27th February - Law News

1524th 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

• The election spectacle https://t.co/huzqMKyW0v 
• Upper echelons of the legal profession still served by a silver spoon https://t.co/y80yyMSpaa 
• Up to 1 in 3 lawyers in India may have fake degrees https://t.co/KxRxKBtW2T
• Allen & Overy chooses new managing partner https://t.co/WMaRZDHNNQ 
• Law firm launches group focuses on Japan's auto sector https://t.co/bUSwhQzCZW
• HK, mainland, Macau law firms in Hengqin FTZ alliance https://t.co/eIorWjJ7HN 
• Auschwitz trial: former guard 'made hell possible', says witness born inside camp #GERMANY https://t.co/u2Hh6Thnf1 
• Drug-dealing brothers jailed after mocking judge on Facebook https://t.co/Dp7kyvPiXw
• Kent sex attacker jailed for life https://t.co/htemZ2AnI7 
• The myth of judicial neutrality: the case for a truly diverse supreme court #US https://t.co/81ZjXIDqmv 
• G4S to sell controversial youth jail contracts https://t.co/BRkDBSYdRL
• Can the government force you to unlock your own phone? https://t.co/kLW1z8cQfK 
• G4S youth jails: a story of revolving doors, dangerous restraints and death https://t.co/C4O3ziOcd4 
• Former Medway inmate: 'The guard slammed my face off the ice' https://t.co/o5SrUO0AgZ
• Former inmates tell of abuse at Medway youth jail – video https://t.co/Y4mgMc0xp1 
• Revealed: G4S youth jail faced abuse claims 12 years ago https://t.co/35sEXBwmiE 
• US fails to extradite alleged American paedophile from Britain https://t.co/bCcsBAmOMr 
• Being the best female surfer in #BRAZIL wasn't enough to secure Silvana Lima sponsorship she needed for career https://t.co/pLAQ5aLc3b 
• Anderson Strathern marks two new public sector client wins | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/6rlrv8WfLj 
• Law Society consults on proposed practice rule amendments | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/qztwYVsytP 
• Sheriff dismisses council's appeal against school closure refusals | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/fM1ndnAKU8 
• Child protection system to undergo government review | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/EO0WJojLJD 
• Blackadders wins national Business Insider award | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/xUGeS8q3fO 
• Bill to avoid election clash between parliaments passed | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/3MmyG6oPTi 
• Annual Aberdeen Conference – Compass Chambers | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/VAPs4SAKud 
• Scottish government rejects £4m request for facial recognition scheme at football stadiums | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/ZFN4XhW52p 
• Solicitor who pressured client into £65k loan struck off | Law Gazette https://t.co/Mc8pmS7E2e 
• ‘Campaigning’ McKenzie friends avoid £2,000 cost order | Law Gazette https://t.co/8cY7JbIwfV 
• Profits slip at DLA Piper | Law Gazette https://t.co/QcEMBbXRxo 
• Whiplash reform campaigner reveals £400m insurance income | Law Gazette https://t.co/pULck1AD4X 
• Supreme Court to consider tribunal fees and legal aid residence test | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/SOhKHX5kVm 
• Cohabitants risk losing everything without a will | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/GruGwSlXzZ
• Cartwright King expands in-house chambers | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/Qimsp1V1pk 
• Barristers and CILEx fellows may not have to sit SRA super exam | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/ZpWd17rTOh
• Hatton Garden raid ringleader Brian Reader taken to hospital https://t.co/PqSfMJb3uU 
• Accrington drug dealer brothers jailed over Facebook judge posts https://t.co/JaojpCKyIN 
• Adam Johnson trial: Player groomed girl 'in purest form' https://t.co/lNL2ZJ5Ewu 
• Hussain brothers jailed in Rotherham abuse case https://t.co/4UKqwfzyOo 
• Airgun owners given six months to licence weapons https://t.co/m9YWIj33uj 
• Is university free speech under threat? https://t.co/BidqEYkGo2 
• Thomas 'Slab' Murphy: Alleged ex-IRA chief sentenced to 18 months in jail for tax evasion https://t.co/3kajOqwPpZ
• Rotherham abuse victim 'attacked by own family' https://t.co/BX4XIjweh7 
• Fifa reforms passed: Salary disclosure, limit on president's term, women's football https://t.co/YeezhDFfXb
• Mark Zuckerberg tells Facebook staff to stop defacing Black Lives Matter slogans https://t.co/QavuifOMB0 
• National press rounds on the BBC, calling Savile report a whitewash https://t.co/LjIs2WScx5 
• Operation Elveden: Met inquiry into payments to public officials closes https://t.co/xSgPDBPAxW 
• It’s the £30bn cut you’ve never heard of. And women are bearing the brunt https://t.co/dFld39KIm6 
• Carer found guilty of murdering her multiple sclerosis-suffering father https://t.co/oish3GLSB2 
• Asda backs down over food bank ban https://t.co/PkDAvyPMt1 
• Four former apartheid-era guards on trial over 1983 student murder #SOUTHAFRICA https://t.co/1doOW8qYu2 
• Human rights judges deliver verdict on magazine's press freedom appeal https://t.co/LjTFr6sIz4 Feb
• Council ‘deletes’ senior legal post | Law Gazette https://t.co/BhviGYOiUk 
• MoJ to spend £400k on London alcohol tags | Law Gazette https://t.co/8kimSCheGv 
• Supreme Court to hear two challenges on access to justice | Law Gazette https://t.co/vsOMFIX7t3 
• Manchester firm shut owing £738,000 to unsecured creditors | Law Gazette https://t.co/ME628CtMk5 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! https://t.co/mL3clF9NwJ
• Government cancels £21m bespoke tagging deal with Steatite https://t.co/RYeAf3pbsv 
• Apple asks court to reverse FBI iPhone order https://t.co/Y64KeG5z9v
• Trafficking prosecutions rise following new laws https://t.co/KSMsMWnOHO 
• #AUSTRALIA appeal for Liverpool double murder suspect https://t.co/UiOYjOM0Be 
• Bollywood star Sanjay Dutt has been released from a prison in the western Indian city of Pune #INDIA https://t.co/RzdwbhkTP8

