Monday

31st May - Law News

Edition 3443: 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 coalition of Israel’s opposition parties have announced they have reached an unlikely agreement and now have the votes to oust Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the country’s longest serving leader. If out of office, the longest serving PM in the country's history faces the courts on corruption charges.
 
Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Ashurst appoints first female global chair - Legal Cheek https://t.co/VXmznIkLlH
  • Re-victimised rape complainant suffered violation of ECHR rights - Irish Legal News https://t.co/KhOoJplfSk
  • Phone intercepts shine more light on #Jordanian prince’s alleged coup attempt - Discussions took place before Prince Hamzah was put under house arrest https://t.co/226uhF64qD
  • A new equality for Ireland's criminal justice system - Irish Legal News https://t.co/pDcGvwUuNA 
  • A guide to covering the cost of your SQE - Legal Cheek https://t.co/heBAXj4hhe
  • Uncovered: the brutal secrets of UK deportation flight Esparto 11 https://t.co/w9R5cr5YyV
  • A flower seller has been stabbed to death close to his stall in north London. Tony Eastlake, 55, died from a knife wound after being attacked on Essex Road, Islington, just before 17:30 BST on Saturday https://t.co/Hnt3Me1Yul
  • The partner of the son of Lord Ashcroft, the millionaire businessman and pollster, is in custody in Belize after a police officer was shot dead. The body of Supt Henry Jemmott, 42, was found on a pier in the town of San Pedro after reports of a gunshot https://t.co/iDeVSfhEVE
  • Beauchamps' Imelda Reynolds elected president of Institute of Directors of Ireland - Irish Legal News https://t.co/pRWpTA492s 
  • Roberto Saviano says that a court has shown that the crime clans – whose threats forced him to live with a bodyguard – are not invincible #Italy https://t.co/9MdCPNFYLl
  • Samantha Azzopardi, #Australia's notorious con artist sentenced for child theft https://t.co/oGfAD0mCYf
  • Covid bereaved join call for ‘Hillsborough law’ to force duty of candour | https://t.co/yGWWjihIim
  • Kumbh Mela: how a superspreader Hindu religious festival seeded Covid across #India and the government took no action https://t.co/7b0GapPfVP
  • Cornwall officials urge tourists to ‘engage brains’ after car swept into sea: family car washed away at high tide near St Agnes after driver became stuck on a steep slipway while doing a three-point turn https://t.co/DhFGGcVvmo 
  • Work from home 50% of the time, Dechert tells lawyers - Legal Cheek https://t.co/DQaIjV8w7n 
  • GPs warn over plans to share patient data with third parties in England https://t.co/9FEyhEnstW 
  • Produce evidence Matt Hancock lied on Covid, Dominic Cummings to be told https://t.co/j2H77obBcP 
  • Comyn Kelleher Tobin sponsor UCC children's rights and family law scholarship - Irish Legal News https://t.co/jqw1UXMxfV 
  • Parents in UK prepare for legal action over A-level results - Teachers, unions and academics concerned at potential chaos over cancelled exams as parents prepare to challenge grades https://t.co/ZPaLQuat8H
  • Senior MP demands answers for leaseholders - https://t.co/K0ASOq9odH 
  • Interdict granted in IP dispute over lookalike gin products - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/heWfO3L190 
  • A former child refugee who arrived in the UK unable to speak English has graduated with an architecture degree. Salman Khan, 25, fled war-torn Afghanistan as a boy and began a six-month journey through snow and mountains https://t.co/3i820P181e 
  • Biden’s Silence on Abortion Rights at a Key Moment Worries Liberals #US https://t.co/w8YnoBoDwe
  • Holmes O'Malley Sexton rebrands as Holmes - Irish Legal News https://t.co/EXMcKqYae3 
  • World renowned barrister Geoffrey Robertson in town to talk Parthenon Sculptures and the ‘ownership’ of history https://t.co/3EdcKjdQnF
  • CMS and Clydes thank lawyers with Covid bonuses - Legal Cheek https://t.co/D4TiMnlM76
  • The Weekly Round-up: Criminal justice scandals and ‘prison-like’ hotels for victims of modern slavery - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/CpNIJQcPm0
  • Virtual student event NEXT WEEK: How to fund your SQE - with BARBRI, Linklaters, the SRA and The Law Society - Legal Cheek https://t.co/4yHFSTLOyh 
  • Law firm parts ways with paralegal filmed climbing into zoo monkey enclosure 'to feed them Hot Cheetos' - Legal Cheek https://t.co/LyhDJbo4vS 
  • The Executive has no legal capacity to commission abortion services, the High Court has heard. Counsel representing Stormont’s Cabinet claimed a challenge to its alleged failure to act was fundamentally misconceived  https://t.co/wFLr2cHMTk
  • Prominent #HongKong barrister Priscilla Wong, wife of pro-Beijing heavyweight Martin Liao, is new head of police watchdog https://t.co/bXkiwKrLV
  • Discursive construction of an 'anti-immigration Europe' by the right-wing political groups in the European Parliament | Kamber Güler https://t.co/MeX21KPnUX
  • Private renters in England on ‘cliff edge’ as eviction ban ends - Councils and charity Shelter voice concern as ministers are warned homelessness crisis could cost the state £2.2bn https://t.co/XjtnbojmHv
  • The Law Society has launched its member survey on the Practising Certificate Fee (PC fee) for 2021/22 | NLJ 
  • Chiara Pieri becomes president of Scottish Young Lawyers’ Association - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/YTMUC4fkeF 
  • Study: Legislation should ensure Covid-19 status certificates are temporary - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/2CYm1GMG1e
  • The UK’s mass surveillance regime breaches the right to privacy and freedom of expression, the European Court of Human Rights has held, in a landmark ruling | NLJ https://t.co/Xc6OjcgMZc

