28th March - Law News

1188th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & legal articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap


Our last 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'.

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Guantánamo's Charade of Justice: Unlike federal courts, military commissions have dismal record of prosecution https://t.co/2z6M0cn4LZ 
• Indiana Law Denounced as Invitation to Discriminate Against Gays #US https://t.co/wcYhGzSr1k 
• Ellen Pao Loses Silicon Valley Bias Case Against Kleiner Perkins #US https://t.co/SvI8L9dTE3
• Police fear legal high street stalls may appear in Chesterfield https://t.co/FgtLLGd0Kz 
• Dr. Luke asks Kesha for evidence supporting abuse claims http://t.co/cYKyk8FUtG 
• How qualifying as a lawyer will allow me to concentrate on women's football during a vital World Cup season https://t.co/WZ4uliSsrX 
• The proposal for a Legal Ombudsman for #UKRAINE to combat and further the rule of law https://t.co/u9h9GsCJRL 
• The legal challenges to car names https://t.co/bKfugiDOVd 
• Gloucester City Council to join local authority legal service https://t.co/df7cd5l4jw 
• Government legal team called in to help overhaul troubled Digital Services Framework https://t.co/q4TQM2cVxv 
• The Legal Services Board today announced the appointments of new board members https://t.co/53KXSssnRs 
• Meredith Kercher murder: Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito acquitted http://t.co/7g9JWvuWef 
• Kercher family have a bitter pill to swallow after verdict http://t.co/HAfU9DKzgT 
• The tiger at the bar: QC who helped win the fight to see Charles’s letters http://t.co/8mEaHRJpC6 
• New DJ President | New Law Journal https://t.co/JJGk0jajkc 
• The Law Society has updated its “unbundling” guidance for solicitors | New Law Journal: https://t.co/iiX31t8ZOF
• The new Part 36 | New Law Journal: https://t.co/KhywAR6M14 
• High Court has taken unusual step of criticising a sovereign state & the conduct of a solicitor | New Law Journal: https://t.co/mhLM06Rk2S 
• Lawyers welcome support for vulnerable witnesses | New Law Journal: https://t.co/DtsDajeD4l 
• Re-accreditation for silks on the cards | New Law Journal: https://t.co/kMskW01jgs 
• Association of Costs Lawyers (ACL) launch mediation service dedicated to resolving costs disputes | New Law Journal: https://t.co/fQuzv7ytfB 
• Bar regulator lays down its terms: Minimum £500,000 terms to apply to all BSB-regulated entities | New Law Journal https://t.co/g66t90C7xw
• Fraud report “one sided”? Claimant lawyers question exclusion from fraud taskforce | New Law Journal: https://t.co/eSlGXg3s44
• LawWorks student pro bono champions | New Law Journal: https://t.co/Kd85kHDFLH 
• Prince Charles’ letters to gov't departments can be disclosed under the FOI Act 2000 | New Law Journal: https://t.co/zRjjBLEEDs
• Coalition of legal aid organisations & professional bodies has published A Manifesto for Justice | New Law Journal https://t.co/FgYoZWoPLg 
• What drives people to murder-suicide? https://t.co/Quxavf6ygp
• Wandsworth Prison escapee Neil Moore faked bail email https://t.co/taSTBN4Dan 
• Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito acquitted of Meredith Kercher murder #ITALY https://t.co/LUrnLVeq9j 
• Why #Singapore banned chewing gum https://t.co/uHVqQzTgiY 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/DkekxJkAqQ
• Charles letters: What ruling means for freedom of information http://t.co/MVvG7DIjlP
• Father who insisted he had a right to smack his children has son and daughter taken into care http://t.co/P12TItWA4M 
• Wife gets tenth of £2million demand after signing 'post nuptial' agreement http://t.co/qyRN2tuM76 
• Care home and its boss fined £337k after 100-year-old died falling from a hoist http://t.co/GQBpnX19DJ 
• Google loses Court of Appeal bid to prevent UK users suing it http://t.co/a9JuOUUjVv 
• Arrests for leaving kids home alone made every day http://t.co/lJFoaZ7hoM
• Fraudster escapes from one of Britain's most secure prisons by forging letter granting him bail http://t.co/uia4wZxZTo 
• Specialist law firms predicted to grow out of Obama trade accords | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/X63INiKFtj 
• GCs become more efficient as high risk class actions treble in three years | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/M5LNXfFkB9 
• Amazon setback pushes drone law focus to Europe | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/6AIFPxtnOQ 
• Police seek woman in relation to murdered DLA associate | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/3C2qfHCBZp 
• Secretary workforce in UK cut in half since 2001 as algorithms take over | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/hVm349uDVr 
• Law student cleared of terror charge in semi-secret Old Bailey trial | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/kpszleOEJq 
• Dealing with Delaware | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/F4VvSRkBfe 
• Mayer Brown recruits Paris stars on route out of Davis Polk | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/HzImDmSoCa 
• #ITALY court clears Knox and Sollecito https://t.co/LUrnLVeq9j

27th March - Law News

1187th 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 Legal Aid Agency has set new deadlines for crime duty tender contracts following this morning’s Court of Appeal decision to dismiss a challenge by the Law Society and practitioner groups. An injunction suspending the tender process expires today after the court refused to extend it until Monday while the Law Society seeks to take its case to the Supreme Court. The tender process for 527 new duty provider contracts will continue on Friday and closes at midday on 5 May. Full story - The Law Society Gazette

