30th August - Law News

1710th 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: Citing gross irregularities, the Indian state of Maharashtra government scrapped nearly 94 irrigation project tenders worth Rs 6,000 crore, which are currently under the Anti-Corruption Bureau scanner in connection with the state's multi-crore irrigation scam.


Focus of the day: “Love them or loathe them”, the public interest is dependent on firms such as Public Interest Lawyers (PIL) and Leigh Day to hold the government to account, says Legal Action Group director Steve Hynes. PIL is due to close on 31 August. The Legal Aid Agency announced earlier this month that it had terminated PIL’s contract because the firm had breached its contractual requirements. Full story - New Law Journal

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Do women and men want different business advice? https://t.co/OY94VBpL0k
• Tube 'Please offer me a seat' badges for hidden disabilities https://t.co/bOyFviD4Tu
• Motorist launches foul-mouthed verbal assault on Jeremy Vine https://t.co/852ChmTOgm
• Community football academy scores major sponsorship deal with Watermans - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/jAow60eZxA 
• Apple ordered to pay €13bn and interest in European tax ruling - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/TUgXNNk5WH 
• Police Scotland creates new senior civilian role - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/cuP1XzCn0q 
• Pinsent Masons to launch UK-wide policy unit after Brexit - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/OY89xyAfwP 
• May pressed by MPs to guarantee post-Brexit employment rights - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Z7kHbHXvMT
• Inverness Justice Centre designs unveiled - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/QvFCWPvxDH Aug 30, 2016
• 17 per cent increase in Scottish pupils admitted to law courses - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/QOV0o3NyMI 
• Blog: The price to pay for full cost court fees is too high - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/t3B9mnbpWN 
• Council wins appeal over Scottish Ministers' decision in railfreight terminal planning dispute - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/ODrdI9obMR 
• Simple change could ease burden on children, Faculty suggests - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/ou67SX4KNc
• Custodial sentence was ‘excessive’ for teenage first-time drugs offender, appeal judges rule - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/kZ6FM8xSi5
• Firms back future champions of social justice | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/6VQrPgF2hS 
• Polish man murdered and another badly beaten by mob of 20 teenagers in Harlow, Essex https://t.co/6THLXY368T 
• Topless Marianne remark by PM Manuel Valls stirs #French row https://t.co/ax1R4t0fIs 
• French PM suggests naked breasts represent France better than a headscarf https://t.co/eNeDdfzfGd 
• British backpacker's funeral to include passage from the Qur'an https://t.co/dvqMSdkxrz 
• Police 'treated UK Black Lives Matter protesters more harshly due to race' https://t.co/IMWjJS0c8w 
• #France demands an end to TTIP talks https://t.co/mmcyXd12fR 
• UK and France restate commitment to border treaty after Calais talks https://t.co/1AYnvGTCHn 
• Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn launches digital democracy manifesto with pledge to act against harassment https://t.co/4cvMLUC2Up 
• Lawyers’ guide to Brexit | Law Gazette https://t.co/euwSkbfjRa 
• Newcastle Primark toddler kidnapping: Mother forgives culprits https://t.co/Op5bLyI0uU 
• Jeremy Corbyn proposing digital 'bill of rights': Every home and business in the UK would have guaranteed access to…https://t.co/S0pOKTsrcn 
• Notting Hill Carnival marred by 440 arrests and four knife attacks https://t.co/Xg9q1hUmq5 
• Facebook fires trending team, and algorithm without humans goes crazy https://t.co/uObjgzKTQG 
• Back home and in debt: life after university tuition fees for the first students who paid £9000 fees https://t.co/lWgxiwThEE
• Pro-EU group of MPs challenge Theresa May to protect employment rights https://t.co/eOZkcTtRuk 
• Renewed call for problem-solving courts to be piloted | Law Gazette https://t.co/PcPxmPcSct
• Private practice boost for social welfare law | Law Gazette https://t.co/mycrKKzSzf 
• Slater and Gordon UK legal business loses £37m | Law Gazette https://t.co/qucIAKx46c 
• Chinese embassy blast: Car bomb attack in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan https://t.co/i3LHdoI4H7
• Home Secretary Amber Rudd in France for security talks https://t.co/4ALJ5jMfHx 
• Aboriginal mum posts daughter's 'whiteface' photos #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/WD23vNl05j 
• Illegal UK entry arrests surpass 27,000 in three years https://t.co/mX1LP6cAgj 
• #Australia hostel knife attack: Thomas Jackson dies https://t.co/WutH5CrOPT 
• Apple should repay #IRELAND €13bn, European Commission rules https://t.co/nScqfk1d9Z 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/qCweUJAvEg
• Suspension for solicitor who allowed 'financial chaos' to reign at firm - Legal Futures https://t.co/ydF7xYCAWI 
• Finally - insurers get it in the neck for not passing on whiplash savings - Legal Futures https://t.co/6nHuTkcLUm 
• No porridge on offer at former Crumlin Road jail in Belfast https://t.co/xM26w2yQHj
• Five family members die in suspected murder-suicide in #Ireland https://t.co/DAILJj2WPb 
• Emily Thornberry accuses Labour NEC of trying to quash Corbyn https://t.co/3ZovhgpBf9 
• Public servants should know the Equality Act https://t.co/KzqnQr7X1m
• Apple facing record bill for #Irish tax https://t.co/jGvwYYcrje
• #GERMANY plan to force mums to name lovers in paternity cases https://t.co/M15zpUoiof

29th August - Law News

1708th 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: The Graffiti artist Stik first made his mark on East London with his simple figures made from six lines and two dots. He developed his style while living in a homeless hostel, and campaigning for the rights of the disenfranchised. He has gone from being an illegal street artist to a celebrated, internationally exhibited one. His stick people can now be seen on huge murals around the world from New York to Tokyo. For the first time his works have been brought together in a book documenting his career. 

