23rd April - Law News

2673rd 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: About 190 million people in Indonesia will be eligible to cast their votes on 17 April, in what is being called one of the most complicated single-day elections in history. For illiterate communities in remote areas of the vast archipelago it is a daunting task. The BBC travelled to hear the aspirations of Dayak Meratus tribes in remote Borneo ahead of the poll.

 

Focus of the Day Article:
Barristers, solicitors and paralegals urged to join single trade union. Top lawyers including Michael Mansfield say move would help all ranks of the profession.

Full story - Guardian Law

Saturday Conversations on Law

• #Algeria protests: Police 'detain top businessmen' Abdelaziz Bouteflika https://t.co/b1LzD0vOtz
• #Polish Judas ritual 'anti-Semitic' according to Jewish congress https://t.co/KHYuG64q7L
• Polly Higgins, lawyer who fought for recognition of 'ecocide', dies aged 50 https://t.co/kbeuMGGqKd
• #Brunei defends death by stoning for gay sex in letter to EU https://t.co/IaJkdHUJq6
• Think You’re Discreet Online? Think Again https://t.co/mJzlPX6C70
• Religious Minorities Across Asia Suffer Amid Surge in Sectarian Politics https://t.co/DtJEpL2Jqk
• The Giants at the Heart of the Opioid Crisis https://t.co/39vXd7FBKd
• Marsden Moor fire 'started by barbecue' https://t.co/YtshScuDRJ
• Extinction Rebellion: Climate change protesters at Natural History Museum https://t.co/Ndudwo3g4Z
• Politics and the law: Where do we draw the line? https://t.co/F9Roty99Tq
• Is the UK’s Financial Services sector set for an upswing in complaints, claims and legal action? https://t.co/5wAe1BYO4l
• Litigation funding bring level playing field in accessing justice https://t.co/uzX5j22tra
• Supreme Court rejects Strasbourg Court reasoning on the presumption of innocence https://t.co/0e10hMeAP7
• Social Media Raising the Bar https://t.co/dkYZyLMhX
• Preventing Digital Exclusion from Online Justice https://t.co/XvX26YaPlb
• Improving transparency standards for clients of the Bar https://t.co/nCvvhwrClV
• Tesla says investigating car explosion in Shanghai https://t.co/RYyR8Ki4NC
• Older women exploited by IVF clinics, says fertility watchdog https://t.co/A5ykNBYD47
• Sexual dysfunction cuts risk 'leaving thousands in UK without help' https://t.co/tLFR4uDPMr 
• We must teach tolerance, says Stephen Lawrence's mother https://t.co/LikYTzxGPJ
• Derry bomb hoax: man to face court over suspect device https://t.co/PA2Ced2aLI
• Police clear Extinction Rebellion protesters from Waterloo Bridge https://t.co/LvN3lBhhnO 
• #SriLanka: British woman and her two children feared dead https://t.co/EnMN1Ka6LU
• #SriLanka authorities were warned two weeks before attacks, says minister https://t.co/ifU4gIj0s8 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/jlwK3TrRFr
• Campaign to tackle 'botched' cosmetic procedures https://t.co/ajHjDCgeV4
• British woman Faye Mooney killed by kidnappers in Nigeria https://t.co/lpouM2qI4c
• Seriously ill, emaciated man who was denied benefits by DWP dies https://t.co/HY6jjhVbjg 
• The #Australian court ban on reporting George Pell’s trial was bound to fail | Paul Chadwick https://t.co/MnsfSIzRyu
• Papua New Guinea has better court tech than us, says Lord Chief Justice - Legal Cheek https://t.co/0sGiJBPrSk
• Jailed sex assault barrister disbarred - Legal Cheek https://t.co/P1q5hHFnUt
• Bungling court staff insisted judge do jury duty in his own case - Legal Cheek https://t.co/3oECNeCZeK
• I was among the first to sit the SQE pilot - here's what I thought - Legal Cheek https://t.co/CWRugxVGag
• Men need to 'step up and take responsibility’ for tackling profession's gender imbalance problem - Legal Cheek https://t.co/D0xTbuqjy
• Last chance to buy first release tickets for Future of Legal Education and Training Conference 2019 - Legal Cheek https://t.co/fGNIuWqkWK
• High Court libel loss for solicitor who claimed £900,000 over Facebook criticism - Legal Cheek https://t.co/kRppUDMmau 
• Arden University appoints ex-BPP chief as vice chancellor - Legal Cheek https://t.co/crPaQcwttZ
• Kim Kardashian proves haters wrong as she ‘aces’ torts exam - Legal Cheek https://t.co/p4oBJWeZb
• Criminal barrister reveals emotional toll of life at the bar in candid tweets - Legal Cheek https://t.co/JgFTRxoHHC 
• Freshfields partner on ‘indefinite leave’ ahead of disciplinary hearing - Legal Cheek https://t.co/jaRxG8j393 
• Big Four told to keep lawyers and accountants apart - Legal Cheek https://t.co/iUMvhE7MFL 
• April Fabb missing: Anniversary appeal leads to calls https://t.co/UPN857jlJy 
• People who do not have access to a bank account pay an extra £485 a year for everyday bills and services https://t.co/ke0B0hTeZQ

