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11th March - Law News

Edition 3727: 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: On 11 December 2015, His Honour Judge Devlin made an order for the extradition of Mr O’Connor to Greece in accordance with a European Arrest Warrant. Pursuant to section 26(4) of the Extradition Act 2003, Mr O’Connor then had seven days in which to give notice of any application for leave to appeal against this order. Mr O’Connor’s solicitor lodged this application on 16 December 2015 but failed to serve notice of the application on the Appellant until 4 January 2016 owing to an oversight. The question was whether Mr O’Connor’s appeal could nevertheless be entertained on the basis that he had done everything reasonably possibly to give notice of the appeal pursuant to section 26(5) of the Extradition Act 2003. The Divisional Court in Northern Ireland allowed the appeal to proceed, drawing a distinction between the actions of Mr O’Connor and the actions of his solicitor. The Appellant seeks to appeal against this order.

Focus of the Day Article: Solicitors from the Aberdeen Bar Association have warned that the north-east’s most vulnerable people will suffer from the Scottish government’s refusal to adequately fund Scotland’s legal aid system. Defence lawyers in the city and Aberdeenshire have withdrawn from the duty scheme in protest at the dire state of affairs.  Full story - Scottish Legal News

 
Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Putin should be scared of The Hague | Law Gazette https://t.co/CdsoLDElMf 
  • MPs slate Ministry of Justice over Crown Court backlog and judges - Legal Futures https://t.co/wIXo9avBbf
  • The High Court has dealt a blow to the claimant in a high-profile privacy claim against social media platform TikTok after refusing an extension of time for service | Law Gazette https://t.co/BheCgmDue4 
  • Fleeing Ukraine, LGBTQ refugees face countries' anti-gay laws and discrimination #Poland #Hungary https://t.co/yFQxXpW2bj
  • Prison is no place for people with mental illnesses. I know because I was in one https://t.co/htq1aGAtVf
  • A triple killer has been found guilty of the rape of his final victim, who was five months pregnant. Anthony Russell, 39, has previously admitted the murders of Julie Williams, her son David Williams and 31-year-old Nicole McGregor https://t.co/OO1SUGO3JC
  • Rush of lawsuits over plastic waste expected after ‘historic’ deal - Like Paris climate agreement, treaty could provide tool to hold firms and states to account, say legal experts https://t.co/T6dMnsfyod
  • Rush to recruit police officers risks hiring racists and criminals, warns watchdog https://t.co/vrF5j58kwy 
  • Twitter removes #Russian embassy tweet on Mariupol bombing. Post by embassy in London had claimed images of women injured in hospital bombing were faked https://t.co/MpRxOo1Ipw 
  • British troops who leave to fight in Ukraine will face court martial, says PM https://t.co/i8DHmVqCbz
  • A triple killer has been found guilty of the rape of his final victim, who was five months pregnant. Anthony Russell, 39, has previously admitted the murders of Julie Williams, her son David Williams and 31-year-old Nicole McGregor https://t.co/OO1SUH5F8c
  • Home secretaries must know how to deal with flak. But when accusations of foot-dragging, complacency, heartlessness and lies come from your own backbenches, you know you have got a serious problem. One Tory MP has called for Priti Patel to resign https://t.co/cd0MwH3SOu 
  • Client selection: The next frontier in the evolution of legal ethics | Law Gazette https://t.co/sQBQtzDKcF 
  • The oligarch’s guide to getting round the UK’s economic crime bill https://t.co/kZNTVvVtR7 
  • Three million dead can be part of Mastercard action | Law Gazette https://t.co/bK2N5x7lTl 
  • MPs sound alarm over MoJ's 'meagre ambition' to reduce court backlog | Law Gazette https://t.co/vb7WfS7Ici 
  • Mariupol bombing: before and after satellite images show destruction in Ukraine city #Russia https://t.co/gutEodFmtm
  • ‘A colossus of criminal law’: Tributes paid to Cornwall solicitor - Mike Gregson, a partner with Cornwall firm Coodes Solicitors, died last month following a short illness | Law Gazette https://t.co/0tidHP0my
  • Largest private suppliers of children's homes and foster care places in England, Wales & Scotland make excessive profits, UK has "sleepwalked" into a system where vulnerable children do not get good care, says a Competition and Markets Authority report https://t.co/Xuyma4xcLv 
  • #Ukrainians with passports will be able to apply for UK visas entirely online from Tuesday, Priti Patel has said, but those without ID would still have to undergo the dehumanising unmitigated bureaucracy at visa application centres https://t.co/QUmYgCrGCb 
  • Solicitors and expert's "serious trangressions" see evidence thrown out - Legal Futures https://t.co/rsdRltOwT5 
  • Conveyancing body calls for more upfront commonhold information | Law Gazette https://t.co/rZlNehVdHf
  • Chelsea FC owner Roman Abramovich has been sanctioned by the UK government as part of its response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. He is one of seven oligarchs to be hit with fresh sanctions, including asset freezes and travel bans https://t.co/w5ZykFOyj0 
  • Tax QC fights off £40m negligence claim over film financing schemes - Legal Futures https://t.co/PAlB5bQxFA 
  • Novak Djokovic pulls out of Indian Wells and Miami Open over #US coronavirus rules - Regulations require any non-US citizen to have a Covid vaccination before entering the country https://t.co/D0CfJGF8XV 
  • Freshfields leads latest round of retreats from Moscow | Law Gazette https://t.co/Dkjdg6OEFf 
  • Six people who were part of a failed 1950s social experiment have won compensation from Denmark's government and have received a face-to-face apology from the prime minister https://t.co/3osTAYGPI8 
  • Snow Patrol's Johnny McDaid has described the idea of stealing other people's work as "abhorrent", during the copyright trial over a song he wrote with Ed Sheeran https://t.co/Vicu6aLdR1