12th November - Law News

1052nd Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & legal articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap

FOCUS OF THE DAY: A leading figure in the claimant industry has warned that doctors may not want to be part of a new panel for whiplash diagnosis. Craig Budsworth, outgoing chair of the Motor Accidents Solicitors Society, told its annual conference that some experts may opt not to sign up to the reporting organisation MedCo. Full story - The Law Society Gazette

Saturday Conversations

• FCC 'to delay' #US vote on net neutrality http://t.co/3oasTfhosz 
• Microsoft fixes '19-year-old' bug with emergency patch http://t.co/ybvgYp7YN7
• Five banks fined £2bn by regulators over forex failings http://t.co/zqFeOYVPds
• The royal power behind obsession with education in #QATAR http://t.co/76FmT2Wy5d 
• John Lewis chair: UK workforce needs a step change - 1/5th of all jobs require educational level of an 11-year-old http://t.co/sYPADYaUWH 
• European Commission President Juncker tax break claims: EU chief issues denial http://t.co/PDXd7BBvry 
• Should domestic violence be specific criminal offence, asks Law Commission? http://t.co/jssrgJyBbh 
• #QATAR accused of dragging its feet over treatment of migrant workers http://t.co/GJO71yPPrW 
• The Guardian view on Britain and Europe: a pressing need for reality http://t.co/nEZnAFdrYF 
• Philip Nitschke: 'I wish I had responded differently to man's suicide email' #AUSTRALIA http://t.co/y1tIwNAuhK 
• Loophole for accessing journalists’ phone records ‘must be closed’ http://t.co/gUPkvCneqZ 
• Defendants should never be tried anonymously, says lord chief justice http://t.co/KvvVKMdnNh 
• Behind Stacey Hyde’s conviction for murder lies a failed mental health system http://t.co/bdxBQYKeLJ 
• UK and US firms launch pro bono commitment | The Lawyer http://t.co/NbM4MMaUqm 
• Outsourcing giant Interserve names CMS and Burness Paull as first Scottish panel | The Lawyer http://t.co/j4obKE9Vun 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Dentons' Africa mastermind Bugingo quits firm | The Lawyer http://t.co/xi7Vdd3hPI 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Cooley - the Californian firm eyes a London launch in 2015 | The Lawyer http://t.co/huMh92ztjx 
• Lawyers often view advances as a threat to some imagined creative utopia | Law Gazette http://t.co/08tJUBni1K 
• Prisoner-lawyer calls recorded, Grayling admits | Law Gazette http://t.co/8QcFiekmoY
• Lord chief justice attacks court secrecy | Law Gazette http://t.co/2W6XDCH90G 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHC3kLR
• Mairia says exiled IRA sex abusers in 'double figures' now #IRELAND http://t.co/UMG4EBsq16 
• Broken Garda badly needs resources, says watchdog #IRELAND http://t.co/NQA4kKFgsN 
• Watchdog bans ‘offensive’ clinical negligence ad | Law Gazette http://t.co/HbwK6asgu6
• Ulster Bank fined £2.75m over IT meltdown http://t.co/2gqfO7mxPN 
• Increase in trade mark registrations may lead to a surge in disputes | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/fUYLTDMY3J 
• MoJ must undertake a study of expert witness misconduct | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/mrg6whdPFo 
• £500,000 fine in corporate manslaughter decision | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/FRrWGxlzsk 
• Law Society enters debate on European Arrest Warrant | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/RC0zdkQMsK 
• Profession living through biggest onslaught on access to justice | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/QKRg0ARqkM 
• Role of Judiciary in Fighting Public Corruption and Promoting Democracy in #NIGERIA http://t.co/6Pm8nzITSB 
• Judges' Conference to discuss judiciary model in new statute #NEPAL http://t.co/1RHndxywTo 
• Reducing friction with judiciary my priority: New Law Minister Sadananda Gowda #INDIA http://t.co/khciQt0Evh 
• Solicitor warns employers about the dangers of stress at work http://t.co/T3PYNMWT7v
• Trainee solicitors who died in the Great War remembered http://t.co/4M0vlAhlFg 
• Soham woman injured in taxi smash urges people to use a good solicitor http://t.co/9TEhodu1xK 
• Court hears that Derry man had '20,000 drug-related texts on phone' http://t.co/xENNOjL1Nx 
• CCTV captured Shrien Dewani meeting Zola Tongo after his wife's murder http://t.co/NhF0CF7bAG 
• #UGANDA planning new anti-gay law despite opposition http://t.co/XxU6t6zzNi 
• Crazy U.K. Copyright Laws Suppress WWI Soldiers’ Letters, Other Historical Documents http://t.co/Wz36bV37P0 
• LeO can hold successor firms to account for inherited complaints, High Court rules | Legal Futures http://t.co/G82f3e6UT7 
• Quindell in freefall as it loses 20% of share value for second day running | Legal Futures http://t.co/PVA3VvRatd 
• Rents and indemnity premiums threaten health of small firms, survey finds | Legal Futures http://t.co/ZKR4s5YwCm 
• The teenage soldiers of World War One http://t.co/jW37HcYaZd 
• Law firm’s medical negligence advert “likely to cause distress to pregnant viewers” | Legal Futures http://t.co/9c9YFaDIsE 
• Northern Ireland schoolgirl photos put on pornographic website http://t.co/1hF7nQrycd 
• Lap dancing club allegedly took advantage of a man from Northern Ireland who ended up with bill for £7,500 http://t.co/8F4oFdzqzd
• Why do Indian women go to sterilisation camps? #INDIA http://t.co/Xu3mr8Y2pA 
• One in 10 sausages 'carries risk of hepatitis E virus' http://t.co/nkP7X5qifp 
• Three young activists have been found beheaded in Derna, in eastern #LIBYA http://t.co/HKBaZwXBIj 
• Is our adoption system in crisis? http://t.co/CJDUhiThEg 
• World-renowned Royal Academy of Music soloist admits sex offences against three former pupils http://t.co/qloqp9CRA9
• Coroner calls for review of safety after Cornwall speedboat accident http://t.co/Cohq6MZCpM 
• Theresa May: Home Office could have covered up paedophile claims http://t.co/2OVHW6TLws
• Terrorists and criminals are being 'airbrushed from history', Sajid Javid warns http://t.co/Xqgy0VrpaX 
• How the child sex abuse review searched for key names http://t.co/YEeJPBVFSs 
• Harry Roberts, murderer who was jailed for life for shooting police officers, released from prison http://t.co/OUbkajhdHs 
• Sajid Javid: terrorists and criminals are exploiting ‘right to be forgotten’ http://t.co/Rx9LdoxiAj 
• Nevada is finally getting an appeals court after voters approve tribunal #US http://t.co/OBAczKJ8Cl 
• Prime minister warned: no need to alter EU migrant rules after verdict http://t.co/kfK7EQhjLE
• The former pop star Gary Glitter denies 10 sex charges http://t.co/mLpnPBtRSH 
• Wales Bill amendments to give Welsh Assembly powers to determine voting age in income tax referendum http://t.co/YcAUtpg3QU 
• How to obtain further information on the Copyright Tribunal http://t.co/69ZYA8Wd6X 
• Book by Friday for 'Beating the cheats' food fraud conference http://t.co/jLinYBIi98 
• Rules that prevent supermarkets from displaying tobacco will be extended to all businesses in April 2015 http://t.co/bK1XBHUgOO 
• Lawyers escape technology jobs threat | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/v3mMYc46SJ
• Dentons boost Casablanca office with UGGC recruits | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/MtLUoiVujq 
• NY firm hit by sex, power and defamation accusations | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/DFFyZLuf84 
• Oil spill judge accuses lawyers of lying over BP claims | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/0nnEc65QM1 
• Italian lawyer sentenced for delivering Mafia death threat | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/I2yVhmceel
• Texas firm promises to hold back on legal threats | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/x6tSbfwAAE 
• Modelling predictor introduced by PI law firm | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/07yLc5tEf5 
• Quindell shares fall after director transactions | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/9DRgcRvory 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Ashurst, Clifford Chance, Freshfields and Linklaters all on CMA bank probe | The Lawyer http://t.co/SjdnTtSwlf

