23rd July - Law News

1670th 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

• Proceeds of crime: system for enforcing confiscation orders is not working | New Law Journal: https://t.co/RehbiyE72B
• Willers v Joyce: Supreme Court rules claim can be brought in relation to civil proceedings | New Law Journal: https://t.co/AWQypNjgy6 
• Patel v Mirza: restitution ordered by Supreme Court despite insider dealing plan | New Law Journal: https://t.co/sXp1iYLK3F 
• Contingent legal aid fund working group set up | New Law Journal: https://t.co/MGZuF05kIB 
• Law Commission’s recommendation that consumers be pushed up priority list when retailers go bust | New Law Journal: https://t.co/oej84lcbj8
• 90% of UK lawyers call halt to cases once a fortnight as clients unable to find legal costs | New Law Journal https://t.co/5XAVW0kisO
• Reputation is the most important consideration when choosing a solicitor, a YouGov survey finds | New Law Journal: https://t.co/D2vpQcQJMP 
• Robert Bourns, partner at TLT Solicitors, has become the 172nd president of the Law Society | New Law Journal: https://t.co/Moc2JheSoC
• Munich shooting: Police appeal for video evidence #GERMANY https://t.co/01qYaeRlhP 
• Munich gunman who had no links with ISIL was obsessed with mass shootings - police #GERMANY https://t.co/o3Cu3VFQIv 
• Brexit: Cameron considered last-ditch appeal to Merkel https://t.co/o8BCuYzA7e
• Jeremy Corbyn to say abuse 'has no place' in party https://t.co/0NQWMkwDP4 
• 'Blood clot' death woman told 'have spa', inquest hears https://t.co/ISf1aAI9LX 
• Manson follower Leslie Van Houten denied parole by California governor #US https://t.co/EwqayPwOJK
• Sir Philip Green knighthood 'under review' https://t.co/eVGlk5qbEK
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/31UBEYHRDp
• #GERMANY 'failing to deal' with surge in hate crimes https://t.co/f1SWr5Cei0 
• Accountants prepare for fresh push into legal services | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/r6asiqIlV8 
• St Philips and Stone Chambers announce merger | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/00jduvht4X 
• Burges Salmon PEP climbs to record high | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/ol4QbLx5NC 
• Standard Life adds to real estate legal roster | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/Ql3AhkyN3y 
• International firm to end Singapore JLV | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/hXHcjjvWyM 
• Cashier jailed after stealing £700,000 from law firm | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/G93rkpbu7i 
• Investigation clears Chicago lawyers of withholding police brutality evidence | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/REQ9MF9mVf 
• Teenage boys in Rottingdean school skirt protest over hot weather https://t.co/mChgEzyfqH 
• David Duke, former Ku Klux Klan leader, to run for Congress #US https://t.co/6co8GfjsVy 
• Former teachers guilty of abusing boys at Fife residential school https://t.co/R3qsq6llPE
• Edward Snowden to Help Develop a Safer Phone for Journalists https://t.co/QIoTZU2p6N
• Hollywood Screenwriter Subpoenaed for Hours of Bergdahl Tapes #US https://t.co/Xmdy5k4Wb9 
• The Unexpectedly Cheerful Circus Outside the Republican National Convention https://t.co/YmxXJztyJO 
• Zero Dark Thirty screenwriter suing #US government to protect Bowe Bergdahl interviews https://t.co/3EKzmGmlsn
• The children of the Calais refugee camp face daily horrors. End their anguish now | Dr Rowan Williams https://t.co/szxeYvDdjt
• This is the biggest witch-hunt in #Turkey’s history https://t.co/o2KMNr38da 
• UK officials seek draft agreements with EU before triggering article 50 https://t.co/KYBAuiPhRj 
• Overdue review into legal aid cuts is a denial of justice https://t.co/wVHalT8vMw
• BOOK REVIEW: Deprivation of Liberty: A Handbook | Law Gazette https://t.co/wWT8zs4F1d
• Breaking Bad fan appeals conviction for ‘ricin’ order | Law Gazette https://t.co/8QXzaPJJPs 
• Minority ethnic lawyers continue to experience unequitable outcomes across the legal profession | Law Gazette https://t.co/AOy0SBuqNo 
• ABSs are no threat, so why treat them differently? | Law Gazette https://t.co/opX4KVhiQf 
• ‘Pillar of the community’ fined £10k for accounts breaches | Law Gazette https://t.co/mmCONAKbfu 
• Ombudsman expenses crisis a wake-up call, says MoJ chief | Law Gazette https://t.co/JFPaa4nXNM 
• Commercial chambers merge to create national set | Law Gazette https://t.co/Fca831GIsw 
• Video: Liz Truss becomes the new lord chancellor | Law Gazette https://t.co/BNUHIfL4qr 
• Government figures reveal whiplash claims in freefall | Law Gazette https://t.co/eI3nrtA21F 
• Channel 4 News reporter Fatima Manji complains over Kelvin MacKenzie hijab remarks https://t.co/cfAggVhm1B
• Nice attack: City refuses police call to delete CCTV images #FRANCE https://t.co/LPyh3CQfJO
• IMF's Lagarde to face trial over payout court confirms https://t.co/wJK0ymrAmD 
• 'Shots fired' in Munich shopping centre #GERMANY https://t.co/uXjPdTlp8o 
• Hate crime 'still far too high' post-Brexit - police https://t.co/YREEtUpDhN 
• Christine Lagarde to Stand Trial for Alleged Negligence in French Legal Dispute https://t.co/a8TQid0M1O

Today's video story: What does the world really think about a President Donald Trump?

