1st May - Law News

1587th 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

• #French protesters clash with police over new labour law https://lnkd.in/dPRa_m9 
• Obama Blocks Sale Of Sacred Apache Land To Foreign Mining Firm leaving Tea Partiers furious #US https://t.co/RJOqPDAMCS 
• Little-known Medal marks Nazi-Zionist co-operation in 1933 https://t.co/Gbp9bGW93Y 
• AIRE crowd funds case | New Law Journal: https://t.co/0By2PfSu2u 
• Lawyers are invited to submit their pro bono data to the TrustLaw Index of Pro Bono before 23 May | New Law Journal https://t.co/LBVRyq3vl6 
• Boiler-room fraudsters | New Law Journal: https://t.co/D76EHRlLo2
• Countdown to new CPD regime | New Law Journal: https://t.co/ylviXAoji3 
• Conference to be addressed by Association of Personal Injury Lawyers president Neil Sugarman | New Law Journal https://t.co/Nmae4pfsL4 
• Lack of social mobility at the Bar | New Law Journal: https://t.co/FLNlJQ4V1R
• Merlin Attractions pleads guilty to charges under s3 of the Health & Safety at Work etc Act 1974 | New Law Journal https://t.co/uAPSBPOJoV
• Resolution chair calls for no-fault divorce | New Law Journal: https://t.co/J3BcpGqwkg 
• Bill of costs in "deadlock": Lord Justice Jackson calls for new bill format by October 2017 | New Law Journal: https://t.co/Kv6O07ICOO 
• LawWorks reward stars of pro bono | New Law Journal: https://t.co/LAmegD5elz
• Landowners' conference to focus on transparency over land ownership | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/AI3dT1ovyr 
• Glasgow's professor receives European award for excellence in teaching | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/sIWTgFLlyu 
• Chartered Institute of Building honours MacRoberts partner | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/J4jriYKyXE 
• Candidates for next UK judge at Strasbourg revealed | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/QRwNPgqyGY
• Glasgow-based company fined £50,000 for nuisance calls | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/fQ7C8qsxSQ
• Linklaters locks in China strategy https://t.co/NxILBF7cVj 
• Elevate Services acquires OnRamp Systems https://t.co/J1wCF3DZno 
• One in five law firms targeted by scammers, study finds https://t.co/aqJRl4JWVp 
• Global launch of first Virtual Assistants https://t.co/DW8w7UKBj6 
• Controversies continue for planned Scalia namesake law school https://t.co/1GZpKT4arC 
• TMT Law Practice advises Indian fashion start-up https://t.co/YEEuC9AFKX 
• China passes law restricting foreign NGO activity https://t.co/aphBMWOHCL
• Study predicts the era of banking mega fines almost over https://t.co/tJf78RMNpA 
• Briton jailed after returning to collect suitcase of ecstasy pills from airport lost luggage https://t.co/1oFqpXwclD 
• British academic could face five years in prison for 'making terrorist propaganda' in #Turkey https://t.co/6uKs51mhBJ 
• Women thrown off flight for 'suicide bomber' joke https://t.co/CIdkqG9j0o 
• #ISRAEL increase Gaza's fishing limit by 3 nautical miles. What does this restrictive policy mean for fishermen? https://t.co/J6OJaealTi 
• How many Palestinians are imprisoned by #ISRAEL? https://t.co/2QspNi03Lo
• Britain's modern slave trade https://t.co/BJbHHucKnQ 
• Momentum builds for #PAKISTAN to act against corruption https://t.co/Q8JiKZHZkO 
• Decoding the digital landscape to show how new technologies provide a smokescreen for a huge power shift https://t.co/r4LEZVntRl 
• Dozens of Syrians forced into sexual slavery in derelict Lebanese house #LEBANON https://t.co/egg03bgF1l
• US foreign intelligence court did not deny any surveillance requests last year https://t.co/qYdhbe5uGa 
• Elephant summit: #KENYA sets fire to huge ivory stockpile https://t.co/a4SelsMK3X 
• #GERMANY's ultra right party AfD meeting: Clashes before right-wing conference https://t.co/01OR3dpVfA 
• Education Secretary Nicky Morgan heckled at NAHT conference https://t.co/DZ69T1TKkD 
• What's the difference between anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism? https://t.co/j8FgIamPbG 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! https://t.co/noxeRM4e8u
• Over-age (possibly 29) #Canadian high school basketball player arrested for claiming he was 17 to gain scholarship https://t.co/RlARhuLJJu 
• UK consumers using their mobile phones in Europe will see reductions in their bills from Saturday https://t.co/bQckFr7LIQ

Today's video story: Human rights lawyer Amal Clooney is representing award-winning Azerbaijan reporter Khadija Ismayilova at the European Court of Human Rights. Ms Ismayilova, an outspoken critic of the government, was jailed 18 months ago. Ms Clooney has been speaking to the BBC about the journalist's case, and also gave her views on Republican presidential nomination front runner Donald Trump.

