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20th February - Law News

Edition 3708: 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: Western leaders as well as the Russian propaganda machine are blaming each other of spreading misinformation. Moscow has long accused Ukraine of 'genocide' against Russian speakers in the east. The U.S. called the claim 'a reprehensible falsehood', but Washington has also faced criticism for warning of an imminent attack. So who will win the battle for public opinion?

Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Over one million remote links in Northern Ireland courts since pandemic began | Irish Legal News https://t.co/hM8Q8BbhTn
  • UK Legal industry turnover jumped to £41.6bn in 2021, up 11.5% on 2020 according to Office of National Statistics data released this week | NLJ https://t.co/7KlALnOxo
  • Sole practitioners dispute need for annual levy to sustain SIF | Law Gazette https://t.co/I2cAKZGuyn
  • Low fees & high stress causing shortage of criminal duty solicitors | NLJ https://t.co/ZHTmM2aVaf
  • Afghan evacuees face legal limbo, Society warns | Law Gazette https://t.co/p50wKg0CmH
  • The Court of Protection (CoP) has issued guidance on meetings between a judge and protected parties during proceedings | NLJ https://t.co/Z84OzqCc3o 
  • Prince Harry ‘does not feel safe in UK’, lawyers tell high court - Legal hearing challenges Home Office decision to prevent duke from paying for police protection when visiting https://t.co/A4mweHzBT4 
  • A French modelling agent and a former associate of the late US financier Jeffrey Epstein has been found dead in his prison cell in Paris. Jean-Luc Brunel was found hanged in his cell in La Santé prison on Saturday morning, French media report https://t.co/JriqbYlPSJ
  • Lawyers aim to ensure client’s reputation doesn’t precede them | NLJ https://t.co/r5D5BRc2Ps 
  • A thief who posed as a gem expert to switch diamonds worth £4.2m for pebbles has been ordered to pay back less than £250. Lulu Lakatos, 60, told Mayfair jewellers Boodles she had been sent to value seven precious stones on behalf of Russian buyers https://t.co/pLqxN74TKX
  • Peers seek views on lord chancellor’s role | Law Gazette https://t.co/o3NlcP8GUT
  • Former health secretary Matt Hancock acted unlawfully when he appointed former Talk Talk chief executive Dido Harding as chair of the National Institute for Health Protection and retail executive Mike Coupe as director of testing, the High Court has held https://t.co/ySmRgLsWlu 
  • Operating profits soar 30% at Harbottle | Law Gazette https://t.co/fuC6tS8A9k
  • The Law Society has raised objections to an HMRC consultation on draft regulations for mandatory disclosure rules | NLJ https://t.co/3QRZHYZNPo 
  • Robert Milsom obituary - a legal aid solicitor who often defended the poor and outcast – and sometimes the seriously criminal https://t.co/Dr5PQzmiUm
  • The UK government is likely to drop plans to ban imports of fur and foie gras, amid cabinet opposition. The measures were due to be included in the Animals Abroad Bill, to be introduced soon https://t.co/wEvJJTConD
  • Call for reform of ‘cumbersome’ rules on email service | Law Gazette https://t.co/mrVN6drkS5 
  • The hunt is on for the next two Justices of the Supreme Court, following the retirement of Lord Lloyd-Jones and Lady Arden | NLJ https://t.co/skwJjzSUey
  • Diamond thief must pay back £244 after record £4.2m heist - The Guardian view on privacy law and press freedom: failing to strike a balance | Editorial https://t.co/HgA7JkdhUj https://t.co/bdpKydmImy
  • Hijab must pass Constitutional Morality test in Sabarimala, Triple Talaq rulings: State to Karnataka High Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/ayWhAYo4hm
  • The dangers of rushing to comment on a judgment | Law Gazette https://t.co/8crKqGALR5 
  • District Judge Paul Clarke has been appointed to the Civil Procedure Rule Committee, which makes rules of court for the Court of Appeal, High Court and County Court | NLJ https://t.co/DHRuh3rQLY
  • The Guardian view on privacy law and press freedom: failing to strike a balance | Editorial https://t.co/HgA7JkuSLR 
  • From 1 March, first hearings in family cases at the Royal Courts of Justice are to be attended in person, the President of the Family Division, Sir Andrew McFarlane has said | NLJ https://t.co/IvzfwKglD5
  • Sheffield couple jailed for imprisoning autistic son in loft https://t.co/W8lMgnwfNB 
  • Mrs Justice Eady becomes president of Employment Appeal Tribunal | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/BHXRRYPMOT
  • Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) inspectors have highlighted the impact of ‘rising caseloads and considerable backlogs’ on work at CPS London South, with particular problems found in disclosure and pre-charge reviews | NLJ https://t.co/QPj8UXz1EF
  • Gateshead school fined for field trip which ended in mountain rescue https://t.co/vDYcYVFdIm 
  • Boris Johnson returns lockdown party questionnaire to police https://t.co/gnO0oEVoIL 
  • The London Legal Support Trust (LLST) is once again asking lawyers to bring their hairiest family members along with them for London Legal Walkies at Greenwich Park on Saturday, 23 April at 10am | NLJ https://t.co/rW0KCuaHde 
  • No 10 staff facing police over Partygate can see notes on their evidence https://t.co/pkzmSntVPS