Monday

26th October - Law News

Edition 3227: 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 Legal Article:  A further two Nightingale courts have opened at Bristol Law Society’s headquarters and Chester Town Hall, bringing the total number to 14. As of last week, 77 jury trials will have resumed, and are running in five Nightingales and two other courts. However, James Mulholland QC, chair of the Criminal Bar Association, said the backlog of Crown court cases―48,713 on 20 September―was rising each week. Full story - New Law Journal
 
 
Today's Highlighted Video Story: Belarusian police have used stun grenades to disperse protesters heading to President Alexander Lukashenko's residence in Minsk, after thousands of anti-government demonstrators peacefully marched through the city's streets.

 

Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Top US legal commentator suspended after allegedly masturbating on Zoom call - Legal Cheek https://t.co/BBHm1HvfQ
  • Redress for ‘historical’ child abuse in care: what can Scotland learn from Ireland? - Dr Maeve O’Rourke - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/iL940WykhW
  • Ashurst launches new Modern Slavery Action Plan #Australia - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/aMQebHSHu
  • The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/wF12BJmijI
  • The best marketing doesn’t feel like marketing - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/HeAEMvbf8O
  • Allen & Overy kicks off pay gap reporting season - Legal Cheek https://t.co/3XAvUkU86L 
  • The legal profession is a marathon, not a sprint: Utsav Trivedi, TAS LAW #India | Bar & Bench https://t.co/LxuXbD2HqV
  • SRA prosecutes former Hong Kong Law Society president over comments during public meeting - Legal Cheek https://t.co/tnFZMCc0wX
  • ‘I owe £180,000 in tax and I haven’t told my wife’ https://t.co/pvqY7iIKPZ 
  • Instagram row over plus-size model forces change to nudity policy - Facebook amends code after deletion of black users’ photos sparks outrage https://t.co/WzPfAFquw8 
  • Fijian-born British soldiers lose latest legal fight to stay in UK - High court rejects call for judicial review of eight veterans’ immigration case https://t.co/e4dF2rx6Qf
  • Windrush man wrongly classified as illegal immigrant left destitute for a year - Home Office delay described as ‘shocking’ in report by parliamentary ombudsman https://t.co/WAOnJX58wv 
  • Serco staff told to wear masks in courts and cells after complaints - Justice ministry orders Serco and other security firms to wear masks as infections rise https://t.co/pUi2w5xcrr
  • Tenants are facing eviction again, despite the UK government's promises - Two of my clients came within days of losing the roof over their heads. The summer ban on evictions must be extended | David Renton https://t.co/C98us9AwWD 
  • Asylum seekers sue UK over unlawful detention - Claimants include victims of torture arrested under guidance from the Home Office between 2014 and 2017 https://t.co/zD4NXcbEmU
  • Chilling find shows how Henry VIII planned every detail of Boleyn beheading https://t.co/tM829qsFgx
  • Freshwater Five: radar casts doubt on guilty verdict for £53m cocaine haul - Lawyer appealing for release of fishermen says evidence shows their boat was in wrong place for drugs transfer off Isle of Wight https://t.co/4PqLc0KKaM
  • The Observer view on Poland's draconian abortion ban - The EU must defend itself against the attack on women’s rights in one of its member nations https://t.co/F1uJQxlkHh
  • Doha airport in #Qatar 'examined women internally' after newborn baby found https://t.co/6l4xfYnOWX
  • 4 senior lawyers appointed to Commonwealth Queen’s counsel #Australia - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/7GwjkOzdXL 
  • Isle of Wight: Ongoing tanker incident 'not a hijacking' - Lawyers Tatham and Co, representing the vessel's owners, said the incident was "100% not a hijacking" despite reports https://t.co/8TkpprJrrI
