9th May - Law News

3056th 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:  Migrant workers are walking hundreds of kilometres in the scorching heat to reach their hometowns because of lack of public transport amid the nationwide lockdown. While NDTV's reporter Sohit Mishra was reporting on the train accident LIVE from the railway tracks, a cop asked him to stop reporting.

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Trump has called the fatal shooting of Ahmaud Arbery, an unarmed black man in the #US state of Georgia, a "very disturbing situation" https://t.co/KsKAelu71Y
• UK 'to bring in 14-day quarantine for air passengers' https://t.co/fuproWpvyk 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/w2eemZWpig
• In 2001, a British-Chinese protest against virus-related racism https://t.co/IAjnKSbCbY
• A coronavirus crimewave: How illegal loggers are profiteering https://t.co/fMfYqWZF3s
• #Afghans face dire condition in Ramadan amid coronavirus lockdown https://t.co/S6bAWPfiBE 
• 'Cowardly' Cardiff mugger Michael Leonard Collins, 40, from Tremorfa, who fled victim, 77, jailed https://t.co/WTCknOZxqo
• Father charged with murdering his two children in Ilford https://t.co/5MCYm6qcXh
• Democrats demand details of Trump Organization requests for UK coronavirus aid https://t.co/wcDguHMEOM
• UK scientists condemn 'Stalinist' attempt to censor Covid-19 advice https://t.co/8WheOUHL1B 
• UK health watchdog may investigate coronavirus deaths https://t.co/NLAbVBoBUD
• Day trip trio from Slough spark Dorset coast cliff rescue https://t.co/fpUfAZcqJ3
• We care workers face a terrible decision: risk people's lives or go without pay | Anonymous https://t.co/Sgx2Fw0bbx
• 'Harvesting' is a terrible word – but it's what has happened in Britain's care homes https://t.co/T6VEHoUheD
• 'Harvesting' is a terrible word – but it's what has happened in Britain's care homes https://t.co/T6VEHoUheD
• #India train crushes home-bound migrant workers sleeping on tracks https://t.co/Xx2juZa4Vq 
• Father and son arrested and charged in the #US state of Georgia for the fatal shooting of Ahmaud Arbery, an unarmed black man https://t.co/RPRWx3cQ9A 
• People will be able to exercise outside more than once a day in Wales, with some libraries, recycling centres and garden centres set to re-open https://t.co/6OJZMSfGkG
• Judge of the Ad-Hoc Administrative Tribunal of the African Union https://t.co/gOQb34oIl7 
• Kogi State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, sitting in Abuja, on Thursday, reserved judgment on the petition filed #Nigeria https://t.co/78ytFc6Czw
• Stressed assets in bankruptcy tribunal face flurry of renegotiations amid corona scare https://t.co/YKOiTMrk17
• National Green Tribunal to hear Visakhapatnam gas leak incident on Friday #India https://t.co/rYoZdw48SV
• UK – Tax tribunal decision casts doubt on HMRC's CEST tool https://t.co/bPHoAVNlpt
• Kyle Walker, Man City defender says he is 'harassed' after admitting breaking lockdown rules https://t.co/kxnv33d4CC 
• Rail services to be increased as travel restrictions ease https://t.co/EL1Bo9XrMd
• VE Day: 'I drove general to WW2 peace treaty signing' https://t.co/FxC2NMi0Ae
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/Y0xyq6TgPG
• Ahmaud Arbery's family calls for immediate arrests in his death #US https://t.co/1Mt9BAAa76 
• Protests erupt in Indianapolis after spate of police killings #US https://t.co/56q4q39UM8
• Why do so few rapes result in a conviction? https://t.co/an6mASwwg7
• We need to build on the furlough scheme, not cut it, to avoid mass unemployment https://t.co/HkcxKSSdjW
• #Russian hospital staff 'working without masks' https://t.co/AsPaqzqeH4
• The NHS has released the source code behind its coronavirus contact-tracing app https://t.co/ZjqnZjitRD

