25th September- Law News

Edition 3195: LawNewsIndex is a UK based legal news & articles archive. Since 2011, it has been collating articles on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Jurisprudence, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice. The views expressed in individual articles archived within LawnewsIndex.com are solely the views of the original author.  

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Focus of the Day Law Article: Freshfields becomes first magic circle UK firm to appoint a woman leader. Asia head Georgia Dawson takes top role; one of three co-managing partners to be based in US. Full story - The Global Legal Post

Today's Highlighted Video Story:  Westpac has agreed to pay $1.3 billion for 23 million breaches of money laundering laws. The penalty comes after the financial crimes regulator, AUSTRAC, accused the bank of failing to prevent breaches of anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financial laws.

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Getting a job as a paralegal; interview techniques and tips | the barrister https://t.co/PvMpB2yqiV
• Suella Braverman calls fellow female MP 'emotional' during row over Brexit bill – video https://t.co/5wguilhy0g
• The CMA is reviewing the legal services sector in England and Wales to assess whether transparency of price, quality and service have improved | the barrister https://t.co/hvHWp5Vzv8
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/hZK1ZizS0Q
• The Bar Standards Board recently issued its Regulatory Return questionnaire to a selection of around 350 chambers, BSB entities and sole practitioners as a way to assess risk across the Bar and levels of compliance with its rules | the barrister https://t.co/88e1dRm2YQ
• Lawyers in film: Inherit the Wind - We can learn a lot about the profession from lawyers in film and it can engender in students a love of the law | Counsel https://t.co/iULBPXO2Ic
• In the absence of reliable evidence, British ex-soldier Major Robert Campbell cleared over Iraqi teenager Saeed Shabram's death - he drowned after being forced into a river by UK soldiers in Basra in 2003 https://t.co/6Ly9U5pPs3
• Covid: Scottish university students banned from going to pubs https://t.co/oWkmI3nyeK 
• Beyond the intrusiveness of automated facial recognition is concern about ‘false positives’ and potential for racial bias in the technology | Counsel https://t.co/lxPAsVkCCj
• Black History Month and the Bar Council Leadership Programme | Counsel https://t.co/BNeHsKvbWz
• A black barrister has said court staff mistook her for a defendant three times in one day. Alexandra Wilson, 25, from Essex, said a security officer, a solicitor and a court clerk had not recognised she was in the legal profession https://t.co/HZvz51bED
• US private equity house takes major stake in listed law firm - Legal Futures https://t.co/LatP2GM0Xc
• #French police have opened an investigation after a woman in Strasbourg said she was attacked in broad daylight for wearing a skirt https://t.co/ikcvRSYLDw
• Law firms "in denial" about their post-Covid finances - Legal Futures https://t.co/muZgEuzljT
• Football hate crime - Arrests for racism-related offences on the rise - Incidents of hate crime connected to 287 football matches in England and Wales were reported in 2019-20, according to new Home Office figures https://t.co/UhpaylTOX
• Barrister sanctioned for "positive discrimination" jibe at judge - Legal Futures https://t.co/WHB38qqjvS 
• David Kates-Lowick, who kept calling police to complain Britain's Got Talent star Ant McPartlin was still on TV after his drink driving conviction, is jailed. He breached an order by contacting Dyfed-Powys Police when it was not a genuine police matter https://t.co/dJWzRofXNR
