Wednesday

7th July - Law News

Edition 3480: 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:
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been named on a list of 37 world leaders deemed "predators of press freedoms". The list was drawn up by Reporters Without Borders, a global watchdog monitoring freedom of the press.

  Focus of the Day Article:
The Council for Licensed Conveyancers (CLC) has had to intervene after two professional indemnity insurers offered firms cover that did not comply with its minimum terms and conditions (MTC). Full story - Legal Futures


Saturday Conversations on Law
  • New York governor declares gun violence a health emergency #US https://t.co/0bMqZ9T9Pm
  • Peter R de Vries, #Dutch crime journalist wounded in Amsterdam shooting https://t.co/CPXaMac4zQ
  • FLAC appoints Ruth Kilcullen to lead equal access project - Irish Legal News https://t.co/pOCClrr6e
  • Scottish government spent more than £1m on Rangers litigation - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/sDTz6H590h
  • New edition of Shared Parenting Scotland’s child welfare report guide - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/OwAyPqwfs
  • COP26 to take toll on Scotland’s ‘already strained’ justice system - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/k2ABnFIJf
  • Lawyer in the news: Shazia Khan, Cole Khan Solicitors - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/lxUhBmiB
  • A convicted murderer who tackled the Fishmongers' Hall attacker Usman Khan on London Bridge is to be freed from prison on licence. Steve Gallant was serving a life sentence for murder https://t.co/YFDLVguVn
  • RT @anyleftiwonder: Petition: Scrap the Voter ID requirement introduced in the Election Integrity Bill https://t.co/Z080QdMPN
  • Proposals for England and Wales mean people who claim to have been raped will still face pressure to hand over their phones to police and prosecutors, says the victims' commissioner https://t.co/tfhCZGYMj
  • Court of Session grants vexatious litigant order against former engineering company director - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/mEarimlNB
  • London’s legal pay war continues to escalate with American law firms giving newly qualified solicitors in the City in excess of £153,000 - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/L0s9SqSdY
  • My legal life: Ellie Crespi, Collas Crill - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/NHeATDmWIM
  • Influencers react to #Norway photo edit law: 'Welcome honesty' or a 'shortcut'? https://t.co/7oZyrYF8F
  • Virtually no issues for law firms | Law Gazette https://t.co/wtZhsbhpQY
  • New SLCC board member appointments announced - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/b3LlknGjkH
  • Good Law Project's PPE claim fails after service blunder | Law Gazette https://t.co/ROsjFvLR
  • In #India, the author of a viral poem about Narendra Modi’s handling of Covid-19 has been demonised. But all around the world, from Myanmar to Belarus, poets are being persecuted https://t.co/ybhlr5aXY0
  • Galway law students launch new journal and rebranded podcast - Irish Legal News https://t.co/rWFXNunvLo
  • Fully vaccinated people in England won't have to self-isolate if a close contact tests positive for Covid from 16 August, the health secretary says https://t.co/8yXHiKdrE
  • Three men jailed for allegedly attempting to rob a corrupt police officer nearly 50 years ago have had their convictions overturned. Courtney Harriot, Paul Green and Cleveland Davidson were arrested after leaving Stockwell station in 1972 https://t.co/jitf7eI7hq 
  • A woman raped by an Elvis impersonator when she was a 15-year-old dancer has said "he no longer controls her life" after he was finally put behind bars. Kirsty McKell was abused by Clayton Sandlin in 2002 https://t.co/WIDynSt
  • Licensing laws are to be relaxed to allow pubs to stay open later for Sunday's Euro 2020 final, Downing Street has confirmed https://t.co/22sECVND
  • England: New building safety bill gives more time to sue for dangerous buildings - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/1Gpgodv7cL
