20th December - Law News

1090th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & legal articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap


The Saturday Law Interview: Today's interview features Kevin Maguire, a lawyer and legal development expert talking about the rule of law in countries such as Cambodia, Bangladesh, Fiji, Sudan and others. Full story - SaturdayLawInterview

Saturday Conversations

• #TURKEY issues arrest warrant for Erdoğan rival Fethullah Gülen http://t.co/KT3kt9GnXk 
• #US Judge rules against anti-whaling activists in campaign to stop #Japan hunt http://t.co/NISuxFUpRb 
• Anti-Taliban protesters in Islamabad demand action against pro-militant cleric #PAKISTAN http://t.co/B3V7G3w5Zc 
• Drug dealer jailed for helping Isis terrorism suspect flee to Syria http://t.co/K41boCMXiL 
• #US releases four Guantánamo Bay prisoners to Afghanistan http://t.co/69649e4QO9 
• Mother arrested as Cairns mourns eight stabbed children #AUSTRALIA http://t.co/RVMBQa8zeT 
• Nigel Farage’s party moves to ban unauthorised use of Ukip logo after embarrassing string of gaffes http://t.co/JlYZ8Ns6uN 
• #NORTHKOREA demands joint inquiry with US into Sony Pictures hack http://t.co/yhCHrYEJyL 
• Today's Saturday #Law Interview: 'We must not make a scarecrow of the law' #lawyers #lawstudents #legal #justice http://t.co/hOghdZrjd5 
• Lawyer welcomes rejection of PII “bombshell” | New Law Journal: https://t.co/Ew8JXvUr7N 
• Wheelchair users on buses only have a right to “reasonable adjustments” | New Law Journal: https://t.co/7Dj9VhXgLh
• Third NLJ/LSLA Litigation Trends Survey tracks ongoing impact of reforms | New Law Journal: https://t.co/XI7YeSPAcL 
• Incoming Bar Council chair sets out his goals | New Law Journal: https://t.co/OMjBa5lWGm 
• HJA has pioneered what is the first fixed-fee arbitration service for divorcing couples | New Law Journal: https://t.co/hHz0Lcu1Sl
• Exceptional case funding challenge succeeds | New Law Journal: https://t.co/67T3hblL2Q 
• LawCare is open over Christmas | New Law Journal: https://t.co/5F0RL7gZgw 
• Obesity can be a disability, according to the European Court of Justice | New Law Journal: https://t.co/hk30GmBLw0 
• Legal professionals fail to take full holiday allocation | New Law Journal: https://t.co/8gnmHDA0hZ 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHCU8a3
• Ukip MP Reckless crowd-funds legal challenge to Conservatives http://t.co/2GIzNt7qGf 
• Prison lovers lose legal fight http://t.co/cnyokWp6cn 
• Irish doctors seek legal advice over brain-dead pregnant woman #IRELAND http://t.co/4LwSvnIVfE 
• SOAS School of Law rises in REF league table https://t.co/0LvNMb8gnD 
• Legal requirements for children's medicines https://t.co/GjouQcI58v 
• UCL Laws has number 1 research environment in the UK http://t.co/BPOVM56ssM
• Obama signs #US sanctions law on Venezuela officials https://t.co/RvjJo8ve87 
• It's law now: 'No Social Security for Nazis' #US https://t.co/qwnjHTlNx3 
• #EGYPT constituency law sets stage for long-awaited elections https://t.co/ifq0eL14pa 
• #KENYA security law approved despite disruptions in parliament https://t.co/wcl1sbLtre
• Apple "deeply offended" by a BBC investigation into conditions for workers involved in manufacturing its devices http://t.co/6StaBGat7P 
• Whistleblower reveals how fraud of http://t.co/e6S2R5cXPi worked http://t.co/jv7chmct2l 
• Police hunt attempted murder suspect freed by mistake http://t.co/UzLdvXog72 
• Immigration system in 'intensive care', warns senior Labour MP http://t.co/UH9JKEhTyw 
• Sony 'will not drop' North Korea film The Interview http://t.co/Y7ng2g9tmE 
• Crime news: amended 2015 duty provider crime contract duty rotas https://t.co/Gt3dAgfKmA
• Exceptional legal aid funding for immigration cases https://t.co/pVs497x40w 
• Jimmy Mubenga case expose denial over racism: judge could have shown the jury racist texts unearthed by prosecutors http://t.co/op4UQNFZON 
• Religion is just as much a force for good as it is evil http://t.co/B7DwqMfzrU 
• Second colleague of Duncan Bannatyne arrested in fraud investigation http://t.co/nRWsrzutef 
• Hey Nigel Farage, a “working class background” is no excuse for bigotry http://t.co/iV00kGSdJC 
• There are simply no good reasons why women should not be allowed to serve on the front line http://t.co/JjwsoxOr5F 
• Unstuck whenever I visit a synagogue or church. Is that all there is to faith? http://t.co/h0ZeCO5tx5 
• Abu Qatada 'involved in secret Isil negotiations to free Peter Kassig' http://t.co/teZkZ6IYL9
• £2 million for victims of child sex abuse http://t.co/UUYoYxYA5R 
• Off-duty police officer was recognised as cop before he was killed http://t.co/gGBXlRsysV 
• Bullying care worker jailed after attacking dementia patients http://t.co/fgJl40XS74 
• Hero police officer praised after sprinting to hospital with sick baby in his arms http://t.co/Z1FvXruQjn
• Teenager on remand for attempted murder released from prison in error http://t.co/IH4pYbXspR 
• Norton Rose to target India litigation | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/Nn65kkviVV 
• Norton Rose to target India litigation | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/9K0E0VjcRY 
• Sniffing out the top performers | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/iow4lbdFRt 
• Service charge to be levied on Indian law firm fees | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/841sxww3Et 
• Media attacks UK human rights law firm | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/DRAg98KCfS 
• Law firm service drops off in south east Asia | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/AWGwLs10fl 
• NY lawyer negotiated with ISIS over hostage | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/i9AHGjW7jW 
• Withers expands through Australia alliance | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/0vRHY5llBA 
• 'Sextortion' suspects deny involvement in Daniel Perry case http://t.co/QJzjwBfF4p
• Stem cell scandal scientist Haruko Obokata resigns http://t.co/OEYpd4MR3N 
• Barak Obama vows #US response to Sony hack http://t.co/IXzwKBfJhx

19th December - Law News

1089th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & legal articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap


FOCUS OF THE DAY: LCJ - High Court dismisses challenge to employment tribunal fees. Court describes fall in the claims as 'striking' and 'dramatic but needs more evidence. Full story - Solicitors Journal

