5th September- Law News

Edition 3175: LawNewsIndex is a UK based legal news & articles archive since 2011 on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice.

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Today's Highlighted Video Story:  A Punjab and Haryana (India) high court judge today recused from hearing the anticipatory bail plea of former director general of police (DGP) Sumedh Singh Saini, who has been charged for abduction and disappearance of a junior engineer in 1991. The development comes a day after police claimed Mr Saini has gone underground to evade arrest in the case.

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Outstanding Sheriff Court summary trials up 28 per cent - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/H3yMHTNC0p
• Williams and Lotus embroiled in multi million-pound legal row over electric hypercar https://t.co/JNWqOdKxkm
• Ryan Russell recognised as employment specialist by Law Society - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/8K90dPgeT0
• Coronavirus restrictions eased in Greater Manchester, Yorkshire, Lancashire https://t.co/kCJXFHb5a
• A man sentenced for filming a naked woman in a hotel room while she was unconscious, following her five-year campaign for justice: Christopher Killick, 40, recorded a 62-second clip of Emily Hunt in an east London hotel in 2015 https://t.co/5mZ4Qs0D9e
• Equity Release Council appoints first legal representative to its Board https://t.co/eBEpBR45g
• Appointments and promotion at Just Employment Law - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/d6ds519lm
• Legal bunfight: McDonald's accuses #Hungry Jack's of ripping off Big Mac https://t.co/zYoS6zHiH
• Lawyers of Tomorrow – Katie Roberts - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/iNV1waQb06
• New edition of BSB Handbook reflects the new Internal Governance Rules and enhances regulatory effectiveness https://t.co/Ja3XflRJY
• Review: “We have no slaves in Scotland”. Tragically, that is no longer true, if it ever was, and the evils of modern slavery and people trafficking still reach these shores today - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/QM10jYHwy
• Defence forced to come to court while CPS stays home, Welsh firms claim | Law Gazette https://t.co/pxFthYA9u
• Alberta solicitor general says defunding police will not solve the problem of racism in law enforcement #Canada https://t.co/S7vCoU6G4
• The Lord President, Lord Carloway, appointed Sheriff Principal Duncan Murray as Vice President of the court; while Sheriffs Lorna Drummond, Robert Fife, Thomas McCartney and Fiona Tait were appointed as appeal sheriffs - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/9QLOu003UM
• Holyrood's Justice Committee sets out timetable for scrutiny of Hate Crime Bill - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Nl3GoMGeh2
• Barlinnie prisoner who was released and then detained again loses judicial review case - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/rslluP7exR
• Seventeen solicitors have become the first in the profession in #Ireland to be granted the title of senior counsel https://t.co/5KGO5HkjlW
• Why is there still no help for so many self-employed people? https://t.co/ddDQU5ZvDL
• New injunction bars protesters from HS2 site in west London - High court ruling comes as work on high-speed rail line formally begins https://t.co/qz93Dxjjnh
• Home Office U-turns leave British baby stuck in #India - Family unable to be reunited until passport granted for eight-month-old Jacob https://t.co/ZszKmb1pC
• Palantir powers #US Ice immigration raids, the defense sector and police surveillance. It is the big tobacco of the tech world: it has now filed to go public. The firm's unethical technology should horrify us https://t.co/obIXIMFnw4
• Retailers’ legal responsibility to disabled customers | Equality and Human Rights Commission https://t.co/hZY4f92Wr
• Prime Minister Imran Khan's Tinder and Grindr ban in #Pakistan criticised as 'hypocrisy' - Dating app ban is move to appease conservative factions and sign of weakness, say critics https://t.co/5b3c3KkyPM
• Hong Kong security law 'may break international laws': UN experts call on #China to explain apparent breaches of human rights obligations https://t.co/Q5auTTAON
• Staff the main risk as firms report millions stolen by cybercriminals - Legal Futures https://t.co/lQFQdkD0ID
• Britney Spears 'welcomes' FreeBritney hashtag support in guardianship fight: Pop star’s lawyer suggests she appreciates fans’ help in challenging her father’s role as conservator of her affairs https://t.co/q4WhBDt8xf
• Suspect in Portland killing of far-right protester 'shot dead' by #US marshals: Federal and local officers were trying to arrest Michael Forest Reinoehl, 48, on an arrest warrant, says sheriff’s office https://t.co/GAnLONx9tB
• BBC boss Tim Davie to crack down on staff airing views on social media: New director general says he wants to focus on pandering to the right of politics after accusations of centrist bias https://t.co/IxD95jC7r6
• Wills firm justified in sacking employee who left client sweary message - Legal Futures https://t.co/2pkhQKw4i7
• Singer Feargal Sharkey has criticised a water company for "dumping" thousands of hours' worth of sewage in a river https://t.co/lY0xPIM4BY
• The parents of an Army veteran who is believed to have taken his life say he was failed by the Ministry Of Defence https://t.co/fmiCGKym8O
• The UK is "sleepwalking into a disaster" over its border plans for the end of the Brexit transition period on 31 December, road hauliers have warned https://t.co/hZ9VttrQgo
• Barratt Developments, Countryside Properties, Persimmon Homes and Taylor Wimpey face action from the Competition and Markets Authority - Court threat to housebuilders over leasehold ‘trap’ https://t.co/7DMa2ZcQyM
• Differences in UK quarantine rules are "confusing" for travellers, Grant Shapps has admitted, as the four nations take varying approaches to international travel https://t.co/4ah1GfpTOn
• Lawyers for XR to perform "arrestable action" outside SRA offices - Legal Futures https://t.co/K89lUSAzsM
• Leading regional accountants launch ABS to expand offering - Legal Futures https://t.co/V7mukhffU3
• Law Society to bring legal action against Legal Aid Agency | Law Gazette https://t.co/zciwODhSez
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/iiGM40OI88
• Claims numbers plummet during pandemic but volumes expected to surge | Law Gazette https://t.co/y1MjIjK1fb
• UK outlines post-Brexit medical device regime starting January https://t.co/f2qs2SAFTq
• BSB pilots reverse mentoring scheme for white QCs | Law Gazette https://t.co/uIldZnYtNe
• Why Is a Bank Rolling Out a Legal Tech Product? https://t.co/jfzAdw4j65
• Let us cancel PII policies for non-payment, plead insurers | Law Gazette https://t.co/bgVyqHIta
• Official secrets and spies | Law Gazette https://t.co/fJN5MsfQP
• Social media refuse to pull people-smuggling pages, MPs told - UK officials frustrated as their requests are rejected, Channel crossings inquiry told https://t.co/cM7uaJ42Gg
• NSA surveillance exposed by Snowden was illegal, court rules seven years on https://t.co/KkPVS3LKPZ
• Extinction Rebellion: rights experts say peaceful protest in UK under threat - Liberty condemns ‘unworkable restrictions, fines and arrests’ used by police to stifle rallies https://t.co/HCK39Z1fxW
• #HongKong court acquits media mogul Jimmy Lai of intimidation |- Magistrate finds no evidence pro-democracy tycoon tried to instil fear in reporter from rival paper https://t.co/qSj3XFkHjY
• US sanctions on ICC prosecutor unacceptable, says EU - Fatou Bensouda was investigating whether US committed war crimes in Afghanistan https://t.co/vZcxX6ZxeD

