10th January - Law News

1475th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & legal articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap
 

Saturday Conversations on Law

• #US gun control: What is the NRA and why is it so powerful? https://t.co/Ocx61JMYa9 
• 'Repent' call to Anglican Church over gay Christian treatment https://t.co/Fea5zq8oSU 
• Band Squeeze's 'message' for David Cameron on Andrew Marr show https://t.co/exu9nx4ugp 
• Sian Blake: EastEnders murder suspect pictured in Accra https://t.co/q2VDMSBwm8 
• Prison Privatisation in New Zealand and Serco | NZ Human Rights Blog https://t.co/n0gwt2BkxE 
• Deportation, ISIS and the Irish Courts | Human Rights Ireland https://t.co/2c7JAw0KWU 
• Saudi execution of political prisoners sparks protest - the Round-up | UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/cKJYi1Vg69
• Court of Appeal: immigration age assessments and Merton | UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/Y4NNRKyx3s
• The Ideological Roots of the Oregon Standoff #US https://t.co/OpdjGQHudw 
• Despite global trend against capital punishment, #US remains among top 5 that resort to using the death penalty https://t.co/paEIHcaUDS 
• The Lawyer Who Became DuPont's Worst Nightmare #US https://t.co/M1slJ3BqaG
• It's Payback Time for Women https://t.co/YcNr3sDEMd
• 'Broken System' Allows ISIS to Profit From Looted Antiquities https://t.co/J606y3hn7t 
• Lawfulness of Strip Search by Police Officer Is Under Scrutiny https://t.co/CyA1jFPypZ 
• Over 200 Members of #German Choir Were Abused, Investigator Says https://t.co/LM7EnoxW6g 
• Mandatory Union Fees Getting Hard Look by Supreme Court #US https://t.co/OgNpoHYXNZ 
• What Donald Trump Owes George Wallace: #Racist losers can shape the future https://t.co/DvEnCtmB57 
• A Shameful Round-Up of Refugees in the #US https://t.co/pWqo4vDWuK 
• Georgia Prosecutors Seek Indictment of Officer Who Shot Unarmed Man #US https://t.co/icSaqIAjVS 
• Removal of Chávez Images From #VENEZUELA Capitol Raises Tension https://t.co/lcd8Sotdnr 
• How Donald Trump Loses: https://t.co/nQHM4MVOrK 
• Guns, Tears and impotent Republicans #US https://t.co/SaQoSWx2tC 
• If New York Really Wants to Help the Homeless #US https://t.co/bcwOxVEBso 
• Finding a Common Thread in the Al Jazeera Doping Report https://t.co/5ieCoQoeJ2 
• Microsoft Faces New Scrutiny in #CHINA https://t.co/1mXO91RsZy 
• 40 Alumni Assert Sexual Abuse at a Rhode Island Prep School #US https://t.co/HqawePLHjz
• TheLawMap Wig is out! https://t.co/kzp8H4v1eu
• The left must admit the truth about the assaults on women in Cologne #GERMANY https://t.co/mMcic8oKbE 
• Unions brace for supreme court case that could shake up powerful political force https://t.co/kTmCzqHXM0 
• 'El Chapo': Mexico signals extradition to US https://t.co/BgThEIXoyH 
• Car park operator UKPC investigated for 'misleading drivers' https://t.co/iUlfpaGzTq 
• Cologne attacks: Neo-Nazi group Pegida and police clash at migrant protest #GERMANY https://t.co/z6L37IySmP
• Donald Trump Crowd Turns On Muslim Woman In Hijab Wearing T-Shirt Saying, 'I Come In Peace' #US https://t.co/rRrFa9Euyn
• Hull McDonald's shooting: Liam Windass goes to police https://t.co/sTFIJqYFvy 
• Russian viral video of doctor hitting patient who dies #RUSSIA https://t.co/VpAWigPMf3
• Sian Blake: Partner held in #Ghana over EastEnders actress murder https://t.co/fCHoOt2dEj 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! https://t.co/KauMqBFU0Y

9th January - Law News

1474th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & legal articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap
 

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Global law firm Slater & Gordon Global law firm Slater & Gordon | New Law Journal: https://t.co/7tfLxIxFmd 
• Grade 4 prosecutors are to be allowed to conduct appeals into unduly lenient sentences | New Law Journal: https://t.co/5U6g0lBYEP
• SRA in 2016: Research into the personal injury market, criminal practice, vulnerable consumers | New Law Journal: https://t.co/awlMg4oo47
• Not “divorce day” - media speculators were wrong | New Law Journal: https://t.co/ZcK43SuJPZ 
• Plans to improve the personal injury claims portal have been put on ice | New Law Journal: https://t.co/K5lCHvKNqM 
• Major insurer joins legal market | New Law Journal: https://t.co/iHGQDYLZlp 
• Workplace bullying concerns on the rise | New Law Journal: https://t.co/WTq2yCJ7N6 
• Insurers vow to pass on whiplash savings | New Law Journal https://t.co/Ezy3lZJ39R 
• David Norgrove among lawyers recognised on this year’s list | New Law Journal: https://t.co/6sW0KmDpiM 
• Corbyn denounces myth of “fat cat lawyers riding the gravy train”, at Voices for Justice rally | New Law Journal: https://t.co/KnaKow98GQ 
• #SPAIN's Princess Cristina prepares for historic trial https://t.co/UUH4o7tmWS
• 'Plot to kidnap one of Obama's dogs' stopped by police https://t.co/StTOItCx5A
• Cologne attacks: Merkel considers tougher migrant laws #GERMANY https://t.co/NV99ur2lFj 
• Monkey Can't Own Copyright To His Selfie, Federal Judge Says #US https://t.co/19dOrT9yTt
• Labour makes official complaint to the BBC after obscure shadow minister resigned on live TV https://t.co/Y5RBDT5KTA 
• Men held over 'anti-Semitic incident' in Haringey https://t.co/qlL9lTdMVg 
• Financial regulator denies 'going soft' on the banks https://t.co/IHtPhRm3wH
• Twitter user, 20, admits trolling mother of tragic toddler Jamie Bulger https://t.co/GaoBpONooP 
• Councillor 'invited gypsies to descend on neighbour's land' after ongoing row over £1.5m farmhouse parties https://t.co/WgqHLlIN88 
• 'Wolf of Wall Street' boss accused of drunkenly molesting City worker in a stockroom https://t.co/sTTnHJK18g
• NSPCC told police of fears that suspected killer of EastEnders actress was abusing her children https://t.co/zjr7k2DpIm
• Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe under fire over evidence shredding claim https://t.co/dGG1m5NPvy 
• https://t.co/Okdep47cuH fraudsters used seduction manual to con woman out of £1.6m https://t.co/9nFheM9qS5
• Two Iraqis arrested in migrant smuggling probe https://t.co/cCbmWf7bIq 
• Kids Company staff often 'invited vulnerable clients to their homes for family meals' https://t.co/UiLgLs1XQT
• Police warn gang-led dial-a-booze services on the rise | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/yUtYrGhqZh 
• Top prosecutor Alex Prentice QC to deliver Masterclass on 'Pre-trial publicity in the internet age' https://t.co/v5LzlueSPP
• Difficulties in enforcing heritable securities | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/3fi9PBWkiZ 
• New Partners and clients as Aberdein Considine continues growth | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/7EQU3cKL63
• MSPs agree in principle to move 2020 Holyrood elections to avoid clash with Westminster | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/BLyy7ckAhm 
• Frances McMenamin QC to give expert update on law of sexual offences | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/uC0FQQ1SrJ
• Blog: Difficulties in enforcing heritable securities | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/3fi9PCdVax 
• Police Scotland refuses to send officers to Justice Committee for questioning over illegal spying activity https://t.co/kqI7xgeHs1 
• Holyrood campers vow to fight legal action to eject them | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/XaJoB6dVNl 
• Banks appoint advisory firm to examine Slater & Gordon's books | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/WSTVy9Wpyo 
• Twitter takes legal action against 'terrorist propaganda' fine in Turkey | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/UABrF57BWP 
• Another day, another Dentons acquisition | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/LviPjC6PXa
• Crown Court welcomes youngest judge in recent history | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/k3fj9NvbWh 
• Baker Botts opens in San Francisco | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/eUuwoVrGHO 
• Law firms are resting on their laurels, report suggests | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/axomiyJpKO 
• Melbourne Man has five-year long legal fight to use a drawing of a cock and balls as his signature #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/vGJUI2p1qg

