26th August - Law News

1338th 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: Inheritance tax relief on charitable donations hits record high of £630m as government is told to align incentives with the way people contribute. Despite more 'spare' cash now available for people to leave to charitable organisations, sizeable bequests are increasingly putting charities in conflict with other beneficiaries. Full story - Solicitors Journal

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Metropolitan Police seeking to 'turn' ex-jihadis http://t.co/7hgg8weVjb 
• McDonald's staff love zero-hours contracts, says UK boss https://t.co/ZZSceXWNhx 
• Jeremy Corbyn women-only row: Tory Transport Minister Clair Perry proposed women-only train carriage last October https://t.co/X9RZpH5Bt9 
• Sir John Chilcot has attempted to explain to families of Iraq war victims why his report is taking so long http://t.co/HXgnShDzzp
• Virginia TV journalists shot dead live on air #US https://t.co/qRWH96gsri
• Divided we fall: The family bar’s complaints about solicitor-advocates are misdirected | Law Gazette http://t.co/e6wjIPcogE 
• Arthur Cox, A&O and Freshfields lead on Betfair and Paddy Power's proposed £5bn merger | The Lawyer http://t.co/m6Nl9YFpqM 
• ‘Urgent review’ of appropriate adults needed | Law Gazette http://t.co/d0idqALZp7 
• Union fails with employment tribunal fee challenge | Law Gazette http://t.co/rVjxGqO8iR 
• Bereaved parents prepared to take legal action over Chilcot delay https://t.co/wMU6y7be02 
• Neonicotinoids legal action launched by Friends of the Earth https://t.co/oSd9Aih0Pt 
• Council’s £450k legal bill for Sheffield retail quarter plans https://t.co/UFGLi80ugE 
• Brian May threatens legal action over badger culls https://t.co/Q9dJ5Gv6eQ 
• Why people who would never deny other forms of racism treat antisemitism as political device constructed by Israel? https://t.co/MVVxA3RAIR 
• Man who pushed cyclist into path of traffic turns himself in to police https://t.co/FybIG43Dkv 
• Government permission to use banned pesticides face legal challenge https://t.co/QoBIOO7hVR 
• Labour leadership hopefuls rule out any future legal challenge amid claims the Tories have infiltrated the ballot https://t.co/Ek3vuydMhv 
• After Uttar Pradesh Governor, Chief Justice too objects to Samajwadi Party's pick for Lok Ayukta - #INDIA http://t.co/xTOQuLpfMF 
• Justice Morrison sworn in as acting Court of Appeal president #JAMAICA https://t.co/2HndLxOS3R
• Amnesty slams #Saudi justice system over executions https://t.co/rKN7AuiK19 
• Justice Minister asks gardai to carry out 'fresh assessment' of IRA structures #IRELAND https://t.co/LaurkNGti9 
• UP CM and chief justice lock horns over Lokayukta #INDIA https://t.co/8vfksMCrgv 
• Swansea conman who faked coma admits bid to pervert course of justice https://t.co/ixRePcyI5G 
• Sen. Menendez Bribery Case Heats Up With New Justice Filing #US https://t.co/HRD4L50K8A 
• Law firm Gilbert Stephens appoints new partner https://t.co/5CFXljKroT 
• Blogger remanded by the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos #NIGERIA http://t.co/oURDec0OIK 
• Glasgow bin lorry inquiry: Six deaths 'preventable' http://t.co/8f19vcKpjg
• Poohsticks formula prompts list of best places to play http://t.co/5KQfA7Rftd 
• Leader of one of the UK's biggest trade unions has had his vote in the Labour leadership election rejected http://t.co/INXVK4mN7N 
• Migrants crisis: #Hungary police use tear gas at protest http://t.co/Ki6ZW16XLu
• Manchester girl, 16, pleads guilty to terror charges http://t.co/oUQmo9gisK
• Partner hire builds MMS capital projects team | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/vA4fB1ggnA
• Stronachs builds employment law team with further new partner hire | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/7YmDiowBU8 
• Scots lawyer wins appeal against Law Society’s ‘unsatisfactory conduct’ ruling | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/015ZOAHPyr 
• Salmond calls for Thomas Muir to be pardoned | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/vtvO2RxUah
• Police staff survey to reveal force at 'breaking point' | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/tXYNVDwdSu 
• SYLA announces first five free events for 2015/16 | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/Uq32axypBs 
• Westwater announces September conference line-up | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/sjFtL4adyM 
• Scottish Council of Law Reporting makes more cases available | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/8QU92go3o6
• Human rights groups face global crackdown 'not seen in a generation' http://t.co/6lqcZ93Usw 
• It’s time we gave our most vulnerable people proper protection in custody http://t.co/yoFqrPYSWX 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: TWM grows in London with second office opening | The Lawyer http://t.co/xIKlEkcZ6e 
• Barclays names Croxford as group deputy general counsel | The Lawyer http://t.co/59MlvqsUoB 
• Israeli duo launch contract lawyer service as outsourcing sweeps global legal market | The Lawyer http://t.co/YzgjXX6K34
• Solicitor ‘groomed’ by fraudsters is struck off | Law Gazette http://t.co/JVhJqJ8oh3 
• The Law Society: lobby your MP over court closures | Law Gazette http://t.co/j28qEjm6VX
• HMRC to chase unnecessary levels of tax payer information | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/KNjv3lJi3C
• Bureaucracy and expense of the immigration tribunal | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/TRHyLKzFEW
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/MRk7qzQesx
• 'Appropriate adults not being used' for vulnerable people in custody http://t.co/p0srSG1lmL 
• “Fundamentally decent” partner broke rules to keep firm afloat while waiting for legal aid payments | Legal Futures http://t.co/2KcKAP3zz1 
• Harvey Proctor accuses police of 'homosexual witch-hunt' over paedophile ring murder claims http://t.co/mxzHueIaDs 
• Businessman 'gropes cleaner as she unties him from bed in sexual experiment' http://t.co/bKlvJIQY4S 
• Jeremy Corbyn would consider women-only rail carriages http://t.co/t7Dnk6hDO2 
• Britain Accused Of Abandoning Afghan Interpreters Facing Death https://t.co/sMTuyG81Kh 
• Ashley Madison: Cheating website data leak victims seek damages from Avid Life Media in UK courts https://t.co/BxKcdGwJ6p
• Elderly may be under pressure to end their lives if assisted suicide law passes, say group of UK doctors https://t.co/uP7dKN816L 
• West Country Law firm Gilbert Stephens appoints new partner https://t.co/5CFXljKroT 
• Does #France face a 'baguette crisis' now that a new law has scrapped restrictions on bakers' summer holidays? https://t.co/9KctbV9k9y 
• Illegal immigrants working in UK could face jail under new laws https://t.co/9LcCwZHCPa 
• Late #Polish president's son-in-law arrested over fraud https://t.co/J0MDCWgfr5 
• Sharing legal knowledge with clients cited as key to future | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/3pEfVgx6Gx 
• A&O loses place on panel of leading UK energy client | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/TkzSgv6Ru2 
• Lawyer who made fortune over porn threats charged with fraud | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/EoWvySY7EX 
• China crisis highlights legal need to pick strong business partners | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/fdIhWAqP6M 
• Law firms risk all by emphasis on profits per partners, says professor | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/D5Fl2HUGvY 
• Law school sees enrolments drop over 50pc since 2010 | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/sgot3E9nAP 
• Unhappy life of litigators highlighted by New Yorker | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/UpsMieByVi

