24th July - Law News

2765th 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: President Donald Trump has filed suit in federal court in Washington, DC, against the House Ways and Means Committee, the New York state attorney general and the New York tax commissioner to prevent the disclosure of his tax returns.

Focus of the Day Article:

An “effective system” is needed for monitoring the quality of criminal defence lawyers, a report by charity Transform Justice has found. The report singled out “poor remuneration” as the biggest barrier to improved quality and complained of “perverse financial incentives”.
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• Solicitor fined £15k over £900 payment fails in appeal | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/jXS4VFnOmS
• Government amends LASPO to extend immigration legal aid | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/czRmbW50fv
• Acas reports surge in employment tribunal claims | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/YSDIpIn1Rk
• New code for private prosecutions will embed their place in criminal justice | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/b8ZdMVW1IT
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• BA loses legal action against pilot strikes https://t.co/ydUTbCOzVP
• UK decision to deny EU citizens access to data challenged in court https://t.co/v6xkrKTkUo 
• UK terror threat level: Risk from right-wing extremists to inform system https://t.co/WkloqukIgy
• Supreme Court to deliver judgment in farm business VAT deduction case https://t.co/hCMhps4Rcp
• Businessman fined £1,000 for assault on Galashiels solicitor https://t.co/YDw0Tkoh7N
• Taped talk can cost jobs and reputations https://t.co/IhnVngXpaK
• Advocate Lynda Brabender QC reappointed to Scottish Civil Justice Council https://t.co/UwWMlfb4pT
• Purpose-built Inverness Justice Centre reaches key build milestone https://t.co/5LMA3SBTEh 
• MPs and Peers to launch Scottish court challenge to block Brexit prorogation of Parliament https://t.co/p3fGvQXLSO
• Venice tourists fined & asked to leave city after making coffee on the steps of the Rialto Bridge https://t.co/assSH3RdZK
• French national’s legal challenge against refusal of homelessness assistance dismissed https://t.co/oiNLrX7psm
• Gilson Gray appoints Suzanne Chaudhry as business development director https://t.co/ZXS4MLvyBc
• Dr Maria Amalia Amaya Navarro to join Edinburgh Law School as British Academy Global Professor https://t.co/OBR4yBJHmr
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• Contaminated blood inquiry: Welsh Government urged to take lead https://t.co/Fj2fMfO
• #US expands powers to deport migrants without going to court https://t.co/gjGTdu2V7r
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• Banned 'your wife is hot' air conditioning ad appears on billboard https://t.co/IenWGX1k0T
• Lancaster University students' data stolen by cyber thieves https://t.co/Y6Ou72j2Xc
• Carl Beech: Liar, fraudster and paedophile https://t.co/Q2PrceCDOW
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• BSB reduces publication periods for misbehaving barristers | Legal Futures https://t.co/tiS1E5Wr8Q
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• Legal move against Commons Brexit suspension https://t.co/C1DnXchYLy
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• US firm WeWork secures 'financial inducement' of £55.7m in Brexit windfall https://t.co/ADYmFih9Qi
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