  • CA upholds privilege claim to information extracted from solicitor "by deception" - Legal Futures https://t.co/5nA7fIWX8
  • Lawyers zero in on climate change | Law Gazette https://t.co/vDH5Z4CYg3
  • NI: Prisoner launches legal action over sex ban in Maghaberry - Irish Legal News https://t.co/9udmrLMDzB
  • Lawyer-matching site: "Business tripled when everybody moved online" - Legal Futures https://t.co/RPweoAv1K
  • Is artificial intelligence making lawyers redundant? - Legal Futures https://t.co/cC8SH1D3SP
  • Law student Jack Morton awarded scholarship to study at Boston University - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/vCqC9jGCq2
  • Court refuses to block potential claim against solicitors over fees - Legal Futures https://t.co/NfPg9Cv31A
  • Priti Patel to reveal proposals for offshore centres for asylum seekers - Borders bill will allow for charges against migrants ‘knowingly’ arriving in UK without permission https://t.co/8y7DXtki4F 
  • Priti Patel rattles the handcuffs – but the Tories have lost control of law and order - Justice in England and Wales is on its knees, with huge court delays adding to the suffering of crime victims and grieving families https://t.co/WBvMMNUqsk
  • Quarantine hotel costs risk forced marriage victims dying in ‘honour’ killings or being trapped abroad https://t.co/NGu7WpcmiN 
  • City kicks off results season with spike in partner profits | Law Gazette https://t.co/3Q1IOMC5Pv 
  • A second man has been charged with common assault after England's chief medical officer Prof Chris Whitty was accosted in a London park. Jonathan Chew, 24, of no fixed address, was charged on Monday over the incident https://t.co/4Cw1D2IxYJ
  • How G.O.P. Laws in Montana Could Complicate Voting for Native Americans #US https://t.co/FRNevGt4cm
  • Residential School Photos Show #Canada’s Grim Legacy of Cultural Erasure https://t.co/WO47OGGKTe
  • A Jailed Priest’s Death in #India Stirs Outrage - The Rev. Stan Swamy was among more than a dozen activists jailed under a broad anti-terrorism law that critics say is used to stifle dissent https://t.co/uBAd49RTnF
  • Here's How Much Britney Spears' Lawyer Can Charge Her Per Week #US https://t.co/wxZURFlYd
  • #Israel arrests Palestinian lawyer Farid al-Atrash who protested against Abbas, rights group says https://t.co/GNqOWtfQPZ
  • Delhi lawyer holding conversions, nikah in chambers suspended #India https://t.co/wx4KFUlm
  • R. Kelly's lawyer wants trial delayed due to jail quarantine #US https://t.co/oUGBpYB7WT
  • Interview with Lech Walesa about the future of Europe from the perspectives of Gdansk, #Polish, European and the Globe. Date: 2021/04/13. | Mariusz Wegrzyn https://t.co/djBscxNyWn
  • The UK government is shirking its duty in the cladding scandal - The Grenfell inquiry made it clear that private companies, not residents, should pay to make high-rise towers safe https://t.co/s0MidhoBZH
  • Court of Appeal: Man fails in appeal to prevent extradition on Article 8 ECHR grounds - Irish Legal News https://t.co/w1i4vKiJCQ
  • Lindsays: Eden effect will encourage others to commit to Dundee - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/2iSfiaHxut
  • Courts hit by new wave of climate change litigation | Law Gazette https://t.co/SGsdOBLmPj
  • Dunoon woman fails in Sheriff Appeal Court challenge of welfare guardian appointment - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/M7Lxalsk3B
  • Buckland receives mass petition opposing protest bill | Law Gazette https://t.co/h9akkF5Pqh
  • Double appointment for BHSM LLP corporate department - Irish Legal News https://t.co/lqUfdggPvD
  • Client satisfaction hits all-time high - despite lockdown | Law Gazette https://t.co/iBKOCHm7Rn 
  • Attackers kidnap 140 pupils from #Nigerian boarding school - Gunmen overpowered security staff at Bethel Baptist high school in Kaduna state https://t.co/8LMGAqBRYV
  • Eversheds Sutherland recruits employment law specialist Euan Smith - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/y01BV7tDzS

