25th March - Law News

1551st Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & legal articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap

Wishing a very happy Easter to all our readers!

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Asia-Pacific law firms enjoy biggest slice of IPO pie https://t.co/CESxDVpa2Y 
• KWM to slash UK, Europe and Middle East partnership by 15 per cent https://t.co/9EPGqgFrz7 
• SRA announces plan to slash lawyers' rule book https://t.co/3NSry3AXMs 
• Justice Peter Smith accused of bias in Saudi royals ruling https://t.co/dELHkDoukp 
• Alibaba executive gives $30M to Yale Law School https://t.co/GiVZBUeSWv 
• Law firms beware: Samas malware is especially dangerous https://t.co/qnMrwc5DXH 
• Scotland cracks down on revenge porn and 'ill-informed' rape jurors https://t.co/cXhT9NGVDC 
• Microsoft scrambles to limit PR damage over abusive AI bot Tay https://t.co/mM9QxwOe1V 
• Radovan Karadžić's sentence for Bosnia genocide exposes continuing divisions https://t.co/8Foh3Dtkhy
• Top athlete Lauren Jeska charged with attempted murder https://t.co/O8ZXHEQwvI 
• #French police make arrest over 'advanced' terror plot https://t.co/p14xIBCPZQ
• 'Is the tribunal not ashamed?' Karadžić sentence angers victims https://t.co/YdG7y4IEgH 
• The Guardian view on the Radovan Karadžić trial: only the end of the beginning | Editorial https://t.co/Ww8NrudAHV
• Equality Act not protecting the disabled, peers find | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/0KBx3f9RCM
• Conveyancers vulnerable to fraud by failing to e-verify clients | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/CxGn9JXakt 
• Italian lawyer sues football referee | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/CO5irI7gmL 
• CLC to cut practising fee by 20 per cent | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/sq2o6riYTd 
• Separatist SRA would boost legal services market with independence | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/qLm80hx4on
• 'Failure' assessing cellmate risk to murdered Darren Thomas https://t.co/CnC2aip6Iq 
• Brussels attacks: #Belgium admits 'errors' over bomber arrest https://t.co/xU15UPnTcc 
• Paige Doherty death: Man arrested in Clydebank area https://t.co/w79PwRavBh 
• #Egypt 'finds killers of Italian student Giulio Regeni' https://t.co/06ljg1o4Of 
• BBC Sport - Adam Johnson jailed: 'Don't blame football, but sport must learn' https://t.co/UJkXfjN6Uz 
• The dishonesty at the heart of the disability protest blackout https://t.co/OORTp0BHC3 
• Former senior judge urges caution over gender diversity quotas | Law Gazette https://t.co/STCnDSxk3Z 
• Karadžic: 40-year sentence for genocide and other crimes | Law Gazette https://t.co/DKVmLd1EbK 
• Whiplash scheme suffers another three-month delay | Law Gazette https://t.co/fBfAgxgyBn 
• Radovan Karadžić sentenced to 40 years for genocide at Srebrenica #BALKANS https://t.co/mwPVcaYfBA 
• Karadžic trial points to advantages of focused criminal tribunals #ICC https://t.co/y8LORirnKq 
• Medical experts call for global drug decriminalisation https://t.co/rKDlvq50Nn 
• From cannabis cafes to death row: drugs laws around the world https://t.co/PM7TGiaBm9 
• Judge to decide how much of the public inquiry into undercover policing can be public https://t.co/ouHkwAxb8s 
• Michael Jackson estate owes us over $200,000 in fees, says UK law firm #US https://t.co/ncUwLt0ZpK 
• The Russia-Georgia war: why the ICC is launching war crimes probe https://t.co/lRB7KZsQvP 
• The scariest thing about Brussels is our reaction to it - Paranoid politicians, sensational journalists https://t.co/yBceottGdG 
• UK seeks review of UN Julian Assange 'arbitrary detention' finding https://t.co/1Ufi9TwqpF 
• Radovan Karadzic jailed for #Bosnia war Srebrenica genocide #SERBIA https://t.co/vXVeTEtzVA 
• Adam Johnson jailed for six years https://t.co/PBUEOUdI0n
• Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe online fraud refund claim provokes anger https://t.co/pw2yzEXI48 
• Goddard Inquiry: Children abused 'on industrial scale' https://t.co/bs0aHd5EWo 
• Microsoft chatbot is taught to swear on Twitter https://t.co/7m2RLURaot 
• South London man arrested over 'mealy mouthed' Brussels tweet https://t.co/rQugjXWwHp 
• #NewZealand votes to keep flag in referendum https://t.co/1ITM8IPDtm 
• Molenbeek's gangster jihadis #BELGIUM https://t.co/uCtroaEEwS 
• Adam Johnson in court for sentencing https://t.co/WxwDFtDmZy 
• Rest in peace Johan Cruyff, genius of football, made it look like art :( https://t.co/jK6TvhmtWB 
• Truck drivers told to attend minimum pay hearings over Easter or 'face jail time' #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/Fd1f3EqwQr 
• Conveyancers’ regulator to cut fees | Law Gazette https://t.co/N9eaE81FOD 
• Scottish firms hike profits – but warn of ‘saturated’ market | Law Gazette https://t.co/EA63iuJ5km 
• ATE insurers 'desperate', claims bullish Burford | Law Gazette https://t.co/37Qmy4qW2N 
• Court rejects ombudsman’s ‘perverse’ costs award | Law Gazette https://t.co/d9l3W29GpM 
• Revealed: MoJ’s £400k bill for abandoned legal aid contracts | Law Gazette https://t.co/afo36NBqqY 
• PR expert Matthew Doyle who confronted Muslim woman to 'explain' Brussels attacks arrested https://t.co/OWIkSGjByn 
• NSPCC: football clubs not taking child protection seriously enough https://t.co/0jWo5bW4Y2 
• Duty of care for disabled people in UK not being met, say peers https://t.co/ZvOQDh2Fzb 
• John Cleese: Fawlty Towers-based show producers 'staggered by vitriol' https://t.co/bJ5NEXu38C

Today's video story:  The significance of Christianity and Easter holidays to the African continent.