11th November - Law News

1051st Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & legal articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap

FOCUS OF THE DAY: CBA campaign for level playing field “not a cry for war” with solicitor-advocates. A new Criminal Bar Association (CBA) campaign to ensure that barristers and higher court advocates (HCAs) compete on a “level playing-field” does not amount to a “cry for war”, its chairman has said. Full story - Legal Futures

Saturday Conversations

• Welsh referendum vote on tax powers could be offered to 16 year olds in a bid to generate more interest http://t.co/M3FPpiZZTz 
• First Bus appeals against wheelchair court ruling http://t.co/bD11Qthfhg 
• 'No cover-up found' in abuse review by Peter Wanless http://t.co/5x2QRkVNuM 
• 'Secret' terror trial jury discharged at Old Bailey http://t.co/FqNSWHE1ll 
• Inquiry ordered into recording of prisoners' calls to MPs http://t.co/lWXpW1LDkV 
• Small businesses to benefit from relaxed alcohol rules http://t.co/gSsFC08b2D 
• The biggest danger to net neutrality is now political, not legal #US http://t.co/uyGpRfhZvx 
• In two years, Harvard Law School Veterans Legal Clinic has represented 100 clients #US http://t.co/B4frnRsBXL 
• FC Zurich begin legal action after horror tackle on Gilles Yapi-Yapo #SWITZERLAND http://t.co/CR6d8nIBJp 
• Journalists from the Bureau of Investigative Journalism won this year’s prestigious Legal Reporting Award http://t.co/437Cch4s91 
• Lalit Modi issues legal proceedings against Chris Cairns to claw back £2.4m for Indian Cricket League libel case http://t.co/IVe6I7dMps 
• Legal challenge to the Scottish government's plan to appoint named guardians for every child http://t.co/7UPYnWfoDF 
• Electronic property conveyancing puts end to paper #AUSTRALIA http://t.co/o7U1jr4pG0 
• Bar accused of taking ‘cheap shots’ at solicitor-advocates | Law Gazette http://t.co/OElKd1Ty3e 
• Doctors ‘concerned over whiplash panel’ | Law Gazette http://t.co/IbOfa2X7lW 
• Prisoner-lawyer conversations recorded, Grayling admits | Law Gazette http://t.co/3v93ElfytP 
• 'Fried Clitoris at the FGM Café' - Felicity Gerry QC http://t.co/OWbis5hiuN
• Revenge of the Queen's counsel: NSW's legal establishment is wracked with division after a monarchist raid #AUSTRALIA http://t.co/0NlRwfiLGj 
• Conservatives’ British bill of rights proposal to guarantee freedom of press http://t.co/qdmndnRCKc 
• EU talks halted over resolution calling for #NORTHKOREA referral to international criminal court http://t.co/2LHHRzUTLj 
• Labour to force vote on European arrest warrant after Tory fiasco http://t.co/bAB433pBNf
• Ched Evans to train with Sheffield United, according to reports http://t.co/vA5UORkgDH
• MPs should stop behaving as if they were at an ancient public school http://t.co/V4B0QvTlD7 
• European arrest warrant debacle proves a political shambles is often good news http://t.co/dhgkBzxVdp 
• Mazher Mahmood exposé will be screened on BBC despite the legal hitch http://t.co/KSii5zXVAt
• Secret war crimes indictments of Nazis released after seven-year fight http://t.co/NnY2p2vp03 
• #GERMANY can deny benefits to jobless EU migrants, court rules http://t.co/LyMGtzZWlF 
• Quindell’s value slides after AIM correction | Law Gazette http://t.co/SilWxHlBPk 
• Lord chancellor denied relief over missed deadline | Law Gazette http://t.co/P8NsNmmev7 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHC3kLR
• Celtic supporters arrested after Poppy Day minute's silence is disrupted by jeering and chanting http://t.co/3W1DmDIyOp 
• Rurik Jutting to undergo psychiatric tests before Hong Kong murder trial #CHINA http://t.co/ZkNW95P4jP
• World's End murder trial: Prosecution concludes its case against accused Angus Sinclair http://t.co/kFpDpM0xCw 
• Former Prime Minister Tony Blair signed contract with PetroSaudi promising him £41k a month http://t.co/eSNujIQHQH 
• Proposed community tribunal aims to keep proceedings simple #SINGAPORE http://t.co/8qaGu0gWyz 
• Senator Iyiola Omisore, will today open his case before the election petition tribunal #NIGERIA http://t.co/f226QY0Ttg 
• Tribunal will decide on death warrant, review after getting full verdict: Attorney General #BANGLADESH http://t.co/cSWVgGyXzh 
• Jagmohan Dalmiya can benefit if Bombay High Court strikes down BCCI amendment #INDIA http://t.co/qNWKu85Axm 
• 10 years on, tribunal orders employer to reinstate employee #CANADA http://t.co/QFNSnyFYLq 
• Demolish illegal constructions at Asaram's ashram, according to the National Green Tribunal #INDIA http://t.co/PzRSSLrNoX 
• Trade union meetings do not count as ‘working time’ http://t.co/B1Un840IU9 
• Security Council Recognizes Role of Rwandan Genocide Tribunal #RWANDA http://t.co/PmegRJWgEb 
• 'Misconduct' complaints against Nitschke referred to tribunal #AUSTRALIA http://t.co/rdfrPEEUm5 
• Tribunal hears Mersey surgeon gave patient consultation while three times over drink-drive limit http://t.co/oixtpyo4fA 
• Tribunal must give disputing parties chance to query legal approach neither party advocates, says High Court http://t.co/TtMFX4ZfVW 
• Judiciary is practising judicial activism and if we are not careful, this country can slide into anarchy? in #KENYA http://t.co/Eo3kC7srL5 
• Head of Justice Commission intervened in judiciary, report claims #TURKEY http://t.co/rDgTCcVW1e 
• Judiciary Denies British-Iranian Volleyball Woman Jailed #IRAN http://t.co/XDbZV5Ff4o 
• Mechanism needed to reduce executive-judiciary friction: Law Minister Sadananda Gowda #INDIA http://t.co/70g9CVcbrA 
• Fayose’s Eligibility: CJ Must Resist PDP’s Attempt to Hijack Judiciary, Says APC, Articles #NIGERIA http://t.co/CCND3SvMeP 
• A Farmer as Judiciary Committee Chairman? Probably #US http://t.co/NMhJEVuNcT
• Justice Crucial to Peace Talks in #MALI http://t.co/RH7PNne8uT 
• Bowraville murders: after the NSW inquiry, the elusive justice families seek is one step closer #AUSTRALIA http://t.co/rAhqDLenCY 
• East Lancashire solicitor Rachel Horman won prestigious national award in recognition of excellence in family law http://t.co/zvGCif0GIG 
• Solicitor Diane Morrison is the former typist who has become the pride of Hackney Community Law Centre http://t.co/qVePkgVa9f 
• Failed veg company Director Bunny Bites John Brent tells court his signature was forged on debt guarantees #AUSTRALIA http://t.co/T7bPqvRXGY 
• Surrogacy ruling hints at how Supreme Court may approach cases to come #IRELAND http://t.co/c29dQWCoK8
• Indian-origin doctor summoned over gender-based abortion in UK http://t.co/FW0Bnp2Xdb 
• Libel tourism may become our newest cottage industry in #IRELAND http://t.co/QxjoJSzAYi 
• #ISRAEL moves to extend law to W Bank settlers http://t.co/DV5hCqLVSh 
• UK Treasury Calls for Information on Digital Currencies http://t.co/0vaPHiERae