26th February - Law News

1524th 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 judiciary is proposing a ban on fee-charging McKenzie friends in order to protect ‘vulnerable litigants’ from unregulated and uninsured individuals. In an eagerly awaited consultation on the issue, published today, the judiciary also recommends that all McKenzie friends sign up to a code of conduct, and that rules governing the courts’ approach to McKenzie friends be legally codified. The consultation follows mounting concerns over the behaviour of such practitioners after a former nightclub bouncer was last year barred from acting as a McKenzie friend after calling a lawyer a ‘lying slag’. Full story - The Law Society Gazette

Saturday Conversations on Law

• UK-EU Deal: Legal Row Breaks Out Amid Fears Over Legality of Reforms https://t.co/8xy8oEBSlq 
• Boycotting ‘Unethical’ Companies: New Law Will Enable UK Government to “Dictate Where People Shop” https://t.co/2b6rlkZ1Vc 
• #Israel “quietly” pushed for anti-BDS legislation in US, UK https://t.co/QHcNMO2UtE
• #Portugal has made street harassment a crime – why hasn't the UK? https://t.co/0NjDDAR1q0 
• Big strategic and talent decisions awaiting UK law firms https://t.co/9VrBAM3S3V 
• Scotland Could “Effectively Stay” In The EU If The UK Leaves, Say Experts https://t.co/fHJNUomCiU 
• 'Quickly made law is often bad law': EC plan to legislate Bitcoin after Paris attacks examined https://t.co/W1zGlt7O0f 
• UK government confirms more restrictive employment tribunal postponement rules https://t.co/H4pnVdftvp
• UK oil and gas industry calls for 'urgent' tax reform as activity and investment fall to all-time low https://t.co/OP37fDH699 
• UK climate change targets at risk without 'rapid progress' on decarbonising heat and transport, says expert https://t.co/Z2AMouOPg6 
• CPS should have closer oversight of police in child sex abuse cases, ex-DPP says https://t.co/4lIfv0GQ9u 
• The Guardian view on sex abuse after Savile: culture change needed | Editorial https://t.co/2mwMHhjP3X 
• Louisiana appeals court ruling threatens to close all but one abortion clinic #US https://t.co/C1sFnBrhxw 
• Plan for 'bespoke' GPS tag for offenders abandoned by MoJ https://t.co/mGtdZ8cOTS 
• Student arrested over 'offensive banner' about politicians is cleared https://t.co/juwAJtK615
• Michael Gove is wrong: Cameron’s EU agreement will be legally binding | Alan Dashwood https://t.co/EMQVeX2Iga 
• The way insurers lock out people with court convictions is bizarre https://t.co/hFtFNsnmiA
• What’s pushing Charlotte and Jayson over the edge? £12 a week bedroom tax | Frances Ryan https://t.co/vxkM9VyeH2 
• Welcome to Mirabel: the first centre supporting rape survivors in #NIGERIA https://t.co/89wW6mhvMM
• #LIBYA conflict: UN says all sides probably guilty of war crimes https://t.co/YEwHrI44yc 
• The Prosecutors: Real Crime and Punishment review – bank raids and heartache https://t.co/tHsRgL51ZL
• How a Rotherham gang with history of criminality abused vulnerable girls https://t.co/EMWFot4LfJ 
• Atmosphere of fear still exists at BBC, Savile abuse report concludes https://t.co/4CL95ndfB5
• Bill Cosby drops defamation case against Beverly Johnson #US https://t.co/8arKk0sxOd 
• Dentons' global revenue cracks $2bn https://t.co/hW0hpyAIUg 
• Slater and Gordon halts trading ahead of half-year results https://t.co/y4O8V6ITjH 
• Latham & Watkins bulks up Hong Kong PE practice with new blood https://t.co/O9xy0dkqr3 
• Law Society: young lawyers should not be exploited https://t.co/EcrteVOSmu 
• Kim & Chang's South Korea dominance eroding: report https://t.co/7mPqHhXxeM 
• City lawyers form pro-Brexit campaign group https://t.co/oxn7BUwR4b 
• Defendants told to stop taking the proverbial | Law Gazette https://t.co/O3majFwPt 
• Judiciary proposes ban on fee-charging McKenzie friends | Law Gazette https://t.co/FevMaNYWc6 
• Online courts ‘won’t remove need for specialist legal advice’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/FOacf6GaP7 
• Obituary: Alan Langleben | Law Gazette https://t.co/6jsQfVSgdq 
• ‘Principled’ Heathrow 13 avoid jail after airport trespass | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/7zPjTber4t 
• Are we set for a Govexit? | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/gAN3lsX1v0
• Attorney general: Human rights and the Human Rights Act are not the same thing | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/3JmMGAhr1V 
