15th March - Law News

1175th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & legal articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap

Our last Saturday Law Interview featured Dr. Steven Vaughan, a former city solicitor and now a legal academic with expertise on the laws regarding the regulation of nanotechnology as well as the standard and quality of legal advice offered by corporate law firms: 'Regulating nanotechnology & the quality of corporate legal advice'.

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Ian Rankin returns to Rebus after year-long sabbatical http://t.co/SrsSx8ncTi
• Police detain 8 men in #Indian nun rape investigation http://t.co/zFz2Ie5xb7 
• Arrest over Ferguson police shooting #US http://t.co/h4l5WUUhJw 
• The Case for Marriage Equality, March 26 2015 at 6.30pm | Human Rights Ireland https://t.co/g0e1M1pYQ1
• Managing or combating domestic violence? Penal mediation in Greece | Human Rights Ireland https://t.co/qhjh0cDiGF 
• Public protest, private rights | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/vQYOF2mIRk 
• Article 11 and the Met's "pay to protest" proposal | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/ix2rykATal 
• Removal of clothing by police and Article 8 ECHR – Court of Appeal expresses sympathy for children in custody http://t.co/SiT24MPvxb 
• Court of Appeal gives further guidance on Article 8 in immigration cases | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/HrVR9crXXR 
• Supreme Court reverses informed consent ruling: Sidaway is dead | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/yFOWgib6x8 
• An update on my new human rights project, RightsInfo | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/tOG5eKlBpl 
• What happened to WW2 POW camps? http://t.co/M9k3Ga8RXJ 
• Sailors spell out Mother's Day message http://t.co/cTuEZkcvyU 
• Families face special educational needs help 'postcode lottery' http://t.co/jDlDjz9kGv 
• Woman arrested after body found in boot of a burning car http://t.co/CUc4fkGF52 
• London Fire Brigade investigates cause of Battersea Arts Centre blaze http://t.co/NhWaRraL4Q 
• The dog walker, the injured executive, and allegations of harassment and extortion http://t.co/GGEu5nAJre 
• These 'carers’ just don’t care... http://t.co/fg8TqFViFf
• Christians must learn to stand up for themselves http://t.co/vC6E0vuSFQ 
• College Applications and Criminal Records #US https://t.co/9xbd0UOyfJ 
• Tracing Jewish Heritage Along the Danube https://t.co/SRIfd1IiGV
• Sex and Violence, Beyond the Script, and stage #US https://t.co/AulDV1TZPK
• Power crowd fête lawyer David Boies at 74th birthday bash #US https://t.co/11f8yp3ZOv 
• Rahul Sharma set to start his new innings as lawyer #INDIA https://t.co/NOF8ANQH9c 
• The lawyer who represented the Oklahoma City bomber is helping the SAE fraternity #US https://t.co/0cohA0svdA 
• Advocates condemn lawyer’s killing in Allahabad #INDIA https://t.co/rXnMYKsstq
• Day 3 of jury deliberations in Via Rail terror trial #CANADA https://t.co/RO46uOX15Y 
• A Gender Discrimination Trial Rocks Silicon Valley #US https://t.co/3uvpdaRLN8 
• #IRELAND’s Harrowing BDSM Murder Trial https://t.co/st4YzDM2kd 
• Jodi Arias trial secret testimony: ‘He refused to kiss me’ after car encounter #US https://t.co/5PQkMqaJdT 
• Operation Chainsaw targets illegal commercial firewood sales #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/SeGe6QtUj6
• Cracks Develop in Rajasthan's Chittorgarh Fort as Illegal Mining Continues #INDIA https://t.co/0NBFQ9bOl6 
• Texas lawmaker wants filming police to be illegal #US https://t.co/gwDnP49su7 
• Filthy drains, illegal parking greet EDMC Mayor’s inspection #INDIA https://t.co/iI3FYD8J2f 
• Confusion over whether 'designer vagina' ops are illegal under female genital mutilation laws https://t.co/dJZu6CR85N 
• Case against Sheffield doctor alleged to have arranged illegal abortion is dropped https://t.co/jA88zav5HZ 
• Former #MALDIVES President Mohamed Nasheed sentenced by criminal court https://t.co/9jFUNmLZNV 
• University of Oklahoma Expels the First Amendment #US https://t.co/0sbr68YlRG
• #French financial prosecutor requests that HSBC face criminal tax evasion trial https://t.co/lmXXTvOkuS 
• Another Perspective On King v. Burwell #US https://t.co/O9vRCT43N9
• DOJ criticizes new white collar crime sentencing recommondations #US https://t.co/aF7Q7AnnQw 
• Grand jury will not indict Victoria officer who used Taser on elderly man #US https://t.co/G3Je6wWYvG 
