LawNewsIndex

Thursday

14th August - Law News

962th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap

FOCUS OF THE DAY: The Local Government Association (LGA), which represents councils in England and Wales, warned that ‘claims for often trivial or minor incidents risk having a detrimental impact on road repairs and education budgets’. Many such claims ‘arise from lawyers talking people into making a claim with the offer of free legal fees’. Full story - The Law Society Gazette

Last week's interactions with @TheLawMap

Pilot's artificial arm 'became detached while landing plane' http://t.co/NLhbSpXre8
PAKISTAN braces for day of protest led by Tahirul Qadri and Imran Khan http://t.co/jk4Se6D1tG
US: Michael Brown shooting: Tensions enter fourth night http://t.co/pb6VrpRtNr
Failing GP practices face closure http://t.co/WP6vwZ2zhI
Record university places as A-level results revealed http://t.co/qPB6lYFvSu
SRA to investigate asylum advice after judges overturn convictions | Legal Futures http://t.co/BxmEPTQZV7
British student Nawal Msaad cleared of attempting to smuggle cash to Syrian jihadists in her underwear http://t.co/JqPphbrE9Y
Children let down by law that allows internet grooming http://t.co/CekUHjWo4z
Brother of murdered City trader accuses police of ‘cover-up’ http://t.co/rmv0oSGDMd
Suspected burglar who hid in tree for hours severely disrupted trains near Charlton http://t.co/JjLxrYWYhq
Windsor Castle at risk from professional scrumpers http://t.co/xYA5GkiEzv
University law lecturer Paul Kohler face disfigured after attack by burglars http://t.co/kwuVrnGA4d
Prisoner, 27, escapes from hospital after police mistakenly guard elderly patient http://t.co/6wQXvLI2Zw
Second MP calls for suspension of Greater Manchester Police chief constable Sir Peter Fahy http://t.co/0qtL6RgM2U
Double shooting: husband killed wife after battle against gypsy camp http://t.co/dnbN9XxsEb
How taxpayers helped fund £1m home of minister who can't live on MP's pay http://t.co/rMvYPuS3Sj
GREECE: Archaeologists uncover entrance to important tomb from reign of warrior-king Alexander the Great http://t.co/LGExUAaJn9
April Jones killer denied compensation for jail attack http://t.co/PFjkevidLQ
ISRAEL, Palestinians 'extend Gaza truce by five days' http://t.co/zSr9ZMDIUk
Nabarro to offer fixed fees across litigation cases | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/2J9MJTtpc5
Two thirds of in-house teams expect to grow The Global Legal Post http://t.co/k3pTDIOJSV
Companies say soaring data will increase legal costs | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/wk0K3vxOp7
Sydney head of Maddocks leaves to start boutique | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/n8viI2HE7u
Australia-listed Slater & Gordon posts bullish results | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/R4eUsQF5mu
Paul Hastings duo move to Pillsbury for Beijing launch | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/gusLWG4mUY
Law firms grow 33pc faster with non-exec on board | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/xVCzOmMxmk
Dozens of law firms jostle over GM claims | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/PGfoa0JTIt

Wednesday

13th August - Law News

961th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap

FOCUS OF THE DAY: Solicitors, insurers and mortgage lenders all raise concerns regarding SRA's indemnity cover plans. The Legal Services Board (LSB) has published a list of correspondence from numerous stakeholders who oppose the Solicitors Regulation Authority's (SRA) plan to reduce minimum PII cover to £500,000. Full story - Solicitors Journal

Last week's interactions with @TheLawMap

Tredegar Park 'new site' for Nato Newport peace camp http://t.co/RHnAp5rDB3
What can and can't you put on headstones? http://t.co/MDmQLiPtzq
Belfast City Council seeks legal advice on George Galloway event http://t.co/DgggahECLg
DVLA changes: NI minister criticises Swansea staff http://t.co/saZ6pkuhL4
Scottish independence: Bank of England has referendum contingency plan http://t.co/FRk3ZxGejk
Leanne Meecham death: Stepfather guilty of murder http://t.co/UsVM2JIPk4
Littlemore daughter kept dead mother's body in bathroom http://t.co/C5tonNVAzb
Manchester United bans tablets and laptops at home matches http://t.co/FHbt1to8Jz
Woman cleared of smuggling money for Syria in underwear http://t.co/jEGTlZexHy
Iraq crisis: UK 'will play role' in rescue mission, says PM http://t.co/8DglvrD6YQ
Bevan Brittan makes it two in a row as London's Barnet and Harrow awarded local authority ABS | The Lawyer http://t.co/Q8hP4kd6W4
Prison inmates held without electricity or running water for over two days http://t.co/NfzKHYjV6G
60,000 sign petition urging Sheffield United not to re-sign rapist Ched Evans http://t.co/0EToN694ed
Cameron warned over 'sabre-rattling' with European court of human rights http://t.co/edRU2Eceuj
Fifty years after the last hanging, the UK has fallen out of love with the death penalty http://t.co/CQ5aNpTr8i
US: Texas landowners are caught between protecting their property and saving migrants' lives http://t.co/yyX4NQ5XgX
US court will not delay ruling striking down Virginia gay marriage ban http://t.co/Jj9QBcYAIz
IRAQ: The power struggle in Baghdad and Nouri al-Maliki's fight for control http://t.co/N4c1BjCdDQ
ARGENTINE defies contempt threat from US judge in debt default case http://t.co/OWAfXXMTFy
TTIP talks should address barriers to free movement of lawyers between the EU and US | Law Gazette http://t.co/0BRHyOsu2N
Second council ABS approved | Law Gazette http://t.co/xiDEPuMUlj
Liverpool PI firm falls foul of advertising standards | Law Gazette http://t.co/TX3yHiAgiv
Family system 'woefully behind' in treatment of vulnerable | Law Gazette http://t.co/sFdP7QHUTP
TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHCltZZ
Senior nurse faces tribunal after patient died two days after being given the wrong medication http://t.co/8fUoyAaqyV
PAKISTAN Tribunal declares election of federal minister void http://t.co/fFYFnAFX1U
Tribunal upholds ban for PI broker http://t.co/3ZCnWCafFx
£100m DMI omnifail: BBC managers' emails trawled by employment tribunal http://t.co/THt7THMffG
Employment tribunal claims almost halved over the past year http://t.co/S5MnViOcQC
UK ban on prisoners voting breaches their human rights: European rights court http://t.co/OinGOTK7s9
CHILE's support for Palestine: two-faced on indigenous rights https://t.co/5k8HRNsDkw
Rights-based approaches to forest conservation - Eldis http://t.co/WEsRxhVlFx
HIV and human rights: good practice guide http://t.co/zGMqsN83gr
UN Rights Council appoints members of commission to investigate purported Gaza violations: http://t.co/vnhIusrSnG
US: Michael Brown shooting - civil rights groups may sue to obtain officer's name http://t.co/UVHDjWA5dO
Offshore babies: The murky world of transnational surrogacy http://t.co/sz35xShHmO
SOUTH AFRICA: Marikana miners shot down - second anniversary http://t.co/bqbh5ooZ2s
INDIA uranium mining fuels health crisis http://t.co/m7Ij1PRaY2
EGYPT protest deaths: Linked to president? http://t.co/RL605UlCzw
LIBYA: Interior Ministry says Tripoli police chief killed by fighters after leaving a meeting in the Tajoura http://t.co/n82YpLjzBJ
EGYPT's Rabaa deaths 'crime against humanity' http://t.co/u4iUNugj5F
Minister quits because £120,000 salary and expenses is not enough to support his family in London http://t.co/5R3yOuhko9
Lord Neuberger, Britain's most senior judge, admits he doesn't read all papers in a case http://t.co/0K25aXvPCA
Woman teacher who had sexual relationship with female pupil walks free http://t.co/5BX6HUCN7k
Benefit cheat stole £70k while running £2.6m property empire http://t.co/PGarIan6LA
LAW FIRM NEWS: Aaron & Partners posts recordbreaking revenue of £7.26m off back of Bennett's acquisition | The Lawyer http://t.co/zok01aFbzp
LAW FIRM NEWS: Muckle & Walker Morris among six appointed to first Sustainable Development Capital panel | The Lawyer http://t.co/cL9GKfM8hv
Russell Group universities still to fill LLB places for autumn | The Lawyer http://t.co/W4koqC6BGP
LAW FIRM NEWS: Nabarro to offer fixed fees for all litigation clients | The Lawyer http://t.co/fnprFADD7z
Slater & Gordon eyeing yet more deals as it hits £100m revenue mark | Legal Futures http://t.co/8TM0qtGJSk
Second local authority ABS: we are not a threat to law firms | Legal Futures http://t.co/7FyLPZt9v8
APIL makes successful complaint over Hampson Hughes advert | Legal Futures http://t.co/SrX9Zf2znn
The Guardian view on voting rights for prisoners http://t.co/z1tUNydlVC
Ben Jennings on prisoners’ right to vote - cartoon http://t.co/DKtxEuHoj0
US: Police Files on Radicals Are at Center of a Lawsuit http://t.co/q8gN0TB2cm
Dream of a GAZA Seaport Is Revived in Truce Talks http://t.co/5mMUCYYZh1
INDIA: The Animal Farm where George Orwell was born http://t.co/2le3O3HyzK
Jersey abuse inquiry hears first care witnesses tell of abuse http://t.co/tTLrelZwCE
UK arms export licences to Israel will only be suspended if fresh violence breaks out in Gaza, ministers say http://t.co/Udgqk2gIYe
Law firms need to up the stakes on cyber crime | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/TY9Q7QpyXk
Dechert wins Singapore licence | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/uC497scW3C
Dubai practice expands to Qatar and Bahrain | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/Pr2D7IukHX
Ashurst hunts for offshore provider | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/WpneLSQcYq
A&O talks to partners in South Africa | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/JaC23DQqsA
Ireland considers mandatory mediating for separating couples | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/NdNoOKBJNO
Lowenstein opens seven-lawyer Washington DC office | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/OzZKKVnxjf
Lawyers shocked at China due diligence developments | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/jVqIopcP5N
ABA joins forces with Rocket Lawyer to help small business | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/rf7NougwHo