• Barrister gender and ethnicity under regulator’s spotlight | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/o80TiJfXfq 
• New guidance seeks to prevent local authority misuse of care system | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/boj4Xke2Sa
• Bar Council: McKenzie friends should not be allowed to charge for legal services | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/vV57sJRNtm 
• SRA chief: ‘Outdated’ Law Society is a trade union that needs reform | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/lSXnyp7XvZ 
• Law Society: Firms should pay work experience students a minimum wage | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/bPGLB2ChBl
• #ITALY gay rights: Senate backs watered-down civil union bill https://t.co/fkbkfLtWtz 
• 'Hard questions' in Apple phone row https://t.co/meE23Ej8xI
• Five #Cardiff taxi drivers have had their hackney licences suspended for refusing short fares https://t.co/NON1hE9I7X
• Garden gnome 'joins Greater Manchester Police' https://t.co/fU6P7QzUCv
• Calais 'Jungle' eviction gets go-ahead #FRANCE https://t.co/ny3EzJj4NS 
• Bar Standards Board: Male and ethnic minority barristers face more complaints | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/tfLtgn9NZB 
• UNESCO urges changes to Edinburgh planning law | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/uK9PjgEHUY 
• Scottish government pledges action on workplace maternity rights | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/1diKf2S10D
• UK government confirms transfer of pavement parking powers to Holyrood | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/SOiCZsKFK4 
• Adam Johnson trial: Girlfriend wished victim 'happy birthday' https://t.co/T0qlIg3ekX 
• Smiler crash: Alton Towers owner to be prosecuted https://t.co/L1mrpEZhrC 
• Tony Blackburn 'parts company' with BBC over Savile inquiry https://t.co/xRHZ4ao6WF
• BBC abuse reports: Corporation 'missed chances to stop attacks' https://t.co/jvskn0h0DW 
• Migrant crisis: #Greece recalls ambassador from Austria amid EU rifts https://t.co/Bkqc2NKSxq 
• Deepcut soldier denies having sex with Cheryl James https://t.co/alZCUC5oyS 
• Ofcom tells BT to open up cable network to rivals https://t.co/xhMxS8wVum 
• Harvard abolishes master in titles in slavery row, Law School considers changing seal over brutal slaveowning donor https://t.co/SydNT8Ei2R 
• Nissan disables Leaf app after car hack risk revealed online https://t.co/1UaS4XW0Aw 
• Travers wins Steinhoff mandate as it battles Sainsbury’s for Home Retail | The Lawyer https://t.co/ovotpSypNf 
• Freshfields and Linklaters win roles on proposed LSE and Deutsche Boerse tie-up | The Lawyer https://t.co/0hmJDBA0FX 
• A&O appoints corporate co-head Ballheimer as managing partner | The Lawyer Legal News and Jobs | Advancing the busin…https://t.co/91hWUPv8DM 
• Exclusive: Dentons’ global turnover climbs 66 per cent to $2.12bn in 2015 | The Lawyer https://t.co/upoGYDPvvB
• HSF fraud head Hunter leaves for litigation boutique | The Lawyer https://t.co/fniC5qjee6 
• Jenner & Block focuses on building London as global revenue jumps to $465m | The Lawyer https://t.co/IEKEXUu4jp
• Report: Energising Africa | The Lawyer https://t.co/4FDUb76s8T 
• HSF and Blackstone triumph for KPMG on unprecedented judicial review | The Lawyer https://t.co/3wVRjy2tlB
• Slater & Gordon freezes shares after delay in H1 accounts | The Lawyer https://t.co/Y3vGYgPvPq 
• Immigration judges leave in droves as caseload piles up | Law Gazette https://t.co/pelorkvKYz 
• Judge labels clin neg fixed costs ‘profoundly worrying’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/MsGOQ57gFp 
• Localising prosecution service ‘dangerous’, former DPP warns | Law Gazette https://t.co/VS8D9IIfJA 
• NewLaw seeks further ABS links but wary of PI reforms | Law Gazette https://t.co/ECd7n11tLV 
• Judiciary proposes ban on fee-charging Mckenzie friends | Law Gazette https://t.co/FevMaNYWc6 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! https://t.co/UOgF1nWIaQ

25th February - Law News

1523rd 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 Bar is in grave danger of once again becoming a rich person's game, like it was in the 50s and 60s,' says silk. With diversity a hot button topic, the Bar Council has announced the expansion of its programme giving sixth-form students from under-represented backgrounds an insight into life as a barrister. Full story - Solicitors Journal

