18th March - Law News

2638th 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:There's been a steep rise in knife crime in Britain. And according to official figures, last year 35% of all crime involving a knife or sharp instrument happened in London. It's now prompted a leading supermarket chain to stop the sale of single kitchen knives.

Focus of the Day Article:
Fewer than one in ten solicitors at small law firms have made contingency plans for Brexit, according to the latest Bellwether research paper. The paper, ‘The Luxury of Uncertainty: Inaction in the face of Brexit’, published this week by LexisNexis UK, highlights overwhelming inaction to prepare for the UK’s departure in two weeks’ time. A further 20% of the 176 solicitors at small firms and small offices of large firms surveyed intend to make contingency plans in the next year or two, once the UK has left. 

Full story: New Law Journal

Saturday Conversations on Law

• #Saudi Arabia Rejects Calls For Independent Investigation Into Khashoggi Killing https://t.co/gus6k1mCbN
• Legal eduication heavyweight Peter Crisp to head up ULaw’s Hong Kong campus - Legal Cheek https://t.co/kMHwHHYVvD 
• Aspiring solicitors should seek the skills robots can’t replace - Legal Cheek https://t.co/69PmpeAnwp 
• A Bleak 24 Hours for Women's Rights in the #US https://t.co/a4R3MUFvtE 
• Eurostar tells customers 'don't travel' https://t.co/iT8YkdICdz 
• Terror investigation in Surrey after man stabbed https://t.co/UXc8TVowiW 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/UXQeDKPQdO
• Email reveals decision on Allen & Overy and O’Melveny & Myers transatlantic mega-merger due in ‘coming weeks’ - Leg… https://t.co/ibXKCXeOKh 
• Human rights agency rejects Assange complaint against #Ecuador https://t.co/4mvRNZU6zV 
• Unique opportunities lie ahead for today’s future trainees - Legal Cheek https://t.co/X5gyWwv4QC 
• Top US law firm partner placed on leave amid claims he paid £57,000 to boost daughter's exam... https://t.co/1xBbUW4pmD 
• Nottingham Trent’s student-staffed ‘teaching law firm’ recoups £3 million in benefits and compensation - Legal Chee… https://t.co/9lMHSuImya
• George and Amal Clooney handed gala award for human rights work https://t.co/d2diyj0IlL 
• We aren’t quite up there with Kim Kardashian, says Lord Reed on Supreme Court’s social media status - Legal Cheek... https://t.co/oHuXokNoOA 
• Blunt to give cannabis talk to law students - Legal Cheek https://t.co/WU18rlW9S2
• Will Qatar World Cup Expansion Meet FIFA Rights Standards? https://t.co/DSp5OoJQLo 
• University of London law student stabbed 23 times by ex-boyfriend completes law degree - Legal Cheek… https://t.co/0gnWsd6EaQ
• Warwick student rape chat scandal: Should they be prosecuted? - Legal Cheek https://t.co/gQLizMH5yj
• #Tunisia Repressive state of emergency bill a threat to human rights https://t.co/llZHRywVtu 
• #India's pastoralists urged to use technology to protect rights https://t.co/DzxznNyMSa 
• Grenfell Breached Human Rights Laws, Says Watchdog https://t.co/SF7kg1OKb1 
• Tribunal considers ICO's information notice powers under new Act https://t.co/KYagHOIpKP 
• Hogan Lovells keeps 26 out of 29 spring qualifying trainee solicitors - Legal Cheek https://t.co/cBK06uo4SR 
• We make 'difficult decisions': SRA responds to junior lawyers’ protection concerns following https://t.co/11nJDGVYYB
• #Algeria: EuroMed Rights for a democratic transition respecting human rights https://t.co/e4vBHXwrWT
• Barrister under suspension for drug possession goes viral following angry pro-Brexit rant on BBC Question Time https://t.co/HyQDEEQFAB 
• Tribunal grants Buhari, APC access to inspect election materials #Nigeria https://t.co/X0kWmckKRJ
• Shell worker abuses in #Nigeria taken to UN Human Rights Council https://t.co/G1WTsdFoyk 
• Tweeting Attorney General accuses Channel 4's Jon Snow of talking 'bollocks' as Brexit pressure mounts - Legal Chee… https://t.co/9co9pDoOTJ
• Firm falsely advertises services of commercial barrister jailed over £600,000 VAT fraud - Legal Cheek https://t.co/ejL3IVMXkA 
• Jess Varnish appeals against British Cycling and UK Sport tribunal decision https://t.co/ojtY6PYP1j 
• Former law student accused of stalking top government lawyer after he refused to marry her - Legal Cheek https://t.co/0xc1bFEue8 
• Profession gears up for next week’s Legal Cheek Awards 2019 - Legal Cheek https://t.co/VzA9wlAELz 
• Freshfields rounds off magic circle spring retention season with 78% score - Legal Cheek https://t.co/j9p8SMC4pj
• Competition Tribunal approves Glencore's Chevron deal https://t.co/yd2bvAF49S
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/mPprES7qI0
• How the Judiciary Changed Conduct Rules to Pierce Culture of Confidentiality #US https://t.co/CT23IXcJZl
• HM Land Registry Apprentice wins award https://t.co/ZXPRovjdYr
• High Court: Legal representatives who misled the Court will not be reprimanded https://t.co/cWQG1CHY8O
• Facebook faces fresh questions over when it knew of data harvesting https://t.co/0bTgIQBCef 
• Rise in UK use of far-right online forums as anti-Muslim hate increases https://t.co/3gcZ8l9iwA 
• 'Full force of the law' should apply to Fraser Anning after egging incident, Morrison says #Australia https://t.co/tbKQkA9j50
• #Australians are asking how did we get here? Well, Islamophobia is practically enshrined as public policy https://t.co/5vuJHfaxYb 
• Christchurch attack: Ardern says 'manifesto' sent to office minutes before massacre https://t.co/ZgxmCR2Pzt
• Justice remains elusive for victims of war crimes in #Syria https://t.co/dJrmXypGac
• Christchurch shootings: How the attacks unfolded https://t.co/uN2IgEKsGA
• Christchurch shootings: 'You can respond with fear or friendship' https://t.co/uYw2vVVHC4 
• Driver stopped for using a mobile phone in Redditch was a solicitor https://t.co/F2B7M65s3l

