7th December - Law News

1808th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based news & legal articles archive focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's video story: During the US election campaign, Fox News presenter Megyn Kelly challenged now president-elect Donald Trump on his statements about women. That made her a target for his supporters and the subject of attacks from Mr Trump himself. She sat down with the BBC's Katty Kay to discuss the last year, and how her own gender may have fuelled the Trump backlash.

Focus of the Day story: The Legal Services Board (LSB) is to reduce its cost to the profession to the lowest level since the oversight regulator was established in 2009. Its draft business plan for 2017/18, published yesterday for consultation, anticipated a £150,000 reduction on the current year’s budget to £3.85m. The figure has fallen steadily from the £4.93m levied on the profession in each of its first two years. Full story - Legal Futures

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Oversupply of law graduates and growing number of LiPs are solution to each other's problem, says MR - Legal Futures https://t.co/QP4WoCLmyj
• Conveyancers hit hardest by Friday afternoon fraudsters | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/BHh7mGzIo2 
• Legal eagles have landed: Record number of new solicitors for 2016 #IRELAND https://t.co/QkZonZYo81 
• Midlands-based Martin Kaye Solicitors join forces to offer national equity release advice service https://t.co/CWDFFdAI0L 
• Alberta privacy commissioner can't compel production of records subject to solicitor-client privilege #CANADA https://t.co/EEJNFVIt3x 
• Supreme court justices tamed in face of a Pannick attack https://t.co/vtPIg7T2iB 
• Relatives of McGurk's Bar victims hand over new evidence at lecture #IRELAND https://t.co/YN30mEQ0Jt 
• High-profile cases of barrister heading child sexual abuse allegations review https://t.co/6Cu4Xi1aEc
• Ahead of evacuation, new legal troubles set to derail Amona plan #ISRAEL https://t.co/s9QLpt1buD 
• Woman faces £50,000 bill after losing claim over 'droopy' breasts: wanted to look beautiful for wedding https://t.co/dIR71RsZjv 
• Gay blood legal battle now 'academic' https://t.co/wsJ3v8J2bN 
• Indigenous owners launch fresh legal challenge to Adani’s Carmichael mine #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/xDlQTXCn76 
• Samsung wins legal victory over Apple as #US Supreme Court throws out $399m penalty for copying https://t.co/ys4K3TDpd4 
• UK law firms expect more work in run-up to Brexit https://t.co/N4iWxWa0lB 
• Tata Steel makes commitment over Port Talbot, union says https://t.co/ZrYL6rLNcW 
• White men only? Brexit case and legal diversity https://t.co/WFESOe3fjk 
• BREXIT: UK universities seek legal advice to protect EU staff members https://t.co/bWMz1dperU 
• How do you decide if expatriate employees' legal rights fall under UK or foreign law? https://t.co/3JozBTPyAG
• UK may need new law to trigger Brexit https://t.co/f3PLTuXshA
• Brexit: article 50 supreme court hearing day three – as it happened https://t.co/nopfD01rMd 
• Labour showed its teeth over Brexit but its room for manoeuvre is small https://t.co/wPivWK6iwA 
• Ministers would need full act of parliament to trigger Brexit, court told https://t.co/qBBi3rYM56 
• Women's rights activist Azza Soliman arrested in #Egypt https://t.co/A2PWWJCW9B 
• Tory MPs suggest firms draw up list for bonfire of EU laws after Brexit, including employment protection of workers https://t.co/0T2uwdUgLR
• Law Society’s mandatory CQS training anti-competitive, tribunal hears | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/0fxtCDNbem 
• Conveyancing Association named official partner of ESTAS Conveyancer Awards | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/AfwHIhBbnk 
• Truss promises to make decision on PI discount rate | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/RKB5thEWjp 
• Lawyers less trusted than hairdressers – but more than pollsters | Law Gazette https://t.co/1LGDNto35c 
• Government to announce decision on discount rate for PI damages | Law Gazette https://t.co/IGILbOiWNi 
• Liz Truss gives hope of imminent LASPO review | Law Gazette https://t.co/MK2uy1mORi 
• ‘Mistakes were inevitable,’ fined solicitor tells tribunal | Law Gazette https://t.co/LbtnpdlyF1 
• Multinationals ‘failing to check’ contractors, law firm claims | Law Gazette https://t.co/ewWQak4Eot
• Greater protection against ‘stranger stalking’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/6YM33y76zJ 
• Law Society publishes ‘transparency toolkit’ for firms | Law Gazette https://t.co/FJjuA0MpmW 
• SRA intervenes in Bradford legal aid fraud practice | Law Gazette https://t.co/cKqelhQs41
• Man guilty of harassing Labour Luciana Berger MP https://t.co/dasQNIFGRC 
• Ex-Celtic youth coach Jim McCafferty arrested over sex-abuse allegations https://t.co/2MReNziVll
• School pupils storm through to debating tournament next round - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/JezulYxNpr 
• MacRoberts MP braves the cold for Social Bite’s CEO Sleepout - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Ukh1uE0Xjm
• Sheriff points to 'very definite association' between Buckfast and violence - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/cg0QiLxHxX 
• More shops on the cards for Scotland but business rates still a barrier to growth - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/UgvuHWMIYJ 
