29th July - Law News

1311th 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 (SRA) has issued a ‘warning notice’ to criminal law firms involved in the legal aid boycott. The regulator said it is “concerned that solicitors and firms may not act in the best interests of each individual client” should the protocol issued by the London Criminal Courts Solicitors Association (LCCSA) be followed without “fully considering” each client’s circumstances. Full story - Legal Futures

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Morton Fraser appointed to new Scottish government legal panel | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/s30AyVBeaG 
• Lockerbie figures sentenced to death in Libya | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/FzaGCaOWC3 
• ‘Mutual corroboration’ could not be applied in case of uncle accused of sexually abusing niece and nephew http://t.co/lRQDxUkpWE 
• Dyers Chambers and One Paper Buildings merge to form Drystone Chambers | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/szTWlJzgiQ
• Brodies LLP gains Investor in People accreditations and signs Scottish Business Pledge | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/aCMBZNd0hp 
• Aberdeen house price fall blamed on oil slowdown and LBTT | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/EnWzH97Toy 
• Blog: ‘Generation rent’ is an opportunity for Scotland | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/3hcPT5VAyq 
• New appointments strengthen Bond Dickinson's Aberdeen office | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/INjnf4ocdC
• Terror police arrest woman with three children at airport http://t.co/99KBKyOYzw
• Breaking Bad fan guilty of Dark Web ricin plot http://t.co/U5EXKkSgK7 
• Taliban conflict: #Afghanistan probes Mullah Omar 'death' claim http://t.co/bkKRkqmOdv 
• #Zimbabwean pair at court over Cecil the lion killing http://t.co/rRGO1Oi0Ht 
• Wragges won’t turn away now that it is on America’s doorstep | The Lawyer http://t.co/gYqJvzgkgN 
• Landmark Supreme Court decision has major implications for litigation costs cases | The Lawyer http://t.co/gltdu61r4S 
• Four High Court judges elevated to Court of Appeal | The Lawyer http://t.co/C18B0AhyZF 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Wedlake Bell goes open-plan as revenue passes £30m | The Lawyer http://t.co/sgGYQRv4tV
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Shoosmiths fails to reverse pay cuts despite boasting £100m turnover | The Lawyer http://t.co/Swp4esKT5R 
• Prisoner charities win right to challenge legal aid cuts | The Lawyer http://t.co/iAWc2HV7GK 
• GMB hires Leigh Day for employment action against Uber | The Lawyer http://t.co/tT3o5emTjl 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Anderson Strathern and Harper Macleod win big on Scottish Government legal panel | The Lawyer http://t.co/cNWYYaWBHx 
• Pinsents and Stephenson Harwood among firms exploring Iran opportunities | The Lawyer http://t.co/VjQZzyPuM8
• PII renewal: scattergun or ‘sniper’? | Law Gazette http://t.co/sfZ9P1y7od 
• Solicitors ‘in denial’ about threat from accountants | Law Gazette http://t.co/lUFcLkloHa 
• Firms under scrutiny over anti-money laundering | Law Gazette http://t.co/cOvIIHyEku 
• Bar Council leader raises concerns over ABS entities | Law Gazette http://t.co/yGd3Gyhjv6
• Lord chancellor loses challenge to ruling on fast-track system | Law Gazette http://t.co/44TYeWNJBP 
• New insurer enters PII market aiming for specialist firms | Law Gazette http://t.co/WgJRoaN9gy
• Walter Palmer, the #lionkiller dentist from #Minnesota: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know http://t.co/uvVAtcAwgp 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/0vEqWl8JsB
• #US dentist Walter Palmer 'regrets' killing #Zimbabwe lion Cecil http://t.co/DBgKof3RIj 
• Less lighting has no impact on crime or collisions, says report http://t.co/ky4a8VTRLa
• Even if we scrap the Human Rights Act, we'll still be beholden to EU laws https://t.co/109bNV8x9l 
• Divorcee sues Airbnb for cancelling his membership after guest gave him 'long massage' https://t.co/dftsPZULSg 
• Heiress repaid £3m she gave husband after he cut children out of will https://t.co/ErQxGTwYPS
• Calais crisis: New deal to send migrants home to Africa https://t.co/Lh84KYRUfb 
• Gang convicted of using stately home to run cannabis farm https://t.co/FE9V0BeinC 
• The 'Lord Sewer' affair shows why we need urgent reform of the House of Lords? https://t.co/mjIvrKyl6Z 
• Police in Julie Pacey murder DNA breakthrough https://t.co/WWsUUsEZGo 
• Police hunt Parliament knife breach woman https://t.co/16coqXprfs 
• Universities urged to do more to stop sex attacks and harassment on campus http://t.co/83xzu7VlIv 
• Russell Group universities take sexual assault victims very seriously http://t.co/ttTtkl5uWA
• Amnesty International says prostitution is a human right – but it's wrong http://t.co/v1P5qUFC0u 
• David Cameron vows crackdown on trafficking of #Vietnamese children http://t.co/coA5LrbV00
• Asian-American lawyers launch Fortune 500 GC initiative | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/XNy2Ggd3dG
• Drone operators risk regulatory enquiries for misdemeanours | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/4jv6gHoHGN
• Pinsent Masons invests in automatic compliance-checking company | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/tES9zx0FUT
• K&L Gates loses 80 partners in seven months | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/zOQXcWNEvZ 
• Fraudsters zoom in on property law firms | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/wHPsC5Ar92 
• Accountancy firms begin push into M&A and corporate legal services | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/MsMio2baJK
• Litigation funder Burford reports $36 million profit on one case | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/JXWTcjasbg
• Regulators report no evidence for Bar's attack on family law solicitor-advocates | Legal Futures http://t.co/d197Bcf9X7 
• Bar Council chairman calls for online training revolution | Legal Futures http://t.co/sYEpRuqYQx
• Dying care: 'Improved' guidelines proposed http://t.co/ARvqTGdrUl 
• The obscure legal system that lets corporations sue countries http://t.co/RDR10XO7dp 
• #Disneyland Paris face pricing probe following accusations that Brits & Germans left out of certain price promotions http://t.co/omP0f1AyoP 
• Paige Chivers: Man jailed for murdering Blackpool teen http://t.co/GZZe2H0wFx 
• Harper Macleod lands a full house of appointments on new Scottish Government legal panel | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/VFTXuJd24V 
• Scottish house prices up 3.5 per cent | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/yyNAVIgMNp
• Man convicted of public indecency loses appeal against registration as sex offender | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/Qletiz0FeL 
• DWF advises Bladnoch Distillery Limited on landmark acquisition | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/UjjzfBb355 
• English cops warn over Police Scotland political scrutiny | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/0lBWJWWx4O 
• ESPC's 'Conveyancing Central' e-system could be rolled out across Scotland | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/AV7SoMGF7t 
• McLachlin: challenges are opportunity to improve justice system | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/KML5p6Onfi 
• SLN Spotlight: Shami Chakrabarti | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/QISDdUH0wS 
• Criminal barristers hold the line over legal aid boycott | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/C5blTiaE85 
• Litigation-funding firm reveals 56 per cent growth in operating profit | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/dwOmhwQKDG 
• Claim for a delayed flight not boarded referred to the CJEU | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/npU3fVbXDO 
• Lawyers split over ramifications of landmark Court of Appeal ruling on wills | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/6AxHtzAEns 
• Aberdeen transport solicitor brings legal profession into disrepute | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/GGEDjBMwAP 
• Law Society replaces SRA as signatory for trainee recruitment code | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/tMvTtizAKM