Tuesday

12th August - Law News

960th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap

FOCUS OF THE DAY: Analysing the Jackson effect - changed behaviours or increased frustration? Whether they liked it or not, and some seemed not to, those administering case-management justice up and down the country were encouraged to deal toughly with even minor breaches of procedure and time limits. Full story - The Lawyer

Last week's interactions with @TheLawMap

Is the pound the best currency for Scotland? http://t.co/PN1j1Ss8E2
Car hire prices 'unfairly vary' across EU http://t.co/2LFx2qiHx1
Ethical to use untested Ebola drugs, says WHO http://t.co/XEZmgX8Mtf
US President Barak Obama leads tributes to actor Robin Williams, dead at 63 http://t.co/X8vZsIRZ09
BoomTown festival death: Lisa Williamson 'found hanged in festival toilet' http://t.co/O4N57yRi2e
'Bedroom tax' lorry death was suicide, coroner rules http://t.co/VevvlXHvvr
Burglary suspect arrested as wasps carry out 'sting operation' http://t.co/UnX8VHvB4u
IRAQ: Who are the Peshmerga, taking on Islamic State militants? http://t.co/ZBM8QoQHI2
GMP Chief Constable Sir Peter Fahy in IPCC misconduct probe http://t.co/uZRguuSjQM
UK prisoners denied the vote should not be paid compensation, ECHR rules http://t.co/bjr2ijQcWO
US: The ghost of Mike Brown: why must a dead black child defend his right to life? http://t.co/255ok5t8Dy
Barnardo's charter aims to bring prisoners' families in from the cold http://t.co/qvkvwMic9j
It is unclear how paralegal ‘shortcut’ will work | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/amTVvj8PC4
LAW NEWS INDEX: Pillsbury taps Paul Hastings for Beijing office launch | The Lawyer http://t.co/ytMB4w9wi1
LAW NEWS INDEX: Withers advises on launch of new tech industry body Innovate Finance | The Lawyer http://t.co/BvGlESZgFg
LAW NEWS INDEX: Baker Botts, Weil Gotshal & Vinson & Elkins advise on Kinder Morgan $70bn pipeline deal | The Lawyer http://t.co/Ji6rEJ7ypK
LAW NEWS INDEX: KWM, Bakers and HSF have strongest brands in Asia, research finds | The Lawyer http://t.co/MsrkAImoYR
LAW NEWS INDEX: Slater & Gordon UK doubles revenue to £101m for 2013/14 year | The Lawyer http://t.co/eqPvq1Ls9J
Law books for summer | Law Gazette http://t.co/XDMez03tHW
Scottish solicitors to get ID cards | Law Gazette http://t.co/WuBosWR3FX
No damages for prisoners denied the vote | Law Gazette http://t.co/4U253aURkU
Lawyer ‘leeches’ bleeding budgets – council leaders | Law Gazette http://t.co/RrWCSvuyel
Legal chief departs council in wake of shared services deal | Law Gazette http://t.co/5Y1w0OtXGr
Profits soar at Slater & Gordon | Law Gazette http://t.co/rp6mvMAjJS
TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHCltZZ
LAW FIRM NEWS: Wiggin posts 22.3% rise in revenue for 2013/14 to £15.9m as profit jumps by 80% | The Lawyer http://t.co/0usiN4DOmB
JP Morgan Chase retail GC exits bank | The Lawyer http://t.co/lIrojuuwH6
British courts 'too ready' to follow European Court of Human Rights' rules http://t.co/jjWyP55RAK
Metadata debate: the need for warrants should be our guiding principle http://t.co/VPo54YLwWY
US: Missouri shooting: Family demand justice http://t.co/DsewjmvNiY
VENEZUELA 'anti-smuggling' troops deployed near Colombia http://t.co/LxUHkiPORj
Law change needed to save pubs, says Campaign for Real Ale http://t.co/a8SeFvkf7j
Scottish independence: Majority of Scots back using pound, says survey http://t.co/fD9xdVevoc
Strasbourg payout ruling due on jail vote ban http://t.co/XuKLIRkyU1
LIBERIA to receive Zmapp drug to treat Ebola virus http://t.co/TaVX2gp2PM
Former Prime Minister Sir John Major praises immigrants for 'guts and drive' http://t.co/YdTQGZcDyH
CHAD says to take CNPC to Paris tribunal over oil dumping https://t.co/ohunJTvYee
INDIA: Ministry of environment and forests says coal is mineral, green tribunal slaps notice http://t.co/vGLeQnnZ90
SOUTH AFRICA: President Zuma re-appointed Competition Tribunal chairman Norman Manoim & 4 others for another 5 years http://t.co/D643FgqIQN
CAMBODIA: Additional Khmer Rouge Suspect To Appear at Tribunal Monda http://t.co/24TjLOsPBB
Nurse at top hospital boasted about her sex life, tribunal told http://t.co/z1ChrEEi4W
FIJI: Human rights activists silenced by decrees put in place by the very man who is now accusing NGOs of silence http://t.co/SBTRRPS5Xt
Women’s rights and organising in CHINA http://t.co/EqiekETKDT
Government backs down after tribunal says tax rules breached human rights http://t.co/iP3oIFf6VH
Discussion with HRCE’s Elsa Chyrum on UN Commission of Inquiry on ERITREA’s Ruling Regim http://t.co/mGBbJ0grK4
Violation of Religion Rights in HUNGARY Judgment http://t.co/OJ4V5vXwIH
US: Center for Constitutional Rights letter on Salaita case http://t.co/vo4drixoqf
The Right to Liberty in MALTA - Violation findings by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) http://t.co/eZTJJAd9WZ
US: The New Racism http://t.co/cYY6N9gs8f
Women stoned to death in SYRIA for adultery http://t.co/HNxxjQOdf5
The Row Over Who Owns The Monkey Selfie Is Highlighting Big Problems With International Copyright http://t.co/rE4S7HjGK2
CFP Feminisms, Structural Violence & Transitional Justice: papers for one day graduate seminar, CANADA http://t.co/JHhu1t6TMN
Use of Wikipedia by legal scholars: implications for information literacy http://t.co/3hs6F7vxMG
BOTSWANA dragged to court by foreign prisoners who say they have been deliberately denied AIDS treatment http://t.co/OEdnFhirWA
NEW ZEALAND: Internet Mana mulls legal action over Key's effigy claim http://t.co/T0yuWRlOAj
NEW ZEALAND: Environmental refugees inch closer to legal recognition: Scharper http://t.co/EOqheb8T1M
Inside immigration detention centres: Uncoupling detention from a criminal justice imagination http://t.co/PYzaBd2G6Y
Is austerity an act of violence? A roundtable discussion, Sept 10th London http://t.co/7GcRWvMTru
Too far removed from the people: access to justice for the poor: the case of LATIN AMERICA http://t.co/GtGcpeFOfa
ISRAEL: Court and state rule that children’s deaths too controversial to publicise http://t.co/qjsYl6dl1H
The Khmer Rouge, the Killing Fields, U.S. relations, and justice http://t.co/6s1vSeRZHV
INDIA: Government Tables Judges Appointment Bill Hours After Chief Justice's Dissent http://t.co/dJf2dfi5Sf
US: Police say 18-year-old black teen was shot after fight with officer http://t.co/aHzotf343i
Afghans tortured, killed by US troops need justice - Amnesty http://t.co/CdDl5M2SzI
INDIA: Tapping of 3 mobiles revealed corruption of HC judge, Justice Katju says http://t.co/QD7mZo8l6C
Time to axe legal bill anachronism, borrower meeting lender’s legal costs unjust http://t.co/hWX1evjyCX
PAKISTAN judiciary intervenes to defuse political standoff between government and Imran Khan's PTI http://t.co/u8IB1tVNU8
PAKISTAN: Rigging charges against judiciary causing anxiety among officers http://t.co/8BYSGXgkkT
INDIA: Misleading campaign going across to defame the judiciary, according to Chief Justice http://t.co/xQ4vjcRIpY
Will ARMENIA and AZERBAIJAN reach a negotiated solution: a resolution to the Nagorno-Karabkh conflict? http://t.co/4Iy76rohVI
Manga and anime: JAPAN still treating children as sexual objects http://t.co/N3JmrjXE89
