17th June - Law News

1269th 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: Gender pay gap is down to more than a dearth of women at the top. When we sent out our salary survey questionnaire it attracted more than 6,000 responses. If there’s a larger salary survey in the market we’d like to know about it. When we sent out our salary survey questionnaire it attracted more than 6,000 responses. If there’s a larger salary survey in the market we’d like to know about it. . Full story - The Lawyer

Saturday Conversations on Law

• LAW FIRM NEWS: DLA faces SRA investigation over offensive emails between senior partners | The Lawyer http://t.co/M83J0KPurl 
• Pinsents picks up Clifford Chance Munich IP head | The Lawyer http://t.co/PBoa0IK5Wj 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: TLT hits £62.5m with 8 per cent revenue boost in 2014/15 financials | The Lawyer http://t.co/q6VqSeVGyG
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Dentons' former UKMEA CEO Matthew Jones quits firm | The Lawyer http://t.co/v1YDcjkBaA 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Clifford Chance aviation partner joins Milbank in London | The Lawyer http://t.co/bWov6Fu7dd 
• What’s your worth in the market? | The Lawyer http://t.co/bzYCbCXoAg 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Herbert Smith Freehills to close Abu Dhabi office | The Lawyer http://t.co/JDojRK4ppy 
• Bar urged to stop worrying about upsetting solicitors and embrace public access | Law Gazette http://t.co/d5VTlOx3Ue
• Northampton Council negligent over pool accident | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/QDknh7jse4
• England: architect wins six figure damages claim for sexist bullying at work | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/QC1YBRungv 
• ECtHR rules commercially-run internet news portal liable offensive comments of its readers | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/tpr0guZY7C 
• Woman who faked abortion jailed for three years | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/1fw7feYNhd 
• Law student who alleged university failed to deliver proper standard of tuition fails in ‘breach of contract’ claim http://t.co/Ouda75i6r3 
• bto Solicitors appoints new associate in family law team | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/vU5OFXVvbZ
• Justice secretary announces youth offenders strategy | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/dHNCmVCzQV
• Campaign to stop drunk driving records 185 offences in fortnight | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/oKFItliZsG 
• Police won't prioritise enforcement of car smoking ban | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/cSBMFOO9IH
• UK draws up contingency plan as Bank of Greece warns of 'uncontrollable crisis' - live updates http://t.co/SRVQCAhPTS 
• Beastie Boys win fight for their right to legal fees from Monster Energy http://t.co/Cpueys0t9L 
• Hundreds of Nigerians illegally trafficked to UK, says anti-slavery chief http://t.co/r1SzbKP174 
• Torture is a war crime the government treats like a policy debate http://t.co/6bEXKDPJip 
• Public defenders are overworked and underfunded. That means more people go to jail http://t.co/Yxvw2l6Jjb 
• Female solicitors denied promotions ‘over pregnancy fears’ | Law Gazette http://t.co/lYGL4UgtBm 
• UK setting wrong example on human rights, says top jurist | Law Gazette http://t.co/cG1awZ6ND1 
• RB legal chief Mordan set to join Shire as general counsel | The Lawyer http://t.co/sa8jsDlJ29
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Osborne Clarke joins host of firms offering enhanced shared parental leave provisions | The Lawyer http://t.co/hZJVjnS6PR
• In-house lawyer leads calls for Airport Commission chairman to stand down | The Lawyer http://t.co/CKLVC2Pblb
• LAW FIRM NEWS: A&O hires external help to launch junior pay review | The Lawyer http://t.co/3p5pNX8jyB 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: HSF to roll out legal project managers across firmwide practice groups this summer | The Lawyer http://t.co/Q3HTFp4uL3 
• Osborne Clarke takes the lead as Chris Evans wins BBC Top Gear role | The Lawyer http://t.co/aHkJuUxXmr
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/PSPQXVYuYD
• Hospitals urge Muslims to donate organs http://t.co/yAJ9MG4tiN 
• Elderly 'being trapped' in hospital, says Age UK http://t.co/6vfIpamFkA
• Sex offences against children rise says NSPCC http://t.co/FfyxyIOdiL 
• Referral fees in criminal cases could lead to "arrest chasing" | Legal Futures http://t.co/I5qF91Fs8S 
• High Court stops disgruntled claimant pursuing lawyers in Hendrix case | Legal Futures http://t.co/Bid3QW2KP3
• Architect accused by boss of 'maternity paranoia' wins £250k payout https://t.co/JZo1arOMDx 
• Teenage blackmail victim killed himself hours after gang sent intimate pictures to a friend https://t.co/PcwC4GyRRi 
• Richard III fan prosecuted for York Minster rant https://t.co/mJcyroXuXJ 
• How we all became obsessed with online privacy? https://t.co/qqIciE4FBC 
• Gastropub landlord 'used ironing board to jab punter into path of oncoming van' https://t.co/tW34RUgRMA 
• Coroner calls on airlines to carry defibrillators after mother-of-two's death https://t.co/5tMEcXDSFv 
• Soaring child sex crimes are not matched by conviction rates, says NSPCC chief executive https://t.co/hJKqHH6fAI 
• Female PE teacher banned from the classroom for life for having sex with 15-year-old female pupil https://t.co/Kfz5LRFthu 
• Child sex crimes soar with 85 new offences recorded each day https://t.co/Lo9ivCGzBD
• Burglars and drug users issued with dispersal notices rather than arrested https://t.co/OAqArDA7Jq 
• Migrants forcibly removed from France-Italy border by #Italian police http://t.co/kYP85BmKm2
• Four-partner Ashurst team to launch Tokyo office for King & Spalding | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/2xtee7Rbp1 
• Setback for law firms on bankruptcy fees as Baker Botts loses on Asarco | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/4WBX7Q5qxb
• TME merger activity on the rise | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/xq4YVVeYkM 
• Mid-size practices bulk up to take on UK leading firms | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/FT3oTehdeN
• Brown Rudnick recruits head of corporate from Clyde | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/WG7keqjbsC 
• RHTLaw hires two partners from Tan Kok Quan | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/goDP5ZTlF8 
• Russia: where the insurance sector has grown despite the instabiliity | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/wqilsn8R84
• Freshfields set to cut costs by adding US and Asia admin centres | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/pXu2ekLk3r

16th June - Law News

1268th 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 Legal Ombudsman (LeO) is set to consult on allowing third parties to complain about lawyers in certain circumstances, it has emerged. The Birmingham-based body will also consult on establishing a voluntary scheme that enables unregulated providers to give their customers access to redress and dispute resolution services, LeO’s newly published business plan for 2015-16 has revealed. Both are new commitments included in the plan following a consultation on a draft version earlier this year. Full story - Legal Futures