24th March - Law News

1550th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & legal articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap

FOCUS OF THE DAY: The government has been warned that tinkering with the legal services legislation and regulation risks jeopardising the UK economy. The first ever study of the wider economic value of UK legal services found that 8,000 new jobs were created and £379m added to the economy for every 1 per cent growth in the sector. Full story - Solicitor's Journal

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Tennis pay row: I am for equality - apologetic Novak Djokovic https://t.co/uIhoZT13Ek
• Chinese man pleads guilty to #US military hack https://t.co/w1fvDpTsJA 
• South Yorkshire Police Chief Constable David Crompton to retire https://t.co/mwo3L9WZwA 
• Cheap is not cheerful, as only one in 10 choose conveyancer on price | Legal Futures: https://t.co/4ZDMW5fsoh 
• Supreme Court in first even split since death of Scalia https://t.co/KRoINYAwxO 
• Dentons, Eversheds and Reed Smith win spots on inaugural Avis panel https://t.co/hPXXxNj8vw
• Litigation funders join forces against Slater and Gordon https://t.co/EtrxUi1Bq6 
• Another partner joins the race for the top at Linklaters https://t.co/fvefayabX3 
• Ashurst announces new global integrated platform https://t.co/e6p3B8FYcM 
• Simpson Thacher tops global M&A rankings for Q1 as activity falls https://t.co/SXR2s8zKdP 
• Femen activists acquitted over topless Strauss-Kahn protest #FRANCE https://t.co/Z4Gy9PCmT9 
• BBC reporter forced off air amid disability rally in parliament https://t.co/zI3GgHkSBF 
• Refugee crisis: human rights chief hits out at Cameron and May https://t.co/ark7NxmdAU 
• Try life in a wheelchair and then tell me disabled people have equal rights https://t.co/E6ye7CHjQd 
• Rise in homelessness in England triggers calls to follow Welsh strategy https://t.co/8lQQ5T8tiL 
• Radovan Karadžić says he expects ICTY to acquit him of genocide #BOSNIA https://t.co/daEY2Ghkyn
• The Radovan Karadžic war crimes trial is Europe’s biggest since Nuremberg #BOSNIA https://t.co/i5ItEcCjAw 
• EU debate: Boris Johnson adopting a 'busking and humoresque' approach https://t.co/0mC45JzqN6 
• Germanwings crash: UK victims' families in flight school legal action bid https://t.co/gbEIYwFoOu 
• Questions for police over terror plotters' network https://t.co/AkpTzYgsYk 
• 1916 Easter Rising: Reflections on a rebellion that changed Ireland https://t.co/6o95uQzInQ 
• Arizona’s primaries: legal action being taken as a result of incompetence or possibly even intentional sabotage #US https://t.co/IcXIMX2ex0 
• #Israel's cybersecurity firm Cellebrite linked to FBI's iPhone hack attempt https://t.co/btqSxvr6zE 
• Let the London exodus begin | Law Gazette https://t.co/jcLjoQFDxE 
• Global firm to cut 15% of Europe and Middle East partnership | Law Gazette https://t.co/8STm6WEVka 
• Judge backs Libor trader confiscation order https://t.co/W6NxOa7zyX 
• Pub hours to be extended for Queen's 90th birthday https://t.co/gLqVY2zjxs 
• Two men guilty over IS-inspired 'drive-by' terror plot https://t.co/ZKpzWH4qvf 
• Eastenders viewers threaten to switch off over new trans character https://t.co/F92l9or7em
• Ched Evans rape appeal decision delayed until April https://t.co/rkyV5LszOU 
• Suzanne Evans suspended by UKIP, leader Farage denied to the BBC it was revenge for her criticism of him https://t.co/RtAtaVitbC 
• Nigel Farage defends linking Brussels attacks and EU migration rules https://t.co/923sRKpOzG 
• BHS creditors vote to support rent cut plan https://t.co/HHyNF7liGF 
• The Middle East is now Europe's backyard https://t.co/ERrvibbVuT
• Flash crash trader Navinder Sarao faces US extradition https://t.co/AOdM24p32o 
• Brussels attacks: Two brothers behind Belgium bombings https://t.co/EIGuLFREzq 
• #Australia PM's slogan mirrors satirical comedy Veep https://t.co/nMDE55jfD4 
• The Kashmiri boy who refused to leave police custody #INDIA #PAKISTAN https://t.co/dAeuF0g8sb 
• Brussels attacks: More urgency needed to fight terror - Theresa May https://t.co/KUnrPrZE6y 
• Undercover police spied on me. Who else did they do it to? | Helen Steel https://t.co/y18MYeqNHE 
• Jailed Libor trader Tom Hayes must pay £878,000 https://t.co/37edfuRJLv 
• Incurred costs are up for grabs | Law Gazette https://t.co/qFhN7EFCk7
• Council awards its 'ABS' contract ahead of licence | Law Gazette https://t.co/GzHQgVLFGj 
• QualitySolicitors stalwart exits to be standalone business | Law Gazette https://t.co/yvmDq83eig 
• Conveyancers’ regulator to cut fees | Law Gazette https://t.co/N9eaE81FOD 
• ‘Pause and rethink’ for legal training reform plans | Law Gazette https://t.co/BvYETUXU9M 
• LAA urged to delay compulsory civil billing system | Law Gazette https://t.co/DdKgmNFaxf
• Solicitors’ handbook to be slashed from 600 to 50 pages | Law Gazette https://t.co/ginlrukZCK 
• Court closures could inhibit diverse magistracy, MPs told | Law Gazette https://t.co/SrAr25YTX5 
• New SRA online database may include disciplinary records | Law Gazette https://t.co/NuCj8iA6KJ 
• Turkish lawyers’ arrest breaks UN principles | Law Gazette https://t.co/zW0D0Vkw2q 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! https://t.co/EUWBsZt1NZ
• Women held back by 'old boys' network,' says report https://t.co/OlDXN5g0MM

