19th December - Law News

Edition 3645: 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: In the US, Latino and Black voters say they are losing their right to vote. Non-white voters in Texas are complaining of being frozen out after Republican politicians campaigned to have electoral maps redrawn following President Donald Trump's election loss. The Department of Justice claims Republican lawmakers are deliberately discriminating against a growing non-white population. And it's not just Texas - around the US, fights are brewing about voting-district gerrymandering.

Saturday Conversations on Law

• [Kolkata Municipal Elections] BJP moves Supreme Court against Calcutta High Court order declining central paramilitary force | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/pR25Oai9rS
• Limerick solicitors donate €2,500 to Afghanistan appeal fund | Irish Legal News https://t.co/wmcPfA6aDn
• Law Commission to tackle 'rape myths' | Law Gazette https://t.co/g9zZbSnXjk 
• Sustainability for small businesses - Legal Futures https://t.co/Yqe9BjEnDG
• Disbarred barrister loses bid to practise pending appeal | Law Gazette https://t.co/NLZ1MTWMwV
• Figen Murray, mother of one of the victims of the Manchester Arena bombing has graduated from university with a Master's degree in counter-terrorism https://t.co/6nTeFijTzM
• The #Netherlands has announced a strict lockdown over Christmas amid concerns over the Omicron coronavirus variant https://t.co/JtUPmCMHl3
• An ex-bank worker who has the financial details of 1,600 customers hidden under her bed said her efforts to return them have "taken over her life" https://t.co/PPSO3l8WQc
• Bar Council hits out at BSB over bid for big budget increase - Legal Futures https://t.co/8LdYs1UlAZ
  
• Firm and owner fined for failing to complete undertakings | Law Gazette https://t.co/6uNLDjqKtj 
• Life prisoners in separate institutions lose challenge against prohibition of inter-prison phone calls - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/11b7lMMRfF
• Investors back conveyancing network and managed account provider - Legal Futures https://t.co/h9Hoo7SL8
• An #Indian student from the northern city of Agra has spent nearly two months in jail for supporting Pakistan. Lawyers are refusing to represent him for fear of reprisal https://t.co/E8XQ6bIEcC
• A round-up of human rights stories from around the world | Irish Legal News https://t.co/3ddU4aM3D
• NHS could face surge in hospitalisations despite booster, scientists warn: Drop in protection against Omicron variant may lead to ‘a large number of people’ needing treatment https://t.co/tLQ35q1CCD 
• Public like 'class actions' but think lawyers are biggest winners - poll | Law Gazette https://t.co/T2nQJP0Z
• Digital law firm makes first international move with Australian acquisition - Legal Futures https://t.co/mbWMr1an5
• Law Society welcomes Australia trade deal | Law Gazette https://t.co/1FfnzRhE6
• Judicial review to argue Northern Ireland’s Covid passports are unlawful | Irish Legal News https://t.co/OXGPrJpsM
• Eric Clapton wins legal case against woman selling bootleg live CD for £8.45 - Rock star wins case against German woman who says her late husband bought the disc at a popular department store in the 80s https://t.co/y0TozNaN8S 
• A former Minnesota police officer has tearfully recounted the "chaotic" moment she shot and killed a black motorist in April. Kim Potter, 49, claims she mistakenly drew her gun instead of her Taser and killed 20-year-old Daunte Wright https://t.co/5ZK5r0epTe
• #US federal appeals court reinstates Covid vaccine mandate for large US based businesses https://t.co/5lUeNKRPBE 
• SRA demands summary strike-off for Khan | Law Gazette https://t.co/gHUh2xVkW
• Rod Stewart and his son plead guilty to battery in 2019 Florida altercation case: The singer entered the plea to ‘avoid the inconvenience’ of a high profile court trial. Neither will do jail time or pay any fines https://t.co/euMQX80yhf
• The Irish cabinet has agreed that hospitality venues, cinemas and theatres should have a closing time of 20:00 from Sunday to curb the spread of Covid-19 https://t.co/h40HTp7p2
• Solicitor judge rejects recusal call based on professional ties - Legal Futures https://t.co/ULCJ8uviRx 
• Reform of heritable securities focus of new law commission paper - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/TPmKY9Gzne 
• New court guidance in light of Omicron - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/qCDCyX9IfS
• Met PC sacked for racial slur uncovered during murder photos probe https://t.co/1NhrxwNJ0n 
• Listed funder’s shares slide after director sacked | Law Gazette https://t.co/VwDyjj5nyy 
• Ghislaine Maxwell trial: Maxwell won't testify as defence rests case https://t.co/M56eA3Vp8n

18th December - Law News

Edition 3644: 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: A comment in very poor taste by a senior Congress MLA in the Karnataka assembly has been facing a backlash leading to his apology and criticism by his own party leaders. Former Speaker K. R. Ramesh Kumar, in the context of MLAs not listening to the Speaker, said that "if rape was inevitable, one should lie back and enjoy it." The remark was greeted with laughter by the Speaker and others but the crass comment has left many far from amused.

