12th July - Law News

Edition 3485: 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:
Italian police clash with demonstrators during a protest against the G20 Economy and Finance ministers and central bank governors' meeting in Venice

 

Focus of the Day Article:

Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities are at significant risk of having their human rights breached by legislation to criminalise unauthorised encampments, a Parliamentary committee has warned. Full story - The New Law Journal

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Aspiring lawyers must be fluent in techspeak - Legal Cheek https://t.co/BMf36mmkFs
• How to get a foot on the City law ladder - Legal Cheek https://t.co/ouuIIcB3FD
• “Step 4” and places of worship | Law & Religion UK https://t.co/0TXZGmMV
• The Weekly Round-Up: Pride and Policing - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/ALgyBSSx6R 
• After Priti Patel has finished, which refugees will carry a torch for Britain? https://t.co/8hUEVR9eg
• HSF raises NQ 'total compensation' to £107k - Legal Cheek https://t.co/LHqnBKgHS6
• Opportunistic "vloggers" have been increasingly presenting themselves as #China-lovers, spreading Communist Party disinformation in order to cash in on naive Chinese following https://t.co/a7jHMV1M4J
• The UK's largest employers' body has urged the government to bring forward changes to Covid self-isolation rules https://t.co/nVNvmWxv5l
• Musician’s widow sues BBC over his exposure to asbestos in studio - Broadcaster admits liability over death of symphony orchestra horn player who worked for 36 years at Maida Vale https://t.co/pnjR6z0vn
• Law and religion round-up – 4th July | Law & Religion UK https://t.co/7pvFd8p53J
• Reporting restrictions in end of life cases: anonymity for treating clinicians - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/Omo9muC6B
• Protégé: Finding a path out of breaking point and into better mental health - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/aiw57ezIvC
  
• Hot air balloon crashes in Nottinghamshire town centre https://t.co/rW57y1TVID
• DLA Piper London NQ pay hits £88k as trainees handed £1k increases - Legal Cheek https://t.co/C8opdprV5n
  
• The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Wearing of Face Coverings in a Relevant Place) (England) Regulations 2020 https://t.co/wJC5cAv4y
• Quarter of junior lawyers expect to work from the office full-time after 'Freedom Day' - Legal Cheek https://t.co/V676xLEaty
• Charlottesville Removes Robert E. Lee Statue at Center of White Nationalist Rally #US https://t.co/QxLthoWxYx
• #Portugal orders house arrest for Benfica football club president - Luís Filipe Vieira, 72, is being investigated for suspected tax fraud, money laundering and other crimes https://t.co/36jvRotNLi 
• An overwhelming majority of SME law firms do not have business continuity plans in place, putting those practices in jeopardy if unforeseen circumstances arise - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/KSbuduDvGQ
• Drugs: One man dies amid 12 drug overdoses in Swansea - It comes after a number of people ended up in Swansea's Morriston Hospital after taking what is believed to be a bad batch of drugs https://t.co/Gd5dwNEEs
• An Army investigation into the unexplained death of a British soldier has identified serious failings in its duty of care. The decomposing body of Lance Corporal Bernard Mongan was discovered in his barracks in Catterick https://t.co/EhPO2vjEp5
• Top 5 in-house podcast episodes in 2021 (so far) - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/rT0oz6YgJ9
• How self-sabotaging is your career’s number 1 enemy - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/n6Fz2yQOxD
• Ecclesiastical law judgments – June (II) | Law & Religion UK https://t.co/TlApBmrUUk
• Social Worker awarded damages in Strasbourg for unfair accusations of professional misconduct - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/HclKl834Hf
• Linklaters joins magic circle rivals in upping NQ lawyer pay to £100k - Legal Cheek https://t.co/uH8JE6AWkZ
  
• BPP to offer wealth management course to help young lawyers cope with skyrocketing salaries - Legal Cheek https://t.co/hC6pm6UR3J
• Exclusive: Freshfields trainee jokes to fellow rookies 'the poor are nothing' - Legal Cheek https://t.co/8b2n12Z0dg
• Family Court judge resigns amid sexual harassment investigation - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/6cTAW2zRmF 
• The 6 types of law student you will encounter on exam results day - Legal Cheek https://t.co/NNbzqkbcFB
• The salt and pepper of LinkedIn content - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/lO2PO4JVly 
• Ecclesiastical court judgments – June (I) | Law & Religion UK https://t.co/4fsJs395LB 
• Eversheds ups London NQ lawyer pay to £82k - Legal Cheek https://t.co/TytqJkqhEn 
• Federal Court set to hand down final ruling on Porter suppression orders - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/jaoh5Hsjo9

11th July - Law News

Edition 3484: 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:
At least 50 people have been killed in a fire at a factory in Bangladesh. It is feared many more remain trapped inside the building. 

