4th February - Law News

1866th 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 story: Australia struck a deal with the former Obama administration for more than 1,200 refugees on Manus Island and Nauru to be considered for resettlement in the US. Donald Trump has described it as a "dumb deal" and expressed his concern in a "frank" conversation with Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull.

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Lord Chief Justice Lord Woolf condemns BSB training plan | NLJ https://t.co/bZpPhOyRtg
• Drive to improve diversity at the Bar made progress in 2016 but there is still a long way to go | NLJ https://t.co/WWIhWFavuW 
• The use of e-Discovery will change in 2017, according to market predictions | NLJ https://t.co/ESwlHr5k0U
• Warnings over Jackson’s fixed costs proposals | NLJ https://t.co/jMne9z7Ajr
• Lawyers respond to Department of Health’s consultation on FRC for clinical negligence | NLJ https://t.co/5tH9XbxEjy
• Controversial employment tribunal fees “broadly met its objectives”, a Ministry of Justice has concluded | NLJ https://t.co/X3yoCueaVi
• Selection process launched for 100 best Recorders | NLJ https://t.co/IsWMlkYeij 
• Nine of the UK’s leading law firms have signed up to a literacy challenge with the National Literacy Trust | NLJ https://t.co/99xxM54GcO 
• Do litigants in person have an unfair advantage? https://t.co/l3SruAKaeA 
• Belfast knife charge man didn't 'have the fare' to travel to court https://t.co/ClDOBEdjim 
• #Singapore to cane #Saudi diplomat Bander Yahya A. Alzahrani for molesting hotel intern https://t.co/eamw40bKsR
• Former judge, politician and lawyers’ leader Barrister Malik Saeed Hassan passed away yesterday #PAKISTAN https://t.co/AutdnkGltk 
• At the height of his legal career, John Smyth QC was the go-to barrister for morality campaigner Mary Whitehouse https://t.co/aqli4SWUAT 
• #MALAWI hesitates to withdraw from International Criminal Court – Solicitor General https://t.co/Ch1fYj0VUa 
• #Irish solicitor profession grows to record-breaking 10000 https://t.co/vVsddf6U0J
• Veteran Diss solicitor Nigel Lubbock marks 40 year milestone with Steeles Law https://t.co/RCiQhMAWnh 
• Glasgow racist solicitor ranted racist abuse at mum and toddler on train saying they shouldn't be in first class https://t.co/wNrsN6kdUb 
• The United Kingdom's exit from and new partnership with the European Union https://t.co/eJapSrgPHa F
• UN says #Australia's immigration laws infringe human rights https://t.co/hgXDZeEPy4 
• Woman is forced to endure 26 lashes for extramarital sex in #INDONESIA https://t.co/7cYCdHxaAs 
• Can Queen Elizabeth Legally Kill Donald Trump? Monarch May Be Above The Law In UK Courts https://t.co/1YUZmo9BbN
• #Romanian government ally criticises official misconduct law https://t.co/kuv9Z6baC2 
• Legal training for aid workers to help protect migrant children from exploitation https://t.co/6b70uVS87o 
• Trump Executive Order Draft Would Expand Religious Protections, Could Allow Denial of Services to Gays #US https://t.co/iN3zgXkNqy 
• Willow Tea Rooms owner wins legal battle over name https://t.co/dDwzCM7jBR 
• Coventry City's owner in new legal row with council https://t.co/MgYv7X0UVn 
• Lawyers lament ex-Chief Justice of #Pakistan's failure to ensure judiciary's self-accountability https://t.co/zmGlrSKcex 
• #US senators from Judiciary Subcommittee to Probe #Russian Election Hacking https://t.co/9xIJd0bUWq 
• President John Magufuli blameS the judiciary on delayed tax evasion cases involving 7.5 trillion #TANZANIA https://t.co/tJ6MDLCTMd
• New Jersey Judiciary Adopts Language Access Plan #US https://t.co/8cCSnwx1Nj 
• Employment tribunal fee remission scheme to be expanded following government review https://t.co/5LN5vHkW7S
• Employment Relations Tribunal (ERT) has ruled that it has powers to hear grievance cases #FIJI https://t.co/P1mKSSIOiw
• Ousted Tata chairman Cyrus Mistry moves appellate tribunal against Tata Sons’ February 6 EGM #INDIA https://t.co/wMWQ4s8HqJ 
• Okhla waste-to-energy plant not polluting, says National Green Tribunal #INDIA https://t.co/YO0KhJSU7l 
• Decade after the Armed Forces Tribunal Act, 2007, was passed, the judicial body is finally set #INDIA https://t.co/SMZzdZRznJ 
• New rule in #FRANCE allowing horses with female jockeys to carry less weight has been labelled "unfair" https://t.co/14rGK8CU3q 
• #US judge in Seattle has issued a temporary nationwide block on President Donald Trump's ban on travellers https://t.co/cr2KNIUOLc

3rd February - Law News

1865th 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 story: The Louvre museum in Paris has been cordoned off after a French soldier opened fire on an attacker wounding him, local media report. The attacker armed with a knife reportedly cried out “Allahu Akbar.” No casualties reported.


