6th April - Law News

1562nd 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: There is a serious lack of transparency over the pricing of common legal services, major new research has found – with those providers who do publish their rates and also the ones who offer fixed fees generally cheaper than law firms that do not. It showed big variations in prices – with some firms charging many thousands of pounds for services for which others were paid hundreds – and the potential benefits to consumers in shopping around. Full story - Legal Futures

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Essex Legal Services becomes only fourth local authority ABS | Legal Futures: https://t.co/yD3inGS7J2
• BSB warns commercial pressures driving barristers to take risks | Legal Futures: https://t.co/GD3g339JRv 
• City lawyers have “very poor” knowledge of SRA Handbook | Legal Futures: https://t.co/BqOmv6QFAU
• Butlin's apologises for featuring 'Islamic Baddie' in wrestling event https://t.co/5fm26k70pJ
• Migrant crisis: Greece halts deportations to Turkey https://t.co/lMi349o17Y
• Council loses bid to prove plot to take children to Syria https://t.co/k0eWheh2PC
• Law firms named in 'Panama Papers' leak https://t.co/ANz91MKfAD 
• Goodwin Procter to open for business in Paris https://t.co/Lo8okeWOoN 
• HFW cinches new Shanghai alliance https://t.co/17VFiG0wp9
• Asia-Pac PE strong in spite of challenges https://t.co/DzvMco5PRg 
• No word yet from Slater & Gordon https://t.co/jGKFk1CMhp
• Mossack Fonseca head denounces attack on privacy https://t.co/wn6UGP5bo3
• Study reveals huge disparities in legal fees https://t.co/LrKwhiQ8kn 
• Former Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith tearful over single mum https://t.co/PqlKUiiQXZ
• International criminal court abandons case against William Ruto https://t.co/z88TVc9sN5 
• The Guardian view on human rights and foreign policy: do the right thing, not the easy one | Editorial https://t.co/AdCLYGKJ6Z
• LGBT couples can be refused service under new Mississippi law https://t.co/MeqcWwkSwM 
• Panama Papers: How did Panama become a tax haven? https://t.co/d2iyERF0Q7 
• Panama papers: #France firm owner denies funnelling money offshore https://t.co/QU9xo6LTo1 
• LSB: South East-based consumers paying legal services premium | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/Qsw01b0Dft 
• HMRC retrieves over £150m in unpaid capital gains tax | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/n1AKN6OYKO 
• Panama Papers: ‘The law firm equivalent of Edward Snowden’ | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/noJ69kYNNZ
• Panama papers: HMRC could use ‘illicitly sourced’ information to launch investigations | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/ndqZPZl33k
• Challenging year ahead for firms despite 2015 growth | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/9pXTWg5OCt 
• Junior doctors: Bindmans serve letter before action on health secretary | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/xiSQDGQYjH 
• Partnership grows in strength and number at Turcan Connell | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/9v00GzwzBq
• bto makes raft of promotions | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/HRHtMT3QCR 
• Prisoner work scheme a success | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/r8nTvZ2eY7 
• New rules on bin lorries to be introduced in wake of FAI | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/zVy9m4VqWo 
• Blog: The long road to finding an alternative to litigation | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/8M2qksKAPS 
• Crofting elections consultation 'flawed' | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/jTjaqmHnnn 
• Blog: Families need judgments | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/ku4dftsa6e 
• Lindsays announces six senior promotions as the firm continues to grow | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/WgUAVuYVc3 
• Luxembourg court inflated caseload to recruit more judges argues tribunal member | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Wg8rfitfg6 
• Law Society of Scotland survey of solicitors finds increase in optimism | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/ApdejwJgXg 
• Sheriff did not misdirect jury in describing knives as ‘weapon’, appeal court rules | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/lkudP9rZMh
• Panama Papers: #Iceland prime minister seeks early poll https://t.co/E2pDh97QiH 
• Man admits Kayleigh Haywood murder https://t.co/Sb51BeKkRn 
• Angela Wrightson: Girls found guilty of murder https://t.co/eJkegEIzJ7 
• Jade Lynch: Missing St Helens girl's social media 'silence' https://t.co/fwYuAOyaa7 
• Panama Papers: Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif's son defends offshore companies https://t.co/rAV3V4A56M 
• Genette Tate murder file against Robert Black submitted to CPS https://t.co/iJsCGtr0RC
• Museum gang members all jailed after £57m Chinese art and rhino thefts https://t.co/EJpNmg0yML 
• Abortion: Precious Life calls for appeal in case of woman who took drugs to end pregnancy https://t.co/XyvbRvMcRG 
• Being self-employed means freedom. Freedom to be abused and underpaid https://t.co/iXsv8GpKzr 
• Atrocities in conflict mean we need the Geneva conventions more than ever https://t.co/4aFk5cPF30 
• Local authority turns to private practice for support | Law Gazette https://t.co/VISWqkByRF 
• Court lenient over seven-day delay in filing costs budget | Law Gazette https://t.co/pvGx8CiIaX 
• Conveyancers predict record March transactions | Law Gazette https://t.co/I15O6ef7eM 
• Bar ‘entity’ model points to ‘fused’ profession | Law Gazette https://t.co/dBBNu6q39S
• TheLawMap Wig is out! https://t.co/uWGSqbCDYb
• Police psychological sick leave up 35% in five years https://t.co/WM3sbN8eY5 
• Steel crisis: PM urged over 'public ownership' https://t.co/v6xkrYJnSd 
• #Indian law requires companies to give 2% of profits to charity. Is it working? https://t.co/MxeigS90f2 
• Legal fees investigation reveals huge disparities between law firms https://t.co/OiI59U1S4t