25th August - Law News

1337th 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: Tomorrow’s law firm: has anyone asked its clients? The quality of a blog post can often be measured by the quality and quantity of the comments appearing beneath it. Recent articles in The Lawyer examining the most desirable structure for tomorrow’s law firm do not disappoint. Full story - The Lawyer

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Locking up more petty criminals is not an efficient way to tackle crime http://t.co/FR54mpsUN4
• Men accused of killing British tourists in Thailand refused access to Met report http://t.co/4xcFngxk8s 
• Rupert Hughes obituary: Energetic senior civil servant determined to improve childcare law http://t.co/0We3jQSgW4 
• Social recluse made £300,000 in internet scam run from his bedroom http://t.co/I3MW3mvOdx 
• LSB approves cab rank rule changes | Law Gazette http://t.co/hOPvDGyRqH 
• Judge blocks disclosure in death penalty case | Law Gazette http://t.co/TmHQ8AeYyi 
• Tributes paid to stab-death solicitor David Edwards | Law Gazette http://t.co/6cNEjW7tzU 
• Hodge Jones & Allen mount campaign against clinical negligence costs cap | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/68EEUl8cmj 
• High Court dismisses Data Protection Act application in Thai death penalty case | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/foJWvEKcgh 
• Europe 'must open official channels for migrants' http://t.co/B07Aobmkpp
• Neither in public interest nor spirit of justice & proportionality for Yussef Asad to serve a sentence #Cardiff http://t.co/dFy4P3mji0
• Ex Tory MP Harvey Proctor denies child abuse claims http://t.co/Jt3CDrGutw
• ‘List of defaulting solicitors’ will be scrapped, LSB confirms | Legal Futures http://t.co/9mR20xA4ja 
• London Borough’s Legal Alliance looks to attract barristers with £25m retender | The Lawyer http://t.co/jDGzJ96z7I
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Macfarlanes reveals plans to develop South Africa base into client-facing office | The Lawyer http://t.co/23UPEU7cyJ 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Skadden's former private equity co-head Lascelles returns to Ashurst | The Lawyer http://t.co/MxaWjmCsGr 
• Kaplan Law School closes LPC and GDL to focus on “innovative new products”. | The Lawyer http://t.co/YgRUV2u0jS 
• Keoghs in discussions over Plexus tie-up | The Lawyer http://t.co/MjENqkjEeC 
• Freshfields and Slaughters work with RSA and Zurich as takeover deadline looms | The Lawyer http://t.co/wDKe7CnQLb 
• Barclays names Croxford as group deputy general counsel | The Lawyer http://t.co/59MlvqsUoB 
• Success fees: A new ruling highlights the danger of standard fee levels | Law Gazette http://t.co/C4VVT2z4PE 
• Jail for claims director who faked boys’ medical reports | Law Gazette http://t.co/TdP2X4KyRV 
• Departing forensic specialist highlights legal aid plight | Law Gazette http://t.co/g8IPLsoh6a
• Kaplan Law School shuts down LPC and GDL | Law Gazette http://t.co/W40IVvRooE 
• Too Many Law Students, Too Few Legal Jobs https://t.co/6qgquUoV7Z
• Palestinian Authority Is Ordered to Post $10 Million Bond in Terror Case #US https://t.co/5pTiQvEJqP 
• Selfies in Voting Booths Raise Legal Questions on Speech and Secrecy https://t.co/kYCHqS4Ywh 
• Jain Sect's Death Ritual Clashes With Indian Law #INDIA https://t.co/4OVI13ITVC 
• British and American studies disagree on the dangers of users going on to other smoking products https://t.co/KtfsoWYo6a
• From Whitewater to Email: the Clintons' Dogged Lawyer https://t.co/35cX6MvB9X 
• The Push for a Woman to Run the UN https://t.co/uMZ8ZU7N8o 
• Why New Orleans's Black Residents Are Still Underwater After Katrina https://t.co/PvOTzPujrZ 
• A Lawyer Quit Her Job to Start a Climate Museum in New York https://t.co/5WtIGKaXqp
• Vague Disclosures by Highflying Mutual Funds May Put Investors in Peril https://t.co/ig8wVPCCzB 
• Judge Increases Pressure on #US to Release Migrant Families https://t.co/qgbdUgDcGS 
• Shirtless Bodies in Pointless Times Square War? #US https://t.co/1c7zk46uf9 
• Shatterproof Window Foils Effort to Steal Fake iPhones in a Manhattan Shop #US https://t.co/SJxaOWLpg1 
• Uber to Provide Free In-Car Wi-Fi in #India https://t.co/j8xFg2rXs0
• #US Court Reinstates Home Care Pay Rules https://t.co/nc3PmbLWcY 
• Joe Biden's Role in '90s Crime Law Could Haunt Any Presidential Bid #US https://t.co/t6IBeYe8JO 
• Gay and Marked for Death: It's time for enlightened countries to address a human-rights chasm https://t.co/UxPo8ZF5aW 
• How I did on Twitter this week: 31 New Followers, 17 Mentions, 33.1K Mention Reach. How'd your week go? via http://t.co/nzGZEUH4Kw 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/Ac443LAvqO
• Shoreham Airshow crash: Vintage jet restrictions announced http://t.co/fJKXAFr2en 
• Immigration Bill: Illegal workers 'may face six months' jail' http://t.co/pkx894Ov0H
• Quebec plane crash: UK Foreign Office 'urgently' seeks to identify victims. http://t.co/3DwRSmcU0S
• Solicitor Paul O'Shanassy removed Mittagong trees, hillside, for a city view #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/R7p4EKNUQ5 
• Bus service: National Green Tribunal slams DTC, issues notice to Tata, Ashok Leyland #INDIA https://t.co/Vv54KO80ZL 
• #ESTONIA calls for international tribunal to investigate Communist crimes https://t.co/xCKAIxGB65 
• Soldier tells tribunal how lawmaker was caught with 4000 PVCs during election #NIGERIA https://t.co/TcqVBqi0qM 
• Khmer Rouge Tribunal Vows to Press On With Trials After Ieng Thirith’s Death #CAMBODIA https://t.co/NsdURoM6Pu 
• Stop Unauthorised Sand Mining on Yamuna Riverbed: National Green Tribunal #INDIA https://t.co/KKwtT7iBuI 
• Care manager wins £60,000 tribunal payout https://t.co/00OsvLaLrO 
• UN Tribunal Asks India to Suspend Trial of Italian Marines Accused of Killing Fishermen #INDIA https://t.co/ywCTJ00Heg 
• Royal commissioner Justice Dyson Heydon 'must hold himself to the highest possible standards' #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/yETWSf0Q5D 
• Justice accuses colleague of ‘gross distortion #PHILIPPINES https://t.co/43YHFyBk8O 
• What Does a One Nation Justice Policy Mean in a Global Legal Marketplace? https://t.co/dRMJCXDTMe 
• Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald insists Provisional IRA no longer exists as terrorist organisation #IRELAND https://t.co/9kOzEK73ia 
• Another justice inhibits self from Harbor case #PHILIPPINES https://t.co/OA6kAjbEWc 
• Retired Bombay HC judge Justice Madanlal Tahaliyani sworn in as new Maharashtra Lokayukta #INDIA https://t.co/7iwnmbuYXM 
• Manus Island residents concerned alleged rape victim will not get justice #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/oxz3QroVSu 
• Derry solicitor asks judge to jail client https://t.co/S8hzZc78nW 
• Interview: Andrew Challener, solicitor in the commercial property team at Blacks Solicitors LLP https://t.co/Uf5kG0LfqO 
• Sydney siege inquest: DPP solicitor defends conduct of Monis bail case – rolling report #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/S2GenkWbRC 
• 3 detained lawyers 'confess' to terror financing #BANGLADESH https://t.co/9HpxKkjvlr 
• Google ordered to remove links under U.K.’s “Right to be Forgotten” law https://t.co/EFvAdI69Yd
• Despite UK ‘airport revolt,’ #UAE travelers must still show boarding passes https://t.co/1F0wGn2FVj
• #Egypt in crowd-funding campaign to save ancient statue sold by UK museum https://t.co/GIiOAtcgIy 
• 100 days to go before Wales becomes first UK nation to change organ donor laws https://t.co/OkO4udo2g2 
• UK Petition to Arrest Netanyahu for 'War Crimes' Reaches Nearly 80,000 Signatures #ISRAEL https://t.co/tNZ23k48Gn 
• Migrant who walked through Channel Tunnel to face charges under 1861 law https://t.co/r2a5CoFH7c 
• Industry Reactions to the Proposed Sunday Trading Law Changes https://t.co/ly0jdD0gSj 
• UK Government should consult MPs before ruling that a law applies only to England but not Wales https://t.co/ETY4tuEodW 
• West Berkshire Council launches legal challenge over housing appeal https://t.co/WqoWWKMxPz 
• Public workers v. Christie: A guide to pension, pay legal battles in N.J. #US https://t.co/c3towtdEZH 
• States may not have legal right to cut Medicaid funds to Planned Parenthood clinics #US https://t.co/c9HIoTRIsf
• Government looking to open education, legal services for foreigners #INDIA http://t.co/x1afnd21vI 
• The first policy debate on creating safe and legal routes for refugees. http://t.co/EP9eejgOTx 
• Lawyer David Mark Edwards stabbed to death in Chorley after returning from Las Vegas honeymoon https://t.co/KEE5cWPC0M 
• Man 'killed brother-in-law with a crossbow' https://t.co/jzkuJfnShE 
• Harvey Proctor interviewed again over Westminster paedophile ring claims https://t.co/qa5NchzmjS 
• CCTV footage shows unconscious woman carried across city centre road minutes before being raped https://t.co/bS4FNWdd6y 
• The mystery man who tackled AK-47 assault rifle from train gunman https://t.co/5DR8MJxQXx
• Assisted dying is slowly turning into a fashionable, liberal cause https://t.co/FZ71OOr3Nt 
• Police launch murder probe after man was beaten up and left to die in a fire https://t.co/C9gG8ab38L 
• Man held over rape at V Festival in Essex https://t.co/Ijw7EvWQFm 
• Firms using illegal migrant labour face 48-hour closures http://t.co/XuMEfC1PXn 
• Number of most dangerous prisoners in special units doubles – report http://t.co/loH8DgX0LM
• #Cardiff demonstrator who responded to the racist attack has received a longer sentence https://t.co/ThxgyXG7zP 
• Divorce lawyers see Ashley Madison fallout as Christmas in September | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/mdDTNCpjJ8
• Killer of DLA Piper associate in Washington DC sentenced to 24 years | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/li9GudkYEm 
• McKenna Long founder turns back on Dentons merger to set up CC Long | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/bcGtQg5Hoa 
• Bakers blames 4pc drop on currency fluctuations | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/PKC67avyaO 
• Efficiency drive cuts costs at CMS | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/IUpU56Gv8p 
• Law school sees enrolments drop over 50pc since 2010 | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/XCo71uKttZ 
• Trinidad moves towards drone regulation | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/bLo1AKcR5B 
• K&L Gates partner duo switch to Morgan Lewis structured finance team | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/doAeWtOdJP 
• Solicitor who fled country after SRA began investigation struck off | Legal Futures http://t.co/gQacYLhFYG 
• 10% of new legal enquiries 'missed' | Legal Futures http://t.co/dM0456tKN7
• Ashley Madison: 'Suicides' over website hack http://t.co/1OtjLNuJ6q
• Burness Paull staff celebrate strong results with bonuses | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/ZDA09levSs 
• Personal injury specialist sheriffs appointed | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/t4LHVr7ZFV 
• Crown wins appeal against sheriff’s ‘not proven’ ruling over non-harassment order breach | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/f8oxiWTMhm 
• Three new members for Scottish Criminal Case Review Commission | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/2Rhhf5umcT 
• Ryanair defeated in test case over compensation time limit | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/EARyzkDMB7 
• SLN sponsors Dundee solicitors' annual dinner | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/3SHw33GNGF 
• England: 'radicalised' schoolgirl removed from family | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/0PR37tD0AS
• Glasgow bin lorry crash: why we need greater transparency in prosecutorial decision-making | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/ZFxG30PW4K 
• LPAs are ‘oversimplified and dangerous’ | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/MTeNbvjOsJ
• Large bequests to charities are incentivising heirs to contest wills | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/ufyXF0Ig6s 
• Practitioner groups defend boycott suspension | Law Gazette http://t.co/5h2bklku7i 
• Soviet dissident sues Crown Prosecution Service, alleging libel http://t.co/16yOrPErWE 
• Digital surveillance 'worse than Orwell', says new UN privacy chief http://t.co/zoIq4sye9k 
• Court charges make a mockery of justice http://t.co/bw5jL38YtL