Focus of the day story:  Stop and search: police 'unacceptably slow' to comply with new rules. Emergency inspection found four forces were still breaking rules aimed at ending discrimination against black people. Full story - Guardian Law

Saturday Conversations on Law

• How did rape become TV entertainment? https://t.co/EwnYAG93iB https://t.co/EF0naHpxJ5 
• Deborah Lipstadt: Anthony Julius’s key role in my trial defence... https://t.co/WyiK7YYNoW
• The only thing standing between Trump and authoritarianism: the supreme court #US... https://t.co/ct8AwceJEu 
• How Trump’s supreme court nominee would tip the balance – in data #US... https://t.co/ZiLRiv6Vp7 
• UK must remain under EU law during Brexit transition, diplomats say... https://t.co/Nqjg2AHyDV 
• David Turner-Samuels QC obituary https://t.co/BK2CPGtXOo https://t.co/Bk6jOwbdEz 
• Fresh Brexit legal challenge blocked by high court... https://t.co/LoSDgkwJOu
• Duran Duran to renew legal battle over #US song rights... https://t.co/LoRhiEkPb0 
• Bowling Green massacre? Fact fabricator Kellyanne Conway has taken alt facts up a notch #US... https://t.co/OJKuFA0vaW 
• CIA deputy director linked to torture at Thailand black site #US... https://t.co/IXMkFZYnBs 
• The Guardian view on Phil Shiner: bad man, vital job... https://t.co/ceqKSqeRd8 
• Brexit negotiations and immigration | Law Gazette https://t.co/HUvtyblso4
• Nottingham to host online divorce pilot | Law Gazette https://t.co/DKIYCEvzNp
• Society celebrates solicitor's elevation to Court of Appeal | Law Gazette https://t.co/2HO7OplFsy
• IP Enterprise Court still attractive despite alternatives – presiding judge | Law Gazette https://t.co/UYGgxQD1SH
• Society challenges government’s ‘concern’ for road accident victims | Law Gazette https://t.co/n1e6vafvBI 
• Hogan Lovells partners to put £50m into firm | Law Gazette https://t.co/lqb8ySnDoH
• Freshfields bosses share £18.1m as executive pay climbs 8% | Law Gazette https://t.co/xJ8zcMMRFL
• Rota 'mistake' could cost firm £40,000 | Law Gazette https://t.co/wUvlbCQSYE
• Teens Who Graffitied Historic Black School With Swastikas Sentenced To Visit Holocaust Museum #US... https://t.co/c5CNDwR0Cm
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/fsCgT0kSQj
• New recruitment campaign for the Royal Navy’s Trident nuclear submarines with anti-war message... https://t.co/Za9AfqKJxv F
• Trump just tweeted about 'Islamic terror' attack that killed 0. Still nothing about white man who shot 6 in a... https://t.co/0nNFoAE26j
• Ex-Sheffield City Council boss Roger Dodds jailed for sex abuse https://t.co/evx9TFow4O 
• BBC presenter Emily Maitlis in 'torture' tweet mix-up https://t.co/rMbf5ugq9b 
• #US President Donald Trump has taken his first step to try to scale back US financial services regulations https://t.co/pvOcbVGiTD 
• The man hiding tenners round Cardiff https://t.co/2wnmrMn6Qj 
• Crowdfunding shows how access to justice can be reinvented for financially strained times | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/484DOi19yp
• Justice First Fellows qualify as solicitors Justice First Fellows qualify as solicitors: Scheme a ‘ray of light’... https://t.co/EeZkHChxT2 
• APIL: ‘Shameless’ insurers can’t sink much lower | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/DxcW9sT61U 
• Former #Norway PM held at Washington airport over 2014 visit to Iran #US https://t.co/tCy1cKRyoM 
• Donald Trump thinks Islam is incompatible with the West. Britain's mosques prove otherwise https://t.co/MKmHVPAMl6
• Football Association: Parliament to have 'no confidence' debate https://t.co/Hwj5EixCeG 
• Fat burglar caught after getting stuck in a bathroom window https://t.co/xILKPgQho0 
• US sanctions #Iran after missile test https://t.co/IBUbQ0CkFm
• Royal Marine Maxwell pleads guilty to terror charge https://t.co/G7J0hcD6vN 
• Ex-Sheffield City Council boss Roger Dodds jailed for sex abuse https://t.co/2UVzeqZU2x 
• Trump aide Kellyanne Conway blames refugees for 'Bowling Green massacre' that never happened #US https://t.co/BFOgnxH00d
• French soldier shoots attacker outside Louvre #FRANCE https://t.co/uQhmHG5uxO 
• #Russian hacking aims to destabilise West, Sir Michael Fallon says https://t.co/4B512j4fsk 
• Motor insurance premiums hit record high, as cars go hi tech https://t.co/87mh8DP5E8 
• Troubles killings: MoD defends Facebook post https://t.co/tR20EIpapx
• Despite Trump, Apple to start making iPhones in #India, says state government https://t.co/h3WXXfQt5O
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/DGgkf32u1H
• Kirkland guards against currency fluctuations with new salary cap | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/pMi1udFqeX
• Norton Rose Fulbright angling for New York tie-up | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/FXlh5ozA2S
• NewLaw gets vote of confidence as LOD turnover skyrockets | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/67pexFiK27 
• Lawyer fined for calling himself the country's 'top' criminal barrister | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/xhbbKLZnh1 
• Public Interest Lawyers saga ends with Shiner struck off | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/h6zqyJo2Fe 
• Puppy sales laws to be tightened https://t.co/B6B9E2ibpG https://t.co/Rg1vlZjcAk 
• PI reforms could make justice system "unworkable", district judges tell government - Legal Futures:... https://t.co/gVx5qPtCGw 
• Solicitors and CMCs probed over "surge" in holiday sickness claims - Legal Futures:... https://t.co/YQFkF1FlQF
• How corporate dark money is taking power on both sides of the Atlantic https://t.co/P3dn8weBPO
• Why White Nationalists Are the Extremists We Should Fear #CANADA... https://t.co/scMo4BJQxs 
• European parliament leaders call on EU to reject Trump's likely ambassador pick https://t.co/Eq5HNxOO2j
• Nato must do more to counter #Russia's cyber-weaponry, says Defence Secretary Fallon https://t.co/2pbk80qDQZ
• Police investigate election fraud complaint over UKIP leader Paul Nuttall's Stoke byelection bid https://t.co/1VDeFh4WaQ
• #bbcqt oh come off it and allow children to go on holiday whenever, they will learn more abroad with more time spent with parents. 
• #Canada mint worker who hid $130,000 of gold in rectum jailed https://t.co/GBaQbonYzG
• Criticism over NI invite to Donald Trump https://t.co/PYQAwYuJbx 
• Killed hostage Delaware prison officer cried: 'Trap!' #US https://t.co/1cw6NlF5YU
• Cambridge University intake no longer most privately educated https://t.co/ngKXENPJ6E
• 'Marine A' Alexander Blackman footage released https://t.co/xwLXLw624c 
• Uber boss quits Trump advisory board after strong protest and thousands of people deleting app #US https://t.co/2Cvd9Kvsbg 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/5xD5H8GaRU