Sunday

30th May - Law News

Edition 3442: 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: Workers from an illegal mine have attacked police in northern Brazil. In recent months, thousands of prospectors have exploited what are supposed to be protected indigenous lands.The Supreme Court has ordered the government to stop this, but the miners believe they are being encouraged by the country's President.

 
Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Supreme Court announces first paid internship in diversity drive | Law Gazette https://t.co/mH4kLSRMhJ
  • John O'Connor Solicitors moves to new Ballsbridge premises following merger - Irish Legal News https://t.co/nu3vaSh9Qi
  • McArthur presses FM over splitting Lord Advocate role - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/JsJDgQxELF
  • Re-victimised rape complainant suffered violation of ECHR rights - Irish Legal News https://t.co/KhOoJplfSk
  • RT @taxbod: Faye Schulman Dies; Fought Nazis With a Rifle and a Camera. https://t.co/v0QF4F6Hz2
  • #NorthKorea says orphan children volunteering on mines and farms https://t.co/rJEcCgMCPw 
  • A former #US airline pilot has admitted committing a "lewd, indecent, or obscene act" during a flight last year. Michael Haak, 60, exposed himself to the female first officer in the cockpit and watched porn https://t.co/jByCgHDJtd
  • Hillsborough defence lawyers hit back at online critics | Law Gazette https://t.co/oXed5wOJc3 
  • The Hillsborough families’ ordeal has ended in an insult: no one is accountable https://t.co/wKF5OSlXrR
  • The Supreme Court is launching its first paid internship for aspiring lawyers from communities which are currently underrepresented at the Bar, in collaboration with the Bridging the Bar diversity initiative | NLJ https://t.co/hnAIOcRrcZ 
  • In-house lawyers want virtual dispute resolution to outlive Covid-19 pandemic - Irish Legal News https://t.co/No8Hfa1p40
  • Re-victimised rape complainant suffered violation of ECHR rights - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/hcHgfKkEih
  • NI: Clinical and social care negligence costs increase to £32.8m - Irish Legal News https://t.co/fDv8q8tyN7
  • Complex immigration rules replaced with 'raft of appendices' | Law Gazette https://t.co/RaKJyiIv29
  • Twitter Calls on #Indian Government to Respect Free Speech https://t.co/DDjFnPPNkN
  • Solicitors approve 10 per cent reduction in practising certificate fee - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/ggC3UpcGuI
  • Hillsborough: last chance of justice slips away for bereaved families - The acquittal of two ex-South Yorkshire police officers in relation to the 1989 stadium tragedy is the final blow for campaigners https://t.co/ema3OhGKO
  • Employee admits transferring money from client account to pay debts | Law Gazette https://t.co/V9WoJix5yJ
  • Mollie Tibbetts' Death: Farmworker Convicted of Fatally Stabbing Iowa College Student #US https://t.co/t0GAMpEzXW
  • 25 medics approved to assess LiPs as portal prepares for launch | Law Gazette https://t.co/S1mLsqWRJi
  • 3 Tacoma Police Officers Charged in Killing of Black Man #US https://t.co/xC9cPFIVRT
  • Promotions at Jackson Boyd - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/osxM0coBAg
  • An 18-year-old has been charged with conspiracy to murder over the shooting of Black Lives Matter activist Sasha Johnson https://t.co/Gq633qNU6
  • ‘I was 10 when it first happened’: Former footballer Jermaine Jenas on why stop-and-search is failing black children https://t.co/ljCqIYZpic
  • San Jose Gunman Detested Workplace Long Before Rampage, Police Say #US https://t.co/KTexEFXNUE
  • A Forgotten Genocide: What Germany Did in #Namibia, and What it’s Saying Now https://t.co/G6C1ZQ5LYz 
  • A #Palestinian rocket from Gaza strikes an Israeli apartment building, killing a resident. A Palestinian work crew from the West Bank cleans up the mess https://t.co/IctBirCDgr
  • A Sexual Abuse Lawsuit Splits the Gucci Family https://t.co/s49zMxIaEf
  • Russia Appears to Carry Out Hack Through System Used by #US Aid Agency https://t.co/CeVGZRcXKl 
  • 'Lawyers must do better’: Lord Hodge criticises use of expert witnesses | Law Gazette https://t.co/cbCIAM33bv
  • Attempt to ban Kids Company trustees cost taxpayers £8m - Legal bill follows failed case brought by official receiver against Camila Batmanghelidjh and seven others https://t.co/4rULm5bLXO 
  • Mass grave containing remains of 215 children found in #Canada at a former residential school set up to assimilate indigenous people. The children were students at the Kamloops Indian Residential School in British Columbia that closed in 1978 https://t.co/cYkeQ7GK2j
  • Stonewall head Nancy Kelley defends the organisation's position amid a freedom of speech row and criticism from a founder. Matthew Parris said in the Times that Stonewall had become "tangled up in the trans issue" and "cornered into an extremist stance" https://t.co/Sn6XMDWuRH 
  • Ann Collier obituary: Shes died aged 70, was a dedicated senior professional in the criminal justice system, whose work at the Home Office formed the basis of the Sexual Offences Act https://t.co/X9j40WUTtS
  • Rape prosecution review failed to engage with victims, say survivor groups https://t.co/vLMd6CYVUH
  • Biden’s Silence on Abortion Rights at a Key Moment Worries Liberals #US https://t.co/w8YnoBoDwe
  • Hong Kong Has a New Type of Prisoner: Pro-Democracy Activists #China https://t.co/lZNXJ64NHW
  • Prosecutors Investigating Whether Ukrainians Meddled in 2020 Election #US https://t.co/5zAlwucOIu
  • The UK has imposed its first asset freezes and travel bans under a new sanctions regime targeted at individuals and entities suspected of corruption and bribery overseas - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/AGSNmkaGAJ
  • Legal professionals at the top 100 law firms have generated ‘an explosion’ in content marketing such as blogs, articles and thought leadership pieces during lockdown, researchers have found| NLJ https://t.co/xd61aHeqUw
  • Makers of popular gin obtain interim interdict in trade mark claim against ‘own-label’ copy - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/yZZliCEgzJ 
  • Conveyancers 'working late into the night' to meet stamp duty deadline | Law Gazette https://t.co/nSZ3tU3U3v
  • Faculty appoints new directors - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/hOB8B3cqaU 
  • The Justice Committee has called for fundamental reforms to Coroners Courts, including legal ‘equality of arms’ | NLJ https://t.co/d9KR4db2H3 
  • DAC Beachcroft has become the first law firm member of ClimateWise, a global insurance industry collaboration committed to reducing the impact of climate change on society | NLJ https://t.co/K6UNDg2yXr 
  • Temporary homelessness measures extended - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/KNNPZiv98b

