Friday

25th June - Law News

Edition 3468: 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:
Aboriginal elders and traditional owners in West Australia have called for a draft Cultural Heritage Bill to be withdrawn, amid concern the proposal doesn't protect sacred sites

  Focus of the Day Article:
 Sexual harassment and bullying - what can law firms do to prevent it? With a return to the office approaching, Emma Bartlett and Sophie Rothwell consider what law firms can do to avoid a potential uptick in harassment. Full story - The Global Legal Post


Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Former prison officer murdered friend and disposed of body in woodland - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/knbkPBlYZ6
  • David Fennelly appointed chairperson of FLAC - Irish Legal News https://t.co/dq0QdJbgMZ
  • #Saudi Operatives Who Killed Khashoggi Received Paramilitary Training in U.S. https://t.co/yKvvjMOeG
  • Canada Goose, the maker of luxury-priced winter coats, has announced it will no longer use animal fur on its clothing https://t.co/CPZlLN8k1D
  • Four per cent increase in reports of domestic abuse - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/o2ngL3Hwf
  • Funder awaits insolvency boom after profits fall | Law Gazette https://t.co/1tLF3zT3ZZ 
  • Black Campus Police Officers Say They Suffered ‘Unbearable’ Racism #US https://t.co/yaTkJ7TKxK
  • ICCL repeats call for Special Criminal Court to be scrapped - Irish Legal News https://t.co/zQEpUWAtYE
  • Ships in the night – UK and EU diverge on Safe Harbour - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/jjuWVpWkl
  • An indigenous nation in #Canada says it has found 751 unmarked graves at the site of a former residential school in Saskatchewan https://t.co/BffWekYvRc
  • Rudy Giuliani has had his law licence suspended in New York for making "demonstrably false and misleading" claims around the 2020 #US election https://t.co/tynaqsdjPx
  • SRA begins money laundering clampdown with three firms fined | Law Gazette https://t.co/cqbrq2kpR
  • A&O creates solicitor route for school leavers | Law Gazette https://t.co/0IGX038KM6
  • Legal action over Kate Bingham’s role in UK Covid vaccine taskforce dropped - Good Law Project maintains challenge over Dido Harding and Mike Coupe appointments https://t.co/GkKBGDVc7h
  • My legal life: Eva Akins, Russell-Cooke, Partner and head of education law, London - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/kpti7N0vN
  • The FGM survivor who is saving girls from the knife https://t.co/Ir0qFQGaEH Jun 24, 2021
  • Judges urged to resurrect £5bn group claim over Brazilian dam collapse | Law Gazette https://t.co/qXnGJNn767
  • Banksy trademarks two of his best known artworks in #Australia https://t.co/98SLEfmNsf
  • A woman has died from cervical cancer after being wrongly excluded from Scotland's screening programme. Public Health Minister Maree Todd said a "serious adverse event" in Scotland's cervical cancer screening programme resulted in this tragedy https://t.co/0oI8wgUcYN 
  • #Spain Pardons Jailed Catalan Separatist Leaders https://t.co/TpG8sqDS9o
  • Three in four domestic abuse cases end without charge in England and Wales https://t.co/9om16qVXBf
  • High court ruling on puberty blockers ‘based on partisan evidence’ - Appeal judges hear NHS trust’s challenge to landmark judgment on gender reassignment for under-16s https://t.co/9u74TCl7hJ
  • Offender-Centric Policing in Cases of Rape | Phil Rumney https://t.co/6gUgqvhDUf
  • Glasgow School of Law ranked in UK top five - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/c0cZ7yvc4h 
  • Signs of progress as courts support barrister's childcare responsibilities - Legal Futures https://t.co/f75tZUr5gx
  • The UK public should be urged by the government to protect the climate by eating less meat and dairy produce, advisers say. Cattle are a major source of planet-heating gases, but ministers fear a backlash if they ask people to cut down on steak https://t.co/77uO859iuh
  • As a direct result of the Brexit trade deal, EE to reintroduce Europe roaming charges in January https://t.co/Foi9suDNJH
  • Judge right to break up vulnerable claimant's evidence, appeal rules | Law Gazette https://t.co/dF3PQ8btN4
  • Smaller rural law firms encouraged to apply to traineeship grant scheme - Irish Legal News https://t.co/8ZoulOjrUa
  • ‘Reinvigorating the office’: City starts to phase out home working | Law Gazette https://t.co/ByZ94Tfwt
  • SRA fines six firms for failing to provide AML compliance declaration - Legal Futures https://t.co/O4WxLYsXMs
  • Solicitors fined for failing to prevent £3.3m property fraud - Legal Futures https://t.co/YhYncVuBI
  • Supporters Rally as Hong Kong pro-democracy Newspaper Prints Final Edition repressed by #China https://t.co/DqSlMA7AK
  • Fayçal Ziraoui caused an online uproar after saying he had cracked unsolved ciphers attributed to the Zodiac killer in California and identified him, potentially ending a 50-year-old quest https://t.co/vBGiIIQyt
  • #US Supreme Court Rules for Student in First Amendment Case https://t.co/v0bu7SPjtU 
  • NHS nurse sacked over weekend working wins landmark ruling - Woman fired by North Cumbria NHS trust wins appeal in ruling hailed as victory for women’s workplace rights https://t.co/t3ylWykOd7
  • Cathay Pacific crew told to get vaccine or risk losing job https://t.co/n7w0EgNqxN
  • The government is to impose a pre-9pm ban on TV adverts for food high in high in sugar, salt and fat. There will also be new rules on online promotion, but firms selling junk food will still be able to run websites https://t.co/TDBf5yPi1
  • A major review of Ireland’s equality legislation will begin within days, Equality Minister Roderic O’Gorman has announced - Irish Legal News https://t.co/WRvQKYehQh
  • Legal experts define crime of ‘ecocide’ - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/oJ56DfsPQy
  • EU citizens urged to apply for settled status ahead of deadline - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/6DVAUyL7mo
  • High Court: Application to amend a case stated from the Tax Appeal Commissioner rejected - Irish Legal News https://t.co/2gXXI2I6e
  • A step forward in the provision of education to pupils with Down’s syndrome | Law Gazette https://t.co/z4Q9tNtWn
  • Dean of Faculty warns against ‘kneejerk reactions’ to abolishing ‘not proven’ - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/f1cPE6Lae
  • More than 90 countries are using Covid shots from #China. Experts say recent infections in those places should serve as a cautionary tale in the global effort to fight the disease https://t.co/0nuGAc206X
  • Lawyer in the news: Peter Daly, Doyle Clayton - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/XaIwtXHaLR 
  • Limited partner in investment fund succeeds in action demanding true accounting of entitlements due to him - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/zssFNw4EP
  • ICCA congress postponed until September 2022 - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/orAFWkD6ik 
  • NI: Tughans announces 16 promotions and appointments - Irish Legal News https://t.co/54BuUyDLpG
  • Ecocide defined as 'fifth international crime' | Law Gazette https://t.co/V7MLVFJOEl