22nd February - Law News

1520th 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 legal recruitment agency has claimed that nearly one third of trainee solicitors are being paid less than the Law Society’s recommended salary. The recommended salary, set in August 2014, is £20,276 in London and £18, 183 outside of the capital. However, according to Douglas Scott’s 2016 Salary and Benefits Benchmarker, 31% of trainees are paid below these thresholds. Salaries vary in different areas—less than half receive the recommended salary in the north west, compared to 88% in the south west and 80% in London. Full story - New Law Journal

Saturday Conversations on Law

• #AUSTRALIA asylum baby 'will be sent back to Nauru' https://t.co/zjin5BcPYV 
• Pope Francis appeals for global end to capital punishment https://t.co/GoSMr1PkX3 
• Edward Snowden would be willing to return to #US for fair trial https://t.co/JIdpUpZFoI
• Rochdale: police chief 'appalled' by Times 'sex grooming town' report after imam's murder https://t.co/aoo4u489Gi 
• Police to request secrecy for parts of undercover officers inquiry https://t.co/OMMT6dwLlQ 
• Public toilets – the new battleground for bigots wanting to legislate trans people out of existence | Lindy West https://t.co/ZrRBc9CotI 
• Britain’s new deal with Europe isn’t perfect, but it is fair | Sven Giegold https://t.co/ZQzaLKHyh3 
• As publishers lose control, are newspaper websites a dead parrot? https://t.co/0Fd2Xvyr2R 
• Appoint individual to protect rights of the vulnerable, report suggests https://t.co/1meyc4PsQ8
• Suspect in Kalamazoo shootings that killed six was Uber driver, firm says #US https://t.co/Hz2bvZeQfa 
• A history of same-sex unions in Europe https://t.co/wWW2QTZk2l
• British tourist fighting for life after San Francisco knife attack #US https://t.co/rccyYGTaEg 
• Prime Minister warns he may call confidence vote over same-sex unions #ITALY https://t.co/PucSRZpNbL
• Barristers who outsource work must avoid referral fees, Bar Council warns | Legal Futures: https://t.co/Z37m7LfG8w 
• Who do you think we are? Disclosure ordered in ‘heir hunters’ libel battle | Legal Futures: https://t.co/VQWBYydngk 
• Legal IT entrepreneurs tempt law students onto alternative career path | Legal Futures: https://t.co/3RGdnd9d24
• Cameron’s sovereignty plan: what to hope for, and what to fear https://t.co/Mgfxiu7PiQ 
• Families to challenge minimum income visa rules in supreme court https://t.co/7wwObpV6WV 
• 'I should be able to live with my wife': families divided by UK visa rules https://t.co/RkPLogV5vm 
• High Hedges Act: Buchlyvie ‘forest’ felled | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/yC69VRPUKN 
• Legal academic suggests Holyrood could gain powers from Brexit | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/JUTHcAZ9kA 
• US: Indian-born judge frontrunner to fill Supreme Court seat | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/3x0zJBM987 
• The Power of Apology: the Future of Apology in Civil & Criminal Justice | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/DVAn2NX7bL 
• Scottish Arbitration Centre sponsors Edinburgh Vis Pre-Moot | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/y0IdRfCpWs 
• Lindsays boosts rural services team in Edinburgh | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/4TA3Z01F6L 
• Blog: Perry Mason days may be on way out | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/xeeQokQXTk 
• Academic calls for reduced sentences for drug free prisoners | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/REd1lIknja 
• Minister wins appeal against sexual assault convictions after sheriff’s ‘misdirection’ on hearsay evidence https://t.co/JzK13uhcta 
