15th March - Law News

2272nd Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based news & legal articles archive focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's Video Focus: Militias Are Burning Villages in Congo. Satellite images that show how lakeshore villages in the Democratic Republic of Congo have been destroyed in recent attacks, forcing 140,000 people to flee their homes.



Focus of the Day story: Heads of chambers have said the government’s revamped advocates graduated fee scheme (AGFS) will have a ‘catastrophic’ impact on their budgets and on individual barristers’ careers. The Criminal Bar Association (CBA) said that the latest legal aid reform, under which criminal advocates’ pay will be based on the seriousness and complexity of the work rather than the number of pages in a case, was constructed against the backdrop of a 40% fee cut. Full story - The Law Society Gazette

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Downing Street drops penny-pinching plan https://t.co/Lr7iBnq97P
• Illegal schools: Ministers promise crackdown https://t.co/ejArcnXV5A
• #Italy police break up macrobiotics slavery 'sect' https://t.co/iiK5GtCus3
• Florida shooting: #US high school students stage mass walkout https://t.co/0PTzIA9pvM 
• Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes charged with $700m fraud #US https://t.co/C6Fy4MrfKo 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/pDUGftc3vs
• The truth about torture: Trump’s CIA pick can't lead without facing her past #US https://t.co/O05d1DZnfv 
• Free trade and human rights as vital pillars of post-Brexit foreign policy https://t.co/3AapZx6njm 
• Hillsborough relatives 'disgusted' by CPS decision over West Midlands police https://t.co/OmzSUCdtzM 
• Film depictions of sexual violence are increasingly alarming. It has to stop https://t.co/bepliHnSN9 
• London tube bomber Damon Smith loses appeal against sentence https://t.co/pVELsozEvu 
• Rodrigo Duterte to pull #Philippines out of international criminal court https://t.co/ne51u14QCd
• Economic abuse destroys lives – it must be taken seriously https://t.co/xS0dexWsRu 
• Suspended Sky pundit Jamie Carragher faces no police charges over spitting incident, but careless filming driver ma… https://t.co/uPOTsNnx2H
• Google’s Security Sweep for Apps... https://t.co/vLOhdBoOTd 
• Crumbling courts: Sheffield shuts after strip lights fall on counsel's row | Law Gazette https://t.co/TuwFah9iM6 
• Government prepares for Brexit with IP agreement | Law Gazette https://t.co/VWu3CnjnU2 
• Russia: Government hints at UK Magnitsky provisions | Law Gazette https://t.co/6t7eSTgBMT 
• Supreme Court's Unison judgment 'not sound' | Law Gazette https://t.co/JaojfAB07A
• 'Explosion of demand' fuels litigation funder's 132% profit leap | Law Gazette https://t.co/Uy3NmVsxVf 
• Slaughter and May shows positive gender pay gap - by omitting secretaries | Law Gazette https://t.co/kdMIA7kCef
• Sexual relationship not necessary for a valid marriage, says Munby | Law Gazette https://t.co/7dAY4V99WZ
• Employment appeal a 'missed opportunity' says Hale | Law Gazette https://t.co/sYIl7fjMMR 
• Judge pares costs over £900-an-hour lawyers' fees | Law Gazette https://t.co/gCMHFITARW 
• ‘Embarrassing debacle for SFO’: judge criticises witness quality in Libor appeal | Law Gazette https://t.co/FYe9E1Xzub 
• Ombudsman names CMC complaint-magnet charging £495 upfront | Law Gazette https://t.co/06tCAPvMBG 
• How Young Is Too Young for Protest? A National Gun-Violence Walkout Tests Schools #US... https://t.co/jTZGBoXGaX 
• Toxic Tea and Other Tales From an English Tree War... https://t.co/NFnE71bYrt
• Facebook has finally removed the pages of the anti-Islamic group Britain First and its leaders... https://t.co/euas3v1wyP 
• As Putin’s Opponents Flocked to London, His Spies Followed... https://t.co/fTNo8V7eOd 
• #Australia funded $500000 legal costs for alleged paedophile in Philippines... https://t.co/m1nwumfOiX 
• Joseph Percoco, Ex-Cuomo Aide, Found Guilty in Corruption Trial #US... https://t.co/TFhXXhiBrE 
• Consumers warned off CMC subject to multiple complaints over poor practices | Legal Futures... https://t.co/JvZ3IA6RHH
• Low salaries dog debt-ridden young legal aid lawyers, says social mobility report | Legal Futures... https://t.co/E5YWHjnFg8 
• The Legal Industry Keeps On Losing Jobs #US https://t.co/TSJ71jGsqv
