20th August - Law News

2793rd 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: Shocked by a series of stabbings in his area of east London, Courtney Barrett has set up a DIY knife amnesty bin in an effort to get knives off the streets. We joined him outside Leytonstone tube station as he collected 27 knives from the public and ask why he has volunteered for something that is usually the job of the police.

Focus of thre Day Article:

Criminal cases delayed across England and Wales as courts lie idle. Cuts are being blamed for many crown courts not sitting despite very high caseloads.

Full story - Guardian Law

Saturday Conversations on Law

• How the far right became mainstream in the UK as a result of brexit https://t.co/mBeGGB6FNH 
• #ElSalvador rape victim acquitted over stillbirth murder charge https://t.co/hbSidVV7Dl
• Labour commits to total ban on keeping monkeys as pets https://t.co/24UERQQBuX
• Chicken boxes to return to mindless and racist Home Office with handwritten knife crime solutions https://t.co/748RCI40my
• 'Reckless' plan to cut off free movement alarms EU nationals https://t.co/s661hei1PR 
• Scottish gamekeeper who killed protected birds of prey avoids jail https://t.co/DblBETdroD 
• Over 60% of 'fast-track justice' defendants never enter plea https://t.co/HIig1kr1GT 
• De Niro's company sues ex-employee for $6m for embezzlement and Netflix bingeing https://t.co/HTxIxnnUIZ 
• Criminal cases delayed across England and Wales as courts lie idle https://t.co/DWT8deO1OD 
• Edinburgh Fringe: Tourette's charity wants apology over award-winning joke https://t.co/ofX7P2dLXU
• #HongKong protests: Twitter and Facebook remove Chinese accounts https://t.co/Dv4zlR0jmq 
• Drunk of vodka 16 year old boys sentenced for trashing Stamford model railway show https://t.co/FMBkRDQ0dg 
• Andrew Harper death: Man charged with newlywed PC's murder https://t.co/ARpH8CxDjb 
• 127 courtrooms 'doing absolutely nothing' today https://t.co/A3BlUEFfpi 
• First probate registry closes as application delays drag on https://t.co/dHAAadAa9a 
• FCA found to have discriminated against chronically ill lawyer https://t.co/KJ3kuIgW6R 
• £3.5m up for grabs in new lawtech competition https://t.co/1s9CZs4rhn
• Wellbeing? Well done | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/CciijK1Owp 
• Lawyer in the news: Steve Garratt, OWN Solicitors https://t.co/vqJ3oke6Pj 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/HevkfgDJkz
• Costa Coffee employees call £200 deductions for training 'unfair' https://t.co/5IyX8RBMlL 
• Police officer on frontline life: 'I've been spat on, bitten and kicked' https://t.co/pHnjEStDgT 
• One of the most successful ever paralympian Lord Holmes denies sexually touching a woman https://t.co/Q1Ll6UwDK
• The little-known spinal injury 'costing the NHS millions' https://t.co/3eJIxRIUCk 
• How online far-right extremists and white supremacists are shaping the minds of white teens https://t.co/UJAyCZnzHy 
• Brexit: Freedom of movement 'will end' says the government https://t.co/HjCJViauBC
• Police escape injury in County Fermanagh bomb attack https://t.co/PSLheaqmMm
