7th February - Law News

2964th 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:  Before his killing, Maj. Gen. Qassim Suleimani of Iran was everywhere. His persona is a clue into how the elite Quds Force he commanded operates.

Focus of the Day article: Singapore judge rules burden of proof lies with government in first fake news court case. Judge sides with government in first appeal against online correction notices but makes key procedural rulings. Full story - The Global Legal Post

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Some Ince creditors set to recoup just 1.6%, warn administrators | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/Jr7pjdF2C
• Top Japanese firm chooses Frankfurt over London to set up shop | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/UXX2rX0FKS
• Architect wins ‘eye-watering’ indemnity costs after ‘irrational’ neighbour claims | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/Pcnr6kjmyc 
• Delay the Solicitors Qualifying Exam, law lecturers demand | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/2JTSLRrvR2
• Land Registry suffers digital setback over local land charge data | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/Vh9lPNx1Vt
• Sexual harassment training goes on City lawyers' curriculum | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/mLSCyX13no
• Driverless cars must work for wheelchair users, says Bar Council | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/98Zxro6PgV
• Solicitors spared costs penalty despite filing budget 13 days late | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/H6l86jBZmq
• Firm sacked paralegal days after emergency bowel surgery | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/t4DVJtuqA1
• Aviation has always been riddled with dodgy dealings | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/2OSDdm8KOd
• The Home Office is leaving immigration detainees without proper access to legal advice amid mobile phone signal outages https://t.co/LAu1ySB9N
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/1EDh3eKyaF
• 'Fake diversity': Barnes & Noble cancels race-swapped classic covers https://t.co/3pVDfEdF7z 
• #Germany’s abortion law: made by the Nazis, upheld by today’s right https://t.co/QGelwqQMSu
• UK universities will only lead the world if they keep Erasmus and EU research funds https://t.co/SS5DbxF4d2
• The Guardian view on the Paterson inquiry: failures of culture and regulation | Editorial https://t.co/mUBm7ixPCm
• While Labour’s online audience is bigger, it’s the Conservatives who make the most effective use of the internet https://t.co/6V0qJvbDB7 
• #China theft of technology is biggest law enforcement threat to US, FBI says https://t.co/4QBpnEva3R
• Men who stole prized racing pigeons worth more than €700,000 have been caged for three years https://t.co/4qabrcqMRr
• Scotland visits London for a Burns Supper to remember https://t.co/whVDwPgxCi
• #Saudi Arabia: Shia minority and human rights activists targeted by Specialised Criminal Court https://t.co/SCdVaffo0b
• Pinsent Masons advises John Wood Group PLC on business sale https://t.co/yAK8Ff0tnM
• Lord Armstrong to chair Chapter 42A personal injury actions event https://t.co/ffRvGYEGGF 
• Legal sector faces new challenges thanks to property tax changes https://t.co/Zz9de9aVLi
• Edinburgh property selling prices up as sales fall https://t.co/UMVJioA1oU 
• Harriet Grant joins Lindsays in Dundee https://t.co/9KdqCo7SfT
• Promotions announced at Murray Beith Murray https://t.co/4smQ3wWdOX 
• Woman’s ‘unjustified enrichment’ appeal against former partner over half-share of house dismissed  https://t.co/NbUsp1WeGc
• Third coronavirus case confirmed in UK https://t.co/kMW9XZ4XTD
• UK to host spyware firm accused of aiding human rights abuses https://t.co/9SAjpTLdbU
• Law firm discriminated against disabled paralegal | Legal Futures https://t.co/8JOoNLVVzf 
• Law lecturers demand delay to SQE | Legal Futures https://t.co/jwx7weRvmk
• Solicitors' wellbeing worse than schoolteachers, study finds | Legal Futures https://t.co/BQ4ZRPt5SA
• Corey Feldman: 'The biggest problem in Hollywood is paedophilia' https://t.co/qnRtlX384I
• #SaudiArabia using secret court to silence dissent, Amnesty finds https://t.co/w1SNSs3BMJ 
• Derek Mackay, Scottish finance secretary quits over messages to boy https://t.co/aUG1jOfCBG 
• Emergency law aims to stop next terror release https://t.co/uCuJgODKwb
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/5qhpDrsDCp
• Buses: Government unveils £50m plan to create first all-electric bus town https://t.co/h59jLemNit
• NSPCC urges Facebook to stop encryption plans https://t.co/cbvVabiabc
• Streatham attack: Terrorist threat 'not diminishing', says anti-terror police chief https://t.co/MAjksG6b0x

6th February - Law News

2963rd 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:  Priscilla Dickey and her 8-year-old daughter are heading back to the US after being stuck in Wuhan, China, for several weeks. The pair missed the first American repatriation flight from the coronavirus outbreak epicenter.