Today's video story: The Graffiti artist Stik first made his mark on East London with his simple figures made from six lines and two dots. He developed his style while living in a homeless hostel, and campaigning for the rights of the disenfranchised. He has gone from being an illegal street artist to a celebrated, internationally exhibited one. His stick people can now be seen on huge murals around the world from New York to Tokyo. For the first time his works have been brought together in a book documenting his career. He told the BBC's Dan Damon about his stick people. 

23rd March - Law News

1549th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & legal articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap

FOCUS OF THE DAY: There is a big gap in the way partners and fee-earners at medium-sized law firms view where they work, including “an exaggerated sense of progressiveness among decision-makers”, a new report has found. Only a third of fee-earners (34%) thought their practices prided themselves in the quality of staff training, compared to double that proportion (68%) of partners. Full story - Legal Futures

Saturday Conversations on Law

• ITV hands panel spot to Clifford Chance after review | The Lawyer https://t.co/KKFKA9lkDX
• Ashurst overhauls service delivery with R&D arm | The Lawyer https://t.co/N0pdyWvK3Q
• Corporate trio to battle for Linklaters senior partner role | The Lawyer https://t.co/9Gl7e3BmTH 
• Simpson Thacher tops M&A rankings for Q1 as activity falls | The Lawyer https://t.co/H3pRR2K28N 
• Dentons, Eversheds and Reed Smith win places on Avis’ seven-firm inaugural panel | The Lawyer https://t.co/1J9Vw3zDBf
• Africa Elite 2016: Vinson & Elkins leads energy deal rankings | The Lawyer https://t.co/ICpvUfAvAx 
• Is boycotting Israel anti-Semitic? | The Lawyer https://t.co/LHHYtt6N04 
• Will Linklaters be the first magic circle firm with a female boss? | The Lawyer https://t.co/kmes8lOY3o
• Peter Smith J to face bias allegations in Saudi royals trial | The Lawyer https://t.co/0wgJiMIn9z 
• President Lungu accuses Musa Mwenye of attacking Judiciary #ZAMBIA https://t.co/fMFuWCQWEv 
• Judiciary did little to ease overcrowding during my tenure – Rohee #GUYANA https://t.co/fWaf9NUIRd 
• Corruption drama puts #BRAZIL’s judges in the spotlight https://t.co/UozTFEXSzO 
• There Is Corruption in Judiciary, Among Senior Lawyers - Senior Advocate #NIGERIA https://t.co/2kq49RddQB 
• Chief Justice of #lLIBERIA , Francis S. Korkpor, Sr. says to trainee magistrates Be asset to the Judiciary https://t.co/wwE2mF3C7f 
• Ex-football official Takkas pleads not guilty in #US bribery case https://t.co/xn2vSVPp7V
• Ashburton-based teacher faces disciplinary tribunal over protection order breaches #NEWZEALAND https://t.co/VvqhMZUTDE 
• Jonas Gutierrez hits out at Newcastle in employment tribunal https://t.co/sdVQtwzARh 
• New solicitors admitted at Law Society Admission Ceremony https://t.co/I1Idp5xOLT
• Parents sent to prison after child found with broken bones, burns, solicitor says #US https://t.co/4nlKpR344r
• Perfect storm faces conveyancers before stamp duty hike https://t.co/j8KW8ECiwF 
• Mushroom pickers' fight for justice continues #THAILAND https://t.co/gUZ7Tr7qMw 
• #UKRAINE pilot’s trial is a travesty of justice https://t.co/1AKGj0Hij2 
• Justice Ian Binnie cuts senators' expenses owed in 10 of 14 cases #CANADA https://t.co/IhloT4mgVq
• Côte d’Ivoire: 5 Years On, Awaiting Justice #IVORYCOAST https://t.co/GFD6ikB0N7 
• Law Society points to £25.7bn contribution of legal sector https://t.co/crAGuq2gGA 
• Three Syrian boys arrive in UK from Calais refugee camp https://t.co/mlmqLtjl1g 
• The return of the injunction: Entertainer 'PJS' wins legal bid over extra-marital threesome https://t.co/u8wOEJGa62 
• Kesha is filing a new appeal in her legal dispute with Dr. Luke https://t.co/rss9bItzYt https://t.co/kL5B58HIIU
• Madden & Finucane has overtaken KRW Law to top legal aid earnings table #IRELAND https://t.co/kL5B58HIIU 
• Families of Sydney siege victims worked out their loved ones were dead #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/f4bOuFEglZ 
• QC nets £3.5m legal aid in three years https://t.co/4HmQgDb2PV 
• Law lecturer wanted in UK for making indecent images of child begins last minute legal bid to stop his extradition https://t.co/2omsciycJU 
• UK legal services sector grows 8% as exports rise https://t.co/klpoUcPdBw 
• U.K.'s Streetmap Isn't Done Yet In Its Legal Battle Against Google https://t.co/vnSgceEBYk 
• A law professor assesses the EU plan to send asylum seekers back to #Turkey https://t.co/y2ZIrFLZrM 
• #Syrian children arrive in UK from 'Jungle' after legal victory https://t.co/JGr9Bbfwzz
• #BANGLADESH Bank eyes NY Fed lawsuit after cyber theft https://t.co/LXZRKMT6Mq 
• Slater & Gordon “failed in due diligence” over Quindell purchase | Legal Futures: https://t.co/hsOJbj9XiE 