8th May - Law News

3055th 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:  The Justice Department is dropping the criminal case against President Donald Trump's first national security adviser, Michael Flynn, whose lies about his contacts with Russia prompted Trump to fire him three years ago and special counsel Robert Mueller to flip him to cooperate in the Russia investigation. The request to drop the case, filed with a federal judge in DC District Court, is a sudden end to a protracted legal battle that's lately been fertile ground for Trump to attack the early Russia investigation and former FBI leadership he dislikes. The court must still formally approve the request.

Focus of the Day Article: Immigration experts have accused the Home Office of interfering with the independence of the judiciary after it queried the number of detainees being released during the coronavirus pandemic. In a letter sent to the president of the First-Tier Tribunal, Immigration and Asylum Chamber last week, a senior official said the Home Office “is somewhat surprised at the level of grants of bail in recent weeks”. Full story - Scottish Legal News
 

Saturday Conversations on Law

• PPE masks worth £160k stolen from Salford warehouse https://t.co/Unyc8p5lp5
• Paris restrictions to stay as #France reopens https://t.co/mu2SCs1OiP 
• Scam sites selling masks and fake cures taken down https://t.co/ZJpVYTHupI
• Families sue UK government over 'little or no education' for their children https://t.co/HlwixbyJZC
• Lockdown could be 'unpoliceable' next weekend, police warn https://t.co/wOz8c14sur
• 'Mixed messages': UK government's strategy fuels fears of rule-breaking https://t.co/TgLtCknYh
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/mz47NzUDi
• Sobbing mother told to pull herself together so remote hearing can finish | Law Gazette https://t.co/JIdoYmFv5a
• DAC Beachcroft lays off staff in London and Leeds | Law Gazette https://t.co/NKQqJyUbyE 
• 14% of firms say business growing in crisis | Law Gazette https://t.co/AdSLHfxHE
• US class action firm sets sights on Mercedes Benz | Law Gazette https://t.co/LBYGSxafyd 
• SDT to deliver verdict on Baker McKenzie case in June | Law Gazette https://t.co/Pvn4lw5YAD
• Man charged with murder of 41-year-old solicitor | Law Gazette https://t.co/D1khOeINE
• Court declines to ban vexatious LiP from complaining about lawyers | Law Gazette https://t.co/Y95sLqboUK 
• Immigration president reminds Home Office of judicial independence | Law Gazette https://t.co/qiDLi5bDtO
• The #US Department of Justice is moving to drop the criminal charges against former national security adviser Michael Flynn https://t.co/M1PaUVGcUN
• Government gave national pupils' food voucher contract valued at £234m was given to Edenred, a small company with fewer than 150 staff https://t.co/6CR2rCswo7
• UK contact-tracing app could fall foul of privacy law, government told: More protections needed before coronavirus app fully launched, says human rights committee https://t.co/d0zQRBikPg
• A California appellate court rejected most of the $9.4 million Quincy Jones was awarded by a jury in 2017 after he claimed he had been shortchanged on record sale royalties https://t.co/3Pi0MNPTk2
• BCLP Cubed strikes partnership with Siemens' app development platform Mendix | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/O9vFkKqIjH
• 'A passionate champion for social justice' - victims of Covid-19 remembered | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/UIaoeO69S3
• Herbert Smith Freehills unveils streamlined leadership structure as it refreshes executive team | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/CNbPLIjRdU
• RPC Singapore joint venture hires trio of partners from Bird & Bird | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/WIxrZIIquC
• Mishcon de Reya hires two-partner Withers team to open in Singapore | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/9yVBbk6Kbm
• Dentons opens for business in #Argentina | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/uDK7clhLSj 
• US firms see sharp slowdown in new matters as coronavirus dents demand, study finds | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/Tv4w3Gac0m
• Slaughter and May appoints new practice heads across five teams | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/kth0seYwe
• Deutsche Bank names long-time in-house lawyer as new GC | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/UxdVIT003z
