31st December - Law News

2199th 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 Focus Video Story: Street barbers in the Canadian city of Vancouver have come up with a unique project to help those in need. They're providing free haircuts to bring positivity and purpose to people's lives - including their own.

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Remember the One About the Lawyer and Naked Dance Contest? 6 Strange Stories from 2017 https://t.co/C5fq8tTXfl 
• Florida man pleads guilty to trading on inside info from lawyer #US https://t.co/IJxJAkZwPr 
• Former Keppel lawyer cooperated with #US in #Brazil bribery probe - documents https://t.co/BPVVFpxw7f 
• #US Soldier home for holidays died saving lives in Bronx inferno https://t.co/Iw5gRNgY1S 
• Drunk woman did $300K in damage to lawyer's art collection on first date: cops #US https://t.co/67hmtgRmLC 
• Lawyer for "Pharma Bro" Martin Shkreli convicted of fraud #US https://t.co/ibhsy5bIpo 
• Manchester city centre apartment block fire https://t.co/Y3hK73et5b 
• So documents about Thatcher have been declassified. What about the rest? https://t.co/A1dhMk8JGX
• Police shoot dead man after alleged Call of Duty 'swatting' hoax #US https://t.co/qFMk2qThwu 
• Iuliana Tudos: Funeral fund for Finsbury Park stab victim tops £12k https://t.co/oF0tFhsaXZ 
• Hard-hitting storylines prompt more calls to BBC helpline https://t.co/RgWKEWHKBS 
• #Nepal bans solo climbers from Mount Everest under new rules https://t.co/AYUeEgmeeJ 
• #Iran protests: Citizens told to avoid 'illegal gatherings' https://t.co/QdpUBf7lW5
• Sheffield arrest fifth in 'terror plot' probe https://t.co/Y3WPIEmzCi 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/6f5A8s32St
• Bar Council chairman Paul Lam seeks re-election amid challenge from rights lawyer Philip Dykes #HongKong https://t.co/ZcFyrwtiC3 
• Didsbury recruitment executive who was called pikey and gyppo in board meetings - and asked where he'd left his hor… https://t.co/JrUfWbu0bF
• Maldon man wins bus gate appeal against Essex County Council after tribunal finds signs are not visible... https://t.co/39yfshxHL9
• Extradition confidentiality: UK tribunal blocks release of Assange files https://t.co/JLkugQ9I5w
• Immigration worker sacked for tweets takes compensation fight to tribunal #Australia https://t.co/v6FjroZXYZ
• Some #Canadians with disabilities forced to hire lawyers by federal tribunal... https://t.co/TkdsG4z41F 
• Man’s 50 year clear driving record comes to an end https://t.co/zI5rbM9iA6 
• Favourite Things: Sheffield solicitor on making a 20-mile round trip for a favourite takeaway https://t.co/Cbagv4Pz0h 
• Prominent Cairns solicitor takes time to start new life chapter #Australia https://t.co/Nm3Ntd2ZOD 
• From an Oscar to church weddings, five big wins for LGBT rights in 2017 https://t.co/8HZBUmMyai 
• #Myanmar Political Prisoners File Complaint With UN Rights Office Over Journalists’ Detention https://t.co/ziRQ74u2mD 
• What Apple's Secret iPhone Slowdown Teaches Us About Our Digital Rights https://t.co/BMRAZKdaj3
• U.N. says 'massive' rights abuses in southern #Philippines could intensify under martial law https://t.co/AKVu624E4F 
• Asia made big strides in LGBT rights in 2017 https://t.co/N7XrIjKZpL
• #US says #Romanians hacked Washington DC police cameras https://t.co/6qCX8GLnr7 
• Mental health care a 'national problem' within the justice system says Mississippi sheriff #US https://t.co/5siOTEH8w8 
• #Peru writers condemn ex-president Alberto Fujimori's pardon https://t.co/fPlu6alipJ 
• #Argentina father jailed for keeping daughter as 'sex slave' https://t.co/Y2yKTAzFfn 
• Cardboard tents distributed to Brussels homeless #Belgium https://t.co/05DC3sgHYa 
• #Thai fraudster sentenced to 13,275 years in prison https://t.co/4ukTt1IKTb 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/rtPrBkzBp2

30th December - Law News

2198th 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 Focus Video Story: In the search for a quick route to a muscular physique, many young men turn to controversial anabolic steroids to achieve their goals. But in the wake of deaths in the bodybuilding community, do the statistics showing a fourfold increase in their use, really add up? This video was amended on 7 December 2017 to remove potential for misunderstandings about who in the video was a steroids user. No one in the video other than those who say they use or used steroids should be taken to have done so.

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Two men in court accused of UK terror plot https://t.co/PeQHdve3BT 
• #Iran cities hit by anti-government protests https://t.co/FnqtU41bLZ
• Epson, Apple face #French legal pressure over planned obsolescence (Update) https://t.co/SRzRnE9QV1 
• Checked your sofa? £691m in old fivers were not exchanged before withdrawal as legal tender https://t.co/0fz6hdg2vX
• Free for all: How to find free (and legal) books and movies https://t.co/xrRp3HP2VF 
• Apple Keeps Losing Legal Battles to an #Italian Company Called ‘Steve Jobs’ https://t.co/rpGZq77SHw 
• The impact of Brexit on UK asylum law: part two https://t.co/ZQ0tWFrliv
• #HongKong lawyers 'appalled' by move to enforce #China law in rail station https://t.co/NZNfzBHWTQ 
• Building the Big Law Escape Kit: The Boutique Option https://t.co/aqQECrjM6N 
• Here's what you need to know about changes to the law on motorway driving https://t.co/WBmcCyygJV 
• #India seeks to criminalise instant triple talaq divorce https://t.co/SUQsfG9nJO 
• Support grows for brain-damaged activist Erica Garner #US https://t.co/clfiLP7Fvs 
• Why is the West praising Malala, but ignoring Ahed, 16 year old Palestinian girl recently arrested by #Israel for s… https://t.co/ZHDhGuDaYL 
• Court fees and fear: #Bosnia war rape victims struggle https://t.co/OctHCIV05k
• Rhian Brewster: England and Liverpool striker alleges racial abuse https://t.co/7P9q9loNkg 
• Deadly NYC fire 'caused by child playing' #US https://t.co/wdgaSOq7Rf
• The cops and politicians joining #Canada's cannabis business https://t.co/W0UPTe3o5s 
• An idiot calls for some 'good old global warming' as #US experiences bad weather https://t.co/oOMK0TYXX9 
• Tory and DUP MPs criticised for ‘wining and dining’ tobacco firms https://t.co/8opbjMcuZy 
• ‘Hurtful’ romantic film dramatising Bataclan terror attack put on hold #France https://t.co/oMkNCJH6HK
• #Turkish police stage dawn raids on suspected Islamic State fighters https://t.co/t1QnCI21vp 
• For their eyes only: the secret stories ministers don’t want you to read https://t.co/UKuLflr93n 
• The Observer view on miscarriages of justice https://t.co/IEY9P21Ozf 
• New Year's Eve party in Berlin to have 'safe zone' for women #Germany https://t.co/gsYVDM6uHw 
• #Zimbabwean family stranded in Bangkok airport for months https://t.co/pwZ3XbfSDA 
• Take three steps before visiting GP, public urged https://t.co/0LOwjyhgAk 
• #NorthKorea: South seizes ship amid row over illegal oil transfer https://t.co/rq45LJHRR6 
• Bronx fire: Twelve die in New York apartment block blaze #US https://t.co/LHDKSl2tqd
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/EubHL4dJes
• #NewZealand 'Cop Car Karaoke' drives home safety message https://t.co/qsIydeg1b5
• Justine Damond: #US prosecutor delays decision on charges https://t.co/bpE27i87cr 
• Uber: Softbank takes large stake in ride-hailing firm https://t.co/fhrsUo6BdN 
• Alabama certifies election despite last-ditch Roy Moore legal case #US https://t.co/JVDGWuI5uz
• More terror offences to be covered by rules on unduly lenient sentences https://t.co/s20qMG9ayx
• Drunk tanks may become norm, NHS boss warns 'selfish' revellers https://t.co/uyY4yoKLOs 
• Two men charged over 'Christmas terror plot' https://t.co/tNDo9fkVtc 
• Apple apologises for slowing older iPhones down https://t.co/nGvE0TyHdX