• MacAskill suggests care homes could be converted for increasing number of elderly prisoners - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/lUQ4ij8KZt 
• Brexit case: Lord Advocate to argue case for Scottish government before Supreme Court - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/O4qcx1gzC7 
• Prevaricating witness found in contempt of court fails in appeal after claiming she ‘purged’ her contempt https://t.co/3HKHj5XT9k
• 100 Women 2016: Bake Off's Nadiya Hussain - Muslim, Bangladeshi, British and proud https://t.co/Jw5kxaY4Z4
• Iceland: Top for equality but still 'needs to do more' https://t.co/TM2urd0sAX 
• Labour says MPs are entitled to Brexit plan details https://t.co/pFijhxTQnb
• #PAKISTAN International Airways flight crashes in north https://t.co/zG1ybevQSR 
• TalkTalk's wi-fi hack advice is 'astonishing' https://t.co/P5crOwv7QE 
• £5 notes 'worth £20,000' in circulation https://t.co/ZBDOMuUowd 
• Woman gives birth to grandson for her daughter https://t.co/5U4BcF9jrD 
• Donald Trump is Time magazine's Person of the Year: Hitler 1938, Stalin 1939 https://t.co/wJ6cn7jTKC 
• Is It Wrong to Have a right-wing gun-toting General Run the Pentagon? https://t.co/4nZliOdRSm 
• Obama has a small window left to grant clemency to thousands of inmates serving unjustly long sentences #US https://t.co/Mme3DLd1xY
• Man Who Hacked Celebrities' Email Accounts Gets 5 Years in Prison #US https://t.co/iv58YBAz6c 
• Jewish Dealer's Heirs File Suit Over Art in Bavarian State Collection #GERMANY https://t.co/xJdonYTdZo 
• Europe Presses American Tech Companies to Tackle Hate Speech https://t.co/sNVhbs1lzG 
• Supreme Court Gives Samsung a Reprieve in Apple Patent Case #US https://t.co/dX77BvqWEL 
• Barak Obama, in Major National Security Speech, Defends Counterterrorism Legacy #US https://t.co/fZClqTiz9d 
• Trump Fires irresponsible Adviser's Son From Transition for Spreading Fake News #US https://t.co/VDjOHUllHz 
• Jubilant #Libyan Militias Declare Victory Over ISIS in Surt https://t.co/iW2gu6NbwU 
• #Saudis Bankroll Taliban, Even as King Officially Supports #Afghan Government https://t.co/QDsX9ptF92
• Wells Fargo Killing Sham Account Suits by Using Arbitration #US https://t.co/xVuORcpukE 
• Marine's conviction for killing Afghan insurgent could be quashed https://t.co/Mh2nu2AG4D 
• Amber Rudd to introduce asbo-style bans for stalkers https://t.co/Jf8mzdbG20 
• Hospital chaplain loses same-sex wedding discrimination appeal https://t.co/0sLvYyKfNp 
• Last Tango in Paris rape scene claims 'not true at all', says cinematographer https://t.co/y7irICkZFZ 
• Football abuse claims: Ex-QPR player speaks out https://t.co/Prvm81i1ua 
• Scotland's Transport Minister Humza Yousaf drove without insurance in mitigating circumstances https://t.co/VkueQObQgk 
• 55 year old Swindon man arrested over racially aggravated threats to Brexit case's Gina Miller https://t.co/cpmOM945C0
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/F83NeFMjrG
• Pfizer fined record £84.2m for overcharging NHS https://t.co/h4eyxHHTUI 
• Gateley on the hunt for more non-legal acquisitions as it boosts partner share scheme - Legal Futures https://t.co/JyJjFl96Ad 
• Conveyancing chief calls on government to back post-Veyo portal as Land Registry unveils expansion plans https://t.co/dMYBh1HOQ9 
• Squire Patton Boggs picks up three partners in Frankfurt | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/Npjjiub648 
• Former BigLaw associate believed to be among 'Ghost Ship' deceased | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/oA54HsIpy4
• PwC Legal launches foreign law office in Singapore | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/GJG7jRXCEM
• Former KWM Europe managing partner Boss joins Addleshaws | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/dPVtUg66Sh 
• Linklaters and Freshfields sign on for Cravath bonus scale | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/7HawKgU2wx 
• Government accused of treating Britain's EU laws with contempt https://t.co/Fy9NlRnejj 
• Theresa May to tell Gulf leaders Iran nuclear deal is 'vitally important' https://t.co/iMmUW9hVfw 
• #MALTA bans 'gay cure' conversion therapy https://t.co/OG1MHW8w6v
• Charities fined over 'wealth screening' data breaches https://t.co/DOdZPlhq1b 
• Matt Le Tissier 'given naked massage' by coach Bob Higgins https://t.co/KvHSDvGtGn 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/Au7XMhD9wQ
• #Poland will not extradite Roman Polanski to US, judges confirm https://t.co/zOjnSwNhyT 
• #Chile can seek extradition of agents wanted in 1976 US attack, court rules https://t.co/oFf7k5SvKw 
• Northern Ireland police investigate IRA rocket launcher footage https://t.co/nKVlTaJe4B 
• West Yorkshire police and agencies 'failed to protect' groomed girl https://t.co/47pMYMBfeu 
• Labour has never had an open-door immigration policy | Diane Abbott https://t.co/jRa8YpGqfW 
• Savile review: BBC bans unaccompanied children from audiences https://t.co/8MbpfaiTLE 
• Communities secretary defends findings of deeply biased right-wing Casey report, which criticised ministerial attemp…https://t.co/OKvQ0GJJhw
• Theresa May says she will reveal Brexit plan before triggering article 50 https://t.co/oxlh9QU93S 
• Twenty reasons why Brexit will be even trickier than we thought https://t.co/vw8AtWkQEt 
• #US supreme court rules for Samsung in $399m patent dispute with Apple https://t.co/DJGWhUHsjt

