8th February - Law News

1505th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & legal articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap

FOCUS OF THE DAY: The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has welcomed the decision by the Legal Services Board to approve proposals to remove unnecessary burdens on law firms carrying out reserved activities. Full story - New Law Journal

Saturday Conversations on Law

• PM Netanyahu to A-G: Seek legal action against MKs who met with families of terrorists #ISRAEL https://t.co/ec8ysnD157 
• Guantánamo Prisoner Sent Home to #Morocco Remains in Legal Limbo https://t.co/Onr3nd8F1y 
• The legal profession's drinking problem https://t.co/DdgcifNuwc 
• My insurer rejected my claim for a brain tumour': So Legal & General, what's stopping you paying up this time? https://t.co/mDyJGuRLjv
• If my father-in-law gifts me £25k but dies within seven years will I have to pay inheritance tax? https://t.co/tXqp0yVXGB 
• U.S. and UK Spy Agencies May be Allowed to Request Online Chat Data and Emails from Media Companies https://t.co/XHfhpDZHwD 
• Recent state laws on domestic abuse, gun rights #US https://t.co/DZKizKQNj8
• Huge rise in divorce claims alleging violence after legal aid was axed except in cases involving abuse https://t.co/iKqqzof2wj 
• Don't mess with Texas, where law is hard, mistakes common #US https://t.co/kIhW1Ei08Y 
• Cameron to give more power to governors in prisons shakeup https://t.co/k6nuOtORwy 
• Law firm incomes up by over 5%, Law Society survey indicates | Legal Futures: https://t.co/JAwBIyOGbu 
• Commercial law firms must seize “window of opportunity” to adopt new delivery models | Legal Futures: https://t.co/9j0OzgNq2F
• A Monochrome Dream Photography has just received another great review on FreeIndex - The UK Business... https://t.co/0IIhQmWB4z
• Lord Brittan abuse inquiry 'fully justified', review finds https://t.co/Enk90w7Xgz
• London bus explosion for movie alarms onlookers fearing terror attack https://t.co/xEebQ5KK3x 
• Donald Trump: I'd bring back 'a hell of a lot worse than waterboarding' #US https://t.co/79wu8CzSU2 
• Pegida's 'costly hate rallies' have no place in Birmingham, says MP https://t.co/RvDoLX8l3v
• Let a woman join the Top Gear team? Not so fast, ladies https://t.co/cItkIvyCD8
• Call for Submissions: The Young Human Rights Lawyer Journal | UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/voSUWKOoZs
• Bedroom tax challenge success | UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/2y3O3xa2dh 
• Examination of child witnesses not in violation of Article 6 | UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/HUMyTqvRUo
• The Rule of Law and Parliament: Never the Twain Shall Meet? Brian Chang | UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/WFMcjpYVx0 
• Is the European Court of Human Rights buckling under Westminister pressure? | UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/tq89mv8Jf1
• Mosque open days to 'explain faith' https://t.co/gt10coQnUQ
• EU calls on #Turkey to let Syrian refugees cross border https://t.co/9Mq88KrYO5 
• Dublin boxing weigh-in shooting: Armed checkpoints after murder of David Byrne #IRELAND https://t.co/S3iho6gCeo 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! https://t.co/FjlhAznGiG

7th February - Law News

1504th 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

• What happened to the homeless from Gary Neville's hotel? https://t.co/lwe3zwPOrB 
• Former #French Foreign Legion chief held at Calais Pegida rally https://t.co/FngRlylaP1 
• Rise in rape claims linked to online dating https://t.co/1FCI4MWnVv 
• Heartbroken couple sue fertility clinic for losing their embryo https://t.co/oW197peT0Q 
• Police kept inquiry into false VIP sex abuse claims open for a year https://t.co/YwKWyQwqK2
• Five arrested over British pilot shot dead in Tanzania https://t.co/KCxQRs5vte
• Dismay of Pc David Rathband's family as judge orders them to pay £100,000 over failed negligence case https://t.co/WPakOgglKj 
• Judge rules £200k a year is 'appropriate' provision for Arab royal's son https://t.co/LugThRS4mG 
• What next for Julian Assange? https://t.co/G12YQdlxQS 
• 'Islamophobia' in Guernsey behind no refugees decision https://t.co/vn3FGIZPLT
• Dublin boxing weigh-in shooting: Six involved in murder of David Byrne #IRELAND https://t.co/Hg9oqskh7m 
• Migrants in inflatable dinghy rescued from the Channel https://t.co/kMQCUKnBIP
• Critic refuses to quit #Vatican sex abuse commission https://t.co/KwbrGLDz4f 
• Staggering price of legal fees comes with a human cost https://t.co/jse7px48xK 
• Faiza Ahmed: how one woman’s cries for help were missed by every authority https://t.co/tDXJ5LvJVu 
• Court of Protection access | New Law Journal: https://t.co/g3NoP1HFiD 
• New proposals from LSB on reserved activities | New Law Journal: https://t.co/ibsCy8jA9L 
• Bar Standards Board has published its annual report for 2015 on the diversity of the profession | New Law Journal: https://t.co/2czy4ply5i 
• Income tax may be levied on payments made for injury to feelings, the Upper Tribunal has held | New Law Journal: https://t.co/U2fnXdcS8Q 
• Corporates spend less on law firms | New Law Journal: https://t.co/GfOazgDBD9 
• Sisangia ruling restricts civil liberties | New Law Journal: https://t.co/Cjv4Nbymt1 
• Law Society predicts future of legal services | New Law Journal: https://t.co/aUl4g98ZIG 
• Fixed costs cause alarm: Lord Justice Jackson stirs up controversy with latest proposals | New Law Journal: https://t.co/Lnr9mD3XKh 
• Health & safety fine levels soar for UK plc | New Law Journal: https://t.co/WNiOS4bFL5

