27th June - Law News

2738th 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 House Oversight Committee voted to subpoena testimony from White House counselor Kellyanne Conway after a federal agency recommended that she should be fired for repeatedly violating a law that limits the political activities of federal employees.

Focus of the Day Article:

The proportion of senior judges who went to a comprehensive school has trebled since 2014 - but the group remains the most socially exclusive of all professions, according to a landmark study of social inclusion published.
Full story - The Law Society Gazette

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Yvonne Evans to raise money for Lawscot Foundation https://t.co/bx1Wgxj30Q
• Northern Ireland: Law firm ordered to pay woman more than £250,000 in equal pay case https://t.co/Paj62VL788
• Aberdein Considine and SEMLA to give aspiring lawyers insight into private practice https://t.co/q2Qy4aJL7m
• England: Man died after being held in cell on ‘hottest day of the year’ https://t.co/fOeneb6cQA
• Can social media firms really regulate themselves? https://t.co/1Isbe2Jmx5
• Dundee Law 1865-1967: the development of a law school in a time of change by Robin M White, Honorary Research Fellow https://t.co/QKKylT06Zj
• Blackadders appointed legal adviser to Agricultural Mortgage Corporation Plc https://t.co/1ItBBBUUEC
• John Neilson Kerr LLB, Writer to the Signet. Born 23 September 1956 in Edinburgh. Died 17 March 2019 in Edinburgh,… https://t.co/j9k5gN7s70
• DWF appointed to legal services framework for seven local authorities https://t.co/YQqaA0SQTH
• ‘Natasha’s Law’ to help save lives of allergy sufferers https://t.co/L2XdMkuIcs
• New electronic monitoring technologies aim to better protect victims https://t.co/f1uY2BUoMV
• The death has been announced of Noel McPartlin, who served 28 years as a sheriff until his retirement in 2011 https://t.co/hpA7T81Nmf
• Undue influence absent in woman's transfer of property to daughter and her husband https://t.co/mcBpnlzuuG
• Immigration lawyer banned after sham marriage TV sting | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/JlQsmlAtx4
• Contract-reading app goal of university-law firm partnership | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/V1BmH9oeG
• Peers rein in government over sweeping Online Court powers | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/Cdi9vj7GkR
• First woman president of Queen's Bench Division sworn in | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/3QZDifxxmq
• Linklaters last magic circle firm to offer NQs less than £100k | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/xJlN4s0hBs
• Former Schillings manager fined for selling 95 mobile phones | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/aTnsPxFY4Q 
• SRA prosecution costs soar as hearings lengthen | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/CpMhl1sV4f
• Manchester residents to sue over tower block cladding https://t.co/wTo8fl3ENW
• Crime solving rates 'woefully low', Met Police Commissioner says https://t.co/K4K87sojaV 
• Marc Marshall: Man who poured acid on himself in court dies https://t.co/fNMgsB1nND
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/iLE3OV36QJ
• Notre-Dame fire: Prosecutor says no sign of criminal cause #France https://t.co/leVL4LjnlS 
• Lee Pomeroy death: 'Frenzied' train attack CCTV shown to jury https://t.co/DQ8p0AWVtw 
• Met police pay out £700,000 to detained anti-fascist protesters https://t.co/B1LU9fpvIF
• Families take government to court over special needs https://t.co/ZAuBxdXYJZ 
• Algerian footballer Riyad Mahrez and wife ordered to pay former nanny https://t.co/0RJ778SHQH
• #US immigration: Drowning exposes risks of illegal crossing https://t.co/Mo6l7ae0YM
• #US high court to rule on scope of copyright for legal codes https://t.co/k9hmM8t6rr
• Community Legal Clinic Launches Formal Appeal of Legal Aid Ontario’s Decision to Cut Funding #Canada https://t.co/3oN3Hc8UPJ 
• William Grant faces legal case over Sailor Jerry brand https://t.co/CKKVcfcCVp
• Scotland First Minister's speech at the Law Society of Scotland https://t.co/epSOQJy101