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Apple v The FBI: why the 1789 All Writs Act is the wrong tool #US https://t.co/3sHJU1tVCt
• #IRAN 'arrests elderly father of jailed US citizen' https://t.co/xGm7CbjduW 
• HMP Ranby report: Legal highs 'could overwhelm prison' https://t.co/8N8zEQVG43 
• Apple boss Tim Cook hits back at FBI investigation https://t.co/s1dhID9mW3 
• Police stopped 2,000 motorists 'doing over 100mph' in 2014-15 https://t.co/WnzKi6TDoD 
• Man arrested over London restaurant hostage standoff https://t.co/QFcZpOnofe
• Google unpaid taxes: #FRANCE seeks €1.6bn from search giant https://t.co/JEOGbEDfch 
• Competition in the legal market and a government ready to act | Legal Futures: https://t.co/dbqW5O2X3h 
• Professional negligence barristers get the most complaints, BSB report finds | Legal Futures: https://t.co/l7Dug5KgOF 
• Tribunals set to pilot online dispute resolution as a priority | Legal Futures: https://t.co/AUwnv243pf 
• Donald Tusk: EU deal is 'legally binding and irreversible' - live https://t.co/xXg7TvvXLk 
• CPS should have closer oversight of police in child sex abuse cases, ex-DPP says https://t.co/4lIfv0GQ9u 
• Latham & Watkins to open Seoul office https://t.co/PTB02hkLzn 
• UK's biggest law firms downsize as London rents escalate https://t.co/jYR5p9vVIJ 
• LOD and AdventBalance announce merger https://t.co/giRlzgbVpw 
• Dentons in partnership with WeWork https://t.co/lsN5X3oBIs 
• Revolving doors: US and UK moves https://t.co/HwzgIzFpFs
• Qualifying as a barrister could cost 'up to £127,000' https://t.co/cz99ZIEVra
• Big names weigh-in on Apple FBI standoff https://t.co/nJFXB0VGpY 
• Law schools reconsider the LSAT https://t.co/uRKsujfdwm
• Barrister and accountant contest father’s £3m Holocaust fund | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/YKXWJ03V3b 
• Supreme Court overturns ‘illogical’ Cookson principle | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/JJXRT7rsau 
• Lawyers on Demand and AdventBalance merger creates £25m global business | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/ikMUNxpRys 
• Mandatory budgeting: on its way out? Jackson might soon get his way on discretionary budgeting | Law Gazette https://t.co/oQ4iZf1eQ4 
• Bar complaints system biased against men, report suggests | Law Gazette https://t.co/NmELtGd5fW 
• Supreme Court rejects ‘illogical’ precedent on death payments | Law Gazette https://t.co/iEWGpFp8om Feb 24, 2016 
• Pay aspiring lawyers for work experience, says Law Society | Law Gazette https://t.co/33adeGOkHp 
• Two women arrested after baby boy 'abducted' https://t.co/p0jEgtALOQ 
• Sepp Blatter & Michel Platini lose Fifa appeals but bans reduced https://t.co/cl9Qc6WpUE 
• EU reforms cannot be reversed, Donald Tusk says - Justice Secretary Michael Gove wrong https://t.co/6SMaHt2tXm
• MWC 2016: Clay digit fools smartphone fingerprint sensors https://t.co/cZXyJePLfJ
• Thousands told their pension savings could be at risk https://t.co/F8TARLNJho 
• Trainee teacher guilty of not revealing husband's IS plans https://t.co/oSs30olaUT

24th February - Law News

1522nd 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:  Tech-savvy law students were last week invited to pursue careers delivering legal services via technology businesses instead of the conventional route of joining a legal firm, at a meeting of IT executives committed to establishing London as a global hub for lawtech start-ups. The issue was among themes discussed at the third monthly meeting of the lawtech working group of Tech London Advocates (TLA) – a network of more than 2,500 senior IT specialists who “champion, connect and support London’s technology sector”. Full story - Legal Futures

