20th December - Law News

1455th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & legal articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap
 

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Shkreli's lawyer hikes fees by 5,000 per cent | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/F8aqq71p3O 
• Herbert Smith Freehills tops new FTSE 100 client ranking | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/f2zhd0mWhp 
• Simmons states preference for specialist over generalist lawyers | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/mOcBWZwO7u 
• DLA and Norton Rose partnerships shrink in Australia | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/fIGdC1XTei 
• Utah creates new form of legal practitioner | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/epz6MswCBP 
• Litigation seen as the main boom area by US lawyers | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/EVQ3yYrlgQ 
• Volatility and battles for lateral hires forecast for law firms in 2016 | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/Sg1BQfWVLe 
• Do I need to chop off my pink tips to ace my TC interview? https://t.co/dGFWXbCFmR 
• Law students giving legal advice is becoming ever more a thing as BPP clinic gets official quality mark https://t.co/SEMU7GDTB6 
• Slaughter and May increase newly qualified solicitor bonuses to £6,300 https://t.co/BegelZObWY 
• Law Society chief says solicitor super-exam could benefit ‘wealthier’ students https://t.co/xw6FTSWcYN 
• The 12 types of law student who exist in modern Britain https://t.co/JqQR7TwWXQ 
• Law students prefer Lady Hale to Lord Denning and Amal Clooney https://t.co/OZErh6wuvp 
• Is Inbetweeners star secret author of land law textbook? https://t.co/GeBr6Npeya 
• Pupil barrister hit with £1,000 fine after plagiarising skeleton argument in moot competition https://t.co/qAXY2TRu6B 
• Criminal barristers are paid £2.40 an hour but I still see why people want to do their job https://t.co/4TTQaqSjCd 
• Top EU law academic tells parliament to stop being so selfish about human rights https://t.co/v27Xeay4sl 
• City Law School terminates agreement with pro bono scheme that makes students pay to plug the legal aid gap https://t.co/oCP0arAKbb 
• 11KBW ups pupillage award from £55,000 to £65,000 https://t.co/dj3Fw6fpHL
• Donald Trump loses on all of his points at the UK Supreme Court https://t.co/QfB5YmQ8bx 
• Nottingham Uni law student reveals that she is the child who shouted nativity songs in viral YouTube hit https://t.co/i5PBkQSGkv
• Jailed: Hull Uni law student who claimed indecent images of children were for LLM research https://t.co/2XSFMXhWHk 
• Court of Appeal refers ‘UK’s top barrister’ to regulator over his incredible website https://t.co/pv5twjpanE
• ‘Stop and search’ survives human rights challenge following row on a London bus https://t.co/ZunoS2XxCE 
• Lord Chancellor’s wife backs separate bedrooms because ‘over-familiarity is the enemy of intimacy’ https://t.co/HbVzNUrHZz 
• How to nail a vac scheme application form https://t.co/kSU3AFUEi6 
• Law student-led Oxford University a cappella group goes viral with classic Xmas cover https://t.co/EuQLHSwAEK 
• Someone has created a spoof LinkedIn account for the ‘UK’s top barrister’ https://t.co/aLhHkClkS8 
• Chelsea employ clever legal tactics in Eva Carneiro constructive dismissal case https://t.co/1Mkavw559M 
• Lazy, drunken, promiscuous, rude ... why the UK loves to hate young white men https://t.co/RfftyGecWh 
• Netflix paid no corporation tax despite 4.5m UK subscribers, report claims https://t.co/5ZBHueamRJ 
• ‘Stoner sloth’ anti-drug campaign gets reality check as medical experts walk away https://t.co/Tq6qJOd9Zg 
• Danish MEP quits ruling party over plan to seize refugees' valuables #DENMARK https://t.co/IV6ELuY2qQ 
• Shoot-to-kill: firearms officers 'should not have right to silence' https://t.co/WsZTNRYaW2 
• Hacked Off criticises ex-Sun political editor's Ipso board role https://t.co/ejUzRW6QfG 
• Most Tory MPs leaning towards Brexit, says party’s leave group chair https://t.co/JEvKJp8DAe 
• Prejudice against migrants speaks 311 different languages https://t.co/ncZmAnkh0y 
• Sports Direct boss Mike Ashley braced for another week in the headlines https://t.co/Zpb9cThjr9 
• The Tories are unstitching the tapestry of our democracy | Andrew Rawnsley https://t.co/zJU5Phvll5 
• Why did Alex Salmond take so long to turn on Donald Trump? | Anthony Baxter https://t.co/yKjRLGZHLW 
• Jon Ronson: How the online hate mob set its sights on me https://t.co/3ghmfarVWe 
• Life after coal: how one Easington Colliery family survived the closure of their mine https://t.co/l5rhjC659N 
• German church celebrates Star Wars with sci-fi Sunday service https://t.co/6Bm64fcVa8 
• UK military could allow women in frontline by end of 2016 https://t.co/1jU0mvFImf 
• Ed Miliband looks to build ‘high-ambition coalition’ to persuade government to change tack on environment https://t.co/jZ45o6d9m5 
• Sports Direct boss Mike Ashley faces Findel board defeat https://t.co/DAxGezd4Q2 
• Jeremy Corbyn denounces 'jingoistic cheering' at Hilary Benn's Syria bombing speech https://t.co/gQ9o5nBTap 
• Home Office interpreters threaten boycott over pay cut https://t.co/kJWnLGI3Wz 
• Fake bomb forces Air France flight to make Kenya emergency landing https://t.co/6ggjv6Rpsy 
• Greville Janner is gone, but questions over abuse and the law remain https://t.co/7UZyA4RHfb 
• Qatari sheikh accused of running hotel while claiming diplomatic immunity https://t.co/Y3lI6f0nyl 
• Lord Janner child sex abuse claims ‘cannot go to court’ https://t.co/4UPYizn3p8 
• Protecting stalking victims | New Law Journal: https://t.co/TeLZ9vkNjb
• The Supreme Court refuse permission to appeal the ground-breaking divorce case of Prest v Prest [2015] EWCA Civ 714 https://t.co/uYZGTSqSdx 
• No to divorce fees hike | New Law Journal: https://t.co/6Fa0BH6faN
• How the public view the legal system | New Law Journal: https://t.co/zZWRfFeZcr 
• Apprenticeship levy may cause job losses, CBI boss Carolyn Fairbairn warns https://t.co/w5fBMyecr1 
• Jeremy Corbyn tells Blairites and so called champagne socialists who criticise him: I'll lead Labour in 2020 https://t.co/HAI8pxZOp5 
• Delhi juvenile gang rapist freed amid protests #INDIA https://t.co/bP3wfbX7pC
• Review of police gun use ordered by David Cameron https://t.co/paKtFMrD16 
• Drivers using mobiles could face bigger fines, more points https://t.co/Y0TXf36lKq 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! https://t.co/IPdkTImMO6
• Web sales 'fuel stress drug addiction' https://t.co/eOIz1tL3z2
• #Swiss probe Muslim group member over Syria videos https://t.co/NjPKjxAHnj 
• Felixstowe pensioner locked in public toilet for four days, knits scarf https://t.co/Pydcb8badq 
• Doubts About #SaudiArabia's Antiterrorism Coalition https://t.co/LxJJpj31n6 
• Canada, Russia and China are playing a dangerous game on the bottom of the oceans https://t.co/T5XuYJglYj 
• Horror Stories From New York State Prisons https://t.co/nnJnjraT7b 
• #BRAZIL For a Shakespeare Anniversary, an Online Re-Creation of a 1796 Show https://t.co/Ff6VcIbWK2 
• For a Shakespeare Anniversary, an Online Re-Creation of a 1796 Show https://t.co/0Nm9iBEWqU 
• Facebook and Uber Follow Asian Rivals in Plan to Enhance Messenger App https://t.co/7THC9Pv4J6 
• Volkswagen Loans Investigated by E.U. Anti-Fraud Office https://t.co/zd3uMUKxlL 
• Mass Layoffs in #CHINA's Coal Country Threaten Unrest https://t.co/jkZVHRtgxt
• #BELGIUM Says Law Limiting Raids May Have Allowed Suspect in Paris Attacks to Escape https://t.co/KQpqG1l3oq 
• What #Israel Tells Us About Affirmative Action and Race: Selecting students just on class won't provide diversity https://t.co/xA3Anb0EaO 
• A Bad Call on the Bergdahl Court-Martial #US https://t.co/iahKQB5IP6
• Prison Diversion Programs in New York Face New Scrutiny After Police Officer's Killing #US https://t.co/7DcBMAZWGk 
• Europe Approves Tough New Data Protection Rules https://t.co/2g8ny6eSpy 
• Ex-Washington Mayor Vincent C. Gray Avoids Charges, but Bitterness Lingers #US https://t.co/537RJntbuI
• Supreme Court Upholds Arbitration in DirectTV Case #US https://t.co/DP1iAgaamC 
• Young Muslim Americans Are Feeling the Strain of Suspicion https://t.co/a5Kv9ootqc 
• Bowe Bergdahl to Face Court-Martial on Desertion Charges #US https://t.co/tQfjsloo7o 
• Lord Janner, the former peer ruled unfit to stand trial over allegations dies https://t.co/TfnofcF0gC 
• #Bangladeshi lawyer takes aim at sexual violence by religious edict https://t.co/Wr7oiUrm1k
• My father sexually abused me – but he betrayed my mother too https://t.co/oGmHdJfn5y 
• A city held hostage: how the LA bomb threat exposed our urban vulnerability https://t.co/50VWsAm1tu
• Only 18 FGM protection orders issued to protect UK girls since launch https://t.co/4hB2l3d02G

