3rd June - Law News

2714th 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 Focus: Despite strong calls for its cancellation, hundreds of pro-Palestinian activists have taken to the streets of Berlin, for the annual Al-Quds demonstration, which marks the day of Jerusalem. Usually held on the last Friday of Ramadan , the protest is against, what's viewed by the demonstrators, as Israel's occupation of East Jerusalem. The Israeli community in the city held a counter-demonstration - and expressed fears that anti-Semitism is gaining momentum in Germany.

Focus of the Day Article:

The Law Society has issued a practice note highlighting solicitors’ duties when encountering a suspected victim of human trafficking.

Full story - New Law Journal

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Celtic FC confirm sex abuse probe and deny 'doing nothing' https://t.co/SGIE1Vgc2K
• Tech companies and security experts pan UK's encryption backdoor proposal https://t.co/6W6q2Lh4Ia
• Cyber-crime thrives on legal inefficiency & business leaders turning a blind eye https://t.co/CpksfZsL17
• A Proposal for Reforming the Current UK Patent Law System Post-Brexit https://t.co/oGB5KK2YiF
• Rhode Island bishop sorry for saying Pride events 'harmful for children' #US https://t.co/ff0B3nCen3
• Inheritance tax rules 'save richest families nearly £700m a year' https://t.co/uEtSdzGJR
• US wants access to NHS in post-Brexit deal, says Trump ally https://t.co/XXEjFcS3Kj
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/pscnOr5ONd
• MEP Ann Widdecombe sparks fury with gay science comments https://t.co/sQqDTIKRzu
• Pope Francis apologises to Roma for Catholic discrimination https://t.co/FhOR8UFJj4
• Belfast golf club car bomb focus of cross-border investigation https://t.co/7sDWKlxBMK
• #SouthKorea mulls ending idiot age system to match rest of world https://t.co/do1sEienD4 
• Jack the Ripper’s victims had to be whores. Anyone saying different risks a trolling https://t.co/PU4Io9Hmf
• Facebook ordered by US judge to turn over data privacy records in lawsuit after company's lawyer argues https://t.co/0Dqeoj8zQv
• A lawyer explains how the persecution of Julian Assange could spectacularly backfire https://t.co/KT9yoX9tyQ
• Kevin Spacey lawyer says accuser deleted 'exculpatory' messages https://t.co/nsCyBq4wT
• UN Rights Body Calls for Release of #Chinese Lawyer https://t.co/CvVCPaFTe
• Ex-Wall Street Lawyer Is Behind Plan to Have Post Office Compete With Banks https://t.co/zMEEOYpMkh
• Emmet Flood to stand down as White House lawyer #US https://t.co/i1swjz5Tdv
• Venice crash reignites calls for cruise ship ban #Italy https://t.co/V08P6nNLJ
• Donald Trump denies calling Meghan 'nasty' despite audio recording https://t.co/UQSR9OptJT 
• Graduate gets £60k payout from university over 'false advertising' https://t.co/116NSv8uz
• Two bands who have called for members of the Conservative Party to be killed are to perform at Glastonbury Festival… https://t.co/SNAMBFIVey
• Rosalind Sargent-Burns is a longstanding member of the Office of the Pardon Attorney #US https://t.co/EWWSiB8eFR
• Right to an Attorney? Most Tenants Face Landlords Without One #US https://t.co/bKuLtCNfEw
• Attorney gives insight into legal tactics in public corruption trial against Kealohas #US https://t.co/2WTcVcl9Pw
