Monday

21st September- Law News

 Edition 3191: 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: Legal advice privilege applies to foreign qualified in-house lawyers regardless of national standards, the High Court has held; ruling in PJSC Tatneft v Bogolyubov & Ors [2020] EWHC 2437 (Comm), the court held that communications with foreign lawyers are privileged, whether or not they are in-house or independent, and regardless of whether privilege would apply in their home jurisdictions. Full story - New Law Journal

Today's Highlighted Video Story:  On the road between Kara Tepe’s new temporary camp and the Greek island’s capital, Mytilene, hundreds of migrants were seen queuing at supermarkets. Those waiting had reportedly tested negative for COVID-19 on registration and may freely leave the camp.



Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Why the law should treat algorithms like murderous Greek statues https://t.co/uVpnBIbDHq
  • The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/PBCf9dHdxj 
  • FinCEN Files: UAE central bank failed to prevent sanctions evasion https://t.co/Yf8QSEeY7R
  • FinCEN Files: What are Suspicious Activity Reports? https://t.co/5J79XzzR3I
  • The FinCEN Files: Your guide to eight years of finance leaks https://t.co/PA4fB1rbaq
  • FinCEN Files: Sanctioned Putin associate ‘laundered millions’ through Barclays https://t.co/9dn8vCrjbw
  • FinCEN Files: All you need to know about the documents leak https://t.co/kPVphul3g4
  • HSBC allowed fraudsters to transfer millions of dollars around the world even after it had learned of their scam, leaked secret files show https://t.co/WnMlq9hBJf
  • Milbank dishes out COVID bonuses to London junior lawyers - Legal Cheek https://t.co/Bo6sIV5Kuh
  • Bar students won’t be told their exam results before resits https://t.co/NxAyEkTSVV
  • 2021 TCs will be mix of online and onsite learning, say City firms - Legal Cheek https://t.co/Ra2xsPpyWS
  • ‘I got a 2:2 in my contract law module. Will this hinder my chances of securing a City training contract?’ - Legal Cheek https://t.co/0tev0KEJWq
  • Glasgow drug users and MP hail ‘lifesaving’ van that defies UK law https://t.co/7GQP8mQEUf
  • Squire Patton Boggs reopens Manchester office after employees test positive for COVID-19 https://t.co/JdJJ5wkjJq
  • Apply to attend: Virtual student commercial awareness events and law fairs - Legal Cheek https://t.co/AlJXfSfifa
  • Ruth Bader Ginsburg's legacy will survive the bitter battle over her successor https://t.co/7jzxDnOGb6
  • The UK government is attempting to bend the rules on torture https://t.co/1DdF8nXpHX
  • Sadiq Khan urged to boycott Saudi-hosted G20 mayors summit - Rights coalition calls on mayors to withdraw from U20, which coincides with anniversary of Jamal Khashoggi’s murder https://t.co/NZ0JeDMvt3
  • Judge blocks #US attempts to ban downloads of Chinese app WeChat https://t.co/o1R33akjxF
  • Talk of UK ministers spending more in Wales is "delusional", Labour's shadow Welsh secretary Nia Griffith has said. Westminster MPsA have been debating a new draft law that would give UK ministers the power to spend on areas otherwise devolved https://t.co/h52qH72UtB
  • Financial watchdog sets out rules for UK cannabis listings https://t.co/VhOubfNue1
  • The Singapore Convention on mediation came into force on 12 September, in a major development in international commercial dispute resolution | NLJ https://t.co/7VMO9XXPry
  • The Family Law Awards 2020 have received an overwhelming number of entries―despite the ongoing COVID-19 crisis | NLJ https://t.co/4wgoieS4N7
  • Tighten UK Covid restrictions or risk a national lockdown, warn scientists https://t.co/bLYVUagJgq
  • The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/pNNXj8AJBr
  • The Ministry of Justice’s (MoJ) ‘naïve’ approach to outsourcing has come under fire, in a scathing report by the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee (PAC) | NLJ https://t.co/xQWwdqXFsd
  • Only three per cent of judges in the High Court and above do not have a background as a barrister, the latest judicial diversity statistics have found | NLJ https://t.co/Ixg2eDP1S3
  • The Law Society is urging people to write to their MPs about the Internal Market Bill, which includes clauses that would undermine the rule of law | NLJ https://t.co/RQinaOzl9G
  • Thursfields Solicitors has announced that a lawyer who is a contributing author to a national handbook on probate has been appointed head of the wills and estates department | NLJ https://t.co/ZfcNZ0iGzQ
  • The High Court has clarified key issues regarding insurance cover for business interruption caused by COVID-19, in a landmark decision | NLJ https://t.co/R8XmGta5dJ
  • Legal advice privilege applies to foreign qualified in-house lawyers regardless of national standards, the High Court has held | NLJ https://t.co/02QqMblKR4
  • Crisis navigators can play a crucial role in housing possession cases | Law Gazette https://t.co/b8H818Us1y
  • Best of the blogs - 19 September 2020 | Law Gazette https://t.co/mpvVlP8Sw8
  • Magistrate numbers worse than thought due to HR error | Law Gazette https://t.co/JhPywPW0G7 
  • People in England who refuse an order to self-isolate could be fined up to £10,000, the government has said https://t.co/TQvsA9Ce4P
  • Cost of Supreme Court climbs by nearly 20% | Law Gazette https://t.co/Vx2GVOFdEy