• SRA announces rethink on training reforms | Legal Futures: https://t.co/5L822ZNpE7 
• Brussels attacks: Police hunt Zaventem bombings suspect https://t.co/o2b8rhL6QH 
• Brussels explosions: Why has Belgium's capital been attacked? https://t.co/PfAPCw4PvN 
• West Yorkshire family fear Iraq suicide bomber was son https://t.co/AyRpBPbkML 
• Far-right German politician Stefan Jagsch thanks refugees for rescue #GERMANY https://t.co/C4zZj7Q2Cq 
• Study reveals perception gap between fee-earners and partners https://t.co/5wGY8Aewpr 
• Sheffield attempts to woo top firms https://t.co/zmA7z9BqiD 
• Legal sector worth £26bn to UK economy https://t.co/1w5sZOaykm
• Debevoise launches in Tokyo https://t.co/aOJSJZdQsX 
• Simmons & Simmons holds on to seven new qualifiers https://t.co/A54oU41tdr 
• From AlphaGo to AlphaLaw? https://t.co/DX9KjfPNSH 
• Lessons from Juridica https://t.co/ufSStwQPMC 
• Hammond criticises judge for stripping diplomatic immunity from Saudi billionaire https://t.co/4xk3VXzpJA
• UK legal sector 'now worth £26bn a year' https://t.co/WYEpICGKJy 
• #US supreme court signals support for bill to relieve Puerto Rico of $70bn debt https://t.co/9ZiM5C0O3r 
• The injunction is back: entertainer blocks extramarital affair story https://t.co/H3UTivp1H1 
• Missouri ordered to reveal pharmacies that supplied its execution drugs #US https://t.co/HcvNsaZ7QJ 
• Poppers escape ban on legal highs https://t.co/BVP67sRrjF 
• Why the shaken baby syndrome tribunal led to Dr Waney Squier being struck off | Letters https://t.co/66jQ2Ij6WP 
• I made a mistake but I won't say sorry, George Osborne tells MPs https://t.co/sJsKIctAu1 
• Alaska’s hovercraft-riding moose hunter wins lone fight against federal agency #US https://t.co/kh5lbHWse1
• As Women Take Over a Male-Dominated Field, the Pay Drops https://t.co/pA6j0ofIYn 
• Tinkering with legal services market risks jeopardising future economic success | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/aaopf3l4te
• ‘Progressive’ mid-sized firms can’t let go of traditional values | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/gbVK1e5wB1 
• ‘Kafkaesque’ Turkey shows ‘extreme contempt’ for the rule of law | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/BGCxWkUyHH 
• LAA urged to delay compulsory CCMS use | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/6H9dJw9qo5 
• Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko given 22-year sentence https://t.co/vl7ggVZVzy 
• Ukrainian pilot has been found guilty in #RUSSIA of charges relating to the deaths of two Russian journalists https://t.co/FSADg3d6F8 
• Minister: 'Outdated' landline charges should be scrapped https://t.co/R9idxbewQi 
• SNP will not adopt UK Chancellor's 40p tax threshold change https://t.co/654ZajDsYS 
• Business, human rights and lawyers | Law Gazette https://t.co/3zOePEZF86 
• Firm sees off £100k CoA claim after admitting negligence | Law Gazette https://t.co/10lJvW18uJ 
• SRA ‘concerned’ at PI practices aiding fraud | Law Gazette https://t.co/HLZ4VDPblW
• Council ABS plans clean break | Law Gazette https://t.co/sEKvZCtp9M 
• Brussels explosions: What we know about airport and metro attacks https://t.co/kOm3hGVCiR
• Indian Wells CEO Raymond Moore quits after 'sexist' comments #US https://t.co/cx3gNIp2A9 
• Brussels explosions: UK police step up patrols after attacks https://t.co/FDeSNP6sOs 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! https://t.co/WVoMOdOV8B
• Legal sector worth £26bn to economy | Law Gazette https://t.co/HHvH67BJmZ 
• Negligent firm sees off £100k claim in Court of Appeal | Law Gazette https://t.co/gs2a5Rr5nc
• MoJ to urgently review legal aid for trafficking victims | Law Gazette https://t.co/oHLssLLIP1 
• Powa: The start-up that fell to earth https://t.co/fLGMvx8ZVa 
• MPs want action on 'motherhood penalty' https://t.co/yZ7qfSHgRh 
• #SouthAfrica unease plays out on campus https://t.co/TBO3H8fmhX

Today's video story: Maharashtra Advocate General Shreehari Aney on Tuesday (March 22) resigned amid a row over his remarks about a separate Marathwada state. Aney drove to Raj Bhavan this morning and handed over his resignation to Governor C Vidyasagar Rao, an official said. "Shreehari Aney has submitted his resignation to the Governor. Whether to accept it or not, is his (Governor's) prerogative," an official from the Governor's office said. Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis is expected to make a statement on the issue in the state Legislature. #India

22nd March - Law News

1548th 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 long-established legal practice of imposing double convictions for racially or religiously aggravated offences has been overturned by a high court ruling that could influence national crime statistics. Full story - Guardian Law