Saturday Conversations

• Man Haron Monis lawyers and judges receive death threats and other abuse #AUSTRALIA http://t.co/lWLuq81e0w 
• Serial could never happen in #AUSTRALIA - Our courts wouldn't allow it http://t.co/ET914zfHhj 
• Magistrate taken off case after using Google to search for details of trial #AUSTRALIA http://t.co/aS0buP1B2g 
• 10 diktats from Brussels that are ruining life in Britain http://t.co/OVmCURheuI 
• The state of the death penalty in the #US - an expert takes your questions http://t.co/UuPoTnmwyO 
• Neighbourhood watch: how domestic CCTV is sweeping the UK http://t.co/zIjk7D2nU6 
• Keir Starmer: ‘2015 will be a defining election … I can’t walk away from it’ http://t.co/dPeQflAywe 
• Jury finds wealthy former Michigan businessman guilty of murdering wife #US http://t.co/52hkgtkjmM 
• A brain-dead Irish woman’s body is being used as an incubator. Be angry #IRELAND http://t.co/b4blRxaF5J 
• Man convicted in 'stand your ground' case will get a second trial in Texas #US http://t.co/lLw5UGpOux 
• Former Blakemores employees in line for £180,000 pay-out | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/LhCEsV805v 
• The legal year in 60 seconds | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/lLrKTIp9r8 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: A&O, NRF, Pinsents and ShepWedd advise on funding of disputed road project | The Lawyer http://t.co/eA5PEKRsCt 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Fried Frank loses 'Putin's banker' Pugachev claim to lift $2bn asset freeze | The Lawyer http://t.co/mVG150BfAW
• Solicitor ordered to pay £750k over transfer | Law Gazette http://t.co/naYzpmTlOm 
• National firm offers share incentive to stay | Law Gazette http://t.co/suUZ98rvTQ 
• Al-Sweady lawyer denouncement ‘breaches UN code’ | Law Gazette http://t.co/YzorahC9lz 
• Fifa World Cup report: Michael Garcia findings to be released http://t.co/8zXZANPp78
• Instagram deletes millions of accounts in spam purge http://t.co/6PjOhkyvwW
• Off-duty PC Neil Doyle dies after Liverpool assault http://t.co/4xdJSST5Jf 
• #KENYA security law: President Uhuru Kenyatta signs bill http://t.co/LEaT5E4Sfk
• University of Law eyes property sales | Law Gazette http://t.co/U778EiAqBv 
• European leaders urged to complete EU-US deal | Law Gazette http://t.co/4ui2jDLr2e
• Leading PI lawyers concerned by whiplash plans | Law Gazette http://t.co/g0febMVkcK 
• Stories of the year: UK200 and diversity hit the October headlines | The Lawyer http://t.co/m4q255ZviU 
• The leadership interview: the magic circle | The Lawyer http://t.co/Md4WeuajmY
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Early contenders emerge to take BLP managing partner crown | The Lawyer http://t.co/FyQUE8Xcyk 
• Witnesses and victims of child sexual abuse let down by justice system | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/A74Y68F7gg 
• Government acknowledges £160m cost of Jackson reforms to creditors | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/VVKRLsUMvp 
• Mayfair-based law firm is tenth largest UKIP donor in 2014 | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/RJsaNA2VoS 
• European Court of Justice decides obesity 'could be a disability' | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/ZMfqFLg2pG 
• Lawyers won’t take time off in the race for talent | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/iKBP9lE77a
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHCU8a3
• Tory aides dropped from election list after campaigning row http://t.co/eQMpsFL5wR 
• Women could join British infantry by 2016 http://t.co/D1Lmu3fHaT 
• Oskar Gröning to stand trial for being Auschwitz guard in case that could make legal history in #GERMANY http://t.co/J80KsUShNh 
• #MYANMAR 'Buddha insult' trial: Men plead not guilty http://t.co/mjmgLS5nhD
• Jury convicts Barrow trio of plotting sex abuse acts with children http://t.co/XUbomETWC1 
• Jimmy Mubenga: Judge refused to allow jury to hear about G4S guards' racist texts http://t.co/n4sM6Aly7O 
• Federal appeals court overturns inmate sex change order #US http://t.co/fwWRImQViq 
• Article in European Law Review by DPP Faculty Marie-Pierre Granger and CMDS Affiliated Faculty Kristina Irion http://t.co/vFYl1Lq0nU
• Protecting cultural rights from excessive advertising http://t.co/luLxeolfE8 
• Ex-Captain at Rikers Is Found Guilty of Civil Rights Violation in Inmate’s Death #US http://t.co/lDqLB8mP7u 
• New benchmark to rank companies on their human rights records http://t.co/ErcWicMtye 
• Tim Cook makes personal donation to gay rights campaign http://t.co/7oFmYKRyIP 
• #CUBA human rights record is terrible, no matter what you think of the embargo http://t.co/aeTURcV3Lw 
• Moriarty Tribunal fails to get court order requiring Michael Lowry to produce documents #IRELAND http://t.co/dHjCEVIC3W 
• Second Unison appeal against tribunal fees fails http://t.co/AO4DmyJlFI 
• Senior cop testifies in own defence at police tribunal #CANADA http://t.co/h0CclsvlNV 
• Harper, Privy Council Office approved long hiring process for social security tribunal #CANADA http://t.co/YbvoCRBguc 
• Essendon lose bid to be represented at anti-doping tribunal #AUSTRALIA http://t.co/eIiGYLRaPM 
• New legislation would allow former felons to vote in Florida #US https://t.co/o6R8BFHEmE 
• Irish surveillance legislation: secret interpretations of secret laws #IRELAND https://t.co/lCPf4R2O0H 
• Austin-based #US Attorney Pitman confirmed to become federal judge http://t.co/yxMuON0rmN 
• South Carolina Judge Vacates Conviction of George Stinney in 1944 Execution #US http://t.co/3tA90n245X
• Report from the international training for the judiciary - Durbuy, #BELGIUM http://t.co/9TDz9lNirj 
• Presidential candidate Milan Kujundzic on Thursday called for the overhaul of the national judiciary #CROATIA http://t.co/LBlNmhmI3z 
