10th February - Law News

1507th 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:  Barristers are at risk of being “squeezed out of the market by a declining case load, a surfeit of barristers and increasing competition from both other regulated legal professionals as well as unregulated service providers”, the Bar Standards Board (BSB) has warned. However, its bid to support barristers to face the future by licensing advocacy-focused alternative business structures (ABSs) is set finally to take off this autumn. Full story - Legal Futures

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Would you give the Law Society £250? | Legal Futures: https://t.co/WmMoHwWx9k 
• COFA sanctioned for "misappropriating" £120,000 from firm | Legal Futures: https://t.co/9OPGvu6F9z 
• Vara rejects Lord Dyson’s criticism of enhanced court fees | Legal Futures: https://t.co/r0zXi10Yjs 
• Barristers warned about solicitors who overcharge clients for their services | Legal Futures: https://t.co/gCfel5JNOI 
• Reserved activities rule removed after SRA assurance that it's not looking to regulate the unregulated https://t.co/iF1GJiz4et 
• Singer Don McLean pleads not guilty to assault #US https://t.co/MbxOgNVJAX 
• EU referendum: UK renegotiation would be 'legally binding' https://t.co/mr7GXVLLLt 
• Texas prosecutor officially disbarred for sending innocent man to death row #US https://t.co/i3N265l1fZ 
• Cameron's proposed sovereignty law would be 'pointless', says former attorney general - Politics live https://t.co/e3uK1WtVOK
• Serious Fraud Office director has contract extended https://t.co/08dI6A4UFY 
• MoJ investigates death in cell of new mother taken off suicide watch https://t.co/0FwWR4UWMJ 
• The Guardian view on ministers and the courts: Britain’s quiet constitutional revolution | Editorial https://t.co/rjfhbp4isw 
• Luxembourg to pioneer legal framework for 'asteroid mining' https://t.co/jhvTdFsFq2 
• Luxembourg to pioneer legal framework for 'asteroid mining' https://t.co/VFvsHYhlp6 
• Young talent named managing partner of City firm at 29 https://t.co/xWefqosJmZ 
• Lawyers on standby as iPhone 6 'Error 53' outrage mounts https://t.co/J5IlwAJYGM
• Ashurst considers non-lawyers for global managing partner https://t.co/OiuH3Ah9f6 
• Barclays begins global panel review https://t.co/39ei7v0VZ1 
• Shkreli's Big Law co-defendant calls on Gibson Dunn https://t.co/ELU4MbEjga 
• Law of little help shielding US business travellers from Zika virus https://t.co/G7LTBtLcSC 
• Man Dies After Setting Himself on Fire Outside Kensington Palace https://t.co/soHO1OzdLN

9th February - Law News

1506th 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:  Staggering price of civil court fees comes with a human cost
How the largest increase in the cost of justice in recent history affects consumers and what you can do about it. Full story - Guardian Law

