7th November - Law News

1047th 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: UK’s first ICC judge attacks proposed restructuring of international court. Sir Adrian Fulford, who served at ICC from 2003 to 2012, says changes could make court institutionally lopsided. Full story - Guardian Law

Saturday Conversations

• Marussia Formula 1 team have ceased trading and all staff will be made redundant, administrators FRP have announced http://t.co/8AgtglRluu
• Assisted dying is an act of kindness we all might need http://t.co/zvdakmpdA2 
• Actor Tom Ellis wins damages over Sunday Mirror's Tamzin Outhwaite claim http://t.co/nulxeKqj9X 
• Eleanor de Freitas’s death shows the CPS has a duty to make humane decisions http://t.co/ELhkz2HkPa 
• Daughter ‘would still be alive’ if CPS had not pursued charge of false rape http://t.co/mt7rtBK7aW 
• If America is going to reveal the truth about torture, Obama must end Gitmo’s cover-up court #US http://t.co/6KolEslFkI 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Mourant Ozannes and Ogier switch senior Jersey funds lawyers | The Lawyer http://t.co/uvcnWh46v8
• Blackstone silk rebuffed in bid to fight Singapore JR battle | The Lawyer http://t.co/KnLyhOKllc 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Davis Polk and Latham buckle up for $1bn Virgin America IPO | The Lawyer http://t.co/onPVoSiE3g
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Debevoise scores HSF Asia managing partner Johnson for Hong Kong | The Lawyer http://t.co/5GV1eDIdBi 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Al Tamimi's Husam Hourani - expansion beyond the Middle East on the horizon | The Lawyer http://t.co/bQD2bOiHxj 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Leigh Day force disclosure of breach of legal professional privilege by security services | The Lawyer http://t.co/bNQmozXc5c
• LAW FIRM NEWS: As senior partner vote closes at noon, Herbert Smith Freehills awaits a new leader | The Lawyer http://t.co/ZiNqkdZBlT 
• The battle against terrorism mean that we should accept some interception of lawyer-client messages? | Law Gazette http://t.co/rJdMKMAUl9 
• Huge raid to shut down 400-plus dark net sites http://t.co/C5ExBNfmem 
• Max Clifford loses appeal to cut assaults sentence http://t.co/I4L9i0gdKZ 
• Documents reveal GCHQ spies targeted lawyers | Law Gazette http://t.co/0HDxrLpb2n 
• Craig Holt, founder of legal services brand QualitySolicitors, has left the business | Law Gazette http://t.co/tnkPo1bNnw 
• Fixed fees needed for deafness claims, say insurers | Law Gazette http://t.co/OTAJUfVWTG 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHC3kLR
• 'Arbeit Macht Frei' Gate Stolen From Former Dachau Death Camp #GERMANY http://t.co/imd2qg6V7Z 
• Simple living President of #URUGUAY Jose Mujica gets $1m offer for his VW Beetle http://t.co/boeDE0T7Z9
• Gay marriage bans upheld in four #US states http://t.co/xdcBu2REFi
• More than 300 companies secured secret deals from #LUXEMBOURG to slash their tax bills http://t.co/Q422amWWLk 
• Republican win in #US Senate breathes life into patent legislation http://t.co/ustYA6QnKf
• Sinn Féin continues its Stand By Your Man policy… but will it sour public opinion? #IRELAND http://t.co/jXBNwt5kL2 
• Poll: Should businesses keep their religious beliefs separate from their work? #IRELAND http://t.co/HwqplqkFDK
• Supreme Court hears arguments on evidence destruction, shotgun possession #US http://t.co/SJspyTsBin 
• Illinois voters approve anti-discrimination voting amendment #US http://t.co/jevIisZzVw 
• UN committees outline states' obligations to end harmful practices against women and girls http://t.co/67LsUusAqM
• World's End murder trial: DNA linked to Angus Sinclair was recovered from tights and a bra http://t.co/1OAz1Wvn9k 
• Court will cast wide net for Boston bombing trial’s jury #US http://t.co/i1ELBAZGdI 
• Judiciary assures rejecting interferences in case of Journalist Bidaiwi’s murderer #IRAQ http://t.co/oYCiBlDbSh 
• Shrien Dewani #SOUTHAFRICA trial: CCTV video footage shows accused meeting convicted driver morning after killing http://t.co/yTD5QqehwA
• PDP kicks over assignment of E-11, Fayose’s case to same judge #NIGERIA http://t.co/1Cp4Swf9Sg 
• 3 arrested for selling Zunar’s book on Anwar at trial #MALAYSIA http://t.co/MFqIfbnfJq 
• Jamaat VS Judiciary? Islamist collaborators takes on the International War Crimes Tribunal #BANGLADESH http://t.co/YcEjoNu4zq 
• Three Quick Thoughts on the Election’s Implications for the Judiciary #US http://t.co/ia2D9d7NXp 
• Full scale of Plymouth's illegal tobacco trade revealed after £12,000 seizures http://t.co/qkp6vEvqEP http://t.co/OQ1RlOyMLg 
• Amazon timber from illegal loggers is heading to Rotterdam #NETHERLANDS http://t.co/8BZdrTlyum 
• Online conveyancing platform announces stamp duty integration http://t.co/pIwzZUoGI1 
• NC voters approved constitutional amendment giving criminal defendants option to waive right to trial by jury #US http://t.co/fhclj8mnYK 
• N Ireland Justice Minister David Ford has crowned three ‘Justice Champions’ for services to their community http://t.co/pAsLw2xBiH
• Speech by The Hon. Mr Justice Green: Advocacy in Peril? http://t.co/Ui0SnOZQWs
• Stormont's Justice Committee agree to hold an inquiry into public confidence in the criminal justice system http://t.co/yWmpmaZErR 
• Thalidomide drug scandal survivor battles for justice with East Kilbride MP http://t.co/n2eyOE7LLV 
• Families of murdered Bowraville children given renewed hopes of justice #AUSTRALIA http://t.co/sXODZLngbz 
• The Supreme Court has more fun than ought to be legal arguing about shrimpy grouper #US http://t.co/36kCGebJg6
• The Land Of Many Lawyers And Very Slow Justice #BRAZIL http://t.co/YzkJrSky3c 
• BPE Solicitors, which has Cheltenham and Stroud offices, promotes Scott Rowe to partner http://t.co/py2xWukum5 
• Second solicitor from Birmingham based AKZ Solicitors struck off http://t.co/JVxH6z927a 
