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27th March - Law News

Edition 3743: 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:  UKSC 2020/0125 Court of Appeal (Civil Division) At all material times the Respondents were members of a corporate group of companies (the "Group"). Their ultimate parent company was Smith & Williamson Holdings Ltd ("SWHL"). The Respondents were the employing entities in the Group. They would employ staff pursuant to contracts of employment and would make the staff available to other group companies in return for a fee. 

Saturday Conversations on Law

  • Disputes and the drama triangle | Law Gazette https://t.co/tTeGKh6vuo
  • Carolyn Jackson recognised as medical negligence law specialist | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/dwLdO6AEbo
  • Home Office illegally seized phones of 2,000 asylum seekers, court rules | Immigration and asylum https://t.co/sORZPzLRw8
  • Police are hunting a prisoner who escaped wearing nothing but his underwear and socks. Dorset Police said Kyle Darren Eglington assaulted security officers in Hardy Road, Poole on Saturday before making off from a prison van https://t.co/VkqKjuxovR 
  • City firms urged to agree common approach to social mobility - Legal Futures https://t.co/LODf1hlS4w
  • 'Too ready to take offence': Forstater tribunal hears closing arguments | Law Gazette https://t.co/6UckupjKDq
  • Court of Appeal: 12-year sentence upheld for violent rapes of 17-year-old girl at party | Irish Legal News https://t.co/iKgBqR3ELl 
  • RTI Act applied to ED if information sought related to corruption and human rights violation: Delhi High Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/CZPB5fmKhE 
  • Non-practising solicitors could be required to fill out an annual application in order to remain on the roll, under Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) proposals | NLJ https://t.co/qN2AYPzrKl 
  • Dismissal was part of firm’s fair redundancy process, judge rules | Law Gazette https://t.co/6HFLJnlnJM
  • Which?: Young people most likely to report being scammed amid dramatic rise in fraud | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/JPUeeIGuWt 
  • 'Absolute scandal': HMCTS urged to cut £593 divorce fee | Law Gazette https://t.co/8dqoTQzXZs 
  • Justice Minister Helen McEntee has announced funding totalling €4.6m for more than 60 organisations to support victims of crime | Irish Legal News https://t.co/SuXFYK89GL 
  • Cambridge college master aghast as slave trader plaque stays. Sonita Alleyne says church ‘is meant to love us all’ after decision on Tobias Rustat memorial https://t.co/9Mc3dbr0fh
  • Scarborough solicitor offers house to Ukrainian refugees | Law Gazette https://t.co/5fqpo33lE1 
  • Legal Ombudsman budget to top £15m after 5.8% increase approval - Legal Futures https://t.co/XBHKhNN5PR 
  • In the Spring Statement this week, Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s headline change was a one per cent cut in income tax, due to take effect in two years’ time (April 2024) | NLJ https://t.co/9qfY5ufP1A
  • The government must do more to recover taxes that went unpaid during the pandemic, a group of MPs has said. The Public Accounts Committee said the total UK tax debt was £39bn - more than double the amount at the start of 2020 https://t.co/2y8vVWnSPY
  • Gillespie Macandrew announces nine promotions | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/vlVbUbqSC1 
  • Former Spanish king loses state immunity bid | Law Gazette https://t.co/Y3AO2sWDgJ
  • The SRA's first ABS - still going strong, 10 years on - Legal Futures https://t.co/UsW6zdD8Ns 
  • Scope of new land interests register should be reviewed | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/f1Ls38j7UC
  • JK Rowling hits back at Vladimir Putin, after the Russian president cited her in a wide-ranging speech that saw him criticise "cancel culture". Mr Putin compared recent criticism of Rowling by the trans community to that faced by pro-war Russian artists https://t.co/6DfjZVG1NC 
  • SRA probes exposure to sanctioned clients | Law Gazette https://t.co/QTv4mrS9A
  • Minister names more law firms acting for Russians on sanctions | Law Gazette https://t.co/6LbskV7ts
  • A man who murdered his ex-girlfriend's two-year-old son has been jailed for life after the couple's horrific abuse was captured on secret recordings. Kyrell Matthews died in October 2019 with 41 rib fractures and internal injuries https://t.co/LyBHNThgtx
  • Black entrepreneur stopped by Met police because he was ‘not dressed for the climate’ - Eric Boateng-Taylor was stopped by officers in Croydon who demanded to know why he was wearing a jacket https://t.co/UQzFgDLbCu
  • Two men and a 17-year-old girl have been jailed for life for the homophobic murder of a doctor in a city centre park. Psychiatrist Dr Gary Jenkins, 54, was attacked in Cardiff's Bute Park on 20 July 2021, and died 16 days later https://t.co/aOIkbzus2h