Focus of the Day article: Lawyers commissioning medical experts for whiplash claims may have to pay a membership fee to plug a major funding gap in the accreditation body. MedCo, which facilitates the sourcing of medical reports for soft tissue injury, faces a £2.2m loss this year after a dramatic downturn in its income, it revealed last week. In 2016, the year after it was created by the Ministry of Justice, MedCo reported more than £5.8m in turnover from medical reporting organisations paying to be accredited and allocated work in the scheme. Full story - The Law Society Gazette

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Harvey Weinstein trial: attorney shows dress witness wore during alleged attack https://t.co/DHpTBtELP9 
• Legalisation is the only effective way of tackling Britain’s deepening drugs crisis https://t.co/3Nuj9A37u3 
• Police uncovering 'epidemic of child abuse' in 1970s and 80s https://t.co/w1S1urgklu
• CPS knew rape ‘ambition’ could have perverse consequences | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/zfoLGdubcJ
• Crown court sitting days increase 'nowhere near enough' - criminal bar | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/zockGJrRge 
• 'Antiquated' fraud laws thwarting justice, says SFO director | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/FA99HVLAog
• Legal aid giant absorbs another firm after partner quits to join judiciary | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/Osjshwy67b
• Back in business: Chancery Lane reopens after fire | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/3Kpm4D4eTH
• New model firms join forces | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/cLSdn0cxL2
• Manchester crime firm announces closure as administrators move in | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/q6tfMvIrex
• 'No quick fixes': Home Office begins pre-charge bail review | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/rtDh070WlJ
• #US Republican senators help Donald Trump escape impeachment https://t.co/gCtBImTZbj 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/y6PcrFBFLj
• Dramatic police chase gatecrashes Chiefs' Super Bowl victory parade #US https://t.co/fuCUuSRuT7
• Netanyahu backtracks on #Israeli plan for swift Palestinian land grab https://t.co/eHTdBGar2M 
• Grieving mother faces shock £24,000 John Lewis card bill https://t.co/xSa3B6m7Vt
• Hospital whistleblower raised alarm over doctor seen injecting himself https://t.co/omRLSxv2IE
• Epstein accusers and Harry Dunn's family plea for UK-US cooperation https://t.co/s2zgokdJc5 
• Met chief: update public nuisance law to tackle Extinction Rebellion https://t.co/oMUW0y2AVO
• Police bail time limit for suspects could be trebled https://t.co/nimvLTZLio
• A large stash of drugs was seized by police after officers checked two bags labelled “bag full of drugs” https://t.co/rxyOrlhrpm
• South Africa: Arrest warrant issued for former president, Jacob Zuma https://t.co/fCotj6Jpls 
• International Legitimacy Interview Series: Prof Samantha Besson https://t.co/toCXWKr74P 
• Irish data protection watchdog launches inquiries into Google and Tinder https://t.co/WFV58QfOlV
• Academics resign en masse from European Law Journal https://t.co/eYYZPtix8
• Natalie Mortimer joins Aberdein Considine https://t.co/CGg0dO5yW1
• Trade expert Ayla Skene appointed of counsel at TLT https://t.co/ec2sZ5BUjQ
• Bill proposing a Scottish Pubs Code lodged at Holyrood https://t.co/fyke79Faeh 
• Gilson Gray expands into Tayside with new Dundee office https://t.co/pP3I78mUXo
• Solicitor fined £10,000 by SSDT following road traffic convictions https://t.co/8nHyVeciQO 
• UK Supreme Court: NI Attorney General’s application to refer 'devolution issue' refused https://t.co/TqnsNwusyC 
• Family of death by dangerous driving victim granted civil jury trial in damages claim https://t.co/YOIoflBhLc
• Helen McCourt killer's release confirmed as mother loses legal bid https://t.co/YnIriVusy9
• #China’s response to coronavirus exposes a dangerous obsession with secrecy https://t.co/NxApZ30kfc
• This is no ‘British culture war’, just a few rightwing loudmouths whingeing? https://t.co/GYER0UUrsP 
• Graffiti threats to Derry reporter who witnessed death of Lyra McKee https://t.co/nLdPJ96P8D 
• Welsh police solve 'moo-dunnit' using DNA test on cow https://t.co/RIGmmkiGEv
• Welfare surveillance system violates human rights, #Dutch court rules https://t.co/3gxoVeeOB3 
• TV licence could be abolished from 2027, says Nicky Morgan https://t.co/bb3o7Da7vo
• We won’t defeat terrorism by locking people up forever https://t.co/gwRYWfeUrv
• Sentencing: minister rejects European human rights convention warning https://t.co/djIaMZoK9
• Priti Patel influenced ultra-right dominatex Home Office may drop Theresa May's 28-day limit on police bail https://t.co/gsSMEWkfXt
• Autonomy software founder Mike Lynch submits himself for arrest https://t.co/xr0uEn6zCf 
• Pretty Little Thing: 'Overly sexualised' advert banned https://t.co/9DSHsVj23E
• Schools in Wales 'could miss real risk' of extremism https://t.co/QBO8t3jvhN
• Ex-PM David Cameron's bodyguard 'left gun in aeroplane toilet' https://t.co/Y4okuvZWQY 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/v1jbnplMxg
• Top criminal law firm leads merger rush | Legal Futures https://t.co/XEd66o4M9U
• Beckwith “not a future risk”, tribunal rules | Legal Futures https://t.co/EvHmYt3ffk
• Lawyers hit back at complaint publication plans | Legal Futures https://t.co/23k8Psxs9P
• Why your firm should invest in apprentices | Legal Futures https://t.co/WUAqdUHIMG
• Solicitor sanctioned for dealing with unregulated CMCs | Legal Futures https://t.co/HZyWC9or6Z
• Dozens arrested in 'courier fraud' crackdown https://t.co/0bqkiz5Lc6
• Tracy Brabin: MP tweets tongue-in-cheek retort to bare shoulder critics https://t.co/4eEpji2lKu 
• Ryanair rapped over low emissions claims https://t.co/1y1fHnylej
• 'My African name stopped me getting job opportunities' https://t.co/8vyVCezwhB
• BBC: TV licence decriminalisation consultation opens https://t.co/3piIUKaMvO
• 'Streatham attacker pushed and stabbed me in shop' https://t.co/UQyB5VgECK

