26th January - Law News

1127th 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: A legal challenge over domestic violence evidence criteria has foundered at the High Court. A judicial review, R (oao Rights of Women) v Lord Chancellor [2015] EWHC 35 (Admin), was brought by the Public Law Project on behalf of Rights of Women (ROW) against April 2013 regulations setting out the evidence that domestic violence victims must show in order to prove eligibility for legal aid. Victims can be asked, for example, to produce a letter from a health professional detailing injuries consistent with domestic violence, an assessment of risk by a social worker, a letter of admission to a refuge or evidence of a court order. . Full story - New Law Journal

Saturday Conversations on Law

• As the legal revolution progresses, the weakest and most abused clients will be pushed to the margins | Law Gazette http://t.co/CqB0pBqkQd 
• Tax dispute forced firm into insolvency | Law Gazette http://t.co/TROMqRFAMu 
• Court of Appeal close to setting debt repayment precedent | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/Ekjsm2ZmqY 
• John Cooper QC on the Global Law Summit: By going there, we are tacitly endorsing what Grayling is doing” http://t.co/XBs7Pvf8Ut
• Trinity Mirror should come clean about phone hacking http://t.co/CSoXsGOVQc
• Why we have to get smart about artificial intelligence http://t.co/i5Cj3dkril 
• Legal highs and prescription drugs face ban in English and Welsh prisons http://t.co/zTAX749JnZ  is fundamental threat to human rights, says European report http://t.co/4uh5SP0kTK
• Activists cheer Scottish government rethink on new women’s prison http://t.co/2ASOp3TIdQ 
• Vedder Price wins key role on launch of the UK’s first regulated bitcoin trading platform | The Lawyer http://t.co/LpHppdm7Sj
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Wilson Sonsini loses Beijing head Li to Sidley | The Lawyer http://t.co/klmR53Edvw 
• Merseyside summit to tackle legal aid cuts | Law Gazette http://t.co/NCppxlKz1M
• Saatchi bill running out of time | Law Gazette http://t.co/aHWEc7ro7E 
• Society puts trainee minimum salary back on agenda | Law Gazette http://t.co/tcLx27iucd
• #EGYPT FGM trial 'convicts Raslan Fadl of manslaughter' http://t.co/wxbhaAjBz0
• The Smith reforms have become obsolete even before they've become law https://t.co/fev6EJW7tt
• Slavery Victims Treated as Criminals in #IRELAND https://t.co/grRs6M40qM 
• UK Government Urged to Pardon the 49,000 Men and Women Who Were Persecuted Under Anti-gay Laws https://t.co/00Hsorpe2N 
• UK decision to lower flags after death of Saudi king stirs debate https://t.co/4lZayUNCBz 
• #IRAN lawmakers drafting law on nuclear enrichment hike https://t.co/wv9bPTwb7m 
• Government sneaks previously rejected surveillance laws into Counter Terrorism bill https://t.co/v284zkYOFV 
• Former DPP Eamonn Barnes said that gardaí went out of the way to have Ian Bailey prosecuted #IRELAND http://t.co/Bim8G7vSOH 
• L'Origine Du Monde Facebook Legal Battle - Court To Reach Decision #FRANCE https://t.co/YGkb6Zw3be 
• How can I draw up a valid will on my own? #IRELAND https://t.co/Ru1yzEUZji 
• Attorney General Soraya Diase Coffelt quits after 10 days refusing to be the Governor's puppet #VIRGINISLANDS https://t.co/ayEF1FWiz0 
• Paris attacks prompt fresh concerns about online Islamophobia http://t.co/sr0MP1MfAQ 
• A9 average speed cameras 'have reduced speeding' http://t.co/nXVRoqkR7g
• Double murder accused Leo Barnes found dead in prison cell http://t.co/KB03dJIZsm 
• #MALAYSIA Airlines website 'compromised' by hackers http://t.co/jjBCEazK7E 
• A third of siblings in care 'forced to live apart' http://t.co/8NDiHwvADu 
• CCTV: Too many cameras useless, warns surveillance watchdog Tony Porter http://t.co/Jn08fL4Dfl 
• Election should include online voting in 2020 - Bercow http://t.co/VkfgFFfsQ6 
• Prince Philip recommended for knighthood by #AUSTRALIA http://t.co/mYTqJaGrzr
• New £75m women's prison scrapped, confirms Scottish minister http://t.co/qpeSyX5U5L 
• Former president Hosni Mubarak's sons released from Egyptian prison #EGYPT http://t.co/dDakObbR1h
• Clare's Law: 1,300 domestic abuse disclosures made http://t.co/ytigUJ5UWF 
• MPs: Ban fracking to meet carbon targets http://t.co/5DYTzWatKj 
• Libby Lane would be first female bishop to be consecrated http://t.co/JTXrz4YULe 
• Syriza and Independent Greeks agree #GREECE coalition http://t.co/YpzLgL9Dlk 
• Jewish leaders call for Europe-wide legislation outlawing antisemitism http://t.co/NO6rAiEKdg
• The war on leaks has gone way too far when journalists' emails are under surveillance http://t.co/fYvyng1kRZ 
• Alabama same-sex marriages could start on Monday, says judge #US http://t.co/Z7L4vUUUM2 
• Just how hard can it be to purge prisons of drugs? http://t.co/ONUGo1yTWs
• LAW FIRM NEWS: DLA Piper bulks up in Singapore with hires from Gibson Dunn and Jones Day | The Lawyer http://t.co/rFabdNabja 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Goodwin Procter and Mayer Brown pick up key roles on £327m sale of Tower Place | The Lawyer http://t.co/kgEec5g7ZW 
• The in-house interview: Pets at Home legal chief Louise Stonier - Profile | The Lawyer http://t.co/4vCLQ8u4rG
• My legal life: Kevin Poulter, Legal director, employment and social media, Bircham Dyson Bell - Profile | Law Gazette http://t.co/8NppHujD1n
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHCU8a3
• Where do the wealthiest 1% live? http://t.co/p8fmYJmKvK 
• Syriza victory in #GREECE: Turning point for EU? http://t.co/BxNvt9gS3D
• New M4 speed cameras catch 500 in four days http://t.co/AHpSxOik5O
• Sir Philip Green considers BHS takeover offers http://t.co/Y86Sp3RkYU 
• Hoax call to David Cameron prompts security review http://t.co/hUV4IJvuSY
• We must take great care when arguing that lawyers are ‘special’ | Law Gazette http://t.co/YLYE45O2Wv 
• DV: breaking free of coercion: Legislating emotional abuse will prove difficult | Law Gazette http://t.co/3W9QOPrcr8
• Rihanna gets shirty | Law Gazette http://t.co/QXRwt0BWlt 
• Turkish lawyers concern | Law Gazette http://t.co/Z6O6GfGKNb
• Law Society backing for outreach | Law Gazette http://t.co/LvihL5TyxM
• Insolvency costs cap does not fit – peer | Law Gazette http://t.co/wu1IX4a8EE 
• Lawyers-to-be reveal career motivations | Law Gazette http://t.co/2r56y1n444 
• Capita still failing to hit interpreter target | Law Gazette http://t.co/a33HCvPj8A
• Midlands-based lawyers in line for 10 per cent pay rise as legal jobs increase | The Lawyer http://t.co/OVzcWxFE4J
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Bird & Bird hit by €130m professional negligence claim in Hamburg | The Lawyer http://t.co/OnqJowLwwi 
• Hot 100 2015: record number of in-housers among this year's stand-out lawyers | The Lawyer http://t.co/t64dt5aF5p 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Clifford Chance moots superpoints for star partners as part of lockstep overhaul | The Lawyer http://t.co/lW5HcBwFoZ 
• Lawyers’ use of ‘the cloud’ and their ability to harness ‘big data’| Law Gazette http://t.co/7N61kfXEWD 
• SRA warns firms of confidentiality risk from law firm M&A | Legal Futures http://t.co/GhTxNYad1l 
• Only 13% of home movers choose cheapest conveyancer, major survey reveals | Legal Futures http://t.co/yRLGhavbit 
• Why tyrants are afraid of art and beauty http://t.co/RaR9mvBmmQ 
• Fox News 'Muslim Birmingham' claim prompts faith rally http://t.co/H5OBZ4fPtC

