8th September- Law News

Edition 3178: 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: Research showing significant regional variations in the price of legal advice “for what are fundamentally the same services” should encourage consumers to shop around, the Legal Services Board (LSB) said. It suggested that the impact of Covid-19 – with people accessing more services online – could make them more willing to use lawyers in other parts of the country where they did not need to meet face to face. Full story - Legal Futures

Today's Highlighted Video Story:  A court in Saudi Arabia has commuted the death sentences handed to five people convicted over the 2018 murder of Jamal Khashoggi, state media report. The public prosecution said they were given 20-year jail terms because the journalist's family had pardoned them. Three others had their sentences of between seven and 10 years upheld. Khashoggi, a prominent critic of the Saudi government, was killed inside the kingdom's consulate in the Turkish city of Istanbul by a team of Saudi agents. The Saudi government said the journalist was killed in a "rogue operation" and the following year Saudi prosecutors put 11 unnamed individuals on trial.

Saturday Conversations on Law

• England: Pre-trial detention extended under 'temporary' legislation - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/MgsBfgzSkO
• Law firm offices across the City still stand almost empty, despite a government drive to get people back to work as firms tackle issues concerning public transport and social distancing | Law Gazette https://t.co/O592WZFcCe
• Reasons to be cheerful? | Law Gazette https://t.co/Hsf5hyjw2
• My legal life: Nathan Vidini, AltraLaw - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/PZXV9Kc665
• Incorporation of UNCRC into Scots law to be considered at Holyrood - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/H2lW1BmF6
• Hogan Lovells to reverse salary cuts and bring back pay reviews | Law Gazette https://t.co/IrcvhuK6L
• #HongKong police have come under fire after footage of officers tackling a 12-year-old girl to the ground near a pro-democracy protest went viral https://t.co/pgLFOM7haJ
• Coronavirus in Wales: Caerphilly county to go under local lockdown https://t.co/DrrZ9YRCED
• Gary Senior case: "An extraordinary abuse of position," says SDT - Legal Futures https://t.co/scLBpnsBv4
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/vwtBAm95
• How much time is wasted in law firms by dealing with existing client enquiries that could have been prevented? - Legal Futures https://t.co/RUh3uZANY
• Climate protest lawyers block Chancery Lane - Legal Futures https://t.co/jff20VK1U
• New Brexit law will not 'tear up' EU trade plans https://t.co/SDMRDCzmAd
• Coronavirus: Seven Greek islands added to England's quarantine list https://t.co/FwqihC4372
• Coronavirus: Lockdown restrictions extended in west of Scotland https://t.co/vSPjcVbzJ
• Firm's accounts spoiled by joint venture ABS collapse - Legal Futures https://t.co/wVatC90uQ
• Shop nationally for cheaper legal fees, LSB tells consumers - Legal Futures https://t.co/Eath6M9d2
• President Paul Kagame said that the arrested critic Paul Rusesabagina, now facing terrorism charges, was not kidnapped from Dubai but had been lured to #Rwanda in a “flawless” operation https://t.co/8weKAaYXRD
• The Police Fill #HongKong’s Streets to Stop Protests Over Delayed Election https://t.co/si9vJRh4o
• Shepherd and Wedderburn reports two per cent turnover growth in 2019/20 - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/dvTwUxoA14
• A Weapon for Extortion Long Ignored in Alabama Prisons: Families say they have been threatened by call and text into sending thousands of dollars to protect loved ones on the inside. Some suffered anyway #US https://t.co/NLZy14DyRK
• Senators of the College of Justice sound warnings over proposed hate crime legislation - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/4TSShQTFnP
• #Spanish trial brings hope of justice for victims of Salvadoran death squads https://t.co/5fUslko0Q
• Shale aggregate extractors lose appeal against payment to redress unlawful tax break - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Pl2zAVqNMd
• Empathy is important for judicial decisions: P Wilson writes to President to ensure more diversity in judicial appointments #India https://t.co/Op2K7VVH8
  
