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28th August - Law News

Edition 3167: 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: Home Office wrong to refer to 'activist lawyers', top official admits. Permanent secretary accepts complaint over use of term in deportation video as charter flight carrying asylum seekers is cancelled. Full story - Guardian Law



Today's Highlighted Video Story:  Once a global epicenter of the pandemic, New York City has — for now — brought things under control. But where does this reprieve leave front-line medical workers? In the video above, we get a rare and intimate look at three — a hospitalist, a physician assistant and a palliative care physician — who worked at one of the hardest-hit hospitals in the Bronx. They’re confronting an unanswerable question: Did they do enough? The deaths may have subsided, but medical workers are still dealing with the devastation.


Saturday Conversations on Law
  • The Home Office is to stop using a video it put on social media accusing migrants' lawyers of being "activists" https://t.co/Grjk071968
  • Manchester United defender Harry Maguire said he feared for his life when #Greek police arrested him last week as he thought he was being kidnapped https://t.co/GnrNudnIR2
  • Ghislaine Maxwell: Judge denies request for move to general prison population #US https://t.co/JjiNs4OHQD
  • Consideration for gender and religion as criteria for appointment of a Chief Judge in states should be discountenanced by the National Judicial Council, before it destroys the judiciary #Nigeria https://t.co/dz4aIgUyiR https://t.co/i5Aw0w8ZCX
  • The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/8xfrT2UN5Y
  • Debenhams set for Swansea store rates tribunal that could define future of its retail network - The department store chain says the action would serve as a test case for similar cases elsewhere in the UK https://t.co/xZebWFSSvW
  • Banksy funds refugee rescue boat operating in Mediterranean https://t.co/L9doPt6WMd
  • Passenger removed from plane after testing positive for Covid-19 https://t.co/0jPWYjL8wZ
  • Passenger sues easyJet after crew told her to move seats to satisfy Orthodox Jews https://t.co/zV918YdvHX
  • Windrush payout scheme not fit for purpose, say lawyers https://t.co/Ax8t4hLNuR
  • Travellers in Switzerland, Jamaica and Czech Republic who return to the UK from 04:00 on Saturday are to be required to self-isolate for two weeks https://t.co/KegoNBjFRi
  • Shane Phelan: Unprecedented move shows judiciary knows public confidence at stake #Ireland https://t.co/ErJ5vx3L8t
  • Manhunt for Imran Safi after 'three sons abducted' https://t.co/UvGlfyS7yQ
  • Donald Trump supporter Kyle Rittenhouse: Who is US teen accused of Kenosha Wisconsin protest murders? https://t.co/Pkpg3g3cZc
  • Coronavirus in Scotland: Police able to break up house parties of more than 15 people https://t.co/dCxvLbep4B
  • Lawyer for Ratko Mladic has told a UN court that the former Bosnian Serb military chief may not be mentally fit to take part in an appeal hearing against his convictions for crimes including genocide committed in 1992-95 Bosnian War https://t.co/IXVly12stX
  • ‘Agent provocateur’ involved in New IRA probe, lawyer contends: The claim came as six people appeared before Belfast Magistrates’ Court accused of directing terrorism https://t.co/LPgvoPsgDn
  • EU rewrites tourism law to label UK as 'non-EU' https://t.co/IyFUC86UPL
  • Scottish Land Commission publishes new protocol on good stewardship of land - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/1pUfJTHb15
  • Read: Feminist judgment in Drury v HMA – sexual infidelity and culpable homicide - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/SkLIKClQ9Q
  • Glasgow and Edinburgh properties sell faster than elsewhere in UK - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/1ZMALrqtAk
  • Lawyers of Tomorrow – Grant Ashford - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/UZiRtmsRbY
  • Lorna Jack joins new UK government trade group - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/BBoEk7EtQl
  • Laura Thomson named junior counsel to Sheku Bayoh inquiry - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/v7tMbo6jlY
  • University of Aberdeen's first female law professor Margaret Ross to retire - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/VL4kLc23iw