8th January - Law News

1473rd 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: Free speech, even when grossly offensive, has to be defended - Why it was wrong to prosecute an Islamophobic pastor and wrong for the Vatican newspaper to criticise Charlie Hebdo’s irreligious front cover. Full story - Guardian Law

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Aviva puts brakes on party bus whiplash claim https://t.co/yvahbIPOr3
• Raif Badawi supporters to give petition to #Saudi embassy in London https://t.co/DaJwdRP69v 
• Seven G4S staff suspended over abuse claims at youth institution https://t.co/aCBPmo7yus 
• Most-browsed book in the UN library in 2015? A primer on war-crime immunity https://t.co/qNlCWjRx8V
• 18 refugees linked to Cologne attacks, claim #German government https://t.co/CtqT2cDdYf
• Transgender woman who raped girl before transition sent to male prison https://t.co/Tz3wS3JbpV 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Office move hikes Wragges’ borrowings by £8.8m | The Lawyer https://t.co/MuhtglLi62
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Slaughters partners embrace “man of action” Cooke as senior partner | The Lawyer https://t.co/A6DUBPykF9 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: White & Case drafts in Kennedys on “typo” prof neg claim | The Lawyer https://t.co/YlmAVn9unb 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Brown Rudnick picks up Stewarts litigation partner Colston | The Lawyer https://t.co/VnKS0r6tbP 
• Top 10 law stories stories: 1-7 January 2016 | The Lawyer https://t.co/51xW3UFze5 
• Cardiff Demonstrator tells court police assaulted him and thought they were going to 'break his neck' https://t.co/OLZ2lCCwPU 
• Insurers and whiplash – sultans of spin | Law Gazette https://t.co/3Oy3BJpgtP
• SRA to ask if solicitors contribute to ‘decline in criminal advocacy’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/5tdAmsPNCg 
• M&A specialist elected Slaughter and May senior partner | Law Gazette https://t.co/64uBw9N0Wc 
• Serious Fraud Office requests ‘blockbuster’ funding | Law Gazette https://t.co/rAa5Ha55zR
• Judge says scheme to under-pay court fees was abuse of process | Law Gazette https://t.co/xjbwlwzoon
• Allen & Overy shells out £2.9m to highest paid partner | Law Gazette https://t.co/iWlqWh9hq9 
• HP cartridges wash up around UK and Europe after spill https://t.co/kTCrxqrYSK 
• #MEXICO's authorities have recaptured drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, six months after he escaped https://t.co/rineyeoqBZ 
• Philadelphia police officer ambushed 'in the name of Islam' #US https://t.co/vBUWLlKtbe 
• Gavin Williams death: Army 'failed to prevent beasting' https://t.co/mqzRKHLYmA 
• Gunmen 'attack #EGYPT tourist hotel' https://t.co/ZHAjKbfkXd
• Why don't black and white Americans live together? https://t.co/YCk4kSX4RQ 
• Mein Kampf hits stores in tense #Germany https://t.co/wpaDwxViiZ 
• Islamic State militant 'executes own mother' in Raqqa https://t.co/OWezSL8qON 
• G4S Medway young offenders centre staff suspended over abuse claims https://t.co/76ZBnORd02 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! https://t.co/R9hwyP6zDR
• CES 2016: Hoverboard booth raided following patent complaint https://t.co/w5NMUO1sf5 
• Migrants struggle in sub-zero temperatures #BALKANS https://t.co/dYrD74CCC0 
• Sex attackers risk deportation - Merkel #GERMANY https://t.co/NxfD5KjiDn 
• Alcohol limits cut to reduce health risks https://t.co/5htU2idCS5
• Judiciary of #IRAN Claims No Knowledge of Student Not Heard from Since His Arrest Almost 17 Years Ago https://t.co/X6CpqyLzPH 
• Shariah Judiciary Department says no stats on unilateral conversion cases #MALAYSIA https://t.co/V074Sdq1Vm 
• #DominicanRepublic Judiciary marks its day amid ballooning crisis https://t.co/0U17ZdW7Gi 
• Anambra govt, judiciary workers end face off – Courts reopen #NIGERIA https://t.co/y0ynZLgAaz 
• #TANZANIA Judiciary Staff Warned Against Graft https://t.co/Ri23Cu5Kvo 
• People of Abia State or, at least, a sizable chunk of them, are at war with the courts #NIGERIA https://t.co/1rO46WrwdE 
• Conveyancing Association outlines "major challenges" for 2016 https://t.co/IMZbEIKObS 
• Some #US states give rape survivors 30 years to pursue justice. Some give them 3 https://t.co/2Adk8SPIIT 
• Former Chief Justice Of India, SH Kapadia Dies In Mumbai #INDIA https://t.co/7NnA2JehEH 
• Alabama Chief Justice Orders Judges To Enforce Ban On Same-Sex Marriage #US https://t.co/XlMAjH5WOY 
• Junior barrister, 33, made a Crown Court judge: Anna Midgley is the youngest recorder in recent history https://t.co/tySMZJOJpF 
• Obama Administration Wants The Supreme Court To Strike Down Texas Abortion Law #US https://t.co/zR0QFAXSXM 
• Merseyside solicitor struck off over dishonesty that would "make other lawyers ashamed" https://t.co/P1SKAlVhV7 
• Tributes paid to one of Exeter's most respected solicitors Wendy Kemp who died after a battle with cancer https://t.co/tab5N3BLol
• Examining Bill Cosby's legal defence #US https://t.co/lskYDWRtii 
• List of Pro Bono Legal Service Providers #US https://t.co/wp5WFNOv5Y
• IndyCamp group respond to court against legal action https://t.co/xzCHpaBsJe 
• Cricketer Gayle to take legal action against Fairfax Fairfax Media over allegations he indecently exposed himself https://t.co/sGvyQ7rYcn 
• Gay Chinese man launches legal bid for right to marry in landmark case #CHINA https://t.co/dXr5SVzdFn 
• Eva Carneiro to fight on after failing to reach Chelsea settlement https://t.co/BIdj8EfKYD 
• Keystone XL company takes legal action after Obama 'overstepped authority' #US https://t.co/aKLAavkTmW 
• Homebuyers losing thousands of pounds intended for solicitors | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/9eq8C9pSSK
• US-owned outsourcing company has dropped plans to sue the Ministry of Justice | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/MPi9u5xFOf 
• New policies give international arbitration much needed makeover | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/IXcn6WiloP 
• MoJ admits transcription error cost firm legal aid contract | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/08Cp994wCB 
• Cameron wades in on Leigh Day’s conduct in Al Sweady inquiry | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/11vOawADcQ 
• Attorney general to give unduly lenient sentence work to greater pool of advocates | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/aRce34gfdt 
• SJ Legal world movers and shakers | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/N03YfFKfbH 
• Solicitor-advocates hit with £8,000 bill for QC label | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/K3J4XH9rPb 
• £1bn up for grabs as insurers vow to pass on whiplash reform savings | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/GF7lx2SvsY 
• Eight per cent rise in property investment insolvencies as market recovers | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/GJolpILeP2
• City boss accused of Wolf of Wall Street-style sex attacks https://t.co/B2dRTIfygO 
• Government declares war on soft justice by allowing more barristers to challenge lenient sentences https://t.co/q70okebRaJ 
• Lawyers face prospect of being struck off over Iraq abuse claims https://t.co/TE0YjWpzDC
• Asda boss steals £180k from supermarket to give to boyfriend's ballet company https://t.co/Bz5sudi34w 
• Church verger breaks into neighbour's garden to steal ornaments and smash plant pots https://t.co/bqZ07fO4gK
• Murder hunt after 'vulnerable' woman, 82, found dead at home in Fife https://t.co/0dUBw37fz7 
• Doctor faces being struck off over £27,500 duty free scam https://t.co/4NiG9aiHOk
• Kids Company psychologist admits taking drugs while with vulnerable children https://t.co/i80c0o2W7o
• New chief constable says Scotland may need to arm more officers https://t.co/xcpdbUThe2
• Woman, 60, charged with forcing boy into sex acts when she was a man https://t.co/EeMZYrkOSk 
• Police sergeant accused of attacking love rival with shoe https://t.co/wdc75kDz08
• Former secretary of Durham Union Society’s debating club 'raped and sexually assaulted fellow students' https://t.co/PBUn45Foij 
• SRA asks: Are solicitors to blame for declining criminal advocacy standards? | Legal Futures https://t.co/bvVNz8aErw
• High Court finds abuse of process in how law firm sued fellow solicitors | Legal Futures https://t.co/y5MQAlAriz
• Looking to play the markets? Then invest in Law plc | Legal Futures https://t.co/BoA7feCrnd 
• Train passenger PROSECUTED after putting his feet on a seat https://t.co/HSOzDYJoXa 
• Fraud chief calls for tougher corporate prosecution laws https://t.co/REiGzc3OQm 
• Warwick soldier ‘forced out of UK’ by bad immigration laws https://t.co/5fNllf0QVF 
• Client feedback rates Portsmouth law firm Blake Morgan among UK’s top legal advisers https://t.co/Y8WvhkBpMU 
• Brexit and UK employment law: implications for the workplace https://t.co/SbwM1pDXF8 
• Law firm that accused UK troops of Iraqi prisoner abuses under fire https://t.co/ZrD6FPE2Ey 
• New UK spying law is going to kill people, ex-NSA technical director and whistleblower warns https://t.co/lMfjz1iiB9 
• Patent disputes reach record highs in 2015 | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/ESyR3oYrwD 
• Parabis: unsecured creditors set to lose millions | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/FdADo0VUNE 
• Wave of law firm pair-ups set to continue in 2016 | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/OgL9a3BKXy 
• Law Society of Hong Kong to implement standardised solicitors' exam in 2021 | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/znHNC1GMNY 
• Nabarro and Slaughter and May up trainee retention | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/pHyQokmLCG
• Leigh Day under fire for alleged document shredding | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/eb913JQPKh