25th January - Law News

1126th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & legal articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap


Our  Saturday Law Interview features Dr. Steven Vaughan, a former city solicitor and now a legal academic with expertise on the laws regarding the regulation of nanotechnology as well as the standard and quality of legal advice offered by corporate law firms: 'Regulating nanotechnology & the quality of corporate legal advice'.

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Reforming the Administrative State Is a Game of Inches | Library of Law http://t.co/MXlf2fVNYr
• More on Bias in the Implementation of Sexual Assault Laws | Library of Law http://t.co/BS6bTZW6BG 
• Health, Gender-Based Violence and the Right to Reparations in Ireland | Human Rights Ireland http://t.co/W40H1zAZWX
• Protection against Cross-Examination by the Accused in Sexual Offence Trials | Human Rights Ireland http://t.co/OZlqfn80iT 
• Mental Disorder and Punishment in Criminal Law - Seminar | Human Rights Ireland http://t.co/tCjx4KatWZ
• Male circumcision can be part of "reasonable parenting", but no form of FGM is acceptable - Family Court http://t.co/zu4OSxPgtC
• Grime Rap 'Gangbo' appeal fails in High Court - Diarmuid Laffan | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/7aBAq9THdC 
• BBC News on anti-terrorism law and human rights | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/DcVkfxwFii 
• Nonagenarian unlawfully detained in care home for nearly two years | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/aLPwH7EEPh 
• The Changing Face of the European Court of Human Rights: Public Lecture by Judge Paul Mahoney | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/49oH7AbLUh 
• TTIP - more "foreign" judges criticising "our" laws? | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/qbsQqWEZPg
• The darker side of Britain's most iconic wartime hero Winston Churchill http://t.co/AG8mnqL6zt 
• Watch Emma Watson’s impassioned plea for gender equality at Davos http://t.co/nr1MTfRv0m
• Tennis fan sues Australian Open organisers because Murray match was too hot #AUSTRALIA http://t.co/bIGQEtCSrD 
• Pope Francis wants us to put the smart phone down and start talking to each other http://t.co/fs1ar3dtDI
• Actor Ashton Kutcher to testify against 'psycho-sexual killer' accused of murdering his ex http://t.co/J0b8oKeyd4
• Who is Sajida Mubarak Atrous al-Rishawi, the female suicide bomber at the heart of Isis Japanese prisoner swap plan? http://t.co/GwBJJLanyu 
• UKIP hustings in South Thanet – boycotted by Greens and Labour for men-only audience http://t.co/NTSJ5Y6xs5 
• When is a crime of hatred not a hate crime? http://t.co/as69jH2m15 
• Rupert Murdoch and the police treat journalists like terrorists | Nick Cohen http://t.co/EYXoD30V1L 
• Eric Cantona's kung fu-kick at 20: Guardian reports from the archive http://t.co/jnF6jEVRl7 
• Ministry of Justice bids for contract with Saudi prison service http://t.co/OxyVUzyECm 
• Winston Churchill: the enigma of a British hero http://t.co/J3p1QRa5GP 
• Cleared in court - but police poster boy's still under a cloud http://t.co/bU93QTUl4S 
• Man who held up 'hire me' sign at Waterloo station returns a year later with 'I'm hiring' sign http://t.co/TkUaBs3G0B 
• Preacher who raped & tortured five -year-old daughter to death is released after paying 'blood money' #SAUDIARABIA http://t.co/md6bHz6fwI 
• Former Royal Navy sailor jailed for 14 years for string of 'depraved' sexual attacks on children http://t.co/7kwzRiUWLa
• Grandmother stabbed more than 70 times by squatter after returning from holiday in Turkey http://t.co/lAoAwFJJUW 
• M4 crashes investigated by South Wales Police http://t.co/wEHDrZfG3w
• Valerie Graves murder: 500 volunteer for DNA screening http://t.co/Okyz4KB8kL
• Pinterest to open up more user data for advertisers http://t.co/3PEfftqnXs
• Net firms condemn revival of 'snoopers' charter' http://t.co/HO6SF20JgM 
• Ofsted to inspect but not judge academy chains http://t.co/eEfKbByTD8 
• Is there a diversity dividend? http://t.co/8X8NOyJh2r 
• Silence at junior rugby aims to tackle 'abuse' http://t.co/SIvu5h8zd2 
• Broadmoor Hospital: Investigation into fraud and overspend claims http://t.co/8GCPu1vxA0 
• £2.9bn unpaid child maintenance 'uncollectable' http://t.co/5Grow4Tu7X 
• Nigel Farage hits back at defecting MEP Amjad Bashir http://t.co/cTI8o5gT2a 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHCU8a3
• 'Ill-thought-out' mansion tax to hit just 87 Welsh homes http://t.co/4BLy7JSvwu 
• The sheikh who listened to Nazi radio http://t.co/FelkpUkKQe 
• Two #US airliners searched at Atlanta after bomb threats http://t.co/6aFAM9Qrzw
• Ukip MEP Amjad Bashir defects to Conservative Party http://t.co/P5OvJwfsnU 
• Post-traumatic stress 'evident in 1300BC' http://t.co/MtEv7tpB9z 
• Last photograph of Winston Churchill in Chartwell exhibition http://t.co/KOAvNtUPUF 
• Gloucester pub 'machete' attack prompts murder probe http://t.co/iSZne8cvto 
• GP recruitment drive film 'tackles outdated stereotypes' http://t.co/p5MoKqZYXK 
• UK should stay in EU, Goldman Sachs president says http://t.co/Ziu7VENdsr

24th January - Law News

1125th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & legal articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap


Our  Saturday Law Interview features Dr. Steven Vaughan, a former city solicitor and now a legal academic with expertise on the laws regarding the regulation of nanotechnology as well as the standard and quality of legal advice offered by corporate law firms: 'Regulating nanotechnology & the quality of corporate legal advice'.

