15th April - Law News

1571st 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:  Judges’ reforms threaten the role of lay legal advisers. Following legal aid cuts, plans to bar McKenzie Friends from charging fees will put help beyond financial reach for many. Full story - Guardian Law

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Baker & McKenzie keeps bulk of spring qualifiers | The Lawyer https://t.co/FJRRhIHoOv
• Dentons set to overhaul Chinese management structure | The Lawyer https://t.co/AlWTI83Olr 
• Pfizer/Allergan: What’s next for mega-mergers? | The Lawyer https://t.co/iHdjJp8lQu
• Shoosmiths set to double Manchester team | The Lawyer https://t.co/CHUgeISapV 
• DWF boosts Bristol offering with Fox Hartley acquisition | The Lawyer https://t.co/ICtDqtZQUH 
• Clifford Chance names new Asia Pacific regional managing partner | The Lawyer https://t.co/cLtCnvTGSv 
• European lawyer moves: 14 April 2016 | The Lawyer https://t.co/ltRxL17lS7
• Freshfields shortlists Liverpool Street buildings for future City base | The Lawyer https://t.co/BiXr25xvJW 
• Five held by anti-terror police in Birmingham and Gatwick https://t.co/FSVXApE1mD 
• Jailed mother Lesley Dunford given 13 years for baby murder https://t.co/1p4iUZtOQJ 
• Five EU nations agree tax crackdown in wake of Panama leak https://t.co/nbqMD0Gfhg 
• #BELGIUM minister quits in Brussels airport security row https://t.co/dHEUrMYOTu 
• #Germany #Turkey: Merkel allows inquiry into comic's Erdogan insult https://t.co/do4cGJkYzP 
• Child abuse police detective, Det Con Christopher Maitland admits sexually touching a girl https://t.co/FXBAZguSjT 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! https://t.co/tGLAeN1N4b
• Chilcot report expected to single out senior British military figures https://t.co/TYBtNNRzUh
• HMP Garth prisoner escapes and climbs on to roof https://t.co/h8jeCAhk4h 
• EU Big Five launch tax crackdown https://t.co/3Tv65E4SR8 
• Teenagers charged with Newcastle toddler kidnap https://t.co/eXrDjuE13S
• Army 'saved me from crime', says top Sandhurst cadet https://t.co/2uXAmjxopP
• IPCC to investigate Police Federation fraud allegations https://t.co/iFwUTJO357
• Jonás Gutiérrez wins case against Newcastle over cancer treatment https://t.co/1MHWxVQ2Jh 
• Law ranks fourth in degree salary stakes https://t.co/m8tIl9Yjgb
• Slater & Gordon unveils £6.9m UK loss https://t.co/bYyEjGFOCe 
• Clyde & Co eyes Miami merger https://t.co/ennRScuDRK 
• Lawyers happy with work-life balance https://t.co/vozZj2NC5a 
• Winston & Strawn boosts transportation finance practice https://t.co/UTSUDyq2V5 
• 'Happy Birthday' lawyers in lawsuit for 'We Shall Overcome' https://t.co/c7jZFViTnb
• Milton Keynes school turns away 29 girls for not dressing 'demurely' https://t.co/e1GPi4N9Bz
• A moment that changed me: when the young man I tried to help took his life https://t.co/2aPwP5gmz3 
• Microsoft sues for right to tell customers when #US government requests emails https://t.co/c3E0mugcHK 
• First woman appointed to Scotland’s second highest judicial post https://t.co/mTks0YEbxT 
• US cinema chain AMC set to allow customers to text during films https://t.co/Uq5EChqS7o 
• Powys mum banned from naming daughter Cyanide by court https://t.co/E1ary37bex
• #Australian couple 'did not reject Down's baby' Gammy https://t.co/IIUpdJPUCV 
• BP shareholders reject chief Bob Dudley's £14m pay deal https://t.co/7BbsA92hgb 
• Sheffield axe attack PC 'lucky to be alive' https://t.co/2Lzlk8LA4N 
• #GERMANY trafficking: Mass police raid on Berlin mega-brothel https://t.co/D9FXOWvac4 
• Online abuse law shake-up urgently needed, Tory Maria Miller says https://t.co/82AayI3hfk 
• Footballer Jonas Gutierrez wins Newcastle United discrimination tribunal case https://t.co/NvKRL9nF0x
• Ohio woman accused of live-streaming rape on Periscope #US https://t.co/z4w8EtlYuB 
• #Nigeria Chibok girls video 'gives us hope' https://t.co/DW7WBnlPfv 
• African Man Removed from easyJet Flight to Make White Passenger ‘Feel Safe’ https://t.co/RyafewFq2C 
• Creditors to get nothing from failed crowdfunded CMC | Law Gazette https://t.co/1uHCZG21EL 
• Low Commission ‘to be wound up’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/8vTveqNbm1 
• Miscarriage compensation fight goes to Supreme Court | Law Gazette https://t.co/iG1tPxtQyV 
• Courts could be hit by more strikes | Law Gazette https://t.co/HZEbPsTB7e 
• Lords committee rebuffs curb on powers | Law Gazette https://t.co/yn3ow6BNUe 
• QS chief departs as network moves closer to property business | Law Gazette https://t.co/572FR4hfyz 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! https://t.co/HwBkLxZOrn 
• San Francisco police release details of homeless man's killing as outrage grows #US https://t.co/ORm7gpkkwA 
• Low-income Americans spend as much as $400 to get tax refund, report finds #US https://t.co/HTKYOgsEsg 
• #Saudi Arabia says religious police must be 'gentle and humane' https://t.co/y1q3iH2Ziv 
• Chicago approves $6.45m payout to families of police violence victims #US https://t.co/SCBDjeXYRQ 
• Balfour Beatty and Interserve accused of migrant worker labour abuses in #Qatar https://t.co/ZG82g0QuUU 
• Ted Cruz helped defend Texas ban against sale of sex toys in 2007 #US https://t.co/iwbDrZhfSh 
• Futile and costly bikie laws have not addressed ‘organised’ crime but then, they didn’t need to #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/gOZ2hqeEat 
• The lawyer who takes the cases no one wants https://t.co/ZXKJOcERez