• Mississauga real estate lawyer Rita Grewal vanishes into thin air – allegedly with $3.5 million #CANADA http://t.co/T9Dl4PF0j8 
• Scholarship beckons women to ACT bar #AUSTRALIA http://t.co/rzcdWVwBeD 
• Ian Bailey: Court hears police made death threat after murder arrest #IRELAND http://t.co/Q0zBhqKhEE 
• Barrister hire: Patrick O’Kane at Cordery | Law Gazette http://t.co/1ocn48Lg3h 
• UK Parliament clarifies that gendercide abortions are illegal http://t.co/1QtFn4EvM1 
• HMRC should settle all outstanding avoidance scheme disputes to bolster UK tax credibility, says expert http://t.co/ID58tQJcZM
• Guy Fawkes night’s oddest traditions are due to a 1606 law http://t.co/jucmMpgtnm 
• Grimsby based Wilkin Chapman Grange won national recognition for commitment to staff training and development http://t.co/6kAnZSXnut 
• Prime Minister considering lifting martial law in some areas within #THAILAND http://t.co/QgPrDMtUv2 
• Senior Legal Figures Urge UK to Support European Arrest Warrant System http://t.co/OOMwH2K6i4 
• alt.legal: All Your Profits Are Belong To Us http://t.co/66jxgZC7xZ 
• Five North East law firms have ranked highly in the recent Chambers UK 2015 report http://t.co/TzAiZyDHPZ 
• Tasmania drops mandatory prison sentences from anti-protest legislation #AUSTRALIA http://t.co/wGaWWghZXq
• If you've ever thought about speaking out against immigration, beware — you could become a lord http://t.co/0FnhfWdKGX 
• GCHQ can delete extremist content online all it wants, but it won't help defeat Isis http://t.co/xCvFa74sgf 
• Be it decriminalisation or the 'Nordic Model' — something needs to be done about prostitution http://t.co/OyaZ2hgoHK 
• Million Mask March protesters attack woman 'for having the wrong accent' http://t.co/iQSGdpyyO6 
• British police to arrest dealers after FBI sting on internet drugs baron http://t.co/1PgsyEo6Or 
• Liam Lyburd arrest: Teenager accused of planning gun and bomb attack on college http://t.co/lAqCBf8ypM 
• Control your gamekeepers or face prosecution, judge warns aristocrats http://t.co/KobJXTmlTz 
• Internet is becoming a 'dark and ungoverned space', says Met chief http://t.co/BJ3aaqUy8c
• Son of UK man killed by foreign doctor Daniel Ubani ordered to pay thousands of pounds for insulting him #GERMANY http://t.co/7lh7Qe00xB 
• Former BBC director sues Marks & Spencer after wrongful arrest for meat theft http://t.co/odXPBNJKQn 
• Nordic PMs warn David Cameron over EU immigration change http://t.co/wzVC3sHMiF 
• Drink-driving: Most drivers would be 'ashamed' to be caught http://t.co/ypD6gf9tN5 
• Home Depot hackers stole 53 million email addresses #US http://t.co/QeLIURozwM 
• The Apprentice Review: Ex-Slaughter and May man returns to scene of BCL triumph -- no one cares: http://t.co/Z2KGLKTMG8 
• Compensation Fund could pay the price after High Court buy-to-let ruling | Legal Futures http://t.co/WqEbvtSmA5 
• 'Irish alcoholism nature' reason for job rejection for #Irish teacher in #SOUTHKOREA http://t.co/L8gBKUa2p7 
• Gwent Police mistakenly spray 'hot chilli' at four-year-olds http://t.co/YwO2Z0O8KM 
• A report on the Bangladeshi migrants eking out a living in Rome, hiding from authorities #ITALY http://t.co/zOHxmI60F1 
• Officials & businessmen from #CHINA used a state trip by President Xi Jinping to smuggle ivory out of #TANZANIA http://t.co/TD6cUQL4nu 
• Supreme Court of #LIBYA rules elected parliament illegal http://t.co/WeOlwxEXHe 
• Clarification of the statutory scheme regulations for the price of branded medicines supplied to the NHS http://t.co/RT21bYr9Hs 
• Staffordshire company Ibstock Bricks (1996) Limited ordered to pay £33,621 for polluting local brook http://t.co/j72XNPI3Um 
• 7 foreign flagged ships under detention in the UK during September 2014 http://t.co/V0zG9Fzy5W 
• Department for Education and WWE urge pupils to banish bullying http://t.co/Bb5AAEBQi1 
• UK and Australia unite to tackle serious crime: Ministers sign agreement to share crime scene DNA http://t.co/rWhtXKWRaO 
• Flanders' Fields Memorial Garden opens http://t.co/Jog2Fen4TE 
• East Germany's trade in human beings http://t.co/dXXXIOPyxm 
• Inquiry paints damning portrait of the Marikana massacre #SOUTHAFRICA http://t.co/YbsJBFDEhs 
• UK should consider taking EU to court over £1.7bn bill, say senior Labour MPs http://t.co/XFPghUMQPl 
• Call for prosecutors to answer for trial of alleged rape victim who killed herself http://t.co/Y2tFGamx3N 
• Our addiction to criminalising human behaviour makes a mockery of private responsibility http://t.co/zlposvQsnd 
• Missouri officials refuse to issue same-sex marriage licenses despite ruling #US http://t.co/IBwJKPJF0D 
• PwC tax advice under spotlight after Luxembourg leaks | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/uZOQ2XLDPX 
• Akin Gump donates US$1.67m to US political parties | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/e3EsXJetir 
• Emissions challenges likely to be ineffective | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/oBcfpjWacQ 
• Lawyers hit back at golfer over US$3m suit | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/o6D0txXotm 
• Hong Kong lawyers explore virtual offices | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/OOtfZ4hF3z 
• 'Cannibal' killer found chewing woman's face in hotel room before he was tasered by police, in Blackwood, South Wales http://t.co/fqMNmS8wAM 
• Microsoft GC seeks talks over privacy invasions | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/jmyzKmqzme 
• Goldman Sachs bucks trend on legal costs | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/3SUPZWUItj
• Wilkie Farr opens 9th office in Houston | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/2n4F7paTPh 
• GC warns of rise in Twitter use by shareholder activists | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/BBuGzW8hDA
• A review of all activity in UK Law firms last week: The Sunday Law Review - 26th October to 1st November http://t.co/RIreXWXUSE      

