Edition 3754: 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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Focus of the Day Article: Mid-tier London law firms are “rubbing their hands with glee” at an influx of new oligarch clients turned away by the big City firms, a leading media lawyer has claimed.. Full story - Legal Futures
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| Saturday Conversations on Law |
- How could Vladimir Putin be prosecuted for war crimes? #Russia https://t.co/jlxy4DfMH6
- A security guard at the British embassy in Berlin suspected of spying for Russia has been extradited to appear in court charged with nine offences under the Official Secrets Act https://t.co/wk56Zskth8
- Graham Dwyer succeeds in EU challenge to Irish data retention law | Irish Legal News https://t.co/pNKgwK8qk9
- The pandemic has not reset the culture in law | Law Gazette https://t.co/uPAAovMpIu
- Lawscot Foundation: Applications open for ‘less-advantaged’ aspiring Scottish solicitors | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/LMkCD2vWoG
- It’s totally OK to break laws in England – just ask the MPs who make them https://t.co/mYGC8yeagk
- International firm rebuked over insufficient checks on mass group action | Law Gazette https://t.co/dl0Cn7pilC
- Client suing law firm ordered to pay security for costs - Legal Futures https://t.co/oBGWRQVSqn
- Allen & Overy narrows gender pay gap | Law Gazette https://t.co/LfTisUzySs
- Victims of #Brazil’s Mariana dam disaster seek compensation through UK courts https://t.co/M56qiQ9zkC
- Family judge sorry after ‘everything went wrong’ in contact dispute | Law Gazette https://t.co/TMCKZ9bz6l
- UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson says he does not believe transgender women should compete in female sporting events - a view he conceded may be "controversial" https://t.co/UUliXuNeGp
- Electric vehicle charging points in a council's car parks have been hacked to show a porn website on their screens. Isle of Wight Council has three charge points in Quay Road, Ryde, Cross Street, Cowes and Moa Place, Freshwater https://t.co/eRXRagFwPJ
- Tributes have been paid to a British lawyer who died in a landslide with his nine-year-old son while hiking in Australia's Blue Mountains. Mehraab Nazir, 49, died with his son at the scene https://t.co/4albldQH7G
- Mid-tier law firms “rubbing hands with glee” at new oligarch clients - Legal Futures https://t.co/qXZVOoq1qT
- The most far-reaching change in divorce laws in decades has come into force - ending the need for separating couples to blame one of themselves. The launch of no-fault divorces for England and Wales comes after years of campaigning by family lawyers https://t.co/y1ei4axuhh
- Entrepreneur appealing contempt finding in £200,000 dispute with Farrer & Co | Law Gazette https://t.co/7goV4Q1iIg
- SRA rebukes leading class action firm over conduct of struck-out claim - Legal Futures https://t.co/TBnVNGuYBR
- A judge ruled that Ed Sheeran had not plagiarised the 2015 song Oh Why by Sami Chokri, a grime artist who performs under the name Sami Switch, had claimed the "Oh I" hook in Sheeran's track was "strikingly similar" to an "Oh why" refrain in his own track https://t.co/cvf6eQFIcZ
- Bakers top-paid partner drew £4.3m last year | Law Gazette https://t.co/lZN6cfEsCJ
- A former P&O Ferries chef is suing the company and its chief executive, claiming unfair dismissal, racial discrimination and harassment. John Lansdown is the only seafarer to take legal action after 800 staff were sacked without notice last month https://t.co/B4VZ1lno8C
- #Sudan
militia leader denies war crimes at landmark ICC Darfur trial - Ali
Muhammad Ali Abd-al-Rahman is accused of 31 counts of war crimes and
crimes against humanity https://t.co/hoVHs1Njg3
- Lawmakers in Oklahoma passed a bill that would impose a near-total ban on abortions in the state. The bill would criminalise performing an abortion in almost all cases, except where it could "save the life of a pregnant woman in a medical emergency" #US https://t.co/rUDc6TCp3R
- Ince Group granted injunction after ransomware attack - Legal Futures https://t.co/tdOGL8CsWn
- Most in-house lawyers want to work from home | Law Gazette https://t.co/RTBIc99Y0x
- Scotland’s prison population rate remains above European average | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/GXoM1kjCjt
- Law Society of Northern Ireland challenges new ministers to deliver on access to justice | Irish Legal News https://t.co/wJqLG7h2YG
- Global grandees join call for Ukraine war crimes tribunal | Law Gazette https://t.co/VvijDRWnZ1
- ECJ rules in favour of Irish murderer Graham Dwyer in phone data dispute #Ireland https://t.co/Zn9QTNHfoI
- Laura Falls made partner at Addleshaw Goddard in Edinburgh | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Pld2n5V0OI
- There’s no such thing as ‘no-fault’ divorce – the phrase they’re looking for is ‘everybody’s fault’ https://t.co/mUUdmHkLFl
