3rd June - Law News

1255th 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: Reforms to make criminals with means pay back legal aid costs to taxpayer must be applied appropriately, says LCCSA. New measures to make those convicted of crimes pay more towards their legal bills have came into force on 1st June, legal aid minister Shailesh Vara has announced. The changes are the latest in a package of legal aid reforms in the Crime and Courts Act 2013 and are designed to ensure those accused of a crime and wealthy enough to pay for some or all of their legal representation, do so. Full story - Solicitors Journal

Saturday Conversations on Law

• How a corporate cult captures and destroys our best graduates http://t.co/8YGgFRbIcx 
• Peddling tall tales and myths – that’s a human right, isn’t it? http://t.co/MJZRUuNvLB 
• CIA sex abuse and torture went beyond Senate report disclosures, detainee says #US http://t.co/gAMTmjqJOa
• Medieval laws face axe in legal pruning http://t.co/IcZj6XdWSn
• Stephen Hawking: 'I would consider assisted suicide' http://t.co/Jz1n3qc4Dd 
• Private investors halt Lloyds bid to withdraw high-rate bonds http://t.co/gcBdl1iLEZ 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: ​Hamlins hires Burges Salmon partner Gay to lead new sports practice | The Lawyer http://t.co/DE546SjIs6 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Monarch Group appoints Alison Wilds as first head of legal | The Lawyer http://t.co/tKV8eERgl4 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Watson Farley successfully defends £10m professional negligence appeal | The Lawyer http://t.co/Ew9tmzFL5f 
• CTIL appoints ex-Tesco senior lawyer as head of legal | The Lawyer http://t.co/6OjTkqyb2L
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Allen & Overy launches performance-related bonus pool for high-performing partners | The Lawyer http://t.co/INKG37Q2dO 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Former Olswang CEO David Stewart resurfaces at Turks & Caicos firm | The Lawyer http://t.co/Ma0XUyxJb4
• Does the University of Law’s sale to a foreign consolidator offer a glimpse into the future? | Law Gazette http://t.co/ApAnfiZuxA 
• Expanding practice snaps up files of collapsed firm | Law Gazette http://t.co/hyT0It3pMo
• Bond Dickinson claims 20% profit rise | Law Gazette http://t.co/UMWBDhrJjZ
• Detainees ‘confused’ by legal aid cuts | Law Gazette http://t.co/Q4yPbHT3rp
• Firm sorry for Alton Towers personal injury tweet | Law Gazette http://t.co/HNK3FuXSYe 
• Solicitor jailed for aiding ‘cruel’ fraud scheme | Law Gazette http://t.co/xzioBR3Og9
• Eurozone still in denial about #Greece http://t.co/i39KMlAAM2 
• 'Unhealthily underweight model' Yves Saint Laurent advert banned http://t.co/Fg8uLkmB5y
• England footballer Adam Johnson denies child sex charges http://t.co/vIDkkLj2sz 
• Andy Coulson cleared of perjury as trial collapses http://t.co/YW5U0r591x 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/OIsgt8Q9ic
• Body found in search for missing Amber Peat http://t.co/DVFP1Ce3MT 
• Lord Trefgarne banned from driving http://t.co/Go31MHozNr 
• Learner driver, 84, accidentally runs over and kills wife as she checks brake lights http://t.co/SBHPkOtYsi
• Loud sex arrest: Are we all one carefree bonk away from doing time? http://t.co/KTVOnsOFE4 
• Surge in rape reports is overwhelming the police http://t.co/v0RMuoNprx
• Surge in rape reports is overwhelming the police http://t.co/v0RMuoNprx 
• Theresa May wants to ban pleasure http://t.co/M0RQED2n9y 
• A British Bill of Rights should let some prisoners vote http://t.co/Pe3TEfl9dr
• In the land of Magna Carta, individual liberties already exist - Human Rights Act or no http://t.co/bdMIR3ok0n 
• No place on the force for fat officers, Met chief warns http://t.co/L9Fpopo0oE
• #US police kill man who was being tracked in terror case http://t.co/mz0eILFifM 
• #US Senate votes to curtail bulk data collection http://t.co/2aCkgcfUne 
• Fifa's Sepp Blatter 'under investigation in US' http://t.co/e1AKuEtcIf
• Ally of #Germany's Merkel: Britain's EU treaty change plan is unrealistic http://t.co/nd8UCSODRF 
• Rohingya huddled in #BANGLADESH camps fear plan to move them on http://t.co/WJitSy5TT0 
• #France, #Germany raise concerns over EU migrant redistribution plan http://t.co/b8b3Eezvq9 
• DU-grad Mohit Chaudhary made AAG for Jammu & Kashmir in Supreme Court #INDIA http://t.co/7PQiGKnnps 
• The Delhi turf wars – A roundup of the Supreme Court & Delhi HC proceedings #INDIA http://t.co/Rfhoa9z8Dh 
• Only "neat, clean and free from disease” kids of staff allowed in crèche - Delhi court circular #INDIA http://t.co/TQSX23TfEC 
• AZB, PDS Legal act on Max Healthcare’s acquisition of 76% stake in Pushpanjali Crosslay Hospital #INDIA http://t.co/eLNLvVNVXI 
• CLAT counselling indefinitely delayed; Rajneesh Singh points out atleast 8 errors in answer key #INDIA http://t.co/Sm7EDMG6uE 
• Developments in the legal landscape have reduced the attractiveness and financial returns of sole legal practice http://t.co/ZwonHYAd23 
• Lawyers weigh in on anti-doping decision #AUSTRALIA http://t.co/q89ABX8rDI 
• A Law Firm composed entirely of female lawyers draws its strength from the diversity of its staff #AUSTRALIA http://t.co/av29HVOguc 
• KPMG is growing its legal arm beyond tax, threatening to become a major player in the legal services market http://t.co/YBHBvpgYJl 
• Slater and Gordon finalises billion-dollar acquisition #AUSTRALIA http://t.co/io2ocGhREI 
• Division of power between politicians and judiciary has been thrown off balance by new anti-terror laws #AUSTRALIA http://t.co/2nXxnt5LHk 
• Succession planning in Law Firms vital for client retention #AUSTRALIA http://t.co/UlX2MmC5fq 
• #Australia emerges as global M&A leader http://t.co/20OtksbtPj
• New rules for lawyers in New South Wales and Victoria may encourage firms to abandon time billing #AUSTRALIA http://t.co/nmwhn3kfqc
• HMRC gives solicitors a week to ‘pay up or else’ | Legal Futures http://t.co/OfoR86Fs5t 
• Little interest from solicitors in third-party client accounts, survey suggests | Legal Futures http://t.co/prc6M84X6J 
• Chinese network of 3,000 lawyers launches in London | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/NrJHoV4SZG 
• Skadden in dispute with $25-an-hour contract lawyer over overtime | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/xAnrtju81E 
• Mayer Brown in apprenticeship first | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/N3d6gEHbH1 
• Withers wins 24-lawyer team from McKenna Long in California | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/hORkk63ns2 
• Six partners leave K&L Gates for McDermott Will in Dallas | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/YwcYWguggH 
• LexisNexis buys Indian legal publishers | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/4JjAQQYz5o 
• Clyde & Co expand Asia-Pacific practice | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/AoUxc9BwxJ
• Honigman acquires Chicago litigation firm | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/jHWCouIDOG