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Indiana boycott urged after 'religious freedom' law passes #US http://t.co/NKFS64QNwR 
• Human traffickers may face life sentence under Britain's tough new slavery bill http://t.co/hKCYTQ9aSv 
• Germanwings crash: Lufthansa could face huge compensation claims http://t.co/SukgUCsrcj 
• Indiana is not protecting religious freedom but outright zealotry #US http://t.co/vdbdEE7f3j 
• Britain's first titan-sized prison gets green light http://t.co/7KWLO1XUEQ 
• The image of the sobbing doctor proves that ‘professional distance’ has its human limits http://t.co/nb6JEkLNMX 
• In praise of … Jeremy Hutchinson QC http://t.co/hNbk4wS02H 
• Raif Badawi tells of flogging ordeal in letter from #Saudi prison http://t.co/LJlcPvbf9H 
• Old Bailey must lift secrecy around Erol Incedal case, say media lawyers http://t.co/OGETQOZCii 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Cuatrecasas appoints litigation head Jorge Badía as firmwide managing partner | The Lawyer http://t.co/XhzFrFWH2U
• University of Law granted ABS licence, beating Nottingham Trent to the punch | The Lawyer http://t.co/Mv83gGiPz9
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Olswang victorious over Google in CoA ruling on online privacy | The Lawyer http://t.co/TCafNo7lMC 
• Google fails in bid to stop privacy cases | Law Gazette http://t.co/hfVRQrDW8i 
• University of Law granted ABS status to offer legal services | Law Gazette http://t.co/doPn6eGEQx 
• Bar ponders new limits on ‘cab rank’ rule | Law Gazette http://t.co/KcBT9ZTRoB 
• Chicago firm heralds London arrival with ABS first | Law Gazette http://t.co/7P3TXzS3BM 
• Trainee minimum wage hope as Society consults | Law Gazette http://t.co/rsjXWTPIzN
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Retention at CMS Cameron McKenna slumps to 62% | The Lawyer http://t.co/pKmiMVPjt9
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Wragges wins first instruction from Ecotricity on power company's £68m Aviva financing | The Lawyer http://t.co/fMREouIT5G 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Ashurst and Slaughters on call for RBS Coutts sale to UBP | The Lawyer http://t.co/NcnTPyx7u7 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Costain drops Bevan Brittan and Addleshaws from panel after first review in seven years | The Lawyer http://t.co/50tA57J6IF
• Are too few convictions overturned? http://t.co/VQ9H0gSpOg 
• Is hindsight always a benefit in law? http://t.co/Yx6f1tNIAa 
• Meredith Kercher: Knox and Sollecito ruling due in #ITALY http://t.co/TSXkGAdu21 
• Met Police sex abuse 'cover-up' inquiry extended http://t.co/JPsxDEJWfa 
• Top Gear producer 'won't press charges' against Jeremy Clarkson http://t.co/4V5nv1ICi4 
• Safari users win right to sue Google over privacy in UK http://t.co/ENmofJpNgZ 
• It’s time to stop sending children to die behind bars http://t.co/DglzNp2cLu 
• Court fees for convicted criminals not thought through, say magistrates http://t.co/9ElSs2KjDz 
• Germanwings may face multi-million dollar compensation claims over crash http://t.co/LUtzPkkMvD 
• NSW election promises fewer violent criminals, drugs, paedophiles and guns. Add a pinch of salt #AUSTRALIA http://t.co/7bxqvL3Vm8 
• Doubts cast on Singapore legal liberalisation | Law Gazette http://t.co/WYhax1oK5J 
• Outrage at ‘back door’ criminal court fees | Law Gazette http://t.co/b7v2VQFg6D
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/262LWbGv32
• ALA ‘extremely disappointed’ by child abuse compo rejection #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/nh7d1EoSPb
• MP High Court judge sexual harassment case update: Rajya Sabha Chairman Ansari admits impeachment motion #INDIA https://t.co/r0QECzCKdm
• Firm leaders don’t know why lawyers are unhappy #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/usrIWrj6mb 
• Law student on crusade to get toilets installed in govt schools; Himachal HC acts on letter petition #INDIA https://t.co/RYAmOxzIxy 
• Legal aid reversal falls short #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/EHiiPfBypa
• Ontario Court judge Charles Vaillancourt to handle Mike Duffy trial #CANADA https://t.co/XmsthkaEgS 
• 'Bench may not give justice' #INDIA https://t.co/xLm2ANSRBy 
• Why did the Justice Department conclude that 'Hands Up, Don't Shoot' was a myth? #US https://t.co/q9bYCrFx2a 
• The Call for a National Crime and Justice Task Force #US https://t.co/N0PAqDQDqs 
• Court's lone black justice rails against 'racial quotas' #US https://t.co/pBmHhnBCU6 
• Kevin Spacey does justice to a lawyer ahead of his time in Clarence Darrow https://t.co/1p0HKngaP3 
• #CHINA's Xi says miscarriages of justice must be tackled properly https://t.co/zKte6GXVB7 
• Chief justice Tim Carmody ‘shirked work, drove other judges out’ #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/FOgfnn8TWZ
• Treasury Committee says Davis report into FCA insurance leak is not enough to 'satisfy parliament' | The Lawyer http://t.co/0r9gROru37 