19th December - Law News

1454th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & legal articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap
 

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Is #SaudiArabia to blame for Islamic State? https://t.co/JWWlgvQlqX 
• Migrant crisis: Is #Germany far right rise echo of the past? https://t.co/YJk9yYI5Ft 
• Civil partnerships: Ten years on https://t.co/YKwiTq2cj1 
• Migrant crisis: EU border security becomes new mantra https://t.co/XiDgsT0XOn 
• #China accuses US of B-52 'provocation' over Spratly Islands https://t.co/PUYwYazKlK
• TheLawMap Wig is out! https://t.co/E5Ul1e3Ckz
• #RWANDA vote 'allows Kagame to extend term in office' https://t.co/PLYTn6AmY3 
• Stone Temple Pilots frontman Scott Weiland died from toxic mix of drugs including cocaine, alcohol and ecstasy #US https://t.co/992DD15O4x 
• Plans for PCCs to oversee fire services 'dangerous' https://t.co/j5vdB609d7 
• Liam Gallagher and Nicole Appleton run up £800,000 legal bill in divorce case https://t.co/ZI5fpwACKd 
• #SriLanka investigates attempt to fix international cricket match https://t.co/ONEwO5RW0v 
• #Syria war: UN Security Council unanimously backs peace plan https://t.co/E09360msiX 
• Why Taliban special forces are fighting Islamic State https://t.co/aiwpfxwdJ8
• John McDonnell promises no Labour MP will be deselected https://t.co/gdVdTLXlVE 
• Migrant crisis: EU needs 'massive' resettlement programme https://t.co/8RN0r8dCrH
• Government to pay disabled workers 70% of back wages as class action ends #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/d5SxKOztX3 
• Tom Watson urges David Cameron to drop 'sinister' FoI review https://t.co/EzCklRJNTn 
• Katie Hopkins’ TV chatshow axed: channel chooses not to commission second series as just 69,000 viewers tune https://t.co/T78jNpPuiA 
• Gove says sorry for MoJ divorce settlement software error https://t.co/AMRzn4iCnK
• Driverless car rules perplexing, says Google #US https://t.co/9lnt2N1AMw 
• 'Mad Friday': Christmas revellers given alcohol warning https://t.co/lB1JDK1xaQ 
• #FRANCE passes bill banning 'excessively thin' models https://t.co/Z7qQwRNOuW 
• Police have released a video telling people to "run, hide, tell" if they are caught up in a terrorist gun attack https://t.co/NtPijwGH2j
• Uganda hosts record 500,000 refugees and asylum-seekers https://t.co/F2y7AWuJxi

18th December - Law News

1453rd 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: Solicitors should abandon the concept of “perfection” and concentrate instead on improving their performance, a City training chief has said. Viola Joseph, solicitor and legal learning leader at Hogan Lovells, said the firm was one of the first big practices to opt into the new CPD regime introduced by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) in April this year. Full story - Legal Futures

