19th October - Law News

Edition 3584: 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 an increasingly digital world, legal services are changing. They are being offered in new ways, while consumers expectations are shifting. The Solicitors Regulation Authority wants to support the responsible adoption of legal technology and innovation - helping legal businesses improve and people access legal help more easily

Focus of the Day Story: A sheriff in Livingston Sheriff Court has found that a charge under Section 1 of the Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Act 2018 of engaging in a course of abusive behaviour against an accused’s ex-partner was able to be sufficiently corroborated by Crown evidence. Full story - New Law Journal

 

Saturday Conversations on Law

• We look at interns as potential next generation leadership of an organization: Rousseau Anai, Ex-Head of Asia Pacific, Cantor Fitzgerald | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/rul6ZZ6L2R
• County Court advocate is a 'worker', says employment tribunal - Legal Cheek https://t.co/5RsTqg5wPp
• Bus lane camera mistakes woman's sweater for number plate https://t.co/QKX9RQZNW
• General trend to have firearm licence not in the interest of noble profession of Advocate: Allahabad High Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/yTSHIr6noa
  
• Crowell & Moring to launch in Denver with seven-lawyer team - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/Cpx1tObFdL
• Paul Hastings launches year-long legal innovation internship - Legal Cheek https://t.co/z6FiIfx31U
• Goto Energy has become the latest UK energy firm to cease trading amid a sharp rise in wholesale gas prices https://t.co/tkHZkhDGID
• Has Interpol become the long arm of oppressive regimes? https://t.co/xnjySAw4xy
  
• Justice Secretary Dominic Raab has unveiled a planned overhaul of the Human Rights Act, claiming the European Court of Human Rights was imposing too many “obligations on the state” - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/PPhqrFhe2F 
• Litigation funder earmarks $100m to fund racially diverse and female-led cases - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/RR8meQdKSC
  
• Malicious Prosecution Scandal: Crown Office pays out £35m - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/ftIA8T68AL
• Supreme Court judge Justice UU Lalit flags off bike rally 'Ride for legal Awareness' in Ladakh | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/HsfsF5iuqy
  
• 5 reasons school leavers should consider a solicitor apprenticeship - Legal Cheek https://t.co/nbvBNWtEPf 
• Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced the Queen has agreed Southend will be granted city status following the killing of MP Sir David Amess https://t.co/1imWSk6rsV 
• The courts have a new chance to block Texas’s abortion law. They must take it #US https://t.co/RyDcvv86IU
• Sheriff rejects no case to answer submission from man charged with statutory partner abuse offence - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/hFc4qcYNjI
• Failure and Fault: What the NatWest case tells us about corporate liability for money laundering – The Barrister Magazine https://t.co/ZkYFZPDpuF 
• A man has pleaded guilty to a charge relating to the flight in which footballer Emiliano Sala died. David Henderson, 67, admitted trying to arrange a flight for a passenger without permission or authorisation https://t.co/hE0GTGfHdD
• UK top 100 firm in merger talks with City player: Royds Withy King and Goodman Derrick merger plan to create firm with revenue in excess of £50m - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/utbTtPygyb
• Big law firms “failing to adopt their own innovations” - Legal Futures https://t.co/jwgVb1ST4I 
• The Bar Council highlights barristers championing social mobility – The Barrister Magazine https://t.co/jcjPhRHvB7
  
• Economic crime levy "could impact law firm structures" - Legal Futures https://t.co/2myEfxiytA 
• New Member Adding “Academic Lustre” to Addington Chambers: Virtual barristers Chambers now totals seventeen in little over a year. – The Barrister Magazine https://t.co/ZDl5aLOU6a
• Solicitor fails in challenge to ruling over recruitment costs repayment - Legal Futures https://t.co/7iptuo6HO2 
• [Vidhispeaks] Prosecutorial independence compromised by politics | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/cEIja5iq4e
• Analysis of the whole life order imposed upon Wayne Couzens for the murder of Sarah Everard – The Barrister Magazine https://t.co/2B1eFioQPC
• Legal regulators slammed for "lacking expertise" on comparison data - Legal Futures https://t.co/DzaB9AQA6q 
• What challenges will the Bar face in the next five years? - Legal Futures https://t.co/fUseNFsA4t 
• The Boutique Lawyer Show: Likeability trumps skill (and other lessons for lawyers) - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/ZTbkhaXxak
  
• The African Origins of Democracy (Democracy did not start in Ancient Greece but in Africa) | Bernd Reiter https://t.co/JSORu9SbkG
  
• The Scottish government's vaccine passport scheme has become enforceable by law from Monday morning https://t.co/yTIKgpn8Kk
• College of Legal Practice strikes SQE training deal with Solent Law School - Legal Cheek https://t.co/oahYRVRGEg 
• #Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez pledged on Sunday to outlaw prostitution in the country https://t.co/z5FdcFE1l4
• Woman conceived through rape wins award for campaign to convict father. 45-year-old known as Daisy wins Emma Humphreys prize for contribution towards ending male violence https://t.co/RvBLpCF3Ly
• Barrister relocates from London to join Exchange Chambers – The Barrister Magazine https://t.co/wClttNeyAf 
• All cases filed by government should be through e-filing from January 1, 2022: Supreme Court e-committee to High Courts | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/6GPKlPwTmy
  
• My journey from law student to junior lawyer - and what I learnt along the way - Legal Cheek https://t.co/fvJ9Awl5Vy
• Withers grows Italy presence with six-strong tax team from Gianni & Origani - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/5t3bvrMLiz 
• Viral TikTok of law student who continued moot comp despite passing out prompts debate over profession’s focus on resilience - Legal Cheek https://t.co/6matrX8aOJ
  