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Sector facing mental health crisis, union warns | Law Gazette https://t.co/pJQjgj4hHg
• Windrush: high court rules claimants’ human rights breached by Home Office https://t.co/F77c3IxVai
• UK's top civil servant Simon Case has stepped aside from his role leading an inquiry into Downing Street lockdown parties, after it emerged an event was held in his own office https://t.co/4hUUzvMEyv
• Fraudster jailed for posing as solicitor to steal £237,000 | Law Gazette https://t.co/i9Zz7I6yOB
• UKSC: Northern Ireland – decision to end investigation into Hooded Men torture unlawful - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/LeV3COqdVt
• Gender-neutral passports appeal dismissed in key ruling on ECHR | Law Gazette https://t.co/oCXqZRJyvQ
• Prisoners’ charity receives festive boost from prison and probation services | Irish Legal News https://t.co/meShmi7Ho
• SRA says solicitors embracing change as 400 go freelance | Law Gazette https://t.co/nlEykkEdPC 
• Tories consult on ‘Victims Law’ and seek to abolish ‘not proven’ - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/NjDMNw772A 
• Conveyancing nightmare continues weeks after 'security incident' | Law Gazette https://t.co/OkbnOR4CZE 
• Thomas Schreiber found guilty of murdering Sir Richard Sutton: aspiring artist also found guilty of attempting to murder mother while being locked down with couple in Dorset https://t.co/X2jiO4bxdE
• Rights watchdogs call for action to secure access to kosher food in Northern Ireland | Irish Legal News https://t.co/Zdkw6KOC0D 
• £135m more needed each year to save criminal legal aid | Law Gazette https://t.co/QS6YF9Zjf0 
• The Guardian view on human rights: not foreign to British instincts https://t.co/HmDxDj2KHT 
• 'Tricky conversation with my employer': network reveals magistrates' challenges | Law Gazette https://t.co/zeGsvsmLVH
• #India lawmaker from the Karnataka state sorry for 'lie down and enjoy rape' remark https://t.co/4b1PEMB43j
• A 27-year-old woman has been arrested on suspicion of child neglect after two sets of young twins were killed in a house fire in south London. The children, all boys aged three and four, were given immediate CPR by firefighters called https://t.co/IkPZ3iWUDP
• Banking giant HSBC has been fined £63.9m by the UK's financial regulator for "unacceptable failings" of its anti-money laundering systems. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said weaknesses in HSBC's financial crime safeguards had been highlighted https://t.co/IBkaT3fjBJ 
• Police investigating the fatal shooting on the set of the Alec Baldwin film Rust have obtained a search warrant for the actor's phone. Cinematographer Halyna Hutchins died and director Joel Souza was injured in October #US https://t.co/VdbfeLtKf1
  
• How billionaires pay less tax than you https://t.co/137fNz0ZCY
• Workplace Relations Commission launches strategy statement for 2022-24 | Irish Legal News https://t.co/dZnCoAheEQ 
• ‘Obsession’: LiP ordered to end decade of negligence claims | Law Gazette https://t.co/aBVyl3qkq
• Tenant of vacated commercial premises has averments of implied lease terms excluded in payment action - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/nyDv7lpsAw 
• Victim's testimony that accused "hugged and impregnated me" without indication of penetration not enough to prove rape: Kerala High Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/23RyROLK1V 
• Outgoing bar chair appointed to bench | Law Gazette https://t.co/MG8vsVrWRr 
• Sports and Law – The F1 Abu Dhabi Controversy | Law Gazette https://t.co/yNT402KqmD
  
• Facebook bans seven ‘cyber mercenary’ companies from its platforms https://t.co/fL6NEEy0sl 
• Can the SRA be trusted with extra powers? | Law Gazette https://t.co/p8BAwJ2f4y
  
• Capitol attack panel subpoenas author of PowerPoint plan for coup: Trump operative who outlined ‘Options for 6 Jan’ met with the president’s chief of staff repeatedly before the Capitol riot #US https://t.co/TPg9K056oa
  
• Disposal times more important than backlog, bar tells MPs | Law Gazette https://t.co/6FhFOJdWng

17th December - Law News

Edition 3643: 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: A  look at the new text messages from former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows that show some Fox News hosts asking former President Donald Trump to take action to stop the January 6 insurrection.

Focus of the Day Story: Three years after the government announced plans to embark on a wider review of criminal legal aid payments, the findings of the judge-led investigation are expected to be published today. However, practitioners will reportedly have to wait until the new year to see how the government responds. Full story - The Law Society Gazette 

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Legislative change to pave way for more tree-planting | Irish Legal News https://t.co/oQgst7HefR 
• Road Traffic Accident Law (Scotland) LLP announces appointments - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/fMSDjVQECZ 
• Nightclubs will close in Wales after Boxing Day in response to the Omicron variant of coronavirus. The Welsh government said it will also impose restrictions on businesses, including social distancing in offices, from 27 December https://t.co/SNTU35qj6x 
• Lady Poole appointed chair of Covid inquiry - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/PHYuifhStL 
• European justice ministers adopt ‘Venice Declaration’ on restorative justice | Irish Legal News https://t.co/c916JhK89l
  
• Start-up enables general counsel to compare law firms on ESG - Legal Futures https://t.co/wgkovTyhwz
• Scottish human rights groups reject plans to replace HRA - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/zatRzho073
  
