17th February - Law News

1515th 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 Society ups the stakes in debate over single legal regulator. State intervention will undermine rule of law and restrict access to justice, says chief exec. Ahead of a government review, the Law Society has called for a single legal services regulator to protect consumers and ensure market confidence in solicitors. Full story - Solicitors Journal

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Judge hits out at man's 90-lawyer defence team #NIGERIA https://t.co/9HarhpGgDM 
• #INDIA 'sedition' student beaten up in court by lawyers https://t.co/87O2hbOWL4 
• We should not abandon vellum – it tells us that our laws are serious | Jacob Rees-Mogg https://t.co/wBOZ1wYXVQ 
• Academy to sue marketing firm over 'Oscars goody bags' #US https://t.co/lkr364ilwA Feb 17, 2016 
• Boris Johnson tells Cameron he must do more to win his support on EU https://t.co/pLVgOcrz5p 
• What are zero-hours contracts? You asked Google – here’s the answer https://t.co/YTHjnPXCF1 
• Sarah Reed's mother: 'My daughter was failed by many and I was ignored' https://t.co/67HbshmQyg 
• Maitland hires 3 Stone Buildings head of chambers as exits mount | The Lawyer https://t.co/HHRdW3iaiG
• Hitachi Rail Europe hires former London Underground head as first GC | The Lawyer https://t.co/AvcjKsZOEl
• Solvency II: will the uptick in insurance M&A continue? | The Lawyer https://t.co/c6Nm84Lbb9 
• Business Development for lawyers: How to farm your network successfully | The Lawyer https://t.co/Wjp9sjxq9h 
• Simpson Thacher and Paul Weiss lead on $15bn Apollo-ADT deal | The Lawyer https://t.co/957lyXQ4Iv
• Addleshaws and Maclays call off merger talks | The Lawyer https://t.co/tCw0v7ajiG 
• Orrick boosts nascent Houston office with seven more hires | The Lawyer https://t.co/dGILp6gBV9 
• White & Case prioritises London and US as revenue climbs 1 per cent | The Lawyer https://t.co/Usgq4Aox7N
• Magic circle duo on call with Slaughters for Vodafone and Liberty Global Dutch merger | The Lawyer https://t.co/rEuOYW3uyi
• Hogan Lovells turnover grows 2 per cent over 2015 to $1.82bn | The Lawyer https://t.co/3c23iNHfXc
• OneSavings Bank holds mid-term panel review for 12-firm roster | The Lawyer https://t.co/uoj4A18A5w 
• Landlords holding over £500m in deposits an ‘isolated view’ of the problem | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/y4SaW5Djdw
• Apple rejects ‘backdoor’ to gunman’s iPhone | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/HCKB8UQmV6 
• Safe Move Scheme captures first fraud prevention victim | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/EKDStJSqUk 
• CLC hopes to develop ‘specialist’ service after strong 2015 | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/wJnw0JF3Lc 
• Training shakeup could block ‘best talent’ – Society | Law Gazette https://t.co/n4rx7dcxZu 
• Landmark ruling on predictive coding in disclosure | Law Gazette https://t.co/gsJXfIGrhB 
• ICAEW revives campaign on legal professional privilege | Law Gazette https://t.co/YU47AEB4r4 
• MoJ to assess impact of small claims hike | Law Gazette https://t.co/PVHiKN0DpI 
• Obituary: Roger Wicks | Law Gazette https://t.co/JJIgNGn3gx 
• PEP rises 2.7% at Hogan Lovells | Law Gazette https://t.co/MJsj6LqtuN 
• Students hit by University of Greenwich data breach https://t.co/Jc1JAxClzI 
• Apple rejects order to unlock gunman's phone #US https://t.co/5TMyv8R0BK 
• RAF jets sent to intercept Russian bombers heading to UK https://t.co/AxkixTOlqw
• Tory Minister Michael Fallon spuriously claims that Jeremy Corbyn is a bigger threat to the Falklands than Argentina https://t.co/ZhMjsBzBq3 
• Mayor who blamed victim's 'vulgar' behaviour for her death resigns #TRINIDAD https://t.co/aNLni4tkIe
• #Syria wife Lorna Moore 'abused' by fighter husband https://t.co/q40GZuLsXd 
• Mark Armstrong jailed for raping schoolgirl in 32-hour abduction in Fife https://t.co/q8ad7XtQIr 
• Reemus Hamza found guilty of raping Cardiff University student during fresher's week https://t.co/xCswnGrTAD
• Iain Duncan Smith charging poor families 45p a minute to talk about benefits https://t.co/Qji3ib6pU3 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! https://t.co/Nl9G1rQYwx
