23rd June - Law News

Edition 3466: 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:
Are you a family practitioner or specialist fees clerk? Watch this year's Family Legal Aid Billing seminar to find out how to receive payments faster and reduce the risk of your fees being rejected.

 

  Focus of the Day Article:

 Issues such as provocation, spontaneity and whether an incident was a ‘one-off’ should not be factors that reduce sanctions for sexual misconduct by barristers, the Bar Council has urged. This would send the “wrong message to the general public” about the profession’s attitude to such behaviour, it said. Full story - Legal Futures

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Professional legal research event to be held next month - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/AZJvU0nXn
• Claimant has £200k costs paid despite winning only £10 damages | Law Gazette https://t.co/mfOrS7QS8
• Qualifications bill could harm profession, says Bar Council | Law Gazette https://t.co/jYct3jYYJ
• Concern over low take-up of free legal advice in eviction review | Law Gazette https://t.co/iaeEEocrBx
• Lord Advocate vows to act independently: The Lord Advocate, Dorothy Bain QC, and Solicitor General for Scotland, Ruth Charteris QC, were nominated by the First Minister - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/trFsY3kqn
• UKSC: Doctor who negligently advised mother over genetic condition not liable for costs associated with child’s unrelated diagnosis - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/NDe8NXwTY
• Bar urges chambers to consider 'trans inclusivity' | Law Gazette https://t.co/1mjoOum0
• Legal experts worldwide draw up ‘historic’ definition of ecocide - Draft law is intended to prosecute offences against the environment https://t.co/U69MAcGPLP
• Asynchronous legal hearings and pandemic fatigue discussed at civil justice conference - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/8VYf1PAsk
• NI: Belfast lawyer Joanne Lecky to lead trade mark group at Murgitroyd IP - Irish Legal News https://t.co/VQopkxbv
• Met police makes second arrest after BBC’s Nick Watt confronted on street - Man, 62, held in south London police station after footage shared online showed reporter being harassed https://t.co/pb0TZyQzGL
• Wembley to be allowed at least 60,000 fans for Euro 2020 semi-finals and final https://t.co/HyUGf5HoIT
• Scotland aiming to lift Covid restrictions by 9 August https://t.co/ljJoWM6bfJ 
• Supreme Court: Labour Court recommendation for Sectoral Employment Order quashed for failure to give reasons - Irish Legal News https://t.co/Ljzc0WeJQp
• Bar Council urges limits to mitigation in sexual misconduct cases involving barristers - Legal Futures https://t.co/DXDEtPuTd
• Shepherd and Wedderburn appoints Euan Murray as partner - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/UJn9LdTBY
• Data regulation has replaced tax rate as top consideration for location decisions - Irish Legal News https://t.co/F9ednUs21P
• Supreme Court lays out “new legal roadmap” for professional negligence - Legal Futures https://t.co/M4769JH87L
• Jacqueline Fordyce appointed to Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/c1e1ZZJ4lB
• Virtual appraisals: Finding the opportunity in the challenge - Legal Futures https://t.co/Y2EIUBGYBW
• England: Around 1,600 suspects held on remand for over a year pending Crown Court trials - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/MgegIAa9Pz
  
• Independent body should run Windrush compensation scheme - ‘Systemic mismanagement’ by Home Office has led to complaints over delays and low offers to claimants https://t.co/gYjmXSz2bX
• LSB praises "impressive progress" made by smallest regulator - Legal Futures https://t.co/5uF2bfIsZ6
• Solicitor suspended for “complete dereliction of duty” - Legal Futures https://t.co/avg3oXovkP 
• Wimbledon: Fans frustrated as Ticketmaster cancels tickets because of an unwitting breach in sales terms, by using the same credit card on more than one transaction https://t.co/AVnfgtUK9l 
• A Truckload of Evidence: 42,000 Pounds of Pistachios Are Stolen in California - TA man who worked for a trucking contractor was charged with stealing 21 tons of nuts from a pistachio grower #US https://t.co/JPIRlDJ5Cm
• Populist Leaders in Eastern Europe Run Into a Little Problem: Unpopularity - The ultra right-wing leaders of Slovenia, Hungary and Poland, who rode to power on waves of anti-elitism anger, face rising opposition over their pandemic responses https://t.co/i7nUc3Kbje
• In N.C.A.A. Case, #US Supreme Court Backs Payments to Student-Athletes https://t.co/tZUUIffwAH
• Police Scotland launches cyber-enabled crime team in north east - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/ehChiRdlFK
• The government should drop its "disproportionate" plan to ban noisy protests in England and Wales, parliamentary committee warns. The Police, Crime, Sentencing & Courts Bill would also introduce powers to deal with demonstrations involving only one person https://t.co/eQhbx2wYqG 
• A private detective who was a prime suspect during inquiries into the murder of Daniel Morgan has denied corruption hampered the police https://t.co/TUEWPAWR60
• Judge stops draft ruling publication after parties settle dispute | Law Gazette https://t.co/pBSeMXtziO
• ‘Take account but not be bound’ clause backed for HRA | Law Gazette https://t.co/aYjOXhNFVY 
• Bafta-winning TV firm accused of mishandling sexual assault complaint https://t.co/oOPfpusSsk 
• Bill to legalise assisted dying lodged - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/nsPUmU4AcM
• Artist considers suing Royal Academy in ‘transphobia’ row - Jess de Wahls’ work no longer available in RA gift shop after views she expressed were deemed transphobic https://t.co/eA0OaYG9NG
• London: NQ starting salaries soar as US law firms compete for talent - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/WQfpN8NDLN
• A fake wedding, and a $250,000 scam - 'I was such an idiot' https://t.co/zOnRXSmBDz
  
