4th April - Law News

1560th 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: From 1 April, all new civil legal aid applications must be made through the Client and Cost Management System (CCMS), the Legal Aid Agency has said. The CCMS has proved controversial due to repeated complaints from practitioners experiencing technical difficulties with the system. Last week, family lawyers’ group Resolution wrote to the Agency asking them to delay compulsory use of the system as it was “not fit for purpose”. Resolution and the Legal Aid Practitioners Group (LAPG) released a joint statement this week expressing disappointment at the Agency’s decision to press ahead. They said more than two-thirds of users “reported regularly experiencing problems with CCMS in a recent survey”. Full story - New Law Journal

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Newspaper’s victory in council tax disclosure fight - Caroline Kean Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/2Kx6Gv4KVV 
• My legal life: Emma Brooksbank, Simpson Millar, Leeds - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/Oh8xYvW4AV
• Polymath, philosopher, author, lawyer: A&O’s Philip Wood even writes songs - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/xBtKJ1izY3 
• Re-examining legal privilege | Law Gazette https://t.co/MapYNGXzm2 
• Two recent cases have tested the principle of diplomatic immunity | Law Gazette https://t.co/GGNa2fZDXP 
• M&A hack attack on 48 elite law firms | Law Gazette https://t.co/z1XhrSEUzo
• Chinese lawyer shortlisted for freedom of speech award | Law Gazette https://t.co/4VyldsGgZ8 
• The dawn of the artificially intelligent lawyer https://t.co/IiUm5BRTlH 
• LIV supports recommendations from family violence commission #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/358eyUQW3c
• Lawyers’ resistance to cloud services and technology are holding firms back https://t.co/xN7iKgL1xQ 
• Firm urges government to prioritise workers' rights #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/A2GjQFLKJd 
• Smaller firms find it easier to adopt a corporate structure and benefit from making the transition https://t.co/3QlTxoYbiM 
• Nottingham law student Twitter and Instagram feeds flooded with abuse after she posts cheeky snap with Gaz from Geordie Shore https://t.co/QkcJoctX6Z 
• DLA Piper associate struck off for concealing strike out https://t.co/NatimNZBqA 
• Coroners and Justice Act 2009: Is it a blessing or just further stressing? https://t.co/aEoDv5fbJG 
• Britain’s first black female High Court judge opens up about racism at the bar https://t.co/ZxNo5Vq8Yr
• How to turn pupillage interview failure into success https://t.co/nls5gzcYdd
• 'Drunk' solicitor inadvertently becomes TV star after using work email to abuse comedian https://t.co/stRAjqlW1I 
• Inns of Court quietly open applications for big money Graduate Diploma in Law scholarships https://t.co/jJKObkDbiA
• Top social media barrister says screenshotting Snapchats is unlikely to be illegal https://t.co/s9dHJewC5P
• Jobless wannabe lawyer loses legal battle against her law school https://t.co/VxJZf19ZVf 
• LSE student who tried to ban free speech society shares tabloid ordeal pain https://t.co/8BjIrY2Jdh 
• Aspiring solicitor’s training contract deemed worthless after she was left unsupervised for 15 months https://t.co/jEpaMdARWu 
• King & Wood Mallesons and Eversheds reveal contrasting trainee retention performances https://t.co/Zom58ZGg70
• Devil’s advocate - why bishops in the House of Lords must go https://t.co/4FG3i9JgQp 
• BPP law student caught dealing cannabis to fund lawyer dream https://t.co/vFTJ7l7kgL
• Former Liberty director Shami Chakrabarti to join top commercial set 39 Essex Chambers https://t.co/b1LjvpXBEz
• Video: How to become a serious injury lawyer https://t.co/17Rfr1sVi0 
• Doughty Street junior barrister replaces Shami Chakrabarti as director of Liberty https://t.co/QqbouPetn7 
• #Greece insists refugee deportations will begin despite doubts over EU-Turkey deal https://t.co/A0eMqecF9D
• Policing jihadi terrorism requires accountability all round https://t.co/Vkjurs8aYN 