• Apple ordered to decrypt iPhone of San Bernardino shooter for FBI https://t.co/ou5E3fzo9I
• Separate ‘bathroom bill’ for transgender students poised to pass in South Dakota #US https://t.co/kcAoY1xKDy
• Immigration lawyers fail with challenge to secret evidence | Law Gazette https://t.co/aYRZCuFXLi 
• EU deal ‘will not be legally binding’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/8vM8r6iaZg 
• EY hooks technology chief from Wragges | Law Gazette https://t.co/1cOmIblF15
• Wragge worker barred for selling firm's printer toner on eBay | Law Gazette https://t.co/yBIappEDsA 
• LeO should reintroduce 'free cases', says Society | Law Gazette https://t.co/OPKDO6oUAM 
• PEP rises 2.7% at Hogan Lovells | Law Gazette https://t.co/MJsj6LqtuN 
• Shabir Ahmed: Sex gang leader appeals over deportation https://t.co/Cvz0rKKO92
• Conditions at Scotland's only all-women prison criticised - half of inmates do not have direct access to a toilet https://t.co/JMEzcg34uC 
• Reporting restrictions: When can you take notes in court? https://t.co/I0GL5qKJrw 
• HM Prison Leicester 'has high violence rate' https://t.co/aBvXpWXhdS 
• #CANADA's missing or killed indigenous women 'higher than thought' https://t.co/29QUdlCToE 
• The online court: cheap and cheerful or a true alternative? | Legal Futures: https://t.co/izn1x1fMs3 
• ICAEW: legal professional privilege creates “serious distortion” in market | Legal Futures: https://t.co/0ek4y35Y4P 
• Erm, actually we don't mind non-graduates becoming solicitors, says Law Society | Legal Futures: https://t.co/iIct9Dgtbk 
• Not so slow: SRA approving alternative business structures in only two weeks | Legal Futures: https://t.co/7VH4vKN9l3 
• Court ruled that civil servant who failed to show up to work for years must pay back nearly 27,000 euros #SPAIN https://t.co/xy03mmc2Xb
• The deadly consequences of child marriage: South #SUDAN https://t.co/iCJj8j8fXq
• #FRANCE extends state of emergency until late https://t.co/yecwZQDmON 
• #ISRAEL releases Washington Post reporters https://t.co/D7YPrnIo5K 
• Life as a female refugee: 'You don't know who to trust' https://t.co/QuQqErjH5U
• Jawaharlal Nehru University at the centre of storm after student leader's arrest for "anti #India" demonstration https://t.co/dddrbwOqCC 
• Canadian law firm funder to lend over £50m to UK PI practices | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/RZy9ZPkKeC 
• Consolidation of conveyancing market continues at pace | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/5OgfuArDE4 
• King & Spalding repaid $800,000 fees to 'Putin's banker' https://t.co/4cJETTWcSW
• Bar tribunal suspends high-profile criminal barrister following harassment conviction https://t.co/UQEqykRufW 
• 'Lawyers' beat up students and journalists at New Delhi courthouse https://t.co/2i6O3VqTZ1
• Asia hires: Olswang, Bird & Bird and White & Case associate https://t.co/IGoN9u38jL 
• US patent approved for LPO service provider QuisLex https://t.co/i3F5rq3jBD 
• Law Society urges one regulator for all, protection of 'lawyer' status https://t.co/p1RXX03C2G 
• Scalia's death casts uncertainty on major court challenge to legal marijuana #US https://t.co/GxpuMx4Uiz
• Trump sees 'unusual' circumstances in Scalia's death amid conspiracy theories #US https://t.co/6GBqE4CBJW
• Woman wins court fight over home she shared with married man https://t.co/mHRknoY3PE 
• 13 steps to greater LGBT equality https://t.co/99HJuz1JQS 
• #US supreme court: the cases – what happens next and who does it benefit? https://t.co/kxc1m0owU5 
• Seeking sanctuary from social angst in the toilet https://t.co/WakGz8umRN 
• Ex-President Nicolas Sarkozy investigated over #FRANCE campaign funds https://t.co/VhSnVhme7q 
• Isle of Wight model triceratops left in middle of high street https://t.co/ChU0pV7ziz 
• Primary school warns over parents 'using cannabis' https://t.co/0ZO4kg4cJh
• #Germany train crash: Human error to blame, says prosecutor https://t.co/pT5pLbvZmY 
• Starbucks sexism row in #SAUDI - what's actually been brewing? https://t.co/BpiNlr8NEd 
• Adam Johnson trial: Footballer 'made girl out to be a liar' https://t.co/r8HiuioCRR