• Judge orders husband in bitter divorce case to stop emailing wife’s solicitor | Legal Futures... https://t.co/q0GQ9cQMdu
• 'I want to explain arranged marriage to white people' https://t.co/AF51RDF1k3 
• Russian spy: UK calls for UN meeting over nerve agent attack https://t.co/CTNYiMvRPp 
• The 315 MPs who voted to take free school meals from 1m poor children... https://t.co/9FiAEFwbeF
• Gina Haspel, Trump’s Choice for C.I.A., Played Role in Torture Program #US... https://t.co/eu8Auj3W9M 
• The Story of an #Afghan Baby Named Donald Trump... https://t.co/8qg9l58RNB 
• Telford abuse: Victim numbers 'sensationalised' says police chief https://t.co/gJUGch1p6j
• Google bans crypto-currency adverts https://t.co/JW5KPTsbRf 
• #ElSalvador woman freed after 15 years in jail for abortion https://t.co/uWacia9uWx 
• How #Russia uses propaganda to discredit opponents https://t.co/NLkrgKPC3i
• West Ham in £100 million legal dispute with their London Stadium landlords over capacity and revenue... https://t.co/zHsoQrLKYJ 
• Stephen Hawking: Visionary physicist dies aged 76 https://t.co/LjppN7QayF 
• European Commission launches proceedings over UK tax treatment of commodity derivatives... https://t.co/odaYrzMjE9
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/2NBFjMPfQM
• #Australia to stress international law in South China Sea dispute... https://t.co/i3IGlPlAK4 
• London cannabis seed seller faces further US extradition attempt... https://t.co/ZPdR5a0Vcf 
• More work is needed to explain the law on mobile phone usage... https://t.co/dKW9WaWzAt 
• Brexit bill changes tabled by UK government amidst power row https://t.co/MIImYglPVd 
• Regional firm becomes ABS to accelerate growth plans and allow chief executive to invest | Legal Futures... https://t.co/eMir6fFXl2 
• Rex Tillerson. Secretary of state fired by Trump in #Russia warning https://t.co/EbI8x6oLsg 
• MoJ loses appeal against decision to award barrister forced to retire from bench £37,000 | Legal Futures... https://t.co/eCBXW42Rjw 
• IMF says digital currency tech can be used against crypto criminals https://t.co/aKo4oXNY0v 
• Gaza blast targets #Palestinian PM Hamdallah's convoy https://t.co/Vkmf97gfZq
• Lebanon frees actor Ziad Itani accused of collaborating with #Israel https://t.co/yWErruWCTK 
• Afghan sisters deported from #Austria after landmark EU ruling https://t.co/qLMKnDZ7O0 
• UN: Facebook has turned into a beast in #Myanmar https://t.co/f27K8FeI33 
• The perfect legal business? | Legal Futures https://t.co/yVfXzdc6dl 
• Tribunal upholds council refusal to disclose information on ‘Twitter storm’ SEN law firm | Legal Futures... https://t.co/DxW5w0gxkx 
• Dog Dies After United Flight Attendant Insists Carrier Be Put in Overhead Bin #US... https://t.co/qxm2MersFx 
• National Geographic: for decades, our coverage was racist https://t.co/Q7yvCabe0t 
• Bath School governors reject expulsions of racist white kids over 'mock slave auction' of black pupil https://t.co/QNaT3MakbA 
• Croydon Tower residents told to pay £500,000 to replace Grenfell-style cladding https://t.co/f3uNKQ4FIf
• #Ireland refuses extradition over concern at Polish justice reforms https://t.co/zldRmTvlCI 
• Pakistani rights lawyer Asma Jahangir obituary https://t.co/1G1k6YRyck 
• Campus rape victims often find more justice in college than in court https://t.co/bPHkZp1pw4 
• The better way to support rape victims: put their needs first https://t.co/U79qTiK1oR 
• The UK penal system is designed by men, for men. Women deserve better https://t.co/r4SQrWHp0X
• Katie Ghose: ‘Risky proposals are coming on top of cuts that led many refuges to close’ https://t.co/Luda3FuPoh 
• High court challenge to release of black-cab rapist begins https://t.co/UgaeGr2TbG
• Norfolk Islanders go to UN to fight #Australia over right to self-govern https://t.co/p1L2qtRBZ5 
• Enhanced Interactive Dialogue on the Situation of Human Rights in #Eritrea... https://t.co/UsMmwFWxBK 
• This map highlights the incredible human rights work done by women across the UK... https://t.co/4pfazp0QlR 
• Mira Sorvino Becomes First Recepient Of UCLA Law Promise Institute Human Rights Award... https://t.co/JX3wxg1dZX 
• #Spain's terrorism law is 'outlawing political satire' - new report... https://t.co/1bBfPl6ZlD
• The #Philippines added a UN human rights worker to the country's 'terror hit list'... https://t.co/GhDjv1oHP1
• Assassination attempt on #Palestinian PM failed, but dealt mortal blow to reconciliation https://t.co/YQxo72XGlY