29th December - Law News

2197th 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 Focus Video Story: Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill discusses Roy Moore's claims of voter fraud in the Alabama special election.

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Why do archive files on Britain’s colonial past keep going missing? https://t.co/wcwICnfoLv 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/20VicQR5sw
• Finsbury Park murder victim named as Iuliana Tudos https://t.co/XW9tqUH3Ni 
• National Trust for Scotland hands responsibility for Canna’s regeneration to development trust run by residents https://t.co/4ofrPAKBP1 
• Aristocrat takes legal action as former erotic film star promotes champagne brand founded by ancestors https://t.co/xrQhlkdvuF 
• Are Kodi boxes legal? Here’s the official word from the government https://t.co/fln95ecHKX 
• Exotic hallucinogen has everyday #Israelis tripping. But is it legal? https://t.co/KiQYuejxSk 
• Police Scotland squandered thousands on legal fees, claim Tories https://t.co/MJUg9lLGgt 
• Roy Moore launches legal challenge against Alabama election defeat #US https://t.co/mx1oMEbYvm 
• Same-sex marriage in Northern Ireland again: Close... https://t.co/7Xzha4YUVT 
• #Israel parliament passes law restricting police powers https://t.co/YDhMhO1L4Z
• Top 10 stories on state surveillance, technology and the law in 2017 https://t.co/T0gOp87NKH 
• #China approves mainland law enforcement at HK station https://t.co/qSRmOSOpq0 
• Fast-Growing UK Law Firm Kennedys Heads to Puerto Rico https://t.co/JvTAseodSU 
• #US missions in Turkey to resume full visa services after row https://t.co/oJCaBDPG5C 
• Vanity Fair magazine sorry for suggesting Hillary Clinton 'knit' https://t.co/8G75LMr2Ry 
• Missing student Sophie Smith: Possible CCTV sighting https://t.co/Rkn5ektklE 
• Former footballer of the year, George Weah set to win #Liberia presidency https://t.co/mtoHAJNlCq
• Brexit department denies David Davis has been sidelined in talks https://t.co/cnpR7WbUtp 
• #Saudi-led airstrikes kill 68 civilians in one day of Yemen's 'absurd' war https://t.co/eTm4hkXKpD 
• Woman found dead in London park may have been murdered – police https://t.co/JNqImjxzex 
• Court submissions in lawsuit over far-right provocateur’s memoir reveal concerns over weak arguments, boasting... https://t.co/Y0EeFfMx7E 
• Woman suffers life-changing burns in east London acid attack https://t.co/MFxEmoSw8I 
• Government to tell rogue landlords: 'shape up or ship out' https://t.co/TuQjgvhGHF 
• Derby bishop warns of 'pop-up brothels' in Peak District https://t.co/8d6Kk9aapg 
• Scandal of #US teen locked up without trial https://t.co/QVUyIvIXi2
• #Myanmar Rohingya crisis: UK medics to help tackle diphtheria https://t.co/vuXOzF7TXu 
• Man reunited with Christmas bonus after social media appeal https://t.co/WWwkXxb2iE
• Aldi stabbing murder case: Neville Hord in court https://t.co/Uov5YUUIHw
• #Afghanistan suicide bomb attack: Dozens killed in Kabul https://t.co/dA7v7zIyJY 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/dKY2e4rzCI
• US and Germany call for release of #Chinese activist 'Super Vulgar Butcher' https://t.co/lmM5nTPUhq
• Liverpool FC player Jon Flanagan charged with assault https://t.co/ZwbWUMmMDh 
• Deborah Steel: Landlady disappearance a '20-year burden' https://t.co/mpe78wIMcX
• Unicef says scale of attacks on children in conflicts is shocking https://t.co/TRHZ5zsgmt 
• Benazir Bhutto assassination: How #Pakistan covered up killing https://t.co/b0GmC1LFVQ 
• The woman who collects clothes of sex assault victims #India https://t.co/L3bDY7zS2h
• #Syria child evacuees may be used as bargaining chips, UN warns https://t.co/yE5E9NRVBG 
• #US officer plunges into frozen pond to rescue boy https://t.co/O54hg6ki4I
• Workplace robots could increase inequality, warns IPPR https://t.co/GfEgbpsCzB
• Tributes paid to Oxford University medieval historian Mark Whittow, killed in M40 crash https://t.co/vRVnqBalWh
• One in five female prisoners are homeless after release, data shows https://t.co/kDJTSY05nL 
• Children increasingly used as weapons of war, Unicef warns https://t.co/e6C7JeiDtJ 
• #Egypt Reportedly Set to Pass Law Criminalizing Atheism https://t.co/aUR1vGOICC 
• Heseltine 'should be sanctioned' for Brexit comments, say nasty Tories https://t.co/rxUmSkRGfP 
• Edinburgh's Hogmanay: Some 'volunteer' roles will be paid https://t.co/ZDNRWkzW1Q

28th December - Law News

2196th 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 Focus Video Story: Actress Priyanka Chopra, one of India’s most successful actresses, who has also made a mark on the international entertainment industry, delivered the Penguin Annual Lecture 2017.

