13th February - Law News

1511st Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & legal articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Fifa has banned its former secretary-general Jerome Valcke from all football-related activity for 12 years https://t.co/8yMr9A1Sci
• Paedophiles use secret Facebook groups to swap images https://t.co/I1BfdUI4o2 
• Levi Bellfield 'denies Milly Dowler murder confession' https://t.co/ywpk3rVFeV 
• Taxi driver who planned to leave pregnant wife to join so-called ISIS has been found guilty of terror offences https://t.co/sM5ckMDuwe 
• Anne Frank's diary removed from website after it became aware of falling foul of copyright law https://t.co/sUiIs4IsFu 
• Streetmap loses Google High Court challenge https://t.co/cTVct6zzzD
• #PAKISTAN district bans Valentine's Day celebrations https://t.co/e3KGMP8GBF 
• Tribunal rules computer hacking by GCHQ is not illegal https://t.co/2XFczmLzt4 
• Dickstein Shapiro and Blank Rome seal the deal https://t.co/3IeK02Zoha 
• Lawyer sacked for calling Liverpool FC fans 'scouse scum' lands new job https://t.co/VG35JgXert 
• Lawyers raise eyebrows over UK ministerial code rewrite https://t.co/R5GIQb19zQ 
• Disgraced former Big Law associate brings defamation case against tabloid press https://t.co/6Esm3Q20uq
• EY boosts legal Tech drive with Wragges hire https://t.co/EvjHdpyu3f 
• Top Uber executives face off against criminal charges in France https://t.co/cqN4v9w0QL 
• Fatal shootings at Alabama law firm and accountant's office https://t.co/Pr7ihSjiKE
• Judge blocks attempt to oust GM lead counsel https://t.co/Bv9nWc6WYZ 
• The price is right: how UK firms can steal a march on the Americans | The Lawyer https://t.co/W9dqhoIM7B 
• Clifford Chance’s Layton: Europe is our top priority | The Lawyer https://t.co/sApfpB7BYA
• Fried Frank targets new City office to house doubling in lawyer numbers | The Lawyer https://t.co/d1bHV6dcLa 
• Nabarro leads on GSK £37m CMA fine over anti-competitive deals | The Lawyer https://t.co/1F2abw3zEj 
• Ashurst and MacRoberts lead on i newspaper sale | The Lawyer https://t.co/mHbhwoVE5E 
• Blank Rome benefits as Dickstein Shapiro shuts up shop after 65 years | The Lawyer https://t.co/7mvyGksJdP
• Half of all North West trainees paid under recommended Law Soc minimum salary https://t.co/vy7d9Zs6mr
• Bates Wells and Bevan Brittan win first advisory roles for SSRO | The Lawyer https://t.co/ENU7orFfPA 
• EY builds tech practice with Wragges partner hire | The Lawyer https://t.co/mpr8MgsKcN Feb 12, 2016
• Independent trio act on $1.2bn Chinese bid for Opera Software | The Lawyer https://t.co/EOBFybvxke
• The Lawyer’s Hot 100: The most interesting thing about managing a law firm | The Lawyer https://t.co/J0SO0NSK3H 
• "Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) visa - UK" https://t.co/Y9S348eYw7 
• Andrew Mitchell's daughter calls for sacking of Jeremy Hunt https://t.co/MGOhBC4fN5 
• Trans rights: Meet the face of #NEPAL's progressive 'third gender' movement https://t.co/LuP9usIvGw
• Cassandra Clare hits back at Sherrilyn Kenyon's lawsuit alleging copying https://t.co/VlmGyQXIFr 
• Nude painting furore: court rules Facebook can be sued in #FRANCE https://t.co/bAeZl7GG45
• Court orders Laura Ashley boss to settle 'titanic' divorce case https://t.co/Tp125bwurg 
• Trade union bill could escalate disputes, warns employment law expert https://t.co/fjBlbj1Lse 
• Allow Huntington's disease sufferer to die, judge rules https://t.co/mx7ReaPQSA 
