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8th December - Law News

Edition 3634: 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: Anti-money laundering – a look to the future (Compliance Officer Conference 2021)

Focus of the Day Story: The disruption caused by Covid last year was not a good enough excuse for a law firm missing a deadline to file amended particulars of claim by four months, the High Court has ruled. Full story - Legal Futures 

Saturday Conversations on Law

  • Owners of flats near Tate Modern take privacy case to supreme court - Ruling in Neo Bankside residents v viewing platform could potentially have wider implications for neighbour disputes https://t.co/yuj70PbtFV
  • City watchdog appoints new general counsel | Law Gazette https://t.co/dYhkh2Dc7C
  • Fortress Europe: the millions spent on military-grade tech to deter refugees https://t.co/R65wPFerM
  • No 10 staff joked about party amid lockdown restrictions - The PM's then press secretary Allegra Stratton is asked by colleagues about reports of a party, as they rehearse a news conference in December last year https://t.co/uLsZ7C2SjG
  • A Saudi man suspected of involvement in the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi has been arrested in #France, police say https://t.co/vyvpIOdLXd
  • My legal life: Colin Secomb, Lewis Denley - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/RfL02uFExE 
  • Arthur Cox recognised for work with those facing US death penalty | Irish Legal News https://t.co/tmXk9373ud
  • Fee concerns over remodelled emergency housing scheme | Law Gazette https://t.co/Hajqb9y5jC 
  • Star Hobson: lawyer concedes murder accused was ‘terrible mother’ to toddler. Frankie Smith, 20, has admitted child cruelty but accuses her partner, Savannah Brockhill, of killing 16-month-old girl https://t.co/XvThK3DhzH 
  • Runner faces UK deportation despite state of emergency in Ethiopia: Officials refused Seyfu Jamaal’s asylum claim after he had waited more than three and a half years https://t.co/hSl30rb9fl 
  • Black #US couple sue appraiser valuing home $500k less versus white friend https://t.co/1LpqGHyOXd
  • Rohingya sue Facebook for £150bn over Myanmar genocide - Victims in US and UK legal action accuse social media firm of failing to prevent incitement of violence https://t.co/G0oSWY0qZN 
  • Andrew Neil threatens to sue Jennifer Arcuri after tweet about Epstein: Businesswoman had made claims about journalist’s inclusion in a contact book owned by Jeffrey Epstein https://t.co/AHgRO9uLZB 
  • Government primed for new assault on judges - report | Law Gazette https://t.co/25EoAvhE8I
  • The government has admitted a series of failings in the years leading up to the Grenfell Tower disaster and apologised to victims of the fire https://t.co/94get8PRh6
  • Judicial review: New bill poses risk of government eschewing legislative process - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/sNyYwvmLqK
  • Jails in England and Wales will be set targets for the first time to keep out drugs under prison reform proposals. The plans in the government White Paper - proposals for future laws - include assessing every new inmate for drug addiction upon arrival https://t.co/QJqXcaJ5fw
  • Negligence claim against tax silk ‘classic piece of reverse engineering’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/gE4bvUh0zw
  • Police and other agencies made failures after twin sisters, who went on to take their own lives, reported sexual abuse, reviews have found - Sam and Chris Gould, from Fulbourn, Cambridgeshire, died by suicide four months apart, aged 16 and 17 https://t.co/a4Jyc23uG4
  • Traces of cocaine found in Parliament ahead of government announcement on drug crackdown - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/OT09GLtHNs
  • Cleared lawyer asks for SRA to cover her £534,000 defence costs | Law Gazette https://t.co/UDUqb9G7
  • Man who spent first two weeks in mother and baby home to sue over redress scheme | Irish Legal News https://t.co/YvLXpDSmv
  • City firms to fund social welfare lawyers | Law Gazette https://t.co/5YBwflT
  • Sheriff Appeal Court refuses appeal by Glasgow woman convicted of sending offensive emails to SNP MP - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/KwGECrMNn
  • A British woman has testified in court that socialite Ghislaine Maxwell asked her to find "cute, young, pretty" girls for paedophile tycoon Jeffrey Epstein https://t.co/IvCzRSnZwc
  • Households in Wales could have their council tax bands changed as part of a proposed Welsh government shake up. Ministers are considering the first revaluation of residential properties since 2003 https://t.co/GtVndauY5Y
  • Lawyer in the news: Filiz Kiani, Cohen Davis Solicitors - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/BXL1FvFAf6
  • Cleared lawyer must pay £534,000 defence costs, SDT rules | Law Gazette https://t.co/arAmALXh2
  • Clients committed to jail for contempt over unpaid solicitors' bills - Legal Futures https://t.co/O1tQtLE4w
  • Society welcomes first global services agreement in 24 years | Law Gazette https://t.co/YbpsuBr9DZ
  • Solicitor struck off after cutting out partners from running of firm - Legal Futures https://t.co/63mhoVA0u7 
  • Ministerial code can be justiciable, High Court rules | Law Gazette https://t.co/PeKfznuWsY
  • Covid not good enough reason for solicitors missing court deadline - Legal Futures https://t.co/e22GyaVush
  • Raab shows his hand on rights revision | Opinion | Law Gazette https://t.co/bCxoidPo8c 
  • Law firm eyes group action against Simplify over cyber-attack - Legal Futures https://t.co/5TVjO3WEp8
  • #US boss of mortgage firm Better(dot)com fires 900 employees over Zoom - Vishal Garg has been much criticised over social media following the pre-Christmas mass sacking https://t.co/bKriNSyZnc
  • Foreign Office's handling of the Afghan evacuation was "dysfunctional" and "chaotic", a whistleblower has said. The process of choosing who could get a flight out was "arbitrary" and thousands of emails with pleas for help went unread https://t.co/DgOnSYa0WS