11th July - Law News

1658th 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: Litigation lawyers have offered qualified support to new proposals to reduce delays in Court of Appeal hearings. The Civil Procedure Rule Committee (CPRC) reviewed the oral and written process for applications to the Court to see where it could be streamlined, after judges sitting alone came under pressure due to an increased workload. Its proposals include raising the threshold for permission to appeal from a “real prospect” to “a substantial prospect of success”, and removing the automatic right to an oral hearing when applying for permission to appeal. Full story - New Law Journal

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Can Jeremy Corbyn be kept off Labour's leadership ballot? - https://t.co/BFMKBzTNta 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/HuzwCDfCEo
• Black Lives Matter: The Baton Rouge photo hailed as 'legendary' #US https://t.co/w72CxTdAE4 
• FGM: 'More community funding needed' to maintain progress https://t.co/QXB1Fu6sRV 
• National Living Wage has not led to job losses - survey https://t.co/sALiOTE3iz 
• Theresa May vows to put Conservative Party 'at service' of working people like Bankers https://t.co/mdHAVUcfOH 
• Andrea Leadsom apologises to Theresa May over crass 'motherhood' remark https://t.co/JKYvmILghw
• PI: undermining the experts | Law Gazette https://t.co/A9ezXpSlEU
• Brexit and legal business: solicitors have their say | Law Gazette https://t.co/Ryma26Qpgn 
• My legal life: David Bullock, Senior solicitor, Attwells, London - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/7u4FIqfpsX 
• Interview: Ronnie Fox, Veteran innovator - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/dXAsSxVoQV 
• Contact centre forced to close by legal aid cuts | Law Gazette https://t.co/iV6PaPLAOq 
• CMA report reignites regulatory independence row | Legal Futures: https://t.co/4a26pWrXCs 
• Personal injury lawyer who faced “perfect storm” is struck off | Legal Futures: https://t.co/Ihcw83Hwb7
• Consumers "generally satisfied" with legal services providers, key survey finds | Legal Futures: https://t.co/JSi8hoy3HY
• Don’t Klingon to the past, George Takei. A gay Sulu is right for Star Trek 2016 https://t.co/oL1FruDJR8
• Huge rise in number of Britons trying to change gender https://t.co/zGShDHbtOo Jul 10, 2016
• Which law school will it cost you the most to graduate from? - Legal Cheek https://t.co/Mf69oD1mOD
• Outrageous: Higher Education Stats Agency finds ‘social studies’ students paid more than law graduates - Legal Cheek https://t.co/dvouiC4pzh 
• Chilcot: UK’s toughest ever précis challenge - tweet by tweet - Legal Cheek https://t.co/V3JUYTcSEB
• Trowers & Hamlins reveals autumn retention rate of 79% - Legal Cheek https://t.co/QHZAzwtiBw 
• High Court slaps litigant-in-person who bombarded Pinsent Masons lawyer with ‘more than 100 text messages’ with rest…https://t.co/xGqsUDxdEd
• Why ambitious junior lawyers need to create their own networks - Legal Cheek https://t.co/qwqbFIAyc8 
• Top firms release their full year financial results and profits per equity partner continue to rise across the board…https://t.co/SIavAefzP5
• London solicitors look to dual qualify as New York attorneys amid Brexit chaos - Legal Cheek https://t.co/KCU9DD2lGO 
• City lawyer at centre of Legal Cheek investigation quits profession over CV fabrications - Legal Cheek https://t.co/zPa8x90QvI 
• 'The day of the constitutional lawyer has come' says Prof Dougan - Legal Cheek https://t.co/1CM9eXsHlH 
• The principle of subsidiarity in EU law, and who is supposed to police it - Legal Cheek https://t.co/14axuayLQp 
• Magic circle embraces artificial intelligence - Legal Cheek https://t.co/vbKIhfV89Y
  