30th April - Law News

1586th 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

• Blacklisted workers win compensation from big construction firms https://t.co/XNdJNt2Gyq 
• Museums face ethics investigation over influence of sponsor BP https://t.co/f0iVMVp5er 
• Warning over ottoman beds after child caught in loop handle https://t.co/UCit7rvlNn 
• Lifeline for London families facing eviction after charity sold their flats https://t.co/CG54fMZPFO 
• Charity forced to issue refunds after mistakenly taking 100 times the amount donors pledged https://t.co/pHHti9l4Oi 
• Brexit: Chancery Lane debaters agree on legal work bonanza, if on little else | Law Gazette https://t.co/JTVYu2Pxe4
• Brexit, law and sunk costs | Law Gazette https://t.co/fQTDBF3B8n 
• Brexit – what's not been discussed | Law Gazette https://t.co/ccJ33OpwrQ 
• Three barristers nominated to be next UK judge at ECtHR | Law Gazette https://t.co/owizVWvIgu 
• DLA Piper makes up 48 partners in bumper round | The Lawyer https://t.co/7GUIlA2mvF 
• CMS promotes 12 women in 31-strong round | The Lawyer https://t.co/USLP865LPA 
• Norton Rose Fulbright makes up two in London in smallest round since merger | The Lawyer https://t.co/tKyWaSLALA
• Cleary Gottlieb picks up A&O finance regulation head | The Lawyer https://t.co/IRASWimFcu 
• Eversheds promotions 2016: Women make up 42% of round | The Lawyer https://t.co/FX4zJkQGLU 
• Is HSF laying the groundwork for a US merger? | The Lawyer https://t.co/VQOOFEdvzU 
• Cancer Research UK to restructure legal team | The Lawyer https://t.co/3DN3wKeYtG 
• Turnover up 16 per cent at Harper Macleod | The Lawyer https://t.co/x5P7MP7PNT 
• Appeal court rejects challenge in Poundland case https://t.co/3EbRMTJp03 
• Vladimir Bukovsky: 'I'm on hunger strike for the British public' https://t.co/J2czworrFO 
• Ripper-obsessed James Fairweather detained for double murder https://t.co/uV91wnytxB 
• New chairman appointed to under-fire mental health trust https://t.co/XmbphVBJUd 
• Arthur Simpson-Kent admits killing Sian Blake and children https://t.co/jNOCvQZ7xV 
• Men accused of giving Brussels suspect Mohamed Abrini cash https://t.co/2ZwXAHzV2J 
• Hillsborough: Families want 'remedial measures' for South Yorkshire Police https://t.co/LsEgsHz5YW 
• Auschwitz trial: Ex-guard Reinhold Hanning 'ashamed' #GERMANY https://t.co/QgSjto59nx 
• #SOUTHAFRICA Judge finds Jacob Zuma should face corruption charges https://t.co/qng5zDrayx 
• Hillsborough and the long journey to change the police https://t.co/xY51tdlJQB
• Caitlyn Jenner takes up the offer from Donald Trump to use the toilet: endorsement for Trump? #US https://t.co/LNtmKU22GA 
• News that solicitors are acting as McKenzie friends will fuel the debate over unqualified advisers | Law Gazette https://t.co/1wKLJULB7S 
• ‘Don’t wait to innovate,’ SRA tells in-house solicitors | Law Gazette https://t.co/TluJbAqkcl
• Law Society queries guidance on complaint signposting | Law Gazette https://t.co/FdR8bnUEAh 
• ‘Immensely prosperous’ lawyers not tempted to the bench – LCJ | Law Gazette https://t.co/e3yHnzUD1R 
• Linklaters plans ‘best friends’ venture with firm set up by China staff | Law Gazette https://t.co/OXr6JTIdlu 
• LAA invitation highlights second legal aid desert | Law Gazette https://t.co/UxoT9SsySf 
• PII costs fall – but attempted fraud is rampant, Law Society reveals | Law Gazette https://t.co/rsvZCuqfM3
• Lift geoblocking as 'frustration' drives illegal downloads, Productivity Commission finds #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/eWo7AulsE7 
• We should assess prisons by what happens once offenders are released https://t.co/FVPXcNVKcU 
• Government could ask BBC to trial pay service as it closes 'iPlayer loophole' https://t.co/hn8SCqA5fC 
• Sian Blake's partner admits killing her and two children, court told https://t.co/tjNT4M5MRW
• Eight years for falling asleep in a car: welcome to #Angola's penal system https://t.co/TbVNMVT4hs 
• Appeal court rejects challenge in Poundland case https://t.co/PrYxezEADb 
• US law firm focused on divorcing men plots major UK expansion | Legal Futures: https://t.co/MD2gilqfkV
• 'NewLaw' pioneer Blacklaws to take office at Law Society | Legal Futures: https://t.co/hihEcmu3Sy 
• Riverview launches first 'virtual assistants' to start process of reducing need for lawyers | Legal Futures: https://t.co/3N2bID8nfU 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! https://t.co/sJyjzhu5jr

Today's video story:  Nick Clegg says the "war on drugs is not working", but Peter Hitchens says "there has been no war". The columnist said cannabis has been "effectively a decriminalised drug in the country for many years", and the number of prosecutions has been “dropping like a stone”. But the former deputy prime minister said: “Drugs are bad for you, they cause harm. I am a dad, I don't want my kids hooked on drugs", but he told Mr Hitchens that he could not "just wish it away and somehow think you can prohibit drugs out of existence".

