24th January - Law News

2950th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based legal news & articles archive since 2011 focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's Video Focus:  Harnessing the power of its new Democratic majority, the Virginia legislature is poised to vote this week to become the 38th of the 38 states needed to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment, which would make women’s rights explicit in the Constitution. In the video Op-Ed above, the filmmaker Ken Burns compares this historic moment with the ratification of the 19th Amendment, which granted women the right to vote 100 years ago.

Focus of the Day article: Law firms are still not getting it,” said Curt McDaniel, chief legal officer at Ferring Pharmaceutical. “The global legal services industry has already changed, the disruption is already happening. Their Kodak moment is now, and either they will implode like Kodak, or be like Fuji Film and innovate and find a way forward. The hourly rates are too high, and too remote from the needs of business.” Full story - The Global Legal Post

Saturday Conversations on Law

• British businessmen on trial over bribes for oil contracts in Iraq https://t.co/UKdNJYR1Y
• Judge urges couple to escape 'vortex of profligate spending' https://t.co/7ZUwcV9B84
• Legal services ‘worth £60bn to UK economy’ - report https://t.co/3vKV7cBLec
• New model firm says business as usual despite parent's administration https://t.co/4bgTGIL6gh
• City firm sees off disclosure challenge over £65m security claim https://t.co/oVembagcYz
• Financial services laws are too confusing, says Linklaters report https://t.co/IOyLvd0Igb
• Dentons redesigns training contract to create ‘technically savvy’ lawyers https://t.co/dlZdzyt1YS
• Directors banned after £1.4m investor monies used to prop up firm https://t.co/4dFw2li4P9
• High Court condemns leadership judge's 'obsolescent' view on consent https://t.co/MwnNZmB2dy
• Legal Education meeting next month at Turcan Connell in Edinburgh https://t.co/Sc0O2SXEr
• Champion for the homeless wins Burns Humanitarian Award https://t.co/GVXQHGRIOs
• NHS facing £4.3bn legal bill to settle medical negligence claims https://t.co/776OXJm8E
• Increase in stressed out lawyers calling helpline https://t.co/6t7MlNURZv
• Andy Wightman launches tool for reporting short-term lets https://t.co/USOAh7ggox 
• Don’t let dilapidations leave a business move in disrepair https://t.co/XdPSri4aBh
• Drug company admits illegal role in agreement to hike price of life-saving drug https://t.co/fWQaz1DEsa 
• Myanmar ordered by ICJ to prevent Rohingya genocide https://t.co/rlIWwa0p2N
• Scottish government proposes public health response to harmful sexual behaviour among children https://t.co/m0VmBNl35G 
• Heroin dealer who claimed DNA evidence was ‘insufficient’ fails in appeal against conviction https://t.co/9MQucfTBeh
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/9SEvpvOgxF
• Want to know what racism feels like? Ask Laurence Fox https://t.co/Kr8XsJUEYv
• Boris Johnson's Brexit bill becomes law https://t.co/Q7v7vcGuV8
• Arron Banks drops two parts of libel claim against Carole Cadwalladr https://t.co/Wv7bA8JU31 
• EU tech regulator backs UK plans for digital tax, despite Trump threats https://t.co/qEhBmvTUZ3 
• Pray panic: #China coronavirus has 'increased likelihood' of cases in the UK https://t.co/8TsVIavwpE
• Leyton machete attack: Van driver guilty of wounding PC https://t.co/xVVCFSpb9p
• Police watchdog criticised over Boris Johnson-Jennifer Arcuri inquiry delay https://t.co/5WZ6oRt45N
• What is the Wuhan coronavirus and how worried should we be? https://t.co/xjpvSbkztd 
• Coronavirus: three #Chinese cities locked down and Beijing festivities scrapped https://t.co/hAHgEkEzqA
• Sex is for married heterosexual couples only, says Church of England https://t.co/TwXnaquByO
• Domestic abuse cases abandoned too quickly when victims retreat – study https://t.co/SO4ZuBxqnL
• Call for family judge training after 'outdated comments' on rape https://t.co/Tge8gKEF6L
• What my attacker’s conviction taught me about taking on the far right | Owen Jones https://t.co/0RPWlzeMTa 
• Knife crime at record high as overall charge rate falls https://t.co/2dXTNr7F0
• Hannah Yelin: It's not only Laurence Fox who should raise questions for the BBC after last week's Question Time https://t.co/bsFM8WxWM8
• #Myanmar Rohingya: World court orders prevention of genocide https://t.co/eVEvO8bTFw
• East Kent hospitals: Baby death parents’ heartbreak over errors https://t.co/RB0kO8MGQ
• John Bercow: Formal complaint lodged against former Commons Speaker https://t.co/ipoOrtDKvg
• Trump Impeachment: Democrats reject witness swap in trial #US https://t.co/wNyFD1gYBf 
• #China coronavirus: Fear grips Wuhan as lockdown begins https://t.co/7uzXoN0n1e 
• Ross England, rape trial row Tory candidate deselected https://t.co/5B5uXU4MaC 
• Two weeks of bereavement leave for UK parents who lose a child https://t.co/AmwSZgLzfI 
• Thursday's LawNewsIndex: 23rd January - Law News #lawyers #legal #legislation #justice #regulation #lawtech https://t.co/2ltTjAiFcn
• Huawei CFO's Lawyer Attacks US Extradition Case in #Canadian Trial https://t.co/WbHMkczYMG
• #Tanzania must release human rights lawyer Tito Magoti immediately and unconditionally https://t.co/D1MPoh0SLw
• Do I Have to Be a Lawyer to Practice Conveyancing? https://t.co/7sZSN06So1
• The Staggering (and Uncovered) Legal Bills Facing Impeachment Witnesses #US https://t.co/BWmtSGpju4
• NHS faces £4.3bn legal bill to settle clinical negligence claims https://t.co/LacUdywXrb 
• Prince wrongful death legal claims dismissed https://t.co/cYnnwLId5w
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/0AA36RIXZi
• European arm of Fender has been fined £4.5m for breaking UK competition law https://t.co/1rAEuH5UYv
• UK watchdog sets out “age appropriate” design code for online services to keep kids' privacy safe https://t.co/m5VwmTsoZH 
• Cybercrime laws need urgent reform to protect UK, says report https://t.co/YDhavtzwi2 
• Law Society: Legal services productivity on the rise | Legal Futures https://t.co/GES84SMqdC
• “Disorganised” housing solicitor fined £25,000 | Legal Futures https://t.co/Fuuwwp4uQM 
• Name of whiplash portal revealed as registration opens | Legal Futures https://t.co/BsEA3UDon6
• Chambers introduces mandatory “anti-oppression” training | Legal Futures https://t.co/pWfqCmcWxp