• Kirkland & Ellis hires Wachtell Lipton M&A partner in latest assault on Wall Street elite | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/t0zrH4hEZa
• Hogan Lovells and Mayer Brown become latest top 20 US firms to cut associate pay | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/uTym5xLgpW
• Coronavirus lockdown: Would you report people who break the rules? https://t.co/p0RaPt14Cd 
• Schools in Wales not reopening on 1 June https://t.co/HpkZIJjCSL
• Black Britons face 'twice the risk' of death, says ONS. But why? Are there genetic reasons? Research required https://t.co/zocJyeTlG1
• One of the first-ever remote hearings of the Supreme Court of the United States was interrupted by the sound of a toilet flushing | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/MsSDjPFd29
• Gender recognition reform taking place 'under the radar' across Europe | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/4ScwWDYZKd
• Bill to simplify Common Agricultural Policy passes first stage | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/ng3uqGz6lC
• Gilson Gray expands real estate team with appointment of Mark Sabey | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/orovKwXlw
• Macnabs' Ruth Croman accredited as family law arbitrator | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/3bUwvsO5HQ
• MBM Commercial launches Digital Deals Hub | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/cFjAbSbvQV 
• England: Concerns raised over fairness of remote hearings introduced during lockdown | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/N1zRh1eaFN
• Lockdown tensions between UK and Welsh ministers grow https://t.co/2T8N0Ehd9b
• Co-op stabbing: Woman in court over stab death of man, 88 https://t.co/Q1F7Q1qus
• Boris Johnson urges 'caution' amid reports on lockdown easing https://t.co/WquL05kIC5 
• Home Office accused of interference with the judiciary after querying bail grants | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/fpIXdjPeqf
• Reform of vital part of commercial law welcomed by Faculty | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/sL9Mn9fkUk 
• Man detained in psychiatric hospital refused permission to appeal SLCC decision | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/oFzsVMjcOH
• Lawyer Miriam González Durántez at the Hay Festival 2020 - Imagine the World in the time of the Coronavirus 2: Legislation for Domestic Work - link to book your free viewing slot https://t.co/qD1Dp3hxnl
• 'Humiliation' as school meal vouchers fail at till https://t.co/M1bCDvM4
• Virgin Media and O2 join forces to take on BT https://t.co/aX7XUOKasY
• Private renters need more help to 'ride out crisis' https://t.co/06neo4rrsr
• Cardinal Pell 'knew of' clergy abuse, says #Australian royal commission https://t.co/afdSVYBQ8l
• IBA urges lawyers to adopt "climate-conscious" approach | Legal Futures https://t.co/278b4SEOFL
• Children seeing parents “distressed” by remote hearings | Legal Futures https://t.co/m4ojR2MGag
• Top firms "failing to communicate" own responses to Covid-19 | Legal Futures https://t.co/D1cN1u9Xo8
• Law firms under lockdown: "A train that is running out of puff" | Legal Futures https://t.co/OLsCJEKUsA
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/Na5Hn4kBkK
• #India gas leak: At least eight dead after Visakhapatnam accident https://t.co/ZtZ1up7Lr2 
• Coronavirus PPE: Gowns ordered from Turkey fail to meet safety standards https://t.co/Wr7ZCZkfXj 
• MP says she was sacked as volunteer carer for speaking out on PPE https://t.co/uf9KRji6lv
• Picnics and sunbathing on cards as PM expected to allow more time outside https://t.co/tscUmsn0t4
• ‘Complacent’ UK draws global criticism for Covid-19 response- Opinion writers from Italy to Australia attack ‘stupidity’ and label Boris Johnson incompetent https://t.co/Mg4l40FJZs
• #Egypt says film-maker died in cell after drinking hand sanitiser https://t.co/RKulV36mHu 
• Is it time to free the healthy from restrictions? https://t.co/assL1Zxee2

7th May - Law News

3054th 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:  Australian pastoralists are falling victim to online scammers, who are creating fake websites advertising tractor, motorbike and caravan sales. The Northern Territory's consumer watchdog has uncovered more than 20 of these sites and says almost 400 thousand dollars has been lost so far.