• Prince Andrew 'appalled' by Jeffrey Epstein's sex abuse claims https://t.co/RQ8Kcf6WaL 
• Jones Whyte Law to run free drop-in divorce clinic this month https://t.co/hiocbO7PUI
• Police Scotland spends more than £7m in preparation for Brexit https://t.co/TxXPgBZwuG 
• Willie McIntyre discusses law and writing in BBC Scotland’s Crimes Files https://t.co/Ui3kf3pWsa 
• Brexiteers should remember that the law is the law https://t.co/JypQkaidVW
• Shelter Scotland seeks public support for court action against Glasgow City Council https://t.co/htwdy5OI8G
• Elaine McIlroy joins Brodies’ employment and immigration team https://t.co/mTPwNomuJd 
• Revised public nudity rules to display "buttocks" after a concerned resident complained about lifeguard uniforms https://t.co/bWmgGmToA4 
• Police Scotland records more than 400 crimes under domestic abuse law https://t.co/b9MorYET6O
• Plans to tackle derelict land published https://t.co/QsJL0tRLHK 
• ‘Road rage’ motorist loses appeal against dangerous driving conviction https://t.co/tFe18OhSj7 
• Opinion: The far right say they love free speech – but the attack on Owen Jones proves they’re lying https://t.co/rNFdRNP1hb 
• I'm a Black Feminist. I Think Call-Out Culture Is Toxic https://t.co/jk3sZrZAAX
• #US silicone death: Briton Donna Francis extradited https://t.co/AazMN3dNmP 
• Former #Sudan president Omar al-Bashir in court on corruption charges https://t.co/B79g4KvbmM 
• Now we know the cost of no deal, MPs must do whatever it takes https://t.co/NvLgJVlU9K 
• The weaponisation of information is mutating at alarming speed https://t.co/hgSdmvH4cM 
• Five-judge bench to decide on educational tribunal's location #India https://t.co/jl6xoz3Kpx 
• Resolving disputes through the Consumer Claims Tribunal #Malta https://t.co/85yc9fv0zS 
• #Pakistan Govt appoints 29 special court judges, nine tribunal members https://t.co/lKMPm5lObM 
• Christchurch Earthquake Insurance Tribunal settles first case #NewZEaland https://t.co/l64VE7m5hx 
• Delhi Jal Board CEO moves National Green Tribunal alleging sand mining in Yamuna #India https://t.co/90zCkwlPiD 
• Lawyer moots Putrajaya-backed class action lawsuit, tribunal as alternatives to MH17 trial #Malaysia https://t.co/hUv2PcjrBb 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/llAIWJluYH
• Trump confirms he is considering attempt to buy Greenland, which is not for sale according the autonomous region's government https://t.co/j7F5vSetX9
• 'Authorities say my 15-year-old client is 27 and want to deport him': my job as a legal aid lawyer https://t.co/svvYJM3dbO
• High Court: Silence in disciplinary proceedings can lead to adverse inferences | Legal Futures https://t.co/wliJE1aJAD
• Will-writing boss warns of battle between regulated and unregulated firms | Legal Futures https://t.co/hWSSQm6Lg6
• Far-right white nationalist #US man arrested over alleged threat to Ohio Jewish centre https://t.co/vA3X5pP28L 
• Lidl lines up suppliers to cover no-deal costs https://t.co/dS4uaqqUUB
• Owen Jones assaulted: Police appeal after 'senseless attack' https://t.co/ykcFMpAahH 
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19th August - Law News