• #Canadian lawyers call on re-elected PM Trudeau to combat climate change with review of laws and justice system - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/p1SMZasCzs 
• From The Gherkin to Gotham: Kirkland & Ellis to leave iconic London home after 15 years - Legal Cheek https://t.co/6zbzVhca46

18th October - Law News

Edition 3583: 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:  Thousands participated in a protest in Milan, where, under a recently government-mandated decree, a ‘Green Pass’ is now mandatory in the workplace

Focus of the Day Story: Ruling in R (oao KTT) v Home Secretary [2021] EWHC 2722 (Admin), Mr Justice Linden upheld the 33-year-old claimant’s case that she should have been granted leave to remain on the basis it was necessary due to ‘her personal situation ie in order to pursue her asylum and human rights claims based on her fear of being re-trafficked if she is returned to Vietnam’. Full story - New Law Journal

 

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Womble Bond aims to run all offices on renewable energy by 2026 - Legal Cheek https://t.co/nApFZVH4H
• Law Pod UK latest episode: Can AI receive patent protection? - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/GxLXJilqYV
• 'Here's to the return of in-person legal events' - Legal Cheek https://t.co/FxbYszYsP
• The Boutique Lawyer Show: Life as an international parental child abduction lawyer - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/ENiPSwDrgt
• Police have launched a murder inquiry following the death of a 14-year-old boy who was stabbed at a railway station in Glasgow. Justin McLaughlin was found seriously injured at High Street station at about 15:45 on Saturday https://t.co/XzXoAksqN
• Magic circle pay war: A&O matches Linklaters with £107.5k NQ lawyer salary - Legal Cheek https://t.co/AIckq0oD
• Four young musicians join Evershed Sutherland Accelerator Academy | Irish Legal News https://t.co/Cj5JeW1XD
• High Court refuses fresh inquest in welfare benefits case - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/2Qro3TtX9m
  
• Victims of trafficking should be granted leave to remain, the High Court has held in a landmark judgment | NLJ https://t.co/9XOG8Uzlds
• Heathrow protest barrister gears up for Supreme Court appeal | Law Gazette https://t.co/uXApAmHACc
• Henrietta Lacks and her immortal cells: Lacks estate sues pharmaceutical company - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/tsHWo
• Why being a global finance lawyer is the next best thing to being a rockstar - Legal Cheek https://t.co/k0juvxKnlv
• Giving MPs police guards at local meetings is one of a "range" of steps that could protect politicians, Priti Patel has said after an MP's killing https://t.co/5wQCvRM43D
  
• Slater & Gordon to offer ADR for all contested low-value PI claims - Legal Futures https://t.co/CoZwVeJmsZ
• Most personal injury claimants no longer accepting PIAB awards | Irish Legal News https://t.co/iDxqXwpubz 
• The Weekly Round-Up: Assisted dying, the Human Rights Act 'overhaul', and the limits of Scottish legislation - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/BYg28GhgY
• Ghana: Brief but critical presentation for a successful developmental State | Isaac Owusu Nsiah https://t.co/TC36ZV6lsI
• One of President Nicolás Maduro's closest aides has been extradited from Cape Verde to the United States, where he's been charged with money laundering #Venezuela https://t.co/fX4LtFlszl 
• Fad or future? Elite law firms target tech-savvy students for non-law roles - Legal Cheek https://t.co/kmUe3zLxjw
  
• #French President Emmanuel Macron has called a bloody crackdown on Algerian protesters by police in Paris 60 years ago an "unforgivable crime". On 17 October 1961, French police turned on Algerian demonstrators. Some were shot, others were drowned https://t.co/6HPhiSwFd
• The Speaker of the House of Commons has said he is working "at pace" with police and the home secretary to find ways to improve safety for MPs https://t.co/f1D4u1d8Dz
• A formerly homeless couple have a chance to buy a house for £1 under a scheme to help key workers and others on to the property ladder. Tim Perry and Aaron Parsons are among the first tenants who have moved into 12 new houses in Wolverhampton https://t.co/EnWivHnYkZ
• Treasurer urges non-complacency as employees return to office environment - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/6FNgR88VFx
• High Court ruling on relationship between judge and barrister may have major repercussions on judicial wellbeing - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/XtffLGNAw
• Law Societies condemn 'harmful' economic crime levy | Law Gazette https://t.co/89WrcNNV6a 
• Government accused of ‘shirking responsibility’ in bid to overturn ruling against Aboriginal deportation #Australia https://t.co/NWpN5gGAdg
• Future City trainee: 'I want to work in the EU. When is the best time to make the switch?' - Legal Cheek https://t.co/sLuXeq6Hh
• Better protections for gig economy workers needed - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/E47NCMykWA
• Man declared proclaimed offender in 20-yr-old fraud case denied bail by Delhi court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/3hhFm2wHi3
• Top City firms join forces to launch legal ops grad scheme - Legal Cheek https://t.co/85chKT7NJ
• In conversation with minister Kasiviswanathan Shanmugam SC | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/yFFf5KzfU9
  
• Courts service sets out ICT strategy for next three years | Irish Legal News https://t.co/aaFzpqfZaK
• Centre notifies appointment of 7 new judges to Gujarat High Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/uFf9Mz6XgX
• Dublin’s legal scene through the eyes of two junior lawyers - Legal Cheek https://t.co/I2uTBl6mMw

17th October - Law News

Edition 3582: 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:  An exhibition looking at the legacy of colonialism - and the role it played in the birth of climate change - has opened in London. Eleven artists with a personal connection to Africa, the Caribbean and South America have pinpointed environmental change as a racial process, with deep roots in colonial history. Through this collection of artworks, the overlapping crises of environmental damage and colonialism, are put under scrutiny.