4th September- Law News

Edition 3174: LawNewsIndex is a UK based legal news & articles archive since 2011 on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice.

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Focus of the Day Law Article: Criminal defence solicitors in Wales are being forced to attend court in person while prosecutors are allowed to appear via video link, firms have claimed in an open letter to HM Courts & Tribunals Service. A group of 12 firms based in South Wales alleges that applications for defence advocates to appear remotely via the Cloud Video Platform (CVP) are being routinely refused. In contrast, the Crown Prosecution Service is ‘generally appearing remotely and it would seem this is treated as a given, without individual applications having to be made.’” Full story - The Law Society Gazette

Today's Highlighted Video Story:  The man responsible for three murders and a series of court-related bombings in Sydney in the 1980s will die in prison for his "calculated, violent and hateful" attacks. The so-called Family Court bomber, Leonard John Warwick, has been sentenced to life in jail, without parole, for the three murders. Warwick's attacks took place between 1980 and 1985 and were motivated by a bitter feud with his ex-wife. In his sentencing today, Supreme Court Justice Peter Garling said Warwick's crimes "cannot be viewed as anything other than an attack on the very foundations of Australian democracy".

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Blog: Limitation in Scottish abuse claim considered by High Court - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/cC5gqvmgsJ
• Law Pod UK is back! With Joshua Rozenberg - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/cuNcmfVo7
• Fife Law Centre, which exists to support people who have unmet legal needs, has appointed Louise Laing as a solicitor - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/s0bhZCo9CQ
• #Bermuda Amends Trust Law Firewall Provisions And Restores Settlor's Freedom Of Disposition With Respect To Children https://t.co/La9QUAsnaP
• A County Fermanagh man has been fined £1,000 for breaching Covid-19 travel rules - the first person in NI to be sanctioned in this way https://t.co/XUg3gYtuHw
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/mX654ZOjO8
• The TV Licence Might Be Replaced by a Mandatory 'Household Tax' https://t.co/zYLEx3yfr
• Blog: Crossing the border – wealth protection in England and Scotland - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/rKQcot0eO
• Solution Underwriting launches commercial legal protection cover #Australia https://t.co/5Tdg8JZHCw 
• U.K. Employment Law Update: Increased Clarity on Disability Discrimination, TUPE Contractual Variations and Unfair Dismissals https://t.co/MzU5W0ElT
• UK Laws Will Allow Emergency Use of Coronavirus Vaccine Before it's Licensed https://t.co/PZNfwBG4Sc
• Animation highlights impact of grief and support available - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/LhpnSLGM
• A three-year-long #US court battle over a cryptocurrency fundraiser, one of the largest initial coin offerings ever, has ended with a Swiss foundation paying $25 million to participants who lost money and their lawyers https://t.co/zfxx4iR7d
• Legal firm Shepherd and Wedderburn creates department to deal with demand of people wishing to relocate to the UK - https://t.co/Wza3LxQx9
• UK split over Portugal quarantine rules - People arriving in Wales and Scotland from Portugal must now self-isolate for 14 days, but government advice covering England remains unchanged https://t.co/L2HZnpCNWJ
• Portuguese youth take 33 countries to Strasbourg over climate change crisis - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/X9UvR7CE
• Landmark legal case ‘could lead to employment rights for foster carers’ https://t.co/rQ64Dl6cO
• Michael Vaughan made senior associate at MacRoberts LLP - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/F27P6JwiW
• Reforms to UK’s antiquated spying laws published by Law Commission https://t.co/B6vBDXzFw
• Lawyers of Tomorrow – Anna Black - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/0JB3ojdu2
• Campaigners have launched a legal challenge to the government’s e
• A tax break scheme to lure the wealthy to Italy has attracted super-rich Britons - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Lkp9Dr3zX
• A convicted sex offender has been found guilty of murdering two women whose bodies were found in his freezer: The remains of Henriett Szucs and Mihrican Mustafa were discovered at Zahid Younis's flat in Canning Town, east London, in April 2019 https://t.co/KbQFd1rQr
• Travellers to Wales from mainland Portugal and six Greek islands must self-isolate for 14 days from 04:00 BST Friday https://t.co/IUauxhwyN
• Understanding the Normative Discourse of EU Migration Policy | Haris Malamidis and Angeliki Dimitriadi https://t.co/y6vYA4xepM
• The Secret Barrister exposes how political and media charlatans have vandalised the rule of law https://t.co/Auu31hCD1P
• #US Justice Department investigating protest leaders, funding https://t.co/HkFA0MngSS 
• Businessman Acquitted in Murder of Jan Kuciak, Journalist in #Slovakia https://t.co/fODFzbzWH
• Mothers’ names will be printed on national identification cards in Afghanistan, a step in normalizing women’s public presence in a country where it remains taboo https://t.co/KGnDAifwwa