28th July - Law News

1310th 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 report by the Bar Council into the experience of female barristers has found that many feel pushed into traditional ‘women’s practice areas’ such as family and sex crime. Full story - The Lawyer

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Daughter wins £164,000 after decade-long legal battle over will with charities http://t.co/J89cwUnPYs
• Can business make profits and improve employee rights and wellbeing? http://t.co/ahq9BorKFS 
• World's most popular song is not under copyright, according to lawsuit http://t.co/71J7nV7fDQ
• Black Britons face a double whammy – failed race relations law, now budget cuts http://t.co/l9TFy0diQv 
• Rupert Murdoch's Times wins right to use 'Irish edition' in #Ireland http://t.co/eTmPMiPLWp 
• France and the UK are on the edge of Kafkaesque surveillance http://t.co/I2yqQAV0Fp
• Denying prisoners legal aid may be illegal, appeal court rules http://t.co/2rRGGOHfsd
• Some violence is targeted at women and girls – we can’t ignore that | Alison Saunders http://t.co/N8Oz64luu1
• Ex-prisoner barred from helping young offenders change their lives http://t.co/igEj5M9EUU 
• The Cosby accusers were taught to be silent. We must learn to hear rape victims http://t.co/cdcE0k7u2B
• Green party hopefuls lose high court bid for MP job share http://t.co/VwcfuGyUeF 
• Trump thinks immigrants are rapists. What about married American men? #US http://t.co/ssFOpby4Cm
• CMS hit with "ground breaking" court application to be removed as KPMG lawyers | The Lawyer http://t.co/VtsaFFwyej 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: MoFo takes litigation team from Winston & Strawn in Hong Kong | The Lawyer http://t.co/qtbSHKCzO7 
• Mishcon loses co-head of funds and financial services to O’Melveny | The Lawyer http://t.co/n0bdDkUeTG 
• Trowers & Hamlins retains five of seven autumn qualifiers | The Lawyer http://t.co/EohjVACuiX 
• Mrs Justice Rose takes over £1bn air-cargo case from recused Peter Smith J | The Lawyer http://t.co/Akd0WF0krf 
• Which US firm is for you? This year's International Top 30 offers some clues | The Lawyer http://t.co/kNqyh0YVgM 
• High Court orders Berezovsky trustees to pay £12.6m legal fee to Addleshaws | The Lawyer http://t.co/DlYJsg6BOL 
• Action day 27: barristers officially join legal aid boycott | Law Gazette http://t.co/9XXB8pP0fe
• Action day 28: SRA issues warning over legal aid action | Law Gazette http://t.co/xgVtGZvEOb
• Firm fined for related business disclosure lapse | Law Gazette http://t.co/LAqnvkyMI7
• Daughter’s £164k will victory ‘consistent with law’, say experts | Law Gazette http://t.co/6BXHDOFaEf
• SRA chief urges caution over legal regulation reform | Law Gazette http://t.co/DXeb0NVViq 
• Legal aid tender process reopens for two areas | Law Gazette http://t.co/1Wk97V0g7r 
• Appeal court allows prisoner legal aid challenge | Law Gazette http://t.co/xUncEd7m3i
• Disgruntled judge leaves case with parting shot for BA | Law Gazette http://t.co/pCJejhWNCf 
• Should church introduce transgender baptism? http://t.co/aYOXuP6nxq 
• Undercover policing inquiry to 'expose conduct' http://t.co/vas6gAAQDv
• Primark breastfeeding assault claim mum to face charges http://t.co/fEg2dzh712 
• The public should not expect to see a police officer after crimes such as burglary http://t.co/52cYgkaGqs
• Woman rejected by mother in will wins £164k inheritance http://t.co/hYpYRGOrdv 
• Channel Tunnel: '2,000 migrants' tried to enter http://t.co/270BZfKBIu
• Lord Sewel resigns from House of Lords after drug claims http://t.co/1VylSauU1u 
• #Libya trial: Gaddafi son sentenced to death over war crimes http://t.co/EQCECxMpuc 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/m7dNNV7dLI
• 30 per cent of lawyers in #INDIA are fake, Bar Council chief says https://t.co/EZlygxdWt9 
• BakerHostetler reaches $700m tally in fees on Madoff liquidation | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/oPRuHnMXGu 
• Bar Council report highlights situation female barristers | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/Q0WUFCZdeS
• BigLaw moves to protect itself against raids on top lawyers | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/TrnfNOeNR1
• India poised to enable foreign lawyers to act in arbitrations | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/ezMkJXlgDm
• Drone near miss prompts warning on multiple lawsuits | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/ZpsRdu8IwB 
• MoJ launches fresh consultation for further court fees hike | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/T1oiD8aaZs 
• Litigation finance: The case for the defence | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/1dWZmVbRd3
• Landmark Court of Appeal ruling has implications for how people should draw up their wills, legal experts say https://t.co/Zd9e5gDPSe
• Russia accused of manipulating Litvinenko murder inquiry as key witness pulls out https://t.co/OQLtqaozVL 
• Conley Thompson 'died after slipping into a plastic pipe' https://t.co/BF65e99diH 
• Norfolk paedophile ring: Woman, 34, convicted of playing 'instrumental role' https://t.co/Y4X6KYXp6o 
• Children at risk of radicalisation to double https://t.co/5gCFcjDLaS 
• Ken Clarke: Groping claim is so preposterous it's off the Richter scale https://t.co/uRrWyETv2q 
• Missing cleric Simon Reynolds disappeared during a court break while waiting to be convicted of stealing thousands https://t.co/HAOgBcbu4L
• Woman cut out of mother's will as she eloped with boyfriend wins legal battle for share of estate https://t.co/yA1NN3CJB3 
• Pitt: ‘There is a compelling case to introduce a new regulatory settlement’ | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/fJ4Pwol5Se 
• Kent County Council narrows down potential ABS joint venture partners to one | Legal Futures http://t.co/LvqfC6eVbG 
• Law firm faces £5.1m breach of contract claim | Legal Futures http://t.co/qytUtvmcBk 
• No need for another Scottish independence referendum, Cameron says http://t.co/5rex39EsKF
• #Australian actress faces child sex charges http://t.co/sRvtH5Z6bd 
• Norfolk child sex abuse case: Marie Black guilty http://t.co/EdtTQG06T3 
• #PAKISTAN urged to halt execution of severely disabled prisoner http://t.co/xaH3HCp2yA
• Litvinenko suspect will not testify at inquiry http://t.co/EKHuBYv8X1 
• Criminal barristers stop taking new crown court cases in legal aid protest http://t.co/bjmZKDlEGQ
• Negotiating and fighting for a binding treaty on business and human rights http://t.co/Gm5PumYuAZ 
• Green party pair challenge ban on MP job sharing http://t.co/VggKWZfoIa 
• Transgender boy barred from men's room testifies in sex discrimination case http://t.co/SSxuTzFDEc 
• Extra-judicial payment of provisional damages an ‘admission of liability’, judge rules | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/9U2xLCMXiS 
• Crown Office rules out prosecution over Alison Hume death | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/Yoe1pQ6qCR
• NUJ demands Police Scotland reveal whether it flouted law to spy on journalists | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/6ln28zQgeZ 
• Government QC says Wilson doctrine outdated in age of mass interception of data | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/6nHiBomkTj 
• Law Society calls for clarity in MSP lobbying bill | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/FmDRRafETq 
• Woman whose son was born disabled because of health board's negligence loses compensation battle http://t.co/wSSD6uVUn4
• Brodies reports 11.2 per cent revenue growth to £57.94m | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/X57JlBuoFu 
• Latham and Sullivan act on Teva's $40.5bn purchase of pharma rival Allergan | The Lawyer http://t.co/mRrsnykv8e 
• ‘Unlawful’ civil legal aid safety net scheme widened | Law Gazette http://t.co/X5bU9Ib4NA 
• ‘Cab rank’: barristers allowed to refuse work from solicitors | Law Gazette http://t.co/611ankHaSL 
• Action day 27: barristers officially join legal aid action | Law Gazette http://t.co/zx6VMMblZs 
• ‘Compelling case’ for reforming regulation – LSB | Law Gazette http://t.co/PIm7eAj0qR