• Punctuation thats not always necessary https://t.co/3oF1pBW6ne
• Cynthia Payne - sexual marathon strained courtroom calm, 12 Feb 1987 https://t.co/dxGCCpk9EZ 
• One in three trainee solicitors paid below recommended minimum salary | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/f1wJUVPu6n 
• Proprietary estoppel cases in farming communities on the rise | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/jMxGCCarGT 
• Wrongful trading law reviewed as liquidators fail to establish ‘increase in net deficiency’ | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/KxICLBmqPj 
• Baker & McKenzie unveils new legal apprenticeships | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/vu8BOuCgN1 
• Handshake gets out of hand for US lawyers | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/P8mm9y09ug 
• Former Sunderland footballer Adam Johnson 'abused position in society' https://t.co/I67ZfHxAIw 
• Sian Blake EastEnders case: Man charged with family murders https://t.co/PNmrJeD9ik 
• Rolf Harris faces seven indecent assault charges https://t.co/g9iqafLjtp 
• Man, 22, admits terror offences https://t.co/oMede3HZ5a 
• Langley Mill fire deaths: Father and sons jailed for life https://t.co/jI3wKQh7E8 
• Schengen zone: EU gives #Greece deadline on borders https://t.co/SqQaURojoR
• #CANADA man missing for 30 years found after remembering identity https://t.co/YTpBaJhnk1 
• Independent to cease as print edition https://t.co/y3cLxozsLP
• LSB demands transparency around PC fees setting | Law Gazette https://t.co/jVynFJCcvZ 
• One-third of trainees paid below Society minimum | Law Gazette https://t.co/Bn3bH8JNli 
• Four solicitors face fraud charges | Law Gazette https://t.co/SC6zNn4ghJ 
• Accountants’ body applies to regulate all reserved legal activities | Law Gazette https://t.co/pccotHaHVJ 
• US bar sets checklist for non-lawyer ownership | Law Gazette https://t.co/qTcS97Rgfw 
• Maybe the profession should club together and help give TV solicitors a voice | Law Gazette https://t.co/OXZ7wVfsN2 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! https://t.co/5X6EiVv9BK
• Parish councils may face referendum cap over 'excessive' tax https://t.co/YcV35be74j
• Tim Farron calls for legalisation of cannabis for recreational use https://t.co/8QEWpr3ADV 
• #EGYPT is committed to investigating torture https://t.co/26E3mZFzjj
• Prison sentences for Heathrow 13 activists would threaten our right to protest https://t.co/4dAqqqShLG 
• Ministry of Justice to close 86 courts in England and Wales https://t.co/rNhu0TbGlb
• Auschwitz trial: survivor urges guard to reveal his role at death camp https://t.co/yEizSRDZLy
• No 10 faces legal challenge over ministerial code rewrite https://t.co/8Ir6CgL1el 
• Rape victims have a right to be believed by the police https://t.co/7L6Muqd3qh 
• Straight Outta Compton producers hit back at NWA manager's $110m lawsuit #US https://t.co/vu3UWOtMPV 
• What kind of law firm should I apply to? https://t.co/eMuPjIQ8d0
• Sex and the citizenry: the global laws that leave women and children in limbo https://t.co/KP5mBnupXE 
• 'These are our rights': Ghana's LGBT community finally finds Solace https://t.co/SIL2QbkuGw 
• Judge orders caesarean if needed for mentally ill mother-to-be https://t.co/5u7xmZizW5 
• Babies behind bars: why Cameron’s support of prison reform falls short https://t.co/KDxsNeLLKb 
• What is the Chinese media doing right for LGBT people? #CHINA https://t.co/o6hDpWB6jF

