30th June - Law News

2741st Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based legal news & articles archive since 2011 focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's Video Focus: Prosecutors are defending their decision to drop criminal charges in one of the worst man-made environmental disasters in US history. City leaders in Flint, Michigan are accused of a crime against humanity by knowingly piping drinking water poisoned with lead into people's homes.

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Family court system is ‘overloaded’, lawyers have warned after official quarterly statistics revealed child care proceedings take 33 weeks | NLJ https://t.co/Sd2nyTXE1f
• Understanding sight loss: awareness training for lawyers | NLJ https://t.co/NBgGNXyjVA
• Law firms are generally making progress when it comes to boosting the number of women in leadership roles―but some… https://t.co/HxPgxz7joB
• Calls to repeal pre-Victorian vagrancy laws | NLJ https://t.co/Z8bC4JkUjd
• More than two-thirds of adults below the age of 50 and earning £50,000 or more per year do not have a will | NLJ https://t.co/jPLpj9gtg
• Political consensus supported by ‘robust legal frameworks’ are required to tackle climate change and other environmental issues https://t.co/iJqCO0hLa2
• Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE), which is due to replace the current system for entry to the profession in… https://t.co/bgGF3tzRV0
• The courts and tribunals in England and Wales benefited from an extra £15m worth of repairs and improvements last year https://t.co/RHOUzpLn9L
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/s8H02pucMK
• Sir Humphrey votes Tory: Jeremy Corbyn criticises civil servants over frail health claims https://t.co/eOX9HiPxX5
• Passenger threatened with court for using screenshot of e-ticket https://t.co/atizDi6bVj
• Fine people who refuse to give evidence, says Damian Collins MP https://t.co/jOteSNiAqh
• Bearwood street fight leaves two men injured https://t.co/83kTk1ine6
• Cricket World Cup: Fan trouble at Pakistan v Afghanistan at Headingley https://t.co/RLhUTiWMAT
• Justice Secretary David Gauke has survived a no-confidence vote by his constituency Conservative Association https://t.co/pJnzSksrdJ
• Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe ends #Iran hunger strike after 15 days https://t.co/2FnAJVNSl7
• Ulster University review identifies governance failings https://t.co/tJ3nY9haiM
• Alleged defamation: Row as Benue election tribunal’s judge petitions police against litigant, lawyer #Nigeria https://t.co/eXOu9Bn291
• Supreme Court refuses government’s appeal in judges’ pensions discrimination case https://t.co/mrJAJYH8H
• Whistleblowing: Allegation that a supervisor was taking a patient's food was a qualifying disclosure https://t.co/ASSKFcfyOQ
• Top Tribunal Rules in Favor of #Polish Catholic Who Refused to Print LGBT Banner https://t.co/vNL9vLQF5
• Employment tribunals beset by delays and transfers https://t.co/msBOLuiI4y
• Faculty’s Fred Mackintosh has been titled Lawyer of the Week in the law section of The Times Scotland https://t.co/MFbi4CFIRD
• Lawyer for Martin Shkreli will make appeal to have him sprung from prison #US https://t.co/ujA1SN8D5W
• #Poland’s judiciary bodies don't guarantee independence, EU top lawyer says https://t.co/EVUiRDPC8z
• Ghosn lawyer says news conference canceled after his daughters raised concerns #Japan https://t.co/NIx72hA2B6
• Disgraced #US lawyer 'gave girl, 8, $100 every time he raped her' https://t.co/Fy1i1X9Hfz
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/c1RnvkYxob
• Peace in our time? Majority of barristers accept government offer | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/QGVJTMWkjy
• Online probate system to be widely rolled out from October | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/1eKMxypMAl
• BCLP to combine law and technology for in-house push | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/rAGBUC1nhC
• Unenforced judgments costing companies millions | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/dbgTFVHymG
• Watchdog raids Liverpool offices over data sales to PI firms | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/aGTVWmnP2U
• Senior partner duped in lottery scam took client money to access 'prize’ | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/Evufk2O90b
• Men don't need grand gestures to support women in law | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/uu63dxy5aF
• North Yorkshire Police number-plate sold for £243,000 https://t.co/2nxJwOOCL

29th June - Law News

2740th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based legal news & articles archive since 2011 focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's Video Focus: The Mamata Banerjee government landed in a huge political firestorm on Friday over a directive to build dining halls in state-run schools with more than 70 per cent minority students, drawing accusations of "religious discrimination" from the BJP and other opposition parties. The chief minister, however, insisted it was an old circular that was long withdrawn but was "dredged up" by an "errant officer".

