26th October - Law News

1035th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & legal articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap

All that happened in UK Law Firms last week: The Sunday Law Review 19th to 25th October http://t.co/webnH1Irmi

Saturday Conversations

• The Problem of Nonlegislative Rules | Library of Law http://t.co/kN6YTG1D5T 
• Reforming Nonlegislative Rules | Library of Law http://t.co/0KwqLcOWel 
• The Dormant Commerce Clause | Library of law http://t.co/wis94zAHGq 
• British pensioner poverty among worst in the EU http://t.co/CCD8yYyP2f 
• Nuisance neighbours could be evicted in just a fortnight under plans to crack down on anti-social behaviour http://t.co/aBHIP6nhG6 
• Football club in #LATVIA Daugava Daugavpils investigated over match-fixing http://t.co/pAfBFibOZx 
• Lords Consider Drone Laws Over Privacy Fears http://t.co/25oQbwuKAK 
• Discussion on the level of public trust in the legal and judicial institutions of #AFGHANISTAN http://t.co/R42hUsIX9C 
• Lengthy and perceptive comments on the need to know the legal philosophy of #US Supreme Court justices http://t.co/UY0A0Uf7mX 
• StartEd offers a legal leg-up for tech startups http://t.co/hD9nWjsw0w 
• Mike Tindall drops Express legal action after settlement reached http://t.co/oxgl9AoxE2 
• #EGYPT eyes legal restrictions, military measures after Sinai attacks http://t.co/PTx98h71ix 
• Gulf Keystone Petroleum: shipping magnate & hedge funds found liable to pay legal costs estimated over £4m http://t.co/9Vgi0BqLtK 
• Man's bus station death revealed after Plymouth police legal highs warning http://t.co/YP90tfYoBU 
• Legal high shops offering student discount and loyalty cards http://t.co/E6QgWz2WIq
• Desire to suppress vote in Hong Kong isn't really so different from agenda of the political right in the #US http://t.co/oZFe6FSpkt
• Cities and states are approving laws that forbid criminal-history questions on most job applications #US http://t.co/UibdiJIXFn 
• In West, ISIS Finds Women Eager to Enlist http://t.co/fqdRACdBvW
• Dispute Over Nazi Victim's Art: Sotheby's and Christie's are each auctioning an Egon Schiele work http://t.co/A8MENH5yc2
• F.C.C. Delays Auction of TV Airwaves for Mobile: lawsuit challenging the sale #US http://t.co/yAedHZfcgg
• Artists backing the Hong Kong pro-democracy movement being punished by fans and companies in mainland #CHINA http://t.co/R0jasFtXyi 
• 'San Quentin's Giants': At one of California's most notorious prisons, baseball teams take the field http://t.co/Ebv5n3zl5s 
• Ottawa Gunman's Radicalism Deepened as Life Crumbled #CANADA http://t.co/lQBVwhrjED 
• The Pope and the Precipice: The Catholic Church is inching toward a crisis of faith http://t.co/PHlZx07Wnj 
• Chen Ziming, reform-minded intellectual dissident in #CHINA, Is Dead at 62 http://t.co/CWeUk9SEqt 
• Three Supreme Court Justices Return to Yale Law School for a reunion #US http://t.co/ZwpLrTNcf8 
• Law Lets I.R.S. Seize Accounts on Suspicion, No Crime Required #US http://t.co/IIV4V9ZnWq 
• Coalition Seeks to Send #NORTHKOREA to International Court Over Rights Abuses http://t.co/udwcQvZKcP 
• Can Video Games Survive?: The future of video games is threatened by the ugly culture around them http://t.co/KVk2egAJ3T 
• The Horror Before the Beheadings: shared public ordeal of ISIS killings http://t.co/D2ZM20755U 
• Don't ditch European Arrest Warrant, says former Tory minister http://t.co/eQB1ur6vdL 
• Twenty-four European banks fail EBA stress test http://t.co/tQyO53y58F 
• A new Constitutional Settlement for Northern Ireland: Queries from International Law | Human Rights Ireland http://t.co/HDyFqDFzGb 
• The Extraordinary Synod in Rome. Will it bring extraordinary times? | Human Rights Ireland http://t.co/Ma6CV7izIB 
• Tory Plans to Repeal Human Rights Act: Legal Community Responds - the Human Rights Roundup | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/2LkeFCl49P 
• British Jihadists and treason | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/j62DHkn59f 
• Anorexia, alcoholism and the right to autonomy | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/EoJ22cp7Wr 
• "UK must not think only of itself": Massacre families urge UK not to leave ECHR | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/dyKtfyXnsm
• Kenyan President uses Tory human rights plans to defend war crimes charges | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/AyJv5yQN0i
• Barclay bros duck out - leaving Supreme Court to sort out the constitutional problem | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/LZrqpuaZnb
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHC3kLR
• Shocking CCTV footage shows blind and deaf man pushed onto train tracks in violent assault http://t.co/Z6qK2GCKcX
• Police retrain to tackle rise in cyber stalking http://t.co/g8QKPlclHV 
• #RUSSIA will turn back its clocks for the last time on Sunday to permanently adopt winter hours http://t.co/gfnTqmpigc 
• Low-paid Britons now number five million, think tank concludes http://t.co/uZUtn8fSWg 
• UK profit warnings at highest level since 2008 http://t.co/SU2tFluMXx 
• Prisoners allowed out to take driving lessons http://t.co/yfBnR390QA 
• Domestic abuse victim alerts police to her ordeal with ‘pizza order’ http://t.co/LYTGvdBmRQ 
• Six out of 10 prisoners freed from short jail sentences re-offend within a year http://t.co/XRU1juMc7B 
• Couch potato lifestyles could kill the welfare state, landmark report warns http://t.co/ZlmgFk8tI9 
• Abortion investigation: Group launches private prosecution http://t.co/tmMrI9paUL 
• Amnesty condemns 'bloody stain on human rights record' as #IRAN hangs 26-year-old woman http://t.co/cBMU8fgLw2 
• Consideration on introducing pop up courts for people who challenge speeding fines to be held in own communities http://t.co/sXvwmbY80v 
• Mental health units to be set up inside prisons http://t.co/RZdaVdEEuz 
• Attorney General Eric Holder confirms federal recognition of gay marriages in six more states #US http://t.co/3MO50HzNWw 
• Victims threaten to boycott Woolf inquiry into child abuse http://t.co/32fBtPDlbk 
• The Observer view on the release of ‘cop killer’ Harry Roberts http://t.co/dDEhh63cTm 
• Harry Roberts: release for killer of police officers sparks row over ‘life means life’ http://t.co/770pVQMWmE 
• Should we do anything we can to keep people alive? http://t.co/v4vnpZjLzL 
• Rhyl man who swindled children's charity out of thousands is jailed for 18 months http://t.co/DtmkFsSeoW 
• Birth anniversary of first Odisha barrister Biswanath Mishra observed #INDIA http://t.co/RhB99rhvbX http://t.co/RhB99rhvbX 
• Bar Council elects No5 criminal barrister Richard Gibbs for three-year term | The Lawyer http://t.co/0JJkJX7mrs 
• Move to introduce jail time as potential punishment for UK data protection breaches stalls http://t.co/bVByJ94a6v 
• FSA publishes local authority food law enforcement information http://t.co/oP8gVDpkan 
• #PAKISTAN set to outlaw cannibalism following case of two brothers who robbed graves for food http://t.co/v70SRmnGJC
• Voters weigh expansion of bottle deposit law #US http://t.co/R5QT7UFaT7 
• Conservatives’ new anti-terror laws likely to mirror ‘immensely controversial’ U.K. legislation #CANADA http://t.co/bPKfvFa2La 
• ‘Revenge porn’ soon to be illegal under new UK law, so should #IRELAND follow suit? http://t.co/3Sgtic0uK3
• What happened to all the legal marijuana stores in Seattle? #US http://t.co/ZXnQUtXESc 
• Mary Lou has moral and legal obligation to provide information on suspected abusers #IRELAND http://t.co/TOeIWqkTfB
• ECC #IRELAND has a vacancy for a paid full time Legal Intern position http://t.co/gPPk3q29Ct
• #EvolveLaw: A CodeX Demo Event At Stanford on Legal Technology http://t.co/MkpWy4Rn9Q 
• Few legal options for Chicago ex-Sun-Times reporter who resigned over editorial decision disagreements #US http://t.co/ErH9gbxJpG 
• YouGov’s “Conveyancing 2014” report found home buyers on the whole satisfied with suppliers of conveyancing http://t.co/DxCugpErsU

