21st July - Law News

Edition 3494: 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:
 Pegasus spyware, made by Israel is capable of bypassing your phone's security and gaining complete access to your device - including emails, messages, GPS location, photos, video, and your phone's microphone. A Guardian investigation can now reveal widespread abuse of the Pegasus technology by government clients around the world who purchased the spyware from its Israeli manufacturer — the NSO Group. People who were selected as possible targets include journalists, lawyers and human rights defenders.

Focus of the Day Article:

A former Belgian judge was denied an effective remedy to challenge a judicial body’s decision in breach of her rights, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled.  Full story - Scottish Legal News

 

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Woman ‘stole diamonds worth £4.2m by swapping them for pebbles’. Court told Lulu Lakatos posed as gem expert to steal seven diamonds from Boodles in Mayfair, London https://t.co/9yPmJCGmiY
• Retired solicitor sees off harassment claim over ‘puerile’ blog | Law Gazette https://t.co/XEVuqxTbu6
  
• Blog: CJEU rules on liability of internet platforms for user uploads - Irish Legal News https://t.co/zfJs9Oreg3
• A pragmatist seeking to restore high ideals | Law Gazette https://t.co/TenCW4o3tg
• UK firms owe HMRC £2.7 billion after VAT holiday - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/J1GJOeKCpH
• Travellers from green and amber list countries may no longer face Covid checks on arrival in England, a union representing border staff has said. Officers will not routinely verify that arrivals have tested negative https://t.co/r8frCRl0Ch 
• Getting camera-ready for interviews | Law Gazette https://t.co/4pFdhIp0G
• Human rights lawyers around the world allegedly targeted with Israeli-made spyware - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/bd4WTMH2a
• ‘Don’t do ADR on the cheap’ ​industry experts warn | Law Gazette https://t.co/J6Q8INVmhV
• Dorothy Bain QC recuses herself from Rangers litigation - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/mimblQGSUj 
• UK competition watchdog to gain new post-Brexit powers - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/UY2dsE5sKV 
• Vaccination proof may be required to attend sports events of about 20,000 or more capacity https://t.co/kRf7rqRxus
• Rennie: Fraud probe into SNP shows the need to split Lord Advocate role - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/xp1WRZpwV6
• Data breach claimants lose bid for anonymity in court | Law Gazette https://t.co/ZAdbquCFPd 
• ECtHR: Lack of effective remedy for former judge breached human rights - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/wr7WMKsJVT
• Nearly 100 confirmed cases of Covid in HMP Perth - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/C1Y2Ix6Ehi 
• Biden Administration Transfers Its First Detainee From Guantánamo Bay #US https://t.co/yTjJXZqcyi 
• Borders bill 'risks driving wedge' between solicitor and client | Law Gazette https://t.co/KPcIfqSIWv 
• Rockets could be heard exploding nearby during prayers in #Afghanistan to mark the start of the Muslim festival Eid al-Adha https://t.co/15uDXDUxLy
• My legal life: Katherine Rayden, Rayden Solicitors - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/p02LpXTU3
• High Court refuses to let law firm take place of deceased claimant - Legal Futures https://t.co/jwIGDcYikI
• Gilson Gray Financial Management acquires Westbourne Wealth Management - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/GAYhBl5nc6
  
• A police officer in the centre of an alleged incident of police brutality in Newport has been taken off the front line, Gwent Police has confirmed https://t.co/ejb6eD5zqw
• A Premier League footballer has been arrested on suspicion of child sex offences. The 31-year-old man, who has not been named for legal reasons, was detained on Friday by Greater Manchester Police https://t.co/QD1nzTB4h
• A man stuck in long tailbacks when a lorry fire shut a motorway started playing football on the carriageway https://t.co/cTTqsh8l
• Women's state pension: Compensation closer for Waspi campaigners https://t.co/0ZMQepazFJ
• Stronger rules on ongoing competence move step closer - Legal Futures https://t.co/Pbcfyu6LlT 
• LawtechUK proposals for legal data are a tall order | Law Gazette https://t.co/QgZ7sbP1dP 
• Solicitor who forged loan documents is struck off - Legal Futures https://t.co/t1U9lJLnBl 
• Irwin Mitchell announces family-friendly pay policies - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/5q2J5uFZG7
• How an organisation operates in the Global South, including its attack on sexual and reproductive rights in #Kenya https://t.co/ZH8S27IR6G
  
• Ex-boss of London PI firm struck off over unpaid loans | Law Gazette https://t.co/udZFsylyAO 
• New legislation to limit cost of credit on moneylending loans - Irish Legal News https://t.co/rfAlLT7t9g
• Lawyer in the news: Jenny Wiltshire, Hickman & Rose - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/QnYyYLpd7o
• How a proposed secrecy law would recast journalism as spying - Home Office plans would remove the public interest defence for whistleblowing, and could put reporters in jail https://t.co/YjD5fBGQz0
  
• Terri Janke: the #Australian lawyer trying to stop Indigenous cultural theft https://t.co/GF88JKChGu 
• A trainee solicitor who claimed that he was paid less than minimum wage during his traineeship has been awarded €24,155 in back pay - Irish Legal News https://t.co/7hnmlrwZbP 
• Judges starting to show restraint on JRs, says lord chancellor | Law Gazette https://t.co/d0F9QeF3dC
• Ben & Jerry's to stop sales in Palestinian territories - The company said it was "inconsistent with our values for Ben & Jerry's ice cream to be sold in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) #Israel https://t.co/laDaxfH7Wr
• At least 430 migrants crossed the English Channel to the UK on Monday - a new record for a single day - the Home Office has said https://t.co/dS4J4kHN9N 
• Covid: Isolation rules loosened for critical workers https://t.co/R0WWgrJ4dr
  