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Citizenship case: Labor enlists legal firepower in bid to save Katy Gallagher #Australia https://t.co/MjWaai5MPf
• Samsung scion denies corruption charges as legal appeal nears end #SouthKorea... https://t.co/GlWAQQDNvV 
• "Phony lawyer" accused of scamming immigrants out of legal fees #US... https://t.co/waLpv523MK 
• 800 people arrested after ban on legal highs https://t.co/ZVNV32wa8L 
• The most controversial cases that stunned the nation in 2017 #Philippines... https://t.co/vpvj2uR3nQ 
• Minority lawmakers ask SC to issue TRO vs martial law extension #Philippines... https://t.co/EmfqxiimWI 
• Electrician looted three tanning salons in Belfast and Newtownabbey 'to retrieve owed money'... https://t.co/qVN9VvKANl 
• Jeremy McConnell has been released from prison in time for New Year after serving just 34 days... https://t.co/THIqhPtP69 
• Former solicitor-general to represent ACT senator Katy Gallagher in High Court #Australia https://t.co/wjsSMkJE7v 
• Government mulls county court judgment shakeup | Law Gazette https://t.co/69b3okZTz5 
• Parking fraud costs in-house solicitor his place on the roll | Law Gazette https://t.co/d6GEQYWWnl
• Cities Sue Over Pentagon's Failure to Report Crimes to Gun Database #US https://t.co/KdjDny3Qho 
• Barred From Running, Barred From Boycotting: A #Russian Candidate's Quandary https://t.co/L1nxDue2On 
• The Gun Lobby Is Hindering Suicide Prevention #US https://t.co/je8DspW9ps 
• New York's Attorney General in Battle With Trump #US https://t.co/KAQjyQELgt 
• Years of Attack Leave Obamacare a More Government-Focused Health Law #US... https://t.co/atbceEbdJP 
• #Bosnia war crimes: Former female fighter Azra Bašić gets 14 years https://t.co/4nofigxPDv 
• Comfort women deal with #Japan ignored victims, says S Korea https://t.co/8orHvHbnPa
• Jerusalem: #Israel plans 'Trump station' near Western Wall https://t.co/oAk91cglHT 
• St Petersburg supermarket blast injures at least 10 shoppers #Russia https://t.co/18YajgxxA1 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/eRXChc2AdZ
• #Ukraine crisis: Exchange of hundreds of prisoners takes place https://t.co/KBC68kxTDO 
• Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski accused of sexual assault by Joy Villa #US https://t.co/XCpWLCAHbr 
• UK Employment Law case updates - December 2017: https://t.co/c5bCwauITk 
• Eboue offered legal advice to help overturn devastating court ruling https://t.co/3imZM9OXoj 
• Police investigate claims of fox killing during Boxing Day hunt https://t.co/5GKXs9Go00 
• Is it legal to ride an electric scooter in the UK? https://t.co/2zLjqmaF9A 
• Putin rival's vote call may be breaking law: Kremlin #Russia https://t.co/Hx9Dkugmb2 
• John McDonnell warns over 'alarming increase' in UK household debt https://t.co/gb7OjGSeg8 
• Number of domestic violence victims without legal help soars https://t.co/e2Hpn6n6Vu 
• ‘Stretched’ police would use extra funds to tackle knife crime, says Met chief https://t.co/2QJTxKik2q 
• The cruelty of legal aid cuts for abused women is now undeniable https://t.co/yJ8Xi1bT3P 
• How a British fixer's murder helped one man dominate #China https://t.co/xGlhMIoo6v 
• HMRC employs farmyard ducks to 'niggle' taxpayers https://t.co/MtE9mfnw1b 
• Drug-smuggling Laura Plummer transferred to 'bad prison' #Egypt https://t.co/8Ux0LFZZgJ 
• Shoplifters taking under £200 worth of goods 'not pursued' https://t.co/w4YExpBsAG 
• Police officer and woman killed in Sheffield crash named https://t.co/8D3UfqsKEY 
• Arthur Collins admits hiding mobile phone inside crutch in prison https://t.co/Ssx2lP9b5M 
• Former #Us president Obama warns against irresponsible social media use https://t.co/lw3JaoIt6D 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/N0CsOschZO
• Flight from LA to Tokyo turns around after four hours due to 'unauthorised person' https://t.co/1xLf1cTx7F 
• Number of domestic violence victims without legal help soars https://t.co/fajoxE5d7z 
• Beach bystanders criticised in Christmas Day drowning #Australia https://t.co/GazjnoHYq7 
• Grenfell firm to pass responsibility for homes to council https://t.co/lCHbj3Uc7A
• Pennsylvania woman gets $284bn electricity bill #US https://t.co/pJQbErZTl5
• Storm in a teacup no news day or a real offence: Lewis Hamilton apologises for 'boys don't wear dresses' remark https://t.co/I9aZtxMD8D 
• #Russian doping: IOC accused of 'cowardice' over Rodchenkov https://t.co/Y4hAWQqBg7 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/0HJnLPNLVB
• A Labour government might not be as bad as Brexit, declares former Tory Deputy Prime Minister Heseltine https://t.co/tEIe3zPLEI
• Tesco apologises after customers complain of 'rancid, rotten' turkeys https://t.co/rLQ95t4vbW 
• Our brutalising and degrading prisons https://t.co/4tI3BN2UrM
• Oxford Street panic: Woman hurt after 'shots fired' false alarm https://t.co/MlKHmQsQjI
• Police break up Westfield Stratford fight https://t.co/fIaJWBttKB

27th December - Law News

2195th 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 Focus Video Story: More than nine thousand people won’t be ‘going home for Christmas’. Instead they’ll be waking up in cars and tents, or on buses and trains. The figure comes from the homeless charity Crisis, which says many people miss out on help because they are not spotted sleeping on the streets.