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Florida man charged with 'throwing alligator' into fast-food restaurant #US https://t.co/sL8in1SnST 
• Poppi Worthington death: Second inquest to be held https://t.co/5tB5BC3gHX 
• Deepcut: Police 'questioned Cheryl James suicide theory' https://t.co/b0uoJx8Otw 
• Age UK halts controversial energy deal with E.On https://t.co/j1Zw7QuhK9 
• #Germany train crash: Several killed near Bavarian town of Bad Aibling https://t.co/jovzOYi5oF 
• England: CPS 'slowed down' CCTV footage to incriminate accused | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/HC1tFp7muE 
• Faculty to give school pupils insight into life at the bar | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/WFUADwGtCm
• Dyslexic woman wins disability discrimination case | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/OXjt0p0QhS 
• More homes are being sold, and are selling faster, according to ESPC | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/GPnXycymWs 
• Two tiers of legal cities outside of London says new report | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/2Y8hCkY6WM
• New summary sheriffs' biographies | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/gbHMVWyWDK 
• Tayside lawyer calls for review of 'cumbersome' victim compensation scheme | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/LV3zns0wXG 
• Criminal justice coalition calls for jail terms up to a year to be scrapped | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/mmJIIB2FqB 
• A Monochrome Dream Photography has just received another great review on FreeIndex - The UK Business... https://t.co/0IIhQmWB4z
• Dyslexic employee wins discrimination case against Starbucks https://t.co/rWJRJF05Bl 
• #Bahrain's UK-funded police watchdog fails to investigate torture claims https://t.co/QtLEvsouLx 
• Revealed: tennis umpires secretly banned over gambling scam https://t.co/BvR2JWFePa 
• New law could confuse police misconduct with criminal offence https://t.co/QYAC4ZFuHd 
• Media groups lose appeal against secret trial of Erol Incedal https://t.co/zcJF8oNPir 
• Critics fear RSPO's stricter palm oil standards will create two-tier system https://t.co/zMuzwsuqns 
• What to do now on data protection: question of legal liability still hangs over lawyers | Law Gazette https://t.co/IkFK8dABqN 
• MoJ not ‘transparent’ enough on gifts and hospitality | Law Gazette https://t.co/vPtCJrKLS5 
• Firm’s ‘hopeless’ costs case thrown out | Law Gazette https://t.co/w17IFA65Bs 
• Appeal court backs CFA without legal aid ‘burial certificate’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/DNIHDz8qnW
• Justice ministry backs Jackson on fixed fees | Law Gazette https://t.co/5SQDzSoepi 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! https://t.co/Kx1689EZml
• Social network age limits ignored by young https://t.co/BIBn8ZiMEb
• Starbucks employee wins dyslexia discrimination case https://t.co/3ARlEmNX1v
• Hong Kong clashes as police clear food stalls #CHINA https://t.co/GWAiI63Kld 
• Sikh actor in Mexico barred from flying to sUS 'because of turban' https://t.co/yIRuf1aD4l 
• Widow of Islamic State leader charged over #US hostage's death https://t.co/PJ2zvtAM2s 
• Hamlet performance at Calais 'Jungle Camp' cut short because there were 'lots of knives around' https://t.co/CO0e7vW2Lz 
• Staggering price of legal fees comes with a human cost https://t.co/jse7px48xK
• Prison reform: Prime Minister's speech https://t.co/bV9sH27T5I
• If Cameron really cared he would cut prisoner numbers | Polly Toynbee https://t.co/7NPkxPKoRF 
• 20th Century Fox loses appeal in Glee trademark row https://t.co/Yz8ZXkPoKu 
• Saudi billionaire denied diplomatic immunity in UK maintenance battle https://t.co/lAWYoxZSbK
• The Guardian view on David Cameron’s prisons speech: it won’t work without sentencing reform | Editorial https://t.co/l10ocnkP6g 
• MPs better placed than judges to decide public interest, says attorney general https://t.co/voj1m58tVq
• Defence lawyers begin summing up in Hissène Habré war crimes trial #CHAD https://t.co/XIaPLAPgyN
• #EGYPT must look into all reports of torture, not just the death of Giulio Regeni | Letter https://t.co/MIlyJE6FaI
• Prisoners may be freed for day jobs in justice shakeup, says PM https://t.co/Zm2UqHJ4T7
• Youth jails should be replaced by secure schools, finds review https://t.co/tYIuHupekg
• Watchdog policing could prompt GC exodus, warns lawyer https://t.co/gAFG8lBc1r
• Freshfields criticised over ScottishPower advice https://t.co/WTPzLBOz9u 
• New legal head to steer Slater & Gordon UK through turbulent times https://t.co/sX0Yl9EaYC 
• Paul Hastings launches 'Internet of Things' cross-practice https://t.co/OmaayGhA5G 
• American firms streak ahead in junior pay stakes https://t.co/KAlqs3DfsW 
• LCA welcomes TPP as legal industry boon https://t.co/2nVHKXiwHQ 
• US lawyers fear non-lawyer firm ownership on the horizon https://t.co/IMicBAoBOG
• Court of Appeal: dishonesty findings should not be made without “careful consideration” | Legal Futures: https://t.co/Gu8AxLXEK5 
• COFA sanctioned for "misappropriating" £120,000 from firm | Legal Futures: https://t.co/CaecexIo5D 
• In-house interview: Antoinette Keane, legal director, Genzyme | The Lawyer https://t.co/c5yq6HuZW8 
• Hot 100 alumni: Chantal-Aimee Doerries QC, Atkin Chambers | The Lawyer https://t.co/xGhLsfulBo 
• Give environment its own court | The Lawyer https://t.co/Q91PWvZcIA 