• Reed Smith staff taken off furlough | Law Gazette https://t.co/HKA9HI9PRZ 
• High Court: Hotelier must pay €200,000 domicile levy after court says his income is more than €1 million - Irish Legal News https://t.co/Xk1cwLrJhs 
• Pandemic cooperation keeps clin neg claims out of court | Law Gazette https://t.co/r4KDlBuHhu 
• Walkers Ireland announces multiple senior lawyer promotions - Irish Legal News https://t.co/asEWxRQayJ 
• Minimum salary recommendation amended to include SQE candidates | Law Gazette https://t.co/VL7NzFUhCY 
• Family farms and businesses to be excluded from care costs - Irish Legal News https://t.co/VnX7P3YiB2
  
• Ex-Dechert partner accused of lying to court over SFO link | Law Gazette https://t.co/zppaXzxcF6 
• 100,000 sitting days: HMCTS sets out post-Covid action plan | Law Gazette https://t.co/YeFZYgUcD
• Best of the blogs - 17 July 2021 | Law Gazette https://t.co/usw47jwurz

20th July - Law News

Edition 3493: LawNewsIndex is a UK based daily legal news archive on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Jurisprudence, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics & Human Rights since 2011.   

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 Today's Highlighted Video Story:
 The Bar Council of England and Wales - Meeting of the Bar Council – 10 July 2021

Focus of the Day Article:

The Supreme Court has rejected a challenge against the two-child limit on the individual element of child tax credit payments. In a unanimous judgment delivered by Lord Reed, the Court held that the provision imposing the limit was not contrary to the appellants’ Convention rights. The Court found that the rule was potentially indirectly discriminatory against women, as well as children living in households with more than two children. However, any such discrimination could be validly justified and was considered to be proportionate on the basis of ‘protecting the economic well-being of the country’.  Full story - UK Human Rights Blog

 

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Why leadership today has to be a collective pursuit - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/ksUbXs98Zd
• Plans to make Covid vaccine passports mandatory at nightclubs are "deeply concerning," Greater Manchester's night-time economy advisor has said https://t.co/EF5NsLN5mn
• Kanwar Yatra cancelled in Uttar Pradesh after Supreme Court suo motu intervention | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/VGUXWpuV7h 
• Northern's self-service ticket machines hit by ransomware cyber attack https://t.co/GZPszx0Zy
• #Turkey says EU headscarf ruling ‘grants legitimacy to racism’ https://t.co/Fj00VIvQ8K
• A Florida man has become the first to be sentenced to prison for his part in the US Capitol riots on 6 January #US https://t.co/xcyfHNsTdh
• An extreme heat weather warning for parts of the UK has been issued for the first time by the Met Office https://t.co/5GH0YX7zKd 
• People attending nightclubs and other venues where large crowds gather in England will need to be fully vaccinated from the end of September, the government says https://t.co/y5ujprVM8
• Numerous jurisdictions around #Australia have recently passed sweeping reforms to defamation law, which could have a substantial impact on major cases in the future, and arguably could have altered the circumstances of recent trials - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/TOWBXPF1Dn
• Child Tax Credit: Two-Child Limit and the Limits of Review - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/brYaOrZbbf
• 5 habits of high-performing lawyers: An outsider’s view - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/YuW3DY9rzk
• Keen to start live streaming of Supreme Court proceedings; working on full court consensus: CJI NV Ramana | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/z484YPFNq
• Political extremism, conflict identities and the search for ontological security in contemporary established democracies | Ben Rich https://t.co/N945ZQkW5N
• Too soon to celebrate a win for female lawyers in #Australia - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/QWnWTbwaq9
• Jury Awards $125 Million After Walmart Fires Woman With Down Syndrome #US https://t.co/tv6fKLSGHH
• NI: Journalist challenges PSNI in tribunal over Troubles-era secrecy - Irish Legal News https://t.co/yiNCc92D8Y
• 7 Indian and 3 Foreign Law Firms help Paytm raise India’s largest IPO | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/rD9YCndvUG
• The Guantánamo prosecutors’ use of information from a brutal interrogation had troubled Biden administration lawyers and was a source of tension with the chief prosecutor at Guantánamo Bay, who will retire soon #US https://t.co/z4quxAWg4O
  
• Constitution the North Star against which State action is judged, irrespective of govt's electoral legitimacy: Justice DY Chandrachud | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/fuIXu12Dmp
  
• More NHS claims settling without proceedings as costs payouts fall - Legal Futures https://t.co/xXaIbRIrGv
• Barrister reprimanded for pushing female practitioner’s head towards crotch - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/k2LfKUtVFV
• Solicitor fined for signing divorce client up to unlawful DBA - Legal Futures https://t.co/91EWIkYpwV
• JUDGMENT - R (on the application of SC, CB and 8 children) (Appellants) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and others (Respondents) https://t.co/OlCcEOZ6wy
• US judge allows lawsuit against Grenfell Tower cladding firm https://t.co/UF7QGcLF0J
  
• Only 10% of new BPTC graduates found pupillage due to Covid - Legal Futures https://t.co/sX3LTNBmgK
• CMC boss banned for encouraging bogus holiday sickness cases - Legal Futures https://t.co/SAI2YHL0vR
  
• U.S. Moves to Return Antiquity Said to Be Stolen From #Cambodia - Prosecutors say a sacred work known as “Skanda on a Peacock” was sold at one point by Douglas A.J. Latchford, a collector who was accused of trafficking stolen artifacts https://t.co/uj2lSSeUQq
• Conspiracy theories about SouthKorea’s turbulent past have spread online. Now the government is pushing criminal penalties to crack down on misinformation https://t.co/8GhhUaFHsn
  
