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29th July - Law News

Edition 3502: 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:
The NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden reacts to the Pegasus project disclosures about widespread abuse of NSO Group's spyware by governments around the world
 

Focus of the Day Article:
A new allegation of malicious prosecution has been made against the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service. Solicitor advocate Gordon Dangerfield has written to the Lord Advocate, Dorothy Bain QC, on behalf of his client, Mark Hirst, who was prosecuted for an offence following comments he made in a video blog upon the acquittal of Alex Salmond. Full story - Scottish Legal News
 
Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Freedom? You must be joking | Law Gazette https://t.co/G5ejrlcvKu 
  • Official Secrets Act: Why government plans threaten investigative journalism? https://t.co/wgRBOVReH
  • High Court: Winding up petition brought against company for unpaid rent refused - Irish Legal News https://t.co/9OtqzTqLWj
  • Reed Smith to repay all furlough money | Law Gazette https://t.co/rrBGQ4DKaH
  • Extinction Rebellion: Paralympian James Brown guilty over plane stunt https://t.co/Z89d6203UB
  • Victoria Hall murder - Man arrested in 1999 teen murder case https://t.co/9AoIC97AB9
  • 123 members signed up to Bar's fee recovery service - Irish Legal News https://t.co/eAH8NR3AA7
  • The High Court in Dublin has granted applications by singer Dana Rosemary Scallon to strike out 10-year-old defamation actions issued against her - Irish Legal News https://t.co/BghJwbB0d
  • MPs sound alarm over legal aid in hard-hitting report | Law Gazette https://t.co/pWWrybAmUn 
  • A million masks supplied to the NHS as high grade did not meet the correct level of protection, tests have found. The masks, assumed to be the FFP3 type, also had invalid CE safety marking https://t.co/4YGSTAISdY
  • NI: Deadline extended for consultation on duty of candour law - Irish Legal News https://t.co/Cj1jBktpI
  • Addleshaw Goddard: Scottish firms report increase in activity levels - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/rHVSSyLlb4
  • Covid: No quarantine for fully jabbed US and EU travellers https://t.co/MLL6knhRVg
  • Suspect in Atlanta-Area Spa Shootings Pleads Guilty to 4 Counts of Murder #US https://t.co/8obOTeXJC8
  • Ince profits plunge after 'difficult year' | Law Gazette https://t.co/6HhIbr5bHl
  • #Hungary’s opposition has called for ministerial resignations from Viktor Orbán’s far-right government over allegations it selected journalists, media owners and opposition political figures as potential targets for invasive Pegasus spyware https://t.co/VOcy4nuBQH
  • An employer has been described as “incredibly stupid” by an employment law expert after the company used emojis to communicate important workplace issues - Irish Legal News https://t.co/1SIhzEmFKh
  • Taylor Wessing announces new partners to open TW Ireland in Dublin - Irish Legal News https://t.co/6Z3UwRIExL
  • Pandemic prompts re-examination of inheritance and gift taxes - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/XssFAIXIii
  • An outline of proposed laws to make it easier for the Central Bank of Ireland to fine and disqualify senior financial sector managers is expected to be published - Irish Legal News https://t.co/yeKVYO37x
  • Partner profits surpass £2m at Macfarlanes | Law Gazette https://t.co/T0864iic
  • Litigators reap the benefits of technology adoption - Legal Futures https://t.co/dfBkY4zEmS
  • West Suffolk hospital chief resigns prior to bullying claims review - Stephen Dunn, Matt Hancock’s local hospital chief, steps down after trust asks staff for fingerprint samples https://t.co/15fykUPqE
  • German gymnasts' full-body suits inspire other athletes Tokyo Olympics: German gymnasts' full-body suits inspire other athletes. British-Jamaican gymnast Danusia Francis believes athletes should have a choice when it comes to their competitive outfits https://t.co/KiwMqyw3E6
  • Johnson may block Chinese takeover of UK’s largest computer chip maker - Post-Brexit trade adviser Tony Abbott ‘heartened’ by review into takeover of Newport Wafer Fab https://t.co/q1wHtzsn3d 