• Hedge Fund Founder’s Marital Split May Alter UK Divorce Law http://t.co/5KTMcT1esO 
• A lawsuit challenging how feature on LinkedIn, the professional-networking site, uses a job candidate's work history http://t.co/UdhFGFOZBZ 
• Powerful Afghan Police Chief Puts Fear in Taliban and Their Enemies #AFGHANISTAN http://t.co/wmmOt4rQRm 
• Pope Demotes U.S. Cardinal Critical of His Reform Agenda #VATICAN http://t.co/AkGyphV4kS 
• Plan to Exit Bankruptcy in Detroit Is Approved for Detroit #US http://t.co/30xKxvrR16 http://t.co/LZmP53aN4e 
• How the Berlin Wall Really Fell #GERMANY http://t.co/CvqJoN1RLH
• How One Lawyer's Crusade Could Change American Football (NFL) Forever #US http://t.co/sYoPllBhoe 
• High Court defamation action against Van Morrison by PR man over baby son is settled #IRELAND http://t.co/bPiU5JVg7Q 
• In-your-face racism has returned and few are fighting against it http://t.co/czZ2yMA0Rs 
• E-cigarettes should not be advertised — we don't even know how dangerous they are http://t.co/bS4GludsQj
• Court hears two workers were sacked over missing jam tarts #IRELAND http://t.co/drKy9QNaHd 
• Former minister Lowry in bid to get five criminal charges against him dismissed #IRELAND http://t.co/aau7J0lbuP 
• Cranberries singer Dolores O'Riordan singing in her cell after her arrest over an alleged air rage incident #ireland http://t.co/PqP4Z4pZY4 
• Whistleblower who implicated several former ministers in tax-evasion scandal offered a €20,000 to conclude #IRELAND http://t.co/Gjc8vMAiUa 
• Irish journalist’s horror at getting ‘catfished’ on Tinder #IRELAND http://t.co/ZoIQHuLFa3
• mounting pressure on Gerry Adams to retract his remarks about holding a newspaper editor at gunpoint #IRELAND http://t.co/ojwY6AiqPU
• Serco is failing, but is kept afloat thanks to Australia's refugee policy http://t.co/0r7jhs4i5r 
• Has Excalibur put the sword to third-party funding? | The Lawyer http://t.co/YffpeBOQcg 
• SJ Berwin: a promising afterlife? | The Lawyer http://t.co/k5KqFSHruK 
• Mark Brandon: Are independent lateral hire checks worth it? | The Lawyer http://t.co/5FA3QhR6Jn
• The family that saved 3,000 migrant lives http://t.co/1KjrxAqdtO 
• 12 dissident republican suspects arrested in Ardcarne Park, Newry http://t.co/euyZ6OrKiU 
• Child protection action plan due to be set out http://t.co/3hBD7ZRPs2
• Paedophile-fear Puxton Park ban blamed on jailed mayor http://t.co/w6bmH4hvaY 
• Dark net experts trade theories on 'de-cloaking' after raids http://t.co/vcq59ReqKV 
• McKenzie friend: Is having a 'friend' for your day in court a good thing? http://t.co/2KjB0VpezY 
• L'Aquila quake: Scientists see convictions overturned #ITALY http://t.co/Ial30DYhqe 
• EU justice measures backed by MPs despite anger over procedure http://t.co/oGuuL9eCkb
• Van driver passes a drink to passenger of another vehicle at 60mph http://t.co/An1n1yLXrJ 
• Widow in Cornwall speedboat accident admits 'big mistake' http://t.co/avZ2Hb1KB1
• Barrister sparked security scare by 'claiming Nazis wanted to blow up the Queen at the 2012 Olympics' http://t.co/ZiA4SQXrHP 
• Teaching assistant 'groomed schoolboy with sweets and cuddles' http://t.co/0iSzHF3dUn 
• Robert Maxwell's sons escape bankruptcy http://t.co/BXHEdBR75J 
• Seven Madeleine McCann suspects to be quizzed http://t.co/CVdqnY6OzH 
• 'Missing child sex abuse files' inquiry criticised by Simon Danczuk MP http://t.co/LFsFJmZ33W 
• David Cameron avoids humiliating defeat over European Arrest Warrant http://t.co/CU6ycxHJV2 
• Pensioner sparks security alert when he drops bomb off with police http://t.co/0gQEtjnc0K 
• Number of adoptions plunges to crisis level after Michael Gove reforms http://t.co/TG9R3t2bl6 
• Orrick sued in Ivory Coast over new office | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/Icw3dadlzE 
• Judge confirms criminal case against former Dewey bosses | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/4LfijoJwkB 
• Former Hogan Lovells partner nominated as Attorney General | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/egPo5taIMq 
• Allens closes down in Hong Kong | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/LXv8ZVhNz7 
• US law firms line up to sue Tesco | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/4y4zXQEzoW 
• Free case result publishing service offered to US lawyers | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/HVuAUb1JU9 
• Philippine patent agents make agreement to beat foreign rivals | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/sZITweUwaI 
• Universities criticised for offering too many law places | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/FKs5JM7wjE 
• CBA campaign “not a cry for war” with solicitor advocates | Legal Futures http://t.co/k6obs5h6Nv 
• Legal Futures report: City firms embracing innovation | Legal Futures http://t.co/TcSe1M5KQ6 
• Quality Solicitors founder Holt to join LegalZoom | Legal Futures http://t.co/yNxfdV3XnS 
• 39 Essex Street expands Singapore presence with 20 Essex Street barrister | The Lawyer http://t.co/yX4Z0svZm0 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Bond Dickinson client Sainsbury's loses High Court fight over Tesco prices | The Lawyer http://t.co/OVrfktw9JJ 
• Government has chosen vested interests over access to justice with its decision on hybrid DBAs | Law Gazette http://t.co/5p3bTvyq5j 
• Re-appointments to the Insolvency Rules Committee (IRC) https://t.co/eJGdYTXRlG 
• Importance of removing, reporting and recording 'pernicious' anti-semitic graffiti https://t.co/mJK4ZAzf3U
• New non-executive director Victoria Cochrane, appointed to the HM Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) Board https://t.co/GyhLm7uWr6 
• Young offenders given work experience by top businesses https://t.co/Gnl8hKMpnK 
• Cuadrilla’s environmental permit application consultation opened http://t.co/USVfvJ683Q 
• Tyson Hepple has been appointed as the interim Director General of Her Majesty’s Passport Office http://t.co/d20y4PxHxI 
• Barak Obama backs net neutrality plan #US http://t.co/8N0K2RqNuN 
• ‘Fake sheikh’ fails in bid to stop Panorama revealing appearance http://t.co/BgtHuYmnp4 
• Sainsbury’s loses legal challenge against Tesco ad campaign http://t.co/F6P5q2bkqa
• Cameron and May savaged for broken promises over European arrest warrant http://t.co/OICGmKzOjt 
• Bogus solicitor jailed for faking court documents | Law Gazette http://t.co/oGSkCnUxPT 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Baker & McKenzie, CMS and Taylor Wessing line up for Gherkin sale | The Lawyer http://t.co/0HbvpXD30y 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: HSF’s senior partner-elect James Palmer: the firm’s CEOs will do the heavy lifting | The Lawyer http://t.co/53QjG13CAx

