26th September - Law News

1736th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based news & legal articles archive focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's video story: The inflow of asylum seekers in Sweden, a country with one of the most liberal laws towards refugees, is putting an increasing strain on the country's police. There are now reportedly 55 areas in the country, where the law is not fully upheld.
 

Focus of the Day story: Solicitors have welcomed an assurance from the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) that the ban on solicitors’ cold calling for personal injury will not be lifted. Full story - New Law Journal
 

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Number of children trafficked in Scotland rises threefold - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/pVoel3bJdO
• Retired solicitor appointed to The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews captaincy - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/vAD0ILaUtF
• Wightman welcomes consultation on repeal of Division of Commonties Act 1695 - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/yOjQx9DfBq 
• Wightman welcomes consultation on repeal of  Division of Commonties Act 1695 - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Jymnxlhjcu 
• Hate crime report calls for preventative approach - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/x2do4pzgpZ 
• New appointments bolster Anderson Strathern's commercial real estate team - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/ORqw8wPKUl
• Public back landlords’ campaign for better enforcement of laws to protect tenants - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/WlLvOjWfSJ
• Law At Work targets further growth with HR consultancy acquisition - The LAW and Square Circle management teams https://t.co/maRHXzPcUV 
• Neil Stevenson calls for tighter complaints process against lawyers - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/04Vi97v0BV
• Armed robber fails in ‘defective representation’ appeal - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/6XVFBWhQyV 
• Blog: Where there’s a will, there’s a new tax to pay - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/4dZli574Ee
• Harper Macleod announces expansion in Inverness as Allen & Shaw comes on board - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/cJtkz1Gjab
• FTSE 100 sets aside £31.3bn as legal bills continue to soar - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/NKO36lS5xL 
• Christopher Halliwell 'may be linked to six other murders' https://t.co/Q3rFu9b37H 
• Alton Towers sentencing: 'Operator Merlin at fault' https://t.co/6w1ofIwAhU
• Paris St-Germain's Serge Aurier given two-month jail term #FRANCE https://t.co/CE2ngs7ltz 
• Police to investigate Coronation Street actor Marc Anwar's tweets that sprang from #Indian army actions in Kashmir https://t.co/xefPEWz7n0
• Red Arrows pilot death: Ejector seat firm to be prosecuted https://t.co/mNezkb1GrW
• Need for evidence causes HMRC to ramp up property raids https://t.co/nogG1qpRmO 
• FTSE 100 firms set aside £31bn as legal bills rise https://t.co/GqypiKvQ5z 
• The real lesson from Corbyn’s victory? This is a real, networked reinvention of social democracy... https://t.co/PMQ3GI5TBL 
• FTSE 100 firms set aside £31bn as legal bills rise https://t.co/GqypiKvQ5z
• Need for evidence causes HMRC to ramp up property raids https://t.co/nogG1qpRmO
• The real lesson from Corbyn’s victory? This is a real, networked reinvention of social democracy https://t.co/r6dePFwq8I 
• Fifa decision to disband anti-racism task force ‘shameful’, says Prince Ali https://t.co/jm4Jt8XZ7Z 
• Labour Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell pledges no more Mike Ashleys, no more Philip Greens https://t.co/9GVGKQqhR9 
• Revealed: the criminals making millions from illegal wildlife trafficking https://t.co/neRZ8zdMyY 
• John McDonnell announces £10 an hour living wage plan https://t.co/yNSmPFRqId 
• Labour Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell pledges no more Mike Ashleys, no more Philip Greens https://t.co/9GVGKQqhR9 
• Bloody traffic: zombie sitcom actors spark 999 call over M62 'assault' https://t.co/WlrcnANC43 
• Former HBOS banker received string of bribes, court hears #US https://t.co/VS03P4izxD 
• Alton Towers Smiler crash footage released for first time https://t.co/pEKC94TWrB 
• The crime family at the centre of Asia's animal trafficking network #VIETNAM #THAILAND https://t.co/ICzm2xC2GJ
• John McDonnell announces £10 an hour living wage plan https://t.co/yNSmPFRqId 
• Coronation Street to be investigated over 'Kunta Kinte' remark https://t.co/GQtRpKjfbJ 
• Revealed: the criminals making millions from illegal wildlife trafficking https://t.co/neRZ8zdMyY 
• My legal life: Natalie Gamble - Natalie Gamble Associates, Burgate and London - Profile | Law Gazette... https://t.co/hZznuzF4SD 
• Terror suspect’s rights breached: Natasha McDermott, managing partner at London firm Carters - Profile | Law... https://t.co/tHkfhvmpf9
• How a case involving dentists complicates the debate about splitting regulation from representation | Law Gazette... https://t.co/ClyTPwEfN1
• Solicitor gets three years for client cash fraud | Law Gazette https://t.co/M5nAUAuBlG https://t.co/ZCCqnP9nKR
• My legal life: Natalie Gamble - Natalie Gamble Associates, Burgate and London - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/udIZirtRHa 
• Labour delays justice review until summer 2017 | Law Gazette https://t.co/RXQaxcayAD https://t.co/wsLcsTln91 
• Terror suspect’s rights breached: Natasha McDermott, managing partner at London firm Carters - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/spKo2HczGE 
• How a case involving dentists complicates the debate about splitting regulation from representation | Law Gazette https://t.co/Uf6g2TbRRw 
• Government caps public sector payoffs | Law Gazette https://t.co/gRTxh3ALql https://t.co/hpDWKADcE8 
• Senior judge warns on ‘salami-slicing’ of courts service | Law Gazette https://t.co/Spuwg9FuS9 https://t.co/x5cn1vZMfv 
• Briggs: online court will take the ‘A’ out of ‘ADR’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/gsnVn4iAQa 
• Virtual court pilot is ‘not fit for purpose’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/9DRl0XRTjy 
• Labour delays justice review until summer 2017 | Law Gazette https://t.co/RXQaxcayAD 
• LSB outrage over IBA claim it is government-controlled | Law Gazette https://t.co/zrlLp11VHV 
• Solicitor gets three years for client cash fraud | Law Gazette https://t.co/M5nAUAuBlG 
• Senior judge warns on ‘salami-slicing’ of courts service | Law Gazette https://t.co/Spuwg9FuS9 
• Government caps public sector payoffs | Law Gazette https://t.co/gRTxh3ALql 
• FTSE-100 sets aside billions more for legal bills | Law Gazette https://t.co/cLvCQBXcX1
• Briggs: online court will take the ‘A’ out of ‘ADR’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/gsnVn4iAQa
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/YTW9STmXu9
• Finns protest against racism after man assaulted at neo-Nazi rally dies #FINLAND https://t.co/nJQgj9lGX4 
• Riace: The #Italian village abandoned by locals, adopted by migrants https://t.co/bS8sAh0UYJ 
• Ben Needham search: Kos dig starts for missing toddler https://t.co/4enFMqb1Qi 
• Firm used by the government to cut tax credit payments has received calls from "suicidal" clients https://t.co/jlxJG9zzkQ 
• SDT slams regulator for "shambolic" handling of banking facility case | Legal Futures: https://t.co/lRqhYqXw70 
• Legal Services Board fury after IBA claims it is under "government control" | Legal Futures: https://t.co/TTcoUSWj1i 
• PI Futures: government reforms may have been delayed but "they're coming" | Legal Futures: https://t.co/bCxoJLRux4 
• Environmental health officers call for smoking ban in playgrounds https://t.co/b713b7y4v1
• Fifa disbands its anti-racism taskforce declaring that the job is done https://t.co/9ct1LkbgxH 
• European Space Agency accused of 'having a problem with promoting women' https://t.co/qKGvWkBZN5
• Midcounties Co-op makes record payout to worker who earned below minimum wage https://t.co/RBYKeJfZQy 
• Midcounties Co-op: the unlikely paper ‘boys’ fighting for their rights https://t.co/cWWKGK0035 
• 'Draw and you'll go to jail': the fight to save comics from the censor https://t.co/oMbAyG6Gj6 
• Brussels must fight and beat McDonald’s in the battle for tax justice https://t.co/cLr14XKkn4 
• Donald Trump's supreme joke of the Supreme Court picks: from Tea Party senator to anti-abortion crusader #US https://t.co/4lxtnBk2q0 
• Hilary Benn urges Labour MPs to 'stay and fight' the Blairist cause https://t.co/shiiaqqbnL 
• Labour Jews to opportunistic Chuka Umunna – Stop using antisemitism smears against Corbyn https://t.co/B2XuHVSPH4
• Charge over 'chicken shop row' death in Poplar https://t.co/ddN8rubTiO
• Prince Charles leads memorial to fallen police officers https://t.co/V6O7qcxUzZ