• Law for net zero emission begins passage through UK Parliament https://t.co/QMrztNyL4S 
• Turing Law: NI's 'gay pardon' cases turned down https://t.co/PfdMeEH9uJ
• Judicial activism accusation: It was Gorsuch v. Kavanaugh today at the Supreme Court #US https://t.co/wlWsCdzFjd
• Lawyers for Huawei CFO urge #Canada to withdraw extradition proceedings https://t.co/oJd7PjpdGc
• The UN climate talks are coming to Britain. The climate justice movement will be ready https://t.co/otwWk5HmEf 
• The school-to-prison pipeline: how the criminal justice system fails at-risk kids #Australia https://t.co/nNgrRJu2Oa 
• Autumn Arbitration Symposium, now in its sixth successive year, comes as the field of arbitration continues to evolve https://t.co/yXcNeCsPWi
• The Secret Barrister dismantles the suggestion that Boris Johnson’s neighbours broke the law https://t.co/GhYlmiqqZi
• Barrister shares view on recent cyclist's case https://t.co/k2i3PqtkCs 
• Solicitor General Keith E. Gammage shares how Atalanta's Southern University prepared him #US https://t.co/e16kQVWaUb
• Pendle solicitor's North Korea marathon challenge runs up huge amount for charity https://t.co/tFmPUSbZex
• Top solicitor who took £2m was duped by lottery scammers, tribunal says https://t.co/bqs2YZqK9h 
• Female solicitor gets £250k from Belfast legal firm that paid her less than male colleagues https://t.co/Lkgu9V4qD7 
• Tribunal visits #Kenya supreme court Justice Ojwang’s Migori home https://t.co/BL8a3jjCHJ 
• Lords examines Courts and Tribunals (Online Procedure) https://t.co/53LjsK1KJv
• Historic Glasgow city centre tribunal court to be transformed into boutique hotel https://t.co/L2rbUDIMwB 
• Whistleblower felt forced to resign from post, he tells job tribunal https://t.co/66kBWeLFYe 
• Tribunal finds that St Mungo's victimised former staff member https://t.co/KQYwmbPZik 
• Betfred refuse punter £189,000 ‘winnings’ after error on betting slip https://t.co/Npm7mjjn6m 
• Rapid robot rollout risks UK workers being left behind, reports say https://t.co/frXsAUIuPB 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/D4TrtRCqCa
• Revenge porn: Government to review image-based sexual abuse law https://t.co/5oxyneEcRN 
• Worst animal cruelty cases to get higher jail terms https://t.co/55B3DMld1F
• Brynteg Comprehensive art teacher 'abused teen pupils' https://t.co/3zdxSIQ158
• How Moors murderer Brady had access to vulnerable teens in jail https://t.co/MITBhmcHto 
• San Francisco becomes first US city to ban e-cigarettes https://t.co/XbNN2h1YpS
• Hong Kong Police, Once Called ‘Asia’s Finest,’ Are Now a Focus of Anger #China https://t.co/9Ev6WGvENv
• There’s No Excuse for Mistreating Children at the Border. Here’s What To Do About It #US https://t.co/kQu8jkWb4V
• Guantánamo Case to Test Whether Torture Can Be Put on the Docket #US https://t.co/TD5ss92AGV 
• Susskind clashes with MPs on digital exclusion | Legal Futures https://t.co/uFEUiCGZt8 
• Anger with MoJ over whiplash reforms begins to boil over | Legal Futures https://t.co/nwjMpChmAk
• In conversation with a diversity and inclusion specialist | Legal Futures https://t.co/xbzJVKq57A
• SDT president: Concerns over civil standard of proof “misplaced” | Legal Futures https://t.co/1OWvkttpxl 
• Death in Ice Valley: New clues in Isdal Woman mystery #Norway https://t.co/bpkNFOKUdP 
• Fertility doctor loses licence after using his own sperm #Canada https://t.co/w4VC7kw2SO 
• Beauty queen 'raped by #Gambia's ex-President Jammeh' https://t.co/8IjdtdGL0q 
• San Francisco becomes first US city to ban e-cigarettes #US https://t.co/XbNN2h1YpS 
• Ian Paisley holiday 'funded by Maldives government minister' https://t.co/5at1aq96YJ 
• Worst animal cruelty cases to get higher jail terms https://t.co/55B3DMld1F
• #Ukraine walks out of Europe human rights body as Russia returns https://t.co/KOC9QWZAcv 
• Extinction Rebellion protester convicted of public order offence https://t.co/Rgccs6yXNX 
• SFO drops investigation into trio accused of energy industry bribes https://t.co/Y0ZOGlm5CX 
• Revenge porn and 'cyber-flashing' laws go under review https://t.co/hP9X1u6aT5