• Lord Advocate’s prosecution policy on assisted suicide is ‘in accordance with law’ | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/8cUqMjWG0P 
• Blackadders gains presence across Scotland with merger | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/ifKA75fANA
• Calum MacNeill QC represents health board found not liable in £15 million claim | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Dou8RvVthf 
• Group to observe how criminal justice system treats women | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/m0hSR5iwIX 
• Early guilty pleas: Justice for whom? | UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/NVKLT35TcP 
• Cameron on prisons: an agenda for a revolution? - the Round-up | UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/j3TCd0J3lH 
• Judicial Review: What is meant by "totally without merit" | UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/qztiV2ymqj
• Jury Service and the Price of Curiosity | UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/QTl807DaK4 
• Eight Trends and Eight Challenges to the European Court of Human Rights | UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/T2mBAoaPcr
• NI Judge acquits Pastor of "gross offence" against Muslims | UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/RiRYEYY8Yt 
• Freedom, Asylum Seekers, and Two Lots of European Human Rights | UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/LLgoNoxk35
• Supreme Court abolishes “wrong turn” Joint Enterprise law | UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/5z8x0sOh6G 
• Joint Enterprise press release from the Appellant's solicitors | UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/xcwShtcxWM 
• The right to privacy and medical records - Seonaid Stevenson | UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/W5UnLBgqhO
• South Carolina's Legacy, Exploited by Trump: Racial animus still drives the state's Republican primary #US https://t.co/nKl8thJQKK
• Xiao Gang, #China's Top Securities Regulator, Ousted Over Market Tumult https://t.co/bFWIK66Zk4 
• Justice Department Calls Apple's Refusal to Unlock iPhone a 'Marketing Strategy' https://t.co/3DIWElzovX
• In Nod to Law Enforcement in Apple Case, Obama Ends Attempt to Straddle Privacy Divide #US https://t.co/U31J0QYHXx 
• Supreme Court Won't Intervene in North Carolina Election Fight #US https://t.co/VTbDjIkLeO 
• Will Democracy Follow Capitalism Into #CUBA? https://t.co/5aaW3YxIvy 
• Fighting Truancy Among INDIA's Teachers, With a Pistol and a Stick https://t.co/PgGukEHRRB 
• Staying in EU apparently 'exposes UK to terror risk', claims Iain Duncan Smith https://t.co/D3FWZBhlfL 
• #Germany migrant shelter fire 'cheered by onlookers' https://t.co/39IjT6FPyV 
• Boris Johnson to campaign to leave the EU https://t.co/opibNxHmyX 
• Water crisis fears in Delhi over Jat caste unrest #INDIA https://t.co/y41MjtcvJl 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! https://t.co/Pk80y1sJDr
• Wyverstone weapons haul: Firearms dealer Anthony Buckland jailed https://t.co/IpE0U6I4DK 
• Safety concerns in Sports Direct town over 'carved up houses' https://t.co/3gYDYpsISY 
• Will privatisation of UK cities rip out their hearts? https://t.co/vxcl26x7sI 
• Baby Asha: immigration minister confirms community detention in #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/CQA9460m6y 
• Britain lobbied UN to whitewash #Bahrain police abuses https://t.co/FgmXWklb1L 
• Was there a communist witch-hunt at the BBC? https://t.co/1o0Rq35BEK 
• Thatcher government ordered 'rural rioters' inquiry https://t.co/zzyJfQ96OA 
• Relax Sunday trading laws to help shops, MPs say https://t.co/GBQcZZ77PG 

