24th November - Law News

1795th 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: Pope Francis on Monday extended the power to forgive the "grave sin" of abortion to all priests. Pope Francis revealed the measure in a church document known as an "apostolic letter."


Focus of the Day Story: Figures in the government’s proposals for whiplash reform are out of date and will be updated during the implementation process, the Ministry of Justice conceded to the Gazette today. The MoJ's consultation document proposes that minor injuries lasting six to nine months would receive £400 damages plus £25 for psychological impact, while injuries lasting 19 to 24 months will have a £3,600 tariff. Full story - The Law Society Gazette

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Stronachs doubles its CLAN fundraising target for 2016 - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/K7iVN5kjAr 
• Law Society of Scotland honoured at new Cyber Awards - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/06xOoI6qkJ
• Book now for Tumbling Lassie events - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/2yZj0Bxl7K 
• Highest number of first-time buyers in Scotland quarterly since 2007 - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/E3oHe4qRfD
• Matheson announces new justice strategy - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/fe0pyhgIxq
• Tory justice spokesman should be given 'straight red card' after putting refereeing duties before Holyrood - Scottis…https://t.co/Y7Fn5U7pOa
• Law Society chief executive calls on SLCC to resolve complaint backlog - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/3cuQaoI1BU 
• Pinsent Masons advises on £1.4bn Skyscanner sale - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/pa17kyvYAD 
• ‘Stateless’ Palestinian asylum seeker loses appeal for leave to remain in UK - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/5k7VyxPkwq
• Scotland sees ‘significant increase’ in complaints about lawyers - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/GsDb9EnuJv 
• Crown wins ‘public interest’ appeal against judge’s decision to desert trial - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/spkBrtiLgG 
• Husband accused of sexual coercion fails in bid to question wife about alleged affairs - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Ipfcz1NqBs 
• Briggs LJ: Courts service not like the NHS | Law Gazette https://t.co/WIvqFSDE5g 
• Solicitors demand answers over Bolton firm’s ‘secret’ grant | Law Gazette https://t.co/8lGQkF6Wx6 
• Firm partners predict legal Brexit exodus | Law Gazette https://t.co/kSCBIpNDO1
• PII cover denied after dishonesty claim | Law Gazette https://t.co/IXUyezxv6n 
• Colombia Caravana’s enduring relevance - lawyers withstand global onslaught on civil liberties | Law Gazette https://t.co/VIiWvlFvdM
• QualitySolicitors predicts resurgence – but it will be ‘boring’ https://t.co/rcAqeEF3l0 
• Autumn statement: ‘unacceptable’ attack on tax lawyers | Law Gazette https://t.co/4w0YvIOiKc 
• Costs lawyers complain solicitors can’t keep to budgets | Law Gazette https://t.co/L2xapuvOaV 
• Public access barrister disbarred after third hearing in month | Law Gazette https://t.co/bScaEOjAq8 
• Extraordinary coincidence reunites migrant girl, 4, with mother https://t.co/T3Ln4BSDns
• Brussels and Paris terror suspect 'was given £3,000 in UK park' https://t.co/fgpHskMOf3
• Trinity Mirror's chiefs should resign for failing to protect a source https://t.co/qVSYXhrDbr 
• No Asians, no blacks. Why do gay people tolerate such blatant racism? https://t.co/is1f3zukBe 
• Jill Stein raises over $2m to request #US election recounts in battleground states that voted Trump https://t.co/gid0KZWdiC 
• Primie minister Modi accused of muzzling NGOs by blocking foreign funding #INDIA https://t.co/VGvJilRnNz 
• Autumn Statement: 'Grim picture' for family finances https://t.co/pT9a5rWVGM 
• Bangalore bank driver after being employed for 3 weeks, makes off with $134,000 #INDIA https://t.co/ZwQi55rjQW 
• Does it matter that a UN ambassador has no foreign policy experience? https://t.co/3i6x2gq6Sj 
• Birmingham Riots: Wrongful arrest claim man wins payout https://t.co/KAj3Mya2US 
• Football-related arrests first rise in three years https://t.co/MsjLxyvFB8 
• Murder charges after Wolverhampton toddler's death https://t.co/w9HyvH9s6q 
• Essex fire worker sacked for flood rescue Facebook post https://t.co/It5mQObRkj 
• Football sex abuse claims: NSPCC received more than 50 calls https://t.co/ggtCi2sPaP 
• Nigel Farage warns of 'seismic shock' if Brexit not delivered https://t.co/rWJx1lgS1F 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/tinI3brvsm
• Club drug testing ‘may be useful’ says police chief https://t.co/NUGwmK2TXO 
• Cybersecurity school plan for Bletchley Park https://t.co/mMM4Qsny67 
• Child sex abuse: Inquiries into claims of police failings https://t.co/ll2TJNqwq1 
• #Austrian far-right hopeful Hofer may back EU vote https://t.co/6CknGPxO3U 
• Cold calling, whiplash reform and IPT - Autumn Statement angers claimant lawyers - Legal Futures https://t.co/LToJ2W8cls
• Notarial firm in ABS first - Legal Futures https://t.co/2DY3ncn1De 
• Solicitor on hook for £4.65m losses caused by fraudulent partner fails in bid to have insurer pay - Legal Futures https://t.co/sIKz3cuMMI 
• Lawyers welcome enhanced whistleblower protections in Australia | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/d72Ifmq6Ke 
• Profit down 59 per cent at Irwin Mitchell following acquisition | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/rVElUkUTtX 
• Freshfields private equity head to take reins of GFI sector group | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/Gmm5k0X7tC 
• Slaughter & May pockets £12m in fees for Hinkley Point C advice | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/4MngW2Ijgs
• Revealed: Less than 1 in 5 KWM partners signed up to failed China bailout | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/pN92Tx9ZVT 
• KWM Europe loses China bailout offer as recapitalisation effort fails | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/6kLpp4hpHd

23rd November - Law News

1794th 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: Tess Asplund - the woman who faced down 300 neo-Nazis; It was an extraordinary show of defiance. One woman standing alone, her fist raised... 300 uniformed neo-Nazis marching towards her. The photo of Tess Asplund became an icon of the fight against the far right in Europe. As part of the BBC's 100 Women season, we travelled to her hometown of Stockholm, as she once again took to the streets to make a stand.


