19th November - Law News

1424th 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: Ethnic minority lawyers face steep challenge to reach top of ‘pyramid’. Diversity league table highlights 'very slow pace' in representation of gender and ethnic diversity in 10-year review. Full story - Solicitors Journal

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Court of Protection to ‘extend transparency’ with public hearings | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/jBZl2vwQ7R 
• Family court sends ‘strong message’ over non-disclosure with sentence for contempt | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/NWZivx0gtY 
• Legal movers and shakers | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/B4ukoCg0tS 
• Lord Chief Justice ‘reasonably confident’ criminal justice system can overcome problems | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/0muqcVbQAD 
• I Went Undercover to Britain First's Conference and It Was Exactly What You'd Expect https://t.co/C0bCtpI02O 
• Being a feminist should never mean ‘sitting down and shutting up’ https://t.co/AFENUugIOs 
• From militant doctors to angry lawyers, professionals are the new union barons | Simon Jenkins https://t.co/CB36agqKX7
• Cities at night: why our right to use public spaces after dark is under threat https://t.co/f1ciMsDlAq 
• #Dominicans of Haitian descent turned into ‘ghost citizens', says Amnesty https://t.co/MRbFOSGreY 
• Our fathers the Nazis: film explores the legacy of atrocities https://t.co/KBC44V8uc8 
• New York City police department confirms hoverboards are illegal https://t.co/gJzmK82lvL 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: DLA Piper launches low-cost centre in Warsaw | The Lawyer https://t.co/EIfmAtdWan 
• Memery Crystal cracks China market with Yingke deal | The Lawyer https://t.co/1iRSI7pCIQ 
• Firms struggling with disability diversity as disclosure remains an issue | The Lawyer https://t.co/Fdak9GSNeZ 
• Teva Europe’s Gonen: How to be a business partner without losing your in-house identity | The Lawyer https://t.co/dZUvzBzL7I 
• Stone Chambers sees top QC and junior duo leave Singapore office | The Lawyer https://t.co/h0c42pOsiH 
• #French politics shifts right after Paris attacks https://t.co/1PUlwLQkVy
• PC Yvonne Fletcher shooting: Libyan man arrested in UK https://t.co/cRPxeOFWx6 
• Contempt of court: GQ ruling | Law Gazette https://t.co/JUYofFxTtk 
• Court sparring begins in legal aid contract challenges | Law Gazette https://t.co/k9sVYjxQGK 
• Gove ready to deregulate legal services market 'in the near future' | Law Gazette https://t.co/CaR28Phr1F 
• Report highlights 'serious shortcomings' in youth advocacy | Law Gazette https://t.co/SygVEUTcjZ 
• Litigation funder pulls plug on new investments | Law Gazette https://t.co/Klt7NPWUeF 
• Small claims limit action to be included in fraud report | Law Gazette https://t.co/vvrsDw42D0 
• Land Registry privatisation back on – reports | Law Gazette https://t.co/wgCPhxJ2m8 
• Media merger creates 24-partner firm | Law Gazette https://t.co/8GVp8s2Dzx 
• HBOS report: 10 executives could face ban https://t.co/BDBl9XXGKP 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! https://t.co/5y3R5UBLdW
• #Israel, #Argentina, #Ukraine, #Bolivia, #Andorra and #Russia ruled to be in breach of the World Anti-Doping Agency'…https://t.co/2divdO4tap
• Kayleigh Haywood search police find body https://t.co/l7r8SgPnBC 
• Peers vote to allow 16- and 17-year-olds to take part in EU referendum https://t.co/P2m6KdCJo6 
• Tories 'failed to act' on 'institutionalised bullying' https://t.co/VhAcYxmSpt 
• Actor Martin Sheen salutes 'courage' of son Charlie after HIV announcement https://t.co/7xliihqfex
• Prime Minister David Cameron and senior ministers are to get their own plane for official trips costing £10million https://t.co/KPXmiFOhbo 
• Former president says country will legalise all drugs within a decade #MEXICO https://t.co/nGKibjh5eH 
• Barclays fined $150m over forex trading by New York regulator https://t.co/Jxu5ltzTtN 
• Jeremy Corbyn is absolutely right, 'Shoot-to-kill won’t make us safe from terror – just sorry' | Gary Younge https://t.co/uFig5BL1Ps 
• Why the Paris attacks got larger UK coverage than other tragedies https://t.co/LcsP8dhnmq
• Has Dominic Cummings sabotaged the anti-EU cause? https://t.co/52Y3SaEFPi 
• Gentrification means the world is a giant flat white – we have to stand up for sleaze and old dives https://t.co/bkkBB
• Women will get equal pay … in 118 years https://t.co/wJZeW32QGr 
• #SWEDEN introduces border checks as refugee crisis grows https://t.co/yvMryVws0x 
• Germaine Greer delivers Cardiff University lecture despite trans-inclusive feminists' campaign to silence her https://t.co/gBzrTtxbmL 
• EU travellers to face stricter checks under French border plan https://t.co/U9iXS7Hi3r 
• Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt's statement on weekend hospital care is misleading, experts warn https://t.co/Qc6kYdVy26 
• Inequality in the UK: 5% of households have assets in excess of £1.2m, 9% have none https://t.co/3G0XeFIx6p
• #Egypt plane crash: Russian media links bomb to airport staff https://t.co/FddoTfRId1 
• David Cameron faces EU referendum delay after Lords vote on teenager participation https://t.co/xTeDeFZdMR
• Shadow Solicitor General has apparently breached Commons rules by questioning the need for #legalaid cuts https://t.co/doxL41dvOZ
• Armed police storm office building in wrong county https://t.co/TiKFyvcB6g 
• Tracey Woodford murder: Former butcher guilty of dismembering woman in flat https://t.co/cwOvPX92SI
• British extremist pair stopped in Hungary after one is cleared of trying to join Isil https://t.co/2nQFXxgg9R 
• Firearms units secretly patrolling streets in unmarked cars after France shootings https://t.co/ydfh2FaBhX 
• Lunch with Jeremy Barton | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/55QvHOTQDg 
• White & Case considers European back office centre | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/qOSSD3pt3m 
• Wilson Elser takes 11-lawyer team from Lewis Brisbois in Houston | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/3ZNBX5JK1U 
• Linklaters partners confirm banking head as next managing partner | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/8LSGwRnWs1 
• Three US firms have double-digit employment partner losses | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/snKqHGORS3 
• Seyfarth head sees structural change coming from legal buyers | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/Oca7usuAXe 

A photograph from the protest held by Feminists and Transgender Rights activists in light of Cardiff University's decision to invite Professor Germaine Greer to deliver the annual Hadyn Ellis Lecture. 18th November, 2015. 