5th February - Law News

2962nd 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:  For the first time, Nicola Gobbo's voice has been heard at the royal commission she triggered. But there was no sign of the lawyer-turned-police informer. Her image was hidden as she spoke from a secret location. On the first of four days of evidence, she admitted she'd mislead clients and revealed details about her sexual relationships with police.

Focus of the Day article: Written pupillage agreements will become compulsory from 1 May 2020, the Bar Standards Board (BSB) has said. A related change will make it compulsory for chambers and other training providers to bring their pupillage recruitment timetables into line with the pupillage gateway – from 1 November 2020. Full story - Legal Futures

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Democracy is for wimps! Tories come out against freedom of expression https://t.co/VKa7IPJ8E
• Caption mix-ups 'show lack of respect' for black MPs https://t.co/uinneMNJW8
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/K0oyFFArT2
• ‘Did we work through hangovers? Most definitely!’ The stars of This Life on their era-defining show https://t.co/GLOwkqnAcU 
• Harvey Weinstein trial: witness details complex relationship with ex-producer https://t.co/wLYGoYj98b
• Book reveals Trump effort to persuade Justice Kennedy to step aside for Kavanaugh https://t.co/HolEO9Q1Eg
• 'The government’s attempt to suppress BDS is an assault on fundamental freedoms' https://t.co/Jxeuo0z6rk
• Investment bank Citigroup has suspended a senior trader allegedly accused of stealing food from the staff canteen https://t.co/hZJBw0cQj9
• #Lesotho First Lady Maesaiah Thabane faces charge of murdering PM's first wife https://t.co/deliAEeKX0
• Harvey Weinstein's rape trial abruptly halted amid witness's panic attack https://t.co/PmZX12EyKJ
• Ex-Obama official exits #Israeli spyware firm amid press freedom row https://t.co/83KRKASvTQ
• Scottish independence surveys 'show Brexit has put union at risk' https://t.co/VnGyGSuXBX 
• Fears for #US-detained asylum seekers as hunger strike enters fourth month https://t.co/R9FETkdaQl
• UK may bypass human rights convention to rush through terror laws https://t.co/I8b3wCSWtt 
• #SouthKorean court tells local match organiser to compensate fans after Cristiano Ronaldo did not play in a Juventus friendly as advertised https://t.co/AI539DSzYB
• Streatham stabbing attack victim named as Monika Luftner https://t.co/4OjejqY9pQ
• Cathays murder: Three men guilty of chasing and killing teen https://t.co/A6l6hoTIvb 
• Coronavirus: UK tells all Britons to leave China 'if they can' https://t.co/PYdNYZmvif
• Ian Paterson: Surgeon wounded hundreds amid 'culture of denial' https://t.co/fTHssg5F5p 
• In pictures... Aberdeen Bar Association Burns Supper https://t.co/GB5HrcuaKI
• Cash for Kids receives £75,000 donation from Thorntons https://t.co/lkxI2Ra9Go
• Northern Ireland's Attorney General to serve as temporary High Court judge https://t.co/CuJWiSkiCB
• Gordon Jackson QC: What the rule of law means https://t.co/Jh5ME4BB9H 
• Police Scotland's use of biometric technology raised with UN in human rights report https://t.co/LgVkF1gA5C