• New tool for under-18s to report nude photos of themselves online https://t.co/Mu7VySWISM 
• 'I don't believe we're close to breaking point' says Buckland | Law Gazette https://t.co/nMCniYmWYC

22nd June - Law News

Edition 3465: 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:
Have you heard about the Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE)? This is the new single, rigorous assessment for all aspiring solicitors – marking a step change in how people train and enter the profession.

  Focus of the Day Article:

 The Supreme Court has found that an accounting firm that incorrectly advised a building society that it could use a method of accounting known as “hedge accounting” to handle volatility in certain payments had negligently cost the society £32 million for the cost of ditching the contracts early as a result. Full story - Scottish Legal News

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Personal laws can't override POCSO, Child Marriage Restraints Act: Karnataka HC denies bail to person accused of rape, marriage with minor girl | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/OF4qXt2Ncv 
• One third of convicted sex offenders across England and Wales avoid prison https://t.co/dC2EY8Cj5e
• Patna High Court grants bail to student who shared objectionable Facebook post on Hindu God, Goddess | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/dgdvu8LhtJ 
• Lawyers hint Porter’s barrister could face disciplinary complaints - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/HaUlKGiobh
• Calls for Lord Advocate to recuse herself from malicious prosecution investigation - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/mthbDbLagh
  
• Australia to open door to UK junior lawyers in post-Brexit trade agreement - Legal Cheek https://t.co/FXcgX5edgz
• How to reach your full financial potential as a boutique firm| Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/szgs7TViHW
• Six-month extension of emergency coronavirus legislation to be debated at Holyrood - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/hTrmDwcULJ
• A burglar has been jailed for breaking into the home of an 89-year-old stroke patient who watched helplessly as he stole her jewellery. Dean Lennox took the widow's wedding ring and late husband's wallet from her supported accommodation in Torquay https://t.co/f3tYNw4A8g 
• How multinationals are using the law to damage our health | Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/LXIUPjpoNM
• Supreme Court holds accounting firm liable to English building society for millions in damages for negligent advice - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/AbWKG9IskZ 
• Wales fans will be unable to travel to Amsterdam for the next round of Euro 2020 in the Netherlands, Wales' health minister has said. Eluned Morgan said police in Amsterdam had said they would not be "letting Welsh fans into the country" https://t.co/CoS29shZ4D 
• Hardwicke to rebrand as Gatehouse Chambers after discovering name has slavery links - Legal Cheek https://t.co/7hws5yuO4v
• How women lawyers can thrive post-pandemic | Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/YBo5wkh2PG
  
• Princess Latifa's photo appears to show #Dubai ruler's daughter in Spain https://t.co/kA5exYr5HX
• A police force has referred itself to the Independent Office for Police Conduct after a woman was found fatally injured in a village field. Paramedics attended but the 23-year-old woman, named locally as Gracie Spinks, died at the scene on Friday morning https://t.co/0HFmIlaHCG
  
• Having grown up surrounded by family violence, alcoholism and mental illness, Kristal Naividi was perhaps more likely to need a lawyer than to become one herself | Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/Yo9VYZtZcs
• New EU rules would permit use of most polymers without checks, experts warn https://t.co/1MBJkpzXt
• Digital courts take next step forward with damages claims pilot - Legal Futures https://t.co/pIfZj32sMc
• Congress Rushes to Help Afghans Seeking Visas for Helping #US https://t.co/CuRkDOFpx7
  
• The people you'll meet on your virtual vacation scheme - Legal Cheek https://t.co/F9v4Ibo0zM 
• Sydney barrister avoids fine for simulating oral sex with female clerk in ‘ritualised greeting’ Tribunal finds barrister, who was facing a fine of up to $25,000, ‘had not intended to anger, offend, embarrass or humiliate’ #Australia https://t.co/79EMSGmiVD
• Review to probe impact of Post Office scandal on lawyer regulation - Legal Futures https://t.co/pqMd1R2fwx 
• They Put Up a Pride Flag. A Florida Homeowners’ Group Said Take It Down - The Eastland Cove Homeowners Association in Broward County, Fla. #US, said it was not on a list of approved flags. A couple face an initial fine of up to $50 https://t.co/JrcSHua4RS
  
• I Am Breaking My Silence About the Baseball Player Who Raped Me https://t.co/jJrc0lT1Qs
• Gateley criticised for not protecting client data - Legal Futures https://t.co/0rEJuC8BZE
  
• Are inheritance disputes set to become disputes with will-writers? - Legal Futures https://t.co/RAAq6XHVBh
• Bakers lawyers and staff given option to work remotely up to three days a week - Legal Cheek https://t.co/rrvcVdKZAe
• High Court rejects client's bid to judicially review Legal Ombudsman decision - Legal Futures https://t.co/kEVhBeqXEK
  