  • #Spain has declared a national state of emergency and imposed a night-time curfew in an effort to help control a new spike in Covid-19 infections https://t.co/oyEgISB6tm 
  • Constitutional Oath: A reflection of how branches of government function #India | Bar & Bench https://t.co/L0NobI0w9f
  • The ‘exciting and unusual’ caseload of a private wealth partner - Legal Cheek https://t.co/roaBT3woJM 
  • TRP Scam: Mumbai Court refuses injunction against Republic TV in Hansa plea #India | Bar & Bench https://t.co/eafOintU2h 
  • US law firm wooed magic circle partner with incredible annual package worth £5.3 million - Legal Cheek https://t.co/aQ4odAqfcA
  • Latest Law Pod UK: The Cumberlege Review with Marina Wheeler QC - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/TPco9YCrMS 
  • Campaigners have hailed a "new chapter" after a key step by the United Nations towards banning nuclear arms. #Honduras has become the 50th country to ratify the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons so it will now come into force in 90 days time https://t.co/ce9374UCrQ
  • A second Wales-wide lockdown in the new year is looking increasingly likely, according to a cabinet minister https://t.co/d9Spa4BOvA
  • The two-week quarantine period for contacts of those who test positive for Covid-19 could be cut to 10 or seven days, amid criticism of Test and Trace https://t.co/jNWbKkn2qg
  • Priti Patel kept up anti-lawyer rhetoric after Met warning on terror: Police told home secretary of alleged far-right attack on law firm before her ‘inflammatory’ speech at Tory conference https://t.co/zaZhOhiMUW
  • Crisis, Migration and the Consolidation of the EU Border Control Regime | Giuseppe Campesi https://t.co/UMMJjxWg6c 
  • Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas announces its new Permanent Dynamic Working Policy #India | Bar & Bench https://t.co/XunKFitJ59
  • How Ivanka Trump and Donald Trump, Jr., Avoided a Criminal Indictment #US https://t.co/MBrIyPIbgX
  • #Nigeria protests: Police chief deploys 'all resources' amid street violence https://t.co/LpqlZxZQDB
  • HHG appoints former WA A-G as honorary special counsel #Australia - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/gIT23CrkPA
  • The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/fq0Dr1UN6t
  • Hogan Lovells announces new partner diversity targets - Legal Cheek https://t.co/FRIPbTryfe 
  • Ex-Freshfields partner ‘caught on the shifting sands of attitudes towards sexual behaviour’, High Court told - Legal Cheek https://t.co/gNgvo4kJT0
  • Moot Report: 70th Constitution Day National Moot Court Competition at NLU Delhi #India | Bar & Bench https://t.co/3iLcSxBCQT
  • WA Law Society welcomes new president #Australia - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/8nL0sYBtP6 
  • Election Commission moves Supreme Court against Madhya Pradesh HC order #India | Bar & Bench https://t.co/7gSzRVm25K
  • JLD welcomes decision not to strike off struggling junior lawyer - Legal Cheek https://t.co/2FmpVzukGy
  • Fieldfisher boss: ‘My heart drops when I see NQ lawyers in US firms earning more than some of our partners’ - Legal Cheek https://t.co/EU73tQKbyV
  • Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump threaten to sue Lincoln Project - Anti-Trump Republicans’ Times Square billboards accuse advisers of showing ‘indifference’ to Americans suffering amid pandemic #US https://t.co/SiDPlmwwhl
  • NHS bosses accuse Boris Johnson of 'structural discrimination' against mental health https://t.co/VY9cZ8VG6t
  • Government reduces minimum salary for migrants to settle in UK - Rules which come into force in December quietly published on Thursday by Home Office https://t.co/H9MLdLL7qY
  • Upcoming virtual student event: Secrets to Success Midlands — with Gowling WLG, Hogan Lovells, Pinsent Masons and ULaw - Legal Cheek https://t.co/tczOAwOAQi
  • iPhone 12 launch causes NHS Covid-19 app confusion https://t.co/HKOKLaQFbo
  • A ban on supermarkets selling non-essential items during Wales' lockdown will be reviewed after the weekend, First Minister Mark Drakeford has said https://t.co/WRUFD32ZUQ

