7th February - Law News

1139th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & legal articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap


Our 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

• Smoke and mirrors: the stealth approach that aims to put cigarettes out for good http://t.co/iwC8teOoo9 
• Nicola Sturgeon backs LGBTI envoy plan http://t.co/APcQ2vA4Hx 
• Ricky Hatton burglary: Thieves stole watches and cash http://t.co/MtAjKRNQ5A 
• UKIP sorry for PC Ali Hassan death 'karma' tweet http://t.co/hzV3mLlm6E 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHC3kLR
• Woolworths brings good news for employers | New Law Journal https://t.co/gpvWweTXAX 
• Neuberger on costs - President of Supreme Court calls for fixed costs | New Law Journal https://t.co/7rdHXVP2zK
• No need for new terror scrutiny board | New Law Journal https://t.co/Wd6ObQLKY7
• “Scant evidence” for court fees hike | New Law Journal https://t.co/owDdcA2xXY
• ATE is not recoverable | New Law Journal https://t.co/UkjEFKeY1b 
• Government law shake-up | New Law Journal https://t.co/JsKIitv8hb 
• Neuberger speaks out on judges’ interests | New Law Journal https://t.co/L1yEozITJW 
• New timetable for care proceedings a success? | New Law Journal https://t.co/ZeqYB9mKcw 
• Model CV for expert witnesses | New Law Journal https://t.co/Jz4lSIGtqG
• Original Magna Carta document to be exhibited as part of the 800th anniversary celebrations | New Law Journal https://t.co/MgcxWdOOob
• Today is a great victory against GCHQ, the NSA and the surveillance state http://t.co/HBUaC54zev 
• #CANADA's highest court strikes down ban on doctor-assisted dying http://t.co/GDTs5LGTI2 
• Terminally ill New Yorkers demand state rule on legality of assisted dying #US http://t.co/WjEOamZFwK
• Judge rules man's upskirt photos of girl, 13, at Target not a crime but appalling http://t.co/NvtVxFrOEv
• Europe sees a decline in shareholder activism | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/e4ViG844Kp 
• New York lawyers resign after appearing in violent rap video | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/Jb3taTeMAu 
• PwC controversy could lead to code of conduct for tax advisers | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/NCcELS6aaC
• Companies still vulnerable to tax data leaks, warns A&O | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/76pHwNdSY8 
• Energy clients turn on work flow again in response to oil price | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/BG6uxz27GP 
• Baker seeks pioneer advantage through Kenya presence | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/daXfM4KA7B 
• Famed gaming firm seeks Chapter 7 bankruptcy | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/T3LXYT68bT 
• Dentons opens second South African office | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/a9sWBlGG73 
• 'Slave labour' maids told their Saudi diplomat boss has immunity http://t.co/hB687q4Z4X 
• Gary Glitter: the predatory paedophile hidden behind a Glam Rock superstar http://t.co/dKDvjnTJI9 
• Armed gangs fight in the middle of a busy road in #CHINA http://t.co/uLxx1oWutB 
• GCHQ's Internet surveillance with US ruled unlawful http://t.co/z5NPy52gFT
• Children's doctor found guilty of sex abuse in hospital at the same time as Jimmy Savile http://t.co/Fl7wLmgN4L
• Burglar arrested after his own father calls police to report break-in on his street http://t.co/7K0qwtAxyu 
• Teenage Good Samaritan beaten so badly his parents could not recognise him http://t.co/b1PkAsw0MA 
• Jihadist who missed moisturiser and toilet roll is 'most violent extremist to return to Britain' http://t.co/HhEyWodR6g 
• Car 'stolen in middle of driving lesson' http://t.co/VLKCu1joGs 
• PC under investigation over Rotherham sex abuse scandal dies in crash http://t.co/FbZxSGxK7m
• Man steals purse from dying woman hit by lorry in Leigh http://t.co/PIgJCU0mPA
• Contactless limit to go up to £30 as card use surges http://t.co/aBe0i3CNss 
• Female genital mutilation: Woman arrested at Heathrow Airport http://t.co/BTrJ0iRd2H
• Operation Elveden: Budget leaker Jonathan Hall avoids jail http://t.co/YjGj22QP8D 
• Hillsborough inquests: Police 'threw' fans back into pens http://t.co/uihdxpLXB9

6th February - Law News

1138th 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: Lord Chancellor guidance on inquest funding to be challenged. Claimant argues confusing and high threshold for legal aid is flawed and unlawful. Full story - Solicitors Journal

