Edition 3725: 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: Volunteers at a railway station in Lviv, west Ukraine are doing all they can to help refugees flee the violence of Putin’s invasion and reach safety. Lviv is 60 kilometres from the Polish border and thousands of people have been arriving every day from the rest of country. The Guardian spends the day with one volunteer named Sergyi Mykolaiv
Focus of the Day Article: A High Court master has revoked permission for the claimants in a group
action to rely on an expert’s evidence because of “serious
transgressions” by him and the group’s solicitors.. Full story - Legal Futures
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| Saturday Conversations on Law |
- What to make of the government’s Human Rights Act consultation? | Law Gazette https://t.co/z7ukz4C4GK
- Former Law Society of Scotland president, Amanda Millar, has been appointed as a trustee of the Samaritans | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/gwWWggW5hH
- Ed Sheeran sings Nina Simone during Shape of You copyright case - The star is accused of lifting his song's "Oh I, oh I, oh I" hook from Sami Chokri's 2015 single Oh Why https://t.co/gb4L3KqJDP
- City speaks up on right to representation | Law Gazette https://t.co/gdt2tKtKn
- The daughter of a Ukrainian refugee has warned of the anger and frustration of people waiting for visas at an "understaffed" UK application centre. Marianne Kay from Yorkshire says if delays continue much longer "it does feel like there will be riots" https://t.co/TRCSOTDnDm
- Prince Andrew pays settlement in Virginia Giuffre sex assault case https://t.co/qXqE0suVB4
- Firm to pay £26,500 to worker sacked for not coming in on Jewish holiday | Law Gazette https://t.co/ip2Q3V3EAz
- Solicitor struck off for lying to avoid paying legal aid debt - Legal Futures https://t.co/1rgnK7BP45
- Costs row in abuse cases as court rules Grade C fee earner should lead | Law Gazette https://t.co/MuH6QcmUwS
- Police officer who posted comedy GIF in Twitter argument with solicitor loses appeal against misconduct proceedings decision | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/d6ucVTLRF9
- Freshfields drops Russian client as Norton Rose closes Moscow office | Law Gazette https://t.co/XSDLpl34rn
- Public sexual harassment: The women groped and laughed at in the street https://t.co/lvlf8QJLj8
- Almost 300 Ukrainian refugees trying to reach the UK have already been turned back at the French border by British Border Force officials, the Calais authorities have said https://t.co/Zk5BdRloaa
- #Russia has said it may close its main gas pipeline to Germany if the West goes ahead with a ban on its oil. A "rejection of Russian oil would lead to catastrophic consequences for the global market", causing prices to more than double https://t.co/G362Xaxjqb
- [1986 Pan Am Hijack] Can compensation received by husband whose wife was killed by terrorists be taxed as 'income': Gujarat HC to examine | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/SekhoUcqB4
- Overcoming the hurdles of professional indemnity insurance - Legal Futures https://t.co/qJG8zFvjUd
- Solicitors will have to ‘challenge’ misbehaving colleagues | News |Law Gazette https://t.co/Xr6NUlhmlZ
- The Law Society of Ireland has issued a warning to solicitors over a fake email purporting to come from the Law Society | Irish Legal News https://t.co/KSDFSLxyi5
- Ukraine Supreme Court judge joins defence forces on front line | Law Gazette https://t.co/fGUz4aZeXt
- Blow to Republicans as supreme court denies bid to overturn electoral maps #US https://t.co/Ypx80Pv4Wq
- LeO boss: Efforts to close complaints more quickly starting to work - Legal Futures https://t.co/b6X0DS1MIZ
- A
solicitor who runs The Secret Trainee Twitter account has spoken of the
pressure on criminal trainees to undertake work for which they are
unprepared | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/8nGwAfx9du
- SRA updates warning on SLAPP misconduct | Law Gazette https://t.co/OUrciVmqF0
- Since the invasion of Ukraine began, footage has emerged of some #Russian citizens, at home and abroad, showing support for Ukraine https://t.co/Gp5W7uxzDV
- A
Scottish government consultation seeking views on Scotland’s not proven
verdict and related reforms closes this Friday | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/heBQkZEVt9
- Ex-Mishcon partner to pay £21,000 over AML rule breaches | Law Gazette https://t.co/EOJvkLUn5n
- The Guardian view on how to convict rapists: put experts in charge https://t.co/cCbuO0vyPQ
- But more than 500 refugees are stuck in Calais, with many saying they were turned away for lack of paperwork: The number of Ukrainian refugees granted visas under the UK's new scheme has risen from about 50 on Sunday to 300, the Home Office has said https://t.co/ru2qcqpywR
- Rule will require solicitors to challenge colleagues' improper behaviour - Legal Futures https://t.co/JdoaOKcmk
- Russia snubs ICJ as Ukraine asks court to stop ‘war crimes’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/24A22SwgTu
- Dua Lipa faces second copyright lawsuit over hit song Levitating https://t.co/MZa5XXaNWA
- Ex-Mishcon partner accepts £17,500 fine for AML failures - Legal Futures https://t.co/CC9WbI4X6R
- Oligarchs selling UK property to avoid new register may have to declare details https://t.co/qcesn2Lfa
- 'Open defiance and hostility' to the SRA: Khan loses intervention challenge | Law Gazette https://t.co/eDSQdKFhQA
- A plan to harden and quicken UK sanctions against allies of Vladimir Putin has got through the House of Commons at rapid speed https://t.co/yzzzapMkq4
- Best of the blogs - 5 March 2022 | Law Gazette https://t.co/a5YVZYonbJ
- Sexist snubs against female leaders are shockingly familiar https://t.co/sMvsLzHSUo