Saturday Conversations on Law

• High court hang-ups : 'Why did you steal 40,000 hotel coat hangers, knowing uselessness outside hotel wardrobes?' https://t.co/sgvnTG7pnp 
• Appeal ruling backs representation in deprivation of liberty cases | Law Gazette http://t.co/CgojXD5Jnu 
• Insurers want urgent action to curb ‘the new whiplash’ | Law Gazette http://t.co/CqOGRfrsKm 
• Trade union challenges ‘unlawful’ tribunal fees | Law Gazette http://t.co/1Mbde6aC8n 
• City lawyers warn against SRA apprenticeship plans | Law Gazette http://t.co/MSTAdAimja 
• Solicitors vent anger over legal aid chief’s £225k package | Law Gazette http://t.co/emnQ2osmFC 
• Centre: 'women-only' screening of film by Jewish director is illegal http://t.co/3Bjb4fvILz 
• Lady Warsi: ministers fuelling Muslim radicalisation http://t.co/bDBuf1kUGG
• Ex-Ukip Janice Atkinson joins far right Le Pen-led EU group http://t.co/ETgQJZsEc9 
• School behaviour tsar appointed to tackle classroom disruption http://t.co/frFmErTlOK
• Relatives of 'Syria-bound' Bradford women and children criticise police http://t.co/J7jBAc22Cp 
• UK could withdraw from migrant rescue missions in Mediterranean http://t.co/97hEEaQG8m
• Church doctrine on marriage is 'lousy definition' of matrimony, bishop says http://t.co/GtBqC5W84o 
• Hebridean island of Canna shocked by first crime in decades http://t.co/z9Z9KGEe1W 
• Hillsborough inquests: father who lost two daughters recalls 'awful choice' http://t.co/WqzhqG8ecu 
• By escaping justice, Omar al-Bashir has exposed a fundamental flaw in the ICC #SUDAN http://t.co/udDoGsIjuy
• Head of legal aid's pay rise an 'insult' to solicitors after fees fall 17.5% in last year http://t.co/i3bB5O4jPh 
• #German court jails man over death of student who tried to help harassed girls http://t.co/fvQtGhtyxC 
• Equal pay for men and women lawyers forecast for 2021 | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/FkVv3knbOS 
• Reduced delays in coroner cases is cause for celebration | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/BbIjswihgr 
• Michelle Obama is on a two day UK visit to discuss campaign for girls' education & support for military families http://t.co/FUEZtL0ouZ
• Scottish Law Commission celebrates 50th anniversary | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/FNHsCLgtNj 
• SYLA re-elects Emma Boffey president and welcomes new executive committee | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/aXfqYhrUo1
• Digby Brown launch new city centre office in Aberdeen | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/cTsAXE7liy 
• Disability Hate Crime Network describes statistics on increased crime against disabled people as “misleading” http://t.co/dRd5E5SRaE 
• Technological advances increase workloads for solicitors and widen ‘hours gap’, study finds | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/sbmDmu83qT
• Interview: Alison Gilson, a partner at Shoosmiths | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/V56YDf5qFm
• Lord Keen of Elie QC sworn in as Advocate General for Scotland | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/rge2dSQ2WA 
• ‘Incompetent’ supervised release order quashed but extended sentence imposed instead | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/aWZ5VpXP4D
• Salary Survey: In-house | The Lawyer http://t.co/rkfm9p7YSF 
• The Lawyer’s Salary Survey | The Lawyer http://t.co/sgIEQYgSh1
• Lord Woolf and former National Grid GC among lawyers on Queen's Birthday Honours list | The Lawyer http://t.co/Oij57TDuHX
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Olswang BD director Elstein to depart for MoFo as management exits continue | The Lawyer http://t.co/g25TEcElLF 
• Amazon turns to Clifford Chance as European Commission e-book investigation kicks off | The Lawyer http://t.co/NOVtw7YmAo 
• A&O, Freshfields, Arthur Cox and Mason Hayes advise on ENOC's £3.7bn Dragon Oil deal | The Lawyer http://t.co/4aeVtvDKnI 
• Reed Smith to double media and entertainment lawyer headcount | The Lawyer http://t.co/eWG4cC2kxa
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Vinson & Elkins bumps up trainee salaries while freezing NQ wage | The Lawyer http://t.co/1ck3p460LD
• LAW FIRM NEWS: King & Spalding hires Ashurst quartet to launch Tokyo office | The Lawyer http://t.co/msjDzwhATK 
• Former Foreign Secretary William Hague to host The Lawyer Awards 2015 | The Lawyer http://t.co/hVzCu1IjED 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Portugal's Miranda sees defection of six partners including chairman | The Lawyer http://t.co/eAwJ9Z0IXi 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Freshfields continues US focus with Simpson Thacher litigation hire | The Lawyer http://t.co/jVWwyKB9Mw
• Revealed: gender gap in lawyers' salaries persists as men pick up bigger pay rises | The Lawyer http://t.co/uILZEHYEQo
• Ipso asks: how should we set up our arbitration service... if at all? http://t.co/Kea4NzUAqg 
• How should the police respond to London's knife crime injury rise? http://t.co/BkZqdhzU44 
• 'By letting Omar ​al-​Bashir escape ​#SouthAfrica​ had sided with tyrants' http://t.co/vZHSNSWHbn 
• Elite firms accused of ‘poshness test’ | Law Gazette http://t.co/oXvikmSjET 
• ‘Money for lawyers’ triggers jump in reopened divorce cases | Law Gazette http://t.co/4JBYIhhW1O 
• Referral fees in crime would ‘corrupt’ market, bar alleges | Law Gazette http://t.co/B0i3IcjOj9 
• Freshfields plans support sites in US and Asia | Law Gazette http://t.co/9y0c6sm7WJ 
• Fake barrister receives suspended sentence | Law Gazette http://t.co/fpoRQR9jMa
• Law Society: third-party client accounts ‘too expensive’ | Law Gazette http://t.co/26D8b4dl0f 
• How I did on Twitter this week: 24 New Followers, 36 Mentions, 58.9K Mention Reach. How'd your week go? via http://t.co/nzGZEUH4Kw 
• Mohammed Morsi death sentence upheld by #EGYPT court http://t.co/87AIs2YJKH 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/3469FaLDkG
• Bar associations call on new government to restore the rule of law #TURKEY https://t.co/GJa8RbhLS7 
• Rights groups urges #EquatorialGuinea to meet int’l obligations, respect the rule of law https://t.co/e7YP7QXxrn 
• #BAHRAIN judiciary issued 748 years of jail terms in single case, revokes 56 citizenships https://t.co/vRirktEAXI 
• #TAIWAN's judiciary make it undeserving of reputation as Asia's most gay-friendly county https://t.co/NOSG0fTakb
• Report reveals syariah judiciary complex in three states require corrective measures and improvements #THAILAND https://t.co/7ojrp89lng 
• Stakeholders Want Judiciary to Deepen Role in Capital Market Development #NIGERIA https://t.co/rPhCtiQzVJ 
• #BAHRAIN human rights watchdog says victim of hacking https://t.co/FnDWUPQa1u 
• Reflection on numbers: Sindh’s indifference towards human rights #PAKISTAN https://t.co/ccQKnhAOqv 
• Australian Human Rights Commission President Gillian Triggs & Bronwyn Bishop in a stand-off on Q&A https://t.co/ahxkUXGMNT 
• Netanyahu steps up attacks on UN Human Rights Council before it releases Gaza report #ISRAEL https://t.co/1uohRyBzy3 
• UN Human Rights Chief Urges Europe to Accept More Migrants https://t.co/NwKX60mG8C 
• Relief from Sanctions in the Family Courts https://t.co/2Kl5avdpYf 
• Derbyshire Law Centre solicitor has been shortlisted for a national recognition as the Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year https://t.co/rEgprUfAaa 
• Plymouth law firm Thompson & Jackson Solicitors appoints new partner https://t.co/zuUjALt4Sg 
• A Burton-based solicitor firm Timms Solicitors has raised half a million pounds for Cancer Research UK https://t.co/tmQFZFsmf3 
• Joshua Gafney solicitor calls for Somerset Partnership NHS Foundation Trust apology https://t.co/X5mvAcxXx0
• Solicitor who sold his practice to jailed lawyer Thomas Byrne is found guilty of misconduct #IRELAND https://t.co/iqoqpyz1lt 
• Coodes solicitor appointed to Government panel of experts https://t.co/NixX0agtNm 
• £110,000 spent on halted prosecution was necessary, says Northern Ireland's justice minister https://t.co/mn1Hnyjju0 
• Office of NSA, Justice Ministry Deny Custody of Abacha Loot #US https://t.co/pqjIk9ZWK6 
