7th April - Law News

3024th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based legal news & articles archive since 2011 focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's Video Focus:  University College Hospital has one of the UK’s biggest intensive care facilities. The latest official figures say that 439 people in the UK have died in hospital from the effects of Coronavirus up to 5pm on Sunday. It brings the total number of deaths in hospital from the disease to 5,373. These figures do not account for people who have died in the community or in a care home.

Focus of the Day story: The High Court has rejected a “fanciful” £600,000 conveyancing negligence claim against the law firm Gateley, based on an error admitted by the firm. Mrs Justice Tipples described a director of one of the claimant companies, Lawrence Coppen, as an unsatisfactory witness who gave “untrue” evidence. Full story - Legal Futures

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Waitrose has pledged to reverse a policy where workers self-isolating because of their family had to make up their hours owed at a later date https://t.co/DrGvL5us7R
• Colleagues of bus drivers who died of coronavirus call for better protection https://t.co/36WnJ7TlXV
• NHS doctors lacking PPE 'bullied' into treating Covid-19 patients https://t.co/Y8VCguWXzn
• Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been taken into intensive care in hospital with coronavirus https://t.co/8Vzou6dua1
• Waitrose staff told to make up time off for virus https://t.co/DrGvL5us7R 
• 16-year-old from Newcastle faces 11 charges including supporting the banned neo-Nazi group National Action https://t.co/6CP4mtglA5 
• Lawyers in lockdown: stories from the frontline | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/qiXcaeYjEg 
• Lessons learned that must not be forgotten | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/VS8LyzcW5f 
• News focus: what Morrisons means for vicarious liability | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/G111E2NoPP 
• SRA staying silent on law school pass rates | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/3u4U0RmJzj
• Listed Rosenblatt owner postpones dividend | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/yO7ro8SNri 
• Salmond’s QC to resign as Scottish bar chief | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/FP6JwmjwWM 
• Dechert partners accused of Gulf torture | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/gV5KE7km9s
• Solicitor representing 17-year-old attacks 'unnecessary' coronavirus risk | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/i78jHdifi7 
• China could face Covid claims running into trillions | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/LKrzfGu2sO 
• High Court ruling backs claimants in VW emissions litigation | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/E5O9CanwyC
• David Lammy replaces Burgon as shadow justice secretary | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/ZCBbOc5OEP 
• My legal life: Mukesh Badhan, Tyrer Roxburgh Solicitors | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/gp9VROh7T2
• UK's first sanctuary house to open in Scotland https://t.co/iHTpAD2RVL 
• Blog: Coronavirus support for commercial tenants https://t.co/pxfcsNoveM