• Now you see him, now you don’t – sheriff’s speaker profile removed after SLN enquiry - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/KQEOTHCdyj
• Latest amendments to hate crime bill welcomed by Faculty and Law Society - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/ADZy6ZxCs
• Man found with indecent images of children loses appeal against conviction - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/dksktbbu4v
• Students “could save up to £38k” by qualifying with SQE - Legal Futures https://t.co/imiBMgus14
• Small firms in legal threat over Yell hard-sell tactics https://t.co/pnKmznz81
• Judge Orders Eric Trump to Testify in N.Y. Fraud Inquiry #US https://t.co/DNdVA0z2SP 
• The SQE and ethics: STAR lite? - Legal Futures https://t.co/QGM0dQa1Oa
• The Overseas Operations Bill for service personnel and veterans will be laid before Parliament for its Second Reading https://t.co/P07Ji2lVBz 
• TikTok Files for Injunction to Stop Ban of App https://t.co/oPuLyrBlEc 
• The government and firms will continue to top up the wages of workers who have not been able to return to the workplace full time due to the virus https://t.co/HmuA1EoOvb
• Wales 'more conscious' of devolution due to Covid-19 laws | Law Gazette https://t.co/frrHp842DB
• The EU wants to persuade its most anti-immigrant member countries to agree to a common policy. But the future of its new plan, like many of its details, remains uncertain https://t.co/d67LSa8Gjg
• Facebook's Oversight Board is "opening its doors to business" in mid-October. Users will be able to file appeals against posts the firm has removed from its platforms, and the board can overrule decisions made by Facebook's moderators and executives https://t.co/zdgqFYgDeD
• Clyde & Co announces private prosecutions service https://t.co/mslNpbgNS
• Pub-goers in Wales 'likely to get 20 minutes to drink up' https://t.co/K3hZza1kab
• Two policemen have been shot amid protests in the #US over a decision not to charge any officers over the killing of Breonna Taylor. Ms Taylor, 26, a black hospital worker, was shot six times as three officers raided her home on 13 March https://t.co/7S8kKSzEs
• Matt Hancock has refused to rule out banning students from returning home at Christmas, to limit the spread of coronavirus outbreaks https://t.co/CBfrmsEmX
• NHS Covid-19 app: England and Wales get smartphone contact tracing for over-16s https://t.co/Xvx4gAxgz4 
• Parents 'generally bear their own costs' in family proceedings | Law Gazette https://t.co/IVe8OmqpeL
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/2axrBRuc9l
• Law Commission says hate crime legislation should protect women | Law Gazette https://t.co/cifNMzGlqP
• Litigators frustrated by ‘hopelessly laborious’ disclosure pilot | Law Gazette https://t.co/ScTHTkeTpw
• Overseas Operations Bill a ‘gross injustice’ to veterans, say lawyers | Law Gazette https://t.co/559wECFD4E 
• Remote family lawyers 'feeling isolated' during lockdown | Law Gazette https://t.co/dmFoMLeHgT 
• Father to plead guilty to endangering life of baby daughter - he held her upside down over river #Ireland https://t.co/V0VyON7ONB
• A man deported from the State claims he has been forced to live in an African airport terminal since March after allegedly being abandoned by gardaí who were supposed to return him to his native country, the High Court has heard #Ireland https://t.co/5CsSbLT1m
• Decriminalising torture does our soldiers a disservice - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/iEKzeNIGYK
• SEMLA offers work experience opportunity with NatWest Group in-house legal team - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/rkx3RVc5ag 
• Lawyers advocating for a right to independent legal representation for sexual offence complainers have published a detailed video on their proposals - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/msJxXh73Ke 

