26th January - Law News

2952nd 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Today's Video Focus:  Iraq’s largest political bloc - the Sadrists - have withdrawn their support for the anti-government protest movement. And that has left many there wondering whether a government crackdown will follow.

Saturday Conversations on Law

• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/c4EYvy67ay
• Why do so many reality TV participants face online abuse? https://t.co/EQPdQyV2MZ 
• Matlock Town footballer Jordan Sinnott dies after 'assault on night out' https://t.co/wj18O0oxyX
• Sir David Attenborough says fixed-term parliaments lead to lack of climate focus https://t.co/fWihLkSBDv 
• Grenfell Tower inquiry member Benita Mehra, who wwas linked to the cladding firm, resigns https://t.co/7nQGrR0AUs
• Child refugees have become pawns in a rightwing culture war https://t.co/Usfo3thirK
• #Iran condemns 'inhumane' US treatment of its nationals https://t.co/YEuW8aieAl 
• Limited internet restored in Kashmir, no access to social media #India https://t.co/vofh5std4L 
• Rape, abuse and violence: Female migrants' journey to #Libya https://t.co/UhnVcEJ0Qm 
• BDS needs a political vision for Palestinian statehood #Israel https://t.co/4LXDTD9uo2
• Harry and Meghan: Hagan Homes apologises over housing ads https://t.co/mPbdqiELFH 
• Fraud victims 'failed' as criminals 'operate with impunity' - report https://t.co/nwFFCtBV9l 
• Coronavirus: How can community #China build a hospital in 6 days when it takes the capitalist west months and years? https://t.co/nXJ69x6NVv 
• Oxford professor given protection after alleged threats from transgender rights activists https://t.co/pIrH3XdFwu
• Discriminatory facial recognition technology is being used on our streets and in public places like shopping centres and train stations. It’s time to ban it https://t.co/BXnr3d9Rmt
• The courts’ outdated views on domestic violence are putting vulnerable children at risk of harm https://t.co/UBw6g3txJ6
• The UK in the ECHR, Cypriot justice under the spotlight, deteriorating human rights in Russia and sentencing remarks on TV | UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/9zXgSPTsdv 
• Round Up- The Child Sexual Abuse Inquiry reports, Equal Pay, and waiving Article 6 | UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/WQRYa44fi6 
• Immigration and Article 8: what did we learn in 2019? | UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/qFwrWEjKkA
• Should we sue doctors? Law Pod UK latest episode | UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/H0N35pVb9K
• Criminalising the possession of “terrorist propaganda”: a human rights analysis | UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/PKiR0ku5Oc
• Be Careful What You Tweet For (part 2) | UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/66WrxqhEb8
• Be Careful What You Tweet For (part 1) | UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/otO11xPA10 
• #China coronavirus spread is accelerating through its overpopulated cities, President Xi Jinping warns https://t.co/vWIdYNfzz9 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/Zpz43oJ4BD
• Exclusive: John Bercow on friends, enemies and the drama of Brexit https://t.co/bptKuWV3rZ
• Trump speaks with Boris Johnson about security as Britain nears Huawei decision https://t.co/Ju3kPaGipy
• Teenagers campaign for 'traffic light' labels on food packaging https://t.co/NZsTIpVeQU 
• Whistleblower tipped off second family over West Suffolk hospital death https://t.co/NOLFoQEHuZ 
• ‘I thought, OK, he goes for drunk guys’: friends and flatmates on the Reynhard Sinaga they knew https://t.co/tuy72tQoNP
• Actor Rosie Perez testifies friend told her she was raped by Harvey Weinstein #US https://t.co/TtT5bhmVLF
• Harry and Meghan: Sussex Royal trademark bid challenged https://t.co/aUzZf63KTu
• Why you should be worried about facial recognition https://t.co/x5gYRYkTnj
• Man uses warm coffee to rescue the cutest of kittens frozen to ground #Canada https://t.co/6xR8JRkZCA
• US Space Force logo looks like one from Star Trek https://t.co/gdO2tHP1vm

25th January - Law News

2951st 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:  "Our students, the younger generation, have shown us the way that Gandhi, Netaji, and all the founders of our constitution would have hailed for two reasons - one that they have shown tremendous confidence and two they have tried to be almost always successfully to remain completely non-violent, therefore constitutional. Many of the students and protesters may not have read the constitution but they capture its spirit, capture the soul of our constitution which guarantees several things like freedom of thought and expression, faith, belief and worship. It is important for us to know one thing that the preamble to the constitution is the soul of the constitution, it does not mention the Indian state, it only mentions the people", said Gopalkrishna Gandhi, Former Governor of West Bengal and Grandson of Mahatma Gandhi..

