25th January - Law News

1856th 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: In response to increasingly ultra-right leaning US President Donald Trump's executive order, The Netherlands want to launch an international abortion fund.


FOCUS OF THE DAY story:  Family mediators call on lawyers and judges to be more supportive. Initiative is reminder to family lawyers of their duty to consider all dispute resolution options. Full story - Solicitors Journal

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Forger who sold 'pitman painter' fakes jailed https://t.co/DyEPiarlsk
• Northumbria Uni fined after 'life-threatening' caffeine test https://t.co/iUrMNB5WQy 
• Local pupils to debate the use of performance enhancing drugs in professional sports - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/odosjLOauA 
• QCs among speakers at JUSTICE Brexit event - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/O2hFsXH5dP
• Morton Fraser paralegal to set off on Arctic trek this March in aid of St Columba's Hospice - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/vB5gz6oQ66
• Holyrood Committee to investigate state's role in helping destitute asylum seekers - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/QgXYuAnKxZ 
• Property sales in west central Scotland dip - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/nYHxMtpxUS 
• Man guilty of sexual assault loses appeal over corroboration of ‘lack of consent’ - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/wpnhUuQ3CW 
• Solicitor traineeship numbers in Scotland continue to rise - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/R3OY0Pf8Wp 
• Cautious welcome for Faculty’s new arbitration scheme - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/i4Uc163Xhm
• Judge rejects homeless human trafficking victim’s claim for housing - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/MTTBL0DMTN 
• Beligerent Trump pledges 'major investigation into voter fraud' after losing the popular vote by 3 million https://t.co/5AZKvXUuzD 
• Usain Bolt loses one Olympic gold medal as Nesta Carter tests positive https://t.co/cgO2HnPALO
• A doomed legal sector? Not according to the stats | Law Gazette https://t.co/vc30yqG5lo 
• Society report: solicitors ready for ‘automation revolution’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/m63x03fBPy 
• Tribunal fees blocking high-heels discrimination claims, MPs say | Law Gazette https://t.co/AykHOKf6Zp
• MoJ not minded to regulate third-party litigation funding | Law Gazette https://t.co/HH8xacQbMS 
• Millennial lawyers won’t be wedded to firms in future | Law Gazette https://t.co/LfUmfVMZJG 
• SRA preparing rules on forcing law firms to publish prices | Law Gazette https://t.co/l6RbG8wyAs
• The #Netherlands 'counters' Trump with international abortion fund https://t.co/sgobLt5UC7
• Cardiff University Race Review Reveals Segregation And ‘Rugby Culture’ After Student ‘Blacks Up’ For Play…https://t.co/cQO4KNkHca 
• The Brexit Supreme Court case ruling explained https://t.co/HdjX0m7NG8
• Dorset pupils hospitalised over cocaine scare https://t.co/xzMR93cZZG
• What is the oldest act of parliament still in force? https://t.co/IE7iYTfszq
• Ralph Lauren Facing Potential Boycott After Dressing Melania Trump? #US https://t.co/3h5dVOBDhe 
• 50 year old London man held over 'threats' in Gina Miller Brexit case https://t.co/tB11mcLNAq 
• Lego copycats fool #China boss https://t.co/kLzM4Qwn1l
• New York City reaches settlement in NYPD summonses lawsuit #US https://t.co/PsgUWZBMvP 
• #Panama ex-Dictator Noriega allowed on house arrest to prepare for brain surgery https://t.co/S3tNDqei2y
• #Kyrgyzstan court reinstates life sentence for human rights advocate Azimjan Askarov https://t.co/gOfIIFcSNd 
• Philadelphia mayor signs bill banning salary history inquiries by employers #US https://t.co/XECpSUBEZf
• #ZIMBABWE widows deprived of property rights https://t.co/THuJb7hJSC 
• Petition: Make it illegal to re-sell Gig tickets for more than the face value https://t.co/UBySVEPnmj
• Refugee and migrant children injured in illegal border push-backs across #Balkans https://t.co/EIindPIUgw
• #CHINA makes VPNs that bypass Great Firewall illegal https://t.co/jIuMlYk0hq
• Donald Trump repeats false claim that three million illegal ballots cost him popular vote #US https://t.co/2ZeuB3Xtde
• Bethany Hill murder trial jury retires to consider verdicts https://t.co/IBCTZsIz6h 
• A Trial and a Twitterstorm: On Live-Tweeting From a Federal Courthouse #US https://t.co/iLu01Tlw9h 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/qfHG7BulR5
• #Vatican condom row: pope prevails as Knights of Malta chief resigns https://t.co/W7DjS0USUy 