• ICJ says Majlis has “decapitated the country’s judiciary” #MALDIVES http://t.co/S7uWMOJuSn 
• Mutharika meets #MALAWI Law Society over judiciary impasse http://t.co/YPEZqFkLFB 
• Osinbajo laid foundation for efficient Lagos judiciary – Fashola #NIGERIA http://t.co/Wnt6EH7GYy 
• How the judiciary is silencing the victim of physical abuse #LEBANON http://t.co/P0OcJ3K6tV 
• Main opposition appeals high court for judiciary package #TURKEY http://t.co/F3sR3kEvsc 
• Obama puts his stamp on the judiciary http://t.co/3u1KIrG0B8 
• Archived Webinar: Justice-Involved Women: Understanding Trauma and Violence http://t.co/mOTjuwbvV7 
• Judicial appointments in Ontario, #CANADA http://t.co/Rdo57X9jWK 
• The Role of Legal Scholars in Creating and Sustaining a New Legal Field http://t.co/LNAKskFJpP 
• Faculty Academics cited by House of Commons Justice Select Committee http://t.co/qQ0kTUqXeU 
• Youth Justice Board statement at the conclusion of the Alex Kelly inquest https://t.co/lzSPauthhe
• Dalhousie students choose restorative justice to resolve Facebook complaints #CANADA http://t.co/5qBNTWrEDv
• A more perfect criminal justice system #US http://t.co/m2XvNgJ7qN
• Justice blindfolded? The case of Jimmy Mubenga & acquittal of G4S security guards https://t.co/9a7xFg1MjQ 
• I just want justice done, says black Met officer ‘sacked for complaining about racism’ http://t.co/wjSW5UCr8d 
• New Yorkers continue to call for justice for Eric Garner #US http://t.co/u1gs6TWJYJ 
• Northampton solicitors launch food bank to support charitable projects at Christmas http://t.co/mQcE1vtMk6
• Child abuse royal commission should focus on systemic problems in the NSW Crown Solicitor's Office #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/94ZSrMJPV3 
• Ex-bankrupt client drags solicitor to court http://t.co/Nb1DdEbEgU 
• Trainee Solicitor Ryan Adams joins boxing board http://t.co/YlvIgjuhmZ 
• Siege gunman's barristers work in same building as Katrina Dawson #AUSTRALIA http://t.co/qZA6kIb0he 
• Why we must raise the bar to becoming a barrister http://t.co/6ESQAv4uNO 
• Top barrister dismayed by ruling against Glasgow midwives http://t.co/RLcbiSWGwJ 
• Tributes paid to Nottingham barrister Alastair Munt killed in car crash http://t.co/xjYwEzlAbQ 
• E-Conveyancing is upon us #AUSTRALIA http://t.co/QaJTDzVJTK 
• New EU tax law could be a major headache for indie devs in the UK: http://t.co/RnzR57tN92 
• EU VAT law could kill thousands of online businesses http://t.co/wvtD2wJzox 
• #ITALY says it will oppose EU plans to scrap environment law http://t.co/oDpDAATYfz
• Fishermen say fish discard ban has no legal certainty http://t.co/oZCDxkFoqc 
• UK law prohibits police from storing foreign criminals' DNA and fingerprint records http://t.co/YdzrpPfOP0
• Criminal legal aid provider shortages predicted #NEWZEALAND https://t.co/9nGHdv2OAw 
• "The Legal Foundations of the Islamic State," By Mara Revkin http://t.co/SsYlAY1RsD 
• Legal aid statistics: July 2014 to September 2014 https://t.co/ECgKYzuKTC 
• Destruction of legal highs ordered at Maidstone Magistrates' Court following investigation http://t.co/NG7pj9HemS 
• Marketing Gone Wrong: Is Your Social Media Plan Legal? http://t.co/cxXhgRrs1b 
• Couple in their 70s ran up £2m legal bill in bitter divorce battle http://t.co/Iuguq8Lsai 
• Cuban Cigars About To Become Legal Again #US http://t.co/uOV74saL0n 
• Eight children 'stabbed dead' in #AUSTRALIA http://t.co/pbEFoi0vk1 
• Women bishops to be fast-tracked to Lords http://t.co/4Rjg13XLtB 
• UN General Assembly seeks #NORTHKOREA ICC charges http://t.co/2rCNz6mZXu 
• Teacher who hit boy, six, over head with ruler acquitted of assault http://t.co/tYX0Jhn1gu 
• Bullying husbands face five years in jail for 'controlling behaviour' http://t.co/kJDdrbgOYP
• 'Black Friday' drinkers will consume 114pc more than normal http://t.co/6MixeqrSgK 
• High Court: barrister has arguable discrimination claim against BSB | Legal Futures http://t.co/oGvlhrnzoW 
• Plant reflects on five years at helm of SRA: it's a far better place now | Legal Futures http://t.co/htGEZaePXz 
• Over 250 Quindell shareholders register for planned group action | Legal Futures http://t.co/cW7f7CUMRQ 
• Cost of ministers' special advisers hits £8.4m http://t.co/GxxFcKjpKT
• Fugitive Paul John Scott arrested during UK light aircraft return http://t.co/ZtP6Gw6qJ9 
• New domestic abuse law on controlling behaviour unveiled http://t.co/44v8L3Ie9i
• Prison officers 'sent more than 200 miles to plug staffing gaps' http://t.co/lGVWXwrKwf
• Girls in 'Slender Man' case competent to stand trial, Wisconsin judge says #US http://t.co/L6Up67adAp 
• ACLU lawsuit challenges Ferguson-area school board over board voting #US http://t.co/ieOJQ22P8R 
• Around the house | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/7GkDbiAbgz 
• Death sentence given to killer of wife of District Attorney | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/43OOTyngyz 
• Death sentence given to killer of wife of District Attorney | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/HwYE1D6Mn4 
• Norton Rose to target India litigation | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/O9HpEqa8GC 
• Human rights lawyers in firing line over Iraq inquiry | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/ymZMVjbPZE 
• Cleary Gottlieb lawyer comes 4th in FT worst political jobs ranking | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/UEw2PSCdlt 
• Law firm prepares class action against Quindell | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/MImSnjokYV 
• Fifa executive tried to discipline Michael Garcia | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/kmeuZD78Bj 
• European Court decision boosts embryonic research | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/Nb9AUQTldH

