8th September - Law News

2448th 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 Focus: Congress leader P Chidambaram on Friday said that being a liberal and a practicing lawyer, he did not agree with the anti-sacrilege bills recently passed by the Punjab Assembly. The former home minister, however, added that his views were "irrelevant" as he was not Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh's "boss".

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Legal action suspends former Welsh AM Carl Sargeant investigation https://t.co/HhotmaJHY1
• Grenfell Tower: Man jailed for £86k fraud https://t.co/IJZTeVWyLg
• New £28m Dumfries school shut on safety grounds https://t.co/fNuG0xDxa
• Divorce law: Ministers plan overhaul to cut 'antagonism' https://t.co/Cq5mMLx
• George Papadopoulos: Ex-Trump advisor jailed in Russia inquiry #US https://t.co/qhtMbT3Yo
• Legal Services Consumer Panel ready to tell government legal aid “uncomfortable truths” https://t.co/q6ojyu6xhA
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/tlyJ9acnX4
• A victory for legal privilege as ENRC triumphs in landmark SFO case https://t.co/Dr9iBEY45L
• Dorset NHS changes: Campaigners lose legal challenge https://t.co/HTMvv90wl
• Miss England: Law student becomes FIRST woman to compete in the finals wearing a hijab https://t.co/fAFNLGrdRn
• UK appeals court on Wednesday overturned a decision forcing a #Kazakh mining company to hand over documents… https://t.co/9V0sJDBYRt
• Stephen Port victims' families say legal funding unfair https://t.co/wuZrRVUWBW
• Case Against Former Blackwater Contractor Ends in Mistrial https://t.co/gGKTDaMz6m
• Macleod and MacCallum take on Sheriff Court tour in aid of Teenage Cancer Trust https://t.co/Oanhm1npV2
• Judge Kavanaugh Ducks Questions on Presidential Powers and Subpoenas #US https://t.co/MAVppMCoE
• Swinney receives report on financial redress for victims of abuse in care https://t.co/NalLs7ZHeO
• Lord Rodger Memorial Lecture: The judge as lawmaker https://t.co/jP30T5QW9Y
• Burness Paull clinches prestigious dealmaking award https://t.co/lEjmuwQe9p
• Hannah Dossett joins Thorntons LLP https://t.co/aPWlxgttIp
• Jean Forrest promoted to partner at Dales Solicitors LLP https://t.co/eEsZo8nY6T
• Mychal Kendricks: Super Bowl winner facing up to 25 years in jail for insider trading https://t.co/3jLXsvqq4K
• Woman and son critically injured in giraffe attack https://t.co/YVnWgH20f
• TLT grows clean energy team with appointment of Nick Shenken https://t.co/CsitOaR0A6
• Brodies announces Edinburgh move to Capital Square https://t.co/cNnyTOlVbW
• Exasperated lawyers say status quo on Land Register’s ‘black holes’ and rejections ‘cannot continue’ https://t.co/ODprUXBfr7
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/cTHXeDKqjw
• How do we prepare law students for the future of legal work? https://t.co/GSJiYQX653
• New approach to reoffending in Aberdeen ‘shows promise’ https://t.co/IwFIhHQlRH https://t.co/IwFIhHQlRH
• Ex-CBA chairs in war of words over legal aid deal | Legal Futures https://t.co/7W1hNwbDFV
• MoJ halts enforcement upgrade due to cash shortage | Legal Futures https://t.co/5ZAukmeqwM
• Investment and blockchain fuel digital legal giants’ expansion | Legal Futures https://t.co/SgHi89E67n
• PI small claims limit below £5,000 “would see lawyers play system” | Legal Futures https://t.co/JFK5shW7wD
• RT @Scott_Wortley: LLB and Diploma Students! This is what we mean when we talk of an "esto" case. https://t.co/inBM8XcSmS
• British Airways boss apologises for 'illicit' data breach https://t.co/Nw8OVVM2EN
• Salisbury Novichok poisoning: Threat from Russia is 'real' - GCHQ https://t.co/kGIzNcTPdx
• UK schoolgirls pressured into FGM, campaigner says https://t.co/53eoNimtGE
• Twitter bans Alex Jones and Infowars for abusive behaviour https://t.co/2UL1aKftwI
• Cambridge Asda baskets swiped as 5p bags phased out https://t.co/oAyadvOa5V
• Ofsted cuts leave parents guessing, say MPs https://t.co/sT9ViD4GJ
• Lord Advocate faces ECHR challenge over detention of Rangers administrators https://t.co/5VUTvpPmTp
• Pro-independence blogger granted full hearing in £25,000 defamation claim against Labour MSP https://t.co/slqMlPORs
• Ten years after Lehmans, it’s as if we’ve learned nothing from the crash https://t.co/LGojB1mkQn
• UK must increase pressure on UN to get justice for the Rohingya https://t.co/1CTcXOfDP9
• This is the start of a new era for #India’s LGBT communities https://t.co/0QVf0qRdCh
• The criminalisation of upskirting is good news – but it’s just a start | Wera Hobhouse https://t.co/GbEZaKwpaK
• Sexual health care cuts will stop me helping survivors of rape and FGM https://t.co/4FAyZz3RCx
• Celebrations in India as court legalises gay sex – in pictures https://t.co/TxjO1IYkH2
• Shropshire Council launches legal action over TNS grant https://t.co/6xv7YmCyun
• Germaine Greer's On Rape: provocative, victim-shaming, compelling, ambivalent https://t.co/ogG2zbHzVo
• #Russia’s role not clear in poisonings https://t.co/z5rgvdnAq9

7th September - Law News

2447th 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 Focus: When Fraser Anning made his controversial maiden speech he blamed the demise of Australia's European-based immigration program on "the rise of [former prime minister Gough] Whitlam in the Labor party". But Liberal MP Tim Wilson rebuffed that version of history, tweeting "Fact: Liberal Prime Minister Harold Holt abolished the White Australia Policy over 50 years ago. It is one of our proudest achievements." So who's right?