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Chinese human rights lawyer ‘totally changed man’ after being jailed https://t.co/0c8hM4aYhm
• The Guardian view on Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe: Iran must free her | Editorial https://t.co/diL2lZFtAa
• Rules banning outdoor weddings face shake-up, May announces https://t.co/gOQ25Nsio6
• Charlottesville attacker apologises as he is jailed for life #US https://t.co/Kj9kGwbv48
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/eFqUdfhjRP
• A round-up of human rights stories from around the world https://t.co/aRaW0czHgd
• New associates at Thompsons Solicitors https://t.co/u3lfQf5NVK
• Axiom Advocates welcomes Murray Steel and Megan Dewart https://t.co/PoVVg32s2q
• Trio of new members for Compass Chambers https://t.co/N0r1S6tl7M
• Lord President visits new Inverness Justice Centre https://t.co/7RJdUM5DbW
• Employment lawyer highlights good mental health practice https://t.co/D9MD7C1Cms
• Scottish government publishes action plan on restorative justice https://t.co/9JoOXyhbG
• Businesses should consider enhanced shared parental pay https://t.co/tnlido5NjY
• TLT secures 3am licence outwith Dumfries policy https://t.co/V1tTPiQ3A8
• Legislative response to crimes motivated by gender should cover women only, say women’s groups https://t.co/gSdMqCiI0f
• Eight new recruits to ‘best job in legal profession’ https://t.co/IHwMJTJhx1
• Upper Tribunal rules building can be demolished even with outstanding repair enforcement order https://t.co/Je9ycZoHoU
• Attacks at South Norwood Country Park prompt protest https://t.co/MCvwECC7ZB
• Pre-saving music online can cost you privacy, report says https://t.co/0QbZWEPYyn
• German far-right group 'used police data to compile death list' https://t.co/ste8kRf11i 
• App that can remove women's clothes taken offline https://t.co/kN1rTYomMP
• Ian Paisley challenges BBC over Maldives 'wrongdoing' evidence https://t.co/pbugLegArC
• The Good Food Chain: Firm in listeria probe goes into liquidation https://t.co/SuS4jGi9Yn
• Abbie Mclaren: Driver who killed schoolgirl relative jailed for five years https://t.co/lAYY87aWsJ
• Islamophobia is rife among Tory members. Johnson and Hunt can't just ignore it https://t.co/a9yblWLgZB
• A refugee’s story - how we disappear in indefinite detentions https://t.co/BQPCctg1NX 
• Beijing will not rest until it controls Hong Kong. We must keep fighting #China https://t.co/Gtp5lVo5H9
• #US supreme court’s liberal justices accused the court’s majority of shirking its constitutional duty https://t.co/r9wzQPQgit
• The #US supreme court is supposed to be a 'check' on the political process. Is it still? https://t.co/wQhaKbv6kA
• Gig economy in Britain doubles, accounting for 4.7 million workers https://t.co/DEYpJP9JRS 
• Why are some places gay-friendly and not others? https://t.co/a3v0Mi6iIU
• Donald Trump's Aberdeenshire golf course had "destroyed" the historic sand dune system, causing permanent habitat  https://t.co/GbNmOAl9Ce
• Legoland owner Merlin Entertainments agrees £4.8bn offer https://t.co/5qTsSZ8ufL
• Man, 38, charged with murder in Anglesey crossbow death https://t.co/4nS7ITaCfs
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/7gJR3SVxla
• Privy Council backs law firm in battle over “franchise arrangement” https://t.co/s8tiQbKlCC 
• Guidelines “preserve GCs’ independence amidst corporate tension” https://t.co/od6dJnkPUT 
• First Bar Standards Board ABS closes down https://t.co/x2WSA1aPmh
• Nokia warns UK over using rival Huawei's 5G kit https://t.co/KraUtx1o6Z
• Indonesia court rejects opposition challenge to poll results https://t.co/MspCWpXQS1
• #US Supreme Court blocks Trump's census citizenship question plan https://t.co/eaTWSRxBLT
• Pools in #France close after women defy burkini ban https://t.co/Za9anHAKpm
• Facial recognition technology: The criminal among us https://t.co/FoKKsmAtxb
• Money can't 'fix' Palestine's occupied economy, shame on you #Israel https://t.co/PsZddCUmVS
• US woman who lost fetus after shooting charged, shooter goes free https://t.co/O9NEkLuqoH 
• Why does #India account for 37 percent of female suicides? https://t.co/wi0b7Q3Fhj
• Bangladeshi-Italian director shines light on minority immigrant community eeking out a living among prejudice  https://t.co/alWggfrSfq
• Lee Pomeroy murder accused told ex 'I've done something bad' https://t.co/NcpdFsudAe 
• Twitter will hide rule-breaking politicians' tweets https://t.co/visKwiFoOg

28th June - Law News

2739th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based legal news & articles archive since 2011 focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's Video Focus: When Pamela Lawrence was brutally murdered in her Perth shop in 1994, police focused their investigation around one suspect, Andrew Mallard. He quickly became the victim of a miscarriage of justice, spending 12 years in jail for a crime he didn’t commit. Mallard’s family fought successfully to release him, enlisting then WA Shadow Attorney-General John Quigley and journalist Colleen Egan who uncovered a trail of deception and police misconduct.