26th June - Law News

2737th 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: Jeremy Hunt is not just a Tory leadership hopeful, he is, in fact, also the Foreign Secretary, and today he told parliament he could not envisage any situation in which the UK joins the US in a war with Iran. Donald Trump announced new sanctions yesterday, but Iran's President has responded by calling them "useless, outrageous and idiotic," adding that the White House appears to be "afflicted by mental retardation".

Focus of the Day Article:

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is to explore whether to use its power to cap the fees charged by personal injury claims management companies (CMCs), it has emerged. It has also been urged to co-ordinate with the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) if it decides to take action. The Financial Guidance and Claims Act 2018 gave the FCA a duty to make rules restricting charges for claims management activities in relation to financial services and financial products claims.
Full story - Legal Futures

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Senior judges 'most socially exclusive' of all professionals | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/N2j8IrWDd1
• Baker McKenzie reveals 33 London roles still at risk | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/sNgQ5vEK6L
• Young legal aid lawyer shares pain over redundancy | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/9yaKx1nv4t
• Cryptoassets ‘a new category of personal property’ | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/OaDKGKrNfW
• We will not be silenced: Liam Allan joined by protesters outside RCJ | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/TjUaIOhib
• Hogan Lovells NQs to earn up to £117k as competition intensifies | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/86KMS08Ggb
• Claimant awarded 10% after narrowly beating Part 36 costs offer | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/iTKL3E0H7c
• Criminalising children: at what age and what cost? | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/AFQ3W2KfQo
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/CieQySLtNd
• New initiative brings fresh challenge to risk within financial services https://t.co/k9XXqtMCjG 
• EE fined £100,000 for sending marketing messages without consent https://t.co/pEjzvPmt5K
• DWF partner Naomi Pryde named in list of business talent https://t.co/fQ8KMP24JQ 
• Scottish corporate finance deal valuations strengthen as competition heats up https://t.co/Ce96jqpHSf
• France: Draconian tech regulation law enacted to help judges save face https://t.co/JLq3lE6llO 
• 21 years of Aarhus – how long the wait for affordable access to environmental justice in Scotland? https://t.co/rHJIFTHFJP
• BTO appoints Mark Colquhoun as senior associate in real estate team https://t.co/OnucKnwk4S
• Harriet Balloch made partner at Dickson Minto https://t.co/yrmmD2OQ92
• CJEU: Polish legislation lowering judicial retirement age is contrary to EU law https://t.co/WJRRUoWzwV
• English pose biggest threat to Union, says May’s deputy https://t.co/kAD72wV3Ny
• Scotland has highest prison population rate per head in Western Europe https://t.co/zspyjlFSNb 
• Scottish government response to polarising Roberton Review welcomed https://t.co/m2fQIXuW9M
• Man who broke into Army property fails to establish exceptional circumstances in firearms offence but has overall https://t.co/sjbedMFOs
• RAF fighters escorted Jet2 flight after ‘miscommunication’ https://t.co/VmnHn5DuGk 
• Chickens 'left to rot' at major supplier Moy Park's farms https://t.co/mr7POmISYL
• Driver who filmed boy 'dancing' in front seat banned https://t.co/PtNr0PT736
• Peter Colwell death: Gamekeeper guilty of shotgun manslaughter https://t.co/BpEJvV8J4a
• Two arrests over leaked A-level paper https://t.co/QLzdhGZd3Z
• The Trump administration is notoriously biased towards Israel, and its $50bn offer to Palestinians pointedly avoids… https://t.co/2Da5vqbJ86
• Jeremy Kyle Show: MPs criticise 'irresponsible' ITV over lie detectors https://t.co/wHAcQvIe51
• Gangnam: The scandal rocking the playground of K-pop #Korea https://t.co/qAQlbzYfIU
• Trump says sexual assault accuser E Jean Carroll 'not my type' https://t.co/oHg4tG5wBt
• Hillsborough match commander David Duckenfield retrial https://t.co/RdyAg4iy37 
• Tribunal to hear Canterbury quake claim disputes #NewZEaland https://t.co/pSn2KOalui
• Tribunal Says #China Uses Coercion in Organ Harvesting, Targets Religious Minorities https://t.co/qD9FJwEb7v 
• Employee who won tribunal case against Spicerhaart now awarded 10000 costs https://t.co/EM6poYgqjb
• #Canadian Bar Association's CONVERSATION WITH LAWYER LIVING WITH A DISABILITY https://t.co/SWHLC7xnAQ
• Azmin's lawyer says will not respond to Haziq's 'taunts' #Malaysia https://t.co/c5SRGCrFL9 
• America's racist past: Death Row lawyer Brayan Stevenson has no interest in punishment. My interest is in liberatio… https://t.co/amPH57OPJ7
• #India Lawyer Sanjeev Punalekar, Accused In Narendra Dabholkar Murder Case, Sent To Judicial Custody https://t.co/arQDBR96YF
• Need a lawyer? #Israeli Student app matches public defenders with clients, wins 1st prize https://t.co/ZnsC556IS
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/QF6TCbKPr8
• Why a #US Government Lawyer Argued Against Giving Immigrant Kids Toothbrushes https://t.co/uiziIU763w
• #Sudan court orders company to end military-ordered internet blackout, according to lawyer Abdel-Adheem Hassan https://t.co/CzgiZVNQie
• Dozens of injury-claims ‘harvesting’ sites targetted #Ireland https://t.co/dm0pFPnyVQ
• Clare and Limerick gear up for an ‘Essential Solicitor Update’ this Friday #Ireland https://t.co/cwyfhTZltU
• Legal Professionals Pledge Support for St. Clare's Pensioners #US https://t.co/y8HTVIw3YI 
• Woman advocates for legal document to let men 'opt out' of parenthood https://t.co/wX2ofScyS5
• Families of London Bridge terror victims refused legal aid as lawyers condemn 'insulting' policy https://t.co/o6PHEtxBWN
• Jail for Gloucester dad, 22, after drugs fell out of trousers https://t.co/sAhEOtX3XI
• $52 million tax avoidance 'fraud' lands high-profile Melbourne barrister Alan Sandbach a four-year ban #Australia https://t.co/mrVOBU8v10
• Discover how Charlotte Caldwell is challenging the medical cannabis law https://t.co/TCt4ojJ1KH
• Two-thirds of Tory party members are Islamophobic and believe ‘parts of the UK are under sharia law’ https://t.co/zl8tmrcEoY
• Law that amends and drastically narrows the scope of the Texas Citizens Participation Act (TCPA) #US https://t.co/j8mYtgVQoI 
• UK Law Enforcement Data Put at Risk in “Highly Sophisticated” Eurofins Scientific Attack https://t.co/FCfpnTgpUR
• Asylum-seeking #Saudi sisters summoned to police station; fear deportation https://t.co/sPPBZzeC2s
• Pret allergy death: Parents 'delighted' by 'Natasha's law' plan https://t.co/N016nw2Dbi
• After the horror of the 'wolf pack' case, #Spanish women have reason to be hopeful https://t.co/dwIzfZwsmg
• Global report: in-house teams “falling behind” on innovation | Legal Futures https://t.co/xXMDSNPSgx
• Peers back greater role for Lord Chief in online court rules | Legal Futures https://t.co/LIvvJqYmRH
• LSB agrees to limit price transparency to public access barristers | Legal Futures https://t.co/9LBNur22VB 
• Bias still hindering women targeting partnership at big firms | Legal Futures https://t.co/WPmTExXFEQ
• Manchester strippers 'terrified' over feminist group's secret filming https://t.co/jBH7P79GcD 
• Police log 22 online sex crimes against children every day, says NSPCC https://t.co/VJQj75m4mO 
• Britain’s top jobs still in hands of private school elite, study finds https://t.co/hpNk540Gzy

25th June - Law News

2736th 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: More than 25 years on from breakthrough peace accords the two sides seem further apart than ever. But why?

