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31st March - Law News

Edition 3382: 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:
A coroner has called on Boris Johnson to launch a public inquiry into the Covid pandemic "as soon as practicable", at the end of an inquest into a pregnant nurse who died with the virus. The coroner found that Mary Agyapong, who was 28, died of multiple organ failure and Covid-19, but said it remained “unclear” where she contracted the virus. Her husband told the inquest she was nervous about catching the virus at the hospital where she worked, while she was heavily pregnant.


Focus of the Day Article: The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) made 26 reports of suspected money laundering by solicitors to the National Crime Agency (NCA) last year, involving more than £200m in possible criminal proceeds. A further 122 matters are being monitored by the regulator’s money laundering reporting officer (MLRO) to track the progress of ongoing SRA investigations which may uncover money laundering suspicions which require reporting in due course. Full story - Legal Futures

Saturday Conversations on Law

  • CPS drops more than half of its private prosecutions | Law Gazette https://t.co/ucUnixNG5I
  • Is pornography to blame for rise in 'rape culture'? https://t.co/bPOynBCyGt
  • If we're urging girls to report rape in schools, we need to fix the legal system https://t.co/YbqHYKvSR3
  • Session Cases At 200: Where there’s a will there’s a way - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/zY5UKCHyrE 
  • The mother of Richard Okorogheye, who has been missing for more than a week, has urged him to come home and called for more help to find him. He has not been seen by his family since 22 March when he left their home in the Ladbroke Grove area https://t.co/t3wH7ay0d
  • Bobby Storey funeral: Arlene Foster calls on PSNI chief to resign https://t.co/iiUVLzBGFV
  • The problem of sexual violence and abuse is not just an issue for schools to tackle, say head teachers. Social media companies, parents and the criminal justice system all have a role to play, says the school leaders' union, ASCL https://t.co/dNoxj9ve6Y
  • Caroline Kayll murder: Cage fighter Paul Robson found guilty https://t.co/UwhfvaNQee
  • Seventh extension to immigration permissions until September 2021 - Irish Legal News https://t.co/iZ7gXPqVNZ
  • Fostering new behaviour - Legal Futures https://t.co/EkU0T3gz4
  • The ins and outs of family court cases over video call - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/V73s4EW0W5
  • 'No plans to expand' - new Public Defender Service chief | Law Gazette https://t.co/7U8PseaAM
  • A man hailed as "a national hero" for his intervention during the Westminster Bridge terror attack is battling Covid in an Istanbul hospital. Tony Davis, 47, a boxing coach from Gateshead, was one of the first people to try and save PC Keith Palmer https://t.co/MDmpePWPyU
  • A young child inadvertently sparked confusion over the weekend by posting an unintelligible tweet to the official account of US Strategic Command https://t.co/46f2B7CgW0
  • ‘Fake' accounts claiming to be Amazon workers have been praising their working conditions on Twitter. Votes are currently being counted in Alabama to decide whether Amazon warehouse workers will form a union https://t.co/E9tdwtFKji
  • Covid: Coroner calls for pandemic inquiry after Luton nurse's death - Mary Agyapong, 28, died after giving birth in April at Luton and Dunstable Hospital, where she also worked https://t.co/5dQU71ghWT
  • Employment lawyer launches bid to be elected as Senator - Irish Legal News https://t.co/tGgk1JMG0V
  • Lawyer in the news: Daniel Kindell, Morrish Solicitors - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/mlQjYHByaD
  • Amid Accusations of Rape and Misogyny, #Australia’s Leader Demotes 2 Ministers https://t.co/mnh8vWBSk5 
  • Compulsory mediation back on the table as too few opting into ADR | Law Gazette https://t.co/q6ORwawYG2
  • NI: Increased limits for unfair dismissal and redundancy payments confirmed - Irish Legal News https://t.co/Yb5E2fCD3W
  • News focus: ‘Perverse’ punishments at the bar | Law Gazette https://t.co/awEYLlBnZ
  • Killing of Salvadoran Refugee by Police in #Mexico Incites Furore https://t.co/6m643com1e
  • A dangerous executive power grab | Law Gazette https://t.co/mucztcf1PW 
  • New York Must Offer Vaccine to All Prisoners Immediately, Judge Rules #US https://t.co/bvEmkCKRgA
  • Teen who called himself Hitler sentenced for terror offences https://t.co/W5txynjfTU
  • Pandemic has left people “unable to access legal advice”, say peers - Legal Futures https://t.co/vsleMTc8QD
