19th January - Law News

1850th 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: In one predominantly African-American Mississippi Delta town, folks look back - and forward - on the eve of Donald Trump's inauguration.


Focus of the day story:  The government has set the ball rolling on the long-awaited review of its controversial legal aid reforms, the Ministry of Justice has announced. Justice minister Sir Oliver Heald told an all-party parliamentary group meeting in Westminster yesterday evening that the government ’now considers enough time has passed for the reforms to have bedded in for us to begin the review process’. Full story - The Law Society Gazette

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Law firm rescue saves 44 jobs – but creditors could lose £3m | Law Gazette https://t.co/wr5wSxErSX
• Liz Truss: we won’t forget legal profession in Brexit talks | Law Gazette https://t.co/UizjytL14T
• Supreme Court? Millions have never heard of it, university study claims | Law Gazette https://t.co/zdmqLmtohG 
• Law firms dominate Stonewall ranking of inclusive employers | Law Gazette https://t.co/vjVP0sWZwz 
• News focus: from billion-dollar firm to administration – what went wrong at KWM | Law Gazette https://t.co/jGC43a4wJy
• A lecture from HSBC on the rule of law? That’s a tough sell | Law Gazette https://t.co/kgnpv0eRVr
• Tributes paid to ‘legal legend’ Harry Ellis, 100 | Law Gazette https://t.co/d0xSdbux5q 
• Chelsea Manning thanks Obama for prison release https://t.co/q7lxhXuqCv 
• Law Society hits back at justice minister over legal aid remarks | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/pNniTVO18r
• SRA presses on with solicitors in unregulated businesses | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/Hg0LePWM9t
• Legal sector dominates workplace equality index | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/Aq2fc8pO4Z 
• What did Rolls-Royce directors know about bribery scandal? 'No comment' https://t.co/nGpo2ZB6i1
• Why can’t Britain apologise to these victims of rendition? | Cori Crider https://t.co/BuwA5d9eAB
• Advocate General Szpunar: UK and Gibraltar are a single member state for the purposes of the freedom to provide service https://t.co/LFGX94vvw0 
• England: Liberty calls on parents to boycott government attempts to build foreign children lists - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/N2iUvbQCCs 
• Buckfast in the dock: Sheriff tells teenager guilty of assault to lay off the tonic wine - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/kr3CjkXEyk 
• Iraqi who fled Greece after ‘Golden Dawn’ attacks wins right to ‘in-country’ appeal against refusal of UK asylum https://t.co/QKeBl34ZR2 
• QC cautions against 'irresponsible' comments in wake of Goodwillie - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/maowMpplGg 
• Poppy Widdison death: Mother and partner jailed for 13 years https://t.co/TSOPxqASGe J
• First Trump appointee to bow out amidst scandal https://t.co/cetJYg8lvH 
• #Gambia political crisis: What happens next? https://t.co/RsMKKLoqmq 
• Survey reveals annual fraud and cybercrime figures for first time https://t.co/guSoPTTsmm 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/jHL53tVlPr
• Moneysupermarket and Paddy Power lead advert complaints https://t.co/C00ZECZUqQ
• Who is really looking after your sensitive records? The risk of offshore records management. https://t.co/3i50WUB5Wv
• The future of Australia’s migration advice profession | Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/bzNjSM8a8M
• Freedom fighters for victims of child abuse | Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/IFMIqshRO2 
• Law firms need to be more vigilant to combat money launderers | Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/vmConnjZHR
• Can ethnic minorities trust the British press? https://t.co/7br1MkmBQW
• The west was built on racism. It's time we faced that https://t.co/ltprOO2UXg
• Barak Obama to leave office with more than 40 detainees still in Guantánamo Bay #US https://t.co/NnQ6OMnupZ
• #Somalia urged to enforce law on sexual offences after gang rape of 16-year-old https://t.co/Oz0TlFrxrU
• Home Office refuses to enforce privacy code on NHS staff using video https://t.co/2DZosZwMQJ
• Legal firms were the best industry for LGBT support, but no media companies made the top 100, Lloyds bank the best https://t.co/g9RU1bBfro
• Prepare for new surge in hate crimes against EU citizens, says EHRC https://t.co/92UxiFlmA4 
• I fought for Chelsea Manning because she stood up for all trans people | Evan Greer https://t.co/dSDfQnyAOa 
• Moneysupermarket grabs most complained-about ad top spot again https://t.co/1A68dRtvta
• UK’s EEA citizens need help, not fear https://t.co/aENSwRg5OD 
• We can't work it out: Paul McCartney to sue Sony for rights to Beatles classics https://t.co/VmDU1LdHjC 
• AI contract service secures financial backing | Legal Futures: https://t.co/OFyksG9k23 
• SDT throws out surveillance allegations against News of the World solicitor | Legal Futures: https://t.co/9TX6912yNm
• Judiciary issues warning to government over impact of PI reform | Legal Futures https://t.co/U7YViGPbzi 
• British paedophile Paul Charles Wilkins jailed in #US https://t.co/kdKHGGCANm 
• Barak Obama: 'Moment may be passing' for two-state solution for #Palestine & #Israel due to ringwing dominance https://t.co/hyJjL6uI8b 
• Sylvana Simons: Racism is accepted in the #NETHERLANDS https://t.co/Xf0VQph0Jf 
• Who represents the #Palestinian people? https://t.co/RpMCBnHFSm 
• IBF boxing champion Anthony Joshua criticised on Twitter over picture showing him taking part in Muslim prayers https://t.co/fjDXi29mC4 
• Born in a cell: The families stranded at the #US border https://t.co/Sfrv54net4 
• #TURKEY's constitutional reform: All you need to know https://t.co/miKcQEzq4u
• The difference between right and left-wing populism: Right-wing populism evokes fear, left-wing populism hope https://t.co/qb5MUvDIBl 
• Death of the billable hour kills off traditional law firm franchise | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/eDFFzVHg6M 
• FTSE 100 companies launch 'rule of law' network | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/zezq3xgySk 
• Rolls-Royce settlement largest imposed by SFO | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/679t1UoCWb
• Trump presidency a boost for immigration lawyers | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/cDpSw2KNED https://t.co/DMOuolJEBp 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/a3tT9exQOj
• Trump presidency a boost for immigration lawyers | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/cDpSw2KNED 
• Privacy, surveillance and the Digital Economy Bill | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/LD6tEfPMMm
• What it means to think like a lawyer | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/OUp6395v15 
• Supreme court to deliver Brexit ruling on 24 January https://t.co/VFSYe2TV1f 
• MoD thwarts media campaign to release marine shooting video https://t.co/SFU6yP4fx9
• Calls for ex-Rolls-Royce CEO to lose knighthood after firm admits bribery https://t.co/P4zSqvSNOU 
• Hundreds of thousands of retired Britons in EU 'may be forced to return' under Brexit plans https://t.co/T1k0d1WmH5 
• Single mum unlawfully jailed for council tax debt in Wales https://t.co/9PLjuEAceJ 
• Trump and the nuclear codes: Under Russian influence the world is safe from Trump #US https://t.co/Zw1MghqiM3

