20th January - Law News

1121th 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: Dramatic increases in court fees causing deep concern, say senior judges. Government faces criticism for increases of up to 600%, sparking fears of adverse affects on SMEs and litigants as well as driving work away from UK lawyers. Full story - Guardian Law

Saturday Conversations on Law

• This weekend's Saturday Law Interview featured Dr. Steven Vaughan, a former city solicitor and now a legal academic with expertise on the laws regarding the regulation of nanotechnology as well as the standard and quality of legal advice offered by corporate law firms: 'Regulating nanotechnology & the quality of corporate legal advice'.
• Oxford newsagents ditches plan to sell Charlie Hebdo after threats http://t.co/g17ICKU2E0 
• Child abuse inquiry struggles to get off ground despite Theresa may reassurances http://t.co/rMxRHJHTMQ 
• Could the UK scrap MPs and let everyone vote on laws? Would Athenian-style democracy work in the UK today? http://t.co/A0xxbOuFuH 
• Schools suspend staff in child protection confusion http://t.co/bCOrYWzIZD 
• Cardiff hotel murder suspect Sammy Almahri found http://t.co/F4wRhwRoiL 
• Stepping Hill murders accused nurse 'poisoned at random' http://t.co/JpcAc5BSId 
• British Jihadist who faked death admits terror offences http://t.co/S59pJRRWOx 
• #US Supreme court rejects retailers' attempt to cut bank fees on debit cards http://t.co/1SM4GFnSbG 
• Bahraini activist sentenced to six months in prison for ‘offensive tweet’ #BAHRAIN http://t.co/NhkUSiKj7l 
• Lawyers team up with journalists over RIPA proposals | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/RiBkvx91Mw 
• TV drama Broadchurch critised by lawyers after an 'unrealistic' courtroom scene | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/Oyo6wA38BV 
• Legal profession waits to see if fair trials will be relegated to the dustbin of history | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/CgmV2hzImN 
• You might want to avoid White & Case's canteen: http://t.co/ivKaLURW2E 
• City law firm finally realises that trainees don’t know what ‘commercial awareness’ is: http://t.co/fxG9EocxU9 
• King's College ditches plan to rebrand as 'King's London': http://t.co/fMtFvLCygt 
• Someone has done a poo on the floor of Westminster Magistrates Court: http://t.co/si9PVnzqVe 
• Inner Temple claims to have the best male talent: http://t.co/Cx78eH0GEk 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Linklaters targets Mandarin speakers for China/London training contract | The Lawyer http://t.co/7fQflYRmoR
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Irwin Mitchell's former London head of corporate leaves for Fox Williams | The Lawyer http://t.co/yCiybOPA8W 
• Forces claims not subject to fees regime | Law Gazette http://t.co/3IRoHt2MQU 
• Interim chief legal ombudsman installed | Law Gazette http://t.co/Qwtg33vmV8
• How Page Three fell out of step with the times http://t.co/pj7IxDhyBl
• Judges are quick to slash down bills, but we still don’t know what proportionality really means | Law Gazette http://t.co/t9Ygrl8z0y 
• Judgment reserved on criminal legal aid reforms | Law Gazette http://t.co/sj4Bb76c9s
• Shakespear of Arabia http://t.co/lT6qkbEqBQ 
• Pembrokeshire council to reveal luxury car costs http://t.co/8GBcN5VOKY 
• Worcestershire hospitals in U-turn on banned whistleblower paramedic http://t.co/AGl2IhKo68
• Fred Talbot trial: Ex-TV weatherman 'was sex abuse chancer' http://t.co/KucchZidz8
• UK government 'most transparent' in the world http://t.co/mvQ9EfHauq 
• Labour's mansion tax plans 'crude' warns Mandelson http://t.co/ejAaiNCQvY 
• Savers getting raw deal from big banks, says FCA http://t.co/eDRu6qdK9x
• MPs urge action on milk price cuts http://t.co/9ynH0J8zY4 
• Gordon Ramsay loses court battle over London pub http://t.co/ZgMvAFLne9 
• Sun newspaper drops Page Three topless pictures - Times http://t.co/VmXJy787Yl 
• The Jew who got a job offer from the Nazis http://t.co/X8Fa2Qxnv3 
• Are most victims of terrorism Muslim? http://t.co/XkvdlXUlkK
• Judge rejects negligence ‘cover-up’ claim | Law Gazette http://t.co/x3DOj9g5na
• Professions in joint call for surveillance law reform | Law Gazette http://t.co/w0Q9OSgtlQ 
• Big fall in firms not renewing PII | Law Gazette http://t.co/Jd4dZNJJxh 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHCU8a3
• Manus Island protest: Asylum seekers forcibly removed from Delta Compound #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/QF9kj0iEae
• Prime Minister Tony Abbott describes Bali Nine pair as ‘well and truly reformed characters’#AUSTRALIA https://t.co/ctOBn2M8S2 
• Man sues for 'negligence' over allegedly faulty heart device #IRELAND https://t.co/88CoPL9Wli 
• Teacher wins discrimination case after nun asked 'what about the homos?' #IRELAND https://t.co/5lPxnh4QWd 
• Garda who was kicked and punched while making arrest awarded €156k #IRELAND https://t.co/k326jmvsgV 
• Inside the al-Jawiya prison in #LIBYA https://t.co/p7KQiOvVfp 
• The Aboriginal People in #AUSTRALIA and language extinction https://t.co/SHRxgUJovT 
• 'This is daily life' in Shatila refugee camp #LEBANON https://t.co/064KBfOjAp 
• A free speech and religion debate in #BELGIUM https://t.co/IHlxYeGCFU 
• Trying to end gang bloodshed in #ELSALVADOR https://t.co/rYcFKbGaMj 
• Sri Lankan Bar Association calls for chief justice to resign over elections | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/jIUhTuDDv7 
• NI judge on the tail of Snoop Dogg | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/uJ8cQRp3uB 
• Canadian firms plan diversification after Heenan Blaikie lesson | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/zNHTVY4jVc 
• MEPs denounce surveillance of lawyer-client communications | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/LwsSf0v1QE
• US law firm mergers decline in 2014 | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/Za9QHr9jCx 
• EY starts Swedish desk with team of six in Stockholm | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/h3m3paMoeX
• CC forced into terrorism debate by trainee's YouTube talk | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/Ddi8Fd9kMX 
• Greenberg Traurig expands Mexican operation | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/o0Ll7mK5hS 
• Are you seeing your law firm as a brand? https://t.co/1ervTmSq4d 
• International networks: why branding matters | The Lawyer http://t.co/BtPsDVhsBE 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: CC appoints global innovation chief as Layton ushers in ‘a decade of massive change’ | The Lawyer http://t.co/ArvwOi6KEx
• Child abuse victims have greatest need for support services in adult life http://t.co/SdoZ0PB9Ca 
• Living with terror: Security or privacy - do we have to choose? http://t.co/PoXg8FT28P 
• Former Dragon and David Cameron business adviser arrested on suspicion of raping a 13-year-old girl http://t.co/K6ga54SIyB 
• Saudi Muslim leader says he wants to sue Charlie Hebdo and has lawyers 'studying French laws' #SAUDIARABIA http://t.co/txOMrhiD7z 
• 'Islam must die' and swastikas daubed on University of Birmingham and nearby mosque http://t.co/hpizsKuCfM 
• The TV show where 'bombers' meet their victims #IRAQ http://t.co/fdZ7UvSgqz 
• Simon de Montfort: The turning point for democracy that gets overlooked http://t.co/gJhkHHbaNZ 
• Why extreme inequality hurts the rich http://t.co/xpSiNO5NhT 
• Big fall in firms heading for closure after failing to find indemnity insurance | Legal Futures http://t.co/mq2yeIsLCv 
• MI5 bars tattooed job applicants http://t.co/uue1MtOwxw 
• Prince Andrew may make first public statement on sex allegations http://t.co/vOiVo0SA6E 
• Rape victims will be warned of defence lawyer tactics under new guidelines http://t.co/RqOLzRjV01 
• Top law firm employee's video diatribe against 'apologetic' Muslims in wake of Charlie Hebdo attack http://t.co/geKsp6wq2o 
• Burglars stepped over dead body as they stole flat screen TV http://t.co/DtFx3PH4uN 
• Judge orders father to take his children to church http://t.co/XZmfgrBBjf 
• The CPS wants to stack the deck against the defence http://t.co/oV5LrQiBSz 
• Theresa May's Home Office released 151 foreign criminals without even trying to deport them http://t.co/6STfu1kCBs 
• In-house lawyers complain about firms failing to offer pricing options | Legal Futures http://t.co/I0wQoXpvfq
• Patent nonsense of big pharma costs lives http://t.co/PhPamAKN59 
• Attempt to ban performing artist’s abuse memoir ‘threatens free speech’ http://t.co/fr8clCfn0b 
• Alan Rusbridger: Home Office must not remove right to protect sources http://t.co/Xh7sgfuj7H
• Sikh solicitor wins religious discrimination claim over turban search | Legal Futures http://t.co/XoaciDEYFL
• Quindell deputy chairman resigns post at Financial Reporting Council | Legal Futures http://t.co/8ZA2rVgnf3 
• No More Page Three hails 'historic moment' amid reports tabloid newspaper has dropped topless models https://t.co/CmLpBgrabU 
• Charlie Hebdo: #NIGER protesters torched 45 churches - police http://t.co/18sUUfO3aJ