• Rolf Harris will not give evidence at second trial https://t.co/PvSBOaw9lf
• Treason case: Yanukovych not to come to Kyiv for questioning #UKRAINE https://t.co/SJW7bRvPBG
• Birmingham lawyer Phillip McCallum has been named the Alabama State Bar's new executive director #US https://t.co/YnJMGnwdJA
• General Counsel Michael H. Goldberg, 73, Lawyer Who Bridged ABA and NBA, Dies https://t.co/2sk4hisY8a 
• Lawyer Who Defended Racial Gerrymandering Picked for A Top Civil Rights Job https://t.co/PElR9QQh7P
• Prominent Silicon Valley lawyer Ted Wang is joining Cowboy Ventures as a partner #US https://t.co/3So4XtANwB 
• David Pannick: human rights lawyer who won the Article 50 Brexit case https://t.co/sBZWNXzH88 
• Man jailed for hacking into Jennifer Lawrence's online account https://t.co/fxUD6gtBL5 
• UN condemns #Israel's West Bank settlement plans that break international laws https://t.co/osOuJd6gEi 
• Incompetent social worker 'gave safe house address to woman's abuser' https://t.co/tt5EXYeNHC
• Emergency services' radio replacement delays 'could cost millions' https://t.co/xaP6vRTI73 
• Overwhelming majority of women MPs have received online and verbal abuse from the public https://t.co/amUeqiyBsl
• Brexit: MPs call for White Paper on EU exit plan https://t.co/qkqrdoeeiV 
• Donald Trump says he will build #Mexico border wall that the American taxpayer would pay for #US https://t.co/vkRs4tjPMw
• Women accusing Donald Trump of sexual assault refuse to back down #US https://t.co/IeIccxxkOS 
• Four more journalists get felony charges after covering Trump inauguration unrest #US https://t.co/zrw8ToOuea
• Arsenal footballer Granit Xhaka questioned by police over allegation of racial abuse at Heathrow https://t.co/6aAta94k8f
• Children, poverty and difficulties of adoption https://t.co/MrJeZP5Cny 
• The Guardian view on the supreme court: a cheer for the judges | Editorial https://t.co/mBblepkpAU
• Rebel Tories demand more say on Brexit as May loses supreme court fight https://t.co/PL29BbhT4t
• Laws against sexist dress rules must be enforced, say MPs https://t.co/5IZE5RX5XV 
• Bali murder trial: Accused UK man claims he feared for his life #INDONESIA https://t.co/SVzvoDWvss
• Badlands on Twitter: National park defies Trump's Hitler-like social media ban #US https://t.co/qUVGMmzx5l 
• Brexit: Civil servants to get international trade training https://t.co/TbtfOm0jCN 
• Law Society: technological innovation "will determine law firms' success" - Legal Futures: https://t.co/L92uWSbdl0 
• Serial entrepreneur embraces unbundling with launch of ‘para-law firm’ - Legal Futures: https://t.co/3xeJRtehUu 
• Pioneering ABS sold to major firm in pre-pack deal - Legal Futures: https://t.co/3TXP9X1Vay 
• Accounts analysis forecasts grim future for over 500 law firms - Legal Futures: https://t.co/MztwupRmHG
• Trump's voter fraud claim 'based on no evidence' #US https://t.co/0daVhjLvow
• Mark Graham sent hundreds of abusive letters to pop stars and MPs https://t.co/DFXrn9Gjvm 
• Ikea recalls chair amid reports of collapse and injuries https://t.co/UyamKsBjX2
• Cadbury Premier League child health partnership criticised https://t.co/Jtq76MJ8Vu 
• Trump's order on abortion policy: What does it mean? #US https://t.co/CmdUZKPW05 
• Isle of Wight school absence case 'should have been dropped' https://t.co/nNwO6N1q3X
• Briton shot dead in Porsche in #Thailand's Pattaya resort https://t.co/A657tYAkZj
• Patient who spent two years in hospital bed 'wanted to leave' https://t.co/C0mYZ66Ieg
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/qPcO1YA8hN
• Rolf Harris indecent assault jury 'got it wrong', according to his lawyer https://t.co/pM5ISSKXh0 
• Driving standing up conviction for tall Newcastle man https://t.co/LGnqmbocor 
• Brexit ruling: Gina Miller attacks 'despicable' politicians https://t.co/w5QtNbEhmo
• Plan approved for 2,500 new settler homes in West Bank #ISRAEL https://t.co/Tfx0Mc7d5R 
• Trump's #US embassy move to Jerusalem 'self-destructive' https://t.co/syrUzV4v5d
• UK: How deportations are tearing families apart https://t.co/tKfdb7KfE7 
• 'Day of the Endangered Lawyer' recognised today around the globe | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/2mC9v143ax 
• Reed Smith picks up 50-strong team from KWM | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/5VMaAJ5CMX
• Luxury smartwatch brand Vector acquired by Fitbit | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/yVNw2XC5DJ
• Washington handover cycles top trade talent back into firms | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/WS2ur4HzW9
• Supreme Court rules against Government in Brexit appeal | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/PkcPZlvFqM