25th September - Law News

1735th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based news & legal articles archive focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's video story: Re-elected leader of the Labour Party Jeremy Corbyn has said parliament must be fully informed on Brexit negotiations. Speaking to Andrew Marr at the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool, he said: "I don't think it's democratic and I don't think it's sustainable at all." He said Labour had set up a Brexit team to demand information from the government and also get involved in talks.

 

Saturday Conversations on Law

• A lift in a burning building? - Grand Chamber rules on terrorist Article 6 claims | UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/nDF77Chkc0 
• How often must we investigate torture? | UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/xNdsDjcifF 
• High Court calls for change in bereavement law to benefit cohabitees | UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/C9GaOqi7d5 
• Xenakis the fisherman and the tangle of EU law | UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/znMlr8WWgO
• Privacy of a doctor under GMC investigation clashes with that of his patient | UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/dIcTTqMjbK 
• Stop blaming Theresa May for brexit, says the man who deprived thousands of benefits, Iain Duncan Smith https://t.co/s4bRxJlq89 
• Coronation Street actor Marc Anwar sacked after protesting about #Indian attrocities in Kashmir https://t.co/UvhG8xdoZ2 
• AN EVALUATION OF THE LIGHTHOUSE INTEGRATED VICTIM WITNESS CARE PROGRAM https://t.co/quv1R9JumF 
• Former PM David Cameron felt "badly let down" by Theresa May during the EU referendum campaign https://t.co/0qwbCeJd3t
• Corbyn urged to act over alleged online abuse of Blairite Labour MPs https://t.co/7C1yhZWYXx https://t.co/euoBnw581u 
• Syria conflict: #Russia 'may have committed war crime' - Johnson https://t.co/L3Ht35A1aH https://t.co/em36ytf9YR 
• Corbyn urged to act over alleged online abuse of Blairite Labour MPs https://t.co/7C1yhZWYXx 
• Former PM David Cameron felt "badly let down" by Theresa May during the EU referendum campaign https://t.co/lugYlw2gyE 
• Syria conflict: #Russia 'may have committed war crime' - Johnson https://t.co/L3Ht35A1aH
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/dq60ARgXM5
• Plane crew douse smoking Samsung phone in #India https://t.co/0J2ZVDLqvi
• Three men charged after Thai raid finds body in freezer #THAILAND https://t.co/TJCtWBJTBv 
• #MYANMAR 'child slavery' outrage sparks investigation https://t.co/vIXwwCksWB 
• Washington State gun attack suspect in custody #US https://t.co/9IXTnvO0m8
• Families take legal action over stalled Troubles inquests https://t.co/ywH8F2RXKE 
• Gerry Adams considers legal action over claims he sanctioned killing https://t.co/tIsBbvkH6F 
• Army spied on Sinn​​ Féin years after IRA ceasefire, soldier claims https://t.co/A9mxAGBMLC 
• Denis Donaldson's family say Provisional IRA did not kill him https://t.co/6CAxHuhHSy 
• Dissident Irish republicans launch new political party https://t.co/uMrdMk0yhc 
• Irish abortion laws: Protests held across the world #IRELAND https://t.co/y8pslGY8EX 
• Three arrested over Poplar 'chicken shop row' murder https://t.co/D4wAK1yPdS
• Washington state attack: Manhunt after Burlington shootings #US https://t.co/oMnKUlE1QC
• Calais migrants: Hollande sets out plan to close Jungle camp #FRANCE https://t.co/OEYEZ4CrOD
• Man arrested over Pippa Middleton iCloud hacking claims https://t.co/R16IvP5TLB 
• Police release bodycam footage of Keith Scott shooting #US https://t.co/G3OqVTPeu4