Saturday Conversations on Law

• The persecuted Rohingya now have legal protection, but will it amount to anything? #Myanmar https://t.co/Xd8IKbVknv 
• Visible homelessness is up. But don’t forget the hidden pain of Britain’s sofa surfers https://t.co/ZKPBWWvaGA 
• Police inspector sacked for having sex with vulnerable women https://t.co/rBn2w2s2i
• X Factor star Danny Tetley jailed for sexual exploitation of boys https://t.co/ttalD4q5Q
• Renowned chef refused residency after living in UK for 23 years https://t.co/RTNfKyL6i
• Vanessa Nakate, #Ugandan climate activist hits out at 'racist' photo crop https://t.co/5aexuz02yt
• Article 13: UK will not implement EU copyright law https://t.co/XXxeLxZ8BS 
• You can’t force staff to have fun if they don’t want to https://t.co/3ocNBCYJOY 
• Profession condemns abuse of Pakistani lawyers on endangered lawyers’ day https://t.co/fvt53um3sS
• Reserve training contracts for disabled candidates, says landmark report https://t.co/vHc0LekNoF
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/HLh6mkGHJc
• Solicitor struck off over Norwegian harassment convictions https://t.co/GyKVUWvkL2 
• Company director avoids jail over Wimbledon tickets https://t.co/Qz78pn6KkG
• ‘Breakdown in relationship’ behind firm holding company's administration https://t.co/ma2mRBa3C1
• Civil liberties groups condemn facial recognition rollout https://t.co/lVLwV89nUJ
• CMS re-elects Penelope Warne for second term as senior partner https://t.co/da1N7KQSxE
• City firms ‘gaslight’ disabled lawyers, says former magic circle partner https://t.co/0SYNBmx2wb 
• Senior partner bags £1m for lock-in deal extension https://t.co/8S4PzgDuqL 
• Forget about a separate Welsh jurisdiction, says justice minister https://t.co/i1mT8EbuDi 
• A lawyer has been forced to pay over £2,000 after a bust-up in the front row of an opera house https://t.co/oMyZrtvkTF
• Our Legal Heritage: James Macpherson – hung for being an ‘Egyptian’ https://t.co/dkRzIWyV64
• A round-up of human rights stories from around the world https://t.co/jKAJAn0kEe
• Supreme Court school competition closes soon https://t.co/x3Tsa7DAJO 
• Video: Professor Janet Hiebert on assessing legislative competence https://t.co/4cC5FLpE2M 
• Supreme Court to hand down judgment in customs duty appeal next week https://t.co/lzvzy8j8vo
• Consultation: Data sharing powers for public authorities https://t.co/xSRfRkhIPF 
• Aberdein Considine promotes legal specialists as growth continues https://t.co/1HwgVfqwW2
• Lord Bracadale to lead inquiry into death of Sheku Bayoh https://t.co/qgG0mqdQRx 
• Retired lawyer fails in nuisance claim over neigbours’ noisy toilet https://t.co/PkBflT8S3v
• #China virus: What's life like in quarantined Wuhan? https://t.co/FrNUzn1lWA
• Elderly victim of serial rapist Joseph McCann tells of her ordeal https://t.co/cexq1sGa88
• Revealed: complex post-Brexit checks for Northern Irish traders https://t.co/eXRYgY6RgO
• What is facial recognition - and how do police use it? https://t.co/LryILwJ1hn
• UK coronavirus tests clear 14 people https://t.co/C2w9Yl0OeP
• 'Declaration of war': #Polish row over judicial independence escalates https://t.co/QzZPbqrcND
• Raab condemns US refusal to extradite Anne Sacoolas over Dunn death https://t.co/NJzeJR3ZOT
• 'Why can't we use a bear?' Spanish startup shocked by Haribo legal threat https://t.co/b0sddmzXev
• What can you use instead of Google and Facebook? https://t.co/Owus7laW1h
• Family courts 'not safe space' for domestic abuse survivors https://t.co/NNc2jw3940 
• #German shooting: Six dead in Rot am See attack https://t.co/hGoC3vtEf4
• Fergal Keane: BBC Africa editor steps down after PTSD diagnosis https://t.co/0fXUrID8xt 
• Facebook's Sir Nick Clegg criticised over WhatsApp security https://t.co/cmkvIneZ7n 
• 'Porn block' companies seek £3m in damages https://t.co/BUVYOAmIJy 
• Met Police to deploy facial recognition cameras https://t.co/RQq04Qvhfw 
• Jon Venables: Woman who posted picture said to show killer avoids jail https://t.co/EERu6PmUN8
• Essex lorry deaths: Accused driver 'can be extradited' https://t.co/FXJDQVsCuw
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/8gpfFPcQGI
• GDPR: Top UK law firms falling victim to human error | Legal Futures https://t.co/rpYGQqtcIE 
• Solicitors banned as directors over investor cash misuse | Legal Futures https://t.co/9M5hz5F2yk
• Solicitor struck off for historic harassment convictions | Legal Futures https://t.co/ou1kRCPluP
• Disabled lawyers “face daily discrimination” | Legal Futures https://t.co/a1SEAAGLuZ 
• The slate landscape around Gwynedd has been formally submitted as a nominee for Unesco World Heritage site status https://t.co/ir1oFEsD8
• China coronavirus: 14 people in UK tested for new strain https://t.co/FcrSpIYVrd
• Tesco to ditch plastic-wrap for multipack tins https://t.co/MHsMXh0Eoc
• #China coronavirus: Death toll rises as more cities shut down https://t.co/6T6Xku4e30 
• Missing dogs still a mystery as walker Louise Lawford sentenced https://t.co/3iCFE762w4
• Annabella Sciorra says Harvey Weinstein brutally raped her https://t.co/E3A6D64umT 
• Harry Dunn: US rejects UK extradition request https://t.co/IbNanqEH5V

24th January - Law News

2950th 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:  Harnessing the power of its new Democratic majority, the Virginia legislature is poised to vote this week to become the 38th of the 38 states needed to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment, which would make women’s rights explicit in the Constitution. In the video Op-Ed above, the filmmaker Ken Burns compares this historic moment with the ratification of the 19th Amendment, which granted women the right to vote 100 years ago.