• Minister may intervene in Parole Board’s decision to free child killer Colin Pitchfork https://t.co/CcF6MkrKkE 
• The body of a #Belgian soldier with far-right views who went missing in mid-May after taking weapons from a military base has been found, officials say https://t.co/vmAOgfu6iQ
• London law firms Wedlake Bell and Moon Beever to merge - Legal Cheek https://t.co/43uDxfWeQs
  
• Trans #US veterans to be offered gender surgery for first time https://t.co/TOudNTTvS8
  
• Contaminated blood inquiry: The school where dozens of pupils died https://t.co/ymhapeEpO7 
• The Lazarus heist: How #NorthKorea almost pulled off a billion-dollar hack https://t.co/ccwWNdbNap

21st June - Law News

Edition 3464: 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 massive rally was held in Rome to protest over the death of trade unionist Adil Belakhdim, who was hit by a truck during a demonstration for better working conditions in Italy’s Novara province

 

 

  Focus of the Day Article:

 The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has announced the extension of the Solicitors Indemnity Fund (SIF) for a further year. The delay means SIF will continue to provide post six-year run-off cover until September 2022 for claims against firms which have closed without a successor practice. Full story - New Law Journal

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Akin Gump ups London NQ salaries to $202,500 - Legal Cheek https://t.co/xGDsZXyctU
• No cab rank? Supreme Court judges criticised for pricey private car rides - Legal Cheek https://t.co/RJzgmbodEy
• How British law enforcement authorities use doctors to label Muslims 'terrorists' https://t.co/JgIem6fuJb
• #Australia will file a formal complaint with the World Trade Organization (WTO) after China imposed up to 218% tariffs on its wine last year https://t.co/6ATbxoSghN
• Landless women farmers in #India respond to growing agrarian distress https://t.co/D7dUwPmjoB
• A Tory councillor's home and cars have been set on fire in South Lanarkshire following multiple similar attacks. Police are treating the blaze at Graeme Campbell's property in Fortrose Gardens, Strathaven, as suspicious https://t.co/N240HegUW
• The justice secretary has said he is considering intervening over the decision to approve the release of child killer Colin Pitchfork. Pitchfork, 61, was jailed for raping and murdering Leicestershire teenagers Lynda Mann and Dawn Ashworth in 1988 https://t.co/pXr9uc57Pk
• Macfarlanes launches legal technologist grad scheme - Legal Cheek https://t.co/ttFTUmTpt6
• Cases against the medical profession: an extended review by Marina Wheeler QC - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/rX8QiRmUfw
• Former BBC legal correspondent joins London chambers - Legal Cheek https://t.co/WD6yDUKucM
  
• The Weekly Round-Up: "Freedom Day" delayed - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/dmyY4OixSw
• QAnon and on: why the fight against extremist conspiracies is far from over https://t.co/jWK3bJ5kIR
• Gateley suffers client data loss in cyber security attack - Legal Cheek https://t.co/a6r2ffk0Ov
• High Court rejects 'failure to remove' abuse claim - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/CBZkazLGb5 
• Paris police search for two e-scooter riders after pedestrian killed #France https://t.co/8pEL44HRkX
• Civil weddings will be permitted to take place outdoors for the first time in England and Wales from next month. The ceremonies at approved premises such as hotels currently need to be in a room or other permanent structure https://t.co/UGfTN5bN36
  
• Kim Avis Jailed After Faking Death at 'Mortuary Beach' - Scottish Man Who Faked His Death in California Is Jailed for Rape #US https://t.co/vGhT9GwLv0 
• London-born law prof becomes head of US competition regulator aged just 32 - Legal Cheek https://t.co/VO3JaXusUj
  
• Meet the lawyers dating England and Scotland's footballers - Legal Cheek https://t.co/aTg4nmroH
• As #Ethiopia prepares for parliamentary elections on Monday, some online users have been posting misleading content and claims https://t.co/grxtQ3weth
• MoneyLaw latest: Simpson Thacher boosts junior lawyer pay to $205,000 in London - Legal Cheek https://t.co/FOgypMCzqL 
• Assisted dying bill to be lodged at Scottish Parliament https://t.co/ewZyWMPEFp
• The justice secretary must resign if he cannot reverse low conviction rates for rape within a year, Labour has said https://t.co/222CdHlReU 
• Ashurst boosts NQ lawyer pay to £90,000 - Legal Cheek https://t.co/VQqxLP91Tw 
• Arizona police shoot driver who crashed into charity bike ride #US https://t.co/9IPPUR67ba

20th June - Law News

Edition 3463: 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:
On Sunday, Armenians will vote in a second parliamentary snap election in less than three years. Four political blocs and 22 parties are going up against caretaker Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, who stepped down in April following months of protests demanding his resignation. Many called him a traitor for signing a peace deal that ended six weeks of fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh, but returned swathes of territory to Armenia's long-standing rival Azerbaijan. Four former leaders are running in Sunday's vote, including Robert Kocharyan who's seen as the opposition frontrunner. 

