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18th August - Law News

Edition 3886: 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: America invested in sanitation systems throughout the 20th century – but it often left out communities of color, and they're still trying to catch up. This video explains how specific policies caused these inequities, and talks to some of the people who still lack proper sanitation systems in 2022.

Focus of the Day Article: The Post Office should drop the usual negotiating tactics when arranging compensation with postmasters wrongly accused of theft, the head of the public inquiry into the scandal has stated. Sir Wyn Williams, chair of the Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry, insisted that there was no place for the usual litigation strategies in the handling of compensation schemes. Full story - The Law Society Gazette

Saturday Conversations on Law

  • Ministers have partially lost an attempt to keep secret a series of comments about Rwanda from an adviser. The High Court said on Wednesday some of what the adviser had told ministers must be disclosed in a major court case over the Rwandan refugee policy https://t.co/AmHfnRFeGU
  • Sarah Everard vigil protester sues Met police after conviction https://t.co/1jILw1TvFD
  • Prominent solicitor Cat MacLean has been appointed to the Judicial Appointments Board for Scotland (JABS) | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/9a3vOT0nXN 
  • Legal services boom has peaked - official | Law Gazette https://t.co/PVJa0CUytA 
  • DWF: Northern Ireland employers must be willing to pay higher wages | Irish Legal News https://t.co/C5MGbHenZ4
  • SDT hears fewer sexual misconduct cases than expected - Legal Futures https://t.co/P8uNsuchyN 
  • Foreign Office official raised ‘stark’ criticisms of Rwanda plan, court hears https://t.co/X47MPjPtpp 
  • 'Remove listing responsibility from judges', suggests Treasury minister | Law Gazette https://t.co/ROpd0dnTrA
  • Hatstone appoints Donna Wearen to real estate team | Irish Legal News https://t.co/x9hAps44I7 
  • Post Office scandal lawyers ordered not to use 'negotiating tactics' | Law Gazette https://t.co/rNQ3oV8SYA 
  • Parker Law welcomes Aisling Irish as associate solicitor | Irish Legal News https://t.co/hrPZHTc5Zw
  • Trade mark attorney Gretha Cachia joins Stobbs Ireland | Irish Legal News https://t.co/xUKw2gHvqD
  • Post Office inquiry chair urges higher legal fees for compensation advice - Legal Futures https://t.co/ayljoTVif3 
  • Shoosmiths starts firm-wide bonus scheme as WFW sees profits rise | Law Gazette https://t.co/skqR3LGzEx 
  • An Garda Síochána continuing to struggle with backlog of seized devices | Irish Legal News https://t.co/qT1hBlvm5n
  • Inadequate medical reports causing "unnecessary" OIC disputes - Legal Futures https://t.co/0rJ1cGyjOG
  • Thames Water has announced a hosepipe ban for 15 million customers across the south of England. The ban will come into force from 24 August and will impact people across the Thames Valley and London https://t.co/MZPjnJlBK1
  • CMC collapses with thousands owed by Covid-hit firm | Law Gazette https://t.co/ASFRaWcg3V 
  • An elderly man has died after being stabbed while riding a mobility scooter in Ealing, west London. Metropolitan Police said emergency services were called to Cayton Road, Greenford, just after 16:00 BST on Tuesday https://t.co/lwiGmWjknH 
  • More than 4,000 UK victims of the infected blood scandal are to receive interim compensation of £100,000 each, the government has announced https://t.co/WDTCtvR79B 
  • NI High Court: Judge overturns his own child return order after new evidence of father’s threats emerge | Irish Legal News https://t.co/OYJecEgscc 
  • Veteran solicitor struck off for giving cash to clients in custody | Law Gazette https://t.co/0tqmsKtjUc
  • Fresh warning over barristers making “supportive” comments about cases - Legal Futures https://t.co/Ojny7q26DF
  • Judge to consider unsealing Trump search affidavit as legal worries mount #US https://t.co/svxCgj7PvW
  • Leaked audio reveals Liz Truss said British workers needed ‘more graft’ https://t.co/hZfXjT6VJ6 
  • US: Assange lawyers sue CIA over alleged spying | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/HlKf9QD9Yr
  • Energy Deficit Payment Plans could help solve cost of living crisis | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/cVYJ42seE3