4th March - Law News

1530th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & legal articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap

FOCUS OF THE DAY: The Legal Aid Agency (LAA) has spent more than £93m funding defence counsel in cases that did not go to trial, the National Audit Office has found. According to the public spending watchdog’s Efficiency in the criminal justice system report, published today, two-thirds of cases did not progress as planned despite case management improving since 2010-11. Full story - The Law Society Gazette

Saturday Conversations on Law

• WWF accused of facilitating human rights abuses of tribal people in Cameroon https://t.co/XfiVqIM1Pm
• 'This is a court of justice not a casino,' judge tells lawyers over £1.1m fees https://t.co/WGVUdtrJXH 
• Five New York women file class action lawsuit in effort to end tampon tax #US https://t.co/b1abuco3em 
• Jane Kelly could pose dilemma for top senator if nominated for supreme court #US https://t.co/B627ShiAKH
• This little-known state law promotes happy employees and innovative ideas #US https://t.co/UdHQ4yD5FN 
• Man removed from UK flight over 'prayer' message on phone https://t.co/q0LnJWkAJn 
• Pioneering legal tech company launches mobile app | Legal Futures: https://t.co/EAJR1jZJVf 
• Accountants and reserved legal activities - a taxing problem | Legal Futures: https://t.co/r9wfUxBhA5 
• ABS for nurses to focus on personal injury | Legal Futures: https://t.co/PP28rGXz5H
• Slater & Gordon shareholder class action gets backing from UK funder https://t.co/qNeY2nLl0A 
• Greenberg Traurig moves towards merger with revenue boost https://t.co/LuoowzVuBn 
• Gun emoji may send 12-year-old schoolgirl to court https://t.co/teLagNMTmP 
• Baker Botts tops $1m revenue per lawyer https://t.co/Ju4YbfPwAM 
• Singapore based legal disrupter infiltrates Australia https://t.co/BBddkIDybR 
• New chapter dawns in Australian media ownership law https://t.co/xcwC53sZCM
• Olympus pays big to resolve bribery probes https://t.co/vNWMpmkle4 
• https://t.co/Okdep47cuH rapist Jason Lawrance jailed for life https://t.co/OXSN3GyOgq 
• Adam Johnson case: Sunderland AFC 'must reveal what it knew' https://t.co/M2kSb55Lis
• Oscar Pistorius denied leave to appeal for Steenkamp murder #SOUTHAFRICA https://t.co/2D97joTUlv
• Bailey Gwynne case: Murder accused 'tried to save' teenager https://t.co/ecAa62pnGl 
• Birmingham's QE Hospital under weekly review amid high death rates https://t.co/ysSUGWERBq 
• Nina Simone biopic trailer reignites anger over casting https://t.co/pWrdFTpvDo 
• 'Cheating watches' warning for exams https://t.co/SAeDpvyoOP 
• Foreign government requests for fraud information up 62 per cent | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/BWVlMkhIEF
• Addleshaws senior partner elections kick off | The Lawyer https://t.co/G5wipMIYoS 
• Is now the time for Ashurst to seal a US merger deal? | The Lawyer https://t.co/e1RmbIzfrm 
• Shearman misses growth target as global PEP falls | The Lawyer https://t.co/lrTfg5rpv8
• DLA Piper partner investigated by SRA for sexist emails | The Lawyer https://t.co/Guan80JLSs 
• DLA Piper picks EMEA MD Picon as Knowles replacement | The Lawyer https://t.co/9WrrgdXqxw 
• Amazon ditches UK firms in mid-panel roster review | The Lawyer https://t.co/rC7ZlfStNt 
• Shoosmiths targets flexible working market with contract lawyer offering | The Lawyer https://t.co/McuCLPsWPQ
• Fraudulent ex-solicitor ordered to repay taxman £800k | Law Gazette https://t.co/jg03B9ASTo
• DLA partner referred to SDT over ‘sexist’ email scandal | Law Gazette https://t.co/oz3qEbu4tv 
• ABS steps in to save Todner criminal defence firm | Law Gazette https://t.co/STSnqsTk6q 
• CPS to go after online trolls who use fake profiles to post revenge porn https://t.co/bUjE0r0djp 
• Twitter to train prosecutors in fight against online abuse https://t.co/DDqDRIPsmN 
• Scottish government recommends Holyrood approve Scotland Bill | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/283oQxzkny
• Trainee solicitors to benefit from new Living Wage requirement | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/8K0x8nYUhc
• Company held vicariously liable for employee who punched customer in unprovoked attack | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/dcsKF7i1LM 
• Petition for judicial review of decision to refuse planning permission for new wind farm dismissed https://t.co/8XTus2RjA1 
• Gordon Jackson QC defends cross-examination against judicial criticism | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/KUHqcJAoRT 
• Anderson Strathern Asset Management appoints Donald Barlow as senior investment manager | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/zTrLTkiCAS
• Police watchdog calls for better whistleblowing procedures | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/zFA0iBJntp 
• Blog: Should I stay or should I go | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/RyHIHUDzTf 
• Keeper-induced Registration to enable title transfer from Sasine to Land register this year | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/nG6s8RYakH 
• Council tax increases provide more 'uncertainty' for home owners | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/yIHVCmLJ0w 
• SYLA welcomes Law Society's revised pay rates for trainees | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/qPz9yuQ57C 
• Police hacking powers extended under new snoopers' charter | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/a8flouAwIZ
• Anderson Strathern announces partner hire to boost family law team | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/tq0bPn15RE 
• National Audit Office’s report on the system’s efficiency is an alarming read | Law Gazette https://t.co/LghWirIUBZ 
• Judge censures HMRC over ‘austerity’ excuse for compliance failure | Law Gazette https://t.co/Iu9znMeOYE 
• Lawyers face new push to improve complaints guidance | Law Gazette https://t.co/ep3sQBnpjO 
• Domestic violence victims ‘routinely abused’ in family court – charity | Law Gazette https://t.co/JBz65puiUP
• Slater and Gordon says ‘majority’ of UK sites will stay open | Law Gazette https://t.co/MhNBqbPa5a 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! https://t.co/r46u9IezoI

