24th December - Law News

Edition 3285: LawNewsIndex is a UK based topical legal news archive on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Jurisprudence, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics & Human Rights since 2011.   

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Wishing a happy, healthy and safe festive period to all readers of LawNewsIndex.

Focus of the Day Legal Article: Trio of US law firms celebrate after annual award of UK Queen's Counsel. Lawyers from Skadden, Gibson Dunn and Quinn Emanuel join first-ever Big Four advocate on roster. Full story - The Global Legal Post
 

 

Today's Highlighted Video Story: When a young street seller set himself on fire to protest lack of employment opportunities and government corruption, Tunisia became the cradle of the Arab spring revolutions that swept the middle east. Less than a month later, the dictator Ben Ali had to flee the country he had ruled for 23 years. Ten years on, what change has the revolution brought and was the sacrifice of so many worth the price?

Saturday Conversations on Law

• A 12-year-old DJ who organised an illegal rave in his school bathrooms has been reprimanded - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/dWxdmozByM
  
• Covid breach jet-skier freed from Isle of Man jail https://t.co/WFt3rWVbmJ
• German court fines Warwick historian over claim of Nazi-prisoner lesbian affair - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/syjhtlUynb
  
• Drugs gang leader forced to pay back profit - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/JAXMgAXZK4
  
• TFC’s Scott Blair stars in latest SLLP Lockdown Licensing episode - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/e0bb2bnk3g
  
• Call for changes to Human Rights Act interpretation to protect people during arrest and detention - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/hDfRsmUrxy
• Shepherd and Wedderburn banking and finance team reports strong year - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/76MoWvmx9Q
• Tory donor was key shareholder in Grenfell cladding firm Arconic https://t.co/dh8rNh3HaP
• England and Atletico Madrid right-back Kieran Trippier has been given a 10-week worldwide football ban and fined £70,000 after a Football Association panel found he broke betting rules https://t.co/4OmzrIKzo
• Millions more people in the east and south east of England are to enter tier 4 on Boxing Day, the health secretary has announced https://t.co/3pwbDe0jDA
• Hundreds of immigrants in #France working on the coronavirus frontline have had their service to the country recognised with fast-track citizenship https://t.co/WDDTSpMAaV
• Ramsay Hall: FCA warning notice to Carillion – a lesson for the construction industry - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/RMOSEcusxD
• Arbroath’s former court building now community owned - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/8WTxE14BZK 
• Sturgeon makes new ministerial appointments - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/KQsaGuf8jZ 
• Tempers have become frayed at the port of Dover as lorry drivers face continuing delays despite France reopening its border with the UK https://t.co/dW2dQTcWSF 
• Hotel and restaurant group Whitbread has asked landlords for a 50% rent cut for the next three months as pandemic restrictions continue to hit trading https://t.co/juQN58CBcJ 
• US charges Libyan man over Lockerbie bombing as American facts contradict Crown’s - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/tOlGulhQjT
• Outer House rules no servitude exists between 300+ year-old Fife coastal homes - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/htv4TH2kKd 
• #France police shootings: Three officers killed by gunman who is later found dead https://t.co/6V0psod8p9 
• Anyone travelling into Northern Ireland who plans to stay for at least 24 hours will have to self-isolate for 10 days, according to new travel restrictions https://t.co/NkurdNmwdD
• Rethinking our definition of bullying and harassment | Law Gazette https://t.co/6PBHGHHE81 
• For the SRA, transparency should begin at home | Law Gazette https://t.co/JfkQtyKqkG 
• Tribunal entitled to ban solicitor despite ‘racist’ witness remarks | Law Gazette https://t.co/nPb3aMwNBh 
• Newspaper wrong to name suspect in Manchester bombing | Law Gazette https://t.co/EeVVY1mUdQ 
• Society dismayed by last-minute changes to Wales land tax | Law Gazette https://t.co/4Ojy4peSbv 
• SRA meets every target in glowing end-of-year assessment | Law Gazette https://t.co/qtdjHGCtcS 
• Experts cautious about further reform of personal injury market | Law Gazette https://t.co/rd9X36Eu0h
  
• Never look a gift horse in the mouth - Legal Futures https://t.co/yDOPUKbE9c 
• High Court rejects solicitor’s appeal against strike-off - Legal Futures https://t.co/NqWPEfX7F3 
• Killers who refuse to reveal where they hid a body could still be freed despite new laws aimed at denying them parole https://t.co/pkMHvvai8R
• “Hundreds of millions” of pounds laundered through conveyancers - Legal Futures https://t.co/JPajXtzruQ
• #France will start letting traffic from the UK back in from Wednesday after the nations reached agreement over their shared border, closed amid concerns over a new coronavirus variant https://t.co/wzs0WgliE
• Grenfell Tower inquiry: 11 key things we’ve learned this year https://t.co/8KdGaswwQu 
• Expert group lists worries about impact of whiplash reforms - Legal Futures https://t.co/ssFBeSB44d

23rd December - Law News

Edition 3284: LawNewsIndex is a UK based topical legal news archive on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Jurisprudence, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics & Human Rights since 2011.   