2792nd 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: Bahrain pardons anti-F1 activist jailed for years & abused there by UK-trained police. Human rights activist has been pardoned in Bahrain, after almost 3 years behind bars for making comments online that were critical of the government.

Focus of thre Day Article:

Claimant lawyers are invited to the Legal Action Group’s (LAG) annual course on advanced actions against the police, taking place at Herbert Smith Freehill’s London office on Friday 8 November. 

Full story - New Law Journal

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Facial recognition is now rampant. The implications for our freedom are chilling https://t.co/bWBrggQtFB
• Need to understand why law graduate's natural choice is not legal profession: Chief Justice #India... https://t.co/lboLUONuZq 
• Scottish Government failed to demand independent audit of Alex Salmond's £500000 legal fees https://t.co/IE3anvwm1E 
• Lawyer who told clients marijuana use was legal ordered to pay $370000 #US https://t.co/0jnoUvVL2J
• Four Lawtech Startups Transforming The Way The Legal Sector Operates https://t.co/fep6pScRnG
• Teenage Brides Trafficked to #China Reveal Ordeal: ‘Ma, I’ve Been Sold’ https://t.co/UsCFbxNxR7
• US congresswoman Rashida Tlaib’s Family in the West Bank Responds to Controversy #Israel https://t.co/nsR6wrdpmg
• #India Plans Big Detention Camps for Migrants. Muslims Are Afraid https://t.co/xglyEYG1xq 
• Inmate 76318-054: The Last Days of Jeffrey Epstein #US https://t.co/C9NmmN1Xgj
• Jihadi Jack's parents brand Home Secretary Sajid Javid a 'coward' over revoked citizenship https://t.co/IEsV9tY5On
• PC Andrew Harper death: More than £70k raised for officer's family https://t.co/kLXrjfVW6K 
• #Chinese military police poised for action over #HongKong protests https://t.co/axowV5pgtY 
• #India orders reluctant Kashmir government staff back to work amid mass protests https://t.co/gcHqMpbHp7
• BBC using strong-arm tactics over iPlayer, say independent producers https://t.co/OjyiAYjCFx 
• Sajid Javid denies floating idea of stamp duty for sellers https://t.co/QbhIxeYpxP
• Socialite Ghislaine Maxwell’s lawyers combed through life of Epstein’s alleged abuse victim when she was sued https://t.co/PCHCxNaBW
• Brexit party MEPs’ links to alt-right media agenda exposed https://t.co/CHHTJqXSd6
• ‘I lost my baby then I lost my job’ – one mother’s fight to change working rights https://t.co/V8XaT4ARx
• New evidence emerges of #Russian role in Ukraine conflict https://t.co/vUNgJKjTPh
• No-deal Brexit dossier shows worst-case scenario - Gove https://t.co/TZOEsFv78k
• Paris waiter 'shot dead over slow sandwich service' #France https://t.co/yA3nBfhwrq
• Three die & ex-Celtic footballer Emilio Izaguirre among 10 injured in #Honduras riots https://t.co/06sKOHDyKO
• Convicted businessman who donated £2.4m to Liberal Democrats has said it was the "stupidest" thing he has ever done https://t.co/C4ebkgv6Py
• #US Portland rally: Far-right and anti-fascist groups face off https://t.co/sQ7Y22g8Tw
• #Honduras football rioting: Three killed ahead of Tegucigalpa derby https://t.co/lzryydSGZX 
