16th May - Law News

1603rd 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 conditional fee agreement (CFA) can be assigned, a court has held, in a decision that will affect thousands of cases. Ruling in the county court at Liverpool in Jones v Spire Healthcare (Appeal No 96/2015) this week, Judge Graham Wood QC held that an insolvent firm of solicitors can validly assign its entitlement and responsibility under a CFA with a client to another firm of solicitors. Full story - New Law Journal

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Conveyancing delays are not the only reason transactions fall through https://t.co/KxNfsBBmzE 
• PiS rejects opposition plan for talks on Polish tribunal #POLAND https://t.co/mwD6zQZsAo 
• Tribunal: My Petition Not Dead On Arrival – Onjeh #NIGERIA https://t.co/4RXX880vkp 
• Govt targeting officials to cover up its failure: People’s Tribunal #INDIA https://t.co/nABJLmA9lc 
• Our Government's Return Rekindles People's Faith In Judiciary: Harish Rawat #INDIA https://t.co/PdzgvOdd3b 
• Executive's assault on judiciary will only kill the essential spirit of the constitution #INDIA https://t.co/9W68q1kOyG 
• Panama Papers row: lawyers oppose judiciary’s stance #PAKISTAN https://t.co/QcphTWETEW 
• Election tribunal: Stop blackmailing judiciary – PDP tells Sylva #NIGERIA https://t.co/ttvC1xOa2p 
• Revamping Indian Judiciary #INDIA https://t.co/rzqllqHiB5
• ‘Transgender’ dictionary lookups surge after Justice Department letter to schools #US https://t.co/YVQ4LeL3Qn 
• #GUINEA Justice Ministry to examine Sable Mining permits https://t.co/8Ak3MrpR6m 
• Collegium recommends Justice Vazifdar as Chief Justice of Punjab & Haryana High Court #INDIA https://t.co/Y2UgnI22PF
• Former Chief Justice of Punjab & Haryana Justice Mukul Mudgal in FIFA governance committee https://t.co/P3V5YKYnqh
• How an accused rapist kept getting second chances from the D.C. justice system #US https://t.co/luvyQ0Vh17 
• Crime victims to meet offenders as restorative justice scheme launches in Dorset https://t.co/3SiNoTqc4a
• Hillsborough families call on Law Society to cancel John Beggs' 'Barrister of the Year' nomination https://t.co/cLi3dXdyO7 
• Judge Rinder: Telly barrister tackles trolls https://t.co/9zmtza62CD 
• Move to plug loopholes, distortion in medico-legal reports #PAKISTAN https://t.co/g9tY7nihhU 
• Dissidents in #TURKEY's nationalist opposition blame AKP for legal limbo https://t.co/lLGhFNpnVq 
• Sky Blue Trust urge Coventry City FC owners to stop legal action and focus on the future https://t.co/tvxXy979gm 
• #UAE legal Q&As: Man wants to prove innocence in dud cheque case but fears arrest https://t.co/r9oiWvK6jW
• #BRAZIL's new rulers: rich, white, conservative, and in legal trouble https://t.co/AXsGmnaEvs 
• Why Auctioning the Gun Used to Kill Trayvon Martin Is Legal—But Still Wrong https://t.co/PwL7km3SVy 
• QMUL joins successful programme to widen access to legal profession https://t.co/RjlpXJFIbs 
• Opposition parties at Holyrood could scrap sectarianism law https://t.co/6z2fEIlPcR 
• Syrian family in plea to Teresa May for separation law change https://t.co/xXp187uotm 
• Nearing 50 years of legal abortion, Catholic hardline pro-lifers take a stand https://t.co/CIN3saks4Q 
• Cliff Richard 'to fight for law reform once he beats child sex abuse claims' https://t.co/V2kVjx1PSD 
• Royal College of Midwives backs abolition of abortion law that could see women terminate unborn child at any point https://t.co/JT15wqXB1M 
• Surely EU law overrides any treaty with UK https://t.co/a7aUVhVQnk 
• Sue Googe says she is not violating trademark laws for campaign logo font; Confirms Google hasn't contacted her https://t.co/Ne6ZNWEin0 
• Ted Cruz Campaign Team Sued By Seattle Music Company Over 'Stolen Music #US https://t.co/qwG44MXMOv 
• Marijuana Companies Sued By Family Of Woman Murdered #US https://t.co/12Eu61HygL 
• Young Thug Sued After he Failed to Show up for Recording Deal with a Contest Winner #US https://t.co/b4Jg7JQett 
