25th May - Law News

2705th 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: One of the concerns emerging out of the huge mandate of the BJP is whether it will challenge the already strained idea of India as a secular state. At the BJP headquarters, giving his victory speech, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that this election has unmasked those who claim to be secular. On this show, we look at whether the political consensus around the idea of secularism ended.

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Veteran solicitor rebuked for public comment to blind client | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/PQ0YFRNTNO 
• Prince Charles tells GCs: you must act on climate change | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/NvArxPaobY
• Human rights lawyer shot dead in Colombia | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/xQdJa9I4DO
• Barrister suspended for not holding practising certificate | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/DLZksddGa6
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/pGHeM4fxzA
• Insurer's failure exposes costs conflict as NHS defendants dig in | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/Ud8K4T5W52
• Criminal barristers vote on one-day walkout | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/anoD51Ub03 
• #US groups sue Alabama over 'extreme' abortion ban https://t.co/KQmlmcFAAz
• Abuse accuser Carl Beech says he 'saw three boys being murdered' https://t.co/QV6XXTWHnI 
• Theresa May resignation: What does it mean for Brexit? https://t.co/MHXL6A6FaD 
• A round-up of human rights stories from around the world https://t.co/HImc1WMyJF
• England: Judge issues WhatsApp warning after man unknowingly downloaded illegal images https://t.co/T840CDkePv 
• Rush to judgement – actor wins record-breaking defamation payout https://t.co/7sXbRipv5p 
• Tenant law changes in Scotland produce ‘unintended consequences’ https://t.co/tO26dRLEIv 
• UK government could face legal action after EU citizens denied vote https://t.co/ho22twTRA7 
• Court fines collection rate rises to 90 per cent https://t.co/wWnEaI9wsb
• Home Office rules on determining if asylum seekers are minors ruled unlawful https://t.co/SQDlo6GBR9
• Glasgow City Council takes legal action to force First Bus to share in compensating bin lorry families https://t.co/7QJaLfMz4F
• Thousands of weapons being seized at Scottish courts https://t.co/wmy8AG0f4p 
• Evidence obtained from ‘paedophile hunters’ inadmissible as conduct amounted to ‘fraud’ https://t.co/aZBF2p5ca8 
• PC Lee Martin-Cramp, a serving Metropolitan police officer found guilty of rape following trial in Antigua https://t.co/Xa7atwa3q8 
• Victim 'viciously and brutally stabbed' for drugs, prosecutor alleges in London Colney stabbing trial https://t.co/2KSWHpjb4l 
• Joseph McCann: Alleged serial rapist warned trial can happen without him after refusing to leave cell https://t.co/Mk5bmeHoMC
• A former police intelligence analyst found no evidence of phone calls or texts between missing Margaret Fleming  https://t.co/H9VAOZNZGc 
• Whorlton Hall: Ten arrested over abuse allegations https://t.co/Ggk7t9glxl 
• Bristol university 'did not follow guidance' for suicidal student https://t.co/d36g4559nr 
• Virgin Trains takes government to court over West Coast route https://t.co/kzRKwcwQD8 
• Facebook leaves fake Nancy Pelosi video on site https://t.co/Z55WAOUqbQ
• Theresa May never had a grip on the crown that fell into her lap https://t.co/0WmjvOEmkh 
• Woman told to pay towards inquest into daughter's death in care https://t.co/AX92PrPnqz
• Sheffield 'serious incident': Six children taken to hospital https://t.co/9PhqxBc932 
• Foreign students 'may have been unfairly deported' over English test cheat claims by blundering UK home office https://t.co/jw3yGos4F2 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/StYMFHnGfy
• Calls for Europe to review border controls after blacklisted #Russian visits 70 times https://t.co/sUIn35qDfF 
• 'I feel lucky': #Taiwan holds first gay marriages in historic day for Asia https://t.co/RPHhlKvKdv 
• Harvey Weinstein and accusers reach tentative $44m compensation deal #US https://t.co/fHKXzE87YZ
• Trump orders new powers for Attorney General's surveillance probe #US https://t.co/Gv9ICy2fE8 
• Court closures 'hurting witnesses and vulnerable suspects' https://t.co/0xlnOxcYrC 
• Dental regulator named new chief executive of LSB https://t.co/15MHnrlDi2
• Men twice as likely to run CLC-regulated firms as women https://t.co/1wCdFvSaxq
• Number of law firms shut down falls to 10-year low https://t.co/ypdEFUv16V 
• Rebuke for solicitor who made offensive comment to blind client https://t.co/CcHwIaRn9s 
• Surgeons warn of serious hand injuries from dog leads and collars https://t.co/RlSKKVXtCg 
• Facebook plans to launch 'GlobalCoin' currency in 2020 https://t.co/e1sfMV7RcR 
• #Mexico Government Announces Legal Position on US Helms-Burton Law https://t.co/5zqH5fgbYO 
• Opinion of Scottish Legal Counsel received on Short Assured Tenancies https://t.co/g4wPtqXcr5 
• Jewish News wins decisive legal case against #Polish nationalists https://t.co/dEtiKxc1Po
• Anti-abortion group loses legal battle in Scottish courts https://t.co/E3It6SmUeQ 
• Use of pepper spray to curb violence in jails faces legal challenge for breaching prisoner's human rights https://t.co/TvCgiGhRYY 
• Aretha Franklin's handwritten wills raise tangled legal questions #US https://t.co/xzeuIv52Sg 
• Broadcasters in legal bind over reporting on Tory crisis during election https://t.co/gS6KaaOLbr
• Owning, Occasionally Trading Bitcoin Is Legal in #China, Prominent Lawyer Argues https://t.co/WasIxkYW9O
• #Austria scandal: Mystery of the honey-trap video https://t.co/p6r83eerJ8 
• John Walker Lindh: What happens when you release a 'traitor'? #US https://t.co/zlUAgJSj7L 
• Woman of 102 suspected of care home murder in #France https://t.co/dOlSXVUqmj
• Qualcomm Violated Antitrust Laws, U.S. Judge Rules #US https://t.co/qjsjtzshGd
• Was That Ralph Northam in Blackface? An Inquiry Ends Without Answers #US https://t.co/A7eUeZHA7Q 
• How #China Uses High-Tech Surveillance to Subdue Minorities https://t.co/lD2sXxh95N
• Trump’s Financial Secrets Move Closer to Disclosure #US https://t.co/HEk2qSUHFd
• UK negotiates loophole in Saudi export ban to sell planes to Yemen https://t.co/BN9cKJIOAQ 
• English test students may have been wrongly accused, says watchdog https://t.co/EFx5oZvgYc 
• New #US charges against Julian Assange could spell decades behind bars https://t.co/7VzktMLkep
• Whorlton Hall hospital abuse and how it was uncovered https://t.co/tnHeh96N2U
• Cwm Taf maternity experiences 'complete shock' to chief https://t.co/AXUBgZNjUL
• #Brazilian inmates create fashion behind bars https://t.co/NJTvRq1nac
• #Canada PM Trudeau exonerates Cree chief of 1885 treason charge https://t.co/dzuBDRaNCK