Today's video story: Lawyers, attorneys, law students - we're prone to depression, drinking and other mental and emotional issues - with all the support that exists, are we skipping the question that we ought to be asking ourselves and others - BEFORE they get into law?

5th April - Law News

1561st 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: Arrangements for appointing senior judges in England and Wales are approaching a crisis. But you would have no idea of that from the the self-congratulatory news release put out by the Judicial Appointments Commission (JAC) to mark its 10th anniversary this week. Full story - Guardian Law

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Uber litigation and the lessons for lawyers | Law Gazette https://t.co/oZ8tGNlbGe 
• New flood protections give rise to conveyancing fears | Law Gazette https://t.co/fP1NIEWa2f
• Fixed fee firms offering cheaper service, LSB finds | Law Gazette https://t.co/mXFVuvQGsY 
• Two ABSs on the way as Progeny springs into life | Legal Futures: https://t.co/e9arrgJRy9 
• Groundbreaking research finds little pricing transparency among law firms | Legal Futures: https://t.co/azQ4AWDsLS 
• Review highlights multiple failings that led to £7m failure of Veyo | Legal Futures: https://t.co/cfOmImBH9s 
• #Kenya's William Ruto due to hear war crimes case ruling https://t.co/CIKu7xG7gh 
• Ministers' language 'undermines human rights work', MPs say https://t.co/4UtuAvMiHb 
• Has Transport for London found a way to stop you being groped on the tube? https://t.co/nSLmYrlucR 
• Tory donors’ links to offshore firms revealed in leaked Panama Papers https://t.co/XppOo5UIBp 
• The problem for poor, white kids is that a part of their culture has been destroyed https://t.co/Gx6B1rnv0T
• Human rights work has been downgraded by Foreign Office, say MPs https://t.co/iGQJNVFhHg 
• We need a cross-party consensus on legal aid | Letter from Tom McNally https://t.co/KbLhvTNVZj 
• Surprised at the furore over the appointment as chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission https://t.co/Qr70ztHOTd 
• Calm as EU migrant deal takes symbolic first step but true test is to come https://t.co/h60fKCQSQb 
• Conservative challenge to voting rights unanimously rejected by supreme court #US https://t.co/oo9WLHP7b5 
• Free Candy: Louisiana chimpanzee is center of landmark lawsuit #US https://t.co/NWFcLzPk1K 
• So the #Greece deportations are going ‘smoothly’? Take a closer look https://t.co/U5JHuPdKcz 
• Time to drop the legal speak, says regulator https://t.co/E4Ie7L3Ka2 
• Judge gives green light to Uber price-fixing lawsuit https://t.co/ivsrrELzvP 
• Cravath, Swaine & Moore loses dealmaking royalty to rival firm https://t.co/9UBDq6GMiP
• Perfect trainee retention score for Eversheds https://t.co/jvVoAYtthi
• Sidley bulks up associate pay to secure talent https://t.co/Zz2bWEMG7n
• Too many lawyers, too few cases for Japan https://t.co/rXVmqQDUDp 
• Pinsent Masons partner promotions down from 29 to 18 https://t.co/xtEkdVFgA5 
• Leicester's Jamie Vardy condemns 'vile' daughter threats https://t.co/XHCrGIIj65 
• EU referendum: Airbus warns Out vote may hit investment https://t.co/bJwKqexf5O
• Lord Janner 'misled inquiry' over link with abuser Frank Beck https://t.co/MBZfMpuhzI
• Migrant crisis: #Greece starts deportations to Turkey https://t.co/aooh9Mwhi8 
• Panama Papers: Mossack Fonseca leak prompts call for tax haven crackdown https://t.co/G8edCW6Z4l 
• Panama Papers: Mossack Fonseca link to Brink's Mat robbery https://t.co/CuYNBOzHsk 
• Panama papers: #China leaders' relatives named in leaks https://t.co/06szhNtwOr 
• Panama Papers: Cameron's father was Mossack Fonseca client https://t.co/uaBRJwCcyd 
• Panama Papers: Mossack Fonseca 'helped firms subject to sanctions' https://t.co/jmGkNsDXeh 
• Thieves took selfies in gambling machine raids https://t.co/6zLi2H24va 
• HMRC promises 'swift' action against tax avoiders named in Panama Papers https://t.co/7zpQpfKIap 
• Exclusive: Parabis founders received £33m after Duke Street investment | The Lawyer https://t.co/Ue91pRfHT9 
• Parabis collapse: Lessons learned | The Lawyer https://t.co/tba1qvzEFT 
• In-house interview: Aviva GC Kirsty Cooper | The Lawyer https://t.co/wOUJCtyaps 
• Lawyer Moves: 4 April | The Lawyer https://t.co/sAE2S8NFPE 
• My career story: “I went from corporate at Clifford Chance to a niche car collector practice” | The Lawyer https://t.co/uqqhwkNAOs 
• Revealed: the $2bn offshore trail that leads to Vladimir Putin #RUSSIA https://t.co/mxyXMaFXaD 
• What are the Panama Papers? A guide to the biggest data leak in history https://t.co/ghCACFraHg 
• Senior judges are hanging up their wigs. Replacing them won't be cheap | Joshua Rozenberg https://t.co/olfXEvYuDo 
• Steel crisis: Unions set to hold emergency talks https://t.co/dxIcna2Dvm 
• New Cross stabbing: Myron Yarde, 17, named as murder victim https://t.co/Fv4skFzzmP 
• Kim Philby, British double agent, reveals all in secret video https://t.co/mZDDU7H9Rp 
• Braid Group, a Glasgow logistics group has agreed to pay more than £2m after it uncovered illegal bribery operations https://t.co/A1ocK1fMw2 
• Gatwick and west London arrests over Syria-related terror offences https://t.co/GaxdF6UaKn 
• Singer Tulisa banned from driving for 15 months after pleading guilty to drink-driving https://t.co/r5AMZ4DFg2 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! https://t.co/c2ig6T29Gj