3rd March - Law News

1529th 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 Supreme Court is to hear five challenges against the 'bedroom tax' levied against anyone receiving housing benefit, but has an extra bedroom. All five cases involve people who suffer from a physical or mental disability, and have so far lost their cases in the High Court and the Court of Appeal. Full story - Solicitors Journal

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Jesse Matthew admits Hannah Graham and Morgan Harrington murders #US https://t.co/EDaONHKP9Q 
• BMW tells UK Rolls-Royce car workers of 'benefit' of EU https://t.co/5cEqJGyM6q 
• Rio 2016: Refugee team to compete at Olympics https://t.co/9IaC9H1y9c
• LSB: Regulators need to get tough with lawyers over poor complaints handling | Legal Futures: https://t.co/1dyQqsAvmW
• NAHL drives on conveyancing market push with comparison site launch | Legal Futures: https://t.co/8O4h8Ja1dU
• COLPs failing to report problems to SRA, groundbreaking study finds | Legal Futures: https://t.co/asUqBdZk0e 
• Sole practitioner who overcharged client by 500% is struck off | Legal Futures: https://t.co/L4dT34v96C
• UK litigation funder to back shareholder class action against Slater & Gordon | Legal Futures: https://t.co/vlN5e8K30b 
• BBC iPlayer 'loophole' to be closed soon, says culture secretary https://t.co/PtJqoKxFnb 
• MoD to be reprimanded over Brecon Beacons SAS deaths https://t.co/3LKzDvZPZj 
• #US election 2016: Republicans express Donald Trump fears https://t.co/gs21X53fmb
• Footballer Adam Johnson has been found guilty of one count of sexual activity with a girl aged 15 https://t.co/AlPn0JJGon 
• Apple judgment: people will pay to secure their privacy https://t.co/odWFfbLCed
• #US supreme court justices spar over strictest abortion law in the nation https://t.co/lIZ83jZWsW Mar 02, 2016
• #Norway rejects Anders Breivik 'inhuman' prison conditions claim https://t.co/Dmy4Ynls6x 
• Supreme court finds Morrisons liable for employee's crime at work https://t.co/xekeaElD4J 
• Liverpool lawyer Donald Munro obituary https://t.co/zP8kiHmHCv 
• Divorce app eyes UK market as 'digital divorce' gains traction https://t.co/w8BVAIg766
• Legal professionals increasingly search for pastures new https://t.co/np9NQrh1lq 
• Paul Hastings has a record year https://t.co/85ZBum8hav 
• Theresa May assures statutory protection for legal privilege https://t.co/Tfvvbcwv76
• Pinsent Masons brings in political blueblood for Brexit team https://t.co/i5J96fMKwp
• Tory activist Elliott Johnson 'suffered degrading treatment' https://t.co/zqSitC0az7 
• Eton student who owned toddler-rape videos allowed to use false name to protect wealthy family https://t.co/WZA1Prc4up 
• Snoopers' Charter is a 'rush job', says Bar | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/Fwwo7NpNyz 
• Government is failing its responsibility to ensure access to justice | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/VZw9QYdMkh Mar 02, 2016 
• The latest news on hires, promotions, mergers, and deals from leading law firms and chambers | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/CCWq6Utfum
• K&L Gates London revenue stays flat as firm turnover dips 8 per cent worldwide | The Lawyer https://t.co/0jsX3Z7aEi 
• Greenberg Traurig Maher posts 10% revenue rise ahead of potential BLP deal | The Lawyer https://t.co/pjY8RkC1EG 
• Gibson Dunn client ordered to pay £9.3m costs after Boreh claims dismissed | The Lawyer https://t.co/NayjXSLdGo 
• Kirkland doubles global notice period amid London partner exits | The Lawyer https://t.co/GNP8Pzzjml 
• The Investigatory Powers Bill needs more time | The Lawyer https://t.co/uDfGZYTvQU 
• Ashurst bags lead mandate on Morrisons’ deal with Ocado | The Lawyer https://t.co/L3nOiTxfEF 
• Nominations revealed for global in-house lawyer of the year | The Lawyer https://t.co/uuRGwOV8in
• Legal and Lawyer in Asia moves: 2 March 2016 | The Lawyer https://t.co/rK6R1WQ4i2
• Allen & Overy keeps 91% of spring 2016 qualifiers https://t.co/tItKOny6og 
• Slaughters appoints Turnill as new M&A head | The Lawyer https://t.co/B8niDlkYvQ 
• European independents branch out with foreign offices | The Lawyer https://t.co/SGv6ZhJ7dX
• HMRC debarred after litigant in person claim | Law Gazette https://t.co/Yw2uhh8twT 
• Law Society ponders legal aid innovation fund | Law Gazette https://t.co/D1e9KALdmu 
• MoJ admits £1.35m spent on upgrading condemned courts | Law Gazette https://t.co/6iQxciid46 
• UK law changes planned to liberalise citizen data held by public bodies https://t.co/aLBELCUFOa 
• No changes to Freedom of Information law, Government announces https://t.co/dqbhvNuxj8 
• US works on data access agreement with UK https://t.co/EysP09aTQV 
• UK spying laws: Government introduces law requiring WhatsApp and iMessage to break their own security https://t.co/zyefVFjLEQ 
• Police Get More Access to Citizens' Browsing Data Under Revised UK Law https://t.co/1nJj0iMrpn 
• Fury As U.K. Makes Proposed Internet Spying Law Even More Invasive https://t.co/TgZVZV6RQt 
• UK fights to retain Dublin law to deport asylum seekers https://t.co/tENs0RriZy 
• #US supreme court takes on biggest abortion rights case in two decades https://t.co/vmlGYWcHs0 
• Curbs on ‘shameless’ armed forces claims within weeks | Law Gazette https://t.co/uhoFDAd4zb 
• Animal charities take will contest to Supreme Court | Law Gazette https://t.co/iuKgwTE3co 
• CJC presses ahead on fixed-costs extension | Law Gazette https://t.co/xFAM5JxQFc 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! https://t.co/49sEnn45Xy
• Olympic Games: French prosecutors to investigate 2016 and 2020 bids https://t.co/q4vw2dRBHn 
• Drone near-misses prompt calls for plane strike research https://t.co/SPKVxorSOa 
• Teenager at an Aberdeen school was fatally stabbed after a row broke out over a biscuit https://t.co/kmSBc0EQux 
• Shell being sued in two claims over oil spills in #NIGERIA https://t.co/V0Rpc0sOgS 
• Schools urged to ban tackling in rugby by doctors https://t.co/XQq5UnqyYb 
• Gang 'used rap lyrics to discuss guns' https://t.co/xQJZxuXf0g