• Solicitor who backdated tribunal application "to avoid criticism" struck off - Legal Futures https://t.co/hoI5FIxDD7
• A tale of two Londons | Law Gazette https://t.co/GNpuTAIVvy 
• Review calls for £135m cash injection to save criminal defence sector - Legal Futures https://t.co/Rmc8kbuogZ 
• Like Shamima Begum, I could soon be stripped of British citizenship without notice | Naga Kandiah https://t.co/gCNw1MgirY 
• Personal injury sheriff orders Lanarkshire man to pay over £50,000 to driver of car hit by trailer on bend - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/JGUoC7LZIP 
• Surge in number of freelancers as solicitors reach for the STaRs - Legal Futures https://t.co/6pTX5y1W1U 
• Rape survivors arriving in UK on small boats neglected by authorities – report https://t.co/f5F6HfdgJH
• Is wife living in husband's house entitled to maintenance? Delhi High Court issues notice in plea | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/sggMpqkZyQ
• Solicitor ‘cynically misled’ clients over missing £180,000 | Law Gazette https://t.co/KJWcxylNX7 
• PDR to cut red tape and help rural communities - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/bDAvInie6K 
• Koci Selamaj has accepted responsibility for the killing of primary school teacher Sabina Nessa, but pleaded not guilty to her murder. Ms Nessa, 28, was found dead in Cator Park, Kidbrooke in south-east London on 18 September https://t.co/XJtOERDUpb
• #US releases 1,500 documents about JFK assassination inquiry https://t.co/gXN3wrWJRv
• Arson attack and cannabis farm discovery in empty court | Law Gazette https://t.co/fBm5UryeOl 
• Children of inter-faith couple are entitled to be maintained by their father: Kerala High Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/WicEK4cSwV
• Pharmacies in Wales will become the "first port of call" for many patients to ease strain on GPs under new plans. From April 2022, services such as advice, flu jabs and emergency contraception will be available https://t.co/tCQlJMsln5
  
• Lawyers for the “Hooded Men” say they have been vindicated by a UK Supreme Court ruling that the PSNI’s decision not to investigate their allegations of torture by the British Army in 1971 was unlawful | Irish Legal News https://t.co/QWIsIcnWf3
• People worst affected by the post-Grenfell fire safety crisis may be able to sell their flats to the Welsh government. Housing Minister Julie James has announced a "buy-out" scheme, which will be launched next year https://t.co/ARjnYUZ7H
• People with nowhere to sleep, poor medical care, and a lack of rape support are all failings at Kent's migrant facilities, say two reports. A 16-year-old girl was left with potentially permanent scars after burns went untreated for two days https://t.co/NwkGE0Bub
• Why are vaccine passports so controversial in the UK? https://t.co/ln0JbKdeBI 
• Groundbreaking Black feminist writer bell hooks dies at 69 https://t.co/fY5fXCFnKD 
• Human rights should not be diminished under proposals for reform - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/GWBrSVegyZ
• #France to tighten Covid restrictions on travel from Omicron-hit UK - Government spokesperson says tourism trips will be limited and quarantine enforced for returnees https://t.co/dYzZ5eY9FY 
• Beijing criticises UK for creating ‘second-class citizens’ with Hong Kong visa scheme https://t.co/GfiORuqLAw
• #US judge Michelle Odinet is to take leave of absence after video recorded at her home captured a racial slur directed at a burglar, local media report https://t.co/npZ2e8OTIO 
• A right-wing #Dutch MP has been ordered to delete social media posts comparing Covid restrictions to the Holocaust. Thierry Baudet, leader of the Forum for Democracy party, had said on Twitter that unvaccinated people were "the new Jews" https://t.co/oei28ohwOt 
• The prime minister and England's chief medical officer have urged the public to be cautious if they socialise before Christmas, amid record UK Covid cases https://t.co/u42GeZ9gYv
  
• Post Office victims say settlement agreement 'obtained under duress' | Law Gazette https://t.co/aRlphs4vfF
• PSNI decision to end ‘hooded men’ inquiry was unlawful, says court - Supreme court ruling on police inquiry into men interrogated by British army during Troubles described as ‘landmark victory’ https://t.co/ovG9ABADon
• On the very day that the European Commission Stakeholder meeting on the Recognition of Parenthood took place, the CJEU determined the ‘baby Sarah’, Stolichna obshtina, rayon ‘Pancharevo’ case - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/HGHClgRvT
• Skye farmer who destroyed ancient cairn for topsoil fined £18,000 - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/VxoAgKqCPT
• Practitioners await criminal legal aid review findings | Law Gazette https://t.co/RMQOhUp9ZF 
• Arthur Cox names six new partners | Irish Legal News https://t.co/Ub09vGrnnl 
• Four-fifths of firms enjoyed a Covid uplift | Law Gazette https://t.co/QFpSYJHleX
• Body protecting EU citizens in UK takes Home Office to court - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/n81bmGD6n3

16th December - Law News

Edition 3642: 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: Two planeloads of passengers facing the prospect of spending Christmas in quarantine have been given a reprieve. A member of the Defence Force, believed to be infected with the highly-contagious Omicron variant of COVID-19, flew from Newcastle to Brisbane, then onto Townsville. Now, only those seated close to the soldier will be locked down, but tourism groups say the government's fumbled response has shaken visitor confidence.