19th January - Law News

1120th 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: New CILEx chief executive Mandie Lavin has called for collaboration within the legal profession at large to work together in the public interest. In her inaugural statement, Lavin pledged support for affordable access to justice, and said the profession faced a “unique moment” with so many new leaders taking post, and should make the most of it to “think creatively” on how best to serve the public. Lavin also promised help for the new chartered legal executive-run law firms, which are due to launch this year.  Full story - New Law Journal

Saturday Conversations on Law

• This weekend's Saturday Law Interview featured Dr. Steven Vaughan, a former city solicitor and now a legal academic with expertise on the laws regarding the regulation of nanotechnology as well as the standard and quality of legal advice offered by corporate law firms: 'Regulating nanotechnology & the quality of corporate legal advice'.
• Top economist questioned by police over claims of attack on prostitute after smoking crack http://t.co/RjNFQdhau0 
• Former head of UK spy agency MI5 has warned that British terror laws are not fit for purpose https://t.co/fKnkaMDl10 
• UK government criticised for trying to rush new Electronic Communications Code into law http://t.co/Ioxigpnef7 
• Martin Luther King's Family Builds Its Own Legacy Of Legal Battles https://t.co/NEwOMmXfSm 
• Technicolor faces legal battle over vote manipulation allegations #US https://t.co/eB54vax7rP 
• German official seeks legal action against inclusion on anti-Semitism list #GERMANY https://t.co/1w3fHnvtN8 
• Scotland is losing the war against deadly legal highs, says top cop https://t.co/WQ31DxRTh3
• University Of Virginia Legal Costs Mount After Discredited Rape Story #US https://t.co/KUAeSTvBFg 
• Magistrates in new legal aid warning to Grayling as survey shows growing fears over justice system https://t.co/hLwNl69OU5
• Mold Tesco attack: Court case delayed after lawyer mix up http://t.co/pc4vAZwP7K 
• No5 Chambers' barrister Nageena Khalique to become a QC http://t.co/mypvaRUhQd
• Prosecutor who accused #ARGENTINA President Cristina Fernández of Iranian bomb cover-up found dead https://t.co/UAvpD7SKmk 
• Coronation Street drops 25-year-old actress who claimed to be 19 http://t.co/mEeUCjyGIL 
• Birmingham City FC owners alert police over missing £2.5m http://t.co/JtjMbSlkpn 
• Five-year-old was billed for failing to attend a friend's birthday party - resulting in threats of legal action http://t.co/uL87l1OivX
• Did King John actually 'sign' Magna Carta? http://t.co/2kHVw4sgPo
• Doctor 'performed FGM on new mother in hospital' http://t.co/3MQjAkweFS 
• 7/7 widow Louise Gray jailed for stealing son's compensation http://t.co/tuztWFhESo 
• Police staff walkout called off http://t.co/IOToHdbGHO
• Gary Glitter trial: Singer 'crept into schoolgirl's bed' http://t.co/61pc4rgX85 
• ‘Tax on justice’ could put small enterprises out of business | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/YulhvGn5xC 
• Global Law Summit in risk of hijack by lawyers | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/OVbudi3dRZ 
• Top judges express ‘deep concerns’ over fees proposal | Law Gazette http://t.co/3TMIOP2VtB
• SRA probes hundreds of firms over non-renewal | Law Gazette http://t.co/Voe2xHS2N6
• Serious Fraud Office drops investigation into HP-Autonomy deal http://t.co/9oM0Yms5wa
• FGM suspects appear in court in UK’s first genital mutilation trial http://t.co/RAs5iUWCxz 
• Drivers: hooked on speed – and shameless with it http://t.co/VvqdmQ7EcF 
• Witnesses to be warned of questions under DPP plans | Law Gazette http://t.co/w2b9oJ0MS5
• UK teen arrested in connection with Christmas Day attacks on Xbox and PlayStaton https://t.co/uBDfAN9sLS? https://t.co/Y1HreirPO3 
• We need to enshrine children’s rights in law http://t.co/a4ruDpZtGf
• Whewell Professorship of International Law at Cambridge University https://t.co/RmVzBWYdK7 
• Harvard Law professor 'My fight will clear Prince Andrew's name' http://t.co/MaXDz4T52H 
• IDF legal division head, Justice Shoham reject pressure over war crimes probe #IRELAND https://t.co/xHQgtEBIFh 
• Second legal watchdog says judges' refusal to support register of interests looks suspicious https://t.co/O6w1FmriIZ 
• #MADAGASCAR PM sworn in despite pending legal challenge https://t.co/dMA5PmuTPa 
• Former Kincora residents launch legal proceedings against Theresa Villiers https://t.co/1DiLTxOnmc 
• Art Rooney rattles the legal sword at Kroenke over Rams move #US https://t.co/AlSNzVd763 
• SeaWorld Trainers Still Riding Orcas Despite Legal Ruling #US https://t.co/mD42mZVwra 
• Likud video featuring kids portraying political rivals operating in legal grey area #ISRAEL https://t.co/8eh2Pr1jPO
• BP faces never ending legal battle for Deepwater disaster https://t.co/xmEWbZLsyh
• On-call solicitor plan adopted with ‘cavalier disregard for fairness’ http://t.co/7oOm7kxw2B 
• Lawyer-client confidentiality could come under renewed threat following Charlie Hebdo attacks | Law Gazette http://t.co/kNetFof7nv 
• Top judges express ‘deep concerns’ at fees proposal | Law Gazette http://t.co/cWeUjRbVt7 
• Should you lose your job for online hate? http://t.co/cutzGJq8HI 
• PM David Cameron defends letter to Islamic leaders http://t.co/agtxDfAm4e
• Australian litigation funder Bentham Europe plans more mass claims against big UK firms http://t.co/mPu5Gp5Dwx
• Pretty radical: a young woman's journey into the heart of far right in #POLAND http://t.co/qYXZquVOi0 
• DPP proposes new guidelines to help victims and witnesses in court http://t.co/exJjyOG2xH 
• EU to challenge court ruling to remove Hamas from terror list http://t.co/3mMELd3VHh 
• The top 20 cases of 2015: global disputes in the English courts | The Lawyer http://t.co/1K97AYWbNd 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Pannone Corporate to take up residence in iconic local chapel | The Lawyer http://t.co/vDeKHOLrOU 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: De Brauw notary team splits away as Dutch boutique trend gains momentum | The Lawyer http://t.co/DCG5lA2opj 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Norton Rose Fulbright continues to shuffle global energy team with Singapore relocation | The Lawyer http://t.co/DPZqUxOPI0 
• The in-house interview: Hovis GC Helen Selby - A Profile | The Lawyer http://t.co/t2IFPOT7Lr 
• Profile: Cris McCurley - Known for Working with BME victims of domestic violence and modern slavery | Law Gazette http://t.co/gX9iZPNCs9 
• We must not allow the Paris atrocities to ignite a bonfire of our liberties | Law Gazette http://t.co/5qZ14rKbOX 
• Equality & difference: heterosexual couple may struggle in their attempt to register as civil partners | Law Gazette http://t.co/K2w4aNZuRv 
• New IBA president named | Law Gazette http://t.co/GApfIbIRLc 
• Lagging behind with tax returns | Law Gazette http://t.co/G3cEduQFFl
• Online JAC to ease solicitor applications | Law Gazette http://t.co/bWgUY6CibO 
• Lawyers and MPs round on ‘absurd’ JR reforms | Law Gazette http://t.co/HHvsHQy8CQ 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHCU8a3
• Lawyer-matching service targets tech start-ups | Legal Futures http://t.co/wYh7nUqUQO 
• High Court enforcement officers and niche property firm become latest ABSs | Legal Futures http://t.co/d85U5ukmy4 
• MoJ confirms new levy charge for court claims | Law Gazette http://t.co/xEiv043Cfq 
• Criminal legal aid information 'not perfect but sufficient' - MoJ | Law Gazette http://t.co/DeteqhRR2j 
• Cab rank rule still a 'cardinal principle' - minister | Law Gazette http://t.co/leY6A8Qb7D 
• Too many of Scotland’s women end up in jail – and that’s bad news for us all | Jim Murphy http://t.co/8iji2E41fr 
• Australian litigation funder plans more mass claims against big UK firms http://t.co/Yhw2xXGwJJ 
• Arrest after Rangers fans protest at Ibrox http://t.co/3X4wovCV5C 
• Attacks on two north Belfast houses 'were hate crimes' http://t.co/Vepo0P9IQI 
• Man arrested over Derby County pitch encroachment http://t.co/6dGqHR1Jax 
• What's involved in cyber war games? http://t.co/Powu3cyoHG 
• #BELGIUM seeks extradition of Greece detainee http://t.co/C6rQEbJJoe 
• Police are investigating an alleged assault against a Nottingham Forest player at the end of a match http://t.co/NalJdoCvTV 
• Nick Clegg defends opposition to 'snoopers' charter' http://t.co/wo4ie2h08y 
• Saudi blogger’s wife says global pressure could force his release #SAUDIARABIA http://t.co/YpVrnFgGzT 
• Legal aid cuts hit divided families as contact centres close down http://t.co/GAsfOacRR4 
• I was sold into sexual slavery while on holiday in Greece as a 14-year-old http://t.co/l5kbw9OdRD