2nd June - Law News

1254th 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 number of personal injury claims management companies (CMCs) has fallen below 1,000, it has emerged. From 2,300 at the start of 2013, the number of CMCs dropped dramatically to only 979 by the end of March this year, according to the latest figures from the Claims Management Regulation Unit (CMRU). Full story - Legal Futures

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Gleiss Lutz turns to Linklaters for finance partner | The Lawyer http://t.co/Mpvz6AXrFL
• Bond Dickinson energy team loses another partner as Carter joins Fieldfisher | The Lawyer http://t.co/bCBK2uRYlQ 
• Commercial litigators are incurring costs over and above agreed budget levels | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/mw46tDwrBk
• FTSE 100 companies to cough up £24bn in legal liabilities | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/bG2u6pSl8f
• ULaw bought up by international education network | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/acGw5EuJdc
• Alex Salmond Defends Comments On Charles Kennedy's 'Heart Not In Campaign To Save United Kingdom' https://t.co/ZkKWNs010c 
• Anger as DUP tries to tighten abortion laws in Northern Ireland https://t.co/EkabuAbvt9 
• Sepp Blatter to finally quit as president amid corruption scandal http://t.co/FcvNwSAzlQ
• Investors in stricken 'death bond' fund consider further legal action https://t.co/6MbOpaRR45 
• Ellen Pao Hasn't Given Up: Legal Team Files Notice Of Appeal In Kleiner Perkins Case #US https://t.co/yP2MhMqqSw
• #Australian law groups urge Coalition to pressure Nauru over growing legal crisis https://t.co/YLdBKQPkhZ 
• UK renewable energy industry warns of legal action over subsidies https://t.co/huSetKT4RX 
• Welsh organ donation law branded 'a complete waste of time' by MP David Davies https://t.co/tLtj0CdPWZ 
• Another Arizona immigration law dismantled by the courts #US https://t.co/113FEOfn0l 
• Malaysian brothers get settlement in Flight 370 law suit https://t.co/Ild8WRsFN5 
• With law expired, Senate mulls changes to phone collection https://t.co/t8gIw5xMNp
• Progress on Northern Ireland's Restrictive Abortion Laws Looks Bleak https://t.co/bfOYQ0DIHe 
• A Beginner’s Guide to Scots Law https://t.co/yz0qF28Vqd
• Seven partners will share $38 million in first UK law firm IPO https://t.co/gKoM2dWdwM
• House bill would add 'flexibility' to federal fishing law #US https://t.co/XEzsGGfHNf 
• Six months until organ donation law change https://t.co/vy2dU4pFcp 
• Buying sex made illegal in Northern Ireland under new law https://t.co/YNXWjNoG8H
• Organisations flout outdated FOI rules according to new research | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/1eDxJAWsYA 
• Plans to end automatic early release could be further weakened | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/8TgcBPOqM2 
• Raeburn Christie Clark & Wallace announces retirals | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/JYfIIMqJtS 
• SLN Spotlight: John Fotheringham | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/loPqQNfvfW
• Law Society of Scotland pays tribute to Charles Kennedy | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/ZOqvPn4yqX 
• Sheriff refuses Lord Advocate’s application to extradite Slovakian man to serve sentence for ‘joy-riding’ http://t.co/m8ovWLluha 
• Rape investigations 'overwhelming burden' on Met Police http://t.co/0GeP6vCAx7 
• Fifa corruption: Blatter deputy Jerome Valcke denies payments http://t.co/1u7j6j7uvu
• Eight arrested in Oxford in child sexual exploitation dawn raids http://t.co/aDac92Kabg 
• David Cameron prepared to break with Europe on human rights http://t.co/ZWuWzy9Ggx 
• #Iranians warn that distrust could replace sanctions as obstacle to business http://t.co/lzhr649sup 
• Former Liberal Democrats leader Charles Kennedy dies aged 55 http://t.co/GZDohp5tmx 
• LGBT people suffer widespread violent abuse, discrimination: new UN report http://t.co/VVmnPyqo0b 
• Tobacco giants vow to fight #Canadian judgment handing C$15bn to smokers http://t.co/zjB4GEHK9f 
• Rape and sexual offences to be treated as seriously as terror threats, police say http://t.co/L02dcPbuJf 
• Democracy in danger when one man exercises excessive private power #IRELAND http://t.co/gh2sCwRcYy 
• Let #Irish media report MP's comments, Denis O'Brien lawyers tell court http://t.co/ne1lzvgqKM
• The fight for London’s litigation world title | The Lawyer http://t.co/J4AMLXALMy 
• The public sector’s not what it was – it's much better | The Lawyer http://t.co/jNlbaB21fC 
• In-house interview: John Abramson, Travelers - A Profile | The Lawyer http://t.co/jfqQud37qy 
• Quindell deal boost for Slater and Gordon | Law Gazette http://t.co/tZxxhmJEKM 
• No anti-father bias in family courts, research finds | Law Gazette http://t.co/eLkn57yhqf 
• How I did on Twitter this week: 35 New Followers, 31 Mentions, 20.9K Mention Reach. Want to grow your numbers? http://t.co/18GZNRIYqt 
• Solicitor stole £600k from elderly clients | Law Gazette http://t.co/k5pcLs11EG 
• University of Law changes hands again | Law Gazette http://t.co/wPbFtTJWwo 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/YR94sgVc0k
• Violent criminal escaped from prison 'to test security' http://t.co/NpCXDXkm9L
• A request to snoop on public every 60 seconds http://t.co/HmsuqiYdCJ 
• Prostitution, pimping and brothels: how legal are they across the world? http://t.co/P5J9kMb60S 
• Double murder suspect, 16, remanded in custody for 6 weeks http://t.co/SpkfmZNxTI 
• Loud sex noises land woman in jail http://t.co/OU0nK6IbcR
• Prisoner who escaped from HMP Dovegate is arrested http://t.co/Y4EugB6S3r 
• Toddler put up for adoption because parents are heavy smokers http://t.co/KAVIdmFkjG 
• Old Bailey trial of terror suspect collapses after security services refuse to say who they helped in Syria http://t.co/ly7abtZ1Vh 
• Man 'murders adopted son with scaffolding pole before trying to dump body in River Thames' http://t.co/jHnTBW9Bmt 
• Parents who never got baby ashes demand apology from crematorium http://t.co/qK82aed5pL 
• Villagers win 30-year battle to remove 40ft hedge http://t.co/Hlcc2OeUIn 
• Lawyer plundered more than £600,000 from elderly clients to pay for call girls http://t.co/9IncvAO1oG 
• No place on the force for fat officers, Met chief warns http://t.co/L9Fpop6px6 
• SRA mulls centralised assessment of would-be solicitors as City firm launches 'earn as you learn' qualification: http://t.co/imnqbNOjd8 
• External investment key to changing profession, former Law Society president say as firm becomes ABS | Legal Futures http://t.co/Y2ayRU7qcB
• Ex-prison officer guilty of tipping off reporter http://t.co/oGY63cY5U9 
• Fifa suspends Concacaf official http://t.co/Q7lL1LEp1J 
• Restore legal aid cuts to help overworked MPs http://t.co/PAbAg7hcqR 
• Daniel Ellsberg credits Edward Snowden with catalysing #US surveillance reform http://t.co/g9nxNekhRx 
• Human Rights Act repeal would send wrong signal, says Tory peer http://t.co/3QIxZDzgTw
• KPMG increases focus on corporate and property law practices | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/offcULWUdM 
• Lawyers recruit people people they can have fun with | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/6NsXOF4mnn 
• Top partners take 3pc stakes as UK law firm prepares to float | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/0JuMTnFblt
• London law firms use location and IT to sell themselves to recruits | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/yUTGld16a5 
• Retired Dewey partner tells of obstacles in getting back capital | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/O5sA55LDEV 
• Belfast lawyers granted right to appeal criminal legal aid cuts | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/AzTSBv2D5r 
• Washington allows non-lawyer firm owners | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/Z2KaoJVEtR 
• Hamburg lawyers protest over German surveillance plans | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/PqGFGJxPrS