16th February - Law News

1514th 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: Thousands more children have been injured in custody through the use of controversial restraint techniques than the government had previously disclosed, new statistics show. This has prompted accusations that the true scale of harm in privately run jails has been suppressed. Figures reveal that the number of injuries to children caused by the use of restraint is more than three times higher than the total previously stated by the Youth Justice Board (YJB). Full story - Guardian Law

Saturday Conversations on Law

• #DENMARK'S new law forcing migrants to hand over valuables didn't raise a single penny in its first week https://t.co/vGtyhWj1bS 
• UVA law student launches Trump-themed campus campaign #US https://t.co/Q0O9k7MKlQ 
• #POLAND angry at criticism from US senators over rule of law https://t.co/KUwduG7Q0L
• Cancer Patients Snagged in Health Law's Tangled Paperwork #US https://t.co/X3MJqHZNwn 
• David Cameron’s EU deal is – in legal terms – not worth the paper it’s printed on https://t.co/QHAJeuyuLL 
• Kodi Announces Legal Action to Smash Piracy Links https://t.co/03D8mpkaUX 
• Antonin Scalia's death boosts legal chances for Obama's climate plan #US https://t.co/rXQuDLrbOC 
• Department of Justice urged to explain failure to consider legal aid mediation https://t.co/iYgEUwhOY2 
• Advertising agency takes Tourism NI legal action https://t.co/SFRZkaGIPf 
• Is Sports Betting About To Become Legal Outside Of Nevada? #US https://t.co/HVrCxfoeXX 
• The total number of active conveyancing firms dropped by 9% in 2015 https://t.co/BJ00g7cOzV
• Search company backs regulatory board in criticism of "very poor" councils https://t.co/nmCKEQE6qx 
• Public has lost confidence in ICAC following the widely-criticised Cunneen investigation #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/mDoCJAqJm4 
• Charity Commission spent £13,000 on barrister in case criticised for expense by Lord Chief Justice https://t.co/RVH3xqLEpU 
• Aspiring barrister, 16, is killed and her older sister, 19, is fighting for life after late night horror smash https://t.co/1m8fE1Fmdo 
• Chris Cairns' lawyer, English barrister Orlando Pownall, QC to defend Sunderland footballer on sex charges https://t.co/zg9rkX23Uc
• New UK Law to Force Age Verification on Internet Porn Sites https://t.co/uVPVFVtxLx 
• Non-Financial Reporting Directive: UK implementation https://t.co/v9vU5Vfrdz 
• Streetmap's lawyer: Google High Court win will have 'chilling effect’ on UK digital biz https://t.co/yDRCgjAKtf 
• Child car seat laws explained https://t.co/ii3rx5qNs8
• Campaigners call for new breathalyser law to be introduced https://t.co/ruY1LF0527 
• UK employers to report gender pay gaps per 'quartile' of pay, government announces https://t.co/KePP0p7myc 
• Belfast has worst stillbirth rate in UK - medics say abortion laws skew figures https://t.co/lozDV7ftEM 
• Election focuses attention on eighth amendment enshrining abortion law https://t.co/iDpGW2yJq3 
• Why is the UK still printing its laws on vellum? https://t.co/xuK9QQZgVq 
• Legal fees and the free market | Law Gazette https://t.co/zm0yzXKNFF 
• Addleshaw-Maclays merger ‘is off’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/5H3MTcJYJi 
• Want to know how #laws are made in @UKParliament? https://t.co/MJdssoaqjf 
• Is there anything more patriotic than the left’s tradition of protest? https://t.co/TcpNaWwxyW 
• ‘Yet another man’ – lawyers rap FTSE gender initiative | Law Gazette https://t.co/6cYZYRiqsz 
• The Glee Club and the power of trademarks for small businesses https://t.co/2JO0IibsSs 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! https://t.co/SVdqNpOESK
• Lasers should be classed as offensive weapons - pilots' union https://t.co/O8KUQ7Bw8m
• #Syria crisis: Strikes on hospitals 'war crimes' https://t.co/gDiO2T5umV
• Government of #POLAND plans to introduce a law making it a crime to imply the country bears any responsibility https://t.co/7UxF1ENlps 
• Government launches porn site age checks consultation https://t.co/aohaP1P9PP
• Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe to meet Lord Brittan's widow https://t.co/nYnIpukXMp
• Law Society ups the stakes in debate over single legal regulator | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/NX1WBGTbI8 
• Attorney General ‘50/50’ on Brexit | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/Pk9sQAiJEO 
• MoJ to crackdown on ‘greedy’ claims management companies | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/AsPBE0iT3X
• Accountants want in on all reserved legal services https://t.co/c2mlt9AuHg
• PCVA Law first out the gate with 'Error 53' class action https://t.co/8YYwI1sPc7 
• Clyde & Co opens Oman office https://t.co/AUDKSP9i9p 
• Lawyer says police should have shot Hong Kong rioters if necessary https://t.co/wx4FUxizot 
• City hires: Nabarro, Orrick, Squire Patton Boggs and PwC https://t.co/3kfSzIXJfF 
• Photos of naked judge removed from website https://t.co/qvQI2YycMI 
• Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia dies at age 79 https://t.co/al831Ncd6G 
• Top Uber executives face off against criminal charges in France https://t.co/3qmLklnwre 
• Fatal shootings at Alabama law firm and accountant's office https://t.co/Aq1WwNCUn4 
• Schengen Agreement restrictions and labour mobility https://t.co/TzgmAG0I4f
• Pope John Paul II letters reveal 32-year relationship with woman https://t.co/jGRz3oV2Xw 
• Prisons fail to act on inmates' suicide risks, says watchdog https://t.co/FEh8IolhWB 
• Law Society: Allowing students without degrees into profession will devalue solicitor qualification | Legal Futures https://t.co/RqyvW9Rnp9
• Solicitor with “cavalier attitude to regulation” is struck off | Legal Futures: https://t.co/Ghiu94KzEZ 
• Law Society and SRA set out their stalls in the battle for control of profession | Legal Futures: https://t.co/teaE2i3dzW

15th February - Law News

1513th 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: Costs lawyer warns commercial legal services clients are wising up to increasing costs. Clients are wising up to excessive costs, a leading costs lawyer has warned in the wake of a report that found Magic Circle partners billing £1,000 per hour. Full story - New Law Journal