• Holyrood committee to take evidence on renewing emergency powers - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/4koRVY9RM
• UK Supreme Court dismisses telecoms patent infringement appeal by Huawei - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/YqWc2z22E
• #US Justice Department And Vitalik Buterin Of Ethereum Share Vision Of Blockchain For Antitrust https://t.co/w0lO6Icx4v
• UK government told to keep pseudoscientific polygraph tests out of Scotland - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/IxMyXkkGnT
• A Violent August in N.Y.C.: Shootings Double, and Murder Is Up by 50% #US https://t.co/ErtZsuVpf
• Ex-Yorkshire spinner Azeem Rafiq has claimed that "institutional racism" at the club left him close to taking his own life - he felt he was made to feel like an "outsider" as a Muslim https://t.co/0q1MCYHYdy
• #US President Donald Trump has told people in the state of North Carolina to vote twice in November's election, despite this being illegal https://t.co/Nv5fdZyzUQ
• Facebook to freeze political ads for just seven days before #US presidential election https://t.co/GvXzkGn53v
• The BBC's new director general has said he doesn't support any switch from the licence fee to a subscription service https://t.co/X8SLypX0S
• Amy White becomes employment partner at Rix and Kay solicitors https://t.co/d4yqDNJ3n
• Licensed conveyancers attack CILEx deal with accountants - Legal Futures https://t.co/wUyaPOnTUE
• BSB pilots reverse race mentoring for senior White barristers - Legal Futures https://t.co/vszpCf2pID
• PII underwriters warn solicitors after failing to change terms - Legal Futures https://t.co/dBSHD8ekm
• Hostile environment has fostered racism and caused poverty, report finds: Policy has failed in its main objective of encouraging more migrants to leave UK voluntarily, says IPPR https://t.co/AVpP8LeZU0
• First solicitors granted Patent of Precedence #Ireland https://t.co/jqRMF569eu
• A dentist who was secretly stalked by a disgruntled patient for nearly four years says he feels "let down by the law" after learning the man will be released from prison within weeks https://t.co/V4xPTKjG4
• Prioritising coronavirus testing in high-risk areas has led to shortages in other places, leading to some people with symptoms being asked to drive more than 100 miles for a swab https://t.co/8hmPPB6kKI
• Callan Tansey promotes Johan Verbruggen to associate solicitor - Irish Legal News https://t.co/GDW5KXF8wB
• People with disabilities in #Belarus must have their human rights respected Forum https://t.co/h9h5kyMsO
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/JgwRFPgnZB
• Hollywood star Orlando Bloom and Amzon are developing a TV series on the story of human rights lawyer Jared Genser, ho has helped free political prisoners around the world https://t.co/BJCjYvJyEB
• An imminent danger facing #Ethiopia is the violence against ethnic and religious minorities as dominant groups assert radical, nativist claims to land https://t.co/dVGTOVi59K
• 'A race against time': the new law putting #Somalia's children at risk of marriage https://t.co/56Vp3DqgPi
• GMB union institutionally sexist, inquiry finds - Bullying, misogyny, cronyism and sexual harassment endemic in union, QC’s report says https://t.co/Ytf3EsnvLZ
• Former England captain Gary Lineker due to welcome refugee to live with him 'within weeks' - Match of the Day host offers room in his Surrey mansion via charity Refugees at Home https://t.co/187UfBRynx
• Wife of poisoned police officer says of Johnson’s novichok tweet: ‘actions speak louder’ - Sarah Bailey responds to Boris Johnson’s vow to seek justice after suspected poisoning of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny https://t.co/O5N6mL2grD
• Minister relinquishes control of shares in firm given UK government contracts - Lord Agnew had faced criticism over his shares in Faculty that are worth £90,000 https://t.co/VFzDEe387k
• #French reporter who joined police exposes racism and violence - Undercover journalist Valentin Gendrot describes culture where officers act with impunity https://t.co/lyjzOQpno
• Independent review finds gaps in supervision of released terrorists https://t.co/AISEgHRzu
• Outdated weddings laws of England and Wales face overhaul - Main changes proposed by Law Commission involve greater choice on location of ceremony https://t.co/WnlXZvwJlm 
• #Zimbabwean journalist Hopewell Chin’ono is freed on bail https://t.co/pAETf4Dwg
• #Russia’s first human rights ombudsman Oleg Mironov dies at age of 81 https://t.co/6Sg2OGQQAQ
• #Iranian security forces committed human rights violations amid 2019 protests https://t.co/NCQ0EKlFLB
• Dr Kafeel Khan Released: But for the judiciary, I would have been eliminated, says Dr Kafeel Khan after his release #India https://t.co/QEuEyGCvJ
• BPP tight-lipped over sale report | Law Gazette https://t.co/SUVSxwfmt
• Call for reform of official secrets regime | Law Gazette https://t.co/zL7NqpUunv
• SRA targets ‘real diversity’ as it searches for new board members | Law Gazette https://t.co/w0x5BvjrUY
• Normalise menopause discussions, Law Society tells firms | Law Gazette https://t.co/6Gor3pQS8n
• Jobs safeguarded as 150-year-old firm acquired by neighbour | Law Gazette https://t.co/kFOJ1pJaiV 
• Race and the tribunal: SDT to examine whether some solicitors treated more harshly | News | Law Gazette https://t.co/HM1n3v60F0
• Experiencing menopause in the legal profession | The Law Society https://t.co/SUoP87Zcci

