/PlvXohuwyl 
• Ex-UKIP deputy chairwoman Suzanne Evans says she feels 'bullied' by party https://t.co/NIuuaynj9y 
• Brussels attacks: Missing Briton David Dixon confirmed dead https://t.co/qtR0PsWoG6 
• UK car pollution checks dropped five years ago https://t.co/JELIWgz4qR
• Tory councillors criticise academy schools 'diktat' https://t.co/oiJo4bg9MK
• Brussels attacks: 10 suspects arrested in three countries https://t.co/l5vFGg7g3Q
• Teachers fear for pupils' safety on social media https://t.co/uftmPX9RfI 
• #CHINA detains 20 people for the publication of a letter calling on President Xi Jinping to resign https://t.co/5d2CaoMveW 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! https://t.co/BRmNuroTgr

Today's video story: Suicide attack in Iraqi stadium blast kills 25. ISIS is claiming responsibility for a suicide attack at an Iraqi soccer stadium that killed 25 people and wounded at least 80. CNN's Barbara Starr reports. 

25th March - Law News

1551st Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & legal articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap

Wishing a very happy Easter to all our readers!

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Asia-Pacific law firms enjoy biggest slice of IPO pie https://t.co/CESxDVpa2Y 
• KWM to slash UK, Europe and Middle East partnership by 15 per cent https://t.co/9EPGqgFrz7 
• SRA announces plan to slash lawyers' rule book https://t.co/3NSry3AXMs 
• Justice Peter Smith accused of bias in Saudi royals ruling https://t.co/dELHkDoukp 
• Alibaba executive gives $30M to Yale Law School https://t.co/GiVZBUeSWv 
• Law firms beware: Samas malware is especially dangerous https://t.co/qnMrwc5DXH 
• Scotland cracks down on revenge porn and 'ill-informed' rape jurors https://t.co/cXhT9NGVDC 
• Microsoft scrambles to limit PR damage over abusive AI bot Tay https://t.co/mM9QxwOe1V 
• Radovan Karadžić's sentence for Bosnia genocide exposes continuing divisions https://t.co/8Foh3Dtkhy
• Top athlete Lauren Jeska charged with attempted murder https://t.co/O8ZXHEQwvI 
• #French police make arrest over 'advanced' terror plot https://t.co/p14xIBCPZQ
• 'Is the tribunal not ashamed?' Karadžić sentence angers victims https://t.co/YdG7y4IEgH 
• The Guardian view on the Radovan Karadžić trial: only the end of the beginning | Editorial https://t.co/Ww8NrudAHV
• Equality Act not protecting the disabled, peers find | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/0KBx3f9RCM
• Conveyancers vulnerable to fraud by failing to e-verify clients | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/CxGn9JXakt 
• Italian lawyer sues football referee | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/CO5irI7gmL 
• CLC to cut practising fee by 20 per cent | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/sq2o6riYTd 
• Separatist SRA would boost legal services market with independence | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/qLm80hx4on
• 'Failure' assessing cellmate risk to murdered Darren Thomas https://t.co/CnC2aip6Iq 
• Brussels attacks: #Belgium admits 'errors' over bomber arrest https://t.co/xU15UPnTcc 
• Paige Doherty death: Man arrested in Clydebank area https://t.co/w79PwRavBh 
• #Egypt 'finds killers of Italian student Giulio Regeni' https://t.co/06ljg1o4Of 
