17th October - Law News

1026th 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: Women earn 28 per cent less than men. Female lawyers are continuing to earn less than their male colleagues and are not promoted at the same rate as men.. Full story - The Global Legal Post

Saturday Conversations

• Treason Act: the facts http://t.co/cCvO3WbkMx
• When Racism Was Science: new exhibit recreates Eugenics Record Office in the #US http://t.co/wtljILojDR 
• Some Captured Terrorists Talk Willingly and Proudly, Investigators Say http://t.co/OH0MXic7Xv 
• A Black Detective, an 1870 Trial and a What If #US http://t.co/TZMnYpDh1f 
• With Electronic Medical Records, Doctors Read When They Should Talk #US http://t.co/z5f3FCtzZ6 
• #IRELAND to Phase Out 'Double Irish' Tax Break Used by Tech Giants: provision for reducing bills http://t.co/RjLPtFpJJq 
• How #PAKISTAN Fails Its Children: Taliban didn't build these worthless schools. The government did http://t.co/VSs9g9yTPI 
• Cyberattack at JPMorgan Chase Also Hit Website of Bank's Corporate Race http://t.co/a3UZLdqMLd 
• Dozens of Harvard faculty members asked the school to withdraw its new sexual misconduct policy #US http://t.co/Acl6hSDCLg 
• Feminist Critics of Video Games Facing Threats in 'GamerGate' Campaign http://t.co/ihhvpOwlAw 
• Keeping Ebola at Bay from the #US http://t.co/yvXR2u5yDW 
• The Dark Market for Personal Data: Companies should disclose the information they sell about us http://t.co/LnvbQYTP4C
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Covington & Burling and Slaughter and May advise on Qualcomm’s £1.6bn acquisition of CSR | The Lawyer http://t.co/L1SBJrVJhL 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Clifford Chance and Herbies advise on EDF EU subsidy approval | The Lawyer http://t.co/WsSnoq3RPg 
• Parabis's Tim Roberts: "We're still lawyers really" | The Lawyer http://t.co/fJDy51I0DR 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: A&O, Hogan Lovells and Freshfields lead on Heathrow Airport deal | The Lawyer http://t.co/2MtBZFVpkl 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Travers Smith and Clifford Chance drafted in on administration of London Mining | The Lawyer http://t.co/oWhx1zZB9v 
• Lawyers’ grievances over accountants moving into probate work must lead to fighting the competiton | Law Gazette http://t.co/hapy8jConK 
• Practice note on trust corporation set-up | Law Gazette http://t.co/GyVioe4BuC 
• NHS litigation spend shows poor care, Hunt | Law Gazette http://t.co/HvMBYJPA65
• Insolvency litigation plea to PM | Law Gazette http://t.co/hxPBa9mHlX 
• Munby urges radical reform of family courts | Law Gazette http://t.co/vMiiZl8cNd 
• Constitutional requirements for contesting elections in #NIGERIA - Office of the Presidency http://t.co/2rDPZSSkXp 
• Sugary drinks warning signs change habits of US teens http://t.co/Fhx7JJxeQx 
• New Conservative EU referendum bill debated by MPs http://t.co/0WIqaRScIC 
• Dangerous Dogs: Owners face £20,000 fines http://t.co/SfKCrrYAhB
• Rapist footballer Ched Evans released from prison after serving his sentence http://t.co/l9De0bvOzw 
• Ministers 'should have tackled housing benefit fraud sooner' http://t.co/UFBn13fTeu
• Body 'left near bins' in Ely claim prompts ambulance apology http://t.co/Qkgy6qU80Z 
• Terror-related crime 'stretches police' - Scotland Yard http://t.co/ip3boIhHi9
• Oscar Pistorius 'has no money' says lawyer Barry Roux http://t.co/KUUvjAO2Pd 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHC3kLR
• Guantanamo hearing's surreal quality #US http://t.co/bOAlKBwFwb 
• In fight against Islamophobia, websites seek to dispel warped portrayals http://t.co/PtE6SWTfh5 
• Hate crimes law in #GREECE - Threat to free speech? http://t.co/tjqwIWiIuX 
• Escaping #NORTH KOREA - one refugee's story http://t.co/a2OYr5ZrcR 
• Family of man from Edinburgh who is on death row in Pakistan is to discuss case with the Foreign Office in London http://t.co/Lboz9CweHz 
• Medicine management improvements call after spot checks http://t.co/l5FQLBCWuS
• Holyrood summit to tackle human trafficking http://t.co/BFBRZ6oTas
• Third of FE colleges offering degrees fail inspection http://t.co/9ctrUNLzhn 
• Police have arrested a man who they say has confessed to at least 39 murders over a three-year period #BRAZIL http://t.co/2dqbNnmrUN 
• Swiss Cottage Tesco staff tell blind woman to 'get dog out' http://t.co/jRMrH4wWD4 
• Hong Kong police clear more protest sites #CHINA http://t.co/Psp2fKJCjm 
• Families are stopping UK jihadists, says counter terrorism chief http://t.co/ip3boIhHi9 
• Concerns raised as guidelines around assisted dying are clarified http://t.co/XQIBrpwg10 
• Northern Ireland: 98% of sex workers oppose new law criminalising clients http://t.co/EPnudt3UWG 
• Britons fighting in Iraq and Syria may face treason charges if they return http://t.co/IgFcRc6oiE 
• Newly educated middle class is the biggest threat yet to party rule in #CHINA http://t.co/GghCjn0rVC
• Judge blasts council for 'conspiracy to harm' tenant made homeless for owing only £18 in rent http://t.co/926wUcNn7H 
• Children's charity Barnardo's told teenager she could have 'avoided' sexual assault http://t.co/bnh4X36EbD 
• Pregnant woman loses unborn baby after a 'sickening' bus stop attack http://t.co/zFdoqXMAjc 
• Police officer will not face charges for Tasering man doused in petrol who caught fire and died http://t.co/93Sji38rRC 
• Top private schools ‘unwittingly take laundered money from criminals’ http://t.co/EyPe7WdO7P
• Horse shot and dumped in family's front garden in Yorkshire village http://t.co/5ratukykCR 
• Father wins custody battle after being falsely accused of sexually abusing his daughter http://t.co/BnQzNuvWhB 
• CPS take 'no action' against police officer who fired Taser at man doused in petrol http://t.co/SmjDP74VtQ
• Police home in on man who pointed laser pen at helicopter http://t.co/4kserZIWMx 
• Home Secretary Theresa May insists GCHQ needs 'haystack' of data to find 'needle' http://t.co/pDXEPBYsdA 
• Broadmoor hospital officers to strike in pay row http://t.co/O1orj8PZXK 
• Teachers voice fears over adult asylum seekers given places in schools http://t.co/bnaR791J1b 
• Authors' concerns after court rules writer can't publish sex abuse memoir http://t.co/kO5ycfIF31
• HMRC publishes 2012 to 2013 tax gap https://t.co/zvzvOKg6qM 
• Justice and Home Affairs: post-council statement https://t.co/dGY4GK8xcL 
• Farming minister discusses wildlife-friendly farming at RSPB farm https://t.co/EVXjNJQa2r 
• A package of new measures announced by the Defence Secretary has reaffirmed the UK’s support to Gibraltar https://t.co/bAD8zf8UlW 
• Lord Chancellor should be “very senior lawyer” | Legal Futures http://t.co/EKDc7wU07E 
• MoJ rejects any form of regulation for will-writing | Legal Futures http://t.co/EhTeFLbRgi 
• Nearly half of law firms secure cheaper indemnity cover, survey suggests | Legal Futures http://t.co/4JUP0FYBnB 
• Seywarth highlights rise of US disability access claims | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/wIdZLIRN17 
• Law firms lack social media policies | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/CysfJyXVYX
• Over half of law firm websites miss consumer opportunities | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/O8HbtJVA1K 
• Oregon sets up artists' legal clinic | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/7HQu3YB3rg 
• Former employees sue Heenan Blaikie | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/3cfqg2MlZb 
• Hogan Lovell recruits partner for Vietnam office | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/9SPrJkcFvL 
• Aggressive litigation gets the best result for shareholders | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/JvWGTXrnWz 
• French lawyers escape radical reform | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/NxHuMwddNL 
• Pistorius sentencing: Steenkamp's family seeks jail term http://t.co/pNASLsNnm8 
• Texas abortion clinics open and close on whims of recent rulings #US http://t.co/FxKA2WzlMA