• Law firms not exempt from High Court ATO ruling #Australia https://t.co/KVquFmYAza
• Dentons appoints managing partner for IP #Australia https://t.co/vRxBbU304z
• Law Society NT welcomes new Local Court judge Meredith Day Huntingford #Australia https://t.co/NMJJ52HSK
• Mills Oakley hires partner from Ashurst #Australia https://t.co/eBKIi5aY8b
• The key to building a high-performance team for business success https://t.co/A6DHUh3s4c
• Should law students make 5-year plans? https://t.co/BtJODhZlQL
• Clerkship rejection is actually good for you | Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/KHvNCrQiUO
• The serious business of mental health in law https://t.co/ZdvJoVWGa3
• Bango Wind Farm reaches financial close #Australia https://t.co/KWo6lBWwf9
• Connective Group merges with Australian Finance Group for $120m #Australia https://t.co/yjvdgOBt4X
• AMP advised on 3 components of ‘strategy reset’ #Australia https://t.co/0xJwvHQFvd
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/zrIaFC0VHy
• Why women must celebrate their achievements in law https://t.co/FIJs2rO3ZV
• 18 ‘social justice’ training contracts up for grabs at top UK legal charities https://t.co/saqMLpEER3
• SRA seeks law students and lawyers to sit SQE2 pilot https://t.co/7AN1izejd
• Lawyer Photoshops himself into Singapore Mediation Convention pics https://t.co/Zng6Bo4SpF
• Epilepsy sufferer who left school with no qualifications launches LLM crowdfunder https://t.co/jMgghlwuHU
• Keeping up with the Kontracts! Kim Kardashian updates fans on law school studies - Legal Cheek https://t.co/TuDAHu41P
• Legal bid to stop Boris Johnson suspending parliament to push through no deal Brexit WILL be heard before 31 October https://t.co/DshIxi2bGT 
• Law school sweethearts land training contracts at same national firm where they both work as paralegals  https://t.co/SeAhsBkad5
• High Court appoints seven new judges — all Oxbridge educated https://t.co/gEdYJYuapb
• Crowdfunding campaigner loses bid to take Boris Johnson private prosecution to Supreme Court - Legal Cheek https://t.co/SwsH4gFggH
• Law firms are run by ‘dinosaurs’ looking to exploit ‘desperate’ grads https://t.co/rqQpff5GlV 
• White & Case posts 89% autumn trainee retention score https://t.co/N66cxsu1CA
• Legal Twitterati unusually quiet on A-Level results day https://t.co/FQ2BkpBCH
• What we learned from Secrets to Success Hong Kong https://t.co/pGCg7d5EJS
• Summer vac scheme round-up: Ball games, boat tours and a bountiful supply of bubbly https://t.co/30OKClZeQk 
• British lawyers take up Belgian citizenship as no deal Brexit fears mount https://t.co/FIRQUDK4Kn 
• Solicitor who got CDEE A-Level grades reveals how it's still possible to get into law if you mess up your exams  https://t.co/B8S6U6Zyj7
• £100k NQ pay is stoking tensions within magic circle law firms https://t.co/wbyR4TUVfM 
• Jihadi Jack: IS recruit Jack Letts 'loses UK citizenship' https://t.co/7jN8PdpUkP
• #Afghanistan: Bomb kills 63 at wedding in Kabul https://t.co/VbLRUcvsKs
• Brexit Chaos: Scared PM to tell EU leaders to renegotiate deal https://t.co/zPoMt57kXt 
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18th August - Law News