27th July - Law News

1309th 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 government has confirmed increases in court fees for divorce proceedings, possession claims, and general applications in civil proceedings and announced a new consultation on further hikes. This means that fees will increase: from £280 to £355 for issuing a possession claim in the county court; from £50 to £100 for general applications in civil proceedings for an application by consent and from £155 to £255, for a contested application (extensions to vary or extend an injunction for protection from harassment or violence are excluded); and from £410 to £550 for issuing divorce proceedings (with fee remission for those who need it, such as women in low wage households). Full story - New Law Journal

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Lawyers should not ignore the immigration crisis – it demands an EU-wide response | Law Gazette http://t.co/PlqWII2mr4 
• Real change on human rights | Law Gazette http://t.co/ySXWxc6AQq
• Slater and Gordon shares dip as key Quindell contract set to end | Law Gazette http://t.co/VQ1XkrUObQ 
• ‘Draconian’ sanctions based on Mitchell are overturned | Law Gazette http://t.co/RhEE83LfYj 
• FSB: Lobbying laws risk narrowing public debate | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/kBejjspGVR
• Newport prostitutes plan must 'not turn city into Amsterdam' http://t.co/y3CUAfm0jc 
• Can you make schools integrate? The rise of unregistered low fee-paying Islamic schools http://t.co/mThSsKmK7z 
• Litvinenko inquiry: Key suspect will not testify http://t.co/QVFSpZN5BQ 
• Bill Cosby: 35 of his accusers speak to New York magazine http://t.co/E8DeeuHaXZ 
• Glasgow bin lorry crash driver denied blacking out http://t.co/x50u3hnkqf 
• #China woman dies after falling into escalator after health & safety negligence by workmen http://t.co/91B6bY1jcu 
• Lord Sewel faces call to quit Parliament over drugs claim http://t.co/UrEReQBqfj 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Pinsents acquires majority stake in cloud-based technology compliance venture | The Lawyer http://t.co/hB1QLKGtRX 
• Royal Mail’s Harnby to exit GC role two years after company IPO | The Lawyer http://t.co/OPZ4WUxKdG 
• Bank of America GC Lynch steps down as fines drop off | The Lawyer http://t.co/8OChg2kIMQ 
• A&O, Slaughters and Weil Gotshal among winners on GE European panel | The Lawyer http://t.co/8huED4BiWA 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Brodies' revenue grows by 11 per cent to £57.9m | The Lawyer http://t.co/vqy2YDPidH 
• Where next for Gowling WLG? | The Lawyer http://t.co/nQhzA3kbhL
• Ins and outs of law firms in Germany | The Lawyer http://t.co/XVKc0Q42CT 
• Never mind the Ashes: England and Australia are battling for the Chinese investment prize | The Lawyer http://t.co/1fhtQZycNL 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Wragges won’t turn away now that it is on America’s doorstep | The Lawyer http://t.co/gYqJvzgkgN 
• In-house interview: Amanda Hamilton-Stanley, Chivas Brothers - A Profile | The Lawyer http://t.co/96ac5JGwFs
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/SE6b123fO3
• Why is EU free movement so important? http://t.co/FxjLWlWGy1 
• My legal life: Katherine Dandy, Partner, Sackers - A Profile | Law Gazette http://t.co/OnfE6PcoBN 
• CHAPS settlement day extension | Law Gazette http://t.co/GggHfXF15y 
• Obituary: former Gazette editor Liz Bramwell | Law Gazette http://t.co/S3ilo1Aevs 
• Bar takes aim at solicitors in family court advocacy | Law Gazette http://t.co/maGITpOOFj 
• News focus: Greece crisis | Law Gazette http://t.co/HKkQ6KxeTK 
• Italy’s civil justice reforms welcomed by UK solicitors | Law Gazette http://t.co/VP1qK94IU4
• Government ‘selling justice like a commodity’ with fee rises | Law Gazette http://t.co/vXYNsmtq5x
• Two MI5 surveillance operations in Northern Ireland blocked, ISC reveals http://t.co/VgBnbsUOPI 
• Scotland Yard to become luxury hotel in £110m development http://t.co/6HvzHYTSKy 
• Almost half of EU doctors seeking work in UK failed to prove English skills http://t.co/yJ08ZrAaJt 
• Universities throw weight behind case for keeping Britain in European Union http://t.co/rpYE4U7zzG 
• Man shot dead in Salford in 'targeted attack' http://t.co/Y5axmYt9zU
• Black and minority ethnic Britons ‘worse off’ after budget http://t.co/zRCEbKBrYw 
• Leaving human rights convention could start domino effect, Britain warned http://t.co/JqIepJAkRZ 
• Life on the fringe: play about female prisoners to hit stage in Edinburgh http://t.co/Ww9aBFLWBU 
• Ghantewala: Why did Delhi's 'oldest sweet shop' shut down? #INDIA https://t.co/eliCZP1gDY 
• #INDIA's Department of Telecommunications (DoT) formed a panel in January 2015 to look into net neutrality http://t.co/lrPdcwz2UR 
• Action was on brink of 'collapse’, practitioner groups reveal | Law Gazette http://t.co/8dh5UvGnyy 
• Deregulation: Too much of a good thing? | Legal Futures http://t.co/m3jDMsYVyN 
• Law firm loses FoI bid to learn names of complainants | Legal Futures http://t.co/S7Xv6BvCuf 
• 'List of defaulting solicitors' to be ditched but cab-rank rule set to survives to keep rule and standard terms: http://t.co/81sL3hgFlm