Today's video story: Former New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark speaks to Newsnight about her candidacy for UN Secretary General.

4th April - Law News

1560th 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: From 1 April, all new civil legal aid applications must be made through the Client and Cost Management System (CCMS), the Legal Aid Agency has said. The CCMS has proved controversial due to repeated complaints from practitioners experiencing technical difficulties with the system. Last week, family lawyers’ group Resolution wrote to the Agency asking them to delay compulsory use of the system as it was “not fit for purpose”. Resolution and the Legal Aid Practitioners Group (LAPG) released a joint statement this week expressing disappointment at the Agency’s decision to press ahead. They said more than two-thirds of users “reported regularly experiencing problems with CCMS in a recent survey”. Full story - New Law Journal

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Newspaper’s victory in council tax disclosure fight - Caroline Kean Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/2Kx6Gv4KVV 
• My legal life: Emma Brooksbank, Simpson Millar, Leeds - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/Oh8xYvW4AV
• Polymath, philosopher, author, lawyer: A&O’s Philip Wood even writes songs - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/xBtKJ1izY3 
• Re-examining legal privilege | Law Gazette https://t.co/MapYNGXzm2 
• Two recent cases have tested the principle of diplomatic immunity | Law Gazette https://t.co/GGNa2fZDXP 
• M&A hack attack on 48 elite law firms | Law Gazette https://t.co/z1XhrSEUzo
• Chinese lawyer shortlisted for freedom of speech award | Law Gazette https://t.co/4VyldsGgZ8 
• The dawn of the artificially intelligent lawyer https://t.co/IiUm5BRTlH 
• LIV supports recommendations from family violence commission #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/358eyUQW3c
• Lawyers’ resistance to cloud services and technology are holding firms back https://t.co/xN7iKgL1xQ 
• Firm urges government to prioritise workers' rights #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/A2GjQFLKJd 
• Smaller firms find it easier to adopt a corporate structure and benefit from making the transition https://t.co/3QlTxoYbiM 
• Nottingham law student Twitter and Instagram feeds flooded with abuse after she posts cheeky snap with Gaz from Geordie Shore https://t.co/QkcJoctX6Z 
• DLA Piper associate struck off for concealing strike out https://t.co/NatimNZBqA 
• Coroners and Justice Act 2009: Is it a blessing or just further stressing? https://t.co/aEoDv5fbJG 
• Britain’s first black female High Court judge opens up about racism at the bar https://t.co/ZxNo5Vq8Yr
• How to turn pupillage interview failure into success https://t.co/nls5gzcYdd
• 'Drunk' solicitor inadvertently becomes TV star after using work email to abuse comedian https://t.co/stRAjqlW1I 
• Inns of Court quietly open applications for big money Graduate Diploma in Law scholarships https://t.co/jJKObkDbiA
• Top social media barrister says screenshotting Snapchats is unlikely to be illegal https://t.co/s9dHJewC5P
• Jobless wannabe lawyer loses legal battle against her law school https://t.co/VxJZf19ZVf 
• LSE student who tried to ban free speech society shares tabloid ordeal pain https://t.co/8BjIrY2Jdh 
• Aspiring solicitor’s training contract deemed worthless after she was left unsupervised for 15 months https://t.co/jEpaMdARWu 
• King & Wood Mallesons and Eversheds reveal contrasting trainee retention performances https://t.co/Zom58ZGg70
• Devil’s advocate - why bishops in the House of Lords must go https://t.co/4FG3i9JgQp 
• BPP law student caught dealing cannabis to fund lawyer dream https://t.co/vFTJ7l7kgL
• Former Liberty director Shami Chakrabarti to join top commercial set 39 Essex Chambers https://t.co/b1LjvpXBEz
• Video: How to become a serious injury lawyer https://t.co/17Rfr1sVi0 
• Doughty Street junior barrister replaces Shami Chakrabarti as director of Liberty https://t.co/QqbouPetn7 
• #Greece insists refugee deportations will begin despite doubts over EU-Turkey deal https://t.co/A0eMqecF9D
