Saturday

20th August - Law News

Edition 3888: 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: India, Delhi Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena ordered the transfer of 12 IAS officers following the raids on Delhi's Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia over allegations of corruption in the liquor policy

Saturday Conversations on Law

  • Gillespie Macandrew reports £15m turnover after double-digit growth | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Ac0QGlu0NZ
  • Police abuse stop and search powers to target protesters, suggests data https://t.co/PVasmSiWWo 
  • Claimants call for review of stagnant fixed costs | Law Gazette https://t.co/8PQqqtYjbk
  • ABS to keep staff “invested” through different kinds of shares - Legal Futures https://t.co/KkBmTwcugU
  • Munro & Noble welcomes newest solicitor Elaine Gamba | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/ZfzhcqLUGe
  • Andrew Tate banned from Facebook and Instagram - The former kickboxer rose to fame in 2016 when he was removed from TV show Big Brother over a video which appeared to depict him attacking a woman https://t.co/L06UwkSepF
  • Agricultural law specialists Petra Grunenberg and Ellen Eunson join Shepherd and Wedderburn | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/uXKSzvDk4W
  • An IS group militant from the UK sentenced to life in prison by a #US court for his involvement with a terror cell. El Shafee Elsheikh, 34, was convicted in April of hostage-taking, conspiracy to murder US citizens & supporting a terrorist organisation https://t.co/7qUlmzSmgc
  • Detained Hong Kong activists to plead guilty under #China-style law https://t.co/7KVn69geyi 
  • Wayne Couzens to be charged with two further offences of exposure - CPS authorises decision following referral of evidence by Met police against killer of Sarah Everard https://t.co/Ex7g5B4jy8 
  • Apple has released an update to fix security flaws on its iPhone, iPad and Mac devices, which it says hackers may have "actively exploited". The tech company said the new software "provides important security updates and is recommended for all users" https://t.co/JcbQ6cUDY6 
  • Water firms in England and Wales lost 1tn litres via leaky pipes in 2021 https://t.co/Wt1wyIE3Zy 
  • Election law a growing area - and good for democracy, say experts - Legal Futures https://t.co/gWCrXUqZyU
  • Hamilton Mullan celebrates five years and expand their training programme | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/mpVKlCM8Tl
  • Scottish judge urged to follow Irish colleagues in resigning from Dubai finance court | Irish Legal News https://t.co/0r6kLwoqm5
  • The Tory government has said it will expand its role in Labour-run Liverpool City Council to cover financial decisions, governance and recruitment, after expensive errors by the authority https://t.co/ix3Wdqnegi
  • Partner who told trainee to change dates of deed is struck off - Legal Futures https://t.co/SDacElscLM
  • A 90-year-old woman waited 40 hours for an ambulance after a serious fall. Stephen Syms said his mother, from Cornwall, fell on Sunday evening and an ambulance arrived on Tuesday afternoon https://t.co/oldhFfKgzh
  • Legal aid lawyers working longer under online immigration regime | Law Gazette https://t.co/khTmpIGECh 
  • A man has been charged with the murder of a grandfather stabbed while riding a mobility scooter in west London. Thomas O'Halloran, 87, died at the scene on Cayton Road, Greenford, after being attacked https://t.co/m6tH7h1YXR
  • CV fraudster must repay some wages, Supreme Court rules | Law Gazette https://t.co/0p16d428Dn 
  • Three men have been charged over the prison killing of infamous Boston gangster James "Whitey" Bulger. The 89-year-old Bulger was discovered unresponsive in October 2018 at a maximum-security facility in West Virginia #US https://t.co/iA98lU97ob 
  • Clinical negligence leader sees results from "fast and fair" approach - Legal Futures https://t.co/qddNErwGVE
  • A drought has been officially declared in parts of Wales after an extended period of dry weather and low rainfall caused water levels to plummet https://t.co/OE3KX4fwWo 
  • I have spent 25 years treating serious sexual offenders – this is what I’ve learned https://t.co/f6JUkBZYt2
  • Diversity concerns as Supreme Court reappoints old guard | Law Gazette https://t.co/EnyQmgrXUV 
  • Stalked TV presenter Isla Traquair condemns handling of offencehttps://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/aug/18/stalked-tv-presenter-isla-traquair-condemns-handling-of-offence
  • The Post Office, smoke and mirrors – and it’s all just got a bit worse - Legal Futures https://t.co/GfVubMnCvH 
  • Deirdre-Ann Barr appointed as chair of Irish Blood Transfusion Service | Irish Legal News https://t.co/5ButSPbHoI
  • NI Court of Appeal: Repossession order upheld with court ‘surprised this argument was made by a qualified barrister’ | Irish Legal News https://t.co/6yKBVZc4uH 
  • Government dealt partial blow in bid to keep Rwanda documents secret | Law Gazette https://t.co/3XywiHsZ1N 
  • Retired Irish barrister Bill Shipsey, a former chair of Amnesty International Ireland, pens an open letter to former senator Lord Glennie over his controversial role on the Dubai International Finance Centre (DIFC) courts | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/0YZGrmuj9v 
  • Parents have been warned to be "extra vigilant with their children" after a six-year-old girl was abducted and sexually assaulted in Greater Manchester, with police appealing for help to find a man seen on CCTV images https://t.co/UuOAQxLAQR