21st February - Law News

1519th 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

• Chris Brunt confronts West Brom fans after being hit by coin at Reading https://t.co/bmzKNvGGDG 
• 20 million – mainly low-earners – to lose out under pension reform https://t.co/sUqK7LSCll 
• Karen Danczuk: ‘Showing a bit of cleavage hardly makes me the devil’ https://t.co/C6fbz02IYl 
• Sydney lockouts: seven creatives give their views – and none of them are good #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/quAdURap3l
• The Shetland rape episode reflected horrific reality. Why can’t other dramas do the same? https://t.co/GMPTBn5eQv
• Antonin Scalia's supreme court career: cases, arguments – and heated debates #US https://t.co/bk9m9y1Q8B 
• Mother hopes joint enterprise verdict will overturn son's murder conviction https://t.co/iq4MvArLM5 
• Antonin Scalia's funeral in Washington expected to draw thousands #US https://t.co/nxymIyBfQJ 
• Antonin Scalia's son delivers homily in funeral mass for supreme court justice #US https://t.co/Ao8PHBvugt 
• EU deal: How does it affect UK's position outside the eurozone https://t.co/FLiOeGzIrQ 
• European press mulls price of 'Brexit-avoiding' deal https://t.co/ZzJqyWxtzw 
• Volvo recalls 59,000 cars over software fault https://t.co/gQNrPvOkFD 
• Police officer hurt in Leeds 'hit-and-run' incident https://t.co/MRMaeweYqk 
• Fire at Sea, a documentary about Europe's migrant crisis, has won the Golden Bear award for best movie https://t.co/J4IQssf3O2
• Last Treblinka death camp survivor Samuel Willenberg dies https://t.co/iZKofIEoeQ 
• Head of closed firm convicted of VAT fraud | Law Gazette https://t.co/FK4dDoXBR3
• Legal aid firm told to repay £800,000 | Law Gazette https://t.co/WyyAv0k5cC 
• Court staff suspended over warrant errors | Law Gazette https://t.co/exrPaLIb40 
• Former Home and Away star Rebecca Breeds lands starring role in #US legal drama Miranda's Rights https://t.co/3KLB7V9NEf 
• More people think abortion should always be legal. And more people think it should never be legal https://t.co/AnSabFeDV0
• Sex worker's legal challenge to a new law criminalising those who pay for sex in Northern Ireland has been put on ho…https://t.co/kKmGPv0XGN 
• Singer Kesha denied legal request to escape contract with man she alleges raped her https://t.co/FNqyjAmMg1 
• Edinburgh based FanDuel says ‘unicorn’ status unaffected by legal woes https://t.co/CwV6YgNqRV 
• Kanye West reportedly considering legal action against Pirate Bay over Life of Pablo https://t.co/eEHY71ZF67
• Bates Wells Braithwaite commits £1M of legal support to third sector through Get Legal https://t.co/13LgSoLvG2
• Britain’s new deal with Europe explained by EU law expert https://t.co/Rgsv1DXUYW 
• AS and A level reform: regulations for law https://t.co/ZVHWFeNSHc
• Law enforcement agencies clash in court on case blaming billionaire owner of the nation's biggest airport #RUSSIA https://t.co/0mvN75ocOR 
• Brexit Q&A: UK proposals based around a series of changes https://t.co/MONIVsUWfC 
• Lessons Learned From a UK Predictive Coding Order https://t.co/Lg3yC0Xc9L
• UK property law: can I build a Wendy house on my front lawn? https://t.co/f7w7a6T7CQ 
• While Apple Fights the FBI, UK Surveillance Law Could Demand Secret Backdoors https://t.co/t1OkvMBtvk 
• Gender pay gap warning: Employers must take action now to provide for new requirements | New Law Journal: https://t.co/47mvMXuHqk 
• MoJ proposes clampdown on claims farmers’ fee rates | New Law Journal https://t.co/tnFpIwAKfp 
• Jackson’s proposal for fixed costs regime for claims worth up to £250,000 has not gone down well | New Law Journal https://t.co/h39rtTEZiJ 
• Sacker & Partners tops top employer league | New Law Journal: https://t.co/R4U6UcUMDY 
• Supreme Court has granted permission to appeal the “Iraqi Civilian litigation” | New Law Journal: https://t.co/bmsGiks8Xw 
• Voice views on future of civil justice at conference with Lord Justice Briggs | New Law Journal: https://t.co/iMqRh3EhzT 
• Trainees’ pay dips below recommended levels | New Law Journal: https://t.co/p3bdXm63Ou 
• Keeping track of high cost of fraud | New Law Journal: https://t.co/RkURXrW6PO 
• Regional law—a tale of two tiers? | New Law Journal: https://t.co/njb8Y2K0Hu 
• DPAs: a blessing or a curse? | New Law Journal: https://t.co/LVwcbbeU5m 
• California prisoners to get jobs as programmers #US https://t.co/zIWXC3nvi9 
• EU referendum: David Cameron sets June date for UK vote https://t.co/Sypzn8FwoU

