2279th 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 Focus: Kylie Morris speaks to the senior Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, Congressman Adam Schiff, one of the leading figures investigating Russian interference in the 2016 election. I began by asking him about those comments from Alexander Nix that sounded so dismissive of their efforts to discover what Cambridge Analytica had been doing and how his committee didn't have jurisdiction over his activities.
Focus of the Day story: Lawyers, Legal Language and Fact-finding Hearings under Part IV of the Children Act 1989 - what lessons can be learned from the Court of Appeal's judgment in R (Children) [2018] EWCA Civ 198. Full story - Family Law Week
Saturday Conversations on Law |
- Met Police sorry for officers' selfie at murder scene in Stratford https://t.co/dMW8qRXUNi
- Donald Trump replaces National Security Adviser HR McMaster with John Bolton despite allegedly being suspicious of… https://t.co/w6Z4g0KAcM
- Top tips for GDPR compliance: What every company and law firm should know https://t.co/p8ln7MdkJO
- Paul Hastings raids Loeb & Loeb for new Century City operation https://t.co/YTADA0Bujk
- Don’t get caught out by the traditional equity partnership model https://t.co/qonCaDINCE
- Latham & Watkins head steps down over sexual communications https://t.co/kAxrGCoTkG
- Law firm accused by travel company over failed holiday sickness claim hits backs https://t.co/6wi1AYbuc7
- The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/6gtEwBUOIU
- Kinstellar targets investment opportunities in Uzbekistan https://t.co/FMYuVkVtmO
- HSF backs James Palmer in leadership challenge https://t.co/rgjbwq500n
- Number of children in poverty surges by 100,000 in one year https://t.co/08eQjQ4IFn
- National law firm fined £20,000 for using client account as banking facility https://t.co/7ltODkXHmu
- Birmingham cinema's seats shut after head-trap death https://t.co/r828f4ZRoK
- Plastic patch in Pacific Ocean growing rapidly, study shows https://t.co/krwMRvMzeW
- Police in 139mph drink-driver pursuit on A47 at Wisbech https://t.co/nDesBK3JYg
- Bournemouth throat-cut attacker jailed for 21 years https://t.co/yBSatW0M9W
- Donald Trump's top Russia lawyer John Dowd resigns #US https://t.co/H29IDaYWBT
- Russian spy poisoning: Policeman discharged after Salisbury attack https://t.co/DO6nP8Da05
- CMS Cameron McKenna dismisses Singapore managing partner https://t.co/gvadgbpIiS
- Whiplash reforms could cost claimant lawyers £80m, government says https://t.co/LolM2DDQB3
- Private equity fund acquires leading directory publisher Chambers https://t.co/nqUIZdTUy3
- Does up-to-date website content mean no rest for the wicked? https://t.co/oiruaJZVFj
- DibbsBarker to close its doors after 17 partners head for Dentons https://t.co/agdppLkhOM
- Iraqi asylum seeker who ‘broke racist Britain First leader Paul Golding’s nose in prison’ https://t.co/t3T8uOAtEn
- Should Latham chief have stood down over sex messages? | Law Gazette https://t.co/kN7HEA7g7R
- Firms on notice after collapse of indemnity insurer | Law Gazette https://t.co/J09nMiILrP
- Solicitor 'more comfortable' at bar claims dual practice first | Law Gazette https://t.co/V67vXxekE1
- Munby on warpath over cross-examination and practice directions | Law Gazette https://t.co/HZ0EAoKWyl
- Freshfields gender pay report continues trend of omitting partners | Law Gazette https://t.co/S84Rc2gGAF
- Plug the gaps that emerge during LASPO review, MPs tell Gauke | Law Gazette https://t.co/HkR7ZfdEo
- Claims firm loses latest challenge over costs recovery | Law Gazette https://t.co/CzkyHmCSqB
- Claimant lawyers will lose £81m a year as insurers pocket huge windfall - MoJ | Law Gazette https://t.co/egbzrpSYq4
- My wife has been sentenced to jail in #Bahrain. She lives in the UK https://t.co/5BZ5lt6HUY
- Reuters reporters clock up 100 days in #Myanmar jail https://t.co/FjKYzarEd5
