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16th May - Law News

Edition 3428: 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: CEO of Associated Press ‘shocked, horrified’ over Israeli attack on Gaza bureau. Building in Gaza housing media outlets destroyed by targeted Israeli military strike. A building that has housed international media offices including Al Jazeera’s in the Gaza Strip was hit by an Israeli air strike that totally demolished the structure.
 
 
Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Martin Minton joins Morton Fraser’s agricultural and rural team - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/bFNeeCr6E8
  • Confidence up as small and medium firms report strong first quarter | Law Gazette https://t.co/otzxuDTW7Z 
  • High Court: DPP restrained from prosecuting assault committed by a 17-year-old due to prosecutorial delay - Irish Legal News https://t.co/yCJPjKDpW5
  • Thousands of people have marched through central London in support of the Palestinians amid ongoing fighting between Israel and militants in Gaza https://t.co/IIdihp2LZL 
  • Showing Little Contrition, David Cameron Faces U.K. Parliament in Lobbying Scandal https://t.co/rpocWGQNMF
  • Some 60 law firms were forced to close last year because they were unable to obtain professional indemnity insurance (PI) | NLJ https://t.co/T8TKUxouuS
  • Man hospitalised after attack inside Criminal Courts of Justice - Irish Legal News https://t.co/5bi3B8h2x2
  • Eleven charged after fight breaks out at Luton Airport https://t.co/G66DQMysnW
  • A universal basic income scheme is to be trialled in Wales, meaning adults, regardless of their means, will receive a regular sum of money https://t.co/IR5IWmBtLk
  • Covid contracts: Home Secretary Priti Patel has been accused of lobbying a fellow minister on behalf of a healthcare firm trying to get a government contract https://t.co/YZBIZVnyPf
  • NI: Carson McDowell signs up to Mindful Business Charter - Irish Legal News https://t.co/zSAKWQfsyz
  • Sir Julian Flaux, Chancellor of the High Court has issued a practice note confirming the process to be followed for witnesses giving evidence remotely from a foreign jurisdiction | NLJ https://t.co/w5AhL103t
  • Defence lawyers are to boycott courts on Monday due to a dispute with the Scottish government over legal aid funding - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Ky5Uzt0TZ4
  • Asylum seekers to be able to open accounts with any retail bank - Irish Legal News https://t.co/f4CDMqnXse
  • Iranian asylum seeker cleared of Channel smuggling charges https://t.co/gZ0SffvbNa 
  • Court cracks down on ‘Traveller injunctions’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/VixLKS7Txj
  • ‘Bodies are being eaten by hyenas; girls of eight raped’: inside the Tigray conflict #Ethiopia https://t.co/zpUSa1IJMl 
  • Barrister fined for talking to other side’s client at home | Law Gazette https://t.co/dQaslcdBqw 
  • Boris Johnson’s county court judgment actually made me feel sorry for him https://t.co/lgUZgeM8QN 
  • Views sought on ethnic minority experiences in law - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/I4aQAccMw1
  • Irish lawyer Aedamar Comiskey elected to lead Linklaters LLP - Irish Legal News https://t.co/9uHJ4Eo4fO 
  • The Chartered Institute of Legal Executives (CILEX) has warned that its lawyers are abandoning criminal legal aid work because they no longer see it as a sustainable career path | NLJ https://t.co/80Wrd4X81E 
  • Woman to make mortgage payments until 90 after landmark PIA case - Irish Legal News https://t.co/PrH9w47fAx 
  • Young Ugandans are being brutally oppressed. They must be allowed a voice https://t.co/09ptybdTi4 
  • A woman who allegedly posed as a school student to promote her Instagram account has been charged with trespassing - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/lSLIgPI9Gh
  • Probate boss banned after accepting £20,000 from 92-year-old client | Law Gazette https://t.co/QOZhph8Dmz 
  • The last remaining Debenhams are closing their doors on Saturday, more than 240 years after the department store began trading - a tale of incompetent managers, poor recruitment and venture capitalist greed https://t.co/MyrqeoYNIX 
  • A 17-year-old from Ivory Coast has shared her incredible story of being rescued after spending three weeks adrift at sea https://t.co/TuBLi6uZEs 
  • Pokémon card sales at major #US retailer halted over security fears https://t.co/aPLxJTzNIS 
  • NI: Dr Joan Martin appointed as lay member to NIJAC - Irish Legal News https://t.co/5P6grJ7vwz 
  • Indian Covid variant: How much faster does it spread? Should a 50% faster spreading rate be taken seriously? https://t.co/ila9qS28eg 
  • People eligible for a vaccine in areas where the Indian virus variant is circulating are being urged to get the jab. There had been a "minor increase" in hospital presentations mainly among 35-65 year olds who were unvaccinated in Bolton https://t.co/YfHnLE3hTj
  • The Bar Council has slammed radical Home Office proposals to reform immigration law as based on ‘thin or non-existent’ evidence | NLJ https://t.co/FWnI4g3UHu 
  • Crown court backlog starts to stabilise | Law Gazette https://t.co/A3r9EFYIp7
  • Europe’s Refugee Crisis: Right-Wing Populism and Mainstream Cooption in Germany and France | Jihan Abdalla https://t.co/Mzpxt7FmgS
  • Judge Delays Trial for Other Officers Charged in Killing of George Floyd #US https://t.co/G7UkO3bJSq
  • Advisory panel to prepare housing market for commonhold | Law Gazette https://t.co/oIteT7ERex 
  • ‘Presenteeism is a curse’: Cherie Blair backs flexible working post-pandemic | Law Gazette https://t.co/t9yD7EAh0y 
  • SCTS details level 2 court changes - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/uoasLIPW7U 
  • Denmark has been ordered to pay indemnity costs to more than 90 defendants after losing its claim for recovery of more than £1.5bn lost in an alleged dividend trading fraud | NLJ https://t.co/dJKdSKRnCT 
  • NI: Agricultural Wages Board to be scrapped under proposed legislation - Irish Legal News https://t.co/K467dNbMrk 
  • Activists and Ex-Spy Said to Have Plotted to Discredit Trump ‘Enemies’ in Government #US https://t.co/0NNomR086K 
  • Three in 10 Covid prosecutions wrongly charged | Law Gazette https://t.co/pqKNs6wh2C 
  • Being available to work while on holiday sets a bad example | Law Gazette https://t.co/OIvDVS8Sp9
  • A senior international judge will deliver this year’s Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) Roebuck Lecture as a free-to-attend, virtual event available to all | NLJ https://t.co/AXuBMe3wKJ 
  • CMS hosts seminar to support Scottish hospitality sector reopening - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/KYKpWfqVOH 
  • OFX promotes Cian Duane to partner - Irish Legal News https://t.co/jWzhHV58Lx