20th February - Law News

1518th 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

• Leicester Prison staff 'did not know where inmates were' https://t.co/aBvXpWXhdS 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! https://t.co/uuwpZOQ673
• Mob chanting at bus of refugees in #Germany shames politicians https://t.co/skE39jwX9C 
• Baby boy found dead in Newport was left in leather bag https://t.co/TrntTcxWAR
• Prostitution law: NI leaders intervene in sex worker's court challenge https://t.co/WOUxIRZ0Ui
• Global law firm stars Knowles and Morley leave the stage https://t.co/Rt67qvlGAZ 
• Therium on the hunt for ABS partner https://t.co/fw49KHX4G4 
• City lawyers appointed in bond showdown between Russia and Ukraine https://t.co/aKyIEkl0we 
• Regulators to open door for Islamic finance in Kenya https://t.co/N61eelPQNR 
• Online brag lands drug dealers in hot water with judge https://t.co/5zC7ldvVxd 
• King & Spalding advises on landmark Ghana LNG project https://t.co/ECi08fZ9M0
• Diversity could suffer under SQE, says Law Society https://t.co/HMSW0cCp5G 
• Romanian football: Clubs in deep debts keep players as 'slaves' https://t.co/zSbuwNpVL0 
• Lawsuit accuses Jessica Alba's Honest Co of dishonest labeling #US https://t.co/x5y79zE0qp 
• Why the EU referendum is about you https://t.co/QA4PcPVPBU
• Albert Woodfox freed after 43 years in #US solitary prison https://t.co/7JrbKKgiFH 
• Deportation of South African woman, 92, 'temporarily halted' https://t.co/83GGf7oomz 
• Government-backed scheme helps separated parents reach settlements | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/g60fYDmCM7 
• Construction firm Sweett fined over Abu Dhabi hotel contract https://t.co/yLT2xqrtj8
• Study reveals the men at highest risk of breaching domestic violence orders https://t.co/Uk7fGcLntG 
• Donald Trump sidesteps supreme court dispute, while Ted Cruz goes all in #US https://t.co/Tq0VTDOAn4 
• Antonin Scalia lies in repose at supreme court as mourners put politics aside #US https://t.co/W7h9JWp3QH
• Anti-virus software creator John McAfee offers to break iPhone encryption belonging to San Bernardino killer https://t.co/T2V1ciC60w 
• Adam Johnson trial: Player 'felt stupid' for kissing girl https://t.co/FWHWNQOv5X 
• Murder arrest after prominent Rochdale mosque member's death https://t.co/oVSqWSiZuj 
• Police officers becoming increasingly isolated from the communities they serve 'by being diverted to hidden jobs' https://t.co/YCswUVAMgv 
• Rochdale imam 'murder': Man arrested over killing of Jalal Uddin in playground https://t.co/CRC6m3cKFQ
• MoJ probes new ways of raising cash from offenders | Law Gazette https://t.co/BqzUPL8wmg 
• Court staff suspended over warrant errors | Law Gazette https://t.co/exrPaLZLVy 
• Legal aid firm told to repay £800,000 | Law Gazette https://t.co/WyyAv0BG4a 
• Probate fees soar to £20k to fund courts | Law Gazette https://t.co/B56Rf1f2td 
• Head of closed firm convicted of VAT fraud | Law Gazette https://t.co/FK4dDoG0st
• CPS appoints solicitor as chief executive | Law Gazette https://t.co/JOLM4KFSv4
• DLA Piper global co-chair to step down | Law Gazette https://t.co/GIElVV40Ve 
• A&O elects Dejonghe as senior partner | Law Gazette https://t.co/gBSVxjJ6x0 
• A museum dedicated to a great solicitor is under threat from spending cuts: Lloyd George Museum | Law Gazette https://t.co/gwd7fDeQHb 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! https://t.co/QEj8qaBw90 
• A traffic warden has been caught on camera parking on double yellow lines while he gave out a ticket https://t.co/rJsRCDCKGH
• HSBC offers voice and fingerprint ID system to customers https://t.co/rEfgN8oc7q 
• Duo snatch £15k Rolex off man in Greenwich office raid https://t.co/B5p19gp9pq