18th January - Law News

1849th 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: More than 3,000 women staged a demonstration today in Sanaa to protest against Saudi Arabia's involvement in the conflict in Yemen. The pro-Houthi women, who packed the Sanaa football stadium, carried banners that urged Yemeni women to “fight for peace”, while chanting for victory and marching carrying machine guns and rocket-propelled grenade launchers.


Focus of the day story:  Young lawyers are far from cashing in on law’s gravy train. Solicitors criticised for their pay packets should remember the social and economic contribution they have made Full story - Solicitors Journal

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Macdonald Henderson makes director promotion - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/BLWkb3EREp 
• Tayside sports clubs benefit from annual fundraiser - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/0nr60P5VHx 
• Blog: Injured golfer’s claim against club members dismissed - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/DrKM8Wfgep 
• Report finds improved conditions for female prisoners transferred to HMP Polmont - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/magIaqvi8J 
• Law Society of Scotland president welcomes PM's commitment to working with EU on cross-border issues - Scottish Legl News https://t.co/8BKwIJPwP6
• Brodies awarded gold ranking in trademark and IP list - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/PvqhLedhtJ
• Triple murderer and rapist Arthur Hutchinson suffered no violation of article 3, Strasbourg rules https://t.co/Ms2AUoA8n5 
• Arnot Manderson quartet appointed as standing juniors to the Scottish government - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/zkLkhxmFQj 
• Woman awarded £100,000 damages in rape claim against footballers who never faced criminal trial - Scottish Legal News https://lnkd.in/dT6jYD8
• Law Society warns solicitors of suspected scam email - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/SWi64Jxypi
• More cases and strain on courts if time-bar removed, Faculty believes - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/V7RUAMd3ah 
• Disabled man unable to board bus because of passenger's refusal to vacate wheelchair space has appeal allowed to lim…https://t.co/W0Ayk5ksiK
• Appeal Court calls for change to law on sentencing of offenders caught with indecent images of children https://t.co/Zl5ejLwl6b 
• Big questions on fixed costs for civil litigators | Law Gazette https://t.co/VsXzxyuvmA 
• Support for leasehold reform gathers momentum | Law Gazette https://t.co/QdUixngcSA 
• Unregistered barrister disbarred for theft | Law Gazette https://t.co/TXPVoMHML2 
• Council tight-lipped over audit into ‘secret’ £300k law firm grant | Law Gazette https://t.co/tuiz13ehPV 
• FTSE giants launch GC network to tackle rule of law failures | Law Gazette https://t.co/h3A2ZmszDj 
• At last: MoJ announces timetable for LASPO review | Law Gazette https://t.co/XDRjUS6RGM 
• Judge’s Turkey detention could set genocide organiser free | Law Gazette https://t.co/EK1pnHyzIz
• Lawyer invented medical firm to raid £25k legal aid funds | Law Gazette https://t.co/GG9CX9ENBG 
• KWM to retain European presence after going under | Law Gazette https://t.co/gMJNdI5Db3
• News of the World adviser cleared of ‘repugnant’ spying on lawyers | Law Gazette https://t.co/dZbi0l5t7v 
• New EU trade relationship key to farming sector | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/CXvWteIxds 
• Sir Oliver Heald QC outlines LASPO review timetable | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/DXZRMKnLW1
• SFO secures largest corporate crime fine | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/77E5D70DXZ 
• Missing airman Corrie Mckeague's membership of a swingers website is part of the police investigation https://t.co/5nbSfdZFDr 
• Salman Khan: Bollywood star acquitted in firearms case #INDIA https://t.co/Z5J0iusvpf 