6th December - Law News

1807th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based news & legal articles archive focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's video story: The hijab is rising in popularity in the Muslim world. It makes a religious statement but has also become central to women's fashion. Indonesia is at the forefront of Islamic fashion but that's causing some friction with those who believe the hijab should only protect a woman's modesty. We hear from a heavy metal guitarist, a businesswoman and an Instagrammer on why they wear hijab. But an actress tells us of her fear that in the near future it might not be a matter of choice.

Focus of the Day story: ‘Overly convoluted’ costs bill not needed, say costs lawyers. ACL launches ‘more workable’ and less rigid bill of costs to counter practitioners’ scepticism.  Full story - Solicitors Journal

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Donald Trump says Air Force One Boeing order should be cancelled even though it would cost more #US https://t.co/pxmdXbvj4q 
• Jailed marine secures new Afghan murder appeal hearing https://t.co/5DSM074cCx 
• Angela Merkel endorses burka ban 'wherever legally possible' #GERMANY https://t.co/cD8pCfZBvd
• Brexit drives record admissions for Law Society of Ireland - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/JR3MTEcwdF 
• LawCare welcomes new chair to the board - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/m9B6GYo0ft 
• UK divorces cost average of £70,000, with lawyers taking half - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/6EZJM1SIRg 
• International SOS Foundation and Burness Paull LLP publish white paper promoting global worker safety https://t.co/dJCgXD20UM D
• Law Society welcomes plan to improve the lives of disabled people - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/QU3tU4qygh
• Humanists call on Scottish government to abolish blasphemy laws - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/OVGZxL8VPA 
• Anonymous fiscal cites 'grave concerns' over routine lack of evidence, implying whitewash by FDA and management https://t.co/84y83Qe4eQ
• Nurse wins appeal after being struck off following hearing in her absence - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/2daKtUkSNV 
• Why do we still need legal awards for women? | Law Gazette https://t.co/SSCYmyfSvW
• PI specialist banned over £3m misuse of Axiom loan | Law Gazette https://t.co/BObpc6YHl9 
• NHSLA confirms mediation service after pilot success | Law Gazette https://t.co/7SQ833lPWq 
• Employment tribunals last in line for reform | Law Gazette https://t.co/FlU12iamU1 
• SRA repeats warning on investment schemes after spate of sanctions | Law Gazette https://t.co/muOsG9cwva
• Legal author and Twitter star Gary Slapper dies | Law Gazette https://t.co/z93Uy4lZyy 
• Profits up 44.8% at listed law firm Gateley | Law Gazette https://t.co/59ksWeXfEs 
• ‘City powerhouse’ offers trainees £10k for deferral | Law Gazette https://t.co/XhhhbSURsM 
• Let graduates represent litigants in person – master of the rolls | Law Gazette https://t.co/F5gBfjQU9k
• Rise in work for family lawyers despite low divorce rate | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/p50ijWhmoi 
• Irrational argument from QC that Government 'to lose foreign policy controls' if article 50 ruling upheld https://t.co/OHxDshjg3p 
• Holidays, equal pay – Brexit threatens these rights. We are fighting to keep them https://t.co/PVr0Ih2mqH 
• Liz Truss calls for rapid completion of probation privatisation review https://t.co/0wPexqXDJ1 
• Our prison restraint techniques can kill children. Why aren’t we using alternatives? https://t.co/OS8yJ1Yk38
• BBC 100 Women 2016: Who are our forgotten women? Join our edit-a-thon https://t.co/XEErSXkmrB 
• 'Millions of Dailymotion account details taken' https://t.co/g9v8u2OIfx 
• ‘The culture was seedy’: the boys club at the heart of north-east football abuse scandal https://t.co/A9oYN6UFNY 
• UN fears #Chinese human rights lawyer Jiang Tianyong has been 'disappeared' by authorities https://t.co/vIU711LN5i
• #CHINA torturing suspects in 'war on corruption' says Human Rights Watch https://t.co/apJkxy6YcX 
• War crimes trial of former #Ugandan child soldier Dominic Ongwen to begin https://t.co/FqZjUJVQkg 
• A woman's right to practice law – archive, 6 December 1904 https://t.co/rRjdo5gINr 
• Man guilty over terror suspect cash https://t.co/9h077TwKYa 
• Brexit Article 50 case: Government could use 'one-line act' https://t.co/niY3D6peIA 
• Breakthrough in 46-year mystery of missing toddler https://t.co/0IxhINzjQ2 
• Migrant crisis: Europol to investigate #Egypt mass drowning https://t.co/L07ObzjNlA 
• Bernardo Bertolucci weighs in on Last Tango row https://t.co/BZsD1VWRqZ 
• Man shot in head during Fulham restaurant 'ambush' https://t.co/lbQNadkqw2 
• Ex-QPR employee Chris Gieler named in abuse inquiry https://t.co/ZOosHTFEo0 
• Law Society of Ireland reports “tsunami” of English solicitors seeking post-Brexit protection - Legal Futures https://t.co/XP5MK3SlyB
• Government eyes online dispute resolution for employment cases - Legal Futures https://t.co/zqrxHevZ0x 
• Axiom fund claims victim number six as solicitor who 'misused' £3m is struck off - Legal Futures https://t.co/h68XbU7iVT 
• #INDIA Jayalalitha: Thousands mourn colourful politician https://t.co/vFr09nqGZt 
• #NorthKorea 'hacks South's military cyber command' https://t.co/Go0zpgSRDo 
• Lady Gaga says she has PTSD after being raped at 19 https://t.co/4ZsB00kSvU
• Train and track operations to be reunited in rail revamp https://t.co/Wr1MVNqpwy 
• Stray goat goes wild at Carrickfergus shop https://t.co/AKQ6k2XI0T
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/roitmQbMiC
• How did fake #US embassy operate in #Ghana for a decade? https://t.co/ELkJFb6CFt 
• The deaths of two rough sleepers in a fire in Manchester's Chinatown are being treated as murder https://t.co/BSJSZT4MkM 
• Extremist images 'fingerprinted' by tech firms https://t.co/S7EQhFr59x
• Justin Ross Harris sentenced to life for son's hot car death #US https://t.co/3hs6At2m5v 
• Almost half of Americans see torture as acceptable, Red Cross survey finds #US https://t.co/AGIlUfBACN 
• Supreme court judges pick up the Treasury Devil on the detail https://t.co/qHvfAcxQA2 
• Judge allows Oxford graduate's £1m high court battle to proceed https://t.co/S2u7mfSBG0 
• The Guardian view on social cohesion: a two-way street https://t.co/qDvMLgQpO3 
• Approved restraint techniques can kill children, MoJ found https://t.co/sqooamzU9J 
• Lords must fix flaws in higher education and research bill https://t.co/ZBLZ2odtxw
• Royal prerogative takes centre stage as supreme court Brexit case opens https://t.co/be91MXN5rF 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/bxUlnzJSvn
• Child sex claims against youth coach Hugh Stevenson https://t.co/4oON0B1vGC 
• TalkTalk wi-fi router passwords stolen https://t.co/VTAGGLql5k 
• 100 Women 2016: #Indian women 'loiter' in public places at night https://t.co/Y7T0W0R1fL 
• Ethnic cleansing of the Rohingya Muslim minority in #MYANMAR, Aung San Suu Kyi non-apologetic https://t.co/WGyjTWHoNY

5th December - Law News

1806th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based news & legal articles archive focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's video story: A month after India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi banned high value notes in an ill thought out bid to tackle money laundering and corruption, this is a reality check. Rural banks are short of cash and the economy has unnecessarily suffered as a result.

