Edition
3183: 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.
Today's Highlighted Video Story:The attacker behind New Zealand's worst mass shooting has been sentenced to life in prison, without the chance of parole. Brenton Tarrant killed 51 Muslim worshippers in Christchurch last year. In March this year, Tarrant surprised prosecutors by entering a guilty plea, and his sentencing may help provide some closure and healing.
#Iranian champion wrestler Navid Afkari executed despite global outcry: Afkari had been convicted of killing security guard during anti-government protests in 2018https://t.co/4WMhBC58p
UK move to classify Extinction Rebellion 'organised crime group' comes under firehttps://t.co/5U6vRQNyF
So what lies behind ultra-loyalist Attorney General Suella Braverman’s rise to the top?https://t.co/GWyMt3fD0
'Undergraduate tosh': government outlines legal position on Brexit bill | Law Gazettehttps://t.co/5M52Wnsl9J
People in the UK must not treat this weekend as a "party" before the new "rule of six" coronavirus restrictions come into force on Monday, a police union has warnedhttps://t.co/3u2kDwjzPQ
Lords request that silent Buckland makes Brexit bill statement | Law Gazettehttps://t.co/WHlbiy1I4l
Paralegal barred after misleading court into restoring claim | Law Gazettehttps://t.co/DWjzKP2BE
New figures show criminal court backlog has surged past 500,000 | Law Gazettehttps://t.co/yBA7wEqqkf
A Florida man who fled from a large alligator in his storage shed was left embarrassed after police discovered it was a swimming pool inflatable - Scottish Legal Newshttps://t.co/rOWRqSQH5y
Plans to build a replacement for Barlinnie Prison on derelict land at Provanmill have gained planning permission in principle - Scottish Legal Newshttps://t.co/UfjDdjTvRp
BLM dance routine on Britain's Got Talent triggers 15,500 complaints by racists - Performance by Diversity was inspired by the killing of George Floyd in the UShttps://t.co/kSBcE6brpb
Drug deaths in Scotland are an epidemic – yet Westminster is blocking reform | Dani Garavellihttps://t.co/Xi4oeKMTfW
Edition
3182: 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.
Today's Highlighted Video Story:Former Comptroller Auditor General Shashi Kant Sharma and former Air Vice Marshal Jasbir Singh Panesar are set to be prosecuted by India's CBI, pending government sanction, in the AgustaWestland scam case, agency sources said Friday. The CBI has approached the Defence Ministry for permission to begin proceedings in court against Mr Sharma and Mr Panesar, as well as three others named by the central agency, the sources added.
The University of Cambridge has emerged victorious in a new intervarsity Roman law moot - Scottish Legal Newshttps://t.co/J71097ifox
Federal Court Rejects Trump’s Order to Exclude Undocumented From #US Censushttps://t.co/fESH1QB3Vw
Prisoners have been given permission to open Scotland’s first fine-dining vegan restaurant for the public on the grounds of a maximum-security prison, HMP Perth - Scottish Legal Newshttps://t.co/pbdHBAWgJ4
Working from home 2.0: Is this the end of working from home? - Legal Futureshttps://t.co/E5c4pQidw
Covid-secure marshals will be introduced in towns and city centres in England to help ensure social distancing rules are followedhttps://t.co/NCJJNG5rCq
Why Paul Rusesabagina was arrested in #Rwanda - In Britain, the ‘Hotel Rwanda dissident’ would almost certainly be charged under our anti-terrorism laws, says the MP Andrew Mitchellhttps://t.co/GbrNKQzcO
#Belgian king's daughter fights for right to call herself a princess: Delphine Boël, whose mother had affair with ex-king Albert II, also wants to take her father’s surnamehttps://t.co/vA0XPOjiVm
Scale of failure in prison system staggering, say MPs: Minister have not met pledge to improve condition of prison estate, committee sayshttps://t.co/7Jt6FaKtI5
Brexit override plan would breach Vienna convention, QC says - Legal experts and peers say UK government proposal would also breach ministerial codehttps://t.co/LjMo0fTYzj
A verdict of not proven has been reached in a trial against a teenager accused of killing a 13-year-old girl by supplying her with ecstasyhttps://t.co/Vuz9KWiVlI