• Denying Mutembo justice is dictatorship - Mangani #ZAMBIA https://t.co/OOKFyAgUxE
• Delay In Release Of Funds Hampering Duties Of Election Petition Tribunal – CJN, PCA #NIGERIA https://t.co/UmT4ZgquZV
• Apex court says Army tribunal order can be challenged only before us #INDIA https://t.co/HBBA89QNVh 
• Will Obama force #US to submit to 'climate justice tribunal'? https://t.co/X69Eo4UcDS 
• Securities Appellate Tribunal quashes Sebi’s market ban on DLF #INDIA https://t.co/7QuhzZhdc4 
• Draft legislation released last week is set to aid #Australian fund managers in competing for investment from overse…https://t.co/TwqcHxEzGP
• The moment of truth for cookies in the #NETHERLANDS: new legislation and active cookie enforcement https://t.co/4IHSZkMTQP 
• Local businesses use storefront sticker to target controversial religious freedom legislation #US https://t.co/m1elEbNxk3 
• Cambridge Judge and Pearl Initiative launch Senior Executive Leadership and Trust programme in Dubai https://t.co/xZYUGc5CTJ
• Judge Judy’s new contract means she earns more than Ronaldo and Messi put together https://t.co/LTtSUqIcnw
• Judge orders Brampton to answer lawsuit questions #CANADA https://t.co/dEmQ91jl4X 
• How a 1923 Supreme Court decision could help Mobile's probate judge in marriage case #US https://t.co/mgv1CP7UVD 
• #SOMALIA's judicial system in turmoil after President fires judges https://t.co/hWbinFK5pn 
• What’s really remaining of our judiciary’s independence? #ZAMBIA https://t.co/T5tRT2Z9ZA 
• Governorship candidate Peterside meets lawyers, assures of an independent judiciary, efficient justice administratio…https://t.co/eOr2IhseTV 
• Lawyers want Bar Council to defend judiciary #MALAYSIA https://t.co/wS2LTlu2B5 
• Chief Justice Assures International Community of Judiciary being ready to Handle Electoral Disputes #NIGERIA https://t.co/ngp0WRChcp 
• Legislature, executive, judiciary voice concern on climate change #INDIA https://t.co/9HobovElg8 
• Graham Dwyer trial: “I’ve never come across a case like this during my whole service” #IRELAND https://t.co/5UWLJO5v2b 
• US Supreme Court veteran to defend Michigan gay marriage ban https://t.co/rZy2H7Fedc 
• Solicitor Brian O'Donnells thrown lifeline to remain in Gorse Hill mansion #IRELAND https://t.co/vbTbSUORQu 
• Dundalk's newest solicitor is Dealgan Boxing Club member Barry Callan #IRELAND https://t.co/8kBJUGQGMt 
• Format for new training requirements for barristers and solicitors wishing to practice in #GIBRALTAR https://t.co/C6AubhulQJ 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHC3kLR
• Budget 2015: George Osborne set to unveil pension reforms http://t.co/MNjV6h5j9m 
• Syria girls: First missing London schoolgirl named http://t.co/YPXijuKfQC 
• Oklahoma University fraternity Sigma Alpha Epsilon gets death threats after racist video #US http://t.co/5XW6W8Aaqz 
• Lawyers Object to Making Legal Briefs Briefer https://t.co/vzGOXFj7wB 
• Scots legal system could use pre-recorded evidence https://t.co/r5oDexWyXf 
• Uber sued over driver data breach, adding to legal woes #US https://t.co/752eOU9cXT
• Disbanded University of Oklahoma Frat Considering Legal Action #US https://t.co/p9q4Rxsi2W 
• Sauber relief as Giedo van der Garde abandons legal case and agrees not to race at #Australian Grand Prix https://t.co/WH3QtET0BG 
• Another data retention domino has fallen, with #BULGARIA striking down its spooks'-charter laws https://t.co/FzWyxeLhv6 
• Bureaucracy will prevail in 'one stop shop' data protection regime, UK and Ireland warn https://t.co/jM7uCyNQNq 
• Potential UK partnership with Chinese infrastructure bank signals strengthening economic ties, says expert https://t.co/hC0lx7JoQA
• UK Government Places Itself Above Law in Libyan National Case - Rights Group https://t.co/bEgn7r53lO 
• Above the Law? UK Spies Accused of Snooping on Lawyer-Client Talks https://t.co/3BchI72cEQ 
• Surveillance: UK government trying to place itself above the law https://t.co/Y2x6ruGK1o
• 'Confusion' over FGM law exemptions https://t.co/WyUVf77mOO 
• It’s not Leslee Udwin’s message that #INDIA is struggling to accept, it’s the messenger http://t.co/XXiFyaLshc 
• Humza Yousaf calls for UKIP MEP to resign after 'racist slur' http://t.co/f6lfGaehvk
• Child sex abuse is 'woven into British society' - Theresa May http://t.co/WsjG1m2RwJ 
• Statue of Mahatma Gandhi unveiled in Parliament Square http://t.co/mZDPFttLN1

