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10th August - Law News

Edition 3878: 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: Donald Trump was on one of his golf courses in New York when he heard news that the FBI had descended on his lavish Florida home. The backlash was instant. The former president instantly blamed the Democratic Party, saying they didn't want him to run for the White House again in 2024. And while Trump's hardcore base were incandescent with anger, his allies in congress threatened retribution against the bureau.

Focus of the Day Article: The High Court has upheld a decision to throw out a negligence claim against a law firm because it was served too late – even though the court had actually lost the claim. Full story - Legal Futures

Saturday Conversations on Law

  • Laura McKenna joins McKee Campbell Morrison’s new employment division | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/FpotYfxLPh 
  • A heavyweight chambers that prides itself on a commitment to diversity and ‘defending human rights’ is in the invidious position of having been found to have bullied a black lesbian barrister | Law Gazette https://t.co/KgO2tbORmV 
  • Justice Secretary Dominic Raab is planning to limit the scope of judicial review, according to a leaked document seen by The Guardian | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/qeMDL9TZsa
  • More details of judicial misconduct findings to be published | Law Gazette https://t.co/w7yra7y1II
  • After ceasefire, battered Palestinians recall Israeli ‘massacre’ - Many Palestinians were killed just hours before a truce was agreed on between #Israel and Islamic Jihad https://t.co/Xk8hLfzJEG 
  • Ex-RAF base Linton-on-Ouse asylum centre plan scrapped https://t.co/D0GuLs0aQW 
  • Judge overrides Essex firm's objections to move case to Leeds - Legal Futures https://t.co/ljQqQkp7el
  • Family of #US Black man killed by MD police reaches $5m settlement https://t.co/WCiQKfPiUh 
  • A support service for unrepresented parties in court forced to launch an urgent appeal after its government funding was pulled has teamed up with universities to keep services running | Law Gazette https://t.co/imqr5sO75G
  • Oil industry body to sue Irish government over energy consumption plan | Irish Legal News https://t.co/NsGavTfrjA
  • EAT reinstates discrimination claim against law firm - Legal Futures https://t.co/vfawJNnnDY 
  • UK’s transport minister proposes death by dangerous cycling offence | Irish Legal News https://t.co/sWAWL3ZC1
  • A female solicitor allegedly described by a manager as a ‘ballbreaker’ has been awarded more than £150,000 for the sex discrimination and unfair dismissal she suffered at work | Law Gazette https://t.co/Yn3TlFUDsX
  • Judge Síofra O’Leary leads the field in election for ECtHR presidency | Irish Legal News https://t.co/DesX3aYEoW
  • Claim against law firm lost by court still thrown out for late service - Legal Futures https://t.co/UP0hzMW56e
  • Paedophile John Watt QC guilty of ‘rape and other vile sexual abuse’ of children jailed for 10 years | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/1IwH4F2Znk
  • Contributions from solicitors to the practising certificate fee are expected to increase by 10% next year, raising an extra £10.4m in total, it has been confirmed | Law Gazette https://t.co/CZ7ya4vAYP
  • Ex-US President Donald Trump has said his Florida home was "raided" by the FBI, and that agents broke open a safe. Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach was "occupied by a large group of FBI agents" https://t.co/RoR1LA4sX
  • More details of judicial misconduct findings to be published | Law Gazette https://t.co/w7yra7y1II
  • Law Society and SRA to recoup extra £10m from solicitors - Legal Futures https://t.co/UdZfzbaglL 
  • DAC Beachcroft’s pre-tax profits slip despite 2% revenue growth | Law Gazette https://t.co/9LwtAyq1t
  • Three white men convicted of killing a black jogger have been sentenced for federal hate crimes. Travis McMichael, 36, his father, Gregory, 66, and their neighbour, William Bryan, are already serving life sentences over the murder #US https://t.co/vbuQZ2LoaW
  • Top-50 financial results table 2022: updated live | Law Gazette https://t.co/zWWUkMose1
  • A child, believed to be a four-year-old girl, has died and three other people are in hospital after a terraced home collapsed following a gas explosion and fire in south London https://t.co/cFU8ktXdSl