17th March - Law News

2637th 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: United Nations forensic teams have begun exhuming bodies from mass graves around the northern Iraqi town of Sinjar - home to the minority Yazidi group. It is estimated that more than 3,000 Yazidis were killed by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL or ISIS) group when they took control of the area five years ago. The UN says their treatment at the hands of ISIL amounts to genocide.

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Duterte vetoes bill expanding powers of Solicitor General's office #Philippines https://t.co/DSDU9UEUWj
• Tributes to murdered solicitor Rosemary Nelson, 20 years on https://t.co/vOKB1CqTOa
• Legal worker committed £60000 fraud while working for firm of solicitors https://t.co/Mz1wH3tgp1
• Qatar broadcaster BeIN to take legal action against AFC over Saudi football rights https://t.co/UFcOVdV8WF
• Midwife wins legal battle with CEO ex over £1m home after he promised her half of property in pub https://t.co/hH0TvJykFO 
• 'A frat-like mentality': is the legal workplace improving for women? https://t.co/UWTqN2tzwd 
• Ticket-fixing judge could be disbarred; here's how scheme worked #US https://t.co/v989xwUTgC 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/5GI0rYAAt6
• The Judge Who Sentenced Paul Manafort Rebuked Him for 'Lies' #US https://t.co/AFtkc7X4O
• Company Pushes Controversial Contractor-Monitoring Legislation #US https://t.co/RuwGec5bdo 
• New Artificial Intelligence Advisory Body in England and Wales https://t.co/cOBjW0lhQu 
• House Judiciary Committee approves Violence Against Women Act reauthorization #US https://t.co/EhIpjsMZVT
• Firms Must Adapt To Changing Consumer Behaviour https://t.co/2fNJS1LK7g
• Be wary of fake lawyers ‘endangering the public’ | Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/z2nYlMx3aD 
• Why Chief Judge Kidd broadcast the Pell sentence | Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/IKAmaMsNtf 
• Advice for new law students from a recent graduate | Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/S9FyDOPqY1
• Hillsborough lawyer calls prosecution 'breathtakingly unfair' https://t.co/uWDvtvid1q
• How challenger firms are changing the game for senior lawyers | Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/oyxfhJqiHF
• #Australia cancels far-right activist Milo Yiannopoulos's visa after Christchurch comments https://t.co/CwJnApInbZ 
• Academy trust accused of using assemblies to intimidate students https://t.co/ANl2gZAzXI 
• An open letter to my sons following International Women’s Day | Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/yUhkJcOex8
• Brisbane lawyer struck off for failure to comply with notices | Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/OEIyavLHlw 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/gB3j60eQ6j
• Sole practitioner convicted of aggravated fraud struck off roll | Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/didCeovX7V
• Tories made racist comments to me, claims ex-activist https://t.co/WumU2WKFXK
• Christchurch shootings: Home Secretary Sajid Javid warns tech giants over footage https://t.co/ZtacH1ngAC
• Christchurch #Islamophobic mosque shootings: Who are the victims and missing? https://t.co/QnePNJfzl
• Our Legal Heritage: The Flodden Flag https://t.co/kfKyj7eT7m
• PwC: Taking stock of the past five years – and building resilience for the next five https://t.co/qmMzKDHhwd 
• Clyde & Co celebrates Scottish legal disputes market at Signet Library https://t.co/aXoOvjzUM7
• New University of Dundee series explores forensic science and the law https://t.co/4flvgttJX5 
• SLCC Consumer Panel launches guide on vulnerable consumers https://t.co/GqIZLaO66K 
• Man stabbed to death in Fulham fight https://t.co/5fudWfY1Hi
• Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman sued for $500bn in college cheating scam #US https://t.co/Am6cNBFLhJ
• DWF completes IPO with admission to London Stock Exchange https://t.co/3ErWysJSmN 
• Solicitors invited to help research into legal aid for victims of discrimination in Scotland… https://t.co/7F67TUp7yT
• US judges make a big impression in Scotland after 'therapeutic justice' talks https://t.co/rjqPXhxxNb
• Judge rejects bank’s bid for couple to disclose privileged legal advice in loan guarantee dispute… https://t.co/oa3o87QpT9
• Investigation: Does the BBC pay women and men equally for equal work? https://t.co/z1IEia5XET