Focus of the Day Story: The Lord Chief Justice has called for judges to be appointed to the boards of the main legal regulators to ensure “tough standards of ethical behaviour and competence” in litigation. Appearing before the justice select committee this morning, Lord Thomas said it seemed “very odd” that the judiciary was not represented on the boards of the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA), Bar Standards Board (BSB) and Chartered Institute of Legal Executives (CILEx). Full story - Legal Futures

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Stockport identity fraud victim's £500k home put on market https://t.co/xDf4NFgeis 
• Premature baby left to die alone in sluice room, report reveals https://t.co/qQRpasY49D 
• Ebola nurse 'dishonestly concealed high temperature' https://t.co/BiWcgYr6OJ 
• #Irish trade unions call for referendum on abortion rights https://t.co/AAAHhg7pVE 
• Restricting niche porn sites is a disaster for people with marginalised sexualities https://t.co/9b6pG3U9rv
• Elections could make UK’s supreme court more diverse? https://t.co/UmBwjH8rMy 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/ksaIdFfgAV
• Autumn statement makes ‘mockery’ of MoJ’s PI consultation | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/SrUjNZXju3
• Appeal court has listened to claimants on fixed costs | Law Gazette https://t.co/32r0slCM8n 
• Solicitor issued fictitious invoices to prop up failing law firm | Law Gazette https://t.co/ZSGbG1HjId
• Digital skills gap blocking in-house progress – international firm | Law Gazette https://t.co/t4DqyR5NHx 
• Guilty: Bradford solicitors convicted of £600,000 legal aid fraud | Law Gazette https://t.co/MJ8n6cGhP6 
• Autumn statement: ‘stealth tax’ places £40 premium cut in doubt | Law Gazette https://t.co/MOpgv912ED 
• MoJ finds rule breaches in marketing for sickness claims | Law Gazette https://t.co/EvfhO4ywhM 
• Tribunal reserves judgment on judges’ pensions | Law Gazette https://t.co/fotHU0VQGY 
• Autumn statement: U-turn on Land Registry | Law Gazette https://t.co/Z81iyB4du9
• Social worker ‘left court bundle on car roof’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/wx81huIQv5
• Autumn statement: tax relief for employee legal support | Law Gazette https://t.co/u1coBwxb0u 
• MoJ’s whiplash reform blunder ‘could open door to judicial review’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/4o0ImaMN1k 
• Sports boards 'not open' to BAME people - Christine Ohuruogu https://t.co/wIzr5riM4A 
• Neymar: #Spanish court calls for Barcelona player to serve two-year prison sentence https://t.co/TMm9QHvDH2 
• Employee perks set to cost more https://t.co/w8XNwQiOdE 
• Fifa investigates Welsh & Northern Irish FAs over poppy displays https://t.co/XzLCv74qMm https://t.co/5lAH5ny8BU 
• Fifa investigates Welsh & Northern Irish FAs over poppy displays https://t.co/XzLCv74qMm 
• Man guilty of punching five-day-old baby in Baguley Tesco https://t.co/dPEwTidT8r 
• Ex-England footballer Paul Stewart speaks of sexual abuse https://t.co/YETn9dONay 
• Four teenagers 'stabbed police officer in east London' https://t.co/cQz56tvbx3
• Hillary Clinton urged to call for election vote recount in battleground states: Alleged irregularities #US https://t.co/EgCh5PfkiG 
• Trump’s climate denial is just one of the forces that point towards war #US https://t.co/PpwQb6S3MN 
• White supremacist 'Terrorist' Thomas Mair, supporter of Britain First, jailed for life for Jo Cox murder https://t.co/R7tkjfw6kI 
• Serial killer Stephen Port guilty of murders of three gay men https://t.co/fuPF9HIC20 
• UK to censor online videos of 'non-conventional' sex acts https://t.co/qbBFFVGfUh 
• Irish trade unions call for referendum on abortion rights #IRELAND https://t.co/AAAHhgp1ke 
• Trump disavows the white nationalist 'alt-right' but defends the questionable Steve Bannon's hire #US https://t.co/xnr6grmoPE 
• I was a Turkish child bride. We need to be protected from rapists, not married to them https://t.co/NDRNJtMHga 
• Can the Tory chief whip's spider stay in Commons breaking parliamentary rules? https://t.co/8r6VXSOXN9 
• Donald Trump has said he is not obliged to cut ties to his business empire (& strike favourable deals?) #US https://t.co/mhfWSwqifi 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/5RYQSi1pxm
• Donald Trump's 'alt-right' supporters express dismay at disavowal & don't want to believe him #US https://t.co/KhPd3ZxRdE
• Office of #SouthKorea's flagging president admits buying 360 Viagra pills https://t.co/0Tc2sxt34e
• Heinz beans advert banned by advertising watchdog https://t.co/rI7F6QNBFo
• BHS pension: Frank Field asks if tycoon Philip Green's assets can be seized https://t.co/yhkLbqzdDz 
• Ann Maguire: Husband criticises review into teacher's murder https://t.co/aWtj0Mcpju 
• Brad Pitt 'will not be charged' after FBI investigation #US https://t.co/8ucB9cnFl2 
• Malware is making ATMs 'spit cash' #itneverhappenedtome https://t.co/vL7YDafMdR 
• Police attend George Galloway 'glitter' incident at Aberdeen University https://t.co/Lbebb9VJdZ 
• Tech firms seek to frustrate internet history log law https://t.co/0p7Iyv2QnX 
• Deliveroo customers billed for unordered food https://t.co/vlVWARpEgq 
• #US atheist sues after Kentucky refuses 'IM GOD' licence plate https://t.co/eLJfSXaO4i 
• Facebook worked on special software so it could potentially accommodate censorship demands in #China https://t.co/utnDC5y7eC 
• LCJ: Put judges on boards of legal regulators to ensure high standards - Legal Futures https://t.co/pQxNYWiIVz 
• BSB: parental leave change 'could stop women barristers having to choose between career and family' - Legal Futures https://t.co/KAS0z84XJj 
• Divorce app pioneers replace solicitors with ‘divorce coaches’ - Legal Futures https://t.co/2LMqNs4JvZ 
• Litigation funders face increased liability exposure under 'losers pay' rule | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/a3WWYT0Y8R 
• Three more BigLaw lawyers tapped for Trump transition team | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/C1B7Gshz3q
• Ashurst to switch profit distributions to single annual payout | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/ojMfOdHcXl 
• Ashurst to switch profit distributions to single annual payout | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/5d2dIlD8pI 
• Law Society recommends increase in minimum wage for City trainees | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/0wLFZbe2Im 
• Departed IICSA lawyers to air grievances in public | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/uXHJMA4uco 
• Scotland and Wales allowed to intervene in Article 50 appeal | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/4Ls6oBcpVl 
• Fight the 'blight' of windfarms near my golf courses, Trump orders Ukip leader Farage https://t.co/u1CTUaNoHm 
• Scotland wins battle to end voluntary work programme sanctions https://t.co/SFE6DJEAcl 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/fhyw1M3GaZ