• Loretta Lynch, Former Attorney General, Is Joining a Top Law Firm Back in New York #US https://t.co/ZScuIhNp9M
• Trump lawyer's voicemail message to Flynn's attorney released in obstruction investigation #US https://t.co/joCTWreis7
• Democracy is the victim if the law starts to police politics https://t.co/EBaZr8QXnE
• What happens to our online identities when we die? https://t.co/7cal9CxzD
• Is a construction company right in suing a cafe over the word cat? https://t.co/nJv7Aef9N
• Freshfields becomes second magic circle firm to bump GDL maintenance grant to £10,000 https://t.co/zgjuU7Bshj
• Top QC details paid work experience offer in rebuke to chambers’ ‘unpaid’ internship https://t.co/gJXlqK207
• Mega-viral tweet asks ‘how do Iawyers not cry when arguing’? https://t.co/W15pJUYvC
• Trainee pay at Sidley Austin hits £55,000 https://t.co/yMUXl6AtrZ 
• Law firm switches to four-day working week https://t.co/1jOSc2FzcL
• Couple jailed for threatening judge lose harassment appeal https://t.co/NoLcMX4ifo
• Lawyer jailed for 18 years after smashing chair over judge’s head following ‘minor’ disagreement https://t.co/DRoVpj66Xz
• Vlogging future magic circle trainee offers insight into law exam prep https://t.co/Lc4hgr6K2B 
• The private prosecution of Boris Johnson – what happens next? https://t.co/frYy6aq01c 
• Shearman & Sterling keeps 13 out of 16 qualifying trainees https://t.co/FwfBlspW6Z
• Career changers: 6 things you need to know before making the switch to law https://t.co/r9Uf97xece
• Lord Sumption: Theresa May deserves ‘respect’ but Boris Johnson’s a ‘clown’ https://t.co/Ntbkabak9E
• Profession prepares for big changes in training of lawyers https://t.co/pL1UXiqiEJ 
• Tenant Fees Act 2019: Goodbye to unfair letting charges? https://t.co/GwjL33pOH3
• How can I best prepare for life at a ‘notoriously busy’ US firm? https://t.co/YE52U5nev7
• Event: Secrets to Success Leeds — with Pinsent Masons, Walker Morris, Womble Bond Dickinson and ULaw https://t.co/lMBm7ffORk
• N.S.A. Denies Its Cyberweapon Was Used in Baltimore Attack, Congressman Says #US https://t.co/TTq0euLP5Q
• Twitter Takes Down Accounts of #China Dissidents Ahead of Tiananmen Anniversary https://t.co/y5OVKQa7g5
• A Gun Killed My Son. So Why Do I Want to Own One? https://t.co/Zs82SFRRAW
• Photos of the Tiananmen Square Protests Through the Lens of a Student Witness #China https://t.co/Q5qhggS4ZI
• Boeing Built Deadly Assumptions Into 737 Max, Blind to a Late Design Change https://t.co/LWQx5pywzR
• Brazil Footballer Neymar denies rape accusation https://t.co/KcyF3rN8tO
• Tiananmen Square: #China minister defends 1989 crackdown https://t.co/ApEzAnDHEe
• Government targets 'shameful' funeral plan sale tactics https://t.co/ubUr1f9C0H 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/5bc15DfaGV
• Ian Bailey's solicitor brands guilty verdict a 'grotesque miscarriage of justice' #Ireland https://t.co/hx7R5PheE9
• Retired solicitor Peter Ronald Lambert died after falling into his cellar, an inquest has heard https://t.co/Gj3tpNOxCC
• The Guardian view on the abuse of learning-disabled people: duties of care | Editorial https://t.co/nwq6K1vigE
• Taylor Swift letter urges Republican senator to back LGBTQ rights #US https://t.co/EytDAotaus
• Donald Trump is like a 20th-century fascist, says Sadiq Khan https://t.co/KDX9Cp1qsH
• Driver jumps from moving car after chase in Wrexham https://t.co/JkktDgpOOl

