29th August - Law News

1341st 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

• When ISIS Rapists Win https://t.co/7MD24klx7s 
• A Refugee Tragedy in #Austria https://t.co/8fmYDtgF5P 
• The New Orleans Jails, 10 Years Later #US https://t.co/xWIInlYqo8
• Some federal judges are questioning minimum sentences and giving fresh consideration to expunging convictions #US https://t.co/xl2oeMHbvm 
• Sit-In Leaders Are Charged in Hong Kong #CHINA https://t.co/j8x33AaJin 
• Scrutiny Falls on a #Spanish Mosque After Foiled Train Attack https://t.co/tVsCsYwJ0n
• HSBC glitch payments 'all processed' http://t.co/l1oVuygX1N 
• The National Living Wage will "destroy jobs", former Sainsbury's chief executive Justin King has claimed http://t.co/DMvEcHmi4D 
• Al-Jazeera trial: #Egypt gives journalists three-year sentence http://t.co/GIpUyFg5Rq 
• Bangkok bomb: #Thai police arrest man over Erawan blast http://t.co/tluC6IqTy2 
• Sign up to Walk the Thames | New Law Journal: https://t.co/t9ddYATK8A 
• Duped holiday home owners to get their money back | New Law Journal: https://t.co/bhySJVtI2y
• Law Society calls for survey response to planned court closures | New Law Journal: https://t.co/ITMbBMkX0V 
• Employment tribunal fees appeal fails | New Law Journal: https://t.co/HCDUILqJdS 
• IVF fraud case father accuses ministers of ‘looking the other way’ https://t.co/ZRzgROQ7JT 
• Harvey Proctor child sex ring claims: 'I can't live in Britain any more' https://t.co/xpVH43VXzn 
• Psychics' help finding missing people should not be ruled out, police officers told https://t.co/9hKoDfDCKL 
• Kentucky clerk takes same-sex marriage license battle to #US supreme court http://t.co/KUEcZuzRFW 
• Modest pay rises satisfy majority of Australian lawyers | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/7W56OSYw6v
• DLA Piper recruits three-partner construction team from Eversheds UK | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/eiQJX37wO9 
• Police given rights to use drones for tear gas and tasers | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/hs2RT2wVmz 
• Paul Hastings creates pod spaces for junior lawyers in New York | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/FXgut0Phxf 
• Sole practitioners have undergone miserable existence for 30 years | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/MDnw86dkxl 
• Widow charged with murder of defence lawyer at end of honeymoon | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/wwa52lHjcD 
• BigLaw refugees turn to NewLaw firms for quality of life | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/cWNeatq7dB 
• City of London lawyers highlight chance of stalling in global recovery | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/rupU7BRPnr
• BLP retains 71% of its trainees while Clifford Chance keeps 96% http://t.co/Vz3Mlola5v
• Campaigners bid to block development plans that would 'devastate' Inner Temple library http://t.co/mcLeuDPsV7 
• Solicitors Regulation Authority says sorry to Lord Harley for 'causing distress' http://t.co/7HaHA33a6I 
• Law Society drops Lord Harley redaction clanger http://t.co/aARjN85R8W 
• Professional bodies over-taxing solicitors to tune of £2.4 million, says top regulator http://t.co/DvyRNLPJPd 
• Kaplan Law School to close http://t.co/Zvam4QOBv2 
• What you learn during a vac scheme at a medical negligence law firm http://t.co/wFxWBBzMfN 
• Irwin Mitchell bucks trend by boosting trainee intake http://t.co/tksncaFzZt 
• Law graduate flogs degree online in bid to clear university debts http://t.co/kwQ6K8SxLU 
• White & Case defects from University of Law to BPP http://t.co/gS7kJsEY88 
• City law pay bonanza -- three firms boost junior wedge by as much as 9% http://t.co/Uz3fa4Zuy3 
• A&O and Links reveal disappointing junior lawyer autumn retention figures http://t.co/iAYIcgnpPs 
• Bar Council snubs legal aid chambers over pupillage fair rates http://t.co/QUIJ4NKADh 
• From the magic circle dream to 'a grim reality of being over-worked, under-valued and unhappy' http://t.co/zWs1OTyKPB 
• End of world nigh as City mega legal deals dry up, forecasts top conveyancing specialist http://t.co/AxraoZtrin 
• Are US law firms raiding City rivals to poach top qualifying talent? http://t.co/hNauJ4wvem 
• ULaw pulls plug on business school just weeks after launch http://t.co/MfGBi6VBX3
• #France train attack: Talks in Paris to debate security http://t.co/2F0N3wlAkj 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/iJPn98l3GN
• Rebekah Brooks to return as News Corp chief - report http://t.co/GCcKyfnX3v 
• Migrant deaths: UN warns of 'crisis of solidarity' http://t.co/LoQfP1GUVq