Saturday

29th May - Law News

Edition 3441: 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: Two of the six people arrested in the Bengaluru rape and assault case were shot in the leg today when they allegedly tried to escape from the crime scene. Around 5 am today, the police had taken the accused to the spot for reconstructing the crime scene when two of the accused allegedly tried to flee and police had to open fire, DCP (Bengaluru East) Shranappa S D has told. The injured accused have been hospitalised. 

 
 
Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Senior promotions at Drummond Miller - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/DnEkyXJVt
  • Republicans block 9/11-style congressional probe of Capitol riot #US https://t.co/4BKONByG4
  • Human rights lawyers condemn Belarus plane hijacking as ‘state terrorism’ - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Imr06Xva2
  • Banned pesticide blamed for killing bees may be approved for fish farms https://t.co/PVS0lYcKT
  • Good Law Project has evidence that Ministers – Cabinet Ministers – and a close adviser to the Prime Minister actively helped favoured bidders win PPE contracts. The question is, why? Why did they go out of their way to help these middlemen? https://t.co/AfzCrKhz
  • Hillsborough solicitor had no duty to correct the court | Law Gazette https://t.co/EbXwshYDni 
  • A woman has been found guilty of murdering her millionaire landlord in order to inherit part of his £3.5m estate. Anthony Sootheran, 59, relied on care from Lynda Rickard who forged his will before killing him by depriving him of food and medical help https://t.co/DQnfFbNzuG
  • MPs urge October deadline for equality of arms at inquests | Law Gazette https://t.co/5N8erJ71vU 
  • Rape prosecution review failed to engage with victims, say survivor groups https://t.co/vLMd6CYVUH
  • Academic project on Irish unity referendums urges need for ‘clear plan’ before vote - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/U2w9rgq3S
  • Matt Hancock broke ministerial code over family firm given NHS contract - Health secretary breached code ‘in technical terms’, new adviser on standards concludes https://t.co/GgVqmy0i6w 
  • Hillsborough: mayors accuse QC of repeating lies about Liverpool fans - Call for lawyer who defended South Yorkshire police’s former solicitor to retract comments and apologise https://t.co/vmCUFs0XU
  • #Spain’s postal service accused of racism over flesh-toned stamps - Collection was supposed to highlight inequalities, but anti-racism campaigners say it has backfired https://t.co/WHMs4coeZU 
  • Boris Johnson acted unwisely over flat refurbishment, report finds - Adviser on ministers’ interests says prime minister was initially unaware Tory peer was paying for works https://t.co/RORPAtTkku
  • Failings by MI5 and the police contributed to the deaths of two graduates who were killed by a convicted terrorist, a jury has found https://t.co/PltLFz1TRk
  • Supreme Court to launch paid internship for aspiring lawyers from underrepresented communities - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/CaGLYnOAA0
  • NI: Ombudsman to investigate consistency of policing across Black Lives Matter protests and Bobby Storey funeral - Irish Legal News https://t.co/bevcQavabi
  • Royal Dutch Shell ordered to cut emissions in landmark judgment - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/72Rwbu0wvJ
  • #Germany has officially acknowledged that it committed genocide during its colonial-era occupation of Namibia and announced a financial support gesture https://t.co/9sNMVN1MJN 
  • SFO fights back in ENRC 'conspiracy' case | Law Gazette https://t.co/vpkgoa4J0
  • Christian Porter defamation case: judge rules Porter’s barrister Sue Chrysanthou must stand aside #Australia https://t.co/JtSQErkV3
  • David Coutts named head of Simpson & Marwick’s new family law department - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/D9PQza5Jc
  • Complaints about law officers send BSB caseload rocketing up - Legal Futures https://t.co/vGmob5vxW