2nd June - Law News

2713rd 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 Focus: US immigration: Texas detention facility severely overcrowded: A US government watchdog has issued a damning report on overcrowding at a migrant detention facility in Texas. The Office of Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security says immediate action must be taken to address the problem.

Saturday Conversations on Law

• 'Panama Papers scandal’ guidelines for lawyers assisting clients with offshore companies has been published https://t.co/K4ivvoaSrR 
• Solicitors pay for duplicating work done by counsel https://t.co/Mdf0LwyyVC
• Family Division President issues guidance on Special Guardians https://t.co/mBQe8gFbSG 
• For property solicitors, the intricacies of legal indemnity insurance ‘can often get lost in translation’ https://t.co/n5nRuT5ul
• Employers who enhance maternity pay for women do not discriminate against men taking shared parental leave https://t.co/NbkUNf2MTz
• The Law Society issue practice note highlighting solicitors’ duties on suspected victim of human trafficking https://t.co/oua66ofWrw
• Family lawyers call on Justice Secretary to set up independent inquiry into domestic abuse cases in the family court https://t.co/WgNbIqJHEZ 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/NRpTgY9zCk
• Westminster Abbey stops #Ethiopian priests visiting looted holy tablet during the colonial era https://t.co/2yfuVtheo
• Austerity to blame for 130,000 ‘preventable’ UK deaths – report https://t.co/8g9cR92V7k
• Racial abuse in the playground? That’s just England in 2019 https://t.co/qWosI8W6MT
• Sin taxes on meat or flying won’t change a climate hypocrite like me. Rationing might https://t.co/WNgE0Af3NX
• Channel migrants: 'Record number' of boats and 74 people intercepted https://t.co/OURdLIk6D
• Bomb under PSNI officer’s car at Belfast golf club 'intended to kill' https://t.co/sDPbWPlWVZ 
• #US demands social media details from visa applicants https://t.co/lJF15wevtr
• Virginia Beach killings: City names 12 victims of mass shooting #US https://t.co/kdc4VJlEut 
• Right-wing journalist 'no-platformed' by GPs over Enoch Powell tweet https://t.co/QHM7d1YDa7
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/xVhwRB2JWj
• Elton John 'rejects' Russia censorship of Rocketman gay scenes https://t.co/TphpnXPUwq
• Rip-off letting fees are finally banned – what will happen now? https://t.co/gBnLPlVwuU
• Railway arch shops face eviction after rent rises of up to 85% https://t.co/zscWk0U3ma
• More than 30 arrests at UK Hells Angels 50th anniversary events https://t.co/qk0dtpA58B 
• Tech giants say UK spy agency’s encryption proposal is threat to security and human rights https://t.co/tdfxLG8Yq1
• British Columbia passes emissions law banning sale of gas-powered cars by 2040 #Canada https://t.co/kctV0YMq2n
• Proposed extradition law changes in Hong Kong: UK and Canada joint statemen https://t.co/HvML1yKlx2
• Technology groups condemn UK proposal to add law enforcement to encrypted chats and calls https://t.co/pQ1l7HnyVp 
• How to integrate legal and PR strategy to optimise litigation results https://t.co/uZihaKOxnV 
• Iron Maiden take legal action against software company for 'Ion Maiden' game https://t.co/7cOfvqhuuh
• George Galloway threatens Alastair Campbell with LEGAL ACTION for 'misconduct' over Iraq War https://t.co/3ynzRxF8hP 
• Legal distractions scupper Netanyahu’s push to form government #Israel https://t.co/IF39NCPywk 
• Met Police need huge IT upgrade to ensure facial recognition legal https://t.co/xMwgb4gnDb 
• Regina Daniels denies Barrister Jude Ojeogwu as her father #Nigeria https://t.co/vNPjZ5RAxy 
• Man arrested trying to board flight with £19,000 was 'fleeing over death threat' https://t.co/WIk4YGsyCd 
• ACCC hires Hayne barrister Michael Hodge for TPG Vodafone defence #Australia https://t.co/0ByFVVI3pO 
• Dame Elish Angiolini awarded honorary membership of Law Society of Scotland in its 70th year https://t.co/wMRGb3aKi4
• Wait times for sentencing dates 'unacceptable' says Taranaki's Crown Solicitor #NewZEaland https://t.co/oj6hXYozQQ 
• After suffering a horrific injury whilst playing rugby for St Helens, Preston solicitor James Pearson is back on the pitch https://t.co/gVPPq94wqK
• Struck-off solicitor Michael Lynn loses legal challenge ahead of trial for alleged theft of almost €30m #Ireland https://t.co/CxIkhj4sr6
• Under a vest: police officer stops burglars in his underwear https://t.co/QsONAgkprt
• Virginia Beach: gunman kills at least 11 at government building #US #NRA https://t.co/IxYTXYBsFm
• Sir Philip Green charged in US over claims he touched pilates instructor https://t.co/QL9DYIGkqD
• Decades of missing Indigenous women a 'Canadian genocide' – leaked report #Canada https://t.co/e53eT5xLLc
• Bill Cosby drops defamation case against sexual assault accusers #US https://t.co/zjGB7vtv70 
• Lettings fee ban brings cheer to tenants https://t.co/Q7oYIvD8On
• Birmingham LGBT row: Protesters banned from school https://t.co/2BiLELXtLZ