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Focus of the Day Legal Article: It is likely that criminals launder “hundreds of millions” of pounds with the inadvertent aid of conveyancers across the UK, the government has warned. There was also evidence of London litigation firms falling victim to money launderers posing as potential new clients based in overseas jurisdictions. Full story - Legal Futures
 

 

Today's Highlighted Video Story: A Russian agent sent to tail opposition leader Alexey Navalny has revealed how he was poisoned in August -- with the lethal nerve agent Novichok planted in his underpants. The stunning disclosure from an agent who belonged to an elite toxins team in Russia's FSB security service came in a lengthy phone call following the unmasking of the unit by CNN and the online investigative outfit Bellingcat last week. In what he was told was a debriefing, Konstantin Kudryavtsev also talked about others involved in the poisoning in the Siberian city of Tomsk, and how he was sent to clean things up. But the agent was not speaking to an official in Russia's National Security Council as he thought. He was talking to Navalny himself, who almost died after being poisoned in August. Navalny has long been a thorn in the side of President Vladimir Putin, exposing corruption in high places and campaigning against the ruling United Russia party

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Peter Cruddas: PM overrules watchdog with Tory donor peerage - The Lords Appointments Commission did not support ennobling the businessman, who quit as Tory co-treasurer in 2012 following cash-for-access allegations https://t.co/4dHFa8Sn7e
• Tesco has introduced purchasing limits on some products including eggs, rice, soap and toilet roll https://t.co/6zxzrisVKV
• Courts must balance and protect constitutional rights of children - Irish Legal News https://t.co/0rt26YTgcZ
  
• Tributes have been paid to Cork solicitor Kieran O’Callaghan after he unexpectedly passed away last Thursday https://t.co/zgxWDZybgb 
• Irish-born legal academics appointed honorary Queen's Counsel - Irish Legal News https://t.co/P7iEZbu0v
• Investment limited partnerships to be 'modernised' under new law - Irish Legal News https://t.co/ealo3vvkI
• New code of practice to set out 'right to disconnect' - Irish Legal News https://t.co/TUaJXsbXjG 
• Image-based sexual abuse to become criminal offence - Irish Legal News https://t.co/IIYeuh1YF
• Three predictions for 2021 | Law Gazette https://t.co/6MAf9GlWC
• Digital appeals system 'cost six times more' than going to court | Law Gazette https://t.co/0rCbSABFvE
• Courts in Tier 4 areas continue to operate as normal | Law Gazette https://t.co/PyhSou90TX
  
• Fifa has lodged a criminal complaint against former president Sepp Blatter over the finances of a museum in Zurich, Switzerland. The complaint relates to the involvement of Blatter and other former officials in the Fifa museum project https://t.co/npCYRCWFHx
• An irresponsible Twitter post by the home secretary Patel about the deaths of 39 Vietnamese migrants led to the trial of alleged people-smugglers being halted https://t.co/7pTKU6TfUQ 
• Hairdressers and restaurants in #ROI to close on Christmas Eve https://t.co/bTbzo4va6q
• A "shocking" number of fines have been handed out to people moving from tier three to tier two areas to drink in pubs and bars, a police force said https://t.co/Z2pGixiuAT
  
• British haulier shipped drugs for gangs across Europe from his Warrington living room in lockdown. Thomas Maher has been sentenced at Liverpool Crown Court to more than 14 years in jail https://t.co/H9Id8JW0Xj 
• The European Union's 27 member states will try to co-ordinate restrictions on links to the UK, after dozens of countries suspended travel amid alarm over a new coronavirus variant https://t.co/XeoMUJxDmj
  
• Solicitor charged with attempted murder | Law Gazette https://t.co/tgvlyWjBTG
• Competition expert to chair criminal legal aid review | Law Gazette https://t.co/GsdEOBh5aq
• SRA rules out Beckwith appeal but defiant on future prosecutions | Law Gazette https://t.co/gOQZhRHxKM 
• England: CPS to continue pursuit of Anne Sacoolas over death of Harry Dunn - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/rqRI0qjvMj
  
• Pilot blamed for #Taiwan's first local Covid transmission since April - Taiwanese woman had contact with New Zealander who had flown flights to US https://t.co/CgUGrfOscx
• Government 'operated illegal buy British policy' over Covid contracts - Other firms better placed to supply antibody tests, argues case against health secretary Matt Hancock https://t.co/o0swsWAtj8 
• Ex-PM of #Japan Shinzo Abe questioned over 'cherry blossom' scandal - Allegations over dining expenses risk tarnishing Abe’s legacy and could weaken Yoshihide Suga https://t.co/qwgqDa8AsN 
• Puberty blockers: The NHS gender identity service is appealing against a High Court ruling that restricts children under 16 from accessing "puberty-blocking" drugs https://t.co/a13XXbVk0w 
• Tashaun Aird: family of the murdered teenager say the system of school exclusion has to change, or more children will be lost like their son https://t.co/44fY8mKr9e
  
