17th January - Law News

1482nd 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

• Pope Francis greets migrants in the Vatican https://t.co/3yWEGdNLXQ
• Typical Scottish worker's pay tops England for first time https://t.co/0ksfIx2OPT 
• Britons held in Spain after UK man's death https://t.co/dLJZeYNQAr 
• Banning Trump from UK 'would do him good' says Alex Salmond https://t.co/yGEdVNtXYD
• #FRANCE drug trial: Brain-dead man dies in hospital https://t.co/NmMsse4151 
• Reflections on climate action in the aftermath of Paris | Human Rights Ireland https://t.co/QVsNaOFg5W
• The Espaces Generation Climat and the domestication of public engagement | Human Rights Ireland https://t.co/LPabrxp5kw 
• Severe criticism of style or inadequate defence? https://t.co/0jzmdlCQiv
• 2016, Artificial Intelligence and the Year of Circumspection https://t.co/CIawsLEZuE
• Stripping down to improper advice? https://t.co/8FKtl6mcSf
• Jeremy Hyam: Mere negligence may breach Art 2 in NHS hospital cases| UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/FU3VcAjzQ9 
• Surveillance of Internet usage in the workplace | UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/oOvNdUR6cw
• A new cohort of 107 silks has been appointed, including 25 women and three solicitor-advocates. | New Law Journal: https://t.co/twnY767ND3 
• Corbyn slams fat cat lawyer myth | New Law Journal: https://t.co/fWX0dgk4db 
• ICC aims for arbitral transparency | New Law Journal: https://t.co/q1NOyhKHIP 
• Peers concerned: No definition in Immigration Bill of “genuine obstacle” to failed asylum seekers | New Law Journal https://t.co/QXYQZyLrnc
• New bar chief takes the helm: Chantal-Aimée Doerries QC, of Atkin Chambers, has taken the helm | New Law Journal: https://t.co/62nLJPhirH
• Thames Water recieves record fine for pollution | New Law Journal: https://t.co/cN2ngL9pgX 
• Data thieves under fire: Information commissioner calls for harsher sentences | New Law Journal: https://t.co/3bTGdp05K5 
• Litigants bringing claims up to £25,000 could access court without lawyers | New Law Journal: https://t.co/wSpYGEOHrb
• Top judge calls for lawyerless courts https://t.co/247kEQK1xM
• Hilarious parody video mocks privileged white law graduate https://t.co/iHMvPF4Zr4
• The solicitors who quit the City to work in sexy areas of law https://t.co/TRk7vtz8Ps 
• 'I'm a disillusioned science PhD: should I do the GDL?' https://t.co/A184nGj7Be
• Trowers & Hamlins improves on poor autumn trainee retention performance https://t.co/u1s2cyAQRq 
• Co-op training contract freeze continues despite expansion https://t.co/gZgUlkRAjn 
• Top criminal chambers boosts pupillage award from £16k to £40k https://t.co/HUjdoTMZTl 
• David Bowie used to be a paralegal based near Lincoln’s Inn https://t.co/j3dukGUzg2 
• Just 23% of new QCs are women -- but Boris' wife is one of them https://t.co/Pwq9gFefa2
• BPP law student charged with murder appears in court -- but does not enter plea https://t.co/aSpvo9v14j
• 'Making a Murderer’: could we see an English version? https://t.co/XCh1Ckn0r8
• Hill Dickinson partner fined £1,000 by SRA over ‘domestic incident’ https://t.co/e52OOhnyjk 
• Research: Non-legal employers favour law graduates over all other applicants https://t.co/qAm55dFEal
• Aspiring lawyer charged with murder does NOT attend BPP despite LinkedIn claims https://t.co/sFWDf7X6We
• Man banned for life from going within four metres of a bike rack in legal first https://t.co/5RM9eyjxuR 
• Money talks: Weil Gotshal continues 100% trainee retention after cash boost https://t.co/s5oVGmIG77 
• Durham student rape acquittal sparks talk of criminal law reform https://t.co/8Y0XV2amX8 
• Law student in five-year legal battle to use penis drawing as official signature https://t.co/0iu7KssfF2 
• DLA Piper associate offers training contract ‘coaching’ and ‘guidance’ at £40 an hour https://t.co/KhRUd2fy3V 
• Nosy bosses CANNOT read your private WhatsApp conversations due to ECHR ruling https://t.co/S9hBNsPltR
• Lord Chief Justice says judges are feeling stressed out at work https://t.co/zuxYA7xpK4 
• British Legion calls for more research into Gulf War illnesses https://t.co/Qdc2kPrPws 
• Bill Cosby to claim immunity in sex assault case #US https://t.co/cMVOxAREQG 
• #Iran nuclear deal: 'New chapter' for Tehran as sanctions end https://t.co/XajICAoLcg 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! https://t.co/DNGBA8l2wR
• Allow extremists to speak at universities, says Oxford head https://t.co/la8c0KnV04 
• Is it corruption for a politician to take a bribe if he doesn't follow through? https://t.co/UlPedG9xZP 
• Queen Rania responds to Charlie Hebdo's Alan Kurdi cartoon https://t.co/cWD5A8V4rq
• Jason Rezaian and three other US prisoners freed in #Iran https://t.co/qlvyAcMev8 
• Jeremy Corbyn warns businesses over 'unfair' pay https://t.co/kEgxEogPJc 
• Murderer John Wilson fails to return to prison in Greenock https://t.co/XbqlHHgOHm 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! https://t.co/yL7Du2WzVG