2nd March - Law News

1528th 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: Online divorce and probate are set to be delivered under the courts modernisation programme by early 2017, the president of the Family Division has said. Addressing the Family Law Bar Association, Sir James Munby also called on barristers to adopt new working practices, including direct access, unbundling and fixed fees. Sir James said that, in the future, proceedings would begin in many cases with a lay person filling in a questionnaire. Full story - Legal Futures

Saturday Conversations on Law

• The sorry tale of a fallen giant | Legal Futures: https://t.co/Hf7tAqz3W0 
• Sole practitioner who overcharged client by 500% is struck off | Legal Futures: https://t.co/8wVx1r5A46
• Solicitor to be sentenced for helping ‘the Pope’s banker’ launder millions | Legal Futures: https://t.co/QXJYObVSPS
• Slater & Gordon in crisis after £493m loss and massive UK write-down https://t.co/swETxehq54 
• Hogan Lovells shuns 'lift-and-shift' with new Kentucky back office https://t.co/FkxE6ig9Js 
• Dewey battle winds down as most serious charges dismissed https://t.co/ypYnz96SQP 
• Kirkland exodus continues as Hagan heads for Freshfields https://t.co/Pu6bbSuabo 
• EU court judge to join White & Case https://t.co/sQuRzHVnqE
• Africa IPOs to push ahead, says Baker & McKenzie https://t.co/x2fuYyw5y0 
• The snooper’s charter remains an insult to Britain and democracy https://t.co/hDa93EuMIk 
• Detective who wanted to speak to minister was taken off case https://t.co/QrcIhiKUyL
• Ashurst bags lead mandate on Morrisons’ deal with Ocado | The Lawyer https://t.co/HgSu4frZRd 
• Pinsents appoints former Labour MP Douglas Alexander as Brexit adviser | The Lawyer https://t.co/PIA0ezEKww 
• News UK’s Moloney takes on top in-house role at Endemol Shine | The Lawyer https://t.co/99N0vvNNiC
• Protection for legal privilege promised in new snoopers’ charter | Law Gazette https://t.co/zygviCFigL 
• Lord Bach: Labour helped erode consensus on legal aid | Law Gazette https://t.co/SX9IeTrzCR 
• Solicitor who overcharged struck off | Law Gazette https://t.co/TIuWXUjZov 
• Slater and Gordon share price plunges 46% as crisis mounts | Law Gazette https://t.co/Jd7sjCaDVK 
• Legal sector presence in Sunday Times’s 'top 100' falls | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/bk2xtUzOXf 
• NAO: Criminal justice system not delivering value for money | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/OmwmYnPNjI
• Supreme Court to hear bedroom tax cases | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/a10pDdNU16
• Six lucky lawyers and the legal awards show | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/JfUf06q7bp 
• Stripping criminals of their UK passports – even terrorists and sex abusers – is dangerous | Nesrine Malik https://t.co/JasiqJsDKZ 
• A right to housing should be part of UK law https://t.co/IGxurVtMdP 
• Gove: I can reform prisons without cutting inmate numbers https://t.co/F4It48YyED 
• Sports broadcaster Erin Andrews breaks down during nude videos lawsuit #US https://t.co/giFeRavaQC 
• Police destroy illegal mining operations in one of #PERU's biggest raids https://t.co/nFBwt7Iusk 
• Punjab govt appoints nodal officer to check illegal mining #INDIA https://t.co/f4yQvACOeq 
• Illegal dumping, garbage burning is now a hot issue #INDIA https://t.co/i6NNRFF3DV 
• Heathrow to take action over 'illegal' flights as residents compare low-flying planes to 'bombing raid' https://t.co/bYfarXMPVw 
• Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) has warned owners of illegal structures that are cropping up in the city #UGANDA https://t.co/SSFR53YxhI 
• ‘Lucy gang’ of eBay scammers jailed for ‘fraud on an industrial scale’ https://t.co/I55s4RxkQW 
• A Conversation With Latinos on Race https://t.co/EgzQo45kbi 