Saturday Conversations on Law

• The Amal Effect: More wannabe human rights lawyers, but where are the jobs?: https://t.co/5qUxEUQU3n 
• Lib-Dem justice minister bombarded with flack for pompous Magna Carta tweet: https://t.co/B7dqzHdlqX 
• City law firm graduate recruiter tells wannabe solicitor that 2:1 from Durham not good enough for training contract: http://t.co/xLNCn6irSs 
• The Mr Darcy of the bar is reported to have hooked up with a Hollywood star: https://t.co/7T6eQWhzqO 
• City firm coaxes all staff to embrace pro bono ethic by asking for 25 hours a year: https://t.co/qoSqPNw4IV 
• Demystifying the City: 11 things that corporate lawyers do: https://t.co/hI6l9sHML3
• England to consider gender neutral titles for solicitors after Scottish legal profession brings in Mx option https://t.co/fsrHdmZphT 
• Lawyers most sought after profession for affairs because they're good liars and pay attention to detail: https://t.co/2z5N5F6Z3u 
• Student rage as hackers seize control of beloved law meme Facebook page: https://t.co/W9Fhsotm74 
• What judges say Vs. what judges mean: https://t.co/aogY0F70Iw 
• Another woman is now in charge of a top City law firm: https://t.co/DpwbAae7Ki 
• The Bar Council giving junior barristers thousands of pounds to go to international conferences -- apply here https://t.co/6i4uGvda1o 
• 'Unexploited' legal market gives lawyers chance to escape grind and become tech entrepreneurs: https://t.co/v1rL9EtEa0 
• Extended police bail should be subject to judicial oversight | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/qze6zIwsv5 
• UK family trusts fall by 300,000 | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/JorxPtgMt5 
• Lying lawyers are best to have affairs with | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/Pl054oP0Rk 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: High Court dismisses $3.7m claim against Mishcon over allegations of dishonest assistance | The Lawyer http://t.co/jtzK1Il5LJ
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Addleshaw Goddard latest to moot contract lawyer initiative | The Lawyer http://t.co/hR5aFp12EM 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Akin Gump reports 12.8 per cent profit rise to $356m | The Lawyer http://t.co/KauS3Z32LR 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Cadwalader’s profit per partner drops by 15 per cent as revenue stalls at $481m | The Lawyer http://t.co/kv1pMiDw4I 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Matrix, Monckton and Blackstone triumph as tribunal rules against GCHQ for first time | The Lawyer http://t.co/vxaroFahSA 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Freshfields and Weil win seats as DFS lists on the London Stock Exchange | The Lawyer http://t.co/vVjwSqvA0U 
• Fr Michael Duffy: Baffled priest praised for Celtic move http://t.co/ZRycCxKRYb 
• Rotherham abuse scandal: South Yorkshire PC dies after car crash http://t.co/Yf8V66zMWn 
• Stephen Fry, Russell Brand, and God in a suffering world: Part 1 http://t.co/n5X65oJJSf
• Met police treatment of journalist confirms it as a 'rogue force' http://t.co/LSAtSbAwSi 
• Murder suspect kills himself awaiting jury's verdict http://t.co/D09GICSfAL 
• CMCs face fees hike to cover cost of regulation | Law Gazette http://t.co/Yq7KqWgzob 
• Personal Injury giant reports huge revenue drop post-Jackson | Law Gazette http://t.co/xeS1msMETM
• Royston Jones trial: Doctor saved ward attack nurse's life http://t.co/fZ4gJV0EDj 
• New law on sale of sex 'could cut human trafficking' http://t.co/RNX2KHBnY3
• Lockerbie bombing: Campaign to clear Megrahi 'disgraceful' http://t.co/qC1T4CFxJH
• Grieving woman Stacy Banner calls for domestic violence inquiry http://t.co/PQUGJ5IsaT
• South Shields bar drops 'dress like Savile' night poster http://t.co/pBntQ26Qtg 
• What is a defensive weapon? http://t.co/VmYcmx9mvt 
• Action films restricted in Paris following attacks #FRANCE http://t.co/HOLjkCEOBF 
• #CHINA rejects Anthem health hack accusation http://t.co/sq3Urrftrd
• Pregnant travellers offered new flight advice http://t.co/scZdvJYix8
• UK trade deficit last year widest since 2010 http://t.co/ZyHwG3j3gy 
• Is it fair to 'shame' online? http://t.co/3R34H1vxhz 
• End scandal of mentally ill being held in police cells, MPs say http://t.co/dlHjLlWWCh 
• John Heald: Murder accused found dead at Hull Prison http://t.co/UDplVdBe1F 
• Farage forced to abandon Rotherham event amid protests http://t.co/sYip7t0P1W 
• Doctor Michael Salmon guilty of indecent assaults http://t.co/eFq0JKUaCl 
• GCHQ intelligence sharing 'was unlawful', tribunal rules http://t.co/Y2ZJ3voHor 
• British jihadist Imran Khawaja jailed for 12 years http://t.co/7dABsv8ezy 
• In-house media lawyer heading for the spotlight? http://t.co/dj7Najogp9
• Detention of mentally ill people in police cells needs to end, say MPs http://t.co/z2U3HUDHch 
• Italian policeman ‘used Couchsurfing website to drug and assault travellers’ #ITALY http://t.co/67MjNxquQr 
• GCHQ mass internet surveillance was unlawful, court rules http://t.co/XFGGbHV58y 
• House husbands, gender imbalance and divorce law | The Lawyer http://t.co/46na93YSwL 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: DAC Beachcroft departures stack up in Madrid | The Lawyer http://t.co/rTFkp3JmGO 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Dentons, HSF, KWM and Slaughters among eight firms to win FSCS panel spots | The Lawyer http://t.co/qNqTiiA6fU 
• Novae Group appoints RSA lawyer as first group general counsel | The Lawyer http://t.co/fWWULeOMRQ
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Linklaters advises on groundbreaking $1bn bond in post-Arab Spring Tunisia | The Lawyer http://t.co/nEw2hjAsuI
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Locke Lord’s Clements: "We got the team we wanted" | The Lawyer http://t.co/iZrE7hNpMp 
• Lower number of City deals – report | Law Gazette http://t.co/3d6wrD5Ydo