22nd July - Law News

1669th 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: Feasibility of an 'independent, not-for-profit CLAF' to be considered by new working group. Following the 'considerable change' in civil justice, legal professional bodies have joined forces to consider how best to fund litigation for those ineligible for legal aid and lack the means to pay for a lawyer. Full story - Solicitors Journal

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Doping: Retests uncover 45 new failures from London and Beijing Games https://t.co/oebx23cFIk 
• Brexit: McGuinness 'cannot see how Common Travel Area can survive' https://t.co/NHq2lg6B5U
• Doping: Retests uncover 45 new failures from London and Beijing Games https://t.co/r3wFAd3jRS
• #AUSTRALIA's weird record on human rights and the cultural divide https://t.co/HSG2hs1akl
• Solicitors who ‘embarrass’ Legal Aid Agency face sanctions | Law Gazette https://t.co/1b4gCIzkIl 
• Justice Secretary Liz Truss places courts reform ‘high on my agenda’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/YcqrISkOvO 
• Accountancy firms set for further expansion into legal market | Law Gazette https://t.co/M3eXXr0AwC 
• Forced to work like a slave at the age of 10 https://t.co/pjK1zF5Bsi 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/lQq9L7t9Bz
• What is #INDIA's GST and why does it matter so much? https://t.co/ULJZ3Rxorh 
• 'Rifle' sighting sparks alert at Bulford Camp barracks https://t.co/CweEaeMP8K 
• MH370: Search for missing plane to be suspended not shut down https://t.co/lveDEsw4PM 
• Brexit plunges UK economy to worst level since 2009, data suggests https://t.co/xxBHOR5zg5
• New York lifts 'tampon tax': 'It is a matter of social and economic justice' #US https://t.co/Tkyjj0ICWk 
• Sports Direct workers aren’t the only ones unprotected in our ‘gig economy’ https://t.co/FTUf5ralQG 
• Counter-extremism bill branded confusing by peers and MPs https://t.co/OONRAAjnK5
• Overseas model for Briggs' online court goes live | Legal Futures: https://t.co/axKzgRmtDI
• LSB pushes for fully independent regulators to prevent professional bodies resisting reforms | Legal Futures: https://t.co/uOwEZnHDy1 
• Mastercard swoops for Britain's ATM operator Vocalink https://t.co/X4jgtGGgr6
• Sports Direct staff 'not treated as humans', says MPs report https://t.co/hZGhgX1wwQ
• Chilcot's 6,000-page report becomes Edinburgh festival fringe event https://t.co/lUu40K7ZBZ 
• Theresa May gets Hollande ultimatum: free trade depends on free movement https://t.co/cQquVDbgVy 
• Roger Ailes leaves Fox News in wake of sexual harassment claims https://t.co/e99LHyt7Fn
• UK immigration officers overwhelmed by illegal 'lorry drops', report finds https://t.co/g6CKIA2qsT 
• Yet another non-legal background Justice Secretary Liz Truss sworn in as first ever female lord chancellor https://t.co/Bqgs2wLvFy
• New auction-style website asks lawyers to bid for cases | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/Jfa7gB8pPp 
• Baker & McKenzie expands Berlin office | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/YlO7XRh9m6 
• Withers promotes seven in latest round | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/BeCegvl5ZU 
• BT launches panel review following referendum delay | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/ap5TvLBgko 
• Minter Ellison promotes 13 partners in record-making round | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/UrJgBUOndt
• Law firm accounts housed 'hundred of millions' in laundered money, say federal prosecutors | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/qPhjmRn9WX 
• Can Scotland and Northern Ireland remain in the EU? | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/GsFPrJt3Ud 
• Police officer numbers drop by nearly 20,000 since 2009 https://t.co/Xap0noW94S 
• #BRAZIL Olympics: Ten arrested for 'plotting 'terror' https://t.co/Ps5uWkpRe1
• Nice attack: Prosecutor says suspect had accomplices #FRANCE https://t.co/n3rr9h2FTu 
• Diplomatic staff with immunity, working in embassies in the UK, have been accused of child sex offences and human tr…https://t.co/zqm6Fp42uF 
• #US election: Artist builds wall around Trump's Hollywood star https://t.co/DcMi7bCjcx 
• RAF Marham: Serviceman threatened with knife treated as abduction https://t.co/bV3MHXjAxW 
• America's broken digital copyright law is about to be challenged in court https://t.co/8CtVpQQOKU 
• #TURKEY suspends European convention on human rights in wake of failed coup https://t.co/4PrBkIfXdM 
• Man jailed for using drone to fly drugs into prisons https://t.co/MxfGQQ8lCl 
• The only way is Legal Aid Agency | Law Gazette https://t.co/Bgn5FuhWIm 
• Former Marketing & IP Lawyer, First Lady Michelle Obama in Carpool Karaoke with James Corden https://t.co/KFLDpIzjm2 
• Florida police shoot black man lying down with arms in air #US https://t.co/gHMspt6DZt 
• Crime rate set to double after true scale of internet offences is laid bare https://t.co/EBa7CN7nBc
• Man arrested after suffering serious burns in Sydney police station incident #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/kSundnms5r
• Pennsylvania's 'acting' attorney general under fire over Cosby, Sandusky cases #US https://t.co/Apb8xTpvAn

Today's video story: New footage of the bloodbath captured on CCTV cameras from multiple angles reveals the true horror that unfolded on the Bosphorus Bridge on the night of July 15 when civilians clashed with rogue military forces who tried to take power in the country. 

