6th May - Law News

Edition 3418: 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:
This story, split between Guatemala and Florida, offers a firsthand look at the continuing trauma of the Trump administration’s “zero tolerance” separation policy.

  Focus of the Day Article:

UK solicitors based in Paris can continue advising on English and international law in the wake of Brexit, the French authorities have confirmed. After several months of negotiation, the National Council of French Bar Associations (Conseil National des Barreaux) and the French government have concluded that the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement – ratified by members of the European Parliament last week – enables UK lawyers to register as 'foreign legal consultants'. Full story - The Law Society Gazette

 

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Kim Kardashian, reality TV star named in US court papers over relic bought in her name and sought by #Italian authorities https://t.co/XqzUt7d11e
• Four bars warn against widespread use of remote hearings after Covid - Irish Legal News https://t.co/IyBN4LGly
• Session Cases At 200: Lord Ericht reflects on the significance of the cases that topped the Session Cases poll - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/bb8zpg8ScJ
• Former Arsenal and #Germany keeper Jens Lehmann has been sacked from his role on Hertha Berlin's board after sending a Whatsapp message to pundit Dennis Aogo calling him a "quota black guy" https://t.co/34blV3iCLr
• Manchester City and England forward Raheem Sterling has received racist abuse on social media. It comes two days after English football's four-day boycott of social media, in response to ongoing online abuse, came to an end https://t.co/6nyfvucCpJ
  
• Environmental campaigners suspect a #Liechtenstein prince shot dead probably the biggest bear alive in the EU on a hunting expedition in Romania in March. They say Prince Emanuel von und zu Liechtenstein had been granted a permit to shoot a female bear https://t.co/L0bFNFKI2H
• UK travellers returning from "red list" countries are flying home via Turkey to avoid hefty hotel quarantine fees. Passengers are breaking their journey in Istanbul, and staying in hotels there for a fraction of the cost they would have to pay in Britain https://t.co/WC4BImvvEl 
• Stephen O’Rourke QC: The importance of the Advocates Library - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/rPo4oJTpn
• Donoghue v Stevenson has been voted the top Session Case in a poll by the Scottish Council of Law Reporting to mark the bicentenary of the UK’s oldest law reports - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/PJ2SssUU7E
• Anti-money laundering and white collar crime bills clear Oireachtas - Irish Legal News https://t.co/ilkOG9gNIk
• Publishing company defrauded of over £193,000 fail to appeal decision that ex-employee was not liable for damages - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/ZdPVci0fgS
• Peloton, which had ramped up his advertising campaign over lockdown, has recalled treadmills in the US and UK over a series of safety issues following investigations by a US watchdog https://t.co/kJeByPRwf8
• Dalian Atkinson: Two police officers "colluded" in their account of what happened after the death of the former Aston Villa footballer, a court has heard https://t.co/IEsBtD0Lnq
• Donald Trump's ban from Facebook and Instagram has been upheld by Facebook's Oversight Board. But it criticised the permanent nature of the ban as beyond the scope of Facebook's normal penalties https://t.co/2tdIEyDAd
• Northern Ireland: Working group to consider how to reduce number of non-jury trials - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/UuXbNPsMHg
• #Australian government urged to press Saudis to reveal whereabouts of extradited citizen https://t.co/PMnn8Vcjih
• My legal life: Mark Blois, Browne Jacobson - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/8nxxutE3T9
  
• Barristers and retired judge back new online commercial arbitration service - Irish Legal News https://t.co/WPlkoc7gDL
• Male employee’s shared parental leave not comparable to female adoption leave - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Y9iEjP4GbX 
• How will we persuade the politicians of the future to fund the justice system properly? Start teaching law to schoolchildren, new Law Society president I. Stephanie Boyce tells us https://t.co/YLfSzlfS2J
  
• Investors back start-up that turns collaborating lawyers into virtual firm - Legal Futures https://t.co/jANlUAFj2p
• France allows UK lawyers to keep practising post-Brexit | Law Gazette https://t.co/H6SJ8wCB1E 
• Entrepreneur with “strong views on breastfeeding” unfairly dismissed lawyer - Legal Futures https://t.co/oRaEdI4S24
• Quarter of Scottish businesses expect to reduce office footprint - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/YbDY7nnIrU
• A Catalan separatist leader, Jordi Cuixart, is serving a nine-year prison sentence for supporting a failed independence bid in his #Spanish region. His supporters say he should not be in prison at all https://t.co/4Afitmr8l4
• Global network targets London with second UK law firm acquisition - Legal Futures https://t.co/7Kk58YIOWE
  