29th April - Law News

1585th 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 profession has until early next decade to prepare for massive technological advances that will reshape the industry, according to a renowned legal futurologist. That was the warning today from Professor Richard Susskind (pictured), speaking at the Law Society’s law management section annual conference. Susskind said artificial intelligence will move forward at such a pace in the coming years that systems will be able to diagnose and respond to clients’ legal problems. Full story - The Law Society Gazette

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Madeleine McCann 'abducted during botched burglary' https://t.co/Mpa6yRuoEz 
• Number of police marksmen down almost 20% despite 'Severe' terror threat https://t.co/Z1IQ1Xt54Y 
• Millionaire fashion boss cleared of killing intruder at his £2m home as police find he acted in self defence https://t.co/D40eV5mI03 
• Young offenders handed a caution commit more crimes after Government shake-up https://t.co/w7zauONMiI 
• What's next for small claims? | Legal Futures: https://t.co/zIWb7TaLRZ 
• One in five law firms targeted by scammers in past year, Law Society research reveals | Legal Futures: https://t.co/sAb4hzfogN 
• Kunduz hospital bombing: 16 #US forces 'disciplined' https://t.co/KtonJa7abN 
• BHS debacle shows the true costs of corporate greed | Letters https://t.co/dkL5U9SlkW 
• UK nominees for judge at European court of human rights revealed https://t.co/jwdTNc6aTr 
• South Yorkshire Police chief to stand down over criticism https://t.co/RfFnVT9X37 
• Three charged in UK terror inquiry https://t.co/ZJWYNB91SV 
• HSF lifts curtain on new 'Beyond 2020' global strategy https://t.co/XZYLBj7OzS 
• Men-focused firm plans UK expansion https://t.co/FnBlQ0Y3uA 
• Payne Hicks Beach lawyer exits to launch Middle East firm https://t.co/Tnf9vyctGF
• Stephenson Harwood logs largest ever global promotions round https://t.co/KsDbkdGDcd 
• Lawyer faces jail for eating incriminating evidence https://t.co/ytZ9DbBfc8 
• Study predicts the era of banking mega fines almost over https://t.co/GXo3VdLdg2 
• Justice ministers 'clear' UK will remain in ECHR https://t.co/WbgAD79zwM
• British expats lose High Court Brexit vote case but seek leave to appeal | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/qCV4hKs1zX 
• Barrister calls for urgent meetings on judicial discrimination and bias | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/v7EFjQ1JRU 
• Scottish insolvency stats could mask pressure on North Sea - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/UFUnU86fvQ 
• Academics produce free e-book demystifying EU referendum - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/g78FSR8YkH 
• Competition in Edinburgh’s property market heats up - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/ZDSxdrzVYU 
• Personal insolvencies at fourteen year low - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/nUhApIygbe 
• SLCC hosts sanctions round table - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/bNN64MdwwO 
• England: Former Supreme Court justice calls Lord Thomas' arbitration proposals 'wholly retrograde' - Scottish Legal…https://t.co/yTnnsrepEV 
• Lesley Sawers appointed EHRC commissioner for Scotland - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/U9l3i5k7iw 
• Blog: The additional dwelling supplement - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/R6LFC5NU6K 
• Sheriff Appeal Court has ‘no power’ to remit to a sheriff to ‘substitute a competent sentence’, appeal judges rule https://t.co/2YFE40B2ir 
• EU referendum: High Court refuses to judicially review '15-year rule' - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/gbEiJVeyDE 
• Man who killed wife refused access to documents in negligence claim against health board over failure to admit him https://t.co/036lFz3fSD 
• Mentally ill asylum seeker ex-convict fails in attempt to have period of detention declared unlawful - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/CCGS8LexAW
• UK government faces second court battle over air pollution plans https://t.co/hmiWM1LeXp 
• Murder conviction of Chinese MI6 informant referred to appeal court https://t.co/YGQfUBSYxd 
• Catholic bishops back anti-abortion candidates in Northern Ireland vote https://t.co/yPGg6k3fin 
• Sir Martin Sorrell’s WPP boosts training following 'rape joke' lawsuit in the #US https://t.co/qskHsRDKp7 
• Hillsborough families to sue police for 'abuse on industrial scale' https://t.co/DHLCmpUxGc 
• Obama administration urges states to curb use of solitary confinement #US https://t.co/WU0eauz3VX 
• Ken Livingstone suspended from Labour after Hitler remarks https://t.co/PfAb3MlG15 
• Murders and suicides in prisons in England and Wales hit 25-year high https://t.co/qwbcjseUuA 
• China passes law imposing security controls on foreign NGOs https://t.co/Hwz9FuxW2e
• Inmates squeezed into NSW jails as prisoner numbers hit record high #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/FZA2DQIZFL 
• 'Millennials & The Changing Face Of The Law', by @AnnabelG2legal https://t.co/BaZo4qLrju 
• 'Perceptions of consent in male rape: evidence-based and inclusive policy making..' by @phil_rumney https://t.co/WFFc10JQak
• ‘Mob rule’ must not dictate legal aid policy | Law Gazette https://t.co/2SxWjC6HG9 
• Alan Blacker/Lord Harley has SRA claim struck out | Law Gazette https://t.co/A96pUTNana 
• Susskind: ‘you have five years to reinvent the legal profession’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/45p6iC26ew 
• ‘Rehabilitated’ ex-solicitor denied readmission | Law Gazette https://t.co/07W7UgnHOX 
• Men dominate latest round of new partners | Law Gazette https://t.co/BhTsS7pDuW 
• BBC to quiz recruits on family background https://t.co/9G9kAfDeGI 
• Sun hacking claims can go ahead, judge rules https://t.co/UoNUKw6YQk 
• Tata Steel 'needs more government help' to secure sale https://t.co/YVA6OmBt2W 
• Costa Concordia captain Schettino's appeals trial to begin #ITALY https://t.co/6Gfe2NyNWu 
• Lego admits 'mistake' in Ai Weiwei row https://t.co/F3fa0tXo98 
• EU referendum: Britons abroad lose vote legal bid https://t.co/T5cXrJs4Fd 
• Drone unlikely to have hit BA plane near Heathrow, government says https://t.co/30K4fCYL5H 
• Hillsborough: South Yorkshire and West Midlands Police face legal action https://t.co/L5LohJDw17 
• Five Hillsborough myths dispelled by inquests jury https://t.co/4fXnUNFbl2
• TheLawMap Wig is out! https://t.co/YokZGXMUQl

Labour MP John Mann has verbally attacked Ken Livingstone as tensions rise over anti-Semitic claims. The former mayor was heading for the BBC Westminster studio when he was confronted by his critic. Mr Livingstone, who faces calls for his own resignation for defending Nah Shah, said: "He went completely over the top." And he told Daily Politics presenter Andrew Neil that previously Mr Mann was "screaming I was a bigot down the phone". 