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Attorney general rejects Gove claim that EU deal is not legally binding https://t.co/EqanXiwZ7A
• Privacy or publicity? Book guides journalists through a legal quagmire https://t.co/jKxnm25nkA
• Is David Cameron's EU deal legally binding? It depends | Joshua Rozenberg https://t.co/51ebYEeHGW 
• Court lets mother appeal against ban on using dead daughter's frozen eggs https://t.co/0ALxMJ7p3I 
• Rotherham child abuse trial: four men and two women found guilty https://t.co/1TbkK1kzYe
• Colombian court bans oil, gas and mining operations in paramos #COLOMBIA https://t.co/SME5FmnwWi 
• ‘Never seen it so bad’: violence and impunity in #BRAZIL’s Amazon https://t.co/qltNn2cf9j
• Hitler Rojas - the Peruvian farmer killed for opposing a mega-dam? #PERU https://t.co/Us253aSWkw 
• Heathrow 13: I'm terrified at the thought of prison, but have no regret https://t.co/lxmlvEz6vw 
• Britain 'sets dangerous precedent' by defying UN report on Assange https://t.co/fDgDqO1WGk 
• European court could challenge Cameron's deal, says former journalist Justice Secretary Michael Gove https://t.co/1BqOzSEAsr 
• Spy mania 2.0: the rise in 'crimes against the state' in #RUSSIA https://t.co/UtniAIav7p 
• Criminal Appeal Court confirms correct forum for bail applications - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/hTJs0yyWHG
• Prestigious arbitration pre-moot celebrated by participants - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/fIAnCvCmaU 
• Law dominated by the privately educated - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/FFfdQ4nItv 
• Solicitor for borrower owed duty of care to lender for 'negligent misstatement', appeal judges rule - Scottish Legal…https://t.co/0LzCJJjwkg
• Amnesty report condemns assault on human rights by governments around the world - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/SVctcjvVTR
• Blog: Scottish Courts waste no time in getting tough on environmental crime - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/1HLlP0EfyQ 
• Businesses urged to follow slavery law or face unlimited fines - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/2rxsmE6SI7
• Gove claims Cameron's EU deal not yet legally binding - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/RjuZsJVdIf 
• Macdonald Henderson advises on acquisition of particle analysis company - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/DpzXAwpDp1 
• New wildlife crime penalties recommended - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/KZo87DZaRT
• Sheriff Napier to chair SASO Aberdeen meeting tomorrow - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/8r4tCgPbK0 
• Faculty's MiniTrials hugely popular with Edinburgh primary school - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/cF7GzY33mn 
• Kergan Stewart strengthens corporate team with partner appointment following 3 years' growth - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/PO4t3mTQpo
• Rotherham abuse trial: Six guilty of sex offences https://t.co/qjSMcgbxlz 
• Jeremy Clarkson apologises to Top Gear producer Oisin Tymon https://t.co/OL0YuIk5nt 
• Questions after North Wales Police officers kill dog on A55 https://t.co/tOybtzIOvj 
• Google tax deal 'seems small' say MPs https://t.co/Zxm2fwU6Ki 
• Johnson & Johnson hit with $72m damages in talc-cancer case #US https://t.co/ChfzPy8pb2 
• Adam Johnson trial: Player admits he 'manipulated' girlfriend https://t.co/3ta27NOmtm 
• Nissan Leaf electric cars hack vulnerability disclosed https://t.co/KIwPCNgiSf
• Woman allowed to challenge dead daughter's egg use ruling https://t.co/eBblgfEYbE 
• Justice Secretary Michael Gove challenges Cameron's renegotiation deal with EU leaders as not legally binding https://t.co/l9Ae9XgRDR
• Fixed costs trumped by Part 36 offer, rules Court of Appeal | Law Gazette https://t.co/unp0uLs3Fg 
• Slater and Gordon suspends trading ahead of profit announcement | Law Gazette https://t.co/SyVLwi2uHV
• CMA investigation timetable ‘challenging’, senior lawyer says | Law Gazette https://t.co/tmHMP78hqk 
• ‘Named and shamed’ barrister in breach of conduct code | Law Gazette https://t.co/CcDNHe1rM6 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! https://t.co/S1LyNMpy0J
• Dog dies after being deliberately run over by police in Conwy https://t.co/1N3biNoBFl 
• 'Cover up' allowed Bishop Peter Ball to escape justice https://t.co/JBWBsWMoDw 
• "Tier 1 (Investor) visa - UK" https://t.co/v5idPY8hdF 
• Johnson & Johnson to pay $72m in case linking baby powder to ovarian cancer #US https://t.co/0rLobhX87N 
• From Kesha to benefit claimants, women always suffer the burden of ‘proving’ they were raped https://t.co/Ubk3PI4i2t 
• Andrew Denton: the one argument stopping #AUSTRALIA from legalising assisted dying is implausible https://t.co/nbt8LtroSS
• UK downgrading of human rights sets dangerous precedent, says Amnesty https://t.co/E3d00vxfKD 
• Arrest the thieves and embezzlers who are plundering #Iraq https://t.co/yQp7HruKN6 
• Obama supreme court nominee will not get Senate hearing, say key Republicans #US https://t.co/tKLPAu921R 
• #Italy condemned for its role in abduction of Egyptian imam in 2003 https://t.co/xsGgompvH8
• No “big bang” on fixed costs, Lord Chief Justice predicts | Legal Futures: https://t.co/jUw5F0yYbD 
• ‘Named and shamed’ barrister in disciplinary hot water yet again - Legal Futures https://t.co/BrGDlDC5uD
• Slater & Gordon suspends shares, while shareholder class actions gain momentum - Legal Futures https://t.co/q5LpwEUh62 
• Calais 'Jungle': #BELGIUM tightens border over eviction plan https://t.co/SFZLsz2NuB
• Adam Johnson trial: 'Career fears led to delay of admission' https://t.co/SoAvGcBNQq 
• #Swedish doctor given 10 years for bunker kidnapping https://t.co/Ngg3lCIPjz 
• Fiscal framework: Scottish and UK governments agree deal https://t.co/wK66C7TXM8
• Iraqi Kurdish forces 'rescue #Swedish girl from IS' https://t.co/U1HgK2ALAr 
• Guantanamo Bay: Obama in prison closure push #US https://t.co/Vq52oW8dMR 
• Mars recalls chocolate in 55 countries https://t.co/JQkWa6m6jj 
• Law schools reconsider the LSAT https://t.co/RoWmvFB4I8
• Squire Patton Boggs announces California acquisition https://t.co/9DdKvjrafP 