• Indian woman held for acid attack on ex-lover #INDIA https://t.co/YF0epXtLlT 
• GCHQ seeks teenage girls to join cyber security fight https://t.co/BEJl5GaWwf
• City banks warn of Brexit job moves https://t.co/p57oEsptYH 
• CIA releases 13 million declassified documents online https://t.co/1mBAq5YZE8
• Rightwing AfD politician says #GERMANY should stop atoning for #Nazi crimes https://t.co/DPspRahp5Q 
• Woman arrested over teenager's death in Rotherham https://t.co/CdeiWaVMiN 
• Police officer and Israeli Arab man killed in home demolition clashes #ISRAEL https://t.co/NlalHBVF0h 
• Link cash machines may start charging owing to row about network fees https://t.co/wthmAruHwa 
• BBC Trust says Laura Kuenssberg report on Corbyn was inaccurate & breached impartiality https://t.co/k8qHQW9mqA 
• Disability groups hail court's support for wheelchair user on bus https://t.co/p7wQJHdvdj 
• EE mobile firm fined £2.7m for overcharging customers https://t.co/grrf6B553c
• Birmingham dad Mohammed Endris charged with murder of his children https://t.co/ySJRU5fg2F 
• 'Wheelchair v buggy': Man wins Supreme Court case https://t.co/JpucRYEcXx 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/kZoJR48omx
• Thomas Cook holidaymakers to be returned from #Gambia https://t.co/w4XYtpzUgf 
• Compensation battle stalls for families of MH370 victims https://t.co/rOgXUC96Nx 
• Dog fights prompt 5,000 calls to RSPCA in past decade https://t.co/0ZM15GWmSs
• Addenbrooke's out of special measures thanks to staff 'dedication' https://t.co/fbtvySI33r 
• #Nigeria air strike error kills dozens in refugee camp https://t.co/J1yvHLrLY3 
• Donald #Trump sued for defamation by former Apprentice Summer Zervos #US https://t.co/moHJBNGmf2
• Be careful you do not leave anything behind: will we see the end of chambers? | Legal Futures: https://t.co/XLqGgXi3jU 
• Commercial firms need to redesign legal service with clients “refusing to pay for young lawyers” | Legal Futures: https://t.co/n9WqKs6VRC 
• The SRA’s “folly”? Lawyers warn over changes to training of would-be solicitors | Legal Futures: https://t.co/pb5E9euhBr 
• Accountants threaten legal services pull-out if government imposes independent regulation | Legal Futures: https://t.co/6T9Ac4Zu42 
• Bad behaviour of British tourists abroad caused a surge in complaints to police in a Spanish city last year https://t.co/IvPdyGmvHO 
• Liverpool FC manager Jürgen Klopp seeks legal advice over Joël Matip stalemate https://t.co/QabELLrFoM 
• Montana anti-meth campaign casts Frozen's Elsa as jailbird addict #US https://t.co/QN4ObIsFaE 
• Jack Straw and UK government must face kidnap and torture claims, court rules https://t.co/QYS5E5ZwM9
• European judges uphold UK right to impose whole-life jail sentences https://t.co/MLnfKIRC4X 
• Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg testifies in Oculus Rift lawsuit #US https://t.co/e9zSjRYxPp 
• May can think big all she likes. Britain’s about to find out just how small it is https://t.co/qJ8lIVhYq0 
• Whether you’re leave or remain, Theresa May just betrayed you on Brexit https://t.co/u2RsCYh8b6 
• Rolls-Royce apologises in court after settling bribery case https://t.co/26MH4wWnKa 
• One of Donald #Trump’s sexual assault accusers just sued him for defamation #US https://t.co/CPa7YWBnYW 
• President Barack Obama has commuted Chelsea Manning's sentence for leaking documents to Wikileaks in 2010 #US https://t.co/ibzxhUZi1Y
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/R4pu1JXdwZ
• Norton Rose Fulbright launches new Brexit-era trade treaty practice | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/F8HZeljmdy
• Allen & Overy nabs two new Washington DC partners from Cadwalader | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/lzyot8sNRS
• Breaking: King & Wood Mallesons is calling in administrators | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/wOD80vttA0 
• Man to be put on trial in February after he was allegedly caught stealing from an Iceland supermarket bins https://t.co/w95GcSIVHK