  • Slaughter and May trainees to work remotely one day a week | Law Gazette https://t.co/HMF9f5TiWM
  • A suspected Bitcoin "mining" operation illegally stealing electricity has been found by police who were searching for a cannabis farm. Officers had been tipped off about the site on the Great Bridge Industrial Estate, Sandwell https://t.co/8oOKfHGcow
  • US sportswear giant Nike says it stopped working with #Brazilian footballer Neymar because he "refused to co-operate in a good faith investigation" into an allegation of sexual assault against an employee https://t.co/IytdFbUyGw
  • Law firms resting on their laurels spells trouble for the future - Legal Futures https://t.co/Kf4OzKmGgL
  • #Kenya’s high court overturns president’s bid to amend constitution https://t.co/pkNxtMhCc9 
  • Wales boss Ryan Giggs will go on trial in January accused of headbutting his ex-girlfriend and controlling her https://t.co/EwYfs9OdNa 
  • People renewing their home or motor insurance will pay no more than they would as a new customer from January. The new rules have been confirmed by the City regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), following years of complaints https://t.co/R953epAXt
  • Law Society honours Scots lawyer instrumental in Malawian independence - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/xo5Yp15aAo
  • LSB diversity report finds multiple failings by regulators - Legal Futures https://t.co/BCc4TYNQ60 
  • Justice ministers discuss north-south co-operation - Irish Legal News https://t.co/Wu3y8Gz3EJ 
  • Cost of practising set to remain static for solicitors - Legal Futures https://t.co/mNoFeBnoml
  • She had been a successful operative and station chief when staffers made dubious allegations that forced her from the field. She sued the C.I.A. — and won #US https://t.co/3vk6ye9jCH 
  • Guards Smuggled Drugs and Razors Into N.Y.C. Jails, Prosecutors Say #US https://t.co/RqO5F01u2
  • #Russia Raises Heat on Twitter, Google and Facebook in Online Crackdown https://t.co/sd7NJW144X
  • A Culture of Fear at the Firm That Manages Bill Gates’s Fortune #US https://t.co/SxWfKUBJKF 
  • #Brazil is seeking to share the cost and burden of protecting the rain forest with the private sector. But it has found few firms willing to help https://t.co/SIdeXzq4Iu 
  • Executives of major banks testified to the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs with an emphasis on financial instability and inequality during the coronavirus pandemic #US https://t.co/eeGtMwWulF 
  • Absent solicitor pledges to appeal even before he is struck off | Law Gazette https://t.co/ZgH5po1h2X 
  • Consolidator and investor target IPs handling distressed law firms - Legal Futures https://t.co/1Bwm54MVly
  • Surgeons are calling for specialist hubs in England to help tackle what they call a "colossal backlog" of non-urgent operations because of Covid-19 https://t.co/UyLOSk3Oh
  • Employment law solicitor Richard Grogan explores a case involving unfair dismissal where an employee is smoking on work premises - Irish Legal News https://t.co/3MvvcJ9Uaq
  • Forced adoptions to be investigated by Parliament https://t.co/mwIewx1BNZ
  • Corporate banking lawyer Davina Saint has been appointed as chair of the Business to Arts charity - Irish Legal News https://t.co/NfAiDuitj
  • Commonhold focus on new builds could boost lender confidence | Law Gazette https://t.co/4aRJLzKKia 
  • Scottish Law Commission begins work on updating mental element in homicide - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/io8AyIZ9kL
  • Complex immigration rules replaced with 'raft of appendices' | Law Gazette https://t.co/RaKJyiIv29
  • A £500,000 fund will help places of worship to take security measures against hate crime - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/D0u5zN4Vve
  • Sheriff finds children of divorcing couple should be moved to state school in light of financial difficulties - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/50dJ3zEaSR 
  • ECHR criticises #Italian court for referring to ‘red underwear’ in rape case https://t.co/10GWFSZk8d