Sunday

20th September- Law News

 Edition 3190: 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:  As word of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death spread on Friday, tributes quickly poured in from celebrities, athletes, and Democrats and Republicans alike. Donald Trump said Ginsburg, who died at age 87 of complications from metastatic pancreas cancer, "was an amazing woman" who "led an amazing life". The US president's remarks came shortly after a rally in Minnesota where he said one reason the upcoming presidential election is so important is because of possible Supreme Court vacancies.



Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Solicitor’s ‘systemic’ dishonesty uncovered after colleague blew whistle | Law Gazette https://t.co/HJFIuWPJac
  • The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/FNi1jgTf4z
  • Real estate lawyers at Addleshaw Goddard put at risk of redundancy | Law Gazette https://t.co/S7uHmRW3ur
  • ID checks on directors in Companies House reforms | Law Gazette https://t.co/mW4ZmxOuVF
  • Clooney quits government role over ‘rule of law’ breach | Law Gazette https://t.co/vrZPXbce0
  • Ex-UK diplomat suspected of selling information to undercover #Chinese spies https://t.co/BJlQqTNEPJ
  • Thrings begins redundancy consultation | Law Gazette https://t.co/Y5PRTibsTd
  • A woman fell out of a moving car on the M25 while leaning out of the window to film a video for Snapchat https://t.co/l7U3Wy0ODK
  • Top-25 firm employee disciplined for naming client on Facebook | Law Gazette https://t.co/D5oP2squ8
  • Non-specialist judges enlisted to ease employment tribunal backlog | Law Gazette https://t.co/5JdNZJEh8A
  • Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Republicans vow to vote on Trump pick #US https://t.co/fBbiqjWYEk
  • Top-25 firm employee disciplined for naming client on Facebook | Law Gazette https://t.co/D5oP2s8Tg
  • UK'a new “world-leading” deforestation and ecosystem supply chain law | Lexology https://t.co/8ZXwj5ze5S
  • Footballer Harry Maguire's lawyer does not expect Man Utd defender to face jail time if found guilty https://t.co/uY80J0BfeG
  • Partners Are Richer Than Ever. But Happier? Does money buy lawyer satisfaction? Hell yeah. But lots of partners also insist they'd trade their worldly riches for more free time https://t.co/egTEIm7nB0
  • Teaching about the Context of Violence with the #ThatsHarrassment Video Series https://t.co/zPRgrFZtQ
  • Danny Masterson, That ’70s Show star denies rape charges, his lawyer says https://t.co/5zoNy9WOpK
  • Lawyer for Julian Assange told London court that she was present when an ally of #US President Donald Trump offered to arrange a pardon for the WikiLeaks founder in return for information that would “benefit President Trump politically” https://t.co/7Pb07IvwUq
  • Hove woman startled by bare-bottomed rambler, but Louise Yates, 57, had the presence of mind to grab her camera and photograph the nude walker before he went out of sight https://t.co/gBDCtCULTj
  • #Ugandan writer Kakwenza Rukirabashaija has been arrested for the second time this year, according to his lawyer Eron Kiiza https://t.co/WR4w0EG2hq
  • Home Office has no evidence to support “activist lawyer” claims, say cross-party MPs https://t.co/SzpK812IHH
  • From Lawyer to Amazon Warehouse Worker: This Attorney Went From Making $700K to $30K | Connecticut Law Tribune https://t.co/VwDaqvx2Ja
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  • Hospital visits suspended due to concern over rising cases of coronavirus in parts of south Wales, allowed are visiting patients receiving end-of-life care, or to support a pregnant woman due to give birth at hospitals https://t.co/hBnvucqRvN
  • A returning holidaymaker who went on a pub crawl instead of self-isolating responsible for Bolton's "extreme spike" in coronavirus cases https://t.co/mB4PAvPoQv
  • Ruth Bader Ginsburg: political firestorm awaits the embers of her memory, resulting vacancy on the highest court in the US - will set off just 46 days before the presidential election https://t.co/EoR8QN7mOk
  • Why #French Politicians Can’t Stop Talking About Crime https://t.co/LrkQItgIB
  • A former rugby international has gone on trial accused of eating sparrows, robins and other songbirds protected under law #FRance https://t.co/R4ejFSeq34
  • The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/GWw96aFPwW
  • Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Obituary of the #US Supreme Court justice https://t.co/79GJX1MRrs
  • On 15th September 1963, four young black girls were killed in a racist bomb attack at a church in Birmingham, Alabama #US https://t.co/h2woq9mmuJ
  • Dominic Raab's bodyguard has been "removed from operational duties" after allegedly leaving his gun on a plane at Heathrow https://t.co/CsQ23juhFL
  • Covid: PM considering new restrictions amid second coronavirus wave https://t.co/udb8Cabtxz
  • Our Legal Heritage: The Scots contract case that influenced English law - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/xmg83OFJMo
  • Dentons launches ‘The Big Blether’ event series in Scotland - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/wRpHNHVFSN
  • ‘Deep concern’ as Saudi Arabia bids to rejoin UN Human Rights Council - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/lTBBGyijib
  • Glasgow School of Art fire security firm taken to court by insurers - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/bLy5YcxSj6
  • Women who accused former chief constable of bullying given £1m - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Qe4zmuQ6KD
  • SLAS expresses access to justice concerns over Civil Online - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Fxnacoa4fu
  • Law Society to collect diversity data - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/hMN1wEr4bH
  • Lawyers of Tomorrow – Khalil Bhatti - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/rvFCsOYvwW
  • New lockdown measures for London 'increasingly likely', says Sadiq Khan https://t.co/fmbQnQ4Cip
  • Livingstone Brown appoints three newly-qualified lawyers - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/0SGzOimh2E
  • Men allegedly involved in toppling of Colston statue offered cautions https://t.co/FsmsniL0EK
  • Escaped UK prisoner tried to hand himself in seven times, court told - Met police ordered to launch inquiry into claims that officers refused to arrest Akram Uddin https://t.co/unmjG3nYfu
  • Judge refuses to stand aside amid row over UK Covid trial delays: Lawyer raises concern over removal of previous judge who has refused to keep other defendants in custody https://t.co/D4XLWUWtjU
  • #US supreme court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Dies At 87 with complications from metastatic cancer of the pancreas https://t.co/MfYHg8fi3D

