24th October - Law News

1764th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based news & legal articles archive focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's video story: Junko Tabei, the first woman to climb the world's highest peak, has died at age 77, according to Japanese media reports.


Focus of the Day story: "Good character" citizenship requirement incompatible with ECHR. A man who moved to the UK from Jamaica as a four year-old, became involved in serious crime as a teenager and was convicted of manslaughter at the age of 23, has won a legal challenge against deportation. Full story - New Law Journal

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Confusion Over McBride's R2 Million Legal Fees #SOUTHAFRICA https://t.co/orvRi9x2WM 
• New York City, San Francisco Legal Battles Could Severely Damage Airbnb https://t.co/sqkM4he1HB 
• Legal Heroin Prescriptions: The 'British System' You Never Knew Existed https://t.co/4Xgff4MJag 
• Legal adviser to the Capital Development Authority (CDA) has been sent to Adiala Jail - housing scam #PAKISTAN https://t.co/a3vW2jPH4O 
• Sony confirms Kesha is working on a new album despite legal battle with Dr Luke https://t.co/qUjJxAXa7S
• How Your Internet Service Provider is Restricting Your Legal Rights #US https://t.co/EWKRan2Voc
• Donald Trump vows to take legal action against every woman who's accused him of sexual #US https://t.co/p52vemULnX 
• Law change bid to make assembly candidates live in Wales & counter UKIP https://t.co/ZKO0W14r1n 
• Bold young politician shows the way in 'absurd' pension law #CYPRUS https://t.co/pC3hXdcHyB
• UK training Saudi pilots amid reports of war crimes in #Yemen https://t.co/25w6eKbTWe 
• Mother's mission to get maternity leave extended https://t.co/0dMuZB1AJP https://t.co/r6nCcUtD1O
• Mother's mission to get maternity leave extended https://t.co/0dMuZB1AJP 
• Alcohol banned by new law in #IRAQ https://t.co/OR0NFaZgmf
• Theresa May plans to lay down the law on Brexit to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland without consultation https://t.co/6Ks8TOGC9K
• Donald Trump's Recording Narrows Divide on Sexual Assault https://t.co/GXZlLC0mhl 
• #Russian Suspected of Hacking U.S. Tech Companies, arrested in Prague, Is Indicted https://t.co/QChyltKAwP
• Where Are Women in F.B.I.'s Top Ranks? #US https://t.co/ClTsx9Jo8T 
• Pentagon Expects Mosul Push to Unlock Trove of ISIS Intelligence #IRAQ https://t.co/WVzY5jkknD 
• Scotland Embraces Gay Politicians in a Profound Cultural Shift https://t.co/wC8VUSzXPW
• They Took In One Refugee Family. But Families Don't Have Borders. #CANADA https://t.co/Aa6NOLEayl
• A New Era of Internet Attacks Powered by Everyday Devices https://t.co/J4YHNKyLr7 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/E2tNIh6Bs6
• CJEU: Ireland’s procedure for accepting applications for subsidiary protection incompatible with EU law https://t.co/L82cwJDrdT 
• Slovenia lodges ECtHR application against Croatia - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/SCDkd6NI9H 
• Scottish government urged to ensure pardons for gay and bisexual men apply north of border - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/yrVirsWAaQ
• UK 'will implement EU data protection laws in spite of Brexit' - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Pnh86MYBfd 
• Sir Swinton Thomas, Glasgow-born judge obituary - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/s3O8aG4mGF
• Northolt armed stand-off ends as police enter house https://t.co/IJSUoJAEgW
• ‘Very strong presence’ of cocaine detected in Cambridge law faculty https://t.co/ZthQ0csiON 
• Cash-strapped young barristers feeling more ‘lost’ and ‘depressed’ than ever https://t.co/xiEwQzHluT
• Cambridge University law students create crime-identifying ‘LawBot’ https://t.co/TihTGb3D1x 
• Brexit legal challenge: Lord Chief Justice condemns 'abusers' targeting claimants https://t.co/cTLqbbjz9k 
