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24th April - Law News

Edition 3406: 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:
Hospitals in Lucknow, India are facing a severe shortage of oxygen. When the supply runs out, hospitals ask relatives to shift patients to other hospitals. This leads to tension and anxiety among patients and their families.
 
Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Council lawyers await High Court decision on virtual meetings | Law Gazette https://t.co/sFddJVerlJ
  • Ghislaine Maxwell has appeared in court on new charges of sex-trafficking, her first appearance since her arrest last summer. She attended the New York court in person on Friday for arraignment on new charges against her filed last month #US https://t.co/RDg8qfu5iL
  • A 14-year-old boy has been stabbed to death in east London. Met Police officers, who are treating the case as murder, were called to Barking Road in Newham at about 16:00 BST https://t.co/3UIZqk98J1
  • General scheme of Limerick mayor bill published - Irish Legal News https://t.co/lXZnzX2qfU 
  • UK law firm Shoosmiths has launched its first trainee solicitor programme in Northern Ireland offering the opportunity for aspiring individuals to work in the firm’s Belfast location https://t.co/N3wqSzQXC
  • Credit unions have until end of June to hold virtual AGMs - Irish Legal News https://t.co/FMJP5LNeIi
  • Legal peers rail at lobbying rules | Law Gazette https://t.co/cWo9f64trh
  • Two high court judges have criticised the UK government’s treatment of travellers from Pakistan who are currently quarantining at various facilities approved by the government in London https://t.co/fZH1P4hOzx
  • Top Chinese firm eyes non-lawyer partners with ABS move - Legal Futures https://t.co/L6zC433ePv
  • NI: Commencement order for anti-bullying law signed - Irish Legal News https://t.co/pu9jIxxSEo 
  • Rocket Lawyer fuels growth with £161m investment - Legal Futures https://t.co/nPuMsQrIfx
  • Law Society warns against forcing firms to point clients to review websites - Legal Futures https://t.co/GC8zSnFqx
  • Happy birthday, Shakespeare: Lessons from William’s will - Legal Futures https://t.co/pVsBWbJC1W
  • Court jails cage fighter for lying about knowing key witness | Law Gazette https://t.co/PZomPRCxDl
  • Six Extinction Rebellion protesters have been cleared of causing criminal damage, despite a jury being told by the judge there was no defence in law for their actions https://t.co/xvbDuXkcp
  • Wales manager and ex-Manchester United player Ryan Giggs has been charged with assaulting two women. He is accused of causing actual bodily harm to a woman in her 30s and common assault of a woman in her 20s at an address in Salford https://t.co/qLowgoYrs
  • Boris Johnson's former chief adviser Dominic Cummings has denied leaking text messages sent between the PM and businessman Sir James Dyson https://t.co/zq4pxCyTSZ
  • A female police employee has been fatally stabbed in a knife attack at a police station in Rambouillet, south-west of Paris, #France. Anti-terror prosecutors have taken over the inquiry, and the killing is being treated as a possible terrorist attack https://t.co/pAocW9JiE5
  • Judges have quashed the convictions of 39 former postmasters after the UK's most widespread miscarriage of justice. They were convicted of stealing money, with some imprisoned, after the Post Office installed the Horizon computer system in branches https://t.co/vGmnJGRx8D
  • Judge resigns from law reform body seven months into five-year term - Mr Justice Richard Humphreys was appointed in October #Ireland https://t.co/rc7vONtdJ
  • Sheriffs use ‘not proven’ ten times more than juries - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/LWemCq75Fr
  • New rules seek to keep crypto disputes out of court | Law Gazette https://t.co/nymSJaWmtm
  • Sexual Assault Allegations Against Biographer Halt Shipping of His Roth Book https://t.co/7xtmgFEHWX
  • Patent filings show new sectors exploring blockchain - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/jleRsMmUeY
  • Europe Proposes Strict Rules for Artificial Intelligence https://t.co/Fqd8DoVAhT
  • 'Apologies to Tolstoy': High Court win for ex-wife in £450m divorce battle | Law Gazette https://t.co/azknIvAX3J
  • NSW barrister who claimed to have “attempted chivalry” has admitted to sexually harassing a young female solicitor in a Supreme Court conference room - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/kTu0qu0unz