24th September- Law News

 Edition 3194: LawNewsIndex is a UK based legal news & articles archive. Since 2011, it has been collating articles on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Jurisprudence, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice. The views expressed in individual articles archived within LawnewsIndex.com are solely the views of the original author.  

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Focus of the Day Law Article: Legal educator BPP has rebutted claims that it degraded the quality of teaching during lockdown and prioritised students with prestigious training contracts. Responding to a complaint lodged by a group of post-graduate students last month, BPP’s dean of academic quality partly upheld just four of the 27 issues raised.. Full story - The Law Society Gazette

Today's Highlighted Video Story:  The real crime in the Breonna Taylor case was the events that led Louisville police to Taylor's home and said the police work that led to the warrant was "very sloppy." A former police officer was indicted only on first-degree wanton endangerment charges for his actions on the night Breonna Taylor was killed by police. Two other officers who also fired shots during the botched March raid were not indicted, meaning no officer was charged with killing the 26-year-old Black EMT and aspiring nurse. After the decision was announced, members of the Kentucky National Guard and state police were activated as protesters took to the streets and some clashes erupted with officers in riot gear.

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Jurisprudence Primer: The right (not) to be offended (Free Speech II) - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/BpVV7722N
• Staff at Weightmans return to full pay following pandemic cuts - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/dPhWTTuFiq
• Durham University withdraws fresher's place over 'abhorrent' online posts: Wealthy prospective students planned competition to have sex with poorest undergraduate https://t.co/YMX1y31AS5
• ‘It’s cruel’: Covid rule on weddings in England frustrates couples - Criticism over ‘inconsistency’ around new restrictions and short notice to disinvite guests https://t.co/zFfdQZrylB 
• UK supermarkets urge shoppers not to panic over lockdown fears https://t.co/KD7pTv61CZ
• Revealed: pro-Trump activists plotted violence ahead of Portland rallies - Patriots Coalition members suggested political assassinations and said ‘laws will be broken, people will get hurt’, leaked chats show #US https://t.co/eg1chbLmyx
• England's Covid regulations: the 'rule of sex' and other quirks https://t.co/Hn5IkCknY
• Nearly a quarter of UK pubs and restaurants 'fear collapse' by Christmas https://t.co/GXP38lqNB6
• Dangerous legal step towards dictatorship - on the likely consequences of the government breaking international law https://t.co/mo8HUGZCZv
• Dr Ronan Cormacain: Internal Market Bill breaches domestic law - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Rb7gCPKV6S
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/SiUSQjsO0A 
• Anderson Strathern has promoted 18 fee earners in its latest round of promotions including at senior solicitor, associate and senior associate levels - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/plGb5gdEU
• Flat owner fails to establish statutory repair duty for downstairs neighbours - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/OqEs2SWr1x 
• Faculty of Advocates warns industrial disease bill ‘unlikely to improve safety’ - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/iBTdVmSyL1
• Miners sacked and prosecuted during strike should be compensated, ministers told - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/QztFT2iOAD
• Asda to crack down on shoppers without face masks https://t.co/2oyz7d4Svo
• Eleven Met Police officers have been injured by a "corrosive substance" during a drugs raid in north London https://t.co/Dxj6sQjVir
• Truck drivers will need a permit to enter Kent after the Brexit transition period ends, the government has said https://t.co/GMgMQLdYs
• A grand jury has charged one police officer over the raid which resulted in the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor at her home in the US state of Kentucky #US https://t.co/r7EpAutMiS
• Profits at a listed claims management company tumbled in the first half of the year as the coronavirus pandemic took effect - but a possible buyer has come forward for the troubled business | Law Gazette https://t.co/nmtUC4DBH1
• The Ginsburg-Scalia Act Was Not a Farce #US https://t.co/ThL81ug1HI
  
• Grenfell fire: Police helicopters 'did not make fire worse’, says police watchdog https://t.co/gk0ap0B7U
• Law firm principal reported by solicitor for improper transfers - Legal Futures https://t.co/i9irX4pR5G
• PI newcomer saves 100 jobs with Yorkshire firm pre-pack - Legal Futures https://t.co/qdpWt39in
• Second time unlucky as sham marriage solicitor is struck off again - Legal Futures https://t.co/h7MY4wKa4Z
• Big personal injury firms “to merge as market shrinks” - Legal Futures https://t.co/h2gfKEhhzR
• Read: Mapping Post-Brexit Environmental Law - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/OiTHat73os
• Covid stops family visits for children in youth prisons in England and Wales https://t.co/d8Wpr131wd
• A drug trafficker has escaped a death sentence in a Shawshank Redemption-style escape through prison sewers - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/WJuXQYoia4
• Chancellor Rishi Sunak is understood to be looking at options to replace the furlough scheme when it expires at the end of October - These include a salary top-up scheme similar to those already operated by governments in France and Germany https://t.co/GOzCPYaBSo
• Elaine Motion: Ruth Bader Ginsburg – an appreciation - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/XFltOFhcAy
• Stonewall to continue trans campaign for right to change birth certificates - LGBT charity makes statement after reports ministers are planning to drop proposal https://t.co/uA8DOawSxd
• New rules over office romances are being rolled out at the investment giant BlackRock, now extended to relationships outside the office in a bid to clamp down on conflicts of interest https://t.co/dBBdVjjkmP
• #Libya: EU imposes additional sanctions for human rights abuses and arms embargo violations https://t.co/5uwA4Cgof
• #US Supreme Court clerks see $400G bonuses from elite law firms The study found that justices are 16 percentage points more likely to vote for their former clerks https://t.co/bjnv5Eoyxt
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/we4os3A5A
• Tributes paid to founding member of Alliance Party, a former solicitor and one time Lord Mayor of Belfast David Cook following death from Covid-19 https://t.co/Zm2kvOSOMf
  