14th March - Law News

2271st Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based news & legal articles archive focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's Video Focus: Nikolai Glushkov, a Russian émigré who the UK refused to extradite to Russia on fraud charges died in his home in London, his Russian lawyer Andrei Borovkov told the Echo Moscow radio station.



Focus of the Day story: The government’s insistence on pressing ahead with a ban on cold-calling by claims management companies (CMCs) that many argue does not go far enough will be put to the test today. MPs will consider the changes made during the committee stage of the Financial Guidance and Claims Bill and various further amendments put forward by the Labour opposition. Full story - Legal Futures

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Do I have to pay stamp duty to buy my sister's share of a property?... https://t.co/xOHRMztqqx 
• Labour MP Rupa Huq: Suspicious package 'part of a pattern' https://t.co/2JeFzqAMc9 
• Mayor of London reads racist abuse https://t.co/fBYdZkI1fg 
• Future of 1p and 2p coins questioned by Treasury https://t.co/aV23LhGMoL 
• White working class girls traded for sex, says Telford MP https://t.co/OdYCw9ydlf
• Florida shooting: Prosecutors seek death penalty for Nikolas Cruz #US https://t.co/XM3bNmtn9C
• Jamie Carragher: Police speak to driver who broke the law and filmed spitting incident https://t.co/iOWULVUNx9 
• Counter-terror police investigate 'unexplained' death https://t.co/Fe7kIN0yij 
• Philadelphia's former chief legal officer is becoming a full-time lecturer at Penn Law #US... https://t.co/wGc8rSopgL 
• Consumer loses £600k in conveyancing scam... https://t.co/anZtbS5RIR 
• Immigration faces legal challenge over lengthy bureaucratic delays #CaymanIsland... https://t.co/li8QpA6EBX 
• Centre finalising Cauvery scheme: Union Water Resources Secretary UP Singh #India... https://t.co/Ujyk0QJTaQ 
• NCLAT approves Ratnagiri Gas demerger scheme #India... https://t.co/z2w1LsbxM1 
• Russian spy: #Russia demands nerve agent sample from UK https://t.co/nh5SFudaE9
• Parsons Green: Tube bomb 'became fantasy', says accused https://t.co/3NITAvSXu5 
• Labour member of parliament, Rupa Huq becomes third MP to get Islamophobic letter https://t.co/ypWcbcggpC
• Fortnite players warned over hack attacks https://t.co/TxjB5VqGuj 
• Heather Locklear: Actress charged with four counts of battery #US https://t.co/YAxyD66Oeu 
• Telford grooming 'tip of the iceberg', says solicitor https://t.co/zxFbEuiXXe 
• Having seen the power of the strike, University strikers reject pension deal https://t.co/FbO7pXXYMw
• 'Defendants also have rights': court deals another blow to LiPs | Law Gazette https://t.co/1DXvhQoFh9 
• Supreme Court judge: Prompt action needed on 'impenetrable mess' of Welsh law | Law Gazette https://t.co/imBVa05IwJ 
• 60 chambers meet to condemn 'catastrophic' cuts | Law Gazette https://t.co/zkkjqD9u09 
• Worboys: High Court begins hearing challenges to parole decision | Law Gazette https://t.co/T8xjkW8X3I 
• Firms win fly-in licence for India | Law Gazette https://t.co/G80hReLWWn 
• Oxfordshire vicar who spiritually abused boy banned from ministry... https://t.co/sShfRvfcc3 
• Landmark legal case on disability discrimination... https://t.co/RjDdcSpClh 
• Donald Trump sacks former oilman Tillerson as secretary of state #US https://t.co/8ehFykbmWT 
• 'The beginning of the end': After McCabe, Tribunal now poised to enter most crucial weeks #Ireland... https://t.co/PMXjJQ76PD
• Former PM Khaleda finally gets bail for four months #Bangladesh... https://t.co/Zv0sHBSg7R 
• Tory MPs talk for so long they derail law against privatisation in the NHS... https://t.co/rmyJu5qInS
• Chinese takeaway food needs to be tasteless as other it can bust your salt allowance https://t.co/JXARfLSstA 
• John Worboys: Victims challenge rapist's release from prison https://t.co/wk7uMvWOw7
• Telford abuse: 'I was sold twice a night' https://t.co/gwb15dQXz1 
• Millennial railcard website crashes https://t.co/wlr2BRC5ph 
• Brexit: UK growth to be slowest in G20 this year, says OECD https://t.co/DKb8ftor2o 
• EDL founder Tommy Robinson filmed punching 'migrant' in the face before claiming it was 'act of self-defence'... https://t.co/Q6L1LQ8DP1 
• #Nigerian judge, Chile Eboe-Osuji elected new president of ICC... https://t.co/fhc04bwqHS 
• Victim knocked out in 'sly, cowardly' attack in row over sheep rustling... https://t.co/8t2UGd4ztT 
• Policewoman weeps after being acquitted of stealing money from evidential exhibits... https://t.co/FzbVNP2WwN 
• Top barrister Winnie Tam to lead #HongKong communications watchdog... https://t.co/62bASUhJFm 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/ilsEcSKj1a
• Illegal streaming sees music and sports organisations flood High Court with copyright claims... https://t.co/FyIO7MWVUw 
• Mutilated dogs found dead at side of road 'were part of illegal fighting ring'... https://t.co/5QuWwtEJio 
• Government lawyer to high court: Don't hear Blagojevich appeal #US... https://t.co/efDdWAmgYq 
• Lawyer for accused murderer worried about client's mental state #Australia... https://t.co/SZa1HnkA3h 
• 14 Years Since 'Disappearance' of #Thai Rights Lawyer... https://t.co/dO9rMsQhsa 
• Murdered mafia lawyer gunned down for being a 'police informant' #Australia... https://t.co/zwsxHzKnWO 
• Helping women lawyers become top leaders... https://t.co/cLW1eTG1un
• Police 'letting themselves down' on pursuits policy - lawyer #NewZealand... https://t.co/qzY68M8uyM
• Corporate counsel trigger the new law revolution... https://t.co/YnFtuQRyGD 
• Hogan Lovells partners exit to set up Baker McKenzie LA office... https://t.co/T5GnkyKcdb 
• Florida school shooting: Lawyer says more families likely to sue #US... https://t.co/4R2xHRDOMU 
• Van Bael & Bellis promotes Geneva head to partnership... https://t.co/FPMbTeQ7GH 
• Few lawyers see visible steps to rectify gender diversity... https://t.co/xlmS04gp5u 
• Sports and music bodies account for most copyright cases High Court... https://t.co/0AGzIK6KeP 
• Reastaurant chain Nando's asks Reading restaurant Fernando's to rebrand https://t.co/aTFpJNZE2b 
• Ney York Metropolitan Opera fires James Levine after sex abuse claims https://t.co/yS4KXvV7G7 
• N Korea: UN claims #Singapore firms illegally sent luxury goods https://t.co/17fTXQhw5p 
• DibbsBarker 20-strong team exits in Brisbane... https://t.co/5CI7XEEF6I
• Trump Doesn't Deny He's Recruiting an Impeachment Lawyer #US... https://t.co/5ekd9Da7OX 
• How Uber's top lawyer negotiated a spectacular severance deal on her way out the door by asking Travis Kalanick for… https://t.co/wF3iUGlri1 
• 'Shameful': widespread outrage over man denied NHS cancer care https://t.co/tEwBOizniw 
• University strikes may be called off after talks lead to new proposals https://t.co/cawb45xJUv 
• Trump's decision to deport 200,000 to his 'shithole countries' challenged in lawsuit #US https://t.co/7ZtdCLPRtJ 
• Man seeks €1.8m in compensation for wrongful jailing over 9/11 https://t.co/2pbg1fruhy
• Liverpool prison is a symbol of our broken system. Send the inmates home https://t.co/6XKdWezHRT
• 'Right to be forgotten': high court hears second Google case https://t.co/ftKdnlwi9o
• #Dutch prosecutors to investigate euthanasia cases after sharp rise https://t.co/Jjk0ty8lzM
• Questions for TSA after reports of laptop and phone searches on domestic flights https://t.co/Eouo85lnyY

13th March - Law News

2270th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based news & legal articles archive focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's Video Focus: A week on the streets - abuse against a rough sleeper was caught on camera as we spent a week with the homeless in Windsor.