16th March - Law News

2636th 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: The Supreme Court on Friday set aside the Board of Control of Cricket in India's (BCCI) disciplinary committee's order imposing a life ban on S Sreesanth for his alleged involvement in the 2013 IPL spot-fixing scandal. The court asked the cricket board to consider a fresh punishment for the former India pacer within the next three months. However, the court rejected Sreesanth's plea that he should not be punished at all because he was acquitted in the spot-fixing case.

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Can there be peace and security without women human rights defenders? https://t.co/624aB6FW3K 
• Christchurch shootings: What are #NewZealand's gun laws? https://t.co/jyQxOtLkw6 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/0UUTGAkAzI
• #US says Jamal Khashoggi's murder was a human rights violation by Saudi government https://t.co/H4M2rXQQm8 
• Far-right Tommy Robinson loses Cambridgeshire Police harassment case https://t.co/XDrmOk7Fw0 
• Closure of Overseas Immigration Offices Won't Address Asylum Backlog #US https://t.co/60DE3LAEyh 
• Final Hatton Garden raider Michael 'Basil' Seed jailed https://t.co/Tr7SoltgHc 
• Wildlife campaigners take legal action against 'pest' bird killings https://t.co/HDeToGPiDM 
• #Zimbabwe: Excessive Force Used Against Protesters https://t.co/3N5bHJTju
• Human Rights Watch Raises Alarms About How ISIS Children Suspects Are Being Treated https://t.co/96pnLt80z0
• Former #US Attorney Preet Bharara: ‘I didn’t call Trump back and it’s one of the best decisions I ever made' https://t.co/kHl6k4z125
• Two men arrested over shooting of Tanesha Melbourne-Blake, 17 https://t.co/zlziKMsobQ
• Woman in first legal challenge against UK's 10-year limit on egg-freezing https://t.co/USYPweYwJn
• Do the Christchurch shootings expose the murderous nature of ‘ironic’ online fascism? https://t.co/YN084MIrCM
• After Christchurch, Muslims need more than just your thoughts and prayers, challenge Islamophobia https://t.co/uw3G1du78W
• Xinjiang human rights activist Serikzhan Bilash arrested by #Kazakhstan police, lawyer says https://t.co/xC1N1i7fCU
• 'Star Trek'/Dr. Seuss Mashup Deemed Copyright Fair Use by Judge https://t.co/3WmhiVZhJP 
• Investigations of College Admissions and Testing Bribery Scheme https://t.co/OUAxHHy5a6 
• Is your cloud provider ready for Brexit? - Legal Futures https://t.co/dZlxP41vdL
• Joint statement from UCLA and UCLA Athletics regarding Department of Justice investigation #US https://t.co/WiF0m0Ar2M
• Irish solicitor rebuked for practising in England and Wales - Legal Futures https://t.co/7ZHDYUZMxK
• Justice, the Rule of Law and the Role of the Prosecutor https://t.co/DQCTHNa8oe
• Solicitor "told client" to pay fees into personal bank account - Legal Futures https://t.co/Z7hrT6sjNJ 
• An unequal criminal justice system hurts minorities: There may be one way to fix the inequities #US https://t.co/ndb7ly5MpK
• Surviving a perfect storm: Rebuilding confidence in disclosure in criminal cases https://t.co/7GxgoAurzp 
• "No ethical leadership": Law Society blasted over NDA guidance - Legal Futures https://t.co/0JT1ss82Y5
• Solicitor appointed to lead at Veterinary Council #Ireland https://t.co/MiwoECnR2H
• #NewZealand shooting: everything we know so far https://t.co/pxFDArcuSn
• Rightwing extremist wrote manifesto before livestreaming Christchurch shooting https://t.co/5Wi4JB1SrW
• Harper James expands national team with new Solicitor appointment https://t.co/VVwlATfGsT 
• Commons committee calls for greater involvement of Scottish government in trade deals https://t.co/Plmj8kWLzA
• Glossary of Legal Terms https://t.co/4t0MrP7zlZ 
• Zoopla bars 'no housing benefit' rental ads https://t.co/rZOxEuHHWu
• Bangladesh cricket team escape Islamophobic shooting at Christchurch mosque #NewZEaland https://t.co/2sfesOOPzN
• Christchurch Islamophobic shootings: 49 dead in #NewZealand mosque attacks https://t.co/gMARLnYLst 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/vMNfpUoFV6
• German court to rule on whether government broke law by facilitating US drone killings https://t.co/098D8I8pQW
• Practical politics should trump legal theory in Brexit process, Jamie Kerr tells Scots in New York… https://t.co/DZ0a11xfR7
• Peter Ward: Brexit and renewables – what lies ahead? https://t.co/KFwAVvksHh
• Plans to improve the law for brothers and sisters in the care system https://t.co/trRvwn1HCJ 
• Lord Gill calls for inquiry into land tenure system https://t.co/CwL64JJwXW 
• Strathclyde University unveils tribute to late Joe Thomson https://t.co/R8vmcMKvWB 
• Single British soldier to be charged in connection with Bloody Sunday https://t.co/jBUq4fd0Z9 
• Law Society says proposed SLCC budget is 'unreasonable and wrong' https://t.co/txa9ZZUqss 
• The Guardian view on the Bloody Sunday prosecution: late but necessary | Editorial https://t.co/tUa67ifZs7
• FCA fines Carphone Warehouse over £29m for insurance mis-selling https://t.co/sxvqbVHZdF 
• Crown wins appeal to lead evidence of accused’s previous rape conviction https://t.co/I3lkeJvQrT
• Frank Cali, of New York's Gambino family, is shot dead in New York #US https://t.co/MgDFCOdg9A
• MP's staff member threatened at constituency office https://t.co/xm3DYqBBrT 
• What's wrong with wearing a crop top on a plane? https://t.co/vHsRiX66eL 
• I tried to help #Dubai’s Princess Latifa to escape – a year on, I dream of her release https://t.co/D8E0iLjEQO