• Why it’s a great time to be a junior lawyer who understands tech https://t.co/Aka2nZZQ5h 
• The open units scandal: Are law students playing the system and manipulating their degree results? - Legal Cheek https://t.co/OCBYFZV7CU
• Everyone, stop what you're doing and look at this international lawyer's LinkedIn profile - Legal Cheek https://t.co/t0orf1uciK 
• Court ‘underwhelmed’ by government’s defence as Jeremy Wright QC takes stand in Brexit legal challenge - Legal Cheek https://t.co/lZirJlKAXH 
• Legal Cheek talks... winter vac schemes - Legal Cheek https://t.co/a0ll7jmzin 
• New York Times in killer response to Trump legal threat https://t.co/pSvokEGDUR
• Lawyers split over Ched Evans rape acquittal debate - Legal Cheek https://t.co/m90MRX47lr 
• Are US airstrikes in Syria legal? The law of war and why it could be improved - Legal Cheek https://t.co/QRh8u29jeZ 
• It’s back! People are once again sharing a useless legal privacy notice on Facebook - Legal Cheek https://t.co/zdlFrH8jAB 
• Are my plans for securing a training contract too cheeky for the legal profession? - Legal Cheek https://t.co/vLfzUafmec 
• A partner’s advice to aspiring female lawyers - Legal Cheek https://t.co/RH2YCq5vay 
• The law firms with the friendliest trainees in Britain - Legal Cheek https://t.co/Yb3FokPogC
• Clifford Chance is offering training contracts to ‘exceptional’ 18-year-olds - Legal Cheek https://t.co/ocOAKEgfJG 
• Court case disrupted by man dressed as Jesus who said he can prove his identity with a USB stick https://t.co/EcqZHeRv5E 
• CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang eyes US merger https://t.co/uYtD9wuk3L 
• Kelvin Mackenzie CAN make 'undoubtedly offensive' comments about C4 newsreaders, says regulator - Legal Cheek https://t.co/LfSRS8aWah
• We asked our readers who they think will win the Brexit legal challenge, the answer was a 50/50 split - Legal Cheek https://t.co/lWbBIOEBaj 
• Slaughter and May employee who stole ‘paper and stationery’ worth £3,000 banned from legal profession https://t.co/36lkgeutvo 
• Inside the legal advice clinic helping London’s start-ups - Legal Cheek https://t.co/UkNZdBD1Gg 
• Cape Town law students document shocking uprising from inside university in wake of tuition fee increases - Legal Ch…https://t.co/8cTMmB33mg 
• Cleary Gottlieb silent over claims it bills clients for students’ work - Legal Cheek https://t.co/jDXYZ3J874 
• Lord Borrie obituary: director-general of fair trading in the 1980s and early 90s https://t.co/vc3Eg0MWgq
• Albert Woodfox spent 43 years in solitary confinement: ‘I choose to use my anger as a means for changing things’ https://t.co/D0pw8ISgui 
• Pardoning the dead is fine. Better to say sorry to the living https://t.co/ufWrOR5pUV
• 'We might abolish the death penalty in 20 years': He Jiahong on justice in #CHINA https://t.co/vTOcsbjH0Z
• What could happen if the article 50 legal challenge is successful? https://t.co/Xi9lf3IIXB
• Dr Michael Siegel, eminent 50-year-old German Jewish lawyer warned the world about right wing Nazi politics in 1933 https://t.co/xIgKKF3q9Q 
• The kids who have to sew to survive https://t.co/oULCRwFC3W
• Banks poised to relocate out of UK over Brexit, BBA warns https://t.co/ZMrHc1oVR7 
• Calais migrants: #France prepares to demolish 'Jungle' camp https://t.co/ULjxBphIAJ 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/TJUqyADdqB
• Nuisance call bosses to face £500,000 fines https://t.co/oRnxrqME70 
• The voices of peace opposing war in #India and #Pakistan https://t.co/lCo7OFZh9d 
• #CHINA is soon the most visible victim of deglobalisation https://t.co/EYr2qBIdNk 
• Residents of Kansas city rally in support of Muslims #US https://t.co/F1YZha94eA 
• Housing: Councils call for freedoms to build new homes https://t.co/SaCR3d6x1H 
• AT&T announces it will buy Time Warner for nearly $86bn #US https://t.co/ppREy3Dg19 
• Northolt armed stand-off enters second night of talks https://t.co/0l2rpaWymw