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Biometric scans at airports across the country may not be legal, report claims #US https://t.co/T0Rz5Yg387
• Joining a board of directors entails serious legal responsibilities #US https://t.co/rjLRaGYeXJ 
• Los Angeles won't join California's legal pot party Jan. 1 #US https://t.co/DqzCOYLqBZ 
• American accused of fighting for ISIS will get legal counsel, judge says #US https://t.co/U99PMZa6As
• Companies are using a Facebook tool to screen job advertisements for older people... https://t.co/yKNVKOSOyv 
• This mum is refusing to take in parcels for neighbours - but what does the law say?... https://t.co/cFgykgbP0a 
• #Egypt-based militant group responds to UK blacklisting by claiming: ‘The UK is the terrorist’ https://t.co/AfdNFlVdII
• Why are British Muslim marriages unprotected by law? https://t.co/2YJ2lQszz2 
• Kremlin wants opposition's call for election boycott investigated #Russia https://t.co/RgR8rE7Ioe 
• UK cabinet ministers 'concerned over Brexit campaign tax demands' from HMRC https://t.co/eiNiDqTJbo
• Lawyer who fled war to come to UK says language barrier 'tears families apart' https://t.co/9wfg3KkjhB
• Is it legal to use a hoverboard in the UK? https://t.co/YXOVpOcgSU 
• UK frackers are running out of time https://t.co/yGUmjif1ux
• Gove faces pressure from Labour over free vote on foxhunting ban https://t.co/FCD91SuKvl 
• The new laws coming in for 2018 that you should know about https://t.co/gQFUX6biOC
• Ian Paterson: Surgeon's victims 'may have been missed' https://t.co/NYEavXhjCn
• Police officer and woman killed in Sheffield crash https://t.co/Qd3avaQCH4 
• Briton Laura Plummer jailed in Egypt for drug smuggling https://t.co/9yjchd9ywF 
• Christmas crackdown on '100 traders selling fake goods' https://t.co/hBJ3t7sWR9 
• Woman arrested in Barnsley murder probe https://t.co/KxvGXq1gKZ
• Swansea assault: Man charged with attempted murder https://t.co/S78KKkTA0a 
• Universities could face fines over 'no-platforming' https://t.co/ncz94gEdqW
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/8vtHQYls9U
• #Moldovan Government Hails Business-Friendly Legal Reforms https://t.co/3YGnDUiF0p 
• Assam Races To Complete List Of Legal Residents As Concerns Linger #India https://t.co/7nBIyQH346
• Legal battle over Charles Manson’s body ‘like a circus’ https://t.co/oGGk7CsK9S 
• #Belarus creates legal framework for cryptocurrency https://t.co/L7MMeG2E3f 
• Toronto pastor who officiated #Canada’s first legal same-sex marriages retires... https://t.co/9aD4iSbg1u 
• Kate Maltby considering legal action after Damian Green text messages leaked https://t.co/BuLlHhmfGo 
• HC issues contempt proceedings against judge #India https://t.co/KgcWP9q0Og
• Judge: American accused of fighting for ISIS must get lawyer #US https://t.co/63IPAD9My6 
• Judge partially lifts Trump administration ban on refugees #US https://t.co/yFRgWUKNIQ 
• George Weah: ‘Arsène Wenger showed me love when racism was at its peak’ https://t.co/hxZoeFgADO
• ‘You can’t afford to get upset’: behind the scenes with London’s 999 operators https://t.co/OZu3y5hxVf 
• Call for Syrian refugees' interpreters in Scotland to get psychological support https://t.co/X5J8pyN7R9 
• Asylum offices 'in a constant state of crisis', say whistleblowers https://t.co/T5oExCtaED
• Shoppers immune to Boxing Day sales fever https://t.co/1KThpw7bUn

26th December - Law News

2194th 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.

Season's Greeting to all our readers!

Saturday Conversations on Law

• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/TIQQqV7RGY
• Scotland united in curiosity as councils trial universal basic income https://t.co/QbhSkkW2UX
• Prison staff struggling to cope as spice epidemic grows in UK's jails https://t.co/299nNtcuCs 
• Detained Briton's trial postponed after translation confusion #Egypt https://t.co/EBxYP8i6Nu 
• Vitaly Mutko: #Russia football head steps aside amid doping ban https://t.co/dQ0yedqDRK
• #Russian presidential election: Alexei Navalny barred from competing https://t.co/KG43CqDZOg
• Twitter #joinin campaign by comic Sarah Millican helps lonely https://t.co/Av85dKdBeA
• Moscow subway bus crash kills four people #Russia https://t.co/p28GcPOXcC 
• At 11th hour, Laghman resident allowed to stay in UK... https://t.co/rvBfTQUtbE
• Manchester tackles domestic violence reforms #US... https://t.co/19hkj6xKQM 
• NHRC says human rights situation bleak #Nepal... https://t.co/QfqbXelDIx
• Duterte's press secretary is a former human rights lawyer. Many are perplexed #Philippines... https://t.co/c4aR6S7cYV
• UN human rights experts call for justice on war perpetrators in #SouthSudan... https://t.co/Efla0n7Oga 
• Epileptic Inmate Alireza Golipour to Resume Life-Endangering Hunger Strike in Evin Prison #Iran... https://t.co/fDSW6G8rA6
• Arseny Roginsky, #Russian Human Rights Leader, Is Dead at 71... https://t.co/nw6FIdy7GB 
• Man dies in Liverpool police pursuit crash https://t.co/oXjcIJm0KQ 
• London Euston rail station hosts homeless for Christmas https://t.co/jHbb6WJ0Ho 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/tswT4Vhmxp
• Kabul blast: Suicide attack near #Afghan intelligence HQ https://t.co/8tgoJffEjz 
• #China and #Russia oppose UN resolution on Rohingya https://t.co/vp0e6plg7l
• #Tunisia suspends Emirates flights over security measures targeting women https://t.co/kkqenSmLjl
• Alberto Fujimori: #Peru's jailed ex-president pardoned https://t.co/H0IvxHmebZ
• Tortured by police, separated from his family for years, but Tamil refugee still says nandri – thank you #Australia https://t.co/Hz5MpZpyMZ
• Landlords ‘unwilling’ to rent to universal credit recipients https://t.co/NU0Ip8UCNo 
• The connection between Universal Credit, ordeals and experiments in electrocuting laboratory rats... https://t.co/1TWN0nYB2C
• The refugees who brought hope to a Scottish island https://t.co/8pCKjUJbXB
• The press’s war on Kate Maltby risks a Leveson revival https://t.co/IhTG5EYLkt 
• Public interest journalism faces a serious threat from Paradise - the offshore law firm Appleby https://t.co/8uM6XUHETx
• Thousands of #Russians endorse Navalny to challenge Putin in 2018 https://t.co/Hq8uKUoQkf 
• Ex-Texas Congressman says he was abused at ranch for at-risk children #US https://t.co/6QRFRzJ28Q 
• Burglars steal £2,000 of Christmas presents https://t.co/xSq5G3AFw3 
• Bethlehem Christmas: Church of the Nativity hosts pilgrims https://t.co/C23dNDAAnT 
• Pope Francis pleads for migrants at Christmas Eve Mass #Vatican https://t.co/6x23rkWOah

25th December - Law News

2193rd 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.

Season's Greeting to all our readers!