• Misogyny 'should become a hate crime in England and Wales': Law Commission, which recommends legal changes, calls for sex or gender to be protected trait https://t.co/yfMaTofNfR
• Trump memo on Comey firing was 'tinfoil helmet material', Mueller prosecutor says #US https://t.co/rePyGMtkoZ
• Alleged Isis members can be tried in US after UK high court ruling: British officials hand over evidence after mother of one of accused men loses challenge https://t.co/5flD6qWY3K
• The British government is preparing to break the law again – this time on torture | Shami Chakrabarti https://t.co/fXRUWeDyE
• Successive governments across the UK "took their eye off the ball" and failed to prepare for a global pandemic, despite being warned for years of the risks https://t.co/7ElhXlu75l
• As the UK introduces fresh restrictions on social contact to curb the spread of coronavirus, controversy continues to rage about whether the government had initially considered trying a very different approach https://t.co/HFYhdNJNaV
  
• There is "no case" for more areas to be locked down as new measures to control the rising Covid-19 rate need time to work, Wales' first minister has said https://t.co/KdX4kPgiDW
• The government has warned of "tougher measures" if people do not follow the latest coronavirus restrictions https://t.co/OQjqSGng2L
• Vanessa Bryant sues L.A. County sheriff, alleging 'cover-up' of Kobe Bryant crash photos #US https://t.co/ppGUf0ux6t
  
• Farm legislation: Dissatisfaction of farmers can endanger peace and internal security, warns Ashwani Kumar #India https://t.co/Vsf4h64ktP
• In Miami, buzz over Cuban American judge Barbara Lagoa as potential Trump Supreme Court pick #US https://t.co/t9DJuE374V 
• Second judge rules against USPS, says election mail must be prioritized #US https://t.co/zKcp9i67yt
  
• A slump in the number of young lawyers choosing to do defence works is a serious threat to Scotland’s justice system, experts have warned https://t.co/VXfPZoWv2B
• Legal culture wars are a necessary nuisance | Law Gazette https://t.co/KY4XkKZFmS
• Scots mum in legal fight to bury baby son 45 years after empty coffin scandal https://t.co/uKz0HYfJMu
• Reluctant home workeOpinion | Law Gazette https://t.co/WJp7Y0uavg
• Brewdog loses legal battle with Elvis Presley's estate over beer name https://t.co/EOJ5Qm4z5
• JMW poaches 14-strong specialist team from rival firm | Law Gazette https://t.co/LiLva9Wf0e 
• International flights: Eligibility rules for travelling to US, UK, Canada, 10 other countries https://t.co/OGDvCv4WvE
• DWF sets up Southampton insurance base after lawyer raid | Law Gazette https://t.co/4adyKgVqFC
• A former SA Attorney-General has cast doubt on whether the state’s DPP Martin Hinton QC, should argue matters in the Supreme Court – over which he used to preside – insisting “the appearance of a conflict of interest is palpable” #Australia https://t.co/ZDxFGPN5XY 
• High Court dismisses robot inventor appeal | Law Gazette https://t.co/em7SS4MW8S 
• Barrister got into a stolen car after the driver took the keys from a hotel changing area knew "skullduggery" was afoot but went along with it, a court heard. Shauna Roe suffered a huge loss of reputation after her crimes were reported widely #Ireland https://t.co/Ns7uzvEyjL 
• BSB refuses to back down on October exams | Law Gazette https://t.co/9vmqdBaxXY
• A Canadian woman has been charged in US federal court for allegedly posting a letter with deadly ricin poison to President Donald Trump #US https://t.co/nGW8owAYtp 
• David Lammy has set out Labour’s plans on criminal justice reform, voicing the party’s commitment to renationalising probation, addressing racial and gender inequality and improving diversity https://t.co/kntOaegBZx