17th January - Law News

1848th 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: Thirty-three-year-old Ben Franklin from London was diagnosed with Hepatitis C nine months ago. The virus can cause life-threatening liver damage. A new drug which could cure his condition was approved by NHS England last year, but funding is limited to 10,011 people. Ben is now buying a cheaper copy of the drug from Bangladesh, a route which the Hepatitis C Trust estimates as many as 1,000 other patients have taken. NHS England said it was regularly reallocating unused Hepatitis C treatments to places with waiting lists. It also revealed that the number of patients treated will increase.

Focus of the day story: The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) has had to increase its provision for general insurance claims by around £45m for the next financial year, because of the failures of Enterprise Insurance and Gable Insurance AG, it has emerged, while it is still paying out for other insurers that used to back solicitors. Full story - Legal Futures

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Rolls-Royce in £670m deferred prosecution deal | Law Gazette https://t.co/C5g1ziGZKU
• Accounts show Olswang profits dipped in build-up to merger | Law Gazette https://t.co/vBF0ZyE7Mh
• Millions of nuisance claims calls in a week | Law Gazette https://t.co/Hmp2aP4Zsv
• Mid-tier accounting firm eyes legal services after solicitor hire | Law Gazette https://t.co/qUtHaSjS1a 
• Libya torture cases must go before UK court, Supreme Court rules | Law Gazette https://t.co/pWglXoSJS2
• KWM to file for administration today | Law Gazette https://t.co/VfTqP5uNVq 
• Parliamentarians call for unpaid internship ban | Law Gazette https://t.co/30iHqYdmZH
• Blacker: SDT ignored my disability | Law Gazette https://t.co/IS7Ft1JikV
• Brexit means ditching the CJEU, May makes clear | Law Gazette https://t.co/uio7QZNgg0 
• KWM Europe finally collapses into administration | Law Gazette https://t.co/XSBy7d7yvR 
• Blacker appeal dismissed - and costs bill grows by £15,000 | Law Gazette https://t.co/2BZceNizHv
• Dealing with bereavement at work | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/G9iV9aPYlE 
• Your chance to become a recorder in 2017 | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/tCsH498pkH 
• Rising will disputes and the need for practical advice | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/nFRniD8y0p
• Young lawyers are far from cashing in on law’s gravy train | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/1a4Z4tDrTz
• Home-buying process to blame for complaints against conveyancers | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/TPCEE3RHGh 
• Supreme Court gives green light to illegal rendition claim | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/JjgOR3aRbX
• 'Wrong Ivanka' from UK hits back after Trump tweet https://t.co/6MZAevIeIo 
• European court rejects whole-life murder term challenge https://t.co/NmmWW03LPD 
• Footballers Goodwillie and Robertson ruled as rapists https://t.co/MYyMqXCxnS 
• Brexit: Speech is 'clearest idea' of deal PM wants https://t.co/Ixe6EikvAy
• Libyan dissident wins right to sue UK government over rendition https://t.co/NyL9LynIbI 
• Warning: Europe is entering a permanent state of emergency https://t.co/xIH0kYOHwM
• #Italian PM opens inquiry into mistaken identity fears in people smuggling case #ITALY https://t.co/TSvvjkFYIG 
• British American Tobacco takes control of Reynolds for $49bn https://t.co/nws1ZCvhpE 
• Man arrested over murder of Dinnington girl named locally as Leonne Weeks https://t.co/Mbp4tND6LA 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/Rf0dZufpO5
• UK supreme court to rule on government responsibility for alleged rendition https://t.co/Tu2ER6SoRH
• The successful women embracing ‘girl power’ https://t.co/9L3slnvvD8 
• Coffee shops on the march as pubs decline, town centre data shows https://t.co/GjTFYmTSwd 
• Thousands use 'fake life' scam to get into the UK https://t.co/fzVXndaCcj
• Driving test stand-in fraud figures revealed https://t.co/jrc4FOBwR4 
• Notting Hill Carnival 'must be made safer', policing report says https://t.co/9nq15FBPLQ 
• Victoria Cherry: Body found in missing Fulwood woman murder probe https://t.co/OXv9TAtKFT 
• Compensation scheme counts cost of indemnity insurance failures but predicts no new ones this year - Legal Futures https://t.co/RZ6Nqg9zJL 
• City firm launches lawtech start-up incubator | Legal Futures: https://t.co/E6govb30wx 
