9th March - Law News

1169th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news& legal articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap

FOCUS OF THE DAY: The government’s decision to remove guaranteed legal aid for judicial review was unlawful, the High Court has held. The Civil Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) (No 3) Regulations 2014, which came into force last April, removed legal aid for judicial review challenges unless and until permission was granted by the court. Full story - New Law Journal

Saturday Conversations on Law

• #French Court Rules It Has Jurisdiction In Gustave Courbet Facebook Case https://t.co/FnsDaB8Yz3 
• Lawyer’s hard fight to rebuild reputation after he was libelled by Shropshire 'troll' https://t.co/Ne7pqLPN21 
• Garbage man jailed for 30 days because he came to work too EARLY and annoyed residents #US https://t.co/coycn1DOGa 
• British solicitor claims ISIS executioner used wedding ceremony as cover to hold secret meeting https://t.co/mgJPqQImnq 
• Amal Clooney to Teach at Columbia Law School https://t.co/uxJC3remh7 
• Idaho law students push to put state's code in public domain #US https://t.co/b46zVeVXXG 
• Right-to-work: the anti-union laws soon to be on the books in 25 states #US https://t.co/EtlWUWHYPF 
• Great Passion Play CEO says anti-discrimination law is bad #US https://t.co/iPQ0dctmOw
• #CHINA to implement new anti-graft law http://t.co/mrfBjod0m3 
• #AUSTRIA defends new law on foreign funding of mosques http://t.co/o9htTuhhUh
• New conveyancing portal will tackle fraud https://t.co/XuOkHRNWXs 
• Conveyancing procedure in #Trinidad & #Tobago https://t.co/8a4lScAhLf 
• Compensation for couple after conveyancer fails to find wind farm https://t.co/x5xaOhZJUL 
• Salvation Army uses #thedress for domestic violence campaign asking Why is it so hard to see black and blue? https://t.co/bPPZkuMEnP 
• Supporting #SriLanka's LTTE is a Criminal Offence in U.K. https://t.co/vorjIL9B7y 
• Stormont House Agreement will fall if Sinn Fein pull out of a deal on welfare reform https://t.co/PvxDSH9aSP 
• UK plans airline laws to stop Britons from joining Islamic State https://t.co/BhFLyikOZ8 
• UK charity backs tobacco packaging law https://t.co/INltA4k1fQ 
• Homeless Camp in Tucson Grows Amid Legal Battle #US https://t.co/RlHjdUlzK0 
• Court slashes $340K legal bill for wind-farm foes to 'manageable' $67K #CANADA https://t.co/F4oKsWLHKd 
• UK legal hacking code should be 'resisted at all costs' says lawyer https://t.co/ZtIcJWNCQ4 
• Families of Isis runaways demand Scotland Yard apology http://t.co/n9huVFtQ0y 
• Anti-extremist plan to push ‘British values’ and link benefits to learning English http://t.co/Tj8oTVQL74 
• How Selma changed the world: City honors 'LBJ' and voting legislation #US http://t.co/XSjyLP94oL 
• Holder and Obama mark Selma events with call for voting rights protections #US http://t.co/qeGAL7LDmU 
• WordPress in court victory over blogger censored by 'Straight Pride UK' http://t.co/rb3SXan1ka 
• #Latvia complains to UK parliament over forced adoptions http://t.co/8cSVF5eJ4K 
• Newcastle's Vertu Motors turns to Muckle for inaugural general counsel hire | The Lawyer http://t.co/wIFovhypa7 
• Novartis animal health GC moves to pharma supplier Lonza after Eli Lilly sale | The Lawyer http://t.co/HhmEU5lMTW 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Kennedys expands capabilities in Singapore with local joint law venture | The Lawyer http://t.co/oDe63c7vz5 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Cooley takes partner from former ally Olswang for first lateral since London launch | The Lawyer http://t.co/AnwUdzFGTC 
• Where are the women law firm leaders? | The Lawyer http://t.co/hYVYScbP5F 
• China Watch: Will Dentons-Dacheng merger open door? | The Lawyer http://t.co/NTj2D6OHzI 
• Recruitment system for lawyers is now at risk | The Lawyer http://t.co/LTrNzUegBm 
• The in-house interview: Schneider Electric’s Peter Wexler - A Profile | The Lawyer http://t.co/Otfvxf3IVh 
• My legal life: Daniel Brawn, Senior associate, Galadari Advocates & Legal Consultants - A Profile | Law Gazette http://t.co/hYaX0JD1S0
• How to: make fewer mistakes as a lawyer | Law Gazette http://t.co/zBjGljkdWV 
• Roundtable: Wales – devolution revolution | Law Gazette http://t.co/po3cmg4iTe 
• Regardless of the guilt or innocence of their clients, lawyers have a right to operate without fear | Law Gazette http://t.co/KVdTzBF25y 
• #INDIA suspects charged over Nagaland mob lynching of suspected rapist http://t.co/vk4ht0GYPd 
• Anti-terror strategy a toxic brand - Muslim former officer http://t.co/KUpaoTi7jJ 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHC3kLR
• Appreciating apprentices: Every law firm should consider the benefits of hiring apprentices | Law Gazette http://t.co/PcLWhvB3Ok
• Technology provides the only hope that courts will remain open to all | Law Gazette http://t.co/CDE8CyIRIw 
• Ex-Freshfields lawyers start litigation boutique | Law Gazette http://t.co/Q47Udyrhit 
• Three new Law Society Excellence awards | Law Gazette http://t.co/08j9KyYZgL
• Regulator probes firm representing Iraqis | Law Gazette http://t.co/c5YoREITmX 
• Companies warned of compliance risks | Law Gazette http://t.co/Al8HIcuuF1 
• SRA warns of ‘Friday afternoon fraud’ risk | Law Gazette http://t.co/cRK8GKgiN3 
• Rush to file claims as civil court levy kicks in | Law Gazette http://t.co/t96WGOqhFe 
• Judge slashes ‘wholly unreliable’ costs budget by £5.3m | Law Gazette http://t.co/lRk0A87jYd 
• US firm awarded £50k after abuse posted on Google profile | Law Gazette http://t.co/RojCCC6voO 
• High Court awards £50,000 damages to lawyer libelled in online review | Legal Futures http://t.co/Vwp3NKDWx0 
• Law Society warns government against moves that threaten independence | Legal Futures http://t.co/d9UXU2DavO
• The #Indian women who keep silent about sexual violence http://t.co/ddrT1g4Kt0 
• Man charged over incident on roof of Parliament http://t.co/9l0T9bD7PP 
• NDTV channel protests against India's Daughter ban #INDIA http://t.co/xYMW310PKf 
• Nemtsov killing: #RUSSIA court charges two men with murder http://t.co/940qZPn6CH 
• Police search home of Lord Bramall as part of paedophile sex abuse inquiry http://t.co/Vid3SkzSxi 
• Prisoners accidentally given paperwork containing names and addresses of local school children http://t.co/UqX6xsFbx4 
• Tania Clarence, mother who killed three children, begins hospital release http://t.co/Ir5VxuA0Mt 
• Crufts dog death mystery as Irish Setter dies amid claims of poisoning by jealous rival http://t.co/1SYy1P6MuB 
• Police chief: 'Put CCTV in every home' http://t.co/2E6dweWPi9 
• Government plans sex consent lessons for 11-year-olds http://t.co/QGiPgt0OBs 
• Oscar Pistorius is refusing prison food over 'fear of being poisoned by fellow inmates' #SOUTHAFRICA http://t.co/VvyrpBQdhE 
• The 1 startling difference between male and female billionaires http://t.co/PGRyEHJmtx

