12th March - Law News

1902nd 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 British scientist widely credited with creating the 'World Wide Web' says he wants to save it from so called-fake news and targeted advertising.

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Cardiff student goes public with LLB regrets and says law school is a quicker way to kill yourself than smoking https://t.co/fbhUQsOWMV 
• The army’s loss is the law’s gain https://t.co/ZEPSvJgYXn
• Pants on fire: Lawyer’s trousers burst into flames while defending client accused of arson https://t.co/vr91a2xY3M 
• Lawyers are turning to botox to hide their emotions and make them look more serious https://t.co/AAIAtZT5Uk 
• Browne Jacobson admits it ‘incorrectly attributed’ praise for its solicitors to the Legal 500, when it was... https://t.co/0X58WQALBC 
• Rare species alert: INTERESTING pensions cases in the Supreme Court https://t.co/NQRE9PNZ6Q 
• Oxford trumps Cambridge in world law school rankings, again https://t.co/BhXtzSB1tz
• Now even City lawyers can’t afford to get onto the London property ladder https://t.co/62wx119n4z 
• Exeter law students call on drafting skills to invent new drinking ‘legislation’ https://t.co/l4Ks9DJqiO 
• ‘How Twitter works’ appendix to Katie Hopkins libel judgment was penned by rookie barrister, reveals phone... https://t.co/T3kOdscwXt 
• Slaughter and May hands five lucky tech start-ups £30,000 in free legal advice https://t.co/t5Eek4rB7C
• What will Brexit mean for the energy sector? https://t.co/PwDFeBAQnq 
• Hull law student goes public with battle against mental health problems https://t.co/OgbNcVGvaM 
• Cleary Gottlieb hikes London NQ pay by 14% to £120,000 https://t.co/gyMTAnbCtN 
• Students wow Lady Hale with BPTC rap to Coolio’s ‘Gangsta’s Paradise’ https://t.co/yCuQrDePmE 
• Addleshaw Goddard teams up with BPP to launch solicitor apprenticeships in Manchester and Leeds https://t.co/Dc0Gu5IW2g 
• Carmelite cock-up: Chambers ‘incorrectly’ invites aspiring barristers to interview https://t.co/rdLOdPeXkM 
• Why the ascendence of AI can benefit young lawyers https://t.co/aUwQjq2u6W 
• Retention rate row: Simmons & Simmons remains tightlipped over NQ temporary contract accusations https://t.co/gXUEvUaf8c
• One third of legal professionals believe their firm could do more to help disadvantaged young people https://t.co/Y5ZFF2Iv2l 
• Concerns over SRA solicitor super-exam proposals reach House of Lords https://t.co/wDK8rtYq5C 
• Why has the Bar Standards Board issued new guidance telling barristers to speak clearly and understand the law? https://t.co/Fg6GHnVKgZ 
• International Women’s Day: Lack of confidence deterring women from applying for silk https://t.co/wkGTgfb0yZ 
• Solicitor who qualified in 2009 and made partner in 2014 becomes UK’s youngest female judge at just 31 https://t.co/NEbJ2slvz7
• Amal Clooney thinks it’s a ‘good thing’ her cases get extra publicity because of her marriage to George https://t.co/WoqieZe6n6 
• Five things we learnt from ‘How to become a serious injury lawyer’ https://t.co/ZzjqCaMimP 
• BPP University chief exits after 20 years at legal education giant https://t.co/JgOVVh3srI 
• "Real" threat of terrorists crossing from Northern Ireland to Scotland by ferry... https://t.co/YuQQ48r2UR 
• GCHQ warns politicians about #Russian hacking threat https://t.co/U8nQi2g0u0 
• Donald Trump to be pressed by Enda Kenny over illegal #Irish in #US https://t.co/yzaeyFJOhK 
• #Iceland to end capital controls from 2008 financial crisis https://t.co/Hiwkg6F5J4 
• Bovis Homes rejects offers from Redrow and Galliford Try https://t.co/OURYSt6SO3 
• #Syrian Al-Qaeda affiliate claims twin bombing in Damascus https://t.co/pQkgPXaLHD 
• #Turkey's Erdogan warns #Dutch will pay price for dispute https://t.co/ImPNHc6xo1 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/4EGmmTxLB7
• #Netherlands bars #Turkish ministers as 'Nazi remnant' dispute escalates https://t.co/2i88qRWVR7
• World wide web creator Tim Berners-Lee targets fake news https://t.co/4PVCDE87Gy 
• John 'Goldfinger' Palmer murder: Paramedic's concerns ignored https://t.co/R425ofTTHj 
• Could The Fox Hunting Ban Be Repealed? Supporters Want It Strengthened, Critics Want It Gone https://t.co/A00BYqH5tt 
• Muhammad Ali’s Son Questioned At Airport —Again #US https://t.co/XuDGKJ5UAt 
• Limbecker Platz Mall In #German City of Essen Ordered To Shut Following Tips Of Imminent Terror Attack https://t.co/wSlBaPsWXI 
• Native Americans Bring Dakota Pipeline Protest To Trump’s Doorstep #US https://t.co/jtCWmoV9KL 
• #Dutch police break up pro-Erdogan protest https://t.co/4uiGY4XKFd 
• Madeleine McCann police funds extended for six months https://t.co/RUkrhrl3dj 
• Mass grave found in Mosul's Badoush prison, #Iraqi forces say https://t.co/xkztYcF2l0 
• Today's wars never end? When is a war actually a war? https://t.co/4SoPEsZpu9 
• Does Owen Jones understand that Labour’s problem isn’t the leader – it’s media distortion of his message? https://t.co/NUshlTNJo0
• Why did people assume an Asian woman was the nanny? https://t.co/2mmayA6c2q 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/M4RlRKHuix

11th March - Law News

1901st 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: US Attorney for Manhattan Preet Bharara announced via Twitter that President Donald Trump has fired him after he refused to resign.