22nd April - Law News

2672nd 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 peaceful, just and happy Easter break to all our friends and followers! 

Today's Video Focus: Sri Lankan authorities have taken seven suspects into custody, who they believe may be connected with a series of bombings on Easter Sunday. Three police officers were reportedly killed in the raid. The law enforcement deaths happened when they stormed a safehouse in Dematagoda, an area outside Colombo where the eighth explosion happened, a defense official said. A total of seven people were taken into custody in connection with the bombings.

 

Saturday Conversations on Law

• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/J6PbGV0gAK
• British backpacker jailed in #Thailand for 'picking up phone' returns home https://t.co/sBFCdvcJXG
• Breaking up is hard to do – divorce reforms would make it easier https://t.co/RfP2kgHeJ7
• ‘It’s ruined my life,’ says man who exposed plot to kill MP Rosie Cooper https://t.co/Jq2iAE5G1W
• Extinction Rebellion: Hundreds of officers sent to help Met with protests https://t.co/qwXsfJ9GG
• Ilkley Moor fire: Arrests made over blaze https://t.co/YM2BUFw3So 
• More female teachers report upskirting, says union https://t.co/twYwLAKyQV
• Technology used to trace prison mobiles to exact cells https://t.co/gGv0nDf0XE
• #SriLanka explosions: 137 killed as churches and hotels targeted https://t.co/miPxZzOMp5
• Exchange Chambers to double pupillage intake next year - Legal Cheek https://t.co/HzCLQSFyO4
• Carol Ann Stephens murder: Police still hope to solve 1959 killing https://t.co/pABH8TPLEY 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/2MqYjn6kKA
• Extinction Rebellion: Met Police asks for 200 extra officers https://t.co/1hvivwGvxk
• #NorthKorea embassy raid in Madrid: 'US Marine arrested' https://t.co/i9iM3Gy1KK
• When is Easter and why does the date change every year? https://t.co/NuBCFKP1OT
• #India's top judge Ranjan Gogoi accused of sexual harassment https://t.co/npkUseH8An 
• Gaza fishermen: #Israel extending fishing zone is token gesture https://t.co/vNIfbEMPj9
• Lyra McKee killing: 'New breed of terrorism' in Northern Ireland, says PSNI https://t.co/rM3xcQoSHK 
• American founder of #Liberia charity resigns in wake of rape allegations https://t.co/vZmHK1RhCQ
• FBI arrests member of rightwing militia accused of detaining migrants #US https://t.co/uGOysE8Ut
• Extinction Rebellion: protest lawfully or go home, urges Met police chief https://t.co/Brj4h9sQ7m 
• Family's appeal to catch Holyhead crossbow shooters https://t.co/rICwHuTjBv
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/zbZWUTZxro

21st April - Law News

2671st 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 peaceful, just and happy Easter break to all our friends and followers! 