Focus of the Day story: Is it still worth trying to come to America as an asylum seeker? I'm not sure. Full story - Guardian Law

Saturday Conversations on Law

• I went on hunger strike in Yarl's Wood to show that detainment doesn't work for anyone... https://t.co/5xgKpVYSHH 
• As survivors of domestic violence, we know this new law will fail others... https://t.co/aIuqNYI8As
• Drivers filmed using phones by undercover police in lorry https://t.co/hL5Huoyjwm 
• You could soon face £100 fine for driving too close to a cyclist, here's why... https://t.co/hTGqtK3v47
• Zimbabwe lawyer owned and UK based Tann Law acquires RBM Solicitors... https://t.co/CWeU26EbPK 
• UK Government changes Brexit law without Welsh agreement... https://t.co/tUgPUws1ks 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/pF62jO1vYT
• UK government delays roll-out of controversial age verification porn laws... https://t.co/ggR0Mi7XGo
• Suffolk Law Centre to open in Ipswich ending county's 'Legal Aid desert'... https://t.co/txc0K8oOHT 
• Man Pours Acid On Wife Because She Gave Birth To A Girl Not A Boy #India... https://t.co/eNJj08Ci6c
• #Greek Superleague suspended after team owner invades pitch with a gun to confront referee https://t.co/dwKms9JGsA 
• Racial Justice Drives Fight for, and Against, Legal Pot in New Jersey #US... https://t.co/28GtfMZq2d 
• Food and feed law: legislation review (October to December 2017)... https://t.co/5oBcbbXiXU 
• Trump pushes back on report he's 'unhappy' with legal team #US... https://t.co/XU3uZZGChH 
• New York helicopter crash: pilot reportedly blames passenger bag after five die #US https://t.co/KynNtv0Lh0 
• My legal life: Andrew Kaufman MBE | Law Gazette https://t.co/Har2BTiAGp 
• Lawyer in the news, Anna Heslop - Victory over flawed air pollution plans | Law Gazette https://t.co/s0gcD1SOnk 
• Delay casts fresh doubt over new super-exam | Law Gazette https://t.co/9b9zpn4v3m
• Blacklaws: include partners in pay gap statistics | Law Gazette https://t.co/C918omVtdz
• PI firms face search engine ‘arms race’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/rg8jpjxAIc 
• Lure of the Irish route | Law Gazette https://t.co/GQkySEUjx3 
• #Mexico leftist courts bankers with pro-business, anti-graft vows... https://t.co/EwBsF91JhR 
• How achievable are the government's RTA claim reforms? | Law Gazette https://t.co/h4QWGuFEzY 
• What gender pay gap reporting doesn’t tell you: the partner pay gap | Law Gazette https://t.co/QumzsrjMaU 
• Bridging the diversity chasm | Law Gazette https://t.co/pKDXhktA2M
• A&O reports 20% gender pay gap | Law Gazette https://t.co/CvCElEWHmM
• Regulator warns firms not to hide misconduct complaints behind NDAs | Law Gazette https://t.co/btBykYovVt 
• City firm claims machine-learning breakthrough | Law Gazette https://t.co/joHhEj66qo 
• Grenfell prosecutions could be challenged because of online prejudice | Law Gazette https://t.co/SVmJZVv1uE
• Unsecured creditors lose £2m under firm's rescue package | Law Gazette https://t.co/0CYSWP6pk8
• Law courses to face 'gold, silver and bronze' ranking | Law Gazette https://t.co/naTGrIHLVU 
• Stampede for Manchester continues with latest big firm move | Law Gazette https://t.co/GdLFZX7xk7
• Elite firms on the spot after accountancy's Big Four publish partner pay gap | Law Gazette https://t.co/fvZBDXKTow
• Blog: ‘Smash and Grab’ adjudications – too good to be ‘true’? https://t.co/NlcNZ53HFO 
• Former staff of collapsed law firm Hamilton Burns unlikely to be paid https://t.co/eBpEEWAefz 
• Burness Paull claims crown at global intellectual property awards https://t.co/QF1Ji9e8Bg
• Brodies employment and HR tool scoops award https://t.co/0ZJmUItRH8
• Landmark medical judgment under the spotlight https://t.co/KIH6hD9t63
• Number of special constables in decline https://t.co/eVVLLzaD4b
• Multi-agency partnership addressing separation and contact issues between looked after siblings launches https://t.co/PxVzFdEIe4
• Judge Ian Forrester QC delivers 2018 Macfadyen Lecture https://t.co/iJXFyxNG5o 
• Brexit is big challenge for family lawyers in Scotland https://t.co/rrnoGBNjb2 
• Offensive Behaviour Act conviction rate falls to lowest in three years https://t.co/I9oaLfgSUT 
• Harper Macleod tie-up with Crowdcube to spread funding model in Scotland https://t.co/N7Cyid6oCS
• Report on pre-recorded evidence finds little impact on jury decisions https://t.co/A2dX14IZws 
• Husband jailed for culpable homicide over ‘mercy killing’ of terminally wife admonished following appeal https://t.co/cissH8QPGL 