• NI: Latest report shows continued improvement for Northern Ireland's labour market - Irish Legal News https://t.co/YOZgXAA8m0
• An American father and son have been sentenced for their role in ex-Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn's escape from #Japan in 2019. The Tokyo court sentenced US Special Forces veteran Michael Taylor to two years in prison https://t.co/5sNGnHXKhQ
• British right-wing commentator Katie Hopkins to be deported from Australia over quarantine rules https://t.co/zf7YuoV3fa
• Firms across #Australia, big and small, have completed their 2021 promotions rounds, with many appointing new partners. For those joining the partnership ranks, there are critical lessons to learn - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/SnJVSQHuiH
• A&O equity partners earned $3.3m profit in past year - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/Q4ZggtIK9
• Calls for legal review of UK welfare screening system which factors in age https://t.co/Vf0RZjioK9
• Explaining the HSE's complaints procedure - Irish Legal News https://t.co/l9L4MidWkl 
• New Liberals, ex-prosecutors assemble legal team to launch private criminal case against Christian Porter - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/JVWoznXQdv
  
• Court cannot be oblivious to legitimate expectation of COVID-19 warriors for higher education: Supreme Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/yiZn3jqftJ
• Knife crime in Cardiff: The scourge of the city as told by those who have lost everything https://t.co/2jVz3ytpsp
• Rights activists, journalists and lawyers around the world have been targeted with phone malware sold to authoritarian governments by an #Israeli surveillance firm, media reports say https://t.co/oTPHEioOEJ 
• Prime Minister Boris Johnson has urged caution as most legal restrictions on social contact lift in England https://t.co/qDJuv54sFz

19th July - Law News

Edition 3492: 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:
Several protesters arrested after altercations break out between marches supporting and opposing transgender rights in Los Angeles, United States

Focus of the Day Article:

Legal expenses insurance is rarely used by consumers and should be more widely promoted as a solution to unmet legal needs, the Legal Services Board (LSB) has said. Full story - New Law Journal

 

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Scottish and Welsh ministers demand respect for devolution - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/S7h5snIOB
• Law degrees: the saving grace for UK universities? - Legal Cheek https://t.co/C0RISlSom
• Nine new devils receive scholarships from Faculty - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/TmvEvvibo
• City firms publish strong financial results despite Covid disruption - Legal Cheek https://t.co/tTcvNz7zv
• Govan Law Centre hails successes in face of ‘challenging’ year - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Jc3kAk8CNx
• Forensic examination: the case for a criminal review commission in #Australia https://t.co/z5NPlrkYQO
• Hogan Lovells and Simmons latest to up junior lawyer pay - Legal Cheek https://t.co/uzJeINhsMW
• Majority of Covid misinformation came from 12 people, report finds - CCDH finds ‘disinformation dozen’ have combined following of 59 million people across multiple social media platforms https://t.co/2L9UGZy604
• Court of Appeal: Murder convictions overturned for two men in joint enterprise case - Irish Legal News https://t.co/vo69CSzQQL
  
• Supermarkets have warned they will have to cut opening hours or even shut shops if the number of workers forced to self-isolate continues to rise https://t.co/8Qu87Mg6oC
  
• Slaughter and May offers junior lawyers 'job share' option - Legal Cheek https://t.co/MVoh2ZxTk2
• Poland’s disciplinary rules for judges break EU law - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/32yKER3ZjY
  
• MoD ‘using scare tactics’ to force public away from ancient woodland - Walkers and cyclists defy closure of Ash Ranges they say is illegal under 1876 grant to armed forces https://t.co/neWE9NGg7w
• 8 legal cases that shaped history… retold on TikTok - Legal Cheek https://t.co/TaiAkmpmyE
• Protesters demand wealthy MP pays up for family’s slave trade past - Rally outside home of Conservative Richard Drax demands reparations for 200 years of trade in Barbados https://t.co/C0ONEB0u
• Trainee solicitor dismissed a month after revealing pregnancy loses employment case - Legal Cheek https://t.co/rOcOLQyZCc
• Law student-led Oxford Uni a cappella group belt out Bruno Mars hit - Legal Cheek https://t.co/1fqmL5Jcpl
  
• Conditions banning radical preacher Anjem Choudary from public speaking have been lifted. He was jailed for five-and-a-half years in 2016 after being convicted of inviting support for the Islamic State group https://t.co/6xeiok6wQ
• Disabled teenager mounts legal challenge after benefits cut off - Cameron Mitchell, 19, and his mother seek to overturn rule after payments suspended while he was in hospital https://t.co/m8RonmHIRf
• The prime minister and chancellor will now self-isolate as normal after contact with Health Secretary Sajid Javid, who tested positive for coronavirus - they had refused earlier until public criticism forced action https://t.co/l3Wix4zok
• Scottish care home owner banned for six years for failing to explain £518,000 spend - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/fQcGB9Nwjl
• A&O partner profits leap 17% to £1.9 million - Legal Cheek https://t.co/5NGMhTvKR
• Priti Patel ‘misled’ MPs over plans for protest crackdown - FoI responses suggest home secretary did not consult Police Federation and did not have data on modern slavery https://t.co/ucC77r29Mm
• Images of 10 men being sought in connection with disorder which saw ticketless fans try to force their way into Wembley ahead of the Euro 2020 final have been released by police https://t.co/XrV5iInBm2
• The prime minister and chancellor will not be self-isolating after contact with Health Secretary Sajid Javid, who has tested positive for coronavirus https://t.co/Yqk3pHIAcD
• Insurers were already skittish after losses from repeated hurricanes. The recent condo collapse has brought new insecurity. How long will Florida’s coast be insurable? #US https://t.co/nuh6842HAl 
• Barrister complains that judge is 'rubbishing' their arguments - Irish Legal News https://t.co/KPP1VrO9t1
• Fraudsters use fake Reed Smith ID card in Bitcoin ‘romance scam’ - Legal Cheek https://t.co/5dzURVWsUS 
• Bar course pass rates drop 18% during pandemic - Legal Cheek https://t.co/pHOhFwJ8ye 
• Top-50 financial results table: updated live | Law Gazette https://t.co/bEQsXQjLnV
  