2791st 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: The Supreme Court has ruled that the appointment of Governor Pedro Pierluisi was unconstitutional. Pierluisi was appointed as governor without Senate approval on Friday.

Saturday Conversations on Law

• 'Plastic recycling is a myth': what really happens to your rubbish? https://t.co/m8690FV1W
• PC Andrew Harper inquiry: police get more time to question suspects https://t.co/Q8y4CfnSIn 
• Jean-Luc Brunel: three former models say they were sexually assaulted by Jeffrey Epstein friend https://t.co/QZlxOhGfEL 
• Owen Jones attacked outside London pub - possible far-right plot? https://t.co/rweDIJ0OZN
• Police forces halt trials of facial recognition systems https://t.co/BQHCERS04d
• Protect our cohabitees, say lawyers | NLJ https://t.co/xBeXIZKPYR
• Courts need good reason to stay | NLJ https://t.co/QsQWF1jkb
• First conviction under Finn’s Law | NLJ https://t.co/rY1x4nzTVR
• Stark choice for law firms under no deal | NLJ https://t.co/R1LO9VQRrN
• Public backs the criminal justice system | NLJ https://t.co/jpghkRMtfo
• Bar Council elections will go electronic only in October | NLJ https://t.co/V3UmpqDbZX
• Support programme for those interested in applying to be s 9(4) Deputy High Court Judges | NLJ https://t.co/UZzX9yEmtR
• UK’s legal services sector boomed in the first six months of 2019 | NLJ https://t.co/pAYkXDTVGe
• Taking action against the police: practical guidance | NLJ https://t.co/NB5Vmj8DzH
• Rape and incest 'aided population growth', says #US Republican congressman Steve King https://t.co/NHUYB6855q
• Peter Duncan: Murder charge over Newcastle stabbing https://t.co/6V8HxiIUO
• #Bangladesh fire: 15,000 homes destroyed in Dhaka slum - inadequate fire safety regulations and monitoring https://t.co/Qkw0km9LVM
• Carmarthen hospital 'didn't listen' to stillbirth concerns https://t.co/Ar7leCaZXA 
• Lucas Fowler and Chynna Deese: The forgotten faces in Canadian 'fugitives' story https://t.co/FJWeTJCOia
• We know that prison doesn’t work. So what are the alternatives? https://t.co/pMFk1Thzqw
• Police force declines new powers lowering bar for stop and search https://t.co/zeq66clYX4 
• Sajid Javid refuses to rule out stamp duty reversal so seller pays https://t.co/lXPTAvBI1
• Dating sim meets survival horror: the game that exposes pick-up artists https://t.co/4gMDVn2dT9
• Tony Martin: Man who shot burglars knows he still divides opinion https://t.co/7ztiOdi2Vg 
• How #HongKong got trapped in a cycle of violence https://t.co/ZDJ5r6lAFw
• Iran tanker: US issues warrant to seize Grace 1 supertanker https://t.co/eGUHryCwU8
• Sajid Javid will 'simplify' the tax system in first Budget https://t.co/OEPaMPqFts 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/JlJdhRwW
• Andrew Harper death: Ten males aged 13 to 30 arrested https://t.co/47dN8Scm5d 
• Court Requires University to Cover Journalists' Legal Fees https://t.co/0Rn1nVZFN8 
• Onshore wind developer takes legal action over auction terms https://t.co/xuWvdlbblx 
• Porthcawl public toilet plan includes anti-sex measures https://t.co/BWnOkYgT6m
• Disney's live-action remake of the animated film Mulan is facing calls for a boycott, after its star voiced support https://t.co/MqxQVBbKqN 
• Cost of outside legal advice doubles at 42 councils https://t.co/vu971clEhC 
• #Jersey monitoring UK hands-free law change https://t.co/OEx5qr65O5 
• UK: Analysis of Post-Brexit Anti-Money Laundering Law https://t.co/yC03KYb0oy 
• The F.D.A.’s New Cigarette Warnings Are Disturbing. See for Yourself #US https://t.co/jWAV6kYyXT
• The powerful lesson of a 5-year-old harassment campaign: How to wage a post-truth information war https://t.co/RMEGVigsqy 
• N.Y.P.D. Detectives Gave a Boy, 12, a Soda. He Landed in a DNA Database #US https://t.co/8LHnqBi3Kq
• How One Billionaire Could Keep Three Countries Hooked on Coal for Decades https://t.co/TkP21F4ptw
• Met Police decided not to conduct full investigation into court claims of sex trafficking of girl in Prince Andrew https://t.co/RbN3nCPkYv
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17th August - Law News