• Policing jihadi terrorism requires accountability all round https://t.co/Vkjurs8aYN 
• SME law firm growth to slow in face of "new, post-recession norm" | Legal Futures: https://t.co/0nZSJMTCae 
• Bar's "tribal culture" a barrier to clients and diversity, says BSB report | Legal Futures: https://t.co/41wokTtMwo 
• Would-be barrister fails in bid to lift vexatious litigant order | Legal Futures: https://t.co/x14QtpxldL 
• Solicitor struck off after billing clients for work he didn't do | Legal Futures: https://t.co/4S8EAXFE9s 
• Panama Papers Q&A: How assets are hidden and taxes dodged https://t.co/K7OS53itFL 
• Migrant crisis: Brenner frontier demonstration sees clashes #AUSTRIA https://t.co/9pMhzE7fD2 
• Panama Papers: #Iceland PM's investments questioned https://t.co/jqAb05MNH5 
• Panama Papers: Putin associates linked to 'money laundering' #RUSSIA https://t.co/P0c2PaAbeF 
• Banbury lorry crash death: Victim 'was refugee under vehicle' https://t.co/r53F9ZtROw 
• Panama Papers: Mossack Fonseca leak reveals elite's tax havens https://t.co/jAbmFBZM2Q 
• Gay Talese, 84 year old writer in Twitter storm after failing to name inspirational female writers https://t.co/oOJv5L5iZL 
• Human rights lawyer gets death threats after plea to Scottish Muslims https://t.co/QEw3sB3oQ9 
• Man arrested in Dublin as fights break out over 1916 rising memorial #IRELAND https://t.co/ThrUdEWjon 
• #Greece on brink of chaos as refugees riot over forced return to Turkey https://t.co/PvSkQJBcdd 
• British drug smuggler: 'I might have had a lot of blood on my hands' https://t.co/NeVM4Au0to 
• BBC Sport - Anti-doping: Arsenal, Chelsea & Leicester deny 'false' claims https://t.co/YeETzmn2dY 
• Michaella McCollum: Drugs smuggler speaks about 'moment of madness' https://t.co/uPD6cAaECX 
• Nagorno-Karabakh fighting: #Azerbaijan 'calls truce' https://t.co/KlNgrXAgdi 
• Brussels attacks: Flights resume at Zaventem airport #BELGIUM https://t.co/s7HokxB63J 
• A Point of View: Does screen violence make society more violent? https://t.co/pOEk4bWgY1 
• #NIGERIA campaign to stop women giving birth in church https://t.co/dKOLe6rgZ0
• What next for President Zuma after Nkandla ruling? #SOUTHAFRICA https://t.co/5SKECxYFWL 
• How Islamic State group supporters targeted the UK https://t.co/mZbb8pT7Bl
• Human rights lawyer Aamer Anwar receives death threats https://t.co/Ki9FDvBAqM
• Advice Direct Ltd: 'Abusive' nuisance call company fined £20,000 https://t.co/0fEPqSqcPx 
• Lancashire's Santander cash machines targeted by criminals https://t.co/BzH2MX6ybU 
• Stop and search controversy continues - the Round-up | UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/kZY22PDAJJ 
• Human rights - a coat of many colours | UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/wCTckSUGjk 
• The round-up: Genocide, domestic violence and justice on holiday | UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/0W1i4lvir4 
• Does Art 5 entail a right to legal representation when facing prison for contempt of court? | UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/oe6CCjD9ba 
• Triumph for the rule of law in South Africa? | UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/142Clwp1zr
• de Menezes: No individual prosecutions, but an effective investigation - ECtHR | UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/4qMwHAR1QW 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! https://t.co/Y2iUUlhyhQ
• Obstacles to 'coding while black' https://t.co/VwxkYvRd06
• Is it OK for white people to have dreadlocks? https://t.co/zT1WgOZEyW
• Goddard inquiry 'will not ignore false abuse claims' https://t.co/pAzWycFcdD 
• #GREECE challenges IMF over 'debt transcript leak' https://t.co/BBjKB6ZudD

Today's video story:  On the backdrop of the Indian Supreme Courts decision on National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC), for the first time on Indian television, TIMES NOW brings you the biggest face between a union minister and a former Chief Justice of India. In the biggest debate of 2015, Union Minister Arun Jaitley is set to take on Former Chief Justice RM Lodha to put to rest the matter of greater authority between the legislature and judiciary.