6th February - Law News

1503rd 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

• TheLawMap Wig is out! https://t.co/9ctuTrkUBg
  Muslim women 'stopped from becoming Labour councillors' by men https://t.co/ukfcVGcsFq
•  Nearly 200 images released by #US military depict Bush-era detainee abuse https://t.co/EdQp27aEuo  
• Attacks on 'Jungle' migrants investigated by #French prosecutors https://t.co/5xalZjmO5W
•  Pussy Riot releases new video criticising #Russian justice system https://t.co/6Gwz6iYfed
• Jungle attacks: Violence against migrants probed in France https://t.co/g4E6FoMLSc
• Sex worker and activist Laura Lee: ‘It’s now far more difficult to stay safe’ https://t.co/4nu2AibBeI
  Twitter suspends 125,000 'terrorism' accounts https://t.co/1170ORHFtT
• Problem drinking and depression endemic among US lawyers, new study finds https://t.co/zoZ0UsLaRo
• Report: cost of top London firms restricting access to justice https://t.co/Oa15QvLnxn
• King & Spalding annual revenue hits $1bn milestone https://t.co/J0N9g84PRI
• JPMorgan Chase lifts curtain on new EMEA panel https://t.co/ZgrTYhpNjM
• White & Case in new Saudi Association https://t.co/xXhf3Ohp33
• Led Zeppelin's long road to trial https://t.co/rAzwWYjc76
• Assange makes bid for UK and Sweden to lift arrest warrants https://t.co/GneuMdDBYG
• Price of City law restricts access to justice | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/4DyftZgbjh
•  The UN working group's Assange opinion https://t.co/3xMTBy46mJ
• Julian Assange decision by UN panel ridiculous, says Hammond https://t.co/C76zGH9YXt
• Dublin boxing weigh-in: Man shot dead, two men injured #IRELAND https://t.co/e5PaO05xHM
• Tube station workers' weekend strike called off by RMT union https://t.co/8jgiqFOxJL
• Blinded PC David Rathband's family lose negligence case https://t.co/KTrJCNDlBt
• IS suspect Jack Letts' parents arrested https://t.co/i5pDXI4zAo
• Dumper truck rampage thief Nicholas Churchill jailed https://t.co/PSvg59ZmtT
• City law firms charging up to £1,100 an hour https://t.co/L0UOltObp5
• Rattan decision? Ikea loses rights to own name in #Indonesia https://t.co/LZiblOGKwg
• Assange: arbitrary detention ruling is legally binding, says UN official – video https://t.co/Aj9rN2aHu5
• Philip Hammond rejects 'ridiculous' UN decision on Assange – video https://t.co/FjaVfhU18B
• 'Flash crash' hearing told spoofing does not justify trader's extradition to US https://t.co/k6D80qJyOM
• Julian Assange: 'UN ruling over my detention is a vindication' – video https://t.co/MMRmXG3ZoC
• How did the UN get it so wrong on Julian Assange?| Joshua Rozenberg https://t.co/8GH2RMfCcp
• CFA ‘terminated’ before assignment, court rules | Law Gazette https://t.co/52I0CuDn7u
• Mishcon de Reya fights off £5m negligence claim | Law Gazette https://t.co/cAAdNwB9HB
• Law Society issues guidance on new CPD scheme | Law Gazette https://t.co/OiaRjE6CSW
• Slater and Gordon UK chief leaves the business | Law Gazette https://t.co/9H2doxuCX0
• Costs expert slams £1,000 hourly rates at top commercial firms | Law Gazette https://t.co/kTMFlvWcHx
• Blacker set for five-day SDT hearing this summer | Law Gazette https://t.co/8BxWYr5pcU
• TheLawMap Wig is out! https://t.co/ZB2XSzVg1k
• Freshfields criticised over ScottishPower ‘cashback warrantee scandal’ advice | The Lawyer https://t.co/LghiRGta8D
• Gordon Dadds’ Biles: Get lean or go bust | The Lawyer https://t.co/igrqyHIp0Z
• Clydes snatches 10-lawyer regulatory team from Norton Rose Fulbright in Sydney | The Lawyer https://t.co/BDu9v3O4oF
• The Hot 100 2016: Scary monsters (and super creeps) | The Lawyer https://t.co/qMiT2QhOv6
• Adding up the £1bn BLP-Greenberg Traurig merger talks | The Lawyer https://t.co/6wcDF7aZlU
• Paul Weiss sees 7 per cent spike in global revenue | The Lawyer https://t.co/m5X0GlYEKk
• European legal moves: 4 February 2016 | The Lawyer https://t.co/UHjKabGLcD
• HSF management committee’s remuneration down 18% to £8m | The Lawyer https://t.co/G9B5yMJ930
• Shepherd & Wedderburn LLPs confirm robust 2014/15 | The Lawyer https://t.co/QwN4b41ueh
• Small law firms have most to lose from SQE, leading academic warns | Legal Futures: https://t.co/DojFvkN7ht
• SRA and Law Society at loggerheads again over independent regulation | Legal Futures: https://t.co/aG9vPoC3Tz
• Judge complains of “too many swindlers” after wrongly questioning status of solicitor | Legal Futures: https://t.co/1vFeu5Iudc