12th February - Law News

1509th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & legal articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap

FOCUS OF THE DAY:  Growth in the South West and in East Anglia trails behind the rest of England and Wales. Vacancies for solicitors grew by 40 per cent in 2015 with the technology and insurance practices seeing the biggest increases, a new survey has found. Full story - Solicitors Journal

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Scottish government to amend land reform proposals | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/WBwHRnZsH2
• Shoosmiths advises social housing provider on new development | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/n8S49DReGR 
• New managing partner for Marks & Clerk in Glasgow | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/8c2u9IUr91 
• Shepherd and Wedderburn announces sponsorship of Digital Technology Awards | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/oGI4gr5SbI 
• England: early guilty pleas to guarantee shorter sentences | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/h5v1D6n7Iv
• MoJ to close 86 ‘underused’ courts | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/jx59xrGVpL
• ‘Significant work’ needed for Draft Investigatory Powers Bill, say MPs and peers | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/B3rKt8ZPhR 
• Sentence reduction for guilty pleas draft guideline published | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/ojP5mNHXOy
• Snooper’s Charter: Greater protection for legally privileged communications needed | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/yOzj9DHEpE
• Litigation finance competition heats up in North America https://t.co/mtr9MT2joD 
• New Skype malware a threat to legal professionals https://t.co/4C0kokMYxm
• Crowdfunded claims firm calls in administrators https://t.co/q6ljZNqnho
• A&O to advise as Asahi moves in to bag Grolsch and Peroni https://t.co/PRdDe8p538 
• 'I could do that,' say most Britons of criminal judgeships https://t.co/BtNFczf8N6
• New Hampshire and Hillary's $675k https://t.co/4qx7MeYLFQ 
• Judge blocks attempt to oust GM lead counsel https://t.co/c57psdeKJk 
• Law firms warned on drawings as profits rise https://t.co/43ZXj5Zc3n
• "It was too good to be true": SDT strikes off solicitor scam victim who raided client accounts | Legal Futures: https://t.co/C7rVHXbb0F 
• LSB to put spending in the spotlight in return for approving practising fees | Legal Futures: https://t.co/jylcLw3dfM 
• England footballer Adam Johnson sacked by Sunderland after child sex charge admission https://t.co/9J6hxt0DvU
• Analysis: What MPs say is wrong with spy bill https://t.co/i5vO2ld4b3
• #MEXICO prison riot leaves 52 dead near Monterrey https://t.co/sV5ahlgfJ1 
• Star Wars prosecuted over Harrison Ford injury https://t.co/P8IsHpp84r 
• Parliament urges LPP safeguard for snooping bill | Law Gazette https://t.co/vuu43iuUo3 
• Solicitor struck off for telling client to leave UK before arrest | Law Gazette https://t.co/dM5hzbFxV2 
• LSB demands transparency around PC fees setting | Law Gazette https://t.co/jVynFJCcvZ 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! https://t.co/lBEr8srgSl
• Lawyers and Conveyancers Disciplinary Tribunal reports significant drop in cases #NEWZEALAND https://t.co/K0Y3itcpkR 
• Saraki will Not Resign Because of Trial at Code of Conduct Tribunal Says Senate Leader #NIGERIA https://t.co/Kl7mQUcvB0
• #SERBIA in protest note over Hague Tribunal's "arrogance" https://t.co/0EW1X2BfTd 
• Immigration #NEWZEALAND concerned about Sri Lankan man entered a marriage of convenience with transgender Samoan…https://t.co/tAhKA1YybV
• David Cameron appears to admit he's never been to a benefits tribunal https://t.co/ESrH03ZUWB 
• Aberdeen City Council could take legal action over Third Don delays https://t.co/C0EAnrha0I 
• Google hits milestone as US designates driverless cars as legal drivers #US https://t.co/pUO2ouuyyS 
• Council fights legal bid over play park named after IRA hunger striker Raymond McCreesh https://t.co/n3oHJQCYE5 
• As Deutsche Bank Chief Turns to Legal Woes, Here's What He Faces https://t.co/T5o2tEnIpp 
• Alistair Carmichael to foot bill for legal costs in election court case https://t.co/8cAmzWiGzl 
• London cycle superhighway: Cab drivers lose legal challenge https://t.co/D6jTY6RYyF 
• Widow payments: Citizens Advice say ruling is 'groundbreaking' https://t.co/NrVUGCCt46 
• UK lawmakers criticise surveillance bill over privacy concerns https://t.co/AMK1lbWaEP 
• Hospitality Ulster launches 'petition of concern' against licensing laws https://t.co/RJwpTtku5y 
• UK government consults on the implementation of the EU Damages Directive https://t.co/2aDhBlX0va 
• Meet Britain's youngest ever - and very glamorous - criminal law judge https://t.co/W6T9gng277 
• Error 53: Law firms in US and UK promise to take Apple to court https://t.co/gpDW8yadpG 
• U.K. Spying Law Needs More Privacy Rules, Parliament Group Says https://t.co/mKOI9V6waR 
• Places still available for EU judge Ian Forrester QC's lecture | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/A4s4fq28W4 
• Strathclyde Law Clinic advises over 100 clients in past 6 months | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/XoNws2xr9x 
• Scots lawyer shines light on struggle for human rights in Colombia | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/GRuP8QhTrP 
• Northern Ireland: Refusal of widowed parent's benefits to unmarried Belfast mother found to be discriminatory https://t.co/lG1itAn4lt 
• Pro-life group warns Scotland would become abortion hotspot | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/TfNLeSXWx3 
• Medical Law Professor continues as Law Society convener | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/8Gf8zv1aVp

11th February - Law News

1508th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & legal articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap

FOCUS OF THE DAY:  Politicians are sometimes better placed than judges to decide what is in the public interest in disputes over freedom of information, the government’s most senior lawyer has said. Attorney general Jeremy Wright QC MP (pictured) said there were ‘constitutional’ and ‘practical’ reasons why courts were not necessarily best placed to take decisions involving matters of public interest. Rather, the attorney general ‘is better placed than the courts, or indeed other ministers, to decide what the public interest is’. Full story - The Law Society Gazette