8th March - Law News

1168th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news& legal articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap

Our last 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

• Who are the new female icons? http://t.co/KvlbVQuq9T
• Election 2015: Labour 'would put debates into law' http://t.co/5vhc8XP75U
• International Women's Day: Hundreds on equality march http://t.co/JDCM93A4m2 
• Labour candidate turns down £1,000 donation from Tony Blair http://t.co/d5Qnf4G4Oa 
• Crufts dog death: Poisoning probe after Irish Setter dies http://t.co/HUg0x68hjM
• Inquiry continues after four killed in A470 Storey Arms crash http://t.co/lndEe8gSbg 
• Radical Islamists 'facing ban on working with children' http://t.co/w0WTr6DO6b 
• Flight MH370: Angry families reject report http://t.co/UInwjmpWvo 
• The Old Lady’s not for talking: what is the Bank of England not telling us? http://t.co/f4Gj7C79ut 
• If the Tories hate ‘hate preachers’ why do they keep preaching hate? http://t.co/rC9hOnFM5j 
• Chicago protesters demand 'immediate inspection' of Homan Square facility #US http://t.co/FD5fMLfyAn 
• #INDIA accused of ‘misguided’ ban on rape documentary http://t.co/KSBzhwcUip 
• UCD Seminar: Smart Power and US Counter-Terrorism: The Sound Bite and The Reality | Human Rights Ireland http://t.co/wZmSvC6JXS 
• Law Lecturing positions advertised at Dublin City University http://t.co/LAjUGJAjvj 
• The Truth about Torture: Ireland v UK Revisited | Human Rights Ireland http://t.co/RtmovBo2Dv 
• Maynooth Law School: The Gaza Strip: Military & Legal Perspective | Human Rights Ireland http://t.co/S6aMBfFibS 
• No Democratic Deficit: Children & Family Relationships Bill has had a Lengthy Gestation Period | Human Rights Ireland http://t.co/gR1E9GYN1l 
• The Return of the week's human rights Round-up! | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/JuAzZfzzDn 
• Public protest, private rights | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/vQYOF2mIRk 
• Article 11 and the Met's "pay to protest" proposal | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/ix2rykATal
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHC3kLR
• What happens when victims of crime meet their tormentors? http://t.co/83FNgFxwCN 
• 'Bonnie and Clyde' couple jailed after £400,000 burglaries across south east http://t.co/OD6cCWWrzz 
• Teenager brutally raped as she waited for a bus http://t.co/3y8fkMtffk 
• Hidden side of the child-abuse horror http://t.co/LO7nbfp5ue 
• Man on House of Commons roof http://t.co/UR87D3PR8B 
• Rayleigh parking machine 'cascades' money to driver http://t.co/DC54440mWJ 
• Syria girls' letter could have been handled better - police http://t.co/iKTvk0xPJP 
• Large firms will have to reveal gender pay gap http://t.co/aoeRWRjrcZ

7th March - Law News

1167th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news& legal articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap

Our last 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

• Obama on Ferguson: law enforcement is 'big chunk' of new civil rights struggle #US http://t.co/dNcfKZj0jq 
• French court rules it can hear cases brought against Facebook #FRANCE http://t.co/u2d30BPU9d 
• Roma people win court battle over Italian legal text linking gypsies to crime #ITALY http://t.co/Z2u5pmkh0d 
• White House urges supreme court to end state bans on same-sex marriage http://t.co/O6jyqGGsHn 
• Introduction of shared parental leave could lead to battle of the sexes in courts | New law Journal https://t.co/aIPDKjWRBR
• Ministry of Justice survey highlights opposition to rise in court fees | New law Journal https://t.co/65ZqqWQ4PU 
• Judicial review legal aid | New law Journal https://t.co/3uPmZzOgoE 
• International arbitration: a risky business? | New law Journal https://t.co/6a7J64gSra 
• Council for Licensed Conveyancers (CLC) publishes its strategy for specialist regulation | New law Journal https://t.co/Cu9llAuqBN 
• Munby looks to the future of family courts | New law Journal https://t.co/WFcWqImGaJ 
• Judicial Office has launched a Judicial Mentoring Scheme to encourage judicial candidates | New law Journal https://t.co/h5mVC761lf 
• Nominations have opened for the Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year awards | New law Journal https://t.co/ZuJh51uxZT 
• Insolvency given LASPO reprieve | New law Journal https://t.co/XDX7bTEQZE 
• The controversial court fees hike is set to go ahead next week | New law Journal https://t.co/GAaDe4RDnl 
• England’s most senior family judge warned lawyers to stop making their bundles too large | New law Journal https://t.co/lf9ChaBxUd 
• What in sanity’s name is Chris Grayling doing in the job of Justice Secretary? http://t.co/Ax4nZkw7aQ 
• #GREECE eyes tourists as amateur tax inspectors' http://t.co/uEIbDK0VFe 
• Winterbourne view scandal: legal shake-up planned http://t.co/17vCGPlCCg 
• UK police arrest 57 cyber crime suspects http://t.co/66GpZAZs6H 
• Spitting: Why doesn't the rule of law apply on a football pitch? http://t.co/exRzxnxMXg
• Magaluf laws ban drinking on the streets #SPAIN http://t.co/ogNBjLFOD2 
• The Conservative Case Against Enforcing Immigration Law #US https://t.co/YDM0Y7OLX2
• Conscience clause Bill: Law seeks to outlaw discrimination by overriding beliefs http://t.co/s1NZvFCyov 
• Clinton's emails: Secrets, security and the law #US https://t.co/MGoKt1gqji 
• NHS 'whistleblower' demands apology and comparable job http://t.co/KakEoVBw1B 
• Sierra Leone athlete 'is homeless' in London after competing in Glasgow 2014 commonwealth games http://t.co/mjW678Qt2H 
• MPs 'alarmed' at police mugshot database http://t.co/3rhL5ON2qk 
• Nemtsov murder: Two held over killing of opposition politician #RUSSIA http://t.co/AQu4OyPsWY 
• Police forces all face major budget cuts http://t.co/LV0Km9jbb9 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHC3kLR
• Mirror hacking trial: Alan Yentob's phone was hacked to find evidence of 'affair' with Lady Rogers http://t.co/nbJ5bFeUXP
• Oxford whistleblower's attempt to protect young victim of a sadistic gang went unheeded http://t.co/tLOnP4qxDw
• Gang of four guilty of murdering two rivals to steal drugs client list http://t.co/lV8Cy1LO97 
• Corrupt policewoman jailed for 22 months after obtaining footage to blackmail Steven Gerrard http://t.co/H7xDtxq6yH 
• Fare dodger ordered to pay £17,000 for forging train and parking tickets or face jail http://t.co/TyRJse7PAm 
• BBC's creative director 'sickened' by Mirror hacks on his voicemail messages http://t.co/8MTJjM7Ov6 
• Internet troll faces £100k damages after targeting US lawyer for groundless attack http://t.co/XA345qnbz1 
• Mother who killed daughter, 8, with 'sadistic' lover jailed http://t.co/WiiVAAchMH
• Sexist bosses at Goldman Sachs cheated me out of millions, top banker claims http://t.co/YPFwEJdxMj
• 'Santa' man wins sacking claim against Dow Jones http://t.co/hmwTpbzYsT 
• Teenage driver admits causing death of schoolgirl http://t.co/bzxjqPvh1W 
• #TANZANIA albinos: 32 witchdoctors held in anti-murder drive http://t.co/FabbpeyTrh
• Pension freedoms to be 'open season' for fraudsters http://t.co/u1KGWpVlpi 
• CIA director Brennan orders major overhaul #US http://t.co/MX2FZ7bwiJ 
• All three major political parties are likely to tinker with pension tax relief | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/K9cs5eHDFf 
• £17bn of digital assets could be left in cyber space | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/MOG71LNCJr 
• UK tax system is ‘out of date’ | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/RW1YEIfocb
• SRA approves first applicants via ‘paralegal shortcut’ | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/X3q0XStnsx 
• Latham confirmed as largest global revenue-earner as DLA stalls | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/9Ao0Wddk2I 
• Moscow litigators leave Freshfields to form boutique practice | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/zyOEyZEDHL 
• UK law firms move to regrow private wealth practices | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/bHd55ayZaM 
• Pinsent Masons heads for Australia | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/N1XApPNfNa 
• Chrissie Lightfoot tops LinkedIn 'most connected' UK legal list | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/QKHgUrBnWA
• GrayRobinson partner replaces desk with treadmill to keep active at work | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/bTS3SpqlG5 
• Troutman Sanders opens doors to second group of K&L Gates defectors The Global Legal Post https://t.co/OBX9yi1rea 
• Law firms bully clients over negative reviews | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/0JtOO7fU9q 
• Friday-afternoon syndrome | Law Gazette http://t.co/DVymcxCvGC