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Professor Mary Robinson, former president of Ireland and adjunct professor of climate justice at Trinity College Dublin, has been announced as the keynote speaker at the Law Society of Northern Ireland’s annual dinner | Irish Legal News https://t.co/NXOEbQnmqN
• SDT releases Ecohouse documents to campaign group - Legal Futures https://t.co/u8Jr2Wprl
• Leading huntsman fined over advice on how to hide illegal fox hunting - Mark Hankinson was filmed by hunt saboteurs encouraging others to use ‘trail hunting’ as smokescreen for the real thing https://t.co/c4pXkHnA8N 
• 'I am proud to be a black woman in intellectual property' | Law Gazette https://t.co/HFe7qqImOP
  
• The President of the Family Division has vowed to reform the system for dealing with child arrangement cases within the next three years | NLJ https://t.co/YbPM5kj3de
• Senior judge questions effectiveness of costs sanctions - Legal Futures https://t.co/MbOMOwICjR
• Artwork commissioned for Cardiff city centre has been washed away by cleaners following a "miscommunication error". The murals were commissioned by For Cardiff, a body aimed at making the city "vibrant and welcoming" https://t.co/ucnkTKU8sY
• Matt Hancock's United Nations role withdrawn - Leading figures across Africa had criticised the UN's choice of the hapless former health secretary for the role https://t.co/FoldyYJbm1
• Hugh Bevan obituary: an influential academic in the field of child law, and helped draft what became the Children Act, 1975 https://t.co/WCpHYVpSdH
• A pioneering triage system for family law issues, developed using the artificial intelligence (AI) expertise of Brighton University and the practice knowledge of law firm Family Law Partners, has won a Business Impact award from Innovate UK | NLJ https://t.co/3hDG06LyML
• The #US government has offered financial compensation to the relatives of 10 people mistakenly killed by the American military in a drone strike on the Afghan capital, Kabul, in August https://t.co/dk8h4PQSng
• Scotland encouraged to follow American lead on drug prosecutions - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/jDuwhxXvR
• Customer happiness just as important as outcome, firms tell survey | Law Gazette https://t.co/Mg8ABmav6B 
• A boy of 16 has been charged with the murder of an 18-year-old stabbed to death on a playing field in south-west London. Police found Hazrat Wali fatally injured in Craneford Way, Twickenham, at 16:45 BST on Tuesday https://t.co/Z6906dcDjg 
• CFA costs payable as part of maintenance award, CoA rules | Law Gazette https://t.co/ukhDC2ufzZ
• A chef has been charged after a teenage girl was approached by a stranger in a hi-viz jacket who stopped and searched her before cycling off. The 14-year-old girl was on her way to school in Three Bridges, Crawley, West Sussex https://t.co/VVGILT7gCe
• Discrimination case over ‘appalling’ Garda treatment of woman of Romani heritage settled | Irish Legal News https://t.co/I1He3hZDKH
• Ariane Burgess: Have your say on short-term lets - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/7q1NhThUEV
• BSB promises to tackle 'ageing' bar | Law Gazette https://t.co/BMLMtRbfh
• A bow-and-arrow attack that killed five people in #Norway this week is likely to have been due to the killer's mental illness, police say. Espen Andersen Brathen has admitted going on a killing spree in the small town of Kongsberg on Wednesday https://t.co/24AiPB62c0
• The Case of Senegal: Multilateralism to boost governance for nutrition and development | Emmanuel Asomba https://t.co/TSjD21nTqj
  
• Bar students need more pupillage data to avoid “buyer’s remorse” - Legal Futures https://t.co/ehiEWQZc8i 
• The killing of a second MP in five years has thrown a harsh spotlight on the risks faced by politicians. Home Secretary Priti Patel has asked all police forces to review security arrangements for MPs "with immediate effect" https://t.co/7BgahEK6sM
• #US President Joe Biden's administration has said it will ask the Supreme Court to block a restrictive Texas law that imposes a near-total ban on abortion https://t.co/tMaqYJe6YH 
• Consumers promised cheap law are being failed by our system | Law Gazette https://t.co/J43accJruK 
• Inner House rejects asylum case of Sudanese man who claimed involvement with resistance movement - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/EXVd4kk1ry 
• Law Society hails legislative coups at president's inauguration | Law Gazette https://t.co/6bpYNhm9KC 
• Trump to testify in lawsuit by protesters who say guard assaulted them in 2015 #US https://t.co/nWZLI90eVk 
• First criminal money-laundering prosecution under the Money Laundering Regulations - NatWest (National Westminster Bank Plc) has pled guilty to money-laundering breaches, in the first criminal prosecution under the Money Laundering Regulations 2007 | NLJ https://t.co/Vp9LIfyL7m
• Labour spending more on legal battles than campaigning, say sources: As witchhunt against ex-Corbyn staffers looms, falling membership is also hitting finances https://t.co/wOVEu2LhSO 
• The #US has said that it will reopen its borders to fully vaccinated travellers from 33 countries on 8 November https://t.co/pOXNuZrc3q
• #Italy using anti-mafia laws to scapegoat migrant boat drivers, report finds | Global development https://t.co/8sFiLFA21n 
• Apple has taken down one of the world's most popular Quran apps in #China, following a request from officials. Quran Majeed is available across the world on the App Store - and has nearly 150,000 reviews. It is used by millions of Muslims https://t.co/GQ9Ji5N9uB

16th October - Law News

Edition 3581: 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:  Rise in India fuel prices hits Chennai's lower and middle classes hard. For Babu who works in sales, his monthly fuel expense has increased by Rs. 2,000 over the last six months as the price of petrol in Chennai has crossed 102 rupees a litre, up by ten rupees in just seven months. However, his salary has not kept pace. As he filled up the fuel tank of his motorcycle, he told NDTV, "Half of what I earn is spent on petrol. I have to manage all my household expenses with the rest". Babu works as a salesperson.