21st July - Law News

1668th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & legal articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap

FOCUS OF THE DAY: The European court of justice ruling that bulk data collection is only lawful if it is used to tackle serious crime (Report, 20 July) makes it clearer than ever that the monstrous (in size and aims) investigatory powers bill currently passing through the House of Lords is simply not fit for purpose. The proposed legislation sanctions the mass collection of citizens’ telephone and email data – something that is both ineffective and, as we now know, unlawful – and fails to put in place sufficient safeguards against the misuse of the powers granted to the intelligence services. Full story - Guardian Law

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Judge admonished over fraud finding and exclusion of claimant | Law Gazette https://t.co/JhL4LRYCtb
• Would City law firms invest in a CLAF? | Law Gazette https://t.co/1gCAAoX43X
• Solicitors invited to bid for work through auction site | Law Gazette https://t.co/DvO1FYUr1y 
• Judge admonished over fraud finding and exclusion of claimant | Law Gazette https://t.co/JhL4LRYCtb
• iPhone evidence ‘could be more effective than court hearing’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/4GF2GGLFs7 
• Supreme Court allows insurance claim even though it involved a lie | Law Gazette https://t.co/LB9AgffSdk 
• Chambers given flexible-working help | Law Gazette https://t.co/Qd7Ol03SJG 
• Scottish peer handed civil justice brief in Ministry of Justice | Law Gazette https://t.co/Zt8FEYlBhF 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/IpTgCmRrmO
• Confessions of a killer policeman | Raghu Karnad and Grace Jajo https://t.co/mmyDAtimvn
• Wolf of Wall Street film linked to money 'stolen from #Malaysian fund', US claims https://t.co/0486gQY2EF
• Student leader Joshua Wong guilty over Hong Kong pro-democracy protest #HONGKONG https://t.co/ccGDdCt63z 
• Jeremy Corbyn to set out measures tackling discrimination at work https://t.co/6rDJEvuGO3 
• Teenager sues after repeatedly being held overnight in police cell https://t.co/l3CPVTT9Ck 
• Turkey and the rule of law | Law Gazette https://t.co/3xyypSXeXH 
• The cleansing of Turkey’s judiciary may be necessary – but only after open and thorough investigation | Law Gazette https://t.co/SIehwZqEcV 
• New calls for leasehold reform to end transaction delays | Law Gazette https://t.co/g8MlAhVtUD
• Cashier banned after taking £728k from City firm | Law Gazette https://t.co/ipNgnZa4WI 
• Police fitness tests failed 1,863 times in 12 months https://t.co/c7N3dIiPui
• #Australian rugby player Michael Quinn admits US child sex charge https://t.co/ZjXXwYg8nW 
• The man hired to have sex with children #MALAWI https://t.co/F0XijCiKMy
• Labour leadership: Jeremy Corbyn vows to tackle 'nation's ills' https://t.co/RsbPPGycRz 
• EY Law to enter Belfast market after Axiom hire | The Lawyer https://t.co/Q2MkLFHUgU 
• Clifford Chance wins sole magic circle spot on Partners Group roster | The Lawyer https://t.co/PjgqvKVJNc
• HMRC files petition to wind up Rosenblatt Solicitors LLP | The Lawyer https://t.co/aNSuAddBUX 
• Oliver steps down as Peters & Peters senior partner | The Lawyer https://t.co/p9Qvvfkoob Jul 21, 2016
• Solicitor who let wife make improper transfers from firm’s client account is suspended - Legal Futures https://t.co/YwoipUVwhc
• Lawyer-matching service aims to recruit 20,000 clients, says solicitor founder - Legal Futures https://t.co/QnT4LKYPcW
• Fairpoint trains focus on 'higher-growth, lower-margin' legal services business - Legal Futures https://t.co/6cB51cbxqE
• #Argentine nuns 'helped hide cash and jewels hoard' https://t.co/6PlaBzLCSH
• Migrant crisis: 22 bodies found on Mediterranean boat - MSF https://t.co/EwJDbZIZgM 
• Olswang and CMS reportedly in merger discussions | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/mYFj5x9atK 
• DLA Piper sets up shop in Puerto Rico | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/TJdr9Hd66D 
• Gateley predicts 'business as usual' as Britain heads for the exit | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/9NPg3ISy0H
• EY Law to enter market in Belfast | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/qiiOIWwRkP 
• NZ lawyer launches country's first cloud-based law firm | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/bwKnGSKTNg 
• The legal take on Pokémon Go | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/PPGzXAufMx 
• Owen Smith worked as PR chief for biotech firm hit by $762m fine https://t.co/pFOXw30HP5 
• Jill Harth, woman who sued Donald Trump over alleged sexual assault, breaks silence https://t.co/P0nZDFJJR5
• Hermes and workers fighting back against exploitation | Letters https://t.co/t9905dNt2d
• Data ruling should kill off the investigatory powers bill https://t.co/4qaPE9NINW 
• Kim Kardashian v Taylor Swift: privacy on Snapchat and the legal gray areas https://t.co/xrPs6vGsj7 
• Paramedics called to 'boy' in Manchester find dog https://t.co/TzqdX4v6zM 
• Universal Credit roll-out delayed further https://t.co/04akSuk8jM
• LSB: Mandatory price publication may mislead consumers | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/OGy9Z93Jet
• ECJ: Mass retention of data only allowed in fight against serious crime | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/wNpETg8Coc 
• Iraq war families launch crowdfund for civil claim | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/fczHdBY5hB 
• UKIP councillor apologises for apparently 'joking' Remain voters be killed https://t.co/K6TIboiSwP 
• Belfast City Airport: Black woman 'stopped for looking foreign' https://t.co/ersuYnv71a
• #Malaysia 1MDB investigation: #US seeks to seize $1bn in assets https://t.co/cCRCv4jaBs
• Brussels bomb alert was 'false alarm' #BELGIUM https://t.co/b7zDU8b2oR 
• Top HSBC manager charged in forex probe https://t.co/MzwpMMv45Y
• Men rubbed fake poo on four-year-old girl’s face in racist attack https://t.co/UA06mdYa2N
• Bulk data collection only lawful in serious crime cases, ECJ indicates https://t.co/lMjCmOkAqp 
• 'Revenge porn' victims should get anonymity, say 75% of people https://t.co/InLYbOGgil 
• Mind over mat: how yoga is helping refugee women | Kirsty Brewer https://t.co/g7ouXE6OIc
• Met condemns 'unacceptable' disorder at Hyde Park water fight https://t.co/7YGmBGZSYS 
• Do you have what it takes to switch to law? https://t.co/9D1S0lqOu6
• Liz Truss, third Justice Secretary with no legal background: her camp accuses Tory justice committee chair of misogy…https://t.co/Km413ip5R1
• Met police may be overly targeting BAME youths as gang members' https://t.co/m4YjzAihCn 
• Virgin Trains helps ex-offenders to put their lives back on track https://t.co/NanXZ9u2U3