Focus of the Day Article:

Three out of four top 100 big law firm websites mention alternative fee arrangements (AFAs) but the billable hour likely to remain in place pricing experts say, according to Bloomberg Law analysis.
Full story - The Global Legal Post

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Let’s build an open law movement | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/50IkHC8h8
• MoJ publishes four-year-old research on unrepresented defendants | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/hLbTVkuuxy
• Solicitor can sue firm as employee after ‘informal’ partnership rejected | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/qtK1M5WBar
• Litigation funder rides insolvency wave | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/5GmHRf9OtO
• Eversheds responds to ‘changing legal landscape’ with tech-driven ABS | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/THmTHFuBXM
• Employment tribunals delayed by months after scrapping of fees | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/e3beXccMwD
• Baker McKenzie promotes 81 to partnership | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/0kZzHcwX9d 
• Couples face record 59-week wait for a divorce | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/ZHbYbQqIk1
• Government loses bid to take judges' pension dispute to Supreme Court | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/KfHNwAFgVy
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/KabWi2WZGm
• Latest Juridical Review examines devolution and legal history https://t.co/6Rmq0FhLCo
• Dundee mooters enjoy ‘fantastic opportunity’ as they look to the future https://t.co/uXC6T2kkjw
• After 60 years, Stone Of Destiny man Ian Hamilton QC reunited with award-winning play https://t.co/n9XgNDbkxG
• UK government ignoring miscarriage of justice victims, claims campaigner https://t.co/4YhNcq1nJT
• Do juries believe in rape myths? https://t.co/92QJyhrrbB
• Lawyers celebrate 500th edition of SCOLAG Journal https://t.co/J34b0HNccv
• Morton Fraser appoints Alistair Anderson as a consultant https://t.co/v0erHE8cAq
• Justice Committee calls for clarity on post-Brexit criminal justice and policing https://t.co/hERetmQVKl
• Lord Matthews reflects on the courts’ progress in helping child and vulnerable witnesses https://t.co/tLHFwBmoas
• Public’s views sought on legal aid reform https://t.co/KlsAJiPD8U
• Presumption against short sentences extended to 12 months https://t.co/e2MqJ7QUsZ
• Upper Tribunal for Scotland rules homeowners cannot retrospectively acquire right to complain to property factor https://t.co/80LBuLgcKp
• Journalists, Lawyers and the Digital Media: SLN editor Graham Ogilvy to address SSC Society https://t.co/7ePGK1G9Rm
• Alabama woman loses unborn child after being shot, gets arrested; shooter goes free https://t.co/DKMumROAK2 
• How Britain's welfare state has been taken over by shadowy tech consultants https://t.co/Xvw3JcqypD 
• Tired of Google following you? It is now easier to clear location data https://t.co/nHlfYo67cg 
• Watchdog criticises 'chaotic' police use of facial recognition https://t.co/wO10GRNGrl 
• Scotland 'at risk of losing environmental protection after Brexit’ https://t.co/zOLZVQUIZ8
• At 68, my climate activism made me a criminal. But I refuse to give up | Angie Zelter https://t.co/JkuyKsZzGa
• Homelessness lawyers complain of legal aid 'culture of refusal' https://t.co/wv4LukkT35
• Rape crisis services are at breaking point. Do the Tory leadership candidates care? https://t.co/i5GBwv8l0v
• Sexual violence victims get 'terrible deal', says outgoing commissioner https://t.co/nDX2632dbC 
• There's no duty on employers to prevent sexual harassment. That has to change https://t.co/SSCCc1A3W4
• Starbank school teachers strike over violence fears https://t.co/nQ9dTBUPOg
• 'Concern' over children being taken to police stations https://t.co/DEtZ4q4kJk
• 'Shocking' fake takeaway sold on Uber Eats https://t.co/XIES5EerLB 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/7ilNmG5y7h
• Transgender hate crimes recorded by police goes up to 1,944 https://t.co/zhOn9uVh6r
• Jeremy Hunt's tax plans 'could cost up to £65bn' https://t.co/apPFVqvaU3
• Lisnaskea woman speaks of three brothers killed by IRA https://t.co/3gSB2NTXKn
• Accountants bring the one-stop shop to Cornwall with new ABS | Legal Futures https://t.co/FVy9cN5vjP
• £13k fine for ops chief who resold firm’s mobiles highlights ABS anomaly | Legal Futures https://t.co/JhP6B8eSDy 
• Eversheds uses ABS to build £100m alternative legal services venture | Legal Futures https://t.co/JHLGo2Ly3s 
• “Formal periodic reaccreditation” for lawyers back on the table | Legal Futures https://t.co/sILFgqohz3

27th June - Law News

2738th 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 House Oversight Committee voted to subpoena testimony from White House counselor Kellyanne Conway after a federal agency recommended that she should be fired for repeatedly violating a law that limits the political activities of federal employees.

