29th April - Law News

1585th 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 legal profession has until early next decade to prepare for massive technological advances that will reshape the industry, according to a renowned legal futurologist. That was the warning today from Professor Richard Susskind (pictured), speaking at the Law Society’s law management section annual conference. Susskind said artificial intelligence will move forward at such a pace in the coming years that systems will be able to diagnose and respond to clients’ legal problems. Full story - The Law Society Gazette

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Madeleine McCann 'abducted during botched burglary' https://t.co/Mpa6yRuoEz 
• Number of police marksmen down almost 20% despite 'Severe' terror threat https://t.co/Z1IQ1Xt54Y 
• Millionaire fashion boss cleared of killing intruder at his £2m home as police find he acted in self defence https://t.co/D40eV5mI03 
• Young offenders handed a caution commit more crimes after Government shake-up https://t.co/w7zauONMiI 
• What's next for small claims? | Legal Futures: https://t.co/zIWb7TaLRZ 
• One in five law firms targeted by scammers in past year, Law Society research reveals | Legal Futures: https://t.co/sAb4hzfogN 
• Kunduz hospital bombing: 16 #US forces 'disciplined' https://t.co/KtonJa7abN 
• BHS debacle shows the true costs of corporate greed | Letters https://t.co/dkL5U9SlkW 
• UK nominees for judge at European court of human rights revealed https://t.co/jwdTNc6aTr 
• South Yorkshire Police chief to stand down over criticism https://t.co/RfFnVT9X37 
• Three charged in UK terror inquiry https://t.co/ZJWYNB91SV 
• HSF lifts curtain on new 'Beyond 2020' global strategy https://t.co/XZYLBj7OzS 
• Men-focused firm plans UK expansion https://t.co/FnBlQ0Y3uA 
• Payne Hicks Beach lawyer exits to launch Middle East firm https://t.co/Tnf9vyctGF
• Stephenson Harwood logs largest ever global promotions round https://t.co/KsDbkdGDcd 
• Lawyer faces jail for eating incriminating evidence https://t.co/ytZ9DbBfc8 
• Study predicts the era of banking mega fines almost over https://t.co/GXo3VdLdg2 
• Justice ministers 'clear' UK will remain in ECHR https://t.co/WbgAD79zwM
• British expats lose High Court Brexit vote case but seek leave to appeal | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/qCV4hKs1zX 
• Barrister calls for urgent meetings on judicial discrimination and bias | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/v7EFjQ1JRU 
• Scottish insolvency stats could mask pressure on North Sea - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/UFUnU86fvQ 
• Academics produce free e-book demystifying EU referendum - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/g78FSR8YkH 
• Competition in Edinburgh’s property market heats up - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/ZDSxdrzVYU 
• Personal insolvencies at fourteen year low - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/nUhApIygbe 
• SLCC hosts sanctions round table - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/bNN64MdwwO 
• England: Former Supreme Court justice calls Lord Thomas' arbitration proposals 'wholly retrograde' - Scottish Legal…https://t.co/yTnnsrepEV 
• Lesley Sawers appointed EHRC commissioner for Scotland - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/U9l3i5k7iw 
• Blog: The additional dwelling supplement - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/R6LFC5NU6K 
• Sheriff Appeal Court has ‘no power’ to remit to a sheriff to ‘substitute a competent sentence’, appeal judges rule https://t.co/2YFE40B2ir 
• EU referendum: High Court refuses to judicially review '15-year rule' - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/gbEiJVeyDE 
• Man who killed wife refused access to documents in negligence claim against health board over failure to admit him https://t.co/036lFz3fSD 
• Mentally ill asylum seeker ex-convict fails in attempt to have period of detention declared unlawful - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/CCGS8LexAW
• UK government faces second court battle over air pollution plans https://t.co/hmiWM1LeXp 
• Murder conviction of Chinese MI6 informant referred to appeal court https://t.co/YGQfUBSYxd 
• Catholic bishops back anti-abortion candidates in Northern Ireland vote https://t.co/yPGg6k3fin 
• Sir Martin Sorrell’s WPP boosts training following 'rape joke' lawsuit in the #US https://t.co/qskHsRDKp7 
• Hillsborough families to sue police for 'abuse on industrial scale' https://t.co/DHLCmpUxGc 
• Obama administration urges states to curb use of solitary confinement #US https://t.co/WU0eauz3VX 
• Ken Livingstone suspended from Labour after Hitler remarks https://t.co/PfAb3MlG15 
• Murders and suicides in prisons in England and Wales hit 25-year high https://t.co/qwbcjseUuA 
• China passes law imposing security controls on foreign NGOs https://t.co/Hwz9FuxW2e
• Inmates squeezed into NSW jails as prisoner numbers hit record high #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/FZA2DQIZFL 
• 'Millennials & The Changing Face Of The Law', by @AnnabelG2legal https://t.co/BaZo4qLrju 
• 'Perceptions of consent in male rape: evidence-based and inclusive policy making..' by @phil_rumney https://t.co/WFFc10JQak
• ‘Mob rule’ must not dictate legal aid policy | Law Gazette https://t.co/2SxWjC6HG9 
• Alan Blacker/Lord Harley has SRA claim struck out | Law Gazette https://t.co/A96pUTNana 
• Susskind: ‘you have five years to reinvent the legal profession’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/45p6iC26ew 
• ‘Rehabilitated’ ex-solicitor denied readmission | Law Gazette https://t.co/07W7UgnHOX 
• Men dominate latest round of new partners | Law Gazette https://t.co/BhTsS7pDuW 
• BBC to quiz recruits on family background https://t.co/9G9kAfDeGI 
• Sun hacking claims can go ahead, judge rules https://t.co/UoNUKw6YQk 
• Tata Steel 'needs more government help' to secure sale https://t.co/YVA6OmBt2W 
• Costa Concordia captain Schettino's appeals trial to begin #ITALY https://t.co/6Gfe2NyNWu 
• Lego admits 'mistake' in Ai Weiwei row https://t.co/F3fa0tXo98 
• EU referendum: Britons abroad lose vote legal bid https://t.co/T5cXrJs4Fd 
• Drone unlikely to have hit BA plane near Heathrow, government says https://t.co/30K4fCYL5H 
• Hillsborough: South Yorkshire and West Midlands Police face legal action https://t.co/L5LohJDw17 
• Five Hillsborough myths dispelled by inquests jury https://t.co/4fXnUNFbl2
• TheLawMap Wig is out! https://t.co/YokZGXMUQl

Labour MP John Mann has verbally attacked Ken Livingstone as tensions rise over anti-Semitic claims. The former mayor was heading for the BBC Westminster studio when he was confronted by his critic. Mr Livingstone, who faces calls for his own resignation for defending Nah Shah, said: "He went completely over the top." And he told Daily Politics presenter Andrew Neil that previously Mr Mann was "screaming I was a bigot down the phone".