Sunday

25th October - Law News

Edition 3226: 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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Today's Highlighted Video Story: Refugees and migrants trying to reach Western Europe say they have been abused by Croatian authorities. The Danish Refugee Council has collected testimonials describing whippings, beating, and sexual abuse.

Saturday Conversations on Law
  • The Lord Chief Justice, Lord Burnett has hosted an online event with Chief Justices from around the Commonwealth to discuss their experiences of responding to COVID-19 | NLJ https://t.co/6vRmyT4WSX 
  • Eighteen people have been arrested at a protest in central London over coronavirus lockdown restrictions https://t.co/oohYyiXHXT
  • The winter 2020–spring 2021 Pre-Application Judicial Education Programme (PAJE) is now open for applications | NLJ https://t.co/qDmHW0lSq8
  • The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/ITLlci4iyd
  • Guidance on how to apply for probate online using the MyHMCTS portal has been published by HM Courts & Tribunals Service | NLJ https://t.co/Xs19AXTLR
  • A further two Nightingale courts have opened at Bristol Law Society’s headquarters and Chester Town Hall, bringing the total number to 14 | NLJ https://t.co/DbAS76651
  • Personal injury firms may be pointing their marketing efforts at the wrong targets, according to research by legal marketing collective First4Lawyers | NLJ https://t.co/J8nVcf3k06
  • Islam and the Limits of the State: Reconfigurations of Practice, Community and Authority in Contemporary Aceh #Indonesia https://t.co/kqBH2Vb2Ir
  • Our Legal Heritage: Black History Month – Dido Elizabeth Belle - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/k4pwSjPlUa
  • “They paved paradise and put up a parking lot” Joni Mitchell https://t.co/nrtjvvrbNw
  • Opposition in #Belarus awarded EU’s Sakharov Prize - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/MIiqFsqtJ1
  • WBD energy sector team advises on Scottish energy deal - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/X3xiLr8Tx
  • Wales' second national lockdown is more challenging to police than the first because people are "fatigued" with Covid, a police chief has warned https://t.co/yJDXnesGUh 
  • UK government outlines replacement food protection scheme - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/4jiWvQ2cag 
  • New immigration rules loom as Brexit approaches - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/ltsKKbvG48 
  • Faculty member’s special European Lawyers’ Day role - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/YWLkmuzqPe
  • Lawyers of Tomorrow – Kirstine Rennie - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/ghnEIxeHds
  • Philip Buchan joins Blackadders’ rural team as director - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/4MuHDqEk5Y 
  • Linklaters pledges to do better on racial diversity | Law Gazette https://t.co/iNLt6sZUbl
  • The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/yHLT9EOshM
  • UK's top universities urged to act on classism and accent prejudice - Investigation finds widespread evidence of students being ridiculed over their backgrounds https://t.co/by51YQeQgT 
  • A self-proclaimed member of a violent far-right anti-government group has been charged with rioting during the George Floyd protests in Minnesota #US https://t.co/jpmd8NAiVA
  • Video dismissed as fake by #Azerbaijan, of a potential war crime have emerged as fighting rages around the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh, which had been occupied by #Armenia https://t.co/yTsq0RClhJ
  • Slater and Gordon puts roles at risk as business continues evolution | Law Gazette https://t.co/tEV83e09cq 
  • Solicitor cleared by SDT over signed document complaint | Law Gazette https://t.co/E8RrkamwPv
  • SFO tries to lift the veil on deferred prosecutions | Law Gazette https://t.co/mbxqFsrSV6 
  • PC renewals extended as solicitors report IT 'nightmare' | Law Gazette https://t.co/G7skgI7o9J 
  • Health fears for jailed Iranian human rights lawyer | Law Gazette https://t.co/qNcajZ3LDg
  • Solicitors sworn in as High Court judges | Law Gazette https://t.co/kOK6IYXDtA
  • Technology could widen law centre catchment areas, says MoJ minister | Law Gazette https://t.co/sxCFIv6ZGc
  • Legal sector welcomes Japan trade deal | Law Gazette https://t.co/BUZHssS9BP
  • Facebook moderators forced to work in Dublin office despite high-tier lockdown #Ireland https://t.co/5SsgLvedYI
  • #Austria's postal service issues 'corona stamp' printed on toilet paper https://t.co/SA8rEqeRGq 
  • European farmers lose attempt to ban terms such as veggie burger - Meat-related words can be used to describe plant-based foods, decides European parliament https://t.co/gGxOpfr9yi
  • Two found guilty of murdering Irish dancer with 'devil's breath' drug - Adrian Murphy, 43, was targeted by Joel Osei and Diana Cristea on the dating app Grindr https://t.co/1k2oUn6zrO 
  • BLM UK gains legal status and renames as Black Liberation Movement UK https://t.co/GRFIfqKXaB