28th April - Law News

1584th 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:  Online dispute resolution (ODR) could be the only way of ensuring access to justice in moderate-sized claims in future – but the Bar Council is trying to find an alternative that retains hearings, according to the president of the Supreme Court. Lord Neuberger noted the work being done on ODR by Lord Justice Briggs and the Civil Justice Council working party headed by Professor Richard Susskind, and said that ultimately, an eBay-style system might be the only solution. Full story - Legal Futures

Saturday Conversations on Law

• The Guardian view on checking abuse of public power: after Hillsborough, count the value, not the cost | Editorial https://t.co/hPWCK6HzrQ 
• Oklahoma court: oral sex is not rape if victim is unconscious from drinking #US https://t.co/tUpQMBYWFy
• Tax crackdown comes with risk that shell firms will fall through the cracks https://t.co/bIcBxsd8K0 
• Sex attacker convicted of spree of assaults on women in south London https://t.co/PqGVRMdcRp 
• Hillsborough: The 14 key questions the jurors were asked to consider - and the verdicts https://t.co/cfvTcG8AaT 
• Video shows ‘bullying’ father swearing at six-year-old daughter he is accused of murdering https://t.co/aAgu5CcVXI 
• Charles Manson quizzed over new murder https://t.co/YdjB23Z5G0 
• New York police celebrate biggest gang 'takedown' in city's history #US https://t.co/YT85gTNNuX 
• 'Harry Potter' solicitor fails in challenge to Law Society's FoI code | Legal Futures: https://t.co/Qd8CcXp2uZ 
• Growing 'CEO fraud' cybercrime "presents risk to law firms" | Legal Futures: https://t.co/4BSdx9Slfd 
• After the doctors and nurses, now dentists get an ABS | Legal Futures: https://t.co/vgytdZ2nD6 
• Dudley woman jailed for speeding fine lie https://t.co/drWFAMTdCm 
• Stephen Ward guilty of killing baby son Jordan https://t.co/KyS0cZ4JEG 
• #US mother accidentally shot dead by two-year-old son https://t.co/nQeBh74fnM 
• Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam extradited to #France https://t.co/NnssAAsoZu 
• Child car seat rules being reviewed, says Department for Transport https://t.co/upbNV3MQL6 
• Marriages in England and Wales fall by 8.6% in 2013 https://t.co/Il8LX8qJQH
• Eversheds on top for Q1 panel appointments https://t.co/YzKmaOJUVE 
• Squire Patton Boggs to advise in Austin Reed administration https://t.co/kRgh0or2KM 
• Clifford Chance shakes up Asia-Pac leadership https://t.co/o6odn2FH4B
• Resolution continues push for 'no fault' divorce in the UK https://t.co/ITb5GpIrp1 
• Law school applications may be making a comeback https://t.co/RAJH8D0lgJ 
• Led Zeppelin can settle suit for $1 https://t.co/XimRXP1QFm 
• Alexander McQueen faces lawsuit over royal wedding dress design https://t.co/4HrW6bnPY1
• Prince's death could lead to 'messy litigation' says lawyer https://t.co/TGrirnUxL1 
• Woman sues sperm bank over donor mix-up https://t.co/A4eqrnkLdQ 
• MP Naz Shah suspended from Labour https://t.co/oqMdw04tgh
• South Yorkshire Police chief suspended over Hillsborough https://t.co/JFYZV150LA 
• Transgender woman facing military service in #Singapore as a man, can stay in UK https://t.co/t62ogCkZLI 
• Paramount sued by Chinese company for failed Transformers product placement https://t.co/2Pj9sp1bxm 
• North American professors' plea to President Rouhani: the full letter #IRAN https://t.co/EtPF7tKaoR 
• Pension changes deter would-be judges, says lord chief justice https://t.co/tSBd3mSfQ1 
• Solicitors suspended over tax avoidance schemes after SRA appeal | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/RyZxNgAdrt 
• Irwin Mitchell calls for stricter inspections of faulty non-food items | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/pyh9Q8Msmr 
• Limiting access to justice is ‘unfair’, says public | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/zyL2Ph88Ax 
• UK's most vulnerable and dangerous inmates live side by side in solitary https://t.co/X1gme50tLt 
• University innocence projects: where are they now? https://t.co/XEfYve9Cpa 
• Hillsborough: public interest in prosecuting police 'overwhelming' https://t.co/LxJfUhN3pu 
• Can the Hillsborough police chief be retried? | Joshua Rozenberg https://t.co/JiEDtmoyxA 
• The Hillsborough verdict gives us a new way to remember the 96 | James Lawton https://t.co/lDMNQ3gR0p 
• Girl, aged 12, forced to wait weeks for Australian court to approve abortion #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/oU03RuElFE 
• Tribunal increases solicitors’ punishment after SRA appeal | Law Gazette https://t.co/SIlR8yQSUL 
• Hillsborough verdict: solicitors for families call for urgent inquiry into criminal liability | Law Gazette https://t.co/krGdCENsCb 
• Justice ministers ‘clear’ UK will stay member of ECHR | Law Gazette https://t.co/6zHJ3FgUdB 
• Solicitors becoming McKenzie friends to avoid regulatory costs, CMA told | Law Gazette https://t.co/IF0OYmXFx4
• Lawyers hit back at Gary Lineker’s divorce claims | Law Gazette https://t.co/61HdrpM5Vr
• Revenge pornography victims as young as 11, investigation finds https://t.co/KHTE8fiuDv 
• EU referendum: OECD warning of 'Brexit tax' sparks row https://t.co/1ji7zL4IJ1 
• British Cycling chief Shane Sutton suspended over discrimination claims https://t.co/6s5UtLY7UE 
• Burial protest over gender equality at Kumbh Mela festival #INDIA https://t.co/TF8nd0KA4N 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! https://t.co/CdkQfDSfFB

