30th April - Law News

1951st Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based news & legal articles archive focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's video story: Getting your message across can be hard especially if you are an anti-corruption activist trying to get members of congress to listen. Doug Hughes thought that delivering a batch of protest mail to the US Capitol by gyro-copter might grab their attention, although it just grabbed him time in jail – 2 years on he is trying a more conventional approach.

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Man stabbed in the head after trying to stop woman being robbed in Dulwich Park... https://t.co/YJTHG5A6zK
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/ve6QCwZCot
• 'Rangers fan found making monkey gestures' towards Celtic winger Scott Sinclair during Old Firm derby... https://t.co/4qi5dMMO5l 
• Brexit: UK may have to recognise ECJ court rulings to keep security cooperation https://t.co/Jwjz31tP8A 
• First openly gay United Methodist bishop stays, subject to church review https://t.co/6vhW4rac7i 
• Hundreds of private patients seek compensation from rogue surgeon https://t.co/9bk7fZ472P 
• 'Marine A' Alexander Blackman enjoys first hours of freedom https://t.co/uv0C9rMUgk 
• Man dead and woman hurt at Sedgefield motocross event https://t.co/2h4PVz6MX5 
• Tory cuts to school funding: Shorter school week should be considered, say head teachers https://t.co/uGcTiVJ0bb
• Woman arrested after being shot by police in London https://t.co/2tSL7JWQol
• Dozens of Yazidis enslaved by IS in #Iraq now free https://t.co/ujXIha9k12
• Man shot dead after intruders enter house in sleepy St Ives https://t.co/PGQ4FRHyM2 
• Labour will block the sale of weapons to repressive regimes if it wins the election... https://t.co/J3EJFErVo2 
• Amazonian Tribe Seizes Military Helicopter And Takes Government Officials Hostage After Oil Spill https://t.co/mXGKBEpD94 
• Conservative party has seen its lead narrow considerably over the last week, a poll by YouGov shows https://t.co/DLzVVgz3gC 
• Household food waste level 'unacceptable' https://t.co/ADsOEQ1Pxh
• Five ways law students can engage with tech to best prepare for legal practice https://t.co/VWcLDpJ2nY
• Property lawyer fined £10,000 for renting out house with ‘kitchen in the garden shed’ https://t.co/hSB5duYwfJ 
• The Legal Cheek Barrister Survey 2017 https://t.co/7jGWfwKAub 
• Property crowdfunding in the UK: Is it here to stay? https://t.co/0G4hxcxx5m 
• Liz Truss will not make a year as Lord Chancellor, Joshua Rozenberg predicts https://t.co/L4YgV73Wc3 
• Clifford Chance to fund community law graduate scheme likened to Teach First https://t.co/mXz2ZB1vhC
• Slater and Gordon solicitor, 31, becomes youngest coroner in England and Wales https://t.co/Ud1w4SXk9Z 
• Revealed: how close firms are to reaching their gender diversity targets https://t.co/0VGyHbks5E 
• Reed Smith offers flexi-working option to all London lawyers https://t.co/WBPf9tRDU8 
• Israel, Italy, New Zealand and South Africa all have more diverse judiciaries than us https://t.co/f6wZdI0OEk 
• Cambridge law student launches Lord Denning-inspired search engine https://t.co/AV0DdYmEjO 
• What are your best law revision tips? https://t.co/YdlDRrPpbI
• BPP implements internet speed restrictions on popular student sites including Facebook and YouTube https://t.co/h4JvX5prud 
• City law firms take nine spots in ‘Top 50 employers for women’ list https://t.co/Yh0SydRKcW 
• Legal Cheek apology to Jolyon Maugham QC https://t.co/rCiNPkudZ7 
• Burges Salmon posts perfect 100% retention score https://t.co/b3Y2ev9uyO
• Sussex University law grad with a ‘passion for pro bono’ becomes BPP’s first ever trainee solicitor https://t.co/4JX8n4HoGz 
• We ‘cocked up’, but it wasn’t misconduct: Leigh Day’s defence begins https://t.co/tz5SXT2d4z 
• Don’t assume landlords are always the villains in disputes with tenants https://t.co/1iH8cvdRtQ 
• Eversheds Sutherland keeps all 12 spring NQs https://t.co/Z6AwxS5jXv 
• Legal Cheek talks… how will the new solicitor super-exam affect you? https://t.co/CGbza1jCLU 
• Police get more time to quiz terror suspects https://t.co/14kVzSmC4Q 
• Gem TV: #Iranian CEO Saeed Karimian shot dead in Istanbul #Turkey... https://t.co/2BUslXpTbK 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/qnG1C84eUd
• Madeleine McCann: Parents mark 10 since daughter went missing https://t.co/k5ORhAAuGx 
• How Britain is trying to control the porn you watch... https://t.co/NnojxqqZOV 
• Arkansas execution: Judge orders post-mortem #US https://t.co/4YaDYB63Qa 
• #Italian woman 'returns mixed-race surrogate baby' https://t.co/e4CKtupIhc
• General election 2017: Jeremy Corbyn defends leadership style as a refreshing alternative to liars https://t.co/o1GO0BnKcp

29th April - Law News

1950th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based news & legal articles archive focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's video story: Five times a dictator: He's ruled Uganda for 31 years. With five presidential terms in office, Yoweri Museveni is surrounded by controversies related to freedom of speech, human rights, allegations of nepotism, and even the killing of Ugandan citizens. But President Museveni claims Uganda is one of the most democratic countries in the world and that he is leading his people out of poverty and to an even better future.