• This year’s hottest legal high-flyers celebrated together at London’s Royal Exchange | The Lawyer https://t.co/GiP8rkMyvH 
• Legal Moves: 8 February 2016 | The Lawyer https://t.co/25JQOVmQEm
• McDermott’s revenue drops as PEP rises to $1.6m | The Lawyer https://t.co/x9kNFkEZco 
• Keystone and Devereux duo launch new insurance firm | The Lawyer https://t.co/vf1VZpRCcD 
• Squire Patton Boggs ends Indonesian alliance | The Lawyer https://t.co/eLCHfoWDEm 
• Barclays launches global panel review | The Lawyer https://t.co/lS6zKE9lar 
• Paul Weiss and Sullivan lead as BPP owner Apollo goes private | The Lawyer https://t.co/0n8jHqXpoU 
• Barristers at risk of being squeezed out of market, regulator warns | Legal Futures: https://t.co/FF5hYwcxC4 
• Dublin weigh-in murder: Continuity IRA claims murder of David Byrne #IRELAND https://t.co/l5RuHcYl9B 
• Keighley abuse: Twelve men jailed for sexually exploiting girl https://t.co/ONMCY2yzir 
• White Chicago police officer sues victim's family over shooting claiming emotional distress #US https://t.co/HvT4c4KTQQ
• Indian leopard injures six in Bangalore school #INDIA https://t.co/KGIi67Vvpl 
• UN report: #Syrian government actions amount to 'extermination' https://t.co/6VowvEj9ED 
• Child abuse claims: why due process and a fair hearing matter https://t.co/IeaSMasLxe 
• Female British Airways cabin crew win the right to wear trousers https://t.co/DtQ2H33snJ 
• Former Blairite Cabinet minister Jack Straw's ministries among worst on freedom of information requests https://t.co/SSGhYYzXhN 
• Women's rights crackdown exposes deepening crisis in #Chinese society https://t.co/GqgMHwIOex 
• #PERU sex worker's campaign trail: 'I'll put order in the big brothel that is congress' https://t.co/s4AY6iBq2s 
• Edinburgh is magical. But a tourist tax could break its spell https://t.co/FTxESsaSfI 
• Pride marches around the world - in pictures https://t.co/0oDRzcJV2c
• How do we work out who to believe on child sex abuse? https://t.co/GAGe0LwZbq 
• Police facing call to publish list of their undercover spies https://t.co/eRHcDw06Nl 
• Inksters Solicitors sponsors cultural award | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/k4BDgWAFpg 
• Ten solicitors among first summary sheriff appointments | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/qefOYdNppm
• Scottish wind farm projects reach financial close after WJM secures planning consent | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/zjpWW985j4 
• High Court judge most senior transgender figure in public life | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/uUEL1VPWNh 
• Gilson Gray acquires residential conveyancing team | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/uECaB5UY4T 
• Harper Macleod grows with partner appointments | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/fGPqIojWCF 
• Shoosmiths adds associate to Edinburgh office | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/iPpbvPBx6M 
• New women's prisons to resemble flats & have cooking facilities | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/4TJF2rEyQS 
• My legal life: Aika Stephenson, Just for Kids Law and Hodge Jones & Allen, London - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/M22rNWStGs 
• Solicitor who represented the Couple lose civil partnership case: Louise Whitfield - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/WROvXk4k0V 
• My legal life: Peter Fehler, Assistant director of law, Islington Council, London - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/l2KejU331j
• Housing consultation rethink is needed | Law Gazette https://t.co/t0lfQvhQVj 
• Debunking stereotypes of criminals | Law Gazette https://t.co/HBFifdpHRn 
• Civil courts reform: learning from abroad | Law Gazette https://t.co/65YslycdAW 
• Appeal court rejects dishonesty finding against solicitors | Law Gazette https://t.co/aaZcZxoCE5 
• Justice ministry backs Jackson on fixed fees | Law Gazette https://t.co/5SQDzSoepi 
• Firms must offshore or northshore to stay competitive – report | Law Gazette https://t.co/ffSLQnOFg9 
• Regulators will need to present 'sound evidence' for in-house reform | Law Gazette https://t.co/BgsqTN5jFf 
• SFO investigating 'tiny fraction' of tip offs, says City firm | Law Gazette https://t.co/7271x6w8hj
• Profits up but law firms warned on drawings | Law Gazette https://t.co/tv6OG6chCP 
• GCs 'to quit' if accountable to City watchdog | Law Gazette https://t.co/NpuY7wrUwj 
• Competition complaint over family mediation | Law Gazette https://t.co/nu8uYEOyMt 
• British bill of rights to protect troops | Law Gazette https://t.co/iUztF1yuWW 
• Solicitors’ opinions wanted on client accounts | Law Gazette https://t.co/DDS2jAV06z 
• Duty solicitor rota deadline | Law Gazette https://t.co/ERhdySkbS1 
• Solicitors set for new guidance on complaints | Law Gazette https://t.co/MCe8ESVdIm 
• Managers fined over legal aid disbursement misconduct | Law Gazette https://t.co/34wy9DcQIn 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! https://t.co/OITF1dVoEF 
• How the British and Americans started listening in https://t.co/zx4jS1KdEo 
• 19-year-old man who was arrested at Stansted Airport has been charged with terrorism offences https://t.co/k1eYNVQw6x 
• New refugee camps go up inside #Syria as Turkey stems flow https://t.co/pV6C2wr3AH 
• EU referendum: PM warns Brexit could bring the 'Jungle' to the UK https://t.co/6cQuAOtub4
• Prisons overhaul to be announced by David Cameron https://t.co/buRo0idPr9