2790th 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: The Rajasthan provincial government (India) has said it will re-examine the Pehlu Khan case, in which a district court acquitted the six men accused of thrashing the dairy farmer on suspicion of cattle smuggling two years ago. Pehlu Khan, whose beating was captured on a mobile phone video used by Rajasthan police to identify his attackers, died of his injuries three days later.

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Home Office role in 'Woke' Muslim social network revealed https://t.co/BX6iECAl3u
• Ferguson shipyard nationalised by Scottish government https://t.co/b1ipxu3ASo
• Woman lied about cancer in attempt to get charity to fund £15k wedding https://t.co/9TrElHDZ4B
• Samantha Ford: Margate mother who drowned twins sentenced https://t.co/Y0tvTzz661
• Police force declines new powers lowering bar for stop and search https://t.co/zeq66clYX4
• Leader at care home where teen died admits withholding evidence https://t.co/xl1EfdM9a6 
• Dundee drug deaths report calls for radical change to services https://t.co/ASQgSa1rFl
• London council saves gay fetish club from redevelopment https://t.co/lQc33kQVLf
• Court blocks inquiry into Independent and Standard's links to #Saudi Arabia https://t.co/PXBJ9C1fR9
• No thanks, we're not for sale, aghast #Greenland tells Trump https://t.co/w6a5aAQX6z
• US lawmaker Rashida Tlaib rejects #Israel's offer for 'humanitarian' visit to West Bank https://t.co/FOe8eZzxyU
• Police officer killed in Berkshire was dragged along road by car, force says https://t.co/5BedyhE2O6
• 'Morally bankrupt' law firm ruled by 'fear and bullying', tribunal hears https://t.co/o6rhJJmzn1 
• 'Severe issues' crash legal aid billing system https://t.co/3WgZjt26KL
• Burford governance change fails to impress critics https://t.co/OrOzaee68N
• State of criminal justice ‘far worse’ than new figures show, says Bar Council https://t.co/9LSV1Sk6Mw 
• Newcastle stab victim named as in-house solicitor https://t.co/stFLqnI8dV 
• Judging the appointments process – a tale for wannabe sheriffs https://t.co/J0ObbZFxWX 
• Coulters parts ways with lettings business https://t.co/J2hj4et9Lr
• MacRoberts joins Stonewall UK Diversity Champions Programme https://t.co/lH34DKYZkq 
• Edinburgh University lecturer Chloë Kennedy awarded funding for identity deception research https://t.co/sWAuCyhRd3 
• New trainees at Ledingham Chalmers https://t.co/xWXkm2eKoX
• #Canada PM Trudeau violated ethics laws after calling on Attorney General to drop case https://t.co/ZpXZydZYUB
• A round-up of human rights stories from around the world https://t.co/iqWp958xSK
• A woman who was sacked on the day her dog died has launched a campaign to provide bereavement leave for pet owners https://t.co/zWEXReqxdd 
• New rules for asset management firm managers – what you need to know https://t.co/8jjZWhOwwH
• Lord Advocate pressed over lack of criminal prosecution following Allan Marshall FAI https://t.co/mbUCOYIbfi
• Falkirk couple allowed proof before answer in case against whisky aging facility https://t.co/t5PwjcEhLo
• Twenty UK women are taking legal action after developing a rare form of cancer linked to their breast implants https://t.co/GOWyANIcY2
• Peterloo was the massacre that led to a new democratic era https://t.co/41W2WW3NUt
• Social media must not rob us of the right to change our minds https://t.co/xLyvoi7i3v 
• The chicken shop knife-crime campaign would be funny if it wasn’t so tragic https://t.co/O2uQKL3kAk
• Omar al-Bashir’s trial will be a sham, but #Sudan’s revolution is alive and well https://t.co/WbbkeIzX4z
• If Jo Swinson is serious about stopping a no-deal Brexit, she must support Corbyn https://t.co/lNjNLABB3H
• Londonderry: PSNI treat bonfire material as 'hate incident' https://t.co/I8Z9S87bxN
• Stanwell stabbing: 'Far-right' knifeman Vincent Fuller admits attack https://t.co/Mf6EIAdnfT 
• Cathay Pacific boss quits after protest row https://t.co/EwIIZRZ0lQ 
• Thames Valley Police officer Andrew Harper killed in Berkshire: 10 people between the ages of 13-30 arrested in sus… https://t.co/kGmdpTyFgM 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/2jg55uGoc5
• Donald Trump reportedly wants to purchase Greenland from Denmark https://t.co/Gcz9TA4JnV
• We know that prison doesn’t work. So what are the alternatives? https://t.co/pMFk1Thzqw
• North Wales Police 'failed to protect' woman killed by ex-partner https://t.co/VATz3j0RzU
• Police officer shares 'inspirational' homeless teenager story https://t.co/sWcxZrg2k6
• 52-year-old lawyer, Peter Duncun stabbed to death with a screwdriver at Newcastle shopping centre https://t.co/Hzv6CS9tBl 
• Consortium trials platform that helps choose legal tech | Legal Futures https://t.co/4z2wNabqzr 
• Solicitor misled SRA about dubious £1m funder of his firm | Legal Futures https://t.co/hqlQSnwz8D
• Legal Ombudsman pilots use of formal mediation | Legal Futures https://t.co/adIh7pgXHi

16th August - Law News

2789th 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: On June 1, an Israeli soldier shot into a crowd, killing a volunteer medic named Rouzan al-Najjar. Israeli officials say soldiers only use live fire as a last resort. Our investigation shows otherwise. We analyzed over 1,000 photos and videos, froze the fatal moment in a 3-D model of the protest, and interviewed more than 30 witnesses and I.D.F. commanders to reveal how Rouzan was killed.

Focus of the Day News Story:
Just over 1 in 10 (11 percent) the UK's retail workers have experienced “inappropriate touching of a sexual nature” in their current role, according to a new survey by law firm Foot Anstey. A figure of 11 per cent represents 319,000 workers in the UK's retail sector.

