11th July - Law News

2752nd Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based legal news & articles archive since 2011 focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's Video Focus: Understaffing, a toxic culture and pressure to meet unrealistic targets at the national health regulator are risking public safety, according to whistleblowers. AHPRA , the Australian health practitioners' regulation agency, is charged with investigating and disciplining more than seven hundred thousand doctors, nurses and other medical staff. But in this video, former senior AHPRA investigators speak out, warning the agency isn't doing its job properly.

Focus of the Day Article:

The president of the Supreme Court has taken the constitutionally unusual step of publicly criticising a bill that is making its way through parliament. Lady Hale said the Divorce (Financial Provision) Bill, introduced by crossbench peer Baroness Deech, was 'more threatening' to the support system of the family than the perceived threat from no-fault divorce. Lady Hale made her comments in a speech entitled 'What is a 21st Century Family', delivered at the International Centre for Family Law, Policy and Practice on 1 July but published by the Supreme Court yesterday.

Full story: The Law Society Gazette

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Man arrested after scaling Buckingham Palace gates https://t.co/mJaY54BPfj
• The Britain-Israel partnership driving ‘antisemitism’ allegations: thoughts on a counter-strategy  https://t.co/wavqLhFUPx
• Study finds 50-year history of anti-Palestinian bias in mainstream news reporting  https://t.co/68NAfu2el6
• Fighting for Truth: Challenging the Anti-Palestinian Bias in the Media  https://t.co/seRZbB1KtQ
• Portrayal of Palestinians in Western mainstream media hasn't changed much since the colonial era https://t.co/3tgy56y5Dy
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• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/OPosgA13KN
• He's the daddy, judge rules on two-year Julio Iglesias paternity case #Spain https://t.co/mnp2i6Yc6i
• Trump's rhetoric 'makes journalists vulnerable to abuse', says Amal Clooney #US https://t.co/nmP9zF724C
• #ElSalvador rape victim jailed for murder after stillbirth faces retrial https://t.co/vUALpn023
• Giving all employees a stake in the firm | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/pBfJ3JQunk
• Complaint numbers up - but solicitors better than ever at resolving them | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/CLdx7wVn0s
• FCA opens hundreds of cases – but does not close them | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/UkX2AT9cJV
• Online courts won’t take off without compulsion, report for LSB claims | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/S8I8HwOdiL
• Ashurst PEP rises by almost a third in latest upbeat results announcements | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/U4gSUCkJ0s
• ‘The public like it’ - Judges back digital justice progress | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/hCtaBgNqqJ
• Slaughter and May boosts trainee grant to £10,000 | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/DeFUgQ28kd
• We have to be careful with legal aid, PM warns | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/nHQIJxZaQH 
• City could fund legal aid to save reputation of English law - top judge | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/7GScZtRAz1
• Novichok poisoning: police did not seal potentially infected areas for three days https://t.co/WOfNVFKMHl
• The Home Office’s harsh ‘good character’ tests are ruining children’s lives https://t.co/cKEk36RGSC
• House of Lords staff 'bullied and harassed', report finds https://t.co/OYkpmoSqbv 
• Anaesthetic devices 'vulnerable to hackers' https://t.co/UwZAPRzN7t 
• Lucy McHugh murder trial: Accused calls pregnancy claim 'nonsense' https://t.co/WTQMqWcHmD
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• ICO proposes to fine Marriott over £99 million for GDPR breach https://t.co/O6d2l5KyGl 
• Serco and Home Office urged to halt lock change notices until law is clarified https://t.co/rSOHyljBEJ
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• Raft of promotions in DWF’s Scottish teams https://t.co/TFmsLb7VGy
• Wrongfully convicted men take fight for compensation to European Court of Human Rights https://t.co/32s3MSXnJC
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• Crown entitled to use evidence from children’s hearing to prosecute alleged sex offender, but evidence held ‘inadmissable' https://t.co/qtq93kc0
• Lady Hale criticises proposed legislation in significant departure from convention https://t.co/Ymh4gtgjJt