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Simmons sees “solid” 1 per cent half-year growth | The Lawyer https://t.co/v6UNXip1tS 
• Jones Day promotes 47 worldwide with two made up in London https://t.co/DzqjW3WezX 
• Essar Global Fund’s general counsel steps down | The Lawyer https://t.co/sUmMWQSoCk 
• Slater & Gordon warns of lower than expected profits | The Lawyer https://t.co/fGhqBai8oi 
• Allen & Overy women, you disappoint us | The Lawyer https://t.co/kWekkxUjf2 
• Herbert Smith Freehills overtakes Slaughters to top new FTSE 100 client rankings | The Lawyer https://t.co/aV7iHebDPt 
• Herbert Smith Freehills overtakes Slaughters to top new FTSE 100 client rankings | The Lawyer https://t.co/04V1WzJfny 
• Give prisoners a Christmas party this year | Law Gazette https://t.co/2kI6qUQ7T2 
• Official statistics show ‘no economic case for fee cut’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/132q7oSsXW 
• Bogus barrister disbarred | Law Gazette https://t.co/PLSNGWnlRM
• Five new members to join SRA board | Law Gazette https://t.co/6czc2rqWw7
• Half of legal staff plan to move jobs, survey shows | Law Gazette https://t.co/47M7FZRpV3 
• Mirror’s appeal against phone-hacking awards dismissed | Law Gazette https://t.co/0qg71wWI97 
• New guidance on immigration offences | Law Gazette https://t.co/3DYN9t2SBp 
• Crime work ‘unaffordable’ for young barristers, warns bar | Law Gazette https://t.co/h4Un3nD2Ne 
• Steep rise in court fees confirmed | Law Gazette https://t.co/IEhHZ8U37Z 
• CoA warns judges against ‘unlawful’ waiving of courts charge | Law Gazette https://t.co/4JKzqtDqXA
• Lawyers make freedom of expression heroes list | Law Gazette https://t.co/wNB926GLvs 
• Only 4% of criminal courts charge paid within a month | Law Gazette https://t.co/AbJvWhJHit
• 'Check settlements', couples told after divorce form error https://t.co/bja2ky0sde
• Npower to pay £26m over billing and complaint failures https://t.co/EAu6or8rNG 
• Mike Ashley's Sports Direct to review worker rights after much bad publicity https://t.co/BCzAhoR4nA 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! https://t.co/e9BWcPw1YY
• Earnings of criminal legal aid barristers fall 8% in two years | Legal Futures https://t.co/McIWl4c0cb 
• Law Society “must be held to account” over collapse of Veyo | Legal Futures https://t.co/RsSItCNMnl 
• PI firm blames Autumn Statement as it suspends construction of “iconic” £8m building | Legal Futures https://t.co/WQO8ADvfwU
• Family of teenage Saudi protester sentenced to death appeal for his life #SAUDIARABIA https://t.co/EBvU8LgRgK 
• Bloody Sunday: former paras win battle against questioning in Northern Ireland https://t.co/QUcJ9IwZEp 
• UK marriage law is out of step with the times | Joshua Rozenberg https://t.co/NFig17WxFS
• Sexual violence won’t end until states plug ‘gaping’ legal hole, says expert https://t.co/cXFKLvG6re 
• Phone-hacking victims ask CPS to review decision to take no further action https://t.co/ZgtbaF46mB
• Slater & Gordon shares fall after law firm pulls earnings guidance https://t.co/EoMGEZK1V4
• Prison segregation units are a breeding ground for mental health problems https://t.co/2Hs6nKOiQI 
• UK Supreme court affirms random stop-and-search https://t.co/0xWVdF5qvB 
• Crime still doesn’t pay at the Bar | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/ES2fvjue6R 
• Half a billion pound payday for rogue directors as MoJ ends insolvency exemption | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/4h8tcPaJW2 
• Bold Legal Group CEO demands investigation into Law Society’s management of Veyo | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/yiPpcuHE90 
• Seven-year rule for qualifying law degrees scrapped by LSB | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/z9OVkZeL7e
• Breaches of new EU reforms will see global businesses fined millions | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/PX5hHRFslC 
• CPS miss target as anti-drone protesters avoid prosecution | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/DhbRkv7puH 
• Computers beat humans in this court function | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/Jzshz3O4WB 
• Brazil suspends WhatsApp in legal dispute | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/4un1f60Sw9 
• Debevoise partner pulls man to safety from train rails | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/eIKahloEvk 
• High activity predicted for M&A legal sector next year | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/P7JcbGlzrp 
• DWF and Pinsents announce German moves | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/x5mYRqBmte 
• Legal sector creates flexible career pattern through contract lawyer units | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/5MX0wz5rhW 
• US merger levels to continue during 2016 as firms chase new markets | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/qghrUM5U1J 
• Former monk facing extradition over child abuse https://t.co/t8uwYisQOT 
• Crash for cash: Five more guilty over insurance scam https://t.co/Ya7CYTGqlQ 
• Man guilty of killing unborn baby by kicking mum's stomach https://t.co/I2kJB85eaj 
• Scrap FoI Act review, says Labour's Tom Watson https://t.co/6bkLsblwwt 
• Jail 'legal highs' using up local ambulances says watchdog https://t.co/nWVTNsrRWk
• Immigration cap having counter-productive effect, MPs say https://t.co/U8IaimJ5Cf 
• Islamic State: UN resolution aims to curb funding https://t.co/2FSKYmti2B 
• Divorce form error 'could have led to unfair settlements' https://t.co/S58y337I9e 
• Crash for cash: Five more guilty over insurance scam https://t.co/Ya7CYTGqlQ 
• UK frackers get more licences to explore https://t.co/CuBrerOIlv 
• Phone hacking: Mirror Group loses appeal over damages https://t.co/ujTPydZebw 
• Pharma boss Martin Shkreli arrested on fraud charges https://t.co/2QmAlXi6OT 
• Fifa scandal: Large cash sums frozen by #Switzerland https://t.co/GH5CjHXr38 
• IMF chief Lagarde 'to stand trial in France' https://t.co/a3s47ADhKT 
• Peaceful protest has to be peaceful | Law Gazette https://t.co/U97uGgu5DK 
• LCJ refers silk to regulator over ‘ill-judged’ humour | Law Gazette https://t.co/9JDpHZeGY2 
• ‘£500m payday for dodgy directors’ as insolvency brought within LASPO | Law Gazette https://t.co/GAuNxxF2nd 
• Only 4% of criminal courts charges paid within a month | Law Gazette https://t.co/azMEBsEJDp 
• Marriage law ‘confusing and inconsistent’, says law body | Law Gazette https://t.co/N6AL7H4k7N 
• Slater and Gordon shares slump again on profit warning | Law Gazette https://t.co/rC3wByQZ2f 
• Bloody Sunday: Ex-paratroopers win legal bid against transfer to Northern Ireland https://t.co/4cHOWp6nnq 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! https://t.co/4pROUqWnMK

17th December - Law News

1452nd 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: Challenges to the government’s tender process for criminal legal aid contracts took an unexpected twist this morning, with the lord chancellor and unsuccessful bidders uniting on how the litigation should be managed. The lord chancellor is fighting a two-pronged attack over new legal aid contracts – a judicial review sought by the Fair Crime Contracts Alliance and 115 individual procurement law challenges sought in accordance with part 7 of the Civil Procedure Rules. Full story - The Law Society Gazette