16th January - Law News

1481st 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

• 'Under-qualified doctor repeatedly ignored senior colleagues' as they battled to save young mother https://t.co/ubTaFZEad9 
• High Court judges get inflation-busting 3% pay rise https://t.co/ngeMglV9F4 
• Earl and Countess of March attacked and tied up by robber who cleaned out their safe at Goodwood https://t.co/khZhKmO3sZ 
• Man jailed for 23 years after brutally murdering ex-girlfriend, 21, as punishment for ending relationship https://t.co/v6YgUKVQ1U 
• Teacher's caesarean death: Doctor ignored senior consultant on how to help woman breathe, trial hears https://t.co/WH9NAs0rZe
• Judges complain of not having taste test in icy lolly legal battle https://t.co/6W4dZ3t7X3 
• Paedophiles and rapists let off with cautions by Cumbria Police https://t.co/7JBjehJMdL 
• Detained Swedish human rights activist accused of 'making trouble in #China' https://t.co/ZNInW4J3Cc 
• ‘Donald Trump would be disqualified’ for president under citizenship logic, says Ted Cruz #US https://t.co/I9mhYUasIF 
• High court judges to be given inflation-busting pay award https://t.co/2npaUO7BNv
• As gang violence rises again, drug legislation is screaming out for reform https://t.co/IgTp3ElqQr 
• My journey back to #Rwanda: confronting the ghosts of the genocide 21 years later https://t.co/1Of3qC4b7J 
• The Guardian view on snooping at work: bosses are one thing, but don’t forget Big Brother | Editorial https://t.co/6k7ENuEfKl 
• Dutch man suspected of killing Isis fighter could face murder charge #NETHERLANDS https://t.co/NOTmc5a1K9 
• Charlie Hebdo’s refugee cartoon isn’t satirical. It’s inflammatory https://t.co/bV7krsjpGV 
• Householders can use 'disproportionate' level of force against intruders https://t.co/I7r4p3JO8k
• Leigh Day: Britain's sale of arms to Saudi Arabia violates international law | Legal Futures https://t.co/uHMfFJ8R7N 
• Clifford Chance pushes forward on full-equity overhaul | Legal Futures https://t.co/fh6yWliQQk 
• Wilson Sonsini, WilmerHale and Cooley top new life sciences index | Legal Futures https://t.co/9gV7jw9WLj 
• Hogan Lovells makes key FinTech hire | Legal Futures https://t.co/cFw7E4wPr2 
• Pinsent Masons hires new leader for Vario | Legal Futures https://t.co/TKsCi3Mt1I 
• ECHR: Company check of employee's private comms at work legitimate | Legal Futures https://t.co/zrEqPWqzT2
• McDonald's hit with EU antitrust complaint | Legal Futures https://t.co/kRGxkK05nR 
• Corbyn annihilates Cameron in their most dramatic PMQs showdown yet https://t.co/xWbRiSzJMi 
• Files detailing police spying operations against protesters published online https://t.co/LFc2TBVvIp 
• Ex-Army chief Lord Bramall faces no further action over abuse claims https://t.co/ALIa6vz2oK 
• #FRANCE clinical trial: 90 given drug, one man brain-dead https://t.co/bc1kVx98vi 
• Ex-Sun editor Kelvin MacKenzie: 'People are not hard-up' https://t.co/aqOydR8QyP 
• Rapper Mos Def ordered to leave #SouthAfrica in passport row https://t.co/Md8elxJu6o 
• Cologne attacks: Migrant men banned from swimming pool #GERMANY https://t.co/7jTdozNsHP 
• Archbishop Justin Welby hopes for fixed Easter date https://t.co/eNchijGlCW

15th January - Law News

1480th 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:  Concerns resurface over lawyer-client communications in prisons. A leading QC has called for legal privilege to be 'firmly in the statute books' amid concerns the prison service self-authorises breaches of professional privilege (LPP). The call for action comes after justice minister Andrew Selous MP told the House of Commons that the National Offender Management Service (NOMS) has the power 'to intercept prisoner's communications in specific circumstances'. Full story - Solicitors Journal