Friday

28th May - Law News

Edition 3440: 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 this episode of Modern Masculinity, Guardian journalist Iman Amrani speaks to writer Derek Owusu about his journey to being diagnosed with borderline personality disorder (BPD). They discuss growing up in foster care, his positive experiences of the NHS and why he thinks it is so hard for black men to have open conversations about mental health.

 Focus of the Day Article:
Ashurst elects UK corporate head as first woman chair. Karen Davies to replace Ben Tidswell in August as he heads for Competition Appeals Tribunal  Full story - The Global Legal Post
 
Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Seven appointments at Shoosmiths - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/WeMk6ntlA
  • Chelsea footballer Antonio Rudiger asks why the recent proposed European Super League collapsed within 72 hours after combined objection from fans, while racism remains a "complicated" subject https://t.co/CCEaHSiGBg
  • Airbnb has extended a ban on house parties until at least the end of summer despite easing Covid restrictions in some countries https://t.co/YfAkAHQyg5 
  • Live music events can return immediately in Wales, it has been announced. The Welsh government confirmed performances could begin again but the change does not apply to the usual drunken revelry at nightclubs https://t.co/izl1Myd4gi 
  • Boris Johnson backs my case for unlimited sitting days, says LCJ | Law Gazette https://t.co/LiRxp60uDv 
  • Legal aid: Lawyers in talks with Scottish government over disbursement of resilience fund - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/nESORfOt8r
  • NI: Concerns raised over lack of consultation on Professional Qualifications Bill - Irish Legal News https://t.co/0MQI4S7ea
  • ‘Frictional costs no longer acceptable’, says PI firm backing ADR | Law Gazette https://t.co/keiGH1MNw
  • Up to three quarters of new UK Covid cases could be of the Indian variant, Health Secretary Matt Hancock has said. Public Health England data shows cases of the variant have risen by 3,535 to 6,959 since last week https://t.co/qDiFlzpPt
  • Government backs reproductive health-related leave bill in principle - Irish Legal News https://t.co/dESuNyB6
  • Faculty: No case for immunity from judicial review - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/DtfHa086
  • Civil liberties campaigners challenge case for renewing Covid-19 legislation - Irish Legal News https://t.co/IHO5OsGh
  • Conveyancers urged to be transparent over fees as stamp duty deadline looms | Law Gazette https://t.co/yIMcJlK5l
  • NI: Modern slavery strategy to be published only every three years - Irish Legal News https://t.co/RpNJ8Us0s
  • Baileys maker wins trade mark battle against rival ‘McBaileys’ - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/VUR8UZ6d4s
  • FLAC appoints Danielle Curtis as PILA legal officer - Irish Legal News https://t.co/JV1dRS59SR 
  • ‘Conspiracy theories’: Dechert rebuts negligence claim | Law Gazette https://t.co/yj4geX0PHk
  • SRA cyber-losses clause “could force firms to close” - Legal Futures https://t.co/ubH1MO7Dnm 
  • Nearly £30m has been offered in compensation to victims of the Windrush scandal, it has been confirmed, amid criticism over slow payments. The Home Office said claims had sped up and that £20.4m has been paid to 687 people, with £9m offered to applicants https://t.co/s21XBCv9TP 
  • Lord Hope raises concerns over absence of plans to consult Scots lawyers on new bill - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/5ZSZk9oeN
  • Eoin Brady joins FP Logue Solicitors as consultant - Irish Legal News https://t.co/VwOWxnet0R 
  • CCRC admits it lacks funds to handle glut of Post Office cases | Law Gazette https://t.co/mHn6JE1
  • Law firm to recoup money paid out of client account without consent - Legal Futures https://t.co/DDHtNtb6V
  • Solicitor who misused vulnerable clients' compensation struck off - Legal Futures https://t.co/GM5gld7YtM
  • Landlord who instructed sheriff officers to serve notice to leave on tenants successfully appeals rejection of eviction application - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/3yWlcq2fW
  • #Tanzania judiciary's endeavour to fast-track dispensation of justice and reduce case backlog has garnered momentum with the launching of a new Strategic Plan https://t.co/dz4aIhc9ap https://t.co/k5ihkvZ7K
  • Melbourne lockdown: Fears over outbreak sparks #Australia's second most populous state Victoria will enter a seven-day lockdown to counter a fast-spreading outbreak in its capital, Melbourne https://t.co/44nFSz5bG
  • No human remains have been found by police searching a cafe in Gloucester for a suspected victim of the serial killer Fred West https://t.co/5cdyn15Zk
  • Northern Ireland First Minister Arlene Foster has been awarded £125,000 in damages after a defamatory tweet by TV presenter Dr Christian Jessen https://t.co/6XuhjgFn9R
  • Lord Chief Justice attacks “idiotic” loss of talented court staff - Legal Futures https://t.co/bMlUiiiUka 
  • Consumer clients say they are happy to Zoom with their lawyer | Law Gazette https://t.co/t4xfs9lo7E 
  • Hillsborough: why has the trial collapsed and what happens next? https://t.co/ATxmJwhesh
  • MacRoberts invests in workforce with qualifying trainees and commitment to Kickstart Scheme - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/BHakmu9TXN