16th October - Law News

1025th 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: SRA proposes consumer credit firms seek authorisation from FCA. Regulator calls for solicitors to provide evidence in new consultation. Law firms that conduct consumer credit work may have to be authorised by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) under new proposals laid out by the SRA. Regulation for consumer credit work passed from the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) to the FCA in April. Under the OFT regime, solicitors were regulated under a group licence given to the Law Society and managed by the SRA. Full story - Solicitors Journal

Saturday Conversations

• Michael Gove ducks questions over Tory stance on European arrest warrant http://t.co/3LikqEzCN5 
• Share prices slide as 'perfect storm' threatens markets http://t.co/2MCDZYKKSc 
• South Shields woman's 'text from the grave' shock http://t.co/Swi11vMhep 
• Sex change DJ Simon Hirst: Leaked letter reveals decision http://t.co/vQ5YI2hoMO 
• Smart meters can be hacked to cut power bills http://t.co/xDXTr2G022 
• Sun staff made illegal payments on 'grand scale', court hears http://t.co/dc38LTpiYt
• #US asks judge to suspend order to release Guantánamo force-feeding videos http://t.co/gZRVn1SMwO
• Dear Judy Finnigan - please don't apologise http://t.co/nY1mB25lmw
• Google must be transparent about 'right to be forgotten' deletions, publishers say http://t.co/1whlIMGVTA 
• John Grisham is wrong – those who watch child abuse images cause harm http://t.co/3a4BCXbEsq 
• Justice Secretary Chris Grayling’s High Court defeats are “only human” mistakes | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/oDQdvyBFeV 
• #ALBANIA players emotionally 'bruised & bloodied' by #SERBIA violence http://t.co/k4OZYBHKh6 
• David Cameron promises 'one last go' at EU migration curbs http://t.co/WleFlLLs71 
• Thai murder accused is scapegoat, mother says http://t.co/jI19xOQprt 
• Hong Kong government 'ready for talks' with protesters #CHINA http://t.co/n17D3ldVnn 
• David Walliams settles phone hacking claim http://t.co/LlJyD6tcwh 
• Rapes increase by 29% as overall crime falls in England and Wales http://t.co/q1JEjs74tR 
• Eurosceptic MEP group with UKIP as one of its member collapses http://t.co/s61RcDidXG
• Queen visits Tower of London poppy garden in tribute to World War One personnel http://t.co/OEKNe8XlAW 
• The Argentines who speak Welsh #Cymru http://t.co/2Uw9k2z5Pi 
• Richard Madeley in warning to Twitter trolls over rape threats to daughter http://t.co/uERMZGwO23 
• Pressure continues on Conservative minister Lord Freud over disability pay comments http://t.co/QCugdymwBY
• Legal personality of the week in #NIGERIA Chief Oluwole Oladapo Olanipekun, SAN - lawyer & legal academic http://t.co/tMxPxllHVu 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Latest partner hires & other appointments within Continental European firms: 16 Oct. 2014 | The Lawyer http://t.co/LWO86F8aXq 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Circle Housing Group confirms nine-firm panel after 12-month review | The Lawyer http://t.co/llykHIwEI8 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Clifford Chance loses top Aussie partner to investment house Gresham | The Lawyer http://t.co/5nfRBwO4uj 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Addleshaws installs regional office heads as Manchester chief quits for PwC | The Lawyer http://t.co/BFhLZ4bQoS 
• Helping vulnerable people ‘goes to the heart of being a good lawyer and regulator’ | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/7RvOJC8BLf 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Eon legal head Line takes on CMA probe role alongside Pinsents | The Lawyer http://t.co/ns4SHtUf3m
• Shared parental leave will modernise today’s working culture | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/Gn3xrXYdze 
• Home Office will consider a time limit on police bail | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/dMqhzTuyg8 
• Solicitor sues former firm for disability discrimination | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/UlnrZKH2nA 
• Business groups call on prime minister to scrap legal reforms | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/SPL0u7Avbk 
• Obama to nominate 'unifier' Vanita Gupta to head DoJ civil rights division #US http://t.co/LHr47gFNnD 
• CPS tells George Galloway he faces no charges over ‘Israel-free zone’ speech http://t.co/gfI7p7P7Up 
• Being on police bail for months on end when innocent can ruin your life http://t.co/86XQhyx7Ze 
• The government takes a modest step towards electronic identity verification | Law Gazette http://t.co/4bbvgXpqLT 
• Wills complaint scheme ‘bare minimum’, says ombudsman | Law Gazette http://t.co/2Bym32plkT 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHC3kLR
• #MADAGASCAR former president arrested upon return to country http://t.co/4Zlx5D6CtB 
• #US Supreme Court declines to rule on DOJ phone records memo http://t.co/D1PzzvfWSQ 
• Barrister formerly known as Amal Alamuddin renounced her feminist credentials by assuming actor husband’s surname http://t.co/7wfgveCoFi
• Abandonment of 'Bring Back Our Girls' #NIGERIA http://t.co/8j6249XgKH 
• UK Muslim volunteers face questioning and threat of arrest, while aid has been disrupted or blocked, charities say http://t.co/m55cT8KCwd 
• #SAUDI court sentences Shia leader to death http://t.co/kHLfH9PHua 
• Dangers behind Nigel Farage’s populist persona http://t.co/drR86ExfQf
• The Elgin Marbles: Could returning them be the thin end of the repatriation wedge? http://t.co/xR0hFYSiGX 
• Why I'm proud to be an extreme moderate http://t.co/hwYV60xgei 
• I’m all for people stopping smoking. But banning it in parks is not the answer http://t.co/11xJrVMThL 
• Facebook and Apple offering to pay for female employees to freeze their eggs is utterly misguided http://t.co/ubrcRQzrAq 
• Lord Freud wanting the disabled to be paid below the minimum wage is a new low for the Tories http://t.co/gNWinzV2ZT 
• This Pope is full of questions, especially about the church's treatment of gay men and women http://t.co/qhnK1JCB8y 
• Prison officer Scott Chapman sold information on Bulger killer to newspapers, court told http://t.co/5GzBrDKCO6 
• Police banned from using anti-terror laws to monitor journalists' phones http://t.co/gIVxmZaZ52 
• 'Prolific' thief banned from all London drinking venues for 25 years http://t.co/Kwi7AGqGeo 
• Scotland Yard investigates new claims against diplomatic protection officers http://t.co/PTolNgIosw 
• Ex-Mirror journalist Graham Johnson charged with phone hacking http://t.co/MwS19RjUr7 
• Judge blasts Southwark Council for evicting Sudanese tenant and destroying his possessions http://t.co/926wUcNn7H 
• Man arrested for 'aggressively mopping floor' at a hotel terrifying the poorly paid cleaner http://t.co/RWB4yT18IY 