Today's Video Focus: The planet is facing a crisis. Temperatures continue to rise, bringing extreme weather, exacerbating food shortages, and leading to the extinction of some species. Scientists have repeatedly warned that the effects of climate change are becoming irreversible. What will it take for politicians and the public to tackle climate change and implement policies that bring actual solutions? And what role does the world economic structure play in perpetuating the crisis?

 

Saturday Conversations on Law

• 'We’ve all done it': Diane Abbott backed after apology for train mojito https://t.co/frI6O0MebC 
• Teachers risk dying in classrooms if illnesses ignored, union told https://t.co/KpxtLUkegB
• Gilets jaunes battle riot police and light fires in Paris over high taxes #France https://t.co/I8R37J1gTH
• Extinction Rebellion protests: police clearing Oxford Circus and Waterloo Bridge https://t.co/Brj4h9sQ7m
• The consumers’ champion chasing Mastercard for £14bn https://t.co/joPFmvJnrv
• UK-born baby of parents with right to remain given six-month tourist stamp https://t.co/52YjJP3WoE
• The wife of a Ku Klux Klan leader in the US state of Missouri has admitted shooting him dead two years ago #US https://t.co/OSjfh3la7N
• Barristers, solicitors and paralegals urged to join single trade union https://t.co/yOneGYP02l 
• Police appeal to prevent illegal raves in west Wales https://t.co/eHpsE2N3d
• #US heiress Clare Bronfman has pleaded guilty to her role in an alleged sex trafficking operation https://t.co/w8umfjCn2T
• Lyra McKee: Two teenage men arrested in connection with journalist's killing https://t.co/VyrFPhK84j
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/vDFp8nVsLd
• Teachers face weekly violence from pupils, says survey https://t.co/iZ9QPzNFS7
• HMRC: Beware of tax rebate text message scams https://t.co/WvFwcU6xaO 
• Hacking 'hero' Marcus Hutchins pleads guilty to US malware charges https://t.co/zHd49xxoBi
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/eEWa4Xm4GR

20th April - Law News

2670th 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 peaceful, just and happy Easter break to all our friends and followers! 

Today's Video Focus: A new report shows how 50 lakh jobs were lost after Indian government's demonetisation and worryingly, how fewer people are out there looking for work. With the government insisting jobs have been created, what's the truth? Have the last five years generated jobs, or destroyed them?

 

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Naomi Campbell hit by fashion racism in Asian country https://t.co/zOCB2ZTXV3
• Issue of Europe runs like 'fault line through Conservative Party' https://t.co/VTdDHJ6pBN
• #Israel's apartheid is not that different from the one South Africa used to have https://t.co/Rjg2aFlfeO 
• Justice must be done for the victims of the #Ethiopia plane crash https://t.co/vFNsG9hoYb
• #US man could face death penalty over Thailand 'sea home' https://t.co/M9cYFC74Fi 
• #Chinese journalist Kong Linlin faces arrest over 'Tory party conference delegarte slap' claim https://t.co/Q6DOpcqevC
• #India election 2019: The debunked fake news that keeps coming back https://t.co/ByWhtS9nSZ 
• Why #India sees sex on false promise of marriage as rape https://t.co/FhEKZbGCNV 
• Mueller report: Subpoena issued for unredacted version #US https://t.co/LLzycTgpdJ
• #China bans three marathon cheat runners for life https://t.co/60YrxehfOC 
• #Saudi sisters in Georgia: 'We were treated like slaves' https://t.co/vLttbe6gWt
• Iconic Leica Camera #China video sparks backlash over Tiananmen Square image https://t.co/R355u2wQON
• Homeless #Australian man reunited with lost rat pet by police https://t.co/ChZNLXyJlM
• #Turkey arrests suspected UAE spies in Istanbul https://t.co/abLpSn7HF5
• Holyhead crossbow shooting: Man, 74, in critical condition https://t.co/x9lcYOBoft 
• The Mueller report shows that bad guys who play dirty, like Trump, always win #US https://t.co/kbz6btRZWD
• #India voter 'chops off finger' after voting for wrong party https://t.co/WF4GrBvq8q
• Knife crime: Prince Charles calls for end to 'pervasive horror' https://t.co/52ZIW8bbFC 
• Mueller report: Eight things we only just learned #US https://t.co/JjPs3rcKcS 
• Journalist shot dead in Derry during rioting in the city https://t.co/pit9A7qHLm 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/U7WXbq2ZmB
• Huge increase in Public Spaces Protection Order fines https://t.co/BuwM71XmKx
• The Home Office is cruel and incompetent – it is time it was abolished https://t.co/wMx2Y7aVz2
• #Nigeria's top judge Walter Onnoghen to forfeit bank accounts https://t.co/BTcrW8pACY 
• Pet insurance payouts hit record of £785m https://t.co/hdO9Ij0k9d
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/2UwOmhnbYj