1st June - Law News

2712nd 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 Focus: India's GDP or gross domestic product grew 5.8 per cent in the January-March period, the slowest rate of expansion recorded since the quarter ended June 2017, government data showed on Friday. That was worse than economists' expectations, and lower than 6.6 per cent in the previous quarter. A survey of economists by news agency Reuters had forecast GDP growth at 6.3 per cent annually in the quarter ended March 31.

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Falconer: my 'regret' over Labour's effort to curb legal aid budget | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/ZvQw3EjcZ0 
• Profits and turnover up at Taylor Wessing | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/6KmVsWtslQ
• Listed firm Ince Gordon Dadds shakes up its brands | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/nKAz2szxkC
• Law Society rebuffs critics over NDA guidance | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/lWVbk17eg6 
• Junior lawyers invited to help High Court judges | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/5vsSs3rOnO 
• NDAs and the ethics debate | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/p8XD4Liahm
• #Belgium investigates right-to-die group offering 'suicide powder' https://t.co/lbRhQSgEhy 
• The Guardian view on Tiananmen, 30 years on: hope and terror | Editorial https://t.co/hfkMaRJtlq
• London Bridge inquests: Chances 'galore' to stop attack, says lawyer https://t.co/TFelJ1KnnS 
• A round-up of human rights stories from around the world https://t.co/lHkrviD05c
• Mental health charity given boost with Shoosmiths fundraising https://t.co/9z40Faetc3 
• Majority of people believe legal system unfit for ordinary people https://t.co/ZaI79r6nhT
• Northern Ireland High Court ‘minded to quash’ search warrants against journalists https://t.co/bmL469obOp
• Legally binding contracts – more than meets the eye https://t.co/0HsnjEThIy 
• International award for Scotch Whisky legal team https://t.co/FKqtzqEHEp
• Dame Elish Angiolini awarded honorary membership of Law Society of Scotland https://t.co/BJx0dmwfCz
• Immigration detention centre under fire for ‘inhumane’ periods of detention https://t.co/XDm94fUA4b
• EU settlement scheme has only 31,000 Scottish applicants https://t.co/51Q0JrMJ09 
• John Mulholland takes up term as president of the Law Society of Scotland https://t.co/5zLcshl9yP
• Biometrics bill to create ‘lawful, effective and ethical’ framework for personal data https://t.co/bbF13O0s3C 
• Murderer who claimed ‘miscarriage of justice’ over 999 call evidence loses appeal against conviction https://t.co/cuTOyb9UXR
• Manchester Victoria station stabbings: Man charged with attempted murder https://t.co/63zPsB6T0e 
• Ethan Bramble, tattooed model mocks arrest warrant in #Australia https://t.co/BcvOmfBpf8 
• Law lecturers “free to embrace diversity”, says academic | Legal Futures https://t.co/tWDi1a71mX
• Smith: lawtech not “silver bullet” for access to justice | Legal Futures https://t.co/By0ipU7ZLm 
• Number of PI claims “largely static” over past year | Legal Futures https://t.co/RNHQZtxhCI 
• Law firm launches private client platform to help executors | Legal Futures https://t.co/JTPDVlX1JD 
• Our glorious past is what we remember. The brutality behind it we’ve forgotten https://t.co/3uaOOL6rfj 
• Julian Assange shows psychological torture symptoms, says UN expert https://t.co/qLub1flWeD
• Abbie Mclaren: Relative admits causing 12-year-old's death https://t.co/1Vm42AzY0G 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/RERscrwjyz
• Free legal advice available in #France https://t.co/3wv5yraSJA
• HSS - Queen Mary extends legal placement programme in collaboration with leading law firms - Queen Mary University https://t.co/ii6BzZwqDE
• Hampshire County Council solicitor cleared of perverting course of justice https://t.co/ZiiisRsgAu
• Alleged mastermind arrested over execution of Sydney solicitor Ho Ledinh #Australia https://t.co/KfknzJzmCj
• Solicitor in agony after nose got infected following botched surgery https://t.co/lncAOHpokP 
• Solicitor, 48, died after he stepped out in front of a train https://t.co/UhgLOJTaf4 
• Law Society obtains IRD exemption for barrister escrow arrangements #NewZealand https://t.co/ktblnpRITD
• John Gilligan was 'leaving country due to threat', court hears https://t.co/wgMcEnJoBP 
• Minister to face grilling from top barrister over Bailey swing-fall claim #Ireland https://t.co/CyWbGYhv74 
• Lawyers describe #Irish legal system as 'farce' after letting alleged killer Ian Bailey go free https://t.co/1U3z0VtOXC 
• Obituary: Gordon Pollock, barrister known as “the Bruiser” https://t.co/V1O0xmRlQK 
• #Philippines sends tonnes of rubbish back to Canada https://t.co/sFT5F5eDgL
• JP Morgan to pay historic settlement in paternity leave case https://t.co/sFtvbZWASc 
• My Ramadan Diary: Fasting for 18 hours with depression and anxiety https://t.co/qIK4CLJcHO 
• How Britain tried to 'erase' #India's third gender https://t.co/e3prrS7QTG 
• Climate change: Zero emissions law should be PM's legacy, scientists say https://t.co/7IzTjnPRhZ 
• #NorthKorea 'executes envoy to US' after Trump summit failures – report https://t.co/iAvhS68aLN 
• John Cleese isn’t alone in equating ‘English’ with white. Sadly, that view is mainstream https://t.co/M6LBjiLdl5 
• Ashton Kutcher appears in 'Hollywood Ripper' trial https://t.co/WGpD1Fr3VG 
• Letting agency 'ousts tenants and takes belongings' https://t.co/WCy1Pz9u1w 
• Louisiana passes law banning abortions after heartbeat is detected #US https://t.co/MG2O2QHvOr 
• #Hungary boat crash: Captain of vessel involved in collision arrested https://t.co/qZtPXZUDSu 
• Trump announces tariffs on all Mexico goods in latest anti-immigration measure #US https://t.co/R8r8pFqw3y 
• Shamima Begum: Lawyer says teen was 'groomed' https://t.co/OyFuQi9TZ8
• Amazon blamed as 'iconic' bookshops announce closure https://t.co/1W5Sp6Y2B3 
• Far-right fundraising not taken seriously by UK, report finds https://t.co/hJF0f7ran4 
• Report raises alarm over police detention of vulnerable suspects https://t.co/2bE2HfP7FS 
• Peer who never spoke in Lords last year claims £50,000 expenses https://t.co/7S1qwTU2aX