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Top 10 stories: 8-14 January 2016 | The Lawyer https://t.co/VO1cm8Cjqu 
• Global expansion: has Withers bitten off more than it can chew? | The Lawyer https://t.co/24h7XIDOCq 
• Barclays names new investment banking GC | The Lawyer https://t.co/pTzWmUzqk4 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: KWM Europe and Middle East MP Boss to step down one year early | The Lawyer https://t.co/bkXl8FrEpU 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Reed Smith to cut 45 lawyer roles across US, UK and Europe | The Lawyer https://t.co/sCXYsi69En 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Clifford Chance pushes forward on full-equity overhaul | The Lawyer https://t.co/Qjq1OMtTD2 https://t.co/obnh6IJViJ 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Linklaters’ Asia partnership slims down further as three partners retire | The Lawyer https://t.co/obnh6IJViJ 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Freshfields celebrates as CMA clears £12.5bn BT EE deal | The Lawyer https://t.co/Fyf03M9t57 
• Losing weight and law firm marketing | Law Gazette https://t.co/7S6PAb3H4t 
• Pay deterring best from High Court bench, MoJ warns | Law Gazette https://t.co/IxIU5Ih48H 
• High Court overturns SDT anonymity order | Law Gazette https://t.co/JyQiL0HJGm 
• Asylum solicitors ‘deliberately obfuscating costs’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/itWdKIR1kK 
• We won’t intervene over insurance prices, admits Treasury | Law Gazette https://t.co/p3wrz7RRnM 
• Reed Smith cuts 45 lawyer jobs in restructure | Law Gazette https://t.co/4WQzAesNWZ 
• Student’s ‘robot lawyer’ to make compensation claims | Law Gazette https://t.co/iyE2cTacqB
• SRA takes central exam plan on the road | Law Gazette https://t.co/9XiAkGWZq9 
• DWP's Jobcentre Harassment To Start From 12 Years Old https://t.co/Nbx6KxmAas 
• Migrant crisis: #SWITZERLAND defends asset seizure law https://t.co/gTtZmgXPCB 
• Kosovo war crimes court to try KLA suspects in The Hague https://t.co/n1lJVm1eXo 
• Food 'should show activity needed to burn off calories' https://t.co/i65E8omocA
• Jakarta attacks: Convicted militant named as attacker https://t.co/gXzu9Sg81o 
• Netflix cracks down on proxy streaming https://t.co/C9Yv5gXxiB 
• George W Bush tops Wikipedia 15th birthday most edited list https://t.co/wbBClIUuob
• Lord Janner 'abused 12 at children's homes' https://t.co/jioX4mPmpP
• TheLawMap Wig is out! https://t.co/qxBl8CmmaV
• Man faces court charged with murdering retired solicitor, 79-year-old Donald Lock https://t.co/cU2kB9AHzh
• Couple settle case against solicitor accused of negligence #IRELAND https://t.co/46SiP681xR 
• What is the difference between a solicitor and conveyancer? #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/LqvYkoiEep 
• Newly qualified solicitor takes part in The Lawyer’s Project Millennial https://t.co/Fd5ItzqLBv 
• Cardiff Central MP Jo Stevens appointed in second role as Labour reshuffle continues https://t.co/JEeYCOASIN https://t.co/QDgJkz5zY4 
• Law Society comment on CMA study of legal services https://t.co/QDgJkz5zY4 
• Sean Penn: The Legal and Ethical Repercussions He Faces After El Chapo Interview https://t.co/uOIqU26zsw 
• Shortlist revealed for Manchester Legal Awards 2016 https://t.co/t5JdMWypj1 
• Court to consider motion in Holyrood IndyCamp legal row https://t.co/RcBCJbvcUq 
• #ARGENTINA to Make Offer to U.S. Hedge Funds to End Legal Standoff https://t.co/Vcuf4uTi9Y 
• Legal action launched against 7-Eleven owner who allegedly underpaid $31,500 #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/nEsiGOp65q 
• Legal threat over Scottish air pollution levels https://t.co/XRRb1YxyVH 
• Spy agency may have incited B.C. couple to commit terrorist act, lawyer says #CANADA https://t.co/ElLDKytQ2h 
• City lawyer who is also an ex Merseyside Police sergeant interviewed over alleged assault on woman https://t.co/MBkIE4Lh3V 
• University of Kentucky law student speaks about his Commonwealth Stadium drone crash https://t.co/K78Jeg9QTK
• UK parliament passes first English-only law https://t.co/0kXlnZCXz5 
• Mills & Reeve named as one of top 10 law firms in the UK by deal volume in the Experian review of UK mergers https://t.co/hMWNQs1Db9 
• ‘Liberals who back Sharia law would be its first victims’ https://t.co/4Y4DzbT3xg
• NHS ‘breaking the law’ with poor trans services, landmark report warns https://t.co/DGqt805YeK 
• Parliament approves law regulating online media #KUWAIT https://t.co/Bce7DWjnKX 
• Competition law warning and advisory letters register https://t.co/BhyZdvUJJx
• Education Secretary unveils plans to change adoption law https://t.co/wo5Tpa8953
• Innocence Lawyer Chris Mumma Violated Ethics in Helping Client #US https://t.co/W5Su9enRIB 
• Beijing arrests prominent human rights lawyer #CHINA https://t.co/C6qxDdvpqs 
• Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam 'contacts lawyer' #FRANCE https://t.co/MVdgCAK4mz
• 'Making a Murderer': Steven Avery's Lawyer on Suspicions About Jury #US https://t.co/9WhKWnY5da 
• Metallica Apologizes, Blames Lawyer for Cease and Desist Sent to Cover Band https://t.co/CvIbKW3Aev 
• Pembroke lawyer being investigated for allegations of professional misconduct #CANADA https://t.co/HKfi2Yb5HN
• Machinery of justice faces profound change https://t.co/sU1p4AJ2HM 
• The secret lives of the Mafia hunters https://t.co/2BgMw6LaOy 
• Anglican communion to restrict #US Church over gay marriage https://t.co/QDQGC1n6dq 
• Fragmented school places system 'harms education' https://t.co/rDEYbP7KTx 
• UK airstrikes: MoD pave way for cover-up of civilian deaths in explosive new revelation https://t.co/Hu5hXjb8OX
• Widow of American killed in Jordan attack sues Twitter over growth of Isis #US https://t.co/QODxyNu9CK 
• #German taskforce finds only five of 1,500 artworks were looted by Nazis https://t.co/nf48SzWWw8
• Under-40s worse off as result of state pension changes, data shows https://t.co/8pUto2OF6n 
• Anglican church avoids split over gay rights – but liberals pay price https://t.co/htVyuNMCms 
• City solicitor accepts fine from SRA over assault conviction | Legal Futures https://t.co/tW4l1YS65f 
• LeO to spend less on complaints about law firms and more on CMCs | Legal Futures https://t.co/xYzcp1G43f 
• Senior prison official has been detained in Russia accused of stealing a 50km (31-mile) length of highway #RUSSIA https://t.co/2DZHJYFqMY 
• One third of UK legal sector risks information with poor cybersecurity | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/40sm6gfkQH 
• Indonesia to appeal court's ruling to absolve company for forest fire | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/sKG0MdyS5K 
• Argentina attempts to end legal standoff with offer to US hedge funds | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/dnBcvSfmq3 
• McDonald's hit with EU antitrust complaint | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/ZQj1IbyQ2l 
• Lawsuit challenges use of 'In God We Trust' on US money | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/P10WQ2iSfp 
• Student builds robot lawyer for challenging fines | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/DWqNcaO6p9 
• Slaughters and SullCrom face US probe over StanChart advice | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/xiDBXNRYnn
• Legal services to be probed by competition watchdog | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/L9w9KAcIeL
• Rob Lawrie admits bid to sneak Afghan child from Calais https://t.co/kZVPXsTQeC 
• 'Don't snoop on staff,' European bosses warned https://t.co/k6yGqOGNCA
• Renault shares plunge on factory raids by police #FRANCE https://t.co/heq5ZlOyPV 
• Hatton Garden jewellery heist: Final three guilty over £14m burglary https://t.co/at3IKpARA0 
• Thursday's UPDATED LawNewsIndex 14th January https://t.co/cxi7sSt4G5 #lawyers #legal #solicitor #barrister #attorney https://t.co/QjpFd8mGLc
• Rape Culture in #GERMANY Is Not an Imported Phenomenon, existing laws make it difficult to report rape by white men https://t.co/NnwLgTSjUe
• Sexual Attacks Widen Divisions in European Migrant Crisis https://t.co/GB6aKQmEY2 
• Where Police Violence Encounters Mental Illness https://t.co/3BsBkbUmcH
• #US Supreme Court strikes down unconstitutional law requiring a judge, not a jury, to sentence someone to death https://t.co/PZ8eKpwlDe
• #POLAND's retreat from the fundamental values of liberal democracy is reprehensible and foolish https://t.co/8xoAzOFmd5
• Standing in the Way of a Community Court in Brooklyn #US https://t.co/rOrGjB4zr9 
• Aid convoys and their supplies offer only a respite. What is needed is an immediate end to the civil war #SYRIA https://t.co/JBSVrIUoUB 
• Regulations such as safety features and registration are needed to make a dent in gun violence #US https://t.co/eb3hraOr3A
• #US Supreme Court Case on Public Sector Union Fees Rouses Political Suspicions https://t.co/FdSRNQpHs2
• Shaw review: Immigration detention in urgent need of reform https://t.co/PORIQG5OXO

14th January - Law News

1479th 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:  Judges’ morale, the soaring number of litigants in person and the poor state of courtroom IT are among challenges cited by the lord chief justice in his annual report to parliament published today. Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd also mentions for the first time ‘a note of caution’ following widespread opposition to the government’s new legal aid contracting regime. The lord chief justice says that alterations to pension arrangements have had ‘a significant impact’ on judicial morale. Full story - The Law Society Gazette

