2325th 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: At the group's annual convention in Dallas, Lois Beckett speaks to ordinary NRA members in the wake of unprecedented pushback from teenage mass shootings survivors, and hears that the Parkland students 'need to do a little research before they jump into things they don't know much about'
Focus of the Day Story: Peers review dispute resolution & enforcement post-Brexit. A Lords’ committee led by Helena Kennedy QC has issued a stark warning on the consequences of leaving the EU without effective replacement dispute resolution systems in place. Full story - New Law Journal
Saturday Conversations on Law |
- Wet wipes could face wipe-out in plastic clean-up https://t.co/QMKniLf5o
- Four Reasons for Pessimism About Free Speech on Campus #US https://t.co/xU7tO3EXv9
- Trump Lawyer Michael Cohen Went to a Uniquely Awful Law School #US https://t.co/76cxxIav5g
- Who Runs the Legal Academy? #US https://t.co/VXOJ4p8dZb
- How Long Will Rudy Giuliani Last as Trump's Lawyer? #US https://t.co/rXoPnxadhz
- State Sovereign Immunity: Originalist Challenges and Will Baude’s New Article #US https://t.co/EHXmkfQWlH
- The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/jwAV5xKISj
- Anxiety in the legal profession | NLJ https://t.co/P4IgtIy14I
- The War on Satire, Brought to You by Social Justice Warriors #US https://t.co/Omq3YdOdtb
- Peers review dispute resolution & enforcement post-Brexit | NLJ https://t.co/n7oSsBYHjY
- Tips paid to Employees not part of Salary: Tribunal deletes Income Tax Proceedings #India https://t.co/H0TfOtQA4p
- “Medical Abortion Use: Post-Referendum Possibilities” #Ireland https://t.co/rXUZht6Fwf
- Engaging reputed lawyers does not imply party has sufficient funds, Delhi HC #India https://t.co/IfR5LCYQHt
- Simmons & Simmons has opened an office in Dublin. It will be led by recently arrived partner Fionán Breathnach | NLJ https://t.co/CVaxIbaR7X
- Warning on the risk of employment tribunals https://t.co/3rU7BXS2KZ
- “Love both?: Naming Heteroactivism” https://t.co/NVFFTJ4vUQ
- MPs seek to guarantee grandparents' rights to see children https://t.co/H8HOafcD49
- Disclosure reforms generating debate | NLJ https://t.co/PMVZmPCNAI
- Men wrongfully imprisoned for 24 years seek compensation https://t.co/SHmbZj4Y8L
- Armed police have exchanged fire with a gunman after a person was shot in Oxford city centre https://t.co/tWY7lNikfW
- Taylor Wessing opens in-house health clinic | NLJ https://t.co/5aW22AeKh4
- National Green Tribunal slaps penalty for illegal liquor units in Ganjam #India https://t.co/4PsrUN4VO5
- “The Changing Geographies of Abortion Access” https://t.co/z6t4J6TPIX
- Out of order: civil legal aid rates below par | NLJ https://t.co/6kVgZz9Wow
- Concerns grow for whereabouts of #Dubai princess following failed escape https://t.co/ZfSM40OsuH
- Liability of private hospitals seminar: two new podcasts https://t.co/eXRsU8Drxl
- At least 1,000 highly skilled migrants wrongly face deportation, experts reveal https://t.co/Rqu3KO58zv
- Immigrant activist organizations hold public tribunal to hold ICE, local police accountable #US… https://t.co/YtwWMMmTC0
- The balance of engaging corporations in human rights https://t.co/UQ9QuzUY5N
- Thumbs up for law firm finance teams | NLJ https://t.co/7aS8zikvsY
- The Round-Up: Snooper’s Charter, Coroner’s Cab-Rank Ruling, and Foul Play with Freedom of Information… https://t.co/XzcmYEcbZ4
- #Omani Coalition for Human Rights mourns the death of Internet activist Hassan Al-Basham https://t.co/QZiYW6ezEO