Saturday

19th September- Law News

 Edition 3189: 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:  Indian film star Suriya Sivakumar will not face a contempt case over his comments on the Madras High Court linked to the alleged suicide of three medical aspirants. The Madras High Court today called the actor's comments "unnecessary and unwarranted" but ruled that there would be no contempt proceedings.



Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Company directors will have their identities verified before their names are listed on the UK’s official register of company information, as the government attempts to make life harder for financial criminals https://t.co/Qzg4zaxCL3
  • #Thai national park sends rubbish back to tourists https://t.co/EXdilPddqn
  • A woman who was changed out of vomit-soaked clothes after being arrested has failed in her bid to sue police. Cheryl Pile "emptied the contents of her stomach all over herself" at a Liverpool Police station in April 2017 https://t.co/1xWMdIE53
  • Jail for driver who crashed on A487 killing girlfriend https://t.co/pYZeZMqQXa
  • 'The legal and illegal trade are inseparable': The drain of Africa’s chimpanzees for foreign zoos https://t.co/nuAKcOZkK
  • TikTok and WeChat: #US to ban app downloads in 48 hours https://t.co/HsVswtVFi
  • Amal Clooney has quit her role as the UK's envoy on press freedom "in dismay" at the government's willingness to break international law over Brexit https://t.co/kzwRLDbwYd
  • UK Insolvency Law's Impact on Energy Companies https://t.co/mic6PJ9LCZ
  • A so-called pickup artist who was jailed for targeting young women has had his conviction quashed on appeal - Adnan Ahmed - who called himself Addy A-game - secretly filmed himself approaching women in Glasgow and South Lanarkshire https://t.co/KGtw79vTL
  • Mark D'arcy-Smith was having a drink at The Richmal Crompton Wetherspoon when Louie Kincella used the pub's ordering app to send a banana to his table, latter found guilty of hate-crime, fined £1280 in fine & court fees https://t.co/NJzqEf04QH
  • Boxer Carl Frampton is facing total claims for nearly £4m over his split from ex-manager Barry McGuigan, the High Court heard on Wednesday https://t.co/qS56BU2Vh
  • Gender-fluid worker wins Jaguar Land Rover tribunal - s R Taylor brought claims against the company, saying she had suffered abuse and a lack of support https://t.co/qHMtkOc38
  • Know the law on flexible working requests? Employment lawyer guides https://t.co/NYoeL3U2TG
  • NI: Lurgan firm expands to form McCourt McGlone Solicitors - Irish Legal News https://t.co/gpGb6XTQk
  • Australian judge steps down from #HongKong court over new national security law - James Spigelman resigned from Hong Kong appeal court citing concerns with new law imposed by China https://t.co/cUkUxsTeA
  • Private client lawyer targets wealthy with strategic consultancy - Legal Futures https://t.co/m9VCag9Ot8
  • Thirteen new employment judges appointed - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/TAeJ5gnryp
  • UK government faces ‘difficulty’ in replacing Lord Keen - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/dJ5XRQpTg
  • Police officers in offensive WhatsApp group lose appeal against decision to investigate them - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/YLPjodxspa
  • City firm launches multi-disciplinary harassment service - Legal Futures https://t.co/bIba7wVjaC