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18th November - Law News

1423rd 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: There are positive signs about improving consumer satisfaction with how they find, compare and then use law firms, major research by the Legal Services Consumer Panel (LSCP) has revealed. However, with reduced access to legal aid and a “continued decline in free services”, the panel said that more vulnerable consumers “are potentially being left behind as those more empowered are able to take advantage of market changes”. Such empowered consumers are more likely to shop around – which is becoming easier, with more choice – and demand fixed fees. Full story - Legal Futures

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Ethnic minority lawyers face steep challenge to reach top of ‘pyramid’ | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/JvL4irNSLy 
• CLC chair calls for genuine free choice of regulator | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/GOu7gJCttj 
• Supreme Court: UK a no-go for non-English speaking spouses | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/AFprVGsdSg 
• Lord Hamilton and Sir Stephen Sedley QC to speak on freedom of expression | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/PX5kLvLT5q 
• Strathclyde students establish mediation society | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/5N34Tzf0JU 
• Judges stressed by horrific sexual imagery as sex offence cases increase | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/SbbV3TdzBq
• Lord Hodge to chair JUSTICE events featuring General Sir Mike Jackson and Sir Menzies Campbell QC https://t.co/KP4iqsUShE 
• Access Legal expands medical negligence team with strategic senior hire | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/CJdsFA7nky 
• Stuart & Stuart announces new partners | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/v7gtnzyRbt 
• New housing bill changes explained | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/cIV6kThyBL 
• Scottish government launches human rights benefits campaign | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/ntwVn6H0oU 
• What should you do in an attack? https://t.co/N0TuWqUWQi 
• Sepp Blatter & Michel Platini appeals against bans rejected https://t.co/ifsK8z0t4b 
• Paris attacks: The crisis of Europe’s borders https://t.co/uWUgTIvKyg 
• Murder arrest in Lewis Dunne shooting case https://t.co/Fuyy8g9ZKw 
• Kayleigh Haywood case 'treated as murder' https://t.co/cBAST96Dd0 
• Ken Livingstone makes 'unreserved' apology for 'psychiatric help' comment https://t.co/B2JeoxJ6gt 
• Paris attacks: Two die in hunt for 'mastermind' Abaaoud https://t.co/EWldLL7rZC 
• Prisons inspector welcomes improved restraint systems after deaths of two children https://t.co/DXwSGh4k15
• A shoot-to-kill policy is the only way to protect against murdering jihadis? https://t.co/kHd2mLrxIH 
• Aspiring barristers: how to make the most of pupillage fairs https://t.co/ua1VKlGZwk 
• David Attenborough: 'I would take my own life if it became wretched' https://t.co/b62xbdp4U0 
• Immigrants' spouses 'must speak English before entering UK' https://t.co/08wV9VB9ey 
• GQ publisher in contempt of court with phone-hacking article https://t.co/BP61Tzg12l 
• Sky broadband customers warned over porn company's 'pay up or else' letters https://t.co/FcU7kjaQgZ 
• Forbes Anderson Free and Lee & Thompson tie up to create £13.5m media "powerhouse" | The Lawyer https://t.co/iLybumtJJx 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Simpson Thacher promotes City trio in 2015 promotions round | The Lawyer https://t.co/KGUMOGGRMj 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Winston & Strawn boosts corporate practice with Gide and Pinsents partner hires | The Lawyer https://t.co/7BKcwwM3BN 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Mishcon picks up Investec claimants from Signature on £4bn RBS shareholder battle | The Lawyer https://t.co/KojT3HXkjk 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: BT plans chambers roster as it hunts for regional firms to join supplier network | The Lawyer https://t.co/5MuvvYfLoY 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Linklaters finance veteran Ereira defects to Paul Hastings in City finance drive | The Lawyer https://t.co/l5GtCgpJoP 
• Conveyancers ‘abusing’ separate representation freedom – CLC chair | Law Gazette https://t.co/PdWUETIcaC
• Diversity progress ‘painfully slow’ – Black Solicitors Network | Law Gazette https://t.co/TR0GKm3JMm 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! https://t.co/o4m6h7F4cp
• Paraskeva highlights "unfinished business" of Legal Services Act as she sets out stall at CLC | Legal Futures https://t.co/pVa1wXxjgZ 
• Couple planned Isil suicide bombing of Westfield or Tube, court hears https://t.co/Md3htyuIh8 
• Judges risk emotional scars from ‘sheer depravity’ in sex cases - Lord Chief Justice https://t.co/Tj430jNZdU 
• Plymouth boy, 15, charged with cyber attacks and airline bomb hoaxes https://t.co/xm5bBo7H0A 
• Bradford murder arrest: Woman, 24, held after two young children stabbed to death https://t.co/A5lM1PAvlC 
• West Yorkshire man, 21, arrested after Facebook post praises massacre https://t.co/VzKMS6WJXd 
• Drugs boss who said he 'only employs beautiful women' guilty of sexism https://t.co/6vJpxbdnju 
• Afghan war hero wins divorce battle with wife who 'wasted' part of his £1m injuries payout https://t.co/xUCaxeOziW 
• Teaching assistant who groomed schoolboy jailed after suspended sentence deemed too lenient https://t.co/IahtYYZxdc 
• Sky warning to customers over 'cash for porn' letter from the Golden Eye company https://t.co/Mt0NbGeqrI 
• Court of Appeal gives explicit backing for "valuable" unbundling | Legal Futures https://t.co/1ELANm0Ren 
• City firms instructed by SFO in Euribor proceedings | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/uXNfF0psxC 
• Legal reform needed to fan the flames of Italian recovery | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/LLje6rVPPp 
• Legally speaking, how to become a great dictator | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/otmv6Diwe1 
• Half Price Lawyers opens for business once more | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/0nqRfkL2Eg 
• White & Case to close 11-lawyer Munich office | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/RXmN94TQGG 
• Herbert Smith explains benefits of insourcing | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/7Uy5EgNQCp
• Australian law firm invests in legal disrupter | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/K4AQeobobI 
• Chadbourne and Pillsbury end merger talks after two months | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/zuzSBjyhZF 
• Funding cuts lead to reduction in white collar crime investigations | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/fMeRCK46w6 
• Legal industry facing crisis amid shortage of cyber-security specialists | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/BwnkRcn9WT
• Randomised selection not the way forward, say expert witnesses | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/IL8vlrzLRf 
• Number of defamation cases takes a tumble | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/pUn6wxETFw 
• #Germany's friendly with the Netherlands on Tuesday has been called of due to security concerns https://t.co/MfrHx7zFEb

17th November - Law News

1422nd 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: Inclusivity is not ‘nice’ – it’s critical. Try this for starters: when we published our first report five years ago 22 per cent of all partners at the top 100 firms were female. Now, after much pontificating about female targets and the benefits of networking, the proportion is – go on, have a guess – that’s right, 22 per cent. Full story - The Lawyer