2nd February - Law News

1864th 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 story: Refugees are on the move again in eastern Ukraine as fighting intensifies between pro-Russian forces and government troops. The United Nations Security Council is expected to address the uptick in violence. Both Ukraine and Russia are current members of the Council, and blame each other for renewed attacks.


Focus of the day story:  More than 500 barristers have signed an open letter opposing the Bar Standards Board’s proposals to shake up the training regime for would-be barristers. In the letter, the barristers, who include former master of the rolls and lord chief justice Lord Woolf, say the consultation is not ‘guided by a proper understanding’ of the BSB’s objective of promoting and protecting the public interest. Full story - The Law Society Gazette

Saturday Conversations on Law

• EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT MILO AND THE ALT-RIGHT IN BERKELEY https://t.co/efICElBizv 
• Ledingham Chalmers sponsors Inverness Business Briefing https://t.co/oSFxYukyBU 
• Fox hunting: new code of practice to be developed while vicarious liability and reverse burden of proof https://t.co/7lmydv6f7v
• Scots lawyer loses appeal after being struck off for professional misconduct https://t.co/5HustiKu0W 
• Independent review of ailing legal aid system announced https://t.co/Lk2fqu6EkG
• Lords committee calls on EU Council to codify standard of proof for sanctions listings https://t.co/aEyaes8qd8
• High Court refuses ‘oppression’ claim in appeal over summary complaint following deserted solemn proceedings https://t.co/FUnkZJC7eS
• Sheriff Lindsay Wood on the Glasgow Drug Court https://t.co/5TAVmFLfCf 
• DWF appointed to advise Scottish government on superfast broadband programme https://t.co/9MaM9GjGJC 
• Holyrood committee to examine how well Scotland tackles public sector fraud https://t.co/BKVuHBYPje
• Gibson Kerr doubles property team with new merger https://t.co/DpaRXI59Pn Feb 02, 2017
• High Court stays £173m international settlement award | Law Gazette https://t.co/DmISTTMV0w 
• Fears for UK solicitors over patent court rights of audience | Law Gazette... https://t.co/Rk0McwICDB 
• Brexit will need new dispute resolution mechanism | Law Gazette... https://t.co/MJvoNMNSu3 
• Norton Rose Fulbright close to merger deal | Law Gazette... https://t.co/g7gkFUuJ5k 
• Court of Appeal rules claimants out of portal restricted to fixed costs | Law Gazette... https://t.co/uh8nm2RB3p 
• No genocide trial until Turkey releases judge | Law Gazette https://t.co/hzPTaGfV91 
• DAC Beachcroft post-room assistant 'abused trust' | Law Gazette... https://t.co/y481I9wepU 
• Ombudsman keen to grow but not ‘explicitly expansionist’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/m9YmbvH4AK
• We are heading for a senseless nuclear Brexit - with no political or legal mandate https://t.co/wkscymh5bF
• Legal aid review ordered to ensure system is 'fit for purpose' https://t.co/dZwb8s3Ces 
• Brexit secretary releases document highlighting need for new laws on immigration & customs systems https://t.co/bLBPeAWHEt 
• HBOS manager and other City financiers jailed over £245m loans scam https://t.co/Nh6ERBhpvc 
• Southern commuters launch legal claim to force government's hand https://t.co/T1R1BXdDIv
• This is how Trump's Supreme Court nominee has ruled on legal weed #US... https://t.co/F20lY2o2DC 
• Apple mulls legal action against Donald Trump's travel ban https://t.co/EMWjl38ppF 
• Premier League clubs face legal threat unless disabled access is improved https://t.co/2iPGRmYs0l
• Deutsche Bank results hit by legal costs https://t.co/Hth0lA1Lyv 
• Open Letter to the Prime Minister by UK Legal Scholars https://t.co/KmR2jkQ03L
• UK to repeal sections of the Data Protection Act as part of GDPR reform process, says minister https://t.co/o64YgHZ428 
• Clashes as #Romanians protest against law decriminalising some corruption https://t.co/muDVoyuaQx
• UK legislation will mirror EU's GDPR, says Matt Hancock https://t.co/1QAUyz91EN 
• Originalism: Neil Gorsuch's constitutional philosophy explained https://t.co/vaDol9DOH2 
• Sir Nigel Rodley obituary: Human rights lawyer committed to eradicating torture https://t.co/4RYAnCdPYX 
• Brexit white paper: key points explained https://t.co/N8GGq0HuP5 
• UK Border Force 'failing to identify thousands of modern slavery victims' https://t.co/APV2M2QIpW
• Revenge porn helpline 'to close' as government cuts funding... https://t.co/N8Xo45SQ8i
• Stop and search: police 'unacceptably slow' to comply with new rules... https://t.co/rEAmhIIm2g 
• Vermin, filth, threats: the scandal of Britain’s housing for asylum seekers... https://t.co/gAEhWyzURZ
• Secret radio eavesdropping 'made operators deaf' – archive, 2 Feb 1982 https://t.co/rVWWeXUPL6
• Challenging mental health stigma among lawyers Law firms must take the lead on combating stress and depression |... https://t.co/4xbnpIkNiZ 