7th January - Law News

1472nd 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: It has been a fascinating year in which to edit this Blog. Political and social challenges – from continued government cuts to the alarming rise of Islamic State – have presented new human rights conundrums that have, as ever, slowly percolated to the doors of the country’s highest courts. And all this during the year of an astonishing General Election result and amid continually shifting sands around the future of the Human Rights Act. 10 human rights cases that defined 2015. Full story - UK Human Rights Blog

Saturday Conversations on Law

• French police shoot dead man apparently trying to attack a police station on Charlie Hebdo anniversary #FRANCE https://t.co/rmWWnS31zC 
• #CHINA will suspend its new stock market circuit-breaker mechanism - designed to stop free-falling prices https://t.co/famI42Vepj 
• Life bans for three athletics figures over alleged doping cover-up https://t.co/7t3Be6dNL9 
• Marks and Spencer chief executive Marc Bolland to quit https://t.co/6EWDh3RAxF
• Right to legal aid is 'basic human right', Jeremy Corbyn tells Justice Alliance meeting https://t.co/Eo6h9KsQU5
• Doesn’t Bishop George Bell deserve the presumption of innocence? https://t.co/O44VCQpGfm
• Merger mania can be a road to ruin: The dramatic downfall of Parabis shows big is not always beautiful | Law Gazette https://t.co/rWhzuMf9kx 
• Now Slater and Gordon’s lenders want to see the books | Law Gazette https://t.co/HiK8CzbYmg 
• MoJ undecided on scope of small claims limit increase | Law Gazette https://t.co/fBxLRRIBmE 
• Conveyancers need to ‘raise their game’, association warns | Law Gazette https://t.co/Es0wXdOHgX 
• Lawyers prefer cash over perks – survey | Law Gazette https://t.co/mBKQaYO90n 
• Funder stakes £30m to back PLC’s litigation portfolio | Law Gazette https://t.co/XHf3wjZpQa 
• Search for LGBT founding members | Law Gazette https://t.co/ivzcowMifX 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! https://t.co/cdp8IhkGZL
• Alabama chief justice tells judges to keep denying gay marriage licenses #US https://t.co/q0FVKnr8V6 
• Co-operative Group faces malpractice allegations https://t.co/cOfcq4qbDg
• Oxford marks Hebdo attack with Voltaire https://t.co/lheJZ4KayK
• David Cameron appeals for German support for EU changes https://t.co/1j4PuIkybs
• Slow housing developers 'should face penalties', says LGA https://t.co/Ck4xNivCyk 
• Cologne sex attacks 'require police rethink' #GERMANY https://t.co/riaD7C8jNe
• No end to flood of complaints about CMCs as total rises above 15,000 | Legal Futures https://t.co/7A2fK6REix 
• Barristers who work for free could be breaching referral fee ban, Bar Council warns | Legal Futures https://t.co/xbN5M0FVuq 
• Client fails to defeat firm's fees action with negligence counterclaim | Legal Futures https://t.co/7C0zLC0Ueu 
• Tax forecasts should be Fiscal Commission's job, MSPs say https://t.co/hmFWnYs5Zh
• Stress still dominant as LawCare callers increase https://t.co/1TrOSF1cSI
• Incapacity law review opens to consultation https://t.co/KLOBWj5lp5
• An Arcane Patent Law May Decide Crispr’s Big Legal Fight https://t.co/JA3QWKfjM9 
• Homeless former legal worker 'screamed anti-Muslim abuse #US https://t.co/9ps5y7J5mj 
• Shot PC David Rathband's brother speaks about legal fight https://t.co/nR5T0CPq7c
• Leeds shops warned ahead of new ‘legal highs’ law https://t.co/7KWD1VgLBL 
• Will Obama's gun moves face a legal challenge? #US https://t.co/5yYXJ3WiU4 
• Aberdeen car thief gang have cost public more than £125,000 in legal aid bills https://t.co/qWVaoGrU3j 
• #SOUTHAFRICA's ANC to push for tougher anti-racism law https://t.co/hGmmdi2Wds 
• UK mass surveillance 'totalitarian' and will 'cost lives', warns ex-NSA tech boss https://t.co/SZ9jRRGIIQ 
• UK Supreme Court clarifies the law on penalties Cavendish Square Holding BC v Talal El Makdessi [2015] UKSC 67 https://t.co/sroYLP1CBa
• Financial management pays off as debt falls and profits soar at Simmons' | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/v0h0w8iASJ 
• US sues VW over emissions scandal | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/UlMeqXVzuY
• Clifford Chance management profit share falls amid revenue and profit dip | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/ce6bazU89O 
• Women and trainees the majority of callers to lawyer support charity | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/bUhQlVnY1j 
• Impact of automation on legal jobs market overestimated, says study | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/NX6tn2PsMH 
• Thoughts on law in theory and reality | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/eFfH7xVMni
• Texas district attorneys seek clarification of courtroom gun policy | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/7CFV1sEdQ1

6th January - Law News

1471st 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: Automation by computers is unlikely to replace much of the work currently done by lawyers any time soon and the negative employment effects of technology have been overstated, according to a study. Suggesting the current literature – including the recent book by Professor Richard Susskind and Daniel Susskind – exaggerates the likely impacts of automation, the authors argued that “predictions of imminent and widespread displacement of lawyers are premature”. Full story - Legal Futures

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Donald Trump threatens to pull £700m investment from Scotland https://t.co/NNbVFXIYk3 
• Costa Coffee shop crash: Victim named as Valerie Deakin https://t.co/hdLWY5IuXU 
• Mayfair jewellers smash and grab raid: Moped gang in 'brazen' robbery https://t.co/vVxNW989sG 
• Sian Blake: Bodies found in search for missing actress and children https://t.co/xDZgQt810z 
• Oregon militia says occupation of wildlife refuge could last 'several years' #US https://t.co/h5SZews4wr 
• Letters backing bishop Peter Ball should all be disclosed https://t.co/PxLPm8dxCT 
• Tax avoidance hits the poorest hardest https://t.co/fvvTSdD0GI 