1st June - Law News

1253rd 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 should ensure they have a proper exit strategy, the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has said, following a spate of Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal hearings in which firms failed to follow the correct process for closure. Full story - New Law Journal

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Global firm unveils ‘articled apprenticeship’ with direct route to solicitor qualification | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/lTNyeXWbfk 
• Escalation in cybercrime affects solicitors | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/jyIJMMc0nE 
• The first ‘Chinese firm for Chinese clients’ launches in London | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/aotlimcbKH
• Employment tribunal cases are on the up as claimants adjust to new fee system | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/k3zZ9yc9SX 
• Lawyer calls for reform to protect vulnerable elderly clients | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/NsXyYDsOdB 
• Legal Aid Agency to recover £2m from convicted criminals | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/pTh1F2fTTi
• #Brazilian Football Club Santos Take Legal Action Against Neymar and Barcelona FC https://t.co/jVG0ffBsDR 
• George Pell seeks legal advice over 60 Minutes' Catholic Church claims #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/pOy5THJj9c
• Legal bid to move fly-grazing horses off Beamont Leys park https://t.co/hj4mjvufPB 
• This Government’s ban on legal highs is mind-bendingly stupid https://t.co/9dLL0wrodN
• Campaigning daily welcomes new legal high laws https://t.co/WEvMOBOpiE 
• New measures to make criminals pay more towards their legal bills have come into force on 1st June https://t.co/wcMRvvXYyt
• Newport-based conveyancing specialist Convey Law make commitment to delivering leading employee training programmes https://t.co/u6WdeNh5X7 
• Legal clinics ramp up efforts to get justice for vulnerable workers #CANADA https://t.co/kxYVaZcunm
• UK Law Students Save Taxpayers $95,000, Devote 2,732 Hours to Clients https://t.co/k9g0VFVC8j 
• Westcountry law firm Michelmores sets up UK's first Chinese owned YangTze Law https://t.co/riIQdnATKG
• #Australian opposition party proposes gay marriage law https://t.co/o2ZPjBBjVz 
• Taking New Jersey: Riverview Law opens second US office and starts UK recruitment drive https://t.co/h4QuUlFIPK
• How a Brexit from the EU could change employment law https://t.co/zCq93onO7U 
• UK hotelier murder: Congress accuses Punjab govt of failing to maintain law and order #INDIA https://t.co/pNnOyfJC4i 
• Disagreement over impact if US surveillance laws do expire https://t.co/JAYDifEe3l
• ‘Britain risks following Nazi lead on human rights’ https://t.co/c7yBjGMKFv 
• #Canadian law professors challenge 'colonial' law on royal succession https://t.co/XzDM0EVKgB
• Attacking cybercrime through infrastructure, not individuals http://t.co/JAWNg6h2Vl 
• Smoker's son, 2, to be adopted because of health risk http://t.co/9qZLhDiKR9
• Escaped HMP Dovegate prisoner Haroon Ahmed rearrested http://t.co/5Ge0qQFSDh
• SAS selection deaths: 'Too much paperwork' to swap march date http://t.co/KbCr5QVgOz 
• Shrewsbury baby ashes inquiry calls for national inspector of crematoriums http://t.co/BDTTL79667 
• #UKRAINE prisoners stranded in legal limbo on the frontline of a war http://t.co/6FYdhLc1Wm 
• Human rights: Tories reject reports of rift between Cameron, May and Gove http://t.co/hzBCTOzxiD
• #Ireland's leading media outlets challenge Denis O'Brien injunction http://t.co/Tdy9WTHHcf 
• Northern Alabama’s only abortion clinic fights to survive lawmakers' onslaught #US http://t.co/2QWeqin9Oq
• Cameron 'committed to breaking link with European court of human rights' http://t.co/YDe9XiBPKc 
• Irish media seek right to report on Denis O'Brien's ties with IBRC #IRELAND http://t.co/PAf28yTg9A 
• Top US court rules for Muslim woman denied Abercrombie job over hijab #US http://t.co/EcJokfum6X
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Mishcon strengthens disputes group with Enyo Law hire | The Lawyer http://t.co/CpiazZW5rJ 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Hogan Lovells scoops up Dentons London partner to boost finance practice | The Lawyer http://t.co/ox5dJ4ASsA 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Michelmores throws weight behind launch of London- based PRC firm | The Lawyer http://t.co/q45qfj6lbF
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Kirkland exits mount as corporate partner Howe joins Proskauer in London | The Lawyer http://t.co/uE7regJxE0 
• Finance Committee invites views on Scottish rate of income tax | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/bkmCifyCgg 
• Pinsent Masons sign up new oil and gas litigator | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/zi2ZpKwMAv 
• Fiscals to receive iPads for court work after successful pilot | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/5Xt5MimoX4 
• Sheriff overseeing Glasgow bin lorry FAI recuses himself after realising link to victim | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/8HzoE2SBqy
• English Bridge Union granted judicial review of refusal to recognise card game as a ‘sport’ | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/A2rgIbiyWO 
• Anderson Strathern partner elected ARDL chair | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/P2fpR4Mx00 
• Campaign to overturn election of Alistair Carmichael lodges petition in Court of Session | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/Rv3WkEAPE1 
• Former Children's Panel chairman given 12-year jail sentence for sexually abusing boys | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/Nw9V9WFvfm 
• Are law firms doing enough to innovate and compete with the rise of the machines? | Law Gazette http://t.co/5pe9Ni5T9A
• The inception of costs management was botched, but there are grounds for optimism | Law Gazette http://t.co/CXcfsoSf5S 
• A British Bill of Rights is indefinitely delayed – but it hasn’t been shelved | Law Gazette http://t.co/FhSe8dM3dn 
• Accountancy giant EY ‘not a rival to law firms’ | Law Gazette http://t.co/sBvZk5JMl1 
• Courtroom abuse sparks new McKenzie friend fears | Law Gazette http://t.co/5exCOUqlOa 
• Small firms lead way with pro bono efforts | Law Gazette http://t.co/JxveBaLvgX
• Flight delay compensation firm becomes ABS | Law Gazette http://t.co/Pr0JPsMmlf 
• Employment tribunal caseload rebounds after slump | Law Gazette http://t.co/TFOUfapFwm 
• Chinese-owned ABS sets up in London | Law Gazette http://t.co/lGhpkf6G35
• Legal aid clawback powers come into force | Law Gazette http://t.co/UlPuxi31gA
• City firm announces first articled apprenticeship | Law Gazette http://t.co/F23WvKZTA9
• My legal life: David Leckie, Partner, Clyde & Co - A Profile | Law Gazette http://t.co/vNY7FfAHUn 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/vTfSPzfFes
• Cleaning up Britain: in the frontline of the fight against rubbish http://t.co/HzYXr9UGEA 
• Jeremy Hutchinson’s Case Histories – stories of a devil’s advocate http://t.co/hH7MADHfNz 
• Let’s make life harder for UK’s pimps and sex traffickers http://t.co/pD3y5RHI31 
• Rick Santorum says supreme court gay marriage decision is not the 'final word' #US http://t.co/7Mv2WJaFb2 
• UK police requests to access phone calls or emails are granted 93% of the time http://t.co/zvExF6Xqf0
• Police to investigate Fir Park brawl http://t.co/XWPKN396hw 
• Employers of carers or nannies may have to pay pensions http://t.co/BgbTzwk0E6 
• Trainee dies on Royal Marines Dartmoor '30-miler' march http://t.co/a9b4Bzrt5r
• Beijing public smoking ban begins #CHINA http://t.co/9N6nARnkMr
• #US Senate in urgent surveillance debate as deadline looms http://t.co/WKGwNNu10B
• 'Oliver Twist' children used in crime, warns anti-slavery commissioner http://t.co/g04YIdlWur 
• Baker & McKenzie, Freshfields and Slaughters lead on Equinix's £2.3bn acquisition of Telecity | The Lawyer http://t.co/Jw4K0ng3va 
• Judicial appointments: 11KBW and 7KBW silks replace Eder and MacDuff in High Court | The Lawyer http://t.co/kWwyypUDYq
• West Yorkshire councils launch £12m barrister panel review | The Lawyer http://t.co/8SqlH21Kf6 
• Slaughters and Pinsent Masons dominate stock market and Aim client rankings | The Lawyer http://t.co/dnqvr6K5wI 
• Eversheds instructed top silks to drop 'nuclear option' on rail unions over bank holiday strike | The Lawyer http://t.co/bLceA0L2B2
• Dewey Barclays trial goes ahead with just one defendant as three ex-partners settle | The Lawyer http://t.co/zFb6uBPObU 
• New video platform is “missing link” for direct access barristers | Legal Futures http://t.co/Z5zocskpK1
• Number of personal injury CMCs falls below 1,000 | Legal Futures http://t.co/qVCBvvwjpN
• 'Not enough cells' for child abusers http://t.co/wWOkP6Zd8f 
• Social workers get the story they’re after http://t.co/chbA8fU9Sp 
• Foreign criminal convicted of child cruelty wins 'family life' case http://t.co/mS8NfSKID1 
• How banning radical Islamists will play right into their hands http://t.co/t4SKClTS6E
• Violent criminal escaped from prison 'to test security' http://t.co/NpCXDXkm9L