Saturday Conversations on Law

• The answer to ending religious violence will probably be found within religion itself https://t.co/xge6XVRsad 
• Weak laws make it possible for debt collection companies to defraud debtors https://t.co/42VErL7gov 
• Encrypted Messaging Apps Face New Scrutiny Over Possible Role in Paris Attacks https://t.co/ALw30ndVkY 
• Supreme Court Won't Hear Case Over Planned Parenthood Documents #US https://t.co/a2CPePia2x 
• No one is really safe from the barbarism of ISIS until the nations work together to defeat the murderous scourge https://t.co/nhW3d6RNok
• Why Free Can Be a Problem on the Internet https://t.co/PUfTEIkEdl 
• Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Gloria Steinem on the Unending Fight for Women's Rights https://t.co/LPmpZK5dOq 
• Law enforcement must embrace innovations like body cameras https://t.co/xYve6bXvCT 
• By scaling back punishments for low-level offences, California has shown that crime can drop under such reforms #US https://t.co/baFcMCLBui
• Anne Frank's Diary Gains 'Co-Author' in #Copyright Move https://t.co/sPMJxhZbqs 
• The War on Campus Sexual Assault Goes Digital https://t.co/r58a6L3MU9 
• Defamation Suits Against Cosby Point to Peril of Belittling Accusers #US https://t.co/g4kruhuw15 
• Prosecutors Weigh Teenage Sexting: Folly or Felony? #US https://t.co/w3siQJcYyf
• Prestatyn landlord Jay Liptrot on trial over fire deaths https://t.co/l0f6VBoSnh 
• How does IS communicate securely? https://t.co/fPASiwJYGy 
• #Russia plane crash: Can we make it safer to fly? https://t.co/DiqH2plRvk 
• Two children stabbed to death in Bradford https://t.co/WFo6DyanjV 
• #Tunisia Sousse: 'new plot to attack resort' foiled https://t.co/rC3EQ3VyiF 
• Shepherd and Wedderburn to host Edinburgh careers fair | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/NqEBiK3kJB 
• Without rule of law, conflict-affected areas will become poverty ghettoes https://t.co/rNDR1Bo5xL 
• Gary Glitter loses appeal against conviction https://t.co/I78Rwj9e74 
• Supreme court abortion case could resonate across south and midwest #US https://t.co/0SrEIMC33w
• Rise in sex crimes not due to historical cases, says lord chief justice https://t.co/uhzQZ36isP
• Lawyers in Venezuela need support from their colleagues elsewhere | Law Gazette https://t.co/kuXZOyAROv 
• SDT strikes off solicitor who misled High Court | Law Gazette https://t.co/3G2EppR0EE 
• Courts charge has ‘not gone correctly’ – lord chief justice | Law Gazette https://t.co/3onDR1Qvkp 
• Society calls for one-word amendment to patent threat reform | Law Gazette https://t.co/2y9smnd14Z 
• Employment lawyers urge caution over online court | Law Gazette https://t.co/1AhGiAC04D 
• Appeal decision protects solicitor offering 'unbundled' advice | Law Gazette https://t.co/Xqg5qp4CUU 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Shearman and Slaughters win roles on £3.5bn Liberty Global and Cable & Wireless deal | The Lawyer https://t.co/RAJyEIcdko 
• Nabarro senior partner Stedman announces retirement | The Lawyer https://t.co/lub8bvGAYg 
• Russia plane crash: 'Terror act' downed A321 over #Egypt's Sinai https://t.co/RYZVQ8beBB 
• Paris attacks: #France mobilises 115,000 security personnel https://t.co/zzxpMgSKsQ 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! https://t.co/tk652HqEi9
• Cyber-crime is Africa's 'next big threat', experts warn https://t.co/fuKewiUgqJ 
• The real estate blog: Howes Percival grows in Cambridge | The Lawyer https://t.co/K2bcfQQMdx 
• Lloyds drops plans to appeal ruling over Linklaters' HBoS advice | The Lawyer https://t.co/Ir3kK20eeL 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: White & Case targets trio of back office centres worldwide as it mulls European launch | The Lawyer https://t.co/zK0RSslP6M
• 22 per cent ceiling: could quotas boost female partner numbers? | The Lawyer https://t.co/rB6mT1oKrd
• Multi-millionaire businessman sued by his former wife for 'spousal maintenance' https://t.co/v1YIKKpCSN 
• Motorway speeding fines will lead to 'complete breakdown in police relations with public' https://t.co/jOcVZ6AOcr 
• Degrees for all new police officers under radical new plans https://t.co/grdCLXmwO6 
• Judge vows to end secrecy in baby death case https://t.co/OviZLvi9yA 
• The Gayle Newland sentence sets a dangerous precedent for transgender rights https://t.co/KBdFHwMgyU 
• Mixed reactions from hostage families after Mohammed Emwazi drone strike https://t.co/hfM3NSHlJ4 
• Man sentenced 40 years after knocking out sister's two front teeth in row over John Lennon Christmas record https://t.co/PbBGpj7D6P 
• Maoist cult leader used mind control to 'manacle' followers, court hears https://t.co/YdHQeaSmvv 
• Paris terror: Hero stranger reveals how he rescued pregnant woman as she clung for life https://t.co/dlMMrmMCjR 
• Paris attacks: Why IS will eventually fail https://t.co/04MWCSiMn5 
• Paris attacks: UK security to be intensified and even more draconian - Theresa May https://t.co/35euu2pARN 
• Richard Youard obituary: one of the towering legal brains of his generation https://t.co/hw1mLjpAdd 
• Why your in-laws want you to sign a prenuptial agreement https://t.co/XW9LrUJNF0 
• Isis attack on Paris may be an 'act of war' but retaliation may not be lawful https://t.co/bSbaYoTRsV 
• Don’t fast-track the new surveillance bill: it needs considered scrutiny | Paul Bernal https://t.co/y2hDX3k0mD 
• The #US supreme court may make abortion the deciding factor in 2016 https://t.co/lWX6rZrTS4 
• Rolls-Royce calls in top law firm to deal with fraud investigation https://t.co/fqQ7e8Lgqb 
• When self-defence comes in the form of sustained airstrikes https://t.co/DF03sjrpMy
• Law Society set for governance review as it unveils new strategy | Legal Futures https://t.co/sQNy3DYw2b 
• Probate manager who admitted 140 “improper withdrawals” blamed pressure of work | Legal Futures https://t.co/ugMA1cs4so 
• Major survey finds consumers increasingly satisfied with their lawyers | Legal Futures https://t.co/AsuSJMal90 
• Hogan Lovells white collar associate named as first Paris victim | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/VqIUNb9AD7 
• Ex-Simpson Thacher managing clerk admits to stealing data | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/sM0GstSEdF 
• Six partners take lead in race for top jobs at Allen & Overy | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/KlEA8rtDo5 
• Ex GC of Leeds FC expected to be released from Dubai prison | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/2CzkxiiMGz 
• Peerpoint freelance lawyer service aims for team of 100 in Asia | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/lczPcrppve 
• City firms instructed by SFO in Euribor proceedings | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/y4dmZOqNd4 
• Scotland's poorest 'most likely' to be victims of crime | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/qyWXsu6hWh 
• Committee calls for views on Bankruptcy (Scotland) Bill | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/1irgdr50Vc 
• Harper Macleod climbs legal directory rankings | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/a5pYh8QbCF 
• BBC hits back at Crown Office over Glasgow bin lorry documentary | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/zAAFqYjvjn 
• Indian legal market a step closer to opening up | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/06gYRNBcvB
• Dublin usurping London as 'libel capital' | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/uOigmv4CTK 
• Lord Lyon to appoint new pursuivants | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/I28dYxnJ7Q 
• Review of parental involvement in schools legislation announced | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/h3q2hSMuIT 
• Sikh man Veerender Jubbal photoshopped to look like a Paris attacker https://t.co/VON9XgzxtB 
• Will Paris force Obama to change tack? https://t.co/D5z5pBpfDs 
• Protests in Minneapolis after police shoot black man #US https://t.co/B6rxSURY6U 
• In the United Kingdom, the rule of law is a concept sometimes taken for granted: In defence of the Rule of Law https://t.co/lvfug7OGoa