  • Problems with reopening London HQ "hindered" listed law firm - Legal Futures https://t.co/EFpp2KzUx
  • Christopher Arundell, who grew up in the UK and once dreamt of playing professional football, is set to be deported to #Zimbabwe, despite a cross-party appeal to the home secretary to stop his removal - and those of others in his position https://t.co/IH9OlQbei
  • Hospitalisations soared in #India during a deadly second Covid wave. Now, hobbled by patchy insurance, Indians are turning to crowdfunding to pay the steep medical bills https://t.co/O6CLBBKF2A
  • The government's Covid test scheme to prevent workers having to self-isolate is a "pointless solution" because it excludes supermarket workers, according to the boss of the Iceland chain https://t.co/nO7tWyW5kW
  • PII fears holding firms back from lawtech investments | Law Gazette https://t.co/Z8HnvhStx6 
  • Court of Appeal revives "unmanageable" £5bn class action - Legal Futures https://t.co/9gFufrLLEn
  • Retention improving at the Bar as average age of barristers rises - Legal Futures https://t.co/8IPNq17nh
  • City partner struck off for “bizarre” inflated billing - Legal Futures https://t.co/sUJUubRqxs
  • RNLI hits out at ‘migrant taxi service’ accusations. Lifeboat charity says it is its moral and legal duty to rescue people at risk of dying as they cross Channel https://t.co/EEHSamL5mS
  • Paw and Order campaign launched to address spike in dog theft - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/qaPjWbuMd1 
  • ‘They Have My Sister’: As Uyghurs Speak Out, #China Targets Their Families https://t.co/YiddLlDGtb
  • Black women’s hair products are killing us. Why isn’t more being done? https://t.co/BbILjknoUW
  • England: Legal aid in need of urgent reform - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/qLrveo83KG
  • A council has apologised after 700 households were wrongly sent letters ordering them to appear in court over unpaid council tax. Harborough District Council sent out summonses dated to 15 July warning residents they faced a court hearing on 18 August https://t.co/ZXMTGBFGfE
  • Family Counselling, De-radicalization and Counter-Terrorism: The Danish and German programs in context. | Daniel Koehler https://t.co/n2v4tZdGvo
  • Policing minister defends changes to stop and search in crime plan. Kit Malthouse says there are few other options but to make officers’ wider powers permanent https://t.co/WgtnDWoJpO
  • ‘Relentless pressures’: SDT highlights partner wellbeing | Law Gazette https://t.co/DE7cn5humX 
  • Ben Roberts-Smith: Afghan witness defends evidence of ‘big soldier’ kicking uncle as court releases photos https://t.co/O1hAPaUQf
  • Former intelligence analyst sentenced to prison for drone program leak - Air Force intelligence analyst gave military documents to journalist to ‘dispel the lie that our lives are worth more than theirs’ https://t.co/SYt3fLdvIc
  • New allegation of malicious prosecution against Crown Office - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/nle4MimDnF
  • Fury as Buckland brings back extended court operating hours | Law Gazette https://t.co/N1s4HaTkCc
  • MPs and campaigners alarmed at UK’s ‘discriminatory’ crime reduction plans. Government’s proposals include more frequent stop and search and making community service street cleaners ‘more visible’ https://t.co/e7S3jdGqDu
  • Murder investigation after child dies in Ardoyne https://t.co/yGOfIChqz
  • Outer House awards over £300,000 in damages to family of man killed in cherry picker accident - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/PQzeRaBh2f
  • What does climate change mean for your practice? | Law Gazette https://t.co/EySJZjRGl8 
  • New office for Edinburgh firm Joseph G Boyd & Co - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/hgtuelLNkg 
  • The Guardian view on a crime blitz: Boris Johnson won’t make you feel safer | Editorial https://t.co/9zYzLras6x 
  • Sylvia McCullagh joins Balfour and Manson - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/kOMD4YM13S 
  • UK government backs scheme for motorway cables to power lorries - UK government backs scheme for motorway cables to power lorries/ E-highway study given £2m to draw up plans for overhead electric cables on motorway near Scunthorpe https://t.co/qezAtQiF5d