31st May - Law News

1252th 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

• Direct access in spotlight after barrister is slapped with 11 misconduct findings http://t.co/VP7sDaLDgP 
• Oxbridge takes top honours in latest law faculty league table http://t.co/wOYL8nKNXw
• McKenzie friend gives budding advocates a lesson in how not to behave in court http://t.co/5TGInMCGyZ 
• 'Oxford law student' offers Obama herd of cows, sheep and goats to marry daughter http://t.co/6PyhP0th9J 
• How law can set you up for an alternative career http://t.co/rTMUCwOCNc 
• Southampton Uni law student drafts piss-taking health and safety instructions for microwave http://t.co/Ne4UXGmB2C
• Event: Alternatives for wannabe barristers — the City, in-house and academia http://t.co/GaIHyDeRtu 
• Shearman & Sterling blitzes magic circle with trainee and NQ pay rises http://t.co/ieGZe8bhRU 
• Ashurst latest firm to boost trainee and junior lawyer pay http://t.co/Bd8panWs3u 
• 11 weirdly passive aggressive things law students say to non-law students http://t.co/fVp4XBYisC 
• Does appearing on The X Factor help you get a training contract? http://t.co/sl54YSe18w
• Life in a law firm: ‘Prepping to go to Russia #fridaynightmare #byebyeweekend’ http://t.co/GM7jppmCAL 
• Training contract hunters could buy 95p Gateley shares as a way to stand out after firm reveals June listing date http://t.co/H7bZFoRO0z 
• City lawyer posts Adele-inspired ode to land law on YouTube http://t.co/E41OMXWLMm 
• Former Allen & Overy solicitor Chelsy Davy joins 'hedonistic vibes' DJ collective http://t.co/ZVBZdmGsul 
• Ex-Skadden trainee appointed parliamentary private secretary to Justice Secretary Michael Gove http://t.co/2J1Bgw0GR7 
• The Judge Rules: imperfect law school rankings tell us something about complacent Russell Groupers http://t.co/EtFGE0SupG 
• Phone hacking: massive privacy damages | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/V4hyo49XhI 
• Cake, Equality, and the Queen's Speech | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/STfIBb3bBe 
• Public Law in an Age of Austerity – Major 1COR/JUSTICE seminar on 4 June | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/LFqUuwiIL5
• Law Society's concerns over Queen's Speech | New Law Journal: https://t.co/5xKH1emhnH 
• Hacking payouts “unparalleled” | New Law Journal: https://t.co/lXnjyTP5gb 
• Court protects children from IS | New Law Journal: https://t.co/VHG7hgvkKj 
• Insolvency practitioners to the rescue? | New Law Journal: https://t.co/w7iYTk5KGw 
• Law firms should have exit strategy | New Law Journal https://t.co/CRyleZP5QG 
• Criminal barristers voted for direct action on legal aid reforms: “no returns” & “days of action” | New Law Journal https://t.co/OUC2INBZdA
• Zero hours exclusivity clauses banned | New Law Journal: https://t.co/87ayWIhfh8 
• A new award for women lawyers has been announced | New Law Journal https://t.co/tHAgRotuPR
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/f7LvKG4B9D
• The darker side of Buddhism: monks who promote violence http://t.co/i0FP7NFx22 
• #Argentine police arrest 'meteorite thieves' http://t.co/gVvxGL9Ekh
• #Thailand murders: Lawyers' concern over key evidence http://t.co/7M7gDSTRIc 
• European Union anger at Russian travel blacklist http://t.co/gx3yCqaTJO 
• No charges over Katie Hopkins' tweets on 'sweaty jocks' http://t.co/jbtp59AcnG 
• HMS Bulwark joins migrant rescue mission http://t.co/xaCxHxO2p5