23rd September- Law News

 Edition 3193: 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 Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) must work “even harder” through its SRA Innovate programme to encourage technology that helps reduce digital exclusion, the regulator’s new executive director for strategy and innovation has said.. Full story - Legal Futures

Today's Highlighted Video Story:  Leaders in England, Scotland and Wales announce new restrictions to tackle Covid-19:Mr Johnson spoke to MPs earlier today giving details of new coronavirus restrictions for England - urging people to go back to working from home wherever possible, ordering pubs and restaurants to close at 10pm and bringing in more mask wearing as well as tougher fines for rule breakers.

Saturday Conversations on Law

• #Syrian opposition rejects UN claims of human right abuses as 'partial and baseless' https://t.co/MMGUdZrclP
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/dAV6aNcaKA
• Planning tilts away from sustainable development - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/bxCUFxD
• #Switzerland's niggling problem with the independence of the judiciary https://t.co/S7cql93L
• Owner of Highland golf club jailed over tax fraud - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/bKZ6uLX81
• Tribunal passes ‘pay-and-recover’ order against insurance company #India https://t.co/ltiQMc6gZ
• Lawyers of Tomorrow – Zenab Saheel - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/tZiiE1j4cm
• #Kenya Competition Tribunal Eases Merger Conditions For Telkom Kenya And Airtel | Anti-trust/Competition Law https://t.co/aUlTf2wNb
• New reforms for Employment Tribunal to deal with COVID-19 backlog - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/OIBbwqVZS
• Employment tribunals are at a ‘tipping point’ a leading employment lawyer has warned: the average wait now at 284 days, a 20 percentage point increase on last year’s 237 days https://t.co/MeuCKQonA
• DAC Beachcroft litigation executive disciplined for naming client on Facebook - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/8boQkn93H
• Pubs, cafes and restaurants in Wales will have to shut at 10pm every night under new measures to control the rising rate of coronavirus, BBC Wales understands https://t.co/fK6vclg9h6
• Cult leader with no carpentry experience, who claims to be reincarnation of Jesus arrested in #Russia - Former traffic officer Sergei Torop, AKA Vissarion, arrested in special operation in Siberia https://t.co/MLEBeOQ9n
• Facebook says it may quit Europe over ban on sharing data with US https://t.co/SzNWAtTxAU
• Three crucial requirements of technology any firm needs in order to adapt to a model that, for some, is somewhat worrying: security, collaboration and all-in-one solutions - Legal Futures https://t.co/cyYHZOuv1g
• Republicans have secured the numbers needed to ensure that President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee will face a confirmation vote in the Senate #US https://t.co/HuqlR1aFd
• Law Commission targets smart contracts and digital assets - Legal Futures https://t.co/K1X9oaZGXT
• Mike Dailly applies to take case of disabled man to Supreme Court - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/MClecRntpU
• CJEU: Member states can regulate Airbnb-style short-term lets to combat housing shortages - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/oXfoy68Ew
• ‘Pick-up artist’ wins appeal against convictions for threatening and abusive behaviour - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/bmJrpNlT6
• SRA Innovate “must work even harder” to combat digital exclusion - Legal Futures https://t.co/2CajSqZyM
• He Killed a Transgender Woman in the #Philippines. Why Was He Freed? The pardon of U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Joseph Scott Pemberton by President Rodrigo Duterte is the final chapter in a case that reignited debate over old defense treaties https://t.co/7C0SdKe7r
• Mark Chapman, the man who killed John Lennon, has apologised to the late Beatle's widow, Yoko Ono, 40 years after his death. Chapman shot Lennon four times outside his New York Manhattan apartment as Ono looked on, in 1980 https://t.co/CaTWVNOOxK
• Covid rules: What are the new coronavirus restrictions? https://t.co/YVdznkLppo 
• HMP Whitemoor inmates 'wore fake suicide belts in officer attack' https://t.co/1MrHmo7GFA
• Changes to gender recognition laws ruled out, rejecting calls, backed in a 2018 consultation, for people to be able to change their birth certificates without a medical diagnosis https://t.co/RzZmBCm3O1 
• A ban on visiting other people's homes is to be imposed across Scotland, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has announced https://t.co/aSioEs1bKT
• Law firm principal reported by solicitor for improper transfers - Legal Futures https://t.co/i9irX4HrX
• Exclusive: PI newcomer saves 100 jobs with Yorkshire firm pre-pack - Legal Futures https://t.co/qdpWt3qTMs
  
