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26th May - Law News

Edition 3438: 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: Federal prosecutors investigating Rudy Giuliani, former Trump lawyer, have seized material from a wider array of individuals than previously disclosed, including messages from email and iCloud accounts they believe belong to two former Ukrainian government officials, as well as the cell phone and iPad of a pro-Trump Ukrainian businessman, according to a court document unsealed Tuesday.

 Focus of the Day Article:
LA High Court judge has struck out a £58m unlawful means conspiracy claim against a law firm, four solicitors and a QC, which she described as “structurally fatally flawed, abusive and lacking in pleadable substance”. Full story -Legal Futures
 
Saturday Conversations on Law
  • House prices to continue upward trend, Nationwide predicts - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/d7VCjqNpOZ
  • Home Office must compensate trafficked women for lack of childcare, court rules - Two mothers from Albania brought the case after their children had to be at appointments where abuse details disclosed https://t.co/7RyzYZnxHS
  • More than five years after an Italian student's body was found in Cairo, a Rome judge says four senior Egyptian security officials should face trial over his kidnap, torture and murder #Italy https://t.co/ud7BML5FnH
  • An international charity working to prevent children being trafficked from Afghanistan says a delay to promised UK government funding is "devastating". The government had agreed to pay War Child £500,000 from July https://t.co/NKkRn347Gd
  • James Bridgeman SC appointed honorary consul for Georgia - Irish Legal News https://t.co/b41Q4wK8A7
  • Blog: Urgent reform is needed to the law of damages for unlawful eviction - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/ET2fSeCpF
  • Risk to investment in UK life sciences sector from national security regime https://t.co/XcIAYZOU6u
  • We are family - Naomi Angell - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/6LZh5cS0XS
  • Option for online exams to become permanent, SRA decides - Legal Futures https://t.co/PhasMAnZl8 
  • Activist Scottish lawyers lobby for legal aid support | Law Gazette https://t.co/MvkWNS3JIS 
  • NI: Papers lodged in legal challenge against abortion regulations - Irish Legal News https://t.co/aS91noezz2
  • News focus - Bar: ‘no end to justice emergency’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/kcuSm0uxu
  • The madness of crypto… another tulip? - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/rnlwMV9hBG
  • Review of UK R&D tax credits system begins https://t.co/8ModDQJVEZ 
  • #Vietnamese lawyer Nguyen Thi My Dung has been elected as a member of the FIFA Disciplinary Committee for the 2021 – 2025 tenure at the 71st FIFA Congress, which took place virtually on May 21 https://t.co/ZpwU5Mf9Y
  • My legal life: Razzaq Ahmed, Brown Rudnick - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/0YSXbx3tyJ 
  • "Startling" - SME firms saw profits per partner rise during lockdown - Legal Futures https://t.co/LjmAO2uozP
  • Boris Johnson's comments about women wearing the burka have given an impression that the Tories are "insensitive to Muslim communities", an independent review has said https://t.co/FmqG2S5m8g
  • Conservative MP Rob Roberts told staffer to be 'less alluring' - the Tory politician faces being suspended from Parliament for six weeks after an independent panel found he sexually harassed a member of his staff https://t.co/kGTjPOrxHy
  • A former prison officer has been convicted of murdering his friend and dumping her naked body in a forest. Ross Willox, 41, killed Emma Faulds, 39, after a party at his house in Monkton, South Ayrshire https://t.co/uQxdEMTGQ
  • Sasha Johnson, a prominent Black Lives Matter activist, was shot by a group of four black men at a party in south London, police say https://t.co/MgLyY5IDW
  • "If a military aircraft intercepts you and gives you command, you obey". That was the view of one pilot who said the decision of #Belarus to force down a passenger aircraft was "absolutely reckless" https://t.co/03nNkBF3Mh
  • A hospital in Bolton has said it is taking "urgent action" to manage a surge in patients with Covid. Royal Bolton Hospital said it had experienced "one of the busiest days we have ever had" and urged people to attend A&E only "if absolutely necessary" https://t.co/PuCSl13zke
  • One of the country’s leading estate agents claims some solicitors are charging exorbitant fees on transactions as they near the latest stamp duty holiday deadline https://t.co/YGchc2A1Ln
  • #Japan’s ruling party accused of violating Olympic charter over LGBT rights | https://t.co/uPufJp86EK
  • Bar chief vexed by super-regulator’s mission creep | Law Gazette https://t.co/Edt1Sjpuqn 
  • Children living in 'deplorable' conditions in local authority-run halting site - Irish Legal News https://t.co/zG7WQi6Ph6
  • England: Cryptocurrencies becoming more prominent in divorce proceedings - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/YL4C1MHsNM
  • Remote hearings ‘fragmented’, say civil court users | Law Gazette https://t.co/NJBIfReJRB
  • Biggest firms finalise office return plans | Law Gazette https://t.co/zQgA2r4p9p
  • “Abusive” claim against lawyers in Jarndyce-style litigation struck out - Legal Futures https://t.co/ci0Drdfqc8
  • US issues #Japan travel warning weeks before Olympics https://t.co/bgw1ynmaJP
  • ‘Cash cow’ mining company accuses City firm of inflating bills | Law Gazette https://t.co/qLkcbONjV5
  • A Labour MP has said she has decided to take a "step back" from her work because she is suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Nadia Whittome said she has been advised by her doctor to take several weeks off for her health to improve https://t.co/o9ma6pZ8SI 
  • EU agrees new #Belarus sanctions after plane arrest https://t.co/sxeBwpVD9p
  • Sean Ivey, a former Royal Marine whose home was destroyed in a suspected arson attack after he stood up to anti-social behaviour says he "doesn't think the cowards should win" https://t.co/iunTMVTW3F
  • NI: PSNI urged to cut ties with Israeli police and security services - Irish Legal News https://t.co/q4wuYQ4c2m
  • Tweeting barrister faces BSB probe | Law Gazette https://t.co/GjQsyuOdG7
  • Glasgow University School of Law Workshop awarded £6,000 - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/bCX29ZaMbM
  • 'Safe space': judge highlights benefit of office returns | Law Gazette https://t.co/G7gYoZ643w 
  • Society opens annual PC fee consultation | Law Gazette https://t.co/CK7l1MRLW
  • SRA votes to keep online exams after lockdown | Law Gazette https://t.co/L3l6YzHqVn 
  • The skills and post-16 education Bill gives us clues as to where the government is headed on policy in the further education sector https://t.co/F17lnKlORR
  • Child care cases delayed by HSE cyber attack - Irish Legal News https://t.co/mEGVkVDggo
  • South-east Queensland lawyer charged after allegedly defrauding elderly client of more than $60,000 #Australia https://t.co/ki8VgYIcxa
  • Sir James Munby: Judges use child protection laws to cover up their decisions - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/HqphIKWUcf
  • Derville Rowland elected chair of EU investment funds committee - Irish Legal News https://t.co/q1znf1u8Wc
  • Remote hearings: A view from the Civil Court Users Association | Law Gazette https://t.co/vwDBudHZxW
  • Health minister slated for 'offensive and disrespectful' comments about solicitors' profession - Irish Legal News https://t.co/nyrIJFwJ3f 
  • UK urged to intervene after another photo of Princess Latifa emerges #Dubai https://t.co/gnbUf6hMR4