31st May - Law News

2711st 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 Focus: The US Justice Department has charged WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange with receiving and publishing classified information, including the names of confidential sources for American armed forces. The case presents immediate questions about media freedom, including whether the Justice Department is charging Assange for actions — such as soliciting and publishing classified information — that journalists take as a matter of course.

Focus of the Day Article:

A competition offering grants of £50,000 for technology-based approaches to making legal services more accessible will be announced by the Solicitors Regulation Authority and a government-backed technology foundation today. The Legal Access Challenge has recei

Full story - The Law Society Gazette

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Legal aid heavyweights to merge | Law Gazette https://t.co/T9rco8H7xR
• CBA opens second front in fees dispute | Law Gazette https://t.co/qGrsWjBBfj 
• Expert witnesses will undergo ‘intensive assessment’ from June | Law Gazette https://t.co/v1V3KcMUig
• Couple jailed for harassing judge after birthday card sent to her home | Law Gazette https://t.co/krUWwilv82
• Hundreds of new firms predicted to set up in 2020 | Law Gazette https://t.co/V6XMnfzX7k
• City firms create management roles to drive innovation | Law Gazette https://t.co/vEbiWP5n9N 
• SRA-backed scheme offers £50,000 for lawtech innovators | Law Gazette https://t.co/fU6FuSEUo
• Conveyancing consolidation squeezing out local knowledge | Law Gazette https://t.co/om6SOErSn7
• BAILII needs your support | Law Gazette https://t.co/6RrSiCUNYd
• VIP abuse accuser Carl Beech 'confided in counsellor' before police report https://t.co/bGG02NiX44
• R. Kelly facing 11 more sex crime charges #US https://t.co/oI3FxMZurd
• Chief medical officer considers recommending tax on unhealthy food https://t.co/LL7RzpvA4e 
• Pence tells Canada he's 'proud' to oppose abortion https://t.co/QjiGgxhdS0
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/PmlUATZE
• ‘Parents know best’: Esther McVey faces Tory backlash over LGBT lessons https://t.co/a1TXcudFX0
• Sylvia Denman obituary: Barrister and author of the 2001 report that highlighted widespread racial discrimination  https://t.co/rsY56aE9ul
• Grenfell Tower fire: Campaigners welcome new inquiry panel https://t.co/ig0o3ryYQb 
• Man killed in daylight attack in Edinburgh street https://t.co/4nmjWlO3yP 
• Google and Apple criticise GCHQ eavesdropping idea https://t.co/HT2NpI473G
• Rape victims' therapy guidance needs urgent review - Labour https://t.co/pKHH4wcpsM
• Ilford murder: 'Coercive' husband battered wife to death https://t.co/9G8LmNukFn 
• Watermans Solicitors boosts support for air ambulance charity https://t.co/TEqFod3MXA
• Judges ban Hells Angels from the Netherlands https://t.co/NtV2GBy2pS
• Dozens of fraud convictions rendered unsafe by bogus expert witness https://t.co/rIi20R4yBe 
• New forms for taking the views of children under spotlight at AFLA event https://t.co/l7nGCwmGTX
• All welcome to SLAS discussion on Roberton Review https://t.co/I9sDMkHS8x 
• The importance of early M&A tax advice https://t.co/fZjJ5n84pw
• Pioneering female academics and Polish ‘soldier students’ feature in book celebrating law in Dundee https://t.co/kMDZTXPZwD
• Audrey Junner accredited as liquor licensing specialist https://t.co/4mBySJlKra