24th September - Law News

1734th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based news & legal articles archive focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's video story: Leftist FARC rebels have approved a landmark deal with the government, declaring an end to the five-decade war as it prepares to transition into a new political party. Colombians will now vote on the agreement in a referendum next month.

 

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Profession voices qualms about Transforming our Justice System | New Law Journal: https://t.co/dTPwkqWdhI
• Care crisis in the courts | New Law Journal: https://t.co/0FOxd9IqyD 
• Lawyers are invited to contribute to a major inquiry into the way laws are made | New Law Journal: https://t.co/y64ukKSJgv
• SRA: ban on cold calling to remain | New Law Journal: https://t.co/II74PZA6ql 
• Bar and Young Bar Conference 2016 | New Law Journal: https://t.co/DSlikLlzwh 
• Lawyers gearing up for fiercely contested Tour de Law, on 28 and 29 September 2016 | New Law Journal: https://t.co/iUw4Hcorq9 
• UK's record on children's rights inquiry | New Law Journal: https://t.co/t71gYcldGG
• Countdown to the Halsbury Legal Awards 2016 | New Law Journal: https://t.co/YEdowaCMrr 
• Culture rather than compensation entices City partners away from their firms, new research shows | New Law Journal https://t.co/QVSDOS3O5X 
• How to safeguard access to justice? | New Law Journal: https://t.co/DJKcgDF4YX
• Pippa Middleton iCloud hack claims investigated by police https://t.co/lm5s8LyXvX
• Gender pay gap to remain until 2069, report says https://t.co/nFiC6EnBFk
• Bradley Wiggins’ former doctor questions use of banned steroid https://t.co/6tyqrJX2sB 
• The unromantic truth: oil money is vital to the Scottish nationalist cause https://t.co/jw0mVRg9sB 
• How pimps keep eluding internet stings https://t.co/bZEv1I7JHP 
• The human toll of austerity: a nation of unhappy homes https://t.co/CJd8ibthtB 
• I fought the hard left in the 1980s. Now I’m backing Corbyn | Ian Williams https://t.co/lNcgmAyXUN
• #France 'to move Calais refugees to reception centres within weeks' https://t.co/c1cSJvpDy9 
• Teenager among three arrested over death of Czech man in London https://t.co/efLrPk8uhZ 
• Corbyn Mark II looks like a leader – Hope for the future lies with critical friends https://t.co/LdE17jfZpo 
• The long, historical lesson of allowing free speech and a free press is that the criticism may hurt https://t.co/rdSSZKvuRl 
• Brangelina divorce? Somebody think of the children | Law Gazette https://t.co/G0UNxZ3Czp 
• Iceland v Iceland - a new Cold War? | Law Gazette https://t.co/Jo1IrukqCz 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/Q6MekUufaQ
• Lurking clown arrested in Kentucky woods near apartments #US https://t.co/UEPfv9riK0 
• 'Don't shoot!' wife tells Charlotte police in video #US https://t.co/O9lItvglg9
• Scrabble yn Gymraeg: the Welsh board game no one wants to buy https://t.co/bj0usu4kNB
• Images of Duchess of Cambridge and children 'stolen in iCloud hack' https://t.co/trbHQihwb7 
• Gender pay gap won't close until 2069, says Deloitte https://t.co/B19BM093wN 
• Labour MPs who have sought to depose Jeremy Corbyn are guilty of mugging a decent man "in cold blood" https://t.co/o2bwxfKdlE
• Sir Bradley Wiggins: Former team doctor 'surprised' at drug prescription https://t.co/yqcjJKJpLL 
• Nabarro loses contruction disputes heavyweight to Eversheds | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/Pkskl3OJBZ 
• Allen & Overy nabs two more IP partners from Simmons & Simmons | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/3qx1IYMwjx
• Nabarro loses contruction disputes heavyweight to Eversheds | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/Pkskl3OJBZ 
• Allen & Overy nabs two more IP partners from Simmons & Simmons | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/3qx1IYMwjx 
• Brexit jitters trigger pay freeze at Bond Dickinson | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/SmQK546vji 
• Baker & McKenzie retains 88 per cent of qualifying trainees | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/3yg7LByFEd 
• Baker & McKenzie retains 88 per cent of qualifying trainees | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/3yg7LByFEd 
• Travers Smith embarks on AI due diligence trial | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/5ReVzSesdt 
• Attorney wins MacArthur 'Genius Grant' for immigration work | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/HhgHjsv6Uo
• German MPs in heated debate over fast-track citizenship for Britons https://t.co/Doh1bFdSji
• Revealed: one in seven UK takeaways have failed food hygiene tests https://t.co/I6pJ9Xr4vd 
• Amazon UK found guilty of trying to airmail dangerous goods https://t.co/Ii6pT3ZW5G
• Anti-Brexit group lodges legal challenge over article 50 procedure https://t.co/9MqpL5dXHI 
• Sexual harassment reportedly rampant among US national parks employees https://t.co/cleCyqyPyA

23rd September - Law News

1733rd Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based news & legal articles archive focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's video story: Rakeyia Scott, the wife of Keith L. Scott, recorded the moments before and after the shooting of her husband by police in Charlotte, N.C. The video includes graphic violence and disturbing language.