• 'Markedly inferior': Bar councils warn against virtual justice | Law Gazette https://t.co/TUtr1wgwt4
• Nearly 40 UK food businesses have threatened to stop sourcing products from Brazil over proposed land reforms https://t.co/oJ8YDwuY8s
• High Court: Refusal of protection for applicants claiming political violence quashed due to being 'marred by unreasonableness' - Irish Legal News https://t.co/brN5WCJMR2
• Immigration and civil litigation hit hardest by Covid-19 - Legal Futures https://t.co/a3CB808Ex1 
• Woman loses nearly £113k in dating site romance fraud https://t.co/8CbEhfuqB
• Several employees of a pharmaceutical company have been arrested in #Indonesia for allegedly washing and reselling used Covid nasal swab test kits https://t.co/F5HEUbwP
• Right to work – right to change policy now? - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Mb6O2mdOxS
• Pressure Mounts to Lift Patent Protections on Coronavirus Vaccines #US https://t.co/RSsS2Htabs
• Home support providers to be required to hold a license - Irish Legal News https://t.co/1QMkltqLdh
• Listed firm adds 138 fee earners with £11.5m acquisition | Law Gazette https://t.co/CPTv8UTC69 
• New drive to liberalise India’s legal market | Law Gazette https://t.co/PcYVGv7R4
• Lawyer of the Month: Janys Scott QC - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/mmjjApUIzi
• Joe O'Malley takes up leadership of Hayes Solicitors - Irish Legal News https://t.co/y2U6iaigyC 
• European Commission deals blow to UK's Lugano hopes | Law Gazette https://t.co/yp1wsFPlyI 
• The rights of care home residents to have visits from loved ones must be "underpinned" by law, according to a new report by cross-party MPs https://t.co/HpPuvtElbH
• Former #Australian cricketer Stuart MacGill was abducted and released in a kidnapping in Sydney last month. Four people have been arrested in connection https://t.co/vI0RiNfYxG
• Community Law & Mediation to launch employment and equality guides - Irish Legal News https://t.co/kZ6g3lCHAw
• He was convicted of murder 20 years ago – but could new evidence give an alibi for Omar? Despite being convicted and jailed almost 20 years ago, Omar Benguit has always said he's not guilty of murder. Could new evidence provide him with an alibi? https://t.co/DBgiBbnLPU
• George Floyd killer Derek Chauvin asks for new trial #US https://t.co/WtXoIGxNh
• Gary Baines made partner at MacRoberts - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/ctAeoALwAk
• Child marriage ‘thriving in UK’ due to legal loophole, warn rights groups https://t.co/hcgPWZd0dv
• NI: Shoosmiths launches traineeship programme in Northern Ireland - Irish Legal News https://t.co/Xm6W8Bmum
  
• #Kenya's police watchdog has begun an investigation into reports that a baby died after officers on curfew duty refused to let a taxi go to hospital https://t.co/iTBJazODKO

5th May - Law News

Edition 3417: 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:
Republican pollster Frank Luntz discusses how to convince skeptical Trump voters to get vaccinated.

 

  Focus of the Day Article:

Immigration and civil litigation were the two areas of legal practice hit hardest by the pandemic last year, with private client and family law “insulated” from the impact, new research has found. Demand for immigration work declined by 47%, while criminal litigation held up much better than civil – with demand falling by 7% compared to 35% for civil. Full story - Legal Futures

 

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Plea in Sikkim High Court seeks ED probe, audit into conduct of lotteries in Sikkim | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/NerqOp22Hb 
• Three Colorado Officers Resign After Arrest of Woman With Dementia #US https://t.co/Fi00OPapiq
• #Mexican authorities have promised a full investigation into the collapse of a metro overpass in Mexico City, as questions mount over the line's safety https://t.co/NDkfaCvYed 
• Bar Council reaction to court sitting days boost – The Barrister Magazine https://t.co/a6paURR6lU 
• Post Office Horizon scandal - Where weren’t the lawyers? | Law Gazette https://t.co/NNl3vb6BbH
• The French government has voiced anger over what it calls new UK fishing rules in the Channel and warns it could cut electricity to Jersey in response https://t.co/uoCJTZY8r5
• A man has been charged over a protest against Manchester United's owners, which took place outside a hotel where the team's players were staying https://t.co/AsfLMv63Ie
• Charities including Barnardo's claim Under-18 marriages contribute to sexual violence and domestic abuse, and want to ban under-18s marrying in England and Wales https://t.co/6p7xTHF2r
• Secret #Australian prosecution ‘unprecedented’ and must never happen again, watchdog told https://t.co/5e59G1gba
• Nine-partner boost for Brodies - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/TSmAdlTjTo
  
