7th October - Law News

1381st 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: Small law firms have been saving up to 25% on their indemnity insurance premiums following the arrival of a new insurer from Qatar, broker Lockton has said. The annual renewal date for many law firms passed last week, and Brian Boehmer, partner specialising in professional indemnity at Lockton, estimated that QIC Europe – which was targeting law firms with one to 20 partners – may already have taken a 5% share of the market. Full story - Legal Futures

Saturday Conversations on Law

• ECJ Advocate General backs UK government's social benefits test for migrants | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/AanGc4uXZ5 
• Edinburgh man convicted after assaulting lawyer | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/Cm01BKNDTk 
• Campaign group to lodge complaint over policing of demonstration | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/GB1L6oreZZ 
• Scottish government outlines progress in tackling child sex abuse | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/rTFTcNaOVA 
• ECJ ruling paves way for some UK prisoners to challenge voting ban | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/n3ZnBk3dT5 
• Solicitors remain most popular choice for wills | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/7lq2w5JN3o 
• Lord Neuberger's 15 most significant cases | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/C6ys8d3eNP 
• Shepherd and Wedderburn promotes eight solicitors in Edinburgh and Glasgow | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/3sf4oePx6i 
• Devolution Committee calls for transparency between Scottish and UK Governments to be enshrined in law https://t.co/NdaX5FASfq 
• #ROMANIA draft law: Supermarkets must sell more local produce https://t.co/756wS7sLfM 
• Europe's highest court just rejected the 'safe harbor' agreement used by American tech companies https://t.co/fi50iJXf9O 
• California governor signs law targeting gender wage gap #US https://t.co/E2r1PHKdpv
• Assisted dying: What does the law in different countries say? https://t.co/w4NOXCkJv1 
• Law chief’s warning to MP Michelle Thomson over property deal probe https://t.co/o4RL5oSJ0S 
• Abortion is still illegal in the UK, thanks to this Victorian law https://t.co/loZt2vRHaZ 
• Top EU lawyer backs UK migrants law https://t.co/W6J1zlIr3h 
• Discrimination and lack of diversity threaten the Bar’s future | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/0KTBSorc7Y 
• International arbitration dominates global dispute resolution | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/AqPkixaamT 
• ‘Obscenity lawyer’ to use crowdfunding to create social change | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/QHNNLX664H 
• Quinn Emanuel instructed in VW shareholder lawsuit | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/389euzTjpQ 
• PPI claims resurgence on the horizon | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/WFNDUkexJs 
• Six law firms and 22 barristers launch Cardiff Court Family Free Advice Clinic | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/whs2vPt8aD 
• Harm caused to victims of theft made central to sentencing decisions | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/HydGO4Ark1
• David Cameron speech at Tory conference: what he said – and what he meant http://t.co/8phKyG2J2z 
• First the #Netherlands, now #Pakistan’s high court comes to defence of climate #keepitintheground http://t.co/lvaIjCQ7T5 
• British court refuses to extradite suspected American paedophile http://t.co/Aw0mHlRrPk
• At last, the data giants have been humbled http://t.co/QCQGt8o5Jf 
• #Ireland, Facebook's European base, pushed to act on 'safe harbour' ruling http://t.co/nypzcEBrH0 
• Patient wins high court challenge against company's cancer gene patent http://t.co/zgWWtAHUy4 
• Offshore detention high court challenge to look at #Australia's rush to change laws http://t.co/WvdpuLbqj7
• Ashurst trials "blind allocation" of work to corporate associates in attempt to ensure fairness | The Lawyer http://t.co/0VqM3ANBHA 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Dechert UK profits up as partners take home £2.7m | The Lawyer http://t.co/lU0kSjHJfG 
• Halfords hunts for new GC as legal chief exits after 18 months | The Lawyer http://t.co/3yI9y0seJl 
• JustFab appoints first Europe GC from Amazon | The Lawyer http://t.co/UYI0q2hKly 
• Ince & Co in play as it approaches Watson Farley for tie-up | The Lawyer http://t.co/YibpLkVlot 
• How Pearson's in-house lawyers steered £1bn FT sale | The Lawyer http://t.co/ANhZzqafgW 
• Costs denied over lack of CFA retainer | Law Gazette http://t.co/VdYAUGPEhx
• Kunduz bombing: MSF demands #Afghan war crimes probe http://t.co/R2M21aRPuV 
• Everton footballer Tom Cleverley threatened during break-in http://t.co/vhjKGO0n4M 
• Migrant crisis: EU to begin seizing smugglers' boats http://t.co/sAgQq3jDs3 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/GCGWLW8VCt
• How to tackle the network intruders http://t.co/KYTiujhDa2
• #German TV channel under fire over image of Merkel in headscarf http://t.co/rpCr8RE32T 
• #CHINA diner's huge prawn bill sparks outrage online http://t.co/wGa3fDP6z1 
• Three-way merger creates top-200 ABS | Legal Futures http://t.co/vUBRVH0dQw 
• Putting the cab into the cab-rank rule: BSB fines barrister over taxi firm conviction | Legal Futures http://t.co/VsCFRE0GvY 
• LSB: criminal advocacy reforms "should not be designed around" any particular group of lawyers | Legal Futures http://t.co/0r2sGE9SC8
• Scotland Yard accuses the BBC of hampering its investigations into historical child sexual abuse https://t.co/ce98WAPKXk
• Landlord let off charges for smashing up his own pub with JCB https://t.co/A7YnjPVNxl 
• British rape laws need urgent reform to prevent injustice https://t.co/qARGuxZ8Cb 
• Jockey launches £5m damages claim against rival who 'broke two length rule' https://t.co/5l2TWK6RiX
• IT firm Wipro accused of breeding culture of 'predatory' sexism https://t.co/QGTfV1doym 
• Bus passenger stabbed 'after opening window' https://t.co/XbojlXT5kD
• Operation Yewtree: Essex man, 79, arrested on suspicion of sex offences https://t.co/YjPXPSKRvY 
• Justice not Profit: what does their public survey actually mean? | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/Rc3BHaNcUh 
• VW to be sued by West Virginia | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/7KSLjQQTSz 
• Yukos: the saga continues | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/J5wEx6LebJ 
• Pace of US law firm mergers hits decade-long high | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/RxE4Xl0ojp 
• Gordon Dadds takes on fellow UK firm from the hands of administrators | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/JM4NYzZsdu 
• Numbers of foreign firms in China declines for first time | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/aa96k0iAQg 
• US law firms put pressure on Magic Circle by upping staff numbers and pay | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/0x5PhymOmv 
• Dentons opens in Italy with Milan 21-lawyer launch | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/LPIh7N4JSp 
• Sydney shooting: Police arrest five over Curtis Cheng killing #AUSTRALIA http://t.co/LULa5tZ1o7 
• Tory conference: The politics of succession http://t.co/btO8lzNFb4 
• Air pollution: invisible health threat http://t.co/42VvFSQm03 
• Jailed Saudi blogger Raif Badawi wins Pen Pinter prize http://t.co/THYA57FpFB 
• PM 'could intervene' over death row Saudi's case http://t.co/Q4EUfxD5KY 
• Jack Adcock death: Medics deny boy's manslaughter http://t.co/08PvA7QO4T
• VW's Matthias Mueller: Recall to start in January http://t.co/tzqotyfnID 
• How much do Delhi’s top advocates charge? http://t.co/M9TpZ8XXCY