Full story - The Global Legal Post

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Jimmy Kimmel Live! fined $395,000 over presidential alert skit #US https://t.co/Z1M7vNLBhz
• Ignore emails after 6pm, family court tells lawyers https://t.co/shBNNIzYIW
• Court interpreters in limbo after sub-contractor 'ceases operations' https://t.co/YPIFsfnyHE
• US legal profession lags on race and gender equality https://t.co/EjO1Dw3TcH
• Centralised hubs delivering 'swifter' justice, HMCTS claims https://t.co/H3Opv45Xbj
• Solicitor embroiled in dubious investment scheme fined £25k https://t.co/aWLEOcotgF
• Clinical negligence: a no win, no fee success story https://t.co/3MLsVbxa4h
• #Israel bars Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib from visiting after criticism of its racist policies https://t.co/XX9EDrvZMT
• Data regulator probes King's Cross facial recognition tech https://t.co/9ikh5VbzTx
• The 1975's Matt Healy protests against #Dubai anti-LGBTQIA+ laws with kiss https://t.co/AVQMOEMZOa
• Friends actor David Schwimmer lookalike thief jailed https://t.co/Fe1BXdCpaU
• Greta Thunberg: Caroline Lucas reports brexit donor Arron Banks to Twitter https://t.co/yY004casGf
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/UjKoQulmX1
• Government worker stabbed outside Home Office in London https://t.co/vaKJ5Gmeja
• 'Knife crime isn't just about chicken shops' https://t.co/HV9uJXkaMQ
• Salisbury Novichok attack poisoned second officer, Met confirms https://t.co/2o3pBcs88d
• #Russia bird strike: Collision with gulls forces plane to land in field https://t.co/7PDpmWvi9j 
• #Iran oil tanker: Gibraltar orders release of Grace 1 https://t.co/nOXcbKRNGf
• Cricket umpire hit by ball in match dies in hospital https://t.co/9IZu1kkyFE
• After focing upon us the Cameron Clegg coalition austerity, Lib Dems want to wreck the interim government proposal https://t.co/R9ei7I4hEY
• Bosses force female workers making jeans for Levis and Wrangler into sex https://t.co/MFFa2AjjzS
• Asylum seeker locked out of Home Office lodgings amid claim https://t.co/GDQpmCQQzf 
• Manchester police have 'massive backlog' of uncharged suspects due to IT issue https://t.co/X3enCBahDy
• The right response to #Saudi Arabia’s executions https://t.co/8L1dX1o4KZ
• Boris Johnson’s crackdown on crime is just the latest ruse in the Tories’ class war https://t.co/Q8dwJo02tA
• Shoosmiths partners with Scottish FA to grow girls’ and women’s game https://t.co/pgJyF36DSh
• In pictures... Historic deed boxes opened https://t.co/8F9iHao4Hf
• Ethnic minority professionals event at RBS in Edinburgh next month https://t.co/qcfaERKkPa 
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• Barcelona announces 'drastic' rickshaw cutback #Spain https://t.co/4ty3eafhka 
• UK receives report documenting #Saudi cover-up of unlawful Yemen airstrikes https://t.co/77xacOVrED
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• Ashers 'gay cake' row referred to European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) https://t.co/SD7UMAz4sn
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• Campaign to 'remove Cardiff's Butetown phone boxes used for drug-taking' https://t.co/B0zK3m0fqT
• Nora Quoirin death in #Malaysia: Post-mortem finds 'no foul play' https://t.co/WTgSJTQren 
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• Century-old law used to solve stepsisters' £300k inheritance battle https://t.co/hxoAOVlxnK 
• Gorvins appoints first non-solicitor to legal partner https://t.co/1S1kge5pup 
• Lawmaker sues Cincinnati: City solicitor abused power in bump stock lawsuit against state #US https://t.co/wPB5iPqJGx
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15th August - Law News

2788th 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: Exclusive school finance figures reveal four elite private schools spent more on new facilities than the poorest 1,800 schools combined. This is Australia's great education divide.