25th October - Law News

1034th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & legal articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap

Saturday Conversations

• A tale of two New York Cities: I was rich, my brother was down and out #US http://t.co/4sLWbmHLJS 
• Analysis of register reveals MPs accepted VIP tickets, often from corporations, and £800,000 worth of foreign trips http://t.co/DQk7ubLdaD 
• Whisper CEO suspends staff pending inquiry into 'anonymity' revelations http://t.co/5fyeBCCFDW 
• Edward Gibson dies in hospital after ‘punishment’ shooting in west Belfast http://t.co/ju7RMwwI3l
• Ed Miliband barred Scottish Labour leader Lamont from attacking bedroom tax for 12 months http://t.co/I5dx8MSOec 
• Taxi app Hailo has complained rival Uber has blocked potential investors from offering funding http://t.co/eNDn1iDFfR 
• Firms behind Nuisance calls and texts targeted by fines plan http://t.co/CjxFbrYHYk 
• Fourth Portsmouth man Mehdi Hassan killed in Syria http://t.co/0PaoBJSVRc 
• Teenager arrested over bus stabbing in Sutton http://t.co/X6z5GxXBdx
• United front to call on Peers to amend Bill that will have a “chilling effect” on judicial review | New Law Journal: http://t.co/3znGLxNYI4 
• Competence statement by SRA setting out the standards for practice as a solicitor | New Law Journal: http://t.co/AYEqOgXjnS 
• The good times are returning for law firms with fee income at its highest since the 2008 | New Law Journal: http://t.co/FC1uuDzPgH 
• Old nineteenth century laws on street traders are to be amended but not repealed | New Law Journal: http://t.co/TBheVn29pf 
• Book launch: The First Miscarriage of Justice: The ‘Amazing and Unreported’ Case of Tony Stock | New Law Journal: http://t.co/Ze63cH8gEX
• Caliendo v Mishcon de Reya: post-Mitchell costs | New Law Journal: http://t.co/WhqlsYJIMP
• High Court: Pirate websites can be blocked | New Law Journal: http://t.co/a2EYvrX6oV 
• Trade mark dispute: Specsavers v Asda | New Law Journal: http://t.co/vIfr6wWAdE
• Disability Wales calls benefit claims wait 'unacceptable' http://t.co/HTwUsS1y8E 
• University of Nottingham students fined over sexist chants http://t.co/eYA1rK7IwZ 
• Credit card providers 'failing' on rights advice http://t.co/6xLMd1pyTN 
• #IRAN hangs Reyhaneh Jabbari despite campaign http://t.co/YYODR06q3w 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHC3kLR
• Better protection is needed for consumers buying used cars http://t.co/TgEfa8DkIV 
• Cost of driving licence to be cut by up to 32% http://t.co/iOWykixi9h 
• Trial of social worker accused of sex abuse halted http://t.co/HAQAw2Z8RU 
• Leeds United President Massimo Cellino’s trial for tax evasion delayed http://t.co/UE6KVUa9Rr 
• LAPD detective to be fired over expletive-laden rant at a training session, his lawyer says #US http://t.co/nITsTC5amX 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Pinsent Masons wins ‘Most innovative technology team’ at The Lawyer Management Awards http://t.co/xdxlUgvNWz 
• Biggest sham marriage trial collapsed with judge accusing UKBA officers of deliberately lying under oath http://t.co/JwkeTgRuj7 
• UN rights experts: clear connection exists between torture and corruption http://t.co/CQXZ6T7T3H 
• #CAMBODIA children facing violence http://t.co/vTLDebFeUI 
• #BANGLADESH war crimes convict Ghulam Azam dies in prison http://t.co/r1SbYzZbMb 
• ICC orders interim release of four suspects with ties to Bemba case #CONGO http://t.co/BTaKg9m1wa 
• #KUWAIT sentences 13 to jail for reciting opposition speech http://t.co/XCW5tlvw3F 
• Advocacy group criticizes #NETHERLANDS for returning refugees to conflict areas http://t.co/3nBLqBb5md 
• #JAPAN Supreme Court backs woman demoted for pregnancy http://t.co/sVnY2XJr2o 
• #MEXICO military attempted to cover up civilian murders http://t.co/EtcB42B6ca 
• Oklahoma judge allows law banning abortion pills to take effect #US http://t.co/fzaSeJBuOm 
• Communist Party of #CHINA announces legal reforms giving judges more independence http://t.co/WutP0Vkn66 
• @rifat_rifi Unrelated but, you may be interested in our interview with a Bangladeshi Barrister about Rana Plaza http://t.co/SBsnG28E5A 
• Interim Prime Minister of #TUNISIA Orders to Provide Premises to the Provisional Judiciary Authority http://t.co/mUJZQDjU2a 
• Judiciary of #IRAN urged to stop death sentence of Reyhaneh Jabbari & ensure that she receives a fair trial http://t.co/suvaJHFqxB 
• Senior Advocate in #NIGERIA urge female judges to restore public faith in the administration of justice http://t.co/OjmQDTJVFM 
• So will the Executive stop treating the #SRILANKA Judiciary as a lesser power? http://t.co/hn8iXsder8 
• Invasion of High Court in Ekiti State and judges beaten by political thugs in #NIGERIA http://t.co/H2H4JGviwC 
• Gay rights activist Alex Au had made it seem that there is a "systemic bias" in SINGAPORE judiciary http://t.co/p19vwS4Xsf 
• Overwhelming majority in #TURKEY don't believe fair trial possible when judiciary influenced by politicians http://t.co/qdF4YUKybm 
• Judge Juan Perez Gimenez' dismissed lawsuit brought by plaintiffs wanting marriages recognized in #PuertoRico http://t.co/NYfWLRH28Z 
• Manhattan federal judge has received chilling online death threats from supporters of Silk Road #US http://t.co/laiGOGeNLM 
• Judge Halts New Jersey's Sports Betting Plan #US http://t.co/gW8BHTmoAy 
• Australian Citizenship and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2014 #AUSTRALIA http://t.co/zJH1BbVzE1
• Dyslexia Legislation is on the Rise. But Why? #US http://t.co/3R8eLHEzw8
• Amendments to Tobacco Legislation Introduced #CANADA http://t.co/lNUqN0ywoO 
• Conservatives mulling legislation making it illegal to condone terrorist acts online #CANADA http://t.co/DXh7bARUB1 
• Senators plan legislation to stop Nazi suspects from collecting US Social Security benefits #US http://t.co/y8G6MB7tZs 
• Proposed Police power Legislation Turns #TURKEY Into Police State http://t.co/PQ6KaKW6N8 
• Extended paternity leave is a baby step towards equal parenting http://t.co/egOxkKxdDu 
• I was ready to testify about the abuse I suffered as a child – but I can’t as long as Fiona Woolf chairs the inquiry http://t.co/pYTMakmP7A
• Sex as a tool for keeping the peace? Surely that’s taking undercover policing too far http://t.co/ZcKEayM2CO 
• Twelve year-old boy and girl, 15, among 11 arrested for alleged rape of woman in Liverpool http://t.co/cEjWYCbXN0 
• Farmer David Doran jailed for enslaving ‘vulnerable’ man for 13 years http://t.co/7PsDdnzc7b 
• Woman charged with murder of man who allegedly attempted to rape her is set to be executed at dawn #IRAN http://t.co/vw6JaWs1Ly
• Reconstruction costs risk ‘spinning out of control’ in Plebgate case http://t.co/00I2Jco9MC 