6th October - Law News

1380th 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: And there goes another Scottish independent. McClure Naismith’s decision to call in the administrators in August was the third sad ending of its kind, following Semple Fraser in 2013 and Tods Murray, bought by Shepherd & Wedderburn in 2014. Over the last few years The Lawyer has anatomised the market reasons for the faltering performance of some Scottish firms and their vulnerability to takeover. Many of the problems spin out of the rise of the Scottish banks in the noughties, swollen out of all proportion, which brought fat years to the law firms. That over-confidence was at the root of questionable property decisions that hobbled all three of the firms that went under. Full story - The Lawyer

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Uber awaits high court verdict over smartphone app in battle with TfL http://t.co/jAPRVJgeiZ 
• Chris Patten: Osborne lax over human rights concerns on China trip http://t.co/MroWp54VHB 
• Hillary Clinton's gun control proposals: could they ever become law? #US http://t.co/zjLlxLhTSC 
• California to become fifth state to legalize assisted dying #US http://t.co/Ddff0LN8im 
• Hotel sex parties are not free speech: a small Connecticut town's big legal win #US http://t.co/Q5AYXSn2G0 
• Stiffer sentences introduced for thefts from war memorials http://t.co/lac9Uqkwgb 
• UK's prisoner voting ban likely to be ruled illegal by EU court http://t.co/HSV3idqyWw 
• Parents who fail to pay truancy fines to have child benefit docked http://t.co/rcHbchkvSG 
• Voting ban on prisoners convicted of serious crimes is lawful, EU court rules http://t.co/frsre2LfYW 
• Home Office to compensate pregnant asylum seeker for unlawful detention http://t.co/WNsg1KlHED 
• Phone thieves to face tougher sentences if photos are lost under new guidelines http://t.co/fSCDTNWC0V 
• HP and Dell suspend use of interns in Chinese factories http://t.co/aJyeKCPorJ 
• Facebook row: US data storage leaves users open to surveillance, court rules http://t.co/FbKEDLJv6t 
• Michael Gove should take this opportunity to give prisoners a vote | Joshua Rozenberg http://t.co/qEW5xQ6U6Q 
• Where’s the justice in making family law cases a do-it-yourself project? http://t.co/0BaOcXnjSY 
• UK's discriminatory migrant residence tests are legal – preliminary EU ruling http://t.co/VoGsci4lUI 
• Children do not have affairs with older women, they are abused by them http://t.co/hEqY4aTLB7
• MP Michelle Thomson's property deals investigated by police http://t.co/7Lqgq26Fqa
• Lord chancellor’s party conference speech made no mention of a bill of rights | Law Gazette http://t.co/mVaXPxsHmx 
• VIP paedophile inquiry: Lord Brittan claims unreliable - 'victim' http://t.co/3tYlNg3aFQ 
• Sun reporter 'believed he was right' after Rebekah Brooks' evidence http://t.co/r8PafWrELq
• Oscar Pistorius family condemns failure to release him #SOUTHAFRICA http://t.co/FSp5nQiSan 
• Gay couple lose court fight for equal pension rights http://t.co/437w8XBk3P
• Senate candidate in Florida admits drinking goat blood #US http://t.co/lzSSlY7DSZ 
• What's the truth about the VIP 'paedophile ring'? http://t.co/uWdh5Hnlp1 
• What's going on at Glencore? http://t.co/KPmYza0RUZ 
• IS is known for its brutality. But it's also hooking people in far subtler ways https://t.co/gJcjqYyUOd
• Bangkok bomb: Has the case been solved? #THAILAND http://t.co/EUEt8jq1Xz 
• The two #Estonians taking on the banks at currency exchange http://t.co/NZlI35eamB 
• Theresa May: Cohesion 'impossible' with high migration http://t.co/KjHX0mH8PY 
• Facebook data transfers threatened by Safe Harbour ruling http://t.co/T9HLOvLMKa 
• Madeleine McCann: Twitter account deleted over 'toxic content' http://t.co/iu31cyLGJs 
• Migrant benefits: Top EU lawyer backs UK on 'right to reside' http://t.co/25JmD5FczQ 
• IS propaganda pushes state-building, Quilliam study finds http://t.co/axvNAWCXS8
• IBA 2015: migration needs international rule – former Commission chief | Law Gazette http://t.co/HOQyaKfEQM 
• Conservatives: court fees? Let’s talk about solicitors’ costs – Faulks | Law Gazette http://t.co/bCPjGMOzIc
• Gordon Dadds acquires Jeffrey Green Russell | Law Gazette http://t.co/SMGvvmnHFp 
• Blavo & Co declines to confirm sale bid | Law Gazette http://t.co/UnYSZgymf0
• ‘Outmoded’ bar must modernise, says new BSB chair | Law Gazette http://t.co/LcUj9gAP2Z
• Online industry in shock as CJEU overturns data regime | Law Gazette http://t.co/vB93DcsACl
• Guidance first on theft offences | Law Gazette http://t.co/wP71GnqI40 
• Biggest divorce hub returns one in five petitions | Law Gazette http://t.co/EzDCWzWToj 
• Conservatives: Gove to bring 'reforming zeal' to prison system | Law Gazette http://t.co/oVgnf4qq5f 
• Chinese market sees drop in international firms for first time ever | The Lawyer http://t.co/4r13jcy3XG 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Littler opens in Europe with German employment boutique bolt-on | The Lawyer http://t.co/mCZ9U2Cohp 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Gordon Dadds buys Jeffrey Green Russell out of pre-pack administration | The Lawyer http://t.co/N6gblLwd7Y 
• Clydes litigator exits for Signature citing 'RBS litigation conflicts' | The Lawyer http://t.co/RqidmuDiOX 
• The real estate blog: A closer look at the Government guarantee scheme | The Lawyer http://t.co/mF0gFplZDo
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/NiVvvv77KY
• Harsher penalties for thieves targeting war memorials http://t.co/K1YHXUV3Pn 
• Aylesbury Young Offenders Institution violence levels 'too high' http://t.co/WGERAkfNWi 
• UK prisoner voting may be affected by European court ruling http://t.co/GmzFVNKmZT 
• Parents of truants to have benefits docked http://t.co/zrlSrAbtTu
• High immigration levels prevent 'cohesive society' - David Cameron declares http://t.co/KjHX0mH8PY
• David Cameron: I will ignore Europe's top court on prisoner voting https://t.co/MDdE6nXiE5 
• Police losing track of terror plots because of 'irresponsible' social media firms https://t.co/mk2FAN5rtU 
• Home Office drugs adviser Nigel Voden held in crack cocaine raid https://t.co/VWKMHYWY8v 
• GP marries two patients seeking treatment after break-ups, misconduct hearing told https://t.co/1V9v377dEP
• Theresa May warned adoption law could affect border controls https://t.co/hXAbQc3Ebv 
• ritish bobbies in Magaluf help catch wanted killer https://t.co/tEQNOY4AOL
• Tougher punishment for thieves who steal phones containing 'irreplaceable' pictures and messages https://t.co/9OD3YYSq2B 
• Merseyside policeman killed by stolen car is named as married father of two https://t.co/mSkufCbpiR 
• Chinese legal profession lives in fear, says ex-judge | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/E1nphvBpkc 
• DLA sets target to double size of Philadelphia team | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/ltCRiyvFJ0 
• A&O to choose new leaders as top two stand down next May | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/U55rruRYNn
• Fasken Martineau to close in Paris and consults on 70 London posts | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/5rKFRjvha8 
• Davis Polk tops global capital market tables | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/1JXUnLQmXd
• Justice not Profit: what does their public survey actually mean? | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/h27zIscgIY 
• Gove’s love-in with the Bar continues | Legal Futures http://t.co/K7jZDTudD0 
• Small law firms “saved up to 25%” after Qatari insurer joined indemnity market | Legal Futures http://t.co/vCJnv9Gr6t 
• “Many parts of the Bar are in severe pain,” acknowledges BSB chair | Legal Futures http://t.co/y2NHhMPk1v