• Parliament calls Scottish Housing Regulator to account over bullying and governance allegations https://t.co/gboZ15e6um
• Strong start to 2020 for property sales impacted by coronavirus outbreak https://t.co/Vk4RD3a9SC 
• Ireland: Criminal barristers to receive legal aid payments during coronavirus lockdown https://t.co/dNd29jSLvn 
• Herbert Kerrigan QC calls for non-jury trial proposals to be rejected https://t.co/LHGO9o7BNm
• Emily Wiewiorka joins Bellwether Green https://t.co/FRHM7l4DAA 
• Gary Webster joins Ledingham Chalmers as partner in rural team https://t.co/0A7XMfecic
• Pinsent Masons promotes Kathryn Wynn to partner https://t.co/jNncMepBFZ 
• UK ministers accused of prioritising careers over lives of coronavirus victims https://t.co/TQodZBo8h6 
• Airbnb hosts defy lockdown laws with 'Covid-19 retreats' https://t.co/7IwNf6GeVf
• Scots flock to online wills service during coronavirus lockdown https://t.co/XNPxB29FkB
• Lord Advocate warns that deliberate coughing on front-line workers will result in prosecution https://t.co/ifUfvMJW69
• Sex offender’s conviction upheld on appeal but sentence reduced by two years https://t.co/uzlUpeEcaI
• Parks & open spaces are a major part of mainting the public's mental health: Closing open spaces in lockdown should be 'last resort' https://t.co/y28cCvHw7W
• UK drivers win first round in VW 'dieselgate' case https://t.co/e6dHmRsIpV 
• Twitter and Facebook failing to contain Covid-19 misinformation: https://t.co/8eNi5rLblN
• Ousted #US intelligence inspector general urges others to speak out and defend whistleblowers https://t.co/HxxwsDmTJN 
• #Bangladesh sends food aid to sex workers as industry goes into lockdown https://t.co/736Z6Um8wH 
• After this crisis, remember the NHS is not drained by migrants, but sustained by them https://t.co/SjTU0eAV2F
• Calls to seal off ultra-Orthodox areas add to #Israel's virus tensions https://t.co/sYsKdBTwRT 
• Who runs the country if Boris Johnson is out of action? https://t.co/V0FrrIPWPD 
• Mirror publisher to furlough almost 1,000 employees and cut pay https://t.co/20UsdSJE7R 
• Singer Duffy has opened up about a four-week ordeal during which she says she was drugged in her own home, raped and taken to a foreign country https://t.co/Y35ZhaGmNu
• National Domestic Abuse helpline has seen a 25% increase in calls and online requests for help since the lockdown https://t.co/XfOLpMKJDb 
• Young workers, the worst paid and women will be most affected economically by the coronavrius, a study has found https://t.co/VZaHCNFyQV
• A four-year-old female Malayan tiger at the Bronx Zoo has tested positive for the coronavirus https://t.co/QmLPbWVydu
• What’s the Best Material for a Mask? https://t.co/BIX2nvFJyr 
• As Himalayas Warm, #Nepal’s Climate Migrants Struggle to Survive https://t.co/TOts2P4AtB 
• #Hungary’s Far-right Leader Grabbed Powers to Fight the Virus. Some Fear Other Motives https://t.co/Y3TpClfG2S
• Huge growth at PI ABS but Leeds office put on ice | Legal Futures https://t.co/7P90f7pDqZ 
• Scottish Bar chief resigns over train chat indiscretion | Legal Futures https://t.co/F697RuMLLl 
• Court rejects “fanciful” conveyancing negligence claim | Legal Futures https://t.co/bvmkyqwnfI
• Junior solicitor who lied about lost documents struck off | Legal Futures https://t.co/Ap7hUvGpRY