28th August - Law News

1340th 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 is ignoring the wasteful behaviour of defendant lawyers by fixating on claimant costs, according to the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL). The Department of Health is set to formally consult in November on limiting costs for claims worth up to £250,000 and has asked for opinions on what the consultation should consist of. APIL said in its response that ministers should be seeking to enforce a ‘professional and efficient approach’ to dealing with incoming claims if they want to reduce costs and protect vulnerable patients. Full story - The Law Society Gazette

Saturday Conversations on Law

• The battle over the words used to describe migrants http://t.co/hN1Sz4Cqet 
• Ashley Madison founder steps down http://t.co/wkDWwyJBS9 
• Phone-hacking case: CPS considers corporate prosecution http://t.co/idkwnES2Yw 
• Cooper leads Corbyn in focus groups of ex-Labour voters? http://t.co/d9PHeyltT0 
• The UK's new immigration bill creates perfect conditions for slavery to thrive http://t.co/NdO9tg8KAT 
• 'Flash crash' trader fails to postpone extradition hearing http://t.co/3e7q7um6aJ 
• Liquidator failed to prove new partners accepted liabilities of solicitors’ firm, judge rules | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/kfpE9umips
• DVLA is failing the public, lawyer tells FAI | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/EshailGxJB
• Sir Stephen House resigns as SPA dissects 'difficult summer' | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/a0S9cAWfaR 
• Union’s appeal for judicial review of employment tribunal fees dismissed | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/JWydHlzTaC 
• Law Society launches search for rising stars | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/lKnk7mKsqg 
• Findlay says decision to jail dementia sufferer is "wrong" | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/o0c1zvMOkO
• Criminal Appeal Court refuses appeal against ‘oppressive’ restrictions on internet use | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/3JALaGTBf4 
• Rise of the battery hen lawyers? | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/DL4j73wI5Z 
• Scotland features in another International Arbitration Guide | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/pVl4D9qVbf 
• Convicted killer operated “drug empire” from prison | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/3lAdeMeCyS 
• Lord Advocate Frank Mulholland to deliver SYLA Annual Lecture | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/n81PS9L2Mv 
• Freshfields and Pinsents team up with Scottish firms for Total’s North Sea sale | The Lawyer http://t.co/m8bKyPJVoY 
• Gibson Dunn's Geffen: US firms at point of no return | The Lawyer http://t.co/iQpG75T0Jf 
• ULaw puts business school on hold as it seeks more students | The Lawyer http://t.co/mdlYxQRo1S 
• Slater & Gordon’s UK revenue up 48 per cent as global turnover hits £243m | The Lawyer http://t.co/NTm8phssDX 
• Tesco instructs Freshfields to defend raft of shareholder group claims | The Lawyer http://t.co/ID69GV2e9I 
• UK 200 series launches with new real estate-focused report | The Lawyer http://t.co/atnr0KDm5e 
• Let’s have some sympathy for lawyers who are technology ‘dinosaurs’ | Law Gazette http://t.co/gQIKi4DiUd
• Shakespeare Martineau to axe 45 jobs | Law Gazette http://t.co/rtGe7jllzT 
• CPS flags up Cayman Islands reform | Law Gazette http://t.co/B6JzSbxn4e
• A quarter of Britons know us, says Slater and Gordon | Law Gazette http://t.co/jUmDOdzx5I 
• Legal Ombudsman puts ADR application on hold | Law Gazette http://t.co/Zgpprd2Se6 
• HSBC customers not paid after IT glitch http://t.co/V0DLQW3qPS 
• Brithdir Care home failings: Nurses struck off http://t.co/Q1ghllWYYO 
• Migrant crisis: Four arrests over #Austria lorry deaths http://t.co/PrvrEsdxT9 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/rmFnYfr3Zj
• #Greece debt crisis: Interim PM Thanou is first woman leader #Clytemnestra or #Antigone http://t.co/dJTVLZ9U4q 
• #Vatican ex-envoy dies ahead of child sex abuse trial http://t.co/zmyIBaYE4D 
• Young the most likely drivers to use phones - survey http://t.co/IRyLbiV4Pe 
• Virginia shooting: Alison Parker's father in gun reform appeal http://t.co/hyq5e91JRA
• Migrant crisis: #Austrian police work to recover bodies from lorry http://t.co/99OZXqjRwF
• NGT slams Delhi govt for its casual approach on monitoring vehicles #INDIA https://t.co/HD4z0XAdMT 
• 'Shambles' - parking fine guru banned from representing motorists at tribunal https://t.co/41D1Rk2Ngy 
• Mumbai: After green tribunal order, no more construction in Aarey #INDIA https://t.co/2ApNaGQYOE 
• APC accuses PDP, INEC of frustrating case at Rivers Election Tribunal #NIGERIA https://t.co/T8PsFteMLa 