6th November - Law News

1046th 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 ‘bonfire’ of legal education and training regulation set to continue. Regulator admits the cost of qualification now a significant barrier to the profession. The SRA is consulting on abolishing more requirements following a 'bonfire' of education and training regulations. Full story - Solicitors Journal

Saturday Conversations

• Legal Assistance in Scotland: Law Society of Scotland Discussion Paper http://t.co/Li5xhBCZ6W 
• Amanda Bynes' parents could lose full legal conservatorship http://t.co/pbCAwA6bqG 
• Bullying in universities: what are your legal rights? http://t.co/q7jCzj168w
• Exeter legal highs shop Wicked 'ceases trading' http://t.co/Ndjkg800y3 
• Britain needs the European Arrest Warrant, senior legal figures say http://t.co/rhWCKXOIOS 
• Drug money: How do pharma firms make such fat profits? http://t.co/4OOBMUv71U 
• British intelligence agencies MI5, MI6 and GCHQ 'spied on lawyers' http://t.co/BXWOV68iXl 
• 'Gay cake' row: Fr Tim Bartlett withdraws engagement with gay groups over cake case http://t.co/sdMEwXZzFT 
• I bought pot legally and it was weird #US http://t.co/C5FOkiLkgM 
• Malicious Software Campaign Targets Apple Users in #CHINA http://t.co/TRa2mykraA 
• Citing Volatility, Lawmakers in #LEBANON Vote to Extend Their Term http://t.co/GNSeXPNnen 
• Kuwaiti Fawzi al Odah, low-level prisoner, Released From Guantánamo Under New Review System #US http://t.co/DlbRderYVP 
• How to Create a Secure Password http://t.co/tUmsZlohNI 
• 20 years since introduction, banner ads have ruined appearance & usability of the web, perverted content & privacy http://t.co/HtT7DA3SFM 
• Royal Holloway to compete with UCL, LSE, Queen Mary and King's as it launches latest University of London LLB http://t.co/8z5R7ARn7S 
• Leeds Solicitor coughs up tens of thousands in internet dating blackmail honey trap: http://t.co/NdXUq0XZ0J 
• Gaza flotilla raid: No charges for #ISRAEL over Mavi Marmara by the International Criminal Court http://t.co/w9E3PjsgGG 
• The top 10 law fair freebies of 2014: http://t.co/f9R0HWDNmM 
• David Cameron faces backbench revolt over European arrest warrant http://t.co/7n1NYpQo6A
• #AZERBAIJAN is on a journey towards human rights, to which it is committed, Ambassador Tahir Taghizadeh http://t.co/iKfvrfQ7f5 
• Mentally ill people found chained by families and left to die after typhoon Haiyan #PHILIPPINES http://t.co/LQjc1YV4t1
• Intelligence agencies ‘may have abused access to lawyer-client documents’ http://t.co/fVh008ipHD 
• Criminal lawyers top overtime charts but private client solicitors boast best work-life balance | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/3ZNISpiWiK 
• Irwin Mitchell acquires Mayfair firm | Law Gazette http://t.co/MeaM0VYqBG 
• Jimmy Savile NHS hospital abuse inquiry widens http://t.co/0zBsMU8Q5V 
• 'Worst' bird of prey poisoner Allen Lambert given suspended sentence http://t.co/1NYZIuStcq
• LAW FIRM NEWS: McDermott Will & Emery names 33 new partners, three in London | The Lawyer http://t.co/QKdaDGsEhO 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: BLM launches new marine offering with Greenwoods team | The Lawyer http://t.co/OSERsUz5gD 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Linklaters relocates partner to launch Singapore disputes practice | The Lawyer http://t.co/6Jii21BPGm 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Stewarts appoints PwC lawyer as first tax litigation chief | The Lawyer http://t.co/YWndWZIS0L 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Largest African firm ENSafrica expands into Namibia with 11-partner merger | The Lawyer http://t.co/orGWJNSoOR 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Irwin Mitchell acquires Mayfair-based Berkeley Law | The Lawyer http://t.co/l228cOIvge 
• Labour party report recommends quotas for appointment of judges http://t.co/LeevtS8xXB 
• MPs urged to back readoption of European arrest warrant http://t.co/e2O1gcQzr2 
• The racist constitution of #AUSTRALIA is a stain on our country. Do we care enough to change it? http://t.co/m2VzQ4XW4K 
• Liberal Democrat justice minister says prison system is in crisis http://t.co/4j8kYkXAFK 
• Joseph #Kony is hiding out on #SUDAN border, report claims http://t.co/mJLKTwn8Jr 
• ICC rules out investigation into Israeli raid on Gaza-bound flotilla http://t.co/0CbIkB1c2k 
• How I did on Twitter this week: 38 New Followers, 23 Mentions, 25K Mention Reach. How'd your week go? via http://t.co/nzGZEUH4Kw 
• SRA’s changes to licensing MDPs: don’t believe the hype | Legal Futures http://t.co/fQg4pr17Uk 
• Supreme Court backs law firm in breach of trust dispute | Legal Futures http://t.co/pTaAuIpALM 
• Bogus law firm reports up by over 20%, with identity theft to the fore | Legal Futures http://t.co/vFy8DtK47c
• Quindell directors spend £2m on "undervalued" shares | Legal Futures http://t.co/m62YqVI3dX
• The imbalance of ethnic minority partners needs to be addressed. But how? | Law Gazette http://t.co/YbqUoUWnxB 
• Quotas and abolition of circuit in Labour’s judicial diversity plan | Law Gazette http://t.co/qJVV8fl5w5 
• Major report calls for quotas to increase diversity at top of judiciary – Litigation Futures http://t.co/LsY0A7gkNz
• AC/DC drummer Phil Rudd on #NEWZEALAND murder plot charge http://t.co/zDQdIImyip 
• Former Sunday Mirror journalist Graham Johnson admits intercepting voicemail messages in 2001 http://t.co/TFS58aS5VI 
• UK banks to face competition inquiry http://t.co/ZZZo21w3mp 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHC3kLR
• Future Bar Training? A Soft and Uncertain Launch http://t.co/KwepXLh6JI
• Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander calls for fuel price cut http://t.co/S6VwpKMqlZ
• New rail law to make it tough to claim compensation in cases of 'untoward' incidents #INDIA http://t.co/sAOLU75Fku 
• #ECUADOR Court Allows Indefinite Reelection of President Correa: ‘No Referendum Issue’ http://t.co/epcsi7cajB 
• National Green Tribunal issue notices to 15 hotels in Delhi for not constructing Rain Water Harvesting systems #INDIA http://t.co/0vDXukdogt 
• Tribunal hearing tackles Dairy Farmers of Ontario quota policies #CANADA http://t.co/UzJNrax7kX 
• Osun Tribunal Reads Riot Act Over False Information On Proceedings #NIGERIA http://t.co/hRMYIR8Oim 
• #THAILAND tourist murder suspects accuse police of torture: lawyer http://t.co/CnyZB9Cybh 
• Lawyers say if you never get sued, you're not a good doctor. The thought still horrifies me http://t.co/r2rJnWk6vx
• Gym-goers want to ban lawyer representing maverick Ebola nurse from workout equipment #US http://t.co/5bZsodpmXu 
• Women past and present haunt the men of Sinn Féin http://t.co/CNPqg2yGwO 
• Barrister's Fees from the DPP’s office can’t go any lower #IRELAND http://t.co/FvT3w96YpF 
• Tony Blair may be summonsed to appear before Commons inquiry into on the runs http://t.co/GmacB8qAzK 
• Top judges claim higher travel rates: Difference in expenses to same destination can be up to 30 per cent #IRELAND http://t.co/WswQZAhUOJ 
