Sunday

17th January - Law News

Edition 3308: LawNewsIndex is a UK based daily 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: One week after taking office US President Donald Trump enacted his so-called "Muslim travel ban". The policy barred entry of foreign nationals from Muslim majority countries and led to widespread protests. President-elect Joe Biden has promised to repeal the controversial move, but critics say the damage may take years to repair. 

Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Work to restore hundreds of thousands of fingerprint, DNA and arrest records accidentally wiped from police databases is ongoing, the Home Office has said https://t.co/1FWCWbhG6n
  • Union solicitors not negligent over shop steward’s severance | Law Gazette https://t.co/LkabVzDWz9
  • With disruption comes opportunities for canny businesses - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/e8T4WotaX4
  • Panel to 'test and challenge' criminal legal aid recommendations | Law Gazette https://t.co/EX3be3kRu
  • Covid loss policyholders not out of the woods yet, lawyers warn | Law Gazette https://t.co/yOPeoV1qST
  • Balfour and Manson welcomes new trainees - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/eqdmZiSM8v
  • #Russia to Exit Open Skies Treaty, Escalating Military Rivalry With U.S. https://t.co/MNj7eP9mxg
  • Lawyers hail 'watershed' appeal court ruling on DBAs | Law Gazette https://t.co/aS3YbZvSp
  • Victim Surcharge Fund open for applications - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/gNMply3bb
  • British QC prosecuting activists in #HongKong fought to be allowed to take case - David Perry faces accusations of ‘making the wrong choice’ after applying despite local objections https://t.co/1inp6VvPdX
  • The Impact of Migration Policies on the EU's Image as a Value-Driven Normative Actor by Çiğdem Üstün | Women in Foreign Policy https://t.co/nxwkekRJiV
  • All 50 #US states and the District of Columbia (DC) are on alert for possible violent protests by white supremacist fascists this weekend, ahead of President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration on Wednesday https://t.co/qnsqzsxJ60 
  • Doctors and nurses need protection from prosecution over Covid-19 treatment decisions made under the pressures of the pandemic, medical bodies have said https://t.co/rfDjG1cZyX 
  • Air pollution will lead to mass migration, say experts after landmark ruling https://t.co/AgwQByoeiV
  • Gilson Gray plans expansion of Dundee business - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/6stN0W6ZDj 
  • Dustin Higgs, an inmate on death row in Indiana, has died in the final federal execution of the Trump presidency just days before he leaves office #US https://t.co/wwY1D6lCE
  • New tighter Covid restrictions have come into force in Scotland with changes for takeaway outlets and click and collect shopping. Customers buying takeaway food and coffee are no longer allowed inside premises https://t.co/6hGQBSLXQ
  • The UK's aviation sector "urgently" needs more government support if it is to survive another long period of travel curbs, industry groups say https://t.co/WxRCZ6bKd
  • Lord Advocate reiterates commitment to investigating Lockerbie after al-Megrahi appeal fails - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/qcN47B6sUi
  • For 50 years, zero tolerance to drugs has failed – yet Britain refuses to change - The 1971 Misuse of Drugs Act has needlessly criminalised thousands of people, and done nothing to tackle abuse https://t.co/23bLUujD7
  • Early case meetings receive mixed reception in Aberdeen - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/ngoOc6hzbY
  • Naomi Cunningham: Measures to increase female representation in Parliament – who can benefit? - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/0zsaHwIZ5
  • B&Q employee fails to establish liability after cutting hand with safety knife - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Ep4yRpHzj
  • Cognitive diversity – why it should be top of your list in 2021 - Legal Futures https://t.co/tylMbbordB
  • Pandemic “cut legal job vacancies by 60%” - Legal Futures https://t.co/9pdedAgN7
  • Treasury cool on renewed call to extend SDLT holiday - Legal Futures https://t.co/DEtpTI9iNg 
  • High Court rejects “unmeritorious claim” against barrister - Legal Futures https://t.co/55zbW39CYu
  • Transparency failures put three firms in the dock - Legal Futures https://t.co/bvVjAEOSx
  • Nóra Quoirin: An inquest into the death of a teenager who went missing during a holiday in Malaysia has left several questions unanswered, her family has said https://t.co/QKmoJHKXjs 
  • The National Rifle Association of America, the nation's foremost gun lobby, has filed for bankruptcy, according court documents filed Friday in the Northern District of Texas #US https://t.co/sLUeVoQcg
  • Manhattan district attorney's office has expanded its criminal investigation into the Trump Organization's finances to include the family's compound in Westchester County, according to lawyers #US https://t.co/hKCzgMBFY9
  • Outrage after #Mexico exonerates ex-defense minister in drug case - Gen Salvador Cienfuegos was arrested last October for allegedly shielding a conspiracy to smuggle drugs into the US https://t.co/fOVFp2Y5uo
  • Partner of #Norwegian ex-minister jailed over faked attacks on home https://t.co/zXBFXijzfb
  • How many waves will it take for Britain's lockdown sceptics to finally call it a day? https://t.co/XGH92jGhDA
  • An anti-tax group funded primarily by billionaires has emerged as one of the biggest backers of the Republican lawmakers who sought to overturn the #US election results https://t.co/djaPlMe5fh
  • Should you keep using WhatsApp? Plus five tips to start the year with your digital privacy intact https://t.co/ku1FWN0sZu
  • #US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says lawmakers who aided in Capitol attack may be prosecuted https://t.co/5O9rhwwmRZ
  • #Tunisia: Struggle for justice and reparation continues for victims 10 years after the revolution https://t.co/x5SqJqP8Ut
  • Human rights whistleblower claims UN wants to fire her - Emma Reilly tweets rights body wants her out for saying it shares names with #Chinese officials; UN says claim is 'false' https://t.co/IQ3CruiTbl
  • The Daily Telegraph must publish a correction over a "significantly misleading" column written by Toby Young, press regulator Ipso has ruled https://t.co/H13R1ufS8i
  • Police probes compromised after computer records deleted https://t.co/wSlhaDvRn
  • Swedish trial paves the way for accountability for #Iran’s human rights violations https://t.co/sQZz6UWENY