Saturday Conversations on Law

• UK: The Criminal Finances Act 2017 https://t.co/WzAU8OGmEO
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/yiQbbYsaDa
• The ICO fines UK charities for data protection breaches https://t.co/fNrj0Veyxg 
• Workshop discusses legal aspects on implementation of Minamata Convention on Mercury #Mauritious https://t.co/B0IZXvV5T2 
• Legal highs: Reports of addiction surged after 'zombie drug' spice was banned https://t.co/lS3eAdJULB 
• House bill to give #Venezuelans path to legal #US residency has bipartisan support https://t.co/6y5Gv90sj1
• Information Commissioner warns political groups to campaign within the law https://t.co/KWXYvhEcK3 
• 'Wait your turn': The incredibly complicated process behind legal immigration to the #US https://t.co/FUaqtGVdli 
• The Dualist System of the English Constitution and the Victorian Acquis https://t.co/NICZkiPci0
• Brexit: EU demands 'serious UK response' on citizens' rights https://t.co/NZgH9pIKU2 https://t.co/EXOdFWSTfR 
• 4 legal alternatives to lethal injection in the #US. https://t.co/OZPjqV7vMd 
• Scottish Government launches independent review of regulation of the legal profession in Scotland https://t.co/rFc1DOo1Xf 
• North-east MP's delight as her move to protect women becomes law https://t.co/yNPbVbO6KJ 
• 'Certainty' for providers as UK higher education reforms become law https://t.co/ihBxGJEgxq 
• Digital Economy Act 2017 gets royal assent and is now law https://t.co/Fslk9jdEOz 
• UK Minister: EU Data Transfers No Problem Post-Brexit https://t.co/NdQqsFlbK0 https://t.co/gVCtYhFhrd 
• Council sending section 20 cases to legal planning meetings to ensure compliance https://t.co/cBUhERi3Yf
• Rebel Wilson to head home to #Australia for legal action against magazine https://t.co/3fM5kSgOPK 
• Noted social analyst and legal scholar to give the Henry L. Gates Jr. '73 Lecture #US https://t.co/9JFTdic0H2 
• HMRC’s raids suggest stepping up activity ahead of new laws | New Law Journal https://t.co/2FPXLjHlxw 
• Law firm creates advice for business on HMRC dawn raids | New Law Journal https://t.co/KBVWNA8UbV 
• Justice report highlights barriers to diversity & suggests reforms | New Law Journal https://t.co/Q0TaADh46v 
• The opposition speaks on Brexit | New Law Journal https://t.co/lf6iGqsx7x 
• Slow march of the robot lawyer | New Law Journal https://t.co/XCQe2Rhtdg 
• Solicitors Qualifying Exam receives green light | New Law Journal... https://t.co/NEITuImUlE 
• Lord Chief Justice issues reassurance over London's DR status post-Brexit | New Law Journal https://t.co/awX37Uwx95 
• Homelessness: Bishop wants more action from church https://t.co/urzVWcWRIf
• Airlander 10: Longest aircraft gets permission to fly again https://t.co/QseQAsfmw2 
• No action against A140 motorist who drove into car head on https://t.co/J0G7SBpH45 
• Mike Samwell car theft murder accused appears in court https://t.co/r1M4wAyA4I 
• #Turkish authorities block Wikipedia without giving reason https://t.co/s2XGyOLmIt 
• Breast surgeon Ian Paterson case: 'Hundreds' of other victims https://t.co/27sT900cRB 
• Brexit: EU-27 agree negotiating stance https://t.co/NZgH9pIKU2 
• Trump executive order aims to allow Arctic drilling #US https://t.co/YPXKy2Cs8F
• Kansas City gunpoint victim explains astonishing cool #US... https://t.co/LMeeJe6bcO 
• #Brazil: Violence erupts in Rio after general strike https://t.co/B0knIkB8Py https://t.co/ehXU2kNQJk 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/YNQYrDcQcj

A special set of photographs taken at the #SaveWomanbyStreet rally in Cardiff where music fans marched through the city to show to the council that the historic musical heritage of Cardiff that is attached to this street must be preserved and property developers must not be allowed to build flats and hotels. Photos courtesy of Taz Rahman, Cardiff based wedding and events photographer (website: www.amonochromedream.com):

28th April - Law News

1949th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based news & legal articles archive focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's video story: A rare glimpse inside a typical North Korean apartment and shows an insight into everyday life.


Focus of the day story: The criminal defence community faces an anxious wait to find out if it has to absorb further legal aid fee cuts, a practitioner group has confirmed. After contacting the Ministry of Justice and Legal Aid Agency, the Criminal Law Solicitors’ Association says the government will not issue its response to consultations on reforming graduated fee schemes for advocates and litigators until after the 8 June general election. Full story - The Law Society Gazette