 

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Ex-Dechert partner accused of lying to court claims 'global amnesia' | Law Gazette https://t.co/AXWFFMOQM
• LSB insists public wants lawyer competence checks | Law Gazette https://t.co/2WC21CI64p
• A 15-year-old boy has appeared in court charged with murder and attempted murder following the fatal stabbing of a teenager. Tamim Ian Habimana, who was also 15, died shortly after he sustained a single stab wound on Woolwich New Road, Woolwich https://t.co/kLPBF337Te
  
• Court of Appeal: Order of garnishee for the satisfaction of damages in litigation upheld against company - Irish Legal News https://t.co/kDPIVGMIRS 
• An England fan said he had lost £2,000 after he bought fake tickets for the Euro 2020 final https://t.co/OuhfUPGLQS J
• Call for 'automatic anonymisation' of WRC decisions to protect businesses and workers - Irish Legal News https://t.co/ZFH3dUmiOH
• Bill to restrict indoor dining to vaccinated customers only - Irish Legal News https://t.co/fH0IoRJMLo
• Partner profits rebound by £155k at Fieldfisher | Law Gazette https://t.co/WZrvkaxwl
• The Charity Commission has set out an extensive array of guidance on COVID-19 for the charity sector | NLJ https://t.co/nFBzdkEFR0
• Enforcing your IP rights – the power of a search order - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/MIaLL1ukt
• N.Y.C. Halts Plan to Move Homeless People From Hotels After Legal Filing #US https://t.co/iMFiOHqoPU
• US: Stormy Daniels lawyer jailed for trying to extort $25m from Nike - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/YpupjsFL2C
• The Judicial Appointments Commission (JAC) is looking for a psychiatrist to serve as a fee-paid medical member on the First-Tier Tribunal Health Education and Social Care Chamber (Mental Health) | NLJ https://t.co/4V10ZUn6c
• Let UK rejoin Lugano, European lawyers demand | Law Gazette https://t.co/CjPFlpXHsP
  
• No 10 ally on BBC board accused of trying to block senior editorial role. Theresa May’s former aide Robbie Gibb said to have warned broadcaster not to appoint ex-HuffPost editor Jess Brammar https://t.co/0qcE1NQfs0
• Report: Drug addicts guilty of minor crimes should be spared prison - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Z1YmJoYkiI
  
• Texas man who waited seven hours at polls is charged with voting illegally #US https://t.co/7o8iIMcpfv
• 'Unjustifiable': Law Society denounces probate fee hike | Law Gazette https://t.co/K2WTyKL9ad 
• London woman charged with murder of Mee Kuen Chong - Jemma Mitchell held over death of 67-year-old whose body was found in woodland in Devon https://t.co/1yCOqZ0sBH 
• PhD student hit with £17,000 bill by DWP after universal credit error - Widowed mother may have to drop her studies as the DWP seeks to claw back its overpayments https://t.co/jftuaJCFJa 
• Murder cases reopened in wake of Sally Challen appeal - At least five convictions could be sent back to court by the Criminal Cases Review Commission citing coercive abuse https://t.co/PpTLRXV3fH 
• A landlord in Queens says her tenants curse and spit at her and owe more than $23,000 in rent. But an eviction moratorium keeps them from being kicked out #US https://t.co/6MFJ0TA9Zi
  
• Child benefit: HMRC faces calls to refund thousands of taxpayers - A tribunal ruling may let parents and carers reclaim backdated charges from the tax office https://t.co/XCVtqqdaDB
• EU votes for diplomats to boycott China Winter Olympics over #Uighur rights abuses - Non-binding resolution also calls for governments to impose further sanctions on China as tensions rise https://t.co/akcS9eXstY 
• Science Doesn’t Support Idea That Marijuana Aids Athletes’ Performance - Contradictory data, contested claims and highly speculative research seem to be behind the Olympic ban on cannabinoids https://t.co/nLY5wraaaV
• The clinical negligence system is causing rising costs for the NHS while ‘perpetuating a culture of blame’, according to a report, ‘The safety of maternity services in England’ | NLJ https://t.co/lmMFg66Wgp
• Firm that dismissed pregnant trainee cleared of discrimination | Law Gazette https://t.co/RxODiRjgDm
• Adam Hundt, of Deighton Pierce Glynn, and Alex Goodman, of Landmark Chambers have won the award for outstanding achievement at the annual LALYs (Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year awards) | NLJ https://t.co/We4kikXKOU 
• Officers from British Transport Police were called to Green Park London Underground station on Friday evening following reports of a knife attack. The central London station has been closed https://t.co/rnVibN10QV
• Law graduate' stabbed to death in horrific Stalybridge attack, Tamara Padi, 45 was found critically injured at an address in Greater Manchester https://t.co/1fyshcxszv
  
• Sports governance – swimming caps, regulations and the drive for inclusivity - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/2XbL2AuRx4 
• Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities are at significant risk of having their human rights breached by legislation to criminalise unauthorised encampments, a Parliamentary committee has warned | NLJ https://t.co/4Am0ZcH21P
  
• Biden Will End Detention for Most Pregnant and Postpartum Undocumented Immigrants #US https://t.co/Je4gGHJE3L
• Pandemic-related delays in medical treatment and operations have led to a spike in enquiries about clinical negligence | NLJ https://t.co/KFNwfRouWS
  