• Bar Council ‘disappointed’ at lack of action on legal help for domestic abuse cases – The Barrister Magazine https://t.co/o9t5LCpXYc 
• Four bars warn against widespread use of remote hearings after Covid - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/T1iVC48uaj 
• Bar Council backs Charter for Black Talent – The Barrister Magazine https://t.co/DE0C0Bspg1 
• Independence campaigner loses appeal on Scottish Parliament’s competence to independently legislate for indyref2 - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/wLAEXnm7Di 
• As Body Cameras Become Commonplace, a Debate Over When to Release the Footage #US https://t.co/Ss4M2eYk3T
• A farmer in #Belgium has caused a stir after inadvertently redrawing the country's border with France. A local history enthusiast was walking in the forest when he noticed the stone marking the boundary between the two countries had moved 2.29m (7.5ft) https://t.co/vWcy1qr0Fa
• A police officer Tasered an ex-footballer for six times longer than is standard before kicking him twice in the head, a jury has heard. PC Benjamin Monk is charged with the murder of Dalian Atkinson during an altercation in Shropshire in 2016 https://t.co/ZxWpwbNadj 
• Actor Adam Deacon says he was the accused director Noel Clarke's 'victim' - Deacon claimed to have been Clarke's "victim" for 15 years and said his mental health had suffered as a result https://t.co/4q9PPfHatd 
• Two former paratroopers accused of the murder of an Official IRA man in 1972 have been formally acquitted after their trial collapsed. Joe McCann, 24, was shot in disputed circumstances in Joy Street in the Markets area of Belfast in April 1972 https://t.co/lEkRbL7Ojh 
• Retired solicitors bond amid SIF closure fears | Law Gazette https://t.co/O3tpGPDcRX 
• S&G lawyer wins unfair dismissal claim - but no damages - Legal Futures https://t.co/S0JILko95J 
• UK likely to give green light for travel to fewer than 10 EU countries https://t.co/XQWYuLrLHk 
• Knights enters Sheffield in deal number 13 for listed consolidator - Legal Futures https://t.co/JcQgUmn0Cf
  
• Bar Council: Reform of Mental Health Act is chance to enshrine equality – The Barrister Magazine https://t.co/qZsftzQMkJ
• Barrister fined for submitting misleading witness statement - Legal Futures https://t.co/FmJqkKO5i2
  
• Schillings dives into ‘deep web’ with US tech startup | Law Gazette https://t.co/vW1qkIM4tF 
• Concerns mount over use of review websites to judge quality of lawyers - Legal Futures https://t.co/gsAsO6qcDy 
• Prosecutors will consider whether to charge a man arrested on suspicion of murdering a guest at entertainer Michael Barrymore's home in 2001. Stuart Lubbock, 31, died in hospital after being found unconscious in the TV presenter's pool https://t.co/kHH0bnyJOK
• Plea filed in Delhi High Court to stop all IPL matches, use Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium as COVID care centres | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/3fDFZlLhzS
• EAC Constitutional Experts Interface with Judiciary Chiefs #Uganda https://t.co/Yg1GBR884l 
• Gender recognition certificate fee cut from £140 to £5 https://t.co/z8y3tsb7Xd
• Leading chambers back on board with leading software – The Barrister Magazine https://t.co/YKTGHYA1J1
• That is a loophole the government is apparently planning to fill. A bill to be announced next week will make it easier for the UK to expel undeclared ‘illegals | Law Gazette https://t.co/c4jGNAZ1pq
• News of death not negative: Delhi High Court dismisses PIL to regulate "negativity" due to COVID-19 reporting | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/OthJrtn4WN
  
• Pub and restaurant bosses lose legal fight over England Covid closures - High court judge dismisses attempt to bring forward indoor reopenings https://t.co/vJpm9YXCYQ
  
• The judiciary is not the UK government’s enemy https://t.co/UpL38VRYSA
  
• Disaster Management Act, Epidemic Diseases Act cannot be used to regulate economic aspects of private contracts: Supreme Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/px2ck27egO
  
• Business and Property Courts in Liverpool gear up for growth – The Barrister Magazine https://t.co/cyPE21wKmt
• Office of Judiciary calls for legal action against Redem protesters #THailand https://t.co/fbvRPegpuH
  
• How a Miami School Became a Beacon for Anti-Vaxxers #US https://t.co/oZSXn9kqBt 
• Armagh man who made false report of being stabbed by wife fined £200 for wasting police time – Defence told court that last week his client was handed a suspended sentence for offences including assault on police https://t.co/N6TSwQy5uS
  
• Barrister dug up ‘bottles’ in his garden to find they were live WW2 grenades https://t.co/wue56bRQmE 
• Young woman spat in police officer's face after they tried to check on her wellbeing https://t.co/0YkEAIqfmV
• Nicola Gillett, an employee at Warwick solicitors celebrates 45 years at firm - and looks back at how things have changed over the years https://t.co/RlrzC82LkZ 
• TurgenSec finds 345,000 files from #Filipino solicitor-general's office were breached https://t.co/jVX2Gxsxtv

4th May - Law News

Edition 3416: 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:
Glasgow is due to host the COP26 climate talks in 2021. It's a crucial meeting on the future of the planet involving leaders from all over the world. Their aim is to agree on the latest coordinated round of measures to tackle climate change. But the challenges are huge.