Focus of the Day Article:

The proportion of senior judges who went to a comprehensive school has trebled since 2014 - but the group remains the most socially exclusive of all professions, according to a landmark study of social inclusion published.
Full story - The Law Society Gazette

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Yvonne Evans to raise money for Lawscot Foundation https://t.co/bx1Wgxj30Q
• Northern Ireland: Law firm ordered to pay woman more than £250,000 in equal pay case https://t.co/Paj62VL788
• Aberdein Considine and SEMLA to give aspiring lawyers insight into private practice https://t.co/q2Qy4aJL7m
• England: Man died after being held in cell on ‘hottest day of the year’ https://t.co/fOeneb6cQA
• Can social media firms really regulate themselves? https://t.co/1Isbe2Jmx5
• Dundee Law 1865-1967: the development of a law school in a time of change by Robin M White, Honorary Research Fellow https://t.co/QKKylT06Zj
• Blackadders appointed legal adviser to Agricultural Mortgage Corporation Plc https://t.co/1ItBBBUUEC
• John Neilson Kerr LLB, Writer to the Signet. Born 23 September 1956 in Edinburgh. Died 17 March 2019 in Edinburgh,… https://t.co/j9k5gN7s70
• DWF appointed to legal services framework for seven local authorities https://t.co/YQqaA0SQTH
• ‘Natasha’s Law’ to help save lives of allergy sufferers https://t.co/L2XdMkuIcs
• New electronic monitoring technologies aim to better protect victims https://t.co/f1uY2BUoMV
• The death has been announced of Noel McPartlin, who served 28 years as a sheriff until his retirement in 2011 https://t.co/hpA7T81Nmf
• Undue influence absent in woman's transfer of property to daughter and her husband https://t.co/mcBpnlzuuG
• Immigration lawyer banned after sham marriage TV sting | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/JlQsmlAtx4
• Contract-reading app goal of university-law firm partnership | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/V1BmH9oeG
• Peers rein in government over sweeping Online Court powers | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/Cdi9vj7GkR
• First woman president of Queen's Bench Division sworn in | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/3QZDifxxmq
• Linklaters last magic circle firm to offer NQs less than £100k | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/xJlN4s0hBs
• Former Schillings manager fined for selling 95 mobile phones | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/aTnsPxFY4Q 
• SRA prosecution costs soar as hearings lengthen | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/CpMhl1sV4f
• Manchester residents to sue over tower block cladding https://t.co/wTo8fl3ENW
• Crime solving rates 'woefully low', Met Police Commissioner says https://t.co/K4K87sojaV 
• Marc Marshall: Man who poured acid on himself in court dies https://t.co/fNMgsB1nND
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/iLE3OV36QJ
• Notre-Dame fire: Prosecutor says no sign of criminal cause #France https://t.co/leVL4LjnlS 
• Lee Pomeroy death: 'Frenzied' train attack CCTV shown to jury https://t.co/DQ8p0AWVtw 
• Met police pay out £700,000 to detained anti-fascist protesters https://t.co/B1LU9fpvIF
• Families take government to court over special needs https://t.co/ZAuBxdXYJZ 
• Algerian footballer Riyad Mahrez and wife ordered to pay former nanny https://t.co/0RJ778SHQH
• #US immigration: Drowning exposes risks of illegal crossing https://t.co/Mo6l7ae0YM
• #US high court to rule on scope of copyright for legal codes https://t.co/k9hmM8t6rr
• Community Legal Clinic Launches Formal Appeal of Legal Aid Ontario’s Decision to Cut Funding #Canada https://t.co/3oN3Hc8UPJ 
• William Grant faces legal case over Sailor Jerry brand https://t.co/CKKVcfcCVp
• Scotland First Minister's speech at the Law Society of Scotland https://t.co/epSOQJy101
• Law for net zero emission begins passage through UK Parliament https://t.co/QMrztNyL4S 
• Turing Law: NI's 'gay pardon' cases turned down https://t.co/PfdMeEH9uJ