• Queensland Chief Justice Tim Carmody saga no closer to resolution #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/18zD2ylOEG 
• EPA Shifts Its Legally Suspect 'Environmental Justice' Agenda Into Higher Gear #US https://t.co/AFMuxbXXot 
• The Voice Of Opposition Past, Justice Kennedy May Save Obamacare Now #US https://t.co/mjg5fdTYE1
• Ex-Tory councillor who pretended to be a qualified barrister wept in court as she avoided jail https://t.co/LpY0fNqnLG 
• Changes to salary sacrifice rules could emerge in UK summer Budget, warns ex-minister http://t.co/e9w79Ku0yT 
• 'Good name' of human rights does not serve the Tories any more, says David Cameron https://t.co/tytkXr3Afs 
• Police brutality UK-style: The tragic case of Kingsley Burrell https://t.co/HwAt0QugOi 
• Shakespeares merger loosens grip of London law firms in regions https://t.co/eu3foRAHnP 
• Forcing women to travel hundreds of miles to access abortion services is cruel https://t.co/BR4cyBfnpy
• Nestle argues against 'arbitrary' Maggi ban in court #INDIA https://t.co/5MTIMUF867 
• Austrian brothel offers free sex in tax protest #AUSTRIA http://t.co/ufiLalJQme 
• EU tax probes on Apple, Amazon, Starbucks at advanced stage: European Commission http://t.co/WrS9porA7J 
• #CHINA premier orders probe after 'left behind' children kill themselves http://t.co/bxX3mrGeB2 
• Judge rules for ex-AIG CEO Greenberg over 2008 bailout, but no damages #US http://t.co/dfKhUI5Qck 
• #US Supreme Court bars some fees sought by bankruptcy lawyers http://t.co/r1rlovybIz 
• NJAC: Why presume judges won't abuse power, others will - AG Rohatgi on “eminent persons” #INDIA http://t.co/EN9A95gLGG
• NLISU's Vikramjit Banerjee made Advocate General of Nagaland #INDIA http://t.co/ghmtAnEd90 
• Supreme Court cancels AIPMT, fresh exam within 4 weeks #INDIA http://t.co/adhjdRMWXk 
• Lawyers to act responsibly where personal information involved – Delhi High Court #INDIA http://t.co/VCBjBPxE9H 
• The system of designations needs to be be radically changed - Senior Advocate RS Cheema #INDIA http://t.co/qZI0nfW9nW
• Leading legal resource will launch the annual Lawyers Weekly Australian Law Awards #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/9Hb7VLDHVg
• IP winner makes South #Australia proud http://t.co/KG8S8Em65n
• Herbert Smith Freehills has rejected reports of a conflict of interest in a major patent infringement dispute https://t.co/DTEBCUILkV
• Tasmania loses indigenous legal funding to Victoria #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/VCiNRnncUP 
• Young lawyers are bringing a new perspective to the practice of insurance law #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/K7Om2PPB3v 
• Lawyer at all-gay firm resigned to long engagement #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/By4Bw8Bgo7
• Largest motorway construction contract in #AUSTRALIA awarded with support from national & international law firms https://t.co/8CEfdKAJgv 
• Lifting referral fee ban will give green light to "least ethical" solicitors | Legal Futures http://t.co/pshQmusHq7 
• Law Society: “Piecemeal” SRA reforms could create “perverse incentives” | Legal Futures http://t.co/HurqvyePiv 
• LeO staff will not be forced to repay “irregular” benefits | Legal Futures http://t.co/yuY3J8WH8i 
• SDT: insurance application errors "carelessness not misconduct" | Legal Futures http://t.co/Q2MiOWNo0W 
• CPS: Why we took Stacey Hyde case to court http://t.co/i5HsA3Gzn4 
• We need a Magna Carta for the globalised world http://t.co/2ozCXS57xx 
• Bowraville murders: We need policing free of racism, not new double jeopardy laws http://t.co/0vK7vXeQBG 
• Father in custody battle to decide fate of mother who fled with his son https://t.co/CH7vNTmvjc 
• Five charged with Syria-related terror offences https://t.co/zNvGdXxF6j
• Neighbour 'stabbed woman 33 times' over noise her child was making https://t.co/xkCQ5i9ln2 
• Celebrity fashion designer assaulted by ex-partner in row over toaster https://t.co/lr1DcBBEkg
• Judge sends six-year-old boy to live with mother’s killer’s family https://t.co/iHm4ipIDmO 
• Greater Manchester Police paid £400k to train Qatari officers for 2022 World Cup https://t.co/cZZRp8STuP
• Art investor accused of hiding long-lost JMW Turner painting worth £20m https://t.co/waWZhjLMAr 
• The fake battle that fooled IS supporters - and their opponents http://t.co/sQoxqUDzal 
• UK vote on European Union 'will not be on 5 May' http://t.co/aa4anrEJMp 
• New firm Ellex emerges in Baltics | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/7NthQotyYf 
• Cherie Blair hails the Magna Carta as one of the UK's best exports | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/VHgd0njja6 
• Banif Mais acquired by Cofidis Participations | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/qjdg1uIsfE 
• Young, black high flyer leaves O'Melveny senior role for Wilkie Farr | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/73x238fGzT 
• Search for polished lawyers makes UK law firms prone to recruit the elite | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/w7ySlVQ0eJ
• US immigration lawyers fall out over invite to White House director | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/8tM16ANJbs 
• New York and London are world's toughest legal markets, says Cooley | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/jd1iPfaJIO
• McCullough Robertson ups the ante for banking and finance clients | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/WR6L5dUupX 
• Two-fifths of British political donations made by just 76 people https://t.co/vcZwWcvWd4
• Scottish government renews call for extra powers on tax and welfare https://t.co/Avw4Fi6Vgk
• UK under pressure to respond to latest Edward Snowden claims https://t.co/b5pOm1nxPA 
• Unison boss to tell government that efforts to crush unions will fail https://t.co/bS9xv0XgNQ
• Release 'critical' reports into privately run immigration centres, ICO orders https://t.co/o91CoAkKRe 
• Kay Burley's Alton Towers interview cleared as petition tops 55,000 https://t.co/Qh8PDAJivp
• Mother loses bid to use dead daughter's frozen eggs to give birth to grandchild https://t.co/4mWvnSq7Da
• Dossier calling for Yarl’s Wood closure chronicles decade of abuse complaints https://t.co/ULtQ79fQcC 
• North Carolina abortion ultrasound law rejected by US supreme court #US https://t.co/v4dHhRNrye 
• Omar al-Bashir case suggests #SouthAfrican foreign policy is going rogue https://t.co/rpjm9t5bQo
• #SUDAN president Omar al-Bashir leaves South Africa as court considers arrest https://t.co/5ZMj3Kq9P0 
• Cameron condemned for 'using Magna Carta day to push British bill of rights' https://t.co/3PrtLfRxgf 
• Magna Carta: leaders celebrate 800th anniversary of the Great Charter https://t.co/atagSRNZKC 
• Q&A: the legal significance of Magna Carta https://t.co/nZqo3Qdvvd 
• Why does a Fisa court decide if Twitter can talk about its dealings with Fisa? #US https://t.co/XBzZSDsV8m 
• I read all the small print on the internet and it made me want to die https://t.co/rfib3IyMwq
• 800 years after the Magna Carta, does Britain have a free press? https://t.co/lnMAsN4qpJ
• PM has a cheek invoking a British bill of rights on Magna Carta anniversary https://t.co/Ycdg7Oi5YV 
• CPS reviewing police file on Sun on Sunday's Mazher Mahmood https://t.co/6AkpylqA6C 
• The Magna Carta enshrined our liberties - now we must fight for them again https://t.co/ADLIObATSm 
• Magna Carta: Coalition and Labor agree on laws that violate our freedoms #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/2WnTj8NCw5
• New job? Six things to know before signing that contract https://t.co/oTNZXuj4m4 
• Any payments to people smugglers 'may have broken #Australian law' https://t.co/uhUQHzBp66 
• Government says citizenship law could be 'toothless' if courts have greater role #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/w9cDsqeXJU 
• #Greece isn't any old troubled debtor http://t.co/1hsdWbfcs2 
• Will the Church ever accept same-sex marriage? http://t.co/kjIFwKKIEH 
• Magna Carta changed the world, David Cameron tells anniversary event http://t.co/jzmnindAns
• #HongKong democracy campaigners take to streets http://t.co/cfC6OdLVhm 
• Gay canon Jeremy Pemberton takes Church to tribunal http://t.co/69N4jT9g38