• Interveners named as stage set for crucial Coventry case | Law Gazette http://t.co/B5PGbYlmPj 
• Tribute: Simon Chandler - a partner at Reynolds Porter Chamberlain | Law Gazette http://t.co/dzykIxYgLY 
• ‘Gratuitously rude’ judge reprimanded in CoA ruling | Law Gazette http://t.co/5nuMYCRLGc 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHC3kLR
• Anti-fascist protests sparked by Le Pen talk at Oxford http://t.co/kruwQBhKVq 
• Evan Davis: Gays take more drugs as they don’t have kids http://t.co/2mCRPfadRt 
• #ZIMBABWE President Robert Mugabe falls down stairs, tries to get photographers to delete the evidence http://t.co/v9y2RtoKTw 
• Conrad Hilton: Hotel heir faces long stay in jail after a 'drug-fuelled' flight rant http://t.co/sTJWozrbXG 
• Antisemitic incidents hit record high last year http://t.co/ogGdMh0HKa 
• The British jihadist who faked his own death to get back into the Uk is being sentenced http://t.co/MM11PCFi5n 
• PwC promoted tax avoidance 'on industrial scale', say MPs http://t.co/x3o7AqdU0r 
• Social Development Minister Mervyn Storey given courts warning http://t.co/0SfTQwYxT9 
• Man admits driving pickup truck into Calgary Courts Centre #CANADA http://t.co/vZGDRp3dB7 
• Digital courts way forward #INDIA http://t.co/6wbzzQbkTU 
• Taliban courts: When all alternatives fail #AFGHANISTAN http://t.co/SGE5nrhhYj 
• #PAKISTAN military courts will breed more terror http://t.co/fheqnEKUTv
• Cadbury in the #US: Fans stockpile sweets after ban upheld http://t.co/eK7Zx0PV32 
• Andrea Gada's family granted visas for funeral http://t.co/Nu9tgySlHX 
• Millions hit by health company hack attack http://t.co/BiLSh5co4u 
• E-cigarettes 'may harm the lungs and immune system' http://t.co/nNXdq6G6yW 
• Africa Cup of Nations: Semi-final was 'war zone', says Ghana FA #GUINEA http://t.co/iBOMippfoN
• #JORDAN jets 'strike Islamic State' after pilot's death http://t.co/NbE9pSN4YB 
• Number of Quindell shareholders hoping for compensation reaches 500 Legal Futures http://t.co/4vE26fEhHI 
• Sham marriages solicitor loses appeal against conviction | Legal Futures http://t.co/FCnzt4tWlZ 
• MoJ announces huge fee rises for claims management companies | Legal Futures http://t.co/GVv8AllOcn 
• Julian Assange policing costs reach £10 million http://t.co/bvP7zNL30S 
• Cycling vigilante who has secured over 70 motorist's convictions http://t.co/4INY1dw4I2 
• David Lowe jailed for 10 years for abusing boys at Westminster Cathedral Choir School http://t.co/b3LG2wLHg6
• Mother and daughter save suicidal man by grabbing wrists as he tries to jump from bridge http://t.co/BwFsXganCb 
• Rotherham abuse didn't happen because of political correctness. It happened because of racism http://t.co/yzbqf4fdge 
• Man jailed for drunkenly setting off fireworks by mistake and burning down family home http://t.co/wcs1w57AfF
• Operation Yewtree: The successes and failures http://t.co/hSYxSOrZ1b 
• CCTV shows robber breaking into garage brandishing five-inch knife http://t.co/0NqFebW3zD
• Depression drove senior British boxing figure to suicide http://t.co/cAnR097uYI 
• Rolf Harris interviewed under caution over alleged sex offences http://t.co/RwOSpJiN50 
• 'Slave labour' maids told their Saudi diplomat boss has immunity http://t.co/hB687q4Z4X 
• Gary Glitter: the predatory paedophile hidden behind a Glam Rock superstar http://t.co/dKDvjnTJI9 
• Solicitor has been dragged to court after property owners allegedly overpaid £100,000 for a unit https://t.co/AaM5C29Fs4 
• Tributes for well-known Helston solicitor Derek Reid http://t.co/03GsolzGnq 
• Maghaberry Prison: Solicitor Ciaran Shiels disputes claims no prisoners assaulted http://t.co/ykBqBWTv2Z 
• Jehovah’s Witness sued for £500,000 by woman who says it failed to protect her from sex attacker https://t.co/3iaMc8XpM3 
• Ellen Barkin Engaged to Amal Alamuddin's Colleague British Barrister Ben Emmerson http://t.co/qBx2iOPHXK
• No5 barrister prosecutes drug dealers, who go down for a total of 27 years | The Lawyer http://t.co/t3vHvhucgr
• Victoria’s legal year has officially begun with the nation’s first Multi-Faith Opening - #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/I4ktyiqrXN 
• Higher minimum legal size set by EU must apply to all to protect sea bass https://t.co/eblBNiOmx4 
• US# regulators mull legal action against BP on rules violations- company https://t.co/wsXbVU3ko1 
• Beer Store threatens legal action to protect monopoly #CANADA https://t.co/5zoAKb7tcP 
• Nick Diaz of UFC fame tested double the legal limit for marijuana https://t.co/s4WN2sMetk 
• FCC says net neutrality plan is on a 'firm legal foundation' https://t.co/n3lID6NxEN
• Aberdeenshire Midas victims issue plea to others to join them in legal action https://t.co/troP4nUERC 
• Police corruption law 'not needed' https://t.co/GdstJbTQk1
• Republicans, Democrats jockey on changing education law #US https://t.co/TlFJiVuOWf 
• Case Watch: ECHR and UK Find a Compromise on 'Whole Life' Sentences https://t.co/IpqYyf6Ca7 
• Family law: a digital approach https://t.co/uB3jaOpJf0 
• Dublin law firm helps partners focus on enjoyable activities | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/iGAIzZNTr1 
• Withers aims for 33pc Asia revenue as it links up with Singapore firm | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/6Xy0WtC1WW 
• Milbank starts Seoul office with M&A focus | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/tmXYY21ogv 
• US lawyers more liberal than the general population | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/wqrQjhxSl1 
• Shearman plans move into Africa through Egypt base | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/7ALyFqeRcF 
• Minimising risk in law firms - Compliance | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/9Hfvlzd0M4 
• Goldberg Segalla expands in St Louis | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/exaeXsp52m 
• McCarthy Tetrault tops Canada finance tables | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/H9LjDOp5j1