18th January - Law News

1119th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & legal articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap



Today's Saturday Law Interview features Dr. Steven Vaughan, a former city solicitor and now a legal academic with expertise on the laws regarding the regulation of nanotechnology as well as the standard and quality of legal advice offered by corporate law firms: 'Regulating nanotechnology & the quality of corporate legal advice'.

Saturday Conversations on Law

• The basis of Cameron and Obama's relationship is pragmatism, though it remains as lopsided as ever http://t.co/dV000qFfEi 
• Nigel Farage: From sugar to cigarette packaging, when will Labour let people decide for themselves? http://t.co/xprpvYqd25 
• Which gender toilet does a trans person choose? Why does it matter? http://t.co/Z2qA6eTviT 
• I live in terror of the fanatic who has only read one story, whether he’s an Islamist murderer or Glenn Greenwald http://t.co/yjHlJaHy1F 
• If the price of saving gay children from bullying is to ghettoise them, then so be it http://t.co/DfuhBZkPcL 
• Ukip founder: Nigel Farage's influence means the party 'won't win a seat' in the general election http://t.co/hQEmgdsfs1
• Nephew beats up uncle for allegedly raping his girlfriend #US http://t.co/lvXWHdkmDA 
• Editor 'dragged the team to their deaths,' says Charlie Hebdo founder http://t.co/8RTMRph3E5 
• Watch Ellen DeGeneres' withering response to homophobic priest http://t.co/HsQwyyLwvD 
• 'Cumberbitches fan name sets back feminism' http://t.co/4vljtE6Y6d 
• Reham Khan, Imran Khan's BBC presenter wife, outrages #PAKISTAN by cooking sausages http://t.co/dapKDr8vGp 
• The Risk of Haste: Broad Terror Laws Could Net Anti-ISIS Fighters | New Zealand Human Rights Blog https://t.co/cZsC2Bvwdo
• Anti-terror police question London teenager Silhan Ozcelik 'who went to Syria to fight against Isis' http://t.co/yH3McJIBfv 
• The Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2014: A Step in the Right Direction but Not Far Enough | Human Rights Ireland http://t.co/elm5Ajfjvu 
• Après Charlie: The Progress of the UK's new Counter-Terrorism and Security Bill | Human Rights Ireland http://t.co/v6ESmDdVpZ 
• Seminar 5th Feb 2015 (Trans)Gender Recognition in Germany: The Role of the German Courts | Human Rights Ireland http://t.co/uxuSxDSqCA 
• Update on the Northern/Irish Feminist Judgments Project | Human Rights Ireland http://t.co/0ioGao3m2x
• Wrongly convicted men (Victor Nealon & Sam Hallam) launch new case against the Justice Secretary http://t.co/VDXYMMPMDg 
• Moroccan man in #FRANCE stabbed to death in front of wife by 'Islamophobic' intruder http://t.co/8ghFwoy2FD
• Judges in #IRAN bans newspaper for publishing Clooney's support of Charlie Hebdo http://t.co/gONgPJRv3W
• Oxfordshire arson attacks: Pensioner only able to save flowers from cottage http://t.co/fHVPQw6D6m 
• Terror threat to UK police increased http://t.co/r6ZAAL3oGn
• Scorning the Prophet goes beyond free speech – the law has a duty to protect us all from insult and abuse http://t.co/6Thz5mZbcr
• Any teacher should know off by heart is that you do not take advantage of a teenage girl's naivety http://t.co/pXw0k79crc 
• Praying with a Muslim colleague ruined my career, says Christian NHS worker http://t.co/CA5q1sUr2q 
• The law is lagging behind in the fight against terror http://t.co/FrGo0oC292 
• US Broadcaster Fox News offers apology for Birmingham 'Muslim-only city' claim http://t.co/Mx1h8Y68Pi 
• David Cameron on Pope comments: 'There is a right to cause offence' http://t.co/Pp9YqRKP5R
• AB InBev, a major beer company has been accused of demanding onerous payment terms from its smaller UK suppliers http://t.co/w1X9Lj2ifk
• Why do some people dislike hearing foreign languages in the street? http://t.co/IyLJq41kGr 
• Paris attacks: Cherif Kouachi buried amid tight security #FRANCE http://t.co/He3Nr2KYjM 
• Quentin Blake 'We need more disabled children in picture books' http://t.co/It3sb2y2P8
• Why are so many disabled roles played by non-disabled actors? http://t.co/SjfZI6WKO9
• UK must redouble its efforts to "wipe out anti-Semitism" http://t.co/goJJrsAeAF 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHCU8a3
• Brazil 'outraged' by #INDONESIA drug trafficking execution http://t.co/eM7CNFJFlY 
• Paris attacks: Gunman Said Kouachi given unmarked grave #FRANCE http://t.co/CUqNuBn0Zp
• #GREECE arrests over Belgian 'jihadist terror plot' http://t.co/5w8fRybLj2

17th January - Law News

1118th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & legal articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap



Today's Saturday Law Interview features Dr. Steven Vaughan - 'Regulating nanotechnology & the quality of corporate legal advice'.