• Renowned criminal defence firm Kaim Todner to close in March https://t.co/C6FSfVlKOg 
• Legal costs soar at HSBC https://t.co/bBXHYu0Usa 
• Recent legal hires in Europe https://t.co/hkrA0IL0NG 
• TMT Law expands across India https://t.co/tc7sjZssKa 
• Creeping retirement age will frustrate young lawyers' partnership aspirations https://t.co/qVsKPoG2Br 
• Bar shadow programme extended as barristers warn of regression to a 'privileged elite' | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/JxqH25tfMU 
• SDLT hike will hit families and young professionals | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/15UL4kUjSk 
• Baroness Burt breaks up ‘boys’ club’ of law firm management | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/BdM3AkUeqh 
• First corporate conviction for failure to prevent bribery | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/jIWeuXcCPA 
• Senate voting changes likely to stand up to high court challenge, experts say #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/lSu1iw1pUG 
• Privatised probation staff: stressed, deskilled and facing job cuts https://t.co/JKhYSazM8r 
• Qualifying as a barrister 'may cost new students up to £127,000' https://t.co/ewwTgUrBq9 
• Meet the 24-year-old who could change how the US handles sexual assaults #US https://t.co/twWRY5lcjO 
• Joint enterprise is an affront to justice – its revision can’t come soon enough | Eric Allison https://t.co/pWMH6oUUlC 
• London zoo meerkat expert has assault conviction quashed https://t.co/U0ZKI1GUvq 
• Post-Scalia supreme court could start to turn tide on voting rights restrictions #US https://t.co/9MiMjsWMbF
• Apple fights FBI over scope of request to unlock San Bernardino shooter's iPhone #US https://t.co/sMazE90Dou 
• Gowling WLG sees first post-merger departure as energy head Dwyer joins Mayer Brown | The Lawyer https://t.co/pncmxfCKZN 
• Exclusive: Latham & Watkins to open in Seoul | The Lawyer https://t.co/dhKYiPa5RW 
• Three top tips: How to be an effective manager | The Lawyer https://t.co/T6EBY1HWG4 
• Women in law: The critical career factors to focus on | The Lawyer https://t.co/GQt9GPbDcz 
• Squire Patton Boggs merges with 50-lawyer firm Carroll Burdick | The Lawyer https://t.co/dwPrADSOQ4 
• Legal advice via Skype: Disabled and elderly clients could be aided by new forms of communication | Law Gazette https://t.co/bDeU7Bsj14 
• LCJ: we must start again on civil justice | Law Gazette https://t.co/3kU0xa80eg 
• Judge lodges sole complaint about court closure process | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/7tKkjZhZLc 
• Squire Patton Boggs agrees California combination | Law Gazette https://t.co/OEo0QIDWsl 
• Ex-mayor Rahman faces SDT prosecution | Law Gazette https://t.co/TqdWctne5c 
• CPS inspectors call for ‘culture change’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/im0fXVHH3u
• Pioneering app set to extend to industrial disease claims | Law Gazette https://t.co/Y5bTQHoJ7I 
• What is Parliamentary sovereignty, anyway? https://t.co/pW569nXqfB 
• Wright Hassall appoints first female chief | Law Gazette https://t.co/2MVy7b6q9N 
• Eminent criminal defence firm to close | Law Gazette https://t.co/qZ54YisF5v 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! https://t.co/htRjjofdOM
• Women to be offered their own £3,000 'birth budgets' https://t.co/iwi2I4LzX9 
• #Canadian serial killer Robert Pickton's book pulled from Amazon https://t.co/hRbwIZMRBP 
• Stoke-on-Trent offers to pay tuition fees in maths drive https://t.co/L4v4RGDsrT 
• Tragic Kirrie teenager’s doctor to face professional tribunal over claims of missed diagnosis https://t.co/VVqG0K01WD
• Tribunal to look at credit provider cases #SOUTHAFRICA https://t.co/dtj4yn1e5u 
• Appeal Tribunal considers whether instruction not to speak native language at work was race discrimination https://t.co/w0c8HgAAfg 
• British Gas to appeal holiday pay tribunal ruling https://t.co/39cbjez7jt
• Uhuru risks impeachment for failing to form Tunoi tribunal - LSK #KENYA https://t.co/loUA3sJmtz 
• Strata owners looking to set language precedent at B.C. Human Rights Tribunal #CANADA https://t.co/iJpJCGf9V4 
• Sexual harassment: tribunal awards £830k to NHS HR director https://t.co/rpKZJtw1hk 
• Accountability courts upset with delays in Dr Asim Hussain reference #PAKISTAN https://t.co/DsJ9hFEYGH
• Judge arrest attempt officer has Supreme Court appeal bid rejected https://t.co/f1TYeGybWJ 
• #Australian transgender children closer to accessing hormones without court permission https://t.co/w7p2WKGF4u 
• Steven Avery's lawyer believes it is 'fairly obvious' who killed Teresa Halbach https://t.co/CS6ZYVjjZ1 
• 'Jealous' newlywed 'knifed solicitor husband to death' after losing job https://t.co/73uyVSfAhR https://t.co/tiJALxO16e 
• Duty lawyers available for Southport family law sittings Monday February 29 2016 #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/8lYCAqLA22 
• Iranian-American businessman detained in #IRAN denied access to lawyer https://t.co/9jNldA7CQc 
• Bill Cosby's wife faces questioning in suit by alleged victims https://t.co/Ryu6xAd0HL 
• West Midlands businessmen sentenced for operating illegal waste site https://t.co/26sTQtKdo2 
• #US Special Forces Take On Street Violence That Drives Illegal Immigration https://t.co/7iwielAfK7 
• Caught on camera: 'Illegal' Newcastle sale of a drug linked to student deaths https://t.co/bbOIlWaNWJ 
• Illegal teeth bleaching man still offering service https://t.co/qpq4ikoda5 
• Sex Buyer Law report calls for 'prostitution tourism' to be illegal https://t.co/6RQ8gjt9uy 
• Pet cat snared by illegal “gruesome and archaic” trap in Ross-shire https://t.co/Wi1LKd0p7n 
• Court finds foreign boats guilty of illegal, exploitative poaching, government to destroy #INDONESIA https://t.co/AJg4PiM9Po 
• Report Cases of Illegal Charges by Banks, CBN Tells Customers #NIGERIA https://t.co/4i5jDlwaHJ 
• Supreme court justices return – but begin with tribute to Antonin Scalia #US https://t.co/6xGk6qonn3 
• Sandy Hook families' lawsuit seeks to hold gun companies accountable #US https://t.co/3LavPMSgtG 
• Woman sues London pub for £4.2m after tripping in beer garden https://t.co/GwEvFOtapQ