• Judicial activism accusation: It was Gorsuch v. Kavanaugh today at the Supreme Court #US https://t.co/wlWsCdzFjd
• Lawyers for Huawei CFO urge #Canada to withdraw extradition proceedings https://t.co/oJd7PjpdGc
• The UN climate talks are coming to Britain. The climate justice movement will be ready https://t.co/otwWk5HmEf 
• The school-to-prison pipeline: how the criminal justice system fails at-risk kids #Australia https://t.co/nNgrRJu2Oa 
• Autumn Arbitration Symposium, now in its sixth successive year, comes as the field of arbitration continues to evolve https://t.co/yXcNeCsPWi
• The Secret Barrister dismantles the suggestion that Boris Johnson’s neighbours broke the law https://t.co/GhYlmiqqZi
• Barrister shares view on recent cyclist's case https://t.co/k2i3PqtkCs 
• Solicitor General Keith E. Gammage shares how Atalanta's Southern University prepared him #US https://t.co/e16kQVWaUb
• Pendle solicitor's North Korea marathon challenge runs up huge amount for charity https://t.co/tFmPUSbZex
• Top solicitor who took £2m was duped by lottery scammers, tribunal says https://t.co/bqs2YZqK9h 
• Female solicitor gets £250k from Belfast legal firm that paid her less than male colleagues https://t.co/Lkgu9V4qD7 
• Tribunal visits #Kenya supreme court Justice Ojwang’s Migori home https://t.co/BL8a3jjCHJ 
• Lords examines Courts and Tribunals (Online Procedure) https://t.co/53LjsK1KJv
• Historic Glasgow city centre tribunal court to be transformed into boutique hotel https://t.co/L2rbUDIMwB 
• Whistleblower felt forced to resign from post, he tells job tribunal https://t.co/66kBWeLFYe 
• Tribunal finds that St Mungo's victimised former staff member https://t.co/KQYwmbPZik 
• Betfred refuse punter £189,000 ‘winnings’ after error on betting slip https://t.co/Npm7mjjn6m 
• Rapid robot rollout risks UK workers being left behind, reports say https://t.co/frXsAUIuPB 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/D4TrtRCqCa
• Revenge porn: Government to review image-based sexual abuse law https://t.co/5oxyneEcRN 
• Worst animal cruelty cases to get higher jail terms https://t.co/55B3DMld1F
• Brynteg Comprehensive art teacher 'abused teen pupils' https://t.co/3zdxSIQ158
• How Moors murderer Brady had access to vulnerable teens in jail https://t.co/MITBhmcHto 
• San Francisco becomes first US city to ban e-cigarettes https://t.co/XbNN2h1YpS
• Hong Kong Police, Once Called ‘Asia’s Finest,’ Are Now a Focus of Anger #China https://t.co/9Ev6WGvENv
• There’s No Excuse for Mistreating Children at the Border. Here’s What To Do About It #US https://t.co/kQu8jkWb4V
• Guantánamo Case to Test Whether Torture Can Be Put on the Docket #US https://t.co/TD5ss92AGV 
• Susskind clashes with MPs on digital exclusion | Legal Futures https://t.co/uFEUiCGZt8 
• Anger with MoJ over whiplash reforms begins to boil over | Legal Futures https://t.co/nwjMpChmAk
• In conversation with a diversity and inclusion specialist | Legal Futures https://t.co/xbzJVKq57A
• SDT president: Concerns over civil standard of proof “misplaced” | Legal Futures https://t.co/1OWvkttpxl 
• Death in Ice Valley: New clues in Isdal Woman mystery #Norway https://t.co/bpkNFOKUdP 
• Fertility doctor loses licence after using his own sperm #Canada https://t.co/w4VC7kw2SO 
• Beauty queen 'raped by #Gambia's ex-President Jammeh' https://t.co/8IjdtdGL0q 
• San Francisco becomes first US city to ban e-cigarettes #US https://t.co/XbNN2h1YpS 
• Ian Paisley holiday 'funded by Maldives government minister' https://t.co/5at1aq96YJ 
• Worst animal cruelty cases to get higher jail terms https://t.co/55B3DMld1F
• #Ukraine walks out of Europe human rights body as Russia returns https://t.co/KOC9QWZAcv 
• Extinction Rebellion protester convicted of public order offence https://t.co/Rgccs6yXNX 
• SFO drops investigation into trio accused of energy industry bribes https://t.co/Y0ZOGlm5CX 
• Revenge porn and 'cyber-flashing' laws go under review https://t.co/hP9X1u6aT5