 

Saturday Conversations on Law

• CJEU: Poland could face EU infringement action over attempts to discipline lawyer for Donald Tusk - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/I2jsxpWuZ6
• Costs judge invites case against firm over ‘secret’ commission payments | Law Gazette https://t.co/LOj9gSBBs8
• Lord Chancellor: Rule of law being misused to ‘weaponise the courts’ against politics - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/fD94VEZ81B
  
• Supreme Court clarifies duty test in Grant Thornton ruling | Law Gazette https://t.co/js89SZ7XY
• Scottish Lib Dems call for an end to ‘carousel of pointless drug prosecutions’ - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/MtoRe80SmX
  
• #US Catholic bishops are on a potential collision course with President Joe Biden after voting to commission a document that may call for him to be barred from Holy Communion https://t.co/zn5pYQhVU
• A man who collapsed on a London street after suffering a stroke is hoping to track down the "guardian angel" who saved his life. Mathew O'Toole, 47, was outside Ole & Steen on Wigmore Street in Mayfair at 08:30 BST on 10 June when it happened https://t.co/869ABeghaU 
• ‘Parochial feel’: judge warns of post-Covid complacency | Law Gazette https://t.co/wHCYKUwttT
• Mega class actions becoming ‘mainstream’ in Europe | Law Gazette https://t.co/CNVI3U4SLa 
• A number of Scotland fans took part in a clean-up of London's Leicester Square after the area was covered in litter during Euro celebrations https://t.co/B1RRCQPmPu
• The UN has issued a rare call to halt to arms sales to Myanmar in response to this year's violent military coup https://t.co/U3pEp52gK7
• Elizabeth Denham: Use of live facial recognition technology in public is deeply concerning - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/AvasnPSx
• The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has announced the extension of the Solicitors Indemnity Fund (SIF) for a further year | NLJ https://t.co/t5oL0VRdSt
  
• Slater and Gordon: stop these fishing expeditions on baseless claims | Law Gazette https://t.co/Ieg38bDAOq
• The Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) has backed a law firm’s claim the government used overly simplified data in its submissions to the Independent Review of Administrative Law (IRAL) | NLJ https://t.co/dkncDG5ld7
• Government apologises to rape victims for criminal justice failings | Law Gazette https://t.co/mNBn1aEC0P
• An extra 750 courtrooms have been equipped to hold video-enabled hearings since the start of the pandemic, according to a HM Courts & Tribunals Service (HMCTS) blog | NLJ https://t.co/4bsu9mZ7S6 
• Bruce Craig: New expenses regime looms - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Me1wToHs1F
  
• CILEX Law School has been formally approved to deliver the new CILEX Professional Qualification (CPQ) | NLJ https://t.co/Ehb5o565Oq
• Australia open to junior lawyers under new trade deal | Law Gazette https://t.co/vFWwZ8a9jX 
• Support Through Court, the charity that supports litigants in person and was formerly known as the Personal Support Unit, has appointed Bridget Blow as Chair for the Board of Trustees | NLJ https://t.co/F6xQnLzbF
• Freedom of information laws to be reviewed - Irish Legal News https://t.co/8B91NS7WbD
• Lord Justice David Richards has retired as Lord Justice of Appeal after a distinguished career in law | NLJ https://t.co/9VhIt1LGGy 
• Daniel Morgan case: 'I don't accept Met apology over my dad's murder' https://t.co/HOmjNQQOun
• Informing family justice and Court of Protection recovery plans post-pandemic: a rapid consultation https://t.co/diAsoSj1BU 
• Northern Ireland: UK legacy proposals would ‘undermine the rule of law’ - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/l9CTagIg2g
• Immigrants and Greece: Pensions at crossroads | George (Georgios) Symeonidis https://t.co/JMHoYEivhU
• #US Supreme Court’s Newest Justices Produce Some Unexpected Results https://t.co/tSBYFykupu
• Court backs solicitor who oversaw handbag invoice search | Law Gazette https://t.co/DZAea8iNve
  
• Jury service reforms effectively shelved after working group disbanded - Irish Legal News https://t.co/c114Tp9tjy
• England: Handling of rape cases to be ‘scored’ in bid to raise cases reaching court - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/jxMtzLlPPX
• Caravan courts: The way forward? | Law Gazette https://t.co/2adqdxiWmN 
• High Court: Claim of misfeasance against council struck out due to 22-month delay in delivering statement of claim - Irish Legal News https://t.co/HV6pml8cYT
• MP Andrew Hastie set to testify on allegedly ‘blooded’ rookie soldier in Ben Roberts-Smith case #Australia https://t.co/HNdxhYZA0N 
• Pride month in #Guatemala marred by killings of three LGBTQ+ people https://t.co/GDmqqtiB2M 
• Rape survivor calls for cases to be reopened following landmark review - Kat Araniello, whose case was dropped by CPS, says if ministers are ashamed of failures they must act https://t.co/uE9qljkbgs
  
• Outer House finds HMRC wrong to refuse claim for backdated child tax credits by refugee couple - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/geLDiDluNX

19th June - Law News

Edition 3462: 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: Why the right to dissent upheld by the Indian supreme court should be valued and protested.