3rd April - Law News

1559th 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

• Anti-doping: Government inquiry into Ukad's British doctor probe https://t.co/WQXynUE6Sk 
• UK councils 'issue thousands of gagging orders' to ex-workers https://t.co/1bQZoODA4T 
• Trump's a disaster with women voters - and not just on abortion https://t.co/OXDoXD2HIE 
• Thirteen arrests in Dover as immigration protests take place https://t.co/tCRGRzFNDj 
• Impeachment petition filed against #BRAZIL’s vice-president https://t.co/ZcHkqDLHlw 
• #HAITI protest demands justice for 3 slain deaf women https://t.co/FHHoaCrAo4
• UNODC Chief: disproportionate responses to drug related offences do not serve justice, or uphold rule of law https://t.co/1biXyt2eDD 
• Supreme Court Fight Rescues a Justice From Obscurity #US https://t.co/f3Xd6xf2xM 
• Ontario Raising Legal Aid Eligibility Threshold by Another 6 Per Cent https://t.co/fj44jQLTqQ 
• Police seize more than 100 'legal highs' from Dudley shop https://t.co/xgVZLlBsOn 
• Majority of Turkish women subjected to violence, pursue legal means #TURKEY https://t.co/NPCpNLlwLF 
• Legal pot business takes deep breath, faces growing pains https://t.co/3PnCF3urTg 
• UK Momentarily Spared From Ludicrous Drug Law https://t.co/sskdRTDC0D 
• Privacy Be Damned: UK Authorities Demand Activist Turn Over Encryption Keys https://t.co/CmgmIX1GuG
• Music stars seek reform of online piracy law in #US https://t.co/Y9mOqMKKZY 
• UK Law Firm Kennedy’s Welcome Trio of Lawyers https://t.co/4YfZYc5Ikz 
• Nigel Farage accused of hypocrisy over vote against EU law that could have helped British steel https://t.co/dxCSh6h7Ws 
• U.K. Supply Chain Slavery Act Enters into Force https://t.co/Jg6Jjzrzr4
• Two Law Firms to Start Class Action Against LBinary and NRGbinary https://t.co/m3jErmuRqs 
• Dog owners urged to break new microchipping law https://t.co/URe1SsEAGW 
• Drone: Inside the CIA's Secret Drone War #US https://t.co/2Eg9HbPkNF 
• #Russia vs the West: The information war over Palmyra https://t.co/7Y4EqZYFiI 
• Why won't the CIA admit it tortured detainees? https://t.co/tTafMQSUGk
• #Hungary's border war on refugees: 'People are fleeing war... They will not stop because of a fence.' https://t.co/5A3HDTCsHS
• #Jordan university students vow to continue protests after controversial fee hike https://t.co/5qmby8TAyw
• Steel crisis: UK government dismisses China steel tariff fears https://t.co/0pl63nFkB0 
• Palmyra: 'Mass grave' in recaptured #Syrian city https://t.co/lHMblwLzOa 
• #Russia's President Putin calls for end to Nagorno-Karabakh clashes https://t.co/9nvcDFveoV
• Clipper Race death: Event founder vows full investigation of Sarah Young death https://t.co/sSxCJyuKOe 
• Migrant crisis: Concern rises as EU-Turkey deal looms https://t.co/Vfe2TD81yI 
• Northumbria Police shooting: Man shot by officers in South Shields dies https://t.co/l3WqWGRijD 
• #Portugal criticised for failure to condemn jail terms for #Angola dissidents https://t.co/sSa79J8ats 
• EU-Turkey refugee plan could be illegal, says UN official https://t.co/srw4pK2TTH 
• Dear Obama, you can lead the way to protect civilians in conflict https://t.co/QD6D4J7Akh 
• Sexual assault survivors speak out – What would a feminist do? podcast https://t.co/KO1Wgqjeyn 
• COMPENSATION FOR LOSS OF PENSION RIGHTS IN EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS - A CONSULTATION PAPER https://t.co/AZ2VhPQItc 
• Legal aid practitioners' fears for compulsory IT system | New Law Journal: https://t.co/wWosQYMFj3 
• Bar to license non-lawyer managed businesses | New Law Journal: https://t.co/sOBFBoKs1a
• UK legal sector is "success story" | New Law Journal: https://t.co/TwEr4lppZM 
• Solicitors Indemnity Fund decision a "real concern" | New Law Journal: https://t.co/wnZxUcelYo 
• Trafficking victims win review | New Law Journal: https://t.co/EImFycZxGK 
• No extension for Solicitors Indemnity Fund cover | New Law Journal: https://t.co/3MbRWSedlY 
• Decision makers v practising lawyers | New Law Journal: https://t.co/Q8S7IuhXa4 
• Litigators should expect “substantial change” | New Law Journal: https://t.co/y7Bz0uM54O 
• Insurance premium tax attack | New Law Journal: https://t.co/YWDyhQ7FLt 
• SRA personal injury fraud warning | New Law Journal: https://t.co/fxztps0Lb2 
• Research points to a lack of strategic support for managing partners at law firms | New Law Journal: https://t.co/9qF58eX7wy 
• The government is to launch a consultation over regulation of the legal services sector | New Law Journal: https://t.co/SfSSoPTz36 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! https://t.co/gprfxZB4Bm
• Paris attacks: Salah Abdeslam 'refused to blow himself up' #FRANCE https://t.co/AGKQhoWcys 
• #Greece passes law allowing migrants' return to Turkey https://t.co/QYod3VXdBh 
• Public 'confused' over state pension changes https://t.co/Hv00KrpG6v 
• Teeth whitening: Call for action on 'rogue' beauticians https://t.co/KzUDSo7YX8 
• Rainbow laces: #Australia sports stars join anti-homophobia campaign https://t.co/o6aMEe3Iuj 
• #US Election 2016: Donald Trump says 'laws are set' on abortion https://t.co/4rgPatM6Uq

Today's video story: Law of the fun - American police chiefs have been to Scotland to learn new techniques in how to avoid shooting violent suspects. 

