11th December - Law News

1812th 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: Can Iraqi Christians feel safe returning home after fall of IS? Middle East correspondent Matt Brown explores the Christian town of Bartella in northern Iraq, surveying Islamic State's trail of destruction.

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Colorado father could finally win custody of daughter who was secretly put up for adoption without his consent #US https://t.co/54H4cuOL7F
• RAF should employ teenage VIDEO GAMERS to blast ISIS with Reaper drones, top commander says https://t.co/jXpvpqTgCr 
• Anjem Choudary supporter who shared Isis propaganda on Facebook is jailed https://t.co/APztboKRpv
• South #Australia changes law to recognise gay marriage of British man who died on honeymoon after widower's pain https://t.co/pU7EipkuST 
• Draft UK tax guidance clarifies hybrid mismatch law https://t.co/dPBf7NjY04
• What It’s Like to Be an Immigration Attorney in the Final Weeks Before the Trump Presidency #US https://t.co/pXcdiM1Ymj
• Former #US Attorney Debra Wong Yang Being Considered to Lead SEC https://t.co/5GLKPGfrx5
• Attorney general John Larkin criticised by SDLP over position on Brexit https://t.co/ipKfGm3w0P 
• Prominent Dallas attorney Brian Loncar dies #US https://t.co/uwE8Sq6MrO 
• The relentless advance of the super-intelligent attorney: legal sector being disrupted as clients seek lower bills https://t.co/XZdSpMlysy
• Co Mayo Solicitor sobs as she is jailed for stealing €260,000 #IRELAND https://t.co/7qknVJhENd
• #US Solicitor General calls on Supreme Court to review 6-month delays to biosimilar launches https://t.co/qiXJUhZK3y 
• Man appears in court to deny murder of solicitor found at city house https://t.co/tNPna7g0R9 
• Yorkshire solicitor ‘misused’ £3m to keep firm afloat https://t.co/vzwiVImoiR 
• St Albans solicitor Danna Quinto from Photiades Solicitors gets on the buses for Law Society campaign https://t.co/MqTsW6sfNv 
• #Gabonese National Pleads Guilty to Foreign Bribery Scheme #US https://t.co/dLqaiaNGsS 
• How Many Americans Are Unnecessarily Incarcerated? #US https://t.co/JRpmCqDbmu 
• Chief Justice of #India TS Thakur pained at lawyers outshouting each other during demonetisation https://t.co/vh8Qdp0qxb
• Who are Dark Justice and how many paedophiles have been caught by the vigilante group? https://t.co/tviBVpoPqF 
• Rights chief decries quick fixes over justice in drug killings #PHILIPPINES https://t.co/KeVk7rUTQp
• Crowdfunding Campaign Launched As Barrister Hopes To Mount Article 50 Challenge In Ireland https://t.co/qxVL0IAghb
• Gardai raid house used by gangland barrister who ripped off clients #IRELAND https://t.co/RtHLKaLKQZ
• Angry witness throws coffee at defence barrister Benjamin Bickford during trial #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/GFngpEuojQ 
• Barrister campaigning to launch second legal challenge to Brexit - in Irish courts https://t.co/7mgqlklbKQ 
• Theresa May trousers row: angry text exchange between Tories revealed https://t.co/AZm1Xz8szN
• Sneinton stabbings: 'Friends' murdered 24 hours apart https://t.co/lzBxRuPejE
• Dario Gradi: Crewe Alexandra director suspended pending FA investigation https://t.co/qVu75blBvM
• Donald Trump rejects CIA Russia hacking report #US https://t.co/e8MO9Rlpzr
• Everyday wrongs where global injustices start | Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/aM99lqLbyH 
• LGBTI network goes global | Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/rFEU466KW8
• Firms urged to use summer break wisely | Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/xTrYO9RRn3
• Australia’s first White & Case Christmas | Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/k2IpzdwiQz https://t.co/DQPZqaIEbD
• Australia’s first White & Case Christmas | Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/k2IpzdwiQz 
• Chief Justice slams media claims on minimum sentencing | Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/K28yfStqB2 
• Brisbane lawyer jailed for stealing $1.8m from clients | Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/A1v2Anq2I8 
• Law Firm launches ‘lifestyle calculator’ | Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/7zkKinnfHB
• Aggrieved student wins right to challenge degree grade in full trial | UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/tHHlFJJOpR 
• Bomb attack near Cairo Coptic cathedral kills at least 25 #EGYPT https://t.co/BuXYz2vUTz 
• Woman charged with attempted murder of girl, 8, in Edinburgh https://t.co/mgnXzuJlNz
• Woman who took selfie with neglected, skeletal horse prosecuted https://t.co/p6bStdNrHL
• More than one in three victims of domestic abuse are now men https://t.co/lZxEQjpz2D
• Teenager charged with double murder after Ipswich stabbings https://t.co/J4IyjGhO9t
• Arsonists target primary school in Ashton-in-Makerfield https://t.co/CinY6qwWnW 
• 'Ecstasy' teenager found dead in Manchester hotel https://t.co/xeZWfeapC3
• Istanbul Besiktas: Stadium blasts kill at least 13 people - reports #TURKEY https://t.co/aHoAQPoSd4 
• From films to Fox News: Rupert Murdoch's far-reaching media empire https://t.co/4iz1UoOYav 
• The future of shopping: drones, digital mannequins and leaving without paying https://t.co/vvpwER1H3e 
• Slavoj Žižek: ‘We are all basically evil, egotistical, disgusting’ https://t.co/fLt02qggCz 
• Partisan FBI covered up Russian influence on Trump's election win, Harry Reid claims #US https://t.co/uqHyc15sQm 
• Home Office forced to defend anti-fracking groups from extremism claims https://t.co/0fX70VccVA 
• Ex-BBC chief calls on Theresa May to resist Rupert Murdoch’s Sky bid https://t.co/QiMVj1b7M7 
• Football chief under fire for ‘smear’ on Hillsborough supporters https://t.co/OXleBki6tX 
• Government will use education to offer hope to young offenders https://t.co/QZDccRgV4V 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/PCvfPZrqdu

10th December - Law News

1811th 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: Gambian President Yahya Jammeh has declared his "total rejection" of the results of his country's December 1 election and called for his country to vote again -- a week after accepting his defeat.