Saturday

24th October - Law News

Edition 3225: 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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Today's Highlighted Video Story: India's Congress party leader Rahul Gandhi has targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the migrant crisis during the coronavirus lockdown and Chinese aggression at the border as he addressed a series of rallies in Bihar for polls next week. Rahul Gandhi and RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav, the leader of the opposition alliance, addressed a joint rally at Nawada. Their campaign coincided with PM Modi's first day of rallies in Bihar with Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.

Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Portsmouth University halls 'street party' broken up by police https://t.co/DZAsuu1WaC 
  • Piers Corbyn 'specifically targeted by police' at anti-lockdown protest court heard https://t.co/dhqliYPhuG
  • Man charged with right-wing terror plot to kill immigration solicitor: Cavan Medlock, 28, of Harrow, north London, is charged with preparing an act of terrorism by researching Duncan Lewis Solicitors with the intention of killing an immigration solicitor https://t.co/YrqRew51jh
  • 'Covid parties' could become the norm, immunology expert says https://t.co/byOZd4Y2YV
  • Rights group seeks to use UK sanctions to stop abuse of Turkish lawyers - Arrested Lawyers Initiative gathering evidence on hundreds jailed or awaiting trial https://t.co/F1zFn685ct 
  • The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/OIXPm7vyUo
  • UK must be 'brave' and prosecute gulf royal accused of sexual assault, says top QC - Helena Kennedy says CPS must pursue case against UAE minister accused of assaulting British citizen Caitlin McNamara at Hay Abu Dhabi festival https://t.co/PZO1zSaS2w Oct 23, 2020
  • Plans for a drive-in cinema in Chester were bogged down after the toilets were found to be across the border with Wales and subject to Welsh Covid rules https://t.co/xxgZer7hKK
  • #Poland abortion ruling: Protests spread across the country https://t.co/aNAf62mR70 
  • Wales lockdown: Covid 'firebreak' comes into force https://t.co/PaOosQdiZa
  • Rape prosecutions and convictions dropped by half early in UK pandemic - Data for England and Wales reflects lockdown, distancing and rising court backlog https://t.co/CoIviAETuU
  • UK insurers warn against go-ahead for self-driving cars on motorways - Government plana set to start in 2021 risk lives and are ‘hugely wrong’, experts say https://t.co/iIa2kfSE4s 
  • Remdesivir: #US regulators approve first drug to treat Covid-19 - The antiviral medicine remdesivir has been given full approval in the US after a trial showed it cut recovery time by five days https://t.co/wYrQr5r3zI
  • The contribution and achievements of ethnic minorities, particularly those of African and Caribbean ancestry, to all aspects of all our lives is largely omitted | Law Gazette https://t.co/QgOAKLvopv
  • LCJ wades in to immigration row | Law Gazette https://t.co/TlglzipR3
  • Success planning trumps succession planning - Legal Futures https://t.co/cP6qjLGeSe
  • SRA to recover less than 30% of prosecution costs in Bakers case | Law Gazette https://t.co/uUXHJxloJa
  • Pro-Beijing lawyer faces SDT over “kill protestors” comments - Legal Futures https://t.co/C1ORFUhXeM
  • New cases registered rise to 83 per cent of average monthly pre-Covid level - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/GMAhwW1P3p
  • Prisons ‘fit to burst’ as activity levels plummet - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/jtg1xahQx9
  • Inner House resolves right to buy dispute between two feuding families  - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/hVwf9rc54C
  • Junior lawyers welcome SDT leniency for suffering solicitor | Law Gazette https://t.co/cfMQRlwXrI
  • "KKK" solicitor fined for groping female colleagues - Legal Futures https://t.co/44B2FRGL0y 
  • Human rights body raises concern over digital working | Law Gazette https://t.co/mQx5367lYR 
  • LeO to seek in-year budget supplement for first time - Legal Futures https://t.co/f6tUPh0IfV
  • Top Investigator in Google Case Says There ‘Was Not a Rush’ to Sue #US https://t.co/Qc1pFEmBTP
  • Solicitor who joked about Ku Klux Klan fined £30k by tribunal | Law Gazette https://t.co/jPBWEy1Q5O
  • Forget Antitrust Laws. To Limit Tech, Some Say a New Regulator Is Needed. Even as the Justice Department sued Google, some antitrust experts wondered whether a different government response would be more effective #US https://t.co/MxAf1omvM6
  • Susan Nicholson's parents win appeal for fresh inquest https://t.co/Neph9PBKgl
  • Scotland to enter new five-tier Covid alert system https://t.co/w4cwW9oIKA
  • Female lawyers anxious over disproportionate impact of Covid - Legal Futures https://t.co/OwcoFq23kK
  • SRA to pay interim £40k costs after ‘lamentable’ prosecution | Law Gazette https://t.co/SUdQfhHwS3
  • 7 week-old firm with links to Tory peer lands £122 million PPE contract, there was no tender process when the contract was handed to an associate of Baroness Mone https://t.co/gG3I2qoVx0 
  • #UAE threatens to repatriate 18 former Guantánamo detainees to Yemen - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/KxRv99pEML
  • Spotify, Apple Music, Deezer and YouTube all found recently hosting racist music https://t.co/RQLi3OBXIs
  • The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/dYzKrtIHm
  • SCTS team named finalists at leading procurement awards - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/28NsnWs4S
  • Shared Parenting Scotland launches initiative for separated parents - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/BK2sJvqcc
  • ‘First Class’ - Terra Firma praised in latest edition of Chambers & Partners - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/D6TLxpEopx
  • Edinburgh ICCA Congress to be held next September - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/WM5FBtubHM
  • Ampersand Advocates Bitesized: complications of accommodation costs - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/ULMGsVxjSV
  • Success in post-lockdown trial highlights importance of preparation - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/y8pwfH3eFI
  • Covid: Tougher restriction begin for millions in England and Wales https://t.co/AEg3R98RNx
  • #Australia child abuse: Police arrest 44 suspects and rescue 16 children https://t.co/bg93eVRwzO 
  • Lawyers of Tomorrow – Lauren Pirouet - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/R3cRL7HK5B
  • Nearly 'one in ten' furloughed staff were asked to work https://t.co/J28flgz4CB
  • English Channel migrants 'being detained in unfit conditions' https://t.co/KYEEyZrRQ
  • Scottish government ‘risks further confusion’ over fire and smoke alarm legislation - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/hVIpekUuJ
  • #US signs anti-abortion declaration with group of largely authoritarian governments https://t.co/cJuuxaPTni
  • #India buzzes with fake news of 'civil war' in Pakistan: The reports emerged after local Pakistani media said troops had kidnapped the provincial police chief to force him to arrest a top opposition leader https://t.co/IYXwHCmWY9
  • Goldman Sachs to pay $3bn over 1MDB corruption scandal https://t.co/JK7Da41wcn

Friday

23rd October - Law News

Edition 3224: 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 Legal Article: Digital legal services will play a key role in the 'recharging' of the City of London following the devastation caused by lockdown, the City's governing body proposed today. This will include updating existing court systems to make them 'user centric, tech agnostic and digital-first'. Full story - The Law Society Gazette
 
 
Today's Highlighted Video Story: Pimsiri Petchnamrob is among 31 Thai protesters facing jail for organising and participating in a July protest. But she says she is encouraged by increasing signs the government is starting to listen to protesters' demands.