6th April - Law News

3023rd Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based legal news & articles archive since 2011 focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's Video Focus:  Villages in North India have put up barricades to prevent people from cities and nearby towns from entering. It comes amidst the strict COVID19 21-day lockdown in the country that began on March 24th.

Focus of the Day story: The Bar Council surveyed heads of chambers at 262 sets, with 145 responses to date. The main concerns raised were interruption to court work, inability to generate income and lack of cash flow to pay current costs. Full story - New Law Journal

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine leaves prison early because of asthma fears #US https://t.co/CnpI0yn36
• Aerial footage of police patrolling outdoor spaces https://t.co/g1DdtNH2T
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/pb27LO0drV
• Scotland's chief medical officer Calderwood resigns over lockdown trip https://t.co/2EYaNQFm3o
• Manchester City to investigate footballer Kyle Walker over sex party during lockdown https://t.co/5dNQOlU7Mg
• Retired judge and Dominic Cummings' uncle Sir John Laws dies after contracting Covid-19 https://t.co/SYTkeb4ZPu 
• Lombardy insists on face masks outside homes to stop Covid-19 #Italy https://t.co/qQFpEgcs6t 
• Jacob Rees-Mogg's firm accused of cashing in on coronavirus crisis https://t.co/eBPlbPqQ31 
• Boris Johnson admitted to hospital with coronavirus https://t.co/gT0ljuQ44p
• Coronavirus: Cath Kidston set to call in administrators https://t.co/3q6gPIcRxW 
• Inside Kim Kardashian’s Prison-Reform Machine https://t.co/oDXXyBzjMr
• A Quarantined Uber Driver’s Quest for Paid Sick Leave #US https://t.co/ne08TIsgsG 
• #Russian Doctor Detained After Challenging Virus Figures https://t.co/Oe0Z7QZHbZ
• ‘Muslims Are Foreigners’: Inside #India’s Campaign to Decide Who Is a Citizen https://t.co/ujtJmh8gUW
• 430,000 People Have Traveled From China to U.S. Since Coronavirus Surfaced https://t.co/vE0AotCPus
• Man ignoring lockdown told police his journey was 'essential to buy weed' https://t.co/jhEIJBnnkg
• Get supermarket staff to witness your legal docs during lockdown, says law firm https://t.co/UojsoMVHL
• Meet the pioneers shaking up the legal industry https://t.co/p47A5UI8kG
• Private school kids continue to dominate corporate law https://t.co/S5Gr6G9shb 
• Remote hearings resource hub launches in wake of virus pandemic https://t.co/rC1SyDwgeo 
• Vlogging magic circle trainee reflects on life in lockdown https://t.co/zWZmwRZUO6
• Drunk deputy head of chambers headbutted junior female colleague outside Calvin Klein underwear store https://t.co/Wj9yzmU3kh
• Virus pandemic: Why the UK must release immigration detainees https://t.co/GSEHKGcK4P 
• Cambridge Uni law students express ‘serious concern’ over COVID-19 exam plans https://t.co/HDQwwv4ZFV
• Law under lockdown: Junior lawyers share their home-working experiences https://t.co/GBd0ML7g1S
• Law school giants announce SQE speakers for LegalEdCon 2020 https://t.co/vwXK89MuS6 
• LSE law student drafts ‘Zoom Class Act 2020’ as lectures go online https://t.co/c8kkqu3myo 
• Former Attorney General Geoffrey Cox QC records children’s bedtime story while in lockdown https://t.co/48vxSOQHDZ
• COVID-19: What it means for aspiring lawyers https://t.co/ULCSepcq8b
• 30% of pupillage places in limbo, COVID-19 survey finds https://t.co/yMvAiP1pKj
• Legal life before and after COVID-19 https://t.co/USWTOrEAs2
• Appeal win for German law student deducted marks for turning up to exam in jeans https://t.co/ecUNxQG4cO
• Norton Rose Fulbright asks lawyers to work four-day week in response to virus crisis https://t.co/TIjp8RVHLY 
• London’s Ely Place Chambers to close after 20 years https://t.co/nEDws6zswJ
• ‘Will coronavirus cost me my magic circle TC?’ https://t.co/e9CV5WympK
• The two tests that will help to predict spread of Covid-19 https://t.co/435V2qzEX5
• The Sound of a Pandemic! Don't worry, Maria and the Von Trapplings know how to deal with it! https://t.co/fAkSBhcRm0
• #US President Trump has fired a senior official who first alerted Congress to a whistleblower complaint that led to his impeachment trial https://t.co/j762MsYxKu
• London's ExCel centre has performed a U-turn on charging the NHS to use the site as a hospital to treat coronavirus patients https://t.co/aan7NI2myR
• 'Shameless': anger as #China quarantines freed human rights lawyer Wang Quanzhang 400km from home https://t.co/fuRQztbJgH 
• Fake and misleading stories that went viral this week https://t.co/86wlWk8OHW 
• Tech firms summoned over interesting 5G conspiracies https://t.co/7d13OI18lj 
• A criminal investigation has been launched in #Australia into how cruise ship passengers were allowed to disembark in Sydney https://t.co/JX4Qs1wwZz 
• Scotland's chief medical officer has apologised "unreservedly" for visiting her second home in Fife during the coronavirus lockdown https://t.co/G33Qmmz53a
• Exercise out of the home 'could be banned' adding to major mental health issues, if people flout rules https://t.co/0dRmoS6Y02
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/axHzanZeOo
• Domestic workers in Middle East risk abuse amid COVID-19 crisis https://t.co/SONnyiSpT7 
• The NHS workers wearing bin bags as protection https://t.co/ej6C9Yr9Ao
• Two workers at London's Pentonville prison die from Covid-19 https://t.co/2fMfqjYqsA

5th April - Law News

3022nd Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based legal news & articles archive since 2011 focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's Video Focus:  As the number of coronavirus infections keeps rising globally, hospitals are generating huge amounts of medical waste. That is dangerous for the people who collect it - sanitation workers - and the World Health Organization wants governments to ensure they are properly protected.