• OneSavings Bank appoints new head of legal and unveils first formal panel | The Lawyer http://t.co/VRdRP2fzN1 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Webber Wentzel's Sally Hutton: We want to be the dominant South African law firm | The Lawyer http://t.co/unTHH9z7e1 
• LSB: regulators better on diversity but barristers still coy about backgrounds | Legal Futures http://t.co/8gTCsFBiOP 
• Struck off and now disbarred: lawyer with string of convictions, including defrauding Law Society | Legal Futures http://t.co/0wwZgSuqnP
• LSB refuses to be drawn into legal aid debate and turns spotlight on profession instead | Legal Futures http://t.co/iwEVjz2psS 
• Father of murdered solicitor says death has 'torn the heart' from his family https://t.co/iQaKW9s3m0 
• Local solicitor hits out at decision to close Magherafelt Courthouse https://t.co/gZ18rIMGmK 
• 'Are you saying he burgled my house?' judge asks solicitor about his client #IRELAND https://t.co/ddIIsYUWHG 
• Letter found by Gerry Adams' former solicitor 'contradicts some of his evidence' https://t.co/AAbSghwKvY
• Former Northumberland barrister convicted of assault and fraud has been disbarred from the profession https://t.co/jzzU23RBEr 
• Legal services for vulnerable groups spared cuts amid growing pressure #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/kuTi10BTff 
• Sun legal proceedings have ‘a flavour of war’, says acquitted editor https://t.co/chbksbVCRo 
• GP surgery in Barnsley faces legal action https://t.co/DcZDEpHEZa
• Family to take legal action after inquest finds coke worker's lung cancer was caused by exposure to dust and fumes https://t.co/0lE3t8kunB 
• Estate agents meet Law Society to address conveyancing delays #IRELAND https://t.co/1IEvwoc7Z0
• Brodies named UK National/Regional Law Firm of the Year https://t.co/looVVR9aWp
• How a hack on Prince Philip's Prestel account led to UK computer law https://t.co/p72hB4L3Uy
• #CaymanIslands updating copyright law https://t.co/MDFDzgBcYP 
• Critics worry firing squad law will tarnish Utah's image #US https://t.co/WnciXIIVcX
• The Modern Slavery Bill becomes law – Unicef UK statement https://t.co/I4GgOiIvn2 
• #THAILAND toughens trafficking law with death penalty, steep fines https://t.co/MhEzT4tu1R 
• Holiday pay: tribunal decides to include commission https://t.co/BzUyY2fFj9 
• Southall man sacked by Heathrow over 'racist' Facebook comments wins tribunal https://t.co/lUEW7rkBeP 
• CQC were 'draconian' in closing down practice, tribunal hears https://t.co/asDUv5Rq3r 
• Texas Town Supports Forbidding Sharia Law Despite Plea From New Islamic Tribunal #US https://t.co/CljVajZhVb 
• Tribunal upholds $1,300 fine for bringing skin-covered Eritrean stools into #Canada https://t.co/p2gmTBKQ7N 
• B.C. launches online tribunal for strata and small-claims cases #CANADA https://t.co/KbsUTNOWkp 
• National Green Tribunal asks MoEF to submit list of asbestos mines across country #INDIA https://t.co/HIlRXYubyN https://t.co/8y3PHPdTV3 
• War crimes tribunal denies Charles Taylor's request to serve sentence in Rwanda, not Britain https://t.co/8y3PHPdTV3 
• A multi-disciplinary vision of the future for lawyers and how they will help code legal apps | Legal Futures http://t.co/advuWRf7aa 
• 'Gay cake' recipient calls for 'mediation' over legal action as equality row goes to court http://t.co/nXK2ZqCyEQ 
• Mirror phone hacking inquiry: Majority of victims were only connected to celebrities http://t.co/uyNjXmMzAm 
• Scotland Yard 'spied on Labour ministers' http://t.co/3Jip8YQFed 
• Jeremy Clarkson's career prospects in the US threatened by police investigation http://t.co/eboP4dVSGU 
• Teaching assistants 'performed sex act in front of children on school trip' http://t.co/ELPF7HABFf 
• Construction tycoon left 'homeless' after ex-wife wins 80% of his property in divorce http://t.co/KSEhJJ87Dz 
• Cameron concedes defeat over publication of Prince Charles's letters http://t.co/9FetOMpHHG 
• After 10 years, Whitehall & Palace have finally lost their campaign to keep the prince’s advocacy letters a secret http://t.co/jkzRYjwGTT
• Cooley takes Amazon brief from Edwards Wildman in new London office | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/RyMz1CYMLG 
• Dial-a-lawyer service used by 200,000 US attorneys | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/yPevJkwoT7
• Financial pressures are the 'biggest pressure' on firms in last five years | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/gVlQJZiIim 
• A third of Australian employers plan to grow legal team in Q2 | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/pNeZmcSnnY
• Boom recorded in bogus firm reports from the UK | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/ELuvboI5k7 
• Artificial Intelligence: New challenges for the legal profession | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/W8WH33VOET 
• Dealing with Delaware | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/opAWLmXrae
• Bid to change Speaker rules defeated amid emotional scenes https://t.co/APmjiS5LYs