• The aim of this chapter is to describe the current possible path toward a world without borders | Thomas Nail https://t.co/c6Kgavxvkk
• £22m to be seized from banker’s wife unless she reveals source of wealth - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/ihpJkkshlI
• Proposed domestic abuse powers – what you need to know - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/ldPcIR8s4P
• Shoosmiths Scotland embraces ‘treks, puds and sparkle’ in festive fundraiser - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/xd6CZOLoof
• FAI: Sheriff calls for helmet rule for quad bikers - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Oo25pEwtC7 
• Clydesdale Bank lawsuit to be heard in English High Court - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/nKLTrlFKts
• Lords committee gives proposed HMRC powers short shrift - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/nm6W6br5xz
• Prosecution watchdog calls for COPFS investment and warns of pandemic burden of future death probes - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/v5SIAxOWGh
• #Philippines police officer charged over mother and son murder https://t.co/mgUb26blqN 
• Facebook has switched off some of its child abuse detection tools in Europe in response to new rules from the EU https://t.co/YBlREZ690S
• #Turkey sentences Kurdish politician Leyla Güven to 22 years in prison on alleged terror charges https://t.co/43sEbAaMTh
• Scientists say inaction could cost tens of thousands of lives as variant spreads across UK https://t.co/73Z87g9NVi

22nd December - Law News

Edition 3283: LawNewsIndex is a UK based topical legal news archive on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Jurisprudence, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics & Human Rights since 2011.   

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Focus of the Day Legal Article: The Law Society of Scotland has said that small, high street law firms should not be hit with an economic crime levy. The Law Society is strongly opposed to the legal profession paying such a levy as solicitors are subject to stringent anti-money laundering requirements, but has stated that if it is to be introduced, then smaller firms should be exempt. Full story - Scottish Legal News
 

 

Today's Highlighted Video Story: Two men have been found guilty of the manslaughter of 39 Vietnamese men, women and children who suffocated inside a lorry trailer as they were smuggled into Britain last October. The jury at the Old Bailey in London also found George Neeka and Eamonn Harrison guilty of conspiracy to assist illegal immigration.

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Even during COVID pandemic, we can run institutions in the best possible manner: Karnataka HC Chief Justice Abhay Oka #India | Bar & Bench https://t.co/rykUthmrBO 
• Murder of British backpacker Grace Millane convicted of sex attacks on two more women. Jesse Kempson, 28, can now be named after a court order banning his identification was lifted in #NewZealand https://t.co/TgnY9YhCda 
• High Court dismisses Harry Dunn challenge - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/Ky6xS1Amb
• Sentences in PC Harper case upheld by Court of Appeal - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/Tv0g69YqVg 
• Further restrictions are likely to be introduced in England to control the new variant of Covid-19, the UK's chief scientific adviser has said https://t.co/3SfpMAWnfz 
• Covid-19: Visitors from tier 4 and Wales 'must self-isolate' https://t.co/RgvIDN421Q
• Top commercial chambers rally to save criminal pupillages cancelled due to pandemic - Legal Cheek https://t.co/bJmWG4JgTM
• Why Elon Musk’s pigs are a legal headache - Legal Cheek https://t.co/2JtGJtEkiT
  
• #US death row prisoner Dustin Higgs petitions Trump for clemency https://t.co/etF2Ilarz
• Hong Kong court reinstates mask ban at public gatherings - Judges’ decision appeared to rely on government accounts of violence at protest rallies in 2019 #China https://t.co/2ow1Qy1js5
• Nine out of 10 children on remand in London come from BAME background https://t.co/6gbUlywTt2
• #Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny duped a Russian FSB state agent into revealing details of an attack on him with the nerve agent Novichok, the investigative group Bellingcat reports https://t.co/1BT1ipGkSa
• Lawyering in Darwin, #Australia: A post-pandemic dream? - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/zOtQhpt377
  
• The Vatican has said the use of Covid-19 vaccines developed using cell lines derived from aborted foetuses is "morally acceptable" in the absence of an alternative jab https://t.co/vhhsS7QvVG
  
• BARBRI strikes SQE partnerships with Sussex Uni and national paralegal group - Legal Cheek https://t.co/pjT9RGLdnL 
• The #US has announced charges against a Libyan suspected of making the bomb that blew up Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, in 1988. Abu Agila Mohammad Masud has been charged with terrorism-related crimes https://t.co/1hvxiROUX
• ‘A minority within a minority’: The Torres Strait Islander experience in law - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/1VcAx4ZLLG
• Supreme Court embargo-breaking barrister sparks misconduct debate among fellow lawyers - Legal Cheek https://t.co/ImtwWa0xz
• A pick and choose policy is what we see: Indira Jaising on Judiciary's functioning #India | Bar & Bench https://t.co/GSQR9uxa64
• Law Society: Wrong to target high street law firms with economic crime levy - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/BdxDcAHyf
• Holyrood committee calls for scope of UNCRC bill to be widened - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/fiGurkVFN5
• Edinburgh man has ‘mouth punch’ culpable homicide appeal upheld  - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/XEKwOcf7d
• More than 30 countries have banned UK arrivals because of concerns at the spread of a new variant of coronavirus https://t.co/J58lSOoKlu
• Essex lorry deaths: Two found guilty of killing 39 migrants https://t.co/WVPRUIa8lr
• Reed Smith puts NQ salary back up to £90k - Legal Cheek https://t.co/t5zwiio8qz
• Might the Human Rights Act impose a duty to pass subordinate legislation? - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/s6FuxNRbSY
• Trying to enforce lockdown laws over Christmas could put police at risk of harm and in "difficult" situations, the Welsh Police Federation has warned https://t.co/Ybc421bad
• #German court jails far-right gunman for life for his deadly attack on a synagogue: Stephan Balliet, 28, shot and killed a female passer-by and a man at a kebab shop after failing to break into the synagogue on 9 October 2019 https://t.co/tnmBflDoC
• Norton Rose Fulbright says lawyers can WFH half the time after Covid - Legal Cheek https://t.co/8u4Dc7zNxd
  