Focus of the Day Story: A London-listed law firm’s bid to buy a New York practice has led the state Bar association to limit the circumstances in which New York lawyers can work for firms owned by non-lawyers. Full story - Legal Futures 

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Reopen closed courts to tackle backlog, Law Society urges | Law Gazette https://t.co/Bm3HCm3WQV
  
• Bain doubles down on judge-only trials as Tories seek to protect juries - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/FLda9vTxJL 
• People in quarantine hotels in England have been told they can leave confinement, as long as they have tested negative for Covid https://t.co/Jy3DkE4qK9 
• Backlog increase ‘not necessarily’ result of cuts, MPs told | Law Gazette https://t.co/4PY0xUcfyM
• Court of Appeal: Personal injuries award reduced from €155,000 to €83,000 for accident arising from dazzled driver | Irish Legal News https://t.co/HlID2Md385 
• Bakers bumps up junior salaries | Law Gazette https://t.co/6iZR4ydwBi
• Christie Elan-Cane has lost a Supreme Court case challenging the government's refusal to issue gender-neutral passports. The court said applicants' gender was "a biographical detail which can be used to confirm their identity" https://t.co/lBgRfJO6K4
  
• Fundamental principles of Scottish criminal justice system must be maintained - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/B5Nap244je 
• Solicitor who “faced up to his problems” regains right to practise - Legal Futures https://t.co/5i1CqaHJms 
• Educate as well as legislate, human rights review recommends | Law Gazette https://t.co/8LfGsaD6p1 
• Innovation the big benefit of remote working, law firms say - Legal Futures https://t.co/zYa31tGBBE 
• UK plans to reform human rights legislation branded a ‘power grab’ | Irish Legal News https://t.co/jrDe3VSmNC 
• Ethics opinion stymies UK ABS's takeover of New York law firm - Legal Futures https://t.co/apO5rUKMw2 
• Star Hobson murder: Savannah Brockhill jailed for 25 years - Judge Mrs Justice Lambert said Star's "short life was marked by neglect, cruelty and injury" https://t.co/cXIIW36dYo 
• Extraordinary image shows 'raucous' Xmas party thrown by Tory aides in lockdown breach https://t.co/7CMlsvGvfG 
• High Court makes “first" compulsory ADR order in commercial case - Legal Futures https://t.co/LZlEaR5vdv
  
• Raab unveils his ‘modern bill of rights’ plan | Law Gazette https://t.co/th6ST9xYYw 
• Callan Tansey lawyers to discuss inquests and role of coroners | Irish Legal News https://t.co/plvExpOkJH 
• Police in #Germany's eastern state of Saxony have launched a series of raids after death threats were made against Premier Michael Kretschmer for backing coronavirus measures https://t.co/XUr2nfEM5F
  
• Hearing paused after barristers spoke too quickly | Law Gazette https://t.co/TA7evU5cAk 
• ByrneWallace promotes seven new associates | Irish Legal News https://t.co/1oDcMbP8np 
• Time for a modern bill of rights | Law Gazette https://t.co/o3ymNSmM9h 
• Eddie Obeid and convicted co-conspirators seek bail pending their appeals #Australia https://t.co/FIOabXC3hw 
• Legal Ombudsman must take “radical action” to cut complaints backlog - Legal Futures https://t.co/LJ5XCd0lC8 
• PI firm flying high a decade ago forced into administration | Law Gazette https://t.co/tUEQYJ3BK3 
• Home Office appeal against Upper Tribunal decision to quash parental visa application refused by English Court of Appeal - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/TnUEnw5Rxi 
• The Guardian view on China’s Winter Olympics: remember the Uyghurs https://t.co/ttTcVGFMb9 
• Ince launches “most wide-ranging” private wealth offering - Legal Futures https://t.co/EwbCy7xrMF 
• UK firms leading the way on social goals - global study | Law Gazette https://t.co/WhVpV7Cwqd 
• Facebook put profit before Rohingya lives. Now it must pay its dues https://t.co/GPfkCsvm3n 
• Fraudsters lied about retaining Manchester solicitors to fool NatWest - Legal Futures https://t.co/2eBbayH1zA 
• ‘Permissions stage’ to intercept frivolous human rights claims | Law Gazette https://t.co/7lzfsSDP4S 
• Law Society urges ‘radical change’ to fix struggling legal ombudsman | Law Gazette https://t.co/Mgj7LABLoa 
• SRA pays solicitor record £228k in costs over "improper" prosecution - Legal Futures https://t.co/Dbc1jvFGJF

15th December - Law News

Edition 3641: 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: Today marks four and a half years since the Grenfell fire, a tragedy which claimed the lives of 72 people. Those left behind are continuing their fight with a new campaign. They say they've waited for justice long enough and are calling on the Met Police to press ahead with the criminal investigation. They say enough evidence has been unearthed at the inquiry and it's time to act. 