• Lyft increases settlement fee to California drivers #US https://t.co/2oHsXPswO0 
• SpiceJet Settles Rs 1 Million In Damages For Offloading Disabled Passenger Suffering From Cerebral Palsy #US https://t.co/AtFmQWTuOQ
• South African Gold Mines Sued By Former Miners Who Contacted Lung Diseases #SOUTHAFRICA https://t.co/DWwa8K6IW1 
• Australia Bill Decriminalizing Abortion Receives Support; Aims to Revoke 3 Sections of Criminal Code #US https://t.co/BvDrZqo6xX 
• Walmart Sues VISA Over Fraud-Prone Signature Authentication in #US Card Purchases https://t.co/KEOAh1QMru
• Missouri House Quashes Medical Marijuana Bill Straight For The Second Time In a Year #US https://t.co/OvdFuz0dSU 
• Former ‘RHONJ’ Star James Marchese Faces No Domestic Violence Charges Following Airport Arrest #US https://t.co/8LeZCOmk7B 
• The welfare of those detained by police is at risk after home secretary’s ‘bizarre’ U-turn | Law Gazette https://t.co/l2g4qguc70 
• Coping with online disclosure: Our criminal justice system must be fit for a digital age | Law Gazette https://t.co/YvOcqnK2B8 
• Dozens suspended for MedCo whiplash panel breach | Law Gazette https://t.co/xtGqDfIx2s 
• Society report charts growing influence of GCs | Law Gazette https://t.co/jeFSFhchJM 
• Mental health taskforce for legal professionals | Law Gazette https://t.co/rxy1GYvpbe 
• Corporate criminal law set for ‘massive shift’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/OLaOc4iDof 
• My legal life: Jacqueline Joyston-Bechlan, BNY Mellon, London - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/hC8Ne3Pqp5
• Victory in union's construction ‘blacklist’ battle: Maria Ludkin, legal director at GMB - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/tNNvTUXZQr 
• Cameron advised to go slow with new laws in Queen's Speech https://t.co/cFTyR0LLkx
• No more costs reform without evidence, lawyers urge | Law Gazette https://t.co/ivNUoJSmcJ 
• Are your customers satisfied? | Legal Futures: https://t.co/oypYAsuxkr 
• Mid-market firms losing corporate work "by stealth", report says | Legal Futures: https://t.co/vmHyvRW8ee 
• US debate on whether to allow ABSs heats up | Legal Futures: https://t.co/7x5cu6Zf0j 
• Old Trafford: Suspicious item destroyed at stadium was training device https://t.co/4VFkjH8syZ
• Prison safety 'deteriorating' in England and Wales, say MPs https://t.co/iKMeeHSV3T 
• University changes: Plan for more new universities and higher fees https://t.co/qN1LgrRHdb
• Killer mum who stamped daughter to death has been knifed in prison https://t.co/zXCAMql4eB 
• Police chiefs struggling to recruit armed officers over conviction fears https://t.co/5rGSObphEy 
• Netanyahu lashes out at Iran for 'mocking' Holocaust in cartoon contest #ISRAEL https://t.co/c9Tnb5tsoD
• Protesters call for near-total ban on abortions in #POLAND https://t.co/cnYf9HTlkg 
• As Palestinians mourn their Nakba, the UK must acknowledge its responsibility https://t.co/BSN8XwShaQ 
• Driverless cars, drones and spaceport to feature in Queen's speech https://t.co/YLADpyLw2r
• Controversial #Italian fertility doctor accused of stealing patient's egg https://t.co/UVV3Do8ZQo
• Bank Mellat's $4bn claim: CA rules out one element, but the rest to play for | UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/BdcMec7Zn3
• The National Preventive Mechanism of the United Kingdom | UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/fTASZEMdyM 
• Man charged with murder of Croydon hospital nurse https://t.co/JSnPO6K4Bh 
• French female ministers decry sexual harassment #FRANCE https://t.co/buXR8zpCwD
• Manchester United's final-day game called off because of suspect package https://t.co/oNuMLUGUyH 
• Boys aged 12 and 14 bailed after man stabbed in Cheltenham https://t.co/twK6tQR8RB 
• #Venezuela crisis: Maduro threatens seizure of closed factories https://t.co/lO4mGMTXPw 
• Limiting Lords powers 'calls its future into question' https://t.co/MV3tQeaZDM
• TheLawMap Wig is out! https://t.co/kR8ven3vif