Today's video story: Clarke and Dawe - Australians who require Panamanian legal advice -  

14th April - Law News

1570th 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: Lawyers are increasingly banking on property to fund their retirement plans, new research has shown. New findings from high-net-worth retirement lending adviser Bower Private Clients show that 29 per cent of lawyers are planning to use funds from their home or buy-to-let properties to fund some or all of their retirement plans.. Full story - Solicitors Journal

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Lord Low announces “winding up” of commission | Legal Futures: https://t.co/zSq2NdEPMA 
• Barrister direct access service "growing fast", with bespoke technology set to go live | Legal Futures: https://t.co/IdVAJNVb3N 
• Change afoot at QualitySolicitors as it puts focus on conversion of online leads | Legal Futures: https://t.co/2c08H6qvhh
• New species of Manus Island rat named after detainees in 'solidarity' gesture #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/hNdwulStfE 
• Benefit fraud or tax evasion: row over the Tories’ targets https://t.co/MWTMRUgCYV 
• John McDonnell demands full inquiry into Panama Papers https://t.co/pYmvhl09lj 
• Whittingdale didn't tell PM about relationship with sex worker, No 10 says https://t.co/BKWkJyfOxL 
• Lords limit ministers' powers on council house sales https://t.co/btFI9VLI02 
• Oil industry knew of 'serious' climate concerns more than 45 years ago https://t.co/BP6rYrTlO7 
• Should we scrap benefits and pay everyone £100 a week? https://t.co/WcxDdQ3h0F 
• 'Like entering a prison': #JAPAN's leprosy sufferers sue government for decades of pain https://t.co/ArlP3adjtN 
• Edinburgh council refusing to pay £1.5m PFI charges following school closures https://t.co/p4HmMviSZ3 
• Unaccompanied children as young as six arriving at British ports https://t.co/zSzpVmzi0E 
• UK has 'legal duty' to challenge #Saudi Arabia over Yemen airstrikes https://t.co/jzqkAOQXTh
• New inhabitant: Katy Perry triumphs over nuns in convent lawsuit #US https://t.co/FNaVzX0yFY 
• Mossack Fonseca headquarters raided https://t.co/ZnwZ2igvdk 
• Reed Smith in merger talks https://t.co/1Wro9FFnUN 
• HSF adds disputes team in Germany https://t.co/JaGLsP9sxV
• Names emerge in race for Baker & McKenzie global chair https://t.co/HW696y77KI 
• Macfarlanes makes up six in male-only promotions round https://t.co/1tujGmIOii 
• Led Zeppelin to face trial for Stairway to Heaven https://t.co/pujeanI0LA 
• Law firms boosting marketing investment https://t.co/pZqSixeX5y 
• Paris attacks: Bataclan announces first concerts since November #FRANCE https://t.co/R0h5FhOjIF 
• Tory backbenchers challenge compulsory academy plan https://t.co/btUIBtGPKi 
• #US election: Trump accuses Republican leaders of conspiracy https://t.co/4ueViY46zf
• Rushed timetable for ‘Snoopers’ Charter’ a disgrace, say lawyers | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/jogaZirxYP
• Senior judiciary to get schooled by scientists | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/puZQ7A6ZJJ 
• Lords Committee say momentum of Prevention of Sexual Violence Initiative must not be lost | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/i1Up4WtVaI 
• Brodies triumphs at legal awards in New York | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/X0n7raJK2y 
• Burness Paull appoints leading tax expert | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/lgiWXJwGGH 
• Perth law firm is new corporate patron at Black Watch Museum | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/d0kt3tHe1q 
• Georgia executes intellectually disabled man whose lawyer may have slept during trial | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/3LyLsxZjNG 
• Scottish Arbitration centre celebrates fifth anniversary | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/d1zfsivUvJ 
• Luxembourg: New General Court judges appointed | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/NRTzwXKLBs 
• Senior Tory calls on government to overhaul internet abuse laws https://t.co/1nPDA3kWB7 
• Windows closing for clergy sex abuse victims to sue Catholic church https://t.co/Y55vHSpdTQ 
• All Saints victim of sexism: 'We were told to go topless on Top of the Pops or be cut from the show' https://t.co/jDtixxcyfu 
• Letting them die: parents refuse medical help for children in the name of Christ https://t.co/q1MsDNp3AS 
• Uber lawsuits timeline: company ordered to pay out $61.9m since 2009 #US https://t.co/Qv6roWsPqb 
• Judges’ reforms threaten the role of lay legal advisers | Owen Bowcott https://t.co/vEN7oodXPX 
• Untangling #Iran's web of sanctions after the nuclear deal https://t.co/G7a1x4nIkl
• Gove’s MoJ has gone to sleep: but solicitors - and their clients - need certainty | Law Gazette https://t.co/oEkPm4Jdat 
• Public access chambers offers fixed-fee debt representation | Law Gazette https://t.co/i94ZJAl0Gd 
• Tribunal reinstates £15k costs order after subject buys house | Law Gazette https://t.co/yzI7VhWlHC 
• Nobody wants a private Land Registry – union | Law Gazette https://t.co/idywJqCr7Z 
• English courts still among most generous on divorce | Law Gazette https://t.co/D4Vx6c0lYM
• Creditors to get nothing from failed crowd-funded CMC | Law Gazette https://t.co/TkYN7UZYgp 
• Online scams 'target Apple customers for richer pickings' https://t.co/dQTg3Hc7or 
• Richard Madeley hails 'Twitterpower' after drone 'flown over garden' https://t.co/ywsu0Ijybo 
• Leeds United employee Lucy Ward wins unfair dismissal case https://t.co/wpZPbRi9CQ
• Lead EU referendum campaigns named https://t.co/dniX96HVxP 
• Little Stoke Parkrun petition backed by thousands https://t.co/pQKZuJIFLD 
• Paris attacks: Spain seizes Coulibaly 'gun supplier' https://t.co/h7DvcgzOs2
• PC Gordon Semple: Man to face trial over death https://t.co/bP7WtgllKo 
• Resettling Syrian refugees in the UK 'to cost more than half a billion pounds' https://t.co/ErJr4Xms9c 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! https://t.co/sQhvQH9bkW
• #Panama papers: Mossack Fonseca headquarters raided https://t.co/Ipk0QsIiQo
• Police seize 5,000 'dangerous dogs' over three years https://t.co/SeSZ6zhyQo 
• #CANADA's 'Black Widow' charged with breaking release terms https://t.co/xtoQGExBTq