Focus of the Day article: Law firms are still not getting it,” said Curt McDaniel, chief legal officer at Ferring Pharmaceutical. “The global legal services industry has already changed, the disruption is already happening. Their Kodak moment is now, and either they will implode like Kodak, or be like Fuji Film and innovate and find a way forward. The hourly rates are too high, and too remote from the needs of business.” Full story - The Global Legal Post

Saturday Conversations on Law

• British businessmen on trial over bribes for oil contracts in Iraq https://t.co/UKdNJYR1Y
• Judge urges couple to escape 'vortex of profligate spending' https://t.co/7ZUwcV9B84
• Legal services ‘worth £60bn to UK economy’ - report https://t.co/3vKV7cBLec
• New model firm says business as usual despite parent's administration https://t.co/4bgTGIL6gh
• City firm sees off disclosure challenge over £65m security claim https://t.co/oVembagcYz
• Financial services laws are too confusing, says Linklaters report https://t.co/IOyLvd0Igb
• Dentons redesigns training contract to create ‘technically savvy’ lawyers https://t.co/dlZdzyt1YS
• Directors banned after £1.4m investor monies used to prop up firm https://t.co/4dFw2li4P9
• High Court condemns leadership judge's 'obsolescent' view on consent https://t.co/MwnNZmB2dy
• Legal Education meeting next month at Turcan Connell in Edinburgh https://t.co/Sc0O2SXEr
• Champion for the homeless wins Burns Humanitarian Award https://t.co/GVXQHGRIOs
• NHS facing £4.3bn legal bill to settle medical negligence claims https://t.co/776OXJm8E
• Increase in stressed out lawyers calling helpline https://t.co/6t7MlNURZv
• Andy Wightman launches tool for reporting short-term lets https://t.co/USOAh7ggox 
• Don’t let dilapidations leave a business move in disrepair https://t.co/XdPSri4aBh
• Drug company admits illegal role in agreement to hike price of life-saving drug https://t.co/fWQaz1DEsa 
• Myanmar ordered by ICJ to prevent Rohingya genocide https://t.co/rlIWwa0p2N
• Scottish government proposes public health response to harmful sexual behaviour among children https://t.co/m0VmBNl35G 
• Heroin dealer who claimed DNA evidence was ‘insufficient’ fails in appeal against conviction https://t.co/9MQucfTBeh
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/9SEvpvOgxF
• Want to know what racism feels like? Ask Laurence Fox https://t.co/Kr8XsJUEYv
• Boris Johnson's Brexit bill becomes law https://t.co/Q7v7vcGuV8
• Arron Banks drops two parts of libel claim against Carole Cadwalladr https://t.co/Wv7bA8JU31 
• EU tech regulator backs UK plans for digital tax, despite Trump threats https://t.co/qEhBmvTUZ3 
• Pray panic: #China coronavirus has 'increased likelihood' of cases in the UK https://t.co/8TsVIavwpE
• Leyton machete attack: Van driver guilty of wounding PC https://t.co/xVVCFSpb9p
• Police watchdog criticised over Boris Johnson-Jennifer Arcuri inquiry delay https://t.co/5WZ6oRt45N
• What is the Wuhan coronavirus and how worried should we be? https://t.co/xjpvSbkztd 
• Coronavirus: three #Chinese cities locked down and Beijing festivities scrapped https://t.co/hAHgEkEzqA
• Sex is for married heterosexual couples only, says Church of England https://t.co/TwXnaquByO
• Domestic abuse cases abandoned too quickly when victims retreat – study https://t.co/SO4ZuBxqnL
• Call for family judge training after 'outdated comments' on rape https://t.co/Tge8gKEF6L
• What my attacker’s conviction taught me about taking on the far right | Owen Jones https://t.co/0RPWlzeMTa 
• Knife crime at record high as overall charge rate falls https://t.co/2dXTNr7F0
• Hannah Yelin: It's not only Laurence Fox who should raise questions for the BBC after last week's Question Time https://t.co/bsFM8WxWM8
• #Myanmar Rohingya: World court orders prevention of genocide https://t.co/eVEvO8bTFw
• East Kent hospitals: Baby death parents’ heartbreak over errors https://t.co/RB0kO8MGQ
• John Bercow: Formal complaint lodged against former Commons Speaker https://t.co/ipoOrtDKvg
• Trump Impeachment: Democrats reject witness swap in trial #US https://t.co/wNyFD1gYBf 
• #China coronavirus: Fear grips Wuhan as lockdown begins https://t.co/7uzXoN0n1e 
• Ross England, rape trial row Tory candidate deselected https://t.co/5B5uXU4MaC 
• Two weeks of bereavement leave for UK parents who lose a child https://t.co/AmwSZgLzfI 
• Thursday's LawNewsIndex: 23rd January - Law News #lawyers #legal #legislation #justice #regulation #lawtech https://t.co/2ltTjAiFcn
• Huawei CFO's Lawyer Attacks US Extradition Case in #Canadian Trial https://t.co/WbHMkczYMG
• #Tanzania must release human rights lawyer Tito Magoti immediately and unconditionally https://t.co/D1MPoh0SLw
• Do I Have to Be a Lawyer to Practice Conveyancing? https://t.co/7sZSN06So1
• The Staggering (and Uncovered) Legal Bills Facing Impeachment Witnesses #US https://t.co/BWmtSGpju4
• NHS faces £4.3bn legal bill to settle clinical negligence claims https://t.co/LacUdywXrb 
• Prince wrongful death legal claims dismissed https://t.co/cYnnwLId5w
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/0AA36RIXZi
• European arm of Fender has been fined £4.5m for breaking UK competition law https://t.co/1rAEuH5UYv
• UK watchdog sets out “age appropriate” design code for online services to keep kids' privacy safe https://t.co/m5VwmTsoZH 
• Cybercrime laws need urgent reform to protect UK, says report https://t.co/YDhavtzwi2 
• Law Society: Legal services productivity on the rise | Legal Futures https://t.co/GES84SMqdC
• “Disorganised” housing solicitor fined £25,000 | Legal Futures https://t.co/Fuuwwp4uQM 
• Name of whiplash portal revealed as registration opens | Legal Futures https://t.co/BsEA3UDon6
• Chambers introduces mandatory “anti-oppression” training | Legal Futures https://t.co/pWfqCmcWxp

23rd January - Law News

2949th 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 Chinese city of Wuhan, the source of an outbreak of a new flu-like virus, is closing its transport networks and has advised citizens not to leave the city as the death toll rose steeply overnight. Hospitals in Wuhan are reportedly dealing with huge numbers of sick patients, raising fears the new coronavirus is spreading faster than official reports suggest.

