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30th September - Law News

Edition 3930: 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:  Cheap renewable energy doesn’t always mean cheap energy bills - that’s because of how electricity prices are set and, even more importantly, the crazy high price of gas. So, what can be done to change that? We look at how renewable energy could be used to drive down energy bills during this cost of living crisis. Climate reporter Simon Roach explains all.

Focus of the Day Article: Clyde & Co secures victory for top barrister in tax scheme claim by ex-footballers and law firm partners. Nearly £1m costs awarded as High Court claims by 123 high net worth individuals are 'dismissed in entirety' ahead of slated January trial. Full story - The Global Legal Post
 

Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Queen's cause of death given as 'old age' on death certificate https://t.co/PWcs3k5kO8
  • Criminal barristers are to vote on whether to end strike action after the government put forward a revised offer on legal aid funding. The Criminal Bar Association said the lord chancellor's 'premature' press release was not a good start | Law Gazette https://t.co/sajCuNm0sK 
  • Scottish Parliament refuses to close incompetent petition after SLN inquiry | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/FAfUqpwfuX 
  • Criminal law firm creates pre-charge accreditation scheme - Legal Futures https://t.co/LrCS1vAxLT
  • Emails at 2am and no holiday respite: Lawyer reveals work-life struggles | Law Gazette https://t.co/1eIYrORIu7
  • Personal injury and road traffic accident specialist firm JMK Solicitors has opened a new office in Derry as part of plans to expand across Northern Ireland | Irish Legal News https://t.co/F4YA8USoiD 
  • Defendants could be released before trial if legal aid dispute continues – High Court | Law Gazette https://t.co/zsioMzlMEh 
  • UK Supreme Court justice Lord Burrows receives Trinity College Law Society award | Irish Legal News https://t.co/bN4Ae4YzSF
  • Sweden has found a new leak in a major undersea pipeline carrying #Russian natural gas to the EU - making it the fourth discovered this week https://t.co/HCzxtlU8WJ
  • Consumers buying second-hand cars online are being warned to beware of scams, after a rise in cases of fraud. It comes after a BBC investigation exposed a fake car dealership website called Auto-Promotions https://t.co/mcIdM0xT6Q
  • BSB plans “statement of good practice” for chambers - Legal Futures https://t.co/qrJ61ZAJPw 
  • The UK Supreme Court will soon have the opportunity to settle the law relating to the proximity issue of plaintiffs as secondary victims in claims arising from clinical negligence, writes Belfast barrister James Stitt | Irish Legal News https://t.co/XWksr0kEBQ
  • Labour may abolish House of Lords if it wins next election, leaked report reveals - Constitutional review by Gordon Brown also recommends devolving economic powers https://t.co/dtNYPHfgzq 
  • Healthcare lawyer Sandra O’Malley has been appointed by LauraLynn, Ireland’s Children’s Hospice, as chair of its board of directors | Irish Legal News https://t.co/53pTRyhy9W
  • NHS officials ruled a man who died after his ear infection was not picked up in GP telephone consultations should have been seen face to face https://t.co/pL0Ad6yvAx
  • The number of people complaining to His Majesty's Revenue and Customs about companies claiming tax repayments on their behalf has more than tripled in two years https://t.co/KjewTNQyRh
  • Call to re-sentence 3,000 prisoners trapped under indefinite jail terms https://t.co/0lB0cnWmHr 
  • Top-50 financial results table 2022: updated live | Law Gazette https://t.co/zWWUkMG35z 
  • Éilís Barry, chief executive of legal rights group FLAC, has been appointed as an adjunct professor with University College Cork (UCC) School of Law | Irish Legal News https://t.co/BnR3yi8RAd
  • #Ireland must step up fight against human trafficking, experts say - Council of Europe report criticises lack of convictions over trafficking for labour exploitation https://t.co/Ef02pdNC9u
  • Court refuses assessment costs cap despite 'odd' initial bill | Law Gazette https://t.co/wdAnAK7pCj
  • Solicitor's libel defence fails over ‘oppressive and unjust’ conduct | Law Gazette https://t.co/Cw9bB96rvT
  • Investigation launched after killer of Stephen Lawrence reportedly obtains smartphone in prison https://t.co/udMiybIrl0
  • ECtHR: UK can deport Nigerian man with indefinite leave to remain | Irish Legal News https://t.co/m5b5zFWH9b 
  • Labour conference: judicial appointments 'must be more transparent' | Law Gazette https://t.co/thBjZFKtEb
  • New Met commissioner declines to say whether force is institutionally racist https://t.co/00jxSapuJR
  • The Solicitors Regulation Authority has defended its work on access to justice after being accused at the Labour party conference of overreaching its remit | Law Gazette https://t.co/fdSabhG4Ov