Focus of the Day News Story:
Solicitors were not bound to a lower costs figure by a partner’s email to clients promising to ‘honour’ a costs budget, the High Court has ruled. Claimants in Blyth & Anor v Nelsons Solicitors Ltd had sought to cap the fees owed by them to the Midlands firm for work in a contentious probate dispute, but Mr Justice Stewart, sitting in the Queen’s Bench Division, rejected their appeal and said there was no binding agreement to limit costs.

Full story - The Law Society Gazette

Saturday Conversations on Law

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• #Canada boosts provincial legal aid for asylum claims amid funding disagreement https://t.co/KaZG9PpI10
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• NGO Platform: Outside of REACH the UK risks regulatory divergence https://t.co/QcktOiWzE3
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• Barrister Ismaeel Ahmed was recently named as one of the Most Influential People of African Descent #Nigeria https://t.co/OcG21xbgm
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• Blackburn solicitor charged with fraud 'to pay off gambling debts' https://t.co/1dUXk7zxMB
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• Londoners win battle with council to save homes from demolition https://t.co/2JuTO2PGnj 
• #Nepal sets new rules for Everest climbers after deadly season https://t.co/SEOfv8y5t3
• 'We can't reach the women who need us': the LGBT YouTubers suing the tech giant for discrimination https://t.co/VMOAazCnk3
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• Toxic blue-green algae warning for dog owners and swimmers https://t.co/zCDM1ojJgP
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• Carmarthen hospital 'didn't listen' to stillbirth concerns https://t.co/Ar7leCaZXA
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• Wales' codified law plans will not face Supreme Court referral https://t.co/4aVSTbImd
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• Thousands of people have signed a petition calling on Edinburgh Fringe authorities to allow a giant inflatable vagina https://t.co/pJI0D1yatJ 
• Thorntons promotes 11 solicitors across Scotland https://t.co/dvUhkSvd5Q
• Turnover up, profits slip as Burness Paull invests in the future https://t.co/oFLRFMc0DF 
• Ex-music teacher loses appeal against conviction for historic sex offence https://t.co/Rzp7FS9rRI
• A-level grade boundaries leaked ahead of results day https://t.co/l4hPHcKLVW
• Boris Johnson accuser loses appeal to take '£350m claim' to Supreme Court https://t.co/lHEqHdxzOq 
• ASAP Rocky case: #US Rapper found guilty of assault https://t.co/yYwZtBripe 
• Cardiff footballer Emiliano Sala 'exposed to carbon monoxide in plane crash' https://t.co/U87ysXk7jW
• The Neymar clause lawyer at Barca to negotiate Braida exit https://t.co/CVhlGERQhj 
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• #India Supreme Court asks Ram Lalla lawyer about exact spot of Lord Ram's birth during Ayodhya hearing https://t.co/3gz87e5nBD
• Lawyer Salaries Have Doubled! Or Have They? https://t.co/6tVnYnwrfb
• Far-right terrorist #Norway mosque shooting suspect appears in court with wounded face https://t.co/ImV0IC1tBQ 
• Sports Direct faces race against time as auditor Grant Thornton quits https://t.co/N9edusLcfv 
• Major breach found in biometrics system used by banks, UK police and defence firms https://t.co/6GVD7Ff2Ae
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• Art needs protection: it belongs in public galleries, not private vaults https://t.co/L2Drs0T80P 
• Trump's envoy John Bolton doesn’t want a trade deal with the UK – he wants to colonise us https://t.co/6daehlXDGI
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• Racism in football: FA 'has to be proactive and modernise' https://t.co/DakXbH9FSn
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• Priyanka Chopra’s row over Kashmir shows all the problems with celebrity activism #India https://t.co/ThbBEOWX0z
• Alan Partridge saves Steve Coogan from lengthy driving ban https://t.co/SSWXSv8o1S 
• Marcel Berlins campaigned against the portrayal of British judges using a gavel https://t.co/BVZoX8Rann
• Stepsister wins legal battle over which parent died first https://t.co/Ple3VI6QmR
• The brutality of deportations from the UK https://t.co/rHhVGXQYjZ
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