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27th February - Law News

Edition 3715: 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: The international response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine has largely been limited to sanctions and condemnation. UN Security Council permanent member Russia used its veto to block a resolution against the invasion. The U.S and EU are preparing sanctions targeting Russia's president, but former leader Dmitry Medvedev responded by saying Moscow doesn't really need diplomatic ties with the West. Can anything be done to return to diplomacy?

Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Ireland welcomes progress on EU directive on ESG reporting | Irish Legal News https://t.co/rYQUrJAYaQ
  • An extra 4,000 prison places are to be created, spread across 16 prisons, Justice Secretary Dominic Raab said last week | NLJ https://t.co/HhdibxkXeB
  • Dechert and ex-partner face joint trial over hacking and abduction claims | Law Gazette https://t.co/Kok0HAWcgV
  • Inner House finds former employee of housebuilder entitled to payment of bonuses post-termination | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/7JipZY8BHS 
  • Chelsea's Russian owner Roman Abramovich says he is "giving trustees of Chelsea's charitable foundation the stewardship and care" of the club. Abramovich, who took over at Chelsea in the 2003, has made the move amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine https://t.co/PWFQiewkCx
  • The Court of Appeal has warned judges to ‘remain above the fray and neutral’ where cases involve litigants in person | NLJ https://t.co/5xQiZ4K2L
  • 'Almost unendurable': rape case delayed 21 times | Law Gazette https://t.co/IFLyesLij9 
  • Director of Public Prosecutions Max Hill QC has vowed to do better on Rape and Serious Sexual Offences (RASSO), following concerns about low numbers of convictions | NLJ https://t.co/qj0fZUno7c
  • Four Bars condemn illegal Russian invasion of Ukraine | Irish Legal News https://t.co/w1pillSG2B 
  • Hundreds defy banned Basant kite flying festival in #Pakistan - The government imposed the ban because of unsafe practices. But despite a police crackdown, every year hundreds of people continue to fly kites from their rooftops https://t.co/Gqgks7dpd0 
  • Witness on video link tried to give evidence while driving a van | Law Gazette https://t.co/VJEnhhVDUM 
  • Law firm gunnercooke has become the first major UK law firm to officially accept payment in cryptoassets such as Ethereum (Ether) and Bitcoin | NLJ https://t.co/9eXpKNFpAr 
  • Oil giant BP is under pressure from the UK government to offload its 20% stake in the Russian state-owned oil firm Rosneft. Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng spoke to BP boss Bernard Looney on Friday following Russia's invasion of Ukraine https://t.co/vqF5T8eHdo
  • GQ|Littler appoints Alison Finn as first senior associate in Dublin | Irish Legal News https://t.co/b7uHLzJpQi
  • Crown court judge who claimed he was subjected to ‘improper pressure’ over his handling of an application to extend custody time limits at the height of the pandemic has been given formal advice for misconduct | Law Gazette https://t.co/vvHM4HjmVt
  • Peers should consider whether the introduction of suspended or prospective-only quashing orders in judicial reviews correctly balance ‘providing courts with discretion and placing a presumption on how they should act’ | NLJ https://t.co/1vEZ1SlgF7
  • Dr Aurel Sari: International legal aspects of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/XjUdegjEc5 
  • Ketanji Brown Jackson: who is Biden’s #US supreme court choice? - The Harvard graduate, 51, has been a judge of the DC circuit court of appeals since replacing Merrick Garland https://t.co/iyOkju0tYV
  • #Russia has limited access to Facebook over the platform's stance on the accounts of several Moscow-backed news outlets amid the invasion of Ukraine https://t.co/sg60EwIiMN
  • The deaths of two patients have sparked damning reports into the failings of mental health services in north Wales. They died at two separate units run by Betsi Cadwaladr health board https://t.co/36yGtAm8df
  • Scottish Tory leader Douglas Ross faces no action over undeclared earnings https://t.co/3WL5DQVMQo
  • MoJ exploring fresh JR reforms, tribunal hears | Law Gazette https://t.co/0ghFfsAmFM
  • Burges Salmon advises Atlas Hotels on acquisition of six new properties | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/9O0RyJ1IaR
  • Breaches of embargo on publication of the contents of a court judgment are ‘becoming more frequent’, the Court of Appeal has warned | NLJ https://t.co/kfnZmcwoUa
  • Police bid for journalist’s notes ‘deeply concerning’ for press freedom, court hears | Law Gazette https://t.co/nyJOKBBFYj
  • Lawyers have called on the government to do its best to help avert a refugee and humanitarian crisis, following the invasion of Ukraine by Russia | NLJ https://t.co/4YvHI5Ad1A 
  • Former solicitor in contempt over 'abusive and vile' messages to SDT staff | Law Gazette https://t.co/60mCOf9rmZ 
  • CEO of Home Office contractor apologises for racist messages by staff: Boss of Mitie, awarded contracts worth £2.55bn, apologised to home secretary and has launched an investigation https://t.co/fW6y8KcM9b 
  • The much-anticipated Belsner appeal, which could have a significant effect on costs for low value personal injury cases, has been postponed | NLJ https://t.co/Qraa7dAFPC
  • Analysis: Only the financial equivalent of unleashing a nuclear arsenal will dent #Russia’s foreign assets war chest https://t.co/w2h0tk3YMs 
  • Andrew Forrest hits back at Facebook claim he signed away his rights #Australia https://t.co/kRkuWpOGOM