• Your software supplier been taken over - should you stay or go? - Legal Futures https://t.co/IOkx5BUiIw
• Scottish solicitors criticise SRA for money laundering levy stance - Legal Futures https://t.co/wTAemmsOS
• Teaching law firm “busier than ever” with pandemic caseload - Legal Futures https://t.co/AraGuW403U 
• Chambers seeks to rally support for Bar-wide pupillage academy - Legal Futures https://t.co/ikmxxLOeV
• SRA fails in bid to sell solicitor's properties to recoup intervention costs - Legal Futures https://t.co/wIou4qZjD
• #Australian Law student that sought $64k in damages from admissions board loses appeal - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/I4r2wMdC4o
• Refunds pledge for scrapped Christmas travel plans https://t.co/kFAzzEZEk
• The prime minister will chair a meeting of the government's emergency committee later after France closed its border with the UK for 48 hours https://t.co/J58lSOoKl
• Without Constitutionalism, only a husk of democracy remains: Former CJI MN Venkatachaliah #India | Bar & Bench https://t.co/wEY4DU8WiT
• My unconventional journey into law - Legal Cheek https://t.co/HDyVM7wnX
• Top 10 stories for boutiques in 2020 - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/WvjkpZkQR9
• The right to establish identity: donor offspring - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/xos2rLhH4Z 
• The right to respect for identity: transgender parents - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/Fr9hcjsPZ
• Slaughter and May calls off new office search, will stay at Bunhill Row until 2036 - Legal Cheek https://t.co/WVKeNOy4M
• Addleshaw Goddard cuts 19 lawyer roles following consultation - Legal Cheek https://t.co/T9VEOgqN86
• Can Confidentiality Club have documents for "legal eyes only"?: Delhi High Court says No #India | Bar & Bench https://t.co/ydh8kFOod
• #US cyber-attack: Around 50 firms 'genuinely impacted' by massive breach https://t.co/C01uf9ajR
• 'McMafia' banker's wife will have £22m seized unless she reveals source of wealth - Supreme court upholds order against Zamira Hajiyeva, who spent £1m a year at Harrods https://t.co/1rJRzWzB07

21st December - Law News

Edition 3282: LawNewsIndex is a UK based topical legal news archive on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Jurisprudence, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics & Human Rights since 2011.   

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Focus of the Day Legal Article: A lucky 116 lawyers made it through the rigorous application process to be named Queen’s Counsel. They include 40 women out of 72 who applied (compared to 30 out of 52 last year), 28 applicants aged over 50 (compared to 26 last year) and six solicitor-advocates out of 15 who applied (compared to four last year). Full story - New Law Journal
 

 

Today's Highlighted Video Story: Students throng streets of Beirut protesting against a move by private universities to change how fees are calculated. Later in the night, students set bins on fire and riot police used tear gas to disperse crowds.

Saturday Conversations on Law

• The University of Law to launch in Scotland - Legal Cheek https://t.co/0GHKJupCtR
• High expectations, PIL and over-activism an invitation for criticism of Supreme Court: Justice AK Sikri #India | Bar & Bench https://t.co/grNw9zxPU0
  
• Inns of Court student presidents write to BPP over teaching concerns - Legal Cheek https://t.co/Gh3JS1gVMe
• 6 ways to protect your law firm from ransomware attacks - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/JfiZbuu7op
• Court's duty to release accused on default bail if probe not completed within time: Jammu & Kashmir High Court #India | Bar & Bench https://t.co/axqB32HMcV
  
• How innovation is shaking up the legal sector - Legal Cheek https://t.co/7G6wy47uib 
• The threat of technology disrupting the legal sector has long existed. The pandemic accelerated technology adoption - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/PYqFqcFcFi
• Londoners who crowded on to trains to leave the capital on Saturday night were "totally irresponsible", the health secretary has said https://t.co/a967RDIdlt
• The UK is a covid pariah: Ireland, Italy, Belgium and Netherlands ban flights from UK https://t.co/EaXuzeI4Cv
• Law schools report rise in pro bono work as public turn to student-staffed clinics for legal advice - Legal Cheek https://t.co/LY1xx7MfKZ
• Life as a trainee lawyer during a global pandemic - Legal Cheek https://t.co/0rTsw5Sf4
• The Weekly Round-up: An 'Attack' on Human Rights and Two Failed Judicial Reviews - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/5kogKEgR2
• Around whom can LGBTQI+ professionals be themselves in legal workplaces? - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/5Yboo1L7Bi
• Housing association pays tenant £31,000 over neighbours’ racism: Court found L&Q had misled black woman who was harassed by family and had to flee her home https://t.co/C3hOvOUWvT 
• Appeals to parish overseers show how penniless 19th-century families were ‘masters’ at navigating Old English Poor Law https://t.co/calhrPfZWC
  