3rd September- Law News

Edition 3173: LawNewsIndex is a UK based legal news & articles archive since 2011 on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice.

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Focus of the Day Law Article: More openness about the menopause is needed, the Law Society said yesterday as it released guidance on experiencing menopause in the legal profession to mark Menopause Awareness Month. The guidance, issued in conjunction with healthcare support business Peppy, quotes a partner at City giant Hogan Lovells saying: “Up until now, menopausal symptoms have been something of a surprise to everyone – women included. It’s time to demystify it.” Full story - Legal Futures

Today's Highlighted Video Story:  In light of deadly unrest following the Jacob Blake shooting, officials in Wisconsin, US, are expressing concerns as President Donald Trump plans to visit Kenosha. Historian and University of Wisconsin professor Christy Clark-Pujara joins CNN's Bianna Golodryga to dispel the notion that racism is primarily a Southern issue.

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Young lawyers enter the field of human rights law with a passion. Sarada Mahesh, a young human rights lawyer, narrates her story and shares her learnings as she navigated the emotional and professional path of being a human rights lawyer #India https://t.co/We9Zh3yINQ
• Security team helped care for plants in UK law firm during lockdown https://t.co/DE61D9HAp9
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/iA9juv8qx6 
• A catalogue of failings have been found in the way people convicted of terror-related offences are monitored by the authorities in England and Wales https://t.co/lyDM9FzFB
• Six new laws you should be aware of that come into effect in England in September 2020 https://t.co/BjcdDNtslH
• Scotland to domesticate UN Convention on the Rights of the Child - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/880ATiwmDJ
• UK house prices see largest monthly increase since 2004 as mortgage approvals rise - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/lXvzqdlKwX
• Remote Work Has Law Firm Cybersecurity in a Fragile State | The American Lawyer https://t.co/yROA7CVthK
• Shepherd and Wedderburn launches dedicated group for clients relocating to the UK - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/DWqYmpGmfK
• #Switzerland to introduce legal basis for arbitration clauses in articles of incorporation https://t.co/UK7EZhjsuX
• Bulk diplomatic immunity conferred on US personnel in Britain, court documents reveal - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Az0bIOcUAK
• Legal victory for foster carers paves way to action on employment rights: Tribunal rules Glasgow couple were council employees not self-employed and are owed sick pay https://t.co/JW6iYpf9FI
• Influencers and advertisers should be forced to declare digitally altered photos on social media, the Girl Guides have said https://t.co/SKQ5HETnWv
• A blind student who was "violently" removed from the Oxford Union debating society has been paid compensation: Ebenezer Azamati was "accosted" by a security guard when he tried to return to a seat he had reserved at a debate on 17 October 2019 https://t.co/8tkBqNh5M7
• England's exams regulator, Ofqual, says it was a "fundamental mistake" to think the public would accept an emergency grading system instead of exam results https://t.co/P3jLTH8eU7
• #Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny was poisoned with a Novichok nerve agent, Germany's government says https://t.co/bXqZnFBG0
• An examination of the available options for punishing companies and questions whether our current laws are appropriate - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/VNxKviWHgR
• Anti-Social Media Bill And Its Inauspicious Effects On Democracy By Barrister Layi Ademokoya #Nigeria https://t.co/JeKRO6vi4F
• Lawyers of Tomorrow – Maureen Duffy - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/zkg5KyxtOK
• Soft judges to injuring a burglar - Secret Barrister reveals truth https://t.co/ohaM2llU9L
• Edition 32 of the Tax Justice Network Arabic monthly podcast #32 الجباية ببساطة https://t.co/XvGRvSk3Vz
• Recommended spy laws include full defence to unauthorised disclosure - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/dJGoOx2gP
• Cost of implementing hate crime laws 'grossly underestimated' - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/c2vIQixnV