Households in Birmingham have been banned from mixing in new lockdown measures announced following a spike in coronavirus caseshttps://t.co/D0AZV5Yh6i
Tougher restrictions on home visits have been extended to Lanarkshirehttps://t.co/8vMjJOSKq
#Italian police arrest four men over alleged rape of two British girlshttps://t.co/oTxlTELJNf
Scottish government seeks views on options to 'challenge men’s demand for prostitution' - Scottish Legal Newshttps://t.co/BDzWPxEeA
Iranian asylum seeker fails to challenge Home Office certification of unfounded claim - Scottish Legal Newshttps://t.co/3GkgEqG0U
Coronavirus cases on the rise in the UK, it is time to panic, not keep calm and carry on!https://t.co/YYKq1gcyQJ
The boss of Rio Tinto, Jean-Sebastien Jacques, will step down following criticism of the mining giant's destruction of sacred Aboriginal sites in #Australiahttps://t.co/sDGXk4m98v
A Court Just Slammed the Guantánamo Gate Shut A Court Just Slammed the Guantánamo Gate Shut, Does the public care about the 40 remaining inmates with no obvious end to their imprisonment? #UShttps://t.co/2n1QHCBSXh
Women solicitors urged to apply to become senior counsel - Irish Legal Newshttps://t.co/tuXqvBjyVT
People living in high-rise flats which failed fire safety tests say they feel trapped, with a sense of "never-ending dread" over the repairshttps://t.co/w16oCEuJGz
Trials on the silver screen: Juries to sit in ODEON cinemas this month - Scottish Legal Newshttps://t.co/kHA8D0DGxT
Lawsuit challenging Texas voting rules dismissed by federal judge #UShttps://t.co/m8l5TvoVqQ
The government has announced a "truce" on enforcement action for tenants facing eviction in England and Wales this Christmas - evictions will not be enforced in areas subject to local lockdowns as the pandemic continueshttps://t.co/Pi2nkPs39
#US District Judge Claudia Wilken orders body cameras on guards at state prison, citing evidence of officers abusing inmateshttps://t.co/BQrgNWFlF
Morton Fraser and Dickson Minto commit to new contextualised recruitment system for trainees - Scottish Legal Newshttps://t.co/a3DLE0DmHd
A judge has claimed he was put under "improper and undue influence" to keep a defendant in custody.: On Tuesday Judge Keith Raynor refused to extend the time a teenager charged with drugs offences could be held in custody before his trialhttps://t.co/vACwgL8nlN
Five days after the expiration of the tenure of Acting Chief Judge of Rivers State, Justice Maurice Eneji, her replacement is yet to be appointed #Nigeriahttps://t.co/RXHLQQZipM
Harry Dunn death: Anne Sacoolas lawyers say she 'drove on wrong side of road'https://t.co/Kh2zprDfP
Bring Justice closer to the People! President Museveni urges Judiciary as Chief Justice, Deputy Are Sworn-in #Ugandahttps://t.co/VSqhSWYxEM
Carolyne Hair and Sarah Letson promoted at DLA Piper Scotland - Scottish Legal Newshttps://t.co/VnmfqwUmMe
Myanmar under fire for convicting poet, rights abuses: Human rights groups troubled by Myanmar authorities' intolerance for freedom of expressionhttps://t.co/qD3KhD8qw0
Regulatory Sandboxes: Initiatives for Innovation and Inclusion in the #Philippines | JURISThttps://t.co/leICmo7d0
Alex Salmond inquiry: chief law officer offers assurances over legal papers - Lord advocate tells MSPs he would be ‘disappointed’ if Scottish government did not release key documentshttps://t.co/EOcdES8YQj
The CMA is reviewing the legal services sector in England and Wales to assess whether transparency of price, quality and service have improvedhttps://t.co/fI1Okfd9Qh
Edition
3181: 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.
Focus of the Day Law Article:Judge complains of 'improper' pressure over custody time limit rulings. Keith Raynor says he was removed from case after criticising efforts to clear backlog. Full story - Guardian Law
Today's Highlighted Video Story:Massive fires have destroyed Europe's largest migrant camp, Moria, on the Greek island of Lesbos. The camp was home to 13,000 people. Before the fires, the living conditions inside the crowded camp were described as 'appalling.' CNN's Phil Black recalls his reporting trip back in March, 2020.