2nd April - Law News

1558th 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

• Leaked Brexit email claims David Cameron has 'starved' NHS https://t.co/KMjksd0liS 
• #Mexico: evidence of large fire in which at least 17 bodies were burned found https://t.co/PXFAMZUEz2 
• #SOUTHAFRICA's President Jacob Zuma apparently 'sorry' over Nkandla scandal https://t.co/CM6nnj1sRP 
• Inmate killed at Coldingley prison in Surrey https://t.co/IM0IePqm8S 
• Cameron defends blocking steel tariffs as Javid faces workers’ anger https://t.co/jkB5QxR8qV 
• Briton who made wife live like slave is first to be jailed for domestic servitude https://t.co/IjwiObdOVn
• Female doctors may be forced to quit over new contract, experts say https://t.co/mlZqv9BMqJ 
• Spanish castle under siege after restoration shortlisted for award #SPAIN https://t.co/wt32hlUzLc 
• Children form human arrow to help police find burglary suspects https://t.co/woIPGK4NQH 
• EU-Turkey refugee deal: staff shortages and rights concerns pose twin threat https://t.co/YFkihhmBHC
• The unlikely new frontier of feminism – marijuana #US https://t.co/YaTesEF4Ib 
• A divided North Carolina draws national attention in fight over transgender law #US https://t.co/njW47Zoa1P 
• Justice Secretary Michael Gove 'has too much power' over human rights judge selection https://t.co/FMIkCwYKRS
• AI will create more lawyers, not less https://t.co/a4L7brO6Ii 
• Firm boss took family holidays on clients' money https://t.co/vQlL58HWlE
• Liberty names Doughty Street junior as new director https://t.co/hP5OMRktqU 
• Cravath Swaine discloses data breach https://t.co/xcm8j4FgFh 
• DLA Piper pulls out of Venezuela https://t.co/pdnxvTlXX8 
• Door held open for MH370 lawsuits https://t.co/TGiQ3xaMAK 
• First4Lawyers launches new 50/50 divorce service | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/YM0ygQODWF 
• #FRANCE’s minister for women’s rights links Muslim women’s veil-wearing to slavery https://t.co/13xYOriixT 
• Our values were founded in Europe, from the rule of law to freedom of religion – how can we leave? https://t.co/BzHLDAq20V 
• David Anderson QC to step down from independent terror review role https://t.co/Ivc5Hiiqyw 
• Nicky Morgan under fire for choosing City lawyer to head equality body https://t.co/klkfQ2aJLl 
• Canadian journalist ordered to reveal Isis text messages to police https://t.co/Wx1KtQ1EUL 
• UK urged to give asylum to 100 women who fled Isis captivity in Iraq https://t.co/iJFhSFiqjk 
• Authorities in #Monaco raid oil firm HQ in corruption investigation https://t.co/BWTJihZ7T2 
• Uber CEO must face price-fixing lawsuit from passengers, #US court rules https://t.co/aq1BqRGSp4 
• Kolkata flyover collapse: How a tragedy brought a city together #INDIA https://t.co/iLkkn8e8Wz 
• Stefan Appleton 'Zombie Killer' machete death: Boy guilty of manslaughter https://t.co/gj36G82OP4 
• County Tyrone drugs smuggler Michaella McCollum has been released from prison in #Peru https://t.co/GLalRSNbf4 
• Viola player suing the Royal Opera House for ruining his hearing & career during rehearsals of Wagner's Die Walkure https://t.co/GRHEOnSrDe 
• Exit campaigners critical of poorly paid worker's pay increase say living wage will attract EU workers https://t.co/ftNFUR33Oz 
• #US airmen terror attack: Junead Khan found guilty https://t.co/PfZO4mnWaG 
• Civil justice reforms and employment tribunals | Law Gazette https://t.co/tnw05xS6IL
• Want plain English? How about ‘get lost’? | Law Gazette https://t.co/0PmXBtxLac 
• Doughty Street’s Spurrier appointed Liberty director | Law Gazette https://t.co/kkmqdb6HQ8 
• Lawyers urged to copy other sectors in ditching jargon | Law Gazette https://t.co/PLKUEtWHre 
• Aviva probes 17,000 whiplash claims but admits fraud is falling | Law Gazette https://t.co/qWdiYnOg8g
• Fee income up – but tougher times ahead, says benchmark report | Law Gazette https://t.co/WMef7YI5C3
• Non-collection rates for criminal courts charge revealed | Law Gazette https://t.co/3DbQgVvA6x 
• ‘Tribal’ culture eroding faith in legal process – bar regulator | Law Gazette https://t.co/Cnp5odcQCm 
• Police to recruit extra 1,500 firearms officers https://t.co/V0yFe1TFuO 
• Brussels attacks: Airport 'ready to partially reopen' #BELGIUM https://t.co/xn2OcvGcoM 
• #INDIA Kolkata flyover collapse: Dozens remain trapped https://t.co/wprhme9Yyb 
• No murder charge for #Israeli soldier in shooting death https://t.co/Ab1TGbjLAm 
• 'Sickening' sex abuse alleged in #CAR by UN peacekeepers https://t.co/4cALD9KMnR
• Calais: Eritrean refugees tell of torture and fear #FRANCE https://t.co/NiE6c3etjY 
• #MALAWI's fearsome chief, terminator of child marriages https://t.co/s1W1YTAw2s 
• Will #BRAZIL's Dilma Rousseff be impeached? https://t.co/w5TlmuXD1r 
• Voters' Rights: What's Happening to #American Democracy? https://t.co/zMh3qmSWqE 
• #THAILAND's new TV rules to check sexual violence https://t.co/w5AFZ9Jyyn 
• National Living Wage comes into force https://t.co/CsIM4YDKOW 
• Bailey Gwynne case: Schoolboy killer to be sentenced https://t.co/Bsup7qSoqM