24th August - Law News

1336th 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 Law Society has asked practitioners to complete a short survey to demonstrate how proposed government court closures will impact themselves and their clients. The government plans to close 91 courts and tribunals across England and Wales, and integrate or merge 31 more. Full story - New Law Journal

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Justin Gatlin vows to boycott BBC and British media over ‘biased’ 100m reports http://t.co/RIFfjd7eMe 
• Topless protesters march through Manhattan in call for equality #US http://t.co/lAyEGZyRhQ 
• Pokémon world championships: two arrested after firearms found in car http://t.co/A2YZwoSvi3 
• Twitter blocks access to political transparency organisation Politwoops http://t.co/fVi52qPXgv 
• Tony Abbott says 'it's OK to be gay' but insists same-sex marriage is not OK #AUSTRALIA http://t.co/ULJJyWbXpe 
• Moscow moves to shut down ‘depraved’ nudist beach #RUSSIA http://t.co/FKmsN36b4n 
• Beirut rubbish protesters clash with police amid anger at political paralysis #LEBANON http://t.co/jOxcCtmyhU 
• Immigrant who 'walked almost entire Channel tunnel' appears in court http://t.co/uSAzSY2S4Z 
• Woman appears in court over Primark breastfeeding claim http://t.co/Qrzs4J7NsM 
• The Spotify privacy backlash: what is my personal data really worth? http://t.co/zYRP0Rf8Sg 
• Troubled kids are treated if they are white – and punished if they are black http://t.co/VhELOTYOD7 
• Will the 24-hour tube kill off London’s night-bus drama? http://t.co/0MwrzijRD8 
• Why I call myself a 'coconut' to claim my place in post-apartheid #SouthAfrica http://t.co/nDnMm3Idzj 
• What black and white people really think about one another http://t.co/3QGzhVpu9t 
• Ashley Madison hack: do victims deserve to be punished? http://t.co/FAEgxcxK0q 
• #French train attack men receive Légion d’honneur for 'preventing massacre' http://t.co/5TFR1NEORl 
• British rights activist Andy Hall charged with defamation in #Thailand http://t.co/NK003qcnVM 
• Highways England to expand in-house team after DfT separation | The Lawyer http://t.co/EwJNAF5Fjd 
• Tomorrow’s law firm: has anyone asked its clients? | The Lawyer http://t.co/wLOWqrnQ9r 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Baker & McKenzie's turnover takes 4 per cent hit to $2.43bn in year after record figures | The Lawyer http://t.co/ej4DegSjEt
• LAW FIRM NEWS: CMS UK hits profits record following €100m tech-driven costs saving | The Lawyer http://t.co/rn3g1Bxf0L 
• Addleshaws, HSF, Irwin Mitchell and Norton Rose Fulbright win spots on National Grid panel | The Lawyer http://t.co/iuR50lPFpd
• Live blog: legal aid action suspension | Law Gazette http://t.co/LbzHqJWRuG 
• European lawyers in history | Law Gazette http://t.co/palJQLL5df 
• Rise in divorce cases signals mediation failure | Law Gazette http://t.co/gpxgfY2Q6a 
• Strong dollar hits profits at Baker & McKenzie | Law Gazette http://t.co/tkEWFLYi1R 
• McKenzie friend jailed for £5,000 fraud scheme | Law Gazette http://t.co/PhifqQrEWN 
• Mel Gibson accused of pushing female photographer in #AUSTRALIA http://t.co/mxdkfmi7th 
• Iain Duncan Smith plans changes to benefit assessments http://t.co/iodJOB98YY
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/Rogs9NvWXa
• DWP seeks 2,800 short-term staff weeks after shedding thousands of full-timers http://t.co/TgNvdPRFz6
• Law Society told to disclose letters about ‘Harry Potter solicitor’ | Legal Futures http://t.co/zO2YETAYk2 
• PC fee does not represent value for money, solicitors tell Law Society | Legal Futures http://t.co/nlMLgUaf65 
• Jail for 'professional' McKenzie Friend who defrauded clients of thousands of pounds | Legal Futures http://t.co/v0OPf5FNMK 
• #Palmyra's Baalshamin temple 'blown up by IS' http://t.co/b1P8CFxnCt 
• #France train shooting: Police question suspect http://t.co/6LutSnV4Cn 
• China share slide: Pension fund to invest in stock market http://t.co/1vyDXOtaae
• Migrant flow through Macedonia resumes http://t.co/5JiLCcZnik 
• British hostage 'held by al-Qaeda' in Yemen released http://t.co/hYHwzafL5W
• Do Yvette Cooper and Liz Kendall look like leaders? http://t.co/hdihsRNvXj