15th March - Law News

2635th 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: Boeing introduced the 737 Max as a reliable fuel- and cost-efficient solution to air travel in the 21st century. After two fatal Max crashes, all of the Max aircraft in the world are believed to have been grounded.

Focus of the Day Article:

Dechert has announced the firm is modernising its business casual dress policy to be inclusive of jeans, though the firm insists the norm is to reflect client norms.
Full story: THe Global Legal Post

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Baker McKenzie Adopts Black Box System for Equity Partner Pay https://t.co/3oQUChGQ69 
• Stormy Daniels has new lawyer as Michael Avenatti says he dropped porn star as client #US https://t.co/VIeqfP8KeZ 
• David Steel: Lib Dems launch investigation over Cyril Smith remarks https://t.co/Jfz3hhBo6e
• Hundreds of immigration removals are in doubt after the High Court ordered the Home Office to stop using a controve… https://t.co/o3asAL33eZ
• Government gets the ball rolling on criminal legal aid review | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/0cRDPkAbLY
• New probate controversy as MoJ dismisses 'tax' definition | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/gvRXecDvtn
• Commonhold 'must earn market approval' to be viable leasehold alternative | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/uRXduC0uV0
• Top litigation funder says sector has undergone 'sea change' as profits surge | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/OByxbDUSqf
• Non-traditional paths to law | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/giDB6Z9Gdl
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/Ys1XHv7wla
• Amnesty: Sentencing of #Iran lawyer Sotoudeh 'outrageous' https://t.co/rShzdmovD4 
• AML oversight body finds legal regulators coming up short - Legal Futures https://t.co/7LAJaWxlgk
• First 'teaching law firm' celebrates benefits to students and clients - Legal Futures https://t.co/rOoJUlWIxl
• Record fine for law firm acting on mis-sold PPI claims - Legal Futures https://t.co/R2uoT8lrnX
• #Kenyan court dismisses drugs case against British aristocrat https://t.co/GiNKRJ651H
• Suspect charged with ordering murder of #Slovakian reporter https://t.co/NDqAlJ9oN9
• Sandy Hook: Connecticut court rules gunmaker can be sued over massacre #US https://t.co/OdpHyzwUFE
• Four investments and counting - PE house eyes more law firms - Legal Futures https://t.co/j9GmnbddSS
• 'A frat-like mentality': is the legal workplace improving for women? https://t.co/UWTqN2tzwd
• Hypnospace Outlaw review: a surreal tribute to the 90s internet https://t.co/RfurtfiK58
• Solicitor banned as director after firm shut down owing £1m - Legal Futures https://t.co/R087ylJSUa
• Stolen Bruegel masterpiece was switched with fake in police sting #Italy https://t.co/kwNo7n2ElF
• Law Commission "pauses" smart contracts project - Legal Futures https://t.co/McNjIkPn4d
• Refurbishment works begin at Peterhead Sheriff and JP Court https://t.co/dqfe0s6AM9
• Paul Brown: Abolition of the 'same roof rule' – what you need to know https://t.co/5ciCdKFoTG
• Paul Brown: Abolition of the 'same roof rule' – what you need to know https://t.co/5ciCdKFoTG
• Knife crime: Number of offences at nine-year high https://t.co/PQ6pp2va5X
• Bloody Sunday: British Soldier F faces murder charges https://t.co/AGYBuTSpbp
• Majority of solicitors back Law Society as professional regulator in face of Roberton Review… https://t.co/jeewxsUhsY
• Rapist convicted of assaulting fellow prisoner fails in appeal against order for lifelong restriction https://t.co/ZERqKu5tkh
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/utgjoMovVl
• Maureen Whale: 999 call of burglary killing victim released https://t.co/P34VTgayBV
• Right to Buy homes re-sold since 2000 made £6.4bn in profit and lead to another false housing bubble https://t.co/capSGdyG8O
• Early Bird offer now open at June’s Scots Law 2019 https://t.co/RNi689CA3
• Law Society offers students chance to win £500 and work experience at Holyrood https://t.co/h14S5wcXK7
• In pictures... Aberdeen human rights conference a success https://t.co/1I5kHkBvCU
• Police use of baton launcher and Taser was justified https://t.co/x5Z3uqebdv
• Harper Macleod helps Shetland knitwear business move to employee ownership https://t.co/IJNHLEzVXn
• Senior Irish lawyers to join Washington D.C. launch of Ireland's bid to become post-Brexit legal hub https://t.co/uQB4MlrUEn
• My aunt with dementia has a solicitor attorney charging £760 an hour and who has racked up £40k to date… https://t.co/0AWRwhSzXW
• Duque returns #Colombia's war crimes tribunal bill to congress https://t.co/imjLz1f4Ae 
• Home grown marijuana in New York: Will it be legal? #US https://t.co/1SHKBJ3VAL
• Legal battle over Heathrow expansion to start at High Court https://t.co/PZ3RQwPrKG
• Legal Scholar Tim Wu Says the #US Must Enforce Antitrust Laws https://t.co/ZpjibMc0cn 
• Netanyahu petitions High Court to allow financial help to cover legal defense https://t.co/48Ol6lTtCI
• Military Tribunal Sentences Journalist for Criticizing Lebanese Security Agency https://t.co/D8BIsY6ION
• SC upheld HC order allowing Barrister Mainul to go abroad #Bangladesh https://t.co/gFYjNyTnyY
• Netanyahu is right: #Israel is a nation with no interest in equality https://t.co/ZBZBSuLId
• ‘In probation, we’re poorly paid and the caseloads are unmanageable’ https://t.co/KIbN5Dgv83 
• MPs have voted against no deal. Now here’s how to make that decision stick | Jolyon Maugham https://t.co/8bw7i6o437
• Boris Johnson historical child sex abuse comments 'horrific' https://t.co/Kbp6Tfo0CK