Today's video story: Parents in remote parts of Malawi are sending their daughters to be sexually initiated by local men - called "hyenas" - when they reach puberty. Meet Eric, he’s proud of his role as a "hyena".

20th July - Law News

1667th 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: Nearly half of consumer legal services are provided on a fixed-fee basis, new research has found – but it said consumers are still being hampered by a lack of information to help them choose the right lawyer. Full story - Solicitors Journal

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Kellogg's Special K ads banned over 'full of goodness' and 'nutritious' claims https://t.co/xqE10UmBch 
• Legal Action To Commence Against Tony Blair https://t.co/joUsTsDFsF 
• Barnaby Joyce rejects Pauline Hanson's policies, saying every religion has ratbags #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/KIqqOPo6mJ 
• Claims companies rapped by ad watchdog over settlement boasts | Law Gazette https://t.co/3HG4DSZCio 
• ‘No disrespect to Liz’: select committee chair joins criticism of Truss appointment | Law Gazette https://t.co/ajgeDkTorI
• Money laundering developments | Law Gazette https://t.co/hN6ENUaLqj 
• Trust in lawyers falling, but client satisfaction high | Law Gazette https://t.co/cQaNYFh5Dj
• Listed firm Gateley upbeat on post-Brexit future | Law Gazette https://t.co/SblIjG8Iri 
• MoJ without a solicitor minister as Vara goes | Law Gazette https://t.co/SC9CKnrTDQ 
• Arbitration scheme extends to parental responsibility disputes | Law Gazette https://t.co/noKeEV3UUm 
• JR jurisdiction ‘disadvantage’ for criminal cases | Law Gazette https://t.co/pMiDH06dRQ 
• Profits and revenues up at Stewarts Law | Law Gazette https://t.co/wNehtcId5L 
• Alan Blacker set to challenge SDT strike-off ruling | Law Gazette https://t.co/9n1EIA4wmy 
• Franchise scheme ‘moves profession into 21st century’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/aH78NYxKNs
• #TURKEY coup attempt: Crackdown toll passes 50,000 https://t.co/JnmZU1W6t2 
• Geordie Shore Aimee Spencer death: Arrests over fall from window https://t.co/nAnaYHadLB 
• Leslie Jones Twitter row: conservative website Breitbart's editor banned over abuse https://t.co/K83pUf7YzI
• Soldier dies in Brecon training exercise https://t.co/XxpqKCnGwy
• May to meet Merkel: UK to relinquish scheduled EU presidency https://t.co/gxnrohX0cN 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/ZsxS5u3otW
• Vara leaves Ministry of Justice as law officer 'helps out' in upper house - Legal Futures https://t.co/78I5jmWyox 
• Gateley 'seeing the benefits' of being UK's first listed law firm - Legal Futures https://t.co/CEV8EzeeBA
• City lobbying group: Maintaining UK's leadership in global legal market should be Brexit priority - Legal Futures https://t.co/NndE79KPmO 
• Fine for solicitor who signed blank claim form and statement of truth - Legal Futures https://t.co/tpywHPc5N2
• Cartwright King to launch franchise scheme for solicitors looking to strike out on their own - Legal Futures https://t.co/jkwtjtZYyk 
• Malaysia Airlines strikes secret settlement on anniversary of MH17 crash | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/0J5M2dqzJR
• KWM to ask partners for capital contributions in firm first | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/NOELYgkEAI
• Kennedys builds on LatAm presence | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/69eNsGjKFM
• PEP up 25 per cent at Stewarts Law | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/hErGzTZXc8
• Reed Smith locks in new alliance in Singapore | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/x09vJDO0mB
• The Mistake on the Lake | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/iCv3XZEuhZ
• Brexit: parallel UK-EU lines on data privacy? | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/4YEGKCIBMA 
• Why Google DeepMind wants your medical records https://t.co/SPVmJGsSy3 
• Cafe owner 'overwhelmed' by support after taking a strong stance against child tantrums https://t.co/CQbqTCvqFD 
• Dark days in Dhaka, #BANGLADESH following the Islamist killing of foreigners https://t.co/wFJu3XuPnw
• Pokemon Go: #Bosnia players warned of minefields https://t.co/zVxXYEUiVB 
• Fidelity backs Theresa May's executive pay plans https://t.co/NnXv30hZrz
• NSPCC issues warning over leaving children home alone https://t.co/yK0LXqANnq 
• Teacher 'raped girl during lunch break' at London private girls' school https://t.co/NU3qkFpfs8 
• Hyde Park 'water fight' violence sees police officer stabbed https://t.co/lORMHuM8TV 
• Two men and woman dead in Aberdeen tower block 'incident' https://t.co/vuKQWFvOwO 
• Disabled people 'treated like second-class citizens' - watchdog https://t.co/7YKDL6nsY3
• Peter Scotter 'ripped veil from Muslim woman in Sunderland' https://t.co/vTi2yz5ED9 
• Prisons now unacceptably violent, says watchdog https://t.co/i4s5r4qKA1
• October court date for Brexit challenge https://t.co/GwqAD5Hvem
• #Turkey coup: Purge widens to education sector https://t.co/9AJFdKYjHK 
• #US election: Melania Trump 'plagiarised' Michelle Obama https://t.co/ba30bgUjHM 
• Kelvin MacKenzie's Channel 4 hijab remarks spark 300 complaints https://t.co/ngm4MVLjZj 
• Spalding shooting: Three shot dead near swimming pool https://t.co/luK5JYFkDt 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/ZeL28I1bXN
• Chilcot report: Iraq war families crowdfund legal costs https://t.co/aGAUkptOEU 
• #TURKEY coup attempt: Erdogan signals death penalty return https://t.co/lyQ7QVKsRe 
• Trust in lawyers falling, but client satisfaction high | Law Gazette https://t.co/zcGl57jzhs
• Young suffer while pensioners prosper, think tank finds https://t.co/3mPbeD9UZs
• UK fraud police release wanted list https://t.co/wCdeAXkr5U
• Health budget rise 'less than was promised' while Trident gets renewed https://t.co/w58pvPxo4R 
• Use of fixed fees continues to rise but consumers still struggling to choose lawyer, survey finds | Legal Futures https://t.co/cfv6PoQJB8 
• Court of Appeal overturns solicitor’s convictions for money laundering | Legal Futures https://t.co/yyeVzMSndD 
• Tribunal allows paralegal's discrimination claim against law firm to continue | Legal Futures https://t.co/CUdizkNn56