• Junior barristers' win rates almost on par with QCs, say researchers | Law Gazette https://t.co/a7z6tqWfHK
• Ministers are considering exempting fully vaccinated NHS staff in England from having to self-isolate if they are traced as a Covid contact https://t.co/ZvmbpUivPl
• Investigating a Building Collapse by Studying Clues From One Still Standing #US https://t.co/StFe0lQf4h 
• London Police Officer Pleads Guilty to Murdering Sarah Everard - Wayne Couzens had already admitted to kidnapping and raping the 33-year-old Ms. Everard, whose killing in March set off an outcry against gender violence in Britain https://t.co/pTz3u35EiB
• #Colombian Police Chief Gives Update on Haiti Assassination Suspects https://t.co/ZVI36AzIlt 
• Citizens, Not the State, Will Enforce New Abortion Law in Texas #US https://t.co/6R4603zn9u 
• Home Secretary Priti Patel’s laws to thwart asylum seekers attempts to cross the Channel were dealt a blow yesterday after the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said it would no longer prosecute migrants - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/PqrcZkGHBN 
• Nurse sacked over flexible working secures ‘landmark' victory | Law Gazette https://t.co/eonwCbFiQl 
• 'Think carefully before dropping your fees,' conveyancers told | Law Gazette https://t.co/SiNnacojYm
• Supreme Court: 'no basis' for overturning parliament on two-child benefit limit | Law Gazette https://t.co/N042PcfBQG
• Indian state-owned properties in Paris frozen as tax dispute with Cairn escalates - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/2sgtoqaRsL

10th July - Law News

Edition 3483: 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 Supreme Court today refused to stop different courts from hearing challenges to the new IT Rules, which were introduced by the government in February. News publishers have challenged the rules in courts ranging from Madras to Kerala.

  

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Buckland celebrates the double | Law Gazette https://t.co/7QF7H0LqNg
• TLT advises Biffa on £10m acquisition of recycling facility - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/MvIuS2A8o
• Hugh Olson appointed director of training and education at Faculty - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/DKQbihfKxN
• Stephen Hughes joins Arnot Manderson Advocates - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Pj6gzW2drL
• Private Practice v In-House [2021] | Law Gazette https://t.co/REzYtYzDD
• High Court refuses appeal against conviction by man who murdered family member of ex-wife’s new partner - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/ohg51CFGc
• Enterprising law graduate Amy Macdonald launches Rise Against Abuse - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/dmNxgrkZBV
  
• Pregnant trainee fails in claim over no post-qualification job offer - Legal Futures https://t.co/O7o8sPP2IA
• House of Lords committee calls for urgent update of cabinet manual - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/G1In4b38D
• Court of Appeal boosts claimant PI solicitors with fixed-costs ruling - Legal Futures https://t.co/ETYAidc2u
• Slater and Gordon asks court to kill off costs claims | Law Gazette https://t.co/asvsiFHXvh
• NI: JMK Solicitors to roll out secure document sharing portal to defendant law firms - Irish Legal News https://t.co/xwAj1UL8Ba 
• Treatment of vulnerable women at Cornton Vale a cause for concern - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/2UVh55XYwX
• The future of international mediation for lawyers - Legal Futures https://t.co/AAHli8S8i3
  
• Scotland breaches international environmental law with high legal fees - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/puvAC5E2k
• Court scolds QC but decides against referring him to BSB - Legal Futures https://t.co/FCqHWNYjZu
• Public supports stronger ongoing competence checks for lawyers - Legal Futures https://t.co/TNTc7y6jRu
  
• The UK is experiencing a marked increase in new Covid infections, say experts from the Office for National Statistics (ONS). Latest data from swab tests in the community suggests one in every 160 people has the virus https://t.co/P8vyrU2zGX
• Report shows 'harmful' delays in Irish Protection Process - Irish Legal News https://t.co/b6T5Z4y7wY
  
• 'We don't have enough judges, staff or courts' - LCJ | Law Gazette https://t.co/Pk5pgJuO8Y
• The police watchdog has issued misconduct notices to two Met Police officers over the way a student's disappearance was handled. Richard Okorogheye, 19, went missing from his home in Ladbroke Grove, west London https://t.co/TxyktyvPRZ
  
• Dua Lipa sued for putting paparazzi photo of herself on Instagram - According to #US court documents, the star was snapped queuing at an airport in February 2019 and later shared the shot with her fans "without permission or authorisation" https://t.co/vcOe8nq9kd
• Met Police officer Wayne Couzens has pleaded guilty to murdering the marketing executive Sarah Everard https://t.co/WFgmCLm1v9
• Lord Justice General issues warning over disturbing videos and mental health of juries - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/y7yOUCOnY
• Backdating solicitor cleared of dishonesty but fined £50,000 | Law Gazette https://t.co/RbEGftelX
• NI: Consultation seeks views on non-fatal strangulation - Irish Legal News https://t.co/xUHYXW9f5
• Research on public perceptions of sexual offences sentencing published - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Du74OdE9jq
  