• #Portugal, colonialism and racial justice – From denial to reparation https://t.co/DTYJOpiJvD
• “Iris Lan, a senior justice department official, has been nominated to fill a lifetime seat in a district court in New York”, this Trump nominee had role in removing prosecutor opposed to family separations #US https://t.co/gUH6fkB85V
• Literary figures join Extinction Rebellion campaign against thinktanks https://t.co/Hd3qQPRnk2
• Health leaders warn Boris Johnson over axing of Public Health England https://t.co/3PPeQPpOJD
• German children who spent a year in England held on appeal to have acquired habitual residence - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/MyHMvJVvKd
• Tech adoption will be ‘positive legacy’ of coronavirus response, says Scottish justice secretary https://t.co/dmNAnLWEBI
• 4 in 10 police officers saying they were assaulted last year - coughing, spitting and other minor non-physical disapproval of police conduct classed as assault for this survey https://t.co/dMRczdovXB
• #US Army Secretary Ryan D. McCarthy asked those leading the inquiry to examine whether commanders at the Texas base allowed a climate of harassment to spread https://t.co/mFKSVoiZdx
• Democratic Republic of Congo (#DRC) Nobel Peace Prize laureate Dr. Denis Mukwege urged the European Parliament Subcommittee on Human Rights on Monday to support the country’s transitional justice initiative https://t.co/xv8XAAvSx9
• Prominent Yorkshire law firm, LCF Law, has acquired York-based Sachedina Solicitors https://t.co/LEjb5p6W3
• Solicitor Barry Crushell launches specialist workplace law firm - Irish Legal News https://t.co/WI5pEc34nm
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/bHyLqDGsp
• Figen Yuksekdag's lawyer demands to be released from jail as legal profession under serious threat #Turkey https://t.co/zIRTDAbqn
• Perspex and Portakabin: HMCTS announces ‘ambitious’ safety drive | Law Gazette https://t.co/cu5hpnWvk
• Law firm uses clause game to train AI - Legal Futures https://t.co/Jolm7rIl6T
• CPS solicitor "was not too ill" to bring tribunal claim in time - Legal Futures https://t.co/LzQetLfYA
• How a Trial Lawyer Survived a 14-Hour Zoom Hearing https://t.co/SMeWxjl7eL
• Legal profession must be “more open about menopause” - Legal Futures https://t.co/RGicCuIkK
• Preparing law students for the inevitable role of technology in their careers - Legal Futures https://t.co/3883itlSuS
• Law firms must aim for “cultural equality”, says Post Office GC - Legal Futures https://t.co/QQiZrVBEnM
• Former CPS solicitor ‘too late’ to present unfair dismissal claim | Law Gazette https://t.co/7jR87ly31
• Travel company Tui has cancelled all holidays to a party resort on a #Greek island because of customers failing to follow coronavirus safety measures https://t.co/FyNBHqKiTz
• Campaigners representing families whose loved ones have died from coronavirus have accused Prime Minister Boris Johnson of being "heartless" in declining to meet with them https://t.co/7E61S14oH
• Fourteen people are to go on trial in #France over the deadly attack on the controversial magazine Charlie Hebdo more than five years ago, after its deliberate'y insulting depictions of Islam https://t.co/e1uMDXjEAm
• Lockdown restrictions are "completely illogical" in Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham the region's mayor said after they were eased in three boroughs https://t.co/woBXI5Z7w
• BSB updates handbook for fourth time in 12 months | Law Gazette https://t.co/EpbH21BAL5
• Law reform to move identity verification online | Law Gazette https://t.co/933Tqts7AS
• Listed firms shed millions in value since start of lockdown | Law Gazette https://t.co/3PGVDOCxn3
• National Lottery cash to fund more pro bono support in Wales | Law Gazette https://t.co/csWqdSpf
• Activist lawyers exist - see climate change | Law Gazette https://t.co/oI88gN0SkN
• Maintaining the lawtech momentum | Law Gazette https://t.co/t0t7E2yWL
• Best of the blogs - 29 August 2020 | Law Gazette https://t.co/CRV5plIQ0
• Alan Roughead and Stewart Baillie join partnership at Macnabs - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/oXNMe6mXy
• Lawyers of Tomorrow – Connor Ledger - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/QNLSefqHpP
• Lawyer for family of Jacob Blake says they haven't been contacted about meeting Trump #US https://t.co/O8Ssrq8XV9