Focus of the Day article: The designers of the new portal for low-value RTA claims have unveiled the website ahead of the proposed 6 April start date. The Motor Insurers’ Bureau, which is tasked with setting up the system, announced the portal will be called Official Injury Claim. Claimant lawyers and insurers can now register to use the portal, as well as create accounts for web users and test integration to the service. Full story - The Law Society Gazette

Saturday Conversations on Law

• More lawyers call legal charity as bullying cases rise https://t.co/ZLWSiQgNEZ 
• Director must compensate creditors for cut-price purchase from insolvent company https://t.co/JSaWJLi93K
• Litigation funder and RBS shareholders 'in the dark' over defendant https://t.co/EBxz5tyWnJ 
• It’s Official: small claims portal website goes online https://t.co/0WO58eJy1u
• Herbert Smith gears up for Brexit with change to German LLP https://t.co/7VcjUJ5DDu 
• LSB plans fresh look at tests of ongoing competence https://t.co/vnkNc7m89j
• Witnesses and complainants have been told to bring their own water and tissues to court after a cash-strapped courthouse scrapped its provisions https://t.co/UBXc0jvtN0 
• Projects for disadvantaged young people will share £19m seized from criminals https://t.co/cT0VoiLgwh
• Take note – new EHRC guidelines on sexual harassment in workplace https://t.co/vt9m6KJC9q
• Guitar maker fined £4.5m for illegally preventing price discounts https://t.co/MUod9pBLFk
• Scottish Council of Law Reporting unveils revamped website https://t.co/9QD74ylQ9B 
• ICO publishes Code of Practice to protect children’s privacy online https://t.co/KgQUNjzSKw
• What makes a Scotch a Scotch? https://t.co/FAVeACIWX8 
• Time for an informed debate on Roberton Review https://t.co/kIJQnLLhM2
• Vice-Dean of Faculty Angela Grahame QC steps down https://t.co/fc9ZySAAnW
• Prisoner fails in £10,000 damages claim over alleged failure to provide rehabilitation https://t.co/7WMB9OsFz
• Macron orders #Israeli security to 'go outside' at Jerusalem church https://t.co/8IjQXIqjk
• Harvey Weinstein trial: Defence hits back after graphic prosecution claims https://t.co/q1I92a4XEF
• #China Coronavirus: Wuhan to shut public transport over outbreak https://t.co/96hnV69NjE
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/5wDlJz92O3
• Male rape survivors suffer in silence. We need to help them talk https://t.co/bMLaRvm6rB
• 'Pablo Escobar of eggs' fights extradition to #Brazil https://t.co/0Ps5GcRshZ
• Johnson likely to end £30,000 immigration threshold post-Brexit https://t.co/MezCQOiYw
• 'Maths whisperer': Afro-caribbean Cardiff teacher gets A* grades for entire class https://t.co/YNeSjTvfJg 
• Former SNP leader Alex Salmond in court accused of series of sexual offences https://t.co/56WytXASpV 
• Courtrooms lie empty as trial delays increase, say barristers https://t.co/3IZSz3BMKp 
• Greedy football agents threaten Fifa with legal action over transfer payment cap plans https://t.co/HZw9nsvaDZ 
• Jeff Bezos hack: UN experts demand probe of #Saudi crown prince https://t.co/8Igtk0gwTN 
• Gerald Corrigan 'shot with crossbow' while fixing satellite dish https://t.co/kyAPbjKimH 
• #Myanmar inquiry into treatment of Rohingya condemned as 'cover-up' https://t.co/LoLO4ndyy
• Make no mistake: Poland and Hungary aren’t the only EU states abusing the law https://t.co/iaMYCzqu
• ‘No one told us Kelvin had self-harmed. If we’d known we’d have tried to help’ https://t.co/4IJLzFt5H7
• ‘Putting him in prison without hearing aids was like putting him in a hole in the ground’ https://t.co/hzZzHz0N83
• High number of prison deaths are preventable, says damning new report https://t.co/YxU6eACSEj
• ‘When I found out how the prison had treated her, it was heartbreaking’ https://t.co/kWzxM4GmPw
• Former assistant general secretary of the probation officers’ union Napo, Harry Fletcher obituary https://t.co/3HdaWxpP7
• Exposé: Who are the Board of Deputies of British Jews? https://t.co/Hg6oCSJu9B
• LawCare callers complaining about bullying double | Legal Futures https://t.co/bp4PcyVnMe 
• SRA presses ahead with plan to cut compensation awards | Legal Futures https://t.co/xPfm0j2X0F
• Solicitor who “completely lost control” is suspended | Legal Futures https://t.co/0JewHGrlaD 
• LSB launches continuing competence inquiry | Legal Futures https://t.co/on3SGVsZil 
• Childcare obligations should not be impacting careers | Legal Futures https://t.co/j5wkklwXZP
• UK told to 'hold fire' on April tech tax https://t.co/FpPN9GzMn7
• Trump impeachment: Senate adopts rules after long debate on trial's first day https://t.co/aQQChXHo6U J
• Ross England: Vale of Glamorgan Tories 'in limbo' over candidacy https://t.co/KC5v7laTM4 
• Grammy Awards are 'ripe with corruption' says ousted boss Deborah Dugan https://t.co/qxRCqwuWNL
• Battersea fatal shooting: Man arrested after Flamur Beqiri died https://t.co/ZT9gueAV9D
• #SouthKorea transgender soldier to sue after landmark dismissal https://t.co/SnOSeaJT1Y
• Coronavirus: UK to monitor flights from China as precaution https://t.co/9fHzl9bGjx 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/wKlcw4fRDR