Today's video story: Labour has called for Culture Secretary John Whittingdale to withdraw from press regulation decisions after news of his relationship with a sex worker. Four newspapers knew about the relationship, which ended in 2014, but decided not to publish the story. Shadow culture secretary Maria Eagle said it had left him "vulnerable" to pressure from the press. Mr Whittingdale, who says he had not known the woman was a sex worker, said it had not affected his decisions.

13th April - Law News

1569th 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 Bar Standards Board is to investigate whether male barristers with new-born children should be entitled to a form of shared parental leave (SPL), with the Bar Council calling for provisions which would give them a rent rebate from their chambers while not working. Full story - Legal Futures

Saturday Conversations on Law

• #Portuguese policeman who ‘beat’ fan could face 10-year prison sentence https://t.co/pZCMcKJihF
• Police and prosecutors 'losing sensitive evidence' https://t.co/I13IQjiIk2
• Man charged with murder of antique dealer Adrian Greenwood https://t.co/5katLxRpRR 
• Culture Secretary John Whittingdale has admitted he had a relationship with an escort https://t.co/eFh6LagAWA 
• Eurozone crisis 'pushing migrants to UK' https://t.co/Fg6qF1eJsG 
• Law clerk killed in 'mistaken identity' shooting https://t.co/BCltISwZHC 
• Kirkland lures three-strong M&A team in Germany https://t.co/jZPknwXCSV 
• PNG Supreme Court judge arrested over suspected corruption https://t.co/l9sm8uCvOn 
• One in three lawyers 'not confident' about retirement plans https://t.co/ZH9bBG56UP 
• Revolving doors: Asia moves https://t.co/SvgUwinn8e 
• Law school admissions reflect 'reverse Robin Hood' scheme, argues professor https://t.co/B1BsElXcFv
• BSB to review parental leave for male barristers https://t.co/dPeRQXEJzF
• #BULGARIA announces investigations into several ‘migrant hunters’ https://t.co/r0PVFVnBl1 
• No-one would listen to Stephen Fry if he was poor https://t.co/qcoZuMzvyp 
• The dark side of Guardian comments https://t.co/wM6KnseyDr
• Will Smith death: New Orleans Saints coach pleads for end to gun 'madness' #US https://t.co/BLjt3qZLVY 
• The Guardian view on Stairway to Heaven: it’s on another Page | Editorial https://t.co/bwO9iPdU7x 
• #Bulgarian vigilantes 'tie up migrants at border' – video https://t.co/5fIXTahhwL
• Merkel stresses value of free speech in row over Erdoğan poem #GERMANY https://t.co/ONBpEbkjEM 
• MP calls for limit on UK surveillance powers as EU test case opens https://t.co/pYx5LDjNaI
• Libby Wilson obituary: Doctor and campaigner for family planning and assisted dying https://t.co/bRCZS7rAPW
• What sort of justice do survivors of sexual war crimes want? https://t.co/9nI2zlYxcX 
• Plan to tackle sexual violence during wars 'at risk without William Hague' https://t.co/Q6kbhWv564 
• Human rights groups sound alarm over safe zones for Syrian refugees https://t.co/18N0bTZxoX 
• Mining giant Vedanta argues UK court should not hear Zambia pollution case https://t.co/p4oCCSPiGG
• Negative prison report was toned down, leaked draft suggests https://t.co/Z6a9XEWer7 
• Church of Scotland drags feet on giving its fathers parental leave | Letter https://t.co/YXJHC7SF5b 
• Public access barristers join forces with debt solutions business to offer fixed-fee representation | Legal Futures: https://t.co/RKFVZgFSxj