• Forced to marry her rapist at 11, woman finally changes Florida marriage law #US... https://t.co/xZoqSYG8s7 
• Payment to Stormy Daniels could be election law violation, say experts #US... https://t.co/nBo42yenlz 
• Trump administration's support for PLO's side in terror lawsuit draws conservative ire #US... https://t.co/A7jdgmTxQ5 
• Pressure on government to go further with PI cold-calling ban | Legal Futures... https://t.co/Q61uGVKG3R 
• Now or Never: Protect Your Rights With the CASE Act if you are a #USA based photographer https://t.co/lvBslTCX9g 
• Head of dissolved chambers suspended for not paying long-serving clerk contractual dues | Legal Futures... https://t.co/sKqAvFmMXX 
• Solicitors to help campaigners battle parking charges outside Gourm8, Blackburn... https://t.co/HWXQhjoaBU 
• 17 year old Croydon teenager jailed for London moped acid attacks https://t.co/kJCEsFcfn2 
• Tory PM Theresa May's husband Philip May's investment firm has paid NO corporation tax in 8 years https://t.co/plHVlsxOVM 
• Row as Labour's Debbie Abrahams, who has been accised of bullying leaves front bench. She denies charges https://t.co/9ZhZOIQeMl 
• #India's gay prince opens his palace for LGBT community https://t.co/BTDmffaSm1 
• Sex education: Schools 'should promote celibacy', says Church of England https://t.co/YEIXgYslWM
• England cricketer Ben Stokes denies affray charge https://t.co/hoJ4xE3AME 
• Florida shooting: Once again, Trump backs off on assault rifle curbs #US https://t.co/GbbvtgN9gt 
• In Winston Churchill, Hollywood rewards a mass murderer... https://t.co/0kybNzNywa 
• Jamie Carragher to have talks over future at Sky after being goaded to spit by opposition fan https://t.co/V1uJveoSVA 
• #Bangladeshi plane with 71 on board crashes in Nepal https://t.co/THX1n34V06
• South Carolina prosecutor used public money for his brother to spin tunes at pricey Christmas bashes #US... https://t.co/2pLFz6HBJz 
• Senior Additional Solicitor General Murdhu Fernando appointed to Supreme Court #SriLanka... https://t.co/piOWq5xrl4
• Fuming solicitor: "I paid for parking at Brighton Station but have been fined £170"... https://t.co/PTaPOwPGh4 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/QwCwRBy1XE
• Department of Justice Submits Notice of Proposed Regulation Banning Bump Stocks #US... https://t.co/wiV0BuJKzi
• 15 years without justice: Teenager's tragic death continues to cause pain to this day... https://t.co/kydrzDw645
• Shake Up In Lagos APGA, As NWC Reshuffles State Exco #Nigeria... https://t.co/4T7AjJkLzu 
• Order on Khaleda’s bail plea Monday: Documents relating to verdict reach HC #Bangladesh... https://t.co/RKxdcn4iTf 
• Misconduct of his associate made SC slap fine, Aitzaz told #Pakistan... https://t.co/x7dP8QhZdY 
• The Round Up – Strikes, detainees, and was it a poison plot?... https://t.co/y7ap6HJM5M 
• Demolitions in the West Bank highlight a deep inequality... https://t.co/W4qF013PKM 
• Listen Up! New episode of Law Pod UK just posted... https://t.co/lPCCx3uyw9 
• The Stormy Daniels-Donald Trump story explained https://t.co/VqBx0EsPVH 
• Parliament marriage proposal MP weds gay partner in #Australia https://t.co/kWkatDmwYL 
• Women groomed, pimped & trafficked as teenagers not required to disclose prostitution convictions to employers... https://t.co/kWsf4D1wCX 
• Pro-gun poster girl is shot in the back by her four-year-old son #US https://t.co/xQGGuG9Kds https://t.co/68Gtr9xKb9
• London mayor Sadiq Khan warns big tech on hate speech https://t.co/8VgId8poJv 
• The Round-Up: Deportation by Data Deals, Dubs, and a Step Towards Decriminalising Sex Workers... https://t.co/46sCLlip1x 
• Labour's Debbie Abrahams investigated by party over 'workplace issue' https://t.co/xcIl18Lzm2 
• Tim Berners-Lee: we must regulate tech firms to prevent 'weaponised' web https://t.co/JRtMNsnP9C 
• Tories say they are ready to take action to oust John Bercow https://t.co/QQvDIjFzRv 
• Normandy advert to seduce UK firms after Brexit banned https://t.co/kzuijFm5e7 
• Crufts winner's live TV ceremony disrupted by animal rights protester https://t.co/72ZS5ks2dm 
• Dog 'hanging' video appears on Facebook https://t.co/uqlXAnnuD5
• For Trump advisor and champion of the alt-right, Steve Bannon: 'Let them call you racist' https://t.co/nhX8ajzxsr 
• Pro-Kurdish demonstrators close London and Manchester stations https://t.co/nQGXttyb1R 
• Head of dissolved chambers suspended for not paying long-serving clerk contractual dues | Legal Futures https://t.co/qj6tR4x72s