23rd October - Law News

1763rd Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based news & legal articles archive focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's video story: Should Celebrities Be Held Criminally Liable For Endorsements? Last year, an Indian government testing laboratory found 'excess' lead in Maggi - one of the most popular brands of instant noodles. The brand ambassadors of the product, actors Amitabh Bachchan, Madhuri Dixit and Preity Zinta were not only flayed on social media but a case was filed against them in a local court in Uttar Pradesh. The case rested on the logic that celebrities should be held accountable for any product they endorse, since the celebrities, have a mass following and have the ability to sway people. The discourse on making celebrities accountable for misleading adverts was given a shot in the arm when the Parliamentary Standing Committee made recommendations on making celebrities accountable. Based on which, the Indian government has prepared a draft Bill proposing criminal liabilities on celebrities featuring in misleading advertisements.

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Campaigners chain themselves to railings as new Ken Loach film prompts protest against Tory benefit sanctions https://t.co/lH5Svv3cEc 
• Tube alert: Police given more time to hold suspect https://t.co/NYGYzNDmH4 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/qaZ3xf6qfA
• Calais children: Children without UK links among 70 new arrivals https://t.co/tDilIgzm14 
• Semi-naked British man found dead outside Malaga airport https://t.co/8BzvAOq15S 
• Tube device: Devon suspicious object 'not viable' https://t.co/rDqW9aBQPr 
• Companies which fail to prevent tax evasion may be subject to a criminal offence | New Law Journal: https://t.co/61UOAMSkQR
• Sir Geoffrey Vos approved as the Chancellor of the High Court with effect from 24 October | New Law Journal https://t.co/YYN1Nh9JXo
• Illegal mass surveillance confirmed | New Law Journal: https://t.co/5G8h6NF1I7 
• A pro bono scheme has been set up for intellectual property owners who lack the means | New Law Journal: https://t.co/VCuctiT3pp
• Budapest hosts UIA: Privacy, data protection, the challenges & opportunities of compliance | New Law Journal: https://t.co/pW4W5IEY1J
• Bar Pro Bono Award: John Collins of Zenith Chambers has won | New Law Journal: https://t.co/kiBX2a7LyY 
• Govt back-tracks on plans to axe money laundering defence for solicitors | New Law Journal: https://t.co/4Nq7tJXURc
• NLJ consultant editor wins litigation award | New Law Journal: https://t.co/BTd4yp7Fk7 
• Wellbeing at the Bar portal launched | New Law Journal: https://t.co/gzgJflLzPw 
• Fixed costs? CPRC meeting minutes reveal govt is rethinking clinical neglience claims proposals | New Law Journal: https://t.co/2iAOBsRwjv 
• Brexit hits the High Court: High profile constitutional battle over triggering Art 50 | New Law Journal: https://t.co/Ndys7JKIdF 
• Fast-track for birth injuries | New Law Journal: https://t.co/afbuVMU7Gw 
• "Good character" citizenship requirement incompatible with ECHR | New Law Journal: https://t.co/mCLceXSRBc 
• PII research greeted with scepticism | New Law Journal: https://t.co/YsudN6v42Q 
• #ITALY rules that stealing food not a crime if desperately hungry https://t.co/twOFw4wpNS 
• #Pakistani clerics declare transgender marriages legal in Islam https://t.co/bxI7volSMp 
• Young, Polish and pondering a Brexit future https://t.co/wMV8YlpaUO
• Toddler 'breathalysed' by joking police in Cheshire https://t.co/LBTyZn4Hfa 
• Wolverhampton citizen's arrest: Bag snatch suspect dies in hospital https://t.co/t4ALkBMiNm 
• 'Smart' home devices used as weapons in website attack https://t.co/NvzpaIr7b4
• Northolt 'armed' stand-off: Homes evacuated https://t.co/rDqW9aTrGZ
• European Parliament head tries to save EU-Canada trade talks https://t.co/zZJCdAJrRt 
• Nauru: #Australia's Guantanamo Bay? https://t.co/dKg8b5SIE6
• How the #Australian town of Bourke is trying to save their indigenous youth from a life of crime https://t.co/XbWeWQssUV 
• Russia accuses UK over 'shrinking' London embassy https://t.co/j02Zvs0gIB
• Jamar Clark death: No police disciplinary proceedings #US https://t.co/i50xYAxQG3