14th March - Law News

2634th 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: Cardinal George Pell has been sentenced to six years' jail for sexually abusing two choirboys when he was Catholic archbishop of Melbourne in the 1990s. Chief Judge Peter Kidd said Pell's abuse was "a brazen and forcible sexual attack on the victims" that was "breathtakingly arrogant".

Focus of the Day Article:

Charitable organisations have urged the government to reconsider controversial proposals to increase some probate fees so that estates including bequests to charities are not adversely affected. In an open letter to justice minister Lucy Frazer QC, the Institute of Fundraising, Remember A Charity, the Institute of Legacy Management and the National Council for Voluntary Organisations warn that the proposed new fee structure has ‘unintended consequences that could be detrimental to charitable giving’.
Full story: The Law Society Gazette

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Revealed: Ince collapsed after partners declined £8.5m bail-out | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/8cJ1WnrUl
• Judge makes public his concern about expert witness's conduct | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/PI2V3Gs3lh
• Social media contempt warning after Tina Malone conviction | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/0vD5LDsQ80
• Civil service union secures 10% pay hike for prosecutors | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/nOlXe1NJDO
• Billing errors not enough to reduce solicitor costs, rules High Court | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/sIUYXLPaxU
• Resisting more soft law for lawyers | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/BcZL2SIVFK
• Extra £100m fund to tackle knife crime - Hammond https://t.co/SeV5Qt1Bkg
• Jodie Chesney stabbing: Third man charged with murder https://t.co/2QHy5QHVKj
• Thomas Cook plane crop top passenger 'told to cover up' https://t.co/IBLaoeqL4Z
• Paul Manafort: Ex-Trump chief gets 43 more months in jail #US https://t.co/Y7l7k8KiHk
• Facebook suffers the most severe outage in its history https://t.co/QNxloRXOzm
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/C2Fsjd0d1C
• Boeing grounds entire crash aircraft fleet https://t.co/c42muM6AoS
• Hillsborough trial: match commander David Duckenfield 'will not testify' https://t.co/nOzETadysC
• Actress Tina Malone admits 'Bulger killer photo' Facebook post https://t.co/HfNzy6GVTW 
• Employment Tribunal: Chef could not stand heat – so left the kitchen #Jersey https://t.co/tLqZxApBA
• Code of Conduct Tribunal orders daily hearing of Onnoghen's trial #Nigeria https://t.co/FbEMLl5om
• Huddersfield have contacted police after midfielder Philip Billing was called a "black donkey" online https://t.co/gDOVk7YU5x
• Reality TV star Katie Price fails to appear at court https://t.co/z9Jr5TqQ5o
• Sarah Morris guilty of letting baby girl drown in bath https://t.co/JTaaFJSsPJ
• Judge upholds McEleny tribunal ruling on independence beliefs https://t.co/oe9Zu78Yc9 
• Tribunal rules councillor's Scottish independence view is 'philosophical belief' https://t.co/1trNDVRHYi
• DAC Beachcroft named a top-50 employer in Scotland https://t.co/i4tZkoooYW 
• Shepherd and Wedderburn features in new legal sector diversity ranking https://t.co/COaPwXiQZ3
• Bangla Bantams: Bringing 'inclusivity and diversity' to football https://t.co/eqXfDqZbVw
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/RNWba3qfjZ
• Brodies lawyer dons his dancing shoes https://t.co/7cMM4rPYXT
• American judges extol benefits of procedural justice https://t.co/5BAFzRWHtA
• CJEU: Member states can deprive dual nationals of EU citizenship https://t.co/dTXHbewCmx 
• Gilson Gray adds family lawyer and financial advisor to East Lothian team https://t.co/3rqLW4Mx9n
• Neil Darling appointed as associate in Thorntons' Edinburgh office https://t.co/ifD0lKWkcV 
• Planning experts claim bill ‘dangerously close’ to failure https://t.co/YW09qRAvk1
• Harper Macleod family lawyer completes full house of specialist accreditations https://t.co/G5rK9VLxgQ
• Michael Sheridan: 'Seemingly innocuous' smacking bill should give us pause for thought https://t.co/5GAuH7x8UG
• Lord President warns against 'reactionary introduction' of sentencing guidelines https://t.co/m8fMEpn2mG 
• George Pell: #Australia court jails cardinal for six years https://t.co/jz2rlYMhrJ
• Professor Stephen Hawking's nurse struck off over his care https://t.co/ZTx0IxFqSe
• Bank employee who stole customers’ cash has prison sentence cut following appeal https://t.co/pi3mqunngv 
• Grenfell residents’ rights were breached – equalities watchdog https://t.co/WQab3yYvV1 
• Boeing and #US under pressure to ground 737 Max https://t.co/AWU3eSupm3 
• Problem gamblers at 15 times higher risk of suicide, study finds https://t.co/EKEejuwa0U
• Max Clifford: court of appeal hears attempt to challenge conviction https://t.co/sRzl1VuHAO

13th March - Law News

2633rd 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: The Begum family in East London had lost a daughter to ISIS - now they have lost their their grandchild to war and disease in Syria. For them the death of baby Jarrah is a tragedy. For the Home Secretary it poses difficult questions. Even members of his own party have criticised Sajid Javid for stripping Shamima Begum of her British Citizenship. One called it a populist gesture. But the politics of repatriation is only going to get more complex with over a hundred unaccompanied minors languishing in refugee camps.

Focus of the Day Article:

A high-powered body of experts has called for more detailed evaluations of the government’s ambitious court modernisation programme, and complained about the lack of data on the impact of the reforms. The government said last week that the finish date for the £1bn courts modernisation project was being extended by a year to 2023.
Full story: Legal Futures