A world built for the rich: Our cities are adapting to a new reality, from which the poor are forcibly exiled http://t.co/QuT0z8CbcT
Development or amputation? The role of extractive industries - How much is AFRICA benefitting? http://t.co/TPeqiNz6gQ
US and genocide: Who gets bombed, who gets saved? http://t.co/RUqyOmufcW
Worries pile up as waste grows in PAKISTAN: its dumps have become a hub for child labour http://t.co/adSWWAQzdO
GHANA: Traditional religious beliefs stand in the way of girls passionate about football & seeking to go professional http://t.co/uLijgRWKcF
SPAIN's model organ donor system in jeopardy http://t.co/S9Bu9u7Rdc
SOMALIA: Witnesses & governor say 6 injured after troops open fire in Marka, but African Union denies accusations http://t.co/TKL1edu2jW
The rise of the Islamic State http://t.co/FXR7mjniGW
The unstoppable march of the upward inflection? http://t.co/WYSsMxzzRM
Connor Tremble stabbing: Victim 'murdered by girlfriend's jealous ex' http://t.co/k4nO7ZyEzf
School heads warn of Trojan Horse overreaction http://t.co/Gbjjy4COmI
US actor Robin Williams has been found dead, aged 63, in an apparent suicide http://t.co/qR6GXdaVu3
Barrister Amal Alamuddin refuses UN offer to investigate possible war crimes in Gaza http://t.co/dCEzYi16Pp
Elite royal protection officers investigated over 'missing weapons' http://t.co/hJUIz8SeVn
New headmaster of Bromsgrove faces assault claims http://t.co/xWUEvmDXIj
Police officer numbers show sharpest fall in Europe http://t.co/KkMSjgdfIk
Judges 'too ready' to follow Strasbourg rulings, says Lord Neuberger http://t.co/clUjBhwREQ
Chief Inspector of Prisons criticises Chris Grayling for failures - Grayling responsible for prison suicides http://t.co/8TXvyrVhJY
Setting up a barrister law firm? | Legal Futures http://t.co/1j5SmgXrgx
Tax barristers should report colleagues who break rules, Davies says | Legal Futures http://t.co/6u2MmOvf2T
This is the perfect answer to people who say they don't want Muslims on their flight http://t.co/6l7N3sYzKJ
US: Texas Judge Orders Removal of YouTube Video Exposing Abuse in Foster Care System http://t.co/LVvxBXaaFz
US: Federal Judge Accused of Hitting Wife in Argument http://t.co/OQ9lFXOEkP
CANADA: Workplace Safety and Insurance Act http://t.co/T2F3XJONAb
GUYANA: GSPCA calls for properly-enforced legislation for dangerous dogs http://t.co/P2u3dq8ihS
MEXICO: President signs landmark energy legislation into law http://t.co/E44bzAGIVc
Equal Pay Legislation in US Would Lead Businesses To Hire Fewer Women? http://t.co/0fUaJ8OmBp
US: New Jersey Governor Christie To Sign Bail Overhaul Legislation http://t.co/PHm8WVMI2J
Private rents in England unaffordable, says Shelter http://t.co/R5NggxKWPh
Humaima Malik: Will a Pakistani-Indian kiss be censored? http://t.co/DL6F6QsVUc
From Google to Facebook and Twitter - Pay Per Click explained | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/GqZi3H7d3q
Law firms offer dawn raid practice in China | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/jU6bNNZpNo
Trinidad Solicitor-General leaves behind 'illegal' proposal | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/4TTswfgc3v
Law firms need to up the stakes on cyber crime | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/olmEbDAopi
Ukraine's Vasil Kisil partners in split | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/Oi2zv8LV3Q
Ex-Harbottle lawyer faces disciplinary over hacking scandal | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/dexAuEEp7n
Clyde required to disclose documents of deceitful client | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/CsSn8G58yK
Hong Kong gears up for no confidence vote | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/z0Le56KDWF
Baker McKenzie takes the top title as the world's biggest law firm | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/BMPEqMenDS
SOUTH AFRICA: Marikana inquiry - Cyril Ramaphosa heckled http://t.co/BwwyKBKBRp
Police in the US state of Missouri say they have arrested 32 people as calm returned after a night of rioting. http://t.co/8i4O01aFN2
KENYA: Men from several ethnic groups in a western town gone into hiding fearing they will be forcibly circumcised http://t.co/sb8pzVR8wx
Boko Haram crisis: NIGERIA soldiers' wives protest http://t.co/XZoutRrHA1
Training guide on Human Rights Instruments in the Euro-Mediterranean Instruments http://t.co/VRlJhQyj6s
Counter-terrorism, human rights and the rule of law in AFRICA http://t.co/GlMckcJ1qN
The older job applicant: Human Rights considerations http://t.co/uokwSLIdEk
NEW ZEALAND: Human Rights Commission proud to back peace call from Kiwi interfaith leaders http://t.co/5B7N1xYRUe
Prince of JORDAN to become UN human rights commissioner http://t.co/AP6jpisOjh
NORTH KOREA conducting 'rosy' human rights report to show people's 'free and happy lives' http://t.co/OukzUFzh4V
UK weapons trump human rights in Israel and Saudi Arabia alike http://t.co/436Ibptsgs
EGYPT: Human Rights Watch Delegation Refused Entry http://t.co/WbPBjRrgC9
When did Britain lose faith in Israel? http://t.co/6bcILKpWns
LAW FIRM NEWS: Clifford Chance keeps on 75% of qualifiers | The Lawyer http://t.co/2yCyvFlY31
LAW FIRM NEWS: HSF client Drax loses £1.3bn Government subsidy case | The Lawyer http://t.co/pJbhEu4Qfb
Former News International lawyers face SDT | Law Gazette http://t.co/i7yZlemoYF
Daniel Palmer found guilty of Portuguese man's murder http://t.co/gqfGflS9b9
How many people infected with ebola die? http://t.co/KW870WBwoa
Artists Jake and Dinos Chapman sculpture removed from Rome gallery after complaints from a children's rights group http://t.co/z8j8ECFKXN
Almost 100 thrown into Strangford Lough by storm http://t.co/XdPURH323n
Televised confessions on state-run TV consolidate CHINA's social control http://t.co/ZRygYSHw6P
Iraq crisis: RAF aborts air drop amid safety fears http://t.co/giad2uQ34k
Met Commissioner cuts short interview to make arrest http://t.co/kAJXQJtzvE
Mortgage checks are 'no hard brake' on market, says CML http://t.co/Un4tf5SEdU
Panic, Pouring Rain, A Ray Of Sun: Reporting On Ebola In SIERRA LEONE http://t.co/7J3F28YiPl
CHINA cracking down on Christian groups along North Korea border http://t.co/8sdu44QffG
GERMANY: Trial Of Alleged Autobahn Shooter Begins http://t.co/RiWYNtSqTj
EU officials seek to limit impact of Russia's food import ban http://t.co/oFUWtcZiRH
IRAN: Parliament bans vasectomies in bid to boost birth rate http://t.co/pTtJufXTjx
UK’s new European commissioner candidate may face one particular problem – he is not a woman | Law Gazette http://t.co/YgSTzffqSw
Baroness Warsi: 'I want to be able to live with myself after politics' http://t.co/ySjCtq7vwO
Children evacuated from London hospital ward after fox falls through ceiling http://t.co/dsunJjdnMr

Monday

11th August - Law News

959th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap

FOCUS OF THE DAY: Research illustrates rising trend for law firm mergers over past year. Mergers between law firms have soared 65% in the past year. Some 385 mergers took place in 2013, up from 234 in 2012, according to accountants Wilkins Kennedy, as the legal sector consolidated to save on costs. Larger firms snapped up smaller players to make themselves more profitable and combat increased competition from other legal services, providers. Full story - The New Law Journal