• Website promises unbundled business law guidance to SMEs looking to enter UK | Legal Futures: https://t.co/BU3djtnfgB 
• LSB ditches idea of giving unregulated providers' clients access to ombudsman | Legal Futures: https://t.co/L75d78eqwF 
• Cambridge firm makes AI company its second tech investment | Legal Futures: https://t.co/GQopX2cpgC 
• Reed Smith in merger talks with US firm Pepper Hamilton | The Lawyer https://t.co/rScjpnVimf 
• Shearman & Sterling mulls agile working in London | The Lawyer https://t.co/T2TPV1KnG2 
• Ashurst loses corporate partner to Stephenson Harwood | The Lawyer https://t.co/tfA81H1FIJ
• Associate conundrums: Developing business relationships | The Lawyer https://t.co/8avtk9G3Mw
• Linklaters hires ex-A&O real estate finance head | The Lawyer https://t.co/1r7RBoICju 
• Freshfields to lose Paris quartet to Orrick’s French office | The Lawyer https://t.co/3aM7fuS7Cq 
• Partnership prospects at… Kirkland & Ellis | The Lawyer https://t.co/E8eBjImnK6
• Snoopers’ charter: lawyers unite to fight for client privacy | Law Gazette https://t.co/LsP2FR6Wo2 
• Reed Smith in merger talks with Philadelphia firm | Law Gazette https://t.co/kG0L4J6oQK 
• £300k budget cut for super-regulator | Law Gazette https://t.co/kvEHbjhdzS
• Cross-border VAT portal will help lawyers, Society says | Law Gazette https://t.co/Gt7E5Ih1SH 
• Second London council ‘deletes’ senior legal role | Law Gazette https://t.co/gIehCjqPib 
• Boffins offer primers for courtroom science | Law Gazette https://t.co/xLVWQMenYL 
• European court in the spotlight | Law Gazette https://t.co/kn1iNqjO9S
• Nigel Farage Will Not Publish His Tax Return https://t.co/uCN2YR6AFc 
• EU seeks more tax details from big firms https://t.co/E7egaRQh44 
• IMF: Brexit could cause severe damage https://t.co/0JTI01VKDv
• Parkrun faces being charged to use Little Stoke paths https://t.co/sWMMyc5TSx
• Thousands of Edinburgh pupils in limbo following school closures https://t.co/N80v3BU5Ki 
• Boko Haram crisis: 'Huge rise' in child suicide bombers https://t.co/1PgbRZ53Ec
• Dempsey Nibbs found guilty of beheading partner Judith Nibbs https://t.co/N9UqzVume7 
• Stairway to Heaven in copyright trial https://t.co/oD4QyAkYyB 
• Adam Johnson lodges appeal over six-year jail term https://t.co/26wZabcsdf 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! https://t.co/KIvEJ9ZUZe
• Leeds: The city that allows women to sell sex https://t.co/K8A4Y1J9RC
• The woman who shows how toxic #America’s culture wars have become https://t.co/ZijgKDhpcr 
• #Brazil impeachment: Vote deals new blow to President Rousseff https://t.co/i64o8PpApL 
• Clampdown on cosmetic surgery cowboys https://t.co/g8v4vFdRyV
• Steel crisis: Emergency debate to be held in Commons https://t.co/4PoAvpQmAO 
• Wormwood Scrubs jail is 'rat-infested and overcrowded' https://t.co/ixwsdQNzXz 
• #Australia's 'Mr Paparazzi' photographer Darryn Lyons faces sack as mayor over incompetence & bullying https://t.co/BS1mcLqBh2 
• Chambers model questioned as commercial sets merge | Law Gazette https://t.co/I0jTmp4s7y

Today's video story:  IPL Becomes An Indian Profit League Says H.M. Desarda.

12th April - Law News

1568th 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 Court of Justice of the European Union has ruled that judges must defer executing a European arrest warrant if there is a real risk of inhuman or degrading treatment arising from detention conditions in the member state seeking extradition. Full story - The Law Society Gazette