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Defiant Dilma Rousseff appears at Senate trial #BRAZIL https://t.co/qtMZ8S9yJ8
• "Every beardy man is not a terrorist" https://t.co/CtohYqvKaI 
• Female tourists should not wear skirts in #INDIA, says tourism minister https://t.co/arQlLBiNtv
• On Timor, #Australia looks like it's denying an impoverished neighbour its birthright https://t.co/bSlsO8WWiF 
• Should parents be able to sue over poor exam results? https://t.co/I9bbeD6Tcj
• #Palestine’s latest evictions are a human rights crisis – world leaders must act https://t.co/my8Cca6kst 
• British police criticised for lack of transparency in #Bahrain training deal https://t.co/wefxvwGyAl 
• 'Someone punched him and that was it': man dies after assault in south London https://t.co/yy85Auyuj5
• Timor Leste urges #Australia 'not to turn its back on law' over maritime boundary https://t.co/nQdpZpOc5B
• UK police forces under pressure to stop using spit hoods https://t.co/ltMVyNm5zA 
• #CHINA’s ‘Jack the Ripper’ snared by police after decades of mystery https://t.co/qVbeTmo6GR 
• Man who reported seeing child being bundled into a van is arrested on suspicion of perverting the course of justice https://t.co/mZrY6VmNqW 
• #UKRAINE moves Roma families amid village's rage at murder https://t.co/LGLTizkbRm 
• County Cavan: Bodies of five members of family found https://t.co/yf6guyadOs 
• Pretoria Girls High racism protest backed by SA minister #SOUTHAFRICA https://t.co/NHXv2dHesc
• Lift police visible tattoo bans, says federation https://t.co/tHv4hlyjka
• Successful compensation appeal by rape victim https://t.co/Gwc6uC23JW 
• No protection for Indy Camp under Articles 10 and 11 https://t.co/FKgijJI49r
• Does a judge have to consider Article 8 in possession proceedings brought by a private landlord? https://t.co/IX5MJmr2St 
• Phenomenal times for civil litigation | New Law Journal: https://t.co/NTWDdBV6h9
• A virtual conference on compliance | New Law Journal: https://t.co/3OhILwZ9gX 
• Lawyers in the public interest | New Law Journal: https://t.co/I5SvbhBFE4
• Gresham lectures on family law | New Law Journal: https://t.co/b7xdackc9s
• New Chief Coroner | New Law Journal: https://t.co/96S7ZxY4xH
• Are offshore tax sanctions "overkill"? | New Law Journal: https://t.co/RQjMk8N9co 
• Four ways the gender pay gap isn't all it seems https://t.co/v463SIFZ2D 
• Frustration and fear in divided #HongKong https://t.co/cO6xz6L1R1 
• #BRAZIL's Dilma Rousseff defends record at impeachment trial https://t.co/C9OB8Sf5xW 
• Why #INDIA needs to get rid of its idiotic sedition law https://t.co/oNdwDooPnP
• Calais chief wants new migrant border deal with UK https://t.co/aqpQl8DHM4
• Brussels crime lab fire: Five held over blaze 'started to destroy evidence' #BELGIUM https://t.co/wnIFZTR1Yf 
• Man arrested in Redhill 'child abduction' report https://t.co/5jDW9KCbns
• Hundreds of Pokemon Go incidents logged by police https://t.co/u9oiDLGRXB
• #Australian man 'put acid in gay sex club lubricant' https://t.co/glrF7RtRM5
• Gordon Brown ally Ed Balls who lost his seat to a Tory at the last election claim Corbyn leadership as 'leftist fant…https://t.co/hrx4uY0oHy
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/Sog3ukr8GF
• Boundary changes could affect up to 200 Labour seats, says analysis https://t.co/lxxUAvBlL6
• UK’s lack of transparency over plane crash that killed Dag Hammarskjöld https://t.co/Fv4IFbgp00 
• Brexit may send EU 'down the drain' - #German vice chancellor https://t.co/ePj6g5jSTH

28th August - Law News

1707th 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: Less than two weeks after Philando Castile was shot dead by police in a suburb of St Paul, Minnesota, and video of the event was seen by the world via Facebook Live, two film-makers spent time with his closest friends as they remembered Castile on what would have been his 33rd birthday.