23rd January - Law News

2949th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based legal news & articles archive since 2011 focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's Video Focus:  The Chinese city of Wuhan, the source of an outbreak of a new flu-like virus, is closing its transport networks and has advised citizens not to leave the city as the death toll rose steeply overnight. Hospitals in Wuhan are reportedly dealing with huge numbers of sick patients, raising fears the new coronavirus is spreading faster than official reports suggest.

Focus of the Day article: The designers of the new portal for low-value RTA claims have unveiled the website ahead of the proposed 6 April start date. The Motor Insurers’ Bureau, which is tasked with setting up the system, announced the portal will be called Official Injury Claim. Claimant lawyers and insurers can now register to use the portal, as well as create accounts for web users and test integration to the service. Full story - The Law Society Gazette

Saturday Conversations on Law

• More lawyers call legal charity as bullying cases rise https://t.co/ZLWSiQgNEZ 
• Director must compensate creditors for cut-price purchase from insolvent company https://t.co/JSaWJLi93K
• Litigation funder and RBS shareholders 'in the dark' over defendant https://t.co/EBxz5tyWnJ 
• It’s Official: small claims portal website goes online https://t.co/0WO58eJy1u
• Herbert Smith gears up for Brexit with change to German LLP https://t.co/7VcjUJ5DDu 
• LSB plans fresh look at tests of ongoing competence https://t.co/vnkNc7m89j
• Witnesses and complainants have been told to bring their own water and tissues to court after a cash-strapped courthouse scrapped its provisions https://t.co/UBXc0jvtN0 
• Projects for disadvantaged young people will share £19m seized from criminals https://t.co/cT0VoiLgwh
• Take note – new EHRC guidelines on sexual harassment in workplace https://t.co/vt9m6KJC9q
• Guitar maker fined £4.5m for illegally preventing price discounts https://t.co/MUod9pBLFk
• Scottish Council of Law Reporting unveils revamped website https://t.co/9QD74ylQ9B 
• ICO publishes Code of Practice to protect children’s privacy online https://t.co/KgQUNjzSKw
• What makes a Scotch a Scotch? https://t.co/FAVeACIWX8 
• Time for an informed debate on Roberton Review https://t.co/kIJQnLLhM2
• Vice-Dean of Faculty Angela Grahame QC steps down https://t.co/fc9ZySAAnW
• Prisoner fails in £10,000 damages claim over alleged failure to provide rehabilitation https://t.co/7WMB9OsFz
• Macron orders #Israeli security to 'go outside' at Jerusalem church https://t.co/8IjQXIqjk
• Harvey Weinstein trial: Defence hits back after graphic prosecution claims https://t.co/q1I92a4XEF
• #China Coronavirus: Wuhan to shut public transport over outbreak https://t.co/96hnV69NjE
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/5wDlJz92O3
• Male rape survivors suffer in silence. We need to help them talk https://t.co/bMLaRvm6rB
• 'Pablo Escobar of eggs' fights extradition to #Brazil https://t.co/0Ps5GcRshZ
• Johnson likely to end £30,000 immigration threshold post-Brexit https://t.co/MezCQOiYw
• 'Maths whisperer': Afro-caribbean Cardiff teacher gets A* grades for entire class https://t.co/YNeSjTvfJg 
• Former SNP leader Alex Salmond in court accused of series of sexual offences https://t.co/56WytXASpV 
• Courtrooms lie empty as trial delays increase, say barristers https://t.co/3IZSz3BMKp 
• Greedy football agents threaten Fifa with legal action over transfer payment cap plans https://t.co/HZw9nsvaDZ 
• Jeff Bezos hack: UN experts demand probe of #Saudi crown prince https://t.co/8Igtk0gwTN 
• Gerald Corrigan 'shot with crossbow' while fixing satellite dish https://t.co/kyAPbjKimH 
• #Myanmar inquiry into treatment of Rohingya condemned as 'cover-up' https://t.co/LoLO4ndyy
• Make no mistake: Poland and Hungary aren’t the only EU states abusing the law https://t.co/iaMYCzqu
• ‘No one told us Kelvin had self-harmed. If we’d known we’d have tried to help’ https://t.co/4IJLzFt5H7
• ‘Putting him in prison without hearing aids was like putting him in a hole in the ground’ https://t.co/hzZzHz0N83
• High number of prison deaths are preventable, says damning new report https://t.co/YxU6eACSEj
• ‘When I found out how the prison had treated her, it was heartbreaking’ https://t.co/kWzxM4GmPw
• Former assistant general secretary of the probation officers’ union Napo, Harry Fletcher obituary https://t.co/3HdaWxpP7
• Exposé: Who are the Board of Deputies of British Jews? https://t.co/Hg6oCSJu9B
• LawCare callers complaining about bullying double | Legal Futures https://t.co/bp4PcyVnMe 
• SRA presses ahead with plan to cut compensation awards | Legal Futures https://t.co/xPfm0j2X0F
• Solicitor who “completely lost control” is suspended | Legal Futures https://t.co/0JewHGrlaD 
• LSB launches continuing competence inquiry | Legal Futures https://t.co/on3SGVsZil 
• Childcare obligations should not be impacting careers | Legal Futures https://t.co/j5wkklwXZP
• UK told to 'hold fire' on April tech tax https://t.co/FpPN9GzMn7
• Trump impeachment: Senate adopts rules after long debate on trial's first day https://t.co/aQQChXHo6U J
• Ross England: Vale of Glamorgan Tories 'in limbo' over candidacy https://t.co/KC5v7laTM4 
• Grammy Awards are 'ripe with corruption' says ousted boss Deborah Dugan https://t.co/qxRCqwuWNL
• Battersea fatal shooting: Man arrested after Flamur Beqiri died https://t.co/ZT9gueAV9D
• #SouthKorea transgender soldier to sue after landmark dismissal https://t.co/SnOSeaJT1Y
• Coronavirus: UK to monitor flights from China as precaution https://t.co/9fHzl9bGjx 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/wKlcw4fRDR

