Friday

16th April - Law News

Edition 3398: LawNewsIndex is a UK based daily legal news archive on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Jurisprudence, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics & Human Rights since 2011  

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 Today's Highlighted Video Story:
Thirty years ago, a royal commission delivered a blueprint to prevent Aboriginal deaths in custody. Since then, more than 450 Indigenous people have died in police or prison custody - five since the start of last month - and the proportion behind bars has doubled. Keenan Mundine is the co-founder at Deadly Connections Community and Justice Services


Focus of the Day Article:
Law firms still struggling on gender equality, according to US study. Yale Law Women survey highlights that only 20% of equity partners are women. Full story - The Global Legal Post
 
Saturday Conversations on Law
  • A group of public health advocates from around the world wants Facebook to scrap its plans to launch a version of Instagram for children https://t.co/mBwi0Scb15
  • Covid-status certificate scheme could be unlawful discrimination, says EHRC https://t.co/22tW9mnh0
  • SYLA: So you want to be an advocate? - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/oFhCLxoJdL
  • Covid-19: NI pubs and cafes to open outdoors from 30 April https://t.co/T8yyXII2WV
  • Harvey Tyrrell death: Pub owner jailed over boy's electrocution death https://t.co/KOIfFgRXmD 
  • Inverness CT star allegedly racially abused in Championship clash as player's solicitor takes aim at 'cynical' SFA https://t.co/oS2KTGuAt9 
  • Top law firms team up to draft standard NDA | Law Gazette https://t.co/qk52IqQydn
  • NI: Judgment reserved on whether 'bad faith' Brexit legal challenge should be heard - Irish Legal News https://t.co/NdXdNWMdd
  • McGovern Reid Court Lawyers gains Living Wage accreditation - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/ohsUmvyjXL
  • Making the courts less expensive | Law Gazette https://t.co/HQA5lmPWX
  • Session Cases At 200: ‘Our predecessors speak to us across the years’ - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/uWy35z2phl
  • Session Cases survey closes tomorrow – vote now! - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/1u9MlOCI0o
  • Former Ryanair pilot’s judicial review petition challenging HMRC statutory loan charge refused - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Fx7LfgnHwO
  • George Floyd death: Ex-officer Chauvin will not take the stand #US https://t.co/V79UhBv9uu 
  • Supreme Court waiting times at 'historic low' after Covid year - Irish Legal News https://t.co/alWRxXx2g
  • Book your place at the Faculty’s free World IP Day Conference 2021 - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/QWPEdORKFF 
  • Self-harm declining in Irish prisons but up among women and people on remand - Irish Legal News https://t.co/7GIfTcVR1y
  • The ex-husband of an ITV Wales presenter has been jailed after a nine-year campaign of harassment and stalking during their marriage https://t.co/umpbxwr7C1
  • UK law lecturer John Stanton: How #Malta’s rule of law has been challenged by murder, corruption allegations https://t.co/65hFLRFSDr
  • First they came for Essex Court Chambers | Law Gazette https://t.co/psi3Fie60X
  • Truck driver Mohinder Singh jailed for at least 18 years for killing four police in Melbourne crash #Australia https://t.co/4ix3i2pUaR
  • Aberdeen students to represent Scotland at international competition - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/AeFC6aMMv
  • Marks & Spencer has begun legal action over its Colin the Caterpillar cake - claiming rival Aldi's Cuthbert the Caterpillar infringes its trademark https://t.co/H5wZ07bq7
  • Man 'seen with axe' near Buckingham Palace charged https://t.co/7CNAn8V8xo
  • Authorities clamp down on hospitality in Windsor before Prince Philip’s funeral https://t.co/9neRlPNxId