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Legal profession’s defence of Phil Shiner dries up as ‘ambulance chasing’ lawyer admits misconduct https://t.co/0KAZ6feVxP 
• Law students across the country are getting into the Christmas spirit... not https://t.co/3fxTLooCVD 
• The best law firms for work/life balance https://t.co/FsNyRBI2KI 
• Exclusive: Solicitor suing Oxford Uni over 2:1 trained at Clifford Chance https://t.co/a6B0n8Yfc4 
• What is going on with Lord Sumption's ties? https://t.co/2IH1sexiZo 
• RPC launches new Singapore secondment for London trainees https://t.co/jw6VqMuW1R 
• University of Exeter law grad and Trowers & Hamlins trainee storms to victory in BBC choir competition https://t.co/UmC6bpI7xS
• Brexit and privacy law: Why are Facebook and Google investing in London now? https://t.co/9eJoz4Zr7n 
• Top London silk in Twitter profile picture boxer shorts blunder https://t.co/dQK6R1HmJy
• Police, priests and hairdressers more ‘trusted’ than lawyers, according to research https://t.co/Mpho5pzqPQ 
• Law firm teams up with Liverpool Uni in bid to create clinical negligence robot lawyer https://t.co/LObmKlVgLz 
• Law student cross-examines classmates about who left paper towel-wrapped ‘poop’ on toilet floor https://t.co/rYrKc6kAj5 
• BPP’s firefighting BPTC student stars in Boots festive advert https://t.co/fhYNTnG7ZE 
• CMS breaks silence on training contract deferrals... two weeks after Legal Cheek broke the story https://t.co/3yal5tB2uj 
• Justice Secretary figure of ridicule once more as she tells MPs barking dogs help deter drones from prisons https://t.co/Zyg9RcAuBI 
• Master of the Rolls wants jobless law grads to represent litigants in person https://t.co/b7OzyeUB1y 
• Gary Slapper: The much-loved legal professor and columnist’s best tweets https://t.co/JSBfwK0Haw
• Brexit: Freshfields tops Ireland’s lawyer transfer list https://t.co/DTgvj4fGDv
• Barrister’s satirical Supreme Court commentary has twitterati in stitches https://t.co/XB894uNyuF 
• University of Law unveils BPTC LLM as it slashes cost of standard barrister course https://t.co/zkvwSduCIW
• Paris attacks: State of emergency 'to protect elections' #FRANCE https://t.co/6p8FgY5rQB 
• Nobel Peace Prize: Santos calls for 'rethink' of war on drugs https://t.co/gveJlALHTi 
• Rail penalty fares: Passengers could get new appeals body https://t.co/WDGcw2rtUT 
• Parliamentary panel recommends placing Executive on equal footing with Judiciary #INDIA https://t.co/K4rmak0s3K 
• European judiciary network votes to suspend observer status of #Turkey's HSYK https://t.co/jvPAUVX5wO 
• 'Judiciary Never Intimidates Journalists' in #LIBERIA https://t.co/xUlbRQpwUF 
• Nebraska Supreme Court to decide on judiciary records #US https://t.co/DOec2VNNId 
• Arkansas Supreme Court upholds same-sex marriage birth certificate law #US https://t.co/88ZamnOGrm 
• #LEBANON takes step to revoke marriage rape law https://t.co/p8qEh36Ccv 
• Oxfordshire man guilty of running illegal waste operation https://t.co/HOVn9dsv73 
• Suspected illegal race at Lim Chu Kang: Traffic Police arrest 2 men for dangerous driving #SINGAPORE https://t.co/qj7CHnCmsw
• Conmen sold set-top boxes allowing illegal streaming of 3pm Premier League kick-offs https://t.co/5IWEMcO6fv 
• Do you recognise illegal Denbighshire off-roaders? https://t.co/8mToJQ1ahB 
• UN slams #Israel's 'unequivocally illegal' settler homes bill https://t.co/TxoWseKGiQ 
• Oakland Fire Leads to Crackdown on Illegal Warehouses Nationwide #US https://t.co/3nupFF7gY4 
• Head of UN criminal tribunal calls on #Turkey to release UN judge https://t.co/X74IiTP0j8 
• Green tribunal extends stay on controversial Bengaluru steel flyover project till December 20 #INDIA https://t.co/WuBj9ajgOU 
• Transport Workers Union calls for Road Safety Remuneration Tribunal restoration #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/T973AUFz4u 
• Supreme Court declines to refer Cauvery water dispute to tribunal #INDIA https://t.co/EQboUgLuwR 
• Competition Appellate Tribunal's relief for insurance, auto companies, DLF & Lupin #INDIA https://t.co/ofLwtwzlAN 
• Why Hasn't New York Passed a Law to Record Interrogations? #US https://t.co/Vwl0oRANx3 
• Tel Aviv Diary: New Settlement Law Tests #Israeli Constitution https://t.co/ONkKwO8Bk3 
• Donald Trump's Labor Pick Would Be Expected To Enforce A Law His Company Has Broken https://t.co/AduPi8TnFJ
• Why the 'Heartbeat Law' should worry you #abortion #US https://t.co/5kid2HcWkk 
• Ohio's new abortion law is an assault on Roe. Here's why it won't work https://t.co/IIVeMc69AF 
• New Michigan law prepares for autonomous future #US https://t.co/0b5aXW2hkZ 
• New Coalition Will Push Back on Repeal of Obama Health Law #US https://t.co/qYFHSLVJjH 
• Republicans Face Dilemma on Timing of Health-Law Replacement #US https://t.co/SplYqi73h1 
• Pay-gap tracker highlights gender divide in legal profession https://t.co/O8v3NAeBlE 
• Marijuana to be legal Thursday in Massachusetts #US https://t.co/FAxb5xQ8c3
• #German judges explain why Adblock Plus is legal https://t.co/ItwIWSQsfM 
• Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn pledges more legal support to domestic abuse victims https://t.co/PE4tqqLu3U
• Legal experts back #Palestinian 'Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions movement' as 'free expression' #ISRAEL https://t.co/KuIX8KxCLk
• Regulators issue joint alert about compliance with data protection law https://t.co/xLELnSzxVG 
• Major Banks want to be subject to EU laws for five years in post-Brexit deal https://t.co/UUw3zUBYXW 
• The UK Now Wields Unprecedented Surveillance Powers — Here's What it means https://t.co/Jf8SdjCeDJ 
• Bavaria passes new law to make migrants respect 'dominant' local culture (wear lederhosen?) https://t.co/31RIMHkDD3 
• EU takes legal action against Germany, UK over VW scandal https://t.co/xF4PORyCW8 
• New York lawyer killed on sailing trip in Puerto Rico | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/uxL3mjeelC 
• Record crowd for the Supreme Court's four-day Brexit hearing | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/fBfvHoCENW
• Ashurst wins 16th consecutive gender equality award in Australia | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/KdLdd0tAo3
• Around the City: London moves | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/FZziPHeBOu
• Linklaters lawyers to learn coding under new innovation scheme | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/Bx4damsU8P 
• Sole practitioners shut shop | New Law Journal https://t.co/7TiUKjQXNq
• Cybercrime risks heighten for conveyancing firms | New Law Journal https://t.co/mWn7PRZe3g 
• Circuit judge sets precedent for fundamentally dishonest claims | New Law Journal https://t.co/De4OkBXuet 
• Lawyers express concerns about the impact on lawyer-client confidentiality with the 'Snopper's charter' in place https://t.co/pHZT5Ydj5K
• Costs lawyers have given a thumbs down to the new electronic bill of costs | New Law Journal https://t.co/zPDjuc0zKU 
• New president for TFOIL, the organisation for defendant insurance lawyers with less than five years’ experience https://t.co/51Z0Nz7Fzi
• Divorce rate has fallen more than 5% to 9.3 divorces per 1,000 men and women | New Law Journal https://t.co/SvohY5Mtz3 
• 49% of multinationals fail on basic bribery & corruption checks for 3rd party contractors | New Law Journal https://t.co/2hkEgVjr82 
• SRA warning over investment scams using law firms | New Law Journal https://t.co/lDXLIrBOJ1
• Competition and Markets Authority disqualify company director for infringing competition law | New Law Journal https://t.co/l3Zr2JBpk4 
• #Irish courts to be asked to intervene in Brexit legal process https://t.co/yz3rmwImr8 
• Time for #China to release writers, journalists and activists https://t.co/b1AUidxk7N 
• It will take more than tolerance to protect human rights | Conductor Daniel Barenboim https://t.co/CvVoCsHvje 
• For Boris Johnson it’s hypocrisy day, not Human Rights Day | Emily Thornberry MP https://t.co/7zZRpyrnGq
• Human Rights Day: US and EU call on China to release political prisoners https://t.co/CwojduUTY6 
• Man urges MPs to back assisted dying before ending his life at Dignitas https://t.co/BVIVW5XFTi 
• Survivor's guilt and loneliness: the life of an activist in exile https://t.co/D4vu80iRoY
• Jeremy Corbyn speech stopped by gayrights activist Tatchell: we say 'protest against the Tories son!' https://t.co/uudt4HLOSD
• Police 'could help prevent' 400 deaths after custody https://t.co/vRXu6t2QE8 
• Dylann Roof trial: 'I did it,' church gunman says #US https://t.co/PnsOSslc53
• #Russian doping: Fifa questioned over 2018 World Cup after McLaren report https://t.co/4D0k2hL0Yi 
• Doctor calls for ban on diesel engines in London https://t.co/hDdaMJfm2B 
• Fly-tipping Christmas crackdown by councils https://t.co/VhM7JRw5co
• #RUSSIA intervened to promote and help Donald Trump with the election - #US intelligence https://t.co/ML6tb5Rqg9 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/wHYfT6gWaO
• 100 Women 2016: A weekend of street harassment, mapped https://t.co/LXIyxn5ldQ 
• Couple buys house for asylum seekers https://t.co/r5aoRs97Cv 
• Obama orders review into '#Russian hacking' before US election https://t.co/4YgU7UA1i9
• School bus driver whose vehicle became stranded in floodwater with 23 pupils on board has been jailed https://t.co/Y6Hplr2sKu 
• Youth coach Hugh Stevenson continued in football after child sex claims https://t.co/r8MLXTenXV 
• Murderer jailed for 1986 rape thanks to DNA testing advances https://t.co/LH0bNREj2j 
• UK can lead the way on human rights? https://t.co/52q46mEfGp 
• Ryanair says woman’s delay claim must go through Irish courts https://t.co/H82gimGqoc
• Repressive regimes send diplomats to launch of UK human rights report https://t.co/wLFMSQaofD 
• Football-sized drone flown 20m from Heathrow-bound plane https://t.co/Lo7zuN7m6t 
• Edlington boy torturers granted anonymity https://t.co/zZYY9UdL27 
• Paedophile hunters - their role within criminal justice https://t.co/tGhZHU2G3E 
• #Russian doping: McLaren report says more than 1,000 athletes implicated https://t.co/5T7KC3tEoA