5th February - Law News

1502nd Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & legal articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap

FOCUS OF THE DAY:  The government has provided some insight into the costs of procuring its new criminal legal aid contracts following the decision to abandon a new contracting regime. Last week justice secretary Michael Gove announced that he had decided ‘not to go ahead with the introduction of the dual contracting system’. He will also suspend, for a period of 12 months from 1 April, a second 8.75% fee cut introduced in July last year. Full story - The Law Society Gazette

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Hong Kong booksellers held for 'illegal activities', say #CHINA police https://t.co/O98cqEUxz6
• Constituent pleads guilty to antisemitic attack on Jon Trickett MP https://t.co/E8am4Vx5zI 
• Met police officers sacked for misconduct over teenager's death https://t.co/WBf96PlVor
• Race still determines success in Britain. But there is a way to break the barriers | Rushanara Ali https://t.co/g1pI33QGkC 
• #FRANCE’s official blindness to religion only masks religious hatred | Giles Fraser: Loose canon https://t.co/onRv0PTEvL 
• Rangers gives Sports Direct formal notice to end joint venture https://t.co/R7BBltYnzr 
• Women of Cologne kick off carnival amid heavy police presence #GERMANY https://t.co/fdA0meqjO8 
• Dismissed NHS whistleblower who exposed safety concerns handed £1.22m https://t.co/YwBqisGpPb 
• Julian Assange is in arbitrary detention, UN panel finds https://t.co/R0g0ZBtR68
• Deputy chair of Vote Leave condemns 'damaging bickering' at top of group https://t.co/56lzh6UdbK 
• Timbuktu marks rebuilding of mausoleums destroyed by Islamists #MALI https://t.co/lPV2uadjK7 
• Law students: look beyond London for a better work-life balance https://t.co/qobR85TJCV
• Sarah Reed was a tragic victim of how the prison system treats women | Frances Crook https://t.co/8uTgT52lPx 
• Criminals with UK children cannot be automatically deported, says EU court https://t.co/g0lVxCED7n 
• What happens to Julian Assange when detention finding is announced https://t.co/70aVw19VwX 
• Couple seek leave to appeal against ruling on dead daughter's eggs https://t.co/PD0MFzFTrz 
• Theresa May wants police commissioners to set up free schools for 'troubled children' https://t.co/CMHADaaxX0 
• Border Force head to face questions on alleged payment to people smugglers #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/FlqbCv04pv 
• The Guardian view on Julian Assange: no victim of arbitrary detention | Editorial https://t.co/5nvkiA16fo 
• Police avoid £10k payout to Sun journalist at tribunal https://t.co/whTydBQhqh 
• Can hiring ex-offenders make a business more profitable? https://t.co/6uzp7bDzqC
• Pleading the fifth: five notorious times people refused to give answers #US https://t.co/ON6GYOurFU 
• BLP looking to tie-up with Greenberg Traurig https://t.co/jVfMq0aHDr 
• Simpson Thacher, Davis Polk advise on ChemChina's $43bn Syngenta deal https://t.co/ZWFuyGGGWa 
• Blavo & Co judgement highlights thousands of missing files https://t.co/21IlWhqfp1
• Safe Harbour successor may face legal challenge, warn lawyers https://t.co/jsJbKX82Qg 
• Lawsuit claims gender bias in Yahoo! management culture https://t.co/i0wi1vTPLh 
• Former US Attorney General to defend MTN against Nigerian fine https://t.co/RLw0xPzL92 
• Regulators should do more to support client decision making, says consumer panel https://t.co/gbxMGI7eUe 
• Supreme Court grants shared residence for left behind mother | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/o8eDiMtPb6 
• Modern legal framework needed for UK elections | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/KzmNjqNxQY 
• Public support for independent regulation of solicitors | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/WDkB7cJzFv 
• Scottish government's lobbying proposals 'enhanced' | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/yLHf2Tu6uV 
• UK law commissions call for new framework governing elections | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Ja2nrVwkD1
• Scottish council’s decision to ban snack vans from operating near schools was ‘ultra vires’, sheriff rules https://t.co/0iSVcbagna 
• England: top judge calls on schools to address lack of diversity in law | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Qq3PhgGJMz 
• Laws to strengthen carers' rights to be debated at Holyrood | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Z7tKzGHgIf 
• Blog: Privacy changes must be on the agenda in 2016 | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/teO0BqQLqa 
• Fears raised LBTT could have unintended consequences for homeowners | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/x2zapQjj9O
• LSB not opposed to full-scale legal market probe | Law Gazette https://t.co/TNdzyk1zMS 
• Appeal clears way for solicitor’s minicab business | Law Gazette https://t.co/hqKhPpOm87 
• Commission calls for single electoral law | Law Gazette https://t.co/lZLdYLDUXy
• BLP in merger talks with Greenberg Traurig | Law Gazette https://t.co/Zkxtxdu3WM 
• Society proposes ‘single test’ to allay stamp duty fears | Law Gazette https://t.co/gOmnyPpkhH
• CMCs win argument to keep regulation fees the same | Law Gazette https://t.co/i9AZf2gG6u 
• MoJ reveals £141k costs over legal aid contracts | Law Gazette https://t.co/vSA0sPgvyF
• CFA ‘terminated’ before assignment, court rules | Law Gazette https://t.co/52I0CuDn7u 
• This is the eye-catching preparation arts cuts campaigners have done for a 'funeral' march in Cardiff https://t.co/mnUfweKgW4 
• Julian Assange’s submission to the UN working group https://t.co/cNe7cGWXny 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! https://t.co/FryeRtREOb
• Council cuts 'threat' to rural bus services https://t.co/59XOlEyLXb 
• Attitudes harden towards refugees from Syria and Libya, BBC poll suggests https://t.co/p0y1WlcrkX 
• Oxbridge college admissions 'complex and intimidating' https://t.co/oNF92Vrvgk 
• Gurkhas urged to come forward in fraud police inquiry https://t.co/9V3r0Lqyiq 
• Former Stephen Lawrence murder suspect 'on run from police' https://t.co/rh4dZxeUEO
• #Angolan rebel Savimbi's family sues Call of Duty makers https://t.co/50ZsnjvCRX 
• Bill Cosby: #US judge allows sex assault case against actor https://t.co/MJIy1LuAH8 
• In Cosby Hearing, Ex-Prosecutor Says He Believed Accuser, but Case Was Lacking #US https://t.co/zzcES5t9VW 
• Britain Receives Proposals for 'Better Deal' to Stay in the E.U. https://t.co/VwWNG8chEx
• Thousands of the elephants that toil in the redundant logging industry: price of fighting deforestation #MYANMAR https://t.co/gifn07uD6E 
• Bill Cosby Case Highlights a Rivalry Between Two Lawyers https://t.co/ao0h7Woaym
• After Retrial, Brooklyn Teenager Is Convicted in Fatal Shooting on Bus #US https://t.co/TpcM67dxAE 
• The Pentagon's New Parental Leave #US https://t.co/PRAEHvEQPa