Today's video story: The family of 42-year-old Aldjia Bouzaouit only found out that she was dead on Sunday, three days after the truck attack in Nice, France. 

19th July - Law News

1666th 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 has found a notable disparity in how practitioners and members of the public regard information security. The initial findings from a survey of more than 5,400 people were today revealed by the regulator, with agreement from solicitors and the public that dishonest and misuse of client money are the most serious offences that can be committed. Full story - The Law Society Gazette

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Former Solicitor-General among new ministers appointed to MoJ | Legal Futures https://t.co/Y1xsbfLeL0 
• Exclusive: Horizontal integration in action as funeral director sets up ABS | Legal Futures: https://t.co/wtPfgXaVs7
• #INDIA outrage after gang rape victim assaulted again 'by same men' https://t.co/BTCD9lGSl1 
• Gang steals £21,000 after Balham Waitrose scam https://t.co/VDyXa0RVpj 
• Carol Boardman: Police renew appeal for witnesses https://t.co/micDvx8oB9 
• Mzee Mohammed death: Liverpool mayor promises transparent inquiry https://t.co/sfBRHxrE3t 
• Man attacks passengers with axe and knife on train in #GERMANY https://t.co/OaOXXSeObV
• Nice attacker grew beard in week before truck rampage – prosecutor #FRANCE https://t.co/jOi7oOFZRI 
• PIRC launches investigations into two deaths | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/ws3faMpN0k 
• Faculty supports removal of tribunal status from Crofting Commission - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/V3vRJFCtaE 
• Stalking cases double in Tayside and Fife | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/i2LALRNsy0 
• Call for prison brain screening | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/aZtvceTSuh 
• Gregor Mitchell joins HBJ Gateley | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/IlmFaon9YQ 
• Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry costs approach £2 million | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/gF6e3kzsMx 
• Blog: What next for charities after Brexit? | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Zfips1H8sr
• Advocate General Sharpston: company requirement to remove Islamic headscarf constitutes unlawful discrimination https://t.co/KXE9OH9VHI
• Father's appeal for contact with daughter refused | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/vkvOHh4Jgq 
• Kanye West may have broken the law by recording call with Taylor Swift https://t.co/gihwrmQMsl 
• Indian government plans new arbitration centre in New Delhi | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/IMO1kcN0pu 
• Slaughters, Freshfields and MoFo lead on £24.3bn ARM acquisition | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/9euOPvmB1B
• Lawyer disbarred after stealing brother's identity for law school application | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/iqHzcbmmAb 
• Lord Faulks quits after Liz Truss named Lord Chancellor | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/ZOhS0BbAEP 
• New faces at MoJ following reshuffle | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/mRTuz62zQc 
• Revenue dips at Ince & Co | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/I5QfuUSHEV 
• Singapore to allow third-party funding for international arbitration | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/EKF8hdtn1c 
• Law firm attrition rates at record lows in the UK | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/rPS9MxdFWt 
• #US election: Gun ban sought at Republican convention https://t.co/Bvw3kGtn48 
• #TURKEY coup attempt: Confusion over general's 'confession' https://t.co/7hhpN87x3S
• Newcastle Primark kidnap teenagers sentenced https://t.co/WfEo911S9g 
• Law Society voices concerns over ‘regulator shopping’ rule changes | Law Gazette https://t.co/LQNhc8N7Am 
• Profession condemns threat to rule of law in Turkey | Law Gazette https://t.co/oFujUO0Lwa 
• Solicitor with ‘misplaced trust’ in employee wife is suspended | Law Gazette https://t.co/PovVvZmnvf 
• Pooled legal fund to aid access to justice | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/fwThwlHZ2L 
• Mass arrest of Turkish judges is a blow to democracy | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/Pu6zL2OvLV 
• How Hermes couriers shoulder insecurity of internet shopping boom https://t.co/FwKVzzotfq 
• Facebook teams fail to uphold company's rape abuse standards https://t.co/UHLFZ2YN8o 
• Déjà vu: as with tobacco, the climate wars are going to court | Dana Nuccitelli https://t.co/koSgz61Ndf 
• The death penalty must not be the legacy of Turkey’s quashed coup | Mary Dejevsky https://t.co/BbpKBjpt3Z
• What does Theresa May's record as home secretary tell us? https://t.co/0v3ujc3gLu 
• Pokemon Go player calls 999 to report 'stolen Pokemon' https://t.co/mSvB8hOBHp 
• #RUSSIA state-sponsored doping at Sochi Winter Olympics - report https://t.co/lyZQYRi7RU 
• 'Wash salad' advice after two die from E. coli https://t.co/Vqg9QyZGnw 
• James Warnock jailed for life over 1982 murder of Yiannoulla Yianni https://t.co/geFsoOQT6K 
• #TURKEY coup attempt: Thousands of police officers suspended https://t.co/D4KkBjYeLy 
• Baton Rouge shootings: Gunman's videos show anger at police #US https://t.co/bqyVJbFTcr

