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19th February - Law News

Edition 4072: 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: The search is underway to find a successor for Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon. She announced her resignation on Wednesday after more than eight years on the job. The Scottish National Party is meeting to discuss the rules for a leadership contest to replace her. So, where does her resignation leave Scotland's separatist movement? 
 

Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Journalist who exposed plot to kill Alexei Navalny claims family banned from Baftas n https://t.co/R8e16Qxus
  • Divorce work in 2023 - from fluctuating assets to open justice - Legal Futures https://t.co/DFGa8DECW7
  • Northern Ireland firm Turley Legal expands into real estate | Irish Legal News https://t.co/85KC0njsFa
  • How MI5 caught UK embassy spy David Smith selling secrets to Russia https://t.co/Qhajrkmdh2 
  • Environmental organisations, community groups, land owners and farmers will be eligible to apply for a share of £1.8 million funding to help grow their nature projects | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/okJDxgfl2x
  • #US ranking on abuse of power index hurt by inequality and violence - Country came near median of 163 countries on Index of Impunity, higher than Hungary and Singapore https://t.co/72s4qCyvh1
  • Lord Duthie installed as chair of Scottish Land Court | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/UEl3enyDwn
  • Judge inappropriately interrupted cross-examination, CA rules - Legal Futures https://t.co/UmV10p7JtQ
  • Sunak facing threat of Tory rebellion over Northern Ireland protocol plans https://t.co/rHN6vlt7RR
  • Independent TV network #Iran International is suspending its operations in the UK because of threats against its London-based journalists https://t.co/aAWY5tu6lT
  • Brian McConnachie KC found guilty of professional misconduct over WhatsApp messages | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/nRLPrOE1Ha 
  • Controversial influencer Andrew Tate has threatened legal action against at least one of the women making rape and human trafficking claims against him https://t.co/lPUS9eTjaE
  • Police release of Nicola Bulley’s personal details ‘as sexist as it comes’ https://t.co/DZWlzYLJkh 
  • Huge scope for smaller law firms to improve ESG - Legal Futures https://t.co/myRjbUx0dZ
  • A Bulgarian journalist claims he has been "banned" from attending Sunday's Bafta Film Awards ceremony in London because he is a "security risk". Christo Grozev features in a Bafta-nominated film about the poisoning of Kremlin-critic Alexei Navalny https://t.co/ozHWW70R0N 
  • Rules for disclosing in-camera evidence creating barrier to judicial conduct complaints | Irish Legal News https://t.co/duJ4lhzULR
  • Labour explores plan to make clean air a human right with new legislation. Shadow justice secretary Steve Reed will criticise ministers’ attempts to repeal Human Rights Act https://t.co/OWY5r7prGC
  • #Spain approves self-declaration gender recognition law | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/ASC3HVXBf
  • Mississippi mass shooting: Man kills ex-wife and five others #US https://t.co/XRShL2HkJH
  • Footballer Christian Atsu has been found dead under the rubble of his home almost two weeks after the #Turkey earthquake, his agent has confirmed. The Ghana international, 31, had spells with Premier League sides https://t.co/JtbfqVZy6m
  • High Court rejects "pugnacious" ex-solicitor's strike-off appeal - Legal Futures https://t.co/UhD325qDow
  • Ian Baum had good reason to bring his HIV case against Gareth Thomas - The former rugby player’s ex-partner was not just ‘unlucky’ to become HIV-positive, says solicitor Matthew Jury https://t.co/WQ5STuJfKK
  • PSNI stop and search ‘disproportionately targeting’ minority communities | Irish Legal News https://t.co/ZqxWTPXfd
  • ‘I had to get out of there’: an #Australian survivor of homosexuality ‘cures’ tells her story https://t.co/I2DiJSURIE
  • Katie Price has published a letter from the Met Police telling her officers are facing misconduct proceedings over alleged involvement in a WhatsApp group that targeted her disabled son Harvey https://t.co/02FUjoHeC3
  • Paralegal awarded £30k over pregnancy discrimination and low pay - Legal Futures https://t.co/fo06vPtGAL 
  • Asylum seekers ‘living in fear’ as more UK anti-migrant protests planned by fascists - Tensions mount at Dunstable meeting as Hope Not Hate flags five far-right affiliated demonstrations planned this weekend https://t.co/2JQwfFD4cj
  • Asylum plan for another Pontins site scrapped - Local authorities in East Sussex said the Home Office was not taking forward the idea of converting the resort in Camber Sands into asylum accommodation https://t.co/qGesmcvS0O
  • Body of missing Nathan Cole found in north London canal, say police https://t.co/3v2uGoDVhr