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Met police may end policy of automatic belief of sex abuse complaints https://t.co/e2q0t0q5Ph
• North #KOREA 'executes' army chief of staff Ri Yong-gil https://t.co/iRJ45MzL5h
• Footballer Adam Johnson has pleaded guilty to one count of sexual activity with a child and one charge of grooming https://t.co/orENChNHw9 
• Backpackers 'escape murder attempt' in South #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/mrbAgvRNxk
• Prison sentences: Plans 'to encourage' early guilty pleas https://t.co/SHj27BPnex 
• Junior doctors' row: BMA rejects 'final' contract offer https://t.co/LiePF0a8W4 
• What a rising prison population says about Cameron’s Britain | Letters https://t.co/LJEOLzFk0O 
• Bereavement benefits can be paid even if couple were not married, court rules https://t.co/iRM90togwX
• Oregon militia standoff: arrest of shock jock sparks outcry over free speech #US https://t.co/T8Yvsl3YmR 
• UK police forces 'still abusing stop and search powers' https://t.co/3xx5SPlJkB 
• Regulations around sentence reduction after guilty plea to be tightened https://t.co/n4X8R7YMN5 
• What a rising prison population says about Cameron’s Britain https://t.co/LJEOLzFk0O 
• Report on #SYRIA conflict finds 11.5% of population killed or injured https://t.co/ZDfU9Z6vBe 
• QASA warning over "that's not how I would have done it" evaluations by judges | Legal Futures: https://t.co/JFnJWKz1pM
• Accountants attack banks and insurers over probate "discrimination" | Legal Futures: https://t.co/oW6jPmz0g0 
• Corporate law firm rates up despite weakening demand https://t.co/TU531Y4Bti
• 'Dumbing down the law': Solicitor 'super-exam' cops flack from legal academics https://t.co/bMXwP8rNcs 
• Two-tiered hierarchy of UK regional legal cities emerges https://t.co/NupH4jZ6av 
• City firms advise as Guardian Media Group magazine business floats on LSE https://t.co/tDyQNznVto 
• Dentons promotes three in UKMEA as turnover climbs https://t.co/xi0Fn1tTPO
• Law firms warned on drawings as profits rise https://t.co/q9jmAV4u5P
• Court of Appeal upholds reporting restrictions for Erol Incedal trial https://t.co/4i0xKpRogc 
• Shkreli's Big Law co-defendant calls on Gibson Dunn https://t.co/GttFpEwpo3 
• Donald Trump and Ted Cruz fail to understand that torture doesn’t work #US https://t.co/VI7pnunCsC 
• Court makes history with ruling over communist-era crimes #ROMANIA https://t.co/WAqid7azre 
• Muslim leader fails in bid to bar Donald Trump from entering UK https://t.co/oYQidhBypH 
• Poll finds most Britons reject UN panel finding on Julian Assange https://t.co/JDYYLGnoIp 
• Cameron and Gove are talking big on prison reform. But can they deliver? https://t.co/pAjlEVqwbP 
• UK to stop printing laws on vellum to save £80,000 a year https://t.co/V7aT6r0A9e 
• London taxi drivers lose high court challenge to cycle superhighway https://t.co/N9A1Vtjw7J 
• Six countries making progress on LGBT rights https://t.co/mdWnEdJ9fE 
• Birmingham pub bombings: victims' families push to reopen investigation https://t.co/2zkL3w7aco 
• Solicitor vacancies increase across England and Wales | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/qfQoJWp2iP 
• Latest news on hires, promotions, mergers, and deals from leading law firms and chambers | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/u71Ld6DIc2 
• Pinsent Masons accused of ‘deliberately misinterpreting’ SFO data | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/I3JplfLTFR 
• One in ten Brits regret not signing a pre-nuptial agreement | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/51mgWivDrE 
• Clawback regulations for public sector exit payments unclear, say employment lawyers | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/0y1wqhl28x
• Law firm income increases for sixth consecutive year | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/eI87a1my4K 
• Man attacked by police dog receives compensation after eight-year battle | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/pcshjaB5fK 
• Credit Suisse wealth management GC Leistner joins rival UBS | The Lawyer https://t.co/OmY1uJ6pCy 
• Quinn profit margin hits 73% as firm posts record financials for London https://t.co/nwtP3EJHXh 
• High Court denies taxi drivers’ JR over London cycle route | The Lawyer https://t.co/EFkHMT0wZZ 
• Lower for longer but not forever | The Lawyer https://t.co/UjoTvshHSW 
• DWF’s borrowings soar 20 per cent to £33m | The Lawyer https://t.co/GNmY9mydzN 
• Demand for in-house lawyers rockets | The Lawyer https://t.co/GPZEXmCY4X 
• “Dangerous dumbing down” – academics slam SRA training proposals https://t.co/TNaGFD28P8 
• BT: the most innovative in-house team in the FTSE 100 | The Lawyer https://t.co/QW5OmvAf1O 
• WFW LLP accounts reveal pick up in US and Asia revenue | The Lawyer https://t.co/uAQvusnC7Q 
• Latham makes double partner hire from CMA and White & Case | The Lawyer https://t.co/VInSeXL208 
• Fox Williams turns to DAC Beachcroft on £5.5m negligence row | The Lawyer https://t.co/CcNxILkvHd
• Credit Suisse wealth management GC Leistner joins rival UBS | The Lawyer https://t.co/5WMHdoyAVe 
• Vara’s court fees defence is a charade | Law Gazette https://t.co/qC1uIoUUbS
• Appeal court backs CFA without legal aid ‘burial certificate’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/DNIHDz8qnW
• Judges ‘not always best placed’ to decide public interest | Law Gazette https://t.co/itOSb40Rbn 
• Vara rejects Dyson’s description of ‘desperate’ fees research | Law Gazette https://t.co/0spCK5WdOM 
• Crown court breached open justice with note-taking ban | Law Gazette https://t.co/CUUhTB21V6 
• LAA extends legal aid contract eligibility | Law Gazette https://t.co/xd0xyWtWjb 
• Claims firm collapses after crowdfunding £817k | Law Gazette https://t.co/2Ewa56qW5o
• TheLawMap Wig is out! https://t.co/pMMbte7gUg
• Ministers ponder lowering England and Wales drink-drive limit to Scottish levels https://t.co/DUSANjsUQH
• #AUSTRALIA indigenous policy delivers mixed results: PM https://t.co/NnoMBiWlHY 
• Housing: MPs criticise 'right-to-buy' funding model https://t.co/AViln6ku9k 
• New taskforce launched to combat fraud across UK https://t.co/fyfmOnpZ35