22nd October - Law News

1761st Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based news & legal articles archive focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's video story: There are 755 refugees on Nauru and 128 of them are children. Both the Nauruan and Australian governments say they want the refugees moved on from Nauru, but they have been unable to reach agreements on where else they could be sent. While that stalemate continues, many of these children are struggling to hang on to hope.

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Conservative minister Sam Gyimah obstructs progression of gay pardon law https://t.co/HtddaKksFG 
• Nonsense paper written by iOS autocomplete accepted for conference https://t.co/121WyRjPPX 
• Terror police check tube bomb suspect for Islamist links https://t.co/XaC3YwlcrL 
• News UK faces civil claims totalling millions after Mazher Mahmood trial https://t.co/tYPZiGFe4O 
• HSF loses City finance partner to Allen & Overy | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/PuK4EVLNEJ
• Slaughter and May stationary thief banned from legal profession | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/OKx8fxgP5B
• BAT calls in HSF and Cravath for mega merger | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/9ifqqwdJu1 
• Sharp pay rises for partners at US firms | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/0ycayPyn1h 
• Nabarro steps out of European alliance ahead of merger | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/9IVgVjsT82 
• No 10 rejects Alain Juppé's threats to push UK border from Calais to Kent https://t.co/eLrjcOKU4V 
• 'Clock is ticking' on companies exploiting 'gig economy' says Labour MP https://t.co/rsM1rlMVre 
• Aleppo ceasefire at risk after #Russia says all rebels can be eliminated https://t.co/d2x9mQtsGe 
• Teenager describes summer on 'terrifying' adult ward https://t.co/JXY8UlB88b
• Ceta: EU 'not capable' of signing deal says Canadian minister https://t.co/hTdesBhYmO 
• Massive web attacks briefly knock out top sites https://t.co/To7s37P868
• Counter-terrorism arrest over North Greenwich Tube device https://t.co/CuxuGrhnLo 
• Man charged with murder of Pentonville Prison inmate https://t.co/xC3D2MHFYE
• Calais migrants: 'Jungle' closure to start on Monday, France says https://t.co/hLjY5mMW04 
• Tips for returning to a legal career | Law Gazette https://t.co/61WtAC2RX6 
• Law Society Excellence Awards winners announced | Law Gazette https://t.co/VVS7I4859l 
• MoJ concession on ‘borderline’ legal aid cases | Law Gazette https://t.co/UWhLpWcqAZ 
• Solicitor fined over £2m SDLT avoidance scheme | Law Gazette https://t.co/AZPgtqRO2z 
• Posthumous pardons for gay men ‘not enough’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/AF39N9iP6x 
• Magic circle firm pilots video game to test wannabe trainees | Law Gazette https://t.co/PPNMrtymI1
• Travel agents bid to crack down on ‘unsubstantiated’ holiday illness claims | Law Gazette https://t.co/ZzXZ85bOSe 
• SRA armed with data in preparation for new PII battle | Law Gazette https://t.co/cPZZSp0hxR 
• Gary Lineker defends his pro child refugee comments even after pressure from right-wing racists  https://t.co/RiVIep0rUp 
• Gary Lineker defends his pro child refugee comments even after pressure from right-wing racists and anti-immigrants https://t.co/MNTHI7sZMf 
• PC Gordon Semple: Murder accused 'may have cooked and eaten officer' https://t.co/IlImgBUMaZ 
• I woke in a stranger's bed, says university rape victim https://t.co/6NGx63631D 
• 'Fake Sheikh' Mazher Mahmood jailed over Tulisa case https://t.co/iMKT5EQv8R
• Aberfan disaster: 50th anniversary marked with silence https://t.co/ATilN42XxO
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/RQMCqd9xjQ
• First heterosexual UK couple in civil partnership urge government to end ban https://t.co/cw1loQdya5 
• Jail again for fraudulent ex-solicitor who hijacked law firm's identity - Legal Futures https://t.co/56TfQ3GAuI 
• Indemnity insurers paying out £200m a year as a result of solicitors' mistakes - Legal Futures https://t.co/GDO6Q00Eyo 
• Delivering a first-class service experience - Legal Futures: https://t.co/30VPbWLlrp