Saturday Conversations on Law

• German airlines drop safety rule prompted by Germanwings crash https://t.co/3Ga0XvfkYZ
• Executed Arkansas man 'convulsed and groaned' #US https://t.co/bEjhgStSAK 
• Is inequality about to get unimaginably worse? https://t.co/D099jmClXi
• Tory Isle of Wight MP steps down after 'gay danger remark' https://t.co/f9EhwlpwCs 
• Stranded in the #Bahamas: luxury Fyre festival, co-organised by the rapper Ja Rule, turns to 'chaos' https://t.co/V5c5PribhP 
• Theresa May accused of hiding from public in Leeds at Tory activist-filled event https://t.co/8sj289Une1 
• #China convicts rights lawyer Li Heping of 'subversion of state power' https://t.co/Wbclz63oog 
• Spice ruins lives and costs taxpayers a fortune. It doesn’t have to be this way https://t.co/BffFjt8G9Y 
• Council of Europe assembly leader stripped of powers after Assad visit https://t.co/ikMYPOV6BV
• Man who raped stranger hours before his wedding given life term https://t.co/bdEdRW0JPv
• Law firms won’t cure the woes of the Horn of Africa, but their presence suggests something https://t.co/qouTMwz5M8
• What law firms want from an exam | Law Gazette https://t.co/8gmBsu2MAK 
• Quindell owner waits on £53m Slater and Gordon claim | Law Gazette https://t.co/8JbnKSSIS5 
• Clifford Chance to close Thailand base | Law Gazette https://t.co/3vu4tfonui 
• Campaigners call for hate crime equality | Law Gazette https://t.co/ddoHkKjLVN 
• White-collar crime clampdown gets green light | Law Gazette https://t.co/dUPY2iYRMk 
• International outcry as China sentences human rights lawyer | Law Gazette https://t.co/EYrMvYN2tD 
• Justice committee outlines 'unfinished business' | Law Gazette https://t.co/UtWDTKBl4H 
• Women comprise 30% of new partners at Eversheds Sutherland | Law Gazette https://t.co/pPl8xn43jc 
• Top firms ‘hindered’ by partners’ lack of language skills | Law Gazette https://t.co/dobxKOG4uz 
• Judge queries High Court trial at 'substantial cost' to public | Law Gazette https://t.co/z13ovlj7kD 
• Hundreds join civil claims after Ian Paterson conviction | Law Gazette https://t.co/DFbCMzhUvJ 
• Leigh Day eager to 'do things by the book' on Iraq claims, SDT hears | Law Gazette https://t.co/TZllkxOZKa
• Ian Paterson: Breast surgeon 'played God' with women's bodies https://t.co/Qq4lhXVORu 
• Oxford University sorry for eye contact racism claim https://t.co/9vHVtq59vH 
• Drones posed 'significant risk' to passenger plane https://t.co/3XUt5VSTJ0
• Ilie Nastase: Serena Williams comments were 'spontaneous' https://t.co/VHHhc0fPZT 
• Google and Facebook duped in huge 'scam' https://t.co/oC5ZIx1iSa
• Call for investigation after Tory MP tells school kids being gay is ‘dangerous to society’ https://t.co/gNTr35jysL 
• Furious Londoners call for police to investigate Katie Hopkins over tweet about Whitehall terror arrest https://t.co/f4zdcbkL28
• Anti-Racism Protesters Storm UKIP General Election Launch by Paul Nuttall https://t.co/GeUqPPX747 
• Prime Minister urges judges, lawyers to be more humanitarian to litigants #Bangladesh https://t.co/ID2MnVurwz 
• Thames garden bridge scrapped by Sadiq Khan https://t.co/PadqVQ8Fd2 
• Man arrested in Whitehall on suspicion of terror offences is 27-year-old Mohammed Khalid Omar Ali https://t.co/P1303DIhIs 
• Law firm fee income up by 6%, benchmarking survey finds - Legal Futures https://t.co/HpTCkELgH6 
• Report: unmet legal need puts heat on MPs' surgeries - Legal Futures: https://t.co/v1bGEYspqG 
• McKenzie Friends – a storm in a teapot - Legal Futures: https://t.co/Y53nn1OdPu 
• Slater & Gordon yet to pay any deferred consideration to Quindell vendor - Legal Futures: https://t.co/b7PtOa1dpN 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/J96pWpbcfC
• Man found stabbed to death on Marylebone bus https://t.co/gtlVCQEShC 
• UK drawing up new laws for post-Brexit sanctions plan https://t.co/wClOnRTEqp 
• Vauxhall 'reckless' over Zafira fires, say MPs https://t.co/0C1kZ5YEnb 
• Willesden shooting: Police foil 'active terror plot' https://t.co/nfvSP09JMC 
• Woman shot by police during London counter-terrorism raid https://t.co/D1sCLHhoR8
• #France investigates votes for 2018 and 2022 World Cups and questions Blatter https://t.co/IMDi1eCxDy 
• Scotland bans private firms from doing benefit assessments https://t.co/QcNET4fA5U 
• Former Newcastle winger Sylvain Marveaux arrested in tax fraud probe https://t.co/jQoINl1uSY 
• Doctor dragged off United Airlines flight from Chicago has received a financial settlement from the airline #US https://t.co/BnpJweVH1T 
• University fee increases pushed through parliament by Tories https://t.co/0GzeioMbUq 
• If she's drunk, it's rape: former vice-president was speaking at college campus #US https://t.co/9OF0gVRdXE 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/X4syUeBkC9
• Claimants can bring benefits appeals in First-tier Tribunal | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/nveu37KJKb 
• Legal innovators urge peers to overcome fear of breaching regulatory rules | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/0dGWIuNAYr 
• High Court rejects government bid to delay air quality plan | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/6rdvVTB0YJ

27th April - Law News

1947th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based news & legal articles archive focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's video story: UK government must publish pollution plans before election. A High Court judge has ordered the British government to publish its plans on tackling air pollution by May 9.


Focus of the day story:  One in four solicitors receiving SBA funding have poor mental health. Poor health and financial problems linked in a vicious circle. Full story - Solicitors Journal