• Top 10 accountancy firm joins the ABS gang - Legal Futures: https://t.co/xHPNdh3UZA 
• This year promises epic legal battles between Silicon Valley and the European Union https://t.co/EdQUfeUgOd
• SpongeBob scores salty legal victory against Houston-based company #US https://t.co/s7L4Z8rleD 
• Few Asian-Americans Hold Top Legal Jobs, New Study Says #US https://t.co/b8eld1E2xv
• POsh Spice scuppers £10million Spice Girls reunion, calls in lawyers to block group from performing classic songs https://t.co/kRF4tfhbQ1 
• RMT union baron says workers will 'just break the law' if ministers bring in new anti-strike legislation https://t.co/0idL48ipN0 
• Welsh Labour moves to ditch strike rules in NHS and schools https://t.co/Lqi1JcoVha
• Thousands rally against Republican move to axe Obama's health law that helps the poorest #US https://t.co/AQAEP5ZjxG
• Online justice: why courts should explore emerging digital possibilities https://t.co/GSuAmzLURg
• The infusion of new blood brings new ideas, says Justice Lodha #INDIA https://t.co/UOjkto8fjZ 
• Death sentence of Saad Aziz, restaurant manager who was convicted of killing activist Sabeen Mahmud #PAKISTAN https://t.co/bzeuvFuZ0w 
• Makeshift justice the only recourse for ill-protected women at #SouthSudan camp | Ben Quinn https://t.co/PnSqLYLcZ9
• Insights on #SriLanka's Transitional Justice Process https://t.co/rS8dh7M3Ba 
• Motorcyclist sues for massive damages after horror crash leaves him seriously brain damaged https://t.co/N8u7woqlA9 
• Progression Solicitors from Cumbria firm appoints three new team members https://t.co/hxzfOXM4pf
• Ex-solicitor from Co Monaghan jailed for stealing from clients #IRELAND https://t.co/ulDZG9hUf5 
• Struck-off agricultural solicitor faces call for further probe https://t.co/LsNlbucMyP 
• Watching porn in public is not OK. It’s harassment and also a tad disgusting https://t.co/3N1mZJLqcp 
• Istanbul nightclub gunman arrested, say Turkish officials #TURKEY https://t.co/45xbrpP1mK 
• Theresa May to confirm UK poorly planned exit from EU single market https://t.co/nHRuNS6BWZ 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/5hj4pnD5vV
• Giving rights to robots is a dangerous idea https://t.co/NBuuUu1EHK 
• Is removing a condom without permission rape? https://t.co/HLCPEVSSI9
• Faculty staff stepping up for Pedometer Challenge II - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/uaaExFZOMW
• Belfast firm trained Bahraini bodies that failed to investigate torture of executed men - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/qNF11y0ThB
• Lack of industry experience stifling use of arbitration for tech disputes - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/OxnYi5eEQm 
• Lawyers predict plunge in M&A activity as Brexit uncertainty continues - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/a4xOnemkgF https://t.co/R1y1ZNxfP3 
• Lawyers predict plunge in M&A activity as Brexit uncertainty continues - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/a4xOnemkgF 
• Steven Walker QC ranked band 1 for international arbitration in Asia Pacific guide - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/QxL1u0OgkG
• England: Legal challenge over Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme dismissed - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/aSs9ZMy4nU
• Judges' unlawful discrimination claim against MoJ upheld - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/w3DuWvEJe9
• Reed Smith makes up five new partners in London | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/IBzE5gs03K 
• A&O loses four lawyer team to Gibson Dunn in Paris | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/FrwGJq30b1
• Trump lawyers Morgan Lewis named 'Russia Law Firm of the Year' | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/iF9IQYdVOq
• Baker McKenzie predicts drop-off of M&A deals amid Brexit uncertainty | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/dk8s1cG0yN
• Luxottica and Essilor to merge and create $49bn eyewear giant | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/JguQRPMWh2

16th January - Law News

1847th 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: A bilateral repatriation programme between Pakistan and Afghanistan to move tens of thousands of Pakistani refugees across the border into Pakistan’s Waziristan area came into effect on Monday. The returnees are expected to return to a region mired in violence and braced for a bitter winter.