10th February - Law News

1507th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & legal articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap

FOCUS OF THE DAY:  Barristers are at risk of being “squeezed out of the market by a declining case load, a surfeit of barristers and increasing competition from both other regulated legal professionals as well as unregulated service providers”, the Bar Standards Board (BSB) has warned. However, its bid to support barristers to face the future by licensing advocacy-focused alternative business structures (ABSs) is set finally to take off this autumn. Full story - Legal Futures

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Would you give the Law Society £250? | Legal Futures: https://t.co/WmMoHwWx9k 
• COFA sanctioned for "misappropriating" £120,000 from firm | Legal Futures: https://t.co/9OPGvu6F9z 
• Vara rejects Lord Dyson’s criticism of enhanced court fees | Legal Futures: https://t.co/r0zXi10Yjs 
• Barristers warned about solicitors who overcharge clients for their services | Legal Futures: https://t.co/gCfel5JNOI 
• Reserved activities rule removed after SRA assurance that it's not looking to regulate the unregulated https://t.co/iF1GJiz4et 
• Singer Don McLean pleads not guilty to assault #US https://t.co/MbxOgNVJAX 
• EU referendum: UK renegotiation would be 'legally binding' https://t.co/mr7GXVLLLt 
• Texas prosecutor officially disbarred for sending innocent man to death row #US https://t.co/i3N265l1fZ 
• Cameron's proposed sovereignty law would be 'pointless', says former attorney general - Politics live https://t.co/e3uK1WtVOK
• Serious Fraud Office director has contract extended https://t.co/08dI6A4UFY 
• MoJ investigates death in cell of new mother taken off suicide watch https://t.co/0FwWR4UWMJ 
• The Guardian view on ministers and the courts: Britain’s quiet constitutional revolution | Editorial https://t.co/rjfhbp4isw 
• Luxembourg to pioneer legal framework for 'asteroid mining' https://t.co/jhvTdFsFq2 
• Luxembourg to pioneer legal framework for 'asteroid mining' https://t.co/VFvsHYhlp6 
• Young talent named managing partner of City firm at 29 https://t.co/xWefqosJmZ 
• Lawyers on standby as iPhone 6 'Error 53' outrage mounts https://t.co/J5IlwAJYGM
• Ashurst considers non-lawyers for global managing partner https://t.co/OiuH3Ah9f6 
• Barclays begins global panel review https://t.co/39ei7v0VZ1 
• Shkreli's Big Law co-defendant calls on Gibson Dunn https://t.co/ELU4MbEjga 
• Law of little help shielding US business travellers from Zika virus https://t.co/G7LTBtLcSC 
• Man Dies After Setting Himself on Fire Outside Kensington Palace https://t.co/soHO1OzdLN

9th February - Law News

1506th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & legal articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap

FOCUS OF THE DAY:  Staggering price of civil court fees comes with a human cost
How the largest increase in the cost of justice in recent history affects consumers and what you can do about it. Full story - Guardian Law

