21st February - Law News

Edition 4074: 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: US ranking on abuse of power index hurt by inequality and violence. Country came near median of 163 countries on Index of Impunity, higher than Hungary and Singapore. Full story Guardian Law

 

Today's Highlighted Video Story: Shaina Feinberg feels horrible about how she looks. This anguish has consumed an incalculable amount of her life. She classifies her self-loathing as body dysmorphic disorder, a condition in which people fixate on perceived flaws in their appearance, causing significant emotional distress. It’s an odd admission, she confesses, because she’s a filmmaker who, for two decades, has been making films featuring herself. In the Opinion video above, Ms. Feinberg makes her condition public and examines it with remarkable honesty and a wry touch. “Having B.D.D. has really defined my time on this planet, but I don’t like talking about it,” she says in the film. “So when I do, I keep it light. I tell people, ‘Basically, I think I look like Robert De Niro.’” Ms. Feinberg, of course, is not alone. Some studies estimate that the disorder affects 2 to 3 percent of people in the United States. Among them is Ms. Feinberg’s friend Nafé, who is also featured in the film. It can be a complicated condition, and in the case of these two women, it involves cultural and ethnic identity, gender, family and the pressure of social expectations. “But just knowing Nafé and I share this condition,” Ms. Feinberg says, “gave me the confidence to make this film.”

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Graham Kent, who has died from motor neurone disease aged 71, was a senior civil servant specialising in the legal aspects of serious fraud https://t.co/MV4hegJu92 
• The Bafta Awards is under fire after all the winners at its film ceremony were white, not one of the nominated 40% ethnic minorities had been deemed worthy of winning a gong #EEBAFTAs https://t.co/bbi6XayClvstem to spot ChatGPT - Legal Cheek https://t.co/qwCgm4hZ7B
• Investment urgently needed to ensure future of criminal defence profession | BARRISTER MAGAZINE https://t.co/DzYVZ9VjgC 
• Four English councils bring half of legal actions for blue badge misuse - Two-thirds of local authorities did not prosecute anyone for disabled parking scheme fraud, data reveals https://t.co/k7xEqCQDru
  
• TLT posts 100% trainee retention score - Legal Cheek https://t.co/Mys1PuXBDo 
• Retained EU Law Bill will damage UK’s reputation, says Bar Council | BARRISTER MAGAZINE https://t.co/0oLGkJ3mVc
• Mishcon de Reya is hiring an 'engineer' to explore how its lawyers can use ChatGPT - Legal Cheek https://t.co/p2kuXMYd40
  
• Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has criticised changes to Roald Dahl books, after the removal of some references to things like characters' appearance and weight sparked a fierce debate https://t.co/xxPUzaQCQN 
• 9 heart-breaking moments as a law student: It’s not all chocolates and roses on Valentine’s Day; especially for aspiring lawyers - Legal Cheek https://t.co/W5J9FXRgTa
  
• Five people shot by a gunman in Plymouth were unlawfully killed, an inquest jury has concluded. Jake Davison killed his mother and four other people, including a three-year-old girl, with a pump-action shotgun in Keyham in August 2021 https://t.co/a3I6VbzIFU
  
• Future barrister helps bar students select Inn by ‘scientifically’ ranking their animal badges - Legal Cheek https://t.co/FtJRGAoNdM 
• Looking Beyond The Picture: How To Trust Video Evidence | BARRISTER MAGAZINE https://t.co/fdSOyKECX4
  
• 100% spring trainee retention score for Macfarlanes - Legal Cheek https://t.co/H7Y3asv567
  
• Bar Council reacts to courts and justice announcements | BARRISTER MAGAZINE https://t.co/EpH0KtrQlS 
• Sexual exploitation has been uncovered on tea farms that supply some of the UK's most popular brands, including PG Tips, Lipton and Sainsbury's Red Label. More than 70 women on #Kenyan tea farms complained of managers wanting sex https://t.co/ENdvg5ECJz
• 'Unmanageable caseloads' top source of stress among lawyers - Legal Cheek https://t.co/hgfwVyarew 
• One of Nicola Sturgeon's allies has said she would not have supported gender law reforms passed by Holyrood. Former health secretary Jeane Freeman said "legitimate concerns" about the controversial legislation had not been addressed by MSPs https://t.co/aezPbyHbgG
  
• London's mayor Sadiq Khan has announced he is launching a £130m scheme to give every primary school pupil free school meals for the next academic year https://t.co/KYMCt0y9Wc 
• Making mental health a global priority in the legal profession | BARRISTER MAGAZINE https://t.co/oHXyL5WrFr
  