Focus of the Day Story: New rules on UK arms trade make it ‘easier’ to sideline human rights. Experts say changes could allow ministers to ignore abuse concerns when deciding on international weapon sales. Full story - Guardian Law 

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Best of the blogs - 11 December 2021 | Law Gazette https://t.co/drwS11BhWD
• Shaun Bailey, Conservative London mayoral candidate who attended a Covid regulation-breaching Christmas party has quit as chair of a police and crime committee https://t.co/KhadrUcbgw
  
• UK: Lords warn digital regulation still not joined-up and effective enough | Irish Legal News https://t.co/ds9i6EpPep
• Home Office sued by watchdog set up to protect post-Brexit rights of EU citizens. Statutory body says 2.5 million EU nationals settled in the UK have been put at automatic risk of losing rights https://t.co/MrcN0mqrrU
• My legal life: Harriet Quiney, DWF - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/80ts8XxAYA
• #French authorities have formally identified 26 of the 27 bodies recovered after last month's mass drowning in the English Channel. Sixteen Kurdish people from Iraq and four Afghans were among the victims, whose families are being informed https://t.co/99TZOzLUd
• Law student, 19, sues landlord and wins first case - what happened with Jack Simm's university accommodation, which he described as being like a "building site" https://t.co/TPxLTcUdqR
• Photojournalist in #Myanmar dies in military custody a week after arrest: Soe Naing was arrested in Yangon while taking photos of a ‘silent strike’ protest against military rule https://t.co/39V4iPf2hY 
• Who will stop human rights abuses if the government puts itself above the law? https://t.co/PvtI30nvoD
• MPs ask for 'immediate change' to football ban law to protect women's players https://t.co/mY93vbyk0
• MPs approve mandatory face masks measure https://t.co/uuTlsTkAG
• News focus: Successful defences at the SDT still leave solicitors out of pocket | Law Gazette https://t.co/y8c1qkB3OM
• Two men who bought a National Lottery scratch card using stolen debit card details and then tried to claim the £4m jackpot they revealed have been jailed https://t.co/hSedVVyCDG
• Resident judge initiates 'Plan B' remote hearings to reduce footfall | Law Gazette https://t.co/H2aLWTSqaE
• Scottish government finally seeks views on ‘not proven’ - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/bGiEHZGzXN
• The government has said that all 11 countries will be removed from the UK's travel red list from 4am on Wednesday. Angola, Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe are on the list https://t.co/yrs0kmv1Ru
• Scottish Law Commission launches consultation on draft leases bill - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Baxx52Wosg
• Lawyer of the Month: Jenny Moore | Irish Legal News https://t.co/Ztb7EQ8rYK
• #Belarusian opposition leader who rallied mass protests against disputed leader Alexander Lukashenko has been jailed for 18 years. Sergei Tikhanovsky was convicted of organising riots among other charges following a trial condemned as a sham https://t.co/U2PAvOSy5s
• Lawyer in the news: Joelle Rich, Schillings - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/FCf0xey4L4
• A woman has been found guilty of murdering her partner's 16-month-old daughter after months of physical abuse. Savannah Brockhill inflicted "catastrophic" injuries on Star Hobson, whose mother was also convicted of causing or allowing her death https://t.co/7ls9SabYb5
• New criminal offences and major changes have been proposed in the Online Safety Bill, which seeks to regulate social media and tech giants https://t.co/sd5m8epajL
• Sheriff rules £35 charge for data storage by insolvency practitioner not recoverable as estate charge - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/AAQMU62j9F
• Amazon is facing questions over health and safety policies at a warehouse in the US state of Illinois after six workers died when the building was destroyed by a tornado https://t.co/JkCkR3mXxo
• Scotland has become a financial crime hotspot - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/3aSupY0MO3 
• Early advice key to cutting family backlog | Law Gazette https://t.co/hzakuUnKoW 
• Hundreds of women abused by former #US national gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar are to receive $380 million (£287 million) after reaching a settlement with USA Gymnastics https://t.co/hKUTI4OxhZ
• Our Legal Heritage: Public fascination with royal drama is nothing new | Irish Legal News https://t.co/G8qcLFm5GB
  
• Former #Denmark immigration minister convicted for illegally separating migrant couples https://t.co/xJmhSQxZor
• The UK government is launching "brutal assault" reforms to the Human Rights Act that will "erode total confidence" in the legal system and lead to further tweaking in democracy https://t.co/opvLVE0ydD 
• Face off – facial recognition company in potential £17 million fine from ICO - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/uSoOcsnFPe
  
• News focus: Successful defences at the SDT still leave solicitors out of pocket | Law Gazette https://t.co/y8c1qkB3OM
• England: Ethnic minority applicants more likely to fail in applications to the bench - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/75IZkk6GEH 
• Lords committee: Digital regulation still not joined-up and effective enough - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/BrmhIZdHgl 
• Raab to claim overhaul of human rights law will counter ‘political correctness’ https://t.co/bNcibWePpr
• Dominic Raab’s paper seen as fulfilment of quest to destroy Human Rights Act https://t.co/aXBOa9fWpu
  
• MPs call for online safety bill overhaul to protect children and penalise tech firms https://t.co/sUQJGSzbV1
  