  • Scotland's "stay at home" lockdown order will be lifted on Friday, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has confirmed. People are being told to "stay local" and remain within their local authority boundaries for the next three weeks https://t.co/VjEHZJEoZO
  • Watchdog steps in over secrecy about UK women in Syria stripped of citizenship https://t.co/0ACZYKy2hX
  • Former UK ambassador held in contempt of court for Salmond case publications - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/b8STvTi0qG
  • Lorne Crerar elected fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/D0AVQ8oCj
  • Session Cases At 200: A ‘gallery of mirrors’ - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/D3zK6POsFq
  • Taylor Rose targets further growth after £5m capital injection - Legal Futures https://t.co/oCYyxeS0iE 
  • 'Best and brightest': Biden announces 'trailblazing' slate of judicial nominees: Ketanji Brown Jackson nominated to replace Merrick Garland on US appeals court, as part of president’s 11 diverse selections #US https://t.co/0kLDTMH3iM
  • McMillan Williams saviour handed £5m by founder for fresh acquisitions | Law Gazette https://t.co/lphbgmH7HY
  • The Metropolitan Police acted "appropriately" at a vigil for Sarah Everard in south London earlier this month, a police watchdog has found. The force was criticised after officers handcuffed women and removed them from crowds on Clapham Common on 13 March https://t.co/kQvA108GX
  • Chambers hit by China sanctions battens down the hatches - Legal Futures https://t.co/3edkiDCiGU
  • Shoosmiths awarded platinum Investors in People award - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/59BSVcSRjK
  • SRA flags over £200m of potential money laundering by solicitors - Legal Futures https://t.co/cd1uzyBXA
  • BSB discloses sexual misconduct data ahead of sanctions review | Law Gazette https://t.co/CsqL3OcjrL
  • In January, NHS gender clinic for children & young people was rated "inadequate" by the country's health watchdog - the lowest rating. Inspectors raised "significant concerns" about the way the Gender Identity Development Service works https://t.co/dfiKTLdVtY
  • A witness has told of the last harrowing minutes of George Floyd's life on the opening day of the trial of Derek Chauvin, the white American policeman accused of killing him #US https://t.co/yvYlTefpE
  • Mercy Law Resource Centre names new managing solicitor - Irish Legal News https://t.co/pTb7d3ptOt
  • Labour has called on a standards watchdog to investigate reports of government access offered to financial services firm Greensill Capital https://t.co/aTDT151oBU
  • The Rights of Refugees at the Borders of the EU: The case study of Syrian Refugees crossing the Greek-Turkish and Bulgarian-Turkish borders | Ayla Karakaya https://t.co/K3gC0fgEbe
  • NI: #InPictures: Solicitors and barristers join roundtable on Human Rights Act review - Irish Legal News https://t.co/gAXjU3DgrI
  • Pinsent Masons names new partners in Dublin and Belfast - Irish Legal News https://t.co/Fh1IxBV1x
  • A drug used in attacks by the UK's most prolific rapist and the serial killer Stephen Port will be reclassified. Home Secretary Priti Patel said GHB would move from a Class C to a Class B drug - the same as speed or cannabis https://t.co/qAsXgxkrPi 
  • A senior scientist has warned that the #US faces "impending doom" as coronavirus cases and hospital admissions rise across the country https://t.co/OuEMpxvSA
  • Prime Minister Boris Johnson has joined more than 20 world leaders in calling for a new global settlement to help the world prepare for future pandemics https://t.co/e35EJ0eEuG 
  • Crown court backlog has reached 'crisis levels', report warns - Delays likely to disproportionately affect black and minority ethnic young people, says Lords committee https://t.co/NkHZf016nb 
  • Macdonald Henderson joins International Commercial Law Alliance - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/8jO623qrrJ 
  • Law schools report huge discrepancy in student success | Law Gazette https://t.co/nezQiYsCv6 
  • ‘We’re treated as children,’ Qatari women tell rights group: Gulf state’s male guardian rules deny women right to wed, travel, work or to make decisions about their children, report says https://t.co/Ho2Glhp0c
  • Housing and Property Chamber case completions up 30 per cent - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/NNxvJguk87
  • Slater and Gordon hit by glut of insurance policy actions | aw Gazette https://t.co/RZmrSQKMIW 
  • Spain becomes sixth country in the world to legalise assisted dying - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/upAmStfliM 
  • Two new US federal charges of sex trafficking conspiracy and sex trafficking of a minor have been filed against British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell #US https://t.co/n7fzEKIFgG 
  • Freshwater part 6: the decision - podcast https://t.co/mgLXviAz8o