30th May - Law News

1251th 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

• Anti-austerity protesters gather in London to demonstrate against cuts http://t.co/A6b5w1wdwq 
• Boy remanded in custody for alleged Colchester knife murders http://t.co/rjz2KXWiEs
• HMRC waives tax return penalties 'whenever someone appeals' http://t.co/c8zP3OmF7c 
• Benefit cap could drop 40,000 children into poverty, leaked memo warns http://t.co/SWHjphwa09 
• Government 'shocked' by report of Dignitas link to struck-off doctor http://t.co/uAggKcvoOw 
• Sepp Blatter attacks critics as he vows to pull Fifa through corruption crisis http://t.co/Hmv5ilucCx
• Callous teenage terrorist jailed for grooming Asperger's man to carry out Lee Rigby style attack http://t.co/TWNsBGHkg1 
• Lindsay Lohan fan faces jail for harassing celebrity haunt booking manager http://t.co/sDEVW8ZEqp 
• Scotland Yard detective and lawyers' daughter deny selling women for sex http://t.co/bFwmiA0ccJ 
• Rural street lights switch-off blamed over death of woman pedestrian http://t.co/fuoa3yDnPF 
• Diamond fraudsters fail jail for £1.5m family scam http://t.co/NurVuobKqp 
• Revealed: Furious letters to Thomas Cook ex-CEO http://t.co/I8iWqEQILh 
• Silk Road founder: 'it ruined my life and destroyed my future' http://t.co/cVxONOUkUw 
• Some highs are more legal than others http://t.co/7MJZdTjxTT 
• Boy, 16, arrested over double murder of Muslim student and father-of-five http://t.co/eKfEoeNmAk 
• Why is 'hippy crack’ such a gas for the hipsters? http://t.co/ateL2iepUl 
• Conservatives attacking the Human Rights Act have forgotten their party's tradition of defending liberty http://t.co/kuF8L7etUv
• England threaten to boycott World Cup as Blatter is re-elected http://t.co/Woz3nPijMj 
• Jewish woman win £16k damages over Shabbat row http://t.co/cqAOvwqGRx 
• Brownstock festival security guards jailed for kidnapping reveller http://t.co/5MhYKVu3f1 
• Art and Hypocrisy in the Gulf: #AbuDhabi is opening cultural centers, but is barring artists and writers from enteri…https://t.co/LS0lrNW4cn 
• Horrors of Human Trafficking in South Asia https://t.co/tjTVw6Tf6h 
• Arrest Underscores #CHINA's Role in the Making and Spread of a Lethal Drug https://t.co/iEzUxtG2Ik 
• Dalai Lama Urges Aung San Suu Kyi to Help #Myanmar's Rohingya https://t.co/MuDxIeFqZ2
• #US Police Unions Must Not Block Reform: Restrictive contracts are shielding officers from proper accountability https://t.co/oFNsELl82F 
• Biracial Beauty Queen Challenges #JAPAN's Self-Image https://t.co/GEo0qyRl0E
• A #US Tax Investigation Snowballed to Stun the Soccer World https://t.co/sTWFvwMISk
• Hastert Case Is Said to Be Linked to Decades-Old Sexual Abuse #US https://t.co/UPQfTPCCkA 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/qvQLWtj6RL
• Silk Road drug website founder Ross Ulbricht jailed #US http://t.co/dPUlUI8bkV
• #Italy rescues 3,300 migrants in Mediterranean in one day http://t.co/UYgJfKSL42
• No £100 fine for late tax returns, says HMRC http://t.co/xA9dpK7B2j
• Nuneaton's Cocks Lloyd Solicitors to support top fundraising group https://t.co/l5g8xOvgxm 
• Solicitor slams cops for Penygroes 'headbutt' woman treatment https://t.co/QnTu8FuEVB 
• 56.6 Billion Illegal Cigarettes Consumed in the EU in 2014, Worth More Than €11bn in Lost Tax Revenue https://t.co/y1QBe3nTMA 
• Two die in illegal gold mine near Tahoe project in #PERU https://t.co/z465Z7p17K https://t.co/CZ7RvGS4Vp
• Northampton resident creates own ‘illegal’ parking bays outside block of flats in Duston https://t.co/wFtdUJybMi 
• Fewer immigrants are entering the #US illegally, and that’s changed the border security debate https://t.co/ArgTu1p3A4 
• Shopkeeper in Salford built elaborate false wall to conceal thousands of illegal cigarettes https://t.co/TLnP2MNsJb 
• Firm withdraws services from murder suspect due to legal aid dispute #IRELAND https://t.co/YMYKe9671j 
• Tesco faces legal fight with shareholders seeking compensation over profits scandal https://t.co/zfu9lsLzmk 
• Nhleko’s Nkandla report to face legal scrutiny #SOUTHAFRICA https://t.co/o8FLj8OyGv 
• Gay conversion therapy ruins lives. We cannot afford to keep it legal https://t.co/fHgxB6TMLV
• Legal highs: What will be affected by the 'blanket ban' and what are the punishments if caught? https://t.co/NwV8l40G4d 
• European Union Referendum Bill: European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) and Delegated Powers memoranda https://t.co/duUzTsgmo9 