Today's video story: Turkey’s demand to remove a photo of a boy from an exhibition in Geneva, Switzerland, has been rejected. The photo claims that then-PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan was directly involved in the death of a child amidst anti-government protests in 2013.

27th April - Law News

1583rd 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:  One thousand fewer private practice firms than five years ago. One in five practising certificate holders now work in-house, says Law Society report. The number of practising solicitors is on the rise even as the amount of private practice firms falls, new statistics show. Full story - Solicitors Journal

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Sex attacker convicted of spree of assaults on women in south London https://t.co/3MDdCZW6T4
• Peru drugs mule Melissa Reid to return to UK 'very soon' https://t.co/MFx1tOJ4vu 
• Mother 'wrote prayer letters' about 'violent' partner accused of murdering their six-year-old daughter https://t.co/8zIthDBdH1 
• Notorious criminal given an Asbo at just 12-years-old jailed for machete raid after life of crime https://t.co/I2AsXRyBj5 
• Police criticised for 'stark errors' in agricultural university rape case https://t.co/Obzzl6nL03 
• Schoolgirl, 14, charged with attempted murder over alleged attack on fellow pupil https://t.co/kRmoZbOqlR 
• Rape survivors use anonymous Whisper app to reveal what it's like to face their attacker in court https://t.co/14R6OUPPEi
• Law Society reminds members of oath administration procedures #IRELAND https://t.co/djUUzjuRhL
• Mediating a way to avoid court fees and delays #IRELAND https://t.co/cSRB8Up7HN
• Unreasonable solicitor withheld part of client's €100,000 damages settlement for legal costs - High Court #IRELAND https://t.co/Fc1YraFNcy
• Struck off solicitor faces Crimes Act charges #NEWZEALAND https://t.co/9R0OUMbqDF 
• Glasgow Solicitor working in Edinburgh embezzled more than £21,000 from legal firm https://t.co/WoIjRWSdqT
• Gary Lineker turns entire legal profession against him by deploying this classic stereotype https://t.co/naEzbstM3y
• Hrithik Roshan’s legal team: Kangana Ranaut withheld truth from her lawyer #INDIA https://t.co/ppwdkeMzbk 
• High Court Ruling May Hinder Plans’ Efforts To Recoup Consumers’ Legal Awards https://t.co/sb88pV7ew9 
• Legal experts mock Ammon Bundy defense for ignoring ‘unmistakable legal reality’ #US https://t.co/tA7Ddiulvj 
• Police in legal push for Boston College tapes of ex-Provo McIntyre https://t.co/EjuNYSTDLp 
• Southern Illinois U. Chancellor Threatens Legal Action Over Racist Video #US https://t.co/B7Dpj7ZhpU 
• TTIP: Chevron lobbied for controversial legal right as 'environmental deterrent' https://t.co/i25uF6utrQ 
• New 'unexplained wealth orders' among UK anti-money laundering reforms https://t.co/gPKustUGwf 
• UK tyre law explained – and why it should be tougher, says Bridgestone https://t.co/t8n2VoQvxH 
• Court: Law doesn't bar suits against cigarette manufacturers #US https://t.co/fkYaA2Maga
• Obesity discrimination: UK disability laws incompatible with EU directive https://t.co/h1NrVXjcbw 
• Catholic lawyer raises legal concerns after Ofsted chief backs gender-neutral school toilets https://t.co/94b7AOh1Zq
• Protesters hold competing rallies over North Carolina's LGBT laws #US https://t.co/48SA3opVFC 
• Illegal poaching under pressure as ivory demand grows in #CHINA https://t.co/v6Qm4DX2Gk 
• Dogs rescued from illegal meat trade in Asia arrive in B.C. #CANADA https://t.co/IKSWfplwEg 
• Spectators at illegal drag racing event in Cape Town stone tow-truck #SOUTHAFRICA https://t.co/mxwu0I2zEB 
• Londoners are travelling in conditions that would be illegal for sheep, cattle and pigs https://t.co/FwNoFX2x9f
• Why #BOTSWANA won’t burn illegal ivory https://t.co/xvgnO9jwym 
• Siliguri surfacing as major illegal international gold trade hub #INDIA https://t.co/MY9DgxXiAy
• Call for employment equity tribunals to ensure redress #SOUTHAFRICA https://t.co/44svZpsngw 
• Mid-market private equity firm CHAMP Ventures has lodged a submission to the #Australian Competition Tribunal https://t.co/tMQoiW0f6r 
• Tribunal grants Rs 3.56 lakh compensation to kin of mishap victim #INDIA https://t.co/2uo2FC25Wk 
• President sets up appeals tribunal• Modalities being worked out: SK • Over 30 cadres contest suspension #ZIMBABWE https://t.co/cP0JWihSFZ 
• Central tribunal orders IPS officer Amitabh Thakur’s reinstatement #INDIA https://t.co/cj6NC6cOgS 
• Victoria police officer can advocate for drug legalization, tribunal rules #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/0S0aRn5P9l 
• Eversheds tops panel appointment wins in Q1 2016 | The Lawyer https://t.co/SahN43MMZr 
• Partnership prospects at… Linklaters | The Lawyer https://t.co/KoDjVbnviU 
• Stephenson Harwood unveils largest-ever promotions round | The Lawyer https://t.co/baNCnndZ8o 
• Weil Gotshal and DLA Piper lead as BHS calls in administrators https://t.co/2WbzHZr7z4 
• Singapore's Rodyk name lives on in Dentons merger https://t.co/lqdYHoebXI
• Irwin Mitchell promotes six women in round of 13 https://t.co/JcmbYiSQZc
• DLA Piper names new MP in Singapore https://t.co/gFDBQJWlH0
• Chilly forecast for luxury property market post-Panama Papers https://t.co/fnb67TGOWO