5th October - Law News

1379th 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: City lawyers have fired off an angry letter to the Lord Chancellor, Michael Gove, about proposals to hike court fees. In a joint letter, the City of London Law Society and Commercial Bar Association warn Gove that he risks driving high-value legal business overseas to New York or Singapore. They argue that the resulting loss in tax revenue will “dwarf” any increase in income from court fees. Full story - New Law Journal

Delighted to be interviewed by @TheLawMap & very pleased by their choice of interview title quoting Robbie Burns https://t.co/nnK6weZBod

— Joanna Cherry QC MP (@joannaccherry) October 3, 2015

• Law Society president and High Court judge keynote speakers at UK Diversity Legal Awards | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/VHlV3ax6vW 
• Family practitioners urged to show greater diligence on divorce centres’ first anniversary | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/ML6zRlCLA0
• Edward Snowden: "Nosey Smurf was hacking codename" http://t.co/FxZLmp7Elo
• Oscar Pistorius must remain in jail, review board says #SOUTHAFRICA http://t.co/3lEThIadBW 
• Daughter "kissed her mother goodbye" before being told she was actually still alive and hospital got the wrong body http://t.co/wF5Lb43Ki6 
• Edward Snowden interview: 'Smartphones can be taken over' http://t.co/8oBJuGXp3m
• How trademarks immortalised some of the UK's biggest brands http://t.co/2p06WsMpsK 
• Patrick Kane rape case: hometown residents give star 'benefit of the doubt' #US http://t.co/KWsjfo07KF
• Britain’s role in torture demands an inquiry – now http://t.co/V0Hku8tvTu 
• California's right-to-work fight forces unions to prove their relevance #US http://t.co/nPmE1CmGgx 
• Coroner calls for action over hotel carbon monoxide deaths http://t.co/UNTQH0iqCN 
• England: Gove to oversee radical devolution of powers to prisons | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/oVAq7pftc9 
• Strasbourg court begins tweeting case-law | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/YKcRSnIkub 
• HRA repeal would pose constitutional conundrum says QC | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/cnf2brl2TN
• New additions to Inksters open Forfar office | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/FlAMyRJd8z 
• Rising stars and stars that have risen – double celebrations at Law Society’s conference | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/Su5FydP6sP 
• Blog: Law Firms beware of the Information Commissioner | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/Vk896UFv4f
• Lawyers pressure EU to release Euribor rate-rigging report | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/mYfvJxgFld 
• Mandatory reporting call to tackle Jehovah's Witnesses child sex abuse | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/fcrTmDzFAm
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Mishcon boosts real estate group with DAC Beachcroft planning head | The Lawyer http://t.co/uNHQgyNAik 
• A&O IPO surge continues as firm bags role on Equiniti listing | The Lawyer http://t.co/qc99k2VQl6 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Dentons opens in Italy with 21-lawyer team from DLA and employment boutique | The Lawyer http://t.co/kDVO1wLwSq 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: RPC hires Worldpay corporate GC | The Lawyer http://t.co/x3lSQubGCo 
• SRA to battle dual claims over dealings with 'Harry Potter' lawyer Blacker | The Lawyer http://t.co/wZxbbD30ze 
• In-house interview: Wendy Hardaker, Government Legal Department - A Profile | The Lawyer http://t.co/BdeHEaLO8T 
• In-house interview: Nick Grant, Sainsbury's - A Profile | The Lawyer http://t.co/1Hi5LDtVUZ 
• Firebrands are a law firm’s best friend | The Lawyer http://t.co/cBUQaUipbB 
• Coping with redundancy: How should professional services firms handle these events | The Lawyer http://t.co/PzkX5ydmOx
• When management fails: a Scottish tale | The Lawyer http://t.co/pL7ztXMsmK 
• Beware loopholes in instant dismissal and contractual T&Cs | The Lawyer http://t.co/exn7sQiBHx 
• The footballer Ched Evans is to have his rape conviction reviewed by the Court of Appeal https://t.co/0kPkFWKikz 
• How rugby star daughter's darkskinned doll captivated #Australia http://t.co/KlVyNpojp8 
• Coventry bus crash: Death crash bus driver, 77, helping police inquires http://t.co/yd4zvh1gHe
• PC killed by stolen vehicle named as David Phillips http://t.co/kQvc1yF7hw
• Rare costs win in care case: Catrin Blake, head of Court of Protection at Butler & Co Solicitors | Law Gazette http://t.co/MrhFfTCwNv 
• My legal life: Hugh Hitchcock, Director, DJM Solicitors - A Profile | Law Gazette http://t.co/rPtlrLWFb7 
• Interview: Paul Philip, the SRA’s chief executive - A Profile | Law Gazette http://t.co/qSUWGn6TEZ 
• Statute limitations: Has a cull of senior parliamentary counsel bequeathed poorly drafted legislation? | Law Gazette http://t.co/aSyIRGa8iK 
• Support us or make way: The founder of the Feminist Lawyers’ Society sets out its goals | Law Gazette http://t.co/9FBIU5XggW 
• ‘Reserved powers’ model of Welsh devolution unworkable – report | Law Gazette http://t.co/y6Cdb1lmE0 
• Insurer warns on phone fraud against firms | Law Gazette http://t.co/T7bNaZTZkD
• SRA in line of fire after fraud case thrown out | Law Gazette http://t.co/yUZQnRiVbV 
• Top GC makes plea for gender quotas | Law Gazette http://t.co/HDTLUXUzIY 
• Negligence costs cap would hurt most vulnerable, say solicitors | Law Gazette http://t.co/H4rMtO6GWA 