19th April - Law News

2669th 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 peaceful, just and happy Easter break to all our friends and followers!

Today's Video Focus: As more Australian politicians and media organisations sign up to the Chinese social media mega-app WeChat, questions are being raised about its new place within Australia's democracy. There are concerns politicians using WeChat may have to self-censor their comments, avoiding criticism of China and dodging other topics Beijing finds sensitive. Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Opposition Leader Bill Shorten both use WeChat to communicate with Chinese-Australian voters, while several media organisations including the ABC, SBS and The Australian also have accounts. But the news stories posted on WeChat aren't always the same ones making headlines in Australia, and at least one Australian media organisation has had its stories censored by platform moderators.

 

Saturday Conversations on Law

• A man who sent "threatening" emails to seven MPs, including two ex-cabinet members, has been jailed for 42 weeks https://t.co/YlFJGAP8uR
• 'Miracle' cat found in sofa at Slough waste centre https://t.co/U6ycwf5rYa
• Sajid Javid calls for 'full force of law' against innocent Extinction Rebellion protesters https://t.co/ohkE5c0rE7
• Professional footballers to boycott social media for 24 hours in racism protest https://t.co/RQhwGVDNLC
• Mueller report: Trump 'tried to get special counsel fired' #US https://t.co/Hca71XEf
• 'I lost consciousness': woman whipped by the Taliban over burqa without veil | Haroon Janjua https://t.co/DLqYQEUlVm
• Age verification won't block porn. But it will block ethical porn | Girl on the Net https://t.co/MY66Le5mJQ
• Facebook teams with rightwing Daily Caller in factchecking program https://t.co/t8AhvAfelL 
• Extinction Rebellion: trio of unfortunates face a month in custody as judge denies bail https://t.co/T8ExAJMS0c
• Default rate on UK credit card debt at highest for two years https://t.co/F1rQT635NV
• Facebook uploaded email contacts of 1.5m users without consent https://t.co/UD0Elq3PLn
• Nusrat Jahan Rafi: Burned to death for reporting sexual harassment #Bangladesh https://t.co/Wk2SqETOCO
• Mueller report: Barr accused of helping Donald Trump ahead of release https://t.co/EKBWJYWCOu
• Extinction Rebellion: Charges over climate change train protest https://t.co/phFJyTmvu
• Too little too late from Facebook as it bans a dozen UK far right groups and leaders who have already spread too mu… https://t.co/cUf9312wGs
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/MPPSkn5DA
• Israel Folau hearing could turn on point of NSW law, expert says #Australia https://t.co/BJtlN9YyWz
• Politicians urged to cut ties with 'homophobic' pastor https://t.co/MGDMLQFIL
• Shamima Begum: Why women support terror https://t.co/xhoe9T6NUX 
• #Italian students' BBQ results in €13m fine for forest fire https://t.co/74SisWFFJD
• Sadaf Khadem, #Iranian female boxer halts return over arrest fears https://t.co/gQM6GR5phM 
• Ohio pastor sorry after inviting students to slap him in 'crucifixion lesson' #US https://t.co/zxJTtJUUIE 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/qVHDUKccBq