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Can technology help reimagine Indian Judiciary in 21st century? #INDIA https://t.co/uuUdi7rIf1 
• Pervaiz Rasheed says Musharraf to be brought back through Interpol if judiciary orders #PAKISTAN https://t.co/WpEjSbxIs4 
• Two years of female judiciary appointments celebrated #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/8fYzbia0Dy 
• Solicitors say there are 'no winners' after death of PC Dave Phillips https://t.co/ySJvepHine 
• Shropshire law firm Lanyon Bowdler Solicitors expands corporate and commercial team https://t.co/JWEEQJjbl7 https://t.co/9qTPzLx82x 
• Scottish footballer Josh Meekings charged with breach of peace allegedly aggravated by sexual orientation prejudice https://t.co/KcV1QeJVOl 
• RAB on Sunday submitted chargesheet against 28 people, including Barrister Shakila Farzana #BANGLADESH https://t.co/yNya4F0mJX 
• So where has the legal 'right' to 10Mbps broadband gone? https://t.co/LZ102N47oN Mar 22, 2016 
• Kendall House residents pursuing legal action against Church of England for drug abuse at Gravesend children's home https://t.co/4tvCWzBvbq 
• Kanye West 'files legal papers to get his 2014 conviction for attacking a paparazzo erased from his record' https://t.co/TEwL4B2cel
• Rich people are paying lawyers to get truthful stories deleted from the internet https://t.co/9G1rdT5agI 
• Crowdfunding boosts UK judicial review bids https://t.co/zLbAvejU4V 
• UK Investigatory Powers Bill Could Become Law by End of 2016 https://t.co/ckW30ziTNe 
• Texas border clinic still awaits Supreme Court ruling on abortion law #US https://t.co/JD8YG4IJos 
• Obamacare to face the Supreme Court for an appeal regarding its contraception rules #US https://t.co/buvfOAMMox 
• Ex- Commission Agent for Star Wars Director Rian Johnson is Sued for Breach of Contract #US https://t.co/2RS8TEAZAw 
• UK's soft drink companies could sue government against sugar tax https://t.co/Rd5NY9lHTg 
• "Ballers" producers Dwayne Johnson, Mark Wahlberg and HBO Sued Over Copyright Infringement #US https://t.co/CbBOIfFfx9 
• Supreme Court strips Ex-President Lula da Silva from new office #BRAZIL https://t.co/KWEgpmDrNv 
• Lawyer of Paris attack suspect Salah Abdeslam threatens legal action against #French Prosecutor https://t.co/b45qmjcXFx 
• New wage theft bill introduced by lawmakers to provide protection to workers #US https://t.co/SZHDkZaums 
• Lawmakers Rallies on New Haiti Prime Minister; Expanding More Hurdles in Politically Volatile Nation https://t.co/ikLhZvhBij 
• Former Manager of Leeds United Cleared Over Cybercrime Charges https://t.co/n1IIZDGl2C 
• Spotify's $30 million deal with music publishing group over unpaid royalties a 'win' for all parties https://t.co/sQuqTU8QMt 
• Environment law firm files lawsuit against UK government for failure to provide strong measures to cut air pollution https://t.co/DPyl7t0p5L 
• Court of Appeal upholds £250 damages award over law firm’s negligence | Legal Futures: https://t.co/PPnzqQh3Hd 
• Report highlights perception gap between partners and fee-earners | Legal Futures: https://t.co/mjuNwArjZm 
• Freshfields team wins Hackney Law Centre hackathon with A2J website | Legal Futures: https://t.co/8sRJvsxFhz 
• Has the SRA served its purpose? | Legal Futures: https://t.co/LVSFZjWOkr 
• Glasgow: A city divided along learning lines https://t.co/6jagrnc2iL
• The Republican boss: for female lawyers, it’s the worst possible option #US https://t.co/1atpuWXWt9 
• Supreme court rejects states' efforts to overturn Colorado marijuana law #US https://t.co/o7qFZBzpGK 
• Nicky Morgan under fire over Mumsnet post on academisation https://t.co/n8nVf7WnzY 
• FBI 'may be able to unlock San Bernardino iPhone' #US https://t.co/DpqlvER5xd
• Hulk Hogan awarded further damages in Gawker sex tape case #US https://t.co/DYmjIr0NEl 
• Peers defeat government to allow 3,000 child refugees in UK https://t.co/V1bisalJ7b 
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• Sports Direct boss Mike Ashley brands MPs 'a joke' https://t.co/jJdCfyXosH
• Buncrana tragedy: Londonderry family lose five members in Donegal drowning https://t.co/qsX5ettju0 
• Judges' Crown Court sentencing remarks to be filmed https://t.co/rSpbuvy42P 
• Freshfields posts trainee retention rate of 82 per cent https://t.co/8HYAsN10Yn 
• Legal Hired in Asia hires: 21 March https://t.co/ep8SuhWDVO 
• LCCA sets standard for cloud computing in legal industry https://t.co/G6lbpSby3W 
• Corporate head Penney wins Addleshaw senior partner race https://t.co/0wSOuUmzgR 
• Pro bono hackathon creates new portal for law centre https://t.co/u66VRonFWc 
• Research: Lawyers have worst mental health among professionals https://t.co/ig5kWESrvz

Today's video story: Nadezhda Savchenko, a Ukrainian Air Force officer detained in Russia in 2014, is guilty of murdering two Russian journalists near Lugansk, eastern Ukraine, and of illegally crossing the Russian border, a court in the southern Russian town of Donetsk ruled. 