18th December - Law News

1088th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & legal articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap


FOCUS OF THE DAY: LCJ - Criminal defence tendering ‘arbitrary and anomalous’. The tender process for duty provider crime contracts is riddled with anomalies and even very good legal aid firms will struggle to participate. Full story - The Law Society Gazette

Saturday Conversations

• Apple 'failing to protect Chinese factory workers' http://t.co/5g0d0Xmxp3 
• Sony hack: White House views attack as security issue #US http://t.co/BLsG2hHyI4 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Clyde & Co announces 5 per cent growth in revenue at half-year | The Lawyer http://t.co/4qwDdThSif 
• New Jersey hopes Cuba-US relations thaw will help extradite former Black Panther #US http://t.co/dP34iSDTMJ 
• New Hampshire man faces 205-count indictment over teen girl's abduction #US http://t.co/omm1vQZP8s 
• Philadelphia woman pleads guilty after two-year-old fatally shoots his sister #US http://t.co/DJfRAbXMDk 
• Florida’s 'prison Houdini' has a chance to be free after serving 35 years in jail #US http://t.co/z2UaxhrP71
• I salute Theresa May for limiting the use of police bail http://t.co/rQPPiQfxjW 
• Obesity can be a disability, EU court rules http://t.co/ukczN2kGwV 
• Theresa May plans to put 28-day time limit on police bail http://t.co/ZMOoooNRiH 
• Indian comic creates female superhero to tackle rape http://t.co/3yS7nCaoXi 
• Park rape Crimewatch appeal leads to 30 calls to police http://t.co/3fojRTxiAQ 
• Casement Park: Judge quashes GAA stadium approval decision http://t.co/LdeyEFYgDE 
• Gang involved in £5m mortgage fraud given jail sentences http://t.co/r50YrKAMm3 
• Cling film mummification 'sex death' accused guilty http://t.co/GYp33HJ4qk
• Deal forcing Microsoft to offer browser choices ends http://t.co/WUPSEvSkGf 
• Boris Johnson flight passenger admits assault and drink charges http://t.co/eeKf0Q3hzo 
• Boston bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in court #US http://t.co/GcqvWGDzJF
• 28-day police bail limit proposed for England and Wales http://t.co/OPVQJUdFam 
• European court gives UK visa direction http://t.co/z9UUqf0SnF 
• Child abuse inquiry: Police investigate three alleged murders http://t.co/WBGSIFNL7U 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Leigh Day and Public Interest Lawyers face criticism as Al-Sweady Inquiry concludes | The Lawyer http://t.co/wPnFCQ35Vp 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Withers takes on Aussie private client market with local alliance | The Lawyer http://t.co/tWEfmabSDi 
• Human rights in parallel universes for this government and us | Law Gazette http://t.co/6tsIRvJTri 
• MoJ in conflict with BIS over insolvency litigation | Law Gazette http://t.co/CqxLqVAs69 
• City lawyers urge SRA to retain consumer credit brief | Law Gazette http://t.co/GV5eVYLciO 
• Representation slumps in family law | Law Gazette http://t.co/QdY9Zfy7re 
• University of Law sells London campus for £68m | Law Gazette http://t.co/MutCcXHmYC 
• EU court snubs human rights accession | Law Gazette http://t.co/DRCybE4K7R 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHCU8a3
• The Lawyer Global Litigation Top 50: Executive Summary – The day of the regulator | The Lawyer http://t.co/SVnHz8n06M 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: BLM, Clarke Willmott and Penningtons Manches among new appointments to second HALA panel | The Lawyer http://t.co/oCIWRXXva5 
• Stories of the year: September sees law firm and celebrity tie-ups | The Lawyer http://t.co/KaLcA453G2 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Burges Salmon, CMS and Osborne Clarke retained as Eurostar delays panel review until 2015 | The Lawyer http://t.co/1zhByFg1ei 
• Gang rape spurs calls for reform in #ETHIOPIA http://t.co/WTZzkW9D17 
• Child refugees call tiny Swedish town home #SWEDEN http://t.co/ribyVWg43b 
• UK law aims to reduce wage inequality http://t.co/4PGLptx7Mg
• Ferguson witnesses admit they lied to the grand jury #US https://t.co/Ybnv5N7lit 
• Ferguson Grand Jury Evidence: Brown University Students Decode Jargon So People Can Understand Medical Documents http://t.co/tIhhLvZxdB 
• Apple not guilty in iPod antitrust trial, jury decides http://t.co/FafrPzJxZd 
• Be harsh on unmeritorious challenges, Kaplan tells courts https://t.co/qLwQOgsxlI 
• Urgent review ordered into background of Sydney siege gunman #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/z6bid3s6fZ 
• #EGYPT military courts to try 312 civilians https://t.co/nkhzusfdpM
• Over 31,000 rape cases pending in high courts #INDIA https://t.co/U4EQiRIxKG 
• EU court says Hamas should be removed from terror list https://t.co/7ZkKwikw4G 
• Cameras allowed in Cook County criminal courts in pilot project #US https://t.co/rqvEvCJOpu 
• A whole new day on filling the federal courts #US https://t.co/BDrisFcDcD 
• 'Illegal ravers could have saved our son': parents hit out after inquest into drugs death https://t.co/vnhJRePbPQ 
• Aberdeen City Council will not give up on stopping illegal traveller camps https://t.co/oCWvJueQdA 
• New York Makes Tattoos and Piercings on Pets Illegal #US https://t.co/677bl2Hz5K 