15th June - Law News

1267th 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 security agencies would need to consult a judge before intercepting communications, under an overhaul of spy laws suggested by the Independent Reviewer of Counter-Terrorism Legislation, David Anderson QC. His influential report, A question of trust, which was laid before Parliament this week, calls for reform of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000—or RIPA 2000—the UK’s core law on surveillance. Full story - New Law Journal

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Reviewing International Legal Framework for Legislating to Prevent Harmful Practices Against Women in #India https://t.co/I5EysJ4JrM 
• NHK filter gives viewers ‘legal’ way to avoid #JAPAN’s TV tax https://t.co/mN0jRDJMo2 
• Northern Irish woman launches legal bid to overturn abortion ban http://t.co/TePxaYhv9D 
• Debt collectors paid almost $175,000 chasing legal aid debt #NEWZEALAND https://t.co/xs9dXnl7AO
• Cardiff school reportedly taking legal advice over 'covert filming' for ITV anti-bullying documentary https://t.co/WJvMHNwZG6 
• There's no legal queue. And three other facts Australians get wrong about asylum seekers #AUSTRALIA http://t.co/UX3kg47wml 
• The UK's legal system is failing to protect Wales' elderly, the Older People's Commissioner warns https://t.co/CnIQHoWxwu 
• Magna Carta: Scientists discover King John did not intend for the legal charter to be enforced https://t.co/LJR5YORCo9 
• Dragon Law Makes Creating Legal Documents In Hong Kong Affordable And Easy https://t.co/NlZCCi4Bm8 
• Low conviction rate prompts calls for OBA review | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/aiGMlHlLrn
• Asylum: Detained fast-track ruled unlawful but government to appeal | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/lzJdmeczJ7 
• Blog: Get set for a wave of claims as new aspects of competition law come into play | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/bGJYYEK1mY
• Disabled hate crime rates soar amid suspected underreporting | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/tsRwdhBhVO
• Anderson Strathern reports year-on-year growth in first half of financial year | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/H3qtkv9CNf 
• Net profit up 20 per cent at Morton Fraser | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/vXxvqvxaIC 
• Racehorse trainer injured when horse fell on him has damages claim refused | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/YTXRJceeQG 
• The in-house interview: SSE GC Liz Tanner - A Profile | The Lawyer http://t.co/6Eyx7fAe4v 
• Firms need to do more than just update their IT systems to beat the competition | The Lawyer http://t.co/yI3WmVlAVX
• Gender pay gap is down to more than a dearth of women at the top | The Lawyer http://t.co/FdGvKw8D5g 
• Why Mishcon's Kevin Gold has vetoed bank mandates | The Lawyer http://t.co/e5oqe4bxir 
• O’Melveny’s London head Wifa to join Willkie Farr to boost private equity | The Lawyer http://t.co/6rfJvNipdT 
• Gateley insurer turns to Hailsham Chambers to defend multi-million pound professional negligence claim | The Lawyer http://t.co/hxqQhGaUnV
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Kirkland high yield star McKimm joins Freshfields as co-head of leveraged finance | The Lawyer http://t.co/oKuHuqy9Iy 
• EY adds foreign law practice in Singapore for regional growth | The Lawyer http://t.co/8SWPQuz6EX 
• Clyde & Co's corporate head leaves for Brown Rudnick | The Lawyer http://t.co/nzGzDzYl1y 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Freshfields moots legal services hubs in US and Asia after Manchester launch | The Lawyer http://t.co/nxPZMm7arQ 
• Ex-Leeds Utd director Haigh's human trafficking claims dismissed | The Lawyer http://t.co/qbrGmlEkZp
• Government research: Slaughters associates most likely to be privately educated | The Lawyer http://t.co/bF3OuZilyt 
• Four in 10 lawyers fail to take their full holiday entitlement | The Lawyer http://t.co/S78tjKSFkX
• Legal education: the right road? | Law Gazette http://t.co/ifDwUHself 
• Interpretations of Magna Carta varied extraordinarily over the weekend commemorations | Law Gazette http://t.co/GiaWkBBz5U 
• Ex-SRA chair receives CBE in birthday honours | Law Gazette http://t.co/0Zyouhxmdz 
• Coodes continues Cornwall expansion | Law Gazette http://t.co/BUoRhKGqWL 
• Legal aid billing system rollout postponed | Law Gazette http://t.co/TkNfvutNJB 
• Fracking bid should be approved, Lancashire council officers say http://t.co/Xgu4MX1tNX 
• The actions of a runaway mother at the heart of a custody battle were "utterly irresponsible", a judge has said http://t.co/gESbBt4TZ2
• #Vatican to put Jozef Wesolowski, ex-envoy to Dominican Republic, on trial on child sex abuse charges http://t.co/Iv0bgG8w86 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/dHLQgvN5EZ
• Elite firms 'exclude bright working class' http://t.co/XSLgTBrcoi
• South Wales school threatens legal action after Jamie Oliver's TV company secretly films pupils https://t.co/n3hlBKdI2t 
• Legal aid funding short-changed by B.C. government, claims Victoria lawyer #CANADA https://t.co/4pTCVfyDcm
• Legal highs ban could be 'a disaster' for North East claims Newcastle dealer https://t.co/sozqo1zc3K 
• Magna Carta and the UK's newest citizens https://t.co/idwtm2JZnK