• A Ukip candidate David Evans has been deselected for cruelty to sheep http://t.co/KWT53mj2h3 
• At least 19 UK firms under investigation for alleged conspiracy to make $20bn of dirty money seem legitimate http://t.co/sb1vZs0Gj2 
• Top police officer warns of 'many more' child sex scandals like Rotherham http://t.co/QKN3mQShRP 
• Speech given by Home Secretary Theresa May at the College of Policing Conference 2014 in Ryton https://t.co/kZHiMuzygy 
• Secretary of State announces India Cultural Exchange Fund https://t.co/9bcUdbIc1R 
• Police use of taser statistics England and Wales 2014 https://t.co/8ARD1lnDnc 
• Three quarters of Britons risking online safety https://t.co/E5A7uVy7C3 
• Weights and Measures (Food) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 consultation due to close shortly https://t.co/adlko7rf2n 
• Revised regulations set out process for conversion of civil partnerships into marriages giving couples more choice https://t.co/u9xh3mNHU9 
• Citizens Advice Scotland reports rise in 'unfair' private parking charges http://t.co/GLdA9rUlx6 
• Gordon Brown to lead Commons debate on Scotland powers http://t.co/qD7IUKejXX 
• Northern Ireland talks must lift blockages says PM David Cameron http://t.co/6KTSqknoLj 
• Pay interns minimum wage, social mobility adviser urges http://t.co/xgwViUqX86 
• Appeals court strikes down Arizona law denying bail to undocumented migrants #US http://t.co/jb6q1KoNhR 
• New privacy and civil liberties board to look at security policy, says Nick Clegg http://t.co/zH9dPPjrAL 
• Obama nominates progressive 'unifier' Vanita Gupta for attorney general #US http://t.co/LHr47gFNnD 
• Prisoners hospitalised because drugs 'readily available' in G4S private jail http://t.co/kgKjGIHY9Y 
• The bishops say they don’t hate gays after all http://t.co/oxkiaZ27pz
• Stalkers: Inside the mind of a male stalker http://t.co/afuCoBbd6q 
• Assisted dying: more than 300 terminally ill people a year committing suicide http://t.co/H7CSvKLfzO 
• Royal security to be shaken up as Scotland Yard admits 'unacceptable' culture http://t.co/xNvGWbyOc4 
• Two terrorist suspects arrested on suspicion of 'Syria-related' offences are bailed http://t.co/y4c2rOT98t 
• Revealed: The police forces most likely to Taser you http://t.co/WNuLVHMkra 
• Bank of America dragged down by legal costs | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/isofKs1odd 
• Linklaters predicts fewer revolts on boardroom pay | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/fJRQaDYvmE 
• Law firms lack social media policies | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/rjNkqqmoBo 
• Oregon sets up artists' legal clinic | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/p8t3x6EqUv 
• Over half of law firm websites miss consumer opportunities | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/AaqvNy1TDr 
• Hogan Lovell recruits partner for Vietnam office | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/GhRO1qofqy 
• Aggressive litigation gets the best result for shareholders | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/JjdxFcQpwa 
• French lawyers escape radical reform | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/S79srMa1PR 
• “No disadvantages” in being a non-lawyer Lord Chancellor, Grayling says | Legal Futures http://t.co/0Xo2JpgoLV 
• CLS switches volume conveyancing partner | Legal Futures http://t.co/3L5diDYk8d
• LeO calls for voluntary wills and probate ombudsman scheme | Legal Futures http://t.co/3YEbOHLi0q 
• Britain’s most racist election: the story of Smethwick, 50 years on http://t.co/Minkoi2GRU 
• Are murder laws sexist? http://t.co/OrYTOa9hsx 
• Should employers pay for women to freeze their eggs? http://t.co/SZiGYMnZRN
• The man who was locked up by his corrupt boss #CHINA http://t.co/R3TMmZTwgq 
• Cellar slave girl: Salford couple must pay victim £100,000 http://t.co/lK9hUUxGEp 
• #Ebola outbreak: Jet passenger alert over #US nurse http://t.co/Pv6GFyQLni 
• Are juries being blinded by science? | Joshua Rozenberg http://t.co/j5kTH4xj7Y 
• Criminal lawyers asked to take 4% pay cut as legal aid reforms bite http://t.co/e7gijQaRoL 
• Press freedom the winner if the use of police bail and Ripa are curbed http://t.co/aTBJCQSG9y 
• Nigel Walker obituary: Former director of the Institute of Criminology at Cambridge http://t.co/KRAogm4Su7 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Mid Europa Partners turns to White & Case for first legal hire | The Lawyer http://t.co/aknbesaBE7 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Spanish firm Pérez-Llorca to open London office to tap into European finance work | The Lawyer http://t.co/LjJ0YjSQln 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Hogan Lovells taps Allen & Overy for first Vietnam partner | The Lawyer http://t.co/Df0lBDRd63 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Freshfields Italian arbitrator leaves for boutique | The Lawyer http://t.co/bWryp3ErZJ 
• Lord Neuberger picks five top cases ahead of Supreme Court anniversary | The Lawyer http://t.co/umTpWeBrEB
• Theatre promotion: Win two tickets to see the Scottsboro Boys this month | The Lawyer http://t.co/B4DgP0Xs0O
• Solicitors welcome plan to limit pre-charge bail | Law Gazette http://t.co/Dyf4fhQUYd 
• Non-lawyer lord chancellor is a ‘benefit’ – Chris Grayling | Law Gazette http://t.co/xLYmg8qu0i 
• Merthyr council considers 'sack-and-take-back' pay move http://t.co/onqPPd8tdB 
• Campaigners unveil child poverty map of UK, Glasgow being the worst http://t.co/1JQGbZlDzU 
• Grandmother Sharon Bolton wrongly jailed over legal highs http://t.co/efVxGI1T5n 
• Don't shy away from British values in schools - Education Secretary Morgan http://t.co/5lNwgzzfqI 
• Hong Kong protests: Police to investigate 'beating' video #CHINA http://t.co/1wryxEma24 
• Police bail time limit for suspects considered http://t.co/MjZcR8KSDO 
• Ex-Sunday Mirror journalist charged with phone hacking http://t.co/Pfm6m2m5EB 
• Second Texas health worker tests positive for Ebola #US http://t.co/qB46ezgTBq
• Nicola Sturgeon set to replace Alex Salmond as leader of the SNP & Scotland's first minister, it has been confirmed http://t.co/i1RL0OIKhn
• Welfare minister apologises for disability pay comments http://t.co/riewpyoYrR 
• The focus is on Mrs Clooney’s dresses and wedding ring. Isn’t her day job as a lawyer more important? | Law Gazette http://t.co/OFrMCGMWhC 
• Show us your evidence, Society tells MoJ consultation | Law Gazette http://t.co/Rec9G8FNoP 
• ECHR ‘no guarantee’ of rights respect – attorney general | Law Gazette http://t.co/EGfvSkakPM 
• Co-op announces volume conveyancing tie-up | Law Gazette http://t.co/zY1COSU0z8 
• Live – Chris Grayling on role of lord chancellor | Law Gazette http://t.co/ZnTAu9IDs4 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHC3kLR