Saturday Conversations on Law

• The secret life of a homeless outreach worker: we put up with abuse that no other profession would https://t.co/rX31W3XNNJ
• Antonin Scalia: a #US supreme court justice 'extreme and out of step' with women https://t.co/9xmnXsWtTw 
• Eight years on, #KENYA still failing women raped in election violence https://t.co/DUS0LsXopt 
• The Guardian view on the US supreme court: divided they stand | Editorial https://t.co/vGSHa17G7Z 
• Antonin Scalia obituary - #US Supreme Court Judge https://t.co/3Z9UMJ2DxT 
• European law and the imposition of the new junior doctor contracts https://t.co/zgus4hzmEw 
• #Qatari billionaire cannot be sued over torture claim, London court rules https://t.co/jbrQxMQXvb 
• Justice Antonin Scalia: liberal clerks reflect on the man they knew and admired #US https://t.co/WJZ0pwuoVu 
• Expert debate: should there be a space race to mine asteroids? https://t.co/P3SZueu0pK 
• Reporting on historical sexual abuse allegations requires great care https://t.co/Gg5jlhTH2u 
• Building a better culture in law firms | The Lawyer https://t.co/6RACV8UGiB
• Change in the air: British American Tobacco | The Lawyer https://t.co/HUpCZwRbuE 
• Real estate: who’s hot property? | The Lawyer https://t.co/m2pSqF5v0T 
• Mishcon boss Gold sets sights on John Lewis-style ownership model | The Lawyer https://t.co/NF9XrPFdHI 
• Mayer Brown launches German PE practice with KWM hires | The Lawyer https://t.co/FyAtXUZVSL 
• HS2 appoints Contract Resources’ Geoghegan as new GC | The Lawyer https://t.co/f23KftjxiY
• White & Case rebuilds Indonesia team with HSF duo | The Lawyer https://t.co/Z21fixCPfO 
• Fidelis hires first group GC Roufca from rival insurer Aspen | The Lawyer https://t.co/FCM0YHYVIL 
• Simmons appoints employment head as first GC | The Lawyer https://t.co/9XCG4aymWh 
• Bird & Bird adds two dispute partners in Asia | The Lawyer https://t.co/uRuMV6Kww0 
• In-house interview: Pemberton Capital Advisors general counsel Corinna Mitchell | The Lawyer https://t.co/YW46JG4xvA
• Have your say on the ‘Scottish verdict’ in SLN's survey | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/AwGX5EJkfz 
• Harper Macleod advises on £57m student accommodation deal | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/T7luDJnKwA
• DAC Beachcroft Scotland expands with senior appointments | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/D5xq0yTGnO 
• Law Society welcomes LPP protections in investigatory powers bill | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/SXVYv91xBQ 
• GCHQ wins IPT case over phone hacking powers | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/B3bYpTQDMz 
• Estate owner awarded protective expenses order after Inner House rules costs would be ‘prohibitively expensive’ https://t.co/0H066XXTs8 
• Scottish fraud increased by 80 per cent in 2015 | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/pnyVdmjJL2 
• No plans for drug driving laws in Scotland a year after successful introduction in England | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/vsAoVBh0G0 
• Legal experts question courts service's 'odd' decision to publish offensive comments | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/mdOrcd0Am2 
• Judge rules complainer in domestic abuse case entitled to be heard before order for recovery of her medical records https://t.co/qWMirysk2Q 
• SQE could place solicitors at disadvantage to bar, academic warns | Law Gazette https://t.co/m4NcKQZEEx
• Call for level playing field over legal aid ‘goodwill gesture’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/ynrxUHk9xm 
• Financier enters UK pledging £50m for PI firms | Law Gazette https://t.co/U2BP3vFXQa 
• Licensed conveyancers outline growth strategy | Law Gazette https://t.co/gPCQhZJR92 
• New caps on financial claim fees | Law Gazette https://t.co/PW73GjhSKr 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! https://t.co/el0uIPBijG
• Outdated common law marriage rules dragged through the courts https://t.co/9nLzIOu9BW 
• From trainee to partner -- at the same international firm https://t.co/8ecM59mZGB
• Commercial lawyers top new junior barrister 'hottie' list https://t.co/aq1HeArEfW 
• YouGov research shows the majority of people fancy themselves as judges https://t.co/d6DMugfixn 
• UKIP gay rights barrister quits party due to 'vile homophobe' in open Facebook letter https://t.co/9El53mzspe 
• Law firms flock to the West Country as Bristol is declared biggest legal centre after London https://t.co/wCLFgD2Rjq
• A new law firm has opened in a start-up incubator and wants its young solicitors to create their own spin-off ventur…https://t.co/hOx24Eioto 
• Event: What will the proposed solicitor super-exam mean for law students and trainees? https://t.co/JSMn2B3bpz
• Pupillage interviews uncovered: law students filmed being grilled by top barristers https://t.co/I7wM1uG6m1
• Ministry of Justice confirms 86 courts across England and Wales WILL close https://t.co/Szksab8KtM 
• Why does the 'Do you know anyone at the firm' question appear on application forms? https://t.co/OnDOSyEy7s
• A critical analysis of the R v Taylor Supreme Court judgment https://t.co/zcWnViIz5I 
• How Jihadi John journalist used law degree and barrister training to kick-start his career https://t.co/ZNx36jUrH3 
• Beyond corporate law: how to become a serious injury lawyer https://t.co/0PdruqCGRH 
