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Wednesday

29th December - Law News

Edition 3655: 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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Season's Greetings to all our readers.

 Today's Highlighted Video Story: The Chinese government has hit back at President Biden's new law that restricts imports from Xinjiang over concerns about the abuse of Muslim minorities in the region. A foreign ministry spokesman said the move would undermine global supply chains and disrupt international trade. It comes as two more monuments in Hong Kong commemorating the Tiananmen Square massacre were removed. 

Saturday Conversations on Law

  • Police say Sandy Springs lawyer raped woman asking for legal help: Serge Jerome, 33, was arrested during a traffic stop on Monday #US https://t.co/tpO07WiMrQ
  • A commission in #Gambia has suggested that former President Yahya Jammeh be brought before an international tribunal for crimes committed during his 22-year dictatorship https://t.co/4ni1sEyYkO 
  • Police searching for a 12-year-old girl from Devon who went missing before Christmas are asking for help to find her father. Leona Peach was last seen in the Hele Park area of Newton Abbot at about 09:15 GMT on 20 December https://t.co/bU4p5wUoD1 
  • The National Green Tribunal—a specialised environmental institution constituted 10 years ago—has transformed environmental regulation and governance in #India https://t.co/7hDS28BHg0 
  • A teenager has been arrested on suspicion of murder over the death of a 14-year-old boy. Jermaine Cools was attacked near West Croydon station on 18 November https://t.co/a1aFuhjlXA 
  • People in #Switzerland will be able to legally change gender by a visit to the civil registry office from Jan. 1, putting the country at the forefront of Europe's gender self-identification movement https://t.co/NibxtGBQiw
  • The judge in Ghislaine Maxwell's sex trafficking trial in New York has asked jurors to meet for an extra hour each day out of fears of Covid disruption #US https://t.co/3kjjA85rXj 
  • Tiktok sued by former content moderator traumatised by disturbing videos #US https://t.co/OJoAVHbI2h 
  • Credit Suisse may take legal action against SoftBank over Greensill debt https://t.co/QOYXvaL29J
  • Bill of Rights will ‘drive coach and horses’ through human rights law | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/Cwl4YLttiN
  • Veteran lawyer loses crown as top legal aid earner as Covid pandemic slashes income - Donald Findlay QC's income fell by more than half in 2020-21 https://t.co/FHOqOlOCPm 
  • New UK law means online racist abusers could face 10-year bans from football https://t.co/ztufH8GHiU 
  • #Russian court orders oldest civil rights group to shut: the prosecutor, Alexei Zhafyarov, labelled Memorial a "public threat", accusing the group of being in the pay of the West to focus attention on Soviet crimes instead of highlighting a "glorious past" https://t.co/Mxatv56TYt
  • Judges Appointing Judges A Propagated Myth: Chief Justice of #India NV Ramana said there is a need to liberate the institution of public prosecutors https://t.co/qPZpy7HRNJ 
  • Innsbruck airport refused to allow 110 British tourists entry into Austria because they had not followed updated Covid restrictions, it has emerged. Many were caught out on Sunday by a new rule requiring a negative PCR test within 48 hours https://t.co/A67CUthhoI 
  • Her Majesty The Queen has approved the appointment of 101 barristers and solicitors as new Queen’s Counsel (QC) in England and Wales | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/waV3vtnu9
  • How did I survive care and prison? https://t.co/eVJCFyIjkE
  • Large data controllers will breathe a huge sigh of relief following the Supreme Court’s decision to refuse Richard Lloyd permission to serve a £3bn representative claim on Google in Delaware | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/dr9iP7Pk83
  • 12,000 Afghan refugees to start new year stuck in UK hotels: Government struggling to persuade councils to find permanent homes for those who have arrived since August https://t.co/5qxTlDbvIR
  • Priti Patel orders review of crossbow laws after Windsor Castle incident: Home secretary tells officials to look at possible ways to strengthen controls on weapons in wake of Christmas Day arrest https://t.co/vGTd2vyOUl 
  • Multinational bankruptcy: where complexity is a feature, not a bug | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/B9CmfQbpXr 
  • A Sydney lab has told hundreds of people they did not have Covid when they in fact had tested positive, amid soaring infections in the area #Australia https://t.co/sIPWMmNZji 
  • More and more children are having to work to help support their families, amidst an economic collapse in #Afghanistan https://t.co/Ff1gglWil7
  • #Myanmar army kills more than 30 on Christmas Eve 'massacre' https://t.co/MtoOMZGdzn
  • Transgender people: judges advised to use preferred personal pronouns: Updated guidance for England and Wales judiciary says it is ‘common courtesy’ to do so in cases involving trans people https://t.co/QpsQ7NT9uJ
  • #China's human rights issues make 2022 Olympics dicey for IOC https://t.co/4JlV24fFw5 
  • New Covid-19 vaccine requirements have come into force in New York City, as infections continue to surge fuelled by the Omicron variant of the virus: Children aged 12 and over are required to show proof of full vaccination to access indoor dining areas https://t.co/bq2LaTgU0c 
  • It was only in 2015 that, according to the Treasury, British taxpayers finished ‘paying off’ the debt which the British government incurred in order to compensate British slave owners in 1835 because of the abolition of slavery https://t.co/7dpv6eGEeQ
  • Highway Code changes could be 'accident waiting to happen’ as legal experts share concerns https://t.co/K2vuVy3MNB 
  • As a descendant of Caribbean slaves, all I want is for David Cameron to recognise the damage his ancestors did: Yet the Prime Minister won't even apologise for the gross injustices of the slave trade https://t.co/ooFMx6yxbO
  • 'What writing my novel taught me about being a lawyer', Rachel Goldenberg | The Lawyer's Daily https://t.co/7VoZkkzhFd 
  • No new Covid restrictions in England before new year, Boris Johnson says: No extra curbs for New Year’s Eve, with prime minister to put emphasis on personal responsibility https://t.co/QFI12WDvQ
  • A law firm of more than 90 years is expanding into a prominent 16th century building in the centre of Norwich: Solicitors Rudlings, which already has offices in Bury St Edmunds, Thetford and Brandon, is expanding into the Fine City https://t.co/AtuAbU2TAO
  • A crazed woman was arrested by the FBI after she went on an expletive-laced tirade and slapped a fellow passenger aboard a Delta flight from Tampa to Atlanta #US https://t.co/u5xAMba32s 
  • #India blocks foreign funding for Mother Teresa charity - without evidence, Hindu hardliners have long accused the charity of using its programmes to convert people to Christianity https://t.co/tyuENAPHro

Tuesday

28th December - Law News

Edition 3654: 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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Season's Greetings to all our readers.