• Speech of State Minister of Justice Lord Faulks in Kyrgyzstan: Justice and Human Rights: A UK Perspective http://t.co/2m2B3hfa2i 
• Danny Alexander's 2014 Shelter Scotland Lecture http://t.co/x5sb5L7NCh 
• Government reviews ground-breaking Social Value Act https://t.co/lIzJOK6DYv 
• Directors of Club Media Systems Limited share disqualification for failing to pay company’s tax https://t.co/FWB9GwDjRX 
• Home Secretary announces measures to improve police response to people with mental health problems http://t.co/Y6m8DL2VX2 
• Twenty-four year ban for directors of Focus who falsified student records https://t.co/i5xd6lxLdc
• High Court serves Cardiff restaurant owner with six year ban https://t.co/AqdEoDscvf 
• Timber company director is disqualified for accounting records failings http://t.co/RifhL6pOXG
• European Council October 2014: David Cameron’s speech http://t.co/nY1TQZcGy7 
• LexisNexis Firm Manager to integrate with Microsoft Office | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/9zyH6bNKKj 
• Chinese judges given greater independence | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/uxgNWnmlfc 
• Blogging lawyers are being urged to overcome their uncertainty about Facebook | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/rLZBXtgTZP 
• IP lawyers under pressure over fixed fees | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/lVLNS4UEYf 
• US compliance directors set for 5.2pc salary growth in 2015 | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/3ZMjdM9i1P 
• M&A regulation costs fall in China | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/0CryCy2Rdj
• Deloitte faces pension age probe | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/ti8nfv2Eqh 
• US$50m legal fees sought in basketball case | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/4Fty0JxYnl 
• This is what happens when a law firm does a list on BuzzFeed: http://t.co/QigTlwzkfi 
• Barrister numbers destined to shrink dramatically, says young bar leader: http://t.co/h9M86mXL0Y 
• Film review: 'The Judge' — pissing all over legal accuracy: http://t.co/LPgq6swrcf 
• Wannabe solicitor's career hopes in tatters after slapping woman in face with penis: http://t.co/57TqBkO33V 
• The Justice Department blasts unethical, deliberate leaks in Ferguson, but what's next? #US http://t.co/FOPD2hqGVI 
• Out with the old: youth justice moves to GOV.UK http://t.co/DGCtwNkxyG http://t.co/Q5lE69UtRl 
• President Ashraf Ghani approve the resignation letter of Supreme Chief Justice Abdul Salam Azimi #AFGHANISTAN http://t.co/5jxPJ56565 
• Re-envisioning Justice: Ella Baker, Fannie Lou Hamer and the Current Struggle for Human Dignity #US Studies http://t.co/zN2KJZrHUH 
• Nick Clegg defends Harry Roberts release: 'justice is not about emotion' http://t.co/5ACzePOvdV 
• #SOUTHAFRICA Justice Equal and colour-blind? Oscar Pistorius’s case raise questions on justice and equality http://t.co/979JWVsO0s 
• How long must Rana Plaza workers wait for justice? #BANGLADESH http://t.co/DwWE2cL1yb 
• Solicitor welcomes laws to equip all NSW police attending domestic violence incidents with cameras #AUSTRALIA http://t.co/MAYCp8B4vL 
• Senior government solicitor admits advice about rejecting mediation with abuse victims was wrong #AUSTRALIA http://t.co/80PRIh1p6D 
• New Tennessee Attorney General selects Nashville lawyer as solicitor general #US http://t.co/A7Z2iGkFrm 
• UK review clears Muslim Brotherhood of terrorist links: solicitor http://t.co/fvIuq699zC 
• High Court suspends solicitor until all outstanding accounts filed #IRELAND http://t.co/177xEXD2Bt 
• Number of blood samples analysed by police in Northland has declined 18 per cent since 2013 http://t.co/9K4brhCK5i 
• Freya Newman's Sentencing For Leaking Frances Abbott's Scholarship Delayed #AUSTRALIA http://t.co/OGcf8PURbt 
• Review of prison system fails to tackle endemic problems #IRELAND http://t.co/Pkc6TzaQ08
• Northern Ireland Paedophile seeking £100,000 in damages http://t.co/bcYExGTAVV 
• Barristers dismiss ‘rather silly’ solicitors’ claims on law and life #IRELAND http://t.co/qcYTckraSk 
• #CHINA embraces 'rule of law with Chinese characteristics' https://t.co/I8PBrTMOCM 
• UK Enacts Draconian Anti-Social Behavioural Laws http://t.co/dmn12LGJwI 
• Planned new computer hacking laws need greater clarification, say UK lawmakers http://t.co/2GbwfSrrtU 
• Organization with alleged links to Muslim Brotherhood could face restrictions in government crackdown http://t.co/1WaThDX4Lh 
• NSPCC's call for law change over sex messages http://t.co/RS9wUp8sTG 
• GBGA Targets Tax Hikes in Latest UK Gambling Act Challenge http://t.co/a5XlMmc6Fv 
• Tory MPs want fixed parliamentary terms law repealed http://t.co/mAVjadCKyU 
• Complaint against CEO of Chevron submitted to ICC http://t.co/IjSSEg6hvJ 
• Barristers encouraged to participate in Legal Services Board cost of regulation survey http://t.co/jA0tzzAGbr 
• CONFERENCE: Belgian-Dutch Legal History Conference (Free University of Brussels (VUB), 11-12 December 2014) http://t.co/bknC8aCWwe 
• One in seven pubs don't offer 125ml glass despite legal requirement http://t.co/n581GSmMYr 
• New research shows that one in five students have been tempted by so-called “legal highs” http://t.co/1jLHVjr3NT 
• iiNet vows to fight threatened legal action over customers' illegal downloads #AUSTRALIA http://t.co/GGK52j6z88 
• £320,000 legal aid bill for notorious child murderer Barry McCarney http://t.co/b4fYEf99rR 
• Legal fight begins to save family of beavers in Devon http://t.co/uznREKGVsU 
• Guantanamo Bay war crimes tribunals face shutdown over legal challenge #US http://t.co/AKhzBXBQZS
• Lenders add whistles and bells to remain competitive http://t.co/falLmorccQ 
• Is it time to refuse pro bono work? | Law Gazette http://t.co/WQ46Rxoedq 
• Mackesys not shut but 'restructuring', says owner | Law Gazette http://t.co/BxkJsNnukM 
• #Shabbat UK: Digital detox call for the Sabbath http://t.co/fdyzHfPLgi 
• Ashya King's family 'not safe for UK return' http://t.co/Ig6zphimLz 
• Jade Anderson inquest: Coroner calls for dog licences http://t.co/8KaJLVTe1M 
• Arizona challenged to abandon secrecy on death penalty drugs #US http://t.co/UjGAyJPFot 
• Asda faces mass legal action from staff over equal pay http://t.co/m7Cc2geSdH 
• Put human rights of migrants at heart of new development agenda, UN urged http://t.co/3mD2vYy5KP
• NY axe attack: Islamist link probed #US http://t.co/5qZ0eFlK4Z
• #RWANDA suspends BBC broadcasts over genocide film http://t.co/GKkWbAJu9x 
• Parents must be allowed to take children out of school for holidays, council leaders say http://t.co/s0VgCjrLot
• MI5 spy who cracked 'Nazi’ ring revealed as Surrey bank clerk Eric Roberts http://t.co/RqcuoCb2aH 
• Southsea Man Tuhin Shahensha charged with preparing acts of terrorism http://t.co/axBEnCTzFx