Today's video story: Turkey's Parliament is debating lifting immunity for members under investigation. It's a heated debate that has devolved into fighting.

15th May - Law News

1602nd 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

• Ministers plan new legislation to clamp down on extremism https://t.co/fxX5LtgeVh 
• Sikh soldier wins right to wear turban in #US army https://t.co/5eA6XHO5QQ 
• Eurovision song contest won by #Ukraine with politically charged 1944 https://t.co/6WTLUg0SKJ 
• Topshop protesters stage demonstration in London against Philip Green https://t.co/U3bhypJJNU 
• UK accused of trying to undermine EU air pollution targets https://t.co/qX7B9QNkhv 
• More women in positions of power can change sport for the better | Emma John https://t.co/XPdxBZV2pY 
• Maria Sharapova appeal verdict will be known in time for Wimbledon https://t.co/VW3mMRNtCG 
• Newsnight presenter Emily Maitlis opens up about being victim of stalker https://t.co/ULv7L8zTpC 
• Former UN climate change chief Rajendra Pachauri to face trial for sexual harassment of employees #INDIA https://t.co/45kfQlIGdh
• Doubts over Thames garden bridge as Sadiq Khan probes £175m project https://t.co/CVImggcANy 
• Boris Johnson accused of 'dishonest gymnastics' over TTIP U-turn https://t.co/hRcncGZ5MS 
• Pfizer’s lethal injection drug ban raises fears of alternative execution methods in US https://t.co/cybNH5FtGj 
• David Miliband wants work rights for refugees https://t.co/1WNbwZ0xTF 
• Revenge porn man's caution 'correct', Sussex Police say https://t.co/AbSV1qJAs5 
• Moscow cemetery brawl: Three dead and 50 arrested #RUSSIA https://t.co/Z5vUvrfyCs 
• UK priest wanted over sex abuse claims 'held in Kosovo' https://t.co/07sVU1lcNn 
• Europa League final tickets stolen from Liverpool FC office https://t.co/kTc8j7P3Qm 
• Winner of €8.24 million Lotto presented ticket several weeks ago as lawyer rubbishes syndicate row claims #IRELAND https://t.co/GcZQFxm52z
• Prisoner spent nearly a year in jail - after he forgot his solicitor’s name https://t.co/wBJgx6y9oV 
• McRae case under review as initial findings of new investigation into solicitor’s mysterious death published https://t.co/i7n2oByq6d 
• Solicitor of Aberdeen man accused of threatening Queen steps down https://t.co/U7BvwndjzX 
• Top judges refuse Marie Black’s bid to appeal child abuse sentence https://t.co/nJOW3nPb2T
• Former High Court Judge Expresses Solidarity With President Jammeh #GAMBIA https://t.co/9LVNnoS5bV 
• ASCAP Settles With Justice Department for $1.75 Million Over Exclusive Contracts #US https://t.co/5bsuwtNaqa
• How the High Cost of Justice Pushes the Poor into Prison #US https://t.co/KdbTKCkI5x 
• Legal challenge delays Sandwell Council land sales report https://t.co/grZuECd4Dl
• South African miners score legal victory over lung disease #SOUTHAFRICA https://t.co/jd6O1tjcKK
• Fish and Wildlife Drops Legal Challenge to Eagle Killings #US https://t.co/PMkp1XfKub 
• Ten-month-old hospitalised and placed on an IV drip on Turkey holiday https://t.co/N1uWExbXh8 
• Legal Issues for Amud Aish Memorial Museum Founder’s Business #US https://t.co/J5CaUWtjbv 
• Legal highs: Spice addiction 'made me punch myself' https://t.co/ATq88F5x4v 
• Maryland passed a law to give women access to free birth control #US https://t.co/wVS9xWvscj 
• UK-Sierra Leone Network Trust Fund donates Law Books to Capacitate Commercial Court #SierraLeone https://t.co/awHFTza6rw
• Law firm Baker & Hosteller hires first robot lawyer: Could a robot do your job? https://t.co/U0699wJ3xE
• Law on truancy set to be tightened after UK court backs parent https://t.co/sIOnrZ0wYO 
• UK 120,000-strong petition calls for change in work dress-code law after high-heel row https://t.co/6X5zkUkE7J
• Bellwether signals uncomfortable truth | New Law Journal: https://t.co/twlBrm2jo9 
• Andrew Walker QC, of Maitland Chambers, has been named vice-chairman-elect of the Bar Council | New Law Journal: https://t.co/OfLD10EDNO 
• The Legal Services Board has set out its assessment of the Bar and solicitors’ regulators | New Law Journal: https://t.co/1yz5DUsiG7 
• Extension for McKenzie Friends consultation | New Law Journal: https://t.co/F62Xu5MgsF
• Peers say no to UK Bill of Rights | New Law Journal: https://t.co/4DNp7aepOI 
• LAG director calls for separate civil legal aid fund | New Law Journal: https://t.co/mRKBbv4Bs3 
• Commoditised or bespoke legal services? | New Law Journal: https://t.co/UNnrfoFgSa 
• Call for legal clarity on drone use | New Law Journal: https://t.co/icguzDjOKP 
• Roehampton joins Pathways to Law | New Law Journal: https://t.co/Dhvfz7eRCJ
• White paper for a new BBC | New Law Journal: https://t.co/pTjdmyILKx 
• Jones result: CFAs can be assigned | New Law Journal: https://t.co/OsN8IvP2O4 
• Clarity on trial advocacy fee | New Law Journal: https://t.co/SajPDSjTXt 
• Row over bundles has marked the conclusion of a long-running dispute between Eclipse Film Partners | New Law Journal…https://t.co/Ou7wUSDmXP 
• Boys, 12, arrested after man stabbed in Cheltenham https://t.co/DwnsgUzO2G 
• Circus apologises after clown knocks man out in stunt https://t.co/SOLw0624Ws 
• Term-time holiday court ruling will cause 'confusion' https://t.co/cVgmtDfacA 
• Hezbollah killing: Jihadists blamed for Badreddine death https://t.co/ZcRWuynoLI 
• Domenico Scala: Fifa's independent audit committee president resigns https://t.co/js6KNCZeZH 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! https://t.co/3f2uwgKEwN

Today's video story: The European Union's naval mission, launched in response to the migrant crisis, has failed, according to a UK House of Lords report. Critics say the search and rescue activity of operation 'Sophia' acts as a magnet to migrants and aids people traffickers. The chairman of the EU External Affairs Sub-Committee at the House of Lords admitted the failure of the mission.