• Disqualification of directors of an active company and Companies Fresh Start Scheme: What Delhi HC has held #India https://t.co/EimTwbljW
• Julian Assange due in court in latest stage of fight against US extradition https://t.co/Ijz4xo6zWg
  
• "There is debasement in the manner of dissent taking place", Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul #India https://t.co/xTRN6M2D7
• A teenager has been injured in a reported shooting on the way to school - Officers were called just after 08:40 BST to the Through Jollys and Friends Walk areas of the Grange Farm estate in Kesgrave, Suffolk https://t.co/J4lrp1s8P
• I am a housing solicitor and am forever appalled by the obstacles put in the way of the young people I work with - My working week: 'Jakub has been sleeping rough for 10 days. I threaten the council with legal action' https://t.co/fKkmAFd2l
• The secret of life revealed by virtual courts #India https://t.co/NJEteXlxd
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/WbGJyt9gue
• Gauhati HC quashes order banning telecast of TV series Begum Jaan over "Love Jihad" allegations #India https://t.co/aiTLGGrfdV
• Cardiff Coyote Ugly crowd scenes - Health officials are "concerned" about a video which has emerged showing crowds of clubbers appearing to ignore social distancing guidelines https://t.co/KF5ExqE0BQ
  
• 'Felt silenced' after sex assault claims: Alyse McCamish and Sydney Feder, both 23, are considering legal action amid claims the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama did not investigate properly https://t.co/7RwLovl2z
• Birmingham stabbings: Man arrested over city attacks https://t.co/bq0etvEGR
• Allahabad HC refuses to quash sedition FIR against woman over Facebook posts critical of PM Modi, UP CM Yogi Adityanath #India https://t.co/J8nqda8L9
• Manchester Arena Inquiry: Terror attack investigation opens https://t.co/acDSQQM6cR
• Technical Requirements to write the NLAT Exam 2020 for NLSIU admissions released #India https://t.co/aGmrbldy0V
• The National Crime Agency is facing criticism for failing to investigate reports alleging that banks forged signatures and fabricated evidence in court actions to repossess homes https://t.co/dy8p1J66V
• No substitute for hard work, tell yourself you are here to stay: Justice Jyoti Singh speaks at Delhi HC Women's Lawyers Forum #India https://t.co/aAJIIHbpXC
• Magistrate's casual approach in handling case where police failed to act draws J&K HC's censure #India https://t.co/uJ0DCL9qB8
• "Petitioners have approached Court at the eleventh hour": Bombay HC refuses to stay physical conduct of MUHS UG medical exams #India https://t.co/OjggbEGxr9
• "Sole motive to gain cheap publicity": Allahabad HC dismisses plea for revoking Kanhaiya Kumar's citizenship, imposes Rs 25,000 as costs #India https://t.co/7CgooTMOJf

7th September- Law News

Edition 3177: 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: Sentence length, protecting yourself against a burglar in your own home and the cost of the legal aid system are among the most misreported areas of the law by the media, according to research commissioned by The Secret Barrister. Full story - New Law Journal

Today's Highlighted Video Story:  Hundreds of chanting protesters took to the streets of Madrid to join a demo against the COVID-19 restrictions. They taunted the police, who broke up the rally and made several arrests.