Last week's interactions with @TheLawMap

Gang leader Terry Adams loses court battle over crime debt http://t.co/PWXTe7UF7p
US: The NCAA's business model is about to collapse – and that's a good thing http://t.co/VSFqfLft0H
NORTH KOREA to publish human rights report promising 'rosy future' http://t.co/74gsoI1Mbd
Florence hosts ITALY's first anti-corruption class for public officials http://t.co/37874VkGqT
Auto-enrolment for LLPs: not all plain sailing | The Lawyer http://t.co/s8qT7Nw30K
Analysing the Jackson effect - changed behaviours or increased frustration? | The Lawyer http://t.co/bufhsgmrE1
UK firms with non-executive directors grow a third faster than their peers | The Lawyer http://t.co/pMFHp6OuVF
SRA backs down to refund student enrolment fees | The Lawyer http://t.co/fZFhTxxaUA
LAW FIRM NEWS: Harper Macleod joins forces with Bird Semple to create £23m firm | The Lawyer http://t.co/T3wye4nZnX
Former News International lawyers to face SDT hearing | The Lawyer http://t.co/uUAIqgZGOY
LAW FIRM NEWS: Bakers breaks records for revenue and headcount with $2.5bn 2013/14 results | The Lawyer http://t.co/6LTCSZMaAB
Bakers posts record income | Law Gazette http://t.co/zmIDEFO0Ro
SRA shuts down Manchester firm | Law Gazette http://t.co/VIi3WSYEau
Life After a Heroin Overdose http://t.co/PKw4mPbxMm
Sentencing, by the Numbers: Evidence-based sentencing is unfair and probably unconstitutional http://t.co/DhMVH6XVJ8
Complaints over Vale of Glamorgan Nato schools disruption http://t.co/9cXtnrkBly
Fracking backed by majority in the UK, gas group claim http://t.co/Ev7JmMxpcU
Social recovery 'matching economy', Iain Duncan Smith to claim http://t.co/FdL285c1mC
Dog dies after police Tasering in Braunstone Town http://t.co/nBcK84ElnA
NI health minister sees 'merit' in A&E fees for drunk patients http://t.co/fwOfeMq4fX
Sheep rustling and tool theft boost rural crime figures http://t.co/tbxdKrwxil
Alcoholic drinks should carry health warnings, says parliamentary group http://t.co/rxhEXPhAYy
IRAQ: Court 'backs PM Nouri Maliki' in row with president http://t.co/EAFok6pYwU
Condemnation of Home Office blunder allowing murderer to stay in UK http://t.co/YKvFfNaaCV
Firms report high trainee retention rates: survey | Law Gazette http://t.co/Z8L54TybTi
TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHCltZZ
Dispute Between Amazon and Hachette Takes an Orwellian Turn http://t.co/W7rv2yY0D9
US: Despite Failure, Campaign to Oust Tennessee Justices Keeps Conservatives Hopeful http://t.co/grFrYNMHzT
Medical Marijuana Research Hits Wall of US Law http://t.co/PlqXkEM7IE
Will Wonga-gate put the morals and ethics back into debt collection? | Legal Futures http://t.co/bXFA8B6Mm4
Visitors uphold fine for pupillage head who ignored online applications | Legal Futures http://t.co/J86HzAKtrp
QASA challenge could cost criminal barristers £215,000 | Legal Futures http://t.co/pRJjIPwtAp
US: The approximation rule, revisited: a critique http://t.co/QjISQe4OIM
Caroline Gooding obituary: disability rights lawyer http://t.co/P2oKGKD0VK
Dinah Jane Walton obituary: solicitor who became a hypnotherapist http://t.co/903h2zbjI0
Appeal court battle brews over Greene King tax avoidance scheme http://t.co/4WYrtv9wLS
Baroness Warsi warns Tories over attracting ethnic minorities http://t.co/NdkTcjJz9J
THAILAND surrogate baby Gammy: Australian parents 'wanted him' http://t.co/jXYSZ2D8qQ
UK firms hurt by Russian embargo on food imports http://t.co/kYtdaf1oqS
Boxing promoter Frank Maloney reveals gender reassignment http://t.co/6GTRCVSEak
Ebola virus: LIBERIA health system 'falling apart' http://t.co/ifugusG5iM
N.C.A.A. Must Allow Colleges to Pay Athletes, US Judge Rules http://t.co/Gny4kc2MGl
Facebook Messenger Switch Controversy Is Part Misunderstanding, Part Mistrust http://t.co/ELc6bV9NZf
A Two-Step Plan to Stop Hackers http://t.co/qEJEPlZ5it
In CHINA, British Investigator Hired by Glaxo, and Wife, Sentenced to Prison http://t.co/IhMToGGkJ1
Combat Stress Among US Veterans Is Found to Persist Since Vietnam http://t.co/K0UOVhi62t
TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHCltZZ

Sunday

10th August - Law News

958th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap

Last week's interactions with @TheLawMap

ITALY: Judge to decide legal parents of IVF twins implanted into wrong mother http://t.co/DUDtfsMbrh
Assessing possible legal justifications for US airstrikes against ISIS http://t.co/3yOodh4aeJ
Northumbria PCC's Vera Baird calls on Home Office to tackle legal highs http://t.co/RlqIIut9JX
AUSTRALIA: 'Discriminatory' alcohol orders ripe for challenge, says Aboriginal legal agency http://t.co/8YaIpSgoOC
An interview with Peter Williams QC - Criminal Lawyer (Part Two) | NZ Human Rights Blog http://t.co/8fRZucXEMP
An interview with Peter Williams QC - Criminal lawyer (Part One) | NZ Human Rights Blog http://t.co/J85Sfq6Zbn
The Terrorism Suppression Act and Criminalisation of National Liberation Groups | NZ Human Rights Blog http://t.co/noILrtlrt1
Minimum Wage Exemption Permits: Sanctioned Discrimination | NZ Human Rights Blog http://t.co/jTOyNpMJGg
Lethal Injections in America: Torturous or Humane? | NZ Human Rights Blog http://t.co/3Yzt5eLurf
Janning on Bringing ESC Rights Home: Ireland and the OP ICESCR | Human Rights Ireland http://t.co/aiugknMFGw
Direct Provision: The Beginning of the End? | Human Rights Ireland http://t.co/nnnfiKH8za
The Future Voices of Ireland Have Their Say | Human Rights Ireland http://t.co/2uPj4AUhmU
King's Inns: Advanced Diploma in Immigration & Asylum Law | Human Rights Ireland http://t.co/mj3XDTWYbe
The Sun just keeps getting it wrong on human rights | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/OCEmyF7FSz
The rise of the secret trial: Closed Material Procedures one year on | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/T1dSsrwBA7
Have the Tricycle Theatre broken the law by refusing to host the Jewish Film Festival? | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/x2lUYfgdbW
Strasbourg's €1.8bn award against RUSSIA - and an arbitral award for $50 bn: http://t.co/VcjRA3Aj6w
Against the pinkwashing of ISRAEL: Why supporting Palestinians is a queer and feminist issue http://t.co/boaeJKtHo2
Neocolonialism, multiculturalism and settler states: Migrants in settler states bear their own responsibilit http://t.co/S4QSywaUdw
NAMIIA: Poaching and competition for resources is taking an increasing toll on wildlife, say conservationists http://t.co/OMYfba6ZAD
CANADA: Salmon run threatened by 'unprecedented' British Columbia mining spill http://t.co/ZagSUAYos9
Medical ethicists to meet on use of experimental Ebola drugs http://t.co/tMXhIafj3y
A forced bride: 'We survive for each day' - Kachin women who venture into CHINA http://t.co/l2N2K4osSf
US: In dry California, water goes to those who drill the deepest http://t.co/v5iIAZYTuN
World 'day of rage' over ISRAEL's war on Gaza, London to Paris, and Tehran to Cape Town http://t.co/5vmkuq9n8v
VENEZUELA to close its border with Colombia at night from Monday, to try to stop large-scale smuggling of petrol http://t.co/XQne47YBva
£300,000 has been spent by the Welsh and UK governments on three Supreme Court cases about assembly powers http://t.co/h8aaughFvU
Scottish employment programme age limit extended http://t.co/LrKFHSrFC6
UKIP defends MEP's 'Hitler speech' advice http://t.co/wgElnoS4bA
Thousands to attend WW1 Drumhead commemorating the centenary of World War One http://t.co/9YBsqD0Xu9
Voting is under way across TURKEY for the country's first ever presidential election put to a popular vote http://t.co/HDhXy2fPmu
Patients 'face long queues in ambulances outside A&E' http://t.co/Dqw30UOB8K
Laughing gas YouTube videos must carry warnings, LGA insists http://t.co/8pzTSv7cDn
Woman jailed for six years after trying to trick men into raping former colleague http://t.co/XyLzXazV4y
Man Tasered and arrested after two-hour hostage siege in Wales' tallest building http://t.co/mIS5xyy8mU
Oxford scientist warns of 'drastic action' if neighbours allow cats to roam and kill birds http://t.co/XtggfWYiIC
Double murderer can head for UK after Home Office blunder http://t.co/rTTH0AOSCD
SOUTH AFRICA: Judge Thokozile Masipa: the world awaits her verdict http://t.co/R4xFakHO0C
PAKISTAN police and anti-government cleric Qadri supporters in deadly clash http://t.co/bMJSng1DN4
Terrorist training camp suspect arrested at airport http://t.co/FIq8UXhUJn