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Paris restaurant 'refuses to serve Muslim women' #FRANCE https://t.co/N1dugOCFjL 
• Who are the #Israeli hackers who cracked the iPhone? https://t.co/N630ztYgX7
• Welsh voters would reject devolution now, says Tory Andrew RT Davies https://t.co/sCkTlmA9zI 
• Britain's biggest shooting lobby riven by infighting, leak reveals https://t.co/jro327G9Yc 
• Theresa May’s inequality audit seems clever, but it will backfire | Zoe Williams https://t.co/rK3hWqoQUa 
• Secrecy and firing squads: Britain’s ruthless war on Nazi spies https://t.co/h1TAfqkLBC 
• Car hacking is the future – and sooner or later you'll be hit https://t.co/027QuSGTkD 
• Canines in court: therapy dogs making the wait for a verdict 'more human' https://t.co/H7CunStPsg 
• Rousseff prepares to testify at Brazil impeachment hearing #BRAZIL https://t.co/zU5GI2hTOA 
• FSA: 4,000 major breaches of animal welfare laws at UK abattoirs in two years https://t.co/JjzzDcOU6M 
• #French mayors refuse to lift burkini ban despite court ruling https://t.co/q1tt8wtzTH 
• Theresa May calls Brexit meeting amid reports of single market split https://t.co/ze525nQ101
• Virgin broke own rules by releasing Corbyn CCTV, document shows https://t.co/luvEC5ZjDK 
• Queensland aims to change bikie laws to ban logos from being worn in public #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/r9e88NZCWc
• Export ban placed on Queen Victoria's wedding coronet https://t.co/aGkE9pY8D2 
• Airline pilots arrested on alcohol charge at Glasgow Airport https://t.co/V1LHdfZJZn
• New tax needed to fund NHS and care, says ex-minister https://t.co/fsTnQEYTTc
• Sir Richard Branson who lives in a "tax exile" 'should lose knighthood' - John McDonnell https://t.co/2Sdyl5aw1Z
• M20 motorway remains closed after bridge collapse https://t.co/tQUsxpQ4JK 
• Last BHS stores to close for final time after 88 years https://t.co/MgUHmHZEIC 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/blV0qsrEoE
• #Bangladeshi jail ‘cover-up’ as UK journalist Shafik Rehman faces trial https://t.co/xeTv3ECq18 
• Londoners back limit on skyscrapers as fears for capital’s skyline grow https://t.co/ViS5iVhZwM
• Theresa May 'acting like Tudor monarch' by not giving MPs a Brexit vote https://t.co/n0HAEcWWam 
• The police don’t need to man up and be tough. There should be a place for delicate flowers https://t.co/m9ElW4bXwB 
• Shepherd's Bush tower block fire caused by faulty tumble dryer https://t.co/Xe4RJ95nkH 
• Facebook overhauls Trending feature after bias claims from rightwing causes https://t.co/qKzvXVP7m8
• #TURKEY allows policewomen to wear Muslim headscarf https://t.co/Dk4Z742fyx

27th August - Law News

1706th 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: Picture from Pescara del Tronto as rescue operations continue in the wake of an earthquake that struck central Italy. The town is located some 160 kilometers northeast of Rome and was one of the three hardest hit. A powerful 6.2-magnitude earthquake followed by a series of aftershocks rocked central Italy on Wednesday. Strong tremors were felt in the country’s capital, Rome, and several small towns and villages have seen severe damage.

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Kent M20 shut after crash and footbridge collapse https://t.co/A63K82Ik4A 
• Labour leadership: Owen Smith pledges to scrap tuition fees a year Jeremy Corbyn made same pledge https://t.co/Wcz1msMSSV
• #France burkini: Mayors urged to heed court's ruling https://t.co/FBNQ5gUjl8 
• 'British' boy in Islamic State group execution video https://t.co/WoFVxNymnV
• UK could remain in 'looser' EU - Lord O'Donnell https://t.co/gPCz0jb5Cb 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/ccDWWN0e8n
• Access to justice for Travellers and Gypsies | Law Gazette https://t.co/TVWggM0YQg 
• Attwells senior partner referred to SDT | Law Gazette https://t.co/Ln7NvJ4RHv 
• Cheers! Lawyers net £200m from SABMiller deal | Law Gazette https://t.co/nFDw42eLdW 
• City police look for panel managers | Law Gazette https://t.co/3eyAYTLWC7
• ‘Don’t expect to be in the office more than two days,’ lawyers told | Law Gazette https://t.co/JDhbnSWkbk 
• PI reforms fuel law firm merger mania | Law Gazette https://t.co/6KiiDHJSwb 
• Theresa May launches race audit of public services https://t.co/UhaZ7SQE9d 
• Sexual harassment of students by university staff hidden by non-disclosure agreements https://t.co/ydqZcg66o9 
• Stingray documents offer rare insight into police and FBI surveillance #US https://t.co/rK3ZejECp2 
• Inside a #Philippines prison drugs raid https://t.co/MKI7WMxOpC
• Ben & Jerry's recalls Cookie Dough ice cream batches https://t.co/XhzaCPT07s
• Three men charged with horsemeat sales fraud https://t.co/hcCrovC8x3
• Judge's 'LOL' as he jails online boaster who ducked sentence https://t.co/xtUHWMbg1K 
• Vincent Barker death: Optometrist Honey Rose given two-year suspended sentence https://t.co/MLpPpICXJl 
• #France burkini: Highest court suspends ban https://t.co/mnxS5tNlli 
• Labour leadership: Jeremy Corbyn urges probe into excluded voters https://t.co/SgUJTGnvr7
• Five men arrested by West Midlands anti-terror police https://t.co/d9GzmIEBH7 
• Turning the tables: the Brighton ping pong sanctuary for young refugees https://t.co/1GQaudbyG8 
• Apple issues global iOS update after attempt using #ISRAEL firm's spyware on UAE activist's iPhone https://t.co/WtsnBex1Qy 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/8KYVGLpcEz
• Judge in Stanford sexual assault trial removes himself from all criminal cases #US https://t.co/EpmBOp4j9p 
• Ban on legal highs has 'significant effect' in Scotland https://t.co/Ek0xHedwdv
• #PHILIPPINES drugs war: The woman who kills dealers for a living https://t.co/wa3LHXWril 
• #NEPAL to investigate civil war crimes https://t.co/XfDmMuKPDA 
• CCTV of Headley pool party shooting victim released https://t.co/MOs7lOcpt8 
• Surrey police hunt after boy 'seen taken into van' https://t.co/8zGwHJY7FE 
• Under-18 terror detainments triple in two years https://t.co/ukolKAzCiK 
• NHS cuts 'planned across England' by Tories https://t.co/64tX9DwoG8 
• Legal highs removed from over 300 shops since ban https://t.co/pXi4Za5Rrn 
• Camber Sands deaths: Family anger over safety measures https://t.co/0vSPh2v5n5
• Apple tackles iPhone one-tap spyware flaws https://t.co/0Ay7nQWZeY

26th August - Law News

1705th 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: Rio 2016 is over and much is made of the legacy that the Games leave, but who will actually benefit?