  • Police launch homicide inquiry after #German hospital hack that led to the death of a patient https://t.co/ZObCrkfhok
  • Disgraced movie producer Harvey Weinstein has been stripped of his honorary CBE following his conviction for rape and sexual assault https://t.co/9xbb2p2jRW
  • More judges to work flexibly in latest diversity push - Legal Futures https://t.co/nXQTrSdcty
  • On the frontline in a Nightingale court | Law Gazette https://t.co/9AeqV8i9c
  • Disgrace of England and Wales' prisons exposes ministers' refusal to learn from mistakes https://t.co/e1Gn6cxKAn
  • Solicitor caught in TV sham marriage sting is banned once more | Law Gazette https://t.co/ujbOpiezXm
  • Lockdown 'sexting' blackmail concerns for young people sharing images https://t.co/41GMBOqlO
  • Bestival death: Ceon Broughton will not face retrial https://t.co/PINWR9M1Ug
  • Tell us: what are pandemic conditions like in UK prisons? We would like to hear about experiences of prisons in the UK during the coronavirus pandemic https://t.co/xmTHqR0VhY
  • NHS worker attacked on London bus in Covid mask row, say police: Police seek man who allegedly assaulted passenger who moved away from him on bus https://t.co/DgGdRH0YIn
  • 'Hail, gallant woman': Amy Dorris praised for coming forward with Trump assault allegation - Fellow accuser E Jean Carroll leads chorus of voices supporting former model https://t.co/5ma4psqKg
  • Bar students required to decide exam retake before knowing results | Law Gazette https://t.co/2H1Th53TG
  • The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/1qL5ZtqDWD
  • IBA warns against Assange extradition | Law Gazette https://t.co/VtMcWlXPBK
  • Co-op Legal profits fall despite lockdown divorce surge | Law Gazette https://t.co/5yu0m2d0dC
  • Hundreds of children at one of Wales' biggest schools have been sent home to self-isolate after a pupil tested positive for coronavirus https://t.co/voYiknKQpK
  • UK government is considering taking further England-wide measures including a short period of restrictions across the country to try to slow a second surge of coronavirus cases https://t.co/H6B0RyTIJ1
  • Scottish Feminist Judgments Project releases third episode in podcast series - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/owGIuFK5Fu
  • Launch Offer - Scots Law Conventions – Virtual Edition - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/EcEPn8FuZI
  • Children’s rights expert says SQA appeals system ‘not human rights compliant’ - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/qzrPI0ZMpJ
  • New student directors for Aberdeen Law Project - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/kZ2LWFgGg
  • Caroline Fraser joins Lindsays Dundee office as partner - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/b2eDfaYN3Z
  • Chevron refuses to pay for the 'Amazon Chernobyl' https://t.co/Jhv5oV7ZUC
  • Cheer star Jerry Harris arrested on charges of child sexual abuse images #US https://t.co/NZqMJmM0h3
  • Home Office 'bases immigration policies on anecdotes and prejudice' – MPs https://t.co/wHgjhDyxi
  • Friday's LawNewsIndex: 18th September- Law News https://t.co/5DbMutTZq
  • New silk Ruth Charteris makes Crown Office switch - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/dgczzoOHZC
  • Kentucky cheerleading: University of Kentucky violated open records law in denying ESPN #US https://t.co/juESNJwpnY