26th June - Law News

2737th 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: Jeremy Hunt is not just a Tory leadership hopeful, he is, in fact, also the Foreign Secretary, and today he told parliament he could not envisage any situation in which the UK joins the US in a war with Iran. Donald Trump announced new sanctions yesterday, but Iran's President has responded by calling them "useless, outrageous and idiotic," adding that the White House appears to be "afflicted by mental retardation".

Focus of the Day Article:

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is to explore whether to use its power to cap the fees charged by personal injury claims management companies (CMCs), it has emerged. It has also been urged to co-ordinate with the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) if it decides to take action. The Financial Guidance and Claims Act 2018 gave the FCA a duty to make rules restricting charges for claims management activities in relation to financial services and financial products claims.
Full story - Legal Futures

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Senior judges 'most socially exclusive' of all professionals | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/N2j8IrWDd1
• Baker McKenzie reveals 33 London roles still at risk | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/sNgQ5vEK6L
• Young legal aid lawyer shares pain over redundancy | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/9yaKx1nv4t
• Cryptoassets ‘a new category of personal property’ | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/OaDKGKrNfW
• We will not be silenced: Liam Allan joined by protesters outside RCJ | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/TjUaIOhib
• Hogan Lovells NQs to earn up to £117k as competition intensifies | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/86KMS08Ggb
• Claimant awarded 10% after narrowly beating Part 36 costs offer | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/iTKL3E0H7c
• Criminalising children: at what age and what cost? | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/AFQ3W2KfQo
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/CieQySLtNd
• New initiative brings fresh challenge to risk within financial services https://t.co/k9XXqtMCjG 
• EE fined £100,000 for sending marketing messages without consent https://t.co/pEjzvPmt5K
• DWF partner Naomi Pryde named in list of business talent https://t.co/fQ8KMP24JQ 
• Scottish corporate finance deal valuations strengthen as competition heats up https://t.co/Ce96jqpHSf
• France: Draconian tech regulation law enacted to help judges save face https://t.co/JLq3lE6llO 
• 21 years of Aarhus – how long the wait for affordable access to environmental justice in Scotland? https://t.co/rHJIFTHFJP
• BTO appoints Mark Colquhoun as senior associate in real estate team https://t.co/OnucKnwk4S
• Harriet Balloch made partner at Dickson Minto https://t.co/yrmmD2OQ92
• CJEU: Polish legislation lowering judicial retirement age is contrary to EU law https://t.co/WJRRUoWzwV
• English pose biggest threat to Union, says May’s deputy https://t.co/kAD72wV3Ny
• Scotland has highest prison population rate per head in Western Europe https://t.co/zspyjlFSNb 
• Scottish government response to polarising Roberton Review welcomed https://t.co/m2fQIXuW9M
• Man who broke into Army property fails to establish exceptional circumstances in firearms offence but has overall https://t.co/sjbedMFOs
• RAF fighters escorted Jet2 flight after ‘miscommunication’ https://t.co/VmnHn5DuGk 
• Chickens 'left to rot' at major supplier Moy Park's farms https://t.co/mr7POmISYL
• Driver who filmed boy 'dancing' in front seat banned https://t.co/PtNr0PT736
• Peter Colwell death: Gamekeeper guilty of shotgun manslaughter https://t.co/BpEJvV8J4a
• Two arrests over leaked A-level paper https://t.co/QLzdhGZd3Z
• The Trump administration is notoriously biased towards Israel, and its $50bn offer to Palestinians pointedly avoids… https://t.co/2Da5vqbJ86
• Jeremy Kyle Show: MPs criticise 'irresponsible' ITV over lie detectors https://t.co/wHAcQvIe51
• Gangnam: The scandal rocking the playground of K-pop #Korea https://t.co/qAQlbzYfIU
• Trump says sexual assault accuser E Jean Carroll 'not my type' https://t.co/oHg4tG5wBt
• Hillsborough match commander David Duckenfield retrial https://t.co/RdyAg4iy37 
• Tribunal to hear Canterbury quake claim disputes #NewZEaland https://t.co/pSn2KOalui
• Tribunal Says #China Uses Coercion in Organ Harvesting, Targets Religious Minorities https://t.co/qD9FJwEb7v 
• Employee who won tribunal case against Spicerhaart now awarded 10000 costs https://t.co/EM6poYgqjb
• #Canadian Bar Association's CONVERSATION WITH LAWYER LIVING WITH A DISABILITY https://t.co/SWHLC7xnAQ
• Azmin's lawyer says will not respond to Haziq's 'taunts' #Malaysia https://t.co/c5SRGCrFL9 
• America's racist past: Death Row lawyer Brayan Stevenson has no interest in punishment. My interest is in liberatio… https://t.co/amPH57OPJ7
• #India Lawyer Sanjeev Punalekar, Accused In Narendra Dabholkar Murder Case, Sent To Judicial Custody https://t.co/arQDBR96YF
• Need a lawyer? #Israeli Student app matches public defenders with clients, wins 1st prize https://t.co/ZnsC556IS
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/QF6TCbKPr8
• Why a #US Government Lawyer Argued Against Giving Immigrant Kids Toothbrushes https://t.co/uiziIU763w
• #Sudan court orders company to end military-ordered internet blackout, according to lawyer Abdel-Adheem Hassan https://t.co/CzgiZVNQie
• Dozens of injury-claims ‘harvesting’ sites targetted #Ireland https://t.co/dm0pFPnyVQ
• Clare and Limerick gear up for an ‘Essential Solicitor Update’ this Friday #Ireland https://t.co/cwyfhTZltU
• Legal Professionals Pledge Support for St. Clare's Pensioners #US https://t.co/y8HTVIw3YI 
• Woman advocates for legal document to let men 'opt out' of parenthood https://t.co/wX2ofScyS5
• Families of London Bridge terror victims refused legal aid as lawyers condemn 'insulting' policy https://t.co/o6PHEtxBWN
• Jail for Gloucester dad, 22, after drugs fell out of trousers https://t.co/sAhEOtX3XI
• $52 million tax avoidance 'fraud' lands high-profile Melbourne barrister Alan Sandbach a four-year ban #Australia https://t.co/mrVOBU8v10
• Discover how Charlotte Caldwell is challenging the medical cannabis law https://t.co/TCt4ojJ1KH
• Two-thirds of Tory party members are Islamophobic and believe ‘parts of the UK are under sharia law’ https://t.co/zl8tmrcEoY
• Law that amends and drastically narrows the scope of the Texas Citizens Participation Act (TCPA) #US https://t.co/j8mYtgVQoI 
• UK Law Enforcement Data Put at Risk in “Highly Sophisticated” Eurofins Scientific Attack https://t.co/FCfpnTgpUR
• Asylum-seeking #Saudi sisters summoned to police station; fear deportation https://t.co/sPPBZzeC2s
• Pret allergy death: Parents 'delighted' by 'Natasha's law' plan https://t.co/N016nw2Dbi
• After the horror of the 'wolf pack' case, #Spanish women have reason to be hopeful https://t.co/dwIzfZwsmg
• Global report: in-house teams “falling behind” on innovation | Legal Futures https://t.co/xXMDSNPSgx
• Peers back greater role for Lord Chief in online court rules | Legal Futures https://t.co/LIvvJqYmRH
• LSB agrees to limit price transparency to public access barristers | Legal Futures https://t.co/9LBNur22VB 
• Bias still hindering women targeting partnership at big firms | Legal Futures https://t.co/WPmTExXFEQ
• Manchester strippers 'terrified' over feminist group's secret filming https://t.co/jBH7P79GcD 
• Police log 22 online sex crimes against children every day, says NSPCC https://t.co/VJQj75m4mO 
• Britain’s top jobs still in hands of private school elite, study finds https://t.co/hpNk540Gzy

