15th February - Law News

2607th 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: A trainee doctor has been overwhelmed by the response she received after going public with her story about "four months of hell" working at a Sydney hospital. Yumiko Kadota, 31, posted a blog explaining why she resigned from the job she had hoped would be the gateway to her dream career.

Focus of the Day story:

Law society sends a Valentine day message to avoid the popular 'common law' marriage myth and suggests giving the gift of security.
  Full story: The Global Legal Post

Saturday Conversations on Law

•  Replace Lady Barristers room at Osgoode Hall with unisex space, lawyers say #Canada https://t.co/OY22hXheK8
• DPP reveal €17.4m paid to barristers in 2018; €1.2m for prosecuting barristers in former Anglo boss' trial #Ireland https://t.co/bMrpGhtYRo
• What is Article 13? The EU's copyright directive explained https://t.co/iUGdcgNGHq
• #Canada teacher guilty of voyeurism for filming students' cleavage https://t.co/5VB8DFgLXO
• #Slovenia MP quits after stealing sandwich https://t.co/XenU1HQsVE
• Stop making jokes about breasts and skirts, female barrister pleads https://t.co/k0HT7JS1G5 
• Christopher Chope was wrong to object to FGM bill https://t.co/1ZfEvCoWE
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/l37C7lBsvH
• A40 police pursuit crash couple 'were not at burglary' https://t.co/5ijLttBAXU
• EU copyright reform indicates let-off for news aggregators | Law Gazette https://t.co/3iQhAicdHo
• Lawyers were paid over £3m for advice on doomed ‘Garden Bridge’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/Y2upEQEYGz
• Majority of in-house teams will take to AI | Law Gazette https://t.co/0VxQ3n4q3x
• £280,000 pledged to safeguard pioneering family court | Law Gazette https://t.co/CaoWKZorMl
• Documenting death is in a time warp | Law Gazette https://t.co/U8XoGX10Q
• Solicitors' relief at Raleys judgment on professional negligence | Law Gazette https://t.co/LmJUlGPC8w
• Chabloz's barrister: Nazis 'didn't deliberately murder' Anne Frank https://t.co/A0Y0HskQOk 
• Terror attacks: Closing legal loophole will give firms insurance cover https://t.co/op1DwV2ry7 
• SC summons magistrate over failure to adopt legal procedure in identity parade #Pakistan https://t.co/xK2xshqenJ
• Caster Semenya is ‘unquestionably a woman’, say her lawyers https://t.co/Y4kkMn8zvb
• If you have to marry a Troll, turn her into 'von' : #Austrian battle over three noble letters https://t.co/mh5uDtTab9
• Latino advocacy groups create legal fund for ICE arrestees #US https://t.co/IeTKJ5tkqt 
• YouTube's copyright claim system abused by extorters https://t.co/H1zhDIe9kS
• Taiji dolphin hunt: activists to launch unprecedented legal challenge #Japan https://t.co/CjrHEefnto
• The prosecution's evidence amounts to nothing: Najib's lawyer #Malaysia https://t.co/OGkMZartgW
• Shamima Begum was groomed. She deserves the chance of rehabilitation https://t.co/JQh2h2Sd0X
• Lawyer: Rapper 21 Savage granted immigration bond #US https://t.co/1msdwQ5Lex
• How a #Slovakian neo-Nazi got elected https://t.co/n1tD0mABrY
• Journalist quits over blacklisting of story about 'Putin's chef' #Russia https://t.co/yUYAQr9bGG
• 'Ridiculous': homeless man fined by HMRC for missing tax return https://t.co/XrtvlbLy8
• Home Office apologises to man, 90, told to fly to US to renew visa https://t.co/7SypZJfhOc 
• French lawyer in #Malaysia to aid in submarine graft probe https://t.co/tanluAqEVU 
• 'The law is an ass': Prince Philip will not be prosecuted over crash https://t.co/d3wpx3b1qB
• England: 'Dr Evil' admits causing grievous bodily harm with tongue splitting and ear removal modifications… https://t.co/68UMOBZlm
• Herbert Smith Freehills helps children's charity with proposal to regulate social media https://t.co/rXSDW9hXAE
• Lawyers pay tribute to victims in child abuse inquiry https://t.co/QADXp9TfGp
• Family Drug and Alcohol Courts backed by private donors https://t.co/O3ojssDFml
• Maria Ressa: Head of #Philippines news site Rappler freed on bail https://t.co/7ZJbGLskhO
• BBC News - Paul Manafort: Trump ex-aide lied to prosecutors, judge rules #US https://t.co/CmvwSN0mN8
• British IS schoolgirl 'wants to return home' https://t.co/ErHaRWjSKa
• ARDL grows Scottish membership with launch of seminar programmes https://t.co/oXhzdH1J3a
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/hEQOkazV7Z
• Thief who broke into sheriff's house for second time sent back to prison https://t.co/wvCuU3XNcK
• Reputation protection in the age of social media and fake news https://t.co/bVgNgXtFux 
• Elderly Iranian couple granted leave to remain in UK 40 years after immigration, at cost of £20,000… https://t.co/JOi60knTn1
• South Ayrshire Council first council in Europe to give staff 'safe leave' https://t.co/Aw6q1BB4Gq
• Traveller who held man in servitude fails in appeal against conviction https://t.co/tjeu0APyVb
• Companies using contract AI to help with Brexit and GDPR | Legal Futures https://t.co/zDsgXIsTJD
• “Far removed from fat cats” – High Court praises lawyers | Legal Futures https://t.co/eif0Ga1IJr
• SDT: Solicitor “terrified” by Court of Appeal was incompetent | Legal Futures https://t.co/cSo2RziVUU
• Supreme Court overturns law firm negligence decision | Legal Futures https://t.co/HbrztDpuTx 
• Alesha MacPhail: Woman denies killing six-year-old schoolgirl https://t.co/MkJc9fhBb9
• Catalan leaders' lawyer attacks 'vaudeville' case as trial begins #Spain https://t.co/Bs7NhQHtG
• The Guardian view on drug wars: protect the innocent | Editorial https://t.co/jbT7A3WnKp
• ‘Living in poverty’: workers at business ministry go on strike https://t.co/78SlieTtaM
• Valentine's Day Tinder messages aim to stop deportations https://t.co/cBFDdlariQ