14th March - Law News

1174th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & legal articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap

Our last Saturday Law Interview featured Dr. Steven Vaughan, a former city solicitor and now a legal academic with expertise on the laws regarding the regulation of nanotechnology as well as the standard and quality of legal advice offered by corporate law firms: 'Regulating nanotechnology & the quality of corporate legal advice'.

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Town halls monitor more emails than MI6 and GCHQ http://t.co/g1Xv1ZE5b8 
• More older people taking cocaine, says official report http://t.co/BNdyZmq4l4
• Terror attacks 'price you pay for living in free society', say civil liberty groups http://t.co/luUKdyuEMQ 
• Rochdale child grooming: 7 police officers involved in failed investigation will not be disciplined http://t.co/xTPVl9Fw51 
• Lance Corporal convicted of attacking model girlfriend in row over cold toast http://t.co/zaDkrUuEO7 
• Madonna was too ‘humiliated’ to report her rape. But should victims be obliged to tell the police? http://t.co/rYb00P8n7Q 
• ‘Door wide open’ to gender abortion as CPS blocks prosecution of doctors, campaigners claim http://t.co/G1k5EQZWWR 
• Theresa May: Sex abuse runs through every level of society like a 'stick of rock' http://t.co/zRoZPlIcjg 
• Theresa May: Sex abuse runs through every level of society like a 'stick of rock' http://t.co/zRoZPlIcjg 
• Inconsiderate drivers fall foul of £100 fines http://t.co/ji3M2EMFU0 
• Jihadi John keeps his bank account after Treasury freezes assets of only a handful of Islamic terrorists http://t.co/jSfNE7DsMY 
• Girl, 15, fled to Islamic State after mother died from cancer http://t.co/7zmsZZPgKg 
• End of "medical paternalism" | New Law Journal: https://t.co/rnXD9ugS9G 
• LASPO savaged by Justice Committee | New Law Journal: https://t.co/0HbSCkvkiX 
• Judgment on legal aid for duty solicitors reserved | New Law Journal: https://t.co/tpdNakawMf 
• Delaney sets a new motor insurance route: Court of Appeal decision will force government to act | New Law Journal: https://t.co/R0i6DlmEJZ 
• “Drone” law taking flight | New Law Journal https://t.co/0hn7ucK3Vf
• Private wealth & tax litigation advisers in demand as number of high net worth increases | New Law Journal: https://t.co/EEYe1rkuVW 
• Women in the legal profession, the First 100 Years project wants to hear your stories | New Law Journal: https://t.co/8r2oLPoDd9
• Just for Kids Law ambassador, Chrisann Jarrett, has won the “Women on the Move” Woman of the Year | New Law Journal: http://t.co/7skP1UZkmL
• First legal services apprenticeships in London boroughs offered by the University of Law | New Law Journal: https://t.co/jXZfqScUT1 
• Ex-wife can pursue windmill millionaire | New Law Journal: https://t.co/Tq3h8fi1Oi
• No smoking for inmates | New Law Journal: https://t.co/7aAYHEIRlD 
• Payment plans for Bar clients | New Law Journal: https://t.co/b0WGEQPON7
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHC3kLR
• Tobacco tax 'must help clear litter' - MPs http://t.co/nrXKpY1u8a
• Computer terror simulation used to recruit 'cyber defenders' http://t.co/P5bz98xIb9 
• DJ Neil Fox arrested over sexual assault allegation http://t.co/ZSsQlHZpJ6 
• Covert police unit spied on trade union members, whistleblower reveals http://t.co/rhZgSVxon8 
• Government trying to keep secret spy agencies' unlawful conduct, tribunal hears http://t.co/Mvvbs73Bgp 
• Michael Fisher’s sound advice http://t.co/ibB48Ur7hJ 
• Ex-undercover officer reveals that covert police unit spied on trade union members - full statement http://t.co/8VAdeiTnXV 
• Why are white people expats when the rest of us are immigrants? http://t.co/SnGEIBeNoy 
• CC embarrassed by MP comments on bank report | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/7lNMvYIWSZ 
• Deloitte sued for C$384m in document reviewer class action | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/Pmj7E6dOcN
• Law firms limp behind banks on pay to senior IT staff | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/2CP6eQliYh 
• Brown Rudnick partner harrassed by negligence lawyer | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/sl0SwB3VKj 
• Pillsbury group defection to Winston & Strawn takes count to 11 partners | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/mXYDWHequg 
• UK lawyers blamed for nuisance calls and text messages | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/OU3ad8w7tz
• Norton Rose duo set up Dallas IP boutique to cut out high legacy costs | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/VjbiYGTW09 
• London firms in 'do or die' warning over women | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/rayQWH494Y 
• New Riot Bill may leave claimants ‘out of pocket’ | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/IFc7lreLKE 
• The future of gender equality in the legal profession | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/PQamQtJs23 
• Upbeat Scottish firms report higher income | Law Gazette http://t.co/7OhTQPuEjt 
• Convoy witness appeal after fatal A470 crash in Brecon http://t.co/zCSCDn7AP8 
• Police 'sorry' over Rochdale child sex abuse failures http://t.co/yTRNMk5jJ8
• South Yorkshire Police 'diverted funds from abuse investigation' http://t.co/JeBHcn2as7