2nd September- Law News

Edition 3172: LawNewsIndex is a UK based legal news & articles archive since 2011 on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice.

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Focus of the Day Law Article: The future of Scotland’s oldest law centre hangs in the balance following a provisional decision to refuse it funding. Castlemilk Law and Money Advice Centre, founded in 1979, has had its funding application for the next three years marked as ‘not recommended’ by Glasgow City Council ahead of a final vote on Thursday. Full story - Scottish Legal News

Today's Highlighted Video Story:  Since 2016 residents in Southall have questioned whether the gases released from the redevelopment of an old gasworks site could be damaging their health. We followed them for a year as they grow their campaign group, question the authorities and demand to know if the increased air pollution from the site could have put them at greater risk during the coronavirus pandemic.

Saturday Conversations on Law

• The Margaret Taylor Interview: Scotch Whisky Association's Alan Park on 'playing the long game' - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/6Ss2rVjO90
• Racial Discrimination Plagues Jury Selection – Blacks ‘Struck’ Much, Much More than Whites #US https://t.co/sVinEYmFOD 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/S0WRFfOVSI
• Erick Morillo: 'I like to move it' DJ dead at 49 - His death comes less than a month after his arrest for sexually assaulting a female DJ after working a gig together https://t.co/n98hfoyjPF
• Same-sex weddings permitted in NI churches from today https://t.co/0kUy7QPivq
• Nine new trainees start at Blackadders - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/EjDd9V2Tt0
• Mandatory Online Jury Trials: An Idea Whose Time Has Not Come | Texas Lawyer https://t.co/woacw8zcMm
• Call for UK's 'antiquated' Official Secrets Act to be updated: Public interest defence proposed plus longer jail terms for those passing on sensitive information https://t.co/OMTUaLds8a
• Johnson backtracks on meeting group for Covid-19 bereaved: PM appeared to agree on Sky News to meet justice campaigners but now says it is ‘regrettably not possible’ https://t.co/IQPYfQlshG
• Addleshaw Goddard advises GEN inCode on fundraising deal - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Sr2zqDXQja
• #Belarus riot police attack and arrest students https://t.co/hLETEXkFjb
• Quarantine restrictions will be imposed on people travelling from #Greece to Scotland, the Scottish government has announced https://t.co/xNicGTQGNV
• Restrictions on visiting other households are being reintroduced in Glasgow and two neighbouring areas after a rise in coronavirus cases https://t.co/ZKCq2La4cf
• Book on senior lawyer Lalit Bhasin’s life released : Bhasin, 81, was born in Rawalpindi, which is now in Pakistan #India https://t.co/OlGKwUOSj
• Public database of amnesties launched by Belfast and Edinburgh academics - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/UomNNNelD2
• #Iran Judiciary Sentences Three Brothers to Death, Prison, and Lashes https://t.co/Nku9FOEOUI
• Blog: Ethical finance poised to unleash the green recovery - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/pvE0KW6mvn
• New law ushered bold rulings and gave Judiciary a breath of fresh air #Kenya https://t.co/sSsIkEVXFM
• Advocate Ximena Vengoechea among speakers at international women event - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/7ea3pTGT2Q
• PA employee chaired 'independent' planning appeal board #Malta https://t.co/TjBZ5daXC0
• Supreme Court of #India imposes symbolic one rupee fine on defiant lawyer - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/RoUdG6cGg6
• Has #Greece become more hostile to migrants? https://t.co/ercnQCdFT9
• In Steve Bannon Case, Prosecutors Have ‘Voluminous’ Emails #US https://t.co/eDynHwUoYi
• Anxiety As Supreme Court Rules on Kogi Governorship Election #Nigeria https://t.co/xXxX7xORXf
• Faridkot NGO moves green tribunal to prevent axing of 20,000 trees #India https://t.co/sXXhml4X8U
• The family of a University of New Mexico football player who killed himself in November has sued the university, the former football coach and the N.C.A.A #US https://t.co/JYsmOw6Poh
• Four associates promoted to partner at Mitchells Roberton - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/4yuBZA8NE
• Funding cuts threaten survival of Scotland's oldest law centre - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/AcPcqZ7D5
• Sheriff rules pursuer’s settlement offer in personal injury case can be impliedly withdrawn - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/wqyZfIUCDJ
• Review of alleged misconduct in Mona Wang case returned to RCMP for 'further investigation' #Canada https://t.co/2P3lLHIfz
• Tens of thousands of Scottish pupils absent from school https://t.co/PL5kdk39kS
• ‘Track and trace’ obligations for practitioners in force from today #Ireland https://t.co/6JasijqKw
• #Qatar: new laws to protect migrant workers welcomed https://t.co/yTdq4ZeqC
• Suspect in 1991 murder extradited from United Kingdom, booked into Santa Barbara County Jail https://t.co/vfDN1dTI9i
• Companies using the government's coronavirus furlough scheme are now having to contribute to workers' wages https://t.co/9wlNS6DvY
• Lockdown pupils are three months behind, say teachers https://t.co/qADt1Phsfp
• #Portugal return to quarantine list would cause 'chaos and hardship' to holidaymakers enjoying thr sun https://t.co/wk4oC7DElT 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/mvCKRv7rG0 
• Singhvi’s UK law scholarship to focus on #Indians https://t.co/hEY8JlcdOD
• How Lionel Messi's lawyers are fighting Barcelona on two legal fronts to argue he is now a free agent https://t.co/R7sc5OpWcF 
• Is your legal team truly working together? | Legal Blog https://t.co/wrWP0DwnOR
• Party host could be liable if visitor gets Covid-19, says barrister #Ireland https://t.co/4bmxkSQxIo
• Preparing law students for the inevitable role of technology in their careers - Legal Futures https://t.co/3883it4h6i
• Arizona to drop rule banning non-lawyer ownership of law firms - Legal Futures https://t.co/TxGlaVN5mE
• Barrister should have apologised to judge over behaviour - Legal Futures https://t.co/mGRhpvJBCg
• Second summary judgment issued against firm in three months - Legal Futures https://t.co/EwApjWeum9
• Prosecutors Get Ballistics Report in Breonna Taylor Shooting #US https://t.co/3OlbKT22Lg
• Justice Dept. Never Fully Examined Trump’s Ties to Russia, Ex-Officials Say #US https://t.co/QDeToknL5T