• Emma Toner appointed editor of Session Cases https://t.co/HTPEe6g5FW
• Stephen Webster: What shape should commercial lease reform take? https://t.co/EFP7TuzSc6 
• House of Lords launches inquiry into Universal Credit https://t.co/EMn1MsoVSV
• New Law Society guidance aims to improve transparency in legal services https://t.co/FOVyIMRscA
• Roddy Dunlop QC named new Vice-Dean of Faculty https://t.co/WcjAtNWFUp
• Judicial appointment for Julius Komorowski https://t.co/ofLqTX51CN
• Prisoner’s petition for judicial review over ‘unlawful’ opening of mail dismissed as ‘incompetent’ https://t.co/7x6kQFktOL 
• Yalta: World War Two summit that reshaped the world https://t.co/imrQGD9LM
• #Iran sentences man to death for spying for the CIA https://t.co/UaZX9UWibs
• Seven on trial for fake #French minister Le Drian scam https://t.co/6sfJuMdvg
• 'No regrets' for #French teen targeted for criticising Islam https://t.co/Dp1UNzuOQR
• Hashem Abedi: Manchester Arena attack brother 'equally guilty' https://t.co/KfmMt7tNg2
• #Israeli intelligence scandal after an agent was sent to buy tahini from a Palestinian village in the West Bank https://t.co/4CaGeU1tcE
• Councils let firms track visits to webpages on benefits and disability https://t.co/IeUUazjGkO 
• Man who fought London Bridge attacker decries longer jail terms https://t.co/ZvcZVYzSQ8 
• Streatham attack shows Britain needs new ideas on deradicalisation https://t.co/8RKKtVzlsM 
• Cambridge sociologist’s visa fight ‘sends shockwaves’ through universities https://t.co/Lb8wiazZPB
• Families back call for inquests into deaths of Vietnamese migrants https://t.co/e8NJoNDRpH 
• Profits rocket at ABS where accountants supply clients | Legal Futures https://t.co/T8Zg3rErSS 
• DC lawyers bid to lead the way with ABSs | Legal Futures https://t.co/gMmH5eeHfW
• Pupils must have written agreements from May | Legal Futures https://t.co/ubi6AJDim3
• Mental health, wellbeing and agile working | Legal Futures https://t.co/kPj3kLgJ72
• 'I didn't know it was abuse until I nearly died' https://t.co/rqMFwTf4nH
• Jehovah's Witnesses sued over 'child sex abuse' by 20 former beleivers https://t.co/QdbVv7iOQv
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/9H0q8AH68X
• Wales tax rises considered to pay for growing care costs https://t.co/8QSInzKvMf
• Petrol and diesel car sales ban brought forward to 2035 https://t.co/Hdc0KQSkD1
• Hundreds of thousands of Iowans are barred from the Iowa caucus because of physical and legal barriers #US https://t.co/I0ZKwYAFYj
• 'Greta effect' spurring UK children's online activism, Ofcom says https://t.co/ZQsIPJnjKW
• Outspoken #Chechen blogger found murdered in Lille https://t.co/z6Nvneicdv

4th February - Law News

2961st 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:  Kashmiri Kalkharabs is a YouTube channel based in Indian-administered Kashmir. The satire channel touched on social, political and cultural issues and had a large following in the region. However, since the internet was blocked back in August, when the region was stripped of its semi-autonomous status and divided into two federally-administered territories, YouTubers like Kashmiri Kalkharabs have been effectively silenced.

