10th September - Law News

989th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap

FOCUS OF THE DAY: Allegations that a bullying lord chancellor Chris Grayling acted improperly in his dealings with the Law Society over criminal legal aid reforms were rebutted by his barrister today. In the second day of a case brought by the Criminal Law Solicitors’ Association and the London Criminal Courts Solicitors’ Association - and part-funded the Law Society - James Eadie QC said there was ‘no impropriety’ in the way Chris Grayling had acted. Full story - The Law Society Gazette

 

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• US: CIA used 'extreme' torture methods on terror suspects: report http://t.co/Weo7hueWzJ 
• UN: Responsibility to protect becoming increasingly urgent http://t.co/ujmoJmLovd 
• UKRAINE: Evidence of war crimes on both sides of conflict: Amnesty http://t.co/oz1OPNxqSf
• 70% of family courts not meeting 26-week target for care cases http://t.co/HOhJLbrMnB
• ISRAEL: Women Gets Divorce After Waiting 14-Years While Haredi-Controlled Rabbinical Courts Delayed http://t.co/lZV0UBdoiU 
• US: Ferguson Sets Broad Change for City Courts http://t.co/RBOTJy8c6r 
• BANGLADESH: Government Proposes Tighter Controls of Courts, Media http://t.co/y851Eze0l7 
• US: Houghton Alumnus, Brian Haynes '80, Named Lawyer of the Year http://t.co/HcSr3K3joo 
• CANADA: Lawyer Unsuccessful in Discrimination Claim - Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP v British Columbia http://t.co/GAgng3S7sI 
• Wall Street Lawyer Serves New York Burgers to Hungry Londoners http://t.co/qSnHSpzbNf 
• Trial of Chinese Human Rights Campaigner Yang Maodong Is to Begin http://t.co/WEGg4LllqH 
• US Lawyer: DNA Evidence Links Inmate to 1976 Killing http://t.co/XVrYax8Aco 
• NEW ZEALAND: Shock at death of prominent lawyer Louise Elder major operation http://t.co/MdMiqavGPg 
• AUSTRALIA: Tasmanian Health Minister Michael Ferguson Backs Cannabis Trials http://t.co/w6yGaLzI0F 
• US: Adam Carolla Settles Lawsuit Over Popular Podcast Business in Midst of Trial http://t.co/FXMUSCNaEr 
• Shrien Dewani trial date set for 6 October in SOUTH AFRICA http://t.co/HtfqhDBTI5 
• Updates: Woman says Dave Lee Travis 'squeezed her breasts' while she worked on the Mrs Merton Show http://t.co/kXHRNjQkl2 
• NIGERIA: Goodluck Jonathan's controversial hashtag to politicise #BringBackOurGirls hashtag http://t.co/B5Bz63TQIL 
• Ebola outbreak 'threatens LIBERIA's national existence' http://t.co/OpBzvoZ3iK 
• US: Hope Elephants co-founder James Laurita killed by elephant http://t.co/Y6dhwI8996 
• Wanted: 100 heads for England's most challenging schools http://t.co/XW2qnefFOE 
• Smart meters will save only 2% on energy bills, say MPs http://t.co/TTEJgxlv8V 
• Patients 'wake up' during surgery despite anaesthesia http://t.co/H7mAYO0H8a 
• AUSTRALIA: Two men arrested after raid on Queensland Islamic centre http://t.co/XAy0SCtsvq 
• US: HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE TO EXAMINE DOJ’S STONEWALLING OF INSPECTOR GENERAL INVESTIGATION http://t.co/hgFRlcjFMU 
• EGYPT: Independence of the Judiciary Front: Politicized, Military Trials of Civilians Null and Void http://t.co/FP4bdNwIbX 
• US: Judiciary Chairman Leahy Announces Sept. 17 Hg. On Protecting An Open Internet http://t.co/HwnGQ1ZK8T 
• Benghazi, Judiciary Chairmen File Bill to Block Libyan Pilot Training in US Roll Call http://t.co/lYbtz4cS9S 
• BANGLADESH: Dr Kamal leads ‘all-party’ lawyers committee to ‘protect judiciary’ http://t.co/zcs2Y4vmkR 
• NIGERIA: Independence of the judiciary: Hope rises as debate goes on http://t.co/5RTkc4TnQB 
• £45,000 payout to Lanarkshire betting shop staff sacked for serving a child http://t.co/fQzkvJhBKn 
• KENYA: Former FKF Vice Chairman Sammy Sholei pegs hope on Sports Dispute Tribunal http://t.co/bUvUJFgmEu 
• CANADA: City of Montreal won't pay, racial profiling case heads to human rights tribunal http://t.co/JyHW3haUAf
• US: Long Beach crowd greets Khmer Rouge tribunal prosecutor http://t.co/zgwMf5hzkX 
• INDIA: Tamil Nadu challenges National Green Tribunal's stay, files petition in Supreme Court http://t.co/90BthiloAV 
• CANADA: Ottawa-area company discriminated against a foreign-born job applicant by telling him it only hires white men http://t.co/KtOpbEZ2oK 
• PHILIPPINES: Poll tribunal dismisses Aga Muhlach election protest http://t.co/6q7RMWWHps
• AUSTRALIA: Tribunal backs government insurer's decision to stop paying for public servant's physiotherapy http://t.co/IuTvTTdqUE 
• Securities Appellate Tribunal stays Sebi penalty on Satyam's B Ramalinga Raju, 4 others; upholds ban http://t.co/GsUV6vkka6 
• 50 workers who allegedly fell prey to racial discrimination poised to take their employer Carillion to court http://t.co/RuargBiHOT
• Black police officer takes GMP to a second employment tribunal alleging racism http://t.co/oEM2H8y6pV
• Labour plans to scrap 'unfair' employment tribunal system http://t.co/GKSOKYY3L8 
• Learning vs earning: determination to push school-leavers into further education has been exposed as a flawed policy http://t.co/YUuNeCUa37 
• Why do we assume that all working-class people crave social mobility? http://t.co/Dihk5CwsCD 
• Not all domestic violence is caught on camera http://t.co/Ixr59Q35Oj
• The literary map of London is just beautiful http://t.co/bnEd20nLgF 
• Can you imagine being separated from your siblings as a child, and put into a foster home? http://t.co/HlsqR5H8o9 
• Rotherham child abuse scandal: Police boss admits he had no idea what was going on http://t.co/bwleIranRr 
• Vicar accused of running sham marriage 'conveyor belt' http://t.co/6sN8X2Umet 
• Prisoners get better libraries than public, says Tory http://t.co/zPSAWcZtro
• Lord's daughter 'waged 15 month campaign against father of her three-year-old son' http://t.co/JQPDOSpkUf
• Scottish independence: The Queen is urged to intervene http://t.co/Sx11PytIKc
• Embattled PCC Shaun Wright serves on Home Office child abuse task force http://t.co/mGTTk3Gw2n 
• Mayson: Legal Services Act heading for “knacker’s yard” | Legal Futures http://t.co/yixMlhtSWV 
• Quindell claims libel “victory” | Legal Futures http://t.co/S6lOOmXfLi 
• Legal aid in England and Wales: what is changing? http://t.co/mhCqBTNuPq 
• Duane Morris partner elected to ACG board | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/vS8FEsbvrH 
• Is government intervention needed for mediation? | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/cf0LO0N45o 
• Top female firm closes in US | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/wmJQfMLRc2
• US legal sector reaches five year peak | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/tiKwvQuLc3 
• Nishimura starts associate office with Rosetini in Indonesia | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/te0bO77hZP 
• Nishimura starts associate office with Rosetini in Indonesia | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/gtsMRzqqin 
• DWF lets fee-earners buy cabins to enable home working | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/A6W0aVyzRv 
• Bingham McCutcheon and Morgan Lewis in merger talks | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/89HvrfeVPy 
• Cameron and Miliband to skip PMQs and head to Scotland http://t.co/UeZwPYqDOs 
• Bank of England governor Mark Carney warns Scotland over pound http://t.co/HEc7ktq9DM 
• Dave Lee Travis trial: TV researcher 'groped', court hears http://t.co/dJM2TIYrzT 
• Vaz seeks law to sack South Yorkshire PCC Shaun Wright http://t.co/qb1lui8U2O
• Scottish independence: UK party leaders in 'No' vote trip to Scotland http://t.co/E8eMD2TFjd
• 'Five Eyes' surveillance pact should be published, Strasbourg court told http://t.co/70e1JlOcqI 
• US: Federal appeals court hears argument that gay marriage harms children http://t.co/wD73HY99KW 
• Solicitor admits stealing £1m from client's estate http://t.co/POEx2bErT8 
• Woman wins permission to look at late father's adoption files http://t.co/lmTFn02XMG 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Fieldfisher senior partner becomes sole lawyer appointed to new press watchdog | The Lawyer http://t.co/y8dTnUpurS 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Jones Day continues hiring spree with Paul Hastings securitisation partner Hamilton | The Lawyer http://t.co/BqP5RHHL3p 
• Reforms challenge opens with attack on Grayling | Law Gazette http://t.co/ANzRfWJLAB 
• Regulator stands firm on £500,000 PII cover plan | Law Gazette http://t.co/OpJxEF6mI5 
• Quindell claims libel victory against US analyst | Law Gazette http://t.co/NXKua9pCVH 
• Labour promises tribunal fee reform | Law Gazette http://t.co/oOTGwL1nqb 
• Jailed solicitor ordered to be struck off | Law Gazette http://t.co/sgWWx6Ze4k
• Former partners fined for ‘orderly wind-down’ failings | Law Gazette http://t.co/SltQYbaJyh 
• Grayling did not act improperly over reforms, court told | Law Gazette http://t.co/9CvXtWTHL4 
• Greenhouse gas levels rising at fastest rate since 1984 http://t.co/g2MWN3bRum