• Linklaters retains 45 of 48 autumn qualifying trainees - Legal Cheek https://t.co/e3rMIEUmWt 
• Extradition cases tripled in four months - Irish Legal News https://t.co/tLGR2UC4mV
• Allen & Overy results reveal £1.9 million earnings for equity partners - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Jy0BwDvdCP
• Virtual student event NEXT WEEK: Secrets to Success London — with Clyde & Co, Dechert, Pinsent Masons and ULaw - Legal Cheek https://t.co/7HmzUYrgYj

18th July - Law News

Edition 3491: 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:
Thailand has issued a new coronavirus decree, giving the government sweeping powers to suppress news that it sees as causing fear or panic. But the opposition is accusing the government of trying to obscure its handling of the pandemic.

 

Saturday Conversations on Law

• The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), Prudential Regulation Authority and Bank of England published a discussion paper last week on diversity monitoring and reporting at financial services firms, ‘Diversity and inclusion in the financial sector’ | NLJ https://t.co/oBK78KJ2bF
• CJEU rules hijab can be banned at work - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/eubKLW8VW
• Scotland's health secretary has ordered a review of the case of an expat woman pleading to be reunited with her terminally-ill father https://t.co/wsS77EBEm
• Unknown blogger liable for £70,000 over #MeToo posts | Law Gazette https://t.co/qKGH2o5r0m 
• CAFCASS has reached the upper limit of its capacity to take on cases, according to Sir Andrew McFarlane, President of the Family Division | NLJ https://t.co/zNBmtBTXH
• Profit up more than a third at Simmons & Simmons | Law Gazette https://t.co/jF7CN3hyL5
• A culture-change in litigation could be on the cards following a Civil Justice Council (CJC) decision that compulsory alternative dispute resolution (ADR) is lawful and should be encouraged | NLJ https://t.co/nSVsPnud
• Minority ethnic grads half as likely to get pupillage | Law Gazette https://t.co/eU9asLhtfF
• A solicitor’s plea for help: What’s a clearance certificate when it’s at home? - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Lx8Ueh9x3s 
• Claims boss banned for overseeing holiday sickness racket | Law Gazette https://t.co/jyn6F0WwPt
• A major trial concerning liability for oil pollution in the Niger Delta is to go ahead in the High Court after Royal Dutch Shell and its Nigerian subsidiary SPDC confirmed it would not contest jurisdictional issues | NLJ https://t.co/bt8Uskz7FG
• Six Extinction Rebellion protesters found guilty of blocking news printers - Judge says demonstration was ‘peaceful’ but impacted Murdoch, Mail, Telegraph and Standard titles https://t.co/u17nphcSWq
  
• Russian billionaire settles with ex-wife five years after £450m payout ruling - Farkhad Akhmedov had contested 2017 decision but has now reached an agreement over divorce https://t.co/LClT9lexhp
• Offender-Centric Policing in Cases of Rape | Phil Rumney https://t.co/6gUgqvhDUf
• Impact of pandemic on gender pay gap reporting in construction - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/qfeC7mKPw
• A former police officer has pleaded guilty to stalking a woman after their relationship ended. Stephen Green, who was based at Shrewsbury Police Station, admitted one count of stalking involving serious alarm or distress https://t.co/u0kuiEZ1u4
• Police and CPS criticised for cautious approach to rape cases | Law Gazette https://t.co/uT1q8RoJId
  
• Probate fees could be hiked to as much as £273 from their current level of £155 (for applications from legal professionals) and £215 (for non-professionals), under Ministry of Justice (MoJ) proposals | NLJ https://t.co/9DyfUAl2H4
• The migrants hunger-striking for legal status in Belgium - More than 400 undocumented migrants are on hunger strike in the #Belgian capital Brussels https://t.co/VX0h4Okm37
• 'Hollywood Ripper' Michael Gargiulo sentenced to death for murders #US https://t.co/VtKONQSnOw
• Fully jabbed travellers returning to England and Wales from France will still have to quarantine from Monday. From 19 July, adults who have been double jabbed in the UK arriving from amber list countries will not need to isolate for 10 days https://t.co/t92ZFv8ZdA
  
• Criminal Populism and Solidarity in Recent #Italy's Migration Policies: A EU Law Perspective | Martino Reviglio https://t.co/lSgDgXeTF9
• DACA Ruled Unlawful by Federal Judge, Who Suspends Applications - The judge said President Barack Obama exceeded his authority when he created the program, but for now people protected under it will retain the ability to stay and work in the #US https://t.co/geaYVRguTv
• A man has been charged with racially abusing football pundit and former England player Rio Ferdinand. Jamie Arnold is accused of using racist words and gestures https://t.co/gLN1ilPvTS 
• ‘Rogue’ U.S. Agency Used Racial Profiling to Investigate Commerce Dept. Employees, Report Says #US https://t.co/t0xN3DC3tE
• National firm announces family-friendly pay policies | Law Gazette https://t.co/1r2NpW3kXc
  