Saturday Conversations on Law

• The Truth Is Hard. But for a New York Times Lawyer, Defending It Is Fun. #US https://t.co/LIWIIPiyBO
• Shanghai pioneering securities litigation procedure https://t.co/ZNLp6AhNjT
• Another tape appears to show R Kelly abusing girls, lawyer says https://t.co/FnANAhGugz 
• Nasrin Sotoudeh: #Iran human rights lawyer jailed for 38 years, say family https://t.co/qmAva6ahMo 
• Women favoured at Trowers & Hamlins https://t.co/vVXlv6IfmC 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/h4up4d8GZT
• UK in call for new digital 'super-regulator' https://t.co/QZ4us0YuCF
• Greenock family lawyer is the first woman to be chosen to lead her fellow professionals locally… https://t.co/nGSdA5w7lH
• NZ lawyers get a triple round of applause https://t.co/sVSf4oalNl
• Miriam O'Callaghan files High Court case against Facebook https://t.co/vgmtHChoMx 
• Update: Molly Russell family granted legal aid for inquest on appeal | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/ZiVOoj4twO
• Solicitor restored to roll after eight years' rehabilitation | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/sV5YPo7ZvI 
• Charities warn MoJ over impact of probate fee hike | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/vqnKtDI8NA
• Amnesty calls on EU to intervene after Iran jails lawyer for 38 years | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/LQ74MoPDm
• Brexit: Attorney General's legal advice deals blow to PM | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/rbE1T1pkaK
• Solicitor fined after lending vulnerable client £27k at 60% interest | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/xnYl74nbnY
• DWF debuts to reach £366m market cap https://t.co/38BwPzIlDc 
• Medomsley detention centre saw hundreds sexually abused https://t.co/EhnECD5Nzu
• Barrister ends case against DLA Piper over nearly $100000 in unpaid fees https://t.co/BBjm59Z3av 
• SQE: Your planning should start now - Legal Futures https://t.co/YpPUrqPx1O
• Luton drug dealer Brandon Morris arrested in Oxford vows to crack music industry https://t.co/CrCPJWPdtM
• Court reforms "must measure impact on vulnerable litigants" - Legal Futures https://t.co/I6dsfKXgLf
• Last ditch legal challenge to save Ysgol Pontfadog from closure fails https://t.co/mQLtd7kVZy 
• More than 200 DWF partners to benefit from listing - Legal Futures https://t.co/XKyW8gSXfO 
• What amounts to sexual harassment in law firms "evolving fast" - Legal Futures https://t.co/IoRqZzl0R5
• #Italy bans unvaccinated children from school https://t.co/TqbdqTKWQ6 
• Boeing: UK joins countries blocking aircraft https://t.co/Nl3lI4lPsR 
• David Hossack and Graham Boyack discuss mediation in new podcast https://t.co/Qlchkn7W81
• Double wins for Burness Paull and Brodies at IP awards https://t.co/e4GQ4GTNZR 
• Police probe 'IRA' link to London and Glasgow suspect devices https://t.co/gd8me3doA0
• BBC investigated over pay discrimination https://t.co/HlDzxsYLms 
• #Saudi plane turns around after hapless mother forgets baby at airport https://t.co/BBwgl4lce4 
• Rising dementia rates prompt calls for elderly to grant power of attorney https://t.co/I53rwYnsjW
• Poetic justice: how Jay-Z became a civil rights champion https://t.co/g2AG9hgvWr
• DWF announces £366m market cap ahead of IPO https://t.co/H9noZOrtM3
• Father of the webTim Berners-Lee: 'Stop web's downward plunge to dysfunctional future' https://t.co/TwsNfYUo7J
• Ipswich stabbing: Boy called for own ambulance after knife attack https://t.co/2Y0ZCD4S9r 
• Elisa Miller joins Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie LLP in Inverness https://t.co/5MH70mkYGm 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/iWxlL5nHbt
• Gillespie Macandrew promotes Lianne Lodge to partner https://t.co/qg9Q3M4YeW
• Lady Wolffe pays tribute to women lawyers in Scotland https://t.co/GrZukck5bK 
• Former DPP Alison Saunders rebuked by government committee over Linklaters appointment https://t.co/5vmbfnYnL
• Judge upholds ruling that SNP councillor's independence beliefs are similar to religion https://t.co/WlYkOXcghU
• Lords Committee: Tech giants hosting public content should be subject to duty of care https://t.co/e5lwfL3U11
• Percentage of High Court trials adjourned due to lack of court time declines https://t.co/mkQab1xbcS
• Woman granted interdict to prevent solicitors’ firm acting for estranged husband in divorce action… https://t.co/XlFM5RpwOX
• Slovenian woman's hand sawn off 'in insurance fraud' https://t.co/HN0q4BpE2e
• Conor McGregor: UFC star arrested in Miami for allegedly smashing fan's phone https://t.co/spTVmfdQxI
• Brexit: 'Legally binding' changes to EU deal agreed https://t.co/8rL1zwYSNW

12th March - Law News

2632nd 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: The Afghan capital, Kabul, is one of the most terrorised cities in the world. But it has only 22 ambulances.

Focus of the Day Article:

Human rights mean nothing unless we defend real, threatened people. These hard-won and fragile privileges can be too easily taken away from us all.
Full story: Guardian Law