  • Manchester United forward Marcus Rashford said he received "at least 70 racial slurs" on social media following Wednesday's Europa League final loss to Villarreal https://t.co/Lctjul28tH
  • Changing affirmative consent laws felt like the fight of a lifetime. So what now? https://t.co/QUzd5XrweW 
  • Nine people were found in an uninsured and unroadworthy car during a police traffic stop. The passengers and driver were crammed into a five-seater Skoda Octavia near Malton in North Yorkshire https://t.co/CE4R3jYmN
  • Academic project on unity referendums urges need for 'clear plan' before vote - Irish Legal News https://t.co/W2YulzTA2
  • Simon Woolley, a former senior government adviser on race disparity until last year, says it should now be mandatory for companies to disclose their ethnicity pay gap https://t.co/OClwO3smZ
  • Licence to content: Amazon’s MGM takeover gives it access to Bond and beyond https://t.co/H5n0QMGvs
  • Barrister faces negligence case despite out-of-time claim | Law Gazette https://t.co/2FeGwWS5H0 
  • Heavily tattooed maverick bikies' lawyer 'got his client to organise a cocaine deal for him on the day he received parole on drugs charges', court hears #Australia https://t.co/UHw4mgxg1D
  • New chairman eyes growth for outsourced data protection officer provider - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/zgTOMPdmaN
  • A trainee solicitor from Chesterfield “ran off” when he saw police officers after crashing his car following a five-pint drinking session, a court heard https://t.co/9mmREmOKUM
  • Heed the shoeshine boy theory - but crypto is more than Bitcoin | Law Gazette https://t.co/nMTKZfaT9S
  • #Iraqi Activism Fights for Survival Amid Murders and Threats https://t.co/l0CkyLf1D
  • Johnson Hana appoints Sinead Garrett as director of legal operations and solutions - Irish Legal News https://t.co/GrWblTV7m
  • Guide brings environmental claims under increased UK consumer law scrutiny https://t.co/ETd0LLPG2m
  • Macdonald Henderson advises Emblation on investment by Apposite Capital - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/CTFJTxuft
  • Anti-abortion movement bullish as legal campaign reaches #US supreme court https://t.co/4jlxt1jFc
  • #Nigeria’s court strike paralyses underfunded justice system https://t.co/spUTbm2yR5
  • US business immigration firm Erickson expands into Dublin - Irish Legal News https://t.co/cAmcECGNGU 
  • A crackdown on county lines drug dealing gangs resulted in the arrest of 1,100 people and the seizure of 292 weapons https://t.co/wDmeu5VXf
  • HS2 dishonest over compensation claim, says report https://t.co/zBr7EzmNUK
  • #France has become the latest European country to introduce restrictions on UK tourists due to the spread of the Indian coronavirus variant # https://t.co/TXJlrnks2f
  • Brad Pitt awarded joint custody of children with Angelina Jolie #US https://t.co/3BFriTZ5Jk
  • New #Namibian Industrial Property Tribunal Rules - Intellectual Property https://t.co/YcsZ7KBKAc
  • #India's Income Tax Appellate Tribunal Rules in Favor of Shipping Agency https://t.co/xPyuVScUy4 
  • UK's Uygur Tribunal has no legitimacy, likely to recruit familiar actors at hearing: Xinjiang officials in #China pronounce https://t.co/ZpAOQfEkvo
  • CervicalCheck tribunal has received just three of 250 claims lodged against State #Ireland https://t.co/wyesWG1wsN
  • Morocco Reveals Pedro Sanchez's Chavismo, Exposes weakness of #Spanish judiciary https://t.co/Y65X7qWXWw 
  • #US Senate confirms Kristen Clarke as top Justice Dept. civil rights lawyer https://t.co/2OAEBvVG2I 
  • Ex-Dechert lawyer ‘threw his client under the bus’ to salvage ties with SFO, court hears https://t.co/U2Lv9rHTin
  • Aung San Suu Kyi's lawyer sees little chance for a fair trial in #Myanmar https://t.co/qqNXAptA8E 
  • Key impeachment witness sues Pompeo over $1.8 million in unpaid legal fees #US https://t.co/upzPkZh4rn 
  • DUP: Nichola Mallon seeking legal advice over north-south boycott https://t.co/Po2LoMnbCt 
  • Glitz and glamour as the Conveyancing sector celebrates at British Conveyancing Awards https://t.co/g1ByiVLD6
  • LSL sells its 50% stake in conveyancing firm LMS for £12 million https://t.co/nPmUKXZIwD 
  • Adapting To The Cyber Domain: Comparing US And UK Institutional, Legal, And Policy Innovations https://t.co/k8tPZerIov 
  • Judge warns of electronic ‘Big Brother’ across Europe after court finds UK broke law with bulk data interception https://t.co/w8v5ubr6YP 
  • Reed Smith UK Mentor Scheme Valid For Billable Hour Credit https://t.co/jLtP6CuRZB
  • SULI conference Reflections on Scots Law to be held this August - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/xKY5lOeMaX 
  • Friends of Christian Porter’s accuser threatened to make things ‘very bad’ for his barrister, court hears #Australia https://t.co/uZhWsNK1wv
  • Nottingham blackmailer Declan Ryan has had his sentence increased following an intervention by the Solicitor General, Rt Hon Lucy Frazer QC https://t.co/bNu9qnNFyA
  • The Dominic Cummings Chronicles: Boris Johnson's Ex-Adviser to Testify https://t.co/e1NCCVlS3P
  • Roman Protasevich: A #Belarus Activist Who ‘Refused to Live in Fear’ https://t.co/BE1aE23w4j 
  • Human rights ignored by public bodies during pandemic - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/MJsu5H7qrV