  • Facebook Plans Legal Action After #Thailand Tells It to Mute Critics https://t.co/dY9igVxxqI
  • This is what LGBT rights and laws could look in the UK after Brexit https://t.co/wyAet1MGDg
  • Linklaters To Allow Partners, Staff To Work Remotely Up To 50% Of Time International https://t.co/CK1EjtWvrU
  • Legal expert says post-Brexit powers should go to MSPs, not ministers - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/yRFuqJRrdb
  • Crown admits 'malicious' prosecution of Rangers administrators - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/mfu5wIDF38
  • Teen who committed knife assault in Edinburgh has sentence reduced - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/b2q35kacdC
  • A&O Defeated as Huawei Loses UK Supreme Court Patents Battle https://t.co/6vCCQWsPZ
  • Workers on low incomes in parts of England where there are high rates of coronavirus will be able to claim up to £182 if they have to self-isolate https://t.co/RRHGTbHnZE
  • #Greece has a deadly new migration policy – and all of Europe is to blame https://t.co/H1kkGf0bww
  • As a police officer, I know stop and search is really about power | Anonymous Metropolitan police officer https://t.co/t0LGlI731Y
  • UK supreme court ruling clears way for Isis pair to be tried in US https://t.co/3Axa8rk2et
  • Rape victim's trauma after being 'blindsided' with 'rough sex' defence https://t.co/wDjbGmMuSA
  • Lambeth Council set to spend £4M on legal services over the next four years with new Barristers Framework contract agreed https://t.co/npY8a7n2Zc
  • Migrants deported as hunger strike continues at Brooke House: Campaigners have called for Brook House detention centre to be closed down and some of the people being held there are on hunger strike https://t.co/ACanRdWUiU
  • Solicitor who didn't understand transactions suspended - Legal Futures https://t.co/U5s7xApRgA
  • Barristers challenge Bishops’ legal advice against individual communion cups https://t.co/5ZQByhRlr3
  • Attorney General faults OPC on reassignment of Chizaso as ex-Solicitor General drags govt to court #Malawi https://t.co/eF87i9ugSH
  • Black organiser of UK anti-racism rally threatened with arrest https://t.co/RFfn1qtMRU
  • Caged Congolese man: Why a #US zoo took 114 years to apologise https://t.co/wfpS7hiNN9
  • The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/ZHetJX1yFr
  • Llangennech diesel train catches fire after derailing https://t.co/JjV1A2z23z
  • Wisconsin police officer Rusten Sheskey shot Jacob Blake seven times in the back as he opened the door of his car #US https://t.co/MI8aCMpFId
  • White terrorist Christchurch mosque attack: Brenton Tarrant sentenced to life without parole #NewZealand https://t.co/eIXnoS9FO
  • Ashill solicitor leaves legal career to set up art and interior design business Bruce Bramfield Home & Gifts https://t.co/0UFc3m7T2C
  • Former solicitor admits stealing £350k from two charities after he was scammed https://t.co/QVzvGmY0Uw
  • Lawtech start-up focused on security raises further £1m - Legal Futures https://t.co/em96wu6Z4O
  • Choosing the right e-signature and digital onboarding provider - Legal Futures https://t.co/T065mFOKT7
  • Judge rejects challenges to £13k award for age discrimination solicitor - Legal Futures https://t.co/VTQgu6WXnx
  • Acland-Hood steps up to run Department for Education | Law Gazette https://t.co/vaLJGaDCFv
  • Dechert’s head of white collar crime to retire | Law Gazette https://t.co/KND5iMtx1y
  • 'No formal evaluation' of digital system for immigration appeals | Law Gazette https://t.co/cG78myFqmx
  • 'Fair and reasonable' telecom IP ruling is boost for UK courts | Law Gazette https://t.co/rJ3ofnqQic
  • Inquests 'more adversarial than criminal cases', says Grenfell QC | Law Gazette https://t.co/i6jcZLyjUS
  • #Australia's attorney general Christian Porter accused of abusing powers in whistleblower trial https://t.co/pBRhTgiues
  • UK supreme court ruling clears way for Isis pair to be tried in US https://t.co/BDeH0mhSRr 
  • PLP research reveals challenges of online immigration appeals | Law Gazette https://t.co/X0X3LQmHMg
  • City firm billed millions but left client’s interest ‘in the rear-view mirror’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/VDWm8TirNF