 Today's Highlighted Video Story: Hundreds of millions of people don’t have access to electricity. But all over the world, people are joining forces to provide a home-grown solution by setting up their own “microgrids” using renewable energy.


Saturday Conversations on Law

  • Staff working for an outsourcing firm owned by Tory donor Michael Ashcroft are planning a walkout over a denial of their employment rights https://t.co/K5EmeSqxhc 
  • Biotech grad bags SQE1 scholarship for essay on ‘why STEM students make great lawyers’ - Legal Cheek https://t.co/xnoOzLNPeu 
  • [Dengue outbreak] Amend laws to increase fine on people who enable mosquitoes to breed: Delhi High Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/TXy60LgoFk 
  • Eco-protest barrister to go to European Court of Human Rights after contempt ruling upheld - Legal Cheek https://t.co/VlQmm421a1 
  • A police officer said he was "honestly shocked" to see a badly-damaged car being driven along the M25 from Kent to Surrey after a crash. Surrey PC Serge Hadfield stopped the car near Cobham on Sunday after a call reporting it to police https://t.co/zo8AewwPFS 
  • 7 Christmas movie characters as the people you meet at law school - Legal Cheek https://t.co/Sq9Ntdv7cy
  • Animal protection laws are failing animals – but there is a solution - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/yyyAOSynni 
  • Dishonest litigants cannot be allowed to abuse process of court: Delhi High Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/KyAVEGLTIr 
  • Law student-led Oxford Uni a cappella group returns with seasonal banger - Legal Cheek https://t.co/599g8RiSUb 
  • A group of Oxfordshire outdoor swimmers were forced to cancel their Boxing Day river dip after a water company announced a "sewage release" on Christmas Day https://t.co/8mjy44Mn2U 
  • Police are investigating a video linked to a man who was found with a crossbow at Windsor Castle on Christmas Day. The person is shown addressing the camera saying they wanted to "assassinate the Queen" in a "revenge" mission https://t.co/r3zaZMSVC4 
  • 5 strategies to become a legal thought leader in 2022 - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/K7kZadeXQF 
  • Plans in England for car chargers in all commercial car parks quietly rolled back: Only new or refurbished commercial buildings should install charge points, the DfT says, citing fears over cost https://t.co/S0DxGl6wuu 
  • 2022, the year of change at the Supreme Court: Eight judges to retire, two new Chief Justices of #India | Bar & Bench https://t.co/z6yhc9cTnX
  • 'Legal Font Wars’: Supreme Court’s switch to Calibri sparks debate among lawyers - Legal Cheek https://t.co/Hv6Jd9hBWX 
  • The Taliban have said #Afghan women seeking to travel long distances by road should be offered transport only if accompanied by a male relative https://t.co/7qYZftQOpR
  • Stepmothers might not have same affection for child like biological mothers: Karnataka High Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/fYqbQnN2Na 
  • Police have sent a written apology to the family of ex-footballer Dalian Atkinson, six months after an officer who Tasered him and kicked him in the head was jailed for manslaughter https://t.co/eQneL1SXcy
  • A legacy for us all: Kathleen Folbigg and the need for a Criminal Cases Review Commission in NSW - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/hu3ZjOJAZJ 
  • Delhi High Court rejects suit seeking ban on Waseem Rizvi's book on Prophet Mohammed | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/yj6zaTcP4a
  • Revealed: The best law firms for training and quality of work 2022 - Legal Cheek https://t.co/Qww9DgZWAM
  • ‘It doesn’t matter how you want to practise law’: The benefits of non-traditional working models - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/3m1pvi2maP 
  • ‘The supply chain is in crisis’ and other issues in maritime law - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/DdVGrchHEX
  • New Covid restrictions have come into force in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland as the nations try to halt the surge in infections https://t.co/uBW47CQd4W 
  • Four fights in the long Scottish battle for right to roam: Successes and failures include the Stagecoach founder’s Perthshire castle and a footpath near a family bungalow https://t.co/hIOVBhwlUV

Monday

27th December - Law News

Edition 3653: 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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10th Anniversary Edition of LawNewsIndex:

 Today's Highlighted Video Story: Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the Nobel Peace prize laureate who helped end apartheid in South Africa, has died aged 90. South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa said the Archbishop's death marked "another chapter of bereavement in our nation's farewell to a generation of outstanding South Africans". Desmond Tutu was one of the country's best known figures at home and abroad. A contemporary of anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela, he was one of the driving forces behind the movement to end the policy of racial segregation and discrimination enforced by the white minority government against the black majority in South Africa.


