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9th September- Law News

Edition 3179: LawNewsIndex is a UK based legal news & articles archive since 2011 on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice.
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Focus of the Day Law Article: Calls have been made for subsidised traineeships for law students seeking to qualify as criminal defence solicitors in order to preserve equality of arms in the profession. Many criminal defence firms cannot afford to take on trainees, despite a willingness on the part of law students to become criminal practitioners. Full story - Scottish Legal News

Today's Highlighted Video Story:  In sports arenas around the world, taking a knee is no longer taboo — it’s trending. But there’s at least one place where protesting is still not allowed. The Olympic medal podium. In the video Op-Ed above, the track and field Olympian Gwen Berry confronts Thomas Bach, president of the International Olympic Committee, over what she feels is his organization’s hypocrisy: Olympians are celebrated for their courage, drive and tenacity. But if they are spurred by those same traits to demand racial justice? That’s a punishable offense.



Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Jacob Blake, Rare Survivor at Center of Police Protests, Starts Telling His Own Story #US https://t.co/SpEY4RLi2s
  • DWF claims ‘strong recovery’ after £600k post-lockdown loss | Law Gazette https://t.co/pqyALeXyym
  • Julian Assange warned by judge after outburst during extradition trial:WikiLeaks founder told he faces removal after interjection during lawyers’ exchange https://t.co/YUS7Pgr5MQ
  • The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/HvrPHrHtyU
  • Measure laid to legalise virtual witnessing of wills | Law Gazette https://t.co/E33bpM7B1
  • #Belarus opposition leader Kolesnikova: A day after she was seen being bundled into a van by masked men, she has been involved in dramatic scenes at the border https://t.co/41bKgqqFvC
  • There’s nothing wrong with shopping around, but those pushing the low-cost agenda are short-changing consumers | Law Gazette https://t.co/VIkEytGU3
  • Government legal chief quits 'over Brexit deal' | Law Gazette https://t.co/zDt0YvKkIU
  • A paramedic spat at by a patient was left feeling "contaminated, broken and defeated" and had to take a month off work to recover https://t.co/489IO7NQ2p
  • Justice Secretary holds talks with lawyers over plans to ditch parts of hate crime bill - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/EFCTxQimf
  • England's criminal justice system was on its knees long before coronavirus - The effects of court closures and cuts to support services and legal aid since 2010 are coming home to roost https://t.co/P0xd1yVlT
  • Solicitor Lamont Baillie suffers fatal crash with deer - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/NoTMP8qFm
  • Fears for Congolese Nobel laureate after UN protection 'withdrawn’ https://t.co/76ldFE0Fnm
  • Lawyers call for subsidised criminal traineeships - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/5cwLrRO0g0
  • Velindre Cancer Centre: Leading doctors and specialists have expressed "deep concern" about plans for a new cancer centre and have called for an independent review https://t.co/CoMGA432Os
  • Amazon's marketplace is being abused by independent sellers using one-star reviews to harm rivals https://t.co/Zyvi95I6Ag
  • Grenfell cladding company 'did not check safety' of design https://t.co/e1CsyH7yjg
  • Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe 'to face new charge and trial in #Iran' https://t.co/fAoY4FtvG
  • Construction firm fails to establish council’s breach of transparency obligations in tender process - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/X180pksteQ
  • Ruling exposes claims of Ince's ex-French partners - Legal Futures https://t.co/o0bNdNoO7
  • UK man who murdered wife to be freed despite refusal to reveal location of body: Parole Board decision on Russell Causley, who murdered Carole Packman in 1985, angers family https://t.co/1X6vOVlgO
  • ‘Or I Will Stab You Right Now’: A Family’s Prison Extortion Nightmare #US https://t.co/dLDLslYXw
  • Skin Kerr salon in Bootle that banned coronavirus talk and said Covid-19 does not exist is being investigated by police https://t.co/Ar2Ug4k4v
  • Philippines president Duterte Pardons U.S. Marine Who Killed Transgender Woman https://t.co/w6RozMhwG
  • Britain Urges Distancing and Considers Lockdowns as Virus Cases Spike https://t.co/tEjCdEM8R
  • "Extremely drunk" senior partner touched and kissed paralegal - Legal Futures https://t.co/BGsqvxxvCC
  • AI contract review innovator raises $10m - Legal Futures https://t.co/3yfdWA0Quh
  • The government's most senior lawyer has become the sixth leading civil servant to stand down this year - Jonathan Jones, permanent secretary to the Government Legal Department, has resigned and will leave the role in April at the end of his five year term https://t.co/XSTILhaEaW