21st March - Law News

1547th 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 Legal Ombudsman (LeO) is looking to expand its jurisdiction. In its draft strategy for 2016/2017, published this week, it announces proposals to “explore the option of dealing with third party complaints” and to develop alternative dispute services such as mediation and “first-tier complaint support”. Full story - New Law Journal

Saturday Conversations on Law

• British businessman David Haigh acquitted in #Dubai over tweet https://t.co/GurnvnxaME 
• Madonna has been granted permission to end the British legal action over the custody of her 15-year-old son, Rocco https://t.co/eADFQcl4Pi 
• Clayton Williams convicted of PC Dave Phillips's manslaughter https://t.co/0gtPgDL8dH 
• Hatton Garden heist ringleader Brian Reader jailed https://t.co/6ATDbzF76n 
• Harvey Proctor: Ex-MP faces no further police action https://t.co/1SOp9qnAwM 
• Paris attacks: Suspect's 'accomplice' named as Najim Laachraoui https://t.co/2IuGxZNTaZ 
• Paul McCartney launches bid to Get Back his Beatles songs https://t.co/lSa59vLeLl
• Leicester 'cannabis mum' guilty of killing daughter in crash https://t.co/8yH7E3EXB6
• 'UK suicide bomber Abu Musa al-Britani' attack in #Iraq - IS https://t.co/tIlvLWcX6r 
• Jeremy Kyle Show swear word escapes censure by Ofcom https://t.co/JJO4lkXT3c
• 'Fairness' of 2016 budget under scrutiny https://t.co/iLU36lhVaO 
• ‘Long and tedious’ report a ‘badge of honour’, says pro-EU solicitor | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/RLI3UwjdXq 
• MoJ to review legal aid in human trafficking cases | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/iScr9mVsbd
• SRA warns profession over conduct in personal injury claims | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/zzuCDpMj3a
• Africa Elite 2016: Vinson & Elkins leads energy deal rankings | The Lawyer https://t.co/vgjDnj6I3T 
• Eversheds wins JP Morgan as Agile client in Asia | The Lawyer https://t.co/2eJB9DCnIp 
• OneSavings Bank group GC Bucknell to step down | The Lawyer https://t.co/SLycXuAmqt 
• Ex-GFH GC Haigh acquitted over Twitter abuse charges in Dubai | The Lawyer https://t.co/tr7p4SWbVG 
• Davis Polk and Weil win top roles on Markit’s $13bn merger with IHS | The Lawyer https://t.co/IkG40pNkZa
• An Africa office is no magic door to deals | The Lawyer https://t.co/g7BVqz2Ljv 
• Brexit: lessons from Scotland | The Lawyer https://t.co/cL1uQ3DZVY 
• BLP office move could enhance flexible working opportunities | The Lawyer https://t.co/tjJUpTi4z3 
• Lawyer Moves: 21 March 2016 | The Lawyer https://t.co/ehAJNnhfSw 
• My career story: “I moved from a tiny regional firm to a big City one” | The Lawyer https://t.co/ZPUSR2Ajns
• Hot 100 alumni: Cathy Pitt, head of funds, CMS | The Lawyer https://t.co/wfckZ0cGGG 
• In-house interview: Ngozi Okonkwo, chief legal officer, Oando | The Lawyer https://t.co/NrLBd26z3W 
• In-house interview: Rupert Rowland-Clark, Tullow Oil | The Lawyer https://t.co/D2Obo0LsNg 
• ICC finds ex-Congolese vice-president Jean-Pierre Bemba guilty of war crimes #DRC https://t.co/cVD54wyDBA 
• Supreme court rejects states' efforts to overturn Colorado marijuana law #US https://t.co/lzW90fjAag 
• Doctor who denies shaken baby syndrome struck off https://t.co/klZfOZvkWT 
• Isis is committing genocide. It is indefensible for Britain not to say so https://t.co/7de53Lo445
• Cameras to be allowed into Crown courts | Law Gazette https://t.co/eRyRLUyQnL 
• Green light for county-owned legal services company | Law Gazette https://t.co/GNZDKjIO0M 
• Tribunal quashes SRA ban citing ‘inconsistent’ approach | Law Gazette https://t.co/KkAzXEf69A 
• Rival lawyer groups clash on Brexit | Law Gazette https://t.co/0GgVu5jxIQ 
• Arbitration hindering development of common law – LCJ | Law Gazette https://t.co/AWrKM1HiOO 
• Dundee University Law Society wins award for best law ball | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/qDIu33iIdu 
• Widespread geo-blocking could breach EU antitrust rules | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/h6zcYpQPmA 
• Obituary of Professor David Carey Miller FRSE, emeritus professor of property law | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/2K2Y2XGBg2 
• Bird of prey crimes up in 2015 | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/JO7NAocaST 
• Aberdeen law student dies in halls | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/vxmP1pPqmZ 
• Scottish government consults on raising age of criminal responsibility to 12 | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/diikxNaWLL 
• Anderson Strathern boosts private client team | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/EAv429xecl 
• The Faculty of Advocates has welcomed a new member, Jamie Gardiner | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/88Y5wjm5yK
• Do we have a fundamental right to film the police in public? https://t.co/wDkcSSxZDt 
• Divorce fee hike unjustified | Law Gazette https://t.co/CcTQMr3axn 
• Trainee retention rate slips at magic circle giants https://t.co/gNOXoTCaEh 
• Steel city woos top law firms with incentives | Law Gazette https://t.co/3uXBjr0myl 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! https://t.co/P2xxk1o4z4
• Aboriginal communities taking their cases against oil pipeline and seismic testing to Supreme Court of #CANADA https://t.co/Vn6cex5kui
• #US election snapshot: Ignoring dead black men https://t.co/DdOfNFCbQB 
• #Russia continues to oppress Crimea's Tatars https://t.co/AVM2ERuYD2 
• Refugee crisis: Boats arrive in #Greece despite EU deal https://t.co/3oOzrKxKMQ 
• Hundreds gather outside Trump Tower on New York's Fifth Avenue while demonstrators shut down Arizona highway #US https://t.co/XgMs1bdCVm 
• EU referendum: CBI warns of UK exit 'serious shock' https://t.co/aATidKZ1g6 
• Hundreds of rapists and child abusers taken off sex offenders register https://t.co/GbTgAuRC3J
• Novak Djokovic questions equal prize money in tennis https://t.co/13LmrKvxwO 
• Directors of collapsed firm admit allowing client account to be used as banking facility | Legal Futures: https://t.co/2AgqyhBR48 
• Tribunal criticises SRA as it overturns disciplinary sanctions - and for burden of proof confusion | Legal Futures: https://t.co/8c0ny2GslM
• Student dorm named after war crimes suspect Radovan Karadžić #SERBIA https://t.co/Q8Zrsdwo01 
• Interview: Michael Coates, Shell UK’s head of legal - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/vkjCSAoUP7 
• BOOK REVIEW: Lawyers and Mediators – the Brave New World of Services for Separating Families | Law Gazette https://t.co/7GhCuHUWOV 
• Ten years of the Law Society Excellence Awards | Law Gazette https://t.co/I9nxixIu8c 
• The digital court revolution has begun, but what will it mean for lawyers and litigants? | Law Gazette https://t.co/nJdAqDPFrg 
• Fraudster who cost profession millions is banned | Law Gazette https://t.co/4XrOYx2XRX 
• SFO ends forex investigation | Law Gazette https://t.co/Qn3boMV8VS 
• Stamp duty relief over enforcement | Law Gazette https://t.co/LL2T57jWnZ 
• Rivals clash on Brexit | Law Gazette https://t.co/sXzoYuf11C 
• Cameras to be allowed into Crown courts | Law Gazette https://t.co/eRyRLUyQnL 
• Successful tribunals decline as fees bite | Law Gazette https://t.co/7JM5Vafyrg 
• Welsh rural advice crisis warning for England | Law Gazette https://t.co/URtBf2d7pZ 
• Steel City woos top law firms with incentives | Law Gazette https://t.co/3uXBjqILGN 
• Trainee retention rate slips at magic circle giants | Law Gazette https://t.co/tYJGfLeqKy 
• Indemnity insurance sails into uncharted waters | Legal Futures: https://t.co/IFf8rSbebh 
• Let battle commence: regulatory independence consultation set for publication | Legal Futures: https://t.co/oTQXtMWB3N 
• Barristers oppose plans for more flexible CPD regime | Legal Futures: https://t.co/GnlbKPPoSA 
• Keeping young people safe on and off the streets | Letters from Carolyne Willow and Jenny Jones https://t.co/tDpxApPZmD