Focus of the Day Article:

England and Wales jail ‘shameful’ numbers of people, says report. ‘Addiction to imprisonment’ marked by overuse of short sentences and botched reforms.
Full story - Guardian Law

Saturday Conversations on Law

• US Supreme Court quashes conviction of death row man over racial bias https://t.co/5CiR9fm3MY
• Aamer Anwar to deliver Jimmy Reid lecture on struggle for justice in Scotland https://t.co/jkzgLWEcE7 
• Ryanair told to review review fees or risk litigation https://t.co/6l4ivDwyLf
• Journalists, Lawyers and the Digital Media: SLN editor Graham Ogilvy to address SSC Society https://t.co/7dtOwy8hk2 
• Sir Brian Leveson hits out at presumption against short sentences as Scotland aims for 12 months https://t.co/P1KKOlafdY
• Former Rangers administrator begins £2m damages action against Police Scotland https://t.co/QiHVHRIHb4
• SLCC complaints levy increases to £5,000 from next month https://t.co/nisyfIZMcU
• Digby Brown marks growth with five new associates https://t.co/3rmZm7muSI
• Gillespie Macandrew delivers seventh consecutive year of growth https://t.co/mOOlzFT90i
• Daughter of Robert Henderson QC awarded £20,000 by CICA over sexual abuse allegations https://t.co/ykoQ5hlQqY 
• Planning appeal allowed after reporter abdicated duty to consider key issue of case https://t.co/PIiOFWXXnM
• Baker McKenzie sets ‘40:40:20’ gender target | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/BkaJTxOPQm 
• Junior lawyers urge justice committee to review approval of super-exam | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/75lj0y5kux
• Co-chairs elected at Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/NADoCzqgYQ
• US funder to back £14bn group action against Mastercard | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/IlmtvF5t1j 
• AI will create a standard language for contracts, lawtech startup claims | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/3FY759FNau
• Solicitor proceeds with discrimination claim against firm and members | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/6r5R4o7TOv
• Postal order payments to continue despite use in title fraud | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/n8YOid6wqH
• ‘Don’t get stuck in Groundhog Day’, app creators warned | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/DZWdHVRSUY
• Belt and Road’s ‘Weinstein’ moment? | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/U5IrB5U1Fq 
• Digging deeper: putting diversity promises into practice | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/5yFAuxIoxJ
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/LhQisHP4NT
• Javid suggests post-Brexit migration salary rules could vary by region https://t.co/RROlq58m5P 
• Unesco chair blasts 'discriminatory' UK visitor visa system https://t.co/AOPMBzNKJs 
• I was the victim of race hate crime – but by speaking up I felt empowered | Anita Sethi https://t.co/XZ66MgQdv2
• Does Bradford festival's counter-extremism funding warrant a boycott? | Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan and Saima Mir https://t.co/c4h8dm72cI 
• Out of touch Catholic church hits out at court over abortion ruling https://t.co/KyFuIAXZXA 
• Donald Trump sexual assault accuser E Jean Carroll considers police complaint #US https://t.co/RSyjbfDli9
• EU court rules #Poland's lowering of judges' retirement age is unlawful https://t.co/c6tM7wHhy7
• EU deplores UK 'voting obstacles' in May European elections https://t.co/h2SrIy33vZ
• Muslim women defy ban to swim in burkinis at #French pool https://t.co/24XvqdTE8W 
• Tube pusher Paul Crossley jailed for life https://t.co/qMDrWivgsW
• UK delays useless ‘porn block’ law yet again after forgetting to inform EU https://t.co/o63xpLxL6Z
• UK Law Commission Embarks Upon Review of Intermediated Securities System https://t.co/I7mS2cisJd 
• The online advertising industry breaks the law, says the UK’s data watchdog https://t.co/ITCB6FMEoh 
• UK Business Law Market 2019 : Market Trends Report https://t.co/5u6j52YG9K 
• Four women who allege Indiana attorney general groped them file lawsuit #US https://t.co/x5C8TlrI5S
• Court refuses to vary bail conditions to allow terror suspect to go on holidays to Spain #Ireland https://t.co/Fep8TbP0yK
• Legal secretary, 54, and toyboy lover kept apart by extortionate visa fees by UK government https://t.co/9SkllRfkBN
• Lawyer Edgar Thomas who stole £1m ordered to pay back £200k https://t.co/8t5dy20Of3
• Shame and guilt hang over people caught up in adoption scandal – solicitor #Ireland https://t.co/2FSlS0HSMr
• #Saudi Arabia: Religious Thinker on Trial for His Life https://t.co/fM5PITAXCj
• Canada imposes sanctions on #Nicaraguan government members for human rights abuses https://t.co/J26UTvg0i8
• Meeting on digital human rights convenes in region for first time #Tunisia https://t.co/fYMWNpKU0o
• Supreme Court upholds HC order on freedom fighters’ minimum age #Bangladesh https://t.co/VzRbvEk2Fb
• Meet the British-Ghanaian filmmaker who doubles as a criminal lawyer https://t.co/sDeGVM6bSu
• Cervical cancer lawyer demands that Varadkar correct Dáil record #Ireland https://t.co/7Qtw5BWMGr
• Homeless man who slept in car admits drink-driving https://t.co/wgKbiBDC8V
• 'My neighbour wants £30,000 in damages because he doesn't like my front door' https://t.co/z9fSRt2izx
• Solicitor General Fadwa Hammoud to meet Flint residents, expand investigation #US https://t.co/0WguJ9FB4
• Boots to ban plastic bags and switch to brown paper carriers https://t.co/VyBxNGz0rh
• Areas with most homeless deaths disproportionately hit by cuts https://t.co/a9S68c2pn5 
• 'White supremacy': popular knitting website Ravelry bans support for Trump #US https://t.co/SVsJKHByL3 
• Tory Austerity and inequality fuelling mental illness, says top UN envoy https://t.co/ubdvdrdBnL
• 'It's hard to help a refugee with PTSD who is 112th in line for a council flat' https://t.co/n9F1vzKpO5 
• Could an algorithm help prevent murders? Or is it more vanilla sky snooping and erosion of privacy? https://t.co/FyC90PRejH
• Ransomware cyber-attacks are targeting large companies and demanding huge payments https://t.co/y7RP6MXUVc
• Liam Gallagher: Knife crime fears for his children https://t.co/UbocxGnKbi
• Facebook VP Nick Clegg claims 'no evidence' of Russian interference in Brexit vote https://t.co/fOkDGU7dMS
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/NfrG6bX4DF
• Sperm donors are not dads. We need more clarity around what constitutes a parent https://t.co/wHpblt3kqb
• #Mexico auctions drug lords' properties to fund poor communities https://t.co/rWtgrNW4vc 
• Israel Folau, Rugby star's fundraiser shut down over anti-gay views https://t.co/7sePHlvWoP 
• Gambling addiction clinic to help addicts aged 13 to 25 https://t.co/XhjnZTpI5E 
• Solicitor took £2m of client money in pursuit of “lottery win” | Legal Futures https://t.co/53JrCSdUog 
• Regulator considers cap on fees charged by personal injury CMCs | Legal Futures https://t.co/K4E3icaz5o 
• Digital conveyancing used to market high-value commercial property - Legal Futures https://t.co/FkUiZVlput
• AI-backed contract review "decodes obscure language" - Legal Futures https://t.co/FcYEY3a1Im 
• Austerity Has Ravaged U.K. Communities. It Has Also Spurred Reinvention https://t.co/sP8JU0KLhg
• Free speech isn’t under threat. It just suits bigots and boors to suggest so https://t.co/PSpqoo1bjh 
• ‘It’s like you go to abuse school’: how domestic violence always follows the same script https://t.co/K0IEiw6qRe
• NHS founder's relative died after 'neglect' by hospital trusts https://t.co/FTPRJHDG4L
• Ease migration rules for Indians to win post-Brexit deals, say MPs https://t.co/VSxF98X5hp 
• Man who refused to register son's birth loses high court case https://t.co/WsNHvIpNlf 
• Air Canada investigates after woman wakes up alone on darkened plane https://t.co/tLuJyFHqBH 
• England and Wales jail ‘shameful’ numbers of people, says report https://t.co/ECzHngUflx
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/YlszYJ75j2

