21st August - Law News

1700th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based news & legal articles archive focusing on Lawyers, Law, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Human Rights & Social Justice.

Today's video story: Australian Senator Malcolm Roberts claims NASA has corrupted data, there is no empirical evidence that humans are causing global warming and the climate models are wrong.Professor Brian Cox explains climate science to denier Australian Senator Malcolm Roberts.

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Public Interest Lawyers threatened with closure | New Law Journal: https://t.co/9alCUrBrwd 
• Government tax avoidance sanctions too broad | New Law Journal: https://t.co/evMwdDjFn1 
• SRA urges PII early renewal | New Law Journal: https://t.co/PvEgMjhfwz 
• SFO steps up on "compelled" interviews | New Law Journal: https://t.co/FdVTHcPfz8 
• Press watchdog to trial arbitration | New Law Journal: https://t.co/FlnvE209jj 
• Bar Council Legal Reporting Awards | New Law Journal: https://t.co/xzWTzLPN6M 
• New abuse inquiry chair has “great track record” | New Law Journal: https://t.co/IO2dAIAZch 
• The town where 100 young people have tried to kill themselves #CANADA https://t.co/EXbuzhVIdb 
• Banksy artwork removed from Cheltenham house https://t.co/sCQ2ATbWHv 
• George Hamilton: PSNI chief apologises over 'dry your eyes' tweet https://t.co/QYcmdObSAK 
• Six sea deaths around Britain lead to safety calls https://t.co/zFvnweFJM7
• Extremist prisoners 'may be separated' from other inmates https://t.co/XvipDNcq99
• #TURKEY wedding suicide bomber 'was child aged 12-14' https://t.co/fNPpZ95xEX
• Rio Olympics 2016: #Russian swimmer Yulia Efimova says 'Rio was awful - it was war' https://t.co/jowEwWL7QN
• Giving housing to the homeless is three times cheaper than leaving them on the streets https://t.co/x5v8TERgIr? https://t.co/nAP6j3G6pM 
• Is #Brazil's government rolling back women's rights? https://t.co/qkR8LkYLKh 
• Rights group accuses #Mexican police of malfeasance https://t.co/1CLyWGpL7g 
• At least 50 dead in attack on wedding party in #TURKEY https://t.co/rXGGA9WPXP 
• Video shows Prime Minister Theresa May praising 'Tatler Tory' at centre of bullying row https://t.co/9J0eV3E68H 
• Neoliberalism has had its day. So what happens next? https://t.co/RfQ2HlNIJ7 
• Substandard cosmetic surgery clinics to be named and shamed https://t.co/uE72xzxtg7 
• Islamic extremist's trial over Timbuktu cultural destruction to open at The Hague #MALI https://t.co/qGNAYqMxpO
• Is it within the remit of the NHS to commission and pay for preventative HIV drugs? | UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/5VgJALprp2 
• Woman robbed as she gets out of car on Edinburgh driveway https://t.co/oWFXiMAquF
• 'No more goals', police told Hearts players during Hibs derby https://t.co/Mbza1l1mXG 
• #IRAQ hangs 36 IS jihadists for Camp Speicher massacre https://t.co/erjGSUuFui 
• Appeal for family swept out to sea at Newquay https://t.co/07HuDEd8WG 
• US court rules that asylum seeker can’t be bisexual because he married a woman https://t.co/5tTzCaoU7x
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/5niJLRYgEV
• #France’s liberal traditions won’t be helped by the burkini ban https://t.co/L9xONhNhT8 
• Aid workers’ bravery should inspire us to do more for the world’s 60m refugees https://t.co/D0nGuUsAgd
• Blairite London mayor Sadiq Khan supports desperately struggling Owen Smith in Labour leadership contest https://t.co/kKhczXKclV
• Jury service: what are your chances of being called up again and again? https://t.co/zICXYEqjRm 
• And the verdict is ... guilty of ageism https://t.co/PHhotRXCsO 
• The dark art of copyright: trademark battles from Specsavers to Facebook https://t.co/hzuGanLBDj 
• Liz Truss abandons Michael Gove’s plan for problem-solving courts https://t.co/egZUidiNSI
• Extremist prisoners to be isolated in ‘sealed units’ https://t.co/5jHDARevtv
• Andre Gray, Burnley striker's shameful homophobic old tweets cause outrage on social media https://t.co/MejXHGOLD0 
• Moscow airport shop sells model Kalashnikov guns https://t.co/MrHZOt46Ad
• Why do some people find the burkini offensive? https://t.co/AooRMYw02r 
• I'm a DWP call handler and have no time to care about your disability claim https://t.co/xtZ2syF5mz 
• Cocaine worth £80m found on boat off Cornish coast https://t.co/TndBtOXSLp 
• North Korea calls UK-based defector 'human scum' https://t.co/3YjLOOJ9hV 
• Dangerous Dogs Act has never worked - Andrew Rosindell MP https://t.co/1Punla6DtC 
• Abortion provider Marie Stopes suspends services https://t.co/8DGIlsBKro 
• Bin Laden raid bestseller's author to pay $7m to #US government to negate liability claim over lack of clearance https://t.co/vbaucQsw2Y 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/368HZHtKBY 
• Can you ever trust a dog around children? https://t.co/v9i2H64OA7

20th August - Law News

1699th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based news & legal articles archive focusing on Lawyers, Law, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation & Rights.