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Faulks: I wanted to publish government submissions on judicial review | Law Gazette https://t.co/YX3YoDBV
• NI: Care and justice campus to move forward following consultation - Irish Legal News https://t.co/TNqXNhygoW
• Conservative MP to stand trial charged with sexually assaulting a 15-year-old boy in 2008. Imran Ahmad Khan, MP for Wakefield in West Yorkshire, denies sexually touching the teenager in Staffordshire https://t.co/SiK5roG3Cm
• Françoise Hardy, ‘close to the end’ of her life, argues for assisted suicide https://t.co/57SvAUKbXR
• Retired solicitor struck off for overcharging dead client’s estate | Law Gazette https://t.co/LhkAajwVZ0
• The pandemic has meant setbacks for women’s equality | Law Gazette https://t.co/c3xym8ykZr 
• #US Supreme Court Limits Human Rights Suits Against Corporations - Six citizens of Mali had sued Nestlé USA and Cargill, accusing the companies of profiting from child slavery on Ivory Coast cocoa farms https://t.co/zLui6B4uZc
• The EU has lost a legal battle in Brussels to force Anglo-Swedish drug maker AstraZeneca to supply 120m doses of Covid-19 vaccine by the end of June. It went to court last month after the company delayed shipment of the vital vaccines https://t.co/WvRjuppKXX
• ICCL targets big tech with German lawsuit against 'world's largest data breach' - Irish Legal News https://t.co/JJcTKVcWh
• NHS plans to centralise patient medical data cause privacy concerns | Law Gazette https://t.co/69NFuU1Jy
• Rape: why have prosecutions fallen so dramatically in a decade? https://t.co/eT3MOjtBw
• NI: Rosemary Connolly: Claimaint in sex discrimination claim fails to win interim relief - Irish Legal News https://t.co/CcTc4bf69
• What victims’ groups and voices from legal profession say about rape review https://t.co/CVP3rR1QK
• Thacher, a California Prep School, Apologizes for Past Sex Abuse #US https://t.co/LRfnEmlOcs 
• UK government rape review is a starting point, not a ‘victory lap’ https://t.co/vSv7RRooal
• A dispersal order for central London has been issued ahead of the Euro 2020 macth between England and Scotland. The Met Police said it would "prevent the public being caused alarm, harassment and distress" and stop criminality in the local area https://t.co/LLSikoqaH
• Alieu Kosiah has been found guilty of war crimes in a #Swiss court, becoming the first Liberian to be convicted in connection with Liberia's civil war https://t.co/nXmv6oyvkH
• A 33-year-old pilot has confessed to the killing of his young British wife, Caroline Crouch, police say, in a crime that shocked #Greece https://t.co/uR4oLVb6g
• Harry Richford: East Kent NHS Trust fined for failures over baby's death https://t.co/fchjVlmBaM
• Lindsays supports competition for video game start-ups - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Aocv0U95K
• #Israeli Officer Who Killed Autistic Palestinian Man Charged With Manslaughter https://t.co/aevzRu5e
• Round-up of deals involving Irish law firms - Irish Legal News https://t.co/hZzo3o0tfD
  
• On Thursday, #US President Biden signed legislation making Juneteenth, which commemorates the end of slavery in the United States, a federal holiday https://t.co/uClIlDgZDi
• The Power of Money: How Autocrats Use London to Strike Foes Worldwide https://t.co/oaxRq5xW7H
• Seven people have been charged with electoral offences by police investigating a missing £10.25m loan to Northampton Town Football Club. The six men and one woman have been charged over donations made to Northampton South Conservative Association in 2014 https://t.co/dmWnXWMxP
• People in Hong Kong have queued up to buy copies of the pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily, a day after its newsroom was raided by police #China https://t.co/nzenHUnOh5
• A third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic is already under way leaving Wales facing a "serious public health situation", the first minister said. Mark Drakeford said Wales may be two or three weeks behind England and Scotland in terms of rising case numbers https://t.co/3oSmuWZhoF
• NI: Legacy practitioners warn UK legacy proposals would 'undermine the rule of law' - Irish Legal News https://t.co/bIiyqZh4n
• #US supreme court upholds Obamacare after Republicans seek to gut law https://t.co/qNg8DwyRdp
• Profession pays out £10m to cover losses from dishonest solicitors | Law Gazette https://t.co/FkYXx5PveD
  
• Gateley criticised for not protecting client data - Legal Futures https://t.co/0rEJuC8BZE
• Scottish poets in the spotlight at justice conference - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/S5zA1kE1m
• Are inheritance disputes set to become disputes with will-writers? - Legal Futures https://t.co/RAAq6XqkJ
• High Court: Labour Court erred in dismissing HSE employee’s claim under fixed-term contracts legislation - Irish Legal News https://t.co/qJyJmXaVoc 
• #US Supreme Court Backs Catholic Social Services in Case on Gay Rights and Foster Care https://t.co/4HVZ2D0dL
• The EU legal framework and the administrative arrangements for the protection of asylum seekers victims of torture during the refugee influx in Greece (2015-2017). | Angelos Pappas https://t.co/JqXDfWv5g
• SRA to follow FCA on capping claims management fees - Legal Futures https://t.co/0mMqHgMrnL 
• Buckland: Rule of law 'should be above party politics' | Law Gazette https://t.co/zliVEhRq4Q
  
• Ministers urged to make annual Dáil statement on progress of implementing UN disability convention - Irish Legal News https://t.co/QT2uSGOVW8 
• Digital courts take next step forward with damages claims pilot - Legal Futures https://t.co/pIfZj3k4aM
• Extra £90,000 to support women involved in prostitution - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/gAsR4ygCMk
  