26th July - Law News

1308th 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

• Pollard's ex-wife: #Israel should fund legal defense of American spying for Israel https://t.co/nAfJYdLSlf 
• Cambridge City Council legal action threat against Government over welfare changes and right to buy https://t.co/xctTOz4tJm
• Chris Brown leaves Philippines after ordeal over legal issue https://t.co/X1tyVbnX3F
• Fury as legal high dealers slash prices of 'party drugs' linked to scores of deaths before ban https://t.co/V9RgchHukH 
• High Court lifts legal bar on bank sale of O’Donnell house Gorse Hill #IRELAND https://t.co/JfY3SfZx4O 
• #US State of Georgia sues 'terrorist' for publishing its own laws ... on the internet https://t.co/HO9MOJxjsN 
• Female Saudi law student celebrates success at UK’s Swansea https://t.co/3FpB6TGvP9
• World minimum marriage age: Chart shows the lowest age you can legally get married around the world https://t.co/WtgFeyBkvj 
• 'Cassie's law': 609 drivers lose licence after tougher police power on eye tests https://t.co/YeW75lXHbu 
• Arrests made at #CAMBODIA NGO law protest https://t.co/IoguUBd9sO
• Charity accuses authorities of 'insufficient action' over child sex abuse claims https://t.co/omJuqWIvM3 
• Vintage wines worth £1.4m stolen from Queen's supplier https://t.co/0YhprAuZje
• 'I was betrayed' says widow left 'only' £15 million https://t.co/RoETTufoG2 
• NHS boss has head of HR suspended after she rejects advances, tribunal hears https://t.co/Bn2wWgsyjM 
• Three scientists investigating melting Arctic ice may have been assassinated, professor claims https://t.co/LiYP2KpFxA 
• Lord Sewel resigns and faces police inquiry after 'snorting cocaine with prostitutes' https://t.co/oB7BkTMvdG
• Lord Sewel: the cocaine-snorting, prostitute-using peer doesn't deserve our sympathy? https://t.co/xiwX89UHbE 
• James Bond enthusiast killed after crashing home made 'Octopussy' plane https://t.co/AoPo2WiQgF 
• Conference Announcement. Victims’ Rights: An Agenda for Change. | Human Rights Ireland https://t.co/ftTecp1iu0
• Depoliticising Policing at MacGill Summer School | Human Rights Ireland https://t.co/yN3hUCnAIv 
• Copying for private use: to be quashed with prospective or retrospective effect? | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/h1Daj1XmqL
• Scheme for Exceptional Case Funding not providing the required safety net | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/cgoyJpquEL 
• Strasbourg rejects right to die cases | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/0YOHK8S38x 
• Supreme Court: no-win-no-fee costs regime compatible with Article 6 | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/3hKYhrTqZP 
• More bad news in the fight for a right to die | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/l12MCivAW3 
• The Round Up: The right to die battle – last rites, or the long game? | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/cmsxRLM3dh 
• 'Limbs in the Loch' killer wins Article 8 claim | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/bJvDMFPDlW 
• Olympic champion Mo Farah quizzed over Salazar claims http://t.co/6AtOS6H3Jk 
• Lord Sewel quits as Lords deputy speaker after drug claims http://t.co/FAxHhNEelw
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/3V9UvCdeTy
• Thieves steal almost £1.5m worth of wine, open champagne to celebrate http://t.co/zzjHAeHAAD
• Female barristers are suffering from shocking levels of sexism, says a new report http://t.co/0DiG4z2ywS 
• The British army has launched an anti-rape campaign http://t.co/O8l5CiBsJ6 
• Spending a day at the helpline advising terrified girls being pushed into forced marriages http://t.co/KHCY2TuHbF
• Judge's baggage claim gets him booted off British Airways competition case http://t.co/ppNaGkRMdj 
• Judge overrules Theresa May and allows convicted terror prisoner to be freed http://t.co/9Wffajm8CZ 
• Foreign Office relaxes Iran advice for British nationals http://t.co/7L37PZaz5q 
• #Kenya: Trials would aid fight against corruption - Obama http://t.co/babT4zLszc
• From asylum seeker to legal apprentice https://t.co/9mLZtjHO8m 
• Bar Council must delay plans to move Pupillage Gateway deadline https://t.co/MRp3i8KzEQ
• Allen & Overy ups junior lawyer pay by A QUARTER to blow away rest of magic circle https://t.co/SMSIwCO18b 
• Junior lawyers' biggest complaints: rubbish bonuses and poor partnership chances https://t.co/WyMwVHHzD2 
• Uni of Law LPC student bids to win Miss England title before qualifying as a lawyer https://t.co/yrJ3Ddyw1e 
• International law firms are 'a bit like Suits', yet contain normal people and are part of a market that towers over https://t.co/wrkOJ56Dwl
• Norton Rose Fulbright boosts junior lawyer pay to match magic circle competition https://t.co/NM1N3sU1A2
• Four trainees say no to Slaughter and May as firm records 89% autumn retention https://t.co/mp0uXTVzbl
• A new law school is being built in a bunker under Lincoln's Inn to deliver a not-for-profit BPTC https://t.co/TaZ2iK9rwn
• Two City firms back latest bid to ease law firm recruitment path for socially underprivileged https://t.co/XiYpXhf1xg
• Oi lawyers -- do more free work, demands think tank https://t.co/lUCAFw7ffr 
• The bar's battle against elitism https://t.co/lYzZ0r3nDu 
• Vac schemes: students do everything but legal work https://t.co/OVU4LqGrI4