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Iraq firm 'failed to examine concerns about bribes', tribunal hears | Law Gazette https://t.co/5FIJOFO3dk
• Scots review legal regulation over fears consumers are 'exposed' | Law Gazette https://t.co/T56YlMMhbF 
• European court rules against film piracy devices | Law Gazette https://t.co/dMQqeN1fUP
• 'Stressful' uncertainty over legal aid cuts will continue until June | Law Gazette https://t.co/Qgnd9ak5RJ 
• Bar calls for Brexit CJEU clarification | Law Gazette https://t.co/3MaXgsTaE2 
• Female BAME defendants 'overwhelmed by legal jargon' | Law Gazette https://t.co/iGl0U3pUhx
• Defence warns of 'chilling effect' of guilty verdict at Leigh Day tribunal | Law Gazette https://t.co/Vq3LldIVvc 
• Elizabeth Hart-Browne cleared of murdering boyfriend https://t.co/SIgCcPTias 
• Police have issued security advice after "suspicious packages" were sent to a Scottish MP... https://t.co/p7TBBXUkhF
• UKIP leader Paul Nuttall confirms he will stand at general election but did not say which seat... https://t.co/Rmy7rIMHFg 
• #German soldier posed as Syrian refugee and 'planned attack' https://t.co/vQkRztq46h 
• Le Pen's National Front defrauded the EU 'taking 5m euros' #France https://t.co/VBlt8wfIjx 
• Brexit: Chancellor Merkel warns UK on scope of talks with EU https://t.co/j9GjOuIkDv 
• Terror arrest near Houses of Parliament https://t.co/ZlU7Drfzaz
• Police to use facial recognition at Champions League final https://t.co/UJb6Ro5YGR 
• 'Global epidemic' of US-style plea bargaining prompts miscarriage warning https://t.co/0mULTYyib9 
• Prison statistics reveal big rise in self-harm and assaults on staff https://t.co/G1ClPYPgfm 
• Royal Marine Alexander Blackman to be released on Friday https://t.co/yIA3h3gi1S 
• Air pollution plan would be election campaign bomb, court hears https://t.co/Jg200qpnGe 
• Law firm 'cocked-up' over list revealing Iraqi abuse claimants were not civilians https://t.co/h3tu03IpFN 
• Exclusive: Family Law Café goes live with lawyer 'mentors' to help clients navigate their cases - Legal Futures:... https://t.co/wdmmDhk0N7 
• SQE will be of "similar difficulty" to US bar exam - as it draws very mixed response from profession and... https://t.co/zOo521XeTR 
• Scotland launches McClementi review to promote innovation and competition in legal market - Legal Futures:... https://t.co/7Ns3khGvgX 
• The importance of being expert - Legal Futures:... https://t.co/xidzpju3KW
• Sheriff Appeal Court upholds PI sheriff’s decision to sanction employment of counsel - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/KUV9ySBHAy
• Death of Rt Hon Lord Kirkwood, who served as a judge from 1987 until his retirement in 2005 https://t.co/5MsfqK5iqi 
• Blog: Crown Office shortcomings must be addressed - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/3YMVq5Hdd7
• Injured motorcyclist’s £250,000 damages claim against council dismissed - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/4WtleL9Iqe 
• Scottish Law Commission seeks views on areas in need of reform - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/FdnPnVfnSI 
• Jessa Crispin: ‘Today’s feminists are bland, shallow and lazy’?... https://t.co/jyJ55daqdF 
• Royal Marine Alexander Blackman to be freed from jail tonight after murder conviction overturned... https://t.co/q1UwzZaJxi 
• High Court to rule on Christian student declared unfit to practice as a social worker because of 'traditional'... https://t.co/StMDxmVcUq
• Meet the New Military Division of White Nationalism #US... https://t.co/Amx6S1IhUn
• Idiot Spurs fan attacks fellow supporter in 'Chelsea mix-up' https://t.co/DJ233Hy6JD 
• #Russian spy ship sinks off Turkey after collision with freighter https://t.co/bIgkMpYxXI 
• Cheap drug tackles death in childbirth... https://t.co/MSzoydCYFb 
• BBC presenter Diane Louise Jordan speaks out against harassment orders... https://t.co/DBRCzEU4S7
• #Syria war: #Israeli's illegal strike hits site near Damascus airport... https://t.co/10rQoZh7LH 
• General election 2017: Labour councils have always built more homes, Tory councils sold existing homes... https://t.co/4zGyYxDm0o
• Mike Samwell car theft death: Two more arrests https://t.co/Yx4zKislJI 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/0juSGOKa3b
• #Turkey suspends more than 9,000 police officers over 'Gulen links' https://t.co/zvTjmLgKbl
• First Americans claim sparks controversy #US https://t.co/YJGH9bPvsT
• UK helps #Australian gay couples marry... https://t.co/nZkJCUtAlH 
• Concerns raised over students' unions' anti-Israel stance over illegal occupation of Palestinian lands... https://t.co/unZIP9LMlE
• UK to take just 130 more lone refugee children in Dubs scheme climbdown https://t.co/eF1Mmyp53x 
• 'Downward spiral': UK slips to 40th place in press freedom rankings https://t.co/aXaG7ybLy6 
• Footballer Joey Barton banned for 18 months by FA and says it effectively ends his career https://t.co/2l6ogAZTF7 
• Deutsche Bank: 4,000 jobs at risk of being moved out of UK after Brexit https://t.co/akPSII4UWT
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/04WJvmhXcg
• Surrey & England all-rounder Zafar Ansari retires aged 25 to train as a lawyer? https://t.co/v3v8N9eos6

26th April - Law News

1945th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based news & legal articles archive focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's video story: The Middle East is now considered the global hub for the trafficking of human organs according to aid agencies. The flow of refugees from Syria into neighbouring countries has created new opportunities to exploit desperate and vulnerable people. A warning that this report contains some distressing images.

Focus of the day story:  Would-be solicitors will not have to go through the legal practice course and a two-year training contract to qualify in future, after the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) confirmed it is pressing ahead with its new training regime – but it has delayed implementation by a year to September 2020. Full story - Legal Futures