13th March - Law News

1173rd 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: Competence statement could be used as enforcement tool, SRA chief says. The Solicitors Regulation Authority adopted a new way to judge lawyers’ competence yesterday, which will for the first time mean it does not need to rely entirely on expert opinion or case law. Speaking after the SRA board approved the final version of the ‘competence statement’, chief executive Paul Philip said it could be used in enforcement proceedings against solicitors. Full story - Legal Futures

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Does #Germany owe #Greece wartime reparations money? http://t.co/JZ40dDJp8a
• UK support for China-backed Asia bank prompts US concern http://t.co/WYRFy6WoQh 
• Ex-weatherman Fred Talbot jailed for abuse http://t.co/5NCuvSdMVs 
• Julian Assange case: #SWEDEN U-turn on questioning http://t.co/0T7dVpHlXd 
• Northern Ireland ambulance service declares major incident over strike http://t.co/Ujsks0X9yn 
• 'Teaching law firm': Nottingham Trent becomes first university to apply for ABS licence | The Lawyer http://t.co/P2eXzBdCZd 
• Parabis expands insurer relationships with RSA ABS partnership | The Lawyer http://t.co/Fw7IkgbCRg 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Macfarlanes, Nabarro and Travers advise on Revolution Bars IPO | The Lawyer http://t.co/52rrphVcl5 
• Axiom's West on traditional firms: "There's an expectations mis-match" | The Lawyer http://t.co/u0E0fV5Vws 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Linklaters loses Asia US securities head Ludwick to Freshfields | The Lawyer http://t.co/Qk7ay1xb1A 
• The Lawyer European Awards: Ireland's A&L Goodbody takes top honours | The Lawyer http://t.co/U5gt140GWU 
• Is the legal profession ready to step away from their desks? | Law Gazette http://t.co/voVRrthTQ9 
• Employment proposals ‘lack evidence’ | Law Gazette http://t.co/fgPy4gCcCu 
• Firms eye acquisitions with bank financing secured | Law Gazette http://t.co/aic3qa9Fsm 
• Nottingham Law school becomes first university to apply for ABS | Law Gazette http://t.co/vT7FSifAg1 
• Accused UK spies not breaking law but need more transparency https://t.co/DWrJUuzIlL 
• The abolition of anti-discrimination laws would prove how tolerant Britain had become? https://t.co/crANIRYRP0 
• Drunk Latvian with lock knife did not know UK law https://t.co/eHPK0BSWma 
• Law firm which prosecuted soldiers investigated by watchdog https://t.co/TQEU4myycg 
• Higher education: consumer law advice for providers of undergraduate education https://t.co/W8kXg3xwSc 
• LLM in Human Rights Law at Kent University https://t.co/V3AldupCtd 
• National Green Tribunal wants curbs imposed on plastic packaging #INDIA https://t.co/WJwMnKBlko 
• Osteopath faces tribunal over alleged breast massage #NEWZEALAND https://t.co/zTIXPSq7JQ 
• High courts can`t entertain plea against Armed Forces Tribunal: Supreme Court #INDIA https://t.co/RXzRMD5PtL
• Securities Appellate Tribunal Order on Sebi-DLF Case on Friday #INDIA https://t.co/OEJCxhdBaT 
• #NEWZEALAND Human Rights Tribunal Awards $43,000 Damages To Racially Abused Indian National https://t.co/Ml1sM48qC2 
• Executives at RSA Insurance Group Plc’s #Irish unit wept as they recalled how their former boss, pressured them https://t.co/IgvkK1vx9b
• Government should focus on cleanliness of environment: National Green Tribunal #INDIA http://t.co/W530uNPyxR
• Tribunal and gender recognition statistics quarterly: October to December 2014 https://t.co/W1AK9e2Jgp 
• The Honourable Mrs Justice Rose to be President of the Upper Tribunal Tax and Chancery Chamber https://t.co/dvenrlfVLX 
• Case study: Improving Accessibility of the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal (CHRT) Decisions #CANADA https://t.co/LXjFZv319m 
• Independent judiciary key to boost business activities, say Chamber of Commerce in #PAKISTAN https://t.co/i13DXHPAYU 
• It’s Pointless To Insult The Judiciary In Parliament #MALAYSIA https://t.co/wuUkki9sHo 
• Legal aid cuts meted out by the coalition have resulted in “gross unfairness” in family law cases https://t.co/rA6KKLkfpL
• Bar Council has failed the judiciary in #MALAYSIA https://t.co/be0wphvdYf 
• A vacancy from October 2015 in the position as the #Irish member of the Court of Justice of the European Union https://t.co/MpL6Gu86Jw
• Just how far can two new cases at the Khmer Rouge tribunal go? #CAMBODIA https://t.co/kZlU3pXOOp 
• Justice in #AFGHANISTAN: on track to legal certainty https://t.co/PvLPE0Acor 
• The ICC's office of the prosecutor and intermediaries: a controversial relationship https://t.co/qwqx7FcdFl
• Court ruling in #CANADA that has taken a fresh look at the interpretation of legal terminology https://t.co/sEjcIddV5r 
• Judicial review of the Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 https://t.co/s5fhcZV7Yd 
• #German property in #GREECE could be seized as compensation for wartime atrocities https://t.co/23bJj6X3fd 
• Supreme Court Justice Kennedy Weighs In on Online Sales Tax Legislation #US https://t.co/N0eVgQmO0Z 
• It should be easier for women to speak out about gender violence: Justice Against Domestic Abuse #NIGERIA https://t.co/Ao4dDfPvEz 
• Reversing course on corruption, Tamil persecution, and Sinhala ethnic triumphalism #SRILANKA https://t.co/w2ez7nHMsd 
• Child rapists more likely to face justice in Merseyside than anywhere else in the country https://t.co/t1qpacB27N 
• Third of domestic violence victims cannot provide evidence for legal aid http://t.co/mzeoAmGawm 
• Retired judge and former Judge President, Justice Wilson Sandura (74) has died #ZIMBABWE https://t.co/ZcoQapSM42 
• 'The Originalist,' a New Play About #US Justice Antonin Scalia by John Strand https://t.co/lDnRjObYNF 
• Book Review: Hitler’s First Victims: And One Man’s Race for Justice by Timothy W Ryback http://t.co/5ezPlwFmmw 
• Stopping Online Harassment Before It Starts https://t.co/pHtlSbz75T
• Jurors Hear Harrowing Account of Boston Bombers' Hostage #US https://t.co/qHMB6g54h3
• Just as Ferguson Was Making Progress, Shooting Deals a Setback #US https://t.co/X1tVkntuUb
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHC3kLR
• Prisons in England and Wales 'to get drugs scanners' http://t.co/xlKTpOeSRS 
• #GERMANY's Commerzbank to pay $1.45bn for US banking violations http://t.co/yPArk8Y0A5 
• Assembly refuses James Bond film access to Senedd chamber http://t.co/GHw8lm4enJ 
• Harper Lee 'not pressurised into releasing second novel' http://t.co/BGgzw7ZUJM
• South Yorkshire Police 'ignored Sheffield abuse claims' http://t.co/RWcxlUSuiB 
• For 20 years I fought the law. Today the law won | Alan Rusbridger http://t.co/BNMCihasTt 
• Express Solicitors poised for further acquisitions after £10m funding boost | Legal Futures http://t.co/m6RdfNE28G
• MPs tell government to consult on formal regulation of McKenzie Friends | Legal Futures http://t.co/8BpE7VAqiB 
• RSA and Parabis launch alternative business structure | Legal Futures http://t.co/7LPGfJAEHr 
• Greece says it will seize German assets 'as compensation for Nazi war crimes' http://t.co/XjOnUSlg2r 
• Hillsborough police chief denies cover-up after fatal gate ‘blunder’ http://t.co/CXoGLnX032 
• Mirror hacking trial: 41 more celebrities encouraged to make claims http://t.co/0ksRTVXZuZ 
• Max Clifford reportedly quizzed on new sex claims http://t.co/EZ0gdfJbWd 
• Silhan Ozcelik: ‘Disgusting’ trial for young woman who tried to fight against Isis http://t.co/arzpL4f6Sp 
• Nigel Farage says his discrimination law remarks were wilfully misinterpreted http://t.co/B4OhP1limG 
• German anger over #Greek demand for war reparations http://t.co/A5xVosShVs 
• M&S and others supplied by factories that mistreat workers, rights group says http://t.co/abyxf7eqY0 
• Tucson's homeless 'dream pods' must go, rules federal judge #US http://t.co/FZ0lwbGKHH 
• Magna Carta exhibition offers timeless lesson in people power http://t.co/xQKodRmgU7 
• Freshfields goes radical - with plans to move 800 to Manchester hub | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/prTboGJPdY 
• Kasowitz Benson makes layoffs in response to volatile litigation markets | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/OrjAFRsnZC 
• Jones Day builds on bankruptcy success to open Detroit branch | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/stx1JhI450
• Hackers have breached most BigLaw barriers, says FBI | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/wzChdlv0CW 
• Trusted paralegal pleads guilty to $600k embezzlement charges | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/kyPRy39yJD 
• De Brauw Blackstone acts for Caldic | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/9NibhJjSLP 
• K&L Gates bags a luxury team | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/un3tUWIxon 
• Abercrombie & Kent's general counsel demands fixed pricing | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/kmYNMXtoQR 
• London Supreme Court in landmark divorce ruling | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/50CZyUItrt 
• Deeper than #Privacy Failure http://t.co/N7zcsnIQ5p

