Monday

29th June - Law News

1281st 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: Sir Brian Leveson, the President of the Queen’s Division, has called for more sophisticated technology to be installed in the courts. In a speech to the Modernising Justice 2015 conference, in London this week, Sir Brian said technology was “essential” to any attempt to run the criminal justice system for less. “The amount of paper we now have to wrestle with is almost unmanageable and, on top of that, the amount of electronic material which emanates from e mails and a myriad of other sources is unimaginably huge,” he said. Full story - New Law Journal



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Sunday

28th June - Law News

1280th 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'.



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  • Ending Child Labor in #INDIA: A new loophole in the law and cuts in funding for education won't combat poverty https://t.co/GpCb0Km6Qf 
  • Waldorf Astoria and Hotel Workers Union Reach $149 Million Deal for Severance Payouts #US https://t.co/KomvZGaKt5
  • Richard Matt, Escaped Prisoner in New York Manhunt, Is Fatally Shot #US https://t.co/ghrAvr4iXH 
  • It's not just campuses that are challenging the definition of rape. Many states are redefining the law #US https://t.co/7m1SGaS8N0 
  • As Left Wins Culture Battles, Republican Party Gains Opportunity to Pivot for 2016 #US https://t.co/tZiJLnITSK 
  • Next Fight for Gay Rights: Bias in Jobs and Housing #US https://t.co/XPg1SLVOqA
  • Unconscious Bias at Play behind Closed Doors | The Barrister Magazine https://t.co/8P4RY91d8J 
  • The Ballad of Reading (in) Gaol: Injecting Legal Analysis into the “Book Ban” Debate | The Barrister Magazine https://t.co/wuTw7QEQ5g 
  • Budget constraints in the legal system reduces the quality of evidence that appears before the courts | The Barriste…https://t.co/SpiERrPW5m 
  • Implications of developments in entity regulation | The Barrister Magazine https://t.co/nmc4VljKJ7
  • Achieving gender equality in the workplace | The Barrister Magazine https://t.co/6IZxqkiIdi 
  • Rationing Forensic Science | The Barrister Magazine https://t.co/3u7p2x4J9l 
  • Acquiring Chambers Premises | The Barrister Magazine https://t.co/H0wdacJn1y 
  • Chambers constitutional arrangements | The Barrister Magazine https://t.co/3lsDqyxM0R 
  • #UNIRL Concluding Observations for Ireland on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights | Human Rights Ireland https://t.co/Bqrwrx156k 
  • The EU and the 25th anniversary of the UN Migrant Workers Convention | Human Rights Ireland https://t.co/y5ZXBjZSVp 
  • Protection under Employment Law: Mohammed Younis Succeeds in the Supreme Court | Human Rights Ireland https://t.co/h8oVDBNGoM 
  • UK courts are bound by UK rulings, not Strasbourg decisions, says Admin Court - Leanne Woods | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/ILXgDeAdfZ 
  • Copying material for private use: is it legal? | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/euKFTpWGqD 
  • Strasbourg Court opens door to complaints by refugees displaced during conflict | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/6KyxTYFL6v 
  • Don’t Say Snooper’s Charter: Dutch Dairy-Rooms and British Political Language - Dr Cian Murphy | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/OHuniQwdLA 
  • Asylum is a high hurdle. Can aspirants for UK try the Convention on Human Trafficking instead? | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/QtPPyPBRsx 
  • The 50 human rights cases that transformed Britain | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/F05cNyIByn 
  • Care arrangements for severely autistic man did not deprive him of his liberty | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/gYB6Ziju71 
  • Supreme Court on EU and ECHR proportionality - back to basics | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/5jWljTXAn8
  • Up to 14 judicial candidates are required for appointment as Deputy High Court Judges | New Law Journal: https://t.co/NiciLGSBDc 
  • President of Queen’s Division called for more sophisticated technology to be installed in courts | New Law Journal http://t.co/dOTt31N6C2 
  • The private copying exception introduced last year has been declared unlawful by the High Court | New Law Journal: https://t.co/XZ6U9REon3 
  • New Education & Adoption Bill continues transfer of power from local authorities to central govt. | New Law Journal https://t.co/1YOqbRd82u 
  • QASA challenge fails: Supreme Court unanimously dismissed appeal against the Legal Services Board | New Law Journal https://t.co/h3bRrPNmmE 
  • 'Greater judicial responsibility accompanied by increased accountability', the Lord Chief Justice | New Law Journal: http://t.co/vbC6wW4zJw 
  • Solicitors being asked for their views on whether the practising fee represents value for money | New Law Journal https://t.co/bEgiSkbyMQ
  • Number of intellectual property cases being heard by the ECJ jumped from 43 in 2013 to 69 in 2014 | New Law Journal https://t.co/bkYcMKnoeb 
  • Nominations are now being accepted for appointment as Queen’s Counsel (QC) | New Law Journal: http://t.co/q3CyCdnsrn
  • Gove eyes up court estate: the former journalist hopes to make savings by closing "idle" courts | New Law Journal: https://t.co/5BFxWcTkrc
  • "Michelin Man" case deflates: Court of Appeal reject secondary victim claim | New Law Journal: https://t.co/VyatongK4O
  • London Legal Walk a big success for London Legal Support Trust with more than 9,000 attending | New Law Journal: https://t.co/hPcISdg9lZ 
  • The #Tunisia attack was not an act of war, but a mass murder by a religious cult http://t.co/C4ermjnw99 
  • Police face flood of compensation claims over child abuse failures http://t.co/MOikoYTfFr 
  • Homeless man charged with knife attack on two boys http://t.co/xE69S1HJI2
  • Lost in Translation: Forgotten paradigms of the #Arab Spring https://t.co/hLCUFGIWOQ 
  • TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/JBdxsPFnl5
  • Saved by the Bell actor Dustin Diamond is jailed #US http://t.co/I4L8bk2K8M 
  • Street artist Shepard Fairey is wanted by police in Detroit after they say he tagged buildings across the city #US http://t.co/5FahF3aXkk
  • #Greece debt crisis: Eurozone refuses bailout extension http://t.co/eAoIagyiGY
  • Confederate flag at South Carolina State House pulled down by black woman who was later arrested #US http://t.co/rliotoqOah 
  • Maria De Villota F1 crash car 'pushed into lorry' http://t.co/iwyj3icdJn 
  • #France beheading attack: Police quiz suspect http://t.co/52eogDut9i
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Saturday