• Northern Ireland medics fear prison over abortion advice https://t.co/Db5GLhfqwf 
• Man behind gutting of Voting Rights Act: states may have 'gone too far' since decision #US https://t.co/TlCRjsypra 
• The Lord Janner case is dogged by the CPS’s confusion | Joshua Rozenberg https://t.co/6mVRK1xzIH 
• How a prisoner’s letter led to jail reading scheme https://t.co/OL9KRkW3nc 
• Law firm referred to disciplinary tribunal over Al-Sweady inquiry https://t.co/rnxLXGVUER 
• Minister defends UK's approach to Saudi human rights record https://t.co/kXijFUXCTK 
• The Legal Wing of it - A legal blog post by a Northern Ireland Lawstudent https://t.co/uYoA11ZQ79 
• ‘Going into legal aid work now is career suicide’ https://t.co/u3zhJz82wB 
• Disabled workers can’t afford justice to deal with workplace harassment https://t.co/ewkxyKYakq 
• More lawyers to review 'unduly lenient' sentences after complaints soar https://t.co/n1DDYJKJWQ 
• Northern Ireland's abortion laws remain restrictive and unclear https://t.co/bcqXuHjA8o 
• Cologne protesters demand action after New Year's Eve assaults #GERMANY https://t.co/CxKY37J6jH 
• No extending abortion act to Northern Ireland, first female leader says https://t.co/qIVZQ3kJNH 
• Free speech, even when grossly offensive, has to be defended https://t.co/GNhlwFzhmh 
• Direct Line takes on 150 Parabis lawyers to preserve ABS operation | The Lawyer https://t.co/d6Ec6bWcO8 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Freshfields partners relegated to “second-tier” lockstep in global profit drive | The Lawyer https://t.co/DC7pzWazmS 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: McDermott bolsters China compliance team with Bakers partner hire | The Lawyer https://t.co/SNvZUAkU4z 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: MoFo makes up first London lawyer since 2008 in latest promotions round | The Lawyer https://t.co/IRIIXcPPv8 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: SRA reports Leigh Day to tribunal over document shredding claim | The Lawyer https://t.co/b5Bkox3n8E
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Weir slashes roster with first formal panels | The Lawyer https://t.co/40Qfy4Lm3S 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Wiggin boosts gaming practice with hires from DLA and Playtech | The Lawyer https://t.co/vWyopCTmlY 
• Parabis: unsecured creditors set to lose £46m as scale of collapse laid bare | Law Gazette https://t.co/QHBlssJE8a
• Iraq abuse inquiry firm referred to SDT | Law Gazette https://t.co/jm9znEaltl 
• AG opens ‘unduly lenient sentences’ appeals work to more lawyers | Law Gazette https://t.co/kVEkqiU9zo 
• Conveyancers predict another buoyant year | Law Gazette https://t.co/AgNZq22Omu 
• Legal aid bid turned down over ‘basic transcription error’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/umt6aFT2rD
• Ex Chelsea doctor Eva Carneiro appears at tribunal hearing https://t.co/GQieTZc1Zl 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! https://t.co/Cko0ul2HAq
• North Korean authorities say they have successfully tested a hydrogen bomb #NORTHKOREA https://t.co/0OrLFVB4Ej Jan 06, 2016 
• #NorthKorean nuclear test suspected as 'artificial earthquake' detected https://t.co/CKnzfc1PO7
• Home Office takes control of fire and rescue services https://t.co/eXMTbgYai9 
• Netflix documentary leads to campaigns to free convicted murderer https://t.co/Rr0BJwq6Qc
• ‘Amicable app’ aims to take some of the pain - and cost - out of divorce| Legal Futures https://t.co/JvkT3DnbPc 
• Leigh Day accuses SRA of premature referral to tribunal over Iraq abuse inquiry | Legal Futures https://t.co/i6CfoBYkRe
• Cologne sex attacks: Women protest against assaults by gangs #GERMANY https://t.co/Mm5hsZcQiy
• We must wage an intellectual battle against the subtle corrosion of open society https://t.co/Mtson8e6hd 
• The killings take the region on a foolhardy course and deserve powerful American condemnation #SAUDIARABIA https://t.co/ZXSjQs6yWK 
• Bipartisan Criminal Justice Overhaul Is Haunted by Willie Horton #US https://t.co/QLvQWsXHgs 
• Arrests Begin for Migrants Who Lost Asylum Cases #US https://t.co/9tXGNYgFX2
• As Justices Weigh Affirmative Action, Michigan Offers an Alternative #US https://t.co/AuwkajzqcN 
• Streets, if Not the Air, Clear Out as Delhi Tests Car Restrictions #INDIA https://t.co/7Vv2ru4Oj6 
• Death Sentences Surge, Even as More Countries Drop Capital Punishment https://t.co/GiVdOtZJSN 
• Obama to Expand Gun Background Checks and Tighten Enforcement #US https://t.co/eI31IIX4zb 
• What's Going On in Our Prisons? #US https://t.co/bWKOZyQCyj 
• Antiterrorism efforts threatening a cornerstone of democracy - the equality of all citizens before the law #FRANCE https://t.co/QerXpzyDeY 
• 2 Israelis Charged in Deadly Attack on #Palestinian Family in West Bank https://t.co/aTsdL2JcUj 
• MPs to debate calls to ban Donald Trump https://t.co/qkVmr8HBhN 
• Migrant crisis: Bodies found on Turkish coast as boats sink https://t.co/VuREpOpXrS
• Cologne sex attacks: Merkel disgust at New Year gang assaults by drunk and aggressive young men #GERMANY https://t.co/vM3JCyjlFS 
• Dentons tops European recruitment league | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/lR3HFazrhB 
• Controversial Australian anti-gang laws used to bring charges for the first time | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/eUc3RcavFY
• COBALT and Borenius join forces in Baltic region and Belarus | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/v51cyq7YjB 
• City of Chicago calls in two law firms for Department of Justice police probe | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/CRiteM99LN 
• Polish media law amendment draws scrutiny from the European Commission - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/qXs2FSXL8H 
• Skadden climbs to top of M&A league table | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/KJ8lnLaW7E 
• 190 Muslims fired after going on strike over being ‘denied a prayer break’ from meat packing factory #US https://t.co/ruh3oSHHvF