• IBA conference: live blog | Law Gazette http://t.co/0iozNlK3c9 
• Conservatives: Grieve warning on ‘ripping up’ Human Rights Act | Law Gazette http://t.co/UnVnb7IBbZ 
• IBA 2015: migration needs international rule – EC ex-president | Law Gazette http://t.co/ZjYpoIy3GQ 
• Ratings website receives £3.6m cash injection | Law Gazette http://t.co/MU2QSqRds1 
• Lender panel restrictions hit smaller law firms | Law Gazette http://t.co/HXjBAHibZI 
• Sports Direct site 'called ambulances dozens of times' as workers were too afraid to take sickness leave http://t.co/B9YNZnLAeC 
• Merseyside policeman struck and killed by stolen vehicle http://t.co/kQvc1yF7hw 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/EpsAhTXC4i
• #CHINA biker detained after clocking 237km/h in Beijing http://t.co/dbM87id2cW
• Islamic State 'blows up Palmyra arch' #SYRIA http://t.co/HjQKtYqJJV
• Is Britain’s record on welcoming asylum seekers really so honourable? http://t.co/apkQLaCFRh
• Holocaust historians criticise #Austria’s jailing of Jewish author http://t.co/tbVecRKuGf 
• Pope under pressure on LGBT rights as #Vatican summit on the family opens http://t.co/1NQgCwz1yI 
• Donald Trump: mass-shooting gunmen are 'sick as hell and geniuses in a certain way' #US http://t.co/3JXOmXkNcJ
• Ripper museum founder calls Class War protesters bullies after they call off demo http://t.co/gVY34a7BAH
• Depression and self-harm soar among private school pupils, poll suggests http://t.co/LjmBlSDCq5 
• America is addicted to guns – which only give an illusion of strength and security #US http://t.co/YbVfWniz18 
• Where dreams come true: a fantasia on the theme of a liberal pope http://t.co/Plznv3ahp1
• This is the Tory moment. Will Cameron blow it? | Matthew d’Ancona http://t.co/zJxMZIZpw0 
• You can print money, so long as it’s not for the people http://t.co/KFUHQFa86K 
• Revealed: how AstraZeneca avoids paying UK corporation tax http://t.co/356puc3lDs 
• Deal over junior doctors' contracts was torn up, reveals ex-health minister http://t.co/FBKeqkNAMX 
• Binyamin Netanyahu vows 'harsh offensive' on Palestinian violence #ISRAEL http://t.co/9DgXUNdBJE 
• #Afghan hospital bombing: MSF labels US airstrike a war crime as it withdraws staff http://t.co/YzPkbD7X6d 
• Scotland legal bodies to discuss handling of MP Michelle Thomson's suspicious property deals http://t.co/llcfiUWLq3 
• #Afghanistan hospital airstrike: Pentagon pledges full investigation http://t.co/VO7O1Mz2rx 
• Properties selling faster on Perthshire property market, says PSPC | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/WXKttyVgrN 
• Digby Brown recruit leading family lawyer | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/uGj53Nozk0 
• Blog: delinquent directors face tougher sanctions | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/wL2qJVwWAt 
• Highland families shoplifting to feed themselves, police say | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/kpgIoQo7Ea
• Data protection laws may apply to foreign companies rules ECJ | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/Gg4iWc2ydl 
• Accountants report significant turnover growth in mid-sized law firms as outlook improves | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/sZNs5uesSR 
• SCOLAG backs removal of limitation period for abuse survivors | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/zMBILhKHxa 
• ReviewSolicitors recruits 300 law firms through deal with case management provider | Legal Futures http://t.co/MA5UOteT1X
• I was wrong to sell my firm to Quindell, says former legal division boss | Legal Futures http://t.co/qGTm8nmzs4
• US firm that pays London newly qualified lawyers £101k boosts trainee intake by 20% http://t.co/u0p5tBZhxO 
• Why the legal profession needs people who see the world differently http://t.co/NRHdu0oLzw 
• Solicitor who had SIX KIDS while at Slaughter and May -- and made partner -- reveals 'best decision': to quit law http://t.co/SS0E8cwxGc
• Daily Express forced to make huge correction to 'people who benefit from human rights' story http://t.co/TySQuewYla 
• Inner Temple awards top scholarship to bencher's daughter http://t.co/nBdXpvNUwJ
• Lawyers' ethics: who would you save first in a fire -- your mum or girlfriend? http://t.co/iVDQOB0T1U 
• Lawyers back magistrate suspended for paying asylum seeker's court charge http://t.co/NyZt02uvD0 
• Lawyer falls for latest Facebook ‘legal contract’ privacy hoax http://t.co/eHzTcAeW1y 
• 'Cambridge-educated Weil Gotshal trainee' flogs training contract advice for £45 an hour http://t.co/RPvlLA03fH
• Top QC who didn't pay tax for 12 years is struck off http://t.co/NGj54ZAOz6 
• How to survive the pupillage Hunger Games http://t.co/RvedIafnh5 
• Friends of Freshfields lawyer shot dead in Berlin are crowdfunding to help his family http://t.co/Jl0VTAvemu
• Why 'following your passion' isn’t always the best advice: is a career in corporate law still a wise choice to make? http://t.co/RPI6jMlQbk 
• City firm offers virtual ‘helicopter trips’ and ‘Ferrari racing’ in bid to make commercial awareness interesting http://t.co/l9UE7InYGB 
• 'Are you sure I don't look silly?' Attorney General's Twitter jitters over full-bottomed wig pic http://t.co/EZVRJeQY5T 
• Baker & McKenzie and DLA Piper are better than the magic circle, claim brand gurus http://t.co/zXTOZ2Miuu
• The law firm's 466% turnover increase, the ex-senior partner’s fraud and the ambiguously worded press release http://t.co/TBg7kcGSxh 
• How wannabe lawyers can become employable http://t.co/8QBG22MHsZ 
• Pupil barrister spotted sweeping chambers' front step with dustpan and brush http://t.co/MV8jM3YDxH