8th February - Law News

1505th 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 Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has welcomed the decision by the Legal Services Board to approve proposals to remove unnecessary burdens on law firms carrying out reserved activities. Full story - New Law Journal

Saturday Conversations on Law

• PM Netanyahu to A-G: Seek legal action against MKs who met with families of terrorists #ISRAEL https://t.co/ec8ysnD157 
• Guantánamo Prisoner Sent Home to #Morocco Remains in Legal Limbo https://t.co/Onr3nd8F1y 
• The legal profession's drinking problem https://t.co/DdgcifNuwc 
• My insurer rejected my claim for a brain tumour': So Legal & General, what's stopping you paying up this time? https://t.co/mDyJGuRLjv
• If my father-in-law gifts me £25k but dies within seven years will I have to pay inheritance tax? https://t.co/tXqp0yVXGB 
• U.S. and UK Spy Agencies May be Allowed to Request Online Chat Data and Emails from Media Companies https://t.co/XHfhpDZHwD 
• Recent state laws on domestic abuse, gun rights #US https://t.co/DZKizKQNj8
• Huge rise in divorce claims alleging violence after legal aid was axed except in cases involving abuse https://t.co/iKqqzof2wj 
• Don't mess with Texas, where law is hard, mistakes common #US https://t.co/kIhW1Ei08Y 
• Cameron to give more power to governors in prisons shakeup https://t.co/k6nuOtORwy 
• Law firm incomes up by over 5%, Law Society survey indicates | Legal Futures: https://t.co/JAwBIyOGbu 
• Commercial law firms must seize “window of opportunity” to adopt new delivery models | Legal Futures: https://t.co/9j0OzgNq2F
• A Monochrome Dream Photography has just received another great review on FreeIndex - The UK Business... https://t.co/0IIhQmWB4z
• Lord Brittan abuse inquiry 'fully justified', review finds https://t.co/Enk90w7Xgz
• London bus explosion for movie alarms onlookers fearing terror attack https://t.co/xEebQ5KK3x 
• Donald Trump: I'd bring back 'a hell of a lot worse than waterboarding' #US https://t.co/79wu8CzSU2 
• Pegida's 'costly hate rallies' have no place in Birmingham, says MP https://t.co/RvDoLX8l3v
• Let a woman join the Top Gear team? Not so fast, ladies https://t.co/cItkIvyCD8
• Call for Submissions: The Young Human Rights Lawyer Journal | UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/voSUWKOoZs
• Bedroom tax challenge success | UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/2y3O3xa2dh 
• Examination of child witnesses not in violation of Article 6 | UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/HUMyTqvRUo
• The Rule of Law and Parliament: Never the Twain Shall Meet? Brian Chang | UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/WFMcjpYVx0 
• Is the European Court of Human Rights buckling under Westminister pressure? | UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/tq89mv8Jf1
• Mosque open days to 'explain faith' https://t.co/gt10coQnUQ
• EU calls on #Turkey to let Syrian refugees cross border https://t.co/9Mq88KrYO5 
• Dublin boxing weigh-in shooting: Armed checkpoints after murder of David Byrne #IRELAND https://t.co/S3iho6gCeo 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! https://t.co/FjlhAznGiG

7th February - Law News

1504th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & legal articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap

Saturday Conversations on Law

• What happened to the homeless from Gary Neville's hotel? https://t.co/lwe3zwPOrB 
• Former #French Foreign Legion chief held at Calais Pegida rally https://t.co/FngRlylaP1 
• Rise in rape claims linked to online dating https://t.co/1FCI4MWnVv 
• Heartbroken couple sue fertility clinic for losing their embryo https://t.co/oW197peT0Q 
• Police kept inquiry into false VIP sex abuse claims open for a year https://t.co/YwKWyQwqK2
• Five arrested over British pilot shot dead in Tanzania https://t.co/KCxQRs5vte
• Dismay of Pc David Rathband's family as judge orders them to pay £100,000 over failed negligence case https://t.co/WPakOgglKj 
• Judge rules £200k a year is 'appropriate' provision for Arab royal's son https://t.co/LugThRS4mG 
• What next for Julian Assange? https://t.co/G12YQdlxQS 
• 'Islamophobia' in Guernsey behind no refugees decision https://t.co/vn3FGIZPLT
• Dublin boxing weigh-in shooting: Six involved in murder of David Byrne #IRELAND https://t.co/Hg9oqskh7m 
• Migrants in inflatable dinghy rescued from the Channel https://t.co/kMQCUKnBIP
• Critic refuses to quit #Vatican sex abuse commission https://t.co/KwbrGLDz4f 
• Staggering price of legal fees comes with a human cost https://t.co/jse7px48xK 
• Faiza Ahmed: how one woman’s cries for help were missed by every authority https://t.co/tDXJ5LvJVu 
• Court of Protection access | New Law Journal: https://t.co/g3NoP1HFiD 
• New proposals from LSB on reserved activities | New Law Journal: https://t.co/ibsCy8jA9L 
• Bar Standards Board has published its annual report for 2015 on the diversity of the profession | New Law Journal: https://t.co/2czy4ply5i 
• Income tax may be levied on payments made for injury to feelings, the Upper Tribunal has held | New Law Journal: https://t.co/U2fnXdcS8Q 
• Corporates spend less on law firms | New Law Journal: https://t.co/GfOazgDBD9 
• Sisangia ruling restricts civil liberties | New Law Journal: https://t.co/Cjv4Nbymt1 
• Law Society predicts future of legal services | New Law Journal: https://t.co/aUl4g98ZIG 
• Fixed costs cause alarm: Lord Justice Jackson stirs up controversy with latest proposals | New Law Journal: https://t.co/Lnr9mD3XKh 
• Health & safety fine levels soar for UK plc | New Law Journal: https://t.co/WNiOS4bFL5

6th February - Law News

1503rd Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & legal articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap

Saturday Conversations on Law

• TheLawMap Wig is out! https://t.co/9ctuTrkUBg
  Muslim women 'stopped from becoming Labour councillors' by men https://t.co/ukfcVGcsFq
•  Nearly 200 images released by #US military depict Bush-era detainee abuse https://t.co/EdQp27aEuo  
• Attacks on 'Jungle' migrants investigated by #French prosecutors https://t.co/5xalZjmO5W
•  Pussy Riot releases new video criticising #Russian justice system https://t.co/6Gwz6iYfed
• Jungle attacks: Violence against migrants probed in France https://t.co/g4E6FoMLSc
• Sex worker and activist Laura Lee: ‘It’s now far more difficult to stay safe’ https://t.co/4nu2AibBeI
  Twitter suspends 125,000 'terrorism' accounts https://t.co/1170ORHFtT
• Problem drinking and depression endemic among US lawyers, new study finds https://t.co/zoZ0UsLaRo
• Report: cost of top London firms restricting access to justice https://t.co/Oa15QvLnxn
• King & Spalding annual revenue hits $1bn milestone https://t.co/J0N9g84PRI
• JPMorgan Chase lifts curtain on new EMEA panel https://t.co/ZgrTYhpNjM
• White & Case in new Saudi Association https://t.co/xXhf3Ohp33
• Led Zeppelin's long road to trial https://t.co/rAzwWYjc76
• Assange makes bid for UK and Sweden to lift arrest warrants https://t.co/GneuMdDBYG
• Price of City law restricts access to justice | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/4DyftZgbjh
•  The UN working group's Assange opinion https://t.co/3xMTBy46mJ
• Julian Assange decision by UN panel ridiculous, says Hammond https://t.co/C76zGH9YXt
• Dublin boxing weigh-in: Man shot dead, two men injured #IRELAND https://t.co/e5PaO05xHM
• Tube station workers' weekend strike called off by RMT union https://t.co/8jgiqFOxJL
• Blinded PC David Rathband's family lose negligence case https://t.co/KTrJCNDlBt
• IS suspect Jack Letts' parents arrested https://t.co/i5pDXI4zAo
• Dumper truck rampage thief Nicholas Churchill jailed https://t.co/PSvg59ZmtT
• City law firms charging up to £1,100 an hour https://t.co/L0UOltObp5
• Rattan decision? Ikea loses rights to own name in #Indonesia https://t.co/LZiblOGKwg
• Assange: arbitrary detention ruling is legally binding, says UN official – video https://t.co/Aj9rN2aHu5
• Philip Hammond rejects 'ridiculous' UN decision on Assange – video https://t.co/FjaVfhU18B
• 'Flash crash' hearing told spoofing does not justify trader's extradition to US https://t.co/k6D80qJyOM
• Julian Assange: 'UN ruling over my detention is a vindication' – video https://t.co/MMRmXG3ZoC
• How did the UN get it so wrong on Julian Assange?| Joshua Rozenberg https://t.co/8GH2RMfCcp
• CFA ‘terminated’ before assignment, court rules | Law Gazette https://t.co/52I0CuDn7u
• Mishcon de Reya fights off £5m negligence claim | Law Gazette https://t.co/cAAdNwB9HB
• Law Society issues guidance on new CPD scheme | Law Gazette https://t.co/OiaRjE6CSW
• Slater and Gordon UK chief leaves the business | Law Gazette https://t.co/9H2doxuCX0
• Costs expert slams £1,000 hourly rates at top commercial firms | Law Gazette https://t.co/kTMFlvWcHx
• Blacker set for five-day SDT hearing this summer | Law Gazette https://t.co/8BxWYr5pcU
• TheLawMap Wig is out! https://t.co/ZB2XSzVg1k
• Freshfields criticised over ScottishPower ‘cashback warrantee scandal’ advice | The Lawyer https://t.co/LghiRGta8D
• Gordon Dadds’ Biles: Get lean or go bust | The Lawyer https://t.co/igrqyHIp0Z
• Clydes snatches 10-lawyer regulatory team from Norton Rose Fulbright in Sydney | The Lawyer https://t.co/BDu9v3O4oF
• The Hot 100 2016: Scary monsters (and super creeps) | The Lawyer https://t.co/qMiT2QhOv6
• Adding up the £1bn BLP-Greenberg Traurig merger talks | The Lawyer https://t.co/6wcDF7aZlU
• Paul Weiss sees 7 per cent spike in global revenue | The Lawyer https://t.co/m5X0GlYEKk
• European legal moves: 4 February 2016 | The Lawyer https://t.co/UHjKabGLcD
• HSF management committee’s remuneration down 18% to £8m | The Lawyer https://t.co/G9B5yMJ930
• Shepherd & Wedderburn LLPs confirm robust 2014/15 | The Lawyer https://t.co/QwN4b41ueh
• Small law firms have most to lose from SQE, leading academic warns | Legal Futures: https://t.co/DojFvkN7ht
• SRA and Law Society at loggerheads again over independent regulation | Legal Futures: https://t.co/aG9vPoC3Tz
• Judge complains of “too many swindlers” after wrongly questioning status of solicitor | Legal Futures: https://t.co/1vFeu5Iudc

5th February - Law News

1502nd 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 government has provided some insight into the costs of procuring its new criminal legal aid contracts following the decision to abandon a new contracting regime. Last week justice secretary Michael Gove announced that he had decided ‘not to go ahead with the introduction of the dual contracting system’. He will also suspend, for a period of 12 months from 1 April, a second 8.75% fee cut introduced in July last year. Full story - The Law Society Gazette