• BBC Sport - Adam Johnson jailed: 'Don't blame football, but sport must learn' https://t.co/UJkXfjN6Uz 
• The dishonesty at the heart of the disability protest blackout https://t.co/OORTp0BHC3 
• Former senior judge urges caution over gender diversity quotas | Law Gazette https://t.co/STCnDSxk3Z 
• Karadžic: 40-year sentence for genocide and other crimes | Law Gazette https://t.co/DKVmLd1EbK 
• Whiplash scheme suffers another three-month delay | Law Gazette https://t.co/fBfAgxgyBn 
• Radovan Karadžić sentenced to 40 years for genocide at Srebrenica #BALKANS https://t.co/mwPVcaYfBA 
• Karadžic trial points to advantages of focused criminal tribunals #ICC https://t.co/y8LORirnKq 
• Medical experts call for global drug decriminalisation https://t.co/rKDlvq50Nn 
• From cannabis cafes to death row: drugs laws around the world https://t.co/PM7TGiaBm9 
• Judge to decide how much of the public inquiry into undercover policing can be public https://t.co/ouHkwAxb8s 
• Michael Jackson estate owes us over $200,000 in fees, says UK law firm #US https://t.co/ncUwLt0ZpK 
• The Russia-Georgia war: why the ICC is launching war crimes probe https://t.co/lRB7KZsQvP 
• The scariest thing about Brussels is our reaction to it - Paranoid politicians, sensational journalists https://t.co/yBceottGdG 
• UK seeks review of UN Julian Assange 'arbitrary detention' finding https://t.co/1Ufi9TwqpF 
• Radovan Karadzic jailed for #Bosnia war Srebrenica genocide #SERBIA https://t.co/vXVeTEtzVA 
• Adam Johnson jailed for six years https://t.co/PBUEOUdI0n
• Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe online fraud refund claim provokes anger https://t.co/pw2yzEXI48 
• Goddard Inquiry: Children abused 'on industrial scale' https://t.co/bs0aHd5EWo 
• Microsoft chatbot is taught to swear on Twitter https://t.co/7m2RLURaot 
• South London man arrested over 'mealy mouthed' Brussels tweet https://t.co/rQugjXWwHp 
• #NewZealand votes to keep flag in referendum https://t.co/1ITM8IPDtm 
• Molenbeek's gangster jihadis #BELGIUM https://t.co/uCtroaEEwS 
• Adam Johnson in court for sentencing https://t.co/WxwDFtDmZy 
• Rest in peace Johan Cruyff, genius of football, made it look like art :( https://t.co/jK6TvhmtWB 
• Truck drivers told to attend minimum pay hearings over Easter or 'face jail time' #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/Fd1f3EqwQr 
• Conveyancers’ regulator to cut fees | Law Gazette https://t.co/N9eaE81FOD 
• Scottish firms hike profits – but warn of ‘saturated’ market | Law Gazette https://t.co/EA63iuJ5km 
• ATE insurers 'desperate', claims bullish Burford | Law Gazette https://t.co/37Qmy4qW2N 
• Court rejects ombudsman’s ‘perverse’ costs award | Law Gazette https://t.co/d9l3W29GpM 
• Revealed: MoJ’s £400k bill for abandoned legal aid contracts | Law Gazette https://t.co/afo36NBqqY 
• PR expert Matthew Doyle who confronted Muslim woman to 'explain' Brussels attacks arrested https://t.co/OWIkSGjByn 
• NSPCC: football clubs not taking child protection seriously enough https://t.co/0jWo5bW4Y2 
• Duty of care for disabled people in UK not being met, say peers https://t.co/ZvOQDh2Fzb 
• John Cleese: Fawlty Towers-based show producers 'staggered by vitriol' https://t.co/bJ5NEXu38C