Saturday

16th January - Law News

Edition 3307: LawNewsIndex is a UK based daily 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: Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra today protested outside Delhi Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal's official residence today, in solidarity with those farmers who have been protesting against the central government's recently introduced agricultural laws. Representatives of the farmers, who have been protesting against these laws for over 50 days, are today meeting government officials to discuss ways to break the deadlock.

Saturday Conversations on Law
  • UK: Human Rights Act review launches call for evidence - Irish Legal News https://t.co/JLsP4CmFCe
  • #US Police officers who were targeted by a pro-Trump mob have been speaking out about the "medieval battle" that unfolded on the steps of the Capitol and inside the halls of American democracy last week https://t.co/VP3C7vjmKL
  • The UK is to close all travel corridors from Monday morning to "protect against the risk of as yet unidentified new strains" of Covid, the PM has said https://t.co/DSdeTfojvK
  • Disabled people 'left behind' in Covid-19 planning - Irish Legal News https://t.co/wAzzAfn538
  • New book explores influence of factors beyond the law on judicial decisions - Irish Legal News https://t.co/CMMyDfUcJ5
  • NI: Judicial review over hospital waiting lists to go ahead - Irish Legal News https://t.co/ZXX0XhlZkc
  • NI: Draft strategy aims to pull women and girls away from offending - Irish Legal News https://t.co/bQepgCPcQA 
  • Takeover talks end for claims firm as potential buyer backs out | Law Gazette https://t.co/Mi7uOz5qWI
  • Linklaters pay gaps widen despite diversity efforts | Law Gazette https://t.co/2W1C3vE4BB
  • Barrister ordered to cover 40% of firm’s negligence payout | Law Gazette https://t.co/VG7jwJ49oQ
  • A man accused of allegedly tricking a 92-year-old woman out of £160 for a fake coronavirus vaccination has been charged with fraud and common assault https://t.co/cqJzMHnfC8
  • #Dutch Rutte government resigns over child welfare fraud scandal https://t.co/L9EcrMcTjl 
  • Scottish judges have rejected a third appeal on behalf of the Libyan man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing https://t.co/JiC6qePAOL
  • New laws for Welsh shoppers and staff are to be introduced after "significant evidence" coronavirus is being spread in supermarkets, the first minister has said https://t.co/VhHpS0rt9T 
  • Plastic surgeons have expressed shock at the stabbing of "one of the most highly regarded and respected surgeons" Graeme Perks, in their profession. He was stabbed in the abdomen and chest during a break-in at his house in Nottinghamshire https://t.co/qOoqYWmKMX
  • SRA transparency clampdown begins with action against two firms | Law Gazette https://t.co/hykQ5iK4SC
  • Bail reforms expected to reduce number of suspects 'released under investigation' | Law Gazette https://t.co/ye4VCBENlZ 
  • Lawyers condemn QC prosecuting pro-democracy activists | Law Gazette https://t.co/XHcIgo3C0J
  • SDT drops case against A&O partner due to health fears | Law Gazette https://t.co/Nlh76WuB2G 
  • UK action over slavery supply chain must be extended - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/annMMUZs2S
  • Fake news 'causing UK South Asians to reject Covid jab' https://t.co/E8hJB6rv7A
  • Covid: UK's ban on South America and Portugal travellers comes into force https://t.co/IJ0xdGAsTo
  • Technical issue resolved after '150,000 police records lost' https://t.co/OXR78vprmt
  • Insurers must pay small firms for Covid lockdown losses - The Supreme Court found in favour of small firms receiving payments from business interruption insurance policies https://t.co/QMd9BO8Fs
  • England: Reform of mental health law to give people ‘more control’ over treatment - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/VUlyLBg6WN
  • Employers encouraged to act on signs of domestic abuse - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/QcrPDr9GTs
  • DWF announces new global operating structure - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/8wJrrk2m7a 
  • Government rejects report it will lower workers' rights post-Brexit - Business secretary has denied claims EU-based employment laws such as 48-hour week will be axed https://t.co/6hLqJGfyws 
  • MPs question Tory donor tipped for CPS inspector post - Andrew Cayley defends suitability for role after giving £10,000 during the 2019 general election https://t.co/vcTM3Tz814 
  • The #US Capitol riot risks supercharging a new age of political repression https://t.co/5tjWtTZjqG
  • Three victims of trafficking and modern slavery to sue Biffa - The claimants were moved from Poland to the UK and placed in work with waste firm https://t.co/GdGDb9frys 
  • NI: TLT makes alliance with Belgian law firm GSJ advocaten - Irish Legal News https://t.co/WU4TbhhfMW
  • Small businesses are eagerly awaiting a Supreme Court ruling on insurance payouts for those forced to close during the first national lockdown https://t.co/QMd9BO8Fsx 
  • Sports lawyer Patrick Conliffe to lead Quantum Sport Ireland - Irish Legal News https://t.co/teGvpfjWlK
  • Maples and Calder appoints financial services regulatory partner Lorna Smith - Irish Legal News https://t.co/suTXUTPlEd 
  • There are two justice systems in #America. Ask my nephew, Jacob Blake https://t.co/94cKH9V7L7

Friday

15th January - Law News

Edition 3306: LawNewsIndex is a UK based daily 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 major police investigation into the deaths Katie Perinovic and her three children at a home in Melbourne, Australia has continued through the night, with police stressing people should not speculate about what happened.

 
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 Focus of the Day Article: ICC celebrates record year for arbitration and mediation caseloads. Records fall as Paris body hails 9% increase in arbitration cases while its ADR centre registers its 400th case. Full story - The Global Legal Post  
 

Saturday Conversations on Law

Thursday

14th January - Law News

Edition 3305: LawNewsIndex is a UK based daily 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: Ugandans vote tomorrow in a presidential election pitting Yoweri Museveni, who's led the country for 35 years, against the challenger, the singer-turned-politician Bobi Wine. The campaign has been marred by violence against opposition candidates. Wine's supporters have been harassed and imprisoned, and many have lost their lives.

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 Focus of the Day Article: The High Court has ruled that a disciplinary tribunal should hear in full a private prosecution brought against current Law Society president David Greene. Lord Justice Popplewell and Mr Justice Garnham, sitting in Davies v Greene, ruled today that the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal’s decision to strike out the case in September 2019 was flawed and should be overturned.  Full story - The Law Society Gazette 

Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Welsh police cancel fine for couple visiting care home - Carol and David Richards from Bridgend travelled seven miles to Porthcawl to visit her mother Decima Minhinnick, 94. Decima is the mother of Wales' celebrated poet Robert Minhinnick https://t.co/TcNNIPVFgD 
  • Enforcement agents may enter homes via video, court decides | Law Gazette https://t.co/vgBdp39Cpr 
  • Gateley weathers lockdown with 9.8% first-half profit rise | Law Gazette https://t.co/KpAwwiBk2n 
  • Barrister and accountant link up to start SRA-regulated firm | Law Gazette https://t.co/SiwZKUXmkv
  • New measures at international firm to help staff through lockdown | Law Gazette https://t.co/4wv6oMjkIJ
  • When a trove of 1,500 artworks hoarded by the son of a Nazi-era art dealer was discovered in 2012, an investigation began to find out how many were looted from Jewish owners https://t.co/YT2UHmBSzn
  • Robert Rennie: An appreciation - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/crU0i4umqp 
  • Tributes have been paid to Professor Robert Rennie, who has passed away following a sudden illness - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/nqpYxs1QPr
  • Scottish creel fishers succeed in challenging rejection of fisheries proposal by Marine Scotland  - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Xol3iQYE6W
  • Solicitor struck off for 'blatant self-interest' over in-law's property | Law Gazette https://t.co/6Dxzdu1YXB
  • 'Lonely, socially distanced' new MR is sworn in | Law Gazette https://t.co/xm9YSeREz
  • Major reform of Mental Health Act will empower individuals to have more control over their treatment and deliver on a key manifesto commitment https://t.co/TWWdlwwgHy 
  • Law Society president to face full SDT hearing | Law Gazette https://t.co/Wlb722DyW2
  • Manchester Arena and Parsons Green bombers charged with prison officer attack https://t.co/rmt0VSx1n9
  • Covid tests for court users go ahead in 'limited' pilot scheme | Law Gazette https://t.co/axVfasKMOF
  • New year, new rules: what family lawyers need to know post Brexit - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/CJ2MddNJW
  • Macdonald Henderson named in Times Best Law Firm 2021 guide - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/9ggUJ2RkS
  • Bedworth Pokemon player fined for lockdown breach over 14 mile travel https://t.co/6M63RjjWlF
  • Second edition of Evictions in Scotland – out now! - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/LkOkTkB3KT
  • Non-legal businesses fill pandemic income gap for Gateley - Legal Futures https://t.co/v4xJ37J625
  • Law firm recoups 40% of negligence payout from barrister - Legal Futures https://t.co/6SKUD0A71s
  • City dominance of SRA board ends with ABS appointments - Legal Futures https://t.co/29PAE74Sw
  • SDT "wrong" to strike out prosecution of Law Society president - Legal Futures https://t.co/R6R60fhq1d
  • Covid restrictions around takeaway and click and collect services in Scotland are to tighten https://t.co/NmlMIcVFQp
  • Property sector can help re-build UK economy - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/8wlklSkF1d
  • Bruce Willis has admitted to making an "error of judgement" after reportedly being asked to leave a Los Angeles store for refusing to wear a face mask #US https://t.co/wzQrWdoawX
  • A coronavirus vaccine developed by #China's Sinovac has been found to be 50.4% effective in Brazilian clinical trials https://t.co/H3lNdC9hsF
