Friday

25th June - Law News

Edition 3468: 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:
Aboriginal elders and traditional owners in West Australia have called for a draft Cultural Heritage Bill to be withdrawn, amid concern the proposal doesn't protect sacred sites

  Focus of the Day Article:
 Sexual harassment and bullying - what can law firms do to prevent it? With a return to the office approaching, Emma Bartlett and Sophie Rothwell consider what law firms can do to avoid a potential uptick in harassment. Full story - The Global Legal Post


Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Former prison officer murdered friend and disposed of body in woodland - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/knbkPBlYZ6
  • David Fennelly appointed chairperson of FLAC - Irish Legal News https://t.co/dq0QdJbgMZ
  • #Saudi Operatives Who Killed Khashoggi Received Paramilitary Training in U.S. https://t.co/yKvvjMOeG
  • Canada Goose, the maker of luxury-priced winter coats, has announced it will no longer use animal fur on its clothing https://t.co/CPZlLN8k1D
  • Four per cent increase in reports of domestic abuse - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/o2ngL3Hwf
  • Funder awaits insolvency boom after profits fall | Law Gazette https://t.co/1tLF3zT3ZZ 
  • Black Campus Police Officers Say They Suffered ‘Unbearable’ Racism #US https://t.co/yaTkJ7TKxK
  • ICCL repeats call for Special Criminal Court to be scrapped - Irish Legal News https://t.co/zQEpUWAtYE
  • Ships in the night – UK and EU diverge on Safe Harbour - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/jjuWVpWkl
  • An indigenous nation in #Canada says it has found 751 unmarked graves at the site of a former residential school in Saskatchewan https://t.co/BffWekYvRc
  • Rudy Giuliani has had his law licence suspended in New York for making "demonstrably false and misleading" claims around the 2020 #US election https://t.co/tynaqsdjPx
  • SRA begins money laundering clampdown with three firms fined | Law Gazette https://t.co/cqbrq2kpR
  • A&O creates solicitor route for school leavers | Law Gazette https://t.co/0IGX038KM6
  • Legal action over Kate Bingham’s role in UK Covid vaccine taskforce dropped - Good Law Project maintains challenge over Dido Harding and Mike Coupe appointments https://t.co/GkKBGDVc7h
  • My legal life: Eva Akins, Russell-Cooke, Partner and head of education law, London - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/kpti7N0vN
  • The FGM survivor who is saving girls from the knife https://t.co/Ir0qFQGaEH Jun 24, 2021
  • Judges urged to resurrect £5bn group claim over Brazilian dam collapse | Law Gazette https://t.co/qXnGJNn767
  • Banksy trademarks two of his best known artworks in #Australia https://t.co/98SLEfmNsf
  • A woman has died from cervical cancer after being wrongly excluded from Scotland's screening programme. Public Health Minister Maree Todd said a "serious adverse event" in Scotland's cervical cancer screening programme resulted in this tragedy https://t.co/0oI8wgUcYN 
  • #Spain Pardons Jailed Catalan Separatist Leaders https://t.co/TpG8sqDS9o
  • Three in four domestic abuse cases end without charge in England and Wales https://t.co/9om16qVXBf
  • High court ruling on puberty blockers ‘based on partisan evidence’ - Appeal judges hear NHS trust’s challenge to landmark judgment on gender reassignment for under-16s https://t.co/9u74TCl7hJ
  • Offender-Centric Policing in Cases of Rape | Phil Rumney https://t.co/6gUgqvhDUf
  • Glasgow School of Law ranked in UK top five - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/c0cZ7yvc4h 