• FDAC: Local stakeholders question whether problem-solving court provides value for money | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/hDBjlCHiKS 
• Phil Shiner: Twenty-two counts of misconduct proved, including dishonesty and lack of integrity | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/WLLdYJSQtk 
• Norma Bell death: Gareth Dack to serve 33 years in jail https://t.co/0tI30bknHY 
• Archbishop of Canterbury sorry over charity abuse claims https://t.co/cATCCDbFpy 
• Viewpoint: The trouble with diesel and the pollution it causes in London - more regulation needed https://t.co/TsMD0WfH3l 
• The new property trap affecting thousands https://t.co/HBZxRTFM7r 
• Human rights lawyer Phil Shiner struck off over misconduct https://t.co/oXAItESoq5 
• Donald Trump's attorney general said disabled children to blame for 'decline in civility' #US https://t.co/BSBWm45E43 
• Trump Just Removed White Supremacist Groups From Terror Watch Program - #US https://t.co/e5W7M1SVnU 
• Steve Bannon, far-sighted aid to Trump: 'we're going to war in the South China Sea ... no doubt' #US https://t.co/x87nKi5MC2
• 100 Women: What's it like to be British, female and Muslim? Hate crimes making life more difficult since #brexit https://t.co/NnNSpIcj4R
• #US #Australia refugee deal: Trump in 'worst call' with Turnbull https://t.co/TkJkETIYIX
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/4VKj1Kw1AJ
• Deutsche Börse chief probed over €4.5m share deals ahead of LSE merger talks https://t.co/C3fGPEWizT
• May pressured NHS to release data to track immigration offenders https://t.co/xa5xQOLPAg 
• Reports of antisemitic incidents increase to record levels in UK https://t.co/REaWpAQJRa 
• Finsbury Park mosque wins apology and damages from Thomson Reuters https://t.co/rZNTQp4ZTC 
• Facebook's Oculus must pay $500m in virtual reality lawsuit #US https://t.co/iY45WZb79g 
• François Fillon fights to save presidential bid amid fake jobs scandal #FRANCE https://t.co/T3ffn0tfcX
• H-1B: Why is a new #US visa bill causing panic in #India https://t.co/ywiOvzj0Pl 
• #Indian children died after 'eating lychees on empty stomach' https://t.co/m73JIMcOBZ https://t.co/ud0N1ivE2S 
• Transgender teenager sues Hereford school for discrimination https://t.co/THcwk4eCoS 
• Here are the questions Trump’s supreme court pick has to answer #US https://t.co/PCrPXd4UIb 
• Belfast man wins supreme court ruling over union flag protests https://t.co/dTLsmwcDRf 
• Lawyer may have to repay £3.2m over al-Sweady inquiry, court told... https://t.co/dO4EM848xX 
• Council of Europe urged to investigate #Azerbaijan bribery allegations... https://t.co/EhuJBL4OJf 
• Judge Gorsuch expected to follow Scalia's lead in opposing abortion on supreme court #US... https://t.co/fjIstyWmug 
• Trump tells Republicans to use 'nuclear option' to confirm supreme court pick #US... https://t.co/EK42DMwBRr 
• #Saudi inquiry into Yemen abuse claims like 'marking your own homework' https://t.co/suyoW4Kx5J 
• Why this pardon for Britain’s gay men is so inadequate... https://t.co/qhNDTX1M7G 
• I had a 'screw it moment', says MEP who held sign up behind Nigel Farage https://t.co/HXsfywVodW F
• To cut jail suicides, cut the prison population https://t.co/k03oVdwCa3 
• Supreme Court adds to Bar regulator's legal costs and training headaches - Legal Futures: https://t.co/iFDfeI7Efd
• Facebook faces $500m hit after defeat in virtual reality case https://t.co/7iey9WBoJg 
• AI revolution could hit access to justice for people on low incomes - Legal Futures: https://t.co/i7RZKvYdMA 
• Six months into his stint as a guard at Guantánamo, Terry Holdbrooks converted to Islam. What made him do it https://t.co/hQLk3fQKUS
• Brexit: MPs overwhelmingly back Article 50 bill https://t.co/VVjzlDGz2X 
• #Romania protests grow over corruption decree https://t.co/dGiQdAAPMn 
• 'He's lying' sign held behind Nigel Farage at EU Parliament as he tried to eulogise Trump https://t.co/q06JGXl6Em 
• Management pay up 2 per cent at Pinsent Masons https://t.co/R1JJr5YCoa 
• Eversheds Sutherland transatlantic tie-up goes live | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/9t35hyUyMf 
• Ashurst expands in Italy with new competition hire | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/YmJ1gP0RJP 
• Trump announces Gorsuch as nominee for the US Supreme Court | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/oegWRZs7oc 
• Profiles in Justice: Sally Yates | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/ZcXaPIlws7

1st February - Law News

1863rd 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 story: Hundreds of Israeli security officers have entered a hardline Jewish outpost in the occupied West Bank to evict settlers. Israel's Supreme Court says they've built homes on private Palestinian land. Earlier on Wednesday, the government announced the construction of 3,000 settlement homes elsewhere in the occupied Palestinian territories.