21st October - Law News

1760th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based news & legal articles archive focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's video story: Our obsession with 'good immigrants' breeds intolerance. Society sets the bar so high to become a ‘good immigrant’, argues writer Nikesh Shukla, that normal immigrants are demonised. He says non-Brits in the public eye have a simple path to good-immigrant status – as long as they play within the rules. But immigrants should be held to to the same standards as everybody else.


Focus of the Day story: An influential group of MPs has criticised the Ministry of Justice for failing to translate its goodwill for magistrates into any meaningful strategy to support them. In a report published today, the House of Commons justice committee says the magistracy faces a range of ‘unresolved issues’ relating to its role and workload, and serious problems with recruitment and training, which should be urgently addressed. Full story - The Law Society Gazette

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Want Reform in #BAHRAIN? Listen to Human Rights Defenders https://t.co/9iJys95QQv 
• NGOs file complaint against Bayer for mislabeling of hazardous pesticide products sold #GERMANY https://t.co/0QtsQaZxbX 
• #BANGLADESH parliament should repeal a new law regulating civil society organizations accepting foreign funds https://t.co/nOTdKFwuFT 
• Government's lip service to human rights commitment #JAMAICA https://t.co/Vq6LqdXGKP 
• #INDIA must release Kashmiri human rights activist, U.N. experts say https://t.co/P0p792ral9 Oct 20, 2016
• State of emergency provisions violate human rights and should be revoked #TURKEY https://t.co/oyt89C1a98 
• 'Water is a human right ... but it can have a price' https://t.co/rdcaBMd5Bh 
• Weighed down by politics, Jokowi disregards human rights issues #INDONESIA https://t.co/AHSYLYxmpK 
• Dilrukshi resumes duties as Additional Solicitor General #SRILANKA https://t.co/9CqEZFlBA2
• Ched Evans’ solicitor speaks - Shaun Draycott, solicitor-advocate, Draycott Browne Ltd - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/MtFGf7gqMj 
• Former Dundee teacher accused of pretending to be solicitor https://t.co/43TEgN9r0X
• Transforming our justice system: assisted digital strategy, online conviction and statutory fixed fines https://t.co/5IiV6sbtPe 
• Implications of Brexit for the Justice System https://t.co/JQoFOiVvVu O
• Criminal justice system to be accessible and provide inclusive service for all (#Scotland) https://t.co/Y39qMNTFZG 
• The battle for criminal-justice reform is being fought in local district attorney races #US https://t.co/XQGOZcgmtl 
• Petition seeks 'justice' for 'abuse' Bishop George Bell https://t.co/qrRLdPbkSJ 
• Trump comes out hard for the Second Amendment, attacks Justice Ginsburg #US https://t.co/F3zBgGIYbi
• Calais camp charity threatens UK with legal action over vulnerable children https://t.co/UgZqu6aVvp
• Melania Trump's Legal Threat to People Magazine Is Puzzling Experts #US https://t.co/GZ2J6NPWOl 
• The legal battle over whether carriers truly offer 'unlimited' data may be coming to an end https://t.co/5S2HJVDgTd 
• Brexit in the High Court: What the legal arguments tell us https://t.co/Q5XeBmGOKv 
• UK government must consider impact of Brexit on anti-corruption law, parliamentary committee warns https://t.co/qZkI7gaj5z 
• UK Government Adopts US Principles on Secret Drone War https://t.co/YRRVVIa7M9 
• Home Office admits checks on 'child refugees' in Calais are limited and hampered by French law https://t.co/W4nSQuIAoY 
• UK lawmaker with a disability proposes bill banning abortions on babies with disabilities https://t.co/fkIvCQurW7 
• UK Spy Agencies 'Acted Outside the Law' Collecting Citizens' Data https://t.co/o5nrklRHXe O
• Brexit steals magic from UK law firms https://t.co/1Uq3rFPnhV
• Chatbot entrepreneur builds free tool for law firms | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/kp3aV8F9eg
• Law firm launches consultancy for fellow law firms | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/lk16sG4QYN 
• Skaddens and K&E advising on ZTO Express listing on NYSE | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/FGAEeNvA60 
• Litigation funders plan to invest in ABS law firms | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/95H1MlV3JP 
• Gadens' Melbourne office to opt out of Dentons merger | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/FNXOn6Q3im 
• CMS, Nabarro and Olswang to review 850 jobs for tie-up | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/K5bgkMY5M5 
• Refugees and Cindy Crawford’s daughter: an age-old problem for the tabloids https://t.co/D59hsmjenA 
• Pentonville stabbing is 'most extreme example of prison safety decline' https://t.co/4sprtmNSzW 
• Hermes case shines light on precarious employment of Britain's workers https://t.co/Rsh1iaSOTF 
• UK policy to deport refugees for 'extremist behaviour' criticised https://t.co/ldRgdLPoIx 
• Self-employment status - who's next under the HMRC spotlight https://t.co/YbmGdKXPBC 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/CqbFdfTdIP
• Prison reforms 'simply not achievable' amid 'loss of control' https://t.co/CQt08vQlg1 
• Michael Fallon: Britain using cyber warfare against IS https://t.co/HNKCrUl9o6 
• Exeter restaurant bomber Nicky Reilly dies in prison https://t.co/KLdZVmOQaY 
• Foreign student 'not exempted from migration figures' https://t.co/UsjQ6Q6kVb 
• Ex-solicitor becomes local authority head of housing - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/eBUfvWFsCL 
• Law firms leading the way in charity's social mobility initiative - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/2OSaVGTjfp 
• FCA orders lenders to refund overcharged mortgage arrears customers - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/nHFjKFIaFh 