• Coronavirus: What are social distancing and self-isolation rules? https://t.co/UP7IMq5lfR
• There's no law to 'harvest' DNA from Covid-19 tests https://t.co/61JynYn92c
• My legal life: Tahmina Mannan, Links Legal - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/PHfYCKKXWd
• Coronavirus contributed to 1% of all deaths in England and Wales in the second week of this month https://t.co/7OJooIvFU
• Coronavirus: Work from home 'if you can', Michael Gove says https://t.co/xINCp8Oyk7
• Covid in Wales: New lockdowns loom with more restrictions due https://t.co/ese91gZeQ
• Single Market Bill could 'weaken Scots Grenfell regulations' https://t.co/s2zHCCH1y
• #Japan prioritized 'long-term' strategy over rights in Tiananmen response, documents show | https://t.co/6pLhypbcgG
• Price To Legally Change Gender In UK To Be Made ‘Cheaper’ – But Major Transgender Rights Reforms ‘Scrapped’ https://t.co/q1H8rJZgl2
• Rifkind criticises bill to restrict British soldier torture prosecutions - Former defence secretary says move puts UK’s position as a champion of rule of law at risk https://t.co/TFX4N4JGg
• Calls to speed up review of complaints against lawyers practising at #Cyprus courts https://t.co/PGssO0L6S
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/sK5pzlQkpx
  
• Lawyer in the news: Emma Sackville, Morrison Spowart - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/4cuxghMdG
• In a shocking incident, #Indian lawyer Ravinder killed himself after allegedly shooting his ex-policeman father dead at Dhanwapur village in Laxman Vihar https://t.co/umUcXC9Fk
• Swindon solicitor Mike Pulsford was jailed for eight years and eight months in 2019 after he admitted molesting six boys and girls while he was volunteering for church group the Crusaders https://t.co/8jgxKx2bWI
  
• Assange lawyer says Trump associates offered deal if WikiLeaks founder divulged hacked DNC emails didn’t come via Russia #US https://t.co/xLyaiPn7ax
• Woman fights sacking for objecting to son's LGBTQ+ classes - Kristie Higgs tells tribunal in Bristol she was defending ‘Bible truth’ against ‘harmful doctrines’ https://t.co/5KI925wevH
• #Pakistan imposes no lawyer from outside the country to be allowed to represent death-row prisoner Kulbhushan Jadhav, India demanded to appoint an Indian lawyer or a Queen’s counsel in the case https://t.co/y0n6Kof1sd
• Nasrin Sotoudeh, #Iranian human rights lawyer has been hospitalized a month after launching a hunger strike seeking better prison conditions and the release of political prisoners https://t.co/prErYElCRZ
• ‘The Most Important Woman Lawyer in the History of the Republic’ - How did Ruth Bader Ginsburg change #America? More than 20 legal thinkers weigh in https://t.co/5PZfTF6zQ6
• Your resource guide for food assistance, utilities, legal help for evictions and volunteering #US https://t.co/NCdhu2oBt1
• EU plans new legal framework until 2024, chance for Ripple and Bitcoin? https://t.co/7eC5fq2ev
• Lawyers of Tomorrow – Adam Stevens | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/P4CpsjKz
• The Department for the Economy and the Education Authority have been threatened with a judicial review unless they reverse a decision not to fund asylum seeker Arezki Yachir's student grant https://t.co/1IdY7yRuVd
• A barrister has criticised Amazon for selling hats with the slogan "Black Lives Don't Matter", marketed as being elegant and a "nice present" https://t.co/OdZSSJZGVR
• Obituary: Nick Filbee – Lymington solicitor, musician and former chair of Coda Music Trust https://t.co/6FUvCs8fGM
• David Murray joins partnership at Marks & Clerk - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/vMNvmUvvSI
  

22nd September- Law News

  Edition 3192: LawNewsIndex is a UK based legal news & articles archive since 2011 on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice.