Today's video story: President Barack Obama and the first family touched down in Havana, Cuba, reopening diplomatic ties with the island nation after nearly 90 years of estrangement.

20th March - Law News

1546th 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

• Development banks need to wake up to the human rights crisis in #HONDURAS https://t.co/Qss9NnVKPo 
• Judges overturn practice of double conviction for aggravated offences https://t.co/cKGrZcrluD 
• Junior doctors in 'unprecedented' judicial review crowdfunding campaign https://t.co/pBVCNxQPWw 
• Linklaters keeps hold of 45 out of 54 qualifying trainees https://t.co/5UEGaIEcr2 
• Brexit would trigger exodus of UK lawyers to re-qualify in Ireland, say experts https://t.co/xYPGqiWIes 
• Baker & McKenzie boosts newly qualified lawyer pay to £70,000 https://t.co/bqbgPYm7xH 
• Lawyers’ professional privilege under threat from Snoopers’ Charter https://t.co/jPRto8I1me 
• Clifford Chance reveals lowest trainee retention rate of the magic circle https://t.co/7bt248HP7r 
• Manchester Uni law student releases hilarious election bid rap video set in library https://t.co/Mino1htnUW 
• Trump turnaround on legal fees pledge https://t.co/zARRAUN5wk 
• Pro-EU barrister wants Wales to break away from English legal system https://t.co/2JwNoOrWKS 
• BBC takes a gutsy look at legal issues surrounding domestic violence https://t.co/tyO5Usm8LI 
• Arise, m’learned friend! Prince Harry to study law at Yale? https://t.co/E6FR31Vto8 
• Judge sues Ministry of Justice for discrimination https://t.co/CImz1OlGUD 
• How to join the magic circle https://t.co/BM9v8jEEqf 
• £6.70 per hour 'barrister' sought by Starbucks https://t.co/MrYmReodgw 
• A brief history of non-delegable duties in tort https://t.co/aocJ1fUtT6 
• Brexit or Bremain? Take the Legal Cheek poll https://t.co/5OtgwVLB1v 
• Top lawyers draw upon 'RuPaul’s Drag Race' to give students careers advice https://t.co/qXb4xP1LVO 
• Freshfields posts 82% trainee retention rate rounding off mixed bag for magic circle https://t.co/KBVCm7raIn 
• First ever City law firm business school trains up 250 junior lawyers to advise start-ups https://t.co/vpwp1rMvyn
• What’s next for the UK’s most followed law student? https://t.co/3UXqEOI9Qg 
• Exclusive legal profession poll: 75% want to stay in EU https://t.co/tz1Yhzn1y4 
• Apprentices set to go head-to-head with first year law students for top solicitor jobs https://t.co/0XIUAOTCWa 
• Paris attacks: Salah Abdeslam 'to sue #French prosecutor' https://t.co/Xh4j1bHvLM 
• Psychiatric patients charged £366,000 too much for calls https://t.co/4zMlcWeid3 
• TV cameras to be allowed in English and Welsh crown courts https://t.co/nMnDLuO7wD 
• Trump blames violent rally incident on protester in KKK costume #US https://t.co/62MwYJTXRM 
• Call for Contributions & Engagement #directprovision16: Direct Provision 16 years on | Human Rights Ireland https://t.co/gD8hZuOJFo 
• Free to light up... for a little longer | UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/bvNdJNNwUn 
• Ethics on the bench and in the witness box: The Round-up | UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/NJGq03tzfG
• TheLawMap Wig is out! https://t.co/xw1FXRBBpW
• Donald Trump rally: Highway blocked by protesters #US https://t.co/YHWzimZUfz 
• Crown courts may pilot filming for first time https://t.co/z11s7M2zDx 
• The internet black widow: Is this #CANADA's most dangerous woman? https://t.co/gaQQEr5fj3 
• Thanks to U.S. copyright laws, nothing has entered the public domain in nearly 40 years https://t.co/AuNC8VjwRj Mar 19, 2016 
• Flashback: Stephen Crabb, new DWP head nominated fellow MP's flat as main home: MPs' expenses scandal https://t.co/lxSVyqxZGN