16th November - Law News

1421st 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 foundations of the rule of law in the UK are weakening, and threatening the UK’s appeal to international investors as a result, a searing report by Linklaters has claimed. The report, In defence of the rule of law, identifies five key threats to the rule of law within a business context: excessive executive power; retroactivity; uncertainty; unmanageability; and changes in the burden of proof. It argues that the rule of law is being undermined by broadly drafted laws that, in practice, allow the regulators or prosecuting authorities to decide what is illegal, eg s 75 of the Banking Act 2009 gives the Treasury the power to disapply or modify the effect of any law without Parliamentary approval, and the financial services industry as a whole increasingly relies on “principles-based regulation”. Full story - New Law Journal

Saturday Conversations on Law

• My legal life: Diane Morrison, Hackney Community Law Centre - A Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/Mttl5UkpsS
• Acting for an oligarch’s ‘secret daughter’ - A Profile of Paul Green, a partner at Judge Sykes Frixou | Law Gazette https://t.co/s1dMHKgxq3 
• Council allowed to appeal unfair dismissal ruling | Law Gazette https://t.co/ysYNhTDlhl 
• Kent council ABS launch looms | Law Gazette https://t.co/FOUer963re 
• Police body-camera plan panned by defence | Law Gazette https://t.co/BOJem98dFp 
• French may export new dispute law | Law Gazette https://t.co/hz1PMcib7F 
• Fresh ‘consensus’ on Indian legal market reform | Law Gazette https://t.co/2rKzYEw8Ke 
• Half of experts vow not to work with certain solicitors again | Law Gazette https://t.co/jce7gALS1U 
• Law Society launches new strategy | Law Gazette https://t.co/GovtOwMorc 
• Hogan Lovells pays tribute to lawyer killed in Paris attack | Law Gazette https://t.co/h6LruAduF8 
• Criminal justice may be ritualised and archaic, but a strict regimen is critical to fair trials | Law Gazette https://t.co/GWa70kO6gB
• Your Law Society: chief executive unveils a new strategy for the organisation | Law Gazette https://t.co/3RMiLq9VCH 
• Time for a legal aid truce | Law Gazette https://t.co/5D2zbc7Xl3 
• In-house interview: Galit Gonen, Teva Europe - A Profile | The Lawyer https://t.co/trZvvDKPP8 
• In-house interview: National Grid GC Rachael Davidson - A Profile | The Lawyer https://t.co/tMMi7QJvvc 
• Role models matter as profession struggles to embrace diversity | The Lawyer https://t.co/2mcMIWrUtp 
• Inclusivity is not ‘nice’ – it’s critical | The Lawyer https://t.co/7dg1RFv409 
• Rule of law is under threat from regulations | The Lawyer https://t.co/NYZKdoBNsc
• Offshore special report: ‘City-on-Sea’ looks East | The Lawyer https://t.co/xBzMcRzkLq 
• The UK 200 Diversity Audit – how inclusive are you? | The Lawyer https://t.co/0UsWlK0kpH 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: ASB links bonus to sales in overhaul of firm's service delivery model | The Lawyer https://t.co/nnNle6YNxh 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: White & Case to close its Munich office | The Lawyer https://t.co/qbIhM97ZTL 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Clydes' Indonesia head leaves for DLA Piper Singapore | The Lawyer https://t.co/sPgY3wJ96y 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Paul Hastings recruits BLP structured debt and capital markets head Severs | The Lawyer https://t.co/8cIwu6DF6z 
• Hogan Lovells pays tribute to Paris associate Valentin Ribet | The Lawyer https://t.co/sl1selkLtL
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Chadbourne and Pillsbury merger talks collapse | The Lawyer https://t.co/ZjCWmV20MK 
• The Lawyer names legal diversity champions as part of first Diversity Audit | The Lawyer https://t.co/98BQ9EAFtR
• Dispute looms over how Law Society can spend practising fee income | Legal Futures https://t.co/OVPWUahkel
• Lawyers should collaborate with ‘robots’, Law Society president says | Legal Futures https://t.co/zhzOuzLDoc 
• Taking separation seriously: surveyors in country mansion set up ABS in coach house | Legal Futures https://t.co/4EVxfrGoys 
• Jews and Muslims in Christian Law and History https://t.co/MlK0oeEB0K 
• Understanding the political and philosophical importance of justice towards non-status migrants since the 90s https://t.co/lH6pN3edds 
• A critical analysis of the debate of patentability of computer programmes and software https://t.co/QiIMFkCCAl 
• Reviewing the evolution of trade secret protection and the statutory safeguards - an essay https://t.co/UCyJN7bJbK 
• Paris attacks: Terror funding to be cut off, says Cameron https://t.co/qXei2YuePw 
• Two cleared of Coventry mother Nicola Payne's 1991 murder https://t.co/8N8TYo0dUn 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! https://t.co/sSU8321gE0
• Paris attacks: Manhunt for Salah Abdeslam and accomplices https://t.co/YoBZDHLxoR 
• UK security services funding boosted after Paris attacks https://t.co/qXei2YuePw 
• Osborne's Northern Powerhouse plan unknown to two-thirds in North https://t.co/i2WOcp1Nfz 
• Teenager arrested over Tower Hamlets police stabbing https://t.co/3inmDvfpCV 
• Paris attacks: ITV pulls Jekyll And Hyde episode https://t.co/JkwALvnFYq

15th November - Law News

1420th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & legal articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap
 

  Our Latest Saturday Law Interview features the Scottish National Party Justice and Home Affairs spokesperson, Joanna Cherry QC MP, in a wide ranging discussion on the the Human Rights Act 1998, the role of corroboration in the Scottish justice system, the legal issues surrounding Scottish independence and human rights. 