Saturday Conversations on Law

• McCann FitzGerald wins double at the Lexology Client Choice Awards 2021 | Irish Legal News https://t.co/YvUEmqfXbT 
• Lawyer of the Month: Rosalie Chadwick - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/5FjrcoHTfQ 
• Being told to “grow up” does not amount to discrimination at work, a tribunal has ruled after a teenage hairdresser sued her employer - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/rK1nly7Gsy
• A £3m diamond fraud trial involving The Only Way is Essex star Lewis Bloor has collapsed after the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) admitted it failed to disclose some evidence https://t.co/VRMTtn3XJV 
• Supreme Court dismisses appeal alleging UK government failed to provide effective remedies for enforcing workplace harassment claims - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/WduooR8yv3
• Top 200 firms in advanced talks to merge from next year | Law Gazette https://t.co/W5ufMl1ux3 
• Man arrested for allegedly luring woman on pretext of job, raping her on M-4 motorway near Punjab's Gojra #Pakistan https://t.co/LjSRzmynWj
• Northern Ireland Secretary ‘failed to comply’ with duty to provide abortion services | Irish Legal News https://t.co/edhtdD2IbE 
• Conservative MP Sir David Amess has died after being stabbed at his constituency surgery in Essex. Police said a 25-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of murder after the attack at a church in Leigh-on-Sea https://t.co/vkZSWxfkq
• Society voices 'genuine concerns' about power of attorney reforms | Law Gazette https://t.co/gVXqCxjr2M
• No formal investigation into Met police chief Cressida Dick: London mayor’s office opts not to proceed over finding that commissioner obstructed police corruption inquiry https://t.co/3JNtuFSbzG
• Uthra Murder: Dummy trial, expert evidence that led to conviction of husband Sooraj on circumstantial evidence | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/Tw9mcwNNzG
• Conservative MP Sir David Amess stabbed multiple times in incident at constituency surgery https://t.co/cmH5S406BR
• SRA visits 85 firms in a year as part of AML crackdown | Law Gazette https://t.co/BoWBL3r6Fp 
• A mob in western #Kenya has killed a self-confessed serial killer who escaped from custody two days ago, police say. Masten Wanjala, 20, was traced by villagers to a house in Bungoma town and beaten to death https://t.co/lizRG62UtK
• #Kenya rejects UN court judgment giving Somalia control of resource-rich waters https://t.co/dme0ybwx3
• #Italy's Green Pass becomes mandatory for all workplaces on Friday, but there are fears of disruption among transport workers and at ports where Covid vaccination rates are relatively low https://t.co/VglrjbaK48 
• Defamation law reform report to be published this month | Irish Legal News https://t.co/mmDaomYmZt 
• Vaccinated #Australian citizens and the parents of residents will be able to visit Sydney from 1 November without the need to quarantine https://t.co/1fBRpmgA1R
• Burford earmarks $100m for cases led by diverse lawyers | Law Gazette https://t.co/60k1lp66Es 
• Lorry driver shortage: Government to lift rules on foreign haulier deliveries https://t.co/8muiJ5q7sa 
• Imelda Higgins appointed general counsel at Interactive Brokers Ireland | Irish Legal News https://t.co/K5HmVg1oa2
• Huge rise in domestic abuse cases being dropped in England and Wales https://t.co/LMH2D7LW5h
• Shoppers start to use new £100 contactless payment limit - The spending limit on each use of a contactless card has now risen from £45 to £100 - but not every shop will accept the new payment threshold https://t.co/q2xO4Q2K5R
  
• Around 43,000 people in England may have been wrongly told their Covid-19 test was negative because of errors at a lab. Testing at the Wolverhampton laboratory has been suspended https://t.co/6Zp85rOPZ8
• 'They will hang me': #Afghan interpreters blocked by UK seek appeal https://t.co/Ef6w6BMzNZ 
• Common Platform blip 'illustrates danger of overestimating technology' | Law Gazette https://t.co/3y7HEUjLzq
• Amazon asks Ring owners to respect privacy after court rules usage broke law - Court upholds harassment claim after neighbour complained about use of security cameras and doorbells https://t.co/YUJkooL2Be
• Court suspends Giulio Regeni murder and kidnapping trial - Decision follows hours of deliberation over whether it is fair for four Egyptian security officials to be tried in absentia #Italy https://t.co/ukrTWquJBc 
• MPs prepare to debate judicial review reforms | Law Gazette https://t.co/FfudWcUAXo 
• Human rights commission to intervene in domiciliary care allowance case | Irish Legal News https://t.co/sRhfDkYSBJ
  
• SFO ends Quindell investigation after six years | Law Gazette https://t.co/WXcTXJgNQj 
• Shoosmiths moves to new office at Glasgow’s Garment Factory - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/5h3nkFJdy6
• A&O matches rival with £107,500 NQ starting salary | Law Gazette https://t.co/Wj7LYcvl3H

15th October - Law News

Edition 3580: 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:  Australia plans to stop AstraZeneca vaccine production early next year. The government will not renew its contract with biotech giant CSL beyond the 51 million doses it's already contracted to deliver. This decision is causing concern for developing countries that still need to vaccinate millions of citizens. University of Reading’s Dr Alexander Edwards says it’s difficult to keep track of where various vaccines are being made.