• Why I turned down a hot summer in Ibiza to work at a legal support charity - Legal Cheek https://t.co/x2DXcym38X 
• Meet the junior barrister dating underwear hunk David Gandy - Legal Cheek https://t.co/4JNquYX9RE 
• Being different makes you stronger: a newly qualified lawyer's perspective - Legal Cheek https://t.co/rNSBx6mPhV
• Wannabe barrister creates 'Brexiles' website to help young people flee Britain - Legal Cheek https://t.co/Pch5ngchh2 
• A message from the Court of Appeal: Stop with the ‘grandiloquent’ advocacy - Legal Cheek https://t.co/eAGD0LrvYn
• CMS Cameron McKenna drafts in resource management guru to allocate work to junior lawyers - Legal Cheek https://t.co/bCA75dExK8 
• Elite commercial chambers moves into ... criminal law - Legal Cheek https://t.co/NzBrOpXxn7 
• Post-Brexit jitters: Berwin Leighton Paisner freezes pay amid ‘political and financial uncertainty’ - Legal Cheek https://t.co/dpBznVBLoJ
• Convicted: Man found guilty of sexually assaulting paralegal at Fieldfisher Christmas party - Legal Cheek https://t.co/54wNT1zXWU
• Codify all the criminal law, says the country’s number one judge - Legal Cheek https://t.co/XLInrYK7oX
• BPP poaches top sports law firm from ULaw in future trainee deal - Legal Cheek https://t.co/sFwHBPPuRf 
• BANNED: Paralegal and trainee barred from working in law firms - Legal Cheek https://t.co/dJ1QczHQEt 
• Brexit Shmexit: King & Wood Mallesons ups newly qualified pay packets to £70,000 - Legal Cheek https://t.co/uGAIsXOkOS 
• Addleshaw Goddard gives ‘home-desking’ the green light implementing UK wide policy - Legal Cheek https://t.co/WFblqkGQy9 
• Addleshaw Goddard partners vote in key deed changes | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/IQaZs7CPUE 
• Freshfields outpaces Magic Circle with 6.6 per cent revenue increase | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/y99idjzj4p
• Record year for Linklaters as revenue tops £1.3bn | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/4fTUE7eNoK 
• BLP's PEP up 3.6 per cent but pay frozen amid Brexit fallout | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/Nr1ZbXZe0X 
• Mixed results for Simmons and Simmons as PEP plummets but turnover increases | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/FQ85ZuPlit 
• China will weather global M&A downturn, says Allen & Overy | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/pzWHuzLGr1
• Damage control: the value of budgeting | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/KKu7Y29tcG 
• One in three law grads haven't found professional roles, study finds | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/C4cUoqewQV 
• Pokemon Go player finds dead body in Wyoming river while searching for a Pokestop https://t.co/fOQv6gMvkh 
• Thorpe Park Colossus rollercoaster stopped after irresponsible rider 'stuck leg out' https://t.co/Op1dsUXOrC 
• Police shootings: Louisiana and Minnesota protests near boiling point #US https://t.co/eMYv6mm7mT 
• #US police shootings: Protests spread with dozens of arrests https://t.co/mnw2EwiFYs 
• Mormons pledge to stay in #Russia despite religious clampdown https://t.co/ExAuz3GMC1
• Journalist Marie Colvin's family sues #Syrian regime, claiming killing was deliberate https://t.co/gM7HKC3ECy 
• Whitehall’s secret advice on Chilcot will not be released https://t.co/nSt0eDAklB
• UK Anti-Doping Agency launches investigation into doctor’s drugs claim https://t.co/aIgwW5GG5J 
• Briton ‘tortured’ in Sri Lanka returns to UK https://t.co/hbUmBK8dPg
• #America’s history of separate lives is a root cause | Natalie Y Moore https://t.co/K7ZyloNFlo 
• It is easy to despair of our leaders, but Brexit has exposed Britain’s rotten core https://t.co/2BRIx8JRN6
• The Iraq disaster helps explain why Britain is in this dark place https://t.co/Zehj67WV0A 
• Polygamy is not a cultural conceit. It is an affront to women https://t.co/DjZtnzEBcT 
• Sharp rise in cost of holidays abroad leads to staycation boom https://t.co/1NvSICYFcm 
• #Cambodian government critic shot dead in Phnom Penh https://t.co/00OssIxfsU 
• Plan to enable prosecution of MoD over training deaths rejected https://t.co/WCacgKHiZE 
• Cliff Richard takes legal action against BBC and South Yorkshire police https://t.co/3zB6E0g1BZ 
• Tory leadership candidate Leadsom camp attempts to respond to motherhood row https://t.co/py4C6lCvgi
• Tony Blair could face contempt of parliament motion over Iraq war https://t.co/yumv9XA7mT 
• Shanshan's Year: anguish of jailed lawyers' families laid bare in #Chinese film https://t.co/U8HYN4ydPw 
• 'Reap what you sow': families of seized lawyers send public warning to #CHINA https://t.co/2bsr9GJo7s
• Don't count your chickens … how restrictive covenants affect homebuyers https://t.co/BwRS5bR6yB 
• John Prescott: UK broke international law by invading Iraq in 2003 https://t.co/q8oR4S7mRp

Today's video story: Colombian acid attack victim Natalia Ponce's long recovery. 

10th July - Law News

1658th 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

• Chilcot: reform & fallout | New Law Journal: https://t.co/mZliZUXvKJ
• Tackling delays in the Court of Appeal | New Law Journal: https://t.co/AOEAlLclcN 
• Hillsborough team wins LALY award | New Law Journal: https://t.co/zELjmJ044Y
• Brexit impact on cross-border disputes | New Law Journal: https://t.co/lE3bACplj5
• EU employment legacy | New Law Journal: https://t.co/aLsON3zq3e 
• Supreme Court accounts for another record year | New Law Journal: https://t.co/Ntuxxx36rZ 
• SRA takes dual approach to new code of ethics | New Law Journal: https://t.co/VqagfiPPxE 
• Brexit: Unified Patent Court could be history | New Law Journal: https://t.co/pMlCCIfuY6 
• Unenforced judgments prove costly for corporate clients | New Law Journal: https://t.co/2XGQui4mHp 
• Libor convictions boost the SFO | New Law Journal: https://t.co/sbOKu7CgAi 
• Blair disregarded warnings about consequences of military action | New Law Journal: https://t.co/LERHSzB60n
• Posthumous conception appeal granted | New Law Journal: https://t.co/zgx43RaIN7 
• SFO "buoyed" by Libor convictions | New Law Journal: https://t.co/HrFpRkOEhf 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/mczhi1Krzc
• British athletes 'given banned drugs', Kenyan doctors claim https://t.co/jAPhkWmHns 
• John Prescott: Ex-deputy PM says Iraq War was illegal https://t.co/cI7Gpce6vl 
• United Reformed Church approves gay marriage services https://t.co/UBbVfGhQf8 
• Tories reject petition signed by more than 4.1 million people calling for a second EU referendum. https://t.co/Emrc7k5ZKQ 
• Prison officers: are you walking out? What are your issues and concerns? https://t.co/rZSp3gxs3L 
• Uefa takes action against Viagogo over illegal Euro 2016 ticket sales https://t.co/z9PtWQwylx 
• Revenge porn victim may take legal action against German TV firm https://t.co/pZa1Q404xr
• The appeal of torture: what I learned from teaching a class on terrorism #US https://t.co/USMSKYifPJ 
• First legal attempt to prevent Brexit set for preliminary hearing https://t.co/TEMzoAf0oV
• What will the next female prime minister do for women's rights? Vulnerable women would be more at risk https://t.co/5jl9FF7ZeL 
• Birmingham: Investigations are under way into the deaths of five men crushed by a concrete wall at metal recycling plant https://t.co/hXGDkfRkEN 
• #US Court ruling could make sharing Netflix and Spotify passwords a federal crime https://t.co/ppduGpMjUU
• Teenagers from County Durham and Scotland die at T in the Park festival https://t.co/l4tLvjq4an 
• Man held by police over Oldham 'urinating' row attack https://t.co/GYcPXeCbFl 
• Leadsom urged to sign 'clean campaign pledge' amid motherhood row https://t.co/wWdsRYR8gY 
• Satellite-tracking schemes for offenders to be trialled this autumn https://t.co/dTld0xj7pt

Today's video story: President Obama called for unity while speaking in Warsaw, Poland about a spate of shootings and police tensions in the United States.