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Decision of King’s College London to reverse its daft adoption of a trendy new name, “Kings London”, is a welcome http://t.co/jAvadKhbv4 
• Why plain packaging won't stop anyone’s craving for a cigarette http://t.co/uDxifOSi5k 
• A Tube worker has been stabbed in the face in London http://t.co/LYWaRJMql2 
• Police officer cleared of ABH after kicking and hitting woman while child cried in hospital bed http://t.co/lolIxgJsNC 
• Cleared in court - but police poster boy's still under a cloud http://t.co/bU93QTUl4S 
• Former Royal Navy sailor jailed for 14 years for string of 'depraved' sexual attacks on children http://t.co/7kwzRiUWLa
• When the British Queen reminded the late King Abdullah of #SAUDIARABIA that women can drive fast http://t.co/fwZF6qyBTL 
• Meet the CEO whose pay-off was bigger than his 17,600 employees combined #US #CANADA http://t.co/NZEsf0BFuB
• Do you live in one of Britain's 20 most burgled postcodes? http://t.co/ekVLLjG8GN 
• Teenager killed in machete attack outside Gloucestershire pub http://t.co/2iMNgR6z9L 
• Law students want 'feel good factor' - 61% of students pursue a career in law to help others | The University of Law http://t.co/hsXxyUPkPp 
• Excluding private minicabs from using bus lanes does not confer 'selective economic advantage' | New Law Journal: http://t.co/K8bILa7wxn 
• New and existing law firms can now apply to ILEX Professional Standards (IPS) for authorisation | New Law Journal: http://t.co/GntHAevjxj 
• Law students want the feel good factor, according to a survey by the University of Law | New Law Journal: https://t.co/VrfBAtLM3e 
• Stonewall rates lawyers and likes the findings | New Law Journal: https://t.co/pcfLYF6dVw 
• Scarman lecture by Sir Geoffrey Palmer QC, law reform expert & former PM of New Zealand | New Law Journal: https://t.co/w40OpHFJKR
• New legislation restricting adjournments in employment tribunals? | New Law Journal: https://t.co/9HyN26wYQ8 
• Bar council warn against plans to hike court fees for debt recovery | New Law Journal: https://t.co/vDDheBP09N 
• Pensions mis-selling scandals warning | New Law Journal: https://t.co/hDFEwIxzhf 
• Significant drop in Cafcass cases | New Law Journal: https://t.co/PkZyyiyVKL
• Pressure mounts over court fees proposals | New Law Journal: https://t.co/m510FPUmDu 
• Compensation excludes dividends | New Law Journal: https://t.co/DHdMZGfkcx
• High Court rejects domestic violence challenge | New Law Journal: https://t.co/cKm4j8l6nN
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHCU8a3
• 7th Annual Report of Independent Reviewer of Justice & Security https://t.co/yw0tsyQgsq 
• Criminal justice system and victim support: Lords general debate https://t.co/leOAYMgJvi 
• Justice Minister Fitzgerald publishes draft legislation to merge Property Registration Authority #IRELAND https://t.co/Tz7Xtfoxdh 
• Law Society concerned about potential dual regulation of solicitors' consumer credit activity https://t.co/AmSSp59mkr 
• Abuse solicitor welcomes potential statute of limitations removal #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/PWoE5XdS5f 
• Firm entitled to €2.4m judgment against Blackrock Clinic shareholders #IRELAND https://t.co/kDwqVqgRmg 
• Garda asked State solicitor to contact minister over charges #IRELAND https://t.co/VNQ4a1kLz7 
• Solicitor Jonathan Leach retires after 33 years at Ware & Kay in York https://t.co/8PbR4LXwUs
• Polish-born Kamil Tomaszewski, a trainee solicitor at Mills & Reeve, teaches children Brazillian jiu-jitsu https://t.co/0a7kne0otl 
• Prince Andrew Hires UK's Top Barrister William Clegg, Speaking Publicly About Sex Allegations https://t.co/71MiCNJvmy
• Former Keddies partner wins right to practise as a barrister #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/OkpQT1Z3iI 
• Jury hears girl ‘didn’t want to admit’ being raped http://t.co/Hx6co8r7Aq 
• No5 Chambers barrister represents gypsy in fight to live on own land | The Lawyer http://t.co/AaD6x9gn3L 
• Carer who helped steal £500k from widow, 92, is an erotic model http://t.co/GTCzMQ0x1q
• Leon Brittan's accusers must now show us their evidence http://t.co/JnP9Ko9ZSg 
• Chef and manager jailed after woman dies and 31 taken ill at Christmas dinner http://t.co/DrzhsT04FF 
• Stepping Hill nurse murder trial jury discharged http://t.co/a20yaTS7aV 
• Hundreds of strangers form blockade to help man claim eviction victory over bailiffs http://t.co/58Ed3THbP2
• Justice Secretary 'sorry' after prison pictures of killer appear on Facebook http://t.co/jukaoz9cri 
• Laura Ashley chairman accused of being 'feckless husband' in latest divorce battle salvo http://t.co/j6OhttnRtH
• Alexander Litvinenko: Key moments of the life of a Russian spy http://t.co/fLkLyoxfCG 
• Litvinenko inquiry: the proof Russia was involved in dissident's murder http://t.co/RwVtijP8pU 
• Alexander Litvinenko: Murdered for unmasking 'Kremlin-backed' mobsters? http://t.co/MQZdGvZTxN 
• US politician's links with law firm under spotlight in $4m bribes case | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/Ncoa7G6U9Y
• One in three lawyers at risk on alcohol intake | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/ZE3xRmOEbN 
• Rihanna victorious in Topshop image rights case | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/EVnde1yEtU 
• Kobre & Kim opens San Francisco office | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/XjIJKfoCbu 
• Will the rise of US law firms in London benefit litigation funding? | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/tOvyviI8lg 
• A sea change in UAE corporate law: Doing away with minimum capital | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/wTTeppAmQY
• SEC attracts US law professors fury over Harvard | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/zsermNLoxV 
• Africa gets ready for IPO flurry | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/b3tOoPkC4Q
• Paralegal mistake could cost JPMorgan Chase $1.5 billion | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/lLBPolnJma 
• Dentons-Dacheng mega-merger due for decision next week | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/ST7LRvn8dh 
• Lawyers fight to compel Prince Andrew to answer claims of sex with girl, 17 http://t.co/OwIqZIRT8O 
• #US supreme court to review execution procedure in case brought by man already put to death http://t.co/mo1nHJVDy3
• Dundee University student union in legal highs ban https://t.co/1gt1zlws5d 
• Q&A: What are the legal implications for Prince Andrew? http://t.co/lpWOOnKiRg 
• How #SAUDIARABIA's deplorable legal punishments compare to those of Isis http://t.co/Z5wkgkty3u
• Is Racial Segregation Legal, If It's Not Deliberate? #US https://t.co/4ZqDp9CN3z 
• New York politician Sheldon Silver arrested on corruption charges #US http://t.co/ZrjsKuebJI
• Legal challenge against 'named person' plans dismissed http://t.co/tylPN5nh60 
• British Constitutional Court Cases in English https://t.co/gTyDpvnfho
• UK terror law amendments would bring back "Snooper's Charter" https://t.co/d2Qjl1IUnp 
• Seth Rogen apologizes for American Sniper comment, Alec Baldwin comes to his defence http://t.co/KgxZpEqTZh 
• UK unveils federalism bill that will boost Scotland’s powers http://t.co/TTgC4kKbMW
• Guidance on legal obligations placed on expert witnesses https://t.co/aBWYkm0RZE 
• Enshrining Britain's aid contributions in law would hurt poor countries, says Lord Lawson http://t.co/yS2Iwn9cgy
• Public meeting to scrutinise police surveillance of campaigners and journalists http://t.co/7TPkItew8I 
• ‘Armenians want acknowledgment that 1915 massacre was crime’ | Geoffrey Robertson http://t.co/DCiFUm8uxg
• High court upholds legal aid rules in domestic violence cases http://t.co/v5BgO64ShD 
• Panel calls for civil rights investigation into death of mentally ill Rikers inmate #US http://t.co/6t8HW3ciFt 
• West’s praise of King Abdullah shows #SAUDIARABIA is exception to human rights stance http://t.co/8458q7zL9m
• Court of Appeal close to setting debt repayment precedent | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/5jK7LwMECe
• Child benefit returns deadline looms | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/NVwzC8C3fD 
• Thousands of lawyers set to desert Conservatives if Grayling stays | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/zn3ca9tFj9 
• 19th century criminal trials are too expensive, says Leveson | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/BDFMQwwxWB
• CoA sides with Reed Smith client Rihanna in Topshop image rights battle | The Lawyer http://t.co/psHTdWPEnl 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Shakespeares’ new CEO sets out national ambitions as Wilson steps down | The Lawyer http://t.co/FuBgepttSQ
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Linklaters loses Asia-based Carlyle relationship partner to White & Case | The Lawyer http://t.co/Z7TJNqUsVU
• Law Firms scramble to tighten disciplinary procedures in wake of CC trainee’s Islamist rant | The Lawyer http://t.co/SwkMnRW5N7
• Slater & Gordon in talks to acquire Quindell operating division | The Lawyer http://t.co/fiVfIsOfZH 
• Barclays' head of litigation and investigations Jonathan Peddie to leave bank | The Lawyer http://t.co/WGe3Nms9cC 
• Chilcot approach crowds out the rule of law | Law Gazette http://t.co/TYWSrrG10z
• Litigation funder unveils £60m sum for smaller claims | Law Gazette http://t.co/Dx5DnzKLOK
• Liverpool Law Society's support for apprenticeships | Law Gazette http://t.co/9xak51z1gH 
• Solicitor felt ‘comforted’ over tax rules by SRA visit | Law Gazette http://t.co/PwgABHb8Y6
• How I did on Twitter this week: 18 New Followers, 31 Mentions, 141K Mention Reach. How'd your week go? via http://t.co/d2wUkx4rn8