• Representative claimants generally entitled to CPO costs, tribunal rules | Law Gazette https://t.co/TVyhgoWWuB 
• Met PC who shared photos of dead sisters made racist cover-up boast https://t.co/41u3axZqRK 
• Morton Fraser’s Jenny Dickson calls for business to focus on children’s mental health - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/YjcZOaDtpx

14th December - Law News

Edition 3640: 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: SRA Standards and Regulations - where we are now (Compliance Officer Conference 2021)

Focus of the Day Story: Join 1 Crown Office Row for an evening discussing Pupillage Application Tips and Life at the Bar. Full story - UK Human Rights Blog 

Saturday Conversations on Law

• 2022: The year of WFH compensation claims? - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/4OIu8b3vX
• NatWest Bank has been fined £265m after admitting it failed to prevent money-laundering of nearly £400m by one firm https://t.co/XJBDZkjHjh
• Supreme Court designates 18 AoRs/ advocates as Senior Advocates; 7 retired High Court judges also conferred gown | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/4gBa4KOVoT
• A number of vehicles including a police van have been caught on camera colliding with bollards on a residential street https://t.co/lcNaEP3c12
• Kim Kardashian is one step closer to her dream of becoming a lawyer after revealing she has passed a key law exam on her fourth attempt https://t.co/RNXg4pnpR
• Post Office scandal: Government to foot bill for postmasters' compensation https://t.co/0ImpwKs8WE
• #DoneWithDunn: Eco-law students launch boycott of US law firm Gibson Dunn for ‘shielding corporate polluters’ - Legal Cheek https://t.co/OY9wgAi7us
• Punjab moves Supreme Court challenging increase in BSF jurisdiction | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/Vy9hgaHh0a
• Law firms must reassess their cyber-security education experience - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/DwtrPpXI1
• US national Anne Sacoolas is to face magistrates in the UK charged with causing the death of motorcyclist Harry Dunn by dangerous driving https://t.co/3tqCAjZZ7L
• City law firms to fund aspiring social welfare lawyers through the SQE - Legal Cheek https://t.co/IeFWsMPCn
• The Justice Committee has issued a call for evidence on the criminal justice system’s approach to tackling fraud, which accounts for about half of all crimes | NLJ https://t.co/CgRhK71IGU
• Why young guns are ditching private practice for in-house legal roles - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/Qq98foVcw
• This pic of the MoJ's Xmas tree hasn't gone down well with criminal lawyers - Legal Cheek https://t.co/xoFdjnNXP
• The Boutique Lawyer Show: Why directorships make you a better firm leader - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/jsk9omFaH
• No more lateral flow home test kits available online in England, say officials: Website tells people to ‘try again later’, as vaccine booking service reports ‘extremely high demand’ https://t.co/P0tLFKwfgM
• Girl, 11, dies in incident linked to pest control chemicals in east London - ‘Role model’ schoolgirl Fatiha Sabrin’s mother in hospital after also inhaling fumes at flats in Shadwell https://t.co/u9aMNzZJ0a
• HMCTS: Public prefers remote hearings but professionals see declining respect - Legal Futures https://t.co/8WKvZPY4OZ
• Accused not entitled to have himself subjected to Narco Analysis Test: Kerala High Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/jVP4iaGey1
• Do the courts favour the party with the largest pile of chips? - Legal Futures https://t.co/km0dLGA3L8
• SPACs: What’s all the fuss about? - Legal Cheek https://t.co/zF3KGgwldX
• Winners of the 2021 Women in Finance Awards unveiled - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/k2KsBxKm
• City firms "must weigh cost of losing female talent" in reward strategy - Legal Futures https://t.co/T4oSLEYgD
• A supposed mass exodus of employees from their current roles will happen in the coming months. #Australia’s legal profession will not be immune from this - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/pHoCq2wDEN
• Partner and law firm fined for breaching multiple undertakings - Legal Futures https://t.co/qSnnM9JBsO
• Conveyancing income on the rise at Simplify in pre-attack results - Legal Futures https://t.co/KPWyULZ2f4
• Networks of breeders are offering to mutilate puppies to follow a social media trend, an investigation has found. Cutting or "cropping" ears involves removing part of the ear flap for cosmetic reasons https://t.co/5OIum2FVMN
  
• Ince boosts junior lawyer pay by over a quarter to £90k - Legal Cheek https://t.co/BrZMgnfXAs 
• LawTech Talks: Tech makes you a better lawyer (while making your life easier) - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/KxCP67Ku6Z
• Clean energy, decarbonisation and the future - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/TReAGB9IN2
• SRA drafts in Exeter Uni to probe exam ‘attainment gap’ - Legal Cheek https://t.co/UFvRbgzGOl 
• [ECL Coal Mining case] Delhi High Court stays Kolkata Police notices to ED officers | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/wKe2ZGCUNJ
• Maddocks partners with prenatal course provider - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/FrVtH8kCYg
• Top QC asks Twitter to make his profile pic more ‘Christmassy’ - hilarity ensues - Legal Cheek https://t.co/j9hERWdiyn
  
