Tuesday

1st February - Law News

Edition 3689: 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: Experts on disability good practice at an interactive discussion on reasonable adjustments in a chambers context (for applicants, pupils, practising barristers and their staff), and find out what support is available

 Focus of the Day Article: In R (Harry Miller) v The College of Policing [2021] EWCA Civ 1926, the Court of Appeal ruled that current police guidance on the recording of ‘hate incidents’ unlawfully interferes with the right to freedom of expression. The decision overturns a 2020 ruling by the High Court in which Mr Miller’s challenge to the lawfulness of the Hate Crime Operational Guidance was dismissed. Full story - UK Human Rights Blog
 
Saturday Conversations on Law

  • The Boutique Lawyer Show: Understanding different client types - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/8h82E6KNvp
  • A&O records 87% spring trainee retention score - Legal Cheek https://t.co/8RC3N2ERMe
  • ‘Death by dangerous cycling’ offence could become law - Ministers under pressure following the death of Kim Briggs in 2016 https://t.co/XjygGVeUAF
  • Lord Harley's return to legal profession squashed by CILEx - Legal Cheek https://t.co/CHKJFz3PC
  • Stop protecting child molestors! | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/Q3WkQyz0nD
  • A suspect has been arrested after two police officers were shot dead during a routine traffic stop in #Germany. At 04:20 local time (03:20 GMT) the officers stopped a vehicle in the Kusel district in Rhineland-Palatinate, a state near the French border https://t.co/q5zZpIqztL 
  • Trainee retentions: mixed fortunes for Simmons and Shoosmiths - Legal Cheek https://t.co/lB0caBuLga
  • Commemorating the first sitting of the Supreme Court: A brief history | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/ibWSkzzlTW
  • SRA education chief who turned 'SQE from a concept into a reality' to step down this summer - Legal Cheek https://t.co/M7D9VkFxJw
  • What does successful innovative thinking look like? - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/YvpLgg30fy 
  • A British woman who reported being gang-raped in Cyprus has had her conviction for allegedly lying about the attack overturned. The woman, then 19, told Cypriot police she had been raped by 12 #Israeli men and boys in Ayia Napa in July 2019 https://t.co/uDf7BJ04it
  • Airline passengers on UK domestic flights are being promised a fairer and simpler compensation process for delays under proposals announced on Monday https://t.co/qsqunzc5zu
  • Will working as a magistrate become the next CV must-have for wannabe lawyers? - Legal Cheek https://t.co/Yuklvkgl4
  • Externment order takes away fundamental right to move freely; must be used sparingly: Supreme Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/jnSbwXnnc9
  • Written advice could have avoided negligence claim, courts tells firm - Legal Futures https://t.co/g5cqSJYhmE
  • How to fund your SQE - Legal Cheek https://t.co/5KqgnDxFXx
  • Ex-regulator predicts big firm listing and urges fast lawtech approvals - Legal Futures https://t.co/DoktmkF6XK
  • The personal phone number belonging to a young female solicitor who resigned amid allegations of bullying and sexual harassment was included on an advertisement for prostitution services created by her former employer - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/jvdslvYFb3
  • Mishcon puts listing on ice as tribunal explains firm's £25,000 fine - Legal Futures https://t.co/ybYavlwLAn
  • £150k junior lawyer salaries are 'out of control', top general counsel warns - Legal Cheek https://t.co/z4aqDXD2lN
  • Solicitor/own client disputes "continue to keep costs specialists busy" - Legal Futures https://t.co/6kVEt4a8XA
  • Law cannot differentiate between Hindu, Christian, Muslim or secular cruelty for divorce: Kerala High Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/KL0GmNvv4P
  • Spotify says that it is working to add advisory warnings to any podcast on its platform that discusses Covid-19. The move follows criticism of its work with Joe Rogan, a US podcast host who has interviewed vaccine-sceptics https://t.co/p3m2dNXuyT
  • Plan to overhaul "outdated" EU laws copied over after Brexit, with the government suggesting the move may cut £1bn of red tape for businesses, undermine the devolution settlement https://t.co/Ds85V1N4v6 
  • Barrister fails to overturn six-month suspension for sexual comments to mini-pupil - Legal Cheek https://t.co/LPT7LPVoSo
  • ‘Grunts’ on £150,000 a year: inside the war for London’s legal talent https://t.co/tB9gimj9ue
  • John Terry removes Premier League trophy on NFTs after legal intervention https://t.co/s8RjS8l7QM
  • White & Case and ULaw strike SQE training deal - Legal Cheek https://t.co/O6JeuzeFg5
  • Lawyers are questioning why the Met Police asked officials to make 'minimal reference' to parties under investigation https://t.co/5Myy1BInwq
  • Law school leaders react to first SQE results - Legal Cheek https://t.co/AaZKVTDsaf
  • London NQ lawyer pay hits record £161,500 - Legal Cheek https://t.co/sJ97Ws1lkw