4th October - Law News

1378th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & legal articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap
 

Our latest Saturday Law Interview featured the Scottish National Party Justice and Home Affairs spokesperson, Joanna Cherry QC MP, in a wide ranging discussion on the the Human Rights Act 1998, the role of corroboration in the Scottish justice system, the legal issues surrounding Scottish independence and human rights.  

Delighted to be interviewed by @TheLawMap & very pleased by their choice of interview title quoting Robbie Burns https://t.co/nnK6weZBod

— Joanna Cherry QC MP (@joannaccherry) October 3, 2015

Saturday Conversations on Law

• #Afghan conflict: MSF demands Kunduz hospital inquiry http://t.co/qy6rkeDkhQ 
• Working grandparents to share parental leave and pay http://t.co/pDGbnegbSX
• Alberta Health Services parts ways with top lawyer #CANADA https://t.co/0VJyJmIkVF 
• Minnesota's first black woman lawyer fought issues familiar today #US https://t.co/2JmUz0Tsb2
• ‘Fool’ ex-lawyer still refuses to hire attorney for custody trial #US https://t.co/bJy6DeCHEv 
• California Lawyer, major legal magazine, ceases publication https://t.co/EniV4Zts9z 
• Indrani Mukerjea’s lawyer not allowed to meet her in Mumbai hospital #INDIA https://t.co/E7V9liSH31 
• Hot Jobs: Meet lawyer Emma A. Rabideau #US https://t.co/A4C4acmWV2 
• #US Adds 4,700 Legal Jobs in September https://t.co/X9bwA02J7u 
• Illegal Immigration Surged Because We Curtailed Legal Worker Migration 50 Years Ago #US https://t.co/iNG7ML7cUQ 
• Hillary Clinton’s legal adviser warns her — Time to lawyer up #US https://t.co/Rau162NamQ 
• Six ambulances a day on 'legal high' callouts https://t.co/qOuHWy1Cbp https://t.co/Rau162NamQ 
• New government law means shoppers pay 5p for single-use plastic bag https://t.co/CbtkyIkkak 
• Examining the implications for rural justice as 11 law courts in Wales are up for closure https://t.co/hgfELDffAf 
• Tory law changes mean Corbyn-backed councils could be 'forced to invest' in arms manufacturers https://t.co/N6SDscaSs8 
• More suspects to join the money laundering investigation involving former #Nigerian minister https://t.co/FXGuwouD7f
• Spotlight on youth justice and the rights of children in #NewZealand https://t.co/PNjpwegiJT 
• Spotlight on abortion (and where #NewZealand fits in) https://t.co/pzkJKeVJcy 
• Humans of New York upcoming series on refugee stories https://t.co/Vkm2HVKtzo 
• Report finds that advancing women’s equality would create massive increase in global growth https://t.co/u1sn0j2wBH 
• We are five! And we're having a party to celebrate | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/8RZlY035UF 
• The Round-Up: Holyrood's Hard-line, and Sumption's Long Game | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/n4udw5JnFF 
• US court takes important step in resolving human/wildlife conflict at sea | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/iOqtwnQS7N 
• Limits of judicial review in international relations underlined | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/Mv0AdYxABT
• Bill Bryson is right: British manners can be a smokescreen for rudeness https://t.co/tf5cEZpmrp
• The evil empire of #SaudiArabia is the West’s real enemy https://t.co/P9bHg4QUh6 
• We desperately need feminists in Labour – and that includes the male ones https://t.co/Rw9f1W1hkO 
• These are the steps Europe must take to solve the refugee crisis https://t.co/g6AwqnvFtt 
• School uniform is a feminist issue, and confining a little girl to a skirt is sheer unkindness https://t.co/fU1LE7zRdK
• Surprised that Syrian refugees have smartphones? Sorry to break this to you, but you're an idiot https://t.co/bIuw2TdEfY 
• Jeremy Corbyn was right to call out the right-wing press for their absurd scare stories https://t.co/haDztBtDu0 
• The Brexiteers are against a lot of things. That’s not enough https://t.co/S3LpSziOE9 
• Get used to the 50+ intern in the age of no retirement https://t.co/0yGCJ3XXI8
• The UK is trading away its credibility in its relations with Saudi Arabia and China https://t.co/mgTAL6AT0k 
• Human rights: Ethics isn’t on the Foreign Office’s map https://t.co/4GNqtZUyo9 
• Scottish justice system creaking under pressure of budget cuts, overworked prosecutors & historical sex abuse cases https://t.co/RLmKgLto96 
• Magistrates let guilty petty criminals off without punishment to protect them from 'tax on justice' https://t.co/9pIOj3uofN 
• Prisoner admits slashing serial rapist and murderer Peter Tobin in the throat and face https://t.co/bGRVrtKObD 
• Unfriending your colleagues on Facebook ruled bullying by tribunal https://t.co/9gaJAmnIbm 
• Child sex offender who fled UK rape trial arrested in Hong Kong https://t.co/R8im53kT3Z 
• Nigel Allcoat, senior magistrate who offered £35 to help penniless asylum seeker: 'I was doing my duty..' https://t.co/n1HrUh17HA
• Coventry crash horror: Bus was travelling at 60mph, says eyewitness https://t.co/uHB5ppFk29 
• Glasgow lorry crash driver arrested for driving without licence https://t.co/WJuWtpUvm6 
• UN torture expert says UK plan to scrap Human Rights Act is ‘dangerous’ http://t.co/E1cYaRbmTb 
• Judges show plenty of mercy… as long as you’re like them http://t.co/rxGzEs3iLg 
• Bernie Sanders thrills Boston with call to fight racism and reform gun law #US http://t.co/tHnfhOSDvt 
• Last UK resident Shaker Aamer fears he will die in Guantánamo Bay http://t.co/WDghgEs63A 
• Pope Francis opens Roman Catholic synod amid gay row http://t.co/wuefAdZDEN 
• Bin lorry crash driver Harry Clarke arrested over road ban http://t.co/Wk891Q1FPy 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/AGU8DrnQl0
• Why Obama is powerless to reform gun laws #US http://t.co/VTib3EbbSL 
• Piccadilly Gardens anti-austerity protesters say rave won’t stop until Tories leave Manchester https://t.co/0jss7T5YpE 
• Loneliness and the risk of fraudulent mail http://t.co/h7u4EN65fg 
• The 5p plastic bag charge: All you need to know http://t.co/EeVvcTfNpF
• #Vatican acts after Polish priest reveals homosexuality http://t.co/e950U8jeUh
• Robin Williams estate: Family reach settlement #US http://t.co/JZ0c4CEk9d 
• #Afghan hospital attack in Kunduz possibly criminal - UN http://t.co/inbMnMLedZ 
• Whiplash epidemic returns to be pain in motoring insurers’ necks http://t.co/5zLyWwzpAc 
• UK could legislate to force tax havens to reveal offshore ownership, says Pickles http://t.co/e8osAbqHxA

3rd October - Law News

1377th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & legal articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap
 


Today's Saturday Law Interview features the Scottish National Party Justice and Home Affairs spokesperson, Joanna Cherry QC MP, in a wide ranging discussion on the the Human Rights Act 1998, the role of corroboration in the Scottish justice system, the legal issues surrounding Scottish independence and human rights. 