24th January - Law News

1855th 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: Can the TPP survive without the US? Australian trade minister Steven Ciobo speaks after President Trump pulled the U.S. from the Trans-Pacific Partnership.


FOCUS OF THE DAY story: Some 31,000 jobs at law firms and other businesses in the personal injury (PI) sector are at ‘high risk’ of being lost if the government presses ahead with its reform agenda, according to an economics consultancy commissioned by the pressure group, Access 2 Justice. Full story - Legal Futures

Saturday Conversations on Law

• The photo that sums up Trump’s assault on women’s rights https://t.co/epxMzOrNgY 
• Sturgeon: supreme court article 50 ruling means Scotland will not be listened to https://t.co/dhvOVeGSLx 
• The Daily Mail leads the way in Brexit bile https://t.co/Q1soT0SSeN
• Why three judges dissented in article 50 case https://t.co/cyoFq6JgKO 
• The supreme court has resoundingly dismissed the government’s vanity https://t.co/rOLAzSuyWh
• 'Straightforward' Brexit bill likely to be published on Thursday https://t.co/j1TejjJZRB 
• Reborn Manchester law centre more than a ‘legal advice food bank’ | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/T0mE50n1Yf 
• Supreme Court: Parliament must have vote to trigger article 50 | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/94WuOXvtqy 
• Swapping a law firm for the courtroom | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/u8RPzoxzoI
• Pro bono: Lawyers taking care | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/GsukrpEVzF 
• Blind pursuit of policy | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/HsRMu73D4k 
• When a gift is a gift and not a bribe: the law on giving and receiving gifts in the workplace | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/5QiNR0okog 
• ABS bought out of administration to save 215 jobs | Law Gazette https://t.co/tIJWNAtsFm 
• China focus of 2017 ‘endangered lawyer’ protest | Law Gazette https://t.co/xqy8AZ1UJ7
• KWM administrators reveal contact with SRA | Law Gazette https://t.co/6e4eTZUk1v
• Employment specialists warn against online tribunals | Law Gazette https://t.co/NMqOU5FzyB 
• Brexit: don’t expect a deal, says Conservative veteran | Law Gazette https://t.co/xI6D4VfWSF 
• MoJ: employment tribunal fees review ‘imminent’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/qD2m34mRtp 
• Asons keeps quiet over rental income https://t.co/xPUFKKRWUv 
• ‘Unjustified threats’ protection comes a step closer | Law Gazette https://t.co/aimsU4viv3 
• City warns of ‘perverse’ effects of extending fixed costs | Law Gazette https://t.co/nwxSuTL3x2 
• Truss seeks to head off attacks on judiciary after Brexit ruling | Law Gazette https://t.co/zf3LimItjS 
• Competition for housing legal aid 'could result in race to the bottom' | Law Gazette https://t.co/VLTywgHWBv
• Judicial independence: media circus moves on | Law Gazette https://t.co/KyN7IylxPc
• My legal life: Nicholas Robertson - Partner, Mayer Brown, London | Law Gazette https://t.co/o3aFZTKB1R 
• “The Constitution After Brexit and where we go now” – Ampersand - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/QfuMZPOBfy 
• Edinburgh University welcomes Alexandra Braun to Lord President Reid chair - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/62WbPELA8a 
• Lord Advocate apologises after families made to wait 12 years to be told there will be no FAI into South Uist tragedy https://t.co/xpnnPSf01W 
• Faculty six named as NMC external counsel - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/hX8MuTpFPD J
• Law Societies from four jurisdictions meet in Belfast - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/X33I9Lsr8f 
• James MacGillivray - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/5WiilBzz7M 
• Legal accounts supervisor celebrates 50 years’ service - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/7Y9tqwxAXP 
• Blog: The year ahead for employment law - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Fynm9VWGgS 
• Man guilty of sexual assault loses appeal over corroboration of ‘lack of consent’ - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/wpnhUuQ3CW 
• A reminder that an MP got shot last year by a man shouting "Britain first death to traitors". https://t.co/4wl29LP3mx 
• Massive networks of fake accounts found on Twitter https://t.co/Z2hQJER7JV 
