5th August - Law News

2777th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based legal news & articles archive since 2011 focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's Video Focus: 20 people were killed and 26 others injured in El Paso, Texas. In less than 24 hours, 9 people have been killed in a mass shooting in downtown Dayton, Ohio while 26 others were injured. The mass shootings were hate crime by far-right white terrorists.

Focus of the Day Article:

Delays in employment cases have hit a record high as overburdened tribunals struggle to deal with the volume of claims, lawyers have warned.

Full story - New Law Journal

Saturday Conversations on Law

• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/ZimpcpuNEV
• Brighton Pride: Beach covered with laughing gas canisters https://t.co/E62ph0MC1
• Texas Walmart shooting: El Paso attack 'appears to be hate crime' by Trump supporting far-right terrorist #US https://t.co/5Gl3hplwgN
• Warning message on gambling ads does little to stop betting – study https://t.co/yntWnkcmO0
• #Iran seizes oil tanker in Gulf 'smuggling fuel to Arab states' https://t.co/EyWN4tAUXc
• New trade minister Liz Truss had private talks in US with libertarian groups https://t.co/Xupx3ZBWtX
• ‘Give older people legal right to live in their own homes’ https://t.co/8OKow38h7C 
• Is There a Legal Basis for Deploying Japanese SDF to the Strait of Hormuz? https://t.co/T1jJG8onVo
• Humanists to help shape religious curriculum after threatening legal action to sit on education board https://t.co/7BLTMxT4XU
• Tribunal: PDM withdraws petition challenging Bauchi gov's victory #Nigeria https://t.co/35NT3bK6LZ
• 'High risk' convicted rapist sentenced for not registering with police https://t.co/0xck3MRU82 
• Over £2,000 raised by immigration solicitors presented to Barnardo’s https://t.co/qzFKbdgbyc 
• Law and politics: Is the romance finally over? https://t.co/WdoBsrHDrV
• Full transcript: Judge sacked for watching porn ‘perverted course of justice’ by emailing court clerk chemsex death… https://t.co/qB4Vf5CdG5
• Sainsbury’s shelf-stacker turned Doughty Street barrister Tunde Okewale becomes one of Inner Temple's youngest be… https://t.co/ow8cXDQrYJ
• ‘Oh sh*t! It’s the SRA!’ https://t.co/4PpfIeILjr 
• Henry Hendron suspended again - Legal Cheek https://t.co/riGzgPJfZq
• I bought a Gucci handbag and pretended to like rugby in a bid to fit in with my magic circle peers - Legal Cheek https://t.co/ewzNmu779
• BPP Law School apologises after ‘technical fault’ sees LPC students receive advocacy exam materials 48 hours late  https://t.co/iKI6HG6s0W
• Love Island 2019: Limerick law grad defies odds to be crowned winner during live final - Legal Cheek https://t.co/3LTACTConh
• Former Baker McKenzie London chief faces prosecution for alleged sexual misconduct https://t.co/r27kHcEmug
• Super-exam pilot results: make SQE1 the theory test and leave practical skills for SQE2 https://t.co/o4qWH3QHc
• Addleshaw Goddard pledges pay boost for cleaners as trade union plots protest https://t.co/767Bqr9jK
• The dos and don’ts of training contract deadline day https://t.co/X5oxGsA2
• London lawyer who tried to pinch mobile phones at Dubai airport struck off https://t.co/8BKh0iAwzY
• ULaw prepares for Hong Kong launch as it aims to take legal education global https://t.co/C1z17bcPgZ
• Crowdfunded Boris Johnson prosecution in last-ditch Supreme Court appeal https://t.co/yS65cEbrlc 
• CMS raises NQ solicitor pay to £73,000 plus bonus in package worth up to £87,600 https://t.co/75rUy2ha9r 
• No deal Brexit disastrous for aspiring lawyers, Law Society warns https://t.co/6lrqoWY0CW 
• US firm Paul Hastings in email blunder that lets prospective trainees see who they’re up against - Legal Cheek https://t.co/QuA92oNqsJ
• Clifford Chance tops magic circle trainee pay table with fresh rises https://t.co/8ktoJ5xIms
• Aspiring lawyers shouldn’t underestimate the power of networking https://t.co/CNuowskRkU 
• Event: Secrets to Success Hong Kong - with Clifford Chance, Herbert Smith Freehills, Linklaters, Mayer Brown https://t.co/4t6A8iF1z
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/l5P0TDK77s
• Sports centres ban energy drinks for children https://t.co/Wyv04jRZRQ
• Man dies after electric skateboard accident in Oxfordshire https://t.co/1vF9fWETdb
• Anti-fascist activists clash with far-right Tommy Robinson supporters in London https://t.co/xkXsRY0kiI
• BBC Northern Ireland steps back from Belfast Pride after complaints https://t.co/IT4Q06ZtBW
• Secret report reveals government fear of schools chaos after no-deal Brexit https://t.co/RqdVCyCNB6
• Hatton Garden lookout Kenny Collins: ‘I didn’t fall asleep on the job. That’s cobblers’ https://t.co/rcA2PJwVO8
• Families of Manchester terror victims ‘must declare valuables’ to get legal aid https://t.co/RLsjuVtu0C