• #UAE more peaceful than US, UK, Canada: World Justice Project https://t.co/NJUMTuaB5l 
• What The U.K. Surveillance Powers Review Says On Encryption And Hacking https://t.co/f1C7haosR6 
• #RWANDA's Kagame eyes 3rd term as voters call for law change https://t.co/4ksZZzGVUS
• Court allows hotly disputed discount contact lens price law #US https://t.co/r1aiGIU5ir 
• UK so far from its own self-image in terms of outright crime & corruption, also in relation to the rule of law https://t.co/tbTBoWeFnC 
• UK law dean: America is addicted to incarceration https://t.co/bg2r4zZp1J 
• Taxpayer's £350k legal aid bill for couple who killed their children http://t.co/t3j0Gc1AAc 
• Inquiry into child sex abuse to hire 21 barristers in ‘lawyer-fest’ https://t.co/qEOHDHhHUk 
• Legendary barrister Jeremy Hutchinson talks first legal case https://t.co/zjG6PxkVFp 
• Legal fees triple in three years #IRELAND https://t.co/t1oUhk0FCf 
• New Ontario legislation will protect homebuyers against phantom bids #CANADA https://t.co/rQImgq8xc1 
• PM confident about citizenship legislation #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/YhVjA1aGhS 
• Esteemed Supreme Court Judge, Justice Navindra Singh, is a ‘Special Person’ #GUYANA https://t.co/eCuNg28RLy https://t.co/19olT2IuKF 
• Federal judge to rule on future of Minnesota Sex Offender Program #US https://t.co/19olT2IuKF 
• Jury retires in Cissy Chen murder trial #NEWZEALAND https://t.co/VL48SvL7G8 
• Plan to expand Delta firefighters' role 'illegal': critics #CANADA https://t.co/gjzD4296YS 
• Environment Agency crackdown on illegal anglers across Cumbria https://t.co/JiXMMz9RJi 
• Union leader threatens illegal strikes if Government tightens rules on industrial action https://t.co/lDGt8SiQBC 
• Policewoman allegedly gang-raped by her former police husband and his cohorts #BANGLADESH https://t.co/bZ1ldFHMpS 
• War crimes tribunal to deliver verdict against Patuakhali’s Forkan Mollick any day #BANGLADESH https://t.co/2EMHjcIzfY 
• Election Petition Tribunal in Kogi has dismissed a petition by Eric Fiki #NIGERIA https://t.co/ZvK2P6NdOU
• Yamuna restoration: National Green Tribunal asks committee to determine flow #INDIA http://t.co/P7LP6AzcNo https://t.co/TAk0LQfiss
• Social Security Tribunal must embrace openness #CANADA https://t.co/TAk0LQfiss 
• Sharp fall in employment tribunal claims since controversial fees were introduced https://t.co/LCFGPmmvqr 
• Human Rights Watch raises concerns over B.C. terror trial #CANADA https://t.co/B87CuPQshk 
• About the Key Participants in Gay Rights Rally 50 Years Ago https://t.co/IMhrqpZl7A 
• Speaking Up for Girls' Rights on the Day of the #African Child https://t.co/Ebw6Ko7gvl J
• Crackdowns on human rights in Central Asia breed extremism: U.N.'s Ban https://t.co/RWioPkBOme 
• Same-Sex Parents’ Rights May Be Unresolved After Justices’ Ruling #US https://t.co/xmyfos03du 
• Can music lead to social harmony in #SRILANKA https://t.co/8o4TFvoWR1
• The fight to decriminalise prostitution in #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/4AImbYCyWc 
• Calls for lifting of female curfew in #Indonesia's Aceh https://t.co/HfMKhTiDMk 
• #ISRAEL passes bill to force feed prisoners https://t.co/bMsiYY7Nq0 
• Court orders #Sudan's Bashir to remain in South Africa https://t.co/jcrOrtGdkl 
• Queen to attend Magna Carta commemorations http://t.co/jzmnindAns
• Woman 'wins £37,000 damages' after she was strip-searched and left naked by Met police https://t.co/OV77tuCjhn 
• Tower Bridge closed after man dies in attack nearby https://t.co/VcvQT9ejfA
• Teenagers 'forced disabled man to eat maggot sandwich and jump into lake' https://t.co/Sq7cQao2an 
• Scottish pensioner's holiday with autistic grandson ruined after thieves steal years' worth of savings https://t.co/H0SMphvSD3
• Murder probe launched after woman's body found in Bradford https://t.co/U1nOtw7hU4
• Amy Dilworth, 15, and Kieran Sampson, 12, have both gone missing from Burghfield Common, Berkshire https://t.co/NmIJ6kmS4f
• Sexting: Serious case of young sex images 'every day', say investigators https://t.co/itXtahRTfc
• Rolf Harris cannot be denied parole despite mocking victims in prison song https://t.co/tjErztikUz 
• Alton Towers crash victim speaks of his 'anger' https://t.co/DxynQoSJ1V 
• Interview: Joy Merriam, Prize-winning solicitor-advocate - A Profile | Law Gazette http://t.co/u4aZrMgiHK 
• Spooks under surveillance: Should judges rather than ministers sign interception warrants? | Law Gazette http://t.co/4wUXUvZk1W 
• NHS clinical negligence costs under the scalpel | Law Gazette http://t.co/63B4LjszZK
• Magna Carta ‘still essential today’ | Law Gazette http://t.co/zW91EjDGzO
• President apologises for court ‘blunder’ | Law Gazette http://t.co/lkh4uGEfSx
• Newport solicitors offer clients HR app | Law Gazette http://t.co/hZZJQSKpKZ
• Research shows boom for corporate in-house | Law Gazette http://t.co/uTTvaZpTtR
• Bright working class ‘not posh enough’ for elite firms | Law Gazette http://t.co/Y0glJUPsMN 
• Judges must not speak out on matters “hotly debated in Parliament”, Beatson LJ says | Legal Futures http://t.co/BnxVG5qhcM 
• LeO set to consult on accepting complaints from third parties and clients of unregulated providers | Legal Futures http://t.co/WhUrFSvlQz 
• Apprenticeships to receive legal protection http://t.co/mTyR8TZSSt 
• Dewsbury teenager is 'UK's youngest ever suicide bomber' http://t.co/1eiJagjAkp