Focus of the day: Latest figures for the number of A-level students embarking on law degrees suggest the supply of law graduates will continue to exceed the profession’s demand – despite undergraduate vacancies remaining at nearly 30 universities. According to figures reported by admissions service Ucas, 22,890 applicants have been placed in the subject group of M (law) this year, compared with 19,480 four years ago. Full story - The Law Society Gazette

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Legal battles outside US wearing down Volkswagen https://t.co/4TxK7eh3v1 
• Uber offers retirement plans to drivers as legal battle continues https://t.co/OnMAWElRn7 
• California could soon expand the definition of rape as a result of the Stanford sexual assault case #US https://t.co/5XhM2CLFdI 
• Sellafield anti-terror police in pension age legal battle https://t.co/tkJzLqI7B7 
• Fix houses or legal action begins, remote NT Indigenous town of Yuendumu warns #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/8VikYGk9NF 
• Stamp duty aftershock triggers rollercoaster ride for conveyancers ahead of Brexit vote https://t.co/8KpdH3Qfu1 
• #KENYA's president approves law capping commercial bank lending rates https://t.co/EF2FmFAa7N 
• California lawmakers approve extension of climate change law #US https://t.co/MKk6Ftl6ti 
• UK baby car seat law in 2016: What has changed and how do I fit my child's seat correctly? https://t.co/oR29eViag9 
• #FRANCE defended Charlie Hebdo's right to offend – so why can't a Muslim woman in a burkini 'offend' us too? https://t.co/Z6KAAiSTE0
• As an American doctor who recently visited A&E I have a message for British people https://t.co/TsK7I4jQPw 
• There are reasons to be cheerful about post-Brexit nationalism – honestly https://t.co/VmlXkx6k7c 
• Resentful Americans turn a blind eye to Trump's faults however fatal the consequences may be #US https://t.co/eSzCw2pH4u 
• All hail the burkini’s blend of Islamic values and western lifestyle https://t.co/p5HxbVnGxZ 
• Surrey police appeal for witnesses after boy 'forced into van' https://t.co/KHpYzm2KKb 
• Rio police charge disgraced #US swimmer Ryan Lochte with filing a false robbery report #BRAZIL https://t.co/DW8ZIbEIzm
• Solicitor leaves profession after acting for both sides in property deal, another rebuked for 'abusive language' https://t.co/QSqcJ407yh 
• Slater & Gordon stems losses and says UK changes are 'starting to bear fruit' - Legal Futures https://t.co/nh2iAT2Tb8
• 'We're watching you' - Legal Services Board warns Law Society over £61m IT project - Legal Futures https://t.co/Hz9UqmDs8F 
• Woman who used conveyancers to litigate probate dispute told to repay money lost to estate - Legal Futures https://t.co/C2cQxqZ3fQ 
• “The benefit and the burden” - Legal Futures https://t.co/KpE82k7jAv
• Lawyer-matching service for SMEs bids to crowdfund £360k as it eyes major growth - Legal Futures https://t.co/tURrYyL8R4 
• Are we on the verge of a crash in house prices? Only the data will tell https://t.co/goEgbHVzHq 
• Man sentenced to 40 years for pouring boiling water on gay couple as they slept #US https://t.co/zExsVDjm7U 
• Burkini ban protesters throw beach party at French embassy in London https://t.co/7j7nMIgOId 
• Luxembourg-based businessman donated £400,000 to Tory party https://t.co/Iozdxn2fIr
• Slater & Gordon predicts A$1bn loss for 2015/16 | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/SXbgQbvjLJ 
• Addleshaw-Hunton merger talks on ice after Brexit vote | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/rXWngDKS84 
• Fake law firm found real lawyers via Craigslist | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/3mlk3Uznkq 
• Amazon scoops high-profile antitrust lobbyist | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/1BPCaie0wU 
• A&O moves London capital markets head to Hong Kong | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/FiOW8sOC2p 
• Law firm partners face the perfect storm in retirement | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/Te7Uu4oPus 
• Athletes angry at Rio shanty accommodation after #Kenya officials overstay their welcome in Rio https://t.co/8AhlRUI6s9 
• #AUSTRIA's migrant disaster: Why did 71 die? https://t.co/EyLietxEeh 
• Security firrm G4S 'rejects Labour conference security offer' https://t.co/ivK0Y2FvnZ 
• Small firms take advantage of record rise in conveyancing | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/Qg0Hax5weI 
• Law Society rejects calls for ‘misleading’ price publication | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/aslpDzk8q9 
• A solicitor (David Lloyd George) who broke the mould (and a lock) | Law Gazette https://t.co/oGkG4ztdrj
• Third-party JR funders must be allowed anonymity – Law Society | Law Gazette https://t.co/BS48PYoNLf 
• Struck-off solicitor ‘has something to offer profession’, SDT says | Law Gazette https://t.co/54J00wjSeK
• Footballer Richard Chaplow banned for verbally abusing gay player during match https://t.co/oCzwETKtv2 
• Lawnmower prompts Northern Lights alert https://t.co/tZbyEK5irc 
• Airlander 10: Longest aircraft hit power cable before nosediving https://t.co/waKyZ4owUL 
• WhatsApp users to receive adverts - the begining of the end? https://t.co/mA5tSaAgMd 
• Head teacher Ashley Yates jailed for filming pupils in toilets https://t.co/hp3gAyO524 
• #FRANCE 'burkini ban': Court to rule on beach fines https://t.co/YIkjMfntIN
• Migrants rescued from sandbank off Kent coast https://t.co/u6vh9XWKBg
• Arrested Royal Marine 'victim of 2002 sectarian attack' https://t.co/EiWrgSSKhN 
• Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe moved from Broadmoor to prison https://t.co/lZPMRaNIlC
• Camber Sands deaths: Five men 'on day trip from London' https://t.co/PVt74JnMsf

25th August - Law News

1704th 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: The international charity Oxfam has accused the British government of violating the International Arms Trade Treaty as London continues its arms deals with Saudi Arabia.