During his extradition hearing in London, #Indian billionaire Nirav Modi's barrister describes prison conditions in #India as 'shameful' & 'inhuman'https://t.co/HYv70h5nF
Restrictions on visiting other households are to be reintroduced in parts of Northern Ireland after a rise in cases of coronavirushttps://t.co/nUzj5Xhvrx
Hackers with ties to Russia, China and Iran are attempting to spy on people and groups involved with the #US 2020 presidential election, Microsoft sayshttps://t.co/88PfZHIsij
Linda Walker: The risks of mixing business and pleasure - Scottish Legal Newshttps://t.co/UQr5Md3q07
Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland warns breaking international law will 'undermine trust in legal system' - Scottish Legal Newshttps://t.co/DuKQAtFvGf
A police dog reared from a puppy into an “absolute unit” has been retired before his first day of duty for being too “sweet-natured” - Scottish Legal Newshttps://t.co/UYh5zt3DTf
Covid: rush to get back to offices should be paused, says top UK expert: Prof Neil Ferguson says country should ‘pause at the headlong rush to get everybody back’https://t.co/NvNuBM2zvH
In response to news that the custody time limit is being extended, retired barrister Michael Conry writes of the delays between an alleged offender’s arrest and first court appearancehttps://t.co/L9kBFvjEC5
Government’s ‘rule of six’ will mean many cancelled holidays in England - The new ruling, which prevents the gathering of large groups, will affect holiday home rentals and group activity trips this autumnhttps://t.co/14tygvVqT6
Travellers from mainland Portugal to England will have to quarantine from 04:00 on Saturday, just weeks after the country was previously declared exempthttps://t.co/2o2up2iqVD
'Very hard to understand' how Lord Keen QC can remain Advocate General for Scotland - Scottish Legal Newshttps://t.co/0zR9lVco5
Glasses company loses appeal against timebar decision on 2005 VAT assessment - Scottish Legal Newshttps://t.co/d3RUIQNrjM
New York doctor accused of sexually abusing patients faces federal charges - Among the women who have come forward is Evelyn Yang, wife of former presidential candidate Andrew Yang #UShttps://t.co/EUDwzDmb7
Law Reform Commission discussion paper - domestic implementation of international law obligations https://t.co/ASrbMyd0qH
Regulations for public gatherings around UK nations, graphics courtesy of the BBC.https://t.co/Xh4JTZ8f2v
Kevin Spacey Accused of Sex Offenses Against Teenagers in New Lawsuithttps://t.co/Lp5c1XDGSu
The EU has threatened the UK with legal action if it does not ditch a bill to override key parts of the Brexit divorce deal "by the end of the month"https://t.co/QNxk7CM3Vn
London bus attack couple join campaign to make misogyny a hate crime - Increase in violence against women during lockdown makes new law imperative, says MP Stella Creasyhttps://t.co/DPUCIDRO8f
Racist responses to Marcus Rashford's campaign for children are no surprise, the narrative of ‘personal responsibility’ is a handy way of blaming communities for the suffering of their membershttps://t.co/6sTUGKkqS
Scientists and health professionals have raised doubts about Prime Minister Boris Johnson's "Operation Moonshot" plan for mass coronavirus testinghttps://t.co/mOx9i4bDjR
No student parties and more online learning - Universities should switch to full online learning only as a last resort in the event of a local coronavirus outbreak, new guidance sayshttps://t.co/TM4rtNzHTH
Stonehaven derailment: Report says climate change impact on railways 'accelerating'https://t.co/yAoWAsD87
Future pupillages under pressure because of Covid-19, says BSB | Law Gazettehttps://t.co/N1bob8Nrnx
Competition watchdog returns for another look at legal sector | Law Gazettehttps://t.co/qGhuEJBKFA
A #Canadian flight was cancelled and police were called because a child was not wearing a mask. Safwan Choudhry says WestJet wanted his 19-month-old to wear a mask, but the baby girl would not stop cryinghttps://t.co/zLt5Glqh1W
A frequent flyer tax, phasing out polluting SUVs and restricting cars in city centres are among climate change solutions suggested by members of the publichttps://t.co/gATMW7456D
#talian mob boss Giuseppe Fanara, 60 is facing assault charges after allegedly biting off and swallowing a prison guard’s fingerhttps://t.co/E66DnBvJsm
MacRoberts and French Duncan support Together Energy's £14m acquisition - Scottish Legal Newshttps://t.co/gpF6xNW94j
Edition
3180: 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.
Focus of the Day Law Article:The Competition and Markets Authority will return to the legal sector
this year for a look at how the profession has responded to its last
assessment.
The competition watchdog spent a year looking at legal services
before reporting at the end of 2016 that competition for individual
consumers and small businesses was not working as it should be.
In particular, the CMA wanted more information to be available on
price, quality and service to help clients choose the best option. Full story - The Law Society Gazette
Today's Highlighted Video Story:Airlines in Vietnam have resumed domestic flights to and from the coastal city of Da Nang - a tourist hot spot which was hit by a second wave of Covid-19 infections in July. Nationwide, there has also been a drop in community transmission of the virus.