Saturday Conversations on Law

• #Tunisia bans UAE Emirates airline from landing in Tunis https://t.co/8fXnjZWxlW
• Privacy Complaints Mount Over Phone Searches at #US Border Since 2011... https://t.co/6prNsPfatl 
• In Bethlehem, a Mood of Hopeless Resignation Among #Palestinians... https://t.co/FzDkbg1QCk 
• 'I'm Struggling to Survive': For Rohingya Women, Abuse Continues in Camps... https://t.co/HGGnU6wn4S
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/8ytg99c6Rf
• The moment paedophile hunters snared Grindr user in Newcastle city centre... https://t.co/A6FQ0HZMVg 
• Justice Department rolls back guidance #US https://t.co/3NgUJLcKRk 
• Court hears that 10-year-old boy is having suicidal thoughts #Ireland https://t.co/ti4ywrwslJ 
• Scottish public want restrictions on who can claim to be a lawyer https://t.co/82cVKRYomZ 
• Educate people about the effects of cannabis on driving, solicitor tells court https://t.co/ZutviO0UuO 
• #Denmark drug dealer arrested after mistaking police car for taxi https://t.co/tnbNhb0tfP
• Digital media company Vice admits 'boy's club' culture fostered sexual harassment of women https://t.co/ecHdHxUUY7 
• #Venezuela releases 80 anti-government activists https://t.co/dpltUm4403 
• Horse shit 'bomb scare' near #US official Mnuchin's home https://t.co/DRYlktc9Y6 
• TV dinners: The hidden cost of the processed food revolution https://t.co/wP6fwXvlMs 
• Field Farm Fisheries' deplorable 'no Polish' sign taken down https://t.co/1yvQQoBgy9 
• Wagamama has apologised after a manager warned workers they face disciplinary action for calling in sick https://t.co/2fCYPtN1yI 
• Trump Turnberry goft resort in Scotland will no longer get business rates relief https://t.co/aqV6tZVvjD 
• Hope for early release of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe: Husband 'sitting by the phone' #Iran https://t.co/GUAhwVWrxq 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/n4UjKuoFLL
• Ivana Smit: Dutch model's death in #Malaysia casts a long shadow https://t.co/2rfiu9N8hZ 
• Plan to collect data on excluded pupils could put them at ‘lifelong risk’ of stigma https://t.co/x0suPMLR16
• Huge health gap revealed between UK’s rich and poor https://t.co/3c56A1DBTP 
• Damian Green’s allies plotted to discredit me – Kate Maltby https://t.co/hC4EsM3vWE 
• Charity launches festive TV ad to challenge view of British Muslims as anti-Christmas https://t.co/3ZQiMiDfac 
• Donald Trump accuses FBI deputy director of Hillary Clinton bias #US https://t.co/z4DekaRRar 
• Three Miss America officials resign over abuse of pageant winners #US https://t.co/3X8mDqrSUa 
• #Peru's ex-President Fujimori taken from jail to hospital https://t.co/7fXgvypM4l 
• Free boarding school places for care system pupils https://t.co/hPDy72ujW1 
• UK's Christian heritage stressed in PM's Christmas message, but she made no mention of the homeless or foodbank use… https://t.co/Yx6fzsbbNG 
• £500m passport claim was apparently 'fake news', says Theresa May aide Robbie Gibb https://t.co/vwCBt6aZI4

24th December - Law News

2192nd 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.

Season's Greeting to all our readers!

Today's video story: Young people who become homeless often find themselves in a chain of misfortune, forced into unsafe situations with little help from the state. Thomas Korpiela, Ann O'Shea, Kirk Rogers and Brookemorgan Henry-Rennie share their experiences of dealing with mental health issues and surviving on the streets. They describe how the charities Depaul and Centrepoint helped them get their lives back on track.

Saturday Conversations on Law

• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/ZRTnB5ryzn
• Legal eagles to ‘stand for judicial independence’ in Bar Association poll #HongKong https://t.co/aBvxeV4scl 
• OAP released from hospital at 3am could spark legal action https://t.co/I6yBqD3kjf 
• Democratic VA delegate candidate: 'We're looking at our legal options' #US https://t.co/o9QKcoOtgE 
• Los Angeles won't join California's legal pot party Jan. 1 #US https://t.co/xixKSLiE2T
• Council stopped from banning halal meat in Lancashire schools https://t.co/Ibe4whOHD7 
• Legal action to decide if the UK can stop Brexit given the go ahead https://t.co/2LcN8GWCay 
• Goodbye #Russia: corrupt local politicians make a generation of environmentalists to pack their bags https://t.co/gYcEiYPs0X
• How litigation laid the ground for accountability after #MeToo https://t.co/BQcNFKrELO 
• Collapse of rape cases is result of austerity, says Shami Chakrabarti https://t.co/e5U9sIeErX 
• New silks announced: Christmas came early for 119 barristers and solicitors | NLJ... https://t.co/yJvic64G0P 
• Prisoners and others on Crown property can continue to smoke undisturbed, following a unanimous Supreme Court decis… https://t.co/9kcooXuo6z
• Law Commission announces new reform programme | NLJ https://t.co/S1MyzViL0d
• Government releases 39 summaries on Brexit impact | NLJ... https://t.co/aS0bspNVxx 
• Tesco: No edible food will go to waste by February 2018 https://t.co/s4ohRmKf1d 
• Disabled athlete Tanni Grey-Thompson told there was 'no room' on train for her https://t.co/rhjZM0Dtan 
• Conductor Charles Dutoit denies 'forced physical contact' claims https://t.co/sWNW75uU8z 
• Celebrity chef Nick Nairn assaulted in Aberdeen https://t.co/JH8nlhIgm0
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/RN3DHILx1C
• Hague Tribunal offers lessons in the power and the limits of war crimes justice... https://t.co/exGAjjHUzX
• Green tribunal dismisses plea against IOC’s LPG terminal at Puthuvypeen #India https://t.co/51TmQObh1v 
• Supreme Court judge seeks Company Law tribunal in Telangana #India https://t.co/dnKudIoAqL 
• Legal expert Dr Kariuki Muigua appointed to NEMA Tribunal #Kenya https://t.co/kbHOVha5oO 
• Condo language dispute to be heard by B.C. Human Rights Tribunal after dismissal attempt fails #Canada https://t.co/KKWiU3TM3i 
• UN chief extends mandate of special tribunal for #Lebanon https://t.co/pgolsrYRDZ
• Princess Michael of Kent apologises for wearing 'racist jewellery' https://t.co/KOz2bb1Pli 
• Blue passports could put UK citizens at back of queue, EU officials say https://t.co/ABtKfHMgDH
• Damian Green case: former police officers 'acted in public interest' https://t.co/Q3MrAWTuZF 
• Fifa trial: two ex-soccer officials found guilty on multiple charges of corruption https://t.co/Rpd37pWl0n
• May rejects request by Grenfell survivors for decision-making panel https://t.co/flyGItbg7X 
• New Facebook tool tells users if they've liked or followed Russia's 'troll army' https://t.co/Cy681weQnG 
• Aldi stabbing: Jodie Willsher murder suspect charged https://t.co/rgB7eSXoJj
• Natalie Lewis-Hoyle death: MP's daughter 'found hanged in room' https://t.co/jsMSJVwFIW

23rd December - Law News

2191st 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: There have been sharp rises in the value of cryptocurrencies, this year. But their falls have also been spectacular. The price of Bitcoin has dropped to below the 13,000-dollar threshold, after hitting all-time-highs of more than 20,000 over the weekend.