Focus of the Day Article: Dying surrounded by family 'a fundamental right' says UK judge. Court of protection ruling may have immediate effect for relatives deterred from comforting terminally ill. Full story - Guardian Law
 

Saturday Conversations on Law

• It's not just Neil Ferguson – scientists are being attacked for telling the truth https://t.co/KSbQ5J8ZeH
• Middlesbrough mayor who ignored government advice, finally reopens parks after criticism over stately home https://t.co/14uNNmLmxH
• UK scientists being drawn into 'very unpleasant' political situation https://t.co/1NNR6GnSwj 
• Home Office accused of pressuring judiciary over immigration decisions https://t.co/Uw4z8Ks2cb
• Trial by jury must survive coronavirus unscathed https://t.co/KAss3vGEzq
• Don't ban over-70s from lockdown easing, says ex-MP https://t.co/kOfyfnACgj
• Retirement solutions: a brave new world beckons | Law Gazette https://t.co/IueFW5x1Cx
• More than 40 countries considering online justice | Law Gazette https://t.co/vTw0QUnxm2 
• Judge: ‘Some people are better at lying, whether remotely or in person’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/0EXTuMgb4i
• 'Tin-eared claptrap': Bar Council criticised for law centre statement | Law Gazette https://t.co/V7FfjdDzTY
• GCs urged to 'reach out' to women-run legal services providers | Law Gazette https://t.co/HCIErycu5q 
• Baker McKenzie: QC defends ‘inappropriate’ emails | Law Gazette https://t.co/1QVe5N5yBx 
• Ex-solicitor allowed to work in firm seven months after strike-off | Law Gazette https://t.co/KbTXk7AncF
• A cache of illegal weapons including crossbows, tasers and guns designed to fire teargas canisters have been seized from self-styled “zombie hunters” | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/O7C6fHbdmL
• SLN’s editor reviews Trials of the State: Law and the Decline of Politics by Jonathan Sumption | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/wde8tq3N8i
• Ireland: Bar 'not proposing' expansion of non-jury trials | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Nly6dvtdig 
• SYLA to hold AGM over Zoom this month | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/GgDp3RXUsT 
• Lauren Sutherland QC launches legal blog | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/TKho333iSW 
• Thompsons Solicitors continues Volkswagen class action under lockdown | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/b2Ahv1lblf 
• Guidance to stop all non-essential building work ‘not an outright ban’ | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/WViKbCUiLH
• Scottish Council of Law Reporting announces new reporters | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/HQ4etz62GA
• Scottish Law Agents Society: SLCC budget takes 'no account' of coronavirus crisis | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/YjMdNSgP6A
• Prof Neil Ferguson to face no police action for 'undermining' lockdown https://t.co/9IGEQqRwmO 
• The UK has become the first country in Europe to pass 30,000 coronavirus deaths, according to the latest government figures https://t.co/HeiHANB0vB
• Researchers in the US and UK have identified hundreds of mutations to the virus which causes the disease Covid-19 https://t.co/SSAWwuGJdd
• #NewZealand coronavirus: Massive car heist under cover of lockdown https://t.co/BQADiO6p5B 
• #Germany reopens shops as lockdown is relaxed https://t.co/ETqbBwheE2 
• Co-op stabbing: 88 year old Church warden John Rees killed in Penygraig https://t.co/PoNYC7r8Jc 
• England cricketers face biosecure tests in nine-week break from families https://t.co/f3mDzIi5oz 
• Why now is exactly the right time to set up a coronavirus inquiry https://t.co/6BI2u3ZaNx
• Boris Johnson suggests coronavirus lockdown will be loosened on Monday https://t.co/BUpriefrlT
• Prison reform bodies urge ministers not to ditch early release scheme https://t.co/avnzVXApOo 
• Eight new partners at Brodies | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/LpqCGwTi4v
• Lawyers express mixed views over privacy of NHSX contact tracing app | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/aoH0EhCKEL
• Early childhood practitioner loses appeal against temporary suspension | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/JeQxhqd1Or
• Coronavirus lockdown: I got a life-changing opportunity https://t.co/iod62rNS6C
• Why are Welsh Assembly Members changing their name? https://t.co/SKuBPEqqQl
• Firms ready to restart within three weeks, says business group https://t.co/vqqm5wDTvd 
• Co-op funeral chief criticises Leeds crematorium rules https://t.co/hjGDI12kRP 
• Eight top security tips for homeworking - Legal Futures https://t.co/YrwWxe8d19
• Video hearings "more likely to lead to convictions" - Legal Futures https://t.co/CBoUnYIlEN 
• Largest law firms closing gap on website performance - Legal Futures https://t.co/UecoehV6Rj 
• Female entrepreneurs urge post-crisis support from GCs - Legal Futures https://t.co/GDBzlnUzn7
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/AT4b5cIg25
• Ruth Bader Ginsburg in hospital for treatment on gallbladder #US https://t.co/RhZVYVG4Gr 
• Rishi Sunak preparing to wind down furlough scheme from July https://t.co/9fDKOmCyty 
• Protecting domestic violence victims in lockdown https://t.co/7yOx6TG07M
• Survivors of #Nigeria's 'baby factories' share their stories https://t.co/hzhPf2RFyF
• 'How did we become enemies?': Racism and reconciliation in #Canada https://t.co/WLNQh57IDh 
• 'Bois locker room': Indian teen probed over Instagram rape chats #India https://t.co/o2XmJLwOVN
• Amid food shortage fears, will #Italy legalise migrant workers? https://t.co/qh228l2pIX 
• #Nigeria reports record infections hours after lockdown was eased https://t.co/AwkQnnz9cw 
• Even if it works, this coronavirus tracking app is no get-out-of-jail-free card https://t.co/hrtaRfrOl7
• Calls for inquiry as UK reports highest Covid-19 death toll in Europe https://t.co/3SwjGBDHbe
• Dying surrounded by family 'a fundamental right' says UK judge https://t.co/1Irbxptsak
• The UK and US have issued a joint warning cyber-spies are targeting the health sector https://t.co/LnB3WTAtPt