1st September- Law News

Edition 3171: LawNewsIndex is a UK based legal news & articles archive since 2011 on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice.

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Focus of the Day Law Article: A recent high-profile case on surveillance technology highlights the risk of unlawful discrimination and bias that can be caused by technology. Full story - New Law Journal

Today's Highlighted Video Story:  Banksy has funded a rescue boat to save refugees encountering danger in the Mediterranean Sea. The boat, named the Louise Michel, was bought with proceeds from some of the Bristol street artist's works. It has already carried out a number of rescue missions, taking on board 89 people from a rubber boat on Tuesday, according to its Twitter account. The vessel features a painting depicting a young girl holding on to a heart-shaped safety float.

Saturday Conversations on Law

• The Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT), Kolkata has directed the postal authorities to consider an application from an educated man who had lost his job in the pandemic and has no source of income to feed his family #India https://t.co/u7g9e271Q
• Palestinian-American lawyer Akram Abusharar has filed a lawsuit with the International Criminal Court (ICC) against Libyan retired General Khalifa Haftar for committing war crimes in #Libya https://t.co/fSZXCa0LKc
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/h6kJCExf6Y
• Dominic Raab under pressure to intervene over lawyer held in Croatia after lifting lid on Monaco financial scandal https://t.co/53c2UU9B7J
• Mother sues MoJ over child's lack of access to father in jails lockdown: Lawyers say ban on visits and problems with video calls are breach of child’s rights https://t.co/daV8J0ovm
• #China Disbars 709 Lawyer Xie Yang Who Denied He Was Tortured in 2017 in a Deal Allowing Him to Continue His Law Practice https://t.co/OLoBczYAa4
• Diversity of criminal bar at risk as junior barristers forced to quit: Secret Barrister blogger says those from lower income backgrounds cannot afford to stay in profession https://t.co/uJcOQfvkcO
• Police pension rules for dead officers' partners face court challenge: Rules in England and Wales deprive widows and widowers of income if they remarry https://t.co/rgE3QyKg9g
• Hunger striking lawyer Ebru Timtik dies in Turkey | Law Gazette https://t.co/HBUdXzxPId
• The Criminal Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 https://t.co/sYmbqPJFxm
• Criminal justice in England and Wales facing triple threat, lawyers say: System hit by shortage of defence lawyers, end of furlough scheme and postponement of trials during pandemic https://t.co/YtOYhmm1Uk
• Despite last Wednesday's Supreme Court decision, the UK won't become the global hub for resolving FRAND disputes https://t.co/ElxthCwkT
• Drunk man steals 'L' from Liverpool Philharmonic sign https://t.co/lkWFNuSrA7
• #French right-wing magazine has been criticised across the political spectrum in France for depicting a black socialist MP, Danièle Obono, as a slave https://t.co/tjP9yhW1p
• Eight people have now been fined up to £10,000 after an illegal rave that attracted 3,000 people, with arrests also made for public order offences and driving under the influence of drugs https://t.co/YfzLFDHVe
• Hotel #Rwanda film hero arrested: Paul Rusesabagina, a Hutu, became well known after depicting his efforts to save hundreds of Tutsis at his hotel during the 1994 genocide https://t.co/m2Fj4iXFX
• As eviction bans lift, tidal waves of homelessness threaten to devastate cities https://t.co/m8mwLbnWsb
• Will Airlines Get Reprieve From “Ghost Flights” This Winter? https://t.co/fp2zyNwUlx
• UK condemned for ‘divisive’ ‘xenophobic’ anti-migrant video https://t.co/m6FHNTWmRx