• Legal expenses insurance is rarely used by consumers and should be more widely promoted as a solution to unmet legal needs, the Legal Services Board (LSB) has said | NLJ https://t.co/pzPJqQgE9
• Six people can meet in private homes and a law restricting the number people meeting outside is scrapped on Saturday as Welsh lockdown rules ease further https://t.co/1UQKD4x48f
• CMA finds drug companies overcharged NHS - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/IX06MSHair
  
• EU launches legal action against Hungary and Poland over LGBT+ rights violations - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/idgHgWKOZ6
• Annual figures lay bare ombudsman’s nightmare lockdown year | Law Gazette https://t.co/V6dMepuS1x
• The mother of a 17-year-old girl who was killed in 2019 has filed a lawsuit accusing officials of sharing sex and murder videos with the media. The death of Bianca Devins prompted widespread media attention when images posted by her murderer went viral https://t.co/NLP8bcK4s0 
• Outer House judge reduces Police Scotland decision to hold separate hearings for three officers accused of similar misconduct - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/TP9Fzsi4fr 
• The police officer who murdered Sarah Everard has been dismissed from the Metropolitan Police, a week after admitting the crime https://t.co/EAigtJPiXj 
• OnlyFans, best known for the explicit, boomed during the pandemic. But from receiving terrorism videos to racial abuse and rape threats, investigation based on the experiences of dozens of women reveals concerns about how the British-run site is managed https://t.co/aOMfe6fyeo
• DocuSign, the electronic signature specialists, is running a webinar on the latest guidance on witnessing electronic signatures in Land Registration deeds, and related topics (3pm on 27 July 2021) | NLJ https://t.co/Dtk8j2G8ZQ

17th July - Law News

Edition 3490: 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:
In a significant and welcome ruling, a Haryana (India) court on Friday rejected the bail plea of a 19-year-old man arrested this week for allegedly making hate speeches - he allegedly made comments urging the abduction and killing of girls from a particular religious community at a gathering attended by Haryana BJP spokesperson and Karni Sena president Suraj Pal Amu.

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Firm stung by home seller who turned out to be a fraudster | Law Gazette https://t.co/dghGkokyH
• Solicitor who embezzled more than £12,500 given community payback order - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/WHKNjYAuUU
• DWP backs down on benefit 'offer' ahead of JR hearing | Law Gazette https://t.co/T3DiDUuV2
• Criminal prosecutions for Troubles killings to be ended under UK government plan - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/whDq8Hkhhe
• Polish judges defy CJEU over right-wing government’s reforms - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/hcytHzZdMz
• Face masks and screens set to stay in court buildings after 19 July | Law Gazette https://t.co/W5ouuXUAT
• Lawscot Foundation celebrates first ever graduates - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/1V37XOor1m
• General Court of the EU dismissed action by Nike and Converse over Netherlands tax ruling - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/k2gwnxt3O
• Judicial diversity goes into reverse as barristers dominate | Law Gazette https://t.co/63roFSQxxO 
• Immigration lawyers form representative body - Irish Legal News https://t.co/8Q4mB4dYAm
• No concerns raised by EU-UK TCA, says Faculty - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/gCp0Nv2F5p 
• 'No sacred cows' in lawtech revolution, industry body says | Law Gazette https://t.co/HzUg5f087l 
• Boris Johnson's university friend gets ethics watchdog role - former lawyer Ewen Fergusson will begin a five-year stint on the Committee on Standards in Public Life next month https://t.co/0Pk2d8yiQT
  
• The Church of England has been heavily criticised after a priest took his own life due to a mishandled inquiry into false child abuse allegations. Father Alan Griffin, 78, died in November 2020 having spent a year under investigation https://t.co/FFOvAdpSYg
• How your personal data is being scraped from social media https://t.co/GQvNCDxAhQ
• Two solicitors nominated for appointment as District Court judges - Irish Legal News https://t.co/0CSzrRqmiB
• NI: Criminal prosecutions for Troubles killings to be ended under UK government plan - Irish Legal News https://t.co/8y3BAof5
• Regulator fears consumers are missing out on LEI | Law Gazette https://t.co/NyjawXchg6
• GB News pulls Guto Harri off air after ‘taking the knee’ row - Sources say presenter has been ‘cancelled’ after his onscreen actions triggered viewer backlash from ultra-conservative viewers https://t.co/pIn3ZJzI7s
• €300,000 target set as Calcutta Run goes virtual for 2021 - Irish Legal News https://t.co/9G8sqVHZZf
• Opportunities to improve outcomes for children with a parent in prison 'being missed' - Irish Legal News https://t.co/QzXb947geR
• Police and CPS must work together to address falling rape prosecutions – report - The watchdogs found both organisations were more cautious in investigating and prosecuting cases compared with other crimes https://t.co/lN39oKzdC
• Goodwin continues private equity expansion with ex-Kramer Levin corporate co-chair hire - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/eqhMkJgfW
• Partner and firm fined for not recognising 'own interest' conflict - Legal Futures https://t.co/62KOnVXL2
• American and Asian lawyer groups step in to condemn China sanctions | Law Gazette https://t.co/iKathZmwe
• Scottish parties call for fair gratuities code - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/pU0t9V7sM
• Israel has refused to extradite Tomás Zerón, accused of torture and evidence tampering, because of #Mexico’s criticism of the country, an Israeli official said https://t.co/CZclSL7Y6b
• Video of Man Tasered on Subway Raises Questions About Policing - A video of a violent arrest raised questions about balancing a push to enforce laws in the subway against concerns about police abuses #US https://t.co/b3Z0zy033V
• Legal aid solicitor elected PCC seeks to put 'community' back into policing | Law Gazette https://t.co/NRvrQmHVgY
• Sex Pistols in legal dispute over Danny Boyle's new TV series - Guitarist Steve Jones and drummer Paul Cook are suing frontman John Lydon to allow the use of their songs https://t.co/beDnYn7xMa
  