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Government survey highlights extent of legal difficulties post-LASPO | New Law Journal https://t.co/bOlOmVeRe2 
• Family judge urges child protection professionals to use Facebook & social media to trace birth parents https://t.co/qXZfzJS3zh 
• Jackson update on fixed costs proposals | New Law Journal https://t.co/55AQ9kvLY1 
• Setting aside of a £3.5m divorce case is a “salutary example” of the consequences of not having legal https://t.co/gc9HxhuFHY 
• SRA research on vulnerable consumers | New Law Journal https://t.co/dvnDOgyPW6 
• Children’s charity Coram has called for action to secure children’s rights as Britain leaves the EU https://t.co/Z7YiMyYA43 
• International arbitration community is to meet for the first ever “Paris Arbitration Week”, to be held 24–28th April https://t.co/kmVTpEtNko
• The role of compassion in legal practice is the subject of three half-day symposia https://t.co/5Wh7dyYCcw 
• 'These are dangerous times': the man who sued George W Bush and the Iraq war https://t.co/TCDWVdPdBn
• Judge's warning to drunk women 'will stop reporting of rape' https://t.co/yVMx4YDpCE 
• Prison psychiatrists warn care is ‘at breaking point’ https://t.co/OrMPRLf7my 
• One in 10 firms bidding for #Trump's #Mexico wall project are Hispanic-owned https://t.co/cTTfhnumZk
• Million Women Rise: thousands march through central London https://t.co/4wtD0heN8Y 
• Call to boycott Tesco over 'endangered' white men claim https://t.co/wmVQl50jEL 
• Gaggle of Cambridge University students criticise geese-cull plans https://t.co/9Ga2LWC2Ar 
• Intruder arrested after breaching White House fence on Friday night while #Trump was there #US https://t.co/cs2NIM1k3H 
• Washing machine launched for the #Indian market, with a special mode to tackle curry stains https://t.co/nj4isd6c7h 
• Order of nuns that dumped up to 800 babies into a septic tank must be disbanded, says TD #Ireland https://t.co/V3QMJYiplw
• The mysterious death of a live-streaming gamer, Brian Vigneault #US https://t.co/VzCFW6iRR5 
• The World facing greatest humanitarian crisis since 1945 https://t.co/aKeaDeEXiJ 
• Health watchdog investigating claims staff at a care firm sold sex chats while topless from their office https://t.co/zsP9mLBlZ8 
• Teenage girl who tried to hang herself after being bullied online https://t.co/iXzztqb0i4 
• Unlimited fines for bulk buying ticket touts https://t.co/HKq35AvkdU 
• Women as old as 90 are learning to read and write for the first time in the village of Phangane #India https://t.co/Tj7KJF6hmE
• Pentagon pledges investigation into nude photo scandal #US https://t.co/g3GWYAOKDm 
• Slave auction project: New Jersey school under fire #US https://t.co/1fdiwUHvg3
• #US judge decline to issue emergency order banning #Trump's revised travel ban https://t.co/j5bq3OjUhG 
• Relatives of a suffragette jailed for plotting to poison a prime minister have held a vigil outside the Royal https://t.co/pDvr0FMhDY 
• Rohingya women hounded and ridiculed for complaining of rape #Myanmar https://t.co/NNlHCMekMX
• #Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has described the Dutch as "Nazi remnants and fascists" https://t.co/03TOyikdjC 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/WyKtbd4YRL 
• White men 'endangered species' in UK boardrooms, says Tesco chairman https://t.co/LCJV1rQZFF 
• #US Attorney General Jeff Sessions asks dozens of US attorneys appointed by Obama to resign https://t.co/ha06uveJyx 
• Article 50 'could be triggered on Tuesday' if Brexit bill passes https://t.co/0VTmx5Ls3D 
• Pope signals he's open to married Catholic men becoming priests #Vatican https://t.co/z9mlUc7V52 
• By failing to declare a conflict of interest, the Bank of England deputy governor broke rules https://t.co/hHX9auyrZn 
• Police appeal against ruling in favour of Worboys rape survivors https://t.co/uohyi3FM1s 
• A key proposal for abortion law reform https://t.co/teRX3Tl60c 
• Judge accused of victim-blaming in comments on rape case https://t.co/tpJLDABXaQ 
• Gay man 'glassed for holding hands with boyfriend’ in unprovoked homophobic attack at Peckham Wetherspoon pub https://t.co/raVffFVWko 
• "Tax raid" on the self-employed in the Budget will be seen as a "rookie error", says former Tory chancellor Lord https://t.co/TXscSLRyl7 
• Leicester street stab victim named as Dilovan Fazil Mohammed https://t.co/eqy16KQvP3 
• Prison instructor who kissed and exchanged love letters with a convicted murderer has been jailed https://t.co/ZaHuh1OnVp 
• Penge crash victim's family 'disappointed' at killer's sentence https://t.co/fFbPK67mbK 
• House Republicans would let employers demand workers’ genetic test results #US https://t.co/p8iyZcHYX4 
• Gang attack pupils playing in #Cardiff rugby tournament https://t.co/CRIpn6xSu5 
• Ropes & Gray splits to create cheaper IP offering for clients | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/vwjaLgMBEW 
• Linklaters launches AI data analysis tool | The Global legal Post https://t.co/gOj0a3v66c 
• Robot lawyer gives free legal advice to refugees | The Global legal Post https://t.co/XMwL59eJAS 
• Harvard Law School scraps LSAT entrance test | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/jGlK7x5Scy 
• Lawyer on fire in courtroom | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/3qCPXTpJ2w 
• Manchester drugs dealer deliberately led police to his £100k cocaine stash https://t.co/6UqIvjAlp9 
• Cheshire East Council apologises for 'flaws' in 11-month-old girl's care case https://t.co/FKdS8pjaRL 
• Manchester canal basin rapist ignored his victim's pleas to stop attack https://t.co/9keJeFBAg1 
• Retiring judge Lindsey Kushner issues drunk women rape warning https://t.co/etNg73Xpof 
• Eye blink technology allows vicar sex abuse victim to give evidence https://t.co/MG1TLFEZkr 
• Firm that made 22m automated marketing calls in PI and other fields fined £270,000 | Legal Futures: https://t.co/hTCxZOX33O 
• Legal market growth forecasts revised downwards as research finds it contracted in 2016 | Legal Futures: https://t.co/hqAAGsMyf3 
• Behind closed doors: the SRA's problem with transparency | Legal Futures: https://t.co/uz38r5JaEM 
• ABS hopes to build up consumer brand covering 14 types of claim | Legal Futures: https://t.co/tKdVUXg5Rb