Focus of the Day story: Training for barristers could be split into two parts under proposals to shake up the Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC) to make entry to the Bar more affordable. The Bar Council and Council of the Inns of Court have proposed that the 30-week BPTC, which costs £15,000-£19,000, no longer be compulsory. Instead, the BPTC would be split into: part one, knowledge-based subjects, namely civil and criminal procedure and evidence; and part two, skills such as drafting, advocacy and conferencing. Full story - New Law Journal

Saturday Conversations on Law

• ‘Overly convoluted’ costs bill not needed, say costs lawyers | Law Gazette https://t.co/8btKQzeRPj 
• My legal life: Stirling Harcus - Legal adviser, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Maidenhead | Law Gazette https://t.co/nh9xxDjNrc 
• Lawyers voice backlash fears over EU patent court move | Law Gazette https://t.co/vFP3urKZ0Y 
• Solicitor, 64, banned after watching porn with vulnerable client, 22 | Law Gazette https://t.co/8glq0LVnTj 
• Turkish lawyers praised for human rights work | Law Gazette https://t.co/3i3OUCV7Ei
• MoJ proposes tougher sentences for dangerous drivers | Law Gazette https://t.co/Mp1SX690Aj
• Freshfields heads Ireland’s solicitor ‘Brexodus’ table | Law Gazette https://t.co/exz9YrYm5Z 
• MoD challenged over soldier’s disability | Law Gazette https://t.co/w2z2cQoMIe 
• Brexit: varying scenarios for the profession attendant upon leaving the EU | Law Gazette https://t.co/tuRbIoKYDX
• Common rules across civil, family and tribunals would herald the biggest shakeup of our justice system since 1873 https://t.co/1xdEVLmHmS 
• E-lawyers: a French solution for the future | Law Gazette https://t.co/zf0bmHq2yY 
• News focus: a Welsh legal jurisdiction? | Law Gazette https://t.co/QUxLT8cKw3
• US much tougher on rogue banks, law firm's fine tracker shows https://t.co/z8z1TQVhhf
• Nearly one-fifth of MoJ civil servants want to leave https://t.co/jj2rNZsA9K
• Seattle 'thief' caught by remote car door lock #US https://t.co/ZLHZpm6QwD 
• #IRAN fashion workers jailed for 'spreading prostitution' https://t.co/foVVY5HWHL
• Tata Steel: Unions close to deal to keep Port Talbot open https://t.co/1NzVC5oosw 
• Supreme Court told MPs 'knew ministers would trigger Brexit' https://t.co/jvMcS9LWlX
• Football League warned all its clubs about Bob Higgins in 1989 https://t.co/4mWmgaePJ7 
• The best apps for law students https://t.co/5JS9mO18BV 
• Article 50 appeal: royal prerogative is crucial, attorney general tells court https://t.co/y8K0a9GTCx 
• Could ex-child soldier Deng Adut be #Australian of the year? https://t.co/2gKIvBGujO 
• Footballers' trust to 'fight for justice' over abuse https://t.co/Esz1Ssit5h 
• Sepp Blatter: Former Fifa president's six-year ban upheld after appeal to Cas https://t.co/rXgMIb2u3P
• Deputy chief constable Iain Livingstone appointed to Scottish Sentencing Council - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/YbPtlkYQLb
• Commercial property specialist joins solicitors’ growing Glasgow office - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/ULUPeebvNa
• Govan Law Centre report raises concerns about personal insolvency solutions - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/w7JHabMZDK 
• Former Law Society of Scotland president to head European Council of Law Societies - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/564U8jhm0q 
• Exposing children to second-hand smoke in cars illegal from today - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/JzsA1cBw3X
• Man convicted of rape who was later found to be ‘unfit to stand trial’ wins ‘miscarriage of justice’ appeal - Scotti…https://t.co/fhSYhfOY5C 
• Taxpayer group calls for pension review after SLAB chief's remuneration triples - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/j7xjFYIiPe
• Lord Advocate James Wolffe QC receives 'fantastically rude' response to Brexit submission - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/L7bPlSMrKu 
• MoD’s motion to dismiss asbestos-related damages claim by deceased dockyard worker’s stepchildren rejected - Scottis…https://t.co/g3RT9fAOes 
• A British woman working for a Santa Safari tour company is stabbed to death in #Lapland https://t.co/PFeEJNqZYT 
• Bana Alabed, seven-year-old tweeting from Aleppo, goes quiet #SYRIA https://t.co/R7tTk3WG8A 
• Graduate sues Oxford University for £1m over his failure to get a first https://t.co/P1F2RhKy3V 
• Senior judges prepare to hear Brexit supreme court appeal https://t.co/m26qKLTEf4 