9th September - Law News

988th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap

FOCUS OF THE DAY: Goldman case judgment highlights continuing costs issues. Nice try. That’s my reaction to White & Case seeking to get its costs assessed at £1m followed the uncontested judgment in a claim where the firm represented Goldman Sachs. Full story - The Lawyer

 

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• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHC3kLR
• GAMBIA passes bill imposing life sentences for some homosexual acts http://t.co/82J9X4oQN5 
• 'Five Eyes' surveillance pact should be published, Strasbourg court told http://t.co/70e1JlOcqI 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: US litigation boutique BuckleySandler launches in London | The Lawyer http://t.co/RtoDJY5moU 
• Northrop Grumman appoints BAE's Wiltshire as new European legal chief | The Lawyer http://t.co/gMgbYOw2uq 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Irwin Mitchell and HowardKennedyFsi replaced on Saudi Prince Supreme Court fight | The Lawyer http://t.co/MfBhsjpiJS 
• Mayson: Legal Services Act heading for “knacker’s yard” | Legal Futures http://t.co/aJcB9S1GsQ 
• SRA stands firm on indemnity cover cut | Legal Futures http://t.co/yPEtLs2Qqj
• E-cigs refills 'threat to children' http://t.co/kz2WJdpya6
• Badger culling resumes for second year http://t.co/AryBGqEUia 
• Peter Robinson says Stormont 'no longer fit for purpose' http://t.co/DBTl8NFMXe 
• Ministers to review enforcement of TV licence payment http://t.co/W0moUk6vqt 
• US: Justin Bieber's Toronto assault charges dropped http://t.co/9N34eEcdQ8 
• Chief medical officer: Make mental health bigger priority http://t.co/CLmWHnJUWp 
• Scottish independence: Pro-Union parties back Scotland powers timetable http://t.co/6IdVkhgs66 
• SRA takes robust stance on anti-money laundering compliance | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/rC38isehSc 
• SRA to decide on ‘appropriate action’ amid concerns over ‘Harry Potter’ solicitor | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/WlAXriuLbw 
• Regional UK law firms growing faster than City counterparts | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/vWyBDyIZEz 
• 'Undetectable' Peter Pan computer virus threatens UK businesses http://t.co/q9PlkzZc28 
• IRAQ: 17 year old Yazidi girl tells of horrific ordeal as #Isil sex slave http://t.co/4c3hkQkkgj 
• Judge condemns Crown Prosecution Service for pursuing sex case http://t.co/lRh4tsix4D 
• IRA comfort letters furore could risk peace settlement, warns Tony Blair's former chief of staff http://t.co/kY0tjfTihk
• Luton Airport evacuated over alert on hair straighteners http://t.co/RF0ILzY6To 
• Cops and Robbers, Channel 4, review: 'inside a life of crime' http://t.co/uXSr8iYSeM 
• Ashya King no longer a ward of court http://t.co/nIar1psPgT 
• Should war reporters such as James Foley have more protection? http://t.co/WlFVKdHwVe 
• Chair of the public accounts committee, Hodge accuses government of 'shocking complacency' over G4S and Serco http://t.co/dfmXwCR1ZI 
• Ireland's tender process needs transparency | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/M3zazImyND 
• A Gleeful ruling for the little man | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/P7YgbdGaoz 
• International fiduciary standards - where next? | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/bqFAbBJhw9 
• Mobile working presents challenges | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/3sTc3xQMNQ 
• Canadian legal aid lawyer jailed after dispute with judge | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/EGWTIdObNI 
• Slater & Gordon begins next UK expansion phase | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/9ker8QRdZb 
• Former New York mayor urges energy law changes | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/gkX6nuj4MG 
• Fraud charges reinstated against Cahill Gordon over asbestos case | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/9aafmkX1Ze 
• UK firms to face money laundering probes by special visits | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/fyJF9irWB0 
• Ebola crisis: LIBERIA 'faces huge surge' says WHO http://t.co/P1f7AZvxHN
• Scottish independence: Formner Prime Minister Gordon Brown sets out more powers timetable http://t.co/JPYa0wpw4f 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: White & Case adds former A&O US group head to Frankfurt office | The Lawyer http://t.co/v1iKQJc8UJ 
• European IP group Murgitroyd's profit drops by 11 per cent as US client base grows | The Lawyer http://t.co/r2rTaVPvLo 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Slater & Gordon acquires Flint Bishop PI team in East Midlands push | The Lawyer http://t.co/WgtYpaCaSm 
• Minster’s legal director Underwood joins Capita-owned rival Optima Legal | The Lawyer http://t.co/RWZmbBTcYU 
• Cripps appoints Christina Blacklaws as client services director | The Lawyer http://t.co/qGecY1Ph83 
• SRA puts money laundering in spotlight | Law Gazette http://t.co/XTaeNFBtIf 
• Sibling bullying increases depression risk http://t.co/j3xrR6iKFT 
• Personal data stores found leaking online http://t.co/VypJiPKhIr 
• Couple's shock at stowaway who 'clung on for 100 miles' http://t.co/cH4LAT8xw0 
• Dumfries Tesco car park rape investigated http://t.co/efAjjeYAel
• Historical Institutional Abuse Inquiry: Woman asks for apology for child migrants http://t.co/uW49JzjamD 
• Google plans debates on 'right to be forgotten' http://t.co/mdGiasGKES 
• #CSAInquiry: Open letter to Fiona Woolf on bias http://t.co/xHM4qKyBCB 
• Malaysia Airlines MH370: The persistence of conspiracy theories http://t.co/abgdcASNt8 
• Two guilty over dating site Match.com scam http://t.co/DPXenZycEb 
• Malvern schoolboy on run after teacher and pupil attack http://t.co/DUYpPDhdc6 
• Luton Airport evacuated as 'suspect package' found http://t.co/Z9pkCvrETI 
• Dave Lee Travis trial: Woman 'desperate' to escape, jury hears http://t.co/swBj8o8fqE
• Rotherham child abuse: Martin Kimber, council chief exec, has finally decided to step down http://t.co/1swes8q0Jz 
• Scottish independence: Pound falls after referendum poll http://t.co/lCUVgqKVNH

8th September - Law News

987th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap

FOCUS OF THE DAY: The significance of Magna Carta cannot be understood from a literal reading of a document originally written in Latin in a very different world, according to Sir Geoffrey Bindman QC. Instead, its significance lies in the acceptance of its principles in the intervening centuries. Full story - New Law Journal

 