• SME law firm growth to slow in face of "new, post-recession norm" | Legal Futures: https://t.co/0nZSJMTCae 
• Bar's "tribal culture" a barrier to clients and diversity, says BSB report | Legal Futures: https://t.co/41wokTtMwo 
• Would-be barrister fails in bid to lift vexatious litigant order | Legal Futures: https://t.co/x14QtpxldL 
• Solicitor struck off after billing clients for work he didn't do | Legal Futures: https://t.co/4S8EAXFE9s 
• Panama Papers Q&A: How assets are hidden and taxes dodged https://t.co/K7OS53itFL 
• Migrant crisis: Brenner frontier demonstration sees clashes #AUSTRIA https://t.co/9pMhzE7fD2 
• Panama Papers: #Iceland PM's investments questioned https://t.co/jqAb05MNH5 
• Panama Papers: Putin associates linked to 'money laundering' #RUSSIA https://t.co/P0c2PaAbeF 
• Banbury lorry crash death: Victim 'was refugee under vehicle' https://t.co/r53F9ZtROw 
• Panama Papers: Mossack Fonseca leak reveals elite's tax havens https://t.co/jAbmFBZM2Q 
• Gay Talese, 84 year old writer in Twitter storm after failing to name inspirational female writers https://t.co/oOJv5L5iZL 
• Human rights lawyer gets death threats after plea to Scottish Muslims https://t.co/QEw3sB3oQ9 
• Man arrested in Dublin as fights break out over 1916 rising memorial #IRELAND https://t.co/ThrUdEWjon 
• #Greece on brink of chaos as refugees riot over forced return to Turkey https://t.co/PvSkQJBcdd 
• British drug smuggler: 'I might have had a lot of blood on my hands' https://t.co/NeVM4Au0to 
• BBC Sport - Anti-doping: Arsenal, Chelsea & Leicester deny 'false' claims https://t.co/YeETzmn2dY 
• Michaella McCollum: Drugs smuggler speaks about 'moment of madness' https://t.co/uPD6cAaECX 
• Nagorno-Karabakh fighting: #Azerbaijan 'calls truce' https://t.co/KlNgrXAgdi 
• Brussels attacks: Flights resume at Zaventem airport #BELGIUM https://t.co/s7HokxB63J 
• A Point of View: Does screen violence make society more violent? https://t.co/pOEk4bWgY1 
• #NIGERIA campaign to stop women giving birth in church https://t.co/dKOLe6rgZ0
• What next for President Zuma after Nkandla ruling? #SOUTHAFRICA https://t.co/5SKECxYFWL 
• How Islamic State group supporters targeted the UK https://t.co/mZbb8pT7Bl
• Human rights lawyer Aamer Anwar receives death threats https://t.co/Ki9FDvBAqM
• Advice Direct Ltd: 'Abusive' nuisance call company fined £20,000 https://t.co/0fEPqSqcPx 
• Lancashire's Santander cash machines targeted by criminals https://t.co/BzH2MX6ybU 
• Stop and search controversy continues - the Round-up | UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/kZY22PDAJJ 
• Human rights - a coat of many colours | UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/wCTckSUGjk 
• The round-up: Genocide, domestic violence and justice on holiday | UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/0W1i4lvir4 
• Does Art 5 entail a right to legal representation when facing prison for contempt of court? | UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/oe6CCjD9ba 
• Triumph for the rule of law in South Africa? | UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/142Clwp1zr
• de Menezes: No individual prosecutions, but an effective investigation - ECtHR | UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/4qMwHAR1QW 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! https://t.co/Y2iUUlhyhQ
• Obstacles to 'coding while black' https://t.co/VwxkYvRd06
• Is it OK for white people to have dreadlocks? https://t.co/zT1WgOZEyW
• Goddard inquiry 'will not ignore false abuse claims' https://t.co/pAzWycFcdD 
• #GREECE challenges IMF over 'debt transcript leak' https://t.co/BBjKB6ZudD

Today's video story:  On the backdrop of the Indian Supreme Courts decision on National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC), for the first time on Indian television, TIMES NOW brings you the biggest face between a union minister and a former Chief Justice of India. In the biggest debate of 2015, Union Minister Arun Jaitley is set to take on Former Chief Justice RM Lodha to put to rest the matter of greater authority between the legislature and judiciary.