4th April - Law News

2291st 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 Focus: Israel's defence minister has warned protesters in Gaza that anyone who demonstrates on the border is risking their lives. Eighteen protestors have been killed in Gaza since Friday - and hundreds of others have been injured. With West Bank solidarity protests not matching their Gazan counterparts, many Palestinians say they are angry not only with Israel, but also their own, divided leadership.



Focus of the Day story: Alison Saunders’ departure prompts search for new DPP. Leading lawyer sought to lead CPS amid budget cuts and protests by barristers. Full story: Guardian Law

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Third of criminal law barristers consider leaving jobs as CBA launches direct action | Legal Futures https://t.co/9uwI5DuHIL 
• Tribunal lifts restrictions on solicitor who “carved out new area of expertise” | Legal Futures https://t.co/AKIr4TSpoY 
• Court of Protection solicitor convicted of neglect following elderly mother’s death | Legal Futures https://t.co/LCkQqTgT6N 
• Lawyer for Stuart Olding warns over comments seeking to 'undermine' rape trial verdict #Ireland… https://t.co/ZD0FeHfxf1 
• Bureaucrat-politician collusion behind rise in corruption: Prof Jamilur Reza #Bangladesh https://t.co/N7YE3t2Zjg
• Aspiring barrister from Newham urges young people with his background to consider a law career… https://t.co/c2QdLhwIEy
• New book on legal philosophy offers lessons for Thai ethics https://t.co/3xmnnT6Hdq 
• Man building his own off-ramp to smoke shop to protest legal battle #US https://t.co/ANAsfu7yF4 
• Thousands attend rallies across Ireland in apparent defiance of legal threats by lawyers... https://t.co/mlK0fm1Ab8 
• Porton Down scientists CANNOT confirm Novichok used on Skripals was made in #Russia https://t.co/H6MnrPsbFX 
• VW to face spotlight as group action gets green light | Law Gazette https://t.co/pCsBEqosk5 
• SRA offers accused solicitor £7,500 for tribunal representation | Law Gazette https://t.co/ElC1Bu0Jr5 
• Hogan Lovells partner pay gap favours women | Law Gazette https://t.co/ocDeY6giGZ 
• Government committed to finding 'extraordinary' DPP replacement | Law Gazette https://t.co/ePgVsA5Tu9
• Court of Protection solicitor convicted for neglect over mother's death | Law Gazette https://t.co/bzoPB1Inqh
• Wills solicitor caught over £2k cheque 'needed the money' | Law Gazette https://t.co/AAHSlLdDmM 
• Our problems reflected in the US | Law Gazette https://t.co/dVjBMuE2o8 
• My legal life: John Stephenson | Law Gazette https://t.co/9pAdCLA3oL
• Stop Jeremy Corbyn’s mistrial by media over antisemitism https://t.co/MWLluW290f 
• This legal defeat may force Trump to decide: His presidency or his businesses? https://t.co/PYIg3cUO6J 
• Italian bookseller avoids jail after theft of rare Harry Potter book https://t.co/JWfIH6JaoD 
• Ryanair reveals worst gender pay gap in airline industry https://t.co/PNzNaIor7i 
• #MeToo has led to an asphyxiating vortex of litigation https://t.co/iBsWKunagy 
• Tanesha Melbourne-Blake, 17, died of gunshot wound, with 16-year-old boy in critical condition after separate shoot… https://t.co/qP4KmKir8N
• Memo shows Mueller explicitly tasked with Manafort-Russia collusion claims #US https://t.co/YdthlmbYPy 
• Shock horror, there are different views within the Jewish community: Corbyn defends taking part in socialist Jewish… https://t.co/uHtQjGDfyo 
• BOJ's independence tested 20 years after legal revision curbed government influence #Japan https://t.co/jR2HgogwrC
• Media Executives Concerned About Brexit Impact, Including on Streaming Services, Survey Finds… https://t.co/24IlxJMRqf 
• Steven Bochco, 74, creator of hit crime dramas LA Law, Hill Street Blues, and NYPD Blue, dies… https://t.co/bZVBB8DwXW 
• RAC apologises after breaking insurance rules https://t.co/cw3hqfqBVE 
• Justice Dept suspends two employees over racism allegations #SouthAfrica https://t.co/xMwuXFJNeQ 
• Justice in #Nauru curtailed as government abolishes appeal system https://t.co/v3mnCvllAH 
• Secret world: The women in the UK who cannot report sexual abuse https://t.co/C19fSTckqk 
• The full meaning of Martin Luther King's promised land: economic justice for all https://t.co/RiKLSj6ZzD 
• Why would you become a prison officer? https://t.co/qa6oWR2AW4 
• Gay dating and hookup app Grindr defends HIV-related data sharing https://t.co/POskfNWIkq 
• UK ivory ban among 'toughest' in the world, says Gove https://t.co/YDstHelnXB
• Tottenham shooting: Girl, 17, dies from gunshot wound https://t.co/Sgc42q59yG
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/lmNcZ4abWi
• Prominent #Bangladesh lawyer disappears after Islamist extremists' trials https://t.co/DOphHfGLOW
• Leading Brexiteer Tom Harris backs role for European Court of Justice in Britain https://t.co/5JTpDVoKd8
• Lithuanian trucker refused bail after allegedly importing €1.8m worth of drugs into Dublin #Ireland… https://t.co/vukgtOmbKs 
• Secret recordings may be admissible to enable understanding of dismissal decision https://t.co/ta5IgrsSza 
• Trump Lawyer Jay Sekulow Loses SCOTUS Petition in Abortion Videos Case #US https://t.co/x6j2suSB4n 
• Homeless man stole sunglasses so he could get away from the cold in prison https://t.co/vMT3kWGeZ5
• Do the new changes in rental affect you? https://t.co/gt9HAFo8RO
• Personal Jurisdiction Questions Could Stymie Major Lawsuit Against the PLO #Israel https://t.co/0uKDaYRfJj
• PSNI probes death threat against lawyer as players' futures reviewed https://t.co/0WExEwTur2 
• Judiciary won't have to intervene if govt delivers: CJP Nisar #Pakistan https://t.co/heh1mRD91s 
• #Iraq condemns 6 Turkish women to death for Daesh membership: judiciary https://t.co/m0DWfUa8QO
• Prominent Hindu lawyer Ratish Chandra Bhowmik goes missing after Islamist trials #Bangladesh https://t.co/rT55Cmc10C 
• Post-Brexit passports contract: De La Rue to appeal against decision https://t.co/GonAGbZwmt 
• The UK justice system is in meltdown. When will the government act? https://t.co/c1xqh3iQE3 
• Council of Europe raps #Poland's PiS for targeting judiciary https://t.co/LBpnJ5H5IK 
• Remington’s Bankruptcy Stalls Ruling in Sandy Hook Families’ Suit https://t.co/6Hrgmlw4RD