Saturday Conversations on Law

• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/vXy4BjY1T0
• ‘I’ve had to sleep with the entire legal team’: Joe Lycett on making TV's most risk-taking comedy https://t.co/l2BheUZwW7 
• Hotel quarantine a ‘disaster’ and vulnerable people should be allowed home, doctor says #Australia https://t.co/RkIDQU9loS 
• UK’s Covid-19 lockdown could crumble as frustration grows, police warn https://t.co/43UAlxFLyX
• Lady Hale, former president of the Supreme Court, has been named as the patron of The Next 100 Years, a project dedicated to achieving equality for women in law | New Law Journal https://t.co/93jczmuw94
• Coram Chambers is hosting a series of discussions about topical family law issues, via Zoom | New Law Journal https://t.co/5wfgfgbx
• Claimant and defendant personal injury lawyers have collaborated to produce a set standard of practice for cases during the COVID-19 crisis | New Law Journal https://t.co/ap7cla7YgZ
• The impact of COVID-19 on financial provision is likely to be substantial, divorce lawyers say, but classifying it as a Barderevent would require ‘a bold judge’ | New Law Journal https://t.co/DQzdFk1Zr
• The Court of Appeal is currently considering an important case on a parent’s right to refuse vaccination for their child | New Law Journal https://t.co/qv1nwOQjwE
• A working group into approaches to child arrangements when parents separate has called for ‘radical change’ in its second report, published this week | New Law Journal https://t.co/lqvb0IembQ 
• The Bar Council surveyed heads of chambers at 262 sets, with 145 responses to date. The main concerns raised were interruption to court work, inability to generate income and lack of cash flow to pay current costs | New Law Journal https://t.co/aaXVJxtQKI
• The Law Society and Bar Council have given a mixed reaction to the government’s announcement of extra support for legal aid lawyers | New Law Journal https://t.co/Tgzu4FHPZm 
• Vital guidance has been issued for members of the public applying for a domestic abuse injunction | New Law Journal https://t.co/yDo0XjXi9K
• A Trip Through New York City in 1911 https://t.co/KsgGO2Fz2k 
• The Guardian view on the EU: our nations are self-isolating too https://t.co/zhy15f8IfG 
• The Guardian view on immunity passports: an idea whose time has not come | Editorial https://t.co/Y7eemxJZa
• Sanctions are crippling #Iran's fight against coronavirus https://t.co/kMP6x54VH1
• Fraudsters exploiting Covid-19 fears have scammed £1.6m https://t.co/LikqKr68pf
• Two people have been killed and at least four others wounded in a knife attack in south-east #France, officials have said https://t.co/4sOFP6iOjp
• Nurse deaths 'inevitable' from coronavirus https://t.co/v1vqyM13WN
• Exit Jeremy Corbyn – just as Corbynism has never been more relevant https://t.co/NvLV5zm2L9
• Up to 4,000 inmates to be temporarily released in England and Wales https://t.co/4qfXeYAdfC 
• NHS worker quit when she was stopped from wearing face mask https://t.co/LkXESgezzY
• Hotspot resorts face coronavirus crisis as rich escape to holiday hideaways https://t.co/ftRtbqoyYw
• Brahmin Left vs Merchant Right:Rising Inequality & the Changing Structure of Political Conflict https://t.co/2uqon8T0je
• Former director of DPP Keir Starmer elected as new Labour leader https://t.co/QXaCk2Ft9o 
• Full list of MPs who voted against giving nurses and firefighters 'fair' pay rise https://t.co/DBQw1wHK
• Nottinghamshire landlady's 'regret' over 'lock-in' defying government guidance https://t.co/vIa5ehCGcU
• Police face "one of their biggest challenges" of the lockdown this weekend as sunny weather risks drawing crowds to parks and beauty spots https://t.co/F2jFRnZH8Y
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/6VH2UQ1dvs
• Coronavirus: Coming 5,000 miles to die for the NHS https://t.co/5bcYCVqVzx
• #US President Donald Trump has said he will not wear a face mask despite new medical guidance advising Americans to do so. https://t.co/BoFwzI8Iim
• Broadband engineers threatened due to 5G coronavirus conspiracies https://t.co/zpAGTM7XGa 
• Coronavirus: Heathrow Airport sheltering '200 homeless people' https://t.co/xN5g5XQL1x

4th April - Law News

3021st Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based legal news & articles archive since 2011 focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's Video Focus:  Ten jawans of the Central Industrial Security Force or CISF India posted at the Mumbai airport have tested positive for coronavirus. The paramilitary force has decided to get all 152 jawans staying together in a camp tested.

