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13th October - Law News

Edition 3943: 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:  DCM (Optical Holdings) Ltd (Appellant) v Commissioners for HMRC (Respondent) (Scotland) - [2022]
 
Focus of the Day Article: The government needs to step in to mandate reforms that promise to revolutionise the home buying and selling process, stakeholders have argued. The roundtable organised by the Council for Licensed Conveyancers (CLC) also heard that fees were going up, with a leading lender supporting the trend. Full story - Legal Futures

Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Police investigating the murder of 19-year-old Leah Croucher have found human remains at a property where some of her possessions were discovered https://t.co/FNnrXKMxBQ
  • A London council has seized more than £200,000 worth of counterfeit goods from sweet and souvenir shops along Oxford Street. Westminster City Council said fake designer watches and unsafe vapes were among the items taken https://t.co/VqY3zD0UjT 
  • Law school ABS rebrands to look more like traditional legal practice | Law Gazette https://t.co/QWwcglrToe 
  • #US supreme court declines to take up fetal personhood case https://t.co/OCt0fGpjxM 
  • ECJ must have no role in Northern Ireland protocol, David Frost says https://t.co/EKD3xxvxDo 
  • Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones ordered to pay victims' families $965m in damages after branding 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting a hoax #US https://t.co/wZHaIkFFGz
  • Global firm announces India breakthrough | Law Gazette https://t.co/nYJSFNBEIt 
  • British businessman charged over helping Russian oligarch evade US sanctions https://t.co/SxnsdskRIh
  • Scrap Troubles legacy bill, Belfast actor CiarĂ¡n Hinds urges Liz Truss - Hinds says in open letter to PM that proposed laws on unsolved murders would ‘cut off any prospect of justice’ https://t.co/XYafrSUWQm 
  • Government tight-lipped on fate of 'no fault' evictions | Law Gazette https://t.co/rSgSqUEXFA 
  • SRA earmarks £550,000 for one-off cost-of-living payment to staff - Legal Futures https://t.co/F3WiXEvMbu
  • Give legal rights to animals, trees and rivers, say experts - Report for Law Society says framework is essential for future interactions with the environment and biotechnology https://t.co/lluWKzXGQk
  • Junior criminal barristers ‘despair’ over pay deal in England and Wales https://t.co/nZhdJxOIU3 
  • Solicitor fined £15,000 for error in rent review advice to 115 clients | Law Gazette https://t.co/DlUYrDtLJZ 
  • Unregulated in-house specialist partners with magic circle firm - Legal Futures https://t.co/UO2sFaJ5iI
  • UK firms using legal muscle to facilitate human rights and climate abuses – report https://t.co/hVt9s7sl6j
  • Firms cutting office space and bullish about mergers | Law Gazette https://t.co/8gQ2soyhk3
  • SRA struggling to keep hold of anti-money laundering staff - Legal Futures https://t.co/9TZNygNDRx 
  • Senior high court judge to address issues in ‘parental alienation’ cases - Legitimacy of court-appointed ‘experts’ to come under review after mother loses custody appeal https://t.co/iynceTpolw 
  • My legal life: Helen Lamprell OBE, AVEVA - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/o3L7K1FNxX 
  • Law and religion round-up – 9th October | Law & Religion UK https://t.co/vCjAGd0nSr 
  • More than half of conveyancing firms lack “digital maturity” - Legal Futures https://t.co/ItNDlT5qL5 
  • Karnataka High Court holds colleges cannot step into shoes of students and file petitions; imposes costs on 2 dental colleges | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/4CSiGg0MCW
  • Refugee families in Syrian camps are begging for donations on TikTok while the company takes up to 70% of the proceeds https://t.co/h3uwpJySKH
  • Supreme court urged to throw out Scottish independence poll case https://t.co/7l80zfFTc7 
  • 'Exemplary' solicitor sees off SRA allegations of AML dishonesty | Law Gazette https://t.co/cMPYqrRBUJ