• Police to crack down on drones flown dangerously https://t.co/JnO4qGpjOv
• Everyone aged 18 and over in England can now book their first Covid-19 jab in what the NHS has described as a "watershed moment" https://t.co/zozP3fLQXz 
• #US lawyer couple who pointed guns at BLM protesters plead guilty - Mark and Patricia McCloskey agreed to give up the guns used in the 28 June confrontation in St Louis, Missouri https://t.co/T8vAaxJhtF
  
• Two men jailed after Berkshire law firm defrauded out of £2.3 million https://t.co/X5asrjoXpV 
• Deepak Sharma to bring next Economic and Judiciary Revolution https://t.co/OMMp4qY3Iv

18th June - Law News

Edition 3461: 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: Underworld boss Bilal Hamze has been killed after a drive-by shooting in the heart of Sydney's CBD overnight, sources have confirmed.

 Focus of the Day Article:

In-house legal teams struggle with data management amid online platform boom, study finds. Legal departments lack policies to retain data for eDiscovery and litigation purposes. Full story - The Global Legal Post

 

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Angus Niven wins 2021 In-house Rising Star Award - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/IvOffDRdxa
• Gateley admits client data lost through cyber attack | Law Gazette https://t.co/DZ1YW05C0B 
  
• Police have charged two more men over the shooting of black equal rights activist Sasha Johnson. The 27-year-old mother of two remains in a critical condition after the attack at a house party in Peckham, south London, on 23 May https://t.co/N9dZiABxIT
  
• Justice Secretary Robert Buckland has apologised to rape victims for low conviction rates in England and Wales and promised to "do a lot better" https://t.co/BVLD8Ds
• MacRoberts advises BAM on ‘game-changing’ Atlantic Square development - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/5AUTXj3xMP
• Scholarly Groups Condemn Laws Limiting Teaching on Race - More than 20 states have introduced legislation restricting lessons on racism and other so-called “divisive concepts.”#US https://t.co/EdE0xMr929
• MoJ unveils one-stop shop for court judgments | Law Gazette https://t.co/20Y5ZEiVtM
• Lord Turnbull to stand aside from criminal hearings upon appointment of Lord Advocate - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/cilQ4jkiWz
• Volatile fluctuations in Scottish house prices continue - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Ll2S4rhh1D 
• Manchester Arena Inquiry: Bomber Salman Abedi should have been identified as a threat by security, the inquiry chairman said https://t.co/vgwaB2CpdH 
• Hardship ahead for Northern Ireland's commercial renters - Irish Legal News https://t.co/FefQNjNP16
• ‘Gruelling’: Criminal lawyers reject old ways of working | Law Gazette https://t.co/ip2DJZGzRa 
• NI: Road resurfacing contract judgment will not be appealed to Supreme Court - Irish Legal News https://t.co/qqK6VvKIbV 
• Legislation providing for a clear, statutory definition of perjury has cleared the Oireachtas and will now go to the president for his signature - Irish Legal News https://t.co/CEb3JMsir0
• Crown Office makes U-turn on Cameron House Hotel FAI - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/d39YO78zwk
• Presumption of innocence doesn’t mean a suspect is innocent, leading Sydney barrister warns - Bret Walker SC, who represented George Pell and Christian Porter, cautions against ‘magical thinking’#Australia https://t.co/v67ubhEV
• Inner House refuses asylum appeal by Pakistani student who claimed to be at risk because of his homosexuality - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/GH1XBPFS7
• Replace GDPR, says prime minister's regulatory hit-squad | Law Gazette https://t.co/qTg3VEsjZX
• British barrister Karim Khan takes oath as International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor https://t.co/Q5bbJd1qCn
• Employers can claim from the furlough scheme for staff who are self-isolating. The entitlement exists despite government guidance stating it is not what the scheme is intended for https://t.co/Av5tUFLkLp
  
• #Italy's public broadcaster Rai has faced strong criticism for airing leaked CCTV footage of a fatal cable car crash that killed 14 people https://t.co/qxgNXw4Q2W 
• Judges to be forced to register financial interests - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/HMniOQZhv2 
• Linklaters denies sacking paralegal after ‘harassment’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/Hn7Z0IF62S
• Justice Dept. Ends Criminal Inquiry and Lawsuit on John Bolton’s Book #US https://t.co/ond5HHFWTv 
• Asylum seekers entitled to backdated child tax credits as Govan Law Centre win landmark case - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/uRG8fUa14h
• QC: Menopause “made me feel I was losing my mind” - Legal Futures https://t.co/xl6kXyIiL9 
• Court of Appeal: €69,000 award upheld for injuries sustained in low-speed car accident - Irish Legal News https://t.co/R8uEHCDx6T
• Acclaimed British cellist has passport cancelled by Home Office - Spokesperson apologises to 22-year-old musician Sheku Kanneh-Mason for error and pledges to issue replacement https://t.co/qeHAECjv3T
• Free wills “as profitable as charging a few hundred pounds” - Legal Futures https://t.co/fXHI4CJroQ 
• #India's gender ratio is one of the worst in the world. Girls are seen as a financial burden, particularly among poor communities. Most unwanted female foetuses are aborted with help from illegal sex determination clinics https://t.co/b4SplYLK0e 
• Chloe Kahn and Jodie Marsh rapped by watchdog - The Advertising Standards Authority has named and shamed four influencers it said repeatedly failed to disclose when their Instagram posts were actually advertisements https://t.co/5SbIJ6R9Dm
  