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Court fees “serious own goal” | New Law Journal: https://t.co/h8L9xZspUe 
• The code for rehabilitation: Revised code welcomed by lawyers & insurers | New Law Journal: https://t.co/IUKQkZoi2n 
• “Sea change” for competition law | New Law Journal: https://t.co/m92sCeA7ij 
• Labour legal aid review | New Law Journal: https://t.co/fGVrbvnJMN 
• New code issued for driverless cars | New Law Journal: https://t.co/3HnNYepKKC
• New regulations to make senior bank staff personally responsible, criminally liable for failings | New Law Journal https://t.co/yATGqUF6CS 
• Professor Nicholas Hopkins appointed law commissioner for property, family and trust law | New Law Journal: https://t.co/KUPzpCnFmk 
• SLS elects President Burrows | New Law Journal: https://t.co/piKwzZz3os
• Prisons to improve letter-handling processes | New Law Journal: https://t.co/C8mtc91xdK 
• Breast Cancer Care’s Tour de Law 2015 with more than 3,500 lawyers getting on (stationary) bikes | New Law Journal: https://t.co/ZobfVCc3wi
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/Us1eOFOqAi
• Surgeon suspended for making lewd comments claims he learnt them from The Big Bang Theory https://t.co/sII9pjz9hP 
• Google and Microsoft have called an end to years of legal battles https://t.co/NGwY3MdMzm 
• Elderly couple fined £160 for dropping cherry stones https://t.co/qrxvBFz7eI
• Drug users climbed onto pub roof and up a tree after taking dodgy amphetamine https://t.co/1NuPzjcOmf 
• DJ Neil Fox appears in court over six new sex offences https://t.co/JGu1VbRfPV 
• Police release images of baby found abandoned in a box https://t.co/OCwzBzThqx 
• Lord Greville Janner medical reports could be made public https://t.co/gIUPjN1Jhx
• Parents must take some blame for radicalised children if allowed to stay up all night online, says terror chief https://t.co/hCUKqAHrYk 
• #CANADA's Conservatives vow to create 'barbaric cultural practices' hotline http://t.co/xp9nElCigv 
• UK's £1.2bn bill for drone that's seen 146 hours of active duty http://t.co/GJmiePiZ9D 
• Why TV could teach cinema a lesson about how to treat trans characters http://t.co/Ea0ggvsNf9 
• #America's gun massacre blues seem to play on an endless loop http://t.co/5TCcFTDoCU 
• #German reunification 25 years on: how different are east and west really http://t.co/syq5MolRJJ 
• Britain's super-rich cash in on low interest rates with £1m mortgages http://t.co/YBjwv1E8Jq 
• Calais refugee camp conditions diabolical, says report #FRANCE http://t.co/ixpRWQXuOc 
• Law Society denies any political motivation in handling of Michelle Thomson property deals case https://t.co/YVjCh5mu40 
• Mayo solicitors welcome Law Society of Ireland to Castlebar #IRELAND https://t.co/wj3Sa4jLsb 
• QC who has acted for Roman Abramovich is to pursue multi-billion pound claims against global banks https://t.co/3BKQCc9kUH
• English Barrister to sue Qatar Airlines after spider bite nearly cost him his leg https://t.co/5QWeGmnKAM 
• Barrister made hundreds of journeys from Thame to London’s Marylebone station without paying the full fare https://t.co/IcSmk2c1yt
• 'Misleading conduct' major cause of barrister complaints #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/wmmePklLBN 
• Barrister turns barista as ‘former X Factor’ lawyer opens coffee shop in Horsham https://t.co/cSybhFw89d
• New statutory ban on referral fees in criminal cases is among proposals announced by the Legal Aid Minister https://t.co/aINeuPNmBj 
• Legal professional privilege, the role of witnesses, and rule of law on the agenda at opening of legal year https://t.co/5VRllyClSl 
• Legal action launched over Norwich Northern Distributor Road decision https://t.co/x9pIh4iWdr 
• Restaurants Association of #Ireland warns of potential legal challenge over pay deal https://t.co/LuTgQ8KSx0
• State Takes Legal Action to Seize $135K From Bakers Who Refused to Make Cake for Lesbian Couple #US https://t.co/vg0ZXjh77J 
• Feds reach nearly $2B legal settlement with fertilizer maker #US https://t.co/AoAYXWvTNZ 
• Six months on: Lincoln legal highs ban breached almost 280 times https://t.co/yFDV06zuiC
• Coca-Cola among sponsors saying Fifa boss Sepp Blatter must go https://t.co/JFIBabjinb 
• Domestic aid who worked all day and all night for UK couple awarded £184k compensation after landmark case http://t.co/TB4lEyhADp 
• #Nigeria's ex-oil minister 'arrested in London' http://t.co/6DnBHH78z4 
• #SierraLeone Athlete Jimmy Thoronka 'fears homelessness' if sent home from UK http://t.co/nA5PC8YJhR 
• Virgin starts automatic compensation for train delays http://t.co/bANLBQRl0n

2nd October - Law News

1376th 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: MoJ to consider revamping the advocate fee scheme. New scheme required following seven years of change, says Bar Council chair Full story - Solicitors Journal

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Law firm offices are dead | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/rYR6PteSf5
• Justice not Profit: what does their public survey actually mean? | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/hCp8LioFQj
• US law firms spend millions on business development | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/c6EIcBmJPB 
• Clyde bids farewell to four London corporate partners | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/OziRrQObif 
• Lawyer image could change and become positive, says consultant | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/wVzqlfiX1K 
• M&A deals fall to surprise low in Australia, according to Herbert Smith | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/sEP9dnUA1L 
• Legal action starts against Volkswagen as Leigh Day demands refunds | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/ThI1y7k4ZG
• Digital Retailers Forced To Revise Terms in U.K. Consumer Law Shake Up https://t.co/QayLvoOvGg 
• MSPs approve human trafficking law https://t.co/9sdAEHk91T 
• #RUSSIA's first personal bankruptcy law comes into force https://t.co/CIfDa363Ym 