24th May - Law News

2704th 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 rise of Airbnb and other short-stay accommodation options is dividing tourist towns across Australia. Some people feel it creates healthy competition and boosts visitor numbers, whereas hoteliers want unregistered holiday homes shut down. In the Western Australian tourist mecca of Margaret River, it's pitted neighbour against neighbour

Focus of the Day Article:
EU Council to impose cyber-attack sanctions. New framework will allow the EU and its member states to be more resistant and to respond to cyber-attacks with sanctions.
Full story - The Global Legal Post

Saturday Conversations on Law

• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/o6KRiFFT9Y
• Facebook: Another three billion fake profiles culled https://t.co/UDOYxZswe9
• Huawei: China warns of investment blow to UK over 5G ban https://t.co/zI7PUNUkw2
• Julian Assange: #US files 17 new charges against Wikileaks co-founder https://t.co/zOyesrlOju
• The suffering caused by austerity helped fuel Brexit – and will only get worse https://t.co/rZ68mwiPkK 
• We recognise racism on the football pitch. Why do we fail to see it in the workplace? https://t.co/I2spdNjccc 
• Inside the neo-Nazi plot to kill a Labour MP – podcast https://t.co/oQXfpogDAe 
• King’s College London to probe allegations of nasty brexiter lecturer verbally abusing remainer https://t.co/V3sytR81ZC 
• British man arrested on suspicion of giving bleach-based 'cure' to #Ugandans https://t.co/L8xFdF8FTt 
• Restrictive covenants: a win-win for partner mobility | Law Gazette https://t.co/fFVwyT2xGp 
• Trainee solicitor banned after cocaine find while on duty | Law Gazette https://t.co/IM9O1qRc3e
• Listed pioneer Gateley's income tops £100m | Law Gazette https://t.co/2ZP8LVMJFf
• Firm right to withhold privileged information, High Court rules | Law Gazette https://t.co/P9T2oSQl6s 
• GCs unveil tactics to make external firms diverse | Law Gazette https://t.co/gd2qKY1uCM 
• Finalists for legal aid 'Oscars' revealed | Law Gazette https://t.co/qqu5GGeTXy
• Barrister accused of deceiving court to block prosecution of paedophile | Law Gazette https://t.co/nNXI2XyxhS 
• Barrister accused of deceiving court to block prosecution of paedophile | Law Gazette https://t.co/ALUH8HvhCF
• Dishonest solicitors cost profession £18.1m in compensation | Law Gazette https://t.co/W7HhvUbXgr 
• Dishonest solicitors cost profession £18.1m in compensation | Law Gazette https://t.co/rjCC2ywLCa 
• Claims firm folded when CFA delays choked off cashflow | Law Gazette https://t.co/RDONLEWPOu
• Courts in Japan to embrace the web | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/ffZYvC4OuP
• Legal partnering to foster access to justice | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/SoAxuKUMrB 
• EU Council to impose cyber-attack sanctions | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/vs0SkjMQ8m 
• General counsel rate top legal brands | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/LAzaFtrQ7Y 
• Sheppard Mullin puts "money where its mouth is" on gender | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/l4mz9o7kCb
• New international arbitration centers which have officially opened in Los Angeles and New York https://t.co/vOjDqPwo8S
• ICJ launches first app | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/aVFfP3W9VM 
• Hogan Lovells in trademark platform collaboration | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/k7C3hQmm1y
• KPMG adds to Asia legal presence | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/ToBiwcn2fM 
• 'The FA didn't stop him': The long road to justice for Bob Higgins' abuse victims https://t.co/OREqzKuACG
• Bittersweet no more: Rolling Stones pass Verve royalties to Richard Ashcroft https://t.co/3JoXyv4hk
• Transgender women given access to Hampstead Heath ponds https://t.co/cIJ2fxGTn9 
• Scotland-wide search reveals one of Britain’s best young riders as Watermans Sports Ambassador 2019 https://t.co/dODfSSFhtC
• Law Society of Scotland In-house Annual Conference | Thursday 13 June https://t.co/MhZWS7dIsF 
• US: Washington becomes first state to approve composting of human remains https://t.co/eDrQ2WR06n
• ECtHR: Man refused access to solicitor during questioning suffered no violation of his right to a fair trial https://t.co/cNzxSWNEtf 
• The Gillen Report – realistic reform or missed opportunity? https://t.co/E55BXQCWgW 
• Ireland: Data Protection Commission launches inquiry into Google’s processing of personal data https://t.co/xHp2wweG8E
• GDPR – Top five to-dos 12 months in https://t.co/QHgx6brAYw
• Sharing religious beliefs at work – a human right? https://t.co/AeQ8YKhILH
• Lord Neuberger warns further justice system cuts will lead to ‘breakdown of the rule of law’ https://t.co/uIW7gj9KbF 
• Appeal judges dismiss legal challenge against Scots law approving abortions at home https://t.co/qKX9LmGpQj 
• Boris Johnson lied during EU referendum campaign, court told https://t.co/Klgad9JvD0
• EU citizens in UK complain of being denied right to vote https://t.co/4RuIRUaxZ4
• World's oldest record store bans Morrissey sales over far-right support https://t.co/ID1Ide50eT 
• An ambassador for human rights won’t convince the world that Britain cares https://t.co/6LAlrhmJGm 
• Revealed: single offender has been jailed nearly 200 times https://t.co/cCLanFUxmA
• High court judge leads inquiry into London Capital & Finance scandal https://t.co/BXxDaZ3JQD
• Football coach Bob Higgins guilty of abusing trainees https://t.co/IdSmhf1O93 
• Whorlton Hall: Minister 'deeply sorry' for hospital abuse https://t.co/KYulh7FiZD
• Oscar winner Geoffrey Rush wins biggest ever defamation payout in #Australia https://t.co/HDrzA2dq5k
• Using AI to speed up conveyancing | Legal Futures https://t.co/DYuB9H0eiF 
• UN highlights role of legal aid cuts in “immiseration” of millions | Legal Futures https://t.co/2yWEJI5NVr 
• Listed pioneer records strong growth with turnover and profits up | Legal Futures https://t.co/1HwqII0wDl
• Need to swear an oath? Soon you can ask an accountant | Legal Futures https://t.co/y7W6iKvhHj
• High Court refuses employed lawyer pupillage exemption | Legal Futures https://t.co/khag5eUZ0J 
• Judge rules that parents of deceased West Point cadet can use his sperm for surrogate birth #US https://t.co/TWGZwHkDaA 
• Solicitors 'at the heart of local communities' says Laois lawyer https://t.co/F0o6oG2EL6
• Probate expert drills Midlands solicitors https://t.co/buAadb860i 
• Woman tells of ordeal at hands of paedophile ex-solicitor https://t.co/PXYv7dDdpb 
• Solicitor questions how diocese allowed Ian Bailey to ‘be read from the pulpit’ #Ireland https://t.co/0u8pvLqvF
• Solicitor Kean settles additional privacy claim over newspaper article #Ireland https://t.co/GJ4DXovEBy 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/9akN1YIaIX
• #Afghan public health chief settles in UK after kidnap by Taliban https://t.co/kxMMOUPWTW 
• #India election: far-right cow vigilante violence sympathiser Modi poised for historic landslide, early results  https://t.co/z57uPS2A0J 
• Two female loos for every male one, experts recommend https://t.co/lUxT5KPxOs
• Colluding drug firms 'cost the NHS millions of pounds' https://t.co/m9Chqf1sCi 
• HMS Queen Elizabeth captain flown off ship in 'company car' row https://t.co/ogy5LHQ8OD 
• Abortion laws: Pro-choice activists launch legal bid to challenge restrictive legislation #US https://t.co/8dFSGkwc4c
• Solicitors hope to raise hundreds during York Legal Walk https://t.co/Fwc31LGDZP 
• Understanding legal position of digital logistics platforms https://t.co/D63cKBoOHR
• What's Behind the #US Legal Immigration Slowdown? https://t.co/HOFyMyuVaB