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Why I shunned retirement and became a barrister instead #IRELAND https://t.co/yUlsx1GGYZ
• High Court quashes decision on man’s free legal aid application #IRELAND https://t.co/ZBvSPLp4MS 
• Experienced Bristol barrister hits out at 'unaffordable' legal system https://t.co/VKa6UcPyGi 
• Citi's earnings hurt by legal charges #US https://t.co/nBmiabDgwI
• Brewers Tennent's locked in legal battle with music company https://t.co/jaj0YzsV8q 
• Criminal legal aid duty contracts judicial review: Law Society statement https://t.co/de4MGK4g9S 
• Legal market undergoes potentially irreversible changes https://t.co/5l7FvlXbfe 
• Legal battle awaits for Reading and West Berkshire over controversial planning changes https://t.co/SDrwb4gd0U
• BBC uses RIPA terrorism laws to catch TV licence fee dodgers in Northern Ireland https://t.co/2rYmqtFTFU
• UK moves to join countries with some form of assisted dying https://t.co/S9jmzWp45y 
• UK pondering legal challenge against new EU anti-money laundering rules http://t.co/68QcJS3CLg 
• UK law enforcement arrests man linked to “swatting” and attacks on Sony’s PlayStation Network https://t.co/YzKBN4y2Pv 
• US Law firm Cooley makes UK debut https://t.co/0pSHYIgtKI 
• Cannabis does little harm, say advisors to government: From the archive, 17 January 1979 http://t.co/eyafN3iZD2 
• UK prison drug seizures on the rise, new figures show http://t.co/ElltfA7K1t 
• Assisted dying bill held up in the House of Lords http://t.co/EGMl3yvhOj 
• What's involved in cyber war games? http://t.co/Powu3cyoHG 
• How do immigrants forge a sense of identity? http://t.co/LGZEHmxKwS 
• Boxer Amir Khan tells how David Cameron sorted his visa problems http://t.co/Ja3HF4kfvE 
• Channel Tunnel closed after lorry fire http://t.co/yW91c9jvCv 
• Foreign students used as ‘pawns in a political game: Home Office proposes new rules for overseas cohort http://t.co/1bjmi
• Exploitation of foreign students putting #Australia's reputation at risk http://t.co/SykqwxrJ60
• International students contribute £7 billion to UK economy http://t.co/P9QoZzVJDC 
• Gardaí contacted over fees owed to International Students #IRELAND https://t.co/mnmv4QOKKt
• Studying in UK may get complicated for foreign students post completion of course http://t.co/fwrHr1kRoi
• First claim for caste discrimination | New Law Journal: https://t.co/cnrO1ULxLC
• Champagne is being served at chambers across the country after 93 new silks were announced | New Law Journal: https://t.co/pDFJkL7dtb
• University of Bedford opens Law Clinic | New Law Journal: https://t.co/WCZ5LPUAEQ
• Press reaction to the recent obesity discrimination case are “ill-founded”, argues QC | New Law Journal: https://t.co/TAP66JW6kC
• Chris Grayling tables two concessions on proposals to reform judicial review | New Law Journal: https://t.co/8ct88TAj1d
• Enterprise wins trade mark dispute against Europcar | New Law Journal: https://t.co/B2mENJR3Ds 
• A litigator’s predictions for 2015 | New Law Journal: https://t.co/1PXS7HHdC7 
• New CILEx chief calls for collaboration | New Law Journal: https://t.co/4EIZ0g5HSp 
• Part 36, gets a makeover by Civil Procedure Rule Committee (CPRC) | New Law Journal: https://t.co/UpzG90YzmC
• Failures in Screening Rikers Jail Guards: new report ON lawlessness at the jail blames the guards #US https://t.co/ZirsyReWIa
• A Town in #FRANCE Linked to Jihad Asks Itself Why https://t.co/PHiWGqJHz4
• Wrong Responses to Charlie Hebdo: European leaders are proposing Internet censorship and surveillance https://t.co/yQsQDUDhYN 
• Need Some Espionage Done? Hackers Are for Hire Online https://t.co/ChhKZBxWP8 
• Technology Has Made Life Different, but Not Necessarily More Stressful https://t.co/oNt4wWyITe 
• Oklahoma Executes First Inmate Since Slipshod Injection in April #US https://t.co/kdhurfbxlw
• #CHINA Antigraft Campaign, Small Victories and Bigger Doubts https://t.co/pjR4GGPEXF
• Recent court cases in Paris have raised accusations of a double standard on free speech #FRANCE https://t.co/OIVz780zmz 
• Ocean Life Faces Mass Extinction, Broad Study Says https://t.co/oMbVzQffah 
• #SAUDIARABIA publicly beheads woman in holy city of Mecca http://t.co/WvVJ6mIlTy 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHCU8a3
• Prison drug seizures increasing, Ministry of Justice says http://t.co/rLWPKKxd4P
• #MEXICO missing students: Guerreros Unidos gang member arrested http://t.co/iLlBSzRgIS
• Video: Cyclist knocked off bike then attacked by van driver of 'Taylor Landscaping' vehicle http://t.co/DOOQp2rf9S 
• Subway passenger drowns out homophobic preacher with Willy Wonka song :US http://t.co/HayNJ3aG9S 
• Caravaggio in court: Sotheby's wins case after '£10m' painting sold for £42,000 http://t.co/WoViqEE6Cc 
• Children's home boss facing historical sex abuse charges found dead http://t.co/4yVvwGvLfS
• Man jailed for shooting dead friend wearing 'bullet-proof' vest http://t.co/VIofMvIFPO 
• Trojan Horse 'plot': ministers failed to intervene amid warnings 20 years ago http://t.co/BKvvNJbTiZ 
• Man 'killed, chopped up and dumped in lake by friends after Jackass-style stunts' http://t.co/v4jefekryR 
• Boris Johnson: 'Why I had to intervene during mid-air assault' http://t.co/uskLp04hqr 
• Who is stalking the canals and streets of Manchester? http://t.co/PNYvKdmdD1 
• Oxfordshire arson attacks: Pensioner only able to save flowers from cottage http://t.co/fHVPQw6D6m 
• Terror threat to UK police increased http://t.co/r6ZAAL3oGn 
• Law firm uses Facebook to approach potential drug claim clients | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/vrEBi6epFE 
• Ringing in the changes to the Italian job market in 2015 | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/M3drSUgxiy 
• Lawyer chased for debts from Scotland to Panama | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/VwrrNXUqSV 
• Jon Baughman dies - chair of Pepper Hamilton in turmoiled times | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/FhZREaE8c3
• UK security service forced to disclose surveillance procedure | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/8NHV00yOnp 
• Dershowitz predicts blasphemy hostilities will reduce | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/H8eP9bkBJS 
• Patent lawsuits decline in the US | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/CM65Nxtxey
• Barrister launches legal social media site - The Global Legal Post http://t.co/YIviwSAN8z 
• Charlie Hebdo: 'Islamist cyber attacks' hit #FRANCE http://t.co/Ff7pBqRUpQ 
• Stansted Airport terrorism arrest: Suspect, 18, held http://t.co/rb8TpfvmmJ 
• Police commander sacked over 'sensitive leak' http://t.co/YCYPLSvqRL 
• #ZIMBABWE court halts Mugabe land evictions http://t.co/BjOVCWCxZ5
• How did a man in Florida end up with a 20-year prison sentence after shooting a warning shot in his house? #US http://t.co/IyR1dVsGqa 
• France attacks and UK push for spying powers http://t.co/a6Apxiii8L 
• Q&A: Leader of far-right Front National Marine Le Pen on #FRANCE and Islam http://t.co/bYo6smfSgC
• Rise of the far right after #FRANCE attacks http://t.co/uv81CrZWhe
• Protesters rage over Charlie Hebdo in #NIGER burning French cultural centre http://t.co/lCPPmjhB7n 
• Asylum-seeker found dead in Dresden hit by growing anti-immigrant and anti-Islam protests #GERMANY http://t.co/qCN2TzuslR 
• President of #TURKEY says Charlie Hebdo "wreaks terror by intervening in freedom of others" http://t.co/R3phMpfnFO 
• ICC may investigate possible war crimes in Palestinian territories #ISRAEL http://t.co/e3625pBl6c 
• Guantánamo Diary exposes brutality of #US rendition and torture http://t.co/OZQBJZ3VBb 
• Where is justice for those still abandoned in Guantánamo Bay? #US http://t.co/HAq3FILBKj 
• Barack Obama and David Cameron fail to see eye to eye on surveillance http://t.co/MhRTRnF392 
• #US supreme court agrees to hear cases on right to same-sex marriage nationwide http://t.co/tvNslAPtNA
• Shadow justice team call on lawyers to help them form a Labour government | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/moqN0o6gLD 
• High demand for bonds crashes NS&I website | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/hgqVzRS6Xt
• Europeans pensions authority ‘risks being left behind’ | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/qqcrZngZb5 
• Grayling back in court over duty contract process | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/CUNml80wz5
• How 'stealthy' are the new speed cameras? http://t.co/qFjvOuRN0m 
• Charlie Hebdo attacks: Londoners queue for latest edition http://t.co/t5RfwiojXh 
• UK man arrested in connection with Sony and Xbox hack http://t.co/bwioU2nseh 
• Paris attacks: UK police 'concerned' for Jewish community http://t.co/pI2T462931 
• BBC 'does not trust' Top Gear http://t.co/kYqwT4f9R0
• Operation Elveden: Journalists cleared in Sun trial http://t.co/R9zf4RTd9H 
• Saudis 'to review' flogging of blogger Raif Badawi #SAUDIARABIA http://t.co/3x3vTvctVA 
• #SAUDIARABIA postpones flogging of blogger Raif Badawi http://t.co/BgknAxymrw 
• Ched Evans website referred to CPS over alleged identification of rape victim http://t.co/dz2NKI1o15 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Freshfields in the frame as court dismisses Caravaggio claim against Sotheby's | The Lawyer http://t.co/WOdorn7FBN 
• Judge shaves £100,000 off 'disproportionate' costs bill | Law Gazette http://t.co/hUoL02chjh 
• Is this the most random Twitter hacking ever to have befallen a law firm?: http://t.co/F8jhdbJGT2 
• Legal profession has best-ever showing in gay-friendly employer rankings: http://t.co/UyaKGaPqc2 
• New silks: Women and ethnic minorities have best strike rate, but men dominate: http://t.co/KCSycT67wg 
• Clifford Chance trainee pulls Charlie Hebdo rant from YouTube: http://t.co/5XNBi1BlfI 
• A QC has made a lawyer version of Twitter with 'moots' rather than tweets: http://t.co/vuY8jjrWXY 
• Ex-Brunel law student scammed tens of thousands from migrants to fund gambling debts: http://t.co/TM7h2YInc5 
• Have you seen missing Durham law student Euan Coulthard?: http://t.co/UK8koYe0bo 
• Research: 77% of rookie tenants at top 30 chambers went to Oxbridge: http://t.co/bibn7hOy12