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Group to host human rights conference at Harvard Law School https://t.co/iIIIkl1gB0 
• Next UN Secretary General must stand up for human rights https://t.co/IqPrQHzfvu
• Abortion and Human Rights in #MEXICO https://t.co/XkW7sJYg46 
• #Swedish drug policy – a balanced policy based on health and human rights https://t.co/hWujyRNa0R 
• #Turkmenistan: EU Trade Pact Advances Minus Rights Progress https://t.co/5ThsukStBS
• #POLAND to Replace Delegates to Europe's Human Rights Body https://t.co/AdhcYB0GU5 
• EU turns a blind eye to growing human rights concerns in #INDIA https://t.co/IgnhuQj2vG 
• U.N. experts decry #EGYPT's crackdown on NGOs and human rights https://t.co/h7rdajtUM1 
• Michaella McCollum's solicitor: ‘Paid interview offers refused' https://t.co/KgQr2wxjRp
• Law firm Bromleys take staff numbers to record high https://t.co/TGjeTAe46j 
• #German justice minister appeals to press to hand over Panama Papers https://t.co/YDWmeHTQP6 
• EU Justice Scoreboard 2016: learning from each other to improve the effectiveness of national justice systems https://t.co/Wj5ONObcUW 
• More direction needed for aboriginals, mentally ill in criminal justice system #CANADA https://t.co/5OBqwhtLiD
• Goldman Sachs to pay $5 billion in #US Justice Dept mortgage bond pact https://t.co/hQUTvW3TMj 
• Major accounting firms routinely recruited federal justice and CRA tax enforcement officials #CANADA https://t.co/WMryc5I7pG
• Political Conflict, Extremism and Criminal Justice in #BANGLADESH https://t.co/DEPRistri4 
• NFF announces new acting General Secretary, committee heads #NIGERIA https://t.co/r85PWNqYfM
• Gandhi’s tryst with Bihar enters 100th year #INDIA https://t.co/iiEbbrrtBT 
• Late Wellington Judge Ian Borrin leaves $30 million to legal community #NEWZEALAND https://t.co/p3yWJoedLt 
• #US lawyers in mini-exodus to London as DoJ lengthens reach https://t.co/abosrAZBqR 
• Irish legal system 'obstructs reporters' #IRELAND https://t.co/kkPOssp8S5 
• Victoria Legal Aid calls for $72 million funding boost #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/zdxo18ehkF 
• Barrister David Osborne reveals his past in legal in his new book Order in Court https://t.co/b6SygR4mBo 
• Challenges to high legal bills delayed by short-staffed office #CANADA https://t.co/AyxkuQ0281 
• Gateley makes UK legal history with first acquisition since listing https://t.co/rwm9mrsXrx 
• Landmark UK ruling is not a ‘get out of jail’ card for Hong Kong felons https://t.co/I8n7ey4OX4 
• IoM shares beneficial ownership data with the UK https://t.co/mlfvJQtZCG 
• The UK's abortion shame: Northern Ireland urged to stop prosecuting women under abortion ban https://t.co/jwvKdDkHVW 
• Northern Ireland needs Clare's Law, says victim's dad https://t.co/0GsZHkJd0F
• UK's Cameron announces new tax evasion law in 2016 https://t.co/RaIGSJzMYT 
• Negative prison report was toned down, leaked draft suggests https://t.co/Z6a9XEWer7 
• Church of Scotland drags feet on giving its fathers parental leave | Letter https://t.co/YXJHC7SF5b 
• European court to consider legality of UK surveillance laws https://t.co/QnmLcY0YUP 
• Call for chambers rent rebates so male barristers can share parental leave | Legal Futures: https://t.co/q52lxRz2Wj 
• Solicitor struck off for fabricating litigation and taking money from another client to pay damages | Legal Futures: https://t.co/u1tMuZFrRu
• Cleary Gottlieb criticised over role in Brazil dam disaster investigation | The Lawyer https://t.co/GT5WXCPOIq
• Forsters and Slaughters advise on Tata Steel UK assets sale | The Lawyer https://t.co/5Y7fedFOn1 
• Firms’ eerie silence after Panama leaks | The Lawyer https://t.co/IGBmpIpPmR
• A decade ago the magic circle firms enjoyed an unrivalled position in China | The Lawyer https://t.co/QBEqpLNwEI 
• Government divorce policy is ‘failing’, new figures show | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/Y9Q7Yrzkv1 
• Lawyers look to property portfolios to fund retirements | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/krqHcKJFxa 
• New regulations could lead to greater private sector involvement in NHS | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/N4MUgmN9SY 
• Magic and Silver Circle partnerships dominated by Oxbridge graduates | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/XO3kcGvVw7 
• Law firms fail to focus on customer service | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/DNNj1K6hz0 
• UK mining giant challenges jurisdiction of Zambian farmers’ legal action | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/iEeyAeyKHQ
• Singer Bryan Adams cancels Mississippi concert over new discriminatory religious law #US https://t.co/yiSd059EHt 
• Gender identity clinic for young people sees referrals double https://t.co/SXbMfoDgw6 
• This celebrity injunction will probably rebound – a case of the ‘Streisand effect’ | Joshua Rozenberg https://t.co/wrEe4KXbWF
• Jonathan Haw obituary: set up the US base of the legal firm Slaughter and May https://t.co/Nz8KPaJknk 
• Synthetic opiate makers stay step ahead of #US drug laws as overdose cases rise https://t.co/ORyYoTwH8p 
• Why #Ireland must get rid of its disgraceful blasphemy law https://t.co/KTbulSeD1J 
• Studying Roman law: Juno it’s more useful than you’d think https://t.co/kGxdLM2Aqy 
• CIA chief Brennan would not carry out waterboarding torture for Trump or Cruz #US https://t.co/MVgMEvbVTE 
• Thousands of Edinburgh pupils affected by school building closures https://t.co/r8efjcqlfc
• Kathryn Smith jailed for stamping daughter Ayeeshia to death https://t.co/8ZTcsl1HeL 
• George Osborne publishes tax return as Cameron faces MPs https://t.co/XwW6Ql0VYw 
• Anti-bribery plan rapped | Law Gazette https://t.co/LSAWoRwFA6 
• SRA shuts down five firms in the space of a week | Law Gazette https://t.co/FXBuyFizuU 
• Susskind: online court is just the beginning | Law Gazette https://t.co/3Rveg0TClv 
• Lawyers relying on property to fund their retirements | Law Gazette https://t.co/NhgZssNXNs 
• Gateley makes first acquisition as a PLC in £2.7m deal | Law Gazette https://t.co/3gJS1dfZ50 
• Renewed uncertainty over interpreting | Law Gazette https://t.co/6vSLqNAQCk
• A body believed to be that of a missing junior doctor has been found, police said https://t.co/JSEpKKc8Xn
• TheLawMap Wig is out! https://t.co/ilxZxemRDf
• Mental health deaths under-reported, says charity https://t.co/g13cUEj1td