Focus of the Day story:  The bar regulator has told newly qualified barristers to use correct English grammar and spelling from ‘day one’ in the profession. The Bar Standards Board’s recommendation comes in a revised version of its Professional Statement and Threshold Standard and Competences – a document that sets out the ‘skills, knowledge and attributes’ expected of a barrister immediately after getting their practising certificate. Full story - The Law Society Gazette

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Horrendously misogynistic memes are still flooding the internet https://t.co/vmCUglDkbM
• Probe continues after man's Cardiff street terror arrest https://t.co/CzKE3fdYeQ 
• Brexit: maintaining cross-border rights | Law Gazette https://t.co/ruXmFjHCLc https://t.co/Nb0z1EZScq 
• Military claims: Politicians & press must stop vilifying lawyers for upholding the rule of law | Law Gazette https://t.co/qJGk2sgRTx 
• Brexit: maintaining cross-border rights | Law Gazette https://t.co/ruXmFjHCLc
• Military claims: Politicians & press must stop vilifying lawyers for upholding the rule of law | Law Gazette https://t.co/YsJUPv9W9v 
• LeO: Handbook overhaul will ‘confuse’ clients | Law Gazette https://t.co/INi2oDQ8aO https://t.co/NCzpm0IcP5
• Lawyers can’t be compared to sewage workers, says Bar Council head | Law Gazette https://t.co/Mcjn43v5W7 https://t.co/x0Ac1liyLc
• LeO: Handbook overhaul will ‘confuse’ clients | Law Gazette https://t.co/INi2oDQ8aO 
• Lawyers can’t be compared to sewage workers, says Bar Council head | Law Gazette https://t.co/Mcjn43v5W7
• £400m government panel opens to bids | Law Gazette https://t.co/BVZ4xfzZEf https://t.co/Yg0EerKPIS
• Co-op Legal’s recovery picks up | Law Gazette https://t.co/hp92KiaRWN https://t.co/ay5cxtMWJu 
• IBA 2016: Stock market listing comes at a price | Law Gazette https://t.co/8iVwUa4zRG https://t.co/ZGcq1o2rbj 
• Co-op Legal’s recovery picks up | Law Gazette https://t.co/hp92KiaRWN 
• IBA 2016: Stock market listing comes at a price | Law Gazette https://t.co/8iVwUa4zRG
• Criminal bar chief targets ‘corruption’ of defence work | Law Gazette https://t.co/4CwaM29X4H 
• Firm defers pay review until Brexit picture is clearer | Law Gazette https://t.co/UzfutqRfwn https://t.co/B3CCst3gHk
• £400m government panel opens to bids | Law Gazette https://t.co/BVZ4xfzZEf 
• IBA 2016: call for action over 'long arm' of US law | Law Gazette https://t.co/PqkPT3D7Y7 
• Firm defers pay review until Brexit picture is clearer | Law Gazette https://t.co/UzfutqRfwn 
• SRA will shut law firms over ‘dubious’ investment schemes | Law Gazette https://t.co/GVneKiiHCv https://t.co/1jdCfBveLc 
• Renowned clin neg solicitor struck off over costs | Law Gazette https://t.co/GgfT71T1po 
• SRA will shut law firms over ‘dubious’ investment schemes | Law Gazette https://t.co/GVneKiiHCv 
• #GUATEMALA rights prosecutor arrested over alleged hit-and-run https://t.co/uEolNPbmVE 
• May vows to protect UK troops who fought in Iraq from what she calls, legal 'abuse' https://t.co/Qu5hbURo96 
• Queen of divorce Laura Wasser: Angelina Jolie hires expert in separating Hollywood royalty https://t.co/cmfWZdjXrg https://t.co/xwrg7O5CYB 
• Judges to rule on tycoon's secrecy plea in court battle with ex-wife https://t.co/moP3s7qUyN 
• Queen of divorce Laura Wasser: Angelina Jolie hires expert in separating Hollywood royalty https://t.co/cmfWZdjXrg 
• The Real Reason White People Say ‘All Lives Matter’ https://t.co/KKUpN3uaiA 
• Court slashes damages to be paid by ex-trader Kerviel #FRANCE https://t.co/6Mja6gY4C0
• Two men cleared over 15 year old Scarlett Keeling Goa beach death in #India https://t.co/WstXupWsou
• Becky Godden murder: Christopher Halliwell given whole-life sentence https://t.co/n44ahLzFFX https://t.co/Gxo7pJ3UEZ 
• Brad Pitt: FBI considers investigation over plane claim #US https://t.co/uJdXZiRqLJ
• Sports Direct: Ashley steps in as chief executive resigns https://t.co/H6A8nLOtJe https://t.co/5PYANvFT4Z 
• Becky Godden murder: Christopher Halliwell given whole-life sentence https://t.co/n44ahLzFFX 
• Sports Direct: Ashley steps in as chief executive resigns https://t.co/H6A8nLOtJe 
• Charlotte shooting sparks days of protests over police violence #US https://t.co/On5aU2Nsoc 