• Prince's death could lead to 'messy litigation' says lawyer https://t.co/t3WCIHrrlL 
• Woman sues sperm bank over donor mix-up https://t.co/B6PIgfjNEi 
• British government to consider capped fees after Eurostar sale https://t.co/H2SdrKGBQ1 
• Tax and the universe: the other side of the argument https://t.co/uuHrQ4qtA4 
• Government defeated again in Lords over child refugees https://t.co/ZY5Go1llXR 
• Justin Trudeau: Canada and UK to press allies on ransoms https://t.co/zgonMrpcYH 
• Islamic State: Up to $800m of funds 'destroyed by strikes' https://t.co/cbTWgJNteg 
• Prince 'did not leave will', sister Tyka Nelson tells court https://t.co/l2fqToVqaR 
• BHS owner tried to move cash out of firm https://t.co/bgr06V2cRR 
• Who is behind the #BANGLADESH killings? https://t.co/xoX1wknbtZ 
• Cabinet rift widens over European convention on human rights https://t.co/aUuICbqiR4 
• Woman faces life in prison for stabbing man to death in pasta row https://t.co/PHnWKQRVSv
• Avril Henry fought her battle and won https://t.co/sfLLEG5Q4Y
• Hillsborough families call for South Yorkshire police chief to quit https://t.co/znhYvMG7Nv 
• Norway launches appeal against Anders Breivik’s human rights decision https://t.co/B4aUiDJSE9 
• Theresa May’s plan to trash EU human rights law is posturing nonsense | Charles Falconer https://t.co/ifQLEiYadn 
• “distrust of lawyers is exacerbated by stories in the media about ‘fat-cat’ lawyers who overcharge” | Legal Futures: https://t.co/oT3ZlOw4wx 
• Regional law firm launches niche referral network | Legal Futures: https://t.co/229E9CbYyc 
• Report: ABSs punch well above their weight | Legal Futures: https://t.co/m9625sRBlz 
• Tribunal upgrades fines for solicitors who ran SDLT avoidance schemes to three-year suspensions | Legal Futures: https://t.co/qp3fqFwbcT
• Neuberger: ODR may become only route to justice for small claims but Bar is looking for alternatives | Legal Futures https://t.co/ajUqjqhoR8 
• Court of Protection extends reporting restriction order following ‘prurient’ media coverage | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/ev1I5QGqru 
• Cold callers to display phone numbers in government crackdown | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/iRDp8FPjGO 
• Hillsborough: Jury rules 96 victims were ‘unlawfully killed’ | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/9WllfUIPPK 
• LLST chosen charity for inaugural Solicitors Journal awards | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/3hX6bBasuA 
• Barrister suspended for 14 months after repeated acts of dishonesty | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/QeRNb7TDmn 
• Human rights charity crowdfunds judicial review against Operation Nexus | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/70oUIbeK5i 
• Bradford MP Naz Shah quits as McDonnell's PPS after antisemitic posts https://t.co/kXk3q8F4yl 
• How the Sun's 'truth' about Hillsborough unravelled https://t.co/GDE2FemWtg
• Sir Philip Green: From 'King of the High Street' to 'Unacceptable Face of Capitalism' https://t.co/shVj12PUyD 
• Data stolen from a dating website aimed at "beautiful people only" has been traded online https://t.co/pMBi3GEQOr 
• Hillsborough inquests: The role of police chief David Duckenfield https://t.co/tILKSHZ34c 
• 'Wild animals': Racist texts sent by San Francisco police officer, documents show #US https://t.co/7zH3iE1jdN 
• #PHILIPPINES to sell Imelda Marcos's 'ill-gotten' jewels, worth millions https://t.co/JqGQvzLO59 
• Gay couple win custody battle against #Thai surrogate mother https://t.co/yzbuXW9dbz 
• PNG court rules #AUSTRALIA's Manus detention centre unconstitutional https://t.co/7es7izXt6e 
• Breivik human rights ruling: #NORWAY to appeal verdict https://t.co/PhE73NCLG2 
• #BANGLADESH gay activist killing claimed by al-Qaeda affiliate https://t.co/m4XZ1TAhHN 
• #CAMBODIA tourism: Call to end rides after elephant's death https://t.co/m24uHbieIF 
• Bradford kittens 'coloured in' using permanent markers https://t.co/MpwTRucyph 
• Mitsubishi Motors admits cheating fuel tests since 1991 https://t.co/iAl7DxYDF0 
• 'Dentist of horror' Jacobus van Nierop jailed in France https://t.co/yi6wLetQ1D 
• Austin Reed enters administration putting 1,200 jobs at risk https://t.co/2WYABFkTsN 
• Madeleine McCann case: One line of inquiry remains https://t.co/0wRuzwZBW0 
• Hillsborough inquests: Fans unlawfully killed, jury concludes https://t.co/q1KCfAVFcE 
• How are we, the Hillsborough families, still standing? We took the power back https://t.co/pdXC2dYRZL 
• Don’t try to defend yourself in court. But if you have to, here are some crucial tips https://t.co/PPF4uPY7LM 
• Former LLP member allowed to pursue ‘whistleblower’ claim | Law Gazette https://t.co/aUiFsgMxMF 
• Brexit – the legal parts not discussed | Law Gazette https://t.co/F3aKozNH6A 
• Planning application processing could be outsourced to law firms | Law Gazette https://t.co/xHv6y60Uvr
• Hillsborough: CPS confirms criminal investigation following inquests | Law Gazette https://t.co/AirFV7raEj 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! https://t.co/ffR9cQignI
• Darren Sammy and Marlon Samuels ‘brought World T20 into disrepute’ – ICC https://t.co/Q4kiE1CrtZ 
• Government avoids defeat over lone child refugees call https://t.co/XMlppXSFGr 
• North Carolina LGBT law fuels demonstrations for and against #US https://t.co/B3PNGPxuAi