12th March - Law News

2269th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based news & legal articles archive focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's Video Focus: CPAC – the annual conference for conservative activists, which is sponsored by the NRA – occurred less than two weeks after the Parkland school shooting.  The Guardian spoke with attendees including Sebastian Gorka, Katie Hopkins and Mark Burns about gun ownership, Parkland conspiracy theories and policy reform in the wake of the massacre

Focus of the Day story: Unconscious bias, the unacceptable work-life balance demanded to reach senior levels, resistance to flexible working and traditional male-oriented routes to promotion are the biggest barriers to career progression. Full story - New Law Journal

Saturday Conversations on Law

• King’s College beats UCL in Vis Pre-Moot London derby https://t.co/Is8cq3EEWv
• Law student set to start a training contract alongside her boyfriend’s ex writes to Graham Norton for relationship… https://t.co/JUuPSVrSGV
• The Secret Barrister’s legal analysis of Bananarama hit is a thing of beauty https://t.co/B7K1w60L23 
• Trowers & Hamlins senior associate CLEARED of sex assault on off-duty police officer https://t.co/0TS3ybTNKl 
• Tort law gets the Lady Hale treatment as Supreme Court hears vicarious liability appeal https://t.co/UJqcfDJYJ0 
• Norton Rose Fulbright unveils 75% spring retention score https://t.co/1BE8Qklux8
• Is ‘national security’ fast becoming a tool of protectionism? https://t.co/1WGtFqEz3z
• Students experiencing knockbacks need to realise they’re playing a numbers game https://t.co/qLmXVL96Ib
• ‘I’m an immigrant from a modest background who battled depression and bulimia to gain a London training contract’ https://t.co/2G34oxZSBH 
• Excitement builds ahead of next week’s Legal Cheek Awards 2018 https://t.co/aq6AkEhx4D 
• Top corporate law firm subject of social media storm after legal letter to football club surfaces online https://t.co/kcXzl4W4Wr
• Legal apprenticeships: Well-paid but scarce, research finds https://t.co/6s21knJ4sz
• City lawyer fined £1,000 by regulator following ‘bottomless brunch’ attack on girlfriend https://t.co/cyLHseeBtR
• Donoghue v Stevenson placard makes star appearance on university picket line https://t.co/LuKsOFKez9
• International Women’s Day: Male and female lawyers divided over profession’s gender equality progress https://t.co/t9aw6K2kDc
• Victory for Queen’s University Belfast in LGBT+ moot featuring law student competitors in drag https://t.co/jZZLca51eC
• Decision to approve or reject solicitor super-exam delayed AGAIN https://t.co/aEWQmIY18L 
• ‘Do they have a bollocks and beer one?’: London law firm under fire for offering female lawyers manicures and fizz… https://t.co/CyYA36kSIn
• ULaw strikes LPC and GDL deal with Liverpool University https://t.co/nVmiPpAgXD 
• Why are British nationals being prosecuted for fighting against ISIS? https://t.co/ShvXTxGcdA 
• David Lammy: ‘We will not see a BME Lord Chief Justice in my lifetime’ https://t.co/hF2iF53NHi 
• Remain campaigners mount High Court legal bid for second Brexit referendum... https://t.co/BsPaEaOpR7 
• Nando's threatens restaurant with legal action over copyright infringement... https://t.co/36LLw41kqA
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/iQgN3CJxms
• Government postpones age checks for porn websites... https://t.co/GvwCo6ZVwU 
• Legal complaint filed over raid on Austria's domestic spy HQ #Germany... https://t.co/V9bqx5I8c7 
• #DRCongo signs new mining law despite companies' opposition https://t.co/sSAdzYEuNq https://t.co/GWioIu4FNT 
• Corrupt Russian officials to face new UK sanctions – reports... https://t.co/UKKZvbgZj3 
• Unfolding mystery of “Runaway #Dubai Princess" with American national - plea for help... https://t.co/mmN4nwiSqm 
• Jeff Sessions says US prosecutors will not pursue small-time marijuana cases #US https://t.co/mCIfz9Zbkk
• Ellie Butler's grandfather says he wants justice to prevail at inquest https://t.co/3MV0TznNsl 
• I once sympathised with Max Mosley, but he's really lost me now | Roy Greenslade https://t.co/mOJU4lCfle 
• U.K. Lawmakers Say Law Firms, Consultants Got Millions Of Pounds From Carillion https://t.co/OQKYXBMlt5 
• New UK Law: Porn Today, Gone Tomorrow? https://t.co/6CXvLuPWHO
• Cabinet approves the Commercial Courts, Commercial Division and Commercial Division of High Courts Bill #India... https://t.co/Ea5SrZdeF5 
• Boushie family lawyer says there were grounds for an appeal in Stanley case... https://t.co/4hOV9bWXdX
• Manchester Piccadilly train station closed by protest https://t.co/X0wxm0Sszy 
• John McDonnell urges Labour MPs to stop appearing on Russia Today https://t.co/Ye7tiiZnzg 
• Russian spy: Salisbury diners told to wash possessions https://t.co/2KV1XqH2cO 
• International Bar Association's Human Rights Institute Voices Concern for #Kyrgyz Lawyer... https://t.co/uyVfLVwuRu
• Women lawyers say sexual harassment is fact of life at UK law firms... https://t.co/5BjKM5HLox
• Why A Guatemala Justice Experiment Is Struggling To Survive... https://t.co/ECezRhstcs 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/2hZKypQ7PJ
• #Israel's Justice Minister Is Undermining Democracy... https://t.co/qKDIgqrUHC 
• Bono apologises after One charity hit by bullying allegations https://t.co/pwcVJlu9ww
• #China's 'president for life': Congress to vote on abolishing term limits https://t.co/AHfjTrbVX1 
• Mississippi passes law banning abortion after 15 weeks #US... https://t.co/jmeIzW0kMT 
• California v. Jeff Sessions on politics, immigration and the law #US... https://t.co/IjGG4vyQJ4 
• Trump Administration Blocks Idaho's Plan to Circumvent Health Law... https://t.co/aR96Vfh6iq 
• Paddy Jackson and Stuart Olding trial: Olding says cover-up claims 'completely untrue'... https://t.co/ShZKQO08BY
• 'Superwoman' surgeon thanked for eight-mile snow trek https://t.co/7A5hkEHXyy 
• Red Xanax, mass blackouts and counterfeit pills: the story behind the uk’s biggest ever dark net drug bust https://t.co/eSJ3Q1OocG
• Mother's Day protest for Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe who remains jailed in #Iran https://t.co/D9gZ0zDDoF 
• Murder trial jurors visit nightclub where man is accused of fatally stabbing young dad... https://t.co/mWbzHShvn6
• Student asked to leave Rush bar in Mansfield over turban https://t.co/XPmyec9ctl 
• Katy Perry lawsuit: Nun involved in property row 'dies in court' https://t.co/q9RI0cYCPo 
• 'Punish a Muslim day' letters posted by far-right white nationalists, probed by terror police https://t.co/C0Vr4Bcv7k
• Russian spy: Traces of nerve agent 'found at Zizzi' https://t.co/HWqpuLlDvu

11th March - Law News

2268th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based news & legal articles archive focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's Video Focus: A nerve agent was used to try to murder former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter, police have said. BBC Rewind looks back at cases of high profile Russians targeted on foreign soil.