9th July - Law News

1657th 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

• Dallas shooting suspect Micah Johnson 'acted alone' #US https://t.co/c0PtUwEQ78 
• Andrea Leadsom claims that 'motherhood' makes her a better candidate, comment spark row https://t.co/wrm6hyHO43 
• Term-time holiday court win prompts councils to drop cases https://t.co/DNY2GT2eKE 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/Nv3RcMFg6y
• Data law: keep calm and cry freedom | Law Gazette https://t.co/9ygP9m4qA5
• Judges get more complaints but fewer investigations | Law Gazette https://t.co/DbrCKW4s2T 
• Freshfields outpaces magic circle rivals as PEP jumps to £1.5m | Law Gazette https://t.co/3qnwA5zaFP 
• Lawyers clash over new ICC bar group | Law Gazette https://t.co/kQZaFeApee
• Hillsborough lawyers honoured for achievement | Law Gazette https://t.co/EqtwCGLN0A 
• Solicitor ‘plundered’ £20k to cover lost legal aid income | Law Gazette https://t.co/rAYzEorOc5 
• £6m payment agreed in second deferred prosecution | Law Gazette https://t.co/7cQdY9GSja 
• Competition watchdog rules out full investigation of legal services | Law Gazette https://t.co/ThuMEmaAoV
• Hundreds join Black Lives Matter march through London https://t.co/du3kGsHOkK 
• 'Sharp rise' in reported hate crime https://t.co/tRq9fnWhuN 
• Many injured in #Taiwan train blast https://t.co/MDRLIWWPMg
• Prison officers stage unofficial walkouts in England and Wales https://t.co/SeGBbn7Cng 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/k6p9aHANvs
• #Greece's stranded refugees fear being forgotten https://t.co/4eK0uGFGes 
• Aberdeen Crematorium staff feel victimised over baby ashes inquiry https://t.co/umRc8xivwx
• Dallas protest: Four police officers dead in sniper shooting #US https://t.co/OzxnbXTu9t 
• Linklaters posts 7% rise in pre-tax profits | Law Gazette https://t.co/eYlQ7hu1Qf 
• Legal and military failings of the Iraq war and its aftermath https://t.co/KrsEzFZvSY 
• Solving the crime that changed my life: the murder of British backpacker Peter Falconio | Johanna Bell https://t.co/TlTINH4URl
• Dallas protest shooting: 11 police shot, four dead, as suspect in custody #US https://t.co/MjbNTonLHW
• NHS plan to shut child heart surgery units causes outcry https://t.co/XyDL5KNu7q
• Theresa May helped to divide Britain. She won’t heal it https://t.co/2rqnnnDeOo 
• Polish family's Plymouth home damaged in 'race hate arson attack' https://t.co/AhpR6PvhrP 
• Brexit: What next for the personal injury industry? | Legal Futures: https://t.co/LcT9GSlNgR 
• Lord Chief Justice calls for codification of criminal law | Legal Futures: https://t.co/WCwPuxSuTQ 
• Court of Appeal: no room for “grandiloquent, rhetorical” advocacy in modern trials | Legal Futures: https://t.co/edaOmLZCj6 
• US State Department restarts Hillary Clinton email probe https://t.co/xSKdhJxgtS 
• Former Nazi death guard Oberlander in #Canada court win https://t.co/TwzOeIed5a
• #Saudis arrest 12 Pakistanis over bombs https://t.co/mENNIz4fPi 
• Prison officers to stage unofficial walkouts in England and Wales https://t.co/C9ol7WI7YC

Today's video story: Dramatic video shows an exchange of gunfire between a suspect and a law enforcement officer on a sidewalk outside a building in downtown Dallas. Five officers were killed and seven were wounded during a protest over fatal police shootings of black men in other states, authorities said. 

8th July - Law News

1656th 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: Top-25 firm Addleshaw Goddard has told the majority of its staff they can work regularly from home. The firm announced today it will implement the home-working policy in its Leeds, London and Manchester offices. The policy, which applies to most fee-earners and business services employees, brings the firm into line with a number of its rivals in offering more flexible working. Full story - The Law Society Gazette