24th June - Law News

2735th 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: US soldiers surprised the locals of the Ialomita County in Romania after they drove their tanks into agricultural fields. To the relief of the residents, the troops weren’t there to invade them. As it turned out, the soldiers had mistaken the coordinates and advanced through the fields by accident. Still, this mistake had its consequences: according to locals, the tanks destroyed nearly 600 hectares of crops in their path.

Focus of the Day Article:

The magistracy is in ‘near crisis’, MPs have warned, with a shortfall in numbers that is ‘as frustrating as it was foreseeable’. The Justice Committee this week called for a national strategy to recruit and train more magistrates, including extra funds for training, in its report, ‘The role of the magistracy―follow-up’. It said magistrates are struggling with reduced support and feel undervalued, while the court closure programme has created additional challenges.
Full story - New Law Journal

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Why a group of #US state senators are being hunted by police https://t.co/A7lpXotNBa
• MGM Resorts sues insurance company, alleging failure to pay legal costs from Las Vegas mass shooting #US https://t.co/4XFhwx8B38
• Israel Folau fundraiser for legal fight surpasses $630,000 despite backlash #Australia https://t.co/4LiWm0iuNH 
• Rhyl Sixth students compete in final of The Times' Legal Apprentice Competition https://t.co/tQPKWDasc6 
• Robots could replace judges to deal with parking fines, justice minister says https://t.co/xZ5XOyH8EY
• Ryanair faces legal action over excessive fees for printing boarding passes and changing spelling https://t.co/PfIWjIn0hh
• SNP to give voting rights to prisoners https://t.co/zxtWVktJLA
• Hong Kong’s elite fear extradition law to #China could harm their reputation https://t.co/DYWN0aq60w
• Diversity concern as Scottish Parliament nears 20th anniversary https://t.co/bQSzcJ1NSR
• UK visa rules are hostile to international students https://t.co/UBEJunYZnh
• The Lawyer was the most-watched Swedish show last year - we talk to its charismatic lead actor https://t.co/XHLusYmwq4
• Battle for Sir Roger Moore's millions between his widow's son and her lawyer https://t.co/rOvCIdrOO
• Making a Murderer lawyer says trial should have been dropped over 'polluted jury' https://t.co/dg6KXmiYny
• Former DOJ Tax Lawyer Turned Lobbyist Pleads Guilty To Leaving $2.2 Million Off Tax Returns #US https://t.co/CKkH0oT5J9
• Bar Buzz: Lawyer Well-Being #US https://t.co/Q2HjU6C7
• How Universal Credit, PIP and ESA claimants can appeal to the DWP - and win https://t.co/yvyLfe2rDm 
• Holiday pay ruling: What NI employees need to know https://t.co/UPVGOC7pMa
• Driver unsuccessful in second employment tribunal against city firm 001 Taxis https://t.co/vxsKBlsXlC
• Tribunal says #China uses coercion in organ harvesting, targets religious minorities https://t.co/skE6rebV3i
• Kaduna: Governorship tribunal admits 59 witnesses, adjourns to June 26 #Nigeria https://t.co/uXy3vkZE3
• Three boys wanted over Liverpool homophobic knife attack https://t.co/UwowGPmyWu
• Patisserie Valerie scandal: Five people arrested https://t.co/qIChYMEiJ3
• Boris Johnson under fire over row with partner as top Tories raise fears https://t.co/ifpfUI8tL9 
• Neighbour who called police over Boris Johnson row goes public https://t.co/T1df09aKOd
• Video reveals Steve Bannon links to Boris Johnson https://t.co/twLTKhCvN5
• There are better answers than jail for women who have offended https://t.co/vjYJHbnei
• #US 'launched cyber-attack on Iran weapons systems' https://t.co/JK3IeOWPhI
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/6hDCX40NkA
• First glimpse of Ralph Fiennes as human rights superstar Ben Emmerson in trailer for new legal thriller https://t.co/4z7hwwuWd
• Pinsent Masons bumps London NQ pay to £72,500 https://t.co/tc1qc2lXHg
• Average UK law firm partner pay breaks £200,000 https://t.co/xvQ6689JD
• The best social media snaps from the London Legal Walk https://t.co/LOjP4SHPRB
• ‘Not on your life!’ Lord Sumption rules out move into politics https://t.co/wGBsth4iJ7
• Durham Uni teams up with ex-Slaughter and May partner to launch first LLB ‘pensions law’ module https://t.co/tDZfE3quH
• Fine for drunk trainee solicitor who spat at bouncer https://t.co/ZJkuHBBtSJ
• Judge tells cocaine user he ‘should suffer no more than former Lord Chancellor’ https://t.co/1gjSbL2tqK
• SDT refuses to drop case against Freshfields partner accused of sexual misconduct https://t.co/wDYsrhTOKH
• The diary of an employment lawyer https://t.co/NMb8NhMRMz 
• BPP University to be sold https://t.co/kqO9F7Tw0U
• Legal profession launches gender equality pledge https://t.co/dEMpJX7hJ7
• Leigh Day junior lawyer apologises after suspension for ‘sarcastic’ Hitler tweet https://t.co/PyvxYGucb7
• A day in the life of a corporate lawyer https://t.co/tlD2PyG5WB
• Trainee solicitor calls on government to give people time off work to make life-saving stem cell donations https://t.co/bcRZKsQXWK 
• RPC posts low 42% autumn retention rate https://t.co/hLIUgZj1ro
• How being business savvy got me a training contract at my dream firm https://t.co/fodBGRn013 
• Slaughter and May raises newly qualified salary to £92k plus bonus in pay package that sees it join the ‘100 Club’ https://t.co/6VGcYyrV2y 
• MH17 crash: Putin says #Russia 'absolutely disagrees' with evidence https://t.co/BkFHKdMtFs 
• Militants killed while attacking #Kenya police base https://t.co/5iv7woaq2M 
• Hong Kong extradition bill: Police brutality inquiry ruled out #China https://t.co/gqElV2aLSq 
• Urinating man causes injuries on Berlin boat #Germany https://t.co/84zyyeVf8e
• GPs to be consulted for views on assisted dying https://t.co/4sdKGrhUOi 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/IMgGSsxjzp