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Shane Phelan: 'Law Society faces questions over case of solicitor who overcharged by €650000' #Ireland https://t.co/X7iJeNzBPq 
• Working as a solicitor can be more flexible and exciting again https://t.co/iuP293c8PB
• LEGAL FILE: A solicitor's guide to buying your first home https://t.co/acHR6xHjq2
• Andrew Lockley: a career founded on legal aid with a term as a board member at the much-criticised Legal Aid Agency… https://t.co/E6dey9rpSg
• Sitting in judgement | Law Gazette https://t.co/omZczfprha 
• My legal life: Rachel Roche | Law Gazette https://t.co/TODPya1wbm
• Junior lawyers need protection - now | Law Gazette https://t.co/6fZ2ZC5yM9
• Ending bias in law firms would also boost productivity | Law Gazette https://t.co/6EKm1pVpM
• Funder pledges £1m for access to justice | Law Gazette https://t.co/nTi0sVrYGI
• Practitioners' queries on calls for court reform evidence | Law Gazette https://t.co/OsQ1WhIXMR 
• Solicitors represented at arm’s length on AI advisory group | Law Gazette https://t.co/9tVYk2WFth 
• News focus: Equality still a work in progress | Law Gazette https://t.co/W6jeCHOeRt 
• Solicitor falsified notes then relied on them to defend negligence claim | Law Gazette https://t.co/loEuIOg4hD
• Master grants Inheritance Act application made 25 years out of time | Law Gazette https://t.co/48zEIODQYE 
• New: Gazette’s women in the law web page | Law Gazette https://t.co/pODAg9ZwOB 
• Linklaters achieves 20% female partnership for first time | Law Gazette https://t.co/MIkUEMnn6b
• DWF set to raise £95m from stock market listing | Law Gazette https://t.co/gJwGFbTQkj 
• Marking 100 years of women in the law | Law Gazette https://t.co/6m24Wq2l5R
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/2IUO3PNctm
• Function of many of the judiciary is only to rubber-stamp abuse by the powerful - Giovanni Bonello #Malta... https://t.co/iHzUvJKZEw 
• Molly Russell: Family refused inquest legal aid funding https://t.co/PtAnYvT4kG 
• Does #India's far-right prime minister Modi has respect for judiciary? https://t.co/08RXL0ndSv 
• Outspoken Lawmaker Tells #Iran Judiciary 'Stop Wrong Practices', As UN Issues Critical Report… https://t.co/gvZY7TQRM5 
• Surge in prosecutions of British jihadists 'may never happen' – DPP https://t.co/2nKPiOg1WK 
• #US conservative Fox News host Tucker Carlson in lewd recordings controversy https://t.co/yb5UaoZxWc
• #Israel's Jewish-only nation-state law: Wonder Woman star Gal Gadot wades into PM Netanyahu row over Israeli Arabs https://t.co/LxuE3TooEe
• Son of Pat Finucane says Karen Bradley should 'seriously consider' resigning https://t.co/K8QAs2Kdbf 
• HMP Berwyn female prison officer 'had sex with inmate' https://t.co/XtwoWuOPJM
• Birmingham City fan jailed for pitch attack on footballer Jack Grealish https://t.co/zTRc3muY4m 
• MBE head teacher David Watkin Bundock admits child sex offences https://t.co/LA7IfayntV 
• Home Secretary urged to halt deportation of Suffolk asylum seeker over daughter's FGM threat… https://t.co/PPn4mAk4I
