Tuesday

23rd March - Law News

Edition 3374: 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 recent peace deal between separatist fighters and the Philippine government has led to the establishment of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao. After decades of conflict, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front is now transitioning to politics, helping to establish a fledgling regional parliament in return for the decommissioning of firearms.


Focus of the Day Article: In Royal Mencap Society v Tomlinson-Blake and John Shannon v Jaikishan and Prithee Rampersad (Trading as Clifton House Residential Home) [2021] UKSC 8, the court held the ‘working time’ did not include time spent asleep for the purposes of the National Minimum Wage Regulations. The care home workers had argued that they had to be available to provide work while asleep, could be woken and have to perform work and were sleeping away from their homes, therefore this should count as ‘working time’. Full story - New Law Journal

Saturday Conversations on Law

  • Interview with Omid E. Dayan of The Accident Guys #US | Lawyer Herald https://t.co/AQoVrNsWR
  • Linklaters in-house tech start-up takes on firm trainees - Legal Cheek https://t.co/wYZNxabva3
  • YouTube star David Dobrik has stepped down from an app he co-founded, following a rape allegation about his former associate https://t.co/z2YbC2wJTr
  • Alexander Monson: Four police officers in #Kenya are to stand trial over the death of a British man in 2012 after a judge ruled the case should be heard https://t.co/hNwaEhw4Oq
  • Nicola Sturgeon cleared of breaching ministerial code over Alex Salmond saga https://t.co/s4YveEN2CS 
  • Know What Institutional Abuse Is All About and How to Deal With It | Lawyer Herald https://t.co/ITcXzD4ofX 
  • Embracing online reviews "changed firm's culture for the better" - Legal Futures https://t.co/bt7Lud8H7s 
  • Trainees slam remote-working - Legal Cheek https://t.co/BVQimrapS
  • Junior solicitor who lied to opponent "in blind panic" avoids strike-off - Legal Futures https://t.co/4b3lE5Jx31 
  • How To Manage Liability in Construction | Lawyer Herald https://t.co/AHvaA99wfv
  • 3 lawyers doing elite London work from rural Scotland, the South of France and Zimbabwe to join global firm chief at virtual summit - Legal Cheek https://t.co/ihzACAUle
  • Peers reject lawyers' complaints about whiplash tariff - Legal Futures https://t.co/rabZnnEiSi
  • An academic and lawyer, Rosemary Kayess from the University of New South Wales has been elected chair of the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/qqYkbxGMHZ
  • ABSs become a reality in America as Arizona approves the first two - Legal Futures https://t.co/bpPGzpeVKJ
  • Freshfields latest to let lawyers work from home up to half the time - Legal Cheek https://t.co/vUibwsEMod
  • Results from the long-awaited #US trial of the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid vaccine are out and confirm that the shot is both safe and highly effective. More than 32,000 volunteers took part, mostly in America, but also in Chile and Peru https://t.co/UtLlPnOlRw 
  • The European Union has imposed sanctions on four #Chinese officials over human rights abuses against the mostly Muslim Uighur minority group https://t.co/WHyyPm98is
  • The Scottish government has published draft legislation for the holding of a second independence referendum. It wants to hold indyref2 after the pandemic but "in the first half of the new parliamentary term" https://t.co/zqeGmHqxHa 
  • Violent clashes at a demonstration that saw police attacked and vehicles set alight have been condemned as "shameful" and "unacceptable". Protesters clashed with officers as thousands turned out for the Kill the Bill march in Bristol on Sunday https://t.co/YMps2S5Lv
  • Boris Johnson has warned the effects of a third wave of coronavirus will "wash up on our shores" from Europe https://t.co/iIoioc6kad 
  • Real change will come when institutions that profit from caring for our vulnerable elderly are forced to account - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/r7ZJqQGAKD
  • Why training contract hunters should look to the South East - Legal Cheek https://t.co/mdt5wBe07x
  • If #Australia’s legal profession is to meaningfully progress in the new normal, Rose Cocchiaro believes “egocentric, outdated” modes of legal practice have to be left by the wayside - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/CPAd0VWQEq 
  • Controversial life of High Court judge nicknamed ‘Harman the Horrible’ and who once booted a taxi driver in the groin documented in incredible obituary - Legal Cheek https://t.co/uL5CuNJlV4 
  • South #Australian lawyer fined $50k, reprimanded over drafting will for aunt - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/7PjmyHYgUB 
  • Law firms' soaring share prices yield Bitcoin-esque rewards 🚀 - Legal Cheek https://t.co/TbETRQH2Nv
  • Param Bir Singh writes to Maharashtra CM alleging interference by State Home Minister Anil Deshmukh in police functioning | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/XxVhpgTpXr
  • A&O anticipates 40% home-working after lockdown - Legal Cheek https://t.co/Mv6jlXnjJ9
  • Reform of part 2A of the Civil Liability Act is a necessary second chance for survivors of abuse in custody - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/Dp7zU3VC4j 
  • Bitcoin, blockchain and cybersecurity: The hot tech topics law students should know about - Legal Cheek https://t.co/hO0k3T1wy2 
  • Delhi court closes journalist's defamation case against Somnath Bharti after he tenders apology | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/Rh1R9ptbmi 
  • With lawyers having to manage an increasingly busy schedule, many may find obtaining their compulsory requirements a bit of a headache. However one CPD provider says it doesn’t need to be - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/FNjh2Z0WrF
  • Stowaway's story raises questions about Nave Andromeda incident https://t.co/GM4dcOpMHn 
  • Riot police sent in after 'kill the bill' protest in Bristol turns violent https://t.co/PLsy5PrgLf
  • EU export ban would delay UK Covid vaccine drive by two months https://t.co/ZRN3TqMS9J 
  • SQE training provider reveals £6k online prep course - Legal Cheek https://t.co/TTIrtXb8eP
  • Just what will it take to get our judges to see sense on violence against women? https://t.co/P0S2z2EiGX