Focus of the Day article: We need to get to potential terrorists before radicalisation, not afterwards.
Once an individual has fallen for extremist propaganda, it’s hard to change their mind. Better to spot the early signs. Full story - Guardian Law

Saturday Conversations on Law

• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/83ycCYohxE
• No terrorism offenders to be released without review, says minister https://t.co/SHd5g20aah
• Second monarch butterfly sanctuary worker found dead in #Mexico https://t.co/E1D5rn6YFQ
• #Danish police seize Hyde Park mansion from Sanjay Shah https://t.co/oY5eLRiLRN
• Political journalists boycott No 10 briefing after reporter ban https://t.co/4125KHns4V
• We need to get to potential terrorists before radicalisation, not afterwards https://t.co/SQGWJ46V3k
• The Guardian view on terrorists who reoffend: the response must not be rushed | Editorial https://t.co/jCQvkmAbLY 
• After taking out one loan after another, then adding credit card debt, Darren had borrowed £32,000 he could not pay back https://t.co/z35phJ2gQt
• Another fatal college shooting, this one at Texas A&M--Commerce. A terrible outcome. https://t.co/T73K5jhKqZ 
• Soho street evacuated after unexploded World War II bomb discovered https://t.co/svzM8hX4b
• How wary lawyers are embracing new tech | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/Q16YyBICsV 
• Lawyer in the news: Jim Varley, Devonshires | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/qTBQLZlp1W 
• My legal life: Dianne Collins, Nelsons | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/6fD8j2GDXo 
• An insider’s account of the ‘Brenda agenda’ | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/bNFzp78xQH 
• Land Registry to make announcement on fees | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/mUTZMirijc 
• Probate sub-registries close their doors across England and Wales | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/MJUwLikXf
• Become more like management consultants, City partner advises colleagues | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/SRxHajzipH
• Make injury victims take staggered payments, former justice minister suggests | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/MazoWAFspA
• Solicitor who refused penniless asylum seeker legal aid struck off | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/7hfCdtjNmq
• Non-lawyer takes the reins at Bar Standards Board | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/Ok6pxiis6N
• PI giant’s share price plunges amid grim financial outlook | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/lV9760eKno
• High Court orders HMCTS to fund lay advocates | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/PQ8ATqASv
• Emily Maitlis stalker breached restraining order for 12th time https://t.co/rVZH7JOppv
• Travelex: Bank currency services still offline after hack https://t.co/CAzNKDR90Y 
• Crossbow murder trial: Witness denies sex with accused https://t.co/IUPUk0VVmW
• BBC licence fee to rise by £3 per year from April https://t.co/hYJLUCplkM
• Jessica Breeze cleared of father's murder after 'years of violence' https://t.co/rH8hh9s0KP
• Scots law student Iain Mathieson to work on death row project in Arizona https://t.co/l3HJ7DmFAS
• England: Third of courthouses closed and sold for up to £250m https://t.co/TrA7X0mM56
• Sikhs threaten legal action in Scotland over census classification https://t.co/bfXV4aoe3b
• Serious fire at Law Society HQ in London https://t.co/ujsPcqlcVM
• Diversion from prosecution cases up seven per cent https://t.co/3jb6rHaCIG
• St James Centre developer drops legal action against £45m Edinburgh concert hall https://t.co/Nr42txa7nq
• Parliamentary group proposes radical changes to IHT regime https://t.co/imVJyzOD2S 
• Scots lawyer who acted in mortgage fraud case struck off over failure to act in client’s best interests https://t.co/TZVDyUf
• Jemma Richardson joins Anderson Strathern https://t.co/ry3DphW3py
• Plans to devolve tribunals delayed for at least two years https://t.co/QnpfslUMLX
• Two West Ham fans arrested for alleged homophobic gestures https://t.co/y47r7Bjuar
• Nearly one million miss tax return deadline https://t.co/arV0SWcUfJ
• Ellie Gould: Murdered girl's friends call for self-defence lessons https://t.co/zpsBkEUDDA 
• Who was the Streatham attacker and why was he imprisoned? https://t.co/NdKyDEevle
• London attack: PM says terrorism sentence changes may be applied retrospectively https://t.co/MXg2d45Vxi
• Southeastern: 'My three weeks of hell working on the railway' https://t.co/qjOi4UQhSL 
• Coronavirus: #China accuses US of causing panic and 'spreading fear' https://t.co/iyejZq0hkJ 
• Graves reclaimed in Merthyr Tydfil as Welsh burial space reaches 'crisis' https://t.co/6uIDK8yNB3
• Streatham attack: Police search homes as attacker Sudesh Amman named https://t.co/lDN9C5L5UA
• Major fire hits Law Society’s historic headquarters | Legal Futures https://t.co/PYLJX4lbdk 
• Three deals in three months – Knights strikes again | Legal Futures https://t.co/qxKzTSLlwE 
• Lawyers could be forced to sign up to comparison websites | Legal Futures https://t.co/CBobkYu5tt
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/RMaQO2GhEN
• Michael Barrymore pool death: Police made 'crime scene mistakes' https://t.co/NPEfJB7YOW 
• What we Palestinians think does not matter – all that matters is #Israel https://t.co/617jdfxYs8 
• Press freedom is at risk if we allow Julian Assange's extradition https://t.co/hRYxA9OIgk
• Fury in #China as footage appears to show officials taking doctors' face masks https://t.co/43xoCmv2ui
• Rates of insolvency among women over 65 rapidly increasing https://t.co/OTPjVlEzg7
• Ofgem sets out nine-point plan to prioritise climate crisis https://t.co/11LXpgg9nV