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Beyond Professional Services invests in family law business | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/SY31CoYKpm 
• Contract review start-up raises $2.4 million | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/BSkR9yCtis
• Squire Patton Boggs expands cyber and data division | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/rjXJDleEt8 
• Tanenbaum Keale launches in Seattle | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/0yLnbIsPmL
• The year in perspective: Disappearing law firm brands in 2017 | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/a5u6zx1tEe
• LegalZoom accused of using ABS to “unlawfully practise law” in the US | Legal Futures... https://t.co/NdLd4bodm2 
• Slater & Gordon becomes first law firm owned by hedge fund | Legal Futures... https://t.co/Wrd6q0IfJp
• Solicitor who brought hopeless JRs in bid to thwart removal of immigration clients struck off | Legal Futures... https://t.co/Z1tv6MxuXK
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/eott1XEqW6
• #NorthKorea: UN imposes fresh sanctions over missile tests https://t.co/tqo0tQJq3E 
• Sweetie: 'Girl' chatbot targets thousands of paedophiles https://t.co/HXZ7pA0cms 
• Amazon apologises for death 'threats' to customer https://t.co/qcUJNV4Cmz
• Liam Allan and Isaac Itiary trial collapses should lead to much-needed reform https://t.co/c8LAIhLMQW
• Legal action over whether UK can stop Brexit gets go-ahead https://t.co/ydQSJGvrVb
• #US ambassador to Netherlands describes own words as 'fake news' https://t.co/hiOqoz3pDk 
• This man died sleeping on Birmingham streets. What happened to his life? https://t.co/OmCbOUEjC0 
• Damian Green’s sacking won’t change abuse at Westminster. But what will? https://t.co/t14vxMtx5R
• Charles Dutoit: Conductor relieved of duties after sex assault claims https://t.co/n6dIQzHTRQ 
• MP's aide Samuel Armstrong cleared of Westminster rape https://t.co/ulShrBHcJQ
• Rape conviction quashed by judge over new Facebook evidence https://t.co/JvXrXGIWZm 
• New appointment for Lucy Scott-Moncrieff | Law Gazette https://t.co/MxyB3beH3a
• Supreme Court to hear appeal on case which left insurers 'in limbo' | Law Gazette https://t.co/0wsS2K0C3i 
• Partnership model needs a rethink, says Zebra Project legal chief | Law Gazette https://t.co/z4EbsQ8zGz 
• Immigration solicitor banned after running hopeless JR claims | Law Gazette https://t.co/keiQISXvfI 
• Secondment scheme builds links with Africa's top legal talent | Law Gazette https://t.co/2sZroMrlGG 
• AML quango part-funded by lawyers set for January launch | Law Gazette https://t.co/yiJiQ1odQ0
• Law firms are keeping solicitors off the bench, MoJ admits | Law Gazette https://t.co/0iKf7t6IFs 
• How UK may be forced out of Europol | Law Gazette https://t.co/L6vZBzrFTH 
• Softly softly approach to tribunal fee refunds | Law Gazette https://t.co/T031B02Bf2
• Whistleblowing DJ vows to fight on at Supreme Court | Law Gazette https://t.co/3Ab7lPYn8K 
• Kennedys seals deal with Puerto Rico outfit | The Lawyer https://t.co/xWuYFz94ZK 
• Lo♥︎ing legal life: Give yourself the gift of a genuine break this Christmas | The Lawyer https://t.co/G7yFTvvY46 Dec 22, 2017
• Gruppo Campari appoints new general counsel after retirement | The Lawyer https://t.co/ZWoaFFJemP
• What offshore firms are doing (and not doing) about legal tech | The Lawyer https://t.co/stBwf2lesX 
• Career clinic: My GC takes credit for my ideas – what can I do? | The Lawyer https://t.co/49fibKXhLK 
• Your client wasn’t always your client | The Lawyer https://t.co/pBAzlAVG4f 
• Dentons retains top spot as favourite FTSE 100 litigator | The Lawyer https://t.co/K6cHO1BR9P 
• FTSE 100: adviser management trumps tech in reducing legal spend | The Lawyer https://t.co/Dc2C4R4epS 
• The top 10 most read stories of 2017 | The Lawyer https://t.co/fm3IiD1pxH 
• Lo♥︎ing legal life: why you should hug for happiness | The Lawyer https://t.co/q1K35cyyVC 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/EbfYNzbIgZ
• #Italian 'ambulances of death' worker linked to mafia funeral parlour arrested https://t.co/rqgz3Gj5uq 
• Melbourne attack an isolated incident, says PM Turnbull #Australia https://t.co/dwm65ODFZX 
• #US police officer's bodycam records him clinging to speeding car https://t.co/4zTBNb1pTs 
• UK 'ready to retaliate' against Russian cyber attacks https://t.co/ps0y6WxgRf 
• British passports will be navy blue after Brexit says Home Office https://t.co/EW8SVHsjB7 
• Why do #US gun sales spike at Christmas? https://t.co/8p5kPxpJgx 
• Johanna Young 1992 murder: Key to case 'in local area' https://t.co/tyeUO4GdQz 
• The Competition and Markets Authority’s Legal Services Market Study: Government Response https://t.co/ZNTcSrL2NU 
• Further steps taken towards UK ratification of the Unified Patent Court https://t.co/PpT6iyXatI 
• Offshore law firm sues 2 UK-based news outlets for reporting on 'Paradise Papers' https://t.co/NT0Ps2LrkO 
• 25-year sentence for acid attack man signals change in UK law https://t.co/ftnnA4HF5t 
• Law Society calls for estate agents to have to disclose referral fee amounts at very start https://t.co/MLTxOLTyM8 
• Hundreds of drink-driving cases struck out due to dismissed appeal #Ireland https://t.co/jgaKcnwnpk
• Nichols man who failed to appear in court apprehended, sentenced to 25 years in prison #US https://t.co/FBRwqAjaoD 
• Government lawyer feared blunder could cost up to $2m #Australia https://t.co/1shHS1Xvqr 
• Trusts and the UK: half a step forward, three steps backwards https://t.co/yntdqa95jH 
• Non-recognition of third-country talaq divorce: Sahyouni... https://t.co/5ejjoXHDUd 
• Northern Ireland Electoral Commission in new bid to honour transparency laws from 2014 https://t.co/Y6hAycsoWW 
• Female Lawyers in the UK Share Their #MeToo Stories https://t.co/VBLIlj30IH
• The UK decides 10 Mbps broadband should be a legal right https://t.co/wULgm391Er 
• Central Administrative Tribunal puts interim stay on Haryana IAS nomination list #India https://t.co/4b2QHlkSz8
• Osun to establish standing tribunal into chieftaincy matters #Nigeria https://t.co/sLEZ2sOzDj 
• Tribunal decision on Hastings council’s appeal to be announced soon https://t.co/OXNCgvLKZr 
• Mediator named to #Canada Agricultural Review Tribunal https://t.co/R4hkqti6zq 
• ANC lawmakers ordered to move quickly on media appeals tribunal #SouthAfrica https://t.co/bA7s3D73dJ 
• Why I had to challenge King's College tribunal https://t.co/QGQOqFC4op 
• Curtain falls on UN tribunal’s 24-year history of fighting impunity in former Yugoslavia #Balkans https://t.co/gcULiCBHof 
• UN votes resoundingly to reject Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as capital of #Israel https://t.co/iamDB6AeIm 
• Slender Man case: girl who stabbed classmate gets 25-year hospital sentence https://t.co/nzI72kbgi5 
• Puppy farming to be targeted in UK government crackdown https://t.co/8Ufs7TXui1 
• Homeless man who killed mother and son has sentence increased https://t.co/JOOPTOzDAJ