14th May - Law News

1601st 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

• Peru drugs mule Reid 'to be released' https://t.co/FToBmlQiTA 
• #Russia 'was behind German parliament hack' https://t.co/Vwgw4BDSyX
• Gareth Emery sentenced for killing aunt Anne Dunkley with shovel https://t.co/LAOU1ZaByL 
• BHS 'could have been saved' - Chappell https://t.co/6UMMVSPKjm 
• Gove, Johnson and Duncan Smith are overstating EU exit case - Major https://t.co/LZ9ZBVx5Sm 
• The Guardian view on term-time holidays: give them a break | Editorial https://t.co/zVtIfNTJLB
• CPS reminds police that dead cannot be prosecuted over past child abuse https://t.co/tCIt2FTC8u 
• High court backs father who refused to pay fine for term-time holiday https://t.co/prvL5nQu25 
• South African court allows landmark silicosis suit against gold firms #SOUTHAFRICA https://t.co/0l6MuNrsM4 
• Father fined for term-time holiday says many parents doing the same https://t.co/1UjrdYebr2 
• GC Strategy Summit: How to keep hold of in-house lawyers | The Lawyer https://t.co/Agv12iOIIg 
• Nabarro takes Gadens’ Singapore boss in wake of Dentons merger | The Lawyer https://t.co/AlR54TKhYx 
• Stewarts revamps pay and benefits for all staff and lawyers https://t.co/4l4JT5rgDM
• Osborne Clarke UK revenue sails past £100m | The Lawyer https://t.co/RGb6YsE7qC 
• Gowling WLG makes up two UK partners in first promotions post-merger | The Lawyer https://t.co/Jlg85hO8Xe 
• HSF loses private equity head to Weil Gotshal | The Lawyer https://t.co/ocePeJhw7T 
• Macfarlanes is latest to join flexible working bandwagon | The Lawyer https://t.co/FVwqC3oyyz 
• Robot lawyer scores first firm job https://t.co/RyecCs9hjf
• Stewarts Law sweetens the deal for junior staffers https://t.co/hijCmfnu6p 
• RPC launches consultancy aimed at in-house lawyers https://t.co/b6jnMvR6kV 
• Recreational marijuana industry faces flagship wrongful death lawsuit https://t.co/3dex6NtWUq 
• Head of IACC has ties to Alibaba https://t.co/V2mgDn2QaD 
• A broken system and a challenge for legal scholars https://t.co/thduN0nDd5
• City of London Police launches first fraud panel https://t.co/8uQqVNyx34 
• Pupils sign 'no fouls' contract to play football at school https://t.co/L7NSlTQ7Bn 
• US air base attack plot: British man Junead Khan jailed https://t.co/jnWTbWPa2g 
• Ben Butler trial: Accused 'devastated' when Ellie taken into care https://t.co/wcisVGVyKh 
• IS militants attack #IRAQ cafe used by Real Madrid fans https://t.co/GYAqRKWVfu 
• Sainsbury's Camden store 'sorry' for free artist advert https://t.co/0NsEL3lZZH 
• Transgender toilet use: #US schools 'must respect gender identity' https://t.co/n3f0ly6JWf 
• #Fifa appoints first female secretary general to succeed Jerome Valcke https://t.co/mMUmwSNhuN 
• New-style bill of costs ‘fails’ to deliver benefits | Law Gazette https://t.co/d1rLZOvawY 
• City lawyers slam Land Registry sell-off plan | Law Gazette https://t.co/fSom2qjPqn 
• Growth in mediations slows as fees soar | Law Gazette https://t.co/h0g5n4EXyL
• Social mobility scheme for law extends to GCSE students | Law Gazette https://t.co/qJihvX1oGI 
• SRA warns against money laundering ‘complacency’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/MUUDs2gXl3 
• Law firm creates consultancy service to help GCs | Law Gazette https://t.co/QK937cx36y 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! https://t.co/yzQlSVPuK3
• Manchester United bus attack: Police seek four men https://t.co/FFRQO1LZco
• Police asked to investigate Conservative election letters https://t.co/uOLXIh7jbz 
• High Court to rule on Isle of Wight term-time holiday case https://t.co/RuhIaZbwKU 
• US naval commander demoted after Iran's capture of sailors https://t.co/SSjFbN9p7Y 
• PPI victims 'should have got £5bn more' https://t.co/qRib6q8FjN 
• Ban on advertising unhealthy food to children considered https://t.co/7Vr8xDLUX6 
• Donald Trump's ex-butler of 30 years calls for Obama to be killed #US https://t.co/ks3ShGi9hJ 
• US Congressmen: Drop baggage fees to cut airport congestion https://t.co/8Aq3mYwFrx
• Wellington barrister to review OIO’s character assessment system #NEWZEALAND https://t.co/Gk2gUuXjO3 
• 'Gay cake' would have been provided if not for the word 'gay', court hears https://t.co/Qd8t9Qo70O 
• A day in the life of ... Sarah Phillimore (family law barrister) https://t.co/ZHdU4qEuFc 
• David Duckenfield's QC nominated for Barrister of the Year award https://t.co/L23Fj8yaaq
• #CHINA pours scorn on South China Sea legal case https://t.co/aumuCVxi5v 
• How AI And Crowdsourcing Are Remaking The Legal Profession https://t.co/iE6iqXXxbf 
• Blocked Merger of Staples, Office Depot Shines Spotlight on Legal Tactic #US https://t.co/ZmGgYhJiUF 
• Ministry of Defence faces legal claims over malaria drug https://t.co/ZOrWl6A1DJ 
• Anti-corruption statement from professional bodies across the UK https://t.co/ESY8altjY5 
• UK committee urges more legal clarity on overseas UAV strikes https://t.co/DRyfMkKdpx 
• Sadiq Khan prepares to take on Defra with legal action over UK air quality https://t.co/xtpwNyffAa 
• Does EU law take precedence over UK law? https://t.co/Wtw6nYLIvi
• What happens if Britain doesn’t comply with EU law? https://t.co/Wc3AYWFGJ6 
• Anti-corruption statement by professional bodies https://t.co/CedV83Mmmz
• Michael Ratner obituary: US human rights lawyer who challenged detention without charge in Guantánamo https://t.co/fLiObD1Kz5 
• Court rejects request by same-sex Indian couple to remain in UK https://t.co/z4dO1404Mz 
• A judge-shaming list is bad for justice | Joshua Rozenberg https://t.co/oZoo0PcG46

Today's video story: Dadaab was meant as a temporary home for Somalis fleeing their country's civil war. Twenty five years later, it's home to 330,000 people - and the third biggest city in Kenya. This week, the Kenyan government announced plans to try and close it down.

13th May - Law News

1600th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & legal articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap

FOCUS OF THE DAY:  Law firms that charge clients for money laundering due diligence checks are at risk of breaking the rules, the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has warned. The SRA said law firms were legally required to carry out client due diligence (CDD) checks under the money laundering regulations. Full story - Legal Futures