• The judges protect us. It’s time to stand up for them https://t.co/lFUiPtBrb4
• Profile: the 11 justices of the UK supreme court https://t.co/r6iO6LtaKV 
• Who are the claimants in article 50 court case? https://t.co/c0Vzbre1Kr
• How the Daily Mail has set the agenda in its battle with judges https://t.co/vSQp2Tl0rT 
• Pizzagate: Trump supporter gunman fires in restaurant at centre of conspiracy #US https://t.co/1gDahfCDbi 
• Two firms behind a controversial oil pipeline in the #US have accused the White House of political interference https://t.co/igzScvjTIA 
• Racial segregation: Women in some communities denied "even their basic rights as British residents" https://t.co/YOSVjkKjY3
• 'Dangerous wait' with fire-risk dryers https://t.co/f7PfAdu6Li 
• More Punishment for #Tibetan Buddhists by #CHINA https://t.co/LIDZ4gl58J
• Guantánamo Detainee Is Sent to Cape Verde in First Transfer Since Trump Victory https://t.co/Zz8r6nOmEt 
• For Blacks Facing Parole in New York State, Signs of a Broken System #US https://t.co/p7IBuSS9y6 
• Vowing to Squeeze Businesses, Trump Has Tactics Challenged #US https://t.co/SORPgozgsB 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/3jiJQvNGL7
• ABS founders move into third-party litigation funding - Legal Futures https://t.co/4hho1v5dsu 
• 'Fagin's Law' to target crime ringleaders in #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/cfpNIU12AO 
• Ex-Southampton football coach accused of abuse 'not vetted' https://t.co/854ovSMhYB
• Number of UK agency workers 'to reach one million' by 2020 https://t.co/UWvfAPgN4A
• #Italy referendum: PM Matteo Renzi resigns after clear referendum defeat https://t.co/oYhkoXuYtL
• Standing Rock: #US Army refuses N Dakota pipeline access https://t.co/ZHhaieOW5n 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/mhL8IQXezA
• Local justice is being murdered by cuts and closures https://t.co/7mPpLTO7DQ
• Gina Miller: supreme court judges on Brexit case are being vilified https://t.co/7w7ygjZd08 
• Dangerous drivers who kill could face life sentence https://t.co/TIAc9rqwho 
• David Neuberger: the judge with the nation’s eager eyes upon him https://t.co/IeRZ78JD7K 
• Sir Mota Singh obituary: first ethnic minority judge in England https://t.co/vEApoBottT 
• Hollywood's rape culture is our culture https://t.co/rLRklLwSLl
• May urged to address human rights concerns in trade deal with #Gulf https://t.co/vGLa4vGTzr 
• I fought the law: meet the super-litigants https://t.co/7HaF7cMIP1
• Campaigners welcome plan for killer drivers to face life sentences https://t.co/CnVfCq2PbB 
• Last Tango scandal shows toxic extent of male power in the film industry https://t.co/EpslFkIaqQ 
• Last Tango in Paris director suggests Maria Schneider 'butter rape' scene not consensual https://t.co/9gnYzBToL1
• Iceland Foods hits back at #Icelandic government over trademark https://t.co/Ai80hgDaf1 
• #AUSTRIA far-right candidate Norbert Hofer defeated in presidential poll https://t.co/2s2qGMRgLl 
• Inside story: How sex crazed faith healer was brought to justice https://t.co/T656ZS0VXq 
• Let's all play our part in nurturing social justice #SOUTHAFRICA https://t.co/QiNZqOR4ce 
• Collegium to defer 7 judges' selection till new Chief Justice of #INDIA joins https://t.co/sWaPNFuWGT 
• Murthal gang rapes: Two 'witnesses' cooked up proof #INDIA https://t.co/sM6HWKy6Ri 
• Cushnahan: 'No knowledge' fees were to be paid by Chinese buyers of Nama assets #IRELAND https://t.co/irLN5IL1FU 
• 'Astonishing' costs highlighted in case involving care of woman with learning disabilities https://t.co/6GXDK5cUUd
• Cork solicitors at top of legal aid pay league #IRELAND https://t.co/7exdzoX9G7 
• Two men accused of stealing BMW had 'adapted crossbow' in boot, court hears #IRELAND https://t.co/5RMcubgjpe 
• Kitchen nightmare for five more families fleeced by 'rogue' trader https://t.co/SnmbFZLWvO 
• Can #US Television Be Fair to Muslims? https://t.co/3hnPqaEQ1F
• Trump's Win Gives Stocks in Private Prison Companies a Reprieve #US https://t.co/PGzSx0cy8A 
• How Big Banks Are Putting Rain Forests in Peril https://t.co/QJ3VapnvUF 
• Standing Rock Pipeline Protesters, Ordered to Leave, Dig In #US https://t.co/eZm0idj7BP 
• Modern World Tugs at an #Indonesian Tribe Clinging to Its Ancient Ways https://t.co/kbUJEe4sVK 
• #PANAMA Struggles to Shed Its Image as a Magnet for Shady Deals https://t.co/3EHllSdQ9m 
• Extremists Turn to a Leader to Protect Western Values: Vladimir Putin #RUSSIA https://t.co/8EJNNO6hPl 
• The Scourge of Racial Bias in New York State's Prisons #US https://t.co/zPm2cx2ip7