Focus of the Day Article:

The issue of how vulnerable witnesses are examined in court is by no means a new issue, but it is one that has regularly been hit by the spotlight in recent years. This is due to a variety of factors but perhaps one of the biggest is the introduction of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (LASPO 2012). As a result of legal aid being cut from the majority of private family law cases, we have had the highest number of litigants in person to date. The latest Family Court quarterly statistics published in 29 March 2018 have shown that in 37% of cases neither party had representation.

Full story - The Barrister

Saturday Conversations on Law

• #Uganda charges lawmaker with treason, lets him travel abroad - lawyer https://t.co/MfgEvvo9p
• Lawyer for Trump Foundation says New York attorney general's lawsuit filled with 'bias' #US https://t.co/kVRtPLn3sU
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/rOlxj1FiM3
• Free wills website recruits firms in bid to become top brand | Legal Futures https://t.co/RPwwELWkQ
• MoJ runs out of money to develop debt collection upgrade | Law Gazette https://t.co/6RAbv7YjT
• A&O climbdown over partner pay gap data | Law Gazette https://t.co/JY1xXpTtXi
• Outrage over 'first come, first served' recruitment policy for magistrates | Law Gazette https://t.co/RlcxL7j3n5
• Firm ordered to deliver new costs bill to Tower Hamlets campaigner | Law Gazette https://t.co/QlKDPBPKn
• Civil Liability Bill: MoJ unveils plan for holding insurers to account | Law Gazette https://t.co/JSAr7ShYyJ
• Woman compensated for alleged historic sex abuse by solicitor | Law Gazette https://t.co/pHGpxyX79T
• Rocket Lawyer offers 'smarter transactions' with Bitcoin technology | Law Gazette https://t.co/A50SLWTMYy
• Chicago on Edge as Officer Who Shot Laquan McDonald 16 Times Faces Trial https://t.co/wrAlXKeeM
• #NorthKorean 'spy' charged over NHS cyber attack https://t.co/llvTIybCT
• Watch: Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s Opening Statement #US https://t.co/q6STpAybcG
• Magistrates voice fears that video link trials herald end of local justice https://t.co/tXWhbcgVby
• Male to female transgender inmate admits Wakefield women's jail sex offences https://t.co/uZo1cuQNqQ
• A group from #Israel claim that probiotics labelled 'quite useless' https://t.co/lg1tfQ42Ke
• Tax cut for self-employed workers scrapped https://t.co/hzoegJI53F
• QCs and others to debate limitations on cross-examination of vulnerable witnesses https://t.co/427CpQtRA
• Report finds Police Scotland justified in use of PAVA spray on man https://t.co/wPaPyuOg6O
• New York Times Trump Op-Ed denied by #US VP Mike Pence https://t.co/CldrDu0feK
• World leaders back UK Novichok allegations https://t.co/PYJ2JzKwQs
• World leaders back UK Novichok allegations against #Russia https://t.co/PYJ2JzKwQ
• Law Society offers professionals numerous opportunities to influence and shape the law https://t.co/YaK0
• #Italy’s far-right League may be forced to change its name and relaunch as a new party to avoid the seizure of €49m https://t.co/2Y2gVs81VA
• UK’s asylum dispersal system close to 'catastrophic failure' https://t.co/uFiQhlByQ
• Ministers accused of issuing 'torture warrants' to spies https://t.co/vMXir3k9JZ
• British boy, 6, 'left stateless in #Belgium as passport rejected' https://t.co/xBB6xh9kN
• Cheesemaker demands £400,000 after produce vindicated in court https://t.co/NqDeKw2vFD
• Patent and trade mark firm Hindles opens Liverpool office https://t.co/IzvDrfGx5
• Lawyer: Trillanes can't be arrested based on Duterte's Proclamation 572 #Philippines https://t.co/vbCaAL3AT
• John Scott QC reflects on ‘fascinating’ work of Scottish Sentencing Council https://t.co/fCBWNT7CIN
• To protect children from sexual abuse we need to talk to potential offenders | Tom Squire https://t.co/SyRuGoslZO
• Inquest hears that Cranberries singer O'Riordan died by drowning https://t.co/s32c30Aybl
• Mr Loophole lawyer dismisses government plans for tougher laws on cyclists https://t.co/8RsZJYUr3m
• Review brings misogyny as a hate crime a step closer https://t.co/GboBLZCHIc
• The dawn of cryptocurrency in divorce | the barrister https://t.co/fgdVO7oRt
• #India court legalises gay sex in landmark ruling https://t.co/95fkZJIMDI
• Judge Brett Kavanaugh, #US Supreme Court nominee, sidesteps subpoena question https://t.co/T7u92MsSHQ
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/LizrogB72E
• An overview of vulnerable witnesses in family law cases | the barister https://t.co/9xGsM2LKUF
• Swiss law firm licenced to set up ABS in London https://t.co/58Ib8fnbLI
• Forensic Video Analysis: When to Seek an Expert | the barrister https://t.co/2XveufIlZB 
• Salisbury Novichok poisoning: UK to brief UN on Russian suspects https://t.co/EVd0odA063 
• Former #US judge Roy Moore sues Sacha Baron Cohen for defamation over TV stunt https://t.co/ctPwpY1U5E
• Video Evidence: Handle with Care | the barrister https://t.co/kFVzgJFKEl
• Argricultural firms turns over a new leaf with its general counsel https://t.co/x2nmQlechE
• Debit card glitch: Woman charged twice for £18k Mercedes https://t.co/ToHUNeLbFE 
• The reality of 'aggressive begging' in Cardiff, its impact, its victims and those trapped by its rules... https://t.co/t77oy7seS5
• ULaw keeps good company as a lord replaces a dame as chancellor https://t.co/RTk4XCd1V4
• Accused's lawyer picks holes in Colaba poisoning case #India https://t.co/E9g6oeE5TE
• Philippines citizens file ICC complaint accusing Duterte of murder https://t.co/4ezfKA6prZ
• JonesTrading general counsel fired after arrest for sex with a minor https://t.co/h1KNjqTaZp
• Microsoft general counsel wants shared values written in contracts https://t.co/WtiaeEHcmE
• Injury lawyers tell UK inquiry grieving families left to fend for themselves https://t.co/r85NJ7pAcC
• Free wills website recruits firms in bid to become top brand | Legal Futures https://t.co/RPwwELWkQe
• MoJ sets date for Civil Liability Bill savings report: 2025 | Legal Futures https://t.co/6BMfccyGmA
• CA upholds role of privilege in company investigations | Legal Futures https://t.co/K6mjdhrhwX
• Blockchain and the customer | Legal Futures https://t.co/HIe8Q7DR8R
• Twitter chief executive Jack Dorsey has told #US lawmakers the company's algorithms have not always been "impartial https://t.co/OLMyC1U5RB
• Aquatic Florida fugitive begs for help after swallowing algae #US https://t.co/Op825OwX3C

