15th September - Law News

1359th 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 profession has been reminded of the critical role it plays in generating legacy funding for charities by advising clients the benefits of leaving gifts in their wills. Charitable bequests are the largest single source of voluntary income for charities in the UK, generating more than £2.2bn in 2014. Full story - Solicitors Journal

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Courts reform rules to come into effect at beginning of new legal year | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/XwcW8fONmQ 
• Judge recalls interim interdict as applicant did not come to court with ‘clean hands’ | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/4O6XmHwu2C 
• Trade association says new drink-driving law is hurting pubs | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/HZrGuv383J 
• Morisons appoints McClure Naismith five | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/0m727f3lhH 
• Investment manager who left company for competitor entitled to share of profits with former colleagues http://t.co/idzT7bLftW 
• Fred the Shred told to cut down hedge | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/E5eNW21KYJ 
• Scottish Legal Training supports Dundee Faculty Dinner | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/XoGwuQaGdD 
• Broadcaster falsely accused of sexual abuse calls for liars to be prosecuted | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/lsxfW7qXkO 
• Holyrood committee calls for views on bill to make parking on footways illegal | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/hwCYqaRq5k
• New faces and new look website for MacRoberts | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/hrwOXCLwpG 
• Shepherd and Wedderburn advise on £585m gas pipeline deal and DWF on £6.6m Glasgow real estate purchase http://t.co/qLf6DYiDS6 
• Trading standards staff given new guidance for legal highs | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/5Pj31kXGbT
• Registers of Scotland hails 'most significant year in recent history' after LR(S)A 2012 http://t.co/27DUGr0yqq 
• Manchester firm Sandbrook Solicitors referred to SRA by High Court | The Lawyer http://t.co/Vng4GxSPO7 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Macfarlanes becomes latest firm to boost its trainee intake size | The Lawyer http://t.co/1V3OO8u1b4 
• Real estate blog: The lawyers behind the Model Commercial Lease | The Lawyer http://t.co/okCjJLBzHF 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Gateley’s profit jumps 32 per cent to £10m in first results since IPO | The Lawyer http://t.co/Ru3gybyKRX 
• BAT kicks off panel review after merger of legal and corporate affairs | The Lawyer http://t.co/MPQkMsb5aj 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/JlPOjoUKcR
• #KUWAIT mosque attack: Seven sentenced to death http://t.co/Yu3zmXBmoD 
• Flaws in medical checks 'could lead to shootings', watchdog warns http://t.co/qTAWIsHdsp
• Migrant crisis: Tough #Hungarian laws take effect http://t.co/q9TazktC2T
• Barrister loses appeal against disbarment for misconduct over illness claim | Legal Futures http://t.co/EBIHGNkm9v 
• #SaudiArabian diplomat accused of sexually exploiting two Nepali women in India could escape prosecution https://t.co/QBpHD4cq6c
• Justice Joe Williams calling for the creation of places or districts dedicated to speaking Te Reo Maori #NEWZEALAND https://t.co/3eNqAlRbES 
• #Chileans honor Pinochet-era victims, demand prison closure https://t.co/cvpzByAChV 
• Law Beyond Our Borders: Justice Breyer Is On A Mission #US https://t.co/Xal8jWznQD 
• Hundreds more women claim they have been targeted by men on LinkedIn after female barrister row https://t.co/JKv09MCrL2
• Birmingham barrister's new novel draws on real trials https://t.co/lYc7HOVYFr 
• Big rise in houses purchased with gifted deposits https://t.co/0Tb9aYTaw8 
• Inmate died after smoking legal high 'Spice' in Liverpool prison HMP Altcourse https://t.co/J6vp3XMfPW 
• Expanding law firm Peter Lynn & Partners acquires one of Swansea's oldest practices https://t.co/59zWZSA2dj 
• China's CNMC says followed the law in closing #Zambian copper mine https://t.co/OKLwx7MMjL 
• The NYLon law firm – outmoding a Global Elite and Magic Circle firm near you https://t.co/XmCC4QVIVP 
• Bus lane fines highlight drivers' disregard for law https://t.co/gXiAivKE69
• #Argentine Falklands War troops 'tortured by their own side' http://t.co/89qmuQR7w2
• Trade Union Bill: Recruiters warn on strike law reforms http://t.co/UVThA8e6aK 
• Addenbrooke's Hospital chief executive Keith McNeil resigns http://t.co/2vGeqQ1rKk
• Migrant crisis: Unity eludes EU on relocation http://t.co/73xj88JFvZ 
• Stowaway Spanish kitten Paella to be re-homed in Hampshire http://t.co/srWNmLOJNt 
• Amal Clooney 'only gets top cases thanks to George' https://t.co/Z8NcR0jEzd 
• Murderer stages rooftop protest at Strangeways in his underpants https://t.co/Xz5AaeP7Fl S
• Arnis Zalkalns: Alice Gross's suspected killer took his own life, coroner rules https://t.co/9Ap5fXb74t 
• Japan charges Bitcoin exchange CEO with embezzlement | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/PZ4CkMPbJu
• Lawyers fight to save England's busiest doomed court | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/HiV6fjXqp5
• Supreme Court: lawyers should pass fitness test to appear in court | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/X0DACw7LAo 
• Yakuza HQ raided over suspected fraud | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/H0JYKnoSPE 
• Corbyn economics adviser talks robotics to Global Legal Post | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/modHfr3pGH 
• Brown Rudnick under spotlight over UK sexism row with female barrister | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/ap3xTmGfXP 
• Firms advised to begin retirement discussions as partners turn 55 A The Global Legal Post https://t.co/OCsCWVsW5k 
• Pinsent to offer £10k bonuses for client service | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/MCeuKniZML 
• Palestinian start-up offers legal advice to Syrian refugees by text | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/jqnlvNWDUW 
• Prime minister Jeremy Corbyn: the first 100 days https://t.co/8dfgpdtfMV 
• Professor killed in campus shooting at Mississippi university #US https://t.co/9arzF0VeEx
• Labour's Angela Eagle condemns 'draconian' trade union bill https://t.co/hZq3cYO5uw
• Fresh arrests likely in Fifa corruption scandal, says US attorney general https://t.co/1cdyrBRcLZ 
• Thousands of refugees may lose right of asylum under EU plans https://t.co/tjDXk7rTJT
• The 14th amendment is under attack because it is essential for racial justice #US https://t.co/TncTHtt0X9 
• Cameron prepared to bypass Corbyn to get Syria airstrikes backing https://t.co/nR36QoifhE 
• Child rapist jailed despite support of Lady Butler-Sloss https://t.co/W4BKWfEgUW 
• Guantánamo force-feeding videos released to #US court in redacted form https://t.co/qORa0OOQ7J 
• Lord Haw-Haw’s treason trial and the killing of Reyaad Khan https://t.co/Naj8xnyj0j 
• Magistrates warn the criminal justice system is near collapse | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/10iTWoO1i1 
• APNs bring in £1bn for treasury | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/154XKJrpFx 
• Kennedys warns MoJ over MedCo ‘gaming’ | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/HWUhNKK7mj 
• Prudential Financial appoints US legal head Harris to global GC role | The Lawyer http://t.co/QLLZzPay1t 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: HSF capital markets duo exit for Gibson Dunn | The Lawyer http://t.co/yUpMTMZA29 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Trowers to tie up with Devon's Stones in £85m UK domestic push | The Lawyer http://t.co/XsEReTUAha 
• Court fee hikes will tip justice balance towards rich - bar | Law Gazette http://t.co/BICJihkpfi 
• Trowers expands through south-west merger | Law Gazette http://t.co/LaanlDyxyt 
• Pinsents to give bonuses for ‘excellent’ client service | Law Gazette http://t.co/7bRI7kWq3R 
• Lord Falconer remains on shadow frontbench | Law Gazette http://t.co/vytcjDxf0J 
• SRA granted powers over partners in failed firms | Law Gazette http://t.co/wwmuMzo6aS 
• Compassion and Refugees https://t.co/nrcdhnqoi5 
• FEMEN topless activists dragged from stage at Muslim conference in #FRANCE https://t.co/ofBBQKenzM 
• Schools to offer human rights lessons from US Kennedy project http://t.co/9jMtMHCY9A 
• Prosecuting members of a £21m pyramid scheme cost taxpayers £1.4m http://t.co/GBnfAbXU9Z 
• Fines for misusing bus lanes are overtaking parking tickets as the main cause of complaints from drivers http://t.co/GUQTxhC0MR
• Trade Union Bill: Commons to debate government plans http://t.co/eYWmch6uf4 
• Thousands of women and girls disappear in #MEXICO every year, traffickers to blame http://t.co/RjXfKYcqrc
• Rightwing #AUSTRALIA PM Tony Abbott unseated by Malcolm Turnbull http://t.co/oonxNvxvkr