23rd January - Law News

1124th 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: Tory blogger says Grayling has launched a 'counter-attack' on those who see him as unfit for purpose. Chris Grayling has said that it is a help, rather than a hindrance, to perform the role of Lord Chancellor without a legal background. The first non-lawyer to hold the post in 440 years said it meant he wasn't 'cup-tied' in any way to a previous career, or chambers, or law firm. Full story - Solicitors Journal

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Last weekend's Saturday Law Interview featured Dr. Steven Vaughan, a former city solicitor and now a legal academic with expertise on the laws regarding the regulation of nanotechnology as well as the standard and quality of legal advice offered by corporate law firms: 'Regulating nanotechnology & the quality of corporate legal advice'.
• Branded the "most hated woman in Britain", Josie Cunningham accuses The Sun of making her 'most hated woman' http://t.co/AU5hcVOasp
• A homeless man was found impaled on a spike in a square in London's Kensington - but who was he and why did he die? http://t.co/9cWAjTLSiB 
• LGBT groups are celebrating an historic court victory over Twitter users who sent homophobic tweets #FRANCE http://t.co/z1PJOuyLVM 
• Lord Brittan dies: His final months were marred by smears and innuendo – but no charges that would stick http://t.co/lbkJkd5zwO 
• Hacking by Mirror ‘worse than at Murdoch papers’ http://t.co/KKz0w7XBQs 
• Sadistic pair jailed for ‘black magic’ rape of 11-year-old girl http://t.co/RLUAgyU421
• US reporter jailed for linking to stolen data http://t.co/YQCegizEBA 
• Black Friday 'may have hit Christmas sales', says ONS http://t.co/MTnADHA7KF
• Rape threat found in Gateshead Travelodge room http://t.co/FULoel4oPt 
• #THAILAND impeaches former PM Yingluck Shinawatra over rice subsidy scheme for poor farmers http://t.co/wgivaBTgE9 
• Cosmetic surgery 'should be done by specialist surgeons' http://t.co/h3ZuYZB0zT 
• NSW may extend time limit on child sex abuse claims #AUSTRALIA http://t.co/CYyruq2Cxs
• Companies suing critics. That's the real enemy of free speech #AUSTRALIA http://t.co/MrPpCU8gtg 
• Leveson review proposes sweeping efficiency reforms for justice system http://t.co/eBmf7qKKMZ 
• Magna Carta: 800 years on, we need a new people’s charter http://t.co/hYqDK28Ues
• Tory MP accuses CPS of pursuing vendetta against Sun journalists http://t.co/b4FRbTBqhz 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: France's Veil Jourde launches competition group with Winston & Strawn team | The Lawyer http://t.co/JxHjB2ItFp
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Dentons chair on the Dacheng merger: "Like Halley's Comet and the Holy Grail" | The Lawyer http://t.co/uQyZlLDY9n 
• Solicitor felt ‘comforted’ over tax rules by SRA visit | Law Gazette http://t.co/iotrjy1qOn 
• Leveson cost-cutting review urges virtual courtrooms | Law Gazette http://t.co/aOQiog4Ru5 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHCU8a3
• Arsenal manager wants work permit rule change for non-EU players http://t.co/vwOv6ahQSg 
• Court in #CHINA begins 'public shaming' for overdue fines http://t.co/PRf37mpdLc
• Court in #TURKEY acquitted journalist Mehmet Ülger https://t.co/LMa4TQ3MOw
• Police in Bradford vow to bring foreign offenders to justice https://t.co/wEBJ1MkkRT 
• Alberta Justice, RCMP to review contact with career criminal who shot officers #CANADA https://t.co/nW5hT3NMZU 
• Can #ARGENTINA Find Justice Without Alberto Nisman? https://t.co/Bg2t5owZwY 
• UK May Review Law Enabling Lords to Exploit Other People's Lands https://t.co/mbbuqHFPnF 
• UK aims to pass law to ban branding on cigarette packs before May http://t.co/587iWceL5C 
• Is Your Ad Legal? Digital Advertising Raises Additional Issues for Marketers https://t.co/7W70ie4Hkf 
• Brevan Howard co-founder settles legal action and prepares to launch his own fund http://t.co/0a81goiGGF
• Women's World Cup legal action over artificial pitches ended https://t.co/mcUMdvi4t9 
• https://t.co/2jtOt675YK #US https://t.co/2jtOt675YK
• UK's second city Birmingham has ruled out joining possible legal action to sue a US news channel https://t.co/x2QklAFVl7 
• UK nuclear ambitions dealt fatal blow by Austrian legal challenge, say Greens https://t.co/InpF9FTg0Y 
• Rangers fans contribute £500,000 for Ibrox legal fight http://t.co/7eFFmLHy3X
• Director jailed for £750,000 fraud after laying off staff while on ski holiday http://t.co/01T2e6Z76K 
• Phone hacking: Andy Coulson to face retrial in Royal directories case http://t.co/P6MSACBu4e 
• Church holding 'rowdy' parties is told to keep it down after ding-dong with neighbours http://t.co/8ZMawQe1QL 
• Eight odd historical laws which are still in force today http://t.co/JdbrF1cGwS 
• Frauds outnumber burglaries for the first time http://t.co/tiZfZCvDNS
• Saatchi Bill: The law can't cure cancer. But it can help the people who might http://t.co/vBbtbKpQvG 
• Men accused of armed raid on family of Stagecoach tycoon http://t.co/ClTnXQqdC9 
• Barrister rating site not aiming to “undermine the Bar” | Legal Futures http://t.co/mMUjZz7glR 
• Quindell in talks to sell legal services arm to Slater & Gordon: | Legal Futures http://t.co/i2yww6gXSF 
• Third law firm fined for involvement in SDLT avoidance scheme | Legal Futures http://t.co/LIuy6NDFss 
• The 10 greatest controversies of Winston Churchill's career http://t.co/72BDygJQDV
• Secret file on ‘unnatural’ sex at Westminster https://t.co/o1QGSbFNSO
• Abuse inquiry barrister calls for removal of panel member https://t.co/L0DLO6mqYg 
• BoE bows to pressure to reveal barrister’s fees for forex inquiry report http://t.co/RyeSqEY7HP
• What makes a good trainee solicitor (according to employers)? https://t.co/gWgdKbwhND 
• A solicitor has been targeted in a scam which has asked a member of the public to pay her legal fees https://t.co/vG3IQ54VA1 
• Solicitor fined and told to pay colleague over sexual assault http://t.co/Pc9FVkdbsi
• A sea change in UAE corporate law: Doing away with minimum capital | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/6l8Mx3c4dj
• SEC attracts US law professors fury over Harvard | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/ZRgDyY5dig 
• Beijing sees boom in foreign individuals legal services | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/HJ0DJ4WW34 
• New York beats London on Commercial Court fees | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/oDCEewdSOO 
• A third of Zimbabwe lawyers under investigation by Law Soc | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/SY6Kwas1P3
• Dentons-Dacheng merger to dwarf other law firms | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/6KdQlCHFx2 
• Weil back in profit as US firms start results season | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/rSzrdnJVg6 
• Nixon Peabody eyes up Chicago acquisition | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/giC26wHIZf
• Fred Talbot trial: Ex-TV weatherman 'staged naked orgy' http://t.co/MGCgNsxsj7 
• 'Don't give up on us,' police tell ministers http://t.co/zS868UrDGt 
• Gary Glitter trial: Girl 'given champagne before assault' http://t.co/EERQ4LWWQh 
• Election 2015: Broadcasters expected to offer new TV debates plan http://t.co/SqUz3laqz7
• Prince Andrew publicly denies sexual misconduct claims http://t.co/Pf33r0FpfK
• Ex-Home Secretary Lord Leon Brittan dies http://t.co/U0P1jKGb35 
• Colorado baker under investigation for refusing to write anti-gay slurs on cake #US http://t.co/smsnQdlTn6 
• Undocumented Latino migrants seek sanctuary in #US churches http://t.co/TYg5BedvV7 
• McDonald's sued over claims workers were fired from store with 'too many black people' #US http://t.co/ccXzrvg1OG 
• European lawyer moves: 22 January 2015 | The Lawyer http://t.co/caBr9fjEHN 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Bird & Bird consolidates loans in bid to reduce debt-servicing costs | The Lawyer http://t.co/tJ7OmKOnab 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Shakespeares’ new CEO sets out national ambitions as Wilson steps down | The Lawyer http://t.co/FuBgepttSQ 
• Magistrates’ courts have changed over the past few decades. Where have all the journalists gone? | Law Gazette http://t.co/ewkxOG8Sgl 
• Quindell in sale talks with Slater & Gordon | Law Gazette http://t.co/HZiHs4iE16
• Defendant lawyers join court fees condemnation | Law Gazette http://t.co/RWwCcZT8Wv 
• Domestic violence challenge on legal aid fails | Law Gazette http://t.co/jzoRnIyCfj 
• Dentons’ China tie-up to create world’s biggest firm | Law Gazette http://t.co/VbToRNJTF9

