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18th January - Law News

Edition 3310: LawNewsIndex is a UK based daily legal news archive on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Jurisprudence, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics & Human Rights since 2011.   

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 Today's Highlighted Video Story: Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny has been detained by police at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport after returning from Germany, where he had been recovering following a poisoning attempt last summer. Navalny and his wife Yulia left the plane together on Sunday evening with the rest of the passengers and drove to the terminal in a bus. He was arrested at the immigration desk. Russia’s prison authority has confirmed the detention.
 
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 Focus of the Day Article:  Lawyers have hailed a Supreme Court judgment on COVID-19 insurance cover, which could save thousands of jobs. The test case, Financial Conduct Authority & Ors v Arch Insurance [2021] UKSC 1, concerned the extent of coverage for business interruption under standard policies. Full story - New Law Journal
 


Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Law Society to probe historical slave trade links - Legal Cheek https://t.co/itiQzMFUKV
  • A vlogger’s guide to a winter virtual vacation scheme - Legal Cheek https://t.co/qRTNjMPgtH 
  • Lord Sumption tells stage 4 cancer patient her life is 'less valuable' - Peer makes remark to woman with bowel cancer during TV debate on Covid lockdowns https://t.co/pMGuBqpOf8
  • Alexei Navalny detained at airport on return to Russia - Opposition figure picked up after landing in home country following recovery from poisoning https://t.co/bwYyhikK8A
  • Revealed: Law firms' average work from home start and finish times 2020-21 - Legal Cheek https://t.co/FGILaiO7n
  • Two women judges working for the #Afghan Supreme Court have been shot dead. They were killed by unidentified gunmen on their way to work on Sunday https://t.co/TMa4wN5dwz
  • People who drove more than 200 miles to visit friends in Wales and a group having a party in a garden shed have been caught breaking Covid rules https://t.co/2fdIOnuQim
  • City law firms increase lawyer leave in light of lockdown 3.0 - Legal Cheek https://t.co/v7TdBLzm1c 
  • Wetherspoon to remove lockdown sceptic posters - including one featuring Lord Sumption - Legal Cheek https://t.co/NTZlBXfF2
  • The challenges and opportunities for Black lawyers in the COVID-19 era - Legal Cheek https://t.co/e8lQ72dY7
  • Article X: The right to environmental protection? - Legal Cheek https://t.co/v1qJ0wTLZU
  • Law Society president faces misconduct tribunal after High Court rules he has case to answer - Legal Cheek https://t.co/JSHR4aS8pw
  • All adults in UK to be offered Covid vaccine by September, says Raab https://t.co/RwXF7CxhS6 
  • Legendary #US music producer Phil Spector has died at the age of 81, while serving a prison sentence for murder https://t.co/x0IqYdRy45
  • From dreaded commutes to ironing shirts: Lawyers reveal what they don’t miss about office life - Legal Cheek https://t.co/qOJ4bTZOuz
  • ‘Legally Brunette’ TikToker documents life as a UCL law student - Legal Cheek https://t.co/JOEDtXWXLC
  • How should non-law students prepare for the SQE? - Legal Cheek https://t.co/7KVRAUQ7Jw
  • Linklaters reports latest gender and ethnicity pay gaps - Legal Cheek https://t.co/lv3AJbesJi
  • #Uganda's main opposition presidential candidate Bobi Wine says his life is being threatened following Thursday's election which saw Yoweri Museveni win a sixth elected term https://t.co/IB2V7uzeVw
  • The Tory government is planning new laws to protect statues in England from being removed "on a whim or at the behest of a baying mob", Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick has said https://t.co/nLnXqIUhek
  • Disciplinary case against magic circle partner who worked on Harvey Weinstein NDA halted over health concerns - Legal Cheek https://t.co/Vi1JcMPai
  • Revealed: Tory MPs and commentators who joined banned far-right view dominated app Parler - Nadine Dorries, James Cleverly and Michael Gove joined the platform favoured by Trump supporters https://t.co/9VeZNS717G
  • Shock Brexit charges are hurting us, say small British businesses - Levies to cover the increase in red tape, VAT and customs declarations are hitting trade to the European Union https://t.co/DMhlQUr0L
  • Arrivals in UK could be asked to stay in quarantine hotels, Raab says https://t.co/EG7oJnQMwI 
  • Wilmington 1898: When white supremacists overthrew a #US government https://t.co/yRwGuq7kc
  • Trust is ordered to pay £7500 to man who was not “best fit” for role with young women | The BMJ https://t.co/4ffiWjtUD
  • The Motor Accidents’ Claims Tribunal, Chennai, has cut the compensation awarded to a person injured in a road accident by 40%, after it was found that he did not hold a valid driving licence #India https://t.co/wGIP8DnIfk
  • Women selling clothes online are being sent explicit messages, with requests for sex and "worn" garments. Both businesses and private individuals have experienced the problem when advertising on mainstream platforms https://t.co/3RD3FByQlT
  • Top London QC under fire for agreeing to prosecute Hong Kong pro-democracy campaigners - Legal Cheek https://t.co/d1oe99bndQ
  • Allen & Overy kicks off spring retention season with 92% result - Legal Cheek https://t.co/gOnuDDa17N
  • Law student told to stump up £300 a month for ‘paralegal mentorship’ - Legal Cheek https://t.co/u0TgIHXj4n
  • Watch now: Travers Smith lawyers on the shift to sustainable capitalism - Legal Cheek https://t.co/3CtEtuTMCc 
  • Virtual event NEXT WEEK: How to build an international career at a global law firm in London — with Latham & Watkins, Skadden, Slaughter and May and BARBRI - Legal Cheek https://t.co/ofTHceRcM
  • New book explores influence of factors beyond the law on judicial decisions - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/s6LgXVChQ
  • DWF announces restructure - with legal one of three new divisions | Law Gazette https://t.co/Xf537z0ml7
  • Civil legal aid 'running on empty', says Bar Council | Law Gazette https://t.co/BDosxLpt5g
  • Police support for virtual remand hearings continues for Covid detainees | Law Gazette https://t.co/M2y3T8RqFk
  • Supreme Court backs small business on Covid loss insurance | Law Gazette https://t.co/OJp0T2FVDN
  • Society proposes two-week ‘pause’ as court health fears grow | Law Gazette https://t.co/q98MvX7lNA
  • 'Balanced threshold': landlords expected to welcome eviction ban changes | Law Gazette https://t.co/J6jp5fBcT
  • Officers in Washington DC arrested a Virginia man who tried to pass through a Capitol police checkpoint carrying fake inaugural credentials, a loaded handgun and more than 500 rounds of ammunition #US https://t.co/k979EHDEcW
  • Major NRA donor to challenge gun group's bankruptcy over alleged fraud - Complaint could stop top NRA executives from discharging a substantial portion of the organisation’s debts #US https://t.co/PfLEOTRIjg 
  • 'I’m facing a prison sentence': #US Capitol rioters plead with Trump for pardons https://t.co/Y4gnWLKRIe
  • Calling all billionaires: here’s how to keep your superyacht Covid-free https://t.co/eRiPLrN3fN 
  • Firms accused of putting workers’ lives at risk by bending lockdown trading rules https://t.co/9L5XkoEQzu
  • 'Law unto themselves': the #Australian battle to curb Facebook and Twitter's power https://t.co/MF36t9iz5Q
  • The #French government has imposed a nationwide curfew from 6pm - 6am to fight the surge in cases of coronavirus https://t.co/RKfVTOMt18
  • Norton Rose Fulbright cuts 132 jobs | Law Gazette https://t.co/274XCEQzX0