24th October - Law News

1033rd 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 government has moved to strengthen the proposed ban on personal injury firms offering inducements for claims. Justice minister Lord Faulks yesterday secured an amendment in the House of Lords to the Criminal Justice and Courts Bill which will ban any inducement made through third parties. Faulks said there was concern that it is increasingly common for solicitors to operate as part of a larger group of companies or to have subsidiary or linked companies. Full story - The Law Society Gazette
 

Saturday Conversations

• Emma Siswick murder: Jonathan Sutton jailed for at least 28 years http://t.co/eQQdpuWmCK 
• Miami sex offenders forced to sleep in squalid railway camp, suit claims #US http://t.co/qaiNeqTkII
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Court denies Dechert chance for public hearing to clear name over fee dispute with ENRC | The Lawyer http://t.co/B5lLPfOHZ4 
• Outstanding compensation fund claims value halved | Law Gazette http://t.co/Gey51gFWKn 
• Ottawa shootings: No Islamic State link found #CANADA http://t.co/A8XJixlmk9 
• EU agrees to budget talks after £1.7bn cash demand on UK http://t.co/ZySscrmNmq 
• Asda faces mass legal action over equal pay for women http://t.co/FAgOSgrn65 
• Former Islamist leader Ghulam Azam jailed for shocking levels of war atrocity dies in prison #BANGLADESH http://t.co/StxXYtX3nc 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Neil Hudgell combines with Rapid to form £20m PI outfit | The Lawyer http://t.co/BpGPzE1KM6 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Orrick and Withers lose at High Court as Excalibur funders forced to pay £23m costs | The Lawyer http://t.co/5IcSGDUvmo 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Pinsents set for managing partner election as Ryan steps down | The Lawyer http://t.co/z8rQUVUG1T 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Clifford Chance re-elects senior partner Sweeting in uncontested vote | The Lawyer http://t.co/FofQdFYYb7
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Baker & McKenzie turns to Corrs for Aussie corporate hire | The Lawyer http://t.co/h8c6OIASZM 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Kromann Reumert and Reed Smith advise on exclusive licence for Ebola vaccine | The Lawyer http://t.co/BNH66UI1iH 
• SFO requests £26.5m emergency cash injection for Tchenguiz and fraud battles | The Lawyer http://t.co/I6DLxHIWzW 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Olney retires after 31 years at Slaughters as Wittmann is elected practice partner | The Lawyer http://t.co/O2P0JnKHwD 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: "It could be win/win for us and for him": Weil's Francies on losing Lucas | The Lawyer http://t.co/fxC9LVOXOh 
• Clifford Chance re-elects senior partner | Law Gazette http://t.co/eoz2MQLP6C 
• Judgment casts spotlight on ‘sale and rent back’ | Law Gazette http://t.co/plYhdkVDOu
• IBA 2014: US clampdown on ‘hopscotch’ hits M&A activity | Law Gazette http://t.co/kV4UDHARl6 
• SRA slashes outstanding compensation fund claims | Law Gazette http://t.co/qNRGzGdYu8 
• BSB reveals three chambers with immediate financial issues | Law Gazette http://t.co/WIQCjowHK6 
• PI firm doubles headcount with Rapid takeover | Law Gazette http://t.co/oxiDV2Yv2a 
• Scotland to reduce drink-drive limit http://t.co/xRohxaPQcy
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHC3kLR
• Lancashire firm Forbes is backing comments made by a leading family figure to radically shake up the divorce process http://t.co/ZPuDJ3S9HA 
• Solicitor complains of ‘trial by media’ over Cahill accusations #IRELAND http://t.co/aAhnDyyut1
• Barry Spurr drops legal action to force New Matilda to reveal source of emails #AUSTRALIA http://t.co/B8PgYBdAiO 
• Retired judge Sir John Royce criticises legal cuts http://t.co/7OsMx3BK3s 
• Free legal help for embattled #US scientists http://t.co/NAhvXbMmf2
• Barclay brothers lose legal fight over the future of Sark http://t.co/ZKgV0DTjrq 
• Intellectual property enforcement http://t.co/3o5B1qZEtG
• Surveillance Camera Commissioner's speech to the British Parking Association http://t.co/RLZs3Umz9A 
• Investigation launched into finances at Great Western Hospitals https://t.co/7tYGSxaDjS 
• Care Act regulations and guidance for local authorities have been strengthened as a result of consultation http://t.co/bsjpvOg1xN 
• Interim solution to give providers access to wi-fi in solicitors' rooms at selected magistrates’ courts http://t.co/5O1mr5sJr4 
• Online maps highlight every courthouse updated with wi-fi system in England and Wales http://t.co/V5zLfq054A 
• Magazines merger could face in-depth investigation http://t.co/XfdVeFrjfY 
• Since Reeva Steenkamp's death, 243 women have been killed by male violence in the UK alone http://t.co/x9c4x93q6D 
• Prostitution is not a woman's right. It is the end of women's rights http://t.co/SFMWeJ0Jai 
• Those who see Reeva Steenkamp's death as a feminist call to arms are wrong http://t.co/8ytKkDwdbw 
• Renee Zellweger's real crime has been to age in an industry that prizes women's youth over humanity http://t.co/0zDBboSHus 
• Best way of protecting soldiers is to stop sending them into disastrous conflicts http://t.co/stoE6rkkua 
• Street art by 'female Banksy' Bambi worth £20k stolen from gallery http://t.co/iAAjJ8Cx7n 
• CPS to launch review after 'shambolic' fake marriage case collapses http://t.co/uXdNbrCJT5
• South Yorkshire Police ‘inept’ in leaking Sir Cliff Richard raid details http://t.co/2qCvJ9AXwn 
• Surrealist comedian Noel Fielding claims he was 'handcuffed in gold boots & a boiler suit' as police beat his friend http://t.co/XAtOYabhVu
• Wilko Johnson, now the bad news: musician splits with manager after police investigate assault claims http://t.co/SNggqIFzh2 
• Millionaire in High Court battle over 'damp' country manor house http://t.co/wPR1cjaA3z 
• The uncomfortable truth about executions: facts about capital punishment across the globe http://t.co/ny2oV0aG4u 
• Joanna Dennehy serial killer investigation team wins top police award http://t.co/eTzfxDE1lb 
• How 'playboy' Spanish spy was duped by MI5 http://t.co/uBrmabWdcu
• Eric Hobsbawm was watched for over 20 years by MI5 http://t.co/YdmGgfvPWD 
• SRA’s “flexible” approach to MDPs backed by LSB | Legal Futures http://t.co/rR6q0U9qjx
• Parliament gives green light to open up probate and conveyancing rights | Legal Futures http://t.co/nUXEStjEAT 
• BSB uncovers chambers with financial problems | Legal Futures http://t.co/aawGtRLrRe 
• Government plugs hole in inducement ban | Legal Futures http://t.co/Kvvo6GLIvy 
• Republicans prepare for elections with 1,000 lawyers | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/jxZsk8tahT 
• Accountancy firm gets green light on probate | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/UcPFOQv4CM 
• TAGLaw meets in Hong Kong | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/BnA5e0grK5
• Hong Kong becomes hot spot for US lawyers | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/BWmkm3pzQz 
• NY state pledges more aid for lawyers to the poor | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/cdhDuAwulh 
• US climate change lawyers turn to the courts | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/UL2VdOM9fU 
• Legal downturn hits New York office space market | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/O7JLAiWtWZ 
• Chinese hackers target Australian law firms | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/XcwghJ40Aj 
• Met pays £425,000 to mother of undercover policeman's child http://t.co/T88OwE6oZd O
• Ottawa shootings: Video of Zehaf-Bibeau attack released #CANADA http://t.co/l0GMcEU5hS
• Hogan-Howe joins chorus of anger at release of police killer after 45 years http://t.co/z2Fam0rwdl 
• Crime bill amendment could end police use of Ripa against journalists http://t.co/nTT1C3KCZD 
• How do you adjust after 48 years in prison? http://t.co/CagYdXuorK 
• Why do people overshare online? http://t.co/gQ5OVcJU5C 
• Business leaders accuse MPs of "cheap and pathetic gestures" in their approach to student visa http://t.co/oXVY6nKC8r 
• 'Anti-Facebook' investors dig deep for Ello http://t.co/oh51sFklt3 
• Michael Gove Commons absence for dog show prompts questions http://t.co/d2ZRIReSFk 
• Lorry tax windfall bigger than expected http://t.co/DaGgZ6yUqt