• #China in 1989 and 2015: Tiananmen, Human Rights, and Democracy https://t.co/X5uIwg2PFM 
• Robes, rods and our basic human rights | Save the Human Rights Act https://t.co/Hxi7DQbef7 
• British Columbia’s Human Rights Tribunal to Consider Eliminating Gender from Birth Certificates #CANADA https://t.co/fakHPYqUHF 
• A pledge too far: Scrapping the Human Rights Act can’t be done, thankfully https://t.co/4Vm4FRBisN 
• Liberty’s ‘Human Rights’ campaign uses luvvies to spread misinformation - claim made by a right wing rag https://t.co/7nc71FpaFb 
• Encryption is important to human rights — and backdoors undermine it https://t.co/YG44kqHKQa 
• Human rights groups condemn #Nauru's criminalisation of political protest https://t.co/MOV7mXkdXJ 
• Human Rights Watch: Put migrants' rights at center of Asian summit https://t.co/TTve0MHBgE 
• The #Australian Personal Property Security Act 2009: A five year review https://t.co/ANv9Enskwg 
• CMA gains powers to advise UK government on draft laws https://t.co/64JfWRJMuk 
• UK Government Goes Full Orwell: Snooper's Charter, Encryption Backdoors, Free Speech Suppression https://t.co/nSBdoLsVLM
• New UK law would give government access to encrypted Internet messaging apps https://t.co/guDOlwB68B 
• A response to Daniel Hannan: a “UK Sovereignty Act” would make no legal sense https://t.co/hdF6ry2FMJ 
• Cleric thinks faith is above the law https://t.co/SUREntziGb 
• SNP back down on demands for Scotland to set own abortion laws https://t.co/DsGHsKmZud 
• #US judge grills lawyer defending Obama's healthcare law changes https://t.co/6oq8VxnjaL 
• Investigatory Powers Bill to update UK communications data laws https://t.co/nLIJGO4axD 
• Law firm beauty parades are in decline | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/AWueVg3MYd 
• Microsoft might compromise on encryption battle, suggests GC | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/EDc64GlkVn 
• Pillsbury corporate finance team migrates to Winston & Strawn | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/9zBXx3Tfd5 
• Women lawyers tarred with femininity brush | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/caglWJvb7T 
• Skadden corporate trio join Hogan Lovells to beef up Frankfurt office | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/HPVLtuugqD 
• Cooley has arrived in London much later than other US firms but with no less ambitions | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/8sq7yAmxUB 
• Stalked by youth | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/9ScNcp2zw6 
• Woman pleads guilty to hotel killing of DLA associate | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/triOhQpzIX 
• 30 years on death row and many appeals later, 'deck is always stacked against you' http://t.co/BgMeB3Cc06 
• Ian Brady photo deal: Security officer found guilty http://t.co/1GGQTEUXKU 
• Sun reporter Anthony France sentenced over misconduct http://t.co/fse9jmy8NQ
• Orthodox Jewish women driving ban unacceptable, says Education Secretary & ex-solicitor Nicky Morgan http://t.co/hkm2HenBWE 
• Chuck Blazer's blog chronicles his lavish Fifa days http://t.co/JIzWb0VDzN 
• #SouthAfricans shocked by World Cup scandal http://t.co/q7VsrqMTNq
• How Fifa makes and spends its money http://t.co/zpmb5fl9JX 
• The #Malaysian jungle camps where traffickers raped and killed http://t.co/RmzdrqDQkZ 
• Fifa re-elects Sepp Blatter as president http://t.co/oifZTp9rlv 
• US state adopts ABS model | Law Gazette http://t.co/1XrYUxkdIv 
• Ex-City solicitor becomes Gove aide | Law Gazette http://t.co/0nJFBqAU0n 
• ‘Bury your marriage’ divorce centre staffed with ‘legal advisers’ | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/lhtSbyqmn8 
• Bakers to mount appeal against ‘gay cake’ ruling | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/1xW3NLkiv7 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/SWYLrfeP2F

29th May - Law News

1250th 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 Society will publish report on consequences for legal sector of EU withdrawal. Having considered the contents of the Queen's Speech, the Law Society has raised concerns over the implementation of a British Bill of Rights, the Investigatory Powers Bill, and the potential withdrawal from the Europe Union. Law Society president Andrew Caplen said the representative body for solicitors supported the retention of the Human Rights Act (HRA) and was looking forward to working with the government to ensure that the Act's fundamental principles were protected. Full story - Solicitors Journal