6th May - Law News

3053rd 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 Carla Graichen works in the ER in a New York state hospital. As cases in the area pass the peak, she reflects on the fear, loneliness and camaraderie she's been witnessing every day in the fight against coronavirus.

Focus of the Day Article: Video hearings in certain criminal cases are more likely to lead to defendants receiving a prison sentence, a major study has found. It also highlighted the difficulties defence advocates have in building trust with clients and doing their job effectively from a remote location. Full story - Legal Futures
 

Saturday Conversations on Law

• UK coronavirus contact tracing app: how unsafe it is and will people use it? https://t.co/XCBgtqiv6Q 
• UK could relax lockdown for millions if over-70s are shielded, say scientists https://t.co/vIjP3fj92
• The high-profile figures who got into hot water over lockdown rules https://t.co/WiRv7oA4st
• UK coronavirus adviser Neil Ferguson resigns after breaking lockdown rules https://t.co/543a0K5741 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/cabPp2yoZ3
• Man dead and three injured after south Wales stabbings https://t.co/wmGzd9qCEM
• Even if it works, this privacy issue riddled coronavirus tracking app is no get-out-of-jail-free card https://t.co/hrtaRfrOl7 
• Cruise companies accused of refusing to let stranded crew disembark due to cost https://t.co/uTyCdvCPn7 
• UK government under fire after 'big influx' of Covid-19 cases from Europe revealed https://t.co/eT0hZ9trSW
• Jolt to eurozone as #German court warns against central bank stimulus https://t.co/Db6nD5zyGs
• Prisoner wins first round in challenge to terrorism law https://t.co/gFDXxqVvrN
• Greta Thunberg and children's group hit back at attempt to throw out climate case https://t.co/0yfK55tbAB 
• Law centres given £5.4m to survive pandemic | Law Gazette https://t.co/PzY5vLYy6r
• Lawyers urged to offer free 20-minute domestic abuse support | Law Gazette https://t.co/T3f2L4d9Qw
• Upbeat Mishcon picks Singapore for first Asia office | Law Gazette https://t.co/EnLV1Y9Lkn 
• Barristers get help for priority Covid testing | Law Gazette https://t.co/quMbfuC4FK 
• Thinktank warns of mission-creep in Coronavirus Act | Law Gazette https://t.co/VWSdI26zSg 
• Costs penalty for successful PI claimant who exaggerated case | Law Gazette https://t.co/k2bkb3UecF
• ULaw offers scholarship for workers hit by pandemic | Law Gazette https://t.co/VKSU9widyE 
• Frontloading immigration work 'will drive firms out of business' | Law Gazette https://t.co/ruMCu5kzp
• Baker's QC accuses SRA of 'moving the goalposts' | Law Gazette https://t.co/nuFI7zjdUY
• Smaller, poorer and differently regulated | Law Gazette https://t.co/RZQyZqwpyr
• The lure of mafia money during the crisis in #Italy https://t.co/yKkqEiKS5p 
• The Scottish government has set out options for lifting the coronavirus lockdown - but has warned that "extreme caution" will have to be exercised https://t.co/izRJGDZIYS
• There is no clear guidance on social distancing measures on an aircraft, the chief executive of Belfast City Airport has said https://t.co/A97TiY4Rvk
• Woman held over 'horrific' Penygraig wounding incident https://t.co/Am6EtGz7jQ
• Thousands more in Wales told to shield from coronavirus https://t.co/YylvSxW0sY
• Customers of Barclays Bank have been struggling to get emergency money from the Bounce Back Loan scheme which launched on Monday https://t.co/krtQ6qcr85 
• Coronavirus: Key workers to trial NHS tracing app https://t.co/Gm7IYGLuMd 
• Price of a bus, train or tube ticket during peak commuting hours could be raised relative to the cost of off-peak travel to prevent crowding and the spread of coronavirus on public transport https://t.co/qjgEbqNWuj 
