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27th August - Law News

Edition 3166: 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.
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Focus of the Day Law Article: A digital system piloted on a small scale last year to manage immigration and asylum appeals was parachuted into the justice system without any formal evaluation, a public law charity revealed today. Full story - The Law Society Gazette




Today's Highlighted Video Story:  The Federal Government of Australia is moving to introduce sweeping new laws which would give it the power to block deals involving foreign nations, in a major flexing of its constitutional powers. The Commonwealth is pushing to regulate all agreements that state, territory and local governments, and universities, make with other countries.


Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Overview of the court system in #Australia - https://t.co/goNTjVrtNG
  • The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/9Xdq7o62Dof Tablighi Jamaat members #India https://t.co/LJ2amUDVBn
  • The moral obligations of companies, a jurisprudential primer - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/AcJeVVmTOW
  • Indian lawyer faces jail after tweeting that the country’s highest court undermined democracy: Prashant Bhushan, a public interest lawyer, accused judges of giving in to the ultra rightwing government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi- Scottish Legal News https://t.co/PR4LV5RtJg
  • Michael Upton and Stephen O’Rourke QC admitted as CIArb fellows - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/4d4KTAYbY
  • Lawyers of Tomorrow: David McBride - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/lfTUe9k1Ee
  • Holyrood calls for views on Trade Bill 2020 - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/GrMvFKmXJ4
  • Scottish commercial property sales at lowest level for 10 years - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/JugkaTulKy
  • New cameras in Essex courts will allow victims to pre-record evidence https://t.co/JrxTvij93d
  • An anti-racism campaigner says she has been threatened with legal action by a local authority because her leaflets too closely resemble planning notices https://t.co/WSHkVMpLdz
  • Campaigners lose legal challenge to Lake District off-roading decision https://t.co/wFB1nezrCN
  • Harry Maguire's lack of apology following his trial in #Greece is "shocking" and "unsportsmanlike", says one of the prosecution lawyers Dr Ioannis Paradissis https://t.co/bI0IQGxxoC
  • Wearing of face masks up to Welsh schools and councils to decide https://t.co/bGK0GQ7No0
  • A-levels and GCSEs: Boris Johnson blames 'mutant algorithm' for exam fiasco https://t.co/u4VM4dPz8O
  • UK plans law to force big companies to clean up their supply chains https://t.co/1tHzutk7xJ
  • UK sets out law to curb illegal deforestation and protect rainforests https://t.co/p7b48HBKy
  • Vulnerable victims allowed to give pre-recorded evidence in more courts https://t.co/rjxF8vCKX
  • How does the coronavirus pandemic effect conveyancing? https://t.co/xxcRqw8eGb
  • Crime in England and Wales falls during lockdown https://t.co/PctQHwFhVn
  • Telford boy calls number on toy ambulance to get help for diabetic coma mum https://t.co/vZMyrfYYl
  • NĂ³ra Quoirin: London schoolgirl who vanished from a Malaysian jungle resort may have been "alive and moving" during early searches for her, an inquest has heard https://t.co/jijIPO0WH4
  • 'I'm a black barrister working in a broken justice system' https://t.co/rJnA4wMv6Q
  • Lord Justice Stephens appointed to Supreme Court - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/xVLENfp9GG
  • New laws to make family court process more child friendly - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/7BUjSel53R
  • Father’s petition to have daughter returned to Poland refused by Inner House - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/uTkvUBxvla
  • Celebrations at a Bury and Bolton-based law firm as two of its top lawyers enjoyed double exams success and the company welcomed a new starter https://t.co/C25ay9B2Ui