22nd December - Law News

2190th 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: Peru’s President Pablo Kuczynski faces the toughest moment yet in his short presidency. After just 17 months in office, on Thursday he will answer to allegations of graft in dealings with the Brazilian construction giant Odebrecht. The so-called Car Wash corruption scandal in Brazil has affected many countries in the Americas, but now the case has turned into a political witch hunt in Peru.

Focus of the day story: Companies 'needlessly' de-risking over sanctions and money-laundering. In some cases, re-risking can be more risky, according to global advisory group. Full story: The Global Legal Post

Saturday Conversations on Law

• 'No 10 knew' of Damian Green claims in 2016, claims Kate Maltby https://t.co/UDrmpPY01i
• Dellen Millard: Fun-loving heir whose killings stunned #Canada https://t.co/XHJcbzSsge
• Aldi supermarket stabbing: Woman dies in Skipton store attack https://t.co/8L7mbRe4Ex
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/hHRWudJvXt
• Confiscation order for doctor jailed after duping solicitors with fake invoices | Legal Futures... https://t.co/5gzuALwQVG 
• Put constitutional right of access to justice at heart of LASPO review, MPs say | Legal Futures... https://t.co/gYIqdh21aZ
• Santa’s data protection elf-check | Legal Futures... https://t.co/axfdWAaGnZ
• Sports group invests in north-west practice to offer legal services to clients | Legal Futures... https://t.co/Yy1Vh2gZHz
• Group of 48 investors settles misrepresentation claims against US law firm | Legal Futures... https://t.co/SVZBkNVFQL
• Ombudsman urges “prescriptive template” for all lawyers in price publication push | Legal Futures... https://t.co/DH5Ced1TQX 
• SCOLAG Legal Journal changes to online format - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/rRad0dOPWE 
• Grandfather wins human rights challenge against extradition to the UAE - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/X1Syxiaulu 
• Justice Committee gives Civil Litigation Bill qualified backing - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/eSKQVTBmjS
• #Ukraine accuses government interpreter of spying for #Russia https://t.co/NwfJbk4u1n 
• Alps murders: Suspect could give new lead to al-Hilli shooting https://t.co/PmfX51VobZ 
• Theresa May seeks to reassure UK's Polish residents https://t.co/I73hgoeEgR
• Toys R Us staves off collapse after rescue talks https://t.co/NskIkGnUON
• #Israel's and Jerusalem: UN resolution rejects #US President Trump's declaration https://t.co/HJ6JgPn4t4 
• Cabinet Office fails to find evidence following investigation, so Tory MP Mark Garnier cleared of sexual misconduct… https://t.co/o5xCf06dvt
• Why does police mishandling of evidence only make headlines in rape cases? https://t.co/NiFSXOkfDu
• Federal court boosts protections in native title negotiations #Australia https://t.co/rAKKXKOV0K
• Fighting child sex crimes in #SouthAfrica: 'We've seen an increase in brutality' https://t.co/fQBqTr2MrD 
• Government promises to liberate leaseholders from 'feudal practices' https://t.co/UsmB688yPV 
• #Sweden plans change in law to require explicit consent before sexual contact https://t.co/ePGKAGz5v6 
• Names are revealed of five solicitors taking silk https://t.co/6es1b4MW9r 
• Firm builds closer barrister links with pupillage scheme https://t.co/TXM2G3ODrg 
• New-build leaseholds to be outlawed https://t.co/qPd0Ify7Ik
• CPS reveals reasons for dismissing 15 lawyers https://t.co/pnlivzijCc 
• False claims doctor ordered to pay back £183k https://t.co/WYlF3bwBV9 
• Jailed Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe 'eligible for early release' in #Iran https://t.co/2PQfPV74ey 
• Apple's iPhones slowed to tackle ageing batteries https://t.co/o4ElLVbBNH 
• Finsbury Park mosque attack suspect pleads not guilty https://t.co/zFBdHlR0kd 
• Maternity mistakes: Lapses lead to mistake every five births https://t.co/xwJ4ajUY3R 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/wHCjqYVDvB
• Rightwing artist put up Meryl Streep 'she knew' posters as revenge for Trump https://t.co/rcRgvjth7a 
• Doctor sacked by Fifa was investigating alleged #Russian football doping https://t.co/GxkcQ20nMy 
• #Bermudian activist wants the UK to stop his own country’s marriage equality ban... https://t.co/KyouKlGUc9 
• 2017’s landmark employment law lessons... https://t.co/9QVxRGV3Mg 
• Residential Tenancies Board dealing with four to five illegal eviction cases a week #Ireland https://t.co/CT8WuzODKc
• #Kyrgyz Opposition Leader Fined For Allegedly Illegal Mercedes Purchase, Maintains Innocence https://t.co/fRigqbf8dU 
• #Indonesia seeks to slap money-laundering label on illegal fishing https://t.co/O1UCPYBKdf
• Hedge funds fail to stop 'billion-dollar brain' City analyst's deportation https://t.co/F9chk54hCs 
• #Japan’s inaction on illegal ivory exports threatens Chinese ban, report says https://t.co/iTVi3h7AdP 
• AT&T to pay $1,000 bonus due to tax cuts #US https://t.co/egYKQiHPID
• UK lottery winner granted interim order to stop book about affair... https://t.co/1FR5bcCxl8 
• Damian Green sacked after 'misleading statements' on porn claims https://t.co/wOsEx2JpjN 
• Catt Sadler: #US TV host quits over equal pay dispute https://t.co/WSsRbhMpO7
• Richard III burial site in Leicester granted protection https://t.co/ltrkf4Mw22 
• GCHQ says cyber-spies 'over-achieved' say MPs https://t.co/MERuhsAFKz 
• Canary Wharf lawyer cleared of possessing indecent images of children https://t.co/4a3wD6Zlpz 
• Alleged Uber black ops lawyer would rather not have his Xmas holiday ruined by Waymo, ta https://t.co/5c2xVTfhrI 
• Lawyer cleared of possessing indecent pictures of children describes his three years of ‘living hell’ https://t.co/EEsCCrkuxx 
• #France Passes Law To Ban All Oil, Gas Production By 2040... https://t.co/BNio9Pb9ny 
• The 20 Cheapest Law Schools in the ‘U.S. News’ Top 100 #US https://t.co/Qezev2uxLG