Monday

22nd March - Law News

Edition 3373: 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: Members of the NGO AnimaNaturalis protest naked and stained with fake blood, pretending to be human meat packaged for sale
 


Focus of the Day Article: An Amsterdam Court has ordered Ola (a smartphone-hailing taxi organisation like Uber) to be more transparent about the data it uses as the basis for decisions on suspensions and wage penalties, in a ruling that breaks new ground on the rights of workers subject to algorithmic management. Full story - UK Human Rights Blog

Saturday Conversations on Law

  • The providers of 'Ride Hailing apps' and their drivers: another judgment from Amsterdam - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/FZIr0Y0DW
  • Police officers suffered suspected broken bones as angry scenes unfolded in Bristol city centre https://t.co/r9d5Z61HE
  • A state of emergency has been declared in the #US city of Miami over concerns large crowds gathering for spring break pose a coronavirus risk https://t.co/sgpnUgYFEa
  • SRA reveals further SQE exam dates - Legal Cheek https://t.co/ZyN7kFUkO
  • Venues such as bars and nightclubs may not be able to open as planned if they cannot find enough bouncers to supervise them, the body representing security staff has said https://t.co/OxoDW0Ogq
  • Missing Balloch schoolgirls spent night locked inside train https://t.co/bgnBmQA6Z
  • Bristol protest: Protesters have clashed with police after thousands of people turned up to a demonstration officers had "strongly advised" against attending https://t.co/pF6Hb4CVQ
  • People may need to wear face coverings and socially distance for several years until we return to normality, a leading epidemiologist has predicted https://t.co/XD2LNzuO3T
  • What to consider when pursuing a legal career in the North - Legal Cheek https://t.co/rGcnRLDyJg
  • Covid, Consent and the Court of Protection - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/dXgw0qTLcr 
  • Sustainability or spin? Greenwashing and the law - Legal Cheek https://t.co/ELhW3HDGWv
  • Hogan Lovells retains 17 of 21 qualifying trainees - Legal Cheek https://t.co/pJZg0VtDp
  • Buckingham Palace to launch diversity review - The work apparently began before the Duke and Duchess of Sussex made allegations of racism within the Royal Family https://t.co/tkmNb2riFg 
  • A quantitative analysis of Justice Malhotra’s time at the Supreme Court, along with the important judgments she passed during her tenure | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/7LvpKa3OsN
  • An extension to the ban on foreign holidays in order to control the spread of coronavirus cannot be ruled out, Defence Secretary Ben Wallace has said https://t.co/Hia7LzvcM9
  • Free webinar: a look into law offices of the future https://t.co/03CIeU2zX
  • Re B: soldiers and the criminal process in Northern Ireland - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/N7VZeNQTH2
  • Some of Wales' major employers say they are considering a permanent shift to flexible working after the pandemic https://t.co/opPhB3vaXEal conversations with legal stalwarts https://t.co/ya0FzcgYxB
  • In response to the Independent Review of Serious and Organised Crime, led by Sir Craig Mackey, the Home Office has outlined its priorities for tackling serious and organised crime | NLJ https://t.co/2D3WcCXkYf
  • A new Royal Navy surveillance ship is to be built to protect "critical" undersea cables https://t.co/KghizNwqo
  • Court cannot appreciate evidence while deciding bail application: Jammu & Kashmir High Court while rejecting bail in murder case | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/upg5JkSkfI
  • Migration Governance – Collection of Country Reports: Legal and Policy Framework  https://t.co/miBOUHIFAs
  • The boss of Australian airline Qantas has told the BBC that "governments are going to insist" on vaccines for international travellers https://t.co/RUmK7097rl
  • A woman who was told to wait two days for police to call her back after she reported a flasher has received an apology https://t.co/gsKmknlQAo
  • The government's decision to cut foreign aid without passing new legislation has been called unlawful by an ex-director of public prosecutions https://t.co/lV5bqqv1es
  • Pandemic NHS workers should be granted indefinite leave to remain - Aaron Gates-Lincoln - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/EZUqIzA5no 
  • Sleep-in care home workers are not entitled to minimum wage while sleeping, the Supreme Court has held | NLJ https://t.co/8FJhsBLzIk
  • Top lockdown concern among pupil barristers? A lack of networking opportunities - Legal Cheek https://t.co/YSPLy5uFAC 
  • Why aspiring lawyers should seriously consider starting their legal careers in the South West - Legal Cheek https://t.co/PxLoAo8vGx
  • Mediation with Marina Wheeler QC on Law Pod UK - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/qLpph5ueb
  • From textbooks under pillows to the Legally Blonde soundtrack: Our readers’ weird revision rituals and pre-exam superstitions revealed - Legal Cheek https://t.co/IjmEVRIrHB
  • How to hack a judge's brain with science - Legal Cheek https://t.co/1Zq9MbGsMA
  • Karnataka High Court allows plea to restore corruption case against BS Yediyurappa in land privatization case [Read Order] | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/rnUgDEHwQt
  • Human rights at risk under Bill proposals, warn campaigners | NLJ https://t.co/UE0sFMErI3
  • A court in #Pakistan has sentenced two men to death for a rape which triggered public outrage. Abid Mehli and Shafqat Ali came across a Pakistani-French woman and her two children stranded on a motorway near Lahore after running out of petrol https://t.co/RnIcc1R3aV
  • BPP University to be sold 'within weeks', report claims - Legal Cheek https://t.co/DT3TOdAC0c 
  • The Weekly Round-Up: Women's Rights – a Long Way to Go - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/wv19WSbtz6

Sunday

21st March - Law News

Edition 3372: 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 US president has offered support to Asian-Americans and denounced a surge in hate crimes targeting their community. Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris visited Atlanta, where eight people were killed in a mass shooting.



Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Gillespie Macandrew announces new charity partnerships - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/4sCM7xcyL
  • Many lawyers prefer remote hearings, and they shouldn’t be muted | Law Gazette https://t.co/aYevTEiSeo
  • Six lions have been found dead and dismembered after a suspected poisoning in one of #Uganda's most famous parks https://t.co/T3JeMP2mWY
  • The #Indian city of Mumbai is to roll out mandatory coronavirus tests in crowded places as the country grapples with a rise in infections https://t.co/Pq6Au3CoYV
  • Is Line of Duty’s DI Steve Arnott ‘skating on wafer-thin ice’? - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/WcouPuJH2k
  • Quarter of bar pupils report financial hardship | Law Gazette https://t.co/I6lLsW2CXh
  • Dr George Callaghan: A compelling case for compounding - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/zCqPPdXz4f
  • Junior lawyer suspended over email sent in ‘moment of blind panic’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/MqvywBwBBf
  • A teacher and ex-Royal Marine said his family is lucky to be alive after a suspected arson attack which destroyed their home in County Durham https://t.co/D8CKjhFBO
  • Civil business after Covid conference – 10 May 2021 - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/uV3p3lQJRc
  • Donald Trump's main residence, Mar-a-Lago, has been partially closed after some staff members tested positive for Covid-19, #US media report https://t.co/IH7mJIr7ky
  • #Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan has tested positive for Covid-19, the country's health minister has said. The 68-year-old is "self-isolating at home", the minister, Faisal Sultan, tweeted https://t.co/OdX5yXBy
  • Bar predicts income boost from students - despite pupillage drought | Law Gazette https://t.co/HOBDPg2H8L 
  • Dundee University Covid outbreak linked to party https://t.co/BSaoq3qcDC
  • UK furlough scheme pays out millions to foreign states and tax exiles https://t.co/WoIieM8vvq 
  • When Caitlin McNamara launched a literary festival in Abu Dhabi, she found herself plunged into a busy, exciting world. Then, she alleges, she was raped by an #Emirati royal https://t.co/c07R1K2i4q
  • Thousands are attending anti-lockdown demonstrations in central London, as MPs urge the government to change the law to allow peaceful protest https://t.co/hM4YjZhvbT
  • #France and #Poland have reintroduced partial lockdowns as both countries battle a sharp rise in Covid infections in recent weeks https://t.co/ElOCrmxTBm 
  • Non-binary barrister first to appear in chambers with ‘Mx’ title - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Qk2DJPIY9L
  • Protest laws ‘a mess’, says joint committee | Law Gazette https://t.co/MOUZalYOPK
  • Annual report of Scottish tribunals published - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/7QTXPsC4Aj 
  • Supreme Court: Carers not entitled to minimum wage when asleep | Law Gazette https://t.co/vdxIwOZqB5
  • £18 million investment for drug services - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/pxwAW3qhMS
  • Summer holidays overseas are "extremely unlikely" because of the risk of travellers bringing coronavirus variants back to the UK, a scientist on a government advisory body has said https://t.co/j6FCGSv2
  • A double murder investigation has been launched after three people died at two homes in Newtownabbey, County Antrim, on Friday https://t.co/JSF4d98Zl
  • The elections watchdog has contacted the Conservative party with questions over the funding of renovations to Boris Johnson's official flat https://t.co/lEHuY20fiZ
  • Linklaters offers redundancy to all London secretaries | Law Gazette https://t.co/nHtIXzhKs
  • Additional £10 million for modernising police fleet - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/4Bf5TdynjI 
  • Cubism ex-boss banned after falsely invoicing clients to prop up firm | Law Gazette https://t.co/QO5u8oWAG
  • ECtHR: No violation of Article 6 in Gilligan v Ireland - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/m0YJFDnZy4
  • Summary of Whitehall submissions to public law review? No thanks | Law Gazette https://t.co/coCrFcId3e
  • SCTS says it has no plans for weekend courts - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/iJhsJuGnHS
  • Society raises concern over JR proposal on ouster clauses | Law Gazette https://t.co/ETTwczUoGp
  • High Court rules Crown entitled to libel English guilty plea in Scottish sexual assault trial - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/zxLqht3rNW
  • This week police in Paris announced a "fruitful investigation" and a raid netting MDMA and ecstasy with a street value of over €1m ($1.2m; £860,000). #French drugs haul 'was strawberry Haribo' https://t.co/F9cKyLG7pC
  • Wealthy countries - including the UK - are blocking proposals to help developing nations increase their vaccine manufacturing capabilities https://t.co/fkoUhvhVyY 
  • The Guardian view on judicial review: it's politics that needs fixing, not the courts https://t.co/i0x3N54GDc 
  • Man jailed for £175,000 Riyad Mahrez bank card spending spree https://t.co/kkIgYj2Qni

Saturday

20th March - Law News

Edition 3371: 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: An Indian municipal worker in Mumbai was punched and slapped by a woman after she was stopped for not wearing a mask in the city where COVID-19 cases have been rising.