Focus of the day: Family law specialists should be required to work under fixed fees, the Legal Services Consumer Panel has suggested as it ramped up its call for regulatory intervention to improve transparency in the market. The panel said family law was one area where it advised that regulators “should now consider mandating fixed fees”. Full story - Legal Futures

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Postponing/Avoiding IHT and CGT on Liferent Trusts: An ETN Seminar - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/KGGkeHauoc 
• HMCTS takes tenancy in Aberdeen complex - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/y1Zx2jE19h
• Macdonald Henderson advises on merger of Clark Communications and Golley Slater Scotland - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/K1b1c0RNds 
• Alistair Hindle Associates appoints new head of chemical patents - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/DKCBY8KMSH 
• Blog: Supreme Court decision illustrates justice gap for victims of modern slavery - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/rZGQFXvLSf 
• Scottish government persists with Named Persons scheme - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/vGpToWSCmB
• Employees watch sad films while a "handsome weeping boy" wipes away their tears: It is supposed to help people bond https://t.co/YPEpUHYRUa
• Uber adds advance bookings in London https://t.co/GFs4LJNNR0 
• Easyjet passengers 'aghast' as crew spat delays flight https://t.co/ZE1AzG0y2L
• #Australia backpacker murder: Man charged over Mia Ayliffe-Chung death https://t.co/MIfhXGKmMh 
• 'Unsafe' Stafford hospital A&E closed to children https://t.co/kkpLNGmz7H 
• Peter Thiel has backed a startup that makes it easier to sue – and win #US https://t.co/AjpnSJnkWv 
• Sarkozy calls burkinis a 'provocation' that supports radical Islam #FRANCE https://t.co/lX379ZffGo 
• Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe 'moved back to jail' https://t.co/MXUoLGpMZl 
• Law firms and the John Lewis-style model | Law Gazette https://t.co/uuagDiEzCb 
• Solicitor agrees settlement over abusive language | Law Gazette https://t.co/TSg8kOs4kk 
• Society hits back at ‘misconceived’ price transparency call | Law Gazette https://t.co/U7PVKRlnid 
• Slater and Gordon warns of billion-dollar trading loss | Law Gazette https://t.co/ULH8qeIzhN 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/2tJivddIae
• Tax warning over unlocked pensions https://t.co/u6hifi7fuw 
• Barbequed rare burgers 'pose food poisoning risk' https://t.co/eRkG0m7seP 
• Social media giants "failing" on extremism - MPs https://t.co/Wq9hzHRP8i 
• 'Soft' prison sentences extended after complaints https://t.co/DkuNxF4t7j 
• Greater Manchester Police 'fails to record 38,000 crimes each year' https://t.co/HBzt59MUOa 
• Woman in labour punched and robbed on London street https://t.co/Imo9gXgw4W 
• #France’s burkini ban exposes the hypocrisy of its secularist state https://t.co/rPYJ0Kbz3a 
• From the floor to first class, Britain’s railways are a disgrace (regardless of what Virgin trains claim) https://t.co/CsifjfH1cX 
• Mills & Boon romances are actually feminist texts, academic says https://t.co/zgtmF8ebnI 
• At what point are women allowed to look their age? https://t.co/bY4lIGCW0X 
• Attempts by greedy treasure hunters to find 'Nazi gold train' in #Poland hit the buffers https://t.co/seByvLQd3V 
• Insurance Act 2015: levelling the playing field? | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/wUkCTMj4GM 
• Yet another Irwin Mitchell real estate partner heads for Dentons | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/mE1aqoG7lW
• Mexican president accused of plagiarising law degree dissertation | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/0x5EzrS7Cq 
• Profits plummet at embattled Irwin Mitchell | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/giGAHaWeaI 
• Lawyers should be upfront about prices, says watchdog | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/N88uK81ool 
• Clients prefer lawyers with active social media presence, survey finds | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/cl8rGw7ocf 
• #VIETNAM woman 'cuts off limbs for insurance payout' https://t.co/gWGmt1Nnjf 
• UK Muslims ordered off plane after ISIL accusation - fellow passengers claimed seeing Arabic text on phone https://t.co/vSmB9aUen7 
• Anti-Mugabe protests turn violent in capital Harare #ZIMBABWE https://t.co/OagItcArNm
• #CANADA allows female mounted police to wear hijab https://t.co/sef2dPTK7E

24th August - Law News

1703rd 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: The forgotten children of China's prisoners. In a government building in Nanzhao, the Zhang children’s father awaits his fate.


Focus of the day: Overburdening start-ups could harm their progress, says CEO. Forcing new entrants to the legal services market to publish their prices could disadvantage lawyers, the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives (CILEx) has said. Responding to the Competition and Markets Authority's (CMA) interim report on the sector, CILEx said it supports measures to increase market competition but wants reforms to be outcomes focused - not mandated - to protect its members. Full story - Solicitors Journal

