Saturday

27th March - Law News

Edition 3378: 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: In a big win for Tata Sons, the India Supreme Court today backed the removal of Cyrus Mistry as the chairman of the over $100 billion salt-to-software Tata Group in 2016 and set aside the company law tribunal order that had reinstated him.


Saturday Conversations on Law

  • White House Considers Executive Orders on Gun Control #US https://t.co/eIvYeWyfLk
  • Police have begun clearing protesters out of Bristol city centre after a third mass gathering in a week. Hundreds of people marched through the city centre earlier in opposition to the government's Police and Crime Bill https://t.co/Fd4k9YODI
  • Shops in England will be allowed to stay open until 22:00 six days a week when customers return from 12 April, the government has said https://t.co/AFMFy37v
  • Everyone's Invited: Allegations of sexual assault at London schools are being investigated by police, after being highlighted by an online campaign https://t.co/uQRLKbwoN
  • SRA to ask firms how technology saw them through Covid | Law Gazette https://t.co/32TNLFMcG
  • Owners and employees at the spas attacked last week were immigrants with similar dreams, but were separated by a vast gap in money and power #US https://t.co/QwbpT9K8Q
  • Barrister in plagiarism row admits ‘technical breach of copyright’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/GkHfY0Hzg
  • 'Very serious situation': review chief highlights criminal legal aid challenges | Law Gazette https://t.co/gqHN7zhfl
  • Uighur Blood-Soaked Xinjiang cotton: How do I know if it's in my jeans? #China https://t.co/CIC6Ogprw
  • ‘Not helpful’ to keep talking about backlog, says justice minister | Law Gazette https://t.co/uPA6sx6Tm
  • Johnny Depp refused permission to appeal libel ruling | Law Gazette https://t.co/Iyv3MnxzMs 
  • #Germany could see 100,000 infections a day if the third wave of coronavirus spreads unchecked, the head of the RKI public health institute has warned https://t.co/8qySg0ma7O
  • A major general who dishonestly claimed £48,000 for his children's education has been jailed. Nick Welch, 57, claimed to live in London rather than Dorset, near their schools https://t.co/Fguu0RUuO
  • Former Prime Minister David Cameron has been cleared by a watchdog looking at whether he engaged in lobbying for which he should have been registered https://t.co/qmzmArvvYT
  • Former SNP leader Alex Salmond has announced the creation of a new pro-independence party which will contest the Scottish Parliament election https://t.co/sEJt2OtlyG
  • A controversial new anti-conversion law that criminalises interfaith love has put Hindu-Muslim couples on edge. Now, they face the wrath of not just their families, but also the #Indian state https://t.co/goWD2Uxa
  • Westminster's resistance to a Covid inquiry is the biggest reason to hold one https://t.co/5UtCSzBV
  • Prosecute the firms that force junior solicitors to cover up mistakes | Law Gazette https://t.co/0nqcasJJ6H
  • Strong backing for lawyers and chambers sanctioned by China - Legal Futures https://t.co/L2dHzJjyq
  • Cities across the #US have tried to adopt their own regulations. Boulder’s ordinance was blocked in court shortly before a mass shooting left 10 people dead https://t.co/LcMo2qIEai
  • Wide LPC attainment gap based on provider and ethnicity - Legal Futures https://t.co/60C8qGBTq
  • How many more like Claire Matthews? | Law Gazette https://t.co/YBvex02PL
  • Law Commission eyes home-buying reform and digital justice projects - Legal Futures https://t.co/E86062siH7
  • Mina Smallman, the mother of two women found dead in north London, has expressed her sympathy for the family of Sarah Everard – and questioned why the deaths of her BAME daughters received comparatively little attention at the time https://t.co/0ZFoyyFE3
  • New Zealand introduces paid bereavement leave for miscarriages and stillbirths - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/O1uW0nskpQ
  • Priti Patel's two-tier asylum plan treats refugees with cold indifference https://t.co/eI12TqIh6M 
  • The University of Southern California (USC) has agreed to pay more than $1bn (£730m) to patients treated by a former campus gynaecologist accused of sexual abuse #US https://t.co/1fC0Umd72
  • #Chinese media are championing local brands while targeting more Western retailers as the Xinjiang cotton backlash grows. Western brands have come under fire for expressing concern about the use of Uighur forced labour https://t.co/iHTl6gWaD
  • EU-Morocco Cooperation on Readmission, Borders and Protection: A model to follow?, With Carrera S, Cassarino JP, Den Hertog L and al., CEPS (2016) | Nora El Qadim https://t.co/ufrJjiSPj
  • "Stay-local" rules will lift in Wales from Saturday and unrestricted travel within its borders will be allowed https://t.co/xSQg2vVnJ
  • Asda loses Supreme Court appeal in equal pay fight - The court upheld an earlier court ruling that lower-paid shop staff, who are mostly women, can compare themselves with higher paid warehouse workers, who are mostly men https://t.co/Yqo3ju9Ak
  • A scheme to bring all rough sleepers indoors at the start of the pandemic has seen a large disparity in the outcomes of those supported across England, new data has revealed https://t.co/biAWgEkurE
  • Kevin Drummond QC: Why committee of inquiry redaction saga should concern us - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/95h4zXzHe6
  • #China has imposed sanctions on nine UK citizens - including five MPs - for spreading what it called "lies and disinformation" over human rights abuses against the Uighur Muslim minority group https://t.co/QgpUqBY7L8
  • BPP bought by private equity business | Law Gazette https://t.co/KYZntPm2
  • Session Cases At 200: Jackie McRae makes the case for Scott & Sons v Del Sel - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/KZjxGocSpg
  • Having police in schools is emblematic of a society headed in the wrong direction https://t.co/yYaXkdKvx5
  • Construction’s competition problem - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/hcmKPR3zL9
  • Cap on damages amounts to informed consent, court rules | Law Gazette https://t.co/fxMwfkZZiY
  • Sarah-Jane Macdonald wins Core mediation presentation competition - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/y32tCow7S
  • Burford restores dividend after ‘best year ever’ for portfolio | Law Gazette https://t.co/ePwVaagvZ2 
  • Laura McCallum appointed to Sports Resolutions’ panel of arbitrators and mediators - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/8n1zsHfhXg
  • A British academic corresponded for months with a man who hinted he was a Russian agent, seeking help to discredit a group that gathers evidence of Syrian war crimes https://t.co/0h1KCOrb0C
  • Hauliers 'must expect Covid test to enter UK' https://t.co/qbWFx0lNLK 
  • UK government set to go to supreme court over Holyrood bill https://t.co/iwUU9CGuee