• Government did not interfere in the independence of the Judiciary; President #SRILANKA https://t.co/PRVP4O8uVQ 
• Chief Justice Tim Carmody calls for judiciary to maintain civility, respect over controversial appointment #AUSTRALIA http://t.co/aiHR8bDXrL 
• The judiciary lockdown in Port Harcourt #NIGERIA https://t.co/kTLQ6SCv6v 
• Low turnout for Mandalay judiciary protest #MYANMAR https://t.co/TXbpOVUqg5 
• Main opposition appeals high court for judiciary package #TURKEY http://t.co/Nex7lJLREc
• Soccer coup trial draws concern over judiciary #TURKEY https://t.co/XGSaIxuvC0 
• Solihull actor Ben Fellows charged with perverting the course of justice https://t.co/jy4SP49MJf 
• After Winning at Trial, Justice Department Abandons Misbranding Case #US https://t.co/AUTvFJmHrQ 
• More justice key to ensuring EU competitiveness https://t.co/03C9OWC4r1 
• Warning: Emails misusing the names of Ian Wright, Gregsons Solicitors Limited and Andrew Birchall https://t.co/CBieGXsPAR 
• Solicitor for abuse victims in schools criticises ‘cynical’ redress plan #IRELAND https://t.co/yB3G00wMAg 
• Former solicitor Michael Lynn to be extradited back to #IRELAND https://t.co/9XAkqKvFgO 
• Solicitor Christopher Logue convicted of 'leery and humiliating' & sex assault during a legal society dinner http://t.co/6OuQyXmz3d
• Eddie Obeid hires new barrister to fight criminal charges #AUSTRALIA http://t.co/hL5ufPQzNk 
• Gotham crash: Nottingham barrister Alastair Munt killed in collision https://t.co/7MLve9yREB 
• Hackers Attack a Renowned Barrister in Auckland, #NEWZEALAND https://t.co/11UGussqq1 
• Pregnant barrister fled to safety then learned her friend had lost fight for life #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/ugpbGyje4n
• Financial pressures make law departments increasingly sophisticated | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/f2V1u45JKu 
• In-house lawyers urged to extend their role by emotional intelligence | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/KIiEypEFTZ 
• Lone inhouse lawyers carry intense workload | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/pBv1QLanOG 
• Irish lawyer faces extradition from Brazil | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/3Y4nUalXdn 
• Lawyers tricked by court bankruptcy virus scam | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/3q7Xr1I6oA 
• Bird & Bird duo called as witnesses as client charged with embezzlement | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/Pgg4g0g4tK 
• Indian lawyers follow boutique start-up trend | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/V6ewmxi8CI 
• Clash of the Fifa lawyers to be decided within days | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/NP3pfhqrvc 
• Court martial has sentenced 54 soldiers to death for refusing to fight Boko Haram #NIGERIA http://t.co/e6xdtyUSFF 
• National Crime Agency begins Rotherham abuse inquiry http://t.co/sdL6RofBUV 
• Mentally-ill teenagers no longer to be held in cells http://t.co/9m3P8XkP0u 
• Savile and Jaconelli sex abuse: Police admit failure http://t.co/oTgI3CrVHc 
• Sony cancels The Interview release amid threats http://t.co/rUt6stXliN 
• Al-Sweady Inquiry: Ambulance-chasing lawyers are damaging our armed forces? http://t.co/mhfRsNvWkQ 
• Peshawar school attack: Arcs of extremism #PAKISTAN http://t.co/ATkXSut5Jn 
• Police stop plane on Heathrow runway that was carrying 15-year-old girl heading to Syria http://t.co/PyftxcFmL0 
• Independent investigation finds no individuals bullied into changing cancer target data at Colchester Hospital https://t.co/K6uyYe86VD 
• Surveillance Camera Code of Practice: adopting the code webinar https://t.co/Pk7qZWg4Zy 
• Wales Bill receives Royal Assent https://t.co/5U895U2Zyq 
• FCO responds to EU Court Judgment on Hamas https://t.co/uD5kuETgJB 
• Catholic midwives must supervise abortions, Supreme Court decides http://t.co/7tXv3x6WOU 
• MPs call for review of law used in gang murder cases http://t.co/44Xx0m67vR 
• Police sergeant charged over church caretaker's custody death http://t.co/wxSisJKZl2 
• Doctor and two nurses charged with manslaughter over death of six-year-old boy http://t.co/OAore1zrPd 
• Teacher 'hit boy, six, over head with ruler' when he got maths question wrong http://t.co/HH4GwHj6fF
• Grandmother poisons sister's artichokes in bitter feud http://t.co/tXxqldld3m 
• Home Office fails on 'basic' immigration tasks, says watchdog http://t.co/YuLH5Cv1zb 
• Man banned from having sex with wife by High Court judge http://t.co/4Bbtlr6sfk
• Police budgets slashed by £300m despite top officers' warnings http://t.co/to57fVnvct
• SRA closes alternative business structure after securing High Court order | Legal Futures http://t.co/IPHZt33Wmf
• SRA to stay on report over ABS licensing | Legal Futures http://t.co/T6mqyecUok 
• "We will be biggest brand in UK," claim LegalZoom | Legal Futures http://t.co/JFSEuEIjZA 
• Security service intercept evidence for trials rejected as too costly – inquiry http://t.co/4q2t5Eezn6 
• UK links to torture go beyond complicity to active involvement http://t.co/kSwmpM8nKG
• #US terrorism insurance act renewal blocked by Senate http://t.co/j42EjKGqfF 
• Internships are not always exploitative http://t.co/sKRECD3dQm 
• Obama commutes prison sentences of eight drug convicts under new policy #US http://t.co/LFekEbnPjW