23rd February - Law News

1521st 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:  Families to challenge minimum income visa rules in supreme court. Financial threshold requirement is denying the right to family life for British citizens and their non-EU partners, justices to hear. Full story - Guardian Law

Saturday Conversations on Law

• 4th Money Laundering Directive – What you need to know | Legal Futures: https://t.co/sp0NYBwmeK 
• 'Heir hunters' hunted? Disclosure ordered in genealogists' libel battle | Legal Futures: https://t.co/Z1JN1hlity 
• Three Fladgate partners to face SDT over client account allegations | Legal Futures: https://t.co/W8IkDiUiUE 
• SDT lifts suspension of solicitor so he can work as will-writer | Legal Futures: https://t.co/4nqRaDMTe6 
• Gowling WLG tie-up goes live https://t.co/cQRcm058XZ 
• Palestine pizza prompts international firm to redirect Harvard Law School donation https://t.co/7dHkg3Ya7X
• KWM to leave Europe top job empty until end of the year https://t.co/oHoReHuKmK Feb 22, 2016 
• Lawyers face unmanageable workloads without IT https://t.co/9fwxfmcw1I 
• India moves slowly to liberalise legal services https://t.co/LXP3fnfPhh 
• Judge 'Trump' Barry dragged into Republican leadership scuffle https://t.co/DnsOgk7Ngh 
• Bankruptcy Judge Orders 50 Cent to Explain Instagram Posts Showing Stacks of Cash #US https://t.co/DOT9LpsbKL 
• Tributes to 'wonderful' traffic officer killed in M6 crash https://t.co/SJOh1LaCLX 
• Footballer Adam Johnson has told a jury he "wasn't a good person to his girlfriend or his daughter". https://t.co/hTqhSY5qz1
• #GERMANY condemns 'deeply shameful' protests against migrants https://t.co/RDDbAR72uI 
• Programme in which illusionist Derren Brown suffocated himself as part of trick has broken broadcasting rules https://t.co/g1l29nK6W2 
• Kalamazoo killings: #US Uber driver charged over shooting spree https://t.co/pZk7J1KwcM 
• MWC 2016: Mastercard rolls out selfie ID checks https://t.co/KNch8X9irE
• Transgenderism is a mental disorder, says Indonesian psychiatric body #INDONESIA https://t.co/FFPnh96fZl 
• Julian Assange: #Swedish court asked to overturn arrest warrant after UN finding https://t.co/8Xxxq000VL 
• Britain must not change how it measures child poverty. And this is why | Kitty Stewart https://t.co/ubMsGyImVC
• Department for Business 'failing to uphold human rights commitments' https://t.co/W2VRGMftCK 
• 'Absurd' minimum income visa rules forcing UK citizens into exile, court told https://t.co/70aRDdI5UU 
• CPS ‘has work to do’ on criminal case reform, says inspectorate | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/7YRFXbyQ5A 
• Gove backs Brexit and attacks ‘unaccountable European Court’ | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/Ofdq95IZAr 
• CMA asks regional firms to help combat ignorance of competition law | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/tNgMHp5VRi
• Final countdown for Solicitors Journal Awards nominations | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/l9c4mRDAQq 
• Lutfur Rahman to face Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/a6Si0vPSkE 
• Shadow health minister tackles personal injury puzzle | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/A1T8Myiqwd 
• Probate fee hike an ‘opportunistic attempt’ to extract money from the deceased | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/pOBQCvgeWr 
• Greenpeace activists block secret Brussels TTIP talks | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/UB6B1P2ZIq 
• Bakers and Freshfields lead on Sysco’s $3.1bn Brakes deal | The Lawyer https://t.co/fFbWsmV4mM 
• Former Clifford Chance partner Voisey resurfaces at Dentons | The Lawyer https://t.co/cP4rRdI36F 
• Gowling WLG announces international board as merger goes live | The Lawyer https://t.co/MzHAKHmf0P 
• Moves: 22 February 2016 | The Lawyer https://t.co/dhw9RK57bA
• My career story: “We quit the magic circle to found our own tech start-up” | The Lawyer https://t.co/mZzAeDMxTD 
• Day of reckoning looms for UK firms: the rise of the accountants | The Lawyer https://t.co/1jm2sNSVsS
• Where the action is: branding creativity and London | The Lawyer https://t.co/wbGtBcgDy9 
• Hot 100 alumni: Keith Barnett, Taylor Wessing | The Lawyer https://t.co/A7sdkxK5rc
• In-house interview: Matt Wilson, Uber Technologies | The Lawyer https://t.co/mRId2hoAfF