Thursday

27th May - Law News

Edition 3439: 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: Australian writer Yang Hengjun says his health is deteriorating and has accused China of "taking revenge" against him in a defiant message released the day before his long-awaited trial in Beijing.


 Focus of the Day Article:
A serial litigant in person has lost his latest claim in the High Court with a judge concluding he had ‘played the system’. In Nicholson v Hardy  deputy ICC Judge Barnett ruled that there were no grounds for Mark Hardy’s claim for compensation against a liquidator handling the affairs of a company where he was a creditor. The judgment stated that Hardy owed a six-figure sum in adverse costs orders for other cases but had paid nothing towards them. Full story - The Law Society Gazette
 
Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Battle station: the celebrity podcast that explains modern warfare https://t.co/Me0gbq1vEe
  • Time bar for same roof rule cases approaching in criminal injuries compensation cases - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/vBhFYGQYZm
  • Hillsborough families attack ‘ludicrous’ acquittals of police https://t.co/Y0t3rZpZLN
  • Scotland considers fast-tracking legal aid fee increase | Law Gazette https://t.co/2VpkMvQl9i
  • Will the Tories finally tackle Islamophobia in their party? https://t.co/6cYRbdRDAC
  • Remand population grows by a third over lockdown - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/ct4nPx9rsW
  • Ultán Anderson: Ransomware payments – an insurance perspective - Irish Legal News https://t.co/P2Hi3Jzvp4
  • Ex-City partner ‘turned' on client to boost workload, court hears | Law Gazette https://t.co/zTT6utYhK4
  • Mike Piggot joins Lindsays in Dundee - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/YZ8ki7KGGJ
  • WhatsApp sues #Indian government over ‘mass surveillance’ internet laws - Lawsuit says controversial new laws are unconstitutional and violate the right to the preservation of privacy https://t.co/Yer2kdLkwt
  • Barrister can be sued for second advice on same case, CA rules - Legal Futures https://t.co/oIo1A1Ifcw 
  • 'Enough is enough': Patel's plea to deportation disruptors | Law Gazette https://t.co/snIgpv3SbB 
  • #Italian cable car brakes ‘tampered with’, say prosecutors https://t.co/eokGNC22QU
  • NI: Newtownards Courthouse to be renovated over summer - Irish Legal News https://t.co/P0KcBpbBra
  • A drug dealer inadvertently landed himself with a lengthy prison sentence after taking a photograph of a block of Stilton cheese - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/aFD19GYrF4 
  • New cryptocurrency Chia blamed for hard drive shortages - Speculators buy up vital components as demand surges for rival to bitcoin that requires huge storage space https://t.co/IrIuNO6OYV 
  • EU citizens win right to access personal data held by Home Office - Appeal court ruling means people denied settled status or immigration visas can see records used in the case https://t.co/eQIRmDpaVV
  • Court orders Royal Dutch Shell to cut carbon emissions by 45% by 2030 https://t.co/b938Hu9oYQ
  • MPs set deadline for bereaved to get public funding at inquests https://t.co/CmVcpB5S71
  • Matthew Austin: Small companies will welcome proposed administrative rescue process - Irish Legal News https://t.co/EYC3dpZQp
  • Surveillance regime contravened privacy right, ECtHR rules | Law Gazette https://t.co/lFFZEYFHMN
  • McKenna & Co Solicitors names Focus Ireland as 2021 charity partner - Irish Legal News https://t.co/8cFKkPhIJp 
  • Dentons puts home-grown talent at the heart of marketing campaign - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/9c4ewUtbZZ
  • DWF shares return to pre-Covid levels on back of profits and bolt-ons - Legal Futures https://t.co/PllN1366r
  • Upbeat DWF announces Canadian and training acquisitions | Law Gazette https://t.co/bMfG6IalMn
  • A 16-year-old boy has been stabbed to death, with three teenagers arrested on suspicion of his murder. Rayon Pennycook was killed on Constable Road in Corby on Tuesday evening https://t.co/FC5p04jnSY
