FOCUS OF THE DAY: Big fall in firms heading for closure after failing to find indemnity insurance. A total of 49 firms are heading for closure after failing to secure indemnity insurance, the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has said. This compares with 138 which were forced to shut for the same reason last year. Full story - Legal Futures
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- Last 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'.
- Right-to-buy housing scheme faces abolition in Wales http://t.co/CLPqDubhCH
- Police record 3% rise in crime, ONS figures show http://t.co/Uy9yCPjyEL
- Scottish labour leader Jim Murphy to seek MP re-election http://t.co/TpZCH8bNxZ
- London Mayor Boris Johnson agrees to pay US tax bill http://t.co/SRs1Affurn
- Can a city sue a TV channel? Mayor of Paris vs FOX News #FRANCE #US http://t.co/4uOGf8szcq
- Sun's Page Three 'returns' as paper takes swipe at rivals http://t.co/PFcs1EF6q4
- Prison suicides in England and Wales at 'seven-year high' http://t.co/SJocvA01JT
- Islamic State conflict: London hosts coalition talks http://t.co/EjEaaSeJQH
- As it happened: Joanne Mjadzelics acquittal http://t.co/yRGyRKAlCb
- Prince Andrew set for first public event since sex claim http://t.co/S1aPiyxReG
- Child abuse inquiry needs to start again - Labour http://t.co/tQmwnlcIMF
- Tobacco industry: Cigarette package law 'flawed' http://t.co/ilczP9xUvD
- New Scottish Parliament powers bill published http://t.co/6nNFfoSrYL
- Crime in England and Wales falls to new record low http://t.co/0dEZh0sBPO
- ECB expected to inject up to €1 trillion into eurozone http://t.co/HlGOU6UhyD
- Cilla Black settles hacking claim for 'substantial' damages http://t.co/jA2gxbmwEh
- Jury in Sun staff trial discharged http://t.co/vtsSlwcc9I
- Manorial rights could be outlawed as ‘feudal relic’ say MPs http://t.co/HpDSpWIZOb
- Prison suicide rate at highest level since 2007, figures show http://t.co/yagQlSu2U7
- I understand why people believe sexual predators before victims. I did http://t.co/zxRYmuagzt
- Number of rapes recorded by police in England and Wales leaps 31% in a year http://t.co/45SCNbNf1M
- Rihanna wins Topshop T-shirt row http://t.co/rFo6Em893T
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Greenberg Traurig snatches Sidley Austin partner for London corporate practice | The Lawyer http://t.co/BXBzm6xLmd
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Heenan Paris launches Washington DC office to boost project work | The Lawyer http://t.co/xfFHPLwtUM
- Gunnercooke invites two-man boutique to share office in bid to bring in tech clients | The Lawyer http://t.co/c8A6Z9tLxd
- Female GCs "ahead of the game" in buying legal services | The Lawyer http://t.co/lszfxQ9XgM
- LAW FIRM NEWS: China’s Dacheng merges with Dentons to create world's biggest firm | The Lawyer http://t.co/yBtya2GeLu
- Court of Appeal: R v Gemma Louise Hollings | Law Gazette http://t.co/ipg7mHHRJM
- MPs urge probe of manorial rights law | Law Gazette http://t.co/7hfrkw2ueh
- Law Society voices ‘dual regulation’ fears | Law Gazette http://t.co/sMcv9M55hJ
- Dentons’ China merger to create world’s biggest firm | Law Gazette http://t.co/P1HmdeDrRG
- America has been stuck since the Reagan era in a predawn darkness of stagnation & inequality #US https://t.co/2VEphPLLNq
- Grand Jury Recommends Pennsylvania Attorney General Be Charged With Perjury #US https://t.co/gLYYYzsGx4
- When Women Become Terrorists: Why does the West ignore the role they play in groups like ISIS? https://t.co/S5MfhJtqq6
- Sheldon Silver, New York Assembly Speaker, Faces Arrest on Corruption Charges #US https://t.co/uJVxWEsMFs
- #US Not Expected to Fault Officer in Ferguson Case https://t.co/sRTPPolesq
- TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHCU8a3
- Teenage boy 'poses as doctor' in hospital gynaecology department for a month #IRELAND https://t.co/ahu4C4aQB3
- Former Justice Minister Shatter's appeal against decision he breached Data Protection Act dismissed #IRELAND https://t.co/sfucMGZJmL
- British government decision to refuse public inquiry into Omagh bombing to be challenged in court https://t.co/XzOCYKcCTc