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1st April - Law News

1557th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & legal articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap

FOCUS OF THE DAY: Small businesses have told the competition watchdog that the legal services market is not serving them properly. In its response to a Competition and Markets Authority study, the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB), which has 200,000 members across the UK, called for a ‘thorough look’ at the functioning of the legal services sector. Full story - The Law Society Gazette

Saturday Conversations on Law

• How IT will transform your business – finally | Legal Futures: https://t.co/2ptv63c6H2 
• Law Commission considers "incentivising" conveyancers to detect fraud by imposing new duties | Legal Futures: https://t.co/4tdpC8lsGY 
• Don't fear AI, says tech chief - it will mean there are more lawyers in the future | Legal Futures: https://t.co/WUzKFnmXCx 
• Client-care letters in the spotlight as LSB urges lawyers to use plainer English | Legal Futures: https://t.co/2SkPw8uxKN 
• Solicitor sanctioned after lack of supervision meant trainee's work didn't count towards qualification https://t.co/lKRvovCoPq
• Scottish Arbitration Centre submits final bid for Edinburgh to host ICCA 2020 with backing of First Minister and Pri…https://t.co/XabOSHGiMu 
• Project on women in law features insightful videos - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/WDf4ssGkex 
• Implementation of Psychoactive Substances Act could be delayed - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/DQXuesZKS2 
• Dame Lowell Goddard delivers sell-out human rights lecture in Edinburgh - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/BWANz6CLwn 
• Tony MacIver calls time at the bar - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/vSIxC9uxvX 
• Student receives SLN trophy for top law review essay - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/lv016rtCSS 
• Faculty welcomes this year's Eurodevils - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/51OyB675Yl 
• Donald Trump's abortion remarks have caused the biggest crisis of his campaign #US https://t.co/ICq4LKeCk1 
• Liberty names barrister Martha Spurrier as new director https://t.co/O4pNiGfpJZ
• Conservatives vow to ask supreme court to rehear deadlocked union case #US https://t.co/Kxl2RHKXjm 
• Trump attack on Geneva conventions denounced by ex-officers and advocates #US https://t.co/FASMzHX4eB 
• If #Azerbaijan is a democracy, why were we imprisoned for our views? https://t.co/1zndZFqsmx 
• 'I hadn't realised how absolutely pervasive family violence is': royal commissioner #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/QmyFsVLGUY 
• #Iranian group gets help from Islam to save juveniles from execution https://t.co/WGBr7i55Z4 
• #Serb nationalist Vojislav Šešelj acquitted of war crimes at The Hague https://t.co/1JOyEAE4d9
• Sexual assault victim advocate suspended by Peace Corps https://t.co/bRH1QlUORJ
• 'I was raped and my counsellor asked me what I had been wearing' https://t.co/xSACJG9l99 
• Legal Aid Act has denied justice to the most vulnerable. It must be reviewed | Letters https://t.co/ZFcqRoSWGF 
• Officials hunting 1,000 strictly Orthodox Jewish London boys in illegal schools https://t.co/TV5DxisALO 
• Legal market failing small businesses, says lobby https://t.co/Ho544U4SMO 
• UK law firms lose £85m to Friday hackers https://t.co/eU184IvCYe 
• London helps drive growth at Kirkland & Ellis https://t.co/yIBe0Unk0U 
• Beltrami QC to stick with 3VB https://t.co/JPTpIqI3VY 
• Luxury sector M&A activities on the rise https://t.co/0lcMY83w3r
• Law firm mergers don't benefit clients, report finds https://t.co/Vd66f3KbPt 
• Refugees file lawsuit against Hollywood screenplay https://t.co/PcATP3QfgA 
• A Postcard from the Supreme Court https://t.co/2Zl3JTicDs 
• Five top #US women footballers sue for better pay https://t.co/0gvMvaGSBU 
• #German footballers 'black up' in protest at racist attack https://t.co/HircBtQms4 