4th February - Law News

1501st 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:  Concerns already highlighted by internal review but DPP says more can be done. The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is insufficiently resourcing and staffing its Rape and Serious Sexual Offences (RASSO) units, a new report has claimed. Full story - Solicitors Journal

Saturday Conversations on Law

• DWP post for Amazon boss is 'disgusting', says Margaret Hodge https://t.co/vFCfBxX187 
• Swedes are hitting back following a series of far-right violent marches over the weekend #SWEDEN https://t.co/y69m6RP4cD 
• Home demolitions hit the Bedouin again #ISRAEL https://t.co/VpcGRvannb 
• Britain’s part in making the EU a plaything of corporate interests https://t.co/20YrUzteRH
• How DNA and 'recreational genealogy' is making a case for reparations for slavery https://t.co/ARtKNXYcHG 
• MoJ in spotlight as government plans to cull 75% of offices | Law Gazette https://t.co/kyc5a8Opqu 
• Jackson: Lottery could pump-prime legal aid fund | Law Gazette https://t.co/AwpFMvHnaS 
• LSB not opposed to full-scale legal market probe | Law Gazette https://t.co/TNdzyk1zMS 
• Five reasons why legal professionals should adopt cloud-based technology | Legal Futures: https://t.co/KclSbNgEkL 
• Law Society asks solicitors: Should we abolish client accounts? | Legal Futures: https://t.co/dWPX4IpKC2
• Cocaine addict solicitor wins right to further appeal hearing on privilege | Legal Futures: https://t.co/3EMl1Q0sR8 Feb 04, 2016
• Solicitor who fabricated documents in bid to deceive tribunal and opposing lawyers struck off | Legal Futures: https://t.co/GRMg2T8s8w 
• Nearly 14,000 disabled people have mobility cars taken away following government welfare changes https://t.co/z40ydqFKvW 
• CMS Hasche Sigle becomes first international firm to set up shop in Iran https://t.co/CeoxfRAIhG 
• DLA Piper agrees partner remuneration overhaul https://t.co/L1pxhvBCg4 
• Betwixt clients and shareholders listed lawyers face tough conflicts, warns Australian judge https://t.co/gE42a1CEz6 
• Shkreli hires high-profile New York lawyer https://t.co/zOJzMxtvUK 
• Indian Supreme Court may overhaul anti-gay law https://t.co/xWaUzoHI3z 
• US and EU unveil successor to Safe Harbour https://t.co/neAvT29L25 
• Schengen Agreement restrictions and labour mobility https://t.co/y60jMiihxs
• Solicitor warns of ‘marked increase’ in FGM cases | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/nZfCg0TnDn 
• ‘EU-US Privacy Shield’ in, ‘Safe Harbour’ out | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/U4giToa2Fi 
• Law Society opens applications for diversity scheme | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/R1Ugc8KtOB 
• Being discreetly Jewish in Marseille #FRANCE https://t.co/sR70Ga2yba 
• Headteacher mocked on Twitter for claiming evolution is not a fact https://t.co/AGW28pgYhF 
• UK to seek changes on troops' service and free speech in European rights law https://t.co/vNBcctzkiJ 
• Pitcairn mayor charged with possessing child abuse material wants to face 'local law' https://t.co/vZBIHXhnvv
• If Brisbane wants to be a 'new world city' it should stop persecuting artists and act like one #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/4HXIfjbhE6
• Lesbian woman wins court battle with former partner over daughter https://t.co/BpG80Fwo38 
• First steps towards meeting the global goals – your stories and images https://t.co/NndXgnxfiC 
• Lord Lucan death certificate granted more than 40 years after disappearance https://t.co/gI02HFNZPW
• 'It's only a matter of time before people control time and manner of their death' https://t.co/FUIlMyiRSN 
• Gay cake row: couple's appeal adjourned https://t.co/AZsEV5fzkv 
• Lawyer criticises 'broadsheet newspapers' for 'incompetent' reporting https://t.co/Z3Wu89ITkO 
• Lord Lucan death certificate granted https://t.co/zc7XfWPvYc 
• 'Plebgate' row: Officer cleared of misconduct https://t.co/T3Q4bG34wm
• Police brutality victim Sarah Reed dies in Holloway prison https://t.co/CAmyhkvRr2 
• Police probe 'threats' claims at Glasgow Central Mosque https://t.co/tjxLognkRK
• Education (Scotland) Bill to be debated at Holyrood today | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/s7pX6cLHOi 