• Virgin Atlantic to axe a third of jobs and shut Gatwick operations https://t.co/TxL1yn4UsU 
• Genetics in focus after coronavirus deaths of siblings and twins https://t.co/ZO4zZOGOVb 
• Why has eastern Europe suffered less from coronavirus than the west? https://t.co/nn7yCgSzkQ 
• There is a possibility that Covid-19 second wave may be avoided with very intrusive track and trace chief https://t.co/ZU9tt3EiZz 
• Legal headaches for Scottish football | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/mkaKa9Q6mU
• A five-year-old boy has been caught driving his mum’s car in an ambitious bid to cross the United States to buy a Lamborghin | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/0ChsGPD8Cy
• DLA Piper advises Greencoat UK Wind on acquisition of subsidy-free wind farm in Scotland | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Or0x2yUG7D 
• Exploring the concepts of trust and trustworthiness in a jurisprudential prime | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/ERqUSmrDI4
• The Margaret Taylor Interview: John Scott QC on scrutinising police powers in a time of crisis | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Ve6EJJXbWl
• Two new real estate hires for TLT | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Q0MWVsCqa1
• Neil Anderson joins Rooney Nimmo | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/wKIPkoFr6H 
• Council ordered to re-consider planning application for Cumbernauld retail park expansion | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/8AJ5B0Uen6 
• Clyde & Co announces Vikki Melville as managing partner for Scotland | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/yGcFR4njfR
• Regulations to allow release of short-term prisoners laid at Holyrood | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/ItvaaSEVSa
• Warning over easing lockdown measures too quickly https://t.co/MgBQSPwLrM
• Five friends, five victims: how Covid-19 tore a hole in one Pakistani community https://t.co/VQdAxNxuLH
• An Amazon Vice President Quit Over Firings of Employees Who Protested https://t.co/3tmtTKY37I 
• Mississippi allowed tens of millions of dollars in federal anti-poverty funds to be used in ways that did little or nothing to help the poor #US https://t.co/8p4jXevqGJ
• Sewer Cleaners Wanted in #Pakistan: Only Christians Need Apply https://t.co/fvBbeSSoLx 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/DarfF1lTVH
• Coronavirus Survivors Want Answers, and #China Is Silencing Them https://t.co/bQWG4PeHrY 
• Barrister who “took advantage of BSB’s generosity” is suspended | Legal Futures https://t.co/5g0YfZv5bT
• MoJ pumps £5.4m into not-for-profit advice sector | Legal Futures https://t.co/bUvytodirQ 
• Court hearings running at half pre-virus level | Legal Futures https://t.co/zk914bAqfm
• Big firms "burning through" the little cash they have | Legal Futures https://t.co/uRsCD8eceL 
• #US security guard murdered following argument over face mask https://t.co/kMgxUvP9hd 
• Surveillance in the time of COVID-19 https://t.co/qLw44w4EHc
• 'Waiting to die': Coronavirus enters congested #Philippine jails https://t.co/ZMquhiqP5x 
• British-style lockdowns are not working in Africa https://t.co/SGltAnYs5m 
• #Lebanese army denies beating, electrocuting detained protesters https://t.co/j8xKHa1lIo
• Lake District coronavirus lockdown 'fraying at the edges' https://t.co/SKHVNJrgML
• Anger at UK lockdown easing plans 'that could put workers at risk' https://t.co/qcms8d7hYI 
• Covid-19 was a chance for a reset in #HongKong. Instead, the crackdown continues https://t.co/YnS9QjroNE
• When lockdown eases, don't rely on the goodwill of bosses to keep their staff safe https://t.co/HAraDgHt33
• What is Britain’s wealth for if we can’t protect key workers in a pandemic? https://t.co/suqDPwEp5i