14th September - Law News

1358th 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 Ombudsman has launched proposals that would allow it to become an alternative dispute resolution (ADR) entity—and give clients a longer time to lodge complaints. From 1 October 2015, under EU legislation, legal services providers must “signpost” consumers to an ADR entity that is competent to handle their complaint. In order to be compliant with the ADR Regulations, the Legal Ombudsman needs to change its rules, hence the consultation. Full story - New Law Journal

Saturday Conversations on Law

• The future of legal marketing | Legal Futures http://t.co/4y0d6ay0MD 
• Legal Services Board approves relaxation of rules on accountants' reports | Legal Futures http://t.co/5JiHv12mCe 
• Would-be solicitor seeks sanctuary | Law Gazette http://t.co/KqC3dhKtGM 
• Justice Minister Vara fluffs his lines: ‘If people are innocent I hope they will plead innocent.’ | Law Gazette http://t.co/xVJhP7rfwA 
• Landmark property deal for Lord Sugar: Paul Harbour, 44, head of real estate, Kingsley Napley - Profile | Law Gazette http://t.co/0VLqVoyTaW
• My legal life: Tim Perry, CEO, Spring Law Ltd - A Profile | Law Gazette http://t.co/PKcY74aIT1 
• Interview: Vivienne King, in-house lawyer, Crown Estate GC - A Profile | Law Gazette http://t.co/3ZTkYUdtyY 
• In-house interview: Alison Yapp, Amec Foster Wheeler - A Profile | The Lawyer http://t.co/RSe6ivkSc7 
• In-house interview: James Jordan, Taylor Wimpey - A Profile | The Lawyer http://t.co/5nyjtt8Kxs 
• Real estate gems in this year’s UK 200 | The Lawyer http://t.co/nEgQUlDKui 
• Pro bono providers need to adapt to survive | The Lawyer http://t.co/H17ywPlCt5 
• Prudential Financial appoints US legal head Harris to global GC role | The Lawyer http://t.co/QLLZzPay1t 
• UK house building firm Taylor Wimpey prepares for panel review | The Lawyer http://t.co/DK5CoJxVsA
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Pinsents to offer lawyers extra £10,000 bonus for "excellent" client service | The Lawyer http://t.co/NSSZDltglE 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Shoosmiths hires disbarred ex-BLP lawyer Veneik to help him "regain solicitor status" | The Lawyer http://t.co/bVFAPgOc3C 
• The Lawyer UK 200 2015: which firms are getting the most out of their property? | The Lawyer http://t.co/xycK3gxoA7 
• Roundtable: law and regeneration - Birmingham | Law Gazette http://t.co/IW1Eq6c3gq 
• What might encourage Michael Gove to live up to his rhetoric on justice? | Law Gazette http://t.co/qxKhYac3Jq 
• An antitrust class action instrument could enhance the UK’s standing as jurisdiction of choice | Law Gazette http://t.co/4tnC9DNGMR 
• Whiplash panel making headway after ‘tough’ start | Law Gazette http://t.co/y0S0kzLbMc 
• Fight to save England’s busiest doomed court | Law Gazette http://t.co/YohX7YOMPY 
• Firms face up to legal aid ‘limbo’ | Law Gazette http://t.co/vGcRJnmyHx
• SRA compensation fund payout soars by 43% | Law Gazette http://t.co/FngeDN4LPW 
• City firms losing partners over retirement | Law Gazette http://t.co/Qiq9z1gBof
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/iMJQatLZF6
• Bangkok bomb: Two Malaysians and a Pakistani arrested #THAILAND http://t.co/lRsApidBct 
• #Egyptian security forces 'kill Mexican tourists' http://t.co/cvmQ8JKAVA
• Without aspiration or elitism, university has become a breeding ground for unrefined lad culture https://t.co/D5VpRkx5EI 
• Police hunt murderer after man's decomposing body found partially buried and wrapped in plastic in Epping Forest https://t.co/Fe88P4vhME 
• David Cameron vows to end antisemitic attacks in Jewish new year message http://t.co/kFwC36NOp1 
• The refugee crisis has brought a compassion explosion – where will this energy go? | Anders Lustgarten http://t.co/Cf7tY792V6 
• Sepp Blatter under pressure over World Cup TV rights links to Jack Warner http://t.co/jszAAzcoXY 
• Activists occupy British Museum over BP sponsorship http://t.co/2hab2S6KcH 
• Mecca crane collapse shows dangers of city's construction boom #SAUDIARABIA http://t.co/VE6SNDLHbI
• MS sufferers' health damaged by benefits tests, survey finds http://t.co/fo3AqTQaef 
• Demand for free help almost doubles since cuts to legal aid http://t.co/ofREWzmvA3 
• Customers must report firms they think are using trafficked workers http://t.co/tKmPs9CGko 
• Myra Hindley’s plan for secret new life abroad https://t.co/SqVbNNFW8i 
• Children climb 80ft to top of abandoned roller coaster at Camelot Theme Park https://t.co/fSwDXV16B8 
• Police drop 'VIP paedophile murder ring' investigation https://t.co/rlwwUT9LhG 
• Employed barristers need specialist training in "persuasive advocacy" beyond the courtroom | Legal Futures http://t.co/EFCPiZSuVD 
• Jeremy Corbyn is one of Britain's most popular public figures among online voters – David Cameron is the most hated http://t.co/CE2jSs9gzr 
• Bishop Ball sex charges caution 'wrong' admits CPS http://t.co/Mfs6aJ1ClD 
• Vuelta a Espana: Stolen €12,000 bike 'on sale for €120' #SPAIN http://t.co/jegSGVb2lW 
• Bishop Ball sex charges caution 'wrong' admits CPS http://t.co/Mfs6aIK0X3 
• Migrant crisis: #GERMANY to start temporary border controls http://t.co/EBByzSAYWE
• #INDIA restaurant blast: Police search for shopkeeper http://t.co/mPNge0q1FG