6th September - Law News

2446th 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 Focus: The government says they were Russian intelligence operatives who went on to commit the Salisbury novichok attack before flying back to Moscow the same day. The Crown Prosecution Service said there's enough evidence to charge them, but there's little if any prospect of a trial.

Focus of the Day Article:

The government is confident that the legal aid sector is operating at sufficient capacity - despite being told that legal aid lawyers are 'hanging on by the skin of their teeth'. Labour MP Karen Buck. who secured a Westminster Hall debate last night on the government's post-implementation.

Full story - The Law Society Gazette

Saturday Conversations on Law

• #Turkish courts sole authority on Brunson case, judicial official says https://t.co/qVWH2bxLz6
• Judiciary targets 5000 cases in September to clear backlog #Kenya https://t.co/NoOG5sUN8l
• Trials by video link will destroy local justice, magistrates warn https://t.co/JYJmE5gXN
• Plane quarantined in New York after up to 100 onboard report illness #US https://t.co/r0jDX0LUQj
• 'Alone and in fear': ordeal of married gay couple forced to flee #Russia https://t.co/BkHycWhm4
• Viagogo's refusal to talk to MPs over secondary ticketing 'disrespectful' https://t.co/FoGb78nJ
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/RHNfYVcHcI
• Gauke to exempt vulnerable road users from whiplash reforms | Legal Futures https://t.co/7FygUw6fEl
• Sheffield tree protest council has legal costs of £413k https://t.co/pAdaZGnQDa
• Fears of radionuclide-enriched water pollution as #Madagascar mining breaches legal limits https://t.co/Uklcd4OAV6
• Careless talk costs careers | Law Gazette https://t.co/v7TXV5YqmM
• Civil Liability Bill: One concession but Gauke stands firm on PI reform | Law Gazette https://t.co/mZuISUjwc
• Legal aid lawyers 'hanging on by the skin of their teeth', minister told | Law Gazette https://t.co/fk1nuVOwsu
• US firm's Moscow partners go it alone, citing 'geopolitical tensions' | Law Gazette https://t.co/ebwcvLdaI9
• AI contract review startup raises $50m | Law Gazette https://t.co/2eSFMNn2MT
• Super regulator needs more time to rule on practising rights | Law Gazette https://t.co/39AmUgqPC1
• Landmark privilege win: appeal court rules against SFO in ENRC case | Law Gazette https://t.co/KJLfOmmZ0O
• Facebook, Twitter 'too slow' to tackle meddling https://t.co/2wvNlVjklT
• Hygiene tests find E. coli at #Egypt hotel where tourists died https://t.co/dzNzllgFLQ
• Brexit and international family law: a pragmatic approach to divorce and maintenance https://t.co/2JqxLtrWFJ
• Denying bereavement benefits to unmarried partners with children is incompatible with ECHR https://t.co/TamNwsQIOA
• Video: Take a virtual reality tour of the UK Supreme Court https://t.co/bccJd6aSsz
• Sir Anthony Seldon to deliver annual law lecture in Aberdeen https://t.co/wS75nPRn02
• Serious access to justice problems in discrimination cases come under scrutiny https://t.co/bNHNNsxzNM
• Amsterdam attack: Jihadist knifeman shot in nine seconds #Netherlands https://t.co/YzcZNNdDwO
• #Iran Lawyers arrested over weekend as crackdown on civil society intensifies https://t.co/4qWJ24jb6F
• Manhunt after Shoreham woman stabbed several times https://t.co/6O7q8JlUeb
• Crime-hit Mobike suspends Manchester sharing scheme due to persistant vandalism https://t.co/cuSOQ62KP
• Kind note and £10 left on Faversham ambulance windscreen https://t.co/BDBCciKen2
• More properties brought to market while selling prices stay strong in east central Scotland https://t.co/3mw4fFFKM
• Salisbury Novichok poisoning: Two #Russian nationals named as suspects https://t.co/AoU3asY6Ki
• Lindsays assists Palimpsest Book Production with employee ownership transition https://t.co/96FlBJGDGR
• Far-right group National Action: Five arrested in police raids https://t.co/lpvu4sIoFb 
• Meat testing: A fifth of samples reveal unspecified animals' DNA https://t.co/uqI5h7cWXm
• Royal Faculty seeks expressions of interest in Register of Locum Solicitors https://t.co/iBp4nOFWEv
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/EsAFLPoh6P
• Obituary: Michael McGinley, well-known solicitor in Dundee https://t.co/lXGb9VNuTb 
• Scottish Gin Society rapped over Facebook adverts https://t.co/idHnhCYgkK
• Debit card glitch means thousands charged twice https://t.co/bjwWBOUQYk
• Offender reconviction rates drop to 19-year low https://t.co/yVdVxSMrFh 
• SRA warns on fraudster infiltrators as small firms lose £7m | Legal Futures https://t.co/akEYGpcGKu
• Knowledge platform aims to foster barrister entrepreneurs | Legal Futures https://t.co/VeJkxRsZ25
• #China’s Internet Obsesses Over Arrest of JDcom Founder Richard Liu https://t.co/288mrTpVNo
• Trump’s Justice Department Redefines Whose Civil Rights to Protect #US https://t.co/RjkKlPcUG
• My Children Were Denied Passports Because They Were Delivered by a Midwife #US https://t.co/ES0HUgxYmc
• Judy Garland's stolen ruby slippers found after 13 years https://t.co/u3EXehrzs1
• Osinbajo seeks private sector role automated judiciary #Nigeria https://t.co/V1DHuRMhyM
• An Advocate for Women or a Threat? As Hearings Begin, Differing Views of Kavanaugh Emerge #US… https://t.co/esPySyeuDa
• Gillian Jamieson made partner amid raft of promotions at Anderson Strathern https://t.co/HGCJ2O7xMx
• Is There a Spy Camera in That Bathroom? In Seoul, 8,000 Workers Will Check #SouthKores https://t.co/ODhwcTuabL
• #Myanmar Rohingya: Military must face justice, says Hunt https://t.co/3QB9btXZBZ