Today's video story: Footage shows how David Cameron’s statements have gradually changed over the course of four days, eventually arriving at how he benefited from a Panama-based offshore trust fund set up his late father.

11th April - Law News

1567th 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: Will litigation funding replace CFAs in lower value cases? Insolvency litigation underwent a sea-change this week as its exemption from the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (LASPO) finally came to an end. Full story - New Law Journal

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Med neg giant combines with ULaw to launch solicitor apprenticeship with law degree https://t.co/twSAYU6t7u 
• Norton Rose Fulbright racks up strong newly-qualified solicitor retention rate of 96% https://t.co/yzUs74VhZT 
• Leaked Mossack Fonseca document leaves London law firm exposed https://t.co/21clNpBIYi 
• Lancaster law student believed to have died fighting for ISIS https://t.co/J9B6r5TYvC 
• York law student claims antisemitism on the increase at UK universities https://t.co/cmSGKHowKS 
• Off the Cuff: Dress Code shocker as HMP Belmarsh seeks to ban visiting lawyers from wearing cufflinks https://t.co/Kg5FnxGApz
• Missing Queen Mary law undergrad found dead in Slovenia https://t.co/iWiBjXzqT3 
• Making a Murderer: Is our criminal appeals process any better? https://t.co/tH9OYGfT6C 
• The Law Society has just wasted £7 million on a failed business venture -- here is what they could have spent it on https://t.co/snseXwpi6m 
• Half of Allen & Overy’s new London partners are women https://t.co/a8LQqeqxz8 
• Scammers clone Burges Salmon's website to create fake law firm https://t.co/RmS3HlUjzc 
• 11 ways in which the teachings of Donald Trump can guide lawyers to success https://t.co/6DLB1KLp6e 
• Family law online case management system has disastrous debut week https://t.co/qpLm3Usu0L 
• Man behind criminal law syllabus shake up to face retrial for murder https://t.co/oyn9U4rR3p
• Ashurst keeps 15 out of 19 qualifying trainees https://t.co/bOErWbwgvn 
• Joshua Rozenberg: Delayed legal highs law will be a fruitful ground for litigation -- when it's finally implemented https://t.co/bEDyX8vJeW
• Cambridge PhD law student who spends spare time dressing up as the Insect Overlord coming to a chambers near you https://t.co/Xr2VjumVxV 
• Judge who described Lord Harley as 'like something out of Harry Potter’ heads to holding cells in full court dress t…https://t.co/CXIGwUgrQp 
• Winning defence in boiler room case - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/a0zFqtvDKA
• Suzanne Middleton Lindsley, Partner, Druces, London - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/XhCNahZpYa
• Double standards on adultery | Law Gazette https://t.co/pXOPUz9wg2 
• We need to reset the debate on the future of solicitor education | Law Gazette https://t.co/CitYqoKSt1 
• Iraqi claims firm ‘misled court’ for months | Law Gazette https://t.co/q5EMGT0bFK 
• Judges may defer European warrants if prison conditions 'inhumane' | Law Gazette https://t.co/ET7ftlFkqp 
• Anti-bribery plan rapped | Law Gazette https://t.co/LSAWoRwFA6 
• Panama Papers leak puts secrecy under the spotlight | Law Gazette https://t.co/PfTwSd7GIe 
• SRA seeks answers from firms linked to Panama Papers | Law Gazette https://t.co/8OSP7RAVv7 
• Renewed uncertainty over court interpreting | Law Gazette https://t.co/p9SoGu2o0y Apr 11, 2016
• Susskind: online court should not seek to exclude lawyers | Legal Futures: https://t.co/TcK7cVcpXL 
• Clock ticking on law firms that fail to focus on customer service, research warns | Legal Futures: https://t.co/dqowiwmH7R
• Exclusive: SRA has not yet referred Leigh Day to tribunal over Iraq inquiry | Legal Futures: https://t.co/OBOIH89IkF 
• Burger King staff tricked into smashing outlet's windows 'to release pressure' #US https://t.co/YhWxiIxgSP 
• HMRC chief was partner at law firm that acted for Cameron offshore fund https://t.co/b3XpMMifko 
• Russian cellist says funds revealed in Panama Papers came from donations #RUSSIA https://t.co/Hdk6LmtlU0
• Hundreds hurt in police clashes at #Greece-Macedonia border https://t.co/MNIXmrxmb4 
• Universal credit cuts to lose low-income families up to £200 a month https://t.co/GgM1YnFTct 
• Virginia governor has hours to decide on return of compulsory electric chair #US https://t.co/E0gub3rOgN 
• David Isaac should be judged by his actions, not his income - Letter from Lucy Scott-Moncrieff https://t.co/aHyPnrWilt 
• Kollam temple: Inquiry ordered into fireworks blast #INDIA https://t.co/WDsrTtWxsU
• Man charged over American footballer Will Smith's shooting #US https://t.co/yH6EfIInz0 
• Harry Potter: GCHQ 'intervened over Half-Blood Prince leak' https://t.co/NAdAGFd8NC 
• Brussels group 'initially planned to hit #France' https://t.co/U3lZZ0aT2J 
• Bournemouth man arrested on suspicion of murdering baby https://t.co/kCppmqtV74 
• Attempted axe murderer Arshad Latif jailed for 20 years https://t.co/wqXMJny10g 
• Luton Labour councillor suspended over Hitler tweet https://t.co/MAibj2hIY9
• Triumph for the rule of law in South Africa? | UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/EXxkWqPKfv 
• de Menezes: No individual prosecutions, but an effective investigation - ECtHR | UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/1cT2ir4o9Z 
• Upholding fundamental rights or ensuring accurate verdicts? The ECtHR & the use of unchallengeable witness evidence https://t.co/LJ3JGb1bAV 
• Human rights volunteering opportunity | UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/XphCj2QGrF 
• South Africa's President Zuma survives impeachment vote despite judgment against him | UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/P20Ipb0LLc 
• When prurient curiosity meets privacy | UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/zniKFP7hml 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! https://t.co/mms0hPt4Kg