22nd January - Law News

2948th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based legal news & articles archive since 2011 focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's Video Focus:  Thousands of people die annually trying to cross borders. It’s often argued stronger borders and more checks would deter people from making dangerous crossings. But how accurate is this?

Focus of the Day article: The Bar Standards Board (BSB) is struggling to cope with the rise in complaints from members of the public, its annual enforcement report has revealed. Full story - Legal Futures

Saturday Conversations on Law

• New cap on compensation fund to stem biggest losses https://t.co/Gmg3aNzFA7
• Associate intake shrinks at Slaughter and May despite 94% retention https://t.co/st3y7vOMA5 
• 'Outrageous' to expect City to plug legal aid gap - Law Society president https://t.co/tsRP25w9PZ
• Solicitor struck off, but tribunal ticks off SRA over ‘poor’ preparation https://t.co/WUS9L5WJnq
• Judge praises lawyer-free divorce service https://t.co/BURAz9KKXq 
• The end is nigh for barristers. Again https://t.co/mfie5j7vTI
• Heads could roll at PwC over Isabel dos Santos links, says chairman https://t.co/b0cwL0obmx 
• Unpopular Jess Phillips quits Labour leadership race https://t.co/6mIPEGVwj9
• Boris Johnson's aide Dominic Cummings thinktank called for 'end of BBC in current form' https://t.co/NEF1XF71u
• Amazon boss Jeff Bezos's phone 'hacked by Saudi crown prince' https://t.co/V8Bn8LOErn
• Britain’s betting industry is out of control. A new gambling act must curb it https://t.co/1VDRr2hITE
• Migrant boat sinks trying to reach UK from Belgium https://t.co/FWeobRUio7 
• Dr Alistair Fraser named new director of Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research https://t.co/FRQuk1NcIn
• Edinburgh Tax Network – Year End Tax Planning Seminar https://t.co/bjjiZq3j0J 
• Diversity in the judiciary event next month https://t.co/uQeUhSUuxs 
• #Poland plans to allow judges to be sacked suffer set-back https://t.co/vNVhT2DTZn 
• Titanic wreck to be protected under historic UK-US treaty https://t.co/KMq2eq0P5j 
• Mediation vs pre-trial meetings https://t.co/5wo827SQqf
• Value of major fraud cases in Scotland more than triples in 2019 https://t.co/udq742QKL9
• ‘Highly respected’ Lord Reed profiled by Radio 4 https://t.co/e3OEEaFHK4 
• Trio promoted at Miller Hendry https://t.co/MPfhM9xyM2
• Court of Appeal rules Gypsies and Travellers have ‘enshrined freedom’ to move from place to place https://t.co/Huz2Sc1V0T 
• Duke and Duchess of Sussex issue legal warning over photos https://t.co/47q1NjdBE0 
• Davos: Trump decries climate 'prophets of doom' with Thunberg in audience https://t.co/XK3QdT160s
• Prince wrongful death legal claims dismissed https://t.co/cYnnwLId5w
• CMS survey highlights ‘significant’ Brexit concerns within key Scottish sectors https://t.co/giTCUsa20M 
• Property factor Apex becomes first to be removed from register https://t.co/R9mBX9oOl2
• Man facing trial for sexual offences fails in appeal to lead evidence of ‘false allegations’ https://t.co/QqpFIUClbl 
• Windrush scandal: 'A billion pounds can't buy back my happiness' https://t.co/vnk0062aCF
• What happens when we don't believe abused women https://t.co/PrOuW4Eg9t 
• What does your £10 manicure really cost? The unvarnished truth about nail bars https://t.co/JuQE2vXYLy
• Oxford don suspended over alleged artefact theft could still gain from sale https://t.co/j56Un1AWaQ
• Justice secretary denies government is rushing in new anti-terror laws https://t.co/ad3L2oE53C
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/711sMPh41y
• Woman gang raped in Plymouth in 1978 wants attackers to face justice https://t.co/ipy84GGi8V
• Will 2020 be the year abortion is banned in the US? https://t.co/hxsxjGRu6H
• The Tories are hiding from blame for youth crime. That’s not on https://t.co/eCrjB361Im 
• Keoghs’ PE investor exits after insurance industry sale | Legal Futures https://t.co/vB6yid2Xs3 
• High Court rejects judges’ complaints about online divorce service | Legal Futures https://t.co/i6mOZItDPV
• Phone used by Netanyahu's advisor can be checked by police - Court #Israel https://t.co/2OXlxpsItB
• Supreme Court could use 'Bridgegate' case to limit attempts to prosecute corruption #US https://t.co/JkdxeuQSK
• #Saudi Arabia Commercial Courts to Start Handling Copyrights, Patents Cases https://t.co/5HdEvrHa63 
• Cameras allowed back into courts century after Dr Crippen and his Norfolk mistress https://t.co/Vhp1yOWmVT 
• #Serbian Church Faces Long Legal Fight over Montenegrin Law https://t.co/UZdn8R93o
• Stagecoach launches rail franchising legal challenge https://t.co/7Yqvx3U5aN
• A look back at Trump's history of high-profile legal wranglings #US https://t.co/zQkkfr8qLV
• Terrorism laws to get tougher within weeks, government vows https://t.co/uvmGlrENcB
• Cambuslang mum suing NHS after attempted murder accusation https://t.co/tSqoh8eQ5n 
• Trump impeachment: President's lawyers demand immediate acquittal #US https://t.co/xIHLldlflG
• Children in solitary confinement for 23 hours a day, says report https://t.co/wkOP9DZc2V