25th June - Law News

2736th 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: More than 25 years on from breakthrough peace accords the two sides seem further apart than ever. But why?

Focus of the Day Article:

England and Wales jail ‘shameful’ numbers of people, says report. ‘Addiction to imprisonment’ marked by overuse of short sentences and botched reforms.
Full story - Guardian Law

Saturday Conversations on Law

• US Supreme Court quashes conviction of death row man over racial bias https://t.co/5CiR9fm3MY
• Aamer Anwar to deliver Jimmy Reid lecture on struggle for justice in Scotland https://t.co/jkzgLWEcE7 
• Ryanair told to review review fees or risk litigation https://t.co/6l4ivDwyLf
• Journalists, Lawyers and the Digital Media: SLN editor Graham Ogilvy to address SSC Society https://t.co/7dtOwy8hk2 
• Sir Brian Leveson hits out at presumption against short sentences as Scotland aims for 12 months https://t.co/P1KKOlafdY
• Former Rangers administrator begins £2m damages action against Police Scotland https://t.co/QiHVHRIHb4
• SLCC complaints levy increases to £5,000 from next month https://t.co/nisyfIZMcU
• Digby Brown marks growth with five new associates https://t.co/3rmZm7muSI
• Gillespie Macandrew delivers seventh consecutive year of growth https://t.co/mOOlzFT90i
• Daughter of Robert Henderson QC awarded £20,000 by CICA over sexual abuse allegations https://t.co/ykoQ5hlQqY 
• Planning appeal allowed after reporter abdicated duty to consider key issue of case https://t.co/PIiOFWXXnM
• Baker McKenzie sets ‘40:40:20’ gender target | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/BkaJTxOPQm 
• Junior lawyers urge justice committee to review approval of super-exam | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/75lj0y5kux
• Co-chairs elected at Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/NADoCzqgYQ
• US funder to back £14bn group action against Mastercard | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/IlmtvF5t1j 
• AI will create a standard language for contracts, lawtech startup claims | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/3FY759FNau
• Solicitor proceeds with discrimination claim against firm and members | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/6r5R4o7TOv
• Postal order payments to continue despite use in title fraud | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/n8YOid6wqH
• ‘Don’t get stuck in Groundhog Day’, app creators warned | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/DZWdHVRSUY
• Belt and Road’s ‘Weinstein’ moment? | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/U5IrB5U1Fq 
• Digging deeper: putting diversity promises into practice | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/5yFAuxIoxJ
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/LhQisHP4NT
• Javid suggests post-Brexit migration salary rules could vary by region https://t.co/RROlq58m5P 
• Unesco chair blasts 'discriminatory' UK visitor visa system https://t.co/AOPMBzNKJs 
• I was the victim of race hate crime – but by speaking up I felt empowered | Anita Sethi https://t.co/XZ66MgQdv2
• Does Bradford festival's counter-extremism funding warrant a boycott? | Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan and Saima Mir https://t.co/c4h8dm72cI 
• Out of touch Catholic church hits out at court over abortion ruling https://t.co/KyFuIAXZXA 
• Donald Trump sexual assault accuser E Jean Carroll considers police complaint #US https://t.co/RSyjbfDli9
• EU court rules #Poland's lowering of judges' retirement age is unlawful https://t.co/c6tM7wHhy7
• EU deplores UK 'voting obstacles' in May European elections https://t.co/h2SrIy33vZ
• Muslim women defy ban to swim in burkinis at #French pool https://t.co/24XvqdTE8W 
• Tube pusher Paul Crossley jailed for life https://t.co/qMDrWivgsW
• UK delays useless ‘porn block’ law yet again after forgetting to inform EU https://t.co/o63xpLxL6Z
• UK Law Commission Embarks Upon Review of Intermediated Securities System https://t.co/I7mS2cisJd 
• The online advertising industry breaks the law, says the UK’s data watchdog https://t.co/ITCB6FMEoh 