Saturday Conversations on Law

• The rogue landlords exploiting the deepening UK housing crisis https://t.co/kzyd0UTn52 
• Transgender homicide rate hits historic high in #US, says new report https://t.co/8NFsIwr7Vk 
• A ban on Germaine Greer would be a threat to universities’ role to discomfort https://t.co/SZCiSQ1L7L 
• Can international law meet the challenges of today's conflicts? https://t.co/iV6rmUoeQs
• How EU red tape forces refugee children into the arms of people traffickers https://t.co/FEqSrluIox 
• Stakes are high in Essendon doping saga #Australia | Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/KUyefoyAzQ 
• E-signatures spell trouble for lawyers | Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/zg9tIxawS1 
• Culture forms greatest barrier to improving lawyer EQ | Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/VAnakgSJ6t 
• From England (to Northern Ireland) with love | UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/R3GaMGTkOf 
• Suing Facebook is no easy matter | UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/eJ3P6ub8v2 
• The Round-Up: Plaudits for Gove, and the Constitutional Convolutions of the Ministerial Code. | UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/l1wYJYNKeN 
• Event: The Future of Human Rights Protection in the UK - Tuesday 24 November 2015 | UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/q6nrqzFXg3 
• Adoptions from Abroad: Article 8 Fails to Assist | UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/dfRCBf2JAs 
• Buzzards should not be protected any more than herring gulls and cormorants: High Court | UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/4UBuJc5KDc 
• Gamekeeper's environmental Aarhus claim to shoot buzzards? | UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/BtDJvWfztm
• The 'scouse scum' YouTube rant lawyer has been fired -- also via YouTube https://t.co/QyZi0XJ67k 
• Legal market expert predicts that Big Four accountancy giants will challenge top law firms https://t.co/jCDgNgynAM 
• 'Many young lawyers don't realise that set-backs are actually great springboards' https://t.co/weWico8hKB 
• Note to students: Avoid shirtless photos if you want to become a magic circle campus ambassador https://t.co/nuDgPkrx2N 
• Disabled wannabe lawyer uses discrimination battle to fire training contract mission https://t.co/3AtlSjQ8mZ 
• Bristol Uni law faculty could be next in global student campaign to erase links with slavery https://t.co/xG156MTHfU 
• The legal profession set trainee solicitor minimum wage higher than the one it scrapped -- but it's unenforceable https://t.co/Wrp1kMO1XJ 
• Katie Hopkins writes an article on the European Union -- and gets the law horribly wrong https://t.co/7XZnN3xQh8 
• People freaking out about plans to replace law degrees and the LPC with a solicitor super-exam open to non-graduates https://t.co/rJalLpPBGF 
• Event: Alternative routes to becoming a lawyer https://t.co/woNYk6JKzu 
• Incredible Pro Bono Week stories show huge impact that lawyers can make https://t.co/51VNwPx3G7
• 2015 retention rates highest since financial crisis, with 1,922 out of 2,376 trainees kept on https://t.co/PkqjXlbmzU
• Judge inserts Taylor Swift lyrics into judgment as she dismisses copyright claim against singer https://t.co/kDDCt7IcHz 
• 'Traditionally mentoring has been associated with the straight white male world' https://t.co/Yr7K0l0Qqd
• Is regional experience valued by City law firms? https://t.co/ogChOJi71P 
• A Lancaster Uni law student fitness sensation is taking Instagram by storm https://t.co/IV5tlleMRH 
• Charlotte Proudman on the judiciary & revealing very personal glimpses into her life in the media spotlight https://t.co/Og2P5ir1eH 
• Men sprayed with 'noxious substance' in Stamford Hill https://t.co/kKkDukxuYs 
• Man, 41, charged after Gatwick security alert https://t.co/fgw2PvZUZC 
• Paris attacks: Weapons found in 'getaway car' https://t.co/AytKxRjeK0
• Muslims are 'no more to blame for Paris than you are': Heartfelt letter goes viral following terror attacks https://t.co/rn9WDUECvh 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! https://t.co/nfNxOJhoOW
• Paris attacks: Theresa May to chair Cobra meeting https://t.co/Gxxe7L4Da9 
• Despite the troubles, #French Football Federation (FFF) president Noel le Graet said they will travel to London https://t.co/9qim9Y09hB 
• French man held as suspected firearm found at Gatwick Airport https://t.co/5POGdNJ1wr

14th November - Law News

1419th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & legal articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap
 

  Our Latest Saturday Law Interview features the Scottish National Party Justice and Home Affairs spokesperson, Joanna Cherry QC MP, in a wide ranging discussion on the the Human Rights Act 1998, the role of corroboration in the Scottish justice system, the legal issues surrounding Scottish independence and human rights. 