• Nail Salon Sweeps in New York Reveal Abuses and Regulatory Challenges #US https://t.co/XppAJPeLH0 
• Size matters: Subway promises its Footlong sandwiches will be... a foot long #US https://t.co/HSds5gvZf4 
• Apple v FBI – whose side are you on? | Law Gazette https://t.co/FKIItJjGCa 
• Legal Aid Agency spends £93m on cases not heard in court | Law Gazette https://t.co/3XRcMBo4Ew 
• Conveyancers face possibility of more stamp duty reform | Law Gazette https://t.co/HTQxAs1YAd Mar 01, 2016 
• Divorce to move online in 2017, says Munby | Law Gazette https://t.co/1yoOhM0zaq 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! https://t.co/b4KvYeDjSQ
• Trial of Auschwitz medic Hubert Zafke suspended in #GERMANY https://t.co/cNUBAbcRO7 
• Tim Bosma murder trial: Incinerator evidence focus at trial of 2 accused #CANADA https://t.co/yyuu4HRaef 
• #US Air Force vet one of first to face trial for Islamic State support https://t.co/YCYK8R4XSG 
• Trial begins for David and Collet Stephan after death of 18-month-old son #CANADA https://t.co/DIYpDFEJmj 
• Hong Kong protests student leaders go on trial #CHINA https://t.co/ok1lsZv6oa 
• SC for day-to-day trial in case involving DU professor Saibaba #INDIA https://t.co/aWr3EgwDWZ 
• #BRAZIL Supreme Court moves to curb impunity loophole https://t.co/WHCRyWPcxC 
• Is it domestic violence if you didn’t mean to hurt your partner but recklessly did so anyway? https://t.co/JLQYnPcnJv 
• California Courts Demand Total Access to Email and Social Media Accounts #US https://t.co/gouw4z6Wd7 
• It's Time for Courts to Advance Zero Suicide #US https://t.co/agEVEzdDct 
• Debate rages in courts over 'high-sensitivity' DNA analysis #US https://t.co/hLpCiCFeZ8 
• Legal experts: Erdoğan acts unconstitutionally, clearly attempts to influence courts #TURKEY https://t.co/lrEkcgY1Gw 
• 'Overwhelmed' family courts are falling short on domestic violence, says Children's Commissioner #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/Qwnnxy5twn 
• #Dubai Courts becomes the first judicial institution in the Arab World to become a member https://t.co/BEVmVB54iL 
• Indian judicial system regards deities as legal beings #INDIA https://t.co/sogg7IL10n 
• Lawyer seeking video of death in police custody accuses mayor of 'empty promise' https://t.co/tNY5YadiVj 
• Apple's Top Lawyer Will Tell Congress Tuesday 'Encryption Is a Good Thing' https://t.co/iBpuBlaHiC 
• Another Lawyer Bribed Nigerian High Court Justice Yunusa With $5,000 #NIGERIA https://t.co/saspRm86Cp 
• #CHINA Charges Churches' Rights Lawyer With 'Endangering State Secrets' https://t.co/xvAwg82Tcf 
• Dunedin based Syrian lawyer admitted to the bar in Invercargill https://t.co/jzHkjbLERo 
• Funke Abimbola, a multi-award winning lawyer, named senior advisory board member of Aspiring Solicitors https://t.co/W0ohtFQpdT 
• Dr Luke's lawyer says Kesha is 'not a victim' after she thanks Gaga https://t.co/kB4hCCtkxR 
• Donald Trump Elicits Shock and Biting Satire in European Media https://t.co/ymcB0MRllq 
• Obama's Tangled History With Supreme Court Sets Stage for Nominee Fight #US https://t.co/RmN1GG2MvL
• With Humility, Starbucks to Enter #Italian Market https://t.co/5Q5CNPCt4H 
• The Broken System of Classifying Government Documents #US https://t.co/eJjskM4GXx 
• Paddy Power 'encouraged gambler until he lost his home, jobs and family' https://t.co/6SvADVfng8 
• National Audit Office attacks justice system inefficiencies and delays https://t.co/GaYuJNvC0H

1st March - Law News

1527th 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: Golf bags and remote-controlled cars banned under 'busybody's charter'. Councils increasingly using public space protection orders to ban everyday activities deemed to have detrimental effect on quality of life of residents. Full story - Guardian Law