23rd October - Law News

1032nd 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: Law firms urged to reinvent themselves in LASPO era - the changes in the legal market, particularly the ability of ordinary people to access justice, means law firms have to reinvent themselves, one of the country’s best-known solicitors has claimed. Full story - Legal Futures
 

Saturday Conversations

• Everton fans targeted with tear gas in Lille before Europa League game http://t.co/DF20MMKZvl 
• Labour leader Ed Miliband promises new immigration laws if he wins election http://t.co/R5WPnBevbv 
• Sham weddings trial collapses after officers 'lied on oath' http://t.co/a1NXtKmfAY 
• Royal officer arrested over ammunition in personal lockers http://t.co/BPylYgyBgP 
• Ottawa shootings: #CANADA to toughen terror laws http://t.co/nOqSH7uY7K
• Law students: seven ways to motivate yourself http://t.co/WtObqqnb3u 
• Justice in #EGYPT is disappearing – as Yara Sallam’s imprisonment shows http://t.co/A6TupgMdRn 
• The Times pays married vicars damages for third successive libel http://t.co/wg11giaQGH 
• A black British teenager has been murdered abroad – why is David Cameron so quiet? | Stella Creasy http://t.co/Y5tCfwzlc9
• Harry Roberts: an almost mythological figure, but not a folk-hero http://t.co/k2VJ3HDqH3 
• I’m an MP with another job – what’s wrong with that? | Edward Garnier http://t.co/6r4j4nqtzu 
• Pope Francis blasts life sentences as ‘hidden death penalty’ http://t.co/w8n6F7IXQK 
• Six in 10 Americans support death penalty despite recent botched injections #US http://t.co/82MRqNFpFS 
• Texas Judge Gregg Costa has ruled that the flavour of pizza isn't entitled to trade mark protection #US http://t.co/1NLPdtvycl 
• Victory for asbestos victims in Supreme Court | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/A4qf8NcpPf 
• South West's Thatcher & Hallam celebrating 30th anniversary of free legal advice surgery | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/euLMODXZ0z 
• Government liable to cover BT pension scheme deficit under crown guarantee | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/yCL9WpNkvD
• Legal Services Board announces new chief executive | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/3Dc2Lgbyan 
• Thousands in #IRAN Protest Acid Attacks on Women http://t.co/ZQ75DNhKTc 
• Jury found Blackwater shooting deaths of 17 Iraqi civilians weren't battlefield tragedy, but criminal act #US http://t.co/0ZzPmRB55J
• Why police transparency about terrorism arrests is to be welcomed | Joshua Rozenberg http://t.co/u1Y0Hmre7U 
• Computer users who damage national security could face jail http://t.co/EnQS9aZJeQ 
• Harry Roberts: the man behind the 1966 police murders http://t.co/6YrngGpCmD 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Keystone Law sells £3.15m stake to private equity house | The Lawyer http://t.co/ejDft9Vmt4
• LAW FIRM NEWS: DWF named top management team at The Lawyer Management Awards | The Lawyer http://t.co/p06VqLEGOG
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Inheriting the crown jewels - Clifford Chance’s private equity chiefs focus on succession | The Lawyer http://t.co/iQ31qhDTzw 
• Robots running law firms? Surely not | Law Gazette http://t.co/pbMGtfXHDW 
• Inducements ban extended to third parties | Law Gazette http://t.co/XbRqzNj5P6 
• Keystone secures private equity | Law Gazette http://t.co/Hs63ZG6wpG 
• Parabis cuts 24 jobs in Croydon | Law Gazette http://t.co/J2p9o5Y7T9 
• Super-regulator appoints new chief executive | Law Gazette http://t.co/0SCe5ntTvt 
• Hughes pledges £1.4m a year to help LIPs | Law Gazette http://t.co/k7TxToxUrT 
• Tate director Sir Nicholas Serota has been named the most powerful figure in the art world http://t.co/lw8ZZ10ncB 
• Formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone is trying to resolve the dispute threatening the future of Caterham http://t.co/T7GsrfEejy 
• Poppy Appeal opens with all-day Cenotaph vigil http://t.co/71IgEopdwQ 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHC3kLR
• Fiona Woolf: Fresh questions for head of abuse inquiry http://t.co/YdcD8uFDYl 
• Hughes pledges £1.4m to help litigants in person | Law Gazette http://t.co/UbxBwcdAta 
• Crown seeks to overturn decision dismissing murder charge against Toronto lawyer #CANADA http://t.co/EHyUIv2bUA 
• No Country for Human Rights #AZERBAIJAN http://t.co/Jmf6wg8aOZ 
• Congolese doctor Denis Mukwege wins Sakharov top EU human rights prize http://t.co/HKB76H62Jw
• United Nations General Assembly elects 15 members to UN Human Rights Council: http://t.co/C6XquXAAGy 
• Gallantry and Glamour in a War Zone http://t.co/URP2CK6TrX 
• Jury to decide if Boiston bomber Tsarnaev friend was liar or high #US http://t.co/zMnpKPvuhX 
• The Crisis in Hong Kong: Can Comparative Law Help? http://t.co/nwRTgaxmQE 
• The Ongoing Debate: Wiretaps and Background Conversations #US http://t.co/9Ak6iotKcO 
• Disability hate crime convictions drop, says CPS http://t.co/lJYZ3BmjFx 
• MP Geraint Davies duped by 'quadriplegic' conman Alan Knight http://t.co/8Jkp9f8k6M 
• Co-op report criticises KPMG and regulator http://t.co/XQS7q9hs5v
• UK military 'made wrong calculations' on Afghanistan http://t.co/qFizDlnHjD 
• Code of practice for religious schools shelved http://t.co/wc9SEzc8RB
• How the world loved the swastika - until Hitler stole it http://t.co/Bz6NcJUp4o
• Police killer Harry Roberts is to be released from prison after more than 45 years http://t.co/5OjypVZFEO 
• QASA: time for some embarrassment http://t.co/rn0iyA1VgB v
• We abolished the Cab Rank Rule by Mistake http://t.co/l7DFKpV9cc
• Justice, justice on the wall, who is the biggest spender of all? http://t.co/ToP5EYaSBK
• Police under investigation for 'restraining man having epileptic seizure' who later died http://t.co/jkkrIGjTxw 