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Hong Kong booksellers held for 'illegal activities', say #CHINA police https://t.co/O98cqEUxz6
• Constituent pleads guilty to antisemitic attack on Jon Trickett MP https://t.co/E8am4Vx5zI 
• Met police officers sacked for misconduct over teenager's death https://t.co/WBf96PlVor
• Race still determines success in Britain. But there is a way to break the barriers | Rushanara Ali https://t.co/g1pI33QGkC 
• #FRANCE’s official blindness to religion only masks religious hatred | Giles Fraser: Loose canon https://t.co/onRv0PTEvL 
• Rangers gives Sports Direct formal notice to end joint venture https://t.co/R7BBltYnzr 
• Women of Cologne kick off carnival amid heavy police presence #GERMANY https://t.co/fdA0meqjO8 
• Dismissed NHS whistleblower who exposed safety concerns handed £1.22m https://t.co/YwBqisGpPb 
• Julian Assange is in arbitrary detention, UN panel finds https://t.co/R0g0ZBtR68
• Deputy chair of Vote Leave condemns 'damaging bickering' at top of group https://t.co/56lzh6UdbK 
• Timbuktu marks rebuilding of mausoleums destroyed by Islamists #MALI https://t.co/lPV2uadjK7 
• Law students: look beyond London for a better work-life balance https://t.co/qobR85TJCV
• Sarah Reed was a tragic victim of how the prison system treats women | Frances Crook https://t.co/8uTgT52lPx 
• Criminals with UK children cannot be automatically deported, says EU court https://t.co/g0lVxCED7n 
• What happens to Julian Assange when detention finding is announced https://t.co/70aVw19VwX 
• Couple seek leave to appeal against ruling on dead daughter's eggs https://t.co/PD0MFzFTrz 
• Theresa May wants police commissioners to set up free schools for 'troubled children' https://t.co/CMHADaaxX0 
• Border Force head to face questions on alleged payment to people smugglers #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/FlqbCv04pv 
• The Guardian view on Julian Assange: no victim of arbitrary detention | Editorial https://t.co/5nvkiA16fo 
• Police avoid £10k payout to Sun journalist at tribunal https://t.co/whTydBQhqh 
• Can hiring ex-offenders make a business more profitable? https://t.co/6uzp7bDzqC
• Pleading the fifth: five notorious times people refused to give answers #US https://t.co/ON6GYOurFU 
• BLP looking to tie-up with Greenberg Traurig https://t.co/jVfMq0aHDr 
• Simpson Thacher, Davis Polk advise on ChemChina's $43bn Syngenta deal https://t.co/ZWFuyGGGWa 
• Blavo & Co judgement highlights thousands of missing files https://t.co/21IlWhqfp1
• Safe Harbour successor may face legal challenge, warn lawyers https://t.co/jsJbKX82Qg 
• Lawsuit claims gender bias in Yahoo! management culture https://t.co/i0wi1vTPLh 
• Former US Attorney General to defend MTN against Nigerian fine https://t.co/RLw0xPzL92 
• Regulators should do more to support client decision making, says consumer panel https://t.co/gbxMGI7eUe 
• Supreme Court grants shared residence for left behind mother | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/o8eDiMtPb6 
• Modern legal framework needed for UK elections | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/KzmNjqNxQY 
• Public support for independent regulation of solicitors | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/WDkB7cJzFv 
• Scottish government's lobbying proposals 'enhanced' | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/yLHf2Tu6uV 
• UK law commissions call for new framework governing elections | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Ja2nrVwkD1
• Scottish council’s decision to ban snack vans from operating near schools was ‘ultra vires’, sheriff rules https://t.co/0iSVcbagna 
• England: top judge calls on schools to address lack of diversity in law | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Qq3PhgGJMz 
• Laws to strengthen carers' rights to be debated at Holyrood | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Z7tKzGHgIf 
• Blog: Privacy changes must be on the agenda in 2016 | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/teO0BqQLqa 
• Fears raised LBTT could have unintended consequences for homeowners | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/x2zapQjj9O
• LSB not opposed to full-scale legal market probe | Law Gazette https://t.co/TNdzyk1zMS 
• Appeal clears way for solicitor’s minicab business | Law Gazette https://t.co/hqKhPpOm87 
• Commission calls for single electoral law | Law Gazette https://t.co/lZLdYLDUXy
• BLP in merger talks with Greenberg Traurig | Law Gazette https://t.co/Zkxtxdu3WM 
• Society proposes ‘single test’ to allay stamp duty fears | Law Gazette https://t.co/gOmnyPpkhH
• CMCs win argument to keep regulation fees the same | Law Gazette https://t.co/i9AZf2gG6u 
• MoJ reveals £141k costs over legal aid contracts | Law Gazette https://t.co/vSA0sPgvyF
• CFA ‘terminated’ before assignment, court rules | Law Gazette https://t.co/52I0CuDn7u 
• This is the eye-catching preparation arts cuts campaigners have done for a 'funeral' march in Cardiff https://t.co/mnUfweKgW4 
• Julian Assange’s submission to the UN working group https://t.co/cNe7cGWXny 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! https://t.co/FryeRtREOb
• Council cuts 'threat' to rural bus services https://t.co/59XOlEyLXb 
• Attitudes harden towards refugees from Syria and Libya, BBC poll suggests https://t.co/p0y1WlcrkX 
• Oxbridge college admissions 'complex and intimidating' https://t.co/oNF92Vrvgk 
• Gurkhas urged to come forward in fraud police inquiry https://t.co/9V3r0Lqyiq 
• Former Stephen Lawrence murder suspect 'on run from police' https://t.co/rh4dZxeUEO
• #Angolan rebel Savimbi's family sues Call of Duty makers https://t.co/50ZsnjvCRX 
• Bill Cosby: #US judge allows sex assault case against actor https://t.co/MJIy1LuAH8 
• In Cosby Hearing, Ex-Prosecutor Says He Believed Accuser, but Case Was Lacking #US https://t.co/zzcES5t9VW 
• Britain Receives Proposals for 'Better Deal' to Stay in the E.U. https://t.co/VwWNG8chEx
• Thousands of the elephants that toil in the redundant logging industry: price of fighting deforestation #MYANMAR https://t.co/gifn07uD6E 
• Bill Cosby Case Highlights a Rivalry Between Two Lawyers https://t.co/ao0h7Woaym
• After Retrial, Brooklyn Teenager Is Convicted in Fatal Shooting on Bus #US https://t.co/TpcM67dxAE 
• The Pentagon's New Parental Leave #US https://t.co/PRAEHvEQPa