 

Focus of the Day Story: Litigation funder earmarks $100m to fund racially diverse and female-led cases. Burford Capital broadens focus of Equity Project launched in 2018; portion of profits from successful cases to boost funding. Full story - The Global Legal Post

 

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Cambridge University halts £400m deal with UAE over Pegasus spyware claims: UK institution was in line for huge donation but has paused talks due to concerns Gulf state used hacking software https://t.co/UaZ4O24Bjq
• Clive Palmer loses high court battle with WA over law blocking mine compensation bid #Australia https://t.co/VtLyPFFgQT 
• There were 92 football-related arrests at England home matches during the 2020-21 season of which 90 occurred at Euro 2020, Home Office figures show https://t.co/qo3TnJHKt3
• A judge has ruled that security cameras and a Ring doorbell installed in a house "unjustifiably invaded" the privacy of a neighbour, in a case that could have implications for home surveillance devices: it broke data laws and contributed to harassment https://t.co/TtFxu9gvZZ
• A police constable who took two packets of Jaffa Cakes from a charity stall without paying full price has been sacked from West Yorkshire Police. PC Chris Dwyer paid just 10p for two packets of the snacks from Halifax police station's canteen https://t.co/qJd4G2ZtWE
• A committee investigating the 6 January Capitol riot has said it will pursue criminal charges against former Donald Trump adviser Steve Bannon next week #US https://t.co/SohzB6XFa8
• North Yorkshire Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner Philip Allott had faced sustained criticism for urging women to be "streetwise" in a radio interview and finally resigns https://t.co/kvp8pugZjG 
• Thorntons holds menopause seminar for employers - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/7cPemd9zHb 
• Legal aid budget increase ‘only a drop in the ocean’ | Irish Legal News https://t.co/OI16fyfCLt 
• COP26: courts could hold power to climate change action - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/nbPrQoDM5Y
• Ayr solicitors’ half-century of service recognised - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/lS6bb5CBD3 
• WBD launches roadmap to achieving net zero by 2030 - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/dkRfZDwErz
• A #Pakistan parliamentary committee on Wednesday rejected the anti-forced conversion bill after the Ministry of Religious Affairs opposed the proposed law while lawmakers from minority communities protested the decision https://t.co/hmPSlI42u7 
• ‘Chance to get ahead’: Undergrads to take SQE course | Law Gazette https://t.co/1CHKUPdWGz 
• Belfast solicitors raise over £3,500 for charity | Irish Legal News https://t.co/9d4ofmsSTb
• ECtHR: Holy See’s state immunity affirmed in Article 6 case - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/APNmkeDr21
• Insulate Britain suspends road protests for 11 days - In an open letter to Prime Minister Boris Johnson, the group says it will halt its "campaign of civil resistance" until 25 October https://t.co/3JZ4MUUf3G
  
• McFarlane reveals mediation voucher scheme success | Law Gazette https://t.co/VYIVmI1nP6 
• What is the ‘new model’ the EU is proposing for Northern Ireland? https://t.co/0bXpc6hBXp
• Giulio Regeni: trial of Egyptian security agents charged over death begins in Rome, #Italy. The accused, all members of the National Security Agency, are being tried in absentia after the researcher’s kidnap and killing in Cairo https://t.co/0o2vRGjLZA
• Lakhimpur Kheri Case: UP court denies bail to main accused Ashish Mishra: Mishra, who is the son of Union Minister for State Ajay Mishra Teni, is the main accused in the killing of 8 persons | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/lZFYly0UCY
• A man arrested over a deadly bow and arrow attack in Norway had converted to Islam and there were fears he had been radicalised, police have said. The 37-year-old Danish citizen is accused of killing four women and a man https://t.co/hJtF7gkPzr
  
• Corruption in Fragile States: What the Corruption Perceptions Index does not Reveal | Timipere Allison https://t.co/YP5lvhWxOB 
• The old normal? Official stats reveal summer dip | Law Gazette https://t.co/pj5XrzRpIq
  
• Architect erased from register loses Court of Session case challenging decision - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/VLvbnHjBaZ
• Climate lawyers call on ICC to investigate Bolsonaro over treatment of the Amazon - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/dTy5mspsye
• Ronan Daly Jermyn recognised for commitment to diversity and inclusion | Irish Legal News https://t.co/dD78hKwwSN
  
• Amazon drivers poised to launch potential £140m group claim | Law Gazette https://t.co/JJDTq6bxBt
• UK prisoners allowed to play chess in global online tournament https://t.co/rYYVxM0n9h
  
• 'Invasive' police algorithms need legal safeguards, Lords hear | Law Gazette https://t.co/8FHGBsMLjb
  
• Thousands of trafficking victims should be given right to remain - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/QWtDaHp4FL
• Mishcon loses seven lawyers to Greenberg Traurig ahead of IPO | Law Gazette https://t.co/0UBBTBQnhP
• Wilson Nesbitt welcomes five newly-qualified solicitors | Irish Legal News https://t.co/XlPYE8l8dz 
• SRA in new drive to 'sell' unbundling to reluctant solicitors | Law Gazette https://t.co/htIFBgtxvC

14th October - Law News

Edition 3579: 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:  Join The Bar Council of England and Wales online on 16 October for the Pupillage Fair 2021 to find out everything you need to know about a career at the Bar. Sign up free of charge to get for advice from barristers, discuss your prospects with pupillage providers, and find out how to build your CV and access sources of funding and support. Book your place at www.barcouncil.org.uk/PupillageFair2021

 

Focus of the Day Story: The Solicitors Qualifying Exam could result in ‘precarious and exploitative’ jobs for junior lawyers, as small firms replace two-year training contracts with temporary positions, a trade union representing legal sector workers has warned. Full story - The Law Society Gazette

 

