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30th March - Law News

Edition 3381: 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 trial over George Floyd’s death is under way in Minneapolis. What to do with his memorial site has become a controversy of its own



Focus of the Day Article: Members of the House of Commons Justice Committee are “shocked and appalled” by the treatment of children at a privately run detention centre in Northamptonshire, they said in a report published today. Full story - Scottish Legal News

Saturday Conversations on Law

  • Maintaining an agile and innovative workforce (without sending them into meltdown) - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/BPjMH0B0Bo 
  • Vlogging criminal lawyer gives case law the rocker treatment - Legal Cheek https://t.co/5xDWDSZNC2
  • Members of a golf club with holes in both England and Wales can now cross the border during rounds. Powys council had told Llanymynech Golf Club that members from England ran the risk of being fined for breaching Covid travel rules for crossing the border https://t.co/pByQMKPZjG
  • 8 ways lawyers can influence and impact beyond their title - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/yKdUASawCp 
  • Brexit: Spain denies reports it will round up and deport Britons without visas https://t.co/u7kEm1mzx0 
  • KPMG: Scottish economic recovery could outpace UK average - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/B0662XMNzJ
  • MPs ‘shocked and appalled’ by treatment of children at privately run detention centre - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/TlYgysleLb 
  • Supreme Court holds Asda warehouse workers can be valid equal pay comparator for shop workers  - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Mc4lpdPLS
  • Chief Justice of India SA Bobde inaugurates new Bombay High Court building at Goa | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/I72AoChL
  • Grenfell residents 'bullied' for raising safety fears before fire https://t.co/iE3xrANlfx
  • Ministers could be banned from using self-destructing messages on Whatsapp or Signal for official business if a legal challenge is successful https://t.co/zf9Rxa6XOr 
  • Secret filming at one of the biggest UK Covid testing labs has found evidence of potential contamination, discarded tests and pressure to hit targets https://t.co/UZEtOBZNkj
  • Holiday counts towards billable hours, Orrick tells London lawyers - Legal Cheek https://t.co/GAQhVMHulB
  • The Corporate Counsel Show: An uncommon journey to in-house success - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/rXPAWT9sMz
  • MI5 undercover agent policy held lawful - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/GIsyOfi7y9
  • Gauhati HC holds in favour of woman declared Indian citizen in 2013, a foreigner in 2017 by Foreigners Tribunal; says dissimilarities in information in two proceedings too minor #India https://t.co/WrOjK9JVW
  • Nottingham Law School unveils SQE prep course prices - Legal Cheek https://t.co/MehC3d9gOE 
  • Are disputes arbitrable after Section 7 IBC petition is filed? Supreme Court answers | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/PSwKacQLlh 
  • Edinburgh daughter fights for visiting rights after being separated from mum for a year https://t.co/3BAvaFRZ41
  • The Weekly Round-up: expeditious return vs non-refoulment - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/SGv9w0WT
  • Emma-Jayne Magson jailed again after murdering boyfriend in row https://t.co/G2zSGsG2o6 
  • The government is being urged by MPs to consider taking over a privately-run youth detention centre where children have been kept in their cells for all but 30 minutes a day https://t.co/IvQ2RAnhMo
  • The US has warned it could put tariffs of up to 25% on a host of UK exports in retaliation for a UK tax on tech firms https://t.co/88Tl7oqBr
  • Company Tribunal Not A Labour Court Or Administrative Tribunal To Focus Entirely On Removal Of Director : #India Supreme Court In Tata-Mistry Case https://t.co/ALnwT5U9os 
  • Two-thirds of Bar sexual misconduct cases referred for disciplinary action - Legal Futures https://t.co/GtZCEXvmvK
  • Pinsent Masons paralegal Shanelle Mattu tracks the evolution of cryptocurrency and considers whether crypto assets are the future of money - Legal Cheek https://t.co/hs6Y5bht6v
  • Deliveroo investors urged to push worker rights ahead of £8.8bn IPO https://t.co/2YiMBVMg4H 
  • Barriers to seeking damages, and achieving justice, in the #MeToo era - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/Ti8OBDI1rq
  • Legal Services Board sets 10-year goal to correct market problems - Legal Futures https://t.co/N6ACjSMkyL
  • Gopal Subramanium called to Bar Council of England and Wales as member of Gray's Inn | Bar & Bench https://t.co/uLyaHzLyrC
  • Law firms set to tumble down Google rankings as update looms - Legal Futures https://t.co/58lEssf0Ww
  • Re-hearing for junior solicitor struck off after losing work briefcase - Legal Cheek https://t.co/7or8GwEQo4 
  • Tribunal: Law firm's part-time FD was worker, not self-employed - Legal Futures https://t.co/t9PholpkwL
  • No boycotting of China over Uighur persecution but Germany, Norway and Netherlands players voice human rights concerns about Qatar World Cup https://t.co/hz4YNPI9Ro 
  • Ego gets in the way of being client-centric - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/0cEoadSrL0
  • Shelters 'at capacity' with unwanted lockdown pets https://t.co/ota6qS4cTu
  • Intellectuals should observe administration of justice in Goa under Uniform Civil Code: Chief Justice of India SA Bobde | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/EpinOcYiGh
  • Abortion in Northern Ireland: at the interface between politics and law - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/C88dF2P9iz
  • Italy: the Deadliest Route to Fortress Europe | Daniela Lo Coco https://t.co/PMp2dgLkqB
  • 'It's do or die time for my insurer to pay up' https://t.co/mMrDMzjUzQ
  • Barrister suspended for six months over sexual comments to female mini-pupil - Legal Cheek https://t.co/vulvDC5bSZ
  • Jehovah's Witnesses congregation vicariously liable - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/2WB9F6f7WL
  • Senior Advocate Zal Andhyarujina joins Fountain Court as door tenant | Bar & Bench https://t.co/UqL7ut4g6E 
  • DLA Piper targets 30% global female partnership by 2025 - Legal Cheek https://t.co/7PFn8cpDh8 
  • Delhi High Court Women Lawyers Forum celebrates designation of six women as Senior Advocates | Bar & Bench India https://t.co/EvvsOhqEGj
  • ‘Enough to enough’: Call to action to end sexual harassment in workplaces - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/4APk0dkL07 
  • Ban for junior solicitor who faked colleague’s signature during training contract - Legal Cheek https://t.co/fpvzANwQZx 
  • Two households or groups of up to six people are now able to meet outside in England again as the stay-at-home Covid restrictions order comes to an end https://t.co/Gr9hr4Yaqy