23rd August - Law News

1335th 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

• 12 Cities Where It's Totally Legal To Go Topless http://t.co/cpNMpM1e3V 
• Second hedge fund lines up for brewing legal battle over Phone 4U debts https://t.co/CtL4Luknpr 
• Rights of transgender youth, adults at heart of cutting-edge legal cases #US https://t.co/bwsfKZ8gC6 
• In innovative legal maneuver, San Francisco targets graffiti vandals with costly civil suits #US https://t.co/lsyO8OQQnu 
• Julie Bishop says #AUSTRALIA is seeking legal advice on Syria strikes https://t.co/f9RYm1bcjV 
• Reflections on legal education #JAMAICA https://t.co/haVtOTgUq0
• Artificial Intelligence, Legal Responsibility And Civil Rights https://t.co/DjtVVvHWi5 
• Image of law enforcement as male dominated is 'outdated' says Surrey Police https://t.co/5MH9U5nTgu 
• UK banks face £5bn lawsuit over forex claims https://t.co/AaoWS1YyxY 
• Black Lives Matter activists have released a 10 point plan to address abuses by #US police forces https://t.co/gtapb5Gmsl 
• #VENEZUELA declares martial law after smugglers attack Colombia border region https://t.co/F4aJ8GxYYM 
• Europe’s Shared Burden: Collective Responsibility for Migrants at Sea, UCD 9th-10th Oct 2015 | Human Rights Ireland https://t.co/gxuBzbBEmc
• Bitcoin: A Hedge Against Bad Government https://t.co/N1J38uduci 
• Some Examples of the General Common Law #US https://t.co/M1fm0LQuyy 
• What Did the 14th Amendment Congress Think about “Birthright Citizenship”? #US https://t.co/kH5Wj3l312 
• The Round-Up: Janner's debut, and the plight of relying on Dignitas.| UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/2SyDDc5n5S
• Ashley Madison adultery website faces $578m class action over data breach #CANADA http://t.co/ACQ1PSEKxS 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/BLexNRpBI3
• Labour leadership contest awash with excitement and despair http://t.co/8CC1MgxtyK
• Chilcot’s inertia is a betrayal of those who died in Iraq https://t.co/Vjbu7vJq5q
• Inequality? Blame property... https://t.co/rPPJdPpwxs 
• A female Doctor Who writer may not think it should happen, but as a man I'd love a female Doctor https://t.co/W7lFNnHrZN 
• That a transgender woman's in the White House, but still have a long way to go #US https://t.co/02W4OI6AnU 
• Horse dies after being 'stabbed and sexually violated' in Aberdeenshire https://t.co/4OZVmnZieZ
• Ashley Madison hack: SNP MP Michelle Thomson complains of smear campaign after email address is published online https://t.co/gR2w7Sh3C9
• Blind man tasered by police who mistook walking stick for samurai sword wins compensation https://t.co/NfdTyGLzhd 
• Cat lovers petition for their pets to have equal status with dogs in 'hit-and-run' cases https://t.co/V0XPlo2KhE 
• Car hacking scandal: Security designed to stop thieves hot-wiring almost every modern motor has been cracked https://t.co/SyIxNWZTZT 
• Crippling court costs force poverty-stricken people to 'plead guilty to crimes they didn't commit' https://t.co/nBetPZLgaF
• Harvey Proctor: Former Tory MP faces second police interview in relation to murder allegation https://t.co/u9Yb8b2b4q
• Stop-and-search: Police training will challenge unconscious bias of officers to cut down on unlawful use of tactic https://t.co/7xSIGSud2e 
• Revenge porn complaints soar after screening of Channel 4 documentary https://t.co/H3wp1xCiiK 
• Two British men arrested on suspicion of rape in Magaluf https://t.co/HQVYuebRES 
• Silent blight in a countryside of empty homes and shut shops https://t.co/ywfNKF25Ub 
• The children of #Gaza who live with the legacy of war https://t.co/DGk2Y4Geco
• David Cameron pushes Chilcot for Iraq report: 'We want this inquiry finished' https://t.co/itVLmwL42y 
• Restaurants’ tipping policy ‘forces waiters to pay to work’ https://t.co/S2Zh7XiX7U 
• Once, firms cherished their workers. Now they are seen as disposable https://t.co/Rcyxg10YzX 
• The European Union’s migrant ‘emergency’ is entirely of its own making https://t.co/OB7nNHsWu9 
• The Tories are taking us back to 1979 – we need a strategic state https://t.co/ty85FIZVHP 
• Unknown heroes who faced death behind Nazi lines keep their secrets https://t.co/MvSyzzu5mA
• Why the workplace of 2016 could echo Orwell’s 1984 https://t.co/MJuPDYBGJX 
• Ashley Madison hack: banking staff vulnerable to blackmail https://t.co/v3KYixkcwW 
• Europe on high alert after #French train attack by heavily armed gunman https://t.co/N7qzpp0IZz 
• IVF availability ‘allows women to delay having babies and pursue careers’ https://t.co/Jrftuu8JGK 
• #MACEDONIA police fire stun grenades as thousands of migrants rush border https://t.co/UoZLKrTiH7
• Yanis Varoufakis brands Alexis Tsipras the ‘new De Gaulle’ as election gets ugly #GREECE https://t.co/i5KVhhW24c 
• Jeremy Corbyn wins economists’ backing for anti-austerity policies https://t.co/DfZggtjsDn 
• Charges dropped against Britain’s Got Talent coach https://t.co/NnTpzkXtQ6 
• Owner bites back over £2,800 bill for her 'insane' dog https://t.co/HwmdkaeC2M 
• Motorists owed refunds of thousands for parking tickets issued by PCSOs without proper authority https://t.co/NBUjjoAjzS
• Dog walker given police warning after letting her dog paddle in a river https://t.co/6DNPrgfrJt 
• Gerry Adams insists the IRA was not involved in Kevin McGuigan murder https://t.co/QStXxp7jee 
• Bake Off's Mel and Sue almost arrested after stealing Paul Hollywood's car https://t.co/qItvF1bamk 
• Charity race for children's hospice where runners dress in drag is 'a hate crime' https://t.co/IwiQAPdC3e 
• Islamist indoctrination of London schoolgirl in family home was as bad as sex abuse, judge rules https://t.co/jU6Hwh52Lt 
• Prisoner caught with mobile phone and charger up his bottom https://t.co/t4QXt0KBGo 
• Picture emerges of the moment a man was tasered on a plane before being sectioned https://t.co/yOrrFCyFI8

22nd August - Law News

1334th 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

• The 25 sexiest solicitors in the City https://t.co/Ya2NvEmJya 
• Freshfields posts 83% newly qualified lawyer retention rate https://t.co/7sQKaFpGpz 
• Oxford University law student jailed for punching woman in nightclub https://t.co/rhuYcd6lyP 
• Tribunal slaps young solicitor, 30, for faking orthopaedic expert reports https://t.co/fYmcI8Ywf5 
• Law comes to the Edinburgh Fringe https://t.co/tTi0vqrLSz 
• Bar students are getting even worse at ethics, official report shows https://t.co/4NVmBXsq3p
• Law student summers: expectations vs reality https://t.co/L5xMucW0Er
• BPP big wigs silent as failed students are reported sacked from training contracts https://t.co/FUdRWSTqOT 
• University of Law extends money back guarantee to out-of-work GDL students https://t.co/TBONhlX3GY 
• Aspiring barrister and ex-Herbert Smith Freehills paralegal killed in family home https://t.co/jyjaaiWjVh
• Mayer Brown reveals 55% autumn newly qualified lawyer retention rate https://t.co/kcKPejIakq
• Solicitors’ profession keeps growing like Topsy — up 18% over five years https://t.co/6AkY6XNAyl 
• Pictures emerge of proposed Lincoln’s Inn ‘education bunker’ https://t.co/jwlZ6j2gtn 
• City firms fall over themselves to trumpet benefits of working one day-a-week from home https://t.co/PSO72Gg0fj 
• Solicitor struck off after fiddling train fares to pay LPC debts https://t.co/DzivUDwQfA 
• The Judge Rules: Accelerated courses — students need to beware https://t.co/hEvFcXMnDs 
• Meek surrender or clever tactic? No one quite knows as lawyers suspend 52 day legal aid strike https://t.co/JUgF9m6P4U 
• BLP retains 71% of its trainees while Clifford Chance keeps 96% https://t.co/Yv6RwFnD2z 
• Walk the Thames, LLST’s final & most versatile “walk” of the year, will be on Saturday 3 October | New Law Journal: https://t.co/FiGIC7UnMf 
• Duped holiday home owners to get their money back | New Law Journal: https://t.co/n39ZZdJXN4 
• Law Society calls for survey response to planned court closures | New Law Journal: https://t.co/f9BYW9F9oc
• Horrified Wetherspoon customer finds racist 'Lord Kitchener'-style poster on the pub's noticeboard https://t.co/F4sp6x5l0K 
• Filmmaker and actress Natalie Portman says Jewish community should focus less on the Holocaust https://t.co/MRzcxrDTGi 
• Louise Mensch blames Corbyn supporters for anti-Semitism - turns out it's her own offensive search history http://t.co/mntA2XxeyF
• Trade Union Bill: TUC fears over social media restrictions http://t.co/JGRQexmHLe 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/PqiFtZfRRp
• Spotify says sorry after privacy policy anger http://t.co/wvGQ8UPCKk 
• France train shooting: Americans overpower gunman http://t.co/Sna2kqLoq9 
• Law firm appears at Edinburgh Fringe to discuss fake online reviews | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/Bm1bO3qcVA 
• Legal departments show vulnerability to phishing attacks | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/Q6Hc0bhmZ1 
• Top Chinese firm moves to reward high-flyers | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/AYCf64ndfo
• BigLaw names appear on Ashley Madison dating lists | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/1ilJuUNta2 
• Chinese lawyer numbers grow by 20,000 a year | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/kWf5zZNXtB
• US questions the smartness of new entrants to the law | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/kvtNTHMVOf 
• Biggest challenge for law firms is finding new customers | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/IoE5U5bEx7 
• Lawyer jobs in decline because of AI, says Stanford Uni lecturer - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/BcgWwQtH4e