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Focus of the Day Law Article: A sheriff has been criticised by judges for conducting a “cross-examination” of a defendant and telling his representative to “sit down”. Adnan Ahmed had been convicted at Glasgow Sheriff Court of threatening and abusive behaviour towards five women. He would film himself approaching them and asking them out and had been jailed for two years. His conviction has now been quashed by judges in the Appeal Court of the High Court of Justiciary. Full story - Scottish Legal News

Today's Highlighted Video Story:  An investigation has found that Russian oligarch, Roman Abramovich, controls companies that have donated $100m to an Israeli settler organisation.  Elad operates in occupied East Jerusalem. By allowing settlement activity in the area Israel is considered to be in breach of international law. Israel disputes this view. Analysis of the bank documents leaked to Buzzfeed News who shared them with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists and the BBC has revealed that Chelsea football club owner, Abramovich, is the biggest single donor to the organisation.

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Susan Lynn Harker pleaded guilty to stealing £62,355.89 from Thomas Panels and Profiles in Leominster while she worked there as a purchase ledger clerk, Worcester Crown Court was told by prosecuting barrister William Douglas-Jones https://t.co/xzJDxWSSAU 
• Former PM Theresa May 'cannot support' government's Brexit bill https://t.co/YYrXzvLyj4
• Covid: Pubs and restaurants in England to have 10pm closing times https://t.co/gOPqet5eNP
• Top Sydney barrister Peter Lavac has got into a legal battle of his own with Transport NSW over the cheeky number plates on his yellow Lamborghini #Australia https://t.co/ULvlApNhRV
• Video of #US Republican Lindsey Graham insisting Supreme Court vacancies should never be filled in election years goes viral https://t.co/DGDXlQgEpT
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/GqJRhVh2dV
• Lagos State Government pledges to reforming the judicial sector and would change the face of court rooms across the state #Nigeria https://t.co/Qod7PynAE4
• Lawyers pen open letter demanding more diverse judiciary - Call for all Federal Court of #Canada vacancies to be filled by BIPOC judges https://t.co/fvxDdhpYA
• HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) will be given new powers that will allow it to force financial institutions to provide information about people’s assets https://t.co/tOu5Ojqrl
• 'Landmark moment': 156 countries agree to Covid vaccine allocation deal: Covax plan will counter rising threat of ‘vaccine nationalism’, prioritising vulnerable healthcare systems and frontline workers https://t.co/9heIjVi0t7
• Students locked down after illegal parties at UK universities https://t.co/n7klKaI1V
• Scottish ministers considering strict new Covid rules, leak reveals https://t.co/WZVOTUw557
• Trump says he will nominate Ginsburg replacement on Friday or Saturday #US https://t.co/wlikLhzfT
• The Duke and Duchess of Sussex did not collaborate with the authors of a recent book about them, Meghan’s lawyers told the high court in the latest hearing of her legal action against the Mail on Sunday https://t.co/c6TEcyjgZ
• Thousands of Britons living in EU told their UK bank accounts will be closed - Lloyds and Barclays among banks taking action due to lack of post-Brexit trade deal https://t.co/IHMxONFYsY
• Chinese cameras blacklisted by US being used in UK school toilets https://t.co/aT3fhdWadm
• Coronavirus restrictions are extended across NI https://t.co/S01GfJTAl0
• Covid: UK coronavirus alert level ‘moving to 4' https://t.co/Rj24Cwm3zv
• Salford's Lowry theatre to stage real-life legal dramas as makeshift court https://t.co/J6bPtmeU1c
• FinCEN Files: Chelseea FC owner Roman Abramovich had secret stakes in rival players https://t.co/YKEJFZkYl4
• Motor Accident Claims Tribunal rejects claim of employed father of dead man, awards Rs 15 lakh to housewife mother #India https://t.co/pzXiQ6GOLw