• Top City law firms criticised for failing to stay in touch with social mobility work experience students https://t.co/lgpSFSyVCK
• Revealed: the areas of the country where trainee solicitors are paid the least https://t.co/ZHX3CjUBLT
• 15 great photos of dogs dressed as lawyers https://t.co/RX3CL2SIB5 
• Senior lawyers slam 'entitled' millennial training contract hopefuls https://t.co/vBGeKLee5Q 
• Sacked Chelsea FC-mad corporate solicitor who branded Liverpool fans 'scouse scum' lands new job at City law firm https://t.co/zHrDBxBeiE
• Profile: Ayesha Vardag, 'made the leap’ to set up her own family practice - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/nPjPvwtH1w 
• Jamie Potter, partner at Bindmans: acted for firms in legal aid contract challenge - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/v0otsaVHkx 
• My legal life: Hayley Collinson, Neil Hudgell Solicitors, Hull - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/DCW6Fycb6E 
• Parliament urges LPP safeguard for snooping bill | Law Gazette https://t.co/vuu43iuUo3 
• MoJ confirms 86 out of 91 threatened courts will close | Law Gazette https://t.co/A1SLzgEef1 
• Compounding the confusion over human rights | Law Gazette https://t.co/aOfiNyqvhF 
• More chambers at risk in 11 Stone Buildings fallout | Law Gazette https://t.co/mZZo7YUNsI
• ‘Nursery’ firm created for young lawyers | Law Gazette https://t.co/bVwuzNPaLZ 
• Law society calls for single legal regulator | Law Gazette https://t.co/vX7fjhvCtg 
• Court closures open way to less stressful justice, says charity | Law Gazette https://t.co/fnh30VchXl 
• Barrister suspended for harassment conviction | Law Gazette https://t.co/CTXffOBw1L
• Conveyancers – ‘no room for complacency’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/kMe2N2TwL0 
• Ethics and compliance key issues for in-house | Law Gazette https://t.co/iS0QuOP6pd 
• Councils eye joint ABS to boost external income | Legal Futures: https://t.co/qntgPTQBqH 
• Here come the new lawyers - CLC sets out plans for probate practitioners and technicians | Legal Futures: https://t.co/Mz9MYJLd9L 
• Barrister suspended after text harassment conviction | Legal Futures: https://t.co/gTLsuwM3oJ 
• Let battle commence: accountants demand right to carry out all reserved legal activities | Legal Futures: https://t.co/FJhvMh4swU
• A 'mobster' in west London is trying to bring down capitalism with billboards https://t.co/Wd5AWlBF0i 
• #Egyptian court overturns police officer's conviction for killing female protester https://t.co/480tsBnqNO
• Job of the police is to investigate, not judge https://t.co/c4H9KY8dlj 
• No place for terrorists in the Tory heartlands https://t.co/HARxRX1dNL 
• Republicans and Democrats draw battle lines over supreme court nomination #US https://t.co/H7eAYkWJB3
• Antonin Scalia: the judge whose conservatism shaped America #US https://t.co/eEUEzAggeK
• #US supreme court: the key issues affected by death of Justice Scalia https://t.co/TqwWd418gv 
• Antonin Scalia, 1936-2016: conservative bulwark who resisted ages of change #US https://t.co/hwgOQRZINQ
• Businessmen held in #UAE were tortured into confessions, says UN report https://t.co/Gsn14xIORn 
• What Happens When an Eight-Justice Supreme Court Splits 4-4? https://t.co/ZEvahyO46Y
• Antonin Scalia's seat: a guide to the fight over his supreme court replacement #US https://t.co/hoGYpXqcuS 
• #US supreme court: who could succeed Antonin Scalia as ninth justice? https://t.co/SElklMAvxF 
• A Website Devoted to Harry Potter and Law: If you're interested in Harry Potter and law (or literature and law) https://t.co
• Taxi bursts into flames outside Glasgow airport https://t.co/faLIguAFiX 
• Homeless woman thanked for foiling Oxford shop burglary https://t.co/EAH5CJw8br 
• Man and woman from Rochdale charged with slavery offences after woman, 28, allegedly held in servitude https://t.co/pV39Us0VLa 
• Founder of fashion chain Superdry has sold-off just under £50m worth of shares to fund his divorce https://t.co/ZDgWnwM7uT 
• Leanne Wall death: Man charged with Bury murder https://t.co/yqMRyE6M89 
• Self-employed 'need more support' https://t.co/sv3qMzOYOD 
• Britons held in #Greece over large guns stash https://t.co/NkmJxqbBUb
• Justice Antonin Scalia's death sparks battle for Supreme Court control #US https://t.co/bXaOhmIdmx 
• The round-up: Gove's Gloss and the Assange Saga | UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/Pd5h3whogp 
• Cavalier with our Constitution: a Charter too far | UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/AwwVk5Anvs 
• Watery rights and wrongs - and causation too | UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/4zGlaAal5P
• Press restrictions may continue after trial in the interests of national security | UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/VivOqqlZv6 
• It's time to overhaul the Investigatory Powers Bill | UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/cTDYzx1c9O 
• Michelle Farrell on Freedom from Fear | Human Rights Ireland https://t.co/9rNgZhRoyr
• Brian Farrell on Freedom from Want | Human Rights Ireland https://t.co/LusSvItXB4
• Keane on Freedom of Speech and Expression | Human Rights Ireland https://t.co/9xI2HwKn2U 
• Celebrating Roosevelt’s Four Freedoms | Human Rights Ireland https://t.co/NfEj2GaMWv