21st January - Law News

2947th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based legal news & articles archive since 2011 focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's Video Focus:  The impeachment trial of US President Donald Trump is about to begin. While all the wrangling between Democrats and Republicans over this case has been based exclusively in Washington, the reason Mr Trump has been impeached lies thousands of miles away on another continent. 

Focus of the Day article: Sexual misconduct cases at record high in legal profession. Sixty-three cases were reported to solicitors’ governing body last year, figures show. Full story - Guardian Law

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Transgender woman ends bid to see her ultra-Orthodox Jewish children https://t.co/e72qwTp67R
• How Question Time became a festival of bile https://t.co/WmN0JWzGcH
• I’d never heard of Laurence Fox until he started lecturing us about racism https://t.co/3vjp2NywCR 
• Insurance services business opens legal arm with Keoghs acquisition https://t.co/yOoqJAW2GD
• Pakistan focus of endangered lawyers’ day https://t.co/Y1sTMHG1p2
• Brain injury solicitors report greater cooperation from insurers https://t.co/iL6u3Q1DJL 
• Bar 'at breaking point', new research suggests https://t.co/ppSdc10JQ3
• Thousands go online to apply for divorce https://t.co/vV8bg8zbBK
• Exceptional case funding scheme failing, report reveals https://t.co/zUqvH4OUKF
• Why are disabled people seemingly ‘unexpected’ in the legal profession? https://t.co/FcHxLxpR6J
• Time to tackle the law’s drinking culture https://t.co/TLB6h0NJXu 
• Is ‘Helen’s law’ an empty gesture? https://t.co/pSfCQoflUO
• My legal life: Vicki Seabrook, Tees Law https://t.co/2sHFMkvF38 
• Tamsin Allen acquired a taste for fighting miscarriages of justice by taking up one of the biggest causes célèbre of the post-war era https://t.co/KnZITORbED 
• Lawyer in the news: Syedur Rahman, Rahman Ravelli https://t.co/gywueTT8tz 
• Ex-MP Chris Davies wins employment tribunal case https://t.co/D2B8uJ6Fdd 
• Brexit: Government loses first parliamentary votes since election https://t.co/zQ6SjGqd3L
• Gillespie Macandrew advises on £285m of new build plot sales https://t.co/AxAu6cTggl 
• Career at the bar ‘less appealing, or even viable’ for new entrants https://t.co/Ll7Ax8AuTZ 
• MSPs to visit new child-friendly evidence rooms in Glasgow and check on ‘Barnahus’ progress https://t.co/7UND9ChHY2
• Data regulators impose £97m in GDPR fines across Europe https://t.co/8wKC4fwgJ1 
• Scottish Labour calls on Lord Advocate to resign over drug death delays https://t.co/0S69Xk10sC
• MPs call for Electoral Commission to be given prosecutorial powers https://t.co/vrzKEFAeGL
• Bank robber who hid his face with a pillowcase had to remove it mid-robbery when he realised he couldn’t see through https://t.co/CGDTp29JUP 
• Edinburgh meeting hears Britain’s refusal to allow Chagos Islanders to return home is ‘crime against humanity’ https://t.co/aMJLdy8bMW 
• Vulnerable Witnesses Act comes into force https://t.co/LrHfybeULL
• Nursing student who fraudulently claimed £23,000 for course fees admonished https://t.co/p21AjJD3Z6
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/kPQVgRLgEO
• Five times immigration changed the UK https://t.co/VLI8tNiVbb
• Immigration system will 'put people before passports' - claims Boris https://t.co/7HwZxnC3B5
• Take your crap back: Malaysia returns 42 containers of 'illegal' plastic waste to UK https://t.co/7wKVFyoc6T 
• Should a restaurant charge a customer who cancels because their father died? https://t.co/jufFScDwkx
• Grenfell: owners of blocks with dangerous cladding to be named https://t.co/mGK06MsD4W 
• Fugitive Briton who took her children to Jersey on dinghy sentenced https://t.co/4FAEdrJm3y
• Prince Harry and Meghan could face costly fight for Sussex Royal brand https://t.co/DKhn2nPQQ5
• 'Marriage Story was stunningly on-point': what divorce lawyers want you to know https://t.co/IJQKplZfs0
• Proportion of UK prisoners with drug problem doubles in five years – study https://t.co/NvIuoXu6hg
• Sexual misconduct cases at record high in legal profession https://t.co/6mL0A5S5OH 
• Climate refugees can't be returned home, says landmark UN human rights ruling https://t.co/ghce3Ytw4i
• How has immigration changed in your area? https://t.co/aMNCFko661
• People who have carved a career out of social media calling themselves 'influencers', 'being offered thousands for sex' https://t.co/mNCYSeOrzw
• 'Dad died violent death in dementia care unit' https://t.co/gQkA7EmvHg 
• Sarah Montague: Radio presenter confirms £400k pay settlement with BBC https://t.co/icbwkMA856
• Delhi Police allege woman lawyer who first torched police bike during Tis Hazari clash identified #India https://t.co/GVc3fMsMlp
• Navy stint helped to sail smoothly: 36-year-old Daniel Ho, dispute resolution lawyer, Wong & Leow LLC https://t.co/uj9XnAYBF
• Judge permanently retires one-time lawyer Harry Kopyto 31 years after disbarment #Canada https://t.co/LNWZTaqfJw
• Moscow Protesters Remember 2009 Killings Of Lawyer And Journalist https://t.co/o6K5Xbm5UM
• How liberal lawyer Alan Dershowitz plans to defend Trump during the impeachment trial #US https://t.co/tdZM9B680h 
• Trainee solicitor jailed after rape convictions | Legal Futures https://t.co/prvmBZNcof 
• Insurance woes ground freelance solicitor network | Legal Futures https://t.co/cq4zEzeuxy
• Law firm wrong to cling onto client’s sale proceeds | Legal Futures https://t.co/kOhEH32S4m