• A&O hires ‘Harvey' chatbot to help lawyers - Legal Cheek https://t.co/vBNlI0FgnH 
• Self-driving vehicles from overseas face ban in England and Wales - Delivery of rental cars using remote driving could be outlawed after Law Commission recommendations https://t.co/wFgg2U6QyS 
• Banker 'floored' to learn he was not a law firm partner | Law Gazette https://t.co/URrkxuBoIh 
• Man City fans display huge banner in honour of Lord Pannick: Blackstone barrister’s star status among Sky Blues fans hits new highs - Legal Cheek https://t.co/jhRcqNbAuU 
• Black people seven times more likely to die after police restraint in Britain, figures show - Racial disparity compared with white people unearthed by Inquest is bigger than previously made public https://t.co/oFITR8zWZ5
  
• Nightingale courts will remain open to tackle backlog | Law Gazette https://t.co/oWdN4xzHZY 
• Rishi Sunak warned more than 100 Tory MPs could rebel over NI protocol deal - PM’s efforts at breaking Brexit deadlock could be scuppered by hardliners in his party as Boris Johnson urges tougher stance https://t.co/KixxfDDTB5
  
• 'I spent over 30 years as a Magic Circle lawyer. Here's my advice to law students...' - Legal Cheek https://t.co/yxvETJpaMU 
• Instagram and Facebook users will now be able to pay for a blue tick verification, parent company Meta has announced. Meta Verified will cost $11.99 (£9.96) a month on web, or $14.99 for iPhone users https://t.co/OGEVbOG6v5

25th December - Law News

Edition 4016: 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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Season's Greetings to all readers!

 

Today's Highlighted Video Story: Thousands of supporters of the main opposition party in India have reached the capital New Delhi. They have been walking for more than three months to unite the country and are planning to continue until February. Among them is Rahul Gandhi, a former party president and the great-grandson of Jawaharlal Nehru, the country's first Prime Minister. Some critics say the demonstration is a desperate move that is unlikely to gain any new support for the Congress Party. But why now? 

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Apology to Ms Bronwyn O’Donnell - Conrad McQuaid -v- Briege McQuaid and Patrick Mallon [2022] NICh 18 | Irish Legal News https://t.co/ZrmZyEZbyR 
• Brexit: High Court rules UK’s EU settlement scheme could create illegal migrants | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/YoLgU0pYHk 
• Law centre urges government to put energy poverty plan on statutory basis | Irish Legal News https://t.co/g80hLEwj0g
  
• Government reforms on legal regulation ‘good news for consumers and Scottish legal sector’ | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/K01Sn5zt5o
• Paul McGarry SC elected president of Arbitration Ireland | Irish Legal News https://t.co/SCvSfaR8Md 
• SnapDragon Monitoring appoints Ewan McIntyre as first general counsel | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/DOnfyA446x
• Richard Gray: Private equity to fuel mergers and acquisitions activity in Northern Ireland next year | Irish Legal News https://t.co/yuPC4wuGb2
  
• Train strikes: Passengers braced for Christmas Eve disruption https://t.co/Yy6w5LS2oB
  
• Rapper Tory Lanez found guilty of shooting fellow star Megan Thee Stallion in 2020. A jury in Los Angeles convicted the 30-year-old Canadian of felony negligent discharge of a firearm, assault with a semi-automatic firearm, and other charges #US https://t.co/yuBQRx1CXO 
• Leading human rights activist Narges Mohammadi from #Iran has written from prison to give details of how women detained in recent anti-government protests are being sexually and physically abused https://t.co/RHWaTDDH19 
• Windrush 'Lessons Learned' review appears doomed to fail | Law Gazette https://t.co/EvU1BPZ0NF 
• Scotland’s only open prison underused, report finds | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/EuSsoaqPHi 
• Close relatives of Zara Aleena have been "completely destroyed" by her murder, her aunt has said. Six months after the law graduate's death in east London, Farah Naz said they "don't feel well, physically, emotionally" and were "constantly tormented" https://t.co/6Fpz1mYRiK 
• Target date for cleaning up waterways in England is moved back by 36 years - Environment Agency under fire for extending schedule for tackling pollution in rivers, lakes and coastal waters to 2063 https://t.co/dzManluGJb 
• A gunman with possible racist motive has opened fire in central Paris, killing three people and wounding three others. The attacker targeted a Kurdish cultural centre #France https://t.co/uHpB319WZ8
• Film studio Universal can be sued for false advertising after fans complained a movie trailer was misleading, a #US judge has ruled https://t.co/Vjvawitv50 
• Oldham police crash: Tribute paid to Heather Smedley who was killed by an unmarked police car https://t.co/kW1azxUUWO 
• Police widow pension scheme survives human rights challenge | Law Gazette https://t.co/5PUonQR7It 
• Northern Ireland’s High Court has quashed a decision by the UK government not to establish a public inquiry into the 1998 murder of Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane | Irish Legal News https://t.co/TZpW6U9595 
• 'Wholly mistaken': judge's adverse findings on non-party set aside | Law Gazette https://t.co/76lZ2dIDwM 
• Stellar performer Macfarlanes pays top earner £3.8m | Law Gazette https://t.co/SrLs07unoB
  