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Partnership prospects at… Quinn Emanuel | The Lawyer https://t.co/Gzy8rsJ5GB 
• BMA Law turns to Capital Law on junior doctor contracts judicial review | The Lawyer https://t.co/LxSRNhFKMI 
• Exclusive: Hertfordshire suspends LPC: “We can’t charge for course that might not be valid in 2018” https://t.co/wXqJnKuuem 
• Solicitors call for Online Court to have lower £10,000 limit | Legal Futures: https://t.co/pKLOrbPNgL 
• App aimed at automating divorce process looks forward to UK market entry | Legal Futures: https://t.co/zxsAQTkXGj 
• Online divorce and probate set for early 2017, Munby says | Legal Futures: https://t.co/kepMNMjSV8 
• Global turnover tops $2.5bn at DLA Piper, but profits straggle behind https://t.co/cPo8lsG8ke
• BAT appoints Linklaters to probe corruption allegations https://t.co/fxKmhAw3QK
• Dentons demands near $2m pay-back from former McKenna partners https://t.co/giunZhPDsI 
• Cartier and Montblanc secure court-ordered block on websites selling fakes https://t.co/tWOcrGZUQk 
• Lawyers among most popular on Tinder https://t.co/o96hA0aC7v
• Japan could be the first country to classify Bitcoin as legal currency https://t.co/i8CoZYDKEP 
• Donald Trump questions impartiality of 'Hispanic' judge in Trump University lawsuit https://t.co/iRDEZ4YlT9
• Google self-driving car hits a bus https://t.co/EsoXqQmp1F 
• Ryanair flight violence: Groom says stag do behaviour 'unacceptable' https://t.co/l3nLAcjLnE 
• Museum raids gang guilty over Chinese art and rhino thefts https://t.co/MrXkiLV03u 
• Clarence Thomas shocks supreme court by ending 10-year oral argument silence #US https://t.co/SpARhaMB8N 
• 'Privacy shield' – the new deal governing how Europe's user data is sent to the #US https://t.co/mKS4j1OdVF
• Don’t blame legal highs for prisoners’ problems. Blame prisons https://t.co/0Ya3SKkdeo 
• BrewDog’s open-source revolution is at the vanguard of postcapitalism https://t.co/Xr5m9FWu1E 
• Kylie v Kylie – the Jarndyce v Jarndyce of our time https://t.co/78fwQl8HKn
• Disability campaigners gather at supreme court for bedroom tax cases https://t.co/WpIU8q9Sd3 
• Leonardo DiCaprio leads political charge at 2016 Oscars https://t.co/4lxqCMz9QT 
• Hong Kong booksellers confirm arrests for illegal trading in #CHINA https://t.co/Q1YRiQ61jC 
• #POLAND's changes to court system 'endanger democracy' https://t.co/S6TVGWfBfW 
• Whether it's #Mexico's gold or #Zimbabwe's diamonds, mining is riven with violence and business is complicit https://t.co/FtDkKXP0Lr 
• #GUATEMALA sexual slavery verdict shows women's bodies are not battlefields https://t.co/r7cQyA87wq 
• Golf bags and remote-controlled cars banned under 'busybody's charter' https://t.co/gphiEsxjOJ
• Bar Council: US surveillance powers threaten UK legal privilege | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/03efuKL3SF 
• Online courts are not a panacea, says Law Society | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/0jbT3w3QtP
• Easingwold school bus flood driver 'no longer employed' https://t.co/UhIJKIEDc7 
• Adam Johnson trial: Judge begins summing up https://t.co/EkDhix4t1r 
• Gang 'smuggled 31 guns into UK on boat' https://t.co/fTanAEGxFI 
• Black MP Dawn Butler 'mistaken for cleaner' in Westminster https://t.co/NX4StZOQgr 
• EU migrant crisis: Clashes as France clears Calais 'Jungle' #FRANCE https://t.co/ffFlAmMeZV 
• Woman held for Moscow child 'beheading #RUSSIA https://t.co/dWu8mUJ2nu 
• Walter Mercer appointed summary sheriff - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/EIMSOzm1t4
• Scots lawyer warns of threat to workers' rights in event of Brexit - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/lAyBXiM0VQ 
• Dates announced for air weapons licensing scheme - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/8s6Sk0s276 
• Fifty-two communities benefit from £9m Scottish Land Fund - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/p5FHSSEw6S 
• Businesses urged to pay VAT on time after court rules six figure fine for one day payment delay ‘proportionate’ - Sc…https://t.co/ToygGwORVe 
• Law society of Scotland welcomes technology in justice report - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Zvhm58zh3Z
• Obituary for Glasgow solicitor Kevin Maguire who passed away last month aged 95 https://t.co/Cy9NUC6XKB 
• New appointment for Scottish Land Court - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/fYSjLx7KlO 
• Slater and Gordon has weeks to save itself: firm is effectively run to get its banks their money back | Law Gazette https://t.co/CfjDA8iKoP 
• Slater and Gordon plans UK closures after £493m losses | Law Gazette https://t.co/87bEBW5eQu 
• ‘Distinct arrangements’ needed for Welsh law – minister | Law Gazette https://t.co/MDK25u5cs4 
• Legal Aid Agency names new chief executive | Law Gazette https://t.co/rUcAboqqAY 
• Broaden scope of competition review – Chancery Lane | Law Gazette https://t.co/6j0VUZwOiq 
• Solicitor develops online questionnaire for client meetings | Law Gazette https://t.co/bWqApsjuxX 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! https://t.co/o4Thfyxfwy
• AUSTRALIA's Cardinal Pell testifies from Rome in abuse inquiry https://t.co/fggWnSZ64a 
• Bristol stab murder: Boy killed in attack named as Shamus Mcnama https://t.co/cDLxhm7LeY

29th February - Law News

1526th 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: Partners are delaying retirement because of recent cuts in pension saving for high earners, creating a bottleneck at the senior end of the profession, according to research by accountants Smith & Williamson. Its 21st Annual Survey of the Professional Services Sector shows that more than half of the partners questioned expect a rise in the retirement age to affect opportunities for partner development and hence succession planning. The accountants also report that 90% of the 95 firms surveyed leave individual partners to organise their own retirement planning. Full story - New Law Journal

