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23rd February - Law News

Edition 4076: 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: The Home Office is ‘monitoring the activities’ of immigration lawyers, a minister has told parliament in a statement that will be interpreted as an attempt to intimidate parts of the legal sector. Immigration minister Robert Jenrick said in the Commons yesterday that the government is keeping tabs on a ‘small number’ of legal practitioners, although he declined to expand on how this monitoring is taking place. Full story The Law Society Gazette
 
Today's Highlighted Video Story: Since the war began, 8 million Ukrainians have fled to neighbouring countries – and nearly 5,000 have come to Australia seeking refuge. The Drum’s Stephanie Boltje spoke to three Ukrainians who have been living in NSW since April 2022. 

Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Ex-easyJet pilot fined for blocking road outside Harrods in climate protest | https://t.co/Kl7MTZzG8z 
  • The climate crisis and the courts | Law Gazette https://t.co/Dqf5qG7PeT
  • Solicitor who felt 'victimised' by tribunal has appeal dismissed | Law Gazette https://t.co/P0KPMUymGP
  • Insurers bid to take mixed injuries argument to Supreme Court - Legal Futures https://t.co/PJDn1HzVEI
  • New civil orders to protect domestic abuse victims | Law Gazette https://t.co/qdyYq1HSjl
  • Home secretary Suella Braverman has played down the prospect she could resign over new post-Brexit rules for Northern Ireland https://t.co/j1qtAcnpEw 
  • Don’t judge Shamima Begum today: judge the cruel ministers who still won’t take responsibility for her https://t.co/aRpyxgv8Ii
  • ‘Accrington Stanley’ milk advert actor jailed for Liverpool murder: Kevin Spaine, who delivered famous line in TV ad 34 years ago, given life sentence with minimum of 18 years https://t.co/qPHb1XmU5n
  • Royal Mail boss blames rogue managers for tracking devices on workers. Simon Thompson says monitors were used to pressure staff to work faster in breach of its policy https://t.co/52r4MXEB56
  • TLT advises Santander UK on funding for landmark battery storage facilities | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/g0FZdJLAGR
  • Two new commissioners have been appointed to the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland | Irish Legal News https://t.co/OYANnQNqpr 
  • Ukraine-born solicitor offers pro bono help to war refugees | Law Gazette https://t.co/UfEpahFXGK
  • Law firm "colluded" with medics and others to layer PI claim - Legal Futures https://t.co/qYzNzItpfp 
  • Prominent Russian lawyer Nikolai Egorov sanctioned by UK | Law Gazette https://t.co/Yya9UDauTC
  • New 'laboratory' aims to plug the justice data gap | Law Gazette https://t.co/8IrticPaTK 
  • Police release new CCTV footage of missing couple with newborn baby https://t.co/fBMzIXQMb0
  • Shamima Begum has lost her challenge over the decision to deprive her of British citizenship despite a "credible" case she was trafficked. Mr Justice Jay told the semi-secret court dealing with her case that her appeal had been fully dismissed https://t.co/ZJkafzP8jv 
  • “Shambolic” solicitor suspended over disorderly closure of firm - Legal Futures https://t.co/8N1P6xfAhP 
  • Juries in rape cases more likely to convict than acquit | Law Gazette https://t.co/d5IyAy6b0J
  • Key measures of bill to limit protest tactics defeated in House of Lords https://t.co/Er9NIMFHqZ 
  • The Home Office is ‘monitoring the activities’ of immigration lawyers, a minister has told parliament in a statement that will be interpreted as an attempt to intimidate parts of the legal sector | Law Gazette https://t.co/hYkOlHXLN
  • Tughans tops Northern Ireland M&A league table | Irish Legal News https://t.co/7qEsiedj1Y
  • High Court rejects solicitor's appeal against disciplinary findings - Legal Futures https://t.co/h2MvKI8PVp
  • Surrey council on brink of insolvency with debts of nearly £2bn - Woking says it is at risk of issuing section 114 notice, which would force central government to intervene https://t.co/JzOCFsbNgF
  • Burges Salmon advises FirstGroup on acquisition of Ensign Bus Company | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/e88KrTuR5o
  • Firearms laws could be reformed in the wake of shootings in Plymouth and the Isle of Skye, the government has said. Home Office minister Chris Philp committed to make "any further changes needed to protect the public" https://t.co/IGTigTxoSQ
  • Conor Kennedy joins EY Law Ireland as head of tax strategy and disputes | Irish Legal News https://t.co/x0PuDaSL7W