16th January - Law News

1117th 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: How legal departments at banks are driving financial innovation- with tech startups playing an integral role in the future of banking, innovation on the legal front can help unlock vast opportunities  Full story - The Guardian

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Saturday Law Interview: Bevan Brittan Commercial Dispute Resolution Partner Iain Miller on SRA LSB QASA and the future of the law firm http://t.co/hwewyX7hIU
• More women needed in news and current affairs, Lords say http://t.co/w0b88T1M6f
• Have pictures of Muhammad always been forbidden? http://t.co/JVGeQmPhqu
• Government 'lacked inquisitiveness', finds Trojan review http://t.co/LYYevWwbDx 
• #SYRIA conflict: Italian aid worker hostages freed http://t.co/jOs9MWXCkJ 
• West Ham football club sponsor Alpari UK currency broker folds over Swiss franc turmoil http://t.co/o6kL41XPDa
• Labour attacks missing voters 'scandal' http://t.co/gvaERy3Dq3 
• Crowds protesting over image of the Prophet Muhammad published in French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo #PAKISTAN http://t.co/Df89BVnvQf
• Paris attacks: Twelve suspects held overnight #FRANCE http://t.co/nxLFGn0mBT 
• #BELGIUM Verviers plot 'aimed to kill police' http://t.co/A5HIMfyHUi 
• Convergence of several financial issues in January underline the perils of being thinly capitalised | The Lawyer http://t.co/nLStC8jhON
• The Global Law Summit: the Davos of ‘law meets business’ | The Lawyer http://t.co/43fIuT4MEC 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Bates Wells Braithwaite goes open-plan and paper-light in KWM office space takeover | The Lawyer http://t.co/B5uwa1K3gV 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: DAC Beachcroft insurance head Pollitt on the firm's push into Latin America | The Lawyer http://t.co/vZUd8g0JLt 
• CMA launches legal recruitment campaign to boost cartels and criminal team | The Lawyer http://t.co/T6asiNYFxM
• Clyde & Co's James Burns: "I’ve always thought of management as a team sport" | The Lawyer http://t.co/cEJzQf472y
• Compliance and competitors - five things to look out for | Law Gazette http://t.co/qRXHwgyfOZ 
• Are you Seeing your Law Firm as a Brand? https://t.co/1ervTmSq4d 
• Law firms are too easily discouraged from breaking free from the crowd when it comes to marketing | Law Gazette http://t.co/OFR0WbVEXs
• Grayling's legal aid reforms 'irrational', Law Society argues | Law Gazette http://t.co/FLlILJ7aOM 
• More ‘respect and dignity’ for mental health patients | Law Gazette http://t.co/srpQlk6mcf
• Government raises threshold for bankruptcy petitions | Law Gazette http://t.co/Odida3nyxb 
• First woman set to be senior presiding judge | Law Gazette http://t.co/lvLrKSJhlU 
• Judges' fury at 'Dickensian litigation' over 'toxic' dispute | Law Gazette http://t.co/NcDvCPjP9T
• TTIP talks expose 'dark arts' of corporate lawyers | Law Gazette http://t.co/tdJsVOTY1N 
• Ched Evans’s ‘true friend and supporter’ Ciaran Goggins abused victim of rape http://t.co/y5EZsalNmg 
• Covering eyes can help witnesses recall crimes, study finds http://t.co/CGS6qnNfYX 
• Covering eyes can help witnesses recall crimes, study finds http://t.co/dzAaP0fKM3
• Free domestic violence hotline for #PAPUANEWGUINEA by year's end http://t.co/QidWUqdgGA 
• Nick Clegg slams politicians who proclaim free speech yet seek to constrain it http://t.co/0iKtVLViL4 
• Why don’t sentences for accused sex offenders teach them to treat women like people? http://t.co/AZsLkTjgyy 
• Stalin’s grandson Yevgeny Dzhugashvil loses ‘bloodthirsty cannibal’ libel case in Strasbourg, ECHR http://t.co/DJbI7SX0Jo
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHCU8a3
• 'Cyber war games' to be staged by UK and US http://t.co/U4gcXqZ3Id 
• Law Society to SRA: do not abandon training contract | Legal Futures http://t.co/RSpKTzQYAD 
• SRA issues warning over letting clients use law firms as banks | Legal Futures http://t.co/I6kj4wujCW 
• MEPs denounce surveillance of lawyer-client communications | Legal Futures http://t.co/ftoQCcfyJD 
• "Strong interest" from new and existing firms in seeking CILEx regulation | Legal Futures http://t.co/eqngRcVBAQ 
• Law Society wins injunction to stop struck-off solicitor from holding himself out as in practice | Legal Futures http://t.co/tC1Y9CxOdG 
• Roadside drug test for cocaine and cannabis given go-ahead http://t.co/CO4Q23xIHJ 
• Abuse: My teacher raped me - could I now be accused of grooming him? http://t.co/PKeIzXHYvV 
• Pull over expensive cars after midnight, police told http://t.co/mEHIt1SW46 
• Bigamist 'murdered second wife for her life insurance in plot with first wife' http://t.co/2xXcn1rfSB 
• Turban wearer Solicitor barred from visiting client in Belmarsh prison because his turban was held together with pins http://t.co/NfKYodrjJT
• Teacher Stuart Kerner launches appeal against conviction for having sex with pupil http://t.co/k1VoWOKK92 
• MI5 joins forces with Blue Peter to find mini-spies http://t.co/JIEkJGUoA0 
• Judge orders Michigan to recognise hundreds of same-sex marriages #US http://t.co/195S9fu9nr 
• Delhi woman who said she was raped by Uber driver to sue company in US #INDIA http://t.co/RmpCjahd4Z 
• Pressure grows on #SAUDIARABIA over blogger facing second flogging http://t.co/59uW2zjObf 
• Eric Holder calls failure to collect reliable data on police killings unacceptable #US http://t.co/oQftLe0YaC 
• John Boehner explanation for foiled Capitol shooting plot at odds with FBI #US http://t.co/Y8Dn1XQP1n 
• Ringing in the changes to the Italian job market in 2015 | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/On2ScGYmlv
• Californian Bar cautions blogging lawyers | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/ODTRLPmikg 
• Bakers takes top place for London LGBT | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/PuVNPSB5Gh
• Vulgarity claims made against former Arnstein & Lehr managing partner | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/afT0ofaExf 
• Aussie construction lawyer starts boutique to avoid conflicts | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/bjocLiYqxy 
• MetLife challenges 'too big to fail' designation | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/7gcoCRhNAM 
• Charge out rates for partners rise fastest in Philadelphia | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/Nck4iCW20w 
• JP Morgan takes US$990m legal costs hit | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/MYKWXqlmzz 
• Judges' fury at 'Dickension litigation' over 'toxic' dispute | Law Gazette http://t.co/PnnwsbDSaJ
• USB phone charger costs £6 and can watch what people are typing http://t.co/C8We0nqC8k 
• Gospel Hall Brethren Preacher Allan Cundick jailed for child sex attacks http://t.co/I5BsSR4XOz 
• Men jailed after man lost eye in Birmingham belt attack http://t.co/tbnmPc8mH0 
• Marriot hotels do U-turn over wi-fi hotspot blocks http://t.co/xpXU9JDNEe 
• Low earners are being left behind, say archbishops http://t.co/MFPLnQN5DZ
• Mike Ashley seeks security over Ibrox for £10m loan to Rangers http://t.co/ot88WGVB6J 
• PC Neil Doyle murder case arrest warrant issued http://t.co/2Wwma7KyH0
• Google Glass sales halted but firm says kit is not dead http://t.co/tgbawunBiZ 
• Paris attacks: Pope Francis says freedom of speech has limits http://t.co/oFfl4FOosY 
• Anti-terror raid in Verviers leaves two dead #BELGIUM http://t.co/ygSKls3PUz
• Crime writer Ruth Rendell in critical condition after stroke http://t.co/3mwPdfkRUE
• West Ham United footballer Ravel Morrison cleared of assault http://t.co/ng2NgAFIB4
• #US #CUBA travel and trade: New rules start on Friday http://t.co/SpU6FPmq3L
• Teacher Stuart Kerner's pupil sex sentence 'cannot be reviewed' http://t.co/JbNIeqmHIh
• Paris attacks: Charlie Hebdo cartoonists' funerals held #FRANCE http://t.co/Fe6suWTTwv

15th January - Law News

1116th 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 failing to meet client demands for gender-diverse teams. Large law firms need to radically change their cultures and working practices if they are to succeed in creating gender-diverse partnerships. Full story - Solicitors Journal

