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30th September - Law News

Edition 3565: 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 world's oldest living rainforest has been returned to its custodians in a historic handback ceremony in Far North Queensland. The Eastern Kuku Yalanji people have taken formal ownership of 160,213 hectares of country stretching from Mossman to Cooktown, including the UNESCO World Heritage-listed Daintree National Park.
 

Focus of the Day Story:  More than two-thirds of lawyers (69%) have experienced mental ill health in the last year, according to a new snapshot of wellbeing in the profession. The survey of around 1,700 legal professionals by legal charity LawCare also found that just 56% of those suffering had discussed their problems at work. Respondents in this group said they had not disclosed their condition for fear of the stigma that would attach, the resulting career implications and the financial and reputational consequences. Full story - The Law Society Gazette
 
Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Solicitor Karyn Watt among Construction Scotland Innovation Centre appointments - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/iz9KhMEUW
  • BPP finally unveils cost of new SQE courses | Law Gazette https://t.co/qZTyWOCRP0
  • Session Cases bicentenary: A conversation with Lord Ericht - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/B0Y7u2Jf9c
  • Three more energy suppliers have gone bust amid the surge in wholesale gas prices, the regulator Ofgem has said. Enstroga, Igloo Energy and Symbio Energy said they would stop trading on Wednesday https://t.co/ztrvSLg8wU
  • Police Scotland must be transformed into a 21st century police force after new figures revealed that recorded cyber-crime doubled in the past twelve months - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/VC9SyQtzgz
  • Burnt out, sleep deprived and hiding mental illness: lawyers reveal struggles | Law Gazette https://t.co/NWwlhsifq3
  • Loss of Greatness: British motorists driving outside the UK must now remove old-style GB stickers or cover them up https://t.co/VEd4tuQSrN
  • A monument to honour Betty Campbell, Wales' first black head teacher and black history campaigner, has been unveiled in Cardiff. It is believed to be the first statue of a named, non-fictional woman in an outdoor public space in Wales https://t.co/jyjREClbeC
  • Sentence of white supremacist told to read classics referred to court of appeal - England and Wales attorney general says sentencing of Ben John for terror offence appears ‘unduly lenient’ https://t.co/dh59A7JtB
  • High Court witness actions to be listed for physical hearings by default | Irish Legal News https://t.co/v0pz4VejEZ
  • Fuel crisis: Judge 'asks for proof' of why counsel can't get to court | Law Gazette https://t.co/WgAGzRTG
  • NFU’s Director of Policy keynotes CLT Scotland’s Rural Conference - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/XwqiDjII
  • British judges hit with pay freeze over pandemic - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/1hTfRPypm8 
  • Labour: Do pro bono work if you want government contracts - Legal Futures https://t.co/G1s7A6iw0e
  • #Poland’s justice minister has said that he hopes the country’s Constitutional Tribunal “will behave properly” and confirm that the Polish constitution takes primacy over EU law https://t.co/jZdSbmowE
  • Police have defended shooting an "out of control" white deer that had been roaming the streets after an angry backlash on social media https://t.co/oyl4wqF0V
  • A man who escaped #Afghanistan to study at a UK university says the Taliban has been threatening his family: 'My young sister will be forced to marry a Taliban fighter' https://t.co/y44FYuKV4I
  • Reality TV star Katie Price has been charged with driving without insurance and while disqualified following a car crash on Tuesday, say police https://t.co/nebAwVLy13
  • One third of barristers ‘bullied, harassed or discriminated against’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/FoixhrGRRg
  • Rebuke for solicitor whose failures inadvertently facilitated fraud - Legal Futures https://t.co/iix2WZqpD0
  • Barrister disbarred after council tax fraud conviction - Legal Futures https://t.co/9uvte1jV3Z 
  • English IP court finds no trade mark infringement in dispute between “archangel” holistic therapists - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/4JCMVNCXFo
  • Slower-than-expected rebound in PI claims hits listed business - Legal Futures https://t.co/MAOgmaTRL
  • Solicitor rebuked after failing to check fraudster client | Law Gazette https://t.co/kFPrlQmPQn 
  • Personal injury claims expected to fall by 20 per cent | Irish Legal News https://t.co/hakFUqzChv 
  • Lord Carloway’s optimism for future of criminal justice ‘entirely misplaced’ - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/BwnqMDuIaj
  • The government must guard against the new Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill further undermining access to justice for the most vulnerable, the Law Society of England and Wales has warned https://t.co/9bQVTk3NN5
  • Labour tells firms to meet pro bono target or lose government contracts | Law Gazette https://t.co/rljXr5E7bN
  • GB stickers ditched for UK marker under new number plate law https://t.co/Og3xK88wfo
  • McKees welcomes three new trainees after record number of applications | Irish Legal News https://t.co/CQ5yNYzlW1
  • Double appointment at Aberdein Considine - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/fNlLp93OdI
  • Three-quarters of small French boats may be denied fishing in UK waters https://t.co/2NfpCUf4jX
  • Professional Liability Online Seminar Series – Solicitors' And Barristers' Negligence (Video) - Litigation, Mediation & Arbitration - UK https://t.co/NcpePEZ6uL
  • Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh found guilty of professional misconduct again - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Jw8xjwIvw8
  • Comyn Kelleher Tobin appoints Karen Tobin as family law partner | Irish Legal News https://t.co/eYyrfCecmZ
  • An award-winning traditional Scots singer says she was offered help to get a festival gig in return for sex. Iona Fyfe, who was named Scots singer of the year in 2018, said she was propositioned by a man from a "really well-known band" https://t.co/nel6atJyOh