13th February - Law News

1875th 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: An undercover investigation by Panorama has revealed the reality of life behind bars in the crisis-hit prison system. From prison custody officers who say they've lost control, to some inmates regularly taking drugs, undercover reporter Joe Fenton records his time working behind bars.


Focus of the day story: Some 2,500 barristers will earn more than £240,000 this year, Bar Council figures have shown, and they will have to pay an extra £200 for their practising certificates after the Legal Services Board (LSB) approved a 12% hike in fees across the board. But with a decade of higher fees looming to plug a hole in the Bar Council’s pension fund, the LSB said it expected regulatory costs to fall. Full story - Legal Futures

Saturday Conversations on Law

• My legal life: Helen Roberts - Speakeasy Advice Centre, Cardiff | Law Gazette https://t.co/BERPrv5Ebq 
• Rodger Burnett, lawyer who represented client suing Network Rail over Japanese knotweed | Law Gazette https://t.co/iCTnaASNxN 
• ‘Devastated and destroyed’: McKenzie friend victims speak out on TV | Law Gazette https://t.co/fdlo6i2hju
• CJEU opinion deals blow to file-sharing websites | Law Gazette https://t.co/Ikp20VEAld 
• Problem-solving courts in prison crisis strategy | Law Gazette https://t.co/SaoiXXoeVR 
• Solicitor of 'remarkable integrity' banned despite 14 'impressive' testimonials | Law Gazette https://t.co/JtimJEIwNw 
• International Bar Association takes aim at Trump | Law Gazette https://t.co/NJQUqrkEIQ 
• The Hague urged to look at Australia detentions | Law Gazette https://t.co/14SAmRZxzN 
• ‘Justice by algorithm’ fear over web pilot | Law Gazette https://t.co/yX27CyBaPF 
• Wetherspoons pub erupts in violence - shocking footage of huge brawl emerges https://t.co/DM2rBQF3XV 
• Ministry of Justice raised JAC chair salary by 44% | Law Gazette https://t.co/nF6APn9xFF 
• Serious Fraud Office in cap-in-hand to ministers for cash. Solicitors & MPs divided over whether this gives SFO https://t.co/l4BoJk0WfD 
• Scottish government sitting on £1m worth of empty courtrooms - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/ecM9AMmoab 
• Housing: Crackdown on ‘illegal’ immigrants leading to discrimination against ethnic minority Britons - Scottish https://t.co/JPI7txUJfb 
• Small uptick in east central Scotland house sales over last quarter - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/scWUSCLv9H 
• England: Law Society condemns plans to slash legal aid by £30m - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/KgUS7d9U8r 
• Blog: Scam retirement lessons for business - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/U1xSxGXCHJ 
• Child Poverty (Scotland) Bill published - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/GR1y5c18Wi
• Audrey Dishington to join Thorntons in St Andrews - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/KNyUrrRETM 
• Law Commission's recommended changes to espionage laws a threat to journalists - Scottish Legal News... https://t.co/OmNOtM472F 
• 2 parents fighting legal battles for custody of children paid thousands to a company providing "McKenzie friends" https://t.co/ao0F7TeuqD 
• Is #SaudiArabia on the cusp of change? More rights for women? https://t.co/mwWgqGlD8K https://t.co/V9SMNVJ7T1 
• #Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau has vowed to talk about values & jobs when he meets Trump #US... https://t.co/abi4zaNfVr 
• #Swedish government has defended its decision to have its officials wear headscarves during a trip to #Iran https://t.co/eBdmy5VjFM 
• Liverpool footballer Dejan Lovren: ‘I know what refugees are going through – give them a chance’ https://t.co/JeJqqGH8Di 
• Assassin's grisly celebration wins 2017 World Press Photo of the Year https://t.co/finD1C2aKO 
• Woman wins court case to have a pit bull dog destroyed https://t.co/9DJ0rdjCJi https://t.co/PpG8BVEVKF 
• Does UK's lucrative arms trade come at the cost of political repression? https://t.co/QNI9Bmjg5c 
• Charity seeks to reverse UK's end to child migrant program https://t.co/qFHaLcxXSz 
• Free legal aid at Manchester's 'courageous' new law centre https://t.co/kenW4VSyFo https://t.co/UF5y8g9LgF
• Will Brexit complicate landing rights for UK flights? https://t.co/6A80hIxD1V https://t.co/FJwkNmHTZZ 
• Trump Drops Defense of Obama Guidelines on Transgender Students #US https://t.co/OYvmK0R9c0
• Thirty four serving members of the Armed Forces are having transgender treatment https://t.co/varAO4IAgt 
• Grammars 'unnecessary distraction', say MPs https://t.co/2FTs19qhr0
• Then the Daily Mail came for Gary Lineker, and we said: ‘Enough!’ https://t.co/VgxMJ8xPNq 
• Buy one, get none free? Tesco checks all its prices amid overcharging claims https://t.co/iiJAwdqPtt 
• The Brexit secretary David Davis has been criticised for a ‘silly, sexist & patronising’ remark made about the https://t.co/7APvYi8g0Z 
• Major UK labour shortages reported as EU worker numbers fall at the prospect of hard brexit https://t.co/t0sGZK2AA4 
• Senior White House official refuses to say if Trump supports Michael Flynn breaking #US federal laws by taking to Russian diplomat prior to taking office https://t.co/Mydz1ppqmt 
• Government advisers accused of 'full-frontal attack' on whistleblowers https://t.co/yTSKIPogeB 
• A ‘green guarantee’ could stop Brexit ruining our environment https://t.co/vHIJXPLci3 
• UK unprepared for exiting Europe's green legislation, says Lucas https://t.co/lB3Ucfgbau 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/cLF1xqP4Va
• Liz Truss rejects calls to cut sentences to reduce prison population https://t.co/hUuZ0TKsV5 
• The Co-op Bank puts itself up for sale https://t.co/AsHDsSDBpH 
• Undercover Panorama report reveals prison chaos https://t.co/E0PwQ0sOHR 
• 'Pensioner incomes outstrip those of working families' https://t.co/knNGpU3O1U 
• Tesco customers overcharged by out-of-date offers https://t.co/DXIIo2rojP 
• Report reveals biased BBC has “high dependency” on the Conservatives for statistics https://t.co/f5QnJpgLIz 
• Missing KKK Leader Found Shot To Death Near Missouri River #US https://t.co/TepszYsuK0 
• Start-up uses AI to make contracts "easy for consumers to understand" - Legal Futures: https://t.co/kSR3wUrg2m 
• Ten top tips on desktop security - Legal Futures: https://t.co/DMFl42UTEj
• Legal Ombudsman suspends publication of complaints data over accuracy concerns - Legal Futures: https://t.co/RMxESBpjLE
• #US-born NASA scientist was detained at the border until he unlocked his phone... https://t.co/dwBSWYTBzt