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Florida man charged with 'throwing alligator' into fast-food restaurant #US https://t.co/sL8in1SnST 
• Poppi Worthington death: Second inquest to be held https://t.co/5tB5BC3gHX 
• Deepcut: Police 'questioned Cheryl James suicide theory' https://t.co/b0uoJx8Otw 
• Age UK halts controversial energy deal with E.On https://t.co/j1Zw7QuhK9 
• #Germany train crash: Several killed near Bavarian town of Bad Aibling https://t.co/jovzOYi5oF 
• England: CPS 'slowed down' CCTV footage to incriminate accused | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/HC1tFp7muE 
• Faculty to give school pupils insight into life at the bar | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/WFUADwGtCm
• Dyslexic woman wins disability discrimination case | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/OXjt0p0QhS 
• More homes are being sold, and are selling faster, according to ESPC | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/GPnXycymWs 
• Two tiers of legal cities outside of London says new report | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/2Y8hCkY6WM
• New summary sheriffs' biographies | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/gbHMVWyWDK 
• Tayside lawyer calls for review of 'cumbersome' victim compensation scheme | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/LV3zns0wXG 
• Criminal justice coalition calls for jail terms up to a year to be scrapped | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/mmJIIB2FqB 
• A Monochrome Dream Photography has just received another great review on FreeIndex - The UK Business... https://t.co/0IIhQmWB4z
• Dyslexic employee wins discrimination case against Starbucks https://t.co/rWJRJF05Bl 
• #Bahrain's UK-funded police watchdog fails to investigate torture claims https://t.co/QtLEvsouLx 
• Revealed: tennis umpires secretly banned over gambling scam https://t.co/BvR2JWFePa 
• New law could confuse police misconduct with criminal offence https://t.co/QYAC4ZFuHd 
• Media groups lose appeal against secret trial of Erol Incedal https://t.co/zcJF8oNPir 
• Critics fear RSPO's stricter palm oil standards will create two-tier system https://t.co/zMuzwsuqns 
• What to do now on data protection: question of legal liability still hangs over lawyers | Law Gazette https://t.co/IkFK8dABqN 
• MoJ not ‘transparent’ enough on gifts and hospitality | Law Gazette https://t.co/vPtCJrKLS5 
• Firm’s ‘hopeless’ costs case thrown out | Law Gazette https://t.co/w17IFA65Bs 
• Appeal court backs CFA without legal aid ‘burial certificate’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/DNIHDz8qnW
• Justice ministry backs Jackson on fixed fees | Law Gazette https://t.co/5SQDzSoepi 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! https://t.co/Kx1689EZml
• Social network age limits ignored by young https://t.co/BIBn8ZiMEb
• Starbucks employee wins dyslexia discrimination case https://t.co/3ARlEmNX1v
• Hong Kong clashes as police clear food stalls #CHINA https://t.co/GWAiI63Kld 
• Sikh actor in Mexico barred from flying to sUS 'because of turban' https://t.co/yIRuf1aD4l 
• Widow of Islamic State leader charged over #US hostage's death https://t.co/PJ2zvtAM2s 
• Hamlet performance at Calais 'Jungle Camp' cut short because there were 'lots of knives around' https://t.co/CO0e7vW2Lz 
• Staggering price of legal fees comes with a human cost https://t.co/jse7px48xK
• Prison reform: Prime Minister's speech https://t.co/bV9sH27T5I
• If Cameron really cared he would cut prisoner numbers | Polly Toynbee https://t.co/7NPkxPKoRF 
• 20th Century Fox loses appeal in Glee trademark row https://t.co/Yz8ZXkPoKu 
• Saudi billionaire denied diplomatic immunity in UK maintenance battle https://t.co/lAWYoxZSbK
• The Guardian view on David Cameron’s prisons speech: it won’t work without sentencing reform | Editorial https://t.co/l10ocnkP6g 
• MPs better placed than judges to decide public interest, says attorney general https://t.co/voj1m58tVq
• Defence lawyers begin summing up in Hissène Habré war crimes trial #CHAD https://t.co/XIaPLAPgyN
• #EGYPT must look into all reports of torture, not just the death of Giulio Regeni | Letter https://t.co/MIlyJE6FaI
• Prisoners may be freed for day jobs in justice shakeup, says PM https://t.co/Zm2UqHJ4T7
• Youth jails should be replaced by secure schools, finds review https://t.co/tYIuHupekg
• Watchdog policing could prompt GC exodus, warns lawyer https://t.co/gAFG8lBc1r
• Freshfields criticised over ScottishPower advice https://t.co/WTPzLBOz9u 
• New legal head to steer Slater & Gordon UK through turbulent times https://t.co/sX0Yl9EaYC 
• Paul Hastings launches 'Internet of Things' cross-practice https://t.co/OmaayGhA5G 
• American firms streak ahead in junior pay stakes https://t.co/KAlqs3DfsW 
• LCA welcomes TPP as legal industry boon https://t.co/2nVHKXiwHQ 
• US lawyers fear non-lawyer firm ownership on the horizon https://t.co/IMicBAoBOG
• Court of Appeal: dishonesty findings should not be made without “careful consideration” | Legal Futures: https://t.co/Gu8AxLXEK5 
• COFA sanctioned for "misappropriating" £120,000 from firm | Legal Futures: https://t.co/CaecexIo5D 
• In-house interview: Antoinette Keane, legal director, Genzyme | The Lawyer https://t.co/c5yq6HuZW8 
• Hot 100 alumni: Chantal-Aimee Doerries QC, Atkin Chambers | The Lawyer https://t.co/xGhLsfulBo 
• Give environment its own court | The Lawyer https://t.co/Q91PWvZcIA 