• Watermans has two accredited personal injury specialists after managing director's recognition - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/oSbuzVaozK 
• Possible return of death penalty in Turkey is condemned - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/LvIQ6VIE2p 
• ‘Abuse of state power’ inquiry call after High Court rules Rangers raid ‘unlawful’ - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/VOhfE516Bm 
• Breastfeeding rights to apply to employees as well as customers - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/WklFSYIugp 
• ECJ: Fixed-price system for prescription drugs breaks free movement rules - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/A5ne0q4aTy 
• UK government announces pardons for gay and bisexual men - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/GiKuNBtfbA 
• UK government announces pardons for gay and bisexual men - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/dSqQH91BS7 
• Faculty recommends no sanctions for lawyers who advise on tax avoidance - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/bNfEsEYalW 
• Scottish government launches referendum bill consultation - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/gmnkl1yeHZ 
• Sheriff Appeal Court sets out test for remit to Court of Session after refusing motion - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/F1I5CuipVZ
• Alton Towers Smiler crash: 'Disgusting' students 'dress as victims' https://t.co/kBJZEVqrMX 
• Apple complains Amazon's US site is selling fake products https://t.co/IqBSdv4mdC
• Tube train device controlled explosion at North Greenwich https://t.co/cOwyHRgwsb 
• Vos to head Chancery Division | Law Gazette https://t.co/yWRe3D9xki 
• High Court rejects attempt to end case over ‘wrong’ court fee payment | Law Gazette https://t.co/IgVgSykiaT 
• Solicitor fined after giving fraudster ‘inappropriate influence’ in firm | Law Gazette https://t.co/zUfOGCyVPw
• Three struck off after fraudsters infiltrate law firm | Law Gazette https://t.co/LQ9rLjMvo4 
• Court staff lament service decline as cuts bite | Law Gazette https://t.co/5kAjoZnmLI 
• Former solicitor and serial fraudster jailed for five years | Law Gazette https://t.co/XAL90PRfIe 
• Mandatory child abuse reporting ‘not the right solution’, Society warns | Law Gazette https://t.co/Tl49PEYeEV 
• PM ‘hopeful’ over legal aid for Birmingham pub bombings victims’ families | Law Gazette https://t.co/HFeozc2EKO
• Manchester firms continue growth after financial surge | Law Gazette https://t.co/OdlXYvnGFg 
• Magic circle stationery thief banned from legal profession | Law Gazette https://t.co/QLakw75YTA 
• Firms will not be forced to publish prices at this stage: SRA | Law Gazette https://t.co/RZ7stxCDHf 
• NBA star Derrick Rose and friends cleared in rape case #US https://t.co/7moD68ZLy4
• Are you a UK magistrate? Share your experiences https://t.co/dtWZdnVBEw 
• State of emergency likely to ramp up repression in fractured #Ethiopia https://t.co/ztcr2BGeNA 
• How could Britain see the light on rape? By looking to the Nordic countries https://t.co/eJdt7CGKTV
• Posthumous pardons for gay and bisexual men: share your views https://t.co/Yf70a6rydG 
• HMRC's Hermes inquiry shows government finally got the message https://t.co/qZ9kMiijja 
• Secrecy over UK drone strike deaths in #Syria faces legal challenge https://t.co/MBh7ZlEhKE 
• Prisoner who battered cellmate to death with a TV jailed for 14 years https://t.co/mCxDwUyETi 
• MPs back motion to strip Sir Philip Green of his knighthood https://t.co/y1tbR8di7n 
• California judge who mocked blind man emblematic of failed traffic court system #US https://t.co/mj9bPitdvC
• Pentonville stabbing victim wanted to be 'better man and father' https://t.co/1PoiPnS8kD 
• Woman who imported 'euthanasia kit' took her own life, inquest rules https://t.co/XSGxhD1zSQ 
• Serial returners cause problems for shops https://t.co/5oXEa9eBvl 
• Ex-Stephen Lawrence case suspect among most wanted https://t.co/Ogz8pQoZGr 
• Molly-Mae Wotherspoon dog death: RSCPA concerns 'not acted upon' https://t.co/4ApjYOdXyg 
• Kelvin MacKenzie Ipso ruling 'frightening', says Fatima Manji https://t.co/WmOwZIjIuV
• Boundary changes: Political map of Scotland to be redrawn https://t.co/3N8x7vINt2 
• New Scottish independence bill published https://t.co/vv1yOVvmBm
• Gay men convicted of now-abolished sex offences to be pardoned https://t.co/ZSXK46Ooyw 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/JUMU0MxK3c
• Antisemitic attackers “publicized their role as self-appointed surrogates for Trump & their allegiance to the right https://t.co/sIMxu4i2kW 
• Samsung exploding phone issue extends past Note 7, lawsuit says https://t.co/eqwlVpPbpn 
• Antisemitic attackers “publicized their role as self-appointed surrogates for Trump & their allegiance to the white https://t.co/75UzjMzQaE
• This is everything Trump could come up with to disprove 10 accusations of sexual assault https://t.co/vwcJxZkO6k
• Gary Lineker hits back at online abuse from the likes of UKIP over criticism of Calais refugee coverage https://t.co/wdcxLiqC0Y 
• Muslim Council of Britain to set up alternative counter-terror scheme https://t.co/j7DU6kWszF 
• ACLU takes on Fisa court over secret decisions on surveillance laws #US https://t.co/lEwJMcGDMI 
• Gary Lineker hits back at online abuse from the likes of UKIP over criticism of Calais refugee coverage https://t.co/qdifCxHNRU 
• Posthumous pardons law may see Oscar Wilde exonerated https://t.co/0hzV0WcPJS 
• NBA star Derrick Rose and friends cleared in rape case #US https://t.co/7moD68ZLy4 
• Philip Green launches fresh attack on Frank Field https://t.co/RVgIXCyPG5 
• Tech investors deterred because of 'relatively small' global legal market - Legal Futures https://t.co/VfwnqdHt9Y
• Solicitors in trouble for allowing non-lawyers to have inappropriate control over firms - Legal Futures https://t.co/Qezve0SE3m

