19th May - Law News

1606th 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: Barristers have complained that the decision of their regulator to make public the risk of commercial pressures damaging the Bar could on its own have a negative impact on the profession’s reputation. Full story - Legal Futures

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Queensland solicitor general disqualified from advising on Campbell Newman case https://t.co/BTCzTEgRZM 
• A solicitor who represented hundreds of people at Merthyr Magistrates' Court has died https://t.co/AjWMGZcW6I 
• Solicitor Robert Duffy to compete in the 39th World Ironman Championship at Hawaii #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/dLIjm3WOIn 
• No more emails please, say solicitors in new fraud warning https://t.co/yjYNJNWBxw 
• Sheffield steps up bid to woo top legal firms after HSBC job cuts https://t.co/My7pCW81IP 
• Details of legal exchanges at O’Higgins commission emerge #IRELAND https://t.co/JK22vIYjvW 
• #Croatia's blockade of the opening of Chapter 23 in Serbia's EU accession negotiations "is not legally viable,?" https://t.co/uu7QWQYHQC 
• Consultancy for Review of National Legal and Policy Framework https://t.co/eVM9nDBhu3 
• Nationwide Mutual Insurance Chief Legal and Governance Officer Joins Squire Patton Boggs https://t.co/PUrSyZnzl1 
• Learning About #Cuba’s Legal System https://t.co/mpFdrRCfTt 
• Shameless Ukip MEP invokes European Parliament 'immunity' to halt slander lawsuit https://t.co/e0rXtmfnIr 
• Turkish opposition leader speaks out as MPs debate legal immunity law #TURKEY https://t.co/f2x0zU1L59
• Cybersecurity law given thumbs up by European Union’s ministers https://t.co/5bEgprABjp 
• How changes to UK copyright laws offers greater protection for designers https://t.co/5rst5E4yE4 
• Cameron Ditches Law To Make UK Parliament Sovereign Over Brussels https://t.co/fg7c1iTNoN 
• Sharia law compliance gets green light from UK Government with new halal student loan https://t.co/vjCiU3Rh17 
• Sole practitioner struck off for “masterclass in failure to comply” | Legal Futures: https://t.co/FRvyH4l0Vz
• OECD urges competition bodies to help open up legal markets to disruptive innovators | Legal Futures: https://t.co/2NnO4NixYD 
• High Court rejects Barnett’s appeal against strike-off | Legal Futures: https://t.co/i5FyVtUWN9 
• Join the SYLA committee for 2016/2017! | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/kBq2IPEUFT 
• Caymanian lawyers endorse UK anti-corruption statement | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/hkegrW2VSS 
• Report warning of Good Friday Agreement breach launched at Westminster | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/TcE0NHeL8c 
• Air weapon licensing campaign launches | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/megKlp9OaE 
• Alex Neil resigns as Social Justice Secretary | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/xRhvl5XaR6 
• Iain Nicol joins Balfour+Manson’s litigation team | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/uXyJZVUTYn 
• SSDT: solicitor guilty of professional misconduct in 14 transactions | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/3iOOfXl5U1
• Sudden death of Dundee and Tayside solicitor Bob Bruce | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/LCwSwlzEJv 
• Jim Sillars calls for war crimes act aimed at Tony Blair | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/NTkgtQVJxk 
• Lord Beckett joins Scottish bench | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/bQic06pv4M 
• Crown wins appeal against JP’s decision to refuse motion to adjourn trial for witness warrant | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/o9bKVYJ0yR 
• Growing opposition to repeal of Human Rights Act | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/pZdRritjSB 
• Judge issues note on ‘unique’ death by dangerous driving case where two accused were sitting in driver’s seat https://t.co/QDdWQs400l 
• Company tax cuts are not a knight in shining armour to save the economy | John Daley and Brendan Coates https://t.co/fG5cc8FmZs 
• Trump's supreme court picks are a conservative dream come true #US https://t.co/Ed5jersqRo 
• Trump woos conservatives with list of potential supreme court picks #US https://t.co/qq06ovJ3P9 