22nd January - Law News

1123rd 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: Big fall in firms heading for closure after failing to find indemnity insurance. A total of 49 firms are heading for closure after failing to secure indemnity insurance, the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has said. This compares with 138 which were forced to shut for the same reason last year. Full story - Legal Futures

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Last weekend's Saturday Law Interview featured Dr. Steven Vaughan, a former city solicitor and now a legal academic with expertise on the laws regarding the regulation of nanotechnology as well as the standard and quality of legal advice offered by corporate law firms: 'Regulating nanotechnology & the quality of corporate legal advice'.
• Right-to-buy housing scheme faces abolition in Wales http://t.co/CLPqDubhCH 
• Police record 3% rise in crime, ONS figures show http://t.co/Uy9yCPjyEL 
• Scottish labour leader Jim Murphy to seek MP re-election http://t.co/TpZCH8bNxZ 
• London Mayor Boris Johnson agrees to pay US tax bill http://t.co/SRs1Affurn
• Can a city sue a TV channel? Mayor of Paris vs FOX News #FRANCE #US http://t.co/4uOGf8szcq 
• Sun's Page Three 'returns' as paper takes swipe at rivals http://t.co/PFcs1EF6q4 
• Prison suicides in England and Wales at 'seven-year high' http://t.co/SJocvA01JT 
• Islamic State conflict: London hosts coalition talks http://t.co/EjEaaSeJQH 
• As it happened: Joanne Mjadzelics acquittal http://t.co/yRGyRKAlCb 
• Prince Andrew set for first public event since sex claim http://t.co/S1aPiyxReG 
• Child abuse inquiry needs to start again - Labour http://t.co/tQmwnlcIMF 
• Tobacco industry: Cigarette package law 'flawed' http://t.co/ilczP9xUvD 
• New Scottish Parliament powers bill published http://t.co/6nNFfoSrYL 
• Crime in England and Wales falls to new record low http://t.co/0dEZh0sBPO 
• ECB expected to inject up to €1 trillion into eurozone http://t.co/HlGOU6UhyD 
• Cilla Black settles hacking claim for 'substantial' damages http://t.co/jA2gxbmwEh 
• Jury in Sun staff trial discharged http://t.co/vtsSlwcc9I 
• Manorial rights could be outlawed as ‘feudal relic’ say MPs http://t.co/HpDSpWIZOb 
• Prison suicide rate at highest level since 2007, figures show http://t.co/yagQlSu2U7
• I understand why people believe sexual predators before victims. I did http://t.co/zxRYmuagzt 
• Number of rapes recorded by police in England and Wales leaps 31% in a year http://t.co/45SCNbNf1M 
• Rihanna wins Topshop T-shirt row http://t.co/rFo6Em893T 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Greenberg Traurig snatches Sidley Austin partner for London corporate practice | The Lawyer http://t.co/BXBzm6xLmd
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Heenan Paris launches Washington DC office to boost project work | The Lawyer http://t.co/xfFHPLwtUM
• Gunnercooke invites two-man boutique to share office in bid to bring in tech clients | The Lawyer http://t.co/c8A6Z9tLxd 
• Female GCs "ahead of the game" in buying legal services | The Lawyer http://t.co/lszfxQ9XgM
• LAW FIRM NEWS: China’s Dacheng merges with Dentons to create world's biggest firm | The Lawyer http://t.co/yBtya2GeLu 
• Court of Appeal: R v Gemma Louise Hollings | Law Gazette http://t.co/ipg7mHHRJM 
• MPs urge probe of manorial rights law | Law Gazette http://t.co/7hfrkw2ueh 
• Law Society voices ‘dual regulation’ fears | Law Gazette http://t.co/sMcv9M55hJ 
• Dentons’ China merger to create world’s biggest firm | Law Gazette http://t.co/P1HmdeDrRG
• America has been stuck since the Reagan era in a predawn darkness of stagnation & inequality #US https://t.co/2VEphPLLNq 
• Grand Jury Recommends Pennsylvania Attorney General Be Charged With Perjury #US https://t.co/gLYYYzsGx4 
• When Women Become Terrorists: Why does the West ignore the role they play in groups like ISIS? https://t.co/S5MfhJtqq6 
• Sheldon Silver, New York Assembly Speaker, Faces Arrest on Corruption Charges #US https://t.co/uJVxWEsMFs 
• #US Not Expected to Fault Officer in Ferguson Case https://t.co/sRTPPolesq 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHCU8a3
• Teenage boy 'poses as doctor' in hospital gynaecology department for a month #IRELAND https://t.co/ahu4C4aQB3 
• Former Justice Minister Shatter's appeal against decision he breached Data Protection Act dismissed #IRELAND https://t.co/sfucMGZJmL
• British government decision to refuse public inquiry into Omagh bombing to be challenged in court https://t.co/XzOCYKcCTc
• FCA agrees to another extension on consumer credit regulation | Legal Futures http://t.co/THHW0wVnJp 
• Gunnercooke-backed Ignition Law launches with start-ups and SMEs in its sights | Legal Futures http://t.co/4ndd5rHELe 
• Home buyers dissatisfied with conveyancers and moving process, survey finds | Legal Futures http://t.co/tKI2jyQNzT
• National Accident Helpline sees revenue and enquiries rise sharply | Legal Futures http://t.co/ECqLQEFkmw 
• Court of Appeal: BSB official “blind to any sense of fairness” in disciplinary prosecution | Legal Futures http://t.co/1LrdnqKH3Z
• Plain cigarette packs to be introduced in UK before general election http://t.co/s9TL3duOy1 
• Coalition for Juvenile Justice 2015 Conference #US https://t.co/vPcuwOb39X 
• Definitive sentencing guidelines by the Sentencing Council https://t.co/RLky1akpcz 
• MoJ digital services - Transforming Government at the Ministry of Justice https://t.co/nA9M5lpDp5
• Support for witnesses and victims crucial for justice https://t.co/ziBbAbIZry 
• Wisconsin Senate passes amendment changing how chief justice selected #US https://t.co/mBeIYkoaCE 
• Drug dealer faces justice - eight years after fleeing Northampton for Gibraltar https://t.co/6hb9ohbjuC 
• ‘Teenage’ meddling in Scottish justice system http://t.co/KxQUZCB25a 
• Headteacher standards review: letter from David Laws https://t.co/OEbTmXCG3K 
• How are new UK laws made? https://t.co/63Awgl6Diq
• Legal aid cuts will lead to decimate justice system, say Liverpool lawyers http://t.co/PWDEPow403 
• Three men infected with hepatitis C through contaminated blood start legal proceedings against UK government https://t.co/oDaX9RJAdw 
• Racial disparities in legal outcomes: On policing, charging decisions, and criminal trial proceedings https://t.co/Tx7IbBLD2T 
• Former employees of Plymouth City Link depot consider legal action https://t.co/wzQT7ibJjk