• This year’s hottest legal high-flyers celebrated together at London’s Royal Exchange | The Lawyer https://t.co/GiP8rkMyvH 
• Legal Moves: 8 February 2016 | The Lawyer https://t.co/25JQOVmQEm
• McDermott’s revenue drops as PEP rises to $1.6m | The Lawyer https://t.co/x9kNFkEZco 
• Keystone and Devereux duo launch new insurance firm | The Lawyer https://t.co/vf1VZpRCcD 
• Squire Patton Boggs ends Indonesian alliance | The Lawyer https://t.co/eLCHfoWDEm 
• Barclays launches global panel review | The Lawyer https://t.co/lS6zKE9lar 
• Paul Weiss and Sullivan lead as BPP owner Apollo goes private | The Lawyer https://t.co/0n8jHqXpoU 
• Barristers at risk of being squeezed out of market, regulator warns | Legal Futures: https://t.co/FF5hYwcxC4 
• Dublin weigh-in murder: Continuity IRA claims murder of David Byrne #IRELAND https://t.co/l5RuHcYl9B 
• Keighley abuse: Twelve men jailed for sexually exploiting girl https://t.co/ONMCY2yzir 
• White Chicago police officer sues victim's family over shooting claiming emotional distress #US https://t.co/HvT4c4KTQQ
• Indian leopard injures six in Bangalore school #INDIA https://t.co/KGIi67Vvpl 
• UN report: #Syrian government actions amount to 'extermination' https://t.co/6VowvEj9ED 
• Child abuse claims: why due process and a fair hearing matter https://t.co/IeaSMasLxe 
• Female British Airways cabin crew win the right to wear trousers https://t.co/DtQ2H33snJ 
• Former Blairite Cabinet minister Jack Straw's ministries among worst on freedom of information requests https://t.co/SSGhYYzXhN 
• Women's rights crackdown exposes deepening crisis in #Chinese society https://t.co/GqgMHwIOex 
• #PERU sex worker's campaign trail: 'I'll put order in the big brothel that is congress' https://t.co/s4AY6iBq2s 
• Edinburgh is magical. But a tourist tax could break its spell https://t.co/FTxESsaSfI 
• Pride marches around the world - in pictures https://t.co/0oDRzcJV2c
• How do we work out who to believe on child sex abuse? https://t.co/GAGe0LwZbq 
• Police facing call to publish list of their undercover spies https://t.co/eRHcDw06Nl 
• Inksters Solicitors sponsors cultural award | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/k4BDgWAFpg 
• Ten solicitors among first summary sheriff appointments | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/qefOYdNppm
• Scottish wind farm projects reach financial close after WJM secures planning consent | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/zjpWW985j4 
• High Court judge most senior transgender figure in public life | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/uUEL1VPWNh 
• Gilson Gray acquires residential conveyancing team | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/uECaB5UY4T 
• Harper Macleod grows with partner appointments | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/fGPqIojWCF 
• Shoosmiths adds associate to Edinburgh office | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/iPpbvPBx6M 
• New women's prisons to resemble flats & have cooking facilities | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/4TJF2rEyQS 
• My legal life: Aika Stephenson, Just for Kids Law and Hodge Jones & Allen, London - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/M22rNWStGs 
• Solicitor who represented the Couple lose civil partnership case: Louise Whitfield - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/WROvXk4k0V 
• My legal life: Peter Fehler, Assistant director of law, Islington Council, London - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/l2KejU331j
• Housing consultation rethink is needed | Law Gazette https://t.co/t0lfQvhQVj 
• Debunking stereotypes of criminals | Law Gazette https://t.co/HBFifdpHRn 
• Civil courts reform: learning from abroad | Law Gazette https://t.co/65YslycdAW 
• Appeal court rejects dishonesty finding against solicitors | Law Gazette https://t.co/aaZcZxoCE5 
• Justice ministry backs Jackson on fixed fees | Law Gazette https://t.co/5SQDzSoepi 
• Firms must offshore or northshore to stay competitive – report | Law Gazette https://t.co/ffSLQnOFg9 
• Regulators will need to present 'sound evidence' for in-house reform | Law Gazette https://t.co/BgsqTN5jFf 
• SFO investigating 'tiny fraction' of tip offs, says City firm | Law Gazette https://t.co/7271x6w8hj
• Profits up but law firms warned on drawings | Law Gazette https://t.co/tv6OG6chCP 
• GCs 'to quit' if accountable to City watchdog | Law Gazette https://t.co/NpuY7wrUwj 
• Competition complaint over family mediation | Law Gazette https://t.co/nu8uYEOyMt 
• British bill of rights to protect troops | Law Gazette https://t.co/iUztF1yuWW 
• Solicitors’ opinions wanted on client accounts | Law Gazette https://t.co/DDS2jAV06z 
• Duty solicitor rota deadline | Law Gazette https://t.co/ERhdySkbS1 
• Solicitors set for new guidance on complaints | Law Gazette https://t.co/MCe8ESVdIm 
• Managers fined over legal aid disbursement misconduct | Law Gazette https://t.co/34wy9DcQIn 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! https://t.co/OITF1dVoEF 
• How the British and Americans started listening in https://t.co/zx4jS1KdEo 
• 19-year-old man who was arrested at Stansted Airport has been charged with terrorism offences https://t.co/k1eYNVQw6x 
• New refugee camps go up inside #Syria as Turkey stems flow https://t.co/pV6C2wr3AH 
• EU referendum: PM warns Brexit could bring the 'Jungle' to the UK https://t.co/6cQuAOtub4
• Prisons overhaul to be announced by David Cameron https://t.co/buRo0idPr9