3rd February - Law News

2960th 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:  Protesters carrying Israeli and Palestinian flags marched through Tel Aviv on Saturday, protesting against recently unveiled 'Deal of the Century,' presented by US President Donald Trump, who claimed it would facilitate a peaceful resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. People marched through the streets, holding a portrait of Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hugging, with banner, reading: "Don't make apartheid great again.".

Focus of the Day article: Progress on judicial diversity has been slow, according to a JUSTICE working party report published this month. The report, ‘Increasing judicial diversity: an update’, builds on its 2017 report of the same name, which explored the structural barriers faced by women, Black and minority ethnic lawyers, solicitors and those from less advantaged socio-economic backgrounds, in reaching the bench. Full story - New Law Journal

Saturday Conversations on Law

• #Italian police have handed out 162 fines in less than three hours to people ignoring a driving ban in Milan https://t.co/7pWVJGcaWV
• Streatham attacker named as Sudesh Amman, 20, released a week earlier from terror related offence sentence https://t.co/Rmwoy1efNn 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/zCppGxRvac
• Cardiff stabbings: Section 60 stop and search powers extended https://t.co/q3IE2NEq7L
• Aspiring rapper convicted of having his mother murdered https://t.co/9UoUmNiKf
• Streatham: Man shot dead by police after stabbings in London https://t.co/ONgRiH5awd 
• SRA waited three years to stop disbarred bomb hoax barrister from working for solicitors https://t.co/I1htKfMoPT
• Junior barrister offers her top 15 tips to pupillage interview success https://t.co/uQBNU3PLdx 
• Supreme Scots! Hodge named president Reed’s right-hand man https://t.co/vnQFBHlOOO
• From vac schemer to global law firm partner advising on big-ticket M&A deals https://t.co/gzClzmn2n
• Outcry over LPC 30 years ago similar to SQE anxiety today, says BARBRI chief https://t.co/dEvYzHwX3
• Don’t risk ‘dying a martyr’ for your home town accent, warns barrister who rose from poverty https://t.co/0t2ttNpTQm
• Give all law students unconscious bias training, top judge suggests https://t.co/ifZtkveRO6
• ‘Should I negotiate my training contract salary?’ https://t.co/TW2AcfVEy
• Inside the new alternative law school backed by some of the profession’s biggest names https://t.co/bwvJD8KPA
• Junior lawyer on salary of £78,000 reveals parents still pay most of her bills https://t.co/CaksNoo0MU
• Rebuke for drink driving solicitor who assaulted emergency worker https://t.co/14ALp5Sy8G 
• Allen & Overy ramps up graduate recruitment in Belfast hub https://t.co/I0juEzBHqV
• How Manchester Law School is helping to bring about a new industrial revolution in legal services https://t.co/NEdA2wkXE
• The importance of research skills in the brave new world of legal tech https://t.co/9wW4NdcBQy
• 14 law firms named in LGBT top 100 employer list https://t.co/Wa69ZslYss 
• TV barrister disbarred for failing to pay school fees https://t.co/axkbvn9rZP
• Lost luggage judge Peter Smith is back at the bar https://t.co/7kiml1R3ve 
• Watch out for ‘deepfake’ evidence forgery, family lawyer warns https://t.co/IBk6aYnzrw 
• Bar diversity latest: white, male and privately educated https://t.co/UUwjFSN0TB
• Fox baseball bat QC breaks silence https://t.co/sALTsHIRKy
• Lawyer event: How to follow your dreams outside law while still working as a lawyer — with A&O Peerpoint https://t.co/FZylWOXirn
• Beauty Laid Bare: The 'gritty' truth about your cosmetics https://t.co/45WxJ3f9lX
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/GXnKPgo6rL
• Struggling Stoke-on-Trent families 'eat donated baby food' https://t.co/aHiHZzHeW
• Peanut allergy drug approved by the #US FDA https://t.co/owOrUWxPlW
• Coronavirus: Government launches public health campaign https://t.co/DELUIseqHd
• Trump impeachment: Republican Senate 'coverup' prompts backlash #US https://t.co/IPb2JYs0BB
• Police called in after poster put up by fascist brexiters tells residents of flats to speak English https://t.co/YCTG84AKUK
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/FRWC0vfcLb