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Shami Chakrabarti steps down as Liberty director after 12 years https://t.co/Pp1xiHAHJJ 
• Sophie's law: mother campaigns to legally recognise 30-week foetuses #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/2zY2KCtctX 
• For our oversupply of lawyers, blame the cult of the celebrity barrister | Richard Ackland https://t.co/3mZfjC56Lu 
• #CHINA's pursuit of rights lawyers signals aggressive push against 'subversion' https://t.co/u8xac0gxgE 
• Fifth man arrested over abuse claims at G4s-run young offender facility https://t.co/53QG90YoUg 
• Files detailing police spying operations against protesters published online https://t.co/XnZz2IMEyW
• Can we really trust judges to protect reporters' confidential sources? https://t.co/07kC6GJ6Ys 
• Hocine Aït Ahmed obituary: law graduate and #Algerian independence leader https://t.co/av6EOBvkVW 
• Call of Duty publisher sued by family of #Angolan rebel https://t.co/j4p0bFmQcA 
• Supply chain audits fail to detect abuses, says report https://t.co/EZs5LoBSkP 
• Pinsent Masons bolsters Aberdeen real estate team | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/quLJCedwXg 
• BLM partner appointed new chair of Forum of Insurance Lawyers in Scotland | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/lLVHfFzIuW 
• TLT bolsters Scotland office with licensing legal director | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/rN8UYxY5vg 
• Cross-party group proposes new Act of Union | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/sXEFoO6MMR 
• Motion to remit ‘small and straightforward’ damages claim to new personal injury court refused | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/9XL6jx7QVi 
• England: Lord Thomas warns people are being forced to abandon the justice system | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/YHXd1q204F 
• Plan for public register of land ownership to improve transparency | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/cNpz3ZNEVp
• ESPC reports a surge in average property prices | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Ce9ApG6wFb 
• SLCC welcomes CMA review of legal services in England and Wales | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/580DtQ8hRO 
• Shami Chakrabarti to step down as director of Liberty | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/wrYHI3OLiC
• Shaping new law – Law Society launches latest video | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/OkSlxRbBlr 
• Employers warned to prepare for introduction of National Living Wage | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/m9SRWoARWe
• Employers can read private online messages sent during work rules Strasbourg | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/fbizlF7sc9 
• Legal Ombudsman cuts spending after caseload falls again | Law Gazette https://t.co/lhjODbX3Ek
• Chakrabarti steps down as Liberty director | Law Gazette https://t.co/PFV4COpZyk 
• ECHR not binding over legal costs appeal, rules judge | Law Gazette https://t.co/VEvgAhtITF 
• European court privacy ruling does not permit snooping, say experts | Law Gazette https://t.co/YwPskgvmKs
• Ministers forge ahead with October date for fixed clin neg fees | Law Gazette https://t.co/HeAIHFeSni 
• Lidl turns to Clarke Willmott on £6m property row | The Lawyer https://t.co/lcpTwgwWsM 
• IFG Group hires Bank of Montreal’s Rodriguez as new GC | The Lawyer https://t.co/upcaoUpsmb 
• Property fund LendInvest hires first in-house counsel from Simmons | The Lawyer https://t.co/6XP3ufBb0H
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Top-level changes at Pinsents’ Vario as Bond exits | The Lawyer https://t.co/Yv7W6HVW6O
• LAW FIRM NEWS: A&O and Dentons lead Global Collaboration Summit speaker line-up | The Lawyer https://t.co/98GUvuxfKX 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Linklaters and A&O advise as CMC Markets reveals IPO listing | The Lawyer https://t.co/y0RE8RgGah 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Slaughters and SullCrom face US probe over StanChart sanctions advice | The Lawyer https://t.co/3G2rasA6kc
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Fieldfisher reappoints Lohn to senior partner role | The Lawyer https://t.co/KESXj9qkXp 
• Five men bailed over G4S Panorama young offenders centre probe https://t.co/XeGLLoPF64 
• The man who wrecked the UK justice suystem, Chris says that the is apparently disastrous for UK https://t.co/ZCXNAJuzRf 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! https://t.co/HWbkLmvq4e
• Migrant crisis: #DENMARK MPs consider seizing valuables https://t.co/xXj5qwyCVX
• Robert Black case: Police were close to child murder charge https://t.co/HMw33JjnjS 
• Drugs gangs recruiting nine-year-olds, research suggests https://t.co/AiQP0rSUf5
• Met Police to increase armed officers to counter terrorism https://t.co/Zl4RvNFtAN
• Scotland Yard urgently reviewing terror bail cases in wake of Siddhartha Dhar blunders https://t.co/YRYPlbhC9v 
• Police investigating supergrass Alexander Perepilichnyy accused of 'extraordinary' cover-up https://t.co/vGzEoimLDL 
• Lawyers fees and legal aid cuts block access to justice, warn top judges https://t.co/g3tsQ4n8en
• Dominatrix escort 'outed' client to his employers to warn them, court hears https://t.co/NLJCQwcDQU 
• Gangs lure children under nine with new trainers and tracksuits https://t.co/3sKs0pBYfc 
• One in 12 criminals reoffends just 18 days after being freed from prison https://t.co/R4xurRw08s 
• Durham rape case: name and shame the bogus victims https://t.co/37L9E47GmN 
• Landmark case puts NHS Trust on trial alongside two doctors it is claimed were underqualified https://t.co/4NWJJUXpVp 
• Acid attacks becoming a growing problem https://t.co/Nwy8XtygL7 
• Competiton and Markets Authority to investigate legal services | Legal Futures https://t.co/7eMGTsF9Ez
• Confusion the biggest threat to new competence regime, survey suggests | Legal Futures https://t.co/wHVSkaGZGa 
• New York art dealer sues over Picasso sculpture that may have been sold twice https://t.co/CaLrW1JWkB 
• #VENEZUELA deadlock ends as opposition lawmakers barred by court step aside https://t.co/zdKu9KRPpA 
• Fears grow over gangs' exploitation of women and young people https://t.co/rdC55Vpb5g
• UK scientists ready to genetically modify human embryos https://t.co/stRu0N6O1c 
• HMRC admits to winding up inquiry into HSBC tax evasion claims https://t.co/ZZTp5aKKza 
• Anti-fracking protesters defiant after eviction from Upton camp https://t.co/X7e6aNoDDu 
• Solicitors welcome investigation into cost and quality of UK legal services https://t.co/3kzen9MzEg 
• Theresa May contrives to address privacy concerns over snooping bill – video https://t.co/eSwdpywhCY 
• Snooper's charter: cafes and libraries face having to store Wi-Fi users' data https://t.co/pWNTcuLaRK 
• Pro-choice activists plan Belfast protest over woman's abortion trial https://t.co/7Lst8YyvCJ 
• Diplomatic immunity of #Qatar's former billionaire PM questioned in high court https://t.co/39Zgpc67wm 
• Modern approach needed for ‘out of date’ fitness-to-plead test | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/hiFfCGOBDi
• CMA to study legal services market over standards and regulatory concerns | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/fgPh9IbFg1 
• Legal professional privilege must be enshrined in law, says Bar Council | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/dm5YU6uwiz
• Judges feel unloved as justice becomes unaffordable to most | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/vuzIcqw1jh 
• Lawyers and legal world movers, and shakers | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/3V0DslQInP
• HSF dominates FTSE litigation rankings | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/AXCsiPj338 
• Briggs review backs online court that cuts out lawyers | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/d8EzktDi5N 
• Insider trading trial to begin after six-year delay | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/MhafDvfJrL
• Bird & Bird's net debt up by a fifth as revenue increases | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/uK44KyC6rg 
• US firm Butler Snow builds Asia presence | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/aJYp57NG34
• Indonesia to appeal court's ruling to absolve company for forest fire | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/KMp4fmjqEV 
• Critics claim TPP opens NZ to legal attacks | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/54cvAto0X3