20th January - Law News

2946th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based legal news & articles archive since 2011 focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's Video Focus:  Thousands of anti-govt protesters flooded the streets of the French capital Paris chanting slogans to berate the sweeping social security system reforms initiated by the pro-business government of French President Emmanuel Macron. 

Focus of the Day article: Proposed changes to sentencing for drugs offences to reflect ‘county lines’ operations, ‘cuckooing’ and other coercive practices have been revealed. Full story - New Law Journal

Saturday Conversations on Law

• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/Slxs44o0A1
• Revealed: how #Angolan ruler's daughter used her status to build $2bn empire https://t.co/hEEdDrKr3B 
• Rape jury system unfair to victims https://t.co/nx5WcbzDvS 
• Harry Dunn: Boris Johnson to raise 'driving habits' with US https://t.co/sVGXoiUwsV 
• Rotherham sex abuse: Failure to identify police officer questioned by MP https://t.co/60lIHi8blV
• Horse boards a bus after it escapes on to busy road #animalwelfare #passengersafety https://t.co/QhiEg2BqbI 
• Let students lawyer-up for all university complaint hearings, urges barrister https://t.co/vNZ1wqZCJE
• Lord Reed sworn in as new Supreme Court president https://t.co/eGyGJQsrPh 
• Linklaters appoints sober supervisors to chaperone boozy social events https://t.co/uNQO3Ggw0Q
• Clifford Chance becomes first magic circle firm to reveal spring trainee retention score — 85% https://t.co/YUzKCqPIk2
• Slaughter and May scraps work ski trips following allegation of sexual harassment https://t.co/4kKnk5GmXF
• ‘We don’t make lawyers wear high heels’: City law firms hit back at Hale’s criticism https://t.co/X9udvLgbn2
• SRA issues alert after fraudsters impersonate City law firm partners in phishing scam https://t.co/lOHSUxWSHf 
• From trainee to City law firm partner in ten years https://t.co/HOl7EKOEYu 
• Garden Court barrister to sue police after being arrested on uni picket line https://t.co/RkO6U1ae7r 
• Law, accountancy and teaching among most challenging professions to break into without a degree https://t.co/5MCcBuk3Y3
• Man locked in court battle with ex-wife requests trial by combat — but asks judge for 12 weeks to source samurai swords https://t.co/pn8GllWTzg 
• Tribunal praises trainee solicitor who ‘picked up pieces’ after boss abandoned firm to go ‘travelling’ https://t.co/mrSNYd7VAY 
• Mental health charity LawCare teams up with Sheffield and Open University academics to launch wellbeing course https://t.co/v6m4SUZAKo 
• From India’s biggest law school to Kirkland & Ellis private equity partner in London https://t.co/JAFf4WTXGV
• Blind Strathclyde Uni law student uses legal know-how to secure payout after being booted out of McDonald’s for having guide dog https://t.co/htnSkmGkA9
• Lights, camera, courtroom! Sentencing in high-profile criminal cases to be televised for first time https://t.co/TI5XlcyhRl
• How the SQE shifts power from law firms to students https://t.co/XTZwNEtgJS
• London trainee lawyer who admitted repeatedly raping woman after police discovered work ID https://t.co/FdF3Mm6OGk
• BBC brings on wrong guest to talk law with Lord Sumption https://t.co/UdumYGIMVK 
• The case for solicitor apprenticeships https://t.co/nmbnqiMIA6
• Apply to attend: Legal Cheek student commercial awareness events https://t.co/eW1idJFFi6
• Stalking: New court order for stalker investigations has 'teeth' https://t.co/AEZs0Mkelh 
• New Welsh prison wanted says Justice Secretary Robert Buckland https://t.co/UNqR1JiigN 
• In search of the rough sleeper evicted from a makeshift home he built on a South Wales town centre street https://t.co/T017f9jDs6 
• Immigration and Article 8: what did we learn in 2019? https://t.co/qFwrWEjKkA 
• Postman caught using horrific racist insult while waiting to deliver a parcel https://t.co/CZk3tBRLpA
• DWP benefits investigator denies being racist after calling Asian officer 'PC Poppadom' https://t.co/IAM6ATXpRi 
• Tribunal directs liquidation of Nathella Sampath Jewellery #India https://t.co/s4pUEhEqZU 
• Early conciliation for employment tribunals to be introduced on January 27 #Ireland https://t.co/sT3QdCCcd9
• Bitcoin SV Drops 40% as Lawyer Admits Craig Wright Has No Private Keys https://t.co/Nj0ZAyMBnS
• Human rights lawyer urges #Japan to end forced sterilisation of trans people https://t.co/3kTykyn81T
• To remember is to fight: the legacy of #Russian activist lawyer Stanislav Markelov https://t.co/WdqU4c2huh 
• Donald Trump hires lawyer who got OJ Simpson acquitted to fight impeachment #US https://t.co/NKgEAykTZ5 
• How Gay Art Survives in Beijing, as Censors Tighten Grip #China https://t.co/5hCG2tVZaO
• Why do so many men rape? https://t.co/QLuo0yWjfV
• Facebook Apologizes for Vulgar Translation of #Chinese Leader’s Name https://t.co/CxpjG0EQNH
• Impeachment Trial Puts Susan Collins, Stung by Kavanaugh Backlash, Under Scrutiny #US https://t.co/9SKROlnilQ