22nd November - Law News

1793rd 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: Reports from various rural parts of India where farmers are in severe distress because they are unable to buy seeds and fertilisers from shops using scrapped currency notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1000. Several weddings are reportedly held up because the caterers and musical bands that provide services at wedding ceremonies refuse to accept cheques saying they 'don't have' bank accounts to deposit them.


Focus of the Day Story: The Home Office has been ordered to review policy on torture survivors. Justice Duncan Ouseley’s ruling may result in the release from detention centres of hundreds of asylum seekers who have been tortured. Full story - Guardian Law

Saturday Conversations on Law

• BAME representation on sports boards 'not good enough' - shadow minister https://t.co/wIzr5rAmW8
• CitySprint faces tribunal over rights of freelance workers https://t.co/tD1mrjOkKb 
• Electoral Commission investigates Ukip over 'impermissible donations' https://t.co/0NAGw7Zf4g 
• As a judge, I can see the racism embedded in the system | Peter Herbert https://t.co/OvNkfcaT6p
• Spalding double-murder sentences referred to attorney general https://t.co/7ljLulT57j
• Top judge calls for tough community service as alternative to prison https://t.co/hfePI7ugXu
• Court cryonics ruling is just common sense https://t.co/TyslRVI7On 
• Trump team won't pursue charges against Hillary Clinton #US https://t.co/TizeSMsXkV 
• Judges’ pensions: ‘no one complaining about the change itself’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/Mk1GJYUxBw 
• Judge rules on £55m oil dispute after one-day hearing | Law Gazette https://t.co/apzlvjOs5D 
• Judges should get a role in legal regulation, LCJ suggests | Law Gazette https://t.co/i7sMVpPwxd 
• Conviction ‘safe’ despite Crown disclosure failure – appeal court | Law Gazette https://t.co/HKmTkKiJJ6 
• Conviction ‘safe’ despite Crown disclosure failure – appeal court | Law Gazette https://t.co/xi7s9WfqUZ 
• Bolton firm handed £300k of taxpayers’ cash faced £300k tax demand https://t.co/TJftQZULiX 
• Crewe Alexandra 'reflects' over Andy Woodward abuse https://t.co/XdrIplhFOL 
• A police officer was punched and repeatedly kicked in the head by a group of up to 30 schoolchildren https://t.co/uQoUgEUuPk 
• Failed brakes 'caused fatal Bath tipper truck crash' https://t.co/2f5uEutADU 
• Case dropped against #Dubai 'rape victim' who had been charged with extra-marital sex https://t.co/HGsXxtjy5q 
• The government needs to be brave and introduce no fault divorce | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/50ldQ5B1Cl 
• Lord Chief Justice vows to secure court access for rural areas | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/ByxAGCpmg7
• Litigant in person’s ‘misconceived’ applications an abuse of process | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/GFvS6aRorN
• Theories of Transitional Justice https://t.co/gdpArIU2PD 
• Two Qatari women and their driver on a motorway robbed north of Paris, taking valuables worth €5m #FRANCE https://t.co/N4fjyruTkj 
• Paul Jefferies case: Teenager found guilty of murder https://t.co/0Su7euFkYm
• Jo Cox case: Thomas Mair will not offer court defence https://t.co/hsU7HfaQb3
• Nigel Farage puts personal ambitions above UK interest & attacks response to Trump ambassador tweet https://t.co/XZDicS0XR1
• Tesco store in Edinburgh accused of discriminating against state school pupils https://t.co/HOkyFELqEB 
• Brexit vote wiped $1.5tn off UK household wealth in 2016, says report https://t.co/eEucOfXZ3E 
• Student loans: fight over 'disgraceful' freeze on income threshold https://t.co/mZlY8vkiUB 
• Parents fear transgender children will be taken away after court ruling https://t.co/aHYWg7zh42 
• #Dutch journalist facing prison term in #Panama for criminal libel https://t.co/dh0G2VQNyC 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/JAE0tyY9QF
• Six come forward after Andy Woodward’s story of abuse at Crewe https://t.co/tbdZW4jvZ8 
• Why GCHQ needs to fix its diversity problem https://t.co/SJIE4VpnL5 