Saturday Conversations on Law

• FBI director defends decision in Hillary Clinton email case #US https://t.co/9BKVRJzbx0
• Law firm mergers still going strong in the US | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/jrIHNHg79j 
• Ashurst stumbles again with 10 per cent revenue dip | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/rNKIcIL4Tg
• A&O and Freshfields advise in $175bn bank merger | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/J1TEZQD2s1 
• Taylor Wessing posts 6 per cent boost in global revenue | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/313q9cZWol 
• One in three law grads haven't found professional roles, study finds | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/6pFRYjlx6f
• Asia-Pac set to lead global investment in transport sector | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/N6YgiAmsog 
• Legal basis for Iraq War 'far from satisfactory', finds Chilcot report | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/9CRluFVIMS
• Three #Australian cricketers banned for gambling on matches https://t.co/U9GKaQLCTf 
• UK foreign secretary: US decision on Iraqi army led to rise of Isis https://t.co/Ts20V5t4xF 
• Could Tony Blair face legal action over Iraq War? https://t.co/Ns4aXbJP8I
• MPs rebel by refusing new Ofsted chief https://t.co/sUXwFKu9bq
• Sagging trousers ban in South Carolina leads to 'race profile' fears #US https://t.co/6kcn1qRTEd 
• #ITALY migrants: Nigerian killed in Fermo race attack https://t.co/aPXINAFcEr 
• Libor rigging trial: Former Barclays bankers jailed https://t.co/uxjePd3l9V 
• Philando Castile death: Aftermath of police shooting streamed live #US https://t.co/7oEoxNDaLS
• #GERMAN MPs back stricter rape laws after Cologne attacks https://t.co/iURLg04NYd
• The far right are coming: Brexit has helped them along https://t.co/ZqAZflctta 
• Top-25 firm tells solicitors they can work from home | Law Gazette https://t.co/yUQbc5zHbV
• ‘Modern code’ for criminal law needed – LCJ | Law Gazette https://t.co/KdCPzRdke4 
• MoJ seeks to pave way for new wave of ABSs | Law Gazette https://t.co/4UvDhRtL0s 
• Former celebrity publicist Max Clifford cleared of indecent assault https://t.co/X57lMOW8aI 
• The war in Iraq was not a blunder or a mistake. It was a crime https://t.co/KFuf4wfjIb 
• Aftermath of black man's shooting by Minnesota police caught on video #US https://t.co/DvbPoVEAHu
• We ignored the rule of law – the result was Iraq https://t.co/xu4oaF01RQ
• #CHINA to release human rights worker Zhao Wei on bail after a year of detention https://t.co/O7lg1SPRyV 
• Greater Manchester to get devolved criminal justice powers https://t.co/65RaX0admZ 
• Climate scientists are under attack from frivolous lawsuits | Lauren Kurtz https://t.co/7cfioGC0BZ
• Yarl's Wood detention centre staff replaced by 'self-service kiosks' https://t.co/LUjLiSxzwo
• Fifteen secret warrants in force granting bulk data collection in UK https://t.co/31sHklhXo3 
• Marvel's new Iron Man is 15-year-old black girl https://t.co/15qBysWWRw
• Max Clifford case: Judge to accept majority verdict https://t.co/rINGfVLl3y 
• British lawmakers pass new digital surveillance law https://t.co/tkJmSKSrba 
• MoJ consults on further liberalisation | Law Gazette https://t.co/RKKPzToae5 
• Land Registry ‘cannot easily be privatised’ – Society | Law Gazette https://t.co/4M3fZa5p4U 
• Claimants urge NHSLA to settle after High Court costs win | Law Gazette https://t.co/lJtghdo45K 
• PEP falls 19% at Ashurst in ‘challenging’ conditions | Law Gazette https://t.co/o8GmGqaLw2 
• Five die after accident at recycling site in Nechells, Birmingham, say West Midlands Police https://t.co/pZTarsTGtl 
• Ivor Bell to face trial in connection with Jean McConville murder https://t.co/SwVkgnZTMl 
• Big increase in term-time absence fines https://t.co/QcoWLvI2tZ
• #GERMANY rape law: Will 'No' mean 'No'? https://t.co/pUgOGmNaYa 
• Asad Shah killing: Man admits Glasgow shopkeeper murder https://t.co/o67XEDSiuL
• Tony Blair says world is better as a result of Iraq War https://t.co/hOe22ScQ31 
• Susan O'Brien QC resigns as chair of Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/bMIgADL5HD 
• 10 Things You Should Know about the New Corporate Offence of Failure to Prevent Tax Evasion https://t.co/co1A6j0Y1p 
• ESPC: Seller confidence hit by Brexit in east central Scotland | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/nPVCLhZA9w 
• Legislation could bring compensation culture to Scottish schools | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/MINSTcMZhy
• Iraq Inquiry: Legal basis for UK action 'far from satisfactory' | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/6usg0iBSNB 
• Formality over functionality: an appeal based on inadequate employee liability dismissed by Supreme Court’ https://t.co/PCSFTZZcdT 
• Boyd is Back with restructuring to build on strengths | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/g09arZcDqf 
• Faculty unveils new portrait of bench and bar | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/ymibfmyjhQ 
• Gilson Gray in deal to sponsor Watsonian FC | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Muv89Z7pDe 
• Balfour+Manson raise over £5,200 for MS Society Scotland from April to June | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/MQyPOU3Odd 
• Lord Reed to deliver inaugural Lord Rodger lecture | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/YH8m1bAeEt 
• Expanded programme for October’s Scots Law 2016 | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/MXFhcAMWTz 
• Edinburgh law students petition UN over imprisoned Vietnamese bloggers | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/aBIWTslthK 
• Prosecutors deploy special measures in child murder case | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/wYbh5KoSa8 
• Addleshaw Goddard launches UK agile working scheme | The Lawyer https://t.co/HdOXfuRKXM 
• Clifford Chance profit jumps 10% as PEP hits £1.23m | The Lawyer https://t.co/yXuoMAEeHp 
• Ashurst PEP drops 19 per cent as turnover falls to £505m | The Lawyer https://t.co/Las10Oew5w

Today's video story: There's growing anger in the United States after videos have emerged of two fatal shootings of black men by police in the space of 48 hours. Philando Castile, 32, was shot dead in Minnesota while Alton Sterling, 37, was fatally shot in Baton Rouge.