• Abysmal and incompetent MoJ mistakenly sent intimate details of victim’s anguish to her stalker. Rhianon Bragg of north Wales fears her ex-partner will soon be freed and has been given more ‘ammunition’ https://t.co/jIpRVYZA2I 
• A French serial killer known as The Serpent, convicted of several tourist murders in Asia in the 1970s, has been released from a #Nepalese prison https://t.co/hiVVV1SYt9 
• Contempt case against PI claimant given green light by court | Law Gazette https://t.co/RhoCsKe1YB 
• Sunak government threatens to block Scottish gender recognition law: UK ministers considering ‘nuclear option’ after MSPs overwhelmingly back bill on transgender rights https://t.co/G4i69EZi2U 
• Go-ahead for multi-billion pound Brazil dam claim - in 2024 | Law Gazette https://t.co/6o8O0dA7nK 
• Parents in Wales lose legal fight against ‘woke’ sex eduation in primary schools. Judge at Cardiff hearing rejects families’ complaint, saying relationships curriculum does not advocate any one gender identity https://t.co/yuKxoqi2kt 
• A lawyer who specialises in defending solicitors before the tribunal explains why the SRA’s new fining powers could upset the delicate balance between regulation and discipline | Law Gazette https://t.co/hwBRAO56dB 
• Hecklers interrupt passing of Scottish gender recognition bill – video https://t.co/8L6zsmsYTR 
• Magistrate sacked for public campaigning over Covid response | Law Gazette https://t.co/hhNLlrc3dS 
• Rishi Sunak has appointed veteran banker Sir Laurie Magnus as his new adviser on ministerial behaviour. The prime minister has been facing pressure to fill the role, which has been empty since the previous holder quit six months ago https://t.co/81MGeWPJ8U

24th December - Law News

Edition 4015: 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: The Appellant acted as solicitor for Peak Hotels & Resorts Ltd (“PHRL”), a company incorporated in 2014 in the British Virgin Islands (“BVI”). The Appellant represented PHRL in extensive litigation in England and other jurisdictions. PHRL was wound up in insolvency proceedings in the BVI and the Respondents were appointed by the BVI court to act as joint liquidators for PHRL. A dispute ensued between the Appellant and Respondents about a claim by the Appellant for unpaid legal fees owed to it by PHRL. The Respondents were ordered to pay some of the Appellant’s legal costs. In proceedings before the High Court, it was determined that a success fee was not recoverable from the Respondents and that the Appellant had waived its equitable lien over settlement monies that had been paid to PHRL during the litigation, when the Appellant entered into a fixed fee agreement and deed of charge with PHRL. The High Court held that the fixed fee agreement and the deed of charge were inconsistent in some respects with the Appellant’s rights under the pre-existing equitable lien. The Court of Appeal dismissed the Appellant’s appeal on both issues. The Appellant now appeals to the Supreme Court.

Saturday Conversations on Law

• The Taliban are taking away women’s right to learn. The world can’t afford to stay silent #Afghanistan https://t.co/AGqJl3GwJ9
• Close relatives of Zara Aleena have been "completely destroyed" by her murder, her aunt has said. Six months after the law graduate's death in east London, Farah Naz said they "don't feel well, physically, emotionally" and were "constantly tormented" https://t.co/6Fpz1mYRiK 
• Target date for cleaning up waterways in England is moved back by 36 years - Environment Agency under fire for extending schedule for tackling pollution in rivers, lakes and coastal waters to 2063 https://t.co/dzManluGJb 
• A gunman with possible racist motive has opened fire in central Paris, killing three people and wounding three others. The attacker targeted a Kurdish cultural centre #France https://t.co/uHpB319WZ8
  
• Film studio Universal can be sued for false advertising after fans complained a movie trailer was misleading, a #US judge has ruled https://t.co/Vjvawitv50 
• Oldham police crash: Tribute paid to Heather Smedley who was killed by an unmarked police car https://t.co/kW1azxUUWO
  
• Police widow pension scheme survives human rights challenge | Law Gazette https://t.co/5PUonQR7It 
• Northern Ireland’s High Court has quashed a decision by the UK government not to establish a public inquiry into the 1998 murder of Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane | Irish Legal News https://t.co/TZpW6U9595 
• 'Wholly mistaken': judge's adverse findings on non-party set aside | Law Gazette https://t.co/76lZ2dIDwM
  