13th September - Law News

1357th 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

• Petition: Allow transgender people to self-define their legal gender https://t.co/QW5TEU83hv 
• Labour council faces £200,000 legal action bill https://t.co/fVUsy4IsX3 
• Where in the world is assisted dying legal? https://t.co/jtUQJFpJsW 
• Banksy artwork set to return to Folkestone after lengthy legal battle https://t.co/bWid3PR3Tq 
• Legal action against Holmwood House nursing home in Bristol https://t.co/Cr6sDUICc7 
• Closed PMS GP practice could be revived as councils threaten legal action https://t.co/Y2HJL1r16z 
• Unison threatens legal action against Mitie https://t.co/MTRWwN4Dut 
• Syria refugees tap in to legal advice by text provided by #Palestinian startup #TURKEY https://t.co/P411qdkbHi 
• Barrister Shakila Farzana, arrested on allegation of financing militant groups, admitted to hospital #BANGLADESH https://t.co/9Cij5UySuS 
• Suspension of licence: Barrister Ali Zafar to challenge SC ruling #PAKISTAN https://t.co/3dcv5bX2ez 
• Law Society warns firms over compliance with ADR Directive https://t.co/FoNL8mAci9 
• SRA announces changes to cut red tape and improve access https://t.co/UFaNc2YX2N 
• Judge to decide on admissibility of Áras Attracta footage #IRELAND https://t.co/FclLWuWWMs 
• Firm linked to City Hall probe got parking authority contract #US https://t.co/bpnn1eyaFQ 
• California lawmakers approve right-to-die legislation #US https://t.co/i9iYPJ0txx 
• 'Rowan's Law' rally to garner support for concussion safety legislation #CANADA https://t.co/xaSe8YNFbf 
• Nondiscrimination legislation underscored at kickoff of Diversity University #US https://t.co/RSHfi6m1k5 
• Former assembly speaker Ayaz to take action against tribunal judge #PAKISTAN https://t.co/Q4jA2uYY3T 
• Delta PDP plots to bribe tribunal with N115m, alleges APC #NIGERIA https://t.co/nZ8olKnUJR 
• Vamsadhara tribunal judges inspect Prakasam barrage #INDIA https://t.co/gxEmGNgPXz 
• Dr Jonah Jang has applauded the professionalism of the judiciary in its handling of cases #NIGERIA https://t.co/PKussKJObr 
• Two green tribunal experts visit SEZ in Agara-Bellandur catchment area #INDIA https://t.co/MTsWYGWPdV 
• #HongKong tribunal expected to rule on Moody's case in 3 months #CHINA https://t.co/I3TrVQlRXx 
• Anger as ‘bungling’ Scots surgeon avoids tribunal https://t.co/087m2IutjV 
• Tribunal payment for woman sacked over time off when daughter in hospital and husband back from war https://t.co/qyHbc98mLB 
• UN supports measures by #India and #China to limit use of death penalty https://t.co/loOZgTD6Lw 
• Election Commission Crackdowns on Illegal Fund Movement in Poll-Bound Bihar #INDIA https://t.co/QoOYiYudh8 
• 100 killed in massive blast at illegal explosives dump in Madhya Pradesh #INDIA https://t.co/xwJrvxPTio 
• Migrant who says he didn't know it was illegal to beat his sons walks free from court https://t.co/OHVxfbVzbq 
• Rising taxes spur illegal betting, leave turf clubs gasping for revenue #INDIA https://t.co/8QcehiV0SF 
• What Makes the Retainer Agreement Valid? https://t.co/Bgs4eRWH4c 
• A Shifting Balance at the California Supreme Court? #US https://t.co/PcJHXIhYKj 
• #French lawyer publishes book entitled “2015: the end of copyright? Taking for free is Stealing” https://t.co/C9LrMutfyz 
• Ugly Labor Dispute Between Gerawan, ALRB Heads to State Supreme Court #US https://t.co/MHH8iGRHEA 
• Top Lawyer helping with new campaign to free Plymouth based 'Marine A' https://t.co/r7Bx3V8rc2 
• Lawyer Bikini Party: Not The Ideal Marketing Plan https://t.co/XpLk4FXVJZ 
• ‘Lawyer’ sentenced to jail after stealing identity, fooling clients #US https://t.co/IZUJYL2Gfi 
• States Paying Lawyer Fees for Defending Same Sex Couples #US https://t.co/ILuAsrtSW3
• Compensating Shaughnessy residents for demolition ban would cost many millions, says lawyer #CANADA https://t.co/BTABuIV7Bi
• Staffordshire 'sexism row' lawyer divides the internet https://t.co/9BvPjeM4Dq 
• Bar admonishes lawyer who worked on Racial Justice Act case #US https://t.co/RScv1RcDg0
• Sexism row lawyer Charlotte Proudman should realise women don’t need her to save them? https://t.co/fwwLTgHUIF 
• Legal action 30 years after sex abuse case https://t.co/0MdG1LElaz 
• SA legal service sector battling to secure future funding, lawyers and Government say #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/3xHJRWHAXf
• Rare legal move sends 2 men straight to trial in death of Laura Babcock #CANADA https://t.co/cYAFkfsesG 
• ACTU calls off legal challenge to Dyson Heydon as head of unions inquiry #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/Db8kvUZk7g
• Microsoft's New President And Chief Legal Officer Brad Smith: On The Issues, In His Own Words https://t.co/9T5rNt84IR
• Burning Man considers legal action against Quizno's https://t.co/0c9AZDiN7M 
• Concern mounts over UK role in #Pakistan drone attacks https://t.co/FUU58Swmnf 
• Court rules in favour of parents who were told they could not be the legal parents of their child https://t.co/9bsV5Qf792 
• UK Law student charged for operating drone that crashed inside Commonwealth Stadium #US https://t.co/9TqxmPBr4C 
• ‘Britain can’t cut its way to prosperity. We have to build it’ | Jeremy Corbyn http://t.co/GHkWvEuDpt 
• Mobile phones' impact on lessons coming under scrutiny http://t.co/fpDreelhaY 
• 'Refugees Welcome' banner steals show at Last Night of the Proms http://t.co/IK9KSBkMKv 
• Jeremy Corbyn’s supporters want to bring protest on to the street, says Justice Secretary Gove http://t.co/N4Bvrr2Y5z 
• What impact will Jeremy Corbyn have on the key issues facing the UK? http://t.co/uTS8FQW6HC 
• #VENEZUELA opposition braces for challenging election after leader's jailing http://t.co/wgQncHwfvK
• Demand for free help almost doubles since cuts to legal aid http://t.co/ofREWzmvA3
• David Davis attacks 'Franco-style' sections of Tories' trade union bill http://t.co/mhTcYh2Vd8
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/j1CCZQMdaJ
• Tory MP Daniel Kawczynski considers legal action after 'patronising' BBC Newsnight interview https://t.co/TlWutSOBAw 
• Save our justice system from falling into ruin https://t.co/0XhcLHWruj 
• Isis hackers 'targeted Theresa May and other Cabinet ministers' email accounts' https://t.co/2yj4ZAA6Zt 
• Imams will have to register and face security vetting under Home Office plans https://t.co/WBHwFZ1mBJ 
• IVF clinic blunders leave couples with no legal status as parents https://t.co/G57z4p68Tz
• Army captain jailed for raping a woman while his fiancee slept in the next room https://t.co/IiPCoKBgOQ 
• Assisted dying campaign sets sights on courts after Commons defeat https://t.co/WDmHF9kINE
• Police and fire services set to merge in radical shake up of emergency services https://t.co/EbdmRYw5uu 
• PA to senior policeman 'threatens to have PC sacked in drunken row' at cocktail bar https://t.co/3hwAoldTHN 
• MPs: 'The UK needs to drastically change the way it detains immigrants' https://t.co/31yxZ356pB 
• PC Neil Doyle killing: Widow says it was a hate crime as killers jailed https://t.co/wGU8oCayFN
• Despite the bill’s fate, assisted dying is the compassionate way http://t.co/5gRrAWDzCS
• Can 'fat shaming' be defended? https://t.co/fQVoItim3h 
• Supreme Court ruling for English to be replaced with Urdu as the official language in #PAKISTAN https://t.co/OOeUPY0hYc 
• Mecca crane collapse: Saudi inquiry into Grand Mosque disaster http://t.co/ioUSJsQPty 
• Elton John: I want to meet Putin over gay rights http://t.co/SwXoNQ90fY 
• The Iron Lady's similarities with Jeremy Corbyn are striking – right up to her election, how many Tories saw her https://t.co/RhnAIH2RFf 
• Migrant crisis: Rallies in Europe as 9,000 arrive in Munich http://t.co/H5aJN0uJS4