3rd April - Law News

2290th 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 Focus: South African anti-aparteid activist and politician Winnie Madikizela-Mandela has died at the age of 81. She was married  to Nelson Mandela throughout his years in prison. A controversial figure, she is seen as a feminist icon amongt many.



Focus of the Day story: The latest Family Court statistics reveal ‘significant pressure’ on the courts, with a record number of private law case disposals where neither party had legal representation, a leading family law solicitor has warned. According to the Family Court quarterly statistics for October to December 2017, 37% of disposals in private law cases involved unrepresented parties on both sides, the highest on record. Full story: New Law Journal

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Card Data Stolen From 5 Million Saks and Lord & Taylor Customers #US https://t.co/gIsXyGXjv4 
• White House criticises China for $3bn tariffs on US imports #US https://t.co/2cDH1vFGB7
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/FY5EEHADCm
• Anatomy of a Los Angeles Police Shooting: A Black Teenager, a Missing Gun, Protests, Grief #US… https://t.co/DZrEJ7Pezr 
• Poisoned Door Handle Hints at High-Level Plot to Kill Spy, U.K. Officials Say https://t.co/e5Zpyyemep 
• ‘The Ice Is Melting’ as #Uzbekistan Moves to Dilute Police State https://t.co/QvLuN2421f 
• How Trump’s Populist Appeal Echoes the racist George Wallace #US https://t.co/njie0ZSHIj 
• #Bulgaria Says French Thinker Was a Secret Agent. She Calls It a ‘Barefaced Lie.’ https://t.co/qOsjZNhg3w
• After Gun Control Marches, ‘It’ll Go Away’ vs. ‘We Are Not Cynical Yet’ #US https://t.co/Kr8QYdr8h5
• For the Kushner patriarch and his family, the pinnacle of American political power has turned out to be a wellspri… https://t.co/0tpmh7d80L 
• How to Fill Unpleasant Jobs in Undesirable Places: Recruit Refugees https://t.co/1rMLNJ7wCG 
• 'Shocking' disparity in pension income revealed by latest HMRC data https://t.co/EAVwUikApS 
• Of course the ultras are afraid: their Brexit now looks toxic https://t.co/wm6Fc7P8cq 
• Students demand UK universities take urgent action against racism https://t.co/XgIvo8I3nF 
• Alison Saunders’ departure prompts search for new DPP https://t.co/shZ2KX6wOF 
• Anti-apartheid campaigner Winnie Mandela: #SouthAfrican wife of Nelson Mandela dies at 81 https://t.co/UWdIrQ6Ye1 
• #Israel scraps black African migrant deportation plan after Canada, Germany & Italy offer to resettle refugees https://t.co/0V6V78RbQM
• MP urges 'common sense' on exceptions to Civil Liability Bill | Law Gazette https://t.co/nJZiB5OXn2 
• Turkey's arrested lawyers: 103 jailed for long sentences | Law Gazette https://t.co/50PQRKceU1 
• #Bangladesh unveils chronological legal codes from 1799 to 2014 https://t.co/SSQcMmpuPX 
• Viktor Yushchenko: #Ukraine's ex-president on being poisoned https://t.co/7kZtAPXBuI
• Commonwealth Games 2018: #India boxing coach denies doping https://t.co/CawMe0j6QZ 
• Tesla rebuked by death crash investigators https://t.co/ujG9FWZYlA 
• Soldier dies in 'tragic diving incident' near Chepstow https://t.co/t5RhWEKVWE 
• Two dead and one arrested after 'wrong-way' M62 crash https://t.co/1QhrUuDxnd
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/b0coPeUzCg
• Tiangong-1: Defunct #China space lab comes down over South Pacific https://t.co/xStHC7AKRO 
• Misspelled Acomb sign proclaims 'Chris is Risen' https://t.co/v87g3m6xSs 
• Aggressive bailiff behaviour remains 'lingering concern' - MoJ review https://t.co/NQQ9otD6WY 
• Sexual harassment at work looks like this https://t.co/svralJjLFo 
• Child poverty: Pale and hungry pupils 'fill pockets with school food' https://t.co/irvtzckZ4s
• Teachers warn of growing poverty crisis in British schools https://t.co/80JT2ON8ha 
• #Israel rejects UN and EU calls for inquiry into Gaza bloodshed https://t.co/rrNXJT1Mm2 
• Vast majority of teachers considered quitting in past year – poll https://t.co/Wr5pKerAgX 
• 'I went to death row for 28 years through no fault of my own' #US https://t.co/5cDJ0NjHQB 
• Alarm as government rewrites UK 'torture guidance' in secret https://t.co/O6AeNTn5Cw 
• Alison Saunders to quit as director of public prosecutions https://t.co/CZ4QtHtExr 
• Daca Dreamers: Trump vents anger on immigrant programme #US https://t.co/GV1NIQTOle
• #Spain Catalonia: Puigdemont speaks out after arrest in Germany https://t.co/s4Sv5fIpsi 
• Efrain Rios Montt: #Guatemala ex-leader tried for genocide dies https://t.co/dVjfwiaLvM 
• Gaza #Israel violence: Netanyahu and Erdogan in war of words https://t.co/UkzqpRdLtz 
• #Kuwait death sentences for murder of Filipina maid https://t.co/Lx6bw5OEDt
• #China hits back with tariffs on US imports worth $3bn https://t.co/xZUEngBiUb