Saturday Conversations on Law

• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/KtDWGGj1j6
• Men acquitted of Daniel Pearl murder kept in detention in #Pakistan https://t.co/lKllWXK2nc
• Can you pause season tickets, Sky Sports or car insurance during lockdown? https://t.co/zozp1Tp0R
• #US accused of 'modern piracy' after diversion of masks meant for Europe https://t.co/keQckAzQ
• Slavery in #NewZealand: inside the story of the Samoan chief who abused power for profit https://t.co/M8nJKoYNv
• Alex Salmond's lawyer, Gordon Jackson, quits as head of Scottish legal body https://t.co/KWse5tRbje
• Accountant fined over advice to solicitor who was later suspended | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/vGbBWTSBp
• Weightmans and Walker Morris confirm plans to furlough staff | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/7LOmt7l4NR
• $530m Zoom trial was a success, says partner | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/OuMe2c6cBf 
• Chancellor lowers bar to emergency loans for small firms | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/Ko5uVQa6O
• Norton Rose Fulbright proposes shorter week and lower pay | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/n5ypJ6862
• Rules finally amended to extend time for civil procedures | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/4uXdBOamZY 
• City firms pledge £85,000 to save law centres from closure | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/JRKt1r2dey
• Police and legal chiefs agree Covid-19 interview protocol | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/CAbtSGBbjw
• Ely Place Chambers to close in July | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/7DcFXEsau0
• Legal aid support package to help lawyers 'weather the coronavirus pandemic' | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/UsHkzkELH
• Coronavirus: Whistleblower's claims over patient safety denied https://t.co/UMs95SJUKX
• YouTube profits from videos promoting unproven Covid-19 treatments https://t.co/3Rs4OZZzUV
• Tory tycoon's spread-betting firm buoyed by Covid-19 crisis https://t.co/xfSIAqLJR
• Debenhams, the department store chain, is facing administration for a second time https://t.co/5aYN4qEN51
• A law student who lost marks for wearing jeans and a casual top to an exam has won a court battle to revise her grad https://t.co/HotvEjlM3E
• A round-up of human rights stories from around the world https://t.co/imDcvdPnaS 
• Glasgow School of Law hosts Virtual https://t.co/bAh3lNmnu1
• Nuclear weapon law expert suggests furloughing Trident https://t.co/PS0T8h9Uj2
• COVID-19: APIL and ABI agree new approach for personal injury cases in Scotland https://t.co/ZIqoHs6li
• England: Bar Council calls on UK government for urgent financial aid https://t.co/kvJpmIGjT8 
• New process in place to report COVID-19 deaths https://t.co/rinMhMSWhL
• Applications open for Faculty scholarships https://t.co/GO7buSByP
• Emergency changes to housing legislation in Scotland https://t.co/FZY720aocH
• Criminologist warns of prison riots during pandemic https://t.co/xU3czSJNSs
• Supreme Court: Barclays Bank not vicariously liable for doctor’s alleged sexual assaults https://t.co/OQqqERIMHp
• Edible insects set to be approved by EU in 'breakthrough moment' https://t.co/LM0PelLGYX 
• #Hungarian journalists fear coronavirus law may be used to jail them https://t.co/hBJQIYgngb 
• Impose strict curbs on gambling during Covid-19 lockdown, MPs urge https://t.co/KqoZOBztzt
• Twitter deletes 20,000 fake accounts linked to Saudi, Serbian and Egyptian governments https://t.co/kXwrKjFsGM 
• #SouthKorea bars entry to foreign nationals who refuse to self-isolate https://t.co/47vPoWfqmB
• Sainsbury's to ease shopping limits, but allow only one adult per household https://t.co/YwB8yVfx6k
• British Airways suspends more than 30,000 staff while Heathrow shuts one runway https://t.co/pz0ySIR6c9
• Commuted sentence: Covid-19 spares the #Japanese salaryman from ritual exhaustion https://t.co/W4ibQfJwgp
• Marauding goats in Llandudno have told local residents to brace for a final assault on the town https://t.co/17MPwe1t14
• E.U. Court Rules 3 Countries Violated Deal on Refugee Quotas https://t.co/nBLjXsmQLB
• Under Religious Fundamentalist PM Modi, #India’s Press Is Not So Free Anymore https://t.co/cyPfDclT2r
• People are being urged to walk the extra mile (avoiding farm footpaths) to give blood during the coronavirus pandemic https://t.co/88jSnYTjVJ 
• Some farmers say they fear their families could be put at risk of coronavirus due to an increase in walkers using footpaths on their land https://t.co/Inf1Pz87qa 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/gh446u8bvn
• Most chambers “face collapse” without government cash | Legal Futures https://t.co/5K6MrPegen
• Accountant severely reprimanded over SRA report | Legal Futures https://t.co/qe6Ubbaxxy
• Withers bids to help couples negotiate separation | Legal Futures https://t.co/8Ez9HNV8a
• Bomb hoax barrister fails to overturn law firm ban | Legal Futures https://t.co/CPWy2Wt4P7 
• In challenging times, should you move to the cloud? | Legal Futures https://t.co/8ManJynnYA 
• Coronavirus: #US Navy removes Captain Brett Crozier who raised alarm https://t.co/KTQppUCsmY
• Coronavirus conman barges in on 83-year-old woman https://t.co/Rkl6KqozWx 
• #Hungary seeks to end legal recognition of trans people amid Covid-19 crisis https://t.co/eAi9HJ3HtD
• Bus firms get £400m bailout to maintain services https://t.co/cI0L5phU4i
• UK care home bosses threaten to quit over return of coronavirus patients https://t.co/cxAIR5doir
• UK banks banned from requesting personal guarantees for loans https://t.co/YuWLHdqaCU 
• No 10 seeks to end coronavirus lockdown with 'immunity passports' https://t.co/j4l9dnpejh
• Couple who opposed council vaccinating their child lose appeal https://t.co/cfL105uN8F