  • Sobering new report says world is failing to grasp the extent of threats posed by biodiversity loss and the climate crisis https://t.co/YO1YslgkUt
  • Man who possessed weapons stash for terrorist purposes jailed - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/evbSdKxxXV
  • Italy 'Ndrangheta group: Hundreds of alleged members of #Italy's most powerful mafia group are set to face justice in the country's biggest organised crime trial in decades https://t.co/R7JwfEBjzH
  • Drill and rap music on trial - increasingly being used as evidence with courts hearing allegations it incites gang rivalries. But some defence lawyers and academics say it stops defendants - often young black men - getting a fair trial https://t.co/RxPHF9FlBb 
  • Lisa Montgomery - the only female inmate on federal death row in the US - has been executed for murder https://t.co/d9C8J7EWpF
  • The Margaret Taylor Interview: Fiona McKinnon on the gathering legal aid storm - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Q7TUDz5x2I
  • Losing the Right to Have Rights: EU Externalization of Border Control | Martin Lemberg-Pedersen https://t.co/dVnNHjD8Lz
  • Effective Protection or Effective Combat? EU Border Control and North Africa | Martin Lemberg-Pedersen https://t.co/SWNbDQ2SH
  • Joan Bakewell threatens legal action over delays to second Covid vaccine dose https://t.co/m6GAVMBppZ
  • English Covid rules have changed 64 times since March, says barrister - Adam Wagner joins calls for clarity on lockdown restrictions and their enforcement by police https://t.co/9xFXqIlEl0
  • #Egyptian court acquits women jailed for 'inciting debauchery' on TikTok - Haneen Hossam and Mawada al-Adham win appeal over two-year sentence https://t.co/KVFSkaDcDG 
  • Ghislaine Maxwell appeals bail rejection while awaiting trial #US https://t.co/FgcCBHtClc
  • Covid deaths in prisons in England and Wales rise by 50% in a month https://t.co/tqYLJMwmPk 
  • NI: First case of Covid-19 in female prisoner population confirmed - Irish Legal News https://t.co/jYfZjSkL0H
  • Nial Osborough obituary: #Ireland’s greatest legal historian https://t.co/aVt0Yg2lLO 
  • Leak from mother and baby homes inquiry 'has undermined confidence' - Irish Legal News https://t.co/FGioqMDFCU 
  • High Court: Full costs awarded to partially successful applicants in judicial review proceedings - Irish Legal News https://t.co/rst2pq3ybf
  • Lawyer in the news: Edward Cooke, Edward Cooke Family Law - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/WGFkQ800Za
  • My legal life: Sundeep Bhatia, Beaumonde Law Practice - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/G0wXSC3inf
  • NI: Rights watchdog launches judicial review over failure to fund abortion services - Irish Legal News https://t.co/IFFI1W560N
  • Plans have been announced to overhaul the mental health system - with the aim of making it less discriminatory towards black people https://t.co/kVnN1L0CHu
  • Earl of Strathmore admits sex attack at Glamis Castle home https://t.co/XqLGm0jaFJ 
  • Huawei patent mentions use of Uighur-spotting tech #China https://t.co/Rh5ffZ3ngG 
  • Covid: Three Democratic lawmakers test positive after Capitol riot #US https://t.co/E5FyzNa8Xi 
  • Customs staff: Vaccinate us to keep trade flowing https://t.co/pNnsziXwfw
  • New York State Bar Association debates whether to strike Rudy Giuliani off - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/7puNdOt2Lq 
  • Best of the blogs - 09 January 2021 | Law Gazette https://t.co/s1U1Y9oJpE

