16th February - Law News

Edition 3704: 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:
After the recent Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, millions of teenage girls have been forbidden from receiving a high school education. Taliban officials have claimed the ban is temporary, but said the same thing the last time they were in power more than two decades ago. Back then, girls of all ages never returned to school. Today, much has changed in the country, and a new generation of girls and women possess radically different aspirations than they were previously allowed to hold. An anxious population waits to see to what extent the Taliban has changed, too. 

Focus of the Day Article: The Law Society has backed a “moderate” increase in the Solicitors Regulation Authority’s (SRA) fining powers to between £5,000 to £7,500, rather than its proposed £25,000. Full story - Legal Futures

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Top lawyer kicked off British Airways flight after family nanny refused business class seat https://t.co/sx3P9FDx53 
• Courts service picks new chief from within the tent | Law Gazette https://t.co/t9fhva1B5T
• Child Law Project raises concern about lack of residential placements for children with complex needs | Irish Legal News https://t.co/nQnbKdxiJs 
• Lawyers in ‘Wagatha Christie’ libel case criticised by judge | Law Gazette https://t.co/lfcC2FDYlc
• British BLM group closes down after police infiltration attempt: Swansea Black Lives Matter says covert police operations and far-right threats made supporters scared to join https://t.co/0HCbt1zv14
• Call for complaints over refusal to enter licensed venues to be heard in WRC | Irish Legal News https://t.co/SWlis4K9bx
• Prince Andrew has settled a civil sexual assault case brought against him in the US by Virginia Giuffre. Ms Giuffre had been suing the Duke of York, claiming sexual assault when she was 17, allegations he has repeatedly denied https://t.co/I9pK9MeUV
• Government should nurture English law – LCJ | Law Gazette https://t.co/TaSHIjmVUZ
• Sheriff who granted warrants in botched Rangers probe allegedly held shares in club | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Vdmx35Rs2
• McFarlane clarifies family court attendance requirement | Law Gazette https://t.co/yPsTnCRgca 
• ‘Historic’ settlement for women allegedly sexually harassed by former high court justice Dyson Heydon #Australia https://t.co/8BO7gAsra
• A new trial against jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has begun inside the maximum-security prison east of the capital, Moscow, where he is held https://t.co/aLSq1JEo1D 
• Criminal bar awaits decision on legal aid ballot | Law Gazette https://t.co/5cOtsdKtQU 
• Fee-earner banned for pocketing Covid ‘bounce back’ loan | Law Gazette https://t.co/Exgx6zqTRr 
• Bombay High Court quashes tax reassessment notice against Tata Sons for financial year 2003-04 | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/apVXVHFHIJ
• A doctor has brought his 27 year career in medicine to an end after it was discovered he faked his CV. Dr Hakeem Lateef tried to get a job in finance just six weeks after he was suspended for lying about his involvement in a head on car crash https://t.co/nTgGpGYn8A
• Solicitors oppose SRA's role as prosecutor and judge | Law Gazette https://t.co/uRgFScoi0q 
• Novak Djokovic has said he would rather miss out on future tennis trophies than be forced to get a Covid vaccine. The Serbian said he should not be associated with the anti-vax movement, but supported an individual's right to choose https://t.co/BiWEkRQe6N
• Should a lawyer go on strike? | Law Gazette https://t.co/HzYQsYZvY
• Ex-Nissan solicitor ordered to hand over confidential documents - Legal Futures https://t.co/ML9wFSTIL5 
• Home developers who refuse to pay the costs of removing unsafe cladding could have planning permission and projects blocked under government plans https://t.co/T0Zb2xFzP4
• Law Society backs "moderate" increase in SRA fining powers - Legal Futures https://t.co/3rB8strleM
  
• Met commander who wrote drugs strategy faces sack for taking drugs: Julian Bennett, a senior commander in the Metropolitan police, allegedly took cannabis, LSD and magic mushrooms while on holiday https://t.co/kpWcJYZeSY 
• Press panel pleads with government to introduce legal costs incentive - Legal Futures https://t.co/R38VVy5rUJ 
• High Court quashes drug supply conviction after Crown accepts jury misdirection argument | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/0uS9s2KkuW 
• NQ salary war rumbles on amid ‘sticking plaster’ warning | Law Gazette https://t.co/rqdDRelbmo 
• Law Society backs "moderate" increase in SRA fining powers - Legal Futures https://t.co/3rB8st9Kne 
• Maura McNally SC appointed chair of Atlantic Technological University governing body | Irish Legal News https://t.co/9l8bbaN272 
• "Hysterical woman" barrister to argue free speech in reprimand appeal - Legal Futures https://t.co/LHoY8Dprpr 
• Police to look again at decision to charge Caroline Flack with assault: Mother of Love Island presenter, who took her own life in 2020, says Flack’s fame influenced decision https://t.co/sKpAYl4PL4 
• A senior officer has admitted racism remains a problem in the Met Police, after two black colleagues has said that discrimination was getting worse. Deputy Assistant Commissioner Bas Javid told BBC Newsnight some officers "have racist views and are racist" https://t.co/Ah59S88byf
  
• Euston tunnellers’ court victory at risk as CPS seeks to overturn verdict - Six protesters walked free after spending a month underground in front of London station https://t.co/hHE7Ie193s