27th June - Law News

1279th 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'.





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Friday

26th June - Law News

1278th 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 most qualified judges are wasting time on hearings that could be dealt with at a lower level, according to a senior judicial figure. Sir Terence Etherton (pictured), chancellor of the High Court, said there needs to be further investment at the county court level to enable work to be filtered down. Etherton told a conference in London this week that Court of Appeal and High Court judges are spending time on cases that should be handled by lower courts. Earlier this week, new lord chancellor Michael Gove attacked the ‘waste and inefficiency inherent’ in the court system and said the case for reform was ‘overwhelming’. Full story - The Law Society Gazette






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Thursday

25th June - Law News

1277th 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 Quality Assurance Scheme for Advocates (QASA) is finally set to go ahead after the Supreme Court ruled that it was “the only way” to protect all members of the public involved in criminal proceedings “at an upper level”. But it has been claimed that the decision will make it harder for similar schemes to be introduced for other areas of law. Four criminal law barristers have been trying to overturn the Legal Services Board’s (LSB) approval of QASA as proposed by the Solicitors Regulation Authority, Bar Standards Board (BSB) and CILEx Regulation, but lost in the High Court and Court of Appeal. Full story - Legal Futures





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Wednesday

24th June - Law News

1276th 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 chairman of the Criminal Bar Association (CBA) has attempted to turn the tables on solicitors and members of the junior Bar who have criticised him following a decision not to join in unified industrial action against legal aid fee cuts. In a statement released this week, Cross refuted accusations that the CBA executive no longer represents the views of criminal barristers, and argued that the Bar needs to compete for work on a level playing field, before adding that the criminal Bar cannot fight solicitors' battles for them. Full story - Solicitors Journal




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Tuesday

23rd June - Law News

1275th 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: It’s not true that the legal industry is behind the times – in fact, innovation has always been a big part of what makes law such a satisfying profession. Our profession abounds with popular – if often misleading – narratives. One is that the legal industry is slow to change. I disagree: the pace of change in the past decade  has been tremendous. Whether lawyers and firms can keep with the pace is a different matter: that is what will distinguish the winners from the losers in the next 10 years. Full story - The Lawyer



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