12th February - Law News

1874th 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: Sham Shui Po 深水埗 in Hong Kong is regarded as one of the poorest or hardest hit areas of Hong Kong for poverty and homelessness. There is rampant sale of fake electronic goods, as well as a high immigrant population.
 

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Massive anti-Trump rallies staged across #MEXICO https://t.co/WUhKc8A2SL 
• Refugees have crossed the US border into Manitoba, braving snow and cold #CANADA https://t.co/NVIbRRJ5Dc 
• Death in detention: Suicide attempts soar in the UK https://t.co/DlpkvdxEIf 
• Amateur footballer dies on pitch in Rudston https://t.co/9DSfGJeKjt 
• Woman, 81, raped after getting off bus in Balham. Tooting man charged https://t.co/9C3lHPm1T9
• UK targeted by 'dozens' of serious cyber attacks each month https://t.co/YUxsZ27AIY
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/mxPoHUNQbg
• Linklaters silent over air-rage armrest passenger’s solicitor claim https://t.co/LSVx5XaQsq
• Clifford Chance’s spring retention score slumps to 67% https://t.co/aWoxiwDbfX 
• How the House of Lords might save us from a Trump University in Britain https://t.co/fLHe1fBu6K 
• The Idiot: Cambridge law student filmed on Snapchat torching £20 note in front of homeless ma https://t.co/bDpx7CMnI7
• Email scammers attempt to dupe public with Supreme Court subpoena https://t.co/q6CD25PPYh 
• Berwin Leighton Paisner gears up for Manchester training contract launch https://t.co/Td7OvAEPWS 
• Dechert partner wages Instagram war on mainstream media over ‘Mrs Clegg’ slur https://t.co/kKREIIWmkr 
• Judges feel less valued by the public, the media and the profession than they did two years ago https://t.co/e7SQc7Pv45 
• KWM administrators launch investigation into European arm’s collapse https://t.co/d35qRYVH2p
• Law students rejoice, the appeal courts have been told to write shorter judgments https://t.co/CvMyIywYFn 
• The true state of the BPTC, from someone who has recently gone through it https://t.co/eE9loTLMUk
• Solicitor who stalked barrister hubby’s ex-lover fined £1,000 by regulator https://t.co/Hi43j5zO7n 
• How I became a City law firm partner at just 36 https://t.co/reDsi4yQLo
• K&L Gates’ London associate pay remains unchanged despite having target hours hiked by 30% https://t.co/XhcrbgN7Iq 
• There is a new ‘UK’s top criminal barrister’ https://t.co/VHvNzrO9NT
• A good day at work? Not likely if you’re a lawyer https://t.co/YvbdJfptWM
• Dentons domination: Largest law firm in the world eyes Dutch tie-up https://t.co/SCdyxsUZYZ 
• Criminal Bar Association backs proposals for two-stage BPTC and OPTIONAL attendance at law school https://t.co/fPUEJpeCXd 
• #TheAccused: Social media goes mad for ‘unprecedented’ Channel 5 criminal law documentary https://t.co/SuRcG3xflS 
• London mayor Sadiq Khan: government must pay drivers £3,500 to scrap diesel cars https://t.co/MHvfaE4yPO 
• Police open fraud inquiry into 'mismanagement' at evangelical church Kingsway International Christian Centre https://t.co/2lPphraERl 
• Something in the Airbnb: hosts anxious as New York begins crackdown #US https://t.co/RN73mCsVyG 
• Foreign billionaires in London choosing to rent to avoid stamp duty https://t.co/NJGfihFvzg 
• George Michael's family demand investigation into 999 call leak https://t.co/xbZSKVtGft
• Women and children ‘endure rape, beatings and abuse’ inside Dunkirk’s refugee camp https://t.co/7mQPvwLQG3 
• UK hit by 188 high-level cyber-attacks in three months https://t.co/4qhLVqLVzU 
• American Civil Liberties Union rides high on the anti-Trump wave #US https://t.co/FUX0Bz129G 
• Donald Trump is undermining the fight against corruption #US https://t.co/2hudPSCgiS 
• Online dating conmen 'using love letter templates' https://t.co/t8X7OGpmCX 
• Cheating #Frenchman sues Uber for tipping off wife about affair https://t.co/DLSTt8DOoz 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/54CscFXDWL
• Brilliant actor Alec Baldwin's Trump act fools newspaper in the #DominicanRepublic https://t.co/ia4BF1zjoj 
• #Switzerland votes on relaxing its citizenship rules https://t.co/3B2qbTATXV
• Violent abusers to be prevented from cross-examining ex-partners in court https://t.co/01hSptacKT
• Sport must do more to fight homophobia, says report https://t.co/fQjmKOhnHJ 
• Yale University renames Calhoun College amid controversy over slavery #US https://t.co/rjPDbnMDev 
• Mental health therapy for Muslims embraces religion https://t.co/iPF85k6xTn 
• Commons Speaker John Bercow insists his impartiality has not been affected for voting remain https://t.co/qaO5C7BP2L
• #Israeli lawyer: Palestinians 'have the right to fight' https://t.co/QIc1OADO3M
• Ex-President Jammeh's Lawyer Not Paid For Election Challenge Services #GAMBIA... https://t.co/2kIJkDiygv 
• Nicholas Braid jailed for pretending to be Brisbane lawyer #AUSTRALIA... https://t.co/iIRZ9up2S0 
• Viacom's Top Lawyer Michael Fricklas to Depart Company #US https://t.co/nCSRsBCVSM 
• Snowden's lawyer says extradition report is 'speculation' https://t.co/RQ6T3VrkPH 
• Toront Lawyer Jeremy Diamond Uses Attention for National Expansion #CANADA https://t.co/44kxOYJdqT 
• Criminal courts scramble to meet Supreme Court's new trial timelines #CANADA https://t.co/CX9PCPpvPJ 
• Tamil Nadu's Deepening Political Crisis Threatens Fate of Litigants, Government in Courts #INDIA https://t.co/IQ61x5tr8R
• Courts struggle to apply Prop. 57 #US https://t.co/00RK63hnIt 
• #Mexicans Vow to Fight Trump by Jamming #US Courts https://t.co/uxuEFthrYj 
• Dreams Strip Club & Victoria Police Seem To Be Involved In A Massive Cover-Up #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/ht4v70S4tn 
• Church faces new split over attitude to gay relationships https://t.co/dwgpBJzCcQ 
• Mossack Fonseca: #PanamaPapers law firm bosses refused bail https://t.co/TqY7nTKF4J 
• ‘Vanguard of opposition’: Saturday Night Live adds Spicer to satire’s resurgence under Trump #US https://t.co/DY9ueFnUp1
• Dubs delivers petition to No 10 and condemns child refugee 'cop-out' https://t.co/bUzKXSx1c7 
• 'Trump has taken a mother from her children' #US https://t.co/3R8hkWm3ps 
• 150-year-old wedding dress lost at Edinburgh dry cleaners found https://t.co/nntYaXClw0 
• White nationalists, racists, rightwing deplorables: Britain’s extremist bloggers helping the ‘alt-right’ go https://t.co/cjZSH6cZrr
• 'It's always high drama. It's somebody's life at stake': inside British rape trials https://t.co/bXUhmm3Qas 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/ZApt7yHeM4