14th February - Law News

1512nd Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & legal articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap


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Saturday Conversations on Law

• TheLawMap Wig is out! https://t.co/osF9wt04fs
• Will Self joins London ‘mass trespass’ over privatisation of public space https://t.co/i4G8mw1l6y 
• Urban Hymn: Essex writer’s drug-fuelled youth inspires drama https://t.co/MgMyrrNTYz 
• Antonin Scalia's death calls supreme court gun rights stance into question #US https://t.co/MtySy1YLJc
• Antonin Scalia is gone – now an epic political battle looms large #SCOTUS https://t.co/nmdvbxTojV
• 'Pure applesauce': Antonin Scalia's most biting supreme court opinion lines #US https://t.co/BktQeKFiHe 
• #Cuba returns to the US 'wrongly shipped' Hellfire missile https://t.co/FPBfCSky94 
• Church of England defends Richard Dawkins prayer tweet https://t.co/MaibPDQgvA
• Grandma who ran nine-year-old to death for lie about candy dies in prison #US https://t.co/SwMdjNK5lh 
• Writing a love letter instead of a police report: why victims contact sex attackers https://t.co/5Yhn3NbmLe 
• UK child prisons: thousands of injuries not disclosed by government https://t.co/ongPtkc9tc 
• Call to tighten new property law to crack down on ‘dirty money’ https://t.co/7Bkdxtphdx 
• Peter Tatchell: snubbed by students for free speech stance https://t.co/3CJEAnm7Kd 
• Hardline rightwing Supreme court justice Antonin Scalia dies at 79 #US https://t.co/VImobrcKpb 
• President has denounced St Valentine's Day, saying the festival has no connection with Pakistani culture #PAKISTAN https://t.co/BnIYdM2MJU
• Sexism & racism have to be challenged without bowing to the far right, who are using sexual assaults #GERMANY https://t.co/ZauTrZytza 
• Protesters storm £4,000-a-table 'Bailiffs' Oscars' in anger at eviction of families https://t.co/lBb1mbMKFC
• Prisoners Exonerated, Prosecutors Exposed #US https://t.co/HmzWFAcTea 
• Sushil Koirala, Ex-Premier of #NEPAL Who Fought for Democracy, Dies at 77 https://t.co/59a2N2h4Yb 
• Machiavellians and ordinary youth in #Syrian civil war https://t.co/lNwY1JUHTe 
• #Australia's aboriginals: When the river runs dry https://t.co/o89dEY2lWx 
• Radio the world's primary source of information in 2016 https://t.co/UDOrHcTrvv
• #Australian hospital refuses to discharge asylum baby https://t.co/HlErkMhzEl 
• The pain and sadness of a Columbine killer's mother https://t.co/t1kcP3njSq 
• Al-Shabab 'carried out' #SOMALIA plane attack https://t.co/Bgi4TNwbjK
• Independent editor writes to 'treasured' print readers https://t.co/gorLeuXepb 
• Hollywood star Bill Murray in 'mobile phone rage' incident #US https://t.co/WnCzT8Q0kZ 
• RK Pachauri: Action against ex-UN climate head over new complaint following accusation of sexual harassment #INDIA https://t.co/5tU3BkwoT3 
• Student leader from a university in New Delhi held on sedition charges #INDIA https://t.co/6IRH1tL1ML 
• St. Valentine: a priest #imprisoned for marrying sweethearts in secret in defiance of the emperor https://t.co/8OBQimx6mR 
• 86 courts & tribunals to close | New Law Journal: https://t.co/srTikObntm
• Protect legal privilege, say MPs & Peers | New Law Journal: https://t.co/RQzkucAVFT 
• What is the price of law? Costs lawyer warns commercial legal services clients | New Law Journal: https://t.co/e86bwICyMh 
• ELA criticises proposed public sector clawback regulations | New Law Journal: https://t.co/5l7hgwdC6G 