Today's video story: CDC: Pregnant women should avoid travel to Miami-Dade County. "The risk (of contracting Zika) is still low, but the result is catastrophic," CDC Director Dr. Tom Frieden tells CNN'.

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Taxi 'legal loophole' could put children at risk in Rotherham https://t.co/ypOYvs1I5p 
• Spyware maker faces legal battle over alleged affair https://t.co/I9gEeqh1IV
• UK IT consultant subject to insane sex ban order mounts legal challenge https://t.co/cJNwFzW8mK
• In Japan, Kurdish asylum seekers remain in legal limbo https://t.co/Kv2BTx77Ug 
• Brexit: Government Statement on EU Nationals in UK https://t.co/vfzrmzvffN
• UK Prime Minister Theresa May faces Dalit problem https://t.co/e434UuMYuW 
• U.K. Patent Bar Says Country Should Join EU Patent Court https://t.co/APU9xtH3vp
• Aleppo's underground orphanage offers haven for children bereaved by war #SYRIA https://t.co/Uwsz9BRoCh 
• Irwin Mitchell real estate team defects to Dentons | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/7gzjATFlMb 
• Pair of LA firms close the deal on sale of Playboy Mansion | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/QkN7noHIzf 
• Profit plummets at BLM while revenue holds steady | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/hxn6uRrqKU 
• Law school partners with tech firm for class on automation | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/xZcPCsG2qW 
• Locked up lawyer can advise fellow inmates, court rules | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/fc8dqIwm5t 
• New Delhi law students strike over classmate's suicide | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/10VvkWeGG1 
• Munby backs ‘innovative’ settlement processes for care cases | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/eMuyvEnHaF 
• Valuing diversity increasingly important for lawyers | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/aZhQC4DINm 
• Football fans pay penalty as Horwich Farrelly strikes again | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/gNWoNWWxwS 
• Law Society and LSB clash over market reforms | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/5YZdD3wXBF 
• Theresa May promised to tackle corporate atrocities. Now she must keep her word | Peter Frankental https://t.co/wL3FZRvPit 
• Bulk data collection vital to prevent terrorism in UK, report finds https://t.co/pPP4icEfoU 
• Internet access is now a human right? We've got a podcast series for that https://t.co/7eBzS5qEre 
• Courtroom interpreting contract winner announces hiring spree | Law Gazette https://t.co/DevdRBloJm
• In focus: alternative business structures in Scotland – rarer than Nessie | Law Gazette https://t.co/khY3yfCcAc 
• Profits dive at BLM | Law Gazette https://t.co/5n3CaHSVAj 
• Court of Protection judge criticises firm for ‘brutal and insensitive’ comments | Law Gazette https://t.co/4kXQH8rVNp 
• Don't meddle without evidence, Society warns competition watchdog | Law Gazette https://t.co/gcb2lSdoad 
• Internet spying powers backed by review https://t.co/5h69n5sDCS 
• Rio Paralympics 2016: Games to go ahead with major budget cuts https://t.co/9UPQDZAnWp 
• Sex ban man John O'Neill loses appeal against order https://t.co/PoxvJSbfBr
• Rio Olympics: #US swimmer Jimmy Feigen 'settles robbery row' by paying to charity https://t.co/VCmxu6oXKV 
• Strengthening Tax Avoidance Sanctions and Deterrents: https://t.co/GU6XvZKq7r

19th August - Law News

1698th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based news & legal articles archive focusing on Lawyers, Law, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation & Rights.

Today's video story: The forgotten police bombing of a Philadelphia pro-black group. On 13 May 1985, Philadelphia police bombed the Move compound, killing 11 people, including five children, and destroying an entire neighborhood. The countercultural group lived communally and had a history of violent encounters with police.


Focus of the day article: Government proposals to clamp down on tax avoidance by targeting advisers with sanctions if HMRC successfully challenges a scheme further blur the line between evasion and avoidance, and “threaten the rule of law”, according to a prominent tax lawyer. Anti-avoidance proposals were contained in an HMRC discussion document, Strengthening tax avoidance sanctions and deterrents, has now been published. Full story -Legal Futures