4th December - Law News

1805th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based news & legal articles archive focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's video story: Ghana has had a gold rush but here, Afua Hirsch discovers how Chinese immigrants are profiting from industrialising the country's small-scale mining industry. She sees for herself that, for the many locals who chance losing life and limb for a piece of the same pie, the risks are rarely worth it, and explores where the responsibility for regulating this industry lies.

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Hong Kong officials widen legal attack on fledgling independence movement #CHINA https://t.co/TAZRAULPae
• Legal Suits Threaten to Kick Central Bank Governor Out of Office #KENYA https://t.co/2jrHSwq4e4 
• Rs 500, Rs 1000 notes are no longer legal tender: What you need to know and do #INDIA https://t.co/f8mEgTkvWC 
• Solicitor's £2 million legal battle over damage from sticky lime sap https://t.co/tsa9325Qpp 
• UK's new Snoopers' Charter just passed an encryption backdoor law by the backdoor https://t.co/Avy8lMmFHs
• This is the argument that Gina Miller will make in the upcoming Article 50 Supreme Court case https://t.co/0grvUjMeB8
• Julia Kurtz Tackett, one of Kentucky's first female judges and prosecutors, dies at 70 #US https://t.co/o7use9cCKa 
• UK FCA Confirms No Guidance to be Published on the Application of the UCITS Remuneration Code https://t.co/AZwGcYA0cl
• Prostitution research to assess law change call https://t.co/iPlyCKAepf 
• UK hedge funds need a hard-Brexit contingency plan https://t.co/Qx7CFEGM0G 
• How Britain's legal system went global https://t.co/8CHhbYi9Pi 
• Ex-Rikers Guard Kicked Ill Inmate to Death, Prosecutor Says at Trial #US https://t.co/DPMbA7cOrS 
• Airbnb Ends Fight With New York City Over Fines #US https://t.co/YZxfsE22BB 
• Walmart Settles Discrimination Suit Over Benefits for Same-Sex Spouses https://t.co/90lRccIsTy 
• Bowe Bergdahl, Facing Desertion Trial, Asks Obama for Pardon #US https://t.co/5Fm0wz46Y8 
• Jury Appears One Vote Short of Convicting Ex-Police Officer in Walter Scott's Death #US https://t.co/rFi9amJdut
• #Italy's Constitutional Referendum: What You Need to Know https://t.co/BkQLbXBTQV 
• Who's Taping Whom? Paranoia Infuses #Brazil's Scandal-Ridden Politics https://t.co/JLskD5kucS
• Campus Press vs. Colleges: Kentucky Suit Highlights Free-Speech Fight #US https://t.co/tK1fdODs8T
• A homeless man ‘freezes to death’, and The Sun’s response is appalling https://t.co/Rdul0L3AKB 
• Boris Johnson: UK should not pay 'large sums' for EU trade access https://t.co/ZdHLxtA8WL 
• Dangerous drivers who kill could face life in prison https://t.co/BjQHXYhiFu 
• #AUSTRIA presidential election re-run 'too close to call' between far-right leader and liberal https://t.co/rywBcj9uN2 
• #US election recount: Greens change tactics in Pennsylvania bid https://t.co/CDvp2t29oQ 
• The invisible credit card of the future https://t.co/05gszqbx5J
• Child abuse inquiry could be split https://t.co/lZSjPKEPiE | New Law Journal https://t.co/kispCrJJQ1 
• Good Divorce Week 2016 | New law Journal https://t.co/DPDlwSl0Iz 
• Solicitors struggle with budgeting | New Law Journal https://t.co/lVg2rbxEAx
• Unified Patent Court to open in London despite Brexit | New Law Journal https://t.co/ZlSKhNA5XC
• Costs assessors appointed to Jackson Review | New Law Journal https://t.co/OMNMTjR6so 
• Brexit potentially poses a great threat to litigation lawyers, according to Ed Crosse, the President of the LSLA https://t.co/fMzPCP3KQr
• For the first time, students can become members of the Bar Council | New Law Journal https://t.co/CPbo8Q4ado 
• Ministry of Justice has dropped a 500% hike in immigration fees which it introduced last month | New Law Journal https://t.co/iISWMLxbrm 
• London’s reputation as leading centre for cross-border dispute resolution thrown into question by Brexit https://t.co/n0VAysYdR6 
• Article 50 case at the Supreme Court | New Law Journal https://t.co/QYybSKVkwv 
• Lord Chief Justice speaks out on career planning for judges | New Law Journal https://t.co/pOi1IpYmvX
• Bar Professional Training Course could be split | New Law Journal https://t.co/IWcQ2CGjIe 
• The Official Languages Act foreshadowing the Recognition of #Irish Sign Language for the Deaf Community Bill https://t.co/XHFj8b3Css 
• The Practical Implications of Miller v SSEEU for Brexit: Nine Reflections | Human Rights Ireland https://t.co/Yf6zwd2Grp 
• Notes on Judge Harding-Clark’s Report on the Symphysiotomy Payment Scheme | Human Rights Ireland https://t.co/lCV1BeuC81
• Witness Protection: Can non-parties appeal critical findings made in a judgment which infringe their human rights? https://t.co/WVSUOeMd9H 
• The Round Up – ‘Snooper’s Charter’ set to become law | UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/K6s0lhP7rQ 
• #French town told park's Virgin Mary statue must go https://t.co/BMwZIjND90 
• Ban on smoking in cars with children to come into force https://t.co/SKW2CJV3bs 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/kENvxWjpFc
• Ogoni king: Shell oil is killing my people https://t.co/9ifxYH7WUl 
• Firms 'need to embrace commercial approach' to fixed fees - Legal Futures https://t.co/KyaeCx72Cs 
• BBC calls out Law Society over response to MoJ online convictions plan - Legal Futures https://t.co/ouc6m1i3cm 
• Afghan teen arrested over #German murder-rape https://t.co/QsDJfcKKQe 
• Manchester City's Yaya Toure on drink driving charge https://t.co/qNgRA8oj9S 
• Met police officer charged with attempted rape https://t.co/lyEUiSLNYP 
• Service station thieves 'using car key jammers' https://t.co/BOjecFsGan 
• Corbyn: Labour will seek amendment to any Article 50 bill https://t.co/uhX8scJcMy 
• Chelsea apologise to Gary Johnson over sex abuse https://t.co/m4334MWnlI

3rd December - Law News

1804th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based news & legal articles archive focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's video story: Thousands of fans packed into a stadium in Brazil to honour the footballers who died in a plane crash in Colombia that killed 71 people.