18th April - Law News

2668th 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: People-smuggling across the Channel. Migrants attacking women in dark alleys. All designed to fuel fears about immigration - perhaps the defining issue of the EU referendum. Tonight, this programme reveals disturbing new evidence of fakery - produced for Arron Banks's Leave.EU - and pumped out on social media in the run up to the vote in 2016. And at the heart of it, a secretive security company owned by Mr Banks.

 

Focus of the Day Article:

The chancellor of the High Court has made clear all existing cases must be subject to new disclosure procedures – contradicting the standard reference manual on litigation. In a case dealing with preliminary issues in the ownership dispute UTB LLC v Sheffield United Ltd & Ors, Sir Geoffrey Vos said the White Book, published earlier this year, had made a mistake in stating when procedures apply.
Full story -The Law Society Gazette

Saturday Conversations on Law

• What unites naked protesters and Mark Carney? Climate change https://t.co/n0YFV3ISgw
• Alan García: former #Peru president dies after shooting himself before arrest https://t.co/6lRjlGnZs9
• More than 300 arrested at Extinction Rebellion protests in London https://t.co/DXlY5Vk8Az
• Unseen Kafka works may soon be revealed after Kafkaesque trial https://t.co/TMza0D7m1g 
• Kezia Dugdale wins case against accusation of defamation https://t.co/t1TnGVBJXR
• Ex-supreme court justice defends those who break assisted dying law https://t.co/3vXxjrTyXz 
• Shame on the Home Office for using the tax form to target migrants https://t.co/z2SyTbRKqM 
• UK to introduce porn age-checks in July https://t.co/X1MqQFtm6D 
• Extinction Rebellion London activists chained to Jeremy Corbyn's home https://t.co/4PA0yS7cNN
• Royal Opera House loses appeal over viola player's hearing https://t.co/7qorLMNUUK
• Appeal court revives mammoth £14bn Mastercard group action | Law Gazette https://t.co/j91fMrUPCg
• Shamima Begum case pushes legal aid into national spotlight | Law Gazette https://t.co/joLTpWB5D7 
• SDT's civil standard shift will be put to proof | Law Gazette https://t.co/XLtICJv9T0 
• Blow for bankrupt barrister in trustee battle | Law Gazette https://t.co/3J6VkTk363
• Firm associate banned after logging false calls on system | Law Gazette https://t.co/4sLwbGA6yP
• Herbert Smith Freehills misses five-year gender diversity goal | Law Gazette https://t.co/6K3G2OHQbm
• Solicitor fails in libel claim over treatment of clients - Legal Futures https://t.co/Ye3iziuF6V 
• Consumer panel attacks SRA over freelance solicitors ‘u-turn’ - Legal Futures https://t.co/ugATY0N09D 
• Immigration adviser who acted beyond remit referred to regulator - Legal Futures https://t.co/5XVxkiqzx4 
• Barrister and solicitor thrown out of profession for sex offences - Legal Futures https://t.co/dfMiRJ5Rz8
• Plexus chief: PE investment is "entirely different" this time - Legal Futures https://t.co/ZtpWi3ppcu 
• UK “dependent on EU” for liberalisation of legal services - Legal Futures https://t.co/RmlcbX1yI3 
• Asda offers 'free alcohol' in wrong Welsh translation https://t.co/4e8azcTfeG
• UK universities face 'gagging order' non-disclosure agreement criticism https://t.co/AgJsq4fJCS 
• The Priory healthcare group fined £300k over death of 14-year-old girl https://t.co/yhwXVNHlzv 
• Law firm has “no real prospect” of defending £5.2m claim - Legal Futures https://t.co/db3XXrDCPv 
• Union rallies lawyers to fight "poverty pay" in legal sector - Legal Futures https://t.co/o7g8uqj370 
• Licensing system for domestic animals to be modernised https://t.co/hmv22xbbBz
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/jD4zG07mTo
• Read the bad reviews when buying online: 'Why I write fake online reviews' that are only good https://t.co/hdswGqamq3
• Warning over holiday deposit rules https://t.co/0nuYJbkHrB 
• Extinction Rebellion London protests enter third day https://t.co/4PA0yS7cNN
• Blog: Twenty years of the National Minimum Wage https://t.co/QQB2WVLJrv
• EU member states to implement controversial copyright laws within two years https://t.co/PzN7od4Lhn
• Stephen Irvine joins Allan McDougall Solicitors https://t.co/TPvhwEtufQ
• UK overseas spending linked to 350 death sentences in Pakistan https://t.co/TXKmsLAYjk 
• Anderson Strathern pays tribute to partner John Kerr https://t.co/RInh2IyNbJ
• Defamation reform: freedom of expression and protection of reputation must be balanced https://t.co/h3S6pTiuMy
• Davidson Chalmers and Kergan Stewart to merge https://t.co/3WeUjElIiL
• Javid plans shake-up to rules on disclosing criminal records https://t.co/9sWPMBXTzE 
• 'Shrouded in secrecy': #Saudi women activists due back in court https://t.co/LXjXcpBhyO 
• #Spanish far-right Vox party banned from TV debate https://t.co/TrMkZHND1P
• Gleneagles Hotel armed robber fails in appeal against sentence for £500,000 heist https://t.co/gBWqZXnc3v 
• Why I went viral on Twitter after talking about being evicted on Sky News | Kirsty Archer https://t.co/rQNxWaJSRv
• The claims against Assange and US attitudes to international law https://t.co/4K0xiXuhoh
• My legal life: Fiona Dabell | Law Gazette https://t.co/f8OLFyne9z

