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15th July - Law News

Edition 3853: 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: When police used tear gas amid chaotic scenes outside the Champions League final in Paris in May, the French authorities were quick to blame Liverpool supporters. But now a report from the French Senate has said that initial judgement was used to "divert attention" from the failures of the organisers. The report was welcomed by the Liverpool fans' groups who called for a full apology from the French government.

Focus of the Day Article: UK law firm financial results tracker - How the top practices performed in a year characterised by record deal markets, salary wars and escalating geopolitical instability. Full story - The Global Legal Post

Saturday Conversations on Law

  • Alex Magaisa obituary: Lawyer and key adviser to Morgan Tsvangirai who helped draft #Zimbabwe’s 2013 constitution https://t.co/vI5ABUeKk1
  • Steven Walker QC receives arbitral appointment | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/qMVyT5soH1
  • Students in St Andrews say landlords have tried to push them out of their rooms to make "a whole lot of money" out of visitors to The Open. 300,000 people visiting the town which normally has a population of 19,000 https://t.co/iHXWGKy0Zf
  • High Court permits service by NFT in ‘English legal first’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/ma7IZb3mlz
  • Michael McLean qualifies as a solicitor advocate | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/WJgnt6rZRB 
  • What a difference a decade makes: Knights growth story continues - Legal Futures https://t.co/O8OBfOwA9
  • Top-50 financial results table 2022: updated live | Law Gazette https://t.co/zWWUkMG35
  • #Sudan woman faces death by stoning for adultery in first case for a decade https://t.co/DEKIXz3e3
  • Editorial: Not long for ‘not proven’ | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Ot9pMzueXR
  • Backdating legal aid fee hike is legal - but it's a pyrrhic victory | Law Gazette https://t.co/3nhOoGgf
  • National firm Thrings has merged with Wye Valley-based Okells FrancisLaw in a move that brings together specialists in agriculture and private client law | Law Gazette https://t.co/qI73vvvG3I
  • CILEX calls in ex-LSB chief as it considers whether to change regulator - Legal Futures https://t.co/l4jUgsreNV
  • 'Honoured and bemused': legal aid lawyers celebrated at annual LALYs | Law Gazette https://t.co/AQ0JCzZRE
  • Blackadders’ Stephen Connolly accredited as employment law specialist | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/drn1ZKAclY
  • Amber Heard has lost her attempt to have the verdict in her trial with ex-husband Johnny Depp thrown out because one juror served instead of his father, in a case of mistaken identity #US https://t.co/qIBwXse3i
  • Pinsent Masons elects Andrew Masraf as senior partner | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/tXOXG1zdi
  • HSF posts record revenue, profits and PEP | Law Gazette https://t.co/i9DulijxK
  • LSB approves scrapping of Bar student aptitude test - Legal Futures https://t.co/5tidrXda9F
  • Belfast-based Thompson Crooks Solicitors promotes William Nugent to director | Irish Legal News https://t.co/d0pYnXWjuM
  • Scotland Yard is likely to question a married couple Farah accused of forcing him into domestic servitude https://t.co/OaslrmXcc
  • Baker McKenzie latest to announce Russian spin-off | Law Gazette https://t.co/MsMQytg1T
  • Boston Scientific to pay $105m to #Australian women who received pelvic mesh implants https://t.co/pfD4vUxUs8
  • Trouble for Trump as committee makes case Capitol attack was premeditated: Criminal prosecution appears increasingly likely as January 6 committee strengthens case against former president https://t.co/1tWl3H8sT
  • Commercial rent disputes projected to reach new low in Scotland | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/TAXKTIwAen
  • A solicitor who used money from a client’s estate to buy a house he then lived in has been struck off, with the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) saying the public would be “horrified” by his actions - Legal Futures https://t.co/OA8jVcZ5p
  • Broadcaster Jeremy Vine became visibly upset as he described the effects of allegedly being stalked by a former BBC radio presenter. Mr Vine said Alex Belfield became "fixated", repeatedly accusing him of stealing £1,000 of BBC money https://t.co/966JawIMTz