12th September - Law News

1356th 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

• Overhaul for tribunals? Law Society issues employment proposals amid fee controversy | New Law Journal: https://t.co/QFXw1hgeiE
• No duty to perform hazard inspection | New Law Journal: https://t.co/by4xEoG2fk
• Ombudsman changing the rules | New Law Journal: https://t.co/Ta0tHHeY6V 
• The cost of personal injury advertising | New Law Journal: https://t.co/C3ZTb1z6iw 
• Implications of new Offshore Installations Regulations | New Law Journal: https://t.co/pMH5RYjpOy 
• Lawyer apprenticeships launched | New Law Journal: https://t.co/WPwo3q3ozn 
• New Arbitration Rules | New Law Journal: https://t.co/9iM21hxTX0 
• Law Society concern over plans for small business commissioner | New Law Journal: https://t.co/PDi6vhOt7j 
• City law firms should make a financial contribution to legal aid, through a “tax” if need be | New Law Journal: https://t.co/JgGUNEAPTf 
• What does Jeremy Corbyn think? A brief summary of the beliefs and policy proposals of the newly elected Labour leader http://t.co/l1Jw97x6UK 
• #Indian forces in Kashmir accused of human rights abuses cover-up http://t.co/yOWRFCwhqt 
• Fertility industry errors created doubt over parental status of sperm donor couples http://t.co/yqQvFIhX7W 
• British tourists killed as India train derails http://t.co/5IB0unKjOG
• Jeremy Corbyn elected Labour leader: How did he win? http://t.co/7x9liKj61b
• Video shows officer tackling ex-tennis star James Blake #US http://t.co/3foYq6m3XZ 
• #French honorary consul 'sold boats to migrants' in #TURKEY http://t.co/Gb2fUNHw48 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/5LdzBExnxx
• Andy Burnham cash-for-access row: donor says money was for event http://t.co/ndBGPp5BUM 
• Barrister at centre of sexism storm 'overwhelmed' by support http://t.co/gQ2gdv7VQe 
• Tesco attack victim: 'Attacker was coward who tried to behead me' http://t.co/UydhgImTdJ 
• Tunisia attack victims commence action against Thomson | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/Ev7eFUeDEZ
• Japan charges Bitcoin exchange CEO with embezzlement | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/xCuuqYSzGk 
• Harper Lee began a true-crime novel, according to defence lawyers' family | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/yUBRWsZQMp 
• Harper Macleod extends reach through Shetland Islands merger | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/wrUbRHlvgM
• Judge attacks UK legal sector for discriminating against the less privileged | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/RICF6EngRG 
• Scott + Scott to pursue banks through London litigation opening | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/rMa9qVyD54 
• Lawyer leads recreation of Arthur Andersen brand name and business | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/yrd8WomWBz

11th September - Law News

1355th 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: Solicitors will be able to carry out certain consumer credit activities under the wing of the Solicitors Regulation Authority – a year after the regulator proposed dropping the responsibility altogether. The solicitors’ regulator has agreed to oversee consumer credit activities, such as allowing clients to pay in instalments, after agreeing that these would not come under the scope of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). Full story - The Law Society Gazette