19th February - Law News

1517th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & legal articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap

FOCUS OF THE DAY: The law allowing people to be convicted of murder under the controversial principle of ‘joint enterprise’, has been wrongly interpreted for 30 years, the Supreme Court ruled today. In R v Jogee (appellant) the Supreme Court ruled that judges took a ‘wrong turn’ in the 1980s in the way they interpreted the law, in a judgment which may allow many convicted under the principle to appeal their convictions. In a unanimous decision, a panel of five Supreme Court justices said that ‘foresight’ is not the sole evidence of intent to assist or encourage. The law had meant defendants would be convicted if they could have foreseen that a murder or violent act was likely to take place. Full story - The Law Society Gazette

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Court of Appeal rules Government cuts to legal aid for victims of domestic violence 'legally flawed' https://t.co/mHEcAHl5HW 
• Crickhowell woman fights £30,000 noisy dog legal bill https://t.co/6xVdcBUqnx 
• Drug trials not reported in line with ethical and legal demands, British Medical Journal says https://t.co/vZRXJJJ7do 
• Mother fights £30,000 legal bill she was landed with because the loud YAPPING of her daughter's dog upset the neighb…https://t.co/yBv4Ljs1JL 
• Killer Gilroy faces legal bill after representing himself in failed case https://t.co/CahL6b0nR3 
• 99 families take legal action against Yorkshire Water over Saltend stink https://t.co/WKUof8VTOG 
• Buyers to be hit with new landlord tax amid mortgage and conveyancing delays https://t.co/g5EkpkG6y4 
• Michael Lynn: Brazil court clears way for former solicitor’s extradition #IRELAND https://t.co/48LuuWEmOB 
• Trainee solicitor Kerry Walker is a top performer https://t.co/TNoY28MD6z 
• Late George Redmond disputed tribunal’s findings #IRELAND https://t.co/sWk0lQ79WJ 
• National Green Tribunal pulls up MPCB #INDIA https://t.co/ViuNS6gNqi
• Government-appointed tribunal chair says NDP inappropriately solicited support #CANADA https://t.co/jsLWbFIzlc
• #AZERBAIJAN unveils reason of not appealing to Hague tribunal on Khojaly genocide https://t.co/1bnFNZUCIl 
• Radovan Karadzic war crimes tribunal verdicts due in March #BALKANS https://t.co/eLFQqDgzid 
• Government appoints CKG Nair as Securities Appellate Tribunal member #INDIA https://t.co/cOEiIjXjLP 
• Khmer Rouge Tribunal Defense Claims Samphan Lacked ‘Criminal Intent’ #CAMBODIA https://t.co/DUpon1qjhC 
• Department of Justice in Northern Ireland providing information note to the Northern Ireland Tribunal Judiciary https://t.co/O7NXlyOn70
• Employment Tribunal hears of probe into overtime payments in the run up to the Commonwealth Games https://t.co/WymRGxn0dy
• Judge blocks Madoff victims' $11 billion lawsuit vs Picower estate #US https://t.co/3S0DCEpWV6 
• Jerusalem - Judge Orders House Arrest For Egged Bus Driver Accused Of Killing 6 #ISRAEL https://t.co/a7JbaTmd4J https://t.co/Km6gcnXGKX 
• Scalia Wanted Judge Opposed by NRA to Replace Him on Supreme Court #US https://t.co/Km6gcnXGKX 
• Rapist claimed trial was unfair as his lawyer didn't make victim cry - so judges increased his sentence https://t.co/hxA87rgATh 
• Barrister swaps courts for the church to become Hounslow's newest vicar Reverend Sandra McCalla https://t.co/SfUJQGFcHx 
• Drug conspiracy trial updates: 'Prosecution case had big billing at start - it’s not lived up to that', court told https://t.co/SsU8i4TTp8 