A High Court judge has ruled a solicitor should be struck off the roll of solicitors for professional misconduct over a land sale#Irelandhttps://t.co/BE7MLwGju8
Boris Johnson has urged MPs to support a bill which modifies the Brexit deal he signed with the EU in Januaryhttps://t.co/JrfL9WrOhz
Moria migrants: Fire destroys #Greek camp leaving 13,000 without shelterhttps://t.co/OYlYWTLC34
New coronavirus rules: 'It makes a child's party an illegal gathering'https://t.co/WdFpjNts8y
Officials are alarmed by the latest rise in coronavirus cases. Newly diagnosed cases have topped 2,000 for the past three dayshttps://t.co/XjHxavKwQW
#Pakistan asks International Tribunal for relief from $5.8-billion fine over mining leasehttps://t.co/YL3EgwWs4g
Trade tribunal to review #Canadian government deal with Chinese company for X-ray scanners in embassieshttps://t.co/YsXdncCQi
A tribunal has found a woman was unfairly dismissed by her employer after choosing to self-isolate for two weeks - Jackie Reid, who has type one diabetes, was fired from her job as a sales assistant at the Good Health Store in Port Erinhttps://t.co/EqdtFUX9J7
Scottish government says consent for UK Internal Market Bill 'impossible' - Scottish Legal Newshttps://t.co/H1Ps6ukGJD
Workers most likely to take their employer to tribunal over excessive long hours, new data showshttps://t.co/faXLS7RZbL
#Myanmar soldiers tell of Rohingya killings, rapes and mass burials - Reported video confessions could be used as evidence in international criminal courthttps://t.co/qPKJRzgm62
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe: New charge 'a political game', says husbandhttps://t.co/LaCxqNVdxW
Health Secretary Matt Hancock said increasing numbers of people in England were seeking tests when they didn't have any Covid-19 symptomshttps://t.co/COk0DgFU55
G4S ex-bosses charged with fraud against Ministry of Justice | Law Gazettehttps://t.co/utsnpC17Ci
Details of the UK government's plans for policing trade between different parts of the country from next year are set to be published on Wednesdayhttps://t.co/6tx33NkeeQ
Judge criticises UK government’s ‘inadequate’ efforts to aid Covid-19 backloghttps://t.co/E8DzeVvyVQ
A man with serious breathing issues says he was "ambushed" into wearing a face covering on a plane: EasyJet has apologised after one of its pilots was filmed threatening to remove the passenger from the flighthttps://t.co/dCWH52hRe
Oxford University Coronavirus vaccine trial paused after participant falls illhttps://t.co/Z9NGEwR6sx
A man has been charged with murder and seven counts of attempted murder, after a series of stabbings across Birmingham city centre. Zephaniah McLeod, aged 27, of Nately Grove, Selly Oak, is due in court on Wednesdayhttps://t.co/uia7wce1W5
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3179: 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.
Focus of the Day Law Article:Calls have been made for subsidised traineeships for law students
seeking to qualify as criminal defence solicitors in order to preserve
equality of arms in the profession.
Many criminal defence firms cannot afford to take on trainees,
despite a willingness on the part of law students to become criminal
practitioners.Full story - Scottish Legal News
Today's Highlighted Video Story:In sports arenas around the world, taking a knee is no longer taboo — it’s trending. But there’s at least one place where protesting is still not allowed. The Olympic medal podium. In the video Op-Ed above, the track and field Olympian Gwen Berry confronts Thomas Bach, president of the International Olympic Committee, over what she feels is his organization’s hypocrisy: Olympians are celebrated for their courage, drive and tenacity. But if they are spurred by those same traits to demand racial justice? That’s a punishable offense.