• EU Fines Volkswagen and BMW Nearly $1 Billion for Emissions Collusion https://t.co/th6B1PuQJ
• #Ireland’s Days as a Tax Haven May Be Ending, but Not Without a Fight - For decades, multinationals moved to Ireland for its low taxes. A new global tax plan has put Dublin on the defensive https://t.co/NRz65z1HJk Jul 09, 2021
  
• Glasgow sheriff refuses certification of skilled witness in £100 personal injury case - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/cAyfLYvHsV
• NI: Consultation on approval of compensation settlements for children - Irish Legal News https://t.co/bmbcNMZDqV
• Bookings for flights and holidays have surged following the decision that fully vaccinated travellers returning from amber-list countries will not have to self-isolate after 19 July https://t.co/pSwkvCxaMb
• Social care workers lose out on £7,000 in pay each year, charity says https://t.co/RNmlhJwPeL 
• The NHS Covid contact tracing app used in England and Wales may need to change as coronavirus restrictions change, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said https://t.co/u5urlV2v6V 
• Probate fees to rise as government seeks extra £25m a year | Law Gazette https://t.co/DZxCIPm2xn
• #Canada’s government needs to face up to its role in Indigenous children’s deaths https://t.co/Ek7732wi3T
• Prison authorities urged to respect dignity of visitors in security screening - Irish Legal News https://t.co/jWXmhqkQ6X
  
• Sustainable finance taxonomies represent a step change for the environment, business and human rights – developments that legal advisers to businesses need to be aware o | Law Gazette https://t.co/rBia0NUjPa
• As litigation funding progresses at varying speeds in different jurisdictions, the UK market has reached a level of maturity | Law Gazette https://t.co/eAntRAOqt5
  
• Terminally ill people with less than a year to live will get fast-tracked for benefits after ministers said they will expand the timeframe for those eligible for special consideration https://t.co/I8VHUog4SL
• NI: Law Centre NI wins Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year Award - Irish Legal News https://t.co/owXzg1BLZr
• England: Lady Nourse calls for re-think on complainer anonymity - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/tGXwAzeDA
• Our REACH for inclusion in diversity | Law Gazette https://t.co/lohQrwJ5XY

9th July - Law News

Edition 3482: 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 1919 in Elaine, Arkansas, white mobs and federal troops killed hundreds of Black residents – and America has tried to forget the story. This is part two of Red Summers, a 360 video series by the artist and film-maker Bayeté Ross Smith on the untold American history of racial terrorism from 1917 to 1921. The project is funded by Black Public Media, Eyebeam, Sundance Institute, Crux XR and the Open Society Foundations

  

Focus of the Day Article:

The UK government needs to be clearer about who it is seeking to protect when adopting its future exhaustion of intellectual property rights regime, while also making the most out of the flexibility provided by Brexit, according to Ian Gill and Dan Byrne, partners at AA Thornton. Full story - The Global Legal Post