@TheLawMap Twitter interactions

• DENMARK introduces rehab for Syrian fighters http://t.co/PeHQvpbafr 
• Safety concerns over Boeing 787: some workers have quality concerns, alleging drug use and fearing to fly the plane http://t.co/s1KdslbfSi 
• AU troops accused of raping women in SOMALIA http://t.co/F52nstwFsC 
• In BRAZIL's wetlands, jaguars face a new threat: drug traffickers http://t.co/Kf3DGGn6jr 
• On savagery and war http://t.co/tCgsX7gm5O 
• Justice eludes INDIA's rape victims http://t.co/lGHODpIp1I 
• Pope accepts resignation of head of scandal-plagued Irish church http://t.co/bLjgpToDOg 
• Football to trial TV referral system http://t.co/DV1IqSuKLi 
• Pope Francis plans to rein in trade in VATICAN scrolls http://t.co/TJcQvjmKFc 
• British markets spooked by poll showing Scots may vote to break up UK http://t.co/y837bgvKYu 
• Chris Grayling used 'bluff and bully' tactics to push legal aid cuts, court told http://t.co/8XKiTibLG9 
• We need your support in our fight for access to justice | Law Gazette http://t.co/Z7L9ddxYAq 
• ‘We grew too quickly,’ new Co-op boss admits | Law Gazette http://t.co/QfFyqPiLBN
• Forthcoming Title: Private International Law in the English Court http://t.co/VmZ8LNBcJ1 
• ISRAEL must obey Alternative Burial Law, without discrimination http://t.co/PCrjyYI5ww 
• CHINA Forging International Law: The SCO Experience http://t.co/L7BCleHXpe
• Obituary: David B. Filvaroff, UB Law School dean, helped craft landmark Civil Rights Act http://t.co/571FAV9R5G
• US Border Patrol: Leave Law Enforcement to the Pros http://t.co/JmrfyOfcdr 
• Cloud and mobility are reshaping the workplace: How Big Companies and Their Tech Suppliers Are Changing Together http://t.co/qxSRzXzfwc 
• Palestinian Refugees Reshape Their Camp, at the Risk of Feeling at Home http://t.co/MhyEJ5ArHV 
• US: Voter ID on Trial in Texas http://t.co/PYzsOaVEai 
• Police in SPAIN Arm Themselves With Social Media to Fight Crime http://t.co/ZdJJAKSl4Y 
• US: Legal Use of Marijuana Clashes With Job Rules http://t.co/3scV9bokn4 
• US: Views on Race Again Prompt an N.B.A. Sale http://t.co/jQPnp2opC0 
• US: As Two Men Go Free, a Dogged Ex-Prosecutor Digs In http://t.co/SQTFDbpL2u
• The Australian federal court ruled that isolated human genetic material can be patented. US supreme court disagrees http://t.co/Y2Hcg1N2qF 
• James Ashby v Peter Slipper: the shameless game was always about politics http://t.co/53PiUMdNgr 
• MPs: UK companies should be held to account for exploitation abroad http://t.co/r4MGSYoPBN 
• EU moves to crack down on banks dodging bonus cap http://t.co/ygHWvAkU0O 
• In-house interview: Jim Trainor, head of legal at VW UK | The Lawyer http://t.co/UI17Bt3phD 
• Scotland’s firms hold their nerve | The Lawyer http://t.co/sWlvfvAMei
• Angola and Mozambique: Dual fuel pipeline | The Lawyer http://t.co/LL713EyIWv 
• Scottish independence: Nervous System | The Lawyer http://t.co/iQ8AM2dhsz 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Garrigues turns to Peruvian firm Rubio Leguía Normand for Lima office | The Lawyer http://t.co/QZFKmNz2wd 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Pinsents appoints McMillan as construction group head as MP elections loom | The Lawyer http://t.co/S1OfyhSJdv 
• DWF to sell portable office space for £6,500 to remote workers | The Lawyer http://t.co/K4urzwGcxo 
• Top Scottish firms boom with £438.2m combined turnover | The Lawyer http://t.co/cr2jrqLBJZ 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Linklaters first UK organisation to win EY diversity award | The Lawyer http://t.co/PL1PppyAAS
• New press self-regulation body 'not a fake', says Ipso chairman http://t.co/1TxoswUaop 
• Police force numbers should be cut, superintendents' leader says http://t.co/QwVwGFF3Ml 
• Trade union leader warned of creating a "Downton Abbey-style" society in which social mobility "has hit reverse" http://t.co/A3RYdOuJgb 
• Alice Gross inquiry: Second murder arrest in missing girl hunt http://t.co/hch1IPYqIC 
• Scottish independence: Darling denies No campaign 'panic' http://t.co/lCUVgqKVNH 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/KgFQ9r6x28
• Many Indian Judges have an aversion to speaking on the court microphone | Bar and Bench: http://t.co/KbPAC0VAIl 
• UK Minister of Courts initiates talks for opening up of INDIA's Legal Market | Bar and Bench: http://t.co/px1997V9Wx 
• INDIA: PIL in Supreme Court challenges Justice Sathasivam’s appointment as Kerala Governor | Bar and Bench: http://t.co/4lI96nOym8
• INDIA: KK Venugopal, Krishnan Venugopal assail order of NGT in Vizhinjam Port matter | Bar and Bench: http://t.co/LkOW55NnBx 
• INDIA: Karnataka Senior Counsel Designation controversy reaches Supreme Court| Bar and Bench: http://t.co/SzyEN2yvuH 
• Village four-legged race falls foul of anti-binge drinking laws http://t.co/ycWLtskVsR 
• Anti-English racists terrorising the No campaign in Scotland http://t.co/znd02sSsK3 
• JK Rowling calls for 'reason not ranting' in Scottish independence debate http://t.co/haYZ0MegRK 
• Police searching for Alice Gross arrest a second man on suspicion of murder http://t.co/Sbizzw2AuN 
• Listen to Lady Hale: We do not need to look to Europe for a source of legal inspiration | Law Gazette http://t.co/X7YdgtBwZp 
• Law Society campaigns to defend rule of law in environment where legal advice is becoming too expensive | Law Gazette http://t.co/h7oC0hPyBm
• Law firms wait an average of three months for their bills to be settled | Law Gazette http://t.co/vi3OWuJRvi 
• Injustice caused by the government’s civil legal aid cuts was brought home to MPs last week | Law Gazette http://t.co/4sN8aqgACd 
• Blacklaws given ‘carte blanche’ in regional role | Law Gazette http://t.co/wrM6m2UYYQ
• London firm Anthony Gold has announced it is to merge with South London-based Powell Forster | Law Gazette http://t.co/HLADknTBgJ 
• Linklaters awarded diversity standard | Law Gazette http://t.co/B32wRsotC4 
• Regional firms ‘bounce back’ | Law Gazette http://t.co/GTLVZZ1i1t 
• Mozambique sets up legal aid body | Law Gazette http://t.co/8lopkDlVTH 
• My legal life: Hayley Leake, Corporate counsel, Burford Capital, London - A Profile | Law Gazette http://t.co/qMMDviLE2Q 
• Former judge Sir Stephen Silber joins funding firm | Law Gazette http://t.co/zCPQmfe6Rm 
• Land Registry wants solicitor involvement | Law Gazette http://t.co/Z2bxKvrc0G 
• First world war tribute | Law Gazette http://t.co/EhD5voU9QB 
• Mind the legal software gap: New school v Old school | Legal Futures http://t.co/7U5cR5AtLY 
• Legal Services Board to hire accountant to investigate PC fee spending | Legal Futures http://t.co/JvlDJz3eJ6 
• SRA joins National Crime Agency in crackdown on money laundering | Legal Futures http://t.co/Dv1hbYRM7Y 
• Slater & Gordon moves into East Midlands with Flint Bishop deal | Legal Futures http://t.co/fEVCHgDXbk 
• Legal aid cut for family courts 'damaging' for children http://t.co/yWVIzdCG5X 
• It’s time to make emotional abuse a crime http://t.co/ejCxTcfffa 
• QATAR admits detaining British human rights workers http://t.co/PnVqs3QhGU 
• Labour-rights activist Andy Hall on trial in THAILAND: ‘I’ve done nothing wrong’ http://t.co/QRY1p7nfQR 
• Federal court prepares to hear landmark same-sex marriage cases http://t.co/wDF4Jf2ie1 
• West Bromwich family escape suspected arson attack http://t.co/8LBATDmXYZ 
• Nato summit: Normal service resumes in Cardiff and Newport http://t.co/4nbbF8jork 
• Scottish independence: Timetable on new Scots powers to be outlined 'in days' http://t.co/MgjTfWNJLd 
• UK set to challenge EU cap on bankers' bonuses http://t.co/yuqIDOxvkS 
• Qatari Couple die of thirst in the southern desert of SAUDI ARABIA http://t.co/Vgcv3ckhRO 
• Radical Muslim cleric Abu Qatada condemns reporter killings by Islamic State http://t.co/VxX6kBXLu3 
• Morton Hall Immigration Centre detainees 'treated like criminals' http://t.co/g6pppI2BmH

7th September - Law News

986th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap

 