Jacob Blake, Rare Survivor at Center of Police Protests, Starts Telling His Own Story #UShttps://t.co/SpEY4RLi2s
DWF claims ‘strong recovery’ after £600k post-lockdown loss | Law Gazettehttps://t.co/pqyALeXyym
Julian Assange warned by judge after outburst during extradition trial:WikiLeaks founder told he faces removal after interjection during lawyers’ exchangehttps://t.co/YUS7Pgr5MQ
Measure laid to legalise virtual witnessing of wills | Law Gazettehttps://t.co/E33bpM7B1
#Belarus opposition leader Kolesnikova: A day after she was seen being bundled into a van by masked men, she has been involved in dramatic scenes at the borderhttps://t.co/41bKgqqFvC
There’s nothing wrong with shopping around, but those pushing the low-cost agenda are short-changing consumers | Law Gazettehttps://t.co/VIkEytGU3
A paramedic spat at by a patient was left feeling "contaminated, broken and defeated" and had to take a month off work to recoverhttps://t.co/489IO7NQ2p
Justice Secretary holds talks with lawyers over plans to ditch parts of hate crime bill - Scottish Legal Newshttps://t.co/EFCTxQimf
England's criminal justice system was on its knees long before coronavirus - The effects of court closures and cuts to support services and legal aid since 2010 are coming home to roosthttps://t.co/P0xd1yVlT
Lawyers call for subsidised criminal traineeships - Scottish Legal Newshttps://t.co/5cwLrRO0g0
Velindre Cancer Centre: Leading doctors and specialists have expressed "deep concern" about plans for a new cancer centre and have called for an independent reviewhttps://t.co/CoMGA432Os
Amazon's marketplace is being abused by independent sellers using one-star reviews to harm rivalshttps://t.co/Zyvi95I6Ag
Construction firm fails to establish council’s breach of transparency obligations in tender process - Scottish Legal Newshttps://t.co/X180pksteQ
Ruling exposes claims of Ince's ex-French partners - Legal Futureshttps://t.co/o0bNdNoO7
UK man who murdered wife to be freed despite refusal to reveal location of body: Parole Board decision on Russell Causley, who murdered Carole Packman in 1985, angers familyhttps://t.co/1X6vOVlgO
‘Or I Will Stab You Right Now’: A Family’s Prison Extortion Nightmare #UShttps://t.co/dLDLslYXw
Skin Kerr salon in Bootle that banned coronavirus talk and said Covid-19 does not exist is being investigated by policehttps://t.co/Ar2Ug4k4v
Philippines president Duterte Pardons U.S. Marine Who Killed Transgender Womanhttps://t.co/w6RozMhwG
Britain Urges Distancing and Considers Lockdowns as Virus Cases Spikehttps://t.co/tEjCdEM8R
The government's most senior lawyer has become the sixth leading civil servant to stand down this year - Jonathan Jones, permanent secretary to the Government Legal Department, has resigned and will leave the role in April at the end of his five year termhttps://t.co/XSTILhaEaW
Kesgrave shooting: A "long-barrelled gun" has been recovered by police investigating the shooting of a 15-year-old boy on his way to schoolhttps://t.co/pC5eZ27F5
New coronavirus cases have been detected in every mainland health board area in Scotland in the past 24 hourshttps://t.co/NDOF2YGtd
Tighter restrictions have been introduced in Bolton, including only allowing takeaways at hospitality venues, after a rise in Covid-19 caseshttps://t.co/4i5AkNNbQu
Northern Ireland Secretary admits new bill will 'break international law'https://t.co/JUu3IhaoJSor probate might demand? Or local conveyancing knowledge? If clients want…Sep 08, 2020
Solicitor William James Smith is running the Virtual Great North Run on 13 September in aid of the Poverty Relief project at Glasgow Central Mosque - Scottish Legal Newshttps://t.co/cILDvWAljK
An attorney in Virginia is facing state bar accusations that he tried to get a jailed client to have a three-way sexual relationship #UShttps://t.co/IT4gMRDEpM
Actor Rhea Chakraborty's lawyer said that his client was ready for "arrest" as it is a "witch-hunt as she appeared before the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) to join drugs probe linked to Sushant Singh Rajput's death #Indiahttps://t.co/AKEaybd2vJ
‘Cavalier’ conveyancing solicitor allowed mortgage fraud on his watch | Law Gazettehttps://t.co/W0F2RHRqcg
Australian journalists flown out of #China 'amid diplomatic standoff'https://t.co/MbazN4vRaF
Defence lawyer unveils branded masks as Hamilton court users are asked to cover up - Diarmid Bruce stressed the need for “sensible precautions”https://t.co/jmQKGx4XXz
Covid-19 has exposed the reality of Britain: poverty, insecurity and inequality - Only a fairer society can lay the foundations for economic recovery, and build resilience to future criseshttps://t.co/ynLOq4zHI
Brexit feeds on discord, so don't fight it – work to bring down this government - The project’s purpose is to move from a politics of consensus to one of division. The only way to uproot it is at the sourcehttps://t.co/UPM8hVg9
Policing the mobility society: the effects of EU anti-migrant smuggling policies on humanitarianism | Jennifer Allsopphttps://t.co/Oxut8AERW
Disney under fire for shooting Mulan in parts of #China where the government is accused of serious human rights abuses. The final credits thank a government security agency in Xinjiang province, where about 1 million Muslim Uighurs are detainedhttps://t.co/6bAHH5xwd9
Up to £3.5bn in Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme payments may have been claimed fraudulently or paid out in error, the government has saidhttps://t.co/rryjsPoIr
Brexit: Coveney warning over reported UK plan to override withdrawal deal - Claim some clauses in upcoming British legislation will override parts of Northern Ireland protocolhttps://t.co/tvThzx8MeN