• Lammy hits out at "absolute scandal" of judicial diversity - Legal Futures https://t.co/x4oHLuEgVE
• Law firm rebuked for AML failure caused by third-party ID checker - Legal Futures https://t.co/ctSROzCIt3
• Former solicitor, 96, believed to be UK’s oldest new graduate - Archie White awarded fine arts degree from East Sussex College aged 96 years and 56 days https://t.co/bcSJCLWl0J
• Marcus Rashford mural graffiti 'not racial', say police who are frequently wrong on identifying racism and cleansing its own house https://t.co/yyocWqzEl
• A motorway remains closed as emergency services continue painstaking work at the scene of a multi-vehicle crash in which people are believed to have died https://t.co/UN6WyeXDd
• Scottish government’s community justice aims not yet being met - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/6X67zs9qSG
• Rehabilitating the Prevent Strategy | Fahid Qurashi https://t.co/AGX4uDCHO
• Buckland clashes with parliamentary committee on human rights evidence | Law Gazette https://t.co/6IeT0Qk7Qx
• Eversheds Sutherland unveils 5.3% global revenue rise as non-US PEP nears £1m - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/55CBUBmGm
• Strategic housing developments to be scrapped following judicial review challenges - Irish Legal News https://t.co/gmEbxDKZYC
• Magic circle firm celebrates massive annual profit growth | Law Gazette https://t.co/K869QPq5zS 
• Legislation for rescue framework for small companies clears Oireachtas - Irish Legal News https://t.co/fm5fEqS5Gf
• 'We're being careful': HMCTS reassures court users ahead of 'freedom day' | Law Gazette https://t.co/crf3xYviQU
• EU agrees to widen access to environmental justice | Law Gazette https://t.co/GLMUS6n3rE
• Police and the Crown Prosecution Service are involved in a blame game over a drop in rape prosecutions, a watchdogs' report has said. CPS figures for 2019-20 show 1,439 suspects were convicted of rape or lesser offences in England and Wales https://t.co/51vA7LFzxq
  
• Arbitration services group opens for business in London and Washington DC - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/bag7n86Tr3
  
• Department of Justice to draw up strategy on domestic, sexual and gender-based violence - Irish Legal News https://t.co/zXjtyfs4nd

16th July - Law News

Edition 3489: LawNewsIndex is a UK based daily legal news archive on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Jurisprudence, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics & Human Rights since 2011.   

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 Today's Highlighted Video Story:
The top US military officer, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen. Mark Milley, was so shaken that then-President Donald Trump and his allies might attempt a coup or take other dangerous or illegal measures after the November election that Milley and other top officials informally planned for different ways to stop Trump, according to excerpts of an upcoming book

Focus of the Day Article:

The High Court has refused to grant an interlocutory injunction to restrain a company from selling valuable Dublin properties until shareholder oppression proceedings were fully resolved. The applicant alleged that there was serious mismanagement of the company which constituted oppression under section 212 of the Companies Act 2014. Full story - Irish Legal News

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Stephenson Harwood posts modest revenue drop as profitability rises 13% - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/oq3iwIJXqq
• Plans submitted for electric battery 'gigafactory' in Coventry https://t.co/WRTIxICjl
• Rights watchdog publishes equality review on Traveller accommodation - Irish Legal News https://t.co/a0xLTekPx
• MPs call for complete reset of music streaming to ensure fair pay for artists https://t.co/paQiky8eDp
• Venable poaches IP partner quintet from Dentons to expand US IP litigation group - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/iojQrYI29K
• London casino let rich patrons racially abuse staff, tribunal hears - Ex-employee is suing Aspinalls in Mayfair for discrimination, alleging a ‘hostile and demeaning environment’ https://t.co/ujGimIN8Vc
• Top listed firm’s profits rebound – but no dividend this year | Law Gazette https://t.co/eYcKZAgOqy
  
• Slaughter and May trials flexible working - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/EzyFgOepOT
• Actress Ruth Madeley reveals taxi driver ordeal outside London's Euston station. The driver told her it was "too difficult" to drop the wheelchair user at an accessible entrance and it wasn't his problem if she couldn't use stairs https://t.co/2YoGqZxnEx 
• Herbert Smith Freehills records 5% revenue hike to hit £1bn turnover landmark - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/g4ZQzhbgH
• Shoosmiths cements presence in Glasgow with office deal - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/zCKo39N27b
• Workers under pressure to settle employment claims - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/lTlgiIU3B
• The prominent #Dutch crime reporter Peter R de Vries, who was shot and seriously wounded in central Amsterdam nine days ago, has died https://t.co/jEGFWqy3KA
• Investigators have seized computers after searches at two homes over the leaking of CCTV footage of Matt Hancock kissing an aide in his office https://t.co/CS273gb3Aw
• Pandemic-driven remote working hindering antitrust investigations, survey finds, Evidence collection harder given greater volume of data sources, FTI Consulting report shows - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/N7Y85aDcs2
• Government approves heads of bill to amend the Mental Health Act - Irish Legal News https://t.co/CmDkj5ncrk J
• Reform of legal complaints system remains in logjam - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/lxTas1FSao
• More newly-qualified solicitors promised salaries over £100,000 | Law Gazette https://t.co/XS7uifL9C
• How Europe’s Ambitious New Climate Agenda Will Affect Businesses https://t.co/DagEu9WUC
• Social media and aggressive behavior: to which extent social media influences aggression | Eleni Alexandropoulou https://t.co/tjAYD6LGm
• Sheriff Appeal Court finds Scottish Legal Aid Board not liable to pay statutory interest on overdue account - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/PoRnkAZ221 
• Matthew Howse, partner at Eversheds Sutherland in Belfast: Litigation trends in the post-Covid world - Irish Legal News https://t.co/unCQqEs7hr 
• Sheriff Joyce Powrie passed away on 8 July at the age of 65 - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/DBSAmHXVop
• The owners of Apt Cape Cod, a farm-to-table restaurant in Brewster, Mass., drew a line in the sand against customers’ rude behavior since being allowed to fully reopen #US https://t.co/0nmuqFNMPT
• Around the house: newly-public Utz Brands names first general counsel - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/q0X4fh4ihJ
• Preparing your staff for returning to the office - Legal Futures https://t.co/MyNRvvP66K
  
