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26th January - Law News

Edition 3318: 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: It's still far too early to offer a timetable for easing the Covid restrictions. That's the warning from the health secretary for England Matt Hancock. He said the pressure on the NHS was just too great, with the number of patients being admitted to hospital almost double that at the peak of the pandemic last year. Public Health England has warned that death rates and hospitalisations still need to fall much further before any easing of the current restrictions.


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 Focus of the Day Article: The Outer House of the Court of Session has heard a second day of oral submissions in an action seeking declarator that the Scottish Parliament has competence to hold a referendum on Scottish independence without the consent of Westminster. Full story - Scottish Legal News
 


Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Rajiv Gandhi assassination case: Tamil Nadu Governor decision on Perarivalan in a week, says altered Supreme Court order #India https://t.co/gQ6mYotBES
  • Surrey Police Service looking to hire in-house lawyer #Canada https://t.co/GziRMqFgOZ
  • #Swiss court finds Israeli businessman Beny Steinmetz guilty of corruption https://t.co/4i84ImXbRI
  • Two judges removed: is #Syrian regime reforming judiciary? https://t.co/rZQWr6B6F1
  • Bombay HC says threat to democracy if judiciary, CBI, ED do not act independently #India https://t.co/M5zUxWKbnH
  • Rape conviction of three men identified as possible miscarriage of justice - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/OEolGm5MV7
  • Gilson Gray recruits oil and gas heavyweight Calum Crighton - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/jHIxA0Itf
  • Legal arguments on competence to hold Scottish independence referendum conclude in Outer House - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/kNfNv9CZg
  • No Self Assessment late filing penalty for those who file online by 28 February https://t.co/DzCU5bzTvG
  • #Vatican Tribunal rules in embezzlement case against former IOR head https://t.co/u2PSMFTSd5 
  • Mastercard is to raise the fees it charges merchants when UK cardholders buy goods and services online from the EU by fivefold https://t.co/R35R8hGge
  • Fraud has reached epidemic levels in the UK and should be seen as a national security issue, says think tank the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) https://t.co/08jiHoiKFQ
  • The former Team Sky and British Cycling doctor Dr Richard Freeman 'crossed line' buying banned drug, tribunal hears https://t.co/DY5cv8iFjA
  • How To Find Legal Advice If You Can’t Afford a Lawyer in the #US https://t.co/gFkNaW8tRk 
  • 'Lawyer keeps using his legal expertise to get away with raping women' https://t.co/LFYIwqG9dj 
  • Human rights lawyers become “endangered species” in #Turkey https://t.co/rth6QR8Uig
  • GCs at private equity firms “lack control of legal spending” - Legal Futures https://t.co/tI7vu6Hj0a
  • Non-compliant barrister given another three-year practising ban - Legal Futures https://t.co/JbwRJZCde7
  • Fines for partners who charged clients for indemnity insurance - Legal Futures https://t.co/ldTxer0i7e
  • Uproar over barrister's "stroppy teenager of colour" tweet - Legal Futures https://t.co/W4baDYQzYo 
  • The government is "actively working on" requiring some travellers arriving into the UK to quarantine in hotels, Boris Johnson has said https://t.co/xchm83ijJY 
  • 'I do believe we are churning out too many lawyers without any analysis of the number of lawyers required,' Justice S K Kaul said #India https://t.co/GBmqGRymsH
  • Police Federation refuses to fund legal action against man accused of WPc Yvonne Fletcher murder plot https://t.co/nkbnrB6HX1
  • 'Running Man' robber jailed after nearly 13 years on the run https://t.co/xfTNFBhYVy
  • Boohoo buys Debenhams brand but all shops to close https://t.co/I7Aq2Ed1LO
  • Externalizing Migration Management through Soft Law- The Case of the Memorandum of Understanding between Libya and Italy.docx | Martino Reviglio https://t.co/hMFqyJsbv6 
  • Brexit Collides With 1978 Military Law In #Spain; British Housebuyers Must Now Obtain Military Permit https://t.co/sopgfFtVDX
  • The Assistant Commissioner of the City of London Police said the partnership with Komainu would help in “denying criminality the proceeds of crime.” https://t.co/srbq70C88
  • Fugitive #Indian billionaire Vijay Mallya Applies for 'Another Route' to Remain in the UK - widespread speculation that he had sought asylum in the UK, details of which are neither confirmed nor denied by the Home Office https://t.co/zIwf2FV2LA
  • UK govt quietly extends councils' lockdown powers until July 17 https://t.co/czQk48t8JQ
  • Brexit - The wholly parallel UK antitrust regime is here https://t.co/cyWpAkBoQQ
  • Brits accusing Harvey Weinstein of abuse furious as his lawyer's misconduct case dropped https://t.co/zWabfETVTz
  • Netflix’s Top Boy uses sold off crown court to film legal scenes - as criminal case backlog hits 457,518 - Legal Cheek https://t.co/fQuDgn8UIW
  • Long judgements, frivolous adjournments bad for judiciary – human rights lawyer and activist Falana #Nigeria https://t.co/FWbJKc3Ohb
  • Is an Innocent Man Still Languishing on Death Row? DNA evidence in the Kevin Cooper case points elsewhere #US https://t.co/qtDA4YIHfH
  • Pennsylvania Lawmaker Played Key Role in Trump’s Plot to Oust Acting Attorney General #US https://t.co/w548IJFO3
  • Boohoo is set to buy the Debenhams brand and website. However, the fast fashion retailer will not be taking on any of the company's remaining 118 High Street stores or its workforce https://t.co/H8bHB3eWoM
  • Barclaycard customers face higher minimum payments https://t.co/wwBU3M70X7
  • Young, Bold, Feminist: How Is Nigeria’s Damilola Odufuwa Creating Space for Africa’s Women? https://t.co/omW4eDy3iT