13th February - Law News

1511st 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

• Fifa has banned its former secretary-general Jerome Valcke from all football-related activity for 12 years https://t.co/8yMr9A1Sci
• Paedophiles use secret Facebook groups to swap images https://t.co/I1BfdUI4o2 
• Levi Bellfield 'denies Milly Dowler murder confession' https://t.co/ywpk3rVFeV 
• Taxi driver who planned to leave pregnant wife to join so-called ISIS has been found guilty of terror offences https://t.co/sM5ckMDuwe 
• Anne Frank's diary removed from website after it became aware of falling foul of copyright law https://t.co/sUiIs4IsFu 
• Streetmap loses Google High Court challenge https://t.co/cTVct6zzzD
• #PAKISTAN district bans Valentine's Day celebrations https://t.co/e3KGMP8GBF 
• Tribunal rules computer hacking by GCHQ is not illegal https://t.co/2XFczmLzt4 
• Dickstein Shapiro and Blank Rome seal the deal https://t.co/3IeK02Zoha 
• Lawyer sacked for calling Liverpool FC fans 'scouse scum' lands new job https://t.co/VG35JgXert 
• Lawyers raise eyebrows over UK ministerial code rewrite https://t.co/R5GIQb19zQ 
• Disgraced former Big Law associate brings defamation case against tabloid press https://t.co/6Esm3Q20uq
• EY boosts legal Tech drive with Wragges hire https://t.co/EvjHdpyu3f 
• Top Uber executives face off against criminal charges in France https://t.co/cqN4v9w0QL 
• Fatal shootings at Alabama law firm and accountant's office https://t.co/Pr7ihSjiKE
• Judge blocks attempt to oust GM lead counsel https://t.co/Bv9nWc6WYZ 
• The price is right: how UK firms can steal a march on the Americans | The Lawyer https://t.co/W9dqhoIM7B 
• Clifford Chance’s Layton: Europe is our top priority | The Lawyer https://t.co/sApfpB7BYA
• Fried Frank targets new City office to house doubling in lawyer numbers | The Lawyer https://t.co/d1bHV6dcLa 
• Nabarro leads on GSK £37m CMA fine over anti-competitive deals | The Lawyer https://t.co/1F2abw3zEj 
• Ashurst and MacRoberts lead on i newspaper sale | The Lawyer https://t.co/mHbhwoVE5E 
• Blank Rome benefits as Dickstein Shapiro shuts up shop after 65 years | The Lawyer https://t.co/7mvyGksJdP
• Half of all North West trainees paid under recommended Law Soc minimum salary https://t.co/vy7d9Zs6mr
• Bates Wells and Bevan Brittan win first advisory roles for SSRO | The Lawyer https://t.co/ENU7orFfPA 
• EY builds tech practice with Wragges partner hire | The Lawyer https://t.co/mpr8MgsKcN Feb 12, 2016
• Independent trio act on $1.2bn Chinese bid for Opera Software | The Lawyer https://t.co/EOBFybvxke
• The Lawyer’s Hot 100: The most interesting thing about managing a law firm | The Lawyer https://t.co/J0SO0NSK3H 
• "Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) visa - UK" https://t.co/Y9S348eYw7 
• Andrew Mitchell's daughter calls for sacking of Jeremy Hunt https://t.co/MGOhBC4fN5 
• Trans rights: Meet the face of #NEPAL's progressive 'third gender' movement https://t.co/LuP9usIvGw
• Cassandra Clare hits back at Sherrilyn Kenyon's lawsuit alleging copying https://t.co/VlmGyQXIFr 
• Nude painting furore: court rules Facebook can be sued in #FRANCE https://t.co/bAeZl7GG45
• Court orders Laura Ashley boss to settle 'titanic' divorce case https://t.co/Tp125bwurg 
• Trade union bill could escalate disputes, warns employment law expert https://t.co/fjBlbj1Lse 
• Allow Huntington's disease sufferer to die, judge rules https://t.co/mx7ReaPQSA 
• Punctuation thats not always necessary https://t.co/3oF1pBW6ne
• Cynthia Payne - sexual marathon strained courtroom calm, 12 Feb 1987 https://t.co/dxGCCpk9EZ 
• One in three trainee solicitors paid below recommended minimum salary | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/f1wJUVPu6n 
• Proprietary estoppel cases in farming communities on the rise | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/jMxGCCarGT 
• Wrongful trading law reviewed as liquidators fail to establish ‘increase in net deficiency’ | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/KxICLBmqPj 
• Baker & McKenzie unveils new legal apprenticeships | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/vu8BOuCgN1 
• Handshake gets out of hand for US lawyers | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/P8mm9y09ug 
• Former Sunderland footballer Adam Johnson 'abused position in society' https://t.co/I67ZfHxAIw 
• Sian Blake EastEnders case: Man charged with family murders https://t.co/PNmrJeD9ik 
• Rolf Harris faces seven indecent assault charges https://t.co/g9iqafLjtp 
• Man, 22, admits terror offences https://t.co/oMede3HZ5a 
• Langley Mill fire deaths: Father and sons jailed for life https://t.co/jI3wKQh7E8 
• Schengen zone: EU gives #Greece deadline on borders https://t.co/SqQaURojoR
• #CANADA man missing for 30 years found after remembering identity https://t.co/YTpBaJhnk1 
• Independent to cease as print edition https://t.co/y3cLxozsLP
• LSB demands transparency around PC fees setting | Law Gazette https://t.co/jVynFJCcvZ 
• One-third of trainees paid below Society minimum | Law Gazette https://t.co/Bn3bH8JNli 
• Four solicitors face fraud charges | Law Gazette https://t.co/SC6zNn4ghJ 
• Accountants’ body applies to regulate all reserved legal activities | Law Gazette https://t.co/pccotHaHVJ 
• US bar sets checklist for non-lawyer ownership | Law Gazette https://t.co/qTcS97Rgfw 
• Maybe the profession should club together and help give TV solicitors a voice | Law Gazette https://t.co/OXZ7wVfsN2 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! https://t.co/5X6EiVv9BK
• Parish councils may face referendum cap over 'excessive' tax https://t.co/YcV35be74j
• Tim Farron calls for legalisation of cannabis for recreational use https://t.co/8QEWpr3ADV 
• #EGYPT is committed to investigating torture https://t.co/26E3mZFzjj
• Prison sentences for Heathrow 13 activists would threaten our right to protest https://t.co/4dAqqqShLG 
• Ministry of Justice to close 86 courts in England and Wales https://t.co/rNhu0TbGlb
• Auschwitz trial: survivor urges guard to reveal his role at death camp https://t.co/yEizSRDZLy
• No 10 faces legal challenge over ministerial code rewrite https://t.co/8Ir6CgL1el 
• Rape victims have a right to be believed by the police https://t.co/7L6Muqd3qh 
• Straight Outta Compton producers hit back at NWA manager's $110m lawsuit #US https://t.co/vu3UWOtMPV 
• What kind of law firm should I apply to? https://t.co/eMuPjIQ8d0
• Sex and the citizenry: the global laws that leave women and children in limbo https://t.co/KP5mBnupXE 
• 'These are our rights': Ghana's LGBT community finally finds Solace https://t.co/SIL2QbkuGw 
• Judge orders caesarean if needed for mentally ill mother-to-be https://t.co/5u7xmZizW5 
• Babies behind bars: why Cameron’s support of prison reform falls short https://t.co/KDxsNeLLKb 
• What is the Chinese media doing right for LGBT people? #CHINA https://t.co/o6hDpWB6jF