Saturday Conversations on Law

  • What went down at the Legal Cheek-ULaw Winter 2021 Virtual Vacation Scheme - Legal Cheek https://t.co/B3VPrdvRfs
  • Victim is best judge of the incident: Calcutta High Court upholds POCSO conviction, lays down guidelines | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/WgP2hlcBho
  • A round-up of the best Xmas trees across the legal profession - Legal Cheek https://t.co/xwQl6pkd6M
  • The Corporate Counsel Show: Being more than a GC - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/t6gAkrFVdH
  • Having friend of opposite sex does not mean she is available for satisfying sexual desire: POCSO Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/plE6iwYDe9
  • Three people have been charged in connection with a fatal stabbing outside a barber's shop. Jobari Gooden, 27, was attacked outside House of Ramish 2 in Choumert Road, Peckham Rye, on 17 December and died in hospital later that day https://t.co/LZ6QsjgJV
  • Browne Jacobson offers up to 10 extra TCs with March 2022 start dates in response to workload boom - Legal Cheek https://t.co/ke5w6LQQb
  • 2021 Reviewed - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/vP1u8PxWoh
  • The Metropolitan Police said a 19-year-old man from Southampton who was arrested at about 08:30 GMT on Christmas Day has now been sectioned under the Mental Health Act https://t.co/WVZWuEPFMa
  • Working in the legal industry presents a whole range of challenges that can impact your mental health, none of which have been helped by the ongoing global pandemic - Making the space to improve your mental health in 2022 - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/o5IdGVhnYp
  • 12 struggles law students will face this Christmas - Legal Cheek https://t.co/RAwTppf5aA
  • High performance for lawyers in an evolving market - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/DUT6fUqUse 
  • The Weekly Round-up: Human Rights Act reform, citizenship for Windrush claimants and European parenting rights - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/cEnS4obqV6
  • How to tackle cyber hacks on crypto exchanges - Legal Cheek https://t.co/g3KRYEzUW3
  • ODPP solicitor reprimanded for misleading police - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/ybLcmmqeCg
  • Article 3 in expulsion of mentally ill individuals: risk of harm to others insufficient to engage protection - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/om1NyVYy6
  • Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the Nobel Peace prize laureate who helped end apartheid in #SouthAfrica, has died aged 90 https://t.co/6XbDirsfzu
  • Supreme Court allows appeal in part in Venezuela gold case - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/1ceVArlgq2
  • Failure to disclose mental disorder before marriage constitutes fraud: Delhi High Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/ibea5hKdzq
  • Fresh salary rises see Weil trainees become highest paid in the City - Legal Cheek https://t.co/qvoj7mNqO
  • Revealed: The best law firms for peer support and partner approachability 2022 - Legal Cheek https://t.co/pGSdRltK2
  • CMS and Simmons boost NQ lawyer salaries - Legal Cheek https://t.co/eZuL5CXEX
  • #Russia blocks website of protest monitoring group OVD-Info - Communication watchdog takes action against ‘foreign agent’ OVD-Info as Kremlin crackdown on dissent rumbles on https://t.co/BC14Xgymjf
  • Hadia Ahmadi, a 43-year-old teacher who lost her job after Taliban seized Kabul, now polishes shoes to earn her livelihood #Afghanistan https://t.co/egSt3y1op4 Dec 26, 2021
  • Police in Columbus, Ohio are treating the death of a popular Islamic leader as a homicide after his body was found in a junk yard on Christmas Eve, two days after he vanished #US https://t.co/JrDlmr3E9H
  • Arrest over theft of copper pine cone bollards in Glasgow https://t.co/esDDdKuUy2

Sunday

26th December - Law News

Edition 3652: 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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Season's Greetings to all our readers!

 Today's Highlighted Video Story: Christian Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip say their hopes of a Christmas reunion with family members who are overseas have been dashed due to restrictions placed by the Israeli government, ostensibly for security reasons. Those in the Gaza Strip have abandoned hope of celebrating Christmas in the holy cities of Bethlehem and Jerusalem, also because of the restrictions. This year Israel said 500 of the 1000 Christians in Gaza would be allowed to go, but people here say Israel only grants the permits to one or two members of the same family, which would mean entire families being split up at Christmas if they travelled


Saturday Conversations on Law

  • The number of solicitors working in-house has risen ‘significantly’ in the past decade, amid a UK-wide boost in legal services output | NLJ https://t.co/5V84TtfiH4 
  • Fear of catching coronavirus not protected belief, tribunal rules | Law Gazette https://t.co/BEeqzAntAn 
  • Border Force picks up 67 people after Christmas Day attempt to cross Channel: Agents step in after incident involving two small boats in early hours of morning https://t.co/wnsSLCp1kC 
  • A man armed with an "offensive weapon" has been arrested in the grounds of Windsor Castle on Christmas Day. Thames Valley Police said the man, aged 19 and from Southampton, was found within "moments" of entering the grounds at 08:30 GMT https://t.co/kLdYP85L0E 
  • Bar Standards Board lacks “capability, capacity and resources” - Legal Futures https://t.co/QJwC5Tn0GG 
  • More than two thirds of senior commercial property law professionals think it very likely that administrative tasks for commercial real estate transactions will be fully automated within the next three years | NLJ https://t.co/mgPjNrKTaJ 
  • Lord Advocate announces sexual crime prosecution review - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Y6UQCli3cA 
  • CoA denies flight compensation for delayed London connection | Law Gazette https://t.co/3zoUoV7okP 
  • The odds are stacked against judicial applicants from under-represented backgrounds despite efforts to improve diversity, a ‘deep dive’ analysis appears to show | NLJ https://t.co/YRpBAvIuCl 
  • Opinion: Douglas Mill – quis custodiet ipsos custodes? - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/AidX8FmU2N
  • Bar Council Chair Derek Sweeting QC has been approved for appointment as a High Court judge | NLJ https://t.co/ptg9NM6DcN 
  • Covid boosted conveyancing fees and role of 'dabblers' - Legal Futures https://t.co/9d14IDPmsP 
  • Lawyers have called for ‘urgent’ funding for the criminal justice system, in the wake of the publication of the Independent Review of Criminal Legal Aid | NLJ https://t.co/jmIbiGUj4K
  • Christmas appeal tops off year of fundraising for Burness Paull Foundation - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/kG43PmidX6 
  • Tagging UK asylum seekers: another Patel idea destined to fail? Despite a string of measures intended to cut numbers, more than 27,000 crossed the Channel in small boats this year https://t.co/IRwBu2WDUm
  • #Israeli settler ramming attack kills 60-year-old Palestinian woman Ghadeer Fuqaha in occupied West Bank https://t.co/l3QUsL0olh 
  • In a diverse Commons, why are the hands on our levers of power ‘hideously white’? https://t.co/q3kw6xZs7J 
  • #Russia slaps Google, Meta with record $125M fine for content violations https://t.co/XeS9J2rAAR 
  • #India Police file case after videos go viral on social media of a meeting in which hardline Hindu religious leaders called for mass killings and use of weapons against Muslims https://t.co/qm707JIUtB 
  • A #Russian court has jailed for 21 years a former Orthodox priest, said to have adopted 70 children, for a string of child abuse offences https://t.co/qRY9UDMYfQ 
  • Former Liverpool striker Daniel Sturridge has been ordered to pay $30,000 (£22,400) to a man who says he found his lost dog. His Pomeranian named Lucci was stolen from a house in Los Angeles in 2019 and offered a reward https://t.co/YgHeIiwWTH 
  • UK to ease immigration rules for care workers as shortage worsens: Loss of more than 40,000 staff over past six months prompts move to recruit overseas https://t.co/m1QtcIVR8d 
  • Former Rangers owner Craig Whyte in court for failing to provide passwords for seized devices - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/81hWtB5q0W 
  • The right to protest is a democratic right, that right is threatened under Tory legislation: https://t.co/gG8bRJdXts