 

  Focus of the Day Article:

Proposals to reform the Mental Health Act (MHA) make ‘arbitrary distinctions between patients who have capacity and those who lack capacity and those who are and are not in the criminal justice system’, the Law Society has warned. Full story - New Law Journal

 

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Shoosmiths launches Belfast training contract - Legal Cheek https://t.co/RD1MPdTWIl 
• Stella Creasy launches campaign to change law after a boy took pictures of her feeding her baby on a train https://t.co/4qXSATAPhi 
• President Joe Biden has lifted the #US annual refugee cap, bowing to outrage from his party after he initially opted to stick by the Trump-era figure. The Democratic president is raising the cap from 15,000 to 62,500 https://t.co/qmejnXSE6O 
• Guilty parties remain free in ‘chilling’ Witness K prosecution - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/BpxstuO0DY 
• Vaccine hesitancy and the Court of Protection: who decides? - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/ElyUGQoHcF
• Why can't Google get a grip on rip-off ads? https://t.co/ArqVIlhFnj
  
• A #PuertoRican boxer who fought in London's 2012 Olympics has been charged with abducting and killing his pregnant lover. Félix Verdejo is accused of attacking Keishla Rodríguez and then throwing her body off a bridge https://t.co/A04yYuxvKf 
• A police officer was dragged and kicked and another suffered a fractured eye socket in clashes with protesters at Manchester United's ground on Sunday, Greater Manchester Police have said https://t.co/hq4QTqiYDq 
• Proposals to reform the Mental Health Act (MHA) make ‘arbitrary distinctions between patients who have capacity and those who lack capacity and those who are and are not in the criminal justice system’, the Law Society has warned | NLJ https://t.co/f675uyhlbJ
  
• Free will debate rages on, or is it all an illusion? https://t.co/Rp8PbZ6DNY
  
• Asian hate crime in UK increases during pandemic. As footballers boycott social media over hate crimes, the abuse directed at Spurs star Son Heung-Min has focused attention on racism suffered by people of Asian background https://t.co/MtD4SzFcG4 
• Grieving relatives despair at months of waiting for probate https://t.co/Nkn0yF4Nh9 
• Ofcom gets court threat from Alex Salmond's Alba Party which demands review over BBC bias https://t.co/LtTVa4F5A9 
  
• Prime Minister Boris Johnson has indicated there will be some "opening up" of foreign travel on 17 May - but said it was important to be cautious https://t.co/NRyyDx5Iv2 
• German police have arrested three men and a fourth is being held in Paraguay for allegedly running one of the world's biggest online networks for sharing images of child sex abuse https://t.co/X4XUGkybDE
• The Premier League is to bring in a new owners' charter to stop future attempts to join a breakaway Super League https://t.co/R6j5lFTyex 
• The UK and Iran are in discussions over a £400m debt that the UK owes, foreign office minister James Cleverly has said - but the talks are not linked to the detention of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe https://t.co/bAIjhrjFYc
• The Weekly Round-up: Home Office deaths and Post Office “thefts” - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/vGyIXAGKMT 
• KFC’s top lawyer swaps fried chicken for pizza - Legal Cheek https://t.co/1a8g8rYn5z 
• #German judge investigated by police after ruling compulsory mask-wearing in schools unconstitutional - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/RaZWvEZVV4
  
• Pupillage seekers jump by 50% during pandemic - Legal Cheek https://t.co/enqpNcudaq 
• Signal’s hack of surveillance tech used by police could undermine #Australian criminal cases https://t.co/0R4cdqizC4
• Junior lawyer awarded $157k in backpay from small firm - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/qqobnOLUEj 
• Choose 'where and when you work', Irwin Mitchell tells lawyers - Legal Cheek https://t.co/aT4DA7m4jX
  
• The missing Rule 35 mechanism for immigration detention in prison - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/L8vXRKr6WM
• London funder first to be allowed to finance Australian class actions - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/gZBXwt9PW5
• Recruitment has picked up among 100 global and top 50 UK firms | NLJ https://t.co/oHBEHhvdc6 
• Lawyers are ‘way too nice’ with fees and billing - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/mhKlPk45a2 
• ‘Complex identities’ of Northern Ireland being undermined, says ex-official - Ciaran Martin criticises post-Brexit attempts to ‘redesign’ UK based on old notion of English sovereignty https://t.co/2ohRLBnRLm
• The Commons Select Committee on Justice has launched an inquiry, Women in Prison | NLJ https://t.co/qSc6Ezo2PM
  