• America lawyer Bryan Stevenson speaks about identity and criminal justice, from South Africa to America http://t.co/KkCpfxz8JO 
• Minister of Justice László Trócsányi commemorates 1956 Revolution in Paris #HUNGARY http://t.co/zRoqIPgLJ2 
• The legal inquiry into Justice Lori Douglas must end #CANADA http://t.co/ojh5Tm5F9g 
• Nurse who killed mother on Christmas Eve 'too intoxicated' to have intent for murder - court hears #IRELAND http://t.co/w0zm7VNz9c 
• Rhyl man swindled children's charity out of thousands to pay for "final hurrah" http://t.co/EmuB8ydvIT 
• BBC licence fee: top barrister to look into decriminalisation of evasion http://t.co/hqU5JsxC8m 
• Estonian solicitor Margus Reiland joins Gloucestershire legal business BPE - for a month http://t.co/4Biw2ArdGh 
• NSW spent $2m fighting child sex claims ‘because solicitor had doubts’ #AUSTRALIA http://t.co/L2h31FocRI
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Huddersfield's Ridley & Hall appoint solicitor Helen Dandridge to its litigation department http://t.co/trcNXNzEfd 
• Companies can recover the costs of their in-house lawyers in legal proceedings http://t.co/Ok4nYchmEc
• War Crimes Tribunal censures IO, prosecution for using unreliable info sources #BANGLADESH http://t.co/wYo9eXvD8R 
• Alan Mahon elevated to Court of Appeal as seven judges named to fill key vacancies #IRELAND http://t.co/uwQ3marper 
• Chief Justice Mutunga answers Shollei on why he has not moved to Sh300 million Runda palatial house #KENYA http://t.co/ia7aWIcIcI
• Gladys Shollei calls Chief Justice Willy Mutunga a liar over remarks on his official residence #KENYA http://t.co/CDrAmzOsgg 
• Human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh stages protest outside Bar Association over ban from practice #IRAN http://t.co/dK6N9rHoFT 
• #EGYPT National Alliance Statement on Junta Abolition of Independence of the Judiciary http://t.co/eJNuunsxKl 
• Progress made in #CHINA on promoting judiciary reforms http://t.co/NRdRQ7jOzI 
• Man Suspected of Killing 7 Refuses to Answer Judge #US http://t.co/ZQ0wQrHsb1 
• Treasury Legislation Amendment (Repeal Day) Bill 2014 #AUSTRALIA http://t.co/94cQehhUv6 
• Charity regulator welcomes new funding and legislation to strengthen its powers http://t.co/duHiNSb1Zi 
• Welfare changes: government launches new push to break legislation stalemate #AUSTRALIA http://t.co/dHzT8WNHPl 
• ACLU vows lawsuit against PA legislation targeting offenders’ speech #US http://t.co/d42mnsYHGr 
• Coalition agrees to amendments to foreign fighters legislation #AUSTRALIA http://t.co/XfYEq1aK3G 
• It will take more than natural resources for Africa to rise http://t.co/7szHmKjByO 
• Ministry of Justice Initiative promises legal advice for those without lawyers in courts (family law & civil cases) http://t.co/M1JnuVRJIj 
• Local policing - have your say http://t.co/me06RW5zJ7
• Driverless vehicles: the uses and benefits http://t.co/KQtPICuSep 
• Additional measures in place overseas to help British Nationals who need a new or replacement passport http://t.co/UoIYPDCG94 
• Customers who need to buy vehicle tax can now use our Direct Debit scheme http://t.co/C4NmRCp5A6
• Small firms urged to take steps to combat cyber crime http://t.co/brU6km1ZFa 
• ICAEW authorises first non-ABS firm to carry out probate work | Legal Futures http://t.co/C60OVRSMbh 
• Complaints against other solicitors - legitimate reporting or cutting out the competition? Legal Futures http://t.co/FnlCyjcgZX 
• Falconer condemns Grayling’s “heart-breaking” comments on role of Lord Chancellor | Legal Futures http://t.co/K4fzJg8ZvB 
• Police failure to check foreign criminals 'costing millions' http://t.co/TwsWlvMcFu 
• Politics of poison turning Britain into a nasty country: Restore humanity in prisons against culture of fear http://t.co/Pqm4Wcg6RN
• Man hurls marbles at MPs in House of Commons security breach http://t.co/MmHJlrlPAI
• 'Arm British police' says US intelligence chairman http://t.co/PIq6Bavc1g 
• #US Debt campaigners tear up student loans http://t.co/O8IfEQpgAs 
• 'Fake' Chelsea footballer jailed for posing as Gael Kakuta http://t.co/2MGOQrVySJ 
• EU freedom of movement rules cannot be changed - Jean-Claude Juncker, incoming president of the European Commission http://t.co/6b7XSxiUqQ
• Controversy as Washington lawyer is appointed as ebola czar - The Global Legal Post http://t.co/Ib25hpuZuN 
• Missing #MEXICO students: Iguala mayor arrest ordered http://t.co/EO7t6uMc7T 
• EU in legal battle with Bulgaria over bank - The Global Legal Post http://t.co/jW54lrT6va 
• Controversy as Washington lawyer is appointed as ebola czar | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/jqj4jeX6J9 
• EU in legal battle with Bulgaria over bank | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/qzdGJt89Ca 
• EU hands out €94m in bank fines | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/6mUwe1g1zO 
• Freshfields highlights growth in Africa deals | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/OozLRutH6j 
• CEO of legal expenses insurer suspended | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/h9p73UGyOO 
• Bingham chief admits to rough spot | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/IfEBiK4sRB 
• KPMG makes ABS innovation in UK | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/miH4zC1pp6
• NY regulator raises questions over law firm security | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/5bK6Kvoogx 
• Nuremberg trials interpreter Siegfried Ramler: ‘The things we saw were shocking’ http://t.co/Wnbk4zatpy 
• Ched Evans refers to rape conviction as ‘act of infidelity’ http://t.co/jKWf5CADFu 
• How to prevent prison suicides as jails struggle with staff cuts http://t.co/0woiK2QuOg 
• Blackwater verdicts seen as watershed for accountability in war zones #US http://t.co/3eGydTJiWm