Saturday Conversations on Law

• UK42-year-old man arrested in Dubai for sharing a charity post on his Facebook page has been charged https://t.co/pdzEjdUDEL 
• Murderer Avni Metra to be extradited from UK to Albania https://t.co/LiLdvBPKCF
• Photos show IS militants fleeing Manbij with 'human shields' https://t.co/vtLboIqquJ 
• 'The law is open to anyone', says bar president Mr Anastassiou QC #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/oDTUyNVIDY 
• 'Biking barrister' Frank Lissimore stops off in Scunthorpe on his charity tour while raising for Barnardos https://t.co/S7pr849IA9 
• The Judiciary is one of the most scared institutions in any democracy, it is polarised #BOTSWANA https://t.co/7nEK3TPtSX 
• #Ghana: Presidential Pardon Not an Affront to Judiciary https://t.co/JYv4ogA4hX 
• Govt Moves To Establish Leadership Code Tribunal #UGANDA https://t.co/Ump1od4rjj 
• #Singapore to establish employment claims tribunal https://t.co/fAnDBJi018 
• New tribunal law passed for pay-disputes in #SINGAPORE https://t.co/UTQdyqQEju 
• Scott Morrison flags support for new tribunal for bank 'victims' #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/SIZsme9GUR
• Constitutional Tribunal head under investigation #POLAND https://t.co/0XGoEsKCHv
• Orders indicting IFS officer for indiscipline at AIIMS quashed by tribunal #INDIA https://t.co/nl8sw6JiUs 
• #France's Burkini Bigotry https://t.co/rbZMYiH0zy 
• The Bowe Bergdahl Case and Other Threats to the Press #US https://t.co/UDq7WkQoev
• False Reports of Gunfire at J.F.K. Airport Offer a Real Case Study in Security #US https://t.co/ii1IYTRv9U 
• 7 Chicago Officers Face Firing Over Laquan McDonald Cover-Up #US https://t.co/BOmwSpdlKE 
• Nazi Gold Train May Not Exist, but That Doesn't Stop Diggers Nazi Gold Train May Not Exist, but That Doesn't Stop Diggers 
• #France's 'Burkini' Bans Are About More Than Religion or Clothing https://t.co/AuH0bu1SOR 
• Photos of Migrant Holding Cells Released #US https://t.co/LLubQGb0SA 
• How Omran Daqneesh, 5, Became a Symbol of Aleppo's Suffering #SYRIA https://t.co/gvyod9rmeE 
• #US Swimmers' Disputed Robbery Claim Fuels Tension in #Brazil https://t.co/RXiDgzTDqG 
• Clifford Chance Tory bullying report published - The Lawyer https://t.co/jWeNNanBsH 
• Dublin to become legal outsourcing hub post Brexit - The Lawyer | Legal News and Jobs https://t.co/AHOi9q5HS4 
• #US delayed $400m payment to #Iran until American prisoners released https://t.co/qT2lEokyy0 
• German interior minister backs ban on full face veils in public places #GERMANY https://t.co/ALfMsPSvyD
• #Mexican police accused of cover-up after killing 22 cartel suspects https://t.co/comKdBn9rj 
• Pinochet's widow under investigation on suspicion of swindling millions #CHILE https://t.co/5I2UWFfiF1 
• Facing my fear: being in public as a woman for the very first time | Chelsea E Manning https://t.co/mmyR5ovmT5 
• Britain is full of inspirational Muslim women. They’re more crucial than ever | Mariya Hussain https://t.co/qCfhAlrVOy 
• How deeply entrenched is racial inequality in the UK? | Lola Okolosie, Kehinde Andrews, Diane Abbott, Onjali Rauf an…https://t.co/gERQ11iVNk 
• We were bullies at Gawker – but at least we held the powerful to account https://t.co/FnKb3jvBDP 
• Boy, three, dies after dog attack in Essex https://t.co/uhu1u3i7eW 
• Britain's newest gambling addiction charity funded by betting firms https://t.co/1CJwWIJlNm 
• Uber v drivers: judge rejects 'unfair' settlement in #US class action lawsuit https://t.co/1TESw6gItT 
• Best man who swindled £8,000 from stag party jailed for 20 months https://t.co/k5MwWLFeI9 
• Cherie Blair and Miriam González: why companies must act on slavery law https://t.co/Yr2LX0mynu 
• People of colour and poor whites failed by justice system – report | Law Gazette https://t.co/oj2OEqp4XI
• ‘Incompetent’ LAA criticised over crime tender amendments | Law Gazette https://t.co/fyeJ8VRTke 
• Firms not signposting complaints rights, says LeO | Law Gazette https://t.co/qb5eMWCAas 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/6ER74oZ4sr
• UKIP's Neil Hamilton denies bullying 'big boy' Nathan Gill https://t.co/t9MWNxpCET 
• Police are investigating allegations of fraud against UKIP Wales MEP Nathan Gill https://t.co/TC42UpVNLr
• Councillors attack response to child refugees in Calais https://t.co/QjMXvzxfxj
• Uber's $100m settlement with drivers rejected by judge https://t.co/lHZ1sMx8dG
• Sex ban man John O'Neill 'made homeless' https://t.co/rjL5DobYy7
• #Mexico commission finds police executed 22 in Michoacan https://t.co/g4c8Jt01ZC
• Terror deaths in Western Europe at highest level since 2004 https://t.co/X8GWxv4kAK 
• Arrested OCI chief Pat Hickey 'to be taken to police station' https://t.co/AYkr0FuyaI
• Night Tube finally arrives in London https://t.co/H2xvkOp5eN 
• UN admits role in #Haiti's deadly cholera outbreak https://t.co/EilswuAg1C 
• Encryption for law firms - Legal Futures https://t.co/qlrJKosa5g
• Successful firms of the future 'will collaborate' with non-lawyers and start-up tech companies - Legal Futures https://t.co/w3wsOX45rT
• Treasury proposes new penalty for tax avoidance 'enablers' | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/4eaGkOrvRj 
• Ashurst holds back profit distribution after 19 per cent PEP drop | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/qYhLpz6x2S 
• Private practice employment rate for law grads at record low | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/qXEIxjTCsz 
• DLA Piper cuts ties with Indonesian alliance firm | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/cXCPnlM4C5 
• Brazilian judge orders seizure of US swimmers' passports | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/XaFQeBHGLD
• Why KWM has deferred partner profits | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/r8peNegyfN 
• Two police officers are under criminal investigation after the death of former Aston Villa star Dalian Atkinson https://t.co/8r4OqC5e2h 
• #US pastor, who believes floods are God's punishment, flees flooded home https://t.co/sVTSRMPxGn
• Man who posted gun and knife emojis & charged over Facebook 'death threat' sent to Tory MP will not face trial https://t.co/YTvAsVLZqC
• Islamophobia interrupts Islamophobia interview https://t.co/mSwVmVirpG 
• Ebola nurse Pauline Cafferkey accused of 'concealed temperature' https://t.co/NEmW4nXkEX 
• Lawyers must do more to signpost watchdog’s complaint procedure | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/s85tKeKNSF 
• Lawyers baulk at government plans to sanction ‘tax avoidance enablers’ | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/IUWQHSEdzR

18th August - Law News

1697th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based news & legal articles archive focusing on Lawyers, Law, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation & Rights.

