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9th November - Law News

Edition 3970: 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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Focus of the Day Article: The latest injunction against HS2 protestors bans nearly everyone anywhere on 170 mile route. Full story - UK Human Rights Blog
 
Today's Highlighted Video Story:  Where there are successive planning permissions relating to the same site, and the later permissions are for changes to one part of a wider development approved in the original planning permission, is the effect of implementing the later permission(s) that the original permission is completely unimplementable? Or can the original permission still be implemented in relation to areas unaffected by the later permission(s)?

Saturday Conversations on Law
  • When are the £324 cost-of-living payments and energy rebates due? https://t.co/auYXGKpBH
  • My legal life: Constanza Vergara Jaakkola, PĂ©rez-Llorca - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/MZ0yA4a8
  • A Tory MP has been criticised for using an "outdated" slur in the Commons. Speaking yesterday, Mark Francois referred to Japanese people as "Japs" when asking a question about ship building https://t.co/ZBsvEcRAzO
  • A former lord chief justice said this week that the United Kingdom would face a ‘constitutional catastrophe’ if governments were permitted to make laws without proper parliamentary scrutiny | Law Gazette https://t.co/ZgDjtn4zRT
  • Have you established a firm-wide third-party referral process? - Legal Futures https://t.co/nuEHHQroTj
  • Former #Qatar international Khalid Salman told German broadcaster ZDF that LGBTQ+ people attending the tournament should "accept rules" https://t.co/73VM4txjX
  • Multiple arrests have been made after a second day of widespread disruption by protesters on the M25. The motorway was blocked and gantries were climbed in Essex, Hertfordshire, Kent and Surrey by Just Stop Oil activists https://t.co/5ztzgQUZFZ
  • Overcrowding has eased in recent days, but the "crisis is not over", the head of the Home Affairs Committee of MPs has said: Dame Diana Johnson says the Manston immigration processing site is back to a safe occupancy level of 1,600 people https://t.co/r066JXynCQ
  • Manchester City footballer Benjamin Mendy told a woman he is accused of trying to rape that her boyfriend was "OK" if they had sex, a court heard https://t.co/bTu0AAPJq
  • McKees appoints Linus Murray as corporate and commercial partner | Irish Legal News https://t.co/vzgZsdNY2
  • AI project makes Dundee team the last word in protecting online identities | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/UyLgh2xAn
  • Lawyer in the news: Esther Woolford, Clarke Willmott - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/SP4E7CUJYV
  • Charity specialist absorbs Hall & Birtles | Law Gazette https://t.co/0kv6WXZexb
  • Insurer attitudes forcing more companies to sue for payouts - Legal Futures https://t.co/U3q7IxQpYN
  • ECtHR: UK can extradite man to US despite concern over life imprisonment without parole | Irish Legal News https://t.co/h0hWaZ88y1 
  • Lawyers charging £800 an hour told to revise costs budget | Law Gazette https://t.co/kry5i7Xi6A 
  • Conleth Bradley SC has been appointed to the board of directors of the Glencree Centre for Peace and Reconciliation | Irish Legal News https://t.co/AopEXlBQTj
  • CPRC to give ‘early notice’ of fixed costs rules | Law Gazette https://t.co/jrc0SwVXge 
  • International judges to visit Mock Court Project | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/MhyN26O8UT 
  • Questions about Metamorph intensify after Beaumont Legal sale - Legal Futures https://t.co/F31e17qBRe
  • DWF expands in North America with £27m acquisition | Law Gazette https://t.co/CvGZ1wXVoM 
  • A notorious Instagram influencer from #Nigeria has been jailed for more than 11 years in the US for his role in an international fraud syndicate. Hushpuppi, real name Ramon Abbas, flaunted his wealthy lifestyle on his page https://t.co/nG1jAXAc6
  • Gavin Williamson has denied further accusations of bullying after an allegation from an official emerged. According to the Guardian, Sir Gavin told a senior civil servant to "slit your throat" and "jump out of the window" when he was defence secretary https://t.co/hqHKBa0WmS
  • Scottish public opinion diverges from rest of UK on taxation, crime and policing | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/AKuuCnYNLp
  • Government rules out cohabitation reform | Law Gazette https://t.co/dGUNIK5m4n
  • Senior civil servant claims Gavin Williamson told them to ‘slit your throat’ https://t.co/gVo7WF18zx 
  • Culture-focused multi-disciplinary practice absorbs Yorkshire law firm - Legal Futures https://t.co/2cjM5RqF5d
  • LGB Alliance provides ‘public benefit’, court hears, in case brought by trans group - Claim made in final arguments of action brought by Mermaids seeking removal of charitable status from LGB Alliance https://t.co/rA0D5ONStr 
  • Dominic Raab’s dangerous Bill of Rights Bill will resume its parliamentary passage within weeks, according to media reports over the weekend | Law Gazette https://t.co/LJwGC342so
  • The sister of jailed British-Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel Fattah says she "hopes and trusts" that Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will be able to secure his release while visiting Egypt for COP27 https://t.co/GrasHwVX0Y 
  • Hayes promotes Tim Waghorn to partner and head of banking and financial services | Irish Legal News https://t.co/w8EUiKAVm5