• Ewan McGregor pulls out of Piers Morgan hosted Good Morning Britain appearance over the latter's 'rabid feminist' comment https://t.co/WERjNO15xw
• Columbia University Unearths Its Ties to Slavery https://t.co/LoxXWy8Wiv
• Judge Blocks Aetna's $37 Billion Deal for Humana https://t.co/7ky5O2o4hV
• Supreme Court Won't Hear Appeal From Texas on Voter ID Case https://t.co/FJ9OsF4tNe 
• Barely Two R's Are Taught at School That Led Tribe to Sue #US https://t.co/uM65traNH5
• When Campus Rapists Are Repeat Offenders https://t.co/c8TazJnCji
• Killing of a Young Woman Grips #ICELAND https://t.co/ZasQEzl0S2 
• Why the C.D.C.'s Power to Quarantine Should Worry Us #US https://t.co/Q1XByUMVa7 
• Donald Trump Repeats Lie About Popular Vote in Meeting With Lawmakers #US https://t.co/D6jUZ0SIBL 
• Two teenage inmates die at Polmont Young Offenders Institution in last fortnight https://t.co/1VGBPWxzBI 
• The supreme court Brexit judgment isn’t a victory for me, but for our constitution | Gina Miller https://t.co/onoYgzXKbM
• Article 50 judgment: key points from the supreme court ruling https://t.co/hnYvYYEpMT 
• Supreme court rules parliament must have vote to trigger article 50 https://t.co/94B1vfrUMG 
• Windsor lawyer appointed to the provincial and family courts of Nova Scotia #CANADA https://t.co/6raxXhcDCs
• Solicitor representing alleged Market Weighton School abuse victims claims courts can't handle the cases https://t.co/9XDRKv8HA6 
• Traditional Courts Bill: What's changed? Traditional leaders have too much power and women not enough #SOUTHAFRICA https://t.co/zQ8NaEFB1b 
• Courts are the biggest threat to #Canadian medicare: Walkom https://t.co/bplNmNtNFg 
• Madrid court rules against Rivas Vaciamadrid City Council, annuls decision to boycott #ISRAEL https://t.co/YO58bOqYnF 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/8tt82ziMTp
• How the barcode changed retailing and manufacturing https://t.co/P32tlXSIBl 
• Sleepy #Irish town Westport residents plagued by calls to X-rated Babestation #IRELAND https://t.co/uqBDblQkhW 
• Anti-Trump rant woman unfairly removed from plane for refusing to accept bigoted Trump supporter #US https://t.co/3r37OOPfDU
• Why this eight-year-old migrant is living rough in squalid conditions in Belgrade #SERBIA https://t.co/rW0B6bp0p2
• Lawyers warn May against short Brexit bill if supreme court says vote is needed https://t.co/s2qBj6ZW8D
• #CHINA abandoning rule of law, human #rights lawyers say https://t.co/9UD7Nw5igS
• 'It's not just banter, it puts you on edge': readers on harassment while running https://t.co/slURkt1r7B
• Sorry, Kellyanne Conway. 'Alternative facts' are just lies | Jill Abramson https://t.co/6ldp8ZJ7a8 
• Sentencing changes may raise speeding fines but relax TV licence penalty https://t.co/E7EWqJMgi2 
• Brexit: Supreme Court to announce judgement https://t.co/Z0PZQ8ZySe
• Donald Trump has signed an executive order cutting funding to health groups that advise on abortions #US https://t.co/xZbnvnh7Z1
• Comedy writer Rich 'suspended' over Barron Trump jibe  https://t.co/YG4CT6H8AM
• Speeding fines to rise for most serious cases - Sentencing Council https://t.co/74oDsoEprk
• Manchester woman found gagged on burning house roof https://t.co/NMWvgawk8v 
• Banks face mental health challenge https://t.co/V7JEXInSAL
• Police investigate anti-Semitic hate crimes in north London https://t.co/9Zu4WWXBL4 
• Teenager stabbed to death in Willesden street https://t.co/JzwObG5tbz
• Flood prevention being ignored - MPs https://t.co/x8HbbJV0jI 
• "Thousands of jobs at risk" from PI reforms, economists warn - Legal Futures: https://t.co/0CZXVuWgLi 
• MoJ tells law firms to name their price in legal aid first - Legal Futures: https://t.co/L6imeLf9MJ 
• SRA: Law Society governance problems prove need for independence - Legal Futures https://t.co/5zpHdfOIEi
• Victoria's Secret gets tough on supply chain ethics | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/FtbnHkzdpW
• CMS wraps up Slovakian alliance ahead of Bratislava launch | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/cdFxWeYf7W 
• Jones Day mainlines twelve lawyers into new Trump administration | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/6gt5RwWiiL 
• Morgan Lewis loads up for Hong Kong launch with raid on Orrick | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/uR9TMuxk53
• PI reforms could cost 28,000 UK law firm jobs, warn economists | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/Yu86uiiSrN