Tuesday

6th July - Law News

Edition 3479: 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 criminal practitioner or specialist fees clerk? Join us online for this year's Criminal Legal Aid Billing seminar seminar to find out how to receive payments faster and reduce the risk of your fees being rejected.

  Focus of the Day Article:
Some 200 medical professionals have expressed “great concern” over a proposed bill to grant the terminally ill the right to an assisted suicide. Health care professionals from various specialities have signed a letter to Health Secretary Humza Yousaf detailing their concerns. Full story - Scottish Legal News


Saturday Conversations on Law
  • What new partners need to know - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/T8Jl1Gd3w
  • #Germany lifts ban on tourists from UK and Portugal https://t.co/5muCnugES
  • A former Greater Manchester Police officer is being investigated by a watchdog over his evidence at a public inquiry into the Manchester Arena bomb. Ch Insp Dale Sexton was the force duty officer in the control room https://t.co/JiFqCNYfL
  • Legal Cheek listed law firm fund chalks up 38% increase in just six months - Legal Cheek https://t.co/N0FKWIvl3
  • Adoption under Juvenile Justice Act 2015 not restricted to orphaned children or those in need of care and protection: Bombay High Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/B2vSfTJo
  • Mid-sized City firm latest to appoint female leader - Legal Cheek https://t.co/DuaQdLNlig
  • Workplace lawyer urges employers to take balanced approach in remote work ‘surveillance’ - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/uOfs6lpUJm
  • Corruption allegations increase pressure on Bolsonaro - Reports claim #Brazilian president, already accused of mishandling Covid, was involved in embezzlement scheme https://t.co/7RpCSxHPzz
  • A teenage boy has been convicted of murdering his 12-year-old friend after luring him to woodland and attempting to decapitate him. Roberts Buncis was found dead in the Fishtoft area of Boston on 12 December https://t.co/pfxvpovHi7
  • Face masks will no longer be legally required and distancing rules will be scrapped at the final stage of England's Covid lockdown roadmap, Boris Johnson has confirmed https://t.co/imYdKU33GG
  • The integration of Artificial Intelligence in the Indian judiciary: MCIL CEO Manthan Trivedi | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/CBu9QBNcd
  • Ex-Clifford Chance junior lawyer and former Goldman Sachs analyst brother deny insider trading - Legal Cheek https://t.co/pLHGgSOAO
  • A Jewish man who was abused twice in one hour in central London was threatened because of his appearance, his brother said. Yosef was "verbally assaulted" while on a bus into Oxford Street and then while at an underground station https://t.co/9muK8gPCDF
  • EU to lift ban on animal by-products for livestock food - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/ttx35DoTjW
  • Having practised as a barrister, and now as a partner, Jahan Kalantar understands that soft skills such as empathy are essential in better understanding client needs and, ultimately, succeeding as a lawyer - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/UDanihiPFU
  • Global law firms unite to support net zero transition - Legal Cheek https://t.co/HNBnZgnQD
  • Listed compliance and risk business snaps up another law firm - Legal Futures https://t.co/cNgqkymDIT
  • New Liberals to launch private action over ‘credible, believable’ evidence found in Christian Porter rape allegations - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/cpqydgKdKe
  • Wales' train operator has been accused of "empty words" after failing to enforce social distancing rules https://t.co/TeZqSt6RKt
  • Cryptocurrency fraud: Delhi Court orders Police to lodge FIR on fraud allegations by Bitcoin seller | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/eE9gS9vx8R
  • Consumers happy with shift to online legal services, survey finds - Legal Futures https://t.co/ofwyJK8iX0
  • Junior lawyer avoids strike off over 'brutal' assault - Legal Cheek https://t.co/jpL7d9lSif 
  • Bangalore court restrains media from publishing "false, reckless news items" about Union Minister DV Sadananda Gowda | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/i3S0iOEgro
  • Communication of prisoner with outside world will be recorded/ monitored for safety, security: State government informs Allahabad High Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/QNUIy3bXIa 
  • A new regulator will be set up with the power to prosecute property developers that do not meet safety standards, the government has announced https://t.co/D9xapR1WOX
  • Concordiam per Journal of European Security and Defense Issues | Fatos Haziri and George C. McAlumni https://t.co/ISqhDXTBWe
  • Her Family Owned Slaves. How Can She Make Amends? - Stacie Marshall, who inherited a Georgia farm, is trying on a small scale to address a generations-old wrong that still bedevils the nation #US https://t.co/OTQ8RGYW5z
  • Work of company lawyers becoming trickier, says CMA boss - Legal Futures https://t.co/deAxDEawgO
  • Barrister reprimanded for pushing female practitioner’s head towards crotch - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/k2LfKUtVFV
  • Meet the mid-sized firms offering an attractive alternative to City law life - Legal Cheek https://t.co/9V9H5JKvt
  • Supreme Court Revisits Wrongful Birth Claims: an extended look - Robert Kellar QC and Owain Thomas QC - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/ysdNitBrqy
  • Allahabad High Court seeks explanation from Police SI for furnishing name of non-existent police station | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/0gQ5YtewK
  • High Court confirms business interruption insurance exclusion - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/8HQKLVKlaB
  • Didi ordered off #China's app stores by nation's cyber regulator https://t.co/FsnsJpscbd 
  • Supporters of #SouthAfrican ex-President Jacob Zuma have formed what they say is a human shield outside his home to try to prevent his arrest https://t.co/ufEtKWxMWi
  • Colin Biggers & Paisley promotes 10 to senior roles - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/1lcQ5xhxhT 
  • DMK moves Madras High Court opposing BJP leader's PIL against Tamil Nadu Committee to study impact of NEET | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/p3S5sC2aUd
  • Retired lawyer fails to recover $61k over email mishap - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/rOm1obcWxY 
  • #Ethiopia's Tigray crisis: Accept our rule or no ceasefire, rebels say https://t.co/23iRrb0Ffy 
  • Hospital patients in Wales may be able to have more visitors as new visiting guidelines come into force on Monday https://t.co/ZJgFggJzuL

Monday

5th July - Law News

Edition 3478: 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:
Germany has the biggest following of QAnon outside of the US. So, how did a conspiracy movement about Donald Trump saving America from a cannibalistic, paedophilic elite become so popular there?
 

  Focus of the Day Article:
Over ten years ago I posted on the wasteful prohibition under the EU Animal By-Product Regulation on feeding meat and bone meal – waste from slaughterhouses – to omnivorous farm animals, poultry and pigs. See Pigswill and public health: a load of EU Bull, 7 January 2021. While this regulation has been in force the protein needed by these fast growing animals has had to come from expensive soybeans, imported from South America where hundreds of miles of rainforests have been laid waste to make room for the soy crop. As you will remember from that post, the ban was introduced following the BSE crisis, itself a possibly predictable consequence of feeding spinal tissue to vegetarian ruminants. Full story - UK Human Rights Blog


