9th August - Law News

Edition 3513: 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:
We are hardly even done with the Covid-19 pandemic, but scientists are warning that something far worse is round the corner. We talk about this with Professor Peter Collignon, an Infectious Diseases Physician and Clinical Microbiologist, and a World Health Organization expert on antibiotic resistance.

  Focus of the Day Article:

Barristers have warned of ‘serious shortcomings’ in Home Office plans to counter state threats. Full story - The New Law Journal

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Get jabbed before coming to the office, US firms tell lawyers - Legal Cheek https://t.co/Py49mbZQFK 
• Language cannot be connected to any religion; Urdu can be taught in areas where there are few Muslims: Allahabad High Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/f9Jk3fxM6y 
• Pinsent Masons keeps 63 of 72 autumn qualifying trainees - Legal Cheek https://t.co/jOYHB76B23 
• Best tips and tricks to applying for clerkships as a disabled person - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/OshGjvZTqF 
• Oxford Uni confirms law exams will be online next academic year - Legal Cheek https://t.co/GRkjeBM8Ag 
• Gibson Dunn hikes London junior lawyer salaries to £145k - Legal Cheek https://t.co/Lq4QmGRJ8o
• Authorising unregistered care and deprivation of liberty - Martin Downs - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/pM4SsslTbj 
• Over 500 lawyers have signed an open letter rejecting government plans to open courts on evenings and weekends - Legal Cheek https://t.co/vj2swGmvm8 
• #SaudiArabia is to begin accepting vaccinated foreign visitors to the holy cities of Mecca and Medina as part of the Umrah pilgrimage https://t.co/Xz4UiRX3X5
  
• Compulsory Vaccination for Care Home Workers - legislation coming into force in November - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/8qA2Mc3HVG 
• Why sexism is still a problem at the most ‘gender-equal’ Olympics: Sexualisation, policing of testosterone levels and underrepresentation of women in top sports jobs are just some of the issues https://t.co/UA8WZLV9yf
• Michael Calvey, an American businessman working in #Russia who had been convicted on embezzlement charges, maintained he was innocent and called the conviction “simply outrageous” after he was given a suspended sentence of five and a half years https://t.co/KNOnjb5Q0y
• AI in healthcare: a legal and ethical balancing act - Legal Cheek https://t.co/fhLTYrmHu
• Regulating content on user-to user and search service providers - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/CwFyFO3qHQ
• Clyde & Co confirms 79% autumn trainee retention score - Legal Cheek https://t.co/wqbMjSmO20
• Call centre used by UK firms accused of intrusively monitoring home workers. Unions say Teleperformance also asked some staff based overseas to give biometric and medical data https://t.co/gNZQbzsTRy
• Given the exacerbation of psychological safety concerns in the age of coronavirus, legal professionals have to be more purposeful in the ways they engage and give greater consideration to the long-term - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/LzQJfBjL01
• Protégé: The reality behind preparing for life as a barrister - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/coqUWtZmLF 
• Swimmers planning a dip in Wales' rivers have been warned to be wary of sewage and pollution before diving in. Dŵr Cymru's own figures revealed that in 2020, raw sewage was dumped in Wales' rivers more than 100,000 times for almost 900,000 hours https://t.co/Z68CFikxGZ 
• Environment Secretary George Eustice has defended a controversial decision to put down an alpaca that has tested positive for bovine tuberculosis twice. Geronimo was condemned to death by a High Court judge last month https://t.co/8G3L4OtAeP 
• Four million people are to be offered flu jabs this year in Scotland's largest-ever winter vaccination programme. The free vaccine has been extended to protect as many lives as possible and avoid additional pressure on the NHS https://t.co/Z7gaT01BJU
• Fully vaccinated people can now visit #France without quarantining on their return to the UK, after travel rule changes came into force at 04:00 BST https://t.co/9LGdn17KDj
• The Image of a Western Politician in the #Polish Post-War Public Discourse: The Bruno Kreisky Case | Agnieszka Kisztelińska-Węgrzyńska https://t.co/T4jKP1lHoy
• Dr Danielle Malek Roosa’s working day starts at 3:00am at the World Bank and finishes in the early afternoon. While the schedule can be “brutal”, she’s doing work she loves and has found the right balance for herself and her family - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/QsJMvbCfZn 
• What does the future hold for City lawyers? - Legal Cheek https://t.co/v70xC1nMnA
• Delhi court sentences priest to life imprisonment for raping minors in temple precincts, quotes American poet Maya Angelou | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/e7pfD7W1Az 
• ‘Empathy and compassion’ can be used to drive client success - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/oF5NuWUda3 
• Language cannot be connected to any religion; Urdu can be taught in areas where there are few Muslims: Allahabad High Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/f9Jk3fxM6y
• Addleshaw Goddard, Clyde & Co and Osborne Clarke post solid 2021 financials - Legal Cheek https://t.co/ECh8XzGKdJ
  
• GCs need to make sure they are out on the front foot and be ready to discuss and advocate D&I strategies in the governance and sustainability context - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/WjtYANaNO1
  
• Apply now: The Legal Cheek UK Virtual Law Fair 2021: The fair takes place from 2pm until 5pm on Tuesday 7 September 2021 - Legal Cheek https://t.co/XLAMxxRl8o Aug 08, 2021
• Grievances on residential accommodation of Judicial officers raised in Bombay High Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/LGraRo1oY1