17th April - Law News

2667th 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: Attorneys for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange are vowing to fight his possible extradition to the United States following his arrest in London, when British police forcibly removed Assange from the Ecuadorean Embassy, where he had taken asylum for almost seven years. On Thursday night, Democracy Now!'s Amy Goodman spoke to Noam Chomsky about Assange's arrest, WikiLeaks and American power.

 

Focus of the Day Article:

A barrister’s non-contractual fees are property for the purposes of insolvency law and vest in his trustee in bankruptcy, the Court of Appeal has ruled. Overturning the High Court, Lord Justice Newey said the expectation of payment when fees were viewed as an honorarium was “not founded on mere hope or morality but reflects the unique nature of non-contractual barristers’ fees”.
Full story -Legal Futures

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Lord Janner inquiry: Senior police 'influenced decisions' https://t.co/u5oofLxap
• Judge excused jury duty after case mix-up https://t.co/FrmDxXGO
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/DeYFvfPDyz
• Baker McKenzie global chair dies | Law Gazette https://t.co/rwQRCkIwc
• Post Office plays hardball with ironman judge | Law Gazette https://t.co/J2wIV8R1a
• Former Simmons partner fails with jurisdiction claim in discrimination case | Law Gazette https://t.co/cuWVps171
• Government promises private tenancy law reform - but does not say when | Law Gazette https://t.co/pYFI8A5fRt.co/N4t0U7kj2z
• Police begin second wave of arrests in London climate protests https://t.co/4BKMP5qGK
• Court castigates Home Office over misuse of immigration law https://t.co/qCKYAHDYLw
• How Home Office used terror-related law on highly skilled migrants https://t.co/tTGKvutyKs 
• Christina Blacklaws: ‘It’s deplorable there aren’t more top women in law’ | Owen Bowcott https://t.co/gBsB4Mtjz
• Mastercard ruling: almost every UK adult could receive payout https://t.co/iVLjI8BWk
• News focus: Inquests show that not all are equal in death | Law Gazette https://t.co/RDKSjvOFif
• Labour leader Corbyn pledges to scrap pointess primary Sats if elected https://t.co/4EKju4U7dc
• Kim Kardashian: Studying law not about privilege or money https://t.co/nv5z62QFrI 
• Facebook 'horse' post ex-wife plans to return to Dubai despite arrest https://t.co/sI1pquXFUe 
• Seven police officers hurt in Darwen ammonia attack https://t.co/D5AnALlsGx
• Primary pupils 'must learn about same-sex relationships' https://t.co/QjD54r1Gfy
• Crowdfunding councils? Lawyers suggest local authorities could beg for cash to run cases | Law Gazette https://t.co/7WqYT4jDa3
• Faculty welcomes Eurodevils Class of ‘19 https://t.co/26dILzs2PM
• European report raises 'critical concerns' over AI https://t.co/rk85Am36Px