21st August - Law News

1333rd 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 entire structure of the civil courts in England and Wales will come under scrutiny as part of a judge-led review. The judicial office today confirmed the terms of reference for a review led by Lord Justice Briggs which will produce an interim report by the end of this year. Full story - The Law Society Gazette

Saturday Conversations on Law

• UK insurers 'on track' to meet Solvency II capital requirements, says Fitch https://t.co/rbB3j6CLU6 
• “Swatting” is UK trolls’ newest intimidation and harassment tool, and police need to take it seriously https://t.co/CX5tc53fbR 
• Topless women in Times Square are ‘breaking the law’ #US https://t.co/rgcfneWxYK 
• Criminal practitioners provide 'goodwill' gesture as open dialogue with MoJ continues | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/UeiuLNIZ6q
• LAW FIRM NEWS: BLP keeps on 71 per cent of autumn 2015 trainees | The Lawyer http://t.co/GzwL11AZCM 
• This judgment could shake up how personal injury solicitors operate | Joshua Rozenberg http://t.co/W4OTVpWLne 
• Law books aren't dull – they're crammed with jaw-dropping tales http://t.co/KRzDjEpJbQ
• How Oscar Pistorius's release from prison was blocked #SOUTHAFRICA http://t.co/6bXeR0szQg 
• George Clooney has been given permission to install 18 CCTV cameras at his £10m country home http://t.co/2aHAoApBwD
• Sheriff's blunder reverses sex attacker student's conviction | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/VRxXJuPYWR
• QC says Crown 'jumped the gun' in not prosecuting bin lorry driver | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/tgs1dfJLbu 
• Scots lawyer who removed client files from firm’s office found not guilty of ‘professional misconduct’ http://t.co/9xg20qRtW3
• Man stripped of British citizenship because of al-Qaeda links re-enters UK illegally | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/xWMoyWHqNt
• Tony Blair's attorney general calls Chilcot inquiry a disgrace, chairman has 'lost control' | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/yfKtaoy6KL 
• Edinburgh lawyer chosen to contest Labour seat at Holyrood next year | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/xS7aEqHrHX 
• Lindsays residential team welcomes new solicitor, Julie Malone | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/ApEEl4Cu3e 
• Royal Navy worker convicted of culpable homocide after killing with one punch | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/7rmWKU1SGb 
• Talking About the Death Penalty, Court to Court https://t.co/9hrY7iEgdz
• Ad Blockers and the Nuisance at the Heart of the Modern Web https://t.co/bell29iQAj 
• #Chinese Report Details Role of Political Connections in Tianjin Blasts https://t.co/tFuSuJchrX 
• Why Latino Children Are Scared of Donald Trump #US https://t.co/suYEzwPjfV
• Topless in Times Square: A Legal View #US https://t.co/mrU7vHINMM 
• Judge Says Hillary Clinton Didn't Follow Government Email Policies #US https://t.co/6jv4R8df4j 
• Crackdown in #NIGER Fails to Deter Migrant Smugglers https://t.co/AeLdD3tgZM 
• Ryanair loses flight delay court case http://t.co/4J7kSiD7tZ 
• Migrant on track halts Channel Tunnel train http://t.co/FPepQGi2TE 
• Glasgow bin lorry crash: Driver 'told pack of lies' http://t.co/RPd3uhTV3i 
• Criminal lawyers suspend legal aid strike after 52 days in "goodwill" gesture | The Lawyer http://t.co/dh69SY3VBn 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Clifford Chance retains 96 per cent of trainees following pledge to recruit more | The Lawyer http://t.co/0B8opuLCpB 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Burness Paull staff get 7.5 per cent bonus after strong 2014/15 results | The Lawyer http://t.co/Rd95Q972bk
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Mills & Reeve’s Clarke reveals Norfolk as home of the trailblazer | The Lawyer http://t.co/OrNJynp0hT 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Chinese elite firm Haiwen turns away from pure lockstep | The Lawyer http://t.co/1qNDIWM18U 
• Costs and clinical negligence | Law Gazette http://t.co/V7Yc7ITvxd 
• Trio prosecuted by SRA over investment funding | Law Gazette http://t.co/1NWT3K61tE 
• Public Defender Service set to expand | Law Gazette http://t.co/cbRJS3ao7f 
• Ryanair faces £610m claims bill after losing test delay case | Law Gazette http://t.co/srATNSPDQY 
• Lawyers suspend legal aid action | Law Gazette http://t.co/oeTMVgrEtD 
• Why is EU struggling with migrants and asylum? http://t.co/Jp2AJ7Txfa 
• #Macedonia police use tear gas against migrants http://t.co/cFaAFzmRI7 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/qXHAwNH5CY
• 'No help' for South Yorkshire family caught up in Tunisia attack http://t.co/eqzMF610F8 
• Labour leadership: Corbyn 'would make Labour Iraq apology' http://t.co/ahU1sVbzoR
• Maggie Kirkpatrick avoids jail time for child abuse http://t.co/Q0Vd7IQmk0
• #DENMARK police hunt pair who stole Rodin bust http://t.co/aXo8mgUeIT 
• Cedric Belfrage, the WW2 spy Britain was embarrassed to pursue http://t.co/yU0t2ON8xd
• Glasgow bin lorry: Former prosecutor says driver should have been charged http://t.co/lGxWaFqG8t 
• Tasmanian Government accused of 'highly unusual' tactics to pass legislation through Upper House #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/0WyzY778ou 
• High Support For Legislation To Curb Drug Costs https://t.co/z1b0bhOXz0 
• Bernie Sanders To Introduce Legislation Abolishing Private Prisons When Congress Reconvenes #US https://t.co/mikaffrqSK 
• #KENYA's Proposed Military Legislation Faces Opposition https://t.co/gvRyV4zJA5 
• HEALTH PRACTITIONERS TRIBUNAL AMENDMENT BILL 2015, Tasmania #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/W0Hl48usgd 
• Police warn party supporters against disruption of tribunal proceedings #NIGERIA https://t.co/b7NU7M9hUt 
• Non-existence of justice in the society has weakened the citizen state relationship in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa #PAKISTAN https://t.co/2lPos2d6OQ 
• Tribunal Adjourns Hearing On Legality Of APC’s Suit Against Okowa #NIGERIA https://t.co/Xh4xBBUHBE
• Tribunal dismisses Ladoja’s application to invite forensic expert #NIGERIA https://t.co/ddPusBISuv 
• Rivers’ Tribunal Strikes out APC’s Request to Transfer Election Materials to Abuja #NIGERIA https://t.co/SWP2FbNTuA
• Feds appealing NAFTA tribunal decision of Nova Scotia quarry project #CANADA https://t.co/IPl7TBbHdK 
• Teens fired for observing religious holiday awarded $26,000 from rights tribunal #CANADA https://t.co/zT1tFmzJBJ
• Suge Knight’s Lawyer Calls ‘Straight Outta Compton’ ‘Exaggerated And Silly’ #US https://t.co/k3nCuIRxwq
• Lawyer plans charter challenge to Nova Scotia’s anti-cyberbullying law #CANADA https://t.co/0U4RgRyD7a
• Guantanamo Briton's lawyer blasts US for blocking release calls on Cameron to ensure Obama 'keeps promises' https://t.co/kGL2mVXXS9 
• Duffy Trial: Lawyer testifies Ray Novak heard of Wright's plan #CANADA https://t.co/uW3Su7dyHO 
• Bergdahl lawyer slams candidate Trump over 'traitor' comments #US https://t.co/azXMAH7MRg 
• Divorce lawyer says of Ashley Madison hack: 'It's going to be Christmas in September' https://t.co/tJVcB0s4ZB 
• More Bill Cosby accusers step forward as lawyer vows to grill the 'real' comedian #US https://t.co/iyOkkRfG2N 