11th February - Law News

1873rd 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: In the first of a three-part series Young Minds, we meet Sheeva, 24, who was sexually assaulted at university.
 

Saturday Conversations on Law

• North Carolina Judges Suspend Limit on Governor's Powers #US https://t.co/slnR9B7xjD
• #US judge blocks Anthem-Cigna health insurance merger https://t.co/W69ZYCji2Y 
• Carlow solicitor urging locals to take part in public information meetings on Barrow towpath #IRELAND https://t.co/Z4ATXJbxBj 
• Beswicks solicitor Mike Stephenson married his partner - weeks before losing cancer fight https://t.co/p863bMCKDu 
• McCabes devastated by Tusla controversy, says solicitor #IRELAND https://t.co/ltlMgfgK4J 
• Devil will be in the detail of reforms to courts and tribunals https://t.co/FsnTQrkp8J
• Supreme Court slaps Rs 10 lakh fine on Bihar MLA for filing 'frivolous' PIL #INDIA https://t.co/5dryUSWE3h 
• Man jailed after abusing a magistrate attempts to serve courts $2 million invoice #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/stHM9SNxfO 
• Four British Police Officers Sacked For Mocking An Alleged Rape Victim https://t.co/7NYMcl5yoL
• The Daily Mail's vitriolic campaign against Gary Lineker's support of refugees threatens free speech https://t.co/idUXxxS4H4 
• Chicago Officer Who Shot Teenager and Bystander Will Not Be Charged https://t.co/sJGflbP1CY
• Illegal Voting Gets Texas Woman 8 Years in Prison, and Certain Deportation #US https://t.co/ZkFsy2u2x4 
• A Rare Survivor of a #Philippine Drug Raid Takes the Police to Court https://t.co/HxbtMn7vt6 
• An #Italian magistrate separates children from their mob families https://t.co/ZnDHaat41X
• Addiction Treatment Grew Under Health Law. Now What? #US https://t.co/Wt499PQebn 
• #IRAN security forces have arrested eight hardline Sunni Islamists suspected of planning attacks https://t.co/a2BIsUTu42 
• #AUSTRIA authorities seeking Hitler double seen around birthplace https://t.co/1hrQPrmIJb 
• #Egyptian police raid & shut down prominent local organization that documents alleged human rights abuses https://t.co/9BaleQeO8m
• Washington Lawyer's Win Over Trump Immigration Ban Brings Sudden Fame https://t.co/kCoCpVEB7N 
• Who is Amal Clooney? George’s wife pregnant with twins, human rights lawyer and activist https://t.co/sW7a8lAYY9
• Winchester Property Lawyer sent graphic letters to relatives of her husband's mistress https://t.co/wGXvkoumpD 
• Major #US lobbying firm Lawyer Arrested in Attempt to Sell Confidential Complaint for Bitcoin https://t.co/JUhkYeiKAu
• Barrister accused of beating boys sacked as church leader in #SouthAfrica https://t.co/ZK8G087CQb
• Land Registry consultation: movement towards digital conveyancing https://t.co/kTjVn7uvVB 
• Trump selectively quotes from a legal blog #US https://t.co/VApKthqqsv 
• Trump's Refugee Ban and the Legal Battle Over It: QuickTake Q&A #US https://t.co/YESuZHp5sp 
• #BRAZIL judge approves promotion of Temer ally with legal caveat https://t.co/P7hirYUy21 
• Oracle-Google Legal Battle Enters New Chapter #US https://t.co/IrbkVfm9Rk
• Tata Steel is still pursuing a radical shake-up of its £15bn UK pension scheme https://t.co/mlPfonqTOV
• UK parliament's upper house aims to attach conditions to EU divorce legislation https://t.co/nQS3DfnTNR
• UK Police Spy On Journalists At Small Town Paper, Gather One Million Minutes Worth Of Call Data https://t.co/evDmj5t5oR 
• Invisibility, commercial opportunism & personal gain make Melania Trump a first lady like no other #US https://t.co/t5AoHNNFRz
• Paul Nuttall, who has friends in the ultra right, moved house over safety fears, says Ukip https://t.co/DtSkfazxEq 
• The Guardian view on Yemen and UK arms sales: immoral, whatever the law decides https://t.co/d1pPoMmTEs 
• Volkswagen UK will 'robustly' defend against emissions claims brought by law firm https://t.co/tRCzqhdgA8 
• Surrogacy: Where does the UK stand and should the law be reformed? https://t.co/eXGTDSAevy
• Debt recovery panel to help barristers chase fees | New Law Journal https://t.co/hHvEbyi08b 
• Lord Justice Jackson goes on the road to host seminars on the impact of fixed recoverable costs | New Law Journal https://t.co/uTkGFxW0qz