5th February - Law News

1137th 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 Ministry of Justice introduced legal aid reforms without taking account of the potential consequences and continues to show little interest in their knock-on effects, MPs said today. The House of Commons Public Accounts Committee said the MoJ is still playing ‘catch up’ almost two years after reducing the scope of civil legal aid, with ‘considerable gaps’ in its understanding. Full story - The Law Society Gazette

Saturday Conversations on Law

• How does Google's Autocomplete censor predictions? http://t.co/r3hUEIHVWP 
• Rolf Harris questioned in Stafford by Operation Yewtree detectives over sex offence allegations http://t.co/mi5cmBrTjP 
• Gay blood donation: 'No evidence' to support outright ban http://t.co/lt4Tt9wKpF
• Scottish police consider ending consensual stop-and-search http://t.co/aocywaZvbu 
• Golf champ Alan Bannister guilty of £26k benefit fraud http://t.co/XZzLIzoq4r 
• Emoticons in texts can rack up huge bills http://t.co/Ri3ml6v09m 
• Include humanism in RS GCSE, urge religious leaders http://t.co/5UHhveEVzw 
• BT to buy mobile firm EE for £12.5bn http://t.co/N7VLh6DUMr 
• Sony Pictures co-chair Amy Pascal steps down after hack #US http://t.co/GsQI54ATg0 
• Tesco investigated by new regulator amid concerns it breached the Groceries Supply Code of Practice http://t.co/iwhYEBm35g
• End 'gross indignity', Greek FM Varoufakis tells Germany http://t.co/nhafeugCJk 
• Mother and child held at knifepoint in Bridgwater break-in http://t.co/nXs8aQN1D1 
• Family 'pleaded with Syria fighter son Imran Khawaja to come home' http://t.co/yTnnJu6p3Y 
• Rape and child prostitution probe: 20 Tyneside men charged http://t.co/r777DEuC3G 
• Glasgow bin lorry deaths: Driver 'has no memory of crash' http://t.co/dbBQlZDqUt 
• Gary Glitter trial: Singer guilty of historical sex abuse http://t.co/RZm86TmOEY 
• CPS defends decision to bring FGM case against doctor acquitted in 30 minutes http://t.co/IWBeyCt430 
• This FGM trial should never have happened http://t.co/oJ09N43H0x 
• Female jihadis publish guide to life under Islamic State http://t.co/1TaRlYB7ib 
• Bike paths in abandoned tube tunnels: is the London Underline serious? http://t.co/CsmKXGeqrh
• Prosecutors shouldn't have immunity from their unethical – or unlawful – acts #US http://t.co/tUta6ciH8u 
• Legal aid should have been granted automatically to bereaved sister, court told http://t.co/zVI2tLYlwa 
• One in ten lawyers have no data safety guards in place | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/28S7iwcDin 
• Trainee solicitor numbers increase by two thirds in 2014 | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/jR3FPVRHLv 
• Grayling kicks joint-enterprise review past election | Law Gazette http://t.co/2kO12GCjmi 
• Wonga escapes criminal action over letters scandal | Law Gazette http://t.co/Wv67o9wUYT
• European lawyer moves: 5 February 2015 | The Lawyer http://t.co/mkRoJtHnvk 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Gide turns to Baker & McKenzie for senior operational hire | The Lawyer http://t.co/oOjftBCJgG
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Dentons' UKMEA profits soar 33 per cent in first year of merger | The Lawyer http://t.co/qXskMHi405 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Fladgate hires three Locke Lord partners in largest-ever lateral move | The Lawyer http://t.co/djBniQecca 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Dentons expands its Africa presence with Johannesburg office opening | The Lawyer http://t.co/T8r6cmeLpk 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Davis wins Lion Capital for Proskauer after move from KWM | The Lawyer http://t.co/7AHkoxCMvw 
• Davis wins Lion Capital for Proskauer after move from KWM | The Lawyer http://t.co/7AHkoxCMvw 
• Government backs liaison scheme for offenders | Law Gazette http://t.co/NrOx4CNa6Y 
• MP’s libel costs claim slashed by a third | Law Gazette http://t.co/0JfOicuACk 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHC3kLR
• Cabinet minister urges more action to ensure gender equality in the law | Legal Futures http://t.co/C5eo4wbREG
• SME law firms “face the most threat” from new entrants, survey finds | Legal Futures http://t.co/T7xKJBwiQe 
• BSB launches CPD pilot as it moves away from hours-based scheme | Legal Futures http://t.co/kpaWtb9HHB 
• PI lawyers predict "carnage" in market | Legal Futures http://t.co/UlUv8JbkVh 
• Hugh James extends law firm network | Legal Futures http://t.co/CUq02TfCeG 
• Lowell Goddard profile: judge ‘has key qualities’ to lead child abuse inquiry http://t.co/zm1FE98h7V 
• What is sex? HIV case forces Florida supreme court to define intercourse #US http://t.co/T2Oci955Vj
• Decision to prosecute doctor for FGM ‘left me with no faith in British justice’ http://t.co/EqdFTr1oSd 
• Ruth Bader Ginsburg: I would overturn supreme court's Citizens United ruling #US http://t.co/SshTYPBciX 
• French comedian Dieudonné leaves court accused of glorifying Paris killer #FRANCE http://t.co/LDvSQqZG0N 
• Relatives of road death victims get 'poor' service from prosecutors http://t.co/3i1tHIurGe 
• Is there really something uniquely wicked about genocide? #BALKANS http://t.co/2ifKaSC3lM 
• Life doesn’t mean life in Strasbourg, I’m afraid http://t.co/6M7LIZdoHT 
• Butcher forced to help cut off own toe in 'Tarantino-style' torture ordeal http://t.co/fLl8Mb7BBl
• Rotherham council 'not fit for purpose', child sex abuse scandal report finds http://t.co/I2fKT3iThz 
• Rotherham Council's leadership resigns following damning child sex abuse report http://t.co/cEkgT1lfwv 
• 'Prince of Poachers' is first person to be convicted with the help of DNA from red deer he killed http://t.co/k6ap1sX97P 
• NHS doctor cleared in less than 30 minutes in first FGM case http://t.co/2jAUDMSJNI 
• Last ever photo of poisoned spy Alexander Litvinenko released to show "Kremlin" killed him http://t.co/pu2WZOqHc3 
• Rotherham council ignored child abuse by Asian gangs because of 'misplaced political correctness', report concludes http://t.co/vYEvWXS6XP 
• Rotherham scandal: The catalogue of council failings http://t.co/cIipM92RXy
• Derbyshire fire chief cleared of rape in just 10 minutes http://t.co/MVC67Yq03q 
• Oil claim for $1.4b dropped as Baker Botts spot alleged fake | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/tOBMsuZ6sQ 
• Canada gets ready for shift to Alternative Business Structures | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/1hgkvNIhYK
• Lawyer found Harper Lee's sequel to To Kill a Mockingbird - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/etPtzOPqoI 
• Latham recruits corporate duo from CC in Germany - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/6ysrKxNcW9 
• K&L Gates in revenge porn fight - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/VBGUYPX116 
• S&P settles mortgage claims for $1.37 billion | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/VSpi5A0FPQ 
• Regulators shift burden onto companies under investigation | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/0j0mHNLvvU
• Successful CPS prosecutions are designed for the ‘model victim’ | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/IIOztKl4Rk
• New CSA inquiry to be headed by New Zealand judge | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/al504fyjMP 
• Hogan Lovells announces ‘ground-breaking’ Global Citizenship Policy | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/2Fh7RGPpCx 
• Lord Chancellor guidance on inquest funding to be challenged | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/dQcfDV3dzq 
• Legal profession must improve on only one in four partners being a woman | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/2YpqgyVSqx 
• CPS’ handling of fatal RTAs deemed poor | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/bunk4DaUJa 
• MPs release damning report into Ministry of Justice’s legal aid cuts | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/kEbjv2AxGP

4th February - Law News

1136th 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 European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has upheld the right of UK courts to impose whole-life prison sentences on those who are jailed for life. Over-ruling its decision in 2013, the Strasbourg court ruled six to one that the justice secretary has the power to release those serving whole life term in exceptional circumstances, which meant such a sentence complies with article 3 of the European Convention of Human Rights. Full story - Solicitors Journal