2nd February - Law News

2959th 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 US has rolled-back restrictions on the use of landmines, which have been banned by more than 100 countries. Arms control proponents have been quick to criticise the move, which will allow the use of anti-personnel landmines in "exceptional circumstances.

Saturday Conversations on Law

• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/FRWC0vfcLb
• Coronavirus ‘is being weaponised as a way to be openly racist’ https://t.co/SStcz1lNKO
• 'It's a war zone': why is a generation of rappers dying young? https://t.co/Xl8RSo0IUk 
• Mitch McConnell, transgender action and reaction, and authenticity in Dickens https://t.co/KfOl9mlWor
• Hiding in plain sight: activists don camouflage to beat Met surveillance https://t.co/bAMr1Qqk5i
• ‘Outlier’ victim profiles raise questions over the impact of coronavirus https://t.co/5mi55k2dTr
• Facebook commitment to free speech will 'piss people off', Zuckerberg says https://t.co/63tbngieEI 
• ‘I’ll destroy your family’: #India’s activists tell of false arrest and torture in custody https://t.co/gs5eBqOKxw
• Airbus to pay record £3bn in fines for 'endemic' corruption https://t.co/WBkMqffQn1
• Brexit: What changes for EU and UK citizens living abroad? https://t.co/FHJc8hcFVH
• Man at Leamington student club night dies after taking drug https://t.co/5pi7jYjU61
• Tamara Ecclestone burglary: Mother and son charged https://t.co/Y5nEIS5rCi
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/HSZViHt8Co
• Harvey Weinstein trial: Accuser says 'No' was a trigger for him https://t.co/yGsGCcsZ6g
• Canning Town freezer bodies: Murder charges over Henriett Szucs and Mihrican Mustafa deaths https://t.co/u21DFOGHFH
• Family's relief after £20,000 gravy tub savings rescued from dump https://t.co/SdlhFbqh2U 
• 'Obscene' 18-month delay for DWP complaints https://t.co/2vz2HswCN7
• Kobe Bryant helicopter firm was not allowed to fly in fog #US https://t.co/PfIQcQUP1C
• Coronavirus: Search for close contacts of first UK cases https://t.co/476ZsE5jtt
• Eating disorder used to sell diets on Instagram https://t.co/KepaMzDfg1
• Trump impeachment: Failed witnesses vote paves way for acquittal #US https://t.co/HRA72fCKEJ
• Neighbour disputes:a fence is blocking the light to our home — what can we do? https://t.co/10eAsH75Ah 
• Prominent Bath solicitor and charity trustee cleared of overcharging allegation https://t.co/ccVMS7geYK
• Kurdish-led authorities in northeast #Syria plan local tribunal for IS fighters https://t.co/ourHnGnn58
• House bill to end transgender right in Iowa law is dead #US https://t.co/QLoG0xntsv 
• Former CJ faults executive, parliament for denying judiciary funds #Kenya https://t.co/GmA0ABYeap
• Crowe is state's first woman to chair Senate Judiciary Committee #US https://t.co/0OI4TKxXBX

1st February - Law News

2958th 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:  "If you see last 7-8 years, how many new entrepreneurs can you think of? Apart from Ram Dev and FlipKart? There are no new entrepreneurs across all fields - not just IT, there is a serious crisis in private capital", sats Harish Damodaran, Rural Affairs and Agriculture Editor, Indian Express.