Today's video story:  The significance of Christianity and Easter holidays to the African continent.

24th March - Law News

1550th 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 government has been warned that tinkering with the legal services legislation and regulation risks jeopardising the UK economy. The first ever study of the wider economic value of UK legal services found that 8,000 new jobs were created and £379m added to the economy for every 1 per cent growth in the sector. Full story - Solicitor's Journal

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Tennis pay row: I am for equality - apologetic Novak Djokovic https://t.co/uIhoZT13Ek
• Chinese man pleads guilty to #US military hack https://t.co/w1fvDpTsJA 
• South Yorkshire Police Chief Constable David Crompton to retire https://t.co/mwo3L9WZwA 
• Cheap is not cheerful, as only one in 10 choose conveyancer on price | Legal Futures: https://t.co/4ZDMW5fsoh 
• Supreme Court in first even split since death of Scalia https://t.co/KRoINYAwxO 
• Dentons, Eversheds and Reed Smith win spots on inaugural Avis panel https://t.co/hPXXxNj8vw
• Litigation funders join forces against Slater and Gordon https://t.co/EtrxUi1Bq6 
• Another partner joins the race for the top at Linklaters https://t.co/fvefayabX3 
• Ashurst announces new global integrated platform https://t.co/e6p3B8FYcM 
• Simpson Thacher tops global M&A rankings for Q1 as activity falls https://t.co/SXR2s8zKdP 
• Femen activists acquitted over topless Strauss-Kahn protest #FRANCE https://t.co/Z4Gy9PCmT9 
• BBC reporter forced off air amid disability rally in parliament https://t.co/zI3GgHkSBF 
• Refugee crisis: human rights chief hits out at Cameron and May https://t.co/ark7NxmdAU 
• Try life in a wheelchair and then tell me disabled people have equal rights https://t.co/E6ye7CHjQd 
• Rise in homelessness in England triggers calls to follow Welsh strategy https://t.co/8lQQ5T8tiL 
• Radovan Karadžić says he expects ICTY to acquit him of genocide #BOSNIA https://t.co/daEY2Ghkyn
• The Radovan Karadžic war crimes trial is Europe’s biggest since Nuremberg #BOSNIA https://t.co/i5ItEcCjAw 
• EU debate: Boris Johnson adopting a 'busking and humoresque' approach https://t.co/0mC45JzqN6 
• Germanwings crash: UK victims' families in flight school legal action bid https://t.co/gbEIYwFoOu 
• Questions for police over terror plotters' network https://t.co/AkpTzYgsYk 
• 1916 Easter Rising: Reflections on a rebellion that changed Ireland https://t.co/6o95uQzInQ 
• Arizona’s primaries: legal action being taken as a result of incompetence or possibly even intentional sabotage #US https://t.co/IcXIMX2ex0 
• #Israel's cybersecurity firm Cellebrite linked to FBI's iPhone hack attempt https://t.co/btqSxvr6zE 
• Let the London exodus begin | Law Gazette https://t.co/jcLjoQFDxE 
• Global firm to cut 15% of Europe and Middle East partnership | Law Gazette https://t.co/8STm6WEVka 
• Judge backs Libor trader confiscation order https://t.co/W6NxOa7zyX 
• Pub hours to be extended for Queen's 90th birthday https://t.co/gLqVY2zjxs 
• Two men guilty over IS-inspired 'drive-by' terror plot https://t.co/ZKpzWH4qvf 
• Eastenders viewers threaten to switch off over new trans character https://t.co/F92l9or7em
• Ched Evans rape appeal decision delayed until April https://t.co/rkyV5LszOU 
• Suzanne Evans suspended by UKIP, leader Farage denied to the BBC it was revenge for her criticism of him https://t.co/RtAtaVitbC 
• Nigel Farage defends linking Brussels attacks and EU migration rules https://t.co/923sRKpOzG 
• BHS creditors vote to support rent cut plan https://t.co/HHyNF7liGF 
• The Middle East is now Europe's backyard https://t.co/ERrvibbVuT
• Flash crash trader Navinder Sarao faces US extradition https://t.co/AOdM24p32o 
• Brussels attacks: Two brothers behind Belgium bombings https://t.co/EIGuLFREzq 
• #Australia PM's slogan mirrors satirical comedy Veep https://t.co/nMDE55jfD4 
• The Kashmiri boy who refused to leave police custody #INDIA #PAKISTAN https://t.co/dAeuF0g8sb 
• Brussels attacks: More urgency needed to fight terror - Theresa May https://t.co/KUnrPrZE6y 
• Undercover police spied on me. Who else did they do it to? | Helen Steel https://t.co/y18MYeqNHE 
• Jailed Libor trader Tom Hayes must pay £878,000 https://t.co/37edfuRJLv 
• Incurred costs are up for grabs | Law Gazette https://t.co/qFhN7EFCk7
• Council awards its 'ABS' contract ahead of licence | Law Gazette https://t.co/GzHQgVLFGj 
• QualitySolicitors stalwart exits to be standalone business | Law Gazette https://t.co/yvmDq83eig 
• Conveyancers’ regulator to cut fees | Law Gazette https://t.co/N9eaE81FOD 
• ‘Pause and rethink’ for legal training reform plans | Law Gazette https://t.co/BvYETUXU9M 
• LAA urged to delay compulsory civil billing system | Law Gazette https://t.co/DdKgmNFaxf
• Solicitors’ handbook to be slashed from 600 to 50 pages | Law Gazette https://t.co/ginlrukZCK 
• Court closures could inhibit diverse magistracy, MPs told | Law Gazette https://t.co/SrAr25YTX5 
• New SRA online database may include disciplinary records | Law Gazette https://t.co/NuCj8iA6KJ 
• Turkish lawyers’ arrest breaks UN principles | Law Gazette https://t.co/zW0D0Vkw2q 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! https://t.co/EUWBsZt1NZ
• Women held back by 'old boys' network,' says report https://t.co/OlDXN5g0MM

Today's video story: The Graffiti artist Stik first made his mark on East London with his simple figures made from six lines and two dots. He developed his style while living in a homeless hostel, and campaigning for the rights of the disenfranchised. He has gone from being an illegal street artist to a celebrated, internationally exhibited one. His stick people can now be seen on huge murals around the world from New York to Tokyo. For the first time his works have been brought together in a book documenting his career. He told the BBC's Dan Damon about his stick people.