20th October - Law News

1759th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based news & legal articles archive focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's video story: India’s Muslim women mobilise against triple talaq, calling for protection of their divorce rights. Thumbnail: Activists hold placards during a protest against the statements made by the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) in its affidavit to the Supreme Court, in Mumbai, India on September 7, 2016.


Focus of the Day story: The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has made a direct plea to government to use next month’s Autumn Statement to make good on the plan announced last year to grant it full independence from the Law Society.  Full story - Legal Futures

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Alleged serial killer Stephen Port 'filmed meeting victim' https://t.co/BzkDLZDoX9 
• Understanding the directories | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/BqsytXBp8f 
• 'El Chapo' judge assassinated | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/EKPkmqKQY2
• Baker & McKenzie pulls off 10-strong team hire in Switzerland https://t.co/QkrKQBdUxn
• King & Wood Mallesons picks new senior partner | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/NROOEJW9pO 
• Hundreds of British lawyers register in Ireland | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/vz0BCeIbJp 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/0J3uQHN8ng
• Barrister and construction law Professor Rudi Klein wins industry award - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/vDr3C8xPyo 
• Shoosmiths advises toy giant Hamleys on new Scotland store - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/CbYfkFhyHJ
• The Guilt of Innocence - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/XCrfComyY4 
• Terra Firma Chambers’ 7th Annual Local Government Conference - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/7Co1ViDkUP 
• Blog: Career development and volunteering at the Law Society - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/GfpkbDNSKK
• Strathclyde Law Clinic sees 26 per cent increase in cases - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/an62JnjZPo
• Average price of Scottish home rises 4.3 per cent – RoS - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/JemzSYstT6
• Call for fresh approach to debt satisfactions in Scotland - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/AGwLe4sdqL 
• Crown criticised for ‘oppressive’ conduct in seeking warrant to search solicitors’ offices - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/OjXrM4yEGT 
• Pentonville Prison death: Victim Jamal Mahmoud was a young father https://t.co/o9zVBPzzDd 
• Joshua Titcombe death: Midwife Lindsey Biggs struck off https://t.co/ZDp74lM2y3 
• Criminal with unmarried parents avoids 'discriminatory' deportation https://t.co/DSKBMc95NL 
• Law may be needed to preserve the rights of Irish in UK after Brexit https://t.co/cWKHK5nCzK 
• Jean-Pierre Bemba convicted of interfering with witnesses in ICC first #DRCongo https://t.co/DTdfWz3l9Y 
• Taxpayer faces huge bill after Ingenious Media wins case against HMRC https://t.co/ETD8dlys74 
• TUC: Legal aid reforms cutting people out of justice system https://t.co/WqQOPyugh0 
• Sat-nav maps update aims to prevent stuck lorries https://t.co/N9OapuKmEz 
• Regulator clears Kelvin MacKenzie after hijab article complaints https://t.co/8nCICF15RP
• Skilled workers 'may be exempt from immigration controls': Hammond https://t.co/uWBf4AgSGO 
• Hot dogs 'must be renamed' in #Malaysia, says religious government body https://t.co/UeoVCFsUa4 
• Dentists condemn call for child migrants' teeth to be tested https://t.co/k2k7XFrk99 
• Justice for victims of Gaza flotilla raid? Israel-Turkey agreement over the 2010 raid | Law Gazette https://t.co/ni4ffGaOD7 
• Justice for victims of Gaza flotilla raid? Israel-Turkey agreement over the 2010 raid | Law Gazette https://t.co/Lx7abTpm2R
• Court closures set for completion by September 2017 | Law Gazette https://t.co/nddVzGyh9u https://t.co/9GDE54zGKt 
• Solicitors ‘crucial’ to charitable bequests | Law Gazette https://t.co/cCe82CI9HB https://t.co/PiWACgcp2v
• Government to keep AML ‘consent’ defence | Law Gazette https://t.co/4ZZ34xnNbn 
• ABI data ‘shows insurers saving billions in claims costs’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/VekBCKIpd4 
• Solicitors ‘crucial’ to charitable bequests | Law Gazette https://t.co/cCe82CI9HB 
• MoJ backs home support for vulnerable witnesses | Law Gazette https://t.co/PiH5TgLvLF
• Clin neg fixed costs limit set to be £25k | Law Gazette https://t.co/FcmenSSbyb 
• Court closures set for completion by September 2017 | Law Gazette https://t.co/nddVzGyh9u 
• ‘There was no money’: MoJ called in consultants to help control spending | Law Gazette https://t.co/CWvuR9yr3p 
• For geeks everywhere – law tech ‘disrupters’ gather at landmark London event | Law Gazette https://t.co/s02PngM141 
• Agency rethink on legal aid contracts ‘embarrassment’ clause | Law Gazette https://t.co/PNaRmzksDI 
• IP pro bono scheme launched | Law Gazette https://t.co/qkpUeczXDV
• Magistrates need support strategy, MPs tell MoJ | Law Gazette https://t.co/K2Gxnma5bf
• Saudi prince executed for murdering man in brawl https://t.co/R1LLegmkv5
• Manchester Olympic blaggers: We meant no harm and the athletes saw the fun in it https://t.co/ONEQg8Jbol 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/1NijfgOJYg
• WikiLeaks: Ecuador admits limiting Assange's internet access https://t.co/wwmCJmiYsl 
• Pentonville Prison stabbing: Inmate killed and two injured https://t.co/riFdj8VX3d 
• Zero-hours staff at Welsh Government HQ despite pledge https://t.co/cs2JBK3oJF 
• Teenage girl arrives in UK as part of response to Calais crisis https://t.co/CXJmRp47TQ 
• Child abuse inquiry insider 'told Home Office about Goddard concerns in April' https://t.co/3P1ndbrO08 
• Whitehall outsourcing scheme cost £4m more than it saved, MPs say https://t.co/yin9uufzvd https://t.co/sYwgB06L7F
• One arrested after man killed in Pentonville prison https://t.co/rMuJrbCJLz
• Whitehall outsourcing scheme cost £4m more than it saved, MPs say https://t.co/yin9uufzvd 
• Putin's #Russia 'will retaliate' against British media after RT's bank accounts closed https://t.co/dbMvvOzFa5 
• The Guardian view on Philip Green: time to lose the Sir | Editorial https://t.co/hmvGMhdHnw 
• Racial identity is a biological nonsense, says Reith lecturer Philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah https://t.co/ErPrkiqJtg 
• 'Jackie' of Rolling Stone rape article will not testify, plaintiff's lawyers say #US https://t.co/DeSMqIAhMJ 
• Third of students abducted by Boko Haram 'unwilling to leave captors' #NIGERIA https://t.co/6fEb6eY1Rq 
• UK's Prevent counter-radicalisation policy 'badly flawed' https://t.co/t5ZJfUk9YZ
• 'Dangerous and unsafe' care driving midwives out of NHS https://t.co/J64UJj4tvC 
• The Guardian view on the child sex abuse inquiry: obscurity adds insult to injury | Editorial https://t.co/lVShsvus9P
• MPs recommend extension of magistrates' powers https://t.co/NdR6sAp1P0 
• Law firms need 'culture of experimentation' before they can embrace IT transformation - Legal Futures https://t.co/a30hopX1pp
• Ministry of Justice “can get house in order” on Brexit, says top mandarin - Legal Futures https://t.co/3VLD6Y3kYX 
• Law firms need 'culture of experimentation' before they can embrace IT transformation - Legal Futures https://t.co/Xm6Fw8CUxV
• Tory MPs lobby Truss to get on with whiplash reform - Legal Futures https://t.co/aVmpylZjZq