Saturday Conversations on Law

• MoJ sees legal aid cuts as a job well done | Law Gazette http://t.co/VbWezGafXI 
• Under close scrutiny, Magna Carta can’t be claimed as the root of all that’s good in our ancient rights | Law Gazette http://t.co/PR4XgqaZ3F 
• TV producers in #ANGOLA apologise over gays kissing http://t.co/1x26EgaB4B
• Topshop ordered to pay pop star Rihanna's legal costs http://t.co/s5uTKcpalb 
• Public 'support' for independent BBC licence fee body http://t.co/d4gFq28b6S 
• Ex-Power Rangers actor Ricardo Medina released without charge after flatmate was stabbed to death with sword #US http://t.co/a4qhaQ5mb0 
• Alan Barnes fund: Donations halted for mugging victim http://t.co/1kPYjB3nBh 
• Seven big myths about top-performing school systems http://t.co/EX02pGVElv 
• Iraq Inquiry: Chilcot rejects calls for report timetable http://t.co/mEDEcdmQjk 
• BSB explores alternatives to advocacy quality scheme | Law Gazette http://t.co/v53kNhYIiW 
• Mishcon defeats breach of duty claims | Law Gazette http://t.co/3DVlSb18ZH 
• Rotherham Council 'not fit for purpose' over child abuse failings http://t.co/0zvhtUyneE 
• Facing the crocodile that 'ate my wife' http://t.co/TfzO1f3FmZ 
• #JORDAN executes convicted jihadists after pilot's death http://t.co/BnRS6eonfo 
• Rory McIlroy and Horizon Sports Management settle golf court case http://t.co/s9khtuaevL 
• New Zealand High Court judge Lowell Goddard to lead abuse inquiry http://t.co/Ub8IeMQ1CE 
• Theresa May’s Prevent bill is extremism in the name of security http://t.co/tI8Y2mUe4D 
• British court to rule on death sentences for two Trinidad murderers http://t.co/XnEPcDuUJ1 
• Republicans hope latest anti-Obamacare bill will be first to reach president's desk #US http://t.co/DD5OMGbA5q 
• Sir Keir Starmer: police stations are intimidating for rape victims http://t.co/EcwmgjrY7C 
• Judge authorises sterilisation of mother-of-six with learning disabilities http://t.co/iiy9T1p4Cu 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Ireland's Arthur Cox hires Source general counsel for London office | The Lawyer http://t.co/90Fj3b3Ff2 
• MPs' report slams MoJ for ‘lack of evidence’ to back civil legal aid reform | The Lawyer http://t.co/1jbmVgXRal 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Withers enters formal alliance with Singapore firm KhattarWong to grow Asia revenue | The Lawyer http://t.co/Nic5ntRSt4 
• Court fees are just the latest blow to smaller businesses seeking to enforce their rights | Law Gazette http://t.co/Mh9qPk6Ec9 
• Indemnity insurer liable for disbursement loans | Law Gazette http://t.co/r2SjB1KDua 
• Government still playing ‘catch up’ on LASPO | Law Gazette http://t.co/tZLdML2l1l 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHC3kLR
• 'Unexploited' legal market gives lawyers chance to escape grind and become tech entrepreneurs: http://t.co/x7ogtBMZLe 
• Another woman is now in charge of a top City law firm: http://t.co/13qrekSgKg 
• The Bar Council is giving junior barristers thousands of pounds to go to international conferences -- apply here!: http://t.co/3pIGwRl8F5 
• Grayling Magna Carta party latest -- win raffle to open a bridge: http://t.co/szeB6Ie6Kv 
• Bar is 'fantastic' for working parents says Ed Miliband's wife -- but her chambers has just 17% women QCs: http://t.co/Ei2Sffm3qU 
• Herbert Smith Freehills and Reed Smith both post retention rates of over 90%: http://t.co/iBqHrWsJVt 
• Guilty until proven innocent? Ministry of Justice mistakenly reverses the burden of proof: http://t.co/tEuHQBSBo0 
• Junior lawyer battles food waste living on a pound a day for charity: http://t.co/WmdAZHOEnR
• Magic circle giant Allen & Overy is retaining 93% of its trainees: http://t.co/itc4eUUSwA 
• Twitter shock at barrister's triple 'C-bomb': http://t.co/1q4sEuyhXQ 
• An intellectual property firm has nicked a corporate law firm's name: http://t.co/2MC4m8IhpJ
• Tadpoles and pigs play key role in high street law firm paralegal hiring policy: http://t.co/I4LLKnGKi4 
• 11 New Year's resolutions that law students have already given up on: http://t.co/Ch8zFPj3MP
• Edinburgh Uni law student legally analyses tutor's feedback -- conclusion: breaches official guidelines: http://t.co/nHzmJOa4cP 
• The campaign for the trainee solicitor minimum salary is being resurrected: http://t.co/gGWFuskXBb 
• Criminal Bar Association makes awkward U-turn over Global Legal Summit: http://t.co/SrHK6kS0YY
• Little girls dressing up like Elsa from Frozen are the future of feminism http://t.co/WWuTDZrdMg 
• Muslim women are being turned away from mosques in an absurdly sexist violation of human rights http://t.co/02Pez5QPIL
• Life in jail for thug who befriended an elderly man on a bus before beating him almost to death with a potato masher http://t.co/rlD3pYxd6C 
• Hundreds of thousands of people not charged with any crime still on police mugshot database http://t.co/vXB0LW2HiN 
• Government under pressure to ban religious slaughter as halal scandal grows http://t.co/REpBnQ92ha 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: CMS Cameron McKenna cash flow increased by 774 per cent to £33.1m in 2013/14 | The Lawyer http://t.co/5eAbUtRdtn 
• Scottish Water launches panel review as firms chase five-year contracts | The Lawyer http://t.co/SN55urQ9Al 
• Police warned to expect deluge when new revenge porn law is introduced http://t.co/vRw5Wx2wbA 
• Radio boss told female director he liked recruits to be 'blonde with big boobs', tribunal hears http://t.co/6X1OT1QEER 
• Armed police left family 'shaking like a leaf' after mistaking them for a hold-up gang http://t.co/FdIHozkQWt 
• Don't arrest addicts, give them free drugs, Chief Constable says http://t.co/rKbU5tqiqK 
• Former Spurs starlet sues club for £7m after heart attack ends his career http://t.co/qIzG7TOGd6 
• Church deacon sues pastor wife over flower arranging row http://t.co/CCnrFELtCn
• Student David Souaan jailed after trying to join Isil in Syria http://t.co/hLOtiitLcx 
• Revenge porn: What to do if someone posts your naked pictures online http://t.co/zdd3DiKhKH 
• Scotland Yard could be forced to cut frontline police officers http://t.co/JbTu57AXkM
• Automatic early release of dangerous prisoners to end in Scotland http://t.co/P8krLjS11E
• Muslim convert 'stabs controlling boyfriend to death in row about Western lifestyle' http://t.co/DaFb3Epg5B 
• Triple killer behind the latest Strasbourg ruling http://t.co/jTlkPvZgU1 
• Strasbourg judges back-track on 'whole life' tariff human rights ruling http://t.co/sYvXevrjKD 
• One in nine killings committed by those out on bail http://t.co/aUUTi47Y6X 
• Fletchers launches Medical Law Network to take on big firms | Legal Futures http://t.co/IWnCQ2cEAN 
• Veterans call for more protection 'from poverty' for older soldiers https://t.co/1WcVUBd5zY 
• Korean golfer Bae charged with violating military service law https://t.co/p3ApoRpGyg
• UK ‘revenge porn’ law nets teen offender https://t.co/mNFUJnANiT
• Married ex-dean of SMU law school, 60, arrested on prostitution charge #US http://t.co/rHfO1oyTwK 
• Northern Ireland legal aid proposals are unfair https://t.co/3eJwPNe2Kw
• A Team Production Theory of Corporate Law: A Theory of the Just Corporation https://t.co/7DL177r5jX
• A Case Study of Academic Freedom issues at Brigham Young University https://t.co/wZNJXQNVjU 
• Comparative analysis: Male Police Officer Law Enforcement Preferences in Cases of Intimate Partner Violence https://t.co/MC57VI48nK 
• Multi-perpetrator domestic violence https://t.co/0fWaEpnCom 
• The Unrecognized Dominance of Law in Morality https://t.co/xRjGK3aan9
• The trouble with privatising probation http://t.co/ZYgcZfex6b 
• The specialist courts that care about keeping families together http://t.co/LrtgmDYMAq
• High-handed Met police impose freedom of information ban on Press Gazette http://t.co/VHH7r3QHuT 
• MPs vote in favour of 'three-person embryo' law http://t.co/0cYkbCWoCe 
• Proposed changes to #US data collection fall short of NSA reformers' goals http://t.co/dDRbIKxT3i 
• Sports Direct faces multimillion-pound claim from zero-hours contract workers http://t.co/Nyk0TLUD5W
• From scavenging seaweed to swearing, Rhode Island plans to ditch archaic laws http://t.co/EQDR2WzY6w 
• Dickstein Shapiro creates million dollar partners | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/vGsL5GW7EA 
• Dentons Dachung recruits former Alberta premier as counsel | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/CNNwpSFqhe 
• Skadden holds off Jones Day to win title of world's strongest law brand | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/HRLceHlwew 
• French lawyers issue death threats over legal reforms | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/pKS158fweX 
• KWM to open in Singapore within three months | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/yY3SV8kgw7 
• JUSTICE hosts Hilary Mantel of Wolf Hall fame | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/wom3I3lI2H 
• Top Bahamas judge slams shoddily-prepared appeals - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/ceXP7GCPNK 
• Gulf of Mexico oil leak costs BP US$43b to date | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/6i575RPIhl
• Strasbourg rules UK whole-life sentence is not incompatible with human rights | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/JKwYqBdlxy 
• Supreme Court to hear appeal from mother forced to move 50 miles from family | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/6RGNbzTB7l 
• MoD faces whistleblowing claim from doctor sacked by text | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/R3u587pWAg
• LGB networks lacking in firms outside of London | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/M1KglIkEri 
• Munby blasts interpretation service for extensive failures | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/sHmvsX6pOI 
• #JORDAN pilot hostage Moaz al-Kasasbeh 'burned alive' http://t.co/2LErK3L15I 
• Energy comparison sites earn £30 for every switch, MPs told http://t.co/NfSYNa5iyE 
• Strauss-Kahn trial hears of lunchtime sex parties #FRANCE http://t.co/AUmhI510Ys 
• Former US rap music mogul Suge Knight taken to hospital after court hearing #US http://t.co/EdRNmJaDpQ
• Fred Talbot trial halted after he is injured in witness box fall http://t.co/p51cIKbFEC 
• English MPs would get tax veto under Conservative plans http://t.co/rzwernuU0r 
• Facial recognition technology: How well does it work? http://t.co/Lr71obuSEC
• Alexander Litvinenko 'did not inadvertently poison himself' http://t.co/tkqzt6GNEh 
• Soldiers wounded in Nice Jewish centre attack #FRANCE http://t.co/TITZm9B0vu 
• MPs say yes to three-person babies http://t.co/BhmQsX0rmT
• Indemnity insurer liable for disbursement loans | Law Gazette http://t.co/lHykeFEbHp
• British courts can impose whole-life terms | Law Gazette http://t.co/ie5Id1sTfl 
• Equalities minister urges change of culture in law firms | Law Gazette http://t.co/YwMAxjWRdc 
• UN court says Serbia and Croatia did not commit genocide during Balkan wars http://t.co/vkGjUt9VDE
• European judges uphold British courts’ right to impose ‘whole life’ tariffs http://t.co/k9rv1AA9HN 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Travers earns £2m for key role on Bank of England’s forex investigation | The Lawyer http://t.co/tBjLxTrng2
• Alliance Boots legal chief Pagni scoops top job in wake of Walgreen merger | The Lawyer http://t.co/oP5eXBkeQ6 
• Munby bemoans ‘serial failures’ over interpreting | Law Gazette http://t.co/EHk8qcbgNW