23rd June - Law News

2734th 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: Thousands of people joined climate change protests near one of Germany's biggest lignite coal mines Saturday. Police deployed hundreds of officers in and around the western German village of Hochneukirch to prevent demonstrators from blocking open-pit mine and adjacent power plants.

Saturday Conversations on Law

• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/IMgGSsxjzp
• Boris Johnson refuses to answer questions about 'row with partner' https://t.co/KOjciqqTxM 
• Manchester Airport: IT failure causes check-in delays https://t.co/KpMA5D7CcV
• Curtis Flowers' conviction overturned over removal of black jurors https://t.co/8huymbr9xa
• Windrush victim dies with no apology or compensation https://t.co/UThUrhoOFf
• Record refugee evictions at camps in #France to halt Channel crossings https://t.co/AQfSof5cMZ
• Knife crime: Call for churches to provide safe havens https://t.co/R4zguVMkku
• Senior judges, City lawyers and caseworkers working in frontline services were among more than 15,000 people taking https://t.co/KiqZ7rkzqY
• Proposed Home Office investigation into claims of systemic abuse at Brook House Immigration Removal Centre is insuf… https://t.co/HCcj8PhBpG
• The outstanding caseload in the UK’s tribunals has increased by 8% on this time last year | NLJ https://t.co/FvIh3qk8cm
• The Supreme Court is heading to Wales on 22-25 July, and invites members of the public and media to attend https://t.co/1sM93kJyI0 
• Very few discrimination victims are getting the representation they need in courts and tribunals | NLJ https://t.co/333RJ2NflT 
• Pension rights for EU citizen: The Supreme Court has unanimously ruled, in Secretary of State for Work and Pensions https://t.co/vpcIpghg2Z
• Adidas loses stripes: the European Court of Justice has ruled, in adidas AG v EUIPO (Case T-307/17) | NLJ https://t.co/Ka9pPlwF86
• Criminal barristers have begun voting on whether to accept an ‘accelerated package of measures’ https://t.co/kctMdegQWN
• Significant cuts have brought system to its knees, report warns | NLJ https://t.co/g96SITnVEw 
• Where are all the magistrates? Numbers fall by 10,000 over six-year period | NLJ https://t.co/luulbWLfE5
• Family of MND patient: End disability benefit assessments for terminally ill https://t.co/Vz5AsXzALp
• Woman with mental age of child to have abortion, court rules https://t.co/i4oMgX68za
• The rise of the deepfake and the threat to democracy https://t.co/955ikX5736
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/GF47ahi5bk
• Trump claims E. Jean Carroll rape allegation is 'fiction' #US https://t.co/eNjI6PzTeS
• Deliveroo and Just Eat customers complain of fraud https://t.co/Xj3y8CWatg
• James Bond 25: 'Hidden toilet camera' found at studio https://t.co/blr8ENXJxW
• Boris Johnson: police called to loud altercation at potential PM's home https://t.co/H6MTtTNxTm
• The Gender Gap in Computer Science Research Won’t Close for 100 Years https://t.co/CLLW831Uvj
• #US Blacklists More Chinese Tech Companies Over National Security Concerns https://t.co/VPVfaAo0lO 
• ICE Is Expected to Begin Operation on Sunday Targeting 2,000 Immigrant Family Members #US https://t.co/w5QXkRu2JI 
• Excluding Black Jurors in Curtis Flowers Case Violated Constitution, Supreme Court Rules #US https://t.co/43IV3DH1vQ
• Fatal Shooting of Migrant in #Mexico Prompts Government Investigations https://t.co/PIyzII4seJ
• ‘These Forests Are the Lungs of the Country’: #Thai Rangers Guard Precious Rosewood https://t.co/iSyigFbPBL
• Greenpeace activist: 'Mark Field needs anger management' https://t.co/88BLGAuaEr
• Mental ill-health and fair criminal justice https://t.co/Y04V33pZ4L
• The Guardian view on Mark Field at Mansion House: playing the thug | Editorial https://t.co/qCNJtRKY8n
• Donald Trump accused of sexually assaulting writer E Jean Carroll #US https://t.co/5rTcG8EwiZ