23rd May - Law News

2703rd 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: Judge Edgardo Ramos in New York refused to block subpoenas from the House of Representatives for Trump's financial records from Deutsche Bank and Capital One. It's the second such ruling against the President in three days.

Focus of the Day Article:
A civil liberties group is taking on a police force which it says has scanned thousands of people’s faces without their knowledge or consent at high-profile events such as the 2017 Champions League Final and Ed Sheeran concerts. The High Court, sitting at Cardiff Civil and Family Justice Centre, today began hearing Liberty’s challenge against South Wales Police’s deployment of automated facial recognition software. The civil liberties group is representing Ed Bridges, who believes his face was scanned by the force at a peaceful anti-arms protest and while he was doing his Christmas shopping.
Full story - The Law Society Gazette

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Isis suspect Jack Letts' parents ignored warnings, court told https://t.co/S32KiMeMyL 
• Universal credit hardship 'linked to prostitution' https://t.co/lKGPHyHRRn
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/Hfunx0lSja
• 'Stop it!' Japanese women turn to app to stop groping on trains #Japan https://t.co/vsO3gdsIzs 
• Seven Kings mosque: Man held after gun fired https://t.co/PiMn6qIAWc
• Chagos Islands dispute: UN backs end to UK control https://t.co/6yQmdLhhka
• 'You can't cheat?' asks Queen at Sainsbury's self-service check-out https://t.co/a3wcTrn5mn 
• ‘Pregnancy is a time bomb’ – what I learned about motherhood working in a women’s prison https://t.co/cVmb37SAp3 
• Victims of serious crime 'failed by London probation service' https://t.co/TMk1uCR2J1
• Facial recognition tech prevents crime, police tell UK privacy case https://t.co/qvmjRjtql7
• Accountancy body wins right to regulate oaths | Law Gazette https://t.co/hyQ9KkInXO
• FDACs to grow after government pledges £15m to keep children out of care | Law Gazette https://t.co/4GOh1Rp5Uu
• Lawyers urged to crack down on money laundering before governments intervene | Law Gazette https://t.co/89OgZAAdRI 
• Regulators should 'incentivise' lawtech - consumer panel | Law Gazette https://t.co/vW6IOF4y60
• Law centre JR prompts Home Office to clarify immigration support | Law Gazette https://t.co/k36GqpLAYu
• Litigants in person making PI claims face 'bewildering' choice, says MedCo | Law Gazette https://t.co/AXWAW1V8pS
• A Facebook court? Our legal system needs to catch up | Law Gazette https://t.co/xbMnumYmgP
• Poole explosion: Ex-husband jailed for blowing up house https://t.co/HqPiLTVBzL
• England: Judicial Assistants scheme launched for High Court https://t.co/DRzp4jeZdX 
• Watch: Glasgow University’s women in law #First100years https://t.co/FwRMMznsc1 
• MBM advises Immense Simulations on $4.6m Series A funding https://t.co/dEgXKeU7yf
• Lawyer warns against pitfalls of property raffles https://t.co/EcdWep6KWQ 
• Legal aid ‘decimated’ in England and Wales as poverty rises https://t.co/Ca7nWX2PuR 
• Kirsty Smith becomes legal director at TLT in Glasgow https://t.co/FgDECVNtN1
• Report recommends minimising isolation of young people on remand in wake of tragic deaths https://t.co/VssSgyxp9w
• Female BBC manager rejects job over equal pay https://t.co/cWhE5jyCSg
• Amazon set for facial recognition revolt amid major privacy concerns https://t.co/Zybs2U7HYN 
• Huawei: ARM memo tells staff to stop working with China’s tech giant https://t.co/gPnc1eGgDo
• Jeremy Kyle Show death: Morphine packets found near TV guest https://t.co/TouHQF9w5J 
• M25 killer Kenneth Noye to be freed from prison https://t.co/kQjhca3E25 
• Views sought on incorporation of United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child into Scots law https://t.co/eKZskzwznM 
• The new Electronic Communications Code – two new judgments https://t.co/HmpOfVOany 
• Iraqi-Kurdish journalist wins appeal for reconsideration of asylum application https://t.co/nOost0SZvX 
• Consumer panel urges regulators to act on lawtech | Legal Futures https://t.co/Unop8vFyPx 
• Law firm “sacked staff member by WhatsApp”, tribunal finds | Legal Futures https://t.co/4Bh0jy2O1a
• Court modernisation “undermining access to justice”, lawyers tell MPs | Legal Futures https://t.co/dPj924Qim
• Knights shares on the rise as trading update signals strong growth | Legal Futures https://t.co/s5kFbKKB21
• Plastic straws, cotton buds and drink stirrers to be banned in England https://t.co/ZTh8UrsjoZ 
• This Milkshake Spring isn’t political violence – it’s political theatre https://t.co/0Gjx97Hh6r 
• 22 arrested across Europe in swoop on 'dangerous drug gang' https://t.co/aPhnY91dcf