• Boost for press freedom campaign as European court prioritises Bureau’s legal challenge to UK snooping laws https://t.co/mhRJQ7f01m 
• Microsoft acquires legal-focused machine-learning vendor Equivio http://t.co/rywJhFKgAM 
• Florida boy's circumcision spurs lengthy legal battle, protests #US https://t.co/EzeonWBmok
• Government has nominated barrister Isobel Kennedy for appointment as a High Court judge #IRELAND https://t.co/Mlxdz4GJkD
• Allegations of unnatural sexual behaviour in Parliament are contained within a previously top-secret file https://t.co/I82BcOjf28 
• Killer caught smuggling drugs into jail has term extended https://t.co/alq3pxWIIo
• Newcastle barrister Nicholas Stonor appointed to Queen's Counsel https://t.co/80m5uoYgMI 
• Solicitor sidelines police in inquiry #AUSTRALIA (John McRoberts scandal) https://t.co/sS6xhxuFIG 
• Solicitor suffers head injuries in fall down pub stairs while in nurse's outfit on his stag do https://t.co/yM6qJtdYwz 
• Solicitor gets stuck in court toilet: two hours to set him free http://t.co/0e4q2EFr3z 
• Adam Giles should order fully independent probe into John McRoberts, lawyers say #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/wtvpBAVyUU 
• Police forensics 'at risk of collapse' warns report http://t.co/jj0oPjTcef 
• Police force scraps traditional bobbies' helmet http://t.co/k2funbUyLb 
• Fox of Folkestone: Conman from Kent who modelled himself on Wolf of Wall Street http://t.co/6qTVoHXXxw 
• Lone police officer's undercover work sees 37 drug dealers jailed http://t.co/gye9JHlfr4 
• Gamergate: Zoe Quinn launches anti harrassment support network http://t.co/mv6KNTlCrd
• Woman guilty of assault for throwing water http://t.co/zYBUE225wQ 
• Idiot signs, cross-dressing, date nights: 10 bizarre sentences handed out by judges in court http://t.co/zg6nOf6dBL 
• Stagecoach tycoon's family bound and gagged by gang of robbers in luxury mansion raid http://t.co/5AY3afKLtH 
• Hate attacks on Jews soared 94% last year, police figures show http://t.co/mT1WpJR3kR 
• Child sex abuse inquiry panel suspends all work http://t.co/qgXddfNAbB
• Former beauty queen in Laura Ashley divorce battle complains she is too poor to decorate dolls' houses http://t.co/1aOanhYb4h 
• Actor Liam Neeson criticised by gun maker for stating that gun sales were linked to gun violence in the #US http://t.co/D1OnC2QMuP 
• Israeli man arrested over Madonna hack http://t.co/F5t0K3ZNG7
• WhatsApp Plus users suspended by official app for 24 hours http://t.co/nFsLyUi8tl 
• Death certificate overhaul 'deferred indefinitely' http://t.co/gPbKxXGK20 
• Heywood MP Jim Dobbin 'died from drinking spirits' http://t.co/aasCjCawyr 
• PC Neil Doyle death: Timmy Donovan arrested in Germany http://t.co/rTXWFbqLSv 
• Cigarette package law to be brought forward before election http://t.co/FXvYFVkeT1 
• Prince Andrew sex claims: Fresh documents filed in US court http://t.co/Ohv1m9oM9K 
• Chilcot: we know Blair was to blame for Iraq, so this is already a work of history http://t.co/NRzk0SmPNq 
• Strip-search children as last resort only http://t.co/clL1MoSnDW 
• Supreme court appears divided over Texas racial bias housing case #US http://t.co/zCu8YdoklY 
• Law firms missed a trick on billing innovation | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/tyGqOFMjGl
• Telefonica cuts £3m extermal legal spend | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/tL72YjyQoX 
• A weekly round-up of moves around the globe | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/3AJgK3Hc3y
• CC YouTube trainee interned at Slaughter, Freshfields and White & Case | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/ZCS2fPOqFG 
• Osborne Clarke reactivates private client dept | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/DGlfgNEUnJ 
• FTSE boards need to reconsider cyber-security | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/iLJzU7oaup 
• Morgan Stanley surges ahead as legal expenses drop | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/CSrzvPugC8 
• Argentinians protest over mysterious death of prosecutor | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/oxqRDXU5X7 
• Beck Redden lawyers launch Houston litigation boutique | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/ftJwITOCpa 
• Crime news: rollout of the online CRM14 eForm continues https://t.co/BqiC2zX6Zx
• Morgan Stanley legal costs drop 80 per cent in fourth quarter report | The Lawyer http://t.co/o89FYzYM7U 
• Will-writing and negligence | Law Gazette http://t.co/647O6p40tk 
• Consumer credit upheaval postponed again | Law Gazette http://t.co/7Z9uGJ6v8Z 
• Educating Yorkshire teacher Neil Giffin had sex with ex-pupils http://t.co/nNd0rkJAQU 
• Paris attacks: top EU official Timmermans warns of Jewish exodus http://t.co/MyfrMvrQH0 
• #GERMANY Pegida: Protest leader quits in 'Hitler' row http://t.co/cnX4CeYqpx 
• Corporations have rights. Now we need a global treaty on their responsibilities http://t.co/RiS5szI5Kk 
• Eric Pickles discriminated against Romany Gypsies in green belt – judge http://t.co/rlIOQPvkdM
• Protesters disrupt supreme court on anniversary of Citizens United case #US http://t.co/cWNpOvHDBO
• Non-lawyers make better Lord Chancellors, argues Grayling | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/Hzg42k7Ydx 
• High Court holds out on Grayling | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/CgmV2hzImN 
• Iraq War report: Blair insists he is not to blame for delays http://t.co/eeUGTJTcmF 
• CCTV shows Red Bull trophy break in at Milton Keynes factory http://t.co/4o3qfNzxhm 
• Traffic warden is being investigated after a parking ticket was placed on a wheelie bin in Carmarthen http://t.co/HNLjXoaXGq 
• British soldier has been charged with raping and sexually abusing a six-year-old girl in Austria http://t.co/F7A9kO6uMl 
• SNP ready to vote on English health laws, says Nicola Sturgeon http://t.co/aPcQtZwstb 
• Department for Education accounts 'not true and fair' http://t.co/xiRKiq4x1U 
• Solicitors hit out at ‘pointless’ diversity survey | Law Gazette http://t.co/5PfyBDyapW 
• Consumer credit decision – latest | Law Gazette http://t.co/1MVN2QnUtW
• Last weekend's Saturday Law Interview featured Dr. Steven Vaughan, a former City of London solicitor and a legal aca…https://t.co/K9goBA2mw0
• UN dismisses #NORTHKOREA claim that damning human rights report is invalid http://t.co/6DpXU067gH 
• Ohio death penalty anonymity law is unconstitutional, inmates say #US http://t.co/PjP7j8aKS2