Saturday

9th August - Law News

957th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap

Last week's interactions with @TheLawMap

Justice Secretary Chris Grayling ordered a cut in fees for expert witness whiplash medical reports | New Law Journal: http://t.co/lJSZwpTzps
Duty provider contracts | New Law Journal: http://t.co/BVA6tdsqHp
Personal injury lawyers welcome MPs finding that the government must consult again on mesothelioma | New Law Journal: http://t.co/yxBkBvxnuQ
Lord Dyson’s rejection of proposals on guideline hourly rates matters “greatly” to the profession | New Law Journal http://t.co/XZpiufyu0H
Law Firm Mergers: is there safety in numbers? | New Law Journal: http://t.co/c6NNskBxSz
Information Commissioner sounds alarm over data breaches | New Law Journal http://t.co/mW5qMzsfDN
Jailed judge Constance Briscoe removed

Saturday Conversations

from the judiciary | New Law Journal: http://t.co/AjSR4VsCUS
Beatles' Abbey Road crossing could get lollipop lady over safety fears http://t.co/OmvzcQKvRm
Computer security pioneer John McAfee at a hacking conference to warn of threats against "freedom" http://t.co/wtlvmNbv35
Ebola virus: GUINEA shuts Liberia and S Leone borders http://t.co/4pFSkZEzHx
Meridian Tower Swansea: Man sectioned after armed siege http://t.co/5MToxU65Gd
EGYPT court bans Muslim Brotherhood's political wing http://t.co/iiDkZTWuhE
Fuel stolen from pipeline under Deputy PM's Kent residence http://t.co/QMvYzoeXEQ
Tens of thousands of protesters march in London for Gaza http://t.co/vP1yK2NQSL
TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHCltZZ
The international criminal court can investigate potential crimes in GAZA http://t.co/K3RvKtF6vC
RideLondon: Thousands to ride in 100-mile bike race http://t.co/iH24x0z6aP
Bear Grylls in Bear Blades knife name row http://t.co/bRcQT2xFUN
US police to investigate James Brady death as homicide http://t.co/yxJnVltmuC
Bombs away! US to the rescue – but only of certain minorities, not Muslims http://t.co/4Os6yMlLux
A century to win equal pay? That’s just shameful http://t.co/Y9N0yBcO5z
From the 'India gang rape' shoot to American Apparel's 'School Days' collection, it's been a low week for fashion http://t.co/QmlZocki5K
I used to think surrogacy was immoral – but then I watched another women give birth to my child http://t.co/Tf6J4f0zdw
Habib Ullah: Family outcry as CPS declines to charge police officers linked to stop-and-search death http://t.co/IVwwjPB8sF
UK Jews mourn Gaza dead but anti-Semitic attacks surge http://t.co/uQE1d8f4Ie
Joan Rivers: 'Palestinians deserve to be dead' http://t.co/4PZY4cdrNo
YouTube videos showing laughing gas use must come with warnings, LGA insists http://t.co/vMCcBsaIVM
New 'direct entry' police superintendents will break 180 years of tradition http://t.co/KY13FaDwZ6
Magistrate breaks into song in courtoom http://t.co/56SO0umdWs
Suspected gunman tasered after siege in the tallest tower in Wales http://t.co/H1QyL7yxud
Councillor guilty of housing benefit fraud for failing to declare allowance http://t.co/gmpD9khW7P
More than 30 criminal cases involving 'Fake Sheikh' to be reviewed in light of Tulisa trial http://t.co/ZrGr6DPbEN
Cavalry officer attacked two wine bar staff http://t.co/ILocP5WOMh
Child abuse couple jailed for a total of 25 years http://t.co/4IoxCimLHg
SketchFactor app for unsafe areas in racism row http://t.co/PGvbGTUp2w
From Google to Facebook and Twitter - Pay Per Click explained | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/wnM9yRADnI
British soldiers sue government over human rights | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/1xe19Sj0kD
Fostering safe collaboration in the workplace | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/aXAD1gcMKB
Arbitration rules updated at London court | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/A6DRp88tnJ
New York is top choice for arbitration in the US | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/slEnsHtUoS
Former name partners sued as 16 lawyers leave | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/ekANULl34Z
Freshfields closes Barcelona corporate team | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/CKVSG7ziYL
Mystery surrounds law professor murder | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/voGRa5Dwiy
Top Australian firms struggle to enter Asia | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/phfl76zHPk
Who, What, Why: Who are the Yazidis? http://t.co/jq4O0EPJrR
CHINA jails British investigator Humphrey linked to GSK http://t.co/qKWNYOLobz
Ebola outbreak: NIGERIA declares national emergency http://t.co/0qKRYWP4O1
Publisher defends 'creepy' Roald Dahl book cover http://t.co/FexWAD8Ubk
Meridian Tower Swansea: Taser used in hostage siege http://t.co/OWcPAiVNAh
German bank BayernLB says it has rejected a 25m euros (£20m) settlement from Formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone http://t.co/cUtRMdtUKz
Man killed as e-cigarette 'explodes', Merseyside fire service says http://t.co/XdSQZSbEyc
Chatroom rape fantasies woman jailed for six years http://t.co/pgpydyz9mt
US: Marijuana lobby group push for legalization at first New York meetup http://t.co/JSwkRVRzpb
Lie detector tests introduced to monitor released sex offenders http://t.co/2F77nuf4lc
US: Migrant courts' quick fix for recently arrived children brings new problems http://t.co/YZW9CWNoBc
Unthinkable? Judicial indulgences | Editorial http://t.co/qJ3EDuWDFu
Legal legacy of 1914’s ‘boy soldiers’: Protests over under-age recruitment have their echoes today | Law Gazette http://t.co/qiGzgn573H
Law Society president backs ‘digital Magna Carta’ | Law Gazette http://t.co/rOY66U6DQU
LAW FIRM NEWS: Ukraine's Vasil Kisil splits in two as five partners launch new firm | The Lawyer http://t.co/3hYB0Zzo32
High Court orders disclosure of documents covered by privilege in long-running Ablyazov case | The Lawyer http://t.co/agqvL47nZX
Jimmy Wales is wrong: we do have a personal right to be forgotten http://t.co/eoyhhmCjJ4
PSNI organised meeting with Sri Lanka military adviser after Tamil massacre http://t.co/NQtCy9F6Rl
LAW FIRM NEWS: A&O, Linklaters and VdA help secure rescue of Portugal's Banco Espirito Santo | The Lawyer http://t.co/C74hdH8Cp4
LAW FIRM NEWS: Burness Paull posts 20% revenue rise to £46.3m | The Lawyer http://t.co/VnrAYnCyDU
LAW FIRM NEWS: Berwin Leighton Paisner posts autumn retention figures | The Lawyer http://t.co/pvZ2MT0LgQ
LAW FIRM NEWS: Slaughter and May records 97% retention | The Lawyer http://t.co/OVEpGeam3K
LAW FIRM NEWS: Ashurst to axe up to 17 support staff in outsourcing drive | The Lawyer http://t.co/JmyPXeFAy9
Bucks County Council teams up with emergency services group for first local authority ABS | The Lawyer http://t.co/yC9WEnKSxr
Regulator is bewitched by insurance mirage | Law Gazette http://t.co/9APSJFlLf7
CCJs at five-year low | Law Gazette http://t.co/CV231APV45
Landmark ruling on deprivation of liberty | Law Gazette http://t.co/Pc2L20rNLu
Ashurst to axe half its out-of-hours support staff | Law Gazette http://t.co/CLSc0Yaxuc
LAW FIRM NEWS: Trowers & Hamlins’ Jennie Gubbins: Learning lessons | The Lawyer http://t.co/KPJ4OLjpUd
SRA approves first council ABS | Law Gazette http://t.co/sITxUYNyQq

Friday

8th August - Law News

956th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap

FOCUS OF THE DAY: UK law firm mergers soar 65 per cent, as the legal sector's push towards consolidation continues. Many firms are seeking a white knight whilst others are looking to partner up in a bid to increase profitability. Full story - The Global Legal Post