Saturday Conversations on Law
  • A motorist who was stopped by police for driving at 122mph, told officers that he was travelling back from Wales after getting a haircut https://t.co/g7RxT5PWpk
  • UK woman loses latest bid to keep daughter on life support - Paula Parfitt intends to take appeal to supreme court after judges rule against her in London https://t.co/YZ20x6fd2K 
  • UK government accused of distorting findings of judicial review inquiry - Former reviewer of terror laws says minister’s foreword mischaracterises experts’ conclusions https://t.co/XWflheVE27
  • #German Chancellor Angela Merkel said it was likely that the country would now need to apply an "emergency brake" and re-impose lockdown measures https://t.co/BrcsKopbGo
  • Holyrood backs domestic abuse bill - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/5EosNtyRyV
  • Pay Discrimination Suit Against Disney Adds Pay Secrecy Claim https://t.co/fbAUWyWn08
  • NHS boss's Twitter accounts hacked by PS5 scammers https://t.co/5KdcSQhrCX
  • Police have warned students in the UK against using a website that they say lets users "illegally access" millions of scientific research papers https://t.co/o6aNx3prDF
  • A probationary police officer who assaulted a woman in a "terrifying" attack has been given a curfew, prompting criticism he was not jailed. West Midlands Police PC Oliver Banfield grabbed and manhandled Emma Homer last July while drunk https://t.co/ADxDIesIh
  • Can insolvency legislation save struggling fishing industry firms? - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/BwiUvxS2bD
  • Police Investigate Sexual Assault Allegation Against Actor Armie Hammer #US https://t.co/1lYGsMnPX7
  • Police Investigate Sexual Assault Allegation Against Actor Armie Hammer #US https://t.co/1lYGsM6eyx
  • Free EHRC webinar: The roadmap out of Covid: avoiding the potholes - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/gY4vd7tVQq
  • Bar regulator "struggling to keep pace" with rising volume of work - Legal Futures https://t.co/5vg9HMKn7o
  • Buckland announces JR reforms to keep judges away from politics | Law Gazette https://t.co/O3DZGIuBZK
  • Solicitor using £50k prize to develop automated advice platform - Legal Futures https://t.co/2vlpagyYql
  • Solicitor struck off for forging signatures while a trainee - Legal Futures https://t.co/yIUzoXeBdD 
  • How Racism and Sexism Intertwine to Torment Asian-American Women https://t.co/TqmmI7lqcy 
  • Multi-disciplinary practice and consolidator unveils latest acquisitions - Legal Futures https://t.co/a7HMPIQQi7
  • New debt navigator project at Govan Law Centre - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/C59pTxRjk9 
  • Claire Parry death: PC Timothy Brehmer has sentence increased - married police officer who strangled his lover after she exposed their affair has had his prison sentence increased on appeal https://t.co/JBXNMIugV
  • Nicola Sturgeon rejects claims over Alex Salmond inquiry evidence https://t.co/PlhjxrX4jz
  • Care workers across the UK who have to sleep at their workplace in case they are needed are not entitled to the minimum wage for their whole shift, the Supreme Court has ruled https://t.co/uabJ0VVQ0n 
  • Dr Richard Freeman, ex-British Cycling and Team Sky chief struck off medical register https://t.co/NsbOJnQzMC
  • Top immigration firm ‘abused’ court process with futile JR claims | Law Gazette https://t.co/ZHZlPyqs6x
  • #US House Votes to Give Millions of Dreamers and Farmworkers a Path to Citizenship https://t.co/uBOG2hW4R6
  • Law Society and SLCC clash over budget - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/xKdeQlvz5k
  • No legal aid for parents fighting to continue baby's life-sustaining treatment | Law Gazette https://t.co/Q7VKSmSZ7J
  • #China sending children of exiled Uighur parents to orphanages, says Amnesty https://t.co/g31dQzS5wl 
  • Promotions at Levy & McRae - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/AYJF3iHPRj
  • Accused Atalanta Gunman Had Visited Massage Parlors He Targeted, Police Say #US https://t.co/QumXWxvJxh
  • #China has detained my young children. I don't know if I'll ever see them again - I am a Uighur who was forced to flee Xinjiang five years ago, leaving four of my children who are now in an ‘orphan camp’ | Mihriban Kader https://t.co/s0CvdDylnc
  • Paralegal told she is ‘not a princess’ loses harassment claim | Law Gazette https://t.co/X2GA3VFfh4
  • "Angry and upset" after midfielder Glen Kamara was racially abused during Rangers' Europa League defeat by Slavia Prague at Ibrox on Thursday https://t.co/4uDNLePsfw 
  • Accounts of atrocities keep coming in as the wounded flee to the regional capital, Mekelle, where Tigrayans say they are being winnowed for their leaders’ rebellion #Ethiopia https://t.co/YCC6mR8ZuN
  • Asian-Americans Are Scared for a Reason - Bigotry and demagoguing have pushed communities to a “crisis point.” #US https://t.co/TgO8Xa5yeS
  • Lord Reed calls proposed changes to UKSC ‘idiotic’ - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/EzRJxaIzPY
  • Imprisonment for Public Protection jail terms 'a death sentence' - Karl Maroni, 33, has spent all his adult life in jail. Aged 18 he committed three violent offences and was convicted https://t.co/hV1zdB4sFE
  • First-year bankers at investment bank Goldman Sachs have warned that they might quit unless their gruelling working conditions improve https://t.co/xicZM9awJI 
  • ‘Act of spite’: Lord Reed decries proposals to change Supreme Court's name | Law Gazette https://t.co/l4PczE0flj
  • Law Society raises concerns with Lord President as spectre of weekend courts looms – again - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/9iIxfw2AN1
  • Firms boasting too much online risk their reputation, SRA chief warns | Law Gazette https://t.co/IYsu1kMqER
  • Judiciary imperils right to a fair trial with renewed attack on juries - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/FztF5S7rLL
  • JR reform: Buckland to 'go further' than Faulks review | Law Gazette https://t.co/yOH2biQwkh 
  • Edinburgh woman whose ex-partner forged signature on standard security succeeds in action for reduction - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/FdYd1IA4Ac
  • Women of Asian Descent Were 6 of the 8 Victims in Atlanta Shootings #US https://t.co/o3E58zAXEz 
  • Suspect in Atlanta Spa Attacks Is Charged With 8 Counts of Murder #US https://t.co/EBQV0xvXWr 
  • Proud Boys Leaders in Four States Are Charged in Capitol Riot #US https://t.co/w8f0iOz338

Friday

19th March - Law News

Edition 3370: 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 practice of forcing Indonesian girls and women to wear the hijab is being labelled an abuse of their rights. A  new report by Human Rights Watch has found women who were pressured into wearing the veil - regardless of their religion -  suffer trauma because they are bullied and humiliated for going against the grain.