5th September - Law News

2445th 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 Focus: A court in Myanmar has sentenced two Reuters journalists to seven years in prison. It says they violated a state secrets act while investigating violence against the Rohingya minority. But the journalists and Reuters deny the charges and say they were framed.

Focus of the Day Article:

The new director of the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) is to call on the legal sector’s “expertise” to help in the fight against crime. In a first speech in the post, Lisa Osofsky also talked about plans to use machine learning and AI-based technology in the SFO’s investigations.

Full story - Legal Futures

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Ottawa universities and colleges prepare for legal cannabis #Canada https://t.co/34WLEADLk
• California bans schools starting before 8.30am so youngsters can have more sleep #US https://t.co/OzgpkcQxw6
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/Wcb2jNMcTX
• Lawyer known as 'Mr Loophole', Nick Freeman to defend David Beckham over alleged speeding https://t.co/w1tAboUes
• Over 130 suspected child sex offenders arrested in police raids https://t.co/egBA4m4z2Y https://t.co/egBA4m4z2Y
• Debating the definition of genocide will not save the #Rohingya https://t.co/MNZTGnq9mt
• Labour adopts IHRA antisemitism definition in full https://t.co/ljjcR2xJt
• Cressida Dick calls for fast legal access to social media accounts https://t.co/8Oy4a7VxaM
• Brexit is a menace to society in Northern Ireland. Here’s why https://t.co/MORdGptyFC
• Amesbury poisoning: Experts confirm substance was Novichok https://t.co/9eskL1fpG8
• Supreme Court nominee Kavanaugh hearing rocked by 'mob rule' #US https://t.co/tMUgj9LQPQ
• VW wins costs order against 'premature' group litigation | Law Gazette https://t.co/bvSy50hD7V
• We'll renew action if promises not kept, new criminal bar chief warns | Law Gazette https://t.co/FEskUbK9X0
• Solicitor quartet among 32 new deputy High Court judges | Law Gazette https://t.co/aq1DU0Ngl
• Firm owner 'distracted' by legal aid claim lost control of accounts | Law Gazette https://t.co/sUqJmvjt
• Beware bogus business partners, SRA warns, after two firms are conned out of £7m | Law Gazette https://t.co/ukeGAaPzHA
• Court of Protection costs ordered after conduct 'verging on arrogance' | Law Gazette https://t.co/LsRoKDRSs
• What the end of the WTO would mean for lawyers | Law Gazette https://t.co/yLCpn46qhT
• Beneficial Owners Register Of UK Companies: A Consideration Of Problem Areas Arising From The Legislation... https://t.co/YvZXydZ9jk 
• Westpac fires senior lawyer accused of stalking female colleague #Australia https://t.co/q8yacySZmk
• How White House lawyer Don McGahn helped break the #US election system https://t.co/nYUFt335n6
• Navlakha's lawyer questions 'absurdity of police charges' #India https://t.co/Khq4u1Qe93 
• How Brett Kavanaugh Would Transform the Supreme Court #US https://t.co/6A35Hr61NQ 
• Judiciary is a corruption swamp that has to be drained - Mutahi Ngunyi #Kenya https://t.co/Ag4MPJ3idW 
• #US Companies Say Trump Is Hurting Business by Limiting Legal Immigration https://t.co/WtJZAHwV2r 
• Justice Committee members make fact-finding trip today ahead of new parliamentary inquiries https://t.co/VPhlbiM1mL
• Male victims of domestic abuse subject to blatant inequality https://t.co/gWFMD6im1v 
• 'A circus': Alarming safety incidents in Juvenile Justice #Australia https://t.co/qy0A1IaHMA 
• Scottish government gives with one hand and takes with the other https://t.co/bPX5BT8d5k 
• Suicide attempts and horrifying acts of self-harm are drawing fresh attention to the suffering of refugee children… https://t.co/pvFczraFJm
• Tortured and killed: Kashmir's vulnerable policemen #India https://t.co/2mZMWP2pQs
• #India bombing: Two convicted over Hyderabad twin blasts https://t.co/xEljcKTij
• Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho 'gets suspended jail sentence' for tax fraud in #Spain https://t.co/FuoxX7p4h2
• Ticket reseller Viagogo sues Ed Sheeran's promoter in fraud claim https://t.co/cblKiuCzV2 
• Belgian minister calls for religious TV ban after reading on female submission https://t.co/TpoaQxrfU1
• Bring back work visas for overseas graduates, say UK universities https://t.co/AbRDmt1zeD
• John Sturrock QC: Latest edition of Lord Hope’s diaries candid and forthright https://t.co/zOZYfoYHmH
• Death of Wiechers has robbed #SouthAfrica of 'humble patriot and intellectual, legal eagle' https://t.co/VNxxZuBvFl
• Trump attacks Sessions over prosecutions of Republicans #US https://t.co/Y0bEKyW37U 
• Lucy McHugh death: 'Challenge' over accessing Facebook information https://t.co/qxEA6T9c4X
• Lawyer calls for Red Mass to be cancelled over Pope’s alleged failures to deal with child abuse… https://t.co/9XY5gAbceX
• Sue Black moots penile database to tackle sex crime https://t.co/Y5b2ksNngP
• Wife of Quebec man stuck in Cuba ponders legal action against #Canada https://t.co/x2PlscSd9W
• Murgitroyd on track to report pre-tax profits of just under £4.1m https://t.co/ixJUjdArt1
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/PBHCzxBg9O
• All you need to know about Ranjan Gogoi, the new Chief Justice of #India https://t.co/YwccMC5fQF 
• UK 'missing out' on overseas students https://t.co/PllR2eJ7TX
• Joanne Ockrim and Martin O’Neill made partners at Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie https://t.co/flPvjLBvf1
• Top immigration lawyer Jamie Kerr joins Burness Paull https://t.co/eOdY8pk4vC
• Consumer panel will tell government “uncomfortable truths” over legal aid | Legal Futures https://t.co/YZ5LCwfWsS
• Swiss firm seeks Brexit benefits with ABS launch | Legal Futures https://t.co/RX0IpH2rFX
• Shadow justice secretary hits out at Civil Liability Bill | Legal Futures https://t.co/mkVFqibO5d
• New SFO chief turns to lawyers for help tackling crime https://t.co/wBAKqCKsPl 
• We are here to dispense justice, people need not worry: Chief Justice #Pakistan https://t.co/CEAYG3zuoS
• The case for the defence | Legal Futures https://t.co/cL9IA4h0zV
• “Competition in law is fierce but not working for consumers” | Legal Futures https://t.co/lPfDZ8RsMc 
• Survey: Public happy to settle PI claims online without lawyers | Legal Futures https://t.co/KhWkIQxcX5
• LGBT rights: #Malaysia women caned for attempting to have lesbian sex https://t.co/ye3oUiezW9
• #Dutch asylum row: Armenian children face expulsion https://t.co/Fqv6DHN4T
• Kent council leader calls for 11+ coaching ban review https://t.co/xeo0birXVJ
• UK used secret threats to keep Chagos Islands, court hears https://t.co/gtX9qobnl0
• We must protect the European Convention on Human Rights like it protects us | Adam Wagner https://t.co/sMFQxUo4l9
• UK home secretary ‘not afraid to take action’ as he pledges extra £21.5m to catch child abusers https://t.co/yDINYSqZv0