Today's video story: Anjem Choudary, a prominent radical Islamist preacher, has been convicted at the Old Bailey in London of supporting Islamic State. He has a long history of controversial media appearances, repeatedly failing to condemn terrorist atrocities. He now faces up to 10 years in prison.


Focus of the day article: Fraud convictions remain low despite rise in SFO-compelled interviews. A rise in the number of witnesses interviewed by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) failed to lead to more convictions last year, the latest statistics has revealed. In 2015, 177 witnesses were compelled to attend interviews - a 37 per cent increase on the 129 interviews completed the year before, according to RPC. Full story - Solicitors Journal

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Pokemon Go: legal implications for landowners and occupiers https://t.co/GkVjtfoYxy
• 'Drop the legal action & relationship can be repaired' - council won't get involved in Coventry City Academy talks https://t.co/vRv3V0Jev7 
• Time to Stop the Erosion of Legal Professional Privilege https://t.co/UTak6eLNlM 
• New Victorian law will create legal same-sex marriages #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/KpI8h2FaJx 
• Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte Barely Escapes Long, Strong Arm Of #Brazilian Law https://t.co/yPaiIFl1Uo 
• Uber files legal challenge to incoming rule changes in London https://t.co/f5MpEqMj4W
• Trump University advice to students posed legal risks: Experts https://t.co/uv0Z8GhcNX https://t.co/uqcL6KYqsH
• Wladimir Klitschko to take legal action over Tyson Fury world title rematch https://t.co/uqcL6KYqsH 
• Selsdon stabbing: First picture of teenager hacked to death 'by youths with machetes' https://t.co/YwEgM026hA 
• Top law firm (Eversheds in Cambridge) delights staff by hiring ice-cream van during heatwave https://t.co/M7iLr1RNUQ
• Father's hopes for single parent surrogacy law change https://t.co/8CAkJ62AUl 
• Tech industry's legal shield is feeling the heat https://t.co/BOQKsMHA7r 
• Who is an extremist? UK faces legal challenge over strategy to stop radicals https://t.co/q06qYRc7in 
• Future of Market Rigging Investigations in the UK? https://t.co/eIutVbTOtq
• UK faces legal challenge over strategy to stop radicals https://t.co/4JPgMD0vBj 
• Ten women become first to be criminalised for wearing burkinis in #FRANCE https://t.co/usY4q69Hpp 
• ITV to switch off its seven channels for an hour for Olympics event in order to encourage couch potatoes to be activehttps://lnkd.in/dr-R55h 
• Uber 'to introduce self-driving cars within weeks' https://t.co/b09FAfpTqN 
• US swimmers Gunnar Bentz and Jack Conger stopped at Rio airport over their robbery claim #BRAZIL https://t.co/JYxCy0aSYZ 
• Syria conflict: Image of injured boy in Aleppo draws outrage https://t.co/rjlBfz1IXc
• Faculty backs plans to fill gap in cross-border arrest powers - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/sawYR7Er5v 
• Report recommends improvements to FAI system - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/kDNAlf31mu 
• Judge refuses trustees’ petition to rectify deed of appointment after beneficiaries fell into ‘Frankland trap’ - Sco…https://t.co/VxHyBLFlgV 
• Cops get it write: Chief Constable allays crime writers' fears about unified police force - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/cjVl87hsSw 
• Drug related deaths in 2015 highest ever - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/h9pjMEZeIK 
• Anderson Strathern expands construction team with consultant appointment - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/x88zvYAE8u
• Police 'overtime ban' resulting in abandoned cases, claims whistle-blower - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/vrfnBboPkZ
• Thorntons announces six new promotions - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/ZXcbkQGTAs 