10th March - Law News

1900th 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: Double Olympic women’s pole vault champion Elena Isinbayeva has been re-elected as the head of Russia's Anti-Doping Agency. She has spoken about reforms to Russia's anti-doping system.

 
Focus of the day story:  Plans to force lawyers to be more transparent about their fees and complaints records could first be piloted across areas of work that have different regulators, it has emerged in the first sign of formal activity following December’s report by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA). The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) could also widen its plan for an online register of solicitors’ regulatory data to encompass all regulated lawyers. Full story - Legal Futures

Saturday Conversations on Law

• You've taken time out to have children. How do you ensure that you can be a success upon returning to the law? https://t.co/TvnZQKKl68
• £24,000 damages for Katie Hopkins Twitter libels in ‘serious harm’ test | Law Gazette https://t.co/XnH6BIlF75
• Solicitor escapes jail after headbutting LiP inside Rolls Building | Law Gazette https://t.co/tPDKDePWUQ 
• Legal ‘Siri’ gives insurance customers instant access to support | Law Gazette https://t.co/5Y7M2zOtwm
• Munby: ‘judges should not have to justify themselves’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/wn0O7siSpN
• Freshfields denies rowing back on Vancouver office | Law Gazette https://t.co/phMIeudGW9
• Legal services market shrinks for the first time since financial crisis – report | Law Gazette https://t.co/9e2AkuhdoK 
• Claims farmer fined £270k for making 22m unwanted calls | Law Gazette https://t.co/IT7ETyFRFW
• Solicitors stressed by recorder competition glitches | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/Kp80DYO6Hv 
• Inner House refuses appeal against solicitors’ tribunal decision to dismiss complaint https://t.co/4VfZYaVxKx 
• Appointment of Queen’s Counsel 2017 https://t.co/pjYuVc26PW 
• ‘Anger and frustration’ at SLCC budget plans https://t.co/m98jUolOZy 
• Mother who murdered toddler Liam Fee loses appeal against conviction https://t.co/HUMrWrBHAq
• TLT strengthens licensing team with double appointment https://t.co/GarBzuPnzh 
• Counsel lands senior boxing post https://t.co/tlpW6WEMlf 
• Brodies and Marks & Clerk win big at IP awards https://t.co/npWdAY2uWc
• Power to authenticate signatures in documents for variation of real property rights may be reserved to notaries https://t.co/kcUxMlGOxH
• Scots law firm founded during reign of Queen Victoria to close its doors https://t.co/ScEJlTN1zR 
• MacRoberts partner made chair of Property Litigation Association Scotland branch https://t.co/cfWjgTrvjD 
• 31-year-old becomes UK’s youngest ever female judge https://t.co/kPECCONphT 
• Shareholders suing RBS over ‘misleading’ £12bn rescue told to prove they can meet case costs https://t.co/UZBvMmX0I7
• Farmer, 83, cleared over shooting man on his land https://t.co/q57hlJjIkd
• Education secretary heckled by angry head teachers https://t.co/zzlmWuXEHm 
• Teacher banned for taking drugs with teen student https://t.co/clVv7N7qIu 
• Child found with wiring around neck sparks online soft toy warning https://t.co/BWmrOtrLBa 
• Food writer Jack Monroe wins Katie Hopkins libel tweet case https://t.co/pogixZK707 
• BT strikes deal to legally separate Openreach division https://t.co/uYrfjes92L
• Britons should keep EU rights post-Brexit - Guy Verhofstadt https://t.co/vCVEFUbjou
• #US military nude photo sharing scandal widens beyond marines https://t.co/mF77eLmYqq 
• Drug dealers who 'traded in misery' sentenced following police force's biggest drugs operation https://t.co/eeITAL0pBj 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/lNFh3PdIww
• Indigenous, Disabled, Imprisoned - the Forgotten Women of International Women's Day https://t.co/5h3ZhC7xUH 
• #Honduran Farmers Sue World Bank Group for Human Rights Violations https://t.co/UbKUHxtAUK 
• Defamation Cases Dropped Against Activists in #Thailand https://t.co/ROlIlpYd7q 
• Spike in Global Human Rights Abuses Linked to Terrorism, Populism https://t.co/ss8KxCqat2 
• Theresa May agrees to delay legislation over tax rise for self-employed after Tory revolt https://t.co/45mRsbbWV0 
• Refugees applying to live in UK face being sent home after five years https://t.co/xxdzT3tHXk 
• Trans woman pleads for her life before being beaten to death #Brazil https://t.co/QUCqQONH7E 
• Law firms warned by regulator of new cyber-crime threat | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/sW8OrhlMUD 
• Merger could create £82 million turnover firm | The Global legal Post https://t.co/4qSXtGgKnK
• Linklaters former senior partner appointed bank chairman | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/bvaknX3n8F 
• South Africa cancels withdrawal from ICC - for now | The Global legal Post https://t.co/NhWnUhBv1n 
• PwC launches Hong Kong legal practice | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/cmoUZtrNfm
• ACLU launching People Power to resist Trump immigration policies in 'freedom cities' #US https://t.co/dulK5upCKP 
• Women's prison mass jail break after inmates in dominatrix gear handcuff male guards expecting 'mass orgy' https://t.co/rGOTRrcPuN 
• Park Geun-hye: Court ousts #SouthKorea's scandal-hit president https://t.co/lmw9mGe2Gv 
• Brook House immigration detainees 'held for years' https://t.co/ib8Qkl1jF8 
• Thousands of bridges 'not fit' for heaviest lorries https://t.co/pWrGTQx5t2 
• Amal Clooney urges UN to back Islamic State probe https://t.co/Z7WJVjTVUa 
• Thatcher to inspire UK's Brexit 'divorce bill' talks? https://t.co/zjX4TmhFsN 
• Green Spring Academy: Intimidation and exam-fixing claims https://t.co/C6S35JdaqI
• Murder inquiry into death of man in Lurgan https://t.co/kkZfWWxies 
• #Germany axe attack: Duesseldorf train station sealed off https://t.co/kj6oEHnKPU
• More #US states challenge Trump travel ban https://t.co/nRhklcnElQ 
• Elsie Frost killing: Police ask CPS to consider murder charge https://t.co/uiDuFaX3Dw 
• Bishop Philip North steps down over women priests row https://t.co/zUOi69cHyQ 
• Judge who told complainant to 'keep your knees together' resigns #Canada https://t.co/69JU2Rl5fP

