Tuesday

16th August - Law News

Edition 3884: 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: In northern Ethiopia, after months of brutal fighting the government and the Tigray People's Liberation Front have reached a truce. But for the people of Tigray, trapped between hunger and brutality in the north where the government has enforced an economic blockade and being imprisoned in a detention camp if they move south - the calm has brought little respite.
 
Focus of the Day Article: leaked report from the Ministry of Justice has suggested that Dominic Raab is considering reforms to judicial review that would effectively limit ministers’ accountability. This comes in the context of Suella Braverman’s suggestions that judicial reviews are being brought for ‘political ends’, and Lord Reed’s cautionary note regarding campaigning organisations bringing challenges to discrimination law, having lobbied unsuccessfully against such legislation whilst it was considered in Parliament (R (on the application of SC, CB and 8 children) (Appellants) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and others (Respondents) 2021, 162). Full story - UK Human Rights Blog

Saturday Conversations on Law

  • The Last Colony by Philippe Sands review – Britain’s Chagos Islands shame https://t.co/O0ae0WtFaQ 
  • White & Case retains 16 of 19 autumn NQ lawyers - Legal Cheek https://t.co/2vFcVnkVC2 
  • McDonald’s has been served with a whopping wage theft claim from hundreds of thousands of employees who were allegedly denied rest breaks they were entitled to - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/oZkEmHslf0
  • Trowers joins firms upping junior lawyer pay in the regions - Legal Cheek https://t.co/th9CpbUISh
  • Why climate change is an issue that property lawyers need to address - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/BGER3yE6LW
  • A 63-year-old man has been charged with firearm offences after firing shots inside #Australia's Canberra airport on Sunday afternoon. Police said the man, sat on seats in a check-in area before shooting a number times into the building's windows https://t.co/LkQGQqODMG
  • Magic Circle NQ lawyers charged out at £600 per hour, new data suggests - Legal Cheek https://t.co/YLIWzytXJx
  • [The Viewpoint] Analysis of the Supreme Court's decision in Vidarbha Industries | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/pWUksSc14b
  • TLT, Linklaters advise Compare the Market on successful antitrust case appeal - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/jQLq4uNPoK 
  • Linklaters partner profits up 5% to £1.9 million - Legal Cheek https://t.co/uUDsA2k84K 
  • Central government notifies appointment of two judges to Himachal Pradesh High Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/FlsaEMitFT 
  • Following an investigation, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has stated it will not oppose Google’s $5.4 billion acquisition of cyber security company Mandiant - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/Y8JKGJJ3q7 
  • Inner and Middle Temple come together to help Ukrainian lawyers find UK legal work - Legal Cheek https://t.co/sEAIhBSHKf 
  • Even working class Oxbridge graduates fail to prosper, study into socio economic diversity finds - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/AflulcnmKN
  • "Can't imagine existence of people like Prashant Bhushan in countries like China, Russia:" BCI condemns Bhushan's remarks on Supreme Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/pwqD0p3Z2d 
  • How appropriate is the good faith standard in banking law? - Legal Cheek https://t.co/tjKXQydR5w 
  • An athlete who was racially profiled during a stop and search has said he was pulled over for a second time by seven armed police officers. Sprinter Ricardo Dos Santos published a series of video tweets of him being pulled over and questioned by police https://t.co/rbCvn4HHP4 
  • Law firm profitability declines for fourth quarter in a row, Thomson Reuters index shows - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/b3Bb9dmKwZ 
  • American Bar Association swears in Deborah Enix-Ross as its new president - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/YVntMl8rr8
  • Criminal barristers to vote on ‘uninterrupted strike action’ - Legal Cheek https://t.co/UMeX0eyJBl
  • Har Ghar Tiranga: Himachal Pradesh High Court issues circular requesting all to hoist National Flag at homes | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/C77GEct8wH 
  • How to scale your legal team (in 3 steps) - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/B9kTSUr4OZ 
  • BCLP retains 14 of 18 UK trainees - Legal Cheek https://t.co/vh4Cp6hUrl 
  • Scottish training contracts set to hit record high - Legal Cheek https://t.co/kECA3Xh3Bn