Saturday Conversations on Law

• The wisdom of old lawyers: Experience is the most valuable asset law firms own | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/YfRVyX2dGI 
• Lawyers file new application for assisted dying patient | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/050o6JgT17 
• ‘Diversity deficit’ among senior judges ‘a serious constitutional issue’ | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/uCZJxmakop 
• Poor health and financial problems linked in a vicious circle | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/pJBRoNwWNv 
• Caught tech-handed: The criminals snared by their own stupidity https://t.co/7m7gUmiH5J
• Mike Samwell death: Second man arrested on suspicion of murder https://t.co/MIoGuCBr46 
• Leigh Day ignored client's violent reputation to 'keep him sweet' | Law Gazette https://t.co/PbcwG1lGv7
• Solicitor struck off for distributing indecent images of children | Law Gazette https://t.co/UtWZNTWa62 
• Regional solicitors facing financial hardship turn to charity | Law Gazette https://t.co/ryTzCl3EQo 
• Reed Smith announces agile working for (almost) all | Law Gazette https://t.co/C0NSj3sN5Z 
• CMS sets pace with 27% of promotions women | Law Gazette https://t.co/cKQX5Rs2Ni 
• QualitySolicitors secures trial to supply legal services to Nisa stores | Law Gazette https://t.co/yeneXG9IMy 
• Will Liz Truss be shuffled if Tories win the election? | Law Gazette https://t.co/HwAaFgKVli 
• New increased speeding fines system explained https://t.co/HdwBFaPaye 
• 'Extremely dangerous and violent' rugby player jailed for nine years for unprovoked street attack... https://t.co/SKWgvNBoIN 
• People are furious after Tory politician's "abhorrent" comment on child hunger https://t.co/tixPA9hYus 
• Boyd Legal appoints Gerry Cockburn as finance director - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/ezjxxbrnXN 
• Blog: What is DLT? - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Mu8g2Jt5gc 
• Energy Minister backs 'powerhouse' Highlands and Islands renewables industry role - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/7xiWzKhq6b 
• Conference hears stark warnings about threat of asbestos - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/6DwveXzXSu
• New human rights to protect against 'mind hacking' and brain data theft proposed https://t.co/ELbfPcks9E
• Who Were The Suffragettes: Remembering The Struggle For Women’s Votes https://t.co/lF9Uwso0yJ 
• Tim Farron sacks Lib Dem candidate for 'deeply offensive and antisemitic' comments https://t.co/tSAHR3rT5G 
• A reminder that up to 20 sitting Tory MPs are under investigation for electoral fraud https://t.co/WUwM4d1tpF
• Ivanka Trump can't be whitewashed with 'women's empowerment' talk https://t.co/EMZ7FNgF9B 
• Blockchain technology will be "game changer" in conveyancing - Legal Futures: https://t.co/VWCATDAWjI
• QualitySolicitors looks to exploit network with national retailer deal - Legal Futures: https://t.co/v2cAo2pSqZ
• SDT strikes off solicitor who plundered client funds to play the property market - Legal Futures: https://t.co/eUjlWAVkgB 
• Dr Jeroen Ensink death: Widow denied legal aid for inquest https://t.co/ruOQHZkMdy 
• Arrests as Newcastle and West Ham raided in £5m tax probe https://t.co/kZqVt8vWe4 
• I'm like Gandhi, says UKIP leader Paul Nuttall in Wolverhampton https://t.co/LzT14Xs8XD 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/0xMTYs7G3z
• United Airlines investigates giant bunny death https://t.co/Xi4d5GIF0P 
• Woman criticises police for returning guns to killer of her mother and sister https://t.co/2BdstWpoR1 
• Surrey puppy farm shootings: 'Deep concern' over police staff https://t.co/xSh1Mz2pBK 
• Violence injury treatment 'falls' in England and Wales https://t.co/KQnyBx1XkE 
• NHS contaminated blood was 'criminal cover-up' - Burnham https://t.co/mOVYo5aVKy 
• General election 2017: Labour promises pay rises for NHS staff https://t.co/gEqXc3GlY8 
• Fitbit contradicts husband's story of wife's murder - police #US https://t.co/agWAfcx16Q 
• #Trump breaks election promise, backs down on border wall funding #US https://t.co/rNobx6w4Hn 
• Madeleine McCann: Police still pursuing 'critical' lead 10 years on https://t.co/ghQpJtroCw 
• MPs question government's 'grip' on new school places https://t.co/Zsh6yUN9fT
• Appeal to find woman after kittens found dumped on doorstep in Stratford... https://t.co/nCbATHBTN8
• EU to exclude financial services from post-Brexit deal https://t.co/sZLzJ9LSJ8 
• MPs donate to Hope not Hunger foodbank at parliament - but Tories stay away https://t.co/QenO4Mib4w 
• Ignore the discount rate at your peril | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/JH0vo8WMfv 
• Recent Supreme Court decision clarifies the meaning of regular attendance | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/Rofwx3EXD0
• Cyber crime attacks reputations as well as systems | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/bSphBGpCAM
• Cultural and social issues should play a huge part in a law firm’s strategic planning | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/LlLbRC3eEV
• Political reality vs constitutional aims | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/HHTxvqnLQf
• Technology in criminal courts presents considerable challenges for defence firms | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/YvYGZqipVc
• Time to improve the political discourse around personal injury | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/sUbrrN11uy
• SQE set for 2020 launch as affordable route for all into the profession | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/dp8OlTpW1r
• Government ordered to explain application for clean air plan delay | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/5kGOwE6SER 
• SQE: Largest training providers back SRA reforms | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/MOhjIpIXJ0 
• Leigh Day lawyers face Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal over Iraqi cases | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/PuP4Pyjby7 
• Nikon initiates global legal actions to protect technology | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/HXBBAe2w1B 
• Team moves from Ropes & Gray to Gibson Dunn in Hong Kong | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/9eNcZUo3c6 ]
• Car hire companies to pay $1.25 million penalty for advertising unattainable prices | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/NuZlio5Ysf ]
• Corsearch teams up with INCOPRO to protect online brands | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/PnruCM5nWK

25th April - Law News

1944th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based news & legal articles archive focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's video story: UKIP is calling for new measures ‘Islamization of the country’ ahead of June’s snap general election. UKIP also wants to put a ban on Burqas as well as Sharia Laws. This takes the party to as far right as it has dared to openly venture.