Focus of the day story: The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has issued a call for evidence on how to tackle corporate crime such as money laundering, fraud and false accounting. Full story - New Law Journal

Saturday Conversations on Law

• #Oman accepts 10 Guantanamo Bay inmates at #US request https://t.co/5vNNv7j6Mb
• #Bahrain city hall set on fire after executions @ https://t.co/8knFdkwosg 
• Court: 26 to hang for Narayanganj abductions & murders including members of elite security force RAB #BANGLADESH... https://t.co/51v8AxOWbL
• Court: 26 to hang for Narayanganj abductions & murders including members of elite security force RAB #BANGLADESH https://t.co/JZxTES2RZ7 
• Court rejects Red Sea islands transfer to Saudi Arabia #EGYPT https://t.co/HFwtnKTXXI
• Palestinian teen killed by #Israeli army during clashes https://t.co/jj09uQ7u0X 
• Ban unpaid internships that penalise working-class young, say MPs https://t.co/nWjLmo97Sa 
• Man shot in 'targeted attack' outside Glasgow primary school https://t.co/xQzoG82td1
• Wife of Orlando Pulse nightclub gunman Omar Mateen arrested #US https://t.co/IkzkGKW2Ym 
• #Israeli publisher questioned after talks with Netanyahu leaked https://t.co/9KwVa1J6LT
• McDonald's accused of exploiting homeless people in Rome #VATICAN https://t.co/y6w72hAMkV 
• #Tunisia attack: police 'deliberately' delayed arrival, inquest to hear https://t.co/gTuXpHOJah 
• Rolls-Royce to pay £671m over bribery claims https://t.co/xg1nMm6lCB
• Judges win pensions discrimination claim against MoJ https://t.co/W8Ief7Pw68
• Probe into claim that police spy set fire to #Debenhams could end by July https://t.co/H9jiyEuYJK 
• The rights of EU citizens in the UK – Brexit podcast https://t.co/MmcOTLWYqx 
• UK risks 'disorderly crash landing' on Brexit, business leaders warn https://t.co/3zixh1jcGb
• #Swedish minister 'shocked' by xenophobia towards Swedes in UK https://t.co/hTA8VzkQdh
• Trial of ex-child soldier Dominic Ongwen to hear prosecution case #UGANDA https://t.co/hXNlhX03Wv 
• Judicial review battle over assisted dying - Lawyer in the news: Yogi Amin | Law Gazette https://t.co/ku9dMMR5fs 
• My legal life: Nick McDonald, Partner and IP solicitor, Potter Clarkson, Nottingham | Law Gazette https://t.co/Ocvm9GZZa5 
• Welsh firm Rubin Lewis O’Brien to leave QualitySolicitors network | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/jHtGbOWtzQ 
• MoJ accused of using RTA data ‘selectively’ | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/zkRXjTJ2K5 
• MoJ discriminated against judges, tribunal finds | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/By2Vzm0DTA 
• Advice for lawyers: five steps they can take to cope with the most depressing day of the year | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/B1b9pVythq
• Europe and regulating lawyers | Law Gazette https://t.co/oRLKpRRZuo
• Tribunal backs judges in pensions dispute | Law Gazette https://t.co/DfqxyKHUb6
• Magic circle firm takes on four from on-the-brink KWM | Law Gazette https://t.co/GZGHo9CEwA 
• Renowned agriculture solicitor struck off for property scheme | Law Gazette https://t.co/BEhFCKRQYB
• EU patent court set to open in December | Law Gazette https://t.co/skzU9hxBaK 
• Access to EU legal institutions on Law Society’s Brexit wishlist | Law Gazette https://t.co/ctpOlwoqqI
• Immigration judge enraged by law firm’s ‘blackmail’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/aHJyNfgdSk
• Employment tribunal penalties falling short | Law Gazette https://t.co/HopOt2RhzE
• City solicitors help keep law centre afloat | Law Gazette https://t.co/VHnAJM2BRy
• Brexit to hit UK M & A activity in 2017, global firm Baker McKenzie predicts | Law Gazette https://t.co/7CsgWTWUYB 
• Law Society concern over ‘ghost’ solicitor compliance | Law Gazette https://t.co/vtXZMw4S98 
• Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has become one of the UK's richest politicians after selling Hotcourses for £30 million https://t.co/p4mk7mFRuW 
• #Venezuela: Opposition attacks Maduro over Supreme Court address https://t.co/YeDjCyIa17 
• #Mexico BPM music festival: Gunman opens fire at club https://t.co/NTnHrqxXtR 
• Rolf Harris: Blind woman 'felt utterly trapped' by entertainer https://t.co/2mYBM3sx84
• Frances Cappuccini Caesarean death caused by hospital failures https://t.co/31XV8non7A
• #Kyrgyzstan plane crash: Dozens die as Turkish cargo jet hits homes https://t.co/vOdDS0drDZ 
• #GERMANY hits back at Trump's psychotic criticism of refugee policy and BMW tariff threat https://t.co/6FqgLRVoV2 
• Why do #Indians vote for 'criminal' politicians? https://t.co/RkpwxN7UxB
• #BRAZIL Prison riot: 'They say my husband is dead' https://t.co/lPSn5tAPTq 
• Ray-Ban maker Luxottica agrees €46bn merger with Essilor https://t.co/Lm88e504se 
• NHS patient caught selling his drugs in undercover film https://t.co/cLcvhDxJNk 
• Ex-football coach Barry Bennell denies sex assault charges https://t.co/ZXXbTeqWfx 
• Online justice: why courts should explore emerging digital possibilities https://t.co/GSuAmzLURg 
• Bill to cement Erdoğan's power passes first vote in #TURKEY https://t.co/ML3kkiqr1O 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/gXdmONhxiX
• Eight billionaires 'as rich as world's poorest half' https://t.co/kUAa7f3nuc
• Donald Trump and brands: An uneasy relationship wherer he praises those who donated to campaign https://t.co/FTxtUd72Wh
• Poleglass alert: Police say explosive device was 'designed to kill' https://t.co/U4ioB8UA6X 
• Th EU contributed more to EU infrastructure than anywhere else: 'Hard Brexit greatest job-killing act in Welsh histo…https://t.co/pdVJOK58B1 
• Disabled access: Premier League clubs may face sanctions over lack of improvement https://t.co/eO5ouUDEsL
• Photos show #Japanese whaling off Antarctica, group says https://t.co/oBHUvRT0x4 
• Work-life balance 'increasingly stressful for fathers' https://t.co/VndwTSosF6 
• #French progressives dare to hope as maverick Macron surges in polls https://t.co/fgcavaXj5p 
• Hard Brexit means retiring later, Britons warned https://t.co/eVgfoqacTE
• #Tunisia terror attack: inquests to resume with Tui under scrutiny https://t.co/GCoaumHhzl
• The Guardian view on child soldiers: stop recruiting, start reintegrating | Editorial https://t.co/Cel3lj5QtI 
• Essential questions to ask your outsourced cashiering provider | Legal Futures: https://t.co/og0eZ4WQWl 
• Susskind: Parliament should adopt advanced IT for lawmaking | Legal Futures: https://t.co/grzYbKhwYf 
• Law Society warns solicitors may be damaged by Brexit | Legal Futures https://t.co/p0KliiwNeH 
• Senior judge launches extraordinary attack over blackmail by solicitors and tells barristers to stop defending them https://t.co/qjac4rwIRA 
• Parents deny aid worker Linda Norgrove was MI6 spy https://t.co/pqQbxU4GYr 
• Facebook to roll out fake news tools in #Germany https://t.co/Dlmt88VTut
• Pound falls ahead of Theresa May Brexit speech https://t.co/VYUvHFId2r
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/5TmzZ7ud17