Saturday Conversations on Law

• #Spanish PM Mariano Rajoy punched during campaign appearance https://t.co/LjdmppGFhM 
• Bank robber suspect spotted during live TV report in Minnesota https://t.co/Mh6MxE4dNY 
• Saudi millionaire cleared of raping teenager after claiming he accidentally fell on top of her https://t.co/eDXAw24USn
• McDonald's customers step over disabled man as he chokes to death https://t.co/dILAuiNFSV 
• Freedom of Information Act is a force for good https://t.co/xpUjfzJ2Py 
• Immigration officers to check social media of applicants to root out fanatics https://t.co/WBFbe66LPA 
• Paedophile Stuart Hall home for Christmas after serving half his sentences https://t.co/tnOIduldvd 
• British marriage laws are 'hopelessly out of date,' government told https://t.co/IuxvITRNlD 
• Thursday's 1st Edition LawNewsIndex: 17th December https://t.co/Qt3rcnupHM #law #lawyer #legal #justice #lawfirm https://t.co/09NVTSJp6x 
• LeO to get new performance plan next year as it falls even further behind on targets | Legal Futures https://t.co/w1PMJASKzO 
• Solicitors should forget about “perfection”, City training chief says | Legal Futures https://t.co/jy19TZhUo5 
• More bad news from Slater & Gordon, with UK problems set to hit profits | Legal Futures https://t.co/2m1B9jkXiw 
• Sonae firm sunk by referral fee ban and group litigation failure | Law Gazette https://t.co/mKIIft1rLI
• Is your office fit-out for purpose? | The Lawyer https://t.co/D0hqA8d4wJ 
• Fladgate boosts AIM team as it revisits Fasken for more partner hires | The Lawyer https://t.co/xYXlrFfn6y 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Foot Anstey reports 17 per cent half-year growth | The Lawyer https://t.co/vmsUEvaxjk 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Clyde & Co swoops on 30-lawyer insurance team in Sydney | The Lawyer https://t.co/6IAN1hHbF3 
• VW to face legal action in China and India | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/q0OnEfulgX 
• Putin signs law allowing Russia to ignore ECHR rulings | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/RCqNbU62is
• Law firms play major role in creating most expensive streets in US | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/YIyNqJe7VP 
• Fox Rothschild to grow 10pc with Minneapolis merger | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/14J1QrxB7i
• Litigation giants clash as Dershowitz and Boies exchange blows | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/kYJIPnz21D
• Listed law firm sees 11pc hike in revenue | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/3WQ3xYdQID 
• New evidence supports claims about Syrian state detention deaths https://t.co/SLXxFNjzG7 
• Rules governing worker protection in the gig economy look set to change in 2016 https://t.co/CBObuO1uWO
• Jailed MI6 informant blocked from taking case to court of human rights https://t.co/F1Vd1ItoP0 
• Wife of marine jailed for killing Taliban fighter optimistic of appeal https://t.co/kuXvLfVd8x 
• Why the stigma of suicide hurts so much https://t.co/RUCXzMpsMl 
• Anti-Isis proposals floated at Republican debate would likely be war crimes https://t.co/7fVemDS8S3 
• Gender pay gap can be reduced by sharing the caring https://t.co/DTvwiSwLi7 
• Eating people is wrong, but is it against the law? https://t.co/GILMq8UiB3 
• Prominent barrister condemned over ‘ill-judged’ and ‘patronising’ behaviour https://t.co/jN7DseZYgY 
• Prison warned to beware of older offenders grooming younger inmates https://t.co/ryzP5dnRhT
• Librarians take legal battle against library closures to government https://t.co/nnbiOY8N8r 
• Prince William also receives confidential cabinet papers https://t.co/XHCOqMaSwb 
• Rye Hill Prison 'must do more to stop grooming' by inmates https://t.co/lIhzRoQyma 
• Women take record number of university places https://t.co/xC4Fo9Zza2
• Lords veto powers 'to be curtailed' https://t.co/OeAmOuTIUn 
• Wood Green police shooting: Firearms officer suspended https://t.co/m93tVarTbi 
• Facewatch 'thief recognition' CCTV on trial in UK stores https://t.co/rJlCytsAMn 
• Qatari hunters abducted in #Iraq desert by gunmen https://t.co/CQKryHDhdp
• Manchester Nando's salad contained decomposed frog https://t.co/F045USeFKt
• The stories behind three different murders https://t.co/PBQi93F10A
• Stuart Hall released from prison halfway through sentence https://t.co/yfbOkg5a2Y 
• San Bernardino attackers 'did not post about jihad on social media' #US https://t.co/S8HHb8YsBq 
• EU referendum: Major warns against 'flirting' with EU exit https://t.co/kYPeFHi95S
• Fracking under national parks backed by MPs https://t.co/cNbuaillJx

16th December - Law News

1451st 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’s more than one way to run a prison. For the first time in four years, I’ve been allowed back into jail. Thameside is privately run but could teach the state sector a lesson or two. Full story - Guardian Law