25th July - Law News

1307th 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

• Solicitors are rubbish at the ‘art’ of Crown Court advocacy, says top Tory QC https://t.co/NuSWi4CFyr 
• Award-winning junior barrister Connor Johnston says lawyers can still make a go of legal aid https://t.co/TmNJMeCBLH
• ‘Breaking Bad’ star takes hard man role in bizarre law firm advert https://t.co/bzd5Mkd7f5 
• Latest advocacy row — bar leaders slam solicitors for poor family court work https://t.co/UfXvGaURUG
• What corporate lawyers say Vs what corporate lawyers mean https://t.co/J6gajXpJRx 
• War of words at Milton Keynes County Court https://t.co/gClbsvOLgY 
• Financial Conduct Authority trainee flogs top City law firm training contract application answers https://t.co/69xHeKI2r9 
• How studying a language with a law degree can set you apart from the crowd https://t.co/Uh3BwGy7ai 
• Fried Mars bars — Scottish judges and lawyers love ‘em … https://t.co/BhbTC0fuLv
• From wasps to car-hire — junior lawyers need to diversify https://t.co/IZ6ok3mzcY 
• The GDL is for ‘spineless’ losers, says Bristol Uni law student https://t.co/rqnTmfrQeT
• Nabarro posts disappointing 77% autumn retention rate for qualifying solicitors https://t.co/WL1TI33u1m 
• Fewer students apply for law school scholarships than you think https://t.co/aWdvcdv5Ya 
• Legal aid strike falling apart as big firms head back to work? https://t.co/tBgHwi22u5
• Has judge broken the law by ordering artistic pot smoker to sketch him in court? https://t.co/Us4NZCK068 
• Law firm partner in alleged drink-fuelled air rage ruck on London-bound flight https://t.co/UTNVkBu9CB
• Coroner reforms reduce backlog | New Law Journal: https://t.co/WZ3s3Nd2TC 
• Under-investment during the recession is fuelling demand for specialist skills in Law Firms | New Law Journal: https://t.co/bgMsD3vO5H 
• Appointing the judges | New Law Journal: https://t.co/gdq3tZkyvW
• No second succession rule | New Law Journal: https://t.co/7sbfncSGZO 
• Some 32 judicial office-holders were removed from office last year compared to just 17 in 2013-1 | New Law Journal: https://t.co/woAxyLX2H9
• Widow of Tony Nicklinson lost her case at the European Court of Human Rights over right-to-die | New Law Journal: https://t.co/woORmIyquA
• Law on time bars & liability at sea is clarified | New Law Journal: https://t.co/RTpU3Kmsc5 
• The Supreme Court should use a tiebreaker clause to appoint new justices, according to a review | New Law Journal: https://t.co/BtThiMcNQ6 
• Ministry of Justice plans court cull in order to make further cuts | New Law Journal: https://t.co/1e8aq1EozC 
• Litigation costs limbo ends | New Law Journal: https://t.co/5z89VEmjHx 
• Government issues double whammy on court fees | New Law Journal: https://t.co/sdBXqvpI3P
• Halsbury Legal Awards announce Stonewall as 2015 charity partner | New Law Journal: https://t.co/QKsa5BK8iT
• Aylesbury child sex abuse: Barnardo's raised fears in 2008 http://t.co/4AhG5gS5FU 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/CVuM2JWim1
• Woman banned for drink-driving while pushing a car she hadn't driven http://t.co/VIkznvooFU 
• Runaway rector: Interpol called in as police fear criminal cleric has fled to Continent http://t.co/L6BVlfrvVk 
• Fears GCHQ could be spying on MSPs http://t.co/iXlUAt2pEx 
• Teachers must take over classroom deradicalisation lessons: NPCC chairwoman http://t.co/o5PtvfGTH3 
• Foreign criminals drive up house prices by laundering money into property http://t.co/TYG3ojZNyt 
• #Burundi's president Pierre Nkurunziza wins third term in disputed election http://t.co/dznq4yjlJx
• #Angola’s crackdown on human rights must be challenged http://t.co/O1HWstnj0v
• Judge bans father taking daughters to #Nigeria for female genital mutilation http://t.co/8NtAzyToOp 
• Contract lawyers could get overtime following Skadden New York ruling | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/h04hv0UoYE
• Local Indian firms gear up for liberalisation | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/NvU33cxues 
• Non-lawyers will head up law firms in the next decade | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/1v4QbQYeEw 
• Charles Russell reports 3.5 per cent revenue increase | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/Hy9Bduo5vb 
• MoJ launches fresh consultation for further court fees hike | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/Yu6xAFdAcO 
• Litigation finance: The case for the defence | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/1mhULQejNS 
• Legal insurance market gets into gear | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/4rXlRiZ0Ct
• Freshfields uses salary hike to recruit for new admin hub | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/5fZeGqopy5 
• WWE has terminated its contract with Hulk Hogan, after a tape emerged of him using racist slurs http://t.co/lL2IdFQG33 
• Fiat Chrysler recalls 1.4 million cars after Jeep hack http://t.co/WIjZGCZmPw 
• House of Commons Speaker John Bercow claimed travel and accommodation expenses of £31,400 over the past year http://t.co/qdYROxwhMw
• Aylesbury child sex abuse trial: Six men found guilty http://t.co/eaSrd3bNcn 
• #CHINA Targeting Rights Lawyers in a Crackdown https://t.co/xDmVoBaODX 
• Judge Orders Release of Misconduct Findings Against Officer in Eric Garner Case #US https://t.co/w2a4io1fPG 
• Criminal Inquiry Is Sought in Clinton Email Account #US https://t.co/nxBHgnQHKP
• A Bangladeshi Town in Human Trafficking's Grip https://t.co/Gs0XtK49Ed
• Judgment delivered with room service | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/L7ahdwe6qI 
• Meet the Best in Class: The Lawyer Awards | The Lawyer http://t.co/HJDgaA98O1 
• The government must not be too dismissive in its responses to consultations | Law Gazette http://t.co/tKDpEzE6mv 
• Barrister fined for racist remarks | Law Gazette http://t.co/jk98rJ4rzS
• Police issue referral fee fraud warning | Law Gazette http://t.co/kRVXMzsFaU
• Labor brings forward court challenge to Coalition's 'divorce tax' http://t.co/qgkNexWqF6
• #Thai officials among more than 100 charged with human trafficking http://t.co/3kTM2jVVx0 
• UN human rights body criticises police stop-and-search powers in Scotland http://t.co/emHPupD5gN