4th September - Law News

2444th 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 Focus: As we move towards the development phase of the Solicitors Qualifying Examination, this session looks at progress so far, how we will get the detail of the assessment right, and the implications and opportunities for your firm.

Focus of the Day Article:

MPs to decide whether to make misogyny a hate crime. Issue will be debated this week as calls grow for harassment of women to be seen as an offence.

Full story - Guardian Law

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Solicitors give up their time to help Chailey Heritage Foundation's Make a Will campaign https://t.co/QHF5gVNn53
• Early Bird Rapist: Victim faces Essex sex attacker in court after 32 years https://t.co/AoJdQJo2W8
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/77q1OO53Di
• Establishing an autonomous law university is a demand of time: Chief Justice #Bangladesh https://t.co/0ORA5CHa4M
• A top barrister is calling out The Sun over yet another vile ‘racist’ attack https://t.co/k6icZfpSjE
• Payout for man who lost penis to superbug at Southend Hospital https://t.co/OGtHRGUJd
• BBC Broadcasting House sealed off over 'suspicious van' https://t.co/scke8Ioi47
• New SFO chief vows to 'reach out' to solicitors and calms independence fears | Law Gazette https://t.co/gVN6Qcrtu5
• Irwin Mitchell profits dip again as sluggish period continues | Law Gazette https://t.co/bslUfumle6
• Transatlantic firm BCLP opens in Hong Kong and Singapore | Law Gazette https://t.co/OWYkJpgxzw
• August roundup: What you may have missed | Law Gazette https://t.co/uYuUJNEIIB
• Small claims limit exemption for ‘vulnerable’ road users? | Law Gazette https://t.co/5c0SQQorlJ
• Solicitors voice police station assault fears | Law Gazette https://t.co/FAZYMNGKw
• Civil legal aid contracts: what went wrong? | Law Gazette https://t.co/w19GqzdONW
• Why Emma Thompson was outside my front door in The Children Act | Law Gazette https://t.co/QS86huYFRT
• Legal London’s big screen outing - The Children Act | Law Gazette https://t.co/zt58CstffU
• My legal life: Liz Jones | Law Gazette https://t.co/BhfII8mIDC
• Lawyer in the news: Samantha Hale | Law Gazette https://t.co/wr1WKYzkBC
• Sheku Bayoh family await decision on cops being charged over tragic dad's death in custody https://t.co/Mc57hYBxW
• Krejcir’s legal ‘dream team’ includes EFF’s Dali Mpofu #SouthAfrica https://t.co/rXnF5QJX6Y
• Government accused of “shielding dangerous employers from legal action” https://t.co/LA9Gz5FCNI
• 'I Fought The Law' & Blockchain Won: Smart Contracts For Businesses Handling Legal Have Conviction... https://t.co/QpkmN6scg
• Implementation Of Law Depends On Quality Of Legal Education: Justice Minister Dipak Misra https://t.co/rOFxlokfqE
• #SouthAfrica Court Orders Gov't to Recognize Muslim Marriages, Offer Legal Protection https://t.co/kSTC0D8vYw
• Jail for Dearham drug dealer with daughter in car https://t.co/1Yk87fRyn7
• New appointments at #Fiji Legal Aid Commission https://t.co/Xqpc26RVo8
• The Legal Challenges In Investigating Church Abuse https://t.co/QYAdCwTZNk
• #Guatemala should Reject 'Life and Family Protection' Law, says HRW https://t.co/XBEtpJUXMX
• #Egypt's president ratifies law to monitor social media https://t.co/Y8jdP2NiWZ
• Uniform civil code neither necessary nor desirable: Law panel #India https://t.co/zfvzq1hZFS
• #Mexican tribunal quashes fine against president-elect's party https://t.co/0787mFguvr
• #Peruvian villagers face murder and intimidation from land traffickers https://t.co/KETyAzfME0
• #Mauritius takes UK to court over Chagos Islands sovereignty https://t.co/gtX9qobnl0
• #Nepal cracks down on lucrative helicopter rescue scams https://t.co/qopRE3PKHe
• Tribunal seeks report from forest department over biodiversity park #India https://t.co/p6aCqiIiwA
• One-legged golfer sues council-run course for discrimination https://t.co/lt2VSSHQl6
• Three police forces will test eyesight of all drivers stopped https://t.co/xx8c3wdMMv
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/kZY7qlKat6
• UN Convention on the Law of the Sea: Kyiv ready to address Russia’s objections before tribunal #UKraine… https://t.co/HlspErQBh7
• Reuters journalists jailed in #Myanmar over secrets act https://t.co/QtIVf0YnJ0
• Social Security Chamber - First-tier Tribunal for Scotland https://t.co/QAq5GDFGxD
• A new #Israeli law is making this fiercely loyal sect question what it has fought for... https://t.co/qhSBVP5PtJ
• San Antonio lawyer and Trump nominee joins #US Tax Court https://t.co/AZ54Ub1dLC
• Top California lawyer and law tutor goes on racist tirade about the Asians #US https://t.co/lXlST9g5cD
• Arizona Supreme Court Rejects Proposed Lawyer Speech Code (Rule 8.4(g)) #US https://t.co/KWDiPgnjnS
• The lawyer and police officer jailed for horrific sex attacks https://t.co/8i2xq8VYzF
• Detention of lawmakers "unlawful", says Bobi Wine's lawyer #Uganda https://t.co/wJdAEyNj7H
• Baby milk promotions at major supermarkets could be ILLEGAL as shops ignore laws https://t.co/KbyRWSoXHE
• #Malta government tells Caruana Galizia family’s UK lawyers that legal opinion contains ‘incorrect information’... https://t.co/Tpfs9A1Nc6
• The UK Law Of Libel https://t.co/t9nNGm7Ul4
• #Myanmar Rohingya: How a 'genocide' was investigated https://t.co/yQkerc8u7J
• Boy Tasered by police in Coventry suffers cardiac arrest https://t.co/BRyh5stACw
• Seoul to check women's public toilets daily for hidden cameras #SouthKorea https://t.co/dGQEj4KFAD
• Hundreds escape #Libya prison amid deadly clashes in Tripoli https://t.co/HPX2lEwzmw
• Why a Predictable Supreme Court Fight Is a Sign of a Broken Process https://t.co/gyJFhel3M6
• Policing strategy aiming to win citizens’ trust has reduced violence in Morelia, #Mexico https://t.co/G9VVScKm7e
• The Next Financial Crisis Lurks Underground #US https://t.co/jQMjoAZKOB

3rd September - Law News

2443rd 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 Focus: Conflict of Interest? Ex-corporate lawyer now runs FTC's Bureau of Consumer Protection. Corporate lawyer Andrew Smith’s appointment to head the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer protection raised some eyebrows earlier this summer. Now, a heavily redacted set of documents have done little to allay this concern.

Focus of the Day Article:

Bereaved cohabitant Siobhan McLaughlin has won her case at the Supreme Court that unmarried couples should have a right to the widowed parent’s allowance.