4th August - Law News

2776th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based legal news & articles archive since 2011 focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's Video Focus: It is five years since thousands of Yazidis in Iraq were killed, taken hostage and forced into exile by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, or ISIS). The Yazidi community is demanding accountability for the crimes committed. A special UN investigative team says it is making slow but steady progress.

Saturday Conversations on Law

• In Pentagon Contract Fight, Amazon Has Foes in High Places #US https://t.co/VW8AlM53sq
• Trump Proposal Would Raise Bar for Proving Housing Discrimination #US https://t.co/ZeTZimFUno
• Look at the Mueller Report as a Detective Story. It Will Blow Your Mind #US https://t.co/WmuXDdXZzK
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/4Sv6Knu4eM
• Calais: Dublin man charged with 'largest UK port gun seizure' https://t.co/GnawHlNxtR 
• #Russia protests: Hundreds detained during unauthorised demonstration https://t.co/WIbttcjEAO 
• South Essex drugs-related deaths: Two men arrested https://t.co/skztYdusTk
• Giant tortoise in 'world's slowest police chase' https://t.co/OzIgiP2sXS
• United Airlines pilots arrested at Glasgow Airport before boarding US flight https://t.co/YzFpgBDgf5
• Cyrus Christie: Fulham investigate incident after player says sister was hit and racially abused https://t.co/SC3c1eOJoT
• #HongKong protests: Chinese army video seen as warning https://t.co/PaUrtPEDMQ
• Extremist materials have seized from teenage gunman Legan's residence after Garlic festival shooting #US https://t.co/8tvS3aNrYY
• Newspaper fined €111,000 over article which collapsed rape trial #Ireland https://t.co/eeDw6Zywtk
• Man arrested as car hits people at Belfast cemetery https://t.co/jWMpNOvRC
• Lack of resources fuels delays in employment tribunals | NLJ https://t.co/FPvAkGmUwd 
• Judges can grant public access to all written materials in the court bundle, the Supreme Court has held | NLJ https://t.co/RYAtO6gLT1
• MPs urge Equality Commission to ‘be bolder’ | NLJ https://t.co/NE5RJMS4ru 
• The standard of proof used for professional misconduct proceedings for solicitors has officially changed to ‘balance https://t.co/23xnFF14GL
• Legal aid is 70 | NLJ https://t.co/Ws35JEEDsB
• GDPR, immigration & enforcement among issues facing profession post-Brexit | NLJ https://t.co/9GhvuyNaCe 
• Singapore mediation treaty puts cross-border enforcement on the table | NLJ https://t.co/4MfItSoQLg 
• ASAP Rocky trial: #Swedish judge temporarily releases rapper https://t.co/LVfwORi4Ql 
• Alexandra Macesanu murder: #Romania Minister sacked over ‘deeply wrong’ remarks https://t.co/eKqh9Uwgzv
• #HongKong protests: Demonstrators march amid rising tensions https://t.co/NkaNxLUB6U 
• Women at war: why do we still struggle with the idea of female soldiers? https://t.co/S4krE90xXm
• Death penalty advocate & ministerial conduct code breaker Home Secretary Priti Patel: I want criminals to feel terror https://t.co/QSAM2GQDx2

3rd August - Law News

2775th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based legal news & articles archive since 2011 focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's Video Focus: A journalist was killed in a road accident in Kerala's capital Thiruvananthapuram (India) late last night when a car adriven allegedly by an IAS officer rammed his motorcycle, killing him on the spot.