• Judges, experts debate military courts handling of Palestinian minors #ISRAEL http://t.co/SKTwExZ5re 
• “There is no credible alternative to the European arrest warrant”: Phillips, Schiemann, Edward, Jacobs and others http://t.co/5ElHQGQtef
• Writing new tribunal guides for GOV.UK http://t.co/7RVzLRQd1s http://t.co/Q5lE69UtRl 
• Bar Association opposes justices' proposal on judiciary #NIGERIA http://t.co/Ry0R9aYBjV 
• Bar Association set to meet with Governor Amaechi over collapse of Judiciary #NIGERIA http://t.co/tetk5sUDIY 
• Judiciary of #GEORGIA suspected of being used for political purposes according to US ambassador http://t.co/z6dEWlnDyQ 
• Transport Minister criticises judiciary on decisions putting environmental issues ahead of development #INDIA http://t.co/TaiohNNhi0 
• Few contested judiciary races end clean #US http://t.co/EgplJjuMEn 
• Row over Austria's Islam law http://t.co/CPKufyzDmn 
• Muslims fear changes to historic Islam law in #AUSTRIA http://t.co/9JJA1tcebo 
• New Online Gambling Legislation in #MEXICO "Weeks Away" http://t.co/JLG04Ha3nf 
• Outcry erupts after N.S. backs down on proposal to ban flavoured tobacco #CANADA http://t.co/4DTWnKuu6J 
• Senate passes controversial prostitution legislation C-36 #CANADA http://t.co/ii6H8vWh6j 
• Mark Martin elected chief justice of NC Supreme Court #US at http://t.co/dd7sSCjeWN 
• Convictions following racist attack against Roma ‘first step to justice’ #GREECE http://t.co/XBvKhPcdh4 
• Applications to be considered for appointment as Crown Solicitor for either Auckland or Manukau #NEWZEALAND http://t.co/xZeEfVM4gk 
• Law Interview: London Bitcoin Solicitor Selachii LLP talks about the Legal Issues Surrounding Bitcoin http://t.co/qDcmk3y8R5
• #US Solicitor General: #ISRAEL Has No Claim to Jerusalem, Just as #RUSSIA Has No Claim to Crimea http://t.co/UzNcyMbkEB 
• Derby solicitor says Medical Innovations bill could be threat to patient safety http://t.co/j7Hx6GlCTn 
• Sione Finau Sisifa appointed new Solicitor General at the Attorney General’s office in Nuku’alofa #TONGA http://t.co/RbvlREqwps 
• Sha Tin magistrate accused of sexual harassment for asking a femal barrister if she'd had her feet licked #CHINA http://t.co/mee3CR17hk 
• EU to appoint legal expert to investigate #KOSOVO mission http://t.co/Xv4tFdUSj5 
• Law clearing way for Massachusetts casinos survives repeal vote #US http://t.co/6P8lM3WaVj 
• Former Phones 4U Directors Face Legal Probe http://t.co/GAmaGl19ps 
• UK Charity Launches Campaign Challenging Restrictive Copyright Law http://t.co/pf3OpwU1ax 
• Stability and confidence returning to the legal sector http://t.co/f0MhUtSIPz 
• Copyright Training for Lecturers - Updated http://t.co/BIf5zMooTZ 
• Legal infrastructure, differentiated space and the spectacle of ‘lawful protest’: G20 Act 2013 #AUSTRALIA http://t.co/cnpaK1CGli 
• Actress Lena Dunham threatens legal action over molestation article http://t.co/7fWw7w12DU 
• Web of conceit: Should GCHQ be so worried about Isis's online bragging? http://t.co/LbElbuXnzy 
• Britain First hijacking the poppy is vile insult to military veterans & those who sacrificed their life for UK http://t.co/Ctn2O4seWG 
• After the debacle of the child abuse inquiry, Theresa May is turning to a new type of politics http://t.co/dNFX01WA14 
• American Hustle makers being sued for $1 million over Jennifer Lawrence microwave quote http://t.co/7xbWtCSB2U 
• The Dickens Dossier: Secret file on establishment paedophiles may be opened http://t.co/glkl2AUQnS 
• The American prison that became the birthplace of Isis #US http://t.co/RR5bhCoXrK 
• Rebekah Brooks in new email mystery: Police were not given email showing she signed off all payments, court told http://t.co/AW7cKT7JIx 
• Final checks on police station representatives’ data http://t.co/bOlEkBqQVM 
• Competition, the revised cartel offence and the CMA – a new landscape http://t.co/DjluRQIcC6 
• Insurance industry & government discuss ways grow cyber insurance market to improve cyber security for business https://t.co/7CNBndBQY8
• Government announces £2 million fund to help close gender pay gap http://t.co/zfQbSeWxdb 
• Carbon copy investment companies that failed to deliver are ordered into liquidation http://t.co/WUhvjoPKL7 
• African Union is launching an investigation into sex abuse allegations against its troops in #SOMALIA http://t.co/rDcYLQz8z4 
• #ROMANIA ex-prison chief who ran Ramnicu Sarat jail from 1956 to 1963, charged over deaths http://t.co/tGSUwP5dpQ 
• Neo-Nazis, nationalists and monarchists take to the streets amid anti-migrant angst #RUSSIA http://t.co/HICsMPuco2 
• Christian couple accused of desecrating Muslim holy book, then beaten and burned to death in Punjab village #PAKISTAN http://t.co/gCWUU2qtHx 
• Unhappy father must stop 'snide remarks' about ex-partner's lesbian lover, judge rules http://t.co/YYP1yq4hZJ 
• Mother allowed to change twin sons' surname over father's blogging http://t.co/uX3AHvO0sO 
• Christian bakery ordered to recant over Bert and Ernie gay marriage cake or face court http://t.co/S0YCpDAkAD 
• Britain aims to force Germany to hand over flight passenger lists http://t.co/lyXbZ099ra 
• Masked protestors fire fireworks at the Houses of Parliament http://t.co/oJMl1Yfmcb 
• Settlement expected with UK regulator for six banks | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/L4XDaPFHyj 
• Blow for foreign law firms from Qatari lawyers | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/lqvItNZdNb 
• Litigation lawyers have best prospects in US market | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/Bh4Yc26vmj 
• Hogan Lovells recruits for on-shoring venture | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/AmqymKEvyS 
• Baker & McKenzie ups quest for global business | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/eo2WnWVnHw 
• GC warns of rise in Twitter use by shareholder activists | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/AEBw4G71YB 
• TAGLaw announces Czech member | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/ZpsQpfHHSj 
• KWM wins Allens employment head | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/hexAEu7DHh 
• Libyan cadet in Bassingbourn claims 'poor treatment' http://t.co/LhGmipFAIc 
• Cuts in drug treatment funding and stop-and-search numbers http://t.co/8nEcmCtqAf 
• US supreme court justices mock fraud charges against man who threw fish overboard http://t.co/JNMvrijqKr 
• Don’t turn mothers who drink into criminals | Joanna Moorhead http://t.co/zaj5JAZNDu 
• PM says Libyan soldiers at Cambridgeshire barracks should not get asylum http://t.co/3O7mddkjBY 
• PositiveSingles STD dating site faces $16.5m penalty http://t.co/JYZdSscVU2 
• #UEFA President Platini backs 2022 winter World Cup in #QATAR http://t.co/NIrQMj9rrW 
• Shrien Dewani 'framed in botched kidnap by taxi driver' #SOUTHAFRICA http://t.co/8YyrkJDzv5
• A review of all activity in UK Law firms last week: The Sunday Law Review - 26th October to 1st November http://t.co/RIreXWXUSE      