6th March - Law News

1166th 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: Large law firms are most worried about the threat from alternative business structures (ABSs) and accountancy firms, but interest in becoming ABSs themselves is waning fast, new research has found. A quarter of the 160 firms involved cited ABSs as the top threat, with 24% naming accountancy firms providing legal services. PwC, KPMG and EY all obtained ABS licenses from the SRA last year. Full story - Legal Futures

Saturday Conversations on Law

• All that happened in the lives of UK lawyers and law firms last week - a comprehensive review of the legal press of last week - Sunday Law Review 22nd to 28th February
• African lawyers blast assassination of top #MOZAMBIQUE barrister https://t.co/rtQYNr5cwn 
• Jamaica LGBT list Supreme Court success for No5 Chambers barrister https://t.co/xLsMzIozkR 
• Confessions from the City: The corporate barrister on battling the judge's ear wax https://t.co/elZUtBsO01 
• UCL professor Jane Holder named ‘Law Teacher of the Year’ https://t.co/plFoqMMiUD 
• Law Society purges former chief executive from history books — or at least walls https://t.co/Yq6is8ewPJ
• How being an NQ differs from life as a trainee https://t.co/N95ZZHdoN7 
• Disabled student takes on law school over dodgy swipe-card access to library https://t.co/iY1vC8qTIX 
• Lawyer hits back after top judge labels page limit rule-breakers as ‘delinquents’ https://t.co/5eZQx1fDYk 
• The horror, the horror, cries City solicitor leader at prospect of fresh training review https://t.co/VgWEHn7P4y 
• Wragge & Co’s idea of ‘fun and games’ leaves a lot to be desired https://t.co/v9NtXRqbey 
• Newly-qualified solicitor retention at Hogan Lovells takes a hit amid practice area logjam https://t.co/w7owWfwLHb
• Canapes and booze more important than service standards for choosing corporate law firms https://t.co/QknKYLXz1T
• George Galloway’s high street firm faces rough ride as media law big guns back twitterati in libel row https://t.co/0RWqsj94Lt
• Police raided George Galloway’s law firm last summer https://t.co/QI8TlxUgqI 
• Fears of trainee recruitment free-for-all as solicitor watchdog threatens to bin code of practice https://t.co/xqEPMee6t5 
• Ministry of Justice shows ‘breathtaking hypocrisy’ in World Book Day tweet https://t.co/PF9zyHcK6I 
• Ashurst racks up strong newly-qualified solicitor retention rate of 91% https://t.co/Hq3JvsYitu 
• Maxine Peake to play Martha Costello QC-style role in new animated short film https://t.co/cNIaviwid9 
• Pre-Great Recession, City law firms were all about gymnastics https://t.co/zBvn0LWJuM 
• Trainee retention latest: Baker & McKenzie keeps 82% while Nabarro hits 100% https://t.co/INu4IFDh6E 
• Twitter account publishes full defamation letter issued by George Galloway’s law firm https://t.co/SrVxzMzfYg 
• Hogan Lovells lawyer stars in House of Cards as a version of himself https://t.co/NtM5xppXXB 
• The Judge Rules: Training contracts and pupillages should be scrapped https://t.co/Twiyaoc0DV 
• Have cape, will travel http://t.co/VzDsIRTcjy
• Shell promotes from within after exit of global litigation and downstream GCs | The Lawyer http://t.co/0Gv8RqcY4w 
• Court levy smuggled through back door | Law Gazette http://t.co/lxyyhn4VDB 
• Get tough on property crime, says London mayoral hopeful | Law Gazette http://t.co/mz2O7AQa6J
• Becky Watts murder: Four more charged in investigation http://t.co/DioDiZE9q9 
• Outcry as Islamic State bulldozers 'wreck' Nimrud, Iraq http://t.co/5yhJAsjB4j 
• Project Spade: Arrests in Wales in global abuse probe http://t.co/33oHHbpqzX 
• Manchester's leaders say 'ignore' EDL protesters http://t.co/iDjgDaXyeh 
• MPs: UK 'needs to prepare' for driverless cars http://t.co/bU3FlQftlc 
• 'Nearly 50,000' pro-Islamic State Twitter accounts http://t.co/3ldz4j8OeO 
• Police tackle serious crimes with 'slap on wrist', MPs warn http://t.co/XvaBoOSUyj 
• Mother and lover jailed for Ayesha Ali killing http://t.co/SQrLFSlQ20 
• Dozens arrested in cybercrime 'strike week' http://t.co/xlPMibThWr 
• 30% of police cautions and fines used inappropriately, say MPs http://t.co/5hMmJkhxEc 
• New book puts spotlight on role of covert police in human rights controversy http://t.co/5jtltdN6wF 
• Belgian food giant Delhaize promotes Europe and Asia GC Dechamps to top job | The Lawyer http://t.co/5sBOlwbP6c 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Covington sees London net profit rise by 18 per cent, City revenue up 6 per cent to $64m | The Lawyer http://t.co/JPPKf9HdZt 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Riverview Law launches 20-person Manchester legal and back office hub | The Lawyer http://t.co/d5fvFyArE0
• LAW FIRM NEWS: 45 years and counting: Will Fried Frank's City bet finally pay off? | The Lawyer http://t.co/ljsWGLQprr 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Pinsents makes good on Australia promise through five-partner launch | The Lawyer http://t.co/W7aWGuUgmw 
• Whiplash MedCo doctors given weeks to find £75,000 fee | Law Gazette http://t.co/opf14HLyqt 
• Solicitor loses £21k negligence strike-out appeal | Law Gazette http://t.co/dtc6gq9vg9 
• Desk numbers cut in City relocation | Law Gazette http://t.co/LfVQ0RX6xo 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHC3kLR
• Ten-minute leeway rule for council car parks in England http://t.co/4xUd6urDMG
• Infertility helped your career, NHS tells lawyer http://t.co/7PKGvOycA7 
• British police could patrol in Magaluf and Ibiza http://t.co/17M7n70Xs0 
• Scotland's armed police 'stop' drink drivers http://t.co/PZX90fEDbv 
• Roy Keane to be prosecuted over 'road-rage rant at taxi driver' http://t.co/YlfbGpF4Qa 
• Pcso called to the scene of her 10-year-old nephew's hit-and-run death http://t.co/xpUP9Otaoe 
• Death row: America's version of 'freedom' is rotten and sadistic #US http://t.co/duPZPGVPYc
• MI5 and MI6 must recruit spies from Mumsnet, says watchdog http://t.co/hK26ozw8HX 
• CPS 'risked lives' by releasing Abid Naseer without charge http://t.co/HOOJnn6RQZ 
• Prisoner wins landmark ruling to ban smoking in jail http://t.co/WmXdrjzB1k 
• Immigrant caught working illegally at Westminster is praised by a judge for supporting her Ebola-hit family http://t.co/4raHf7XyDs 
• "Tragedy" of struck-off solicitor - but High Court upholds dishonesty finding | Legal Futures http://t.co/zDfojB3mrg 
• Peers pave way for new breed of lawyer – licensed probate practitioners | Legal Futures http://t.co/8EIwK0rtio 
• Roy Keane summonsed over alleged Altrincham road rage incident http://t.co/tT0F9JWvRI 
• Sexist chanting must be tackled, say football chiefs http://t.co/U7TRZ5gpyR 
• EU data roaming and net neutrality plans attacked http://t.co/bj7Z1xq6sZ 
• Nisman family say #ARGENTINA prosecutor was murdered http://t.co/u7f2VUMpOi 
• MPs face ban on taxi and dinner expenses, watchdog Ipsa says http://t.co/b9TsW8It1r 
• Cameron denies 'running scared' of TV election debates http://t.co/TeD2ch4ETF
• Smoking ban must be enforced in prisons, judge rules http://t.co/fmz15MTUkR 
• Sue today, not on Monday: enhanced fees risk a rush to court http://t.co/pzM3cqNg5N 
• Gay asylum seekers need our help http://t.co/GbEAJcVOa4
• 'Stop the conspiracy of silence over Darfur' #SUDAN http://t.co/NMdu7OkQye 
• Supreme court sets April date to hear same-sex marriage cases #US http://t.co/JVl6slHJ31 
• Eye for an eye: #IRAN blinds acid attacker http://t.co/1fIcAlW053 
• UK aid watchdog right to criticise DfID over law and justice operations http://t.co/qlXz0nXchp 
• Shot in the chest, racially abused: tales of police discrimination in Ferguson #US http://t.co/SnInvvUCYu 
• Hang my son for killing India’s daughter - 2012 Delhi Rape Case - A Lawyer's perspective http://t.co/UhuEJP6UkF 
• The Guardian view on India’s Daughter: a necessary spotlight | Editorial http://t.co/WE08FOruHR 
• Reddit CEO Ellen Pao to testify at sexual discrimination trial #US http://t.co/88GFDJJWEj 
• Difret review – the true story of a rape victim who fought back http://t.co/q55gPSCQf3 
• Legal aid: Bring back training grants | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/uwLKib0prx 
• Whiplash MedCo doctors given weeks to find £75,000 fee | Law Gazette http://t.co/ScbNMw9Lnl 
• Human rights abuses by corporations must stop | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/LPbdOoG9hs 
• Partners closely connected to boardrooms win top jobs | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/lzi8hqkEOe 
• Ex-managing partner of William Fry barricaded in home with wife | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/vmFbIjOhDX 
• Reed Smith grows pricing and mandates team to 15 | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/N6qYxNA4ut 
• Four in ten US legal departments have legal operations function | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/kX1uK7XfDl 
• Fake law firms on the increase | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/LUsUcIxTfH 
• Property and art top luxury spend for rich | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/okk2Q05FlB 
• Should US firms take note of UK merger mania? | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/rZ2IxnUkEd 
• Tax affairs of Indian lawyers expected to come under spotlight | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/BxYJhm6WoG 
• River Thames Garden Bridge: Mayor accused of misleading Londoners http://t.co/JLxJOU8AUm 
• Facebook boast traps King's Lynn Tesco armed robber http://t.co/GMFUBpqSYK 
• Drone owners register called for by House of Lords http://t.co/HRXYx3lCeN 
• Facebook rant lands US man in #UAE jail http://t.co/3QtAPvGx2P 
• Pharrell Williams has denied copying Marvin Gaye's Got to Give It Up for the hit single Blurred Lines http://t.co/pYAqpkOM0c