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Saturday Law Interview: Bevan Brittan Commercial Dispute Resolution Partner Iain Miller on SRA LSB QASA and the future of the law firm http://t.co/hwewyX7hIU
• Manchester United sack European scout over racial slurs on Facebook http://t.co/jyvcTzfWIi 
• Criminal solicitors to fight plans to reduce on-call lawyers http://t.co/fvIijEoSrI 
• CPS drops another case because of 'unreliable' Mazher Mahmood evidence http://t.co/TefFSR8wpD 
• Max Mosley begins court action to stop Google showing pictures of sex party http://t.co/tOnyCdHcze 
• Disgraced barrister Constance Briscoe left penniless, court told http://t.co/mZnMs0umeI
• So a judge said a 16-year-old groomed her teacher – that’s nothing http://t.co/x2h4kMZyyY 
• Fintech: how legal departments at banks are driving financial innovation http://t.co/VNQ2u1nZFq 
• Mississippi schools under fire over efforts to curb Gay-Straight Alliance #US http://t.co/PAkZ9CEgiZ 
• Watchdog continues probe into claims that police spied on Hillsborough relatives http://t.co/Uek52Pw7Nm 
• Compliance and competitors - five things to look out for | Law Gazette http://t.co/qRXHwgyfOZ 
• AG considers unduly lenient sentence scope after teacher case | Law Gazette http://t.co/BwIKTjGNqn 
• Legal execs' regulator sets sights on solicitor firms | Law Gazette http://t.co/kA5Bsbl8oY
• A fascinating read on #Photographers from #Russia '10 Russian Photographers You Need To Know' http://t.co/POr3Fk4YN8
• Students demand end to rents that swallow up 95% of their loans http://t.co/kJfmSOHxZg
• On the shortage of school places: Michael Gove’s reforms should be reversed http://t.co/ipNaSwCE2K
• Forecasts for 2015 | Law Gazette http://t.co/JmcfT9OwDp 
• James Caan investment firm doubles profits | Law Gazette http://t.co/yqlqCrXGwh
• SRA warning after increase in misuse of client account | Law Gazette http://t.co/8me1Ylo586 
• Former government lawyers fail to approve Grayling’s reforms to judicial review | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/Tj8uF9xbNb
• High Court victory for Enterprise Holdings in trade mark claim | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/xCe4OLSTY3
• 'Je suis Charlie’ phrase unlikely to ever be trade marked | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/gGD9CzqMwp 
• Conveyancers’ optimism cools as housing market slows down | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/DTD2KJPH8j 
• Lawyers warned about costs of delaying retirement planning | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/d3LBobfMWo 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Burness Paull, Eversheds & Osborne Clarke among firms on local government pensions panel | The Lawyer http://t.co/rCSzDHTf2J 
• Travelport bets on William Hill’s GC Murphy for head of legal role | The Lawyer http://t.co/3ncJVOjLjH 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Iceland adds Gordons to roster in wake of new GC hire | The Lawyer http://t.co/j4P0CAwUg0 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Bindmans and Kingsley Napley lead as Law Soc challenges government over legal aid | The Lawyer http://t.co/tibeIpq1Yb
• #FRANCE to protect all religions, vows Francois Hollande http://t.co/ngs8sRQgeK
• 'Stealth cameras' to be installed on motorways http://t.co/ol1VGfacfT 
• New warning over abuse of prescription drugs http://t.co/sel4GgT8Da 
• Survival expert made experimental 'bear scarer' after the death of an Eton schoolboy http://t.co/jFyB3LoK2N 
• Grayling's JR concession: exceptionally bad | Law Gazette http://t.co/CSmaWQqyQt
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHCU8a3
• Almost Famous Burgers: Woman, 18, dies after meal in Manchester restaurant http://t.co/BwViv8ZQew
• Minimum wage: 37 firms named for failing to pay rate http://t.co/LqYCC8gjii 
• Sex teacher Stuart Kerner's 'unduly lenient' sentence may be reviewed http://t.co/ZOxQimhpsn 
• Football 'spot-fixing' case dropped http://t.co/PxyIa6ESYY 
• FBI 'foils IS-inspired plot to attack on US Capitol' #US http://t.co/kR5z405OOG 
• Why tweet when you can ‘moot’? QC launches legal social media site | Legal Futures http://t.co/LzwZQkbOqO 
• New private client firm to provide partner-only service | Legal Futures http://t.co/pB18HPTpfU 
• 80 year old neighbours convicted of felling another man's clematis http://t.co/E82dT5CBzQ 
• Survey shows anti-Semitic views are common among Britons http://t.co/ROMTXvyly7
• Tony Blair paid a heavy price for peace in Northern Ireland http://t.co/VP0L8mMXbz
• Father accidentally sends his son to nursery with a 'drug dealer's kit' in his lunchbox http://t.co/OlFVVJfiZJ 
• Pc moved into office role 'after telling bosses blue-flashing lights on police cars don't work' http://t.co/dAqSC4XEpN 
• Insurance companies 'suppressed facts' about child sex abuse http://t.co/h8VTkLmu6u 
• Pop star Tulisa loses V Festival assault appeal http://t.co/mj6CdTSSVc 
• Inhouse lawyers experience a Wild West of metrics | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/huPrC8Mdkl 
• Corporate departments to spend more on external legal | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/KHccfWpSjX 
• US and EU banks expect US$300b litigation bill | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/Bi7b5TFwcM 
• Litigation costs expected to pull down Citigroup results | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/vkVmbmWd58 
• Boutique trend hits DLA and Covington | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/RYsIVqsw55
• Former Sidley partner faces psychiatric treatment over faked cab fares | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/2tUzJY0XiR 
• Legal personality traits linked to poor mental health by students | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/8utCkPCbJU 
• Microsoft queries IRS Quinn Emanuel hire | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/tfZachSQQd 
• Police could be deployed within Feltham young offenders’ institution http://t.co/lhIGkdOJ9J 
• The US prison system is broken. So why is the UK imitating it? - video http://t.co/X8kGDqinJP 
• Body found in #KENYA river is not missing ICC witness Meshack Yebei's http://t.co/cvzNgdHj1d 
• Motorcyclists gear up for legal challenge over rural rides http://t.co/0ouVLvfuXb
• Judge denies Tsarnaev lawyers' motion to delay trial in wake of Charlie Hebdo attack #US http://t.co/mXOkLTaxNV
• Transgender army officer was forced to retire, says rights group #SERBIA http://t.co/xu9mL0pmp5 
• Inquiries ordered into destruction of Northern Ireland shoot-to-kill evidence http://t.co/5dKE0CN0gd 
• The #US must end the use of paralytic drugs when executing prisoners http://t.co/YgtsKcF1CU
• Blogger faces next 50 lashes as Amnesty calls on UK government to act #SAUDIARABIA http://t.co/4KYGQcNpr6

14th January - Law News

1115th 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 Law Society has condemned as ‘unthinkable’ a proposal floated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority that a single, centralised assessment system should be used to determine whether all aspiring solicitors have the skills and experience to qualify. Adopting this approach as part of the regulator’s overhaul of education and training would have a ‘hugely detrimental’ effect on the profession’s reputation, it argues. Full story - The Law Society Gazette