9th December - Law News

1810th 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: South Korea's parliament has voted to impeach President Park Geun Hye after a corruption scandal paralysed her administration and triggered massive street protests.

Focus of the Day story:  The police are still ignoring sexual abuse by officers. It’s time for zero tolerance. The macho culture of the police is being exploited by officers to prey on the vulnerable victims they are supposed to protect. Full story - Guardian Law

Saturday Conversations on Law

• How do you change a macho parliament? Talk about the reality of rape https://t.co/zu8IWImlps 
• Ohio 'heartbeat' abortion bill could be test case for overturning Roe v Wade #US https://t.co/r0DpRAGocR
• 'The job used to have integrity': readers on Britain's probation services https://t.co/0Ox0jWKK9w
• Glasgow bin lorry crash: private prosecution against driver rejected https://t.co/cSHD7O4U3v 
• UK bill of rights delayed further by Brexit and supreme court case https://t.co/7os6yG5VS9 
• Brexit blamed for delay in 'imprisoned' daughter's court case https://t.co/6tvY8LrWqt 
• 'It could be any of these men': how we learned to take stalking seriously https://t.co/BzqVqvisOT 
• New legal aid ‘advice deserts’ emerge | Law Gazette https://t.co/hBOgShiZlq 
• Fighting modern slavery is good for business – Law Society | Law Gazette https://t.co/SYvo0vUQLd 
• Pay-gap tracker highlights gender divide in legal profession | Law Gazette https://t.co/jmbKcXAqfe 
• ‘Unacceptable’ lack of representation for detainees | Law Gazette https://t.co/7tGBTrVMHH 
• Whiplash doctor sues for libel over insurer’s ‘guilty’ claim | Law Gazette https://t.co/d9DLJBWpDk
• Whiplash doctor sues for libel over insurer’s ‘guilty’ claim | Law Gazette https://t.co/dETLNrCdVB 
• Chancery Lane hardens support for business human rights | Law Gazette https://t.co/uP9Y98h3C1 
• Judge calls for LiP powers after court ‘bombarded’ with emails | Law Gazette https://t.co/kAZk72TAuh 
• Master of the Rolls proposes expanded advice scheme https://t.co/uYuMuWiyfE 
• Edinburgh charity celebrates 175th anniversary - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/NvaDPDSewr 
• Dundee students to compete before the Supreme Court - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/E8ALcScTKy 
• MacRoberts partner joins panel to oversee charity fundraising in Scotland - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/tbhYCZWKu1 
• Dame Elish Angiolini QC to give 2017 John Wheatley Lecture | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/4ugIVkLGnA
• Derek Penman reappointed as Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Constabulary in Scotland https://t.co/nuLddcBUAN 
• Bill integrating railway policing into Police Scotland moves closer | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/gNQJyUovIL 
• MBM launches new joint venture to help victim's of RBS's GRG | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/hknEegf2fI
• Child abuse inquiry will not be extended to football cases | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/NTmClcvv5h
• Law Society of Scotland commences legal action against SLCC over ‘hybrid’ legal complaints | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/KUEgmD79ts
• Bid to bring private prosecutions against Glasgow fatal accident drivers refused | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/VfNmPZWgn6 
• 100 Women 2016: #Russian doping whistleblower gives rare interview https://t.co/WqgFgt7i9N 
• Self-harm hospital admissions of children show 'frightening rise' https://t.co/8uRn4bfX0v
• #US actor Judge Reinhold arrested in Dallas https://t.co/hzEpOAuxOP 
• Councils make extra £60m from parking charges and fines https://t.co/zlJTJUvre0
• Private schools plan 10,000 free places for low-income pupils https://t.co/IqeRb3Z8Tn 
• Park Geun-hye: #SouthKorea lawmakers vote to impeach leader https://t.co/7VSZSmDALO 
• #Netherlands trial: far-right Geert Wilders guilty of incitement https://t.co/lumuy1xOm4
• CCTV appeal after 'racially-motivated' incident in Glasgow https://t.co/zpbwfP2xmp 
• Glasgow bin lorry crash prosecution ruled out https://t.co/AlvKDSjUF2 
• Football abuse inquiry: 83 potential suspects identified https://t.co/vrgAsB4EBe 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/Bb8QMAcEIT
• Are you ready to defend your firm's reputation in the event of a cyber-attack? - Legal Futures https://t.co/WrhaOE0VEo 
• Solicitors in hot water over dodgy investment schemes, disqualified barrister disbarred and much more - Legal Futureshttps://lnkd.in/dAw6PH6 
• CJC group urges government to consider online system for PI small claims - Legal Futures https://t.co/qfTw7juP6M 
• Go back to the drawing board, Susskind tells conveyancers - Legal Futures https://t.co/BWf65CVZuy
• No joke, Donald Trump To Remain Executive Producer On “Celebrity Apprentice”! #US https://t.co/w5YbUyuquX
• Jack Monroe cancels TV licence over 'Britain First supporting' #BBCQT producer https://t.co/2TLvP15gRd 
• Artist publishes spoof photos of Trump fraternising with KKK despite fear of being sued #US https://t.co/zURba7CKy3 
• Court rejects bid to halt Southern train drivers' industrial action https://t.co/rcljtdtovx 
• Iraq human rights lawyer admits string of misconduct charges https://t.co/T0lNv2Ir4r 
• Court in an existential nightmare over Brexit https://t.co/mBFVFMOeFV
• Government lawyer urges supreme court to throw out Brexit case after article 50 vote https://t.co/P7N74NVBOt 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/ziOyVnqPwB
• 100 Women 2016: How women are winning online https://t.co/mTA98UHkR5 
• Linklaters records 5 per cent profit increase for 2015/16 | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/EoCjti6Xfa 
• Nabarro posts 2 per cent half-year bump ahead of merger | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/iQZ3HaqlKo 
• Quinn Emanuel lures fraud star Hastings away from Addleshaws | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/7HgHBgAXL7 
• Legal 'experts' less honest than newsreaders and scientists, say public | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/5PNtb4AafV 
• BAT subs Linklaters for Slaughters in ongoing corruption probe | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/rSSZ4Eqdt5