Saturday

25th December - Law News

Edition 3651: 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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Season's Greetings to all our readers!

 Today's Highlighted Video Story: In the wake of the rising Omicron cases, what should be India's policy on vaccinations and booster doses? Dr Sangita Reddy, Joint Managing Director of the Apollo Hospitals Group and Kiran Shaw, Chairperson of Biocon India Limited weigh in.


Saturday Conversations on Law

  • Professor Anthony Bradley QC, one of the greatest constitutional lawyers and thinkers of his generation, has passed away - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/lo2FSOMSur
  • Tesla, bowing to pressure, stops allowing drivers to play video games while driving https://t.co/XKYYyRfy1X
  • Building contractor that settled action out of court unable to exercise right of relief against clerk of works - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/GyJr40eWnU
  • Los Angeles police have killed two people, including a 14-year-old girl trying on new outfits, after opening fire inside a clothing store. A stray bullet hit the teen as she was in a changing room with her mother #US https://t.co/gIKnaoQ8w8
  • #Egypt: Human rights lawyer jailed for four years for ‘spreading false news’ - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/9sLIqx0o3G
  • Legal Aid Agency reissues accounts after spotting £26.3m error | Law Gazette https://t.co/onOXEUsCBh
  • Fear of catching Covid "not a protected belief", tribunal rules - Legal Futures https://t.co/AFRs1W6Bjw
  • Women more than twice as successful as men in applying for silk - Legal Futures https://t.co/4XQpBDZ32s
  • A fourth woman has accused Sex and the City actor Chris Noth of sexual abuse and threatening to ruin her career if she spoke out about the alleged attack #US https://t.co/zJp1XTqD2d
  • Cumbria footballer Danny Hodgson who suffered major brain injuries in Perth, #Australia after being punched will be allowed out of hospital for Christmas, his family have said https://t.co/ShCjgOIVL
  • EU residency applications – when Covid met Brexit - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/u7OdFM1te
  • Tougher criminal sentences contributing to the courts backlog - new bar chair | Law Gazette https://t.co/eGGHvJs8CI
  • At least 37 people have been killed and about 100 others injured after a packed ferry caught fire in southern #Bangladesh, local officials say. Vessels have a poor safety record in the riverine country with frequent overcrowding and poor maintenance https://t.co/OhO0DMbkRB
  • The myth of an overcrowded Britain suits our island psyche – and this government https://t.co/I3CTwL78bY 
  • Communities to get a greater share of increases in land value under new bill | Irish Legal News https://t.co/EStitOZSGk
  • Attempted murder victim’s address ‘inappropriately given’ to perpetrator | Law Gazette https://t.co/7QHRJHqz4e
  • Dayjanta Samuels has been "wild and excited", says his mother Christine Borton, "counting down the days to Christmas". The family is overwhelmed by the public reaction to the story of their financial struggles, with dozens and dozens of people contacting https://t.co/dXELfG8U0e 
  • Ciairín de Buis appointed CEO of Parole Board | Irish Legal News https://t.co/TJflXhSZuH
  • William Fry welcomes 21 newly-qualified solicitors | Irish Legal News https://t.co/7w7Yt98WXW 
  • CPS ‘misunderstood’ law on illegal entry into UK, Court of Appeal rules | Law Gazette https://t.co/7WDv1a8jBS 
  • Anti-vaxxers serving ‘legal papers’ to Alan Shearer go to wrong address: Protest at property near Newcastle follows video of former England football captain urging people to get Covid booster https://t.co/D8Sf5rgzC6 
  • Millar McCall Wylie to renew sponsorship of Ulster Rugby Junior Cup | Irish Legal News https://t.co/x7ZiVXycpP
  • Employment law helpline sees spike in calls from Northern Ireland’s hospitality sector | Irish Legal News https://t.co/0e2X9J1zk2 
  • Faculty opposes establishment of new regulator for legal profession - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/HaBSLKhu7d
  • Former Minnesota police officer Kim Potter has been found guilty of manslaughter for the fatal shooting of a black motorist, Daunte Wright. She mistakenly drew her gun instead of a Taser and killed the 20-year old during a traffic stop #US https://t.co/9FCzR2CodO

Friday

24th December - Law News

Edition 3650: 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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Season's Greetings to all our readers!