• Driver admits killing woman who was returning from son's wedding https://t.co/h55GHfHve5 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/MD08gDcJVx
• Isle of Man Election 2016: History made as five women elected to House of Keys https://t.co/LGcYqPqmCO 
• 'Queer history' landmarks celebrated by Historic England https://t.co/dYzEslfrcb
• Probation reforms far from complete, warn MPs https://t.co/gKm9AbxhJ7
• Theresa May: Troops must be protected from legal system abuse https://t.co/txAAmVHZGw 
• Period pain affects 'most women workers' https://t.co/yuuyOqcyrN
• Tulsa shooting: Manslaughter charge for police officer who shot black man #US https://t.co/QoSbG8OHaS 
• Teenager raped in Manchester city centre after being held and robbed by two women https://t.co/BXNLqQByhS 
• He 'offends me as an African American': Ohio Trump replacement on record bashing him #US https://t.co/eQd4TCVqMI 
• Which? files supercomplaint against banks over transfer fraud https://t.co/QMt2Ti3b2l
• #CHINA should be proud of Wang Quanzhang - instead it persecutes him https://t.co/J5xgFCVuhz 
• Baroness Neville-Rolfe speech at the 2016 International Law Enforcement IP Crime Conference https://t.co/X4T39LKrSR 
• The Legal 500 UK Recognizes Goodwin for Excellence in Six Practice Areas https://t.co/vMjDkvOCOh
• UK to crack down on illegal ivory sales https://t.co/ShMqSLnXWf 
• Plot to shut down Sharia Law courts in Britain as protesters call them 'discriminatory' https://t.co/QmWZaOMuEa 
• UK Parliament considers law to cut food waste https://t.co/pC2TPmE1sI 
• UK failing on many human rights measures, report claims https://t.co/T7L4lDJ9bi 
• University of Kentucky Law Grad Wins Intellectual Property Writing Competition https://t.co/fv8ixnAntf S
• Law Society and Bar Council condemn regulators for “attacks” on profession - Legal Futures https://t.co/AcHP7GkQZ5
• Diamonds are not forever - SRA 'will shut down' firms involved in dodgy investment schemes - Legal Futures https://t.co/PYsInkqRVL
• Criminal Bar urges government action to stamp out solicitors' 'corrupt practices' - Legal Futures https://t.co/txCnJkfchx 
• Donald Trump's bumbling campaign chair in Ohio resigns over ‘no racism before Obama' remarks #US https://t.co/rMXHIQtCEW 
• Facebook And Israel Officially Announce Collaboration To Censor Social Media Content https://t.co/SCtZB572xc
• New study questions implications of courtroom video links | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/mK3wCWbm6U
• Black lawyers less likely to change firms with co-workers, study finds | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/rPIp6wXjQO
• KWM extends nominations deadline for EU managing partner | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/8OEC9iICPh 
• Quinn Emanuel loses Moscow arbitration duo | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/vC66uAHV7n 
• Gowling WLG revives annual pay review | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/RIqWNwWJ7v 
• Another blow for Ashurst as Brussels head walks | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/XtQjinkN7O 
• 'Totes awkward' police wedding photo appeal dropped https://t.co/gsFAm3FzAV 
• Met Commissioner says police face car-stop 'dilemma' https://t.co/O11sXbQkly 
• Teenager charged with celebrity minder Ricky Hayden's murder https://t.co/vY1Nkt0y0v
• Hackers stole information from about 500 million users from Yahoo, the company has confirmed https://t.co/rB8xztq1TW 
• Richard Sherman, “I’m an African American and I’m not happy how the justice has been dealt with over the years" https://t.co/Q8Jiq1B0PE 
• Charlotte police chief: Video does not 'definitively' show pointed gun #US https://t.co/Tba9hGZQLr
• Guardian newspaper columnist calls for ‘crowdfunded assassination’ of Jeremy Corbyn https://t.co/RjDNDFecmi 
• Families take government to task over Troubles inquests https://t.co/9AhHLOiE3o 
• Kris Wade jailed for Christine James Cardiff Bay murder https://t.co/M1gWr83pmN 
• Sex ban man John O'Neill no longer on 24-hour notice https://t.co/Mclcmm6sJc 
• New partner appointed at Hugh James Solicitors https://t.co/wjgHFD6GjY 
• Two houses are being searched after terror suspect held in Cardiff https://t.co/AEAiE2Ygws