12th March - Law News

1172nd 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 Solicitors Regulation Authority’s decision to withdraw as a signatory to a best practice code for trainees from the end of March has surprised junior lawyers, who were expecting the regulator to withdraw after September. The voluntary code, which sets recruitment responsibilities for employers and trainees, has as signatories the SRA, the Law Society’s Junior Lawyers Division, the Association of Graduate Careers Advisory Service (AGCAS) and Association of Graduate Recruiters (AGR). Full story - The Law Society Gazette

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Charles Metouck Trial - Court Maintains Charges Against Accused #CAMEROON https://t.co/OVNdKqGaYK
• Ex-Chief Justice backs PM’s breach claim: Al-Rawi wrong says Sharma #TRINIDAD https://t.co/iukL5nfoBZ 
• Top barrister calls for the release of freed Ashington pirate-hunter Nick Dunn https://t.co/k3xvbj0jLb
• Australian Lawyers urge #INDONESIA to halt executions until appeal is heard https://t.co/fNk23XYNDM 
• #AUSTRALIA is part of Asia – global law firms ignore both at their peril https://t.co/N7dAG1MUX0 
• Jury still out on in-house vs law firms as far as balancing work life is concerned https://t.co/81F9KWRS8w 
• Two young lawyers from boutique firms are in the running to win a prestigious public-speaking award #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/eAw3UYbvtL 
• BTO Solicitors has appointed a consultant to help it handle more insurance work in Northern Ireland https://t.co/vIxemKz66b 
• Banned solicitor Sammy Bektas applies to be struck off the legal roll #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/SRPvYxJ4Co 
• Experienced traveller Anna Austin has journeyed to Battens Solicitors for the next phase of her legal career https://t.co/jkuwFEmwSm 
• Broke solicitor Brian O'Donnell and his wife ordered to leave plush home #IRELAND https://t.co/KsKS9Sq0n3 
• SRA ceases regulation of insolvency practitioners | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/y9MbW4hKrO
• Competence Statement gets green light | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/K1mglvt4Et 
• Legal challenges to follow MP’s vote on tobacco plain packaging | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/MI2FWMkPNs 
• Justice Select Committee: LASPO failed to target help where needed | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/Uqd6kavWA7 
• Barclays EMEA investment GC becomes third senior lawyer to exit bank this year | The Lawyer http://t.co/yLbpLNQ0vT 
• Clifford Chance appoints new Big Four auditor | Law Gazette http://t.co/3W2XNLk9uw 
• Solicitors to require mandatory ‘statement of competence’ | Law Gazette http://t.co/eaF6fSeqfa 
• Sir Philip Green sells BHS to Retail Acquisitions 'for £1' http://t.co/fWRAQeYUhc 
• 'Blue Lives Matter' trends after officers shot in Ferguson #US http://t.co/yo3Q8RvXNh 
• UK surveillance 'lacks transparency', ISC report says http://t.co/lUIAHby6jX 
• UKIP would scrap much of the legislation designed to prevent racial discrimination in work, Nigel Farage has said http://t.co/ZaxGHLyHzD 
• Federal judge allows removal of Arizona homeless protest 'pods' #US http://t.co/FZ0lwbGKHH 
• Blurred Lines: songwriters suffer as Tom, Dick and Harry demand their percentages http://t.co/RQS3tHSkqB
• Legal limbo where spies reside is beyond spooky http://t.co/RxgRjcdMA3 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Squire Patton Boggs promotes 40 to partnership, 11 in the UK | The Lawyer http://t.co/8pjZRP48EV 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Taylor Wessing Singapore member services arm prepares for IPO | The Lawyer http://t.co/swKdl3V6Mq 
• Taylor Wessing Singapore member services arm prepares for IPO | The Lawyer http://t.co/swKdl3V6Mq
• Slaughters and Freshfields advise on ITV acquisition of Talpa Media with €1.1bn price ceiling | The Lawyer http://t.co/k9lagUZ48i 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Jones Day relocates three partners to open office in Detroit | The Lawyer http://t.co/VLghDUKJYg 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: King & Wood Mallesons litigation head Alex Leitch departs for Covington | The Lawyer http://t.co/AQiiGQ7yN3 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Linklaters appoints Bowie to new role of head of global US practice | The Lawyer http://t.co/tlv9FT8TS3 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Clydes, DAC Beachcroft and Kennedys among winners on NFU Mutual panel | The Lawyer http://t.co/ldDtBAGEAN
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Winston launches in Middle East and boosts US, London with eight Pillsbury partner hires | The Lawyer http://t.co/HURNWdL9nP
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Dentons' client RBS loses key pre-trial battle in £30m Libor lawsuit | The Lawyer http://t.co/zuYkrhnuV9
• SRA overrides opposition to ditch insolvency regulation | Law Gazette http://t.co/B2Znb3FRjz 
• Insurance giant RSA moves into law | Law Gazette http://t.co/tMJpO5C7fD 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHCkVDp
• Paudie McGahon: Police prepare 'IRA rape' claim file http://t.co/XSCvLaYdhv 
• Suffolk county councillor plans to continue role from USA refusing to resign http://t.co/Ifbjl3uyo7 
• #SAUDIARABIA's ‘Julian Assange’ returns to Twitter after his account had been suspended http://t.co/hfNdFkcGn2 
• The man who helped blow up the Bamiyan Buddhas #AFGHANISTAN https://t.co/VuHj5khyi3 
• The National Gallery in London bans selfie sticks http://t.co/ep3nFvcChj 