13th January - Law News

1478th 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:  Number of female applicants for QC still stubbornly low, selectors say. Justine Thornton among the 25 women out of a total of 107 successful applicants for Queen’s Counsel. Full story - Guardian Law

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Nearly half of junior doctors worked during strike, NHS says https://t.co/2WWzcpIbbO 
• Fossil fuel burning 'postponing next ice age' https://t.co/q0oGg84rRp 
• Sun faces phone-hacking claims from five high court claimants https://t.co/kj5wCFp0oH 
• Goldman Sachs pays Nick Clegg £22,500 for EU speech https://t.co/5T5KhcrGYI 
• #Turkey says Istanbul suicide bomber entered country as refugee https://t.co/w8awgFXC9z
• Plan to end student grants without Commons vote outrages opposition https://t.co/leuOXby4XG 
• Ruqia Hassan: the woman who was killed for telling the truth about Isis https://t.co/kqUX9ljYrA 
• I went to a Trump rally in my hijab: hard stares and dirty looks - His supporters aren't just racist caricatures https://t.co/puaPEDvi3m 
• Bribery trial involving #Australian red-light camera company Redflex begins https://t.co/YcfR4RoSVp 
• 200 people died in Russian police custody in 2015, says website #RUSSIA https://t.co/hMwWpnKQAO
• #KENYA is run by mafia-style cartels, says chief justice https://t.co/cz9gYYeDaB
• Joshua Rozenberg is first journalist to become an honorary QC https://t.co/9ZNJGt28oq
• #CHINA steps up human rights crackdown with arrest of foreign activist https://t.co/b3uICybKOU 
• Civil disobedience often leads to jail. But now, protestors can explain themselves https://t.co/51O9y7gzNH 
• How Jeremy Corbyn has reshaped the Labour party for a better and fairer future compared to its Blairite past https://t.co/BnoIzm8dUn 
• Top judge says justice system is now unaffordable to most https://t.co/vacoSBChuA 
• Brussels launches unprecedented EU inquiry into rule of law in #Poland https://t.co/aYuTN45UBh 
• Our collective shame: the treatment of children in custody https://t.co/RDZF5gKFYH 
• Ex-footballer Marcus Bent pleads guilty to affray https://t.co/xXO3Cv1nSQ 
• Every Tom, Dick and McKenzie? Antitrust watchdogs are barking up the wrong tree this time | Law Gazette https://t.co/0thobYUQfC 
• Antitrust watchdog to probe legal services | Law Gazette https://t.co/C18asvS5sp 
• Tributes pour in for ‘universally loved’ family solicitor | Law Gazette https://t.co/ttdHNKckUi 
• Legal aid portal ‘has not been hacked’ – MoJ | Law Gazette https://t.co/2fiBG6gJl8
• Judges’ morale sinks as justice becomes ‘unaffordable’ – LCJ | Law Gazette https://t.co/575OUqozuo
• ‘Old-school’ solicitor struck off for using client fund | Law Gazette https://t.co/MX4BRZtWS9 
• CPS letters to victims ‘lack empathy’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/qAugbawNn4
• Law Commission proposes fitness-to-participate update | Law Gazette https://t.co/7wagegMCks 
• Battle lines drawn over migrant crossings https://t.co/XwR3EVYjYK 
• Ruth Davidson: The 'tough old bird' of Tory Scotland https://t.co/4wNMTtk1JM
• Court to consider motion in Holyrood IndyCamp legal row https://t.co/PCktAHYjgh 
• Scottish secretary David Mundell comes out as gay https://t.co/J6EF0AH0aK
• MPs to vote on national anthem for England https://t.co/nWZuQdcPPB
• EU launches probe into new #Polish laws https://t.co/Cu2uOn6MsT 
• Private messages at work can be read by employers, says court #ECHR https://t.co/JG3lk3bhK0 
• Lego changes bulk buy policy after Ai Weiwei backlash https://t.co/RKQ5hQ1zWQ 
• Panorama G4S young offenders centre probe: Three arrested https://t.co/djnAMDJ3XW
• #Iran frees US Navy sailors held in Gulf after incursion https://t.co/33FF89DpD0 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! https://t.co/oRsh2DvUQy
• Department of Health adviser 'gagged' in Sky interview on junior doctors' strike https://t.co/XhaFxfHhRF 
• NFL player Jarryd Hayne 'teaching' Chris Gayle respect for women after sexism furore https://t.co/u6ggQRzsuM 
• Florida's judge-only death penalty sentencing ruled unconstitutional #US https://t.co/Grh57grCpR 
• Rewrite rules governing fitness to stand trial, says Law Commission https://t.co/nYtRyFBxjH 
• CPS lacks empathy with crime victims and witnesses, report finds https://t.co/wL07QKMw7L 
• 'Hacking' the law - computer programmers called in to aid advice centres | Legal Futures https://t.co/w9PwDPBA5H 
• Briggs lays out vision for lawyer-free online courts | Legal Futures https://t.co/ZaJCXrLbne 
• #IRAN detains 10 US sailors after vessels stopped in the Gulf https://t.co/hrNieeIRSD 
• 'English votes' rules used for first time in House of Commons https://t.co/idd4Ug1CdS 
• The G4S-run Medway youth jail must be closed | Frances Crook https://t.co/zDyqb8kJgl 
• Air pollution at this level for 10 more years will put a generation at risk https://t.co/1OSdWuakJI 
• Supreme court justices put on defensive in overturning 1977 teachers’ union case #US https://t.co/b1pxYNEgXX
• GM ignition nightmare goes on | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/C1I9PaLqjn 
• Co-op announces first legal buy-up | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/khV9CEhRFF 
• RBS ends tussle over pay with go-to law firms reappointed | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/XjUmigWUMW 
• Nabarro's ally Lefèvre Pelletier announces €44m merger | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/Qm8wdtTsyz 
• Judge calls on former FBI head to aid VW litigation | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/qc0R6H4lvM 
• Critics claim TPP opens NZ to legal attacks | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/FymVtmUMbZ 
• Study shows law students don't seek help for depression and substance abuse | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/UzPRTWBXJg 
• Nishith Desai expands in US with New York offering | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/dPh3BChjMy

12th January - Law News

1477th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & legal articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap
 