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Costa del Scammed: High Court allows British homebuyers to sue foreign lawyers | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/Mc4cAmfZFf 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Clifford Chance unveils $100,000 associate bonuses in the US | The Lawyer https://t.co/mWxlJZnA2y 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Pinsents bolts on four-partner Munich boutique | The Lawyer https://t.co/lEqYaoxNNd
• LAW FIRM NEWS: DWF enters Germany through boutique merger | The Lawyer https://t.co/DZmvem5THe 
• Balfour & Manson thwarted on Donald Trump wind farm dispute | The Lawyer https://t.co/S5FMOvJMiN 
• Rebranding your law firm | Law Gazette https://t.co/QjqNLoGfhJ 
• Jurisdiction tug-of-war over criminal legal aid challenges | Law Gazette https://t.co/Pn7mrtYxxB 
• DWF leads pre-Christmas merger rush with German deal | Law Gazette https://t.co/rZxJwcpOXG 
• Ombudsman misses performance targets - again | Law Gazette https://t.co/PqxnOBEoEb 
• ‘Naïve’ solicitor suspended over unauthorised ABS | Law Gazette https://t.co/JoRs53RLFm
• Deal struck on ‘paradigm change’ in data protection | Law Gazette https://t.co/gPrmhaIfpC 
• Supreme Court rejects second shot at relief from sanctions | Law Gazette https://t.co/7pNfwk8TII 
• DPP under fire at justice committee | Law Gazette https://t.co/AajvbcG5Hs 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! https://t.co/nKFXy4TEaR
• Reform of Judiciary in #BULGARIA Is Impossible. Will History Forgive EU? https://t.co/nTKZF3BLLX 
• Thai legal expert weighs benefits of judiciary handling political crises #THAILAND https://t.co/R5DwlfKTtb 
• #KUWAIT's royal family member sentences over insulting judiciary https://t.co/qjQbWaeW8R 
• Chief Justice Tasks Lawyers On Corruption in Judiciary #NIGERIA https://t.co/Y3ZpACLgTu 
• President Uhuru turns heat on Judiciary over delayed graft cases #KENYA https://t.co/vMmwgRXtxd 
• Legal expert weighs benefits of judiciary handling political crises #THAILAND https://t.co/4rWEsWwiR2 
• Chennai Super Kings Plea Challenging Justice Lodha Panel Order Reserved by High Court #INDIA https://t.co/vhkXnOUptA 
• Why justice has been the loser in the whole sorry phone-hacking saga https://t.co/EG6alORNpu 
• Justice for Josh Morgan: Anger at sentencing grows as thousands call for justice https://t.co/DisH983RDx 
• Florida’s First Black Chief Justice Leander Shaw Dies At 85 #US https://t.co/daIAFMuWlE 
• Justice Ginsburg’s Ominous Warning About Creeping Corporate Power https://t.co/sH2KhoSG4E 
• OFT pledges to crack down hard on illegal money lenders https://t.co/FVBP2kppoj
• Online toy gun retailers agree to pay fines for illegal New York sales #US https://t.co/HU0itfki8P
• Over £6,000 of illegal tobacco siezed from Gloucester home in Trading Standards raid https://t.co/DaaQiKj9ZG 
• Orissa HC Bar supports lawyers' protest against abolition of Tribunal #INDIA https://t.co/FRiFH3JrRg 
• Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia orders retrial of Serbian secret police officials #BALKANS https://t.co/cObsbpf9jS 
• Polish politicians speak out on in defence of Constitutional Tribunal #POLAND https://t.co/ruAjdxS1hF 
• Abia North: How tribunal denied Kalu victory #NIGERIA https://t.co/6ArSGH3qRa 
• Supreme Court takes exception to states not notifying 3-member Tribunal #INDIA https://t.co/xgXVIbCiIR
• Liverpool lawyer James Parry wins five-year battle to clear name over unlawful arrest https://t.co/RUUgOuSmkQ 
• Charity in Ticknall benefits from generous solicitors' donation https://t.co/4XJk9BqX0i 
• Dublin Solicitor has lip burst after she pursued man who took her phone, court hears #IRELAND https://t.co/kQPBsqumRs 
• Robert Richter QC makes case for safe injecting room in Melbourne #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/MzAbCPDQWw 
• Two aides of Barrister Shakila released on bail #BANGLADESH https://t.co/fyUjIGXTtd 
• Former barrister Sara Hinchey named next Victoria State Coroner #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/l4UK2kmYy4 
• Former barrister John O’Donnell jailed for assaulting garda over order #IRELAND https://t.co/HAdjFAPGVR
• Drone owners in #US required by law to register unmanned flying aircraft or face jail https://t.co/jR2wg8PtJN 
• UK embassy uses song to raise awareness on #UAE laws https://t.co/T1EHHyHmj0 
• Seattle passes law letting Uber, Lyft drivers unionize #US https://t.co/1TSyg1rdiu 
• Furniture designers expose ‘out of touch’ copyright system in UK fight https://t.co/FqcgVazN0I
• Putin signs law allowing #RUSSIA to overturn rulings of international rights courts https://t.co/MtDg79uAbJ 
• 2.4 tonnes of cocaine seized by UK and French law enforcement agencies https://t.co/o0tB5Fk1vo
• UK government warns Sports Direct it will act if wage laws flouted https://t.co/gGXWkIdyEs
• ITV announces first in-house legal apprenticeship https://t.co/M76BPASPue 
• Norton Rose Fulbright considers the legal status of smart contracts https://t.co/TKZipejclD 
• Welsh Streets could be refurbished as council ends legal challenge against government decision https://t.co/2TfKX7rGmf 
• Investors press ahead with Quindell legal action https://t.co/9MZ2P9NuCn 
• Police forces let down vulnerable victims, says watchdog https://t.co/p06iOBTIwh 
• Farmer convicted of dangerous driving despite not being in tractor https://t.co/nA8n6TWBnZ 
• Millions of children's data hacked after 'biggest ever cyber attack' on toy firm https://t.co/smF89I2oA0 
• Estranged wife's horror as jealous ex turns up and launches frenzied attack on businessman guest https://t.co/J1vxYQ6oN3 
• DPP faces criticism from MPs for failing to see the "shambles" at magistrates courts https://t.co/0YgBHtGowB 
• Gangs use stun guns 100 times more powerful than Tasers https://t.co/elSeh19aT0 
• Met Police chief under fire over lack of body cameras in fatal shooting incident https://t.co/L3AD93oea9 
• Woman tricked into having sex with transexual tells how she was manipulated https://t.co/x0FmQsAgSE 
• London Boroughs appoint 19 chambers in £25m panel review | The Lawyer https://t.co/sZEzsUUzZ8 
• RBS turns to Simmons & Simmons on £800m rate-rigging claim | The Lawyer https://t.co/EzVReFjscn 
• Tata Chemicals Europe names DWF and Eversheds on inaugural panel | The Lawyer https://t.co/lO2R0e8Ssk 
• Call for tougher laws to stop imitation firearms being 'reactivated' https://t.co/EsKANRftsr 
• Number of British trafficking victims more than doubles https://t.co/xF7FUV1L14 
• BSB metes out hefty punishment to pupil who copied skeleton for moot | Legal Futures https://t.co/8uNZnw8Q3v 
• Christmas Day party game for law firm owners | Legal Futures https://t.co/JhpE088EEZ 
• SRA closes law firm with suspected dishonesty plus a bankruptcy in the mix | Legal Futures https://t.co/LowLaO4APA
• Legal Services Board mulls extending reach into unregulated market | Legal Futures https://t.co/H0Dh08UzwH 
• Sepp Blatter: Fifa ethics committee like 'the Inquisition' https://t.co/VLJtbGjVho 
• Prince Charles gets copies of confidential cabinet papers https://t.co/cRdrbGvOth 
• Strange case of Fosun chairman highlights murkiness of China's legal system | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/wZLs7boRMH 
• Clyde puts on 8pc turnover in H1 financial results | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/ACHiQjyBTI 
• Addleshaw comes to settlement over £12.6m Berezovsky bill | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/YRNqKDy4jn 
• eDiscovery world shrinks as Consilio acquires Huron Legal | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/5GIwzMDz0G 
• FTSE 100 in-house legal teams top 10,000 lawyers | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/HMhGldLtZv 
• Legal recruitment markets go into boom in European hotspots | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/JIXmpzgZY6
• Demand for legal services grows in Uganda | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/0P1KQUhYbQ 
• Almost 25,000 women travelled from Ireland to Britain for abortions in last five years https://t.co/rFXhqgu4AG 
• Two #Serbian officials detained pending war crimes retrial https://t.co/RVoJMXnUkp 
• Telecoms companies raise questions over cost and feasibility of ‘snooper’s charter’ https://t.co/yxIKHv7eOI
• Confusion where a person’s colour is concerned https://t.co/UDIlmnWUKL
• Gender pay gap doubles for women over 40 in management, says study https://t.co/uUiHv2gSWi 
• Public accounts chief calls for HMRC investigation into Mike Ashley's Sports Direct https://t.co/bgsGxd1lyD