21st January - Law News

1122nd 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: Why branding matters for law firms - as global consolidation shows no sign of slowing down, the need for independent firms to find a way of effectively working across borders has only grown. Full story - The Lawyer

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Last weekend's Saturday Law Interview featured Dr. Steven Vaughan, a former city solicitor and now a legal academic with expertise on the laws regarding the regulation of nanotechnology as well as the standard and quality of legal advice offered by corporate law firms: 'Regulating nanotechnology & the quality of corporate legal advice'.
• UN dismisses #NORTHKOREA claim that damning human rights report is invalid http://t.co/6DpXU067gH 
• Ohio death penalty anonymity law is unconstitutional, inmates say #US http://t.co/PjP7j8aKS2 
• UN dismisses North Korea’s claim that damning human rights report is invalid #US http://t.co/6DpXU067gH 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Fenwick & West adds Kaye Scholer partner to nascent Shanghai base | The Lawyer http://t.co/TcuvI7f6SL 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Kobre & Kim launches fourth US office in San Francisco with IP hire | The Lawyer http://t.co/qke3v7dLaM 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Addleshaws' TLT hire leads to Barclays instruction on case against former Dewey partners | The Lawyer http://t.co/0Ptbe7NCIb
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Freshfields, HSF and Fieldfisher to battle for UK spots on Pearson's global legal panel | The Lawyer http://t.co/O01Gr9vKWR 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Irwin Mitchell appoints brokers ahead of possible 2015 IPO | The Lawyer http://t.co/kBp1swRJiD 
• Australia: extracting value - local alliances are helping international firms do more business | Law Gazette http://t.co/mA3FntOdFy
• Barrister wins appeal after BSB evidence blunder | Law Gazette http://t.co/OsxilWqmNu 
• Clifford Chance silent on future of ‘YouTube trainee’ | Law Gazette http://t.co/oms8SU80YC 
• Law firm employee barred over £19,000 toner deception | Law Gazette http://t.co/x5TK777Kt1
• Quarter of homebuyers ‘would pay more’ for conveyancing | Law Gazette http://t.co/SrLpiZnaOf 
• Left's New Issue: All-Inclusive Resorts: hoteliers and resort owners worried by possible VAT increase #GREECE https://t.co/WGypcjhb6J
• C.I.A. Report Found Value of Brutal Interrogation Was Inflated #UShttps://lnkd.in/dGxUxjJ https://t.co/T0ja7q1U6F
• Family Seeks Release of a Guantánamo Detainee Turned Author Mohamedou Ould Slahi #US https://t.co/BW4Tdkwell 
• Smartphones Don't Make Us Dumb https://t.co/BluvrQN794 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHCU8a3
• #FRANCE attacks: 'Hero' Lassana Bathily gets citizenship http://t.co/4ArXhOEbvs 
• Iraq war report 'delayed until after UK election' http://t.co/wHiDINNaQq 
• Liability legislation threatens nuclear programme in #INDIA https://t.co/lJdWmbDzf1 
• Draft legislation: the Individual Savings Account Regulations (surviving spouses) https://t.co/HZLx6oz0SK 
• Obama to propose new student privacy legislation #US https://t.co/ol3JlSk9Xa 
• First openly-gay High Court judge 'in very happy relationship' #IRELAND https://t.co/25KERJYpwQ 
• Self-styled Scottish separatist fights to postpone extradition on terror charges #IRELAND https://t.co/QOzlVd30yo 
• B.C. Human Rights Tribunal dismisses toilet-paper complaint #CANADA http://t.co/3dftZUmLaB 
• Ryanair calls for preliminary hearing ahead of tribunal in to alleged discrimination of pilot #IRELAND http://t.co/FBdd1WWGax 
• Kanpur's 700 Tanneries Major Source of Pollution in Ganga: National Green Tribunal #INDIA https://t.co/U9jzVW0MLW 
• Christian health worker takes NHS trust to tribunal over accusation of converting Muslim colleague https://t.co/AwehR3BZ0N 
• International Criminal Tribunal for #RWANDA An Anglo-American Creation in Support of the Kagame Dictatorship http://t.co/wyGUKByTUO
• City law firm in dash to add artificial intelligence to software robots | Legal Futures http://t.co/QURZMQwGW7 
• SRA resorts to outsourcing after 49% increase in tribunal referrals | Legal Futures http://t.co/2SQe1s5uGG 
• Wednesday's 1st Edition LawNewsIndex: 20th January #Law #News #lawyers #legal #judiciary #justice #courts #rights http://t.co/9K1kTeF7MV 
• #SRILANKA To Introduce 19th Amendment Empowering Independent Commissions, Judiciary https://t.co/uQ7XsWQqA9
• #NIGERIA Bar association Seeks End to Judiciary Workers Strike https://t.co/HjUOXlBMN7 
• Unsatisfactory judiciary must not be tolerated, says the Chief Justice Sir Albert Palmer #SOLOMONISLANDS https://t.co/y4ec1HEdyq 
• #TRINIDAD judiciary investigate how crucial informal on defamation lawsuit was withheld to opposition leader https://t.co/QWwY9W2Ib9 
• President Xi Jinping orders Party to support judges to exercise their duties independently #CHINA https://t.co/DE6Cq3FxVj
• Lawyers join forces with journalists and social workers to protest against government snooping | Legal Futures http://t.co/YjgsXQVvyC 
• The call for punitive taxation on owners who leave houses empty is justified when the cost to society is so high http://t.co/28hEdfhBnA 
• Why is Britain turning a blind eye to the mass slaughter of songbirds? http://t.co/F89XPaa8zU 
• Kenneth Clarke: Eurosceptics are working against British interests http://t.co/xhB4AJYVxl 