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Closing libraries means abandoning society’s most isolated and vulnerable https://t.co/Kq5lusKQfn
• #Brazil space institute director sacked for revealing Amazon deforestation https://t.co/7Zj2aYhn9m
• Pedestrian hit by police car in Bromley dies https://t.co/TOE7E62Hl2
• Our Legal Heritage: The Great Scottish Witch Hunt of 1597 https://t.co/mLmQkU9xNk
• Inksters-sponsored This is Your Trial returns to the Fringe for a seventh year https://t.co/RQambxR3R
• Scullion LAW congratulates Gemma Brown on LLB after nearly two decades with the firm https://t.co/G9EKtfoorb
• German government introduces bill to protect British citizens in event of no-deal Brexit https://t.co/tq71HgxrNS
• Legal trainees invited to Society of Advocates in Aberdeen free lunch https://t.co/BBGW4clJTt 
• Youth bail and remand research project appeals for interview subjects https://t.co/vtfewnWaOr 
• Dinosaur sites on Skye granted greater legal protection https://t.co/ayOv8RsFf1
• Scots law missing a trick on ‘later living’ projects https://t.co/329h7hREBP
• MacRoberts advises on sale of Edinburgh-based Cultivate to Deliveroo https://t.co/y0PprMOH1L 
• Drug dealer who inadvertently incriminated himself by dealing in front of his own car's dashboard camera jailed https://t.co/MT6yWXa46Z 
• David Adams joins Compass Chambers https://t.co/sZzsmofes
• Prisoners to be allowed to vote in Shetland by-election https://t.co/J8nBEfGllZ
• Councillor suspended for making inappropriate remarks to man seeking renewal of licence has appeal against suspension https://t.co/OzYb6wCBm6
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/VI37OjYizb
• Veteran solicitors fined and hit with £21,000 costs bill over account rule breaches | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/7QG3eMgHlD
• SRA tech challenge ‘updates’ its terms - but keeps rights claim | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/tI1PLeSUXv
• Law degree will earn you less than dentistry - but more than creative writing | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/GML3P1vZLl
• Rape complainants 'should be given immediate legal support' | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/H7oYYQLXMA
• Insurers ponder JR challenge to -0.25% discount rate | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/Ro3JnlJxTR
• Veteran solicitors fined and hit with £21,000 costs bill over account rule breaches | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/FTMAQd0vQK
• Slater and Gordon figures show signs of recovery | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/xRPYZxSx2d
• Does the 'female gaze' make sexual violence on film any less repugnant? https://t.co/JBqMbeFDNh
• Brexiter man jailed for death threats to 'anti-Brexit' MPs https://t.co/3YekZxriOD 
• Plane lands on road and gets 'pulled over' #US https://t.co/PmnTqSdCDl
• CA: Judge wrong to discharge jury over barrister’s closing speech | Legal Futures https://t.co/K1FAzqIP8B
• Slater & Gordon returns to profit after years of turbulence | Legal Futures https://t.co/wCgkLE8UKX
• Cross-regulator IP law firm merger breaks new ground | Legal Futures https://t.co/SxPUqx64yZ
• No one should have to pay to pee: it’s time for a toilet fightback https://t.co/TQdK0j4oUu
• Hardliner Priti Patel is the wrong person to tackle knife crime https://t.co/nLwpwgzK2F
• #Saudi Arabia allows women to travel independently https://t.co/NRNUfr05Ys
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/n8ktYfODwJ
• Cambridge student who died in Madagascar 'opened plane door' https://t.co/tvcBSEI6dx 
• Puppy farming reports increase almost five-fold - RSPCA https://t.co/QmoYhQeTRG 
• The Guardian view on arms control treaties: how we started worrying again | Editorial https://t.co/Eg65cQKsGV
• How antisemites hijacked my work with vulnerable Palestinian children | Rosena Allin-Khan https://t.co/QbfaAbX7H0

2nd August - Law News

2774th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based legal news & articles archive since 2011 focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's Video Focus: We recently brought you a story about a contentious government scheme for recovering debts from people on welfare. Since then, 7.30 has been inundated with stories from other people who've been shocked to receive robodebts. Now we bring you the stories of two men with disabilities - including one who died last year - and their families who are demanding answers about the debts that Centrelink says they owe. Plus Laura Tingle interviews Minister for Government Services Stuart Robert about robodebts.

Focus of the Day Article:
Minority groups and women underrepresented on US state supreme courts, as report suggests judicial elections lack of diversity threatens legitimacy.