3rd April - Law News

3020th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based legal news & articles archive since 2011 focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's Video Focus:  Dr. Sanjay Gupta discusses remarks by Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp in which he claims he recently learned that the coronavirus can be spread by asymptomatic people.

Focus of the Day story: There is a scary element to this in that we are dealing with people’s lives and law firms have had to act quickly to safeguard their employees and clients. But in terms of the financial impact, this feels very different. During the financial crisis law firm leaders were asking themselves whether their firms would survive. Full story - The Global Legal Post

Saturday Conversations on Law

• A man who coughed on a police officer and claimed to have coronavirus has been jailed for six months https://t.co/wF9K945KYW
• Missing Owen Harding: CCTV images of teen released https://t.co/F3wvK8why
• Trading knowledge in Tokyo | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/6pSwxHUxh
• Defendant and claimant lawyers agree relaxed litigation rules | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/RbRPp06mfU
• Supreme Court awards damages to fund US surrogacy costs | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/gtKRrOGRw
• Upbeat Burford predicts Covid-19 litigation boom | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/1vyVsx0Pom
• Covid-19: government threatened with JR over outdoor exercise limit | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/JhR0DYlOn9
• 81% of chambers will fold within a year, Bar Council survey finds | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/iEQi2is7G6 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/uM0kltvgV
• British light-middleweight champion Scott Fitzgerald has been charged with three counts of common assault and one of witness intimidation following his arrest https://t.co/VTKWWJMc5E
• Burges Salmon launches gender taskforce and diversity network https://t.co/Jxpu2u0f8N
• Lady Hale named patron of The Next 100 Years https://t.co/DvBaSjvNxF
• Dundee's Professor Nicholas Fyfe made fellow of Academy of Social Sciences https://t.co/xgaTfrYWBg
• CMS leads successful reverse takeover of marine technology group https://t.co/q451wOQwoV 
• Scottish Justice Secretary Yousaf asked to uphold rights of detainees during crisis https://t.co/hITVJVF7Vu 
• Coronavirus legislation spells changes for commercial property https://t.co/VOMR8fEeAE
• Europe raises rule of law concerns among coronavirus responses https://t.co/YE4hoChbc5
• Raft of spring promotions at BTO https://t.co/JdQQhZj95W
• Courts 'still obliged' to refer unclear EU law issues to CJEU https://t.co/w9qZiBiRA
• Lord Hope: Efforts should be made to 'preserve jury trials' during pandemic https://t.co/EbB1BqBxq
• Couple who rented stately home granted limited repairing standard appeal https://t.co/n7C4vOnW4
• Criminal bar wecomes withdrawal of 'non-jury' provisions from Coronavirus (S) Bill https://t.co/CvIbPXhJ2o
• WeWork founder threatens to sue after Softbank scraps rescue deal https://t.co/vUUVSTCd6Q 
• Ease rules on research into psychedelic drugs, urges David Nutt https://t.co/cZ2VbnypKx