• "March to Justice: Global Military Law Landmarks" launched worldwide [Watch Video] | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/yuAPFShWGi
• As the world around us continues to evolve, digital currency is being hailed as a revolutionary concept, one that is truly symbolic of our digital age - digital assets - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/RKjLHIgAW3
• The government is to spend £510m, starting in the new financial year, to tackle record levels of benefit fraud https://t.co/MV92mdQHGN
• The UK government should rethink its plans to require voters to show photo ID at polling stations, MPs say. The Commons constitutional affairs committee said the move was likely to reduce turnout and make it more difficult to vote https://t.co/juQHFr3QmG

13th December - Law News

Edition 3639: 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: Water cannons were deployed at a right-wing demonstration and several arrests were made as crowds gathered in Jerusalem to mark the upcoming anniversary of the death of 16yo Ahuvia Sandak, who died in a car crash during a police pursuit, after allegedly throwing rocks at Palestinians

Focus of the Day Story: Lawyers have urged the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) to give them more information and more time to consider an evaluation of immigration legal aid fees. Full story - New Law Journal 

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Baker McKenzie picks BARBRI to put future trainees through the SQE - Legal Cheek https://t.co/dP5rKj07jD
• What it’s like working in the medical law field - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/gT4i7WqyGS
  
• Re-think training and support of junior barristers, says incoming bar chief - Legal Cheek https://t.co/PHmrOBPyZD
• Celebrating Nani Palkhivala on his 19th death anniversary | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/wqShBeH5QJ
• Met police searching for missing Petra Srncova find body in park: Officers called to Brunswick Park in Camberwell, south London, on Sunday morning https://t.co/8C3NeESjs1
• LGBT+ and disabled victims would be given the same protection as those targeted because of their race and religion, under a shake-up of hate crime legislation recommended by the Law Commission | NLJ https://t.co/bCeQb9tf28
• Minimum pupillage awards to rise next month - Legal Cheek https://t.co/ANc660pkVG
• Lessons from #Australia’s top human rights legal professionals - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/C5u6uuZZrz
• 7 things students should know about ‘qualifying work experience’ - Legal Cheek https://t.co/lYpWkqLBHZ
• Unorthodox Covid Views and Medical Regulation - Richard Smith - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/LUbPhcxR0b
  
• Former City law firm partner fined £15,000 for drink driving offences - Legal Cheek https://t.co/YakKTPvbt3
• Concerns about time estimates and urgency were raised at the latest Commercial Court user group meeting | NLJ https://t.co/hNp2Qmgtt
• Driving slow but recklessly amounts to 'rash and negligent driving': Kerala High Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/hUTCcjyflc
• Boris Johnson took part in a Christmas quiz sitting between two colleagues in No 10 last year - while indoor household mixing was banned in London. The Sunday Mirror has published a picture of Mr Johnson at the event, which it said was on 15 December https://t.co/A457UKm7W5 
• #India's ultra-right-wing PM Narendra Modi's Twitter account was hacked with a message saying his country had adopted bitcoin as legal tender and would distribute it to all citizens https://t.co/iIUlOyoh3D
• How the age of coronavirus has changed the risk management landscape and how technology can and will help professionals navigate that landscape - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/1FQGwSLvPn 
• Why lawyers must lead the way on diversity - Legal Cheek https://t.co/0xIpkECgTz
  
• Tens of thousands of people have staged a protest in Austria against measures to curb the spread of Covid-19, including mandatory vaccinations #Austria https://t.co/ZVCThTWcjs
• Join 1 Crown Office Row for an evening discussing Pupillage Application Tips and Life at the Bar - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/mCtRLROnWg
• Lawyers have urged the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) to give them more information and more time to consider an evaluation of immigration legal aid fees | NLJ https://t.co/A4b3L9bRwl
• 5 tips on how to excel during a virtual vacation scheme - Legal Cheek https://t.co/gmTrygJi3N 
• Religious Discrimination Bill will create space for discrimination: UNSW - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/qEYnoYeE7H
• The law killed e-scooters in the 1930s. Will it kill again? - Legal Cheek https://t.co/0QuTe94zNQ 
• No consumer case against medical officers rendering free services for hospital: Supreme Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/wbo8AXYYQd
• 'Aggressive reputation management' harming the rule of law | Law Gazette https://t.co/4Q02PvPnHy
  
• BCLP bumps target hours following pay hike - Legal Cheek https://t.co/tPHoj6e4AY
• ACCC accuses Booktopia of making false claims to customers over refund rights #Australia https://t.co/1p4uVZ8KzY

12th December - Law News

Edition 3638: 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: Local elections are under way in the occupied West Bank with about 400,000 Palestinians eligible to vote. They are the first polls in two years. But Fatah and Hamas leaders remain at odds over when to hold the next general election. The last one was 15 years ago.