15th December - Law News

1450th 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 number of lawyers working in FTSE 100 companies is now over 10,000, according to exclusive research from The Lawyer’s new data platform, The Lawyer Market Intelligence (LMI). Full story - The Lawyer

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Law firms to bolster profits through outsourcing | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/MHMbr5k7F0
• Pro bono solicitor helps transgender youngsters avoid ‘violent humiliation’ | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/bPzwwNEUfK 
• Ashley Madison hack victims receive blackmail letters https://t.co/Ss40pjciJ5 
• Facebook, Google and Twitter agree German hate speech deal https://t.co/wpWzitfvMw 
• Man held in UK in VTech hacking probe https://t.co/CDAQa2KVEf 
• Is Europe going to restrict teens from using Facebook? https://t.co/QGoBxffntN
• Paris attacks: #French police arrest suspect https://t.co/uIhFLuPuev
• #Russian cruise missile hits flats in Arctic accident https://t.co/kwWQ9Pv5v5 
• National Front leader Le Pen acquitted of inciting hatred #FRANCE https://t.co/cgTDRJOQqN 
• Man jailed for shooting wife's 'revenge porn' lover https://t.co/d0GEQRnLxW 
• Love rival who drove car into cyclist jailed for life https://t.co/1B14iYFbge 
• Los Angeles schools shut over email threat to students #US https://t.co/x5oJjG7iRl 
• Tim Peake arrives at International Space Station https://t.co/uTxJPHMBuL 
• Blog: UK withdrawal from ECHR would send out 'entirely wrong' signal | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/8eoFxCHjzO 
• timely advice on giving gifts for Christmas… without falling foul of the inheritance tax rules | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/gxLFBhUqrC 
• Inner House rules in favour of landlord’s right to calculate dilapidations claim in line with lease https://t.co/HUDN6eVd0R 
• Strathclyde Law Professor wins top book prize | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/S339irFjBi 
• Holyrood committee says 'cultural shift' needed to improve welfare system | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/DUUfZdK1te 
• Dean of Faculty welcomes Crown's non-penalisation of refugees policy | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/2BalidHPGH 
• Faculty 'privileged' to play part in human rights event | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/R20GaP2gF8 
• Sturgeon hopeful of 'Valentine's Day deal' with Cameron over tax powers | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/PfBuBtietP 
• Pinsent Masons lands on £400m Aberdeen Harbour Project | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/EUrYi7s9jv
• There’s more than one way to run a prison https://t.co/Cl70vqF5G7 
• If we truly valued caring, we would fix the gender pay gap https://t.co/nNAgKLwxUt 
• Signature replaces Travers Smith on Fried Frank negligence claim | The Lawyer https://t.co/5GgocXKyxa 
• Gateley's revenue grows 10 per cent in first listed half year | The Lawyer https://t.co/ZJQyrzn8eF 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Eight partners to contest A&O leadership in 2016 elections | The Lawyer https://t.co/Xfq3kS30vn 
• Investors issue letter of claim over Quindell accounts | Law Gazette https://t.co/YDOqHoh4BV
• Addleshaw settles Berezovsky fee dispute | Law Gazette https://t.co/Oj1eFPzeoJ 
• LCJ refers ‘incompetent’ criminal solicitors to SRA | News | Law Gazette https://t.co/wSc9qfNXLZ 
• Listed Gateley ‘overachieving’ as public company | Law Gazette https://t.co/2Xm6DbndBF 
• LASPO insolvency exemption nets taxman £115m a year – research | Law Gazette https://t.co/EQ5fGvmtSW
• TheLawMap Wig is out! https://t.co/rgFTHwvq3p
• Migrant crisis: EU to launch new border force plan https://t.co/2LyKIJ7WuA 
• Bosman ruling: 20 years on since ex-Standard Liege player's victory to transform #footballer contracts https://t.co/3WCGWpGex6 
• #Chinese Navy warns as BBC flies near illegally created islands by #CHINA https://t.co/gnygpVOj6R 
• Public asked to help find lost artworks https://t.co/dbYTOXI9FL
• BSB reveals low expectations of ABS take-up | Legal Futures https://t.co/Egr2ngSesW 
• SDT unhappy with SRA again after finding that “misguided” partner did not act dishonestly over indemnity insurance: https://t.co/pMzIvNpcYR 
• Silver linings to resources clouds | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/y4s7i77nWE 
• Uber updates driver contracts to force arbitration | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/SWwcCjmbyL 
• Texas lawyer achieves 1 million social media views for commercial | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/n731dHEoEC
• Boies Schiller boutique leads on bonus payments | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/7UdLmn7xan 
• UK e-conveyancing system abandoned leaving Law Soc with £5m costs | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/m5AK22TAEr 
• Law firms receive wave of work due to insurance sector M&A | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/nx3CaaXQYS 
• Regulators urged to tackle privacy concerns as drone sales soar | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/MPXz06dm0D 
• Michael Mansfield QC calls for more support over suicides after daughter's death https://t.co/HiXfaky7kC 
• One in four mothers of newborns placed in care have multiple children removed https://t.co/RC2HHc6yFj
• Sports Direct: minister to face question over minimum wage enforcement https://t.co/hqLi2yaFEx 
• Dealing with rape in US and UK courts https://t.co/zVlfVAu3IU 
• Rachel Dolezal could be black in Britain https://t.co/VDStLpztzF 
• Labour MP Jess Phillips, after only 6 months as an MP, threatens to 'knife Corbyn in the front' if he damages party https://t.co/KxsFhMAohP 
• Norwich City investigating John Ruddy 'scuffle' footage https://t.co/z9C0w24GTG 
• Wood Green police shooting: Firearms officer to be suspended https://t.co/p46R37xd90 
• Bill Cosby sues women who accused him of sexual assault #US https://t.co/l4KtZs5ita 
• BBC reporter manhandled outside prominent human rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang's trial #CHINA https://t.co/PaPrN9aZPC

14th December - Law News

1449th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & legal articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap
 
FOCUS OF THE DAY: A major shake-up of the way solicitors qualify for legal practice could be on the cards. The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has launched a consultation on a new standardised system for assessing trainees. It proposes introducing a new system where everyone who wants to qualify as a solicitor will undergo the same professional assessment—the Solicitors Qualifying Examination. This exam would be developed by the SRA. Full story - New Law Journal