22nd June - Law News

2733rd 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 fresh bill to outlaw the Muslim practice of a man divorcing his wife instantly by uttering "talaq" thrice, which got stalled in the upper house of parliament and lapsed, was introduced in the Lok Sabha today. The government countered the opposition's charge that it was a "discriminatory" bill by pointing out that the Supreme Court's order banning the controversial Islamic practice needs to be followed up with a strong law. "...There have been triple talaq since 2017 even after the judgement. What should the women do? Hang the judgement on the wall?" Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said after introducing the bill in the Lok Sabha. The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, 2019 will replace an ordinance issued in February by the previous BJP-led National Democratic Alliance government. The bill had failed to clear the Rajya Sabha test earlier.

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Blog: No pictures, please – Scotland v England as a forum for defamation cases https://t.co/pS9hqBwoQs
• Scottish government introduces bill to extend franchise https://t.co/44neQxkIwa
• Feature: Clive Phillips – a lawyer of the land https://t.co/FlI4n06J7u
• #Pakistan to establish over 1,000 courts to tackle violence against women https://t.co/mfE2MXrNIi 
• CMS to become first firm to sign up to LGBT+ charter https://t.co/3LYsFrQ4Ny
• Blackadders’ #YouseAintBolt team take on Mighty Stride in aid of Dundee Carers Centre https://t.co/GLflFrQBod
• In pictures… Experts discuss modern families at Harper Macleod event https://t.co/OFuaySPA3e 
• Call for team pitches for Scotland’s ‘most exciting entrepreneurial challenge.’ https://t.co/CNP6M4rWuN
• Our Legal Heritage: A bigamist’s mixed-marriage declared null and void https://t.co/nDZ2eFt7PQ
• A round-up of human rights stories from around the world https://t.co/FVpRLFGqLX
• FCA fines Bank of Scotland £45.5m for failing to report suspicions of fraud at HBOS Reading https://t.co/HbZOqeUjEC
• Scotland set for ‘more inclusive and collaborative’ planning system as MSPs back ‘radical’ reforms https://t.co/pS2pP0KLcg
• Employment Tribunal victimisation ruling quashed after judge fell asleep twice during hearing https://t.co/uqxAN7onsq
• Sacked Christian magistrate not discriminated against, rules appeal tribunal | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/nBAhVEH0OM
• Chakrabarti backs time-limited quotas to speed up gender equality | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/6mhzdbx8sY
• Slaughter and May boosts NQ pay to £100k to stay ‘competitive’ | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/8qXuhyjdbl 
• SRA pledges to be more open - but board meetings stay closed | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/FzsJVhXw5F
• McFarlane tells family lawyers: don't do more than a full day's work | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/YuQ7qq8AUz
• Solicitor fined for wrongly admitting to a mistake | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/0Rm20rf0kU
• MoJ reveals start date for testing of flexible court hours | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/B8s78nQxAM
• Cyclist faces bankruptcy over £100k costs bill for injured pedestrian | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/PUn1ue9tcw
• Boris Johnson: Police 'called to Tory leadership contender's home' https://t.co/tc7spfeysd
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/pcvvv2Xbvl
• False expense claim Tory MP Chris Davies unseated after petition triggers by-election https://t.co/9dM26b9UzG
• 'Wimbledon Prowler' jailed after 'decade long burglary spree' https://t.co/5bHPImAoZ4
• Cyber-attack hits police forensic work https://t.co/FSB62u5KX5
• #Spain women: Top court rules Wolf Pack gang were rapists https://t.co/gsAW2aw1lQ
• Tory minister Mark Field suspended after grabbing activist https://t.co/vrXKCq5Pxz
• 'Jihadi Jack' parents adjudged to be guilty of funding terrorism https://t.co/eGCRF4pwb7 
• The moment when a Tory Foreign Office minister physically manhandled a woman activist https://t.co/ZLpc8K3b9L 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/u3SiQX5rGY
• John Malkovich stars in Harvey Weinstein-inspired play Bitter Wheat https://t.co/mDF61Zm21E
• Spearmint Rhino strippers fighting for the right to strip https://t.co/56XnPmnCme
• Newcastle shot girls say harassment was 'part of job' https://t.co/ytNVtIBjyE
• West Yorkshire child sex abuse inquiry police arrest 44 https://t.co/4uHfMFVPt9
• Bank of England boss Carney: '150,000 firms not fully ready for no-deal Brexit' https://t.co/gsVMLNdKDi
• Tory MP Mark Field, a Foreign Office minister, accused of assaulting Greenpeace activist https://t.co/2Qgdao2MFR
• PII reform views “evolving” due to market changes | Legal Futures https://t.co/nO9Qar3qGr 
• Unregulated virtual firm granted SRA waiver | Legal Futures https://t.co/19cAT10DMT
• Are #US child migrant detainees entitled to soap and beds? https://t.co/YLACiBWkl4
• #US Senate votes to block Trump's $8bn Saudi arms sale https://t.co/pYt9KdA9C8
• Tory leadership: Probe after MP called 'disgrace' by colleague https://t.co/VNYsHd5Qjm 
• Most senior criminal judge in England & Wales expressed "enormous concern" that many crimes are not being prosecuted https://t.co/E4ZroVBF89
• The Guardian view on Jamal Khashoggi’s murder: Saudi Arabia and its friends | Editorial https://t.co/O47KQH5gJ2
• Europe must stop this disgrace: Viktor Orbán is dismantling democracy #Hungary https://t.co/yoPaE82qIQ
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/IEfuydtWkZ

21st June - Law News

2732nd 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: Michelle Schlitter holds the memory of her husband dear. A year ago, Bruce Cooper took his own life. Mr Cooper was a police officer for 20 years, first in NSW and then Queensland. He loved the job but also witnessed terrible things that haunted him — car accidents, suicides and murders. He was medically retired in 2008, diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression. The struggle with PTSD is all too common.