23rd January - Law News

1854th 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: More than $11m (£8.8m) is missing from The Gambia's state coffers following the departure of long-time leader Yahya Jammeh. Mr Jammeh flew into exile on Saturday, ending his 22 years in power.


FOCUS OF THE DAY story: The Supreme Court decision on bus company’s duties to wheelchair users strikes a “balance” between the law and real-life practicalities, a leading discrimination law solicitor has said. The case of FirstGroup plc v Paulley [2017] UKSC 4 arose from an incident in 2012 on a bus from Wetherby to Leeds, where a woman with a sleeping child in a buggy refused to move to allow wheelchair user, Doug Paulley, to take her place. The woman said her buggy would not fold. Paulley sued for unlawful discrimination on the grounds of disability. Full story - New Law Journal

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Jehovah's Witnesses charity drops attempts to block abuse inquiry https://t.co/hbCDwQd9wA 
• Tory donor predicts Theresa May will have to quit within two years https://t.co/d30OKUeIme
• #Hawaiians call Mark Zuckerberg 'the face of neocolonialism' over land lawsuits #US https://t.co/fsM5o8t86W 
• Brothers jailed for trafficking people from #Poland to work at Sports Direct https://t.co/0nzy5drrwg 
• #CHINA must respect lawyers’ human rights | Letters https://t.co/LMqDjBTofc
• Theresa May should renegotiate Brexit deal if MPs reject it – Labour https://t.co/91G7eXGcCj 
• Lawyers warn May against short Brexit bill if supreme court says vote is needed https://t.co/KO0w6QqWz2 
• What will happen in Donald Trump's first 100 days? #US https://t.co/TqyyOG1vGA
• #Tunisia attack: Victim Trudy Jones identified by her nail polish https://t.co/eVVlmPBIpc 
• Smarden businessman convicted over mattress 'mountain' https://t.co/IVHT4lGTMI
• #Zambian police banned from marrying foreigners https://t.co/zWJlg5TNeD 
• #Nigeria: Babies used in suicide bombings, officials warn https://t.co/cpvub15neW
• Bernie Ecclestone removed as Liberty Media completes $8bn takeover https://t.co/hBDXPiHGEA 
• #Italy avalanche: Puppies rescued from hotel after five days https://t.co/kcwmYCL5Fq 
• Air pollution 'very high' in England, says Defra https://t.co/QGtwbOCSc9
• Trump executive order pulls out of TPP trade deal https://t.co/r4Oa3Mxxq8
• MacRoberts shortlisted for 'best collaboration' award - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/LwqwSGWP8h
• Anderson Strathern solicitor to cycle 200 miles in aid of hospice - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/8fKVsp42nV 
• Brexit 'opportunity' for Commonwealth, says leading lawyer - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/vMjr6tXa40 
• Aberdein Considine has no time for blatherskites - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/A8gfy4WiL6 
• Brodies expands infrastructure, real estate finance and tax expertise with three new partner appointments https://t.co/njokOMUarg 
• Death of man after police visit not attributable to officers' actions, PIRC concludes - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/GsrV5VfDzK 
• DLA Piper Edinburgh office to co-manage new Merlin Entertainments contract - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Yokzxd2LYy
• Specialist membership for lawyers advising on older client law launches in Scotland - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/HwA69v9ipX
• Claire Mitchell named new SCBA president - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/ZoTXCxD3q4 
• Sale of company’s principal asset for half market value was not a ‘gratuitous alienation’, judge rules - Scottish Le…https://t.co/Jnmd6PYfaj
• Weightmans and Ward Hadaway in merger talks | Law Gazette https://t.co/49emsEhC8r 
• Firms unite to meet demand from international insurance clients | Law Gazette https://t.co/kPSD2uwGVm
• Lib Dem lawyers to fight Brexit ‘coup d’etat’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/3jzwEyTbda 
• Reed Smith takes team of 50 from collapsed KWM | Law Gazette https://t.co/TSLfhBCoIl
• Economists say PI reforms will put 35,000 jobs at risk | Law Gazette https://t.co/PbvKql2F6w 
• Munby: video-links in family courts ‘a disgrace’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/axRssSR7mo 
• Brexit prompts corporate merger first | Law Gazette https://t.co/op6VnO7V1M
• LASPO review welcomed – but Society repeats advice ‘deserts’ concerns | Law Gazette https://t.co/IJGtqkJzVi
• 'Don’t put consumers at risk', Society tells CMA | Law Gazette https://t.co/kKpbafH96c 
• City group calls for ‘bespoke’ UK-EU deal⁰⁰ | Law Gazette https://t.co/oHhjWS7ZEj 
• Legal services at forefront of Global Britain | Law Gazette https://t.co/mstIarcKDJ 
• Detention dilemma: Ministers will be worried by last week’s Supreme Court judgments in claims against the MoD | Law…https://t.co/EUMRHQV8Ok
• ‘Super-exam’ is an article of blind faith | Law Gazette https://t.co/1qjjinpbQR
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/w11Lanun2K
• Family mediators call on lawyers and judges to be more supportive | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/k4bC4Je1Zw 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/6RhVkyiaUE
• Actor fatally shot while filming music video in Brisbane #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/oaYWkRqhv7 
• Police catch 47 drivers an hour during mobile phone crackdown https://t.co/TSSdtXxIRB 
• Trump has the power to fight #China on human rights. Will he use it? Of course not. https://t.co/hJGUYOpCFA 
• Unlawfully obtained DNA evidence ruled admissible in Northern Territory rape case #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/4HtbUAwNqQ 
• Human rights now face their gravest threat – Trumpism https://t.co/ZBFA4L8cvu 
• White House alienates WikiLeaks by refusing to release Trump tax returns #US https://t.co/azHOMNLcSv
• Textile firms paying UK workers £3 per hour, investigation finds https://t.co/rZU6weU6OT
• Thousands of drivers caught in mobile phone crackdown https://t.co/7G9etuXjkp
• The #Gambia 'missing millions' after Jammeh flies into exile https://t.co/yvQAhKe6fv 
• #US legal watchdog to sue Trump over foreign payments https://t.co/9OCqA7HGAl
• Online dating fraud victim numbers at record high https://t.co/fUhKpCEuKd 
• Samsung confirms faulty batteries as cause of Note 7 fires https://t.co/aHvEJPZzCc
• Gathering speed: The lawtech start-up world you can no longer ignore - Legal Futures: https://t.co/bx1utgpJdm
• Exclusive: AI tax law forecasting app sets sights on UK market - Legal Futures: https://t.co/1ECVVxqLky
• Bourns and Philip clash over SRA reform plans and independence wish - Legal Futures: https://t.co/KEVKlPeJDK

22nd January - Law News

1853rd 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: For years, members of the indigenous Mapuche community have battled with the Chilean government over land rights. Now, Mapuches in Argentina are also struggling to regain what they say is their ancestral territory. The land in question belongs to the Italian fashion giant Benetton. One of the group’s local companies owns almost a million hectares of land, mostly in Patagonia.