Full story - The Global Legal Post

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Marcel Berlins, the Guardian's 'brilliant, humane' legal columnist, dies at 77 https://t.co/CQuw4XdC16
• No 10 rebuffs new minister's backing for pre-charge anonymity https://t.co/OGFAQP0ywG
• Lady Chatterley's legal case: how the book changed the meaning of obscene https://t.co/lA9eZjyexi
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/VLk5LXG9oi
• Suspected sex offenders should remain anonymous, says new Justice Secretary https://t.co/OmpqrxT75X
• Hidden histories of prisoner-patients in Victorian Scotland https://t.co/5Ddrxgiq8S
• Edinburgh Law School staff take to the stage at this year’s Fringe https://t.co/E0zvUlrmWZ 
• Notice requirements under the judicial spotlight again https://t.co/j8DbzhFCDh
• The self-crowning creditor? https://t.co/PYc1a32Qk
• New sexual harassment legal service launched for women in Scotland https://t.co/dvD7ObF7hv 
• Man charged with car theft was arrested again after allegedly showing up to court in another stolen car https://t.co/jEKvPmBDJl
• Motorist who filmed crash scene on phone wins appeal against conviction for driving while using mobile https://t.co/UcJO3zKe6
• NHS study finds minimum unit pricing for alcohol well implemented https://t.co/WZBa6KdXQP
• The death of Professor Tom Campbell who passed away on Saturday at the age of 81 in Canberra, Australia https://t.co/0XSYgUf7W4
• Legal ombudsman faces claim over data breach | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/iijeSX6uhB
• Hill Dickinson posts upbeat results | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/IxCrBnZ6FK
• Home Office refuses to end indefinite detention of immigrants | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/aCBF5Vfek
• Lawyers tussle over costs in Russian oligarch dispute | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/BQ3tTTurvh
• Appeal allows stand-still agreement on claim 17 months out of time | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/HzQrfAG7Fe
• The challenge of generational diversity | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/zR9c7f7ANQ
• Surge in teens in care 'puts system under strain' https://t.co/g9lWBN1qnA
• What it's like going through a domestic abuse case https://t.co/TEGiekm1m1
• Louise Porton guilty of killing daughters who 'got in the way' https://t.co/7AZZXgz0bG
• Ekaterina Karaglanova: Man 'confesses' to Moscow Instagram influencer murder #Russia https://t.co/k9cins3qWc
• 'I'm a victim of slavery but I'm just seen as an immigration problem' | Annie Kelly https://t.co/7WUyWdBJKe
• How the media framed the way we see the migrant crisis https://t.co/sZle9kFoLJ
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/bGcPi0QbUW
• #HongKong protesters on storming of the Legislative Council https://t.co/sGj1Fum621
• Bumi Thomas: British-born jazz artist faces deportation from the UK https://t.co/5DJySIgoM9 
• Prison restaurant serves up cut in reoffending https://t.co/UhApTF01pT
• #Japan's first severely disabled lawmakers join parliament https://t.co/GdhKTSaRxS
• Court strikes out “incomprehensible” claim against law firm | Legal Futures https://t.co/3NoaGJofYs
• Solicitor taken in by “Pope’s banker” fails to remove PC conditions | Legal Futures https://t.co/XKKSZZ5A7
• Fostering diversity through innovation | Legal Futures https://t.co/OTK8lH0av9
• Law Society warns of £3.5bn hit from no-deal Brexit | Legal Futures https://t.co/LrZ6RkjShV 
• MoJ official “confident” of hitting April 2020 deadline for PI reform | Legal Futures https://t.co/8aaUsNuYeU
• Driver who filmed crash 'could lead to law change' https://t.co/GUavb4Esbp
• Europe’s patchwork of abortion laws is absurd. Rights must be made universal https://t.co/DXPOdHFP9o
• The Guardian view on climate breakdown: an emergency for all, but especially the poor | Editorial https://t.co/w28iT3xMIQ
• The Guardian view on Afghanistan: war and peace talks | Editorial https://t.co/96rPSHHVWb 
• Should people without children be banned from Disney World? https://t.co/SFMaDu46to
• Minister: Keep suspects anonymous if there is a reputation to protect https://t.co/zlK1MqWSEx

1st August - Law News

2773rd Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based legal news & articles archive since 2011 focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's Video Focus: In a newly unearthed audio clip, then-California Gov. Ronald Reagan disparaged "monkeys" from African countries in a phone call with then-President Richard Nixon, according to the former director of Nixon's presidential library. Tim Naftali, who directed the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum from 2007 to 2011, writes that Reagan -- who would later become the 40th President of the United States -- called Nixon in October 1971, the day after the United Nations had voted to recognize the People's Republic of China. In the call, he says, Reagan is heard apparently referencing the way the Tanzanian delegation started dancing in the General Assembly when the UN took the vote to seat the delegation from Beijing instead of Taiwan.

Focus of the Day Article:
Justice officials have conceded there is nothing to stop insurers gaming the new portal system for litigants in person when it goes live next April. Ministry of Justice policy chiefs appeared yesterday at a seminar held to give more detail about how the portal will work. Around 100 stakeholders were in London for a session put together by the Motor Insurers Bureau, which is designing and implementing the portal.