- FCA agrees to another extension on consumer credit regulation | Legal Futures http://t.co/THHW0wVnJp
- Gunnercooke-backed Ignition Law launches with start-ups and SMEs in its sights | Legal Futures http://t.co/4ndd5rHELe
- Home buyers dissatisfied with conveyancers and moving process, survey finds | Legal Futures http://t.co/tKI2jyQNzT
- National Accident Helpline sees revenue and enquiries rise sharply | Legal Futures http://t.co/ECqLQEFkmw
- Court of Appeal: BSB official “blind to any sense of fairness” in disciplinary prosecution | Legal Futures http://t.co/1LrdnqKH3Z
- Plain cigarette packs to be introduced in UK before general election http://t.co/s9TL3duOy1
- Coalition for Juvenile Justice 2015 Conference #US https://t.co/vPcuwOb39X
- Definitive sentencing guidelines by the Sentencing Council https://t.co/RLky1akpcz
- MoJ digital services - Transforming Government at the Ministry of Justice https://t.co/nA9M5lpDp5
- Support for witnesses and victims crucial for justice https://t.co/ziBbAbIZry
- Wisconsin Senate passes amendment changing how chief justice selected #US https://t.co/mBeIYkoaCE
- Drug dealer faces justice - eight years after fleeing Northampton for Gibraltar https://t.co/6hb9ohbjuC
- ‘Teenage’ meddling in Scottish justice system http://t.co/KxQUZCB25a
- Headteacher standards review: letter from David Laws https://t.co/OEbTmXCG3K
- How are new UK laws made? https://t.co/63Awgl6Diq
- Legal aid cuts will lead to decimate justice system, say Liverpool lawyers http://t.co/PWDEPow403
- Three men infected with hepatitis C through contaminated blood start legal proceedings against UK government https://t.co/oDaX9RJAdw
- Racial disparities in legal outcomes: On policing, charging decisions, and criminal trial proceedings https://t.co/Tx7IbBLD2T
- Former employees of Plymouth City Link depot consider legal action https://t.co/wzQT7ibJjk
- Boost for press freedom campaign as European court prioritises Bureau’s legal challenge to UK snooping laws https://t.co/mhRJQ7f01m
- Microsoft acquires legal-focused machine-learning vendor Equivio http://t.co/rywJhFKgAM
- Florida boy's circumcision spurs lengthy legal battle, protests #US https://t.co/EzeonWBmok
- Government has nominated barrister Isobel Kennedy for appointment as a High Court judge #IRELAND https://t.co/Mlxdz4GJkD
- Allegations of unnatural sexual behaviour in Parliament are contained within a previously top-secret file https://t.co/I82BcOjf28
- Killer caught smuggling drugs into jail has term extended https://t.co/alq3pxWIIo
- Newcastle barrister Nicholas Stonor appointed to Queen's Counsel https://t.co/80m5uoYgMI
- Solicitor sidelines police in inquiry #AUSTRALIA (John McRoberts scandal) https://t.co/sS6xhxuFIG
- Solicitor suffers head injuries in fall down pub stairs while in nurse's outfit on his stag do https://t.co/yM6qJtdYwz
- Solicitor gets stuck in court toilet: two hours to set him free http://t.co/0e4q2EFr3z
- Adam Giles should order fully independent probe into John McRoberts, lawyers say #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/wtvpBAVyUU
- Police forensics 'at risk of collapse' warns report http://t.co/jj0oPjTcef
- Police force scraps traditional bobbies' helmet http://t.co/k2funbUyLb
- Fox of Folkestone: Conman from Kent who modelled himself on Wolf of Wall Street http://t.co/6qTVoHXXxw
- Lone police officer's undercover work sees 37 drug dealers jailed http://t.co/gye9JHlfr4
- Gamergate: Zoe Quinn launches anti harrassment support network http://t.co/mv6KNTlCrd
- Woman guilty of assault for throwing water http://t.co/zYBUE225wQ
- Idiot signs, cross-dressing, date nights: 10 bizarre sentences handed out by judges in court http://t.co/zg6nOf6dBL
- Stagecoach tycoon's family bound and gagged by gang of robbers in luxury mansion raid http://t.co/5AY3afKLtH
- Hate attacks on Jews soared 94% last year, police figures show http://t.co/mT1WpJR3kR
- Child sex abuse inquiry panel suspends all work http://t.co/qgXddfNAbB
- Former beauty queen in Laura Ashley divorce battle complains she is too poor to decorate dolls' houses http://t.co/1aOanhYb4h