• In-house interview: Paul Newton, Bupa | The Lawyer https://t.co/q8T7gkt5cw 
• Offshore survey 2016: M&A powers expansion | The Lawyer https://t.co/9pWGDmVx3o 
• Lawyer Market Intelligence: China’s shopping spree | The Lawyer https://t.co/5x0BKg4Ljs
• RBS shareholders draft in Pinsents and Stewarts lawyers ahead of £4bn battle | The Lawyer https://t.co/dhAjGApxZp 
• Penguin Random House legal chief Peacock retires | The Lawyer https://t.co/Nb5Oi0rOWv 
• By 2018, UK 200 is likely to have a new member of its £100m+ revenue: PwC targeting this benchmark | The Lawyer https://t.co/MztvlyFAWV
• HSBC global legal spend up $500m in 2015 | The Lawyer https://t.co/AbIux3w7FI 
• Linklaters Hong Kong scales down further as corporate duo defects | The Lawyer https://t.co/VukTnSS4Zr
• City law firms down size in response to rising rents | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/5j0wFZpXyo 
• Scotland's new chief constable to live rent-free in a castle for six months | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/5IgUuKIigJ 
• Harper Macleod chief executive shortlisted for director award | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/0GIlcOh2fE 
• ECJ's UK judge tells Faculty he would welcome more Scottish cases | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/KqhA7j23ZF
• Thorntons strengthens its Perth land and rural team with new appointment | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/e7M4xK6eGI 
• Gillespie Macandrew boosts Glasgow office with associate appointments | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/nZ4NRbQAqv 
• Goldman Sachs Lowers Range of Reasonably Possible Legal Expenses #US https://t.co/Ge4yBdRh8H 
• The Art Of Cross-Selling Legal Services https://t.co/qj6XFVmQEt 
• Apple's clash with the FBI will be a tough legal fight #US https://t.co/utUzlX4hZV
• Boris Johnson claims 'legal colonisation' by the EU prompted him to campaign for Britain to leave https://t.co/Wk0XpBYUay 
• Texas American football coach Charlie Strong: Legal case 'won't affect my focus' #US https://t.co/ZiqbGefQhq 
• As #RUSSIA Bans Legal Human Rights Group, Lawyers Face Risks To Continue Work https://t.co/kkocj0BHX4
• FMF’s legal battle against collective bargaining begins #SOUTHAFRICA https://t.co/EnGOZZyuq3 
• #UGANDA elections: Obasanjo urges restraint and respect for legal process https://t.co/Da2FB03wxE 
• Emergency migrant brake likely to face Luxembourg court challenge https://t.co/so1ArLLNtz 
• MSP urges Holyrood to change law on prostitution by making it an offence to pay for sex https://t.co/IMAPxoVKSf 
• New international law firm Gowling WLG launches today https://t.co/ZVL16DwUOZ 
• TTIP deal means ‘irreversible privatization’ of NHS – legal experts https://t.co/RjuKDqhyWQ 
• Sex tourists who pay for prostitutes abroad 'should face prosecution in UK' https://t.co/zPA6GfgJbU 
• UK's biggest law firms downsize as London rents increase https://t.co/SD96X9wduT 
• Families to challenge minimum income visa rules in supreme court https://t.co/7wwObpV6WV
• Does the international criminal court help to end conflict or exacerbate it? https://t.co/FRdLNEaRJq 
• New project allows inmates to sleep and eat at Swaleside Open Academy and study alongside staff https://t.co/8UE2xzscvZ 
• EU referendum: Leaving EU 'big gamble' for UK security https://t.co/tPOLAtDouK 
• #INDIA caste unrest: 'Ten million without water' in Delhi https://t.co/tSN0XHLFXW 
• Italian mum admits killing baby during London trip https://t.co/BnVEdj885E 
• Male rape charity gets £78,000 funding to tackle 'taboo' issue https://t.co/tGB7xTnvtN 
• London 2012 Games staff 'still waiting to be paid' https://t.co/ICgdsD3pTm 
• Northern Powerhouse 'a leap of faith' https://t.co/t34dXYaxrC 
• Jalal Uddin: Two arrested over Rochdale mosque death https://t.co/evFabRmbCO 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! https://t.co/u70M4sPDUT
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• My legal life: Judith Rinearson, Partner, Bryan Cave, London and New York - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/ZiknCKuKAV
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• Career paths blocked as partners retire later | Law Gazette https://t.co/n5G4kAfQ1b 
• Supreme Court ruling sought on extent of LPP | Law Gazette https://t.co/wqQfwgkJrT 
• Rape cases fear over ‘tainted’ DNA risk | Law Gazette https://t.co/icJhebhvMt