Saturday Conversations on Law

• UK government embarking on ‘unprecedented programme of rights reversal’ - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/nVkyMS2Lg
• Cabinet policy obliges ministers to delete instant messages - Legal challenge launched after use of self-destructing messages raises concerns over avoidance of scrutiny https://t.co/zkIYYuLHX2
• Appeal judges uphold Order for Lifelong Restriction on Aberdeen man convicted of assaulting ex-partners - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/u1OkzSafOp
• Migrant families to Scotland could be better supported by series of changes to UK government immigration rules, an independent expert group has said - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/OzsU0BTOJ0
• Mergers, acquisitions and new firms abound in autumn rush - Legal Futures https://t.co/2nh71TSsja
• ‘Time to rethink our museums and return stolen goods’, says high-profile lawyer | Law Gazette https://t.co/g7lLo94Byx
• MP Claudia Webbe found guilty of harassment - Leicester East MP was accused of making unwanted phone calls and threatening her partner’s female friend https://t.co/cCCc90VDOh
  
• Big firms’ support for clients during pandemic hit billable hours but not profits - Legal Futures https://t.co/7y5df6N5Gp
• Tense scenes as lorry drivers use vehicles to try to break through demonstrators’ blockades - Drivers threaten Insulate Britain activists in Essex protests https://t.co/sZPMQP6yBi
• UK Border Force could be given immunity over refugee deaths - Priti Patel is seeking legal protections for officers who ‘push back’ migrant boats https://t.co/zPME7oh5UG
• Julia Launders appointed editor-in-chief of Hibernian Law Journal | Irish Legal News https://t.co/LCrMhkUHgG
• #Pakistan Supreme Court remands Saad Rizvi's detention case back to LHC for two-member special bench to decide https://t.co/NbYd4lJ65
• UK government embarking on ‘unprecedented programme of rights reversal’ | Irish Legal News https://t.co/suzkc3VgW
• Unbundled family law service to expand as SRA eyes pilot - Legal Futures https://t.co/Y72vJw6jYi
  
• Built on the bodies of slaves: how Africa was erased from the history of the modern world https://t.co/zwVmOQp19y
• Female police officers say misogyny remains unchecked https://t.co/nUVv9TY7lI
  
• Football coach jailed for 25 years in #Dubai after four bottles of vape liquid containing cannabis oil were found in his car. Billy Hood from Notting Hill, west London, was arrested on 31 January & claims he was forced to sign confession in Arabic https://t.co/GB93purym
• NI High Court rules DUP ministers acting unlawfully by boycotting north-south meetings | Irish Legal News https://t.co/2reRk7XnFZ
• The NHS Covid Pass, used to show a person's vaccine status for travel and events, stopped working on Wednesday https://t.co/0JsSoxq7oX
• ‘Cheaper ticket to greater exploitation’: Trade union takes aim at SQE | Law Gazette https://t.co/A6fyT4jiZR
• Watch: From heading the crime division of a Glasgow law firm at the age of 26 to becoming the first female rector in Glasgow University’s 571-year history, Rita Rae, Lady Rae, has had a long and illustrious career as a lawyer - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/AFSdQ7ayUT
• Religious treasures looted by Britain could be legally restored to Ethiopian Orthodox Church | Irish Legal News https://t.co/c1UPgkpcb
• Police have arrested 16 Insulate Britain protesters who have blocked another junction on the M25. Essex Police said officers were called to a slip road at junction 31 for Thurrock, near the Dartford Crossing, just after 08:25 BST https://t.co/6Zi1TidF1
• Listed tech startup acquires conveyancing firm as test bed | Law Gazette https://t.co/e2wWM12wh
• Trailblazing Matheson partner recognised as world-leading antitrust lawyer | Irish Legal News https://t.co/4dFQ2Vzo0
• National Trust warns of threat from ‘ideological campaign’ waged against it - It was prompted to speak out as members raised concerns about a range of “extreme” positions taken by individuals involved in a group called Restore Trust https://t.co/RiNc5GfJTQ
• Why are political parties allowed to erect flag masts in public spaces without permission? Kerala High Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/8ql1Zi2jby
• A Scottish TikToker has won a victory against one of the UK's biggest food retailers after using her platform to campaign for a batch of "lumpy" oat milk to be removed https://t.co/wXb5mqKidL
• The rise of cyber-criminal threat for law firms since Covid-19 - Legal Futures https://t.co/rstPS7NM7A 
• So you want to be an… in-house lawyer? - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Al7raLx3U1 
• Immigration solicitor fails to overturn second strike-off decision | Law Gazette https://t.co/mX0n6wn76K 
• The prevalence of antisemitic messages and memes on Instagram, where almost 70% of global users are aged between 13 and 34, and TikTok, where 69% of users are between 16 and 24 years old https://t.co/VDq2O2oNgV
• Mortgage cryptocurrency "will lower cost of solicitors' PII" - Legal Futures https://t.co/u2aCsS2MXV
  
• Trafficking victims should be granted leave to remain in UK, high court rules - Landmark judgment will apply to thousands who may otherwise have been sent back to home countries https://t.co/6t7Mjkpkva
• Court throws out wasted costs order bid against Baker McKenzie | Law Gazette https://t.co/SonBUZeKoB
  
• Ten newly qualified solicitors secure permanent positions with Thorntons - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/LaltXylftl
• Negligent firm escapes liability as client "wouldn't have listened" anyway - Legal Futures https://t.co/ZrlfH2YZAy 
• Scullion LAW’s support for Marie Curie reaches £250,000 - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/6YjLuHJnSp 
• Ex-Slater and Gordon solicitor misled clients over struck-out claims | Law Gazette https://t.co/K2Ybb7qVAD 
• High Court rejects appeal from sham marriages solicitor - Legal Futures https://t.co/WKkPwxt2uS 
• Court dismisses 28 separate divorce petitions with identical wording | Law Gazette https://t.co/UvUrpBCXO0
• Tech firm buys conveyancers to test products in “live environment” - Legal Futures https://t.co/ADd5vJQBb6 
• Harper Macleod advises on £121 million windfarm sale - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/gZuyMsaUMP

13th October - Law News

Edition 3578: 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 BBC's Moscow correspondent, Sarah Rainsford, was recently expelled from Russia, a country she first began visiting in her teens as a student. She has reported on the country since the start of Vladimir Putin's presidency, but has now been barred for life and declared a 'security threat'. The move comes during an unprecedented assault on rights and freedoms in Russia, where critics of the Kremlin are increasingly being labelled as hostile 'agents' of the West.