Wednesday

13th January - Law News

Edition 3304: LawNewsIndex is a UK based daily 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 devout Christian, Jerry Givens was US state of Virginia’s chief executioner, before he became an advocate of abolishing the death penalty.

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 Focus of the Day Article: Solicitors have voted in favour of changes to the make-up of Law Society council and limits on how long members can sit on it, although only 6% of the profession took part in the ballot. The votes followed a divided Law Society AGM in October, at which both motions were approved, but opponents only needed 20 solicitors present to call for postal ballots. Full story - Legal Futures 

Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Whiplash reforms: Detail, not delay, is what lawyers need | Law Gazette https://t.co/G6MlHLqe5s
  • Firm abandons traditional home for ‘agile’ alliance | Law Gazette https://t.co/uiwrLzF2jH
  • Mohamud Mohammed Hassan killing: Hundreds march over alleged police brutality in Cardiff https://t.co/KhQ7qQ7wne
  • Four arrested over 'public nuisance' at Redditch and Birmingham hospitals https://t.co/QhbPvuRxsI
  • City elite slash office space | Law Gazette https://t.co/7L732m9RSi 
  • Panasonic backs startup’s early warning dispute tech | Law Gazette https://t.co/6d92lBysJ7
  • ‘Widen Domestic Abuse Bill powers’ says Law Society | Law Gazette https://t.co/G5zW0DEZYt 
  • Jurisdiction in the UK in divorce and cohabitation cases post-Brexit - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/QDB3RiaCL
  • Scotland’s top judges to sit in Supreme Court and JCPC - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/wxPIRHkEyx
  • Sheriff grants division and sale of Bearsden home jointly owned by feuding ex-sisters-in-law  - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/dBnogQwCmw
  • Home Office under pressure to reveal JR response | Law Gazette https://t.co/qlcCu1Vvzm 
  • News focus: 21 things for solicitors to look out for in 2021 | Law Gazette https://t.co/IOrj1iVXa0 
  • Paralegal accused of hiding cheques was unfairly dismissed | Law Gazette https://t.co/6n6rAaKN0
  • What powers do police have if people break Covid rules? https://t.co/JjvH4M6uJa
  • Covid in Scotland: Lockdown lifting 'unlikely' as deaths pass 5,000 https://t.co/64ya6OQRf
  • Tesco, Asda and Waitrose ban shoppers without face masks https://t.co/7clu90rOuz
  • Quinn Emanuel posts bumper London results | Law Gazette https://t.co/vi8MBDRNW
  • Whiplash reforms delayed another month | Law Gazette https://t.co/HtaDm0Pqjf
  • How I survived a #Chinese 're-education' camp for Uighurs https://t.co/MyeLkUsPef
  • Labour facing another split over police immunity in 'spy cops' bill - Shami Chakrabarti warns of ‘grave risk’ of human rights abuses if bill passes without amendment https://t.co/xPzmPsFQf
  • The father of one of three men murdered in a park terror attack has called on the home secretary to "tell us why" the killer was deemed safe to be free https://t.co/FwmUO0vDV
  • A deal has been agreed in principle for the sale of Edinburgh Woollen Mill, Ponden Homes and Bonmarché chains, which are on the brink of closure https://t.co/338cNBSEt
  • Government urged to redraft 'watered down' evictions ban | Law Gazette https://t.co/llFMDimfrx 
  • Profession backs reforms to Law Society council - Legal Futures https://t.co/F1TsJ0r0m
  • Solicitors vote to overhaul Law Society governance | Law Gazette https://t.co/YY3Wq6icMS
  • Solicitor fined for role in £29m off-plan development schemes - Legal Futures https://t.co/Y4pipVknF
  • QC and accountant set up ABS regulated by SRA - Legal Futures https://t.co/1G1VAMvX4
  • Downing Street has defended Boris Johnson for riding his bicycle seven miles from home, saying he complied with Covid rules during his trip https://t.co/sbCF5rXMy0
  • Lisa Montgomery: #US judge has granted a stay of execution to Lisa Montgomery - just hours before the only woman on America's federal death row was due to be given a lethal injection https://t.co/pJLsgT65Sc
