27th February - Law News

2619th 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: "Don't mention the war." Basil Fawlty didn't follow his most famous piece of advice, and arguably the same can be said for all sides in the Brexit debate. Both Leavers and Remainers have likened Brexit to Dunkirk and tried to claim Churchill for themselves, while some advocates for a no-deal Brexit cite rationing as evidence the country will cope perfectly well with leaving without a deal. So why is World War Two constantly drawn upon in the Brexit debate?

Focus of the Day Article:

Criminal law barristers cannot go on without “sensible parameters” for sitting hours and overnight working and will take action if the judiciary does not, the head of their representative body said yesterday. Chris Henley, chair of the Criminal Bar Association, said it and the Bar Council have “endeavoured to agree” such parameters with the senior judiciary.
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Saturday Conversations on Law

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• Inquest underway into the death of refugee Omid Masoumali #Australia https://t.co/K1WAzGRuae
• Solicitor says man who caused accident which left woman with broken leg fell asleep at the wheel… https://t.co/EyKkamKA4w 
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• If assisted dying is legalised, who gets to decide whose life is worth living? https://t.co/LTnnucOsj
• Swansea residents facing £100 fines if fail to recycle https://t.co/MQilSdKcsU
• Cardiff family plea for grandson's release from Yemen https://t.co/c6lo08t1SH 
• Simpson Millar saviour lifts another firm out of creditor arrangement | Law Gazette https://t.co/ZOu8cNnqXM
• Property solicitor jailed for £60,000 fraud | Law Gazette https://t.co/c5Vi27v79Y
• Centralisation shifts remand hearings to next county | Law Gazette https://t.co/hnwCdd0meh 
• Dentons fails to strike out negligence claim | Law Gazette https://t.co/sIF9I1CsM6
• Hogan Lovells reports rise for equity partners | Law Gazette https://t.co/9XIDReHFKU
• Lawyers face new duties to keep litigants in person informed | Law Gazette https://t.co/RqEnaQMTDt 
• Dealing with the things machines invent | Law Gazette https://t.co/eLMxdQfNv3
• When is an offer not an offer?: the law behind takeover bids in the UK https://t.co/bFWhhz5oxt 
• UK-Wide free employment law helpline launches following 165% increase in claims https://t.co/QDj4MSbsY1
• The law is closing in on Facebook and the 'digital gangsters' https://t.co/bwpIvEyq66 
• Begum's decisions inexcusable but UK must obey rule of law https://t.co/BcYpPRRjYC 
• Draft UK law seeks to create Committee on Plastic Pollution https://t.co/GKjiEFvWzg
• Government cleaners and security staff strike before landmark labour case https://t.co/fAy4owiIbr
• Derry Girls join Northern Ireland abortion protest https://t.co/CohKd6jN1O
• Uber survives legal challenge brought by London cabbies https://t.co/7sVjEwyHM7
• Inside the Pell trial: we sat in court for months, forbidden from reporting a word https://t.co/kPkyiR3yEU
• ‘It’s heartbreaking’: the Chagos Islanders forced into exile https://t.co/E8rx9ce1CW 
• First Scottish sponsors Paralegal Association https://t.co/OptxCb9Xvz
• What is a sandwich in the legal context? https://t.co/jUddLGOgA
• Facebook bans far-right Tommy Robinson's page for inciting hate https://t.co/VadFo1pqKs
• Morton Fraser named in Sunday Times' Top 100 Best Companies to Work For 2019 https://t.co/StInOBn2X
• Beavers given protected status https://t.co/Tn6RPPWvPp
• St Michan's, Dublin: Vandals decapitate 800-year-old crusader #Ireland https://t.co/0AmPIhFtV4
• Police candidate rejected for being white heterosexual male wins discrimination case https://t.co/a2f1BaWrqx
• Fiona Onasanya, Speeding MP released from prison https://t.co/jMsZJ2em8J
• Theresa Hunt made partner at Burness Paull https://t.co/yPayIlYL7Q
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/1QVLM3eZVf
• Scottish housing market breaks £18 billion in sales but second home tax and Brexit hit confidence… https://t.co/azpXfXEYh3
• Naming of Aaron Campbell runs contrary to youth justice https://t.co/mMUjVQ2xJk 
• Bumper year for Shepherd and Wedderburn's corporate finance team https://t.co/KI1afjFPH3 
• Widow wins appeal for insurance payout over death of husband following assault by bouncer https://t.co/RqBLYhYrbN
• Legal365 eyes expansion after winning EU trade mark claim - Legal Futures https://t.co/HLfi9ftgXm
• Gateley directors and staff in £6m share sell-off - Legal Futures https://t.co/7WbOLTKyF9 
• Bar Council urges barristers to call out judicial bullying - Legal Futures https://t.co/7quPlb3yAz 
• Private equity firm creates conveyancing giant - Legal Futures https://t.co/AiSEo3B7sX 
• Should Britain apologise for Amritsar massacre in colonial #India? https://t.co/LxXPkSpg5s 
• #Vietnam deports Kim Jong-un impersonator ahead of summit https://t.co/wS3RhLsVi1 
• #Bangladesh plane 'hijacker' killed by police was carrying toy gun https://t.co/Pw8taaMiXL 
• Robert Kraft: No 'special justice' for accused NFL owner #US https://t.co/mZeawi4tOe
• Cardinal George Pell guilty of sexual abuse in #Australia, becoming the top Catholic cleric convicted https://t.co/Xc0OiNNp2M