• An undertaking to pay severance if certain conditions arise in the future can be a reasonable adjustment for disability discrimination purposes https://t.co/qYY8s2Nr3G
• There’s no escape from juristocracy except through political conflict #US https://t.co/KwbPOt3RuP
• Get ready for impact of blockchain, lawyers told - Legal Futures https://t.co/Ro1zd0ewGj
• Father of young children in Annan loses appeal against ‘no contact’ order - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Rp72br2Sa
• Sheriff rebuked for ‘cross-examination’ and telling lawyer to ‘sit down’ - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/CwwMDLrOsz
• Firms worry about closing flagship offices post-Covid - Legal Futures https://t.co/OdPM5sVA2E
• Liam Entwistle appointed chairman of Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/3JD1CKiOxy
• Momentum to focus on resisting evictions during Covid-19 crisis - Group shifts away from internal Labour politics towards community campaigns https://t.co/CKxqJOGSmF
• Under cover of coronavirus, the Tory government is bulldozing basic liberties https://t.co/TGISt5xRoh
• SQE decision delayed as legal academics urge rejection - Legal Futures https://t.co/QfpxPa99KO
• Four more counties in south Wales will go into lockdown from 18:00 BST on Tuesday - Merthyr Tydfil, Bridgend, Blaenau Gwent and Newport will have the same restrictions as Rhondda Cynon Taf https://t.co/I03CF0MMr3
• The UK could see 50,000 new coronavirus cases a day by mid-October without further action, the government's chief scientific adviser has warned https://t.co/P5LwNVXwsD
• Bleach touted as 'miracle cure' for Covid being sold on Amazon https://t.co/gdGyFvMglM
• Rule of six explained: What you can and can't do in England https://t.co/dVQoDOdjcT
• Dyson engineer wins unfair dismissal claim after manager told her 'I don't like Muslims' https://t.co/m4vfwxUP6p
• Mourners gathered around courthouses across the nation on Saturday to remember the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsbur #US https://t.co/xj4YTzO2Yo
• British MP urges UK government to change its stance on #Tibet https://t.co/84KYLN96mD
• The National Trust homes where colonial links are 'umbilical' https://t.co/cVLEawAFSZ
• In #Poland, dozens of small towns have declared themselves free of "LGBT ideology". Politicians' hostility to gay rights has become a flashpoint, pitting the religious right against more liberal-minded Poles https://t.co/X9oL6gb9bp 
• FinCEN Files: One of the world's 'dodgiest addresses' is in leafy Hertfordshire https://t.co/nmJZTUoID
• UK firms voluntarily return £215m in furlough cash https://t.co/tOoHeO6VMi
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/iYuOSRyAbK
• Coronavirus laws a 'secondary consideration', says Sumption - Legal Cheek https://t.co/AHybv26c7N
• The global pandemic through the eyes of a tech lawyer - Legal Cheek https://t.co/E4szkRiYQR
• Ban for paralegal who misled court over fee payment - Legal Cheek https://t.co/oNJ9rRlYTt
• Top commercial chambers to fund criminal pupillage cancelled due to COVID-19 - Legal Cheek https://t.co/VOcCYFHjnQ
• BCLP posts 76% retention rate and ups trainee pay - Legal Cheek https://t.co/X2dEy2N9lf
• What it means to be an environment and climate change lawyer - Legal Cheek https://t.co/8s6Ebcca1a
• Law firm office shuttered after being linked to 18 cases of COVID-19 - Legal Cheek https://t.co/JbodsgcvjE
• The days of Conservatives wanting to lock fewer people up are over - Legal Cheek https://t.co/QVW5jZovXy
• Lord Keen QC resigns in row over Brexit bill - Legal Cheek https://t.co/pUTKgPbe43
  
• Hackers leak data on 1,000 #Belarusian police officers - Security forces will not remain anonymous, anti-Lukashenko protesters say https://t.co/5r55ojiLup
  
• Leak reveals $2tn of possibly corrupt US financial activity: Among those named in reports is Paul Manafort, former political strategist for Donald Trump #US https://t.co/Z1KbnpTGoY

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