22nd September - Law News

1732nd Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based news & legal articles archive focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's video story: The war in Yemen, which began early last year when the government was overthrown by rebel forces, has pushed the country to the brink of famine. This video contains distressing scenes from the start.


Focus of the Day story:  Senior judge questions policy of cutting court funding while raising fees. Lord Justice Jackson’s remarks follow arguments from activists and lawyers that Tories are withdrawing access to justice. Full story - Guardian Law

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Swiss compromise over free movement may deal blow to UK hopes https://t.co/fJWP83nB3c 
• Disgraced Home Secretary Amber Rudd facing calls to clarify involvement in tax havens https://t.co/j3oYb4t65a https://t.co/Ednh9ibwxf 
• UK military investigating 600 allegations made by 150 people against British soldiers' alleged abuses in... https://t.co/ve7ETjiiA7 
• Disgraced Home Secretary Amber Rudd facing calls to clarify involvement in tax havens https://t.co/j3oYb4t65a 
• UK military investigating 600 allegations made by 150 people against British soldiers' alleged abuses in Afghanistan https://t.co/mCAxdr7X1K 
• UK universities draw up plans for EU campuses ahead of Brexit https://t.co/D3XJnAWXOL 
• Calais refugee children abandoning plans to reach UK https://t.co/CeRhWCr4KO 
• Xia Lin, who was the lawyer for Ai Weiwei jailed for 12 years in 'severe retaliation' #CHINA https://t.co/C2Tx6XpJz0
• Number of prisoners convicted of terror-related offences in UK jails hits record high https://t.co/mobAxfX8Xb
• This photo from Charlotte tells you all you need to know about policing in America | Ijeoma Oluo https://t.co/p6jATHcNvr
• UK universities draw up plans for EU campuses ahead of Brexit https://t.co/D3XJnAWXOL 
• Number of prisoners convicted of terror-related offences in UK jails hits record high https://t.co/mobAxfX8Xb
• Society defends solicitors as media firestorm rages over claims against military | Law Gazette https://t.co/9pAgP5b1Js
• Use correct grammar, BSB tells newly qualified barristers | Law Gazette https://t.co/VG7SgR0M2x
• IBA 2016: legal independence in E&W under attack | Law Gazette https://t.co/aMcAi0n0M3 
• IBA 2016: legal independence in E&W under attack | Law Gazette https://t.co/aMcAi0n0M3 
• Evidence mounts in the case for problem-solving courts | Law Gazette https://t.co/DY5ID2P62v 
• Judge suggests ex-client could claim against defunct Blavo | Law Gazette https://t.co/5ZMrA9qD7Z 
• Society defends solicitors as media firestorm rages over claims against military | Law Gazette https://t.co/15khkoJJrp
• Judge suggests ex-client could claim against defunct Blavo | Law Gazette https://t.co/5ZMrA9qD7Z 
• #Singapore Apple afficianado pair 'tried to buy iPhones at airport without flying', arrested and charged https://t.co/eRSYQXuzoc 
• Derbyshire County Council term holiday fines only 'in worst cases' https://t.co/iOf2cqv6a1
• London mayor orders review of Garden Bridge project https://t.co/roYzVK3vpF 
• Eggheads panellist CJ de Mooi arrested over death https://t.co/Uc1Q7K6Rxf
• Six plead guilty to running Birmingham brothel https://t.co/DVsDdvN2cu 
• Athlete Lauren Jeska admits Alexander Stadium triple stabbing https://t.co/mMcFpwQfAs
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/LiNEkJi2qc
• Small businesses in negative mood for first time in four years as a result of #brexit https://t.co/cHmjM78Ezz 
• Government 'committed' to Alan Turing gay pardon law https://t.co/Awrc4yFjaY 
• State of emergency for Charlotte as unrest over police shooting continues #US https://t.co/eLYYh9kHAU 
• ‘Shambolic’ SRA criticised by tribunal | Law Gazette https://t.co/QyuRhvSkAE 
• Women's flotilla to Gaza is more than mere symbolism #PALESTINE https://t.co/ClXVyDoV3h 
• #GHANA calls to remove #Mahatma Gandhi statue over racist views towards black people by the #Indian social reformer https://t.co/wPw0RNY25l 
• San Francisco 49ers' Colin Kaepernick says he has received death threats #US https://t.co/exT16N6haZ 
• Troops battle Boko Haram near Malam Fatori #NIGERIA https://t.co/e4YLcf8Com 
• Scores drown after boat capsizes off #Egypt's coast https://t.co/fLGzGBzBC5 
• The ‘right’ to sell golliwogs is not something we should be fighting for in 2016 https://t.co/6hgTk4Zb79
• Solicitor removed from injured child case over conflict of interest - Legal Futures https://t.co/5LwlaFXuFP
• Lawyers need to prepare for 'customer service revolution' - Legal Futures https://t.co/MACWqvkKbc 
• Exclusive: Saga exits legal services – for now - Legal Futures https://t.co/fQrtbMnT5K 
• The ‘right’ to sell golliwogs is not something we should be fighting for in 2016 https://t.co/6hgTk4Zb79 
• Revenues skyrocket at Signature Litigation | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/SK4hhAQvs9
• A&O hires former StanChart legal head in Thailand | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/Rrx5zwiC0l
• A&O hires former StanChart legal head in Thailand | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/Rrx5zwiC0l
• DLA Piper combines with IP boutique in Canada | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/UDHkOLyE5P 
• Gender gap prevails in solicitor pay, says Law Society report | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/b41UM9X0dI
• Shearman & Sterling considering equity partner demotions | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/YzlKy6kvdz 
• Former US House Speaker joins Squire Patton Boggs | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/Sk8gSMdLQ5 
• Shearman & Sterling considering equity partner demotions | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/YzlKy6kvdz
• UK failing on many human rights measures, report claims https://t.co/T7L4lE0K2Q 
• Student mental health 'lacks support' https://t.co/aO0sbbXhl9 
• Residents overlooked by Tate Modern extension should 'get net curtains' https://t.co/E3hshVh1L5 
• Embarassing leaks reveal Tory cabinet member Amber Rudd's involvement in Bahamas offshore firms https://t.co/DDGlponK4X
• Family courts face 'imminent crisis' over huge rise in care applications https://t.co/ojUJJ4arZf https://t.co/DeUZsy0FrF
• Embarassing leaks reveal Tory cabinet member Amber Rudd's involvement in Bahamas offshore firms https://t.co/bm9wn6FjpG
• Family courts face 'imminent crisis' over huge rise in care applications https://t.co/ojUJJ4arZf 
• Calls to abolish death penalty grow louder in #JAPAN https://t.co/g0HUEF9DZ5
• Aberthaw power station breached emissions limit, rules EU court https://t.co/ApEedEgL7k 
• The Human Rights Act protects our soldiers – as well as those they are meant to protect https://t.co/4cVNC3eNal https://t.co/PZwGh0dMuh
• Is Britain fighting another illegal war in the Middle East? Death of 62 Syrian soldiers raises fundamental https://t.co/pYrKTQA6UU 
• The Human Rights Act protects our soldiers – as well as those they are meant to protect https://t.co/4cVNC3eNal 
• Is Britain fighting another illegal war in the Middle East? Death of 62 Syrian soldiers raises fundamental questions https://t.co/JxtsOE0FTo 
• #Dutch court orders artist Abramović to pay €250,000 to former co-creator and lover Ulay as his share of sales of... https://t.co/6qVUpVTYQx 
• Derrick Rose rape accuser's name to be made public during trial, judge rules #US https://t.co/W7L84pq7S3 
• #Dutch court orders artist Abramović to pay €250,000 to former co-creator and lover Ulay as his share of sales of ar…https://t.co/jleDjA6oCR 
• Leak reveals Tory Home Secretary Amber Rudd's links to offshore investment funds https://t.co/3OFz3VtSJV 
• MI6 set to recruit 1,000 extra staff https://t.co/kc8qu7S6nt 
• Oxford tops world university rankings https://t.co/TnpaStfYRD
• ⚡️ "The Telegraph newspaper faces backlash for sexual assault headline" https://t.co/2FjQLJHgSJ 
• Former criminal bar chief wants trade union for lawyers https://t.co/rWd3mLsS4N 
• ‘Wrong’ to shift court costs from taxpayers to litigants, says Jackson LJ https://t.co/pfrGWJseQM 
• SRA’s proposed handbook changes face public opposition https://t.co/ShwWGyLpIJ