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Taylor Wessing’s Singapore arm plans to list business services units | The Lawyer https://t.co/Iitml491cx 
• Housing crisis: law firms lag accountants in graduate support | The Lawyer https://t.co/wLtlvjwz9k 
• Legal Moves: 29 February 2016 | The Lawyer https://t.co/oMmjFLgHsr
• In-house interview: David Brush, Epson Europe | The Lawyer https://t.co/cP7toMIk0J
• In-house interview: Richard Taylor, euNetworks | The Lawyer https://t.co/8VvC3BKFWN
• Law firm technology report: To the cloud | The Lawyer https://t.co/NlHDvSC3WM 
• A grab for cash: law firms and their cash reserves | The Lawyer https://t.co/RUI6uaVX3S 
• It’s the middle of US law firm reporting season | The Lawyer https://t.co/jnMdnHlbfc
• Unbalancing the burden of proof | Law Gazette https://t.co/5sUa3e9Fr2 
• Making connection: Boring old lawyer registers are now crucial in a world where information in king | Law Gazette https://t.co/v3DCmh5kcl 
• Victory over tycoon’s contested estate - Clarissa Coleman, partner at Addleshaw Goddard - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/1sxBDpv6cm
• My legal life: Helen Roberts, Of counsel, BonelliErede, London - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/XpD12iL2EY 
• Revisions to conveyancing forms | Law Gazette https://t.co/L85LM4qDEk 
• Direct access barrister to fight tribunal findings | Law Gazette https://t.co/IlqmkKfpcC
• Justice Secretary Michael Gove's position ‘in doubt’ as he dissents on Brexit | Law Gazette https://t.co/S43cV8zX8u
• Oxbridge alumni ‘run the magic circle’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/qbaayGGuHt 
• Online tool enables law firms "to recruit youngsters like football teams sign junior talent" | Legal Futures: https://t.co/oELJqGuO8W 
• Ups and downs of listed law: major growth for NewLaw's owner, but Countrywide Property Lawyers dips | Legal Futures: https://t.co/sORhn1wG6R 
• SRA: We want to be accountable to Parliament, not the Law Society | Legal Futures: https://t.co/qxuY5gQlud
• Solicitor who “exploited” criminal client is struck off | Legal Futures: https://t.co/xdUz3vJAj6 
• Exclusive: government indicates that Law Society will lose practising fee funding | Legal Futures: https://t.co/aCwhNlKotM
• Renegade lawyers at Slaughters and CMS lead campaign to get UK out of EU https://t.co/ByNwkCEQg9 
• Research: Over 70% of top judges and barristers are privately educated or Oxbridge https://t.co/gkPpUYAKiQ 
• SmarTech 2016: How fintech and AI are creating opportunities for junior lawyers https://t.co/NXKBcZX6sj 
• Could court proceedings be coming to your local boozer? https://t.co/SzshDdsgsJ 
• Law Society says students should be paid at least national minimum wage for legal work experience https://t.co/YwyzUi1vrH 
• Cash-strapped Oxford Brookes law student infected with Typhoid for £2,900 https://t.co/uNBw2foITj 
• Students may have to fork out as much as £127k to chase barrister dream https://t.co/ZeFijEwmTB 
• Criminal law firm Kaim Todner to close next month https://t.co/dsvHBzlesF
• Family lawyers feel the strain as number of care cases skyrocket https://t.co/sdKvOYGitc 
• Will EU law even be a module on law degrees next year? https://t.co/97evA5sqg9 
• Legal aid wannabe barristers offered chance to double their pupillage award https://t.co/YBHNwQrKuF 
• Stock image model launches career in legal recruitment https://t.co/FK0sqVlWVf
• Coventry Magistrates’ Court staff and lawyers are clashing over smelly interview rooms https://t.co/6byMI8H5vY 
• Would UK contract law have helped to free Kesha? https://t.co/yjxOM5mOZM 
• Judicial assistant takes over Supreme Court Twitter to show what it’s really like working alongside the country’s top judges https://t.co/cNM8miyjhe 
• Operation Elveden: The investigation into 'chequebook journalism' https://t.co/GOQaYH89rD 
• Trump retweets quote attributed to #fascist leader Mussolini #US https://t.co/SL75rQc6ag 
• Vietnam waterfall deaths: South Yorkshire Police work with authorities https://t.co/AHbhTHGNvS 
• Winter not so bleak: location portraits with Samanta | Taz Rahman | Portrait Photographer based in Cardiff and Londonhttps://lnkd.in/dmiaiKY 
• Legal landscape of the future could involve greater integration between traditional law firms and NewLaw start-ups https://t.co/BbDu2wy6F7 
• Legal associations and law firms have called on the government to close offshore detention centres #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/38hRROHEXH 
• IPOs hit four-year high in 2015 #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/BCk1TFkn17 
• Australia alternative law business AdventBalance to merge with UK business https://t.co/X0QrtLspA2 
• In-house lawyers may occasionally feel pushed to agree to actions that threaten their ethical boundaries https://t.co/9GBt0AFf9p 
• Breakthrough in Federal medicinal cannabis laws #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/qxVG2GJGo1 
• Former High Court judge to lead lockout law review #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/NtdwHfUYlT
• NSW Bar calls for reintroduction of juries in civil trials #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/XdVKq581eR 
• Young lawyers view staying put as ‘career suicide’ https://t.co/i2m5WiTiYH 
• What do law firms look for in a lawyer? https://t.co/WhAFjbxt6V
• Adelaide lawyer John Mwate has travelled to Iraq to work for the United Nations refugee agency https://t.co/HtRlNto3sJ 
• Fred Swaab, founder of Swaab Attorneys, has passed away following a long battle with illness #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/fMXhrPWI3c 
• Holman Fenwick Willan sponsoring new guidebook for use by Indigenous rangers throughout Queensland #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/9iRZSBa5Lu 
• #Australian law school UNSW Law wins world mediation competition https://t.co/ix7bP9Yg45 
• Life after the Ashley Madison affair https://t.co/mZ0ch7jACF
• Robert Mugabe eats giant cake at birthday party in drought zone where 75% of staple maize crop failed #ZIMBABWE https://t.co/tbnuQCqUAx 
• ICC's first cultural destruction trial to open in The Hague: War crimes trial of Ahmad al-Faqi al-Mahdi #MALI https://t.co/c4zG5Rnojl 
• Mumbai accountant man 'kills 14 members of family' #INDIA https://t.co/ryj0nEampu 
• Virginia policewoman shot dead on first shift #US https://t.co/bwvNtpFYxq 
• Ryanair: British stag party causes flight diversion to Berlin https://t.co/tp7Ijkeid0 
• EU referendum: Jeremy Heywood faces civil servant guidance grilling https://t.co/aDctg31jcY 
• Michelle Farrell on Freedom from Fear | Human Rights Ireland https://t.co/9rNgZhRoyr 
• Brian Farrell on Freedom from Want | Human Rights Ireland https://t.co/LusSvItXB4 
• Darcy on Freedom of Religion | Human Rights Ireland https://t.co/Lisx9EqGSH 
• Keane on Freedom of Speech and Expression | Human Rights Ireland https://t.co/9xI2HwKn2U 
• Celebrating Roosevelt’s Four Freedoms | Human Rights Ireland https://t.co/NfEj2GaMWv 
• The right to privacy and medical records | UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/W5UnLBgqhO 
• Court of Session rejects challenge to prosecution policy on assisted suicide | UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/OZ6Hj6ugbE
• Paid internships: Entering the human rights NGO sector | UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/dRlG4kbqQ8 
• Abortion, mental incapacity and prior intentions: Court of Protection Clarifies the law | UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/IotRmHkKv0 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! https://t.co/rxwNB0K25N