15th October - Law News

1024th 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: In the strict legal sense law firm partnerships have been significantly on the wane since LLPs came into existence, but commentators usually mean rather more than that.  They are referring to a particular way of running the business and, perhaps, the type of partnership that was commonplace when the 1890 Act was drafted – one of collegiality, joint decision making and equal bargaining power.  Full story - The Lawyer

Saturday Conversations

• Women in combat: All fair in love and war? http://t.co/cS3Ghc8NEf 
• 15-year jail sentence in absentia against journalist Ahmed Mansour for "torturing lawyer in Tahrir Square" #EGYPT http://t.co/X1GOOS97yk 
• The Intellectual Property Office is recruiting 50 patent examiners to start in September 2015 http://t.co/4ns4X1ziVt 
• Rail Passengers' Rights and Obligations regulations http://t.co/370h9dlC4x 
• UK Government creates further choice on pensions as reforms start legislative journey http://t.co/mbEdes9QP7 
• First ever NHS waiting time standards for mental health announced http://t.co/gvQHm6EuT1 
• Britain issues western world’s first sovereign RMB bond, largest ever RMB bond by non-Chinese issuer http://t.co/OACkmNz3ij 
• Attorney General speech to London Law Expos on the UK’s long commitment to the Rule of Law http://t.co/L7kW686xQu 
• Offences under the Nigerian Armed Forces Act #NIGERIA http://t.co/i9yAnFnwkO 
• Texas voter ID law reinstated in victory for Republican-backed measures http://t.co/vRItuNvz3N 
• #BringBackOurGirls campaigners fight apathy and intimidation #NIGERIA http://t.co/HAOH5wio43 
• Mass internet surveillance threatens international law, UN report claims http://t.co/LJyminHtiO 
• Undercover police needs wide-ranging reform, says official watchdog http://t.co/3KObF6WcG5
• Three hunt leaders guilty of illegal fox-hunting http://t.co/0LrBmoJIvX 
• Aristocrat fined for running over a pedestrian near the King's Road http://t.co/LJIKhiG0oj 
• Sudanese refugee evicted from Peckham flat wins undisclosed damages as London council criticised for 'cover up' http://t.co/X7lQ8Qa3IA 
• KWM to drop SJ Berwin suffix in EMEA | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/v7r9yakQzD 
• Locke Lord appoints healthcare head | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/1y1fReuIJd 
• Deutsche Bank shares fall on legal provision reports | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/fJNQdBb1cy 
• Quinn Emanuel hires to launch London anti-trust practice | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/DOqdnFty09 
• Fried Frank to grow private equity in Europe | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/NBLixf7l4P 
• Italy moves to speed up civil justice | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/HYHsAGuMbX 
• Nabarro alliance replaces French firm | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/xQrJRxFo9O 
• Quindell looks forward to £1b of revenues | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/9xCGDbLYfF 
• New charges against Benghazi raid 'ringleader' #LIBYA http://t.co/vgkAusqdbj
• Anti-riot police in #MEXICO sent to Guerrero after clashes http://t.co/i5vYIvK4BW 
• Lizzy Idahosa guilty of 'juju' sex trafficking at Cardiff Crown Court http://t.co/kRgrbu7s6y
• Malicious worm seeks vulnerable home data stores http://t.co/ivV7kwflf2
• Trafalgar and Parliament squares smoking ban call http://t.co/SZ9BSYtIpY 
• National Crime Agency chief sorry for paedophile delays http://t.co/GhYbpGlJIw 
• Dying at home patients 'lack 24-hour expert support' http://t.co/vqpXGMax63 
• Hong Kong protests: Police move in to clear main road #CHINA http://t.co/LrZXGFMQl7 
• Leading law firms failing to move with the times online | Legal Futures http://t.co/tRvtJG8vYq 
• 2,700 firms sign up for Lender Exchange | Legal Futures http://t.co/rg5qOm7UMi 
• Deech calls for full independence for legal regulators | Legal Futures http://t.co/wTt8ahoZQA 
• Maíria Cahill claims the IRA interrogated her after she made rape allegation http://t.co/EmdqucLPtE 
• More video game news sites must place a spotlight on the misogynistic abuse that could drive women from the industry http://t.co/lySKlubxtw 
• Mark Duggan lawful killing verdict upheld http://t.co/gzdcYjoxGx

14th October - Law News

1023rd 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 Legal Services Board (LSB) has attacked the “arbitrary nature” of the separate business rule used by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA), and said the list of what is permitted and what is not is “confusing”. In a report on restrictions on business ownership, the oversight regulator said: “The SRA appears to accept that certain legal services providers are capable of operating with prohibited separate businesses, subject to conditions regarding disclosure and separation, but others are not. Full story - Legal Futures