21st September - Law News

1731th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based news & legal articles archive focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's video story: Protests against police brutality are continuing into the night in two cities in the US state of North Carolina. They came after a police officer shot and killed 43-year-old black man Keith Lamont Scott earlier on Tuesday night. And following the fatal shooting by police of a black man five days earlier in the state of Oklahoma.


Focus of the Day story: A leading criminal silk has called for the Law Society and Bar Council to be scrapped to make way for a ‘unified’ trade union that can represent the legal profession in opposition to government cuts. ‘The Law Society and the Bar Council should go and we should have a unified negotiation body,’ the former chair of the Criminal Bar Association (CBA), Michael Turner QC. Full story - Solicitors Journal

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Dreams and desperation in the Calais camp https://t.co/9UG7nebGHr
• Women taken off Southampton flight after writing on plane https://t.co/ZXNvcglJF3
• Two sought over unexploded NY device #US https://t.co/SFjhqpBUcU 
• Cellphone Alerts Used in New York to Search for Bombing Suspect https://t.co/BnFfzZ5RLP
• Video Released in Terence Crutcher's Killing by Tulsa Police #US https://t.co/Hb9P9g6gce 
• Flaws in Fingerprint Records Allowed Hundreds to Become #US Citizens https://t.co/Q2VipZ67VK
• Ignore the xenophobia. Newcomers make #NewYork, #Paris and #London healthier and more vibrant https://t.co/TUQMgvb4Us 
• Ahmad Rahami: Fixture in Family's Business and, Lately, a 'Completely Different Person' https://t.co/CbgbAyuGzZ 
• #US Signals Backing for Self-Driving Cars https://t.co/P0oHkvYojK 
• Governor Chris Christie Knew About Bridge Lane Closings as They Happened, Prosecutors Say #US https://t.co/vFkYTYzkDp 
• 12 charges against social worker in Liam Fee case upheld - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/DgQ700AZmF
• MTM Defence Lawyers receive top tier accolades in Legal 500 - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/KhLvvRV9dd
• 12 charges against social worker in Liam Fee case upheld - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/DgQ700AZmF 
• Industry recognition for Edinburgh lawyer - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/t6xdXMykQA
• MTM Defence Lawyers receive top tier accolades in Legal 500 - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/KhLvvRV9dd 
• Industry recognition for Edinburgh lawyer - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/t6xdXMykQA
• Legal historian's monograph nominated for prize - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/5yIJHr9fb8 
• Govan Law Centre annual report details year's successes - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/AEoBVrXYiu 
• KPMG outsources to India in legal market incursion - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/6DIeywU6ri 
• Dispute and insolvency specialist to spearhead Blackadders’ Glasgow growth - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/vu69Rhl8y4
• Blog: Prescription – When does the clock start? - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/UtOm6cx3qf 
• Summary complaint following deserted solemn proceedings not unfair, Sheriff Appeal Court rules - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/zNL19XCkqP
• Mother succeeds in negligence claim against health board over birth of brain damaged baby - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/0XalFzkt7q
• Truly pleased to include the #NorthKorean Rodong Sinmun as one of the publications we'll aim to choose articles... https://t.co/gWYSYypU3f
• Provocative Nature of Anti-DPRK "Human Rights" Racket Can Never Be Hidden #NORTHKORA... https://t.co/L9NxExm3jj 
• Labour's rule changes: what do they mean in Wales? https://t.co/HJWQlzlf7Y
• Provocative Nature of Anti-DPRK "Human Rights" Racket Can Never Be Hidden #NORTHKORA https://t.co/QjuyZLYZ8T./en/index.php?strPageID=SF01_0
• Google weakens Allo chat app privacy promise https://t.co/tOYuc8zSNM
• Mobile phone roaming charge abolition plan rewritten, may not be for UK customers if brexit is triggered https://t.co/fTShsapM1s
• Labour's rule changes: what do they mean in Wales? https://t.co/HJWQlzlf7Y 
• Chris Brennan inquest: Hospital neglect 'contributed to teenager's death' https://t.co/HCxRWyGROb
• #SYRIA conflict: Air strike kills five medical workers https://t.co/bKX9BSZx4P
• Network Rail fined £4m over level crossing death of actress https://t.co/pV4QCnZ7yq https://t.co/beEZKbvISM
• Jet2 bans six 'drunken' passengers after trouble on flight https://t.co/feAvpjLtvs
• 'Fake Sheikh' Mazher Mahmood 'plotted to change Tulisa evidence' https://t.co/ShpeZgpxGn
• All schools evacuated in #Canadian province of Prince Edward Island, with police citing "potential threat" https://t.co/ydXodR6JMz
• Vets warn people against buying 'flat-faced' dogs https://t.co/8Wr6jM2nfj
• #SYRIA conflict: Air strike kills five medical workers https://t.co/bKX9BSZx4P 
• Chris Brennan inquest: Hospital neglect 'contributed to teenager's death' https://t.co/HCxRWyGROb 
• Network Rail fined £4m over level crossing death of actress https://t.co/pV4QCnZ7yq 
• Mobile phone roaming charge abolition plan rewritten, may not be for UK customers if brexit is triggered https://t.co/2x5iaMLt03