Saturday Conversations on Law

• No vicarious liability for foster carers | New Law Journal: https://t.co/v5PW4i1H88 
• Erosion of the rule of law | New Law Journal: https://t.co/LW3cDEiYq8 
• The British Medical Association (BMA) has launched a ground-breaking legal service | New Law Journal: https://t.co/sXxuilGfuL 
• No help for debtors | New Law Journal: https://t.co/b0B4IgDA94 
• Litigation funding for individuals | New Law Journal: https://t.co/ZbvNQPQhMp 
• PM's EU curbs | New Law Journal: https://t.co/t2qT65AFML 
• Corporate counsel report that only eight per cent of external lawyers “always” keep within budget | New Law Journal https://t.co/Wa2OT3E14M 
• Europe Pro Bono Forum | New Law Journal: https://t.co/UFEdaqwdMU 
• Wildlife Law consultation - in need of reform | Law Commission https://t.co/dvneq4LAOm 
• New guide for litigants in person in family court | New Law Journal: https://t.co/Zr4fxdknWU 
• Why #SouthAfrican students want to be taught in English https://t.co/rIYYkcKHPE 
• Withers loses appeal against £1.6m negligence claim | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/uHPcxXkkI5 
• Litigator-turned-real estate specialist named as pensions supersaver | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/dzKTRrR17i
• Insurance clients encourage local firms to go national in Australia | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/iXsCNuafeS
• Litigation funder Woodsford appoints Steven Friel as CIO | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/JWvwSnp7WX
• Three partners leave Lathams in Dubai for Hogan Lovells | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/Hfokwzayxt 
• Leaving the ICC: the consequences | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/0XlEy9CWCx
• Hogan Lovells joins magic circle trio in £13bn Northern Rock asset sale | The Lawyer https://t.co/LRMaSrezd9 
• Synergies of scale: the numbers behind the Irwin Mitchell-Thomas Eggar talks | The Lawyer https://t.co/799zr8W0BX
• Should the SRA care if a lawyer smokes dope? | Law Gazette https://t.co/2XN6bz1mlE 
• Irwin Mitchell silent on merger rumours | Law Gazette https://t.co/Vvehak0iek
• Society calls for independent review of duty contract procurement | Law Gazette https://t.co/xeYtQbabaC
• MoJ postpones legal aid contracts | Law Gazette https://t.co/FGYsjYzZNp
• TheLawMap Wig is out! https://t.co/DOHA02VOml
• Why hasn't Obama closed Guantanamo? https://t.co/ExwP8XkHSl 
• Paris Proves We’ll Never Kill Enough Jihadists to Stop Terror https://t.co/Rvsb1GYHh9
• Babies and elderly referred to NI's only sex assault centre https://t.co/AKZspDkOLT 
• First refugee charter flight due in Glasgow next week https://t.co/AEibSEzbPD 
• Police cuts: David Cameron tried to save constituency stations https://t.co/VywSkxeXGA 
• Paris attacks: Dozens dead and hostages held at Bataclan #France https://t.co/srxKixX7hO 
• How do I ... respond when I see racial abuse in public? https://t.co/XbFDvyJfMV 
• Christmas Island detention: why is #Australia deporting so many people? https://t.co/0jF7pdtHBb 
• City Link directors acquitted over firm's 2014 collapse https://t.co/1UxSNJ92aI 
• Jeremy Clarkson and BBC sued for racial discrimination by Top Gear producer https://t.co/ch4ekUIyAw
• Can a slum built on a World Heritage Site in #Mexico City have rights? https://t.co/KyX1v1OwpQ 
• Mohammed Emwazi: debate over legal basis of targeted killings remains confused https://t.co/zZrEgHZJFS 
• Bank of America names Ford GC as global legal boss | The Lawyer https://t.co/MRYvvqHGYt
• BLP launches in Myanmar with Bakers hire | The Lawyer https://t.co/k9ecugqBaH 
• Freshfields instructs Kingsley Napley for criminal advice in Tesco SFO probe | The Lawyer https://t.co/s8PBxggu7a 
• Frontrunners emerge in A&O leadership race with nominations one month away | The Lawyer https://t.co/HC3uLS9l5V 
• Conveyancing firm wins appeal over valuation | Law Gazette https://t.co/djvImQEwJR 
• MoJ seeks to put lid on legal aid challenges | Law Gazette https://t.co/I2BLR8wAoV 
• Lawyer who raised £60,000 to fight cancer dies | Law Gazette https://t.co/GjYtu88dVz 
• Financial regulator backs SRA consumer credit plans | Law Gazette https://t.co/rWLfQEnOYx 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! https://t.co/aO50lTzMl3
• Sturgeon backs Justice Secretary over Police Scotland https://t.co/2cd585HsVC 
• Gujarat murder families seek justice as Modi visits UK https://t.co/UNqfUFWNt2 
• College of Law Builds Criminal Law Experience with New Appointments https://t.co/fLTI00HTmp 
• Belfast novelist barrister decides not to go straight and avoids writing legal drama https://t.co/AJGnLTNrzu 
• The Slow-Motion Legal Disaster Unfolding within the Refugee Crisis https://t.co/wSePVsZI72 
• Taylor Swift Settles Lucky 13 Legal Battle https://t.co/hdNFDyoZfy 
• FanDuel and DraftKings plan legal fight against New York gambling ban #UK https://t.co/L7hjLAOWV5 
• Northumberland council’s £9k legal bill https://t.co/laFcgFEEwj 
• Boston Nonprofit Sees Legal Services As Key To Curbing Veteran Homelessness #US https://t.co/hlqH94IlIc 
• Row over legal nature of Paris climate deal https://t.co/Ng7aagq8Ry 
• Dyson loses energy labelling laws change legal case that alleged rivals faking energy rating https://t.co/3xBCP7upsT 
• Karim Benzema’s lawyers to take legal action over leaked transcript #France https://t.co/3krj9V0Imb 
• Shake up of wildlife laws risks 'politicising' animal managment, rural groups war https://t.co/NOJX0GY8t1
• The Snooper’s Charter would devastate computer security research in the UK https://t.co/Lx1sAzR0wR 
• DLA Piper Launches Venture With UK Contract Lawyer Firm | The American Lawyer https://t.co/09VwT9ObKF 
• Iraqi patriarch protests over law compelling some Christian children to convert to Islam #IRAQ https://t.co/adyZj3Ec3O 
• UK to halt arms exports to Saudi if humanitarian laws broken https://t.co/mug3vfU6G1 
• Food Law Enforcement in UK: Official Statistics 2014/ 2015 and Database of Prosecutions https://t.co/bNMDUJNn6V 
• Apple Boss Cook Says He'll Resist UK Government Spy Law Plan https://t.co/7U0SZVhYsb 
• Sabbath showdown heads to Quebec human rights tribunal #Canada https://t.co/7p8W5Ie3EQ 
• Chronicling the Tribunals: The Central Administrative Tribunal #INDIA https://t.co/9WGZSScN95 
• Soldier faces tribunal for drug in #NewZealand https://t.co/MkeqtpU3rE https://t.co/LEB0UOCdSY 
• 1965 massacre tribunal website blocked in #INDONESIA https://t.co/yrvY76clXb 
• Veterinary college will fight Human Rights Tribunal decision against it on bias against South Asians #CANADA https://t.co/LLNpLDC6Q8 
• Waitangi Tribunal to hear claim on Maori prison rate #NewZealand Read more: https://t.co/j2VxYgiNwc https://t.co/MkZt3zCYsR 
• Trojan Horse tribunal: 'Cultural division' between school staff, witness claims https://t.co/24ifohd5Ts 
• US law firms grow at 3.6pc in 2015 https://t.co/AocTLnR6v8 
• LSB to probe whether competition has brought down cost of legal services | Legal Futures https://t.co/ZdJaxRWgwL 
• Suspension for barrister who appeared in court without practising | Legal Futures https://t.co/KvTQEOA0GR 
• ABS update: Parabis, Slater & Gordon, DAS Law and | Legal Futures https://t.co/GsxAhqr5uE
• Conveyancing solicitors acting for both sides must report crucial details to lenders, appeal judges | Legal Futures https://t.co/PPbNVgrT1P 
• Ashurst Glasgow support centre set to exceed 300 staff target | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/yEQUq5YEop 
• Former Lord President challenges Petitions Committee to declare confidence in Scots judges | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/2LWQ2FWrz8
• Woman found guilty of brandishing broken bottle in self defence wins reasonable excuse appeal | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/wFjonHSrrb
• Top lawyer among reference group to review police accountability | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/mztWVWV4xV 
• Lord Advocate attacks BBC over Glasgow bin lorry documentary | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/4TlGBoMt96 
• Man who assaulted police officer with a sword fails in ‘self-defence’ appeal | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/7clY1itpGJ 
• Scottish Arbitration Centre to speak at energy dispute resolution conference in Australia | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/qlvn41WuFj 
• Business minister hails insolvency profession’s contribution to economy | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/tNqQEDO3rZ 
• Scottish pupils to debate ‘harmful’ internet in national competition | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/AwDMgAgef7 
• Solicitor competes against Boris Johnson and Chris Boardman for cycling advocate award | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/DyVuGSUUBC 
• Network for LGBTI legal professionals in Scotland launches | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/XLqDwgo7fK 
• French magazine which revealed prince's illegitimate son wins article 10 case at Strasbourg | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/jVG4HDvPT8 
• 'I'm so happy': migrant woman free from fear after 461 days in sanctuary #US https://t.co/Yfu31NCCKh 
• #BRAZIL gives $66m initial fine to mine after dam burst kills seven people https://t.co/KITZ9guUq4 
• Reputed New York mobster, 80, acquitted in 1978 'Goodfellas' heist #US https://t.co/iftr37IlF8 
• #Mexico's Tlatelolco massacre of 1968 https://t.co/no3vKWFDX1
• It’s not just Russia: Britain helped create this corruption in sport https://t.co/tLeieB6Kvl 
• I told #NewZealand’s parliament about my sexual assault – it was difficult, but necessary https://t.co/j24PMaLrDW 
• Sexting is blighting children’s lives. Education needs to catch up https://t.co/TTIhkiqIqV 
• #French paper publishes Facebook 'hate speech' from Calais migrant articles https://t.co/nVp88RsG8S 
• Suspects held across Europe in alleged plot to kidnap Norwegian diplomats https://t.co/3tYCjsoCWa 
• George Osborne 'wants Treasury oversight of Trident' https://t.co/T2GM1DzBBT 
• EU referendum: Votes to be counted overnight https://t.co/lscy7h9iME 
• Beirut attacks: Suicide bombers kill dozens in Shia suburb #LEBANON https://t.co/T4ntHnKC0g 
• Departing MPs spent £13,700 on shredding and skip hire https://t.co/rXiFJ2oKrd 
• Sports Minister Crouch apologises for 'go without' remark about couch potato constituents https://t.co/96eefGACFo
• The links between the UK and India https://t.co/jAfkHWQzsy
• #Canada renews backing for Miss World contestant's human rights push in #China https://t.co/MW3vOuP78r 
• Peabody strikes deal with New York attorney general over climate risk filings #US https://t.co/MuFW5AOuKC 
• Indian PM Modi confronted by angry protesters in Downing Street https://t.co/7C7g1VVOkp
• Britain must respect the rights of refugees https://t.co/ZCEyMCUe4A 
• National sorority Alpha Phi refuses to back Republicans’ Safe Campus Act #US https://t.co/zG6MKvK3rK