Saturday Conversations on Law
  • The maker of OxyContin painkillers has reached an $8.3bn (£6.3bn) settlement and agreed to plead guilty to criminal charges to resolve a probe of its role in fuelling America's opioid crisis https://t.co/S3fKGrOv1O
  • Top PI firms reveal mixed profits as another hits TV to build brand - Legal Futures https://t.co/yFtd8iIMkq 
  • The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/oKTqHgi807
  • Consumers use “limited criteria” when shopping around for lawyers - Legal Futures https://t.co/19JSjbBe3p
  • Supermarkets will be unable to sell items like clothes during the 17-day Covid firebreak lockdown in Wales https://t.co/aNt9dVaM3d 
  • SRA slapped with costs order over failed prosecution - Legal Futures https://t.co/c9zP480uEu
  • High street solicitor launches second BSB firm with client - Legal Futures https://t.co/Se360x3Cvl 
  • Justice depends on data - and the pandemic shows why | Law Gazette https://t.co/T20OaFFK3r 
  • Durham students have been left feeling "threatened" and unsafe after a LGBT university association Zoom meeting was "hijacked" by more than 15 people shouting "homophobic slurs" https://t.co/IzuW18qSXN
  • #Poland's top court has ruled that abortions in cases of foetal defects are unconstitutional - laws were already among the strictest in Europe but the Constitutional Tribunal's ruling will mean an almost total ban https://t.co/EpnRroyhJz
  • Lawtech and ethics: Discussion paper calls on the profession | Law Gazette https://t.co/cjTiycMJqV
  • We’ve now heard from the Breonna Taylor grand juror and it’s confirmed our worst fears - Now a judge has ruled that jurors on the case can speak, some unsavory facts about how the case was handled have come to light #US https://t.co/oXThnl3Rld
  • Opinion: Alistair Bonnington on Scotland’s malicious prosecution shame - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/hXUoLVH3JJ
  • Faculty strongly opposed to judicial review ‘rebalance’ - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/w5iRwNcEv1
  • Court of Appeal rules Upper Tribunal erred in remaking Nigerian citizen deportation decision  - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/bePc2wnSim
  • KKK office joke was ‘just playful’, tribunal told | Law Gazette https://t.co/hg3baRFCFI
  • A #Spanish journalist has apologised after comparing Barcelona's Ansu Fati to a black street vendor in their 5-1 Champions League win over Ferencvaros https://t.co/MicyPZedNK
  • #US sex offender Jeffrey Epstein's former girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell said she never witnessed "inappropriate underage activities" by him, according to transcripts of a 2016 deposition https://t.co/950lZoisYk
  • Covid rules: Stoke, Coventry and Slough face tighter restrictions in tier 2 https://t.co/mNjq0OYiw4
  • A&O opens reporting season with ‘small’ change to pay gap | Law Gazette https://t.co/yGlo8w8Krg
  • Article 50 litigation not a typical JR, Public Law Project tells panel | Law Gazette https://t.co/gpc7CWoLYM 
  • People need to "inform themselves" and research which Covid-19 rules apply in their area, the minister for crime and policing has said, amid complaints the tier system has caused confusion https://t.co/mNjq0OGH7u
  • New government Covid scheme to pay up to half of wages https://t.co/6ZUTmqNg1u 
  • Eversheds staff return to normal hours and full pay | Law Gazette https://t.co/RLq4HYqLX6
  • Court of Appeal declares Home Office immigration policy 'unlawful' | Law Gazette https://t.co/NuWYdmf0mS
  • Co-op Legal Services to be fined £144k by SRA | Law Gazette https://t.co/ORdCGNNNHr
  • A scientist advising the government on ethnicity and Covid says "structural racism is not a reasonable explanation" for black and south Asian people's greater risk of illness and death https://t.co/B1T3Z6REuy
  • Trump's lawyer Giuliani dismisses 'compromising' clip from new Borat film #US https://t.co/FPod49e6Fn 
  • A Tory MP has quit her government job after voting for a Labour motion to offer free school meals during holidays until Easter 2021 https://t.co/jpodEqaDq9
  • The Transport for Wales rail franchise is to be brought under Welsh Government control from next February https://t.co/WW9sXruoor
  • Brexit: UK to ban more EU citizens with criminal records https://t.co/v1mcYUhX1u
  • FBI says Iran and Russia have #US voter information https://t.co/NYKaHTF4FF
  • How the law might grapple with nanoscience - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/LZdZ1Z2gqt 
  • The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/J13U46aJcB
  • Covid and the fate of court buildings in Scotland - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/3nvrqHXWo2 
  • Ronnie Conway becomes first senior fellow of APIL in Scotland - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/FHAVsSTvfR
  • Lindsays expands with launch of prism HR consultancy - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/jJw2UQupIB 
  • TLT appoints Ainslie Benzie as legal director in Scotland - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/D5knLLggwT
  • Lawyers of Tomorrow – Christy Young - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/7Okm4aiWgW
  • Permission granted for judicial review of act’s definition of ‘woman’ - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/dgGtPIjeCP 
  • The Rev. Alistair McGregor QC - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/S4SkchLPiu 
  • Eight trainees secure permanent positions with Thorntons - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/JZhJ54f4Ik
  • Letters to UK crime victims from CPS 'unsatisfactory' https://t.co/4dO0GV3O98

Thursday

22nd October - Law News

Edition 3223: 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 Legal Article: Many personal injury law firms fail to understand what potential clients are looking for and are wasting their marketing budgets as a result, according to research published today by First4Lawyers.. Full story - Legal Fuures
 
 
Today's Highlighted Video Story: Pope Francis endorses same-sex civil unions - James Martin, Jesuit priest and LGBTQ advocate, says opponents inside the Catholic church have to rethink their views after the Pope's 'momentous' comments.



Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Foreign rough sleepers face deportation from UK post-Brexit https://t.co/iMptRgtfEc
  • Why remote working has exacerbated cyber-security concerns - Legal Futures https://t.co/PCWwxK14eb
  • Helping the law’s young | Law Gazette https://t.co/xMrpu2L1nT
  • The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/08FJM6cDoL
  • Oldest local law society hosts Nightingale court | Law Gazette https://t.co/K06VP8oBpH
  • Lawyer loses claim for full pay after Covid 40% salary cut | Law Gazette https://t.co/UqYopjSrcQ
  • A climbdown by the Scottish government on the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Bill has been confirmed by Justice Secretary Humza Yousaf - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/BitRJPTJUe
  • UK farmers call for EU workers to bypass Covid quarantine: Poultry industry warns of Christmas turkey shortage if EU workers not allowed in https://t.co/v8yypkCYJC
  • Universities accused of pressuring staff to work on campus https://t.co/EHgyYFh0Wj
  • GCHQ boss says spy agency is 'not nearly diverse enough': Jeremy Fleming’s remarks follow revelation that ethnic minorities were excluded until 1980s https://t.co/yZB9MoOl1p
  • South Wales police defend use of Taser on pregnant woman: Leanne Perrett, 35, lost her baby after officer fired stun gun at her during fracas https://t.co/wHBiHRRZrA
  • ULaw strikes SQE deals ahead of training shake-up | Law Gazette https://t.co/ZRVPveyKF8
  • A football fan who suffered horrific injuries when he was attacked by opposition hooligans in 2015 has died. Simon Dobbin, 48, was left brain-damaged in the assault after a match in Southend, Essex, five years ago https://t.co/gBasl21KYN
  • Buildings have been set aflame and there are reports of gunfire in #Nigeria's biggest city after demonstrators were shot at a protest. Rights group Amnesty International said at least 12 people were killed when soldiers opened fire in Lagos on Tuesday https://t.co/u06AAlEGxD
  • Four university students have been fined £10,000 each after telling police who broke up their house party they were "spoiling their fun" https://t.co/QtgjLX83s
  • Pope Francis has said that he thinks same-sex couples should be allowed to have "civil unions" https://t.co/43wX7YUow
  • Police have dropped their investigation into an interview in which historian Dr David Starkey made controversial comments about slavery https://t.co/QuMhSa6Dt
  • Digital-first court service to recharge London | Law Gazette https://t.co/dUprA3tunT
  • Ex-Freshfields partner appeals misconduct finding in High Court | Law Gazette https://t.co/H7QVzd5MV
  • Second witness says she was touched inappropriately by veteran solicitor | Law Gazette https://t.co/F3PZggM495
  • Parents of 545 children still not found three years after Trump separation policy: Lawyers struggling to find parents deported to Central America, says ACLU, after #US government removed 1,030 children in 2018 https://t.co/VEMOMNrgQ
  • Ex-members of #US supreme counrt nominee Amy Coney Barrett faith group tell of trauma and sexual abuse https://t.co/5ZY3WCLE9U
  • Lord Hope warns UK government risks bringing ‘our precious union to an end’ - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/qtibGVwQuz
  • Sheriff Principal determines North Sea helicopter crash could not have been avoided - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/OnRonm9FKX
  • Solicitors boycott court cells over Covid concerns | Law Gazette https://t.co/vTtZ1BHxVo
  • Barrister convicted of fraud avoids strike-off |Law Gazette https://t.co/YMZAW1LbT
  • A major plank of the UK's strategy for removing failed migrants has been ruled illegal because it prevents the courts from considering their cases https://t.co/LeW43t7SW
  • Man appears in court over alleged knife attack on immigration firm | Law Gazette https://t.co/VHpgN9adO
  • Bars and restaurants in Scotland's central belt are to remain closed for another week after short-term Covid-19 restrictions were extended https://t.co/3r4tQLl2a
  • The government's secretive Covid contracts are heaping misery on Britain - Bypassing the NHS and handing crucial services to corporate executives has led to the catastrophic failure of test and trace https://t.co/rBwbj3wjY
  • First virtual planning inquiry in Scotland held - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/OAEUMNG65W 
  • People living in flats with Grenfell-style flammable cladding have reacted with anger to a government minister suggesting they will have to pay towards the cost of replacing it themselves https://t.co/zGtrPWYkD
  • At least 11 women have been killed and many more injured in a stampede in a stadium in #Afghanistan where people were applying for visas to Pakistan, officials say https://t.co/1qxW4xV7lW
  • Breonna Taylor: Grand jury 'not given chance to bring homicide charges' #US https://t.co/YaNqW9kW2
  • Fifteen people have been treated for breathing difficulties after an unknown substance was sprayed inside branches of Pizza Hut, Tesco and McDonald's https://t.co/8KGyRNaIa
  • Racist attack investigation reopened by Met Police https://t.co/w6XiYrOwar
  • Menopause resource launched to support Scottish legal profession - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/KT9bCRziq
  • Personal injury lawyer who “wrecked lives” is struck off - Legal Futures https://t.co/pGxrFXIqSI 
  • Webinar on Colombian Truth Commission - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/63wR1wmn5
  • Thorntons charity wills campaign goes virtual for 2020 - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/2HbWIrwqP
  • #France teacher attack: Seven people to attend court over Samuel Paty's death https://t.co/xe5ULpsQW
  • Gyms will be able to reopen across Liverpool after the government bowed to pressure to bring it in line with other areas under tier 3 measures https://t.co/18B3OikCD
  • South Yorkshire to move into tier 3 from Saturday https://t.co/gymvnOdGm
  • Law firm loses appeal against penalty for late tax payment - Legal Futures https://t.co/Xf8lcraZeA 
  • Scots Law Conventions - Virtual Edition – 23-27 November - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/lHrJDfi1tx
  • Family lawyers embrace mixed teams to offer non-court alternatives - Legal Futures https://t.co/BsMHglSV1w
  • Faculty to kick off online Hamlyn Lectures - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/rdcDBqr2x
  • England: Prosecutors given guidance on sexting, online dating and hook-ups - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/nV9YloJPW
  • Lawyers of Tomorrow – Atlanta Jack - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/rcgjL12DV
  • Former stable clerk Susan Hastie to sue Faculty Services Ltd - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/nPx4ym21
  • South of Scotland success in cutting summary backlog - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/q5a9YZo5H
  • Children to give views on Child Rights Bill - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/ux27jFHL
  • Editorial: Local justice – all smokies and mirrors? - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/i5jiI66Fw
  • Prosecutors in #Taiwan have charged the captain of a fishing boat with ordering the killing of four suspected Somali pirates eight years ago https://t.co/0VtHpxza
  • A number of people taking part in a protest against police brutality have reportedly been shot dead or injured in #Nigeria's biggest city, Lagos https://t.co/FwXs76rm
  • Teaching white privilege as uncontested fact is illegal, Tory minister states https://t.co/6DjcF3vzt
  • A dazzling, shocking indictment of America: What the Constitution Means to Me review https://t.co/KGb3KrHC
  • Worrying threat to the supreme court https://t.co/DeSrDcBY1
  • Starmer's 'abstentionism' treads fine line between election viability and party unity https://t.co/KgNZf5psG
  • Insurer that settled car crash injury action fails to have pursuer’s expenses reduced - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/WJoLRlIIr
  • #France teacher attack: Pupil's father 'exchanged texts with killer' https://t.co/B2tv8OCmZg