Saturday Conversations on Law

• A law student’s guide to overcoming ‘commercial unawareness’ - Legal Cheek https://t.co/ZZGHNHCgP
• West Ham signing reveals law firm ownership ambitions - Legal Cheek https://t.co/SbD9Ps19w
• People are gathering in Bradford in ways that violate the local lockdown, for example by holding weddings in gardens and restaurants https://t.co/bxm9343XW
• Coronavirus: Court plan will not ease delays, lawyers warn https://t.co/KztKeTYvh5
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/XmrYSAQZIK
• Reverse mentoring scheme sees BAME bar students share 'experiences of racism' with senior white barristers - Legal Cheek https://t.co/Gm5DiFSFGF
• Research: Nearly three quarters of Brits believe mainstream media 'misreports' the law - Legal Cheek https://t.co/uNnG5zZY3
• Pinsent Masons partner lands top role at Oxford Uni - Legal Cheek https://t.co/8Nn6fFI5h
• DAC Beachcroft unveils business-focused TC - Legal Cheek https://t.co/JhWx7Pnwk
• Squire Patton Boggs to let lawyers work remotely up to 50% of time - Legal Cheek https://t.co/gCTstcQBD
• Best of the blogs - 5 September 2020 | Law Gazette https://t.co/7FnjA3PYb
• Custody time limit to be increased to ease court case backlog in England: Defendants awaiting trial face longer stints in prison under measures to tackle buildup https://t.co/V3dyERiCSm
• Extinction Rebellion calls move to class it as organised crime group 'ridiculous' - Climate group criticises move by UK government as the centrist Labour leadership condemns newspaper protest https://t.co/xrX0BqAFoe
• England's criminal justice system was on its knees long before coronavirus https://t.co/P0xd1yVlTX
• Herbert Smith Freehills sets ethnicity goal for London NQ lawyers - Legal Cheek https://t.co/h8R00bLuq9
• #France horse mutilations: Police hunt two suspects in Losne https://t.co/gLzG9ga9l6
• '#ChangeTheRecord': Bar Council retort goes viral as government doubles down on 'activist' lawyer-bashing - Legal Cheek https://t.co/52v9yFfLWt
• Extinction Rebellion lawyers perform 'theatrical and arrestable' protest outside Law Society office - Legal Cheek https://t.co/rMyaMcAaa6
• Aspiring barrister uses GDPR regs to secure pupillage interview feedback - Legal Cheek https://t.co/cXAyBNlDI
• Ex-Baker McKenzie boss Gary Senior - disciplinary ruling in full - Legal Cheek https://t.co/DJf4pz1v7N
• Suspected criminals held for longer as criminal courts recovery plan announced. People arrested for serious crimes can spend longer in custody as they await trial https://t.co/tdEP1o2ulG
• Kano State Judiciary says it has submitted certified copies of the Sharia Court judgment to the Human Right activist, Mr Femi Falana, to enable him to appeal the judgment that sentenced Yahaya Aminu to death by hanging for blasphemy #Nigeria https://t.co/0yWtx2yUYg
• New Taipei City-based Carry Hi-tech Co (加利科技) investigated, owner Lin Ming-chin (林明進) listed as a suspect after #Taiwan Ministry of Justice’s Investigation Bureau broadened probe into alleged sales of non-medical grade masks from China https://t.co/XCBrYiF20
• Rape on the pretext of marriage: MP HC allows 2 months' bail for solemnisation of marriage between rape-accused and complainant #India https://t.co/59oYjbolVD
• Police have launched a murder investigation after being called to reports of stabbings in Birmingham city centre in the early hours of Sunday https://t.co/6GXSAaiEV
• Supreme Court chief slams Knesset speaker's 'populist' criticism of judiciary #Israel https://t.co/aX1mhz3zIE
• Birmingham stabbings: Police declare 'major incident' as several injured https://t.co/6GXSAaAfNs
• #Chilean Cryptocurrency Exchange Denies Fraud Allegations, Tribunal Set Rule on Complaint https://t.co/LFhJUStQ6k
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/47QJUnL5ic
• UK tribunal to investigate #China's alleged genocide against Muslim Uighur population https://t.co/Key91k58pb
• Engineer unfairly dismissed after travel pay dispute, tribunal rules: Case highlights the need for contracts to be updated if journey time pushes the working week over the legal maximum, say experts https://t.co/VhtuR3cS1
• George Washington University said the professor, Jessica A. Krug, will not have classes this semester after a blog post with her byline described a deception of assuming Black identities even though she is white #US https://t.co/HeRB7ELnd
• After 6 Murder Trials and Nearly 24 Years, Charges Dropped Against Curtis Flowers, he had faced the possibility of a seventh trial in the quadruple-murder case from Mississippi #US https://t.co/F6II52oy1z
• Officers involved in Black man's death suspended - Daniel Prude's family calls for the arrest of the police officers involved in death by asphyxiation #US https://t.co/hwcHZegsS
• #Cyprus to strip seven people of 'golden passports' - Move to remove citizenship comes weeks after an Al Jazeera investigation revealed the country's passport business https://t.co/CQHYIJjRlv
• 'Fascist storm troopers': Racist police violence in 1940s #America: In 1949, truncheon-wielding police officers descended on the racially integrated concert of singer Paul Robeson https://t.co/llHvdh0lyZ
• How the use of ethnonationalism backfired in #Montenegro - the governing DPS inflamed ethnic tensions to take attention away from corruption scandals. Then it lost the elections https://t.co/eAX08OOlps
• Facebook must walk the talk on #Myanmar: The social media giant should disclose any information it has relating to crimes against the Rohingya in Myanmar https://t.co/HVwUr4qsz4
  