• Brent Haywood: Student anti-abortion group case highlights ambit of Equality Act https://t.co/XuAsQdrJE
• Lawyers of the world unite: union woos barristers (and cleaners) | Law Gazette https://t.co/Ofoa4XpTl
• Scotland's prison overcrowding problem grows https://t.co/aRW58HSTro
• Lawyer in the news: Dan Rosenberg | Law Gazette https://t.co/sN3cZahjxO
• ICC to no longer investigate alleged war crimes in Afghanistan, a week after US issues visa threat https://t.co/mYqsZhPJm9
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/cWAY2Jg0Nu
• Legal Ombudsman costs set to creep up to five-year highs | Law Gazette https://t.co/gT42fNLHfi
• Amazon 'flooded by fake five-star reviews' - Which? report https://t.co/jPzrT4NCL8
• Clampdown planned for British online pharmacies https://t.co/hnJL3TBF2n
• Extinction Rebellion protest: 100 arrests as London roads blocked https://t.co/zp83mezSSK
• OBITUARY: Tayside solicitor Kim Miller https://t.co/t40r1eRSXM
• Serco lock-change challenge dismissed by Court of Session https://t.co/h8d0Y1Tbro
• Collapse of Morisons followed partner exodus https://t.co/qnCF2qZVqM
• Scottish Human Rights Commission: Right to food should be enshrined in Scots law https://t.co/BQfX7LSX4l
• ECtHR rules again that UK's prisoner voting ban is unlawful https://t.co/hvd2suKNzk
• Tommy Sheridan fails in appeal for review of perjury conviction https://t.co/O4J24px4RZ
• Danger IDD - Legal Futures https://t.co/XgV8g4V1pA
• Wellbeing course aims to help lawyers “work sensibly” - Legal Futures https://t.co/bK3Br8YhGI
• Solicitor sanctioned for role in fraudulent transfer of Islamic centre - Legal Futures https://t.co/vRWhSZM42K
• Barrister's non-contractual fees "vest in trustee in bankruptcy" - Legal Futures https://t.co/lEjS3GhGk
• Ex-Simmons partner "must bring discrimination claim in France" - Legal Futures https://t.co/H7hICs8EMo
• Former soldier to be prosecuted for 1972 killing of boy in Derry https://t.co/jGbpZOKw9V
• Why is the left blinkered to claims about Assange and sexual assault? https://t.co/zMsy0pWDFi
• Terror case delayed after judge criticises pre-sentence report https://t.co/u1gct5mgHn
• Jeremy Corbyn defends Shamima Begum's right to legal aid https://t.co/F8l33YQOc0
• Sajid Javid, the answer to youth knife crime lies in hospitals – and it’s been proven https://t.co/HpcnUt5EBh
• Letters support claim Assange would not face death penalty https://t.co/D9uTgDL6uL

16th April - Law News

2666th 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: Kemi and Mojo are two women who want to take back control of their bodies after their sexuality was stolen from them. They've joined one of the "UK's first plus-size dance classes" to build their confidence and learn to love themselves as they are. Both women have waived their right to anonymity to talk about their experiences of being raped in the hope of encouraging others to speak out.

