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15th August - Law News

Edition 3519: 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: Israeli forces have raided the offices of five Palestinian organisations since the beginning of the year. Two of them have been ordered to shut down. Palestinian NGOs say there is an intensifying Israeli campaign to stop them from operating in the occupied West Bank.


Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Central government should set out what it needs from local government on climate change, a public lawyer has urged after the IPCC issued a dire warning | NLJ https://t.co/GDQJgI8bhT
  • Lawyers and insurers end lockdown co-operation agreement | Law Gazette https://t.co/Tb6DGeSyD0
  • Hundreds of criminal solicitors and barristers are refusing to attend evening and weekend courts | NLJ https://t.co/kTpc1AfmmY
  • Nicki Minaj and Husband Sued, Accused of Harassing Sexual Assault Victim - Jennifer Hough said in a lawsuit filed in New York that the couple pressured her to recant her account of the rapper’s husband, Kenneth Petty, sexually assaulting her in 1994 #us https://t.co/U8CreC9IiW
  • New law requires public bodies to use more electric vehicles - Irish Legal News https://t.co/reccFZ5jcJ 
  • Google Infringed on Sonos Patents, Judge Says #us https://t.co/uYviH89uNE
  • Norton Rose boosts presence in Newcastle | Law Gazette https://t.co/IxoTQRjHok 
  • Three suspected burglars who tried to hide from police on the roof of a bank were foiled by a thermal imaging drone. Nottinghamshire Police attended the Santander bank in Stockwell Gate, Mansfield, at 01:10 BST after the intruder alarm was deployed https://t.co/r8ue4YtkHd
  • Six people have been arrested after fights broke out ahead of Manchester United's game with Leeds United. Social media footage showed chairs and a bin thrown during a scuffle in Manchester city centre https://t.co/mAcnLTsoz
  • Draft guidelines for planning authorities on development plans out for consultation - Irish Legal News https://t.co/ZDTPnLjaTQ
  • The High Court has ordered the government to consult on its ‘unspent conviction rule’ for criminal injuries compensation | NLJ https://t.co/8YtH4qQWxd 
  • Judge Allows Biden’s Narrower Evictions Ban in Place for Now #US https://t.co/QenXjlZ3ps 
  • MoJ rules out court interpreting review following private equity investment | Law Gazette https://t.co/xEipld3lxZ 
  • Coping with Identity Threat as Minority in Nigeria | Igazeuma Okoroba https://t.co/ycCwLih93h 
  • Virtual hearings have been a good experience for most participants, according to Bar Standards Board (BSB) research into clients’ expectations and experience of barristers | NLJ https://t.co/7Ib380ezI1
  • Darach Connolly promoted to legal director at DLA Piper - Irish Legal News https://t.co/Dn5lRImiZ
  • For a Crime at 14, He Faces Death in a Case Casting Doubt on #Saudi Reforms https://t.co/v1C7c2ff6X
  • For years, Britain relied on an informal code of gentlemen’s agreements to help prevent influence-peddling and cronyism in politics. Some say that no longer works https://t.co/N0cfJtGhQq
  • Where Police Killings Often Meet With Silence: Rural America #US https://t.co/WhR3JAKXRN 
  • Plymouth shooting: police urged to take misogyny more seriously - Gunman who killed five regularly expressed hatred of women but had firearms licence reinstated in July https://t.co/5lsE1V1Vrk
  • RT @TheSun: Armed cops swoop after victim knifed repeatedly near Oxford Circus tube station https://t.co/RkyH0Nu7NR
  • Reporting year change could hike firms’ 2022 tax bills | Law Gazette https://t.co/XllF5HOufX 
  • The Royal Marines have been ordered by a military safety watchdog to check the depth of water before disembarkation training after the death of a recruit. Ethan Jones, 20, drowned after disembarking from a landing craft into deep water at Tregantle beach https://t.co/oPV3uVEbMS 
  • Ministers have launched an eight-week call for evidence on the best ways to settle family, business and civil disputes outside the courtroom | NLJ https://t.co/c8DEL2xNUP
  • Edinburgh student’s French language article published in Trinity College Law Review - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/14YtNiXBWL
  • PwC notes growing demand for 'new law' services | Law Gazette https://t.co/NupvbauH19
  • Action on sexual abuse images is overdue, but Apple’s proposals bring other dangers: The tech giant’s new system for scanning iPhones in the US would enable the massive expansion of state surveillance https://t.co/hwJQ1JXGNI
  • Damian Hinds to be security minister after Johnson U-turn over Priti Patel - PM made last-minute decision not to give ultra-rightwing home secretary wide-ranging brief including counter-terrorism and cybercrime https://t.co/zyhIn26XrZ
  • UK dog owners warned about thieves staking out parks and luring puppies https://t.co/N1Kz9YH8U8 
  • Vaccination compensation scheme being established as a priority - Irish Legal News https://t.co/emJE88uYam
  • The police watchdog is investigating why the man who shot dead five people in Plymouth on Thursday had been given back his confiscated gun and permit. Jake Davison was stripped of the weapon and its licence in December after he was accused of assault https://t.co/rDDA4nIe13
  • A package of technologies being put together by an international firm and a high-tech startup to put clients in control of their data - and protect them from an emerging global threat | Law Gazette https://t.co/jiAiOBoyZF
  • Guidelines on sentencing modern slavery offences have been published| NLJ https://t.co/wfKx0kytSp
  • NI: Probation Board launches restorative justice practice framework - Irish Legal News https://t.co/K0sQOWNmNW
  • FCA receives 2,700 allegations of financial misconduct from whistleblowers - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/DRB6hRLlVv
  • Facebook could be forced to undo $400m merger with Giphy - Irish Legal News https://t.co/Tx2xj2DeQ6 
  • Ireland set for 'stand-out year' as M&A activity reaches record high - Irish Legal News https://t.co/nubzN2uIzJ
  • ‘Nowhere to go’: divorced #Afghan women in peril as the Taliban close in https://t.co/zxAljd8qmB 
  • Court hears Ben Roberts-Smith’s ex-wife dug up USB sticks from family backyard: The USBs containing classified information from SAS missions in Afghanistan were handed to police, the former soldier’s defamation trial has been told #Australia https://t.co/NHmd2erHso
  • Paul Sweeney MSP tables motion in support of Govanhill Law Centre - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/v7n5f8dHRc
  • Cost of NHS Covid tests for UK arrivals reduced - Test and Trace tests have been cut from £88 to £68 https://t.co/rM6fUH6zZT