10th November - Law News

1050th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & legal articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap

FOCUS OF THE DAY: The Bar Standards Board (BSB) is asking barristers to take part in a three-year training and education reform programme entitled Future Bar Training. The programme aims to focus training on what is demonstrably required for professional practice, ensure the regulatory structure does not act as a barrier for candidates, and maintain authorisation standards in a changing market. It aims to improve access routes to the profession and make CPD requirements more flexible.  Full story - New Law Journal

Saturday Conversations

• Date set for prosecution appeal against Oscar Pistorius conviction #SOUTHAFRICA http://t.co/P3agebLkBJ 
• It’s not just Eurosceptics who think the European arrest warrant is rotten | Shami Chakrabarti http://t.co/x2ij37V4qC 
• David Cameron facing rebellion as he denies MPs vote on European arrest warrant http://t.co/2Cl12tCdmj 
• Jean-Claude Juncker, Top EU Official, Faces Rising Furor Over Luxembourg Tax Revelations http://t.co/4IBm7JNxkm 
• Plan to resettle Muslim minorities not meeting strict standards of naturalized citizenship spur major exodus #MYANMAR http://t.co/ckHztwIuTz 
• Ex-French PM accuses Hollande aide of lying over Sarkozy legal case claims #FRANCE http://t.co/Xl7B7UuSip
• Rajasthan woman paraded naked on donkey on the orders of village elders #INDIA http://t.co/ntZ6gwx7lU 
• The students who feel they have the right to cheat #INDIA http://t.co/K9eo8LSNoh 
• England Under-21 footballer Ravel Morrison cleared of acid threats to ex-girlfriend http://t.co/TG0sduBtTx 
• Barrister to stand trial accused of falsely notifying British government of Olympics nuclear attack : http://t.co/UHor7FGdun 
• Firms' disability access 'unlawful' http://t.co/V5s0sPemHS 
• Al-Hilli family Alps deaths ruled unlawful killings http://t.co/CWkml6LyWm 
• 'Too big to fail' bank rules unveiled by global regulators http://t.co/GngrF7WLRb 
• Former RAF officer Eddie Graham sentenced to 13 years for child abuse http://t.co/KNUr6xA0x9 
• How baby barristers can bag a Pegasus Scholarship -- and escape the British winter: http://t.co/02i4255Zm8 
• Philip Nitschke: politicians out of step with public's attitude to euthanasia #AUSTRALIA http://t.co/WDjMfIhWsb 
• The Guardian view on the European arrest warrant vote: a political fix, not proper scrutiny http://t.co/TMNCoD16IA 
• Protests at admission that 43 missing students were massacred #MEXICO http://t.co/Cqns8HHF1n 
• Ed Miliband to promise business chiefs he will never take Britain out of the EU http://t.co/nLYBbDvl8a 
• Euthanasia: Senate inquiry calls for conscience vote on bill #AUSTRALIA http://t.co/2N8vBRku46 
• Plot against Ed Miliband distracts from Tory turmoil http://t.co/7QhEv42uKP 
• Theresa May tries to woo Tory sceptics by posing as reluctant European http://t.co/Rs3d2wYzoU 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Norton Rose Fulbright energy head homes in on APAC with Sydney move | The Lawyer http://t.co/qEWRQQPzTj 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: HSF elects former corporate head Palmer as senior partner | The Lawyer http://t.co/TyeiAGGaxq 
• In-house interview: Nottinghamshire County Council legal head Jayne Francis-Ward - Profile | The Lawyer http://t.co/ACiQRMcJ4v 
• My legal life: Alex Kelham, Managing associate and head of sports group, Lewis Silkin - Profile | Law Gazette http://t.co/YHynygeFit 
• BOOK REVIEW: A Fork in the Road - fascinating account of day-to-day legal life | Law Gazette http://t.co/j03TeysiMU 
• The case against common law: judges are infinitely wise and resolutely apolitical? | Law Gazette http://t.co/FqcMDqAls6 
• Bar Conference: Moses targets non-lawyer Grayling on 'rule of law' | Law Gazette http://t.co/Aiq6h7GwO3 
• Government rules out hybrid DBAs (damage-based agreements) | Law Gazette http://t.co/PG8zEPsyHq
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHC3kLR
• Queen Elizabeth II was targeted by radical Muslims on Saturday underscored the threat facing Britain http://t.co/dAmd3Xj05X 
• Catalonia vote: 80% back independence, say organisers #SPAIN http://t.co/iodLJoVX8o 
• EU law and order vote to be held in Commons http://t.co/oGuuL9eCkb 
• Press watchdog Ipso will 'damn' deliberate rule-breakers http://t.co/k5ocfedADs
• Legal training: making the grade | Law Gazette http://t.co/Hl5NoHs5LY 
• A diverse judiciary dispenses better justice and it’s time we took radical steps to create one | Law Gazette http://t.co/zC8ipH5W2D 
• Confronting the constitution | Law Gazette http://t.co/mcp1BwB6qB 
• Legal aid form to be amended | Law Gazette http://t.co/XJ1uaZpO90 
• Prof helps law firm predict future | Law Gazette http://t.co/S3M7ghvLoR
• PI lawyers urged to take mediation ‘leap of faith’ | Law Gazette http://t.co/nIAfG5tlXP 
• New targets for women partners | Law Gazette http://t.co/3ck641Z8Dm 
• McKenzie friends body lays down law | Law Gazette http://t.co/f4BXDYdX1R 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Ivory Coast Bar vows to pursue Orrick for 'breaching' bar rules | The Lawyer http://t.co/RKyXawxaxi 
• Santander general counsel Fortunato quits as bank finalises its new 30-strong legal panel | The Lawyer http://t.co/7pbrKMRCBL 
• Investment group Aurelius kicks off UK panel review with focus on fees | The Lawyer http://t.co/oug87luvMB
• Hodge Jones & Allen unveils predictive modelling technique for PI work | Legal Futures http://t.co/b4JFSB8rCq 
• Barristers urged to grab litigation opportunities after "modest" start | Legal Futures http://t.co/4Mw0xtMOk2 
• Aspiring solicitors: here's how to nail your training contract interview http://t.co/CkFpKUS8FE 
• Berlin Wall: Thousands of balloons released to mark fall http://t.co/C7nj1fvJEB 
• New Law Society President calls for end to all court closures #IRELAND http://t.co/kybXv3fGYS 
• Three Ways Courts Screw the Innocent Into Pleading Guilty #US http://t.co/9BXffdHkgN 
• Rick Perry prosecutor urges judge to let case go to trial #US http://t.co/uQ43Pm1Ecs 
• Kentucky lawmaker accused of bribery may ask for trial delay #US http://t.co/X2xOwwsty5 
• Virgin extend trial of Google Glass in bid to cut check-in times http://t.co/K0Xn1ngzpU 
• What your £34 a year EU membership gets you, a whole lot more than you thought http://t.co/Pz5tAMRjzc

9th November - Law News

1049th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & legal articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap

 

This weekend's Saturday Law Interview features Czech constitution lawyer and lecturer Martin Kopa discussing the importance of professional legal ethics, benefits of early exposure to clients for law students via law clinics as well as his experience of ECHR: 'Laws are made by necessity like paths are made by walking'.

