8th April - Law News

1564th 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: Commercial pressures could threaten barristers’ independence and tempt them to take risks that harm consumers, the bar regulator has warned. In its first risk outlook, the Bar Standards Board says pressures arise from cuts to legal aid, the rising number of litigants in person, and competition from alternative business structures and solicitors' firms. Full story - The Law Society Gazette

Saturday Conversations on Law

• SRA refers Public Interest Lawyers to tribunal over Iraq abuse inquiry | Legal Futures: https://t.co/3914CzT3dv 
• Innovation is not the Holy Grail, SDT tells Legal Services Board | Legal Futures: https://t.co/ahTj1eekOG 
• Solicitor who overcharged his clients “in the most despicable way” is struck off | Legal Futures: https://t.co/qtIznm1J7U 
• Vatican unveils frescoes in catacombs that show FEMALE PRIESTS https://t.co/rCHqYErK07 
• Hull driver's parking fine cancelled after warden moves cone https://t.co/FfipsloorB 
• Summer Safari Waterpark 'scam' removed from Facebook https://t.co/l052zwer6w 
• NHS Christian worker loses appeal after 'giving book to Muslim colleague' https://t.co/KtOgxyT5Ku 
• Southwark search and arrest in PC Gordon Semple hunt https://t.co/yW8TRd4Oeo 
• Asad Shah death: Shopkeeper 'killer' statement condemned https://t.co/Vpb7d6jgCl 
• Plans to change animal welfare codes abandoned by government https://t.co/3uZ7l4PV8i 
• David Cameron had stake in father's offshore trust https://t.co/WC6GQ3lIx4
• The Guardian view on criminal policy: sex, money and the long arm of the law | Editorial https://t.co/StzA6KoaP1 
• Secret court hearing to rule on Foreign Office's evaluation of human rights https://t.co/BlIoiaMNqE 
• Sexting for your health: patients send genitalia photos, raising legal concerns https://t.co/mPsvsW1VO4 
• Law firm in Iraq death case misled court, judge rules https://t.co/HE5VSodMUx 
• Shami Chakrabarti: 'Blair and Brown tried to woo me' – video interview https://t.co/CsVmc51ENk 
• Lord chief justice intervenes in case of judge suing MoJ for race discrimination https://t.co/QlKpzPkLH6 
• Yes to press freedom, but must we use it to expose people's sex lives? https://t.co/ZwV0yKUfUN 
• A power of attorney has split my husband and his sister https://t.co/nEvcIoWF1d 
• Public Interest Lawyers plans 'robust defence' after referral to SDT | Law Gazette https://t.co/QIDQkbpCeZ 
• R v Jogee: Supreme Court orders retrial in ‘joint enterprise’ case | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/hfspr5w614 
• WS Summer Internships 2016 – Applications Open! | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/G5eRtc3B4q 
• Total number of executions worldwide up 50 per cent | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/HDW4fp4knd 
• Scotland marketed as tax haven alongside Panama | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/EFFbQo1sl5 
• Mossack Fonseca lodges criminal complaint over Panama Papers | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/fRMy36Rb5X 
• Shake-up in Scottish Income Tax rules, but business as usual for taxpayers | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/pPW67HJc18 
• General Court prepares for influx of judges amid reports of artificially inflated caseload | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/exfEo97an1 
• Blackadders lawyer Jennifer Douglas runs Paris Marathon for charity | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/uPAwBMZ5iP 
• Frances McMenamin QC to deliver keynote speech at SYLA conference | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/97lpwViuZr 
• Call for clarity in legal approach to maximising North Sea oil and gas recovery | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/B1doqGu6PP 
• Preventing people sleeping rough on the streets of Glasgow | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/IgW3xRS24c
• New offences outlined for terror suspects who flee abroad | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/H7Jf8HDsoC 
• Panama Papers: Putin rejects corruption allegations #RUSSIA https://t.co/tAmCAJdP5W 
• Ex-Leeds United managing director 'beaten' in Dubai jail https://t.co/dZ6TKZAgtJ 
• #China hotel 'assault video' sparks anger and debate https://t.co/mziaOoZOjh 
• Arrest over Guildford and Cranleigh cat shootings https://t.co/kd59yvWwkI 
• Panama Papers: FCA asks firms to check for links https://t.co/MyvAGYEMp0 
• Brussels attacks: New video of airport bombing suspect https://t.co/SZhIDOWHRp 
• Angela Wrightson murder: Girls given life terms for 'cowardly' killing https://t.co/raBOHNo0wY 
• The tragedy that 'chemsex' drugs can cause https://t.co/8lk2HilENJ 
• Joint enterprise: lifting a flawed dragnet | Law Gazette https://t.co/IXHBAUzQac 
• Global firm must pay £118k over negligent advice | Law Gazette https://t.co/308g0dAUVL 
• Solicitor claims he was tortured in Dubai jail | Law Gazette https://t.co/ZAPNWjQyPJ
• Firms line up to join P2P lender panel | Law Gazette https://t.co/f62JmqIPIQ 
• Panama Papers could lead to more divorce challenges | Law Gazette https://t.co/ZttYywCNhh 
• Second law firm referred to SDT over Al-Sweady fallout | Law Gazette https://t.co/m3wxkeUmVx 
• Co-op Legal back in profit, quits legal aid | Law Gazette https://t.co/KaE6PViT6B 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! https://t.co/AdVCQ37itv
• Can you stop a paedophile before they've abused a child? https://t.co/bXj0F8Pn49 
• #Panama Papers: Government announces creation of 'panel of experts' https://t.co/z6xQZ3OTRv 
• EgyptAir hijack: #Cyprus 'agrees to extradite suspect' https://t.co/JgNpOjGRtg 
• Panama Papers: Cameron's 2013 concern over trust reforms https://t.co/MqzfgI9cJI 
• #France prostitution: MPs outlaw paying for sex https://t.co/lsenAs2WH4 
• #Netherlands 'rejects' EU-Ukraine partnership deal https://t.co/NT9dJHmkDT 
• Met homicide unit searching for missing PC Gordon Semple https://t.co/90v34YjNCL 
• Jade Lynch search: Missing teenager found 'safe and well' https://t.co/5clwgzQxka

Today's video story: The smiling face that greets refugees when they get to the Greece-Macedonia border is that of Gabriela Andreevska. She welcomes them, feeds them, and sends them on their way to the EU feeling like human beings.