Saturday Conversations on Law

• The man who posted a video of a dog doing a Nazi salute has been arrested https://t.co/7Lx18kg2U8 
• 'Britain's oldest ever defendant' has been charged with child sex offences https://t.co/hquwRvVd6H 
• Private school matron 'gave 12-year-old pupil Mars bars in exchange for sex' https://t.co/lghbaYUDIP 
• Police won't stop investigating child sex abuse claims against Ted Heath https://t.co/iuvPfCdv6n
• Woman arrested for ‘punching pilot’ after being ordered off easyJet plane https://t.co/MFvtdtdFIW 
• 'Smart contract' technology with blockchain "will change the structure of deals" | Legal Futures: https://t.co/amamXh6nFF 
• SRA warns firms against charging for money laundering checks | Legal Futures: https://t.co/b9BhKPN4TQ 
• Insurer turns in-house legal team into ABS | Legal Futures: https://t.co/9ycfcZiFGt 
• EU bans sale of all animal-tested cosmetics https://t.co/1rH8tgeuIf 
• Paris arbitration court posts record-making caseload figures https://t.co/lyJsXdAMG8
• MoJ to consult on new 'failure to prevent' offences https://t.co/ztcnNkIkWW 
• Osborne Clarke UK clears £100m revenue milestone https://t.co/P4HrRpdCH5 
• Jones Day to close during Republican National Convention https://t.co/RJkGngWCUk 
• Jeantet opens in Moscow https://t.co/yGV1NbAIBU 
• Study shows tackling corruption not a priority for many chief execs https://t.co/qHZE6lauV2 
• Hillsborough: IPCC to investigate South Yorkshire Police 'spin' claims https://t.co/e08pR61VEf 
• Statins alert over IT glitch in heart risk tool https://t.co/MNg6nVwO3Y
• Leicester City's Danny Simpson escapes community service due to press intrusion https://t.co/WDuTAnKulF 
• Battlefield 1: is it wrong to set a war game in the trenches of the first world war? https://t.co/eOmEpwQWrV 
• Preventing corruption not top priority for UK companies – City firm | Law Gazette https://t.co/1Rt1dgNZxv 
• CFAs ‘validly assigned’, judge rules | Law Gazette https://t.co/q3uygyzA22 
• New ‘failure to prevent’ offences to fight corruption | Law Gazette https://t.co/c4dLp3vWD4 
• #US judge accused of trading reduced sentences for sexual acts https://t.co/deL2tkObgN 
• Sun reporter Anthony France wins first round of his appeal battle https://t.co/E6UTOHLpoz
• Daily Mail publisher fined £40,000 over pixellated photograph https://t.co/ISixbRQD1w 
• Court rejects 600 Iraqis' claims of mistreatment by UK soldiers https://t.co/lkWZL53vBk
• Vote Leave anger at ITV over Farage EU debate choice https://t.co/oCZzWuNf6M 
• Family of drowned teen 'left without police help' https://t.co/8RgO4MfzY7 
• Ben Needham search: Officer recalled to UK after team 'drinking session' https://t.co/l5JcPpymps 
• Trayvon Martin gun to be auctioned by George Zimmerman #US https://t.co/CIg9ClBfs0 
• #BRAZIL's Dilma Rousseff to face impeachment trial https://t.co/i1VAfM6zuT 
• Car falls down huge hole in street in Charlton, London https://t.co/PjxBJc2fL7 
• Bank warns Brexit may increase unemployment https://t.co/3MUXUDzxVJ 
• Corruption causes extremism, David Cameron tells summit https://t.co/UtXZgmga9j 
• Charter renewal: BBC must focus on 'distinctive content' https://t.co/uqxWYW6WsT
• Cybersecurity Hiring Stays Hot, Plus More Lateral Moves https://t.co/twooFoflgr
• A Lawyer Shortage? In Your (Law School's) Dreams https://t.co/gxOjhYD0tt
• Big Law Women Talk About Abortion (Their Own) https://t.co/UFDh2n0oHy
• DLA Piper Says UK Layoffs Won't Spread to US https://t.co/rxjJ1hm0iQ 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! https://t.co/2o9igkIcio
• Colorado Planned Parenthood clinic killer unfit for trial #US https://t.co/Avh8hYg1A8
• Anti-corruption summit: Cameron announces UK property rule changes https://t.co/cKs4hRUwuZ

Today's video story: Disillusioned with China’s urban dream, a young man set off on a 15-year walk and rediscovered his family’s ethnic Miao traditions.

12th May - Law News

1598th 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:  Boards fear reputational risk and threat of corporate fines, research finds. Business spending on regulatory compliance will continue to rise due to concerns about reputational risk and increasing corporate fines, new research has found. A survey of UK businesses commissioned by Pinsent Masons show that almost three-quarters of the compliance professionals surveyed expect their regulatory spend to increase over the next five years. t. Full story - Solicitors Journal