• Police will stop people fleeing new Covid tier 4 areas, ministers say https://t.co/rV39upSHwW 
• Ministers face fresh legal challenge over Heathrow airport plans: Critics say plan for third runway runs counter to UK’s legally binding target of net zero emissions by 2050 https://t.co/ctHYnsPWhq
  
• It’s useful to know who should have responsibility for accidents in autonomous vehicles https://t.co/a6BCexef72
  
• New coronavirus variant 'in every part of Wales' - the stay-at-home rule was introduced from midnight "partly" as a result of a new variant of the virus https://t.co/gci2LiT1aw 
• England's new Covid restrictions likely to stay 'for months' until vaccine rollout https://t.co/gbG1RH1eaO
• George Pell, the #Australian cardinal whose conviction for child abuse was overturned this year, has claimed his conservative Christian views drove public opinion against him https://t.co/0bJmFCkmVA 
• Queen’s Counsel, Barristers, Solicitors and Door Tenants This article examines the significance of barristers, Queen’s Counsel, solicitors and door tenants | Bar & Bench https://t.co/8DWWIYrLV5 
• Covid in Sydney: New restrictions announced as outbreak grows #Australia https://t.co/zaEH5bJDtL 
• Human rights lawyers have welcomed reports that the Morrison government has permitted the release of 200 people from Nauru and Papua New Guinea under the now-repealed Medevac laws #Australia https://t.co/N537kHZr1J
  
• Grenfell Tower inquiry: 'Whistleblower' refusing to give evidence https://t.co/xDVJ2tST6i 
• Charlie Hebdo: four men charged over Paris knife attack - arrest of Pakistanis held on suspicion of inciting attacker comes after court convicts 14 people linked to 2015 terrorist massacre #France https://t.co/UFF9eohGVj
• Covid: WHO in 'close contact' with UK over new virus variant https://t.co/XRiMLP9ufb 
• UK could follow Hungary and Poland in 'backsliding' on rule of law - Irish Legal News https://t.co/MxGHGtHD9B
  
• UK: Regulatory framework for self-driving vehicles proposed - Irish Legal News https://t.co/hwQEdJQ27n
• Calcutta Run raises €285k in spite of Covid-19 pandemic - Irish Legal News https://t.co/81BweQ4oO1
  
• UCC congratulates 80-year-old Tom Walsh on completing his PhD - Irish Legal News https://t.co/wd4d20k1J7 
• Lawyers for Belturbet bombing victims call for government transparency - Irish Legal News https://t.co/uOa4mgx8Kk
  
• The importance of working time records - Irish Legal News https://t.co/P5Aqyy0Y6W 
• NI: Adult protection consultation launched after high-profile safeguarding failures - Irish Legal News https://t.co/RBVjl0LNMD
  
• NI: Remote hearings 'not delivering access to justice' in family courts - Irish Legal News https://t.co/5J8Q73TCqQ 
• New regulations introduced for advertising by legal practitioners - Irish Legal News https://t.co/1uU594WqBe

20th December - Law News

Edition 3281: LawNewsIndex is a UK based topical legal news archive on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Jurisprudence, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics & Human Rights since 2011.   

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Today's Highlighted Video Story: A former governor of the Mexican state of Jalisco has been shot dead early on Friday in the bathroom of a restaurant in the beach town of Puerto Vallarta. It's the latest in a series of violent acts in a country already plagued by drug-related gang activity.

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Flynn O’Driscoll appoints Caoimhe Heery as employment partner - Irish Legal News https://t.co/dDIwzoRq1v 
• Court of Appeal: Equitable damages award overturned after plaintiff relied on forged documents - Irish Legal News https://t.co/mHBwo6IPp
• The Guardian view on Julian Assange: do not extradite him https://t.co/DRPh1HRKf1
• MoJ drops wealth rule that denied legal aid to victims of domestic abuse: ‘Imaginary capital’ rules for home ownership falsely inflated wealth and deprived people of help https://t.co/AA3Z7GVFqf 
• Courts service sets back paper probate deadline | Law Gazette https://t.co/kNYXrHN0fI 
• Law Society: Criminal solicitors are doing more work for less money | Law Gazette https://t.co/91lmWy4u8e
• Ministers’ proposals to align online and paper civil court fees are ‘unfair’, ‘unjustifiable’, will ‘damage UK businesses’ and restrict access to justice, the Civil Court Users Association (CCUA) has warned | NLJ https://t.co/hXH1GEjdGQ
• Concern over 'unrealistic' conveyancing expectations ahead of stamp duty deadline | Law Gazette https://t.co/KPy4t6Cv9Z
  
• The whole of Wales will be placed under lockdown from midnight with festive plans cancelled for all but Christmas Day https://t.co/bqYfFzaZA
• The Legal Services Board (LSB) has launched a consultation on its proposed ten-year strategy for the legal services sector | NLJ https://t.co/AxwgRgiyhX
  