22nd January - Law News

2948th 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:  Thousands of people die annually trying to cross borders. It’s often argued stronger borders and more checks would deter people from making dangerous crossings. But how accurate is this?

Focus of the Day article: The Bar Standards Board (BSB) is struggling to cope with the rise in complaints from members of the public, its annual enforcement report has revealed. Full story - Legal Futures

Saturday Conversations on Law

• New cap on compensation fund to stem biggest losses https://t.co/Gmg3aNzFA7
• Associate intake shrinks at Slaughter and May despite 94% retention https://t.co/st3y7vOMA5 
• 'Outrageous' to expect City to plug legal aid gap - Law Society president https://t.co/tsRP25w9PZ
• Solicitor struck off, but tribunal ticks off SRA over ‘poor’ preparation https://t.co/WUS9L5WJnq
• Judge praises lawyer-free divorce service https://t.co/BURAz9KKXq 
• The end is nigh for barristers. Again https://t.co/mfie5j7vTI
• Heads could roll at PwC over Isabel dos Santos links, says chairman https://t.co/b0cwL0obmx 
• Unpopular Jess Phillips quits Labour leadership race https://t.co/6mIPEGVwj9
• Boris Johnson's aide Dominic Cummings thinktank called for 'end of BBC in current form' https://t.co/NEF1XF71u
• Amazon boss Jeff Bezos's phone 'hacked by Saudi crown prince' https://t.co/V8Bn8LOErn
• Britain’s betting industry is out of control. A new gambling act must curb it https://t.co/1VDRr2hITE
• Migrant boat sinks trying to reach UK from Belgium https://t.co/FWeobRUio7 
• Dr Alistair Fraser named new director of Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research https://t.co/FRQuk1NcIn
• Edinburgh Tax Network – Year End Tax Planning Seminar https://t.co/bjjiZq3j0J 
• Diversity in the judiciary event next month https://t.co/uQeUhSUuxs 
• #Poland plans to allow judges to be sacked suffer set-back https://t.co/vNVhT2DTZn 
• Titanic wreck to be protected under historic UK-US treaty https://t.co/KMq2eq0P5j 
• Mediation vs pre-trial meetings https://t.co/5wo827SQqf
• Value of major fraud cases in Scotland more than triples in 2019 https://t.co/udq742QKL9
• ‘Highly respected’ Lord Reed profiled by Radio 4 https://t.co/e3OEEaFHK4 
• Trio promoted at Miller Hendry https://t.co/MPfhM9xyM2
• Court of Appeal rules Gypsies and Travellers have ‘enshrined freedom’ to move from place to place https://t.co/Huz2Sc1V0T 
• Duke and Duchess of Sussex issue legal warning over photos https://t.co/47q1NjdBE0 
• Davos: Trump decries climate 'prophets of doom' with Thunberg in audience https://t.co/XK3QdT160s
• Prince wrongful death legal claims dismissed https://t.co/cYnnwLId5w
• CMS survey highlights ‘significant’ Brexit concerns within key Scottish sectors https://t.co/giTCUsa20M 
• Property factor Apex becomes first to be removed from register https://t.co/R9mBX9oOl2
• Man facing trial for sexual offences fails in appeal to lead evidence of ‘false allegations’ https://t.co/QqpFIUClbl 
• Windrush scandal: 'A billion pounds can't buy back my happiness' https://t.co/vnk0062aCF
• What happens when we don't believe abused women https://t.co/PrOuW4Eg9t 
• What does your £10 manicure really cost? The unvarnished truth about nail bars https://t.co/JuQE2vXYLy
• Oxford don suspended over alleged artefact theft could still gain from sale https://t.co/j56Un1AWaQ
• Justice secretary denies government is rushing in new anti-terror laws https://t.co/ad3L2oE53C
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/711sMPh41y
• Woman gang raped in Plymouth in 1978 wants attackers to face justice https://t.co/ipy84GGi8V
• Will 2020 be the year abortion is banned in the US? https://t.co/hxsxjGRu6H
• The Tories are hiding from blame for youth crime. That’s not on https://t.co/eCrjB361Im 
• Keoghs’ PE investor exits after insurance industry sale | Legal Futures https://t.co/vB6yid2Xs3 
• High Court rejects judges’ complaints about online divorce service | Legal Futures https://t.co/i6mOZItDPV
• Phone used by Netanyahu's advisor can be checked by police - Court #Israel https://t.co/2OXlxpsItB
• Supreme Court could use 'Bridgegate' case to limit attempts to prosecute corruption #US https://t.co/JkdxeuQSK
• #Saudi Arabia Commercial Courts to Start Handling Copyrights, Patents Cases https://t.co/5HdEvrHa63 
• Cameras allowed back into courts century after Dr Crippen and his Norfolk mistress https://t.co/Vhp1yOWmVT 
• #Serbian Church Faces Long Legal Fight over Montenegrin Law https://t.co/UZdn8R93o
• Stagecoach launches rail franchising legal challenge https://t.co/7Yqvx3U5aN
• A look back at Trump's history of high-profile legal wranglings #US https://t.co/zQkkfr8qLV
• Terrorism laws to get tougher within weeks, government vows https://t.co/uvmGlrENcB
• Cambuslang mum suing NHS after attempted murder accusation https://t.co/tSqoh8eQ5n 
• Trump impeachment: President's lawyers demand immediate acquittal #US https://t.co/xIHLldlflG
• Children in solitary confinement for 23 hours a day, says report https://t.co/wkOP9DZc2V