Focus of the Day Article: 'Sometimes I pinch myself' - crown counsel's call for disadvantaged students to pursue law goes viral. South Atlantic-based prosecutor inspires with account of how he defied teacher's advice 'to set sights low Full story - The Global Legal Post

Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Trial of Woman Who Killed Her Husband Highlights Domestic Abuse in #Turkey https://t.co/ktGhE4apG
  • Dominic Raab 'totally misunderstands' Northern Ireland Brexit terms, warns EU https://t.co/XLDVMXcwgu
  • LAA reviewing Covid-19 contingency arrangements | Law Gazette https://t.co/b19f4gUqPi
  • Peloton has warned parents to keep children away from its treadmills after the death of a child https://t.co/ZR30Ro8s1c 
  • Johnny Depp says 'lie' about charity donation influenced libel judge: Amber Heard’s team tells court about ‘ample support’ for evidence as actor seeks to overturn assault ruling https://t.co/6oTTSLe3S
  • Work with locals in hunt for Nightingale courts, HMCTS told | Law Gazette https://t.co/QuP5MYHSB7
  • The UK government is to make an unprecedented move to give the Northern Ireland secretary new powers to compel Stormont to implement abortion laws https://t.co/tGm2x8rDko 
  • Fixed universal credit cuts are unlawful, high court in UK rules - Victory for four former rough sleepers in Manchester left destitute after DWP deductions to pay court fines https://t.co/lwamFMukqr
  • British nationality laws are to be reformed to remove a number of anomalies that have recently led to people from the Windrush generation being refused citizenship – despite the Home Office admitting that its own errors led to them being ruled ineligible https://t.co/vd84EUU43
  • Scotland should have specialist rape court, review recommends https://t.co/ErWoQrrUuA 
  • Supreme court to hear challenge to UK's voter ID trial in 2019 election: Case could affect expected rollout of scheme seen as disenfranchising marginalised people https://t.co/irgxiY9HjJ 
  • Christian Porter defamation action: ABC engages former solicitor general to lead defence. Justin Gleeson QC was the solicitor general from 2012 to 2016 and served Labor and Liberal prime ministers #Australia https://t.co/cvdUfxqtLp
  • Thirty-year sentence for man who raped and murdered international student inadequate, Melbourne court hears #Australia https://t.co/0vSiPCYwg0
  • A&O predicts 40% of work will be done remotely | Law Gazette https://t.co/GTTJGXx7xx
  • A majority of MSPs on the Alex Salmond committee have said Nicola Sturgeon misled the inquiry, sources have told the BBC. It is understood MSPs on the committee voted by five to four that Ms Sturgeon gave them an inaccurate account https://t.co/TvrvYc1gkV
  • Drill rapper who tried to deflect blame on to his identical twin after a new father was stabbed to death has been convicted of murder. DNA matching the profile of 18-year-old Javell Hall was found on the sheath of a knife used to kill Asante Campbell https://t.co/F0oHJ528kU
  • A US private investigator was paid by the Sun newspaper to obtain personal information about the Duchess of Sussex in the early days of her relationship with Prince Harry. He had unlawfully accessed detailed information https://t.co/zT96j1s9nx
  • Manchester Arena Inquiry: Paramedic 'wrong not to send team to bomb scene' https://t.co/Q0bNMtJoj
  • Plans to change how government decisions are challenged in the courts have been announced by the justice secretary https://t.co/sKj0LBwpNc
  • Police bill clears first hurdle in parliament | Law Gazette https://t.co/Y3YhRVWjdS 
  • Circuit judge promises to write monthly to defendant in mental health crisis | Law Gazette https://t.co/Br2ZsfsARX
  • Firm pays £45k damages to rival over plagiarised claim letters | Law Gazette https://t.co/4QTVnnUi6A 
  • Evha Jannath: The former operator of a theme park has been fined £1m after a girl died on a ride, but the penalty will never be paid as it is in administration https://t.co/v9WQ9bUcRz
  • Online court may need only one procedure rule, says Briggs | Law Gazette https://t.co/CTJN747mEy 
  • Sexual assault: 'One in 40' young women experience it each year https://t.co/0fvc86BDrA
  • Digital ID standard is a welcome step for conveyancers | Law Gazette https://t.co/0h9zaW9aqD 
  • The government is to cut grants aimed at encouraging people to buy electric vehicles in a move that has been criticised by the motor industry. The Department for Transport will reduce the grant from £3,000 to £2,500 and restrict it to cars under £35,000 https://t.co/5ubf4yuUyU
  • Kobe Bryant widow sues LA police over 'graphic images' of helicopter crash #US https://t.co/Guywi4LLz
  • Lord chief nudges lawyers back to court | Law Gazette https://t.co/0V2ir4dow4
  • High Court “considered referring Duncan Lewis to SRA” - Legal Futures https://t.co/iz2KZehOyv
  • Lessons learned from a year of virtual hearings in adjudication and arbitration - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/K64Vd35M5T
  • Lawyers work alongside recruiters in platform for consultants - Legal Futures https://t.co/Gwn7RqNP4Q
  • Talking about race – how to overcome the fear factor - Legal Futures https://t.co/XESY1wAKYT 
  • Firm settles with two rivals and barrister over plagarised letter of claim - Legal Futures https://t.co/MQC93sjW7w 
  • England: Thieves to be fitted with GPS tags to reduce reoffending - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/dulk1Meg4C
  • Quarter of pupil barristers experiencing financial hardship - Legal Futures https://t.co/ktLTTF1GJJ
  • #Australians have derided a suggestion by the New South Wales (NSW) police commissioner that an app could be used to register sexual consent https://t.co/PzhpnwOytD
  • BT has said it will "build like fury" to roll out full-fibre internet connections after new rules announced by the UK's telecoms regulator. Ofcom has decided not to impose price caps on full-fibre connections provided by the firm's Openreach subsidiary https://t.co/nXaqj8y6U
  • From Turkey to Libya: The EU Migration Partnership from Bad to Worse | Mariagiulia Giuffré - https://t.co/oRZ90CLPGF 
  • An expected reduction in the UK's Covid vaccine supply in April is partly due to a delay in a delivery from India of five million Oxford-AstraZeneca doses https://t.co/d7tJir7azE
  • Crime almost halves over decade - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/QEQsBC5Cv3
  • Alison Pryde joins Anderson Strathern as tax director - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/E6EL2JKQSX 
  • Sheriff solemn cases up to 82 per cent of pre-Covid level - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/WGxzZh1oMz 
  • Policing bill is a grave threat to our right to protest https://t.co/orTX5qgu6u Mar 18, 2021
  • Covid-19 jabs for staff 'should be our call' say 58% of UK managers https://t.co/n9XXUwnixX 
  • ECJ orders France to ban glue-trap hunting of songbirds outright https://t.co/N2JuHrjtiF 
  • Facebook's long-awaited content 'supreme court' has arrived. It's a clever sham https://t.co/qHZaVu4IQP
  • Proposals to reduce the dominance of the "Big Four" accountancy firms and scrap the industry regulator have been unveiled by the government https://t.co/7s6WJpXgk1 
  • UK university students accuse Covid patrol police of harassment - NUS and rights groups report allegations of heavy-handed enforcement of lockdown rules https://t.co/ZqcyyaKENL 
  • In a sea of fawningly reverential Churchill biographies, hardly any books seriously examine his documented racism https://t.co/okuB0tRH7m