• Community Justice Awards Honour Koories Improving Indigenous Outcomes #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/E0tiVlL6Tm 
• #GERMANY's justice minister takes aim at Facebook over racist posts https://t.co/vxqH5BxCPf
• Youth Justice Board seeks cost-cutting ideas https://t.co/5RcdEp3kJs 
• North east based Empire HR has recruited litigation expert Jill Turner from Pinsent Masons https://t.co/HDTAyQL3uW 
• #US solicitor general opposes McDonnel's bid to remain free https://t.co/hkse0xknBJ 
• Rachel Carter of Devon law firm Wollen Michelmore shortlisted for the Law Society Solicitor of the Year award https://t.co/WqRQ2sJCPl 
• Closing Kendal’s court will mean more evictions, housing solicitor warns https://t.co/eM9K4UDhis 
• Respected Limerick solicitor Joseph Murphy, 61, passes away #IRELAND https://t.co/LF9OR0WZmh 
• Lindt Cafe siege: solicitor in Man Monis case lacked formal training in NSW bail laws #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/2DkG5cL2R4 
• By day Miranda Rout is a lawyer in Christchurch Family &Criminal Courts, but by night she is a singer #NEWZEALAND https://t.co/eywHNK2Dm0 
• In-house ‘more likely’ to open phishing emails | Law Gazette http://t.co/xRvfMcRQFn
• 40 years’ of loyal and dedicated service by senior conveyancing manager Carol Quayle at Simcocks https://t.co/oO18TmyBbl 
• Death of Morriston man Adrian Griffiths leads to legal high ban call by Swansea coroner https://t.co/JOGcdEAVZ8 
• The legal education lottery #JAMAICA https://t.co/haEzL3z7cy 
• #GERMANY's Sex Trade Laws and Why They Have Nothing to Do With Amnesty Sex Work Proposal https://t.co/mFvg7VjfJr 
• Maria Bello, 'Lost's' Tania Raymonde Join David E. Kelley's Amazon Legal Drama https://t.co/8xuIu60gPp 
• WWF to launch legal action against government over pollution in Britain's natural 'national treasures' https://t.co/EdCmuYsNeK 
• Data breach management – making use of legal privilege https://t.co/iHznHrG3xA 
• Legal eagles accuse Labour of data law breach over party purge https://t.co/yd0wTRycQp 
• Legal highs: Cases on the rise, say West Midlands paramedics https://t.co/SlcYSyr5qx 
• Chilcot inquiry: bereaved father backs legal action to speed publication https://t.co/FLyC13ktpC
• UK-China copyright week promotes IP protection across borders https://t.co/Ddp92YnqQ8
• #TAJIKISTAN man fined for breaking law against celebrating birthdays in public https://t.co/kNj92mvmqL 
• UK government to take apprenticeship provision into account when awarding large contracts https://t.co/Kvw3aqCGcj 
• UK employment laws preventing SME job growth https://t.co/xXyGm4vwvE 
• Nama deal: Law Society says it cannot give 'substantive evidence' to Stormont inquiry https://t.co/7sn13uH1qo 
• Law Society president defends chief executive over role at NHSLA as fees fight looms | Legal Futures http://t.co/pzLkV8MM7s 
• Rural demand for one-stop shop leads accountants to become ABS | Legal Futures http://t.co/qFl4MVAyFR 
• UK gun laws are about to be overhauled – not necessarily for the better | Joshua Rozenberg http://t.co/XWGSNWBiif 
• Google attacks Brussels antitrust case in 100-page response http://t.co/VGAiDjgHiI 
• David Cameron 'now backs limits to peers' time in House' http://t.co/iNoDO5CpuT
• Kent police commissioner Ann Barnes 'makes waitress cry after being overcharged for wine' https://t.co/z8AsvmQMNL 
• Retired General named by Harvey Proctor says he was interviewed by police but not as a paedophile suspect https://t.co/Jpu8bAhecR 
• Girl, three, shot in stomach with air rifle in London park https://t.co/fRa40KfyM2 
• Foster couple 'scalded girl and treated her worse than pet pig' https://t.co/61vnz87KDa 
• Man allowed to keep garden strewn with clutter 'because he is a hoarder' https://t.co/WNppePWXMU 
• Mining lawyers could be hit by stock market downturns | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/8ALW0GxVsv
• Speculation mounts as Slater + Gordon delays results | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/uJYtAesl9V 
• Travers and Mayer Brown rise up pay tables for junior London lawyers | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/47EOo2PBTD 
• Indian law firms say they are ready to compete with foreigners | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/ic4Qw6m9vs 
• IT company supplies 47 of Am Law 100 six years after formation | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/JbvMpM7Lu1 
• Leading Kenyan law firm moves to single practice management platform | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/naDi4qhd8d 
• Dewey & LeBoeuf GC talks of pre-collapse crisis | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/gNo2TJzLrD 
• Lateral hires surge 10pc as partner promotions fall in BigLaw firms - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/Wq11z3Qxyz