6th September- Law News

Edition 3176: 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 community of forest dwellers in Kenya is struggling to survive after being evicted from its ancestral land. The Ogiek people say they were given the legal right to live in the forest in court. But the government says they are destroying parts of a fragile ecosystem.

Saturday Conversations on Law

• The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) is recruiting four new Board members as two lay and two solicitor members reach the end of their terms. The Board oversees the work of the SRA in regulating solicitors and firms | NLJ https://t.co/0G4l8nQs3
• The final two of the ten Nightingale courts promised by the government have opened, in Leeds’ Cloth Hall Court and Peterborough Cathedral | NLJ https://t.co/r09HPyt8
• Couples would be able to marry wherever they want, including outdoors, under sweeping reforms proposed by the Law Commission | NLJ https://t.co/pGCdWPn2
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/RTdJAz8Ko
• Sentence length, protecting yourself against a burglar in your own home and the cost of the legal aid system are among the most misreported areas of the law by the media, according to research commissioned by The Secret Barrister | NLJ https://t.co/l42iru6g4
• The High Court has refused permission for a mother to bring a judicial review against a Parole Board decision to release her daughter’s murderer even though he still refuses to reveal where he hid her body | NLJ https://t.co/xKCksdmIE
• Protesters opposed to Covid-19 restrictions have gathered in Edinburgh as figures showed the highest weekly rise in cases since May https://t.co/kLH7A1fT7
• Plans to bring Britain’s spy laws up to date, as recommended by the Russia Report, have been laid in Parliament | NLJ https://t.co/bGpFfiWq0
• The Legal Services Board (LSB) is asking for feedback on its plans to change the rules on practising certificate fees | NLJ https://t.co/HvQAIVdiB
• Some 71% of law firms made use of the government’s furlough scheme, less than the 81% average for professions, according to independent research commissioned in July by Braemar Finance | NLJ https://t.co/6m2zrkE1l
• A widow is calling on the UK government to act to allow thousands of victims of a share scandal to finally receive tax-free compensation https://t.co/KjOA3awbu
• Facebook blocks incurably ill man Alain Cocq from livestreaming death https://t.co/ih8imX4Cy
• Police and anti-immigration protesters have clashed outside the entrance to Dover harbour https://t.co/2WRsWu9K
• Young people in Leeds are being urged to take responsibility for controlling the spread of coronavirus following an increase in house parties in the city https://t.co/LOthx2N2n
• Inquests and inquiries into catastrophic events are beset with costly delay & duplication, pay insufficient heed to the requirements of those affected and often leave bereaved people and survivors feeling ‘confused, betrayed and re-traumatised’ | NLJ https://t.co/iXKR8AUgE
• #Australian police have made dozens of arrests amid anti-lockdown protests attended by hundreds nationwide https://t.co/njYDdz6Sc
• A bar has been ordered to shut for "blatantly disregarding" social distancing measures - Wolverhampton City Council said Blossoms in the city centre "regularly failed to identify and implement adequate control measures" https://t.co/RwroWX5lF
• A police investigation is under way after a car belonging to Rangers player Allan McGregor was deliberately set on fire in the driveway outside his home https://t.co/29ihxl3s4
