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24th March - Law News

Edition 3375: 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: How a Mysterious Ship Helps North Korea Evade Oil Sanctions -  months  spent reviewing ship-tracking data, corporate records and satellite imagery to uncover one way North Korea evades strict international sanctions.



Focus of the Day Article: Outer House judge finds Edinburgh harbour developers not entitled to reconveyance of tram route from city council. Full story - Scottish Legal News

Saturday Conversations on Law

  • Struck-off junior solicitor Claire Matthews to have case re-heard by SDT | Law Gazette https://t.co/dG3oN6lyl
  • Gillespie Macandrew announces nine promotions - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/zKBnsvk7nf
  • Cautious welcome for five per cent increase in legal aid fees - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/2v3cyQmcCP
  • Outer House judge finds Edinburgh harbour developers not entitled to reconveyance of tram route from city council - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/4foYSp2mh
  • Royal Mail scam: Fake text led to drama student being defrauded https://t.co/WDXgKumLxf
  • Ex-Manchester United player Ronnie Wallwork fractured man's eye socket in trainers' row https://t.co/bwMJzx127X 
  • The test you have to take to stay in the UK is sloppy, moronic and jingoistic https://t.co/aodYmYCZKU
  • Law Society begins home information pilot | Law Gazette https://t.co/U8hkJXZxxr
  • Session Cases At 200: Lord Kinclaven makes the case for Donoghue v Stevenson - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/qPc84Sywgm
  • The Court of Appeal has overturned the convictions of 14 men sentenced for their involvement in pickets in 1972. Trade unionists picketed during the national builders' strike & charged with offences https://t.co/B9bXwCz9V8 
  • Conveyancing, digitisation and up-front information | Law Gazette https://t.co/uV3RsGRjBC
  • Former subpostmasters begin court appeal to clear their names - Dozens appeal against convictions for theft, fraud and false accounting they claim were due to computing errors https://t.co/UQxUeHuhh9 
  • The decision to introduce new powers compelling Stormont to implement abortion laws not been taken lightly, Brandon Lewis has said. The government has published regulations allowing the NI secretary to direct commissioning of central abortion services https://t.co/WcEYH9FiD
  • #Germany has extended its lockdown for three weeks, imposing an almost complete halt over the Easter holiday in response to a third wave of coronavirus infections https://t.co/9Zyq76OiM
  • A £5,000 fine for anyone in England trying to travel abroad without good reason is due to come into force next week as part of new coronavirus laws https://t.co/HaZ1FrTlp
  • A&O predicts ‘considerable’ reduction in office space | Law Gazette https://t.co/TzdCZZRVf0 
  • Male barrister suspended for lewd comments aimed at female mini-pupil - Legal Futures https://t.co/ow2hVAnyVm
  • Judge allows use of documents shared by mistake | Law Gazette https://t.co/FeI2omV1i
  • High Court: No duty on barrister not to cause instructing solicitor loss - Legal Futures https://t.co/QtJImzOJ08
  • Details a personal injury case exemplifying that liability often comes in shades of grey - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/VjJV5Hz0qg
  • Acquisition no12 for Knights amid activity at insurance ABSs - Legal Futures https://t.co/jvsV2jJIlQ 
  • Apartheid-era South African president calls for justice for female victims of violence in Guardian article but some say his own record needs scrutiny #SouthAfrica https://t.co/HTpPLluzGA
  • Solicitors' charity bids to counter "devastating" impact of Covid - Legal Futures https://t.co/SPpCxaP8ru
  • Hamish Lean: More protection in the pipeline for secure farm tenancies - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/0iyQdfiyaU
  • Judges are workers and have every right to join a union to protect themselves from discrimination and bullying, one of the UK’s largest trade unions has said - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/HzGN2xYqyQ
  • New breed of law firm consultancy transforming the market | Law Gazette https://t.co/2VEHQMEE1X
  • Six new members appointed to Scottish Police Authority - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/6gKBxnbYMS
  • A gunman has killed 10 people, including a police officer, following an hours-long stand-off at a grocery market in the #US state of Colorado https://t.co/0CQutihC8t
  • A massive increase in appeals for help over the past year from those suffering domestic abuse has exposed the scale of the problem, say campaigners https://t.co/5TF9xJ9Gn9
  • Salmond committee criticises 'serious flaws' of Scottish government https://t.co/ZiWylgMqGf 
  • The City’s first general counsel to a law firm talks about the groundbreaking regulatory work that 
  • The attorney general v the ABC #Australia https://t.co/HdRF3CA9so
  • Scottish Law Commission to publish delayed papers on personal injury and homicide - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/BZcxzObQtE
  • More courts to offer rapid Covid tests | Law Gazette https://t.co/0HuYb8Vaoe
  • 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/zFqff6tdP7 
  • Justice Secretary’s response to malicious prosecution case now overdue - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/LudKkcXxKR
  • ‘Moment of reckoning’: new president makes diversity pledge | Law Gazette https://t.co/YdaSMEojCW 
  • Happy Mundays: listed firm splashes £5.3m on yet another acquisition | Law Gazette https://t.co/oX937tFq5Z
  • Man ordered to return television to neighbour wins appeal challenging sheriff’s unless order - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/INhj3R7YEN 
  • Child migrants: First photos emerge of Biden-era detention centres #US https://t.co/Qcn9Y2A4dT 
  • Huge fire sweeps through Rohingya camp in #Bangladesh https://t.co/K2xEJbjEju
  • Covid Isle of Man: A man who visited a shop to top up the credit on his mobile phone has been jailed for breaking the Isle of Man's coronavirus laws https://t.co/9aR4tZgnii
  • Teacher struck off for two years after mocking pupils for "dressing like Eastern European prostitutes and Kardashian clones". Alexander Price, 43, was found guilty of professional misconduct for his anonymous gossip blog about Denbigh High School https://t.co/9dvBcgrTY8 
  • Queensland watchdog sought phone records while demanding journalist reveal source #Australia https://t.co/R9553y2wjH 
  • Best of the blogs - 20 March 2021 | Law Gazette https://t.co/ARmcrKO6Tx 
  • News focus: Every little helps - FTSE 100 panels and diversity (part 2) | Law Gazette https://t.co/OfVUCmvjlT 
  • Vote: Pick your top three entries from Session Cases - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/DsHmyGwS6z 
  • Independence referendum bill published by Scottish government - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/M3fydcvs0E
  • What did report that cleared Sturgeon of misleading Scottish parliament say? https://t.co/bYzfSfCybf