Last week's interactions with @TheLawMap

Jimmy Wales is wrong: we do have a personal right to be forgotten http://t.co/eoyhhmCjJ4
PSNI organised meeting with Sri Lanka military adviser after Tamil massacre http://t.co/NQtCy9F6Rl
LAW FIRM NEWS: A&O, Linklaters and VdA help secure rescue of Portugal's Banco Espirito Santo | The Lawyer http://t.co/C74hdH8Cp4
LAW FIRM NEWS: Burness Paull posts 20% revenue rise to £46.3m | The Lawyer http://t.co/VnrAYnCyDU
LAW FIRM NEWS: Berwin Leighton Paisner posts autumn retention figures | The Lawyer http://t.co/pvZ2MT0LgQ
LAW FIRM NEWS: Slaughter and May records 97% retention | The Lawyer http://t.co/OVEpGeam3K
LAW FIRM NEWS: Ashurst to axe up to 17 support staff in outsourcing drive | The Lawyer http://t.co/JmyPXeFAy9
Bucks County Council teams up with emergency services group for first local authority ABS | The Lawyer http://t.co/yC9WEnKSxr
Regulator is bewitched by insurance mirage | Law Gazette http://t.co/9APSJFlLf7
CCJs at five-year low | Law Gazette http://t.co/CV231APV45
Landmark ruling on deprivation of liberty | Law Gazette http://t.co/Pc2L20rNLu
Ashurst to axe half its out-of-hours support staff | Law Gazette http://t.co/CLSc0Yaxuc
LAW FIRM NEWS: Trowers & Hamlins’ Jennie Gubbins: Learning lessons | The Lawyer http://t.co/KPJ4OLjpUd
SRA approves first council ABS | Law Gazette http://t.co/sITxUYNyQq
TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHCltZZ
Borneo stabbings: Four suspects 'confess' to killing Newcastle University students Neil Dalton and Aidan Brunger http://t.co/tZKhDKnXpC
Exclusive: Secret internal police report points to ‘highly corrupt’ cells in the Met http://t.co/gdyUtiGQlf
SOUTH SUDAN atrocities amount to war crimes, report warns http://t.co/mkJvwLNFFD
Asylum: my 157 clients' ordeal highlights Scott Morrison's hypocrisy http://t.co/LqN8uUB6VA
Racists Are Rampaging Through ISRAEL http://t.co/mCjd3XokOh
Footballer Ravel Morrison threatened to throw acid in girlfriend's face, court hears http://t.co/Al9S1v5rJY
Anti-smuggling officers have seen 'virtually every trick in the book', says Sir Charles Montgomery http://t.co/sJEhGn8RmM
Controversial scheme to cut reoffending misses key target http://t.co/eibOyBpX2P
George Galloway MP investigated by police over ' Israel-free zone' comments http://t.co/9KP948SJck
LSB extends time for indemnity decision | Legal Futures http://t.co/PLBHpjrkcN
First local authority ABS receives green light | Legal Futures http://t.co/1XE0sIvHjB
Ebola crisis: LIBERIA and SIERRA LEONE blockades go up http://t.co/fJ0RcScbKM
Welsh First Minister Carwyn Jones drawn into Falklands Islands comments row http://t.co/7YIgMqhE4u
HMRC bids to appeal Rangers tax case http://t.co/za1Dq2nUL5
Couple married for 62 years die together http://t.co/sDnkKY7II8
Former BBC IT head unfairly dismissed over DMI failure http://t.co/GLgzimubI7
Cuts to legal aid has been false economy http://t.co/GcPqZPT3TK
ARGENTINA files legal action against the US at The Hague over debt default http://t.co/27Bp88I859
Clients turn their backs on accountant legal advisers | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/kfe0optz2S
UK lawyers chastised over data breaches | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/JBljDLqJGx
UK lawyers chastised over data breaches | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/tu47wF0Luz
From Google to Facebook and Twitter - Pay Per Click explained | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/Q2MAg5ZSaL
Major, Lindsey & Africa plays role in LeClairRyan merger | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/LDL37U2tBp
US lawyer given life ban on representing women | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/UTxOOHBOsS
Patent work expands for law students in US | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/50M99tA0bY
Top firms seek Indian lawyers | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/kf4xH5Qqrh
Ethics case filed over missing Malaysia plane lawyer | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/YHW9vNDPrR
Quindell issues trading update as share price falls | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/HUxBJmlE4H
Sun reporter hacking trial hears of TV star's 'flirty texts' http://t.co/0F2W3tTZsI
Photographer 'lost £10,000' in Wikipedia monkey 'selfie' row http://t.co/uKurGeoRJV
Newport Pagnell mother in pool breastfeeding rule row http://t.co/GLqOLzlM8t
Female Games teacher admits having sex with pupil http://t.co/xlBIz2ZLEQ
MP George Galloway under investigation over Israel remarks http://t.co/yb39awtu61
Scottish independence: Salmond says 'we're keeping the pound' http://t.co/uz0XowRG8n

Thursday

7th August - Law News

955th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap

FOCUS OF THE DAY: The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has issued a warning to solicitors and barristers over the need to keep personal information secure, especially paper files, in the wake of “a number of data breaches” in recent months The ICO said that in the last three months, it has received reports of 15 incidents involving members of the legal profession. Full story - Legal Futures

