3rd March - Law News

1529th 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 Supreme Court is to hear five challenges against the 'bedroom tax' levied against anyone receiving housing benefit, but has an extra bedroom. All five cases involve people who suffer from a physical or mental disability, and have so far lost their cases in the High Court and the Court of Appeal. Full story - Solicitors Journal

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Jesse Matthew admits Hannah Graham and Morgan Harrington murders #US https://t.co/EDaONHKP9Q 
• BMW tells UK Rolls-Royce car workers of 'benefit' of EU https://t.co/5cEqJGyM6q 
• Rio 2016: Refugee team to compete at Olympics https://t.co/9IaC9H1y9c
• LSB: Regulators need to get tough with lawyers over poor complaints handling | Legal Futures: https://t.co/1dyQqsAvmW
• NAHL drives on conveyancing market push with comparison site launch | Legal Futures: https://t.co/8O4h8Ja1dU
• COLPs failing to report problems to SRA, groundbreaking study finds | Legal Futures: https://t.co/asUqBdZk0e 
• Sole practitioner who overcharged client by 500% is struck off | Legal Futures: https://t.co/L4dT34v96C
• UK litigation funder to back shareholder class action against Slater & Gordon | Legal Futures: https://t.co/vlN5e8K30b 
• BBC iPlayer 'loophole' to be closed soon, says culture secretary https://t.co/PtJqoKxFnb 
• MoD to be reprimanded over Brecon Beacons SAS deaths https://t.co/3LKzDvZPZj 
• #US election 2016: Republicans express Donald Trump fears https://t.co/gs21X53fmb
• Footballer Adam Johnson has been found guilty of one count of sexual activity with a girl aged 15 https://t.co/AlPn0JJGon 
• Apple judgment: people will pay to secure their privacy https://t.co/odWFfbLCed
• #US supreme court justices spar over strictest abortion law in the nation https://t.co/lIZ83jZWsW Mar 02, 2016
• #Norway rejects Anders Breivik 'inhuman' prison conditions claim https://t.co/Dmy4Ynls6x 
• Supreme court finds Morrisons liable for employee's crime at work https://t.co/xekeaElD4J 
• Liverpool lawyer Donald Munro obituary https://t.co/zP8kiHmHCv 
• Divorce app eyes UK market as 'digital divorce' gains traction https://t.co/w8BVAIg766
• Legal professionals increasingly search for pastures new https://t.co/np9NQrh1lq 
• Paul Hastings has a record year https://t.co/85ZBum8hav 
• Theresa May assures statutory protection for legal privilege https://t.co/Tfvvbcwv76
• Pinsent Masons brings in political blueblood for Brexit team https://t.co/i5J96fMKwp
• Tory activist Elliott Johnson 'suffered degrading treatment' https://t.co/zqSitC0az7 
• Eton student who owned toddler-rape videos allowed to use false name to protect wealthy family https://t.co/WZA1Prc4up 
• Snoopers' Charter is a 'rush job', says Bar | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/Fwwo7NpNyz 
• Government is failing its responsibility to ensure access to justice | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/VZw9QYdMkh Mar 02, 2016 
• The latest news on hires, promotions, mergers, and deals from leading law firms and chambers | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/CCWq6Utfum
• K&L Gates London revenue stays flat as firm turnover dips 8 per cent worldwide | The Lawyer https://t.co/0jsX3Z7aEi 
• Greenberg Traurig Maher posts 10% revenue rise ahead of potential BLP deal | The Lawyer https://t.co/pjY8RkC1EG 
• Gibson Dunn client ordered to pay £9.3m costs after Boreh claims dismissed | The Lawyer https://t.co/NayjXSLdGo 
• Kirkland doubles global notice period amid London partner exits | The Lawyer https://t.co/GNP8Pzzjml 
• The Investigatory Powers Bill needs more time | The Lawyer https://t.co/uDfGZYTvQU 
• Ashurst bags lead mandate on Morrisons’ deal with Ocado | The Lawyer https://t.co/L3nOiTxfEF 
• Nominations revealed for global in-house lawyer of the year | The Lawyer https://t.co/uuRGwOV8in
• Legal and Lawyer in Asia moves: 2 March 2016 | The Lawyer https://t.co/rK6R1WQ4i2
• Allen & Overy keeps 91% of spring 2016 qualifiers https://t.co/tItKOny6og 
• Slaughters appoints Turnill as new M&A head | The Lawyer https://t.co/B8niDlkYvQ 
• European independents branch out with foreign offices | The Lawyer https://t.co/SGv6ZhJ7dX
• HMRC debarred after litigant in person claim | Law Gazette https://t.co/Yw2uhh8twT 
• Law Society ponders legal aid innovation fund | Law Gazette https://t.co/D1e9KALdmu 
• MoJ admits £1.35m spent on upgrading condemned courts | Law Gazette https://t.co/6iQxciid46 
• UK law changes planned to liberalise citizen data held by public bodies https://t.co/aLBELCUFOa 
• No changes to Freedom of Information law, Government announces https://t.co/dqbhvNuxj8 
• US works on data access agreement with UK https://t.co/EysP09aTQV 
• UK spying laws: Government introduces law requiring WhatsApp and iMessage to break their own security https://t.co/zyefVFjLEQ 
• Police Get More Access to Citizens' Browsing Data Under Revised UK Law https://t.co/1nJj0iMrpn 
• Fury As U.K. Makes Proposed Internet Spying Law Even More Invasive https://t.co/TgZVZV6RQt 
• UK fights to retain Dublin law to deport asylum seekers https://t.co/tENs0RriZy 
• #US supreme court takes on biggest abortion rights case in two decades https://t.co/vmlGYWcHs0 
• Curbs on ‘shameless’ armed forces claims within weeks | Law Gazette https://t.co/uhoFDAd4zb 
• Animal charities take will contest to Supreme Court | Law Gazette https://t.co/iuKgwTE3co 
• CJC presses ahead on fixed-costs extension | Law Gazette https://t.co/xFAM5JxQFc 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! https://t.co/49sEnn45Xy
• Olympic Games: French prosecutors to investigate 2016 and 2020 bids https://t.co/q4vw2dRBHn 
• Drone near-misses prompt calls for plane strike research https://t.co/SPKVxorSOa 
• Teenager at an Aberdeen school was fatally stabbed after a row broke out over a biscuit https://t.co/kmSBc0EQux 
• Shell being sued in two claims over oil spills in #NIGERIA https://t.co/V0Rpc0sOgS 
• Schools urged to ban tackling in rugby by doctors https://t.co/XQq5UnqyYb 
• Gang 'used rap lyrics to discuss guns' https://t.co/xQJZxuXf0g