• Profit-conscious bosses of Jet2, Easyjet and Manchester Airport have criticised the government for not putting the Balearic Islands, including Majorca, on the green travel list https://t.co/cTkvKdrsBX
• Covid restrictions in Wales are unlikely to be significantly relaxed until July because of concern about the Delta variant https://t.co/RtI5abqZTe
• A man has been found guilty of murdering two women 21 years apart. Gary Allen strangled Samantha Class, 29, whose body was found by three schoolchildren on the banks of the Humber Estuary in 1997 https://t.co/PfALDEi8LV
• Dorothy Bain QC to become Lord Advocate - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Y2dZ9XjmJs
• RT @ishkolhatkar: Ishan is 9 seconds late to a meeting https://t.co/6Ja7ifyHXB
  
• Temporary entry and transit visa restrictions lifted - Irish Legal News https://t.co/CZbppWsRWa 
• CPS staff in danger of 'burnout', DPP warns | Law Gazette https://t.co/0DSw0FsZHI
• £10m paid out last year to victims of solicitors' dishonesty - Legal Futures https://t.co/1cAjTO3QBG
• The Covid epidemic in England is growing - with much of the growth being driven by younger age groups not yet immunised, a study suggests https://t.co/NNuasiysbW
• An independent employment law review group, modelled on the Company Law Review Group (CLRG), is set to be established to shape the formulation of employment policy and legislation - Irish Legal News https://t.co/P4q0oM7oyh
• Child protection services in England are too focused on investigating families in crisis and do not provide enough early support, a report says https://t.co/QaNPJ3DEHe
• Some 500 policemen raided the offices of pro-democracy paper Apple Daily in #HongKong, alleging its reports breached a national security law https://t.co/AA6556sobt
• Former director of housebuilding company entitled to bonus payments post-departure - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/YfOPUx6aOZ
  
• Ryanair and the owner of Manchester, London Stansted and East Midlands airports are to launch a legal challenge against the government over the travel traffic light system https://t.co/D2Gd7wHNV3
• Construction Flaws Led to #Mexico City Metro Collapse, Independent Inquiry Shows https://t.co/WSr0CegQEi
• Emergent BioSolutions was awarded a $628 million federal contract with no competitive bidding. Top executives received big bonuses while factories mostly sat idle and tens of millions of Covid-19 doses were thrown away #US https://t.co/jbltQnxJFq
  
• Varadkar: United Ireland could continue to have two legal systems - Irish Legal News https://t.co/Eq2apEm1MO 
• Wedlake Bell and Moon Beever to merge | Law Gazette https://t.co/nH8nAbrJ1I
• Patents of precedence granted to 25 barristers and 12 solicitors - Irish Legal News https://t.co/4AR5lOfZtY
• Scott Styles: Reforming the roles of Lord Advocate and Solicitor General - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Pew5fwheAR 
• SRA lays ground for fee-capping in financial mis-selling claims | Law Gazette https://t.co/eHoFFosN2g
• We don’t have to be Eeyores about our future | Law Gazette https://t.co/hjaW2NAci2 
• England and Wales: Court judgments to be published by The National Archives - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/LesIkYvCDo 
• Interesting judgments make bad examples | Law Gazette https://t.co/HcIGwLbJKg
• Legal scholars publish letter calling for Stephen Breyer to retire from supreme court - Academics join groups including Black Lives Matter and Sunrise Movement following Mitch McConnell’s remarks on Biden nominees #US https://t.co/F5lYMcELGq 
• Climate activists take #Norway to human rights court over Arctic oil plans https://t.co/IBvGSy5N4a 
• Human rights tribunal findings on Indigenous children unreasonable: government lawyer #Canada https://t.co/E57n8CpBj5 
• Azeem Rafiq employment tribunal case against Yorkshire started on Wednesday https://t.co/mi5NQycpX6 
• New campaign aims to convince consumers that “legal wood is great” #Cameroon https://t.co/DEqZZwWcgI 
• Holbeck legal red light zone in Leeds to be discontinued https://t.co/GV5gfGllts 
• Sinn Féin 'will not back new first minister without Irish law' https://t.co/Df94xITamK

17th June - Law News

Edition 3460: 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: New figures show that more than 5,000 people have tried to cross the Channel so far this year, over 100 of them yesterday alone, picked up by Border Force officials as they attempted the dangerous journey to UK shores. It's more than twice the number of migrants intercepted during the same period last year, despite the Home Office's pledge to stop the numbers of people entering on small boats. But what's happening to the people who have managed to make it here, in the hope of beginning a new life?