Focus of the day story:  Lawyers must be able to bring cases against government 'without fear of reprisals'. Solicitors’ firm Leigh Day defends its record ahead of trial for alleged professional misconduct after accusations of ambulance-chasing by Ministry of Defence. Full story - Guardian Law

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Lack of diversity among UK senior judiciary is 'serious constitutional issue' https://t.co/VhzNRgCxsh 
• Facebook under pressure after man livestreams killing of his daughter https://t.co/A92KjFXnrX
• Tories 'on very dodgy ground' over delay of air pollution plan, say experts https://t.co/ujzQoSKaUp 
• Child locked in cell for more than 23 hours a day at Feltham, high court told https://t.co/uIbnaXb7xh
• After #French Vote, Mainstream Europe Breathes a Sigh of Relief... https://t.co/6Mt8L8gJeB 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/jdlsGOs13L
• McDonald’s offers fixed contracts to 115,000 UK zero-hours workers https://t.co/T6gtT3Aum0 
• #Denmark Says 'Key Elements' of #Russian Government Hacked Defense Ministry https://t.co/960SM2DoXe 
• New Orleans Begins Removing Confederate Monuments, Under Police Guard #US https://t.co/1TIy8Cvf2O 
• Arkansas Executes 2 Inmates, a First for Any State on One Day Since 2000 #US https://t.co/KLM29ovp3A 
• What Is Inhuman And Degrading Treatment? https://t.co/cT1vxB6n4Z
• Meet the UK Teenager Determined to Get You Talking About Your Human Rights https://t.co/RJEEHkD9Cu 
• #Venezuela Opposition Aims to Keep Protests Peaceful, but Violence Erupts https://t.co/cOu6fmPj9O
• Shepherd and Wedderburn solicitor driving forward gender equality - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Wz67XwKLv7 
• Thorntons partner shortlisted for entrepreneur award - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/rvYk8eDgG1
• Scots underrepresented on equity release - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/wXpuFKv1Q4 
• Legislative amendments allowing violent pornography online raise serious concerns - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/8tYwcAJDne 
• Conference: In-house legal – create, sustain and evolve | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/7gvrerxCX4 
• All-Scotland Sheriff Personal Injuries Court: new administrative sheriff & procedural change - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/EkvMGyXzjQ 
• Report warns against 'two-tier' system for refugees - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/ZbAcWkYJOs
• Blog: End of the road – when is the council liable for a road accident? - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/p6vi3NwQ8w
• National park authority wins appeal in dispute with estate owner over public access rights to land - Scottish... https://t.co/l7fv2w7vBw
• Scottish government announces review of legal services - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/RgchW6nnbI
• Lord Summers welcomed to the Bench - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Spt2XaU51P 
• 500 Years After Expulsion, Sicily's Jews Reclaim a Lost History #Italy https://t.co/xLvdFw2elb 
• Tory VAT hike will cost the average family £2,500 - and poor will be hit hardest https://t.co/81Hygi1VAQ 
• Student who feared he was going blind turned to drug dealing to pay for Harley Street treatment... https://t.co/cWYLtCcb5y 
• Hijabi mums find it difficult to make friends with other women, why? https://t.co/wN1Z6756Sl 
• #US Imposes Sanctions on #Syrian Government Workers After Sarin Attack https://t.co/J1zORB5LRH 
• Parents planning divorce so one can marry their SHARED girlfriend and legally make her third parent to children https://t.co/E0E50t9XWA 
• ABS turns thumping loss into profit with financial backing of corporate owner - Legal Futures: https://t.co/juLkpf6cxP 
• Fine for non-practising barrister who held himself out as a solicitor in court - Legal Futures: https://t.co/RA66WT7eLT
• ABS preparing to launch group negligence action against conveyancers - Legal Futures: https://t.co/W4A0b3YBv8 
• General election 2017: What will happen to proposed laws? https://t.co/OIzHIWAGSN 
• Government lacks faith in free market, says energy boss https://t.co/tUDBWK55Wa 
• Actor Tom Hardy 'arrests fleeing moped thief' in London https://t.co/danxUB50rP
• Ivanka #Trump forced to defend father at G20 women's summit https://t.co/3bih0eqr2C 
• 'Horrific’ levels of child abuse in unsafe refugee camps, warns EU, while UK continues with anti-refugee rhetoric https://t.co/6Zd3OeML2P 
• Luxury goods giant LVMH grabs full control of Christian Dior https://t.co/UeN96MX5Ct
• Brexit economy: living standards are falling as the snap election looms, vote carefully https://t.co/Zna9DdbylU
• Polling’s dirty little secret: why polls have been wrong before and will be again: Labour should not fear polls https://t.co/zYgTGdfdsd 
• Pro-EU Tories not pro-EU: they quit Open Britain over plans to oust Brexit-backing MPs https://t.co/yCE47iTsc0 
• 'Mass murder' complaint filed against #Philippines' President Duterte at ICC https://t.co/8WdU5rjQJj
• Theresa May urged to clarify dubious stance on European rights convention https://t.co/FQIfLMrrts 
• Widow of academic killed in London denied legal aid for inquest https://t.co/WmSmBZqjTT 
• Human rights lawyer Shirin Ebadi won the Nobel peace prize before being forced into exile from #Iran https://t.co/efCXydWHyb 
• High court orders Tory government to explain clean air plan delay https://t.co/nWo6Ql6DuO 
• Bruno Mars fans' anger at missing Barclaycard Arena gig https://t.co/7g7u6pRNGL 
• Two-tier system leaving refugees in UK destitute, says report https://t.co/HecAfbsVWB 
• Brexit university ‘brain drain’ warning https://t.co/fohusr8Fy7
• Wikipedia's Jimmy Wales creates news service Wikitribune https://t.co/CbkRVNScxK 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/PVzAk8GF2Z
• Remain campaigners urge voters to unseat Brexit-backing MPs https://t.co/0CbvVpfyJB 
• How luxury flat-owners could shut down the Tate's viewing platform over privacy concerns https://t.co/RRY2zk0lMI 
• The Guardian view on #Egypt’s dictatorship: a war of Sisi’s own making https://t.co/VPQ5GIl0Cs 
• General Election 2017: Labour to rip up Tory Brexit plan & offer something infinitely better https://t.co/zCmpjo6e8I 
• Court rules Kensington 'candy-cane' house stripes can stay https://t.co/jMnHU1bTIy 
• Leigh Day lawyers accused of misconduct over Iraq claims https://t.co/EUjaq5x6m1 
• Serena Williams calls #Romanian Ilie Nastase comments 'racist' and backs investigation https://t.co/mZGhdigdxy 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/Eb10LPoeYT
• Two women were robbed walking home early in the morning in Barry https://t.co/iH8LTsIfhi 
• Police called to Welsh rugby match after game abandoned due to fighting https://t.co/fTvwWUzZ6i 
• Mrs Owens takes divorce refusal to Supreme Court | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/O21qA3OxGv 
• Tribunal to begin hearing allegations of Leigh Day misconduct | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/qn1Dp0J9fT

24th April - Law News

1943rd Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based news & legal articles archive focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's video story: Giselle Cycowicz's father was murdered in the Holocaust - his name is part of a project hoping to identify all Jewish victims.What about other victims of Nazi brutality?