21st December - Law News

2189th 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: MPs have branded homelessness "a national crisis", condemning the government for its "unacceptably complacent" response. A damning report by the cross-party public accounts committee says the number of people sleeping rough has soared 134% since 2011, describing the government's efforts to eliminate rough sleeping as the '"tip of the iceberg". Ministers insist they're providing more than a billion pounds to reduce all forms of homelessness by 2020. In the latest in our week-long series on the issue, we have been talking to homeless people in Liverpool and Manchester to see what support is being offered to people with nowhere else to go.

Focus of the day story: Lawyers from different parts of the profession have warned rule-makers to be cautious about any attempts to impose mediation on parties, and warned against punishing those who opt not to mediate. Responses from both the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers and the City of London Law Society outlined a range of problems with the principles of mandating the use of mediation. The issue is being discussed by the Civil Justice Council, which is consulting on the issue until this month. There is a feeling that mediation has yet to become culturally accepted in the legal profession and the organisation is looking at ways to change this. Full story: The Law Society Gazette

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Jerusalem UN vote: Trump threatens #US aid recipients #Israel https://t.co/QP9IsFaF3t
• Sesame Street to help Syrian refugees https://t.co/WKG06RYVp6 
• Collapse of rape trials appalling, says attorney general https://t.co/wNjr2rhVTU
• Wild animals in travelling circuses banned in Scotland https://t.co/Q5GSqFnK6h 
• There’s a mental health crisis in our prisons, yet the justice secretary is silent https://t.co/HcFqlk96n4 
• Yugoslavia tribunal closes, leaving a powerful legacy of war crimes justice #Balkans https://t.co/SH7yiUAfTw 
• Met police deny systemic failure in rape case disclosures https://t.co/M8jmOnDVF2 
• Uber to face stricter EU regulation after ECJ rules it is transport firm https://t.co/Q0Awwzefnm 
• Theresa May to visit Poland amid EU row over judicial reforms https://t.co/sozifXuXTW 
• Yes, there’s a major problem with rape prosecutions. But it’s not that women are lying https://t.co/heF7niiuAB
• Transgender Jewish woman wins review of child contact case https://t.co/80mXUlU3b1 
• #Swedish rape law would require explicit consent before sexual contact https://t.co/78YMhkSril 
• European court rules champagne sorbet can keep the sparkling name https://t.co/19t66U8rK1 
• A victory for workers over Uber. But beware the Brexit roadblock https://t.co/deA6OvTogl 
• The Guardian view on rape and the police: justice first https://t.co/E0Gpgm5Kh4 https://t.co/lZBAVI54HS
• EU says Brexit transition to end by 31 December 2020 https://t.co/BcEnN2E0TU 
• Uber is officially a cab firm, says European court https://t.co/k9AjgMODfw 
• HMRC warns on iTunes gift card scam https://t.co/V3sv18pzrP 
• Shadowy defences shouldn’t wash where fraud is concerned. | Law Gazette https://t.co/DOGQWsq4xL
• £86,000 costs as tribunal strikes off former mayor https://t.co/T8CroxcCjV 
• Society calls for disclosures of conveyancing referral fees https://t.co/SgkeDZCQCe 
• LASPO review should consider basic right to access to justice - MPs https://t.co/ldbdmHngbd 
• Court rules ex-clients not entitled to copies of firm's documents https://t.co/c6Rcx1jixP 
• Solicitor jailed for 20 years for child sex abuse https://t.co/24Dn92GgcE 
• Stepfather jailed over boy's water park drowning https://t.co/rdBdENhqmg 
• Islamic instant divorce 'not legal' under EU law, says ECJ https://t.co/tQwbAOg6vM 
• Father's paternity pay rights tested at tribunal https://t.co/QnmHBmLL5d 
• Footballer Raheem Sterling: hooligan admits racially aggravated attack on Man City winger https://t.co/qnQtsNjlLx
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/JDnQcB5Q9h
• Brexit: Does the EU stop the UK improving animal welfare? No https://t.co/AFpJYyRqYG 
• Disgraced #US cardinal Bernard Law 'dies in Rome' https://t.co/hMBvNmvi6D 
• Derailed #US train lacked automatic safety system https://t.co/u35qDYOe5n 
• Homelessness in England 'a national crisis', say MPs https://t.co/OG3M3N6may 
• UK 'Christmas terror plot': Police searches resume https://t.co/44T2IjooyN 
• Brexit: UK plans to soften impact on European banks https://t.co/9hEBifD6lI 
• Facebook action hints at western retaliation over WannaCry attack https://t.co/By5EPLjWy4 
• Council tax bills could rise by £100 a year as government relaxes cap https://t.co/PXnfTbSe6e 
• Ralf Little video accuses Jeremy Hunt of misleading public https://t.co/hssHz5cMa8
• Arthur Collins jailed for 'despicable' acid attack in London nightclub https://t.co/2RCrjVko4i 
• Critics pooh-pooh use of spikes in trees to protect cars from birds https://t.co/GOcJa2yTZi 
• The Guardian view on diversity in the courts: not just women https://t.co/BLe2gx0H4n 
• Police non-disclosure should lead to reform https://t.co/W1Yc490tvE
• Three judges sue Ministry of Justice for race discrimination https://t.co/RA11UqKzaF