• Far-right Facebook groups 'spreading hate to millions in Europe' https://t.co/GDBf6KbDLg 
• UN report compares Tory welfare policies to creation of workhouses https://t.co/sUNgosvou1 
• British Steel enters insolvency after rescue talks with Tory government fail https://t.co/HFbjxw3izW
• White teachers like me should not be policing black pupils’ hair | Holly Rigby https://t.co/Z7LmIwwVXJ
• I served in Northern Ireland. It’s clear that there should be no amnesty for veterans | David Benest https://t.co/kiEZHZg8Vw
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/s5Tg71XJe
• New ISO Standard on Legal Interpreting Seeks to Combat ‘De-Professionalism’ https://t.co/jxpK9cL1k3
• MIke Ashley seeks support for legal challenge to Debenhams' rescue https://t.co/rLjd7HGN0U 
• No restrictions on conveyance of land covered by free patents #Philippines https://t.co/N92n05vrFX
• Conveyancing Firm First in Legal History To Launch Alexa Integrated System https://t.co/ol9WVlnbCi
• HC seeks report on abnormal costs of furnishing RNPP apartments #Bangladesh https://t.co/p0NKblxJeq 
• #Nigeria minister of communications, Adebayo Shittu accused of being involved in multiple million naira contracts  https://t.co/dSSnd2aonE 
• UK’s First Human Rights Ambassador Could Become A ‘Laughing Stock’, Barrister Warns https://t.co/tyS7yQTcu0
• BNP names Barrister Rumeen Farhana for woman’s parliamentary seat #Bangladesh https://t.co/sROZKtS6c1
• Moloney & Co Solicitors announces partnership with Greek law firm https://t.co/Ts5QE5UcVR
• Divorce: How yo protect your farm if your marriage crumbles: https://t.co/zlpXYZC1rB 
• New managing partner for Wokingham solicitors Clifton Ingram LLP https://t.co/Fc1h2pjwrB 
• Crime gang ‘made recon trips to ATMs’ ahead of raids https://t.co/CfxvtZ18oH 
• #Brunei In Focus: What Can Activists Do About Human Rights Abroad? https://t.co/jKgOvEoF2b 
• We need to treat a right to food as a human rights issue, says NGO https://t.co/vsnb6GiIri 
• UK Welfare Cuts By Tory Governments Mean Families Go Hungry https://t.co/T3s2yfTUjj 
• UK appoints first international human rights ambassador. https://t.co/9Z6Ob21jua 
• TalkTalk data breach customer details found online https://t.co/MW2e5jW4hv
• Record penalty for firm in gas supply failures https://t.co/kpEIsGy1PO 
• Poverty in the UK is 'systematic' and 'tragic', says UN special rapporteur https://t.co/YntDoOSjhw
• UK government to bring in new controls on plastic items https://t.co/bWShYvBkVd
• Virginia Uber driver was #Somali war criminal https://t.co/OYUQrUBkys
• Club Together: The Middlesbrough team bringing refugees together https://t.co/zdsZAxaWai 
• European elections 2019: Expats in France fear postal votes will not count https://t.co/0ESgqB2GzB
• Story of a London-based barrister and her fraud family https://t.co/qtxXntV2br 
• Barrister interrogates murder suspect over claim he was smoking cannabis https://t.co/x8MXYVRKkT 
• Secret 'Torture Loophole' Raises Serious Questions For Government https://t.co/diHamoJtpG 
• BLJ Solicitors takes home trophy at Liverpool Law Society Legal Awards https://t.co/gwEPcNZdMn
• North Wales solicitor makes history becoming RNLI station's first female helmsman https://t.co/xCbEh41Kko
• Son of murdered solicitor expected to be new lord mayor of Belfast https://t.co/eLZjQwlL6P 
• Where's my will? My solicitor is 'no longer practising' https://t.co/KsqKRxcqWt
• Guatemalan Boy Dies at Border Station While Awaiting Move to a Shelter #US https://t.co/MZ1oB0UA09
• The Choice in #India: ‘Our Trump’ or a Messier Democracy https://t.co/itTzAHim1b
• Trump’s Secrecy Fight Escalates as Judge Rules for Congress in Early Test #US https://t.co/USCeLs572O
• European elections: how does the voting system work? https://t.co/ca4SJAZ3S4
• European elections: your guide to the vote you never expected https://t.co/kjizrtC3JK
• What are the rules for donating to UK political parties? https://t.co/MIJdCtmIEh
• European elections 2019: am I registered to vote and why do I get those leaflets? https://t.co/QA0y5H0ko1
• Teenager admits to stealing geriatric lemur from a California zoo #US https://t.co/uDwOGB2IVu
• #Cambodia re-enacts Khmer Rouge killings - in pictures https://t.co/ao73eqSGRB 
• #India election 2019: Echoes of Trump in far-right Modi's border politics https://t.co/uEMP83e5BO
• Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, #Argentina ex-president, goes on trial https://t.co/U8TI2PuPVe 
• Washington becomes first US state to legalise human composting #US https://t.co/uM352KP1G6
• More impeachment calls as ex-White House lawyer skips hearing #US https://t.co/Xzk8rVfL0W 
• Brexit supporting MP called a liar while giving TV interview https://t.co/M6LfnYFzsI