- Plans afoot to make Parole Board decisions transparent | NLJ https://t.co/oWpXi3yHyf
- Coroner defeated over controversial ‘cab-rank’ burial policy https://t.co/ZRCj7wRkJ2
- Britain's first private police force to go nationwide after success in London's wealthiest neighbourhoods… https://t.co/8VbLMvfh48
- #Uganda activists question government commitment to human rights https://t.co/YKCVWz4y5G
- “The Chile-Peru Abortion Trail and the #Irish Experience” https://t.co/MLtuz4W3qS
- Repeal, Abortion and the Common Good: Beyond Foetal Rights? https://t.co/hZ5wWgJV04
- Pinsent Masons, Eversheds Sutherland, DLA Piper and CMS trump magic circle rivals in 2018 brand power list https://t.co/YbAEngaDEV
- Boxer Tony Bellew calls law firm partner ‘Will from The Inbetweeners’ in awkward pre-fight press conference https://t.co/fiUzTGjqrt
- ‘I studied law at Cambridge and worked at Clifford Chance, now I own an award-winning Chinese restaurant’ https://t.co/xoQCrxNSDW
- Law firm partner struck off after headbutting EastEnders star’s father in the High Court https://t.co/B4Qmumm2Mj
- New comedy about pupil barristers fighting over tenancy to hit BBC screens https://t.co/KR2sJsPvnt
- Student and junior lawyer two-minute survey: The future of legal education and training https://t.co/rfPELJz0bv
- 100 chambers now refusing new work in legal aid cuts protest https://t.co/6cFP1tUM0I
- A magic circle firm or a top US firm? I have a training contract offer from both and don’t know which to pick https://t.co/e99KkQmbMX
- 10 pieces of commercial awareness gold for students applying for training contracts https://t.co/4wq37QTsJR
- Review: Classic courtroom drama played out on stage – it will make you want to become a criminal lawyer https://t.co/UnzcLqjIyR
- Linklaters asks lawyers to disclose romantic relationships — if there might be a conflict of interest https://t.co/qZyeGD3ZAX
- Barrister fired from London firm after exchanging sex contracts with colleague and spanking her on partner’s desk… https://t.co/3qad0oZzrj
- Slaughter and May sacks two future trainees for failing LPC modules https://t.co/8CCMG6UJd5
- Racism at Exeter Law School: Students expelled and suspended as investigation concludes https://t.co/lhzp98rfg0
- Consensual sadomasochism is private sex — not violence https://t.co/NNSbmPOd0z
- Claimant held in contempt of court for grossly exaggerating negligence claim https://t.co/MGxfLQo393
- GDPR fuels cybersecurity fears | NLJ https://t.co/OBn9KAUqT3
- Human Rights Watch Calls on FIFA to Help Free #Chechen Activist https://t.co/aw5JGFSimm
- Golden State Killer: The end of a 40-year hunt? #US https://t.co/ZWS9iXvDrm
- I sold all I had to go to Europe - now I'm home, and broke https://t.co/WHjlun72Fd
- Call for 'rights for grandparents' law https://t.co/V9S2fh4FeL
- #India rape: Second Jharkhand teenager set alight, police say https://t.co/hCIfw2i3Wt
- Gun violence on London's streets 'must stop' https://t.co/WRSiTVT9we
- The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/k1lHdCHaA4
- Giuliani won't rule out Trump taking the fifth in Mueller's Russia investigation #US https://t.co/msgiCz9aPR
- You can find utopia in #India – if you’re willing to close your eyes https://t.co/axpbXATdmJ
- Trump CIA pick sought to withdraw over torture concerns #US https://t.co/MLUfuEO9Ok
- Why #CostaRicans are being paid to marry #Chinese migrants https://t.co/I7MXyyPxir
- Caste hatred in #India - what it looks like https://t.co/NqQnEP9Dun
- #Nigeria Kaduna: Bandits slaughter 51 villagers https://t.co/fEOlhF73dP
- The woman who watched 300 executions in Texas #US https://t.co/nI8EzKmvJM