• FBI agrees to unlock another iPhone in homicide case #US https://t.co/suu6ywyJml 
• Landlords in last-minute rush to beat stamp duty rises https://t.co/75pLOYPdnP 
• Diyarbakir: Bomb kills police in south-eastern Turkish city #TURKEY https://t.co/rkJLlEh9AJ 
• Cat crime fighters could collar County Durham criminals https://t.co/bbxbZQtAHq 
• Paris attacks suspect Abdeslam cleared for #France extradition https://t.co/MMFz2zdq9L 
• Rest in peace: Architect Dame Zaha Hadid dies after heart attack https://t.co/zP1iQpUMIr 
• LSB: Ditch jargon, help the vulnerable, and improve trust in lawyers | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/rEJjtDkiCz 
• Former England captain left stumped over ‘terrorist-defending lawyers’ | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/obJWjAj34g 
• Rest in peace: Ronnie Corbett, best known for The Two Ronnies, dies aged 85 https://t.co/xarFHDVLex 
• US firms pitch for Nomura panel spots as review kicks off | The Lawyer https://t.co/fP93Y9WH8N 
• Grant Thornton instructs Clydes on £38m negligence row | The Lawyer https://t.co/HzSDniZNOJ
• Weightmans promotes three to partnership in all-Liverpool round | The Lawyer https://t.co/H9ePglxYzh 
• UK 200: Are Slaughters and BLP the best-managed law firms? | The Lawyer https://t.co/dsR3guAxge 
• Lloyds Bank cuts back legal team for second time in a year | The Lawyer https://t.co/A6HyIX8vwI 
• Hogan Lovells expands in Australia with four partner hires | The Lawyer https://t.co/YZ9tOY9dEB 
• European moves: 31 March 2016 | The Lawyer https://t.co/CzD40PdxYA 
• 3VB’s Beltrami QC pulls out of move to One Essex Court | The Lawyer https://t.co/sR48W7pJ0l 
• Singapore sees record-breaking numbers of arbitration cases | The Lawyer https://t.co/rwgT3M77H7 
• Ashurst hires partner duo from HSF in London TMT boost | The Lawyer https://t.co/M5pgz4zPfp 
• Two further arrests in Canterbury double murder investigation https://t.co/hukID0gssQ 
• Huge cruise ships will worsen London air pollution, campaigners warn https://t.co/PiXAkLm4Qz 
• #Austrian border plan risks turning South Tyrol into emblem of EU disintegration https://t.co/LJwaLkQNdF 
• Now anyone can build their own version of Microsoft's racist, sexist chatbot Tay https://t.co/nEI8Z9ifCq 
• Emmanuel Eboué’s contract terminated by Sunderland amid 12-month Fifa ban https://t.co/lF8joH2o1P 
• London man admits sending tweets encouraging terrorism https://t.co/xJp75hXZBI 
• Bar regulator approved to license ABSs | Law Gazette https://t.co/BvYJuRSdnA
• Land registration law up for review | Law Gazette https://t.co/0n7mkuhgog 
• Agency ploughs on with 1 April date for mandatory CCMS | Law Gazette https://t.co/Qx65RwdNRZ 
• Michael Gove 'meeting' all his targets! | Law Gazette https://t.co/HXMwPdvQTx 
• Italian nurse accused of 13 murders in Piombino #ITALY https://t.co/tGJjpctCuR 
• Kolkata under-construction flyover collapses 'killing at least 10' #INDIA https://t.co/swaD4Vq7Qg 
• Vojislav Seselj acquitted over #Balkans war crimes charges #ICC https://t.co/HDb2NdNBCR 
• UK current account deficit at new high https://t.co/3b7fHCXNR5 
• #SouthAfrica's President Jacob Zuma 'breached' constitution https://t.co/L00yFbsVJw 
• Birmingham named worst city for crash for cash claims https://t.co/rz4IEoSBmC 
• Sex worker caught by 'drone vigilante' pleads guilty #US https://t.co/TQD8CunDGF
• Scottish mosque figures linked to banned sectarian group https://t.co/AjQ0XcxfF7 
• EU referendum: Brexit could have 'big effect' on football https://t.co/h6HNn5NtHn 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! https://t.co/FeeJmXsoku
• 'Cannibal' murder triggered by illegal drugs, says health watchdog https://t.co/GU7Ba4oc1w 
• Nestlé admits slave labour risk on #Brazil coffee plantations https://t.co/O7IgKW4CBt 
• Migrant workers suffer 'appalling treatment' in #Qatar World Cup stadiums, says Amnesty https://t.co/WUTK9TGre2

Today's video story: Richard Hermer QC of Matrix Chambers shares his three top tips for being a successful advocate | The Lawyer