Today's video story: For more than a year now, hundreds of thousands of people have been boarding overcrowded boats provided by smugglers along the Turkish coast.

10th April - Law News

1566th 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

• Cameron releases tax returns information amid row https://t.co/VWtHe4VCBg 
• Man charged with murder in missing PC inquiry https://t.co/Pus8MYAFCN
• Anti-doping: Whistleblower accuses Ukad of 'catastrophic failure' https://t.co/ANro5Ao1zG 
• Mother charged with newborn baby's murder https://t.co/Yze3zqZOR0 
• Migrant crisis: 'First deaths in Aegean' since Turkey deal https://t.co/Sk4Fn7xril 
• Pastor allowed to sue Alabama for disbanding sex offenders' ministry #US https://t.co/LH92VlNxrX 
• 'I'm Carmen. Nice to meet you again': why I faced my rapist in prison https://t.co/gTQeghgdho 
• Thumbs up for Safe Harbor replacement | New Law Journal: https://t.co/ZKCUjByR6p 
• Privatise the Land Registry? | New Law Journal: https://t.co/k1s1eUx5JM 
• “Frenetic” conveyancing to beat stamp duty rise | New Law Journal: https://t.co/0D5ZDWUN9H 
• New SRA Handbook | New Law Journal: https://t.co/XwCVAhAdYa
• Boost for fixed fees: New consumer research commissioned by the Legal Services Board (LSB) | New Law Journal: https://t.co/GFiy5CrvcH
• Double figures for Judicial Appointments Commission | New Law Journal: https://t.co/oQnvvdJeki 
• No sanction after seven-day delay | New Law Journal: https://t.co/Ayn1nWttIK 
• Insolvency exemption ends: Will litigation funding replace CFAs in lower value cases? | New Law Journal: https://t.co/RHd8wtzDIE 
• Legal profession brainstorms Brexit | New Law Journal: https://t.co/Gy7nrTSIMe 
• Halsbury Legal Awards 2016 are launched | New Law Journal: https://t.co/zQpb64LOBn 
• Tourists join bareheaded protest against Iranian clothing laws #IRAN https://t.co/n111F1MDVR 
• Why the top 10 tax havens don't include Panama https://t.co/vujY2fG9fu 
• #French action urged over Calais asylum-seeker children https://t.co/4w1VZHMM9I 
• #AUSTRIA plans to seize house where Hitler born https://t.co/CpRPH9vkxn 
• Murder probe launched after Oxford art dealer death https://t.co/PnZJvjzQOq 
• #BELGIUM charges four over attacks https://t.co/rs0gnGbADk 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! https://t.co/YCbzAGbyBw
• #ISRAEL football team Beitar Jerusalem with an openly racist fan group bans reporters from press box in racism row https://t.co/xSuxhwkzSD

Today's video story: A mini-documentary about the qualities of a good lawyer and the role that excellent English language and communication skills play for lawyers. Features interviews with legal professionals in Hong Kong.