• From midnight, a new tier four will be introduced in areas including London, Kent, Essex and Bedfordshire. For the rest of the country, the three household mixing limit has been cut from five days to just Christmas Day https://t.co/EdRuhNQmC
• Prisoner self-harm rising amid tighter restrictions https://t.co/xn8ajzhCzE
• Welsh ministers are in emergency talks to discuss "serious concerns" over the spread of a new strain of Covid-19 https://t.co/SvanA5qfAn
• Students step up to fill legal aid gap | Law Gazette https://t.co/jDMnjfY7u
• Master of the rolls defies homophobia in valedictory speech | Law Gazette https://t.co/hUYIL1UNZg
• A fourth tier of coronavirus restrictions is expected to be introduced in London and south-east England https://t.co/HtyhWeW7m
• Costs lawyers have weathered the COVID-19 crisis well, with more than a third reporting they are busier than ever | NLJ https://t.co/mAr9492Rs
• Brexit: Society welcomes French move on LLPs | Law Gazette https://t.co/jbz0LVfh1g 
• COVID operating hours are ‘potentially discriminatory’ and ‘unlikely to have a significant impact’ on the backlog of cases in the criminal courts, the Law Society has warned | NLJ https://t.co/baCnMxJbHg
• Norton Rose Fulbright to allow 50% home working | Law Gazette https://t.co/kQfZFQmhL
• CIArb lays out three-year action plan: Organisation highlights global thought leadership & diversity among its strategic aims | NLJ https://t.co/J5pmtxOHOI
• New Home Office report admits grooming gangs are not a ‘Muslim problem' - study finds no credible evidence for a far-right stereotype that has spread widely in the media https://t.co/dVRwfOZ0SG
• Record number of court applications to prevent domestic violence | Law Gazette https://t.co/d7gHiBFZky
• #France charges Epstein ex-associate over sex crime claims: Prominent French modelling agent Brunel charged with rape of minors over the age of 15 and sexual harassment https://t.co/A4uo0SZuE
• #Myanmar gang-rape victim wins legal battle with military: Three rapists were jailed for 20 years with hard labour in a case that pitted a 36-year-old mother of four against the powerful military https://t.co/9c7rYhKx9w
• Appropriately socially distanced celebrations broke out in home offices around England and Wales as the results of the 2020 silk round were announced | NLJ https://t.co/Ps0kCEzL8c
• The New York Times has returned an award and had another withdrawn after it found discrepancies in its podcast on the Islamic State group. After a two-month investigation, the newspaper said the podcast, Caliphate, failed to meet its editorial standards https://t.co/3fbkS39Cxr 
• Police warn solicitors about phishing scam | Law Gazette https://t.co/OsjteRhupG
• 737 Max: Boeing 'inappropriately coached' pilots in test after crashes https://t.co/PaNrgMXEb9 
• #Italy latest European country to order Christmas lockdown https://t.co/v5sH6YOIum 
• MPs call on government to thwart PlayStation 5 resale trolls - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/WUlDEFjfUV
  
• England: Positive steps taken in legal services sector since CMA review - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/1n2sBPjVVp
  
• Standing junior counsel to the Scottish government appointed - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/U0SvUMOTw9 
• Fiona Drysdale gains Scottish Civil Justice Council appointment - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/mh5kXDwdbo 
• Call for views on Angiolini police complaints report - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/yCR1YJV8I2
• Aberdein Considine boosts financial services team with appointment of Greig Brown - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/RLdHkM2cAW 
• UK: MI6 ‘unilaterally assumed power’ to break law on UK soil - Irish Legal News https://t.co/9P7WqNZdN0
• Gardaí to issue cautions to adults caught with cannabis - Irish Legal News https://t.co/LcUPMNTURj
  
• Matheson chairman and partner Tim Scanlon has passed away at the age of 55 following a brief illness - Irish Legal News https://t.co/brrhQ4e2x7
  
• Millwall & Colchester United face no FA action after fans boo players taking knee https://t.co/wmKlLg9OtW
  
• Employers back requirement for large firms to disclose ethnicity pay gaps https://t.co/Kt8osOMhOr 
• Fake 'immunity booster' found on sale in London shops https://t.co/BEtzqUO4m3
• An Asian police officer is suing the Met Police for sexual harassment and discrimination after receiving "hundreds" of racist and sexist messages from a senior colleague https://t.co/OYM2wBIbzf

19th December - Law News

Edition 3280: LawNewsIndex is a UK based topical legal news archive on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Jurisprudence, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics & Human Rights since 2011.   

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Today's Highlighted Video Story: Affordable healthcare is a fundamental right, the Indian Supreme Court said on Friday, in a significant observation that also held the state responsible for ensuring the right and noted that the fight against COVID-19 was a "world war". "Right to health is a fundamental right guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution of India. Right to Health includes affordable treatment. Therefore, it is the duty upon the State to make provisions for affordable treatment," the court said.