5th March - Law News

1165th 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: A group of personal injury law firms has begun a legal challenge to the government’s plans for vetting whiplash claims. The Ministry of Justice announced in December that diagnosis of the injury would be made by a panel of independent accredited medical professionals. Full story - The Law Society Gazette

Saturday Conversations on Law

• All that happened in the lives of UK lawyers and law firms last week - a comprehensive review of the legal press of last week - Sunday Law Review 22nd to 28th February
• A fair hearing for sovereign debt http://t.co/v6TAfTwyje 
• Listing Hong Kong’s Law Firms on the #HongKong Stock Exchange http://t.co/GarzDCrGLC 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Franklin adds four-strong Paris competition team from Bird & Bird | The Lawyer http://t.co/x66G1dpHnI 
• European lawyer moves: 5 March 2015 | The Lawyer http://t.co/SDBjbPFdPU 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Weil’s UK revenue hits $125m as global PEP soars by 16 per cent | The Lawyer http://t.co/nTeoRSPviE 
• Nigerian asylum seeker to prove she is gay to stay in the UK https://t.co/va3PzCr79R 
• Irwin Mitchell follows Slater and Gordon with rebrand | Law Gazette http://t.co/2CV3B0l00W 
• Should barristers have to qualify within five years? http://t.co/Y2nj5782vd
• Commercial Property Solicitor Malcolm Glynn joins expanding legal firm Progression Solicitors https://t.co/VnZOClSJHF 
• Solicitor in Denbigh hospital dispute accused of 'playing silly games' https://t.co/DIy0PNUkos
• From work experience to fully qualified solicitor: Charles Daysh of Jones and Co Solicitors https://t.co/bcq6UWVCF0 
• Solicitor son calls father to tell him he is trespassing #IRELAND https://t.co/9idp6JRVwA 
• Becoming an illegal logger is not as difficult as you might think, nor as difficult as it should be https://t.co/H4xnSufHZg 
• #AUSTRALIA Clamps Down on Illegal Foreign Housing Investment https://t.co/MDymqswprz 
• The brutal world of #TANZANIA's illegal ivory poaching industry https://t.co/DJtjO0c551 
• Prince William condemns illegal wildlife trade on #CHINA visit http://t.co/MRd44iKe6z 
• Jurors resume deliberations at Arias sentencing retrial after lawyer says panel at impasse #US https://t.co/YhvufmuODm 
• A lawyer who was a counsel for several activists of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement, shot dead #PAKISTAN https://t.co/45N06dI1u4 
• Opposition Lawyer's Killing Reminds of Violent Past #MOZAMBIQUE https://t.co/YqQ14e79wN 
• The Lawyer Who Could Kill Obamacare Tells a Revealing Joke #US https://t.co/gSSVIGF22Q 
• Boston bombing trial: Tsarnaev lawyer admits his guilt #US http://t.co/HUm4IjtDKD https://t.co/iEDLCwyrNd
• Campaign finance scandal causes waves in #CHILE as case hit courts https://t.co/om9V8AVlt5 
• Two sides enter the ring for another Supreme Court battle over health care #US https://t.co/88fG9xSOWU 
• What have the European courts ever done for us? https://t.co/cwUJI4t1Vt
• Courts can ask states to compensate road mishap victims: Supreme Court #INDIA https://t.co/gglW8qCjjp
• Q&A: In Alabama, State Court Vs. Federal Courts. Who Wins? #US https://t.co/wnpt3qGhcn
• Tories consider limiting child benefit to three children http://t.co/0OpCyEV4HN 
• New Zealand spying on Pacific islands, Snowden leaks say http://t.co/EjvEuxOR8C 
• Abid Naseer: Manchester terror plot release 'risked lives' http://t.co/5dCAhlPWP1 
• Ex-Conservative MP Harvey Proctor's home searched by police http://t.co/L2BIpHL1J0 
• Chemistry teacher Jamshed Javeed, who admitted Syria-related terror offences, is jailed at Woolwich Crown Court http://t.co/SjB3eYCMf7 
• US ambassador to South Korea slashed with razor by political extremist http://t.co/OaXNYYsyKh 
• SFO launches investigation into Bank of England liquidity auctions http://t.co/x6LbiUE3bX 
• Police chief: terrorist convicted in US should have been tried in UK http://t.co/ZvrGp0nvtn 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Boutique boom continues as Freshfields litigators quit Moscow office to go it alone | The Lawyer http://t.co/81u7KHujmU 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Gibson Dunn partner admits "serious misjudgment" in handling of Djibouti case | The Lawyer http://t.co/BgBj6wx9M6 
• 'Paranoia among firms & junior lawyers': Profession responds angrily to SRA's plan to scrap trainee code | The Lawyer http://t.co/I1DmrFkpJQ 
• No justice without interpreters | Law Gazette http://t.co/OBnRqodmd3 
• Court fee increase imminent as levy clears parliament | Law Gazette http://t.co/FerBktYyt4 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHC3kLR
• Criminal lawyers appeal for funds to continue legal aid fight | Law Gazette http://t.co/Ys74SjghHv
• CCTV footage shows a bus driver getting stabbed in the eye in South London http://t.co/DmgmawBqOP 
• French court orders wanted former Kazakh minister to be extradited to Russia or Ukraine http://t.co/PPxvLgR2Wq 
• Police offer £2,000 reward for stolen cup dubbed 'the Welsh Holy Grail' http://t.co/O2As9TjvQ5 
• British pensioners targeted in scam by extremists raising funds for Isis http://t.co/cX4xlYZWKr 
• 'They looked like Isis': masked raid led to 'kidnapping' at Chicago police site #US http://t.co/6gY1bUjmpn 
• Tell us: have you been held by police when nobody knew where you were? http://t.co/AS6W2XaMDy 
• Ferguson police department and Michael Brown shooting – read the Justice Department reports #US http://t.co/d0BWU7OuNK 
• Supreme court divided over challenge to Obamacare #US http://t.co/QoYI1pKJol 
• Obamacare challenge: supreme court arguments point to divisions #US http://t.co/ldXYvaodRy 
• Alabama court orders judges to uphold ban on gay marriage #US http://t.co/KXstVNFCAG