• Orange Order lambasts bottled water company’s decision to pull ad - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/nR3oo7axvc
• Edinburgh trams inquiry could pave way for criminal prosecutions - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/akh51ncyXX 
• Scottish government seeks views on electrofishing - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/ARjN3crVF7 
• US ready to 'hand over' the internet's naming system https://t.co/ZOTS2NGaZ4 
• Train ceiling panel falls on London-bound passengers https://t.co/2N5Wj0vxqp 
• Labour conference could be cancelled in security row, says GMB https://t.co/dHKJkjmuTL 
• Why do some people think this meme by Ellen is racist? https://t.co/mGUZHzCIYa 
• For #US Olympians, gold medals come with a hefty tax bill https://t.co/DZjotQcJrj 
• Uncovering the brutal truth about the British empire | Marc Parry https://t.co/1YiOaAdJNg 
• 'Not becoming of a woman': lawyers may finally get recourse for harassment https://t.co/A2VxKMkkR6 
• Advising on tax avoidance isn’t a crime | Law Gazette https://t.co/c4LAVYJDGR 
• Firms not signposting complaints rights, ombudsman claims | Law Gazette https://t.co/hVVu50rHOG 
• New chief coroner appointed | Law Gazette https://t.co/Cz4RDliGvi 
• Practice curbs slapped on former Blavo & Co directors | Law Gazette https://t.co/mZDR3SM5Cc 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/sApeAUn2b0
• Tax avoidance sanctions proposals 'threaten rule of law' - Legal Futures https://t.co/6zl6kFVgVF 
• How to make a solicitor 'insanely jealous'? Offer his competitor free run-off cover - Legal Futures https://t.co/i2Mn2ZuWmt
• Lawyers 'failing' in their duty to signpost clients to Legal Ombudsman - Legal Futures https://t.co/dS8SMRJ5bZ
• Law firms work volume slips as fees rise | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/VNQCX10gON 
• Shoosmiths announces plan to double London headcount | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/ipQ0qCHwUl 
• White & Case posts massive 39 per cent turnover climb | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/3qK8xODa8s 
• Sidley Austin loses Hong Kong litigation head to Orrick | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/eHdIaOWijW 
• Let the games begin: Rio and the IP minefield | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/wIM50nvJC1
• Police draft in Mishcon de Reya for cybercrime investigations | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/dVeWEyxtQY 
• Anjem Choudary has left a trail of broken families and lost youth https://t.co/ATpeXjPN5B 
• Judge in #Brazil issue order preventing robbery accused #US swimmers Ryan Lochte & James Feigen from leaving https://t.co/q7c6SYyqoX
• Legoland Windsor sex assaults: Man, 22, arrested https://t.co/4HVNDQ0eo5 
• For the first time in at least three years bureaux de change offering €0.99 for £1 https://t.co/1bXlhRl3p5
• Police have paid compensation to the parents of a man who was set alight after being struck by a Taser https://t.co/if8Bk6fEN7 
• What Online 'Zombie Knife' Dealers Think of New UK Ban https://t.co/kYXEiXwhPm
• Armed police hunting gunman at Dover siege say incident at Kent law firm is over https://t.co/icTC6mzr8L 
• New finance approach in #Ghana deal opens door for UK companies in Africa https://t.co/48NTN1rHQk
• Brexit: EU and UK Constitutional Requirements https://t.co/CHIYn5tFlS
• Student journalists stand up to University of Kentucky, show importance of open records law #US https://t.co/oV8xiMUsgU
• João Havelange, implicated in a lucrative kickback and Ruled World Football With Firm Hand, Dies at 100 https://t.co/zYTDOsxJ9M 
• New Rules Require Heavy-Duty Trucks to Reduce Emissions by 25% Over the Next Decade #US https://t.co/80VIcI8fQe
• Evictions by Armed Men Rattle a Mexican Tourist Paradise https://t.co/s3DMH8knoV 
• #Trump Casinos' Tax Debt Was $30 Million. Then Christie Took Office and reduced to $5 Million #US https://t.co/d3yRjrzl9M

