Edition 3368: 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: The Office of the Director of National Intelligence released its declassified report on foreign threats to 2020 federal elections, which concludes that foreign adversaries -- including Russia -- did attempt to interfere in the 2020 election
Focus of the Day Article:
The Bar Standards Board has been urged to give disciplinary tribunals
a clear and immediate message that they can depart from the current
sanctions guidance for sexual misconduct cases. The lack of robust
sanction for barristers who seek to sexually harass women “does much to
perpetuate the crisis of retention of women at the Bar”, two specialist
criminal counsel argued. Full story - Legal Futures
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| Saturday Conversations on Law |
- High Court: Judge refuses application to determine EU law points in planning case after quashing decision on domestic law grounds - Irish Legal News https://t.co/5Yf9ZpaHB8
- 'Wagatha Christie' heading for libel trial in autumn despite legal costs - Case heads for the high court as Rebekah Vardy and Coleen Rooney face ‘extraordinarily large’ fees https://t.co/RHoYcAnU8r
- Freshfields to allow 50% homeworking | Law Gazette https://t.co/1HQ1EhwOF
- Uber says it will give its UK drivers a guaranteed minimum wage, holiday pay and pensions. It comes one month after the US firm lost a legal battle in the UK, begun in 2016, over drivers' status https://t.co/9N5IUfcNx
- Start planning for October renewals now | Law Gazette https://t.co/Ll5YtDk3X
- Federal judge admits 'error' as man sues him for being jailed over routine property dispute- Judge Salvatore Vasta is being sued for false imprisonment but claims he’s protected by judicial immunity #Australia https://t.co/eFCe22823
- #French MPs approve ‘non-consent’ law to protect children from sexual abuse - Draft legislation says a child under 15 cannot be considered to have willingly engaged in a sexual act https://t.co/tEyc3MFpV3
- School drops legal action after Muslim girl told her skirt was too long: Siham Hamud’s father says he is pleased Uxbridge high school listened to the family’s concerns https://t.co/wsXYi2amAA
- FBI facing allegation that its 2018 background check of Brett Kavanaugh was ‘fake’ #US https://t.co/9lhAPcx4p
- Julie Burchill agrees to pay Ash Sarkar 'substantial damages' in libel case - Columnist apologises to journalist, saying social media posts included ‘racist and misogynist’ comments https://t.co/qyE0DHGPUP
- Lawyer Chris Murphy portrayed as 'past it' by News Corp columnist, defamation hearing told - Annette Sharp suggested solicitor ‘is too old and deaf and can’t even get to court’, barrister says #Australia https://t.co/SqWqmzNug
- Christian Porter v ABC: can the minister sue for defamation over article that didn't name him? #Australia https://t.co/iZHeuPUup
- A marketing manager sued her company for age discrimination after a junior employee told her she was ‘old school’ for using capital letters in a Twitter hashtag https://t.co/FHltxMnO5x https://t.co/Knbb9gHIYP
- CoP says vulnerable man should have Covid vaccine despite father’s objection | Law Gazette https://t.co/nOqVkxdtAB
- Aberdeen company to pay more than £6m after self-reporting Kazakhstan bribery - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/xDDzxTqPc
- An Army camp housing asylum seekers in Pembrokeshire is set to close within days, a UK government minister says. It comes after inspectors said the camp at Penally and Napier Barracks in Kent were "run-down and unsuitable" https://t.co/F42aAZQz6A
- A group of MPs has written to Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden calling for a public inquiry into the collapse of gambling website Football Index https://t.co/Xe9LeDNt
- Countries around Europe are seeking further clarification on the safety of the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine, amid criticism of their decision to suspend giving the jab https://t.co/Q0J2Giv0VQ
- Travers Smith’s award-winning director of pro bono Sam Cottman talks about a multifaceted career and why he decided to set up his own charity - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/YejprVCJsm
- Malicious Prosecution Scandal: Lord Advocate must not be allowed to ‘mark his own homework’ - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/0GXPtNs8dj
- London retrial for dismissed hacking claim naming City firm | Law Gazette https://t.co/Xbwe0z7oFF
- Law firms “should remove printers before staff return” - Legal Futures https://t.co/qnXaFLE2Bf
- My legal life: Victoria Jackson, BLM, Associate solicitor, Liverpool - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/MokgrPBLz4