2nd April - Law News

2289th 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.

Wishing a very happy Easter break for all our readers and supporters.

Today's Video Focus: Female United Nations staff complained about an assault by male colleagues in a lift or attempts to drag them into a hotel room, but were left with "no faith that their complaints would be addressed".

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Allen & Overy partner to give evidence before MPs on abuse of non-disclosure agreements in sex harassment cases... https://t.co/BPYTqYSML5 
• Clifford Chance reveals 44% gender pay gap – but figure includes mega-earning partners https://t.co/J6q7rx6kQl 
• Allen & Overy partner stumbles in face of grilling by MPs over non-disclosure agreements https://t.co/eOzfmDO71g
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/4VRnEc3OoY
• Oxford law student overcomes legal dispute with Facebook to launch contract law revision app https://t.co/tp5NUfd7Fn 
• BPP Liverpool is closing - Students to be compensated as law school shuts doors in June https://t.co/9HAx7MB7JV
• #Afghanistan - the country where the British are blamed for everything https://t.co/47uczAisqd 
• What's the difference between anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism? https://t.co/Fn1J1FOsWe
• Insta-ban? Don’t post photos of yourself in ‘casual settings’, judges told https://t.co/tUYvEYTKa5
• London murder rate overtakes New York's https://t.co/xIrPAZfGGP 
• The partner problem means law firm gender pay gap stats are pretty useless https://t.co/Sl11du423B
• Hogan Lovells posts 78% spring retention figure https://t.co/eeiOmW83NE
• ‘The system is desperate, as are we’: Criminal barristers to REFUSE new work in protest to legal aid cuts… https://t.co/2MYXqqTs63 
• Barrister suspended after repeating criminal allegations against another lawyer in court robing rooms… https://t.co/XCvNcuiIp9
• From law school boxing club to representing the most famous boxer in the country: A criminal barrister shares his s… https://t.co/Obp0FddoQo 
• Ten secrets shared on how to secure pupillage https://t.co/e85WApoG6W 
• ‘When I interviewed for Slaughter and May I was living as a man called Matthew, by the time I started my training… https://t.co/6jYCg1LZiH 
• I haven’t heard back from my vac scheme interview for six weeks — what should I do? https://t.co/kbfVyk00WQ
• There’s now a ‘Secret Solicitor’ on the Twitter scene https://t.co/Q1Hjbf9xCM
• Judge asked mini-pupil what her ‘favourite sex position’ was https://t.co/mNVeana6eX 
• Pupillage places jump by 7% - New stats show 510 pupils started their training last year https://t.co/UeRlEJ21KV 
• Solicitor super-exam one step closer to reality following watchdog approval https://t.co/MGlyC3s4hB 
• It's only natural: the push to give rivers, mountains and forests legal rights #Australia https://t.co/lB2GXmLDXq
• Victims of sexual violence are right to fear another John Worboys https://t.co/HWP0byrYEI 
• All MPs to be sent Secret Barrister book after campaign https://t.co/QinVEy4rg9 
• Pope Easter message urges ‘end to Syria carnage’ https://t.co/XgnYtK42bY 
• Baby dies after cardiac arrest at West Midland Safari Park https://t.co/8ETjzu8zvX 
• Boat carrying Rohingya refugee stops on #Thai island https://t.co/Eaj8TK47jV 
• 50 Years After Dr. King’s Death, New Lessons for Today https://t.co/D7OkFT0VnK 
• Malala Yousafzai’s Tearful Return to #Pakistan, where opinion is divided about her being a western agent https://t.co/FbgyoigMYd
• At the Justice Dept.’s Death Penalty Unit, Accusations of Favoritism, Gender Bias and Unwanted Groping #US https://t.co/MSrP15f8YW 
• When Bail Feels Less Like Freedom, More Like Extortion #US https://t.co/K0MjIGeKT1 
• 'The uniform and the rules attract autistic people to join the police' https://t.co/wM3mDGMLsE 
• #Russia Kemerovo fire: Aman Tuleyev quits as governor https://t.co/LFAmTmDQGU 
• Wishing a happy Easter to all our friends and followers, may you go in peace. https://t.co/Q6iGJALy8L
• Increased fines for 'litter louts' come into effect https://t.co/BWnEAwBIAp 
• Special needs cash shortfall 'leaves thousands of pupils unplaced' https://t.co/hjmGYgj8iN 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/fbbVEK6EpB
• Court upholds Jean-Marie Le Pen's Holocaust denial conviction #France https://t.co/5Ky66xMuZ9
• Cauvery Management Board: CM Palaniswami to plea against Supreme Court verdicts, tribunal order #India... https://t.co/ZVBstgKSWJ
• Tribunal expected to hear Froome case after UCI reportedly reject reason for positive test https://t.co/inxVXYCKER
• Easter crackdown to tackle illegal fishing in Cumbria https://t.co/LM9KB0kgav 
• Nine people arrested at illegal Easter parade in Lurgan https://t.co/mOAvFTxVjD 
• Claims Anyidoho has been charged with treason a hoax - Lawyer #Ghana https://t.co/m1i221xLjV
• Autopsy refutes police account of California shooting of black man -lawyer #US https://t.co/SaxqKueSvG 
• London’s air pollution is criminal. That’s why at 71 I’m risking prison https://t.co/VsokaLeShN 
• Labour Party 'not connected' to abusive anti-Jewish messages https://t.co/WciLYxTeSj
• The Gaza Strip mourns its dead after protest is met with #Israeli bullets https://t.co/lIrYqARoWf 
• Iowa man wins legal battle to say hometown stinks #US https://t.co/IvfypJhZgF
• Office lunch theft: the internet reacts https://t.co/Vb9CDp2Dp6 
• #Indian lowest-caste Dalit man killed 'for owning horse' https://t.co/qiHZYoAkUC
• #French fairground ride hurls man to death https://t.co/d5vSel6ojG
• #Mali jihadist faces war crimes charges at International Criminal Court https://t.co/2h3dHgTijx