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Addleshaws reaches settlement with Berezovsky trustees | The Lawyer https://t.co/wYF1ZHM3ib 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Clydes sees turnover rise 8 per cent to £192m at half year | The Lawyer https://t.co/iujSRtwpDx 
• Judge admits "errors" over Romie Tager QC's £1.25m tax penalty | The Lawyer https://t.co/amY1TGEMMn 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: DAC Beachcroft breaks through £100m barrier at half year | The Lawyer https://t.co/G6475gaV9p 
• SRA’s new consumer credit regulation receives LSB approval | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/5MGyS0ThHa 
• Top law firms favour bank debt over market floatation | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/5xrfLQS5jU 
• No evidence of legal service regulator independence from representative bodies boost competition | Law Gazette https://t.co/ED58Zd08ai 
• Bar warns solicitors’ agents against ‘illegal’ court appearances | Law Gazette https://t.co/AccEuAdx9Q 
• Top 100 wary of stock market listing | Law Gazette https://t.co/cDHDg3hLYD 
• Shaker Aamer: In his own words https://t.co/xPBr4Z2vnt
• Two nurses who failed to carry out blood glucose tests on patients and then faked the results have been jailed https://t.co/kxv0W7Wq2e
• #French teacher invented Aubervilliers school IS attack https://t.co/Mg8mS8pG4j 
• DJ Neil Fox cleared of sex assaults - 'Westminster magistrates said the victims were believable' https://t.co/s25joJUGVT 
• Nadir Syed, 22, from Southall in west London, guilty of IS-inspired knife plan https://t.co/0Yv0mTiFRM
• Georgia man who planted a bomb was willing to see innocents die so that people would blame Muslims #US https://t.co/b5RlFFCYUG 
• How to Stop Turning #US Corporations Into Tax Exiles https://t.co/Dkc0BezvGO 
• An Inmate Dies, and No One Is Punished #US https://t.co/sXyDs4Aja6 
• #Argentina bus crash: Many killed after bus falls off bridge https://t.co/sJKlrknR3D 
• Shaker Aamer: 'No plans to sue' over Guantanamo https://t.co/JI2JBZUfqf 
• Girl from Manchester accused of killing her newborn baby https://t.co/2bYoUqmR0o 
• Hatton Garden raider 'bit of a Walter Mitty' https://t.co/wmiU0ZRM2W 
• #Egypt: Sinai crash probe finds 'no proof of terrorism' https://t.co/xRVBUsr60l 
• Nurofen maker Reckitt Benckiser defends #Australia packaging https://t.co/qvMJBobenF 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! https://t.co/R1TqEtrZBV
• Liverpool solicitor James Parry wins legal action over arrest | Law Gazette https://t.co/XoEDmPjfO3 
• Officials indicate 2017 date for small claims limit increase | Law Gazette https://t.co/pFNQF4spLW 
• Creditors' £7m shortfall from collapsed London firm | Law Gazette https://t.co/OSgzawCeCv
• GCs take centre stage: In-house interviews of the year - Profiles | The Lawyer https://t.co/wnKP0uXteV 
• City’s status faces multiple threats | The Lawyer https://t.co/7DwyR1F0jG 
• LMI FTSE 100 report: the executive summary | The Lawyer https://t.co/V9MYbvw9NS
• True value of the FTSE 100 in-housers | The Lawyer https://t.co/LAHucCzBwh 
• Southern Africa: a region empowered - special report | The Lawyer https://t.co/IKVoxpkyKq
• UK 200 2015 Financial Management report: the executive summary | The Lawyer https://t.co/pGpWEB2mqH 
• Clifford Chance client Barclays settles £50m Libor claim | The Lawyer https://t.co/lnYsT3MQsA 
• Firms “negligent” if they shun debt | The Lawyer https://t.co/ZSoVEDeQij 
• HSBC tops inaugural in-house legal team rankings ​as FTSE 100 lawyers break 10,000 | The Lawyer https://t.co/axBcY5MaMq 
• 18 City law firms launch diversity work experience scheme to prove they don't just want posh students https://t.co/G1DuKUQXl4 
• PM takes on the House of Lords in bid to reshape constitutional law https://t.co/DNk1WslEf4 
• Video: Alternative routes to becoming a lawyer https://t.co/0FAoSvQrYa 
• Solicitors Regulation Authority gives official backing to plan to scrap the LPC https://t.co/vuuSqIwRPP 
• Ministry of Justice has a fight on its hands as judicial review challenge by legal aid firms gets green light https://t.co/GLJX5g1VGL 
• Law firm to create army of virtual paralegals called ‘Kim’ https://t.co/wrujQUbTYH 
• Is Ahmd Emara the UK’s biggest law BNOC? https://t.co/cA6PcyYEOK
• From Durham to Bristol: the advantages of being a future lawyer outside London https://t.co/fISfVHC0UI 
• ITV launches new training scheme that allows students to qualify as solicitors https://t.co/zUHFLlYYwF
• The BPTC is a 'rip-off' says former head of Bar Standards Board https://t.co/U2orycDLXz 
• 16 reasons why law students are better than everyone else https://t.co/G1wzgYF4Cu 
• 'Seeking a job outside law ironically put me on the path to qualifying as a lawyer' https://t.co/ZLLiHKUpXY 
• Supreme Court chief tells judges to be nice to each other in their judgments https://t.co/pkNva0xHoJ 
• King & Wood Mallesons solicitors take break from corporate law to dash off bakery book https://t.co/AiWvFRPYLu 
• Now a sixth law firm is paying its newly qualified solicitors £100k https://t.co/3qjQTUrk8w 
• Rookie criminal barrister charged with conspiracy to supply cocaine https://t.co/cZZfLHsErv 
• Another non-lawyer has gone undercover as a law student -- and shock horror, he hates it too https://t.co/3kYGNJ3tpI
• Law Society bigwigs sample culinary delights in MasterChef challenge https://t.co/thkanBeYos 
• Why law students who understand technology have an advantage that will grow and grow https://t.co/dhlMDJ5u2Y 
• 10 human rights cases that everyone should know https://t.co/mH7jo27rXR 
• Do I need to chop off my pink tips to ace my TC interview? https://t.co/rZrY567gm7 
• Law students giving legal advice is becoming ever more a thing as BPP clinic gets official quality mark https://t.co/bnjc4TKCgs
• Slaughter and May increase newly qualified solicitor bonuses to £6,300 https://t.co/sKPc6MUc7O
• #Rwanda genocide: International Criminal Tribunal closes https://t.co/Vb9Vk9TGlv 
• Fosun founder Guo Guangchang appears in public #CHINA https://t.co/EPdHtvxIXE 
• #Australian teen pleads guilty to terror charge https://t.co/ApkYy0X2lu 
• #SouthAfrica President Zuma fires finance minister David van Rooyen replaces with and Pravin Gordhan https://t.co/d10arF7Xv0 
• The case of serial rapist police officer Daniel Holtzclaw tells us so much about 2015 #US https://t.co/RVIgOFOz62 
• The Guardian view on the Strathclyde review of the Lords: beware a government power grab https://t.co/nQUILXu1uO 
• MPs ask accountancy watchdog to look again at HBOS auditors https://t.co/ItlrdOM1bt 
• Shaker Aamer: Grant amnesty to Tony Blair to hear 'truth' about war on terror https://t.co/x5EXQXfEPA 
• Railways stations and nuclear power plants 'could be vulnerable to terror attacks because of funding cuts' https://t.co/3qTWIVYmJf 
• David Cameron’s ambition for a compulsory National Citizen Service https://t.co/3ViXqb5yii 
• Accused man set to make 'legal history' with hoverboard charge https://t.co/zNzShtuuqT 
• Gadget to stop drivers nodding off at the wheel could become compulsory https://t.co/tk2BYgAOyi 
• 'My client? She's a disagreeable old trout', says defence barrister https://t.co/x3Wj05A0zz 
• 'Drink-driver' hides from police in nativity scene https://t.co/hqblzl5sD9
• Online pioneer embraces ABS "to reassure SME clients" - Legal Futures | Legal Futures https://t.co/yW9tNugtCL 
• Law firm takes the plunge as minority investor in legal tech company | Legal Futures https://t.co/AMegm6PEkn 
• Regulator’s training plans could “promote nepotism”, Law Society president says | Legal Futures https://t.co/HXWAtadc3m
• "No procedure” for informing law firms about banned staff, SRA admits | Legal Futures https://t.co/rvdEYOMuM9 
• Not enough pilots' for Syria attack, says Madeline Moon MP https://t.co/6jwYIMALNW 
• Julian Assange to be questioned by #Sweden https://t.co/yY4KOB7Wqr 
• Twitter warns of government 'hacking' https://t.co/KEKJuSrfbR 
• #FRANCE's far-right Front National is beaten into third place in regional elections, exit polls indicate https://t.co/DlPKqRvqa7