• Former fiscal blows whistle on oppressive domestic cases - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/L3gojLPJge 
• Bonomy report recommends fox hunting code of practice and consideration of vicarious liability - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/5cvYMONuRD 
• Scots lawyer who represented Apprentice candidate found guilty of professional misconduct - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/kt573TTGXS
• Exclusive feature: A good day to bury bad news – RBS launches 'compensation scheme' for GRG customers - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/9J83cIvTz3
• England: Liz Truss accused of causing 'constitutional breakdown' over failure to defend judiciary - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/B7mja1VzdD 
• Burness Paull Foundation donates more than £20,000 to charities in first year - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/fiypKpzxMC 
• Shepherd and Wedderburn act for FanDuel in proposed merger - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/KQRTs9nJrj
• Blog: Compensation and Set Off in Scots law - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/cjpu7WCH5I 
• Criminal Bar winter conference proves a hit - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/j1KrUkG26q 
• Matheson calls for protection of Scottish justice system ahead of Brexit summit - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/pSVafaOi0E 
• The women challenging sexism in e-sports https://t.co/Op5kdfhfiy
• Conservationists herald bag tax impact on beach rubbish https://t.co/plCPT5l5Hc 
• Tony Blair aims to fight resurgent populism with centre-ground campaign https://t.co/hyMN9gkrcI 
• Scottish claim of right to be used in Brexit case against UK government https://t.co/gNbTWddVrT 
• Senior former manager sues CPS for unfair dismissal https://t.co/DQx4uIDCcU 
• Locking people up indefinitely adds to prison problems | Letters https://t.co/czRvicMeTL
• UK's top judge unveils plan to make supreme court more diverse https://t.co/ZCcbcUeNMI 
• Block on pornography would make it possible to enforce current law? https://t.co/T8ThrSnrRC 
• Child sex abuse inquiry receives letters from four senior lawyers https://t.co/SUlDvtKcB0 
• Rapper 'The Game' ordered to pay $7m after losing sexual assault case – report https://t.co/29LkQGm3yv
• Home Office ordered to review policy on torture survivors https://t.co/nRAkraocmK
• Government promise of fast, cheap Wi-Fi on trains goes off the rails https://t.co/e7hXkyWAqi 
• Historian finds #German decree banishing Trump's grandfather for obsconding military service https://t.co/pdgE83ADPz
• Hospitals may require patients to show passports for NHS treatment under new Tory proposal https://t.co/LqJxnwk154 
• Amber Heard sued for $10m over 'conspiracy' in London Fields promotion https://t.co/TLp0fEmxHe
• MPs call for 'Walter Mitty' law to prosecute fake military heroes https://t.co/3PT95dYdbW
• Fabric agrees strict new licensing deal with Islington Council to reopen https://t.co/h3X5DxYikY 
• 'Pay to stay' social housing plan dropped https://t.co/5S4FRTxuUv
• Andy Woodward sexual abuse story prompts more police contact https://t.co/R2zzEW9Q6k https://t.co/VnIZYaUwWl 
• Andy Woodward sexual abuse story prompts more police contact https://t.co/R2zzEW9Q6k
• Trump: #US to quit TPP trade deal on first day in office https://t.co/4UjZRUMum5 
• Who are the real innovators in the legal profession? - Legal Futures https://t.co/NwSPQsGwXM 
• Breathing space for PI lawyers? Reforms unlikely to have impact until 2018 - Legal Futures https://t.co/qqAl0a6l3E 
• CBA chairman on solicitor-advocates: 'The label matters less than the content of the bottle' - Legal Futures https://t.co/aF1H4RNU2m
• AI app that replaces lawyers 'could be used in divorce cases' - Legal Futures https://t.co/DKs1qry89N
• Ashfords becomes ABS to bring spin-offs back into the fold and targets investment in clothing retailer - Legal Future https://t.co/UAGXbNYJmj

21st November - Law News

1792nd 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: Mass Shootings: Should media refuse to report gunman's name?