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21st October - Law News

Edition 3222: 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 Legal Article: The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) is considering a new push to regulate reserved legal activities, it has emerged. Full story - New Law Journal
 
 
Today's Highlighted Video Story: Young, healthy volunteers in the UK could be deliberately exposed to the Coronavirus under highly controlled conditions to speed up the development of a vaccine. The government is committing more than £30 million to the so-called human challenge trials, which means researchers don't have to wait until their subjects come across the infection naturally. It's hoped the project will begin in January.



Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Will judges fill this moral vacuum? | Law Gazette https://t.co/yiDIKq8M
  • The 10pm curfew should be scrapped in London to help venues deal with Tier 2 coronavirus restrictions, the Mayor of London has said https://t.co/zaeFD1mcF
  • Jamal Khashoggi: Journalist's fiancee sues #Saudi crown prince https://t.co/rJ8P0tlF0
  • In focus: Making the most of HMCTS data | Law Gazette https://t.co/6jtE1NGQC
  • The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/LuyJi6Eyrl 
  • City firms repay furlough cash, but more job cuts loom | Law Gazette https://t.co/7WTkoEYuP
  • Covid shock closing tech generation gap | Law Gazette https://t.co/ubVXS2fZS
  • Court services offer ‘safe space’ for litigants | Law Gazette https://t.co/NRjUoZ7OF
  • The day-to-day life of a private equity partner explained - Legal Cheek https://t.co/WrM5MNha
  • Guideline hourly rates under fresh scrutiny as lawyers claim higher costs | Law Gazette https://t.co/DMLLhljoL
  • Reduced legal budgets seen as biggest virus challenge - Legal Futures https://t.co/pJl8voZRi
  • Virtual Arbitration Hearings: Part I – Concerns with adoption #India | Bar & Bench https://t.co/HQgWZYaj
  • Court orders costs repayment after client did not consent to deduction | Law Gazette https://t.co/5X050XHQg
  • Drink and drugs driver Kanad Basi, 22, jailed over Lesmahagow crash https://t.co/sNUPhPMgC
  • The New Yorker magazine has suspended one of its long-time staff writers, legal expert Jeffrey Toobin, while it investigates a report that he was allegedly masturbating during a Zoom work call #US https://t.co/rgjqIPoIi
  • Frenkel Topping given more time for NAHL takeover talks - Legal Futures https://t.co/cqnQRa8DM7
  • UK cities plan Covid-safe festivities as Christmas markets are cancelled https://t.co/X3Pavw7KT
  • How the Greater Manchester Covid lockdown standoff unfolded https://t.co/wkI0vVJQG
  • My life as an employment lawyer - Legal Cheek https://t.co/528eV08Y0
  • Police to close mosque in Paris in clampdown on extremism: Mosque in Pantin allegedly posted Facebook video violently criticising teacher days before he was beheaded #France https://t.co/P5ARxnbGB
  • When it attacks 'lefty lawyers', this government takes aim at the rule of law | David Gauke https://t.co/VQKD3B5cZ
  • Former Tory justice secretary condemns government attacks on 'lefty lawyers' https://t.co/nv6hNwuD
  • Parole Board chief calls for high-profile hearings to be held in public - Proposed changes to system in England and Wales after John Worboys case aim to remove secrecy https://t.co/k7xhThqoTZ
  • 'I'm the one': #Philippines president takes responsibility for drug killings https://t.co/p9xpmEtN95
  • CPS addresses rape 'myths' in guidance for prosecutors | Law Gazette https://t.co/JvhK7peHR8
  • Fake naked photos of thousands of women shared online https://t.co/l35EAysdGx
  • Grenfell Tower: Police to look into 'binned' refurbishment records https://t.co/lqe1lcBiQ
  • 'We had more than 60 calls from test and trace' workers https://t.co/GFtRYjxUh
  • The #US government has filed charges against Google, accusing it of abusing its dominance to preserve a monopoly over internet searches and online advertising https://t.co/ZXRBocMLS8
  • City solicitor fails in claim for pay reduced during Covid - Legal Futures https://t.co/dS91Ik7B3b
  • The sale of Durex jumped when social-distancing rules were relaxed in the summer, says maker Reckitt Benckiser https://t.co/dc4cxs4DJK
  • The highest tier of Covid restrictions is expected to be imposed on Greater Manchester after talks over financial support broke down https://t.co/g1qn6b0Qql
  • Accountants ponder new push to regulate legal services - Legal Futures https://t.co/7ptIyIt186 
  • In light of what has transpired in the Hathras case, the article details the legality of Dying Declarations under Indian law #India | Bar & Bench https://t.co/wqrj6WOyR
  • Partner wore 'KKK hat' in office and groped colleague 18 times, tribunal hears | Law Gazette https://t.co/tlqsrx5bRu
  • Music law: A barrier to creativity? - Legal Cheek https://t.co/LpwC1ANa1