5th January - Law News

1470th 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: Controlling a partner’s social media account or surveilling them through mobile phone tracking apps could see domestic abusers jailed for up to five years under new legislation that comes into force today. Full story - The Law Society Gazette

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Freshfields and Slaughters pocket lion’s share of £40m Shell-BG fees | The Lawyer https://t.co/Xszx4Ue1mk 
• DLA Piper International revenue down 3 per cent in 2014/15 | The Lawyer https://t.co/kxfPnUZoQv 
• Managing Risk and Mitigating Litigation: The highlights | The Lawyer https://t.co/xmXcdmQsMh 
• Clifford Chance picks up Sainsbury’s mandate as Linklaters advises Home Retail target | The Lawyer https://t.co/73g8MvOSeJ 
• Clifford Chance management profit share dips 7 per cent | The Lawyer https://t.co/ROlZ5QOPZA
• Simmons’ financial management pays off as profit soars and debt falls | The Lawyer https://t.co/wcMQk8rxZu
• Bakers hires Hogan Lovells disputes veteran Lyons | The Lawyer Bakers hires Hogan Lovells disputes veteran Lyons https://t.co/TT4Dzpy6RQ 
• Hogan Lovells makes up City quintet in 24-strong promotions round | The Lawyer https://t.co/1mQloGX187 
• Labour attacks government over IS video suspect https://t.co/el2X6hWigi 
• Hillsborough Inquests: Jury hears final day of evidence https://t.co/J9CqmlZA6h 
• HSBC still trying to repair online banking system https://t.co/x2AJOXxAHs
• Cricketer Chris Gayle fined in Big Bash League reporter 'sexism' row #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/jOj5ISPXXp 
• #GERMANY shocked by Cologne New Year gang assaults on women https://t.co/DIhQJxanbo
• Transgender woman Davina Ayrton denies rape https://t.co/ZfeFNXYpJe
• Bodies found in search for former EastEnders actress https://t.co/k50TgFU8Jc
• Ministers 'free to campaign for both sides on EU vote' https://t.co/9vU39mJJyI 
• The UK: from empire to colony? EU law will continue to govern our data protection regime | Law Gazette https://t.co/7D9T5CuMNu 
• Partner struck off for ‘web of deception’ about case progress | Law Gazette https://t.co/UBmifxG5ft 
• Storm floods close three courts in northern England | Law Gazette https://t.co/wFQn2um5Qa
• US firm seeks UK whistleblowers for claims | Law Gazette https://t.co/7uWCU7VbIu 
• Uncertainty over PI claims portal as changes put on hold | Law Gazette https://t.co/UDoChV4ClD 
• Solicitors pay £3,000 more for QC mark than bar, says SAHCA | Law Gazette https://t.co/zbt1Z1cFzI
• Veterans line up against legal ‘witch-hunt’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/HUajYq8x3D 
• Consumer champions unveil fixed-fee comparison site | Law Gazette https://t.co/J1brokDlvB
• More stressed lawyers contact support charity | Law Gazette https://t.co/4dIp5LKRrN 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! https://t.co/oUrjxsBt7L
• Girls' schools a "huge disadvantage", says co-ed head https://t.co/NYsY1V1NCi 
• LV= is latest insurer to enter legal services market | Legal Futures https://t.co/Z5VsorHdpL 
• Consumer rights forum launches legal services comparison website | Legal Futures https://t.co/zypFhTf1j2
• Insurer sidesteps ABS with new legal venture | Legal Futures https://t.co/TUqLJaLeu1
• MP Simon Danczuk denies rape allegation made against him https://t.co/M6TJRkalQS 
• China's M&A looks set to reach new highs in 2016 | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/vz4dqWihNC 
• Ericsson and Apple resolve year-long patent dispute | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/TuACJMDnYm 
• Hacktivists target Indonesian district court over lawsuit | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/ZqPC50HQmY 
• Dentons tops European recruitment league | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/r18v9M061K 
• New York's chief judge reveals new disciplinary system for lawyers as he steps down | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/pdmhItKKHc 
• Fox Rothschild joins forces with top ten Minneapolis law firm | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/Ns9QCcQC36
• D-Day surge expected as families split post-Christmas | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/k24Q3FHVEe
• China's top court creates new online platform for lawyers | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/ZvcLsODXAh 
• Toxic superstars can reduce profitability | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/onV5tuCkgB
• Donald Trump's first TV ad touts Muslim ban #US https://t.co/zhpDwvQMYg
• West Indian #cricketer Chris Gayle accused of sexism after asking out Australian sports reporter during interview https://t.co/sRLXZhj0k6 
• VW sued by #US justice department https://t.co/MPPXEVwvVQ 
• British lawyer Isabelle Claisse working in #Singapore going bald to raise funds for Filipina maid’s son https://t.co/24aWTQp5kP
• Duma lawyer demands interrogation methods be made public #ISRAEL https://t.co/zWmLPjiWiy 
• Hardik Patel asks his lawyer Mangukiya not stop fighting his cases #INDIA https://t.co/5eFwM9QT1D 
• Court of appeals affirms writs of amparo, habeas corpus for rights lawyer #PHILIPPINES https://t.co/whv3IShdFM 
• 'Affluenza' teen: The lawyer taking on Ethan Couch's case #US https://t.co/SUAjXb8PJu 
• MP Shanmugam helps Yishun cat abuse suspect find a lawyer #SINGAPORE https://t.co/geeTsjA4SX
• Paedophile hunters whose net covers Teesside to be unmasked in TV documentary https://t.co/ljSqgKRv0m