  • Kesgrave shooting: A "long-barrelled gun" has been recovered by police investigating the shooting of a 15-year-old boy on his way to school https://t.co/pC5eZ27F5
  • Coronavirus: Caerphilly county lockdown to go into October https://t.co/PIJTWfSgqQ
  • New coronavirus cases have been detected in every mainland health board area in Scotland in the past 24 hours https://t.co/NDOF2YGtd
  • Tighter restrictions have been introduced in Bolton, including only allowing takeaways at hospitality venues, after a rise in Covid-19 cases https://t.co/4i5AkNNbQu
  • Northern Ireland Secretary admits new bill will 'break international law' https://t.co/JUu3IhaoJSor probate might demand? Or local conveyancing knowledge? If clients want… Sep 08, 2020 
  • Solicitor William James Smith is running the Virtual Great North Run on 13 September in aid of the Poverty Relief project at Glasgow Central Mosque - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/cILDvWAljK
  • An attorney in Virginia is facing state bar accusations that he tried to get a jailed client to have a three-way sexual relationship #US https://t.co/IT4gMRDEpM
  • Actor Rhea Chakraborty's lawyer said that his client was ready for "arrest" as it is a "witch-hunt as she appeared before the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) to join drugs probe linked to Sushant Singh Rajput's death #India https://t.co/AKEaybd2vJ
  • ‘Cavalier’ conveyancing solicitor allowed mortgage fraud on his watch | Law Gazette https://t.co/W0F2RHRqcg
  • Australian journalists flown out of #China 'amid diplomatic standoff' https://t.co/MbazN4vRaF
  • Defence lawyer unveils branded masks as Hamilton court users are asked to cover up - Diarmid Bruce stressed the need for “sensible precautions” https://t.co/jmQKGx4XXz
  • The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/KRjp8ONrUK
  • Claims against solicitors rose during lockdown, study suggests | Law Gazette https://t.co/24y2vNx6qk
  • Coronavirus: Warnings from scientists as UK cases continue to rise https://t.co/Q6d6gbiyrU
  • Covid-19 has exposed the reality of Britain: poverty, insecurity and inequality - Only a fairer society can lay the foundations for economic recovery, and build resilience to future crises https://t.co/ynLOq4zHI
  • Brexit feeds on discord, so don't fight it – work to bring down this government - The project’s purpose is to move from a politics of consensus to one of division. The only way to uproot it is at the source https://t.co/UPM8hVg9
  • More than £1m recovered from two trucks leaving the UK https://t.co/9BmaQ5U7t
  • Policing the mobility society: the effects of EU anti-migrant smuggling policies on humanitarianism | Jennifer Allsopp https://t.co/Oxut8AERW
  • Disney under fire for shooting Mulan in parts of #China where the government is accused of serious human rights abuses. The final credits thank a government security agency in Xinjiang province, where about 1 million Muslim Uighurs are detained https://t.co/6bAHH5xwd9
  • Up to £3.5bn in Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme payments may have been claimed fraudulently or paid out in error, the government has said https://t.co/rryjsPoIr
  • Julian Assange lawyers fail to adjourn extradition hearing https://t.co/12zFI1nUYq
  • Squire Patton Boggs begins redundancy process | Law Gazette https://t.co/x8g2pvSWMk
  • Brexit: Coveney warning over reported UK plan to override withdrawal deal - Claim some clauses in upcoming British legislation will override parts of Northern Ireland protocol https://t.co/tvThzx8MeN
  • UK government faces legal challenge on clean-air targets https://t.co/qDcddQFq3
  • Claims boss quits weeks before financial results due | Law Gazette https://t.co/UBw2AF5TIN
  • Bill would allow removal of suspected domestic abusers from homes - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/eh6mcOjF8g
  • Look north, regulator tells consumers as fees found to be 20% lower | Law Gazette https://t.co/TanY2h9Du
  • Lawyers of Tomorrow – Leanne-Sydonie Goodlad - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Q26L6HpGZ
  • Blog: Dangerous drivers causing death could face life imprisonment under new plans - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/QdqjyJzEQ
  • MoJ tackles delays - by locking up defendants for longer | Law Gazette https://t.co/BFco9PTWA
  • Plaques commemorate women accused of witchcraft - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/3ssaw3B1WL
  • MPs' Covid-19 concerns prompt new legal aid inquiry | Law Gazette https://t.co/sNeY0kRwIA
  • Pent up demand boosts Edinburgh and Lothians property market - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/jEgJlFL7Ig
  • Solicitor who used clients' £29,345 to prop up firm struck off | Law Gazette https://t.co/C7vgn9qPPU