1st April - Law News

2288th 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.

Wishing a very happy Easter break for all our readers and supporters.

Today's Video Focus: In the wake of the Australian ball-tampering scandal many wonder what the benefit of roughening the ball is. It's all in the swing; why some are willing to risk it all to acquire the elusive swing.

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Spy poisoning: UK plays down Russia complaint at plane search https://t.co/UykPF16YR6
• How Looser Emissions Standards Hurt the Auto Industry https://t.co/FkHKdhAHdq 
• Jews and Arabs living side by side https://t.co/DT3VtMsQhW 
• Anti-Semitism row official Christine Shawcroft quits Labour NEC https://t.co/MzWblyGc0s 
• Hard Choice for Cities Under Cyberattack: Whether to Pay Ransom https://t.co/BZJCBal7tZ
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/hWNwBJdRf5
• Coffee Drinkers Need Cancer Warning, Judge Rules, Giving Sellers the Jitters #US https://t.co/8Xmjiv4RKX 
• Trump tweets misleading photos suggesting border wall under way #US https://t.co/F5WhRn3cZ2 
• Tensions over criminal justice policy have pitted the president’s son-in-law against his attorney general #US… https://t.co/DhKy74tsMk 
• Disturbing sexual harassment of teachers in UK schools revealed https://t.co/mWeKZozUiA 
• #French armed officers spark #Italy migrant centre row https://t.co/Xmvs8knEEf 
• This is what a forced deportation sounds like when it goes wrong https://t.co/v3Y9gubpkn 
• The Myth of the Criminal Immigrant https://t.co/PbKDFJjvL4
• Pressure grows in the family courts | NLJ https://t.co/R2Vht9f11j
• Criminal barristers have voted to take direct action from Sunday, 1 April | NLJ https://t.co/bIOnbaNKbF 
• Criminal Bar Associations's call for action | NLJ https://t.co/KDKKq1DVuB
• Goodbye stamp duty, hello LTT | NLJ https://t.co/EiuLRRt9aB 
• Inns' involvement in Bar training should continue | NLJ https://t.co/lNtAIJgDi5 
• Call to bring back minimum trainee salary | NLJ https://t.co/ldAOywkq2L 
• Election expenses under scrutiny | NLJ https://t.co/NIr32IgRIi
• Proposed cuts to indemnity insurance face backlash | NLJ https://t.co/B8hXSxBfrO 
• Brexit: companies prepare for the worst | NLJ https://t.co/LTHzP09pKa 
• Law Society Excellence Awards 2018 | NLJ https://t.co/oQ0QwuyvA2 
• MLex reports on rival visions of a Brexit deal | NLJ https://t.co/cIFpSmDMBy
• NHS trust fined for ‘unnecessary tragedy’ | NLJ https://t.co/JSAJlTNXeG 
• Sexist judges allegations 'deeply troubling' | NLJ https://t.co/kjvrEOUNDY 
• Baton Rouge Officer Is Fired in Alton Sterling Case as Police Release New Videos #US https://t.co/641qQGDXAT 
• How the rightwing Viktor Orban Bends #Hungarian Society to His Will https://t.co/xzJng2e1zl 
• "I’m trying to think of anything more patriarchal than telling women to stop fussing about vaginas at a Women’s Mar… https://t.co/VT9xaD4zMc
• Catalan academic facing extradition draws record crowdfunding appeal https://t.co/mt4LAENxcV 
• Tesla in fatal California crash was on Autopilot #US https://t.co/a0DFW6sH1e
• Police Release New Body Camera Footage of Alton Sterling Shooting #US https://t.co/WADhKkiMe8 
• #US census is scrapping new categories for Hispanics and Arab-Americans while adding a citizenship question… https://t.co/nH989N3fEj 
• #US to Require Social Media Usernames of All Visa Applicants https://t.co/49vqwl1NRa 
• EU report: Border crossing technology risks fundamental rights https://t.co/IELf9Hwoo7 
• Scullion LAW promotes practice manager https://t.co/wz438kcZTh 
• Northern Ireland: Lawyers for rugby star acquitted of rape seek clampdown on social media commentary https://t.co/bzvdN2rFVd
• England: Musician who suffered serious damage to hearing wins landmark case https://t.co/imjyTBWlUa 
• Torture investigator orders new Bahrain death penalty hearing https://t.co/6Y3G0C1yF
• Mackinnons Advocates to host digital forensics CPD event https://t.co/hvMrpYFJ6u 
• Scottish IP expert hails consistent growth in granting of energy patents https://t.co/eIlNtd4fWJ 
• African migrants held at detention centre without food in #Yemen https://t.co/Qbz1iWfSda 
• #Israel's military checkpoints: 'We live a life of injustice' https://t.co/cK2GgfnnC0
• 100 face of #Rohingya refugees https://t.co/nD4zMydMbn 
• Pulse nightclub shooter Omar Mateen's widow Noor Salman acquitted #US https://t.co/nFZQbxI4xY 
• The Guardian offered an apology after social media users blasted the paper for 'poverty porn' over crisis-hit… https://t.co/c7EaWhq9go
• #Indonesia criminal code overhaul a step backwards for drug policy https://t.co/Dwc8cCU7UX 
• #Palestine Land Day: A day to resist and remember https://t.co/s196AAPNe6 
• #Palestinian refugees attending mass protests near Gaza's border with #Israel call for a return to their lands https://t.co/wFMnRuAxuF
• Church bells to ring once more this Easter in #Iraq https://t.co/CIKXlj5J3a 
• Funerals begin for #Palestinians killed by #Israel army on Land Day https://t.co/mKbNXyer2z 
• Alan Sugar deletes Corbyn Hitler tweet after backlash and bad publicity https://t.co/xesSVMvmkG 
• Gaza #Israel border: #Palestinians mourn border dead https://t.co/PGztrFzNGz 
• #Russian spy: UK considers request to visit Yulia Skripal https://t.co/Wf2tWdQ8yM 
• #Israeli Military Kills 15 Palestinians: Corbyn anti-semitism accusers silent https://t.co/TLs5MvEJIb
• Two years after the E.U. and Turkey struck a deal to cut off asylum seekers crossing the Aegean, thousands languish… https://t.co/SVvfAcY6i2 
• Stephon Clark Was Shot 8 Times Primarily in His Back, Family-Ordered Autopsy Finds #US https://t.co/X2DgBKpyVR 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/0mdM88kA54
• Islamic State 'Beatles' duo: Loss of citizenship 'illegal' https://t.co/RMsecnQBXj 
• Antisemitism matters: Jews are the canary in the coalmine https://t.co/wI2lNGswys 
• Legislation and measures impacts online sex: why a certain kind of sex is vanishing from the internet https://t.co/fqSheh9aCC 
• Nine out of 10 public sector bodies pay men more than women https://t.co/LfcxaT5Ap1 
• Human rights lawyer Amal Clooney to represent two Reuters journalists detained in #Myanmar https://t.co/QSS241KYn9 
• Met chief says social media is behind soaring rate of knife crime https://t.co/7IZ80TdsU6
• Shadow chancellor McDonnell calls for Lord Sugar to delete Corbyn-Hitler tweet https://t.co/BXTYKDTPJv 
• Five arrested after huge drugs haul in Dromore https://t.co/hd46iW3f01 
• Black Mamba warning after seven Birmingham deaths https://t.co/PpUgRUfypw 
• John Worboys case will lead to huge changes to parole – sacked boss https://t.co/vaXylx3oNb

31st March - Law News

2287th 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.

Wishing a very happy Easter break for all our readers and supporters.

Today's Video Focus: From Mexico a report on the demise of a deal to harvest data from a million citizens - cancelled after Channel 4 News began investigating.