• Rights groups join Apple, Google and Microsoft in calling on GCHQ to drop eavesdropping plans https://t.co/97rLo30RxQ 
• Commercial rent disputes drop to five-year low in Scotland https://t.co/4CxyBFtqJS 
• First conviction obtained under new Domestic Abuse Scotland Act https://t.co/iVb7yWS2Sr 
• Businessman fails in appeal against Scottish judge’s decision to enforce Hong Kong court ruling https://t.co/x19wqDh9LY 
• Let’s talk about money | Legal Futures https://t.co/brMiICFLm6 
• Number of conveyancing firms continues to fall amid consolidation | Legal Futures https://t.co/tFRGcvzX3i 
• Report calls for end to “macho culture” of chambers | Legal Futures https://t.co/jnhim4yWWB 
• Consumers see technology as key to unlocking access to law | Legal Futures https://t.co/td5QmlkPFk 
• Boeing admits it 'fell short' on safety alert for 737 https://t.co/EvXMIC6sy3 
• Promotions at PI firm ahead of next year's whiplash reforms https://t.co/EtGsNBAJ47 
• Mincoffs Solicitors Appoints New Commercial Property Solicitor https://t.co/yDKHNoerxm 
• SNP MEP Alyn Smith threatened with legal action by Brexit Party https://t.co/nGCvBxVpEd 
• Dissident takes legal action against #Saudi government over spyware claim https://t.co/hnZci7whDR
• Huawei files new legal action as it tries for a swift end to its lawsuit against the #US government https://t.co/7rf0d9HqnB
• #Kenya High Court sharply criticized for upholding sodomy law https://t.co/FszvAhtLbv 
• Trump's tax cut law barely boosted growth or wages and is not paying for itself, report finds #US https://t.co/MGbS3DReVi
• Huge projections on UK buildings demand change to NI abortion laws https://t.co/Wud0gBa4Fq
• Arrest of journalists over confidential material ‘akin to police state’ https://t.co/zhM2eHfTJX 
• Former Bridgnorth student to face years in jail as judge rejects drugs 'story' https://t.co/chaExSCL9Y 
• Tauranga barrister Dean Blair announced as District Court judge #NewZealand https://t.co/7dnHPUP6ZR
• Barrister who launched D v Ireland case elected to Dublin City Council #Ireland https://t.co/VxllKFBMy8 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/HBtTAxpp5i
• Lines into Leeds station have been blocked and services severely disrupted due to a "trespasser on the railway" https://t.co/krkkXh0ME8
• Disney could pull productions from Georgia over abortion law https://t.co/vI2d0DQME1
• Spiteful White House 'asked Navy to hide warship USS John S. McCain' #US https://t.co/4vI1Hksg1L
• Danielle Jones: Mum's plea for killer to reveal location of body https://t.co/trqDWpKEbQ
• More Democrats call for impeachment after Mueller makes statement #US https://t.co/Yros1SJtQw
• University tuition fees 'should be cut to £7,500' https://t.co/cNsl2BHJyW
• #US Transportation Secretary Failed to Sever Financial Ties to Construction Company https://t.co/N794zdMOTc
• 30 Years After Tiananmen, a #Chinese Military Insider Warns: Never Forget https://t.co/rPkujkUwc2 
• Supreme Court Sidesteps Abortion Question in Ruling on Indiana Law #US https://t.co/T62X6ZLdPA
• UK government 'risks another Windrush' over EU citizens, MPs say https://t.co/Ue7ZP3RvrX
• More than 1000 knives seized in week of knife crime crackdown https://t.co/8Obt44UElP
• Children whitening skin to avoid racial hate crime, charity finds https://t.co/jiuhWUY3Gh
• The Guardian view on German responses to antisemitism: frankness and honesty | Editorial https://t.co/M8HdpoMg0O
• Fraud trial abandoned because expert witness had no expertise https://t.co/gCo1KIlKuV