• Pensions breakthrough for cohabiting couples | New Law Journal https://t.co/0hPq0Nnfs1 
• Tailoring espionage law to modern times | New Law Journal https://t.co/CMxpwa9KB3 
• Nominations have opened for the first Bar Council Employed Bar Awards https://t.co/grqi5TzyjP 
• Health and safety fines against companies have risen significantly in the past year https://t.co/kV2408kXRk 
• The first cohort of Justice First Fellows has qualified as solicitors | New Law Journal https://t.co/imXElH2Mny
• No remorse from HBoS fraudsters | New Law Journal https://t.co/XJJgBPKLY5 
• Peter Falconio murder: Girlfriend Joanne Lees returns to scene of ordeal https://t.co/U3DvHghwRw
• IHAT closure: Sgt Brian Wood says Iraq abuse inquiry should have ended sooner https://t.co/IDPxp7BrSF
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/nZxDOoPcZs
• Cyber security lessons offered to schools in England https://t.co/DcjiOya1co 
• #US moves to block Salam Fayyad as UN #Libya envoy https://t.co/ztILm7qIeC
• As a Senate committee mulls #PAKISTAN's blasphemy laws, thousands visit shrine to Mumtaz Qadri, a killer https://t.co/qBpnlp272B
• Presidential inquiry clears Chaponda of wrongdoing – Solicitor General #ZAMBIA https://t.co/EgVLzRgX14
• Man believed to be a solicitor visiting Mountjoy Prison quizzed by gardai over white powder #IRELAND https://t.co/HTV5IYvzvt 
• Lawyer believed to be on the shortlist for President Trump's solicitor general has removed himself #US https://t.co/xWuFFhwcpP
• Lawyer queries Chief Justice's church links #SAMOA https://t.co/x0FVNDg5SW
• #ROMANIA's justice minister quits over graft decree debacle https://t.co/JNcbnUHMq0
• Uphaar cinema verdict: Families of fire tragedy victims say 'justice' eludes them #INDIA https://t.co/g1R01HdL5q
• Kingsmill massacre survivor Alan Black doubts justice will ever be done https://t.co/WoWtWWdeA0 
• Central #India's Ugly Fight for Environmental Justice https://t.co/HdizzWt25c 
• Rape survivors from 2013 Uttar Pradesh riots face threats & harassment #INDIA https://t.co/xzsQ3EFohv
• Government adviser walks away from child protection plans https://t.co/cbhiKVYoqk 
• The female soldiers serving in #Israel's army https://t.co/DBFl6jrBMq 
• Google coding champion whose #Cameroon hometown is cut off from the internet https://t.co/zSkYvlaYqq 
• Mysterious $5 Billion Biotech Moderna Hit With Legal Setback Related To Key Technology... https://t.co/xJQduAX3vP
• Slimming World launch legal action against Asda over diet food range https://t.co/RIWtMIudBe
• Dakota Access pipeline work restarts amid tribe's legal challenge #US https://t.co/7THlQ1Z9Bp 
• Theresa May's plans to slash number of child refugees faces legal challenge https://t.co/2kTtEF70qY
• The majority of the population cannot bring a judicial review claim https://t.co/jitPM0WIxT 
• Brexit: what impact will it have on the UK offshore wind industry? https://t.co/8hUZdJdwnD 
• UK House of Commons condemns Israeli settlement activity https://t.co/nlkD8sUGyW 
• New booster seat laws make children safer but confuse parents https://t.co/J6FqoKd1O7
• Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International and RW (UK) Submissions in UK Legal Cases https://t.co/sDkjHBLeSm 
• Donald Trump signs executive order giving police greater authority #US https://t.co/Vl9iPe6oAK 
• Are Kodi boxes legal in the UK? How authorities are fighting 'plug and play' piracy https://t.co/nOhq3jdYb5 
• These are the strangest UK laws you can still get arrested for https://t.co/xkh0DK3yN7 
• Belligerent Donald Trump vows to win travel ban court fight #US https://t.co/W2gfIliV7k 
• Boy, 16, dies after Harehills street stabbing https://t.co/qlH0kX0tgK 
• Ohio Governor John Kasich has delayed eight upcoming executions amid a row over the legality #US https://t.co/kwwX1ZOiqO 
• #Angola stadium stampede in Uige kills 17 https://t.co/6TRDZ99qrX  
• Barisal district bar association election for 2017 results, political party backed candidates win #BANGLADESH https://t.co/SzCFHg1Kd2
• Ukip leader Paul Nuttall denies lying about being at Hillsborough disaster... https://t.co/J7S70Vp9fn 
• British officials drop plans for Donald Trump to address parliament https://t.co/ECIBuFKtGd