Saturday Conversations

• Venables officer paid £40,000 by tabloids, court hears http://t.co/dncpcUecmw 
• William Hague and Gordon Brown have clashed in the Commons over calls for "English votes for English laws" http://t.co/JDq2XsTKWW 
• Bishop of Gloucester sex offences inquiry dropped http://t.co/oH1ZwAHT7R 
• Supreme court backs California's foie gras ban #US http://t.co/EuyjQ3hHqZ
• The UK is clamping down on revenge porn with jail terms. Why can’t the US? http://t.co/corWljI4BL 
• Duelling ukulele orchestras may take turf war to high court http://t.co/9vgpD9XHao
• Supreme court justices appear unsure about teeth-whitening regulation #US http://t.co/hEbUL8D0an 
• Doctor involved in botched execution 'experimented' on inmate, suit claims #US http://t.co/9e071bYdf2 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Baker & McKenzie's £3m 65th anniversary splash-out | The Lawyer http://t.co/fwcbnTIHYA 
• Show us your evidence, Society tells MoJ consultation | Law Gazette http://t.co/nCteilawD5 
• For Dragon's Den investor James Caan: law firms in fear of private equity | Law Gazette http://t.co/lhfcHHNwkU 
• Oscar Pistorius trial: Athlete would be 'vulnerable in jail' http://t.co/t6U218ouQM
• Confidentiality and sex cases: Why suspects as well as complainants should remain anonymous | Law Gazette http://t.co/Q7S5NJlZLK 
• RTA claims: rise in traffic accident damages may disguise a worrying trend in settlements | Law Gazette http://t.co/S614nlRsPS 
• Struck-off solicitor, Jonathan Martin Gilbert, of Penarth, South Glamorgan jailed for 12 years | Law Gazette http://t.co/nPEpMZN1qA 
• Terror trial: Suspect 'had Tony Blair's address' http://t.co/YjZb6LQi0e 
• Ballyarnett alert: Device found in Londonderry 'capable of killing' http://t.co/DBW2AWwQms 
• The flaw in deterrence-based asylum policies by #AUSTRALIA - they just give people who lack options one less http://t.co/69QPGiEiIg 
• Doctor wins £45,000 damages for libel in the Daily Mail http://t.co/DEmYm6zI8Y 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Slaughters and Linklaters partners lead the pack on LGBT support | The Lawyer http://t.co/v7A0GM1Qst 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: McDermott’s Brochet to join Greenberg Traurig Maher’s London office | The Lawyer http://t.co/r9j3cV4Iqs 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: King & Wood Mallesons to ditch SJ Berwin name to mark first anniversary of merger | The Lawyer http://t.co/eGE35PCiaP 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Freshfields' fresh leaders: "We've got a strong US platform but need to be stronger" | The Lawyer http://t.co/7idABjrvci
• Voyeur teacher Gareth Williams arrest 'delay' questions http://t.co/rWn6uMRrYe 
• The police officers fired for a kiss #TANZANIA http://t.co/TK99TYcF8F
• UK MPs back Palestinian statehood alongside Israel http://t.co/IUkS1ZVkaT 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHC3kLR
• Murnaghan Interview with Simon Hughes Justice Minister http://t.co/YHfTaeVIVO 
• P.E.I. justice minister calls on N.S. to join securities regulator #CANADA http://t.co/pRb3FDQqN5 
• St. Louis protests show the many civil rights and criminal justice battles awaiting Eric Holder’s successor #US http://t.co/K9FrMHPw4y 
• Hope for justice in the HSYK elections #TURKEY http://t.co/GK2ixzgubM 
• Justice Ministry Moves to Liquidate Renowned Human Rights Group Memorial #RUSSIA http://t.co/GTMmdYeLIy 
• Minister of Maori Development call for review of the justice system as young Maori dominate jails #NEWZEALAND http://t.co/cwIW2woPYu 
• Justice Department pursues Alabama case over use of teenager in sex sting #US http://t.co/C5y5Gog9x8 
• Is it time to ease the rules and allow lawyers advertise freely? #IRELAND http://t.co/4EmED33DDQ
• Campaigners prepare for final court fight against Acton shopping centre plans http://t.co/flhd78uQy5 
• #HONGKONG solicitor to seek court injunction as soon as possible to bar leaders of the occupy movement http://t.co/iHfphsZfIa
• Virgin pilot jailed for £30 million mortgage fraud http://t.co/n68FzzPVhJ
• Closer solicitor–mediator collaboration: Call for legal intervention in divorce to be ‘proportionate’ http://t.co/zMl5cN12uD 
• Solicitor jailed for helping client's fraudulent Right to Buy purchase in Waltham Abbey http://t.co/9GXGhuaVg1 
• Jury duty mom releases photos of Jury Commission building's toilet she was sent for breastfeeding #US http://t.co/HfpTCqiH64 
• Federal Judge Strikes Down Alaska Gay Marriage Ban #US http://t.co/Fb8YSMjtpR 
• Oshisada - Judiciary On Trial in Ekiti state #NIGERIA http://t.co/kolGpFfBrw 
• Magistrates in Anambra State urged Governor Willie Obiano to surrender funds accruing to the judiciary #NIGERIA http://t.co/ZylkVoDAEB 
• Judiciary and Allied Workers Union threatens country wide protests if wage freeze is not lifted #ZAMBIA http://t.co/aJTu9weOzZ 
• Anti-judiciary banners case: Supreme Court rejects police report #PAKISTAN http://t.co/eN7lKRdWyv
• #LEBANON Army refers two Syrian terror suspects to judiciary http://t.co/5ROpXtdNTi 
• Since challenge of the eligibility of Ekiti State governor-elect, the judiciary has not known peace #NIGERIA http://t.co/wiNxb8rJ7l 
• Anti-judiciary program case: Supreme Court to indict Television company CEO, Mubashir Lucman #PAKISTAN http://t.co/vsSVK3VBD
• Rights groups have renewed calls for hate crime legislation after only 47 incidents were recorded in the first half …http://t.co/nqF4x079X4 
• US condemns #KYRGYZSTAN proposed 'gay propaganda' ban http://t.co/lcC5Wyh6cI 
• #NEWZEALAND Prime Minister calls for review of legislation to deal with foreign terrorist fighters http://t.co/AYGvD1S9RQ 
• How much legislation actually comes from Brussels? http://t.co/y84lgs4ODE 
• Michigan governor signs legislation on training in use of medications to stop drug overdoses #US http://t.co/YH3WP4UWAe 
• Supreme Court Justice Enrique Santiago Petracchi yesterday died aged 78 #ARGENTINA http://t.co/hTWNKvPv6N 
• Hign Court tells three men to pay maintenance to aged mother #INDIA http://t.co/V1pPZ3ONJZ 
• Anthony Negus Film maker, 70, who harassed Exmouth employee ordered to pay £20,000+ for ‘violating her dignity http://t.co/YT91BkhKFO 
• Vice President calls on Electoral Tribunal to sanction "cyber dirty war" #BOLIVIA http://t.co/il94DE3IVb 
• Plea in National Green Tribunal seeks ban on firecrackers #INDIA http://t.co/n8ObGwdbsj 
• Big Business to be held to account to keep supply chains slavery free https://t.co/lySQMvSVjv 
• The Insolvency Service launches stakeholder newsletter https://t.co/U5enRkNIHw 
• Blackmailer tried to extort £125 ransom from parents in kidnap ploy http://t.co/0HEdEld0pT 
• High-flying housewife seeks larger slice of ex's £11m fortune in divorce courts http://t.co/HTmsXeG0KF 
• Thousands of mobility scooter users could be breaking the law http://t.co/uSQA8lttBc 
• Half of all undercover police officers in UK are ‘off the books’ and not on national database http://t.co/p69MAJU88f
• Three more men arrested in London on suspicion of planning terrorist attack http://t.co/BwAbaNqk4u 
• Rise of 'voiceprint' ID technology has privacy campaigners concerned http://t.co/FhmYNWtmZi 
• Understanding the cost of regulation | Legal Futures http://t.co/PgrAQuhbFW 
• SRA poised to pull out of consumer credit work | Legal Futures http://t.co/c2ibXzlWc1 
• BSB probes contracts between chambers and solicitors | Legal Futures http://t.co/hk75lKhqZp
• Tate Modern unveils latest Turbine Hall commission http://t.co/sitIql52DW 
• Three women sentenced for 'pyramid scheme' roles http://t.co/iPA3nHFUW1 
• Judy Finnigan apologises for Loose Women rape comments http://t.co/wRbWXsS23K 
• John Cantlie: Family issues appeal for contact with IS http://t.co/Ir7TnmRfNz 
• Heathrow Ebola screening from Tuesday http://t.co/pEaJLOvAm0 
• Restaurants continue to protest Yelp even after extortion lawsuit thrown out #US http://t.co/RpE82MmxIt 
• Written UK constitution would limit influence of Strasbourg court, says top judge http://t.co/zltvCIgj35 
• The #US can learn a lot from #NEWZEALAND on how to embrace indigenous cultures http://t.co/TUjWi3gjAi 
• Go with “the flow”: how to be a more effective lawyer | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/s098cxtLlP 
• The Dutch revamp competition rules | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/Vbhzs9ETdC 
• Korean law firms recruit retired bureaucrats | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/nVhz1zaIsZ 
• Yale is most competitive law school in the US | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/5DNTg10WOv
• Data security throws up lucrative legal issues | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/5sCjBiDduD 
• Quinn Emanuel hired for RBS lawsuit | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/aelRz81aks 
• Freshfields and Linklaters lead UK IPO rankings | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/PMzHUcaw0t 
• US lawyers wary of advising on legalised pot issues | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/PqU81WTcHr 
• Lawyer threatens UK government over 'Troubles' investigation cuts | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/tOiJhkcoGh 
• Dutch law firm to bring Malaysia Airlines compensation case | Global Legal Post http://t.co/ijBQrMBCTt
• Malala and Nabila: worlds apart - Innocent victim of #US drone did not receive a welcoming greeting in Washington DC http://t.co/MaJLvahlVN 
• A soft approach to returning British fighters http://t.co/rnys0Al3Xn 
• European police on a two-week hunt for tens of thousands of 'irregular' migrants http://t.co/WGGG129jgi 
• #VATICAN paper pushes to embrace homosexuals http://t.co/0MJJqO44pE