  • Retired police officers & an ex-solicitor accused of altering Hillsborough police statements, acquitted. Retired Ch Supt Donald Denton, retired Det Ch Insp Alan Foster and former solicitor Peter Metcalf had denied perverting the course of justice https://t.co/a41FnTH9DR 
  • Consumers willing to use lawyer anywhere in country, research finds - Legal Futures https://t.co/70zZxmXT6y
  • Crown Office accused of second malicious prosecution - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/35EMuCvrg4 
  • EU report details role of race and ethnicity in use of ‘stop and search’ - Roma, sub-Saharan Africans and other minorities stopped frequently by police across Europe https://t.co/3a1ZWc99w5
  • Law firm diversity – are you ready for this year's survey? - Legal Futures https://t.co/PTV6yVJeys 
  • No dividend from claims firm after pandemic profit plunge | Law Gazette https://t.co/Sna04e0fJF 
  • Irish solicitor Robert Burke appointed partner at Liechtenstein law firm - Irish Legal News https://t.co/lDJloCMRr
  • From Advocate General to Moderator – an interview with Lord Wallace of Tankerness - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Cv98sMv9H3
  • NI: Political setback for proposed sexual and domestic violence protections - Irish Legal News https://t.co/6bvWnT01F
  • Covid Amended Advice: people should minimise travel into and out of Bolton, Blackburn, Kirklees, Bedford, Burnley, Leicester, Hounslow and North Tyneside https://t.co/2SQDiQh4cw 
  • More than a million households are struggling to pay their water bills, a consumer group has said. Some people have even had to skip meals to pay for water, the Consumer Council for Water (CCW) said https://t.co/AsSa4KddZe
  • Remote supervision – training in 2021 and beyond | Law Gazette https://t.co/M919X67JOj 
  • Work resumes on Four Courts dome with investigative phase to complete this year - Irish Legal News https://t.co/ZEEWQjL9rJ
  • Outer House judge finds Scottish Ministers liable to pay over £5 million to guarantors of Ferguson Marine - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/SAyPdQMvz
  • GCHQ’s mass data interception violated right to privacy, court rules - Human rights judgment follows legal challenge begun in 2013 after Edward Snowden’s whistleblowing revelations https://t.co/uxMum3rCBh 
  • Good Law Project’s Jolyon Maugham: ‘They see us pushing back hard’ https://t.co/rkD2vvPfhu 
  • Law student helps client administer stepfather’s estate - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Wz3DbMqm7h 
  • Vexatious LiP made himself ‘bomb-proof’ from £200k unpaid costs orders | Law Gazette https://t.co/mAroDsPXXV
  • Simon Boendermaker: Relinquishment and assignation of 1991 Act tenancies - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/8KYIiZYPVa
  • Bar Council speaks out against remote juries | Law Gazette https://t.co/EReDhUwaVz
  • Three new consultant solicitors for Inksters - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/9z2QjiNmo5
  • People aged 30 and 31 in England are being invited to book to have their first dose of Covid vaccine https://t.co/ZlNQ5gAsE6
  • Delay in chairman posting to stall administrative tribunal operations #India https://t.co/869bGHPwc6
  • MP feels ‘vindicated’ in not reporting sexual assault to police https://t.co/nEPIKwRQ8d 
  • #China denounces people's tribunal on alleged Xinjiang abuses https://t.co/hXdx65zWUB
  • #Kenya: How Unilever allegedly failed to protect its workers from ethnic violence leading to killings & sexual violence; includes company's comments https://t.co/ypMvkl0e2p 
  • Amnesty International announces awardees of human rights bursary in honour of late Gaëtan Mootoo https://t.co/qqhmZq1VdV 
  • Kidnapped, Raped, and Robbed: Dangerous Title 42 Expulsions to Mexico Continue #US https://t.co/gWARwwVh9y 
  • #Cuban dissident artist should be released from custody, human rights group says https://t.co/o3TZLaZKxf 
  • EFF's unsubstantiated attack on judiciary continues - in Parliament this time #SouthAfrica https://t.co/y9AXmR72A8
  • Ex-Officer Is Sentenced to 6 Years in Beating of Unarmed Man #US https://t.co/WCbv3sfjhZ 
  • White House Confirms That Justice Dept. Can’t Seize Reporters’ Records -#US https://t.co/2ksbXtZQuh
  • Pinsent Masons announces employee rewards package - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/tb8v4ZC1mx