• No more looking for Lucan | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/yyVZiXZUw8
• Scottish government releases community right to buy guidance | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/v03OIwpxJS 
• Davidson Chalmers opens new Galashiels office | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/L4dBVKH6G9 
• Law Society publishes guides for new parents | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/nn6c3BiAY3 
• EU and US strike new privacy deal following demise of Safe Harbour | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/3YBPAFooxL 
• Edinburgh University officials told staff to leak information on indebted students | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Gm1NkRZF3Y 
• Donald Trump ‘nominated for Nobel Peace Prize’ for 'vigorous peace through strength ideology' https://t.co/kpUKUV3UsT 
• Conveyancers ‘should not cross-examine clients’ over stamp duty | Law Gazette https://t.co/PcqpqAbRAx 
• Solicitor jailed for helping drug-dealer clients appeals conviction | Law Gazette https://t.co/ECD0J2hK9u 
• Jackson: Lottery could pump-prime legal aid fund | Law Gazette https://t.co/AwpFMvpLMi 
• Police say there is not enough evidence to prosecute a hit-and-run driver who accelerated into a cyclist https://t.co/IRweFtepFb
• Michael Gove gives a little away on the forthcoming draft British bill of rights | Law Gazette https://t.co/Q0sduaQKqi 
• Tax and professional secrecy | Law Gazette https://t.co/ReTocqtx5i 
• Jackson proposes fund for modest claims | Law Gazette https://t.co/1pRy53DgdZ
• TheLawMap Wig is out! https://t.co/sSjOrEdR4G
• #AUSTRALIA's offshore asylum policy ruled legal by High Court https://t.co/aYtJL5rMD9 
• White & Case in limbo in Saudi Arabia | The Lawyer https://t.co/K4nBLIz6YI
• Latham joins Swiss duo in Kuoni’s £1bn sale to EQT | The Lawyer https://t.co/vaQw4LyYCK 
• McCann FitzGerald joins Irish rivals with New York base | The Lawyer https://t.co/MYd7XSXqbw 
• DLA Piper overhauls remuneration structure in profit drive | The Lawyer https://t.co/FysRRqd28Z 
• Orrick unveils 15-strong Houston launch team | The Lawyer https://t.co/ZNgkSKAg3F 
• Thomas Cook promotes from within as GC Stoehr packs bags | The Lawyer https://t.co/l45dGtG8J2 
• Stephenson Harwood takes seven-lawyer Eversheds team in Hong Kong | The Lawyer https://t.co/h3KZ9n3eTF 
• McDermott names new London head as Nineham retires | The Lawyer https://t.co/MZ1Fw9CF7z 
• He Xiaobo: latest victim of #CHINA's crackdown on labour activists https://t.co/KsRcdiRLKj 
• Palestinian poet Ashraf Fayadh's death sentence quashed by #SAUDI court https://t.co/vS6gNHvzM0 
• Should #French President Hollande be able to pardon a woman who killed her abusive husband? | Joshua Rozenberg https://t.co/BRpokS1htm 
• PinkNews publishes stories removed from Google under 'right to be forgotten' https://t.co/GNkewYgAdg 
• UK to seek changes on troops' service and free speech in European rights law https://t.co/AQBWrVkIEp
• GP gave elderly patient sleeping pills to pass on to her noisy neighbours in attempt to keep them quiet https://t.co/QMY5kFaoJf 
• Unforgiving Buddhist monk sues driver after car crash injuries leave him unable to meditate https://t.co/Ks5RSNarm1 
• Shoreham crash pilot Andy Hill 'was involved in another air incident a year earlier' https://t.co/NVJDXM5q0R 
• Google to deliver wrong search results to would-be jihadis https://t.co/YnPTQ74naS Feb 03, 2016
• Footballer Joey Barton's brother has sentence cut for murder after becoming charity worker in prison https://t.co/qj68ObWMGq 
• Theresa May was warned about concerns over 'British FBI' chief Lynne Owens https://t.co/DjbaCGLWJY 
• Pensioner bleeds to death during operation after spelling mistake on blood supply https://t.co/ydm0rjtTXH 
• India Chipchase murder: man, 51, in court charged with killing doctor's daughter, 20 https://t.co/yQq6Eou2mI 
• New National Crime Agency boss faced criticisms over 'litany of failures' at Surrey force https://t.co/IN31wQRmzH 
• High Court ruling outlines extraordinary scale of allegations against Blavo & Co | Legal Futures: https://t.co/gu4r4ByMlR 
• Leading unrated indemnity insurer withdraws from market | Legal Futures: https://t.co/Ydhi4JMxUB 
• Knights targets non-lawyer professionals in next stage of growth | Legal Futures: https://t.co/VGq7VeV8NQ