• Human rights lawyers slam Australian government for separating families - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/xvgOvAVCs5 
• Victims renew calls for justice as El Mozote trial moves ahead - Recent hearings reveal new details about 1981 massacre of civilians in northeast #ElSalvador during country’s civil war https://t.co/UPJ1Ua7e0g 
• PM Modi’s ruling BJP loses crucial West Bengal state election, the first defeat for ultra-rightwing politics in contemporary #India https://t.co/kSBvws5AaO
• Children who ate ‘cannabis sweets’ risked serious harm, say Surrey police - Investigation begins after two boys, 12 and 13, and a girl, 12, were taken to hospital after falling unconscious https://t.co/X7IYw0mkBT 
• Sorcery-related violence should be thought of as profoundly modern #PNG https://t.co/NupoXX24nM 
• Why are Apple and Epic going to court over Fortnite currency? https://t.co/hprsilqyF7 
• NHS England has urged Instagram to clamp down on accounts selling an unlicensed, "dangerous" drug mainly targeted at younger women and girls. The sale of Apetamin is illegal in the UK https://t.co/o62hW31h7Q
• Families and friends will be able to mourn their loved ones in unlimited numbers at funerals in England from 17 May, under new plans https://t.co/HXddxoJGYj 
• Some families and friends will be able to hug for the first time in months and fitness fans can get back to gyms as lockdown restrictions ease in Wales https://t.co/A69uxNGejU

3rd May - Law News

Edition 3415: 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:
Violent clashes with riot police broke out as thousands took to the streets of Bogota, Colombia, for a fourth day in a row, a show of rejection for a tax-reform project of President Ivan Duque Marquez' government.

 

Saturday Conversations on Law

• ULaw appoints former City, University of London strategy chief as deputy vice-chancellor - Legal Cheek https://t.co/A0ylpvpeP4
• Squire Patton Boggs targets 25% UK female partners by 2026 - Legal Cheek https://t.co/P3rhOKyMbp
  
• Cupar hotel owners interdict servitude holder from damaging accessway gates with vehicle bar - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/esO5q4huJl 
• UK and Ireland bar bodies slam China sanctions on magic circle barristers - Legal Cheek https://t.co/o9m9yFgwsK
• How to skilfully pass the SQE - Legal Cheek https://t.co/OibRhvw1wZ
• BARBRI strikes SQE prep course deals with three international law schools - Legal Cheek https://t.co/fTQWQ3aI82
• E.U. Says Americans Can Come, but Europeans Wonder How: In tourist-dependent countries, the announcement was called good news, but with lockdowns in place and vaccination slow, many wonder how realistic it is https://t.co/RhwRXk5zKC
• Google’s top lawyer raked in $51 million last year - out earning music superstars Drake, J-Lo and Pink - Legal Cheek https://t.co/xNH8L1SnOr
  
• After Years of Protests, a New Jersey County Ends Its ICE Jail Contract #US https://t.co/mReU1MDnla
  
• Trespass arrests at Prince Andrew's Windsor home https://t.co/8eCAKmnn1e 
• Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has said #Iran's treatment of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe "amounts to torture" - the strongest language the UK government has used to date https://t.co/4WL9MHbNSn
• Mishcon de Reya poised for stock market flotation in move which would see trainees and junior lawyers become shareholders - Legal Cheek https://t.co/PadEF1hJMi
• #Venezuela Releases 6 U.S. Oil Executives to House Arrest https://t.co/AGqDFdXfk8
• Pressure to generate returns forces listed law firms to think outside the box - Legal Cheek https://t.co/URGnxaG3pF
  
• Trump’s Secret Rules for #US Drone Strikes Outside War Zones Are Disclosed: The release of the 2017 policy — with redactions — stemmed from open-records lawsuits by The Times and the A.C.L.U. https://t.co/t1rtNgih1v 
• Retired advocate Andrew Hajducki QC has passed away- Scottish Legal News https://t.co/T4kd05niVe
  
• Allegations of anti-Semitism, sexual misconduct and racial discrimination have led to turmoil on the small Oregon campus: Linfield University Fires Professor Who Spoke Out About Misconduct Cases #US https://t.co/i2LBSyNl4x
• Slaughter and May pushes ahead with associate salary rises - Legal Cheek https://t.co/tiOJeQVHUS
  
• Weinstein to Face Sexual Assault Charges in L.A. as Early as May 30 #US https://t.co/1zaR01LSDD
• Teen charged with junior lawyer’s murder, Khuram Javed shot dead in Sheffield earlier this month - Legal Cheek https://t.co/N3lpY5qwkT
• The uncle of murdered PCSO Julia James has appealed on social media for help to find her killer. Michael Turnbull wrote he had loved his niece since the day she was born and called her attacker "a monster" https://t.co/1LuI3qYH1E
  
• The UK telecoms regulator is warning the public not to trust caller ID on their phones as it tries to help stop people becoming victims of fraud https://t.co/M2cmeTXpdp
• Caitlyn Jenner, candidate for California governor and former Olympic gold medallist, opposes trans girls participating in women's sports. Ms Jenner came out as a trans woman in 2015 https://t.co/HaqmnlZgdJ
• Benjamin Bestgen: Primer 52 – Self-defence against the police - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/E2MJh4SPjd 
• Environmental protesters have lost their legal case to protect rare barbastelle bats roosting in the path of the High Speed Two (HS2) rail link | NLJ https://t.co/W19BIP5med 
• #India’s Covid-19 Crisis Shakes Ultra-Rightwing PM Modi’s Image of Strength https://t.co/l6Skw256P0 
• Clifford Chance to allow lawyers to work remotely up to 50% of the time - Legal Cheek https://t.co/YuL5xcqmLP
• Banks fail in bid to share cost of refunding scam victims https://t.co/pgvQCwQiKX
• Refugees in Europe: Migration, Displacement and Integration | Anne Hammerstad https://t.co/XiC8AXHt6v
  