• Palestinian Leaders: U.K. Government's Boycott Ban 'Empowers #Israeli Occupation' https://t.co/yxdzmxaDDT 
• #VENEZUELA 's parliament approves amnesty law in first salvo against the government https://t.co/QMOd6PgzW0 
• #FRANCE may pass a law on the 'right to disconnect' from work emails at home https://t.co/eDGPetI94O
• Rada Committee proposes amending "visa-free" legislation contrary to EU requirements #UKRAINE https://t.co/6wyyFzjrEe 
• Top court pulls up BNP’s Mirza Fakhrul for comments on judiciary #BANGLADESH https://t.co/xllrgELv3j 
• Why No Republican Woman Has Ever Served on the Senate Judiciary Committee #US https://t.co/YGjEifzd8n
• Delhi Police open defiance of top judiciary a serious issue: AAP #INDIA https://t.co/p4r19dbeeZ 
• Judiciary chairman open to hearing for Supreme Court pick #US https://t.co/smHtuO8G0z
• Local government lawyers get advice from QC in dispute with SRA | Legal Futures: https://t.co/NYkFUaIUB5
• High Court awards Lord Chancellor £1m in battle with legal aid firm | Legal Futures: https://t.co/5DCSOqsnd9 
• IS Camp Speicher massacre: #IRAQ sentences 40 to death https://t.co/fe3y18GCTj 
• Lech Walesa 'was paid Communist informant' #POLAND https://t.co/PRAKwAlHx4
• Hampshire teacher jailed for sex offences against girls https://t.co/pZN6u3As3D 
• Dolphins 'pulled from the sea in #ARGENTINA for selfies' https://t.co/8K4uNIPkGV 
• Gang jailed for blackmailing Yorkshire farmer https://t.co/JzxzEdWOHe 
• Migrant crisis: EU patrol ship saves 900 migrants off #Greece https://t.co/SBLSx2ZR1H 
• Joint enterprise ruling: A moment of genuine legal history https://t.co/HaPZSSEWqW
• Hitachi Rail Europe appoints first ever GC https://t.co/SUpU1oO26z 
• Herbert Smith Freehills to quadruple South Africa presence by December https://t.co/ZxzuSZkANy
• Spring qualifiers: Macfarlanes and Osborne Clarke score full marks https://t.co/Xxtna13PiZ 
• Bankrupt lawyer demands ex-colleague refund sexual harassment payout https://t.co/aNt7af9Uce
• Nigerian judge slams attorney's 90-lawyer defence team https://t.co/FD3sftXAgl 
• Burford Capital, BT and the transformation of litigation finance https://t.co/HuudaW2nql 
• Apple refuses court ordered 'hack' as threat to privacy https://t.co/JOtFtNkqKJ 
• Pope Francis questions Donald Trump's Christianity https://t.co/hrLnq3LOvb 
• EU court ruling on #Iranian bank paves way for claims against UK https://t.co/m52P56vTwY
• Fifa reform could be human rights landmark, says Harvard professor https://t.co/dD4Garm0vq 
• Republicans started a judicial vacancy crisis long before Scalia's passing #US https://t.co/4Z5GZGOKMh
• Historic cases could be challenged after joint enterprise ruling https://t.co/gRODgFhNLQ 
• Correcting the joint enterprise law won’t lead to mass prison releases | Joshua Rozenberg https://t.co/5NXaTfDh35 
• My brother got 19 years jail on a joint enterprise conviction. Now we want him home | Charlotte Henry https://t.co/wW19y5oUNW 
• The Guardian view on joint enterprise: treat all defendants equally | Editorial https://t.co/AwE0fOM8Tu 

18th February - Law News

1516th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & legal articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap

FOCUS OF THE DAY: The Law Society does not oppose non-graduates becoming solicitors, despite its chief executive saying earlier this week that they would devalue the qualification, it said yesterday. Instead it now says that the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) consultation on entry to the profession “may result in the standard of entry being lowered”. Full story - Legal Futures