14th June - Law News

1266th 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

• Canary Wharf law firm asks students to pay to do work experience https://t.co/hKPVtfU4xB 
• Exclusive: Top chambers reveals pupillage candidates in accidental data breach https://t.co/aoqCxEvRKe
• What it was like to work on the deal that saw craft beer go mainstream https://t.co/Lv1IKiHUmj 
• Official research: law students love it doggy style https://t.co/QbMgjzhiJJ 
• The Judge Rules: the justice system has failed the Naked Rambler https://t.co/rmgSfcZq7d
• Media luvvie barristers in cat fight over alleged assault on London bus https://t.co/pRtbt6nEHZ 
• Last week, the government made it pointless to qualify into a legal aid law firm https://t.co/CzoRh8uv8E
• Only a barrister would pay best part of £6k for a dating service https://t.co/NfNz0rycYr 
• 12 reasons that being a law student still sucks even though exams are over https://t.co/P1PLqJ4qyA 
• Top HSBC in-house lawyer tells students to ditch gap years and work at JD Sports instead https://t.co/U8olceWhyb 
• 7 pieces of advice I'd give to my junior barrister self https://t.co/TkTmoAeTeT 
• Post-sale Uni of Law takes hit as Baker & McKenzie deserts to BPP https://t.co/QD69Lztn71 
• City University law student 'hired hit man to stab to death boyfriend' https://t.co/PubRDGwGS7 
• Drug use among lawyers and law students: take the anonymous Legal Cheek survey https://t.co/GYNo6SCWhM 
• White & Case ups London NQ pay by 20% to a whopping £90k https://t.co/tvXEPJMgLt 
• Sacked Apprentice lawyer wants you to fund her business https://t.co/sv24A6waQT 
• Only one in five Britons with a legal problem in next three years will go to a lawyer https://t.co/zLSKDeGG4c
• 9 things that happen when legal brains attend music festivals https://t.co/iKexCi5sjk
• Herbert Smith Freehills and Ashurst latest to jump on contextual recruiting bandwagon https://t.co/t7LZwgKQyG 
• 'Jeoffrey' commits multiple torts against Catelyn and Sansa in Game of Thrones-inspired law exam https://t.co/GF7JHQus0Y
• #Australian Leader Is Pressed on Whether Migrant Smugglers Were Paid to Turn Back https://t.co/lpJcd4AuJB 
• Beyond the Chokehold: The Path to Eric Garner's Death #US https://t.co/oSNUVLZpZs
• Bizarre Court Case Puts a Violinist, and Leipzig String Quartet, in an Unflattering Light https://t.co/YapnOCDOVH 
• New Internet Regulations Take Effect, and Web Users See No Change https://t.co/e28ITRBwBu
• #Chinese Hackers Circumvent Popular Web Privacy Tools https://t.co/KpT4YfxBXR
• How would you react if the man in front of you in the Starbucks line had a gun dangling from his shoulder? #US https://t.co/alfQA1CsrY 
• Smuggling is an integral way of life in Kurdish villages where, for many, there is no other way to earn a living https://t.co/ptlk8vMkJW 
• Protection of minors – RC Bishops’ accountability | Law & Religion UK https://t.co/3mhMYF2SyP 
• Recent CFCE determinations | Law & Religion UK https://t.co/mKGDFJa5lP 
• NUI Galway to Host Conference Entitled ‘Spending Socially- Achieving Social Value Through Public Procurement’ https://t.co/bINQSeTPyl 
• Views from Civil Society- Ireland & ICESCR | Human Rights Ireland https://t.co/7rWiX4bdAr 
• Ireland goes before the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights | Human Rights Ireland https://t.co/s9Q4ExrSqp 
• Call for Papers: Irish Yearbook of International Law | Human Rights Ireland https://t.co/befdku45mI 
• Are There Limits to Absolute Privilege? | Human Rights Ireland https://t.co/pp8wjFoya5 
• The Round-up: 21/7 bombers in Strasbourg and other news | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/p4KA8n2oKT 
• Assessment of domestic violence should not be culture sensitive | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/LUivjJcZV5 
• Britain Can Lead the World In Online Privacy - Dr Cian Murphy | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/PmbpADe6iV
• Ex-England and Chelsea footballer Kerry Dixon guilty of Dunstable 'fatso' jibe assault http://t.co/bJfqyDADfh 
• Arrested man dies in police cell in Luton http://t.co/gclsaz4BMM 
• Scottish schools 'have no black or Asian heads' http://t.co/Cx2u8saiiT
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/kdMrX6BEwM
• Faulty appliances cause 12,000 fires, Which? research finds http://t.co/eIRNQbdL9t 
• Victims lawyer: Rolf Harris 'woodworm' prison song 'must affect parole' http://t.co/pUEMWN4PNR
• British spies 'moved after Snowden files read' http://t.co/EMFFGeBXyT
• Rolf Harris 'mocks victims of sexual abuse in new prison song' http://t.co/x0kXjeoqbZ
• Ticket fraud: police warn festivalgoers not to get fooled again http://t.co/YSjq5Ku0Ss
• Theresa May keeps snooper’s charter secret http://t.co/tp0gAycOMD
• ‘Extremist’ sect threatens protests against Dalai Lama during UK visit http://t.co/koEzz6OuaG 
• Climate change activists occupy Tate Modern's Turbine Hall http://t.co/wiEn1Y9hyk 
• Northern Ireland left behind on gay marriage issue, say Belfast marchers http://t.co/3ssu842PQM 
• Scholars reveal church’s role in Magna Carta http://t.co/l0K1RFW8zU 
• ‘Who will pick our fruit?’ Worried farmers fear for future if Britain quits EU http://t.co/ss0eXJcI2z 
• David Cameron orders crackdown on summer surge of FGM cases http://t.co/rS5DnD4quL
• Texas pool party incident exposes McKinney's housing segregation battle http://t.co/roLNY3UN9D 
• Police watchdog investigates death of man in custody in Luton http://t.co/Rlh1c75im6
• Progress at last on surveillance. But we libertarians fight on http://t.co/EqAZVjcIqy 
• Alton Towers crash victim speaks of his 'anger' https://t.co/DxynQoSJ1V 
• Magna Carta celebrations begin on River Thames http://t.co/Jyul2KDv21 
• Bradford teacher stabbing suspect, 14, appears in court http://t.co/JkyxEAGSqN 
• Papua New Guinea: The camps where #AUSTRALIA sends asylum seekers http://t.co/bXL2OgJke5 
• Gun attack at Dallas police headquarters #US http://t.co/SfM8FUr55R