30th May - Law News

2710th 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 Focus: Former U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein, argues that world leaders are weak, shortsighted and mediocre, and no longer willing or able to defend human rights. It used to be that human rights abuses were called out and many were stopped. Violators had something to fear. But today, the silence of those public officials is astounding. Probable genocide in Myanmar, imprisonment of journalists in Egypt and their murder in Turkey, authoritarian-minded leaders elected in Brazil, Hungary, India, Russia, Italy and Austria, oppression in China, Cambodia, Venezuela, children separated from their parents and locked up right here in Trump’s America. That's without mentioning North Korea. The worst human rights offenders are able to act with complete impunity.

Focus of the Day Article:

The very best technology allows staff simply to get on with their job. It works away in the background and we don’t even notice it’s there. There are, in fact, probably many instances where everyday processes are taking advantage of artificial intelligence (AI) and we don’t even realise.
In the near future, we anticipate machine learning will start to be used in the conveyancing process too. It will be used to check documents and recognise images with the aim of speeding up the overall workflow.

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Saturday Conversations on Law

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29th May - Law News

2709th 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 Focus: Could a beligerent approach to foreign policy make for a safer world? Many think Trump a buffoon and a threat to world peace. But with ISIS weakened, and signs of progress in North Korea, perhaps his supporters can point to some initial successes. Is the beat way of pursuing peace to prepare for war? Or has Trump in fact made the world more precarious than ever?

Focus of the Day Article:

New thinking on prison sentencing needed. A different approach is required, where punishment is not seen as an inevitable escalator of severity.