 Today's Highlighted Video Story: Who are the SA MPs allegedly making false claims for a taxpayer-funded allowance? Mount Gambier MP Troy Bell says he'll defend his reputation after being charged with 52 deception offences


Focus of the Day Story: The year in headlines – the top stories of 2021 and the trends they reflect. A year in review characterised by record deal markets, a war for talent, geopolitical tension and all things ESG | The Global Legal Post
 
Saturday Conversations on Law

  • Senior Advocates cannot take away lion's share of court's time: Delhi High Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/Y0gnaGWVCf
  • Firm fails to wind up charity over allegedly unpaid fees | Law Gazette https://t.co/2YLEfYHvD3 
  • Capitol riot: Proud Boy pleads guilty and agrees to cooperate with authorities #US https://t.co/Va1ERcPjz
  • Brussels launches legal action over Polish rulings against EU law https://t.co/jtrTJjaPUu
  • Authorisation marks significant step towards alternative legal businesses in Scotland - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/NlYxpafKCj
  • Landmark jurisdiction ruling on data protection and libel claims | Law Gazette https://t.co/I4JP5equxY
  • Review of ethics legislation consultation extended | Irish Legal News https://t.co/r7cKazAKNb 
  • Abramovich settles ‘Putin’s People’ libel action | Law Gazette https://t.co/4RGOiHjB5
  • Fraud and sex offences up in latest crime stats | Irish Legal News https://t.co/0ehqAvvDCT 
  • Five solicitors among 101 QC appointments | Law Gazette https://t.co/glvs2VS8KZ
  • Removing British citizenship under the nationality and borders bill https://t.co/RUC7sSDxWD 
  • Top-10 firm’s top earner receives £1.8m as profits soar | Law Gazette https://t.co/IgFsQ640sQ 
  • SLCC takes on new oversight role of Law Society as approved regulator - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/aQ2dMUcOU1
  • Professor Suzanne Kingston appointed as CJEU judge | Irish Legal News https://t.co/nxx38iHrlO 
  • A women's health ambassador will be appointed to help reduce "gender health inequality" in England. Many women said they felt they were not listened to by health professionals, and were not supported well when dealing with health conditions https://t.co/fOxfY4vRIl 
  • Judges' pay to be reviewed following Covid pause | Law Gazette https://t.co/XNBl7KseTx
  • #US congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon has had her car and possessions snatched from her at gunpoint in a daylight carjacking in the city of Philadelphia. Her government phone and ID were among belongings that the two robbers took https://t.co/B1wbI0KJjt 
  • Nightclubs in Scotland are to close for three weeks from 27 December, Deputy First Minister John Swinney has said https://t.co/PDCwUERI6c
  • Consumer panel “uncertain” over future of Legal Ombudsman - Legal Futures https://t.co/izdZx0s2MN 
  • Outer House judge dismisses Maltese transport authority from bus crash reparation action - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/8St3AjiduN 
  • Ruler of Dubai to pay up to £554m in record London divorce settlement | Law Gazette https://t.co/VyKRUoD7cd 
  • Actor Laurence Fox and three public figures who are suing each other for libel over an ‘unattractive Twitter spat’ should try and end their dispute over ‘such a pointless exchange’, a judge has urged | Law Gazette https://t.co/HFqp6qTAu4
  • Newly-appointed director 'rips up' application form to support students | Law Gazette https://t.co/tfV6jvFoWS
  • New crime contracts a critical 'pressure point' for defenders | Law Gazette https://t.co/hEjQxUknLN 
  • What is the UK legal sector’s role in preserving our planet? | Law Gazette https://t.co/KRgiqwvk7t 
  • Scotland set for non-lawyers to jointly own firms from 2022 | Law Gazette https://t.co/BPqjFkhIyB
  • Faultless SRA given top marks after review by oversight regulator | Law Gazette https://t.co/2MWCajxd7O
  • #French outcry over academic in Grenoble Islamophobia row - Klaus Kinzler has been locked in dispute for months over accusations of Islamophobia at Sciences Po Grenoble https://t.co/3SGZROBBcb 
  • Rogel Aguilera-Mederos: Colorado lorry driver's sentence sparks uproar. His truck with braking issues killed four bystanders #US https://t.co/X3y0mJVQFg
  • An investigation has been launched in the #US into more than half a million Tesla cars that are equipped with touchscreens. It follows a complaint filed by a user who discovered he could play games while driving https://t.co/k8zzMfY1zQ 
  • Top-10 firm’s top earner receives £1.8m as profits soar | Law Gazette https://t.co/IgFsQ5Mp4g 
  • Taylor Wimpey pledges to remove 'unwarranted' leasehold terms | Law Gazette https://t.co/PUuapiSdWl
  • Police watchdog dismisses complaint against No 10 officers over alleged party https://t.co/TJL759GKaa 
  • 'Gender Critical' ex-police officer wins appeal over force’s guidance on hate incidents - Judge rules Humberside’s actions were ‘disproportionate interference’ with right to freedom of expression https://t.co/LTuasWRaMM

Thursday

23rd December - Law News

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 Today's Highlighted Video Story: More than 100,000 families in the private rental sector in England are at risk of losing their homes after falling behind on rent or being served with an eviction notice, according to a YouGov survey obtained exclusively by Channel 4 News. The research, commissioned by housing charity Shelter, lays bare the precarious situation facing many across the country as the rising cost of living pushes household budgets to breaking point.
 
Focus of the Day Story: Next year’s crime contracts are critical to the survival of the criminal defence sector, a senior legal chief has told a meeting to discuss the findings of the government-commissioned legal aid review. | The Law Society Gazette
 