22nd October - Law News

1031st 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: Sentencing Council to focus on the effect on robbery victims in new guidance - A new sentencing guideline is being produced so judges hand down consistent and proportionate sentences for the variety of offenders who come before them. The draft guidance covers all robbery offences committed by adults as per section 8(1) of the Theft Act 1968. This includes street robbery, commercial robbery and home robberies. Full story - Solicitors Journal
 

Saturday Conversations

• Claimants in Mishcon court case granted sanction relief for missed deadline | The Lawyer http://t.co/CUKqMpRiAh
• One of London's biggest criminal Legal aid firms Mackesys in shock closure | Law Gazette http://t.co/98ekRARhHN 
• The Bengal Famine: How the British Raj engineered the worst genocide in human history for profit in #INDIA http://t.co/5hBSpIOgKn 
• English Heritage adds hundreds of sites to 'at risk register' http://t.co/zsa7ZAzslG 
• Gerry Adams says IRA 'let down' sex abuse victims http://t.co/jpAjVYEhXf 
• Abuse-risk children 'let down by Sheffield police' http://t.co/i6aSJ75QVE 
• Disabled inmates in Oscar Pistorius prison speak out against poor treatment #SOUTHAFRICA http://t.co/TdxCgc2dJy 
• BBC apologises over Michael Buerks comments on Ched Evans case http://t.co/NR7Tn6OyCE 
• David Cameron defends progress on bringing foreign criminals to justice http://t.co/Uv1YLnpkYj 
• BBC apologises over Michael Buerk’s comments on Ched Evans case http://t.co/4AXYTGTWNj 
• Chris Grayling ‘has no understanding of his role’ – former lord chancellor Falconer | Law Gazette http://t.co/eBmrqp5tRv 
• Legal challenge to Fiona Woolf chairing abuse inquiry | Law Gazette http://t.co/3RZf8MbanJ
• Former judge claims secret service agents planted child porn on computer memory stick to discredit him http://t.co/uELAe3RoFM 
• Domestic violence services had one call every 12 minutes, figures show #IRELAND http://t.co/MMZ51enLYJ 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Commercial and chancery barrister Shakil Najib joins No5 Chambers http://t.co/7hJMkhAVID 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Two solicitors join Thrings’ commercial property team as market recovery spurs growth http://t.co/p82LSA1b1D 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Coodes recruits top Truro solicitor Melanie Grose as mishandled inheritance claims triple http://t.co/wrwCXawGUK 
• When do motorists need a solicitor? http://t.co/tZXTsSy3Ai 
• Lisburn solicitor accused of sexually assaulting a woman is to go on trial in December http://t.co/OMPGZFBUc7 
• Andrew J Taylor Solicitors raided in July 2013, now charged with 14 counts of fraud by abuse of a position of trust http://t.co/YcTDZX2fNf 
• Judge J. Dan Pelletier doesn’t take kindly to lawyer Stacy Ehrisman-Mickle's newborn #US http://t.co/Jfj62gkoDo 
• Lewd emails lead to Belfast born Judge Seamus McCaffery suspension #US http://t.co/qGATcR6mNY 
• Senator Hagan Put Judge Up for Federal Appointment As Judge Ruled on Husband’s Million-Dollar Lawsuit #US http://t.co/VkZFKm0Pgp 
• Judge throws out $15M verdict against Newark schools in lawsuit by former teacher with MS #US http://t.co/RabJv8EkBq 
• Oscar Pistorius sentence: Judge Masipa might have shown mercy, but she has delivered perfect justice #SOUTHAFRICA http://t.co/cNpDHxOrHO 
• New legislation in British Columbia requires liquefied-natural-gas plants to meet emission standards #CANADA http://t.co/UM9dmQtBHW 
• #SWEDEN referred to Court of Justice over online gambling legislation http://t.co/0PxrzpKY99 
• Changes to existing legislation that would result from the Pensions Schemes Bill 2014 to 2015 http://t.co/Xb2kO5zvVF 
• Philadelphia City Council decide on bill to make assaults on LGBT people a hate crime #US http://t.co/nE0QKNQ2pm 
• EBA notifies breach of EU law to Bulgarian authorities http://t.co/cCzMLdL1yh 
• Civil Law vs. Sharia Law in #AUSTRIA http://t.co/W3LgF7oASZ
• EU Banking Watchdog Warns of Legal Breach by #BULGARIA http://t.co/JG6vE8cazP 
• The Legal Profession & Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 2007 (Membership of the Scottish Legal Complaints Commission) http://t.co/tS0FWKvPZM 
• Caterham F1 team face legal battle over cars with administrators http://t.co/7DBDFhOSIi 
• Legal highs fuelling growing levels of violence in British jails, annual prison report warns http://t.co/KmInkX3a5S 
• Rare victory for BP in Gulf of Mexico legal battles #US http://t.co/VOePnySXfw 
• Lufthansa strike declared legal as union warns of more action #GERMANY http://t.co/PQ3eMBj3AA 
• Military crackdown in #THAILAND is good for tourists AS it ensures safety, according to one top official http://t.co/v0Ms0q97gT 
• Rome’s Mayor Registers 16 Same-Sex Marriages Despite Law Banning Recognition #ITALY http://t.co/ubEI0gK8eC 
• UK should campaign for international ban on autonomous killer drones http://t.co/RDqFW97dxn 
• Gibraltar Betting & Gaming Association to launch a second legal challenge against the UK Gambling Commission http://t.co/c17npQBbxx 
• UK should campaign for international ban on autonomous killer drones http://t.co/7jwB7kKW0n 
• UK Police Exploits Loopholes in Law to Hack Mobile Phones http://t.co/okD0pwe4HT 
• Support is growing for altering Northern Ireland's strict abortion law, with seven out of 10 people backing changes http://t.co/DImeqqzNtj 
• Honorary degrees to eminent lawyer and acclaimed artist Sir Stephen Laws, KCB, QC http://t.co/x0VQsiEPh0 
• Delhi traffic police constable beaten up by lawyer #INDIA http://t.co/hexFPZtc8K 
• The Woman Fighting ISIS in Court: Lawyer Nitsana Darshan-Leitner #ISRAEL http://t.co/vY8L1pq7Hg 
• Lawyer filmed himself asking employee for sex 78 times in one hour #AUSTRALIA http://t.co/tiGnilYCpi 
• South #AUSTRALIA strengthening tough new legislative measures to crackdown on serious firearm offenders http://t.co/XKqKXIyX7P 
• Elderly woman takes on Airbnb and landlords for illegal bookings #US http://t.co/JjB2eLB1WK 
• Climate change: Europe's unfinished business http://t.co/9DERGLyBuj 
• Lack of child protection laws means abandoned and orphaned kids rely heavily on the care of strangers #MONGOLIA http://t.co/mhHjSmkRUX 
• Supreme Court rules son of Iranian-Canadian cannot sue Tehran after his mother allegedly tortured to death #CANADA http://t.co/4CnJlJoe1I 
• Capitalism's Suffocating Music: Corporate sponsors have turned every last place and personage into ads http://t.co/q9w7DY1xWU 
• Ben Bradlee, Washington Post Editor Who Directed Watergate Coverage, Dies at 93 http://t.co/Z4bE6W95Oy 
• New Freedoms in Tunisia Drive Support for ISIS http://t.co/MxJbKeW35F 
• #US States Ease Laws That Protected Poor Borrowers http://t.co/ZbiY8EeW6k 
• Military in #MEXICO tried to cover up murders of up to 15 people, report says http://t.co/hcrbdtQt3G 
• UK government has ‘blood on its hands’ over failure to track foreign criminals http://t.co/EpFLLD4LRs
• Drax to replace UK legal head after two-year gap | The Lawyer http://t.co/ZsqFZIol7i 
• Parabis cuts 24 claimant fee earner roles in Croydon | The Lawyer http://t.co/t5t4c9ciSN 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Linklaters' disputes chief takes on global, ex comm and London roles | The Lawyer http://t.co/VhD8h8GX1A 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Financial institutions’ appetite for contract lawyers sparks Simmons’ Adaptive | The Lawyer http://t.co/qQpDbzLRE1 
• IBA 2014: Right to be forgotten takes root in Japan | Law Gazette http://t.co/sL7Yr2tXhl 
• Landmark judgment on mesothelioma by UK Supreme Court | Law Gazette http://t.co/hCYket8IJU 
• Tales from the India Office - snapshots of British colonial days http://t.co/vU5yBIw735 
• How safe is mouldy food to eat? http://t.co/8v9quDmbSq
• Bali murder victim from UK killed on orders of wife, police say http://t.co/xLpqvWY8S3 
• Mike Read withdraws UKIP Calypso song http://t.co/JtQTXlzWt4 
• Legal challenge launched over abuse inquiry chair http://t.co/2fj1TMGpVA
• Breaking Bad dolls pulled from US toy store chain Toys R Us after petition http://t.co/gGpsGYhY65 
• Abuse inquiry head Fiona Woolf should resign, lawyer says http://t.co/2fj1TMGpVA 
• UK drones: Concern over increase in use http://t.co/vDxWR84jUJ 
• Django Unchained actress Daniele Watts faces lewd conduct charge #US http://t.co/kNhP6dRdnh 
• Terror suspect, 25 year old woman, held over Syria investigation http://t.co/PbXqQ0yfjF 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHC3kLR