3rd February - Law News

1135th 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 have always relied on technically brilliant lawyers to help build their reputation. In the future this may well not be sufficient. Firms need to understand how to grow leaders, provide direction and alignment with its values and DNA, and inspire commitment from disparate geographies and practices. Those that prepare their finest partners for being part of an effective executive committees (ExCo) will enjoy a crucial sustainable advantage in an industry that is certain to keep changing. Full story - The Lawyer

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Probation chief resigns over conflict of interest row http://t.co/1bZTU4Zt9t
• Can emojis really be used to make terror threats? http://t.co/diUuyG8nG6
• 2015: the year of hyper-transparency in global business http://t.co/WbLDdXIONr 
• Banning liquor won't change the binge drinking culture on campus http://t.co/aSI6AbDMtv 
• Church ‘irresponsible’ for trying to sway MPs against mitochondrial donation law http://t.co/X8wzXxRglf 
• The Guardian view on mitochondrial therapy: MPs should vote for hope http://t.co/0pTf9ozQ88
• Capita ordered to pay costs over failure to provide interpreters to family courts http://t.co/aCF1BIHGqx 
• Head of UN war crimes inquiry resigns after #ISRAEL accuses him of pro-Gaza bias http://t.co/H7FsSge2su 
• What I learnt about inequality after spending time with some of the richest people in the world http://t.co/j3lksPxbri 
• Stephen Fry's comments about God could lead to criminal sanctions against him in many countries http://t.co/isAcjRGye6 
• Jeep puts Muslim woman in Super Bowl ad, world ends for some people #US http://t.co/Untq6ybsvS 
• Don't just blame internet porn for child sex offenders, says NSPCC http://t.co/oibRZVMNNQ 
• 'Life means life' and the case of triple murderer Arthur Hutchinson http://t.co/O1dCIDoO4z 
• Dominique Strauss-Kahn to stand trial accused of 'aggravated pimping' http://t.co/mJXYt4Ib6H 
• 68-year-old man jailed for sexually assaulting six-year-old in Kings Cross McDonalds toilets http://t.co/hZpwCUnpLD 
• Shocking footage shows heartless thieves steal from disabled pensioner in Wilko store http://t.co/nzrheFunnT
• Mother of baby left strapped to a pushchair for 14 hours avoids jail after admitting neglect http://t.co/ZYukZLvaO7
• Lutfur Rahman: Tower Hamlets mayor ran ‘corrupt’ election campaign, court hears http://t.co/9b4DObavKO 
• Alexander Litvinenko ‘thought Putin wasn’t up to the job in secret service’ http://t.co/tkbBw2f49k 
• Video: Mother 'bit off sex attacker's tongue' to secure DNA evidence http://t.co/mgqEA0XriY 
• Complaints about police rise by 15pc in year http://t.co/PpuPpm9bDt 
• Air ambulance doctor issues emotional plea to end knife wars after teenager dies in his hands http://t.co/LY92lSjA1v 
• Black cab driver who attacked two sleeping women in his car may have preyed on others http://t.co/UHFhOnmKcB
• 8 out of 10 councils using 'secret courts' http://t.co/AGTJoLh84E 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Balkan firm Karanovic & Nikolic expands to Slovenia with local hire | The Lawyer http://t.co/R0wP9eIXVj
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Pinsent Masons picks up energy team from Bond Dickinson | The Lawyer http://t.co/kEaRDgmORk 
• Legal aid providers "trying to innovate" but destablised by cuts | Legal Futures http://t.co/aeEEsLDo8n 
• City firms “way ahead” of Law Society on diversity, society report finds | Legal Futures http://t.co/3RTEG5BgZQ 
• Former diplomat becomes chair of IPS as Bradley leaves CLC | Legal Futures http://t.co/M1XumBsDYy 
• #LIBYA revokes bill which banned Gaddafi-era officials from office http://t.co/8sbQqpdmKa 
• The palace of shame that makes China angry with British imperialism even 155 years after its destruction http://t.co/n0J6dNoZsX
• The great Kuwaiti cat-meat scandal http://t.co/k5cAQD90sF 
• Northern Ireland abortion laws case granted judicial review http://t.co/0Iwtp9Elou 
• Wrongly accused man case reopened by North Wales Police http://t.co/flFHuwNja0
• Jordan Begley death: Names of Taser officers released http://t.co/cuUcpUi9sS
• Apple to sell bonds worth $5bn http://t.co/F5CgD74JHt
• Trial date set for 'Auschwitz bookkeeper' Groening #GERMANY http://t.co/MUogq9fnDQ 
• Scottish Labour pledges to go further on devolution for Holyrood http://t.co/k9VJl9QaHG
• Saudi Arabia tip-off saved UK lives, David Cameron says http://t.co/a1k4X9XmGx 
• Freed journalist Peter Greste 'relieved' but 'angst' over jailed colleagues http://t.co/ciIaiXTE3p
• Alexander Litvinenko was 'a paid consultant' for MI6 http://t.co/Ld0apHU4l9
• Bank of England investigation costs £2.9 million in legal fees | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/MSW6EcvMaL 
• Client complaints are very rare, says Slaughters senior partner | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/93FWTWSjI2 
• Australian firms on the hunt for increased revenues | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/S9QLiJNnJ8 
• Police arrest lawyer for representing her client | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/vL1TnxNRru
• Ex-CC adviser takes top post at Saudi capital markets regulator | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/iYpGqCCP6a 
• Linklaters to put tighter focus on Africa | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/beGORbK4eK 
• DLA cuts global headcount | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/iEMXefuU8l 
• Rose Walker lawyers set up new firm | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/CpWzKS8xZu
• What it's really like to be an interim GC | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/iU3f1bit2Q 
• Hundreds of law firms leave the market | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/8KRNIHyNeh