- Actor Liam Neeson criticised by gun maker for stating that gun sales were linked to gun violence in the #US http://t.co/D1OnC2QMuP
- Israeli man arrested over Madonna hack http://t.co/F5t0K3ZNG7
- WhatsApp Plus users suspended by official app for 24 hours http://t.co/nFsLyUi8tl
- Death certificate overhaul 'deferred indefinitely' http://t.co/gPbKxXGK20
- Heywood MP Jim Dobbin 'died from drinking spirits' http://t.co/aasCjCawyr
- PC Neil Doyle death: Timmy Donovan arrested in Germany http://t.co/rTXWFbqLSv
- Cigarette package law to be brought forward before election http://t.co/FXvYFVkeT1
- Prince Andrew sex claims: Fresh documents filed in US court http://t.co/Ohv1m9oM9K
- Chilcot: we know Blair was to blame for Iraq, so this is already a work of history http://t.co/NRzk0SmPNq
- Strip-search children as last resort only http://t.co/clL1MoSnDW
- Supreme court appears divided over Texas racial bias housing case #US http://t.co/zCu8YdoklY
- Law firms missed a trick on billing innovation | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/tyGqOFMjGl
- Telefonica cuts £3m extermal legal spend | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/tL72YjyQoX
- A weekly round-up of moves around the globe | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/3AJgK3Hc3y
- CC YouTube trainee interned at Slaughter, Freshfields and White & Case | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/ZCS2fPOqFG
- Osborne Clarke reactivates private client dept | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/DGlfgNEUnJ
- FTSE boards need to reconsider cyber-security | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/iLJzU7oaup
- Morgan Stanley surges ahead as legal expenses drop | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/CSrzvPugC8
- Argentinians protest over mysterious death of prosecutor | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/oxqRDXU5X7
- Beck Redden lawyers launch Houston litigation boutique | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/ftJwITOCpa
- Crime news: rollout of the online CRM14 eForm continues https://t.co/BqiC2zX6Zx
- Morgan Stanley legal costs drop 80 per cent in fourth quarter report | The Lawyer http://t.co/o89FYzYM7U
- Will-writing and negligence | Law Gazette http://t.co/647O6p40tk
- Consumer credit upheaval postponed again | Law Gazette http://t.co/7Z9uGJ6v8Z
- Educating Yorkshire teacher Neil Giffin had sex with ex-pupils http://t.co/nNd0rkJAQU
- Paris attacks: top EU official Timmermans warns of Jewish exodus http://t.co/MyfrMvrQH0
- #GERMANY Pegida: Protest leader quits in 'Hitler' row http://t.co/cnX4CeYqpx
- Corporations have rights. Now we need a global treaty on their responsibilities http://t.co/RiS5szI5Kk
- Eric Pickles discriminated against Romany Gypsies in green belt – judge http://t.co/rlIOQPvkdM
- Protesters disrupt supreme court on anniversary of Citizens United case #US http://t.co/cWNpOvHDBO
- Non-lawyers make better Lord Chancellors, argues Grayling | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/Hzg42k7Ydx
- High Court holds out on Grayling | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/CgmV2hzImN
- Iraq War report: Blair insists he is not to blame for delays http://t.co/eeUGTJTcmF
- CCTV shows Red Bull trophy break in at Milton Keynes factory http://t.co/4o3qfNzxhm
- Traffic warden is being investigated after a parking ticket was placed on a wheelie bin in Carmarthen http://t.co/HNLjXoaXGq
- British soldier has been charged with raping and sexually abusing a six-year-old girl in Austria http://t.co/F7A9kO6uMl
- SNP ready to vote on English health laws, says Nicola Sturgeon http://t.co/aPcQtZwstb
- Department for Education accounts 'not true and fair' http://t.co/xiRKiq4x1U
- Solicitors hit out at ‘pointless’ diversity survey | Law Gazette http://t.co/5PfyBDyapW
- Consumer credit decision – latest | Law Gazette http://t.co/1MVN2QnUtW
- Last weekend's Saturday Law Interview featured Dr. Steven Vaughan, a former City of London solicitor and a legal aca…https://t.co/K9goBA2mw0
- UN dismisses #NORTHKOREA claim that damning human rights report is invalid http://t.co/6DpXU067gH
- Ohio death penalty anonymity law is unconstitutional, inmates say #US http://t.co/PjP7j8aKS2