24th July - Law News

1306th 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: Practitioner groups have described Thursday's meeting with the justice secretary as ‘potentially constructive’ as a nationwide boycott over legal aid cuts looks set to continue. Representatives from the London Criminal Courts Solicitors’ Association, Criminal Law Solicitors’ Association and Big Firms Group met with Michael Gove at the Ministry of Justice’s headquarters in Petty France, London, for 45 minutes, followed by a meeting with MoJ advisers. The Criminal Bar Association did not attend the meeting. Full story - The Law Society Gazette

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Solicitor successfully sues former firm for share of ‘net profits’ following dispute over partnership agreement http://t.co/yVY4XzreLj 
• UN criticises stop and search and UK child smacking and responsibility laws | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/SmDVNVnZz3 
• Terrorism Act questioning and search did not breach individual’s human rights, UK Supreme Court rules http://t.co/fLaNb6G0Zp 
• Nicola Sturgeon demands urgent assurances from David Cameron over GCHQ spying on MSPs | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/jbQMTQlkbp 
• Motorist takes parking company fine to Supreme Court | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/uURTHYQXiM 
• Charity Commission faces review over CAGE funding pull | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/EoZaTA8GbD
• Blog: the myriad claims arising from two buses colliding | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/9NbxiiHWrQ 
• Big six energy firms fail to improve complaint handling | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/iKDm47IHMj Jul 24, 2015
• FSB: Lobbying laws risk narrowing public debate | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/kBejjspGVR 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Keystone Law picks up 20 lawyers from Pinsent Masons, Hogan Lovells and Foot Anstey | The Lawyer http://t.co/1QQotD74ao 
• Bircham Dyson Bell instructs RPC to defend professional negligence claim | The Lawyer http://t.co/xFmAozV6rc 
• Bar Council report reveals scope of sexism at the bar | The Lawyer http://t.co/ev9IITJF5x 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Taylor Wessing to stake all on Asia growth with Hong Kong the next stop | The Lawyer http://t.co/yEVtgyCJ4a
• Obama admits #US gun laws are his 'biggest frustration' http://t.co/oK4zhdl7nZ 
• Hundreds of police officers convicted in past three years http://t.co/U9WgMdwMlU
• New family court opens in push to encourage ADR | Law Gazette http://t.co/rfwaTVUapw 
• Early conciliation cuts employment tribunal cases in half | Law Gazette http://t.co/ET7AdTkoEL
• Sexism still rampant in the ‘children’s playground’ of the bar | Law Gazette http://t.co/NI0X0hd66B 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/DCCBNSYqSZ
• LSB approves relaxation of separate business rule | Legal Futures http://t.co/kpJXGuiylX 
• Bar lifts the lid on shocking sexism faced by female barristers | Legal Futures http://t.co/sWpdoiWLGh 
• Theresa May to review deaths in police custody https://t.co/aApbu9NEwf 
• Vicar goes on the run as he is convicted of stealing church funds https://t.co/COQtYRhg9d 
• Counter-extremism workers knew boy who plotted #Australian Isis attack https://t.co/ArKy8LHdRj 
• Mother demands stiff penalties for dealers of diet pills that killed daughter https://t.co/RtUwk6vhp3
• Glasgow bin lorry driver had blacked out when working as bus driver https://t.co/CtkhXENeB3
• Theresa May dodges questions about MI5 failure to act on MP paedophile fears https://t.co/KJGDnhyCTk 
• Philip Nitschke says NT medical body is 'insufferably arrogant and paternalistic' #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/ytlSpfMcqi
• Couple used film school to defraud wounded Iraq and Afghanistan veterans #US https://t.co/2T9pfV0hc4
• UK authorities 'lack resources' to investigate Trafigura over toxic waste https://t.co/JGRxjCMReQ 
• High Court orders judicial review of Cage charity funding decision https://t.co/v1I9Zk8kXW 
• Hassan Rouhani urged to follow nuclear deal success with human rights progress #IRAN https://t.co/xT6tgFz9g0
• OHIM issues a report on counterfeit goods | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/IajFRy0mCa 
• Global trends in luxury spending | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/IeQXISqBis 
• Appleby advises Chai Tai Enterprises | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/aFp7NJP4AW 
• Lawyer declares the end of private lives for employees | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/9TDObdGorI 
• HP sells iManage to its founders | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/r0e6hWlNtr
• UK publishes code of practice to enable testing of driverless cars - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/Lc2WCid3Cg
• Portolano Cavallo launches in New York | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/O5VA5ebgPG
• UK rules conditional fee agreements do not violate human rights legislation | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/zBcXVMwk78
• New protocol marks change of tactics in legal aid action | Law Gazette http://t.co/NBqCirUMQ0 
• MoJ downplays significance of legal aid crisis talk | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/IDrEExbEsr
• Landlords forego unpaid rent to evict tenants sooner | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/BKqEak6pyg 
• Court fees need to be revised, £10,000 isn’t enough | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/awCMBdnsg0

23rd July - Law News

1305th 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: An equal gender balance among practising barristers is “unlikely ever to be achieved” if current trends continue, a Bar Council report has warned.The report found that the “lower propensity” of women to move into practice and “higher attrition rate” in practice meant that only if almost 60% of those called to the Bar were women would equality then prevail in the ranks of practising barristers. Full story - Legal Futures