Friday

18th September- Law News

Edition 3188: 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: TA new methodology to help GCs deal with ESG issues emerging from the pandemic. By embracing stakeholder capitalism, GCs can boost the resilience, reputation and ultimately revenue of their organisations, argues Stephen Shergold. Full story - The Global Legal Post

Today's Highlighted Video Story:  In Gateshead, we are bang in the middle of the area which will be put under strict new lockdown restrictions from midnight - no mixing of households, and pubs and bars to close at 10pm. Health Secretary Matt Hancock said the measures, which affect some two million people, came after local councils raised concerns about rates of infection - telling MPs "the data says that we must act now".



Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Lawyers of Tomorrow – Sophie Fairweather - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/1tG875VDyz
  • Man involved in fatal stabbing outside Failsworth pub denied leave to appeal 11-year jail sentence https://t.co/9TqOhblFx
  • David Davis demands access to secret hearings on torture - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Nq7GnSREp
  • Sunderland prepare for £13million High Court battle with former club doctor over Ricky Alvarez saga https://t.co/puJLGbqb
  • ‘Disappointing’ delay in introducing honorary QC system in Scotland - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/t6hxqtiZ73
  • The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/N0iuOsvBY
  • Judicial diversity statistics show 'significant disparity' between solicitors and barristers | Law Gazette https://t.co/67vpo2Bb
  • Solicitors’ Role Critical To Saving Clients Thousands On Stamp Duty Land Tax https://t.co/RVIqJSAgZ
  • Harpenden solicitor Sandy Macherla has been shortlised for a prestigious Law Society Excellence Award, the highest accolade for lawyers and law firms in England and Wales https://t.co/aIdah2UWxV
  • Online wills – the future or too risky? - Legal Futures https://t.co/pxu8bvGjYB
  • Law Society's "sympathy" with indemnity insurers' frustrations - Legal Futures https://t.co/eCGvyIXx
  • People arriving from Singapore and Thailand in England and Scotland will not need to quarantine from Saturday morning, the government has said https://t.co/154wQ7j51s
  • #HongKong activist denied bail after being charged with sedition: Colonial-era penal code used as Tam Tak-chi’s alleged offences took place before new national security law was imposed https://t.co/ZRh7YY6eL
  • Banksy trademark 'at risk' after street artist loses legal battle https://t.co/kRBNZ2RgZd
  • Robert Buckland urged to join Lord Keen in quitting over Brexit bill https://t.co/ub1xhVfKg6
  • Profits down but wills and divorce enquiries surge at Co-op - Legal Futures https://t.co/IxeW2qyuyG
  • Footballer Lionel Messi can register his name as a trademark after a nine-year legal battle, the EU's top court has ruled https://t.co/qekiXwyao
  • #Nigerians congratulate Veteran actor, Kanayo Kanayo as he officially becomes a lawyer https://t.co/9jIT5KZ1f6
  • £60k fine and JR ban for immigration solicitor - Legal Futures https://t.co/QBpSQfUwt
  • 'I feel sick, violated': former model alleges sexual assault by Donald Trump – video #US https://t.co/Nmv0cqTDZD
  • First Thing: 'I was in Trump's grip, and I couldn't get out of it' #US https://t.co/tkJlg4OAr4
  • #US President Donald Trump accused again of sexual assault, this time bu by former model Amy Dorris https://t.co/i65aA2yc9O
  • SME legal services platform goes global after City law firm invests - Legal Futures https://t.co/Ha0v51GlG
  • Sheriff Napier refuses to deal with ‘appalling’ video links in court - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/D44Rp6RSmA
  • Doubts cast on fairness of inquiry into reform of judicial review - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Sx1Aobr1v
  • Petition of Iranian asylum seeker who transported Kurdish political party members refused by Outer House - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Aga5aMMwRH
  • War Crime Risk Grows for U.S. Over #Saudi Strikes in Yemen https://t.co/Cl9Am0UmpZ
  • New restrictions in north-east England and RCT, Wales https://t.co/NZfQEwdWpN
  • Alexei Navalny's aides say 'nerve agent' found on bottle in hotel room #Russia https://t.co/WXvN5ceYO
  • Lesbos: #Greek police move migrants to new camp after Moria fire https://t.co/Ti2PFrCGJ
  • Broadcasting watchdog Ofcom has said it will not formally investigate a performance by Diversity on Britain's Got Talent after 24,000 far-right supporters filed complaints https://t.co/hrQmQSveiG