• 'Fake Sheikh' Mazher Mahmood 'plotted to change Tulisa evidence' https://t.co/ShpeZgpxGn 
• Jet2 bans six 'drunken' passengers after trouble on flight https://t.co/feAvpjLtvs 
• SRA 'jumping the gun'? | Law Gazette https://t.co/7D2uiBzq4m https://t.co/UbSdT9IUPe 
• Vets warn people against buying 'flat-faced' dogs https://t.co/8Wr6jM2nfj 
• Google weakens Allo chat app privacy promise https://t.co/tOYuc8zSNM 
• The impact of the IBA | Law Gazette https://t.co/epexAWnZ6m
• IBA 2016: TTIP ‘promotes rule of law’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/rTpgfDi63f
• All schools evacuated in #Canadian province of Prince Edward Island, with police citing "potential threat" https://t.co/fNCwvoOcKW
• NAHL profits rise as it edges away from mass PI market | Law Gazette https://t.co/jLOVSCOOAC
• Research exposes £60k gender pay gap | Law Gazette https://t.co/P8MHFSZbRx
• IBA 2016: ‘EU the sick man of Europe’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/iKPCzSBjPB
• SDT explains Blacker rehearing decision | Law Gazette https://t.co/kUizNJQNax
• City savages SRA over handbook changes | Law Gazette https://t.co/TvETutqCsd
• The impact of the IBA | Law Gazette https://t.co/epexAWnZ6m
• SRA 'jumping the gun'? | Law Gazette https://t.co/7D2uiBzq4m
• City savages SRA over handbook changes | Law Gazette https://t.co/TvETutqCsd
• NAHL profits rise as it edges away from mass PI market | Law Gazette
• IBA 2016: ‘EU the sick man of Europe’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/iKPCzSBjPB 
• IBA 2016: TTIP ‘promotes rule of law’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/rTpgfDi63f 
• SDT explains Blacker rehearing decision | Law Gazette https://t.co/kUizNJQNax
• Research exposes £60k gender pay gap | Law Gazette https://t.co/P8MHFSZbRx 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/VBiHl52pct
• Number of women convicted of domestic violence at record high https://t.co/YJ06vROH6R 
• UK student stabbed in the neck for speaking Polish speaks out https://t.co/kZAaiiFz4L 
• Police target controlling behaviour in new domestic abuse initiative https://t.co/3UJpRECrjt 
• Momentum has shown how to rise above the media’s rightwing bias https://t.co/NoBNBkiycQ 
• Ahmad Khan Rahami charged over bombings in New York and New Jersey #US https://t.co/cKX3sNhN7O 
• IBA 2016: Lawyers must rebuild trust - Lagarde | Law Gazette https://t.co/SqXn1rmsSj 
• Sports Direct drops RPC from working practices review | Law Gazette https://t.co/BkYHbyX2ew 
• City firms continue to post high retention rates | Law Gazette https://t.co/JQnsrbR9ha 
• City lays in to SRA over handbook changes | Law Gazette https://t.co/ivjLA6CDD8 
• Jackson LJ calls for court funding rethink | Law Gazette https://t.co/LjTygyLCRX 
• Munby relies on problem-solving courts to solve 'care crisis' | Law Gazette https://t.co/kmrsBGbrrS 
• UC Berkeley's ban on #Palestine course 'McCarthyist' https://t.co/MqTnf6bpXF 
• #PAKISTAN court stays execution of mentally ill prisoner Imdad Ali https://t.co/JIvsrcsCnX 
• New electoral law in #JORDAN aims to fix a political system with which many voters have grown disenchanted https://t.co/PFTWBWtlfp 
• Video shows US police shoot and kill unarmed black man https://t.co/1Sw01aDDBa 
• UN probe finds 'gross human rights abuses' in #BURUNDI https://t.co/dqiHzyTH3f 
• Do not fear robot lawyers - fear robot clients - Legal Futures https://t.co/PFCDvaC67e 
• Regional law firms 'more positive about ABSs' than City counterparts - Legal Futures https://t.co/G3Asw0DKun 
• Law Society survey finds 20% pay gap between male and female solicitors - Legal Futures https://t.co/4KwlCuW0Ao
• Senior judge questions policy of removing court funding while raising fees https://t.co/97w8EoJ9XF 
• Trump used $258,000 from his charity to settle legal problems #US https://t.co/Jq0q8chbhW 
• Judge sets trial for Nov 2017 as defendants seek deals | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/MV0x6fLtov 
• Trump's 'nationwide crime wave' isn't founded in evidence, says expert report | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/GQV2NvQabx 
• Clifford Chance slashes trainee intake by 20 per cent | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/c1JSfhoB1E 
• Gateley in second post-IPO acquisition | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/r0niKeITOr
• Septuagenarian law student awaits entrance to the bar | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/jHYwWiXdJ1 
• Gateley in second post-IPO acquisition | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/r0niKeITOr 
• K&L Gates to replace Kalis with leadership duo | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/pkHzOFq0m4
• K&L Gates to replace Kalis with leadership duo | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/pkHzOFq0m4
• Police hunt for further victims of Christopher Halliwell https://t.co/hXIqtKsHwc 
• Hull vicar carjackers Jay Desborough and Leon Wrigglesworth sentenced https://t.co/CsMS3yiyvD
• Nine arrested after Greek refugee camp burns https://t.co/5qHUXXfI9r 
• #US terror blasts: Bar owner describes 'exhausted' suspect https://t.co/AYjhgyarMw 
• Judge voices fears over 'crisis' in child care cases https://t.co/Jk7lf4ed96 
• Relatives of a boy who died in Calais while trying to enter Britain have told the BBC about his last moments https://t.co/d5oEH4V4zk
• HMRC tightens grip on tax avoiders https://t.co/Oe8vwNJnbY