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• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/KgFQ9r6x28
• The Court can Strike a Blow for Occupational Freedom | Library of Law & Liberty http://t.co/iRpQQTXKG5 
• Bringing an End to National Education Reforms | Library of Law & Liberty http://t.co/DnOOgO0J9E 
• Win Lin v Governor of Cloverhill Prison | Human Rights Ireland http://t.co/31nG67kY05 
• Two Funded Doctoral Scholarships Offered by School of Law at NUI Galway | Human Rights Ireland http://t.co/HS3qpjZPxl
• “There’s a lot to think about”: A note on quality assurance in Irish reproductive health care | Human Rights Ireland http://t.co/yaDeWG6uTA 
• 31 arrests over Wales 2014 Nato summit http://t.co/JKS529ZQnn 
• Naomi Long: Girls were abused by security forces http://t.co/jxbXGakmqn 
• Regulated rail fares frozen in real terms http://t.co/JkdLgbFd0b 
• Many teenagers 'moved from care to B&Bs' http://t.co/43EeZtQvWP
• BRAZIL's ex-Petrobras director Paulo Roberto Costa claims corruption http://t.co/7hhfYbcllu 
• Morton Hall Immigration Centre disorder investigated http://t.co/5DkyzQejpY
• iPhones 'most likely' to get stolen - government list says http://t.co/VFAz1Bt98W
• MPs' pay rise of 9% 'should go ahead' http://t.co/vYtfLhU2MO 
• Scottish independence: Vote 'will go to the wire' http://t.co/uGkjcq9cLn 
• INDIA: Use IT in judiciary for speedy justice: Madras High Court http://t.co/KQG0eKnd7c
• GREECE: MPs poised to pass anti-racism legislation http://t.co/ij9osjYokU
• US: Legislator introduces suicide prevention legislation http://t.co/JrbAd8A1cV 
• US: Legal battle over the work of the photographer Vivian Maier could hide it away for years http://t.co/C2wx8wpYNR 
• US: Silicon Valley Fights Order to Pay Bigger Settlement in Hiring Case http://t.co/KdZyGGB9Qs 
• Women urged to fight breast cancer stigma in JORDAN and LEBANON http://t.co/JbEowkSmAS 
• US: Men wrongly jailed over NY rape receive $41m http://t.co/2sbCKJr2jm 
• ISRAEL relies on information provided by a network of Palestinian collaborators. But how does the system really work? http://t.co/3e5VBHieSd 
• US: In Remote Detention Center, a Battle on Fast Deportations http://t.co/InVTPzlENR 
• EGYPT: Prosecutors say ousted president Morsi handed over documents relating to national security to Qatar http://t.co/qP5CECaM5M 
• Holiday from hell? How to claim compensation http://t.co/kAwpjXIuta 
• World's most dangerous journey? Eritreans risk life and limb to get to UK – interactive http://t.co/5cXik9Nx8a 
• One man's hellish journey from Eritrea terror to UK sanctuary http://t.co/cg8DIB64FO

6th September - Law News

985th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap

 

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• Alice Gross search: Images of five cyclists released http://t.co/U5ExjGgWti 
• US: Obama delays immigration reform plan http://t.co/ShBIrJ4LTw 
• Penelope Davis murder: Three held over New Forest stabbing http://t.co/b1H8CzsRZz 
• BELGIUM Jewish Museum gun suspect 'was captor in Syria' http://t.co/6k2iuHRXpd 
• Can fashion help prisoners prepare for life on the outside? http://t.co/asfAXgxWeZ 
• Morton Hall Immigration Centre detainees in 'disturbance' http://t.co/5DkyzQejpY
• Family lawyers have cast doubt on the government’s latest attempt to improve mediation uptake | New Law Journal: http://t.co/YXjD6RFXTH 
• Seven former members of Wolstenholmes LLP have now been disqualified from acting as directors | New Law Journal: http://t.co/Px71W5u0zD 
• The practising fee levels for 2014/15 have been approved by the Legal Services Board | New Law Journal: http://t.co/siujr8WWqy 
• The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has been fined £180,000 for repeated security failings | New Law Journal: http://t.co/RxsCn8LFJO 
• New guidance on dress codes and appearance in the workplace has been issued by Acas | New Law Journal: http://t.co/B7kooMmWGU 
• The High Court has rejected an application to block a Defra badger cull | New Law Journal: http://t.co/nCjt9k2Pon 
• The number of reported privacy cases reaching the courts doubling in the last five years | New Law Journal: http://t.co/dQ8c69s1y1 
• Personal injury discount rate “delay” | New Law Journal: http://t.co/Oaofq8F9pt
• The significance of Magna Carta | New Law Journal: http://t.co/BpckmgePt2 
• Discrimination by Generation Y (those under 35 years old) | New Law Journal: http://t.co/xNpsjEZbbN 
• The Children Act, by Ian McEwan | head of legal http://t.co/Ag5GBZ4T7m http://t.co/Ag5GBZ4T7m 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHC3kLR
• EL SALVADOR ex-President Francisco Flores turns himself in http://t.co/PIhHZh6aic 
• Hoo peninsula development 'will destroy key nightingale site' http://t.co/IrfyXtOCHs 
• US Judge approves New York Central Park jogger case deal http://t.co/2x2P8OD3s2 
• Deadly plague and botulism microbes found in US lab http://t.co/I8fL9xjYM8 
• Combating Intolerance and Discrimination Based on Religion or Belief http://t.co/8DoSqdLeCX 
• AUSTRALIA: Expert reports from visits to immigration detention centres https://t.co/QKxfn6is4v 
• IRAN frees Dutch human rights campaigner held on death row http://t.co/2FRbBdEAi4 
• LIBYA: UN report details serious human rights abuses in Tripoli, Benghazi: http://t.co/GIXW6rpzMc 
• Human Rights in Health and Social Care http://t.co/uaAiZyyYk6 
• US: For-Profit Probation Tramples Rights of Poor http://t.co/XChWdBIUsI 
• BELGIUM: Court awards €90,000 to terror suspect after human rights violations http://t.co/QyVmwAJqzt
• Biking Toward Women's Rights in AFGHANISTAN http://t.co/lkIH4R0NOJ
• CJEU defines works of parody and rules that rights holders' interests must be considered http://t.co/vwfx7S5yYV
• Religion and human rights: Awkward, but necessary, bedfellows | The Economist http://t.co/Quph8rhPqv
• Human rights workers go missing in QATAR http://t.co/zKxYxLiIEx 
• INDIA: Tata Power can't supply to hi-end retail consumers: Appellate Tribunal for Electricity http://t.co/n08TiMl1Dy
• BANGLADESH: International Crimes Tribunal warns Human Rights Watch http://t.co/T34jNPL922 
• Police ignored own press policy to smear officer, tribunal finds http://t.co/67AdTAgo16 
• US: Lawyer killed crossing train tracks while listening to music http://t.co/7oxEDWcIi0 
• US: Former top lawyer for city Public Advocate says NYPD cops roughed her up during unwarranted arrest http://t.co/Ln4W673kLN 
• US: Man in court for anger management hearing 'attacks his female lawyer' http://t.co/GVT3WEd1ue 
• Lawyer in Women's World Cup artificial turf case warns of 'intimidation' http://t.co/Rjyb0cInVl 
• CANADA: Bernard Corbeil, Quebec City lawyer, on trial for assault in citizen's arrest http://t.co/DJsdoRxuhE 
• US: Immigration Lawyer Charged With Investment Fraud http://t.co/LRmS2gDJa1 
• Research in Practice | What’s happened since the Family Justice Review http://t.co/y8r0EGBJk9 
• Contract management across Ministry of Justice and Home Office | UK Parliament http://t.co/41UThxna90 
• Student debt and social justice: Five things you should know http://t.co/ie86rxMWT1 
• US: The Criminal Justice System - No Leg To Stand On http://t.co/hqacTaqRW2 
• US justice system was always going to find BP guilty http://t.co/xVpcIfcUSv 
• CANADA: Legal aid sessions designed to shine light on chronic underfunding http://t.co/XO0YrgOcYk 
• AUSTRALIA: Childcare centre faces legal action for paying workers $2 an hour http://t.co/fdFv5dyOyi 
• INDIA: UB group chairman Vijay Mallya to pursue legal action against 'wilful defaulter' tag http://t.co/h43Exg5N4e 
• Real China salmonella victims take legal action http://t.co/j94AbmfYLw 
• Tory anti-terror laws in trouble after Lib Dems raise serious legal concerns http://t.co/46UCR7zqOV 
• US: 'Active shooter' drills in workplaces spark raft of legal complaints http://t.co/9BZOMB2CRH 
• US Judge Orders Expanded Ohio Early Voting Schedule http://t.co/H9AIT2ANxD 
• US: “Ban the Box” Legislation Limiting Employment Criminal Background Checks Becoming More Prevalent http://t.co/Y6UDHGU0aX 
• UK Culture Secretary threatens search engines with anti-piracy legislation https://t.co/vQcjpaS2Cq 
• New legislation changes for employment intermediaries https://t.co/P6t8V6mM8z 
• TAIWAN makes headway on e-payment legislation http://t.co/1Vl36JuCGr 
• S AFRICA: No legislation review undertaken by government on urban toll roads http://t.co/gbc9LwUvWQ 
• AUSTRALIA: Airport face scanners need new legislation: Customs http://t.co/EMQElL2ILz 
• US: Lawmakers Approve Legislation Giving Cities More Robust Tools for Building Infrastructure http://t.co/ZGOq3YxehB 
• Lord Chief Justice, Sir Declan Morgan says democracy depends on upholding the rule of law http://t.co/Em37DUW2x9 
• NEPAL: Supreme Court’s ultimatum to Kantipur Publications egarding the contempt of court case http://t.co/5s7sqGoc7C 
• INDIA: 'Justice Sathasivam has let down the judiciary' http://t.co/J8XFHnlvy1 
• US: State judiciary to hold summit on foster care for LGBT youth after critical report http://t.co/AdlmRSweyB 
• King’s Lynn solicitors brave Ice Bucket Challenge for charity http://t.co/wZGxkUQuTa 
• Racist letter bomb duo Bret Atkins and Jamie Snow tried to send explosives to Halifax solicitor http://t.co/gdxI6dFOGH 
• Solicitor Richard Posner, of Bhatia Best, talks about his career http://t.co/Rn7VYRIipG
• US: Moore brings 21 years as Worcester city solicitor to bid for city manager http://t.co/MSNPPtR0cw
• US: Ex-Holyoke solicitor Heather Egan could seek job with city but only after Mayor Alex Morse gone: latest documents http://t.co/qbD20vg6gl 
• AUSTRALIA: Victorian solicitor swindled $1.2 million from an elderly client and splashed the cash on female staff http://t.co/gMU3KZhHAX
• Nottingham Barrister Clive Stockwell and son raise £500 on tandem trial http://t.co/Ny2T7xhkCY 
• Zoe Quinn and the orchestrated campaign of harassment from some 'gamers' http://t.co/5mdaaTFJMS 
• If you really care about climate change you'll stop eating burgers http://t.co/LxqmtPyJh6 
• Ashya King's parents 'should not have been locked up in a foreign country for caring about their child' http://t.co/GRUtCDOgL9
• Exhibit B: Performers in 'human zoo'-inspired project respond to claims production is racist http://t.co/9p5yinsD5A
• Famous Milgram 'electric shocks' experiment drew wrong conclusions about evil, say psychologists http://t.co/fEOnBKNh73 
• Apple tightens iCloud security but says celebrity nude photos wouldn't have been stolen if they'd followed the rules http://t.co/ApQueZgCwa 
• The best way to catch a thief? Forget trying to copy the stars of CSI with amateur sleuthing... http://t.co/lMnIMr7cwV
• A perfect example of the need for a free press http://t.co/1j2VDC02Os 
• Independent Scotland more at risk of terrorist attacks, warns David Cameron http://t.co/zXZkHzMoZL
• How Isil doctored the image of Obama, making him appear haggard in videos http://t.co/3Duxa0GVoZ 
• Man who threatened ex-partner with knife shot dead by police http://t.co/ZtqSq69Wy4 
• Ireland's tender process needs transparency | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/e6qD17tKqo 
• Should the sub judice boundaries remain blurred or do we need some focus | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/KcicA9mWP6 
• Dubai ups standards for practitioners | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/fA8nmulB5k 
• Women have come a long way in law but there is still room for improvement | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/KjmzvTNny3 
• Tark Grunte takes over Lithuanian arm of Baltic Legal Solutions | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/ZTkaU95Dh1 
• BP faces up to $18 billion additional penalties over Deepwater oil spill | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/syHqsZlnzQ 
• Squire Patton Boggs IP lawyers depart for Porzio | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/jFrJf1zRiX 
• Taylor Wessing Portrait Prize shortlist revealed http://t.co/5ExGAxMcLe 
• FRANCE: Calais migrants in human rights protest http://t.co/9O7jLsSqNC 
• Tories defeated as benefit bill clears first Commons hurdle http://t.co/3TMRpYRg7C 
• Third arrest over Tilbury Docks container death http://t.co/X2do7NDUQU 
• Ashya King given legal go-ahead for cancer treatment in Prague http://t.co/yLODEZDcvX 
• LSE (London School of Economics) has apologised to students after a welcome email addressed them as Kung Fu Panda http://t.co/xdKQrBjO2E
• Man has been cleared of racially abusing Welsh club doormen by swearing at them and calling them "Taffs" http://t.co/4iwI4IaBE4 
• Teacher Emily Fox jailed for having sex with pupil http://t.co/tndXCSsGp3