10th February - Law News

1872nd 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: A defamation case between a halal certifier and an Islamophobic rightwing anti-halal campaigner in the New South Wales Supreme Court is being closely watched by some of the country's highest profile conservative politicians.
 

Focus of the day story: Remember when legal aid was slashed? The awful effects are taking hold.  Full story - Guardian Law

Saturday Conversations on Law

• CCTV captures moment slurry tank crashes through wall of house https://t.co/WCW43Iwp3x 
• #Tanzanian guide arrested for 'fake translation' of tourist's remark https://t.co/vMWk8UIFWT 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/XBFJ43D5f5
• Liverpool FC ban for Sun journalists over Hillsborough https://t.co/OiSawSVxBl 
• Appeal against Scarlett Keeling Goa beach death verdict #INDIA https://t.co/x8r6dXv1Fv 
• Islamic State supporters jailed after undercover police operation https://t.co/SINwt2loyS 
• Dealer found with cocaine in rectum https://t.co/57iOBk7LU8 
• Shop Security guard arrested in Trowbridge after 'shoplifter' dies https://t.co/gibf1NPq54 
• Britain’s shameful failure on child refugees https://t.co/QAu6M1MCSX 
• Brexit transitional deal will lock UK into EU court, says Verhofstadt https://t.co/5PDrh7p20A 
• Defence secretary Michael Fallon accused of influencing prosecution of law firm https://t.co/m7O29S0Xtw
• A timeline of Trump’s travel ban: what's happened, and what's next #US https://t.co/Lg8YFMHoYu 
• Probe investigating allegations made against Iraq war veterans for heinous crimes will be shut down within months... https://t.co/DHtOwDG1Cx 
• Royal Navy 'attack' submarines out of operations making the country an obvious target from invaders?... https://t.co/2VleUujaud 
• Tamara Ecclestone breastfeeding pictures: Why were they controversial? https://t.co/LePQw6WckI
• Abandoned Dutch prisons are being used to house refugees — here's what they're like inside https://t.co/sOHf… 
• Truss willing to drop legal aid fee cut – with strings | Law Gazette... https://t.co/XhYhBXM19d 
• Munby to step down next year | Law Gazette... https://t.co/ibVD8XEuZZ
• Tardy doctors warned about MedCo uploading guidelines | Law Gazette... https://t.co/Q1sH8VDyfh 
• Registry announces new steps to digital conveyancing | Law Gazette... https://t.co/HHdCULwKE2
• KWM: administrator’s report lays bare full story of collapse | Law Gazette... https://t.co/Hsh8IH96d6 
• Lawyers reach Zen: Could letting your mind drift away improve performance and concentration? | Law Gazette... https://t.co/HnrmCclaVa 
• Dechert’s £16m bill in fraud office case ‘unrealistic’ – judge | Law Gazette... https://t.co/86qogpiFHX 
• LSB confirms 12% hike for barristers’ practising fees | Law Gazette... https://t.co/JqZgCYzSTr 
• BBC probes McKenzie friends after Gazette investigation | Law Gazette... https://t.co/a9hCUBWeSD
• MoD leaned on SRA over Iraq war claims, Leigh Day alleges | Law Gazette... https://t.co/HVEhVslPDE 
• Pro bono is no substitute for legal aid, but it might be time to accept it’s the only option out there... https://t.co/y4OX4Vygp8
• Chancery Lane remains concerned over lack of safeguards for vulnerable people | Solicitors Journal... https://t.co/9AROFgLy2s 
• Pimlico Plumbers loses appeal against self-employed status... https://t.co/EApVgSpAq5 
• Labour is standing up for EU nationals’ rights | Letter from Keir Starmer MP... https://t.co/81IcBoSjxj 
• High court to hear legal challenge over end of Dubs scheme in May... https://t.co/txNL6j43Kn 
• Former Rolls-Royce chief executive questioned in corruption probe... https://t.co/bUTsiV9LbP 
• An extraordinary act of judicial courage: inside the latest travel ban court opinion #US https://t.co/lLVHqq3R1j
• Mariya Savinova, #Russian London 2012 gold medallist stripped of title https://t.co/YeqUdMLvRe
• UK woman Kimberley Taylor 'joins fight against IS' https://t.co/UbiIlhdle8 
• Cambridge University Conservatives ban £20 note burning accused https://t.co/28igSxMxfQ 
• Montpellier arrests: France police avert 'imminent' attack #FRANCE https://t.co/CD5XKHkI3z 
• Plumber wins workers' rights battle against Pimlico Plumbers https://t.co/msDvSxyM8D 
• £50m of cocaine found on Norfolk beaches https://t.co/aPMEKxOYXI
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/bIGNk4Ysfs
• #Ghana presidential fleet 'missing 200 cars' https://t.co/BZVui9cLfc 
• Police impunity in #BANGLADESH against journalists and failure to protect them... https://t.co/BlgSn8WrJr 
• The incident between Diane Abbott and David Davis https://t.co/qDld2HEKRs 
• Inquiry into Met Police file shredding claims https://t.co/Y9lbJhE15P
• One-fifth of rail passengers buy wrong tickets from machines https://t.co/6ux5nEBEub 
• BBC Wales removes rugby promo amid social media backlash https://t.co/aanMpt2zd3
• Material for billion ecstasy pills seized in #Netherlands https://t.co/s7Ipxd3XV5 
• Fight in #SouthAfrica parliament during President Zuma address https://t.co/dcyFiZaZ1G 
• Barristers to pay 12% more for right to practise this year - Legal Futures:... https://t.co/nNGMWw2Z0h 
• Court rejects SDT appeal by solicitor who claimed he was acting as McKenzie Friend - Legal Futures:... https://t.co/z7ao9nuBbw
• Archbishop and Tory MPs criticise closure of child refugee scheme https://t.co/EEE3Vlq3uo 
• Trump travel ban hits major setback after judges uphold temporary restraining order #US https://t.co/sjYmNtssnj 
• embers of Rochdale grooming gang face deportation to Pakistan https://t.co/fsZFMUId1l
• Official Secrets Acts reviewed to meet the challenges of the 21st Century | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/5smu93UUNN 
• Leading law firms pull away from Qatar | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/cXGKZDz8kd
• Pinsent Masons expands corporate team with private equity hire | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/O7QBSuN46Y 
• Baker & Partners launches Jersey's first trust litigation text | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/pFEqb6y5Rd
• Law Society of Ireland seeks Representation and Member Services Manager | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/CLmlEIQ5sO
• Conservative official suspended over racist tweet aimed at Diane Abbott... https://t.co/aCO5CqYGXx

