9th July - Law News

2750th 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: Eyebrows were raised when the US president’s daughter took centre stage alongside world leaders at the G20 summit. So what is Ivanka Trump’s White House job and how effective has she been?

Focus of the Day Article:

Police use of child spies in criminal gangs is lawful, high court rules. Judge rejects claim not enough is done to protect minors in undercover operations.

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Saturday Conversations on Law

• Lawyer in the news: Emma Crowther | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/2uJ9uYRxK
• My legal life: Debbie Nuttall, Associate at HRC Law, Manchester | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/Ni5coAx3Tm
• The training contract: an afterword | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/Az4nkDE2K
• Talent drawn to small firms | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/byxKjXrctP
• Regulator sounds out firms over CPD in 'light-touch' era | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/nzji5E2hO
• Rolls judge warns US over epic trial | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/FpG6qkBHvd
• Lord Falconer joins fight against clin neg fixed costs | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/Eb6JlBacN4
• Deloitte looks to technology to give it a legal services edge | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/1iCrVfHn
• Applicants line up for SRA’s £250,000 technology challenge | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/vShQuzviCI
• Chambers may publish sexuality data without members' consent | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/zEd7ckydnQ
• GCs to track diversity progress among external firms | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/unbQTy7AfJ
• Cyclist’s costs bill sparks sympathy | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/APHklMTJ3s
• #US music festival cancels policy of charging white people double https://t.co/F1BlFqEOPx 
• Carl Sargeant inquest: Carwyn Jones denies lying on oath https://t.co/Zh9SvdBr9Q
• Universal credit: Multi-million pound scam targets claimants https://t.co/Q1a0lh46Dr
• Judge reinstates Madrid's low emissions zone #Spain https://t.co/kNc0cpRh0
• British Museum to return looted Afghan artefacts found at Heathrow https://t.co/Qd25X9aEo6 
• Use of child informants by Home Office 'lawful', High Court rules https://t.co/oZN01XteDk
• Landmarks in law: McLibel and the longest trial in British legal history https://t.co/fO9eLNKW7T 
• Who could be prosecuted over leaked diplomatic emails? https://t.co/TTruY2Y8wQ
• #DRC warlord 'the Terminator' convicted of war crimes https://t.co/sfrAyPxvuK
• #Venezuela's rule of law has crumbled under Maduro, says legal watchdog https://t.co/ghvrRkUxbv
• Clyde & & Co Scotland raises over £2,000 throughout for LGBT Youth Scotland https://t.co/wPlGtpqsnV
• Scots-born law professor leads fight for reparations in US https://t.co/daQX8a9h5
• Helen’s Law to deny recalcitrant murderers parole https://t.co/6JZD8DFDg
• Shepherd and Wedderburn’s Clare Foster joins RenewableUK Board https://t.co/n8Hqgraufc 
• Professor Catriona Matheson named chair of Drug Deaths Taskforce https://t.co/3OnhzWAYqY 
• A man detained for breach of a deportation order thought Scotland was not part of the UK, a court has been told https://t.co/UrUHauVCww
• Separation of powers at risk under solicitor regulation proposals https://t.co/iib7g64QY0
• Congolese rebel leader convicted of crimes against humanity including sexual slavery in ICC first https://t.co/aOHLua5pq0
• Shepherd and Wedderburn celebrates 250th anniversary with record results https://t.co/wk4nInk7n
• Jeffrey Epstein, #US billionaire charged with sex trafficking https://t.co/LlWEtFFWY0
• Bankers sent home as Deutsche starts slashing jobs https://t.co/XOU2S0IqO0
• Double-digit growth delivers a record year for Brodies https://t.co/tN9jEqDB5X
• ICO proposes to fine British Airways £183.39m for GDPR breach https://t.co/XBSXbYKD3M 
• Carer convicted of class A drugs offence wins appeal for non-custodial sentence https://t.co/7O6ThCcvRF
• Heather Mills feels 'joy and vindication' over phone-hacking settlement https://t.co/8wa70IF6J8 
• #DRCongo's Bosco Ntaganda convicted of war crimes by ICC https://t.co/nj3l9rbtej
• Channel 5's nonsense will make me and other cyclists less safe https://t.co/BfBrSV5wEm
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/ziZioCQxe
• Carl Sargeant, sacked Welsh minister's inquest to resume https://t.co/Zh9SvdBr9Q
• Kirk Hallam crash: Man charged after van hits food bank queue https://t.co/heQCdZHk6p
• Facebook tip-off leads police to Grimston rave https://t.co/MunIhneqiQ
• British Airways faces record £183m fine for data breach https://t.co/ZJZidkecOc
• Small is beautiful, say solicitors who downsized from big firms | Legal Futures https://t.co/jM08Hrtt0M
• LSB report: Buy-in vital for legal technology regulation | Legal Futures https://t.co/OoSyl9zZu8
• Children to be exempt from whiplash portal – for now | Legal Futures https://t.co/AYA523r9OG
• Ballymena: Man and woman face terrorism charges https://t.co/j1cJxk5wNm
• EU to take migrants from Alan Kurdi rescue ship https://t.co/a1McpCCmVM
• Judges rule that Romanian criminal cannot be deported under EU law https://t.co/GLb6F3KX3R
• The sister of an adult online performer who died during a sexual role play game gone wrong has called for strict new law https://t.co/NpgTXtYRgY
• UK To Deny Parole To Killers Unless They Reveal Location Of Victims' Bodies https://t.co/aXP8PmiV6g