5th November - Law News

1045th 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: Divorcing couples are increasingly seeking mediation themselves rather than through a solicitor, new figures have revealed. The National Family Mediation (NFM) service said the number of non-solicitor referred cases rose to 51% in the first half of this year. This was a significant increase on the same period in 2013, when 19% of referrals to mediators came from non-solicitor sources. In the first half of 2012 the figure was 9.6%. Full story - The Law Society Gazette

Saturday Conversations

• Bernie Ecclestone wins appeal court backing on £80m damages claim http://t.co/EH5Y8bmXM8 
• Why Unite’s victory on holiday pay really matters http://t.co/xIAlxKVXJv 
• ‘Strike off a thumb, 20 shillings’: digitised Textus Roffensis is a window on early British law http://t.co/3j9fSLP2pc 
• Overtime should count in holiday pay | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/98vRTmcIvR 
• SRA ‘bonfire’ of legal education and training regulation set to continue | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/k5fxXpCMQ0 
• UK a ‘safe haven’ for criminals without European Arrest Warrant | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/GhCV9ixbvB 
• SARAH Bill just ‘another Grayling gimmick’ | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/0RQ5U5yfX2 
• Scotland's legal aid system ‘not fit for purpose’ | Law Gazette http://t.co/HtpbrL2m7u 
• Brazilian footballer Adriano charged with drug links #BRAZIL http://t.co/itxv7caCV8 
• Would these five changes actually help cyclists? http://t.co/u6XgboLzku 
• SRA warns firms could be liable for imposters | Law Gazette http://t.co/FFYTts6dUH
• Sinn Féin minister urged to resign over alleged 'kangaroo court' rape case http://t.co/YDgkfzFVCy 
• #ISRAEL accused of war crimes during campaign in Gaza http://t.co/wnAix5fu9d 
• Statelessness is an evil that has been hidden for too long http://t.co/oVSle5cMPM 
• Foetal damage caused by alcohol ‘equivalent to attempted manslaughter’ http://t.co/Wcv67bhBpy 
• Two years of reforms have created a perfect storm for all firms. Take advantage of it | Law Gazette http://t.co/pMATChiDlx 
• PI lawyers are blamed for kids turning to drugs and crime | Law Gazette http://t.co/ZWde1KAbv2 
• Heroism bill survives Lords attack | Law Gazette http://t.co/IXtrb4Hs3O 
• Iceland general counsel quits for role at Sinclair Pharma | The Lawyer http://t.co/meFz6lcw1T
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Minster Law and Thompsons secure holiday payout for workers in EAT case | The Lawyer http://t.co/3ocj71qtno 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Dentons launches permanent Casablanca base with raid on UGGC | The Lawyer http://t.co/E9jhE3C6zp 
• Hovis to kick off panel process next year | The Lawyer http://t.co/1aCcs9476R 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Pinsents moots international real estate ambitions | The Lawyer http://t.co/eA4sE1iMNh 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Pinsents kicks off contested managing partner election | The Lawyer http://t.co/9vfWMteJV9 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Osborne Clarke elects Berg to replace Beswick as UK managing partner | The Lawyer http://t.co/OP6XvaMEBl 
• It's harder for black people to get concealed handgun licenses, voter ID laws may disenfranchise minorities #US http://t.co/KDfnLqPFVt 
• Recalling Anne Frank, as Icon and Human Being http://t.co/IXZllgfzQD 
• Plan for a Times Square in Mumbai Stirs Criticism #INDIA http://t.co/mov5dIXHkF 
• As Power of Terror Group Declines, Once-Feared Fighters Defect #SOMALIA http://t.co/DtYec6FuWY 
• Bradford's Hanson Academy sends home pupils in uniform dispute http://t.co/NKNiVXCyGF 
• New EU migrants add £5bn to UK, report says http://t.co/ziGrHb3zsM 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHC3kLR
• The gay people pushed to change their gender #IRAN http://t.co/v5DH7XEEVL 
• Government crackdown on mobile 'notspots' http://t.co/VTBYF88rPw
• Tory MP Stephen Phillips ducks out of Commons sessions due to £750k second job as barrister http://t.co/YDk2HqDIhs 
• Crown barrister 'amended affidavit which could have misled court', sex abuse royal commission hears #AUSTRALIA http://t.co/UfWMpjrFFS 
• Barrister left out of pocket after launching doomed appeal for client who was unfairly dismissed #AUSTRALIA http://t.co/jo3agtGnaK 
• The long, winding - and very expensive - road to practising at the Bar #IRELAND http://t.co/SNFVHRD6Pl 
• Lismore solicitor Steve Bolt from Bolt Findlay Solicitors wants reform of 'flawed' drug driving laws http://t.co/0npQ13abio 
• Phasing in new legislation | Law Gazette http://t.co/W0hQB7q0V6
• Solicitors’ liability and dishonest clients | Law Gazette http://t.co/Lzu0ytKEYS 
• Deputy solicitor general, Datuk Azailiza Mohd Ahad will be country’s 17th solicitor general #MALAYSIA http://t.co/DrTzDNBaLo 
• Maria Cahill says letter proves IRA carried out investigation of her rape allegations #IRELAND http://t.co/QYeMDGLCIO 
• Should I use an accountant or a solicitor to deal with probate? http://t.co/QIhahYjeUB 
• Pendle retired solicitor Christiana Buchanan given a Royal role of Deputy Lieutenant http://t.co/9uetTAPTZr
• 77 arrests in Paris after illegal rally into police brutality over death of 21-year-old turns violent #FRANCE http://t.co/IQ202Xpe6K 
• Supporters hope death of right-to-die advocate Brittany Maynard spurs legislative action #US http://t.co/DOgd28qNWQ 
• Ex-servicemen at risk of homelessness, expert warns; some veterans and families 'sleeping in cars' #AUSTRALIA http://t.co/SN1W5YwGg9
• Immigration debate 'toxic', #AUSTRALIA should take more refugees: report http://t.co/eX237fUXcQ 
• Concern in Tweed-Byron about indigenous land rights legislation #AUSTRALIA http://t.co/3frwPhIREj
• #KAZAKHSTAN Tightens Legislation Against Extremism http://t.co/vUiHEHSPdy 
• Road accidents killed 1.2 million in last decade; legislation to set sweeping safety measures #INDIA http://t.co/Q5PNv4ABey 
• Uber slams liability legislation as 'attack on innovation' #US http://t.co/TLugWKhq4z 
• Federal Judge Strikes Down HUD Rule on Housing Discrimination #US http://t.co/VQJSnXMTnW 
• The problem with judicial elections, Illinois Supreme Court edition #US http://t.co/TbiuxsOYkB 
• Several hundred magistrates in Democratic Republic of #CONGO began an "indefinite" strike over pay on Monday http://t.co/0N34XIOETs 
• Obama’s Best Chance To Influence Judiciary May Be Passing #US http://t.co/RoWaEABofC 
• Consultation, Transparency & Justice Top Priority: Chief Justice #SUDAN http://t.co/If59FxWkL0 
• Debt-ridden students turn to drug trial money http://t.co/8fStryL7vW
• Viktor Bout hires Ashcroft law firm in bid for new #US trial http://t.co/lNcV6pSfAS 
• Former UBS executive found not guilty in #US tax cheating trial http://t.co/zdtgbLCzaq http://t.co/lLsZIbgQRV 
• Shrien Dewani trial: Recap of updates from court as honeymoon murder case continues #SOUTH AFRICA http://t.co/VEK58q1YDj 
• The questionable trial of opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim in #MALAYSIA under archaic Sedition Act http://t.co/g3FwrXzh0R 
• Leeds mum jailed for blackmailing married solicitor she met on dating site http://t.co/8yha5Kswiu 
• Boston Scientific rushed faulty transvaginal mesh to market: lawyer #US http://t.co/fY0LoslPZd
• Dutch killer van der Sloot stabbed in prison, lawyer says #PERU http://t.co/zTwM822aJJ 
• Hillsborough jury shown CCTV of officer pulling young boy from crush outside Leppings Lane http://t.co/PDsf9tnbZ5 
• Texas Governor Intimidating Grand Jury, Prosecutor Claims #US http://t.co/UKzbXWgYXX 
• #ISRAEL parliament approves bill barring prisoner exchange http://t.co/NRmwbUfbGc 
• #THAILAND student sentenced for insulting king in Facebook post http://t.co/nDqLBjdUh1 
• #ARGENTINA judge asks Spain to extradite 20 Franco-era officials http://t.co/ZkljdZ1rvT 