8th December - Law News

1809th 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: 'FGM happened to me in white, midwest America'. Renee Bergstrom says a Christian doctor removed her clitoris when she was three years old as a ‘cure’ for masturbation.

Focus of the Day story: The government has hinted it may be prepared to bring forward the long-called-for review of legal aid reforms. The Ministry of Justice is required to look at the operation of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act within three to five years of implementation. That gives ministers until April 2018 to carry it out. Full story - The Law Society Gazette

Saturday Conversations on Law

• US judge grants new immigration fraud trial for #Palestinian activist https://t.co/mlYjWGy8WF
• Mass death sentences in 'spy trial' a travesty of justice for #Saudi Arabia https://t.co/BofpffY1nX
• Trial to begin of #US man who killed black churchgoers https://t.co/nmDdCjFj3P 
• UN chief concerned by arrest of #Egyptian rights lawyer Azza Soliman https://t.co/5uzNT5jAma 
• Govt cancels license of lawyer Indira Jaisingh's NGO for allegedly flouting FCRA norms #INDIA https://t.co/UlRv8w5yUf 
• Lawyer condemns Julian Assange over statement on rape case https://t.co/1djY8ycrfa 
• 'Turing's Law' extended to gay and bisexual men convicted in Northern Ireland https://t.co/4geauhXvRN 
• That employment law comes from the EU doesn't mean that employment law must come from the EU https://t.co/KtvEsWILtl 
• Investigatory Powers Act Becomes UK Law https://t.co/yLY6uxTY4q 
• Motorist threatens legal action over winter tire snafu #CANADA https://t.co/4EGm9nAHtE
• Senior legal experts consider civil justice cooperation post Brexit https://t.co/4khCIpr6fj
• Legal action filed against Fifa over treatment of Qatar migrant workers https://t.co/yMmXDVYEGR 
• Michigan vote recount halted after judge says Jill Stein has no legal standing #US https://t.co/bdsNZvOWtf
• Doctor guilty of manslaughter of Jack Adcock loses appeal against conviction https://t.co/i08wseNmJL 
• Trio of new joiners further boosts fast-growing specialist firm Novum Law https://t.co/WZBzuh0pf2 
• New solicitors join Humphries Kirk in Crewkerne https://t.co/AaVwtRF74M 
• NT royal commission: claims of chaos as government tries and fails to cut witness list #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/FcGKVTmaUp 
• SC prosecutors handling drug case after Horry County solicitor sued #US https://t.co/G5JfVxn0Np
• The police are still ignoring sexual abuse by officers. It’s time for zero tolerance https://t.co/bxCMuCHhQ9 
• 'A great victory for animals': bestiality may finally be outlawed in Ohio #US https://t.co/eYX2hhQehs
• Supreme court Brexit hearing: 10 things we learned https://t.co/JbWSPhJW7y 
• Many law students consider falsifying billed hours | Australasian Lawyer https://t.co/CSypCqsPAi
• Paid parental leave cuts threatens mums’ health and safety, says lawyer | Australasian Lawyer https://t.co/SKgjWwaLqM 
• Squire Patton Boggs advises US-listed firm in Australian events business acquisition | Australasian Lawyer https://t.co/7BFQ0ZnKFn 
• Mortgage specialist firm launches paperless home loan system | Australasian Lawyer https://t.co/3FofULgCiy 
• Regulator ‘pushing open door’ over civil standard of proof | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/5aPBBGGKRk
• Employer not liable after company director punched salesman on Christmas night out | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Gb5dPwl4ZF
• Lord Advocate debates status of Sewel with Supreme Court Justices | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/RtkMxrHj7B 
• Case studies reveal how communities use human rights to tackle poor housing | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/gpTecvAKvp 
• House prices and private rents expected to increase | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/WaHKdR8Wqh 
• Justice Secretary to be questioned about police finances | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/zuvclhXB87
• SNP MP calls for UK govt to comply with convention combating domestic violence against females | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/22tbzg6Zw7 
• Law firm Gillespie Macandrew donates share of partner profits to children's charities | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/PVUjyhwKUJ
• Phil Shiner faces strike-off as he admits recklessness and lack of integrity | Law Gazette https://t.co/doNgKMlD1w
• Concern over arrest of leading Egyptian rights campaigner | Law Gazette https://t.co/wVKQpuSuyH 
• Linklaters board shares £19.6m as profits rise | Law Gazette https://t.co/uWWEXx9E9K 
• Small businesses call for overhaul of civil dispute process | Law Gazette https://t.co/QuCD8akWri 
• Land con barrister disbarred for dishonesty | Law Gazette https://t.co/gBdkgPyuIf 
• Consumer watchdog names new chair | Law Gazette https://t.co/mcCD5MbRMm 