• Man sues Philadelphia police over 2011 arrest for 'fly on the wall' photo dispute #US http://t.co/kEJF7I01Vl 
• Scottish School apology over 'Palestinian terrorism' homework http://t.co/F3PIjk2067 
• Bank of England liquidity auctions probed by fraud office http://t.co/hYE4Ept5DJ 
• Election 2015: Cameron agrees to just one TV debate http://t.co/Vv1blRlVcY 
• Secure eMail contact addresses listed for defence practitioners on Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) website https://t.co/dULQdcCPx5
• Protecting the UK from cyber-attack https://t.co/H1Nz0Eeng5 
• Government announces crackdown on illegal fly-tipping https://t.co/z9oATZqsRd 
• "It is time to get serious about wildlife crime." https://t.co/hBOGF0G23x 
• Traveller sites banned from entire town as High Court issues unprecedented injunction http://t.co/FcA0x0Coe8 
• RE teacher found hanged after claiming she had been bullied by school colleagues http://t.co/JcGflEtAYh 
• Laura Ashley boss says he struggles to pay his estranged wife's £110k-a-month maintenance http://t.co/KLa1NcPN5D 
• Man stamps pigeon to death for eating hotdog crumbs http://t.co/ocV2N2FUQh 
• Mother acts as surrogate for own son's baby http://t.co/Ws0YkWe6fA 
• Lesbian Nigerian woman told: 'Prove you're gay to stay in Britain' http://t.co/g7WC2rVzz9 
• Man admits mugging frail OAP Stanley Evans for £5 http://t.co/2iLqTOo3eH 
• SRA dumps trainee code of best practice | Law Gazette http://t.co/HGAGI5iYJS 
• Irwin Mitchell unveils new advertising push to "distance" itself from other firms | Legal Futures http://t.co/397jSlXaKB 
• County court backs law student McKenzie Friend scheme | Legal Futures http://t.co/rUiDTD7BKr 
• Innovation in providing legal services will be “paramount”, survey finds | Legal Futures http://t.co/gbi3fzqKyc
• UK bomb plot suspect Abid Naseer found guilty in the #US http://t.co/Qi328vf6Mg
• Law firms get closer to boardroom budgets as complexity of issues grows | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/heHQfaZLAz 
• Tax specialist Flick Gocke opens fifth office in Hamburg | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/0Lh7bEj2bi 
• Harvard and Northwestern join in law school venture in Qatar | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/vuXdWt0PAP 
• Big Joe Beltrami, father of modern Scottish criminal defence, dies in Glasgow | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/RixBPR8Ooc 
• Law firms go to court over laptops taken by exiting lawyers | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/voLIcz8NXJ 
• Bank of England internal compliance said to fail professional standards | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/sJYJrvQ5Ig 
• PwC faces $1b claim over toxic chemicals in legal document paper | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/POHPPBy9qR
• Controversy grows over links by Irish law firms to tobacco sector | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/yVVekBq6i3 
• No duty on solicitors to check credit status of parties, High Court rules | Legal Futures http://t.co/CMnu5NyZnq 
• Large law firms “most worried" about threats from ABSs and accountancy firms | Legal Futures http://t.co/eFcDGoWZw0 
• Kelly Sotherton's stolen Commonwealth Games gold medal found http://t.co/bJ9rdq5C4c 
• Two men arrested in terror fraud probe linked to Syria http://t.co/KQIs3viUFb 
• BBC Trust boss proposes 'bespoke' regulator http://t.co/ST9L1ZFuZE 
• Facebook case: Injunction halts £20,000 payout to convicted sex offender http://t.co/fu3kqO27bZ 
• General election 2015: Broadcasters offer to shift TV debate http://t.co/absuF46Gvn 
• Ayesha Ali killing: Mother and lover found guilty http://t.co/PaA08dx5WV 
• Stepbrother charged with Becky Watts murder in Bristol http://t.co/arhaZkO5zL 
• Police retention of protestor’s data is lawful | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/k4XIchqSUC
• Legal aid: on the side of the angels | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/7btzG0xgmG 
• Lawyers’ aversion to risk is damaging their future success | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/g2VD3tzWLu 
• Banks and financial services firms at risk of employment litigation | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/E2pulY8rwe
• Legal aid cuts undermine social welfare system | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/9s1yUT0iHb 
• Reform of ‘groundless threats’ regime in IP law is a boost for SME innovation | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/wY4rmGfKuU 
• Small law firms use social media to punch above their weight | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/PK2ppA6gf1
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Reed Smith year-end financials show 7 per cent revenue boost to $1.15bn | The Lawyer http://t.co/QYNisEdqMz 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Cuatrecasas sees revenue rise 3 per cent to break through €250m | The Lawyer http://t.co/kStFbHGlTi 
• Fried Frank comes off 'Putin's banker' case as Russian oligarch represents himself | The Lawyer http://t.co/SMNlC4yBcb 
• SRA may scrap trainee rules, allowing recruitment at any age | The Lawyer http://t.co/5IreC2z9RT 
• Galloway firm denies breaching SRA rules over Twitter letters | Law Gazette http://t.co/hWvICwmhIN 
• BOOK REVIEW: Stamp Duty Land Tax | Law Gazette http://t.co/Y5w7OePiRG 
• Family court hammers firm in compliance crackdown | Law Gazette http://t.co/ObYO3JMC9B 
• #FRANCE violates treaty on smacking - Council of Europe http://t.co/HHcmcnIgzi 
• Trial of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tsarnaev to begin http://t.co/HUm4IjtDKD 
• Andrew Mitchell in £80,000 libel payout to 'plebgate' PC http://t.co/YVAsn1ZDCU 
• Hillsborough inquests: Police told to 'blame fans' http://t.co/1cUAQb7Pf5