9th March - Law News

1899th 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: At least 22 young girls have died in a fire at a home for vulnerable teenagers and children in Guatemala. The country has declared three days of national mourning. A crowd of relatives, some wailing in grief, gathered outside the government-run Virgen de Asuncion home for the under-18s in San Jose Pinula, 25 km southwest of the capital, Guatemala City. *What happened?* Police say some residents set mattresses ablaze after trying to escape from the overcrowded facility.

 
Focus of the day story:  Preserving access to the single market in legal services is among the reasons why the government urgently needs to set out a vision for trade with the EU following Brexit, MPs say today. In its first report, the International Trade Committee of the House of Commons backs re-joining the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) to preserve continuity in trading relationships.  Full story - The Law Society Gazette

Saturday Conversations on Law

• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/CnBuxGqs2z
• #Trump travel ban could prevent United States hosting World Cup #US https://t.co/bqbpkCfdJa 
• Child asylum seekers may have been illegally detained, rules court https://t.co/KZkEX2ocMi
• UK child deportations of 50s: 'most catastrophic child abuse' in memory https://t.co/UW3IiFxuY3 
• Phone hacking: Lawyers seek access to Murdoch and Brooks' deleted emails https://t.co/S7hP0WOFZy 
• We need to rethink adoption in the social media age, says senior judge https://t.co/3QkPYPTnrP 
• Islamic State fighters returning to UK 'pose huge challenge' https://t.co/B9vwKLwpOy 
• Women of the World event drops rape victim and her attacker... https://t.co/4SH43dCMxS 
• #US environment agency chief doubts carbon dioxide's role in global warming... https://t.co/vyS76gV19k 
• Florida lawyer's trousers catch fire in court arson trial #US https://t.co/XEeY1CVWty 
• Lawyers deny PI discount rate ‘conspiracy’ to hike fees | Law Gazette https://t.co/ZDw84c4kuX 
• Judge calls for feedback on adoption orders | Law Gazette https://t.co/2R7YJrIaCr 
• Fee cut proposals ‘based on contentious claim’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/n0t74TZXjk
• Litigation funder offers lending package for court fees | Law Gazette https://t.co/5wCfHQt5oF 
• Women’s Day: Truss attacks ‘presenteeism’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/8Z0qylnT3P
• Best places to study law revealed | Law Gazette https://t.co/7TqR1s4arc 
• Government’s probate plans under fire from Tory backbench | Law Gazette https://t.co/LccWRQsiX5
• Official secrets reform gets more time | Law Gazette https://t.co/skyudnUjc1 
• The budget and you: law firms and tax | Law Gazette https://t.co/PPKqiIMpi4 
• Now ANOTHER eBay clothes model tells how she is bombarded with seedy messages from perverts... https://t.co/ttQUVnB8Ku 
• eBay investigates after seller Katherine Macpherson ‘received lewd messages from men’... https://t.co/Cw2tWNktGQ 
• More than one-third of law firms now majority-owned by women | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/wuvM4hNaG5 
• NIC rise will see ‘big law firm partners’ pay a little more | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/rqhEVCEZVM 
• Solicitor who gambled £1.2m from client account was ‘looking for help’ | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/W91eO5RTha 
• 500 law firms targeted by scammers, SRA warns about sudden rise in malware attacks... https://t.co/mLRbSIz29S
• The 'robot lawyer’ giving free legal advice to refugees https://t.co/hCzBFBdUcB
• Institute for Fiscal Studies backs National Insurance increase https://t.co/EiEYZW1qwV 
• Wikileaks is offering tech firms CIA files first https://t.co/5C6lBwnajD
• #Poland fails to stop Donald Tusk EU re-election https://t.co/0S24E3vuT9 
• Sir Martin Sorrell's £42m payout takes earnings to £210m in five years https://t.co/PzZwMkqEU9 
• Angela Merkel hits back at #Turkish claims of 'Nazi-style practices' #Germany https://t.co/X7AugkR2gf
• Tesco to pay out nearly £10m to staff after payroll errors https://t.co/izENTeE87B 
• Rutger Bregman: ‘Far-right politician Geert Wilders is the most successful utopian thinker’ – video https://t.co/pd1TtvrXfQ
• Stripping terror suspects of British citizenship is lawful, European judges rule https://t.co/ZNRJxBfCoS
• Indira Jaising: 'In #India, you can’t even dream of equal justice. Not at all' https://t.co/7Bh1xFd8o7 
• Iraq and Afghanistan wars memorial unveiled to commemorate fallen servicemen https://t.co/0Ai72Sf6Bm 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/ULymtbJ4pU
• A View From Across the Pond: The Gig Economy and Its Implications for UK Employment Law... https://t.co/nEjOrPd1ud
• Brexit vote provides an unexpected upside for law students... https://t.co/dw9GlbVO3H 