27th August - Law News

1339th 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: Plans by the Bar Standards Board (BSB) to scrap its ‘list of defaulting solicitors’ have been approved by the Legal Services Board (LSB). In its place, the BSB will introduce a new rule allowing barristers to refuse work under the cab-rank rule where there is an “unacceptable risk” that they will not get paid.. Full story - Legal Futures

Saturday Conversations on Law

• #French court awards woman disability grant for 'allergy to gadgets' http://t.co/8bhVBcw1Ut 
• Fake Goldman Sachs is latest Chinese counterfeit bank to hang out its shingle http://t.co/5J69lqc1sj 
• Deutsche Bank staff questioned as part of Libor investigation http://t.co/DghZDhq0Xe
• The death penalty is in its final throes, but too many are still being executed http://t.co/e4qszSMpi8 
• Sir Bob Hepple was unstinting in his support for younger colleagues http://t.co/llmmpGvU6I 
• Subway's silence over the Fogle fiasco leaves a bad taste http://t.co/JpF33pg10Y 
• Bristol-Myers Squibb names new French general counsel | The Lawyer http://t.co/ml3lmgRBze 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Shakespeare Martineau to cut 45 jobs three months after merger | The Lawyer http://t.co/Y07Wak2Asy 
• Ex-Leeds Utd boss and solicitor David Haigh jailed | Law Gazette http://t.co/70Zw9vynUU 
• Top lawyers back Khan to become next Labour Mayor of London | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/aRBb5pIAxF 
• UK recovery may stall and stutter due to fall in business deals by top 50 firms | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/VYL1yxY2rh
• We Need to Tackle Street Harassment https://t.co/SujBiqXMMf 
• More Than 4,000 Died Within Six Weeks Of Being Deemed 'Fit For Work', Reveal Government https://t.co/praCXhD2HW 
• Can #Iran and the UK really bury the hatchet? http://t.co/te8GoCxt1F 
• The politics behind #China's stock market turbulence http://t.co/VVjmDds9Bh 
• Ashley Madison: Two women explain how hack changed their lives http://t.co/7eW7oQUXpW
• Arrested 17-year-olds need a fairer deal | Law Gazette http://t.co/tuXN01LSoN 
• Ministers fixating on claimant costs, say PI lawyers | Law Gazette http://t.co/Y3ytBw8EEo 
• Bellwether index shows fall in City law firm deals | Law Gazette http://t.co/64qYP4YsBl
• Retention stays high at magic circle | Law Gazette http://t.co/pkskxfYy82
• Sir John Chilcot facing legal action over report delays http://t.co/lgUyM5oL3O 
• Lingerie tycoon Michelle Mone & former Tory leader William Hague among 45 new peers in dissolution honours http://t.co/pPlPjdkFra 
• Sir Stephen House to quit as Police Scotland chief constable http://t.co/ZuO5lzVFos 
• Migrant crisis: Grim find of bodies in #Austria lorry http://t.co/qGqnmIITaw 
• Killings of Journalists Bring Gun Violence to Dark New Level #US https://t.co/doXq24vu5P 
• Walmart to End Sales of Assault-Style Rifles in #US Stores https://t.co/Y1rpN0c8Gp 
• #SAUDIARABIA Said to Arrest Suspect in 1996 Khobar Towers Bombing https://t.co/QonjPEOf2o 
• The Islamic State's destruction of Palmyra's ancient ruins is not only a crime against Syria https://t.co/3C0pq71VDL 
• Estate of Heiress Loses Fight to Recover Millions in Donations From Hospital #US https://t.co/d2CPecVryt 
• New Jersey's $225 Million Settlement With Exxon Mobil Is Approved #US https://t.co/RBzHH1SHjw 
• 7 Charged With Promoting Prostitution by Working on http://t.co/5kQlh7zomD, an Escort Website #US https://t.co/A4goAuRyBm 
• Deal Between North and South #Korea Defies Their Mutual Disdain https://t.co/KKjQkG9KDM 
• Inquiry Weighs Whether ISIS Analysis Was Distorted #US https://t.co/ONe6nIA4F2
• A 21st-Century Migrant's Essentials: Food, Shelter, Smartphone https://t.co/3TOj7cXVq5 