• Sex, Power and Fury: The Mystery of a Death at Guantánamo Bay https://t.co/MFfdrtYan
• Battered but Resilient After #China’s Uighur Crackdown https://t.co/Wrn6cTKOv0
• From mass incarceration to mass deportation, our nation remains in deep denial #US https://t.co/WGc4Rg4AS1
• The Secretive Company That Might End Privacy as We Know It #US https://t.co/ehezUrVHhw 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/VzANwgxZz
• Post Office 'assisting' review of postmasters' convictions https://t.co/B2NLSs7PSL
• In Tory Britain with the majority voting for the Conservatives, a boy, 10, was stabbed in a Leicester street while out with mother https://t.co/kuACQltHMD
• When sexual abuse was called seduction: #France confronts its past https://t.co/awy84mgnU6
• #US National Archives sorry for censoring 2017 Women's March anti-Trump signs https://t.co/mE1emPIIvI
• Trump impeachment: lawyers and House Democrats lay out positions #US https://t.co/dpTCBIdr8W 
• Lecturer says she faced online abuse after Question Time clash with Laurence Fox https://t.co/xFoCN2uQVr

19th January - Law News

2945th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based legal news & articles archive since 2011 focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's Video Focus:  The UK has added Lebanon's entire Hezbollah movement to its blacklist of what it terms terrorist organisations. And now it’s freezing Hezbollah’s assets, and will prosecute anyone in the UK who continues to have accounts or financial services connected to the group. It was in March last year that the British government said it could no longer distinguish between the political and the military wings of Hezbollah. But it took until this week before it announced it was going after the group’s finances. The United States has welcomed the decision, saying it had long been seeking such a move from its European allies. But why now? Is Iran the real target? 

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Shrewsbury Tesco Extra: Report of gunman on roof sparks armed response https://t.co/qqiXud54dt 
• Harry and Meghan: Your questions answered on tax, titles and trademarks https://t.co/FHmsOvttEU 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/BNVXG2AAE2
• Prince Harry and Meghan will no longer use their HRH titles and will not receive public funds for royal duties https://t.co/znDLF6jvmJ
• Lecturer says she faced right-wing online abuse after Question Time clash with Laurence Fox https://t.co/xFoCN2uQVr 
• Revealed: clandestine actions of mercenaries during Thatcher years https://t.co/EaKKZ2ov4i
• Trump lets soldiers get away with murder. That mustn’t happen here https://t.co/BgSPxueEdr
• Harry Dunn: Police chief demands meeting after new incident https://t.co/Q7AjIBsvb8 
• Brexit: Price rises warning after chancellor vows EU rules divergence https://t.co/2Pi3Gt0GFw
• Lawyer accidentally submits his BDSM sex slave contract to court #bRAZIL https://t.co/ZpYoCCdJ2v 
• Digital Currencies are Not 'Currencies,' Argues #Indian Crypto Lawyer https://t.co/RLrOZd5eOd
• This Company Made a 'Cute' AI Lawyer to Deploy 'Information Warfare' for Divorced Men https://t.co/ZjFApVBEjn , tribunal rules | Law Gazette https://t.co/RCCPnTGW2R
• MoJ finally opens refund scheme for court fees | Law Gazette https://t.co/EMsqGGOf66
• Teachers challenge government over pensions following judges' win | Law Gazette https://t.co/eYmcWUOULR
• Mishcon shuts up shop in New York | Law Gazette https://t.co/XTzuwHOykH
• Concern for health of jailed Saudi lawyer | Law Gazette https://t.co/8huehpVEMQ
• Part 36 offers excluding interest are not valid, rules Court of Appeal | Law Gazette https://t.co/UtYc8iCOWf
• Domestic violence centre offers to take on family court mailbox | Law Gazette https://t.co/yFV9n3eRdO
• Hogan Lovells opens document review hub in Arizona | Law Gazette https://t.co/Zfv5RGI79E
• DAC Beachcroft looks to cut real estate jobs | Law Gazette https://t.co/ngM9YLSaZN 
• Best of the blogs - 17 Jan 2020 | Law Gazette https://t.co/GAIZ1JasmV
• Bar complaints reach highest level in five years | Law Gazette https://t.co/4NAuDYm0aa
• Youth suicide: At-risk in Wales 'falling through gap' https://t.co/CfFHO5jRka
• Guildford pub bombings police 'seize files' https://t.co/aqi0Cu8vFv
• #Spain's Magaluf and Ibiza crack down on alcohol-fuelled holidays affecting Brits https://t.co/TRBkEjDNOK
• Brexit: 'No alignment' with EU on regulation, Javid tells business https://t.co/0xVlk1HZbK 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/k3yb4ZX910
• Roger Scruton’s brand of conservatism became a licence for bigotry https://t.co/6UaAeTYUyr
• Pro-gun activists threaten to kill state lawmaker over bill they misunderstood #US https://t.co/et8MnQfua1
• Coroner: supervision of Conner Marshall’s killer ‘woefully inadequate’ https://t.co/aWqwArDzZk 
• British woman's false rape claim appeal a 'critical moment' for #Cyprus https://t.co/PRkegEGAb8