17th December - Law News

1087th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & legal articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap


FOCUS OF THE DAY: LCJ: why is the cost of legal services increasing, despite more competition? “Steps must be taken” to find out why the cost of legal services is increasing, despite the changed market and “great number of providers”, the Lord Chief Justice, Lord Thomas, has said. Lord Thomas also warned, in his annual report to Parliament, that use of mediation and ADR is reducing as the number of litigants in person increases. Full story - Legal Futures

Saturday Conversations

• Join Legal Walk in Canterbury https://t.co/MXj5O6b8X4 
• Police seize cash from Angus legal highs shop owner https://t.co/wqozO1nH5x 
• Legal high shop in Taunton ordered to close for three months https://t.co/AGQmxiUfOM 
• BT plans legal clash with regulators as it aims to complete EE deal https://t.co/05eyr0ThDa 
• How the Co-operative Group’s legal business fits into its restructure plans https://t.co/lLhbk7b6Gs 
• The Top Five #US Legal Stories of 2015 https://t.co/zNhoqUd1hH 
• EU: Decision on removal of Hamas from terror list is legal not political https://t.co/ojSgP3lQpW 
• Legal impact of Geneva panel on settlements, ICC likely only symbolic #ISRAEL https://t.co/N65KtCs0vs 
• Marijuana e-cigarette developed to help people with pain http://t.co/S3qn95ROdR
• Social enterprise receives legal status in #VIETNAM https://t.co/9eJFjFQl31
• UK Court Allows Discovery of Bank Information from Foreign Bank https://t.co/kGJ4e6ppom 
• New UK IP laws might restrict unregistered design rights https://t.co/YQpU9NFAE4 
• Newport-based Convey Law is named best in the UK https://t.co/Mw8AyMVy0D 
• Mass surveillance ruled legal in UK https://t.co/ie7vgCjWls 
• Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission's bid on abortion law misguided https://t.co/O0V7uPVNAJ 
• Homeless man gives student his last £3 to get home and is repaid with amazing gesture http://t.co/08TQKgZutc
• #INDIA with #PAKISTAN - school massacre solidarity http://t.co/3rUnl2hF2H 
• Israeli photographer 'horrified' at use of bloody shoe photo http://t.co/CroiQ2h7ny 
• The surprising calm emerging from the rouble crisis in #RUSSIA http://t.co/2I4CP1G0F1 
• Sony hack: A guide to the cyber attack on Hollywood http://t.co/OdzYdigJmj 
• The legal confusion over perpendicular parking http://t.co/9e0gtL37no 
• Car smoke ban 'to start in October' http://t.co/FzuPtOXnxT 
• Thomas Orchard custody death: Three police charged http://t.co/lZaQrlSk9m 
• Michael Garcia: Fifa investigator resigns in World Cup report row http://t.co/jIxS2UOMs8 
• Rules for babies 'from three people', which state only two would be classed as parents http://t.co/j77XqIotg3 
• Al-Sweady Inquiry: murder claims 'deliberate lies', soldiers mistreated 9 detainees, but not deliberate ill-treatment http://t.co/U4mfnUYY8r 
• Hillary Clinton: torture is wrong and 'yes, black lives matter' #US http://t.co/tt1LD0YVKD 
• Church of England’s first female bishop named as Libby Lane http://t.co/XEQm3eoNB6
• We mustn’t let morbid obesity kill our potential. I didn’t | Helen Leahey http://t.co/g1UkiibRlt 
• ECHR cases won by UK government show flexibility of human rights system http://t.co/X4k4SHd1gj 
• Britain’s most vulnerable people are sleeping rough. This is a grave injustice http://t.co/jlf2oyDJha 
• Smoking in cars carrying children set to become illegal in England next year http://t.co/lffsub9YI5 
• CIA torture report: UK intelligence agencies questioned over redactions http://t.co/ujiDe2zj1Z
• The killing of innocent children: PESHAWAR, we are with you #PAKISTAN https://t.co/m3uE3HelYI
• Landowners are selling their properties in smaller pots to increase their profits | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/lGsCaywJdY 
• High Court dismisses challenge to employment tribunal fees, admitting fall as 'striking' | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/HZmCBl5vjl 
• Stories of the year: private equity moves continue in August | The Lawyer http://t.co/MXNuX5X8UH 
• Bucks ABS expected to generate £400,000 profit for local authority over five years | The Lawyer http://t.co/LJYPZKxPYi 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: HSF’s Asia losses continue as Tokyo M&A chief joins MoFo | The Lawyer http://t.co/Xksp0xxp45 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Hamburg Bird & Bird lawyer under fire, alleged involvement in €137m embezzlement charge | The Lawyer http://t.co/zWmyduxAr9
• Flexible working success | Law Gazette http://t.co/KPWLZWSl49 
• Counting the cost of cuts | Law Gazette http://t.co/w1bdliNmRM 
• Family court transparency ‘will result in death’ – commissioner | Law Gazette http://t.co/AZipZ6LLse 
• SDT fine upgraded to suspension after SRA appeal | Law Gazette http://t.co/Wu3a58eGMn 
• MPs urge review of joint-enterprise use | Law Gazette http://t.co/jM5DgnrIjU 
• High Court dismisses employment tribunal fees challenge | Law Gazette http://t.co/cYCZbZmpg7 
• Lawyers should apologise over Al-Sweady claims – Fallon | Law Gazette http://t.co/YsKyXXRpwE 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHCU8a3
• Surveillance Camera Commissioner’s annual report published https://t.co/sspD9Yiuhh
• Security and justice adviser position available https://t.co/wu3rDZufKk
• Derby's bid to become global city against slavery https://t.co/XAoMrt3vvF 
• MPs call for urgent review of joint-enterprise law http://t.co/q1BKY8lMog 
• Liverpool firm targets investor group action against Quindell | Legal Futures http://t.co/T8H9A9xIH1 
• Panel backs SRA's move to ditch regulation of consumer credit work | Legal Futures http://t.co/GHLpW3KxMl 
• QASA barristers in last throw of the dice with appeal to Supreme Court | Legal Futures http://t.co/gSBdhpO7b2 
• We need a thinner blue line http://t.co/pzOl8jN2li 
• Two firearms officers accused of beating injured deer to death with a crowbar http://t.co/2sugk4GvJm 
• MPs calls' still being recorded by jails, finds report http://t.co/iB9jQhzeSW 
• CCTV: New guidance for household security cameras http://t.co/PKIhlSZL80 
• Foreign criminals' DNA and fingerprint records must be destroyed by police http://t.co/Lu009hH29E 
• Nick Sennett died when cabbie 'rammed into the back of his classic MGB' http://t.co/xjkJqoGGuS 
• Police criticised for secrecy bid over sex grooming gang http://t.co/tvQgCy8Qbu 
• 'Local procedure' for ambulance crews to leave corpses near bins, inquiry hears http://t.co/Kq8vCoyhvv 
• Attorney general of #BRAZIL files criminal complaint over rape taunt in Congress http://t.co/yLyeEL7YTP 
• Judge censures Channel 4 News over ‘misleading’ report on child abuser’s conviction http://t.co/21X0Rkpspp 
• Non-believers push for legal recognition of humanist weddings http://t.co/KTnQDxYNd4 
• Bill Cosby's wife wants to know who the real victim is. There are all too many options http://t.co/3JuHjf1f8s 
• Massachusetts prison does not have to pay for inmate’s sex change, court rules #US http://t.co/idcy18HhPF 
• Family of black man fatally shot by police in Ohio Walmart files lawsuit #US http://t.co/8feQWk4P8K 
• Middlesbrough football fan who tore up Koran banned from every ground http://t.co/rKvjFjuxne
• Sydney gunman was 'wanted in #IRAN http://t.co/C47iroOWOK 
• Ex-UKIP candidate Kerry Smith in 'black arts' claim http://t.co/bZP9ZXYJpH 
• Falkirk MP Eric Joyce charged over shop incident http://t.co/PKLX1XSsZ5 
• Boy, 13, charged with Christopher John Barry's Edmonton murder http://t.co/tBJnHWtJll 
• Keep the twit out of twitter | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/iAmrwsnLUL 
• Cartier calls time on website bandits | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/Yry2mMvnNJ 
• Sony steps up legal threat against the media | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/h8Vk2pw1Xd
• Houston litigation boutique lawyers jump to Vorys Sater | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/KSH8MY6xqV 
• Dodd-Frank law challenged in trading case | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/sWrsHh88xU 
• Former Dewey rainmaker files for bankruptcy | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/ZqAmHLvsUs 
• Barrister from leading legal family dies in Sydney siege | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/0GDfMERtMa 
• There is an English court where gavels are actually used: http://t.co/k7DYQgio2X
• Sextoy mistaken for a bomb caused the evacuation of a US court after staff discovered the "suspicious" object https://t.co/Q2SdWJdz7u