22nd May - Law News

2702nd 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: Somalia used to be a byword for war and hardship, and thousands of Somalis escaped to this country to seek safe refuge. Now some families here are taking the radical decision to send their sons back to Somalia to get away from the dramatic rise in knife crime and gang culture here on the streets of England and Wales.

Focus of the Day Article:
The head of the body building the new whiplash portal has insisted that the organisation “does not dictate policy to ministers”. Dominic Clayden, chief executive of the Motor Insurers’ Bureau (MIB), also revealed that the cost of setting up the portal – which is funded by the insurance industry – would be £15m.
Full story - Legal Futures

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Judge dismissed #Kenyans’ claims https://t.co/tG1DAafhlG
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/QeyRT79sun
• Inns throw down the gauntlet on training | Law Gazette https://t.co/GFXVvJgZ6x 
• MPs hear lawyers roundly condemn ‘cost-saving’ court reforms | Law Gazette https://t.co/ULNEXElgEb
• Linklaters launches pilot scheme for disadvantaged students | Law Gazette https://t.co/hnbwxk630P 
• Insurance policies in doubt after key ATE provider fails | Law Gazette https://t.co/ETu0Eif3xB 
• High Court showdown over facial recognition technology begins | Law Gazette https://t.co/iaQzCewW0a
• Listed law firm expects profits to double in debut year | Law Gazette https://t.co/nTE1dLUKBC 
• Child protection in family court set to come under fresh scrutiny | Law Gazette https://t.co/E5sXw5vW8r
• Men have an important role to play in achieving gender equality in the law | Law Gazette https://t.co/FvtkqaVN9j 
• Not a bad start: 20 years of devolution | Law Gazette https://t.co/A4JA9qIReu 
• Dead James Bond extra Eric Michels 'targeted on Grindr' https://t.co/2No5KCRIpj
• Nigel Farage to be examined over £450,000 payment from Arron Banks https://t.co/Ufl2pvh8eK
• Faculty choir to share Dublin stage with TV stars https://t.co/zKw23K4m4s
• University of Aberdeen Law Reform Society to launch first edition of annual report https://t.co/G8dRJ5GSg8
• Can we create a world safe from drugs? https://t.co/qYYTYLAbD9 
• Brodies wins WWL’s Scotland Law Firm of the Year award https://t.co/RpPrSNYsrJ 
• Anti-abortion student group at Aberdeen University permitted affiliation after commencing legal action https://t.co/UOIZP1pczk
• Lord Sumption on the erosion of personal responsibility https://t.co/xA0ruN1FQs
• Is there demand in Scotland’s housing market for a quasi-free market approach? https://t.co/KhYGYxa8We 
• TLT overcomes overprovision policy to secure licence for Bothwell restaurateur https://t.co/FOXMkmwpdl
• Pop singer Ariana Grande is being sued by a photographer for posting a picture of herself on Instagram without perm… https://t.co/VLnFOmnLw1 
• Scotland has highest proportion of probationers under supervision for ‘offences against persons’ in all Europe https://t.co/VbRlD56BOz
• Judicial appointments process under fire for appointing best form fillers https://t.co/3HuqDwaIgJ 
• Absolute discharge for thief with previous convictions for theft was ‘unduly lenient’ https://t.co/kLG81iBre6 
• If Roe v Wade is overturned, we should worry about the rule of law | Shira A Scheindlin #US https://t.co/onO1gqBTng 
• #Bolivia: Nature rights tribunal condemns TIPNIS project https://t.co/ShXRSdEeVX 
• New support for the Human Rights Review Tribunal #NewZealand https://t.co/ysQrM7e6al 
• #India supreme court: Appeals Against Non Inclusion In NRC Maintainable Only When Foreigners Tribunal Has Not Alrea… https://t.co/f0Fg1qKvg8
• New Glasgow Tribunals Centre officially opens after revamp https://t.co/Httm0sNby0 
• #Sweden proposes international ISIS tribunal https://t.co/byj9jO0uDW 
• Warrant issued for barrister who harassed solicitor | Legal Futures https://t.co/xJ5xYDx5X9 
• Green light for new regime on when to report rule breaches | Legal Futures https://t.co/uCq6hlT1dN 
• Medical agencies need formal regulation, says MedCo | Legal Futures https://t.co/IQbdWYiJpL 
• 2019 European Elections: Watchdog defends Brexit Party scrutiny https://t.co/Ufl2pvh8eK 
• London Bridge attack inquests: US tourist 'flatlined twice' after being stabbed https://t.co/pDTa9mAuxD 
• Man who murdered his partner in a "savage" hammer attack has been jailed for life and must serve at least 22 years https://t.co/wczqohhpPB
• Jamie Oliver restaurant chains collapse with 1300 jobs at risk, some from disadvantaged backgrounds https://t.co/MDszBv79rc
• Chagos Islands: isolated UK faces thrashing in UN vote on ownership https://t.co/senWRiL4wS
• ‘I became suicidal’: foreign students accused of cheating by UK tell of 'living hell' https://t.co/mLnfk5f2fX
• #Hungary accused of fuelling xenophobia with anti-migrant rhetoric https://t.co/5Ptz9pvt2c 
• Grayling probation changes led to 'expensive merry-go-round', says report https://t.co/it9izjhHOH
• MRI scan death of Torbay teenager investigated https://t.co/9NjBoiZhTo 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/eD3FxASG9a
• Why #Israel eyes the EU with distrust https://t.co/CyUruxXjOx
• Huawei's microchip vulnerability explained https://t.co/u2PUqSyDdm 
• #SierraLeone: What is life for the prostitutes of Freetown? https://t.co/CoOeNql7vE
• Contaminated blood scandal: Welsh payouts 'not fair' https://t.co/4RivgE0ii2
• Alex Hepburn: Rape victim 'humiliated by sexual conquest game' https://t.co/yg3mRjBh4U 
• Christchurch shootings: Mosque attacker charged with terrorism #NewZealand https://t.co/Nac5DSJECv
• University of Oxford promises quarter of places to poor https://t.co/0FZBwYFify
• Police facial recognition surveillance court case starts https://t.co/dQSxES6J8k
• Nigel Farage milkshake: Man charged with assault for standing up to facism https://t.co/VOyO218va0
• Rise in global sea levels could have 'profound consequences' https://t.co/pUBzSds0Ql 
• Netanyahu lawyers double down on request that attorney-general probe leaks #Israel https://t.co/2w3TDyT03q 
• Indian lawyer Deepika Singh Rajawat presented with medal of courage in Surrey https://t.co/B3DxZMww10
• #Indian man sued his lawyer on finding that his case had been dismissed by the court because the advocate did not a… https://t.co/GQs7lLZFD6 
• Lawyers Warned Not to Help Break Law in Wake of Tax Scandals #US https://t.co/8yM8KnKMea 
• Sexual assault survivor recounts being 'bullied' by defence lawyer in court to point where it was #NewZealand https://t.co/qIHxK2SSpa 
• Wisconsin immigrants who can't afford lawyers face high chance of deportation #US https://t.co/oQEO9qHIzj
• When is the right time to fire an attorney? #US https://t.co/ICq3IVWqP9 
• Judge orders Trump accounting firm to hand over records to Congress #US https://t.co/5eqfoZLMWU
• Tory Ministers complacent over high-rise fire risk, say firefighters https://t.co/F5qSVP9Trg 
• Cryptocurrency scams triple in a year – at £27m total cost to victims https://t.co/6fOGZZNH7N 
• Nearly 600 arrests in a week as police tackle county lines drug gangs https://t.co/MSTlnXpmer 
• Nitrous oxide users unaware of health risks, nurses warn https://t.co/pYnZSFXZyT 
• ‘A Good Career, if I Satisfied Him.’ #Ukraine Fights Sexual Abuse, and a War https://t.co/YuZl8GVGuW 
• #India’s extreme-rightwing PM Narendra Modi Appears Headed for Re-election, Exit Polls Show https://t.co/sCsixS3cE7 
• Deutsche Bank Staff Saw Suspicious Activity in Trump and Kushner Accounts #US https://t.co/lYcsJwlREy

21st May - Law News

2701st 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: Nanita Sohel is a first-time voter in India's northern state of Punjab. In the last phase of the general election on 19 May, she says she will vote for the party that can guarantee good jobs for graduates.

Focus of the Day Article:
UK property register 'needed urgently' to stop money laundering. MPs and peers say plans for register of foreign-owned property should not be delayed.
Full story - Guardian Law

