7th December - Law News

2538th 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: Treasurer Josh Frydenberg tells Fran Kelly theAustralia Government has got children off Nauru and made sure those people still in detention there have the medical treatment they need.

Focus of the Day Article:

Complaints handlers could cut out hundreds of unwarranted enquiries with a new self-assessment tool for people bringing forward their grievances. The Legal Ombudsman (LeO) said this week it has launched an online system for people making complaints to triage their complaint at an early stage.
Full story - The Law Society Gazette

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Law Society's £30m cut of practising fees faces scrutiny | Legal Futures https://t.co/aC2y5LlCkl
• Quarter of conveyancers “not transparent” on fees | Legal Futures https://t.co/rAsFQtCXB
• #US town council scrap long-standing ban on snowball fight after campaign by nine-year-old https://t.co/ZSufRMztK2
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/CXOL5v6nTM
• England: Lord Chief Justice sees eBay justice on the horizon https://t.co/MF17bX9yPK
• Scandal of barrister who informed on clients to police | Legal Futures https://t.co/B2nA6bEwFu
• Jail for Latvian money laundering gang https://t.co/J8uAJlLmvW
• Latest reorganisation seeks to build "Future Law Society" | Legal Futures https://t.co/ecALTdsMG
• Scottish Legal Action Group publishes special student edition https://t.co/5CFADB2e7S
• YouTube deletes cheating videos after BBC investigation https://t.co/BkYEFoj6Nr
• Manchester law firm bought by global multi-disciplinary network | Legal Futures https://t.co/JgRctcnD6u
• Murdo Macleod QC Shortlisted for Legal 500 Award https://t.co/Q4c2tbocJn
• Is the insurance market starting to harden for solicitors? | Legal Futures https://t.co/YUhm8z9yo
• Tennessee inmate chooses electric chair over lethal injection #US https://t.co/VjJTSH4Y4h
• Stephen Lawrence murder suspect pleads guilty to cannabis charge https://t.co/UAkYNsTg1J
• Boris Johnson apologises to MPs for failing to declare £52,000 in time https://t.co/BqCotDNLmA
• Welsh Labour leadership: Corbyn supporter Mark Drakeford set to be Wales’ first minister https://t.co/Qn1ij4KBOk
• Professor Alan Watson, the renowned legal scholar who passed away last month at the age of 85… https://t.co/58L7ngZNTi
• Randox forensics inquiry: Forty drug-driving offences quashed https://t.co/n7IdL4Q4Ln
• Innovation in law - it takes “sweat, risk and stubbornness” | Legal Futures https://t.co/u2DRuNdWFl
• Kiera Dargie becomes senior associate at Balfour and Manson https://t.co/8FOPCytnUv 
• TLT appoints Damien Bechelli as corporate partner in Glasgow https://t.co/63iNt6RoU1
• SCTS announces enhancements to Civil Online https://t.co/rJFT0dB7sj
• UK government publishes legal advice on Brexit deal after historic contempt finding https://t.co/93o3BeHpyX
• #Australia Labour MP Emma Husar announces defamation action against a website & reporter Alice Workman over an arti… https://t.co/hl2aKzCZ5D
• Tesco directors acquitted in fraud trial with judge citing a lack of evidence to proceed https://t.co/LkLUBnwM93
• Gender equality in solicitors' profession improves but significant discrimination remains https://t.co/1HsayFQPCG
• Survey reveals 'alarming' attitudes of Britons on rape https://t.co/poGWlMPBBD
• Huawei CFO arrest 'violates human rights', #China says https://t.co/UaIB4phPrj
• Gambling firms agree 'whistle-to-whistle' television sport advertising ban https://t.co/m0I0tGrSdE
• Police arrest three neo-nazi men on suspicion of terror offences https://t.co/k5Y4WCwamS
• Slap to child’s head amounted to Children’s Act offence, Sheriff Appeal Court rules https://t.co/WLDJQutGfD
• Chambers seeks to tackle bar's diversity problem | Law Gazette https://t.co/ALyPWZRTVR 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/iTK7ipN7ZG
• Bar wars: Cadbury fails in bid to alter purple trade mark | Law Gazette https://t.co/FXe5gmklJg 
• Ryanair's strike compensation battle to end up in the courts | Law Gazette https://t.co/SGWiSLalGh
• Burgon: Labour will restore legal aid for welfare benefits challenges | Law Gazette https://t.co/GEn24FroB0
• German-based network leads acquisition of Manchester firm | Law Gazette https://t.co/Ik2Hs6bd3P
• Union to sue lord chancellor for 'unlawful discrimination' | Law Gazette https://t.co/5PyCfQtMxB
• LawWorks Pro Bono Awards: a gallery | Law Gazette https://t.co/ZoOHQ5yq2n
• #Australia cricket star's brother Arsalan Khawaja 'framed' terror suspect https://t.co/ydMerzvyJ
• Continuing competence under LSB's microscope with new review | Law Gazette https://t.co/MCB6MqcBo4
• BT removing Huawei equipment from parts of 4G network https://t.co/bFPHOVqUib
• Time spent dealing with white fragility could be spent tackling racism | Scott Trindall for IndigenousX https://t.co/7m0dmI0qoG
• Wisconsin Republicans seek to reduce legal powers fpr newly elected Democrat governor #US https://t.co/oMTJr9OZi4
• New homes 'crumbling due to weak mortar' used by shoddy developpers and builders https://t.co/hNMgvReatP
• #Canadian authorities have arrested Huawei's chief financial officer at the request of US law enforcement https://t.co/LPDjZJJ0BP
• Mental health: The NHS patients who are 'abused and ignored' https://t.co/uRmDWxMfkh
• Domestic Violence Act must be repealed to protect victims https://t.co/5P7Jh5R0h7
• Humiliated and degraded: this is how black men are treated by police https://t.co/s2lrMxYD3n 
• Immigration minister listens to calls to end indefinite detention https://t.co/vXcshwcNZf
• Met police use Tasers and restraints more often against black people https://t.co/6CUuHFYiX8 
• Police, military and courts lagging decades behind on ethnic diversity https://t.co/SAXZeoTzP
• Quarter of adults think marital sex without consent is not rape, UK survey finds https://t.co/OrNhrpWm8Q
• Woman loses appeal against ‘perverse’ assault conviction https://t.co/4JL85rqB1q