18th January - Law News

2944th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based legal news & articles archive since 2011 focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's Video Focus:  "Our students are free to say that this constitution is not sound but the only institution of the country which can give the statement 'unconstitutional state of law' is Supreme Court,” says Prof Ashutosh Varshney, Director of India Initiative, Brown University and Contributing Editor, Indian Express. 

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Clinton prosecutor Ken Starr to defend Trump in impeachment #US https://t.co/kCu7Re4Hn6
• Extinction Rebellion: Police defend adding groups to extremism guide https://t.co/BhvYAQ20B6
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/P2DHUjJ5zS
• Union To Sue Police After Barrister Arrested At Medical University Protest https://t.co/kYzoksROnM
• Conner Marshall inquest: Killer's probation worker was 'overwhelmed' https://t.co/2ex9rNl9vi
• Attacked journalist Owen Jones 'subject of far-right abuse' https://t.co/6Y08yJ96Br
• Brexit: There will be no automatic deportation for EU citizens - No 10 https://t.co/U7llsQKnAW
• Four new appointments at Vialex https://t.co/vw4TTqHHSo 
• Japan is planning new legislation to protect its prized wagyu beef from being reared in neighbouring China https://t.co/CodUVHYfvk 
• Our Legal Heritage: Dundee solicitors v Dundee CID https://t.co/qx2fPOvbc6 
• iBIC joint investigative interviews masterclass on 24 January 2020 https://t.co/YIlimsK020 
• First Chartered Legal Executive becomes Honorary Queen’s Counsel https://t.co/rdXK8wb4cE 
• Irish Supreme Court sits with four women judges in landmark moment https://t.co/l9WrxmgpsH
• BBC equal pay case a stark warning to employers without clear pay systems https://t.co/SVLxiKi1N3
• Proposed reform of judicial review to ‘protect’ judges from political decision-making https://t.co/syn0ALc4w2 
• Rooney Nimmo appoints Scott Nelson as partner in Edinburgh and London https://t.co/5D484ozeNo 
• ‘Wild west’ beauty industry to be regulated under Scottish government proposals https://t.co/zlsrA5tL9k
• MSPs seek views on defamation reform proposals https://t.co/JqdRRVvlw4
• Plumber awarded £540,000 damages after health board admits liability over treatment of arm injury https://t.co/EwsTh7va5X
• Greggs – whose pasties may not be described as Cornish – has lost its only foothold in the county https://t.co/prO8ZViErX
• Brexit: UK rules out automatic deportation of EU citizens – Verhofstadt https://t.co/eNNj33TZJP
• Charities crowded in affluent areas instead of where they are needed, says thinktank https://t.co/4He4wuIzER
• Sudanese asylum seeker flown back to UK after Khartoum gunfight delay https://t.co/PKX6lqtSwE
• Law Society attacks “massively uncertain” Mayson reforms | Legal Futures https://t.co/HiKEd7hlw0
• Partner failed to warn off-plan investors about risks | Legal Futures https://t.co/QRn9UqabRs
• Firm’s web-surfing employee loses dismissal challenge | Legal Futures https://t.co/s1CLR2LezY
• MoJ: Still no whiplash rules but April remains the plan | Legal Futures https://t.co/IKVISojMh
• Violent crime fear over councils' CCTV switch off plans https://t.co/cU3OgjoaZS 
• Social media data needed for 'harm' research, say doctors https://t.co/nJXy5gCsRY 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/nChaSsE053
• Anonymous letter prompts police inquiry into hospital death https://t.co/2LtqtmMVOR 
• 'This was racism': musician Soweto Kinch tells of being refused entry to first-class on train https://t.co/5n7kANw2Lk
• Boris Johnson's pick to help lead Grenfell inquiry linked to cladding firm https://t.co/lfl1HPsojy
• Union chief to sue police over megaphone assault trial https://t.co/o4jsjKiDI2
• Former Barclays boss accused of 'funnelling funds' to Qatar https://t.co/Nla7C03ZTM 
• New Orleans police issue arrest warrant for Cleveland Browns player Odell Beckham Jr https://t.co/tgGZj7gOYr
• 'Alarming' one in five deaths due to sepsis https://t.co/G7l1pSvvGq 
• Microsoft makes 'carbon negative' pledge https://t.co/RBv9Ldjbkv 
• White House 'broke law' by withholding Ukraine aid, says watchdog #US https://t.co/ZTrzbvfd4j 
• Grenfell Tower Inquiry: Families raise conflict of interest concerns with PM https://t.co/qExMtcMi6X

17th January - Law News

2943rd Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based legal news & articles archive since 2011 focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's Video Focus:  Australian exports to China could be affected by a trade deal between the US and China as US meat and dairy exports to China are expected to exceed double the amount from this year. 