3rd February - Law News

1500th 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:  Law firms should be required by their regulators to publish details of complaints and average prices on their websites, the Legal Services Consumer Panel has said. The panel said it would also like to see “more sector-specific information” about legal services, such as litigation outcomes and success rates. Full story - Legal Futures

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Blavo & Co judgement reports thousands of files missing | Law Gazette https://t.co/glXdUuUjiV 
• Insurer pulls out of PII market citing dangers of cybercrime | Law Gazette https://t.co/DidB4JTeB7 
• Separate jurisdiction could trigger 'brain drain' in Wales | Law Gazette https://t.co/SPrg1I9Kp1 
• Rapist banned from working in legal profession | Law Gazette https://t.co/PQTpmhi0bp
• Lawyers not negligent to advise settlement on steps | Law Gazette https://t.co/huMCTkJFV7 
• CMS first big law firm to break into Iran | Law Gazette https://t.co/DP2n5Dkhkb
• Defendant lawyers to oppose small claims limit rise | Law Gazette https://t.co/0BrJB0Ft2F
• Lay your complaints record bare, says legal watchdog | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/kkNCENGnom 
• Slater and Gordon in talks over debt restructuring https://t.co/VeRgRXZnI4 
• Jones Day chases Australian resource slump to Brisbane https://t.co/xjb6IRWqw9 
• CMS Cameron McKenna names new managing partner https://t.co/85HKRagk1h 
• Cameron launches probe into sentencing bias against BAME community https://t.co/OHuKt2QVq7 
• £15.5m in fines for PII that put 1,300 law firms at risk https://t.co/ocan3YjYM7
• Watchdog finds CPS victim policies not followed in a third of cases | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/s99dEyRzTM 
• Cambridge applicants to face new test https://t.co/Qdag6Zz0wv 
• Shoreham air crash: Probe looks at 'second airshow incident' https://t.co/xV86Kyjz23 
• Aberystwyth man wins Apple Watch warranty court battle https://t.co/4KfYnb0cGd 
• Missing music shop owner Tanveer Iqbal found dead in Birmingham car boot https://t.co/pxP20VDzfW 
• 'Plebgate' row: Officer denies misleading account of Mitchell meeting https://t.co/9qyURcmjNe Feb 02, 2016
• People aged 65 to 79 'happiest of all', study suggests https://t.co/I1SMBMU6Fr 
• Syria conflict: #Jordanians 'at boiling point' over refugees https://t.co/6M6bvufPgf 
• YouTube stars U-turn on trademarks after online fury https://t.co/MCDQOcwuPD 
• NCA head Lynne Owens faced criticism as Surrey Police chief https://t.co/X50mRyIHco 
• Boy could be forced to incriminate brother in terrorism inquiry, court told https://t.co/BqvZg798hP 
• Laws that could jail journalists for reporting on spying 'may breach constitution' https://t.co/okryajZjd2 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! https://t.co/lwCZTfRcle
• 'Gay cake' couple: 'We don't hate anyone. It's done out of love for God' https://t.co/Ar6f6lKmUb
• Meeting of EU data watchdogs is set to have wide-ranging ramifications for the way businesses handle data https://t.co/Qc3DIAg5HX 
• Rape case specialist units falling short, review says https://t.co/79PHeEieIm 
• EU law 'veto powers' to be unveiled, according to Downing St. https://t.co/sJbymhaPSl 
• For Victims, an Overloaded Court System Brings Pain and Delays https://t.co/g7SevLkZSR 
• Missing and Presumed Held by #CHINA https://t.co/SCIDr5N0Xw 
• The Corporate Tax Dodge Continues #US https://t.co/zWeih653sn
• Facebook Moves to Ban Private Gun Sales on Its Site and Instagram https://t.co/eO9XcvH9QC 
• Racial Reparations and the Limits of Economic Policy #US https://t.co/hLjg90lA21 
• Intolerable Bias in #IRELAND's Schools https://t.co/YEP4MM6vr8 
• The Ethics of a Child Pornography Sting https://t.co/oa43EcMYNR
• The Supreme Court Rules for Common Sense in Electricity Case #US https://t.co/jDfLAmk05U 
• Interview: Michael Ward, Gateley chief executive - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/msCy2GgcBg 
• Liz Dux, national head of personal injury south-east and central, Slater and Gordon - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/UE0g3FI2dI 
• My legal life: Aika Stephenson, Just for Kids Law and Hodge Jones & Allen, London - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/M22rNWStGs
• Falconer refers legal aid U-turn to spending watchdog | Law Gazette https://t.co/MM5eVLfFzS 
• Saga Legal admits it stopped taking new work last year | Law Gazette https://t.co/Z3RRNC3LVh