5th May - Law News

3052nd 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:  Italy, the first country in the world to impose a national lockdown to try to control the pandemic, has lifted some of its toughest restrictions. The country has registered its lowest daily death toll since the lockdown began two months ago. But the effects of closing down much of the country have been harsh for many people.

Focus of the Day Article: Members of the Scottish Parliament’s Justice Committee have launched a call for views on the Scottish government’s plans to update hate crime laws. Full story - Scottish Legal News
 

Saturday Conversations on Law

• O2 and Virgin Media in talks to merge https://t.co/84BNlLmdyp 
• Lawyer in the news: Simon Creighton, Bhatt Murphy | Law Gazette https://t.co/vGzh2n8SNN
• My legal life: Sarah Bonwick, Land Law | Law Gazette https://t.co/uqEpWDOuL0
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• Labour’s justice plan to beat Covid-19 | Law Gazette https://t.co/TMMJVwNem5
• Firms rally round in remarkable responses to Covid crisis | Law Gazette https://t.co/GC9lfc8Jq2
• News focus: Coronavirus is incubator of invention for law firms | Law Gazette https://t.co/8Rg0sNRn88
• McFarlane warns of remote hearing ‘overload’ after wrong care order | Law Gazette https://t.co/qrDCf8dA9a
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• Claim £100m in outstanding fees, minister tells legal aid firms | Law Gazette https://t.co/wTAtXOX88F 
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