21st January - Law News

2947th 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 impeachment trial of US President Donald Trump is about to begin. While all the wrangling between Democrats and Republicans over this case has been based exclusively in Washington, the reason Mr Trump has been impeached lies thousands of miles away on another continent. 

Focus of the Day article: Sexual misconduct cases at record high in legal profession. Sixty-three cases were reported to solicitors’ governing body last year, figures show. Full story - Guardian Law

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Transgender woman ends bid to see her ultra-Orthodox Jewish children https://t.co/e72qwTp67R
• How Question Time became a festival of bile https://t.co/WmN0JWzGcH
• I’d never heard of Laurence Fox until he started lecturing us about racism https://t.co/3vjp2NywCR 
• Insurance services business opens legal arm with Keoghs acquisition https://t.co/yOoqJAW2GD
• Pakistan focus of endangered lawyers’ day https://t.co/Y1sTMHG1p2
• Brain injury solicitors report greater cooperation from insurers https://t.co/iL6u3Q1DJL 
• Bar 'at breaking point', new research suggests https://t.co/ppSdc10JQ3
• Thousands go online to apply for divorce https://t.co/vV8bg8zbBK
• Exceptional case funding scheme failing, report reveals https://t.co/zUqvH4OUKF
• Why are disabled people seemingly ‘unexpected’ in the legal profession? https://t.co/FcHxLxpR6J
• Time to tackle the law’s drinking culture https://t.co/TLB6h0NJXu 
• Is ‘Helen’s law’ an empty gesture? https://t.co/pSfCQoflUO
• My legal life: Vicki Seabrook, Tees Law https://t.co/2sHFMkvF38 
• Tamsin Allen acquired a taste for fighting miscarriages of justice by taking up one of the biggest causes célèbre of the post-war era https://t.co/KnZITORbED 
• Lawyer in the news: Syedur Rahman, Rahman Ravelli https://t.co/gywueTT8tz 
• Ex-MP Chris Davies wins employment tribunal case https://t.co/D2B8uJ6Fdd 
• Brexit: Government loses first parliamentary votes since election https://t.co/zQ6SjGqd3L
• Gillespie Macandrew advises on £285m of new build plot sales https://t.co/AxAu6cTggl 
• Career at the bar ‘less appealing, or even viable’ for new entrants https://t.co/Ll7Ax8AuTZ 
• MSPs to visit new child-friendly evidence rooms in Glasgow and check on ‘Barnahus’ progress https://t.co/7UND9ChHY2
• Data regulators impose £97m in GDPR fines across Europe https://t.co/8wKC4fwgJ1 
• Scottish Labour calls on Lord Advocate to resign over drug death delays https://t.co/0S69Xk10sC
• MPs call for Electoral Commission to be given prosecutorial powers https://t.co/vrzKEFAeGL
• Bank robber who hid his face with a pillowcase had to remove it mid-robbery when he realised he couldn’t see through https://t.co/CGDTp29JUP 
• Edinburgh meeting hears Britain’s refusal to allow Chagos Islanders to return home is ‘crime against humanity’ https://t.co/aMJLdy8bMW 
• Vulnerable Witnesses Act comes into force https://t.co/LrHfybeULL
• Nursing student who fraudulently claimed £23,000 for course fees admonished https://t.co/p21AjJD3Z6
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/kPQVgRLgEO
• Five times immigration changed the UK https://t.co/VLI8tNiVbb
• Immigration system will 'put people before passports' - claims Boris https://t.co/7HwZxnC3B5
• Take your crap back: Malaysia returns 42 containers of 'illegal' plastic waste to UK https://t.co/7wKVFyoc6T 
• Should a restaurant charge a customer who cancels because their father died? https://t.co/jufFScDwkx
• Grenfell: owners of blocks with dangerous cladding to be named https://t.co/mGK06MsD4W 
• Fugitive Briton who took her children to Jersey on dinghy sentenced https://t.co/4FAEdrJm3y
• Prince Harry and Meghan could face costly fight for Sussex Royal brand https://t.co/DKhn2nPQQ5
• 'Marriage Story was stunningly on-point': what divorce lawyers want you to know https://t.co/IJQKplZfs0
• Proportion of UK prisoners with drug problem doubles in five years – study https://t.co/NvIuoXu6hg
• Sexual misconduct cases at record high in legal profession https://t.co/6mL0A5S5OH 
• Climate refugees can't be returned home, says landmark UN human rights ruling https://t.co/ghce3Ytw4i
• How has immigration changed in your area? https://t.co/aMNCFko661
• People who have carved a career out of social media calling themselves 'influencers', 'being offered thousands for sex' https://t.co/mNCYSeOrzw
• 'Dad died violent death in dementia care unit' https://t.co/gQkA7EmvHg 
• Sarah Montague: Radio presenter confirms £400k pay settlement with BBC https://t.co/icbwkMA856
• Delhi Police allege woman lawyer who first torched police bike during Tis Hazari clash identified #India https://t.co/GVc3fMsMlp
• Navy stint helped to sail smoothly: 36-year-old Daniel Ho, dispute resolution lawyer, Wong & Leow LLC https://t.co/uj9XnAYBF
• Judge permanently retires one-time lawyer Harry Kopyto 31 years after disbarment #Canada https://t.co/LNWZTaqfJw
• Moscow Protesters Remember 2009 Killings Of Lawyer And Journalist https://t.co/o6K5Xbm5UM
• How liberal lawyer Alan Dershowitz plans to defend Trump during the impeachment trial #US https://t.co/tdZM9B680h 
• Trainee solicitor jailed after rape convictions | Legal Futures https://t.co/prvmBZNcof 
• Insurance woes ground freelance solicitor network | Legal Futures https://t.co/cq4zEzeuxy
• Law firm wrong to cling onto client’s sale proceeds | Legal Futures https://t.co/kOhEH32S4m

