Edition 3418: 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:
This story, split between Guatemala and Florida, offers a firsthand look at the continuing trauma of the Trump administration’s “zero tolerance” separation policy.
This story, split between Guatemala and Florida, offers a firsthand look at the continuing trauma of the Trump administration’s “zero tolerance” separation policy.
Focus of the Day Article:
UK solicitors based in Paris can continue advising on English and international law in the wake of Brexit, the French authorities have confirmed. After several months of negotiation, the National Council of French Bar Associations (Conseil National des Barreaux) and the French government have concluded that the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement – ratified by members of the European Parliament last week – enables UK lawyers to register as 'foreign legal consultants'. Full story - The Law Society Gazette
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| Saturday Conversations on Law |
- Kim Kardashian, reality TV star named in US court papers over relic bought in her name and sought by #Italian authorities https://t.co/XqzUt7d11e
- Four bars warn against widespread use of remote hearings after Covid - Irish Legal News https://t.co/IyBN4LGly
- Session Cases At 200: Lord Ericht reflects on the significance of the cases that topped the Session Cases poll - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/bb8zpg8ScJ
- Former Arsenal and #Germany keeper Jens Lehmann has been sacked from his role on Hertha Berlin's board after sending a Whatsapp message to pundit Dennis Aogo calling him a "quota black guy" https://t.co/34blV3iCLr
- Manchester
City and England forward Raheem Sterling has received racist abuse on
social media. It comes two days after English football's four-day
boycott of social media, in response to ongoing online abuse, came to an
end https://t.co/6nyfvucCpJ
- Environmental campaigners suspect a #Liechtenstein prince shot dead probably the biggest bear alive in the EU on a hunting expedition in Romania in March. They say Prince Emanuel von und zu Liechtenstein had been granted a permit to shoot a female bear https://t.co/L0bFNFKI2H
- UK travellers returning from "red list" countries are flying home via Turkey to avoid hefty hotel quarantine fees. Passengers are breaking their journey in Istanbul, and staying in hotels there for a fraction of the cost they would have to pay in Britain https://t.co/WC4BImvvEl
- Stephen O’Rourke QC: The importance of the Advocates Library - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/rPo4oJTpn
- Donoghue v Stevenson has been voted the top Session Case in a poll by the Scottish Council of Law Reporting to mark the bicentenary of the UK’s oldest law reports - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/PJ2SssUU7E
- Anti-money laundering and white collar crime bills clear Oireachtas - Irish Legal News https://t.co/ilkOG9gNIk
- Publishing company defrauded of over £193,000 fail to appeal decision that ex-employee was not liable for damages - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/ZdPVci0fgS
- Peloton, which had ramped up his advertising campaign over lockdown, has recalled treadmills in the US and UK over a series of safety issues following investigations by a US watchdog https://t.co/kJeByPRwf8
- Dalian Atkinson: Two police officers "colluded" in their account of what happened after the death of the former Aston Villa footballer, a court has heard https://t.co/IEsBtD0Lnq
- Donald Trump's ban from Facebook and Instagram has been upheld by Facebook's Oversight Board. But it criticised the permanent nature of the ban as beyond the scope of Facebook's normal penalties https://t.co/2tdIEyDAd
- Northern Ireland: Working group to consider how to reduce number of non-jury trials - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/UuXbNPsMHg
- #Australian government urged to press Saudis to reveal whereabouts of extradited citizen https://t.co/PMnn8Vcjih
- My legal life: Mark Blois, Browne Jacobson - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/8nxxutE3T9
- Barristers and retired judge back new online commercial arbitration service - Irish Legal News https://t.co/WPlkoc7gDL
- Male employee’s shared parental leave not comparable to female adoption leave - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Y9iEjP4GbX
- How
will we persuade the politicians of the future to fund the justice
system properly? Start teaching law to schoolchildren, new Law Society
president I. Stephanie Boyce tells us https://t.co/YLfSzlfS2J
- Investors back start-up that turns collaborating lawyers into virtual firm - Legal Futures https://t.co/jANlUAFj2p
- France allows UK lawyers to keep practising post-Brexit | Law Gazette https://t.co/H6SJ8wCB1E
- Entrepreneur with “strong views on breastfeeding” unfairly dismissed lawyer - Legal Futures https://t.co/oRaEdI4S24
- Quarter of Scottish businesses expect to reduce office footprint - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/YbDY7nnIrU
- A Catalan separatist leader, Jordi Cuixart, is serving a nine-year prison sentence for supporting a failed independence bid in his #Spanish region. His supporters say he should not be in prison at all https://t.co/4Afitmr8l4
- Global network targets London with second UK law firm acquisition - Legal Futures https://t.co/7Kk58YIOWE
- 'Markedly inferior': Bar councils warn against virtual justice | Law Gazette https://t.co/TUtr1wgwt4
- Nearly 40 UK food businesses have threatened to stop sourcing products from Brazil over proposed land reforms https://t.co/oJ8YDwuY8s
- High Court: Refusal of protection for applicants claiming political violence quashed due to being 'marred by unreasonableness' - Irish Legal News https://t.co/brN5WCJMR2
- Immigration and civil litigation hit hardest by Covid-19 - Legal Futures https://t.co/a3CB808Ex1
- Woman loses nearly £113k in dating site romance fraud https://t.co/8CbEhfuqB
- Several employees of a pharmaceutical company have been arrested in #Indonesia for allegedly washing and reselling used Covid nasal swab test kits https://t.co/F5HEUbwP
- Right to work – right to change policy now? - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Mb6O2mdOxS
- Pressure Mounts to Lift Patent Protections on Coronavirus Vaccines #US https://t.co/RSsS2Htabs
- Home support providers to be required to hold a license - Irish Legal News https://t.co/1QMkltqLdh
- Listed firm adds 138 fee earners with £11.5m acquisition | Law Gazette https://t.co/CPTv8UTC69
- New drive to liberalise India’s legal market | Law Gazette https://t.co/PcYVGv7R4
- Lawyer of the Month: Janys Scott QC - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/mmjjApUIzi
- Joe O'Malley takes up leadership of Hayes Solicitors - Irish Legal News https://t.co/y2U6iaigyC
- European Commission deals blow to UK's Lugano hopes | Law Gazette https://t.co/yp1wsFPlyI
- The rights of care home residents to have visits from loved ones must be "underpinned" by law, according to a new report by cross-party MPs https://t.co/HpPuvtElbH
- Former #Australian cricketer Stuart MacGill was abducted and released in a kidnapping in Sydney last month. Four people have been arrested in connection https://t.co/vI0RiNfYxG
- Community Law & Mediation to launch employment and equality guides - Irish Legal News https://t.co/kZ6g3lCHAw
- He was convicted of murder 20 years ago – but could new evidence give an alibi for Omar? Despite being convicted and jailed almost 20 years ago, Omar Benguit has always said he's not guilty of murder. Could new evidence provide him with an alibi? https://t.co/DBgiBbnLPU
- George Floyd killer Derek Chauvin asks for new trial #US https://t.co/WtXoIGxNh
- Gary Baines made partner at MacRoberts - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/ctAeoALwAk
- Child marriage ‘thriving in UK’ due to legal loophole, warn rights groups https://t.co/hcgPWZd0dv
- NI: Shoosmiths launches traineeship programme in Northern Ireland - Irish Legal News https://t.co/Xm6W8Bmum
- #Kenya's police watchdog has begun an investigation into reports that a baby died after officers on curfew duty refused to let a taxi go to hospital https://t.co/iTBJazODKO