  • Signs of progress as courts support barrister's childcare responsibilities - Legal Futures https://t.co/f75tZUr5gx
  • The UK public should be urged by the government to protect the climate by eating less meat and dairy produce, advisers say. Cattle are a major source of planet-heating gases, but ministers fear a backlash if they ask people to cut down on steak https://t.co/77uO859iuh
  • As a direct result of the Brexit trade deal, EE to reintroduce Europe roaming charges in January https://t.co/Foi9suDNJH
  • Judge right to break up vulnerable claimant's evidence, appeal rules | Law Gazette https://t.co/dF3PQ8btN4
  • Smaller rural law firms encouraged to apply to traineeship grant scheme - Irish Legal News https://t.co/8ZoulOjrUa
  • ‘Reinvigorating the office’: City starts to phase out home working | Law Gazette https://t.co/ByZ94Tfwt
  • SRA fines six firms for failing to provide AML compliance declaration - Legal Futures https://t.co/O4WxLYsXMs
  • Solicitors fined for failing to prevent £3.3m property fraud - Legal Futures https://t.co/YhYncVuBI
  • Supporters Rally as Hong Kong pro-democracy Newspaper Prints Final Edition repressed by #China https://t.co/DqSlMA7AK
  • Fayçal Ziraoui caused an online uproar after saying he had cracked unsolved ciphers attributed to the Zodiac killer in California and identified him, potentially ending a 50-year-old quest https://t.co/vBGiIIQyt
  • #US Supreme Court Rules for Student in First Amendment Case https://t.co/v0bu7SPjtU 
  • NHS nurse sacked over weekend working wins landmark ruling - Woman fired by North Cumbria NHS trust wins appeal in ruling hailed as victory for women’s workplace rights https://t.co/t3ylWykOd7
  • Cathay Pacific crew told to get vaccine or risk losing job https://t.co/n7w0EgNqxN
  • The government is to impose a pre-9pm ban on TV adverts for food high in high in sugar, salt and fat. There will also be new rules on online promotion, but firms selling junk food will still be able to run websites https://t.co/TDBf5yPi1
  • A major review of Ireland’s equality legislation will begin within days, Equality Minister Roderic O’Gorman has announced - Irish Legal News https://t.co/WRvQKYehQh
  • Legal experts define crime of ‘ecocide’ - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/oJ56DfsPQy
  • EU citizens urged to apply for settled status ahead of deadline - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/6DVAUyL7mo
  • High Court: Application to amend a case stated from the Tax Appeal Commissioner rejected - Irish Legal News https://t.co/2gXXI2I6e
  • A step forward in the provision of education to pupils with Down’s syndrome | Law Gazette https://t.co/z4Q9tNtWn
  • Dean of Faculty warns against ‘kneejerk reactions’ to abolishing ‘not proven’ - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/f1cPE6Lae
  • More than 90 countries are using Covid shots from #China. Experts say recent infections in those places should serve as a cautionary tale in the global effort to fight the disease https://t.co/0nuGAc206X
  • Lawyer in the news: Peter Daly, Doyle Clayton - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/XaIwtXHaLR 
  • Limited partner in investment fund succeeds in action demanding true accounting of entitlements due to him - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/zssFNw4EP
  • ICCA congress postponed until September 2022 - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/orAFWkD6ik 
  • NI: Tughans announces 16 promotions and appointments - Irish Legal News https://t.co/54BuUyDLpG
  • Ecocide defined as 'fifth international crime' | Law Gazette https://t.co/V7MLVFJOEl