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Minister For CADD, Barrister Zafarullah Discuss Regularization Of Daily Wages Teachers #Pakistan... https://t.co/O0pMVnM7kG 
• Info Commissioner tears into Google's 'call us journalists' trial defence... https://t.co/5FbMmyM7ey 
• The trailblazers who led women into the #Irish legal profession... https://t.co/jTUSwIwcCQ 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/36KhQmQMex
• Plymouth barrister becomes city's first woman QC in 400 years... https://t.co/vGJRX6tHHP 
• New 'double quick' transaction system put together by conveyancers and agents in same city... https://t.co/rmvIbXC1bX 
• Stormy Daniels: Trump lawyer obtains restraining order #US https://t.co/P3AfrDxRZW 
• Is it still worth trying to come to America as an asylum seeker? I don't think so | Luis Mancheno https://t.co/fkwDhe0zXm
• Gun control: #US justice department moves to ban rapid-fire bump stocks https://t.co/ez0aUlG6ON 
• Londoner denied NHS cancer care: 'It's like I'm being left to die' https://t.co/iFGA8I6BkN
• NHS agency falsely accuses more than 340,000 of prescription fraud https://t.co/TKb7jpR7WC 
• Transgender beauty queen's plea for equality after #Thailand pageant https://t.co/HTveLTtllN
• Trump tariffs: EU wants clarity on exemption https://t.co/xxCP873mKB
• 200 witnesses in Russian ex-spy poisoning https://t.co/3o3h40jkmY
• Killer cyclists? Let's not forget the real threat on our roads... https://t.co/FWlUJAqUlU 
• Former miners wrongly told they owe thousands in tax https://t.co/if4RrXP9eJ 
• Woman robbed on motorway hard shoulder by Scottish thugs https://t.co/m7vfNkWgiu
• Yountville attack: California hostage-taker was former patient and #US army veteran https://t.co/EmOAV0E8Iz 
• Rugby rape trial: Friend tells court Jackson would be 'last person' to rape someone https://t.co/Dg0338vJvx 
• Recent developments to surrogacy law, including new guidance & latest cases concerning admin errors & the HFEA... https://t.co/x47bZzskZE 
• Florida shooting: deplorable gun rights lobby NRA sues as Florida enacts gun-control law #US https://t.co/vIIQuaZ7nL 
• Former actress and model Elizabeth Hurley's nephew stabbed in Wandsworth https://t.co/7fzqwZzvkX 
• Rose-Marie Drury analyses the news and case law relating to financial remedies and divorce during February 2018... https://t.co/FdcvxKOtAA 
• The covenant and the courts: Inside a Christian university's law school crusade #Canada... https://t.co/2OoYb7g2On
• The next QCs - Applications open until 28 March for next crop of silks https://t.co/SoxZvAtpSK 
• Marked disparity in the way women and men perceive issue of gender equality... https://t.co/n8sgxO4tda Mar 10, 2018
• Domestic Abuse Bill consultation launched | NLJ https://t.co/g756oD383V 
• Retiring Jackson assesses his work | NLJ https://t.co/rGnmXUx31S
• First female chief justice in #Philippines faces impeachment... https://t.co/wIuHIFOlbo 
• Bar highlights risks of Data Protection Bill | NLJ https://t.co/0Uer6WY8cQ 
• Threat of libel costs for newspapers dropped | NLJ https://t.co/rdojYb6JDo
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/aZgeMFn8Z2
• Regulators busy with law firm laundry | NLJ https://t.co/ddJMPmzIN4 https://t.co/BLMQF5U7LT
• Doughty Street women take to the streets | NLJ https://t.co/qUehll4A9o 
• Justice Minister Heiko Maas to become #German foreign minister: reports... https://t.co/TlMm32oX1B 
• Wellbeing podcasts available for download | NLJ https://t.co/n8zKd9pvf6
• School shooters: What can law enforcement do to stop them?... https://t.co/gfqePQRFI6 
• Domestic abuse bill may be imminent | NLJ https://t.co/S0Jk0jeLVI
• Sanctions & anti-money laundering | NLJ https://t.co/OWhVctrHgF 
• Flagship CIArb lecture to be held | NLJ https://t.co/wNzYxZXoPW
• Love, marriage, pre-nups & cohabitation rights | NLJ https://t.co/mnapU4DOUN
• #US Immigration agents detain mother in front of screaming children https://t.co/sANZYVs7He
• Controversy over ‘cab rank’ burials | NLJ https://t.co/AEV7rx70Do
• I hear reports like the Nottingham campus racism incident every week https://t.co/apVcLKfUFZ 
• UK may have breached human rights over Grenfell Tower, says UN https://t.co/vKJmk5zjUc
• Jewish school removed 'homosexual' mentions from GCSE textbook https://t.co/ynvJb2y5eS 
• Martin Shkreli jailed: 'Pharma Bro' sentenced to seven years for fraud https://t.co/DFYKAxkFhe 
• Martin Shkreli pays price for arrogance – and 'egregious multitude of lies' https://t.co/mSnwutuKmL 
• Russian spy attack: focus falls on Salisbury cemetery https://t.co/h7WFaogahl 
• 'Attacks and killings': human rights activists at growing risk, study claims https://t.co/Nisf9tiFUd 
• UN moves towards recognising human right to a healthy environment https://t.co/wQSTyxu35M 
• How do 11 people go to jail for one murder? https://t.co/2wljwbtQYQ 
• Oxford University says sorry for International Women’s Day gaffe https://t.co/CW0gtUEJqr 
• How Trump tried to keep his alleged affair with Stormy Daniels a secret #US https://t.co/sVPMDhvq4L
• A seminar to explore trans* visibility in the legal sector... https://t.co/UVR0rmbPSj 
• ‘Cautious’ optimism follows Mansion House speech | NLJ... https://t.co/nJvkgAJ8GD

10th March - Law News

2267th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based news & legal articles archive focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's Video Focus: Disguised Israeli forces have stormed Birzeit University in the occupied West Bank and seized the head of the university’s student council. Two students were reportedly injured by gunfire during the raid.

