14th March - Law News

2634th 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: Cardinal George Pell has been sentenced to six years' jail for sexually abusing two choirboys when he was Catholic archbishop of Melbourne in the 1990s. Chief Judge Peter Kidd said Pell's abuse was "a brazen and forcible sexual attack on the victims" that was "breathtakingly arrogant".

Focus of the Day Article:

Charitable organisations have urged the government to reconsider controversial proposals to increase some probate fees so that estates including bequests to charities are not adversely affected. In an open letter to justice minister Lucy Frazer QC, the Institute of Fundraising, Remember A Charity, the Institute of Legacy Management and the National Council for Voluntary Organisations warn that the proposed new fee structure has ‘unintended consequences that could be detrimental to charitable giving’.
Full story: The Law Society Gazette

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Revealed: Ince collapsed after partners declined £8.5m bail-out | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/8cJ1WnrUl
• Judge makes public his concern about expert witness's conduct | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/PI2V3Gs3lh
• Social media contempt warning after Tina Malone conviction | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/0vD5LDsQ80
• Civil service union secures 10% pay hike for prosecutors | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/nOlXe1NJDO
• Billing errors not enough to reduce solicitor costs, rules High Court | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/sIUYXLPaxU
• Resisting more soft law for lawyers | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/BcZL2SIVFK
• Extra £100m fund to tackle knife crime - Hammond https://t.co/SeV5Qt1Bkg
• Jodie Chesney stabbing: Third man charged with murder https://t.co/2QHy5QHVKj
• Thomas Cook plane crop top passenger 'told to cover up' https://t.co/IBLaoeqL4Z
• Paul Manafort: Ex-Trump chief gets 43 more months in jail #US https://t.co/Y7l7k8KiHk
• Facebook suffers the most severe outage in its history https://t.co/QNxloRXOzm
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/C2Fsjd0d1C
• Boeing grounds entire crash aircraft fleet https://t.co/c42muM6AoS
• Hillsborough trial: match commander David Duckenfield 'will not testify' https://t.co/nOzETadysC
• Actress Tina Malone admits 'Bulger killer photo' Facebook post https://t.co/HfNzy6GVTW 
• Employment Tribunal: Chef could not stand heat – so left the kitchen #Jersey https://t.co/tLqZxApBA
• Code of Conduct Tribunal orders daily hearing of Onnoghen's trial #Nigeria https://t.co/FbEMLl5om
• Huddersfield have contacted police after midfielder Philip Billing was called a "black donkey" online https://t.co/gDOVk7YU5x
• Reality TV star Katie Price fails to appear at court https://t.co/z9Jr5TqQ5o
• Sarah Morris guilty of letting baby girl drown in bath https://t.co/JTaaFJSsPJ
• Judge upholds McEleny tribunal ruling on independence beliefs https://t.co/oe9Zu78Yc9 
• Tribunal rules councillor's Scottish independence view is 'philosophical belief' https://t.co/1trNDVRHYi
• DAC Beachcroft named a top-50 employer in Scotland https://t.co/i4tZkoooYW 
• Shepherd and Wedderburn features in new legal sector diversity ranking https://t.co/COaPwXiQZ3
• Bangla Bantams: Bringing 'inclusivity and diversity' to football https://t.co/eqXfDqZbVw
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/RNWba3qfjZ
• Brodies lawyer dons his dancing shoes https://t.co/7cMM4rPYXT
• American judges extol benefits of procedural justice https://t.co/5BAFzRWHtA
• CJEU: Member states can deprive dual nationals of EU citizenship https://t.co/dTXHbewCmx 
• Gilson Gray adds family lawyer and financial advisor to East Lothian team https://t.co/3rqLW4Mx9n
• Neil Darling appointed as associate in Thorntons' Edinburgh office https://t.co/ifD0lKWkcV 
• Planning experts claim bill ‘dangerously close’ to failure https://t.co/YW09qRAvk1
• Harper Macleod family lawyer completes full house of specialist accreditations https://t.co/G5rK9VLxgQ
• Michael Sheridan: 'Seemingly innocuous' smacking bill should give us pause for thought https://t.co/5GAuH7x8UG
• Lord President warns against 'reactionary introduction' of sentencing guidelines https://t.co/m8fMEpn2mG 
• George Pell: #Australia court jails cardinal for six years https://t.co/jz2rlYMhrJ
• Professor Stephen Hawking's nurse struck off over his care https://t.co/ZTx0IxFqSe
• Bank employee who stole customers’ cash has prison sentence cut following appeal https://t.co/pi3mqunngv 
• Grenfell residents’ rights were breached – equalities watchdog https://t.co/WQab3yYvV1 
• Boeing and #US under pressure to ground 737 Max https://t.co/AWU3eSupm3 
• Problem gamblers at 15 times higher risk of suicide, study finds https://t.co/EKEejuwa0U
• Max Clifford: court of appeal hears attempt to challenge conviction https://t.co/sRzl1VuHAO