• Conveyancing productivity up 55% in three years | Law Gazette https://t.co/Rd3yAM2Q6m 
• Concerted bid to sideline lawyers from dispute resolution is real cause for alarm | Law Gazette https://t.co/7USztzieOI 
• Supreme Court president: Court won't overturn Brexit vote but just deliberating on the process of it https://t.co/zf1055DAxb 
• Iraq War: Lawyer Phil Shiner admits misconduct over Army abuse claims https://t.co/Sj54hPSPWj 
• Sydney home destroyed in error after letterbox 'boo-boo' #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/tvo3wTAkly 
• #US actress Sofia Vergara faces lawsuit 'from own frozen embryos' https://t.co/VjGbQbs85b 
• Volkswagen emissions: UK and six other nations face legal action https://t.co/Af9bJkJDFi 
• McDonald's to move non-US tax base to UK https://t.co/9LHcSh1DOZ 
• Man who subjected a Jewish MP to an online campaign of anti-Semitic abuse has been jailed for two years https://t.co/YeE7oiDgZJ 
• Heathrow cleaners to get living wage https://t.co/na5fSMd3G0 
• Women in the arts slate Channel 4 board decision https://t.co/xRrRmKXPhg
• Michelle Thomson MP recalls being raped at age of 14 https://t.co/aVEMllsf7a 
• Terrorism most immediate threat to UK, says MI6 https://t.co/XGtmqkofmE 
• Donald Trump's Company-by-Company Industrial Policy #US https://t.co/9vzG2OI1HO 
• Roberta's, Popular Brooklyn Restaurant, Is Pulled Into 'Pizzagate' Hoax #US https://t.co/b6VSGwEfuH
• Facebook and Other Tech Companies Seek to Curb Flow of Terrorist Content https://t.co/aew08iYale 
• Donald Trump Is Said to Intend to Keep a Stake in His Business against electoral college guidelines #US https://t.co/w6oGwee5DH
• Hundreds of police in England and Wales accused of sexual abuse https://t.co/h8EqXljClv 
• #Madagascar's £152m vanilla industry soured by child labour and poverty https://t.co/wNZ3fKGvtF 
• Article 50 case: 'not consulting devolved assemblies risks constitutional crisis' https://t.co/WYw5CVpD3P
• Basketball star Michael Jordan scores partial victory in #China trademark case https://t.co/L9a2HxBCSh
• Sports Direct chairman lambasts critics as profits fall and they pay 40 million for corporate executive jet https://t.co/3IVakYpDOP 
• Why is Bangalore stuck in traffic jams? Lack of integrated transport policy and violation of traffic laws #INDIA https://t.co/NuMnBlZbb4 
• How should firms deal with a 'toxic employee'? https://t.co/vqzbTbQzmz 
• Knife crime: Why are more youths carrying knives? https://t.co/t28OY6y0G7 
• Give way to cyclists when turning, says British Cycling https://t.co/lUtmwnx6KC 
• Far right leader Le Pen: No free school for foreigners #FRANCE https://t.co/uzmNQyYfEQ 
• Boris Johnson accuses #Saudi Arabia of 'playing proxy wars' https://t.co/nMFwbyQuLQ 
• Hundreds of police accused of sexual exploitation https://t.co/aqAThR6iQ7 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/2lXyyy5kNq
• Stormont assembly's consent required before Brexit, court told https://t.co/8lnzLCl8D3
• Ratko Mladić must get life sentence, say war crimes prosecutors #SERBIA https://t.co/ERXfwkJCYr 
• Amnesty for gay men convicted under outdated laws extended to Northern Ireland https://t.co/mJ2tgXk9BF 
• Shane Sutton: Ex-British Cycling director lost Jess Varnish case over use of word 'bitches' https://t.co/XUjEL3qyFs 
• Ex-football coach Jim McCafferty charged with sexual activity with a child https://t.co/zNcP4rr60P 
• MPs back government's Brexit timetable https://t.co/WcPSqJ5qoI 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/g4MPz1rjsM
• Dentons and Muñoz Global vote through Central America tie-up | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/eJKsmaG7uy
• Listed firm Gateley achieves 19 per cent half-year revenue spike | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/xPmSjWvW2K
• Simpson Thacher antitrust star Arquit headed to Weil Gotshal & Manges | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/Iko31CPJHW 
• Applications to Irish roll up 275 per cent as firms prepare for Brexit | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/ILuZTQ69Ye 
• CMS, Olswang and Nabarro trainees-to-be will pocket £10k for deferred start | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/JrS5J2qjhO 
• Football tax review called for by HMRC chief https://t.co/vKDckx9sEg
• Supreme Court Brexit case told Scotland should get say on Brexit https://t.co/giMV64or4L
• Iain Duncan Smith’s Supreme Court Brexit Daily Mail Column Is Eviscerated In 17 Tweets By The Secret Barrister https://t.co/7qdIcPbS2O

7th December - Law News

1808th 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: During the US election campaign, Fox News presenter Megyn Kelly challenged now president-elect Donald Trump on his statements about women. That made her a target for his supporters and the subject of attacks from Mr Trump himself. She sat down with the BBC's Katty Kay to discuss the last year, and how her own gender may have fuelled the Trump backlash.