5th September - Law News

984th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap

FOCUS OF THE DAY: LSB supports fee-charging McKenzie Friends – with safeguards. The Legal Services Board (LSB) said yesterday that it supports recognition of fee-charging McKenzie Friends as a “legitimate feature of the evolving legal services market”, but also called for safeguards. Full story - Legal Futures

 

@TheLawMap Twitter interactions

• 17,000 people use Acas' new Early Conciliation service | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/TkEyBkpBNW 
• New proposals will see companies prosecuted for fraud and money laundering | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/cDFLPhmz2E 
• Rise in copyright disputes likely following new European court ruling | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/JTOm9VmYtW 
• UK needs a new Legal Services Act, says LSB chair | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/L8m4dn5L4E 
• Lawyers could have prevented the financial crisis, suggests Stephen Mayson | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/urbvMbFdeq 
• Firms are snoozing and losing in trainee recruitment | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/0mbFCyfQf1
• Some corner of a foreign field | Law Gazette http://t.co/zhCzL6seti 
• How comparison website for solicitors’ indemnity would make system more efficient | Law Gazette http://t.co/iExw4Xe0Mn 
• Fraud divorce case goes to Supreme Court | Law Gazette http://t.co/dHO5UbahIX 
• Insurance lawyers call for more ‘robust’ heroism bill | Law Gazette http://t.co/rOXog7YgRz 
• MoJ ‘some way off’ a viable criminal contract scheme | Law Gazette http://t.co/kkCgyLYCFk 
• More banks admit creating fictitious ‘law firms’ to send debt letters | Law Gazette http://t.co/rPa4L0EkCw 
• States urge US supreme court to take up gay marriage after court rulings http://t.co/YB2e8sF17B 
• Ian McEwan on the Children Act - books podcast http://t.co/ABjEKadzsp 
• Loughgall IRA death inquests to be decided by advocate general http://t.co/WgZXBDk0EV 
• KENYA president Uhuru Kenyatta's ICC trial collapses http://t.co/vF29dzcH5q 
• US: Republicans are still trying to destroy Obamacare, and they're still losing http://t.co/fXPDiCw0WU 
• NIGERIA: The law on assaulting women http://t.co/BARAg3hSpd 
• Govt U-turns on buy-to-let regulation for 'accidental landlords' http://t.co/P79qjkpNRj 
• Seven conveyancers banned over £8m fraud http://t.co/hmLOpsyYu9 
• Deadmau5, Disney in Legal Dispute Over Mickey Mouse Ear Trademark https://t.co/N5YFEVkDG1 
• An Interview with Dante Figueroa, Senior Legal Information Analyst http://t.co/KIUX9nQ1hd 
• US: Chris Christie's outside legal bills come to $50 million in 2 years http://t.co/eEKLlhtroq 
• A New Vision For Legal Education—Starting From Day One http://t.co/daeaCWiWXg 
• OUSU, making the OxStu’s slut-shaming legal doesn’t make it right http://t.co/Es4kzlyO1q 
• The future for legal services regulation http://t.co/pQ43RpGkjF
• Sheffield Wednesday owner Milan Mandaric may consider legal action after collapse of the club's proposed takeover http://t.co/Ypto9l0vZP 
• Legal pot, murky jobs: US Marijuana laws put workers in tough spot http://t.co/CmqmFDFWBL 
• UK paying experts to build Islamic State war crimes case http://t.co/ilJQ7OwCUJ 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Law Society Children Panel Member and Assessor Richard O'Hagan joins Duncan Lewis Solicitors http://t.co/5SpBjmioJr 
• Public law Professor Adam Tomkins warns about the hidden and heavy costs of voting for Scottish independence http://t.co/bCnDawQdAW 
• UK Accepting Hong Kong Election Limits ‘Insult,’ Chan Says http://t.co/mIRo3rTlSb 
• Bollywood star: The UK must stand up against colonial anti-gay laws abroad http://t.co/ohtFAajXQT 
• ‘The question is do law firms have the guts to change or just wait for their own giant killer’ http://t.co/vrUZDaOfZm 
• Jacob Zuma 'spy tapes' given to SOUTH AFRICA's Helen Zille to reinstate corruption case against the president http://t.co/h56UOvXpOD
• Violence Against Children Runs Rampant In NIGERIA's Northeast http://t.co/cJ9Hcs8drU 
• CHINA: Crackdown on corruption is likely to last at least another five years http://t.co/Rx50nZs3KT 
• AUSTRALIA to return 'stolen' Hindu statues to Indian temples http://t.co/wfEGjZpeXe 
• FRANCE: Comedian Dieudonne M'Bala M'Bala investigated over comments about US journalist James Foley's death http://t.co/XhvpFMeXHR 
• Universal Channel Sets UK Premiere Date For ‘Law & Order: Special Victims Unit’ Season 16 http://t.co/gTJBjfrJka 
• Why Do Doctors Commit Suicide? http://t.co/bmfFvElZJi 
• US: Hackers Breach Security of Healthcare.gov http://t.co/0Mx2Qmh5H8
• US: Federal Inquiry of Ferguson Police Will Include Apparent Racial Profiling http://t.co/Hg7RtVLDmK 
• US: BP May Be Fined Up to $18 Billion for Spill in Gulf http://t.co/C9AHUH26Fw 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: White & Case adds former A&O US group head to Frankfurt office | The Lawyer http://t.co/v1iKQJc8UJ 
• Woolf to head historic child abuse inquiry | Law Gazette http://t.co/7iIpma9ywg 
• Aspiring lawyer crowd-funds Oxford tuition fees | Law Gazette http://t.co/z8EUs2zPnb 
• Allen & Overy takes on-demand service direct to clients | Law Gazette http://t.co/wG7fRAFErx
• Rhetoric of racism, from Ferguson to Palestine http://t.co/gxv9hTRT7w
• The Russian roulette of the EU asylum system http://t.co/lTA3cFJTnN 
• INDIA's starving tea-garden workers http://t.co/n84ua3MoUk 
• Hundreds arrested during US low wage protests http://t.co/k1uobRXvhn 
• US: Former Virginia governor Robert McDonnell guilty of corruption http://t.co/YNG8ZgPq46 
• INDIA child rape: court frees three suspects http://t.co/35uuhSj7RG 
• WHO holds urgent talks on Ebola treatments http://t.co/EymTRpI6KL 
• US judge has ruled BP was grossly negligent in lead-up to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico http://t.co/kT0lQfzt0x 
• Army reforms risk leaving capability gaps, say MPs http://t.co/sELGIWeo2d 
• Passport Office bonuses for 3800 staff revealed after backlog delays http://t.co/I9GU7jIwzr 
• Dave Lee Travis 'was a sexual opportunist', retrial hears http://t.co/TYEXvaMblh 
• Palmira Silva 'beheading' suspect under police guard http://t.co/rMaW4S8Udn 
• Police have shot dead an Islington man who broke into a house and threatened a woman with a knife http://t.co/DCtbWPjKZs
• Lord Mayor of London Fiona Woolf replaces Lady Butler-Sloss as head of government inquiry into historical child abuse http://t.co/ry3p5I7QDy 
• BOSNIA coal miners trapped underground after earthquake http://t.co/MTezXsNHiD
• AUSTRALIA: Federal court rules isolated genetic material can be patented http://t.co/YEbqEv91cs 
• Secret court hearing applications should be made public, says thinktank http://t.co/Vwl4h62prS 
• One in 10 girls worldwide face serious sexual violence http://t.co/TPAzytKQPc 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Osborne Clarke's former ally De Wolf sets out independence stall | The Lawyer http://t.co/HKqUqnYpbB 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: DAC Beachcroft cuts 62 fee-earner and support roles | The Lawyer http://t.co/xFS8Qyz5qg 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Birmingham Council CEO joins Bevan Brittan as consultant | The Lawyer http://t.co/IRjaWaIU4a 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Hogan Lovells adds global project managers and launches management pilot | The Lawyer http://t.co/MGn7cgGA87 