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Student found in possession of cocaine given absolute discharge by sheriff | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/r0E8NiSAyw 
• Supreme Court justice makes 'blistering attack' on police power to stop and question under Terrorism Act http://t.co/BlY6jMhagj 
• Solicitor successfully sues former firm for share of ‘net profits’ following dispute over partnership agreement http://t.co/yVY4XzreLj 
• Glasgow bin lorry FAI begins today with driver's medical records and vehicle mechanics under scrutiny http://t.co/AiRI07Y8BS
• Lloyds ordered to reveal HBOS takeover legal advice | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/G0qnkDRCEu 
• Unearthed Whitehall files suggest child abuse cover-up to protect Thatcher government | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/EU7rrDVvYC 
• Motorsport track operators liable for half a million because of no-win-no-fee arrangement | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/rtz7MKIfpe 
• Boy caught with Ecstasy let off the hook after writing essay for sheriff | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/vk8my23JvP
• MI5 'helped Margaret Thatcher cover-up paedophile Tory MP's activities' new documents reveal https://t.co/SxJkqlcXgl
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Nabarro takes its first Manchester NQ as it reveals autumn retention | The Lawyer http://t.co/WDDzaEh7yq 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Taylor Wessing to launch international corporate crime and fraud unit | The Lawyer http://t.co/LYOv55L5VD 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Withers sees global turnover rise 8.7 per cent to £134m | The Lawyer http://t.co/c56NIkykBv 
• Gibson Dunn, Latham and Weil act on St Jude’s $3.4bn pharma purchase of Thoratec | The Lawyer http://t.co/mXbUUysjK0 
• European lawyer moves: 23 July 2015 | The Lawyer http://t.co/femaHU8VjA 
• Scottish government delays announcement of £44m multi-body panel | The Lawyer http://t.co/DaLtjx9Xvm
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Charles Russell Speechlys reports 3.5 per cent revenue rise following merger | The Lawyer http://t.co/P2lqxK1NYf 
• MoJ launches fresh consultation to further hike court fees | The Lawyer http://t.co/XJc4CJHptX 
• Barclays’ Peddie to join Baker & McKenzie for global investigations boost | The Lawyer http://t.co/4Nb8XK2POs 
• Landmark £85 parking ticket battle hits Supreme Court | Law Gazette http://t.co/MApvSe0ytk
• Greeks vote in new civil code despite rebellion | Law Gazette http://t.co/mk7MM5J471 
• New family court opens in push to encourage ADR | Law Gazette http://t.co/rfwaTVUapw 
• Gove meeting ‘potentially constructive’ | Law Gazette http://t.co/Ic99FIn0xO
• #SPAIN raises marrying age from 14 to 16 http://t.co/5fWSkLpj4B 
• Police custody deaths 'highest for five years': 17 deaths in or following police custody in 2014-15 http://t.co/nuHJ3gwFYT 
• Ikea safety alert in #US after two children killed by MALM drawers http://t.co/PiKJECteyW 
• Sandra Bland 'left voicemail' before death in Texas jail #US http://t.co/JzeTAjL5bP 
• Bag with NZ$1m goes missing at Hong Kong airport #CHINA http://t.co/DYrO7wTtrG 
• Anzac Day terror plot: Blackburn teenager admits inciting attack http://t.co/LK7HksJ8CS 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/4maZcvEqtQ
• Northern Ireland – mother and daughter lose appeal to allow abortions on NHS http://t.co/ri9PfEkJXP 
• Irish Times to judge: stop Rupert Murdoch from using #Ireland title http://t.co/QfSH2MBQze
• Irish publisher to challenge jury's libel award at European court http://t.co/kgCFkwaHTK 
• Supreme court orders speedway owner to cover opponents' £500k legal bill http://t.co/eoarsWDZzc 
• American NGO to withdraw from Russia after being put on 'patriotic stop list' http://t.co/Z3szRLHPHl 
• Ministry of Justice exceptional funding is for defending basic rights http://t.co/JZ00plogyB 
• Advocacy group Cage 'seeking legal advice' on whether it was defamed by David Cameron http://t.co/Fpxq2EYglF
• Leon Brittan among senior Westminster figures named in new child abuse files http://t.co/800KLAtBqN 
• Accountancy and legal ABS aims to be one-stop shop for SMEs | Legal Futures http://t.co/WSWnfhMgpL 
• Law Society to target big business in new “solicitor brand” campaign | Legal Futures http://t.co/BYWhZ2nAn0 
• Woman puts toddler with Down's syndrome in washing machine for a 'laugh' https://t.co/3fXRTowXKo 
• Banker 'tries to force elderly couple from exclusive London address for financial gain' https://t.co/03Nv6y6JhD
• How trigger happy are British police? https://t.co/gApQLIvPlr 
• Our liberty is not safe in the hands of judges https://t.co/fCVM7091BA 
• Blind Commonwealth Games medal-winner sues friends after falling out of their window https://t.co/3fW6NetxOz 
• Police are 'turning a blind eye' to cannabis across the country, experts claim https://t.co/94oOBZIlDY 
• Teenager with stomach ache dies of accidental paracetamol overdose https://t.co/7b7qQlDcM7
• New inquest ordered into 'secret' Poppi Worthington inquest https://t.co/vdGLrcngHP
• Frantic Glasgow bin lorry crewman told driver 'You're killing people Harry' https://t.co/Y6q46STZdy 
• Man rings 999 after seagull tries to steal sandwich https://t.co/Ivtk7Hv4PC 
• Key Westminster figures named in new child abuse files https://t.co/4XUFgWBtaI 
• Harrods worker 'sacked for eating cake' who sued store for £1m has case thrown out https://t.co/oMoc9lxVCV 
• UK litigants taking on a larger number of commercial court cases | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/hSyVvPnPBa 
• Greenberg Traurig creates new top role to develop firm outside US | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/JXKxvftQ43
• Steptoe recruits seven-lawyer financial services team from Squire Patton | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/3bu27jYIjh 
• Top Japanese law firm embarrassed by Toshiba accounts scandal | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/VjgdWboATQ
• Cloud-based practice recruits eight lawyers from Roetzel & Andress | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/RcsYWawOlC 
• Global trends in luxury spending | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/hGDz7ywRxr 
• Standard Chartered revamps legal function | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/qeFUTFEZZu
• Legal depts prefer BigLaw for IP litigation | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/X6418Zfa51 
• Jean Charles de Menezes: Tributes paid 10 years after the police shot him dead http://t.co/HzlxgK4TME 
• Chelsea football fans banned over Paris Metro racism http://t.co/RSLY4EdzPq 
• Pinsent Masons and Travers Smith advise as Houlihan Lokey buys financial adviser McQueen | The Lawyer http://t.co/fNGaD9QGYn 
• McDermott targets Cuba opening with full-service offering venture | The Lawyer http://t.co/5HxGMbufoA 
• Conditional fees do not contravene human rights, Supreme Court declares | The Lawyer http://t.co/Zo3qcRYwxo 
• Peter Smith J recuses himself from mammoth British Airways air-cargo case | The Lawyer http://t.co/rMU0DjqdYT
• Managing LNG disputes in an evolving market https://t.co/6VmLWMylR3 
• Law Commission celebrates half a century of legal reform https://t.co/5fj96PGOKJ https://t.co/yPSQtElb1u
• Is a gun-firing drone legal under the Second Amendment? #US https://t.co/0fMoDofpHP 
• MoJ tries to keep a brave face amid signs of legal strike panic https://t.co/lQLqwmr7s9 
• #CANADA's anti-terror legislation faces legal challenge by free speech advocates https://t.co/hUKKnp3JUF 
• EU referendum: warning of legal action threat over 'purdah' rules https://t.co/XshOMnJ88g 
• When does an employee who does not ordinarily work in the UK have UK employment rights? https://t.co/kKUX4Py5cB 
• Testing driverless vehicles in the UK – what you need to do now https://t.co/Ya5nEaeCbd
• Law Commission annual report 2014 to 2015 https://t.co/Kiet41aoIe
• #ZIMBABWE official says Mugabe laws deter investors https://t.co/Lh53RWM8i1
• Warnings over possible prison sentences for drone misuse http://t.co/urqLMwfZ7O
• Trowers profits down on modest revenue rise | Law Gazette http://t.co/Wb2oZtkuTs
• MoJ proposes new round of court fee rises | Law Gazette http://t.co/lM0DBZPMg3
• CPS South East needs a more ‘business-like’ approach in a volatile landscape | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/PBt9UWeQ3Q
• Human rights weren’t infringed, Supreme Court rules in Coventry | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/9URXByHamC 
• Court Overturns Some of Rod Blagojevich's Convictions #US https://t.co/s9tgyFQopZ 
• Black Police Applicant Frustrated by Opaque Hiring Process #US https://t.co/qPyR2TP8Ex 
• Bill Cosby, in Deposition, Said Assistants Could Choose Not to Sign Confidentiality Agreements https://t.co/pSjIwHKPlM 
• Laws Hinder Prosecutors in Charging G.M. Employees in Ignition Defect #US https://t.co/WwPJ2Y9dnv