12th February - Law News

1509th 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:  Growth in the South West and in East Anglia trails behind the rest of England and Wales. Vacancies for solicitors grew by 40 per cent in 2015 with the technology and insurance practices seeing the biggest increases, a new survey has found. Full story - Solicitors Journal

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Scottish government to amend land reform proposals | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/WBwHRnZsH2
• Shoosmiths advises social housing provider on new development | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/n8S49DReGR 
• New managing partner for Marks & Clerk in Glasgow | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/8c2u9IUr91 
• Shepherd and Wedderburn announces sponsorship of Digital Technology Awards | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/oGI4gr5SbI 
• England: early guilty pleas to guarantee shorter sentences | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/h5v1D6n7Iv
• MoJ to close 86 ‘underused’ courts | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/jx59xrGVpL
• ‘Significant work’ needed for Draft Investigatory Powers Bill, say MPs and peers | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/B3rKt8ZPhR 
• Sentence reduction for guilty pleas draft guideline published | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/ojP5mNHXOy
• Snooper’s Charter: Greater protection for legally privileged communications needed | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/yOzj9DHEpE
• Litigation finance competition heats up in North America https://t.co/mtr9MT2joD 
• New Skype malware a threat to legal professionals https://t.co/4C0kokMYxm
• Crowdfunded claims firm calls in administrators https://t.co/q6ljZNqnho
• A&O to advise as Asahi moves in to bag Grolsch and Peroni https://t.co/PRdDe8p538 
• 'I could do that,' say most Britons of criminal judgeships https://t.co/BtNFczf8N6
• New Hampshire and Hillary's $675k https://t.co/4qx7MeYLFQ 
• Judge blocks attempt to oust GM lead counsel https://t.co/c57psdeKJk 
• Law firms warned on drawings as profits rise https://t.co/43ZXj5Zc3n
• "It was too good to be true": SDT strikes off solicitor scam victim who raided client accounts | Legal Futures: https://t.co/C7rVHXbb0F 
• LSB to put spending in the spotlight in return for approving practising fees | Legal Futures: https://t.co/jylcLw3dfM 
• England footballer Adam Johnson sacked by Sunderland after child sex charge admission https://t.co/9J6hxt0DvU
• Analysis: What MPs say is wrong with spy bill https://t.co/i5vO2ld4b3
• #MEXICO prison riot leaves 52 dead near Monterrey https://t.co/sV5ahlgfJ1 
• Star Wars prosecuted over Harrison Ford injury https://t.co/P8IsHpp84r 
• Parliament urges LPP safeguard for snooping bill | Law Gazette https://t.co/vuu43iuUo3 
• Solicitor struck off for telling client to leave UK before arrest | Law Gazette https://t.co/dM5hzbFxV2 
• LSB demands transparency around PC fees setting | Law Gazette https://t.co/jVynFJCcvZ 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! https://t.co/lBEr8srgSl
• Lawyers and Conveyancers Disciplinary Tribunal reports significant drop in cases #NEWZEALAND https://t.co/K0Y3itcpkR 
• Saraki will Not Resign Because of Trial at Code of Conduct Tribunal Says Senate Leader #NIGERIA https://t.co/Kl7mQUcvB0
• #SERBIA in protest note over Hague Tribunal's "arrogance" https://t.co/0EW1X2BfTd 
• Immigration #NEWZEALAND concerned about Sri Lankan man entered a marriage of convenience with transgender Samoan…https://t.co/tAhKA1YybV
• David Cameron appears to admit he's never been to a benefits tribunal https://t.co/ESrH03ZUWB 
• Aberdeen City Council could take legal action over Third Don delays https://t.co/C0EAnrha0I 
• Google hits milestone as US designates driverless cars as legal drivers #US https://t.co/pUO2ouuyyS 
• Council fights legal bid over play park named after IRA hunger striker Raymond McCreesh https://t.co/n3oHJQCYE5 
• As Deutsche Bank Chief Turns to Legal Woes, Here's What He Faces https://t.co/T5o2tEnIpp 
• Alistair Carmichael to foot bill for legal costs in election court case https://t.co/8cAmzWiGzl 
• London cycle superhighway: Cab drivers lose legal challenge https://t.co/D6jTY6RYyF 
• Widow payments: Citizens Advice say ruling is 'groundbreaking' https://t.co/NrVUGCCt46 
• UK lawmakers criticise surveillance bill over privacy concerns https://t.co/AMK1lbWaEP 
• Hospitality Ulster launches 'petition of concern' against licensing laws https://t.co/RJwpTtku5y 
• UK government consults on the implementation of the EU Damages Directive https://t.co/2aDhBlX0va 
• Meet Britain's youngest ever - and very glamorous - criminal law judge https://t.co/W6T9gng277 
• Error 53: Law firms in US and UK promise to take Apple to court https://t.co/gpDW8yadpG 
• U.K. Spying Law Needs More Privacy Rules, Parliament Group Says https://t.co/mKOI9V6waR 
• Places still available for EU judge Ian Forrester QC's lecture | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/A4s4fq28W4 
• Strathclyde Law Clinic advises over 100 clients in past 6 months | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/XoNws2xr9x 
• Scots lawyer shines light on struggle for human rights in Colombia | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/GRuP8QhTrP 
• Northern Ireland: Refusal of widowed parent's benefits to unmarried Belfast mother found to be discriminatory https://t.co/lG1itAn4lt 
• Pro-life group warns Scotland would become abortion hotspot | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/TfNLeSXWx3 
• Medical Law Professor continues as Law Society convener | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/8Gf8zv1aVp