Saturday Conversations on Law

• MTV star 'felt pressured to have sex on screen' https://t.co/OYB8MouSTw 
• Greenpeace protest at BP's head office ends with arrests https://t.co/VgttR1QOBU
• Vincent Lambert: Life support must resume after court reverses ruling #France https://t.co/6vQgJgPM2s 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/fVYbesyHcW
• How top lawyer's career made her feel anxious and like an imposter at work https://t.co/YcQ06DDxW4 
• Lawyer, 40, cleared of assaulting former partner in row outside home https://t.co/4XlwqcJ2Jh 
• Stormy Daniels agrees to dismiss suit against ex-lawyer #US https://t.co/LMtgzFW1CQ 
• Europe's centrists draw on Austrian scandal to issue far-right warning https://t.co/LXkXwZq7WI 
• Fifth migrant child dies after being detained by US border patrol #US https://t.co/seTOwgHD8t 
• Racism rising since Brexit vote, nationwide study reveals, 71% faced discrimination https://t.co/0zXKflpKXj
• Short-term contracts a plague on academia https://t.co/v8odTLzzsO
• Mordaunt pledges to review internal MoD torture guidance https://t.co/5nocIK5Fm3 
• #Turkey seeks extradition of UK barrister Ozcan Keles over Twitter activity https://t.co/EFNeeoKXFU 
• Eiffel Tower climber in custody after reaching top #France https://t.co/6aWXo5PIXc
• Salmon farming giant Mowi probed over chemical use https://t.co/wIdFKm0TvN
• Birmingham head teacher threatened over LGBT lessons https://t.co/NMo5kKH76Q 
• 'Bullying' libel judge's dismissal of claim reversed on appeal | Law Gazette https://t.co/EEI09xe5ak 
• Mind your language! Judge reprimands solicitors for 'imbecilic' jibe | Law Gazette https://t.co/oZJ3J3mOEE 
• Criminal records disclosure: call for Law Commission review | Law Gazette https://t.co/yFHgJWOohS 
• Government told to close money laundering loopholes | Law Gazette https://t.co/d7i7Aozn7r 
• Brexit: Ireland eases practice rule but uncertainty remains | Law Gazette https://t.co/FPexNzN2OV 
• Give women ‘high impact assignments’, say male lawyers | Law Gazette https://t.co/6QYl6Q9wIk
• Big firms worst hit as insurance market hardens | Law Gazette https://t.co/C6N91d9Bzq
• County court pilot to transfer some judicial powers lauded | Law Gazette https://t.co/61vMJyai3I 
• Whistleblowing concerns spark interpreter contract change | Law Gazette https://t.co/fHOEKsdiUe
• Inns throw down the gauntlet on training | Law Gazette https://t.co/cYYi7Y0Vea
• Men have an important role to play in achieving gender equality in the law | Law Gazette https://t.co/vygBghobnt 
• MP Jess Phillips in LGBT teaching row with protester https://t.co/qbJuFjSgrh
• Employee share incentives seminar in Edinburgh next month https://t.co/yn2ZqM4n09
• TLT advises Par Equity on £1.2m Datactics investment https://t.co/9NfyS8vy2Y
• UK government appoints human rights ambassador https://t.co/9f5UXS5Lmd
• Faculty members appointed to EHRC panel https://t.co/BKVrlhDfES
• Law firms changing for the better https://t.co/99bUMHUB5Q 
• Stewart Baillie joins Macnabs as property director https://t.co/skMAatasSA 
• Philip Rodney joins board of LAR Housing Trust https://t.co/0N3pveqmwV
• Media lawyers warn of unintended consequences of proposed EU ban on social media anonymity https://t.co/pOFuoKKfHr
• Use of post-nuptial agreements on the rise https://t.co/PRjBGIeXgT
• Alasdair Sutherland returns to Burness Paull as head of planning https://t.co/uVT6C6hS8W 
• Violent crimes in Scotland rise by 10 per cent https://t.co/i0iM1BGRzA 
• Secret ‘torture policy’ of Ministry of Defence revealed https://t.co/SVguHk5hKt 
• Family of alcoholic homeless man who died in charity accommodation fail in damages claim https://t.co/gf21Ci4p2q
• Sajid Javid wants high court hearing into MI5 failures to be secret https://t.co/rZPkm9HLbs 
• National Audit Office questions value of Stonehenge tunnel https://t.co/vdxm2lUfzg 