• #BANGLADESH Supreme Court upholds death sentence for Islamist politician http://t.co/7qEwlFUJml 
• #SPAIN court suspends symbolic Catalonia independence vote http://t.co/uNABqqgvu4 
• New amendment requiring military authorities to videotape interrogations of Palestinian minors #ISRAEL http://t.co/0RpH1apEBO 
• Courts in #CHINA are selling seized assets on Alibaba's Taobao http://t.co/5N0yErtBlD 
• £7,000 of illegal cigarettes found after Eastbourne shops raided http://t.co/SKjwg33crm 
• National Theatre Wales performance tackles illegal immigration http://t.co/TJRb23ee2j 
• 13 year old Portsmouth girl scarred for life by illegal tattoo artist http://t.co/JCdQ9Q7qwi 
• William Hill's Manila centre under investigation over 'illegal gambling activities' #PHILIPPINES http://t.co/u0mREr4oQJ 
• Alberta Human Rights Tribunal Upholds Employer's Release in Alleged Discrimination Case #CANADA http://t.co/lNf7AnysNh 
• Mental Health Tribunal changes create distress and anxiety: Guardianship president #AUSTRALIA http://t.co/88IxEJsPBw 
• Unsuccessful tribunal claimants should pay costs for failed cases? http://t.co/CHVQizY5YS
• London Tax Tribunal to Evaluate UK Film Investment Vehicles http://t.co/7QaiJDVEcb 
• Australian Defence Force 4.5% pay deal is approved by tribunal #AUSTRALIA http://t.co/EjmGS40wnh 
• Enugu PDP Crisis: Call Governor Chime to order, Acting Chair begs Mua’zu #NIGERIA http://t.co/jca2y0HTRL 
• Solicitor Takes On New role as manager of Law Firm After MBA In UK http://t.co/nGC9ctIpPT 
• Solicitor slams Bolton-based police investigation into scrap metal thefts http://t.co/iymd7M7xay 
• Brian Dickey acting Auckland Crown Solicitor #NEWZEALAND http://t.co/AnIMY0GTZf 
• Judge cites Pink Floyd song in Crown Solicitor's office fraud case #AUSTRALIA http://t.co/FZpmdbcHHh 
• #US Justice Department Sues To Block National CineMedia-Screenvision Merger http://t.co/0Wu3ask0fZ 
• Arthritis 'wonder drug' left me seriously ill and fighting for justice http://t.co/aaco0mjAqr 
• New law in #ISRAEL limits Palestinian prisoner releases http://t.co/pijg16iz92
• Age UK Spalding wins award from law firm Ringrose Law http://t.co/5TcJYUpKzE 
• UK law students offer free, quick analysis on US election-law issues http://t.co/1AH8je5qhP 
• JP Morgan sets aside $6bn for legal costs after revealing #US forex probe http://t.co/ZztbjFmAOf 
• UK hotspots for sharks, dolphins and whales 'need legal protection' http://t.co/xLAmODS5bM 
• Big Law Firms Win 47% of Corporate Legal Spending, Analysis Finds #US http://t.co/4BESqjrb2E 
• Yorkshire’s legal sector ‘returns to solid growth’ http://t.co/euRZeYyWVJ 
• Feminist T-shirts made in ethical conditions, says Fawcett Society http://t.co/L24Q6LGeKv 
• Legal aid system overhaul needed says Law Society of Scotland http://t.co/rcyFM7YkJ7 
• More drink-drive offences warning ahead of new limits http://t.co/CMicq7usIC 
• Manchester Malmaison hotel's images condemned as sexist http://t.co/SsWAMZHIRc 
• Facebook's government user data requests up 24% http://t.co/iclC8c04As 
• Tower Hamlets Council 'culture of cronyism' criticised http://t.co/t5PWc463Xp 
• Hillsborough Inquests: Officer regrets calling fans 'animals' http://t.co/dl3bMeoJx5 
• Child mental health services 'unfit' http://t.co/RMIpMLB2Qr 
• Calais migrant crisis: UK police 'should help', says French Interior Minister http://t.co/FwsdwoUvK4 
• Law school chiefs warn on centralised assessment test for would-be solicitors | Legal Futures http://t.co/wtzEEkxPFc 
• “Nobody listens to the Law Society”, leading academic says | Legal Futures http://t.co/mFvsbMi2QR 
• Good drafting documents more important than SRA rules, say clients | Legal Futures http://t.co/6A2YoBrTgY
• It's time to move beyond ineffective drug criminalisation in the UK http://t.co/6jevPDSySj 
• Newcastle cat rescue centre looking for volunteers to cuddle kittens :) http://t.co/xO8vgpRN6I 
• Father 'cooked dinner for his daughter's rapist before torturing and killing him' #INDIA http://t.co/Hzh5A9lM58
• Ebola in Africa: This is how much of the continent is really affected http://t.co/vp2aYCqW1Y 
• Jimmy Mubenga death: G4S guards ‘ignored deportee’s cries’ before he died on airliner http://t.co/B2BXzY4oXM 
• Ninety-year-old man faces jail for giving food to homeless people & breaking new anti-homeless law #US http://t.co/jjqIzJI4X3
• Tinder CEO Sean Rad demoted in wake of explosive sexual harassment lawsuit http://t.co/yMSH8mICCE 
• UK Government welcomes final approval on Wrexham Prison in north Wales http://t.co/V0HS5fumpp 
• Insolvency practitioner sanctions as part of drive to improve transparency across the industry http://t.co/zI7WCUij5B 
• Taskforce to assess the possible impact of the Employment Appeal Tribunal ruling on holiday pay http://t.co/gFoEyv5wuA 
• Natalie Ceeney appointed as new HM Courts & Tribunals Service chief executive http://t.co/OECegdHRiL 
• Alleged mismanagement of public money by the mayoral administration in Tower Hamlets: Eric Pickles speech http://t.co/dkJdnLZOl2 
• 1st annual report on the Intellectual Property Office’s activities & contribution to innovation and growth http://t.co/P6aEqCqabL 
• Border officials seize cannabis worth £700,000 hidden in a flower truck http://t.co/JkteKSy97I 
• More than 200 prison keys lost across Britain http://t.co/GJalJs3sgr 
• SAS soldier who smuggled cannabis into UK for suffering ex-soldiers after Government failed them, court hears http://t.co/bxLTa7JNOE 
• Tech giants reject GCHQ boss Robert Hannigan's call for deal with government http://t.co/FgkCt61QVb 
• Mother in coma and newborn twins die after paramedics locked out of tower block http://t.co/7xmn6roACx 
• Walter Merricks appointed chair of new independent monitor for the press http://t.co/VqdS8UDvdr 
• Will Cornick sentence disproportionate, say youth justice campaigners http://t.co/Q0axE0U32W 
• #US Supreme court appears to favour whistleblower status for ex-air marshal http://t.co/RFzcfrO2MA 
• Protesting too much over tribunal ruling over holiday pay http://t.co/1E9Iolo0D8 
• ABSs "should have to commit to pro bono work" as part of licensing process | Legal Futures http://t.co/G4bFLcaiPb 
• ABSs "should have to commit to pro bono work" as part of licensing process | Legal Futures http://t.co/G4bFLcaiPb 
• Big CMCs face £40,000 hit as government names day for new complaints regime | Legal Futures http://t.co/z77v7lft6h 
• #AFGHANISTAN President Ashraf Ghani 'vows rape justice' http://t.co/eBYgnfr4mg 
• Bankrupt goalkeeper David James auctions football memorabilia http://t.co/mLHObIKUcj 
• Shadow Justice Secretary Sadiq Khan MP to 'co-operate' with any probe into phone claims http://t.co/wHVhY8S1sC 
• Libyan soldiers at Cambridgeshire barracks 'seek UK asylum' http://t.co/vXcGzHL2ow 
• EU Commission head Juncker attacks UK and Italian PMs http://t.co/6ET3VtLZMn 
• NFL star Adrian Peterson admits reckless assault on son #US http://t.co/qFPh2EM07C 
• Slater & Gordon takes on two more Australian firms | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/mOmhmE3HPR 
• Canadian lawyer missing - along with $3m from trust account | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/ErS2FUn2lA 
• BP ups attack on Gulf of Mexico administrator | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/Jpq9CW3NxM 
• Top 25 UK firm converts to ABS | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/NPvE7ymtWA 
• Osborne Clarke moves to build Asian network | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/UcjZx9nD9w 
• IBA issues human rights guidance to law firms | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/bjDVKgpP0K 
• Anti-doping lawyer predicts co-operation from Lance Armstrong | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/4rIKWIxLN7 
• White & Case to negotiate over Barclays dispute | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/Uxg7vQSnao
• A review of all activity in UK Law firms last week: The Sunday Law Review - 26th October to 1st November http://t.co/RIreXWXUSE     

