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1st February - Law News

Edition 4052: 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 Law News/Article: Lawyers for modern slavery survivors need to help with non-legal needs too. Full story - Legal Futures 
 
Today's Highlighted Video Story: On appeal from: [2020] EWCA Civ 104. The Tate Modern opened an extension in 2016 called the Blavatnik Building. The Blavatnik building is ten stories high and, on its top floor, has a viewing platform which offers panoramic views of London. The Appellants own flats neighbouring the Tate Modern which are of a similar elevation to the Blavatnik building and whose walls are mainly made of glass. On the southside of the viewing platform, visitors to the Tate can see directly into the flats of the Appellants. The Appellants seek an injunction requiring the Tate to prevent its visitors from viewing their flats from the viewing platform, or alternatively, an award of damages. Their claim is based on the common law of nuisance.

Saturday Conversations on Law
  • An end to the M&A boom? - Legal Futures https://t.co/k8EOQKwvvy 
  • Home Office threatened with libel action over Prevent strategy review - Critics fear still-unpublished review into anti-radicalisation strategy could link it to extremism https://t.co/FR8uUWFOKd
  • Mother in law: The 10 commandments of LinkedIn | Law Gazette https://t.co/WrMJb9dTxa
  • Express, Ince, NAHL and Fletchers step up PI market activity - Legal Futures https://t.co/nvmDyxmRH2
  • CoA shows mercy over judgment embargo breach | Law Gazette https://t.co/oT4CNpVCSn
  • Eva Green: ‘corners were cut’ on film at centre of legal battle https://t.co/nWYpBOlPDd
  • RT @familylaw: Judge lambasts education secretary over lack of secure places for children https://t.co/AQJgtWJ8pU
  • More law students join class action | Law Gazette https://t.co/XfmNwjbqYb
  • Conveyancing fee-earner banned over £338,000 tax scam - Legal Futures https://t.co/dWeI0MvZSw
  • Legal lender Novitas pays £5.3m ‘redress’ to divorce and probate clients | Law Gazette https://t.co/oOLymtODsT
  • ‘When I saw the gun I froze’: David Carrick victim recalls rape ordeal https://t.co/38sArybRBa 
  • Secretive #Saudi executions leave families in the dark https://t.co/HTvUmDg3m
  • Detectives are offering a £10,000 reward in the search for Constance Marten, her partner and newborn baby. Police believe the 35-year-old is sleeping rough with her child and Mark Gordon, 48, a convicted sex offender https://t.co/QBPuLTrMIn
  • Police forces have apologised for "profound failings" which have "continued to blight" relatives of victims of the Hillsborough disaster. On behalf of all 43 forces, police chiefs have promised "cultural change" https://t.co/ZQPEB4onYi
  • PI firm ‘first’ to offer pupillage for barristers | Law Gazette https://t.co/VuGBSltlB4
  • Lawyers increasingly questioning their futures, LawCare warns - Legal Futures https://t.co/HOzQfceVaY
  • I miss my wife every day, but knowing she died with dignity brings me great solace - Readers offer personal stories in response to Polly Toynbee’s article on assisted dying https://t.co/YJiUjmRC7n
  • Priscilla Presley, rock'n'roll legend Elvis Presley's ex-wife, has filed a legal challenge to the validity of their late daughter's will. The court petition disputes a 2016 amendment to Lisa Marie's will that ousted Priscilla as the estate trustee #US https://t.co/EvubJGsyiN
  • Job uncertainty matches stress among lawyers' biggest concerns | Law Gazette https://t.co/PUJx8QbNnB
  • Accent bias still holding back regional barristers, research finds - Legal Futures https://t.co/sR6B3BNw3A
  • Firms 'moving away from billable hours' | Law Gazette https://t.co/gBFekxYAi
  • Couples in #China's Sichuan province will be allowed to have as many children as they want, as the country continues to try and get a grip on its declining population https://t.co/s3XWdvWp3j 
  • A building firm has been fined £120,000 after two workers were seen fitting a stone on a new house from the airborne bucket of a digger https://t.co/VQnQqp2ujc 
  • Former junior lawyer goes public with decision to quit City law - Legal Cheek https://t.co/L329m1X44g
  • My legal life: Rajvinder Jagdev, Powell Gilbert - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/VMuoel60AS 
  • The Guardian view on Brexit’s unsound legal thinking: turning back the clock | Editorial https://t.co/ZlYvzZSl4C
  • 8 out of 9 spring NQs stay put at Addleshaws - Legal Cheek https://t.co/cKP8tzRPwd
  • A Welsh branch of McDonald's has started playing classical music and rationing wi-fi in a bid to deter anti-social behaviour. The fast-food restaurant has taken action after incidents at its Wrexham branch https://t.co/mDH03Z1GuJ
  • How #Egyptian police hunt LGBT people on dating apps https://t.co/kurV5p3KDC
  • A sixth officer has been suspended amid an ongoing investigation into the death of Tyre Nichols, a Memphis Police spokesperson said. Preston Hemphill, 26, was one of the police officers who initially stopped Mr Nichols for an alleged traffic violation #US https://t.co/vVkALB9vX8