16th December - Law News

1086th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & legal articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap


FOCUS OF THE DAY: The life sciences sector is generating millions of pounds of revenue for lawyers despite the worldwide decline in healthcare budgets and stringent regulation worldwide. With regulators closing in and costs climbing higher – is the bubble set to burst? Full story - The Lawyer

Saturday Conversations

• Number of new EU laws increases by 170 | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/WcdMiz2zFs 
• New divorce service will ‘spark a sea-change’ in how separation is handled | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/vDXq1ooPrl
• Failed 21/7 London bombers lose European court appeal http://t.co/I4avR3faON
• Fifa dismisses complaint from lawyer Michael Garcia over report http://t.co/AZxYEAA12O
• Lord Heseltine predicts UK will join the euro http://t.co/TuMl5zuWuI 
• G4S guards cleared over Jimmy Mubenga death http://t.co/SgElqdMdrD 
• Red Bull robbery: 20 of stolen trophies found in a Sandhurst lake http://t.co/SWwtfR4XtO 
• England-only votes: What are the options? http://t.co/YmRpTZcyVG 
• Ex-DJ Chris Denning jailed for sex abuse http://t.co/Y1NuqwJbH1
• In 2014, people power took on the state in a battle for minds and streets http://t.co/hnWyc1RorG
• Sudanese soldiers using rape as weapon of war, says rights group #SUDAN http://t.co/Q9sZ0AwWzf 
• Inmate's family sues Ohio lethal injection expert witness #US http://t.co/mGE1q0gMKT
• Eversheds and Hill Dickinson among 14 firms appointed to Metro Bank lending and securities panel | The Lawyer http://t.co/8HYnTQTgLi 
• Clifford Chance, Freshfields and Norton Rose Fulbright on call for £12.5bn BT EE acquisition | The Lawyer http://t.co/lL53cERVzf 
• Law and art | Law Gazette http://t.co/Nd9RLqANT3 
• Russia sanctions could threaten cases, lawyers warned | Law Gazette http://t.co/s6UckrPSmo 
• Criminal defence tendering 'arbitrary and anomalous' | Law Gazette http://t.co/uT8DpA5N4d
• When will minority ethnic lawyers get the top jobs? http://t.co/CwLt1EOUP3 
• Turkish football fans go on trial for alleged coup attempt http://t.co/cmcSkUcFyk 
• Councils ‘ignoring legal duties to homeless children’ | Law Gazette http://t.co/RIaDjhwSz4 
• Rival sounds out investor action against Quindell | Law Gazette http://t.co/JyDtg7l8Fk 
• Sydney cafe: #Australians say to Muslims #illridewithyou http://t.co/e11FyArfPM 
• Bill Cosby: Camille Cosby defends husband against sex claims http://t.co/ASq68tmH1E 
• Former public school teacher Briton Simon Harris guilty of Kenyan child abuse http://t.co/9nc7JOEdsn 
• Failed London 21/7 suicide bombers lose appeal http://t.co/nfq3r5sXdJ 
• Jimmy Savile victims’ compensation scheme approved by appeal court http://t.co/mU4GGUlZnc 
• Stories of the year: Clifford Chance rings the changes in July | The Lawyer http://t.co/6K8Cm7Yuy5 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Weightmans reports 3 per cent revenue rise to £42m at half-year | The Lawyer http://t.co/0ckKJ3tp44 
• Clydesdale replaces UK GC as Darbyshire returns to Australia role | The Lawyer http://t.co/xsLsWezLnN
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHCU8a3
• Heroism bill survives Lords vote | Law Gazette http://t.co/OwnHvDcL0C
• Councils start to flex muscle in search for local power http://t.co/aINaeZ0A8v
• Edmonton murder suspect boys aged 13 and 14 bailed by police http://t.co/y1fK3BAeY5 
• Planning law policy 'fuels inappropriate development' http://t.co/8KNh6BmdGT 
• Councils 'turning homeless teenagers away' http://t.co/vrUzxcYnjd
• 'English votes for English laws' plans to be unveiled http://t.co/vT7A79bcMr 
• Co-op Bank fails Bank of England stress tests http://t.co/X5gNp7owUD 
• PM Abbott: Why was Sydney siege gunman not on terror list? #AUSTRALIA http://t.co/iqXE4YanUQ 
• Facing 40+ charges Man Haron Monis had been granted bail 3 times in the past 12 months. Did the law fail? #AUSTRALIA http://t.co/bgPyIzLD3Q 
• North Korea asks United Nations to investigate #CIA torture ‘crimes’ http://t.co/DNT7HWHEtX 
• Respectful tribute to Barrister Katrina Dawson & others who were killed tragically in NSW #AUSTRALIA http://t.co/n1YLch5Yxf 
• Robert Fisk on the CIA torture report: Once again language is distorted in order to hide US state wrongdoing http://t.co/dkLylznnuJ 
• The CIA’s torture is just a symptom of America’s unpalatable reality http://t.co/Yeuy38icTR 
• Britain must face up to torture http://t.co/PRMw8DwvaW 
• Former British boxing champ faces terror‑related charges http://t.co/mnesLpenV0 
• Joint Enterprise: The legal doctrine which critics say has caused hundreds of miscarriages of justice http://t.co/yhsW7DQDKL 
• New basic fee-free bank accounts to help millions manage their money https://t.co/cjAQJHPVPL 
• Crime news: extending the contract period of the 2010 Standard Crime Contract https://t.co/ZBxvJPWgKD 
• HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) introduce a new online payment service https://t.co/lBQbMOp2al
• Device that tells drivers when police are nearby faces calls for a ban http://t.co/R8O1nxJGUM 
• Six men charged by anti-terror police http://t.co/tMO2HnqTq7 
• Legal aid guidance ruled unlawful by Court of Appeal http://t.co/oFKhc37gEO 
• Judge condemns laws that leave him powerless to give dangerous paedophile tough sentence http://t.co/T9pJ45M52o 
• Father treated ‘like Kafka character’ by Family Court – top judge http://t.co/bzPqUxrEOG 
• Soho Theatre company fined after stage manager fell from balcony http://t.co/BmpycwB57C 
• Prolific burglar describes prison as 'a relaxing holiday' http://t.co/pD20RYUZIw 
• Tony Blair condemns torture in wake of CIA report http://t.co/YwvyN3pfwj 
• Ministry of Justice GPS tag trial burglar jailed for Birmingham crime spree http://t.co/SXafqM99bJ 
• Public must have a say on 'dangerous' cuts to police budget http://t.co/i6PhHVoJ0z 
• Drunk students fell to their deaths as they kissed on a balcony http://t.co/XSz7RndfNW 
• Theresa May backs tougher powers for child sex abuse inquiry http://t.co/w6mQvrhDPr 
• 'Angel of Death' murders: TV investigation casts doubt over conviction of Colin Norris http://t.co/Nhv5Gey4ks 
• CIA torture report: Theresa May insists she did not demand redactions http://t.co/Nflh0yqGqi 
• Doughty Street junior barrister Amal Clooney crowned 'Most Fascinating Person Of 2014’: http://t.co/piRT60iHkM 
• Spotted: another law graduate hustling London commuters for work: http://t.co/AcWydZiUvN 
• All bets are off for the best legal profession Christmas tree of 2014: http://t.co/sTxmaBGbLg 
• Shefford cafe's singing polar bear probed over noise http://t.co/DqOc4NkEmS 
• SRA warns of increased money laundering risk as National Crime Agency takes hard line | Legal Futures http://t.co/QxYMKsMyMW 
• LCJ: Why is the cost of legal services increasing, despite more competition? | Legal Futures http://t.co/oaWAQv0dTe 
• Ex-JJB Sports chief Christopher Ronnie jailed for fraud http://t.co/TZv0aPAquQ 
• You don't need to be a feminist to help stop rape. You can even be a frat boy! http://t.co/n63vku8wp1 
• Google asks US court to reverse order to take down anti-Muslim film clip http://t.co/f3py2ZCNlY 
• Nick Clegg: ex-ministers should give evidence to UK torture inquiry http://t.co/FrsrdjQvAD 
• #RUSSIA failing to prevent homophobic violence, says Human Rights Watch http://t.co/8lQSKqj4D7 
• Former US vice-president Cheney insists 'rectal feeding' was for medical reasons, not torture http://t.co/EOCl4zDVGJ 
• US supreme court blocks Arizona from enforcing abortion restrictions http://t.co/8ATleTgTGu 
• Guantánamo hearing into FBI infiltration abruptly cancelled #US http://t.co/0HIsynX3nM 
• Supreme court: car stop was mistake, but drugs found are legal evidence http://t.co/vSVhBUkniK 
• The CIA tortured Abu Zubaydah, my client. Now charge him or let him go | Helen Duffy http://t.co/WgU4WghRDU
• Rise in sex offence claims triggering legal delays, says lord chief justice http://t.co/OnYHkWeIOS 
• Theresa May denies seeking redactions in CIA torture report http://t.co/j8oY6U5TLi 
• Defense rests in murder trial of Montana homeowner who fatally shot exchange student #US http://t.co/dg5wuegvAq 
• Manchester police officers to be named in Taser death inquest http://t.co/l9ag4ifWBB 
• The Guardian view on Britain and torture: tell the truth | Editorial http://t.co/EPWNcEmH5v 
• Lawyers must be held accountable for authorising torture | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/8AVy0ORqQ6 
• Lawyer who posted offensive comments was reported by Facebook friend, leading to arrest | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/3sesCOZcop 
• Questions asked after lawyer's helicopter death in 2004 | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/2bloeIhGYw 
• EU issues largest number of new laws since Lisbon Treaty | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/6eWYAFLd66 
• Sony hires heavy-hitter to deal with hacking crisis | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/9y4WDew7pt 
• Quindell seeks new broker to avoid suspension | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/cnRLthfLeZ 
• Ex-Skadden lawyer confesses to $5m Ponzi scheme in suicide note | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/nhY87reqpH 
• Kennedys picks up Clyde six lawyer aviation team | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/1UMyYCUsu1

15th December - Law News

1085th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & legal articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap


FOCUS OF THE DAY: Lawyer welcomes the Legal Services Board (LSB) decision to reject plans to reduce the minimum level of professional indemnity insurance (PII) cover to £500,000. The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) had proposed lowering the minimum cover from £2m for firms, and £3m for incorporated firms and LLPs, to £500,000 to create more flexibility in the market. However, the LSB said in November that it was “not persuaded by the evidence put forward”. Full story - New Law Journal