Last week's interactions with @TheLawMap

Justice for Gaza war crimes? Only if PALESTINE signs up to ICC jurisdiction http://t.co/ixwij8Bzjy
Monkey owns selfie, claims Wikimedia http://t.co/p7ZmrNAf4h
SOUTH AFRICA: Oscar Pistorius guilty of premeditated murder and has lied, says prosecutor http://t.co/vN2i72wlZr
Too many prisoners reoffend. The coalition is determined to break this cycle | Chris Grayling and Simon Hughes http://t.co/r4hNvIVYwS
Pregnant women face abortion ban in IRELAND even if they're a suicide risk http://t.co/jPctsdTGU6
OFR ‘unfair’ to small UK law firms, says Law Society president | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/RZZR6DB3jx
ABSs had negligible impact on City law firms, Law Society president says | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/oPqJ1afkkM
LSB extends assessment period for PII reforms | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/AqoA4FirYN
Law Society unveils finalists for Excellence Awards 2014 | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/PUKhQujPFz
NHS to trial new mediation pilot | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/GFhpIRjYwR
Supreme Court opens way to wider Welsh legislation | Law Gazette http://t.co/SKlLpP2gjB
CHINA investigates Canadian couple for spying http://t.co/jpxvGOoLI0
CHINA: Wearing of headscarves & niqabs banned from public buses for security reasons in Muslim-majority region http://t.co/c2xHuLX92S
AUSTRALIA: Five arrested for allegedly taunting Jewish children in Sydney bus, yelling "Heil Hitler" http://t.co/VcgoC10xxA
NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden granted asylum in RUSSIA allowing him to move about freely and travel abroad http://t.co/hnrPMmlog4
LAW FIRM NEWS: Allen & Overy wins spot among US firms on Walgreen’s £5.6bn buyout of Boots | The Lawyer http://t.co/xkxqVKHVLL
LAW FIRM NEWS: Herbert Smith Freehills steps up for 2nd bailed-out bank as Lloyds sued by shareholders | The Lawyer http://t.co/aoUfXmUZwy
Lawyers on the hippy trail? | Law Gazette http://t.co/Siu7IWs01S
Lawyers, take better care of yourselves – even if 2014 isn’t the summer of love | Law Gazette http://t.co/Siu7IWs01S
Profit surge at Birketts | Law Gazette http://t.co/iKiBeba6FK
PII decision held for up to 90 days | Law Gazette http://t.co/pTwp8UeKEt
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Tension on Deporting a Killer Turned Informer from the US http://t.co/Q5FlD49eAL
US: The Muddled Road to Overhauling Corporate Taxes http://t.co/cUFnvjNsFG
Outrage Builds in SOUTH KOREA in Deadly Abuse of a Soldier http://t.co/U7UboUXCQi
Bank of America Offers US Biggest Settlement in History http://t.co/zxc3yvF1CQ
"..and women are smarter than men", 2 US First Ladies Share Tales of Budding Partnership and Life in the Spotlight http://t.co/jVgDpphfH2
US: One Court, Three Judges and Four States With Gay Marriage Cases http://t.co/kMoPUMeoq4
US: Bowe Bergdahl Details Disappearance to General Leading an Inquiry http://t.co/1Uroz67idi
NIGERIA: Boko Haram Kidnapping Tactics, Explained http://t.co/dl9qgn7NQZ
INDIA: Six-member panel to appoint judges, both executive and judiciary to get veto powers http://t.co/CCVC8VFYTF
TURKEY: Government heralds new purge in judiciary http://t.co/ACi88loGxO
TURKEY: Judge Ahmet Hamsici claims social and print media intimidate judges, prosecutors, and judiciary http://t.co/Ip85RjjQcM
US: Louisiana High Court announces Judiciary Commission election of chair and vice-chair http://t.co/8nmJw7X0Hn
TRINIDAD: Walkout by staff at the courthouse, the Judiciary of Trinidad over plans to move court http://t.co/CiE7ukzd13
US: Fair Housing for Survivors of Domestic Violence https://t.co/qCeosQyzCl
Human Rights, History & Literature working group explores the interconnections between literature, rights & history http://t.co/JIxeTKqIqW
Education unlocks the doors to all other rights - UN Human Rights Chief Navi Pillay http://t.co/RLBYb4OFTN
Facebook is now helping women in ZAMBIA access information about their basic human rights http://t.co/6RkG6QDLfQ
US: Young people support LGBT rights but disagree on priorities http://t.co/tDgEDFneoC
The Rise of the Bill of Rights http://t.co/hSex2gVH10
US: Center for Constitutional Rights Takes Animal Rights “Terrorism” Law to Supreme Court http://t.co/ZSP3N6mYSW
Who owns the rights to a selfie snapped by a monkey? http://t.co/CXpOhWZVhE
COSTA RICA: Human rights group founder says AP misrepresented work in Cuba for USAID http://t.co/5jqfUp1YLV
BURMA: Myanmar rights under the microscope at Asean meeting http://t.co/jKfmC3Pger
Universal human rights and the separation of Church and State are foundational for a robust democracy like JAMAICA http://t.co/YkKxUYcFxb
INDIA: Rights for transgenders: Are titles like 'Tgr', 'Ki' good enough? http://t.co/ZmyeCvW3xn
BURMA: Rohingya rights campaigner to stay in detention http://t.co/aiOuYCMbaH
CHINA: Concerns grow over Chinese rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng's release http://t.co/ImIcxztMEP
US: Grand jury indicts three New Mexico teens for murdering homeless men http://t.co/IWX55gG7i8
RUSSIA hits West with food import ban in sanctions row http://t.co/JF6HGjXMEI
Jury out in 'cash in underwear' trial http://t.co/ci59FlNbMW
SOUTH AFRICA: From Apartheid-Era Jail Cell to the Bench in Pistorius Case, Oscar Pistorius Trial Judge http://t.co/3Ii6g6S11e
LAW FIRM NEWS: Herbies strengthens nascent Frankfurt base with Norton Rose hire | The Lawyer http://t.co/cgrBT314bR
TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHCltZZ
Revisiting Habitual Residence – The Court of Appeal Decision in Re H http://t.co/4A12woIYcI
AUSTRALIA: Department ‘erred’ in dumping Palmer firm Mineralogy http://t.co/Cg5tPAeL2E
AUSTRALIA: Alleged tax evaders Peter Bartlett & Ron Sayers pointed the finger at their disgraced former accountant https://t.co/yTDKyjwX2V
CANADA: Alberta to review limits on financial aid for sex-assault victims http://t.co/cusCfJaq4F
IRELAND: Solicitor expresses concern State may continue to fight claims for damages over sexual abuse in schools http://t.co/QzdEWmHsov
Social care reforms: Councils raise funding concerns http://t.co/ApmVOOPYUF
US President Barack Obama hails 'new Africa emerging' after the last day of African leader's summit http://t.co/xowuuA2ziu
Gaza emergency appeal launched by Disasters Emergency Committee http://t.co/sjQUY7SQkH
LIBERIA declares state of emergency over Ebola virus http://t.co/scWKY02pJU
SOUTH AFRICA: Oscar Pistorius murder trial closing arguments to start http://t.co/Xo0uLgHjmw
CAMBODIA: Khmer Rouge leaders guilty of crimes against humanity and jailed for life http://t.co/d8OBpo46SJ
Quindell fights fire again as share price rollercoaster continues | Legal Futures http://t.co/UKWneK2SFb
International legal obligation to end trade with settlements https://t.co/4P7SGgWXtO
Tenant legal advice here are 15 places you can get help http://t.co/LW1iTT03jH
What Exactly Will Legal Dagga Be in SOUTH AFRICA? http://t.co/7T6WXvhSHk
The 17th Karmapa: ‘Training of Trainers’ on Legal Empowerment of Tibetan Women http://t.co/0LG07Y9fnP
The really badly written and fake-sounding LPC scam emails that have spurred SRA warning http://t.co/vpfn9esGln
Madeleine Rees addresses legal aspects of the conflict in Gaza http://t.co/nOUUZtQW10
AUSTRALIA: Legal fight costs Victoria's government $120,000 http://t.co/goRjXKxUov
SAUDI ARABIA: Young woman founds a legal club to help women and children who face violence or abuse http://t.co/hdi5dOwiOj
The British police on armed routine patrol http://t.co/fZfq97qVNI
Row over Glasgow City Council's plans to fly Palestinan flag http://t.co/CjCNBkIOAz
Norfolk doctor arrested and charged with rape http://t.co/jZGLxw5Yw4
Apple and Samsung Drop Patent Fights Outside the United States http://t.co/X0Pzlx2Spd
US: Federal Reserve and F.D.I.C. Fault Big Banks’ ‘Living Wills’ http://t.co/03sG4b1H9f
US: British Bank Standard Chartered Faces Action, Again, by New York State http://t.co/J29OPRQbKx
US: Slain General in Afghanistan Was Quietly Effective Leader, Known for Technical Skill http://t.co/2I3dbIbWjZ
Secret Papers Describe Size of Terror Lists Kept by US http://t.co/PS9ZxQD7vi
Russian Hackers Amass Over a Billion Internet Passwords http://t.co/FH6Klyjtcw
Why is a website exposing human rights abuses in Gaza under attack? http://t.co/b1Ykh0AkyB
Wouldn't we all resign if we were in Baroness Warsi's position? http://t.co/CaM2IrANmh
The Tricycle Cinema’s refusal to host a Jewish Film Festival raises issues of immense complexity http://t.co/cEq2UI0suJ
Amina Agboola murder: Man who kicked toddler to death because she soiled herself is jailed for 17 years http://t.co/vln1jJPmBn
What is the point of victim impact statements? http://t.co/kQygxafHDB
US: Secret Service ensured that Malia Obama’s attendance at Lollapalooza was in no way secret http://t.co/hdFBiY8728
Sean Hannity arrives in ISRAEL as tensions mount between the Fox News anchor over 'bigoted' coverage on Gaza http://t.co/59MoKaZwl5
INDIA: Teenager took knife to so-called tantric who allegedly tried to rape her for a 2nd time and cut off his penis http://t.co/Nxh7D6Os8R
Manchester airport bomb scare: Qatar Airways passenger arrested over suspected hoax sectioned under Mental Health Act http://t.co/B85aQ3hlVU
Michael Jackson hit with new child sex abuse claims more than five years after his death http://t.co/A3NX3NoSzR
SWITZERLAND: Man arrested over stolen Michael Schumache medical file found hanged in cell http://t.co/92vcfdRaBX
Man set house on fire trying to kill a spider http://t.co/mgav23TNyF
Alex Salmond loses first independence TV debate after being booed by audience over currency question http://t.co/xzqNGmpym7
White hipsters, not black looters, are now threatening post-riots London http://t.co/VI7Fzc4xYs
'Paranoid' husband in Truro killed wife over imaginary affair, inquest hears http://t.co/Hg2943ZpMQ
Four states argue over same-sex marriage legality in US court http://t.co/H9TNAjpyAC
US: A desperate mother's American dream dies in Texan wilderness http://t.co/iOoeKtcxZ1
Press freedom boosted by new 'right to report' https://t.co/WxX28AoPnL
Public Health England responds to standardised packaging of tobacco products consultation https://t.co/tnEWGkR7NGo/nO7yieZyGT
1 October 2014: Changes to design and patent law https://t.co/qQ55GWxVW8
Advice on minimising public risk of food poisoning through campylobacter, bacteria that naturally occurs in chicken https://t.co/kOjevMWbf7
Local laws and customs catching British nationals out abroad https://t.co/BmwTdVJfsz
Dislike the ‘right to be forgotten’ regime? It may be good news for open justice | Law Society Gazette http://t.co/sVR618OBtB
A weekly round-up of Law firm moves across the globe | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/zY07NGCp9D
UK law firm mergers soar | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/QaKeXpijez
Australian business calls for changes in corporate law | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/YiDVoMSr0o
US business shifts M&A spend to smaller firms | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/YDeEqgZPzh
Clients turn their backs on accountant legal advisers | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/ZUaeO5DObP
Trowers sets up document production centre and cuts secretaries | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/xSnmdHa9Jl
Baker & McKenzie acquires Johannesburg firm | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/5RXlssQ7Wp
O'Melveny departures mount to 13 in Hong Kong | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/H8VQFmdZUD
Dusseldorf firm secures agreement for Bernie Ecclestone | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/0xW18Oi13e
Women make gains in top 50 family friendly US firms | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/N4g4pqxUG1
Law firm start-ups, then and now | The Lawyer http://t.co/cXOJg5LzpV
Bernie Ecclestone, the bribery case and the £60m settlement | The Lawyer http://t.co/52e7iWTQYH
LAW FIRM NEWS: East Anglia's Birketts achieves 20 per cent profit rise through organic growth | The Lawyer http://t.co/VrnZFRidJE
LAW FIRM NEWS: Wachtell and Clifford Chance set to go head-to-head in HP Autonomy war | The Lawyer http://t.co/2yvDEe1QrP
CML warns of “fast and potentially drastic action” if indemnity limit is cut | Legal Futures http://t.co/xbjbNHybVQ
Lower indemnity limit would “attract discount in premiums”, SRA insists | Legal Futures http://t.co/d0dEKjjNT8
Paul Mapps jailed for life for Ian Davies' Trinant murder http://t.co/QxR7ge3jU4
Facebook privacy challenge attracts 25,000 users http://t.co/UzgFJCJVZD
Ukraine crisis: RUSSIA's President Putin orders retaliatory sanctions http://t.co/5pRpoTVHyO
ISRAEL agrees Gaza truce extension, no word from Hamas http://t.co/mrBEp98uyd