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Saturday Law Interview: Bevan Brittan Commercial Dispute Resolution Partner Iain Miller on SRA LSB QASA and the future of the law firm http://t.co/hwewyX7hIU
• Swansea schoolboy bus row over Scottish £10 note http://t.co/7Xg1trI88b 
• Google launches challenge to Max Mosley's privacy bid http://t.co/KUA4jadsld 
• Al Murray's Pub Landlord to stand against Nigel Farage http://t.co/13YDmDI3Dx 
• Ten dead as Texas prison bus collides with train #US http://t.co/R9zKSz0x4n 
• Royal Mail relaunches training contract and offers posties’ families junior legal roles | The Lawyer http://t.co/oQqLqAgZ03 
• JP Morgan legal costs soar on back of regulators' fines | The Lawyer http://t.co/6cpiJQKu2R
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Penningtons’ debt rocketed by 129 per cent in year of Manches takeover | The Lawyer http://t.co/605t2O1t9c
• What do we do with a problem like Arabia? Case of lawyer Walid Abu al-Khair deserves attention | Law Gazette http://t.co/tHB8x60R1X 
• Home Secretary Theresa May claim that 'lives at risk' without data surveillance http://t.co/4CxdF1mhNU 
• Bexleyheath Academy teacher Stuart Kerner sentenced for pupil affair http://t.co/4sRieorVZI 
• Joanne Mjadzelics: Ian Watkins' ex not guilty over abuse images http://t.co/8EyK1fSjAR 
• How Vanderbilt vandalism investigation turned into dorm rape allegations #US http://t.co/RdGPRmTo1s
• Silk appointment numbers drop but female applicants at all-time high | The Lawyer http://t.co/hP2yYeGJKj 
• Saudi lawyer Walid Abu al-Khair faces five more years jail for sedition | Law Gazette http://t.co/pON0zrrogc 
• Five solicitors among 93 new QCs | Law Gazette http://t.co/7Q8h6vSfNx 
• Parliament reconvenes to consider welter of legislation #FINLAND https://t.co/58eN9nBqql 
• Amendments of education and research legislation which entered into force on 1 January 2015 #ESTONIA https://t.co/liZeCutbqF 
• Obama to push for new cybersecurity legislation #US http://t.co/kUSIgZk1un
• Family of Man Killed by South Carolina Police Chief Pledges to Seek Justice https://t.co/qqHVkTQSZf 
• Judge gives no ruling in Martin Luther King family dispute #US https://t.co/OOc0JHK4Rb 
• #BANGLADESH gets its first Hindu Chief Justice in SK Sinha https://t.co/xocsqQSuG8 
• Ex-RUC officers cleared over perverting justice in Provo murder probe https://t.co/dELwxVqMG8 
• Mario Cuomo: A Miscarriage of Justice #US https://t.co/0uPp7ulsA2 
• ‘Democratic outrage’: Cameron pledges new anti-strike laws https://t.co/s0tPHv3EJo 
• Archbishop criticises proposed changes to Northern Ireland’s abortion law https://t.co/lPApXYfF5I 
• David Cameron pledges to extend UK data surveillance law following Paris terror attacks https://t.co/YA69dXQxxw
• Uber's current legal battles could lock it out of nearly half the world's GDP https://t.co/DtFR2Urwv1 
• Top 10 FOSS legal developments of 2014 https://t.co/riHhX4i8qI 
• Cumbria Police has warned users of legal highs to educate themselves on the dangers https://t.co/SVyjbEGDZO 
• Police in Derry seize ‘legal highs’ in city centre swoop https://t.co/Rd0qHyTPvs 
• A same sex couple from Northern Ireland have launched a legal bid in an attempt to have their marriage recognised http://t.co/X8YSR8UTmU 
• Judge warns of huge legal bill in Church of Scientology dispute #IRELAND https://t.co/Z3Qm0AS7IB 
• Legal survey confirms profit growth as biggest challenge to law firms https://t.co/UFfK372OS2 
• NT barrister elected president of Law Council of #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/hklmGtrM0O 
• Amal Clooney: Five more cases for the energetic barrister http://t.co/CkCU6zCo00
• Queensland barrister Guy-Theodore Sara to contest the seat of Warrego for the Palmer United Party #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/ZlYryc4mM5 
• Seamus Clifford joins managing partners at Ellisons Solicitors https://t.co/AbsYN8FvU2 
• Galway soliticor John Martin Carr struck off for misconduct #IRELAND https://t.co/htuMdknEda
• South Woodford solicitor jailed over immigration scam https://t.co/I9CHkzJfJM 
• Councillors approve solicitor's office in Usk despite parking concerns https://t.co/tF3vwnXUw0 
• Harrogate solicitor ‘screamed hysterically as husband stabbed lover to death’ http://t.co/E7ATRzFUs5
• Where do billionaires go to university? http://t.co/qP8ksRpv2l 
• The university built to defend democracy http://t.co/3XgnPyvnTY 
• Did £9,000 fees cut UK university applications? http://t.co/1fhIrqEiqH 
• Poor diabetes care in England 'costing lives' http://t.co/jBXajmBlkq 
• EU lawyer approves ECB bond buying programme http://t.co/BXyQhYggb0 
• Far right in UK are apparently 'weakest for 20 years' despite rise in anti-immigrant sentiment & Islamophobia? http://t.co/bZoZVulBFb
• Charlie Hebdo attack: Rush to buy new "survivors' issue" http://t.co/AJCqUANW5W 
• New Scottish Labour leader Jim Murphy joins calls for Scotland to abandon women’s super-prison http://t.co/unNrXWxDyJ
• From 'Boston Strong' to 'Je Suis Charlie': can marathon bomb suspect get a fair trial? #US http://t.co/crV2MPKHGt 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: DWF bulks up City corporate and banking teams with DLA, Ince hires | The Lawyer http://t.co/wfau8TdzNE 
• LLP accounts reveal cost of controlling debt and staff for law firms | The Lawyer http://t.co/F9N3FSWq0R 