Focus of the Day Story: Fixed costs do not apply to claims that start in the road traffic accident protocol but are later allocated to the multi-track, the Court of Appeal has held. Full story - New Law Journal

Saturday Conversations on Law

• My McKenzie friend nightmare & being dragged through the mud | Law Gazette https://t.co/Iysf5wK0XU 
• Male and white Supreme Court aims to open up | Law Gazette https://t.co/j6GLB7hS6l 
• Checks needed on clients’ human rights records | Law Gazette https://t.co/X5EXmavD9N 
• Solicitor appointed as deputy High Court judge | Law Gazette https://t.co/nGjZ1a8BEt 
• Russia Law Week seeks to build bridges | Law Gazette https://t.co/fn6hn3DLo9 
• Freshfields ‘moving to Bishopsgate’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/9RQFrFp9pP 
• Interpreter CEO bullish over performance target | Law Gazette https://t.co/gmlHIvh1F3 
• Tax and lawyers: confidentiality vs transparency | Law Gazette https://t.co/aMQVUIzAWD 
• Justice First Fellows are already helping to ensure valuable social welfare work continues | Law Gazette https://t.co/SvEl2YHJ6v
• Truss and judges: power and responsibility | Law Gazette https://t.co/QdosJk5j5E 
• Interview: Sean Martin, Financial watchdog the FCA’s general counsel | Law Gazette https://t.co/2OyQ8UXYSx 
• My legal life: Dr Ece Gürsoy - Chief legal officer, director & company secretary, Lightsource | Law Gazette https://t.co/caD1wOyEaO 
• Council chiefs under fire over ‘emergency’ grant to solicitors firm | Law Gazette https://t.co/Y7GHPjOJJm
• Jo Cox murder suspect collected far-right books, court hears https://t.co/dtDeQgZf9o
• David Baddiel show breached rules with jokes on Queen's sex life https://t.co/qtHMOu4Qpp 
• Pope Francis makes priests' ability to absolve abortion permanent #VATICAN https://t.co/ITdlT8DWRT 
• Jeff Sessions: Trump's attorney general pick accused of racial slur in 1981 #US https://t.co/v4HXg9dOcA 
• British-Iranian woman on hunger strike in Iran jail at 'breaking point' https://t.co/13jHBft7fT 
• May obscures workers-in-boardrooms U-turn with verbal gymnastics https://t.co/vZFFG0Zklp 
• Obama created a deportation machine. Soon it will be Trump's #US https://t.co/nSnDRRx7jw 
• ‘Please, I am out of options’: inside the murky world of DIY abortions #US https://t.co/5dfxHId67m 
• Please donate generously: Buckingham Palace Repair https://t.co/T7b4ROOWuO 
• Peter Kay accused of homophobia on Strictly Come Dancing https://t.co/YynmLheuaF 
• Green Day lead anti-Trump comments at American Music Awards https://t.co/SY4BX36wyb 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/zGjU2Nwlr1
• Theresa May wants post-Brexit UK at 'cutting edge' https://t.co/UUSxPl9vCt
• Amnesty: UK 'utterly disingenuous' about human rights in #Bahrain https://t.co/JFlTNpPuYC 
• Strictly dancer Gorka Marquez attacked by youths in Blackpool with teeth knocked out https://t.co/upcdPwngv1 
• Home Office is "disregarding and mistreating" medical evidence of torture in UK asylum claims https://t.co/cnKkxbIH50 
• Britain sleepwalking into care crisis, Ros Altmann, former pensions minister warns https://t.co/2BBltcLsbm
• Obama says he may comment as citizen on Trump's presidency #US https://t.co/rghAseY6Jx 
• Riot police called in to prison near Doncaster following disturbance https://t.co/jV1ipY02Vp 
• My quarrel with a proud FGM cutter https://t.co/s602rv96nl 
• #Brazil: No evidence Rio police helicopter was shot down https://t.co/00UcslahUe 
• Pilot online convictions with TV licence evasion, says Law Society - Legal Futures https://t.co/cxIVm9i5ax 
• Lawtech start-up attempts to automate small claims - Legal Futures https://t.co/5o82idqPfo
• ‘5p carrier bag’ initiative could revolutionise sustainable development - Legal Futures https://t.co/ue2DGe7t26 

20th November - Law News

1791st 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: Did 'Hamilton' cast cross line criticizing Vice President elect Pence or should politicians be made to take responsibility for objectionable views against equality?