Wednesday

6th August - Law News

954th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap

FOCUS OF THE DAY: Former Attorney General Dominic Grieve should be applauded for putting commitment to the rule of law ahead of his party’s short-term political advantage. Full story - The Law Society Gazette

Last week's interactions with @TheLawMap

US: Beyond the border: a four-part series on the humanitarian immigration crisis in south Texas http://t.co/GxoKReMU21
Wikipedia swears to fight 'censorship' of 'right to be forgotten' ruling http://t.co/jDxaH7iuye
Newspaper cannot name councillors who were late paying council tax http://t.co/7wUOiQN0nc
Top judge authorises court to cover legal aid in challenge to government http://t.co/TIUWXgyEu0
US: Foes of same-sex marriage fight on as courts and opinion turn against them http://t.co/AEZEwcZLRd
LAW FIRM NEWS: Fieldfisher posts 100% retention | The Lawyer http://t.co/D2uefaT3tZ
LAW FIRM NEWS: Nabarro and Trowers release retention rates | The Lawyer http://t.co/saJoFjTFXy
LAW FIRM NEWS: Dentons benefits from Chadbourne's Kiev closure with corporate partner hire | The Lawyer http://t.co/tcfjr55DHH
LAW FIRM NEWS: Sidley Austin triumphs for Investec in banker bonus High Court battle | The Lawyer http://t.co/ECbCiR9Hyr
Arresting case for open justice | Law Gazette http://t.co/sVR618OBtB
Professions line up to oppose PII reforms | Law Gazette http://t.co/KFDl0Xhs6M
Zurich fails to have PI claimant committed for contempt | Law Gazette http://t.co/f0PERGEyac
Chancery Lane names its ‘brightest stars’ | Law Gazette http://t.co/Fk154SRy5B
Court should pay for lawyers where agency refuses – Munby | Law Gazette http://t.co/g7rzj9nsVH
Judge jailed over Huhne case is sacked | Law Gazette http://t.co/v29XEDsgg6
Flooding: Emergency payments to be made after downpours cause 'mayhem' http://t.co/nzPGMgry9E
Daniel Spencer gets life term for ex-wife Jane Wiggett's murder http://t.co/guNeJdMuCu
Man struck and killed by marked police car in Reading http://t.co/0kCo2udgip
Missing Arthur Jones: Body in Crete is dad's, says son http://t.co/wIZLJKWd6U
JAPAN: Scientist involved in a scandal over discredited stem cell research has been found dead at his laboratory http://t.co/1j0cq5pRgh
Cryptolocker victims to get files back for free http://t.co/8vNOmVLqjq
PERU drug smuggler Michaella McCollum in move to Northern Ireland prison http://t.co/YYTu7nTFg6
US: Marilyn Burns, Texas Chain Saw Massacre actress, dies aged 65 http://t.co/YXmKFE9v7u
Andy Coulson faces series of perjury charges over Tommy Sheridan trial http://t.co/5ZX1LkW9Fy
Delhi gang rape: INDIA outrage over fashion shoot http://t.co/bzapeydADb
Man sectioned over Manchester Airport plane bomb hoax http://t.co/t3rW4ehmdM
London Mayor Boris Johnson to seek 2015 Commons return http://t.co/PeVpYPsTxW
Ebola: Global experts begin emergency talks at WHO http://t.co/HvHXebnPxw
Those behind moves to change AUSTRALIA's constitution say its current framework has led to indigenous disadvantage http://t.co/2qLi4OgFTz
UGANDA: Ministers and MPs caught on camera sleeping through important speeches have sparked criticism http://t.co/xNzmbv7tch
COLOMBIA: Through recognising victimsation on both sides of conflict that historic cycles of violence can be broken http://t.co/tAaEjo8vw1
On deception and war: How good or how bad are Israel's spokesmen? http://t.co/OlS9DWzvp8
DNA test solves ARGENTINA's 'dirty war' riddle http://t.co/cEPRMA3Bp4
Politician begs world to help IRAQ's Yazidi minority community http://t.co/3MXn8J09vE
SAUDI ARABIA sends military aid to help LEBANON's fight against "terrorism", ex-prime minister Saad Hariri says http://t.co/A4j3rpuEe3
Prison doesn’t work – as the Glen Parva shambles shows | Owen Jones http://t.co/dMunaU8hiX
Lawyer suing Facebook overwhelmed with support http://t.co/AJzcbQiW9j
Constance Briscoe removed from the judiciary http://t.co/p6rbRJRuGN
TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHCltZZ
LAW FIRM NEWS: Chadbourne pulls out of Kiev citing market turmoil | The Lawyer http://t.co/RKsFUKGnxJ
LAW FIRM NEWS: Trowers launches Birmingham document production hub as 34 secretaries exit | The Lawyer http://t.co/1EswMMhpSd
NHS offers mediation service to avoid court | Law Gazette http://t.co/q2VbQSOXrF
Council solicitor dropped sensitive papers in street | Law Gazette http://t.co/Pj3yCQoV4Z
TURKEY: The mystery Turk gagged on Twitter http://t.co/eUq0vwv6Oi
Update for UK companies trading in Russia and Ukraine https://t.co/v8Vac0Utcg
International guests will attend working dinners at famous Welsh landmarks for NATO Summit in Wales https://t.co/cYyxbHFox4
Victim Personal Statements: Parole Board committed to ensuring victims play an important part in the parole process https://t.co/Wsf8quxqCm
Plans for tough new energy market manipulation penalties https://t.co/d4IHub5FKw
Plato and the Promise of College http://t.co/jDviGWWNDZ
On Centenary of World War I, Europe Sees Modern Parallels http://t.co/01MeVCWiSe
SRA now licensing more than 300 ABSs | Legal Futures http://t.co/3U6YjMPtiN
Rated insurers "may be reluctant" to offer lower indemnity limits | Legal Futures http://t.co/desEYe4SFN
Solicitor turns to crowdfunding to back online contracts business | Legal Futures http://t.co/34Z7K8772o
High Court overturns tribunal’s decision on barrister accused of concealing convictions | Legal Futures http://t.co/8FRw142FJL
Francis Maude responds: 'This Government is not interested in building large databases' http://t.co/keLccvIjEh
Student goes missing after warning parents of failed degree http://t.co/deokrtkuUU
Lawyers must step up data protection measures after series of breaches, says watchdog http://t.co/3rYaCTGvQE
Thief gambles away £14,000 proceeds of rare stamp collection on single fruit machine http://t.co/svQWZ1eh7A
Mayor steals £220 from ice-cream van at town's Diamond Jubilee celebrations http://t.co/T2DXykRuYN
Video: Salmond v Darling: Scottish independence debate highlights http://t.co/TaHlRcOEO3
Man shoots himself while posing for a 'selfie' http://t.co/Af5Ubh03zz
Bishop of Gloucester questioned by police over indecent assault allegations http://t.co/OPJ2j96azy
Kate Nash's former music teacher jailed for child abuse http://t.co/ilmpa1e0Xq
Metropolitan Police officer denies 'helping uninsured flirt' http://t.co/ivd6I02BBa
Scottish independence: Do political TV debates matter? http://t.co/LpIqOHgLId
Bishop of Gloucester Michael Perham quizzed over sex assault claims http://t.co/GGw7lC286e
Scottish independence: Salmond and Darling clash in TV debate http://t.co/qnZ4kBtsGM
21st Century Fox withdraws bid for Time Warner http://t.co/QpteFeJxtu
US: Guantánamo prisoner Abu Wa’el Dhiab 'just a skeleton', attorney says in push for care http://t.co/GvACAIHgce
Palestinian leaders poised to join ICC in order to pursue ISRAEL for war crimes http://t.co/0iU750Q1Ua
Young offenders' institution declared unsafe by chief inspector of prisons http://t.co/PiREvmXB9x
Greg Revell, one of HMP Glen Parva's young offender statistics http://t.co/4wkHVyIwzC
US: Top senator rejects CIA torture report redactions ahead of public release http://t.co/l62Au8Dj8j
Ex-GE lawyer accused of disclosing secrets | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/0FHDnGCF6W
Dentons sues Republic of Guinea for £10.2m | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/Sdgn6my2vW
Zimbabwe state ordered to return funds taken from law firm trust account | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/pt6tiVSTvd
Cooleys looks set for October London launch | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/Cgw3iqF8RJ
Ex-partner in Jenkens & Gilchrist sentenced to six months over tax fraud | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/V2JO4rklRL
Canada firm offers clients chance to cut excessive bills | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/RfQ9NVFU9i
BLP launches new legal services delivery team in Manchester | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/33NrfXnIAY

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