26th March - Law News

1186th 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: Safeguards proposed by the government to protect legal professional privilege (LPP) from sweeping state surveillance powers are inadequate and lawyers’ communications should be explicitly protected by legislation, the Law Society has urged. Responding to a Home Office consultation on two draft codes of practice pursuant to section 71 of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 – which ended last week – Chancery Lane complained that the proposed codes provided little improvement on what it characterised as the “officials making aware and ministers taking care” approach of the current codes. It argued legislative protection for LPP should replace them. Full story - Legal Futures

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Claim ends after court dismisses late amendment | Law Gazette http://t.co/T61q53frfb 
• Winners announced in student pro bono awards | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/LCeuynzb8g 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Bird & Bird Asia departures mount as Beijing employment partner defects to Covington | The Lawyer http://t.co/NEsGdOHAGC 
• 39 Essex drops 'street' from brand ahead of office move and appoints first female head of chambers | The Lawyer http://t.co/SgLVDgoqVI
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Cooley wins Amazon UK from Edwards Wildman following London launch | The Lawyer http://t.co/Neov1hY3Ku 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Taylor Wessing opts for all-equity partnership in the UK following restructuring review | The Lawyer http://t.co/yNHAyPYsuA 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Mayer Brown scoops duo of corporate partners for Paris office | The Lawyer http://t.co/RWKjex2IRU 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Noerr continues run of growth with 7 per cent turnover rise in 2014 to €197.2m | The Lawyer http://t.co/B4P5kceqSl 
• Eder J resigns from bench after just four years to return to private practice | The Lawyer http://t.co/lkQ31v1u7k 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: BLP's outgoing managing partner Eisenberg wins senior partner role | The Lawyer http://t.co/0UPFvjtZzA 
• The Prince Charles letters judgment – in a few sentences | head of legal http://t.co/kSb4jnJRzE
• Offences you could be arrested for on election day in #NIGERIA http://t.co/vUz6gCA3Oj
• What are Prince Charles's 'black spider memos'? – video http://t.co/cHsOHlgB9D 
• Prosecute financial advisers who assist in tax avoidance, say MPs http://t.co/no6vOsHWpl 
• What is Belfast's 'gay cake' case? http://t.co/G3cB8L1RN1 
• Why is the crux of the Incedal case a secret? You're not allowed to know http://t.co/Qtvb8rN1JK 
• Prince Charles letters case reinforces profound constitutional principles http://t.co/q73ZpV890r 
• ‘Green’ dam linked to killings of six indigenous people in #Guatemala http://t.co/kzkPJSmeN8 
• Prince Charles memos: supreme court rules in favour of the Guardian http://t.co/wK2QYgB6LS 
• #Uganda faced a backlash for its homophobic legislation. Will California? #US http://t.co/ZrrX8O6Rd9
• How to: sack a client | Law Gazette http://t.co/JiFYC3roY1 
• SRA should apologise for closure blunder | Law Gazette http://t.co/PMqD3guMQv 
• Diversity data impact ‘not at level hoped for’ – LSB chair | Law Gazette http://t.co/V6ZWkCpHgT 
• Secret Courts: The trial we couldn't report https://t.co/ZuK41deeuq
• Support for death penalty drops below 50% for the first time https://t.co/Vgv0CT9EY3 
• Law student Erol Incedal has been cleared at the Old Bailey of planning a terrorist attack https://t.co/JaXiSjUsaL 
• Prince Charles letters to be released after Supreme Court ruling https://t.co/gQ7sQZDlCw
• Germanwings plane crash: Co-pilot 'wanted to destroy plane' https://t.co/Gmt93a2dez 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/Jv3wu2vi7p
• New laws are likely to make sex workers' lives much more dangerous in the future #IRELAND https://t.co/bZK0uA31ye 
• Simon Coveney named as FG director for same-sex marriage referendum #IRELAND https://t.co/GteZ0og4XU 
• Amanda Knox's defence lawyer urges #Italy's court to overturn conviction, calling it a 'grave judicial error' https://t.co/7hTA0AweEt 
• Trinity College hammers yet another nail into the coffin of free speech #IRELAND https://t.co/3EaAbK5eac 
• Children of 11 are too young to be taught about rape #IRELAND https://t.co/WQKUB0O8EG
• Alleged shooter of #NEPAL Supreme Court Justice Rana Bahadur Bam, Sanjay Ismali Magar, arrested in #Saudi Arabia https://t.co/SkLUf7VXmf 
• Public body that reviews miscarriages of justice should be "bolder" and refer more cases to the UK Court of Appeal https://t.co/FrwxHEVL37 
• EU official highlights judiciary reform in #ALBANIA https://t.co/0f4oobGQmL 
• Senate Judiciary Committee Approves Bill Authorizing Nitrogen Gas For Executions #US https://t.co/sUP3CyHlkd 
• Authorities in #Kuwait and #Saudi Arabia have warned of harsh penalties for those who criticise the judicial system https://t.co/5p1y5RQubH 
• Hawai'i State Judiciary Improves Language Assistance #US https://t.co/lXq2LXaYRy 
• A judge froze 87 medallions and cabs belonging to the city’s largest taxi operator #US https://t.co/WjYDfTnHBM 
• Marriage equality: What #Australia can learn from the #US https://t.co/ELNmjtCaEL
• Boutique firms partner with a view to staying small #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/j9snuvPQYM 
• Lawyers are highly sought-after with almost a third of employers looking to increase legal staffing #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/w9kb7ksmpf 
• Law firm, former governor champion LGBTI group #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/GuuechwgNp 
• Burnside calls for Clooney’s support to make politicians face ICC #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/xMWR2w2T4K 
• Humour is dead, long live humour: Law students heckle comedian for making sexist jokes #INDIA https://t.co/RqLCgiX3S5
• Supreme Court issues notice to ML Sharma and AP Singh in petition by SC Women Lawyers Association #INDIA https://t.co/01Vv3q5AQT 