13th October - Law News

1022nd 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: Master Gordon-Saker’s call for judges to be given more training in costs budgeting, in his inaugural speech as Senior Costs Judge, has struck a chord among litigators. Full story - New Law Journal

Saturday Conversations

• Royal hoax DJ Mel Greig 'was sent bullets in the post' #AUSTRALIA http://t.co/MNnTzP5ChP 
• British tourist murders: Thai diplomat summoned http://t.co/IpRiyEIXyV 
• Courts rapidly becoming lawyer-free zones | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/T7ySPUlBDA
• Fines for firms operating SDLT avoidance schemes | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/27u1VgJcZD
• Websites of the UK's top 200 law firms are forgetting the 'user experience' | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/bJUmD3nCjE 
• LSB to identify the cost of legal services regulation | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/9sNtjs27yj 
• Firms face new hurdle for credit work | Law Gazette http://t.co/0HqVshog5K
• MoJ’s legal aid plans blasted by its own consultant | Law Gazette http://t.co/tjjAgn126m 
• Shakespeare and lawyers: stop obsessing over one of the playwright’s most famous lines | Law Gazette http://t.co/smx9OmK36O
• Quindell downgrades forecast but deafness claims thrive | Law Gazette http://t.co/GaDkce4a52
• Essex County Council to appeal legal chief ‘Hitler’ ruling | Law Gazette http://t.co/GPhXPzBDZv 
• Parents speak of legal fight for children without a lawyer http://t.co/y1OuyXkNlD 
• Trauma & isolation: Christmas Island, the tropical outpost where asylum seekers are held against will #AUSTRALIA http://t.co/9KLIrJsmiZ 
• UK police to investigate alleged Bahraini hacking of exiles’ computers http://t.co/FoHaenaAmk 
• Educate children on copyright in school, Cameron told http://t.co/f2s8FLY4di
• 'Secret' terror trial begins at Old Bailey http://t.co/0ZRCBcgUZC 
• Oscar Pistorius community service call angers prosecutor http://t.co/4MOYQFn8P4
• In-house profile: QBE general counsel Esther Felton | The Lawyer http://t.co/1szIUZwPov
• Gibraltar, tax heaven and negetive connotations about 'offshore' | The Lawyer http://t.co/gpnA2T1mir 
• Are there bad actors hiding in your client’s private placement? | The Lawyer http://t.co/AcT8X0XUfG 
• Do no-fault expulsions mean the death of partnership? | The Lawyer http://t.co/K6imuJxL6Q 
• Switzerland: Peaked performance? | The Lawyer http://t.co/g08N6wdIrm 
• Marrache: A hard time on the Rock | The Lawyer http://t.co/vJnlGu0OZz 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Freshfields and Linklaters dominate the 2014 IPO market | The Lawyer http://t.co/4RYP8X6jPJ 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Pinsents names new Glasgow boss ahead of managing partner contest | The Lawyer http://t.co/Md07IQ2PK2 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Fieldfisher and former privacy chief Ustaran settle dispute over 18-month notice period | The Lawyer http://t.co/orOoGP5BFV 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: BLP, Clifford Chance, OC and Stephenson Harwood miss out on Lloyds panel spots | The Lawyer http://t.co/vSXZHpGZvU 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: KWM SJB adds nine to Milan office and creates employment team | The Lawyer http://t.co/9EDLDkA4nQ 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Freshfields makes "radical" global corporate and litigation head appointments | The Lawyer http://t.co/XFkaii0Ez0 
• Kent Legal Services tenders for ABS partner | The Lawyer http://t.co/cOvWNnn1w4 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Kirkland’s London chief White quits to head up Fried Frank’s City base | The Lawyer http://t.co/WVHUjgkG4U 
• Tania Clarence: Murder charges over dead children dropped http://t.co/WERjkKg6Mp 
• Oscar Pistorius returns to court as sentencing starts #SOUTHAFRICA http://t.co/4MOYQFn8P4 
• UKIP's Nigel Farage invited on leaders' TV debate http://t.co/KWVz8yOnar 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHC3kLR
• My legal life: Allan Briddock - Partner and head of the immigration team, Blake Morgan | Law Gazette http://t.co/lt0yPQBG68 
• Lawyers can spearhead a serious debate about the future of our constitution | Law Gazette http://t.co/1js1bhDhA8 
• SRA ponders data publication rule | Law Gazette http://t.co/NvNnOJbwFu 
• More QASA delay calls | Law Gazette http://t.co/pokRGj0hsz 
• Scheme to speed up multi-track cases | Law Gazette http://t.co/edYgnkvyum 
• US law firms dominate M&A rankings | Law Gazette http://t.co/hBue42mPOo
• Challenge on inquests legal aid | Law Gazette http://t.co/o6bAEfsn36 
• CMCs face backlog of up to 10 months | Law Gazette http://t.co/JoR82lBb3v
• Girls worldwide fear future with no control over their lives http://t.co/bvQ5mqAgAz 
• Ecotricity considers legal challenge over EU go-ahead for Hinkley Point C http://t.co/hrD9uBSDFK 
• Revenue & Customs set to miss target for prosecution of tax evaders http://t.co/1hBmBUiq7e 
• The parable of the rabbi from Kiev, Yom Kippur and the half-eaten bar of chocolate http://t.co/NnoJidBOIN 
• The Human Rights Act: We need to see justice being done http://t.co/lOnmqNeDSg
• The moral of Malala Yousafzai and her Nobel Prize: Where were the adults? http://t.co/Lii3gcs2Zy 
• The main parties’ cowed reaction to Ukip’s success is shameful http://t.co/XRueiI6EQf 
• The Only Way is Ethics: Editorial independence cuts both ways http://t.co/5iUzB1cv6S 
• Jeremy Clarkson tried to portray my fellow Argentines as savages http://t.co/gvBhWJYK6u 
• Beware of the role of the laptop in our addiction to politics and war http://t.co/A3LyEQNOAn 
• Palestinian statehood: Ed Miliband demands whipped vote, but backs down to avoid resignations http://t.co/3F0fwTIn06
• School girl, 14, uses her martial arts skills to fight off attacker, 35, in Sussex park http://t.co/G5X0odlGSt 
• Fathers 4 Justice couple lose injunction claim http://t.co/sa9FewoiTL 
• UK terror alert: Police warned to be vigilant after increase in threat level http://t.co/8Xv7UT96Q5 
• How a homophopic gang attack tore one man's whole life apart http://t.co/TYaIcW40yy 
• A new Portuguese prosecutor is 'utterly determined' to solve the Madeleine McCann case http://t.co/PkHGXijHj9
• Diana Nammi on women's rights: 'We should not use culture to justify murdering women' http://t.co/qBC5m5vf6z
• Isis’s Austrian poster girl jihadi brides 'have changed their minds and want to come home' http://t.co/3YSHkwEH9w 
• How technology is transforming police searches for missing people http://t.co/2wCH4ZjS1v 
• Runaway cows shot dead by armed police during seven-hour stand-off http://t.co/B5GXUy3bhY
• Runaway cows shot dead by armed police during seven-hour stand-off http://t.co/B5GXUy3bhY
• First Chief Constable to back call by David Davis for royal commission into police ethics http://t.co/UnoQSGUn0r 
• Admiral Law record strong start to life as insurer/law firm ABS | Legal Futures http://t.co/7gRsYXcvHd 
• More men face lonely old age, says study http://t.co/QWePlsbAek 
• Kent council seeks ABS partner for £100m-plus joint venture | Legal Futures http://t.co/yoTRyhxThg 
• 'Black Death pit' unearthed by Crossrail project http://t.co/iWKjJ61vfT 
• 17 year old Jordan Brennan dies after attack outside shop in Gorton http://t.co/jeOEoSsKih 
• Jordan Brennan dies after attack outside shop in Gorton http://t.co/jeOEoSsKih
• Man faces terror charge after bombs and weapons found at farm http://t.co/unIrU0ZOCT 
• Klity Lang suffer consequences of lead contamination despite landmark ruling against mining company #THAILAND http://t.co/AbALZo0Yhl 
• Diplomacy, immunity and justice http://t.co/JWOdHe9led 
• After decades, the International Crimes Tribunal is finally offering justice to war victims #BANGLADESH http://t.co/FEb9bryVus 
• Prison in paradise as guest accused of a crime he didn't commit http://t.co/WRbE6KXT8u 
• From trainee solicitor to Dragons' Den victor, Julie Cobbe #IRELAND http://t.co/NUGkhDloH6 
• Call handlers on the NHS non-emergency 111 phone line will try to identify possible Ebola sufferers http://t.co/poBooN4CIW
• Anti-Islamic State protesters have held up traffic on the westbound side of the M4 Second Severn Crossing http://t.co/9a9F8mwVSB
• One in 10 requests for web links to be removed from search results under EU "right to be forgotten" laws from UK http://t.co/4kzpmskBhO 
• Sinn Féin's Martin McGuinness has paid tribute to the Queen, saying that he likes her http://t.co/Y0oY7yFzcX 
• 'Bike thief' body found in Plymouth harbour http://t.co/HvViVdhkiT 
• Ebola: Hospital mistakes blamed for #US transmission http://t.co/AXRqK0B8bR 
• Brighton IRA bombing 30th anniversary marked with minute's silence http://t.co/iGUewCELsb 
• Brown says Cameron "unstatesmanlike" on Scottish MPs plan http://t.co/i73KvBiNqZ 
• Kinawley, Fermanagh, weapons haul included pipe bombs, gun and fertiliser http://t.co/1ciHjWdzrD 
• Police chief of Anbar province killed by bomb #IRAQ http://t.co/UlgpJMWAoW 
• Labour backs more curbs on migrant benefits says Harman http://t.co/h1RxAU4qQ5
• Re-Interpreting Blackstone’s Commentaries: A Seminal Text in National and International Contexts http://t.co/1VCDWo8oQE
• The Ancient Law Reading Group at the University of Manchester http://t.co/KiNQIv3tE5

