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25th February - Law News

Edition 3713: 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: Political scientist & author Brian Klaas says “strongmen” leaders like Vladimir Putin activate a template in the human brain, causing many to gravitate toward them. Klaas tells Reality Check’s John Avlon about his research into sociopaths - how they are naturally drawn to power and all too often, succeed in getting it.

 Focus of the Day Article: Class action caseloads at record high as labour and employment claims rise, study finds: Corporate legal departments spent $3.37bn on defending and assessing class actions last year. Full story - The Global Legal Post
 
Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Capital allowances update – an ETN & CIOT seminar | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/SHdi5xcfrQ 
  • Our law firms must get out of Russia | Law Gazette https://t.co/kChNPGNhHF 
  • Defendants waiting over six months for trial up 15% in England and Wales https://t.co/4VAuYhM5i8 
  • Legal app ad using the word ‘shyster’ cleared of causing offence | Law Gazette https://t.co/OOJBdlR8mu 
  • The government wants to stop a BBC programme that alleges an MI5 agent is a dangerous extremist and misogynist, who abused two former female partners: A High Court judgment published on Thursday revealed details of the previously-secret legal battle https://t.co/FBf4PED43Z 
  • Happiness officers: does every workplace need to hire someone to bring the joy? https://t.co/vAx5Rp1c7i
  • MoJ working towards mid-March for legal aid response | Law Gazette https://t.co/lwoVV3IQzB 
  • Wildlife groups urge MPs to back protest amendments to crime bill - Bee and butterfly groups are among those asking MPs to ‘defend freedoms’ essential to protecting environment https://t.co/mwjnIHBR8S
  • Prince Harry has begun a High Court libel action against the publisher of the Daily Mail, his spokesperson has confirmed https://t.co/SPipVpaVfC
  • No realistic prospect of conviction for PC Adam Zaman, 28, who was accused of raping a woman while off-duty at the Andaz Hotel in Liverpool Street, central London, in October last year: case dismissed https://t.co/7MkWw8O95
  • The government should seize the assets of #Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich who owns Chelsea Football Club, amid concerns about alleged links to corruption, according to a Labour MP https://t.co/kLYQeglN8L
  • Fixed costs: Housing specialists gather evidence on legal aid consequences | Law Gazette https://t.co/ndmdbbO5mb
  • Web designer’s #US supreme court case could trample LGBTQ+ rights, advocates say https://t.co/J5ew65eVpa
  • 'Shambolic': family lawyers told divorce service will close soon | Law Gazette https://t.co/fTkz4x9aKg
  • Disabled staff and clients deserve more from the law - Legal Futures https://t.co/kHt03ttM4
  • Law firms feature strongly in Stonewall's employer rankings | Law Gazette https://t.co/wSPheI45d
  • Dating apps accused of ignoring sexual assault https://t.co/lI5AADvSap
  • Doctor sacked for biblical views on gender to appeal against tribunal outcome https://t.co/5xJ5xE566R
  • Mishcon takes next step in IPO plan by naming independent directors - Legal Futures https://t.co/uGDAXKbm0k
  • Students in England to pay back loans over 40 years instead of 30 https://t.co/4Ws5N4cGas
  • Employee unfairly dismissed & discriminated against following treatment for cancer, tribunal rules: Judge says compliance officer’s dismissal was ‘tainted with discrimination’ as experts advise firms to be ‘mindful’ of the impact of disabilities on staff https://t.co/q7aA5ZPjmc
  • A jury is deciding whether a former detective showed "extreme indifference to human life" during the raid that led to the death of Breonna Taylor #US https://t.co/InUd3gmYcn
  • All remaining legal Covid restrictions have been removed in England, nearly two years after the first rules were introduced https://t.co/nFISVMgJV3
  • Vos halts PI fees appeal after wider issues raised | Law Gazette https://t.co/fMsetpBzq
  • Law student Alicia Smyth is the first recipient of a new scholarship at Griffith University that will nurture the next generation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander legal eagles #Australia https://t.co/i2sedN8j5
  • Scot whose extradition was sought by US over fraud accusations wins Supreme Court appeal | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/9ZO8qdLGwZ
  • To Tory MPs seeking to derail the green agenda, I say watch out – we’re coming for you | Gemma Rogers https://t.co/9ycuoAKyXw
  • Facebook has been accused of colluding with OnlyFans to blacklist rival adult websites in a lawsuit filed in the #US https://t.co/B38soANpfe
  • Russian forces have launched a military assault on neighbouring Ukraine, crossing its borders and bombing military targets near big cities. President Vladimir Putin said #Russia did not plan to occupy Ukraine https://t.co/y36RV3vMl2
  • Can a foreigner sue in a #Bangladeshi Court? https://t.co/iGPikhYDOi
  • Attorney-at-Law Mekelia Green says she has removed alleged defamatory social media posts she made last week about attorney Nigel Jones and his firm in compliance with a Supreme Court order #Jamaica https://t.co/ruES6KyHuk
  • Watchdog clears legal app over using 'shyster' in TV advert - Legal Futures https://t.co/EkXdEZoCRr 
  • Automated contracts ‘happening now’ says master of rolls | Law Gazette https://t.co/RIITQUXD5L
  • Employer defaulting in paying EPF contribution must pay damages; mens rea/ actus reus not relevant: Supreme Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/0ETKfzW4DA
  • Party funding linked to Russia – how much have Tories benefited? Despite Johnson’s denial over input from oligarchs, donations from those with Russian business links or dual nationality boost the Conservatives https://t.co/ONEGgbDH4B
  • 5 qualities you need to become a great lawyer #India https://t.co/bZoCFCgVbM
  • Aged debt and more write-offs - larger law firms count cost of Covid - Legal Futures https://t.co/ODJ7JrFDm
  • Trump lawyer says whole family may plead the fifth amendment in probe into their finances #US https://t.co/LtHoBtjHK
  • Addleshaw Goddard’s pre-tax profits up by a third | Law Gazette https://t.co/FHlzYMJVhh
  • A legal challenge over plans to build a national Holocaust memorial next to the Houses of Parliament in London is due to be heard at the High Court https://t.co/z2BwpXzf4l
  • A&L Goodbody’s Belfast office to become more inclusive of working parents | Irish Legal News https://t.co/kqtYa8QFr2
  • UK conveyancing market trends and the impact on law firms https://t.co/kDCjMe9Qgu
  • “Reckless” solicitor fined for role in scheme offering 1,000% return - Legal Futures https://t.co/YzDeIQRxoM
  • Future Legal Mind Competition 2022 https://t.co/qnNmI8Bzg0
  • ‘Reeling’ PI market needed fees solution, Court of Appeal hears | Law Gazette https://t.co/Pw0RUCCESz
  • UK Departs, Slightly, From EU Competition Rules https://t.co/cVJnKScPKN
  • Mark Toland appointed as interim inspector of prisons | Irish Legal News https://t.co/uR9K8hPZ0X