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16th January - Law News

Edition 3673: 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: Tennis star Novak Djokovic faces deportation after Australia cancels visa for second time. Australian government says Djokovic may pose public health risk because he is unvaccinated. Australian immigration minister says it is in the public interest to cancel his visa. An Australian court quashed an earlier attempt by Canberra to revoke the tennis star's visa. Novak Djokovic arrived in Melbourne last week to defend his Australian open title.



Saturday Conversations on Law

  • Court of Appeal overturns 'Traveller injunctions' ruling | Law Gazette https://t.co/g5GyXyMpLx
  • Lindsay Montgomery appointed lay member of Judicial Appointments Board for Scotland | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/alxxnYMaCu
  • The man who received the world's first pig heart transplant once stabbed a man seven times leaving him paralysed, his victim's family have revealed. David Bennett, 57, was convicted of the 1988 stabbing of Edward Shumaker https://t.co/vuVQV6BjW8
  • Weightmans and RadcliffesLeBrasseur reveal advanced merger talks | Law Gazette https://t.co/BwAjSQpSSb
  • Lewis Silkin appoints associates in Dublin and Belfast | Irish Legal News https://t.co/5MKqyWLL38 
  • Novak Djokovic's chances of winning a record 21 Grand Slams hinge on an imminent decision by a court in #Australia. The Federal Court will hear his appeal after the government cancelled his visa for the second time this month on grounds of public interest https://t.co/1WcTsYMWBG 
  • A barrister who lied about his earnings to reduce the amount of tax he paid has been jailed for 21 months after HMRC investigators compared his VAT declarations with those of his chambers | Law Gazette https://t.co/5PGQo3P4m9
  • Nadine Martin made legal director at Gibson Kerr Solicitors | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/tFHJSNHIMr
  • Crypto: Let’s party like it’s 1996 | Law Gazette https://t.co/iQnJux1hKU
  • Police Ombudsman identifies ‘collusive behaviours’ in RUC handling of UDA/UFF attacks | Irish Legal News https://t.co/ZdrVJ49jZM
  • Landmark ‘secondary victims’ cases heading for Supreme Court | Law Gazette https://t.co/IhyLljgbfK
  • A couple who were fined £70 for visiting Asda twice on the same day have issued a stark warning to other shoppers. They were accused of staying in Asda's car park for nearly six hours after a camera error https://t.co/Kxmukwiy5m
  • Law firm launches collective action against Facebook on behalf of 44m users - Legal Futures https://t.co/FsLAuk9uoP
  • Firm’s £3m claim against former client reduced to £21,000 | Law Gazette https://t.co/wVmBhGrSIx 
  • Former World Seniors champion Peter Lines has been fined £2,500 after accusing Xiao Guodong of cheating and challenging him to a fight. Lines was angered by an incident in his 4-3 loss to China's Xiao in a qualifier for the 2021 Northern Ireland Open https://t.co/riTBm4ARXZ
  • Callan Tansey expands into Limerick | Irish Legal News https://t.co/BjcFx74mTz
  • Los Angeles railway littered with thousands of parcels stolen from trains #US https://t.co/OhqslIiaU2
  • Lawyers for the woman accusing Prince Andrew of sexual assault are seeking testimony from two people in the UK, according to court documents. Virginia Giuffre's legal team want Robert Olney, the prince's former assistant, to provide a statement https://t.co/ogGXkU0zX2
  • Putting health and wellbeing first at a time of seismic change | Law Gazette https://t.co/L0F67DIYlr
  • Clinical negligence, a changing market - part 1 - Legal Futures https://t.co/2gv7goPSSi
  • Solicitor’s latest attempt to be restored to the roll rejected by SDT | Law Gazette https://t.co/xU5vrFYhBn 
  • Labour peers to oppose amendments to police and crime bill - Move means late changes focusing on powers to control protests could be voted down in House of Lords https://t.co/COtwqlP6SS 
  • Professor Jo Shaw appointed head of Edinburgh Law School | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/UH8g9ji0Cj
  • Unsealed claim forms were not good service, Court of Appeal rules | Law Gazette https://t.co/1EjYMLQmqY
  • Pearson and CILEX to begin work on creating legal services T-Level - Legal Futures https://t.co/23mbkOOx8S
  • Former Syrian official jailed for life for crimes against humanity | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/74eHGVpxdD
  • Struck-off solicitor accuses SDT of Islamophobia in bid to return to profession - Legal Futures https://t.co/Ru1SekUh9Y
  • CPS proposes new guidance on 'mercy killings' | Law Gazette https://t.co/NtFWiURBFp
  • England: Prosecutors less likely to pursue mercy killings under proposed guidance | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/fAFwQwJwIp 
  • Solicitor named in Westminster ‘influence buying’ alert | Law Gazette https://t.co/LnqVxQ0cVm 
  • An American fugitive believed to have faked his own death is facing extradition after being arrested in hospital in Glasgow. Nicholas Rossi, 34, was wanted by Interpol and faces a charge of rape in Utah in the #US https://t.co/TDejLL7o5j