• Former Law Lecturer Julian Myerscough Fled Court As Jury Considered Child Pornography Charges https://t.co/RwOml6Nzjr
• Former Law Lecturer Julian Myerscough Fled Court As Jury Considered Child Pornography Charges 
• Landmark ECJ data protection ruling could impact Facebook and Google https://t.co/T33tLXOzYC 
• Uber faces showdown in high court over whether service breaches rules stating only London black cabs can use meters https://t.co/SGK4jRLDI8 
• Litigation funder coordinates shareholder action against Volkswagen| Solicitors Journal https://t.co/HvImr7fBSg 
• Survey reveals that large UK organisations are concerned about publishing their gender pay gap | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/ApgbnWTJyJ
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Fasken Martineau to close Paris office as redundancy consultation starts in London | The Lawyer http://t.co/FFWm2psxNf 
• Bus driver makes 'lose life' threat in right of way row http://t.co/aK8oPJKD4A
• Hillsborough: PC 'urged' to change Kevin Williams statement http://t.co/UcCmbd370V 
• Alan and Helen Knight jailed over fake coma court con http://t.co/KTtHZUnRod 
• Flexible working and the bar | Law Gazette http://t.co/Il5VaK5Ask
• Bar pushes for revamped advocacy fees | Law Gazette http://t.co/JN9TCLKJ8p 
• Legal Aid Agency refers Blavo & Co concerns to the police | Law Gazette http://t.co/j5yRZyLz6s 
• Immigration judge warns of dangers of ‘insensitive’ language | Law Gazette http://t.co/RKbHWt6h65 
• Fasken Martineau seeking to reduce London headcount | Law Gazette http://t.co/xNEMciJ2Ov 
• Legal aid contract announcement held to 15 October | Law Gazette http://t.co/ATkbRORuTr 
• Prison Inmates Put a Name to a Feared Guard Known as Captain America #US https://t.co/ht9rv9sIAz 
• New Limit for Smog-Causing Emissions Isn't as Strict as Many Had Expected #US https://t.co/llG29GCTYm
• Despite Shrinking Populations, Eastern Europe Resists Accepting Migrants https://t.co/HA6du7JMnT 
• #INDIA Announces Plan to Lower Rate of Greenhouse Gas Emissions https://t.co/daPHnL9UOx
• Teenager sentenced to life for murdering fellow care home resident http://t.co/PlrX73oveH 
• Lord Janner will be found unfit to stand trial over child sex abuse allegations http://t.co/7gSWFRksS7 
• Anzac day terror plot: British teenager given life sentence http://t.co/1uwIl0lr4y
• VW scandal deepens as France and Italy launch deception inquiries http://t.co/LcJRB5yZ2M 
• 'Another mass shooting in America': Oregon killings a grim familiarity for #US http://t.co/T3DTrondsh
• Law Society of Scotland under pressure over MP's suspected mortgage fraud http://t.co/y1K6KXz9D3 
• Sentencing reform bill seeks criminal justice fixes – but critics are not satisfied http://t.co/DNbAW6wF6t 
• Police face questions over covert monitoring of Jeremy Corbyn and other MPs http://t.co/Jd4okahpWT
• Meet the innovators: The Lawyer Business Leadership Awards | News | The Lawyer http://t.co/6q5DzQZpC8 
• Pitmans adds £1m to top line with Calverts tie-up | The Lawyer http://t.co/4Fo4qTlxJd 
• Pitmans adds £1m to top line with Calverts tie-up | The Lawyer http://t.co/4Fo4qTD8AL 
• Legal Harmony 2015: the KWM choir | The Lawyer http://t.co/lH4SolBNVb 
• Legal Harmony 2015: the Linklaters choir | The Lawyer http://t.co/Iob0BQgKle 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Howard Kennedy launches lockstep review and moots full-equity | The Lawyer http://t.co/WUvUrQliax 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Olswang CEO Stevens breaks silence to insist: "we're in really good shape" | The Lawyer http://t.co/BOwfusZWYn 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Fasken Martineau launches consultation to cut 70 roles in London | The Lawyer http://t.co/ODGKJb4w8c 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Jeffrey Green Russell files notice to appoint administrator as pre-pack sale beckons | The Lawyer http://t.co/JLVUo5I8A2 
• Government proposes another QASA-style regime and referral fee ban | Legal Futures http://t.co/ovxopTtN1k
• MoJ considers transferring regulation of claims management companies to FCA | Legal Futures http://t.co/HSbUh35Fe9 
• Growth of LawStore brand enables ABS to funnel work to panel firms | Legal Futures http://t.co/tdImbrcGpI
• Freshfields recognised for ex-offenders initiative | Law Gazette http://t.co/YnaObVr2iB 
• Blavo & Co to consult on redundancies | Law Gazette http://t.co/WDgj7Hb6OJ 
• London firm to be sold after insolvency | Law Gazette http://t.co/g22wznWOuO 
• Ombudsman enjoying easier CMC caseload | Law Gazette http://t.co/EGyIXM731C 
• Litigation funder backs VW shareholder action | Law Gazette http://t.co/kEIYV8a2F8 
• Justice ministry considers curb on own-firm instructions | Law Gazette http://t.co/LKV53bTN34
• PPI payout deadline considered by regulator http://t.co/wn5RHSJNs6 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/BtpCbqkz6e
• "There's nothing to stop us competing with you", trade union ABS warns high street firms | Legal Futures http://t.co/N2Em8BVYiK 
• Law firms suffer as extent of litigation work declines | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/sif2Jfztrg
• UK might tighten drone rules in response to security scares | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/cQPnaF5Wm3
• Kramer Levin gets $135k fine over court behaviour | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/6HaOCu2hKV 
• Baker tops global brand table for law firms | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/IhuJGFTkGh 
• Listed law firm sees share price rise as global stocks fall | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/RNAK1GJjV6 
• Liam Gallagher's divorce to be kept private, but judge criticises lack of clarity on media reporting | The Global Le…https://t.co/g9IkbPDRyZ 
• High Net Worth couples pushed toward divorce settlements | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/5N9ERtjaSj 
• GC Futures: GCs enjoy new increased responsibility | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/25Ovgy4HJg