4th March - Law News

1164th 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: Ethical implications and the rule of law. The law may traditionally be blind, but today’s firms should carefully consider their ethical stance when choosing which companies to act for. Full story - The Lawyer

Saturday Conversations on Law

• All that happened in the lives of UK lawyers and law firms last week - a comprehensive review of the legal press of last week - Sunday Law Review 22nd to 28th February
• Hundreds attended funeral of renowned defence lawyer Joe Beltrami https://t.co/KvCQoJOZGD 
• Lawyer in CHP beating case refuses to answer judge, is held in contempt #US https://t.co/ZzRaU9pcpj 
• Book Review: ‘Tomorrow’s Naked Lawyer’ https://t.co/YSSqhg5ndt
• Edward Snowden may finally stand trial as lawyer for the NSA leaker reveals they are working with the US https://t.co/QFau39pJxY 
• #MOZAMBIQUE lawyer Giles Cistac assassinated in Maputo http://t.co/PHlWDRBDEC 
• Clinical negligence victims will be casualty in government's court fee hikes https://t.co/rB07RkKgY7 
• Supreme Court demand for Rs 2,700 cr for e-courts pending for 14 months #INDIA https://t.co/1yqInDiSfP 
• The Health Care Supreme Court Case: Who Would Be Affected? #US https://t.co/b3wGHGa7Xj 
• 5 Things That Are Different About British Courts https://t.co/wJR3MFoh4T
• Ferguson Police, Courts Accused of Racial Bias by Justice Department Probe #US https://t.co/hWh5CjPCYJ 
• Defending the rule of law against the UK government’s ‘slash and burn’ https://t.co/TYKMKmNpZm 
• #BURKINAFASO passes corruption law required for World Bank support https://t.co/dgxqWTg4F1 
• EGYPT's cabinet approves long-awaited investment law - PM https://t.co/arBx3hXeK4 
• The New Infrastructure Act 2015 – Key Considerations for UK Petroleum https://t.co/25enc3ypJo 
• UK company law – an update on implementation of key changes https://t.co/J4qG85Z6qK 
• Pension freedoms protected and new breed of pension schemes become law https://t.co/pvnmWKaUhz 
• #IRELAND passes plain packaging of tobacco law as UK anticipates legal battle https://t.co/CCgExk5f9D 
• Labour leader Ed Miliband pledge over Turing's Law https://t.co/WnIGIWRBZI Mar 04, 2015
• Bali Nine: Legal team vows to continue fight for Andrew Chan, Myuran Sukumaran despite transfer #INDONESIA https://t.co/5TTikmjbep 
• Understanding 'Pennhurst': The legal doctrine that could save Obamacare #US https://t.co/sYSXBLbjTK
• New Cardiff City FC evidence over former manager Malky Mackay's alleged offensive text messages http://t.co/niFNI3nmxO
• With anger and charm, Gambaccini recalled his ordeal in a legal mincer https://t.co/6utYJ84eS1 
• Complaints to solicitors' regulator over libel demands from Galloway's lawyers http://t.co/6KIEUnGKZP 
• Peers to vote on 600% rise in court fees http://t.co/GFaAjP3i7H 
• Supreme court Obamacare fight over four words could affect healthcare for millions #US http://t.co/KtDnFN7NMD
• Broadchurch writer Chris Chibnall: 'I stand by the drama's court scenes' http://t.co/MM45AKq7GP 
• Broadchurch writer hits back at critics of series two http://t.co/G6SBCCTXsq 
• ‘Mooting and Senior Finals at the Supreme Court’ by Master of Moots Yilmaz Ozgen https://t.co/2EFYxyW60m
• Low Rape Conviction Rates, and the Role of Rape Culture https://t.co/WH79z5Vdj7 
• Ontario Municipal by-laws – a need for scrutiny #CANADA https://t.co/fNficOKFjM 
• Mental Health: Is there scientific proof, or is it merely a cultural phenomenon? https://t.co/PoyPnfdWZM
• Post-Prest Company Law: A Discussion on Corporate Veil and Limitations https://t.co/QGwvrzIAJf 
• Islam’s Secular Appeal and Trolling Dead Cartoonists https://t.co/wgfyiGtwmG 
• A subset of nuisance, or a nuisance in itself? How to solve a problem like Rylands v Fletcher http://t.co/ccx3k1F70V 
• Call for joined-up action to tackle advice deficit | Law Gazette http://t.co/FKKXFYi4wP 
• Churches urged to provide legal support | Law Gazette http://t.co/oI5KCHKsZ0 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Germany's Flick Gocke Schaumburg launches Hamburg office | The Lawyer http://t.co/Vf0WkRfEct 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Ashurst keeps on 21 of 23 in stellar retention round | The Lawyer http://t.co/hh02cmkXKP 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Shearman plans Riyadh and Dubai launches in bid for Middle East growth | The Lawyer http://t.co/DLbl1GrJbD 
• UK defeats Cleary Gottlieb client ECB in European ruling over clearing houses | The Lawyer http://t.co/vevKX89zl0 
• RBS litigation: Enyo Law replaces Quinn Emanuel to become third firm instructed by shareholders | The Lawyer http://t.co/yU3pIKTWiJ 
• Courts system will ‘cease to function’ under costs budgeting | Law Gazette http://t.co/qg3jh5whON 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHC3kLR
• High Court in #AUSTRALIA upholds radio station's royal hoax call broke the law http://t.co/Xi4PyRoWEa
• Footballer Adam Johnson sex claims: Men who have underage sex are rapists http://t.co/1ZubisO9m6 
• Yarl’s Wood immigration detention centre needs to ditch male guards http://t.co/Fb3Ajy1TZw 
• Young father-to-be crushed to death by parking barrier day after celebrating baby news http://t.co/zXvHc9xJ4h 
• Science technician at top boys' school claims she was told 'women should stay in the kitchen' http://t.co/uOty99DsHK
• Oxford grooming: Whistleblower obstructed by senior council officers http://t.co/i0WUH883nT 
• Oxford grooming: How young victims were ignored http://t.co/Bfjo5e9EPV 
• David Cameron: social workers must use 'common sense' to tackle child abuse http://t.co/lJubNd2myO 
• Crack down on sources of laughing gas, says Government drug adviser http://t.co/JcNVjrAMnQ 
• The Sikh boy labelled a 'terrorist' by his classmates #US http://t.co/rUJ8V1Y5LD 
• Venture capitalist John Doerr to testify in Silicon Valley sex discrimination case #US http://t.co/aehEx1qaNq 
• Sports Direct's Mike Ashley refuses to appear before MPs to respond to zero hour contracts & USC subsidiary collapse http://t.co/pxpPrv3lV6 
• Recognizing lawyers’ unique role #CANADA https://t.co/Jg56YoOdFX 
• Auckland solicitor Rohineet Sharma struck off #NEWZEALAND https://t.co/ReiVW96CN1 
• Carlisle MP John Stevenson defends continuing to work as solicitor https://t.co/ZPRuqOrmKU 
• Concerns grow over missing Solihull solicitor Christopher Parry https://t.co/deyRDehHEe 
• Solicitor barricades himself into palatial home to stop bank from repossessing #IRELAND https://t.co/e9RhkdPVU0 
• Rainmakers resist the rewards of collaboration | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/4RyxghEg15 
• Russian billionaire says he cannot afford legal fees in London court battle | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/7RSNxuUFxX 
• DLA set for April merger with Davis in Canada | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/vurEjsr74j 
• One in four law firms have lost work to non-lawyers | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/cEnpR0ycI8 
• US firm sets up economic development subsidiary | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/L5FsttLK05 
• DLA survey points to positive view on UK manufacturing in Q1 | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/0K7qPVxO47 
• Shakespeares discusses Top 50 UK merger with SGH Martineau | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/4alziVyclX 
• Eastern European firm alliance starts with Czech and Slovak pioneers | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/QpoYCeojRs 
• Disgraced entertainer Rolf Harris stripped of CBE http://t.co/hCRW4KlUI2