• Lodha committee proposes sweeping reforms for BCCI #INDIA https://t.co/wHri9lsNXc 
• Lockridge locals await answers from minister over Bennett Brook Disability Justice Centre #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/H9Z7V6LmLd 
• Justice must speed up for accused soldiers https://t.co/gXXSnmyiLK
• #MEXICO governor will 'not relent' in seeking justice for murdered mayor https://t.co/nPyOuT5aAc 
• Supreme Court seeks plan from Air India on connecting Shimla with Delhi #INDIA https://t.co/zgb1SI5Yv3 
• Solicitor General backs SET decision: Poe is a natural-born Filipino #PHILIPPINES https://t.co/8opjZfr13w
• Campaigners brand SNP plans for land reform as ‘lunacy’ https://t.co/psubdcQwOk 
• Legal status to Alevi worship houses a ‘red line,’ says Turkey’s religious body head #TURKEY https://t.co/xQQrz7Hmk8 
• Unveiling 35 finalists for the Scots Legal Awards https://t.co/WGeekJUY5I 
• Kevin Nunes murder: Legal action could delay report on botched murder probe https://t.co/aMjFa434NW 
• Adults to get legal right to choose if they are a man or a woman as new law will end tortuous gender change https://t.co/KoGAc78sFK
• Crisis college's bill for legal action over principal's suspension reaches £250,000 https://t.co/VufBAsVPRY 
• Shooting representatives have urged DEFRA to introduce new checks allowing the police to trace inland shoots https://t.co/WMz3amMS5Q
• If marijuana were legal in UK, the extra tax take could amount to £1bn a year https://t.co/6ZtT3skUeQ
• EU ready to fight Polish media law amid row over values https://t.co/2QfC5dzLiV

4th January - Law News

1469th 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: Access to justice for all? Now that would be a measurably good thing. Justice is bigger than police and prisons, it is the key to exercising our rights. The methods we use to evaluate it must therefore be correspondingly broad. Full story - Guardian Law 

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Sudanese man who walked into UK via Channel tunnel granted asylum https://t.co/wQx1TcC2uH 
• UK investigating whether missing #HongKong bookseller has British passport https://t.co/3n7oYfwqlB
• Crime in the community: when 'designer' social housing goes wrong https://t.co/UYH0r27ycC 
• Oregon militia occupying wildlife refuge aims to overthrow government, says sheriff #US https://t.co/Ur9H56oXcz 
• Seven skills that will land you work experience at a law firm https://t.co/qTQGCUkciJ 
• Bank of England’s lawyer headcount jumps 670% in five years | The Lawyer https://t.co/MLwwmcXZpR
• Beringer and Ereira among lawyers named in New Year’s Honours list | The Lawyer https://t.co/bjTFLlnzB2 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Skadden tops global M&A rankings as Freshfields and CC compete with US leaders | The Lawyer https://t.co/RNBPZLz7V2 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Akin Gump promotes London trio to partnership | The Lawyer https://t.co/W7sZNudViM
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Dentons is Europe’s biggest hirer as recruiters focus on Germany | The Lawyer https://t.co/iT3i7ozlYS 
• Fieldfisher doubles top earnings as profits soar | Law Gazette https://t.co/DRDJL5LtxR
• Government lawyers criticised over killer’s CD damage claim | Law Gazette https://t.co/dXbZScjMzt 
• Insurer LV= enters legal market with fixed fee offering | Law Gazette https://t.co/cbfClquoY4 
• Calls made for lewd texts MP Simon Danczuk to resign https://t.co/Kzm5Z3dedT 
• Horse penis joke Scot 'to be from #Kyrgyzstan https://t.co/wAeDXIIDnj 
• #SaudiArabia's allies Bahrain, Sudan and UAE act against Iran https://t.co/eIDMqgirfD
• #Denmark responds to Swedish border checks with own controls https://t.co/AiWHCpjhDX 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! https://t.co/nBIK9wPgjM
• The little car you can drive in #France without a licence https://t.co/kxt5r6PAWE 
• Migrant crisis: #Sweden border checks come into force https://t.co/tbZGiqFkeB
• Gruesome centenaries of 2016 | Law Gazette https://t.co/rK88VVzonn 
• CBE for ex-A&O chief Beringer | Law Gazette https://t.co/jKxo3YVXIH
• Litigation funder pledges money to probe merits of case | Law Gazette https://t.co/0j5EWDkBH7 
• Lack of supply-chain visibility puts businesses at risk, GCs warned | Law Gazette https://t.co/LTsGCDHmvm 
• New CPS powers to tackle domestic abuse | Law Gazette https://t.co/qC19fZuYju 
• Major figures from legal world scoop New Year's honours | Legal Futures https://t.co/fzaeSNwZKJ 
• SDT: Millions of pounds not repaid as Barnett tried to keep firm afloat | Legal Futures https://t.co/lxczOEfRtf 
• The Imperiled Bloggers of #Bangladesh: In support of gender equality, human rights and civil liberties https://t.co/4IXrFBgdNT
• #CHINA Grants Courts Greater Autonomy on Limited Matters https://t.co/xdC7Fn4bRc 
• Xinjiang Seethes Under #Chinese Crackdown on Uighur people & their culture https://t.co/liMynnJETu 
• On Perilous Migrant Trail, Women Often Become Prey to Sexual Abuse https://t.co/EvQXf2odrX
• #CHINA's Homeless Find Shelter Under McDonald's Golden Arches https://t.co/yXNOiR7dES 
• Experts Foresee Obstacles for Both Sides in Bill Cosby Case #US https://t.co/2ISbDBf3Cv 
• 2 Islamists Sentenced to Death in Killing of #Bangladeshi Activist in 2013 https://t.co/hwXkIZ74xK 
• Bill Cosby came close to escaping sexual assault charges. How many others do? #US https://t.co/83k0rJ9I4t 
• Anxiety Aside, New York Sees Drop in Crime #US https://t.co/xEPT8QIBlm 
• Flawed Justice After a Mob Killed an #Afghan Woman https://t.co/hK9OAjHGma