  • Her Husband Abused Her. But Getting a Divorce Was an Ordeal: A graphic video of a husband beating his wife has shocked #China https://t.co/nRAcDLaP1
  • Vietnam War leaker Daniel Ellsberg warns against extraditing Assange - Pentagon Papers whistleblower says WikiLeaks founder won’t get a fair trial in the #US https://t.co/awKwL2dmhr
  • Lord Keen: what were the events that led to Tory peer's resignation? https://t.co/PrTPhL1PYR
  • Fears for employment tribunal as Covid backlog hits 45,000 | Law Gazette https://t.co/ffsiSlQc4u
  • The University of Kentucky violated records law on requests related to cheer team, AG rules #US https://t.co/bTAuuWtYrx
  • Paedophile banned for historic offences stretching 15 years | Law Gazette https://t.co/YhQGWtqH2w
  • The sister of a senior paramedic killed when her motorbike was involved in a crash has started a petition as part of the family’s continued fight for justice two years after her death https://t.co/BLSFX2ev7
  • UK judge halts Home Office flight to remove asylum seekers: Lawyers argue group of up to 20 people will be left destitute in Spain if deported https://t.co/CPYiZXaLA
  • European Court of Justice interprets ‘net neutrality’ rules for the first time - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/50IejUwvZx
  • The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/TuZlfTPNDb
  • Dividend on hold at listed firm Rosenblatt | Law Gazette https://t.co/3KBgMp6unE
  • Solicitor General Tushar Mehta on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that the freedom of the journalist is supreme and it would be disastrous for any democracy to control the press #India https://t.co/guoPlYd34o
  • The rule of law is not negotiable | Law Gazette https://t.co/vyi6wcd91d
  • Extra 200 judges on standby to help with possession proceedings | Law Gazette https://t.co/0rIH2WsH7o
  • Forbes solicitors appoint new partner in corporate - Lading commercial lawyer David Filmer has joined as a partner in the firm’s corporate team https://t.co/WqwbM9AT7E
  • Noel Ferry: Children bill brings welcome changes, but misses some opportunities - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/zNWX60AFbg
  • Law Society creates new online information sessions for young solicitors - Irish Legal News https://t.co/ib7cpEfqm9
  • White paper promises 'smarter' sentencing to cut crime | Law Gazette https://t.co/9UXutlHUmH
  • #India same-sex marriage hopes dashed by right-wing BJP government's solicitor general https://t.co/lbNSKDC3f4
  • Brexit Britain: from beacon of justice to law-breaking state https://t.co/bHhQBC9dC3 
  • Anna Robertson appointed chair of Aberdeen Law Project - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/oaOJcuOpoy
  • #Bulgarian President Radev vetoes amendments to Judiciary Act https://t.co/6VKJVnn6fK
  • Buckland urged to add claimant lawyers to JR panel | Law Gazette https://t.co/TkypCtgJP
  • Critique of judiciary’s functioning in a statement against the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test has made Tamil actor Suriya Sivakumar the target of Madras High Court Judge to urge the Chief Justice to initiate contempt proceedings #India https://t.co/YRUC2137p
  • Maid’s acquittal reignites debate on ‘pliant’ S’pore judiciary - Critics say #Singapore's courts favor the rich and powerful https://t.co/n5X9fMKfyD
  • Researchers claim to develop concept to ensure ‘legal safety’ of driverless cars https://t.co/elZ9sgKPj
  • Biden campaign readies massive legal team for voting, election issues #US https://t.co/iPHnbjz26q
  • Lawyers of Tomorrow – Samantha Whyte - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/XVqzCnrv7b
  • Coronavirus: Trial urges people to call 111 before going to A&E https://t.co/zWDTHLZO9D 
  • Cyber threat to disrupt start of university term https://t.co/j3bNPpwwGr
  • Revenge porn 'new normal' after cases surge in lockdown https://t.co/LS5WhEyPO7 
  • Almost two million people in north-east England are expected to face local restrictions as coronavirus cases rise https://t.co/DXSO2FrKcO
  • Brutality against migrants has become normal on the EU’s lawless borders https://t.co/RLWR9Ga6Ih
  • #Hungary's students are making a last stand against Viktor Orbán’s power grab https://t.co/Ho5HEfHmSZ
  • Council shuts Bolton firm’s office over links to 18 Covid cases | Law Gazette https://t.co/Xpi70xCG6h 
  • Claimant refused permission to rely on more favourable expert | Law Gazette https://t.co/AnV1xCOzVs
  • This Kolkata Woman is Leading a Silent Revolution in Women’s Health in West Bengal #India https://t.co/YL4umEaY5F