20th January - Law News

2946th 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:  Thousands of anti-govt protesters flooded the streets of the French capital Paris chanting slogans to berate the sweeping social security system reforms initiated by the pro-business government of French President Emmanuel Macron. 

Focus of the Day article: Proposed changes to sentencing for drugs offences to reflect ‘county lines’ operations, ‘cuckooing’ and other coercive practices have been revealed. Full story - New Law Journal

Saturday Conversations on Law

• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/Slxs44o0A1
• Revealed: how #Angolan ruler's daughter used her status to build $2bn empire https://t.co/hEEdDrKr3B 
• Rape jury system unfair to victims https://t.co/nx5WcbzDvS 
• Harry Dunn: Boris Johnson to raise 'driving habits' with US https://t.co/sVGXoiUwsV 
• Rotherham sex abuse: Failure to identify police officer questioned by MP https://t.co/60lIHi8blV
• Horse boards a bus after it escapes on to busy road #animalwelfare #passengersafety https://t.co/QhiEg2BqbI 
• Let students lawyer-up for all university complaint hearings, urges barrister https://t.co/vNZ1wqZCJE
• Lord Reed sworn in as new Supreme Court president https://t.co/eGyGJQsrPh 
• Linklaters appoints sober supervisors to chaperone boozy social events https://t.co/uNQO3Ggw0Q
• Clifford Chance becomes first magic circle firm to reveal spring trainee retention score — 85% https://t.co/YUzKCqPIk2
• Slaughter and May scraps work ski trips following allegation of sexual harassment https://t.co/4kKnk5GmXF
• ‘We don’t make lawyers wear high heels’: City law firms hit back at Hale’s criticism https://t.co/X9udvLgbn2
• SRA issues alert after fraudsters impersonate City law firm partners in phishing scam https://t.co/lOHSUxWSHf 
• From trainee to City law firm partner in ten years https://t.co/HOl7EKOEYu 
• Garden Court barrister to sue police after being arrested on uni picket line https://t.co/RkO6U1ae7r 
• Law, accountancy and teaching among most challenging professions to break into without a degree https://t.co/5MCcBuk3Y3
• Man locked in court battle with ex-wife requests trial by combat — but asks judge for 12 weeks to source samurai swords https://t.co/pn8GllWTzg 
• Tribunal praises trainee solicitor who ‘picked up pieces’ after boss abandoned firm to go ‘travelling’ https://t.co/mrSNYd7VAY 
• Mental health charity LawCare teams up with Sheffield and Open University academics to launch wellbeing course https://t.co/v6m4SUZAKo 
• From India’s biggest law school to Kirkland & Ellis private equity partner in London https://t.co/JAFf4WTXGV
• Blind Strathclyde Uni law student uses legal know-how to secure payout after being booted out of McDonald’s for having guide dog https://t.co/htnSkmGkA9
• Lights, camera, courtroom! Sentencing in high-profile criminal cases to be televised for first time https://t.co/TI5XlcyhRl
• How the SQE shifts power from law firms to students https://t.co/XTZwNEtgJS
• London trainee lawyer who admitted repeatedly raping woman after police discovered work ID https://t.co/FdF3Mm6OGk
• BBC brings on wrong guest to talk law with Lord Sumption https://t.co/UdumYGIMVK 
• The case for solicitor apprenticeships https://t.co/nmbnqiMIA6
• Apply to attend: Legal Cheek student commercial awareness events https://t.co/eW1idJFFi6
• Stalking: New court order for stalker investigations has 'teeth' https://t.co/AEZs0Mkelh 
• New Welsh prison wanted says Justice Secretary Robert Buckland https://t.co/UNqR1JiigN 
• In search of the rough sleeper evicted from a makeshift home he built on a South Wales town centre street https://t.co/T017f9jDs6 
• Immigration and Article 8: what did we learn in 2019? https://t.co/qFwrWEjKkA 
• Postman caught using horrific racist insult while waiting to deliver a parcel https://t.co/CZk3tBRLpA
• DWP benefits investigator denies being racist after calling Asian officer 'PC Poppadom' https://t.co/IAM6ATXpRi 
• Tribunal directs liquidation of Nathella Sampath Jewellery #India https://t.co/s4pUEhEqZU 
• Early conciliation for employment tribunals to be introduced on January 27 #Ireland https://t.co/sT3QdCCcd9
• Bitcoin SV Drops 40% as Lawyer Admits Craig Wright Has No Private Keys https://t.co/Nj0ZAyMBnS
• Human rights lawyer urges #Japan to end forced sterilisation of trans people https://t.co/3kTykyn81T
• To remember is to fight: the legacy of #Russian activist lawyer Stanislav Markelov https://t.co/WdqU4c2huh 
• Donald Trump hires lawyer who got OJ Simpson acquitted to fight impeachment #US https://t.co/NKgEAykTZ5 
• How Gay Art Survives in Beijing, as Censors Tighten Grip #China https://t.co/5hCG2tVZaO
• Why do so many men rape? https://t.co/QLuo0yWjfV
• Facebook Apologizes for Vulgar Translation of #Chinese Leader’s Name https://t.co/CxpjG0EQNH
• Impeachment Trial Puts Susan Collins, Stung by Kavanaugh Backlash, Under Scrutiny #US https://t.co/9SKROlnilQ
• Sex, Power and Fury: The Mystery of a Death at Guantánamo Bay https://t.co/MFfdrtYan
• Battered but Resilient After #China’s Uighur Crackdown https://t.co/Wrn6cTKOv0
• From mass incarceration to mass deportation, our nation remains in deep denial #US https://t.co/WGc4Rg4AS1
• The Secretive Company That Might End Privacy as We Know It #US https://t.co/ehezUrVHhw 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/VzANwgxZz
• Post Office 'assisting' review of postmasters' convictions https://t.co/B2NLSs7PSL
• In Tory Britain with the majority voting for the Conservatives, a boy, 10, was stabbed in a Leicester street while out with mother https://t.co/kuACQltHMD
• When sexual abuse was called seduction: #France confronts its past https://t.co/awy84mgnU6
• #US National Archives sorry for censoring 2017 Women's March anti-Trump signs https://t.co/mE1emPIIvI
• Trump impeachment: lawyers and House Democrats lay out positions #US https://t.co/dpTCBIdr8W 
• Lecturer says she faced online abuse after Question Time clash with Laurence Fox https://t.co/xFoCN2uQVr