• A leading epidemiologist has warned the country is at a "critical moment" in the coronavirus pandemic, as students prepare to return to universities https://t.co/pw11Ouv2Gn
• The Legal Aid Agency (LAA) has extended criminal legal aid contracts by one year | NLJ https://t.co/CEQ6DhRDh
• Lord Justice Stephens has been appointed to the Supreme Court | NLJ https://t.co/iFIZgoQ4l
• Human Rights Watch mourns the passing of the philanthropist Ali Ghandour, whose support was critical to building our organization’s role in promoting and protecting human rights in #Lebanon https://t.co/0Cu8WE9ls
• The Bar Standards Board (BSB) has updated its Handbook to reflect its greater regulatory independence | NLJ https://t.co/vqN83FAFq
• A dozen law firms have signed up to the Race Fairness Commitment (RFC), adding to the 17 Magic Circle and City law firm signatories who signed the pledge in July | NLJ https://t.co/0lTPbWqzp
• Wannabe barrister compels 16 chambers to hand over their interview notes on him | RollOnFriday https://t.co/55ZDDLg5J
• Senior barrister Peter Coll to lead independent probe into council's handling of Storey funeral https://t.co/UlIEIT9YF
• Extinction Rebellion (XR) activists have delayed the distribution of several national newspapers after blocking access to three printing presses owned by Rupert Murdoch https://t.co/1hdYn39Mb
• Many killed in #Bangladesh mosque gas pipeline blast: At least 13 worshippers killed during Friday night prayers when a blast sent flames raging through the mosque https://t.co/eKOXiXS9L
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/7nvbqurQS
• A short survey to find out from practitioners in England and Wales what impact the Pension Advisory Group report has had on their practice | NLJ https://t.co/Mph6U56Fg
• The Chase viewers stunned after barrister Shaun Wallace gets law question wrong https://t.co/z9REBFEnI
• Squire Patton Boggs moves to new office – and announces home working test | Law Gazette https://t.co/i1BeWyjCI
• SRA costs slashed as tribunal fumes at hourly rates and lack of detail | Law Gazette https://t.co/512OJj7eI
• Legal Ombudsman backs firm reviews - when it has the money | Law Gazette https://t.co/smoUkHOd4
• Portuguese children sue 33 countries over climate ‘failures’ |Law Gazette https://t.co/G87IdBQz
• Firm reveals its profits swallowed by failed £3m business venture | Law Gazette https://t.co/tfZmj4c7J
• Hogan Lovells to reverse salary cuts and bring back pay reviews | Law Gazette https://t.co/Ircvhusvna
• SRA was right to prosecute cleared Baker executives - tribunal | Law Gazette https://t.co/APymgF5FIG
• The Margaret Taylor Interview: Amanda Millar on rising to the challenge of the new normal - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/x3AH5Z2feH
• Donald Trump campaign repeatedly doctoring videos for social media ads #US https://t.co/CyT81GDAJ
• Teachers tell parents in England to ignore 'baseless' letters on face masks: Templates on social media warn of legal action against schools and are ‘threatening’ https://t.co/idmmG10NEE
• #Portugal quarantine rules come into force https://t.co/AUglleVeN
• UK tribunal led by Barrister Geoffrey Nice to probe Uighur ‘genocide’ claims #China https://t.co/FAX0gBKtwI
• Heat Networks Bill – will housebuilders warm up to it? - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/jZgf7Kmbjl

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