Thursday

17th September- Law News

Edition 3187: 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 government’s longest serving justice minister, Lord Keen of Elie (Richard Keen QC), has resigned in the latest twist to the row over whether proposed Brexit legislation would break international law. The Blackstone Chambers barrister said he had 'found it increasingly difficult to reconcile' his obligations as a lawyer with provisions in the Internal Market Bill. Full story - The Law Society Gazette

Today's Highlighted Video Story:  Australia will soon ban exporting rubbish and recycling overseas if a bill currently before parliament is passed. The proposed laws are being examined by a Senate committee this week. Some in the industry are worried more waste will end up in landfill.



Saturday Conversations on Law
  • SCTS announces new programme for Civil Online service is ready for ‘wider rollout’ - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/hjCNSORBvB
  • 'Advocating While Black: Navigating Black Identity in the Human Rights Field' - Zoom seminar September 24, 2020 https://t.co/HBc0ub7vw
  • Alasdair Burnet appointed Queen’s Counsel - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/YACoi80Nn
  • SYLA invites young lawyers to complete survey on impact of COVID-19 - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/g43m875wkW
  • Legal primer: The right to my opinion (Free Speech I) - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/V08nzJB1n
  • Cosmopolitan human rights and local transformations: in tension or in tandem? https://t.co/XG6WgN2TW
  • A dentist who extracted a patient’s tooth while riding a hoverboard has been sentenced to 12 years’ imprisonment on various charges - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/n6Mgp0hvUJ
  • Inside the #French police: Police representatives say that worsening public hostility and working conditions are fuelling an epidemic of psychological problems and suicides https://t.co/mJLpES0jGR
  • The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/VZ8FezqjaQ
  • #Niger human rights defenders still unjustly detained for more than six months https://t.co/w33EcRsSeP
  • Asylum seekers' camp: 'No consultation' says Welsh Government - The Penally Army centre in Pembrokeshire is one of several sites being considered by the Home Office https://t.co/iyoneWY67X
  • Rhondda Cynon Taf coronavirus lockdown: What are the rules? https://t.co/JhewlNo9NT
  • Rise to the occasion to tackle injustice, Bachelet urges Human Rights Council #UnitedNations https://t.co/dDZDGEmWs
  • A tribunal has recorded the deposition of prosecution witnesses against Regent Hospital Chairman Mohammad Shahed Karim, in a case filed under the Arms Act at Uttara police station #Bangladesh https://t.co/s1pjDiyuy
  • UK government refuses to give evidence to Holyrood on Internal Market Bill - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/IS6CpVZV38
  • Oxford graduate crowdfunding to become barrister pledges free tutoring for underprivileged kids for each donation: Mohamed Hussein Iman has spent 300 hours volunteering to help underprivileged students with university admissions and their studies https://t.co/L7gLO112P
  • Transportation Appeal Tribunal Unable To Consider Costs After Withdrawal #Canada https://t.co/q9WlRLW3j
  • English Court of Appeal refuses appeal of decision to build school near airbase - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/sOW9NIgXu
  • Twenty-nine #German police officers whi visited far-right chatrooms, have been suspended for sharing pictures of Adolf Hitler and depictions of refugees in gas chambers on their phones https://t.co/NrVjLmtFB
  • Tribunal awards 10 UK homecare workers £10,000 each in back pay - Ruling says travel and waiting time between cases should be treated as working time https://t.co/9kWlBnfpXb
  • The Advocate General for Scotland, Lord Keen of Elie QC, has offered his resignation to Prime Minister Boris Johnson following a debacle arising over a government bill - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/PCYM85p2bH
  • Lawyer to be named interim competition watchdog chief - Jonathan Scott will take up the position on a temporary basis following Lord Tyrie's departure https://t.co/pzmYFRVsiy
  • The back-up driver of an Uber self-driving car that killed a pedestrian has been charged with negligent homicide - Elaine Herzberg, aged 49, was hit by the car as she wheeled a bicycle across the road in Tempe, Arizona, in 2018 #US https://t.co/DCPd9HW9sy