• Robert Hunter: profoundly deaf HSF partner on how he carved out career as City fraudbuster - A Profile | Law Gazette http://t.co/AwXEV2cisp 
• Law centres: Dealt a huge blow by cuts in funding, they are reinventing themselves to survive | Law Gazette http://t.co/bsS8dDT7kT 
• Changes to the time-honoured car tax disc rule may be of interest to lawyers | Law Gazette http://t.co/Nu1iQzYyYp 
• Raft of measures to prevent money laundering highlights the difficulty lawyers face | Law Gazette http://t.co/jPhYxCpD2H 
• Cocky Co-op: The company simply grew too quickly – and the clear-up job is a painful one. | Law Gazette http://t.co/yVW2oLtrpx
• Claimant lawyers face client history tests | Law Gazette http://t.co/A3unwaDzgs
• SRA hints at rethink on compliance roles | Law Gazette http://t.co/F0ZhD7XQQs
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/KgFQ9r6x28
• Property Alert service proves popular in the fight against property fraud https://t.co/rkML0ncgQ2 
• Intellectual property: UK and China cooperation https://t.co/tg2I2mhMo1
• ‘Meet the Forces’ day in Cardiff https://t.co/c94JZRKh7F 
• Recruit trainee survey reveals highest ever levels of positive attitudes towards training in the UK armed forces https://t.co/vWzs1z1OAU 
• William Hague hosts NATO discussion on women’s participation in conflict resolution https://t.co/jkZ7jB92iZ 
• Government to ban widespread use of 'spy cars' by councils http://t.co/M269cWVvTT
• Lane hogging and tailgating on-the-spot fines in force http://t.co/VqRebgRZNV
• Bank customers to sign in with 'finger vein' technology http://t.co/2xMAqggdhJ 
• The Dragon's roar: Khan investment helps Knights' turnover soar | Legal Futures http://t.co/devqmDhqub 
• Personal injury to blame for Co-operative Legal Services losses | Legal Futures http://t.co/xJilh2k0Zk 
• NewLaw's "encouraging" start to life as part of listed company | Legal Futures http://t.co/eT6bPYAv91 
• Met officer race discrimination case: Should you sue your boss? http://t.co/DrbZzFk6On 
• When innocent men go to jail: miscarriages of justice in Britain http://t.co/hWvmnT1Ra7 
• Divorce courts hit by delays as warring couples opt to represent themselves http://t.co/UzkWnDms7n 
• Ashya King case gives Eurosceptics chance to air Lisbon treaty grievances http://t.co/XzS4j6co8o 
• 4chan website introduces copyright mechanism after celebrity hacking http://t.co/vfIe5PDZnC 
• British human rights activists Krishna Upadhyaya and Ghimire Gundev feared detained by police in QATAR http://t.co/dIgBOsVrpz 
• Syria terrorism cases on rise, CPS says http://t.co/AbeFLoSl51 
• Google to refund $19m to US parents billed for their children's in-app purchases http://t.co/jAc6m75S98 
• US: Prison warden present at botched execution handed Oklahoma role http://t.co/SuKmX8gXyH 
• Insurance company fires law firms after audit | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/UmtaMCUFWQ 
• Five tips for a dignified legal sell | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/bQYBzi6iB4 
• Legal market undergoes structural change | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/V2hmW4ffZU
• Philadelphia hosts global legal leaders | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/cHVH6TJvAJ 
• Female young lawyers dominate NZ legal statistics | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/Nlw1TVWEFy 
• Chicago firm takes over Californian insurance practice | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/2VtWP1Td5o 
• Portuguese lawyers up in arms over reforms | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/ykQxodNuK9 
• US companies anxious over Chinese scrutiny | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/iDzeuWQWng 
• US companies anxious over Chinese scrutiny | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/5j0J6b8onI 
• Co-op legal services report £5.1m losses | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/rCMHHrT43I 
• E-cigarette criticisms 'alarmist' say researchers http://t.co/8oGXGeFMbH 
• Scottish independence: RMT members back 'Yes' vote http://t.co/Kq9oOEmp1Q 
• Chief Constable George Hamilton warning over PSNI budget cuts http://t.co/PX7f0I83vN 
• Four arrests at anti-Nato protest in Cardiff http://t.co/XSGq6c9mVz 
• Doctor Who 'beheading scene' edited out http://t.co/dfehO6TpUG 
• Ban puppy and kitten sales in pet shops - Labour MP http://t.co/1GaDTG20HQ 
• US government will launch an investigation into policing practices in Ferguson, Missouri http://t.co/gN24Tslz7A 
• One in 10 girls sexually abused, says UN report http://t.co/sayVhYrDZW 
• President Obama arrives at Nato dinner at Cardiff Castle http://t.co/Imt1Nt0hVS 
• Bitcoin trader admits unlicensed money transfers http://t.co/rM1YDfVOOP
• Goldman case judgment highlights continuing costs issues | The Lawyer http://t.co/VjWm2CM1ba 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Herbert Smith Freehills COO defects to Minter Ellison | The Lawyer http://t.co/tvlm36Ft6N 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Nabarro adds three lawyers to Dubai office | The Lawyer http://t.co/VE2vP5WnFg 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Boies Schiller hires WilmerHale’s Miles as new London-based arbitration group head | The Lawyer http://t.co/bwu21U8PaC 
• Co-op Legal Services makes £5m loss at half-year | The Lawyer http://t.co/M7SGmQi5Lh 
• 'Orphan' stowaway hid in Channel Tunnel passenger's car http://t.co/Y9AYO4JHzt 
• Website where leaked celebrity nudes first surfaced has moved to comply with US laws on stolen content http://t.co/EcdjaXAtB3 
• Coalition split over housing benefit changes http://t.co/WzE86xkya9 
• BP found 'grossly negligent' in 2010 Gulf oil spill http://t.co/kT0lQfzt0x 
• INDIA hanged girls' case: Bail for accused in Badaun http://t.co/9R5IA3dIxh 
• A death by suicide every 40 seconds, says WHO http://t.co/Adk6s37R3r 
• INDIA on alert after 'Indian al-Qaeda' video http://t.co/nd1hIzPWWA 
• Woman 'beheaded' in London garden http://t.co/XAbXOgzN9a 
• US: Sotloff beheading - Murdered reporter's family speaks http://t.co/hfyLQCunot 
• Moneymore: Police treat attack on Polish family home as hate crime http://t.co/66ciQEPleh 
• World comes to Wales for 2014 Nato Summit in Newport http://t.co/aHzkumq6f7 
• Apple iCloud security exploit is a concern, experts say http://t.co/MKqYAZD28L 
• Scottish independence: Leaders focus on social justice http://t.co/Wn1jriRS3v 
• Tuition and hobbies helping richer children http://t.co/7WGIqLQIHf 
• Ministers back Food Crime Unit recommendation http://t.co/mtNYeNorQV 
• Post-Leveson coverage of press regulation largely negative, report finds http://t.co/oCj1ib4mEM 
• JAPAN set to wade into diplomatic row by bypassing ban on whaling http://t.co/b81GgOAvDS 
• Co-op Legal's losses soar by 70% | Law Gazette http://t.co/TWIE938z7Y 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/KgFQ9r6x28
• Eight men charged with child sexual exploitation in Buckinghamshire http://t.co/obuB9u8Uws 
• UK anti-semitic incidents peaked in July, Jewish charity says http://t.co/bqNCT4tIX2 
• Food crime occurring on 'unprecedented' scale - report http://t.co/mtNYeNorQV 
• Report on police: Victims 'asked to investigate crime themselves' http://t.co/hAZToJY5mz