Today's video story: Hundreds have been killed in South Sudan’s capital, Juba, in recent days, after fighting broke out between opposing factions.

18th July - Law News

1665th 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: Company policy requiring an employee to remove her Islamic headscarf when in contact with clients amounts to unlawful direct discrimination, according to an Advocate General’s Opinion. Advocate General Eleanor Sharpston gave her Opinion in the French case of Bougnaoui and ADDH v Micropole SA (Case C 188/15). An Advocate General’s Opinion is not binding but is nearly always followed by the European Court of Justice. Full story - New Law Journal

Saturday Conversations on Law

• A ban on cold calls and texts could clean up the reputation of the PI sector | Law Gazette https://t.co/cCkmCWTBkl
• So it's goodbye from him | Law Gazette https://t.co/i38mHkH1WY 
• Alongside the clamour over Brexit we need a calmer discussion on reforming our constitution | Law Gazette https://t.co/ZHJhpsaQET 
• Blaming insurers for driverless accidents 'makes no sense' | Law Gazette https://t.co/hyzNmuGbDS
• £6m payment in second deferred SFO prosecution | Law Gazette https://t.co/TgyN4utIcD 
• Ministry of Justice doubles judicial review funding disclosure threshold | Law Gazette https://t.co/bUHnsF6C6J 
• SRA: ‘radical’ proposals will open up access to justice | Law Gazette https://t.co/K8wccZIWd9 
• Supreme Court unanimous on residency test | Law Gazette https://t.co/2bdKI5xT67 
• GCs ‘unbundle’ to improve efficiency | Law Gazette https://t.co/y8PYUFioaD 
• MoJ challenge fails on pay of part-time judges | Law Gazette https://t.co/xexiLhiMxo 
• My legal life: Mark Hovell - Partner, Mills & Reeve, Manchester - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/gAgHBgL4TF
  
• New Law Society president Robert Bourns wants solicitors to face the future with confidence - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/uWWxVMlLKI
• Ex-supermodel wins record ‘needs’ award: Profile of lawyer acting on behalf - Frances Hughes | Law Gazette https://t.co/TISBMf7C4q 
• New faces at Ministry of Justice | Law Gazette https://t.co/JtBg2I6kIt 
• CLAF revived to support access to justice | Law Gazette https://t.co/fwyHovz4YS
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/BPMhFz1wHc
• Law Society and CLC clash on switching regulators | Legal Futures: https://t.co/siyErSE9c5 
• Public "more worried" about confidentiality breaches than solicitors | Legal Futures: https://t.co/zr2gpVkwfY 
• So how secure is freedom now Theresa’s changed desks? https://t.co/l8ZNrtbsic 
• Isabel Buchanan: ‘In #Pakistan, law was literally a matter of life and death’ https://t.co/z3rACSqM0U 
• The international criminal court is vital to our fight against impunity in Africa https://t.co/pbFtmEz5qT 
• Extract from Isabel Buchanan’s Trials: ‘Risk of assassination is high’ https://t.co/fQXewu3yn7
• Theresa May must help UK citizens held in Iran’s notorious prisons https://t.co/4bCl5B3CsG 
• Research: 40% of female barristers say they have suffered harassment at work - Legal Cheek https://t.co/7F1K06DVbD 
• Regulator opens its case against Harry Potter lawyer claiming 'he lives in a fantasy world' - Legal Cheek https://t.co/Dwhwvh5OVo 
• One Direction superstar dating University of Exeter law student - Legal Cheek https://t.co/bLMJRsW47F 
• Solicitor and law student launches crowdfunding campaign to ‘give Europeans a voice’ in UK’s EU exit - Legal Cheek https://t.co/kipEBPd0ua 
• Do my (unspectacular) first year results matter? - Legal Cheek https://t.co/ARTCL3SFOt 
• Queen Mary Uni and Sorbonne get together in Paris to launch double LLM - Legal Cheek https://t.co/t1g79Vg2vC 
• Lord Harley booted out of profession - Legal Cheek https://t.co/1xiFiMcAKc
• Brexit: How is it affecting immigration lawyers? - Legal Cheek https://t.co/ZxFKXIBEG3 
• Psychiatric harm: The forgotten claims of the Hillsborough disaster - Legal Cheek https://t.co/xJuFvC0Zw4 
• ULaw offers GDL students the chance to upgrade to LLB for free - Legal Cheek https://t.co/09uDYpTfON 
• Lady Chancellor? Theresa May appoints first female Justice Secretary - Legal Cheek https://t.co/iEOmt45I9n 
• Fine dining, European getaways and power boating down the Thames - it must be summer vac scheme season - Legal Cheek https://t.co/e0duovysvA 
• Lawyer who stole brother’s identity to get into law school disbarred - Legal Cheek https://t.co/Wew6XdxadY 
• Oktoberfest bust-up: Linklaters partner guilty of punching another partner in the face three times - Legal Cheek https://t.co/A1vQIdCyPT
• It’s OK to bill clients while you’re on the toilet, Nabarro tells its solicitors - Legal Cheek https://t.co/UJl5C6NMlL 
• Bar Council launches new mentoring scheme to help barristers with children return to work - Legal Cheek https://t.co/P8aYUxn7Bm 
• Allen & Overy reveals autumn retention rate of 86% - Legal Cheek https://t.co/qxsvxo1VIl 
• Sturgeon: Second independence referendum could be next year https://t.co/mPTvBDmA8U 
• EU migrants may face 'right to stay' curbs - David Davis https://t.co/rXN93VPYbg 
• Baton Rouge: 'Two US police officers shot dead' #US https://t.co/fZssYtF8aG 
• #Turkey coup attempt: Key military officers arrested https://t.co/5L4lB22YGF 
• Another door closes for the Chagossians | UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/s9nxjIoRVo 
• The Chilcot Report – an Illegal War? | UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/cKM2Okuf6r
• Book review: “The Inquest Book: The Law of Coroners and Inquests” edited by Caroline Cross and Neil Garnham https://t.co/L57VW1vz7b
• Justice for everyone: another Grayling reform bites the dust | UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/xpRNxJaaub 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/aTVtesRVEO