13th December - Law News

1448th 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

• Gay clergyman banned from taking services after marrying partner https://t.co/Y7NxRdicYA 
• Man who said 'You ain't no Muslim, bruv' after Leytonstone attack denounces extremism https://t.co/t3jIK2din8 
• Royal Bank of Scotland under fire over dormant accounts https://t.co/k4wkTdhRy3 
• Oxford and Cambridge condemned over failure to improve state school access https://t.co/9pSCuv09iv 
• Court fight to let children trapped in Calais ‘Jungle’ enter Britain https://t.co/YLVhxzgTJP 
• It took 25 years to reveal horror of my rape, says James Rhodes https://t.co/DeiqqS9teu
• Slump in new public housing threatens Tory chancellor's targets https://t.co/fILq1BpDqn 
• John Prescott: Labour MPs opposed to Jeremy Corbyn are 'Bitterites' https://t.co/WtHg2WVHWr 
• David Cameron urged to investigate his office's role in alleged bullying https://t.co/DUKGpJo9v2 
• Tory event celebrating campaign linked to bullying scandal criticised https://t.co/OCPDQPFa3x 
• Paul Gascoigne accused of making racist joke on stage https://t.co/MdP1bA4v4U 
• Shaker Aamer: Blair and Straw face questions over complicity in treatment https://t.co/vXfqXqqr0w 
• No 10 denies claims Cameron has dropped four-year migrant benefit demand https://t.co/uFfiUmVHEw
• #CHINA prepares to gag free speech champion Pu Zhiqiang https://t.co/hZzOaETUF2 
• Britain criticised for praising #China on UN Human Rights Day https://t.co/PQMETia2bX 
• The great survivor: Rupert Murdoch is back to business as usual https://t.co/RCi7ja9vBd 
• An all-white jury convicted Daniel Holtzclaw of rape. It's almost enough https://t.co/8pY2HZ0uZ7 
• A right-left split in the national press response to the hacking saga https://t.co/8Cmcjm1Jmw 
• Scalia forgets: black students must work twice as hard as white classmates https://t.co/5Otmi8Ol3J 
• Secret terror trial transcripts reveal accused's luxury lifestyle https://t.co/GBy48IgysV 
• Tens of thousands march in Warsaw against 'democratorship' government #POLAND https://t.co/VZdo3DkM0W
• The Islamic Dilemma: Westerners want Islam to become more moderate and modern, but what does that actually mean? https://t.co/ky1ceCGpID
• The Rise of Hate Search: https://t.co/r4fTabbw3h
• 'A Whole New Being': How Kricket Nimmons Seized the Transgender Moment https://t.co/N8skEIJKga
• #US Visa Process Missed San Bernardino Wife's Zealotry on Social Media https://t.co/jP5BCNFGHD 
• The Round Up - criminal courts charge and assisted suicide | UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/gX0221dRZl 
• Police are investigating allegations of racial abuse directed at Brighton defender Connor Goldson https://t.co/XnUywH9j2g 
• David Cameron calls for EU crackdown on illegal firearms https://t.co/HNB2aZCGQ2 
• #SaudiArabia: First woman councillor elected https://t.co/eW1RKVnJqz 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! https://t.co/cAiw8iPPSC
• Mum writes open letter to thank Christmas burglars https://t.co/aoeJpsQARI 
• #Switzerland arrests two Syrians on suspicion of terror links https://t.co/iRZ38jivbo 
• Why is #Poland moving away from loberal democracy? https://t.co/e88vvgtG8V 
• In Rape Case of Oklahoma Officer, Victims Hope Conviction Will Aid Cause #US https://t.co/cOCz5mXvzX 
• Syrian Refugees Greeted by Justin Trudeau in #Canada https://t.co/H56Lwks2Ef 
• #Canada's Warm Embrace of Refugees https://t.co/6IJvtwASo0 
• The Tarnished Trump Brand: Businesses need to ask themselves if being linked to the Trump name is worth it https://t.co/rcI9Pl3k1d 
• Gunmakers' War Profiteering on the Home Front https://t.co/ffGze8Rk9e 
• From the Islamic State to Sri Lanka, modern people are looking to connect with an ancient past https://t.co/rkhWWQI19Z 
• Guns and Thunder on the Supreme Court's Right #SCOTUS https://t.co/jlmtjVLCYP 
• #US Regulator Is Said to Fine Fiat Chrysler $70 Million https://t.co/uLPSuutAZU 
• Assertions of Hate Crime in Seattle After a Somali-American Teenager Falls to His Death #US https://t.co/FEdbdIalOM 
• Supreme Court Justices' Comments Don't Bode Well for Affirmative Action #US https://t.co/QqPgZgWKkO 
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