Focus of the day story: Probate lawyers have welcomed the government’s decision to drop its plans to hike probate court fees from £155 to as much as £20,000 for larger estates. The proposal, first announced in February 2016, would have increased the fee from £155 (if done by a solicitor) or £215 (without a solicitor) to a figure on a sliding scale of between £300 and £20,000, depending on the size of the estate. It was to raise about £300m for the courts and tribunals. However, the proposal came under fire from practitioners, professional bodies, charities, judges and members of the public, with probate lawyers arguing it would no longer be a fee for managing an administrative process but a tax on a person’s wealth at death. Full story - New Law Journal

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Marine Le Pen stepping aside as leader of far-right National Front #France https://t.co/IbPZc2qInE 
• Who’s next for the black and gold? | Law Gazette https://t.co/0aEURrx3RL 
• My legal life: Sarah Smith, criminal defence lawyer | Law Gazette https://t.co/pAI4TDGApQ 
• Monsanto Tribunal is one manifestation of growing gap between international human rights law & corporate https://t.co/9dUENqMgsi 
• #India: child victims turn to law | Law Gazette https://t.co/syU42XjEb2 
• New LGBT Council member - sign up and vote | Law Gazette https://t.co/fOl5rSt00n 
• SDT begins seven-week Leigh Day hearing over Iraq claims | Law Gazette https://t.co/qGgzG7Cewi
• Newcastle lawyers slam court ‘downgrade’ plans | Law Gazette https://t.co/wu0vl8X3gT 
• SRA to announce new trainee exam | Law Gazette https://t.co/B8xTTzYSXU 
• Law reform programme aborted by snap poll | Law Gazette https://t.co/f8bJZVQmLt 
• Five years on, did ABS really change anything? | Law Gazette https://t.co/1UiFguJzJv
• Loan write-off tips Minster Law into profit after £23m loss | Law Gazette https://t.co/RU4pdTORVI 
• £222k confiscation to fund crime-fighting and courts | Law Gazette https://t.co/xJhRgg7FJL 
• Four-office Yorkshire firm shut down over dishonesty suspicions | Law Gazette https://t.co/nt1mnBU4In 
• Benchmarking survey: Healthy growth for medium-sized firms | Law Gazette https://t.co/M9qxOKuJXO
• First woman to lead Farrer & Co | Law Gazette https://t.co/SdxiNEuRMv 
• Foreign Office warns tourists of sickness claims touts | Law Gazette https://t.co/OqzLVvhzv0 
• Linklaters readies long-awaited China spinoff | Law Gazette https://t.co/8luIg4Dyij 
• Iraq claims: Leigh Day knew clients were militia members, tribunal hears | Law Gazette https://t.co/O6DjL2JSkQ 
• Eton College’s Exam Asks Boys To Justify The Army Shooting Protesters Dead https://t.co/uKSP6erMEG 
• UKIP’S ANTI-ISLAM “INTEGRATION POLICY” WOULD LEAD TO MANDATORY GENITAL EXAMINATION OF CHILDREN... https://t.co/1dPJq2eyOm 
• Sheffield Utd set to re-sign Ched Evans from Chesterfield, whose rape conviction was overturned https://t.co/wEennnnkGB 
• Article 308: Jordan scraps marriage loophole for rapists https://t.co/4ogq1SmbGw 
• Plan to opt out of rights accords in future wars dangerous, inquiry hears https://t.co/NNrk22FZyY
• Lawyers must be able to bring cases against government 'without fear of reprisals' https://t.co/0VmWWMPGnD
• Kids Company founder Camila Batmanghelidjh 'facing directorship ban' https://t.co/ZHNA4Fbh94 
• Stalking behaviour identified in 94% of murders, study shows https://t.co/7pk3JWJeKy 
• John Fraser obituary, Labour MP who campaigned against the misuse of the ‘sus’ laws https://t.co/SfnjfgHLO6 
• Lawyers in cases against UK troops 'knew clients belonged to Iraqi militia' https://t.co/HXl1wroSdu 
• Interim chair for Legal Services Board named with no sign of recruitment process - Legal Futures:... https://t.co/ebBSwX2l7M 
• Solicitor agrees to end 50-year career after multiple rule breaches - Legal Futures:... https://t.co/aZXTW8lCEV
• Foreign Office warns Spanish holidaymakers over CMCs encouraging them to make false sickness claims - Legal... https://t.co/hIiclr8V0b 
• Teenage Cyclist “Hacked To Death By Gang With Machetes” in Battersea... https://t.co/N991C91qnQ
• Union warns of impact of Brexit on workers' rights... https://t.co/65D2bdB6RO 
• Socialist #Venezuela chipped in $500,000 to Trump's inauguration https://t.co/2ghmwenD34 
• Madeleine McCann Was ‘Snatched To Order By A Rich Family And Smuggled Into Africa’? https://t.co/xazzAHcLh8
• Milo Yiannopoulos To Return To UC Berkeley With Controversial ‘Free Speech Week’ bashing feminism & Islam https://t.co/xORRoM1zEh 
• Tory Philip Davies Claims Men Are A Minority Because Fewer Of Them Suffer Domestic Violence https://t.co/BVztQoeiuZ 
• Marine Le Pen 2017 Manifesto of Hatred: What Her French Presidential Plan Promises https://t.co/dp5ZOzX4dg 
• Tory Michael Fallon Denies Trying To ‘Smear’ Jeremy Corbyn Over Use Of Nuclear Weapons https://t.co/508MgcgyPr 
• Driverless cars trial set for UK motorways in 2019 https://t.co/0KjR7KE01b
• Welsh patient waits four years to leave hospital https://t.co/9KivJ5IrjT 
• Man arrested over Mike Samwell's car theft murder https://t.co/cgiTufa2E7 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/Z5aWNWgRnA
• Stricter punishments for speeding offences in England and Wales https://t.co/inxIZ9RpVQ 
• Croydon tram crash: Drivers 'fell asleep' on fatal line https://t.co/K7d6GQkuga
• Allow me to womansplain the problem with gendered language https://t.co/HsHaKglkUD 
• Abdelbaset al-Megrahi's family to appeal Lockerbie conviction https://t.co/o2qfbzfWfI 
• Pope Francis described Europe's holding centres for migrants & refugees as concentration camps... https://t.co/rjTuYgOO0b
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/ELxWYtOoex