• Twitter changes rules to ban 'revenge porn' https://t.co/UAC88Gk7Wr 
• Cheap 'Apple Watch' copies on sale via Alibaba site http://t.co/1f21AlRRLK 
• Ferguson police chief Tom Jackson quits #US http://t.co/0AFSTtR300 
• MPs back standardised cigarette packaging http://t.co/Sv3OOuGST8 
• Jeremy Clarkson jokes about suspension as petition tops 500,000 http://t.co/mHXQEJW0VZ
• Tribunal told doctor had sexual relationship with patient https://t.co/RFYZrka0iN
• Declare Panchsheel Park as "silence zone": National Green Tribunal #INDIA https://t.co/skTVIYjCxA 
• New online tribunal to replace courts on settling small claims #CANADA https://t.co/36ZjPLiARJ 
• Tribunal refuses relief to RInfra #INDIA https://t.co/oAf46SrOnp 
• Tribunal to probe the Director of Public Prosecution Mutembo Nchito #ZAMBIA https://t.co/QqzRrVwauq 
• Man plotted terror attack on Toronto financial district, tribunal told #CANADA https://t.co/AQUaEZnFb4 
• Could Ministry of Justice & Grayling be prosecuted for manslaughter over prison suicides? https://t.co/9RpD6y89jt 
• Sources of Statistics: Crime, Policing and Justice - Commons Library Standard Note https://t.co/WLiVDhRQen 
• 10 ways you helped achieve justice for greyhound racing victims #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/g0fQG7N9mC 
• Prime minister makes statement about justice ministry resignations #NETHERLANDS https://t.co/ljrGiQx64f 
• Justice Department ramps up public corruption cases #US https://t.co/51fThUof6l 
• Ferguson City Manager out After Justice Department Report #US https://t.co/wRuMG8b3MN 
• Permanency of Scottish Parliament a political declaration rather than a matter of law, Law Society says https://t.co/zrGPT2ttIK 
• Solicitor General meets apprentice law degree students https://t.co/aRL5us4AYw 
• EU parliament adopts law for safer, greener trucks https://t.co/9llEm8cJZl 
• Drug Dealer Set To Sue Taxpayer For Millions As Judge Says UK Rules Breach EU Law http://t.co/VWKTiHpxV0 
• New laws to stop jihadists and ‘jihadi brides’ leaving UK rushed through House https://t.co/jgPAzZDdN2
• Cigarettes to be sold in plan packets as MPs back landmark new law http://t.co/zJ86k7lBDN 
• #IRELAND’s ecstasy loophole isn’t the first accidental legislation to be passed http://t.co/pjKxTicWDC
• How Chicago police used pot to disappear young people at Homan Square #US http://t.co/wwU9wIb2Av 
• Christopher Columbus letter must not leave #SPAIN – court stymies Duke of Alba http://t.co/s3a9a1cOh3
• Questions of perspective on India’s Daughter http://t.co/ZUEV6bHEsm 
• Third of domestic violence victims cannot provide evidence for legal aid http://t.co/mzeoAmGawm 
• Saudi playboy caught drug driving McLaren supercar through Hyde Park http://t.co/fimEjgCI56 
• Ban legal highs from music festivals, says Home Office http://t.co/z2zGkWnCHR 
• Girl, 14, subjected to 'acts of degradation' after being kidnapped on her way to school http://t.co/XWbNbRWHGK 
• Delayed divorce battle: Ecotricity founder Dale Vince's New Age traveller ex-wife wins payout http://t.co/VFdaaxSGNt
• MPs lambast civil legal aid reforms | Law Gazette http://t.co/cfQEoRdx2H 
• The Family Law Café opens for business | Legal Futures http://t.co/AK68sqOBHB 
• Competence statement could be used as enforcement tool, SRA chief says | Legal Futures http://t.co/RqrmvJxM5V 
• LSB going back to “first principles” as it mulls how to replace Legal Services Act | Legal Futures http://t.co/5glugijewa 
• Second fraudster jailed for conning Woking music club out of £170,000 https://t.co/suGV9Wm7UM 
• Court Reduces Sentence on Sanitation Worker Who Picked Up Garbage 'Too Early' https://t.co/u6RTJH4LzB 
• Accused in North Wales drug trial were 'kept in the dark' https://t.co/QeJZTNaW8o 
• Successful, young lawyer and living with a disability, Catherine Brooks - A Profile https://t.co/LtF0lTIGRj 
• Top legal bodies want cuts to Aboriginal legal aid reversed #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/63EwYXZmre 
• Opting out of technology no longer an option for lawyers https://t.co/Fq4uVkK3k6 
• In-house counsel can protect business interests by promoting human rights within the organisation #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/wSZNfYrWY0 
• Sauber Formula 1 Team appeal Victorian Supreme Court ruling in favour of Giedo van der Garde #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/zATZbfy7FW 
• Salvos Legal boss says briefing practices need a culture shock https://t.co/8dybBCqka0 
• Northern Ireland's Justice Minister has denied pursuing a crusade against lawyers paid through legal aid https://t.co/Mll0vzT2X8 
• Foreign firms race to meet April Russian re-registration deadline | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/BzFTAnGdVM 
• Cooley makes fast progress in UK energy market | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/id5cAXmz1M 
• Pillsbury partners in UK, US and Middle East co-ordinate move to Winston & Strawn | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/rbTA5aqNag 
• Media billionaire describes lawyers as Satan | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/7XAozs5tBR
• Singapore improves legal infrastructure through Criminal Legal Aid | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/dOh0UY9Kag 
• Abercrombie & Kent's general counsel demands fixed pricing | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/QJuvGK7Bek 
• Canadian lawyers rebel against the billeable hour | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/tPcbGuApDn 
• Data analytics poised to move up another gear in legal | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/dFjo4bjagZ