Saturday Conversations on Law

• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/GZQ78F2337
• MEPs vote for universal charging cable for mobiles https://t.co/EYWMGwg214
• HMCTS shuts heavily criticised divorce centres | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/vne4IFLGad
• Judge unhappy with late surveillance evidence - but allows it anyway | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/xnQmvVh5Od 
• Oxford professors suffered loss from law firm’s negligence | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/vWeOeCA3dm
• Unrepresented homeless litigant granted leniency | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/ykcbXIGjXG
• QC queries 'do-gooder' diversity approach as bar's privilege laid bare | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/IX1xpNqxNJ
• Airbus to pay record £3bn in fines for 'endemic' corruption https://t.co/WBkMqffQn1
• WhatsApp to stop working on millions of phones https://t.co/ntKs2fg6RO
• The sale of British Steel to Chinese firm Jingye could be scuppered by French intervention https://t.co/RVhrC5sRrB
• Michael Upton: A Valediction – forbidding mourning thoughts on leaving the European Union https://t.co/3FOuNa6pok
• Changes needed to drive infrastructure's technology revolution https://t.co/5Hdl1wggH6
• A round-up of human rights stories from around the world https://t.co/twArycdx82
• Aneta Hologa joins Munro & Noble https://t.co/EbiaZGca8
• Stirling solicitor confirmed as Law Society of Scotland president 2021-22 https://t.co/ODW6sISon
• Government must tackle human rights concerns in Scotland’s prisons https://t.co/RIiOzKeFYp 
• Teenage boys who murdered pensioner sentenced to life imprisonment https://t.co/hhTOyFZsrh 
• Right-wing extremist fails in appeal against two-year sentence for downloading terrorist manuals https://t.co/LOgfHcwwd4
• Drawbacks in civil partnerships bill may be blessing, says Faculty https://t.co/ME7Qo9KS7Q 
• Success fee payments agreed by Scots law firm with client and advocate ‘illegal and unenforceable’ https://t.co/AR3RzoQ9do
• Worker dies in #Russian sport stadium roof collapse https://t.co/DDDOEaeQyE
• Doctors acquitted in #Belgium’s first criminal euthanasia case https://t.co/hHa9GUU6Cr
• #India police kill hostage-taker Subhash Batham, wife beaten to death https://t.co/Zmbr9UJrYX
• Church of England sticking by LGBTQIA+ sex guidance https://t.co/fkpzsXmInu
• Europeans look to uncertain future as UK leaves EU https://t.co/XyXnzpXLV
• Coronavirus: Worldwide cases surpass Sars outbreak in 2003 https://t.co/tcvCzchBNM
• Two people from the same family have tested positive for coronavirus in the UK https://t.co/8t3PXbSPgt
• Four legal tech companies chosen for accelerator | Legal Futures https://t.co/DVdc4Eahuc
• “Surprisingly incompetent” solicitor fined over instructions failure | Legal Futures https://t.co/Q8KO9XIaz
• Obscene tweets barrister “could have reached the top” | Legal Futures https://t.co/pchNclVvos
• HMCTS told to fund lay advocates to lift solicitors’ burden | Legal Futures https://t.co/abYpdR1UlJ
• Experience: I saved a woman who jumped in front of a train https://t.co/HOO2FmHRnX
• 'Intelligent drones': albatross fitted with radar detectors to spot illegal fishing https://t.co/qyTBo6J22u
• Republicans in the senate races toward Trump acquittal as hopes for new witnesses fade #US https://t.co/1N7kQ2xM0P
• Trump will insist NHS pays more for drugs in trade deal, says ambassador https://t.co/6GGFXFk7V8
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/iNgSjmITMp
• Pro-government fascist gunman fires at anti-CAA protest rally in Delhi #India https://t.co/CnAWK1I5q
• Gandhi's death anniversary galvanises #India's anti-CAA protesters https://t.co/UkHGBjcGEF 
• Sharp rise in football racism as incidents go up by more than 50% in one year https://t.co/KxRB66oBpx
• #Nicaragua: Six indigenous people reportedly killed in attack https://t.co/1QoKaG5Vcp
• Two men been arrested over the £50m jewellery raid on heiress Tamara Ecclestone's London home https://t.co/5KZgIFcB4I
• Controversial commentator Katie Hopkins has had her Twitter account suspended for violating its anti-hate policy https://t.co/Hh0lW4wk44