Thursday

24th June - Law News

Edition 3467: 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:
Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan faces criticism after blaming a rise in sexual violence in Pakistan on women wearing "very few clothes" during an interview 

  Focus of the Day Article:
 The European Court of Human Rights has ordered the UK to pay damages to a social worker who became aware of criticisms of her conduct only when a family court judge delivered an oral judgment at the end of a hearing. Full story - The Law Society Gazette


Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Republicans Block Voting Rights Bill, Dealing Blow to Biden and Democrats #US https://t.co/InCHldYgvE
  • Government urged to drop tougher sentences from protest bill | Law Gazette https://t.co/KTTxbYmQHF
  • Anti-virus software entrepreneur John McAfee has been found dead in a Barcelona prison cell hours after a #Spanish court agreed to extradite him to the US to face tax evasion charges https://t.co/xueAciWEKt
  • #US pop star Britney Spears has spoken out against her conservatorship at a hearing in Los Angeles https://t.co/mnSnlJM322 
  • Law Society raises concerns over rights of way registration deadline - Irish Legal News https://t.co/X5hIojauMG
  • Media law firm sells 200-person IP protection spin-off - Legal Futures https://t.co/UgnDZgMSJt 
  • Land Registry pledges 'to do everything' to beat stamp duty deadline | Law Gazette https://t.co/DA3nc0hEq2
  • Structured data format a “great step forward” for digital contracts - Legal Futures https://t.co/E69HGr0gb
  • Solicitor who charged £9,000 for doing nothing is struck off - Legal Futures https://t.co/u7pWnC0mTX
  • NI: Double appointment to County Court bench - Irish Legal News https://t.co/c8CxPqXEqI
  • Lawyer pair behind Anexo set to pocket another £61m - Legal Futures https://t.co/EOVumPW5A
  • Firm owner with ‘dire’ accounts accepts two-year suspension | Law Gazette https://t.co/sYOvMDiCe
  • Irish barrister appointed judge in Australia - Irish Legal News https://t.co/8SBGqDpYbQ
  • In-house solicitor awarded OBE for Covid-19 support | Law Gazette https://t.co/0xKND5Mt9y 
  • High Court: Legal costs for 'entirely successful party' reduced to 60 per cent due to 'unreasonable' submissions - Irish Legal News https://t.co/EQTEmghLmJ
  • An "extremely dangerous" killer who murdered two women 21 years apart has been jailed for at least 37 years. Gary Allen strangled Samantha Class, 29, in Hull in 1997 and Alena Grlakova, 38, in Rotherham in 2018 https://t.co/F56xYc170D
  • Uefa officials and fans visiting England for the Euro 2020 final without quarantining will be subject to restrictions, media minister John Whittingdale has said https://t.co/1FGgT9DPv6
  • Two big players in the leasehold sector have agreed to change the way they operate, following an investigation by the competition watchdog. Housebuilder Persimmon will allow its leaseholders to buy the freehold of their property at a discount https://t.co/HN8ZOGUMdE
  • A police officer has been found guilty of the manslaughter of ex-footballer Dalian Atkinson. The former Aston Villa striker died after a stand-off with West Mercia police officers outside his father's home in Telford https://t.co/MMn7LnRrRj 
  • Bar questions mitigation in sexual misconduct cases | Law Gazette https://t.co/RdvYaybtoc
  • England: Lord Chief Justice suggests making juries smaller to tackle backlog - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/aOoPgqASVy
  • Sheriff solemn cases exceeded pre-Covid level in May - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/CBoiaqBR
  • Report: More than just legislation required to tackle issues with Irish rape trials - Irish Legal News https://t.co/Hyvoo6fkA
  • PM does not have to investigate Russian interference, judge says - High court rejects attempt to compel Boris Johnson to investigate Kremlin interference in UK elections https://t.co/cFbG1bQbj
  • Brexit: EU citizens given 28-day deadline to apply to stay in UK https://t.co/t2YzlcM5k
  • ECtHR bolsters ‘right to be forgotten’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/TQLvnuNBZm
  • Sweeping new restrictions will be imposed across Sydney as #Australia's largest city grapples with a fast-growing Covid outbreak https://t.co/4Vl8g8oJq3 
  • NI: KRW Law secures six-figure damages payout for victim of historic abuse - Irish Legal News https://t.co/70LkhQ1sM9
  • Wall Street giant Morgan Stanley to bar unvaccinated staff https://t.co/hxqiy72Yni
  • Stuart Robertson: Redundancy might not be the only option for employers - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/iMomZXdDMj
  • A Court of Appeal hearing begins today into whether under-16s can give informed consent to medical treatment that delays the onset of puberty. The appeal is being brought by the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust https://t.co/QQ2WsmZVVH 
  • #Irish High Court judge David Barniville nominated to Court of Appeal https://t.co/czOqAnGaAP 
  • New Alan Turing £50 note enters circulation https://t.co/WTG8jT3FYv
  • Streaming TV giants face tighter UK regulation - Services like Netflix, Amazon Prime and Disney+ could face tighter regulation in the UK under government proposals https://t.co/f6r9HNub5K 
  • NI: Eight inquests to be heard in year two of delayed five-year plan - Irish Legal News https://t.co/kXsDaPUKJp
  • Rare legal prints aim to raise £25,000 for Lawscot Foundation - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/DlT1jps9Ge
  • Custody time limit extension to end this month | Law Gazette https://t.co/jX8RfWAAtl
  • NI: Not yet too late to introduce proposed sexual and domestic violence protections - Irish Legal News https://t.co/kgAzdJmSlH
  • Senior appointments at Murgitroyd IP - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/HZ9G3steA2
  • Should governments be trammelled or untrammelled? | Law Gazette https://t.co/UizQtlqMdM 
  • Sex abuse victim's shock at seeing attacker back in community https://t.co/XFRwxeWlLm
  • Dominic Cummings tried to bypass rules over £530k grant, emails suggest https://t.co/ul6YOUayxL

Wednesday

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

Tuesday

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

Monday

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

Sunday

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

Saturday

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