• Ministers have dropped plans to raise the small claims limit from £1,000 to £2,000 for employers’ liability, public liability and other personal injury claims except road traffic accident (RTA) cases | NLJ https://t.co/HQ4UUy0vpj 
• Law Society announces further financial support for solicitors​ - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/CdQ1IHiKOJ
• City law firms take nine spots in ‘Top 50 Employers for Women’ list - Legal Cheek https://t.co/nZz3BaSKsq
  
• Bird & Bird thanks lawyers and staff with Covid bonus - Legal Cheek https://t.co/Q4iAMz5n1f 
• A vlogger’s guide to a spring virtual vacation scheme - Legal Cheek https://t.co/vjreftekTA
• Commercial courts break records - 47% more judgments handed down than previous year | NLJ https://t.co/pLz4oYKsTq 
• Lawyer bakes 'Kavanagh Caterpillar QC' cake to 'defend' Aldi's Cuthbert in tasty IP battle - Legal Cheek https://t.co/uFqd9dJZCH 
• From homeless law student to magic circle trainee - Legal Cheek https://t.co/xb6nFmEHxH 
• Leverage – a powerful investment tool or a vehicle to squander your fortune? - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/o4ZJ7mLLLE
• Post Office at fault for miscarriage of justice - Court of Appeal criticises ‘egregious’ failures of disclosure & investigation | NLJ https://t.co/ObkANBhH8d

2nd May - Law News

Edition 3414: 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 Red Cross has demanded the closure of a former British army camp housing migrants.
Napier Barracks is meant to be temporary accommodation, and human rights groups say the use of a military base is psychologically damaging for people living there. Many are thought to have been tortured in, or trafficked from, the countries they fled.

 

Saturday Conversations on Law

• A police officer was punched and knocked unconscious as he responded to a report of underage drinking and Covid rule breaches at a County Tyrone bar https://t.co/TUpDO8rCa
• Scottish firms facing insolvency set to rise - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/ZBC77h3K9
  
• Sacking of NSW aged care worker who refused flu vaccine upheld #Australia https://t.co/VokfKwhTd4
• Firms not required to reveal funding source for client, High Court rules | Law Gazette https://t.co/lIAYsuUPuw
• A List of All the Things the Mainstream Media Allowed UK PM Boris Johnson to Get Away With https://t.co/hl8MOHhxRZ
  
• UK’s aid cuts hit vital coronavirus research around world - Leading UK expert says loss of funding certain to damage attempts to tackle virus and variants https://t.co/FQB3rjaz4
• The UK government is to cut 60% of its funding to Unicef, the United Nation's children's fund, as part of its move to reduce spending on foreign aid https://t.co/kdAQvlDJK
• Damning responses to Buckland's judicial review proposals | Law Gazette https://t.co/04O8inJUni 
• North Wales Wildlife Trust (NWWT) has revealed this morning [1 May 2021] that its osprey platform at Llyn Brenig, south-west of Denbigh, was felled overnight by a chainsaw https://t.co/qO3Di3tqW
• Law firm unfair dismissal case revived over email access | Law Gazette https://t.co/Y4IpDZAXv
• Female political prisoners in #Iran facing ‘psychological torture’, say campaigners https://t.co/KLgZG8zt0
• Law firm Slater and Gordon has partnered with Hourglass, a charity that tackles the issue of abuse of older people, to provide financial and legal support | NLJ https://t.co/CFn6qSCvG
• Five people, including a 16-year-old boy, have been arrested on suspicion of right-wing terrorism offences. Officers carried out a series of raids in Keighley, in West Yorkshire, Swindon and Anglesey in Wales https://t.co/vi3MBlUJp
• A pro bono initiative to promote clauses in legal contracts that will help deliver action on climate change has been launched by Thomson Reuters Legal | NLJ https://t.co/1EQxx85Wa4
• Police have confirmed they have received a third party report relating to allegations of sexual offences by a man, following recent claims against actor Noel Clarke https://t.co/qi5RB7nYaU 
• Equity release sector to bolster legal safeguards | Law Gazette https://t.co/r3Rl9Ajc0B
• Dicey rules - for now - in Danish tax case | Law Gazette https://t.co/LJ7LcHTHbv
• Judicial review changes will make government ‘untouchable’, warns Law Society - The society’s president, I. Stephanie Boyce, said the MoJ ‘has gone beyond what was recommended’ https://t.co/VpRwYFFbE
• Domestic Abuse Act prompts legal aid plea | Law Gazette https://t.co/oal7lWGNrL
• Women lead the way in Ashurst promotion round | Law Gazette https://t.co/VGi84M99ix
• People from a South Asian background were at even greater risk of infection, hospitalisation and death in the second wave of Covid than the first, compared with other ethnic groups, a study says https://t.co/7nNJGlqU1a
• Not unlawful for carers to help autistic man visit sex worker, CoP rules | Law Gazette https://t.co/vjkZz1NE8z
• Welsh man who killed wife will not have five-year sentence increased https://t.co/rJh4sOtIy6 
• Disabled people ‘wilfully excluded’ in new super-exam | https://t.co/wjAa1hCvEp
• SYLA partners with European Young Bar Association for Spring Conference - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/bdgKuWIG5M
• Jones Whyte saves jobs with acquisition of 168-year-old McCLure Solicitors - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/57ANvwy6tB 
• Mason Hayes & Curran LLP announces five stratgic promotions - Irish Legal News https://t.co/cWvWO2ZzOb
• Nicola Rylatt appointed principal solicitor at Lanarkshire Community Law Centre - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/7rkuJCepZ
• UK students sue government over human rights impact of climate crisis https://t.co/vQzPvGweSs 
• Growing size of inheritances set to reduce social mobility for younger generations - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/lkmPSIpL1R
• NI: Secretary of State gains power to direct commissioning of abortion services - Irish Legal News https://t.co/2XhX63PICy 
• Terminating a commercial lease – the need for reform - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Fle8IzE3jS
• Malcolm McMillan to retire from Scottish Law Commission - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Kz8zmumHga
• Helen McEntee becomes first serving Cabinet minister to give birth - Irish Legal News https://t.co/AlfzooeqyA
• Restrictions on the sale of coal and wet wood for household burning in England have come into force under new rules aimed at cutting air pollution https://t.co/bilBQ3UyyE 
• ‘Stealthing is rape’: the #Australian push to criminalise the removal of a condom during sex without consent https://t.co/FTX2TH4KCg
  