4th November - Law News

1044th 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: Many of the 1,863 law firms e-mailed by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) last Thursday that their apparent lack of professional indemnity insurance (PII) meant they would have to move into a period of shut-down had cover after all, it emerged. The SRA blamed a range of factors for not having evidence of PII for the 2014/15 year for those firms. Full story - Legal Futures

Saturday Conversations

• Swiss banker Raoul Weil acquitted of conspiring to help American tax evaders http://t.co/bDYGARqQrk http://t.co/ugO8FCFwTe 
• Supreme Court of #INDIA Says Bollywood film industry's Ban On Female Makeup Artists Is Discrimination http://t.co/8qzwQnUYVX 
• Activist lawyer takes NSA surveillance case to federal appeals court #US http://t.co/hdnDjq85fo 
• Diversity quotas: would they be legal, would they make a difference?: http://t.co/Qmp3W0r15b 
• Everyday sexism: court mode of address guide implies all male judiciary http://t.co/zqaDZHJMhX
• A #US Prisoner Swap With #CUBA possible? http://t.co/i0nCnQ1wzW 
• Police Targeted Media With No-Fly Zone Over Ferguson, Tapes Show #US http://t.co/sx2qRgmpiG 
• Inquiry Faults #LIBERIA Force That Fired on Protesters http://t.co/QoAB0tqFom
• #US Supreme Court Weighs Status of Jerusalem for Passports http://t.co/wYQhKGcYxN 
• Should Voting Be a Constitutional Right? #US http://t.co/Cf8E1ONWdz 
• Newport 'slavery' victim Darrell Simester speaks of ordeal http://t.co/fTZWzDrGBl 
• Yaya Toure Twitter abuse investigated by police http://t.co/JoZ1ybAdBn 
• Pirate Bay co-founder 'TiAMO' arrested in #THAILAND http://t.co/bXcIx7i89Z 
• Cage fighter jailed for stabbing pregnant ex-girlfriend http://t.co/GKd5LQMJcp 
• #MEXICO missing case: Iguala Mayor Jose Luis Abarca held http://t.co/LrPyOEIh2L 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Ropes & Gray makes up four partners in London in 20-strong global promos round | The Lawyer http://t.co/UxMMbKbIKH 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Edwards Wildman set to make London redundancies as turbulence continues | The Lawyer http://t.co/eGTuHxuCSx 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Mayer Brown client UBS loses complex derivatives case in High Court | The Lawyer http://t.co/4t5qZrc18d 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Kennedys chief executive Guy Stobart steps down | The Lawyer http://t.co/QGrKB1wSEv 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Taylor Wessing launches diversity scheme to hit 25 per cent female partnership by 2018 | The Lawyer http://t.co/v8P8rofU3I 
• Solicitor mediation referrals plummet post-LASPO | Law Gazette http://t.co/zUzuAUQsWk 
• Law Society condemns strict liability tax offence | Law Gazette http://t.co/TUK6peFiOk 
• Regulator promises ‘flexible’ route to profession | Law Gazette http://t.co/LLrTFyagaj
• High-profile criminal cases expose inequality in #SOUTHAFRICA justice system http://t.co/Z4fUhLLqJu 
• Oscar Pistorius prosecutors appeal against ‘shockingly light’ jail term #SOUTHAFRICA http://t.co/ws5xF8D1x4 
• Holiday backpay ruling – what will it mean to you? http://t.co/RKKhUWObia 
• Coalition seeks to limit impact of holiday backpay ruling http://t.co/L46Iutag1B 
• Pistorius: Another vulnerable defendant goes to prison | Felicity Gerry QC http://t.co/FNBzxQB8ol 
• Courts service goes to private sector for new chief | Law Gazette http://t.co/1UUJssn61l 
• Lynne Featherstone MP takes Lib Dem Home Office job http://t.co/1y1FmY3ZNm
• Eurozone economic forecast cut by European Commission http://t.co/8g6PA3NMK5
• Sentence for Ann Maguires killer out of step with rest of western Europe http://t.co/lsft1SbaHf 
• UK’s first ICC judge attacks proposed restructuring of international court | Joshua Rozenberg http://t.co/cln96dQGXC 
• Overtime should count in holiday pay http://t.co/ycYYIHZfVA
• Workers have won a groundbreaking case at the Employment Appeal Tribunal to include overtime in holiday pay http://t.co/fynPE0i7Ld
• Holiday ruling could award 5m UK workers thousands in backpay http://t.co/Tb4sOPzYXE 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Mourant Ozannes hires Maples' Singapore head in Cayman push | The Lawyer http://t.co/gbYeXZN5nA 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: DLA Piper competition partner Pullen quits for Stephenson Harwood | The Lawyer http://t.co/xheL3kX5zg 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Pinsent Masons widens lead at head of Aim rankings with 60 clients | The Lawyer http://t.co/xPMnVCS8eR 
• Claims management complaints regime to begin in January | Law Gazette http://t.co/pA9Aq8AMMq 
• Labour backs legal apprenticeship scheme | Law Gazette http://t.co/jPHTsbM4WJ 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHC3kLR S
• Row over the Samaritans' Twitter app http://t.co/Rbjc7FhaGp 
• Libyan cadets sent home early after Cambridge sex assaults http://t.co/OX1MgRQqZg 
• European Arrest Warrant vote: MPs demand 35 motions http://t.co/Uz48Dhl5mz 
• GCHQ head says tech firms 'in denial' on terrorism http://t.co/BhukHWn6pd 
• JP Morgan faces US currency trading probe http://t.co/WqMjf5GV5T 
• Sir Nigel Knowles: A new way forward in the post-legal aid era | The Lawyer http://t.co/gQpysRvWx1
• Achieving IPSAS with sound legislation in #NIGERIA http://t.co/dHrZznOrpX 
• Disability group submits report to UN calling for legislation against forced sterilisation #AUSTRALIA http://t.co/3FPuzLP0AD 
• Electricity Appellate Tribunal rejects Adani Power plea on condoning delay #INDIA http://t.co/qRlT6SaJ8t 
• Director of Walsall firm escorted from premises in family dispute, tribunal hears http://t.co/OuhJj3NdvD 
• UN rights office condemns #SINGAPORE homosexuality ruling http://t.co/YRqhcrDil7 
• UN urges end of impunity for crimes against journalists http://t.co/u7Y8aePPrb 
• Whitby solicitor Paul Bastiman retires after 50 years service http://t.co/ouA2ivmFpc 
• Inns scholarship money wasted on 'expensive, unproductive' BPTC, says former Lord Chief Justice: http://t.co/qzBwwIliaD 
• The end of the training contract? Law school and firm combine to launch new 'articled apprenticeship' route: http://t.co/l3x6z3W2wi 
• Kanye WestLaw Twitter parody charts law student experience from perspective of gaffe-prone rapper: http://t.co/Mzg3LuuOsW 
• #NAMIBIA Supreme Court upholds coerced sterilisation verdict on HIV positive mothers http://t.co/5H5eHFjJfn 
• Honouring the dead by wearing a red poppy does not endorse war http://t.co/hIclusMBAW 
• Thousands of women in our country are living in sexual slavery - more must be done to help them http://t.co/lRU2GGaker 
• Vicious attack on British railway worker caught on CCTV http://t.co/YItp4kdYG7 
• 'Pink fairies' beat men in homophobic attack http://t.co/0MQrTU0Hw3 
• Terror suspect friends with Abu Hamza’s sons http://t.co/J0Mlhx1LpH 
• Poppy tin theft suspects identified an hour after public police appeal http://t.co/6IFvsNyu3T
• Bar Standards Board left with £100,000 bill after QASA costs ruling | Legal Futures http://t.co/hY8vTTBIGF 
• City boss stole £78k to pay school fees http://t.co/pDFN5MvUMh 
• Plebgate: Police watchdog will investigate three officers http://t.co/J1JORulDXn 
• Judge attacks Chris Grayling for failing to provide prisoners with healthy sex courses http://t.co/L7g7BCqPII 
• Lady in the Lake: New DNA could throw new light on crime, says family http://t.co/F2x7kt1Qb0 
• MPs to escape expenses investigations after paperwork destroyed by Parliament http://t.co/jVFCbk05er 
• Sperm deal children ‘irredeemably marred’ by four-parent feud http://t.co/O0odV3lbZz 
• Ghoncheh Ghavami’s defiance will not ruffle the realpolitik of #IRAN http://t.co/29pp7l72nF 
• Ann Maguire’s killer should never have been named http://t.co/K0EVEETlCK 
• No prospect of NYT journalist testifying at ex-CIA officer's trial, prosecutors say #US http://t.co/EvQvTKJTo5 
• Lawyers announce pro bono work is now 'more important than ever' | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/YbLBfFZu4Y 
• ‘Two-tier’ family justice system needs more government support | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/BYpni1bLz1 
• Law Society report shows solicitor commitment to pro bono work | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/CJ9IDT1vk8 
• Paper tax returns a no-no from November http://t.co/2DKdd8D9WY 
• Minister for Modern Slavery and Organised Crime, opening speech at the Third Arab Forum on Asset Recovery http://t.co/5oine3KDyC 
• Home Secretary's oral statement on child abuse inquiry http://t.co/TtsIDx9ctv 
• Crime news: tips to speed up advocates’ applications http://t.co/Ha5P21zY3t 
• Digital currencies: 5 reasons we’re calling for information http://t.co/bsTkZjoGyo 
• Bitcoin, Litecoin… How could digital currencies revolutionise the way we pay? http://t.co/7NAzCzkEy8 
• #IRAN activist Ghoncheh Ghavami 'on hunger strike' http://t.co/qayFOlv8fM
• Harvester sorry over Eastleigh disabled diner treatment http://t.co/ddqDUmM7CU 
• Liberal Democrat MP Norman Baker has resigned as a home office minister http://t.co/oGX879Bmwf 
• Animal law on agenda at Australian law faculties | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/6cT7KEpA6C 
• Guyana lawyers call for Attorney General to resign | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/ft2FSIXBMk 
• US faces prospect of legal deserts | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/AkhIi3yIhw 
• DWF cuts 26 staff from insurance team in Liverpool | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/vaazVgEvS9 
• Eversheds merges with Juridia in Finland | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/p9PF1i15vG 
• Korean tax service to strengthen response to law firms | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/0VfxGfCA3l 
• Orrick Herrington threatened with criminal proceeds by Ivory Coast bar | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/GgUbU4vYWH 
• Quinn Emanuel backs away from suit against Obama | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/SMQQFC2oNg 
• #NEWZEALAND auction house has decided to put two "fake forgeries" under the hammer http://t.co/PPG3M2RR6L 
• At least 24 migrants die as boat sinks in Black Sea near Istanbul #TURKEY http://t.co/xAMKdesoAJ 
• Suicide blast kills 23 in #NIGERIA, prison attack frees 144 http://t.co/mJzsg1tV8o 
• #MALAWI envoy snubs Robert Mugabe #ZIMBABWE 'dictatorship' http://t.co/iEGt9YPE3I 
• Woman sets herself on fire in central Sofia, #BULGARIA http://t.co/Lfyk7Be1Fn 
• Key challenges lie ahead for cloud TV http://t.co/X0SZ9jpEnx
• Human rights are on a knife edge in ##AZERBAIJAN and the UK must not walk away http://t.co/tC1SCc2kgA 
• Case of Sherlock Holmes copyright closes after US supreme court refuses appeal http://t.co/wRAu67l08R 
• Theresa May needs ‘non establishment’ chair for child abuse inquiry http://t.co/Fkr5cNn5Sr 
• Tobacco firms win legal right to challenge EU rules http://t.co/AHMvXLkNns 
• Facebook sets up 'dark web' link to access network via Tor http://t.co/L0ycDWrSyV 
• HSBC sets aside $378m in currency probe http://t.co/eorb78cRVr 
• Kennedys becomes ABS but no external investment planned | Law Gazette http://t.co/yhfHC6TvEK 
• DWF confirms 26 redundancies as claims decline | Law Gazette http://t.co/35AQgXv0Oi 
• Munby’s fury as aid denied in adoption fight | Law Gazette http://t.co/L5S6diYUwJ 
• A analysis and critique of Evgeni Pashukanis' #legaltheory #marx http://t.co/n9lEbTjFm6
• A review of all activity in UK Law firms last week: The Sunday Law Review - 26th October to 1st November http://t.co/RIreXWXUSE   

3rd November - Law News

1043rd 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: Peers unite to derail government plans to limit judicial review. The government has been urged to drop proposals to overhaul the judicial review process after a series of defeats in the House of Lords this week. Full story - New Law Journal

