Edition 3677: 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: This intimate portrait of Gamal 'G' Turawa, an ex-Metropolitan police officer, explores his memories of racially profiling and harassing black people and homophobia in his early career.
Focus of the Day Article: Public authorities do not generally owe a duty of care ‘where it has intervened but has done so ineffectually’ in a way which fails to confer a benefit rather than ‘making matters worse’, the Court of Appeal ruled today. Lord Justice Stuart-Smith rejected the claimant’s argument that a duty can arise ‘where a defendant had the power to exercise physical control, or at least influence, over a third party, including a physical scene … and, absent their negligence, ought to have exercised such physical control’. Full story - The Law Society Gazette
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| Saturday Conversations on Law |
- You win some, you lose some – class actions post Google - Legal Futures https://t.co/rgEfOkzxyr
- Thorntons Solicitor gains data protection certification | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/koo9N2yH56
- Ruling in $5bn fraud case expected ‘imminently’, High Court hears | Law Gazette https://t.co/d55ccr3HJQ
- Thousands more to be called for jury service in Northern Ireland | Irish Legal News https://t.co/1w3zBBn0i9
- Conservative MP Daniel Kawczynski has been given a one-day suspension from sitting in Parliament. It follows an apology to the House of Commons from the member for Shrewsbury and Atcham earlier for undermining an initial apology for bullying staff https://t.co/o3QkAgn8Al
- Solicitor ‘didn’t realise’ client’s case was struck out years before | Law Gazette https://t.co/140Bo7fRHs
- Intervene Project: Providing representation for the abandoned | Law Gazette https://t.co/iuLNtUzQpB
- A high-profile US lawyer who represented Guantanamo Bay detainees and NSA whistleblower Chelsea Manning will argue for the abolition of Ireland’s Special Criminal Court at an online event next week | Irish Legal News https://t.co/5d4qPQSnm8
- At Westminster Magistrates' Court, the 14-year-old, who cannot be named, admitted three counts of possessing information useful to a terrorist https://t.co/nFzW6ghpeV
- White extremist Ben John told by a judge to read classic literature after being found guilty of a terrorism offence will be jailed after a suspended sentence was quashed https://t.co/bG4Vs1e91G
- Twelve of Britain's most-wanted suspects believed to be hiding in Spain have been named by officials in a bid to flush them out
https://t.co/017TwZXOd9
- Negligence case ended against firm after claimant guilty of 'warehousing' | Law Gazette https://t.co/ZO8obeOzPj
- Barrister Joanna Torode, 46, blames “horrific” working conditions at the London office of international firm Ropes and Gray for a “meltdown” in front of colleagues https://t.co/Aa3ovF0Ntv
- Magistrates to get power to impose one-year jail terms to cut backlog | Law Gazette https://t.co/g0v97wfaqO
- I study crowds – that’s why I know the police and crime bill will make us less safe - Priti Patel’s crackdown on peaceful protesters ignores all the evidence about how to handle large demonstrations https://t.co/ZjpVyQsNOA
- 'Westernisation' can provide basis for leave to remain in UK, tribunal rules | Law Gazette https://t.co/iqvCUtqwZx
- A man has been charged with murder after a child was found dead in a barrel in #Australian bushland. The victim is believed to be a nine-year-old girl who went missing last week from a property in the Blue Mountains near Sydney, police said https://t.co/KPVN5zIcK
- Ruth
Innes QC joins as advocate member and Lynsey Walker as solicitor member
have joined the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service Board. Their
four-year terms began this week. They replace Dr Kirsty J Hood QC and
Simon J D Catto | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Yqu1quK72g
- An advert for Dairylea cheese has been banned for encouraging unsafe behaviour, after showing a child eating while hanging upside down https://t.co/KyKfTQfgW4
- Negligence claim brought over negligence claim to proceed - Legal Futures https://t.co/EyzpVIpFw7
- Master of the Rolls legality of Upper Tribunal Practice Guidance Note https://t.co/ebzPhA6cNo
- Sewage regularly dumped illegally in England and Wales rivers - It found seven water companies in England and Wales discharged untreated sewage into rivers and the sea more than 3,000 times between 2017 and 2021 https://t.co/ntPqHvjhS
- 'No going back': Criminal bar gives resounding 'yes' to direct action | Law Gazette https://t.co/k361wkeys
- Not only Devas management, officials of Antrix as well as those of Department of Space are facing prosecution for fraud, criminal conspiracy and offences under IPC and PMLA #India https://t.co/4jyAnUlhDi
- Torture complaint filed against new president of Interpol - Move against Ahmed Nasser al-Raisi made by lawyer for human rights defender jailed in UAE https://t.co/bqPV3Z9yNQ
- Medical involvement in crimes against humanity in Xinjiang, China https://t.co/rsXiRyLuvM
- Conveyancers might be forced to buy cyber-insurance in PII rejig - Legal Futures https://t.co/N9aB5Xyn8X
- A man who pretended to be a lawyer, doctor and council official to control his girlfriend's life has been given a two-year suspended prison sentence: The 29-year-old used fake email accounts to lie, including saying his partner had been drugged and abused https://t.co/sb7tktC0Qr
- "Warehoused" case against law firm struck out - Legal Futures https://t.co/OvlSOy4zb3
- Mastercard fined £31.5m over illegal UK prepaid cards cartel: Five firms fined total of £33m for agreeing not to compete with each other for local council business https://t.co/XUYEsZE3q4
- Mills Selig recognised by Diversity Mark Northern Ireland | Irish Legal News https://t.co/okbHWLwVpf
- How many more babies must die before England stops jailing pregnant women? https://t.co/SEK169YAwJ
- Solicitor who "accidentally bought run-off cover" struck off - Legal Futures https://t.co/zuSpFTuBNp
- The UK Home Office has pledged to introduce a new law requiring venue operators to consider the risk of terrorist attacks and to take proportionate and reasonable measures to prepare and protect the public https://t.co/gipnYaJDqL
- Magistrates
will get power to give one-year jail sentences to cut backlog. Pandemic
has caused huge delays in justice system but barristers claim change in
England and Wales is ‘distraction politics’ https://t.co/2SejDZ2tVz
- Keystone predicts pre-tax profits ‘materially ahead of current market expectations’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/H61eiaq0RS