  • When animal welfare officers received a report of an unusual animal lurking in a tree in the #Polish city of Krakow, they were not sure what to expect. "People aren't opening their windows because they're afraid", it was a croissant https://t.co/beZKYl8NW0
  • ‘How many more decades?’: Munby lambasts lawyers not complying with PDs | Law Gazette https://t.co/7NHVSdPveG
  • Firm to use AI to triage new clients and give initial advice - Legal Futures https://t.co/KXgRfRohIs
  • Touching tributes and flowers left at scene where young solicitor was fatally shot - Khuram Javed, aged 30, was fatally shot in an attack on Clough Road https://t.co/J81TnqUmuG
  • High Court: Doctor temporarily suspended after refusing to administer vaccines or refer patients for Covid testing - Irish Legal News https://t.co/w4yiXzxxHk
  • Profession has struggled with AML rules, says firm fined £10,000 - Legal Futures https://t.co/q1VTQjInu
  • #Uganada Judiciary unveils uniform to fight corruption in courts of law https://t.co/PmXhNt9HV
  • Restorative and criminal justice expert Professor Tim Chapman joins Strathclyde - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/B1n4PaHR8
  • Solicitor unfairly dismissed for refusing Covid variation to contract - Legal Futures https://t.co/OCCW7nC9m
  • ‘Marry your rapist’ laws in 20 countries still allow perpetrators to escape justice https://t.co/ccN1EVtOI5
  • Duncan Lewis bucks homeworking trend with City move | Law Gazette https://t.co/dEtHK49Xwu
  • 160 firms sign up to consumer app aiming to transform access to lawyers - Legal Futures https://t.co/P2K7NleWqO
  • Some lawyers were unmuted in remote court hearings without their knowledge on Monday due to a technical problem, the Courts Service has said - Irish Legal News https://t.co/3qt3E52JHW
  • Court tells Uber to reinstate five UK drivers sacked by automated process https://t.co/9hx4bB3OpQ
  • Permanent changes to Scotland’s bankruptcy laws following Covid-19 - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/9It8833TUP
  • One of #France's most high-profile political scientists and media figures, Olivier Duhamel, has admitted that he sexually abused his stepson decades ago https://t.co/AotGn7AVM
  • Priti Patel’s detention policies found to breach human rights rules - Court finds home secretary accountable for failures to ensure that deaths in immigration detention centres are investigated properly https://t.co/XQ86MDX8Q
  • Retired Police Officer Is Questioned on George Floyd’s Prior Arrest #US https://t.co/MDBNFfV56w
  • SRA’s £500k cap on comp fund payments runs into trouble | Law Gazette https://t.co/IC3fImGu5
  • Capitol Police Told to Hold Back on Riot Response on Jan. 6, Report Finds #US https://t.co/un9TOWDHmj
  • Gillespie Macandrew advises bookseller Topping & Company - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/UIJ4SOeSZ
  • Justice Minister Helen McEntee meeting the family of George Nkencho, whose killing by gardaĆ­ in December prompted protests across the country - Irish Legal News https://t.co/o7TXDkPTU0 
  • Clubhouse Data Leak - 1.3M SQL Database Leaked Online https://t.co/nzRaybVM3w
  • NI: Unionist legal challenge to NI Protocol to be heard next month - Irish Legal News https://t.co/5sKVYGJNar
  • Bernie Madoff, a Wall Street financier disgraced after he admitted to one of the biggest frauds in US financial history, has died in prison at age 82 #US https://t.co/LKZQf4yz7H
  • Ryanair loses legal challenges to EU state aid for Scandi airlines https://t.co/mVnzXwj2ru
  • Legal services and staffing provider Lexitas acquires litigation support firm Alaris https://t.co/4LGswyG0fp
  • Barristers in crossfire of Beijing''s Uighur rage https://t.co/aR4FJZfTIv
  • Can fake heiress Anna Delvey move to the UK? https://t.co/Ga8jcBrs34
  • The challenges with data and AI in UK financial services https://t.co/U6hD8zVz2m 
  • Session Cases At 200: Age of innocence - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Z8VkIAUi6K 
  • Feminists must move past white-centered history https://t.co/ROuiOdzYyI