Focus of the Day Article:

All lawyers have one thing in common - wearing academic gowns - but passing off controversy is being whipped-up like gowns in a Scottish wind as firm seeks to move case to English court.

Full story - The Global Legal Post

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Tory Homelessness minister accused of racist remarks about rough sleepers https://t.co/kwR64A5yVJ 
• Adidas loses three-stripe trademark battle in European court https://t.co/rFuRA4jaOZ
• Ivanka Trump’s 2020 tweet violated Hatch Act, watchdog says #US https://t.co/hrrD0bfOoB
• Vexatious ex-solicitor barred from any court proceedings | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/KL9RnJMmSc
• Fieldfisher enjoys PEP and revenue growth | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/doUPDflgA0
• Arms sales to Saudi Arabia ruled unlawful | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/EhDZ8k5o8o
• Charity for solicitors appoints new chief to drive 'positive change' | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/6OWWEASYJG
• City firm owed £167k thwarted in bid to make debtor bankrupt | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/HP9WhxaeeQ
• Lord chancellor backs professional bodies' gender equality pledge | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/gzACVuAJYf
• Hong Kong's extradition dilemma | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/KFJvSQOgtA
• Hostile approach towards PI claimants does not combat fraud | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/j9FlcMeuSg 
• London Bridge attack inquest: 'No urgent security action' advised in lead-up https://t.co/ei9qluf6kM
• Norfolk Sunday league goalkeeper jailed for punching referee https://t.co/pDngK9e5vs
• Simon Community Scotland boosted by Irwin Mitchell donation https://t.co/MTRhhY7afY 
• Just Employment Law Summer Ball raises roof with incredible £81,500 for Pancreatic Cancer Scotland https://t.co/QZ2yHiMPLx
• #Australia: Voluntary euthanasia for the seriously ill becomes legal in Victoria https://t.co/W1a5lyklD7
• Germany’s proposed autobahn toll ruled unlawful by European Court https://t.co/vg8IHpyW8E 
• Roddy Waldhelm named Law Librarian of the Year 2019 https://t.co/Q7Gz4j2NMg
• Student becomes first person to be convicted over possession of 3D-printed gun https://t.co/maorDkeMbT
• Robbie McKenzie takes up general counsel post at LendingCrowd https://t.co/R4fHxR5DL8 
• Solicitor Michelle Macleod to be new Police Investigations and Review Commissioner https://t.co/jrSZEISkBq 
• EU leaders urged to fight disinformation plague https://t.co/EPypCTtiCA
• Graham Simpson MSP introduces mediation into planning system https://t.co/DEuWO3ATkB 
• Trainee solicitor who spat at Glasgow bouncer fined https://t.co/h42joblvJD
• Politicians bring claim against Met over Brexit referendum campaign expenses https://t.co/2cVnXaaVAL
• £10,000 damages claim over ‘unlawful’ refusal to release prisoner on home detention curfew dismissed  https://t.co/kI60vaFnF7
• Birmingham Archdiocese 'ignored abuse to protect reputation' https://t.co/FrzPAGN6Ew
• Harvey Proctor: Murder and abuse claims 'horrendous', says former MP https://t.co/UjiPXvvJy2
• DWP followed Tory austeriy policy in denying dying man benefits, review finds https://t.co/8vgktHZ2Hx
• #German politicians' support for refugees prompts death threats from fascist rightwing activists https://t.co/K60void7pY
• UK arms sales to Saudi Arabia unlawful, court of appeal declares https://t.co/dbj5Mg0GGT 
• Speedboat crash: Jack Shepherd loses appeal against conviction https://t.co/uI81Tqq5Jd 
• The fake #French minister in a silicone mask who stole millions https://t.co/OEIfZXJi1O
• The African 'poverty safari' on wheels https://t.co/3cIKzui0Pa 
• How did my sleepy hometown become a violent crime hotspot? https://t.co/AaMmG0h2Eu 
• Faith in politically motivated censorious ruin: #China's vanishing beards and mosques https://t.co/QQllXy9qAG 
• Illegal #US drone violating Iranian airspace shot down by Iranian missile https://t.co/SymFv3JkQe
• John Worboys pleads guilty to sex drug attacks https://t.co/UTD4QZBTRN
• #Saudi arms sales: Court of Appeal demands review https://t.co/TwTyPvxfee
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/pPBmW19Kch
• How to pass a client security audit | Legal Futures https://t.co/lsKpgldYEp
• High Court issues indefinite litigation ban to vexatious ex-solicitor | Legal Futures https://t.co/pvKZaILm9C
• Legal profession launches pledge to achieve gender equality | Legal Futures https://t.co/fvCtaAgCpq
• Tory debate solicitor suspended for tweet “was being sarcastic” | Legal Futures https://t.co/wbvxaHrRQX
• AlunaGeorge singer details sexual assault by industry figure https://t.co/NKC9RB6M7O
• Useless online pornography checks for under-18s 'face new delay' https://t.co/6HHbx2kiy1
• Nicolas Sarkozy: Former #French president loses bid to avoid bribery trial https://t.co/1tMbtvOPLv
• Garissa University attack: Three convicted over #Kenya massacre https://t.co/9O5fNzCYmi 
• #Canada resettled more refugees than any other country in 2018 https://t.co/9mxQnxgEzZ 
• Slavery reparations hearing ignites fiery debate in #US Congress https://t.co/JDYU7CqEWY