Saturday Conversations

• HSA Alerts Public to Two Illegal Products Containing Potent Undeclared Ingredients #SINGAPORE http://t.co/QglzEBygbW 
• #LITHUANIA helps shut down illegal international online trade network http://t.co/zm0o3U0gkt 
• Transport Authority clamping down on illegal operators #JAMAICA http://t.co/XWBxToxDvG 
• Poachers are killing almost 35,000 elephants a year as illegal ivory trade spirals out of control in Africa http://t.co/mgHtVuxlyV 
• £100k to combat illegal grazing by Dudley horses http://t.co/lJLfhfEtr9 
• European Arrest Warrant would prevent UK becoming a haven for criminals http://t.co/Ap2g3WtNG1 
• Executions of robbers-turned-killers in 1964 marked the end of the death penalty in United Kingdom http://t.co/Dzt3hDcR0O 
• UK bans sex-selective abortion, but will abortion be as accessible as contraception? http://t.co/AjWcuAPfeA 
• Same-sex couple allowed to marry in St Petersburg #RUSSIA http://t.co/0P24XQ0sMT 
• New ‘even worse’ anti-gay law drafted in #UGANDA http://t.co/nP9pKPUMu5 
• United Kingdom Proposing To Brand Critics of Sharia Law And Gay Marriage ‘Extremists’ http://t.co/MbG0AMtG6j 
• Australian Research Council funding success for Legal History Libraries #AUSTRALIA http://t.co/dtT375l2Fm 
• Rapper’s 1984 hit song “Roxanne, Roxanne” at center of librarian lawsuit #US http://t.co/fPZ5BRp21A
• Bickering over Nkandla legal bills #SOUTHAFRICA http://t.co/H0W3Pnx0Nz 
• Indian legal education nowhere near global standards, Supreme Court judge says #INDIA http://t.co/wsRlo9moO1 
• Finding legal aid still a challenge for veterans #US http://t.co/dCKEEGBg4O 
• Calm down, stoners: legal weed is on a roll, but conservatives are still harshing our momentum #US http://t.co/56l3oSmCQC 
• Legal high use in prisons soaring - and sparks surge in 'violent attacks by inmates' http://t.co/BzjJfyWdPM
• Legal highs: tempting consumers, frustrating the authorities http://t.co/Lzd4YOsMcI 
• Expert witness critic says no need for regulation – yet | Law Gazette http://t.co/k6QPsdmzVE 
• Bar Conference: fees row 'has turned corner' says Nicholas Lavender QC | Law Gazette http://t.co/1CzjzPq9eY 
• Juvenile murderers and their families need to have their identities better protected by the law http://t.co/MhvD4jAlAu 
• Bar Conference: Level the advocacy playing field - barristers | Law Gazette http://t.co/zuzA4MSHKp 
• Oxfordshire barrister Victoria Prentis, 43, has been chosen to stand for the Conservative party in Banbury http://t.co/e4pXn5jMZa 
• Latest buzz in corridors of the High Court Bench in Madurai is on a Tamil book titled ‘He is Chandru #INDIA http://t.co/poAtloHUf1 
• Attorney General pick Loretta Lynch called strong civil rights defender #US http://t.co/q5dqFSwdql 
• Why wasn't he monitored? Ministry of Justice to review release of Wales cannibal killer Matthew Williams http://t.co/IDPPXnYRNb 
• No justice in sight for Iraqi victims of alleged murder, rape, and torture by British soldiers http://t.co/TP3yxCjNTc 
• #BAHRAIN Justice Ministry ends action against Waad opposition http://t.co/RIu7NXaVxa 
• Gardai wanted to get minister to influence DPP, says Ian Bailey #IRELAND http://t.co/VGbcq8xvkU 
• Man caught in possession of MDMA given Probation Act #IRELAND http://t.co/KvIZUl3Yoa 
• Lawyer representing AC/DC drummer Phil Rudd says police should never have charged him #NEWZEALAND http://t.co/QqJTdDLrKB 
• Briton Kabir Ahmed 'among Iraq suicide bombing dead' http://t.co/xmrvNvaEVx
• Contrary to dominant Ebola foreign intervention narrative, Africans not waiting to be rescued by white saviours http://t.co/PrNnq3FV8G 
• Poppy-themed headscarf offers Muslim women a way to remember those who fought and died for Britain in world wars http://t.co/Z11EdLHb41
• Catalans expected to turn out in droves on Sunday for what is now a 'symbolic' independence referendum #SPAIN http://t.co/YevXzQ2P0j 
• Is the wall still in our minds?Jan Beyer and Friederike Koppe grew up on opposite sides of a newly unified #GERMANY http://t.co/5rK3ooRnGO
• Hole in separation barrier with Palestinian territories to mark 25 years since fall of Berlin Wall #ISRAEL http://t.co/wvR1Gn1a7X 
• David Blunkett: terrorism on the internet can’t be tolerated http://t.co/vGSEKNA3dQ 
• The full story of the 'medieval monarch' of Tower Hamlets http://t.co/46fBh9qeEq 
• We can’t control our borders until we control those judges http://t.co/yR0pGhGYVY 
• Theresa May: Fight Europe by all means, but not over this Arrest Warrant http://t.co/5Scow5rGh2 
• Doctor to appear in court in UK’s first gender abortion prosecution http://t.co/94q4zfXqwj 
• Teenage anxiety: Tailored treatment needed http://t.co/MZklSRwtJm 
• EU budget battle: Devil's in the detail http://t.co/0jtYWIqIE8 
• Michael Brown shooting: Ferguson braces for grand jury decision #US http://t.co/bW2eMhl9e8 
• Police given extra week to question terror suspects http://t.co/MXYH5VJxq4
• Joy as North Korea detainees Miller and Bae return home to #US http://t.co/tBiGGFThon 
• Fall of the Berlin Wall: Angela Merkel hails fall as 'dream come true' #GERMANY http://t.co/C7nj1fvJEB 
• Remembrance Sunday: Nation falls silent as Queen leads commemorations http://t.co/KHy2sbk5xz 
• Who’s Afraid of Consumer Credit? A Discussion with Todd Zywicki | Library of Law http://t.co/DQTUsgHTHK 
• Competency in Administration: James Q. Wilson and American Bureaucracy | Library of Law http://t.co/XK2cZ7laxU
• Sinn Féin, Constitutional Politics and the Rule of Law | Human Rights Ireland http://t.co/bU7SQRONrl 
• Wave the pro bono flag: it’s time to celebrate the power of public interest law | Human Rights Ireland http://t.co/ITYki8p8h8
• Civil Society Perspectives on Business and Human Rights | Human Rights Ireland http://t.co/ps83bP5pwy 
• New Publication: Ireland and the European Convention on Human Rights | Human Rights Ireland http://t.co/qBJX7YUzqR 
• Changing Mindsets, Changing Minds: Conference on the Rights of Children of Offenders | Human Rights Ireland http://t.co/shhKzM0oOO 
• No binding assurances about badgers, says Court of Appeal | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/69GhmhxefP 
• Letting in a chink of light to closed material cases : Bank Mellat again | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/sB4BSqLqFq 
• Control & restraint techniques used on people removed from UK are lawful: Court of Appeal | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/OGHhQ4WjKl 
• Delays in prisoner rehabilitation did not breach Convention - Strasbourg Court | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/pAWCVdovrG 
• Wind turbines, noise and public information | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/U8y6SWgzzo 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHC3kLR
• Crackdown on ‘free movement of criminals’ http://t.co/tiVQiS2IvY 
• I paid £26,000 into the wrong account – and only got £800 back http://t.co/SxMoYP8QwD
• Assisted dying will be made legal in UK ‘within two years’ http://t.co/DjjYtVnch1 
• Loretta Lynch: level-headed lawyer who flies beneath the radar #US http://t.co/ulD9Uvpk3s
• Lawyers file emergency motion to stop execution of mentally ill Texas inmate #US http://t.co/0qszzep3o6 
• #US government sees off legal challenge over Guantánamo force-feeding http://t.co/b7y5MITpET 
• Judge strikes down Arizona's migrant smuggling law #US http://t.co/KJA0gDNvBr 
• UK rights groups reject official inquiry into post-September 11 rendition http://t.co/Buexrv1bGJ 
• Lawyer for Ann Maguire’s killer says rules on anonymity must be overhauled http://t.co/nibuqv4Qrf 
• Ex-USSR leader Gorbachev: World on brink of new Cold War http://t.co/OJ9y4raSgQ 
• Some thoughts on Remembrance Sunday: War, pacifism, and chaplains http://t.co/2En0Qrl28q v
• Eamon Bradley in court to face weapons charges in Syria inquiry http://t.co/8OitQKxZzi

8th November - Law News

1048th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & legal articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap

 

Today's Saturday Law Interview features Czech constitution lawyer and lecturer Martin Kopa discussing the importance of professional legal ethics, benefits of early exposure to clients for law students via law clinics as well as his experience of ECHR: 'Laws are made by necessity like paths are made by walking'.