Focus of the day story:  Lawyers must be prepared to give their clients advice rather than a range of options, the managing director of a fast-growing wealth management and legal services firm has said. Neil Moles said the Progeny Group, based in Leeds and London, had doubled in size in the past year to 70 staff, including 15 lawyers, and aimed to grow just as quickly this year.  Full story - Legal Futures

Saturday Conversations on Law

• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/96uuLlll6j
• Donald Trump and his official being openly vile to an immigrant American reporter for asking a question https://t.co/2CZyhJiyw3
• Roberto Firmino: Liverpool player admits drink-driving charge https://t.co/rWLB8lOBwD
• https://t.co/UAa7SQYwss https://t.co/MLtpM534yp 
• #Afghan woman's ears cut off by husband https://t.co/KXFAO3T595 
• Rolf Harris jury retires to consider verdicts https://t.co/KKzsFQNF8u 
• South Ockenden puppy farm gang spared jail over £300k fraud https://t.co/8JtbKhSUvD 
• Prolific paedophile Mark Frost admits to abuse in UK and Asia https://t.co/Ts9J0H80Yu 
• SRA receives more than 200 responses to second SQE proposals | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/SmjHIbvwce 
• Employment tribunal fees discourage claims | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/bHBPPMO2lh 
• Judge lambasts witness for ‘throwing allegations around like confetti’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/DJK32JKoIY 
• Munby: court did not ‘cave in’ over release of jailed 71-year-old | Law Gazette https://t.co/EpjOzmgHV3
• Eversheds Sutherland merger goes live | Law Gazette https://t.co/RDcQvEDcvX 
• Mutual recognition critical, Bourns tells MPs, as Brexodus continues | Law Gazette https://t.co/jo0j3U4DHC
• SRA keen to lift barriers to solicitors offering unbundling | Law Gazette https://t.co/3tLTplfXjr 
• Clin neg fixed fees: can the NHSLA change its ways? | Law Gazette https://t.co/IQ7Dbri6C6 
• Supreme Court rules against PSNI on flag protests https://t.co/f8pE7f9i2F
• Jeremy Vine 'road rage' driver could face jail after being found guilty https://t.co/OoZHcONC1i 
• Find out how LA officers rescue exploited children https://t.co/uha8ZUVF5Q
• Johnny Depp spent $3m blasting Hunter S Thompson's ashes from cannon, ex-managers claim... https://t.co/vxjibm3wCy
• Neil Gorsuch nominated by Donald Trump to fill supreme court vacancy #US https://t.co/hfarvGWepA 
• Judge Neil Gorsuch profile: staunch conservative with a background to worry liberals #US https://t.co/Pohwg1y79u 
• Why Democrats should hold the line and filibuster against Supreme Court judge nominee Neil Gorsuch #US https://t.co/adXrzBnnQ6
• Exeter prison struggling with drugs and rising violence, say inspectors... https://t.co/pqiOgI6Dw6
• Exeter prison struggling with drugs and rising violence, say inspectors https://t.co/h6qRaHHmR8 
• REVEALED: Donald Trump registered EIGHT new companies in #SaudiArabia during #US election campaign https://t.co/D2jBkwNwwC 
• Floyd Mayweather: Boxer's visit not acceptable, charity says https://t.co/c4SH8Gheh5 
• Marine Le Pen misspent funds: Deadline passes for National Front leader to repay EU funds #FRANCE https://t.co/BYjXXbaVPI 
• Donald Trump picks ultra conservative originalist Neil Gorsuch as nominee for Supreme Court #US https://t.co/fBkatBf4Iy 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/VIR3cxTshM
• Give advice not options, ABS chief tells lawyers - Legal Futures: https://t.co/JZEtiNljPE 
• Dishonest ABS owner who ignored costs ruling is struck off - Legal Futures: https://t.co/5FS46as1nI 
• Growth of alternative providers - especially Big 4 - could push law firms into 'contractor' role - Legal Futures https://t.co/8TpFrcU7Cr 
• Amazon pledges legal support to action against Trump travel ban #US https://t.co/nAFNus9dTN 
• Russia accuses cybersecurity experts of treasonous links to CIA... https://t.co/zTE9wnpSnq 
• #Russia accuses cybersecurity experts of treasonous links to CIA https://t.co/NJFuzgiHoB 
• #ISRAEL approves additional 3,000 settlement homes in West Bank https://t.co/ftbiI0dUrl 
• Rail firms ordered to improve provision of accessible toilets https://t.co/K2AqsnY1hA 
• Exeter prison struggling with drugs and rising violence, say inspectors https://t.co/KJj048AbYd 
• African leaders plan mass withdrawal from international criminal court https://t.co/POrVDRBiPX
• Sally Yates and the #US constitution: two fatalities of the Monday Night Massacre https://t.co/djyndTrU3A
• Term-time holiday ban would criminalise parents, supreme court told https://t.co/cyPrPuzIDb 
• Slain Florida priest begs mercy from beyond grave for accused #US https://t.co/xoHI4NpJ2W 
• Former PM David Cameron 'tried to get Mail editor sacked' over Brexit stance claims owner https://t.co/tpIFy2N440 
• Church of #Norway approves new rule to allow religious weddings for same-sex couples https://t.co/1ouok7QeY1 
• Sports Apparel Giant Nike has put out a statement criticizing President Trump's immigration ban #US https://t.co/l6nGLOsqCM
• RPC taps Miller as new managing partner | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/rJQP6CWp0X 
• Cornell Law trumps Harvard and Yale for highest-paid grads, study finds | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/Z6xnRzoJCI 
• Dechert posts revenue bump following strong show in London | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/TcSZMJXxxg