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Richard Keen QC appointed Advocate General for Scotland | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/MFtsW6OYFS 
• Christine McLintock takes up the reins as the Law Society of Scotland president | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/dRbM1fCLKn 
• Scottish Civil Justice Council publishes second Annual Report and Programme | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/w5zycVQKPu 
• Charity’s legal challenge against council’s decision to approve fish farm refused | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/ytbIMyCHnh 
• Law Society of Scotland to move to Atria One | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/fygNZep91H 
• Bill to increase MSPs financial transparency introduced | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/T728jjQdNy 
• Chair of child abuse inquiry announced | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/7YjetEthjS 
• UK government to crackdown on legal highs with blanket ban | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/DpIXTcyI6T 
• Andy Coulson trial: jury sent home as court deals with legal issues http://t.co/WbtOZL0gav 
• Mother of children killed on holiday says Thomas Cook 'abhorrent' http://t.co/V4uZF5vsLN 
• 16-year-old boy arrested over Essex stabbings http://t.co/BYOO0xeWOD 
• Bisexual asylum seeker in Home Office battle has deportation flight cancelled http://t.co/A4ZdC1Owz7 
• Smoking ban 'reduced annual rate of child respiratory problems by 11,000' http://t.co/BXmevAV3RZ 
• #Ireland's media silenced over MP's speech about Denis O'Brien http://t.co/AjtZd71A4j 
• Bleak House, eat your heart out. Hancock v Rinehart – that's real drama http://t.co/jyTs7dfX6V 
• For Loretta Lynch, Fifa is just the latest in a string of tough targets http://t.co/rlOxmVY9hM 
• Serious Fraud Office says it is looking at material relating to Fifa allegations http://t.co/lnxTMiPvWX 
• Arthur Cox and Kerman & Co advise on Applegreen's €70m IPO | The Lawyer http://t.co/E2Q8Ea3N1V
• Olswang: trouble at the top as management shakeup continues | The Lawyer http://t.co/Hio5LI6ApN 
• Blackstone Lockerbie QC appointed Advocate General for Scotland | The Lawyer http://t.co/zt9WkR5bzx 
• Law firms lag behind accountants in office space efficiency plans | The Lawyer http://t.co/qXXjeYgNr7 
• Freshfields loses Australia country lead to Ashurst | The Lawyer http://t.co/kX0T5Hyn2p 
• Osborne Clarke's Berg: "It's all about continuity" | The Lawyer http://t.co/4Dob1qhE4e 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Gateley IPO - firm valued at £100m, senior management set to hold £3.2m stakes | The Lawyer http://t.co/kgJINuyWqX
• Gateley to go public on 8 June | Law Gazette http://t.co/tYTtuVQBa4 
• Criminal defence giant targets north-west | Law Gazette http://t.co/QexqhRbGLu 
• High-profile public law firm to close | Law Gazette http://t.co/SyQW9yt07e 
• LAA tweaks billing system after criticism | Law Gazette http://t.co/mH78sWMgxa 
• IPO to value Gateley at £100m | Law Gazette http://t.co/Wf2mpQ2GqH 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/SWYLrfeP2F
• Most-wanted #German Nazi Sommer 'unfit for trial' http://t.co/xhXWZR42fz 
• #NorthKorean hackers 'could kill', warns key defector http://t.co/SKYiOhSip5
• European Court of Human Rights: Lawyers do not have same freedom to speak out as journalists | Legal Futures http://t.co/jNZ6tPk3ij 
• Linder Myers heading for profit a year after avoiding administration | Legal Futures http://t.co/fW8S8fPccM 
• Major US divorce firm lands in UK with ambitions to dominate the market | Legal Futures http://t.co/wtYlH6bNcz 
• Counter-terrorism police make two arrests in Berkshire http://t.co/H3KjZmPZDL 
• BBC defends reality show involving poor, dubbed 'Hunger Games' http://t.co/tLuJWJUxee 
• Amnesty demands action over BBC findings on Northern Ireland killings http://t.co/aTFVGcu9ML 
• Oxford University to appoint first female vice-chancellor http://t.co/ZH43ZKk2SD 
• Tom Hayes, 'ringmaster' of Libor fraud, given $2.5m to stay at UBS, court hears http://t.co/Q0Flaokyc8 
• Glastonbury: Kanye West booking prompts death threats for organiser http://t.co/e0bG3eKXJx 
• George Galloway tweets his intention to run for London mayor http://t.co/Wb6mim1o4q 
• Hasidic Jewish sect tells London mothers to stop driving http://t.co/VzWPsQgFyh 
• Scotland bill may give Holyrood veto over Human Rights Act repeal http://t.co/fE6DVSwLWe 
• Despair, and a little hope, at the Queen’s speech http://t.co/rPTqoCFeh3
• Keir Starmer defends Human Rights Act in maiden Commons speech http://t.co/ADuI5IO28c
• Bryan Cave targets big clients | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/IGdwa0QyIY
• DLA loses eight US real estate lawyers to Stroock | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/fp1bZ0tce0 
• China's 7th largest law firm sets up Shenzen co-op zone joint venture | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/GDjXPx9EaD 
• NHS trusts could face corporate manslaughter charges | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/gR66c8aeOQ 
• Dewey defendants face the court | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/a6Dpm7xfuW 
• German companies switch to e-discovery methods | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/9TwTwmiuOq 
• Baker Botts shuts doors in Abu Dhabi | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/quGUoEFFMJ 
• Lawyer confesses to stealing $2.6m from former employer | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/oCyOEYueeU 
• Charity Commission to receive new powers | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/DlJufwhiEO 
• Police and CPS told to improve charging decisions | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/ruEROZ3dIo

28th May - Law News

1249th 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 president of the Law Society has voiced concerns for the future of legal professional privilege after criticising the ‘rushed’ introduction of recent sweeping surveillance powers. Andrew Caplen told the Malaysian Bar Council that the right to consult a legal adviser in confidence, without either having their communications tapped or fearing they might be, was ‘fundamental’ to the right to a fair trial. Full story - The Law Society Gazette