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Best lawyer husband? | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/8qfd7nCwOV 
• Europe migrant crisis: #Hungary 'will arrest illegal migrants' http://t.co/FPHtX8QNfv 
• Shocking footage shows mob of thugs launching savage attacks on three men during rampage through Brick Lane https://t.co/KuY5vPUkDO
• $79m pledged to eliminate persistent rape kit backlog #US https://t.co/52J7RKe5Yk 
• Jeremy Hutchinson & Alan Rusbridger: The case for liberty - audio https://t.co/cC7aYrgUlx
• Sexism at work: have you ever received comments based on your appearance? https://t.co/7WPQFUTSth 
• Traduire le Terminator en justice n’est que le début de l’instauration de la paix au #Congo https://t.co/KSHIPXvJkg
• 10 ways you can tell if you’re a ‘feminazi’ https://t.co/qNENvrJcfQ 
• Assisted dying bill overwhelmingly rejected by MPs https://t.co/fIxDGxnKGf
• Assisted dying bill opponents celebrate after MPs vote against right to die – video https://t.co/zluysRcJv2 
• Mayer Brown, Mishcon and Travers lead on Easynet sale to Interoute | The Lawyer http://t.co/XUUjQdq0hJ 
• Legal aid waiting game | Law Gazette http://t.co/KP6Oz4wTpt 
• In-house service reflects workforce ‘shift’ | Law Gazette http://t.co/BwxIrx4MmE 
• Solicitor-advocates come under judicial fire in Scotland | Law Gazette http://t.co/uT0xbsgumT 
• One in five victims ‘dissatisfied’ with CPS – survey | Law Gazette http://t.co/Qy2uuT7sUM 
• Cameron promises youth justice overhaul | Law Gazette http://t.co/esqokanwxV 
• M&A boom continues to spur growth among top law firms | Law Gazette http://t.co/I3jkb6YrQz 
• 'Inhuman' paedophile ring jailed http://t.co/uR123YbfjF
• If you think it was murder, say so | head of legal http://t.co/lPBXeiFke1 http://t.co/lPBXeiFke1
• Liverpool fan in £4,000 payout over Old Trafford toilet row http://t.co/t5dK4d2jL5 
• Footballer Leigh Griffiths admits offensive singing before Hibs-Hearts derby http://t.co/VnGkLQLaXr 
• Calls to review murder sentence of Sergeant Alexander Blackman http://t.co/a27zr9rDnY 
• Mumbai blasts 2006: #INDIA court finds 12 men guilty http://t.co/UP9LRkhpK3 
• #Thai beach killings: Expert questions DNA evidence http://t.co/v8drT1hOii 
• BA fire report suggests engine casing breach http://t.co/gswroqQjgw 
• Migrant crisis: People treated 'like animals' in #HUNGARY camp http://t.co/E1bXnqqXkA 
• 'Lee Rigby revenge' attacker Zack Davies given life sentence http://t.co/vhYzHwy6ae
• Women terror suspects hit record levels because of Isil lure https://t.co/sOEF3qUTYK 
• Islamic school teachers beat boy, 10, so badly he loses hair from stress https://t.co/4ElonQ8a82
• World-renowned scientist dies after taking cocktail of drugs with girlfriend https://t.co/cXDYM64rJO 
• Crimewatch actor now DNA-tested in unsolved Grantham murder case 21 years later https://t.co/WH0v6BJz7Z 
• Burglars urinate in holy water at Sunderland church https://t.co/b2WXp1syho 
• International delegates gather in Edinburgh for conference on transport law and logistics | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/AsZyt5mOpW
• Lack of supply to fuel house price and rent rises | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/JbVrkN63Iw
• Can legislation on educational attainment be made more effective? | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/8IHUdDyOH3 
• Macleod and MacCallum scoop family firm of the year at law awards | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/6YKxGBoT2d 
• Blog: Employment Tribunal fees – a new Scottish dimension | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/pPmQxCY2Cu 
• Report highlights need for investment in housing support for prison-leavers | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/7C23q3tVch 
• Standard Life appoints new group general counsel from RBS | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/epjDiIJxfW
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Harper Macleod expands Highlands and Islands reach with Shetland bolt-on | The Lawyer http://t.co/t7c2ClYqGa 
• LinkedIn sexism row: Should shamed Brown Rudnick partner Carter-Silk be referred to SRA? | The Lawyer http://t.co/t1fAq8igce 
• Network Rail corporate GC Jobling to exit | The Lawyer http://t.co/8J7OTL6r7X 
• Cooley's Justin Stock: How to conquer London | The Lawyer http://t.co/7hsHes7QXt 
• Firm referred for ‘undermining immigration process’ | Law Gazette http://t.co/b6lbm4yMGP
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/Hb77KlliEQ
• Google takes on Apple with Android Pay in #US https://t.co/IN8turgXQS 
• Thousands of Lloyds customers have personal data stolen http://t.co/71jNbd6VF8
• Assisted Dying Bill: Fresh debate on 'right to die' http://t.co/A5IagxiFUW 
• SRA hoping for end of “long journey” on consumer credit after FCA deal | Legal Futures http://t.co/oZDDmysY6H 
• High Court refers immigration solicitors to SRA after five “hopeless” judicial reviews | Legal Futures http://t.co/GYmG9DORzL
• ABS sees expansion of non-legal services as key to growth | Legal Futures: http://t.co/eUftSiTGhd 
• Justin Sidhu, Edmonton lawyer who smuggled drugs into prison, sentenced to 4 years #CANADA https://t.co/d4NMfOsUsW
• Kim Davis' Lawyer Says Forcing Clerk To Do Job Is Like Making Her 'Grant A License To Sodomize Children' #US https://t.co/tRFmDiYudN
• Female cartoonist could have 12 year prison term extended for shaking her lawyer's hand https://t.co/4fXNKosxdF 
• Dramatic rise in number of bottles of illegal booze seized in Lincolnshire https://t.co/kaeVHnTcjN 
• Scotland removes illegal pesticides from the environment https://t.co/pGSp8sIBGy 
• PornHub blocked in #RUSSIA for hosting 'illegal pornography' https://t.co/bmNy30ll43
• Social recluse jailed for two years for earning £300k through illegal movie streaming website https://t.co/JU01toVdxd 
• Man accused of selling leopard and bear body parts in illegal internet trade https://t.co/AmV0QezJYp 
• Raids in Bracknell over suspected illegal money lending https://t.co/a6Apw3vy7Y 
• Syrians fleeing to the UK are illegal immigrants not refugees, says former UKIP MEP https://t.co/OInh2s4OHY 
• Tamil Nadu Lawyers boycott courts citing 'corruption in judiciary' #INDIA https://t.co/CwaY3B3WEG 
• New CJ, his wife among distinguished couples of world judiciary #PAKISTAN https://t.co/IuIcptcYYY
• Ogun Judiciary Appoints New Magistrates #NIGERIA https://t.co/maCnT3tgKS 
• Massive bribery scandal ruffles #GHANA’s judiciary https://t.co/C3QnxQ1ggZ 
• #GRENADA to examine legislation on digital electioneering https://t.co/cTpNgkBbQH 
• Queensland premier promises resources and legislation following spate of family violence #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/qw4QFEQ0Dw
• California Lawmakers Abandon Key Part Of Climate Legislation, Blaming Oil Industry Lobbying #US https://t.co/w5Y0JW27hs 
• Outgoing Chief Justice Khawaja urges judiciary to be fearless #PAKISTAN https://t.co/59raJ0h3Mz 
• Security, Justice, Sustainable Govt a Collective Duty #NIGERIA https://t.co/oSkUq3u8ZH 
• #INDONESIA should pursue justice in 1996 murder of journalist Udin https://t.co/1luNtODZza 
• Peer court leads the way for youth justice https://t.co/u08rih3M1h
• Suffolk MPs prepare to make a case for local justice and oppose court closures https://t.co/4jWkvtUT5i
• Justice Department Sets Sights on Wall Street Executives #US https://t.co/pMzeg6UsK8 
• Tributes paid to 'larger than life' solicitor Peter Wishlade, who served Teesside for more than 45 years https://t.co/nenaugIHIP 
• Solihull Solicitor found dead in river had £50,000 credit card debts and his life was 'in turmoil' https://t.co/MnMaRbtyc6 
• Man who grounded daughter is told by court that his behaviour was "disgraceful" https://t.co/nRZPiTdAPm 
• Top SA barrister and former judge Mark Griffin, QC, collapses during final stages of District Court trial #AUSTRALIA…https://t.co/PzMQHtsjjw
• 'I am not a man-hating feminazi.' Barrister on why she exposed lawyer's 'sexist' LinkedIn message https://t.co/EbWTOaj9r6 
• Moral And Legal Quandaries In Migrant Crisis https://t.co/zBrAZjsK10 
• Father who set fire to ex-wife loses bid to overturn murder conviction https://t.co/0DFIeybDt0 
• We were told our use of donor data was legal, but not what the public might expect https://t.co/SJClcCpdbK 
• Security Researcher Brian Krebs Receives Legal Threat From Former Ashley Madison Exec #US https://t.co/tcMDrZiJNY 
• Arkansas schedules first executions in 10 years but expects legal challenge #US https://t.co/mYXeTJ7Leo 
• As #RUSSIA’s legal problems mount up, is it judgement day for Putin? https://t.co/eOAplC2fFZ
• New Holyrood powers ‘likely to face legal challenge’ https://t.co/bq8vws26u3
• Legal and moral questions about drone strikes in Syria http://t.co/eKFCgbwHIf 
• Srebrenica massacre: Eight charged in #SERBIA's first court ruling http://t.co/KI1BfIFCRA 
• Centurion first international firm to open in Cameroon | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/ixZsgUqXfy 
• NSW trials online court | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/EWldP7fVCa 
• The beginning of the end for handwritten signatures? | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/ugg5btc4iw 
• Pop star JoJo talks of repaying debts to her lawyers over years | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/5ghpbPzmGB 
• Addleshaw Goddard sets up contract lawyer arm | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/IWwtlnjfA2 
• Stephenson Harwood breaches £1m partner pay threshold | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/0hh3VxRHIj 
• Alston & Bird opens Beijing office under litigator chief | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/JetGBjCdCA 
• A third of job-hunting junior UK lawyers seek to leave the law | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/GKix2fOiAx 
• The killing of Reyaad Khan: Britain's letter to the UN | head of legal http://t.co/cPR4NyBhpz

10th September - Law News

1354th 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: Lord Beecham and Lord Faulks come to blows over reality of 8.75 per cent fee cuts. The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has been lambasted once again by a leading criminal practitioner group following its response to a legal aid debate in the House of Lords. Full story - Solicitors Journal