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Shake-up of crime agency powers raises the potential for political interference | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/4KSY8pFAZc 
• Legal eagles go head-to-head at British LGBT awards | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/KVNFa07U7c 
• Nigel Knowles announces retirement from DLA Piper | The Lawyer https://t.co/uetfsVkUzj 
• A&O opts for continuity as Dejonghe becomes senior partner | The Lawyer https://t.co/N0Tf4kprWH 
• Land Securities kicks off panel review | The Lawyer https://t.co/xdwYdEanzW 
• K&L Gates promotes London trio in 50-strong promotions round | The Lawyer https://t.co/NnQKP0YCjL 
• White & Case prioritises London and US as revenue climbs 1 per cent | The Lawyer https://t.co/ouBhog9gWK
• GC2B: Do you need to be a great lawyer to be a successful GC? | The Lawyer https://t.co/xpfo6Wn1dv 
• Davis Polk and Weil lead as China’s HNA Group makes $6bn acquisition | The Lawyer https://t.co/0BVdNMNKmP 
• European moves: 18 February 2016 | The Lawyer https://t.co/opRo3MA7rN
• Therium in talks with firms to launch funding ABS | The Lawyer https://t.co/8QVi8D36N3 
• Macfarlanes ups NQ salary to £70,000 and reveals 100% spring retention | The Lawyer https://t.co/vgsLjFW8oE 
• Joint enterprise principle ‘wrongly interpreted’ – Supreme Court | Law Gazette https://t.co/mtOzBvyhon 
• New OPG guidance on client accounts | Law Gazette https://t.co/nKFpA3E4QY 
• Court rules domestic violence legal aid time limit invalid | Law Gazette https://t.co/fCWqLemmdq 
• Man cleared in Gwyneth Paltrow stalking case https://t.co/zcADliAPly 
• Joint enterprise law: Murder law misinterpreted for 30 years https://t.co/RjgZxsbT5b
• Shake-up of crime agency powers raises the potential for political interference | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/4KSY8pFAZc
• Mediators are no threat to lawyers | Law Gazette https://t.co/W2DZvOv0pi
• Head of chambers quits 3 Stone Buildings amid merger speculation | Law Gazette https://t.co/khcRO0gHVn 
• Lawyers press for cohabitation law update after court battle | Law Gazette https://t.co/mPhdfVlxF9 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! https://t.co/g2ry1QRpeG
• Residential property team expands at Shropshire-based firm Lanyon Bowdler Solicitors https://t.co/MF4RInoJJy https://t.co/9qTPzLx82x 
• Fugitive former solicitor Michael Lynn to be extradited to Ireland 'imminently' #IRELAND https://t.co/nqIpatrscp 
• 'Do you know what you are doing?' Hazzard fails to rule out call to ICAC barrister #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/bWuqlbJGb0 
• James Hird reveals how lawyers attacked judge's decision over supplements saga #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/gvffI2ijLk 
• The UK government has been hacking for years—and now it’s legal https://t.co/fCNQCkWyga 
• Buy-to-let: can you – and should you – set up as a company to avoid tax hit? https://t.co/VQHAW0Xowr 
• EU lawmakers say will consider legislation for UK deal swiftly: Cameron's office https://t.co/VyWBOXjRDn 
• HELSINKI COMMISSION CHAIR: #SERBIA LEGISLATION AN HISTORIC STEP https://t.co/lM1eAWCjDJ 
• Virginia Senate Approves Airbnb Legislation #US https://t.co/lErMdmw4a2 
• How Lawmakers Use Satirical Bills To Troll Anti-Abortion Legislation #US https://t.co/FjllQyaW2j 
• Male teacher accused of inappropriate relationship with 13-year-old who later died #NEWZEALAND https://t.co/6uywxyqu67 
• Appeal Hearings Get Underway at Khmer Rouge Tribunal #CAMBODIA https://t.co/hHnHKWabXr 
• Green Tribunal comes down on industries polluting Ganges #INDIA https://t.co/aExKHp6d2u 
• Aquino to #CHINA: Abide by decision of international tribunal on South China Sea https://t.co/I6FIB9OYYo 
• Senate Judiciary Committee Recommends Judge Roger Page For State Supreme Court #US https://t.co/piw6XphUEo 