13th November - Law News

1418th 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: Pro bono should complement legal aid rather than act as an alternative, reiterates LawWorks CEO. Demand for free legal advice has never been greater following cuts to legal aid, reduced funding for law centres, and the introduction of tribunal and court fees, according to a new report. Full story - Solicitors Journal

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Indian barrister reinstated 106 years after disbarment | Law Gazette https://t.co/MQhdDn6
• Electronic filing trial extended to cover Rolls Building | Law Gazette https://t.co/e6ReIsSta2 
• Hogan Lovells recruits Latham trio in Dubai | News | The Lawyer https://t.co/vXAJSEaBa2 
• Negligent global firm must pay extra £375k for contract error | Law Gazettehttps://t.co/mfL905vvcB 
• Ballymena: Six arrests in child rape investigation https://t.co/6YQSrakqxe 
• Donald Trump wants to deport every single illegal immigrant - could he? #UShttps://t.co/iqZNgW0jQ7 
• NHS v ministers: A case of deja vu? https://t.co/Qf7of7gStr 
• Woman who posed as man jailed for sex assaults https://t.co/gREjQDi482 
• Driver admits causing death of cyclist John Radford https://t.co/GPfqYHkKw0 
• HMRC reveals tax office shake-up https://t.co/i4kUWXAycn 
• Communist cult leader 'imprisoned daughter' https://t.co/eLwm1K3A3U
• Counter-terror operation sees four arrested in UK https://t.co/aylZ83RWYN 
• Krekar 'jihadist network' targeted in Europe terror raids https://t.co/qjBSODL9Ki 
• Telenor suspends GC as corruption probe into VimpelCom deepens | The Lawyerhttps://t.co/8HxU19vFte 
• Withers must pay £1.6m to ex-client in professional negligence claim, CoA rules | The Lawyerhttps://t.co/jHuF8RGmjR 
• Clifford Chance Libor documents covered by legal privilege, court rules | Law Gazettehttps://t.co/uvuO6bvSxG 
• Robots won’t replace lawyers says tech chief | Law Gazette https://t.co/9nrc3VEsGW 
• Courts strike another costs blow as charities reject fixed fees | Law Gazettehttps://t.co/QGmz8lugQ9 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! https://t.co/s2sHtgkf45 
• The fall of Kids Company https://t.co/jcIx5bwD1x
• Migrant crisis: #Swedish border checks introduced https://t.co/KFVN0oLYZY 
• Law Society of Ireland to make access to justice an election issue | Scottish Legal Newshttps://t.co/LUExkynoOL 

12th November - Law News

1417th 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 recommended a minimum salary for trainees, after a mandatory minimum was abolished last year by the Solicitors Regulation Authority. Chancery Lane today recommends that firms pay trainees a minimum salary of £20,276 in London and £18,183 outside the capital. This compares to the mandatory minimum of £18,590 and £16,650 scrapped by the SRA with effect from August 2014. Since then, employers have been required to pay only the national minimum wage, currently £6.70 an hour. Full story - The Law Society Gazette