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Thousands march against prison pardons in #ROMANIA https://t.co/hpXfNVggXp 
• #Greek court to decide on fate of eight Turkish soldiers https://t.co/tuufVDR8Zv
• Bristol street artists work with city on legal graffiti walls https://t.co/tIAKvJv7H8
• Manchester police used 'dangerous' CS gas without permission, court told https://t.co/KgnTdyrMGL
• Indian sailors stranded in Norfolk port by ‘modern-day slavery’ https://t.co/PxScy3exwu
• We need an alternative to Trump's nationalism. It isn't the status quo | Yanis Varoufakis https://t.co/a51JWfnnE1 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/hdBi8SAVON
• 60mph speed limit for M1 under consideration to combat air pollution https://t.co/tBA0mjCNgy 
• Police officer shot in north Belfast https://t.co/ghc3Hj8EeX 
• Home Office Eritrea guidance softened to reduce asylum seeker numbers https://t.co/1pK3LjN67Y
• Article 50: Labour to push for closer scrutiny of Brexit process https://t.co/AcCRTo0wFg 
• Sean Spicer: Who is President Trump's spin doctor? https://t.co/gA7HXjVqTb 
• British woman Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s five-year prison sentence on ‘secret charges’ confirmed #IRAN https://t.co/UxnfzG9USO
• A woman in #America is accused of taping her son to a wall while she did housework https://t.co/HAjaSAKYQG
• PC Paul Briggs: Injured officer dies after wife's legal battle to end life support https://t.co/waF8KrqfTX
• Entertainer Michelle McManus 'assaulted with guitar case' https://t.co/baqrE4lcyQ 
• #ISRAEL approves settlement homes following Trump inauguration https://t.co/dq4HoxqqHy
• Hundreds of illegal brothels masquerading as massage shops, karaoke bars and beauty salons in Melbourne #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/vJCitXm5Mn 
• Crackdown in #UAE on illegal money transfer to #BANGLADESH https://t.co/UI09JVjFqO
• Sandwell Council backs tough new powers to tackle illegal traveller camps https://t.co/eF0h13DefH 
• Dangerous and illegal second-hand tyres could put your life at risk https://t.co/lPMsaKiaw1
• #PERU Launches Dual Strategy to Tackle Illegal Mining Boom https://t.co/hppA9srEgm 
• Deptford 'riot': Mob of revellers attack police after illegal rave at disused bank shut down https://t.co/DpHoDMwMGZ 
• #VIETNAM to Allow Some Citizens to Gamble During Three-Year Trial https://t.co/1fTHQtjFQX 
• Scotland to trial vehicle pollution levy https://t.co/QRG6Prv8Ir
• NYPD Officer Who Fatally Shot Bronx Teen Testifies in Disciplinary Trial #US https://t.co/6HdgyTFNyL
• Closure of Hartlepool Magistrates' Court ends six centuries of legal heritage https://t.co/oXuzJbd7ai
• As many as 2,05,403 cases are pending in various courts of the Jammu and Kashmir state #INDIA https://t.co/Oqv7bTznmM
• Police confirm "false" bomb threat at Birmingham Crown and Magistrates' Courts https://t.co/XPJZrQicO4
• #Germany's split personality: Courts favor antisemites, BDS takes hits https://t.co/klVti8XzNb 
• Donald Trump picks former Verizon lawyer Ajit Pai to head FCC #US https://t.co/cIHGQzMd1B 
• Winnipeg defence lawyer reviewing cases involving dead police officer Trent Milan #CANADA https://t.co/xa8nDk7vp9 
• Supreme Court SC pulls up lawyer for 'unparliamentary language' during BCCI hearing #INDIA https://t.co/3TsTeF63Tk
• Upset, Katarki quits as state's lawyer in Supreme Court #INDIA https://t.co/6s6ZwFAX77
• Ohio divorce lawyer jailed after being caught hypnotising 6 female clients in attempt to have sex with them #US https://t.co/qtKJ9mQV1n 
• Lawyer moves Pemra against TV host for making blasphemy allegations #PAKISTAN https://t.co/nEItSTAyeT 
• Lee Rigby's mother 'threatened with arrest' over court hearing https://t.co/TQOzsMSWEp 
• Second senior lawyer departs BHA in wake of Jim Best case https://t.co/6h3VpSdeYu 
• Realtor Trump may have broken law by deleting misspelled tweet https://t.co/7ir1ftnxzg 
• What Does the Order Against the Health Law Actually Do? #US https://t.co/49z2tU9sdl 
• Public universities prepare for concealed carry law #US https://t.co/2daIQq6fIq 
• Jared Kushner, Trump's ill equipped Son-in-Law, Is Cleared to Serve as Adviser #US https://t.co/ueMaisam54
• Are #American Citizens Servants or Masters? Needy Suppliants or Sturdy Yeomen? https://t.co/T8URyXn4BB
• The long arm of the law: Belhaj and Rahmatullah (No.1) | UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/N2CpNf2kFR 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/2HRv3XDjzt
• Facial recognition to replace passports in security overhaul at #Australian airports https://t.co/xdOn12IUU4
• D.C. police reported zero march-related arrests today #US https://t.co/S80Fx6Tvam 
• #Chinese president calls for East Jerusalem as capital of #Palestinian state, #Israel sidelined  https://t.co/p2ac3JrPkY
• #Bosnia's DNA quest to identify war dead https://t.co/bvFmFr43iu 
• #India Andhra Pradesh train crash leaves 26 dead and scores injured https://t.co/wkDudiTToo 
• Isle of Man 'must update abortion law' https://t.co/QgvIv7KXhC 
• Protesters from #Canada, UK, 'turned away at #US border' https://t.co/AM2ukEvoLk 
• Angered by poor attendance at his inauguration Trump attacks 'dishonest' media over crowd photos #US https://t.co/AjLNrQ7vLn
• Four-year MOT exemption for new cars proposed https://t.co/5t1slF3gZe 
• Pope Francis warns against rise in rightwing populism and the dangers of Hitler and Trump https://t.co/ZPpusi09eU 
• Native Americans expect nothing good from Trump... #US https://t.co/eghcmHhoL2
• Trump denies feuding with CIA over election 'hacking' #US https://t.co/YHvsLEUY3A 
• Women around the world protest against President Trump #US https://t.co/m1uYjtcsss 
• The vile reality of rape is still clouded in myth: woeful ignorance of the facts surrounding sexual assault https://t.co/kP4ZpwDYMj
• Ex-President Yahya Jammeh leaves The #Gambia after losing election https://t.co/3ZqXWcnh7u 
• Deplorable White nationalist Richard Spencer punched in the face camera while doing interview #US https://t.co/lJxWIKiGeO