Focus of the Day story: The Legal Services Board (LSB) is to reduce its cost to the profession to the lowest level since the oversight regulator was established in 2009. Its draft business plan for 2017/18, published yesterday for consultation, anticipated a £150,000 reduction on the current year’s budget to £3.85m. The figure has fallen steadily from the £4.93m levied on the profession in each of its first two years. Full story - Legal Futures

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Oversupply of law graduates and growing number of LiPs are solution to each other's problem, says MR - Legal Futures https://t.co/QP4WoCLmyj
• Conveyancers hit hardest by Friday afternoon fraudsters | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/BHh7mGzIo2 
• Legal eagles have landed: Record number of new solicitors for 2016 #IRELAND https://t.co/QkZonZYo81 
• Midlands-based Martin Kaye Solicitors join forces to offer national equity release advice service https://t.co/CWDFFdAI0L 
• Alberta privacy commissioner can't compel production of records subject to solicitor-client privilege #CANADA https://t.co/EEJNFVIt3x 
• Supreme court justices tamed in face of a Pannick attack https://t.co/vtPIg7T2iB 
• Relatives of McGurk's Bar victims hand over new evidence at lecture #IRELAND https://t.co/YN30mEQ0Jt 
• High-profile cases of barrister heading child sexual abuse allegations review https://t.co/6Cu4Xi1aEc
• Ahead of evacuation, new legal troubles set to derail Amona plan #ISRAEL https://t.co/s9QLpt1buD 
• Woman faces £50,000 bill after losing claim over 'droopy' breasts: wanted to look beautiful for wedding https://t.co/dIR71RsZjv 
• Gay blood legal battle now 'academic' https://t.co/wsJ3v8J2bN 
• Indigenous owners launch fresh legal challenge to Adani’s Carmichael mine #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/xDlQTXCn76 
• Samsung wins legal victory over Apple as #US Supreme Court throws out $399m penalty for copying https://t.co/ys4K3TDpd4 
• UK law firms expect more work in run-up to Brexit https://t.co/N4iWxWa0lB 
• Tata Steel makes commitment over Port Talbot, union says https://t.co/ZrYL6rLNcW 
• White men only? Brexit case and legal diversity https://t.co/WFESOe3fjk 
• BREXIT: UK universities seek legal advice to protect EU staff members https://t.co/bWMz1dperU 
• How do you decide if expatriate employees' legal rights fall under UK or foreign law? https://t.co/3JozBTPyAG
• UK may need new law to trigger Brexit https://t.co/f3PLTuXshA
• Brexit: article 50 supreme court hearing day three – as it happened https://t.co/nopfD01rMd 
• Labour showed its teeth over Brexit but its room for manoeuvre is small https://t.co/wPivWK6iwA 
• Ministers would need full act of parliament to trigger Brexit, court told https://t.co/qBBi3rYM56 
• Women's rights activist Azza Soliman arrested in #Egypt https://t.co/A2PWWJCW9B 
• Tory MPs suggest firms draw up list for bonfire of EU laws after Brexit, including employment protection of workers https://t.co/0T2uwdUgLR
• Law Society’s mandatory CQS training anti-competitive, tribunal hears | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/0fxtCDNbem 
• Conveyancing Association named official partner of ESTAS Conveyancer Awards | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/AfwHIhBbnk 
• Truss promises to make decision on PI discount rate | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/RKB5thEWjp 
• Lawyers less trusted than hairdressers – but more than pollsters | Law Gazette https://t.co/1LGDNto35c 
• Government to announce decision on discount rate for PI damages | Law Gazette https://t.co/IGILbOiWNi 
• Liz Truss gives hope of imminent LASPO review | Law Gazette https://t.co/MK2uy1mORi 
• ‘Mistakes were inevitable,’ fined solicitor tells tribunal | Law Gazette https://t.co/LbtnpdlyF1 
• Multinationals ‘failing to check’ contractors, law firm claims | Law Gazette https://t.co/ewWQak4Eot
• Greater protection against ‘stranger stalking’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/6YM33y76zJ 
• Law Society publishes ‘transparency toolkit’ for firms | Law Gazette https://t.co/FJjuA0MpmW 
• SRA intervenes in Bradford legal aid fraud practice | Law Gazette https://t.co/cKqelhQs41
• Man guilty of harassing Labour Luciana Berger MP https://t.co/dasQNIFGRC 
• Ex-Celtic youth coach Jim McCafferty arrested over sex-abuse allegations https://t.co/2MReNziVll
• School pupils storm through to debating tournament next round - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/JezulYxNpr 
• MacRoberts MP braves the cold for Social Bite’s CEO Sleepout - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Ukh1uE0Xjm
• Sheriff points to 'very definite association' between Buckfast and violence - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/cg0QiLxHxX 
• More shops on the cards for Scotland but business rates still a barrier to growth - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/UgvuHWMIYJ 
• MacAskill suggests care homes could be converted for increasing number of elderly prisoners - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/lUQ4ij8KZt 
• Brexit case: Lord Advocate to argue case for Scottish government before Supreme Court - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/O4qcx1gzC7 