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Nagin honored with Boston Bar Association’s legal services award #US https://t.co/BtxdbwIiAG 
• 'Marijuana superstore' wins legal battle over medical pot shops in California #US https://t.co/LcKuoFXBeU 
• Legal action against the Women of the Wall for conducting a female priestly blessing ceremony #ISRAEL https://t.co/JIvNKnUQ5s 
• Statistics on Legal Aid in England and Wales https://t.co/a0xJLasvcm 
• Why law banning legal highs will fail https://t.co/pM0D3WvT6Y 
• Government needs to change the law around council pension powers, says UNISON https://t.co/pqlfQWy17g
• Gauloises maker appeals #French plain package law https://t.co/K7focHkQ9A 
• Pact with UK law school to aid #Qatar students https://t.co/9JD1DRdB98 
• Quote of the Day: Holland & Knight Tells UK Firms ‘We Come in Peace’ https://t.co/Rh8WO7Clxz 
• Judge Denies UK Authorities’ ‘Legal Backdoor’ to Suspected Hacker’s Crypto Key https://t.co/NyYd0L7YRM
• Esiso emerges Delta PDP chairman, says Okowa deserves second term #NIGERIA https://t.co/atrmN7GmUP
• Woman in quad bike smash wasn't wearing a helmet and had no training #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/McVk1dPsvx 
• Wellington barrister Christopher Griggs elected ICCNZ President #NEWZEALAND https://t.co/j5RWg9ceZL 
• Perth barrister Lloyd Rayney’s lawyers hopeful of mediation in defamation case #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/J7sMwJ57c6 
• 'Gay cake' case: Northern Ireland Attorney General says judgement against Ashers was wrong https://t.co/R0ICsxafU2 
• Former UKIP candidate asked woman to dance 'crotch to crotch' at office party, tribunal finds https://t.co/x0p6Jj8dH7 
• Andy Burnham proposes major reforms of justice system in wake of Hillsborough verdicts https://t.co/WIcoxIPAxO 
• Justice Department sues N. Carolina over transgender ‘bathroom law’ #US https://t.co/N8Tzd6BHT6 
• The EU Has Done More for Social Justice Than Any Tory Government Ever Has https://t.co/ZfVLotV5VU 
• Garda negligence 'disheartening', new Justice Minister says #IRELAND https://t.co/3tZO0JX5KV 
• Campaign to keep double schoolgirl killer in stricter jail set for Justice Secretary https://t.co/ScX8gopnn2
• Solicitor General says new Sandusky claims “of no value” #US https://t.co/W7byeyly7s 
• City solicitor: Baltimore police turning over final documents in DOJ investigation #US https://t.co/tboYD0trtI 
• Anti-corruption: measuring success | Law Gazette https://t.co/ecTeJ1fqRt
• Slashing back the SRA Handbook could be ‘too much’ – LSB | Law Gazette https://t.co/lI8znOqcdg 
• Judge raps solicitor over ‘negligent’ will | Law Gazette https://t.co/wXc6mqB9Tc
• Paris arbitration court hails record year | Law Gazette https://t.co/hRMVoFFJyC 
• MoJ rules out review of legal aid repayment interest | Law Gazette https://t.co/XM7GsNwDQN 
• Lawyers call for SFO funding boost ahead of anti-corruption summit | Law Gazette https://t.co/zELBtHgbHM 
• Former solicitor jailed for providing immigration advice | Law Gazette https://t.co/Y2rUvaPe3D 
• Sentencing guidelines to reflect influence of technology | Law Gazette https://t.co/2FueKd5rlb 
• DLA Piper plans to cut 200 UK staff | Law Gazette https://t.co/Vtr14E8iyG 
• SRA puts conditions on return to practice of former Law Society council member duped by clerk | Legal Futures: https://t.co/xmLDopqL7j 
• Lawyer-led ABSs are leading the way, says head of Jackson Canter as it doubles in size | Legal Futures: https://t.co/R5sRLpLkZZ 
• Young offenders who film assaults could face tougher punishments https://t.co/5ypJM2xbT0 
• Michael Ratner, attorney for WikiLeaks and Julian Assange, dies at 72 https://t.co/Iqj2t6WOPF 
• Ignore David Cameron's corruption claims, judge tells jury in bribery case https://t.co/6j29ycBS7s 
• #GERMANY to quash historical convictions of gay men https://t.co/hc9Grh3NSB
• Poetry is a perfect form to challenge human rights abuses https://t.co/20iXkR9qGj 
• #Israel: 'Some NGOs are seen as the enemy from the inside' https://t.co/0LWUAdkppb
• UK government spent £105,000 in legal fees on lost air pollution case https://t.co/ULTW2ebwyy 
• We need a debate on drone killings – whether they should be happening at all | Chris Cole https://t.co/VBkicfDk3L
• How do I decide what type of lawyer I want to be? https://t.co/lEYhAB78nZ 
• Hillsborough verdict sparks call to rebalance police and criminal justice system https://t.co/oUssBzJzrl 
• Dentons to launch world’s largest legal referral network | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/GjTN7I44YE 
• Solicitors not interested in ‘machinations’ of regulators, says Law Society president | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/HFu7vv4jfx
• Government must put its money where its mouth is to fight corruption, say lawyers | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/262rDCpLBJ 
• Cost of business regulation yet to peak as budgets keep rising | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/VxPnjqpgoy
• Paraplegic man convicted of Syria-related terror charge https://t.co/TSC9eyiFxF
• David Cameron sorry over falsely accusing cleric as an ISIS sympathiser during London mayoral election https://t.co/NcpIBpiuQF 
• US Election 2016: Donald Trump softens stance on Muslim ban https://t.co/HB9E9MQXM6 
• Northern Ireland terror threat level raised in Great Britain https://t.co/vsHXaV6XQF 
• #GERMANY anti-gay law: Plan to rehabilitate convicted men https://t.co/tQwHzajmjT 
• Vulnerable man starved to death after benefits were cut https://t.co/IxH51WlOUu 
• Hunt member arrested after 'deliberately trampling woman with horse' https://t.co/ft5sfdrjAH 
• The plan to ban work emails out of hours #FRANCE https://t.co/Kl4j7RvJIx 
• Queen filmed calling #Chinese officials 'very rude' https://t.co/zcMGleqNpB 
• David Cameron's corruption remark 'merely stating facts' - claims Philip Hammond https://t.co/PS3rFkMMw8 
• The European Commission has blocked Telefonica's sale of O2 to CK Hutchison, the owner of Three https://t.co/eQMylwj0w3 
• Ombudsman: Patients sent home afraid and with little support https://t.co/8LxoHp5GPS 
• Is it legal to force women to wear high heels at work? https://t.co/Z6e6w1L4bf 
• London receptionist 'sent home for not wearing heels' by finance company PwC https://t.co/F79c9OipzF 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! https://t.co/JXhR7Qlvgm
• Victoria abortion protest laws take effect after being fast-tracked by government #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/Eu3LWvk17Y 
• Can Cameron deliver on anti-corruption pledge what with personal history of off-shore investments? https://t.co/FgcrAXdQg4
• MPs 'pay relatives £5,600 more than other staff', watchdog reveals https://t.co/Yod843CiNM 
• Thousands on the run after skipping court bail https://t.co/jGDuD5NDKv
• Islamist leader has been hanged in #BANGLADESH for crimes during the war of independence from Pakistan in 1971 https://t.co/Bwbg4gStmY
• Police sexual assault settlement under threat after victim's attorneys disclose it #US https://t.co/OTXXhv6BEV 
• Hillsborough verdict sparks call to rebalance police and criminal justice system https://t.co/oUssBzJzrl

Today's video story: Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has taken her battle to survive impeachment to the Supreme Court in a last-ditch attempt to stay in office, a day before the Senate is expected to vote to try her for breaking budget laws.Brazil's Attorney General Eduardo Cardozo, the government's top lawyer, asked the Supreme Court to annul impeachment proceedings on Tuesday, his office said.As the prospect grew of Rousseff's removal and a potential end to 13 years of rule by her leftist Workers Party, anti-impeachment protesters blocked roads and burned tyres in the capital Sao Paulo and other cities early on Tuesday. 