• Lobbying laws to be strengthened - Irish Legal News https://t.co/qUefPaVSP
• Priti Patel’s borders bill is designed to look tough, not solve any real problems https://t.co/EpKkYyS21
• McFarlane won't rush family court guidance for 'Freedom Day' | Law Gazette https://t.co/xrp0yAdUx3
• SMEs eye multi-disciplinary advisers amid increasing need for legal help - Legal Futures https://t.co/61bUJV703U
• Russia breached human rights law by failing to acknowledge same-sex couples - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/whpHtsVuao
• DWP policy of cold-calling disabled people over benefit claims to end https://t.co/7lvWDgz2Pj 
• My Article Saying Trump Was Compromised by Russia Was Right #US https://t.co/dzUGDtiW66 
• Slaughter and May unveils trio of associate part-time working programmes - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/wHhqFMwYfq
• Vladimir Putin personally authorised a secret spy agency operation to support a “mentally unstable” Donald Trump in the 2016 US presidential election during a closed session of #Russia’s national security council, according to leaked Kremlin documents https://t.co/eewQ9pxGJD
• Poland court rules EU measures unconstitutional - European court of justice had demanded suspension of Polish reforms that could lift judges’ immunity https://t.co/52IPUj05fk 
• Investment in lawtech companies doubles but firms lag behind - Legal Futures https://t.co/gALyDWiX8P 
• Offensive Weapons Act 2019 https://t.co/OiQofmUqOs
• Changes to legislation brought about by the Offensive Weapons Act 2019 mean that from the July 14 it is an offence to possess certain items such as knuckledusters, throwing stars and zombie knives, even in private https://t.co/OTDAxy6lx5
  
• Aarhus Regulation to be extended beyond NGOs - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/9vGNQQQwK9
  
• It’s still unclear whether courts tolerate delays | Law Gazette https://t.co/sSjbinAuJ8 
• High Court: Interlocutory injunction granted against Gemma O’Doherty for defamatory comments - Irish Legal News https://t.co/7zM3IGdvHK
  
• First firms join new umbrella ABS platform - Legal Futures https://t.co/fzlEKE1A2h
  
• UK law firm financial results tracker - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/VJztPPZhfT 
• The Sackler Family's Opioid Settlement and Billionaire Justice - The Sackler family is poised to evade litigation stemming from its role in the opioid crisis. Here's how it happened #US https://t.co/YqU5F9pT5H
  
• #Korean palm oil giant has been rejected from world's leading green certification body in the wake of an investigation - evidence found that the Korindo group had been buying up swathes of Asia's largest remaining rainforests https://t.co/TP9my4G8Zm
• Leading firm offers lawyers part-time options and job shares | Law Gazette https://t.co/bqSFtP7hfG

15th July - Law News

Edition 3488: 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:
Warning: Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that the following story contains the name and image of a person who has died. A 43-year-old man from New South Wales has become the ninth First Nations person to die in custody in year.The man's family have identified him as Ngemba man Frank Coleman.  He was found unresponsive in his cell at Sydney's Long Bay Jail last Thursday. His family say he was in good health leading up to his death. Stan Grant says comparing to the response to COVID, it shows what a country like Australia care about.

Focus of the Day Article:

The government’s principal legal advisers are likely to be expected to work 40% of their contracted hours in the office after Covid restrictions are lifted, the Gazette understands. On Monday prime minister Boris Johnson announced that the majority of legal restrictions will be removed from 19 July and people will no longer be instructed to work from home. Full story - The Law Society Gazette