• Covid rule that ‘turned care homes into prisons’ to be scrapped https://t.co/IszVNiray
• Actor Noel Clarke has said he's "deeply sorry" for some of his actions and will seek professional help, but has again "vehemently" denied sexual misconduct https://t.co/WrgR1S30OG
• Tribunal ruling shows importance of timely responses - Irish Legal News https://t.co/0AnOH4ubLg
  
• Care home residents will be able to leave their home for low-risk trips without having to self-isolate for 14 days afterwards, the government says https://t.co/ubuEfcq30V

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Edition 3413: 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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Saturday Conversations on Law

• Who owns what on a partially built project? - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/SPhZQX0DiS
  
• NI: TLT wins expanded role on framework advising police forces and local authorities - Irish Legal News https://t.co/M0tpgIxu7x 
• City prepares for June opening - but takes a hybrid approach https://t.co/sbNNrCBCIg
• Five arrested in Lady Gaga dognapping case – including the woman who returned them #US https://t.co/XJMbWGdvIY 
• Man fined $12m for police station arson during George Floyd protests #US https://t.co/7cR5TIHZx
• Bar promises tougher sanctions on sexual misconduct | Law Gazette https://t.co/7IJ6ptmPym
• Human rights commission issues recommendations over ‘vaccine passports’ - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/8f8NV62bvi
• Undercover police on wrong side of history, says ex-cabinet minister Lord Hain https://t.co/N9U36LqeAl
• Met PC sacked for hitting vulnerable teenage girl with baton 34 times - a misconduct panel heard PC Benjamin Kemp tried to handcuff the teenager and then used CS spray less than a metre away from her face and his baton https://t.co/ypNzNmdd2O
• Lawyers for the British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell have released a photo of her face which appears to show bruising under her left eye https://t.co/v9EbQtxlS
• Mishcon de Reya to explore IPO on London Stock Exchange - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/PdZGTRbflM
• Apple has been charged with breaking EU competition rules over the way it runs its App Store. European Commission anti-trust regulator Margrethe Vestager tweeted that "consumers are losing out" https://t.co/mji46JqXiT
• Julia James, police community officer died from head injuries https://t.co/mpDILDRK8i
• Benjamin Hannam, Met PC who was neo-Nazi group member is jailed https://t.co/fpbXrIPxPL 
• Scottish Young Lawyers’ Association AGM to be held next month - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/xYpcg8N9OT
• 10 Downing Street refuses to disclose judicial review submission | Law Gazette https://t.co/U7HHCViAy
• Barbara Eckersley found guilty of manslaughter after giving elderly mother ‘green dream’ drug #Australia https://t.co/dEZ2C1r9vq
• Bar set to beef up "lenient" sanctions for misconduct - Legal Futures https://t.co/Tw1hxhYrFB 
• Keystone boss untroubled by competition from US - Legal Futures https://t.co/XjJoXlRhRl
• Twelve Nightingale courts could close in June | Law Gazette https://t.co/RbadxJROy7
• DWF among Times Top 50 Employers for Women - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/fcsR3pUXwF 
• Court of Appeal: Adducing new arguments on appeal in summary cases only permitted in exceptional circumstances - Irish Legal News https://t.co/gSxsrd1jUC
• Law firms will continue with digital learning – if they can find the time - Legal Futures https://t.co/TNQu1WlCy
• At least 44 people have been killed in a crush at a crowded religious festival in the north-east of #Israel. Dozens more were injured at the Lag B'Omer celebration, which takes place annually at the foot of Mount Meron https://t.co/GA5U6Jfktb
• The 64-page guide for litigants in person bringing 'simple' whiplash claims - Legal Futures https://t.co/mTAdyZkEwQ
• Digital Nomads and Tourism Industry | Akrivi Vagena https://t.co/zyj6qOgclS
• Do not allow delays in family court to be overshadowed | Law Gazette https://t.co/o0wsxhXm7l 
• Law firm boss who ‘ran for the hills’ was fairly dismissed, rules EAT | Law Gazette https://t.co/ZF02LGR3Az 
• The Post Office prosecutions follow a familiar script | Law Gazette https://t.co/RpbZCVMfcN 
• FCA launches consultation on changes to MIFID conduct and organisational requirements - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/ZkcT5HfNuC
  