• British man found dead with throat cut in Bali http://t.co/xLpqvWY8S3 
• Ministers have been criticised by the UK spending watchdog for failing to deport more foreign criminals http://t.co/XFPqcRYH9F 
• From poultry workers to office cleaners, unions are being attacked for sticking up for workers' rights | Van Badham http://t.co/3aUXnXMtQa 
• Foreign prisoner data shows that tough talk is still just talk http://t.co/RNW3OM2pZL 
• Environmentalists Eye Suing Corporations Over Damages from Climate Change https://t.co/yJmQuYDTi1 
• Credibility Crisis in Courts: Using the legal system to preserve power, not principle #CHINA http://t.co/PcqFXagmca 
• Attorney General Holder's Legacy: Shifting Terror Cases to the Civilian Courts, and Winning #US http://t.co/fwRBPEoK9j
• Hohfeldian Infinities: Why Not to Worry (notion of inalienable rights) | Visa AJ Kurki, Cambridge University http://t.co/NmTFFu1fT5
• Social Issues in Regional Trade Agreements: Labour, Environment & Human Rights | Lorand Bartels, Cambridge University http://t.co/x34J23KTxL
• Reality of British Constitution: H.L.A. Hart & What 'Officials' Really Think | David R. Howarth, Cambridge University http://t.co/YCyiZ39ssb 
• The Race to the Bottom Recalculated: Scoring Corporate Law Over Time | Brian R. Cheffins, University of Cambridge http://t.co/RRonWCNSD7 
• European Commission rejects BHA complaint on UK faith school employment laws in failure of justice and transparency https://t.co/7PEA7am7fa 
• Woman who stole nude photo of ex's new girlfriend is first person charged under #revenge porn laws' in Virginia, #US http://t.co/lBcr0cXbHY 
• UK to Implement Tough Laws Against Female Genital Mutilation in New Crime Bill http://t.co/67V7yt8Vpu
• Unannounced Police Visits to Legal UK Gun Owners Begin http://t.co/A8I0uH0jn5
• Guarantors to Face Legal Action if Bank Suspects Dont Show for Court in #AFGHANISTAN http://t.co/zThrwybTNO 
• Negative online reviews led to threats of legal action from targeted businesses #CANADA https://t.co/UatOB2dhk7 
• Dispute Over Legal Hackers Mark Highlights Why Descriptive Phrases Aren't Valid Trademarks http://t.co/gHvJIzTOoi 
• PwC Legal hires partner to boost growth in North http://t.co/PsB5RB1ktZ 
• Legal services clinic for the needy launched by law students at Tata Institute in #INDIA http://t.co/6RfApXSu8M 
• Sydney University professor of poetry Barry Spurr takes legal action to compel New Matilda to reveal source of emails http://t.co/rKZh1YQoHo
• Legal highs warning after Plymouth police inspector finds man unconscious in Union Street http://t.co/rCyEAxDkPF 
• #INDIA suspend all cricketing tours with West Indies and will take legal action http://t.co/6wFOp5lnSq 
• Subordinate judiciary in #INDIA to get e-vamp, Court info will be online by year end http://t.co/MZIn8nOjdn 
• Judiciary of #IRAN vows to harshly punish acid attackers of women in Esfahan http://t.co/oG3bmD9ebE 
• Blogger Alex Au’s articles ‘risked undermining confidence in judiciary’ of #SINGAPORE http://t.co/u5XBWSrN9n 
• Independence of the Judiciary in #EGYPT - Junta Decision to Refer 60 Judges to Disciplinary Board Null and Void http://t.co/Zx6CW90XxG 
• #IRELAND Equality Tribunal: refusal to allow Traveller Community to repose at a funeral home is direct discrimination http://t.co/4qWJAGwa5Z 
• Actor's union Equity preparing fresh case for actors in minimum wage row http://t.co/HRl1QUMBZB 
• Holding a trial without a jury addresses intimidation fears. But should the option now be scrapped? #IRELAND http://t.co/Rlb4g3jxqo 
• Planning tribunal judge Alan Mahon promoted in new round of judicial appointments #IRELAND http://t.co/G05HU2nBQJ 
• Military Tribunal in #EGYPT Ratifies Death Sentence of 7 Over Terrorism Charges http://t.co/1XxQ3ClaJi 
• Ebola, Human Rights and Health Discrimination http://t.co/HvDMI8oDTy
• The First Step: Ending the Use of Gay and Trans Panic Defenses http://t.co/J2TVFmpvOu 
• #LIBYA militant pleads not guilty to charges related to Benghazi attack http://t.co/xXkqF1Pz5m 
• #AUSTRALIA parliament lifts ban on facial coverings http://t.co/bBfWapdEpX 
• #BOLIVIA court confirms third term for President Morales http://t.co/eem2CaZJZn 
• Jury to deliberate as trial of Boston Marathon suspect's friend closes #US http://t.co/LJOcisn4Jo
• Intellectual property professional advice https://t.co/d0VQ5SYsZi 
• Campaign says no compromise in crackdown on benefit fraud https://t.co/SnmNqsVCMk 
• Child sexual abuse (Woolf Inquiry) https://t.co/d4ruCiD23G 
• Kincora Boys’ Home: HM Government co-operation with the Historical Institutional Abuse Inquiry https://t.co/FIuUsct9Yx 
• Triennial review of the British Transport Police Authority: part 2 https://t.co/w9dpW9de48 
• Independent Panel Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse: Panel members appointed https://t.co/XjpO6ClPBj 
• Terms of Reference for the Review of Television Licence https://t.co/EbC3TAY8BA 
• The Prime Minister welcomed British Hindus and Jains to a Downing Street reception to mark Diwali https://t.co/aCsg4vG58o 
• Tax avoidance demands top £250m https://t.co/JWuPNGKiqt
• New laws to support Good Samaritans move forward https://t.co/sF6LCyb6Bv 
• New funding and powers to tackle abuse in the charity sector https://t.co/r4xqWbWeqc 
• Backpage in spotlight after murder link as sex website face court test http://t.co/COLDxPBBn2 
• Oscar Pistorius jailed for five years but ‘short’ sentence fiercely criticised http://t.co/iUoXdSGO8A 
• Judge approves caesarean for mentally ill woman http://t.co/PbxXvFoUSn 
• #US ordered to explain withholding of Iraq and Afghanistan torture photos http://t.co/r36y62o5ZN 
• Pennsylvania restricts 'obscene celebrity' of convicts in new crime law #US http://t.co/WxzvukbcPx 
• David Cameron cracks down on use of charities to fund terrorist organisations http://t.co/EONQLamS5p 
• Direct access service partners with litigation funder to offer barristers upfront fees | Legal Futures http://t.co/dkaGmSTxxX 
• United Law becomes third Connect2Law hub to launch own brand | Legal Futures http://t.co/Ykl9Y0XEr2
• Community sentence proposed for low-level robbers http://t.co/okwKXFYOfn 
• Should muggers go to prison? http://t.co/MC6BXjSx0R 
• Dave Lee Travis suspended sentence backed by Attorney General http://t.co/Ronl1ePtd9 
• Author Janice Galloway expresses dismay after ex-lover walks free from court http://t.co/Li7cGEubK8 
• Prisoners launching 'one person riots', says watchdog http://t.co/FD7WUXNEOo 
• Fiona Woolf defends links with Leon Brittan over child sex abuse inquiry http://t.co/89pVkEFlIS
• Conman pretended to be quadriplegic for two years but was caught walking around Tesco http://t.co/ba5wT4qqAM 
• Man who raped student at knifepoint jailed for 21 years http://t.co/l5d3NVrrWJ 
• Rochdale taxi firm offers white drivers on request http://t.co/LHECywSuvN 
• Defamation cases up 23pc in UK | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/bAEFRAHOCe
• Globalaw in Managing Partner Forum first | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/Fuy6EU5PGP
• Chinese lawyers lower reform expectations | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/E74gxhMxfG 
• Dickstein Shapiro lawyers head for Manatt Phelps | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/b0Oto2V1iE 
• Health and employment lawyers advise on ebola | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/xlPeeMjmIj 
• Africa race continues with Orrick and Gide | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/DMqMy77CsC
• Akin Gump wins Bingham junior lawyers in London | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/YI24fHOKGR 
• Facebook sues DLA Piper | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/dPSpDUXTgJ 
• London hotel hammer attacks: Philip Spence guilty http://t.co/y9D0EV6jcF 
• Shrien Dewani trial: Wife 'wanted a divorce' http://t.co/sfB0gAGYNo 
• Russian investigators say criminal negligence" caused crash that resulted in the death of Total's chief executive http://t.co/NmQF7uaeC8 
• Oscar Pistorius begins jail sentence for Reeva Steenkamp death http://t.co/uW0FBTIeMJ 
• What about the pro-European Conservatives? http://t.co/aNdVXY5Ms2 
• UKIP's Nigel Farage defends Polish MEP joining European Parliament group http://t.co/QePRNbs025 
• #NORTHKOREA frees detained US citizen Jeffrey Fowle http://t.co/zvzFlA1ZnA
• Historical sex abuse inquiry head Fiona Woolf defends Lord Brittan links http://t.co/aXFdtidueQ 
• Top Gear: Argentine ambassador calls for apology http://t.co/RSN9LFu6zD 
• Thailand murder suspects of British tourists retract confessions http://t.co/2hDGWpCK6F