3rd March - Law News

1163rd 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: Lawyers unite to condemn court fee rise. Government plans to hike court fees by up to 600 per cent will have a devastating impact on ordinary and disadvantaged people seeking access to justice, lawyers' groups have warned, while City firms claim the changes will drive big ticket litigation abroad. Responding to the government's latest consultation, which closed last week, the Law Society said the fee increases will have a devastating impact on those who have suffered life-changing injuries as a result of negligence and who cannot afford to bring court proceedings. Full story - Solicitors Journal

Saturday Conversations on Law

• All that happened in the lives of UK lawyers and law firms last week - a comprehensive review of the legal press of last week - Sunday Law Review 22nd to 28th February http://thelawmap.blogspot.co.uk/2015/03/the-sunday-law-review-22nd-to-28th.html  
• Abusive Strongmen Escape Justice in #AFGHANISTAN https://t.co/NuiH78bHRn 
• Ferguson police for years carried out racial discrimination, Justice Department report says https://t.co/cerhw0YhhR 
• Do the Koch Brothers Really Care About Criminal-Justice Reform? #US https://t.co/YO7vOO03RU 
• Chief justice Carmody taken off court calendar showing him to be least active #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/tqZDrRJKQF 
• Our Priorities for the UK General Election 2015 | Law Society Scotland https://t.co/ll2JTG9N1m 
• European Union directives transposed into UK law in 2014 https://t.co/2FblKC0neK 
• The US Helped Create International Law, Now We Just Ignore It https://t.co/ouwdZ6UE9U 
• Twitter, law enforcement investigate alleged Islamic State threats #US https://t.co/mcgj1OWSjv 
• Nigel Farage and Nick Clegg were both wrong on EU's influence over UK law https://t.co/JzGWdVeEFl
• UUP proposes law to prohibit tributes to terrorists https://t.co/3xMQeQPKMu 
• Nemtsov Act needed to stop 'funny money' circulating in Britain http://t.co/Ybxjurss10
• Environment Agency unveils new rod licence images to promote legal fishing https://t.co/qAhGeHWufa 
• Christian leaders say legal aid cuts in U.K. engage ‘moral duty’ https://t.co/CW3CTQJyJc 
• Witnesses refusing to sign abuse inquiry statements unless they get legal aid https://t.co/cIQ2L8DTty 
• Tullow Oil falls on worries legal dispute could delay Ghana project https://t.co/4L57cokoL4 
• Top police officer fears youngsters in Perth are ‘ravenously addicted’ to ‘legal highs’ https://t.co/FifLfNQzKS
• Complexity of pension fund strategies increases legal risk – consultants https://t.co/BOyLpTf6DJ 
• Aberdeen's Marischal Square objectors could take legal action to block plans https://t.co/Rob6facwgT 
• Hogan Lovells partner & former Acting Solicitor General Neal Katyal To Acting On ‘House Of Cards’ #US https://t.co/nz0UxWmRbh 
• Ludlow law firm mfg Solicitors appoints wills and probate expert to its growing private client department https://t.co/3igxUDB24v 
• Shaftesbury solicitor Derek Rowntree planning to celebrate 62nd birthday by charity trekking across Jordan https://t.co/9mIuuj54E6 
• A full review of the way agricultural crimes are prosecuted in Scotland https://t.co/YXKPYPP2jJ
• Solicitor neighbour of Bono barricades himself inside lavish mansion over £52m bank debt https://t.co/0rutn36U1h 
• Distinction between barristers, solicitors getting blurred in UK, says scholar Crisp http://t.co/ltcs6GIv9Y 
• Phone hacking at Mirror titles was on mass industrial scale, court told http://t.co/Lb1FodEuFL 
• Britain can be at the heart of a torture-free Europe http://t.co/OkXzqolKJa 
• UN drugs body warns #US states and #Uruguay over cannabis legalisation http://t.co/I0p44V1C1g 
• Legal aid: High Court rules changes to funding for judicial review are unlawful | The Lawyer http://t.co/oKYamle9d8
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Practice area mismatch as Hogan Lovells retention nosedives | The Lawyer http://t.co/F3E5GMEHOu 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: White & Case hires two Clifford Chance partners in Germany as exits continue | The Lawyer http://t.co/XYWVWq85C2 
• ‘No duty’ on conveyancer to check seller’s credit status | Law Gazette http://t.co/dHOxGCfXmD 
• Bar Council salutes diversity-friendly training model | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/t2x4IEhpoF 
• Grayling’s judicial review limits deemed unlawful | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/eYCl3knL8r
• Grayling JR amendment ‘unlawful’ – High Court | Law Gazette http://t.co/HgGrpdbAbS 
• PI lawyers file JR challenge to whiplash plans | Law Gazette http://t.co/3NL3NlWQ4J
• Victorian charter of human rights to be 'strengthened' by government review #AUSTRALIA http://t.co/eksboPlae6 
• Professionals blamed Oxfordshire girls for their sexual abuse, report finds http://t.co/xCKhgGyxYZ 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Latham adds two City-based counsel to partnership in nine-strong promos round | The Lawyer http://t.co/U4QSpE6SUB 
• Czech and Slovak firms launch CEE network to expand regional offering | The Lawyer http://t.co/Zu5OQ4xTdF
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Ireland's Mason Hayes hits €60m mark after 25 per cent increase in revenue | The Lawyer http://t.co/WE4zkAaTQk 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Pinsents turns to Addleshaws' Heffron for first financial regulatory head | The Lawyer http://t.co/PLVH3d3wu0 
• Data security: How to respond to clients' "more assertive" demands | The Lawyer http://t.co/ioSTbMO0n3 
• Human trafficking bill: MSPs to hear from charities http://t.co/JvgTiKt56w 
• NI Audit Office finds 'major failings' in handling of Bytel Project http://t.co/ffNqkvJCW8 
• Unsafe fridges 'risk lives', warns London Fire Brigade http://t.co/7Sos40rTyN 