12th October - Law News

1021th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & legal articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap

Saturday Conversations

• Book Brief - How Human Rights Can Build Haiti: Activists, Lawyers, and the Grassroots Campaign: http://t.co/LY6J54sA9w 
• In Their Court: Litigation Against the United Nations as a Last Resort for Haitian Cholera Victims http://t.co/acq7pl9HNB 
• Litigation for Claiming Health Rights: Insights from Tobacco Control | Health & Human Rights http://t.co/bwPqGGMjLQ
• The Health of Low-Income Migrant Workers in Gulf Cooperation Council Countries | Health & Human Rights http://t.co/hKftPglsYa 
• Health Litigation in #COLOMBIA: Have We Reached the Limit for the Judicialization of Health? | Health & Human Rights http://t.co/W4h2F2lxWO 
• Law, Human Rights, and Health Databases: A Roundtable Discussion | Health & Human Rights http://t.co/AjGI70TL5B 
• Depressive Symptoms Among Arab Bedouin Women Whose Houses are Under Threat of Demolition in Southern Israel http://t.co/m1i0e5LPs3 
• Women, E-Waste, and Technological Solutions to Climate Change | Health & Human Rights http://t.co/tu5JGoQiFI 
• Data-Driven Human Rights: Using the Electronic Health Record to Promote Human Rights in Jail | Health & Human Rights http://t.co/e6u2S3cwBA 
• Using a Reporting System to Protect the Human Rights of People Living with HIV and Key Populations http://t.co/vyymRVHnxm
• Human Rights and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria | Health & Human Rights http://t.co/Z4YqkgvCec 
• The Impact of Reliance on Private Sector Health Services on the Right to Health | Health & Human Rights http://t.co/Kr94sMf1hl
• Emerging Roles of Health Care Providers to Mitigate Climate Change Impacts: A Perspective from East Harlem, New York http://t.co/4GZttNzKD0 
• Chikungunya, Climate Change, and Human Rights | Health & Human Rights http://t.co/yhPiUi8CXA 
• Social Justice, Climate Change, and Dengue | Health & Human Rights http://t.co/v3UTy86gnI 
• Wrong Side of the Tracks: The Neglected Human Costs of Transporting Oil and Gas | Health & Human Rights http://t.co/VsDnCukQCG 
• Rising Oceans, Climate Change, Food Aid, and Human Rights in the Marshall Islands | Health & Human Rights http://t.co/ZQg7gMoyxq 
• Climate Change and the Right to Health for Māori in Aotearoa/New Zealand | Health & Human Rights http://t.co/S89yMuzCRO 
• Prioritizing Health: A Human Rights Analysis of Disaster, Vulnerability, and Urbanization | Health & Human Rights http://t.co/GziQ7E6esa 
• Collective Violence Caused by Climate Change and How It Threatens Health and Human Rights | Health & Human Rights http://t.co/8Xi6ZNIhmv
• Climate Change, Children’s Rights, and the Pursuit of Intergenerational Climate Justice | Health & Human Rights http://t.co/UnRZA4kTpL 
• Advancing Climate Justice and the Right to Health Through Procedural Rights | Health & Human Rights http://t.co/YxypVhzG4f 
• Leaving Behind the EU: A Conversation with David Conway | Library of Law & Liberty http://t.co/GakfAt6GWX 
• The New California Statute on Sexual Assault in College | Library of Law & Liberty http://t.co/XJL9oJQ7lv
• The Court’s Alleged Power to Ignore the Original Meaning | Library of Law & Liberty http://t.co/FyLf5iyc5L 
• Prescription for a Banana Republic | Library of Law & Liberty http://t.co/dJ0GyEVW0m 
• Rules, Standards, and the Era of Computation | Library of Law & Liberty http://t.co/fnXzCB3j9b 
• Myths, Lies, and the National Health Service | Library of Law & Liberty http://t.co/Rtwc4xTvY7
• Same-Sex Marriage, Social Movements, and Judicial Aristocrats | Library of Law & Liberty http://t.co/Q9khPT0H6N
• Sparing Enda's blushes. Speaking of I.M.E.L.D.A. and #knickersforchoice | Human Rights Ireland http://t.co/xOmL9pZ96F
• Mavronicola on Trabelsi v Belgium | Human Rights Ireland http://t.co/t99vLt5zkt 
• Drew v A-G: The Limits of the NZ Bill of Rights | New Zealand Human Rights Blog http://t.co/2jcDXZXwbA 
• New funding for female genital mutilation and forced marriage prevention https://t.co/4pAn6BtptY 
• Malicious sharing of sexually explicit pictures of former partners to face prosecution under new proposed law https://t.co/MVPgM3HZCi 
• Journalists' safety and the UN | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/OO1FDCKsgY 
• Another Strasbourg judgment which Putin may wish to ignore - Scientologists win | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/bRhgTIw3mI 
• The Fragility of Human Rights | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/LoOmjsDrvc 
• Strasbourg and why you must give reasons on domestic appeals | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/V0StBYALyW 
• The patentability of living things: the latest in the BRCA gene saga | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/2iyzwa8IKd 
• Asbestos victims successfully challenge change in conditional fee/ATE costs rules | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/zcSx83DDIJ
• The UK in the European Convention: fudge, or a shining example? | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/4T7izWzDUH 
• Consultation process not unfair after all, says Court of Appeal | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/n9aZrUzf2q
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHC3kLR
• Can immigrants affect Catalonian aspirations? #SPAIN http://t.co/TfqzAWdN2d 
• European nation hit by a wave of Islamophobia as many young fighters join ISIL in Syria and Iraq #AUSTRIA http://t.co/qR8UZaL3bf 
• Former SNP MSP John Finnie defects to Greens http://t.co/iyciJXysHP 
• Snap Ofsted inspections for three Islamic schools in London http://t.co/ftmNe8Jtff 
• Florida Man Proves he can Video Record in Courtroom as he Beats Bogus Citation Wearing “Fuck the Police” T-shirt #US http://t.co/1p7B8eQ3wA 
• SNP leader Salmond seeks investigation into Treasury RBS 'leak' http://t.co/i73KvBiNqZ 
• Fight for gay Americans' equal rights goes on despite same-sex marriage gains #US http://t.co/8pmBFnHqVw 
• Same-sex marriage extends into conservative US states as bans fall http://t.co/7T9HYvhdbx 
• Sarhad Qader: The world's toughest policing job? #IRAQ http://t.co/Spk7RVQ3UX 
• Sharia4Belgium' jihadist terror trial begins in Antwerp #BELGIUM http://t.co/iAu5pOiaKB 
• Luka Magnotta trial sees defence question pathologist's expertise #CANADA http://t.co/fPx4hWZEjE
• Email alias of former Fed chair Bernanke comes out in AIG trial #US http://t.co/YLRFWtaER3
• Attorney General Holder Statement on Federal Court Ruling Against Texas Voter Identification Law #US http://t.co/7EOgErtk7w 
• Sayreville High School Case Spotlights NJ's Landmark Anti-Bullying Law #US http://t.co/0zwVmJjHXj 
• East bank levee authority says law blocking oil company lawsuit is unconstitutional #US http://t.co/DZ42OvffWB 
• Corporations Drive Drop in Law Firms’ Use of Starting Lawyers, Study Finds #US http://t.co/PrO2DRDygN 
• Will 'yes means yes' laws change the rules of sex? http://t.co/p4kkL6RoMx 
• Getting a job in the legal industry can be tough, but getting into law school can be even tougher #US http://t.co/T2lYBWGYy6 
• The prominent Muslim academic Tariq Ramadan: 'ISIL is not Islamic' http://t.co/jMNAz7oW8C 
• Video: CCTV emerges of drunk hovercraft pilot failing Isle of Wight landing http://t.co/hDoQC89X2i 
• Hackers threaten to post more Snapchat photos online http://t.co/dHKV0O5AR1 
• 'Significant' explosives find in Kinawley, County Fermanagh http://t.co/pxJgUZJipm