19th October - Law News

1758th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based news & legal articles archive focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's video story: The western world is dividing Syrian children according to the political views of their parents, Asma Assad, the Syrian First Lady, said in a rare interview. She said the mainstream media only concentrated on those stories which matched their policy.


Focus of the Day story: Half of global businesses at risk of human rights breach claims. UK government called upon to hold companies criminally accountable for serious abuses, including those committed overseas  Full story - Solicitors Journal

Saturday Conversations on Law

• White & Case continues City investment in latest promotions round | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/ofvNlZxAp7
• Dillon Eustace appoints new banking partner | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/W4ukkV6t3b 
• The threats and opportunities of cybersecurity | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/smLZwMH9CT 
• HSF to launch arbitration centre in Australia | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/8rIQBPwHY1 
• Firm branches out into non-legal services | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/Ywmoca2s9J 
• Family of footballer Ched Evans have said they may take legal action after a discussion of his rape acquittal https://t.co/raxFEYCgrW
• After mocking Islam, Olympian gymnast Louis Smith visits two mosques with video https://t.co/yA0P0rlagF 
• #SYRIA First Lady Asma Al-Assad 'rejected offer of asylum' https://t.co/PJBadQy3Wf 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/EjrJKpIMvX
• Man tries to pull woman's hijab off in the middle of Oxford Street https://t.co/JypzcibMF2 https://t.co/zOyso0n6qZ 
• Privately educated drug dealer spared jail as it would 'blight' her career https://t.co/3puN1SSaEp 
• Jeremy Corbyn has proven his Labour can be a credible opposition after all https://t.co/o5sQu8hQOA
• Sir Philip Green is apparently 'sad and sorry for BHS hardship' while sat on his luxuary yacht... https://t.co/axhAR7IUCp 
• Cyber crime 'cost UK residents £210 each in the last year' https://t.co/55w823z15r 
• Man tries to pull woman's hijab off in the middle of Oxford Street https://t.co/JypzcibMF2 
• Dame Lowell Goddard preferred to work alone, MPs told https://t.co/rzfsejNAfa 
• RT: NatWest denies shutting accounts of Russian TV channel https://t.co/gjQEwOn8E2 
• Officials pushed by MPs over failure to provide spending plans in annual report... https://t.co/8Z1Ixj0YjB 
• An inadmissible confession, and the lengths the police can go in pursuit of a suspect, shows the PACE https://t.co/65v6jVMLBT 
• News of growing social mobility is tempered by lack of representation for women, BAMEs, and the disabled in... https://t.co/cZUb1xtBqM
• Government is ‘flogging off valuable capital without a proper plan for alternatives’, says campaigner... https://t.co/6DW8eSfoh2 
• A hungry, morbid, or disappointed judge is a dangerous thing for your client, or so research suggests, https://t.co/5h9AmyRc4
• The government has cut legal aid, increased court fees, but not considered the consequences for access to https://t.co/33bevYFyq4
• News of growing social mobility is tempered by lack of representation for women, BAMEs, and the disabled in https://t.co/LvG6QIRt93 
• ECJ: Initial acquirer of a computer program can resell original copy and license - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/FfNYCbuo7K 
• Injuries after Manchester Victoria Station roof collapse https://t.co/W4cJ3Ank8S 
• Tesco boss: 'Food price inflation could be lethal for struggling millions', the reality of brexit https://t.co/ttour6R8ph
• Lady Smith invites victims and witnesses to child sex abuse to come forward - Scottish Legal News... https://t.co/wZiNQlqEC7 
• Blog: What is the Department of Exiting the European Union and what does it do? - Scottish Legal News... https://t.co/Tuj4tffYQq 
• Staff at Road Traffic Accident Law Scotland smash active challenge - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/5kD7udCldu
• 'Ten out of ten' for teen trials in Edinburgh courtroom - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/qPxc7yIOiD 
• Shepherd and Wedderburn lawyers to address Boston conference - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/udig8UpY7E 
• Standard Life to probe own conduct over pension sales - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/NQWGq14To1 
• Three in five people in Northern Ireland want abortion decriminalised https://t.co/zlCmil1NKf https://t.co/SRnc9VQtnw 
• ECJ: Initial acquirer of a computer program can resell original copy and license - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/E1Mel365BY 
• Blog: What is the Department of Exiting the European Union and what does it do? - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/3QbLFjMBAi 
• BLM welcomes introduction of 'simple procedure' for claims of up to £5k - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/h1A6LNuhuS 
• Lady Smith invites victims and witnesses to child sex abuse to come forward - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/nxjYy542Ve
• Court rejects pianists ‘partnership’ claim for gay dating app profits - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/52gsUOV5kc 
• False memories: from the lab to the courtroom - Science Weekly podcast https://t.co/0fWgmVkhQt
• Modern Slavery Act gives UK companies a free pass to profit from slavery overseas https://t.co/drByrIdjyV 
• Australia should urgently improve whistleblower protection, UN expert says https://t.co/W3CFpkHPs0
• Three in five people in Northern Ireland want abortion decriminalised https://t.co/zlCmil1NKf 
• This is Spinal Tap star sues Vivendi for $125m in profits row https://t.co/CjFDiD9SGV 
• Report calls on Irish government to tackle Denis O'Brien's media control #IRELAND https://t.co/5F6KvVIJTV
• There’s still time to stop the surveillance society https://t.co/97BqB9PWu2
• Tesco boss: 'Food price inflation could be lethal for struggling millions', the reality of brexit https://t.co/xGqCztUaOF
• Donald Trump's dark warning that dead will rise to rig the election #US https://t.co/nLJUg4SrbC 
• Why are Brexiters trying to shut down debate? Because they’re scared https://t.co/EElJpMItfj 
• Criminal barristers say 'over-reaction' to Ched Evans case may be counterproductive https://t.co/9KbCngt7W7
• Commons vote to ratify Brexit deal likely AFTER it has been trigger, says No 10 https://t.co/FIIAyV5nJU 
• Thanet MP Craig Mackinlay's aide arrested in Houses of Parliament rape investigation https://t.co/QloWANFVW3 
• Spalding killings: Girl, 15, guilty of double murder https://t.co/hBmNCXV7uM 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/vmJ4JpynQc
• Sussex NHS mental health trust criticised over killings by patients https://t.co/aG3SgT8qdF 
• High Court orders disclosure in bitter costs battle | Law Gazette https://t.co/BZUau5h6QC 
• Hunt: time to end ‘litigation culture’ in maternity cases | Law Gazette https://t.co/IhrwP4I7Bq 
• Paid McKenzie friend jailed for ‘deceit in family court’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/E3frMvCwYV 
• Clin neg rethink: fixed costs limit set to be £25k | Law Gazette https://t.co/QxbA22wQT8 
• Briggs: ‘sky’s the limit’ for online court claims | Law Gazette https://t.co/rxd6247Jpn 
• Bar watchdog cool on competing for ABS business | Law Gazette https://t.co/vLRPYZDbYZ 
• Tributes paid to Bevan Brittan partner Tim Rowe | Law Gazette https://t.co/71MrFb2WBs
• The future of Bar training is changing, and we want your views - Legal Futures https://t.co/sXlcvtAJ0I 
• NextLaw adds 'smart contracts' pioneer to start-ups portfolio - Legal Futures https://t.co/4aULoDyrKk
• Briggs urges barristers to embrace direct access - Legal Futures: https://t.co/WZvMgtqFKM