Saturday Conversations

• Cambridge Law Journal PhD Studentships: applications open http://t.co/ffUuIx0bk4 
• Students from University of Bedfordshire were given an interactive workshop by law giant Clifford Chance last week http://t.co/f1kIo3aj3O 
• UK Government's spam law proposal threatens 'fine stigma' http://t.co/IVLywWptc5 
• Drugs policy: End 'robotic rhetoric' says minister http://t.co/BIZGzMPGhT 
• Transplants: UK backing grows for soft opt-out option http://t.co/230qPR7j70 
• Ann Maguire murder: Boy jailed for life http://t.co/yCvl4LXVDr 
• Southwark Council launches 'super sewer' legal challenge http://t.co/OdsYJ4PEac 
• Gregg Allman dropped from Midnight Rider legal action http://t.co/j1IIVeS0Vi 
• Courts and banks in #CHINA to share defaulters information http://t.co/lh869jg1N0 
• Oz gov lets slip: telco metadata might be available to civil courts #AUSTRALIA http://t.co/qu3L6d6oeN 
• Blame copyright for WWI letters missing from UK museums this weekend http://t.co/cbQRTPKggO 
• Do UK Spies Get Bulk Access to NSA Data? http://t.co/u1tKBqxxZR 
• Global progress continues on oil, mining transparency laws http://t.co/xFX5aStAi0 
• English laws options 'due soon', says Hague http://t.co/7LYJmxUToM 
• Aid pledge for returning UK jihadists with ‘good intentions’ http://t.co/Tp8z5iO727 
• Changes to the UK Immigration Rules: amendments to Tier 2 category and Tier 1 categories affecting employers http://t.co/8ZItKowiPm
• Change at the top for Britain's spies http://t.co/BvcGX5I4Vy 
• Lord Barnett, creator of the Barnett formula for UK spending allocations, dies http://t.co/sCzJ4yVuSm 
• UK to seek immigration changes despite Angela Merkel EU 'warning' http://t.co/FNnHKMdcMI
• Home Secretary to outline child sex abuse inquiry details http://t.co/ZQSmyM4bsU 
• Virgin Galactic crash: Slowing device 'deployed early' http://t.co/e1oSNnxTyG 
• Modern slavery bill is ‘lost opportunity’, says human trafficking adviser http://t.co/o394uHdpnu 
• Oxford student union to run consent classes for LGBTQ students and couples http://t.co/TMxyooV3QK 
• In-house interview: Cambridge University Press GC William Bowes - A Profile | The Lawyer http://t.co/AyzmLAyi8p 
• UK lawyer Lucy Wayne reopens Myanmar firm after 12-year hiatus | The Lawyer http://t.co/xBWxMjQ5PT 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Kinstellar joins tiny band of international firms in Bulgaria as it launches in Sofia | The Lawyer http://t.co/tCi1J8Aj2b 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Eversheds eyes Nordic economies as it merges with Helsinki firm | The Lawyer http://t.co/EECheoenwx 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Osborne Clarke's latest frontier: can it make India work? | The Lawyer http://t.co/5J8RvHf6kW 
• Former Barclays lawyer Edwards takes on group general counsel role at Worldpay | The Lawyer http://t.co/b66ZDpyJUb 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Kennedys becomes latest top 50 firm to gain ABS licence | The Lawyer http://t.co/GKlat49d9f 
• Charlie Geffen: “I’d have loved Ashurst to do a US merger" | The Lawyer http://t.co/jSgSM8xgE9 
• Kennedys becomes second largest law firm to convert to ABS status | Legal Futures http://t.co/CuBIDmlKr6 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHC3kLR
• #ARGENTINA suspends P&G over tax claims http://t.co/MDnt4ENgMF 
• British man Rurik Jutting remanded in custody over Hong Kong murders http://t.co/QMKfoVBfWi 
• Germany 'would accept UK exit from EU' to protect migration rules http://t.co/MiUkumxp0t 
• £50m education scheme for low-income families in North Yorkshire trial http://t.co/lNtjJ7rOAn 
• Trial of Canley men accused of murder: Prosecution claim killing was a 'team effort' http://t.co/nh7bgsaNc1 
• #BAHRAIN activist Nabeel Rajab freed as trial adjourned http://t.co/UqTfEThSPj 
• NSW moves to ban Aboriginal land claims over beaches and coastal land labelled racist #AUSTRALIA http://t.co/anwTJbWF1a 
• The lawyer who rode into town after crossing #AUSTRALIA on horseback and won the Young Adventurer title http://t.co/bmIB7CBDLF 
• From gangs to the army, #ELSALVADOR 'lawyer for the dead' won't let killers escape justice http://t.co/KDeJzQCh20 
• High mining wages could affect safety, industrial lawyer warns #AUSTRALIA http://t.co/9pTfE60g0f 
• Rural areas face declining lawyer numbers #US http://t.co/J993i3WTNx 
• Five Illegal Job Interview Questions in the #US http://t.co/wt3e1LX5Fg 
• Uber ride-sharing would be illegal in ACT: government #AUSTRALIA http://t.co/0WMjH5PHuC 
• Missiles thrown at police at illegal Bristol rave http://t.co/vvKlquvzJZ 
• Posterior perfection: doctors warn of illegal implants http://t.co/0JjpHYGRY0 
• 100 packets of cigarettes and two kg of tobacco seized as part of a multi-agency operation in Huddersfield http://t.co/9DU1g08u5B 
• #INDIA to start destroying stockpile of illegal wildlife items http://t.co/GmfXkxDsPy 
• MPs poised to declare gender abortion illegal http://t.co/j3s8hp7SVI
• Key judgements on council benefit cuts http://t.co/IxvHAlmaEG 
• Human rights abusers in Franco-era #SPAIN could be tried in #ARGENTINA http://t.co/4igqAAvdod 
• London is an increasingly important hub for offshore law firms | Law Gazette http://t.co/fE20847yvS
• Some important IBA products | Law Gazette http://t.co/gSVOJvULOU 
• Offering women employees the opportunity to freeze their eggs could be viewed as discriminatory | Law Gazette http://t.co/A9yRI9b0GB 
• Taking a gamble – ‘cheating’ laws | Law Gazette http://t.co/0ckzHpwXLr 
• My legal life: Catherine Palmer, General counsel, Joseph Group | Law Gazette http://t.co/LtSB7hE9fR 
• Help for City disabled | Law Gazette http://t.co/vh446NhEJQ 
• Educate young on Magna Carta – Dyson | Law Gazette http://t.co/H0yzu2RMYt 
• PIL probe dropped | Law Gazette http://t.co/XNZ9AdCNrR
• App to allow digital signature on legal papers | Law Gazette http://t.co/I3NzVZif4d
• Pro bono up as solicitors fill legal aid void | Law Gazette http://t.co/K8buIKRIWO 
• SRA closes three South East law firms in two days | Legal Futures http://t.co/emmZmg2QhL 
• Price - is it the only game in town? | Legal Futures http://t.co/PWAmDX5hLK 
• Mass confusion over PII cover as SRA warns 1,863 firms that they are entering shut-down | Legal Futures http://t.co/zCmmmBD1rA 
• Taxpayers to receive summary detailing how takings are spent http://t.co/vBFJJBKiqO 
• Holiday pay case could open floodgates for backdated claims http://t.co/15wk5qn4o9 
• Family of girl who killed herself after arrest challenges detention policy http://t.co/3Cv8FYSJER 
• Panorama exposé on Mazher Mahmood delayed for legal reasons http://t.co/aCTYTqUqFB 
• Where is Jerusalem? How boy's passport case could affect US foreign policy http://t.co/XZMS7y2svs 
• Boris Johnson says ‘less fortunate’ countries have had not had benefit of colonial rule http://t.co/Znvf5z8hQO 
• Justice Raúl Zaffaroni, who submitted his resignation letter on Friday, in order to have a complete Court #ARGENTINA http://t.co/2ipVjXFAFv 
• Britain's nuclear heroes set for justice 60 years on after NINE parties back Sunday Mirror campaign http://t.co/iplQUcHsXK 
• If you have information on black money, share it with SIT: Justice Arijit Pasayat to the public #INDIA http://t.co/cfQcntp1Xf
• Library of Birmingham statue attacked by New Fathers For Justice protester http://t.co/Aa4EBdMYo1 
• Birmingham pub bombings survivor: ''We will never get justice.'' http://t.co/3LEqQZVqFO 
• #ROMANIA votes for new president under corruption cloud & fears of scaling back justice reforms http://t.co/AkozP2GG1k
• A review of all activity in UK Law firms last week: The Sunday Law Review - 26th October to 1st November http://t.co/RIreXWXUSE