• Prevaricating witness found in contempt of court fails in appeal after claiming she ‘purged’ her contempt https://t.co/3HKHj5XT9k
• 100 Women 2016: Bake Off's Nadiya Hussain - Muslim, Bangladeshi, British and proud https://t.co/Jw5kxaY4Z4
• Iceland: Top for equality but still 'needs to do more' https://t.co/TM2urd0sAX 
• Labour says MPs are entitled to Brexit plan details https://t.co/pFijhxTQnb
• #PAKISTAN International Airways flight crashes in north https://t.co/zG1ybevQSR 
• TalkTalk's wi-fi hack advice is 'astonishing' https://t.co/P5crOwv7QE 
• £5 notes 'worth £20,000' in circulation https://t.co/ZBDOMuUowd 
• Woman gives birth to grandson for her daughter https://t.co/5U4BcF9jrD 
• Donald Trump is Time magazine's Person of the Year: Hitler 1938, Stalin 1939 https://t.co/wJ6cn7jTKC 
• Is It Wrong to Have a right-wing gun-toting General Run the Pentagon? https://t.co/4nZliOdRSm 
• Obama has a small window left to grant clemency to thousands of inmates serving unjustly long sentences #US https://t.co/Mme3DLd1xY
• Man Who Hacked Celebrities' Email Accounts Gets 5 Years in Prison #US https://t.co/iv58YBAz6c 
• Jewish Dealer's Heirs File Suit Over Art in Bavarian State Collection #GERMANY https://t.co/xJdonYTdZo 
• Europe Presses American Tech Companies to Tackle Hate Speech https://t.co/sNVhbs1lzG 
• Supreme Court Gives Samsung a Reprieve in Apple Patent Case #US https://t.co/dX77BvqWEL 
• Barak Obama, in Major National Security Speech, Defends Counterterrorism Legacy #US https://t.co/fZClqTiz9d 
• Trump Fires irresponsible Adviser's Son From Transition for Spreading Fake News #US https://t.co/VDjOHUllHz 
• Jubilant #Libyan Militias Declare Victory Over ISIS in Surt https://t.co/iW2gu6NbwU 
• #Saudis Bankroll Taliban, Even as King Officially Supports #Afghan Government https://t.co/QDsX9ptF92
• Wells Fargo Killing Sham Account Suits by Using Arbitration #US https://t.co/xVuORcpukE 
• Marine's conviction for killing Afghan insurgent could be quashed https://t.co/Mh2nu2AG4D 
• Amber Rudd to introduce asbo-style bans for stalkers https://t.co/Jf8mzdbG20 
• Hospital chaplain loses same-sex wedding discrimination appeal https://t.co/0sLvYyKfNp 
• Last Tango in Paris rape scene claims 'not true at all', says cinematographer https://t.co/y7irICkZFZ 
• Football abuse claims: Ex-QPR player speaks out https://t.co/Prvm81i1ua 
• Scotland's Transport Minister Humza Yousaf drove without insurance in mitigating circumstances https://t.co/VkueQObQgk 
• 55 year old Swindon man arrested over racially aggravated threats to Brexit case's Gina Miller https://t.co/cpmOM945C0
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/F83NeFMjrG
• Pfizer fined record £84.2m for overcharging NHS https://t.co/h4eyxHHTUI 
• Gateley on the hunt for more non-legal acquisitions as it boosts partner share scheme - Legal Futures https://t.co/JyJjFl96Ad 
• Conveyancing chief calls on government to back post-Veyo portal as Land Registry unveils expansion plans https://t.co/dMYBh1HOQ9 
• Squire Patton Boggs picks up three partners in Frankfurt | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/Npjjiub648 
• Former BigLaw associate believed to be among 'Ghost Ship' deceased | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/oA54HsIpy4
• PwC Legal launches foreign law office in Singapore | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/GJG7jRXCEM
• Former KWM Europe managing partner Boss joins Addleshaws | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/dPVtUg66Sh 
• Linklaters and Freshfields sign on for Cravath bonus scale | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/7HawKgU2wx 
• Government accused of treating Britain's EU laws with contempt https://t.co/Fy9NlRnejj 
• Theresa May to tell Gulf leaders Iran nuclear deal is 'vitally important' https://t.co/iMmUW9hVfw 
• #MALTA bans 'gay cure' conversion therapy https://t.co/OG1MHW8w6v
• Charities fined over 'wealth screening' data breaches https://t.co/DOdZPlhq1b 
• Matt Le Tissier 'given naked massage' by coach Bob Higgins https://t.co/KvHSDvGtGn 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/Au7XMhD9wQ
• #Poland will not extradite Roman Polanski to US, judges confirm https://t.co/zOjnSwNhyT 
• #Chile can seek extradition of agents wanted in 1976 US attack, court rules https://t.co/oFf7k5SvKw 
• Northern Ireland police investigate IRA rocket launcher footage https://t.co/nKVlTaJe4B 
• West Yorkshire police and agencies 'failed to protect' groomed girl https://t.co/47pMYMBfeu 
• Labour has never had an open-door immigration policy | Diane Abbott https://t.co/jRa8YpGqfW 
• Savile review: BBC bans unaccompanied children from audiences https://t.co/8MbpfaiTLE 
• Communities secretary defends findings of deeply biased right-wing Casey report, which criticised ministerial attemp…https://t.co/OKvQ0GJJhw
• Theresa May says she will reveal Brexit plan before triggering article 50 https://t.co/oxlh9QU93S 
• Twenty reasons why Brexit will be even trickier than we thought https://t.co/vw8AtWkQEt 
• #US supreme court rules for Samsung in $399m patent dispute with Apple https://t.co/DJGWhUHsjt