19th January - Law News

2945th 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 UK has added Lebanon's entire Hezbollah movement to its blacklist of what it terms terrorist organisations. And now it’s freezing Hezbollah’s assets, and will prosecute anyone in the UK who continues to have accounts or financial services connected to the group. It was in March last year that the British government said it could no longer distinguish between the political and the military wings of Hezbollah. But it took until this week before it announced it was going after the group’s finances. The United States has welcomed the decision, saying it had long been seeking such a move from its European allies. But why now? Is Iran the real target? 

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Shrewsbury Tesco Extra: Report of gunman on roof sparks armed response https://t.co/qqiXud54dt 
• Harry and Meghan: Your questions answered on tax, titles and trademarks https://t.co/FHmsOvttEU 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/BNVXG2AAE2
• Prince Harry and Meghan will no longer use their HRH titles and will not receive public funds for royal duties https://t.co/znDLF6jvmJ
• Lecturer says she faced right-wing online abuse after Question Time clash with Laurence Fox https://t.co/xFoCN2uQVr 
• Revealed: clandestine actions of mercenaries during Thatcher years https://t.co/EaKKZ2ov4i
• Trump lets soldiers get away with murder. That mustn’t happen here https://t.co/BgSPxueEdr
• Harry Dunn: Police chief demands meeting after new incident https://t.co/Q7AjIBsvb8 
• Brexit: Price rises warning after chancellor vows EU rules divergence https://t.co/2Pi3Gt0GFw
• Lawyer accidentally submits his BDSM sex slave contract to court #bRAZIL https://t.co/ZpYoCCdJ2v 
• Digital Currencies are Not 'Currencies,' Argues #Indian Crypto Lawyer https://t.co/RLrOZd5eOd
• This Company Made a 'Cute' AI Lawyer to Deploy 'Information Warfare' for Divorced Men https://t.co/ZjFApVBEjn , tribunal rules | Law Gazette https://t.co/RCCPnTGW2R
• MoJ finally opens refund scheme for court fees | Law Gazette https://t.co/EMsqGGOf66
• Teachers challenge government over pensions following judges' win | Law Gazette https://t.co/eYmcWUOULR
• Mishcon shuts up shop in New York | Law Gazette https://t.co/XTzuwHOykH
• Concern for health of jailed Saudi lawyer | Law Gazette https://t.co/8huehpVEMQ
• Part 36 offers excluding interest are not valid, rules Court of Appeal | Law Gazette https://t.co/UtYc8iCOWf
• Domestic violence centre offers to take on family court mailbox | Law Gazette https://t.co/yFV9n3eRdO
• Hogan Lovells opens document review hub in Arizona | Law Gazette https://t.co/Zfv5RGI79E
• DAC Beachcroft looks to cut real estate jobs | Law Gazette https://t.co/ngM9YLSaZN 
• Best of the blogs - 17 Jan 2020 | Law Gazette https://t.co/GAIZ1JasmV
• Bar complaints reach highest level in five years | Law Gazette https://t.co/4NAuDYm0aa
• Youth suicide: At-risk in Wales 'falling through gap' https://t.co/CfFHO5jRka
• Guildford pub bombings police 'seize files' https://t.co/aqi0Cu8vFv
• #Spain's Magaluf and Ibiza crack down on alcohol-fuelled holidays affecting Brits https://t.co/TRBkEjDNOK
• Brexit: 'No alignment' with EU on regulation, Javid tells business https://t.co/0xVlk1HZbK 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/k3yb4ZX910
• Roger Scruton’s brand of conservatism became a licence for bigotry https://t.co/6UaAeTYUyr
• Pro-gun activists threaten to kill state lawmaker over bill they misunderstood #US https://t.co/et8MnQfua1
• Coroner: supervision of Conner Marshall’s killer ‘woefully inadequate’ https://t.co/aWqwArDzZk 
• British woman's false rape claim appeal a 'critical moment' for #Cyprus https://t.co/PRkegEGAb8