31st January - Law News

1862nd 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 story: An Afghan woman made famous by a 1985 National Geographic cover talks exclusively to the BBC of her hopes for a new beginning. Sharbat Gula spoke to BBC Afghan after being deported to Afghanistan from Pakistan where she lived as a refugee for 35 years.


Focus of the day story:  Lord Justice Jackson unveils 'extensive' fixed costs regime. Lawyers react to ‘perverse’ and ‘unworkable’ proposals that incentivise undesirable defendant behaviour. Full story - Solicitors Journal

Saturday Conversations on Law

• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/yxhoj8P6Zy
• Lille Football Club: Sexist banner at Lyon prompts club to offer free tickets to women #FRANCE https://t.co/CaWknwY2KN
• #Ukraine conflict: Evacuation planned in frontline town of Avdiivka with pro-Russian rebels advancing https://t.co/O6p6FmbDSL
• Hatton Garden robbery: Value of goods stolen rises to £25m https://t.co/JXHq4aKFTn 
• Simpson Millar owner reviews business amid job loss speculation | Law Gazette https://t.co/HdxnlSlRCW 
• Veteran solicitor who couldn't sell his firm suspended after hiring fraudsters | Law Gazette https://t.co/IdV30xlI5K 
• Transparency proposals 'could mislead clients' - Society | Law Gazette https://t.co/VCkSlX1SfQ 
• Supreme Court hears council’s challenge to school absence case | Law Gazette https://t.co/VG0QQIjyYg
• Barrister boasted he could get ‘Stevie Wonder a driving licence’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/58ZM9ysvx8
• Former Solicitor-Advocate Blacker files to Court of Appeal | Law Gazette https://t.co/wfDJ9to4B3
• Bar Council ‘deeply concerned’ over fixed recoverable costs proposals | Law Gazette https://t.co/3k5yb69LCu
• Shiner paid £500 per referral as he 'lost his bearings' | Law Gazette https://t.co/T9WbRK7w21 
• Bank fined £163m for money laundering failings | Law Gazette https://t.co/LDTmseTUIF 
• Lord Woolf joins hundreds of barristers in condemning bar training shakeup | Law Gazette https://t.co/NykJGlG74e 
• Government snubs calls for hefty cut in tribunal fees | Law Gazette https://t.co/919tnGCJVB
• The two #Muslim men behind the 'pro-Trump' social-experiment rally in Cardiff https://t.co/9nFBTxnrGi
• The looming issues awaiting Trump's supreme court nominee https://t.co/zPPWVSL4gT 
• Kenneth Clarke: even Enoch Powell would be surprised at Tory party https://t.co/WD4wrzwHYo
• Democrats prepare for battle over Donald Trump's supreme court nominee #US https://t.co/MSj6yATpwu 
• Republicans move to sell off 3.3m acres of national land, sparking rallies #US https://t.co/J6zpRrtwxW 
• Wheelchair user refused space on bus days after supreme court ruling https://t.co/Pl4cn2xsQK 
• ‘I saw being autistic as an employment opportunity, not a weakness’ | Saba Salmon https://t.co/8JGSznpl6s
• Can I still get into law with a 2:2 degree? https://t.co/AmlL22hVhq 
• UK issues posthumous pardons for thousands of gay men https://t.co/T7arBBV4mD
• Northern Irish woman was reported to police by GP over abortion pills https://t.co/Qo8nRkSH1s
• Destruction of court records 'hampers miscarriage of justice inquiries' https://t.co/Wy8WQGBrlU
• Probate solicitor who ‘lost ethical compass’ struck off | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/r9SBnh2ypl 
• BNP leader is coaching children despite lifetime teaching ban https://t.co/VX7e2FhKWf 
• Maddie parents lose court appeal to silence cop who claims they covered up death https://t.co/dIOzobmb5s
• #AUSTRIA to ban full-face veil in public places https://t.co/8Ctle2TaIc 
• Harry Studley shooting: Emma Horseman not guilty of GBH https://t.co/AzVaRPgZBE
• The politics behind the pomp of state visits https://t.co/Fw3qtnUkUP
• EU's Donald Tusk sees Trump as threat to Europe https://t.co/39Dg4RMzNC
• 'Rats and insects' found in asylum housing https://t.co/bu0YmXFkBk 
• MPs to debate Donald Trump state visit petition https://t.co/SaVZ3s0fUq
• Thousands of gay men pardoned for past convictions https://t.co/oXAxQXibXo
• Burned Texas mosque gets $1m from donors #US https://t.co/O40hKRtWna
• Boy Scouts of America to let transgender children join #US https://t.co/K3IoOpzWjI
• #Russian doping scandal: Emails confirm Lord Coe 'aware' of claims https://t.co/wuHWcuWJZX
• Hafiz Saeed: #Pakistan detains 26/11 Mumbai attacks suspect https://t.co/G8hbuJTRHF 
• Why #India's Hindu hardliners want to sideline Mahatma Gandhi: one of them killed him https://t.co/pZM5THt2PD 
• The Chinese man trapped in #India for half a century https://t.co/2LnwTYNmfx
• Is squatting art? https://t.co/nkMdysP6Pq 
• Mother 'told to prove lactation' at Frankfurt airport #GERMANY https://t.co/tMy1rMw33l
• #RUSSIA domestic violence: One woman's narrow escape https://t.co/QqU1Axz5lD 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/xnY954l2ol
• Breast flash GMP police chief Rebekah Sutcliffe keeps job https://t.co/L908Upxals
• Term-time holiday case to be heard in Supreme Court https://t.co/0HmdKcYWVk
• Bali murder trial: Accused Briton 'was defending himself' #INDONESIA https://t.co/OsYLLUsrwY
• Bookmakers' fury at 'flawed' gambling report by MPs https://t.co/E0m9WBhtnp 
• Met police investigating 255 historical football sexual abuse allegations https://t.co/0Kr7G11MVI
• Why Christians should be the first to stand alongside Muslim brothers and sisters https://t.co/270uKgJxKs
• How war on Islam became central to the Trump doctrine https://t.co/SVkmcYPOkS 
• Brexit bill set to pass without amendment as Tory rebels back off https://t.co/WSEiw7z9Xx 
• Police give terminally ill teen her bucket-list wish – to stun gun someone #US https://t.co/JzJGlfm8oK
• Cash, cruises and sex parties: inside ex-HBOS manager's £245m scam https://t.co/Kfkr5Ofat6 
• #SAUDIARABIA signals end of tax-free living as oil revenues slump https://t.co/VKJZI9NNsk 
• Trump fires acting attorney general who pointed out that travel ban was not lawful #US https://t.co/1Xmsbme1jK
• UK asylum seekers' housing branded 'disgraceful' by MPs https://t.co/w1eMNJsEdw
• FOI request suggests few criminal law 'touting' reports | Legal Futures: https://t.co/sLRb1bPYoe 
• Positive client reviews “mean higher fees for lawyers” - Legal Futures: https://t.co/2gThJtVy7r 
• Solicitor looking to retire duped by property fraudster posing as his saviour | Legal Futures: https://t.co/Vk8znsB9o0 
• Trump immigration ban drives lawyers to US airports | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/tnbGz2Zg0S 
• Fieldfisher to launch alternative legal services unit former Ashurst heavyweight | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/brw3yEw2gY 
• Prominent Muslim lawyer assassinated at Yangon airport | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/eQmsdgMNr7 
• DAC Beachcroft nabs former KWM slot on Royal London real estate panel | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/Se8rwVhqZe
• Clyde & Co to open in Washington DC and Chicago following Troutman Sanders raid | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/WcGAu5mVl0 
• #Trump Silent As Quebec Mosque Terrorist Is White Christian Pro-Trump Fanatic #US #CANADA https://t.co/RwoDUegKxo

