Edition 3431: 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: Border forces in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta have been overwhelmed by a record-breaking influx of migrants from Morocco, jumping or wading around barriers to make it across what is technically a European border in north Africa. Spain deployed its military to beaches surrounding the city, as more than 6,000 thousand new arrivals, many of them teenagers, emerged from the sea to a wall of soldiers. Late today, Morocco recalled its Ambassador to Madrid for “consultations”, as diplomatic tensions grow.
Focus of the Day Article:
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has launched a crackdown on ‘phoenixing’ involving claims management companies (CMCs) specialising in financial services. ‘Phoenixing’ in this context is when individuals from wound-up financial services firms reappeared at CMCs and charged consumers for seeking compensation from the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) for their former firms’ poor conduct. Full story - Legal Futures
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| Saturday Conversations on Law |
- Roddy Dunlop QC: Why the default position should be in-person court hearings - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/X3rORtnVSd
- The Guardian view on violence against women: focus on the perpetrators https://t.co/bjEkykCdln
- Met Police officer who was filmed hugging a demonstrator at a march and shouting "free Palestine" is being investigated https://t.co/udOwIv7XuA
- Supreme Court refuses HMRC appeal seeking over £475,000 in unpaid tax from divorce lawyer - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Mo2Xrzf897
- Litigant stopped after ‘absurdly far-fetched’ claims against 10 judges | Law Gazette https://t.co/XU0FaX5aNH
- Senior promotions at Aberdein Considine - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/sSH3SqC3CK
- Prominent D.C. lawyer named chair of Washington Ireland Program - Irish Legal News https://t.co/Hi7GhqJcdR
- Nony Ardill obituary - died aged 68 from a brain tumour, was a leading human rights lawyer and campaigner for social justice https://t.co/zRGpMniQmy
- ‘Litigation extravaganza’: MoR denounces six-year jurisdiction saga | Law Gazette https://t.co/RQ5z1nkpg9
- How consumer protection laws are failing to safeguard us https://t.co/8wvUxDnIs6
- Dillin Armstrong case referred to High Court over possible miscarriage of justice - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/YZ8tq8by1H
- Scotland's legal aid solicitors boycott courts over Covid-19 support | Law Gazette https://t.co/HjyemmojUW
- LeO complaints delay now 14 months | Law Gazette https://t.co/CILjSGDjH0
- Rape victims in England and Wales to give video evidence to boost convictions https://t.co/PGEEgjFV7l
- Holiday firms refuse refunds for amber destinations https://t.co/I0QJC6f1Mr
- UK
farmers have sounded the alarm over reports the government plans a
trade deal with Australia that would make its food and farming imports
cheaper https://t.co/XKYW3LASHk
- Four men have been bailed after they were arrested in connection with a video which appeared to show anti-Semitic abuse being shouted from a car in north London https://t.co/eVlx6WJFgH
- Terra Firma Chambers’ 2021 Webinar Series - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/ZEY17pU4NX
- England
and Wales prisoners taking fewer rehabilitation courses - Number of
courses started and completed falls 62% in 10 years despite rising
prison population https://t.co/Bu6DuV5elO
- Magic circle accelerates technology drive | Law Gazette https://t.co/wlfeh6XBu2
- Teenage nursery worker on trial in Exeter for sexual assault of children - Jayden McCarthy, 18, denies charges of rape and sexual assault, despite CCTV footage from the nursery in Devon https://t.co/ipdoQ0UsHS
- High Court upholds judgment on law firms’ unpaid fees - Legal Futures https://t.co/v8T3hkp3vQ
- Lawyer in the news: William Ford, Osbornes Law - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/7xSi2FHd51
- A&L Goodbody promotes 18 new associates - Irish Legal News https://t.co/q2uYUtL01R
- FCA launches crackdown on claims management ‘phoenixing’ - Legal Futures https://t.co/IB2OwCxPU6
- Canada: Retired black judge handcuffed after being mistaken for criminal suspect - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/A99cXCBeP7
- Members of the public invited to complete family justice consultation - Irish Legal News https://t.co/h3q59tImPU
- SIF closure – what happens next? | Law Gazette https://t.co/Brs7Dj8ZXR
- Court rejects appeal from solicitor struck off for gross overcharging - Legal Futures https://t.co/6cveaS7fAd
- Councils to gain power to use CCTV footage to identify fly-tippers - Irish Legal News https://t.co/sRPa1BCPBZ
- NI: Prosecutors 'right not to charge' politicians at Bobby Storey funeral - Irish Legal News https://t.co/KJdNEOXlxP
- My legal life: Charlene Gisele, former practising solicitor wellness consultant - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/5tcajdz7tx
- Coronavirus: Ministers to step up vaccine take-up calls amid variant fears https://t.co/blRXRKRunz
- Shane Smyth elected president of Association of Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys - Irish Legal News https://t.co/7dc6v0uNmu
- Joe Biden has brought back a #US presidential tradition by releasing his tax return, the White House said. The filing shows he and his wife earned $607,336 (£430,000) last year and paid $157,414 in federal income tax https://t.co/XUEu6RoKnQ
- Long Covid pay decision for key workers could take a year https://t.co/Wm8u5NWzzz
- Climate change: Ban all gas boilers from 2025 to reach net-zero https://t.co/ITsHaljdX1
- Just 20 firms behind more than half of single-use plastic waste - study https://t.co/MYwTuimkvh
- US: Half of lawyers experiencing depression and anxiety - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/bthnUGb4Nr
- Arthur Cox launches race and ethnicity network - Irish Legal News https://t.co/p6qxnR9eS0
- High Court: Facebook loses challenge to DPC’s draft decision on EU-US data transfers - Irish Legal News https://t.co/JSl6dKReWG
- Blue-tick visionary Vos’ civil justice push | Law Gazette https://t.co/vWO8F4qBOK
- GCU Law launches campaign website for complainer anonymity in sexual offence cases - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/xQoGcot52J
- Best of the blogs - 15 May 2021 | Law Gazette https://t.co/XM65bpmbZx
- ‘MPs must take back control of lawmaking,’ says human rights barrister - Adam Wagner, an expert on Covid rules, believes ministers have assumed far too much say over our lives https://t.co/mVq4mpqLqb
- ‘We’re not closing!’: Firm's fury after SRA appears to read the last rites | Law Gazette https://t.co/0Csf83JY3X
- Roddy Dunlop QC: Why the default position should be in-person court hearings - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/X3rORtFwJL
- News focus: Queen’s speech - what solicitors need to know https://t.co/94HGfq5Qag