Today's video story: What's behind Turkey's failed coup? The Turkish government says it's now in full control after a faction of the military attempted a coup. 

17th July - Law News

1664th 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

• Trading standards to investigate ‘fake’ British farm brands https://t.co/uh3trzvxgF
• In Ex-Fox Anchor Harassment Case, Accusations of 'Judge Shopping' #US https://t.co/L7TPwGtHzP 
• Behind Volkswagen Settlement, Speed and Compromise https://t.co/FPk0YtaSok Jul 16, 2016 
• Man Arrested in San Diego in Killings of Homeless People #US https://t.co/Mso9KSiQmT 
• Attack in Nice, #France, Represents Terrorism's New Reality https://t.co/cmjUEnaEs5 
• Trump Wants War Declared on ISIS and 'Extreme Vetting' of Immigrants #US https://t.co/Zkw00Z9WqC 
• Halsbury Legal Awards 2016: the finalists | New Law Journal: https://t.co/LP0QdyKMRC 
• More than 1,000 barristers led by Philip Kolvin QC call on prime minister not to invoke Art 50 | New Law Journal: https://t.co/hKiQHjQdFN 
• Investigatory Powers Bill causes client confidentiality concerns | New Law Journal: https://t.co/oHHJDcOSxj
• Access to justice law tech launch | New Law Journal: https://t.co/95SxRWCEfC 
• Six vacancies for Supreme Court Justices are due to arise before the end of 2018 | New Law Journal: https://t.co/ljsVhNISNR
• Holding companies & DPAs: Case highlights how far holding company can be held responsible | New Law Journal: https://t.co/lNdOogjVj3 
• Supreme Court rules civil legal aid residence test draft order was ultra vires | New Law Journal: https://t.co/7zN9MCCiPb 
• Truss becomes Lord Chancellor | New Law Journal: https://t.co/Hj5ZCo1PZ2
• Cohabitation: Resoluction calls more protection for "one in ten" | New Law Journal: https://t.co/MzABFuyzAg
• Law Commission: Consumer Prepayments on Retailer Insolvency | New Law Journal: https://t.co/VP9KZwVBgP 
• Policy requiring employee to remove Islamic headscarf amounts to unlawful direct discrimination | New Law Journal: https://t.co/d1BZsLjv2c 
• #German police target hate crime in co-ordinated raids https://t.co/OwqOv65ypR 
• Using home to fund retirement is a delusion, says former minister https://t.co/LkeWVi2aWV
• #Brazil reviews security measures ahead of Rio Olympics https://t.co/9rSYstJAI4
• Why did #Turkish coup plot fail? https://t.co/mCKpjY19Zz 
• RT @damianclode: Turkey's coup may have failed – but history shows that it won't be long before another one succeeds https://t.co/WJYTQAeBKK 
• Saturday's LawNewsIndex: 16th July #Law #News https://t.co/Drk7rh7DvO
• #SouthAfrica: prosecutors head off new attempt to put Jacob Zuma on trial https://t.co/N4x5BGIdId 
• #US Navy banned from using sonar that harms dolphins and walruses https://t.co/0DyqFTsHxC
• #Bosnian Serbs to hold referendum on divisive anniversary celebrations https://t.co/PAs9AcLpRp 
• Justice department 'uses aged computer system to frustrate Foia requests' #US https://t.co/QUBdXps6Fa 
• John McDonnell: voting restrictions could rig Labour leadership race https://t.co/qcPtnRlWu3 
• #Canadian priest allegedly gambled away $500,000 of Syria refugee aid https://t.co/kOpq8SuHER 
• Novelist Helen Bailey's partner charged with her murder https://t.co/HkFnT87jlk 
• Police arrest soldiers after CNN Turk briefly shut down – video #TURKEY https://t.co/jPQ3Ey4qjP 
• For #Turkey's sake, Erdoğan should resist desire for revenge https://t.co/Il9GdOVpTq

Today's video story: Northern Nigeria is just a step away from famine on a scale not seen for decades, according to the UN. 