Full story - New Law Journal

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Benefits for widows case: A progressive decision by the Supreme Court https://t.co/FLpewwnvvd 
• Herbert Smith Freehills and Charles Russell Speechlys post autumn trainee retention scores https://t.co/RmlJdPW4k3
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/kftrsrpO1Z
• As Palestinian Arab MPs in Israel, we salute Corbyn as a champion of peace and justice https://t.co/4Jl3kxSCZK
• MPs to decide whether to make misogyny a hate crime https://t.co/B9Yma76TiD
• ‘It took me finding a training contract to discover what commercial awareness actually is’ https://t.co/mWLDPOyMto 
• Howard Kennedy brought in to prepare legal action for cave diver branded a ‘pedo’ by tech billionaire Elon Musk... https://t.co/PNoSFqU8fk
• Wrong way Woking driver, 87, failed Surrey Police eye test https://t.co/PkLn2wYXpw
• Five people have been injured trying to get into Sunday's Old Firm game at Celtic Park https://t.co/jlWQKWrAlf 
• Law student receives absolutely brutal vac scheme rejection email https://t.co/iKs6LOXcgq 
• Norton Rose Fulbright, Travers Smith and Ashurst increase trainee and junior lawyer salaries https://t.co/jknMJtwnUl
• Event: Re-imagining global law firms through legal design — with Norton Rose Fulbright https://t.co/5e2BhmoKcW 
• You can take a tour of the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal from the comfort of your own home https://t.co/YuVVsLDTbw
• Boy, 16, seriously hurt in Bristol 'corrosive' attack https://t.co/2FX3l9OgnC
• White & Case boosts LPC grant by 40% to £10,500 https://t.co/ke5W1dpbWT
• Bereaved mother entitled to widow allowance – Supreme Court https://t.co/gTUrYSr81C 
• Specials singer Neville Staple 'devastated' by grandson's death https://t.co/hnCnxvLEsH
• London violence: Boy, 16, shot in Wandsworth https://t.co/yKnvpBBkcI
• Woman charged after explosives raid in Ely https://t.co/B7DpS5KMcP
• Barrister who repeated false rape allegation against another lawyer in court robing room has suspension reduced https://t.co/MKzrgd4Jo
• #China’s lost little emperors... how the ‘one-child policy’ will haunt the country for decades| Mei Fong https://t.co/H1O1vq9Aes
• Slaughter and May boosts London trainee pay for the second time this year https://t.co/rc6tnD0V5a
• ‘I loved the quiet and careful cameos by those unseen people who make our legal system work https://t.co/CWPieSsG2t
• Once-aspiring City lawyer who rejected Slaughter and May training contract stars in new Hollywood blockbuster... https://t.co/DbFishWQIu
• Victoria invests $40.3m into Aboriginal Justice Agreement #Australia https://t.co/yVX7WYQsx3
• Privilege Part Two - Counsel of Perfection https://t.co/on95d3ooz
• Victoria appoints new crown counsel #Australia https://t.co/l4Or1y7l87
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/XSxjNlFjTy
• Legal Blogging – a dry run in the Court of Protection https://t.co/H5ojNGEN1A
• Global law firm nabs 3rd NRF partner for 2018 https://t.co/rRNIyXJRf
• Hundreds of prison staff caught smuggling banned items https://t.co/b8j0nakU2M
• Law Books Everyone Should Read https://t.co/JeJKrCMaLg
• How are international markets faring for #Aussie lawyers? https://t.co/XlNSHCwif
• Eviction companies, conducting litigation, and defective notices https://t.co/hpOABWyjEh
• Appealing rent increases for assured tenancies https://t.co/TQ1FPDBAL
• Facebook begins to shift from being a free and open platform into a responsible public utility… https://t.co/iidoCtX6Jx
• #US Copyright Office Review Board denies UEFA copyright protection over Starball logo https://t.co/6WQOrbmzV
• 5 things to think about when signing or renegotiating your employment contract https://t.co/pkRodczUn
• The Guardian view on Alex Salmond: putting himself above his cause | Editorial https://t.co/NmAkhoUoj2
• Could a designer’s mindset bridge the justice gap? https://t.co/84hhYPTlN
• The Guardian view on Trump’s #Palestinian policy: setting fire to the ground | Editorial https://t.co/Ih4prDRnm
• Kim Jong-nam murder: Police seek pair to testify at murder trial #Malaysia https://t.co/dOfTNG3O0F