Saturday Conversations

• UK firms hiring not firing | New Law Journal: http://t.co/r04MTBc54A 
• Claims against UK not barred by state immunity | New Law Journal: http://t.co/SI4CG1Ac6I 
• Solicitors Regulation Handbook updated | New Law Journal: http://t.co/2b6LZ38G1N 
• Jet2.com could cost £bns | New Law Journal: http://t.co/YUsrPZW7bL 
• Pop-up pro bono to top up justice | New Law Journal: http://t.co/7lUHJ6JqGY 
• Rating the best legal internships | New Law Journal: http://t.co/jHRzKKSSuJ 
• Bar Standards Board launches Future Bar Training | New Law Journal: http://t.co/xhASqtj3eZ 
• Lawyers downplay holiday pay ruling | New Law Journal: http://t.co/wI01INGyr7 
• Abuse inquiry controversy: Will Home Office take opportunity to “clear the slate”? | New Law Journal: http://t.co/jbh4OTQ8W5 
• Flight delays compensation ruling lead to cautionary approach from law firms and claims companies | New Law Journal: http://t.co/YR2J03mFEL 
• District judge had no power to order a closed material hearing or make a witness anonymity order | New Law Journal: http://t.co/Hshd3q69P4 
• New device predicts personal injury outcomes | New Law Journal: http://t.co/6ZpIwSaaC1 
• New chief of HM Courts & Tribunals Service | New Law Journal: http://t.co/wyxKXNoZgK 
• Cyber-heists: Organised crime's credit card theft rampage http://t.co/XTsP7pfC0E 
• Shropshire Fire Service website hacked by AnonGhost http://t.co/gpcPi7X5az 
• University of Law sells Brum premises & puts Bloomsbury on market for 50 million quid in leaseback deals : http://t.co/9mngoI6m9o 
• Terror arrests: Four men questioned over alleged plot http://t.co/2Xk5nQIecw
• Countries of Asia and the Pacific region agrees network to share information on corruption http://t.co/H3yfoCx06Y 
• Scammers target leading online travel agent http://t.co/e6S2R4VmHe http://t.co/3umTzi3H0K 
• Argoed cannibal murder: Questions asked over monitoring http://t.co/mlYv7UoWhY 
• Pensions for life for military spouses who remarry http://t.co/yWJtmBG2FE 
• #MEXICO Attorney General Jesus Murillo: ''the information we have obtained causes great pain in the families'' http://t.co/aDlFbhK6Hh 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHC3kLR
• Robert O’Neill has gone from ‘hero to zero’ after claiming glory for Osama bin Laden killing #US http://t.co/SdX8L4BqcH 
• War hero banned from wearing his medals in court to give evidence against assault http://t.co/q3VppFgcd8 
• Mazher Mahmood lawyers fail to win injunction against BBC Panorama documentary http://t.co/awLxUZ0dor 
• Magistrates won't be 'punch bag' for liberal groups, says chairman http://t.co/6L0VNTwkmf 
• Plea for elderly driving tests after woman, 93, kills cyclist http://t.co/XB5Zb8EwRT 
• Britain seeks new prisoner deal with Ireland http://t.co/cHh69V1Kc6 
• Ireland and UK must work together in fight against crime http://t.co/KYvD5iyy1a 
• Genetic mum loses Supreme Court battle to be registered as her twins' legal mother #IRELAND http://t.co/mnwZb8gau9 
• Sheep farmers entitled to additional compensation over flock cull in 2001 Foot and Mouth disease outbreak #IRELAND http://t.co/PFX31n4WU8 
• Criminal shot in both legs in punishment attack gets stabbed in fresh attack #IRELAND http://t.co/pD7AEIa9pB 
• New film exposes #EGYPT press crackdown http://t.co/SWzpB7ln5p 
• Leftist governments across Latin America are failing to follow a truly leftist direction http://t.co/kr3w9P1Ijt 
• #MEXICO gang suspects confess to mass killing http://t.co/rGWr4b8Mih 
• Peers say judges must sanction assisted dying cases http://t.co/XS7iUgwAja 
• 'English only' rule at Lidl shops sparks Welsh row http://t.co/CaQ8zyoLHy
• Samaritans pulls 'suicide watch' Radar app due to 'serious' concerns http://t.co/kWxofkSqFk 
• No drugs in actor Robin Williams suicide http://t.co/Fyq4gTwsGS 
• President Obama to give Loretta Lynch the nod to become next US attorney general #US http://t.co/SmGceHscGd
• The Charity Commission has opened a statutory inquiry into Revelation Foundation http://t.co/ccsgdsp1PS 
• Industry day for Electronic Warfare and Cyber suppliers http://t.co/GFEUTm41Ha 
• Planning blueprint for major development which protects the environment http://t.co/0iwgbczf0u 
• Bravery of Lambeth First World War hero honoured http://t.co/RMGqiBU4Dn 
• DVLA warns the public of an email scam that asks drivers to verify their driving licence details via an online link https://t.co/LAOPq9l2Ag
• UK's top law firm ABS buys private wealth practice | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/rwK3HmnQSk 
• Bogus law firm alerts up by 20 pc | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/EoXO5VRG6L 
• Ius Laboris reaches 46 countries by Venezuela growth | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/uFLDiMGTk8 
• Top African firm merges in Namibia | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/6e0wbFnfXG 
• Billionaire moves to stop lawyer leaving the US | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/40Ks3TDftJ 
• Jones Day hires clerks from US Supreme Court | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/00kn6UGtMv 
• UK government spies routinely listen in to lawyer-client communications | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/OLLuOszqny 
• Linklaters sets up second Asian disputes hub in Singapore | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/tS2GxhROuS 
• The Youth Find New Ways to Be Heard on Truth, Justice, and the Future of the Country #IVORYCOAST https://t.co/ANeeAGyPZF 
• DUP support for justice system criticised http://t.co/2nssW6Wo7Z 
• Immigrants represented by attorneys far more likely to win deportation cases, Stanford law clinic study finds #US http://t.co/h53WTIQqS1
• Actor Martin Sheen campaigning for justice over Bhopal gas tragedy that killed over 10,000 #INDIA http://t.co/RHU2aU80qi 
• As 9 Are Killed in #BRAZIL Tweets Accuse Police of Vigilante Justice http://t.co/jbppof4Yy2 
• Solicitor firm in hot water over £300k mistake http://t.co/ZFxRL2mPNx 
• Paraplegic woman says solicitor who lost her compensation payout should be banned from practising #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/Vhgs8rV47l 
• Impostor solicitor who forged documents in attempt to clear £19,000 debt is jailed at Old Bailey for 22 months http://t.co/r2oG9xoB8G 
• Drug charges against Brazilian footballer Adriano rejected #BRAZIL http://t.co/0WmpoyIEU4 
• Tributes paid at the funeral of Exeter solicitor Tim Dyde, who went 'beyond the call of duty for families' http://t.co/nZifmqcAPd
• Security Agents Often Miss When Passports Don't Match Faces http://t.co/V3DOm5TcsG 
• UN women's rights panel accuses #CHINA of harassing activists http://t.co/CE8jgwoJkU 
• UN says #GAMBIA blocks investigators probing torture and killings http://t.co/TdTak5pb6N
• 'Juju' sex trafficker Lizzy Idahosa jailed for eight years http://t.co/2BKTqnXlcM 
• Dr Daniel Ubani wins costs from Cambridgeshire victim's son http://t.co/UR3f1LXVnd 
• Former Brookside School head teacher in court over sex attacks http://t.co/1t0thcJ5nk
• Pension reforms spark '101 queries' http://t.co/AAuP3NO5fR 
• Leeds United football club handed winding-up petition by law firm Ford & Warren Solicitors over unpaid fees http://t.co/iG39vA4BDO
• Eleanor De Freitas suicide inquest adjourned http://t.co/FuENuy99rH 
• Three guilty over James Bulger killer story payments http://t.co/sK54bpF84v 
• Tax trial confirmed for Princess Cristina of #SPAIN http://t.co/SOnufelzIL 
• Ian Edmondson jailed over News of the World hacking plot http://t.co/aIHRp5OCMX 
• Bollywood ban on female makeup artists to be declared unlawful #INDIA http://t.co/nAhmlU5eD7 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Eversheds appoints new London tax head | The Lawyer http://t.co/ITLNQQebLM 
• Former Pannone FD Anthony Clare fined by FCA | The Lawyer http://t.co/8PVW4iZIID 
• A man has been ordered to pay almost £500 in fines and costs for dropping a snack lid on the ground in Bristol http://t.co/n8y3IqiF1S 
• Four men from London and Thames Valley are being held by police investigating an alleged Islamist terror plot http://t.co/r6klpfSDKS 
• The woman who was murdered in an act of cannibalism has been named as Cerys Marie Yemm http://t.co/Mod3VIEVHW 
• UK's £1.7bn bill to EU 'halved' says Chancellor Osborne http://t.co/2y0vxhMmMJ