Saturday Conversations on Law

  • Drop in legal aid spending highlights crisis in the sector - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/mRAsatBp6w
  • Information handbook on collective redundancies published | Irish Legal News https://t.co/VVJ1LWDskA 
  • BTAS beefs up sanctions for sexual misconduct further still - Legal Futures https://t.co/CpycqjHOQ5
  • Data watchdog consults on its regulation style | Law Gazette https://t.co/ZTJoolMGKt 
  • ‘Foreign criminals’ are just an excuse: the Tories are trying to take away rights from all of us https://t.co/27tELNFtH7
  • Convictions quashed for men who drove dinghies across Channel https://t.co/2xcgm5CkIp
  • #HongKong memorial to Tiananmen victims may be imminently removed: Hong Kong University ordered the removal of the statue Pillar of Shame from its campus in October https://t.co/YkOuLeSwNy
  • Hotel Rwanda hero to terrorist ‘show trial’: Paul Rusesabagina’s daughters on the fight for his freedom https://t.co/znxnMLB8M1
  • Former MoJ chief gets £250,000 ‘exit package’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/tdLXLToQ3z
  • Green cards, cannabis and a strip club: JCB heir in US legal battle: Civil case puts business dealings of Jo Bamford under spotlight as well as alleged family tensions https://t.co/SHYqAp49Z5
  • Senior CPS barrister was victim of disability discrimination - Legal Futures https://t.co/3JjLIHqWCw
  • A man has been jailed for causing the death of his daughter who he threw into a cot more than 20 years ago. Maisie Newell was four weeks old when she suffered head injuries as a result of being thrown, in Edgware, London, in August 2000 https://t.co/oCZvUnlC6F
  • Galvin Donegan LLP formed from merger of three historic Cork firms | Irish Legal News https://t.co/AyGgO4wuFU
  • Supreme Court rejects barrister’s contempt of Supreme Court appeal - Legal Futures https://t.co/md24W5oPqk
  • Practitioners reminded to wear face masks in court | Law Gazette https://t.co/OwpER1awYP 
  • Seven in ten legal sector workers suffer from poor mental health - Legal Futures https://t.co/7wMBbmlozA
  • City firm faces retrial of successful fees claim over pleadings failure - Legal Futures https://t.co/41NEEH0Gek
  • Jacob Rees-Mogg cleared of breaking MP rules over loans - Between 2018 and 2020, Mr Rees-Mogg borrowed up to £2.94m a year in director's loans from Saliston Ltd, a UK-based property company he owned https://t.co/gPyXaa4QQk 
  • Northern Ireland's nightclubs will have to close on 27 December as fresh restrictions are imposed to tackle the Omicron Covid variant https://t.co/HDRejun8cV 
  • CPS admits discriminating against barrister but cleared of harassment | Law Gazette https://t.co/xaUaEtN48w
  • Groups of no more than six people will be allowed to meet in pubs, cinemas and restaurants in Wales from 26 December, the first minister has said https://t.co/5vXJTLXjzc
  • Direct access business goes bust "leaving clients out out pocket" - Legal Futures https://t.co/TTCgtA5G6w
  • Man accused of Chris Whitty assault contests charges in dressing gown - Jonathan Chew, charged with putting chief medical officer in headlock, defended himself by video link after lawyer withdrew in embarrassment https://t.co/483CwfJrpe
  • Judges who 'sit up' in higher courts win claim for extra pay - Legal Futures https://t.co/njIxvFBt9j 
  • Asylum seekers in PM’s constituency claim accommodation ‘not fit to live in’ - Residents begged Boris Johnson for help after no improvements made to rundown flats in Uxbridge and South Ruislip https://t.co/GiQnaWQ4fO
  • Not a way to regulate lawyers | Law Gazette https://t.co/ZDiRLfL46H
  • Calls for femicide to become separate crime in Greece mount as two more women killed #Greece https://t.co/vXeZqcWXDY
  • Proposals to reform Northern Ireland policing oversight bodies out for consultation | Irish Legal News https://t.co/iivdtT12vV
  • EU working to amend genocide denial law that is blamed for Bosnia crisis: Officials privately accept legislation to counter Serb efforts to deny scope of 1995 Srebrenica massacre risks reigniting regional conflict https://t.co/O2NKgBxCx5
  • Covid self-isolation cut to seven days with negative test in England https://t.co/YwCSvYeJf4 
  • Law Society cautions against change which risks higher legal bills for consumers - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/BDdiwxmT64 
  • A web page and a Facebook post by Arsenal football club promoting crypto-based fan tokens broke advertising rules, a watchdog has ruled. The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) argued the club had "failed to illustrate the risk of the investment" https://t.co/uEml5hHZru 
  • Absolute failure: direct access bar service goes under | Law Gazette https://t.co/JXYsaWMKTV 
  • Campaigners lose court action over lawfulness of UK climate policies https://t.co/e1wlKJdsXw 
  • Canadian judge rules unvaccinated jurors can be excluded from criminal trial - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/P449rWIEtK 
  • Barrister who sued after colleague asked him to stop farting loses case - Lawyer said flatulence was caused by heart medication and argued the request violated his dignity https://t.co/GvwPwuqGbn

Wednesday

22nd December - Law News

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 Today's Highlighted Video Story: Japan has executed three prisoners on death row for the first time in two years. The government said it was necessary to maintain capital punishment in the face of continued "atrocious crimes" - the inmates are usually hanged long after sentencing. More than 100 people are currently on death row in the country, most of them being cases of mass murder.
 
Focus of the Day Story: Plans to deliver a new deal for tenants, with stronger rights, greater protections against eviction and access to more affordable housing have been launched. | Scottish Legal News
 