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Solicitor fined for allowing struck-off boss to remain involved at firm - Legal Futures https://t.co/Hidd5aFL2V 
• Urgent notice issued over UK youth jail where children held in solitary confinement - Justice minister told to address concerns after Rainsbrook fails to improve care and leadership https://t.co/IhHArSyCtc
• Home Office wrong to stop asylum seekers working in UK, court rules - Landmark victory for woman seeking right to work as cleaner paves way for tens of thousands https://t.co/ndPexsPw8P 
• BAT and Imperial tobacco firms profited from child labour, law firm alleges https://t.co/AuKBiXWcLm
  
• Significant leap in number of women applying for silk - Legal Futures https://t.co/XC5TsllwD2
• A #US judge in Michigan has ruled that a 42-year-old man can seek compensation from his parents for destroying his pornography collection https://t.co/peIUyJNii9
• Law firm allowed to recoup recruitment costs from departing solicitor - Legal Futures https://t.co/xGQ6gzn9uh
  
• Alex Rodda death: Murder accused 'embarrassed about sexuality' https://t.co/75IzcYtqW6
• #Sweden reverses face mask guidelines for public transport https://t.co/I5Ae3L1zG9 
• Disabled but not dis-abled | Law Gazette https://t.co/qhncSb7ujm
• A turning point for legal aid? | Law Gazette https://t.co/uoK8Q9ljVc
• City firm fights negligence claim over breast implant litigation | Law Gazette https://t.co/yqNoQ6TIKY
• Greater Manchester Police chief Ian Hopkins stands down amid force failures https://t.co/ZCSJDYq9Lc
• Training contracts favour 'sharp-elbowed' grads with 'insider knowledge' | Law Gazette https://t.co/YYAz96DnZw
• Sentence discounting and environmental and wildlife crime reports published - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Pvvfnw77Zz
  
• Regulatory framework for self-driving vehicles proposed to UK government - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/LGR3FqaIG
• Sheriff Appeal Court refuses appeal against permanence order by recovering alcoholic mother - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/gov6okceAO
• Views sought on legality and operation of self-executing contracts | Law Gazette https://t.co/vvWxoAYFl
• The Duchess of Sussex has settled a legal claim against a news agency that photographed her and her son, Archie, the High Court has heard https://t.co/1Hs6kib3Xh
• Unsealed claim forms not good service, High Court rules | Law Gazette https://t.co/wKu6npXI0F 
• Legal research pioneer to close AI site after copyright challenge | Law Gazette https://t.co/1lnVOOuwLE
  
• Five City solicitors among latest QC appointments | Law Gazette https://t.co/yeeoqRY2zx 
• Covid-19 operating hours 'will not deliver value for money' - Society | Law Gazette https://t.co/JSY1tVz3zK
• Head teachers 'broken' by England's late Covid test plan https://t.co/dIRi8qZIVw
• Millions of people across the UK are preparing for tougher coronavirus restrictions amid growing concern about the rising number of cases https://t.co/Kg8bQqdsq2
• Criminal justice will ‘relapse’ without more funding | Law Gazette https://t.co/WzHGQ8RuS2 
• 'Compelling case' for regulatory reform, competition watchdog claims | Law Gazette https://t.co/HHXtYe5B3S 
• CMS UK attains CDP’s A- score for climate work - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/SJJpsYIwoH 
• Landmark inquest finds air pollution caused child’s death - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/X9nMffvbOa
• Central Law Training Scotland bought by The University of Law - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Bna3bEf7zz
• CMA investigating airlines over failure to refund flights during pandemic - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/bOZ8zf1c5
• Attorney General left embarrassed by submissions in undue leniency appeal - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/EgwIm2GpPc
• Solicitors warned over stupid behaviour online - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/rDUTCIllCQ 
• Catherine Smith appointed to Scottish Civil Justice Council - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/qzbxF8wXiM
• Standing junior counsel appointments for Ampersand trio - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/biZPejoYSU 
• Aidan O’Neill QC was called to the bar of Ireland this morning by the country’s most senior judge, Chief Justice Frank Clarke - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/wr7KObvFS
• NI: Domestic abuse bill moves forward with watered-down legal aid provisions - Irish Legal News https://t.co/M6V71mTjE
• #French MPs back return of looted African artefacts https://t.co/EXmOly2r9s

18th December - Law News

Edition 3279: LawNewsIndex is a UK based topical legal news archive on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Jurisprudence, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics & Human Rights since 2011.   

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Focus of the Day Legal Article: Gender pay gap narrows for women law firm partners as pay rises outpace men, study finds. But male partners still significantly out-earning their female counterparts, according to Major Lindsey & Africa survey. Full story - The Global Legal Post

 

 

Today's Highlighted Video Story: An Australian Northern Territory police officer due to stand trial for the shooting death of 19-year-old Kumanjayi Walker will have his case heard in Darwin. A Supreme Court Judge has ruled that the five-week trial for Constable Zachary Rolfe be moved from Alice Springs.