Today's video story: Human rights lawyer Amal Clooney is representing award-winning Azerbaijan reporter Khadija Ismayilova at the European Court of Human Rights. Ms Ismayilova, an outspoken critic of the government, was jailed 18 months ago.

26th April - Law News

1582nd 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:  Legal aid cuts have led to surge in DIY defence, says charity. Report finds rise in number of people appearing in court without lawyer, while experts warn vulnerable defendants are having to fend for themselves. Full story - Guardian Law

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Ex-Dundas partners receive first review as CMS lock-in ends | The Lawyer https://t.co/RwxPzolDhP 
• Ashurst capital markets partner to depart for White & Case | The Lawyer https://t.co/2ANhOEXiD3 
• Is Addleshaws’ partnership review good news for partners? | The Lawyer https://t.co/VDz6JvCYLs 
• RBS claim changes hands again as Enyo Law drops case | The Lawyer https://t.co/2iDTuup7hp 
• Asia Lawyer moves: 25 April | The Lawyer https://t.co/4x8oInkU3r 
• Trainee numbers up 9% as small firms flourish | The Lawyer https://t.co/c5W7obb0Ql 
• Weil Gotshal and DLA lead on BHS administration | The Lawyer https://t.co/sCHt3ZURXt 
• DS Smith GC replaces Merlin Entertainments legal head | The Lawyer https://t.co/28odSQga06 
• In-house interview: Dominic Selwood, Arabesque Asset Management | The Lawyer https://t.co/KO3yL6yTNd 
• In-house interview: Duncan Holland, Cairn Energy | The Lawyer https://t.co/DkO0RMbzeg 
• Exclusive: RSA re-starts panel review | The Lawyer https://t.co/8OSs8ykOlE
• Former judge Brennan applies for interim prosecutor #US https://t.co/Z0sUqDzfwG 
• Broward teacher wrongly suspended, judge rules #US https://t.co/qukYB6p9P5 
• Can a Jury Be Called Back After the Judge Says Goodbye? https://t.co/eYojxgiAeN 
• Justice Department asks #US judge to appoint outside management for troubled New Orleans jail https://t.co/GYZMruL0L5
• Judge Sees Quick, Drug-Free Led Zeppelin Copyright Trial #US https://t.co/tXjF91y4qF
• #INDIA’s top judge Thakur pleads for help with avalanche of cases https://t.co/iCHUnXJL0W 
• Army did not cause soldier's smoking-related diseases, tribunal finds #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/b9e9Lk8vsh 
• Arrears row: Tribunal breather for PGI nurses #INDIA https://t.co/40wEhQJ4SZ 
• The National Green Tribunal has been brushed off, and it is its own fault #INDIA https://t.co/MsVj7OaqqA 
• The Emerging Twists in Saraki's Trial #NIGERIA https://t.co/MIoyq8SJIP 
• Lawyer Threatens to Sue Restaurant Over $2.25 Cup of Soup #NEWZEALAND https://t.co/Y0izy3RtzE 
• Savchenko's lawyer to represent Ukrainian lawyers in Moscow #RUSSIA https://t.co/RGpeJhoevw 
• 'Strains credulity' to think Harper unaware during Senate scandal, Duffy's lawyer says #CANADA https://t.co/PhpNozgaUX 
• Lawyer Takes Aim at Volkswagen in Europe Over Emissions Scandal https://t.co/8ToqRv5VTi
• Lawyer diversity program entering second year #US https://t.co/PgglBxATCy 
• Cooks lawyer files complaint over handling of PM's accident #NEWZEALAND https://t.co/c5IkYNY6B3 
• Kangana Ranaut's lawyer hits back, says leaked emails not reliable #INDIA https://t.co/ElGlfKCISi 
• Irish Solicitors Told to Carry Bible and Quran #IRELAND https://t.co/kJbEcz5NYN 
• Wisconsin chief deputy solicitor general says law is about truth, not politics #US https://t.co/uZZFNg01k0 
• May Street murders victim Matthew Higgins had been jailed for stabbing solicitor https://t.co/NRZaJcY4KA
• Wenzhou case underscores uncertainty over land leases in country where government owns all the land #CHINA https://t.co/qo08ba9IdV 
• EU 'threatens legal action' over British lorry tax https://t.co/RnrLBlEaY9 
• Legal aid bid holds up driving instructor's sex assault sentencing https://t.co/hp3J2XtVKk
• Legal defeat only emboldens ‘food sovereignty’ soldiers #US https://t.co/Awbkp6mMjM 
• #Australian couple face $80,000 legal bill after Facebook defamation case https://t.co/vXi8GRhJPK 
• Organized crime ‘may infiltrate’ new legal pot regime, internal federal document warns #CANADA https://t.co/1tTJvT2QNF
• #Singapore seeks legal advice vs fake Duterte endorsement on Facebook #PHILIPPINES https://t.co/KB0xqZLeSC 