• Number of potential modern slavery victims in UK rises by 52% https://t.co/j8fEfcbioP
• Loan and credit card payments to be frozen for three months in UK https://t.co/Sau9zAJKFl 
• Major brexit donor Arron Banks fails to use European laws to avoid paying £162,000 tax bill https://t.co/rN8pPk3msL
• Fewer than 1.5% of health service staff have been tested for coronavirus, the head of NHS Wales has confirmed https://t.co/9uLLiJYYZ
• In Slum at Epicenter of Duterte’s Drug Crackdown, Fear and Love Coexist #Philippines https://t.co/EDSm4bMm7a
• Suspected fraudsters and gangsters should not be charged during the coronavirus outbreak to avoid "clogging up" courts https://t.co/sXk746q5g0
• Boots staff have told the BBC they feel "unsafe" at work as customers continue to browse for hair dye and fake tan https://t.co/dzB4OmRpyi
• Health officials say they are "frustrated" by a lack of progress in expanding UK coronavirus testing https://t.co/rsh0gBY2VX
• Don't send rainbow pictures to Nightingale hospital, NHS says https://t.co/WV4Q1D20AV
• Week one of lockdown: new enquiries dived, furloughing began | Legal Futures https://t.co/WneqJctc6j
• SRA to regulate National Accident Helpline | Legal Futures https://t.co/WSvSWtEKap 
• Simpson Millar buys PI practices and is on the hunt for more | Legal Futures https://t.co/vwrQ3xk7H
• Why isn't the government publishing more data about coronavirus deaths? | Jeni Tennison https://t.co/3P3fEZATlE
• Hundreds of university staff made redundant due to coronavirus https://t.co/811ipmpCNj
• Coronavirus: London hospital almost runs out of oxygen for Covid-19 patients https://t.co/QwCiMj95mN
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/t0tQfypTOr
• Nottinghamshire 'lock-in' pub closed under new laws https://t.co/QqxeFDAWhM
• Coronavirus lockdown raises risk of online child abuse, charity says https://t.co/IDHFnjSpxl 
• Millions in UK 'could slip through virus wage safety net' https://t.co/6itDgnnwwm 
• Morrisons not liable for massive staff data leak, court rules https://t.co/WF5YnfGkGj 
• UK woman wins claim for NHS to pay US surrogacy costs https://t.co/hSU45mrG5x
• Policing under coronavirus: the real test is yet to come https://t.co/9UA7qKAy3l 
• Barclays not liable for alleged sexual assaults during medicals, court rules https://t.co/EY01bwuzYd
• What are your rights in coronavirus lockdown Britain? https://t.co/GNJltHunbK

2nd April - Law News

3019th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based legal news & articles archive since 2011 focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's Video Focus:  With all the warnings around COVID-19 keeping shoppers away, many fashion retailers are feeling confused about whether they should bother keeping their doors open. One the one hand, there are few customers around, but on the other, closing the doors for good takes away any chance left of earning an income.

Focus of the Day story: The first trial ever to be conducted entirely by Skype proceeded 'almost without a hitch', the presiding judge said handing down his ruling. Mr Justice Mostyn ruled that treatment should not be withdrawn from a retired NHS worker to allow him to starve to death. Full story - The Law Society Gazette