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Google punishes sites with pop-up adverts https://t.co/sxJWWZyCc5 
• In Wake of Burkini Ban, Muslim Women Demand Criminalization of Fat White Men in Speedos https://t.co/UeG13ei2Vq 
• Virgin Trains faces data protection inquiry over Corbyn CCTV footage https://t.co/MRHeZ15E0F 
• Firms fear for future after failing to secure new PII | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/JrQWGK7wW5
• Police Scotland uniform to include Muslim hijab https://t.co/rMhsSXth8P 
• Shepherd and Wedderburn celebrates five years of legal advice clinics - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/njm4wicCp7 
• Glasgow solicitor speaks of fright following Italy earthquake - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/gyQqL7TUmT 
• Scottish ministers failed to give 'intelligible reasons' for giving railfreight super-hub the greenlight - Scottish…https://t.co/5BNrhwFHHF 
• Women paid 18 per cent less per hour than men - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/G9L8e5vPXe 
• Transparency key to better informed and better protected legal services consumers - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/4Q97307Hz9 
• Sheriff’s judgment on disputed indemnity was ‘completely inadequate’, appeal court rules - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/9z5gY93ngi 
• Ramya: #India actress refuses 'Pakistan not hell' apology demanded by ultra nationalists https://t.co/AMjhpvFz8X
• Children banned from #INDIA's human pyramid https://t.co/AznaNLaIu6
• #France 'burkini ban': Images of police on beach fuel debate https://t.co/HvDY8ND7JU 
• Backpacker Mia Ayliffe-Chung stabbed to death at #Australian hostel https://t.co/1ss7hJRLRY
• Man, 32, arrested in north-west London on suspicion of preparing terrorist acts, police say https://t.co/FhihtyjuQI 
• #French police make woman remove clothing on Nice beach following burkini ban https://t.co/ADX57pURUz 
• WikiLeaks posted medical files of rape victims and children, investigation finds https://t.co/XvmUtseKMX 
• Foreign Office papers: Nelson Mandela and the 'Gay Gordons' https://t.co/5c1SxAb0Uo 
• University hit 21 times in one year by ransomware https://t.co/0CDCeLBByZ 
• Dalian Atkinson: Tasered footballer given CPR for 35 minutes https://t.co/28vPetef1l 
• Somerset: Member of armed forces arrested in NI terrorism investigation https://t.co/0HDe61DKki 
• Ronald King jailed for shooting wife Rita at care home https://t.co/Rgx0pI9N2e 
• SRA allows suspended solicitor to work for law firm as unadmitted member of staff - Legal Futures https://t.co/6coRgAywpH
• PI reforms 'discouraging' listed Australian law firm from entering UK - Legal Futures https://t.co/Z2Yjiloif2 
• Force family lawyers to offer fixed fees, consumer panel suggests - Legal Futures https://t.co/35sUhsOorM 
• Court of Appeal threshold to remain unchanged | Law Gazette https://t.co/FU1NfA6OVz 
• Shine wears off UK for Erin Brockovich-backed personal injury firm | Law Gazette https://t.co/7H7xk1XabV
• Buy-to-let tax changes ‘legislation by stealth’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/Up3R9CQK08 
• Profits down as ABS pioneer Irwin Mitchell completes merger | Law Gazette https://t.co/s6GWnCtzYw
• ‘Unduly lenient’ sentences hiked for 102 offenders | Law Gazette https://t.co/V48q0sgcda
• Enterprise firms unable to secure new PII put ‘on notice’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/ZF3Sr4ZCPh 
• LLB course demand soars – but vacancies remain | Law Gazette https://t.co/3zeoxCpJxU 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/hrbmmPKGrO
• Are hi-tech spies stealing all your firm's secrets? https://t.co/VhyYzr6dWk 
• Ladbrokes Iron Man 3 ad banned over 'child appeal' https://t.co/7i6qoB4anR 
• Arrest laser pointer owners - CAA chief https://t.co/5CLiaaT8df 
• Hillsborough appeal for Leppings Lane Gate C witnesses https://t.co/POjTLahnS9 
• Man given suspended sentence for death threats and homophobia towards MP https://t.co/uxxFd7ZBdE 
• Microplastics should be banned in cosmetics to save oceans, MPs say https://t.co/qZA3N4KI80 
• Jeremy Corbyn promises to 'renationalise' NHS https://t.co/8ZzpvxqsGO
• Senior Ukip members claim party's MP helped Tories beat Nigel Farage https://t.co/TgSuDaEft0 
• Sports Direct faces more pressure over working practices review https://t.co/NDQGLiTweD 
• FBI investigates whether #Russia hacked New York Times reporters, #US says https://t.co/irfJxz7pqG
• Abu Zubaydah, detainee tortured by CIA, makes case for Guantánamo release #US https://t.co/A8UTrBlMzp 
• Why #India's leaders did not share Rushdie's Jewel in the Crown pain https://t.co/KRIqyhJd00 
• Jeremy Corbyn easily fends off Branson's unsubstantiated attack over 'ram-packed' Virgin train https://t.co/G3S6Rxt0Ro
• Clifford Chance forges new association in Saudia Arabia | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/i4cjHvL56x 
• Linklaters announces 91 per cent autumn retention rate | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/B0ka8cVTUs 
• Reed Smith finance partner defects to Proskauer | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/1xp2uSwefj 
• The glorious twelfth: underwriters and the Insurance Act 2015 | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/FBYQ8UpNXr 
• Former DLA Piper lawyer fired by Baltimore for alleged neo-Nazi links | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/wjg7KVtHVf 
• NI lawyers challenge Brexit | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/zPHFqCUk6d 
• ‘Ghosting’ prisoners and human rights https://t.co/4nEgC6WZVz
• The right plea to escape jury service https://t.co/Aed7TsSTOD
• Andre Gray: FA charges Burnley striker with misconduct over tweets https://t.co/x7ZDsrNUQO
• Is Wikileaks putting people at risk? https://t.co/2MpbilASZH 
• #INDIA runner OP Jaisha 'not given water' at Rio by Indian officials https://t.co/815NKM5YaP 
• #GERMANY considers return of conscription for civil defence https://t.co/Ggzd9P5UCM 
• Jalal Uddin: Imam 'murdered by IS supporters' over 'black magic' healing https://t.co/MdsfJ0hWfk

23rd August - Law News

1702nd 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: What it's like to perform a C-section in Aleppo? Dr Farida is an obstetrician and gynaecologist working in a hospital in eastern Aleppo. She performs an emergency caesarean section while explaining the injuries she comes across in newborn and unborn babies. “They lose their arms sometimes,” she says. “They lose their legs sometimes.