• The Guardian view on Modi’s mistakes: the high costs of #India’s demonetisation | Editorial https://t.co/eheI6bxn0W
• Steep rise in prison officers smuggling drugs into jails https://t.co/RB8znhdkIM
• Michael Mansfield QC: ‘The university admissions tutor asked me, “What would you do with £1m?”’ https://t.co/B7Boor4E9S
• Young #Russians posting memes face jail for 'extremism' https://t.co/rJcF2s5K25
• Our Legal Heritage: The last man publicly hanged in Glasgow https://t.co/fCeRC9X7iW 
• Amsterdam stabbing: Afghan suspect 'had terrorist motive' #Netherlands https://t.co/6l94t5gYyP
• Top judges to speak at New York launch of Arbitration Ireland https://t.co/d43rRDZAsy 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/IT9D88FUD7

2nd September - Law News

2442nd 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 Focus: Indigenous communities have for centuries drawn on native scientific knowledge to help them understand the world around them. Known popularly as Traditional Knowledge, this observational evidence is verified by elders and passed on to successive generations, largely as an oral tradition.

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Anonymous litigant-in-person ordered to reveal identity in case against Google https://t.co/YUvIbjCNSj
• Government promotes partnership between legal professionals in UK and Nigeria https://t.co/q6K7PMMEK
• Four asylum seekers rescued by fishing boat off Dover coast https://t.co/MMfusoh9lu
• Criminal lawyer who lied in witness statement is struck off | Legal Futures https://t.co/HZj1Ko1VeK
• CLC price and service transparency rules approved | Legal Futures https://t.co/QioHEfOTIy
• Supreme Court “may change approach” to ‘lost litigation’ claims | Legal Futures https://t.co/ttdt9ckkZe
• Is the International Law Commission Elevating Subsequent Agreements and Subsequent Practice? https://t.co/iX7HjdXbsQ
• Judge tosses lawsuit against California drug price law #US https://t.co/4vaXF0WPop
• California State Assembly Passes Nation's Toughest Net Neutrality Law #US https://t.co/KCWkJYTWtG
• #Indian tribunal approves Idea-Vodafone unit merger https://t.co/fGTqeC6gep
• Lawyer: We're 'finalizing' a libel lawsuit against Elon Musk over 'pedo' tweet https://t.co/8Y3JApfIA1
• Who Will Replace Don McGahn? Trump Is Considering Veteran Impeachment Lawyer Emmet Flood #US https://t.co/GGas1nEF7p
• Another assault on Legal Aid: 2018 Standard Civil Contract Update – 31 August 2018 https://t.co/xXwYrEAx0v
• Sassa and its former CEO slapped with legal costs in grants fiasco #SouthAfrica https://t.co/CdeHSeC1A3
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/559w84kIYy
• Britons hit by Trump's 'invisible wall' against legal immigration https://t.co/XfFuKHgZ6B
• Sam Allardyce threatens FA with legal action after Daily Telegraph ruling https://t.co/0p3e4ojxM9
• HMRC 'blocks honours' for celebrities over tax avoidance https://t.co/dNpdHodWEL
• All NHS hospital car parking charges scrapped in Wales https://t.co/VHmqvyXcah
• New Mexico compound gang arrested by FBI #US https://t.co/Mj8YH9nLg0
• Legal Innovation is the Rage, But There's Plenty of Resistance https://t.co/aJpZ5afrpk
• Trump scrambles to bolster legal team as aides fear 'winter is coming' if Democrats retake House #US https://t.co/utTTPM0qRj
• IHRA definition of anti-Semitism chills free speech, warns leading UK legal scholar https://t.co/dXj8D8MMhV
• ‘Activists in Shackles’: #Indians Denounce Arrests as Crackdown on Dissent https://t.co/UPg6D2iodN
• Mob Protests in #Germany Show New Strength of the Far Right https://t.co/ikXit53HCu
• Asian-American Students Suing Harvard Over Affirmative Action Win Justice Dept. Support #US https://t.co/LM8MRnd6fR
• Detention of Uighurs must end, UN tells China, amid claims of prison camps https://t.co/nriTrD8TZk
• Should Kavanaugh occupy the swing vote seat? His judicial record says no #US https://t.co/Kjn39wLFF9
• Viagogo to be taken to court by regulator over ticket resale practices https://t.co/CzyDlSKIN8
• Former ER actor Vanessa Marquez shot and killed by police #US https://t.co/bjJVMIjViX
• Sheffield tree activists held on false grounds, police watchdog says https://t.co/oVJ31GVpkN