Saturday Conversations on Law

• NI: Stormont 'failing children and young people', law centre warns - Irish Legal News https://t.co/8Yo50DUe72
• MI6 ‘unilaterally assumed power’ to break law on UK soil - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/4oN7n6eqj0
• US plans to bring charges against Lockerbie suspect ‘convenient’ - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/AXQDK8DKGa
• German artist whose vehicle was unlawfully auctioned by Welsh police awarded £36,500 in damages - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/89ykql1Fyg
• Government announces ratification of Lanzarote Convention - Irish Legal News https://t.co/YqwJiX0jhz 
• Special rapporteur highlights need to reform Child Care Act 1991 - Irish Legal News https://t.co/4PAqIV1Jq6
• #Nigerian boys 'freed after Boko Haram abduction' https://t.co/wO5uGkmRjG 
• Court refers climate lawyer to attorney general over Heathrow runway breach - Tim Crosland faces investigation after breaking embargo on airport expansion judgment https://t.co/Z6wyn122X1 
• Child sexual abuse in schools often an open secret, says inquiry https://t.co/FbcnuroEqp
• UK restrictions to last until February at least, say experts - With 35,300 more cases recorded on Thursday, scientists say next two to three months will be harsh https://t.co/7CK9UvvGOa
• Lord Kerr of Tonaghmore obituary - Senior judge who served as lord chief justice of Northern Ireland and a justice of the supreme court of the United Kingdom https://t.co/p4NrtEKD9
• #Nigeria's Katsina school abduction: Boko Haram shows video 'of seized boys' https://t.co/X0bfZ1muOt 
• NI facing six-week lockdown from 26 December https://t.co/OgX29wS3K
• Judge who backed George Pell appeal appointed special investigator into alleged #Australian war crimes https://t.co/m0LbTbhFop
• Society ‘extremely concerned’ by BAME prosecution ratio | Law Gazette https://t.co/OjfmmqOkFT
• Chancellor Rishi Sunak has extended the furlough scheme for one month until the end of April next year https://t.co/nVwc2FFHv6
• Tory MP Tobias Ellwood broke Covid rules, says home secretary https://t.co/CnN6r1wcPh
• Claims giant takeover talks extended again as trading improves | Law Gazette https://t.co/Dajau8qytf
• Law Commission seeks to reform 'fragmented' tribunals system in Wales | Law Gazette https://t.co/ZHz0Cp2eom 
• Police find eight-year-old girl who went missing in Bristol https://t.co/3FzZEifppH
• Legal claim on concussion launched by former players against rugby authorities https://t.co/FesNwJaVAQ
  
• Victims’ commissioner for England and Wales calls for ‘victims’ law’ to give them enforceable rights https://t.co/Q3O4IZ8Tpc
• £30m fund for flats with dangerous cladding https://t.co/g4adwhXwfl
• Small firms should not escape financial crime levy, SRA tells government | Law Gazette https://t.co/mMZ4x3sXDi 
• 'Error of law' helpline for those affected by immigration appeals ruling | Law Gazette https://t.co/MAbcVgj7N6 
• The body of football legend Diego Maradona "must be conserved" pending a paternity case, an #Argentine court has ruled, halting cremation plans https://t.co/GSglF9KQL
• The man portrayed as a hero in a Hollywood movie about the Rwandan genocide, Hotel Rwanda, says he is suing a #Greek charter flight company for aiding his alleged kidnap https://t.co/Ml6LHI9kA
• Toughest Covid rules extended in south of England - They include Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, Hertfordshire and parts of Surrey, East Sussex, Cambridgeshire and Hampshire https://t.co/lvxol56CTm 
• Supreme Court refers 'disobedient' barrister to AG over embargo breach | Law Gazette https://t.co/f0DquDhU1X 
• Revenge & Retributive justice - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/YBz1dKQvU6 
• Female advocates "will lose work" if court hours are extended - Legal Futures https://t.co/hpkJ0pzXkm
  
• Marketing company fined £250k for personal injury nuisance calls - Legal Futures https://t.co/zxI8Yzt0uZ 
• Pro bono opportunities now “mainstream” at law schools - Legal Futures https://t.co/FRGvAcDzEd
  
• CMA urges review of legal services regulation - Legal Futures https://t.co/adgHPqSQUz
  
• Dangerous cladding: 'Fire patrols at our flats cost us £500,000' https://t.co/9g8l5QZ88b 
• Serco, one of the UK companies which runs the coronavirus test-and-trace scheme, said it will award bonuses of £100 per worker to its staff https://t.co/xF9qoy2cU7
  
• New court cases 69 per cent of average monthly pre-Covid level - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/wCFHJBNM7y
  
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/qDLKEKsecF
  
• New members appointed to EHRC Scotland Committee - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/DJpL4muOuS 
• UK backs down on prosecution of social media executives over harmful content - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/faEjZJXlkC 
• Drug deaths reach highest level on record - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/xOqBv7oYyu
• Blog: Scottish courts reconsider the correct legal test for rectification of contract - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/6pStlWahzz
  
• New film raises fears over Hate Crime Bill - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/GcEzKZA89k
  
• NI: Newry solicitors to embark on Christmas half-marathon for Women's Aid NI - Irish Legal News https://t.co/qikqiP9WAG
  
• NI: Inquiry into neurology recall converted to statutory public inquiry - Irish Legal News https://t.co/ru2boFGKoA
• NI: Bangor courthouse comes under community ownership - Irish Legal News https://t.co/aXDI7NXCtd 
• As chief rabbi, I can no longer remain silent about the plight of the Uighurs | Ephraim Mirvis https://t.co/F6tfWzVci5
  
• Forty years after Peter Sutcliffe’s crimes, the police are making the same mistakes - Two new documentaries highlight a failure to listen to women that continues today https://t.co/L54qZEsfsB 
• UK backs down on prosecution of social media executives over harmful content - Irish Legal News https://t.co/KIGXkTuqV6