 

Focus of the Day Article:

UN urges France to act on 'dire' living conditions of refugees. Special rapporteur for housing says plight of hundreds of migrants breaches their human rights.
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Saturday Conversations on Law

• Billionaire Sergiy Tigipko investigated over abduction of UK grandchildren https://t.co/AjrbPQhRgP
• Daniel Hegarty: Ex-soldier to be charged with 1972 murder https://t.co/XVB3NvVU0b
• A new dawn for women's rights in #Sudan https://t.co/KXiWaKjvA3
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/BWKKFurqp
• Men who father children by rape should be blocked from automatic parental rights, MP says https://t.co/6dxUyMMarg
• Government breached prisoners' human rights by not allowing them to vote https://t.co/PdpqWv3xq2 
• #Brazil: Jail Sentence against Comedian Harms Freedom of Expression https://t.co/s3lvU3arYz 
• Animal rights activists protest release of suspected killers of stray dogs in Ankara #Turkey https://t.co/ukffc42ckz 
• Teen infanticide case: Lawyer says couple not 'depraved, heartless murderers' #US https://t.co/Y8G4PELqAb
• Ghosn's lawyer calls daily questioning a form of 'torture' #Japan https://t.co/W4STsSvvlM 
• There's no evidence to justify Assange's eviction, Snowden's lawyer says https://t.co/JdKqBBioMQ 
• Falklands' court fines #Argentine lawyer for attempting to export live round as “historic souvenir” https://t.co/O1GqKMqUm5
• David Gilliland: Lawyer and dendrologist excelled at everything he did #Ireland https://t.co/hBGoyHOYa
• Speedboat killer's lawyer accuses victim's family of 'GLOATING' over prison time https://t.co/Z0dDIQmJMh
• Barbara Underwood, Douglas Letter to Argue Census Case Before Supreme Court #US https://t.co/M3qP0tsi7
• Grenfell family 'face removal from home' as Tory council refuses to pay https://t.co/fn7iULPPfI
• Call to end ban on producing immune therapy from UK blood https://t.co/ku2T40pF6L
• Shamima Begum who was groomed as IS bride at 15, 'given legal aid' for citizenship fight https://t.co/klVBqA1ntH
• Dishonest NHS ambulance chasing lawyer struck off https://t.co/xF8SPUrKF
• Essential legislation enabling ADRS would be further extended by Sindh Assembly: Wahab #Pakistan https://t.co/nyN2xhvD6q
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/HvletigOhU
• Victims of #Italy's deadly 'Years of Lead' demand justice https://t.co/3CAwy8D10
• Justice Dept. Declines to Defend Law Against Female Circumcision, Citing Flaws #US https://t.co/zONE1DOqWE
• Roger Stone connected to matters still under investigation, Justice Dept. says #US https://t.co/JVVsFz0eHO
• A 911 Call, an Unarmed Woman and a Single Shot: The Mystery of a Police Shooting https://t.co/znp2KEJBhX
• At #Egypt’s Tourism Gems, Animal Abuse Is an Ugly Flaw https://t.co/NxokmdCWrV
• Gene-Edited Babies: What a Chinese Scientist Told an American Mentor https://t.co/yKjxVlXAGU
• Tracking Phones, Google Is a Dragnet for the Police https://t.co/wpQnOvgbzu
• Nottingham Prison inmate cuts prison officer's throat https://t.co/rGitvRaDHM
• Gatwick drone attack possible inside job, say police https://t.co/VPC9ch3hn
• Government plans to ban no-fault evictions in England https://t.co/h5ivMq1RFu
• Dangerous products could swamp UK after Brexit, warns Which? https://t.co/Gzb69mqK1B
• Sajid Javid to call for shift in mindset to tackle knife crime https://t.co/C3hSg2YCv3
• Europe urged to reject US Middle East plan if it is unfair to Palestinians https://t.co/mmDRDJOcWH
• Short-notice evictions face axe in tenant rights victory https://t.co/hfUtX2f3w3
• Lula, like all #Brazilians, faced a fair trial https://t.co/8wENMil8Uw