 

 

Focus of the Day Story: The global coronavirus pandemic, and the rise in people working from home, has unfortunately provoked a growth in cyber-crime. The UK government estimates that the cost of cyber-crime is £27bn per annum. Full story - Legal Futures

 

Saturday Conversations on Law

• SIF saga latest: Solicitors 'should pay extra £10 a year' for retirement protection | Law Gazette https://t.co/pYTD17uFGP
• Scots rights watchdog welcomes UN resolution on environmental rights - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/ceZSx1U2ZA
• LCJ reveals new platform for remote hearings | Law Gazette https://t.co/xnIgnUaW2A
• Tesco recalls own-brand chest and cold remedy https://t.co/JrcgZXMV
• Disability charities call for new braille labelling legislation - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/mpVTCaSFXB
• Brexit Minister Lord Frost has proposed plans for an entirely new protocol to replace the existing Northern Ireland Protocol. In a speech to diplomats in Portugal on Tuesday, he described his new legal text as "a better way forward" https://t.co/LxmZXeEZk0
• Lawyer in the news: Alistair Robertson, DAC Beachcroft - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/mO7TfV4bd7
• Radio presenter Emma Wilson has said Sarah Everard's murderer Wayne Couzens flashed her in 2008 and that Met Police officers laughed when she reported it https://t.co/AylIjo3tlE
  
• Irish lawyer elected as Lord Mayor of the City of London | Irish Legal News https://t.co/JdjyoUQrdA
• Law firms blocking solicitors from bench - circuit chief | Law Gazette https://t.co/eNflwUfLhA 
• Law centre warns carbon tax hike could exacerbate fuel poverty | Irish Legal News https://t.co/yaj0gJrAHY
• Elephant in the maternity room | Law Gazette https://t.co/e0Svw9lzJI
• Lawyers are often the last line of defence between a publisher and a lawsuit, the Guardian’s director of editorial legal services writes https://t.co/v9Rjk1nCRK
• Shepherd and Wedderburn welcomes 28 new associates and senior associates - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/dZoAnLQTnL
• Social Movements for Gender and Sexual Diversity: Case Studies from Jamaica, Nepal, and Japan | Diana J Fox https://t.co/SUMJeJWSlZ
• Inner House refuses Greenpeace appeal against consent for new oil field production wells - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/E7fwF57a2
• My legal life: Tomas Vail, Vail Dispute Resolution - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/CIzz4y98Wo
• California has become the first #US state to require large retailers to display toys and childcare items in gender-neutral ways. The new law, signed by Governor Gavin Newsom on Saturday, does not ban boys and girls sections in shops https://t.co/81iZQe5kFm
• The steps to take to apply for a spouse or partner visa from the United States - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/tzYvOnk4tT
• Police claim busting gang involved in sale of stolen cars on OLX in Karachi #Pakistan https://t.co/0kSpbE69vh
• City firms unite to create ‘formidable’ litigation team | Law Gazette https://t.co/nKzVIO7IHI
• Wife stabbed husband and put knife in again as he called 999, murder jury told - Penelope Jackson heard to say ‘I thought I’d get his heart but he hasn’t got one’ on recorded emergency call https://t.co/C8bth4PZs
• Prison healthcare in Northern Ireland requires ‘significant uplift’ in funding | Irish Legal News https://t.co/AnXsb6k7u6
• UK journalist wins £80k damages after being hired ‘to smear’ UAE and Egypt critics https://t.co/VrWFHTLGLk
• Nationality and Borders Bill shows questionable priorities | Law Gazette https://t.co/PmZV1mRMab
• Missing Apostrophe in Facebook Post May Cost a Man in Defamation Case - An #Australian man claimed a real estate agent did not pay its “employees” retirement funds. The lack of a punctuation mark may cost him thousands https://t.co/CNWEc6Lxbm
• Together with its territories overseas, Britain is instrumental in a global game of deceit - The Pandora Papers Expose Britain’s Role in Money Laundering https://t.co/JEiskWN1D
• In emails detailed by The New York Times, Raiders Coach Jon Gruden casually used misogynistic and homophobic language to disparage people #US https://t.co/6LRXMvi8YB
  
• Ryanair bans Covid refund passengers from boarding new flights - Holidaymakers say they were given just hours to pay back cash claimed through credit cards https://t.co/SIygu9nJhC
• An #Afghan interpreter who helped rescue then-senator Joe Biden from the harsh Afghanistan countryside has managed to leave the region with his family https://t.co/71YKqLv5U
• Footballers demand compensation over 'data misuse' - Led by former Cardiff City, Leyton Orient and Yeovil Town manager Russell Slade, 850 players want compensation for the trading of their performance data over the past six years https://t.co/ZTfzRbybt1
  
• #India Supreme Court reduces sentence of rape convict as offence committed before 2018 Criminal Law amendment | Bar & Bench https://t.co/lfV3zuoxPK
• London barrister from Northern Ireland shortlisted as young pro bono barrister of the year | Irish Legal News https://t.co/BdWZK5pmb5
• Society ponders SDT support for lawyers | Law Gazette https://t.co/yDrDEZX4f
• Scottish expansion for fee-sharing law firm Spencer West - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/N3TktC54XB
• Government faces potential JR over efforts to help Afghan judges | Law Gazette https://t.co/vcltX0bgwZ
• Labour backs public inquiry into 2015 prisoner death - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/lQYYCFcpZg
• New clash over magistrates' jailing powers | Law Gazette https://t.co/aE0QN0v0kn
  
• Nearly 250 complaints of sexual misconduct against serving police officers - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/WOZ2oA46WG 
• Firm found negligent fights off High Court claim | Law Gazette https://t.co/CqhFFDBG2q

12th October - Law News

Edition 3577: 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's free webinar on reporting anti-money laundering concerns to us, and making Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) to the National Crime Agency (NCA). This webinar will give you further insight and guidance around common issues with SARs, as well as how to make sure your reports are as effective as possible. You can get answer to queries by submitting questions in advance or live on the day.