- Frontmen for shell companies could face jail in UK property crackdown https://t.co/LyF8ot7gsL
- The ban on assisted death ignores the reality of illnesses like dementia https://t.co/Z3IGq4lX3Q
- Gay hospital chaplain loses discrimination appeal against C of E https://t.co/Vaz9SrJI2Q
- Cambridge Analytica: search of London HQ delayed by wait for warrant https://t.co/JpbvhqDGWP
- Trains always cancelled, bus stops moving each match day, so perfect time for a Cardiff congestion charge:… https://t.co/n840hr1XGu
- Facebook data: What the social media giant knows about you https://t.co/FkJuwi3LcA
- Police can take days to respond to 999 calls, says report https://t.co/2jMsfSJxNV
- Pavilion Theatre saved after 'inferno' in Glasgow nightclub block https://t.co/LdqxOn3rHN
- MSPs pass bill modernising forestry regime https://t.co/VzBvjbLcVQ
- J Gordon Reid QC FCIArb, a former Temporary Judge of the Court of Session and convener of the Faculty Dispute Resol… https://t.co/nq9HcG3M4z
- Leading authors call on Scottish government to bring forward draft defamation reform bill https://t.co/hf7qRLuwmS
- Average house price in Scotland up 7.3 per cent on last January https://t.co/B0NIy3TlhP
- ‘Death row’ dogs saved from destruction by appeal court https://t.co/s4RLjdIU3Z
- Vialex leads on series of deals and hires senior adviser https://t.co/kkGA0zztzl
- How a small initiative by three women five years ago now feeds thousands of children in #Bangladesh… https://t.co/J38tcIo9ez
- #Maldives lifts state of emergency after 45 days https://t.co/W4cebUfXAA
- 'A national humiliation': Brexiteers furious as Franco-Dutch firm 'wins contract to produce blue passports'… https://t.co/yUIc4pQktS
- Rebel Wilson: #Australia media firms fail in defamation case bid https://t.co/HVnpcML2ML
- Uber self-driving crash: Footage shows moment before impact #US https://t.co/okhtonaTkl
- Idiot West Ham give lifetime bans to pitch invaders at Burnley game https://t.co/9HHzRPGphy
- #French ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy says funding probe is 'hell' https://t.co/zf0u76yCE2
- Facebook warned 'enough is enough' by advertisers https://t.co/AUfS2TMmUK
- Oh the irony for th s 51% who voted for brexit: UK passports 'to be made in France after Brexit' https://t.co/rXY8JNDmZc
- Westminster Bridge attack victim's sister refuses to dwell on killer https://t.co/n5U4awDD87
- The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/5S5Klah7aC
- An essay-writing company has had its adverts banned after they were deemed to be misleading to students https://t.co/XNVLLK3QWn
- Smokers fail to respond to #UAE 'sin tax' https://t.co/XBWQVXHX26
- Jailed for murder, #Spain domestic violence victim fights for pardon https://t.co/y6z5bv213t
- #SouthAfrica and the fable of the Guptas https://t.co/LRZaoUfehx
- Joseph Mifsud: The mystery professor behind Trump Russia inquiry #US https://t.co/TvU7muKcRz
- Was #Israel prepared to kill a journalist to get to Arafat? https://t.co/Yxjp3OOmJ4
- Surgeon David Nott: Hack led to Syria air strike https://t.co/XiQ7dO9jM6
- Trump set to announce China sanctions after IP probe #US https://t.co/FA6wOEioX3
- #Palestinian slap video teen Ahed Tamimi gets eight months in plea deal at #Israel court https://t.co/tcBoL6y4AL
- Africa agrees deal for Continental Free Trade Area https://t.co/iZhrhzYjGx
- The Cambridge Analytica saga is a scandal of Facebook’s own making https://t.co/tl7GkR9gzS
- Guernsey could be first place in British Isles to allow assisted dying https://t.co/iEWpWeMD25
- No wonder so few people report rape. They are hung out to dry in court https://t.co/M8qkURf9SP
- Failings in mental healthcare are violating basic human rights https://t.co/eVxMK2u8fV
- Shoreham air crash pilot to be charged with manslaughter https://t.co/YQqto27P09
- Robin Williams groped and flashed me on set, claims Mork & Mindy co-star https://t.co/ZLMc517xQ1
- Climate science on trial as high-profile US case takes on fossil fuel industry https://t.co/Zh2LqNL5iS