• And Justice for None: How COVID-19 Is Crippling the Criminal Jury Right #US | Boston College Law Review https://t.co/9gUdiRpO4N
• A charity that cleans up beaches says the coronavirus pandemic has caused a new wave of plastic pollution https://t.co/Ox8iJOwPH1
• Thetford Forest rave - Five people have been arrested and fined in connection with a forest rave attended by more than 500 people https://t.co/pvgiKizAp
• ‘Safety’ vs. ’justice’ is a false choice in criminal justice reform #US https://t.co/FGz5ShWeWo
• Portland clashes: Trump accused of encouraging violence after shooting: Police say it was not clear if shooting was linked to fights between protesters and caravan of Trump supporters #US https://t.co/oGomEJB6O
• Consultation begins on banning pavement parking in England: Disabled people and parents are particularly affected by parked cars blocking their way https://t.co/yDnAV2nWU
• 'Selfish covidiots' on flight to UK from Greek island criticised: Tui launches investigation after almost 200 passengers told to isolate after outbreak https://t.co/3YX1qqBHg
• Counter-terror arrests at Stansted after fighter jets intercept airliner: Pair from Kuwait and Italy arrived on flight from Vienna on Sunday https://t.co/H7c9BEz6J
• Robodebt class action lawsuit is not ready and contains 'obvious errors', federal judge says #Australia https://t.co/7Or4nLSg86
• Yusef Salaam: 'Trump would have had me hanging from a tree in Central Park': Wrongly jailed for gang rape – a case which inspired Trump to call for the death penalty – Salaam has poured his experiences into a novel about hope, justice and race https://t.co/f2JSL4rADx
• Investigations into police and prison violence blocked by Fiji authorities, whistleblowers say: Allegations of brutality in #Fiji’s prisons have been effectively ignored by the government’s human rights commission, insiders claim https://t.co/LfCEnUz7B
• Twenty-five people have been taken to hospital with carbon monoxide poisoning after attending an illegal rave in a bunker in the #Norwegian capital, Oslo https://t.co/0iufZ7we1B
• Jockey Club chief executive Delia Bushell resigns after inquiry upholds allegations https://t.co/81V8GxtL5z
• Europe's migrant crisis: The year that changed a continent https://t.co/7JLGCXP3y
• Price of plastic carrier bags in England to double to 10p next year https://t.co/AExapY4U9U
• EU Migraiton Policies in the Mediterranean and Libya (2014-2019) | Omer Shatz https://t.co/pUOFUGNV6
• Criticising the courts and judges is easy, but positive aspects of judicial system should also be highlighted, justice DY Chandrachud said on Saturday #India https://t.co/YOYx7vj2Lo
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/dSbQeqEqrM
• In-flight music under threat as legal battle launched to claw back alleged 'unpaid royalties' https://t.co/bSqTiV0acF
• Leonard Cohen estate exploring legal options after RNC uses Hallelujah #US https://t.co/mDOEVessk
• How The Republican National Convention Broke Legal Norms #US https://t.co/IiivKDLNxH
• Former Sydney lawyer Luke Jerome Adamson jailed for stealing $1.5m from clients #Australia https://t.co/woseg7i38W
• Haldimand’s Allison Gowling puts solicitor general on notice over OPP staffing, handling of Indigenous protests #Canada https://t.co/VdyYwkLSly
• Over 60 groups urge UN Human Rights Council to launch probe into EJKs, rights violations in #Philippines https://t.co/3iqmHbMT7
• Growing calls for UN to probe gross human rights violations in Xinjiang #China https://t.co/Ig5vSrS08
• Can #Saudi Arabia afford human rights abuses? https://t.co/O0U3H0hs3d
• Philippine human rights workers are being systematically killed in a growing war on dissent https://t.co/rfyTJJ6LKN
• Serial killer Peter Moore 'sent solicitor a Christmas card' https://t.co/Ut0fWI8iKo