2nd February - Law News

1499th 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:  100 judges and magistrates received death threats over cases in past five years. Scale of intimidation faced by those on the bench revealed as concerns raised over impact of legal aid cuts in family courts. Full story - Guardian Law

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Deeds signed by woman disposing of properties reduced on grounds of ‘facility & circumvention’ & ‘undue influence’ https://t.co/DZQIwb6Jej 
• Bill to modernise burials and cremations 'lacks ambition' | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Lmp1sEIeZn 
• Faculty hails third party rights proposals | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/7u5eXXtvjU 
• Judge grants reduction of disposition as couple’s occupation of property was ‘an act of possession’ by title holder https://t.co/bsf5Rd2V8y 
• SLCC puts consumer understanding at heart of new strategy | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/GqBQcUvZID 
• Ban veils where credibility is questioned says Lord Neuberger | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/KwUdNvSSWV 
• WJM to offer free mindfulness sessions to staff | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/ZCGnLX4eFw 
• CMS appoints Stephen Millar as new managing partner | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/u2KQHfqY2g
• Christine O’Neill re-elected Chairman of Brodies | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/t4JqMYWtqR 
• Thorntons bolsters its team with new chief operations officer | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/B4EtyQyB9g 
• Automatic early release brought to an end | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/elNj2SCxNx 
• New laws to allow alleged historical abuse victims to re-raise time-barred claims | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/l52bGhCI2Q
• Law student from King's College London demands lifetime supply of Kit Kats after purchasing waferless multipack https://t.co/nnDYV8doXx 
• Under-resourced CPS can't assign expert staff to all rape cases, says watchdog https://t.co/OzVM5yK9K1 
• My career story: I quit law to be Olswang’s head of corporate responsibility | The Lawyer https://t.co/Dwj6RL1zjJ 
• Three top tips: How to keep your in-house counsel happy | The Lawyer https://t.co/sk3Gxd5pc8 
• Hot 100 alumni: Mark Harper, Hughes Fowler Carruthers | The Lawyer https://t.co/TrqVllNOZ3 
• In-house interview: Michael Marecki, Aston Martin | The Lawyer https://t.co/B4uZFvSbUI
• In-house interview: Claire Debney, RB | The Lawyer https://t.co/ajotZ38YN5 
• Italy: economic upturn spells opportunity | The Lawyer https://t.co/0lYISnz0dd 
• How UK law firms approach risk management differently and M&A in the Asia Pacific: our top corporate briefings https://t.co/CyoxPeeqdL 
• Legal Moves: 1 February 2016 | The Lawyer https://t.co/R2gwJ97pd2 
• South-East Asia Elite 2016 executive summary | The Lawyer https://t.co/sD3Bs6aqci
• Don’t expect quick results from ASEAN | The Lawyer https://t.co/n7FVTld9mB 
• Long-standing sanctions in place against Iran were relaxed significantly | The Lawyer https://t.co/nEe5eLAyuY 
• BT and Burford deal: The £150m profit write-down ‘elephant in the room’ | The Lawyer https://t.co/Rf1Ysq83Vm 
• What’s stopping you achieving your goals? | The Lawyer https://t.co/QW0IALwwGD
• Amec Foster Wheeler appoints Northern Europe and CIS legal head | The Lawyer https://t.co/pSEwRPm6fl 
• Heuking enters top 10 German firms as revenue hits €132m | The Lawyer https://t.co/YpGmudV0YN 
• Towergate hires Stephenson Harwood Gouriet as new GC | The Lawyer https://t.co/5mAu09uiXK 
• South East Asia Elite report: UK firms win big in ASEAN market | The Lawyer https://t.co/uHxfGArlJb
• White & Case appoints Linklaters Hong Kong partner as Asia corporate head | The Lawyer https://t.co/amTycyAbuL
• CMS appoints Duncan Weston as global development head | The Lawyer https://t.co/piD8hqBVVY 