- BSB "should set tribunals free" from sanctions guidance in sexual misconduct cases - Legal Futures https://t.co/uSa5ItgaY
- Solicitor who plundered client account struck off - and now has unregulated firm - Legal Futures https://t.co/OnNhRQ3sF
- ‘Sense of how to behave’ at risk, says High Court chancellor | Law Gazette https://t.co/7C8P6pCCa
- Sheriff orders discharge of Albanian man wanted in Italy in connection with attempted murder conviction - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Ixy4V2Hx
- NewLaw to charge whiplash clients up to 30% under DBA - Legal Futures https://t.co/w4oPYOztHB
- Hairdressers and garden centres will be allowed to reopen in Scotland from 5 April, days after the "stay at home" lockdown order will be lifted https://t.co/hRcZJDzWHa
- The
UK is set to reverse plans to reduce its stockpile of nuclear weapons
by the middle of the decade, as part of a foreign policy overhaul https://t.co/l5JN53W1Ua
- Met refused to engage with organisers of the Reclaim These Streets vigils | Law Gazette https://t.co/xk1wl1qhW
- Council of Europe reopens Pat Finucane case - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/mOB9g1HIlO
- Clapham Common scenes showed tone deaf policing | Law Gazette https://t.co/16ERKSwbji
- Linklaters to open in Dublin - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/qcvJD7ah1
- Wayne Couzens, a met Police constable has appeared at the Old Bailey accused of murdering and kidnapping Sarah Everard https://t.co/MeofK3Kam
- ‘The Externalisation of Migration Control: An assessment of European Union’s Policy in the Light of the Charter of Fundamental Rights’ | Vito Todeschini https://t.co/R7X5BfuwbQ
- UK to shift foreign policy focus following review - the review, which Prime Minister Boris Johnson will set out later in the House of Commons, also paves the way for an increase in nuclear warheads https://t.co/9vBRFC3Y1A
- #Mozambique insurgency: Militants beheading children, aid agency reports https://t.co/eGR75zBkG
- Vaccine safety experts from the World Health Organization (WHO) are meeting on Tuesday to review the Oxford-AstraZeneca jab, after several European countries halted their rollouts https://t.co/0BfarbNOK
- The Northern Ireland Executive has agreed primary school pupils in years P4 to P7 will return to class next Monday https://t.co/iivx5ic7P4
- No research on video hearing impact | Law Gazette https://t.co/Qo4iNhFNqa
- Ex-Home Office official accused of improper relationship with law firms - Civil servant suspected of releasing unauthorised information to elite firms such as Mishcon de Reya https://t.co/kr2vSC3tnU
- Consultation on miners’ strike pardon launched - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/JNvHgIoL3l
- Priti Patel spoke to Met chief before Sarah Everard vigil broken up https://t.co/8Osu07j1LX
- DBA ruling gives boost to litigation funding sector | Law Gazette https://t.co/ycFOkVSxo7
- Legal challenge over CPS policy on prosecuting rape cases dismissed https://t.co/eERh10gTA9
- Tributes have been paid to solicitor Kathleen More, who passed away last month - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/lDG2IWix0
- New children's commissioner pledges to 'rebuild' childhood https://t.co/r6JW1c0f0Y
- FTSE 100 legal panels under pressure on diversity | Law Gazette https://t.co/Y8bGNdCafk
- Police Scotland spent £1.4m on doomed Rangers probe - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/H3vamFy0iY
- Insurance premiums down 1% in 2020 - as claims fell 19% | Law Gazette https://t.co/yYY9ZgQ09A
- Lord Neuberger to remain on Hong Kong court for three years - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/CevgobpVuj
- Faulks review on JR to be published this week | Law Gazette https://t.co/8ycqzaI0Ps
- FAI to be held into 2016 deaths of three fishermen - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/q8lzHdmnDA
- IHREC raises concerns with online safety bill - Irish Legal News https://t.co/HrgSh9XYmy
- #France is to return a painting by the Austrian artist Gustav Klimt to the heirs of the Jewish family that was forced to sell it by the Nazis https://t.co/UKiceg2tUJ
- Facebook has agreed to pay Rupert Murdoch's News Corp #Australia for journalism from its local mastheads https://t.co/n78hHbT1do
- Cabinet ministers and senior officials have told the BBC the government should have brought in tougher restrictions in the early autumn to tackle the "inevitable" second wave of coronavirus https://t.co/bmB7vcUMRe
- Why is anti-protest bill generating so much controversy? Critics say handing police and home secretary more discretionary powers will undermine civil liberties https://t.co/zFqff6KPdH
- 250th anniversary celebration for Sir Walter Scott this month - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/cBp8dC7xC0