• Law School Insights: The Faculty Special (Who has the best faculty?) #INDIA https://t.co/Jjhy6MdkGT 
• MP High Court judge sexual harassment case update: Rajya Sabha Chairman Ansari admits impeachment motion #INDIA https://t.co/lpmovA7VCO
• Delhi HC stays order bringing AG's office under RTI; Solicitor General appears before Division Bench #INDIA https://t.co/3VS4HuBijD 
• Lib Dems select barrister Adrian Barnes to take on Peter Soulsby in Leicester's mayoral contest https://t.co/yWyZUjf6K8 
• Cash house sales over £500,000 up 20 per cent https://t.co/OGYoVnyUok 
• Morton Fraser chairman honoured as Action for Children Scotland’s Woman of Influence 2015 https://t.co/MzJ3aOdxhs 
• Gillespie Macandrew announce location and opening date of Glasgow office https://t.co/QxbPAN4nqt 
• Man who posed as woman online to extort money from victim jailed for a year https://t.co/CU3E1e9TFr 
• Redditch law firm Kerwoods Solicitors welcomes three new recruits https://t.co/1k9a7bPoxr 
• The UK’s compliance with the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child https://t.co/Vm59PXAB14 
• Supreme Court refers UK verdicts to show vagueness of S-66A of IT Act https://t.co/rpVfBYi1CD 
• Lords slams UK’s ‘splendid isolation’ on EU justice opt-out https://t.co/ZAgA8rMayd
• UK leads world with new law to reveal who really owns companies https://t.co/5tVe49CbCM 
• Five Vital Questions on the Implications of UK Law on Social Media https://t.co/CWP3OrVZaS 
• Group of unregulated investment schemes have failed in their attempt to overturn an earlier court judgement https://t.co/bVsZ8grLIt 
• Dentons launches property legal advice arm https://t.co/YMogdZXs8o 
• Equality before the law and access to justice are fundamental pillars of our democracy - Save Legal Aid https://t.co/t4UYPaRv1V 
• OTR scheme 'distorted legal system' https://t.co/ypy7w9kzxa 
• $600,000 legal bill for public servant's motel sex romp #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/n57EFXGCiQ 
• Net neutrality legal challenge launched https://t.co/KqbaKejmuj 
• Clubs’ sponsorship revenue is not taxable, rules Income Tax Appellate Tribunal #INDIA https://t.co/48kpzFqqD2
• Release ERB Tribunal Findings, Chipimo urges Pres Lungu #ZAMBIA https://t.co/DButagHc0t 
• Former Nau President On Lands Tribunal #NAMIBIA https://t.co/UXRkyG2Ha3 
• #Cambodian government has done little to help the UN-backed Khmer Rouge tribunal https://t.co/gX7pgVmV0z 
• Vancouver police discriminate against trans people: human rights tribunal #CANADA https://t.co/EoOqjE0Pel 
• Torex Retail’s former group financial accountant is to face Financial Reporting Council disciplinary proceedings https://t.co/dGmL2jKF2C
• SDT fines "appalling" solicitor record £305,000 | Legal Futures http://t.co/z8EuxOTlI7 
• HR consultancy and pensions provider enter legal market with ABSs | Legal Futures http://t.co/l9I1duWlep 
• Miscarriages of justice charity seeks law firm status | Legal Futures http://t.co/WJgTPSVz7b 
• A battle against the 1% is happening in the last place you'd expect http://t.co/vjERr8iSVp 
• I confronted Farage at his pub because no-one should be scared of Ukip http://t.co/0ljHCBaOL3 
• What I've learnt from speaking to male victims of domestic abuse http://t.co/gi9aLSfpSd 
• Top Gear producer Oisin Tymon viciously trolled on Twitter http://t.co/ehfxdHBH8e 
• The one radical Islamist group linked to half of Britain's terror attacks in recent years http://t.co/cPE2qKxAFB 
• Woman who tried to 'boil her husband' jailed for four years http://t.co/hhmmZZ8tNe
• Jeremy Clarkson could face police investigation after BBC dismissal http://t.co/otwq9bewer 
• Abbott government likely to ask for deadline extension on disability wage #AUSTRALIA http://t.co/BHjZpQKzxB 
• Supreme court sends Alabama 'racial' redistricting case back to lower court #US http://t.co/fFkScEFuiG 
• Ohio anti-abortion 'heartbeat bill' passes in house but likely to face opposition #US http://t.co/vSsSP8LlV6 
• Labour vows to ban indefinite detention of asylum and immigration applicants http://t.co/JfCQD5qrEJ 
• Police cleared of wrongdoing in Mark Duggan shooting http://t.co/kpyPVS7BXS 
• Teenager accidentally hanged himself by his hoodie http://t.co/F3ZrFdt7ZL 
• Deaf man prosecuted after he called police officer a 'pig' in sign language http://t.co/CuhrOsyj9C 
• Coroner's warning over adventure holidays after fatal delay treating Britsh scuba diver http://t.co/iso2UHa4Lo
• Fake professor jailed after setting her students series of bizarre homework tasks http://t.co/pQ4DokcCY2 
• Prolific burglar spared jail and told go on a 'victim empathy course' http://t.co/qhELgo80uj 
• Cheating Premier League footballer at centre of one-night stand blackmail plot should be named, says judge http://t.co/aQMkzwYYhA 
• Cheating Premier League footballer at centre of one-night stand blackmail plot should be named, says judge http://t.co/aQMkzwYYhA 
• Bank balance sheets 'in chaos' over legal provisions | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/OzmiRrUg2V 
• Skadden and Davis Polk top Q1 global M&A rankings | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/ycqcyxqX2g 
• Herbert Smith advises Sierra Leaone on commercial impact of ebola | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/McYG023Kbe 
• McDermott Will duo join complex litigation team at King & Spalding | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/8N1gZQQN5Z 
• Indian rape defendant lawyers summoned over comments | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/g5mTVJlPfR 
• Calling all lawyers in luxury for the 2015 Luxury Law Awards | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/UFZsCOs3ia 
• Inhouse legal salaries on the rise | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/3vukixgrGX 
• Companies see importance of human rights but fail to implement policies | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/mmgw4SYuhl 
• Penrose inquiry: David Cameron apologises over infected blood https://t.co/7aRbKoIyis 
• MPs 'monitored by Scotland Yard during 1990s' https://t.co/Xj8SI0oivg