• There will always be anti-semitism, but let’s also remember how protected and valued we Jews in the UK are http://t.co/BcvPgGritV
• Two British businessmen arrested on suspicion of involvement in sale of naval vessels to Nigerian security company http://t.co/BuAKDZQZnS 
• Child abuse inquiry panel member says she has been ‘bullied’ by barrister http://t.co/gJXII88rc2 
• Scaffolding collapse in central London leaves two women with serious head injuries http://t.co/vtbVXBiW94
• Stuart Kerner sex case: parents withdraw children from school run by 'groomed' teacher's wife http://t.co/OZBm2WMW20 
• Glamour model in £44k benefits fraud while starring in Playboy film http://t.co/ud33IxnSEN 
• Doctor accused of child rape in US overturns extradition bid http://t.co/rAQgPlpoff 
• The day I found out I'm a 'Domestic Extremist' - When the police must use intrusive powers http://t.co/Og145NyVoy 
• Drink-drive fails increase as police change tactics http://t.co/2xDwKqiNKC 
• Tomb Raider fan stabbed three women because he couldn't lose his virginity http://t.co/7JvwKENmQL 
• Few law firms calculate the cost of a cyber attack | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/JQosrIDbIv 
• Fried Frank to end Asia presence from June | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/6IgjbWMmDk 
• Lawyers suspicious over wellbeing plans | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/FEKyuH9aqD
• US law firm mergers decline in 2014 | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/8zA0V48QcW 
• Canadian firms plan diversification after Heenan Blaikie lesson | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/RXNZY02tIf
• EY starts Swedish desk with team of six in Stockholm | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/bscb7YQ6tv 
• Greenberg Traurig expands Mexican operation | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/UahIXYD8kK 
• CC forced into terrorism debate by trainee's YouTube talk | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/b7ELKNrj2y 
• Bali Nine: mercy must be part of every justice system, says #AUSTRALIA PM Tony Abbott http://t.co/Tlyn87aUbq 
• New Pennsylvania Chief Justice Thomas Saylor seen as bringing leadership by consensus #US http://t.co/iEuZZkjhe4
• Delaware chief justice targets prison racial disparities #US http://t.co/A0vZGNjLPM 
• Conviction of ex-police chief finally brings justice for 1980 Spanish embassy attack #GUATEMALA https://t.co/KNXocbJuwy 
• #US still pursuing long road to justice in 1998 Africa embassy bombings http://t.co/vxKvibexCa
• Tough words from a former police chief and BC Solicitor General on state of RCMP #CANADA https://t.co/fRUJa1nlAK 
• Journalist Nick Butterly's T-shirt with famous headline deemed 'offensive' by Parliament security #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/9KNpARqmNc 
• Lisburn Solicitor convicted of sexually assaulting a female colleague fined £1,000 £2.5k compensation https://t.co/m53r8d1su0 
• Solicitor Richard Caplan jailed after trying to cheat blind people's charity out of £200,000 https://t.co/8Ay9RDzP9r 
• NT Police hand McRoberts investigation to solicitor for Northern Territory #AUSTRALIA http://t.co/Nc6CCphwmy 
• British spy agency scooped up U.S. and U.K. reporters' e-mails http://t.co/6civrtLMZm
• Changes to UK terrorism law may weaken the independent scrutiny of bills on anti-terror https://t.co/VeBcyDVuYi 
• UK workplaces "safer than ever before", says government, as figures show 84% of rules have been improved http://t.co/1AhDIShBo1 
• A Jewish couple's battle for civil partnership equality in the UK http://t.co/encaYpHimW
• Magistrates in new legal aid warning to Grayling as survey shows growing fears over justice system https://t.co/A9rtXQEtAx
• #LEBANON religious laws violate women's rights: HRW https://t.co/2JwJn8TroT 
• UK’s use of secret evidence in courts a ‘threat to rule of EU law’, report for Brussels parliament says https://t.co/I0h0REPoR4
• Campaigners face uncertainty in legal battle against housing developments in Bradford http://t.co/KjFoy1Yi1a 
• Chesterfield builder sues after losing three fingers in wood chipper http://t.co/KsZCxa81J4 
• Andrew hires top lawyer William Clegg to fight under-age sex claims http://t.co/TAdSBzKmhj 
• Honours Barrister to get OBE for legal work and fund-raising http://t.co/jGEAdGz5Lr 
• Record award for family of Turkish boy whose circumcision was botched http://t.co/7Lj0lO5mwW 
• Recruitment industry needs to be regulated: temporary workers’ rights are routinely denied http://t.co/WRNE0XmipJ 
• Five Florida football players charged with gang-raping fellow student #US http://t.co/b7cwB8qOqf 
• Broadband provider Sky to block pornography by default to protect children http://t.co/sbs8dqpkHS 
• Lincoln council moves ahead with legal highs ban in city centre https://t.co/kUYQp8oHlW
• LASPO reforms cut motor insurance legal fees, IFoA finds http://t.co/iBNS3Q9Yx5 
• Catholic's legal bid over 'misery' caused by loyalist Belfast protest camp http://t.co/41lqT9SkSq 
• Legal Aid overhaul to offer more family law help #AUSTRALIA http://t.co/eBWBzsVdC4
• People are increasingly worried about privacy and lax legal protections http://t.co/4JO0pzxu6e
• Proposed circumcision of four-year-old Florida boy leads to legal battle #US http://t.co/vQsCElmoWC 
• Gay blood ban costs Stormont Department of Health £40,000 in legal costs http://t.co/dkY96t1SAs 
• Human Rights Act and Judicial Review - restricting access to Justice? https://t.co/X9DA5Nkifn