8th February - Law News

1505th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & legal articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap

FOCUS OF THE DAY: The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has welcomed the decision by the Legal Services Board to approve proposals to remove unnecessary burdens on law firms carrying out reserved activities. Full story - New Law Journal

Saturday Conversations on Law

• PM Netanyahu to A-G: Seek legal action against MKs who met with families of terrorists #ISRAEL https://t.co/ec8ysnD157 
• Guantánamo Prisoner Sent Home to #Morocco Remains in Legal Limbo https://t.co/Onr3nd8F1y 
• The legal profession's drinking problem https://t.co/DdgcifNuwc 
• My insurer rejected my claim for a brain tumour': So Legal & General, what's stopping you paying up this time? https://t.co/mDyJGuRLjv
• If my father-in-law gifts me £25k but dies within seven years will I have to pay inheritance tax? https://t.co/tXqp0yVXGB 
• U.S. and UK Spy Agencies May be Allowed to Request Online Chat Data and Emails from Media Companies https://t.co/XHfhpDZHwD 
• Recent state laws on domestic abuse, gun rights #US https://t.co/DZKizKQNj8
• Huge rise in divorce claims alleging violence after legal aid was axed except in cases involving abuse https://t.co/iKqqzof2wj 
• Don't mess with Texas, where law is hard, mistakes common #US https://t.co/kIhW1Ei08Y 
• Cameron to give more power to governors in prisons shakeup https://t.co/k6nuOtORwy 
• Law firm incomes up by over 5%, Law Society survey indicates | Legal Futures: https://t.co/JAwBIyOGbu 
• Commercial law firms must seize “window of opportunity” to adopt new delivery models | Legal Futures: https://t.co/9j0OzgNq2F
• A Monochrome Dream Photography has just received another great review on FreeIndex - The UK Business... https://t.co/0IIhQmWB4z
• Lord Brittan abuse inquiry 'fully justified', review finds https://t.co/Enk90w7Xgz
• London bus explosion for movie alarms onlookers fearing terror attack https://t.co/xEebQ5KK3x 
• Donald Trump: I'd bring back 'a hell of a lot worse than waterboarding' #US https://t.co/79wu8CzSU2 
• Pegida's 'costly hate rallies' have no place in Birmingham, says MP https://t.co/RvDoLX8l3v
• Let a woman join the Top Gear team? Not so fast, ladies https://t.co/cItkIvyCD8
• Call for Submissions: The Young Human Rights Lawyer Journal | UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/voSUWKOoZs
• Bedroom tax challenge success | UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/2y3O3xa2dh 
• Examination of child witnesses not in violation of Article 6 | UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/HUMyTqvRUo
• The Rule of Law and Parliament: Never the Twain Shall Meet? Brian Chang | UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/WFMcjpYVx0 
• Is the European Court of Human Rights buckling under Westminister pressure? | UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/tq89mv8Jf1
• Mosque open days to 'explain faith' https://t.co/gt10coQnUQ
• EU calls on #Turkey to let Syrian refugees cross border https://t.co/9Mq88KrYO5 
• Dublin boxing weigh-in shooting: Armed checkpoints after murder of David Byrne #IRELAND https://t.co/S3iho6gCeo 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! https://t.co/FjlhAznGiG

7th February - Law News

1504th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & legal articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap

Saturday Conversations on Law

• What happened to the homeless from Gary Neville's hotel? https://t.co/lwe3zwPOrB 
• Former #French Foreign Legion chief held at Calais Pegida rally https://t.co/FngRlylaP1 
• Rise in rape claims linked to online dating https://t.co/1FCI4MWnVv 
• Heartbroken couple sue fertility clinic for losing their embryo https://t.co/oW197peT0Q 
• Police kept inquiry into false VIP sex abuse claims open for a year https://t.co/YwKWyQwqK2
• Five arrested over British pilot shot dead in Tanzania https://t.co/KCxQRs5vte
• Dismay of Pc David Rathband's family as judge orders them to pay £100,000 over failed negligence case https://t.co/WPakOgglKj 
• Judge rules £200k a year is 'appropriate' provision for Arab royal's son https://t.co/LugThRS4mG 
• What next for Julian Assange? https://t.co/G12YQdlxQS 
• 'Islamophobia' in Guernsey behind no refugees decision https://t.co/vn3FGIZPLT
• Dublin boxing weigh-in shooting: Six involved in murder of David Byrne #IRELAND https://t.co/Hg9oqskh7m 
• Migrants in inflatable dinghy rescued from the Channel https://t.co/kMQCUKnBIP
• Critic refuses to quit #Vatican sex abuse commission https://t.co/KwbrGLDz4f 
• Staggering price of legal fees comes with a human cost https://t.co/jse7px48xK 
• Faiza Ahmed: how one woman’s cries for help were missed by every authority https://t.co/tDXJ5LvJVu 
• Court of Protection access | New Law Journal: https://t.co/g3NoP1HFiD 
• New proposals from LSB on reserved activities | New Law Journal: https://t.co/ibsCy8jA9L 
• Bar Standards Board has published its annual report for 2015 on the diversity of the profession | New Law Journal: https://t.co/2czy4ply5i 
• Income tax may be levied on payments made for injury to feelings, the Upper Tribunal has held | New Law Journal: https://t.co/U2fnXdcS8Q 
• Corporates spend less on law firms | New Law Journal: https://t.co/GfOazgDBD9 
• Sisangia ruling restricts civil liberties | New Law Journal: https://t.co/Cjv4Nbymt1 
• Law Society predicts future of legal services | New Law Journal: https://t.co/aUl4g98ZIG 
• Fixed costs cause alarm: Lord Justice Jackson stirs up controversy with latest proposals | New Law Journal: https://t.co/Lnr9mD3XKh 
• Health & safety fine levels soar for UK plc | New Law Journal: https://t.co/WNiOS4bFL5