4th February - Law News

1501st 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:  Concerns already highlighted by internal review but DPP says more can be done. The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is insufficiently resourcing and staffing its Rape and Serious Sexual Offences (RASSO) units, a new report has claimed. Full story - Solicitors Journal

Saturday Conversations on Law

• DWP post for Amazon boss is 'disgusting', says Margaret Hodge https://t.co/vFCfBxX187 
• Swedes are hitting back following a series of far-right violent marches over the weekend #SWEDEN https://t.co/y69m6RP4cD 
• Home demolitions hit the Bedouin again #ISRAEL https://t.co/VpcGRvannb 
• Britain’s part in making the EU a plaything of corporate interests https://t.co/20YrUzteRH
• How DNA and 'recreational genealogy' is making a case for reparations for slavery https://t.co/ARtKNXYcHG 
• MoJ in spotlight as government plans to cull 75% of offices | Law Gazette https://t.co/kyc5a8Opqu 
• Jackson: Lottery could pump-prime legal aid fund | Law Gazette https://t.co/AwpFMvHnaS 
• LSB not opposed to full-scale legal market probe | Law Gazette https://t.co/TNdzyk1zMS 
• Five reasons why legal professionals should adopt cloud-based technology | Legal Futures: https://t.co/KclSbNgEkL 
• Law Society asks solicitors: Should we abolish client accounts? | Legal Futures: https://t.co/dWPX4IpKC2
• Cocaine addict solicitor wins right to further appeal hearing on privilege | Legal Futures: https://t.co/3EMl1Q0sR8 Feb 04, 2016
• Solicitor who fabricated documents in bid to deceive tribunal and opposing lawyers struck off | Legal Futures: https://t.co/GRMg2T8s8w 
• Nearly 14,000 disabled people have mobility cars taken away following government welfare changes https://t.co/z40ydqFKvW 
• CMS Hasche Sigle becomes first international firm to set up shop in Iran https://t.co/CeoxfRAIhG 
• DLA Piper agrees partner remuneration overhaul https://t.co/L1pxhvBCg4 
• Betwixt clients and shareholders listed lawyers face tough conflicts, warns Australian judge https://t.co/gE42a1CEz6 
• Shkreli hires high-profile New York lawyer https://t.co/zOJzMxtvUK 
• Indian Supreme Court may overhaul anti-gay law https://t.co/xWaUzoHI3z 
• US and EU unveil successor to Safe Harbour https://t.co/neAvT29L25 
• Schengen Agreement restrictions and labour mobility https://t.co/y60jMiihxs
• Solicitor warns of ‘marked increase’ in FGM cases | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/nZfCg0TnDn 
• ‘EU-US Privacy Shield’ in, ‘Safe Harbour’ out | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/U4giToa2Fi 
• Law Society opens applications for diversity scheme | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/R1Ugc8KtOB 
• Being discreetly Jewish in Marseille #FRANCE https://t.co/sR70Ga2yba 
• Headteacher mocked on Twitter for claiming evolution is not a fact https://t.co/AGW28pgYhF 
• UK to seek changes on troops' service and free speech in European rights law https://t.co/vNBcctzkiJ 
• Pitcairn mayor charged with possessing child abuse material wants to face 'local law' https://t.co/vZBIHXhnvv
• If Brisbane wants to be a 'new world city' it should stop persecuting artists and act like one #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/4HXIfjbhE6
• Lesbian woman wins court battle with former partner over daughter https://t.co/BpG80Fwo38 
• First steps towards meeting the global goals – your stories and images https://t.co/NndXgnxfiC 
• Lord Lucan death certificate granted more than 40 years after disappearance https://t.co/gI02HFNZPW
• 'It's only a matter of time before people control time and manner of their death' https://t.co/FUIlMyiRSN 
• Gay cake row: couple's appeal adjourned https://t.co/AZsEV5fzkv 
• Lawyer criticises 'broadsheet newspapers' for 'incompetent' reporting https://t.co/Z3Wu89ITkO 
• Lord Lucan death certificate granted https://t.co/zc7XfWPvYc 
• 'Plebgate' row: Officer cleared of misconduct https://t.co/T3Q4bG34wm
• Police brutality victim Sarah Reed dies in Holloway prison https://t.co/CAmyhkvRr2 
• Police probe 'threats' claims at Glasgow Central Mosque https://t.co/tjxLognkRK
• Education (Scotland) Bill to be debated at Holyrood today | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/s7pX6cLHOi 