15th January - Law News

1846th 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: Pardoned by Barack Obama: how a first-time offender was granted freedom. Barack Obama has issued a record number of pardons, commuting the sentences of more men and women than the past nine presidents combined. 

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Open thread: How do I get a vac scheme? https://t.co/NZarN2YXIS 
• Exclusive: Lord Harley is appealing against his striking off https://t.co/PRfPnShUdR 
• Students tackle hate crime, meat production and fake online reviews in social mobility charity’s Model Law Commission https://lnkd.in/dNnBW_g 
• Richard Susskind champions ‘entirely new’ lawmaking process, then tells Lords ‘I’m not as radical as you might think’https://t.co/AdlzxTDLdm 
• Research: Over a third of trainee solicitors are being paid BELOW the Law Society’s recommended minimum salary https://t.co/zYeLWL9XRQ 
• Exclusive: King & Wood Mallesons to cancel all training contracts TOMORROW in prep for administration https://t.co/97CZaUxFBa
• Newspapers need to stop being so hysterical about proposed changes to press regulation and free speech https://t.co/ATlwFIUWhw 
• Taking the fear out of being different at the bar https://t.co/8qsuyv1CBT
• Twitter in meltdown as it emerges lawyers representing Trump won ‘Russia Law Firm of the Year’ award https://t.co/mIdLbHktPv 
• 'Highest ever' proportion of female QC appointments, yet research commissioned into why so few women apply https://t.co/JjJBcMLOll
• Linklaters tightlipped over associate linked to 'verbal abuse' on train https://t.co/7AXcq4S7FS 
• In defence of the solicitor super-exam... an NQ's perspective https://t.co/EdLYhnLSBH 
• Securing pupillage -- It’s a jungle out there!! https://t.co/xjjINNuVzD 
• Top barrister takes to Twitter to reveal what law schools don't (but really should) teach their students https://t.co/jMKFfRY765 
• Legal Cheek talks... are trainees paid enough? https://t.co/eCpLKK4Foo 
• From swimming lessons to solitary confinement: the highs & lows of human rights https://t.co/MRqmqd72Fb
• Professor Robert Wintemute: Same-sex survivor pensions in the CJEU (Parris) and the UKSC (Walker) https://t.co/uMxQ9kowHO  
• Mirza & Ors: The Rules are neither simple nor flexible so don’t leave it too late | UK HUman Rights Blog https://t.co/CYyCUCfPY8
• CIA head John Brennan warns Trump to watch his tongue https://t.co/yosSVKqzxN
• Scottish Church 'deeply distressed' by Quran offence, says primus https://t.co/ekoU2pRodo 
• #US secretary of state John Kerry finds #Vietnam War site where he killed a man https://t.co/pwXzJxW8sF 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/UVOdsNtBC6
• Is it OK to watch porn in public? No, learn to behave properly! https://t.co/rkwSlEY0Wi
• Sherlock series finale leaked online https://t.co/G0YOwYMLLo
• Passport queues 'would be longer after Brexit', airports warn https://t.co/VWUwtRUufi 
• Migrant crisis: About 100 missing after boat sinks off Libyan coast https://t.co/3lS5V2UMby 
• Counter-terrorism money being spent on redacting evidence to inquiry on undercover policing https://t.co/TdYy4TZj3C 
• Fraudster who sold 'vulnerable' friend's £200,000 home jailed for six years https://t.co/6OboCK5YZX 
• From False Evidence Ploy to False Guilty Plea: An Unjustified Path To Securing Convictions | Yale Law Journal https://t.co/0FZMCpNwuz 
• In Wakefield 's Wake: Rescuing New York's Enterprise Corruption Jurisprudence | Yale Law Journal https://t.co/SRCK1zd0ot 
• State Legislative Drafting Manuals and Statutory Interpretation | Yale Law Journal https://t.co/VPStEyZX8z 
• The Cycles of Separation-of-Powers Jurisprudence | Yale Law Journal https://t.co/GfYF1wWT47
• Shareholder Proposal Settlements and the Private Ordering of Public Elections | Yale Law Journal https://t.co/yU7b3lkRnc
• MPs to scrutinise cost of parliament restoration works https://t.co/yB5bzbqRay 
• #BRAZIL prisoners beheaded in riot at Natal prison https://t.co/G8kk6ssXPP
• Coram’s Child Law Advice Service helps children and young people find out about their rights | New Law Journal https://t.co/vCr9LQgKXB 
• Lord Justice Briggs’ civil courts review has been formally approved by the senior judiciary | New Law Journal https://t.co/FaCvdCSJZ5
• A lawyer’s reputation is separate from goodwill generated by their work, the High Court has held | New Law Journal https://t.co/5zCeClZBmH 
• Altman appointed IICSA lead counsel | New Law Journal https://t.co/DqPqhL7T6r 
• Emergency review set up to prevent perpretrators cross-examining victims in family court | New Law Journal https://t.co/aHO1sjidFK 
• Whiplash reforms: a special case for motorcyclists argues leading PI firm | New Law Journal https://t.co/b0KgQFTKJN 
• Art 127 to be focus of new Brexit High Court case | New Law Journal https://t.co/0Yg9PPRPRh 
• 113 lawyers received news they are to be appointed Queen’s Counsel | New Law Journal https://t.co/Pbg9wOv9cn 
• New Brexit case launches in Irish courts | New Law Journal https://t.co/HdzrYCkQTP 
• Evidence call for corporate crime crackdown | New Law Journal https://t.co/SqDKgWTDGB 
• #MYANMAR must recognise Rohingyas as citizens, interview with Vijay Nambiar, former UN special advisor https://t.co/XkzBtmczsT 
• Serbian train sparks escalation in tensions with #KOSOVO https://t.co/5P3H2WCuhS 
• Mahmoud Abbas: Vatican embassy a 'place of pride' #PALESTINE https://t.co/CnAG0ocjAJ 
• #Cuban human rights and the hypocrisy of the media https://t.co/PYmVRyaHKs 
• #Sudanese and #Eritreans who fled to #ISRAEL to escape persecution are finding refugee status nearly impossible https://t.co/4PXJMcr3QC 
• #Mexico economy minister state that #US border tax could trigger 'global recession' #US https://t.co/8QHsdlEA5s 
• Week of anti-Trump protests kicks off in Washington, DC #US https://t.co/pNLPwc1YgO

14th January - Law News

1845th 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: Amid the ongoing bombing of Yemen by the Saudi led coalition, views from a remote village where people are on the brink of starvation. Hungry for peace - Inside Yemeni village dying from starvation.