• Trio of US firms take top roles on Schlumberger and Cameron's $14.8bn oil deal | The Lawyer http://t.co/Xfm5RUjixE 
• Aspire Law and Buckingham hospital provide rehab to clients | The Lawyer http://t.co/Iru3ma6HNd 
• Angling Trust and WWF hook up to bring judicial review over water pollution | The Lawyer http://t.co/C7ru4lcl8p 
• DLA Piper swoops on Eversheds Manchester for three-partner construction team | The Lawyer http://t.co/QZGw6R5zod 
• LGBTI equality project to encourage hate crime reports in rural Scotland | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/6CQhKKZW1c
• Trade unions call for Scottish Government to boycott new law | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/FRtqZpAEbC 
• Minister to convene migrant human rights roundtable | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/DSInf9Lh2i 
• Scottish house purchase lending up 39 per cent in second quarter | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/paYK3JixlB 
• Edinburgh solicitor aided by Maggie’s centre during battle against aggressive breast cancer | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/AgIflIYLui 
• Tianjin officials suspected of negligence over port explosion #CHINA http://t.co/93CEwBmhx7 
• Virginia killings: Shooter Flanagan 'a human powder keg' http://t.co/bCB6suFNp5 
• Ex-Clifton College Bristol teacher admits secret filming http://t.co/Jl2xGkZAY9 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/7DpeVXfKxC
• Bottom of the class: 15% of solicitors failed to do their minimum CPD hours last year | Legal Futures http://t.co/OCsdweoUyU 
• Law and money: Not the usual story | Legal Futures http://t.co/nFdWb0Hdow
• SDT strikes out case against solicitors after SRA failures make fair trial "impossible" | Legal Futures http://t.co/2KZJxMvuGP 
• Justice Department on target with establishment of sexual offences courts #SOUTHAFRICA https://t.co/0q6AQFSC1z 
• Proposal to reduce the Youth Justice Board’s expenditure in 2015/16 https://t.co/KaNGDYO3bk 
• Rampant executions fuelled by justice system 'riddled with holes' #SAUDIARABIA https://t.co/7wvX0aw5yt 
• Gender Identity & Justice for Transgender People https://t.co/my7tffD0jh 
• Report finds some offenders abuse restorative justice programme for personal gain https://t.co/74dFCUurxV
• Sana claims Justice Malik asked for party ticket, latter denies #PAKISTAN https://t.co/o1IvFONYHt 
• Ferguson responds to justice department report with court reforms #US https://t.co/q3nWC7QwRQ 
• UA law professor Howard Brill named new Chief Justice #US https://t.co/8LAl3H9rs7
• Is brutal Belfast murder proof the IRA is STILL involved in a campaign of violence? https://t.co/ElkKiSV0hm 
• Local support key to achieving justice in sexual violence cases, claim researchers https://t.co/oImYB3myWf 
• Don't let rights of way devalue or restrict rural and agricultural land https://t.co/8lIQNbL5fn 
• Solicitor's perspective on state of Newcastle's Federal Circuit Court #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/Va1tnJsYhJ
• A new bride accused of murdering her solicitor husband has made her first appearance in court https://t.co/UXcLy2IgWt 
• Derry man’s illegal website could have cost TV and film producers £120m: court told https://t.co/SvdCBgIMbi 
• Legal Analysis: TAJIKISTAN's Law on Television and Radio Broadcasting https://t.co/N8eyd1K8Eb 
• Ashley Madison Hack: How the Legal Case Is Shaping Up https://t.co/IdbqPgFkbM 
• Big banks only have $65 billion in legal fines left to pay https://t.co/N9eJ73TfCS 
• Derek Smart threatens legal action against Cloud Imperium Games over Star Citizen https://t.co/pPCkr9s9vr 
• Facing possible ban, more Americans are buying new (and legal) $900 flamethrowers #US https://t.co/fdfpOtEI6M 
• Afghan asylum seekers saved from deportation after last-ditch legal battle https://t.co/eB4W6ALS77 