• Serious concerns over the legality of the Nigel Farage's Brexit party’s funding https://t.co/PBMOArisjy
• Nigel Farage doused with milkshake in Newcastle https://t.co/VIedA9Gch0 
• Proudman calls for 50% of all chambers’ members to be women | Legal Futures https://t.co/96eXzm3XFl 
• My membership site changed my life – could it change yours? | Legal Futures https://t.co/J7khmxIDLq
• Deloitte seeks to leverage size advantage in tech race | Legal Futures https://t.co/rw0S9mvPB0 
• Principles for lawyers dealing with offshore structures published | Legal Futures https://t.co/TN9OGLF6w0 
• “We do not dictate PI policy to ministers,” MIB boss insists | Legal Futures https://t.co/DyNryon5UB
• Sajid Javid: New espionage bill will tackle threats https://t.co/qc5i7snjs7 
• Huawei's Android loss: How it affects you https://t.co/NBg7ORv41n
• #Ecuador hands over Julian Assange's belongings to US https://t.co/zQHI80gOqL
• London Bridge attack inquest: Ignacio Echeverría 'fought knifemen with skateboard' https://t.co/HOzxHL1QbU
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/LmWDqFCTBK
• Governors ‘should stop’ holding funds meant for legislature, judiciary #Nigeria https://t.co/75gS2NZKWw 
• #Turkey set to pass economic legislation before Istanbul vote https://t.co/0gKkc0MeBb 
• NY Lawmakers Pass Legislation To Support Domestic Violence Victims #US https://t.co/eUZtoWXkPD
• States pushing abortion legislation rank poorly when it comes to child well-being #US https://t.co/rJSo7DbNZA 
• ABA's legal education council adopts stricter bar passage standards for law schools #US https://t.co/q42hBKNpoT
• Seattle's fair housing law is the most progressive in the country. But now landlords are challenging it #US https://t.co/CCsIJR1pDo
• Danger's of police secrecy laws: Will Officer Daniel Pantaleo be punished for the death of Eric Garner? #US https://t.co/iFh6RYy4in 
• Former presidential candidate Mitt Romney lay's out his opposition to Alabama's new anti-abortion law #US https://t.co/1GkymP0nQ9
• Debt Recovery Tribunal asks McDonald's India, Vikram Bakshi to appear before it #India https://t.co/ng4Z8PXt2d
• Kaduna central: Nine PDP witnesses testify as tribunal adjourns to May 25 #Nigeria https://t.co/h0hsPPQj41 
• Celebs Go Dating guru 'thought he could have sex with contestants' https://t.co/miGddrbLcN 
• #Niger guber: Tribunal rules in favour of PDP https://t.co/nnnsIBvJe7 
• Gender clinic: Transgerders angery over service delay https://t.co/FGGZOuaFKu
• Cardiff City footballer Sala's father: 'My son was abandoned for fatal flight' https://t.co/a1dkLwkCTT 
• Street harassment part of puberty, says Cardiff teenager https://t.co/qiwgYGxMYY
• Britons could be banned from Syria under counter-terrorism laws https://t.co/qc5i7snjs7
• Brexit party's funding: concerned ‘dirty money’ from foreign donors could reach Nigel Farage’s party https://t.co/f4E31rwEpu
• Royal Mail to launch UK's first parcel postboxes https://t.co/OwEYiqpqv4
• UK's 'cruel and harmful policies' lack regard for child hunger, says NGO https://t.co/SLOsPPAOQ
• Unions lobby investors to press Amazon over UK working conditions https://t.co/dKxgf2FwNF 
• Google blocks Huawei access to Android updates after blacklisting https://t.co/0nr3hhFIIV 
• Revised MoD guidance could leave door open for torture https://t.co/MaYq3TlpU2 
• Jeremy Kyle: more TV show guests killed themselves, it emerges https://t.co/lA6ktfutkj 
• UK property register 'needed urgently' to stop money laundering https://t.co/znlOzGMe4Z
• #Switzerland gun control: Voters back EU regulations https://t.co/DzjlUMjInH
• #Sudan crisis: Arrests over protesters' killings https://t.co/sJDbRLqwQG 
• Huawei: Which countries are blocking its 5G technology? https://t.co/0yuoGuqpO2
• Google 'restricts Huawei's use of Android' https://t.co/AsiLmYfpFL