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Saturday Conversations on Law

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• Prisoners to get more work opportunities as government eases rules https://t.co/EhPUl0Q0Wu
• Landmarks in law: Sally Bercow and the first major 'Twibel' case https://t.co/Vl5J9Isbgb 
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• Munby's concerns prompt fresh guidance on special guardians | Law Gazette https://t.co/YNLv8hhtl5
• Magic circle firm brings in five-figure maintenance grant for trainees | Law Gazette https://t.co/emLgKDrC6R 
• Second chance: Gauke widens prisoner release scheme | Law Gazette https://t.co/m5G0res9l6 
• Three months 'not long enough' for domestic abuse review | Law Gazette https://t.co/XZRNlSWPVA 
• Leave the work to counsel: Judge slashes solicitors' trial costs | Law Gazette https://t.co/0iAQqmjHOc
• Amnesty loses five bosses after report on 'toxic workplace' https://t.co/8xjcI2sP2f
• US: Utah judge suspended for six months over Trump comments https://t.co/a2G4ILt3D2
• Unpaid work for prisoners represents £250,000 worth of labour in Dundee https://t.co/PAeAXiZd3W
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• Faraday Grid appoints Nathan Fagre as new general counsel https://t.co/ZMRBKVzo5T 
• Cybercrime prosecutions under one per cent despite rise in incidents https://t.co/hdASVs46fJ 
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• Home Office guidelines under fire as figures reveal 40 per cent of Dungavel inmates deemed ‘vulnerable’ https://t.co/ysbh2gJ2F0
• Man found guilty of theft by housebreaking who claimed ‘no case to answer’ fails in appeal against conviction https://t.co/HkVuUZwNcB
• #Australian jailed for UK backpacker's kidnap and rape ordeal https://t.co/pygz71i9N8 
• JLS star Oritse Williams not guilty of rape https://t.co/DFaM3wC21v 
• Muslim Council demands Tory Islamophobia inquiry https://t.co/ox8PTohGXE
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• Wills firm embraces four-day week for all staff | Legal Futures https://t.co/Ke911w2prW 
• Claimant PI market will “contract sharply” after whiplash reforms | Legal Futures https://t.co/T8mYbZfkAV 
• Probate solicitor took money from estates to keep firm afloat | Legal Futures https://t.co/2fD1DePXFW
• Match-fixing in football: #Spanish police make arrests in top two divisions https://t.co/oaNtyYoWuu 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/yaLVoRhqv1
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• Anti-abortion group approved at University of Aberdeen amid legal action https://t.co/oaATibkpXB
• British people in #France set to join legal action against UK over postal votes https://t.co/pMa6bXhiJi
• #French court to begin trying Ian Bailey 'in absentia' for murder of Sophie Toscan du Plantier  https://t.co/h1Nm9x75oY 
• Penniless thief stole meat from Sainsbury's twice to survive https://t.co/IClL6qPGyQ
• 'People call solicitors before they call doctors': Motorists want lower whiplash court payouts #Ireland https://t.co/m93qAoNXVr
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• 'Courtroom is terrifying for plaintiffs', legal process needs to be demystified #Ireland https://t.co/QX7H8JeW1B 
• Solicitor firm partner goes extra mile for West Mercia Women's Aid https://t.co/Bb7ui07xA2 
• HOMS Solicitors appoints Marguerite Seymour as associate solicitor in litigation https://t.co/Mk7EczwNaw
• Car theft payouts 'at seven-year high' https://t.co/AIEuUz9ozI
• Man dies on plane after ingesting 246 cocaine bags https://t.co/nqT8JyUDhX
• Non-emergency 101 calls to become free https://t.co/XYGPVouy94
• Fertility paradox in male beauty quest https://t.co/Tj2NGYPCil 
• Inside the Warwick University rape chat scandal https://t.co/Ii4PcSVPwu 
• Who are the Muslim community patrols protecting #US mosques? https://t.co/gptwOeAPBv 
• PIP breast implant scandal: Victims visited by bailiffs https://t.co/snvobibrqN
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• #Japan knife attack: Children stabbed in Kawasaki park https://t.co/658DiOnzkj 
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• More prisoners will be allowed to take outside jobs https://t.co/3HVFNMR2mX 
• #Myanmar's Thangyat: Jailed for a comedy show https://t.co/dEbQ2L7wEb 
• PI firms offered exit route with 'no need' for due diligence | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/HpKfuk2lXr 
• Police officer's son who killed two in Audi but was spared jail is pictured https://t.co/L7Vjf8fmP7