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• Warwick University vice chancellor apologises for mistakes over rape chat scandal https://t.co/cKAPpNL0Y1
• Jacinda Ardern's neighbour reportedly admits to killing Paddles, first cat of #NewZealand https://t.co/T0oHSER8Jr
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• 'Sham marriage' solicitor appeals against striking off | Legal Futures https://t.co/f3kpwNenCa 
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• Trump labor secretary Alexander Acosta who cut Epstein deal plans to slash funds for sex trafficking victims #US https://t.co/vmr6zi8IqK
• Sir Kim Darroch resigns as UK ambassador to US https://t.co/3tm2XPmUo2
• #Germany rape case sparks debate on age of criminal responsibility https://t.co/OpGELoM6OZ 
• American Airlines sorry after telling a black female passenger to cover up, who also happens to be a doctor https://t.co/anyDHe5k0b
• Prominent brexit supporter Sir James Dyson buys Singapore's 'biggest penthouse flat' https://t.co/Kb04W9xswC
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/8gXwLPfR9r
• Kevin Spacey's Lawyer Grills Sexual Assault Accuser and Trooper Over Whereabouts of Missing Phone https://t.co/W2GA16leWw 
• Alleged extremist tortured in #Mali, lawyer tells Hague court https://t.co/xU5Y2YwP9j
• Epstein’s Lawyer Claimed the Alleged Pedophile Helped Devise the Clinton Global Initiative #US https://t.co/hEDt63jpO5
• Harvey Weinstein wants to be his own lawyer #US https://t.co/tM7YM2nJ8p 
• Self-Defense in International Law: What Level of Evidence? https://t.co/rilTZRZcho 
• Strong interest in Legal Access Challenge as collaboration group takes off https://t.co/DL7DPFx2mz
• The End of the Gay-Panic Legal Defense #US https://t.co/ujBfXxt86q 
• Garry Monk, ex-Birmingham boss considering legal action over agent claims https://t.co/0khscGP8Kj
• Jakarta turns to legal professional to help with BMW land dispute #Indonesia https://t.co/PaVBCRRrl8
• Wings Over Scotland blogger ordered to pay Kezia Dugdale's legal expenses https://t.co/w730TvD3yV
• Edinburgh prisoner left alone to make suicide attempt despite warnings to staff https://t.co/vbiMIo5vEy
• 99 criminals have sentences increased under unduly lenient sentence scheme https://t.co/PfD1MPa5Ev
• Racism in UK universities is blocking BAME academics from the top https://t.co/iz3YnF2eXa 
• Ethnic diversity makes Britain’s culture great. It would be a disaster if we lost it | Akram Khan https://t.co/taMZsbCafs 
• 'Change can't be left to chance': tackling #Ireland's gender pay gap https://t.co/narlsTCkLx
• #Dutch council forces playground to close over noise complaints https://t.co/YEJfuEuzHa 
• Descendants of Jews who fled Nazis unite to fight for #German citizenship https://t.co/vvtOzIxw3X
• Solicitor General Provides Update on the Fire Situation in Northern Ontario #Canada https://t.co/6HIUClSfbh 
• Ennis solicitor stole €150,000 from 11 clients in 'robbing Peter to pay Paul' exercise, court hears #Ireland https://t.co/60DxkubmPF 
• Crime-writing solicitor Catherine Kirwan get favourable review from the bench https://t.co/4AP7zx39yG
• Tribunal declares transfer of property from father to son null and void #India https://t.co/53aYeiKymd
• Green Tribunal asks Punjab, Haryana, UP about steps to tackle crop burning #India https://t.co/HgSs0o1Okf
• Tribunal rules covertly recording meetings is not always gross misconduct https://t.co/LPg1890wZ1
• Racism tribunal: British army officer 'referred to coloured people' https://t.co/faUCW3FycS
• Musselburgh boss Bill Farnsworth takes track to tribunal over wage deductions https://t.co/m9XNqV1UU2
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• Sexism in dictionaries: why are 'hussy, baggage and filly' still used to describe a woman? https://t.co/Jnb206JpFI
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• Prisoner release checks 'put public at risk' - chief inspector https://t.co/AJCX6ykjPr
• A homeless refugee-activist's relentless fight for justice in #DRC https://t.co/LS9mrBYmSg 
• What is Sahwa, the fundamentalist Awakening movement under pressure in #Saudi? https://t.co/aFsIuuTyRx
• #Saudi princess on trial over French repairman assault https://t.co/NH0ckpou5a 
• #Brazil: Amazon state's new law enables land thieves, critics say https://t.co/eZnlIt0jdU 
• #Iraq government employees face prosecution for working under ISIL https://t.co/cWiD2xN9ZK 
• The problem is not 'negative' Western media coverage of Africa https://t.co/k2GqicUqBS 
• Unfulfilled promises have fuelled anger in Hong Kong #China https://t.co/4DDL2g87ox
• ‘Google's power is extraordinary’: businesses turn to the courts over bad reviews https://t.co/V8Q0CwY5wh