• Modi wants to subjugate the judiciary and the media: AAP on JNU row #INDIA https://t.co/vkqTupaXn8
• Chief justice urges politicians, media to stop adverse remarks on judiciary #BANGLADESH https://t.co/BUAcMEi3zu 
• Stop your attacks on Judiciary, NANS tells APC #NIGERIA https://t.co/GZOV3nEcVd 
• Wyoming Chief justice says budget is lean for state judiciary https://t.co/Fgxn0qXF65 
• 'Ban-the-box' bill passes Iowa Senate committee #US https://t.co/hPZ4No1UwC 
• Juncker: Shutting down #Greece border would be illegal https://t.co/Zatk51KD57 
• Sarkozy faces illegal campaign funding probe #FRANCE https://t.co/K2KLqNSDbm 
• 21 'illegal' schools being investigated over radicalisation fears https://t.co/koIKQNW132 
• Alistair Hindle Associates appoints new director | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/J7koyrLNVE 
• Blog: Guidance needed on early dissolution proposals | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/o5Mmf7n6H4 
• Glasgow pub hit with £6,000 penalty for football copyright breach | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/0Fc973xiN0 
• MMS merger talks with Addleshaw Goddard break down | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/nfPXRjFjea 
• High Court gives judicial approval to predictive coding | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/hi4gegzVNu 
• England: Figures suggest residential conveyancing work shrinking | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/aVJyBR1xMf 
• Rennie requests M9 crash investigation update from Lord Advocate | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/E6anM1AV9I 
• Female prisoners at Glasgow Sheriff Court held in 'degrading and inhumane' conditions | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/qTjNVxAu9s
• Asda removes food bank donation points from UK stores https://t.co/trzzxfVVii 
• Iain Duncan Smith refuses to set up freephone for families claiming benefits https://t.co/Ea4tqzj9sA 
• San Francisco tech worker: 'I don't want to see homeless riff-raff' https://t.co/MkRRM5TYpI 
• Lord Avebury wore his ban from visiting Bahrain as a proud honour https://t.co/51LAIRcoKS 
• California lawmaker introduces bill to end race-based wage discrimination #US https://t.co/O1ADvdIsHt 
• Mississippi bill would let church members carry guns #US https://t.co/ZogVOQKLBs
• Call for Obama to delay supreme court nomination is 'absurd', say legal scholars #US https://t.co/2Wdkdowwk5 Feb 18, 201
• #Egyptian authorities move to shut down torture watchdog https://t.co/kLLn5qN082
• Migrant crisis: #Austria sets asylum claims cap and transit limit https://t.co/fyHWrSYbo5
• Pope Francis decries migrant 'tragedy' at Mexico Mass https://t.co/X0yTwDFrFa 
• Police forces 'sleepwalking' away from communities https://t.co/AHHokkaOmE 
• Troops to Teachers sees just 28 ex-servicemen qualify https://t.co/OnGN7TxeG0 
• Not so slow: SRA approving alternative business structures in only two weeks | Legal Futures: https://t.co/0fefBZXeYd 
• Practising fees should be "going down, not up", LSB says | Legal Futures: https://t.co/JiCY8uHL2H 
• Sole practitioner who brought “cataclysm” upon himself is struck off | Legal Futures: https://t.co/1hOIxtCZu1 
• Push and pull: how to lose law firm talent https://t.co/4GYcewRRl1 
• Dickstein Shapiro partners lose millions left with firm https://t.co/UdQPBwrOYr 
• Merger talks crumble between Addleshaw Goddard and Maclay Murray https://t.co/dxIztPGAAn 
• Mile-high Internet provider slapped with AA lawsuit https://t.co/mWw56IIo9l
• US hires: Epstein Becker & Green and Orrick https://t.co/0sRIi58UO0 
• Mapping the post-Brexit landscape https://t.co/eCoW6LQ6E9 
• Legally https://t.co/zT1GVZ22WK? https://t.co/iu3NEI9aKM 
• #Indian Peter Mukerjea media tycoon has been formally charged with the murder of his stepdaughter, police said https://t.co/dFcksy0Gf4

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