30th January - Law News

1861st 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 story: The truth about Donald Trump's executive order in numbers as well as the banning of certain Muslim majority countries in which the Trump Organisation does not have any business interest in. In terms of terror attacks since 1972, 0.00062 attacks in US soil had been carried out by terrorists, but none from the banned countries.

Focus of the day story: A woman with a learning disability who died while in intensive care was not in “state detention”, the Court of Appeal has ruled, upholding a coroner’s decision not to proceed with a full inquest into her death. The court so held in Ferreira v Coroner of Inner South London [2017] EWCA Civ 31, in a landmark decision on deprivation of liberty in the context of acute medical treatment. The case is the first detailed examination by the Court of Appeal of the Supreme Court’s decision in P v Cheshire West [2014] UKSC 19, which expanded the definition of deprivation of liberty. Full story - New Law Journal

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Campaigners lose Heathrow third runway High Court challenge https://t.co/5cPaiLLhYI
• Trump: Executive order signed on business regulations #US https://t.co/VTTRtcRgC8
• Former HBOS manager found guilty of corruption and fraud https://t.co/tO7BFTYUhY
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/zUmysq6xWN
• Abortion in #Pakistan: struggling to support a woman's right to choose https://t.co/zlxQDlAM3K
• Transgender woman denied contact with her ultra-Orthodox #Jewish children https://t.co/kEbzXqTKp9 
• How poverty, care and adoption are related https://t.co/K7A5LrzSE7
• Lawyer ignored rules in claims against soldiers in Iraq, tribunal hears https://t.co/6Y0YdtcZcU 
• My legal life: Rachim Singh - Director at Petherbridge Bassra Solicitors | Law Gazette https://t.co/s0gJOXHZ2s
• Interview: Andrew Langdon QC - Chairman of the bar | Law Gazette https://t.co/0duh15pTEe 
• Claiming on expenses: Advice centres should look to legal expenses insurance to fund cases | Law Gazette https://t.co/FcJZiKMmMe 
• Blockchain: the next big thing to hit lawyers? | Law Gazette https://t.co/2UxJRl8Aed
• Brexit: mutual recognition hope for lawyers | Law Gazette https://t.co/wkRneqaq4V
• Mishcon’s £1m ID fraud bill sounds alarm bells | Law Gazette https://t.co/rO3HPGilWK 
• Firm’s innovation puts clients together with sports stars | Law Gazette https://t.co/zCMekLw8jg 
• Clin neg fixed costs plans unveiled as Hunt targets ‘unscrupulous’ firms | Law Gazette https://t.co/7AQAGiBy2G
• Law Society appoints interim chief executive | Law Gazette https://t.co/6HQ2VwQud5
• CMC complaints increase 39% in the space of a year | Law Gazette https://t.co/7rmDlX4HDO 
• Tribunal refuses SRA’s ‘unnecessary’ hotel bill | Law Gazette https://t.co/uSZTI86RQr
• Phil Shiner tribunal rejects ‘manoeuvre’ to delay case | Law Gazette https://t.co/XcqWUJxToH 
• Fixed costs for clinical negligence: the figures | Law Gazette https://t.co/mI5wMkuGou
• Boost for sole practitioners as HSBC raises conveyancing threshold | Law Gazette https://t.co/gaFdZt9YUm
• Doctor jailed after submitting false medical claims | Law Gazette https://t.co/SGYaP0Ss1h
• Lawyer groups urge Jackson to rethink fixed costs plans | Law Gazette https://t.co/T4bW2zVMjT 
• Shiner told ‘deliberate and calculating lies’, tribunal hears | Law Gazette https://t.co/WF1bqUHSMh
• Lord Justice Jackson unveils 'extensive' fixed costs regime | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/ueSRSHOUth 
• Health secretary climbs down on clinical negligence costs | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/LWdkRyXnQf 
• Gin is safe: Juniper added to national seed bank https://t.co/dfxWaYDtzs 