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Law Is a Profession and an Industry -- It Should Be Regulated That Way https://t.co/E5t2JGvDzu
• Discovery Finds Gender Pay Gap of 13% for Salaries, 49% for Bonuses at Its Largest UK Unit https://t.co/4kHscbs9UF 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/WTaCrNqaVi
• Will the conveyancing industry ever be free from fraud? https://t.co/V5I13n6M3P 
• Obituary: Johan van Hulst, the teacher who saved Jewish children https://t.co/M66ukJo9ol 
• Poll: Should Northern Ireland's Easter alcohol laws be scrapped? https://t.co/60Vo2UBudQ 
• UNODC promotes universalization of international legal instruments against nuclear terrorism https://t.co/Zgw8j5ovlN 
• Fifth Money Laundering Directive (MLD5) https://t.co/JvfCLcdx3k 
• Legal aid: Barristers to strike over 'relentless cuts' https://t.co/J5mjykOqHP 
• This psychological quirk could explain why Trump's least experienced lawyer feels so confident #US… https://t.co/x3PhP3DHem 
• Harm, Interests and Medical Treatment. Where the Supreme Court Got it Wrong…https://t.co/6kzz7QfPj4
• Tory Sajid Javid threatened with legal action after calling Momentum 'neo-fascist' https://t.co/HZoktuR7m4
• UK Volkswagen Diesel Car Owner Hearing Has Begun https://t.co/Fpso9OYxz7 
• Use of legal measures to silence workplace harassment victims 'more widespread than previously… https://t.co/1xGmSQPF6O 
• Enabling law firms to embrace digital conveyancing https://t.co/4k0OU17YNf 
• Legal misconduct hearing set for senior SNP activist https://t.co/YqUhHJRdEg 
• Law changes on Brexit will have significant impact? https://t.co/nhH2nx7Gcz 
• #Vatican scrambles after pope appears to deny existence of hell https://t.co/icqZMUlLRa 
• Durham University academics given two weeks to leave UK https://t.co/YEExTyWmTo 
• Man who moved from Antigua 59 years ago told he is in UK illegally https://t.co/PxB7sQFrfv 
• Russia expels diplomats in tit-for-tat action over Salisbury attack https://t.co/VLFXA5aLTq 
• The teenager sentenced to 241 years in prison #US https://t.co/RIfWhjmmTW
• Can the landowner evict tenants from a residential caravan site? https://t.co/JNKiSZP0Vy 
• Andrew McCabe: legal fund for battle with Trump reaches $300,000 in hours #US https://t.co/Y7TXl3sF4F 
• Hackers steal data of 150 million MyFitnessPal app users https://t.co/oHEErv37tk 
• Immigration detention is pointless abuse https://t.co/ngSPZthvEj 
• Gaza #Israel border: Clashes 'leave five #Palestinians dead and hundreds injured' https://t.co/Zxm2RR5CAp
• Easter: #Irish pubs lift Good Friday alcohol ban https://t.co/u50QDg3sDf 
• Motorway petrol prices 'exploitative', says Chris Grayling https://t.co/kwDNYMFAa3 
• Manchester attack fire crews 'should not apologise' https://t.co/8TusQIWEX2
• Thousands of violent crime suspects released without conditions https://t.co/U0bGN5PwLP 
• Spy poisoning: #Russia expels 'unfriendly' Western diplomats https://t.co/C00i1cwWPN 
• Facebook 'ugly truth' growth memo haunts firm https://t.co/sLX5rzy3XQ 
• Rugby rape trial juror's comments investigated https://t.co/CZ7CM4iciw 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/pRh8U9QI6N
• Lawyers call for strike over 'relentless government cuts' to legal aid https://t.co/9NfgOVEbIx 
• #Russia to expel 150 diplomats and close consulate in St Petersburg https://t.co/RRbpQwaBM7 
• 'Lost' film predicting rise of Nazism returns to screen https://t.co/x2elt41hf3 
• ‘I acted my way out of prison’ https://t.co/UjSfkN6gZh 
• First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has said large-scale culling of mountain hares on grouse moors is "not acceptable" https://t.co/Xe32ckbLo0
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/YVXTXXsDy5
• South Wales Police under fire for using facial recognition technology against protesters https://t.co/1eDO0HQ5aw 
• MPs condemn brexit supporting Vote Leave tweet on Labour antisemitism https://t.co/MJ7IyO7jUe 
• The Worboys case and fears for the criminal justice system https://t.co/Qtg7wHc7aa 
• Gender pay gap: multiple firms submit questionable data https://t.co/h0nKccf2oT 
• The Guardian view on the Worboys parole case: verdict on a system https://t.co/jOIjjOOjqC 
• Adnan Syed of Serial podcast to face new trial #US https://t.co/HdycJ4kRVY

30th March - Law News

2286th 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.

Wishing a very happy Easter break for all our readers and supporters.

Today's Video Focus: Over the last couple of years, Ram Navami processions in Bengal have acquired a new colour. With the BJP trying to make inroads, there are now sword wielding, trident holding Sangh Parivar supporters who take part in these marches, with their muscular brand of Hindutva on display. This week, it has taken a rather ugly turn, with communal clashes that have killed three people. The state government has refused central forces. The BJP says Mamata Banerjee's appeasement politics is to blame for the flare-up, that the Trinamool Congress is provoking the violence. But Mamata Banerjee hit back saying Ram didn't ask anyone to carry weapons, calling them goons. The tension isn't just in parts of Bengal, it has also spread to Bihar where over 200 people have been arrested. Is this the politics of polarisation at play?