Full story - The Law Society Gazette

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Shana Grice was killed by her ex-boyfriend – and thoroughly let down by the police https://t.co/koX6IFitGk
• No-deal Brexit plans to get £2.1bn taxpayer's money https://t.co/0LivTLoNy
• We should be in every school in the UK, PC says https://t.co/5tbCZrPT6T
• #US sanctions #Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif https://t.co/1sUIkILf3y
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/PGa87fqKA
• Three men awarded £414,000 for malicious prosecution by police https://t.co/ZJ3yNsSqhN
• Solicitor struck off for Dubai mobile phones theft | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/f0Q3WyIXJW
• DWF reveals £12.6m spend on listing in maiden results | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/W9j7UcLg4h
• Lawyers fear LiP portal invites insurers to deny everything | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/SYaWYSd7F1
• Open justice isn’t only for deserving cases | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/FKGFqS5L1Q
• Court lambasts dispute solicitors for ‘dialogue of the deaf’ | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/iEltvI0Ppm
• SQE: regulator ponders pure multiple choice to help minority candidates | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/QCdKK0SQJ
• Whenever Trump says ‘infested’, we know he’s talking about people of colour #US https://t.co/8s9YgPDrMa
• My sexual assault case was dropped because I wouldn’t hand over my phone | Anonymous https://t.co/8XvZQtiDCb 
• Labour acts on risk of 'dark money' from Farage-led lobbyists https://t.co/Ib8dtKEBVF 
• Home Office fees are trapping asylum seekers https://t.co/A1HQx22BH2
• Boris Johnson and a warning from history https://t.co/c4XAJB4kRh
• Private college goes bust and will stop teaching https://t.co/iR4o6bu4Vs 
• England: Man wins right to exhume ancestors' remains amid fears of desecration by Orwell admirers https://t.co/9h7sGiKNw
• RBS Legal helps pupils take First Step towards careers in law https://t.co/t91B5JKlfM
• Dominic Grieve tops SLN Brexit poll https://t.co/ctFc8JD22
• ‘Countless’ lives at risk from UK government’s 'dangerously short-sighted' approach to death penalty https://t.co/MGMlna2uQB
• Professor R. Daniel Kelemen: New leaders and old problems – Brexit and the rule of law crisis https://t.co/TxLASfWQpe 
• Joint letter to Home Secretary critical of Britain's 'brutal' detention regime https://t.co/01TV7eexM5
• Academics call on Scottish government to uphold Equality Act amid claim of ideologically-driven lobbying from trans… https://t.co/KGtQtGJSQZ
• Glasgow police burst into wrong home and order young man to drop his boxers and lift up his testicles https://t.co/XjklsVpOom
• Calling up notices case raises more questions than answers https://t.co/gDzY1plsaf
• DWF reports 15 per cent revenue growth in 'milestone year' https://t.co/J9mmsPn13
• Crofting couple’s damages claim for neighbours’ bull’s impregnation of pedigree cow dismissed https://t.co/lqY4vuC16C
• Children in Nottingham care homes 'abused by predators' https://t.co/QTA9zPkw14
• Ladbrokes Coral has been fined £5.9m for not protecting vulnerable customers and for failings in its anti-money laundering comittnents https://t.co/U1Ze917vpq
• Bob Geldof's firm's use of tax haven is legal, but the system hurts African nations https://t.co/BEzXr0DcG1