• How a dubious statistic convinced #US courts to approve of indefinite detention https://t.co/Xkf2QbeHpJ 
• Leading ballet dancer and former lover in court over company row #IRELAND https://t.co/xoGOUn9594 
• Controversial trial of Ukrainian filmmaker closes in #RUSSIA https://t.co/4lVg4fRvF7 
• Prep school rape accuser sobs on the stand and says she's traumatized http://t.co/dqh7IAdbip 
• Michael Jordan wants $10 million because a defunct grocery store used his name in a steak ad #US https://t.co/JCaV22y75v 
• Partner tells jury there was 'nothing unusual' about David Cooper in hours after he allegedly killed Sameena Imam https://t.co/8LjOwQAf6z
• No charges against police in fatal New Jersey shooting caught on dashboard camera #US https://t.co/STynePsFNc 
• Jury deliberating in Charlotte cop's manslaughter trial #US https://t.co/VJo9NrOsem 
• Appeals court refuses to rehear former Illinois governor corruption case #US https://t.co/l63tC4PJOM 
• #ISRAEL court suspends sentence of Palestine prisoner on hunger strike https://t.co/sqEoIZSe8U 
• Former #IRAN prosecutor acquitted of killing prisoners https://t.co/uKleeDIa47 
• #CHINA: owners of Tianjin explosion site used influence to avoid regulations https://t.co/QikrxMgSKK 
• Illegal cockle haul in Canterbury nets $8000 in fines #NEWZEALAND https://t.co/jzrRvlNui3 
• Citi Overlooked a Few Thousand Illegal Trades #US https://t.co/38bknL0Qc5
• Could you be breaking the law if you upload a photo of your expensive restaurant meal to Instagram or Facebook? https://t.co/TM0UHfsLe6
• Illegal tobacco products found in Eastbourne shop https://t.co/kPJMLR1Wcf 
• Inside the Mafia’s Illegal Street Horse Racing #ITALY https://t.co/VR6SyAacDJ 
• Our shame at the 'gruesome extent' of illegal bird hunting https://t.co/4QZ69fegxW 
• BSB seeks power to fine barristers cleared by disciplinary tribunals | Legal Futures http://t.co/xS6IkICpxY
• Kidwells launches accountancy joint venture – to add to its nine other branded businesses | Legal Futures http://t.co/SIVw9D9fxg 
• Tormented pensioner jailed over carrying gun for protection released after legal error https://t.co/xjkRewHrSy 
• Inside the UK's worst detention centre: 'Hell must be better than that place' https://t.co/l72Tj6WEYr 
• Colleagues of rapist police officer ignored his deviant behaviour, report finds https://t.co/9u805PWjPC
• Driver throws away parking fine and is prompty fined for littering https://t.co/atryQhLrTY 
• Only Oscar Pistorius can give Reeva's grieving family what they need most https://t.co/z1Zd8nzaCp 
• Stuffed wolf worth £32,000 stolen from Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts' granddaughter https://t.co/MhANeQMFi7 
• Man tasered on easyJet plane at Gatwick 'after row over two pieces of hand luggage' https://t.co/dwxGkbmUr1 
• North Wales detective caught in office 'love square' used police systems to spy on ex-girlfriend https://t.co/KSVtJjNwWd
• Bin lorry driver denies putting himself before Glasgow crash victims https://t.co/fk7MqPK0b3
• Secret files reveal techniques of Cold War Soviet spies https://t.co/HWGr56bQ04
• MI5 spied on novelist Doris Lessing for decades, files disclose https://t.co/tCXpZywnNN 
• Big Four Japanese firm opens fourth domestic office | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/doKxYAZJ7l 
• Legal profession moves en masse into app design | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/4VCrcsviiX 
• UK High Court's repeal practically unenforceable | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/n85BXlKk8g 
• Law firms given platform to share cyber threat information | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/A9rqKn40TE 
• Vietnam firms create country's first legal alliance | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/SDR9dqvbhU 
• Law firms are engaging in shallow innovation, says Novus director | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/2WvJj2yHVq 
• Mayer Brown struggles to retain NQs in London | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/C75al2WQ2x 
• Music giant was run by its lawyers, according to leaked tape | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/Z5bXdfJzFE 
• Samsung Pay: What is it and how does it compare to Apple Pay? http://t.co/cuf5kLoSFX 
• Kevin McGuigan murder: Police link Provisional IRA to killing in Belfast http://t.co/j4xO1TEQFk
• British Airways Luggage Issues - Legal Action Steps Needed? https://t.co/KMe9Kli3wt
• Co-operative Legal Services appoints executive team https://t.co/DXis9yL9HB 
• Why insider trading should be legal https://t.co/VbAK9Mw5Sz
• Legal battle pushing Vaughan homeowner into poverty #CANADA https://t.co/6vxLy576jI 
• Working class hero leads strike against government legal aid cuts from the tee https://t.co/U1wPTEOf6A 
• Legal bids by college lecturer who dismembered teenager cost tax payer £800,000 https://t.co/HzTdeLDFm3 
• Has a lost Nazi ghost train carrying gold finally been found? Two treasure hunters think so https://t.co/fp1uBBOOqO 
• Summer Budget 2015: new rules for non-domiciled individuals https://t.co/CTxaITAHb0 
• #SWEDEN urges Amnesty to learn from its prostitution laws https://t.co/AvmzADwwSr
• New law means Wales is first part of UK to introduce training for landlords and agents https://t.co/briEZh1y3M 
• #MAURITANIA's tough anti-slavery laws face tougher resistance https://t.co/AZsJDSr77j 
• How changes to EU data protection law could affect UK business https://t.co/ksdVf1U02M 
• Lobbying efforts against proposed PI changes is 'scaremongering', claims association #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/IG1P33CvdK 
• Barrister and peer suggests Iraq Inquiry held up by legal inexperience | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/Luavey3jft 
• Former SNP leader calls for federalised police force | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/aHG9HYpoPQ 
• Figures show one third of drivers fail to pay Glasgow city centre bus gate fine | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/1De850PSZg 
• Ledingham Chalmers to raise money for land workers' charity | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/QfdJglQYkp 
• Shami Chakrabarti's Liberty sets sights on Scotland | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/Tcokpri0XT 
• Andrew Mackenzie appointed to RICS Dispute Resolution Appointments Board | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/S1sw27u922 
• Book review: On Liberty, by Shami Chakrabarti | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/B0EF7exCyS 
• Terror accused being in Supermax 'unfair' #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/6YQUbkQJvV
• Jury discharged after barrister taken ill in trial of man accused of hiding in an attic before sexually assaulting w…https://t.co/5i6dyVFJ5d 
• Strabane Euromillions winner handed community service after alcohol fuelled assault on taxi driver https://t.co/0ku4TorgI4
• $1.2 million judgment upheld for former A.C. solicitor claiming retaliation #US https://t.co/h1T0K31ZzR 
• She's a cut above the rest, trainee solicitor Annie James donates long hair to charity https://t.co/wcAAbvEJHl 
• Solicitor vows to stay on Zachary Hammond case after calls for recusal #US https://t.co/UAxXmHWKKC 
• Regulator to investigate personal injury lawyer’s park footie behaviour after he pleaded guilty to GBH https://t.co/ElOp1mCqXT