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Facebook logged SMS texts and phone calls without explicitly notifying users https://t.co/mNCYlw30sG 
• The Worboys fiasco shows the absurdity of indeterminate sentences https://t.co/YWI5ZAOZAG 
• The Worboys fiasco shows the absurdity of indeterminate sentences https://t.co/ZhKpitPIT
• #France's ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy to face corruption trial https://t.co/tWIrOXvfBF 
• Maundy Thursday: Queen hands out coins to mark women's vote https://t.co/NcBAhln31k
• Ministers U-turn on housing benefit axe for 18-21-year-olds https://t.co/u7TDRhuRBJ
• Basingstoke crash: Two 18-year-olds found dead 'seven hours after crash' https://t.co/ttp9zU1hqk 
• #Russian spy: Yulia Skripal 'improving rapidly' https://t.co/MsSpqJMxG9
• Cambridge Analytica files spell out election tactics https://t.co/9fwWMqPDXZ
• “Sheikh Mohammed can get you anywhere in the world”, freed #UAE hostage Tiina Jauhiainen https://t.co/ryuQW9WUMx
• We can forgive a nurse serious mistakes. How about solicitors? | Law Gazette https://t.co/cOVRpDt0Ex 
• A&O partner defends firm's role in Weinstein gagging order | Law Gazette https://t.co/ffSs3V9uEN 
• Treasury committee launches economic crime probe | Law Gazette https://t.co/doxYb5zqxY 
• 25 pages in 11-point: judge's ultimatum to long-winded defendant | Law Gazette https://t.co/duLUmBTUuT 
• Former law officers back Gauke over Worboys JR | Law Gazette https://t.co/T2PSvKsDob 
• 'Direct action' over cuts starts on Sunday, barristers announce | Law Gazette https://t.co/97uNS0wqYg
• EU parents warned children need papers to stay in UK after Brexit https://t.co/2E30V45epM 
• System has failed Alfie Evans, says father after court defeat https://t.co/6vterHlhOV 
• Are you ready? This is all the data Facebook and Google have on you https://t.co/8j15yjcalp 
• Ex-Parole Board chief criticises justice ministry over Worboys case https://t.co/rhJe4N4gnc 
• Barristers vote to walk out in protest at government cuts https://t.co/5N6BarsUNG 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/6NDmipnYTL
• Worboys case: Nick Hardwick says justice secretary 'at fault too' https://t.co/jtWJMKYrW8 
• Term-time holiday rules stop children taking dance exams https://t.co/Xd4qWbCtTA 
• We've not got enough beds or staff - NHS bosses https://t.co/BZsA5Fv5ix 
• #Venezuela fire: 68 die in Carabobo police station cells https://t.co/lIi8XDtKdj 
• Explained: 365 days til Brexit https://t.co/c9KigSkMLe 
• Non-lawyers disciplined for disclosure failures during Cobbetts collapse | Legal Futures https://t.co/W7mL3MCobF
• “Insane” to bar solicitors from working for unregulated firms, online pioneer says | Legal Futures… https://t.co/5LmUXPEIIM 
• Office manager’s niece entitled to maternity pay, says judge | Legal Futures https://t.co/eqq8OxseeI
• #Ireland's abortion referendum to be held on 25 May https://t.co/MnZCKeRhnD 
• Miguna Miguna : #Kenya opposition figure deported again https://t.co/z4A4UD0wfz
• MPs to probe Russian money laundering through UK property https://t.co/6RHmN7oftR 
• Row over deposit demands on tenants https://t.co/ZYnjegvKfx

29th March - Law News

2285th 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 Focus: Shahmir Sanni, who worked for the official Vote Leave campaign, today breaks cover to raise concerns that the group behind the knife-edge 2016 vote in favour of Brexit – including key figures now working for Theresa May in Downing Street – may have broken the law by flouting referendum spending rules and then attempting to destroy evidence.  Sanni claims that a donation of £625,000 was made by Vote Leave to an independent referendum campaign organisation called BeLeave. Sanni says that the money, which was then channeled to a Canadian digital services firm, AggregateIQ, that has links to the controversial Cambridge Analytica, violated election regulations. The donation was sanctioned by the most senior figures in Vote Leave, including campaign director Dominic Cummings and CEO Matthew Elliott



Focus of the Day Story: The Legal Services Board (LSB) has approved the Solicitors Regulation Authority’s application to introduce a centralised ‘super-exam’ for would-be solicitors, despite widespread opposition to the application. In a statement today the LSB said its approval provides the ‘framework upon which the SRA can seek to introduce new requirements for anyone wishing to qualify as a solicitor’. It means the SRA can now start the process of implementing the proposed Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE). The new examination is due to replace the LPC from 2020. Full story - The Law Society Gazette