• Albanian trio jailed over £137k cannabis farms in Leeds houses https://t.co/yoALLbiv2H 
• Trials in Manchester halted after courts hit with second huge computer glitch this year https://t.co/T4JOPwINZ0
• Rhyl house 'destroyed' in faulty washing machine fire https://t.co/uHJ4bvJ96y 
• The Importance Of Price And Service Transparency https://t.co/SUNRgJmRu8
• Birmingham City fan pleads guilty to assaulting Aston Villa’s Jack Grealish https://t.co/mGVQaDJ2fX 
• Shamima Begum's mother asks UK Home Office to show mercy https://t.co/gDLSJAmAGO 
• Russian exile in London Nikolai Glushkov's daughter appeals for witnesses a year after his murder https://t.co/TEKIpnr2yJ 
• #Morocco drops case against Spanish activist who helped save lives at sea https://t.co/qGpf75c88Q
• High Court hearing in climate change legal challenge to Heathrow expansion https://t.co/N8JzHfqll1
• Hallett tells senior lawyers to step up on discrimination | Legal Futures https://t.co/hvSelDdpXc 
• Haley Moss, Lawyer With Autism, Is A Trailblazer For Both Feminism And Disability Inclusion #US… https://t.co/JxYK3GeIPL
• ABS owner’s share price crashes after major contract loss | Legal Futures https://t.co/NhQojfYOqN 
• Marini de Livera, a pro bono lawyer from #SriLanka, was honored at the U.S. Department of State #US… https://t.co/BK4AG3Y7Qi
• Smaller law firms “outperforming big practices online” | Legal Futures https://t.co/7o13g4q6jv 
• Air pollution: Cars should be banned near schools says public health chief https://t.co/LjcaFAi3tJ
• R. Kelly 'sexual abuse' tape given to #US authorities https://t.co/Np6P1mfVLB
• Kim Jong-nam: #Indonesian woman freed in murder case https://t.co/6iqiqdNlSO
• Think Like a Libel Lawyer #US https://t.co/ieIudPREvc
• Solicitors worried about impact of new SRA rulebook | Legal Futures https://t.co/ipkTHzrVTo 
• R. Kelly's former lawyer says singer was “guilty as hell” in 2008 trial https://t.co/VsHkLPVgwN
• Anti-FGM campaigner Nimco Ali to receive human rights award at Geneva Summit https://t.co/PY1vGDE0WU
• Defunding the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Would Be Terrible for Women #US https://t.co/fay3s88Frp
• State legislation to curb abortion rights is surging. What's next? #US https://t.co/rckho6ZJ2i 
• Doctor suspended for a month due to his 'cavalier attitude' as a landlord https://t.co/iTXKK3GY24
• International arbitration tribunal awards ConocoPhillips $8.7B from #Venezuela https://t.co/CNCxR49n9u 
• Lecturer who called violinists 'gypos' awarded £180000 after tribunal finds she was wrongly sacked… https://t.co/WhqVElVzl4
• Carlos Ghosn's lawyer apologises as workman disguise ploy backfires #Japan https://t.co/mVplOyrrRR
• Tory Home Secretary Sajid Javid makes me question the value of Muslim politicians https://t.co/iedxLDc6Fu
• #Turkey expels three German journalists https://t.co/HqEkOtGLtq
• Football fan charged with pitch attack on Jack Grealish in Birmingham derby https://t.co/43RHuRIzhl