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Singapore names law firm chairman as new Attorney General | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/wZaJW3SXjX
• Aspiring women lawyers face 'leaky pipeline' into the profession, study finds | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/YVYqKIact0 
• Online poster peddler first casualty of Company Directors Disqualification Act | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/5IvLiUkQT0 
• Shoosmiths enters Northern Ireland through local tie-up in Belfast | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/v5GvwQCuyg 
• Allen & Overy loses Frankfurt PE partner to Milbank Tweed | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/cUCICrQMvK
• KWM China considering taking on parts of the EUME business | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/gbbbveJFok
• Magic Circle firms quickly match Cravath associate bonuses | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/Yj9JAXJMq7 
• Response to Stephen Kinnock MP and pointing out why his assimilation assertion panders to racists https://t.co/tSybXh8Yu6
• Football Leaks: Christiano Ronaldo and Jose Mourinho accused of tax avoidance https://t.co/zxH7JDq6xV
• New era of housebuilding needs new property laws https://t.co/896jevvDr1 
• ‘Don’t play identity politics!’ The primal scream of the straight white male https://t.co/vgUqeBuG74 
• So many lowlights from the life of Zac Goldsmith - how to choose? https://t.co/4eE2ahe2Vz 
• Richmond Park byelection the start of the Brexit fightback https://t.co/bLYumJjsZg
• Looted Palmyra relics seized by #Swiss authorities at Geneva ports https://t.co/Aw99dBHsVI 
• Push for hard Brexit and preponderance of nasty right-wing politics led to Richmond Park win https://t.co/3JPSK3uNwP 
• Jeremy Corbyn: far right are 'parasites feeding on people's concerns' https://t.co/2tamZ4yimw 
• Vegetarian cafe refuses to accept £5 note made with animal byproduct https://t.co/jympONwxhU 
• As regulators & private litigants focus on corporate governance, criminal & civil risks for auditors set to... https://t.co/RFWxmUr1K6 
• As regulators & private litigants focus on corporate governance, criminal & civil risks for auditors set to expand https://t.co/7hHB9TXx2I 
• ‘Change of direction’ sees top 100 firm bow out of SRA panel work | Law Gazette https://t.co/ULKXALdexi
• Conveyancers back ‘pre-contract packs’ for buyers | Law Gazette https://t.co/qnPzT6rCeD 
• Sharia law’s appeal to Muslims is ‘diminishing’, poll suggests | Law Gazette https://t.co/293LjGlkC7
• PI reform opponents ask for more time | Law Gazette https://t.co/1dzUZeKidu 
• Religious discrimination laws ‘working well’, says national equality body | Law Gazette https://t.co/pl93RLoWtc
• ‘Article 50 in 50 seconds’ – video addresses ‘confusion’ over role of courts in Brexit | Law Gazette https://t.co/JvqMxyYDkF 
• Bar will end ‘poor-quality, expensive’ training route | Law Gazette https://t.co/e4IiY6u5Ml 
• 'The system works on goodwill': how cuts are affecting magistrates https://t.co/06alJThDsE 
• Travel, court closures and falling crime: why magistrates are quitting https://t.co/3RoEiAwNh5 
• Judges, soldiers, MPs, vicars – can job-sharing work in any field? https://t.co/8oel4XzOuj
• Dorchester hotel 'could be sued' over grooming rules for female staff https://t.co/A2pDGEstOx 
• Why is the Obama administration opposing rights for immigrant detainees? #US https://t.co/SZo6b1kgEO 
• Murder charge over Harmondsworth immigration centre death https://t.co/l7vbD7OtQ5 
• Minibus licence loophole puts people at risk - councils https://t.co/oRx9CaVGcz 
• Cambridge Rainbow vegetarian cafe refuses new £5 note https://t.co/KkLy9Tfafg 
• Southampton 'abuser' still working in football https://t.co/iyv6hbVnvW 
• Trump-Taiwan call: China lodges protest https://t.co/EQtf8LFU7w 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/VoCx4BFQzF
• Phone encryption: Police 'mug' suspect to get data https://t.co/9kNb3iaBdq 
• #German PoW leaves £384,000 to Perthshire village https://t.co/ytKu5JnTyE 
• Donald Trump breaks #US stance with direct #Taiwan call https://t.co/7434zxVPyE 
• Edward Heath abuse claims: Police defend investigation https://t.co/iXr4q9Vfgl 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/rthsAIABFQ
• EU neighbours set to take #Germany to court over motorway tax https://t.co/fHWoBCe1kB 
• MPs condemn decision to block BME woman from Channel 4 board https://t.co/vWQJV9oUJ4 
• Competition watchdog to investigate UK care homes https://t.co/HsQ93dfkEh 
• Man jailed for 'hideous' sex crimes against seven girls in Rotherham https://t.co/lzDyaEtQL4 
• Four of world's biggest cities to ban diesel cars from their centres https://t.co/q02lMPmWr5 
• Mother of Briton accused of trying to shoot Trump makes appeal to Obama https://t.co/66gcz8QX5v 
• Donald Trump assembles America's 'richest cabinet' to make the billionaires even richer? #US https://t.co/16eU7sF7I2 
• Should European leaders fear Austria-Italy backlash? https://t.co/Z3ni81Jvnp 
• MP Anna Soubry contacts police over 'Jo Cox' tweet https://t.co/qJDR7tyO4G
• Fake Apple chargers fail safety tests https://t.co/hjw0uxRtQi 
• UK Muslims show worrying belief in conspiracy theories, claims right wing thinktank https://t.co/sKkMnSHfzI 
• Minimum alcohol pricing gets backing of UK government's health advisers https://t.co/44Y0dFVsWr 
• The state is an enabler of sexual violence. So what hope for the victims? https://t.co/7YjHXzndtW 
• #AUSTRALIA Police grant cancer patient's wish 'to blow stuff up' https://t.co/XTHC0Zi5W5 
• Duran Duran lose High Court copyright battle https://t.co/u8gm4ZEmyp 
• Staunch brexit supporter Zac Goldsmith ousted by Lib Dems in Richmond Park by-election https://t.co/bcRrJCbext 
• Chelsea FC 'paid me £50,000 over abuse' https://t.co/i7OT0tXs4K 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/VMIr8X7ja3
• Charge the 'rich' to feed the poor: Madrid's Robin Hood homeless cafe #SPAIN https://t.co/wsxPGhN0B8 
• Minimum alcohol pricing gets backing of UK government's health advisers https://t.co/yz0VGMIVr6 
• Violinist Bethan Doci jailed for £300,000 cancer fraud https://t.co/yDkwljqkDP

2nd December - Law News

1803rd Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based news & legal articles archive focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's video story: President-elect Donald Trump has suggested there should be punishments for people who burn the US flag, such as a year in prison or revoking citizenship. It follows a protest outside Trump Tower where supporters of the NYC Revolution Club burned an American flag. One of those who took part Sunsara Taylor, defended the right to burn the flag, while Church Pastor Jody Rogers condemned the move.


