Saturday

15th October - Law News

Edition 3945: 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:  So Equity Trust is: The Appellant (Halabi, the Executor) and the Respondent ("ETJL") are assumed to be creditors of the Ironzar II Trust, a Jersey law discretionary trust whose liabilities substantially exceed its assets. ETJL is a former trustee of the Ironzar II Trust which contends that its rights of recourse to the trust fund take priority to those of other creditors, including the Executor, who disputes that contention

Focus of the Day Article: A father in a family case who told a district judge to ‘get fucked’ has been found in contempt of court - but spared an immediate prison sentence. Full story - The Law Society Gazette

Saturday Conversations on Law
  • An 11-year-old boy who attacked a police officer is the "ringleader" of a crime spree, an MP has said. Conservative MP Scott Benton said a gang of youths had committed "hundreds of crimes" in Blackpool in recent weeks https://t.co/3El8THrlfK
  • ‘Less opera and cricket’: Vos calls for workplace chat to change | Law Gazette https://t.co/7yNArVOfrP 
  • Five people including an off-duty police officer have been shot dead with several injured in Raleigh, North Carolina. The shooting occurred near the Neuse River Greenway, a popular trail on the outskirts of the state capital, the city's mayor said https://t.co/aZ52n88kHl
  • City executive banned for fabricating Legal 500 emails | Law Gazette https://t.co/9Np6nMHqFh 
  • Metamorph bids to ward off winding-up petition for four of its firms - Legal Futures https://t.co/iXhwqbz6Oq 
  • Legislation paves the way for electronic trade documents | Law Gazette https://t.co/UrXXrrt2MG 
  • Home Office reclassifies modern slavery as illegal immigration issue - Charities working with victims say it should not be taken away from the safeguarding minister https://t.co/vQRfcNr4HW 
  • Mental health: The impact of SRA investigations | Law Gazette https://t.co/PWZNZTByK6 
  • Firm rebuked for acting on both sides of property transaction - Legal Futures https://t.co/rb5XTpe4Ut 
  • The King and Queen of the #Netherlands have revealed their 18-year-old daughter can no longer move around freely outside due to the possibility of an attack or kidnapping https://t.co/I5mmECzhwF 
  • #US supreme court rejects Trump appeal in Mar-a-Lago documents case https://t.co/TAclAOy9Ct 
  • The gunman who killed 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, has been spared the death penalty. A jury recommended that the defendant should instead spend the rest of his life in prison for the 14 February, 2018 shooting https://t.co/SxwVUaRF4Y 
  • Emailed invoice was valid, judge tells non-paying client | Law Gazette https://t.co/kZ7SAsqf9Y 
  • New crisis looms for Ukrainians in the UK https://t.co/uokG5uzU8S