  • Lockdown rule-breakers are more likely to be fined as Covid laws will be enforced "more quickly", the UK's most senior police officer has said https://t.co/R7wJ93daW
  • HMCTS boosts messaging as court concerns grow | Law Gazette https://t.co/1ULPCePkaa
  • High Court grants barrister her “dying wish” and halves suspension - Legal Futures https://t.co/S3VuAuWv7y
  • THE INSTRUMENTS OF PRE-BORDER CONTROL IN THE EU A NEW SOURCE OF VULNERABILITY FOR ASYLUM SEEKERS | Paix et Sécurité Internationales Journal of International Law and International Relations https://t.co/E2RkLjFsdm
  • Wales: Prisons should offer free cannabis to drug-dependent prisoners to determine whether it could stem overdose deaths and reduce violence, a police and crime commissioner has said - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/ZFM7IB2L5
  • #US Congressional committee orders publication of report on UFOs - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/8g20jcPZl6
  • #SouthKorea court orders Japan to compensate wartime sex slaves - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/nlVMQKoqF
  • Scottish Young Lawyers’ Association (SYLA) will host a conference on ethics over three virtual sessions in the coming weeks - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/23DZslSRJo
  • Terra Firma Sponsors STEP Scotland Discussion Forum - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/lGURl2kscF
  • England: Family judges urged to challenge lawyers emailing outside acceptable hours - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/EcfSXO4ku
  • Render unto Cesar… Ground-breaking decision ‘highlights inadequate protection for PRS tenants’ - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/D7MNmiTLg3
  • Lynn Melville has joined Blackadders as a partner; an accomplished lawyer in the private client field, will be based in the Dundee and Perth office - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Mo47UGdGu
  • Employment lawyer Hayley Johnson has joined Morton Fraser as an associate - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/3QkaGCMdgO
  • A #US Capitol police officer, African-American Eugene Goodman, is being called a hero for singlehandedly steering a mob away from the Senate chambers during the deadly riots https://t.co/epWUchxePB
  • Henry Hendron to appear before disciplinary tribunal - again - Legal Cheek https://t.co/tVTVmXiFQ
  • Police are investigating 24 year old's death hours after his release from custody where he allegedly received severe bruising. Mohamud Mohammed Hassan was arrested at his Cardiff home on suspicion of breach of the peace https://t.co/wQKrhXi5
  • All over-50s and everyone who is at greater risk from Covid will be offered a vaccine by spring, under new Welsh Government plans https://t.co/jNP3MrxOY
  • Parler social network, popular with Trump supporters and conspiracy theorists, sues Amazon for pulling support https://t.co/KPC9rEyj5
  • #UAE dropped from UK travel corridor list https://t.co/uBWiG4GGri
  • UK residents can apply for a Global Health Insurance Card (GHIC) to access emergency medical care in the EU when their current EHIC card runs out https://t.co/9kFpKUC57l
  • A Dutch TV network has filmed border officials confiscating ham sandwiches and other foods from drivers arriving in the Netherlands from the UK, under post-Brexit rules https://t.co/dRhg8ZkMrP
  • An eye health charity is recommending people learn the "20-20-20" rule to protect their sight, as lockdown has increased people's time using screens https://t.co/xb9ttkM63b
  • Two women who were fined £200 each when they drove five miles for a walk have had the penalties withdrawn. Jessica Allen and Eliza Moore were walking at Foremark Reservoir, Derbyshire, when they were "surrounded" by officers https://t.co/CVBCmgocYh
  • Trials delayed endlessly due to deliberate absence of Investigating Officers, such officers ridicule justice delivery system: Kerala HC #India | Bar & Bench https://t.co/IxTP1FE2db