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Silent library and a fitness studio: Inside a post-pandemic HQ | Law Gazette https://t.co/V7h7USGzUU
• Specialist accreditations awarded for BTO lawyers - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/VojXY70s5
• Ibiza, Majorca, Menorca and Formentera are being moved onto the government's amber travel list for England. The Balearic Islands will join the list from 04:00 BST on Monday, 15 days after they were moved to the green watchlist https://t.co/0EUvMfHGIK
• Watchdogs consider investigation of Cressida Dick over Daniel Morgan case - Met commissioner’s conduct was criticised in report into police corruption after 1987 unsolved murder https://t.co/1Kg0YxMv4N
• Kent court to close but HMCTS finds local alternative | Law Gazette https://t.co/fEPlmoI8mB
• Kenny MacAskill echoes calls for Lord Advocate’s roles to be split - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/yZci09ZsI
• Law Society expresses impatience with slow court re-opening - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/j8mDKHAMbZ
• Inner House rejects appeal by man who alleged noxious fumes from water treatment plant were entering his garden - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/BIdmpMeht
• The European Union has announced a raft of climate change proposals aimed at pushing it towards its goal of becoming carbon neutral by 2050 https://t.co/vwSfDOo8o8
• Google fined €500m in #France over failure to strike news deal - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/7doYTL2l5x
• The Met Police has denied its policing operation at the Euro 2020 final failed, claiming it had warned Wembley that many ticketless fans were on the way https://t.co/QYVUjshnEN
• Long queues have formed outside shops and petrol stations in #SouthAfrica's port city of Durban following days of unrest sparked by the jailing of former President Jacob Zuma https://t.co/TgBoTJQIBb
• Online racists to be banned from football matches, vows Boris Johnson https://t.co/DCK6rC7wc0 
• Racist abuse of England players - A 37-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of an offence under the Malicious Communications Act, Greater Manchester Police (GMP) said https://t.co/VyOlcs4mgw
• Banks face £1bn class action over forex rigging | Law Gazette https://t.co/WbNV7aSj8
• Court of Session decision provides insight into a difficult balancing act - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/eTsPiMRqS
• Man comes back from brink of death to earn law degree - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/n4sbbQ9T6d
• Pinsent Masons updates bonus scheme - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/VuOv7AlIN1
• #US: Judge allows lawsuit against gunmaker over synagogue shooting to proceed - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/rvTkZmfqw
• Calls made for military rape cases to be tried in civilian courts - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/M3JKPwxj8
• Public access barrister suspended over "hostile emails" to solicitors - Legal Futures https://t.co/z3pldyTQV
• Brodies appointed to legal panel for London Universities Purchasing Consortium - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/GInQCsTwp
• Blockchain network aims to provide “missing link” for conveyancing - Legal Futures https://t.co/BeOISubZRa
• Profit jumps by 30% at Herbert Smith Freehills | Law Gazette https://t.co/r3QaIwgWJB
• #US federal judge ruled that the city of New York was transferring homeless people to group shelters without adequate consideration for their health https://t.co/GbPrnpeNLt
  
• High Court rules against firm over DBA with bankrupt client | Law Gazette https://t.co/e1MZwMtWfL
• Mediators warn against compulsory ADR “on the cheap” - Legal Futures https://t.co/spT0C5ZLyi 
• High Court president 'speechless' at appointment of just five extra judges - Irish Legal News https://t.co/Ye9SnKpfz5
• Portsmouth have begun an investigation after some of their academy players allegedly used racially abusive language in the wake of England's Euro 2020 final defeat https://t.co/L7qmVDdhzR
• Waterstones says it will encourage its customers to continue wearing face coverings in its stores after they cease to be compulsory after 19 July https://t.co/Cs0QD5vjz
• Barrister and ABS owner launches legal recruitment firm - Legal Futures https://t.co/UhdDkTderM
• LSB pushes for greater take-up of legal expenses insurance - Legal Futures https://t.co/KYuJlW7v9x
• Inner House reverses tribunal decision that teacher who had indecent images on computer was unfairly dismissed - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/nsByeOD6x
• BME people in England still facing racial inequality, report says - Legislation, institutional practices and society’s customs continue to harm BME groups, Runnymede Trust report says https://t.co/N8qk1L4cFb
• City firm claiming furlough money despite $1.5m partner profits | Law Gazette https://t.co/5GgxOmeHxi
  
• Law Society of Ireland calls for mental health law reform - Irish Legal News https://t.co/NmXcSBN9sP
• Litigation funding: Maturity and mergers - Legal Futures https://t.co/MhztQp1Krp
• Bill for phased opening of indoor hospitality to be introduced within days - Irish Legal News https://t.co/TCrueRybK
• Troubles legacy: Victims' concern over government statement - It is believed the proposals involve a statute of limitations that would end all prosecutions in Troubles-related cases pre-dating the 1998 peace deal https://t.co/i7xmmtARXI
• Websites for a #Russian-linked ransomware gang blamed for attacks on hundreds of businesses worldwide have gone offline. Monitors say a payment website and a blog run by the REvil group became suddenly unreachable on Tuesday https://t.co/nTAiJqXv8I
• An outbreak of Covid-19 has been confirmed on the Royal Navy's flagship, HMS Queen Elizabeth. There have been around 100 cases on the aircraft carrier, which is part way through a world tour https://t.co/7aGSIuXLh2
• Tardy defendant allowed to fight £101m case ‘by skin of his teeth’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/qmo1M6AQBD
• Kennedys appoints Irish partner to lead EMEA operations - Irish Legal News https://t.co/7yF5Zk4l2c
• Court of Appeal: Injunction granted against prosecution of 88-year-old man in historic sexual abuse case - Irish Legal News https://t.co/r1lYbqG4O8
• John Cairns, professor of civil law at Edinburgh Law School, to chair roundtable on race and the Scottish Enlightenment - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/KydLtFahoX
• Compulsory vaccinations for care home staff in England backed by MPs https://t.co/4Fe80tBBic 
• Law Society issues Covid court warning ahead of ‘freedom day’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/A06OsuWMA1
• CPS diversity declaration rule to put chambers under spotlight - Legal Futures https://t.co/bnaZvch16J
  
• Transvaginal mesh: contracts awarded for private surgery - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/jmToxF0hr6
• England fan who stormed Euro 2020 final at Wembley defends his actions - ‘Pablo’, 24, estimates at least 5,000 ticketless fans got into Wembley on Sunday and explains how they did it https://t.co/L3YRakL4aL
• #Dutch government sued at World Bank tribunal for fossil fuel phase out plan https://t.co/HSOy8cVS3u
• The Special Tribunal for #Lebanon: What does its closure mean for Lebanon? https://t.co/2UJBZuyPiP
  
• A Review on Environmental Impact Assessment of Modunaghat Water Treatment Plant, Chattogram, Bangladesh | Syed Rafid Tahmid https://t.co/pRg6sgDzP
• Hoagy Carmichael was an attorney, a singer and one of the great songwriter/musicians of the great American songbook era https://t.co/pArI9tiUPM