3rd January - Law News

1468th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & legal articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap
 
A very Happy New 2016 to all our readers!

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Bottoms down for Kerala’s bar owners: Supreme Court upholds liquor policy [Read Judgment] #INDIA https://t.co/MCg0Iv8twU 
• The Yearly Reports: The top ten Delhi High Court judgments of 2015 https://t.co/nnEtZZSV1G 
• The Yearly Reports: The Supreme Court of #India’s 2015 https://t.co/DbRgdq7IA9 
• Delhi HC to hear seven PIL’s challenging #OddEven rule on January 6, 2016 #INDIA https://t.co/MaBrTQBcZE 
• Mega M&A deals crushed IPO activity during 2015 https://t.co/SBaMZKyuVI 
• Legal market top-heavy as mid-tiers gather momentum https://t.co/xGPHz8DCY7 
• Online conveyancer in #Australia expects growth in 2016 despite resistance https://t.co/oihde8xXeR 
• Young lawyers looking to advance their career are increasingly turning to higher qualifications https://t.co/Q6D7jYk1xX
• The Law Institute of Victoria (LIV) has released a series called LIVing Ethics Videos https://t.co/dfcX0CW2Q8
• Embattled law firm Slater and Gordon is facing a class action suit from rival firm Maurice Blackburn https://t.co/Iwu6HuhlfU 
• Human rights in #Australia: what to expect in 2016 https://t.co/8DbowyaFiG 
• #Lawstudents - Don’t listen to anyone who doubts your abilities or says there is an oversupply of law graduates https://t.co/jmmVeRgSW6
• Year in review: In the new legal market, dramatic changes and uncertain conditions are just a part of the landscape https://t.co/A6z1atcaoO 
• #Australian Bar president slams Dutton for saying ‘the law is an ass’ https://t.co/JWfrLetGHV 
• NSW Land and Environment Court judge appointed #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/cLskGhvmsF 
• Victorian criminal lawyer Tim Gattuso named as magistrate #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/mDkXRW7pCp 
• Lawyers Weekly has released the first issue of its new bulletin targeted at young lawyers https://t.co/QbujVWEwNk 
• Entry-level jobs at top-tier firms may be in decline but law graduates should not overlook new job opportunities https://t.co/1iYDJfWlTp 
• Mentoring forms key piece in lawyer retention puzzle https://t.co/2DIvw0fRoZ 
• Flexibility key: One young lawyer has proved that pursuing other interests while practising as a lawyer is possible https://t.co/2FJM0C2hHU
• Regulatory reforms and increasingly globalised firms making it easier for Australian lawyers to enter the #Japan https://t.co/cyR7GyK7jX 
• Legal Leadership: Interview with Paul Gleeson from Russell Kennedy https://t.co/cf1LQ3eGLj 
• Penetrating States of Denial: Accounting for Conflict Related Violence in Northern Ireland https://t.co/Tg9yrRh5rI 
• Local authorities, Article 5 and the rehabilitation of prisoners | UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/PCH4VUlCK8 
• Supreme Court: Failure to disclose evidence did not breach Art 6 | UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/BXNwrPhSKS
• Scotland's new prosecutorial guidance and refugees | UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/jEBjju24an 
• The Round-Up: Janner's death - an end to an unseemly CPS affair? | UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/7hHP3cSIBz 
• 10 human rights cases that defined 2015 | UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/eHCBWG1XOA 
• It's all over for the pupillage-less BPTC graduates who started their own chambers https://t.co/jtvFXLBQCU
• Chelsea employ clever legal tactics in Eva Carneiro constructive dismissal case https://t.co/rUfC9DglEh 
• ULaw students hit by legal database fail https://t.co/2z4Xrnvyk0 
• Top lawyers' horror at prospect of putting a dead man on trial https://t.co/8Ufvcfd5n8 
• Should Oxford law student who wants Cecil Rhodes statue removed should have taken Rhodes scholarship cash https://t.co/B1hCbwbuVm 
• Christmas carol gets the lawyer treatment -- and it’s soul-destroying https://t.co/sZo5dLNSBL
• Solicitor-advocate uses client's Christmas jumper as advocacy tactic https://t.co/dqc8hOXk6A 
• A lesson in commercial awareness from someone who never used to understand it https://t.co/AcpJSVPfOA
• Though Tories seem confused about importance of wide religious education, my eight-year-old daughter grasps it well https://t.co/SUNtvkVBf6
• Rosewood massacre a harrowing tale of racism and the road toward reparations https://t.co/P9TtTbTxks 
• Rosewood race massacre a harrowing tale of racism and the road toward reparations #US https://t.co/P9TtTbTxks 
• Vulnerable forced to battle the energy giants as billing complaints top 40,000 https://t.co/JEiVhM1gPD 
• Deutschland 83: ‘A lot of people were happy in East #Germany’ https://t.co/OuLDGOjC7X 
• #Kyrgyzstan detains Briton for 'horse penis' delicacy comparison https://t.co/hSbq2yEI8L 
• Blair and other ex-ministers barred from using UK embassies for own interests https://t.co/JIU9I44t7W 
• Scottish police investigate death of Sussex cricketer Matthew Hobden https://t.co/hdDNjnATel 
• UK arms exports escape scrutiny under Tory government https://t.co/y5dw0Bakqz
• #Italian government investigates after five pregnant women die in a week https://t.co/7InCPwj6vF 
• Isis hostage clip shows English-speaking boy and jihadi warning of attacks https://t.co/MoHYDLxE3o 
• Living wage will lead to new boom in migrants, claim Eurosceptics https://t.co/b3L0KxVM2X 
• David Cameron’s threat to leave EU is security risk, says Keir Starmer https://t.co/N2efFyOFoq 
• #US ultra-conservative Justice Scalia dismisses religious neutrality: ‘nothing wrong’ with state invoking God https://t.co/SVg7pm7G0d 
• Libor fraudster Tom Hayes describes prison life in series of letters https://t.co/hQHjOgvzwc 
• David Cameron must do more for refugees this year, charities say https://t.co/CFAPvDl1Vp 
• Missing Hong Kong bookseller 'in #Chinese detention' https://t.co/QMmsvX4Ee4
• Blast near India mission in #Afghan city of Mazar-e-Sharif https://t.co/n6IALCJFrb 
• New laws on e-cigarettes to be introduced across EU https://t.co/7PhubIHJB3 
• Migrant crisis: Lesbos is microcosm of Europe's difficulties https://t.co/cstCimdi89 
• #Vietnam-China row over South China Sea plane landing https://t.co/PSmq7w7OH6 
• Oregon: Armed protest at US wildlife building #US https://t.co/zYC45cngId 
• #Iran: Saudis face 'divine revenge' for executing al-Nimr https://t.co/pv4lQlK95F 
• Islamic State militants kill five men it says 'spied for UK' https://t.co/KKjWHRxRyz
• TheLawMap Wig is out! https://t.co/J8JV15W80b
• Benjamin Netanyahu has said security will be tightened in #Israeli Arab areas https://t.co/uJZ1V9h44M
• A newly-elected Mexican mayor has been shot dead on her second day in office #MEXICO https://t.co/9HISn4aOpx 
• UK soldiers who fought in the Iraq War may face prosecution for alleged war crimes https://t.co/px10ZpbDBD 
• #ISRAEL Bans Novel on Arab-Jewish Romance From Schools for 'Threatening Jewish Identity' https://t.co/fxsoTASsxG