21st January - Law News

1852nd 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: Challenging inaccurate stories about Muslims. Last month there were nine corrections to articles concerning Muslims in the British media - this month has seen four so far.
The activist behind most of the complaints and corrections says inaccurate media reporting about Muslims has led to increased hatred. But critics argue there is an attempt to prevent criticism of Islam. The most high profile apology last month was given to a Muslim family falsely accused of being extremists by columnist Katie Hopkins in the Mail Online – one of the family has told our reporter that he would now like to invite Katie Hopkins for tea at his house.

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Strike out strikes back once more | New Law Journal https://t.co/Hwg3Fd6ktf
• Levels of reported fraud in financial services fell last year but rose in the public sector | New Law Journal https://t.co/IjvLE7y7mw 
• Mobile app for recruiting lawyers, has paired with charity to raise funds through referral fees | New Law Journal https://t.co/itzeT4u1Ml
• Insurance for driverless cars | New Law Journal https://t.co/MpKf8gxTm2
• Rolls DPA breaks the record | New Law Journal https://t.co/M90Kh3Advc
• Business Network promotes rule of law | New Law Journal https://t.co/LP9TevH6nY 
• Supreme Court gives priority to wheelchair users on buses | New Law Journal https://t.co/5n0YkWj03E
• Prime minister confirms plans to leave single market & CJEU jurisdiction | New Law Journal https://t.co/ITogOXpp3c https://t.co/ObEo4iehTa
• Prime minister confirms plans to leave single market & CJEU jurisdiction | New Law Journal https://t.co/ITogOXpp3c
• Unified Patent Court to open in December | New Law Journal https://t.co/DjLROpi8LI 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/qJVljiiR05 T
• Lewis Siddall death: Man guilty of 'unprovoked' manslaughter https://t.co/6KeGBHhwbQ
• Brexit: #Australia eyes relaxed UK immigration under trade deal https://t.co/8msbh1IY8J 
• Church in Wales' first woman bishop consecrated https://t.co/R75YJtpRXz 
• BBC Northampton 'Trump shot' tweet blamed on hacker #US https://t.co/aptNhBAnD0
• Donald Trump protests: Washington leads global rallies #US https://t.co/CxvY7729w1 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/YXdMwt4yLn
• Fresh turmoil in #SouthKorea as minister arrested over 'arts blacklist' https://t.co/YdXjg52xhn 
• #AUSTRIA arrest 'foils terror attack' in Vienna https://t.co/HmHwFDb3qi
• Second-hand tyres put lives at risk, councils warn https://t.co/CXGRDNZ8uj 
• El Chapo: #US prosecutors seek $14bn seizure from drug lord https://t.co/HlaqKkyjXN
• Personal data being shared on huge scale, claims Which? https://t.co/CyrL40kFYV
• UK women set to march against Trump https://t.co/iUJHyIocfJ 
• Divisive, ungracious, unrepentant: this was Trump unbound #US https://t.co/yGOqYwmZBQ 
• Millwall stadium foundation awarded taxpayer money with misleading claims https://t.co/o2gOpfwB7j 
• SLTA chief executive to speak on challenges facing the licensed trade - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/FaFJw6ZIB8 
• Douglas Mill: Stuck in the middle with you - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/CkpIAbwXXJ 
• Rolls-Royce to settle 25-year old briber and corruption case - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/uILcIWLrhm 
• Blog: Consumers in the dark about Home Free Protected Trust Deeds - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/SW06mwxuGA
• Second edition of young lawyers' human rights journal published - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/n5pucGjeYn 
• Marks & Clerk Scotland retains ‘Gold’ status - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/zBMhSeMbn0 
• SLCC budget and levy increase “unacceptable” says Law Society president - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/6Xa2yCuEfQ 
• Criminal lawyers 'mystified' by Crown decision not to prosecute in Goodwillie - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/mnU9PBcqID
• Sheriff refuses ‘equality of arms’ motion to sanction employment of counsel - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/wtoqIWhZ0H 
• 14 ways to Trump-proof your life #US https://t.co/dz0OdFGfV9 
• Anti-Trump protesters light limo on fire in D.C. as cops collar 217 people during raucous demonstration #US https://t.co/tJ83OQwxGu
• Arbitration for the press is necessary, but it must cover all media https://t.co/wAsMQkT113
• Rolls-Royce sent agent to 'retrieve' document from #India tax office https://t.co/MpMXYge400 
• UK judges change court rules on child contact for violent fathers https://t.co/PUJDuGLkIF 
• Gove’s ‘snowflake’ tweet is symptomatic of the nastiness that’s ruining politics https://t.co/VvIeQnffGw 
• The Guardian view on Donald Trump’s inauguration: a declaration of political war | Editorial https://t.co/xSpIWUZeqF 
• 'He has already let America down': the reaction to Trump's first speech as president #US https://t.co/3X4HwuHJsn 
• Donald Trump inauguration: parade and protesters take to streets of DC #US https://t.co/2lZmgnmQyV 
• 'American carnage': Trump's vision casts shadow over day of pageantry https://t.co/J4WcQYuSKk
• Slater and Gordon lawyers investigating if Centrelink debt system breaches law https://t.co/T10ELaLNw6
• Appeals campaign calls for open justice | Law Gazette https://t.co/LGPtNGUKEr
• Judge and ex-lover guilty of law firm fraud | Law Gazette https://t.co/gmUgsupZSy
• Solicitor struck off after abandoning his firm | Law Gazette https://t.co/353sXdU0nx 
• ‘Para-law’ firm boasts of bypassing solicitors | Law Gazette https://t.co/fRIggprYRX
• Insurers lose High Court discount rate challenge | Law Gazette https://t.co/4Xc0SEndN2

