25th March - Law News

Edition 4106: 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: "My Name Is Not Savarkar, Won't Apologise": Rahul Gandhi On Disqualification as a prospective parliamentary candidate following his remarks against India's extreme-right PM Modi. Critics and secular voices in India assert that the BJP government has instigated legislation that attempts to silence criticism of its discriminatory attitude and ultimately change India's secular constitution.

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Derbyshire PC to keep job after using database to find woman on Instagram https://t.co/5SnEomyfUv 
• Hundreds of protesters gathered at the gates of Downing Street to demonstrate against the #Israeli PM's extremeist policies when Netanyahu meets Sunak https://t.co/fjpDMU2yDw
• Mason Hayes & Curran appoints Dorit McCann as procurement and competition partner | Irish Legal News https://t.co/rv9QNTGDLN 
• MPs have approved plans to make street sexual harassment a crime carrying a jail sentence of up to two years. Catcalling, following someone or blocking their path will become an offence in England and Wales under a bill backed by the government https://t.co/OGGsQdUFmv
• Record revenue for staff agencies supplying NHS, many with links to Tory benefactors https://t.co/7dxdgsdRB6
• Daniel Holder to take reins of Belfast rights group CAJ | Irish Legal News https://t.co/tCAFVaZbhw
• Paul Rusesabagina, a former hotel manager portrayed as a hero in the Hollywood film Hotel Rwanda, is to be released from prison in Kigali #Rwanda https://t.co/6cPMyZQwpX 
• Landmark conference to highlight need for Irish anti-SLAPP law | Irish Legal News https://t.co/JoJZQMF6FW
• More than 120 lawyers have vowed to not act against activists from groups such as Extinction Rebellion and Just Stop Oil who are "exercising their democratic right of peaceful protest" https://t.co/xw5h13pvGF
• Well into his pension-age King Charles's France visit postponed after pension protests resulted in a formal request by President Macron to scrap the visit https://t.co/AEftoWGwvG
• A police officer sent a heart eyes emoji to a woman on Instagram after using a confidential database to track her down, a misconduct panel has heard. PC Jack Harrison is alleged to have followed the woman in his patrol car, but denies wrongdoing https://t.co/marfMltjFa
• Two appointments for MiniTrials Steering Group | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/tTWrsOE1fL 
• City firm claims 'living pension' first | Law Gazette https://t.co/iUmXakDEzP
• High Court: Wilson’s Hospital School will be ‘at large’ to enforce €23,800 fine against Enoch Burke if he fails to pay by 23 March | Irish Legal News https://t.co/LUAJTEFqS3 
• National Conveyancing Week: upfront information 'myths' debunked | Law Gazette https://t.co/d8ESzor8sm
• Immigration solicitor criticised for conduct of mother's employment case - Legal Futures https://t.co/tT5njylc1v
• Investors should not have relied on tax silk's opinion, CoA told | Law Gazette https://t.co/nhAw1eLQTh 
• Rachel Minch SC to head new Law Society environmental and planning law committee | Irish Legal News https://t.co/kiUNmOc1Mg
  
• Solicitor-barrister rebuked for offensive and threatening email | Law Gazette https://t.co/pTY6ilhamP 
• Corporate work to drive legal market growth in 2023 - Legal Futures https://t.co/7AMw4VOYlc 
• Leanne Gordon returns to Lindsays as director | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/B7C2fo49x8 
• Challenger bank offers challenger legal support | Law Gazette https://t.co/gXKuMptcoo 
• Solicitor-turned-barrister rebuked for offensive email - Legal Futures https://t.co/OrEZgq8TXG 
• Iain Drummond: Challenging adjudicator’s decisions and imprecise drafting | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/hDXbtb0fB8
  
• JMK Solicitors celebrates 100-headcount milestone | Irish Legal News https://t.co/jhO9MDnO5R 
• Minster and NAHL results highlight changing shape of PI market - Legal Futures https://t.co/jhpj8TBKI0
  
• Trevor Dolan joins Eversheds Sutherland as financial services partner | Irish Legal News https://t.co/4gp0TwsLDA 
• LCJ chased for response on 'toxic work environment' for judges | Law Gazette https://t.co/Agjoa38wBl
• LeO wins approval for 9.6% increase in budget to £16.8m - Legal Futures https://t.co/mkImLpNMNa
• CPS to pay £136,000 for failing to ease barrister’s workload | Law Gazette https://t.co/nod3YgBsqQ
  
• England: Lewisham Council taken to task after ignoring hundreds of FOI requests | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/TJ6VT3TUqG
• Review pilot 'will disproportionately affect black barristers' | Law Gazette https://t.co/NB3raXZosz 
• Barrister awarded £136,000 for CPS disability discrimination - Legal Futures https://t.co/2b8r7NmsDJ
• Scots lawyers say yes to four-day work week in SLN poll | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/SxHtltwCcI
  
• Family court praises parents who 'put aside conflicts' in face of Ukraine war | Law Gazette https://t.co/De0SXyYo08
  
• Law firm unfairly dismissed "homophobic" secretary - Legal Futures https://t.co/emJiDctzUH 
• Lindsay Lohan and Jake Paul hit with SEC charges over crypto scheme https://t.co/X7Bhdq0PJJ 
• Can you copyright a rhythm? Inside the reggaeton lawsuit that could shake the pop world https://t.co/clR0t34fju
• Mohammed Abbkr, 28 has been charged with two counts of attempted murder following attacks on men set alight outside mosques in Birmingham and London. He is alleged to have sprayed a substance on to the two victims in the separate incidents https://t.co/mAlACa0KBe 
• #Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi sentenced to two years in prison in a criminal defamation case. A Gujarat state court, existing ultra-rightwing PM's Narendra Modi's homes state, handed out the verdict https://t.co/KqlW9BspQe
  
• Who will be the legaltech winners? - Legal Futures https://t.co/WD5Ri7NHtZ