28th February - Law News

1525th 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

• More than 85% of public tips on benefit 'frauds' are false https://t.co/RfdtTdB5bM 
• Why my father David Astor was right to campaign for Myra Hindley https://t.co/aUbsNMaGMY
• A man has been charged with the murder of a prominent member of a mosque in Rochdale, Greater Manchester https://t.co/3lvfk4eCGv 
• Why do plays about sex and violence written by women still shock? https://t.co/fXGD5oEpcA 
• Trident rally is Britain's biggest anti-nuclear march in a generation https://t.co/kApoydL7yL 
• #India’s caste system and British private education are hardly alike, but both divide their societies https://t.co/QIfcpWkOqH 
• Inside the mind of a pathological shoplifter https://t.co/97xL2Td7QI 
• Anneka Sherratt death: Toddler spent three days with mum's body https://t.co/0Fq3t02bp3 
• 'Cunning' thieves conceal sabotaged cycle rack to steal bike https://t.co/q7PcM1vpkq 
• Refugees take on struggles at major meeting in #GERMANY https://t.co/jG3dy54rTC 
• #UGANDA electoral commission denies polls were rigged https://t.co/t29bQugICa
• Will Facebook gun sales ban boost more secretive sites? https://t.co/HI9F6vjsoa 
• Homeless Irish families face eviction on election day #IRELAND https://t.co/8iw9PloB6I 
• Why #ALGERIA dissolved its powerful spy agency https://t.co/yIkFW1zkGM 
• #INDONESIA's drug laws are some of the strictest in the world, but long jail terms and capital punishment working? https://t.co/Ja2BuH3JH4 
• Facebook wants to crack down against hate speech on migrants https://t.co/EcUhUQnFxO 
• Migrant crisis: Why Europe is in a 'Scream' https://t.co/8kR6VrWz4o
• Bristol Prison: 'Huge and disruptive' legal highs problem https://t.co/dQ56BhPqZZ 
• Cars stuck on Condor ferry in Portsmouth after ramp fault https://t.co/482gooLskU
• Rights of Women win legal aid challenge | New Law Journal: https://t.co/6FY0jRBFdX 
• Solicitors feeling the squeeze at both ends of the profession | New Law Journal: https://t.co/ng4dZLh4Td 
• Probate costs under review | New Law Journal: https://t.co/q8Ckuo5SCP 
• Student pro bono awards open for business | New Law Journal: https://t.co/nxFEA1Krdw 
• Time to meet the new improved Chancery Guide | New Law Journal: https://t.co/D4UskN4q4h 
• Flagship Bar placements on a roll | New Law Journal: https://t.co/FRzuBSJPWZ 
• EU: who’s in and who’s out? | New Law Journal: https://t.co/DUqMHVjuAj
• Jackson: reassurance over fixed costs | New Law Journal: https://t.co/4m2ew4yncA
• Next steps for Litvinenko’s widow | New Law Journal: https://t.co/6n4snInJc7 
• Former mayor of Tower Hamlets and a solicitor, is to appear before the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal https://t.co/9HsMFtUV2b
• Religion and gender in #ISRAEL’s public spaces — and the skies above — as the plaintiff in a lawsuit accusing El Al https://t.co/w4zl4VAmPq 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! https://t.co/rZFAFCF030