Tuesday

12th January - Law News

Edition 3303: LawNewsIndex is a UK based daily 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: The Indonesian navy has released footage of divers searching through the wreckage of a passenger plane which crashed into the sea at the weekend as the hunt for its black boxes resumes. Sriwijaya Air Boeing 737 left Jakarta with 62 people on board, but vanished from the radar on its way to Borneo island on Saturday. Search teams have found aircraft parts and human remains and believe they know where the black boxes are located.

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 Focus of the Day Article: Solicitors in West Lothian will move to adjourn future trial diets as concern over the safety of courts in Scotland grows.The Faculty of West Lothian Solicitors has endorsed the response of the Glasgow Bar Association to the Lord President, Lord Carloway, who this week said failure to comply with court safety rules may constitute contempt of court. Full story - Scottish Legal News 

Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Baker McKenzie appoints new global COO - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/VirwGMIVGM
  • Survey on Arbitration Law in #India 2020 | Bar & Bench https://t.co/pTGNvaBAOA
  • Armed protests being planned at all 50 state capitols, FBI bulletin says #US https://t.co/1OaZNEVVET
  • Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani being investigated by New York State Bar Association #US https://t.co/nLLxshnqiD
  • Nottingham Law School defends decision to keep closed-book LPC exams during lockdown - Legal Cheek https://t.co/ktahGyvbH
  • Nick Scott re-elected to serve second term as Brodies’ managing partner - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/GaP2JV9QN2
  • Consent Laws in the #US: Age, Assault and Statutory Rape | Lawyer Herald https://t.co/OfIyxZ1nHF
  • Covid-19: Majority of summary trials to be adjourned - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/5pGfJ8Nou
  • Van living and alternative legal lifestyles - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/nCzKcyVxAi
  • Innovating an outdated criminal justice system - Legal Futures https://t.co/0iFA5HyMve
  • How Kerala High Court’s prompt intervention ensured a convict tortured by prison officials received immediate medical attention #India | Bar & Bench https://t.co/KRvOoBqY
  • Non-fatal strangulation set to become criminal offence in UK | https://t.co/4s8iZFNRtr
  • Lawyers put in 20 extra work days when working from home - Legal Cheek https://t.co/cUZyPEdGP
  • Law Society to investigate historical links with slave trade - Legal Futures https://t.co/INWAHHfyfn
  • Trump National in Bedminster has been stripped of the US PGA Championship in 2022 as its organisers felt using the course as host would be "detrimental" https://t.co/ngDmChVENL
  • Morrisons to ban inconsiderate shoppers who refuse to wear face masks https://t.co/XwD8l3LHHM
  • Supermarket staff: "People did take the first lockdown a lot more seriously - in this lockdown we're lucky if people are wearing masks." https://t.co/gn9WvIbE8d
  • Reading stabbings: Khairi Saadallah who stabbed three men to death in a Reading park has been handed a whole-life jail term https://t.co/SmNmdjiJLN
  • COVID attack on UCL law student racially motivated, court finds - Legal Cheek https://t.co/zzkqmL3VI
  • Solicitor used disbursement cash to keep firm afloat - Legal Futures https://t.co/6fhnidfQPs
  • Life as a private equity lawyer - Legal Cheek https://t.co/mnpwHSECXO
  • Tribunal finds law firm unfairly dismissed paralegal - Legal Futures https://t.co/Ox6ICntF6a
  • SmartDot radiation-protection phone stickers 'have no effect' https://t.co/hgSDOkJBUY 