7th November - Law News

1047th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & legal articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap

FOCUS OF THE DAY: UK’s first ICC judge attacks proposed restructuring of international court. Sir Adrian Fulford, who served at ICC from 2003 to 2012, says changes could make court institutionally lopsided. Full story - Guardian Law

Saturday Conversations

• Marussia Formula 1 team have ceased trading and all staff will be made redundant, administrators FRP have announced http://t.co/8AgtglRluu
• Assisted dying is an act of kindness we all might need http://t.co/zvdakmpdA2 
• Actor Tom Ellis wins damages over Sunday Mirror's Tamzin Outhwaite claim http://t.co/nulxeKqj9X 
• Eleanor de Freitas’s death shows the CPS has a duty to make humane decisions http://t.co/ELhkz2HkPa 
• Daughter ‘would still be alive’ if CPS had not pursued charge of false rape http://t.co/mt7rtBK7aW 
• If America is going to reveal the truth about torture, Obama must end Gitmo’s cover-up court #US http://t.co/6KolEslFkI 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Mourant Ozannes and Ogier switch senior Jersey funds lawyers | The Lawyer http://t.co/uvcnWh46v8
• Blackstone silk rebuffed in bid to fight Singapore JR battle | The Lawyer http://t.co/KnLyhOKllc 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Davis Polk and Latham buckle up for $1bn Virgin America IPO | The Lawyer http://t.co/onPVoSiE3g
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Debevoise scores HSF Asia managing partner Johnson for Hong Kong | The Lawyer http://t.co/5GV1eDIdBi 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Al Tamimi's Husam Hourani - expansion beyond the Middle East on the horizon | The Lawyer http://t.co/bQD2bOiHxj 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Leigh Day force disclosure of breach of legal professional privilege by security services | The Lawyer http://t.co/bNQmozXc5c
• LAW FIRM NEWS: As senior partner vote closes at noon, Herbert Smith Freehills awaits a new leader | The Lawyer http://t.co/ZiNqkdZBlT 
• The battle against terrorism mean that we should accept some interception of lawyer-client messages? | Law Gazette http://t.co/rJdMKMAUl9 
• Huge raid to shut down 400-plus dark net sites http://t.co/C5ExBNfmem 
• Max Clifford loses appeal to cut assaults sentence http://t.co/I4L9i0gdKZ 
• Documents reveal GCHQ spies targeted lawyers | Law Gazette http://t.co/0HDxrLpb2n 
• Craig Holt, founder of legal services brand QualitySolicitors, has left the business | Law Gazette http://t.co/tnkPo1bNnw 
• Fixed fees needed for deafness claims, say insurers | Law Gazette http://t.co/OTAJUfVWTG 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHC3kLR
• 'Arbeit Macht Frei' Gate Stolen From Former Dachau Death Camp #GERMANY http://t.co/imd2qg6V7Z 
• Simple living President of #URUGUAY Jose Mujica gets $1m offer for his VW Beetle http://t.co/boeDE0T7Z9
• Gay marriage bans upheld in four #US states http://t.co/xdcBu2REFi
• More than 300 companies secured secret deals from #LUXEMBOURG to slash their tax bills http://t.co/Q422amWWLk 
• Republican win in #US Senate breathes life into patent legislation http://t.co/ustYA6QnKf
• Sinn Féin continues its Stand By Your Man policy… but will it sour public opinion? #IRELAND http://t.co/jXBNwt5kL2 
• Poll: Should businesses keep their religious beliefs separate from their work? #IRELAND http://t.co/HwqplqkFDK
• Supreme Court hears arguments on evidence destruction, shotgun possession #US http://t.co/SJspyTsBin 
• Illinois voters approve anti-discrimination voting amendment #US http://t.co/jevIisZzVw 
• UN committees outline states' obligations to end harmful practices against women and girls http://t.co/67LsUusAqM
• World's End murder trial: DNA linked to Angus Sinclair was recovered from tights and a bra http://t.co/1OAz1Wvn9k 
• Court will cast wide net for Boston bombing trial’s jury #US http://t.co/i1ELBAZGdI 
• Judiciary assures rejecting interferences in case of Journalist Bidaiwi’s murderer #IRAQ http://t.co/oYCiBlDbSh 
• Shrien Dewani #SOUTHAFRICA trial: CCTV video footage shows accused meeting convicted driver morning after killing http://t.co/yTD5QqehwA
• PDP kicks over assignment of E-11, Fayose’s case to same judge #NIGERIA http://t.co/1Cp4Swf9Sg 
• 3 arrested for selling Zunar’s book on Anwar at trial #MALAYSIA http://t.co/MFqIfbnfJq 
• Jamaat VS Judiciary? Islamist collaborators takes on the International War Crimes Tribunal #BANGLADESH http://t.co/YcEjoNu4zq 
• Three Quick Thoughts on the Election’s Implications for the Judiciary #US http://t.co/ia2D9d7NXp 
• Full scale of Plymouth's illegal tobacco trade revealed after £12,000 seizures http://t.co/qkp6vEvqEP http://t.co/OQ1RlOyMLg 
• Amazon timber from illegal loggers is heading to Rotterdam #NETHERLANDS http://t.co/8BZdrTlyum 
• Online conveyancing platform announces stamp duty integration http://t.co/pIwzZUoGI1 
• NC voters approved constitutional amendment giving criminal defendants option to waive right to trial by jury #US http://t.co/fhclj8mnYK 
• N Ireland Justice Minister David Ford has crowned three ‘Justice Champions’ for services to their community http://t.co/pAsLw2xBiH
• Speech by The Hon. Mr Justice Green: Advocacy in Peril? http://t.co/Ui0SnOZQWs
• Stormont's Justice Committee agree to hold an inquiry into public confidence in the criminal justice system http://t.co/yWmpmaZErR 
• Thalidomide drug scandal survivor battles for justice with East Kilbride MP http://t.co/n2eyOE7LLV 
• Families of murdered Bowraville children given renewed hopes of justice #AUSTRALIA http://t.co/sXODZLngbz 
• The Supreme Court has more fun than ought to be legal arguing about shrimpy grouper #US http://t.co/36kCGebJg6
• The Land Of Many Lawyers And Very Slow Justice #BRAZIL http://t.co/YzkJrSky3c 
• BPE Solicitors, which has Cheltenham and Stroud offices, promotes Scott Rowe to partner http://t.co/py2xWukum5 
• Second solicitor from Birmingham based AKZ Solicitors struck off http://t.co/JVxH6z927a 