Thursday

18th March - Law News

Edition 3369: 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: Hundreds of Muslim groups are boycotting the review of the government's anti-radicalisation 'Prevent' scheme, over concerns about its chairman William Shawcross, who's been criticised over previous remarks he made about Islam


Focus of the Day Article: The Solicitors Regulation Authority has been told to pay its costs for a bungled prosecution of a prominent Hong Kong lawyer and politician. Junius Ho Kwan-yiu was cleared of all allegations by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal following a five-day hearing in December. The allegations related to comments made in Cantonese during and after a public meeting in Hong Kong. Full story - The Law Society Gazette

Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Charity calls for new measures to stop online scams: Money and Mental Health Policy Institute says people with mental health problems at risk to falling victim to fraud https://t.co/TjpZmbQM9R 
  • Grisly Killing in Syria Spawns Legal Case Against# Russian Mercenaries https://t.co/2DdpqO6xT
  • Piers Morgan's comments about the Duchess of Sussex on Good Morning Britain have attracted a record number of complaints to TV regulator Ofcom https://t.co/0lOiX7VyXd
  • Uber may face further legal challenge to settle drivers' hours - Union says taxi app firm will force workers to take new cases to court despite success with wage claim https://t.co/31qPnWDwb
  • Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, has said that if Covid vaccine supplies in Europe do not improve, the EU "will reflect whether exports to countries who have higher vaccination rates than us are still proportionate" https://t.co/Dx1L1CoayN
  • Third of remand prisoners in England being held beyond legal time limit for trials https://t.co/gIsFGYqg7r
  • Trial date set for City brothers charged with fraud | Law Gazette https://t.co/Kk3UPcGkB
  • A second post-mortem examination is being carried out on Sarah Everard's body after the first proved inconclusive, police have said https://t.co/iLDoBbzYsz
  • St Patrick's Day: Police clear crowds at Belfast's Botanic Gardens https://t.co/HTqmz7tGA
  • Police to record crimes motivated by sex or gender on 'experimental basis' https://t.co/Asdp9qm1gT
  • ‘Marching for Justice’: Thousands of #Australians Protests Sexual Violence https://t.co/KRA0PueNn
  • Historical slavery and the Law Society | Law Gazette https://t.co/aeljoIgENg
  • Incorporation of UNCRC into Scots law imminent - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/VP2fpmXdyt
  • Football's child sex abuse scandal: Sheldon review finds 'institutional failings' https://t.co/yhxXn7Eboq
  • Two Are Charged With Assault on Officer Who Died After Capitol Riot #US https://t.co/lS7w8f1ywq
  • Police in the #US state of Georgia have identified four of the eight people who were killed in mass shootings at three massage parlours in the Atlanta area https://t.co/uJjslyB4FT
  • A digital certificate to kick-start foreign travel should be given to citizens across the EU "without discrimination", officials say https://t.co/Ov4C2saM7z
  • A former police chief has said she would think "very carefully" about reporting a crime committed against her because of how she would be "judged" https://t.co/bdLdAN5aWW
  • People aged 50 and over in England are now being invited to book their appointment for a Covid vaccine https://t.co/tS8SEysMCl
  • Blackadders team raises funds for Comic Relief - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/GAW7SslqBo
  • AstraZeneca Concerns Throw Europe’s Vaccine Rollout Into Deeper Disarray https://t.co/Fw8cRAM60
  • Former government minister takes helm at costs lawyer regulator - Legal Futures https://t.co/xk4k9VdByJ
  • Free seminar on cladding crisis this week - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/dnQ5NecH6c
  • MoJ: 2021 is set to be a "big year" for legal aid - Legal Futures https://t.co/QyY1aSlEd
  • 'Divisive nonsense': Labour to vote against police bill | Law Gazette https://t.co/nB9jvZDT
  • Leading injury firm sold on five years after last acquisition - Legal Futures https://t.co/RmrJM6kzm8
  • Spain to trial four-day working week in pilot project - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/lI1684ecAV
  • LeO set to receive £5 more per lawyer but told investment must now deliver - Legal Futures https://t.co/kur3qfWH32
  • MIGRATION AND THE RULE OF (HUMAN RIGHTS) LAW: TWO 'CRISES' LOOKING IN THE SAME MIRROR | Francesco Luigi Gatta https://t.co/sX4poJKc5S 
  • Eight people, many of them women of Asian descent, have been killed in shootings at spas in the US state of Georgia. Police said the shootings took place at a massage parlour in Acworth, a suburb north of Atlanta #US https://t.co/KsvgmuJpjb
  • A 50-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of the indecent assault and murder of Stuart Lubbock at the home of Michael Barrymore https://t.co/lePeo2uyM
  • Energy customers set for refunds when direct debits are too high https://t.co/CqZQSVMAJb
  • SRA to bear £65k costs of bungled Hong Kong prosecution | Law Gazette https://t.co/FV0WSmPA8P
  • DWF advises digital learning business on acquisition to expand EU footprint - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/ygyaVczh3y
  • Ombudsman to get extra £1.66m - but faces axe if standards don’t improve | Law Gazette https://t.co/Eauraepktd
  • Children’s Commissioner predicts radical change - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/iZDhJvUATd 
  • Prolific burglars, robbers and thieves are to be tagged with GPS trackers in a bid to stop them reoffending. Offenders will be automatically tagged for up to 12 months after being released from prison under a Ministry of Justice (MoJ) pilot https://t.co/xBJ2T844Xg
  • Pandemic hits merger activity - but Yorkshire firm keeps growing | Law Gazette https://t.co/FDu6LorVE
  • Average volume of properties on the market falls nearly 22 per cent since November peak - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/5y8TqnSOkN
  • Still crumbling: HMCTS handling 5,000 court repair requests a month | Law Gazette https://t.co/Y8J1hQTain
  • BTO’s Laura Salmond gains specialist employment law accreditation - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/keeCVK8eoY
  • Douglas J. Cusine: No excuse for FAI delays - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Bxob2r9Chm
  • Oliver Campbell, a man with learning difficulties who admitted to a murder 30 years ago should have his conviction quashed because he confessed to police without a lawyer present, his solicitor says https://t.co/qiC85FQaxI