Saturday Conversations on Law

• UK 'to retain Working Time Directive opt-out' as part of EU negotiations https://t.co/3f8aNEL3Zm 
• MPs to debate legalizing cannabis in UK, activists skeptical govt will act https://t.co/EbovEIVmu9 
• #HUNGARY dismisses UN fears over new migrant laws https://t.co/hiVcMF8Mfv 
• New law promises £20,000 fines for striking unions that break strict anti-strike rules https://t.co/WFO0j05h9S 
• #FRANCE will revamp 'unreadable' labour laws next year https://t.co/JQnluHLp54 
• #US Justice Department looks to sharpen computer crime law https://t.co/9E8sQq7CK9
• UK Government Continues The Fight for Shale https://t.co/Y7daZvXsA7 
• Labour leadership election: Voting closes amid concerns http://t.co/vqxHrnTCA0 
• This trade union bill will undermine our fundamental human right to protest | Vince Cable and Frances O’Grady http://t.co/b3gYunMJLd 
• Court fees 'punish domestic violence victims', magistrates group says http://t.co/kAsFdLuvqS 
• David Cameron opposes any move to legalise assisted dying http://t.co/bY0fs3xDN0 
• Michael Gove to close MoJ's controversial commercial division http://t.co/C2wfBSU7fH 
• Officers at Paris police headquarters to be DNA tested in gang-rape case #FRANCE http://t.co/54fBfL3Ipv 
• I do much more than police work. But if I don’t do it, who will? http://t.co/1cZXiYFTU4 
• Barrister Charlotte Proudman faces 'career suicide' for exposing lawyer's sexist remark http://t.co/Jj1oeuucah
• Football clubs urged to advise players against tax avoidance | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/bksF4CBuDJ 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: DAC Beachcroft opens in Miami to strengthen Latin American offering | The Lawyer http://t.co/npSqwzOgKo
• Solicitor fights the small print | Law Gazette http://t.co/HCfIi2Duv6 
• Solicitors free to offer ‘central’ consumer credit | Law Gazette http://t.co/mJ7kMO81Xj 
• Tribunal fees discouraging conciliation, peers told | Law Gazette http://t.co/OGHtqPVt4S
• MoJ to close commercial arm – but Saudi bid will continue | Law Gazette http://t.co/wP4rvdo5jE 
• "Proposals for consumer credit regulation adopted by SRA Board" https://t.co/fZheGqjJ8z
• The fury over 'hand luggage' plane evacuees http://t.co/2NAxZWre8N 
• Travelling to work 'is work', European court rules http://t.co/aV0s9WlQ40 
• MPs named over written off expenses http://t.co/vHrN0bjfqV 
• Terror arrests reach 'record high', Home Office figures show http://t.co/wwOZDVHLl4
• Legal Opinion: The mentally ill should be spared the stresses of the courtroom #IRELAND https://t.co/bZPk9U8eF0 
• President of the High Court, Mr Justice Nicholas Kearns has announced he will retire in December #IRELAND https://t.co/iRw10z7X1E 
• Both big firms and boutique specialists alike have been shortlisted in a new #Australian Law Awards category https://t.co/AkV5m6UNdA 
• Technology changes the face of litigation support https://t.co/Ei1yGzkiX3 
• 5 steps to becoming a Solicitor in #IRELAND https://t.co/wTuODBmZjF 
• The Law Society of Western #AUSTRALIA has elected a new president Elizabeth Needham https://t.co/mlPoMYI2LV
• The Verdictum: Former Chief Justice of #INDIA, KG Balakrishnan https://t.co/SnfsArl3KO 
• PIL in Bombay High Court to decriminalise cannabis goes up in smoke #INDIA https://t.co/s6dqLaDr6w 
• #Hungarian TV journalist fired for tripping up fleeing migrants | Lawyer Herald https://t.co/6L8HPGdWwR 
• #US judge rules Republicans can pursue Obamacare lawsuit https://t.co/jM1Fc6FcQK 
• Metadata retention not a cure-all for international crime - general counsel of AusRegistry has said | Lawyers Weekly…https://t.co/CLi9c9hlqH 
• DLA names new global head of banking as Sheffield chief steps down | The Lawyer http://t.co/or6G9Bg6cL 
• Riverview Law: can artificial intelligence change the business of law? | The Lawyer http://t.co/NxsxwQOCqj 
• Lloyds Bank fills litigation head role with senior JP Morgan hire | The Lawyer http://t.co/rBdI67cmLt 
• Trial in #Uber case to continue, no re-examination of witnesses - Supreme Court of #INDIA https://t.co/X5o669UOh2 
• As Europe opens its doors, #JAPAN considers clamping down harder on asylum seekers https://t.co/Dm1MESaGry 
• Firms flock in as South Korea opens to foreign lawyers | Lawyers Weekly http://t.co/d6eNRcVngo 
• Why the Jammu & Kashmir High Court is not to blame for the beef ban #INDIA http://t.co/aFvsgEMAV8 
• Stephenson Harwood's top of equity breaks £1m barrier | The Lawyer http://t.co/72B0ccul8b 
• Judicial review of Lord Advocate’s policy on assisted suicide refused | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/HJyzrxI2ks 
• After Yazdanparast solicitor advocates counsel fair play | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/OWmzXONcoR
• Solicitors across Scotland to boycott Sheriff Appeal Court | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/6DEIfSbYBO 
• Aberdeen solicitor’s charity prancing anniversary celebration | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/BBIGpN4yAJ 
• Texan judge to deliver Faculty talk | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/kMK5LVk9tR 
• Blog: “Don’t Take This To A ‘Greedy Lawyer!” | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/wIhUdoKSMH 
• CMS appoints The University of Law to develop new Diploma in Professional Legal Practice | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/V8reFspoQO 
• Rules on background checks to be relaxed in emergency amendments over article 8 fears | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/j5ICnZOO7h 
• Court reforms update: judicial review | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/ktxaAHtgMx 
• SLN Spotlight: Sara Jalicy, head of residential property at Anderson Strathern | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/D0K8LZ6KJP 
• Wales reveals £60m legal services winners | Law Gazette http://t.co/n3zuT7GDtB
• SRA puts back decision on client account alternative | Law Gazette http://t.co/V8SgNPjgSK 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/8nG9qpUtwE
• Children with learning disabilities 'more vulnerable to abuse' http://t.co/XZk0Jcfvhx 
• Government cuts could risk national security - think tank http://t.co/PytnhF7Lto 
• Jonathan King arrested in child sex offences probe http://t.co/ctJ05ek0xF
• It’s all about the pictures: government considers radical changes to contracts | Legal Futures http://t.co/fl89xBSI7n 
• SRA hits back after Law Society attack on indemnity reforms | Legal Futures http://t.co/jUa0n0remw
• SRA postpones introduction of third-party managed accounts until end of next year | Legal Futures http://t.co/B0aOHdlfbn 
• Middlewich solicitor delighted’ after her business won a coveted ‘Family Law Firm of the Year-UK’ award https://t.co/mjUYW3kiIB 
• Exeter solicitor facing jail for £430,000 wills fraud https://t.co/UJkCmsiCNg 
• Closing courts could destroy the confidence victims have in our justice system, fears Suffolk police chief https://t.co/2jnXRvfvZe 
• Bombay High Court: Chief Justice Mohit Shah retires #INDIA https://t.co/RLlXbseprl 
• Justice Department Looks to Sharpen Computer Crime Law #US https://t.co/obAlLBxYAM 
• Minority Christians seek justice seven years after deadly riots #INDIA https://t.co/xAIV8WOP2c 
• Supreme Court suspends Barrister Ali Zaffar’s practicing license for one year #PAKISTAN https://t.co/eDak3Q5RCU 
• Tributes paid to popular Calderdale barrister John Topham following his death https://t.co/w62qjdyU7t 
• Law firm CMS commissions new post-graduate qualification for Scottish trainees https://t.co/dwhYwAwoj2 
• UK Law Firms Losing Market Share to US Rivals https://t.co/8cpmHGbkJL
• Minimum wage: preparing for the living wage 'shockwave' https://t.co/xCze1J422M 
• New Hungarian migrant laws could cause chaos, UN warns #HUNGARY https://t.co/8HyfBvk9hW 
• Deeply Disturbing When Rule of Law Is Jettisoned, and a Politician Decides Who Should Die at the Touch of a Button https://t.co/nnaU2yVHaA
• UK activists denounce Netanyahu visit, urge #Israel sanctions https://t.co/y3SVCyfDsX 
• FOI release: legal challenges to commercial tendering activity https://t.co/MPknkgRgdU 
• Chelsea doctor planning legal action against the Blues after Jose Mourinho froze her out of first-team duties https://t.co/m28nWnS0PB 
• Why you should care about Microsoft's latest legal battle https://t.co/TmJLG155LV 
• Clubs urge FIFPro to drop legal threat to transfer system https://t.co/Mhid2Yo1DX 
• Lawyer who swindled Legal Aid loses licence | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/xgSaH2bXhz 
• Japan's MoJ moves to make business easier for foreigners | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/1uT0t7pWNK 
• Centurion first international firm to open in Cameroon | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/z5NQYZnQQX 
• Middle-aged London lawyers jump ship to US firms over lay-off fears | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/FtWq1zv5aF
• Florida allows lawyers to solicit business by text | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/GGivuvOgXe 
• Osborne Clarke strengthens Hong Kong roots with formal link-up - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/SSVwOenFe9
• Japanese firm in IT start-up first with Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/2q6dAtXK2H
• Harvard law professor to announce presidential bid today | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/zIgi3Rv7u5
• MPs ' to examine secret evidence used to justify RAF Isil drone strike next week' https://t.co/VxyaLkMuS0 
• Kevin McGuigan murder: Sinn Fein's Bobby Storey arrested in hunt for killers of ex-IRA man https://t.co/MMKEZk8B0Y 
• Kent mother caught with cocaine tells police it is for daughter's 18th birthday https://t.co/sxroiNMOit 
• Woman who 'discovered boyfriend was female during sex' is accused of lying https://t.co/J8jqNRUXvr 
• Married headmaster banned from classroom after pupil records him having sex with teacher https://t.co/DdLhEvwHC7 
• Police Community Support Officers could be replaced with unpaid volunteers https://t.co/5ODkx5ZcdK 
• Computer hacking probe dropped after four years https://t.co/R79awuKgci 
• Man prosecuted for catching wild deer in London suburb and eating it at Christmas https://t.co/3PKSyRdUaq 
• Women's prospects limited by law in 155 countries, finds World Bank study http://t.co/k7OyopEhFd 
• News of the World email hacking case dropped after time runs out http://t.co/gtr9vKlRYi 
• Kim Davis is out of jail – will she relent and issue same-sex marriage licenses? #US http://t.co/7Hs84Y8Txs 
• Birmingham 'police kidnap hoax': Three charged http://t.co/d7jn4tT6k0 
• Migrant crisis: Denmark-Germany rail links suspended http://t.co/kcQIY5rMxr