• Stellar performer Macfarlanes pays top earner £3.8m | Law Gazette https://t.co/SrLs07unoB 
• Abysmal and incompetent MoJ mistakenly sent intimate details of victim’s anguish to her stalker. Rhianon Bragg of north Wales fears her ex-partner will soon be freed and has been given more ‘ammunition’ https://t.co/jIpRVYZA2I 
• A French serial killer known as The Serpent, convicted of several tourist murders in Asia in the 1970s, has been released from a #Nepalese prison https://t.co/hiVVV1SYt9 
• Contempt case against PI claimant given green light by court | Law Gazette https://t.co/RhoCsKe1YB
  
• Sunak government threatens to block Scottish gender recognition law: UK ministers considering ‘nuclear option’ after MSPs overwhelmingly back bill on transgender rights https://t.co/G4i69EZi2U 
• Go-ahead for multi-billion pound Brazil dam claim - in 2024 | Law Gazette https://t.co/6o8O0dA7nK 
• Parents in Wales lose legal fight against ‘woke’ sex eduation in primary schools. Judge at Cardiff hearing rejects families’ complaint, saying relationships curriculum does not advocate any one gender identity https://t.co/yuKxoqi2kt 
• A lawyer who specialises in defending solicitors before the tribunal explains why the SRA’s new fining powers could upset the delicate balance between regulation and discipline | Law Gazette https://t.co/hwBRAO56dB 
• Hecklers interrupt passing of Scottish gender recognition bill – video https://t.co/8L6zsmsYTR 
• Magistrate sacked for public campaigning over Covid response | Law Gazette https://t.co/hhNLlrc3dS
• Rishi Sunak has appointed veteran banker Sir Laurie Magnus as his new adviser on ministerial behaviour. The prime minister has been facing pressure to fill the role, which has been empty since the previous holder quit six months ago https://t.co/81MGeWPJ8U
• Social media has become an important pillar of democracy as long as it is not misused: Bombay High Court #Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/Nnzq0uyQCG 
• Metamorph auditor quits citing ‘concerns’ over management behaviour | Law Gazette https://t.co/kOFqw7NiqO 
• Healthy profits for Birketts in ‘strong year’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/aHqEGTurJ6 
• Civil legal aid wait to continue into New Year | Law Gazette https://t.co/bARvd6B7df
  
• Law firms “leading the charge” on diversity among professions - Legal Futures https://t.co/rmOb7TsaHi 
• Solicitors waived lien on litigation costs, Supreme Court rules | Law Gazette https://t.co/3Z77hdzQit 
• Scotland has become the first part of the UK to approve a self-identification system for people who want to change their legal gender, removing the requirement for a medical diagnosis of gender dysphoria https://t.co/8OREnPnheD 
• Authorities in the US state of Arizona have agreed to remove a makeshift wall at the Mexican border following protests over its effectiveness. The state's Republican governor, who had the barrier installed, argued that it would stem the flow of migrants https://t.co/rcc2lYx79T 
• Missing clause means solicitor cannot charge for executor role | Law Gazette https://t.co/WbyBBsjF2U 
• Framework creates “common language” for property transactions - Legal Futures https://t.co/FfNGi1hWuN 
• SDT ‘erred in judgment’ over £8,000 fine, court hears | Law Gazette https://t.co/3MPfsFm5Eo 
• Scrooge builds a cabinet of all the talents - Legal Futures https://t.co/7YBIrf1x2U 
• A "small number" of diphtheria cases have been confirmed among asylum seekers at a hotel in the Humber region, officials have said. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) told the BBC the risk posed to the wider public "remains very low" https://t.co/4CWdFcDwGR 
• Geographical expansion to fore in latest law firm M&A rush - Legal Futures https://t.co/YIBrfYCM8W 
• ‘Dr Bitcoin’ to face court over alleged embargo breach | Law Gazette https://t.co/GwHXIzpBQ9 
• The former Labour deputy leader Tom Watson has used his maiden speech in the Lords to formally apologise for highlighting allegations of historical abuse levelled by Carl Beech, who was later revealed to be a serial fantasist https://t.co/0dxsnWKUau 
• Kafka's law? Government defends need to withhold detention details | Law Gazette https://t.co/goszCpuYhg 
• Indian judiciary will see remarkable change under 'dynamic' leadership of CJI Chandrachud: Justice BR Gavai | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/lP5PmpK7ZW 
• Pupil who ripped off others' work was suffering from mental illness - Legal Futures https://t.co/CCWfIoaCQn 
• Sharing TV streaming passwords is illegal, says UK copyright watchdog https://t.co/mgD6FPKU0X 
• #US federal drug agents say they seized enough fentanyl in 2022 to kill every American. The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) says they intercepted 379m potentially deadly fentanyl doses, which is just two milligrams https://t.co/D8tin0ymuZ 
• Addresses of non-molestation order applicants disclosed in data breach | Law Gazette https://t.co/GyTtYuddc9 
• Seven promotions at Flynn O’Driscoll LLP | Irish Legal News https://t.co/G94DGncebK