17th August - Law News

1696th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based news & legal articles archive focusing on Lawyers, Law, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation & Rights.

Today's video story: Two years ago, the Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram abducted 276 school girls from the northern town of Chibok. In that time, only one girl has escaped. She is in the care of the government in the capital, Abuja. Her mother spoke exclusively to the BBC about what her daughter's life was like under the militant group.


Focus of the day article: The High Court has ruled that a contract claim against retailer Sports Direct should be stayed until the claimant has paid the correct court fee. Lifestyles Equities and Lifestyle Licensing had paid a £480 fee after making a claim alleging registered trademark infringement and/or inducement of breach of contract. Full story - The Law Society Gazette

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Policing needs public trust – and we won’t win it with Tasers https://t.co/mfHSnBxaqO 
• Police praise passenger who jumped on to tube tracks to rescue man https://t.co/uLCg32xABD
• On corporate human rights, #Australia's actions speak louder than words https://t.co/SPgemXOY7r
• Nate Parker 'devastated' by suicide of rape accuser https://t.co/8sJdBGZTor 
• Uber takes TfL to high court over English written test https://t.co/t3Mk2wrBLP
• Tory bullying inquiry finds 13 alleged victims of Mark Clarke https://t.co/tLXdWBGdHo
• Should’ve seen it coming: the trademarking of public language https://t.co/7wVuBhvDJV 
• Sex shop licensing fees back in the spotlight | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/lUdBPM660i 
• Fraud convictions remain low despite rise in SFO-compelled interviews | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/yyeDnD1Cdq
• Freshfields grows Manchester capability with new paralegal apprenticeship scheme | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/BIUg3qVelE 
• Cooke Young & Keidan PAG v RBS partner exits firm - The Lawyer https://t.co/gr0UmGT83Q
• Problem solved: The new legal products transforming the market - The Lawyer https://t.co/dEBj028TaB 
• Uber instructs Hogan Lovells on TfL judicial review - The Lawyer https://t.co/HrnnmONVBh 
• Solicitors face 100% penalty for unsuccessful tax avoidance advice | Law Gazette https://t.co/yXdC1TzhuR
• Freed #NIGERIA Chibok schoolgirl 'misses militant husband' https://t.co/zotPeR57Ni 
• Childhood obesity plan 'to include sugar tax' https://t.co/3TOExVVwpE 
• Bewilderment after an official said it was illegal for a man to stare at a woman for more than 14 seconds #INDIA https://t.co/iXSil72CG2
• Firms line up for asset recovery ‘privatisation’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/C3y4uRi5Vy 
• Mum told to 'shut up' child having a "meltdown" on flight shames passenger on Facebook https://t.co/XWrkFwPreP 
• George Low stabbing: Woman arrested over Ayia Napa holidaymaker's death https://t.co/7E1wobUA9L
• Patrick Hickey: European Olympic Committees head arrested in Rio for illegal ticket sales https://t.co/kmoljTa1rY
• Sadie Hartley killing: Women guilty of murdering love rival https://t.co/2BkUcpfL4U 
• CMC rapped by watchdog over misleading ads | Law Gazette https://t.co/51pPvkIoIa 
• Negative rate threat to conveyancing fees | Law Gazette https://t.co/vzEu8wkTs9
• Walkers crisps competition advert banned by watchdog https://t.co/jcCyf0QwRM
• Samia Shahid 'honour killing': Ex-husband and father in court https://t.co/2SRHrLqmu3 
• #INDIA deaths as kite string slits throats https://t.co/QHetvGgZi1 
• Anjem Choudary case raises terror law questions https://t.co/G6GoWVa5WT 
• #AUSTRALIA to close Manus Island asylum centre https://t.co/AVdJBgpDO8 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/ZERTyfu0ya
• Ex-Goldman Sachs trader barred from industry #US https://t.co/KUXtVBueeF 
• Tax avoidance: Accountants face tougher penalties https://t.co/oglU7Guov0 
• Advertising watchdog raps CMC for misleading consumers about fees | Legal Futures https://t.co/lVdpjiaL0a 
• Legal firms risk losing custom by playing generic music on hold | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/ZTg885qDy1
• BLP's Russian practice boosts Asian capability | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/joknLxRMHk 
• Eversheds COO confirms imminent departure | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/IclAT9lP6O 
• Burness Paul abandons bonus payout after 7 per cent PEP slump | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/ALWt6Od3IF 
• Housing applications the next frontier for robo-lawyer DoNotPay | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/LRv0PSiQtd 
• Barclays tightens lending conditions on KWM | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/jKAFkjISlj

16th August - Law News

1695th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based news & legal articles archive focusing on Lawyers, Law, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation & Rights.

Today's video story: Ibtihaj Muhammad, U.S. fencer and the first American athlete to wear a hijab while competing in the Olympics, talks about the importance of race and religion.


Focus of the day article:  Police to hire law firms to tackle cyber criminals in radical pilot project. Private firms will use civil courts to seize fraud suspects’ assets, prompting concerns over profit motive. Full story - Guardian Law