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Lavinia Woodward case: Oxford University student 'too clever' for prison denied permission to appeal sentence https://t.co/cGV6VZbCC2 
• #US soldier admits killing unarmed Afghans for sport https://t.co/1shFbqVG0u 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/pjtuC4Q3Aw
• @lizifle I want to love this but I am not officially going to click the button because the resemblace of this to th… https://t.co/LDqUWtV4ov
• Groupon ad uses n-word to describe footwear https://t.co/8V0zZDsGfl 
• Bargain Booze owner could be sold after failing to raise funds https://t.co/x9GhSF0JzA 
• Julian Assange has internet cut at Ecuadorian embassy in London https://t.co/sgksXPG9pL 
• Houston officer kills unarmed man walking with trousers down #US https://t.co/2U85IHiBuZ 
• Spy poisoning: Highest amount of nerve agent was on door https://t.co/1m87esa6ff 
• Gun safety groups not convinced by retired justice's call to repeal second amendment #US https://t.co/kmX5rqmG2R
• Boris Johnson urged to apologise for attending 'racist' campaign launch https://t.co/Y0D3CQJz4t 
• Corbyn urged to act over abuse of Blairite New Labour MPs who went to antisemitism protest to demonise him https://t.co/h0VLVH3sUF 
• John Worboys’ victims weren’t only failed by the Parole Board https://t.co/kXj71EY63k 
• Parents of Alfie Evans lose European court life-support case https://t.co/oEngteyZee
• Can election law cope with the era of mass data? | Law Gazette https://t.co/76cDY4P4XC 
• Homes, pets and an Aldi: ultimate fate of court buildings revealed | Law Gazette https://t.co/icl8oUg1VY
• BPP to shut Liverpool base | Law Gazette https://t.co/AQJWBMwAQ8 
• Courts issued with terrorism guidance in sentencing first | Law Gazette https://t.co/IuP7mbgsTS 
• Gender pay gap: Dentons and HFW provide limited partner information | Law Gazette https://t.co/m4OdJZk48S 
• 'I will not pass the buck': Parole Board chair quits after Worboys decision quashed | Law Gazette https://t.co/5lCUdEhYKK 
• Mammoth VW case gets off to slow start | Law Gazette https://t.co/j9aMfWV78X 
• Costs challenge: judge blocks historic files disclosure | Law Gazette https://t.co/iuvfWuaouI 
• Leeds firm 'biggest outside London' after single site move | Law Gazette https://t.co/7aqfoIC9Du 
• Gauke: I was right not to challenge Worboys release decision | Law Gazette https://t.co/ycfX0phNdN 
• The Sun wins legal fight to allow greater scrutiny of Parole Board decisions after 'black cab rapist' case: https://t.co/DLv9h13HLL
• Blood contamination scandal: 'Insulting' decision to refuse victims legal funding https://t.co/P7MYYjFm32 
• #Italian man cleared of aubergine theft after nine-year legal battle https://t.co/GRR1qVlIKV 
• #Kenyan columnists resign accusing government of interference https://t.co/S2vdqZOCcR 
• Oregon Lawyer Accused in Office Shooting Faces Drug Charges #US https://t.co/PgXtRgi7sc 
• Two more lawyers decline to join Trump legal team #US https://t.co/J7kKzKnnWW 
• Facebook privacy settings revamped after scandal https://t.co/4apJvPWaZr 
• Alexandre Bissonnette pleads guilty to Quebec mosque attack #Canada https://t.co/812rPXPxqV 
• Adult-film star Stormy Daniels has filed a court motion for #US President Donald Trump to testify about her claim t… https://t.co/QFa6zDHDgU 
• Hayes triple teen killer Jaynesh Chudasama jailed for 13 years https://t.co/ayyyS4MPfF 
• Musician Chris Goldscheider wins landmark ruling over ruined hearing https://t.co/reUcPl9TKT 
• Harvey Weinstein assistant Zelda Perkins: 'I was trapped in a vortex of fear' https://t.co/BALwU1z32h 