• No more looking for Lucan | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/yyVZiXZUw8
• Scottish government releases community right to buy guidance | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/v03OIwpxJS 
• Davidson Chalmers opens new Galashiels office | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/L4dBVKH6G9 
• Law Society publishes guides for new parents | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/nn6c3BiAY3 
• EU and US strike new privacy deal following demise of Safe Harbour | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/3YBPAFooxL 
• Edinburgh University officials told staff to leak information on indebted students | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Gm1NkRZF3Y 
• Donald Trump ‘nominated for Nobel Peace Prize’ for 'vigorous peace through strength ideology' https://t.co/kpUKUV3UsT 
• Conveyancers ‘should not cross-examine clients’ over stamp duty | Law Gazette https://t.co/PcqpqAbRAx 
• Solicitor jailed for helping drug-dealer clients appeals conviction | Law Gazette https://t.co/ECD0J2hK9u 
• Jackson: Lottery could pump-prime legal aid fund | Law Gazette https://t.co/AwpFMvpLMi 
• Police say there is not enough evidence to prosecute a hit-and-run driver who accelerated into a cyclist https://t.co/IRweFtepFb
• Michael Gove gives a little away on the forthcoming draft British bill of rights | Law Gazette https://t.co/Q0sduaQKqi 
• Tax and professional secrecy | Law Gazette https://t.co/ReTocqtx5i 
• Jackson proposes fund for modest claims | Law Gazette https://t.co/1pRy53DgdZ
• TheLawMap Wig is out! https://t.co/sSjOrEdR4G
• #AUSTRALIA's offshore asylum policy ruled legal by High Court https://t.co/aYtJL5rMD9 
• White & Case in limbo in Saudi Arabia | The Lawyer https://t.co/K4nBLIz6YI
• Latham joins Swiss duo in Kuoni’s £1bn sale to EQT | The Lawyer https://t.co/vaQw4LyYCK 
• McCann FitzGerald joins Irish rivals with New York base | The Lawyer https://t.co/MYd7XSXqbw 
• DLA Piper overhauls remuneration structure in profit drive | The Lawyer https://t.co/FysRRqd28Z 
• Orrick unveils 15-strong Houston launch team | The Lawyer https://t.co/ZNgkSKAg3F 
• Thomas Cook promotes from within as GC Stoehr packs bags | The Lawyer https://t.co/l45dGtG8J2 
• Stephenson Harwood takes seven-lawyer Eversheds team in Hong Kong | The Lawyer https://t.co/h3KZ9n3eTF 
• McDermott names new London head as Nineham retires | The Lawyer https://t.co/MZ1Fw9CF7z 
• He Xiaobo: latest victim of #CHINA's crackdown on labour activists https://t.co/KsRcdiRLKj 
• Palestinian poet Ashraf Fayadh's death sentence quashed by #SAUDI court https://t.co/vS6gNHvzM0 
• Should #French President Hollande be able to pardon a woman who killed her abusive husband? | Joshua Rozenberg https://t.co/BRpokS1htm 
• PinkNews publishes stories removed from Google under 'right to be forgotten' https://t.co/GNkewYgAdg 
• UK to seek changes on troops' service and free speech in European rights law https://t.co/AQBWrVkIEp
• GP gave elderly patient sleeping pills to pass on to her noisy neighbours in attempt to keep them quiet https://t.co/QMY5kFaoJf 
• Unforgiving Buddhist monk sues driver after car crash injuries leave him unable to meditate https://t.co/Ks5RSNarm1 
• Shoreham crash pilot Andy Hill 'was involved in another air incident a year earlier' https://t.co/NVJDXM5q0R 
• Google to deliver wrong search results to would-be jihadis https://t.co/YnPTQ74naS Feb 03, 2016
• Footballer Joey Barton's brother has sentence cut for murder after becoming charity worker in prison https://t.co/qj68ObWMGq 
• Theresa May was warned about concerns over 'British FBI' chief Lynne Owens https://t.co/DjbaCGLWJY 
• Pensioner bleeds to death during operation after spelling mistake on blood supply https://t.co/ydm0rjtTXH 
• India Chipchase murder: man, 51, in court charged with killing doctor's daughter, 20 https://t.co/yQq6Eou2mI 
• New National Crime Agency boss faced criticisms over 'litany of failures' at Surrey force https://t.co/IN31wQRmzH 
• High Court ruling outlines extraordinary scale of allegations against Blavo & Co | Legal Futures: https://t.co/gu4r4ByMlR 
• Leading unrated indemnity insurer withdraws from market | Legal Futures: https://t.co/Ydhi4JMxUB 
• Knights targets non-lawyer professionals in next stage of growth | Legal Futures: https://t.co/VGq7VeV8NQ