16th July - Law News

1663rd 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

• Activists win damages against City police for false imprisonment https://t.co/Ze6Mcmvzyd
• Five held over lorry attack in Nice #FRANCE https://t.co/eNWXYboJFW 
• Qandeel Baloch: #PAKISTAN social media celebrity 'killed by brother' in an apparent honour killing https://t.co/6RaXv5e4i1
• #TURKEY: Military says coup attempt has been quashed https://t.co/J1ojZehDcM 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/UKjOtJRxQQ
• Pregnant mental health patient 'pinned to floor' https://t.co/GO8EYkKP3o
• SCTS report finds improvement at 'receiving' courts in wake of closures, but problems persist elsewhere - Scottish L…https://t.co/5vjrZP7vhb
• Where two’s a party and three’s a crowd, you sometimes want a crowd: Scottish Law Commission recommends overhaul of…https://t.co/RSj28LGdc4 
• Judge refuses leave to appeal complaint against legal firm rejected as ‘totally without merit’ - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/IthSR6pB9G
• Scottish Police Authority appoints new board member - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/ZhzIo58o7j 
• ICC's 'complementarity' explained in new handbook - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/idh6Buk2uI 
• James McNeill QC reappointed to JABS - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/1VIcHFalyh
• Scottish Parliament to assume powers on social security and employability - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/6lR0ANPL0P
• US Supreme Court judge backtracks on Trump comments - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/cSNL7I810I 
• Legal history professor elected to British Academy - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/mzzSpEIplf 
• Former naval officer hopes to make waves at the Faculty - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/02BFfT0EtN
• Sheriff Principal Abercrombie to be appeal court's vice president - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/1XVBOswNsH
• Pokemon Go teens stuck in caves 100ft underground https://t.co/RXJJUWxS0J
• London tiler convicted of rape and murder of teenager 34 years ago https://t.co/W8iiSCQicL
• Former police officer jailed for 18 years for raping two women https://t.co/CJXM4xsSlg 
• Optometrist who missed swelling in boy's brain guilty of manslaughter https://t.co/9OnMxPkxwJ Jul 15, 2016
• Brexit won't free UK from paying for botched EU farming subsidies, warn audit office https://t.co/yykEtwKtLr 
• Using Trident would be illegal, so let’s phase it out | Geoffrey Robertson https://t.co/DyrmivwDLC 
• #FRANCE can defeat the jihadis but only if it is true to its values | Pierre Haski https://t.co/Q2wvbQ0EZc
• Why does #FRANCE keep getting attacked? https://t.co/yLVXmJjOEB
• David Cameron gave aides extra severance pay against official advice https://t.co/qHWa0xX7Wg 
• 9/11 report's classified '28 pages' about potential #Saudi Arabia ties released #US https://t.co/99ZjAPgZTS 
• #Turkey coup attempt: military claims takeover of government – live https://t.co/HQOUYsikU0
• Oldham's 'Chai ladies' tackle racism after Brexit https://t.co/Q0yV44RnLL
• Turkish military blocks Istanbul bridges #TURKEY https://t.co/fEUFmgFPpk
• Hold offenders until they pay back their proceeds, say MPs | Law Gazette https://t.co/Kl6MfeBRtv 
• Solicitors and public divided over client confidentiality | Law Gazette https://t.co/93vy6JMhGB 
• Allen & Overy keeps 86 per cent of autumn qualifiers | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/IgIWmA9Fjx 
• K&L Gates launches in Munich | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/8c7YYOWWya
• Eversheds Consulting accelerates Ireland launch | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/hVWLIhP0el 
• Baker & McKenzie welcomes bankruptcy duo in New York | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/BGwU05Xrfj 
• Pinsents and Freshfields advise on £1.4bn Lafarge-Nirma deal | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/Zc0UyrAI56
• Corbyn leadership bid faces legal challenge from Labour donor | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/UFI89iuV9H 
• European Commission rules on Italian state aid case | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/Rp5wQxtGJt 
• Starved, tortured, forgotten: Genie, the feral child who left a mark on researchers https://t.co/ygNOq2Wzox 
• Labour suspends Brighton branch amid accusations by Blairites of improper ballot https://t.co/lV15Lv0PsS 
• Is wolf-whistling at women set to become a hate crime? https://t.co/OqU67cQcYP
• #INDIA 'gold man' battered to death https://t.co/p4N5r9HE2b
• Travolta fantasist guilty of 1982 teenager's rape and murder https://t.co/uBWxWV4OHD 
• Helen Bailey murder case: Remains found at author's home https://t.co/30q5VyURXN 
• Nice attack: Lorry driver confirmed as Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel https://t.co/g26hKpgYK9 
• New Northern Ireland secretary has 'strong commitment' to open border https://t.co/jKpJFK9Brc 
• Arrest over Angela Eagle death threats https://t.co/qmnUsvPnLr 
• Nice attacks: Can a lorry attack ever be stopped? https://t.co/oTcUOYKfZK 
• Nice attack: French front pages stunned by Bastille Day horror https://t.co/VqwSlZug8J
• Britain’s split with the EU may well trigger the different stages of grief. Just like a divorce | Law Gazette https://t.co/PPaeBMwf1e 
• Did it really cost £86k to break Alan Blacker? | Law Gazette https://t.co/qxrFel1ds2 
• Maternity mentoring to be piloted at the bar | Law Gazette https://t.co/z02CRX1lMN 
• Court rules firm can seek damages against former partner | Law Gazette https://t.co/RXNpo0mlTm

Today's video story: Coup plotters will be tried for treason. The Turkish PM addresses reporters following an attempted military coup.