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Law Society of Ireland to make access to justice an election issue | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/LUExkynoOL 
• CMS to take 22,000 sq ft in grade A Glasgow property | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/3iOPpBqhl9 
• Justice Secretary announces further funding for violence prevention programme | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/OgV0XDlvsh 
• Wealthy student at Scottish university has Maserati confiscated after being caught drink-driving twice https://t.co/8PHop1vvf7 
• McEwan Fraser Legal Solicitors & Estate Agents named best agency in Scotland | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/tyoAeM8NqJ 
• Balfour+Manson boosts employment team with solicitor appointment | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/CdHAuquGgm 
• Pro bono charity reports surge in volunteer lawyers | Law Gazette https://t.co/cXIUl8fe4C 
• Role models matter as profession struggles to embrace diversity | The Lawyer https://t.co/2mcMIWrUtp 
• Government tax clampdown threatens contract lawyer market | The Lawyer https://t.co/gl13KcqiMa 
• UBS granted permission to appeal "entirety" of KWL derivatives judgment | The Lawyer https://t.co/mCf4Iva6p2
• Alleged Racist Incident: Apple has apologised to six schoolboys asked to leave one of their shops in #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/XkMlh3FCsx 
• Migrant crisis: We need to 'smash' trafficking gangs - PM https://t.co/nHNhN2yOSD 
• #Russian president wants doping investigation https://t.co/ujsBxN1GOp
• Bloody Sunday: Former British soldier released on bail https://t.co/Nsk1RQFDd5
• Why I no longer hate TERFs (Trans exclusionary radical feminists) https://t.co/7q52XCGEMZ 
• #CHINA still uses medieval torture methods against opponents – Amnesty https://t.co/siZqLttmO1 
• Domestic violence victims 'put at risk' by erratic handling of cases https://t.co/CzVqWNeg1X 
• Elderly couple call 999 because they're lonely - so police go round for a cup of tea https://t.co/zCUbeIwcht
• Come Dine With Me contestant identified as serial thief after appearing on Channel 4 show https://t.co/AGaeIBm83R 
• Rape is still rape - even if the victim 'friends' her attacker and asks for a condom https://t.co/dK7tgTsIOb 
• Ex-Scotland Yard marksman who guarded the Queen jailed for mowing down seven-year-old girl https://t.co/qub2vb3pAg 
• Councillor who announced closure of public toilets fined for urinating in street https://t.co/VIKwbLMp2Y 
• Bloody Sunday: The arrest of an ex-Para may undermine a fragile peace? https://t.co/nWA3UEV7uA 
• Ex-butcher beheaded woman before hiding her head as souvenir, court hears https://t.co/8gVGCOf4vz 
• Buckinghamshire 'road-rage' death: Murder arrests after man, 69, dies following zebra crossing row https://t.co/rysub2TeCq 
• Woman who stuck by 'notorious womaniser' for 23 years left empty-handed as he leaves £500k estate to horse charities…https://t.co/iLvZWEbDjN 
• Were chances missed in Becky Watts police search? https://t.co/SNQbW2S6qA 
• Law firms face revenue slowdown | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/jnsc76I7BR 
• Dentons ties knot with Dacheng to create 6,600-lawyer firm | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/m1vgSND1Ly 
• Eversheds and Foley turn back on shared future | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/3EJD5tphGK 
• Half of Australian firms have under-developed marketing capabilities | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/BO8jnhuxDC 
• Bakers sees mergers as a route into Africa | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/3686CHZnHU 
• Court rules CC Libor documents for RBS legally privileged | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/NS6m6nK8U7 
• Ashurst in first Shari'ah compliant real estate financing in Aus | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/1SPPwM0ZGx 
• LawWorks report 55 per cent rise in demand for free legal advice | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/7DXnwbKmdH
• Shyamji Krishna Varma reinstated more than a century after disbarment | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/UcBfUWrN9B 
• Augusta Ventures funds ten professional negligence claims against solicitors | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/fmL7K6CtlI 
• Market competition causes law firms to rethink strategy | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/jD2MPA8zcW 
• Minimum trainee salary to improve diversity in solicitor profession | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/JVTZU3Z5GH 
• CILEx: Legal professional privilege under threat from draft ‘Snooper’s Charter’ | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/cy8X0XwPAZ
• Judges to deliberate on Carmichael case after court evidence ends https://t.co/L0ekzaiguY
• MP Oliver Colvile calls for hedgehog as UK symbol https://t.co/dfdXtVW4pl 
• Lifelong republican Jeremy Corbyn sworn in to Privy Council https://t.co/kAHUYJq2Jd 
• #INDONESIA is still afraid to look into the mirror and face its bloody past https://t.co/Ym2IFko0QX
• Legal battles to protect the environment 'easier to fight in China than the UK' https://t.co/FApeLDbK48 
• The entire rape reporting system is rigged to let predators go free https://t.co/sBBEj21Gua
• Jack Straw and senior spy could avoid torture prosecution https://t.co/cDkljfz74y 
• On his UK visit, Narendra Modi must be held accountable for his record on human rights in India | Letters https://t.co/HpWDrOllww 
• Hilary Benn: UN vetoes can prevent necessary interventions https://t.co/njh4zAvwat 
• Indian lawyer & freedom fighter disbarred from Inner Temple a century ago is reinstated https://t.co/GL45oqpIXk
• Radio reports say #Germany spied on FBI, UN bodies and French foreign minister https://t.co/Teo7QwJBJ1 
• #US banks attacked, manipulated and left (heart)bleeding https://t.co/KBJCfliSkY 
• Becky Watts stepbrother and his girlfriend guilty of killing https://t.co/0OfEDl6h2h 
• Republican debate: Winners and losers as party fractures #US https://t.co/nOAnNAUJpm 
• Briton Karl Andree jailed in Saudi Arabia back home https://t.co/frkoH266NM 
• Boris Johnson cancels West Bank events amid #Israeli boycott row https://t.co/4C0eQvWnSD 
• Migrant crisis: EU heads to offer Africa aid at Malta summit https://t.co/2dxq6APESZ 
• CMS picks up BP’s London M&A head in continued hiring spree | The Lawyer https://t.co/YSI6WZMdni
• Law Society sets recommended minimum trainee wage a year after SRA scrapped it | The Lawyer https://t.co/Ubm29Ff7e3 
• US firms win top roles on SABMiller divestment as AB InBev's £71bn deal moves forward | The Lawyer https://t.co/djZ5PiejR1 
• "Brave" DLA Piper teams up with LOD for flexible resourcing venture | The Lawyer https://t.co/khV6rP2Vrl 
• McKenzie friend poured ‘fuel on flames’ in Blackpool FC libel case | Law Gazette https://t.co/3bkEghYVAg 
• Barrister disbarred for forging degree certificate | Law Gazette https://t.co/FYevw2oKSR 
• MoJ to publish impact of reforms on civil legal aid | Law Gazette https://t.co/fv3EuAtLiZ 
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