• Ten law firms take pride in this year's Stonewall LGBT top 100 | The Lawyer http://t.co/KPPKuDKxPj 
• SRA pledges "urgent" resolution to inquiry into al-Sweady law firms | Legal Futures http://t.co/NFVDeeTVXB
• QS launches online customer platform | Legal Futures http://t.co/xNf34rxKrb 
• New Quindell chairman attacked over share option “conflict of interest” | Legal Futures http://t.co/cUZHDVogtP
• SRA outlines response to Al-Sweady concerns | Law Gazette http://t.co/kkq42XCxyG
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHCU8a3
• Expert witnesses warned over giving broad brush evidence | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/zYaoHdgcAw
• Landmark case rules in favour of Google and Yahoo! | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/PxonkZxiQJ
• A&O gives optimistic outlook for global M&A | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/eetvVQWJwy 
• UK corruption plans come under scrutiny | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/2b4yc9SUPZ 
• GCs begin shift to legal metrics approach | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/QhyhamPsGg
• Boies Schiller targets bank global investigations | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/RYqK5Ak0GM 
• Long-awaited Cooley office opens in London | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/n2INCxgDco 
• Partners in UK Top 10 breach £1m mark in annual earnings | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/KlOJVEHNyU 
• Law firms failing to meet client demands for gender-diverse teams | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/XQHhS1PCfG 
• Gemma O'Doherty wins another apology from Irish Independent http://t.co/HdZcikUutm 
• Lord’s Resistance Army commander to be tried by ICC in The Hague http://t.co/UCya1iXALP
• Let’s up the ante on disability hate crime http://t.co/BXGvWyufHV
• Plans to restrict judicial review face further concessions http://t.co/7kivFkEejY 
• Afghan interpreters win right to challenge UK resettlement restrictions http://t.co/ujMSDkyEyc
• Prosecutor says arrest of nine-year-old accused of stealing gum was 'mistake' #US http://t.co/IQCk8OX1p5 
• Jews and Muslims for justice and human rights http://t.co/j9wuf3XOwU 
• Police can keep us safe without spying on journalists’ sources http://t.co/IuEJenOgDF 
• Chicago police officer on trial in fatal beanbag gun shooting of veteran, 95 #US http://t.co/UhJYFrglqz 
• MI6 forced to show how it may snoop on privileged lawyer-client exchanges http://t.co/91A3sleoom 
• The TTIP trade deal will throw equality before the law on the corporate bonfire http://t.co/TaXqpV3FzJ 
• Joanne Mjadzelics: Majority verdict call in Watkins' ex trial http://t.co/xg06C2NYFq 
• Andrew Smart jailed for stripping drunk woman in Glasgow pub http://t.co/GtVrW1zdcg 
• New fracking rules will not apply in Scotland, UK government pledges http://t.co/HIfkCextr8 
• Selfie demand in Humberside Police's top job advert http://t.co/gc3ckSoUk4 
• Transgender woman assault at Liverpool Lime Street: Attacker detained http://t.co/HjK0bxABCy 
• Google cuts back on Android security fixes http://t.co/MbD4rQaBUy 
• #US trial of alleged Silk Road creator begins http://t.co/YOPGe4AuNW 
• David Ward "Je suis Palestinian" tweet 'in bad taste' say Liberal Democrats http://t.co/RrXyLjdfue 
• George Osborne's budget charter approved by MPs http://t.co/qbuGdJHT8F 
• EU-US TTIP trade talks hit investor protection snag http://t.co/zfuZzS5Ib7 
• Can the government ban encryption? http://t.co/GsujUW9rBc 
• Waterstones sign fell and killed bookseller in Blackpool http://t.co/XkS1ENwxmm 
• EU changes rules on GM crop cultivation http://t.co/duXUQxPzwt 
• Prince Andrew defended by Sarah Ferguson on US TV http://t.co/xQGYtT4CVa 
• Terror threat posed by 'thousands' of EU nationals http://t.co/P04lAmhdRK 
• Facebook restricts violent video clips and photos http://t.co/expWjVn7eE 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Reed Smith launches four-year degree with Queen Mary | The Lawyer http://t.co/S52V0Pc4dL 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Shepherd & Wedderburn makes double arbitration hire from Crowell & Moring | The Lawyer http://t.co/SnzFzGpkBQ 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: DLA Middle East head quits to launch boutique with Carlyle MENA GC | The Lawyer http://t.co/AIpgt8I5bj
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Lewis Silkin client Enterprise Holdings wins IP fight against Europcar | The Lawyer http://t.co/IH3lMnpAPa 
• The LSB: stuck in 2007 | Law Gazette http://t.co/9xB3U3MN1s 
• Centralised assessment of aspiring solicitors ‘unthinkable’ | Law Gazette http://t.co/vPh6NSuc54
• Print body gets ABS licence to create spin-off | Law Gazette http://t.co/z4i3P5GiX0 
• Ex-justice minister Jonathan Djanogly earns £60k for legal consultancy | Law Gazette http://t.co/6hgM6yagjU 
• ‘Named and shamed’ barrister can continue to practise | Law Gazette http://t.co/CvlHUcXiK9 
• Partnership creates ‘law degree with apprenticeship’ | Law Gazette http://t.co/QgPIkbQhQc 
• Litigation funder triples investments | Law Gazette http://t.co/UfiqNvZIY0 
• Grayling secures MPs' backing for JR reforms | Law Gazette http://t.co/FB5iCOELDR 
• University opens forensic science crime scene house http://t.co/jfSx2Cvp1x