20th August - Law News

1332nd 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 Legal Services Board (LSB) has expressed concern that the cost of practising as a solicitor remains the same even though the Solicitors Regulation Authority’s (SRA) budget continues to fall. However, it has decided to approve the application from the Law Society and SRA for the 2015/16 practising fees, set at £320 for individuals, with firms between them again contributing £62.7m. Full story - Legal Futures

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Former barrister gave immigration advice unlawfully | Law Gazette http://t.co/7Bzxfg3LAk 
• Gove brings former colleagues to MoJ | Law Gazette http://t.co/puaTO79Ebd
• Labour Party could split under Jeremy Corbyn, says former Home Secretary Yvette Cooper http://t.co/rx2SGzmZaY 
• #GREECE crisis: PM Alexis Tsipras quits and calls early polls http://t.co/ch05jQcD0S 
• Media events: on-stage interviews with Ahmet Altan and Amol Rajan... http://t.co/Z5mdNcVIk8 
• #Spain's campaigning judge seeks change in law to prosecute global corporations http://t.co/GKYnunL73x 
• #Argentinian Pope holds Falklands sign urging Argentine-UK talks http://t.co/tSgFVUfDE0
• Glasgow bin lorry crash: Driver Harry Clarke refuses to answer questions http://t.co/jLLtulucK1 
• Ashley Madison: Leaked accounts fallout deepens #divorce #lawyers http://t.co/nDvhUSKvGj 
• UK embassy in Tehran to reopen after British-Iranian relations thaw http://t.co/vtMtKigZ8R 
• Bangkok bomb: Two suspects hand themselves in #THAILAND http://t.co/ogTMwpyT8n
• #Russia is using jailed Ukrainian pilot as pawn in its game with west http://t.co/Vqmu3Ah6lT 
• Россия использует арестованную украинскую летчицу как пешку в игре с Западом - Марк Фейгин http://t.co/bqOHv2Bzit 
• The world must act to stop #Syria’s suffering | Letters http://t.co/DPp5jchNsu 
• Costco and CP Foods face lawsuit over alleged slavery in prawn supply chain http://t.co/daRZ5U1Q84 
• The Guardian view on #Eritrea: listen to the voices of those who have fled | Editorial http://t.co/UAR0NkF731 
• #Canadian mining company accused of exploiting #Eritrea's forced labour http://t.co/e7Ai4EdZV8 
• Birthright citizenship: a history of futile #US conservative attempts to repeal law http://t.co/mtQKZ89Wjv 
• Firms circle ailing McClure Naismith as administration looms | The Lawyer https://t.co/TViXd9N76A 
• Qatar Petroleum hands out panel spots to HSF and Simmons & Simmons | The Lawyer https://t.co/23sLEBwbQf 
• Hitachi Rail Europe to boost in-house capability with first GC | The Lawyer https://t.co/DPULd3g9ZE 
• BLP turns to Clyde & Co for corporate insurance hire | The Lawyer https://t.co/PuHtykNrzP 
• Wide scope for review of civil court structure | Law Gazette http://t.co/7h2Ep4xorz
• City giants embrace flexible working as staff laud benefits | Law Gazette http://t.co/Nej1rLy3pm 
• Action day 51: PDS silks cover junior-level trials | Law Gazette http://t.co/d5JUQ0gLFE 
• The progressive practice: the importance of branding | Legal Futures http://t.co/fbkwHYLUTU 
• Barrister who took BSB to judicial review hopes for “fair hearing” of forgery claims | Legal Futures http://t.co/fOFGmYyWtp 
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