25th March - Law News

1185th 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: Bar regulator says it is not in the public interest to exempt QCs from quality assurance. The regulator for the barrister profession has requested that Queen's Counsel Appointments (QCA) consider developing a system of re-accrediting criminal silks. The move follows an announcement in January from the Bar Standards Board (BSB) that it planned to explore other ways to protect the public from poor standards of advocacy. Full story - Solicitors Journal

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Bowe Bergdahl faces 'desertion charge' #US https://t.co/QXKiJd8mby 
• Chelsea Paris Metro chants: Five contest banning order https://t.co/9KqAa3tmp6 
• Top 200 firms falling behind on social media | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/z0kmxTIc11 
• Film to portray Grayling’s ‘CRAP’ legal aid cuts on his birthday | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/f1exk7KC7e 
• Criminal legal aid challenge dismissed by Court of Appeal | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/qoOVmMjiRU 
• Solicitor handed record £305k fine | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/KdKR86tAL1
• Gangs operated openly in Dorset prison, say inspectors http://t.co/TweNz4GTq9 
• Solicitors fail to stop cuts in legal aid defence contracts http://t.co/8xeHmRTK4a 
• Many women of color don't go to the police after sexual assault for a reason #US http://t.co/mxYAX8Ew2P 
• #US supreme court to hear challenge to EPA power-plant pollution regulations http://t.co/FmAC2eNLon 
• Remember Strangeways, 1990? The bad old days of inhumane prisons are back http://t.co/nlig2VPyLX 
• Its OK to leak government secrets - as long as it benefits politicians http://t.co/7eHQyauO1T 
• Why were special branch watching me even when I was an MP? | Peter Hain http://t.co/lFEd1ptKDT 
• Court tells ex #Liberian president he must serve sentence in Britain http://t.co/d0JtO2gmam 
• Mercury pollution rule receives grilling from supreme court justices #US http://t.co/E9T38uzs8B
• Supreme court sides with former UPS driver in pregnancy discrimination suit #US http://t.co/fFer1TIuk4 
• Supreme court to rule on publishing Prince Charles' 'black spider memos' http://t.co/YTLLdmyxDt 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Slaughters makes up two women in four-strong promotions round | The Lawyer http://t.co/32a50IhKpM 
• Slater & Gordon on Top Gear client: “This last month has been a nightmare” | The Lawyer http://t.co/Ui2fpzJBNR 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Cravath, Kirkland and Sullivan on call for Heinz and Kraft merger | The Lawyer http://t.co/ETjImFTTaq 
• In 1945 the passing of David Lloyd George, the only solicitor to become prime minister | Law Gazette http://t.co/3kBqKjfFk0 
• Lords lambast UK’s ‘unilateralist’ approach to EU treaty opt-in | Law Gazette http://t.co/3cv3XoJhcW
• New timetable for criminal legal aid contracts | Law Gazette http://t.co/72NUqcPKKD 
• Jeremy Clarkson lines up Quinn Emanuel to take on BBC | The Lawyer http://t.co/GSd288WVU7 
• A “devastating blow” for access to justice: Court of Appeal rejects challenge over legal aid contracts | The Lawyer http://t.co/RrZF9mbeDy 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Stephenson Harwood partner drafted to act as HS2 general counsel as Morgan retires | The Lawyer http://t.co/9gvFiLUk0C 
• Human rights rebuke over legal aid reforms | Law Gazette http://t.co/98WzeEIHkC 
• ‘Appalling’ solicitor handed record £305k SDT fine | Law Gazette http://t.co/LU8BVVcbUl 
• Court of Appeal dismisses criminal legal aid challenge | Law Gazette http://t.co/zSvZdFCuqa 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/0SZ9LvawU8
• BBC Foreknowledge of 9/11 Collapse of WTC Building Seven: British Man Won Law Suit against BBC for 9/11 Cover Up http://t.co/u8nJ5OnsOq 
• MPA Around Chagos Archipelago Violates International Law # MAURITIUS https://t.co/38q39iV2Uq 
• Driverless cars investment signals UK's intention to 'lead the world in relation to new technologies', says expert http://t.co/UfUYkC7B8x 
• Law Society appoints first Welsh member to one of its major committees https://t.co/7NlbGKzOrH 
• Time to change assisted dying law http://t.co/xmrc2eid5z 
• Lawyer Paulsen to be detained until 6pm in sedition probe over hudud tweets #MALAYSIA https://t.co/1GyHk9nssh
• Top cop wants explanation from lawyer over tweet on BFM host #MALAYSIA https://t.co/ZSNkOvmCpE 
• Education officials who misinterpret the law and act on “imagined powers” #SOUTHAFRICA https://t.co/93HlkwOihd 
• Britain to investigate Sharia courts, crack down on extremist preachers https://t.co/rPiSIkqWVF 
• Bombay High Court raps government over lack of toilets, water coolers in courts #INDIA http://t.co/Gf3tJvel5W 
• Overlapping judges, prosecutors weave tangled web in St. Louis County municipal courts #US https://t.co/5ufQ07JMMO
• Illegal tobacco stashed in crisp boxes in Preston shop https://t.co/QmGGu6rAar 
• Illegal rave celebrating solar eclipse goes on for 13 hours giving furious residents sleepless night https://t.co/PizcobNfsP 
• Fears over illegal sales of acne drug roaccutane https://t.co/88Vnm7JlUd 
• Robert Durst held without bond as lawyers argue FBI search was illegal #US http://t.co/at2EoZXWi3 
• Graham Dwyer trial: Jury can ‘go no further’ unless satisfied phones were used by Dwyer #IRELAND https://t.co/my7Wke7tj5 
• International Organizations Slam #AZERBAIJAN over Human Rights Crackdown https://t.co/gWNYdoyRvg 
• President Jimmy Carter: violence and discrimination against women is #1 human rights violation https://t.co/N6395HxovH 
• How #SaudiArabia turned Sweden’s human rights criticisms into an attack on Islam https://t.co/FhOPUYZF1S 
• Danny Schechter, ‘News Dissector’ and Human Rights Activist, Dies at 72 #US https://t.co/ocRmeKqydi 
• Guilty verdict overturned after judge consults Google Street View #CANADA https://t.co/X1keq5buuO 
• #SINGAPORE judiciary mourns passing of former lawyer and Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew https://t.co/7P1T3aUQVm 
• Senate Judiciary Committee to hear bill banning revenge porn #US https://t.co/6Fccx7xeuU 
• Post-trial comments on Sodomy II meant to protect the judiciary, Shafee says #MALAYSIA https://t.co/oAOhg0MmZ2 
• King Salman asserts impartiality of #SAUDIARABIA's judiciary https://t.co/z9XN8OxP7c 
• Indiana House OKs controversial religious freedom bill #US https://t.co/3Noo9TUbxP 
• Tribunal's treatment of cases 003, 004 draws international scorn #CAMBODIA https://t.co/whx8DY1Sg6 
• Refugee review tribunal given wider powers to deny asylum claims #AUSTRALIA http://t.co/50UYZEajiP 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: HSF moves Asia energy head to Singapore as partner departs for King & Spalding | The Lawyer http://t.co/figV27yhol
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Addleshaws promotions soar to 18 in record year | The Lawyer http://t.co/I2g6a5cuYW 
• Businesses line up to be regulated by Bar Standards Board | Legal Futures http://t.co/KTXqFwqTAV 
• Draft surveillance codes prompt call for statutory protection of privilege | Legal Futures http://t.co/o4G0EIw3jn 
• Four admit involvement in Cardiff Gaza march disturbance https://t.co/HDtbqoeJKz 
• Alps plane crash: What we know https://t.co/J0dyFcCwe2 
• Claudia Lawrence: Police bail murder suspect https://t.co/L8R2YWutLh 
• Stop and search: Police 'must record vehicle stops' https://t.co/gyUVBLZhHK 
• Mark Duggan 'was throwing gun away' when shot by police https://t.co/7vO7LHdMkn 
• Tesco class action lawsuit is a rather unclassy affair http://t.co/dTLf9XOlnk 
• Only sanctions can change #Israeli policy http://t.co/OIAynxMLnv 
• Why did Utah bring back the firing squad? How the US kills people in 2015 #US http://t.co/Ei7MESg8YU 
• Sir Terence Conran's ex-girlfriend keeps £800k flat in legal fight with brother http://t.co/a8jnlpnAAM 
• Claudia Lawrence murder suspect released on bail http://t.co/xZ16BbxwmT 
• Video: Watch: Driver caught at 140mph on M20 with boy, six, as front-seat passenger http://t.co/ei76XIheVG 
• Police must still do better on stop and search, report says http://t.co/2Z0UjVXEf7 
• Polish 'thief stole secret submarine documents to write spy comedy novel' http://t.co/plfcnU8m4r
• ‘Male victims of sexual abuse are treated as secondary’ http://t.co/aR8w0zUIRu 
• Linklaters highlights Japanese dominance in Nigerian investments | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/Oni2JslnhW 
• Best route to Apple legal department is to go through MoFo | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/1pKHQKIEK8 
• Gibson Dunn distances itself from Dubai partner | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/gMS40HjoWT 
• Client reports itself to fraud authorities on basis of Wilkie Farr report | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/ltC4Jok2KV 
• Harbour new fund targets international arbitration | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/uQ2uVli1Se 
• Gowling makes a move on Cuba | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/26nFF6n2Ew 
• Jenner & Block opens first international office | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/zo260OkrVd
• Legal staff on flexible working offered less interesting projects | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/yc0Tay91fr