9th September - Law News

1353rd 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 European directive on alternative dispute resolution (ADR) will not only extend the period for making complaints about lawyers from six to 12 months, but reduce the grounds for the Legal Ombudsman (LeO) to reject them, it has emerged. In a consultation on the changes needed for it to become a certified body for the purposes of the new ADR directive, LeO said it would “no longer be able to dismiss or discontinue” consideration of a case under most of the existing grounds. Full story - Legal Futures

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Is it legal for #AUSTRALIA to bomb Syria? Five facts you need to know http://t.co/EHadi5IuwE 
• One lawyer’s crusade to defend extreme pornography http://t.co/pxTaLkRf5g 
• Why is our justice system failing vulnerable people? http://t.co/8M6hve13HX 
• Syria drone strike: former DPP questions legal justification http://t.co/VTt0fP7FAq 
• Facebook's new digital assistant 'M' will need to earn your trust http://t.co/ohSCYXvbuc
• We need better palliative care, not assisted dying | Zara Aziz http://t.co/dKdZ8rF8sW 
• Oregon judge against same-sex marriage displayed Hitler photo in courthouse #US http://t.co/LQrrERjMoA 
• Kim Davis won't say if she will block marriage licenses upon returning to job #US http://t.co/pgxcwFNj58 
• Syria drone strike sets low threshold for killing people, says UN official http://t.co/pzuOLI8X3r 
• Over half of solicitors apathetic about becoming partner | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/OmlKFZ626x 
• Linklaters trains its lawyers in welfare law in access to justice push | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/R6uWiI3g6i 
• 'Extreme’ solicitors needed to raise charitable gift status' | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/OTKH6qXKfX 
• Addleshaw Goddard finally launches contract lawyer offering | The Lawyer http://t.co/DIRYMyj9tC 
• CC, Hogan Lovells and Skadden win top roles on GE's €8.5bn acquisition of Alstom business | The Lawyer http://t.co/AcmHy40Km1
• Standard Life hires RBS deputy general counsel as legal chief | The Lawyer http://t.co/BodjIqxJW4 
• Will budgeting changes make any difference? | Law Gazette http://t.co/LldTGvC3Sf 
• Lawyer who witnessed killing lands in the dock | Law Gazette http://t.co/Rz35fqN89E
• Linklaters to allow e-signatures on legal documents | Law Gazette http://t.co/badGIxCBjO
• Firm sorry for partner’s ‘misogynistic’ LinkedIn email | Law Gazette http://t.co/G3tU6UtQFH
• The Collateral Victims of Criminal Justice https://t.co/jX6xRZmg66 
• Judge's Ruling Offers Peek Into Private Equity's Secret World #US https://t.co/KhsGfLH11w 
• The Refugee Crisis Isn't a 'European Problem' https://t.co/FzbodICJIj 
• Patent Law Shouldn't Block the Sale of Used Tech Products #US https://t.co/6e64Hf3t4M 
• #THAILAND's Military Junta Rejects Draft Constitution https://t.co/PHl6JyT3Bn 
• Ousted as Gay, Aging Veterans Are Battling Again for Honorable Discharges #US https://t.co/q4OzHKaxzA
• Protest by ​500,000 ​members of relatively well-off caste is a rebuke of the government's economic policies #INDIA https://t.co/8rXHnmveKO
• The Pointless Banishment of Sex Offenders https://t.co/vzqIP0P2qY
• Cuomo Administration Lawyer Is Shot in Head Before West Indian Day Parade #US https://t.co/NfS3fDKK97 
• Former Leader of #CHAD Hauled Into Court as Trial Resumes https://t.co/WxfiU5zsvh
• Walls, Borders, a Dome and Refugees https://t.co/G0xZ7ZW6kJ
• An Alternative Approach to Campus Justice #US https://t.co/PMHRFKmyJJ
• Kim Davis, Released From Kentucky Jail, Won't Say if She Will Keep Defying Court #US https://t.co/3M8ESbhgw9 
• Students in #SOUTHAFRICA Protest Slow Pace of Change https://t.co/gg7mVQeLBL
• How Europe's Other Half Lives: If #Hungarians seem uncharitable, it's partly because they have less https://t.co/c4uTuv12fx
• Digital revolution transforms #AUSTRALIA industry, intellectual property practices able to adapt will succeed https://t.co/75zruCDE0E
• Flybe GC packs bags for LawBite | The Lawyer http://t.co/7SBtl8PfW9 
• Police commanders disciplined over Gay Pride stabbings #ISRAEL https://t.co/4YVfIuX8m5 
• South #AUSTRALIA Law Society recognises blind lawyer's achievements https://t.co/pYhVZpqVH4 
• #US firm Alston & Bird opens first Asia office in Beijing | The Lawyer http://t.co/NAdEX8u5Tb 
• Disclosure of examination rules violates university’s privacy: Bar Council of #INDIA's RTI response: https://t.co/N3h5MkqI1a 
• UNSW puts focus on Indigenous under-representation in law #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/ou6QnPGrZm 
• #CHINA passes new pollution law, sets sights on coal consumption cap https://t.co/26Ec6W7yWK 
• Facebook must obey #GERMAN law even if free speech curtailed: minister https://t.co/R8yueIdP9B 
• #MEXICO charges four officials over drug lord Guzman's jailbreak https://t.co/2Bdj3iplaJ 
• Ekalavyas - a sports media and talent management enterprise managed by three #Indian law graduates https://t.co/E5XQNHIZGh 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: DLA Piper to appoint banking and financial co-head in London in sector overhaul | The Lawyer http://t.co/kYIoHe8R1O 
• #INDIA rejects patent on Pfizer's arthritis drug https://t.co/CjMziegbiG 
• 'Public authority & public office not the same', Union tells Delhi High Court #INDIA https://t.co/UKLnjjZjhY 