  • English High Court rules GCHQ general warrants require sufficient specificity - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/HcUV1xZqHp 
  • Whiplash reforms delayed AGAIN - but only for a month this time - Legal Futures https://t.co/Hn5lkIRdCp 
  • NewLaw firm teams up with Queen Mary Uni to launch postgrad work experience programme - Legal Cheek https://t.co/p3njZKxDh
  • 6 Reasons so Many Spiritual People Have Been Fooled by Qanon https://t.co/urHOjzowoi
  • Article 3 psychiatric cases: history and latest developments (Part 2) — Ruby Peacock - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/ZeVIIl1dgQ
  • The Idiocy of Covid Denial: The truth behind videos of 'empty' hospitals https://t.co/myzuAxS0Rw
  • A Lesser Evil? The European Agenda on Migration and the Use of Aid Funding for Migration Control (forthcoming 2017, Irish Yearbook of International Law) | Daria Davitti https://t.co/MhdyUmmnTT
  • Former AZB lawyer joins Dhir & Dhir, Vaish lawyers as Partner at Imperial Law Offices #India | Bar & Bench https://t.co/HvEVpRIAu
  • Parler social network, which had provided a platform to far-right white supremacists since its inception, drops offline after Amazon pulls support https://t.co/KPC9rEyj5
  • 'Most dangerous time' of the pandemic, says Prof Whitty https://t.co/wzd9pzkvVr
  • Article 3 psychiatric cases: history and latest developments (Part 1) - Ruby Peacock - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/weAq0G0aE
  • Covid has undermined UK's chronically under-funded justice system https://t.co/uiAZUFSS52 
  • From lawyer to author: The legal books that hit shelves in 2020 - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/PeFlhfC5Cm
  • Perceptions on LGBTQI+ inclusion efforts differ depending on sexual orientation - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/jZpHjFWQn3
  • Covid leading to four-year waits for England and Wales court trials https://t.co/2jA0yzyRm
  • A Young Law-Firm Partner (Male) - veryday experiences in the life of a young lawyer hoping to find humour in the bizarre and sense in the chaos #India | Bar & Bench https://t.co/81GGiShHmb 
  • The Weekly Round-Up: Lockdown Again (Again) - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/yq5yYQWxhJ
  • Can You Ever Get Off the Sex Offender Registry? #US | Lawyer Herald https://t.co/MwnO3HZwR
  • Allahabad HC imposes costs of Rs 9,000 on lawyer for ‘not permitting court to function’, later recalls order on request by Bar President #India | Bar & Bench https://t.co/UeV4y5YhZa
  • Do the litigation and class action recommendations go far enough? #Australia - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/YjWXEr4a0N
  • What Happens When Soccer Players Get in Trouble for Tax Fraud? | Lawyer Herald https://t.co/cIzyebMNG
  • My life in law: Sally Davies on rising through the ranks to make Mayer Brown’s first female London managing partner - Legal Cheek https://t.co/ku8bBEkz1V
  • Role of the Bar Council of #India as a regulator: Untenable with the real vision of legal education? | Bar & Bench https://t.co/PvP2la8R6G
  • Important changes to DAC6 regime in the UK https://t.co/F951A91FYu
  • Google's plan to replace tracking cookies goes under UK antitrust probe https://t.co/KeiAquwrp2 
  • Police officer crushed in doorway by rioters during #US Capitol breach – video https://t.co/RLFFpq2Ii5 
  • #NewZealand's central bank says its systems have been hacked https://t.co/MbE54qIrW6
  • Kevin Lane publishes book in hope of overturning murder conviction - 53-year-old sentenced to life for 1994 murder of Robert Magill but hopes to shed more light on his case https://t.co/sXFQUEZjmo