 

 Focus of the Day Article:

The Court of Appeal has rejected the opportunity to grant interim relief to a litigant with a claim for sex discrimination after concluding that any award would completely change how employment tribunals are handled. Full story - The Law Society Gazette

 

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Barristers change name over slavery links - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/eNQxtfIO0
• Firms tear up office return plans as PM extends Covid restrictions | Law Gazette https://t.co/E6hb1uaofS
• The Metropolitan Police commissioner has rejected accusations the force is institutionally corrupt following a report into the unsolved murder of Daniel Morgan https://t.co/oqzPFA6Wd
• Eviction ban on firms behind on rent is extended by nine months - The ban, which stops landlords taking tenants to court for non-payment, was due to end on 30 June https://t.co/xCWpeGkO3s
• MPs vote for a four-week delay to England's lockdown easing https://t.co/zOTfeEgSCD
  
• LSB pushes for consistent sanctions against lawyers | Law Gazette https://t.co/HqtUitlWtD
  
• Aberdein Considine in Newcastle recruitment drive - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/bzDR84DF9O
• Health care assistants removed from ineligible occupation list for immigrant workers - Irish Legal News https://t.co/uXqOSWmeXM
• Australia will open door to UK lawyers, says government | Law Gazette https://t.co/nPtzahjokW 
• England: City law firms introduce fertility benefits - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/MJwNjWsdS6 
• Court skewers solicitors over ‘multiple errors’ of service | Law Gazette https://t.co/uFTUZE3d5u 
• SRA postpones indemnity fund closure for 12 months | Law Gazette https://t.co/ERWWMpFrOW 
• A deaf campaigner is taking legal action against the government, after complaining that it failed to provide in-person British Sign Language (BSL) interpreters at No 10 Covid briefings https://t.co/EKwfCaWxQn 
• Goldman Sachs delays return to office for workers https://t.co/23t8quic8Z
  
• Sainsbury's and Pets at Home are among retailers to have recalled a type of dry cat food over a potential link to a rare and fatal cat disease. Owners should return food made on behalf of the brands by manufacturer Fold Hill as a precaution https://t.co/qGIB2PvMdE
• No duty on law firm to investigate client’s struck-off solicitor agent - Legal Futures https://t.co/6w7LDSD8Zk 
• Legal student secures triple for City of Glasgow College - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/YiDowvuaf8 
• SRA formally begins life as a separate corporate entity - Legal Futures https://t.co/Za7cxo0GXk 
• NI: Stormont hears cross-party calls for miscarriage to be included in parental bereavement bill - Irish Legal News https://t.co/Rjzo3tQUhz 
• Conveyancing platform aims to be “central source of truth” - Legal Futures https://t.co/bGeUFhbTM
• The Jesus and Mary Chain sue Warner for £1.8m over copyright infringement https://t.co/xOix3gJNqm
• Call for sanctions against lawyers over 'SLAPP' tactics | Law Gazette https://t.co/GxW21ds1KD 
• Man charged after BBC reporter Nicholas Watt chased by protesters - Martin Hockridge, of Harpenden, will appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court on 29 June. He is accused under the Public Order Act https://t.co/1ew7OKUv9V
• Boris Johnson called health secretary Matt Hancock 'hopeless' in WhatsApp message - now made available by former aide Dominic Cummings https://t.co/Kxobg0CrtQ
  
• Ban for law firm revenue controller who diverted payments to own bank account - Legal Futures https://t.co/bzd7EWix77 
• Tenerife: An investigating judge alleges Anna Gimeno Zimmermann and her six-year-old sister Olivia were killed by their father Tomás to "cause the greatest pain imaginable" to their mother #Spain https://t.co/2C5ZHIhMB
• UK warned it is unprepared for climate chaos https://t.co/PGPn54D6Q
• A Malaysian judge has overturned an inquest verdict of misadventure in the death of 15-year-old Nóra Quoirin, changing it to an open ruling https://t.co/EdAP9XqXqN
• Ireland's Evolving Equality Architecture - Irish Legal News https://t.co/Ak8PPZdTCw
• CJEU: GDPR proceedings may be brought by watchdogs which are not lead supervisory authorities - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/L66as1cUGn
• Supreme Court: Motion to set aside refusal for leave to appeal rejected in student transport case - Irish Legal News https://t.co/AFjN97KNbW
  
• Matheson launches new impactful business programme - Irish Legal News https://t.co/SqtGMNDNI8
• Hardwicke Chambers changes name over links to slave trade backer | Law Gazette https://t.co/SHVp8A27Wm
  
• Hazel Chu to take part in panel discussion during Law Society MOOC - Irish Legal News https://t.co/RGmFVLh03T
• Former residents of Argyll children’s home who alleged historic abuse have actions dismissed - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/MWJZuQv0UG
  
• Seanad backs bill to ban NDAs in workplace sexual harassment cases - Irish Legal News https://t.co/aJPtc1C9t7
• Linklaters rebuts sexual harassment allegations | Law Gazette https://t.co/UDw9ydZ8aW 
• 'Not digging up that coffin': Law Commission rules out home information packs | Law Gazette https://t.co/BUPkqf8s63
• Paralegal who embezzled £220,000 from Aberdein Considine jailed - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/c7AledQKcE
  
• CJEU: GDPR proceedings can sometimes be brought by watchdogs which are not lead supervisory authorities - Irish Legal News https://t.co/RmTIdCyyBy
  
• Court of Appeal rejects major shift on interim relief for ET claims | Law Gazette https://t.co/zWbBhEpJ6Z 
• A significant milestone will be reached for the Law Society of Scotland later this year when long-standing chief executive Lorna Jack steps down - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/FBoxIdhpnV 
• Lawyers could use “performance-enhancing medication” in the future to maintain parity with machines, according to a new report from the Law Society of England and Wales - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/TfhCQaKz7L