 

 

Focus of the Day Story: In this claim for judicial review, the issue was whether it was lawful for the claimant independent fostering agency (Cornerstone) only to accept heterosexual evangelical Christians as potential carers under the Equality Act 2010 (EA 2010) and the European Convention on Human Rights (the Convention). Ofsted wrote a draft report in which they considered this policy to be unlawful when reviewed in the context of the EA 2010 and the Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA 1998) and in a report issued in draft on 12 June 2019 Ofsted assessed the effectiveness of Cornerstone’s leaders and managers as ‘Inadequate’. Full story - UK Human Rights Blog

 

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Aspiring barrister who sought refuge alone in the UK at 17 launches campaign to help other young asylum seekers - Legal Cheek https://t.co/x3pLv3Kmxx
• An Israeli court’s approval of a ‘quiet’ Jewish prayer at the Al Aqsa mosque has been condemned and has raised concerns of another illegal takeover by the occupying state
• ‘Minor cases’ of violence against women can escalate https://t.co/X9QC00EuiX
• Hit billing targets and earn £150k, Orrick tells London NQs - Legal Cheek https://t.co/2y7zc0KuF5
• What you need to know about the #Poland-European Union rift https://t.co/U3MMr4OMdz 
• #US police probed after man screaming 'I'm paraplegic' dragged from car - Bodycam footage shows officers stopping Clifford Owensby in Dayton, Ohio, last month https://t.co/qOIHRD3abM 
• For African nations, capital punishment is a grim colonial legacy that lingers on https://t.co/6RkQSCbH5O
• Latham trainee looks to challenge LexisNexis and Westlaw with free case law hub - Legal Cheek https://t.co/qs3AlrKzDb
• How PayPal’s ‘digital discrimination’ is stifling the #Palestinian economy https://t.co/tCTUun6q8
• The Boutique Lawyer Show: Life as an international parental child abduction lawyer - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/ENiPSwV28
• California bans non-consensual condom removal during sexual intercourse #US https://t.co/npP3dixQz
• Manchester City defender Benjamin Mendy has been refused bail for a third time ahead of a trial facing multiple charges of rape and sexual assault https://t.co/x4xuoyMYD
• Eversheds launches legal tech grad scheme - Legal Cheek https://t.co/XKljgzFSXE
• Trainee solicitor pay reaches £62.5k in the City - Legal Cheek https://t.co/pY56g3JwFy
• Conviction or acquittal cannot be set aside merely because there was possibility of joint/ separate trial: Supreme Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/3Oj9Gahxo0
• Tory MP says using term ‘white privilege’ should be reported as extremism https://t.co/fTF5JBCc05
• London law firm launches novel association with Italian MDP - Legal Futures https://t.co/8QnBbjk40x
• Old wounds are exposed as #Spain finally brings up the bodies of Franco’s victims https://t.co/XvEXvf1C6r
• Judge's fury at suggestion his clerk leaked draft ruling - Legal Futures https://t.co/1vmzvPYi0K 
• Centre notifies new Chief Justices for 8 High Courts, transfer of 5 others | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/TRlyINy742 
• Court finds Withers negligent again but causation lacks once more - Legal Futures https://t.co/Ok4LfHLCBi
• Law Society calls on government to fund SQE loans as over 1,000 students enrol for first exam - Legal Cheek https://t.co/XrxmDjw1N
• The legal profession is letting down its graduates - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/XSoYVSgtpN
• Don’t extend magistrates’ powers – there’s a better way to reform the court system https://t.co/lML5fqH2v7
• At least 750 allegations of sexual misconduct were made against serving police officers across Britain over five years, new figures show. Data was obtained from 31 police forces in England, Wales and Scotland under the Freedom of Information Act https://t.co/ltQgac6fsG 
• The Corporate Counsel Show: An extraordinary life and legal career - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/lnNfVIggt
• The Metropolitan Police will not take any further action against the Duke of York following a review prompted by Jeffrey Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre https://t.co/SNkRjzMyqX
• A Year After ‘Defund,’ Police Departments Get Their Money Back - The abrupt reversals have come in response to rising levels of crime, the exodus of officers and political pressures #US https://t.co/IUnq7yWvzm
• Mass protests in #Poland amid EU law controversy https://t.co/X7FkQlEFeG
• Osborne Clarke to mentor disadvantaged school kids in social mobility push - Legal Cheek https://t.co/fHqUa4hF
• A critical juncture for debt recovery - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/AXt0YqzCcA
• Fossil fuel companies paying top law firms millions to ‘dodge responsibility’ https://t.co/E8cvkZuFDD 
• 'Cruella de Vil QC' hits back at Boris Johnson after PM takes pop in conference speech - Legal Cheek https://t.co/IEWvUQLxI
• Harvey Weinstein PA says abusers still have the legal power to silence victims https://t.co/oZ0SqceOa9
• 'The pressure to be mentally strong can be dangerous' - Legal Cheek https://t.co/OPpOJlVj1q
• Now live: The 2022 Chambers Most List - Legal Cheek https://t.co/tZsvwZ4uhL