9th February - Law News

1871st 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: Politicians and protesters have had their say on the president's executive order on immigration - now lawyers are getting in on the act. The BBC's Rajini Vaidyanathan explains the legal back and forth and why the US Supreme Court is likely to have the final verdict.

Focus of the day story: The Bar Council has recruited law firms to a panel set up under a new initiative to help barristers recover money they are owed by ‘professional clients’ – mainly solicitors.  Two debt recovery specialist firms, Thrings and Veale Wasbrough Vizards, have been appointed to the panel, the Bar Council said today. Panel members have a choice of payment options, including 'no-win, no-fee' as well as at fixed up-front rates. Full story - The Law Society Gazette

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Cambridge Tory student sets fire to £20 note in front of freezing homeless person in cruel stunt... https://t.co/1xkpEQsOJ7 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/j2sCREPw1n
• Solicitor who claimed to be McKenzie friend loses SDT appeal | Law Gazette https://t.co/ST5SoeV6nU
• City firm uses machine learning to speed up document analysis | Law Gazette https://t.co/6IIqKoqMlS 
• Indian firms ‘blocking’ free legal market plans | Law Gazette https://t.co/e0G4cI1F2U
• Automatic strike-out for cases where trial fee unpaid | Law Gazette https://t.co/bLUCxlzZFa 
• Top judges signal mass exodus amid plunging morale | Law Gazette https://t.co/WsJFNgzYxn 
• MoJ backs down on fixed terms for judges | Law Gazette https://t.co/j1Xb5AkNsp 
• Online court 'entirely voluntary', government insists | Law Gazette https://t.co/RI2ITzKahh 
• Far-right #German politician Maik Schneider convicted for refugee shelter arson https://t.co/W20kTughNR 
• Paris to put up glass wall to protect Eiffel Tower #FRANCE https://t.co/k984PIfnDb
• #Syria war: #Russian 'friendly fire' kills Turkish soldiers https://t.co/vLUBuJZgRd 
• FA reform: MPs pass 'no confidence' motion after House of Commons debate https://t.co/CHlplSKlb2 
• Donald Trump visit: Speaker Bercow faces no-confidence bid from ultra rightwing Tory MPs https://t.co/VEZypjX9Mz
• Why is Jeff Sessions such a controversial pick for US attorney general? #US https://t.co/N30dyZ9uiP 
• Supreme court nominee Neil Gorsuch calls Trump judge attacks 'demoralizing' #US https://t.co/JDWFyjcwai
• Remember when legal aid was slashed? The awful effects are taking hold https://t.co/nJp91mCxIq
• Survey reveals UK judges' concerns over pay and safety: Third of all judges says they may consider quitting https://t.co/iSULBp8pgf
• Judges consider quitting over poor pay and pensions | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/3114BlJ7Rx 
• Kingsmills: PPS decides not to prosecute suspect https://t.co/xhXP9v36At
• Young men paid less than predecessors, says Resolution Foundation https://t.co/f4shsBSrNL
• #Kenyan closure of Dadaab refugee camp blocked by high court https://t.co/5yhsYzhctF 
• Rochdale sex grooming gang citizenship appeal fails https://t.co/5dcqvwIgYr
• Child migrants: Ending of 'Dubs amendment' 'shameful' https://t.co/zpec6zciiG
• Revenge eviction law 'not working' https://t.co/2KGcaWWETZ 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/UvBgBpkXfZ
• Ferrer-Bonsoms appoints PRESSCODE as communication advisors | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/foeFXk1PNn
• Bowmans facilitates US$30 million African financing deal | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/T9kGwgXI7B 
• Lawsuit launched for scamming 9/11 heroes out of millions in compensation funds | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/Rmy2P7x3mU 
• Securities class action filings rise to highest levels in 20 years | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/P4csgvBgHx
• Fieldfisher opens doors of new Shanghai office | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/NGgcQRGdl9
• PI spam text company owner disqualified as a director - Legal Futures: https://t.co/71UazmrTdd 
• Computer says ‘guilty’ – online convictions set to become reality - Legal Futures: https://t.co/2doY9zRo25

8th February - Law News

1870th 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: A Russian court upheld a guilty verdict for opposition leader Alexei Navalny in his retrial for embezzlement. Navalny, the driving force behind massive anti-government protests in Moscow 2011 and 2012, has been handed a five-year suspended sentence. The verdict could have implications for next year's presidential election.