FOCUS OF THE DAY: The legal profession is entering an exciting new phase. In the next few decades changes to training, technology and the way lawyers are regulated will transform the landscape. Full story - The Lawyer

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Officers 'not warned' of gunman Raoul Moat death threat https://t.co/WOnji9uaHT 
• Magic circle out of the picture as HSF leads FTSE litigation rankings | The Lawyer https://t.co/1NU58yWIXP
• The real estate blog: The US approach to real estate finance in London | The Lawyer https://t.co/bpPS8EAKYz 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: US firm Butler Snow breaks into Asia with Singapore launch | The Lawyer https://t.co/SSV8SC72vn
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Bird & Bird net debt rises after refinancing | The Lawyer https://t.co/AXPSSiqXGw 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: MAB departures continues as Hill Dicks picks up partner duo | The Lawyer https://t.co/NjIK9DvW0z 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Freshfields and Hengeler advise on ChemChina’s $1bn Germany acquisition | The Lawyer https://t.co/pKJg3dBdqw
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Nabarro’s French ally Lefèvre Pelletier announces €44m merger | The Lawyer https://t.co/L7bhvYhEZO
• LAW FIRM NEWS: MAB shuts its doors as corporate and property teams join Veale Wasbrough Vizards | The Lawyer https://t.co/2bvgD1dmNT 
• Top judges support digital court processes to improve access to justice | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/Els4gID3PH 
• ICO repeats call for stronger sentences for data thieves | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/r3Bcpf4pQn 
• CMC stripped of licence after 40 million nuisance calls | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/8lDeoTur3I 
• Lawyers urged to be ‘cuter’ on social media to reap rewards for firms | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/KKubPBx4NI 
• Sevenfold rise in crime following proliferation of dating apps | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/cNk4W9uu5Q
• #Turkey: 'IS suicide bomber' kills 10 in Istanbul Sultanahmet district https://t.co/VjGdTBUkVk
• Robert Black: Convicted child killer dies in prison https://t.co/2BKn9ggFG7 
• Rochdale MP Simon Danczuk interviewed over rape claim https://t.co/lFmcoxw28a 
• Sammy Almahri appears in court charged with killing Cardiff woman Nadine Aburas whose body was found in hotel room https://t.co/D4EONUKNQH 
• Two men have been arrested in Walsall on suspicion of Syria-related terrorism offences https://t.co/cI3H8R8pxG 
• Alton Towers to open virtual reality rollercoaster https://t.co/gYdAHHoffT 
• Sian Blake death: Arthur Simpson-Kent remanded in #Ghana https://t.co/JgO3qQMAQq 
• Four sacked after Panorama investigation into G4S unit https://t.co/D1hOYhfWDh
• #GERMANY Leipzig: hundreds arrested after far right rampage https://t.co/6bxJy74m6n 
• Tory Government’s lawyer-bashing contrasts sharply with its appeasement of disgraced bankers | Law Gazette https://t.co/0oeba71JkO
• Billing: Lawyers must be adequately briefed on new electronic billing | Law Gazette https://t.co/lizE7WDezj 
• Lord chancellor appears in court | Law Gazette https://t.co/7UmXuPYVt8 
• Talent-spotting is top practice priority | Law Gazette https://t.co/xMIxrVfgil 
• Legal aid billing delay ‘stay of execution’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/VCTkIh8Jzd 
• Tribunal’s ‘serious doubts’ about prosecution of 79-year-old solicitor | Law Gazette https://t.co/rtI1LSlNm9
• Sentences for data thieves ‘not tough enough’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/x7GVJPxgId 
• Briggs review: Online court needed to cut out lawyers | Law Gazette https://t.co/bysNtn3tMX 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! https://t.co/KaNo5KLPIO
• UP student’s petition vs. Duterte COC still pending —Lim #PHILIPPINES https://t.co/pPFWLPbiAA 
• Defence lawyer in Edmonton Mac's murders case quotes Shakespeare on suicide #CANADA https://t.co/p51iyK5soB 
• Lunn shouldn’t pay for £6m tax fraud, claims lawyer https://t.co/vmrPJxIbty 
• Oscar Pistorius files for appeal of murder conviction: lawyer #SOUTHAFRICA https://t.co/R2FLHtKhyL 
• Boris Johnson and Ed Miliband's lawyer wives made QCs https://t.co/u2Jl6kKPCZ
• Wife of #Chinese human rights lawyer missing for six months tells of despair https://t.co/XiYf4f4cF1 Jan 12, 2016 
• EU rejects #Belgium corporate tax break worth $765 million https://t.co/G7BmKjHQvf 
• Supreme Court to rule on retroactivity of Armed Career Criminal Act decision #US https://t.co/wSZ1K68WS8 
• #ZIMBABWE death row inmates challenge sentences https://t.co/KqvS7r1QQO
• HRW: free association crucial to fair #UGANDA presidential election https://t.co/RO4uMJ4eqP
• Former Serbian commander indicted for war crimes in Croatia #BALKANS https://t.co/uEl5SwDmGZ
• Law is crucial for technology, which cannot exist or thrive without any legal system in place https://t.co/YHyJ0hO3Vg 
• Falana to Buhari: Obey the courts, release Dasuki, Nnamdi Kanu immediately #NIGERIA https://t.co/tyh45IMvyK
• Special courts to try land-grabbers under the Karnataka Land Grabbing (Prohibition) Act, 2011 #INDIA https://t.co/xJ9B5ntBZz 
• As Britain courts Beijing, golf club rues Chinese takeover https://t.co/XnTmwN07go 
• Stanford experts find flaws in Khmer Rouge Tribunal judgment #CAMBODIA https://t.co/8HJE12fReu 
• Consultancy spend at Co-operative Group ‘feral’, tribunal hears https://t.co/ZJJaKExCvm
• Secret evidence: coming to an employment tribunal near you https://t.co/hU88Nj9acU 
• Tribunal to address Homa Bay complaints #KENYA https://t.co/D6Nbw1do24
• Decision on transfer of higher secondary teachers after seeking Tribunal’s opinion: Rabb #INDIA https://t.co/SXhHdAFuc0 
• National Green Tribunal notice to MP govt over rising pollution in Bhopal #INDIA https://t.co/AdJYRvLPtW 