11th October - Law News

1020th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & legal articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap

Saturday Conversations

• Surrogacy protection boost: Ruling good news for parents in international arrangements | New Law Journal http://t.co/11z3Ztjs3e
• Chris Grayling lost judicial review on decision affecting mesothelioma sufferers | New Law Journal http://t.co/wgHkEhfiNQ
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHC3kLR
• Family legal aid cuts are having a major impact, according to the Bar Council | New Law Journal http://t.co/YYAOgVohek
• Service offering data from Earth Observation technology to be used as evidence in legal and insurance cases http://t.co/P21vS9HP2S 
• Consumers now have the right to get their money back if they are misled or intimidated | New Law Journal http://t.co/homUQaCxyG 
• Landmark decision on business rates overturned by the Lands Chamber (Upper Tribunal) | New Law Journal http://t.co/wuypZZhJ4k 
• Parody, but only if the judge is laughing - predicted a rise in copyright disputes | New Law Journal http://t.co/b4x9sQq9tE 
• Master Gordon-Saker’s call for judges to be given more training in costs budgeting | New Law Journal http://t.co/mR15HZu2xn 
• The London Legal Support Trust of charitable ventures has reached the grand old age of ten | New Law Journal http://t.co/mkTekZkBb8 
• How hackers could decapitate the internet http://t.co/hBb9K49KKP 
• Executive producer denies Top Gear number plate apparent 'stunt' http://t.co/wP4Cb9y04m 
• Inept Police in a small Alaska town mistakenly told a couple their son had been killed in a car crash #US http://t.co/a2cMu55ByK 
• Former army major Robert Armstrong stripped of Military Cross and given 2 years suspended sentence http://t.co/OMEbCwsy8t 
• #CHINA cult murder trial: Two members sentenced to death http://t.co/zhVgltwSMo
• Cameroon says 27 Boko Haram hostages released http://t.co/PB10clYFck 
• Information for DVLA customers as industrial action is planned https://t.co/WdJOLj1g6q 
• GPs say they would refer eligible patients to a new service to support employers and staff over sickness absence https://t.co/2LSqyM4bSm 
• World Day Against the Death Penalty statement https://t.co/gDjyf04bAs 
• Exercise to test preparedness for a case of Ebola in the UK https://t.co/G482lDOk6n 
• North Carolina same-sex marriage ban struck down as Idaho given green light #US http://t.co/Dpk5QtDN9s 
• Malala calls for child rights after joint Nobel Peace Prize http://t.co/R4dZqsLB8k 
• The Dutch revamp competition rules | Global Legal Post http://t.co/suGOGbDvjF http://t.co/2zMtOoA9sM
• London firms fight over clients in Shell case | Global Legal Post http://t.co/dplDNoWF7F
• Tobacco - the UK smoking gun | Global Legal Post http://t.co/wSVUnKrwrp 
• Chicago's Northwestern University has jumped from 9th to 1st place amongst US law schools for jon prospects http://t.co/HWkrqwtk1l 
• BigPay shrinks at BigLaw firms | Global Legal Post http://t.co/hgE4fderqB 
• KPMG acquires e-discovery team in Canada | Global Legal Post http://t.co/DQpuET0ZwP
• A&O to boost Belfast support centre | Global Legal Post http://t.co/2StP0c5YVP 
• Scotland in bottom league for female judges | Global Legal Post http://t.co/rLUVl555Kp 
• EE, Vodafone and Three give police mobile call records at click of a mouse http://t.co/OlFNd4dMyX 
• Who is Nobel peace prize winner Kailash Satyarthi? http://t.co/xwBasp3LNM 
• Prisons: don’t shoot the messengers http://t.co/ZEmK52yDbw 
• Ex-wife obtains injunction against book to protect son http://t.co/D6NV2aN6E2 
• Burdensome regulation on law firms can deter innovation, says LSB | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/kvDatDKpCM
• The law on mental health needs clarifying, says Professor Gerry Maher QC | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/z7I3NgYj2t 
• QASA: a level playing field? | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/V0Gnu5Qc2A 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: DLA Piper swoops on A&O Spain senior partner after local management rejig | The Lawyer http://t.co/v1o1pQMEBF