Focus of the day story: Lawyers are not the most depressed profession – they only rank number 15 on the depression scale of major occupations (firemen, farmers, and forestry workers top the list). But they are among the most stressed, and that is increasing. Eighty per cent of lawyers say that their job is too stressful and one in three contemplate suicide at least once a year, according to the American Institute of Stress’s 2016 survey. Full story - Solicitors Journal

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Arizona based American man gets 30 years for helping plot IS attack in Texas #US https://t.co/4c6P577xyg 
• Donald Trump under fire in Nordstrom Ivanka row after breaching presidential ethics code #US https://t.co/QErc9hPI5I 
• Madonna posts Instagram pictures of adopted #Malawi twins https://t.co/BGbEcZwg2I
• 'New grammars by 2020' reveal heads after meeting ministers https://t.co/aKOSS4M0o1 
• Court of Appeal burdened with ‘voluminous’ material | Law Gazette https://t.co/8l4t419pHI 
• Respected tax lawyer banned over indecent images | Law Gazette https://t.co/JWkdr9bXpA 
• Housing white paper an ‘encouraging signal’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/lBydgC1C8K
• Bar Council announces debt recovery service | Law Gazette https://t.co/r1X80C8oPV 
• MoJ defies critics to go ahead with London court closures | Law Gazette https://t.co/Df7EJ4VCMm 
• Todner fined for keeping SRA in the dark over cash flow problems | Law Gazette https://t.co/HXQsnKZmBZ 
• KWM administrators confirm investigation | Law Gazette https://t.co/QFujreTAgq 
• 'Exemplary' solicitor allowed to practise despite conviction | Law Gazette https://t.co/1kl3u6kdAC 
• Fairpoint slashes purchase price of Colemans PI business | Law Gazette https://t.co/vPM952H6xW 
• Firepower of litigation funders increases | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/8Q2FuC9tlZ 
• Supreme Court backs cohabitee’s right to receive late partner's pension | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/PBOy7foRxI 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/qdCiD9KSAt 
• The historical truth about fake news https://t.co/gJ4UlZRKzb 
• British marine's company abused other Afghans, court hears https://t.co/tMLeqZ3gzQ 
• The travel ban hearing: an important legal battle in a larger constitutional war #US https://t.co/x7xCIjaKf2 
• Halting UK arms sales to Saudi Arabia would have risks, court hears https://t.co/e8RWnr0La6 
• #Irish trawlers accused of 'alarming' abuses of migrant workers https://t.co/5ZmavLFPxb
• Thank you, Lady Hale, for shifting the supreme court’s view on marriage https://t.co/r6YpMCcDlj 
• UK supreme court backs woman's right to receive late partner's pension https://t.co/2uvgPUdOCT 
• Donald Trump: a man so obnoxious that karma may see him reincarnated as himself | Frankie Boyle https://t.co/1o8ibNAXcd 
• Idaho judge says rape is 'a direct consequence of the social media system' #US https://t.co/4lAtMTX38G 
• Trump faces day of struggles over Betsy DeVos and travel ban #US https://t.co/EZmu9uTwVz 
• Travel ban: judges skeptical about arguments on Trump's executive order https://t.co/bmVf1aC9FF 
• What you need to know about the travel ban hearing – and what happens next #US https://t.co/xuJsn0aiTy 
• MP proposes UK rape shield law to protect victims in court https://t.co/DPjhOSdgJt 
• Five arrests in 'fully loaded' Kodi streaming box raids https://t.co/Yn9jbUv6Iv 
• Child migrants: UK to end 'Dubs amendment' commitment https://t.co/5yCyRfkemD 
• Trump travel ban: President attacks 'so political' courts having not got his way #US https://t.co/j4eob57tpg 
• MPs have overwhelmingly agreed to let the government begin the UK's departure from the EU in their final vote https://t.co/3iVNc0AJUK 
• Rolf Harris trial: Ex-TV star cleared of sex assault charges https://t.co/nhkBYey2v2 
• Unmarried woman wins pension battle https://t.co/owpEZLDC8Q 
• Body cameras on trial in English schools https://t.co/SfRkSMZNtq
• Man charged with fraud in unrelated incident after Stansted plane diversion from Pakistan https://t.co/gLu5oiZxEL 
• Alexei Navalny: #Russian opposition leader found guilty for alleged embezzlement https://t.co/x6KDsnuzCT
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/oziLhFHhYT
• Putin approves legal change that decriminalises domestic violence #RUSSIA https://t.co/JLOg46f2bw 
• Teenagers accused of planning terror attack in #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/tfc04EHwh7
• Police pay out at least £19.5m to informants in five years https://t.co/cdw60un50U 
• Court questions whether #US travel ban is anti-Muslim https://t.co/iqZTGWeqNz
• Lord Goodhart obituary - Barrister and Lib Dem peer https://t.co/OOJDiOmDBy 
• ‘It was as if I had peered into hell’: the man who brought the Nazi death squads to justice https://t.co/dSBdVKe6oM 
• Assad’s slaughterhouse defies description, but it’s horrifyingly real #SYRIA https://t.co/fYJLfrzTgJ 
• The Guardian view on Syrian war crimes: searching for a road to justice | Editorial https://t.co/K17DJCvfmL 
• MP proposes UK rape shield law to protect victims in court https://t.co/76zcukbt6P 
• Travel ban: judges skeptical as court hears arguments on Trump's order #US https://t.co/m4Lrynulmu 
• Travel ban hearing: whose arguments are stronger and what happens next? #US https://t.co/sLq0WDgM5S
• LexisNexis launch legal research and drafting tool, available 'anywhere, anytime' | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/VdSUcZ7dXB
• Kate Macmillan joins PwC cyber security team | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/lsONYpobKL
• More global corporates unite in legal action against President Trump | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/ARXcbbCHex 
• Innovation report shows technology reshaping the legal sector | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/P0OXb03odg 
• ALSPs now a $8.4 billion dollar global market - and growing | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/ZBWXDDfoG9
• Small firms must publish complaints data, consumer panel insists - Legal Futures: https://t.co/xAp9pa1bLZ 
• Solicitor struck off for pornography conviction but continues to run unregulated firm - Legal Futures: https://t.co/25EEfdat67