11th May - Law News

1597th 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:  British bill of rights could 'unravel' constitution, say peers. House of Lords’ EU justice committee urges ministers to rethink plans to scrap Human Rights Act. Full story - Guardian Law

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Director to sue State over Flood Tribunal https://t.co/68fSlS5bOc 
• LNP veterans appointed to Administrative Appeals Tribunal https://t.co/ScA9794pnN 
• Const. James Forcillo faces misconduct charge at police tribunal https://t.co/12qjKevebZ
• How Saraki has fought corruption charges at Code of Conduct Tribunal #NIGERIA https://t.co/AC9uBBRDni
• Perth Lord Mayor Lisa Scaffidi to face State Administrative Tribunal over gifts #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/DULWanawl5 
• BRIEF-SA's Competition Tribunal approves Coca-Cola beverages merger with bottling cos with conditions #SOUTHAFRICA https://t.co/Lqka9fIBop 
• Waitangi Tribunal ruling on TPPA – it was unlikely that the Tribunal in this claim would opt to talk truth to power https://t.co/iebpUTEFEB 
• Federal election 2016: truckies seek $100m-plus compo over tribunal #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/22Ez0hCUDK 
• Senior Northumbria Police officers used HQ as 'love pad', tribunal hears https://t.co/IMVe2wGuQR 
• Gunmen attack Rivers judiciary complex, kill two #NIGERIA https://t.co/QY7RJSYiQ0 
• Use of Hindi in higher judiciary not possible due to Chief Justice's no: Kiren Rijiju #INDIA https://t.co/KUZJOydMco 
• Supreme Court nominee Garland will send questionnaire to Senate Judiciary Committee #US https://t.co/saNLlnpPNX 
• Chief Justice Mahmud Mohammed warns judiciary support staff against Corruption #NIGERIA https://t.co/un8IeJodCF 
• BJP member targets judiciary #INDIA https://t.co/jCtCMqT6GX 
• Randhawa cautions judiciary against its ‘losing credibility’ https://t.co/Yo9OhxbAeZ 
• Why Chuck Grassley Is Going All In On Trump-Appointed SCOTUS Justices #US https://t.co/lyR0uwf0Pf 
• Judiciary Support Key To Winning War Against Corruption – Lai Mohammed #NIGERIA https://t.co/LX6sdEWNlV 
• Supreme Court May Modify Order on Registration of Diesel Cars #INDIA https://t.co/POg1YcuTZJ 
• Former prisoners cook up a storm at Glasgow hotel https://t.co/gFx2wHqWOn
• Man accused of stabbing solicitor Donald Lock was wrongly diagnosed, court told https://t.co/XbE7tPE71r 
• SALE-based law firm Slater Heelis LLP has appointed Nicky Collins as corporate and commercial partner https://t.co/IHvquUvcMn 
• Senior advocate Atma Ram Nadkarni appointed Additional Solicitor General #INDIA https://t.co/ONwtl3tQfn 
• Unnamed solicitor 'pretended he DIED' to get out of 'unhappy relationship with girlfriend' https://t.co/2fdUODCcep 
• Civil Rights Activists Seek Justice for Racial Violence in the Name of Emmett Till #US https://t.co/ZujrV1IOlf 
• #US Justice Department in fierce legal fight with North Carolina over transgender toilet law https://t.co/it727DNemV 
• What now for suspended Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore? #US https://t.co/mOd1TepysA 
• Son Of Former #Nigerian Chief Justice Uwais Who Joined ISIS Is Killed In Syrian Airstrike https://t.co/YDb4sCmecm 
• Quicken Loans CEO tells DOJ to pound sand on mortgage allegations #US https://t.co/bQtQUlrq9M 
• DRC President Joseph Kabila attempts to 'neutralise' political opponent Moise Katumbi #CONGO https://t.co/m6x1f810m5 
• Mullett vs Nixon continues in Vic court #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/PuyVbFvAJ6 
• Scunthorpe UKIP candidate Stephen Howd fined for inappropriate behaviour at staff party https://t.co/xoz9220DTU 
• allen North East jockey conned bank out of thousands after becoming hooked on painkillers https://t.co/jCaWnA4qRV 
• Barrister Henry Hendron speaks after escaping jail for supplying drugs that killed boyfriend https://t.co/UIQlipqBrm 
• Working to combat conveyancing fraud | Legal Futures: https://t.co/z7HzMO8VQ3 
• CMA issues bathroom fittings infringement decision and fine https://t.co/yy0Jr1ho15
• Brexit: Competition law implications https://t.co/1eBqrTw6Ie 
• Violations of international humanitarian law need universal political action https://t.co/17FAyzI0J1
• "Brexit" and UK employment law - What are the implications? https://t.co/Vy8IkrRimP 
• Boughton Law Participates in the Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup https://t.co/sVFvDpJQmU
• IP and technology solicitor James Martin has joined leading Sussex law firm DMH Stallard LLP https://t.co/8mR6OxGRJv
• UN humanitarian summit must tackle abuse of laws of war - UK MPs https://t.co/xylB6DrLeJ 
• UK committee calls for clarification on legal basis for drone strikes https://t.co/Qlq8J81aGL 
• North Carolina governor files lawsuit over LGBT rights law https://t.co/gGBfLcNlXP 
• IPB: Privacy activists launch campaign against UK’s super-snoop law https://t.co/CqA3qLgu5q 
• Timeshare owners take members club to High Court over ‘skimming off’ claims | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/A2IAPfkrxY 
• Government should ‘think again’ on British Bill Of Rights, say peers | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/opKYyDZVR0 
• Legal market’s ‘grand delusion’ laid bare as ‘rough times’ predicted | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/GuIoxqQ3N3 