13th June - Law News

1265th 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

• Ryanair prepares legal action over Aer Lingus shares https://t.co/XJYQcEJmqM 
• Sainsbury's boss acquitted in #Egypt legal case https://t.co/ZjtbmXAX2N 
• #PAKISTAN's Legal Quagmire: changed constitution to fight terrorism, but ignoring the real challenges of policing? https://t.co/YO96tyt6hq 
• Meet The Couple Who Will Get Divorced If Marriage Equality Becomes Legal #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/5wWpHgKz9c 
• N. Carolina gay-marriage law may mean long courthouse waits #US https://t.co/fGusXef81H 
• UK Law Professor Brian Frye’s Film Screened at New York’s Whitney Museum of American Art https://t.co/AVseLtAQ09 
• All forms of medical marijuana are legal, Canadian court rules #CANADA https://t.co/tkaAK4GnUf 
• Here’s why a law against organised crime isn’t such a good idea https://t.co/wAjFr7MSxT 
• #SPAIN passes law granting dual nationality to Sephardic Jews https://t.co/sMmNRhoEnL 
• New Michigan law lets adoption agencies decline referrals #US https://t.co/LylAhx8OtX
• Plan for budget surplus in times of economic growth has been dealt a blow by the UK's public finance watchdog https://t.co/nROkEa9r4m 
• UK terrorism law watchdog calls for major surveillance overhaul https://t.co/Idmw3FbAZc 
• LiberTeas: debate Magna Carta over a cup of tea https://t.co/m3Hd4iXZtn
• Magna Carta versus the French Declaration of the Rights of Man: Key points https://t.co/0yyo94bB0C 
• Magna Carta: 'Turgid' document was eclipsed by French French Declaration of the Rights of Man, says top judge https://t.co/QL4MQiHIYk 
• Not over until it’s over: property boom triggers dash to reopen divorce carve-ups https://t.co/R12KZ3LeLw 
• Legal highs blamed for increasing levels of violence in prisons https://t.co/y5kTiZ6SQl
• Rebecca Minnock: missing mother returns with son and hands herself in to police https://t.co/B2mk5wEyHK
• Twitter policy of alerting customers who may be under surveillance: two out of three snooping requests are blocked https://t.co/1ZL3N15xXC
• Woman who lost stomach after drinking nitrogen shot 'still suffers agonising pain' https://t.co/8m0y2IJAH4 
• Frisbees, sandals and picnics: weird things banned by health and safety https://t.co/Cfho2CZvbO
• Court hears 52-year-old stole the cash from Lancashire Cricket Board over seven-year period by falsifying invoices https://t.co/dG8BwfDPdF 
• Paedophile cancer doctor's victim, 10, tells of 'anger' as abuser's sentence cut by six years https://t.co/nN0zlqPKRG
• Inquest hears Mark Such, from Reading, faced four years of excruciating pain after a haemorrhoids operation https://t.co/WF193raL5d
• No rescue for chalet leaseholder | New Law Journal: https://t.co/S5Gge2riAa 
• Overhaul of spy laws recommended by Independent Reviewer | New Law Journal https://t.co/AotUmgrzhi 
• No compensation for injustice: High Court refuses claims by Sam Hallam & Victor Nealon | New Law Journal: https://t.co/CPL3EHosHd 
• Government PIP delays slammed: High Court rules payment delays for disabled people “unlawful” | New Law Journal: https://t.co/nBNrX9dd9y 
• Improvement in diversity in the judiciary | New Law Journal https://t.co/RzJOHLnlsN 
• App that collects legally admissible evidence in conflict zones - International Bar Association | New Law Journal https://t.co/M8oWrJKJcY 
• The importance of making a properly executed will | New Law Journal https://t.co/i4PRRUJssC
• Right to fair trial still being litigated over in UK & across Europe 800 years after Magna carta | New Law Journal: https://t.co/2zb36xH2Vx 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/s4jUhzuaDP
• #US hacking: Military and intelligence data 'accessed' http://t.co/fajdjA1K1x 
• New York prison worker charged with helping fugitives #US http://t.co/ZqhX1bRHxc
• Eversheds merges with long term German partner Heisse Kursawe | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/zoo27dWxu3 
• King & Spalding 'conspired' on crucial information in fatal GM case, lawyer claims | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/4APpAfc8iw 
• Male lawyers see pay fall in UK for third year running | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/cz7cgQ4sEp 
• Herbert Smith Freehills architect leaves to join Jones Day | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/8pklyrvMy9 
• Law firm's work pushes Indian government to improve patent system | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/XYJzzeBjyS 
• New members recruited for Hall & Wilcox insurance team | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/R2ug6eSEWd 
• Suprises over European Commission's Solvency II country decisions | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/APIQMGAd1s 
• BLP boosts global corporate finance team | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/dlLIBq3IFi 
• #US toddler kills himself with mother's gun http://t.co/AZp8TCcaCj 
• #AUSTRALIA 'paid migrant smugglers to turn back' http://t.co/mBYFmGhYEG 
• Background: 'The Battle of Orgreave' - one of the most violent clashes of the 1984-5 miners' strike http://t.co/Lf2RDfvoek 
• #Saudi blogger Raif Badawi sentence 'a slow death', says wife http://t.co/zWnklaT3pm

12th June - Law News

1264th 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 firm clients remain ‘in the dark’ over the performance of solicitors, the sector's consumer watchdog reports today – pledging to do more to ensure information is published. Full story - The Law Society Gazette