• Could legislation help boost women on boards? #US https://t.co/IDtfYWIurs
• #MYANMAR Government Speeds Through Contracts, Legislation https://t.co/uyFu63RUq0
• Ontario preparing legislation for doctor-assisted death #CANADA https://t.co/23UZGd7gLj 
• Centre plans trash cleaning machines, law on Ganga rejuvenation #INDIA https://t.co/g3VymvL9Wf 
• Chief justice, Surendra Kumar Sinha, alleged executive has sought to snatch away all the powers of the judiciary https://t.co/JfbgZRXLF7 
• Constitution should be amended for reservation in higher judiciary: Madras High Court Judge #INDIA https://t.co/fPs0mG8H4o
• PPP, judiciary has sacrificed a lot for democracy: Bilawal #PAKISTAN https://t.co/Yg0XZ8DPbm 
• Public has a less than good perception of the judiciary #MALAYSIA https://t.co/EvzfBjdnVc 
• Judiciary looking to enhance court-to-court arrangements in cross-border insolvency: CJ Menon #SINGAPORE https://t.co/6VLbrNaKdm
• Question often raised after the film star Salman Khan hit-and-run case verdict #INDIA https://t.co/o6gqbRndnZ 
• Judith Smith Kaye, the first woman chief judge of New York, has died at 77 #US https://t.co/F2xZJN4oAz 
• Rotorua District Court Judge James Weir has been found dead at his home #NEWZEALAND https://t.co/iFhqSNsyhs 
• Judge clears way for former Penn State president's lawsuit #US https://t.co/q15OajaMAi 
• Merkel under pressure as public outrage over Cologne attacks grows #GERMANY https://t.co/7LOBjIGxVs 
• "Depressing." Labour's verdict as former SNP justice secretary warns of police turf war https://t.co/pODo4JgVxh 
• Top Newcastle barrister outlines divorce process facing X Factor judge https://t.co/4lHUOnQrqu 
• Battersea barrister who battled Cadbury's and cancer to be recognised with British Citizen Award https://t.co/nzPfDoGiBY
• Barrister fights prostitute over N2k 'service charge' #NIGERIA https://t.co/XmysEUoW7P
• Phoebe Waller-Bridge on Crashing, social awkwardness and being the Broadchurch barrister https://t.co/zGZua8qBD7 
• Get to know the Solicitor General #PHILIPPINES https://t.co/HB8yIFTskD 
• NAHL Buys Conveyancing Search Provider Searches UK For GBP2 Million https://t.co/xNrPB5G5Dg 
• Broker bonus goes after conveyancer reduces fees https://t.co/oqIla7UmXA 
• Co-op bolsters its legal business https://t.co/TpV9BxWfwH 
• Legal highs in Newcastle: Seven rushed to hospital as police shut down Fenham premises https://t.co/G1aZhOnuJm 
• Will Sean Penn Face Legal Trouble for Secretly Interviewing El Chapo? https://t.co/tiG8ZT3cdC
• Sunderland could face fine, points deduction and even legal action over collapse of deal to sign Lamine Kone https://t.co/fUJ7OJJo0j 
• UK Under Cameron Illegally Sold 8.7 Billion Dollars in Arms to Saudi Arabia, Claims Group https://t.co/pd4Udirild
• Revealed: Law Society, APIL and MASS join forces to fight government PI reforms | Legal Futures https://t.co/0dnWlWa2ez 
• Solicitor admits breaking professional rules to help get murderer convicted | Legal Futures https://t.co/DlSqkvWOax 
• Kester David: Metropolitan Police apologise to family amid racism claims https://t.co/nUjxRYi90g 
• Sir Philip Dilley quits as Environment Agency chairman after Barbados holiday during floods https://t.co/Etj0yn58U8 
• Durham university sex case: Young woman 'demeans genuine rape victims by lying', court hears https://t.co/d9dqgvHcCj 
• Royal Navy sex tape: Female sailor 'felt violated' after sex in warship showers filmed https://t.co/Pq3Lxa90l6 
• Justine Thornton, wife of Ed Miliband, named a QC https://t.co/pX3mXNS9bT 
• Benefits Street star 'Black Dee' jailed over drugs and bullets https://t.co/NyAgEAiz9Q 
• Traffic wardens given police protection after rows with parents at school gates https://t.co/bDiliec0Xh 
• EU migrant crisis: #Germany sends migrants back to Austria https://t.co/MtrWNIsZ2u 
• Guilty pleasure: how Making a Murderer tapped into our weakness for true crime https://t.co/N7wURfH7hK 
• Supreme ​court may overturn fee requirement for non-union workers #US https://t.co/xwbVB69WWC
• Immigration Bill’s lack of detail could have ‘profound effect’ on vulnerable individuals | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/eGAqLsJipj
• ‘Ambulance-chasing lawyers’ have abused legal aid in claims against British soldiers | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/qwIU1GWysq 
• Shadow attorney general quits Labour's justice team, replaced by the very capable Karl Turner | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/pfkN5T6K79 
• QC promotions: Number of women silk applicants remains ‘stubbornly low’ | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/31bpEgEinD 
• Joshua Rozenberg recognised with honorary QC award | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/1PyYBiQ8mz 
• Sevenfold rise in crime following proliferation of dating apps | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/RXSbkXSqXe 
• Allen & Overy hands out thicker pay packets in 2015 | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/yE6fMWMZxT 
• 75 per cent of UK 200 firms could vanish within five years, says new report | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/wH8Uyb2Nmc 
• Law firms are resting on their laurels, report suggests | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/8F7kp6Wpyw 
• SRA puts solicitor competence under the microscope | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/NpxywPmI7R 
• Nishith Desai expands in US with New York offering | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/maicGb1AJs 
• Lawyers face 'bleak' marriage prospects in India, Chief Justice warns | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/4npxZ1V1lo 
• Holman Fenwick Willan sees revenue and profit fall | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/nQKadpZFgi 
• Dewey retrial set for September | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/HyMITEewRC