Saturday Conversations on Law
  • From horse rugs to baby-grows: Insta account reveals the craziest law firm-branded 'swag' - Legal Cheek https://t.co/gZiUttPNYX 
  • Jill Callanan appointed head of litigation and dispute resolution at LK Shields - Irish Legal News https://t.co/VvlX4OBIo
  • Secret Justice – The Insiders’ View - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/9zH3LZPDuF
  • Police are investigating an act of anti-Semitism on the London Underground after a group of males were filmed chanting at a Jewish man https://t.co/9muK8gPCD
  • Aspiring lawyers divided over career in legal aid - Legal Cheek https://t.co/9ae2qGMGMJ
  • Ireland remains on US watchlist for human trafficking - Irish Legal News https://t.co/bo2sRh027k 
  • MoJ announces extra £2m for legal advice | Law Gazette https://t.co/kYdpfa1nvd
  • The benefits of training as a lawyer in the bustling Midlands region - Legal Cheek https://t.co/YC0wMKi9I9
  • The Weekly Round-up: Crown courts and protest rights under strain - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/2AfYFOKT9
  • ‘Prison for drug smuggling made me who I am now’: Michaella McCollum on life after the Peru Two https://t.co/V9b00yQYPx
  • Milbank ups London NQ lawyer salaries twice in a month - Legal Cheek https://t.co/bPNIDtPRSy 
  • What lawyers’ response to the printing press tells us about the future of legal tech - Legal Cheek https://t.co/rR6pBJWgIv
  • Rights groups join forces to call for UK corporate accountability laws - Companies must have human rights and environmental obligations, say TUC and Amnesty International https://t.co/yMdKAU2F8y
  • Five years ago, Jeanne Pouchain was declared dead by a #French court. It was news to her – and just the beginning of a Kafkaesque nightmare https://t.co/ESOGYHos6
  • Our traditions, way of life and culture are under threat, Gypsy leader warns home secretary Priti Patel - Letter says Appleby horse fair will be criminalised under terms of new police bill https://t.co/T4jeu3Zkp
  • Court of Appeal: Time extended for man convicted of manslaughter to appeal sentence but not conviction - Irish Legal News https://t.co/x2mFt5wCBx 
  • Democrats Face High New Bar in Opposing Voting Laws #US https://t.co/k9hSBtM0w5 
  • What we can all learn from Britney Spears’ legal case https://t.co/0YrTmMar3Q 
  • 5 Key Medical Law Updates on Law Pod UK - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/M8ZNCRLjCo
  • England will move into a period without legal restrictions where the public will have to exercise "personal responsibility" including on face masks, the housing secretary has said https://t.co/nszLDF6gFC
  • CMS, Trowers and RPC hike NQ lawyer pay - Legal Cheek https://t.co/lknth3ssuH
  • These #Chinese Millennials Are ‘Chilling,’ and Beijing Isn’t Happy - Young people in China have set off a nascent counterculture movement that involves lying down and doing as little as possible https://t.co/lgyA3nHyM
  • #US President Biden hosted a naturalization ceremony at the White House on Friday for 21 new American citizens. The event was part of a federal effort to swear in almost 10,000 new citizens in celebration of Independence Day https://t.co/ximutDXgxS
  • In Legal Case Against Trump’s Company, Echoes of His Father’s Tactics on Taxes #US https://t.co/KJCIpcmUJ5
  • Neoliberalism and the social democratic parties in the European Parliament after the 2008 financial crisis | Martino Reviglio https://t.co/MDbg4E08ks
  • Royal baby tweet barrister cleared by London law firm - Legal Cheek https://t.co/XjaDI8ufTq
  • Applications now open for Legal Cheek’s Summer Virtual Vacation Scheme - Legal Cheek https://t.co/ZvUE0yxUuX
  • Homeowners to get 15 years to sue for bad workmanship - minister - Troublesome time ahead for property developer political donors? https://t.co/h0UyAl8SGu
  • Retail bosses are calling on Prime Minister Boris Johnson to take action against violence and abuse experienced by shop workers https://t.co/g8hIe7oQQD 
  • 'Crying in court': Bar Council urges action on judicial bullying | Law Gazette https://t.co/myE5R5r8HB 
  • NI: Attorney General Brenda King's term extended by one year - Irish Legal News https://t.co/PMFUvGrsGy

Sunday

4th July - Law News

Edition 3477: 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:
Global sporting events draw tens of thousands of fans, athletes, staff and journalists, making them prime targets for attacks. Three UN counter-terrorism agencies and the International Centre for Sport Security have launched what they call the first global guide on securing such events. It's happening as tournaments postponed by the pandemic resume their schedule, including the European Football Championships and the Tokyo Olympics.




Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Having worked in property for over 10 years, I can safely say I have never experienced the relentless pressure I have seen over the past few months, during the SDLT holiday period | Law Gazette https://t.co/YfDy4pBIhT
  • Same-sex adoption, fertility law and the future - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/l4djknxlAq 
  • NI: PPS facing judicial review after trials of former soldiers collapse - Irish Legal News https://t.co/6LAqCdAEjv
  • Architects' body welcomes court judgment over unlawful use of 'architect' - Irish Legal News https://t.co/5KVwcL1gs9
  • Transgender Americans can choose gender on passport, state department says - Agency will no longer require medical certification if self-selected gender does not match citizenship or identity documents #US https://t.co/EvlE8CCOOn 
  • Double promotion at Miller Samuel Hill Brown - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/dAqKIc8bbE 
  • Forty-three migrants have drowned after their boat sank off #Tunisia, the Tunisian Red Crescent says. The migrants had set off from the Libyan port of Zuwara and were attempting to cross the Mediterranean https://t.co/6gdXfWg1l
  • Rachael Kelsey: Recruitment in my discipline of family law is not easy, and I know that’s also the case for many other private client-focussed areas - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/OLW9OfiSZ6 
  • GSOC complainants to be surveyed on satisfaction for the first time - Irish Legal News https://t.co/XP7MmUKuC
  • Staff and members of the legal profession gathered to say farewell to Sheriff Lindsay Foulis, who has retired after 20 years on the bench - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/9v5BOhela
  • Letting fully vaccinated skip quarantine in England ‘will cause resentment’ - Expert warns that plans to drop all legal requirements after 19 July could lead to mass non-compliance https://t.co/vcA4xkP0DK
  • Fury in #Ukraine after female soldiers made to march in heels - Female troops were photographed practising for a parade wearing high heels, sparking outrage among lawmakers https://t.co/pi7WAjaQa
  • Constitutional Court agrees to hear former #SouthAfrica president Jacob Zuma’s urgent application to stay out of jail https://t.co/5ln1EFlVP
  • #US supreme court rebuffs appeal by florist who refused to serve gay couple - Barronelle Stutzman fined for refusing to make arrangement for same-sex wedding because of her Christian beliefs https://t.co/QD07PbXXp
  • Troubles trials: why did they collapse, and what happens next? https://t.co/1wLRsIBoU
  • Don’t pile on competence checks, warns SRA | Law Gazette https://t.co/bjMTtksFF
  • A #Vatican judge has ordered 10 people, including an Italian cardinal, to stand trial for alleged financial crimes. Cardinal Angelo Becciu has become the highest-ranked cleric in the Vatican to be indicted over charges https://t.co/7jzbmnKDv
  • Legislation on bogus self-employment 'could create more problems than it solves' - Irish Legal News https://t.co/LojpNv2Si
  • Lawmaker Threatens to Subpoena Exxon After Secret Video#US https://t.co/86uDdOtJ2
  • Research seeks to identify barriers to women achieving judicial appointment - Irish Legal News https://t.co/ZeRBZeb8U
  • BLM signs up to flexible working charter - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/zJCSMHfmj
  • England fast bowler Ollie Robinson is free to play cricket again immediately despite being given an eight-match ban for historical racist and sexist tweets https://t.co/dt5akBT8yz
  • CILEX gets green light for ‘cheaper’ route into law | Law Gazette https://t.co/Hu7tBWjKg
  • Displacement through #Mexico and the Mexico-US Migratory Agreement Today | Gerardo Rodriguez Solis https://t.co/42dGL1u4W
  • Sheriff Appeal Court refuses to release expert witness evidence recording to medical negligence pursuer - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/vTZ0ODPcw
  • Under an agreement one lawyer described as “the tip of the iceberg,” the Boy Scouts organisation would pay tens of thousands of people who said they had been sexually abused over several decades #US https://t.co/wPvAYN3ZC
  • Member of #Greece’s Neo-Nazi Golden Dawn Arrested After 9 Months on the Run https://t.co/MpVgIcCKZD
  • Judge Tariq Bitar is seeking to lift the immunity of prominent political and security figures as part of efforts to prosecute those responsible for the deadly explosion in Beirut’s port last summer #Lebanon https://t.co/99qBvmr6A
  • #Eswatini, the former Swaziland, has been ruled by high-living kings since its independence in 1968. Its impoverished citizens say they’ve had enough https://t.co/i5HN4IxxIg
  • Some Covid measures should be kept in place in England beyond 19 July - when all legal restrictions are due to be lifted, a doctors' union says https://t.co/pQU6w7MU6
  • '200 emails a day': conveyancers reveal 'relentless' deadline pressure | Law Gazette https://t.co/UIMu33fifQ
  • Office move for Balfour and Manson’s Aberdeen team - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/KJhucdJge
  • Trans women with sex offence convictions in female jails lawful, rules judge - High court for England and Wales rejects challenge of former inmate who claims she was sexually assaulted by trans prisoner https://t.co/OW4CXhJQ3
  • England: Payout for former judge Peter Herbert in race discrimination claim - Irish Legal News https://t.co/S8vRvsXT5X
  • Restaurants must provide recyclable containers to diners who want to take food home under a new rule to curb food waste which has come into effect in #France https://t.co/ISMJTjGvH
  • Patrick Christie: Hardly a deficiency - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/G9DauiKA1x
  • Confusion surrounds the extent to which insurance covers people affected by Covid who have bought tickets to gigs and other major events, says Which? https://t.co/Rn39GYmCgg
  • About 200 #US businesses have been hit by a "colossal" ransomware attack, according to a cyber-security firm. Huntress Labs said the hack targeted Florida-based IT company Kaseya before spreading through corporate networks that use its software https://t.co/tRrSKSoHsQ 
  • A #US police officer played a Taylor Swift song on his phone in a bid to prevent activists who were filming him uploading the video to YouTube https://t.co/MAGH4ZsB0r

Saturday

3rd July - Law News

Edition 3476: 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:
India's Enforcement Directorate has attached assets worth Rs 65 crore in connection with the alleged Rs 25,000 crore Maharashtra State Cooperative Bank (MSCB) scam - in which NCP leader and Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar has been named. The agency has attached assets of the Jarandeshwar Sahkari Shakkar Karkhana situated in Satara. Ajit Pawar responded by saying he will appeal against the ED move and added he was being targeted as he belongs to an opposition party.