2nd January - Law News

1467th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & legal articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap
 
A very Happy New 2016 to all our readers!

Saturday Conversations on Law

• TheLawMap Wig is out! https://t.co/DGGyhINnq8
• Are UK bombs making a difference in Syria? The answer is 'not yet' https://t.co/uRxAzHrORf 
• Mobile phone users should be more alert, says ex-security chief https://t.co/Ur5A6SYePc 
• Honour for Preston man Fayyaz Ahmed who defused race tensions https://t.co/aSFTzwJVew
• Preston dog attack victim 'was having seizure' https://t.co/F8t66daSaB
• #Somali Al-Shabab militant group uses Donald Trump in propaganda film #US https://t.co/KJOmdE9PkJ
• Manhunt after gunfire outside Hull McDonald's restaurant https://t.co/SsWIAlrL4U 
• UK should 'degender' passports, says Maria Miller https://t.co/lhnys6szne 
• French soldiers, who were guarding the mosque in Valence shoot car attacker outside mosque: #FRANCE https://t.co/ToTX8YrufW 
• #SAUDIARABIA executes top Shia cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr https://t.co/lPG06AlyO0 
• 'Anti-IS group' claims BBC website attack https://t.co/SKMt4MENL5 
• Oyster card glitch leads to free travel in London https://t.co/m02Rsz3irX 
• Pathankot: Gunmen attack #INDIA air force base near Pakistan border https://t.co/opAg0181M2 
• Obama considers unilateral action on #US gun violence https://t.co/IqZvZ5UeS7 
• #Saudi Arabia: beheadings reach highest level in two decades https://t.co/V4hgjVELeF 
• Judge forces Bill Cosby's wife Camille to testify in civil case against him #US https://t.co/iuIHSzb8gU
• Corbyn vows to pressure government to properly fund flood defences https://t.co/atDxPK7n2B
• Labour's Simon Danczuk suspended over 'inappropriate behaviour' https://t.co/L5tQLCzUx7 
• #Nepalese women trafficked to #Syria and forced to work as maids https://t.co/48FeHRr64l 
• Madras high court orderS temple authorities in Tamil Nadu to refuse entry to people in western clothes #INDIA https://t.co/0jpRxk2RY0 
• Man arrested on suspicion of sex worker murder in Leeds https://t.co/Lxl773jx5X 
• CCTV of witnesses released in investigation into kidnap of two boys https://t.co/yWkGvivhER 
• Poachers using science papers to target newly discovered species https://t.co/kScVvdbkcz
• Justin Welby’s message on refugees is a clarion call for a better, bigger Britain https://t.co/jcSWFSWI2p
• Apple ad-blocking software scares publishers but Google is target https://t.co/tjJAqg5wVn 
• No safe alcohol limit, new guidelines to say https://t.co/DHzaKQbhzI 
• Labour calls for renationalisation after 'staggering' rail fare rises https://t.co/Uacxw2VsXM
• London rough sleepers double in five years https://t.co/mwUAO2Kdma 
• Dentists and housing workers to be trained to spot child sexual abuse https://t.co/0HMX3UBBmV 
• Iranian man faces deportation after Home Office rejects safety fears https://t.co/s9tum1yLpZ 
• London flats costing up to £1m outsell more affordable homes https://t.co/rdJndZ4EY5 
• Labour could stop cooperating with Tories in protest at party funding cuts https://t.co/8ecEc8dDYT 
• FGM court orders: a quiet revolution in child protection https://t.co/73mgoPBxIp
• Royal Mint squatters leave building after court ruling https://t.co/na7kPcQvUT
• Access to justice for all? Now that would be a measurably good: Justice is bigger than police and prisons https://t.co/vs8MKEo6Dd 
• The masked crusaders trying to restore law and order in #LIBYA https://t.co/fEdR1fVmXh
• Enshrining the right to vote and 2015's other constitutional amendment #US https://t.co/hEBwIMkTwE 
• Copyright of Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf , with plans for a critically annotated version to be printed in #GERMANY https://t.co/eo07NOQ54h 
• Europe set for a fundamental clash of ideas https://t.co/7eigGr6RHB 
• George Lucas has apologised for remarks he made in an interview in which he referred to Disney as "white slavers" https://t.co/VGJ8w1HDTt 
• British man arrested at #Dutch airport over 'bomb threat' https://t.co/WKjzETNnOw 
• #Dubai seeks cause of massive hotel fire at New Year https://t.co/zGUBLo6k3T 
• Munich 'not under imminent IS threat' - German officials #GERMAN https://t.co/2o1UFt0Pty 
• Drinking limits guidance set to be changed after review https://t.co/lg8hBMZYb6
• #US Treasury Sued over Donations for Israeli Squatter Settlements in Palestine https://t.co/nydezViGgL
• Sheffield United Football Club Racist chant claims probed https://t.co/eCN3vcoPlK 

1st January - Law News

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