Wednesday

17th March - Law News

Edition 3368: 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 Office of the Director of National Intelligence released its declassified report on foreign threats to 2020 federal elections, which concludes that foreign adversaries -- including Russia -- did attempt to interfere in the 2020 election

Focus of the Day Article: 

The Bar Standards Board has been urged to give disciplinary tribunals a clear and immediate message that they can depart from the current sanctions guidance for sexual misconduct cases. The lack of robust sanction for barristers who seek to sexually harass women “does much to perpetuate the crisis of retention of women at the Bar”, two specialist criminal counsel argued. Full story - Legal Futures


Saturday Conversations on Law
  • High Court: Judge refuses application to determine EU law points in planning case after quashing decision on domestic law grounds - Irish Legal News https://t.co/5Yf9ZpaHB8
  • 'Wagatha Christie' heading for libel trial in autumn despite legal costs - Case heads for the high court as Rebekah Vardy and Coleen Rooney face ‘extraordinarily large’ fees https://t.co/RHoYcAnU8r 
  • Freshfields to allow 50% homeworking | Law Gazette https://t.co/1HQ1EhwOF
  • Uber says it will give its UK drivers a guaranteed minimum wage, holiday pay and pensions. It comes one month after the US firm lost a legal battle in the UK, begun in 2016, over drivers' status https://t.co/9N5IUfcNx
  • Start planning for October renewals now | Law Gazette https://t.co/Ll5YtDk3X
  • Federal judge admits 'error' as man sues him for being jailed over routine property dispute- Judge Salvatore Vasta is being sued for false imprisonment but claims he’s protected by judicial immunity #Australia https://t.co/eFCe22823
  • #French MPs approve ‘non-consent’ law to protect children from sexual abuse - Draft legislation says a child under 15 cannot be considered to have willingly engaged in a sexual act https://t.co/tEyc3MFpV3
  • School drops legal action after Muslim girl told her skirt was too long: Siham Hamud’s father says he is pleased Uxbridge high school listened to the family’s concerns https://t.co/wsXYi2amAA
  • FBI facing allegation that its 2018 background check of Brett Kavanaugh was ‘fake’ #US https://t.co/9lhAPcx4p
  • Julie Burchill agrees to pay Ash Sarkar 'substantial damages' in libel case - Columnist apologises to journalist, saying social media posts included ‘racist and misogynist’ comments https://t.co/qyE0DHGPUP
  • Lawyer Chris Murphy portrayed as 'past it' by News Corp columnist, defamation hearing told - Annette Sharp suggested solicitor ‘is too old and deaf and can’t even get to court’, barrister says #Australia https://t.co/SqWqmzNug
  • Christian Porter v ABC: can the minister sue for defamation over article that didn't name him? #Australia https://t.co/iZHeuPUup
  • A marketing manager sued her company for age discrimination after a junior employee told her she was ‘old school’ for using capital letters in a Twitter hashtag https://t.co/FHltxMnO5x https://t.co/Knbb9gHIYP
  • CoP says vulnerable man should have Covid vaccine despite father’s objection | Law Gazette https://t.co/nOqVkxdtAB
  • Aberdeen company to pay more than £6m after self-reporting Kazakhstan bribery - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/xDDzxTqPc
  • An Army camp housing asylum seekers in Pembrokeshire is set to close within days, a UK government minister says. It comes after inspectors said the camp at Penally and Napier Barracks in Kent were "run-down and unsuitable" https://t.co/F42aAZQz6A
  • A group of MPs has written to Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden calling for a public inquiry into the collapse of gambling website Football Index https://t.co/Xe9LeDNt
  • Countries around Europe are seeking further clarification on the safety of the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine, amid criticism of their decision to suspend giving the jab https://t.co/Q0J2Giv0VQ
  • Travers Smith’s award-winning director of pro bono Sam Cottman talks about a multifaceted career and why he decided to set up his own charity - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/YejprVCJsm 
  • Malicious Prosecution Scandal: Lord Advocate must not be allowed to ‘mark his own homework’ - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/0GXPtNs8dj
  • London retrial for dismissed hacking claim naming City firm | Law Gazette https://t.co/Xbwe0z7oFF
  • Law firms “should remove printers before staff return” - Legal Futures https://t.co/qnXaFLE2Bf 
  • My legal life: Victoria Jackson, BLM, Associate solicitor, Liverpool - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/MokgrPBLz4
  • BSB "should set tribunals free" from sanctions guidance in sexual misconduct cases - Legal Futures https://t.co/uSa5ItgaY
