Saturday

15th May - Law News

Edition 3427: 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: "Indian states have demanded that the vaccine strategy should be decentralised, but unfortunately they don't have the infrastructure to handle a decentralised system," says Chandrakumar Bose, senior BJP leader, on Covid vaccination drive.

 
 
Saturday Conversations on Law
  • NI: Home Office asylum plans will place vulnerable children in 'extreme danger' - Irish Legal News https://t.co/Oy5Q1YQOQT 
  • Glasgow and Moray will remain under level three Covid restrictions for at least another week, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has announced https://t.co/ecOHf7YWyD 
  • Keystone chief cashes in £9.5m of shares | Law Gazette https://t.co/o6qUd3nZUw 
  • Clydebank High welcomes Lord Reed - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/KqZoPzlIDW 
  • PI solicitor turned ‘wilful blind eye’ to suspicious RTA claims | Law Gazette https://t.co/abvrdlREup
  • British tourists will be allowed to enter Portugal from next Monday, the Portuguese authorities have announced https://t.co/3iIs6fpwRM 
  • The Indian variant could pose "serious disruption" to lockdown easing in England on 21 June, Boris Johnson says https://t.co/XEJUjT0kea
  • Malicious Prosecution Scandal: Duff and Phelps sues Lord Advocate for £25m - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/U8TYMGlF7e
  • Law Societies condemn Chinese sanctions against lawyers - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/1S0akx5SNl 
  • Highland property owner fails to appeal refusal of judicial review petition against ratings authority - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/8B6Y3wfesg
  • Protections for whistleblowers to be strengthened - Irish Legal News https://t.co/XfngrFFuNF 
  • ‘Barbaric’ Home Office condemned over Glasgow immigration raid - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/E4HAKDTr53 
  • Lawyers appointed to construction adjudication panel - Irish Legal News https://t.co/EtKzLmYDDA
  • Both the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) and Bar Standards Board (BSB) are this year changing their approach to recording the sex and gender identity of those they regulate, it has emerged - Legal Futures https://t.co/097N2d4JHK 
  • Buckland urged to retain choice for court-assessed legal aid bills | Law Gazette https://t.co/51ItZQyw4E
  • A quarter of small and mid-sized law firms have either downsized their office space this year or expect to shortly, according to Law Society research - Legal Futures https://t.co/Opzkepeqtf 
  • Actor Kevin Guthrie has been jailed for three years for sexually assaulting a woman at a flat in Glasgow. The Sunshine on Leith star, 33, had denied the charge and told Glasgow Sheriff Court he had only "helped" the woman after she fell ill https://t.co/tE4Z2LbGv
  • People in Wales will be able to travel to a small number of countries without quarantine from Monday - but are being asked not to go. From Monday, Wales will adopt the "traffic-light" system, allowing the resumption of international travel https://t.co/66D9NKs77S 
  • Non-solicitors sanctioned by SRA for range of misconduct - Legal Futures https://t.co/Iyw3alsusG 
  • SLN Interview: Professor Hector MacQueen - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/mCINEb7Tu6 
  • Barrister reprimanded for talking to lay opponent without their lawyer - Legal Futures https://t.co/OEkMuDCf0q
  • Reality TV star Stephen Bear has been charged with sharing sexual images. The 31-year-old, of Loughton, Essex, faces allegations of voyeurism, disclosing private, sexual photographs and films with intent to cause distress and harassment without violence https://t.co/50U89W0uC5
  • The business empire of Liberty Steel owner Sanjeev Gupta is under investigation by the Serious Fraud Office over suspected fraudulent trading and money laundering, including its financing arrangements with failed company Greensill Capital UK https://t.co/atB0RDKmml 
  • NI: Shoosmiths joins Hydrogen NI as founding member - Irish Legal News https://t.co/2QPPhJoCmm
  • #Colombia's Police spent decades fighting left-wing guerrillas and paramilitaries. Now, they’re cracking down on protesters, and igniting a wider demonstration movement in response https://t.co/ZQVGdCKSVx 
  • One in four ready to quit family law - survey | Law Gazette https://t.co/6OH13D6l9Y 
  • ‘Weak’ US let #Saudis jail more dissidents, says rights group Guardian https://t.co/7sRxMcBTfZ 
  • Rioting and mob violence between Arabs and Jews tore through towns and cities across #Israel. Rockets from Gaza and Israeli airstrikes continued to kill civilians https://t.co/OhwLqnu5dw 
  • Families call for public inquiry into Scottish Covid-19 care home deaths - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/GxIF3rAgAP
  • Government accused of rushing immigration reforms | Law Gazette https://t.co/hgGyRfvCux 
  • Southern Border (of México?): disputed territories, megaprojects and (im) mobilities | Sergio Prieto Díaz https://t.co/LWFjP6VKZS
  • Is the Facebook Oversight Board an International Human Rights Tribunal? https://t.co/K0KpEghEHy 
  • Burness Paull set to lead on energy transition with appointment of Bob Ruddiman - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/AfyempPQuL 
  • Unite and blogger must pay £1.3m libel case costs to ex-Labour MP. Judge orders union and Stephen Walker to pay up after they were sued by Anna Turley in 2019 https://t.co/5VvPDnNXpJ 
  • Top-200 firms agree merger to create £65m a year business | Law Gazette https://t.co/d4ATqIDE8f 
  • NI: High Court: Judicial review refused for solicitor who challenged referral to Disciplinary Tribunal for financial irregularities - Irish Legal News https://t.co/iytVL83XId 
  • Independence bill question ‘far from settled’ - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/3Yie1ARjAx 
  • ‘No legal basis’ for Lugano rebuff, says lord chancellor | Law Gazette https://t.co/ymI4RLXnqA 
  • Phil Shiner let his moral crusade cloud his duties as a lawyer | Law Gazette https://t.co/YHI084xUnj 
  • Lawyer calls for legal action over UK driving licence block in #France https://t.co/9n4fZ9UHTo 
  • Delhi Police action meant to divert attention from core issues: Kalra lawyer #India https://t.co/FTdhk8N51k 
  • #Canada must not extradite Diab regardless of coming French court decision: lawyer https://t.co/HiNpgLQhEB 
  • National Security and Investment Act 2021 https://t.co/dq2FnWqEg7 
  • Sheriff finds post-nuptial agreement between divorcing American ex-NASA employees unenforceable - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Jf5GVp8Ocn 
  • Campus free speech law in England ‘likely to have opposite effect’ https://t.co/weJx6mYWof 
  • UK legal industry turnover surges to new record - Sector-wide billings rise 30% in March to reach an all-time high of £4.06bn | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/yFagKvKt5h