  • Asylum seekers treated ‘in dehumanising way’ by UK host hotels https://t.co/fq9hAAq8r
  • Nominations open for the 2021 In-house Rising Star Award - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/rwcgQN1wKw
  • GCHQ chief: west faces ‘moment of reckoning’ over cybersecurity https://t.co/bmhdcg9Der
  • Ince shares dip after trading update | Law Gazette https://t.co/l3TlXU31Ui
  • Signal founder: I hacked police phone-cracking tool Cellebrite https://t.co/xTcS8bPCWo
  • Patrick Christie: Bitcoin – Looks like garbage, sounds like garbage, smells like garbage - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/WBZ8qoDUy9
  • Leak inquiry launched as No 10 insiders accuse Dominic Cummings https://t.co/NFB3CEmrH0 
  • NI: Hundreds gave up British citizenship to take advantage of family migration rules - Irish Legal News https://t.co/d0tNwQfjp2
  • A barrister who made a misleading witness statement during arbitration proceedings has been fined £3,000 by the bar disciplinary tribunal | Law Gazette https://t.co/09mFwpoDhi
  • The Autopilot feature in Tesla vehicles can be tricked into operating without a driver, an influential consumer magazine in the US has found https://t.co/bHln3oO2Xh 
  • Scores of people have been injured in clashes in East Jerusalem between far-right Jewish activists, Palestinians and #Israeli police https://t.co/CNsgBvjHHm
  • Scottish scientists have identified two cases where humans are thought to have passed Covid-19 to their cats https://t.co/Lxi5BzQWY
  • NI: In-person prison visits to resume in less than two weeks - Irish Legal News https://t.co/spsnkjolV
  • UK considers clothing trade adjudicator to tackle labour abuses https://t.co/gnBKAYXMoz
  • Three appointments at Balfour and Manson - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/zlzq47IrhC
  • Thousands of Addison Lee drivers could receive payout over workers’ rights - Drivers could receive average of £10,000 each after court of appeal rules they have worker status https://t.co/dvk7v8WYW
  • City of London’s new “Justice Quarter” gets the go-ahead https://t.co/H5d05fb0qg
  • Court of Appeal: €56,000 award for damaged finger overturned after plaintiff failed to prove the case as pleaded - Irish Legal News https://t.co/M9DrffKY4w
  • NI: DAC Beachcroft rolls out explanatory animations for insurance claims clients - Irish Legal News https://t.co/V9QEDS4ez
  • Navalny's spokeswoman Yarmysh detained near house before protests, says lawyer #Russia https://t.co/0kknmnyCvE
  • Bristol police admit protest ban under Covid powers was unlawful - Force apologise and will pay damages for arresting four protesters at Colston statue-toppling hearing https://t.co/9VcS2YlktG 
  • Mason Hayes & Curran LLP partners with ministers to launch €1.2m education fund - Irish Legal News https://t.co/G8iWrZPjN
  • “Password” passwords banned as UK gov tighten IoT law https://t.co/PJEX2TH1N
  • NI: Cleaver Fulton Rankin advise on Ice Bowl redevelopment - Irish Legal News https://t.co/eXBQXdqaTG
  • Clyde & Co promotes Sarah Crewes to partner in Edinburgh - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/s14PkiyC7O 
  • EU yet to decide on legal case against AstraZeneca over shortfall https://t.co/CvJOeWaPwt 
  • 'Shocking instances of human rights abuses': UNICEF official on crimes in #Ethiopia https://t.co/J3aOrWXIkJ
  • The guilty verdict notwithstanding, the Chauvin case demonstrated the wide latitude police officers are given to kill people #US https://t.co/YofOfF2UiL
  • Rocket Lawyer Announces $223 Million Growth Investment Led by Vista Credit Partners #US https://t.co/UJCGgpOr2e
  • Groundbreaking rules published to enable rapid resolution of blockchain and crypto legal disputes, as worldwide smart contract market expected to reach $345.4 million by 2026[1] https://t.co/GtBwDcNLad
  • FCA plans fee increase to fund £7.5mn BI test case legal bill https://t.co/p0SBe7oavn 
  • Around the House: GCs arrive at Commonwealth and Passport | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/o3YCXdkQxS
  • Ronnie Tough, solicitor who backed Timex strikers, dies after long illness https://t.co/aUhUv72Flx
  • A renewed impetus is needed to narrow the gap between human rights standards and reality https://t.co/0nj6vBbJyx 
  • Letting agent wins appeal after being barred from Scots industry register: David Love successfully argued at a tribunal that he and his firm should not have been barred by Ministers from the Scottish Letting Agency Register https://t.co/eXp8d4Qu47