24th March - Law News

1184th 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: Proponents of reforms to judicial review claim they will deter ‘frivolous’ cases but the legal profession is worried about the effect on access to justice. A number of reforms to the way judicial reviews can be brought and financed in the UK have caused industry-wide concern over the past two years. Lawyers, ministers and peers have universally denounced the new measures proposed by Lord Chancellor and secretary of state for justice Chris Grayling, claiming they will limit individuals’ access to justice and make it more difficult for people to hold government and public authorities to account. Full story - The Lawyer

Saturday Conversations on Law

• CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND COURTS ACT 2015 - Criminal Law and Legal Policy Unit https://t.co/dMR5oQZ08Z 
• Small states to have say on rule of law and justice in post-2015 negotiations https://t.co/EmV7nX4zL5 
• Justice Minister has highlighted the benefits to Northern Ireland since the devolution of justice in April 2010 https://t.co/uktpjVyEJv 
• Lack of justice for protest abuses gives green light to more violence #VENEZUELA https://t.co/ejskmi3Ad9 
• Thousands march in Kabul demanding justice for woman killed by mob #AFGHANISTAN http://t.co/dt82lyS2lG 
• Real Madrid plan to take legal action against fans who attacked players' cars including that of Gareth Bale #SPAIN https://t.co/Tya4eaj3dp 
• Letters to on-the-run Irish republicans 'distorted legal process' https://t.co/Ngv0xDvVDW
• Legal Experts Say Canadian-Born Cruz Is Eligible to Serve as President #US https://t.co/6Y7r0r3XHZ 
• Airlines face legal action for wrongly rejecting flight delay compensation claims https://t.co/l9NY7mOMxF 
• The terrifying personal flamethrower that is apparently legal in 48 states #US https://t.co/SpCL1gmigW #US https://t.co/ZcyBWbwzfZ 
• Ban on paying for sex breaches basic human rights, says sex worker http://t.co/CZqr4D8HkW 
• The Legal Aid, Community Legal Service and Criminal Defence Service (Amendment) Regulations 2015 https://t.co/SpCL1gmigW 
• On-the-runs scheme "questionably unlawful" and "distorted legal process" https://t.co/ZSCnaUA5Xa 
• Stormont minister to be referred to prosecutors over refusal to hand over report on controversial railway upgrade https://t.co/0SPfQ7O1BX 
• London Mayor Boris Johnson branded Sharia Law in the UK as “absolutely unacceptable” https://t.co/0mYFf0hiEP 
• Tesco faces further legal action from UK shareholders https://t.co/b0orgzKvUw 
• Managing partners see a year of pressure ahead in #Australian law firms https://t.co/mLsqEJCeDq 
• Law students weigh in on defeated university bill #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/MWrg0oZIEB 
• Fears of a client backlash against lawyers working flexible hours are unfounded #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/qNoEe6YyNe 
• Over 100 police officers to be trained to tackle wildlife crime across Scotland https://t.co/42rrKE21w7 
• Young Migration Lawyer of the Year winner is Marina Brizar #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/wQxbrpj8lz 
• O'Donnells back in court for Gorse Hill case #IRELAND https://t.co/H4n6GaGFLn 
• Scots lawyer fined £2500 for acting in ‘back-to-back’ property transactions https://t.co/R0x8oDYsF1 
• No cloud over Castlebar jobs promise claim company’s solicitor #IRELAND https://t.co/LWweIsX05z 
• Demand for lawyers from #Australia and #NewZealand has surged https://t.co/qtc0MgDeaA 
• Sydney solicitor struck off for ‘disgraceful conduct #AUSTRALIA http://t.co/Jme3ljwDh4
• 'Papers to pee': Texas, Kentucky and Florida consider anti-transgender bills #US http://t.co/TpHgzEmDrI 
• Should it be illegal to pay for sex? Panel verdict http://t.co/e8TxLNh3HZ 
• A loophole in the slavery bill could allow companies to hide supply chain abuses http://t.co/vzeuOPFjdP
• #Uzbekistan's first daughter accused of pocketing $1bn in phone deals http://t.co/JSID6GOO74 
• Legal aid cuts a ‘black mark’ on government's children's rights record | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/s7674Wk6ns 
• Let us in to jail, says Howard League | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/rmN1eVWr4p
• CMC reveals two-thirds of claims enquiries are shelved | Law Gazette http://t.co/8qPvCOO75l 
• Pioneering ABS council names new legal chief | Law Gazette http://t.co/wma5468vAT 
• MoJ brushes off concerns over fee-paid judges’ pensions | Law Gazette http://t.co/lG0aLXoadP
• Councils face £100m bill for surge in safeguards for vulnerable people http://t.co/dw1A916dA8 
• Employers named and shamed over failure to pay minimum wage http://t.co/ey666pGY1s 
• Facebook data privacy case to be heard before European Union court http://t.co/PlLFlS92RA
• IRA fugitives granted 'possibly unlawful' amnesty linked to 1980s atrocities http://t.co/AJk4FJtV3D 
• Another black teen killed by Cleveland police as mother asks: 'Why? What happened?' #US http://t.co/7h0tR0CFka
• Inconsistencies in Jackie's story do not mean that she wasn't raped at UVA http://t.co/vpoP4g55A9
• Texas drivers can show Lone Stars and Longhorns – but not the Confederate flag #US http://t.co/RlWMVvQ7w4 
• Too little progress on stop and search, says police watchdog http://t.co/H6lGslqrkc 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Chicago's Jenner & Block becomes latest US firm to announce London launch | The Lawyer http://t.co/PbBkvgFDNf 
• Djibouti: judge rules Gibson Dunn partner Gray 'deliberately misled court' with falsified evidence | The Lawyer http://t.co/xDGicMOLDl 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Jenner & Block chief pledges "steady" growth for new London office | The Lawyer http://t.co/TjGpb1hKX5 
• Conveyancing portal Veyo reports registration surge | Law Gazette http://t.co/ps1ih12zaE
• Bar regulator seeks QC re-accreditation scheme | Law Gazette http://t.co/QfEpoXFuu6 
• How I did on Twitter this week: 33 New Followers, 24 Mentions, 10.6K Mention Reach. How'd your week go? via http://t.co/nzGZEUH4Kw 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHC3kLR
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Cleary and Milbank advise on $5bn bond offering by Malaysian oil company Petronas | The Lawyer http://t.co/ZXUEep7ad5 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Wragge Lawrence Graham expands Paris team with WFW infrastructure hires | The Lawyer http://t.co/j2PXUcpcpI 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Dechert Paris partner Mayer quits firm citing conflicts | The Lawyer http://t.co/7faT3Qe2oi 
• BLP and Landmark pick up instructions on runway battle between Gatwick and Heathrow | The Lawyer http://t.co/iVzGcsOyWA
• SRA warns litigators not to become "hired guns" | Legal Futures http://t.co/bRLCpEhnXH 
• Reports of bogus law firms hit new high | Legal Futures http://t.co/mvNpo7YAyn 
• Barristers’ regulator lobbies for QC re-accreditation | Legal Futures http://t.co/iadRsTbBPB 
• MEP and general election candidate Janice Atkinson has been expelled by UKIP for "bringing the party into disrepute" https://t.co/gKZp2lLUHV 
• Tory minister filmed making benefits claimants joke in Channel 4 sting http://t.co/cllyASQ173 
• Gum control: how Lee Kuan Yew kept chewing gum off #Singapore's streets http://t.co/J14EuKMYJ9 
• Serial: Adnan Syed's lawyers file first document to challenge murder conviction #US http://t.co/EPyijbnxz9 
• Minority report on Brusthom Ziamani’s severe sentence http://t.co/alqpIYxzOX
• Robert Kennedy Jr joins campaign against vaccine legislation in New Jersey #US http://t.co/YnWHrTirCb 
• Chartered accountant had £500k of 'criminal cash' in his loft http://t.co/3l9NCt48lB 
• Thirty-eight snakes stolen from St Helens flat http://t.co/f9aPm2tYaf 
• Sky researcher who started new life in Caribbean died after surgeon bungled tracheotomy http://t.co/GX3oRapxab 
• Stolen milk van in high-speed chase with police http://t.co/cfVxXxhewv 
• Video: I smell a rat! Hopeless romantic caught releasing rodent at bistro to get free Valentine's Day meal http://t.co/KloBPH8CZz 
• Hugo Boss inquest: Austen Harrison, four, killed after freestanding mirror falls on him http://t.co/LwByqazNJ8
• Security guard fraud exposed by undercover reporters http://t.co/g5Pv5VmKqL 
• A 5ft unexploded bomb from the Second World War is causing chaos in London http://t.co/hZn6Wuz787 
• BlackBerry aims at lawyers tablet market by testing device on German government | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/26ywbynqGk 
• UK tax professionals face criminal charges for assisting evasion | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/S9B1kMZsv9 
• DWF goes international with Dubai office | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/oSK4f5J7vd 
• Revenues fall four per cent at Morrison & Foerster | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/QYuTf9OH6J 
• Leading lawyer Ted Cruz enters race for White House | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/2tUkaDdh9s 
• Ex-Howrey partners agree 'unfinished business' and other claims with trustee | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/y9clCt7Wnn
• Big Four accountancy giants are biggest threat to law firms | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/Hr1t3A5QN9 
• Sullivan & Cromwell chair defends banking sector | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/7VvQ11RMAd 