9th April - Law News

1565th 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

• UKIP leader Nigel Farage admits mistake after setting up offshore fund to avoid tax (old news from 2013) https://t.co/l5GpMFAObc 
• New Orleans judge orders inmates' release amid public defense crisis #US https://t.co/D9Wr5hy5Nt 
• Panama Papers could encourage more divorce challenges, say lawyers https://t.co/iq4K1zMsNV 
• Simpson Thacher & Bartlett tops global M&A league table https://t.co/JQeZ2QC7Uq 
• Slaughters senior partner to found mediation boutique https://t.co/jyMntreBVn
• Gibson Dunn replaced in GFH-Haigh disputes https://t.co/WAMDp3vzdY 
• Ashurst keeps on 79 per cent of qualifiers https://t.co/etZ3Wnbcac 
• Top banks called up over 1MDB links https://t.co/ywQ9suqRg6 
• Renowned entertainment lawyer Seymour Lazar dies aged 88 https://t.co/DCVEYY8wGq 
• Springsteen cancels North Carolina concert over 'anti-gay' law #US https://t.co/NHjc2RLCMM 
• Caffe Nero staff lose free lunch after National Living Wage introduced https://t.co/pyTJM7Zsdz
• David Cameron faces growing clamour for full account of his tax affairs https://t.co/FDOcMcvwrM 
• The Guardian view on the #BANGLADESH history debate: distorted by politics | Editorial https://t.co/BHbzcsdpiO 
• David Cameron’s gift to the world: trickle-down tax-dodging https://t.co/QNk8Ouhs6B 
• Sajid Javid review could mean business department axing 4,000 jobs https://t.co/fE44f6EdFx 
• Schools under scrutiny in crackdown on league table 'gaming' https://t.co/5r4azpTzh1 
• Nuit debout protesters occupy French cities in revolutionary call for change #FRANCE https://t.co/Yt5BRBmpIl
• #Belgian man wanted over Paris attacks arrested https://t.co/Y9gGCaTD8r 
• Two BBC radio presenters charged with sex offences against children https://t.co/612cWaJ4fc 
• An appeal for the release of Milagro Sala #ARGENTINA https://t.co/IH8EGhuprY 
• Brexit: High Court agrees to hear arguments in legal challenge against government | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/7rDawCRi21 
• Tax lawyer accused of taking £500,000 bribe in property dispute https://t.co/ulAtBMIeEx
• Tata's UK steel operation 'under investigation by SFO' https://t.co/9BIlrUWJzf 
• Dangerous drivers should not be allowed to choose trial by jury | Martin Porter https://t.co/SJqQA4s4Mb 
• Obama: Republican stance on supreme court risks eroding public confidence #US https://t.co/hwpTsusI9d 
• The ransomware that knows where you live https://t.co/FbYbqhmkXq 
• Michael Piggin case: Loughborough Burleigh College named as 'planned target' https://t.co/uv5hxPbY1K 
• Afghan boy smuggled in lorry texted: 'No oxygen' https://t.co/GJpsdT0J9r 
• Rochdale men jailed for 'appalling and vile' abuse https://t.co/SNST2R8gj6 
• Ayeeshia Jane Smith: Mum Kathryn Smith guilty of murder https://t.co/POL6bdtx3O 
• Human remains are missing PC Gordon Semple, says family https://t.co/sDaJhYCW6U
• Labour says PM 'losing trust' over offshore fund row https://t.co/tX4n2GtNzn 
• UKIP race row candidate's comments 'not racist' claim party official https://t.co/Ks1TqVgFay
• Kincora Boys Home: Victims lose legal case for inclusion in independent inquiry https://t.co/lQQ40kLTRr 
• Boy, 16, driving a BMW dies in Burnley crash https://t.co/oh4Hl4aFmP
• Royal Opera House audience boo violent production of Lucia di Lammermoor https://t.co/1B0u4rmIkF 
• Government changes domestic violence evidence requirement | Law Gazette https://t.co/Yx4bNgtAGe 
• LAA acts after firm’s withdrawal leaves legal aid gap in Hull | Law Gazette https://t.co/rvnUELEUSB 
• Former Sidley Austin partner charged over tax scheme | Law Gazette https://t.co/SgR6e0Rj1m 
• Probate should not be treated as a profit centre – Law Society | Law Gazette https://t.co/5gDiKAdr0z 
• Solicitor struck off by SDT for ‘abhorrent’ overcharging | Law Gazette https://t.co/bfDphLKctD 
• SRA seeks answers from firms linked to Panama Papers | Law Gazette https://t.co/8OSP7RAVv7 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! https://t.co/A3RahlyJZH
• Pope Francis to make key marriage pronouncement https://t.co/4ES2irFxyp 
• Junior doctors' strike: Fresh talks 'ruled out' https://t.co/q3YJ1rubwD
• Uber pays $10m in driver vetting row #US https://t.co/K2XO45f8bF 
• Panama Papers: How Jersey-based oil firm avoided taxes in #Uganda https://t.co/Fm6dOVfX1P 
• High-risk behaviours on the up among barristers, BSB finds https://t.co/DYYN86hliS 
• Co-operative Legal Services returns to profit https://t.co/kdNhPfyKAV 
• First glimpse of Slater & Gordon UK restructure plan https://t.co/fvUFX8YHJm
• Mayer Brown trials agile working in London https://t.co/cuVJvXz6ev 
• Law school in Scalia acronym blunder https://t.co/l0U3tqWznS 
• Panama Papers leave London law firm exposed https://t.co/ZRTGJ1CHT2 
• Could the inversion deal honeymoon be over? https://t.co/QnkO1aivJb

Today's video story: Apple CEO Tim Cook explains Apple's encryption and privacy policies, in a discussion with WSJ's Editor-in-Chief Gerard Baker at the Wall Street Journal's technology conference in Laguna Beach, Calif., in October.