1st October - Law News

1375th 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: Any challenges to the government’s awards of new legal aid contracts must be done quickly, anxious criminal defence solicitors were warned last night. Firms will shortly discover via the Legal Aid Agency’s Bravo e-tendering portal whether they have been successful with bids for a reduced number of contracts to provide 24-hour cover at police stations. A spokesperson for the agency told the Gazette that applicant organisations would be notified about the tender outcomes 'this week'. Full story - Law Society Gazette

Saturday Conversations on Law

• ‘They were torturing to kill’: inside #Syria’s death machine https://t.co/G92gMuSkl2 
• UK e-cigarette firm fights EU vaping laws in European court https://t.co/nZLewwBZLP
• #SRILANKA to issue missing certificates to families of civil war disappeared https://t.co/hwbqc1kZzM 
• California woman burned by exploding e-cigarette charger awarded nearly $2m #US https://t.co/3n5aZrhNMG 
• Ipso moves closer to decision on launching a pilot arbitration service https://t.co/JcHyogllK9 
• Number of female judges in UK 'snowballing' despite equality row https://t.co/6qWFD98FRZ 
• A criminal justice reform bill that doesn't end mandatory minimums isn't enough #US https://t.co/vCwL5VlMGD 
• Sexual violence in #KENYA: 'To the police, rape wasn’t a crime' https://t.co/vx5GtpFN3B
• Bipartisan sentencing reform bill praised as 'landmark piece of legislation' #US https://t.co/tvPNBqQQSN
• Uber fires back in high court row with TfL https://t.co/O2DOikZ55I 
• JAG to consult on ‘minor changes’ to QASA | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/K0rFiChM42 
• South coast merger creates 27 partner firm | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/9z3KfmuLm4 
• Government to wage war on referral fees between solicitors and barristers | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/k6gp8MAEOX
• Wary businesses fear discrimination claims but don’t acknowledge gender pay gap | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/hZyuLClRzw 
• Irwin Mitchell offers claimants fixed fees in commercial litigation | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/UFP03SITJV
• MoJ to consider revamping the advocate fee scheme | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/4A8uW1Ck6J 
• Peeple app for rating human beings causes uproar https://t.co/UEZ9vH2U2D 
• Police Taser blamed for fire death of Andrew Pimlott https://t.co/Ey8akXYIkJ 
• What are the key changes to consumer laws? http://t.co/mjawPQjf0F
• Edinburgh ‘legal-high capital of UK’ https://t.co/SqA6EOpiy9 
• Jean McConville's daughter Helen McKendry to take civil legal action against Gerry Adams over mother's murder https://t.co/bufRMuTcnw 
• Plymouth law firms highly commended by Legal 500 report https://t.co/FeWdngPlos 
• GMB union facing legal action from own members over historic equal pay deal fiasco https://t.co/wm5oXYwixI 
• #AUSTRALIA says Volkswagen faces legal action if 'defeat devices' found https://t.co/qhHSBlpP4Z 
• VW’s legal nightmare is about to get worse https://t.co/9TGKm3aSVj 
• Hidden GPS devices to track suspects raise legal concerns https://t.co/ln2p3tdtPh 
• Mom surprises her transgender daughter with legal name change cake #CANADA http://t.co/Uc6JxVLnL9 
• New UK law allows turban in all workplaces https://t.co/XaM3ltrQEE 
• Police search for former law lecturer who fled court shortly before child porn conviction https://t.co/QwTD65vtDq
• 'Clare's Law' domestic abuse scheme rolled out in Scotland https://t.co/Gr7M9shGIl 
• Police admit they will IGNORE law banning smoking in cars https://t.co/RtBnGJep0d https://t.co/RtBnGJep0d 
• Digital purchases now protected in new UK consumer rights law Digital purchases now protected in new UK consumer rig…https://t.co/66B2ekk6vB 
• Dishonest Prosecutors, Lots of Them in Southern Calif. #US https://t.co/9gtIXNNzbU
• Brutalized Behind Bars in New York State #US https://t.co/yCN93cAWoH 
• Fiat Chrysler Concedes Violating Rule on Reporting Death and Injury Claims https://t.co/DJOh4Yfo7B 
• Reflections of a 'Master Legislator' #US https://t.co/OGwtM8RClu 
• Georgia Executes Woman on Death Row Despite Clemency Bid and Pope's Plea #US https://t.co/d4YVTC5wkt 
• Suharto's Purge, #INDONESIA's Silence https://t.co/ZSXXiF9TbA 
• Temporary Visas to Import Talent Help Copycats Take Jobs Abroad #US https://t.co/Pd4IjMMEEm 
• New York Police Will Document Virtually All Instances of Force #US https://t.co/fWJR1h1zNS 
• VW Scandal Shows a Need for More Tech, Not Less https://t.co/es8TEJu7WR 
• David Cameron Grapples With Issue of Slavery Reparations in #Jamaica https://t.co/05PpnJyyqM 
• Footballer jailed for breaking opponent's leg http://t.co/AGuJVTtcdd
• Anzac Day terror plot: UK teen's plan 'would have caused deaths' http://t.co/3tM7xF15PA 
• Prince Philip's #Australia knighthood was 'injudicious' admits Abbott http://t.co/iN4KrUGZfy
• Inquiry into historical child abuse begins Scottish Legal News http://t.co/DEKpr2jSZX 
• Consumer Rights Act 2015 comes into force | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/BstqKMLF8X 
• Father-of-two who claimed wife wrongfully removed children from Australia has petition for daughters’ return refused http://t.co/NTHy3vHE1E 
• Ministers to crackdown on barristers 'backhanders' to solicitors | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/EpQXnQPFM1
• Two reasons for paralegals to celebrate | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/6uwCoTOTCA
• HBJ Gateley strengthens Aberdeen office with senior consultant hire and new partner promotion | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/6dRN2TdQTN 
• Stronachs makes key commercial development partner appointment | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/xyinhXVyRu 
• Falkirk calls for CCTV funding as it axes monitoring in Michael Matheson's constituency | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/cHdKbs9X30
• GMB trade union facing negligence action from own members | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/WN1ahLOnOQ
• Postman accused of theft reinstated by employment tribunal | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/P24oZAP7qM
• Wind farm developers launch legal challenge against reporter's decision which 'mocks' Scottish planning system http://t.co/fvu5qXCluc 
• “The last gasp of the old white male in his ivory tower”: Felicity Gerry QC condemns Lord Sumption https://t.co/UfzZpv2VEs
• In-house interview: Xu Yao, international general counsel, Fosun Group - A Profile | The Lawyer http://t.co/Aq3vbyrnus 
• European Lawyer moves: 1 October 2015 | The Lawyer http://t.co/TB5apskMDb
• Bakers comes out top in law firm brand ranking as magic circle pushed down | The Lawyer http://t.co/vSZeq70ERY 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: DWF client development head exits for Eversheds as firms fight for star BD hires | The Lawyer http://t.co/k7FKNMT7CB 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Slater & Gordon UK revenue up 36 per cent to £129m | The Lawyer http://t.co/r3SZa4A7cw 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Charles Russell Speechlys unveils "phase two" strategy post-merger | The Lawyer http://t.co/wzsYpPRECj 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Jeffrey Green Russell files for insolvency | The Lawyer http://t.co/liCYHY9l4l 
• The ADR pain in the backside | Legal Futures http://t.co/X1YDjv3KCT 
• BSB-regulated entities reach 32, with pro bono and solicitor-run start-ups | Legal Futures http://t.co/yNjXOM8Nsz
• SRA asks public for help in how it should judge solicitors' behaviour | Legal Futures http://t.co/Sjrjb1gruk 
• Debt recovery giant's ABS launch coincides with acquisition and merger | Legal Futures http://t.co/r2pCJqG5r3 
• Yorkshire merger creates 23-partner firm | Law Gazette http://t.co/ay74raliXK 
• Forex claims may test new class action right | Law Gazette http://t.co/8VnlTTg5s4 
• Criminal courts charge introducing plea-bargaining ‘through back door’ | Law Gazette http://t.co/uadOfzP557 
• High Court scheme brings in one-year litigation target | Law Gazette http://t.co/rEFNlLhCGZ 
• MoJ considers curb on own-firm instruction | Law Gazette http://t.co/Kks9u9g42V
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/31jhgnF1zp
• US-style class actions introduced in UK http://t.co/2KibU6zN2V 
• Right to 30-day refund becomes law http://t.co/Wn33PCoqRs 
• Car smoking ban comes into force http://t.co/hDmxn4C3iU 
• Faith schools illegally denying places to many children – report http://t.co/QMP4oCxztn 
• Police under review after elderly man’s body found in Edinburgh http://t.co/QaSVxPrXB9 
• #Argentina warns US to cooperate in heightened search for fugitive spy chief http://t.co/IB4EthlsSV
• Rio police arrested over video showing them altering scene of shooting #BRAZIL http://t.co/xoZMKVcpwZ 
• Where in the world is it illegal to die? http://t.co/7H9sKfDvUK 
• Should Britain pay reparations for slavery? https://t.co/Wd9roJFb9o 
• Newsagent's alcohol licence angers pub-free Bournville http://t.co/88SyvmYl6V 
• Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon denies knowledge of MP's business dealings http://t.co/EmQRTTHzTI 
• Mining and oil threatens one in three natural world heritage sites — report http://t.co/07O8pIBV2G 
• How to Lose a Court Case in 26 Seconds --Quickest Judge Judy Case Ever! https://t.co/SmjwOHNooK 
• Alleged militant appears at The Hague charged with cultural destruction in #Mali http://t.co/50DOJAcOmG 
• #Palestinian flag raised at United Nations headquarters http://t.co/4jzK9MAP3i 
• Richard Glossip: Oklahoma halts execution 'to check drugs' http://t.co/7prB7kMwb3 
• #Refugee Syrian girl 'so happy' at Days of Our Lives tribute http://t.co/3iDOOvrI7y 
• SRA: tell us what bad behaviour by lawyers matters most | Law Gazette http://t.co/2c9eqxumco 
• Falconer: Labour will fight for Human Rights Act | Law Gazette http://t.co/2wmU0XD5mS 
• Challenge legal aid contract decisions quickly, solicitors warned | Law Gazette http://t.co/XH8w9YCRM9 
• SDT finds ‘no case to answer’ against lawyer accused of forging documents | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/pmoNXwi8pf 
• SRA seeks public’s view on professional standards of solicitors | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/l592O2eMaW
• Are some clubs running a racist door policy? https://t.co/fMDQqPPmmn 
• Perhaps austerity didn't choke off UK recovery http://t.co/GCmyWEbu09 
• Face scanners added to chip-and-pin terminals http://t.co/imResA0J37 
• Pope Francis 'met gay marriage row clerk' Kim Davis on US trip http://t.co/LZciG2YoIa
• David Cameron rules out slavery reparation during Jamaica visit http://t.co/vm3QyajO3K