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Accused solicitor denies risking career by lying to help client | Law Gazette https://t.co/XomnUBuqse
• #US authorities are searching for a grizzly bear that killed a woman in Montana after dragging her from her tent in the middle of the night. Leah Lokan, a 65-year-old nurse from California, had stopped over in the town of Ovando during a cycling trip https://t.co/mxWUqegAA1 
• 'I absolutely love my job': legal aid award winners revealed | Law Gazette https://t.co/Ecr6rACB7w
• High Court: Personal injuries judge defends use of consent orders for determining RBA liability - Irish Legal News https://t.co/TzzfYcpQV
• MPs urge end to adversarial clinical negligence system | Law Gazette https://t.co/0DBuhThyaV 
• Medico-legal market contracts as Covid hits PI cases - Legal Futures https://t.co/YwqzKseDx2 
• Lawyer of the Month: Colin Hulme - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/zgmBzrG2ZY
• FBD quantum hearing opens before High Court - Irish Legal News https://t.co/uy5SvqacsJ
• Retired partner loses profit share claim against City firm | Law Gazette https://t.co/O3wVDOmZwQ
• The government’s rape review: an apology, but will anything change? https://t.co/OjB7bOxvsQ 
• Tory MP suspended for sexual harassment has been told to stay away from the House of Commons by the Conservative Party. Delyn MP Rob Roberts received a six-week suspension after an independent panel found he sexually harassed a member of his staff https://t.co/zkX1ll24Gp
• The Welsh Government have no plans to “blow the doors off” and scrap most Covid restrictions in two weeks’ time as the UK Government are set to do in England, Vaughan Gething has said https://t.co/bnhtZiGdLA
• Obituaries: Michael Gascoigne, Solicitor who specialised in Agriculture https://t.co/cwuebnCLlB 
• Some types of oral contraceptive pill can now be sold over the counter at pharmacies without a prescription, the UK's drug regulator has ruled https://t.co/joFQeyp3nT
• Police bill risks criminalising homeless people, warn UK charities https://t.co/IsjT8VBpp
• NI: Catriona McCorry promoted to partner at DAC Beachcroft - Irish Legal News https://t.co/rzyVoQbt5j
• Barristers from ethnic minorities more likely to face BSB scrutiny | Law Gazette https://t.co/jgXKudR8Nh 
• ‘Tragic’: Justice Elena Kagan’s scorching dissent on US voter suppression - The supreme court’s conservative wing considerably weakened section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, and Kagan didn’t hold back #US https://t.co/ZgChss3fuC
• Leicestershire PCC bans staff from contact with Black Lives Matter - Conservative Rupert Matthews claims BLM ‘wants to defund the police and has put officers in hospital’ https://t.co/BARA4ffFla
• Shapps ends quarantine rule for fully vaccinated amber-list travellers - New regime from 19 July could open up many tourist hotspots to English holidaymakers https://t.co/Wz23Zstuhq 
• Former Masters and US Open champion Angel Cabrera has been sentenced to two years in prison in his native #Argentina for assaulting a former girlfriend https://t.co/6q0zz196jZ 
• Child sex offender loses appeal based on inadequate legal advice - Legal Futures https://t.co/OR08zxq3N3
• Ex-MP Mike Hill facing possible criminal inquiry over sexual assault ruling - Former Hartlepool MP found by employment tribunal to have climbed into victim’s bed and assaulted her in his office https://t.co/De5Q1CStmO 
• Law firm swaps regulator after enduring "bumpy journey" - Legal Futures https://t.co/yis3xFkX4e
• Don’t bother learning to code, junior lawyers told | Law Gazette https://t.co/ZMepywFAnp
• Uefa charges England after a laser pointer was directed at Denmark keeper Kasper Schmeichel during Wednesday's Euro 2020 semi-final at Wembley, additional charge for hooligan fans causing "disturbance" during Denmark's national anthem https://t.co/sljKunbgy
• UCL project to examine perspectives on the Good Friday Agreement - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/NNQ1YBxWx6
• Critic’s Death Puts Focus on #Palestinian Authority’s Authoritarianism - Protests against the increasingly autocratic rule of President Mahmoud Abbas and his limits on freedom have been harshly suppressed https://t.co/8Ogh91fx4v 
• SRA fines fresh batch of firms for breaching AML rules | Law Gazette https://t.co/CnfYti3vgO 
• JUSTICE launches report on reforming benefits system - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/5NTBA3gQL
• Cognizing Scams and Frauds in Cyber Space and its Preventive Measures | Santhosh T. - https://t.co/ZKhh2IP7DS
• #Japan has declared a state of emergency in Tokyo which will run throughout the Olympic Games. Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga told reporters it would remain in place until 22 August, but he did not give details on the restrictions https://t.co/dNT91tTRk7
• Boris Johnson has been criticised by the MPs standards watchdog for failing to promptly explain how a trip to Mustique was funded - however he has been cleared of breaching the rules https://t.co/46RIF8oSt2
  
• Legal profession looks to grow together | Law Gazette https://t.co/vfi9PxDscj 
• Women's health inquiry: Anger at slow progress https://t.co/SXFE2Ebb4f
  
• Four people suspected of assassinating #Haiti's President Jovenel Moïse have been killed in a shootout with the security forces, police say https://t.co/6gEhDPGw12
• Fake prescription anti-anxiety pills are thought to have left several people seriously ill in hospital https://t.co/NNJduETvZL
• England's Euro 2020 progress could be behind infections rising faster among men than women in the past two weeks, Imperial College London data suggests https://t.co/EjVwLZmQTF
  
• HSBC and TSB launch lowest ever fixed-rate mortgages - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/YoCDK4pocb
• Royal commission on criminal justice going ahead, says MoJ | Law Gazette https://t.co/iFRunXUD2M
  
• Positive report on use of Buvidal in prisons - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/TnkQ103Wny 
• 'Incorrigible' vexatious litigant barred from every court | Law Gazette https://t.co/SfGASvioNO 
• Dr Edward Dove appointed to editorial board of European Journal of Health Law - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/U2JIS2h3TC
• Chambers takes on cyber-blackmailers in High Court | Law Gazette https://t.co/sJF5rJ5gLK 
• Boiling lobsters alive to become a crime in the UK - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/ozf9q2OSSV
  
• More NQs join six-figure salary club | Law Gazette https://t.co/kIBb9qeymz 
• SEMLA and Brodies team up to offer virtual work experience - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/vpPMsApEDt 
• Sheriff Appeal Court refuses appeal against sheriff’s decision not to remit bus crash damages actions to Court of Session - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/F7EmD7xAY1 
• #SouthAfrica's former President Jacob Zuma has handed himself in to police to begin serving a jail sentence for contempt of court https://t.co/92WTOUYYbg 
• Struck-off solicitor gets three years for SDLT theft | Law Gazette https://t.co/TM6iadVJrC 
• Deals roundup - Irish Legal News https://t.co/eHR3NoOHxA 
• NI: Family of murdered loyalist to sue Libya - Irish Legal News https://t.co/qGioFyiXRJ 
• Private Security Services Bill passes Dáil and Seanad - Irish Legal News https://t.co/OqKzIAIVT3

8th July - Law News

Edition 3481: 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:
Advocates have criticised the state’s recent rental reform legislation, saying it has “watered down” key protections for Queensland renters. They say the draft bill, which is currently before Queensland Parliament, fails to protect tenants from unfair evictions "without cause" at the end of a fixed-term contract. There are calls for the bill to be amended to protect tenants from evictions without grounds at the end of fixed-term agreements. 