Saturday Conversations on Law

• McQueen Legal appoints new senior associate | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/DCvU307ZFO
• Law Society of Scotland responds to Queen’s Speech | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/JL7Xa3vYVE 
• Lawyers warn action needs to be taken on Edinburgh tram lines before fatality | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/VMIbxwXXJi 
• MSPs reject proposed assisted suicide law | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/EILmfr8V5u 
• Scotland Bill to begin legislative journey through Westminster | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/rKvhmoo1aN 
• Motorist jailed for nine years for causing death by dangerous driving has sentence reduced on appeal http://t.co/HU992VmO5O 
• Thousands to see Magna Carta original on display at Supreme Court | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/rUDiJxJVdv 
• Justice Secretary Michael Matheson calls for radical change in treatment of female criminals | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/2pM3rqO1dL 
• Thorntons family law specialist accredited by Law Society | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/rLFKbQYlj6
• New York judge asked to rule on whether chimps are 'persons' – video #US http://t.co/aEJYactmA8 
• Blacklisted workers seek to prise open secrets of covert police surveillance http://t.co/7kfnIlUze0 
• Hollywood studios sued for recycling old movie soundtracks http://t.co/6Tm6wTV7J6
• Tim Carmody cancels contentious talk on judicial reforms due to wife's illness #AUSTRALIA http://t.co/AfDWHfoFN1 
• Washington wisdom on data collection shown up by Justice Department verdict #US http://t.co/s4egcZVhAp
• 15 motorists to be prosecuted for filming multi-lorry traffic collision http://t.co/rNGyrfVKfp 
• The comedy side of getting to #America http://t.co/12xaAMEdQc 
• Methodist Church apologises for abuse spanning decades http://t.co/YZKfxYGHtB 
• UK growth hit by trade deficit and services slowdown http://t.co/HVrJSltwTs 
• Food poisoning bug 'found in 73% of shop-bought chickens' http://t.co/sx6Eqta2bV 
• #UKRAINE police receive Western-style training http://t.co/cLNvLpJjmZ 
• Claims of NI 'collusion' between UK agents and paramilitaries http://t.co/EFYxPcVGOz 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Fried Frank poised for major UK funds boost with K&E partner trio | The Lawyer http://t.co/qMHN0ULDLk 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Ashurst pay rises across the board as NQ salaries hit £65,000 | The Lawyer http://t.co/oAHHh00ger
• DLA Piper and Latham take lead on PureTech's $160m IPO | The Lawyer http://t.co/eMZRMKiJdy 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Dentons strengthens trade finance pratice with Watson Farley partner Gardiner | The Lawyer http://t.co/qWWtQgkcfe
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Olswang GC Callander to take on new general counsel role at Addleshaws | The Lawyer http://t.co/TG7znP4ZG1
• Tesco appoints Diageo M&A GC as first UK legal director amid restructure | The Lawyer http://t.co/HCBsQJ7nyj 
• European Lawyer moves: 28 May 2015 | The Lawyer http://t.co/4vAdIHc7n8 May 28, 2015
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Cartwright King moves North West through Garstangs merger | The Lawyer http://t.co/z6ELRz11Ut
• LAW FIRM NEWS: King & Wood Mallesons corporate partner leaves for Paul Hastings | The Lawyer http://t.co/7geb899mf0
• McGuireWoods and Scott & Scott to take on Tesco in multibillion pound shareholder claim | The Lawyer http://t.co/i62GOfzYgY 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Gateley listing date set for 8 June with share price of 95p | The Lawyer http://t.co/yLCUiFqHPm
• Consolidator vows to buy 60 high street firms | Law Gazette http://t.co/5UpJJ33ZlD 
• Four out of 10 divorce petitions flawed | Law Gazette http://t.co/2yFVAwPAnt 
• Northern Ireland barristers withdraw services in legal aid protest | Law Gazette http://t.co/pi1cUuyxLA 
• MoJ accelerates court Wi-Fi | Law Gazette http://t.co/qZ7Z35xxbz 
• Metamorph vows to buy 60 high street firms | Law Gazette http://t.co/bH85HMauxZ 
• Government pauses for thought on human rights | Law Gazette http://t.co/2sl8BjFTem 
• Four out of ten divorce petitions flawed | Law Gazette http://t.co/yrXFr50oIK
• Banking Inquiry: ‘Deep regret’ supervision not more intrusive #IRELAND http://t.co/BcGVGwlF2K 
• No double beds allowed for unmarried elderly #IRELAND http://t.co/iTTD3xQ7aW 
• Family Court: Inquiry ordered over care provision for teenager #IRELAND http://t.co/DpoZnVVyeZ 
• US justice officials charge 14 in #Fifa corruption investigation http://t.co/J4wrteZEX8
• The fight for rights as an Asian domestic worker http://t.co/WgWpKGkPbJ 
• Banned Russian art squirrelled away in #Uzbekistan http://t.co/yCOoavCI6p 
• Is #CANADA on the path to totalitarianism? http://t.co/sVNYb6oe4p 
• Breather for Greenpeace in battle with government #INDIA http://t.co/pJjHqdbOnF 
• SC quashes death warrants issued in “undue haste” after NLU D's Death Penalty Litigation Clinic intervenes #INDIA http://t.co/oZFNTcnKqd 
• Major firm ventures into start-up space #AUSTRALIA http://t.co/GSFVdG7cc6
• Obama administration will not seek Supreme Court stay on immigration block #US http://t.co/Hp6x02FiQF 
• Activists alarmed about Indian laws curbing free speech amid charity crackdown #INDIA http://t.co/dEbYp1xrjb
• Judge sets release schedule for Clinton's State Department emails #US http://t.co/ETlIiks4CM
• 'I was raped by another man. Now the Tory state is cutting the one thing that saved my life' http://t.co/H6397oH71b 
• Man gets punched in the face for defending Muslim women on a train from abuse #AUSTRALIA http://t.co/BaUCalD7lH 
• UK's biggest male rape charity Survivors UK has state counselling funding slashed to zero http://t.co/lxLLrqcOqF 
• Every armed police officer in London 'may have been exposed to asbestos' http://t.co/c5cF30UesH 
• G4S has sacked an employee arrested over an international human trafficking ring http://t.co/GG1vDNsajQ 
• Tom Hayes Libor trial: Trader accused of rigging lending rates ‘tried to enlist help of stepbrother’ http://t.co/nraPoNqRAp 
• Law firms need an exit strategy, SRA says | Legal Futures http://t.co/tfAU8z91xB 
• Anti-solicitor campaigners who burned court bundles are liable for contempt | Legal Futures http://t.co/4C5dJY9iRF 
• Acquisition-hungry Metamorph Law looks to transform high street practice | Legal Futures http://t.co/H0DCqZTe4E 
• Allison Pearson: A British Bill of Rights will finally deliver justice http://t.co/WJAOu9fMlA 
• Doctors admit diagnosis of dying teenager was wrong http://t.co/bTu0307V9o
• Cocaine worth £1.6m found hidden in cheese lorry at Dover http://t.co/Yi2XODwsRb
• Police warn youngsters against 'Paracetamol Challenge' http://t.co/a26KKqUdc8 
• Identity theft jump 27pc as thieves target innocent account-holders http://t.co/rlWpuBq5CR 
• Mexico firms gear up for discussions with international lawyers | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/V9vmmnOmEZ 
• Quinn Emanuel to open Shanghai office with ex-Kirkland partner | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/C6VtXLnL8S
• KWM to focus on energy and funds in Singapore office | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/Go0HWvdzzt 
• Florida lawyers lead businesses into Cuba as embargo ends | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/3pMpfpNJME
• Paralegal's knowledge of French leads to overturning of $4.25m award | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/rlK1yx2sSp 
• Legal departments need to up knowledge of cybersecurity | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/qsKX1c29iz 
• New York banking regulator to depart | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/rjQsg1CeMT 
• Willkie Farr wins merger clearance for Orange over Jazztel acquisition | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/0dZNxpchz0