27th February - Law News

1524th 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

• The election spectacle https://t.co/huzqMKyW0v 
• Upper echelons of the legal profession still served by a silver spoon https://t.co/y80yyMSpaa 
• Up to 1 in 3 lawyers in India may have fake degrees https://t.co/KxRxKBtW2T
• Allen & Overy chooses new managing partner https://t.co/WMaRZDHNNQ 
• Law firm launches group focuses on Japan's auto sector https://t.co/bUSwhQzCZW
• HK, mainland, Macau law firms in Hengqin FTZ alliance https://t.co/eIorWjJ7HN 
• Auschwitz trial: former guard 'made hell possible', says witness born inside camp #GERMANY https://t.co/u2Hh6Thnf1 
• Drug-dealing brothers jailed after mocking judge on Facebook https://t.co/Dp7kyvPiXw
• Kent sex attacker jailed for life https://t.co/htemZ2AnI7 
• The myth of judicial neutrality: the case for a truly diverse supreme court #US https://t.co/81ZjXIDqmv 
• G4S to sell controversial youth jail contracts https://t.co/BRkDBSYdRL
• Can the government force you to unlock your own phone? https://t.co/kLW1z8cQfK 
• G4S youth jails: a story of revolving doors, dangerous restraints and death https://t.co/C4O3ziOcd4 
• Former Medway inmate: 'The guard slammed my face off the ice' https://t.co/o5SrUO0AgZ
• Former inmates tell of abuse at Medway youth jail – video https://t.co/Y4mgMc0xp1 
• Revealed: G4S youth jail faced abuse claims 12 years ago https://t.co/35sEXBwmiE 
• US fails to extradite alleged American paedophile from Britain https://t.co/bCcsBAmOMr 
• Being the best female surfer in #BRAZIL wasn't enough to secure Silvana Lima sponsorship she needed for career https://t.co/pLAQ5aLc3b 
• Anderson Strathern marks two new public sector client wins | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/6rlrv8WfLj 
• Law Society consults on proposed practice rule amendments | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/qztwYVsytP 
• Sheriff dismisses council's appeal against school closure refusals | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/fM1ndnAKU8 
• Child protection system to undergo government review | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/EO0WJojLJD 
• Blackadders wins national Business Insider award | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/xUGeS8q3fO 
• Bill to avoid election clash between parliaments passed | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/3MmyG6oPTi 
• Annual Aberdeen Conference – Compass Chambers | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/VAPs4SAKud 
• Scottish government rejects £4m request for facial recognition scheme at football stadiums | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/ZFN4XhW52p 
• Solicitor who pressured client into £65k loan struck off | Law Gazette https://t.co/Mc8pmS7E2e 
• ‘Campaigning’ McKenzie friends avoid £2,000 cost order | Law Gazette https://t.co/8cY7JbIwfV 
• Profits slip at DLA Piper | Law Gazette https://t.co/QcEMBbXRxo 
• Whiplash reform campaigner reveals £400m insurance income | Law Gazette https://t.co/pULck1AD4X 
• Supreme Court to consider tribunal fees and legal aid residence test | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/SOhKHX5kVm 
• Cohabitants risk losing everything without a will | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/GruGwSlXzZ
• Cartwright King expands in-house chambers | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/Qimsp1V1pk 
• Barristers and CILEx fellows may not have to sit SRA super exam | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/ZpWd17rTOh
• Hatton Garden raid ringleader Brian Reader taken to hospital https://t.co/PqSfMJb3uU 
• Accrington drug dealer brothers jailed over Facebook judge posts https://t.co/JaojpCKyIN 
• Adam Johnson trial: Player groomed girl 'in purest form' https://t.co/lNL2ZJ5Ewu 
• Hussain brothers jailed in Rotherham abuse case https://t.co/4UKqwfzyOo 
• Airgun owners given six months to licence weapons https://t.co/m9YWIj33uj 
• Is university free speech under threat? https://t.co/BidqEYkGo2 
• Thomas 'Slab' Murphy: Alleged ex-IRA chief sentenced to 18 months in jail for tax evasion https://t.co/3kajOqwPpZ
• Rotherham abuse victim 'attacked by own family' https://t.co/BX4XIjweh7 
• Fifa reforms passed: Salary disclosure, limit on president's term, women's football https://t.co/YeezhDFfXb
• Mark Zuckerberg tells Facebook staff to stop defacing Black Lives Matter slogans https://t.co/QavuifOMB0 
• National press rounds on the BBC, calling Savile report a whitewash https://t.co/LjIs2WScx5 
• Operation Elveden: Met inquiry into payments to public officials closes https://t.co/xSgPDBPAxW 
• It’s the £30bn cut you’ve never heard of. And women are bearing the brunt https://t.co/dFld39KIm6 
• Carer found guilty of murdering her multiple sclerosis-suffering father https://t.co/oish3GLSB2 
• Asda backs down over food bank ban https://t.co/PkDAvyPMt1 
• Four former apartheid-era guards on trial over 1983 student murder #SOUTHAFRICA https://t.co/1doOW8qYu2 
• Human rights judges deliver verdict on magazine's press freedom appeal https://t.co/LjTFr6sIz4 Feb
• Council ‘deletes’ senior legal post | Law Gazette https://t.co/BhviGYOiUk 
• MoJ to spend £400k on London alcohol tags | Law Gazette https://t.co/8kimSCheGv 
• Supreme Court to hear two challenges on access to justice | Law Gazette https://t.co/vsOMFIX7t3 
• Manchester firm shut owing £738,000 to unsecured creditors | Law Gazette https://t.co/ME628CtMk5 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! https://t.co/mL3clF9NwJ
• Government cancels £21m bespoke tagging deal with Steatite https://t.co/RYeAf3pbsv 
• Apple asks court to reverse FBI iPhone order https://t.co/Y64KeG5z9v
• Trafficking prosecutions rise following new laws https://t.co/KSMsMWnOHO 
• #AUSTRALIA appeal for Liverpool double murder suspect https://t.co/UiOYjOM0Be 
• Bollywood star Sanjay Dutt has been released from a prison in the western Indian city of Pune #INDIA https://t.co/RzdwbhkTP8