  

Focus of the Day Article:

The Law Society has condemned legislation that would make it a criminal offence to knowingly arrive in the UK without permission. The Nationality and Borders Bill begins its passage through parliament today. Home secretary Priti Patel said the legislation ‘paves the way for a fair but firm system that will break the business model of the gangs that facilitate dangerous and illegal journeys to the UK while speeding up the removal of those with no right to be here’. Full story - The Law Society Gazette

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Themis Advocates welcomes Susan Fallone - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/HkyWbbRTr
• NI: New proposals to strengthen law on sexual offences and trafficking - Irish Legal News https://t.co/mKLrVb7xce
• Government flaunts ‘exceptional’ UK lawyers to Middle East | Law Gazette https://t.co/foJKWbXH5j 
• Borders bill 'risks seriously infringing' access to justice | Law Gazette https://t.co/GlqPPt0mLU 
• Grenfell bereaved and survivors bring multimillion pound case to high court https://t.co/wdRfphG4aA
• EU urged to suspend funds to #Hungary over ‘grave breaches of the rule of law’ - Action follows Viktor Orbán passing law banning LGBT content in schools and mishandling of EU funds https://t.co/aUURRgrZh
• Edinburgh Tax Network: Family Investment Companies Webinar - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/ywNoH2t4S
• Dublin solicitor David Quinn, formerly of Beauchamps and BLM, has passed away after an illness - Irish Legal News https://t.co/oQiaC400EQ
• Barrister and former judge Alan Mahon is to continue in his role as Ombudsman for the Defence Forces - Irish Legal News https://t.co/4TrHoypfnh
  
• New podcast to explore legal cases that changed Irish lives - Irish Legal News https://t.co/e4IqoNYdij
• BA settles biggest ever data group claim | Law Gazette https://t.co/XBN685LFi
• Dr Cian Ó Concubhair: New Garda Powers Bill fails to protect rights of journalists - Irish Legal News https://t.co/5AK9kYrYlR
• Rebekah Vardy may be forced to reveal any conversations with Sun journalists - High court ruling is a boost to Coleen Rooney in long-running ‘Wagatha Christie’ libel case https://t.co/ygvrddLGf
• 'Probation officers are the forgotten part of the criminal justice system' https://t.co/hrRDdMCw2J 
• Human judges could ‘never’ be replaced by robots - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/N3N327CVa0
  
• UK’s Environment Agency faces legal fight over landfill fumes - Threat to health of five-year-old triggers proceedings over fumes from Walleys Quarry landfill near Newcastle-under-Lyme https://t.co/wr8rVTCt8E
• Epidemic of violence against women under way in England and Wales – report - Radical shift needed in how police tackle crimes disproportionately affecting female victims, says watchdog https://t.co/nZTSgcXz9R
• Fuel for Ireland lodges EU complaint over climate action fund levy - Irish Legal News https://t.co/ig2EoT5wf8
• Solicitor complains after being told to remove bra to visit client in prison - Irish Legal News https://t.co/D5Wq9HBHZ3
  
• Police and rail officials in Wales are warning of an alarming rise in "extremely dangerous" trackside selfies. In one instance, a toddler was captured being placed on a level crossing for a picture https://t.co/o98qtHhi18
• A former High Court judge's widow, who was cleared of historical sex abuse, has called for those accused to be granted anonymity until charged. Lady Lavinia Nourse, 77, of Newmarket in Suffolk, was cleared of 17 counts of sexually abusing a boy under 12 https://t.co/FMPWXLMUK
• Britney Spears' court-appointed lawyer has asked to resign from his role, as the fallout from the pop star's dramatic court testimony continues. Samuel Ingham has represented the singer since she was placed under a conservatorship in 2008 https://t.co/jQAMqtApjE 
• Offices set for reopening as PM relies on ‘personal judgement’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/sLeW3B18pG
• Pinsent Masons’ turnover breaks half-billion pounds barrier - Irish Legal News https://t.co/sCi6Nbycxa
• Gabriella Lipschitz joins SKO Family Law Specialists - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/wyJ6A4ZzF4 
• NI: Bill for 'soft opt-out' organ donation introduced to Stormont - Irish Legal News https://t.co/iwrJSmtSxw
• Health bill could see NHS contracts awarded without tender process https://t.co/Ylajd31n92
• Firms are being accused of using the pandemic as an excuse for long waits on the telephone or late deliveries, the UK Institute of Customer Service said https://t.co/v79Erz6RF4
• Consultation launched as part of review of equality acts - Irish Legal News https://t.co/DrnWD3RX4p
  