• Mock hearing for Merrick Garland yields dismissive Republican response #US https://t.co/XvtxmnAND2 
• Unless Gove cuts prison numbers, he’s doomed to fail https://t.co/lw6VA7oyjV
• The Guardian view on the Queen’s speech: playing it safe | Editorial https://t.co/vcUZG8cGBi
• The Conservatives need to accept the Human Rights Act, and move on | Keir Starmer https://t.co/yicCOfBVHs
• IPCC launches inquiry into collapse of gang-rape case https://t.co/dnlMJF3JGv May 18, 2016
• Texas poised to be the next bathroom battleground in transgender fight #US https://t.co/vXKcVZlHxF 
• Prison reform plan 'will not solve overcrowding and funding problems' https://t.co/YGFZOntT0r 
• #ISRAEL action threatens to close down rights group and 'chill' free speech https://t.co/Pijw4xHEvD 
• Pop-up courts needed to help create more flexible justice system – report https://t.co/8apW9gmrrF 
• As midwives, we support women – whatever their choices on abortion | Cathy Warwick https://t.co/NzB4jqswvT 
• Skype, iPads and in-cell education at heart of major prisons shakeup https://t.co/BbTfdiEaI8 
• Would Brexit affect my business's IP rights in Europe? https://t.co/U3bfxkWIIp
• 'Disproportionate' number of lawyers still privately educated, finds SRA https://t.co/FqUiYgDov2 
• American Bar Association closes door on ABS debate https://t.co/iKFeKSVzGY
• International firm opens fourth Asia-Pac office in Taipei https://t.co/qxMwq3wRcz 
• O&G specialists join Pinsent Masons https://t.co/j4JWtaCKQs
• Ince & Co hires team for Cologne launch https://t.co/lRS61DVGxQ 
• NewLaw: The Quiet Revolution https://t.co/ZZkhcOt3mu 
• Travers Smith makes up six in another bumper round https://t.co/zGUnWBBN2p 
• Ben Butler trial: Murder accused dad says court 'out for blood' https://t.co/e4H1xKWqsy 
• Hillsborough: David Duckenfield found at US airport https://t.co/N5J42Vw0RX
• David Cameron’s plan for a UK spaceport will face epic legal battles | Law Gazette https://t.co/v7nR0rScjj 
• Regulator in danger of ‘eroding confidence’ in the bar | Law Gazette https://t.co/DCUcGxf8Q1 
• Let law firms host court hearings – rights thinktank | Law Gazette https://t.co/6NbP9RKiiN 
• Queen’s speech: lawyers no longer at risk when making IP threats | Law Gazette https://t.co/91XllK9low
• Barrister disbarred after lying to judge about PC | Law Gazette https://t.co/4pwvj0fwt3 
• Queen’s speech: SARs regime to be improved | Law Gazette https://t.co/TK0BrSfC1E
• Queen’s speech: courts and prisons to be reformed | Law Gazette https://t.co/K1kPK70xRq 
• Plans to give prison governors control welcomed https://t.co/oCE7glaQCv 
• The Queen's Speech: Pension savers to be better protected https://t.co/BXCUT6YBpJ 
• Adoption law reform aims to speed up placements https://t.co/TtNWhngMr6 
• Age checks for porn sites in Queen's Speech https://t.co/LFfWBHtrXU 
• Millions of hacked LinkedIn IDs advertised 'for sale' https://t.co/eFhmeW7nHL 
• Europa League final: Liverpool fans warned about fake tickets https://t.co/RXIuFPMjgy 
• Bill-by-bill summary: Queen's Speech at-a-glance https://t.co/b7cjwittAz 
• Police 'too busy' to arrest drunk driver in Somerset https://t.co/xQaIc8MVa0 
• Android Pay in UK: A tipping point for mobile payments? https://t.co/yJDRoT7mQl 
• Chibok girls: 'First kidnapped girl rescued' in #Nigeria https://t.co/8P5asFtiV2 
• Queen's Speech: Prison shake-up at heart of new laws https://t.co/qJuw1xUbBp 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! https://t.co/C2AslOerDg
• Queen's Speech: New prison governor powers expected https://t.co/qJuw1xUbBp 
• QS founder offers stakes in comparison site to law firms | Law Gazette https://t.co/gLuVkZBaaQ 
• Government urged to introduce guardianship bill in Queen’s speech | Law Gazette https://t.co/7M4cJA9kEd 
• Sole practitioners criticise ‘threatening’ diversity survey | Law Gazette https://t.co/Xd1vAC4Fq2 
• Privately educated dominate senior ranks at top law firms | Law Gazette https://t.co/6a2lrdKW5H

Today's video story: Angelina Jolie Pitt, the UN refugee agency's special envoy, has warned that the international humanitarian system for refugees is breaking down. Ms Jolie Pitt has been speaking as part of the BBC's World on the Move day of coverage of global migration issues. She warned against a "fear of migration" and a "race to the bottom" as countries competed to be the toughest to protect themselves.