Saturday Conversations on Law
  • #US Supreme Court Backs Donor Privacy for California Charities https://t.co/BsPvefj2Qe 
  • NI: High Court: Legal challenges to the EU Withdrawal Protocol and Withdrawal Acts dismissed - Irish Legal News https://t.co/idSB36bYQM 
  • The #US Supreme Court Abandons Voting Rights - The Roberts court continues its attack against the Voting Rights Act https://t.co/fIHIqAG0RO 
  • Sarah Everard vigil report further damages trust in Met chief, say activists https://t.co/0Y4g5HcQ0d
  • BHSM LLP announces double appointment - Irish Legal News https://t.co/KpT4INrQwq
  • NI: BLM signs up to flexible working charter - Irish Legal News https://t.co/6mTy5RbHaV
  • Inspector Who Said Florida Tower Appeared in ‘Good Shape’ Is Now Under Scrutiny #US https://t.co/CjpYhTK6j
  • Disabled woman begins legal action over Hampstead ponds fees - Christina Efthimiou seeks judicial review against City of London Corporation, claiming charges are discriminatory https://t.co/fM4FPBLRa9
  • Statue of Queen Victoria torn down by protesters in #Canada as anger grows over the deaths of indigenous children at residential schools https://t.co/rueXacqILI 
  • Vacancies open for aspiring criminal defence trainees - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/o9feVKpweo 
  • Blog: The New SCCs – what businesses need to know - Irish Legal News https://t.co/XZMwdowGTo
  • Around 25,000 fewer houses to be built by 2023 than projected - Irish Legal News https://t.co/O8HhC1R7XD
  • Buckland welcomes new CILEX qualification after regulatory green light - Legal Futures https://t.co/o9XvS60uDk
  • Angela Merkel hopes to open up travel for double-jabbed visitors to #Germany https://t.co/gMB4UcTbnx
  • David Gomoh, NHS worker killed at random by gang, Old Bailey told - Muhammad Jalloh, 19, David Ture, 19, Vanei Colubali, 22, and a 17-year-old boy from Telford, Shropshire, all deny murder https://t.co/t0vSn1sqm0
  • South east firm ready for north west expansion after new acquisition | Law Gazette https://t.co/X36WehHnE1
  • Florida becomes latest state to move towards allowing ABSs - Legal Futures https://t.co/7EZzbC28oC
  • Digby Brown sponsors St Mirren Football Club - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Ab5R8MZ3Pp 
  • UK: Call for changes for UK citizens travelling to EU to be clarified by Home Office - Irish Legal News https://t.co/Bfvc203Ge8
  • Government approves reform and extension of rent pressure zones - Irish Legal News https://t.co/kH54ttSJDY
  • A 60-year-old man who was stabbed in a "random and unprovoked assault" in central London has died, sparking a murder investigation. A man was detained by members of the public in Oxford Circus, close to Regent Street https://t.co/pwBXUJeOHI
  • M&A round-up: Taylor Rose MW eyes North-West expansion after deal - Legal Futures https://t.co/xXS0HkYAPq
  • Man charged with common assault after Chris Whitty incident https://t.co/aK9GAvsp2x
  • Trump Organization Is Charged With Running 15-Year Employee Tax Scheme #US https://t.co/IuCcRLXHPE
  • Tackling small firm pay gaps | Law Gazette https://t.co/AV5MwVkwtU
  • Prosecutors drop Troubles cases against ex-soldiers https://t.co/ifVEvzCD0L
  • Ishleen Kaur was a passionate yoga teacher with Sivananda, one of the biggest yoga movements in the world, until a disturbing social media post led her to uncover multiple allegations of sexual abuse spanning decades, right up to the present day https://t.co/LYAgHzD263
  • CA rejects privilege challenge to file access in lawyer negligence claim - Legal Futures https://t.co/H8F9HPSNeI
  • Uproar in #Zimbabwe as teenager who ‘fought off sexual assault’ charged with murder https://t.co/B2MZ429N9v
  • Brodies LLP reports busy 12 months after investment in Highlands and Islands - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/0x7lvMdZeQ
  • Clerk banned after taking secret phone recordings in court | Law Gazette https://t.co/pvCfjaOkrj 
  • NI: Legal aid agency inadvertently ended digital case management re-registration a day early - Irish Legal News https://t.co/vVO7xxGSAn
  • Stephen Ashworth obituary - a committed planning lawyer and a fantastic father https://t.co/m5IOAksKEV
  • Civil partnerships now available to all couples - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/qOWhMMUmZx 
  • Bar regulator under fire for prioritising interests of barristers | Law Gazette https://t.co/5KPMHzaZFb 
  • ‘History’s on our side’: #Turkish women fighting femicide https://t.co/YF5X8UIsdT
  • NI: Tributes paid to Sir Declan Morgan as he retires as Lord Chief Justice - Irish Legal News https://t.co/WdjSUoeMky 
  • Beverley Addison: Saying ‘I do’ to equal marriage - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/dDAU0qyN0N 
  • Human Rights Act 'constraining' police powers | Law Gazette https://t.co/TrlRJSkgcV
  • Woman settles action against Legal Aid Board over social welfare payments - Irish Legal News https://t.co/nlwjrtxfIR 
  • Law Society diversity data offers most complete picture of profession yet - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/qC0dCs0lYG
  • Barrister jailed for visa fraud banned from profession | Law Gazette https://t.co/dwoqXvqABt 
  • #Italian prisons under fire as video footage shows guards beating inmates https://t.co/PBeR8DkkaC 
  • Legislative change to appoint five more High Court judges approved by Dáil - Irish Legal News https://t.co/pgyI6hfX0H 
  • #US supreme court deals blow to voting rights by upholding Arizona restrictions https://t.co/Vug0FHzGDr

Friday

2nd July - Law News

Edition 3475: 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:
Bangladesh has entered a strict lockdown in an effort to curb a record surge in coronavirus cases, as hospitals across the country are overwhelmed by the virus. Police officers and soldiers are now patrolling the streets, enforcing restrictions on movement across the country. James Gomez, regional director of the Asia Centre Think Tank tells The World the lockdown will need to last longer than a week to prove effective. 

  Focus of the Day Article:
Wales is pushing ahead with a legal challenge against the Internal Market Act, arguing that it marks an ‘outrageous attack’ on its legislative powers The Welsh government issued formal proceedings seeking permission for a judicial review in January 2021, claiming that the UK Internal Market Act 2020 renders the Senedd’s ability to legislate uncertain. Full story - The Law Society Gazette


Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Raft of promotions at Thorntons’s offices across Scotland - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/lDKDxAziAS
  • ‘I want them to feel human again’: the woman who escaped slavery in the UK – and fights to free others https://t.co/T1XVy2aI9N
  • A suspected knifeman was detained by members of the public after a stabbing attack in central London. Officers arrested the man in Oxford Circus, close to Regent Street, at about 20:00 BST https://t.co/MHlEtj7hk
  • Youth Justice Board chief hits out at plans to raise child custodial sentences https://t.co/B5xQ8O773P
  • High Court reduces sentence of gang member convicted of attempted murder of rival - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/u18SJ3RPR6
  • Player endorsement – A world of opportunity for Scottish football - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/gN9swb1BWJ
  • Jennifer Skeoch looks at indirect sex discrimination following the recent Employment Appeal Tribunal decision, Hughes v Progressive Support Limited - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/znJ0OR4ddo
  • Solicitor jailed for ‘brutal’ assault avoids strike-off | Law Gazette https://t.co/Uan8Wl0aH
  • Priti Patel’s plan to ‘offshore’ asylum seekers is callous https://t.co/M33Y1CosBa Jul 01, 2021
  • TLT to introduce fully flexible working - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/brs0STtFKF
  • Woman, 100, 'waiting years for justice' due to court delays | Law Gazette https://t.co/H9fmXl79eR
  • Lords: Changes for UK citizens travelling to EU must be clarified by Home Office - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/eEUxoUhqkE
  • Youth Justice Board chief hits out at plans to raise child custodial sentences https://t.co/B5xQ8O773P 
  • Improving mobile phone data extraction practices across the criminal justice system in the UK - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/VbRPCn0d1
  • Solicitor jailed for ‘brutal’ assault avoids strike-off | Law Gazette https://t.co/Uan8WkIzPH
  • A person who used anonymous Twitter accounts to make defamatory remarks about Stephen Nolan has apologised and agreed to pay a six-figure damages sum https://t.co/Y6rlVgp
  • Help lawyers overcome productivity barriers when working with documents - Legal Futures https://t.co/ISpbfVWPz
  • NI: House completions at decade high as end of stamp duty holiday looms - Irish Legal News https://t.co/bJRQtyD10W
  • Those pushing an anti-vaccine agenda online, have been claiming a large proportion of those dying with the Delta variant of coronavirus had been vaccinated. One conspiracy site even claimed vaccinated people were dying at higher rates - All Untrue https://t.co/K5fOYeccL
  • The EU’s vaccine passport and what it means for travel https://t.co/fmjcrtRBh
  • Solicitor struck off after child pornography and cannabis convictions - Legal Futures https://t.co/uDHpuOBiiM
  • Owner of multiple firms buys QualitySolicitors network | Law Gazette https://t.co/JzPVPFk5rO 
  • SQE will “move the bottleneck” from law schools to employers - Legal Futures https://t.co/cqMogIAwE0
  • Spain to introduce gender self-identification in gender recognition reform - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/7T82hYalyR
  • Selection process for appointing judges to be reviewed | Law Gazette https://t.co/T8VAhf6buQ 
  • Tributes have been paid to Dundee solicitor Anne Duffy, who has passed away at the age of 50. Her colleagues at Caird Vaughan Solicitors, where she was a partner, have paid tribute to her - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/TKLvC9FGF
  • Bill Cosby Returns Home Following Prison Release #US https://t.co/DIHBKfG0
  • Trump Organization and Top Executive Are Indicted in Tax Investigation #US https://t.co/lEFSmi12wg
  • Back to the future for QualitySolicitors as Metamorph buys network - Legal Futures https://t.co/8pvywlfaPI
  • Wales granted appeal in post-Brexit trade law challenge | Law Gazette https://t.co/8M534uOZDY 
  • Solicitor found with 23 indecent images of children agrees to strike-off | Law Gazette https://t.co/Y7i5ZTuhTB
  • A man has apologised after footage emerged showing England's chief medical officer, Prof Chris Whitty, being accosted in a park. Lewis Hughes, from Romford, told a newspaper that he was sorry for "any upset I caused" https://t.co/P6ZWjCt6Lp
  • Covid is common in pet cats and dogs whose owners have the disease, research suggests https://t.co/oo8rPkquW9
  • A #US judge has denied Britney Spears's request to remove her father from his role overseeing her conservatorship. The pop star's lawyer asked an LA court to end Jamie Spears control of her estate https://t.co/9UusmHvhIx
  • LSB backs career-long competence checks | Law Gazette https://t.co/x4IvESBU
  • High Court: Personal injuries claim not statute-barred following supplemental application to PIAB to join a defendant - Irish Legal News https://t.co/OoYpcE2lpb
  • Conveyancers in final push to beat stamp duty deadline | Law Gazette https://t.co/fKUYRVDM18 
  • Baker McKenzie scales back promotion round | Law Gazette https://t.co/R54tMB9fju
  • UK government sets out plans for post-Brexit subsidy control system - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/1vBJUQDBb
  • Leading judge says complex rules put LiPs at disadvantage | Law Gazette https://t.co/ZqTaQrNsVb
  • The changing status of LGBTQ+ relationships - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/PcgK7yLYUe 
  • High Court refuses appeal by man convicted of indecently assaulting foster brother as a teenager - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/HBJ9Gzxhx
  • #Pakistan PM Imran Khan’s comments about rape and purdah were taken out of context https://t.co/rnnpFa4dC
  • Online reviews are old hat | Law Gazette https://t.co/sbQGQkWW4Y
  • Concerns over VIP lane for Covid testing contracts after ‘fast track’ email revealed https://t.co/8HEkgHz1DG

Thursday

1st July - Law News

Edition 3474: 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:
Everyone looking to qualify through the SQE route - introduced this September - will need to have completed at least two years' work qualifying work experience (QWE)
 
  Focus of the Day Article:
Lawyers should have to take online tests every 10 years to prove that they remain competent in their specialist fields, Sarah Chambers, chair of the Legal Services Consumer Panel (LSCP), said. Meanwhile, new research by the Legal Services Board (LSB) has revealed strong public backing for a tougher approach to continuing competence across the profession. Full story - Legal Futures


Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Average house price in Scotland up 92 per cent since 2003 - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/aoEfLotai
  • Former #US President Donald Trump's company and its finance chief are expected to be charged on Thursday with alleged tax-related crimes https://t.co/kyQ94hZJDY
  • Anderson Strathern reappointed by Crown Estate Scotland - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/ntNSBVWBKc 
  • Pinsent Masons to cut global carbon emissions by at least 50 per cent - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/9q1JbUcnQS
  • #Honduran state responsible for trans woman’s murder – Landmark ruling orders state to pay reparations, protect trans people and legalise gender change https://t.co/72FbdNZIyW
  • Figures reveal £50,000 gulf in law graduate pay | Law Gazette https://t.co/dg9aZetZZo 
  • Appointments at BBM Solicitors - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/jFIH7U6jns
  • Nearly 2,000 Covid cases in Scotland have been linked to people watching Euro 2020 football matches https://t.co/ywrQAxBCfJ
  • Europe-based England fans offered Ukraine tickets https://t.co/rr5F4GrV32
  • #US comedian Bill Cosby's sexual assault conviction has been overturned by Pennsylvania's Supreme Court, paving the way for his release. Cosby, 83, has served more than two years of a three to 10-year sentence at a state prison near Philadelphia https://t.co/c0bMOcqypT
  • #Serbian secret police chiefs face verdict over atrocities in Croatia and Bosnia https://t.co/2MYdKBBLN
  • NI: House completions at decade high as end of stamp duty holiday looms - Irish Legal News https://t.co/bJRQtyD10W
  • Employment and family law cases dominate FLAC helpline in pandemic year - Irish Legal News https://t.co/Sc5HYuVCgw
  • #Spain backs bill allowing teenagers to change official gender without medical checks https://t.co/MWcUGepZil
  • Law firms borrow £700m to deal with coronavirus fallout | Law Gazette https://t.co/z6HYbTI0aV 
  • SSBA survey: What is your preferred option for disbursement of resilience fund? - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/fllWqqtC7Q
  • Solicitor jailed for GBH avoids being struck off - Legal Futures https://t.co/jOOzX5Qwy0
  • David Harter obituary: lawyer and campaigner who left a busy practice as a barrister in order to set up Islington Law Centre in the early 1970 https://t.co/oJb58IVyeu
  • Lawyers should have to take competence tests “every 10 years” - Legal Futures https://t.co/kQ6Q1S6KY
  • ‘Product of fantasy’: Linklaters exonerated in harassment claim | Law Gazette https://t.co/buJAvHcck6
  • Hong Kong’s courts should reflect #China’s will, says official https://t.co/2fJYvnSHg8
  • Belfast court dismisses legal challenge to Brexit Northern Ireland protocol - Ruling is boost to UK and EU negotiators who are expected to announce new arrangements https://t.co/Y6GJDjtn02 
  • Pauline Latham MP picks up bill to end child marriage in England and Wales - MP to take over private member’s bill proposed by Sajid Javid to raise legal age to 18, after his promotion to health secretary https://t.co/mtrUfMXpuZ
  • Property Standardisation Group celebrates 20th anniversary - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/7iV55q3rgT
  • Malta, Madeira, and the Balearic Islands have been added to the UK's travel green list. They are joined by a number of UK overseas territories and Caribbean islands https://t.co/HNJvvC5IMU 
  • Judge criticises solicitor for "woeful" conduct of her own divorce - Legal Futures https://t.co/jWLErETF9d
  • Supreme Court: Quinn Insurance ordered to pay €5m to cover PwC’s costs while security for costs is being calculated - Irish Legal News https://t.co/v0QSZ68NE
  • Privacy Watchdog's Report on N.S.A. System Fell Short, Members Say #US https://t.co/PLo2T3uw8L
  • Hong Kong's Security Law: One Year Later, a City Remade - Neighbors are urged to report on one another. Children are taught to look for traitors. Officials are pressed to pledge their loyalty #China https://t.co/AADgnkEGI
  • Ex-Dechert partner rebuts negligence allegations | Law Gazette https://t.co/XFBHRIQaSp
  • Child Maintenance Service statistics: data to March 2021 (experimental) https://t.co/GRWwtu2Ylo
  • New legislation set to replace EU rules will grant the government and councils greater freedom to support businesses, the business secretary has said https://t.co/waE2rootD8
  • "I can't wait to see the piece of paper that says this is safe to fly and safe to sell." - Flying car completes test flight between airports https://t.co/dTvoYshYF4
  • Residents of a Florida apartment building that collapsed last week received a letter in April warning of worsening structural damage #US https://t.co/KpIXHtGmD
  • Settled status: EU citizens urged to apply to stay in UK now or lose rights https://t.co/m39zF8W9xH
  • HMRC leading over 12,000 interventions into use of coronavirus support schemes - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/MJ9EvNCouv 
  • Better science to ensnare corporate polluters in court - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/r1sb7X3PLG
  • Top judges doubt whether costs budgeting works, master reveals | Law Gazette https://t.co/8Dpbgk6f1k
  • The European Union (EU) is to formally agree to postpone a ban on some British meat products being sold in NI https://t.co/D9RNZsKUCf
  • SPF General Secretary who posted comedy GIF in Twitter debate over Sheku Bayoh death loses challenge against misconduct proceedings - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/WNJwLj9I3X 
  • Video: Community buyouts in Eigg and Ulva - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/sOFXyABkN6 
  • Former solicitor jailed after defrauding own firm of £2.3m | Law Gazette https://t.co/pyYLCULn0z
  • Melissa Caddick convinced 72 investors to hand over $23m to ‘sham’ business, court told #Australia https://t.co/jP6bVP0jIV