• UK Business Law Market 2019 : Market Trends Report https://t.co/5u6j52YG9K 
• Four women who allege Indiana attorney general groped them file lawsuit #US https://t.co/x5C8TlrI5S
• Court refuses to vary bail conditions to allow terror suspect to go on holidays to Spain #Ireland https://t.co/Fep8TbP0yK
• Legal secretary, 54, and toyboy lover kept apart by extortionate visa fees by UK government https://t.co/9SkllRfkBN
• Lawyer Edgar Thomas who stole £1m ordered to pay back £200k https://t.co/8t5dy20Of3
• Shame and guilt hang over people caught up in adoption scandal – solicitor #Ireland https://t.co/2FSlS0HSMr
• #Saudi Arabia: Religious Thinker on Trial for His Life https://t.co/fM5PITAXCj
• Canada imposes sanctions on #Nicaraguan government members for human rights abuses https://t.co/J26UTvg0i8
• Meeting on digital human rights convenes in region for first time #Tunisia https://t.co/fYMWNpKU0o
• Supreme Court upholds HC order on freedom fighters’ minimum age #Bangladesh https://t.co/VzRbvEk2Fb
• Meet the British-Ghanaian filmmaker who doubles as a criminal lawyer https://t.co/sDeGVM6bSu
• Cervical cancer lawyer demands that Varadkar correct Dáil record #Ireland https://t.co/7Qtw5BWMGr
• Homeless man who slept in car admits drink-driving https://t.co/wgKbiBDC8V
• 'My neighbour wants £30,000 in damages because he doesn't like my front door' https://t.co/z9fSRt2izx
• Solicitor General Fadwa Hammoud to meet Flint residents, expand investigation #US https://t.co/0WguJ9FB4
• Boots to ban plastic bags and switch to brown paper carriers https://t.co/VyBxNGz0rh
• Areas with most homeless deaths disproportionately hit by cuts https://t.co/a9S68c2pn5 
• 'White supremacy': popular knitting website Ravelry bans support for Trump #US https://t.co/SVsJKHByL3 
• Tory Austerity and inequality fuelling mental illness, says top UN envoy https://t.co/ubdvdrdBnL
• 'It's hard to help a refugee with PTSD who is 112th in line for a council flat' https://t.co/n9F1vzKpO5 
• Could an algorithm help prevent murders? Or is it more vanilla sky snooping and erosion of privacy? https://t.co/FyC90PRejH
• Ransomware cyber-attacks are targeting large companies and demanding huge payments https://t.co/y7RP6MXUVc
• Liam Gallagher: Knife crime fears for his children https://t.co/UbocxGnKbi
• Facebook VP Nick Clegg claims 'no evidence' of Russian interference in Brexit vote https://t.co/fOkDGU7dMS
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/NfrG6bX4DF
• Sperm donors are not dads. We need more clarity around what constitutes a parent https://t.co/wHpblt3kqb
• #Mexico auctions drug lords' properties to fund poor communities https://t.co/rWtgrNW4vc 
• Israel Folau, Rugby star's fundraiser shut down over anti-gay views https://t.co/7sePHlvWoP 
• Gambling addiction clinic to help addicts aged 13 to 25 https://t.co/XhjnZTpI5E 
• Solicitor took £2m of client money in pursuit of “lottery win” | Legal Futures https://t.co/53JrCSdUog 
• Regulator considers cap on fees charged by personal injury CMCs | Legal Futures https://t.co/K4E3icaz5o 
• Digital conveyancing used to market high-value commercial property - Legal Futures https://t.co/FkUiZVlput
• AI-backed contract review "decodes obscure language" - Legal Futures https://t.co/FcYEY3a1Im 
• Austerity Has Ravaged U.K. Communities. It Has Also Spurred Reinvention https://t.co/sP8JU0KLhg
• Free speech isn’t under threat. It just suits bigots and boors to suggest so https://t.co/PSpqoo1bjh 
• ‘It’s like you go to abuse school’: how domestic violence always follows the same script https://t.co/K0IEiw6qRe
• NHS founder's relative died after 'neglect' by hospital trusts https://t.co/FTPRJHDG4L
• Ease migration rules for Indians to win post-Brexit deals, say MPs https://t.co/VSxF98X5hp 
• Man who refused to register son's birth loses high court case https://t.co/WsNHvIpNlf 
• Air Canada investigates after woman wakes up alone on darkened plane https://t.co/tLuJyFHqBH 
• England and Wales jail ‘shameful’ numbers of people, says report https://t.co/ECzHngUflx
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/YlszYJ75j2