  • Diversity Push Barely Budges Corporate Boards to 12.5%, Survey Finds #US https://t.co/vbHHsMTWqQ
  • Lamine Diack, the ex-head of athletics' governing body, has been jailed after being found guilty of corruption. The Senegalese, 87, faced corruption and money-laundering charges linked to the Russian doping scandal https://t.co/PyhEr4dyHv
  • Officials in Rochester, N.Y., spent months trying to suppress video footage of the police encounter that led to Mr. Prude’s death #US https://t.co/WfTOjUzOM
  • Judge Sebastian Prentis made a winding up order at a virtual hearing in the specialist Insolvency and Companies Court, and his ruling is set to bring to an end the history of Macclesfield Town FC, founded in 1874 https://t.co/acRZg4MSwJ
  • This time the insurance industry lost after reading the small print - The FCA won a significant legal victory on insurance payouts to small firms hit by Covid-19 https://t.co/K6wbjosJ1k
  • Woman makes Scottish legal bid to use late husband's sperm https://t.co/DhVjG8Tj36
  • Barbados has announced its intention to remove Queen Elizabeth as its head of state and become a republic - "The time has come to fully leave our colonial past behind," the Caribbean island nation's government said https://t.co/JzpgNnNqXh
  • Travel company Tui has promised to clear a backlog of refunds by the end of the month following an investigation by the UK's competition authority https://t.co/etBGN499Us
  • There has been a fresh round of violence between Palestinians in Gaza and #Israel, after a ceremony in Washington at which Israel and two Gulf Arab states normalised their relations https://t.co/UuzDxDfbP
  • The UK has rescued a British child from Syria as part of efforts to return unaccompanied minors stranded amid the fallout of the Islamic State conflict https://t.co/AvzIxww9og
  • A second Welsh county, Rhondda Cynon Taff to go into lockdown, 240,000 people living in Rhondda Cynon Taff will have restrictions imposed on their daily lives https://t.co/Vq94l2Uw2y
  • Vulnerable children who require urgent support will "slip out of view" because of the impact of coronavirus, England's children's commissioner has warned https://t.co/FdRvo74BIK
  • YouTube hit with UK class action style suit seeking $3BN+ for ‘unlawful’ use of kids’ data https://t.co/i5acfWDoeP
  • Government eyes regulating the law's unregulated providers - Legal Futures https://t.co/s0fQTiEowJ
  • #China's influence on the global human rights system https://t.co/nLE2iG2aN3
  • McGuigan's Lawyer Challenges Frampton in Court Over Kinahan Link https://t.co/kPb1tj9Vmb
  • Top Edinburgh lawyer calls for pardon and memorial for women accused of witchcraft https://t.co/T1vpiQot42
  • Commercial chambers offers £20k to fund withdrawn pupillage at crime set - Legal Futures https://t.co/fYuZHuOWmW
  • Solicitor who raided client’s estate to pay debts is struck off - Legal Futures https://t.co/Hl2rFR9R3R
  • The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/OO8eRHXDw
  • Bolton Council shuts down law firm's offices for "flouting" Covid-19 rules - Legal Futures https://t.co/Jo79RAmg6V
  • Sexual and violent offenders will serve at least two-thirds of jail terms, rather than half, as part of changes to the criminal justice system in England and Wales https://t.co/B3nmYGelD2
  • Nightingale court closes less than a month after it opened | Law Gazette https://t.co/lY3rgOizHn
  • Radical reform to Legal Services Act is off the table, MoJ indicates | Law Gazette https://t.co/UFTyV0gbg3
  • Business interruption ruling 'removes large roadblocks' to successful claims | Law Gazette https://t.co/FrlkNnQD0l
  • Rule of law under attack, says Law Society | Law Gazette https://t.co/jCbHZd0hyM
  • Two new silks for Compass Chambers - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/SvYvdJTIor
  • CMS publishes new report to give GCs practical COVID-19 advice - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/8oATsO8SXx
  • Paul McGarry SC: The Irish legal market can benefit from Brexit - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/QggkHNOxQS
  • 'Redundancy floodgates will open' says Unite union https://t.co/UUdNnT1zaD 
  • Aberdeen Law Project’s Ruth Dale secures three-figure sum for client - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/whIeP6ZROP