Today's video story: Olympic, European and Commonwealth boxing champion Nicola Adams set her heart on becoming the very best in her sport. The problem was that female boxing had been banned for more than a century, before things finally changed in 1996. So what was it that made her so sure that she would eventually end up.

19th March - Law News

1545th 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

• Lawyers campaign for IN | New Law Journal: https://t.co/RXJnFDlJO6 
• Legal Ombudsman spreads its wings | New Law Journal: https://t.co/vdU8VbrZZc 
• The annual increases in compensation payments have been released | New Law Journal: https://t.co/O7Cv7kqAwT 
• Termination payments over £30,000 will be subject to employer’s NI contributions from 2018 | New Law Journal: https://t.co/9SDRQh3GZJ 
• Revised stamp duty rates for commercial property were announced in the Budget this week | New Law Journal: https://t.co/BXPc38v7fn 
• City of London Law Society gives backing to proposals for online courts for claims up to £25,000 | New Law Journal: https://t.co/WTJmPWJYCB 
• Reckless bankers could go to jail: prospects of Crown discharging criminal burden of proof | New Law Journal: https://t.co/r86mQwdlUr
• Chancellor serves up Budget sweeteners | New Law Journal: https://t.co/WFeJZcljGc
• Good news predicted for non-doms | New Law Journal: https://t.co/bwLAljHMzL 
• Regulating legal services | New Law Journal: https://t.co/tZdt6wHcWF 
• Jackson rules on "promptness" | New Law Journal: https://t.co/yhPLL4JNJd 
• Serious Fraud Office drops Forex | New Law Journal: https://t.co/9i7rKwsIpf 
• City solicitors bid for Polish clients | New Law Journal: https://t.co/3bKY1d2DMY 
• Tax hike attack on consumer’s ‘wallet’ | New Law Journal: https://t.co/NHwvxx2HYv 
• Sudden divorce fee hike slammed | New Law Journal: https://t.co/iISZiEhcwS
• Is capitalism driving climate change? https://t.co/ZBTscLzNju
• Belfast city centre: Death of woman is investigated https://t.co/6vXq60wIrE 
• Migrant crisis: There's a deal, but implementing it won't be easy https://t.co/62C12tqHXa 
• Migrant crisis: Amnesty hits out at EU over #Turkey deal https://t.co/SORL8qVC5x
• Alton Towers' Smiler ride reopens nine months after horror crash https://t.co/5BXSHyZDMo 
• Paris attacks suspect 'co-operating' #BELGIUM https://t.co/GR8QdMur6R 
• Pique rather than piety pushed Iain Duncan Smith over the edge https://t.co/es5e0qfgk7 
• Istanbul hit by suicide bomb attack #TURKEY https://t.co/lVokqyTm2j
• British journalist John Cantlie appears in new Isis video https://t.co/zf1VXUunVh 
• #BRAZIL judge strips Lula of office amid mounting political crisis https://t.co/Zb8uQGrJIb 
• Lufthansa jumbo reports near miss with drone over Los Angeles #US https://t.co/dcZXYnilbX 
• Yes, he tried: what will Barack Obama's legacy be? https://t.co/lEvLobuNoR 
• Hadley Freeman: the trouble with Caitlyn Jenner https://t.co/zaJ9WhBTJE 
• Women in science on Wikipedia: will we ever fill the information gap? https://t.co/XCum9cXLgA 
• If we are not 'all in it together', this is largely due to Duncan Smith https://t.co/qFA8zzXZSE 
• ‘It still makes me angry’: the wife of a murdered Charlie Hebdo cartoonist speaks out https://t.co/j8gTZ6QM0H 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! https://t.co/b0SsmMECUC
• Madonna pulls down fan's top onstage in Brisbane in bizarre move https://t.co/uf4Ckvn5c7 
• Police guilty of misconduct over woman who died in cell https://t.co/hSQEVM5cuD 
• Hulk Hogan awarded $115m in Gawker sex tape lawsuit #US https://t.co/jiyFKgKjBT 
• Ending marriages is about to get pricier https://t.co/05ye31LqDv 
• DLA Piper teams up with global NewLaw business https://t.co/dw8HfZnTdh 
• Stephenson Harwood seals the deal in Guangzhou https://t.co/ripNnyURTX 
• Prosecutor known for fighting prostitution is himself charged with paying for sex https://t.co/6lMc94Xgys 
• Olswang to introduce agile working by 2017 https://t.co/CQAcbkZ2nU 
• Next generation of legal talent wants to stay in Europe https://t.co/8lVNKgta6q 
• Full-time female lawyers earn 77 percent of male lawyer pay https://t.co/8WdkxdMjbf 
• Iain Duncan Smith resigns from cabinet over disability cuts https://t.co/O4ZJJM3jdp 
• Iain Duncan Smith's resignation letter in full https://t.co/vfBj5wVip8 
• Wafic Said shunned by Barclays https://t.co/RlOaFdispL 

Today's video story: As sophisticated algorithms can complete tasks we once thought impossible, computers are seeming to become a real threat to humanity.