4th September - Law News

983rd Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap

FOCUS OF THE DAY: Family courts unfair for litigants in person, MPs told. The committee was taking evidence from Susan Jacklin QC, chair of the Family Law Bar Association, Dave Emmerson, co-chair of Resolution’s legal aid committee, Nicola Jones-King, co-chair of the Association of Lawyers for Children and Jane Robey, director of National Family Mediation. Full story - The Law Society Gazette

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• Every 100 legal services jobs support 67 more in the wider economy, says Law Society deputy | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/1FSzdaWYP9 
• Corporate salaries in the north west and north east to match London rates | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/phUytjqqQG 
• Solicitors who caused significant harm to profession investigated by Insolvency Service and SRA | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/fQQ8h4GIKa
• Calls for legal advice strategy | Law Gazette http://t.co/QcGz8GgKqG
• Land Registry chief announces departure | Law Gazette http://t.co/Sa2ftUSMl4 
• Ex-soldier stockpiled guns and ammunition for 'World War Three' http://t.co/wxJZp07FLm 
• Video: Pirouetting Buckingham Palace guard facing disciplinary action for 'dancing on duty' http://t.co/CYEPCNNKwE 
• Parents reunited with five-year-old Ashya King, but fight goes on http://t.co/FwCdNFWiFm 
• US corporate counsel creates tech exam for law firms | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/5q754Ea49U 
• India's Amarchand opens eighth office | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/kNfTc6jBBO 
• Simpson Thacher picks up top fraud prosecutor | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/rwOPOggTAP
• Small US law firms uncomfortable discussing overdue bills | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/iMeMEAJRJu 
• Freshfields hunts for project management team | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/xjmDNnpIUm 
• Boeing class-action lawyers slammed by judge | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/gjdZsqporm 
• Former Friends of the Earth legal head Phil Michaels loses cancer battle | The Lawyer http://t.co/AulUGD9tln 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Eversheds and Veale Wasbrough Vizards among firms on new LUPC framework | The Lawyer http://t.co/05cU4GznFl 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Fladgate boosts tax & disputes with partner hires as part of new 3 year strategic plan | The Lawyer http://t.co/kpv0Wwisi7 
• Smallholders urged to plan for important CAP changes https://t.co/jUx4OicD17 
• West Midlands to be first landlord ‘right to rent’ check area https://t.co/1qGk2jit6K 
• Government supports UK's next generation of cyber security professionals https://t.co/zryQurU1ru 
• New regulations controlling trade in some shark and ray species https://t.co/FawGbcaQdh 
• Court orders almost £40,000 to be repaid to MMO after fraudulent claims https://t.co/XfFQfdPIGt 
• Chief Executive to leave Land Registry next year https://t.co/lp6ga3JYA3 
• Civil/crime news: Liverpool office numbers have changed https://t.co/IErZcuvOTz 
• NATO Summit Wales 2014 - live https://t.co/fg5rzk9etw 
• William Hague and Angelina Jolie welcome DRC Army Action Plan on Sexual Violence https://t.co/qFUYDOBD5L
• Capita expands legal market presence with Eclipse acquisition | Legal Futures http://t.co/ex5Wa3K1Pt 
• LSB supports fee-charging McKenzie Friends – with safeguards | Legal Futures http://t.co/0NHnuKb6xw
• Bar Mutual complaints referred to financial ombudsman | Legal Futures http://t.co/7cPzEU1ecC 
• Nato Summit 2014: Inside the presidential suite at the Celtic Manor Resort http://t.co/4YE4oWjJnn 
• IRA on-the-runs 'cannot rely on letters to escape prosecution' http://t.co/cbN8PenqR2 
• No religious basis for abuse in Rotherham, CPS lead lawyer on child sexual abuse, says that it is about male power http://t.co/LsOMfx5i3n 
• President Barack Obama arrives in Wales ahead of Nato Newport summit http://t.co/LUURzqPCfv 
• Ex-chief constable Mike Hedges 'unaware of Rotherham child sex abuse' http://t.co/5NYyR3CzQh 
• eBay glitch blocks access for users on auction site http://t.co/TJw7rXg7SM 
• Scottish independence: Man arrested over Jim Murphy egg incident http://t.co/Pzt2V4V5ag 
• South-west council slashes legal budget | Law Gazette http://t.co/tVtRoVRCkl 
• US: Michael Brown's juvenile records could be released under court order http://t.co/XVkh576eUK 
• INDIA: Police question three men over suspected gang-rape and murder http://t.co/6IpMRgsJqf 
• Terrorism won’t be beaten by removing people’s passports | Dominic Grieve http://t.co/zd4UCTRobR 
• Regaining trust in banks 'years away', says Andrew Tyrie http://t.co/zhJtF9m5g2 
• Carbuncle Cup 2014: Woolwich supermarket named 'worst building' http://t.co/6h9SjcauIW 
• Philips, Samsung and Infineon in 138m-euro cartel fine http://t.co/prbDob5N7k 
• Map: Which country pays the most bribes? http://t.co/p6X7Cs3zri 
• INDIA: Girl 'humiliated' by village elders found dead http://t.co/bKZ1T3co34

3rd September - Law News

982nd Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap

FOCUS OF THE DAY: Building the perfect Law Firm - We gave managing partners an imaginary wrecking ball, permission to set aside the past and a wishlist of constituent parts and asked them to build from the ground up a law firm fit for 21st century demands. Here’s the result… Full story - The Lawyer