11th March - Law News

1171st 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: Launch of .legal domain name will deter fake firms. New gTLD regime may offer protection to consumers researching solicitors online. An explosion of mass consumer claims such as payment protection insurance (PPI) is fuelling the rise in fake law firms, according to a leading online brand protection company. Full story - Solicitors Journal

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Why AI will reduce legal costs for business, and open up new areas of work for lawyers https://t.co/Tu2GhRcBxh 
• Legal aid cuts are a ‘false economy’ denying justice to 620,000 people, new report warns https://t.co/1ZYnIE9qcZ 
• Age UK takes legal action against Waverley Borough Council over rent payments https://t.co/Pm9RJkTo3S 
• Independent legal advice being sought by Gold Coast Titans players https://t.co/cH9AjI8hfd 
• High Court judge criticises Government legal aid reforms https://t.co/vqfii7U5fj 
• Clinton's former legal adviser deflects questions about private email account #US http://t.co/cV7m8WHpwD 
• Agents will ‘get paid a lot sooner’ under new electronic conveyancing system #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/AZ9Ja3NDyk 
• New technical manager at Newcastle and Chester le Street-based Gordon Brown Law Firm https://t.co/FyXV0NwEKY 
• Government backs family law initiatives with cash | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/61maGvo9o6 
• Sir Michael Pitt: the Legal Services Act ‘defies logic’ | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/WcvEmUCv1C 
• Enforcement of family financial orders in the spotlight | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/7ien0eMkXt 
• Importance of IP recognised by government and professionals | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/g3rlrImTlW 
• Supreme Court finds against wind farm tycoon over financial settlement | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/u3uEm9moOP 
• Severn Trent abandons panel plans for Eversheds' "substantial" sole provider deal | The Lawyer http://t.co/nYK1omp6Kx 
• Mishcon wins for ex-wife in Ecotricity divorce battle | The Lawyer http://t.co/F9itb9S58V 
• #SOUTHAFRICA TV presenter Vuyo Mvoko mugged on camera http://t.co/jBSjntDLMV 
• Theresa May to decide on water cannon after election http://t.co/WFEYHbuX0j
• 5 Men summonsed over racist Paris Metro incident involving Chelsea FC supporters http://t.co/KosvKMh1c2 
• Firms can succeed in the current climate. All they need is a clear selling point | Law Gazette http://t.co/JLdqX6W4mK
• Jeremy Clarkson brushes off BBC decision to pull Top Gear http://t.co/UQtX8frnyU 
• Uninvestigated Northern Ireland killings 'tarnish UK's reputation' http://t.co/KGrLiU6mQN 
• Utah passes firing squad bill #US http://t.co/LWTBRc8azf 
• Where community rehabilitation ‘is harder than a short-term jail sentence’ http://t.co/OC2gHw1iXU 
• Woman wins right to seek money from ex-husband 30 years after break-up http://t.co/s9cYQtbBjD 
• Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams' Blurred Lines infringed Marvin Gaye copyright, court rules – video http://t.co/Su2iF2NASj 
• The Blurred Lines verdict proves only one thing: you can't second-guess a jury http://t.co/qiwt1ePZv3 
• Finally, divorced women who bring up the children have some legal value http://t.co/u3iK7X9rXu 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Newcastle's Muckle elects new managing partner after decade of McNicol | The Lawyer http://t.co/rEwF4bnEOx 
• Wanted: 25,000 sq ft for Greenberg Traurig's London lawyers | The Lawyer http://t.co/a3OCuzKi2h 
• Djibouti: decision expected this month over allegations Gibson Dunn partner misled court | The Lawyer http://t.co/ofKj9IRIvY 
• Axiom breaks cover on financials with £30m UK revenue for 2014 | The Lawyer http://t.co/MyFKJbBacB 
• Referral relationships go under the microscope at inaugural European Legal Networks Summit | The Lawyer http://t.co/jYGIOdyLBt 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Dentons appoints London corporate partner Cohen as new UKMEA CEO | The Lawyer http://t.co/1VByIog0jU 
• Mishcon wins for ex-wife in Ecotricity divorce battle | The Lawyer http://t.co/F9itb9S58V 
• Criminal legal aid challenge resumes | Law Gazette http://t.co/1zZkWVLVzG 
• Tycoon’s ex-wife can claim – 23 years after divorce | Law Gazette http://t.co/eL6qsIAHxT 
• LSB sounds death knell for handling client money | Law Gazette http://t.co/EEQN80WJiS 
• Why the surge in Muslim prisoners? http://t.co/LGcHUGMBxX 
• Jeremy Clarkson 'punch': Top Gear episodes to be dropped http://t.co/LxdL3k97MS 
• Mirror hacking left Paul Gascoigne 'scared' to use phone http://t.co/ZX91y2vox1 
• Dale Vince ex-wife wins divorce cash battle http://t.co/nNJwOo1fNy 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHC3kLR
• SRA prepares for rush of ABS applications from criminal law firms | Legal Futures http://t.co/gRUIDctBM1 
• SRA providing solicitors' data to just one comparison website | Legal Futures http://t.co/HDTl1WVvOU 
• Lego female judges: Here's what they would look like http://t.co/ZcOB1aS1Ba 
• Pig owner prosecuted after refusing to have his beloved pet put down http://t.co/Q3yqQNL8iy 
• Police forces slammed for secrecy over missing sex offenders http://t.co/fXdlfa3J9A 
• Billionaire's wife denies 'keying' Knightsbridge neighbour's £120k Bentley http://t.co/1yoLIuulhC
• Model died in 111mph Mercedes crash after 'monstrous row with boyfriend' http://t.co/CuiuXuin5L 
• Career criminal jailed after being tracked down by teenager using a mobile phone app http://t.co/CL1LJLRPEG 
• Ex-professional polo player accused of sexually assaulting five young girls http://t.co/88R0IJcbCQ 
• Crufts in crisis as petition to strip Best in Show winner of title surpasses 100,000 amid animal cruelty claims http://t.co/QX59agGDWd 
• Women's groups 'held hostage' over violence bill in Wales http://t.co/3J4p3lkmZD 
• #GERMANY used legal tricks to avoid WW2 reparations: claim Greek PM http://t.co/IuhgRWex55 
• Widow of blogger Avijit Roy defiant after #BANGLADESH attack http://t.co/WvgkUz9jJA 
• British businessman Richard Branson calls for clemency for convicted foreigners on death row in #INDONESIA http://t.co/tIEauidYe6
• #PERU eyes backing bill to resume shooting down drug planes http://t.co/NLPhVEp30H
• Blurred Lines jury awards Marvin Gaye family $7m #US http://t.co/kUaYY6hRW8
• #ITALY court upholds Berlusconi acquittal in prostitution case http://t.co/lFeBS7bRVG
• Ex-bomb disposal expert to take lead at solicitors’ office https://t.co/UY7yVCZcnI 
• Else Solicitors announces arrival of two new faces to boost its talent roster https://t.co/d4ZxRt13C2 
• Court of Protection solicitor joins Hyphen Law to boost personal injury trust work https://t.co/r7VHf900dF 
• An Irishman’s Diary on Arthur Cox – solicitor, senator and priest https://t.co/hQ9zCCaavq 
• Bradford solicitor Jane McBennett is appointed to clinical negligence panel https://t.co/fgdiBr5l86 
• Grantham girl, 4, gets cycling-on-path warning from police officer http://t.co/D1UpVj4uR8 
• Second 'IRA rape victim' speaks out http://t.co/rSkqUQ8AaP 
• Syria girls: Met Police chief apologises for letter failure http://t.co/LAqUzipc7d 
• Controversial Top Gear host Jeremy Clarkson has been suspended by the BBC "following a fracas" with a producer http://t.co/mZY6JkVtnH 
• Being smart is no protection against law firm failure, says law dean | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/Zpt9j0QlLQ 
• A&O loses last Sao Paolo partner as trio move to Paul Hastings | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/JIUKsMCQn5 
• Kennedys to enter Singapore joint law venture | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/xDkmyS55cg 
• Washington DC pays the best average legal salaries | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/Suq3FKjJLd 
• Integreon CEO tells law firms 'stop talking about the future' | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/BdpIGxgqJc 
• Crowell & Moring votes for a female chair | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/gh7nJJ32Nz 
• Five firms reach Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/sI5mWoWSrB 
• Litigation funding widens its net | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/Tg1vLHtyte 
• HMRC issues almost £100m in tax return penalties | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/8yCHuZ2r41 
• Public confidence in the criminal justice system undermined by gun laws | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/VCKujH17uN 
• Lawyers in ‘final showdown’ over legal aid | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/B8ulzyOEaN 
• Lord Sumption: ‘Global Law Summit represents the worst kind of ahistorical Whiggism’ | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/SOCPma0Sor