• Boris Nemtsov funeral: #RUSSIA restricts foreign mourners http://t.co/TSln45hq99 
• 'Jihadi John' recording: Mohammed Emwazi denied extremism http://t.co/nCvg5yAvCA 
• Oxfordshire grooming victims may have totalled 373 girls http://t.co/Qfm3nfhxXn 
• Business, human rights – and meaning | Law Gazette http://t.co/rYBLJbFmkR 
• Telephone gateway ‘barrier’ to justice | Law Gazette http://t.co/PTwzmLfdjV
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHC3kLR
• Rise in reports of discrimination http://t.co/ajVOwhEf8G 
• Lack of places warning in secure children's homes http://t.co/rt5o75FZfH
• Ethical implications and the rule of law | The Lawyer http://t.co/BJR4G9pgZ3 
• The big squeeze on office costs | The Lawyer http://t.co/ERXZujrw5h
• Raif Badawi, the Saudi Arabian blogger sentenced to 1,000 lashes, may now face death penalty #SAUDIARABIA http://t.co/EjGSrflsSA 
• My life as a Jew in wartime Berlin: How I outwitted the Gestapo http://t.co/AOonylGF2d 
• End of the licence fee: BBC to back radical overhaul of how it is funded http://t.co/zsXLQvI2v0 
• One of the Delhi bus rapists blames his dead victim for the attack #INDIA http://t.co/ksoUnq538Y 
• Sixty five young prisoners dead in four years, report finds http://t.co/lnGUOiSVPa 
• Ex-banker awarded £70,000 after police wrongly released his picture as ‘most-wanted’ rapist http://t.co/9eYL8YVWGm
• Tribunal gives SRA a pasting in first appeal against use of power to rebuke solicitor | Legal Futures http://t.co/DVK864kvj0 
• Law beats finance in ‘best company’ honours | Law Gazette http://t.co/ozSlvCqkfi 
• EU influences ‘two-thirds of UK law’ – business group | Law Gazette http://t.co/2m8pTcoEKX 
• Tax man expecting rush of solicitors declaring income as 'naming and shaming' looms | Legal Futures http://t.co/mJk3c3TmGE
• LSB underplaying needs of “vulnerable” in favour of business, warns bar regulator | Legal Futures http://t.co/IhlVaaVBlc 
• £20 per transaction - Veyo finally sets out pricing | Legal Futures http://t.co/3H2rdgRPKN 
• Birmingham Poundland 'mice infestation' took food off sale http://t.co/qkIr4XgwxZ
• Speaker John Bercow warns over Parliament repairs http://t.co/n3OQOrkz7Y 
• Campaign to pardon gay men goes beyond pre-1967 convictions http://t.co/YHvJ3kOH8W 
• 300 victims groomed and assaulted by Oxfordshire gangs, report finds http://t.co/YLN1fx6vEg 
• Drivers caught twice on phone should face a ban, police urge http://t.co/gHddgq3ce0 
• New drug driving rules: am I fit to drive? http://t.co/udeqefuiSN 
• Discrimination against Christians ‘ignored’ across Europe – MPs http://t.co/c7NKyPTaMU 
• Ten charged in Rochdale child grooming investigation http://t.co/njC6mrKXTp 
• Double beach rescue in Hampshire as mother gets trapped trying to save daughter stuck in mud http://t.co/MXiXehqW6Q 
• Young model forced to wear wig after bleach attack http://t.co/UeonkOQqVQ 
• Joanna Yeates murder: architect's killer Vincent Tabak admits possessing indecent images of children http://t.co/iuuFZ3pOf6
• Royal Marine 'killed passenger trying to loop-the-loop in a Tiger Moth' http://t.co/tOW7yeaCIr 
• Plane spotters arrested in UAE over 'national security' claims http://t.co/r7KOSZRuDn
• Paul Hastings breaks through US$1b on billings | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/mef06kzs7g
• Hogan Lovells wins three IP lawyers from Mayer Brown in Hong Kong | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/RJEIpyEfZc 
• UK litigation specialists fear backlash against London over proposed court fee hike | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/Q7kGA2jhBe 
• CC loses third German partner in a month as ex-corporate boss joins Milbank | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/TKOhOdbebB
• China poised to escalate crackdown on privacy for foreign businesses | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/kjqF4Y4jmA
• Nemtsov's lawyer explains death of murdered politician | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/0TVof2YyTK 
• Amal Clooney attacks Canada for sheepish response over detention | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/69u48OzHfZ 
• Lawyers barred from handling BP oil leak claims | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/hIFTVYegcA 
• Yarl's Wood worker suspended after Channel 4 film http://t.co/rJXxwGxYT2
• 'Chelsea fans' in new train racism probe http://t.co/98hTvzMKX8 
• Footballer Adam Johnson arrested on suspicion of sex with girl, 15 http://t.co/AuWwjy3IP3 
• Becky Watts search: Pair arrested on suspicion of murder http://t.co/2IJ2NG4jbn 
• Jo Yeates' killer Vincent Tabak admits possessing indecent images of children http://t.co/EhgZXJyCSL 
• 'Day for celebration' as judge strikes down Nebraska's gay marriage ban #US http://t.co/dcV5wSbcex 
• Washington Post reporter held in #Iran given access to lawyer http://t.co/7mH3GYy9YL 
• Legal sector make up one tenth of Sunday Times’ top 100 | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/OsqDv89NvE
• Government set to crack down on ‘sham marriages’ | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/bzTx8nKHhJ 
• Lawyers unite to condemn court fee rise | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/daTaWDYlsS 
• Supreme Court judgment overturns village green status of beach | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/MBf5SRC8Gh
• Marketform appoints new general counsel McKay from Aspen Re | The Lawyer http://t.co/Dkt3QxWDHS
• Police launch inquiry into claims of racist abuse by Chelsea fans http://t.co/pzo4bWKVBp 
• SRA bans litigator who falsified documents | Law Gazette http://t.co/g8L5nkuTS2 
• Legal qualification? Ministerial Code good enough, says lord chancellor | Law Gazette http://t.co/D8qiLfel7v 
• Court fee hike set for next week | Law Gazette http://t.co/l8gw8uRIQP