2nd February - Law News

1134th 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: Company directors who save on tax by accepting a modest salary and remuneration by dividend could be in for a nasty shock if they ever come to claim compensation. A company director had his compensation capped to £9,254 annual earnings with dividend income entirely excluded from consideration, in a landmark decision at Manchester Employment Tribunal. If the income from the dividend had been included, he would have been awarded £74,000 in compensation. Full story - New Law Journal

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Carnage in the personal injury sector yet to happen | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/BfTqtBJB4U 
• MoJ mediation report tells us ‘little that’s new’ | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/IaFxEmuHN1 
• Practitioners urged to remain vigilant over Public Law Outline | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/XGzJYGwQuy 
• Additional governance over surveillance laws won’t work | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/dJIonWqQfy 
• Free legal advice for victims of ‘revenge porn’ | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/LK69zPtir6 
• Former British diplomat named new IPS chair | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/lp1vLYfqDq 
• Increased civil court fees will lead to ‘disaster’ | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/tKQdcSlh0v 
• Cohabitation laws are ‘out of touch’ | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/aeBbfP2Mor 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: MoFo boosts Berlin with data protection hires from De Brauw | The Lawyer http://t.co/2146IkJCPe 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Goodwin Procter builds on 2013 growth with 4.4 per cent revenue increase | The Lawyer http://t.co/P4psSJ8eYF 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Hogan Lovells reports turnover increase, profit decline for non-US business in 2013/14 | The Lawyer http://t.co/ciAzJTSmA9
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Dechert increases global revenue by 8 per cent to $839.4m | The Lawyer http://t.co/6pAHiT9LGK 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Milbank becomes latest international firm to open Seoul office | The Lawyer http://t.co/gB1ylF9ARy 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: BLM senior partner Mike Brown re-elected to oversee international expansion strategy | The Lawyer http://t.co/ZcNOQtKlZX
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Skadden retains top spot for branding attraction in crowded US market | The Lawyer http://t.co/cv8mvAiubU 
• Lawyers on TV – the jury’s out | Law Society Gazette http://t.co/FpyvwwTCgO 
• Clients shunning national brands as market booms | Law Gazette http://t.co/EVZ5ldMOGJ 
• New name for Whitehall legal as it strives to cut overlap | Law Gazette http://t.co/d6XMTZkNTz 
• Justice Secretary Grayling testing resolve of Tory lawyers | Law Gazette http://t.co/CygNMjVl9O 
• Law Society: give accountants more guidance on breaches | Law Gazette http://t.co/nLkm0I2gyS 
• ‘We will cut unnecessary duplication’ – Whitehall law chief | Law Gazette http://t.co/MIIUYaVtMf 
• Law Society Gazette plea sparks cross-party debate on constitution | Law Society Gazette http://t.co/JtzWT4WAjS
• Chief Inspector of Probation Paul McDowell resigns http://t.co/qAORDdobiO 
• Bee hives offer armed police a gentler buzz http://t.co/8ZjwOA7E1t 
• Lord Butler: Theresa May's plans to ban extremists from campus ‘treat universities like schools’ http://t.co/FAV5z74NFO 
• Aston Martin sues supplier for allegedly stealing its designs http://t.co/xwNd23ECKd 
• Christian preacher may hold vital information about Islamic State terrorist http://t.co/fDSPX6qBLA 
• Prisoners are tainted goods – victims of a throwaway culture. Let's change that http://t.co/bjqb4CuShA 
• Alexander Litvinenko's widow to give evidence at public inquiry http://t.co/RrTvxl8xYy
• Mother who left baby strapped in pushchair for 14 hours is spared jail http://t.co/RGZepvsMAx 
• Complaints about police rise by 15pc in year http://t.co/PpuPpm9bDt 
• Cameron hints at new independent inquiry into Britain’s role in CIA torture http://t.co/43z0J5A3PF 
• Presumed guilty? Ministry of Justice is forced to withdraw advice leaflet http://t.co/XzOgTc4Fba 
• Prisoners to make kit for the army to teach ‘value of hard day’s work’ http://t.co/Fpiqas5HHR
• Justice campaigners propose boycott of Magna Carta anniversary summit http://t.co/4G7etFgfqf 
• British Library reunites Magna Carta copies for 800th anniversary http://t.co/VijzubWHqa 
• Solicitors are ‘key enablers’ for serious organised crime – time to be on guard | Law Gazette http://t.co/HxQ5oFieep 
• Difficulty in finding a head for public inquiry into child abuse is symptomatic of deeper failures | Law Gazette http://t.co/VGKbwpUcEK 
• The growing use of mass arrest is restricting the right to protest | Law Gazette http://t.co/hgCAaQJzeR 
• Profile: David W Rivkin - New IBA president on investors & standing up to arbitrary state power | Law Gazette http://t.co/E7HVmEzJBi 
• The in-house interview: Competition and Markets Authority GC Sarah Cardell - A Profile | The Lawyer http://t.co/eIPfAQcZLI 
• Leadership: Developing effective executive committees | The Lawyer http://t.co/KMwFRgllYk 
• Winning the Gen Y recruiting game | The Lawyer http://t.co/GWYBBi5ZB7 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Nabarro's French ally Lefèvre Pelletier reports 7 per cent turnover rise | The Lawyer http://t.co/rSbzLq8f1U 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Charles Russell Speechlys tie-up impacts Aim rankings as Pinsents dominates | The Lawyer http://t.co/g5QAj55kOK 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Linklaters shakes up control of international practices as EEMEA head steps down | The Lawyer http://t.co/BURBbPfbya 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Herbies keeps on 93 per cent in spring retention round | The Lawyer http://t.co/OVCe4h8Rdw
• LAW FIRM NEWS: HFW gears up for March managing partner election | The Lawyer http://t.co/kMlsizmQa2 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Latham continues Clifford Chance raid with hire of private equity chief Felsenstein | The Lawyer http://t.co/ozaPW1Sh63 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: A&O kicks off Peerpoint overseas expansion with Hong Kong launch | The Lawyer http://t.co/dF9L6iLznG
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHCU8a3
• Data-sharing office proposed | Law Gazette http://t.co/Th7oZzLXuY 
• GCs admit struggle with foreign rules | Law Gazette http://t.co/Xay76HRgz2 
• Greek justice minister is Nikos Paraskevopoulos, Law faculty dean at Athens University | Law Gazette http://t.co/Gq0o8mzfyP 
• Report finds no evidence ABSs have reduced legal costs | Law Gazette http://t.co/QtRmnKCpyf
• Society hits out at new EU rules for mortgages | Law Gazette http://t.co/rnK2aq1ddK 
• The Law Society mounts challenge to new court fees | Law Gazette http://t.co/MHJNJVjg85 
• QC-backed ‘second opinion’ service aims to succeed where Stobarts failed | Legal Futures http://t.co/J5jE0mbsLO
• BSB investigates complaints about 17 barristers at same chambers | Legal Futures http://t.co/4VwGjmAEbz
• £1.2m in "irregular" payments made to Legal Ombudsman staff, says MoJ | Legal Futures http://t.co/5GASePwmYc
• Law firms failing to meet threat of market disruption, says report | Legal Futures: http://t.co/i60UfltC7A 
• Men arrested over Old Firm game http://t.co/VwC6IGdEdh 
• Pension tracing service will expand to meet record demand http://t.co/NbJWu35sNk 
• Roadchef workers win 17-year battle for lost shares http://t.co/9RFTuApMwh 
• Prison 'book ban' rule relaxed http://t.co/FIIw1z9803
• Obama plans tax on #US firms overseas to fix roads at home http://t.co/whoOYb5Yoy 
• Al-Jazeera journalist Peter Greste freed by #EGYPT http://t.co/rODbQkZ97A