10th March - Law News

1170th 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: Just seven women hold senior management roles in the UK’s top 50 firms despite females dominating the profession at entry level. How can that gulf be closed and what career steps will make the top more reachable? Full story - The Lawyer

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Joseph Beltrami obituary: Scottish lawyer whose client list was a Who’s Who of Glasgow’s hardmen http://t.co/9oweTVRbA2 
• Irish Es are smiling – ecstasy and other drugs temporarily legal in #IRELAND http://t.co/zPOqghU5RB 
• Wikimedia joins civil rights groups in lawsuit against NSA internet spying #US http://t.co/eLVaxRRb4J 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Latham picks finance partner Sadanandan as first female London managing partner | The Lawyer http://t.co/movoeZswU9 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Cooley closes first major deal since London launch for shale gas company IGas | The Lawyer http://t.co/jfLlEsTXz4 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Mayer Brown set to open office in Mexico City after ExxonMobil in-house energy hire | The Lawyer http://t.co/rf6vrjTxir 
• "High-minded tosh": Sumption lambasts establishment claims for Magna Carta | The Lawyer http://t.co/QPMAhhuAJV 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: DWF tears up UK-only strategy with Dubai office launch | The Lawyer http://t.co/zXJ4upNjG8 
• Companies Act is long overdue, but puts small firms at the centre #IRELAND https://t.co/pieV2tJZPq 
• Civil Justice Council seeking a barrister https://t.co/ftFHVr6EzB Mar 10, 2015 
• Is there anything she cant do? Amal Clooney adds teaching to her talents https://t.co/0WLRoO7vZP 
• Queen's counsel becomes Supreme Court of Victoria judge #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/3gNtRj2BsO 
• Man who grew cannabis in attic as ‘medicinal soup’ jailed #IRELAND https://t.co/dmXwU8DkRT 
• DWF opens first office outside British Isles | Law Gazette http://t.co/Bcr5EMiCKT 
• Tobacco industry legal action ‘unlikely to succeed’ against standard packs https://t.co/5jFFEF2EI3 
• #INDONESIA will 'fulfil legal rights' of death row prisoners including Bali Nine duo http://t.co/FIQWW8FZYU 
• #CHINA legal threat dents ICE’s #Singapore plans https://t.co/IowsxwDKSZ
• Legal barriers prevent women's empowerment in more than 170 countries https://t.co/PAnITNciSQ 
• Bowe Bergdahl’s Legal Limbo: army to decide if he was a deserter or POW #US https://t.co/UYkt5d5VEQ 
• #INDONESIA court's rejection of Nigerian death row inmate's legal challenge augurs badly for Bali nine duo https://t.co/JggUMtgz8T
• DBS Law helps secure UK’s first intra-operative MRI scanner https://t.co/z2aCGy97qS 
• 92% back libel law change in Northern Ireland https://t.co/mxtbHh3v2T 
• UK to introduce airline law to stop Britons joining Islamic State https://t.co/6kNSviXNZn 
• UK passes bill to honour pledge of 0.7% foreign aid target http://t.co/OIgn5JkJd2 
• Conveyancing Association hosts roundtable https://t.co/938f2njbYJ
• Islamic State: Ex-UK soldier wants to train Kurdish forces http://t.co/VbraMn6xNK 
• Mirror phone hacking: air hostess breaks down in tears http://t.co/Dc0mjmgx1E 
• Hillsborough inquests: Match commander David Duckenfield 'not best man for the job' http://t.co/eEAzJYJ8Ql 
• #PAKISTAN lifts death penalty moratorium in all cases http://t.co/z1nbQxCnve
• Barristers offered 'payment plan' for clients | Law Gazette http://t.co/VR0h5d5g7f 
• SRA wins plaudits for complaints-handling | Law Gazette http://t.co/sJWhgY12zZ
• Peers call for rethink on legal aid for extradition | Law Gazette http://t.co/fbLcyoh33b
• New law means job applicants cannot be forced to reveal spent convictions http://t.co/RJx4h5SJP0 
• UK extradition procedures may breach human rights, say peers http://t.co/flbu5VJsib 
• Trainee code: SRA to withdraw by end of March as fellow signatories condemn move | The Lawyer http://t.co/xE3yW99Px3 
• Perestroika: Reform that changed the world http://t.co/bq3JvzBCmh 
• Ofsted finds authorities wanting on child social care http://t.co/LhMHwt88cX 
• Many payday lenders still failing borrowers, says FCA http://t.co/FXnc8TQRJm 
• Three charged over Nottingham care home death http://t.co/CSuBKPe5BJ 
• Terror 'apologists' must share blame - Hammond http://t.co/k9Oj5Sg8Hd
• Ferguson judge behind aggressive fines policy resigns as city's court system seized #US http://t.co/FqnmGhQfpH
• Protect pensioners from scammers who want their savings, say MPs http://t.co/PuACd7TRh5 
• #IVORYCOAST court sentences wife of ex-president to 20 years in prison http://t.co/Ic4eg5K7Do 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Linklaters appoints new head of global finance | The Lawyer http://t.co/DXKIHM97yN 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Paul Hastings to open office in Brazil with trio from A&O | The Lawyer http://t.co/aSZJ5LMrW0 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Keoghs' LLPs: 19 per cent profit decline with 4 per cent drop in turnover to £54.9m | The Lawyer http://t.co/GOVmZxGGNy 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHC3kLR
• Vulnerable children 'unnecessarily held in police cells' http://t.co/uPld5MxA4D 
• Hundreds of sex offenders missing, police figures show http://t.co/6OUc6yjmec
• Ex-army chief Lord Bramall 'mystified' by police search of house in connection with child sexual abuse http://t.co/ZWSNBKrerd 
• 'No tolerance' vow after Crufts dog Jagger dies http://t.co/xwuY6w38N7
• Dutch ministers Opstelten and Teeven quit over payment to drug-trafficker #NETHERLANDS http://t.co/pVWlhtMOuM 
• Drug dealer wins government compensation battle after road crash http://t.co/xzwpq0HaMt 
• Crufts dog death: two more competitors taken ill http://t.co/1SYy1P6MuB 
• 'Sex-obsessed' Barker Shoes manager accused of molesting 'eye candy' saleswomen http://t.co/RfsPW6nDE1 
• Parents must be responsible for stopping children going to Syria not police, say senior officer http://t.co/Rr4iZ1hcYD 
• Teenager beaten over the head before being brutally raped http://t.co/3y8fkMtffk 
• Looking to the future for continuing competence | Legal Futures http://t.co/c5UVp6aZny 
• Bar Council in deal with credit specialist to finance fees | Legal Futures http://t.co/PP90KkzeWN 
• More lawyers demand independent review of their treatment by SRA | Legal Futures http://t.co/T0pPhKMD1m 
• Launch of .legal domain name will deter fake firms | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/FVEJORyAFI 
• #Swedish frustration with Saudis over speech may jeopardise arms agreement http://t.co/9rKzyJLJX4 
• The Guardian view on the assault on human rights law: objection sustained | Editorial http://t.co/PGMylLRkJz 
• HSBC accused of incompetence by MPs in tax scandal http://t.co/v6J0HKd3xZ 
• Are murderers born or made? http://t.co/q7BCrJcTQI 
• Mirror phone hacking: former Coronation St. actress Shobna Gulati's son 'bullied after stories' http://t.co/fGdl4kAgrn 
• Feminist site attacked on International Women's Day http://t.co/pEW9K1TCaI 
• Too few young people becoming apprentices, say MPs http://t.co/aHezlmV2b8 
• Leicester children's services 'fell apart' under review http://t.co/KidVq5jGbF 
• Barclays 'misleading shareholders' says pension body http://t.co/XYfnK9sIqx 
• HSBC blames local employees for tax evasion scandal http://t.co/v6J0HKd3xZ 
• Dentons said to be on the merger trail again - with McKenna Long | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/htIa09hhiD
• UK Top 100 see seven per cent growth in Q3 results | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/YMGmiiEH5d 
• Linklaters and A&O set to join Wall St bank group against hackers | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/sqVG5uZo62 
• Employment lawyer identifies cult of personalities in Kleiner Perkins | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/MIch1QDy40 
• Freezing injunctions impacted by Pugachev case | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/wIyPB7SBAR 
• Greek shipping tycoons take shelter behind legendary Shearman tax clause | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/d0ww8GsV9O 
• Book Review: Tomorrow's Naked Lawyer | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/OkjLuJe4vo 
• Swatch sued by Saudi artist over painting | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/L9r3jy0hnc 
• FoI adjudicator accuses SRA of putting profession before public | Legal Futures http://t.co/8dhdsh8qNq 
• Australian senior surgeon attacked for remarks on sexual harassment #AUSTRALIA http://t.co/Bx589HsVkN 
• #German professor rebuked for rejecting intern over 'India's rape problem' http://t.co/nT8lco0f2s 
• #French MPs to debate 'deep sleep' bill easing end for patients near death http://t.co/Bky07oxr8v 
• Raft of firms advise on Canada Pension Plan’s £1.1bn Liberty Living acquisition | The Lawyer http://t.co/ylR7kTlxUk 
• SRA announcement 'unsettles' junior lawyers | Law Gazette http://t.co/VUVPXxU2Mi 
• Default judgments soar as defences plummet | Law Gazette http://t.co/rghqCAtyV1 
• #ARGENTINA demands HSBC repay $3.5bn in offshore funds http://t.co/hp4J0lAjPF