7th July - Law News

1655th 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 High Court has imposed an extended civil restraint order (ECRO) on an “obsessional” libel litigant who sent over 100 text messages to the mobile phone of a partner at Pinsent Masons acting for Google. Mr Justice Eady said counsel for Google, Catrin Evans QC, had characterised litigant in person Camille Saskia Richardson’s behaviour as “obsessional” and “the evidence seems to me to plainly bear that out”. Full story - Legal Futures

Saturday Conversations on Law

• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/wnfw6HX79F
• Chilcot’s lessons on going to war must be enshrined in law | Keir Starmer https://t.co/EIpZXzGeG9 
• Who regulates? - Competition and regulation in the legal sector | Legal Futures: https://t.co/wQ7swalYjA 
• SRA bans paralegal and trainee from working for law firms | Legal Futures: https://t.co/NjkmsTjHTs
• Solicitor who “buried head in sand” is reprimanded by SDT | Legal Futures: https://t.co/ODGRNkqbbm 
• Law firm's knowledge transfer partnership with academics grows profits and client satisfaction | Legal Futures: https://t.co/Y3C7Zdt2eq
• Two #Rwandan mayors jailed for life over 1994 massacre https://t.co/nIHhmwt2SD 
• Quinn Emanuel to act on biggest claim in UK legal history | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/KkGjjr7vM1 
• American smokers sue over exploding e-cigarettes | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/YlVBK09uL4 
• DAC Beachcroft posts modest revenue rise as profit grows 9 per cent | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/E8wqG2UZ5X 
• DoJ heavyweight to join Gibson Dunn in Washington | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/2lRgwBeLHU 
• Clifford Chance sees 10 per cent PEP boost | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/plt1cU0i5H 
• FBI chief recommends no charges for Clinton | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/KlmwLPB1I8 
• Allen & Overy manages modest 2.3 per cent lift in revenue | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/JJRbQMLMLZ
• Gloating tweet firm ‘undermined tribunal system’ – MP | Law Gazette https://t.co/XARIbzjgKJ 
• Prosecution disclosure failures to be probed | Law Gazette https://t.co/4EhIeirzpy 
• MasterCard faces record £19bn card charges claim | Law Gazette https://t.co/uXyLtAN6wy 
• Shiner’s next SDT hearing will be private | Law Gazette https://t.co/d2tVUJEGNZ 
• Clifford Chance posts 10% rise in PEP | Law Gazette https://t.co/toIQHm0msl 
• Profits per member jump 21% at DAC Beachcroft | Law Gazette https://t.co/mDQR6HxaY7
• Law graduate salaries stuck in lower league | Law Gazette https://t.co/LFqmAHWAQy
• Half a million hoverboards recalled in US https://t.co/hCQyJcAGED
• Alton Sterling shooting: #US authorities to investigate https://t.co/RFrMflHb12 
• MPs urge government rethink on right of EU citizens in UK https://t.co/aqQxHfTDjm 
• Lionel Messi: Barcelona star appeals over tax fraud verdict #SPAIN https://t.co/r9c4wegM4M 
• Chilcot report evokes angry war memories in Middle East https://t.co/7I8IUfuBJj
• Chilcot report: What Blair said to Bush in memos https://t.co/fJzgUREzMp 
• Iraq war inquiry opens up possibility of legal action against Blair | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/pXBHZNYK1x 
• ‘Dragnet’ joint enterprise process needs to be reassessed | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/PSKB5Sw7Qq
• LSB: More reform needed to build on ‘positive’ Legal Services Act | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/YmYC66zd8n 
• Fraud office wants ex-Barclays bankers to face retrial over Libor rigging https://t.co/HTKwgJmq6n 
• Chilcot’s judgment is utterly damning – but it’s still not justice https://t.co/5VQimW3nbK 
• Veterans' families push for Blair to face trial over Iraq – but is it possible? https://t.co/p4SMTWA7mX 
• BBC appoints Anne Bulford as first female deputy director general https://t.co/WTCEJPaxf1 
• Shares slide as Brexit fears take hold https://t.co/nFICenhmCa 
• Boy left with brain injuries at birth receives £11m compensation https://t.co/a30wEXa9Jw 
• BHS: Tina Green denies family firms are based offshore for tax reasons https://t.co/puH1Hfa0zU
• Oscar Pistorius sentenced to six years in jail for Reeva Steenkamp murder #SOUTHAFRICA https://t.co/b60PL2cSTy
• Chilcot report: key points from the Iraq inquiry https://t.co/B4ZR3hvd9O 
• The Iraq war inquiry has left the door open for Tony Blair to be prosecuted | Joshua Rozenberg https://t.co/7aUo2zezyw
• MoD left UK forces in Iraq lacking equipment and a plan, Chilcot says https://t.co/oALkmmWbX2 
• Bush largely ignored UK advice on postwar Iraq, Chilcot inquiry finds https://t.co/S6PO9hOrPp 
• Tony Blair deliberately exaggerated threat from Iraq, Chilcot inquiry finds https://t.co/wmtmZ60zvl
• Argentine footballer Lionel Messi handed jail term in #SPAIN for tax fraud https://t.co/4eN19lBAdA 
• Liam Fee: Mother and partner given life sentences https://t.co/hEEAjs11sM 
• Chilcot report: Families and MPs react to inquiry findings https://t.co/RWHoSoEcxW 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/e4oxFA2U9I
• Oscar Pistorius set to learn sentence for Reeva Steenkamp murder #SOUTHAFRICA https://t.co/vSe5WhnjyZ 
• #US protests after police shooting of black man in Louisiana https://t.co/A01L9AgCbi
• Patient 'lay dead' in London A&E for 'hours' before being found https://t.co/H0J2jSM0lk
• Iraq Inquiry: Chilcot says 'careful analysis needed before war' https://t.co/MVRksCzK20 
• Why is the rape crisis in rural #India passing under the radar? https://t.co/M0bG4qDSiE
• Will we see QOCS expanded to new areas? | Law Gazette https://t.co/dJrIwMml1O 
• PEP flat at Allen & Overy amid uncertain climate | Law Gazette https://t.co/9ggpHxKFw7

Today's video story: The shocking and graphic video of Baton Rouge police officers killing African-American Alton Sterling has sparked outrage across the country and protests in the streets of Louisiana’s capital.