• Espionage Act plan swamped with submissions from worried Brits... https://t.co/iL6ervXuid 
• UK #Jewish heterosexual couple seeks same legal rights as LGBTs... https://t.co/fIHj7dpaqf 
• #NorthKorea's crimes against humanity demand justice... https://t.co/DzLqkjsnm5 
• Scottish Justice Committee to begin inquiry into devolved railway policing... https://t.co/A9ekWmK7Ds 
• British man on mission for justice after wife gunned down in #Philippines... https://t.co/tOnZ6jf53v
• The Perth barrister at the centre of the Corryn Rayney murder case #Australia... https://t.co/my8S3VpnmV
• Brockton mayor, city solicitor at odds over medical marijuana proposal at Westgate Mall #US... https://t.co/lLWFxwq0Si
• Local solicitor signs up to offer will service in aid of charity... https://t.co/BXhT9noTCd
• #Trump to nominate Noel Francisco as #US solicitor general... https://t.co/YLzAtT5A1A 
• Prospect of £1.7bn fine looms large over PM's talks with EU leaders https://t.co/ajZqENlVe5 
• Revised travel ban to face first legal challenge as Hawaii lawsuit advances #US https://t.co/WRpEFazsMe 
• Wolverhampton stabbing: two dead in attack at block of flats https://t.co/wcCEs2s8bB
• To security establishment, WikiLeaks' CIA dump is part of US-Russia battle https://t.co/LYDlq3Mx8P
• Rotherham sexual abuse scandal: no misconduct found so far, IPCC says https://t.co/52dBmn2RM8
• Apple to 'rapidly address' any security holes as companies respond to CIA leak #US https://t.co/WKvz6v9pAj
• Alternative history: the dangerous byproduct of fake facts https://t.co/yOewRfablO 
• 'Shut your filthy mouth': Rochdale reacts to council's proposed swearing ban https://t.co/JIDMOfalYU 
• 'Justin Bieber impostor' on 931 child sex-related charges https://t.co/KL1ULvHncI 
• No DSS: Most flat shares refuse benefit claimants https://t.co/bzONEFy05X
• Budget 2017: No rethink on National Insurance rises - minister https://t.co/CkdcBF5lfo 
• Uber stops using Greyball 'secret program' to dodge regulators https://t.co/gR3tTtfFv5 
• Miners' strike policing inquiry 'would have been witch hunt' https://t.co/YLxaUnIDkk 
• #US hospitals oppose Trump-backed health bill https://t.co/sbSPnfCCkc 
• International firm sets up team of lawyers to cut through AI “hype” - Legal Futures:... https://t.co/5IZaxO8d2h 
• Legal regulators eye piloting new price and service transparency requirements - Legal Futures:... https://t.co/YeiPCnTnFb 
• Court of Appeal again rejects summary judgment ruling favouring solicitors' firm - Legal Futures:... https://t.co/T0dbZesc81
• Morgan Lewis embraces remote working | The Global Legal Post... https://t.co/jMMj6dE2B2 
• Faegre Baker Daniels revamps firm management | The Global Legal Post... https://t.co/nWIMpmEsuJ
• Chinese telecom giant ZTE pleads guilty to Iran sanction violations | The Global Legal Post... https://t.co/LeNYVYSeX0
• Mexico opens US legal aid centres to fight back at Trump deportation plans | The Global Legal Post... https://t.co/rxzoBe9igE 
• 7BR adds five new barristers | The Global Legal Post... https://t.co/uJcweCm5Qm 
• The flawed labour logic of Trump's reshoring agenda | The Global Legal Post... https://t.co/CpjrxaZW3n 
• Top 50 US law firms partner charge 40 per cent more than next tier | The Global Legal Post... https://t.co/YV9vk7FjQH 
• Plaid Cymru Neil McEvoy's bullying hearing barrister had bullying suspension... https://t.co/VcrAXfTufU 
• This video reveals why feminism is important to young men: https://t.co/VakdnPDAuD 
• FBI and CIA launch criminal investigation into 'malware leaks' #US https://t.co/0UEwZYZS13 
• Pret A Manger Jobs Would Be Unfilled Without EU Workers, HR Boss Admits https://t.co/BK1d3IdTDq 
• #Russian Police Surprise Female Drivers On International Women’s Day mistaking it for Valentine's Day https://t.co/Jf6a8lGZ3p 
• 9 Men Fighting For Women’s Rights And Gender Equality https://t.co/7T6vVLxfOe
• Girl statue faces Wall Street bull to fight gender inequality #US https://t.co/WtLPxjRZSL 
• Operation Midland: VIP paedophile inquiry officers cleared https://t.co/0x8O0LT2wz 
• Texas 'bathroom bill' passes key vote forcing trans people to use birth gender toilets #US... https://t.co/XzW84A6aGy

8th March - Law News

1898th 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 desperate call in need of an urgent response. Close to 20 million people in three African countries and Yemen are at risk of starvation. The UN secretary general says more than $4 billion is needed within the next three weeks or many more will die. Antonio Guterres made an emergency visit to Somalia, where a national disaster has been declared because of drought. About half of the country’s population faces severe food shortages. What can be done to save the lives of millions in this part of the world? And just who is supposed to act?