Saturday Conversations on Law

• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/BVWaE2lBje
• The #US homeless camps offering a lesson in democracy https://t.co/dv6GVOCCvS
• Dangerously cheap: #KENYA's illegal abortions https://t.co/uKpDboLarR 
• UK politicians approve 'extreme surveillance' law https://t.co/TTqxVmrrkC
• Cryonics debate: 'Many young scientists are afraid to hurt their careers' https://t.co/jndonIOctx 
• Twitter: Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood suffered 'vile' abuse https://t.co/6FwLYXP9cN 
• RIP tattoo a clue in #Spain murder arrest https://t.co/UlPGlvcT1y 
• Virtual reality to aid Auschwitz war trials of concentration camp guards https://t.co/YIAcBUEOHH 
• SFO asks for private hearing in unfair dismissal claim by ex-Barclays banker https://t.co/GmnthIYWNL 
• John McCain: 'I don't give a damn – no waterboarding' under Trump https://t.co/oTwbIkYyVU 
• Students who bagged a law school scholarship explain how it opened up the legal profession for them - Legal Cheek https://t.co/tAkNN2tj4q
• ‘I wonder why I am spending £9,000’: A growing grievance in university law schools - Legal Cheek https://t.co/1BRt5WK35j 
• City law diversity scheme brings teachers on board in bid to get closer to students - Legal Cheek https://t.co/bTSt5sbdqp
• Ten years to the top: average time to partnership revealed - Legal Cheek https://t.co/7wh628T0Wu
• This thing called tax - what to do about it and how to stop the scammers - Legal Cheek https://t.co/LCt56K9y77
• Video: What Donald Trump could mean for the legal profession - Legal Cheek https://t.co/ADekwP1TLw 
• It’s ‘not about personal views’, says Lord Kerr as Supreme Court gears up for Brexit appeal hearing - Legal Cheek https://t.co/va2ADsbopn
• University of Law forced to pull advert claiming young lawyers can earn ‘£54,000 a year after five years’ - Legal Ch…https://t.co/c14pHvDJrQ 
• Will doing a PhD spell the end of my career in private practice? - Legal Cheek https://t.co/5kvTvV3nhg
• The barrister custom of refusing to shake hands is still a thing - Legal Cheek https://t.co/XFgHV9H5rU 
• Older jurors are on their way… Here's hoping they behave - Legal Cheek https://t.co/4MBFlZYiFK 
• Lawyer lands BBC interview after parrot-themed legal tweet goes viral - but faces accusations he pinched it https://t.co/ulnZbiO8DL 
• Why the show will go on for international corporate lawyers - Legal Cheek https://t.co/nW0OiSDvv4 
• Gove: make it harder to get onto the BPTC - Legal Cheek https://t.co/LFmpI70vJ9 
• Bond Dickinson restarts solicitor pay reviews after post-Brexit referendum deferrals - Legal Cheek https://t.co/uL8FNvUq7H 
• Judge ‘sincerely regrets’ wearing Donald Trump baseball cap to court - Legal Cheek https://t.co/2bKtLtpMnU 
• Girl power: 5 female Court of Appeal judges captured in historic group portrait - Legal Cheek https://t.co/NgHTWZr5B0 
• 'Litigator-in-chief': Trump and his litany of lawsuits - Legal Cheek https://t.co/Ry2fBSjGtp 
• Lincoln’s Inn ceremony to make Liz Truss an honorary bencher postponed indefinitely - Legal Cheek https://t.co/axrDw2fP2m 
• The Pinsent Masons solicitor who’s giving back as a school governor - Legal Cheek https://t.co/PHy6wfDRAG 
• City University students vote to ban tabloids on campus in show of solidarity with Brexit judges - Legal Cheek https://t.co/jNl6smenyr 
• Donald Trump's new Attorney General hit by report that he used to think the Ku Klux Klan were ‘okay’ until learning…https://t.co/yTQzNwgu2U 
• Counter-terrorism overseas: Adebolajo report makes uncomfortable reading for MI6 – Marina Wheeler QC https://t.co/OfkFC1cnJl
• Unelected judges decline to prevent deportation of foreign criminal | UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/9Q47bA0Xqp 
• Hot Water for Baroness Hale | UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/8c77bfjlWX 
• Cian Murphy: Human Rights in the Time of Trump – The Need for Political Love | UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/RDQvmanccl 
• Looking for a job writing about rights? | UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/wFepB6jsRw 
• Facebook fake news: Zuckerberg details plans to combat problem https://t.co/hIMm6abASi 
• Heathrow protest: 15 charged over demo on motorway https://t.co/MUP5lr2EWD 
• Bournemouth FC footballer Jordon Ibe robbed at knifepoint https://t.co/fou2BueXa8 
• Four dead after police helicopter 'shot down by gang' #BRAZIL https://t.co/0l4t0jMUem 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/ehH48KXTBo
• Heathrow expansion: Protesters arrested on M4 spur road https://t.co/4lmDkiWHy3 
• Essex school's teacher and parent parking ticket plan halted https://t.co/qDNAJCRqmY
• Secret film exposes care home failures https://t.co/VPPMjGwYfp
• NHS referred 420 staff and patients over 'radicalisation' https://t.co/VHop6CjOL5 
• When wills go bad: ‘It was the cruellest thing you could imagine’ https://t.co/pYjLGeQSMC 
• Brexit ruling: senior Tories urge May to scrap article 50 appeal https://t.co/9s8q3CGqwq 
• End London’s role as a clearing house for dirty money | Tristram Hunt https://t.co/MZFLwB3CkH
• Victorian abortion law ‘breaches human rights’ #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/O0zP1jWzcM

19th November - Law News

1790th 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: Post-truth picked as word of the year 2016 by Oxford Dictionaries.