Saturday Conversations on Law

• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/FzT943n4UV
• Shameless Donald #Trump starts MLK weekend by attacking civil rights hero John Lewis #US https://t.co/7eBMby3GXJ
• #Cyprus reunification talks: rivals reject proposed new borders https://t.co/fZ6FJ8SHQ2 
• Oxford University accused of failing to deal with admissions racism https://t.co/mMVglMx30h 
• Boy arrested over rape of girl, 12, in Levenshulme https://t.co/8omvw70fMU 
• Manchester cafe explosion: Man left with burns https://t.co/oHRAf15kpU
• Police bodycam captures hammer attack https://t.co/nGIXAJnor9 
• Bomb scare prompts evacuations in West Sussex town https://t.co/LiBNIsNIfu
• Investigation after third death in UK immigration detention centre https://t.co/0IsTOk65sU 
• Nearly 70,000 birds killed in New York in attempt to clear safer path for planes https://t.co/laCqDeS5D7 
• Women's March on Washington against the bigotry of Donald Trump set to be one of America's biggest protests #US https://t.co/AFIinjjJoP 
• Netherlands 'will block UK-EU deal without tax avoidance measures' https://t.co/a6IGHiDAEa 
• Hapless Oxford University college sorry for rejection email errors https://t.co/rSgpJ4KhTM 
• Johnny Depp and Amber Heard finalise divorce https://t.co/Er0rTeLonu
• Trump willing to take orders from Russia and work with China #US https://t.co/gigHoKVweR 
• Deportation row boy Lawand Hamadamin gets reprieve https://t.co/UxFche3KJ5 
• Tory run NHS is making people sick, GP tells BBC https://t.co/UyPjYF9ote
• GPs urged to commit to seven-day service or lose funding https://t.co/VNtoU3zU6f 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/GjsgYV6wI4 
• Amnesty Offered For Papua New Guineans Who Turn In Illegal Weapons #PAPUANEWGUINEA https://t.co/zL0AqpaDo8 
• Hazzard brings forward measures to enforce illegal use of bus lanes and clearways in Belfast https://t.co/fW2RdIKCQJ 
• Illegal Drone Transmitters Could Interfere with Air Traffic Control, ARRL Complaint Asserts #US https://t.co/mBxYdUJo6P
• Half a million Arab Israeli workers strike over demolition of illegal Palestinian homes #ISRAEL https://t.co/T6AOzb2VWf 
• Máirtín Ó Muilleoir instructs officials to begin work on allowing the use of the #Irish Language in Courts #IRELAND https://t.co/EglHqQjnFk 
• Courts officer jailed for smuggling items into prison and possessing a handgun https://t.co/3DGsNXZcwk
• 24 high courts short of 43.65% judges, have 40.54 lakh pending cases #INDIA https://t.co/51i5MBueu5
• 2000 suspects fail to show up in Cork courts #IRELAND https://t.co/hIOnkC7h5J 
• Drama as Governor Joho is arrested in Mombasa #KENYA https://t.co/zzkwCcaOPC 
• Jammeh's lawyer files injunction asking court to bar swearing-in #GAMBIA https://t.co/PCZWIfIHeW
• British lawyer wants Irish High Court to refer issues relating to Brexit to Court of Justice of the European Union https://t.co/n8n8c8lpt4 
• Police sergeant faces dismissal after he called his junior officer sweetcheeks and asked if she was wearing a thong https://t.co/sH8CKnOoPT
• Lawyer sues Chicago police, claims they used stingray on him #US https://t.co/EPHlH4qgzQ 
• Briton Krishna Maharaj being denied needed care in Florida prison – lawyer https://t.co/2MVbw5qxOQ
• Lawyer warns male students to think twice before having sex with drunken women https://t.co/gDRAnjcHeS 
• City lawyer linked to search for mystery man wanted after train rage attack https://t.co/hov03qRFn0 
• This Tory MP decided to make sexist jokes instead of debating sex education in schools https://t.co/8NGT7CVqHS
• Immigration tribunal President blasts lawyers in sex grooming gang appeal https://t.co/mhbCXdxtA6
• Arbitration tribunal dismisses all CEAC claims against #Montenegro https://t.co/53nIYczMU1 
• Code of Conduct Tribunal has adjourned the trial of Senate President Bukola Saraki #NIGERIA https://t.co/kJy2SX7mj3
• Supreme Court refuses to lift National Green Tribunal's ban on manja, used for flying kites #INDIA https://t.co/x4LHFVOYeM
• Hong Kong court rejects US short-seller Andrew Left's application against tribunal ruling #CHINA https://t.co/VDvvyvyII0 
• Indian-origin doctor faces British medical tribunal for breach https://t.co/4kfbI1mPew
• Polish President to Face State Tribunal in Case of Signing Budget Bill #POLAND https://t.co/WQmZya2Dv4 
• The Yugoslav tribunal shuts down, a #Kosovo tribunal starts up https://t.co/bnZeDsVxw7
• Illinois man files suit following arrest for flag burning #US https://t.co/3YoZOG4eGv
• ACLU publishes report on dangers of solitary confinement #US https://t.co/WMItDprQ6w 
• #PHILIPPINES president signs reproductive health measure https://t.co/rDQ3tJVdnq
• Opposition lawmaker arrest surrounded by suspicion #VENEZUELA https://t.co/ici6SWc2SS 
• Head of jail dismissed following the death of 56 inmates during riot #BRAZIL https://t.co/oi4GVdKOU6
• #INDIA top court throws out corruption suit against PM due to insufficient evidence https://t.co/4tvc5LVXZd
• DOJ indicts six Volkswagen employees over conspiracy to cheat emissions tests #US https://t.co/4nGnHzhxLH 
• Jury Finds Army Veteran Guilty Of Theft Of Nearly $300000 And Making A False Statement #US https://t.co/dtBrJMP13f
• 'Heroin dealer' Mark Hillman lured to street 'execution' by rival gang, jury told https://t.co/TgPnWClogy
• Jury hears of father’s rage at Rolf Harris ‘assault’ https://t.co/HPO7qRxTmH 
• William Liversage, 50, has been sent to prison for plotting to “nobble” a jury at Carlisle Crown Court https://t.co/I8dI2pyVLi 
• Helen Bailey murder trial: Jury taken to home of author https://t.co/ibiOSWhj0P
• Calling Amber Rudd’s speech ‘hate crime’ is nonsense – I should know, I’ve experienced it https://t.co/3MV1Baskvd 
• Jeremy Corbyn rightfully suggests that the state should take control of failing care homes https://t.co/4IcfPRrNGr 
• Omen star Harvey Spencer Stephens sentenced for road rage attack https://t.co/96xpjOV4aD
• Patient films ‘chaos’ in local A&E ward over New Year after 6 years of Tory cuts https://t.co/WWHicFofxQ
• Patient films ‘chaos’ in local A&E ward over New Year after 6 years of Tory cuts https://t.co/WWHicFofxQ 
• 'Why I dropped the case against the man who groped me', a 21-year-old law student #INDIA https://t.co/ZxxHzgl0vl
• Republicans in #US Congress take big step to Obamacare repeal to protect the rich #US https://t.co/Riahm03aOq
• Bircham Dyson Bell takes on KWM Cambridge office | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/H0whqjGtCz 
• One in three trainee solicitors being paid below recommended minimum salary https://t.co/MjF3xvsLtx 
• Linklaters lawyer sought by police following train rage attack | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/I2upm0oko0 
• Herbert Smith Freehills secures license to open in Kuala Lumpur | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/VPko0HZyg4 
• City lawyers still unconvinced about trainee 'super exam' proposal | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/4NM4lVYkuR