6th July - Law News

1654th 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: Making costs management work is in the interests of the entire legal profession, says ACL chairman. The extent to which the costs management regime is working depends on which judge you face, according to a survey of the Association of Costs Lawyers (ACL) members. Full story - Solicitors Journal

Saturday Conversations on Law

• In Dissents, Sonia Sotomayor Takes On the Criminal Justice System #US https://t.co/qRkzJ15o26 
• One Robber's 3 Life Sentences: '90s Legacy Fills Prisons Today #US https://t.co/hQAy1WHIBz 
• ABS gives away software tool to help companies check contracts for Brexit impact | Legal Futures: https://t.co/NWwlWlti5r 
• Bar chairman warns on post-Brexit practising rights | Legal Futures: https://t.co/wjOKV3JmGu
• Has the rule of law ever been more important? | Legal Futures: https://t.co/1AhcbIYF3q
• High Court imposes restraint order on “obsessional” litigant who targeted lawyers | Legal Futures: https://t.co/flvJpQMoZy 
• European commission announces crackdown on corporate tax loopholes https://t.co/uWKZrrxhcW 
• Paris attacks inquiry finds multiple failings by French intelligence agencies #FRANCE https://t.co/WlJlEIMdur 
• Property funds halt trading as Brexit fallout deepens https://t.co/BkCVUVMotC 
• John Chilcot says Iraq war inquiry will not shy away from criticisms https://t.co/7IvLzp6NJc 
• Vatileaks' Francesca Chaouqui is 'unpleasant and arrogant', admits her defence #VATICAN https://t.co/SvVhxcMueq 
• Labour Party reinstates Bradford West MP Naz Shah https://t.co/q2ktgC98yv 
• DLA Piper forms new alliance in Afghanistan | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/rk4BVrlLLz 
• Kenyan lawyers strike over 'extrajudicial killing' of lawyer Willie Kimani | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/H1DH9C3EK8 
• Clifford Chance partners with AI system Kira | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/gmmHqsmEzk 
• HSF revenue jumps to £870m | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/UctycD8kIb 
• King & Wood Mallesons crowned top APAC law firm | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/aUviDwZKh9 
• Panama Papers show it is time to overhaul the judgment enforcement mechanism | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/MKJIK3svd2 
• Lawyers' personalities drive death penalty sentencing, argues Harvard report | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/SeYH4mtabw 
• Review mandatory life sentences for murder, says joint enterprise report https://t.co/d44y2Ojlyz 
• Putting Tony Blair in the dock is a fantasy – he broke no law | Geoffrey Robertson https://t.co/MiHzVmfhlT 
• Case against Tony Blair over Iraq war a legal impossibility, says QC https://t.co/mTNsSAngTi 
• Brexit can apparently be started without parliament vote, government lawyers claim https://t.co/cAbeIYiyDO
• FBI director recommends ‘no charges’ after ending Clinton email investigation #US https://t.co/Spzv2jMXTR 
• Deadline approaches for government response to Brexit legal challenge https://t.co/Ykg8RWMo2I
• Man shot wife with dementia in care home 'to end suffering' https://t.co/Z5R4zyPhQk
• Bank of England warns Brexit risks beginning to crystallise https://t.co/X9r66aHh1U 
• Junior doctors reject new contract https://t.co/oZWTBDWgB4 
• Profits jump 20% at Addleshaw Goddard | Law Gazette https://t.co/tSxXamGOET 
• Court of Appeal to hear key connecting-flight refund case | Law Gazette https://t.co/JSjgpaaErD
• Solicitor leaves profession after lying on his CV | Law Gazette https://t.co/XbdOfGChPF 
• Kenyan lawyers walk out in protest at colleague’s murder | Law Gazette https://t.co/GJHvMGczmS 
• MoJ still unsure on employment tribunal fees review | Law Gazette https://t.co/O3ZXNWl00u
• Herbert Smith Freehills delivers 7% profit rise | Law Gazette https://t.co/J9zHTC96DT 
• British Mother's fears for son arrested at Donald Trump rally #US https://t.co/RDFMVlHOjR 
• NHSLA ‘saves £6m’ by fighting ATE premiums | Law Gazette https://t.co/YHfyXVGNgk 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/tl3vo85wBk
• Iraq Chilcot inquiry: Bitterness in Baghdad https://t.co/aLWiablyqj 
• Identity fraud up by 57% as thieves target social media https://t.co/Cq5Gc5CcaS

Today's video story: The official report into the UK's involvement in the 2003 Iraq War will be published on Wednesday 6 July. But what is it all about and why is it likely to be controversial?

5th July - Law News

1653rd 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: UK government faces pre-emptive legal action over Brexit decision. Law firm says article 50 cannot be triggered without full debate and vote by parliament. Full story - Guardian Law

