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25th March - Law News

Edition 3376: 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 home secretary has set out plans to change the asylum system so refugees are assessed on how they arrive in the UK. Priti Patel said she wants to crack down on criminal trafficking gangs and ensure that people who arrive through official channels are given priority.  But human rights lawyers have warned that the changes could breach international law and lead to further legal challenges and delays



Focus of the Day Article: Judges could be required to consider imposing a wasted costs order - with a presumption in favour of making one - as part of government plans to end what the Home Office believes to be the practice of 'unmeritorious' immigration and asylum claims brought at the last minute to frustrate the deportation process. Full story - The Law Society Gazette

Saturday Conversations on Law

  • Scotland’s first wrongful termination order - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/wULkvo8tS
  • Competition hots up between SQE course providers | Law Gazette https://t.co/DPdzAA9oKN
  • It is time for the SRA to issue a virtual practice handbook | Law Gazette https://t.co/ilQCTBwZZ8
  • Impact of extended presumption against short sentences obscured by Covid-19 - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/XFXAIP9kTy
  • #India has placed a temporary hold on all exports of the Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine https://t.co/vimPQ2BK9
  • Alex Salmond is to take fresh legal action over the conduct of the Scottish government's top civil servant https://t.co/34rwrk9lt
  • Tougher measures on hauliers travelling from France to the UK are to be considered to stop Covid variants being imported, Boris Johnson has said https://t.co/VPOQQDGlQt
  • #German Chancellor Angela Merkel has cancelled plans for a strict lockdown over Easter, just a day after the measures were announced https://t.co/UbX3hG8NOh
  • All government buildings in England, Wales and Scotland will fly the Union flag every day, following new guidance from the culture department https://t.co/oJlarzHh3z
  • Thames seal death: QC 'heartbroken' over attack by her dog - Dog owner Rebecca Sabben-Clare QC said she "apologises unreservedly" and will not face charges over the incident https://t.co/cv6vAHFRUK
  • Society chief joins taskforce to boost socio-economic diversity at the top | Law Gazette https://t.co/puy6R5lWzR
  • Vilifying journalists is just part of the UK government's modus operandi https://t.co/CLwy65ggO
  • Oral proceedings by video conference - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/HAgqXzg3Q
  • Covid a year on: My overwhelming emotions were fear… and sadness - Legal Futures https://t.co/2eUndR59G
  • Counsel not liable to solicitors for loss of fees, rules High Court | Law Gazette https://t.co/ef7kyquPeu
  • Bayern Munich star Alphonso Davies, born in a refugee camp, says he was saved from a life of guns and fighting by his parents' decision to flee war in #Liberia and become refugees in Ghana & Canada https://t.co/RwuMnsCP0j
  • Charity pledges to help solicitors bounce back from pandemic | Law Gazette https://t.co/D1tO7Ynvy
  • More than 6,000 cases of Covid-related fraud and cyber-crime have been recorded by the UK's police forces during the pandemic https://t.co/uYjpsfqnpc
  • Top UK fund refuses to invest in Deliveroo amid concern over riders' rights https://t.co/psk0aggX4v
  • Early results suggest far-right alliance will take more seats than predicted: Jewish Power set to enter #Israel's parliament https://t.co/KJM5OvDqmh
  • UN refugee agency hits out at Priti Patel's plans for UK asylum overhaul https://t.co/exPR6rHu3R 
  • 'The EU did not rise to the challenge': UN special rapporteur on Europe's failure to fill human rights void https://t.co/XaSGDdOQOR
  • The European Commission has proposed tougher controls on Covid vaccine exports after it accused UK-Swedish firm AstraZeneca of failing to honour its contract to supply EU countries https://t.co/DLKCwKbUdd
  • Fifa has banned ex-president Sepp Blatter from football until 2028 after giving him a new suspension of six years and eight months. Former Fifa general secretary Jerome Valcke has received a similar ban, with both also being fined £780,000 https://t.co/miEM6q1as5
  • People Are Waking Up to the Horrors of Police Brutality - We’re all fighting the same beast – and it’ll take more than a few radicals to kill it https://t.co/aN2Xlf5OXg
  • Addleshaw Goddard calls for clarity on end of retail evictions moratorium - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/22Lm7XkhZw
  • No clear priorities: MPs doubt ability of MoJ to manage justice system - Legal Futures https://t.co/w8fyRIPWNO
  • UK to fight ‘unnecessary barriers to data flows’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/Q1WtNqfOMJ
  • A seven-year-old girl has been shot dead in #Myanmar, becoming the youngest known victim in the crackdown following last month's military coup https://t.co/TenYxZ5lJZ
  • Vaccine Passports Could Be a Dystopian Nightmare: What seems like a sensible measure could be a slippery slope to a social credit system https://t.co/dBlu7YQsD
  • Groundbreaking family barrister wins £50,000 innovation award - Legal Futures https://t.co/4SEveP8vJ9rI: My military followers will be pleased to hear this https://t.co/lmPzltrOZ
  • Ross Fairweather: Useful reminder on how to plead a case based on breach of employer’s duties - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/1i1DVsSTQ
  • CA slates barristers whose failures led it to wrongly quash conviction - Legal Futures https://t.co/xASCaVyy
  • A probationary police officer who assaulted a woman in a "terrifying" attack has resigned from West Midlands Police. PC Oliver Banfield grabbed and forced Emma Homer to the floor last July while drunk https://t.co/Qw3zIGH2e
  • Criminals and paedophiles are trying to groom and exploit young siblings as part of an emerging trend of online sexual abuse, experts have warned https://t.co/9gwFZebGBV
  • The government is setting out plans to make it more difficult for asylum seekers to stay in the UK if they come illegally. People seeking protection as refugees would have their claim assessed based on how they arrive in the UK https://t.co/4MIP5Etcqy
  • Guests to Neighbours: The Difficulty of Naming Syrians in Turkey : REFUGEE WATCH A South Asian Journal on Forced Migration 48 | Emre Erdogan https://t.co/6SRkkVKRJB
  • Facebook leak underscores strategy to operate in repressive regimes https://t.co/Dx4xaB0zNd 
  • Legal Ombudsman gets its 13% budget increase - but told no more excuses | Law Gazette https://t.co/1O0qQHWcAV
  • Conveyancing, digitisation and up-front information | Law Gazette https://t.co/uV3RsGzIK4
  • Short films to support 'digitally disadvantaged' with virtual justice | Law Gazette https://t.co/IJfOTR2XpE
  • Faculty backs new legislative framework for self-driving vehicles - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/2ETuQ1SYcH
  • Shrewsbury 24: court of appeal overturns 1970s picketing convictions https://t.co/DZTr04lpfS 
  • Sturgeon cleared by James Hamilton of breaching ministerial code - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/oeKwkLx5dz
  • Shrewsbury 24: how industrial action led to 47-year fight for justice https://t.co/ebMg4zZgK8 
  • Kill the Bill Bristol protests: Police action at demo where protestors shouted "our streets" and "shame on you" https://t.co/uCEnGlZRST 
  • Solicitor banned for faking signatures while a trainee | Law Gazette https://t.co/WFJ09W98PC