• Heard about new law making it illegal to smoke in a car around children? https://t.co/J25c5o0kWK 
• UK surveillance “worse than 1984,” says new UN privacy chief https://t.co/R8h1ZgyNq5 
• Newcastle law firm Sintons advise on £23.8m property sale for The Church Commissioners https://t.co/iwJLFBs4I8 
• Georgina Hall becomes partner at Ipswich law firm Pretty’s https://t.co/oNDe7TrgpL 
• Mergers and acquisitions: a guide to UK and EU competition law for overseas clients https://t.co/bD0Ku8DW2p 
• Will Anjem Choudary Slip Between the UK's Terror Laws? https://t.co/Yeb4UucmPM 
• New UK High Court Treatment For Subject Access Requests https://t.co/7pRMLgR3zi 
• Coptic Catholics welcome #EGYPT’s new terrorism laws but warn on personal freedoms https://t.co/hYIvEy1OKt 
• 'Is your boyfriend in the band?' Critic airs tales of music industry sexism http://t.co/ktKq6oE0Ua
• The right to buy: the housing crisis that Thatcher built http://t.co/bA2Bo1IXt4 
• Burying bad news allegation made over list of new peers http://t.co/WiQOVixMst
• Labour leadership campaign: What drives Jeremy Corbyn? https://t.co/0TR5k3KUwY 
• Kentucky clerk told to issue marriage licenses to gay couples as ruling upheld #US https://t.co/f671Wnomlk 
• Teenage girlfriend of youngest terrorist admits terror offences https://t.co/gh0dkqKqG9 
• Ikea cot warning after 14-month-old girl strangled by pyjamas that catch on hook https://t.co/GnLqSx0QGq 
• Harvey Proctor's accusers are making sure he will never get a fair trial? https://t.co/vfVpZX9z5f 
• Dear Britain: it's time for you and your Queen to let Australia go https://t.co/fdk4lyKAth
• Retired General named by Harvey Proctor says he was interviewed by police but not as a paedophile suspect https://t.co/Jpu8bAhecR 
• NSW taskforce to consider chemical castration of child sex offenders #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/enOt5E1Io8 
• I am unjustly imprisoned in the UAE – why won’t the UK government help me? - Ahmad Zeidan https://t.co/7Sm4yPbAm3 
• CPS hits out at Sun on Sunday over 'misleading' article https://t.co/ZVxNhxBRO1
• Banning child labour imposes naive western ideals on complex problems? https://t.co/v6Wo3J6MSW 
• Sir Bob Hepple obituary: Legal adviser to Nelson Mandela forced to flee apartheid South Africa for Britain in 1963 https://t.co/MgGxiZhUp5 
• Harvey Proctor accusations: due process must be observed https://t.co/6QsneYDnvx 
• Personal injury lawyers call for a shake-up of ‘obstructive’ NHS | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/CbFjde0bjQ 
• Migrant wages to be seized as proceeds of crime | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/DkML979gjD
• Majority of US states consider passing drone laws | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/jew9wG5xoT 
• Ulmer & Berne lawyers join Benesch to open Chicago office | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/6sR39mgRqj
• Contract lawyers go global as Israeli service set up | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/NVfTJn3bFt 
• Ashurst recruits Skadden's former global private equity co-head | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/c3cUjzGWdJ 
• Criminal lawyer stabbed after return from honeymoon | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/L3eHGXYiSi 
• Chinese firm forms global network with 14 foreign practices | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/QugzsbJD7s 
• Pope opens doors for Swiss lawyer as Vatican tackles corruption | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/uqGZA05br0
• Ford GC warns against diluting law firm brands through expansion plans | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/XqxDMPE1mK

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