• Privacy warriors take legal action over UK gov's right to hack https://t.co/5tpWdHkGN6
• #TAIWAN Has Entered an International Legal Fray Over the South China Sea https://t.co/Ux3dHlXv9o
• Panama Papers: Journalists publish leaked data online despite legal threats https://t.co/hetMNCqgXB 
• Legal Showdown Looms Over Transgender Law #US https://t.co/qUNGAPYaDO 
• The Legal Controversy Over Florida's Death Penalty #US https://t.co/c3K6vjx9uf
• A Legal Test for the FDA: Black letter law dictates approval for a muscular dystrophy drug #US https://t.co/4GFyGai46P 
• Legal Services Board makes the case for regulatory independence | Legal Futures: https://t.co/48M69CFfUg 
• SRA taken to task over enforcement and IT failures | Legal Futures: https://t.co/YrmcP1mK3E 
• Free2Convey to relaunch “within weeks” | Legal Futures: https://t.co/HCOF1OZyEq 
• Southern California-based law firm sues former partners https://t.co/SWaD1wXHE7 
• Goldman Sachs loses against sovereign wealth fund in pre-trial review https://t.co/Ni4QN6NNmt 
• Freshfields loses another partner as NRF makes key hire in Paris https://t.co/0Dn4s3YTzs 
• Cooley boosts PE practice with partner hires https://t.co/bFpKMHwUY4 
• City lawyer co-founds online site for contract disputes https://t.co/sTr19Dr96q 
• Prominent law firms feature in database of Panama Papers https://t.co/uNxFYCkmyN 
• Dentons disrupts pay-to-play legal referral industry with free referral network https://t.co/CV6FbUJHZK
• David Anderson QC reflects on his role as the UK’s Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation https://t.co/n7YMGf9Ozg 
• Rebalancing the scales of justice https://t.co/8kDhoAVvX4 
• Clawing back pro bono costs https://t.co/frTbbuRIjZ 
• High Court pro bono scheme set up to assist litigants-in-person facing corporate insolvency https://t.co/WpjtOkXy2T 
• Regulating paid McKenzie Friends and allowing them to exercise rights of audience https://t.co/cGRBwZucCU 
• EU referendum and is legislation being pushed through without sufficient scrutiny? https://t.co/uH8NG5nMnZ 
• The Chairman warns of the dangers posed to legal professional privilege by the Investigatory Powers Bill https://t.co/HMNa6pbl3d
• Police Fail to arrest Homeless man in Cardiff after intervention from kind filming lawyer https://t.co/9BjguOS0DA
• Italian court rules food theft 'not a crime' if hungry #ITALY https://t.co/dIxXZdYWW3 
• Man Utd coach attacked on way into Upton Park for West Ham match https://t.co/Gl62UrvyBd 
• Sir Cliff Richard file sent to Crown Prosecution Service https://t.co/cPX6LTQqV2 
• Brighton 'Babes in the Wood' murders: Man arrested https://t.co/Doumyliex6
• Greater Manchester Police sorry for 'Muslim terrorist' mock blast https://t.co/hxAsNd0IQn
• Sats test paper 'leaked by rogue marker' https://t.co/RtN9OWCdYm
• Afghan 'Islamists' held in Italy 'targeted London' https://t.co/NfAP6lNHqq 
• Without The Apprentice, Donald Trump would still be a failed boardgame salesman & Katie Hopkins at the Met Office https://t.co/lPFXKmw0Y5
• Top 25 hedge fund managers earned $13bn in 2015 – more than some nations https://t.co/gl1zd01dEW
• Volunteer divers criticise police over search for drowned teenager https://t.co/NCSacmNsUa
• Belle de Jour author cautions MPs over rethink of prostitution laws https://t.co/7qlAtmtNOl 
• Court refuses request to force alleged hacker to divulge passwords https://t.co/ydws88hzZW 
• Police reaction to revenge porn is playing into predators’ hands | Joan Smith https://t.co/Vht1ac2g2q 
• Don't just condemn humanitarian law violations. Stop them https://t.co/ytPM2YWgcN 
• Police hand Cliff Richard sexual abuse claims to prosecutors, sources say https://t.co/kIuEWfj0Yk 
• Afghanistan and Nigeria 'possibly most corrupt countries', Cameron lets slip https://t.co/DtoREOxzAq 
• Corbyn critical biased journalist Laura Kuenssberg's sacking petition taken down over sexist abuse https://t.co/hJW9zHLOHB 
• Macfarlanes is latest to join flexible working bandwagon | The Lawyer https://t.co/3zGM2pDOPq 
• HSF loses private equity head to Weil Gotshal | The Lawyer https://t.co/D9utWmzu0I
• US firm Holland & Knight acquires Clark Ricketts to launch in London | The Lawyer https://t.co/Ee4cnH7ruv 
• Slashing back the Handbook could be 'too much' - LSB | Law Gazette https://t.co/zPQvVmsuZU 
• The Unified Patent Court and Brexit | Law Gazette https://t.co/TSZlHEsE9p 
• Will MedCo be expanded beyond whiplash? | Law Gazette https://t.co/O81O9HDby9 
• City solicitor sets up online system for contract disputes | Law Gazette https://t.co/IQVqa5gmr3 
• Negligence peril over early guilty pleas – Law Society | Law Gazette https://t.co/YtVLH83lX3 
• City says ‘no surprise’ as more law firms named in Panama Papers leak | Law Gazette https://t.co/JKLgoys6Ee 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! https://t.co/CPwH1xc3RE
• #Mexico judge clears 'El Chapo' Guzman extradition to US https://t.co/thz7pWMF7l 
• Donald Trump would make 'exception' for London Mayor Sadiq Khan entering #US https://t.co/YmAAM1u9Hl 
• New flood protection scheme to be reviewed in 2019 | Law Gazette https://t.co/B22PcDrLpd 
• Legal ‘Airbnb’ pioneers new .law web domain | Law Gazette https://t.co/sSZfDq7nK7

Today's video story: Cologne assaults first defendant to appear in court. Hundreds of women filed complaints - saying they were attacked while attending New Year's Eve celebrations in Cologne.