Focus of the day story:   Jackson LJ considering ‘intermediate’ litigation track. Costs shifting is ‘a two-edged sword’ that both promotes and inhibits access to justice, says judge. Full story - Solicitors Journal

Saturday Conversations on Law

• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/QRaN5Rk4GG
• #Trump invites foreign tourists to the White House, then bans them #US... https://t.co/muu4NRT7hy 
• Activist Amal Azzudin: ‘As long as there is passion and courage, anything is possible’ https://t.co/DnLA4ouSXU 
• Blanket ruling: a Snuggie is not an outfit, and other wacky court decisions https://t.co/KL89n47q4A 
• Flocking hell: council plans to ban swearing in Rochdale https://t.co/nkiYL7Jxlu 
• Fake news inquiry to review social networks' complaints procedures https://t.co/88QUArftOt 
• Farmers sue World Bank lending arm over alleged violence in #Honduras https://t.co/sMQTYdBn6f 
• British supreme court justice makes veiled attack on Donald Trump https://t.co/Mmwg0zPVBj 
• Lack of pension equality for same-sex couples 'is sexual discrimination' https://t.co/34VyI7rWLK 
• Has the UK used budget day to bury news of deportations? https://t.co/GSJegos65T 
• DPD and Parcelforce Worldwide face MPs' questions over working conditions https://t.co/sHe9hG5gfy 
• Marriage isn’t about frocks – it’s a contract https://t.co/8rEm44NBNW 
• The Solicitors Regulation Authority has confirmed that it will no longer allow the public to attend board... https://t.co/xe9j2s4NMU 
• Mills & Reeve snaps up Maxwell Winward to create £93m firm | Law Gazette https://t.co/cl7OuQvUa2 
• Budget 2017: penalties for ‘enablers’ of tax schemes will go ahead https://t.co/H119n7l0Iv
• Tribunal delays hearing over former City lawyer | Law Gazette https://t.co/A8jryTWgiJ 
• Nearly 500 law firms targeted by fraudsters in new email scam | Law Gazette https://t.co/sts3C5s1Dy 
• MPs urge government to preserve access to European legal services market | Law Gazette https://t.co/JpDhRH5nPB
• Women’s Day: solicitor-advocate makes the bench at just 31 | Law Gazette https://t.co/kxEM5sbV17 
• Women’s Day: work allocation ‘prevents unconscious bias’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/EOnp0qMn0R
• Bar chief warns of ‘loss of confidence’ in fee reform | Law Gazette https://t.co/u5a5eLYxv6 
• Families dealing with a ‘guilty’ verdict | Law Gazette https://t.co/sUlRW7frz2 
• International Women's Day: a profession where the contributions of all lawyers are valued equally | Law Gazette https://t.co/MUk2IBuTYf 
• Government plans for domestic abuse victims a ‘bizarre dichotomy’ | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/hp7XmY5Ivw 
• International Women's Day: Strikes and protests around the world https://t.co/OsOLCGd8kS  
• EU could demand £1.7bn from UK after customs fraud probe https://t.co/IvuaBn4lDA 
• Budget 2017: Women's suffrage centenary gets £5m https://t.co/XklWqbqLWm 
• #Southafrican man & #Ukranian woman 'detained in #UAE for sex outside marriage'... https://t.co/LGDoLmxlDN 
• Missing junior doctor: Police hunt for Lauren Phillips https://t.co/AABkbNkD7v 
• Budget 2017 summary: Key points at-a-glance, self-employed hit the worst... https://t.co/AWPd4wkk58
• #Afghanistan: IS gunmen dressed as medics kill 30 at Kabul military hospital... https://t.co/G7QdbfyJVw 
• Police 'confident' missing Corrie Mckeague at landfill sitehttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-39209562 https://t.co/zip6PQOV0p 
• Wolverhampton stabbing: Man killed sister and injured mother https://t.co/SxOsXv7QGB 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/4aTGhT29DP
• Appeal court sends £4m solicitors' negligence claim to trial - Legal Futures:... https://t.co/uxk4WXgJNZ 
• Law Society attacks SRA’s “limited” indemnity insurance research, including failure to consider cybercrime -... https://t.co/A9cHuxwnGa 
• CILEx launches bid to recruit law graduate paralegals - Legal Futures:... https://t.co/xhgSY5hGyH 
• First Uber, now DX - union brings legal action over "forced self-employed" workers | Legal Futures:... https://t.co/J3TxAsdfN1 