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• Conflicting messages on using universal jurisdiction to apprehend people accused of war crimes | Law Gazette http://t.co/OLibzLDDsr 
• Call to keep UK legal sector competitive | Law Gazette http://t.co/ech6SpVbAY 
• LSB caution on growth of paid McKenzie Friends | Law Gazette http://t.co/0xMIO0SJ5p
• Judge disqualifies Wolstenholmes members from running companies | Law Gazette http://t.co/fl28EmOYlB 
• Barack Obama set to fly in for Nato summit in Newport http://t.co/LUURzqPCfv 
• Scott Rogers murder: TV host in sex abuse claims http://t.co/tnxlpjuhwj 
• Ofgem allows Npower, the most complained-about energy firm to continue telephone sales http://t.co/4hGjZRvyvr
• US: NSA bulk collection of phone data under scrutiny as federal case opens http://t.co/0M9aMT4MF4 
• US: Detroit's creditors seek to derail historic bankruptcy trial as it begins http://t.co/bYpDGnr0fq 
• AUSTRALIA: Law Reform Commission seeks right to sue for victims of privacy violations http://t.co/Cd9ZssYekV 
• What Makes People Poor? http://t.co/ccId27aoj3 
• Web Trolls Winning as Incivility Increases http://t.co/jWdsLxrzdR 
• In Nude Celebrity Photos, Privacy Collides With the Wild Web http://t.co/yazofFL4eT 
• GERMANY: Monument Seeks to End Silence on Killings of the Disabled by the Nazis http://t.co/2h77lHJbJq 
• IRAN: Tehran Unfetters Cellphones, and the Pictures Start Flowing http://t.co/aE0xJrq4vC 
• The trouble with Wormwood Scrubs: How Grayling created a disaster in the prison system http://t.co/5wQuLsxda3 
• Is Scotland seeing a Quebec effect? http://t.co/j4K6EmMNt3
• The horror of BRAZIL’s prisons http://tinyurl.com/qx38mkr
• Architecture's key role in occupation and the evolution of urban warfare http://t.co/W8CgO7DKRW 
• NAMIBIA slipping into endemic corruption: President's daughter named among those that may be benefiting http://t.co/1XjcaWLBv8 
• British hostage: Foreign Secretary Hammond pledges to offer protection http://t.co/BITyfO1gOo
• BLM creates single City office | Law Gazette http://t.co/XyLXyylOgY 
• FRANCE: Calais mayor warns of blockade over illegal migration http://t.co/j5Z1vgabWP
• Dog lead mother Jacqueline Angrave jailed after appeal http://t.co/YffOZcmDZK 
• The mother of Ashya King has said she prayed in prison she would be reunited with her child http://t.co/XBTcIS2N4O
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHC3kLR
• Credit Suisse investigating two traders in London over misconduct http://t.co/KamlR9tdRP 
• AUSTRALIA asylum seeker 'brain-dead' after infection - activists http://t.co/v6WuUHruRf 
• Co-op Legal's 2015 profit pledge | Law Gazette http://t.co/uSXDlaCZT8 
• Islamic State 'beheading of US hostage Sotloff' sparks outrage http://t.co/q1debPDlkf 
• DNA evidence overturns 30-year convictions in US case http://t.co/ykigHOVuFz 
• INDIA: Prime Minister Modi's 100 days: Biding his time, circling the wagons http://t.co/TwLseCJiOS 
• Recent controversies and online discussions raise the question: Who has Islamic authority in the digital age? http://t.co/GII3fZY8wD 
• Taking on Africa’s armed groups http://t.co/zYrEvEmqWj 
• Human rights legislation in the UK: a cut-out-and-keep guide http://t.co/nNjkHN2VUE 
• Wormwood Scrubs filthy, overcrowded and dilapidated – prisons watchdog http://t.co/jKEl7CP8nb 
• Palamon hires BT boss to advance legal services ambitions | Legal Futures http://t.co/cYdffTl8rB 
• Barnett: QC must investigate my case before it gets to tribunal | Legal Futures http://t.co/EnbqFSJigb 
• Claims management regulator “still not tough enough” | Legal Futures http://t.co/Qz7zCZPNLQ 
• Law Society enters Europe debate with warning to government over "unsettling uncertainty" | Legal Futures http://t.co/mTo0iJ682n 
• Why stop and search has to be improved http://t.co/dVMx1DD6Zi 
• Mandatory reporting of child abuse could put more children at risk, warns Theresa May http://t.co/2Xo2AwR6Fo 
• Met Police must pay Olympic poster girl £37,000 http://t.co/WrBGkPXEPu 
• 'Institutional political correctness' probe ordered by Theresa May into Rotherham child abuse scandal http://t.co/urOAAiSQaN 
• Leadership is key to long-term success | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/JX2Gafbza4 
• Outcry as lawyer client privilege denied in US prison emails | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/DAHvblsELQ 
• India faces pressure to fill high court judicial positions | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/VUCkOOTcuk 
• America's legal system is criminalising business | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/3xqFFl0MHX 
• Holland & Knight data team set up research lab | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/U9WKWbugCM 
• DLA Piper merges with Czech law firm | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/Wq9yRTUTA8 
• Shanghai in trail-blazing arbitration initative | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/mBZPPL9cRU 
• UK celebrates 1000 legal millionaires | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/MmM9Xe9km6 
• Officials begin arriving for Nato Summit Wales http://t.co/ICW5rD4gC3 
• No prosecution over Druids' Ardoyne Fleadh comments http://t.co/rQU3aeVa6l 
• Kidderminster kidnap: Six jailed after victim's bones broken with hammers http://t.co/tEa5pT7yFm 
• Uber taxi service banned in GERMANY by Frankfurt court http://t.co/UVpcISB2Ax 
• Extremist video shown in Trojan school, MPs told http://t.co/whCO5zO5aO 
• Rotherham child abuse scandal: Council could face government inspection http://t.co/qbVp09aDKi 
• Gamers take a stand against misogyny after death threats http://t.co/CaEvuYFQ9i 
• US: Justin Bieber charged with assault and dangerous driving http://t.co/sDQI7ith9F 
• Gary Barlow "settling tax affairs ASAP" http://t.co/MORaCorNMX 
• US court orders photos of September 11 '20th hijacker' remain classified http://t.co/NdB9aizWGs 
• THAILAND should be embarrassed that courts being used to prosecute a British researcher for alleging abuse of workers http://t.co/vMFeFrP3ii 
• Troll Peter Nunn guilty of MP Stella Creasy rape tweets http://t.co/n07SB8oIcx 
• Rotherham child abuse scandal: New victims come forward http://t.co/Ez7Xhei3xJ 
• Ashya King's parents freed from custody in Spain http://t.co/RUkGPy4kTj 
• Apple confirms celebrity accounts compromised but denies security breach http://t.co/ycRlkZ7WHn 
• Steven Sotloff: Islamic State 'kills US hostage' http://t.co/vfKpY6MT51 
• AUSTRALIA: Barrister who ribbed gays, ethnic groups and Gina Rinehart at a primary school quiz defends comments http://t.co/fVXcfnICbN 
• US: Teen who filmed moment family 'disowned him for being gay' raises £50,000 from sympathisers http://t.co/r4vRcxP2Ba 
• Leading sports lawyer weighed in on fallout from Bernie Ecclestone's payment of $100 million to settle bribery charge http://t.co/5N1XT9Oivn 
• AUSTRALIA: Timor-Leste spy case - Attorney General Brandis denies referring lawyer to police http://t.co/nOorAEcVm4
• Members of the Conveyancing Association (CA) accounted for more than one in seven of all housing transactions in 2013 http://t.co/UKAT5Dxoen 
• Nato Summit 2014: warships bristling with weaponry start arriving in Cardiff Bay http://t.co/BuuAxQbPdA 
• Sentimental Education: How literature can inform human rights http://t.co/jg35bJtJdR 
• Human rights activist Maryam Al-Khawaja arrested in BAHRAIN. Her activist father is hunger striking in prison http://t.co/2cx6IZ2G4q
• Do human rights exist? http://t.co/vx2gC2XT5u 
• AZERBAIJAN: Revealing the Truth – Reason for Persecuting Human Rights Defenders in Baku by Orwellian “Big Brother” http://t.co/IjU9A634IS 
• Attorney Rodolfo R. Felicio gunned down while working on a land dispute in Rizal, PHILIPPINES http://t.co/CN8Qqrq1Qw 
• CANADA: Friends of human rights museum receives $1-million donation http://t.co/2OwDXfxJ4h 
• Human Rights Groups Allege Supression of Freedoms in THAILAND http://t.co/Lk7ilZeCgm