Focus of the Day article: An initiative to double the number of black general counsel at Fortune 1000 companies has received a fillip with the launch of its official website. The Black General Counsel 2025 site sets out to serve as a resource centre for aspiring GCs, providing help and advice on how to rise up the in-house career ladder. Full story - The Global Legal Post

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Where next for deferred prosecution agreements? https://t.co/Hblfi2YgmS
• Cameras in court risks chucking judges under the bus https://t.co/Vf6gs2r4yS 
• Are you fit for law? Legal charity offers online wellbeing test https://t.co/NjByXe9fti
• Regulatory revamp would put small firms at risk, warns Society https://t.co/KR1PaT6FhG
• Statutory legacy for partners raised to £270,000 https://t.co/iMmGIVqLjR 
• Four City solicitors to take silk in 2020 https://t.co/UqBcE20RMo
• QC selection company sitting on £1.4m cash pile as fees roll in https://t.co/PT5oypvRf3
• Sentencing on screen: judges' remarks to be broadcast from Crown courts https://t.co/WaQJfLFPc7
• RT @amonochromdream: These two ex policemen are now prolific crime thriller writing team! https://t.co/b2MMTd2zRJ 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/o7U7hCtZI7
• Schrems II – Brexit and standard contractual clauses https://t.co/OhhCaTdt8X 
• Italy: Appeal court backs man who claimed phone use gave him brain tumour https://t.co/M0DVrT4YtJ 
• Deadline day looming for Glasgow Bar Association footballers https://t.co/5bWjBuuM85 
• Use of Taser against aggressive man who set fire to home was proportionate https://t.co/kfd4oNs64G 
• Gareth Oldale named head of privacy and cybersecurity at TLT https://t.co/UJenulnBey 
• BBC radio drama inspired by Strathclyde Mediation Clinic https://t.co/NzYEQL9mnT 
• Sheriff David Mackie, 66, has retired from the bench after 15 years at Alloa Sheriff Court. https://t.co/4uXUxekmAA 
• Crown Office promises to speed up toxicology results https://t.co/rqUuM4NqnG 
• Harper Macleod wins role to advise Scotland’s biggest landowner https://t.co/ICFgTUturN
• Shell granted interdict to ban Greenpeace protestors from Brent oil field rigs https://t.co/BDDIWLTGVa 
• The families still waiting for 'justice' https://t.co/7LxnA7mwfN 
• Care home workers who stoned dementia sufferers jailed for 20 weeks https://t.co/cAPxHMjfAC
• Queensland extinguishes native title over Indigenous land to make way for Adani coalmine #Australia https://t.co/rdTwbMWlTN 
• 900,000 EU citizens in UK yet to apply for settled status https://t.co/ZgaDaxwrRk
• Conservative donors, Betfred owners, make millions from company treating gambling addicts https://t.co/1fEbJLmliR
• Share a pint or glass of wine between three to drink safely, says expert https://t.co/g9FV2h0DD1
• Amsterdam's Green mayor looks to reform red-light district #Netherlands https://t.co/OadN5qRz8S
• Trial of union leader for assault by megaphone collapses https://t.co/vVSxyPtzDb
• Dog walker in Sutton Coldfield faces missing pets prosecution https://t.co/1djQ5qS7aK 
• Luke Williams death: Murder charge after Aberaman attack https://t.co/TXYvdchRll 
• Anglesey dead birds 'could have been fleeing bird of prey' https://t.co/EEzHbaxZHG 
• Smog in southern Europe sparks car bans and street protests https://t.co/OpKigd9phn 
• Knife possession offences in England and Wales reach record high https://t.co/wMHLcqrEyD
• Making Tax Digital throws spotlight on outdated legal IT systems | Legal Futures https://t.co/wb8x6qHzAi
• Solicitor duped by ‘fake’ wife fined for failing to check ID | Legal Futures https://t.co/6uJR04ohwX
• Big law firms having to become multi-disciplinary, report finds | Legal Futures https://t.co/2khe3CD5mV
• ‘Emotional competency for lawyers’ course launched | Legal Futures https://t.co/UtXn7WCLUP
• Knights enters Yorkshire as firms line up to be bought | Legal Futures https://t.co/a4ZwVYycdE
• Asda trials refills at 'sustainability store' https://t.co/1XrbTL9fFh Jan 16, 2020
• TV cameras to be allowed in Crown Courts in England and Wales https://t.co/32rTrVNKzk
• Scottish FA expected to ban children heading footballs within weeks https://t.co/MR6qRZYMd9
• Trump 'knew exactly what was going on', Giuliani aide claims #US https://t.co/qga1AvD8ut
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/tGXvmaiN99
• Judges' sentencing in high-profile court cases to be televised https://t.co/oDNly6UCUy