11th January - Law News

1476th 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: Acas identifies bullying, pay, the new Trade Union Bill, productivity, and the increased use of zero hour contracts as major issues for the coming year, in its Workplace Trends 2016 report. The report includes advice from a range of employment experts on ways to deal with these issues. Full story - New Law Journal

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Defiant #US fraudster Allen Stanford vows to clear name https://t.co/JFgvgIQOYY
• Litigation report: the Lawyer Market Research findings | The Lawyer https://t.co/USrHZucANq 
• Why Canadian firms lead on gender balance | The Lawyer https://t.co/USrHZucANq 
• Industry leaders: Collaborating on climate change | The Lawyer https://t.co/7NrNUPOf5w 
• Loyens advises European Investment Bank over Qredits loan deal | The Lawyer https://t.co/04XbAvOVK2 
• Loyens advises European Investment Bank over Qredits loan deal | The Lawyer https://t.co/fnr71EySCm 
• Loyens advises Equate Petrochemical on MEGlobal acquisition | The Lawyer https://t.co/fnr71EySCm
• Star legal writers: real estate | The Lawyer https://t.co/IuvLSKSuMt
• Romania: seeking more foreign investment | The Lawyer https://t.co/zR1iVEaYwa 
• Project Millennial: the famous five | The Lawyer https://t.co/kwbipllueM 
• IP a big winner as Gowling WLG reveals new global sector focus | The Lawyer https://t.co/5q9s3fW6FK 
• 75% of UK 200 “to disappear” within five years, Arden claims | The Lawyer https://t.co/9pfHm0o7ZO
• LAW FIRM NEWS: London makes up quarter of Reed Smith’s partner promotions | The Lawyer https://t.co/Gd5g9KyYaC 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Winckworth Sherwood picks up three Fasken Martineau partners | The Lawyer https://t.co/79zd13gA5w
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Ashfords wins £5.9m sole advisor role for Wandsworth Council | The Lawyer https://t.co/GHQ50xXmHw 
• Asia moves: 11 January 2016 | The Lawyer https://t.co/r6TZEDMwka 
• Mona Arshi is a prize-winning poet and former human rights lawyer. She recently won the Forward prize | The Lawyer https://t.co/aRWQNdeGQs 
• QC appointment numbers hit five-year high with 107 new silks | The Lawyer https://t.co/ItYqMeM4dw 
• Number of female applicants for QC still stubbornly low, selectors say https://t.co/SP8eDrJ2LY 
• Cologne attackers were of migrant origin - minister #GERMANY https://t.co/KyqDcUp2zh 
• Woman banned from speaking Polish at work wins £5,000 payout | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/ELnIP3QZNG 
• Blog: Gordon Jackson QC on maintaining the rule of law | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/y3WTzJhS23 
• BAILII completes upload of Scots case law for open access | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/DvUJEh98xA 
• Claims of 'turf war' between Police Scotland and SPA 'depressing' says MacAskill | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/poXhOncm6C
• Scot who caused uproar in Kyrgyzstan after comparing national dish to horse penis returns home | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/3p1EeFaYlf 
• Labour's Shadow Attorney General quits cabinet | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Xot9Fc0afU 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! https://t.co/bis8ET0XD8
• World Anglican Church leaders meet amid gay division https://t.co/16cQun2V2H 
• Families to demand resignations over Southern Health NHS Trust deaths https://t.co/wf7278Oskd 
• #SPAIN's Princess Cristina to go on trial for fraud https://t.co/TylaAkNoF9 
• Sian Blake: EastEnders actress's partner due in #Ghana court https://t.co/3MbaFWITXV 
• Millions of bank customers face increase in fees https://t.co/Clz5PDSyQH
• 'Davey Cameron is a pie': Jeremy Corbyn's Twitter account hijacked https://t.co/47HakFqikm 
• Harvard scholar: Ted Cruz's citizenship, eligibility for president ‘unsettled’ #US https://t.co/eCpGC0r4ZH
• Andy Burnham calls for G4S to be stripped of youth prisons contract https://t.co/tkMNwLzteK 
• A Profile: Sheldon Fagelman, partner and personal injury lawyer at GLP Solicitors, Pendlebury | Law Gazette https://t.co/F9BDf0jFgZ 
• My legal life: Tom Carver, Partner, J A Kemp, London - A Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/uH64iQwvwR 
• Lawyers: learn from coffee houses | Law Gazette https://t.co/fjEMHUbCHJ 
• Locking up the lawyers: the rule of law under attack all over the world | Law Gazette https://t.co/Yz7GkoeDzI
• Co-op puts legal business ‘at heart of rebuild’ with first buy-up | Law Gazette https://t.co/CUQinnKwUV 
• Creditors bear £300m cost of law firm collapses | Law Gazette https://t.co/23JSqQhTL7
• Legal aid contract challenges extended to May | Law Gazette https://t.co/Fgei1xersK
• McKenzie friends: call for code | Law Gazette https://t.co/SgLq7cyaMY 
• Council ‘co-sources’ from law firm amid cuts | Law Gazette https://t.co/xtvyXWIovN 
• QC selection panel switch | Law Gazette https://t.co/hXQD5Wb24Z 
• ‘Dishonesty claims that fail should incur penalties’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/3d0MEfRD5R 
• Judge allowed to sit on sharia court set up by Hebdo protest cleric https://t.co/knWRDodrM4 
• 'Abused' British policewoman sues New York for £30m over son's removal https://t.co/n8MDRNp8YY 
• Gangs netting millions from house purchase email scam https://t.co/FiQfIGBxHV 
• Dumper truck driver goes on two hour rampage after row over air conditioning https://t.co/Rz5pHbRcYn 
• Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe criticised for taking new luxury car amid police cuts row https://t.co/F5llnjds7C 
• Crimes linked to Tinder and Grindr increase seven fold https://t.co/tIxYz2Lgg6 
• Law student launches his own 'law practice' -- and charges himself out at £25 an hour https://t.co/dQfkJZf228 
• People actually watch the UK Supreme Court TV channel https://t.co/qyp7oQUmFx 
• Slaughter and May keeps 38 out of 40 qualifying trainees in first retention announcement of 2016 https://t.co/T7I8Wh9Ea8 
• Law student pain as PLC subscriptions fail to auto-renew for 2016 -- days before essay deadline https://t.co/WcFTL46VhT 
• Hogan Lovells promotes three former trainees to its five new London partner positions https://t.co/gsTQLjlS7L 
• The world is going crazy for the lawyers from Netflix's 'Making a Murderer' https://t.co/IpIyPH9PPP 
• This is what you do on a London vacation scheme at a US-based international firm https://t.co/4DMnI2lH4E 
• Nabarro improves on disappointing autumn retention result to reveal 89% spring figure https://t.co/y8YwITK5WZ 
• Freshfields graduate recruitment website goes offline for scheduled maintenance on TC application deadline day https://t.co/vQCtjrvAX2 
• Legal aid is a 'basic human right' not an 'economic benefit', says Jeremy Corbyn https://t.co/7c0qZpjzI5 
• Beyond the brochure: Five things you learn at a law firm open day https://t.co/LRMFazBMVZ 
• Male criminal hacks make way for female commercial barristers as Bar Council unveils new chiefs https://t.co/sTbgGSoexi 
• Iraq abuse inquiry firm comes out swinging against Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal referral https://t.co/Yof2iA26g0 
• Number of students studying undergraduate law degrees has risen by 28% since 2007 https://t.co/o1arS2jey3
• Social mobility charity's 'Model Law Commission' gets students thinking about what being a lawyer actually means https://t.co/1OPjHsHhHu
• Junior barrister appears in court over supplying drugs in heart of legal London https://t.co/yl2BLta3Mr 
• Birkbeck law grad crowdfunds nearly £3k in a fortnight towards LPC fees https://t.co/284lix49Hn
• Robots aren't such a big threat to lawyers, say top academics https://t.co/UzvCSUmFQm
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