7th February - Law News

1869th 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: A village in Hungary has banned Muslim dress, the call to prayer and and “homosexual propaganda”. By leading what it calls "the war against Muslim culture", it hopes to attract other Christian Europeans who object to multiculturalism in their own countries. Its mayor, Laszlo Toroczkai, says that while he would welcome people from Western Europe to live in the area, “we wouldn't like to attract Muslims to the village".


Focus of the day story: What importance do relationships have in a modern legal profession? Full story - Legal Futures

Saturday Conversations on Law

• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/VSZXV8epLH
• Brexit rebellion avoided after 'meaningful vote' offer https://t.co/Www70hAbzx 
• Backpacker Mia Ayliffe-Chung's mum slams Trump 'terror' claim about her death in Australia https://t.co/LnCAuP0ibQ 
• Strippers who blackmailed rugby player Danny Cipriani sentenced https://t.co/gBW6RzBDM0
• Insurance boss queries blanket increase in small claims limit | Law Gazette https://t.co/B7atVBgEX5 
• Record low for CCJs revives court fee fears | Law Gazette https://t.co/b3uyJFaNCv 
• Solicitor general defends fraud office funding | Law Gazette https://t.co/vMGyTJwiIK 
• Court allows escape from fixed costs after offer accepted late | Law Gazette https://t.co/Uj0AWgkD7p 
• High Court admonishes Slater and Gordon solicitor for disclosure omission | Law Gazette https://t.co/2UsGQoLPz4 
• Forensic MPs finally nail insurers over their PI spin | Law Gazette https://t.co/2LXrejaZs7 
• Bob Neill MP: MoJ ‘firing in wrong direction’ | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/0CjzsnIqxx
• Lawyers must promote pro bono and public legal education | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/W0JtRsHQsQ 
• How much stress can lawyers take? | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/oSsHcnFYcZ
• A forensic approach to law firm finance | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/2yWWZ2Pt17 
• Liberty from snooping | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/5KKtHuoo1r 
• Trainees must not be afraid to ask for help | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/kE6NTXbVSe 
• Time for courtroom change with regards to domestic violence victims facing abusers? | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/vuD14oV7YZ
• An initiative to enhance the professional development of insurance lawyers | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/XiCUSTTlml 
• Surrey couple's divorce payments raised after 15 years https://t.co/Y7v5oloW14 
• Madonna granted permission to adopt two children from #Malawi https://t.co/AyIjUl1BJ5
• A man who admitted racially abusing a #US army veteran on a Manchester tram with two other males jailed https://t.co/jixy5LHVaB 
• John Bercow Speech Banning Donald Trump Triggers Backlash From nasty right-wing Tory MPs https://t.co/av54wgfgfg
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/zQqAxWg2jZ
• The Kylie Minogue vs Kylie Jenner trademark battle https://t.co/FfXymyTGU3
• Number of motorists caught driving while banned rises https://t.co/l6d8uMxDFX
• 'Serious risks' involved in UK's Prosperity Fund - report https://t.co/QPy1BEdo5T
• Speaker John Bercow criticised over Donald Trump comments https://t.co/7D0sMgE0ng
• Melania Trump refiles $150m libel lawsuit against Daily Mail site publisher #US https://t.co/kZiowpVBx7 
• #Syria conflict: Thousands hanged at Saydnaya prison, Amnesty says https://t.co/vIrzGg2JWw 
• The village aiming to create a white utopia #HUNGARY https://t.co/shGuni58vZ 
• Taking on Trump: Is the #US facing a constitutional crisis? https://t.co/FLf88hQoRX 
• Kremlin angry over #US Fox News 'Putin's a killer' question https://t.co/Vt09qN8SPA 
• Flight attendant shares story of saving trafficking victim #US https://t.co/tUp5d22CpZ
• Sister company of a PR firm that represents David Beckham has confirmed it was subject to a blackmail attempt https://t.co/ZUZSjTn5NU 
• #ISRAEL passes controversial law on West Bank settlements https://t.co/5SGElJWFOE https://t.co/nGaDcr6yRP
• Bill to reform third party right introduced at Holyrood - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/tLH5i4RqKo
• Top crime solicitor and former GCHQ legal head sanctioned over advice after CPS complaint - Legal Futures https://t.co/cc9tIBLryn 
• Solicitor reported after personal relationship with witness raises conflict concern - Legal Futures https://t.co/FQdkDo719O 
• Baker McKenzie to introduce AI-based due diligence technology as part of innovation drive - Legal Futures https://t.co/ky9UvB4yN2
• Indian firm CAM joins league of Kira Systems AI clients | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/DLQVpdEVyN 
• Latham & Watkins picks up former SEC heavyweight in New York | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/a9Xq1SkUmU
• Management pay up 8 per cent at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/ePVbLeneIh 
• Quinn Emanuel forms shareholder group for BT legal action | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/mFxrp0rgJq
• Cooley leads as Snapchat moves towards $3bn IPO | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/Zrj42VNbfT