Saturday Conversations

• Court of Appeal rules legal aid guidance 'unlawful' in immigration cases | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/Rlp8fEazb9 
• Crisis & Shelter will submit evidence on how desperate people are judged by local councils | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/cZ3cscP6y9 
• SARAH Bill nurtures myths & misconceptions: legislation no way to alter perceptions, says APIL | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/5uVastNhNI 
• Increase in Litigants in Person in the family courts means family law is being 'dumbed down' | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/WZYscBuvtH 
• Stories of the year: June puts emphasis on diversity | The Lawyer http://t.co/faHNptQlZz 
• Life in life sciences: Is the boom in legal services set to last? | The Lawyer http://t.co/GAi4IFmUgt 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Bird & Bird faces £2m professional negligence case over Elisabeth Murdoch home | The Lawyer http://t.co/SIbqPjpXIJ 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: 20 Essex Street takes Cavenagh Law practice manager for latest new BD role | The Lawyer http://t.co/dtWUAzZjXA
• LAW FIRM NEWS: China’s Zhong Lun joins employment alliance L&E Global | The Lawyer http://t.co/kf4SbXy9TM 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Kennedys strikes back in Asia with six-strong Clyde & Co lateral hire | The Lawyer http://t.co/Q696IwBB92 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: KWM names Hong Kong management duo as Fuller relinquishes control | The Lawyer http://t.co/ln7bQiue4C 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: BLP managing partner Neville Eisenberg to stand down after five terms | The Lawyer http://t.co/JF3sww4B7F 
• Lawyers put off organising the Christmas party until the last minute | Law Gazette http://t.co/Q82s05ZShT 
• PI nuisance calls still plaguing consumers | Law Gazette http://t.co/KsF1QB3trL 
• Lord chief justice predicts longer case times | Law Gazette http://t.co/XhSXRosPmf 
• ‘Surviving Jackson’ author closes firm | Law Gazette http://t.co/cOI3zvlDPj 
• £339m payout ‘could see fewer couples divorce in UK’ | Law Gazette http://t.co/7smcRHN9RR 
• CoA rules exceptional funding guidance unlawful | Law Gazette http://t.co/sPvUGHhg5Y 
• Boys aged 13 and 14 arrested over Edmonton murder http://t.co/y1fK3BAeY5 
• Bill Cosby speaks out against sexual assault claims #US http://t.co/voismiwpZC 
• Fare-dodging London banker banned from City http://t.co/ebuV2vGBFR 
• #AUSTRALIA commandos end Sydney cafe siege http://t.co/0a6NnFivie 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHCU8a3
• Sydney siege: Hostages held in central cafe #AUSTRALIA http://t.co/KUALUXqVgm
• PI nuisance calls still plagueing consumers | Law Gazette http://t.co/QWf0pLp3pH 
• BSB turns to CILEx to train non-legal staff | Legal Futures http://t.co/yOfIcWvJrS 
• Do clients actually need face-to-face advice? Legal aid research suggests they often don't | Legal Futures http://t.co/O0V2n2iiZr 
• Solicitors From Hell founder wins surprise High Court victory | Legal Futures http://t.co/5Cchd1EZKU 
• #TURKEY media arrests: Mogherini leads EU criticism http://t.co/c6L52ckMri 
• British torture inquiry ‘not afraid to embarrass PM’ http://t.co/aVY9GDmikh
• Romanian ex-spy chief acknowledges CIA had ‘black prisons’ in country http://t.co/JHaZAEj2gF 
• Privacy is not dead: Microsoft lawyer prepares to take on US government http://t.co/0bCyZUldxL 
• These days, money buys you a better class of citizenship http://t.co/aLuBBesYpz 
• Gun-friendly Texas prepares to roll back ban on open carry of firearms #US http://t.co/W0J8IX2ayM 
• Shaker Aamer: Britain’s last Guantánamo Bay prisoner http://t.co/U64NgIkDUs 
• UK torture inquiry could summon Blair and Straw http://t.co/mn7sLlRvrY 
• ICC chief prosecutor shelves Darfur war crimes probe http://t.co/Ul3wKNKtSZ 
• Torture will just push our enemies to more violent excess http://t.co/ljKdaGqj62 
• Dick Cheney insists 'rectal feeding' was for medical reasons, not torture in defence of CIA http://t.co/rdqqP35jvq 
• #TURKEY police raid opposition media with Gulen links http://t.co/54jEG1HR9c
• Restaurant Brawl Ensues After Law Students Are Confronted By Police Officers #US http://t.co/PdRGOG4A4n 
• We need strong law, not weak guidance, on racial profiling #US http://t.co/OpXFLLdqkl 
• Anti-Protest Bill is Return to Franco Dictatorship #SPAIN http://t.co/YbpD2pp2KB 
• Bridging the gap between research and practice in criminal justice http://t.co/rUF6Dd26Ux 
• Myria Vassiliadou, EU Anti-Trafficking Coordinator, supports OBR - Justice for women in #BULGARIA https://t.co/vumDEUdjKm 
• Anti-corruption tasks of the Ministry of Justice #HUNGARY http://t.co/xiJMOKRxUs 
• Supreme Court Justice Scalia backs torture of terror suspects saying it's 'facile' and 'absurd' #US http://t.co/vy0djEM3mu 
• Justice for the Elderly: The newspaper's goals http://t.co/8H1urzswh8 
• Wicklow couple facing massive legal bill in a row about a hedge http://t.co/ganAQRqak2 
• Forced to suspend sales, Chinese phone maufacturer Xiaomi assessing legal options #INDIA http://t.co/wINeBHNJX4 
• Bill affirming Alaska tribes' legal powers clears key hurdle in Congress #US http://t.co/4TdyHMDKKM 
• In #ISRAEL there is no law against torture and the justification of its use is still mainstream http://t.co/dw9dBALS1o 
• Graysons Solicitors in Sheffield holding Christmas carol concert in Paradise Square on Monday, December 22 http://t.co/LeFyrUtICq 
• Council begins legal action to evict travellers from site near Exeter that they have lived on for 13 years http://t.co/zdfv77GPxK 
• Homeless people with disabilities await legal ruling on housing applications http://t.co/ULoVmpAYlg 
• Legal disputes over wills made by dementia suffers in the North East are on the up http://t.co/LJkrHLF8m3
• Farmers win Welsh government cash legal challenge http://t.co/kz1JgAW2Mx 
• Police urged to compensate owners of 22 dogs they unlawfully put down and save the need for further legal action http://t.co/Z2yqPhryaz
• The last days of the Cameron administration part 2: Failing Grayling http://t.co/YpvRi92MEw 
• Rights group challenges Northern Ireland abortion law http://t.co/DhoX4w79Ek 
• Convicted by UK courts, drug trafficker makes official jailbreak in #PAKISTAN http://t.co/JkAojJV95V 
• Thousands sign petition against UK 'face-sitting' porn ban http://t.co/gnXareIZAx 
• UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) Announces Major Restructuring http://t.co/1DuZysUK8Y 
• Proposals to give English MPs a "decisive say" over legislation affecting English laws will be published next week http://t.co/jCa6nU1rOS