• How Parole Board chair became a sacrificial lamb https://t.co/vfnJ1JLYHI 
• Fired Vancouver waiter case: Are the #French really rude? https://t.co/C4FCktdoJA
• #Ireland and Ulster rugby players Paddy Jackson and Stuart Olding have been cleared of rape https://t.co/EGFJ24SvHF 
• #Australian ball-tampering: Steve Smith and David Warner banned for 12 months https://t.co/ipbvPvy9Du 
• Hatton Garden heist: Man arrested and items seized https://t.co/AbMQibZwy9 
• Rapist John Worboys release decision overturned as parole head quits https://t.co/sVmcQ8RIxz 
• Blog: LBTT – happy third anniversary? https://t.co/8FXRA8rtnm 
• Michelin becomes first company in Scotland to be fined by Employment Tribunal https://t.co/axpHjMsD1D 
• IP experts look at rights of audience for UK lawyers in new patent court https://t.co/CJU9qoCaJT
• Estate owner loses appeal in dispute with national park authority over public access rights to land https://t.co/vI3BKIIgrG 
• Numerous UK police forces extracting mobile phone data without oversight https://t.co/G3lbDlkXNS 
• Professor Emeritus Alexander John McDonald WS https://t.co/rwWOyr3Gwu 
• High Court hears how squabbling barristers turned family hearing into “shouting match” | Legal Futures https://t.co/J4tfEkr81n 
• SDT clears solicitor at personal injury firm over success fee deductions | Legal Futures https://t.co/u7fJz0Fc6C 
• Legal Services Board approves SQE – for now | Legal Futures https://t.co/b09pbu5UCX
• Why people vote for law firm leaders | Legal Futures https://t.co/NQsaPWEJjf 
• Survey: mid-sized firms spend on tech but don’t check whether it was worth the money | Legal Futures https://t.co/NzigMQb4rD 
• Axiom launches Brexit AI product to help companies update 7.5m contracts | Legal Futures https://t.co/4K4QoWD7Z7 
• Jailed solicitor told to repay an extra £500,000 of criminal proceeds or face more prison time | Legal Futures https://t.co/tvOw1sRoYk
• Theresa May staff employed 'House of Cards' tactics over outing scandal, MPs say https://t.co/bb53Llrgbl
• Russia threat and terror the focus of security review https://t.co/9NmAD1tWev
• Walmart shelves 'hyper-sexualised' Cosmopolitan https://t.co/ZNm9DZU5dL
• Parole Board head Nick Hardwick resigns amid Worboys row https://t.co/sVmcQ8RIxz 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/H0UFW4Dtjv
• Jeremy Corbyn is an anti-racist, not an anti-Semite | Jewish News https://t.co/tr9AkL6Kdc
• John Worboys: Court to rule on black cab rapist release https://t.co/Naba44qhUm 
• 'Cerebral palsy won't stop me becoming a lawyer' https://t.co/t0lNZycdIv 
• Drinks bottles and can deposit return scheme proposed https://t.co/AE4jakkQ7T 
• Megabus ads promising £1 seats are banned after company admits less than 1 seat per coach was available at the price https://t.co/R5m6YAZlGc 
• Larry Nassar's former boss arrested over nude pictures of female students #US https://t.co/Ibwbejw9GE
• UK to remain on high terror alert for at least two years, sources say https://t.co/bgunQTa9Su 
• Nato expels seven staff from #Russian mission over Skripal poisoning https://t.co/xzzK7ema1N 
• Girlfriend of #French supermarket killer held for terrorist conspiracy https://t.co/x2ZxnTU1Nw 
• Heineken removes ad after Chance the Rapper calls it 'terribly racist' https://t.co/7srIb8ZZwW 
• Emergency services rules too inflexible, says Manchester’s mayor https://t.co/hQnWpfvZwm 
• Mark Zuckerberg agrees to testify before Congress over data scandal https://t.co/3vtE9px9Vy 
• Gun safety groups not convinced by retired justice's call to repeal second amendment https://t.co/3ScNMrNV3f