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Intellectual Property Office gives green light to high street opticians bid to protect catchphrase ‘should’ve gone to Specsavers https://t.co/SZuc4T6Guv 
• Pinsent Masons cautions police to protect budgets from law firms over scheme to seize fraudsters' assets - Scottish…https://t.co/ihIvRDcNep 
• The new community rights to buy land, acquire public assets, and to participate in decision making by public bodies…https://t.co/GTj5JmE6ch
• Arran man jailed for historic sex offences spanning more that twenty years - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/lytoPVgJau
• Macdonald Henderson makes top three in Scotland for MBOs in 2016 - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/vK9C3AKE3w 
• Road Traffic Accident Law Scotland appoints trainee solicitor to his 'perfect' job - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Mp8HwdCuVi 
• Judicial Institute report reviews year in education - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/7vazcFGHOq 
• House price index shows 4.6 per cent increase in average prices in Scotland - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/94F6D0M93O 
• SLN Spotlight: Michael Kelly - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/AwJxMt6eLH
• Legal Dispute Ends Over Martin Luther King Jr.'s Nobel Medal And Bible #US https://t.co/BgN054jWqs 
• #HongKong ladies' night app defies legal ruling https://t.co/7j6enLlnPt 
• Competition body too optimistic about legal legislation #IRELAND https://t.co/VSF9qk04a5 
• Aussie politicians may face legal action over horrific refugee abuse #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/YdtHtsiZaK
• The mystery of the 'Legal Name Fraud' posters baffling Bristol - explained https://t.co/yUSNHReiA5 
• Police Can Use a Legal Grey Area to Rob Anyone of Their Belongings #US https://t.co/VUI9Hep8Ay 
• News of the World legal chief cleared over surveillance of lawyers https://t.co/ttc1vwoBJ6 
• Hudgell Solicitors to further strengthen position as it moves into new Leeds premises in heart of legal district  https://t.co/Hu2J4HZn7v 
• Commissioner suspended Crown Law solicitors after one-hour decision #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/xkfvcq6v6B 
• Belfast's Worthingtons Solicitors appoints commercial solicitor https://t.co/Ig4MnTZ0LM 
• Eversheds COO to exit firm after 10 years - The Lawyer https://t.co/rPO4w2Jb4U 
• Burness Paull ditches firmwide bonus as profits drop post-Brexit - The Lawyer https://t.co/otMhyGnjhQ
• Freshfields and Linklaters pick up £4.5m as Steinhoff buys Poundland - The Lawyer https://t.co/gpQ0kWArsi 
• Police Ombudsman: Gun and ammunition found in filing cabinet of investigator https://t.co/yHeSctxvlp 
• US election: Who will be banned under Trump's immigration plan? #US https://t.co/Cns1r5Unyk 
• Audi cars 'will talk to traffic lights', firm says https://t.co/tSRHOvhrio 
• Johnny Depp and Amber Heard settle divorce https://t.co/YaT02K3rkM 
• Suspended Labour MP Simon Danczuk spends two nights in #Spanish police cell after arrest https://t.co/t8FBuIhjXg 
• Man dies after attack by seized dog in Huddersfield https://t.co/4uItyMMQiZ
• Radical cleric Anjem Choudary guilty of inviting IS support https://t.co/wJXJ1vSCdd
• Man of the people, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn joins seatless commuters on floor for three-hour train journey https://t.co/VPGIXhSGC9
• Second phase of world's biggest offshore windfarm gets go-ahead https://t.co/Cp2pz4bU9X 
• Anjem Choudary convicted of supporting Islamic State https://t.co/pIeO5RiKx1 
• How to tell a shining knight of a lawyer from an ambulance chaser? https://t.co/Nq5RAWoXWI 
• Discrimination dispute among US lawyers | Law Gazette https://t.co/E7fH96o2fw 
• Judge stays case until claimants pay correct court fee | Law Gazette https://t.co/aHnND8mNfq 
• Fears for arrested Bangladeshi defence lawyer | Law Gazette https://t.co/KctbbS8sWI 
• Family practice shut down following fraud conviction | Law Gazette https://t.co/c2f0v9mDXk 
• 'Hot tubbing': is concurrent expert evidence working? | Law Gazette https://t.co/EjRbkdIf88 
• Magic circle firm takes on paralegal apprentices | Law Gazette https://t.co/j8R4UR0YiH 
• Public Interest Lawyers to close | Law Gazette https://t.co/Wmt3jpfYoU
• Offline conveyancers could face stamp duty penalties | Law Gazette https://t.co/deEXIMcccb 
• Judges and so called infiltrators in Labour’s civil war https://t.co/l5R4TC80Lm 
• Human rights lawyer's home ransacked in #GUATEMALA in latest string of attacks https://t.co/PPQWxV1H4H 
• Aston Villa fans plan tribute to Dalian Atkinson who has been killed by a police taser https://t.co/3ohuQcxy8p 
• EU citizens 'left in limbo', says Vote Leave MP Gisela Stuart https://t.co/VmZRTYIZIv 
• #IRAN accuses dual national of spying for British intelligence https://t.co/e68ooHGBHc 
• Specsavers seeks to trademark 'should've' catchphrase https://t.co/GFE1wsvEgy
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/9xJJSwy5rX
• Law firms urged to lead fight against modern slavery - Legal Futures https://t.co/v5ZE9NUWzw 
• Legoland sex assaults: E-fit issued of suspect https://t.co/nz5FB683o9 
• Trowers & Hamlins freezes pay | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/1bBmXiRefl
• Public Interest Lawyers announces closure | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/He5OL96rmO
• DWF global revenue down 2 per cent | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/j3E8Lz2mI4
• Pinsent Masons' Vario expands in Birmingham | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/xHrlGF5fvV 
• PEP flattens for UK arm of Gowling WLG | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/ysnu7e9l4X 
• Legal academic becomes most successful Olympian in British history | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/Syh8gqHpt0 
• Steptoe & Johnson to accept payment in Bitcoin | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/BknceHzuGP 
• Daily Mail editor defends decision to exclude Gold medallist with alopecia from cover https://t.co/uGUpIdmwzh
• Can the law come to the rescue of abused asylum seekers and refugees? | Richard Ackland https://t.co/jqWYkVrHwF 
• Cumhuriyet editor-in-chief sentenced to prison over story says he has no faith in #TURKEY’s judiciary following coup…https://t.co/yhtHGiF8nm
• 'It’s victimization': push grows to charge onlookers who tape sexual assaults https://t.co/GYLWzoHhrJ 
• The tragic background of David Wolfe, chair of the PRP https://t.co/WGMPSgB0DX 
• Law firm at centre of Al-Sweady inquiry to close down, say reports https://t.co/DhCG2YQ2pW
• I was held after reading a book on a plane – we need to rethink our terror laws | Faizah Shaheen https://t.co/bmTsT0Yqpi
• Sports Direct warehouse workers to receive back pay https://t.co/ujGPtNJr0D 
• Speeding motorbike rider clocked at 160mph in Cambridgeshire https://t.co/1DQ1YgTR5J
• Rio 2016: Support as China's Fu Yuanhui breaks period taboo https://t.co/BVKCMOh9vm 
• Proceeds of crime: outsourcing makes sense | Law Gazette https://t.co/C26mKTvsZx

15th August - Law News

1694th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based news & legal articles archive focusing on Lawyers, Law, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation & Rights.

Today's video story: ‘All too common scene’: Palestinian home built by EU demolished by Israeli bulldozers. This video has been released by the BTSELEM human-rights group - apparently showing a Palestinian home built with European Union aid money, being demolished by an Israeli bulldozer.