• Organized Crime vs. White-collar Crime: Which is the Bigger Problem? | Jay Albanese https://t.co/iK2vGDaVDB
• Sydney residents will be in lockdown for another week as #Australia's largest city fights to contain a Covid outbreak https://t.co/NcuCkS3FQG
  
• The advertising watchdog, the ASA, has banned an advert by controversial brewer Brewdog for misleading claims https://t.co/lsDtr6DUdK
• The Home Office is being urged to extend its new Hong Kong visa scheme to include thousands of young people who may be targets of the Beijing regime https://t.co/NXtCtNbHAI
• PI and insurance giants announce five-year partnership | Law Gazette https://t.co/4iAQyRGbg5 
• Two of the world's biggest airlines will trial fast-track lanes at Heathrow airport for fully-vaccinated arrivals https://t.co/DfjGMfrTxN
• Convicted rapist found guilty of making death threats to barristers who prosecuted him - Irish Legal News https://t.co/t2mz7qfNc
• NI: Court of Appeal: Department of Justice in breach of Equal Pay Act for sex discrimination - Irish Legal News https://t.co/DINq8lWAx
• Global Britain – the ups and downs for lawyers | Law Gazette https://t.co/2UlrzSYXNk
  
• Madrid court rules far-right anti-migrant poster is legitimate #Spain https://t.co/I9Gwy0AMk
• Pinsent Masons’ turnover breaks half-billion pounds barrier - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/dzrPNiLhne
  
• EU deals second blow to UK's Lugano chances | Law Gazette https://t.co/SmblKMGKOD
• Rights watchdog warns of 'insufficent' safeguards on belief evidence - Irish Legal News https://t.co/oANrAusDxZ 
• ‘Heavy-hitter’ equity partner accused of dishonesty at SDT | Law Gazette https://t.co/EclamwfChu
• Woman with Down’s syndrome takes Sajid Javid to court over abortion law - Heidi Crowter alongside Máire Lea-Wilson and her son Aidan argue the 1967 act is discriminatory https://t.co/jBGsx18xFS

7th July - Law News

Edition 3480: 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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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been named on a list of 37 world leaders deemed "predators of press freedoms". The list was drawn up by Reporters Without Borders, a global watchdog monitoring freedom of the press.

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The Council for Licensed Conveyancers (CLC) has had to intervene after two professional indemnity insurers offered firms cover that did not comply with its minimum terms and conditions (MTC). Full story - Legal Futures

Saturday Conversations on Law

• New York governor declares gun violence a health emergency #US https://t.co/0bMqZ9T9Pm
• Peter R de Vries, #Dutch crime journalist wounded in Amsterdam shooting https://t.co/CPXaMac4zQ
• FLAC appoints Ruth Kilcullen to lead equal access project - Irish Legal News https://t.co/pOCClrr6e
• Scottish government spent more than £1m on Rangers litigation - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/sDTz6H590h
• New edition of Shared Parenting Scotland’s child welfare report guide - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/OwAyPqwfs
• COP26 to take toll on Scotland’s ‘already strained’ justice system - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/k2ABnFIJf
• Lawyer in the news: Shazia Khan, Cole Khan Solicitors - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/lxUhBmiB
• A convicted murderer who tackled the Fishmongers' Hall attacker Usman Khan on London Bridge is to be freed from prison on licence. Steve Gallant was serving a life sentence for murder https://t.co/YFDLVguVn
• RT @anyleftiwonder: Petition: Scrap the Voter ID requirement introduced in the Election Integrity Bill https://t.co/Z080QdMPN
• Proposals for England and Wales mean people who claim to have been raped will still face pressure to hand over their phones to police and prosecutors, says the victims' commissioner https://t.co/tfhCZGYMj
• Court of Session grants vexatious litigant order against former engineering company director - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/mEarimlNB
• London’s legal pay war continues to escalate with American law firms giving newly qualified solicitors in the City in excess of £153,000 - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/L0s9SqSdY
• My legal life: Ellie Crespi, Collas Crill - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/NHeATDmWIM
• Influencers react to #Norway photo edit law: 'Welcome honesty' or a 'shortcut'? https://t.co/7oZyrYF8F
• Virtually no issues for law firms | Law Gazette https://t.co/wtZhsbhpQY
• New SLCC board member appointments announced - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/b3LlknGjkH
• Good Law Project's PPE claim fails after service blunder | Law Gazette https://t.co/ROsjFvLR
• In #India, the author of a viral poem about Narendra Modi’s handling of Covid-19 has been demonised. But all around the world, from Myanmar to Belarus, poets are being persecuted https://t.co/ybhlr5aXY0
• Galway law students launch new journal and rebranded podcast - Irish Legal News https://t.co/rWFXNunvLo
  