Saturday Conversations on Law

  • Law Society of Northern Ireland optimistic ahead of 2022 centenary celebrations | Irish Legal News https://t.co/dwMvZVhz3a
  • Supreme Court has jurisdiction to hear SC appeals, SC rules | Law Gazette https://t.co/jBBBo6sZFo 
  • Mills Selig promotes Darren Marley to partner | Irish Legal News https://t.co/USiPIQIqGy
  • LiP’s recusal application against former solicitor dismissed | Law Gazette https://t.co/hmA0aZWrHV
  • Police Federation chair John Apter suspended over inappropriate touching claims https://t.co/Xwf4fsdmge
  • JMK Solicitors helps to raise over £55,000 for Cancer Fund for Children | Irish Legal News https://t.co/6gXBD5QK44
  • Police searching for a student have released CCTV images taken on the night he went missing as they renew their appeal for information. Harvey Parker, 20, from Lambeth, south London, was last seen leaving Heaven nightclub, close to Charing Cross station https://t.co/IGYrOIMbgw
  • Microsoft offers 3% bonus to panel firms hitting diversity targets | Law Gazette https://t.co/XhSkQ9I6G9
  • Information Commissioner's Office challenged over Whitehall JR submissions | Law Gazette https://t.co/MhCvS3zaM9 
  • Court stops Irwin Mitchell claiming £95k costs ‘shortfall’ from client | Law Gazette https://t.co/TCjcPGIdOU
  • The rule of law, ABSs and the consultation on regulation of the legal profession - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/4vC6Ij2Kkp 
  • Transgenders should no longer have to live in their chosen gender for two years before getting legal recognition, MPs have said. The Women and Equalities Committee said the requirement risked "entrenching outdated and unacceptable gender stereotypes" https://t.co/7S1Rx2NbBG 
  • A former police officer who spent 17 years in prison for the 2003 killing of his pregnant partner has had his case thrown out during a retrial - Gary Walker, now 57, was sentenced to life imprisonment in 2004 https://t.co/pPE3wlU9lk
  • Edinburgh's Hogmanay street party has been cancelled and football matches will be effectively spectator-free as part of tough new Covid rules in Scotland https://t.co/nWXOCvNyl4 
  • Creditors out of pocket after firm owing £1.3m sold in pre-pack deal | Law Gazette https://t.co/fJ5hCIyzTM 
  • Guaidó closer to £1.3bn in #Venezuelan gold after UK court ruling - Lawyers for disputed president, Nicolás Maduro, criticise overturning of appeal court decision https://t.co/o8cK6CAMBh 
  • Doctors up in arms over 'pre-conception negligence' ruling - Legal Futures https://t.co/yhAPmBvXKZ
  • The UK's High Court on Tuesday awarded a lump sum settlement of £251.5m to Princess Haya Bint Al-Hussain - the sixth wife of the ruler of Dubai https://t.co/kuo2B294VS 
  • Malicious prosecution scandal: Cost to public purse reaches almost £40m - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/aE0SWB2zCE
  • Ex-Dechert partner used ‘self-destructing messaging’, court hears | Law Gazette https://t.co/oS56ETL1GY
  • Former shareholders in Perth car dealership lose appeal against enforceability of expert determination in share price dispute - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/ZETBGwuai9 
  • Microsoft offers financial bonus to firms that meet its diversity targets - Legal Futures https://t.co/Hk3VjVh2YU
  • Court of Appeal rules police ‘hate incidents’ guidance unlawful | Law Gazette https://t.co/8qTIqLPara 
  • County lines: How the state is failing our young | Law Gazette https://t.co/sZlD8AaWvJ 
  • "Eminently reckless" solicitor had misplaced belief in lawyer fraudster - Legal Futures https://t.co/SSrnN0Du4J 
  • Omicron: Would tougher measures really be worth it? https://t.co/4rDvwVakmp
  • Ghislaine Maxwell trial jurors begin deliberations #US https://t.co/WrIKFNFhnv 
  • London's New Year's Eve celebration event in Trafalgar Square will not go ahead because of the surge in Omicron Covid variant cases in the capital https://t.co/tBmywSVz4H 
  • Scottish Power debt enforcers have been caught on camera illegally breaking into a woman's flat seeking payment for debts she did not owe https://t.co/UCrgB6M5tf
  • ‘Safety should be the priority’ - Society warns on Covid case rise | Law Gazette https://t.co/Hvh0WwiAEG 
  • Asking the right questions of ATE insurance providers - Legal Futures https://t.co/v4OFA2pnOj 
  • Trans-institutionalisation in Ireland: New and Emerging Congregated Settings for People with Disabilities | Health and Human Rights Journal https://t.co/GOM23w93rx

Tuesday

21st December - Law News

Edition 3647: 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: Options for post six-year insurance cover and the Solicitors Indemnity Fund
 
Focus of the Day Story: In this week’s episode of Law Pod UK Rosalind English reports from the UK Bar Council’s 19th Annual Law Reform Lecture, exploring the role of law reform in the context of climate change. You will hear excerpts from the speeches given by Inger Andersen, Under-Secretary-General of the UN and Executive Director of the UN Environment Programme, and Lord Carnwath of Notting Hill, a former UK Supreme Court judge | UK Human Rights Blog
 
Saturday Conversations on Law

  • A man who killed one of the UK's richest men and paralysed his own mother in a "ferocious" knife attack has been given a life sentence. Thomas Schreiber fatally stabbed 83-year-old Sir Richard Sutton at his home near Gillingham https://t.co/j9Q4JDgJxy
  • Fake Covid passes advertised for sale online https://t.co/JyCPb55Byx 
  • The Corporate Counsel Show: Why barristers make great in-house lawyers - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/MX1iJPE0H6
  • Teacher sacked after horse kick video shared - Mowbray Education Trust has said Sarah Moulds had been sacked https://t.co/2yMkKhLOQx
  • A council has been accused of "dumping" vulnerable people in homeless accommodation in neighbouring towns. Hundreds of homeless people in Brighton have been sent to emergency housing outside the city https://t.co/0syFTZ7AlD
  • [Omicron variant] Senior Advocate Rajiv Nayar requests Delhi High Court to revert to virtual functioning | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/UVarkvS0uq
  • EDITORIAL Ecological Justice and the Right to Health: An Introduction | Health and Human Rights Journal https://t.co/xhWBYGK2g
  • TikToking Morrison & Foerster lawyer goes viral with response to 'unhinged' law student demanding free careers advice - Legal Cheek https://t.co/ophOYAo71
  • [Rohini court blast] DRDO scientist arrested by Delhi Police | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/J70Vk68P4a 
  • PERSPECTIVE Beyond Anthropocentrism: Health Rights and Ecological Justice | Health and Human Rights Journal https://t.co/7n5AWtaco
  • The Boutique Lawyer Show: The benefits of a ‘partners on commission’ model - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/E3mONBO9HP
  • NDIA spending on law firms to fight participants over cuts to payments #Australia https://t.co/H5xOjQhMBO
  • East Anglia Uni student uses contract law revision notes to defeat landlord in court - Legal Cheek https://t.co/tkYciG45v2
  • An ex-police officer has won a legal challenge against a national policy for forces to record gender-critical views as non-crime "hate incidents". Police visited Harry Miller in January 2020 after a complaint over alleged transphobic tweets he made https://t.co/FuCKDRxLNK 
  • How flexible lawyers could help plug the gap of skills shortages in the construction industry - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/BDiZES0IZl 
  • Madhya Pradesh lawyers to go on strike in protest against lower judiciary work environment | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/i2UFkCl386
  • The Legal Cheek 2021 Xmas Gift Guide - Legal Cheek https://t.co/qNIfRjSBu5
  • PERSPECTIVE Emerging from COVID-19: A New, Rights-Based Relationship with the Nonhuman World? | Health and Human Rights Journal https://t.co/jPaGSeVatV
  • 4 new appointments to Victoria’s Magistrates Court - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/rKonp1y41I
  • Shifting the Moral Burden: Expanding Moral Status and Moral Agency | Health and Human Rights Journal https://t.co/s5IocI4YqY
  • UK changes tack over Northern Ireland protocol with push for ‘interim’ deal https://t.co/MYGhgGPBUY 
  • Labour urged to vote down ‘draconian’ changes to crime bill - Call for opposition to counter ministers’ ‘cynical attempt to bypass parliamentary scrutiny’ https://t.co/Nz3b2I3uVh