• Disgraceful Tory Nicholas Soames MP 'woofs' at SNP's Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh MP https://t.co/9sAyAJOurm 
• Quebec mosque shooting: Police arrest a suspect and a witness #CANADA https://t.co/C62T7Bnzt8 
• Trump travel ban: Thousands join protests across UK https://t.co/aKsi6W9eR6 
• Prisoner dies after 'drug overdose' at HMP Forest Bank in Manchester https://t.co/bCexrA8stD 
• #Turkey, #Hungary and #Romania drive 23% rise in ECHR applications https://t.co/TembdVcX1n 
• Anti-pipeline activists and film-makers face prison, raising fears for free press #US https://t.co/kUmEejFdCy 
• Trump's executive order without any legal consultation: Amateur hour at the White House? #US https://t.co/l5MnUSZNeL
• Trump travel ban: #US residents trapped in legal limbo at airport https://t.co/qm8JB8pxQQ 
• Boohoo staff in trouble 'for smiling', investigation finds https://t.co/zKFmbMj7oZ 
• Starbucks CEO pledges to hire 10,000 refugees globally in response to Donald Trump refugee ban https://t.co/VbCZGN2S5U
• Robots could help solve social care crisis, say academics https://t.co/K66wB4UNHS 
• Stranded bride and groom given police escort after Burnley crash https://t.co/m9GlV4j0Sg
• Muslim lawyer Ko Ni death: Crowds mourn shot #MYANMAR lawyer https://t.co/UluAUkBdkp 
• #PHILIPPINES suspend drug war to clean up 'corrupt' police https://t.co/pu1cRk5UyC
• Brussels suspect Abrini formally investigated over Paris attacks #FRANCE https://t.co/SEa8f8SIn1 
• Wakefield wheelchair user refused space on bus https://t.co/sTQZxBLT9i
• Countries where Trump does business are not hit by new travel restrictions #US https://t.co/LFlOIeH2rU
• Devolved leaders to call for Brexit role at Cardiff talks https://t.co/K6a4uYM8GP 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/JlJWuVsBgD
• Ex-KGB chief who helped compile #Trump dossier is found dead in car #RUSSIA https://t.co/cQKnPo15TV
• Top Nazi propagandist Goebbels' secretary dies at 106 https://t.co/GNrqmphr3I
• Québec mosque shooting: five reportedly killed in #CANADA gun attack https://t.co/WGoJJqlyQv
• Inquiry launched into UK gender laws amid fears over Brexit effect https://t.co/6eKqqnkjqJ
• Jheel Masjid, Murshidabad Only surviving fragment of the palace of Siraj ud-Daula https://t.co/QXskY5tkXt 
• Donald Trump pledges to sign anti-LGBTQ ‘First Amendment Defense Act’ #US https://t.co/Zv0TR99E8W
• Making law brittle is not a good thing - Legal Futures: https://t.co/2Flj7m66Vy
• LeO investigations of CMCs climbs towards 5,000 as it is warned about impact of PI reforms - Legal Futures: https://t.co/AIhmYAY9DJ
• City firm launches 'alternative legal solutions' platform - Legal Futures: https://t.co/TB7iARXJN5
• #Germany: Six teens dead in Bavaria after party in a garden shed https://t.co/5e9ILHP99c 
• Aston Villa did not report abusive scout to police https://t.co/BhokuIRvhm https://t.co/C1E7C5GE3Y
• Term-time holiday fines are under review in some areas https://t.co/6EyrgNXaOw
• Aston Villa did not report abusive scout to police https://t.co/BhokuIRvhm
• Fraudulent law firm trio sentenced to 14 years in jail - Legal Futures: https://t.co/ZQPxoVH2oP 
• #Greece has three weeks to deal with 'potentially disastrous' debt, says IMF https://t.co/9SFTJfsqsY 
• MPs to investigate threat to democracy from 'fake news' https://t.co/vMFDVOznnG
• Theresa May feels heat over travel ban as Donald Trump stands firm https://t.co/SicytpmHXA 
• US travel ban: UK dual nationals not affected says Foreign Office https://t.co/Gbh8PRwzpI

Photos from a rally in Cardiff attended by 1000+  protesting against Donald Trump's refugee and Muslim ban. Photos courtesy of photojournalist and events photographer Taz Rahman.