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Lawyers meeting special needs | Law Gazette https://t.co/1QTMy82uXE
• Brexit: making the big call | Law Gazette https://t.co/5AuB2a8tpW 
• Unregulated online providers: a solution? | Law Gazette https://t.co/OFmIs1Owya
• Firm hails ‘clear message’ to defendants over interim costs | Law Gazette https://t.co/MfCfYigYFj 
• Solicitor peer expresses fears over victim surcharge increase | Law Gazette https://t.co/70FefRfNjS 
• EU referendum: Would Brexit violate UK citizens' rights? https://t.co/iNxeW9P7g3
• Reality Check: Can UK trigger Article 50 without asking Parliament? https://t.co/pL0M8QyVVs 
• Business pessimism 'doubles after Brexit vote' https://t.co/bbJIP9SPCD 
• Brexit: Rights of EU citizens living in UK sparks row https://t.co/ad6qJtX1fg 
• SCJC programme details justice reform priorities | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/KwJVonvLUx 
• Solicitor publishes study of Faculty War Memorial | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/veTAVMst7A 
• Scotland facing chronic shortage of insolvency experts | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/JLHUPt2f51 
• More support needed for jury members in traumatic cases | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/wh5x5Xf8Mg 
• Brian Inkster calls for investigation into Crofting Commission | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/zyqc4rtn7R
• Burness Paul get into Top Gear | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/bBsrEnMbVU 
• Blog: Brexit brings yet more uncertainty to immigration law | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/K2Lr2CvGR9
• Two new solicitor advocates at BTO | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/pucpb8ETpC 
• Serena Williams laughs off legal talk after Svetlana Kuznetsova demolition https://t.co/6SClCXvhoC 
• Media should rethink coverage in wake of Brexit vote, says Justin Webb https://t.co/5oP2UxD6Yq 
• A radical moment for Britain’s sex workers https://t.co/XVEjCw2J7p 
• Senior British officers knew of 'wetting' of Iraqi civilians, inquiry told https://t.co/NFRW4gbXc9
• #IRAQ PM orders removal of British-made fake bomb detectors https://t.co/6yW7CX7FtA 
• Bombers attack across Saudi Arabia including at mosque in Medina #SAUDIARABIA https://t.co/LMObxJB0Jq 
• Government refuses to guarantee EU citizens living in UK can stay https://t.co/l4VUFcNKlM 
• Standard Life shuts property fund amid rush of Brexit withdrawals https://t.co/MOfS7SG3gM 
• Tribunal strikes off solicitor who claimed misconduct was a "cry for help" | Legal Futures: https://t.co/kCNpv49DqF 
• LSB: new Legal Services Act needed to finish the job of market reform | Legal Futures: https://t.co/QczvOAmat9 
• Barrister launches direct access private prosecutions practice | Legal Futures: https://t.co/cTSVAwnOFY 
• "A threat to democracy" - Mishcon de Reya in the firing line over Brexit legal action | Legal Futures: https://t.co/7V3ytmzzM1
• Solicitor trustees not liable for £1.5m loss on investments, High Court rules | Legal Futures: https://t.co/yHeJO3zjLY 
• Government facing legal challenge over article 50 process | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/QpIDo3QgAj 
• Three convicted in Libor rigging trial https://t.co/IfVlwzIkx6 
• Bristol boy airgun shooting: Man pleads guilty to GBH https://t.co/UrJfq3TnI9 
• Six jailed for 'drug ambulance' smuggling plot https://t.co/qxnhB568os
• Andrea Leadsom: EU citizens in UK are not bargaining chips https://t.co/V6SHPNJiOD 
• Kenyans protest over alleged extrajudicial killings of trio by police https://t.co/bm8K87zI8a 
• Eritrean smuggler trial in Sicily has wrong man, say former victims https://t.co/DfQaoaPY9J 
• We need legal advice for our HSBC mortgage but no one will give it https://t.co/Ji8Wcwgf46 
• How the supreme court's tilt to the left rests on conservative Anthony Kennedy #US https://t.co/VXmNTqNJ0z
• UK police ask to interview #Israeli former minister over Gaza war https://t.co/S6K6uC3hKl 
• BBC stands by Chris Evans after reports he may face police questioning https://t.co/oG5dAMD2Ge 
• Barclays' Libor convictions a major victory for SFO https://t.co/Yq1HBoFuUe 
• Future of EU nationals in UK more uncertain after May comments https://t.co/eTJUi7aNs2 
• Philip Hammond dismisses Brexit legal challenge – video https://t.co/6LDq0nNmOM 
• Journalists revel in the unfolding tale of Westminster turmoil https://t.co/G36V9bEes2 
• UK government faces pre-emptive legal action over Brexit decision https://t.co/M947iNCSAz 
• BOOK REVIEW: Gringras: the Laws of the Internet (4th edition) | Law Gazette https://t.co/1aBfBaJUTp
• Roundtable: residential conveyancing | Law Gazette https://t.co/0U8A3tWj7s 
• PII special: broker’s view | Law Gazette https://t.co/lOW2gKPqQh 
• PII special: solicitor’s view | Law Gazette https://t.co/RWP0Ehf7ko 
• PII special: computing the risks | Law Gazette https://t.co/ucLzTpi5Zf 
• Fighting bid to extradite ‘hacker’ – again - Karen Todner, Kaim Todner Solicitors in London - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/R35O3IKIxL
• My legal life: Lorna McGlone, Executive director, Roberts Jackson, Wilmslow - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/Shte4uGffE
• EU Brexit vote casts doubt on Unified Patent Court | Law Gazette https://t.co/EsZZr2NwVG 
• Law firms given all clear on lobbying | Law Gazette https://t.co/d1CzdE9n68
• Profit growth slows at Pinsent Masons | Law Gazette https://t.co/i80XSSNNqq 
• Legal Services Act positive – but more reform needed, says super-regulator | Law Gazette https://t.co/bwCYEWQjcZ
• Amma canteen: Where an #Indian meal costs only seven cents https://t.co/ZSa3sL1D66 
• Bid to cut number of deaths and injuries on Scottish farms https://t.co/JwYyU2FpiV 
• Woman killed after checking crash damage on M61 https://t.co/Xt91wJHVKR 
• Michael Foot memorial defaced with swastikas & references to the BNP and EDL https://t.co/yoGKahCzhl 
• UKIP leader Nigel Farage is to finally stands down after years of promising such a move https://t.co/fokKWbpQHf 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/o1m5lp6lln
• How #China Took Center Stage in Bitcoin's Civil War https://t.co/0M6MaF237q

Today's video story: What motivated the bombings in Saudi Arabia? "It's an act of desperation more than anything else," Kechichian told Al Jazeera, when asked what motivated the explosions.  