  • Outlook - 'This is what a barrister looks like' - Alexandra Wilson is a young black woman changing the face of Britain’s legal system https://t.co/F8BOgLOr6B
  • A couple who posed for wedding photographs on railway tracks in North Yorkshire have been condemned by Network Rail https://t.co/d6L7rJSrp7
  • Hospitality chiefs are scrambling to work out whether working lunches at pubs and restaurants could be exempt from new coronavirus restrictions https://t.co/cvZ1VcvMJn
  • Courts showing ‘good signs of recovery', government claims | Law Gazette https://t.co/5MrbTChr7
  • Danish submarine builder Peter Madsen, who murdered the #Swedish journalist Kim Wall, has been caught after trying to escape from jail https://t.co/YE68lKCxbJ
  • WhatsApp chats and criminal investigations: A legal analysis #India | Bar & Bench https://t.co/RJDt2PH3Co
  • Police forces pull support for virtual remand hearings | Law Gazette https://t.co/uIZgCpP4vW
  • BMC slept over unauthorized building construction, Supreme Court in Dongri collapse case #India | Bar & Bench https://t.co/CmfbCLK7kp
  • Trustlaw to host free pro bono event - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/MSEWM1sU5c
  • (TRP Scam) Republic TV moves Bombay High Court challenging the FIR of Mumbai police, seeks CBI intervention in investigation of proceedings #India | Bar & Bench https://t.co/iLmGJcTKvR
  • New co-directors appointed to Aberdeen University Centre for Energy Law - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/fTUYwzLTjV
  • City law firms repay government furlough money - Legal Cheek https://t.co/lfXLKdc4xE
  • Bletchley Park’s contribution to WW2 'over-rated' and due to millennial fascination with the repressed geek https://t.co/8uYWqHWfiK
  • Mysterious 'Robin Hood' hackers donating stolen money https://t.co/5KNQjf7Teo
  • Macfadyen Lecture 2020: Climate change and the Convention - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/SKuOgXGHPK
  • The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/fuVc21OMhW
  • In search of a ‘new better’ - David Greene - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/njA6hJqEdB
  • CMS lawyers talk remote-working, lawtech and the future of legal practice - Legal Cheek https://t.co/bn9r2gTQ3a
  • Family lawyer Claire Robertson has died of cancer aged 43. The Press and Journal has published a full obituary - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/6xat1uA1al
  • Hogan Lovells keeps 20 out of 29 autumn NQ solicitors - Legal Cheek https://t.co/564g9n9xA
  • DAC Beachcroft’s Beverley Atkinson re-accredited in professional negligence law - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/2ouzihU6cy
  • The Obiter Truth is a catalogue of everyday experiences in the life of a young lawyer hoping to find humour in the bizarre and sense in the chaos. A hat tip to the comical struggles of young lawyers everywhere #India | Bar & Bench https://t.co/z3Ir8JNksO 
  • Lawyers of Tomorrow – Megan Slater - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/RFMByZJXC5
  • Judges must be steadfast in holding on to principles, Justice NV Ramana #India | Bar & Bench https://t.co/htahNA278f
  • Simpson & Marwick to become part of Aberdeins Group - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/hWOyK6EUXN
  • Films, food parcels and online lectures: The life of a self-isolating law student - Legal Cheek https://t.co/P4OAyxjdip 
  • UK government refuses to assist Police Scotland investigation into US torture and rendition - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/5a2xNG0bYp
  • Russell Group unis launch partnership with new SQE provider - Legal Cheek https://t.co/YYo80Fpsbd
  • Woman denied social housing because she was not an Orthodox Jew fails in Supreme Court appeal - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/64EckKaAC
  • Birmingham prison inmates' letters laced with drugs https://t.co/7osJPzeMoB
  • A gap between the start of Wales' lockdown and the UK government's new Job Support Scheme is a "significant barrier" for firms trying to survive https://t.co/cah9TxY84M
  • The Irish government is to move the country to the highest level of coronavirus restrictions, broadly similar to the spring lockdown https://t.co/d84hx3OD0
  • First UK airport coronavirus testing begins https://t.co/pkTibFoKgG
  • Instagram censored one of these photos but not the other. We must ask why it likes thin, white and the conventionally attractive more https://t.co/lWDXNwPGJ3
  • Just one in seven rape survivors expect justice in England and Wales https://t.co/5gy3RM4u9f
  • How Green Is That Electric Car? And When It Hits 100 M.P.H.? https://t.co/TuUEGSBHGv 
  • For Young Rohingya Brides, Marriage Means a Perilous, Deadly Crossing #Myanmar https://t.co/BE1UdzVLlm 
  • Federal Appeals Courts Emerge as Crucial for Trump in Voting Cases https://t.co/c7fsARQRKD