• Keystone shares reach record high despite flat profits | Law Gazette https://t.co/OXtJe5eene
  
• #US split on vaccine passports as country aims for return to normalcy https://t.co/UJYsk8k6M3 
• 74% of legal professionals struggle to complete essential legal learning https://t.co/IINusk9k70 
• Government sets out bill for 'most wide-ranging policing reform in a generation' - Irish Legal News https://t.co/S9Ir9KVDap 
• Calls to NSPCC helpline surge during the pandemic - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/g85LCpwCer
  
• No beds for Covid patients in UP: Solicitor General Tushar Mehta tells SC in Siddique Kappan case #India https://t.co/yUqwh0IIBT
• NI: MKB Law welcomes two new solicitors - Irish Legal News https://t.co/JWbcTJlcGr
• Blanket ban on identifying deceased child victims ends next week - Irish Legal News https://t.co/baiXysE9Pe
  
• A daughter has been given permission to administer her mother’s estate after a legal battle with a professional executor ended with the High Court refusing their application to appeal https://t.co/eeH0mhu5Rf
• Men jailed after being caught transporting handguns - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/3MrtGRQzPr
  
• Court Could Consider Whether Trump Interfered in Cloud Computing Contract #US https://t.co/47Lgemfgun 
• #US supreme court gives hope to long-term immigrants in deportation ruling https://t.co/GEZ81bd9hC 
• Children in direct provision being failed due to lack of oversight and 'culture of fear' - Irish Legal News https://t.co/mB9W95x3na
• Prosecutors refuse to drop case against tax office whistleblower Richard Boyle #Australia https://t.co/H4m0RRHbaJ
  
• 3 Indicted on Federal Hate Crime Charges in Ahmaud Arbery Shooting #US https://t.co/01WxvGLZ0U 
• NI: Outdoor pubs which flout guidelines could face licensing problems next year - Irish Legal News https://t.co/YhIlmJzVrh
• ‘Sexual predator’: actor Noel Clarke accused of groping, harassment and bullying by 20 women https://t.co/en9MHi04kv
• #Indonesia Arrests Firebrand Cleric’s Lawyer Over Attacks – Police arrested Islam Defenders Front leader Rizieq Shihab’s lawyer, Munarman, in a raid this week https://t.co/XrdgOtdFM1 
• United Kingdom Legal Services Market Report 2021: Revenue on Hold in 2020 but Annual Growth of Over 4% Forecast for 2021 https://t.co/VE1W1THQrR
  
• Government to Review UK Product Safety and Liability Laws https://t.co/hlDxKJ3dWn 
• Blocking Google class action would deny justice, UK court told https://t.co/0UODd3njAj 
• Lawmaker Who Sponsors 'Obstruction of Justice' Bill Says It's Meant to Increase Police, Public Safety #US https://t.co/IFCX1TgHg
• Caerphilly drug dealer ‘new man after birth of baby girl’ - defendant’s barrister Scott Bowen said his client no longer deals or touches drugs since becoming the father of a two-year-old girl https://t.co/IJLJl7cW4R 
• Pro-Palestine activist Dennis McNulty, gave Jewish barrister Tim Ludbrook a broken nose after being called a 'Hamas-loving b******' in Hampstead pub row, court hears https://t.co/5CZ7rkJG2y
  
• Council legal threat over towering bill sent to Rotherhithe resident in error https://t.co/xCBFsQphBe
  
• Xact Data Discovery acquires UK-based legal staffing and services provider Paralaw https://t.co/OQAaCwG0cG
• Biden Administration Plans to Propose Banning Menthol Cigarettes #US https://t.co/LTSYmqDDWF