• Barrister and solicitors cleared of negligence over court doors settlement | Legal Futures: https://t.co/eYSDcDRbKS 
• SDT suspends solicitor who let client account become banking facility | Legal Futures: https://t.co/UvzLX59JyA 
• Law firms should be forced to publish details of complaints and prices, consumer panel says | Legal Futures: https://t.co/J44ud1OuPW
• Northamptonshire Pc who stabbed himself in bid to cover up wife's murder is jailed for life https://t.co/gg764SQxhK 
• Mechanic jailed for life for raping and strangling trainee lawyer https://t.co/zvRlnPkECa 
• Paedophile awarded legal aid in fight to see son, eight https://t.co/7uHjZofT41 
• Zimbabwean criminal Andre Babbage freed despite 'significant risk' to public https://t.co/eGc5Nwaq09 
• Deepcut: New inquest into death of Cheryl James will not consider wider 'culture of sexual abuse' claims https://t.co/oU9nmCYGpQ 
• Video: CCTV shows arsonist torching car in Teesside https://t.co/ryGKdxCPzW
• India Chipchase: Man, 51, arrested on suspicion of murder after body found in Northampton https://t.co/RpOwXT2kQ5 
• RBS in legal challenge to Cooke Young & Keidan https://t.co/dxMO8Oye3P 
• Law Society report: Solicitors must keep pace or lose ground https://t.co/N50jSFhuRk 
• FB to push fraud claims against DLA Piper, Milberg https://t.co/GE5iTXy3tt 
• Dentons acquires banking and finance litigation team https://t.co/u0yysX3Vbk 
• Simmons & Simmons latest law firm to pull away from Abu Dhabi https://t.co/RYUGFsuEaw 
• DLA builds on Nordic presence https://t.co/xd3PnWoiLu
• Shanghai welcomes new Singapore arbitration hub https://t.co/86vMV2qdvo 
• Australia-listed Shine Lawyers halves earnings forecast https://t.co/TCDRZk4Na5 
• Donald Tusk to publish UK-EU 'settlement' https://t.co/GmObe5moE8 
• Latest news on hires, promotions, mergers, and deals from leading law firms and chambers | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/Rc6q4FrS8o
• Improved health and safety sentencing guidelines begin to bite | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/STdGnjRerc 
• Solicitors and barristers cautious over Lord Justice Jackson’s fixed costs recommendations | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/E0xyDpXYzq 
• Dual contracting: Lord Falconer chases government over wasted tax payer money | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/hGPV4XIfCL 
• Transgender race minorities face extra 'hurdles' coming out https://t.co/ng9Chcs4W7 
• Tareena Shakil jailed for six years for joining IS https://t.co/ypRiiDUnmb
• Scientists get 'gene editing' go-ahead https://t.co/FXNfxpiEcP 
• #Chechen leader Kadyrov posts video of Russian opposition leader in gun sights https://t.co/YFCsaObMne Feb 01, 2016
• Indian LGBT activists hold vigils as court rules on anti-gay law #INDIA https://t.co/z78Vpm2iPL 
• #Saudi inquiry into war crime claims in #Yemen inadequate, say rights groups https://t.co/m4EdPiqPVq 
• We #Chagossians are British citizens. So how can Britain treat us like this? | Mylene Augustin https://t.co/HYvl0u0gxX 
• African Union members back #Kenyan plan to leave ICC https://t.co/KrorFh7reC
• Why the Herald's (Scotland) editor fired a columnist in row with Rangers https://t.co/LNK9uM2cjx 
• How can we support migrant workers in the #palmoil supply chain? – live chat Weds 17 Feb 10am GMT https://t.co/8Eo7UKfyui 
• 100 judges and magistrates received death threats over cases in past five years https://t.co/D2WfljRLDa
• My daughter’s inquest wouldn’t have happened without the Human Rights Act | Des James https://t.co/Dk8HbiOIR8 
• Forcing landlords to check tenants' immigration status won't be easy https://t.co/hZUg27MFn1
• Probe to examine potential racial bias in criminal justice | Law Gazette https://t.co/bdMEHaxcpp 
• £15.5m penalties for PII that put 1,300 law firms at risk | Law Gazette https://t.co/7zsgKfyWSA
• MPs pass grim verdict on Kids Company trustees https://t.co/WSXsU5WNWm 
• Black workers 'earning less than white colleagues' https://t.co/zvrwhZfjj2