Saturday Conversations on Law

• HMCTS reveals list of priority work for county courts | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/5kSvLvdkMO
• Family court overcomes 'teething difficulties' in contested Skype hearing | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/rhnat2LsgH
• Supreme Court sides with Morrisons over vicarious liability | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/BLGwMmdai
• Court rejects ‘absurd’ contempt complaint against two solicitors | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/HlSs2NDHTQ
• Work in the police station remains chaotic and unsafe | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/kkGRzmWlD
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/rqhRoo60Oz
• Denying coronavirus loans 'completely unacceptable' banks told https://t.co/s0HMpDaSP8
• Coronavirus: Nearly a million universal credit claims in past two weeks https://t.co/9ctmmDZfuN 
• Bloomsbury Professional makes Scots law textbooks free to all students https://t.co/0fo7RXM8JO
• Dr Guido Rossi awarded eminent prize for barratry article https://t.co/fHEw9u9pVj
• Tackling domestic abuse a priority for prosecutors https://t.co/hBqK63TUa8
• Significant increase in convictions for rape and attempted rape https://t.co/esNdfyBFcE
• Weightmans launches private client practice with appointment of Noel Ferry https://t.co/pYAM4L9UmD
• Raeburn Christie Clark & Wallace promotes Allan Mackenzie to associate https://t.co/xomLkrA6IZ
• Mortgage lenders seek 40 per cent deposits https://t.co/XhSjX0ySXD
• David Bartos and Dr Gillian Black appointed to Scottish Law Commission https://t.co/gryWBYIYL
• Supreme Court: Morrisons not liable for employee's criminal data protection breach https://t.co/GyksqaJJGQ 
• Edinburgh City Council granted permanence order to allow child’s adoption https://t.co/msjCzTKreu
• Controversial plans to temporarily abolish juries delayed following severe backlash https://t.co/JqPEraNjNq
• Eamon Keane: Alarm bells ring over hearsay proposals https://t.co/2e4pWZqWUi
• Editorial: No need for Carloway Courts or legislative legerdemain https://t.co/omtMtN1uJU 
• A woman has been fined for breaching coronavirus restrictions after she refused to tell police who she was and why she was at a railway station https://t.co/icjqZL18x2 
• Hard-pressed supermarket workers are being handed thank-you bonuses by bosses https://t.co/gGNaZVmUsM
• UK to control devolved nations' access to test kits https://t.co/wwlqYaliPx
• Coronavirus Paramedic protective kit 'only fit for making sandwiches' https://t.co/qb7X3T6A17
• Southend Hospital staff could 'limit work' over a severe lack of protective equipment https://t.co/ON4xdCOjk
• Delivery drivers say they are being denied access to toilets at some service stations and petrol garages https://t.co/tEkeRpxWqw
• Stacey Dooley Investigates: 'My daughter was tormented by spycam sex crime' https://t.co/4lNvxuYzu
• Edinburgh festivals cancelled due to coronavirus https://t.co/pdmqo8MOS8
• Teargas, beatings and bleach: the most extreme Covid-19 lockdown controls around the world https://t.co/fDcQ6IX4u
• Singing stops in #Italy as fear and social unrest mount https://t.co/ibuDg1DXP
• #Russia sends plane full of medical supplies to Trump https://t.co/qyC69L1L27
• Scotland drops plans to suspend jury trials during coronavirus crisis https://t.co/r7mu8cf4ss 
• #Myanmar blocks hundreds of news sites and threatens editor with life in jail https://t.co/rpKSeEuzo
• UK coronavirus lockdown: police re-educated with guidance on enforcement https://t.co/O2s8MQnYSJ
• Gun Ownership Soars in #Brazil Under Facist Bolsonaro https://t.co/RDknk7vCG
• Long-Silenced Victim of a Pedophile Writer Gets to Tell Her Story https://t.co/camX4QdYcR 
• He wasn't given personal protective equipment such as a mask at work: NHS worker dies alone https://t.co/ukgPA5VpMl
• A Loyal #Chinese Critic Vanishes, in a Blow to the Nation’s Future https://t.co/wiz7LcXlbi 
• A GP surgery has apologised after sending a letter asking patients with life-limiting illnesses to complete a "do not resuscitate" form https://t.co/inw4cG0YFV
• A fifth of smaller UK firms 'will run out of cash' during the Tory government imposed lockdown and stringent policing https://t.co/1TwMXy9Viq
• The videoconferencing app Zoom under increased scrutiny as popularity soars https://t.co/yPIA6bSWbY
• ASOS denies claims staff are unsafe at work during outbreak https://t.co/QAgYJxzpbA
• Sainsbury’s uses ‘loophole’ to keep Argos open https://t.co/dpaTzh4vta
• Hospitals urged to use lab space to test NHS staff https://t.co/5jD0FH39T6
• Daughter in CoP case questions “second-rate” Skype justice | Legal Futures https://t.co/R0QVEugraH
• In-house lawyer facilitated sham £16m property schemes | Legal Futures https://t.co/zK8KrzNAWA
• Coronavirus hits SRA’s plan to target AML laggards | Legal Futures https://t.co/bpAKOpw7Oj 
• Barrister suspended for headbutting female colleague | Legal Futures https://t.co/6kROAhjdRD 
• How two firms use technology to minimise human error | Legal Futures https://t.co/qs60q7R3zF