Focus of the Day story:  The Ministry of Justice has denied ever promising a benchmark figure for an acceptable maximum public transport travel time for people attending court when it considers court closures. In a letter to House of Commons justice select committee chair Bob Neill MP, permanent secretary Richard Heaton (pictured) said access to justice was ‘not just about’ court proximity. Full story - The Law Society Gazette

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Lawyer considers not criminally responsible defence for man accused of killing parents #CANADA https://t.co/nCp7WzKgZQ 
• For Trump's White House Lawyer, Policing Conflicts Will Be 'Massive Undertaking' #US https://t.co/Ladkc9ipDC 
• Accused South Carolina church shooter, acting as own lawyer, helps pick jurors #US https://t.co/tq9QBRSafw 
• Family of Chinese human rights lawyer Jin Bianling fear he may have been secretly detained #CHINA https://t.co/FlGTnFrPwy 
• Lord Chief Justice: Community service is not tough enough and needs to be a more visible https://t.co/RoD9NGsS4S
• Court urged to speed up rape case due to ill-health of accused James Wright https://t.co/iBm9ElJ6DF 
• No jail time for Irish groom who beat wife on wedding night #IRELAND https://t.co/FksncJgLyG 
• Gender equity still long way off in legal profession #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/30LI7CGtLO 
• Man who says he pleaded guilty on advice of fake solicitor asks for retrial https://t.co/DZSpic0REp 
• Geraldine Clarke re-appointed to chair Property Services Regulatory Authority #IRELAND https://t.co/i3qM5Bqaw7 
• Victoria police, BC solicitor general to announce major fentanyl seizure #CANADA https://t.co/y4rMJwF9sx
• The tax man cometh: California ponders legal pot, paying up #US https://t.co/dPG1sLYZnK
• MoD to pay more compensation for wounded and killed troops as it tries to cut legal claims https://t.co/B8CVjnhyZK 
• Fears of insurance shortfall for families bereaved in #Columbia plane crash https://t.co/hLCBb2Be3J 
• Trump faces challenges in separating from business: legal experts #US https://t.co/4y4HE9yGVk 
• Senior Republican senators want to amend controversial 9/11 law & sue the Saudis #US https://t.co/wMwVejjCt0 
• Brexit legal challenge: European Court of Justice has 'ultimate authority' on Article 50 https://t.co/PrlznPE7VT
• #SLOVAKIA passes law to BAN Islam from being registered as a religion https://t.co/o68gZ0PJE8 
• Why powerful women have betrayed the poor https://t.co/0bPGS8B4YO
• Donald Trump vows 'consequences' for companies leaving #US https://t.co/WkaKBMgtGg 
• Illegal cigarettes: How sniffer dogs uncover illicit trade https://t.co/HvSJZipX1x
• NAH to spend £1.7m on restructuring PI operation in response to whiplash reforms - Legal Futures https://t.co/HWpJXK94WZ
• Bar Council and Inns: Cut training cost by allowing students to learn the law how they want - Legal Futures https://t.co/SyTlhT59EA 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/bdfO6CWJYg
• Tragedy of unknown homeless man found 'frozen to death' in city centre on coldest night of the year https://t.co/doJHLYQTWI 
• Brexit: 1m EU citizens in Britain 'could be at risk of deportation' https://t.co/LLIg3S84my
• Scotland to raise age of criminal responsibility to 12 years https://t.co/QnxF5DQiY0 
• ASOS accused of underpaying new warehouse staff https://t.co/ra16mMiUfm
• Linklaters and DLA Piper score roles on City's tallest skyscraper | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/Xk3iBm3c0Q 
• Greenberg Traurig denies interest in KWM Europe takeover https://t.co/KegQvL0oIv 
• Clyde & Co reveals plans to cull back London aviation team | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/CQVdWGlLPF 
• HSF makes up five new partners in Australia following White & Case raid | The Global Legal Post... https://t.co/yLTk91e8jA 
• HSF makes up five new partners in Australia following White & Case raid | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/NmIyXqam12 
• Court allows sex discrimination claim against GE brought by transgender employee | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/KMaxkHrawW 
• Australia appoints first ever woman Chief Justice of the High Court | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/RzWJdgXOjb 
• Cheshire chief constable facing police commissioner investigation https://t.co/UDklPVxoxw 
• Breast flash GMP police chief committed 'gross misconduct' https://t.co/GqyCVU2seS 
• TalkTalk and Post Office routers hit by cyber-attack https://t.co/FXLnzXWN66 
• Soldier murder: Brecon man guilty of killing Matthew Boyd https://t.co/FqwixMSmLy 
• This is one disabled single mum's farcical fight to get her benefits back https://t.co/fmETwwW2UM 
• National anti-hate crime campaign to launch after spike in incidents https://t.co/o7yemgH4Mu 
• Price collusion on Justin Bieber posters brings director disqualification legal landmark | Law Gazette https://t.co/FBWPLNJ4tF
• MoD unveils plans to take military combat claims away from court | Law Gazette https://t.co/4elxOEewSr
• English solicitors ‘could pay extra to practise in Wales’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/aePxo5WUOb 
• Defendant firm hails ‘significant’ fundamental dishonesty victory in appeal court | Law Gazette https://t.co/kpFvlr3wep 
• Claims giant warns PI reforms will hit 2017 profits by £4m | Law Gazette https://t.co/BTdKsCYVaP 
• ‘Business as usual’ says largest costs law firm after £829,000 CVA with creditors | Law Gazette https://t.co/cyPtT71y2Y 
• #Afghanistan's first female rapper: 'If I stay silent, nothing will change' https://t.co/4sUEh0iiTN 
• Monaco oil firm starts legal action against Serious Fraud Office https://t.co/CGltvZmXzi