• Increased IPO activity good news for lawyers http://t.co/RPPXtew8ox 
• #Japanese firm pioneers alliance with Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi | The Lawyer http://t.co/IgGrJEifdG 
• Law student approaches Delhi High Court for probe in students union elections #INDIA http://t.co/jVG3oScXMr 
• BBC puts panel review on hold but considers expanding roster | The Lawyer http://t.co/RhCZrImI6L 
• Indian police investigate accusation #SAUDI official raped Nepali maids | Lawyer Herald http://t.co/1npzA2U1FB 
• More firms report strong trainee retention rates | Law Gazette http://t.co/uisLhajGGB 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/C7NaWgben9
• Microsoft battles #US over warrant for drugs case emails http://t.co/q6Dyrv0kXF
• Immigration rule 'has split 15,000 children from a parent' http://t.co/eFuYXHebCp
• Queensland Law Society welcomes first female Chief Justice #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/gLvPwftLKR 
• Is criminal justice reform obsolete? Academic roundtable https://t.co/yolue7eehU 
• CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACT, 1960 - Irish Statute Book #IRELAND https://t.co/ApZcjrTaae 
• Law ministry commissions studies to evolve efficient justice delivery mechanism #INDIA https://t.co/LpXdNHfN6R 
• Alberta Justice sued again in legal dispute with former chief medical examiner #CANADA https://t.co/1h6r8wzlSf 
• Apple Rejected Justice Department Demands for iMessages #US https://t.co/jEezVlga1a 
• Five years in the death of the British justice system: Cuts to legal aid don't just hit the vulnerable https://t.co/jt3anRZfio 
• New Queensland chief justice Catherine Holmes pledges 'un-newsworthy' courts #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/3mqEsmeJh8 
• #IRAQ's deputy justice minister kidnapped from his vehicle by black-clad gunmen in northern Baghdad https://t.co/xXLO8OZJNy 
• Digital marketing and social media in the legal sector update – Law Society and The Lawyer https://t.co/xDtCHKhEwD 
• Delayed European Legal Opinion On Facebook NSA/PRISM Coming Later This Month https://t.co/CTxYk4eBd8 
• James Harrison Considering Legal Action vs. NFL After Deflategate Ruling #US https://t.co/KEjAACV2Od 
• How Legal Immigration Failed Silicon Valley #US https://t.co/dE59aeidqf
• Protecting athletes’ data: an examination of database rights in the UK and EU https://t.co/uvO2z4X3nb
• The path to worker buyouts: Does the UK need its own ‘Marcora Law’? https://t.co/miIF8F4ZHe 
• Insurance provider Thomas Miller buys UK marine law firm, Davies Johnson & Co https://t.co/WbGwTK3pm0 
• Leading medical barrister expects FIFA to back Chelsea doctor Eva Carneiro https://t.co/bvDpCGkAky 
• UK Government fails in Finucane legal costs bid https://t.co/XKj9efu21H 
• Sydney lawyer Sonny Wilson struck off for swindling thousands from Legal Aid NSW #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/lXYT8NlxXA 
• Law firm JMW Solicitors boosts commercial property team https://t.co/zQiRbG3MJp 
• Council's top solicitor leaves in middle of Ricoh Arena legal battle with Coventry City FC owners Sisu https://t.co/tNgmJhjKlK
• Feminist barrister tweets screenshot of senior male solicitor’s ‘sexist’ LinkedIn message https://t.co/8jZ4ePgtOk 
• Queen Elizabeth II becomes longest-reigning UK monarch http://t.co/k1UiX8o8WS 
• Barrister and solicitor set up groundbreaking BSB-regulated firm | Legal Futures http://t.co/wuPjpBLNxu 
• State-sanctioned killings without trial: are these Cameron’s British values? | Gary Younge http://t.co/S4KZZpA9ul 
• Human rights group brings legal action against government over drone strike http://t.co/YOuKEGfFvm 
• Assisted dying law is dangerous and cruel, say senior doctors http://t.co/uFlvKiGNRg
• Medical profession’s views on the assisted dying bill http://t.co/5V8c8NOzdS 
• Barrister hits out over sexist comment on her LinkedIn photo by legal expert http://t.co/KXi0NKlluH 
• Serving policeman arrested over 'false kidnap terror plot calls' https://t.co/dykovYrUWd 
• Police officers can catch buses to get to crime scenes, says Britain's top cop https://t.co/rme8JStrQ6 
• Ex-bishop admits sex abuse 20 years after victims complained https://t.co/XV4Eni5YVG 
• When is it legal to kill your own citizens? http://t.co/XrtV5OyW30 
• Schools ban for Trojan Horse governor http://t.co/4GeUD0Hlg8 
• Angelina Jolie: Islamic State fighters using rape as 'policy' http://t.co/VDmxx8xWcg 
• Facebook-boast Croydon deer-killer sentenced http://t.co/DQKzxNk1vU 
• Tea: The bitter story behind the UK's national drink https://t.co/qqE1qCXuDX 
• Pope Francis has unveiled reforms intended to make it easier for Roman Catholics to get annulments and remarry http://t.co/XzaoYPnZTe 
• Karen Buckley murder: Alexander Pacteau jailed for life http://t.co/m6yfxdttPX 
• Retired bishop Peter Ball admits sex offences http://t.co/SqAFPojiik 
• #TAJIKISTAN charges renegade general with high treason: agencies http://t.co/7KF0hDDZ2v 
• ICC gets wider scope to probe possible war crimes in #Ukraine http://t.co/W46bVR9H5A 
• Amal Clooney meets #Maldives' jailed ex-leader before hearing http://t.co/eVQLXRSKFK 
• #GUATEMALA judge orders ex-president Perez to face trial on fraud charges http://t.co/SLRJcQWvGe
• Gay marriage licence denying clerk Kim Davis, released from jail under condition #US http://t.co/dUJ60HJo6y