• NewLaw Scotland celebrates a decade in Glasgow https://t.co/cQ778KXCyl 
• Immigration expert Jamie Kerr surveys free movement landscape following Brexit vote https://t.co/rh9cyVdqA8
• Consultant cardiac surgeon fails in legal challenge against FAI determination https://t.co/IBxjxnbiJS 
• Women lead the way at Shepherd and Wedderburn https://t.co/5T9KWgLVX8
• Burness Paull makes senior appointments https://t.co/luZWzVaV4y 
• Angel’s share: couple sue whisky maker over black fungus damage to home https://t.co/xxe4gRaELE 
• Harper Macleod makes second splash in sports law with major appointment https://t.co/i8HMJm4Nu3
• Holyrood committee calls for bespoke Brexit solution https://t.co/ojFkxodo6P 
• Blog: AIB grabs money from family homes https://t.co/d518VMzxb7 
• Further consideration should be given to strict liability in football https://t.co/pXNMvQysoa 
• SYLA Event: So you want to be a Family Lawyer? https://t.co/0s16KCPDlw 
• Human rights campaign comes to Aberdeen tomorrow https://t.co/Ca2MrF8hPs
• Clients of the Future: Slaughter and May selects the chosen ones | The Global Legal Post... https://t.co/swi4cs2cUc 
• India fudges decision on foreign law firms | The Global Legal Post... https://t.co/iZ09h5m6jV 
• Linklaters boosts US government risk team with top DOJ hire | The Global Legal Post... https://t.co/zj71OXofjZ
• African Americans still under-represented at US law firms | The Global Legal Post... https://t.co/OnZYFXcm7q 
• German Offices at McDermott Will & Emery boosted | The Global Legal Post... https://t.co/tqJdjXhbbQ 
• BBC apologises for misleading documentary on 'drunken' Aboriginal community #Australia https://t.co/FtRS7OSaEv 
• François Fillon faces fresh allegation over undeclared €50,000 loan #France https://t.co/b8p3CyxXaR 
• Former MI6 agent behind #Trump Russian prostitute watersport dossier returns to work https://t.co/J5UK9qfAUH 
• Man jailed for 42 months for poisoning wife with laxatives https://t.co/wLDZ6q3nya 
• International Women's Day: Roxie Nafousi tries posting 'less-than-perfect' images... https://t.co/oiRTEsnnwG 
• International Women's Day: More than a topless protest https://t.co/jl5hiCNgFu 
• Wikileaks: CIA Uses Popular Smartphones, Computers And TVs In Wide-Scale Hacking... https://t.co/QA0hmRib55 
• Tories Refuse To Publish Official Advice On Homelessness Impact Of ‘Nasty’ Housing Benefit Cuts... https://t.co/z1LkOcuXd5
• Government’s ‘Gentleman’s Agreement’ With Tory Council Over Tax Hike Revealed... https://t.co/XKXuMEFB4o
• Lord Heseltine Sacked As Government Adviser After Brexit Defiance... https://t.co/aVetpsH94C 
• European rough sleepers in Cardiff may be removed from UK... https://t.co/NRzx6OiZv2 
• MI6 head Maurice Oldfield: The spy boss 'dragged through the mud'... https://t.co/NdrMA37GMI 
• Thordis Elva: forgiving my Australian rapist was 'never for him' https://t.co/ITzsCrBmKl
• Helena Kennedy: ‘We’re making a society that’s hard, where only money matters’ https://t.co/Pi7UhLn6HZ 
• #Canada sex assault acquittal signals 'open season on incapacitated women' https://t.co/It91Fi1zSt 
• It’s not soft on crime to look at young offenders’ histories. It’s common sense https://t.co/9nThoXT9Y5
• High levels of violence and use of force at last G4S-run child jail, report finds https://t.co/Kc8aTdCX5M
• Charities referring rough sleepers to immigration enforcement teams https://t.co/4bQGnTO4kC 
• Owner of Wolfgang’s Vault in legal battle over streaming rights https://t.co/CiPVpr05NC
• #Hungary to detain all asylum seekers in container camps https://t.co/wg8wipHNEW 
• #German court rules against Syrian refugee in Facebook case https://t.co/dPxKuLgg8D 
• Strangeways prison staff say rooftop protester was right on lockdowns https://t.co/BXqkVnECir 
• Blood couriers launch case challenging self-employed status https://t.co/nD0oKug9m7 
• The Guardian view on the Lords and Brexit: this is not the peers versus the people https://t.co/lpSBYNY2ms 
• Torture victims in high court challenge to Home Office over detentions https://t.co/DEMtv5IUtY 
• #Trump's #Russia connections revealed - despite desperately distancing himself #US... https://t.co/NrCKAo89zc