20th January - Law News

1851st 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: United States President Donald Trump spoke to the nation for the first time as Commander-in-Chief Friday afternoon moments after taking the oath of office to become the 45th President. Thousands of protesters flocked to downtown Wasington D.C. Friday Jan. 20 to speak out against President Donald Trump.


Focus of the day story:   Why can’t Britain apologise to these victims of rendition? With MI6’s help, Libyan dissident Abdel Hakim Belhaj was handed over to Muammar Gaddafi and tortured. Yet still our government won’t say sorry. Full story - Guardian Law

Saturday Conversations on Law

• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/mPv55eAvkf
• #GAMBIA's leader Yahya Jammeh will step down and leave the country, his elected successor says https://t.co/yYV0UFTeuY 
• Bundling legal services to tap into the elusive unmet needs market | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/HaUr1bY4Hq 
• Post-Brexit scarring | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/tfQp0gs0a5
• SQE process ‘fundamentally flawed’ | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/75PvmyqJ1t 
• High Court rejects discount rate review challenge | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/n8hDJQxHJf 
• PIP breast implants: French court tells TUV to pay damages https://t.co/iX0qXXu6rZ
• Bristol Police Taser race group founder Judah Adunbi in the face https://t.co/8ojvBeFnRz 
• Leonne Weeks: Man charged with murder of 16-year-old https://t.co/6EGM0LNDeN
• Historical Institutional Abuse Inquiry: 'Widespread abuse' in children's homes https://t.co/jFiInkRuzE 
• Women's March: Why are UK women protesting? https://t.co/3PWLwpU3EN 
• Presidential Inauguration: Violent protests in Washington DC #US https://t.co/8CAgyVEoWw 
• #Syria: IS destroys part of Palmyra amphitheatre https://t.co/caEWWpkVX7 
• Six found alive after #Italy avalanche https://t.co/MY60uItUe9 
• The Disunited States of #America, Trump and Obama: Two characters in search of a legacy https://t.co/izmt1phAG0
• Melbourne car deaths: Three killed as driver strikes pedestrians #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/tYNoAFNZWp 
• British man dies working on #Qatar 2022 World Cup stadium https://t.co/stGDOhlV3u 
• Reality TV presenter Donald Trump inauguration: 45th US president to be sworn in https://t.co/YK38bLV2oH 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/WaEMP1ozIJ
• Uber to pay $20m to 'misled' drivers https://t.co/lvHq1Pb4Mc
• Man evicted from hospital for blocking bed for two years https://t.co/ECfDlLQ0TR 
• Millwall stadium controversy intensifies as false funding claims revealed https://t.co/Xpx8AnBVmF
• Author sued for making children's books of On the Road and Breakfast at Tiffany’s https://t.co/zuMrExHKYF
• Democracy in #TURKEY is now under threat https://t.co/rejKA6f2hp 
• British journalist, Australian bar owner face court in Bali over ganja #INDONESIA https://t.co/xtwoU4J92l 
• Man jailed for 15 years for sex attacks on Flintshire children https://t.co/kvDeIaRiZL 
• Porthcawl woman jailed unlawfully over council tax https://t.co/N4urK6lQmO 
• Bank cost-cutting threatens free cash machines https://t.co/PifmaE8RVf 
• Petrobras: #BRAZIL judge Teori Zavascki dies in plane crash https://t.co/PpJrsUlcZL
• Drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman extradited from Mexico to US https://t.co/BniyKlZF30 
• KWM arises from the ashes in Europe | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/9lelio2xsS
• Orrick picks up Olswang Paris managing partner ahead of merger | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/3PNAz0jMD4
• Commercial property offers way out for buy-to-let landlords | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/BGoaz9PI6P 
• Weil Gotshal litigation veteran chooses new firm over retirement | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/dYHx5tmZUc
• Jenner & Block promotes 18 new partners worldwide | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/VKDmikpz6N
• Law lecturers flay SQE plan for creating "inferior solicitors" | Legal Futures: https://t.co/wJjEJs8Gdx
• Solicitor applies to vary disciplinary condition – and admits he's already breached it - Legal Futures: https://t.co/2JR1SRZNWJ

Selected photos of a banner making workshop in Cardiff where an effigy of Trump's bust was created by community artists, followed by the community protest on the 20th January outside Cardiff Castle where the effigy was beaten and trodden on.

Trump bust effigy

Banner for Trump protest

Cardiff protest against Donald Trump's misogyny

Beating of the Trump effigy

Beating of the Trump effigy

Protesting against Trump