• 'National emergency': young people killed by knives in 2019 https://t.co/7Cg6wf8rdF
• Crocodile with surgical plate in stomach may provide clue to missing person #Australia https://t.co/kRL3fU2B96
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/Qdbrd3QcXn
• Late rush in PPI mis-selling claims pushes Lloyds' bill past £20bn https://t.co/FN71EBx2LA 
• Cambridge sexual misconduct rule change branded 'unlawful' https://t.co/4U7vOJd1WH
• Leave to remain – but no home to remain in after fees treble https://t.co/Vckb8ZeWuk
• Barrister Saif appointed as presiding officer for Senate chairman election #Pakistan https://t.co/OVgCxEFu0s
• Christchurch Bar Mourn Sudden Death of Leading Barrister Tim Fournier #NewZealand https://t.co/2K0sZ5RXnb
• Tributes paid to Northern Ireand-born barrister known as 'the world's nicest judge' Charles Quin QC #CaymanIslands https://t.co/TVbJ9eBrZq
• Kennels owner landed with £93000 legal bill in neighbour row over dog noise https://t.co/LhKJaJBBmd
• The reasons why solicitors are nosy and look into people's businesses https://t.co/nonrF2sp3j 
• Worthing solicitor takes on Prudential RideLondon-Surrey 46 for CYCALL adapted cycling scheme https://t.co/zqGUEzi2yD
• Michael Ellis QC MP has been sworn in as Solicitor General for England and Wales https://t.co/CuaI45BIlj
• Charles and royals to face spotlight as former lawyer represents princess in Dubai case https://t.co/jeOdA4hOzY
• #Israeli court has sentenced a lawyer with the umbrella Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) to 13 years in pris… https://t.co/jrjsIwaicb
• Rosedale lawyer faces 15 years for stealing more than $200K from client #US https://t.co/BHuQan5Idh
• Grenfell Tower effigy on bonfire was an 'artistic effort', lawyer says https://t.co/qzofF6j83u
• Guns Without Borders: California Has Strict Gun Laws. But Not Its Neighbor Nevada #US https://t.co/unQRqqUJnl
• More Than 900 Migrant Children Have Been Separated From Their Families Over Past Year #US https://t.co/r0uhtgEaAk
• They Survived Colonization and War. But #Venezuela’s Collapse Was Too Much https://t.co/eEkP1ITnk5
• The White House Blocked My Report on Climate Change and National Security #US https://t.co/T4STwijcJy
• ‘Moscow Mitch’ Tag Enrages McConnell and Squeezes G.O.P. on Election Security #US https://t.co/BSzxSkWFQ7
• Car industry investment plummets in UK https://t.co/KtvdgJumgU
• #INdia's Cafe Coffee Day tycoon VG Siddhartha's body found https://t.co/Kd8fPrkOhE 
• Swansea University has climate of fear, sacked vice-chancellor claims https://t.co/q9GlKTYjbT
• MPs call for dedicated police for violent schools https://t.co/t1V4zBMykU
• Partners fined for conflict of interest in coal mine deal | Legal Futures https://t.co/3zsQWoVgx7
• SRA considers ditching skills testing from first part of SQE | Legal Futures https://t.co/u0Y1OEFJQo
• MoJ official “confident” of hitting April 2020 deadline for PI reform | Legal Futures https://t.co/hdUPtDAAAG
• Dubai ruler's wife asks UK court for forced marriage protection order https://t.co/bHxBeTUEvk
• Boris Johnson adviser said Tories do not care about poor people or NHS https://t.co/1E1QtsmQCV
• Action on rise in youth violence completely inadequate, say MPs https://t.co/0pGuL9LpA3
• Only 3% of rape claims in London result in convictions, study says https://t.co/yeV5wzRMak