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Sixty Conservative MPs back call to leave single market https://t.co/ityptJsEsc
• 'Fart' in parliament: Row blows up in #Canada https://t.co/skwz4YtRJS 
• Film industry tax avoiders face multi-million pound bill https://t.co/rrpuJAulCu 
• Croydon line tram driver suspended over Sun footage https://t.co/f4lZKbBVdT 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/RLmCy0rlM6
• Croydon tram crash: 'Sleeping' driver footage probed https://t.co/XWSRANX2Ut 
• Plans to ban pension cold calls https://t.co/O5RKgd0zsm 
• Obama bans new oil drilling in Arctic Ocean #us https://t.co/LLNsVBRn6G
• Quebec election shooter given life sentence for 2012 killing #CANADA https://t.co/Po5ZxfUISf 
• No guarantee on fixed costs following Quader | New Law Journal: https://t.co/EBxUgM9etB 
• The end for whiplash? | New Law Journal: https://t.co/dRHTvR9IZn
• What if the referendum is binding? | New Law Journal: https://t.co/1BFKrBNEsC 
• CJC highlights scale of "digital exclusion" | New Law Journal: https://t.co/1NWqVLGQGV 
• Judges discrimination claim | New Law Journal: https://t.co/zNp8xvQN9s 
• Bar Council backs calls to widen judicial recruitment pool | New Law Journal: https://t.co/eHaS0AFqKY 
• Landmark case resolves costs dispute | New Law Journal: https://t.co/wmEYEy6pWl
• The future for conveyancing | New Law Journal: https://t.co/1PM4nlBfNR 
• DonaldTrump is likely to have an opportunity to fill four vacancies in the US Supreme Court | New Law Journal: https://t.co/4XKR2ZQ5cH
• Article 8: Iraqi national’s appeal against Court of Appeal decision to remit appeal to Upper Tribunal dismissed https://t.co/vawiubJbmL
• Russia issues blow to ICC with announcement it will not ratify Rome Statute - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/rWqGzD8u77
• Russia issues blow to ICC with announcement it will not ratify Rome Statute - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/tzBzYI1dtA 
• Teenage cancer victim wins landmark court case over dying wish to be cryogenically frozen - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/ZGrGarQzw5 
• Supreme Court confirms applications to intervene in Brexit case - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/AT894U5a8O 
• Lady Hale will 'absolutely not' consider recusal following Brexit case remarks - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/bjCUirTrna 
• Forty Autumns: A Family's Story of Courage and Survival on Both Sides of the Berlin Wall - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/QlrtiolKVe
• World premiere part for clarinet-playing advocate - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/j9ZLr92AGk 
• Legislation to protect mountain hares not being ruled out - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/fTcEMZTDix 
• Investigatory Powers Bill passed by Lords - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Ec5NB7PX6V 
• Scottish government to consider access to food right - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/BdATCbrff8 
• Faculty to fore in Mental Health Tribunal appointments - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Z86HhjwSaS 
• Fifteen per cent of Crown Office staff claim to have been bullied - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/VuT4PFeqfE
• Australian lawyers brace for post-Brexit boom | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/Nbl8owFt2L 
• Cravath, Swaine & Moore announces all-women promotion round | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/krFESYXgw7 
• Trump confirms SCOTUS nominee to be chosen from draft picks | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/c9OHwJDthn 
• Olswang loses another senior partner ahead of three-way merger | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/1U3u9KNfaF 
• 'Cravath pay scale' blamed for strain on law firm profitability | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/KpiCXcU4ZA 
• How did ‘less than stellar’ high school student Jared Kushner get into Harvard? A $2.5m pledge made by his parents? https://t.co/LHPnlWsflQ 
• Pension cold calling to be banned after rise in scams https://t.co/EgdQnYt2xV 
• Court convicts #MALAWI 'hyena' who had sex with over 100 women https://t.co/hT6FDL1Gk4 
• Michel Roux Jr's failure to pay chefs minimum wage 'not acceptable' https://t.co/YIFQdoc52D 
• Far-right group attacks refugee camp on Greek island of Chios #GREECE https://t.co/mn0YKw4xa6
• Trump cabinet appointments will 'undo decades of progress', rights activists say #US https://t.co/NDoCetO2CA 
• Religious faith is no obstacle to support for marriage equality https://t.co/TQjQzzKyGO 
• Father of cryogenically preserved girl did not see daughter before she died https://t.co/5d26UEORvC 
• Donald Trump has settled three Trump University lawsuits for $25m: lawsuits alleged the school misled students #US https://t.co/yGzvX1JNsk 
• Princess Beatrice bikini photos 'breach of privacy' https://t.co/7PsStIi7Zi
• Nigel Farage rules out peerage 'at the moment': no pperage had been offered to him as yet! https://t.co/CvaXPqWA8W 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/5zE7vqAA1x

18th November - Law News

1789th 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: Undercover filming by the Guardian reveals how employment agencies are being offered off-the-shelf tax avoidance schemes that could cost the government hundreds of millions in lost revenue. The salesman captured in our video says his scheme is legal – but ‘everyone’s moral compass is different’.


Focus of the Day story: Motor insurers may make a £200m profit from the personal injury reforms as they will not pass on all of the £1.3bn costs savings they will generate, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has suggested. Full story - Legal Futures