Focus of the day article: More than half (52%) of women, and nearly two-thirds (63%) of women aged 18-24 years old, say they have experienced sexual harassment at work, according to figures released by the TUC this week. The survey, Still just a bit of banter?, which is part of a joint report with the Everyday Sexism Project, also found that around four out of five (79%) women who said they experienced sexual harassment at work did not tell their employer about what was happening. Full story - New Law Journal

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Sammi and Lorne give Harper Macleod a Rio double - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/n274SVPOFb 
• Law firm that alleged misconduct by British troops in Iraq to close - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/PNStajkJtV 
• Tougher new copyright law means extra protection for designers against rip-offs - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/8fH3QhnVdk
• Blog: Brexit and the likely effect on UK competition law - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/JiNb9rsEQt 
• Davidson Chalmers appoints new employment head - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/rwrBzAYPlb 
• Scotland calls on UK government to reform SLPs - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/hpall8SOVm
• Sheriff sparks controversy after jailing solicitor's wife who denied abuse - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Qgrqz8zvaW
• Zephany Nurse baby kidnapping: Can justice be served? https://t.co/2m1VStzLCE 
• Firing at stone-throwers in Indian-administered Kashmir https://t.co/wGgx2r5MbA 
• #FRANCE Corsica brawl: Mayor bans burkinis amid tensions https://t.co/jihGjC0tCq 
• Royal Navy engineer and friend admit vicious Dundee street attack https://t.co/Y6r11tcCc7 
• Man who threatened Dundee restaurant staff 'came back for breakfast' https://t.co/bjNipw5Lxp 
• Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Fans with touted tickets turned away https://t.co/DBKgs39ii2 Aug 15, 2016
• #US election: Trump team 'must disclose pro-Russia ties' https://t.co/UNmhp5RuNd 
• Former Aston Villa footballer Dalian Atkinson thought to be killed by police taser https://t.co/f9M0ammZtb
• Sports Direct 'to back-pay Derbyshire workers £1m' https://t.co/uC8wCjScSw 
• Judicial diversity: solicitors are the key | Law Gazette https://t.co/A9OHTbpyN7 
• Society backs reform of 'distracting' e-conveyancing law | Law Gazette https://t.co/eqjSmIgFKu
• City police recruit law firms to recover criminal assets | Law Gazette https://t.co/faFq2iREGm 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/DXc8DCCGNb
• Women Who Love Women Aren't Tragic - Queer narratives are not tragic https://t.co/pGNnQcuVbP 
• When Police Are Poor Role Models for One Another #US https://t.co/va5dnkCuOI 
• I Support You, Donald Trump. Now Release Your Tax Returns #US https://t.co/wBYQ8rclet
• Self-Service Checkouts Can Turn Customers Into Shoplifters, Study Says https://t.co/HTlFiMWQJA 
• Racial Violence in Milwaukee Was Decades in the Making, Residents Say #US https://t.co/Kjaqd3eYRq 
• Secret Ledger in #Ukraine Lists Cash for Donald Trump's Campaign Chief https://t.co/Ul4SuFJyNx 
• #SouthKorea gaming: How a T-shirt cost an actress her job https://t.co/BidAlu5Zge 
• India surrogate mothers talk of pain of giving up baby https://t.co/JUHjZHJE6P 
• Three student leaders in #HongKong's pro-democracy movement, who led mass rallies and sit-ins in 2014, have been sen…https://t.co/hIukUwduyV
• New York mayor: Muslims 'in crosshairs of bigotry' https://t.co/eVJWGxGMvf 
• Milwaukee shooting: 'Shots fired' at new protests over police killing #US https://t.co/eyY6MhDgLy 
• Samia Shahid death: Ex-husband admits Pakistan 'honour killing' https://t.co/gTdPZRDeLd
• Zephany Nurse baby-snatcher jailed in South Africa https://t.co/2Ts3GG5gVT
• 'Zombie knives' ban to come into force https://t.co/lCYSIzh3XF 
• Solicitor who took from deceased client is banned | Law Gazette https://t.co/jStlWTY5SP
• Iraq war claims firm Public Interest Lawyers to close | Law Gazette https://t.co/Xg4Jp0reVM 
• Feminists should end their distrust of science | Angela Saini https://t.co/UblfoiWpYR 
• Younger generation in UK face overwhelming pensions bill, says report https://t.co/ubnUlEjvrq
• Coach says failure to punish drug cheats adequately cost GB swimmers medals https://t.co/cA6JA5ig0y 
• Police to hire law firms to tackle cyber criminals in radical pilot project https://t.co/37XQYVxwVT 
• CILEx urges end to discrimination against non-university qualified lawyers | Legal Futures https://t.co/unddHFwVni
• Partner who falsified divorce client's decree absolute struck off | Legal Futures https://t.co/1ZanWX0dQ2
• Corsica brawl: Five hurt in clashes on #French beach https://t.co/CTQGaQP3hQ 
• Charges against Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe in #Iran are 'absurd' https://t.co/SEMDmCDLFz
• Energy firms told to refund customers after gas meters mistake https://t.co/PsZowGyI5u 
• Rio Olympics: gold medal winning US swimmer Ryan Lochte and three others robbed #BRAZIL https://t.co/ZgkeRxy9hY 
• Worker rights watchdog fails to bring a single prosecution in a year https://t.co/LTzSaoPkSl
• London set to bear brunt of post-Brexit vote downturn, say experts https://t.co/EIiaPUspnU
• Imam's killing called 'hate crime' by Muslims as NYPD hunts for suspect #US https://t.co/dz16hxkvEn 
• Deliveroo told it must pay workers minimum wage https://t.co/EvrrRrWuwR
• How attacks are forcing #GERMANY to examine civil freedoms https://t.co/sp3pkAawOA
• Metropolitan Police to target online hate crime and abuse https://t.co/ACZGeM9eNq 
• Labour members drop voting legal challenge to exclude them by supporters of the PLP https://t.co/YLowYK7PJC