31st July - Law News

2772nd Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based legal news & articles archive since 2011 focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's Video Focus: In our latest FactCheck Explains series, we take a look at way we elect our MPs - is it time to change our system of First Past The Post?

Focus of the Day Article:
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has spelled out the importance of unregulated firms that employ solicitors under its new rules ensuring that clients understand the limitations of the arrangement. 

Full story - Legal Futures

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Black lawmakers boycott Trump speech commemorating democracy https://t.co/vIGLNsOCG
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/6ZRACg2zof
• England: Solicitors to be subject to lower standard of proof in misconduct hearings https://t.co/4ZRGzyuG5
• Terrorist convicted as a child granted lifelong anonymity https://t.co/lcmjPip0H
• Tune into the melody: Kraftwerk wins 20-year court battle over unauthorised sampling https://t.co/urfMl3jMXQ
• Justice Committee seeks views on prison and alternatives to custody spending https://t.co/rylBdoTOh7
• Addleshaw Goddard reports record results amid growth in Scotland https://t.co/1xvjn85iiO
• Scottish Human Rights Commission to intervene in Serco lock-change evictions https://t.co/ou790mjeS
• To petition or not to petition? https://t.co/usPd5t0F5v
• Scottish Police Authority suspends forensics contract after company suffers ransomware attack https://t.co/AKhWUUWPl
• Prosecution watchdog recommends extension of 'victim strategy' to all complainers of sexual crimes https://t.co/UIzIYkCj5U
• Shepherd and Wedderburn appointed to all six lots of new Scottish Government Legal Services Framework https://t.co/okibdvKKr
• UK Supreme Court finds all courts and tribunals have inherent jurisdiction to grant access to documents https://t.co/EPD1PbZib
• Homeowner wins appeal over bank’s ‘invalid service’ of calling-up notice on property https://t.co/CfKvQPm8l
• Driver charged after roof ripped off bus in Fauldhouse bridge crash https://t.co/xFlVmr8Thi
• Hong Kong protests: Police officer points gun at protesters https://t.co/nkZPqf0Pdw
• Islamic State 'Beatles' El Shafee Elsheikh and Alexanda Kotey could be tried in UK https://t.co/X4lQFlIqOV
• Shana Grice: Police misconduct over victim's stalking claims https://t.co/GVBiSckpHh
• Prince Harry warns of 'unconscious bias' and its connection to racism https://t.co/hjdUJoO3Pn 
• Trump threat to tax #French wine completely moronic, minister says https://t.co/8kuM89vYkV 
• GCs have to take mediation more seriously | The Law Society Gazette https://t.co/ArCF4raJEd 
• Court backs NHS solicitor accused of conspiracy against claimant | The Law Society Gazette https://t.co/bizOTg43B
• Clients drift to online services - but still crave personal touch | The Law Society Gazette https://t.co/HOuanzDfw
• Insurer ARAG stays profitable ahead of West windfall | The Law Society Gazette https://t.co/QmsLszlY3h
• 'Make the case to Treasury' - Buckland urged to back investment in justice | The Law Society Gazette https://t.co/xyqUg9rTcP
• Equality law enforcement not fit for purpose, say MPs | The Law Society Gazette https://t.co/CvmiwVLcFJ
• SRA reveals charges in Baker McKenzie 'intimate activity' case | The Law Society Gazette https://t.co/zsTEN8Vobq
• Raheem Sterling: Chelsea fan banned for life for 'racially abusive language' in Man City game https://t.co/XN4jNzc3Ad
• Google reveals fistful of flaws in Apple's iMessage app https://t.co/KEUBFCbC7X
• Princess Haya: Dubai ruler and wife begin London court battle https://t.co/VBcG0u3JXq
• One in three legal consumers using online services | Legal Futures https://t.co/wzR3gW11Bu 
• Ex-Baker McKenzie boss to face tribunal over harassment allegations | Legal Futures https://t.co/1z6fe3qyxQ
• The amateur #US lawyers helping people walk free https://t.co/BeTOYLPyzw 
• Runcorn fraudster claimed dead dad's benefits in £740k scam https://t.co/dlY4U09yt9
• Giffgaff network fined £1.4m for overcharging millions of mobile customers https://t.co/htViTq1C2E
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/dItAlxKH5A
• High Court rejects libel claim over email sent by in-house lawyer | Legal Futures https://t.co/LAiiEdLRyD
• Unregulated firms employing solicitors “must be clear with clients” | Legal Futures https://t.co/su98ZGRmg1
• Capital One data breach: Arrest after details of 100m #US individuals stolen https://t.co/PzNcKYVMqP
• Katy Perry copied her 2013 song Dark Horse from a Christian rap song, a #US court has ruled https://t.co/ZFcvrVUoAE
• #Brazil footballer Neymar rape case dropped over lack of evidence https://t.co/cb8DSVwjPh 
• Police 'must be investigated' over Operation Midland, says former top judge https://t.co/3sFRkAPkHU
• Dr. Gabor Maté: Antisemitism Allegations Against Jeremy Corbyn 'COMPLETE AND UTTER NONSENSE!' https://t.co/Ue0ewBTdiI J
• Poverty is rising again in #Australia and expert cites welfare changes as likely cause https://t.co/PwW9HNe7Xu
• Obama, the Squad, Al Sharpton: all targets of Trump's racist attacks #US https://t.co/BsTR16r8d
• Anzac Day terror plot: Blackburn boy granted anonymity https://t.co/rD6wBI8PnO
• Inquiry closed into Yory MP filmed grabbing Greenpeace activist https://t.co/XUiCqrt9Kw

30th July - Law News

2771st Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based legal news & articles archive since 2011 focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's Video Focus: Cape Town is a well-known tourist hotspot, but also one of the most divided and dangerous cities in the world. It has seen an average of eight murders a day, for the first six months of this year. In one weekend in July, 43 people were killed. The South African Army has now been deployed to help stop the violence. In some cases, residents are forming vigilante groups.

Focus of the Day Article:
UK’s top judge calls for donations to legal support charity. Lady Hale’s appeal for support likely to reignite controversy over cuts to legal aid. 

