19th March - Law News

Edition 4099: 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: These Rohingya photographers developed their photo skills in the world’s largest refugee camp and are now exhibiting their works internationally. 

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Morrisons fined £3.5m after death of employee with epilepsy https://t.co/IiWixQAQKF 
• Dominic Raab 'ruined people's lives', say officials who worked with him as bullying inquiry nears conclusion https://t.co/YmANxe1aSu 
• The Law Society has launched a ‘21st Century Justice project’, with a remit for working groups to prepare for the future in five key areas | NLJ https://t.co/qS3EjJsCaR 
• We all turn a blind eye to exploited carwash and nail bar workers https://t.co/5khWW8x2FA
• Mishcon leads law firms in global sustainability push - Legal Futures https://t.co/GMKdVPLJ7a
  
• Lawyers have welcomed the Bar Council of India’s historic decision to allow foreign lawyers and law firms to practise law in India, on a restricted and reciprocal basis | NLJ https://t.co/nu2rlWWrvJ
• A 23-year-old man has been arrested in connection with a claim of responsibility made for the shooting of a senior police officer in Omagh last month https://t.co/XIxu1YvTFL 
• The UK government is banking on its new migration bill to stem the flow of small boats crossing the English Channel. The policy's headline-grabbing fascist slogan is identical to that used in #Australia a decade ago https://t.co/LGBEuf9MAF 
• Man sent bailiffs to Luton Airport for Wizz Air refund - Russell Quirk said he was left with little choice but to find another route to Portugal which cost him £4,500 https://t.co/AFoWJParYM 
• Donald Trump expects to be arrested on Tuesday. However his lawyer said there had been no communication from law enforcement and the former president's post was based on media #US reports https://t.co/J1S0qXuh7q
  
• The High Court has handed down detailed guidance for the first time on the correct approach in law to the Financial Ombudsman’s powers to reopen complaints | NLJ https://t.co/WRupqMDuHt 
• One year on, has P&O Ferries got away with illegally sacking all its crew? https://t.co/hI0ABFH0kB 
• The government intends to consult ‘shortly’ on the introduction of a criminal offence of failing to comply with a legal notice from HMRC to stop promoting a tax avoidance scheme | NLJ https://t.co/vTFhQLGKo8 
• Credibility at Bar linked to "masculine heterosexuality" - Legal Futures https://t.co/t8KVXiDUEY 
• The Chancellor has announced a time limit on unclaimed funds held by the Court Funds Office | NLJ https://t.co/UCWfDUJsEW 
• The G4S fraud trial collapse is the latest in a ‘catalogue of failings’ at the Serious Fraud Office (SFO), lawyers have warned | NLJ https://t.co/YyBuBD8PcH 
• Novak Djokovic: World number one will not play at Miami Open after being denied entry to #US https://t.co/4hV2uJYYKK 
• Police in Islamabad have clashed with supporters of former #Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan as he arrived in the city to appear in court https://t.co/7lCNy1Smrh
  
• The SNP chief executive Peter Murrell has resigned with immediate effect in a row over party membership. Mr Murrell, who is married to outgoing party leader Nicola Sturgeon, said he had become a distraction to the ongoing leadership race https://t.co/rRXjWYgOMk 
• Peer Nazir Ahmed’s jail term for 1970s sexual assault cut by three years https://t.co/U7UNqraYZh 
• The Law Society RFC are proud to announce LTN & Partners as the Headline sponsor of the 2023 Law Society RFC 7s & Netball Tournament | NLJ https://t.co/pRO0U5lw3O
• #Italy leaves children of same-sex parents in limbo https://t.co/0OcGyRQTnh
• CA: Barrister's conduct of own litigation "not a private matter" - Legal Futures https://t.co/19qrxxjiP5
• A fraud victim has won a £153,000 refund despite not being automatically entitled to one, after the BBC's Money Box programme contacted Lloyds bank https://t.co/CcsFgZG7NY
  
• Small and medium-sized law firms performed well during 2021-2022 despite challenging circumstances, according to the Law Society’s annual Financial Benchmarking Survey | NLJ https://t.co/F4vXFogYvU
• #Trinidad and Tobago is failing children locked in Syrian camps – it must bring them home https://t.co/0BwUJwy8S5 
• Tour de Law, the UK’s only cycle race for the legal sector, will take place this year from Wednesday 11 to Thursday 12 October | NLJ https://t.co/1qFXiUUoKt 
• Lawyers have lambasted both the government’s Illegal Migration Bill and the surrounding rhetoric about ‘lefty lawyers’ | NLJ https://t.co/ED7RKbIwsQ 
• Negligence claim over law firm's ground rent advice dismissed - Legal Futures https://t.co/uIwnYUghkc
• One in 20 corporate counsel have come under pressure to suppress or ignore information in conflict with their regulatory obligations, according to research by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) | NLJ https://t.co/OPH4CgfFra
  
• The International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin https://t.co/bhiywRH1Pa
  
• Facebook parent company Meta has rolled out a paid verification service in the United States https://t.co/FMckXzmrM3