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Workplace discrimination: when a pregnant pause becomes more long-term http://t.co/zq6ihtODjO 
• It’s 30 years since the miners’ strike. But justice for Orgreave shouldn’t have a time limit http://t.co/mPZ2vH2vf0 
• Five myths about child labour http://t.co/DqO5tYUsgh 
• Prisons that withhold menstrual pads humiliate women and violate basic rights http://t.co/5LkuIoqyiT
• #Malaysia to free British tourist over naked mountain pose http://t.co/IMYWssv41s
• Civil rights activist Rachel Dolezal misrepresented herself as black, claim parents #US http://t.co/BcvkS8ftlh 
• UK's fast-track asylum system ruled unlawful http://t.co/HE09eiIlgj 
• Forced marriage is a deeply malign cultural practice – but it’s not the only one http://t.co/fl7nTvvAnS 
• 88 Days to Kandahar: A CIA Diary by Robert Grenier review – #US’s Afghan war shambles laid bare http://t.co/kJYwKyosuH
• #ZIMBABWE phasing out local currency, formalising a multi-currency system introduced during hyper-inflation http://t.co/tgEJ46lEGL
• Terror watchdog calls for overhaul of democracy-corroding surveillance laws | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/ZEyuFqCyKQ 
• SLAB clarifies accused persons' eligibility for legal aid in double jeopardy cases | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/K5cttoMe9r
• Offensive Behaviour Act evaluation published | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/ByEzbbi8xW
• Housing association tenant’s ‘sympathy’ appeal against eviction refused | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/g49Ti0mhBL 
• Employment tribunal costs preventing sex discrimination challenges | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/LMv6XNnosr 
• Supreme Court report shows record number of visitors | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/0Vm2405Vwg 
• Scottish Paralegal Association newsletter available | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/Yd4rnRm5GC 
• Short films to highlight power of human rights challenges | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/Cijqdye8Ql
• Cisco Systems GC gains compliance role following management shakeup | The Lawyer http://t.co/tIAiZXhkIK
• UKFI yet to appoint external legal advisors as Government sells RBS stake | The Lawyer http://t.co/wLXxIadycJ 
• IPO impetus set to continue as more companies look to float | The Lawyer http://t.co/vX5NzOAU4G
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Former Pinsents senior partner Mullen co-launches pension boutique | The Lawyer http://t.co/efvQQfz73H 
• Law firm attempts to charge students for work experience | The Lawyer http://t.co/QpaPalNiq5 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: K&L Gates hires Fried Frank corporate partner from closing HK base | The Lawyer http://t.co/vi61Gug4nj 
• BLP and Greenberg Traurig win roles on Adgorithms $125m IPO | The Lawyer http://t.co/0ymhjTnrio 
• Blake Morgan and DLA Piper take lead as Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon gets go-ahead | The Lawyer http://t.co/b2GZfNF4oe 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Bird & Bird's Kerr on growth, change and how the firm has "learned its lesson" in Germany | The Lawyer http://t.co/p6h4bC9OgI 
• Building a court for war crimes | Law Gazette http://t.co/huCn3wURWU
• Surveillance: judges, not politicians | Law Gazette http://t.co/hnzvItf0yv 
• Employment fee help granted to fewer than one-fifth of claimants | Law Gazette http://t.co/IeKm7zPOPB 
• Super-regulator prepares in case BSB ‘falls short of expectations’ | Law Gazette http://t.co/h58zoswvTs 
• Barrister suspended from public access work for holding client money | Law Gazette http://t.co/Owltnra7DU 
• Practitioners to be balloted on legal aid action | Law Gazette http://t.co/eDDpyBL4Lz
• Solicitor due money from partnership drawn up in the pub | Law Gazette http://t.co/IUN1beVo85 
• Interpol suspends €20m Fifa partnership http://t.co/kafgGuA5qK 
• Future of a key part of Tory system to remove failed asylum seekers is in doubt after High Court ruled it unlawful http://t.co/h2bdI9hCC9 
• How two men survived a prison where 12,000 were killed #CAMBODIA http://t.co/TnJdPlSxx5 
• Female scientists post 'distractingly sexy' photos http://t.co/pBG8tF8yfp 
• Charity Save the Children ordered leave country, with an official accusing NGO of anti #PAKISTAN activities http://t.co/1ihIe0DvsM
• Dominique Strauss-Kahn acquitted of 'aggravated pimping' http://t.co/3gZMhxu4qV 
• Mount Kinabalu naked photo accused jailed #MALAYSIA http://t.co/D80bx5Ulou 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/mwnk6vnOWd
• Germanwings crash: #French prosecutors open new probe http://t.co/3sUT3i6i5n 
• IPCC will not investigate police over Orgreave http://t.co/kKsI3LxVG1 
• Mount Kinabalu naked photo accused Brit plead guilty #Malaysia http://t.co/D80bx5Ulou
• Call for Papers: on Law And Liberty (Submit abstracts by June 15) https://t.co/jK3Wu3T12v 
• NJAC: Primacy requirement in Judges' case avoided constitutional stalemate - AG Rohatgi #INDIA https://t.co/1Ud7QwYgwm
• Interview: “Sexual orientation should not be ground for discrimination” Justice Leila Seth #INDIA https://t.co/g9TreBWWjX 
• Funding for legal services in Queensland could drop by almost a quarter #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/rKEUZPXm7M 
• Business-focused juniors win banking and finance award #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/jVm2H1AGPT 
• The ATO has raided a network of lawyers and tax agents #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/lBS0ilEUCk 
• Former Perth barrister Lloyd Rayney has been ordered to pay prosecutors’ costs after a failed bid #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/CIQ2YALzit 
• Money laundering via UK 'too easy' https://t.co/YPAJH5GyWp 
• Even the House of Lords think UK drug laws are a 'laughing stock' https://t.co/K0NpV0sB0s 
• Osborne’s budget surplus law follows UK tradition of moving goalposts https://t.co/N4auVrbJZS 
• UK Businesses’ Understanding of Competition Law https://t.co/2T6Day7a9A 
• UK terrorism law watchdog calls for major surveillance overhaul https://t.co/XfkW8YDjPf 
• A depraved sentence of 1,000 lashes for blogger Raif Badawi is a huge disgrace for #SAUDIARABIA's rulers https://t.co/aEizYv5P9x 
• The Human Rights Watch Film Festival Explores Social Justice https://t.co/GCmPyY2Izb 
• What Apple's Tim Cook Overlooked in His Defense of Privacy https://t.co/3qjLQioWqS 
• Texas Officer Was Under Stress When He Arrived at Pool Party, Lawyer Says #US https://t.co/7P9sNotYaA 
• The Myth of a White Minority: outdated, illogical racial & ethnic categories. Social reality is much more complex https://t.co/rIFFomIydb 
• When Bail Is Out of Defendant's Reach, Other Costs Mount #US https://t.co/QZVUTaU72D 
• Pope Creates Tribunal for Bishop Negligence in Child Sexual Abuse Cases https://t.co/ZMxiMdv9UH 
• Egyptian policeman gets 15 years for activist killing #EGYPT https://t.co/JG146jjbVa 
• Can the #VATICAN finally root out sexual abuse? https://t.co/LtIYFgVVP8 
• #US police officers could face charges in Tamir case https://t.co/Kb9wAQ5RNK 
• Portraits of child labourers https://t.co/vCcUUxk2Aq 
• A dying sea, mafia rule, and toxic fish #UZBEKISTAN https://t.co/OdruBMdUxf 
• Smuggling tonnes of cocaine through an Italian port #ITALY https://t.co/cBHSSaVvg5
• In #BANGLADESH, human traffickers rely on silence and extortion https://t.co/d9SvaXRNQe 
• Barrister who handled client money banned from public access work | Legal Futures http://t.co/PlpU4LaRIV 
• Firm shut down after solicitor who forged cheques as trainee is struck off | Legal Futures http://t.co/rggxvFI8Zo 
• Appeal court surprised by solicitors' partnership agreed "in the pub" | Legal Futures http://t.co/74EBBwO9Wx
• American ABS considering merger with accountants | Legal Futures http://t.co/LMQF57pc4R 
• CofE: a quasi-consultation on quasi-law? https://t.co/tQS8UGSTUk 
• Terror in #Africa: Cameroon needs more Western help against Boko Haram http://t.co/JBug5NXcM4 
• That forced marriage is traditional elsewhere in the world is no defence of this crime against women and girls http://t.co/rlZVX7VhLF 
• Sense and security: Surveillance is crucial to our safety, but not at any price http://t.co/KjGLwcInxz 
• Our EU debate has been hijacked – here's what we should be talking about http://t.co/0YUmUHdVu2 
• Young men should be forced to learn about periods just as much as women are http://t.co/NoYiSUeGXO 
• Is there really no rape culture in the West? http://t.co/SeHuabF4Ya
• 13-year-old boy in court for taking part in the gang rape of a woman http://t.co/Ja2eqYNRZi 
• Police are launching an investigation after Tesco staff allegedly assaulted a mentally ill man http://t.co/Ab2ECM4Wt0 
• Muslim students have been suspended for complaining of Islamophobia http://t.co/jNm5xGBdzs
• More people should be prosecuted for forced marriages, says Labour MP Naz Shah http://t.co/Cnsb73sPHk 
• After falling for nearly 20 years, recorded crime rates are edging back up again http://t.co/kU8UdgdUb9 
• Mumsnet backs ‘illegal’ DIY abortions https://t.co/K2lBjsrACZ 
• Domestic abuse could not be further from gender neutral. Wake up Britain https://t.co/pihRZCn3af 
• 'I escaped the threat of forced marriage by my family' https://t.co/dKysoWPNH4 
• Missing mother and son: Rebecca Minnock can still have contact with boy when found, says judge https://t.co/NOexp7r1kB 
• Police hunt high-class shopper suspected of £300,000 frauds over just four days https://t.co/7QjX6pG3sv
• Bradford teacher stabbed 'in row over mobile phone' as police arrest 14-year-old boy https://t.co/b9ZSlVzeWl
• Racist headteacher who called parents 'b-----s' banned from the classroom https://t.co/BKOHSdiAHi 
• Mother jailed for sheltering nursery school teacher's murderer https://t.co/qDXoAhnziP 
• Heroin worth £2.5m seized in smuggling crackdown https://t.co/yX7SLpOGfZ 
• Dentons starts talks with 21 firms over potential mergers | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/N723PjA2DF 
• White & Case puts pressure on Magic Circle with London pay hike | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/kX0qM59ixX
• Spain leads EU law tables of numbers of lawyers per citizen | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/RivBWytyfZ 
• Holland & Knight work on Mexican Fibra IPO | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/wxTdygp44Q 
• Blank Rome acquires IP boutique | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/KlITyij6hu 
• Cannabis lawyers poised to set up bar association | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/eNUaPwhZiV 
• Mother and son face conspiracy murder charges over divorce lawyer | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/p0qVmnISBz 
• Family of Jean Charles de Menezes take legal battle to European Court of Human Rights | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/rH7U3Vra1C