• Mississauga real estate lawyer Rita Grewal vanishes into thin air – allegedly with $3.5 million #CANADA http://t.co/T9Dl4PF0j8 
• Scholarship beckons women to ACT bar #AUSTRALIA http://t.co/rzcdWVwBeD 
• Ian Bailey: Court hears police made death threat after murder arrest #IRELAND http://t.co/Q0zBhqKhEE 
• Barrister hire: Patrick O’Kane at Cordery | Law Gazette http://t.co/1ocn48Lg3h 
• UK Parliament clarifies that gendercide abortions are illegal http://t.co/1QtFn4EvM1 
• HMRC should settle all outstanding avoidance scheme disputes to bolster UK tax credibility, says expert http://t.co/ID58tQJcZM
• Guy Fawkes night’s oddest traditions are due to a 1606 law http://t.co/jucmMpgtnm 
• Grimsby based Wilkin Chapman Grange won national recognition for commitment to staff training and development http://t.co/6kAnZSXnut 
• Prime Minister considering lifting martial law in some areas within #THAILAND http://t.co/QgPrDMtUv2 
• Senior Legal Figures Urge UK to Support European Arrest Warrant System http://t.co/OOMwH2K6i4 
• alt.legal: All Your Profits Are Belong To Us http://t.co/66jxgZC7xZ 
• Five North East law firms have ranked highly in the recent Chambers UK 2015 report http://t.co/TzAiZyDHPZ 
• Tasmania drops mandatory prison sentences from anti-protest legislation #AUSTRALIA http://t.co/wGaWWghZXq
• If you've ever thought about speaking out against immigration, beware — you could become a lord http://t.co/0FnhfWdKGX 
• GCHQ can delete extremist content online all it wants, but it won't help defeat Isis http://t.co/xCvFa74sgf 
• Be it decriminalisation or the 'Nordic Model' — something needs to be done about prostitution http://t.co/OyaZ2hgoHK 
• Million Mask March protesters attack woman 'for having the wrong accent' http://t.co/iQSGdpyyO6 
• British police to arrest dealers after FBI sting on internet drugs baron http://t.co/1PgsyEo6Or 
• Liam Lyburd arrest: Teenager accused of planning gun and bomb attack on college http://t.co/lAqCBf8ypM 
• Control your gamekeepers or face prosecution, judge warns aristocrats http://t.co/KobJXTmlTz 
• Internet is becoming a 'dark and ungoverned space', says Met chief http://t.co/BJ3aaqUy8c
• Son of UK man killed by foreign doctor Daniel Ubani ordered to pay thousands of pounds for insulting him #GERMANY http://t.co/7lh7Qe00xB 
• Former BBC director sues Marks & Spencer after wrongful arrest for meat theft http://t.co/odXPBNJKQn 
• Nordic PMs warn David Cameron over EU immigration change http://t.co/wzVC3sHMiF 
• Drink-driving: Most drivers would be 'ashamed' to be caught http://t.co/ypD6gf9tN5 
• Home Depot hackers stole 53 million email addresses #US http://t.co/QeLIURozwM 
• The Apprentice Review: Ex-Slaughter and May man returns to scene of BCL triumph -- no one cares: http://t.co/Z2KGLKTMG8 
• Compensation Fund could pay the price after High Court buy-to-let ruling | Legal Futures http://t.co/WqEbvtSmA5 
• 'Irish alcoholism nature' reason for job rejection for #Irish teacher in #SOUTHKOREA http://t.co/L8gBKUa2p7 
• Gwent Police mistakenly spray 'hot chilli' at four-year-olds http://t.co/YwO2Z0O8KM 
• A report on the Bangladeshi migrants eking out a living in Rome, hiding from authorities #ITALY http://t.co/zOHxmI60F1 
• Officials & businessmen from #CHINA used a state trip by President Xi Jinping to smuggle ivory out of #TANZANIA http://t.co/TD6cUQL4nu 
• Supreme Court of #LIBYA rules elected parliament illegal http://t.co/WeOlwxEXHe 
• Clarification of the statutory scheme regulations for the price of branded medicines supplied to the NHS http://t.co/RT21bYr9Hs 
• Staffordshire company Ibstock Bricks (1996) Limited ordered to pay £33,621 for polluting local brook http://t.co/j72XNPI3Um 
• 7 foreign flagged ships under detention in the UK during September 2014 http://t.co/V0zG9Fzy5W 
• Department for Education and WWE urge pupils to banish bullying http://t.co/Bb5AAEBQi1 
• UK and Australia unite to tackle serious crime: Ministers sign agreement to share crime scene DNA http://t.co/rWhtXKWRaO 
• Flanders' Fields Memorial Garden opens http://t.co/Jog2Fen4TE 
• East Germany's trade in human beings http://t.co/dXXXIOPyxm 
• Inquiry paints damning portrait of the Marikana massacre #SOUTHAFRICA http://t.co/YbsJBFDEhs 
• UK should consider taking EU to court over £1.7bn bill, say senior Labour MPs http://t.co/XFPghUMQPl 
• Call for prosecutors to answer for trial of alleged rape victim who killed herself http://t.co/Y2tFGamx3N 
• Our addiction to criminalising human behaviour makes a mockery of private responsibility http://t.co/zlposvQsnd 
• Missouri officials refuse to issue same-sex marriage licenses despite ruling #US http://t.co/IBwJKPJF0D 
• PwC tax advice under spotlight after Luxembourg leaks | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/uZOQ2XLDPX 
• Akin Gump donates US$1.67m to US political parties | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/e3EsXJetir 
• Emissions challenges likely to be ineffective | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/oBcfpjWacQ 
• Lawyers hit back at golfer over US$3m suit | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/o6D0txXotm 
• Hong Kong lawyers explore virtual offices | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/OOtfZ4hF3z 
• 'Cannibal' killer found chewing woman's face in hotel room before he was tasered by police, in Blackwood, South Wales http://t.co/fqMNmS8wAM 
• Microsoft GC seeks talks over privacy invasions | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/jmyzKmqzme 
• Goldman Sachs bucks trend on legal costs | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/3SUPZWUItj
• Wilkie Farr opens 9th office in Houston | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/2n4F7paTPh 
• GC warns of rise in Twitter use by shareholder activists | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/BBuGzW8hDA
• A review of all activity in UK Law firms last week: The Sunday Law Review - 26th October to 1st November http://t.co/RIreXWXUSE