Full story - Guardian Law

Saturday Conversations on Law

• My legal life: Liz Roberts, Commercial property lawyer at gunnercooke | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/ighNcPJu4
• Lawyer in the news: James Saunders, Saunders Law | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/3chET6zC5
• Costs question looms over Russian fish tycoons' London litigation | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/xIYMIPoULM
• BT hives off lawyers to DWF | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/fshl2FXpi
• With income down amid waning interest, this is a worrying time for SBA – the Solicitors’ Charity https://t.co/EC6FEPR2f9
• Disputes outfit HFW partners with litigation analytics startup | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/mj9TtWOrj
• Retention rates high at magic circle firms | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/rNGxhVmwIg
• Business as usual under Buckland | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/A7vVjCpxn
• GCs have to take mediation more seriously | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/OsDFjXTds
• A bad time to review regulation | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/SCudUYwHGh
• Solicitor charity loses one third of volunteers in four years | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/dGVmy1zRy
• ‘Chemsex’ barrister suspended again by tribunal | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/SlYqhqFhPi
• Shortlist announced for 13th Law Society Excellence Awards | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/jKLjZHfDzM
• Supreme Court ruling grants public access to court documents | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/y7ZtPeUZRI
• Saudi Arabia flouts international law with surge in beheadings | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/LS6ZpaPtL
• City watchdog's staff could escape grilling in LC | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/grmOqmBG6M
• Technopop pioneers Kraftwerk win sampling judgment | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/6bWZAJzcTG
• City legal giant’s cleaners to strike over living wage | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/LukhwmWREq
• Final box ticked on civil standard of proof for accused solicitors | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/GZj6yVhuYG
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/ENewu68cYq
• Call for change to assisted dying law https://t.co/Ida8VKyldp 
• #Brazil jail riot 'leaves more than 50 dead' https://t.co/cHiqK3bji
• Waitrose stops sale of birds shot with lead as experts call for UK ban https://t.co/JJyVaaAhWk 
• Boy dies after he and mother are pushed on train tracks in #Germany https://t.co/yxMKs3zkM9 
• Revealed: Crossrail hired security firm to monitor trade unionists https://t.co/3ydWJNnMiK
• Domestic abuse victim to go into hiding as ex freed after six months https://t.co/ZxhUzXFxRZ 
• Barclays, RBS and other banks face £1bn forex rigging lawsuit https://t.co/SBY453julS
• Millar & Bryce parent company Landmark Information Group acquires Optimus https://t.co/SADrslhp7k
• Scots Law 2019 advanced offer ends on Friday https://t.co/iMfUuyChNS
• Tech companies invited to compete for £250,000 funding for legal access projects https://t.co/ZInT6xpHyV
• Blackadders’ Employment Lawyer in Your Pocket returns this September https://t.co/FSelYAuO9N
• Edinburgh tech business Neatebox gets Welcome cash injection https://t.co/iTTsyyXksn
• Ofcom fines news channel RT £200,000 for biased reporting https://t.co/3z85LrvDqO 
• Lucy Metcalf joins Thorntons family law team in Edinburgh https://t.co/8uRde3GNjC
• Failure to carry out M9 crash FAI prompts calls for review of system https://t.co/GYJtjwCMw6 
• Poll: Name the Brexit lawyer who has impressed you most https://t.co/6TCBKwercX
• Two women were promptly arrested after complaining to police that a hitman they hired had ripped them off https://t.co/rr6EpbSKpP
• Lady Hale makes charity appeal for access to justice https://t.co/tI5WoFt8IB
• Standards Commission for Scotland prevails in first substantive appeal against one of its decisions https://t.co/qHPDHoxTbl
• UK Supreme Court dismisses HMRC appeal on VAT repayment for EU farm subsidy purchase https://t.co/xnbyb97xqv
• Airbnb host fined £100,000 for letting council flat https://t.co/OVNeJk3YGz
• National Archives: 'Bill Clinton talks loudly, fails to act': envoys’ barbed missives to John Major https://t.co/5ge2uNk07D
• Families of UK citizens held abroad call for consular protection https://t.co/K59o1qd8oQ
• Liberty loses high court challenge to snooper’s charter https://t.co/W1aXOEuTx4
• “Put your house in order,” court tells solicitor over higher rights | Legal Futures https://t.co/76Qpr0uyvr
• Green light for civil standard of proof at SDT | Legal Futures https://t.co/4BtIwLyL3q
• Barrister suspended again after returning from drug-conviction ban | Legal Futures https://t.co/2cUgCuSicA
• Cancer Research launches free will service with unregulated provider | Legal Futures https://t.co/YXSvFxOmuf
• I've seen how cannabis legalisation works in Canada. Britain could do it better | David Lammy https://t.co/0yiAB1ls8N
• A Trump trade deal with Britain will unleash a bonfire of regulations and wreck the NHS https://t.co/4RFat7sTdA
• #Syrian refugees in Beirut and Istanbul detained and deported https://t.co/wWskc2dVv
• More than 4m in UK are trapped in deep poverty, study finds https://t.co/swsBDmKkp7 
• Employment tribunal claims taking eight months to be heard https://t.co/JGJpFYrim5
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/g52NUf3t1n
• Back in the day, 'He liked my spirit, and approved my visa on the spot' #US https://t.co/yTSk2Giwac
• Ryanair hit by air fare battle and Brexit uncertainty https://t.co/w4QEfJKyoa
• Work on production line of Boeing 737 Max ‘not adequately funded’ https://t.co/07Fic3qf2h 
• Garlic festival shooting: Three dead in Gilroy California #US https://t.co/CbApebS3l9
• Parents launch court action over Christian school assemblies https://t.co/As2vn4vuQO