Saturday Conversations on Law

• South Essex based Palmers Solicitors raise cash for cancer charity with coffee morning https://t.co/eGKDFW67nc 
• Richard Grogan on employment law: Six points to consider on corporate transactions https://t.co/Kf6Hj3lu8W 
• Tributes to 'formidable' solicitor John Robinson who championed the underdog in Hull's courts https://t.co/nDRRPAvIwL 
• Harrogate solicitor gets 8-year jail sentence https://t.co/P9XJe7UZQR
• Second homes 'sales ban': solicitor asks how it can be enforced https://t.co/HdemyWq691
• Solicitor ‘comes home’ to Shropshire law firm https://t.co/3F2phiQZQA 
• Should the law on alcohol sales be changed? https://t.co/oAhIWSrrcK 
• New crackdown on whiplash claims set to cut insurance premiums https://t.co/4TQRdmil9w 
• #Russia: LinkedIn blocked after court ruling finds social network guilty of violating data laws https://t.co/cVdOLreQ6y
• UK insurer body wants bulk of EU capital rules to stay after Brexit https://t.co/7dTzYtJMyN 
• The Philippine president has signaled that he is flirting with the idea of imposing martial law https://t.co/0Wirmz5ek4
• OSCE Warns Draconian UK Spy Charter Spells Trouble for Journalism https://t.co/GrveFbQTuq 
• UK parliament passes controversial surveillance law https://t.co/yvofWuy6kF 
• Northern Ireland law firm Edwards & Company accredited for data safety https://t.co/voM0QOFZfs 
• The UK's far-reaching surveillance bill is now all but law https://t.co/hphcl3bRZx 
• #African exodus from ICC must be stopped, says Kofi Annan https://t.co/gMozShYuNT 
• State impunity is back in fashion – we need the international court more than ever | Kofi Annan https://t.co/wEdGxHRkx1 
• I’m glad cryonics is legal – we should all have rights over our bodies https://t.co/EbHnVU5g9G 
• Scotch whisky body accused of arrogance over minimum pricing https://t.co/xw14G86pHN
• Prison officers know how to run jails. Liz Truss needs to listen to us https://t.co/ydUbG8gORV 
• Top UK scientist calls for restrictions on marketing cryonics https://t.co/LA4lAVflKH 
• Funders on hook for indemnity costs in Excalibur | Law Gazette https://t.co/aArY9MDXtm 
• US senator Jeff Sessions nominated attorney general by Trump | Law Gazette https://t.co/lcSf2W7I06 
• Cryogenics case not a precedent | Law Gazette https://t.co/kLLQzWylHu 
• Tabloids claim victory as Phil Shiner prosecution to go public | Law Gazette https://t.co/IprdArE5d7 
• Greater public awareness drives rise in sexual offences prosecutions | Law Gazette https://t.co/CTmFnAwlrL
• Insurers to pocket £200m a year from PI reforms | Law Gazette https://t.co/PjPbGEg1jI 
• Litigants to pay £15k costs after ignoring letters from other side | Law Gazette https://t.co/U88BsyV24v 
• Society recommends higher trainee pay | Law Gazette https://t.co/xpCPDi3pI6 
• E&W must learn from Scotland over ‘unfair’ county court judgments | Law Gazette https://t.co/7feVPMdOf4 
• Insurance fraudster who duped law firm facing £37,000 fine | Law Gazette https://t.co/W0vSFIWlc7 
• Bradford puppy farm dumped dead dogs in wheelbarrow https://t.co/1Lq5IKzvnd
• Senior panel member defends head of child abuse inquiry https://t.co/pfIE3t0ZF3 
• Bagged salad is Salmonella risk, study finds https://t.co/VQ0IkFmNXU 
• Jo Cox tried to shield face during shooting, jury hears https://t.co/sJOStGVHFK 
• Scots and Welsh can have say in Brexit court case https://t.co/gZl2DXQ9Vf
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/pJwoW1deeE
• #Israel's Muezzin Bill seeks 'Judaisation of Jerusalem' https://t.co/q9rptdQsY7 
• #SouthAfrica probes security chief David Mahlobo links to rhino smuggling https://t.co/w4xcxlXUgF
• #Ukrainian who faked name and age at #US school jailed https://t.co/rDDbXVtrD8
• Gun-loving #INDIA fake 'god-woman' fatally shoots wedding guests https://t.co/5kE443kWg4 
• Three mobile: Arrests made over data breach https://t.co/iXp3hjle07 
• New York bombing suspect pleads not guilty to terror charges #US https://t.co/qaKGzqDGse 
• MPs call on government to cut air travel tax by 50% https://t.co/ujYisnc3Rv 
• Cryogenics: does it offer humanity a chance to return from the dead? https://t.co/wsKAzS2jB5 
• Teenage girl who died of cancer wins right to be cryogenically frozen https://t.co/IpMuL80bf6 
• MoJ: Insurers could make £200m profit from PI reforms, while some law firms will exit - Legal Futures https://t.co/YpuiBGlTR1
• Firm's negligent advice to divorcing husband led to 'over-generous settlement' - Legal Futures https://t.co/XKAJNbpxX0
• Terminally ill teen won historic ruling to freeze body https://t.co/pRzC20skMq 
• Irritated man, who voted for Donald Trump felt the need to shout at underpaid coffee shop employee #US https://t.co/T327uYdVB3 
• Claimants with minor injuries 'don't need lawyers', says government - Legal Futures https://t.co/Ydn4nlfTyw 
• 'Vexatious' barrister loses High Court appeal against disbarrment - Legal Futures https://t.co/zI0hSN14yf
• Associate of Barry Bennell also preyed on boys, two former footballers reveal https://t.co/VbegTYV41J 
• UK and US concerned at arrest of politician after Prince Charles visit to #Bahrain https://t.co/KYXaW2lQNM 
• Scotland could offer Northern Irish women access to free abortions https://t.co/mwrLTBMQtK 
• #German finance minister hardens Brexit stance https://t.co/cUxl1NDdhW
• Union refuses to rule out further prison officer protests https://t.co/V2CLqEhmeH 
• Staples brand to disappear from UK High Streets https://t.co/ToG13rsisV
• England & Scotland poppy decision leads to Fifa disciplinary action https://t.co/Hi04uNRmTi https://t.co/H6HVst2i8i
• England & Scotland poppy decision leads to Fifa disciplinary action https://t.co/Hi04uNRmTi 
• Jo Cox murder trial: Witness spoke of 'hell' in 999 call https://t.co/XoOVkIK4wq 
• Olswang patent prosecution co-head opts out of merger | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/TZVms8ySSk 
• Merger talks crumble between KWM and Morgan Lewis | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/KoPtwmpthj 
• British Virgin Islands launches new international arbitration centre | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/fjjC6gUX4S
• Bond Dickinson thaws post-Brexit pay freeze | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/aBbZu1IEyA 
• Legal exodus from IICSA continues as top lawyer quits | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/esSO2slqwl 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/8cLokYSGMv