23rd April - Law News

1943rd Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based news & legal articles archive focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's video story: Quebec maple syrup producers facing huge fines from the Syrup Cartel who strictly monitor production and producers. Maple syrup is an occasional treat for most people.

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Allen & Overy at back-end of gender diversity league table as magic circle giant reveals just 8% of its new https://t.co/Hbnn8Wk0uG
• ‘Active, aggressive and long-winded’: verdict on Trump’s Supreme Court appointee https://t.co/VQn3G7BA5Q 
• ULaw to launch ‘MA Law’ alternative to the GDL https://t.co/hoOY5etuT3 
• Law Society tells solicitors to ‘channel their inner Judge Dredd’ – immediately backfires https://t.co/PQKdLI03ea
• Work less, earn less: Linklaters offers lawyers who want a life outside the office an ‘alternative career model’ https://t.co/1v1YmzWXDh
• Soon-to-be Aberdeen LLM student writes to the Prime Minister to tell her why Article 50 notification is illegal https://t.co/T3rRsr4eeQ 
• City University BPTC grad who stole cash from colleagues’ bags BARRED from legal profession https://t.co/OBg9BuOgVU 
• Pay trainees and NQs less; pay mid-level associates more, argues influential commentator https://t.co/KdhZ48CRB4 
• Judge who spent 17 HOURS reading aloud 138-page judgment involving spooked horse slammed by appeal court https://t.co/g7HJoi4mL8
• Clifford Chance lawyer set to become 173rd president of the Law Society https://t.co/LCsbxNm7Km
• Boxing Day burglary: Bradford law student ‘decimates’ legal career hopes as he’s handed a suspended sentence https://t.co/3Sg6zGvqtQ 
• SDT publishes judgment of Clyde & Co hit with record £50,000 fine for money laundering & accounting rule breaches https://t.co/D0rpWOYEom 
• 15 times when Jeremy Corbyn was on the right side of history https://t.co/QuRdCRakYu 
• Hope not Hate sues Nigel Farage for up to £100k https://t.co/lmfSVwI4X1
• Nina Lowry obituary: Barrister who became the first female permanent judge at the Old Bailey https://t.co/cr3fw6iGyt 
• Traitor Tony Blair: vote Tory or Lib Dem where they are open-minded on Brexit https://t.co/5jp9J6kCzC 
• General election 2017: Jeremy Corbyn 'fed up with state of UK' under Tories https://t.co/DEiefVK5qh 
• Why gay #French men are voting far right who want to repeal gay marriage law https://t.co/AoGbx1ge0j 
• Conservationist Kuki Gallmann shot and wounded at Kenya conservation park https://t.co/EcfLASp9Xf 
• Immigration and Minimum Income Requirements – “significant hardship” caused, but still ECHR compatible https://t.co/z9Yr28TLjF 
• Article 50 Notice and Implied Conditionality | UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/qRq3wZtyRA 
• Scottish law on sexual offences incompatible with human rights | UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/H814KNMDvF 
• Do you enjoy writing about rights? | UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/6QN1Edlv5w 
• The Round-Up - chemical weapons and Supreme Court judgments | UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/GV3Wo1IgPL
• Right to die case allowed to proceed | UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/UmSUwJtxtd 
• The Round-Up: Legal Aid for prisoners in the Court of Appeal | UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/HSnmJTx7ul 
• General election 2017: UKIP manifesto to pledge an Islamophobic burka ban https://t.co/uiLr1hynot
• General election 2017: Women's Equality Party leader to challenge MP Philip Davies https://t.co/BhQRaYogci
• Greater Manchester Man killed as thieves take car from outside his house https://t.co/yOkQ0IWXrL 
• 'Sizeable' bomb found in Ardoyne designed to kill police officers https://t.co/BuMeQ5QJxm 
• Lockerbie bombing: Megrahi family to launch appeal bid https://t.co/8bS4KgzxLo 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/wJwSUesatW
• Arthur Collins arrested over London nightclub 'acid attack' https://t.co/XnqHxbrOrO 
• UEA art installation 'nothing to do with suicide', Antony Gormley https://t.co/jmCTFqqwWL 
• Labour plans four new bank holidays to promote national cultural celebrations https://t.co/wvelZUqqiP
• Labour plans four new bank holidays to promote national cultural celebrations https://t.co/wvelZUqqiP 
• Nearly 40 million people live in UK areas with illegal air pollution due to Tory failures https://t.co/xwjIo12rtO 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/aAqMYOyB9X
• Dutch arms trafficker to #Liberia given war crimes conviction https://t.co/ZxQQLi5IEa 
• Stalkers unlikely to be jailed even for repeat offences, official figures show https://t.co/HEB2GhRivZ 
• Line Of Duty star Vicky McClure has revealed she was ordered off a tram named in her honour https://t.co/d7kN4Xnc8U