  • Fifty of the biggest UK employers questioned by BBC have said they have no plans to return all staff to the office full-time in the near future https://t.co/l9qGrxXO
  • A Scottish woman is preparing to take legal action to prevent fertility doctors from destroying her transgender offspring's frozen sperm https://t.co/DRsgELZCb
  • Two people have been killed and one injured during a third night of unrest in the US city of Kenosha, sparked by the police shooting of a black man #US https://t.co/hW5ZXsKGNr
  • Solicitor punched and kicked outside his house in Blackburn https://t.co/hmAg1eHR
  • Grand Jury Sought In Indiana Police Shooting Of Black Man #US https://t.co/a36lwLfgw
  • Flight delay claims handler goes bust as travel numbers slump | Law Gazette https://t.co/nbxpfewCAo
  • The jury found him innocent but why is Alex Salmond is still on trial by the media? https://t.co/txfBTqAssT
  • Law Society warns firms of steep rise in insurance premiums - Legal Futures https://t.co/uJ2xEnaOlJ
  • Former trainee doctor in contempt for online campaign against judge - Legal Futures https://t.co/J04xB72oLa
  • Solicitor suspended for holiday sickness retainer failures - Legal Futures https://t.co/d46dOeF4Ng
  • 'Between life, security and rights: Framing the interdiction of 'boat migrants' in the Central Mediterranean and Australia' https://t.co/nFMO4Trbrz
  • Securitization of Search and Rescue at Sea: The Response to Boat Migration in the Mediterranean and Offshore #Australia https://t.co/67a7bxaXja 
  • Firm sues Police Federation after removal from solicitors panel | Law Gazette https://t.co/uspP7UNMdC
  • Firms told to brace themselves for October PII hike | Law Gazette https://t.co/Qjwgdxsjhw
  • The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/4JFMZGa0Uc
  • Rivalry between the Judiciary and the Executive has become a dominant subject of discussion in recent times #Kenya https://t.co/v3ykTjpTPH
  • Law regarding consent is not confused, wrong or unfair | Law Gazette https://t.co/EjgOFgw4am
  • Topshop owner accused of potential legal breach over redundancy terms https://t.co/P6Z0kwvyHc 
  • #Myanmar ethnic cleansing: Rohingya Await Justice, Safe Return 3 Years On: Conditions Worsen in Rakhine State, Bangladesh Refugee Camps https://t.co/WKdYRuofKq
  • MoJ headquarters begins new role as Nightingale court | Law Gazette https://t.co/BBQO1pcYn5
  • Q&A: Justice secretary Humza Yousaf on developments in digital justice, court backlogs and better minority representation https://t.co/AJ3yxoZTNV
  • Firm defies Covid to boost staff salaries | Law Gazette https://t.co/FPRVlJtvCj
  • Barrister Una McGurk spoke against the wearing of masks at the event, which was organised by the Yellow Vests Ireland group: Justice Minister now seeks report on barrister's appearance at anti-mask protest #Ireland https://t.co/JXnKocPXDJ 
  • Mother in care case allowed to type answers from witness box | Law Gazette https://t.co/G5N0DrT3PK
  • Why Supreme Court should act, suo motu, to stop miscarriage of justice in Prashant Bhushan case #India https://t.co/pfVl3tbyyZ
  • Linklaters lawyers to work remotely up to half of the time | Law Gazette https://t.co/Z3qcAndya5 
  • #Philippines Solicitor General Jose Calida has filed an urgent motion asking the Supreme Court to cancel oral arguments over the anti-terror law, which the justices have initially scheduled for the end of September https://t.co/isYazW5DAG
  • Linklaters takes on 87% of trainees | Law Gazette https://t.co/84FP2H1Fo9
  • In light of the recent ban on landlords evicting tenants in England and Wales being extended until 20 September, it is not enough https://t.co/SHRXHy1mAQ 
  • Profession prepares to challenge BSB over exam fiasco | Law Gazette https://t.co/Bm37kmXYkv 
  • Solicitor PI rates rocket as renewal deadline looms https://t.co/VZdd0GGKxG 
  • N.Y. Attorney General Asks Judge to Order Eric Trump’s Testimony: Trump Organization has stalled a state inquiry into the financing of four properties for months, Attorney General Letitia James said in court papers #US https://t.co/7GZ7S9gf1R