• Fully vaccinated people in England won't have to self-isolate if a close contact tests positive for Covid from 16 August, the health secretary says https://t.co/8yXHiKdrE
• Three men jailed for allegedly attempting to rob a corrupt police officer nearly 50 years ago have had their convictions overturned. Courtney Harriot, Paul Green and Cleveland Davidson were arrested after leaving Stockwell station in 1972 https://t.co/jitf7eI7hq 
• A woman raped by an Elvis impersonator when she was a 15-year-old dancer has said "he no longer controls her life" after he was finally put behind bars. Kirsty McKell was abused by Clayton Sandlin in 2002 https://t.co/WIDynSt
• Licensing laws are to be relaxed to allow pubs to stay open later for Sunday's Euro 2020 final, Downing Street has confirmed https://t.co/22sECVND
• England: New building safety bill gives more time to sue for dangerous buildings - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/1Gpgodv7cL
• CA upholds privilege claim to information extracted from solicitor "by deception" - Legal Futures https://t.co/5nA7fIWX8
• Lawyers zero in on climate change | Law Gazette https://t.co/vDH5Z4CYg3
• NI: Prisoner launches legal action over sex ban in Maghaberry - Irish Legal News https://t.co/9udmrLMDzB
• Lawyer-matching site: "Business tripled when everybody moved online" - Legal Futures https://t.co/RPweoAv1K
• Is artificial intelligence making lawyers redundant? - Legal Futures https://t.co/cC8SH1D3SP
• Law student Jack Morton awarded scholarship to study at Boston University - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/vCqC9jGCq2
• Court refuses to block potential claim against solicitors over fees - Legal Futures https://t.co/NfPg9Cv31A
• Priti Patel to reveal proposals for offshore centres for asylum seekers - Borders bill will allow for charges against migrants ‘knowingly’ arriving in UK without permission https://t.co/8y7DXtki4F 
• Priti Patel rattles the handcuffs – but the Tories have lost control of law and order - Justice in England and Wales is on its knees, with huge court delays adding to the suffering of crime victims and grieving families https://t.co/WBvMMNUqsk
• Quarantine hotel costs risk forced marriage victims dying in ‘honour’ killings or being trapped abroad https://t.co/NGu7WpcmiN 
• City kicks off results season with spike in partner profits | Law Gazette https://t.co/3Q1IOMC5Pv 
• A second man has been charged with common assault after England's chief medical officer Prof Chris Whitty was accosted in a London park. Jonathan Chew, 24, of no fixed address, was charged on Monday over the incident https://t.co/4Cw1D2IxYJ
• How G.O.P. Laws in Montana Could Complicate Voting for Native Americans #US https://t.co/FRNevGt4cm
• Residential School Photos Show #Canada’s Grim Legacy of Cultural Erasure https://t.co/WO47OGGKTe
  
• A Jailed Priest’s Death in #India Stirs Outrage - The Rev. Stan Swamy was among more than a dozen activists jailed under a broad anti-terrorism law that critics say is used to stifle dissent https://t.co/uBAd49RTnF
• Here's How Much Britney Spears' Lawyer Can Charge Her Per Week #US https://t.co/wxZURFlYd
• #Israel arrests Palestinian lawyer Farid al-Atrash who protested against Abbas, rights group says https://t.co/GNqOWtfQPZ
• Delhi lawyer holding conversions, nikah in chambers suspended #India https://t.co/wx4KFUlm
• R. Kelly's lawyer wants trial delayed due to jail quarantine #US https://t.co/oUGBpYB7WT
• Interview with Lech Walesa about the future of Europe from the perspectives of Gdansk, #Polish, European and the Globe. Date: 2021/04/13. | Mariusz Wegrzyn https://t.co/djBscxNyWn
• The UK government is shirking its duty in the cladding scandal - The Grenfell inquiry made it clear that private companies, not residents, should pay to make high-rise towers safe https://t.co/s0MidhoBZH
• Court of Appeal: Man fails in appeal to prevent extradition on Article 8 ECHR grounds - Irish Legal News https://t.co/w1i4vKiJCQ
  
• Lindsays: Eden effect will encourage others to commit to Dundee - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/2iSfiaHxut
• Courts hit by new wave of climate change litigation | Law Gazette https://t.co/SGsdOBLmPj
  
• Dunoon woman fails in Sheriff Appeal Court challenge of welfare guardian appointment - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/M7Lxalsk3B
• Buckland receives mass petition opposing protest bill | Law Gazette https://t.co/h9akkF5Pqh
  
• Double appointment for BHSM LLP corporate department - Irish Legal News https://t.co/lqUfdggPvD
  
• Client satisfaction hits all-time high - despite lockdown | Law Gazette https://t.co/iBKOCHm7Rn 
• Attackers kidnap 140 pupils from #Nigerian boarding school - Gunmen overpowered security staff at Bethel Baptist high school in Kaduna state https://t.co/8LMGAqBRYV
  
• Eversheds Sutherland recruits employment law specialist Euan Smith - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/y01BV7tDzS