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Lawyer: Presidential pardon for #Pakistan's Asia Bibi convicted of blasphemy is 'unlikely'... https://t.co/jh12STtCmA 
• Founder of defunct bitcoin exchange has a trail of lawsuits, judgments and at least one unpaid lawyer... https://t.co/8ncLj0udPu
• #US veterans home under fire Live feed https://t.co/gQVPYqea5O
• Report finds #US hospital failed to protect infants from abuse https://t.co/k8wy1H4oLQ
• Westminster attack PC Keith Palmer awarded for bravery https://t.co/ISjvmbuhSk
• Trump Nominated a Dow Chemical Lawyer for an EPA Appointment #USA... https://t.co/SDzM0naWCa
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/jjMhmKVvE6
• Northampton General Hospital: Man, 85, 'died due to overcrowding' https://t.co/6RO5UuwNkn ays leading family lawyer... https://t.co/qMLQ1ZNHpB
• Law firm that should have warned property investor clients of “Mafia risk” fails in Supreme Court bid... https://t.co/HDV9je4dqW 
• Insurers can handle low-value PI claims between them, says top boss amid warning of CMC invasion... https://t.co/IJQCi05UQR
• Blog: Assuming responsibility – Steel v NRAM Limited https://t.co/YOvv2mJQX6 
• Blackadders releases Reservoir Pods trailer ahead of new season this May https://t.co/zfiv4BQIpN
• Compass Chambers Aberdeen Reparation Conference 2018 https://t.co/GhV5AMBN8K 
• Faculty hosts ‘inspiring’ IWD advocacy event https://t.co/brTSl9QxjD 
• Tommy Sheridan’s claim for interest following £200,000 defamation action refused https://t.co/OERWniD7Vf 
• We must address gender inequalities in calculation of damages | Law Gazette https://t.co/XxdpRw4F4a 
• International Women's Day | Law Gazette https://t.co/NGnXyZc3JC 
• Cultivating Generation Z | Law Gazette https://t.co/aHeMYzPEoM 
• No more 'complaints': Bar watchdog mulls governance shake-up | Law Gazette https://t.co/RukxeeyERZ
• Lammy: find me an ethnic minority judge and I'll buy you a beer | Law Gazette https://t.co/WxDKJcp6q7 
• Employment tribunal claims soar by 90% | Law Gazette https://t.co/35I1KzAhPO
• CPS secures first conviction for failure to prevent bribery | Law Gazette https://t.co/lpHvbLbYwa 
• 23 new boilers and 15 roofs: HMCTS insists it is fixing weather-beaten courts | Law Gazette https://t.co/2iL4UnPhts
• Mueller is reportedly investigating incidents involving Trump's personal lawyer Michael Cohen... https://t.co/l7Ps7lw2By
• Duterte to declare state of calamity in Boracay, warns courts not to interfere #Philippines... https://t.co/y4F8Dqb2bW
• Russian spy: Military deployed after poisoning https://t.co/P5qRyhu5kh
• Dreamers Aren't Safe Just Because Courts Ruled Against Trump On DACA #US... https://t.co/R0MUjhp9pk
• Parsons Green: Suspect 'told police' he made tube bomb https://t.co/eNRaRyV6oo 
• A judge has advised #US President Donald Trump to mute rather than block his Twitter critics after users of the se… https://t.co/01PZgvNgmp 
• #Ukraine President Poroshenko fends off IMF demands for anti-corruption court... https://t.co/ANDA61ZORH
• Chinese courts accept more corporate bankruptcy cases in 2017... https://t.co/Imb3yOVMGs 
• Lokpal appointment: Panel to fill jurist vacancy first, government tells SC #India https://t.co/alOwVcP3mi
• Eminent jurist in panel for selecting Lokpal to be appointed soon: Centre to Supreme Court #India https://t.co/9pWqNyvuqP
• Woman sentenced to prison after botched and illegal buttocks enhancement #USA https://t.co/OM7ljIgHnz 
• Utah State Bar Accidentally Sends Picture of Topless Woman to Every Lawyer in the State #USA https://t.co/oGM0BasjcA 
• Legal procedures to compel divorced parents who are refusing to obey finalized court orders to return their childr… https://t.co/aiZbNk9Rin
• #India’s top court permits passive euthanasia in landmark judgment... https://t.co/7zKO7xXKSg
• IoD suspends chair after accusations of racism and sexism https://t.co/TiUjTRAXv0 
• Russian spy: Foreign minister says #Russia willing to help in inquiry https://t.co/tuwwQ2O8Or 
• Wagamama fined for failing to pay the minimum wage https://t.co/akFc2DneZs
• House of Commons Speaker John Bercow named in bullying claims https://t.co/of8hXRNk5k 
• UK to seek exemption from US steel tariffs https://t.co/CwK9zVC6vc 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/O8QpD54rVz
• Bombay High Court rejects RCom's plea challenging tribunal's assets sale order #India https://t.co/RmVEIHu6K0 
• Blue Star tribunal focusses on #Indian sensitivities https://t.co/YQpdJotdxD 
• Tribunal claims up 90% since fees abolished according to MoJ figures https://t.co/OgWutyMnLU
• Final bill for Mahon Tribunal to come in under €150m #Ireland https://t.co/3wXBNMBqGg 
• 19-year-old dies after being shot near London cinema complex https://t.co/3EGVMGGemB 
• The notorious 'M25 rapist' has died in prison https://t.co/yvKjs4O3wm 
• Google warned over ‘contempt of Parliament’ over illegal video by banned neo-Nazi group https://t.co/CGV0WYQQ6Q 
• Russian spy attack inquiry widens after medics treat 21 people https://t.co/JcSjPp2uG7 
• Calais 'could be 10 times worse than Irish border' after Brexit https://t.co/0kYhMVIHOB 
• #Poland's Andrzej Duda apologises to Jews expelled in 1968 https://t.co/dABWKaAGNt 
• Trump tariffs: #US President imposes levy on steel and aluminium https://t.co/EVlYTalUce 
• Russian spy: Key locations in Skripal poisoning case https://t.co/qQj8xpkH4H