1st September - Law News

2441st 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 Focus: In an investigation that has major repercussions on aviation safety, the Enforcement Directorate is probing whether chartered planes were used to ferry truckloads of cash and other illicit material in and outside of India.

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Don McGahn to Leave White House Counsel Job This Fall, Trump Says #US https://t.co/kC7qJh0443
• Repatriation of victims of forced marriage: FOI release https://t.co/5Nhsbed5dU
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/F2kK2zWZ8I
• Two Family Justice Council vacancies: Family Mediator and a Parents’ and Relatives’ Interests member sought https://t.co/wQjPDaAnE9
• Juniors lose out as MoJ proposes advocacy fee rise | Law Gazette https://t.co/34pOHBG73L
• Legal aid providers in limbo day before new contracts begin | Law Gazette https://t.co/Q2Jt2xOHYy
• DBA regulations 'not fit for purpose' - bar | Law Gazette https://t.co/OwR4GQARlg
• Conveyancers forced to publish prices | Law Gazette https://t.co/h64PkUe5C
• 'Trust in solicitors on the line': Society calls on profession to help block 'dangerous' deregulation | Law Gazette… https://t.co/4b6PIx4Blc
• Supreme Court ruling renews cohabitation warning | Law Gazette https://t.co/z4TgCV51iF
• Mega-money oligarch disputes disappear behind privacy veil | Law Gazette https://t.co/Kp2Pt5k8CT
• Commons to hold debate on LASPO and the post-implementation review https://t.co/bjuLzPaCa8
• Alex Salmond exceeds crowdfunder target for legal fees within hours https://t.co/wtNK8Cw41j
• DLA Piper builds construction team with appointment of Ross Campbell https://t.co/Uix1dFfV9O
• Southampton 'paedophile hunter' guilty of false claim https://t.co/kzVV1L7pQK
• Theresa May plot: Man jailed for life for Downing Street murder plan https://t.co/1me0B2IdRR 
• Pro bono: Leading the way | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/MFNP2M9nxD
• People sent away by UK government as children to sue over abuse suffered abroad https://t.co/mQKmwKZhaP
• Fourth case against Russia lodged by Ukraine at ECHR | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/DV0yzX5kgm
• PIRC: Police should have made further enquiries to trace ‘dropped’ 999 caller later found dead https://t.co/NSwuAzcbdC
• The story of William Ah Ket, the first Chinese-Australian barrister https://t.co/OYrU7s7gM5
• New arbitration fee structure to support counsel | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/cro6yExvdo
• Herbert Smith Freehills, Data61 and IBM create consortium to deliver smart legal contracts on blockchain https://t.co/9t8uFAQrUn
• One month to respond to Scottish government consultation on biometrics commissioner https://t.co/PHCDiPJfM2
• What Legal Documents Do Your Kids Need Before Going To College? #US https://t.co/TQ62YAtvpN
• Amongst this week's changes is one that was not the most closely guarded secret as oil giant confirms new general counsel https://t.co/Bz9vfnf81P
• Why were there so many serial killers in the 1980s? https://t.co/VG2D7JGWQM
• Thriving as a Lawyer in the Age of Disruption https://t.co/OiQoEmNGJB
• Eugene Grant, a man with dwarfism describes street abuse https://t.co/Ja5pyhZUD1
• Solihull murders: Man held over mum and daughter deaths https://t.co/dwqhkW7YkH
• Apperio gets $10m boost in its battle to control corporate legal spend | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/H1ctQ1oujx
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/hhwr1e9el
• Actor Johnny Depp scores legal victory against former lawyer Jacob Bloom #US https://t.co/0puuKaDDVI
• ECtHR: #Hungary did not breach article 6 ECHR by refusing to refer question to CJEU https://t.co/beh0UyBTIy
• A Lawyer Tried to Use President Trump's Argument that Flipping 'Ought to Be Illegal.' It Didn't Go Well #US https://t.co/yJ1f7FmK0s 
• Lawyer in lewdness charges at high-end health club | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/DnPWewEcKo
• Meet the lawyer representing Wall St's #MeToo men https://t.co/5qyUg44dgR
• The challenge of digitising the courts | Legal Futures https://t.co/wWxEThEt2I
• No duty on solicitor to inform opponent of error in service https://t.co/fPJzUCGfj
• Temperature starts to rise ahead of Civil Liability Bill debate | Legal Futures https://t.co/I5YBi0rTsQ
• Partner broke rules to portray PI department “in best light” | Legal Futures https://t.co/5tDF9uKbJk
• Crown Court judge censured for ‘serious misconduct’ after accessing case files on daughter https://t.co/Xrx53OzG5g
• US appeal court rules smart meter data collection infringes privacy https://t.co/LcX0JUr6Rd 
• Etro sued over 'decades' of gender, race, age and disability discrimination | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/Jmx61l8jlW
• UK and Nigeria in legal sector partnership | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/IbxW9bShaE 
• Event: Insurance – know your risk (26th September 2018) https://t.co/niOsiKA3bI
• Disabled activists launch legal fund to take transport companies to court https://t.co/e4S4XZKWw8
• Fraud on the rise while violent crime declines https://t.co/kiIhxqxNEx