• Six reasons why now is the right time for UK lawyers to help transform business relations with India | Law Gazette https://t.co/b8aLCsyt0D 
• Caitlyn Jenner protests transgender bathroom law in Houston in season finale of I Am Cait https://t.co/EIM17GFLuv 
• Embattled liquor baron and lawmaker Vijay Mallya On UK Electoral Rolls, Says Report #INDIA https://t.co/rPlzFOu92e 
• How will UK & EU trading laws be affected if there's a Brexit? https://t.co/IzVFQHBhNZ 
• UK Home Secretary Proposed A New Anti Money Laundering Law https://t.co/p5DmEXQsiW 
• Why Brexit Would Make The UK Less Democratic, Not More https://t.co/JLeV3E6x9R 
• We Asked a Solicitor How Stalking Law Actually Works https://t.co/1THjBXjfKS 
• Leading employment judges call for law banning 'fattism' in workplace https://t.co/FOR1R1s492 
• Tories vote against accepting 3,000 child refugees https://t.co/w3bnfJGU37 
• Americans to revisit ABSs after finding "no evidence" of harm to date | Legal Futures: https://t.co/O5FNA1Craz
• "Change in law needed" to open up Legal Ombudsman to clients of unregulated firms, says boss | Legal Futures: https://t.co/y1pCNNcNCK 
• Why do 'radical' students think it's their job to defend Barack Obama? https://t.co/gCglQ9bUmw 
• Myra Hindley t-shirts and iPhone cases pulled from US website https://t.co/OhbguLLkdT 
• What happens to foreigners arrested in #NorthKorea? https://t.co/qZH9QKsU3d 
• British man arrested in #Italy on suspicion of funding Isil https://t.co/UGkiyRlzpn 
• Sex offender has curfew lifted so he can attend Glastonbury https://t.co/Zq4so5jFSZ 
• The Guardian view on BHS: murder on the high street https://t.co/dtxen3fGgY 
• City firms lead in post-crisis RMBS milestone https://t.co/wr94toZ7WA 
• Clyde & Co shakes up Asia-Pac leadership team https://t.co/gKZbh6ui56 
• Freshfields and A&O decide work experience spots aren't for sale https://t.co/mdqNL88mQp 
• Court says no to 'drop-in' lawyering in New York https://t.co/ap6fTKYTeK 
• Reed Smith and Pepper Hamilton call off merger talks https://t.co/R871rkqI03 
• British government to consider capped fees after Eurostar sale https://t.co/AMmAKDFjGE 
• Tax and the universe: the other side of the argument https://t.co/N8pQ6HoHum 
• Hacker group Anonymous shuts down KKK website https://t.co/2vWv5QX82h https://t.co/fiBFoeOYbD 
• Family sorry for Cheltenham car boot abduction prank https://t.co/7vm5cqCRdd 
• Ben Butler 'hostile and aggressive' to police after daughter's death https://t.co/zOOXmFK8em 
• #BANGLADESH LGBT editor Xulhaz Mannan hacked to death https://t.co/X88PxiF4al
• MoD should be prosecuted for training deaths | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/kRIfSNw5T4 
• One thousand fewer private practice firms than five years ago | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/MKudwsNORb 
• Home secretary calls on Britain to ditch European Convention on Human Rights | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/1TC3MNcgBH 
• Barriers remain for ‘non-traditional’ students attempting to join the Bar | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/dSCP0SWOIe 
• Rise in DIY defences causing injustice in criminal court | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/NNj2DklBqb 
• Inquest of woman who 'lost sparkle' to be held without naming her https://t.co/mDjsCOVY5u
• Theresa May shows Michael Gove to the other exit on the right https://t.co/71A9WYyN6N
• UK must leave European convention on human rights, says Theresa May https://t.co/n5vCti7G6x 
• Charities campaigning for change should think hard before pursuing court cases https://t.co/oMznHDr5Sf 
• Harper Lee's article for FBI magazine on infamous killings found https://t.co/X4ZB9xiyaG 
• Judges to be filmed in English and Welsh crown courts https://t.co/asyAWJeEEw

Today's video story: After Theresa May says Britain should leave the European convention on human rights, Patrick Stewart, Adrian Scarborough and Sarah Solemani expose the problems in the Conservative plan for a UK bill of rights. This satirical take on the classic Monty Python sketch asks ‘what has the European Convention on Human Rights ever done for us?’ Apart from the right to a fair trial, freedom from slavery, freedom from torture ...