7th March - Law News

1897th 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: Facebook has been criticised for its handling of reports about sexualised images of children on its platform. The chairman of the Commons media committee, Damian Collins, said he had "grave doubts" about the effectiveness of its content moderation systems.
Mr Collins' comments come after the BBC reported dozens of photos to Facebook, but more than 80% were not removed. They included images from groups where users were discussing swapping what appeared to be child abuse material. When provided with examples of the images, Facebook reported the BBC journalists involved to the police and cancelled plans for an interview.


Focus of the day story:  Youth sentencing to take child's upbringing into account. Offending is often a phase, says Sentencing Council, as new guidelines aim to avoid criminalising children. Full story - Guardian Law

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Regulator told PII reforms must not threaten trust in legal profession | Law Gazette https://t.co/Ccr79Hhqg8
• Morgan Lewis embraces flexible working | Law Gazette https://t.co/NnvYEMK2Mx 
• Former mayor's tribunal case adjourned pending judicial review | Law Gazette https://t.co/pE3eRsGf5l 
• Jackson: solicitors tell me costs budgeting is working | Law Gazette https://t.co/Ydd61eLWlN 
• Court upholds ban against solicitor whose evidence was ‘not credible’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/o8AtT0062X
• DX latest business to face action over self-employment rights | Law Gazette https://t.co/6YEnHdk4Wd 
• Prolific LiP’s case partly struck out to give her a helping hand | Law Gazette https://t.co/dkWGxwaUrZ
• New discount rate dooms Direct Line’s special dividend as profits sink | Law Gazette https://t.co/9wFSAqNdsz 
• Minister: solicitor super-exam will not ‘stifle’ legal learning | Law Gazette https://t.co/mjdjTIvEKX 
• Lords warn against powers in EU repeal bill | Law Gazette https://t.co/YX8OX2Lpg6 
• Greater consideration of young BAME offenders ahead of sentencing | Law Gazette https://t.co/UHDsjp8Uft 
• Legal profession ‘ahead of rivals on social mobility’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/FEnuokncj8 
• Missing Corrie Mckeague: Rubbish truck 'was carrying heavier load'... https://t.co/dJrlhsP5R5 
• Brexit: Government suffers second defeat in Lords https://t.co/pqQeCuXb5s 
• Wikileaks 'reveals CIA hacking tools' https://t.co/tBoK6Jy6Fi 
• Two women die after car crash at Manchester hospital https://t.co/ql9urJbXr0
• Man charged over racially aggravated 'threats' to Gina Miller https://t.co/fhCA2xZk7y 
• Poachers kill rhino for his horn at #French zoo https://t.co/1PUr7BsPP7 
• Team Sky admit 'mistakes' over medical package but deny wrongdoing https://t.co/Mrxh9u9LZT 
• Leaked tape of Surrey's council tax government 'deal' https://t.co/6ZoMsl8byU 
• Dubs amendment: Child migrant challenge defeated by MPs https://t.co/CdR4K90kW4 
• You’ll never guess who tweeted something false that he saw on TV! #Trump #Guantanamo... https://t.co/VFsJKSi4iG 
• Solicitor who ‘borrowed’ £1.2m from client account struck off for dishonesty | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/EB96lhpdhT 
• What is the future of civil partnerships? | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/UmxDAwXF6Z 
• Owens is a reminder of the unnecessary turmoil caused by fault-based divorce | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/XWRE6sk3vt 
• How the house-buying process has changed – not always for the better | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/OEc4ygHMK9 
• The lessons that private client practitioners can learn from the recent Court of Protection case of Paul Briggs https://t.co/CxLxC1Dicl
• The rise of the new age law firm | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/6vTwIOS971
• A new kite mark for excellence | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/GVNAh81JYs
• Diverse hiring does not automatically create inclusivity; firms should offer an environment that grows and flexes... https://t.co/XqpqFlyPt4 
• Jackson LJ considering ‘intermediate’ litigation track | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/ckpOjuBGbV
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/tZRpfBCxCi
• Chatbot lawyer overturns 160,000 parking tickets in London and New York... https://t.co/SYDCrznSn1 
• Former sprinter Frankie Fredericks, now an IAAF official, quits taskforce role over corruption claim... https://t.co/1vZVwtp7pA
• #Malaysians banned from leaving #NorthKorea in a growing diplomatic row https://t.co/M5UrYilueu 
• UK backpacker 'raped repeatedly' over two months in #Australia https://t.co/9EucPUHvx9 
• Sheila Hynes died when surgeons inserted heart valve upside down https://t.co/AeAMW4X7NL 
• Judges to consider youth discrimination https://t.co/jw0ot6fmVs
• Writer & actress Meera Syal: TV's portrayal of British Asians has 'gone backwards'... https://t.co/8e1ho9SJL5
• The SRA needs to sort out its priorities – part two | Legal Futures:... https://t.co/p5Toti00q0
• "Kamikaze" solicitor who took £1.2m from client account to fund gambling habit struck off | Legal Futures:... https://t.co/9vqjQFmJ1p 
• Smaller law firms punching above their weight online as Slater & Gordon and Bott & Co lead way | Legal Futures:... https://t.co/FA8FmjTBsC 
• A solicitor can lack integrity without being dishonest, says High Court | Legal Futures:... https://t.co/WUw7K4RdXZ
• Olympic Gold Medalist Greg Rutherford ‘left feeling sick’ after being cheated out of £48,000 https://t.co/DFCt1GX3P9 
• Youth sentencing to take child's upbringing into account https://t.co/5mNk0JWLhK 
• High court to hear legal challenge over boy kept in cell 23-hours a day https://t.co/kMhuHOWexg 
• Peers warn No 10 against 'sidelining scrutiny' when scrapping EU laws https://t.co/yXRy2L30mz 
• Senate votes to repeal labor protection laws that safeguarded poultry workers #US https://t.co/G9slpnPVBO 
• Sick Parcelforce couriers can be charged up to £250 if they can't find cover https://t.co/ACZLHseaPq 
• Theresa May paves way for new generation of grammar schools https://t.co/03F2FevPnK 
• Calls for action by universities on ‘epidemic’ of harassment on campus https://t.co/7YfeSUAug2 
• #Russia gives Beauty and the Beast adults-only rating over gay character https://t.co/8xBRTW77l5 
• Trump’s wiretap paranoia and the reality of modern surveillance https://t.co/8austvZ5e4 
• #Pakistan to host international cricket again after years of security concerns https://t.co/WnuCCy8hUg
• Big data’s power is terrifying. That could be good news for democracy https://t.co/VY4llfQ2rl 
• Councils are facing bankruptcy – is this the end of public service? https://t.co/PjFyYGPyFU 
• NHS manager who earned £1m jailed for fabricating qualifications https://t.co/5Oq64SL0CS 
• White House does not know if alleged surveillance of #Trump was by wiretap #US https://t.co/rYgwmDvk3o 
• Up to 30 Tory MPs could vote against ministers over Dubs refugee scheme https://t.co/40fBqHKbB4
• #Trump ally Ben Carson: Slaves Were Immigrants Who Came Here And Worked Really Hard ‘For Less’... https://t.co/RvNwmb8u49 
• #US high court gives Nevada double murderer chance to show judge bias... https://t.co/eVFs5vcQb0 
• 16-day-old girl battered to death by violent dad just one day after social workers ‘scaled down’ concern... https://t.co/smkmGXBFHy 
• #China is now letting the people judge its judges... https://t.co/egVeh77L9m 
• #Turkey referred to UN Security Council over detained judge... https://t.co/pB7YTRBq7b 
• #Hungary to Introduce Legislation Targeting George Soros... https://t.co/ysPl07aIo0
• From alcohol reform to domestic violence legislation: where issues stand #US... https://t.co/yLyRYA79yY
• New state legislation would keep victim identities confidential #US... https://t.co/dQPoRNCvpK 
• A life in limbo: the people forgotten by our asylum system... https://t.co/TWQuLEuQi7 
• London's wealthiest neighbourhoods set to have own private police force... https://t.co/l0NtG3X6Ua
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/3zN5SHdLlw
• High heels row: MPs 'shocked' by women's dress code stories https://t.co/uS45vgm4VE 
• Queen's grandson Peter Phillips' company was paid £750,000 for Queen's party https://t.co/FyVHftfQDU 
• Asda fined over dead mice and flies at Enfield depot https://t.co/IubBz4FBml
• BA to offer less legroom than Ryanair on some planes https://t.co/erXnNsfiS5
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