4th July - Law News

1652nd 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 looking to re-register in Ireland so they can continue to practise law in the EU. Tina Williams, Chair of Fox Williams, says: “Once we leave the EU formally, UK law firms will need to re-establish their right to operate offices and UK lawyers to practise EU law in EU countries. “Hence the rush by lawyers to become registered on the roll of solicitors in Ireland. We expect to be very busy restructuring law firms and advising lawyers who do not want to be confined to practising solely in England and Wales. Full story - New Law Journal

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Brexit: Legal steps seek to ensure Commons vote on Article 50 https://t.co/nlQGu2TBfq
• Justin Bieber Sued: Team Production Files $650K Lawsuit Vs. Singer #US https://t.co/sKz4WflIg3 
• Camilla Duchess of Cornwall Sued Continuously by Former Accountant https://t.co/8VqiBvcwwz
• A Retford solicitor, Michael Browne is celebrating 50 years of legal practice https://t.co/Xm7wXmMCHn 
• Law Society suspends solicitor Barry Murphy from practising #IRELAND https://t.co/4Oa1cFgUsN 
• One in three cases of "solicitor fraud" not even looked at, police admit https://t.co/lsbqKfF7qC https://t.co/DIZIF9E0ZO
• NFL players “illegally drugged” with painkillers to start legal action against former teams #US https://t.co/LbNWy1jb3g 
• BJP seeks Asaduddin Owaisi's arrest for offering legal aid to men linked to Islamic State https://t.co/QGwpaxoRLr
• Former Sunderland loan star embroiled in a legal wrangle gripping US football https://t.co/guxl6hjCAi 
• Two transgenders who had undergone gender reassignment surgerysay the police assaulted them brutally #INDIA https://t.co/YjtdgWUTJl 
• Vigilance Department is for reopening the bar bribery case in which former ministers K M Mani and K Babu #INDIA https://t.co/R9N1alM8wz 
• #Israel's opposition leader Herzog demands UK change law after Foreign Minister Livni's Scotland Yard summons https://t.co/ofyZ15w7Ij
• In the UK, It's Still Legal to Place People in the Stocks https://t.co/Tbm2qGX6aK
• Brexit could make it even harder for Irish women seeking abortions in the UK https://t.co/CSr6qzGvQK
• Current trainees and newly qualified lawyers discuss the GLS legal trainee scheme https://t.co/W0i04JquFO 
• University of Liverpool EU law lecturer’s incredible out-of-office email response in wake of Brexit abuse - Legal Ch…https://t.co/clnG6Ch3xJ 
• Siddhartha Shukla - From a small town in one of India's poorest states to Herbert Smith Freehills - Legal Cheek https://t.co/RCIWKJu1kZ 
• Lord Neuberger’s top tips on how to be rude to judges, and get away with it - Legal Cheek https://t.co/coZS3w5By0
• University of Law offers half price course fees for out-of-work LPC students - Legal Cheek https://t.co/CAaowvhgjT 
• Law lecturers reassure disheartened students that their EU law studies not in vain - Legal Cheek https://t.co/qPY5zihlSP 
• Why students don't need to have it all figured out at law school - Legal Cheek https://t.co/ydAYbRyryo
• Criminal barrister handed suspended sentence for stalking ex-lover - Legal Cheek https://t.co/LoMMcYnAMM 
• Fieldfisher kicks off Autumn retention season with perfect 100% result - Legal Cheek https://t.co/yJrdt8buHt 
• How is the EU tackling financial crime? - Legal Cheek https://t.co/mqa3dFdjjd
• 7 law student fears about Brexit - Legal Cheek https://t.co/f5KBkZqqty 
• Shearman & Sterling retains all 13 of its qualifying trainees - Legal Cheek https://t.co/K9Mn6R7LFn 
• 9 things you need to know if you are applying for a training contract this summer - Legal Cheek https://t.co/3G6LHxFRaf 
• Of course the unregulated legal sector is cheaper. That’s why it’s such a danger to clients | Law Gazette https://t.co/POs1sqI1yf 
• Solicitor fined after SDT rejects McKenzie friend argument | Law Gazette https://t.co/2oQWOibqM7 
• ‘No robot lawyers soon,’ Rocket Lawyer chief predicts | Law Gazette https://t.co/vP5Tq3Glt3 
• India debates further step towards liberalisation | Law Gazette https://t.co/oNK0yJxbRJ 
• Mishcon de Reya first out of the blocks with legal bid to ensure Parliament triggers article 50 | Legal Futures: https://t.co/M1kGr98uyk 
• Boost for TheLinkApp as Knowles joins advisory board | Legal Futures: https://t.co/jyUhbTsSWP 
• #BANGLADESH attack: Dhaka's Holey cafe attackers were known to police https://t.co/nm1xJ4xMQU
• Abingdon-on-Thames Town Council rejects rainbow Pride flag https://t.co/bd6xu0CLCX 
• Avocado shortage fuels crime wave in #NewZealand https://t.co/hDqzYF0EEI 
• Cokehead: #NewZealand police find record cocaine haul in horse sculpture https://t.co/NSORG19ujM 
• Chilcot inquiry must restore trust in government, says top lawyer https://t.co/lhg6gQ6IfK 
• #German politicians propose offering young Britons dual citizenship https://t.co/iNoBAM1paM 
• EU tells #Swiss no single market access if no free movement of citizens https://t.co/iEPSdYmZGM 
• Man steals car with baby and young girl in back in Enfield https://t.co/knrmaqID6R 
• Harry Studley: Two charged after baby shot in head in Bristol https://t.co/Y9ajPEUz9r
• New research considers 'growing' drones https://t.co/HWf7cUHBcC 
• My Shop: Entrepreneur's fears for her Polish deli empire https://t.co/GspjhFkQH9
• #IRAQ violence: IS bombing kills 125 Ramadan shoppers in Baghdad https://t.co/Yp3Dpq1U1q

Today's video story: The End of China’s ‘Bang-Bang Army'. On the steep streets of Chongqing, impoverished porters, known as “bang-bang,” help carry goods for anyone willing to pay a small fee. But today their occupational existence is under threat.