23rd March - Law News

1183rd 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: Small and medium-sized law firms are enjoying “sustained economic improvement” but have room to boost profitability, according to a Natwest/ RBS bellwether report. The annual report, Financial Benchmarking Report, is based on contributions from 339 firms with fee income of up to £35m, using figures from their financial year end in 2014. Profits rose on average by 8%, and median profit per equity partner rose £20,000 on last year’s report to £107,000. Full story - New Law Journal

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Horsemeat scandal: Slaughterhouse boss fined over records http://t.co/W10urosLDa 
• Neil Fox charged with sex assaults http://t.co/xvHQ6gKbem 
• Banning me from prisons won’t silence the truth | Frances Crook from Howard League for Penal Reform http://t.co/ybXTjIE1ig 
• Why I'm sympathetic to plight of former News of the World reporter http://t.co/zLxWWCFpB4 
• #US supreme court wrestles with Texas Confederate flag license plate http://t.co/rgzR0kBqAH 
• CPS advocates are losing courtroom skills | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/5af70wyaYx 
• 'It's a disgrace': civil liberties groups in frantic bid to stop Wisconsin voter ID law #US http://t.co/HrH21hBAtl 
• Lawyers call for legal professional privilege to have statutory protection | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/5mhyaXmcFz 
• BSB asks QC appointment panel to consider QASA-like scheme | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/A7uS72AAhT 
• LASPO’s deficiencies exposed yet again | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/H2KEPCDIUJ 
• White & Case and Willkie Farr brought in as oil company Afren reports itself to SFO | The Lawyer http://t.co/1KvQQD85uh 
• Djibouti: judge rules Gibson Dunn partner Gray 'deliberately misled court' with falsified evidence | The Lawyer http://t.co/xDGicMOLDl 
• New powers for relatives of missing people | Law Gazette http://t.co/TIdvmqwVHb 
• BOOK REVIEW: A Modern Approach to Lifetime Tax Planning for Private Clients (With Precedents) | Law Gazette http://t.co/doAE0X8RGz 
• Roundtable: family – relative values | Law Gazette http://t.co/RBP0CXoNPP 
• Regulate the unregulated and ride the technological wave – or clients will suffer | Law Gazette http://t.co/gZyIgBGNy4 
• Tory government would review Islamic law | Law Gazette http://t.co/Fmgo9tWHPA 
• Politically correct judges on ‘expansionist binge’, says thinktank | Law Gazette http://t.co/m1eM4X8QJK 
• ‘Arrange family court open days’ – judiciary | Law Gazette http://t.co/hFUoK7mRoc 
• Lawyers query exclusion from insurance fraud taskforce | Law Gazette http://t.co/TATRmXHLKh 
• Ombudsman complaint limit rises from six to 12 months | Law Gazette http://t.co/9Rdxk4rR1a
• Clarke Carlisle pleads guilty to drink-driving http://t.co/vy3Y6uJO22 
• #Tunisian police chiefs sacked over Bardo museum attack http://t.co/LkWKESFkrs 
• Security guard fraud exposed by undercover researchers http://t.co/WEKql1JQZy 
• UK will not tolerate extremists - Theresa May http://t.co/rBxxGG4CJ2
• Florida no longer safe haven for war criminals as #US prosecutors take action http://t.co/ZB62wInv9u 
• Tennis player Bob Hewitt convicted of rape by #SOUTHAFRICA court http://t.co/j5XjNzrr3C
• The in-house interview: Aurelius' legal counsel Kimberley Whitaker - A Profile | The Lawyer http://t.co/iaWzPn9U2A 
• Pope Francis says death penalty is more about 'vengeance' than justice http://t.co/BaennCFiIy 
• Special report: Litigation – A travesty of justice? | The Lawyer http://t.co/ytfh947lQy 
• Magic circle re-builds the pyramid structure | The Lawyer http://t.co/XMPuv209Yu 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: MoFo London revenue drops by 33.5 per cent in year-end results | The Lawyer http://t.co/c2kjlzSbs6 
• Lord Pannick backs Labour Party judicial review reforms repeal pledge | The Lawyer http://t.co/3w8Ye3E9PB 
• Asda drafts in HSF and Falconer alongside Pinsents to defend mammoth equal pay claim | The Lawyer http://t.co/ljLhZpnFpC
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Olswang seeks non-lawyer CEO as hunt continues for Stewart replacement | The Lawyer http://t.co/NEunqZz0xW
• My legal life: Maaike de Bie, Deputy general counsel, Royal Mail Group - A Profile | Law Gazette http://t.co/t6pJP2IzXV 
• Human rights abuses are not just morally wrong, they are also bad for business | Law Gazette http://t.co/up08QZsbao 
• Ombudsman raises complaint limit to 12 months | Law Gazette http://t.co/X1j1gIzOUs 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHC3kLR
• Man, 23, charged after woman dies following dog attack http://t.co/RVKiyfNPXI 
• Strangeways riot anniversary: Lord Woolf calls for jail inquiry http://t.co/fIyfWOkas3
• Client accounts – French connection | Law Gazette http://t.co/v3Jw9RneC1 
• Reaching for the Skype | Law Gazette http://t.co/Pcpcc3Z91y 
• Crown advocates struggling – report | Law Gazette http://t.co/q6enBqdFY6 
• Firms could shut Russia offices as sanctions bite | Law Gazette http://t.co/qzTYq2QCKC 
• Property dispute service saves clients court fees | Law Gazette http://t.co/BBoMLMNSoq 
• Legal Aid Agency sets itself digital deadline | Law Gazette http://t.co/NoPxxN9U9E 
• Ex-CCBE chief raps client money proposal | Law Gazette http://t.co/Momkm1jcDI 
• Digital support for lawyers | Law Gazette http://t.co/QQ5Akb7KTT
• Squeezing out claims | Law Gazette http://t.co/WCD5JFESLB 
• Solicitor devastated by 100k intervention | Law Gazette http://t.co/dpOuNGaklR 
• Firms stand to lose billions through fraud: bank chief | Law Gazette http://t.co/x0YYgNmCxV 
• Narrow escape for Olswang as High Court punishes naming error | Legal Futures http://t.co/yNwdhl7pZL
• Law firm welcomes jailing of former partner who stole from probate clients | Legal Futures http://t.co/gOEpzgW41q