20th May - Law News

2700th 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 so-called ‘10 commandments of immigration,’ a set of vague rules for migrants tabled by an anti-immigration politician in Lower Austria, has provoked heated debate.

Focus of the Day Article:
Bullying and sexual harassment are rife in the legal profession, a major International Bar Association (IBA) report has revealed. The report, Us Too? Bullying and Sexual Harassment in the Legal Profession, published this week, found that one in two women, and one in three men, working as lawyers has been affected by workplace bullying, and one in three women has been sexually harassed at work.
Full story - New Law Journal

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Crimes by soldiers must be prosecuted https://t.co/phMzhgupQF
• Austin Eubanks: Columbine school shooting survivor found dead #US https://t.co/CyJkejm76d
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/2LrhW7sGzA
• Exeter Cathedral bans raping comment Ukip's Carl Benjamin from hustings https://t.co/UthkCQtPCc
• Vandals trash Stamford model railway exhibition https://t.co/pELPN4klNM
• Leah Heyes: Vigil held for Northallerton drug death teen https://t.co/bQD79j87Nr
• Teacher suspended after her pupils criticise #Italian far-right law https://t.co/pR3b8SM3eI
• Top lawyer ready to take on Jeremy Kyle Show over guest’s death https://t.co/RpamcfMIkZ 
• Penny Mordaunt’s amnesty is incoherent and could shield governments’ nefarious actions https://t.co/cOvMTWFhOb
• Mental health charity pilots online messenger service in bid to reach more young lawyers https://t.co/d8d5anu3w3
• SRA dismisses calls to reintroduce mandatory minimum trainee solicitor pay https://t.co/Dd4qd1GmGE
• ‘We have an obligation to make entry to the bar as fair as possible’ https://t.co/6i46cvNmTh 
• Meet the Instagrammers making law revision look glam https://t.co/xbWL9ZGyp9
• Confusion surrounding UK lawyers’ Ireland registration following Law Society letter https://t.co/fE5xlsQIhe
• Pawsitive energy: Gowling WLG drafts in dogs to help de-stress lawyers https://t.co/eJ1YMx7laN
• ‘He threw a phone at my head’: International survey reveals bullying rife in the legal profession https://t.co/mHYi1JNsdm
• Judge’s ‘bear-baiting’ comment resurfaces as Jeremy Kyle Show axed https://t.co/1xLtjtjjq7 
• ULaw strikes LPC deal with University of East Anglia https://t.co/9QYrjBeuEF
• Apology to Thomas Longstaff : correction and clarification https://t.co/naBP13nxw5
• How Freshfields’ £100k NQ pay will change the profession https://t.co/TQ8CkjfDZT
• Profession gears up for Future of Legal Education and Training Conference 2019 https://t.co/tsqd2OSPTt
• I considered crashing my car just to take a week off, says bullied junior lawyer https://t.co/QnF5WYsd31
• ‘Tech doesn’t respect boundaries — it is universal and affects how we run all our practice areas’ https://t.co/FbeQt3MSn3
• Question mark remains over super-exam Welsh translation https://t.co/lO4xEuHiZE
• Law firm partner sends incredible Game of Thrones inspired farewell email https://t.co/0FHmUVVWBH
• Why leaping into law as a career changer takes confidence https://t.co/0uaKhU7gxS
• Cleary Gottlieb makes London paralegals redundant https://t.co/Vb9B2OLIMN
• How National Gallery's art was hidden from Hitler in WW2 https://t.co/UyzFrXaE8r
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/HjuQkaK1Sn
• Trump breaks silence amid Alabama abortion ban row #US https://t.co/Af6g29wY4M
• Geoffrey Robinson: Labour MP denies claims he was 'Czech spy' https://t.co/TZ0taZgxVy
• #Argentine abortion campaigners take to Cannes red carpet https://t.co/tSvdgvRq2U
• Dredger damaged Loch Carron reef secures protected status https://t.co/cKbLknGcB3
• Revenge porn laws 'not working', say victim groups https://t.co/ZNMruEv0in
• Lied Into a War with #Iran - America's next Vietnam https://t.co/XZmUv8Pjoq
• After Alabama Abortion Law, 3 Democrats Propose a New Strategy #US https://t.co/QZBRdeiRA9
• Chinese Railroad Workers Were Almost Written Out of #US https://t.co/AR1XiJcUS3
• House Equality Act Extends Civil Rights Protections to Gay and Transgender People #US https://t.co/zIZ3rnZErc
• Europe’s far-right thugs unite with a vow to ‘change history’ https://t.co/Mr2dT76kYi
• Revealed: scale of police sexual abuse claims https://t.co/SSRnRkHzdx 
• Trump may pardon US soldiers accused or convicted of war crimes – report #US https://t.co/FxegiK9BcD