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Society pays tribute to Afghanistan rights defenders | Law Gazette https://t.co/PEWHqkFlkv 
• SFO director’s position ‘untenable’ after damning ruling, lawyers say | Law Gazette https://t.co/1CWqMq6CPF
• Police step up search for missing hospital worker Petra Srncova: Harriet Harman launches appeal for information on 32-year-old Czech national who was last seen on 28 November https://t.co/PYu0kZWOKo 
• Two subpostmasters prosecuted by DWP lose conviction appeals | Law Gazette https://t.co/wpX6UdDWCW
• Female #Australian sailor tells royal commission navy failed to protect her after alleged sexual assault by shipmate: Young woman says she was stalked, abused, punished and denied help by her chain of command until she became suicidal https://t.co/ylcBMGjlnu
• A ‘substantial increase’ in complaints about barristers were made to the Bar Standards Board (BSB) last year | NLJ https://t.co/2MEyMBLx1
• Lloyd Edwards, a Liberal Democrat member of Ceredigion council, said immigrants were putting "more and more pressure" on services in the county https://t.co/AsvnXQTw6B
• A man has died after an incident involving armed police in west London. Officers stopped a vehicle at the junction of Kensington Road and Palace Gate in Kensington around 15:20 GMT, before shots were fired, Met Police said https://t.co/ZxWd4UT4tu 
• Takeaway forced to refund customer who complained their ice cream was cold in Just Eat 'scam' https://t.co/d2EMIfQy7t 
• #Belgian court declares mandatory use of vaccination passport illegal, imposes fine of EUR 5,000 per day https://t.co/WyuZC2VeZK
• Former Conservative councillor David Turtle has been convicted of killing his wife Stephanie by deliberately running her over with his car outside their #French home in 2017 https://t.co/5Ius5MiDYx
  
• Sheila Webster confirmed as Law Society of Scotland 2023/24 president elect - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/ZGAVNymdVz
• Courts to ‘continue as they have during pandemic’ - LCJ | Law Gazette https://t.co/C5KPm6kPFP 
• Irish companies to be allowed to hold online AGMs until May 2022 | Irish Legal News https://t.co/YFOieGE7BB
• Survivors and children are being ‘let down and retraumatised’ by their experiences in the family courts, the Domestic Abuse Commissioner, Nicole Jacobs has said | NLJ https://t.co/k1ACaejnAs 
• 'End billable hours and measure output to achieve gender parity' – magic circle chief | Law Gazette https://t.co/6urZVUnHyR
• Britain can’t complain about global corruption – it’s helping to fund it https://t.co/cJpUalxGHO 
• New Covid restrictions could be introduced in Scotland next week, the deputy first minister has warned. John Swinney says the Scottish government is "wrestling with the challenge" of the surge of the Omicron variant https://t.co/5wKkkNAcg8
  
• Care home residents in England will be allowed only three visitors and an essential care giver under new guidance to slow the spread of Omicron https://t.co/QWtfHTdaxC 
• Oxbridge 'doesn't explain' judicial appointment struggle | Law Gazette https://t.co/my8c04kc1C 
• #US Capitol attack panel obtains PowerPoint that set out plan for Trump to stage coup - Presentation turned over by Mark Meadows made several recommendations for Trump to pursue to retain presidency https://t.co/ILQG3AD2Z
• Police homophobia: the issue Stephen Port jurors couldn’t consider: Friends and family of victims say police fell for Port’s narrative they were ‘gay druggies’ whose deaths were by misadventure https://t.co/PddgOekWl9
• Prosecutors in Ghislaine Maxwell's sex trafficking trial have rested their case following two weeks of testimony. Annie Farmer, the last of four alleged victims to testify, recounted on Friday the "dark memory" of abuse by Ms Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein https://t.co/Px9d7BiN3s 
• #Brazil court has sentenced four people to lengthy prison terms over the deaths of 242 club-goers in a fire during a party in 2013. A band performing at the Kiss nightclub, in the southern city of Santa Maria, lit flares which set light to the ceiling https://t.co/tIgiPTOHQo
  
• MacRoberts announces double appointment to construction and commercial teams - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/a2v4bfcCdG
• Former Yorkshire and England cricket captain Ray Illingworth has spoken of his support for assisted dying after watching his wife die from breast cancer https://t.co/hjsBrGuUq7
  
• Law firms should not shy away from talking about fertility | Law Gazette https://t.co/8p5JegXX4j 
• Sheriff refuses to order extradition of Polish man living in Lanarkshire to serve six-month prison sentence - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/A452tLHOEs
  
• Upbeat DWF reports £11m pre-tax profit in half-year turnaround | Law Gazette https://t.co/TbFOm52iii 
• Oireachtas backs new planning process for large-scale residential developments | Irish Legal News https://t.co/IsZAtTxpkt 
• The Sun says it didn’t hack phones – so why does its publisher keep paying out? https://t.co/wqFM8j5aaj
  
• Nearly a quarter of solicitors now work in-house | Law Gazette https://t.co/HwInwOod3U
  
• McCann FitzGerald promotes Deirdre Barnicle to consultant | Irish Legal News https://t.co/HP67Rm2sw9 
• Attorney general begins review of SFO after judges overturn bribery conviction: Anti-corruption agency severely criticised by judges over failings that led to a businessman being unfairly jailed https://t.co/3vP36KmFei 
• Sienna Miller says ‘legal recourse not available’ after settlement | Law Gazette https://t.co/lORIoGCatY 
• Jury clears Extinction Rebellion activists who targeted commuters: Group of six argued obstruction in London’s financial district was lawful protest against government inaction https://t.co/ehpOyE6P8Z