Focus of the day: A British bill of rights will go ahead as promised, the justice secretary, Liz Truss, has said, though she refused to give a timeframe for any detailed proposals. There has been repeated speculation that the legislation, which was a 2015 Conservative manifesto promise and set to replace the Human Rights Act introduced by the last Labour government, could be ditched in the wake of the EU referendum.. Full story - Guardian Law

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Mexican president Peña Nieto plagiarised law thesis, report says https://t.co/rwLOnryCUw
• IP Bill gets approval from terror laws watchdog IP Bill gets approval from terror laws watchdog https://t.co/JiFJ6fvyRh 
• UK, Saudi Arabia violating Arms Trade Treaty: Oxfam https://t.co/O3ER6P0Rwl 
• Andrea Tantaros of Fox News Claims Retaliation for Harassment Complaints #US https://t.co/3O4Dx7sBJJ 
• #US Supreme Court to Consider Legal Standard Drawn From 'Of Mice and Men' https://t.co/P2gDrmCquz 
• Nearly 1,800 Killed in Duterte's Drug War, #Philippine Police Official Tells Senators https://t.co/ZvC7HLbmYn 
• How Airbnb Can Fight Racial Discrimination https://t.co/cwdiHvCLMm 
• 'It Had to Be Stopped': Heroes Rise Amid France Terror Attacks https://t.co/OfPAsvmDEi 
• Inside the Conservative Push for States to Amend the Constitution #US https://t.co/tvWXZyxi2D 
• Lord Wallace suggests increase in politician numbers at Holyrood - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/vOvqGan1jW 
• England: Sources hint at move away from problem-solving courts expansion - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Rdcyeyemdl 
• Privately-run prison to cost more than £1bn over duration of contract - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/nsm0kWLkc2
• Lord Advocate affirms commitment to M9 crash FAI - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/irezo0poXz 
• Govan Law Centre petition for judicial review over social work committee's decision progresses - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Ymyr6oZwec 
• Government secrecy in renditions prosecution challenged - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/sX68M8VeRP
• Arbitration: Scottish government issues consultation on removing ability to contract out of 2010 Act - Scottish Lega…https://t.co/9X0gkXO7Kq 
• Strasbourg court rules deportation of Iraqi nationals would violate article 3 - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/waF98KpKBR
• No conflict of interest in same mental health officer reporting on competing guardian applications, Sheriff Appeal Court rules https://t.co/AM2q0NHjGh 
• Law & Development Training Programme – A4ID - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/BVEDetRk11 
• SLN Spotlight: David Arnott - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Nbk8WUi88F 
• Ex-naval officer wins appeal against custodial sentence for assault - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/LkTn8sAV4a
• HMRC presses on with non-dom tax reform despite Brexit | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/dJkfwPIVXH
• CILEx fears mandatory price publication will disadvantage new firms | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/8IQasW0a1N 
• Small businesses are being ‘priced out of court’ | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/HKhNwFI3nf 
• LiP slapped with £100k costs bill for ‘farrago of nonsense’ application | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/GuEjdGaZEs 
• Soldier dies in live firing training exercise in Northumberland https://t.co/Ry48kdoRk1 
• We are one profession | Law Gazette https://t.co/hBsxElpt27
• Contract drafters: don't be complacent | Law Gazette https://t.co/V5ew9n08sZ 
• Money claims ‘being priced out of court’, says bar | Law Gazette https://t.co/xIo3TGU6ws 
• Disgruntled client daubs solicitor’s car with black paint | Law Gazette https://t.co/bvhRLql8H7 
• Mandatory price lists for lawyers ‘necessary’, says consumer watchdog | Law Gazette https://t.co/xoGyHP92eU
• Solicitor referred to tribunal over Euro Parliament funds | Law Gazette https://t.co/4D0nfak4Vq
• Eynesbury Poppyfields care home death: Murder arrest after body find https://t.co/Q8MYdo6fqi 
• Woman guest editing @ireland Twitter account gets racist and sexist abuse https://t.co/RVx0tGA73O 
• Tory MP Heather Wheeler sparks Twitter backlash with British Empire post https://t.co/9KzjMO4Vo1 
• Boy, 8, killed in grenade attack on apartment in #Sweden https://t.co/9w1LJFvGud 
• First minister warns on cost of Brexit to Scotland https://t.co/W3N0lBSEGT 
• Ofsted boss in Isle of Wight row quits https://t.co/q9s0acoYEt 
• Mothers' pay lags far behind men https://t.co/7BFmDFZz4d
• Rio Paralympics 2016: #Russia banned after losing appeal https://t.co/bphDHtyMbh
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/qplQx1f2QI
• Law firm finance staff in demand as pay rises and responsibilities grow - Legal Futures https://t.co/DhghnNruDa 
• From assault to fake parking permits - SRA hands out series of rebukes - Legal Futures https://t.co/L9Zp8wVvCX 
• #Germans told to stockpile food and water for civil defence https://t.co/gCyhQxPsj7 
• Lord Heseltine: Theresa May won't ditch plan for mayors https://t.co/9oda6LOPn2 
• Irish journalist launches defamation action against her ex-employer https://t.co/1HdFH9diM2 
• Jihadi apologises for destroying mausoleums in Mali – video https://t.co/z6uaEzK9PN
• Destroying priceless art is vile and offensive – but it is not a war crime https://t.co/uDTOJL1vHU 
• Pointless UK bill of rights will not be scrapped, says Liz Truss https://t.co/XFoepG7NFm 
• Federal court blocks Obama's rules for transgender students' bathroom access #US https://t.co/uaKAicWBsa 
• Federal court blocks Obama's rules for transgender students' bathroom access https://t.co/uaKAicWBsa 
• Will ‘jihadi jails’ solve the problem of imprisoned Islamist extremists? Probably not | Alan Travis https://t.co/ChwI69wCOk
• Why our jury system can be guilty of inflexibility https://t.co/s9qCuCDDIx 
• The Guardian view on Islamist extremism in prisons: above all, don’t make things worse https://t.co/wjshNZwLdB 
• Lawyer sues judge over Black Lives Matter pin controversy | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/baPxBkYWFQ 
• Herbert Smith Freehills keeps on 94 per cent of qualifiers | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/it9RBqKL7E 
• Turnover and PEP fall at Bond Dickinson | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/fndkzxTyIC
• Gibson Dunn & Crutcher makes an important lateral hire in NY | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/qUrw74mHLg
• Dechert nabs senior finance partner pair from DLA Piper | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/dIijuHt9lI 
• Baker & McKenzie revenue up to five-year high | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/nLLp6zk0zG