22nd July - Law News

1304th 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: Number of home-grown litigants in the Commercial Court sees record spike in 2014/15. 'The Commercial Court also has the lure of specialist judiciary,' comments litigation expert. Full story - Solicitors Journal

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Teresa May’s hard line on international students will rob us of income and talent http://t.co/WTXVziQCWN 
• Suicide rate for middle-age men with mental health issues up 73%, report says http://t.co/op7pYfwm5Q 
• Scale of child abuse images online is 'shocking', says NSPCC http://t.co/hWxsF2o4lK
• Northern Ireland court expected to rule on abortion ban http://t.co/J45aNVxbdz 
• FCA chief’s departure means it’s back to business as usual for the banks http://t.co/qJFIUuOpxk 
• Cornwall gets its devolution deal – but who will foot the bill? http://t.co/CI0sNysvKb 
• Secret group offers cash and hope to poverty-stricken strangers http://t.co/SBvPgfXQc8
• Why British political parties won’t stop spamming you http://t.co/vUHysyIJQB 
• Plebgate police questioned over use of Ripa laws to seize Sun phone records http://t.co/ED5mJOhq8M 
• MPs and peers to investigate British military personnel joining other forces http://t.co/Kp0U9dQ7n2 
• Peers put brakes on government's plans for English votes for English laws http://t.co/HVz9nUzBIT
• Grandmother spared jail after admitting killing baby son 52 years ago http://t.co/yL3W3TvoBC 
• Police hunt prisoner released in error http://t.co/hfnhiLu7mS 
• Farmer guilty of killing woman in tractor crash with car http://t.co/c79l2t2WVT 
• Durham police stop targeting pot smokers and small-scale growers http://t.co/YdY8UJmZje 
• Is Britain ready for outdoor smoking bans? http://t.co/9imzXhwMPi 
• Four Chelsea fans banned from matches over racist incident on Paris Métro http://t.co/sBiTo6qEBZ 
• 'You are a powerful but insecure man' – letter to the #Angolan president http://t.co/f9pwWfeqnC 
• Law Society launches consultation on client protection fund | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/5KGZQGIW33 
• Police report from 2013 reveals many CCTV systems in Scotland near collapse | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/LTnJUFtqS1 
• ‘Limbs in the loch’ murderer's human rights breached after mail opened by prison service | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/OpvDOZ7Py4 
• Italy in breach of ECHR by preventing gay marriage | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/NLHg7q02qR 
• Blog: Licensing law must move with the times to regulate taxi booking apps | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/SomGR1PvcI
• Figures show drop in Scottish corporate insolvencies | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/fXlnXIzc4I 
• Glasgow bin lorry FAI begins today with driver's medical records and vehicle mechanics under scrutiny http://t.co/AiRI07Y8BS 
• Debt cases in court fall by nearly half over past five years | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/OZWSvDwHhd 
• Hot 100 alumni: Joanne Etherton, Weil Gotshal & Manges - A Profile | The Lawyer http://t.co/Dds6q3b0jb 
• Shipping mutual Standard Club reviews panel roster | The Lawyer http://t.co/1Kq7StVp1p 
• Fenwick & West adds team of three in Shanghai | The Lawyer http://t.co/xM4tdxHHS4 
• Costs called into question as Supreme Court calls on amicus curiae for Ablyazov battle | The Lawyer http://t.co/QQDYt7rwO7 
• Former Harbottles MP Abramson hit with £20,000 fine over phone hacking as in-houser Chapman is cleared | The Lawyer http://t.co/9zMfHE2xP1 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Trowers & Hamlins' international profit drops 96 per cent to £100k | The Lawyer http://t.co/lGih4P6AD2
• Supreme Court rejects human rights challenge to CFAs | Law Gazette http://t.co/TmPsVFMw8D 
• Action day 22: legal aid practitioners rally in London | Law Gazette http://t.co/mhtAaZp8GK 
• Gender equality at the bar ‘will never be reached’ | Law Gazette http://t.co/T6Hes8bjNP 
• Government dismisses extradition legal aid concerns | Law Gazette http://t.co/o6eOcwIvhk
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/bccarqqB5Q
• Drone pilots warned after close call with passenger jet http://t.co/cuhVSMMF4N 
• Mother spared jail after admitting she kept secret of her baby's death for 52 years https://t.co/pqxqvtyK6m 
• Don Lock murder: Suspect's defence 'will rely on psychiatric assessment' https://t.co/T4kOSjFfmY 
• Man held after train crashes into empty car https://t.co/9M2AjcnvLg 
• Anti-terror laws 'used to spy on Plebgate journalists’ https://t.co/FsSYCv8eqy 
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