  • Solicitor who plundered client account struck off - and now has unregulated firm - Legal Futures https://t.co/OnNhRQ3sF
  • ‘Sense of how to behave’ at risk, says High Court chancellor | Law Gazette https://t.co/7C8P6pCCa
  • Sheriff orders discharge of Albanian man wanted in Italy in connection with attempted murder conviction - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Ixy4V2Hx
  • NewLaw to charge whiplash clients up to 30% under DBA - Legal Futures https://t.co/w4oPYOztHB
  • Hairdressers and garden centres will be allowed to reopen in Scotland from 5 April, days after the "stay at home" lockdown order will be lifted https://t.co/hRcZJDzWHa
  • The UK is set to reverse plans to reduce its stockpile of nuclear weapons by the middle of the decade, as part of a foreign policy overhaul https://t.co/l5JN53W1Ua
  • Met refused to engage with organisers of the Reclaim These Streets vigils | Law Gazette https://t.co/xk1wl1qhW
  • Council of Europe reopens Pat Finucane case - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/mOB9g1HIlO 
  • Clapham Common scenes showed tone deaf policing | Law Gazette https://t.co/16ERKSwbji
  • Linklaters to open in Dublin - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/qcvJD7ah1
  • Wayne Couzens, a met Police constable has appeared at the Old Bailey accused of murdering and kidnapping Sarah Everard https://t.co/MeofK3Kam
  • ‘The Externalisation of Migration Control: An assessment of European Union’s Policy in the Light of the Charter of Fundamental Rights’ | Vito Todeschini https://t.co/R7X5BfuwbQ
  • UK to shift foreign policy focus following review - the review, which Prime Minister Boris Johnson will set out later in the House of Commons, also paves the way for an increase in nuclear warheads https://t.co/9vBRFC3Y1A
  • #Mozambique insurgency: Militants beheading children, aid agency reports https://t.co/eGR75zBkG
  • Vaccine safety experts from the World Health Organization (WHO) are meeting on Tuesday to review the Oxford-AstraZeneca jab, after several European countries halted their rollouts https://t.co/0BfarbNOK
  • The Northern Ireland Executive has agreed primary school pupils in years P4 to P7 will return to class next Monday https://t.co/iivx5ic7P4
  • No research on video hearing impact | Law Gazette https://t.co/Qo4iNhFNqa
  • Ex-Home Office official accused of improper relationship with law firms - Civil servant suspected of releasing unauthorised information to elite firms such as Mishcon de Reya https://t.co/kr2vSC3tnU
  • Consultation on miners’ strike pardon launched - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/JNvHgIoL3l 
  • Priti Patel spoke to Met chief before Sarah Everard vigil broken up https://t.co/8Osu07j1LX
  • DBA ruling gives boost to litigation funding sector | Law Gazette https://t.co/ycFOkVSxo7
  • Legal challenge over CPS policy on prosecuting rape cases dismissed https://t.co/eERh10gTA9 
  • Tributes have been paid to solicitor Kathleen More, who passed away last month - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/lDG2IWix0
  • New children's commissioner pledges to 'rebuild' childhood https://t.co/r6JW1c0f0Y
  • FTSE 100 legal panels under pressure on diversity | Law Gazette https://t.co/Y8bGNdCafk
  • Police Scotland spent £1.4m on doomed Rangers probe - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/H3vamFy0iY
  • Insurance premiums down 1% in 2020 - as claims fell 19% | Law Gazette https://t.co/yYY9ZgQ09A
  • Lord Neuberger to remain on Hong Kong court for three years - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/CevgobpVuj
  • Faulks review on JR to be published this week | Law Gazette https://t.co/8ycqzaI0Ps
  • FAI to be held into 2016 deaths of three fishermen - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/q8lzHdmnDA
  • IHREC raises concerns with online safety bill - Irish Legal News https://t.co/HrgSh9XYmy
  • #France is to return a painting by the Austrian artist Gustav Klimt to the heirs of the Jewish family that was forced to sell it by the Nazis https://t.co/UKiceg2tUJ
  • Facebook has agreed to pay Rupert Murdoch's News Corp #Australia for journalism from its local mastheads https://t.co/n78hHbT1do
  • Cabinet ministers and senior officials have told the BBC the government should have brought in tougher restrictions in the early autumn to tackle the "inevitable" second wave of coronavirus https://t.co/bmB7vcUMRe 
  • Why is anti-protest bill generating so much controversy? Critics say handing police and home secretary more discretionary powers will undermine civil liberties https://t.co/zFqff6KPdH 
  • 250th anniversary celebration for Sir Walter Scott this month - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/cBp8dC7xC0