22nd August - Law News

1701st 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: Suspect slips cuffs, ejected from police car. After being arrested, Logan Younger was ejected from a police cruiser when it crashed on the way to a detention center.

Focus of the day: Government plans to introduce tax avoidance scheme penalties for professional advisers have been roundly criticised by lawyers and accountants. Under the plans set out in a discussion document published this week “enablers” of tax avoidance could have to pay a fine of up to 100% of the tax the scheme’s user underpaid. Full story - New Law Journal

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Truss confirms commitment to Human Rights Act reform | Law Gazette https://t.co/8QmuzwwsrG 
• End 'campaign' against solicitor-advocates - Bourns | Law Gazette https://t.co/77XJS7uWsY 
• Bumper profits for Baker & McKenzie | Law Gazette https://t.co/Raw6kVDwoD
• PII deadline looms for firms covered by Enterprise Insurance | Law Gazette https://t.co/XICYKG8CKJ 
• Loyalty to small firms costs legal accountants | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/ffcYWqRJrp
• #Ethiopia 'hero' runner gets asylum donations after Oromo protest sign https://t.co/7ulAGWYsNw 
• Swimwear manufacturer Speedo is dropping its sponsorship of the disgraced #US Olympic swimmer Ryan Locht https://t.co/5hHdCQZqXo
• Teenage girls: Mental well-being 'worsening' https://t.co/1rhTPo2koS
• Lecturer admits killing wife in 'stabbing frenzy' as children slept https://t.co/uJFup95ieU
• Car comes to rest on roof of Fiat 500 in Glasgow https://t.co/LkyPq4jvVR
• PFI schools built in Scotland 'owned by offshore firms' https://t.co/gHuz2vU9fP 
• Kosovo sends accused ex-priest Lawrence Soper back to UK https://t.co/XlFRTJFSCC
• Islamist rebel apologises for destroying Timbuktu shrines at ICC trial #MALI https://t.co/bUdOMISKiF
• Drones seized over HMP Pentonville carrying drugs and phones https://t.co/X3cLm0krk7 
• Ex-DJ Denning admits child sex offences https://t.co/CLunNQsRU7 
• Prison extremists to be put in special units in jails https://t.co/sUNoS8gCYv 
• Donald #Trump's undocumented deportation pledge called into question #US https://t.co/JWLFBzD3a3 
• Brexit sparks rush for New Zealand as emigration inquiries hit record high https://t.co/HwNuJufZk7 
• Rise in women facing discrimination on taking maternity leave https://t.co/NP4bccEbuf
• H&M factories in #Myanmar employed 14-year-old workers https://t.co/Ick6IEqRlr
• Why has women’s fitness become a beauty contest? https://t.co/OCOaUINeQD 
• Rights group challenges FoI refusal in #Libyan rendition case https://t.co/9U3XbdltZ5 
• Brexit means Brexit … but the big question is when? https://t.co/voYVBDR5Ij 
• Hate preachers to be held in separate prison units to curb radicalisation https://t.co/9jQhfdGIwi 
• Islamist pleads guilty at ICC to destroying Timbuktu mausoleums #MALI https://t.co/G5C3IM6Dtw 
• Deputy district judge sacked over SDT conviction | Law Gazette https://t.co/tdbg02P59f 
• Conveyancing clerk banned from profession over fake client emails | Law Gazette https://t.co/MTfcRypkZy 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/D6yRlq5Cp7
• Slavery reports rise fivefold, Salvation Army says https://t.co/Y6pkKP0G8B 
• #TURKEY transgender murder prompts Istanbul protest https://t.co/WNnGd4paul 
• #Ethiopian runner makes protest sign as he crosses line in Rio https://t.co/bsj47vBcvT
• Rio ticket sales: Three OCI officials have passports seized by police #BRAZIL https://t.co/4UTkd6ZDfJ
• Prince death: Powerful drugs found in singer's home 'were mislabelled' https://t.co/1R4TCtDq0Y
• Files reveal approved school drug trial plans in 1960s https://t.co/0yFjUnRFbZ 
• D-Day for firms covered by insolvent Enterprise Insurance - Legal Futures https://t.co/ynFFG3haKX 
• Law Society calls for 'innovation sandbox' - Legal Futures https://t.co/BgtQS0KUx8 
• #Russian 'Putin mask' activist claims asylum in Ukraine https://t.co/BwtA8qQxJ5
• Labour leadership: Jeremy Corbyn reveals reforms to boost trade unions and worker's rights https://t.co/kUWcLO6cBU