Monday

20th December - Law News

Edition 3646: 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: Thousands of protesters marched through Brussels against recent COVID restrictions. A strong police presence was deployed on the streets and 13 arrests were made.

Focus of the Day Story: The number of solicitors working in-house has risen ‘significantly’ in the past decade, amid a UK-wide boost in legal services output | New Law Journal
 
Saturday Conversations on Law

  • UK-Israel deal reflects Britain’s ambitions in the Middle East - in an effort to increase its post-Brexit geopolitical clout, London is strengthening its relations with states accused of gross human abuses https://t.co/Bez9VcVhbI 
  • Christmas curbs could be brought in within days, says Sajid Javid: Health secretary expected to announce whether social mixing will be curtailed over festive period https://t.co/fKfQkSzr9
  • Supreme Court has consistently not agreed to establishing its Benches outside Delhi: Law Minister Kiren Rijiju | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/Zlxg6E3S9A
  • Met Police officer has been charged with sexual communication with a child. PC Will Scott-Barrett, who is based in intelligence command, was charged in November following an investigation by the force's online child sexual abuse and exploitation unit https://t.co/jbMv60uq2
  • Lessons for lawyers from the 2021 property market - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/1q2ObuVt7X
  • Criminal lawyers make 'boring' dinner party guests, says judge - Legal Cheek https://t.co/1qzoXIWCF
  • Secret Justice Review: The Special Advocates respond to the Government’s submission - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/sa5KsSciZ1
  • UK fishing licences for bottom-trawling could be unlawful, says Oceana https://t.co/FvNAQZBJhw
  • Sister of Sameer Wankhede files defamation complaint against Nawab Malik in Mumbai Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/fzJTiQRcxz
  • Bristol man who rioted at ‘kill the bill’ protest jailed for 14 years https://t.co/yUMynurJK5
  • Online law school launches £7k LLM with SQE prep - Legal Cheek https://t.co/aUUlOdF8h2
  • Direct access to barristers 'could improve justice outcomes' for ethnic minorities | Law Gazette https://t.co/zXYx3SMKAp
  • Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries has been kicked out of a Conservative WhatsApp group after urging ungrateful MPs to show the prime minister "a bit of loyalty" https://t.co/t9jUnIMN2F
  • Akin Gump announces big bonuses for London lawyers - Legal Cheek https://t.co/EduFUIjdZ5 
  • Plea claims case decided in 2013 listed for "fresh hearing" in 2018: Supreme Court orders enquiry by Madras High Court CJ | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/mvp9M3V5P
  • USA successfully appeals Assange case - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/yr5nh0ua28
  • Is lawyer fashion evolving? - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/dxR1yg8L8T 
  • BPP to offer free SQE and bar ‘bridge courses’ - Legal Cheek https://t.co/FJku1fdVYH 
  • Police in the #Indian city of Amritsar say a man suspected of trying to commit a sacrilegious act at Sikh holy shrine has been beaten to death by worshippers and guards https://t.co/U9IFDsPQkX 
  • Former Supreme Court judge Justice GT Nanavati passes away | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/NYfIdHNc7i
  • Tackling climate change: human rights campaigners or shareholders? Law Pod UK latest - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/aPJf8VemH6
  • High Court judge left unimpressed after barristers spoke too quickly - Legal Cheek https://t.co/PEDpw40aaD 
  • Ghislaine Maxwell trial: attorneys and judge hash out jury instructions https://t.co/hOlKptLsgv 
  • Victoria opens 5th Specialist Family Violence Court - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/QXcaYZ6gvR
  • Slaughter and May joins magic circle rivals in upping NQ pay to £107.5k - Legal Cheek https://t.co/2CfNxtf4M
  • [Bhima Koregaon] Kin of Stan Swamy moves Bombay High Court to clear "guilt" attached to Swamy’s name, restore reputation https://t.co/f86lZ2wx8Y
  • Millions of daffodils ‘will rot’ if Brexit denies UK farmers foreign workers https://t.co/goipAo3g6h
  • #French ski season in disarray as UK tourists banned https://t.co/uLSsL8zChY
  • The High Court has dismissed solicitor Soophia Khan’s application to adjourn a committal hearing in relation to two contempt applications brought by the Solicitors Regulation Authority | Law Gazette https://t.co/waOEJL3wvF 
  • Police suffer minor injuries in London scuffles with anti-vax protesters https://t.co/ei2fFXPrit