1st February - Law News

1133rd Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & legal articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap


Our 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'.

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Health, Gender-Based Violence and the Right to Reparations in Ireland | Human Rights Ireland http://t.co/W40H1zAZWX
• Gendering the Practices of Post-Conflict Resolution: Investigations, Reparations & Communal Repair http://t.co/iWLVcuxxTO
• Call for Submissions: The Rights of Older Persons | Human Rights Ireland http://t.co/KXDknSW5z7 
• Introducing... the Human Rights Information Project | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/qY4cm2Nnhc 
• Acquitted defendants costs regime not incompatible with ECHR | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/1EqJcleq64 
• Stringent documentary requirements upheld for legal aid in domestic violence cases- Vanessa Long and Adam Smith: http://t.co/X9UcfaaC1p 
• What price liberty? Damages, DOLS and a cat named Fluffy | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/Xwi48g3DAg 
• Human rights: a reality check | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/kQGbM6fZ5l 
• Dogfight continues: Strasbourg not happy with EU Court on accession to ECHR | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/rGmtQEK7rv 
• Safety first: MPs are in a quandary over a vote on a new IVF technique http://t.co/UVX85E1UW0 
• Health and safety: The fine art of making life safer http://t.co/zt1z5hnrZL 
• Are multinationals really eclipsing nation states? Don’t bet on it http://t.co/6MTN0Kf9A9 
• When an Aussie calls you a ‘bastard’, you know you’ve arrived http://t.co/UVh8IPt33E 
• Why rent controls won't solve the housing crisis http://t.co/ALCaoSlcNM 
• Mystery train passenger who handed mum the nicest note ever has been revealed http://t.co/iiRTfKLyi2 
• Murdered Isis hostage David Haines' brother is 'haunted' by face http://t.co/u7QVBztxZG 
• Outcry as CPS drops trial of anti-drone protesters at last minute http://t.co/bUMfegUBUS 
• Man arrested for changing Tesco demo iPad background to hardcore porn as a joke http://t.co/rplPOSbn6d 
• Former head of UK army: We're reaping what we sowed in Iraq http://t.co/CWcDhZdeno 
• Woman charged with murdering baby daughter in London http://t.co/lPdZ2IdUDU 
• Call for inquiry into links between senior civil servant Sir Peter Hayman and paedophile network in the 1980's http://t.co/vd6K0aG6U0 
• High court judge Sir Nicholas Mostyn has been thrown off a case for showing too much “hostility” http://t.co/Oy4wWVc99b 
• The assassination of Alexander Litvinenko: 20 things about his death we have learned this week http://t.co/CzkrFYhgeZ
• Another Birmingham school put in special measures amid 'Trojan Horse' fears http://t.co/xDfkW8Oe8Y 
• That 'Sinister Court'? The workings of the mysterious and ultra-secretive Court of Protection are a national scandal http://t.co/bdTZ61snqk 
• Well-wishers raise more than £200,000 for frail mugging victim Alan Barnes http://t.co/HbEMlONzTD 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/MYU8Wmvzig
• Lasting power of attorney: planning for the unexpected http://t.co/4RwDCwolWU 
• Kenji Goto: Video 'shows IS beheading #Japan hostage' http://t.co/1zPc2fTWwA