2711st 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: The US Justice Department has charged WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange
with receiving and publishing classified information, including the
names of confidential sources for American armed forces.
The case presents immediate questions about media freedom, including
whether the Justice Department is charging Assange for actions — such as
soliciting and publishing classified information — that journalists
take as a matter of course.
Focus of the Day Article:
A competition offering grants of £50,000 for technology-based approaches
to making legal services more accessible will be announced by the
Solicitors Regulation Authority and a government-backed technology
foundation today. The Legal Access Challenge has recei
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| Saturday Conversations on Law |
- Legal aid heavyweights to merge | Law Gazette https://t.co/T9rco8H7xR
- CBA opens second front in fees dispute | Law Gazette https://t.co/qGrsWjBBfj
- Expert witnesses will undergo ‘intensive assessment’ from June | Law Gazette https://t.co/v1V3KcMUig
- Couple jailed for harassing judge after birthday card sent to her home | Law Gazette https://t.co/krUWwilv82
- Hundreds of new firms predicted to set up in 2020 | Law Gazette https://t.co/V6XMnfzX7k
- City firms create management roles to drive innovation | Law Gazette https://t.co/vEbiWP5n9N
- SRA-backed scheme offers £50,000 for lawtech innovators | Law Gazette https://t.co/fU6FuSEUo
- Conveyancing consolidation squeezing out local knowledge | Law Gazette https://t.co/om6SOErSn7
- BAILII needs your support | Law Gazette https://t.co/6RrSiCUNYd
- VIP abuse accuser Carl Beech 'confided in counsellor' before police report https://t.co/bGG02NiX44
- R. Kelly facing 11 more sex crime charges #US https://t.co/oI3FxMZurd
- Chief medical officer considers recommending tax on unhealthy food https://t.co/LL7RzpvA4e
- Pence tells Canada he's 'proud' to oppose abortion https://t.co/QjiGgxhdS0
- The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/PmlUATZE
- ‘Parents know best’: Esther McVey faces Tory backlash over LGBT lessons https://t.co/a1TXcudFX0
- Sylvia Denman obituary: Barrister and author of the 2001 report that highlighted widespread racial discrimination https://t.co/rsY56aE9ul
- Grenfell Tower fire: Campaigners welcome new inquiry panel https://t.co/ig0o3ryYQb
- Man killed in daylight attack in Edinburgh street https://t.co/4nmjWlO3yP
- Google and Apple criticise GCHQ eavesdropping idea https://t.co/HT2NpI473G
- Rape victims' therapy guidance needs urgent review - Labour https://t.co/pKHH4wcpsM
- Ilford murder: 'Coercive' husband battered wife to death https://t.co/9G8LmNukFn
- Watermans Solicitors boosts support for air ambulance charity https://t.co/TEqFod3MXA
- Judges ban Hells Angels from the Netherlands https://t.co/NtV2GBy2pS
- Dozens of fraud convictions rendered unsafe by bogus expert witness https://t.co/rIi20R4yBe
- New forms for taking the views of children under spotlight at AFLA event https://t.co/l7nGCwmGTX
- All welcome to SLAS discussion on Roberton Review https://t.co/I9sDMkHS8x
- The importance of early M&A tax advice https://t.co/fZjJ5n84pw
- Pioneering female academics and Polish ‘soldier students’ feature in book celebrating law in Dundee https://t.co/kMDZTXPZwD
- Audrey Junner accredited as liquor licensing specialist https://t.co/4mBySJlKra
- Rights groups join Apple, Google and Microsoft in calling on GCHQ to drop eavesdropping plans https://t.co/97rLo30RxQ
- Commercial rent disputes drop to five-year low in Scotland https://t.co/4CxyBFtqJS
- First conviction obtained under new Domestic Abuse Scotland Act https://t.co/iVb7yWS2Sr
- Businessman fails in appeal against Scottish judge’s decision to enforce Hong Kong court ruling https://t.co/x19wqDh9LY
- Let’s talk about money | Legal Futures https://t.co/brMiICFLm6
- Number of conveyancing firms continues to fall amid consolidation | Legal Futures https://t.co/tFRGcvzX3i
- Report calls for end to “macho culture” of chambers | Legal Futures https://t.co/jnhim4yWWB
- Consumers see technology as key to unlocking access to law | Legal Futures https://t.co/td5QmlkPFk
- Boeing admits it 'fell short' on safety alert for 737 https://t.co/EvXMIC6sy3
- Promotions at PI firm ahead of next year's whiplash reforms https://t.co/EtGsNBAJ47
- Mincoffs Solicitors Appoints New Commercial Property Solicitor https://t.co/yDKHNoerxm
- SNP MEP Alyn Smith threatened with legal action by Brexit Party https://t.co/nGCvBxVpEd
- Dissident takes legal action against #Saudi government over spyware claim https://t.co/hnZci7whDR
- Huawei files new legal action as it tries for a swift end to its lawsuit against the #US government https://t.co/7rf0d9HqnB
- #Kenya High Court sharply criticized for upholding sodomy law https://t.co/FszvAhtLbv
- Trump's tax cut law barely boosted growth or wages and is not paying for itself, report finds #US https://t.co/MGbS3DReVi
- Huge projections on UK buildings demand change to NI abortion laws https://t.co/Wud0gBa4Fq
- Arrest of journalists over confidential material ‘akin to police state’ https://t.co/zhM2eHfTJX
- Former Bridgnorth student to face years in jail as judge rejects drugs 'story' https://t.co/chaExSCL9Y
- Tauranga barrister Dean Blair announced as District Court judge #NewZealand https://t.co/7dnHPUP6ZR
- Barrister who launched D v Ireland case elected to Dublin City Council #Ireland https://t.co/VxllKFBMy8
- The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/HBtTAxpp5i
- Lines into Leeds station have been blocked and services severely disrupted due to a "trespasser on the railway" https://t.co/krkkXh0ME8
- Disney could pull productions from Georgia over abortion law https://t.co/vI2d0DQME1
- Spiteful White House 'asked Navy to hide warship USS John S. McCain' #US https://t.co/4vI1Hksg1L
- Danielle Jones: Mum's plea for killer to reveal location of body https://t.co/trqDWpKEbQ
- More Democrats call for impeachment after Mueller makes statement #US https://t.co/Yros1SJtQw
- University tuition fees 'should be cut to £7,500' https://t.co/cNsl2BHJyW
- #US Transportation Secretary Failed to Sever Financial Ties to Construction Company https://t.co/N794zdMOTc
- 30 Years After Tiananmen, a #Chinese Military Insider Warns: Never Forget https://t.co/rPkujkUwc2
- Supreme Court Sidesteps Abortion Question in Ruling on Indiana Law #US https://t.co/T62X6ZLdPA
- UK government 'risks another Windrush' over EU citizens, MPs say https://t.co/Ue7ZP3RvrX
- More than 1000 knives seized in week of knife crime crackdown https://t.co/8Obt44UElP
- Children whitening skin to avoid racial hate crime, charity finds https://t.co/jiuhWUY3Gh
- The Guardian view on German responses to antisemitism: frankness and honesty | Editorial https://t.co/M8HdpoMg0O
- Fraud trial abandoned because expert witness had no expertise https://t.co/gCo1KIlKuV
