Thursday

12th August - Law News

Edition 3516: 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: Diplomatic tensions between Canada and China continue to rise, after a Chinese court sentenced Canadian businessman Michael Spavor to 11 years in prison

  Focus of the Day Article:
A judge in the Outer House of the Court of Session has refused to recall an interlocutor relating to a motion for interim damages in a personal injury case after the defender’s legal team failed to intimate opposition to the motion in time. Full story - Scottish Legal News


Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Regular round-up of deals involving Irish law firms - Irish Legal News https://t.co/zgZIVFcGX
  • Firm agrees 15-year lease for new London skyscraper | Law Gazette https://t.co/qfOL3AScQ
  • NI: Construction supply chain struggling to keep up with demand - Irish Legal News https://t.co/y4wpaDvRH8
  • Barrister who leaked Heathrow judgment appeals contempt ruling | Law Gazette https://t.co/2jrBSSodh
  • Year 11 student Emily Eames grew up in Colchester and is passionate about English Literature. Here, she writes about a topic close to her heart - feminism https://t.co/eQdtQCCtS
  • An independent review of how fish farms are regulated is underway in a move to make Scottish aquaculture legislation more effective - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/olfijYD84
  • Q&A: Lizzie Colvin, employment lawyer and Irish Olympian - Irish Legal News https://t.co/tKhS7sCQj
  • MoJ ordered to look again at victims' compensation scheme | Law Gazette https://t.co/3YqxYYFZ0
  • Lisa Bryson, partner and head of employment law at Eversheds Sutherland in Belfast, warns employers to be aware of the potential issues around vaccines - Irish Legal News https://t.co/ZMXrxqYAI
  • Law Society launches student competition on climate change and the law - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/3IcQHbXH1Y
  • #China to ban karaoke songs with ‘illegal content’ that endangers national unity: China’s nearly 50,000 venues will be encouraged to provide ‘healthy’ songs rather than those threatening territorial integrity or religious policies https://t.co/qQVewEHJm
  • Immigrants helped make places like Northwest Arkansas in the #US economic dynamos. But their dwindling numbers, a big factor in slower population growth, would have long-term repercussions https://t.co/zDRTvOFTeW
  • Law firm 'disappointed' at being named on minimum wage list | Law Gazette https://t.co/0RFLQ9PH5e
  • #Australian media report that the 27-year-old woman worked for eight months at Sydney's Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital pretending to be a doctor https://t.co/J5fbbDCXh
  • A disability campaigner was left naked and feeling vulnerable when she fell in a hotel bathroom at Mama Shelter London where an emergency alarm cord was tied up out of reach https://t.co/bNIiBSpFzC
  • Four gang members have been convicted of the murder of an NHS worker who was stabbed in the street in east London. David Gomoh, 24, was attacked as he talked on the phone to his girlfriend on 26 April 2020 https://t.co/6DA690asUh
  • Land Registry to pilot lawyer certificate scheme - Legal Futures https://t.co/0TZ1LzOEq3
  • Comyn Kelleher Tobin partner Sinead Fitzgerald and intern Mary Maunsell examine a recent High Court judgment on spousal maintenance and “proper provision” - Irish Legal News https://t.co/2ht8FHTIu
  • QC arbitrators in Man City case were not “beholden” to Premier League - Legal Futures https://t.co/lYs0V7PyMd
  • UK could allow animal tests for cosmetic ingredients for first time since 1998, campaigners say aligning with EU ruling on chemical testing will ‘blow a hole’ in UK leadership on cruelty-free cosmetics https://t.co/cAGpBULnE8
  • Scottish Law Agents’ Society backs preservation of ‘not proven’ - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/gKPcTocaS
  • #German police arrest Briton on suspicion of spying for Russia - Employee at British embassy in Berlin suspected of passing on documents in exchange for cash https://t.co/DmNj7aQdAa
  • High Court rejects appeal by struck-off pension scam solicitor - Legal Futures https://t.co/XSUtImrseg
  • A court in #China has convicted a Canadian businessman of espionage and sentenced him to 11 years in prison. Michael Spavor has been detained since 2018, after being arrested with fellow Canadian ex-diplomat Michael Kovrig https://t.co/rjzsb3FR7
  • Rescue mission fails to find British human rights lawyer Mehri Jafari missing on mountain | Law Gazette https://t.co/at0uEoLfBE
  • Facebook has removed hundreds of accounts which it says were involved in anti-vax disinformation campaigns operated from #Russia. The company said the network of accounts targeted India, Latin America and the US https://t.co/qnkL2E1SkN 
  • Asylum seeker cleared of people smuggling has said he was made a "scapegoat" by British authorities. Fouad Kakaei, who steered a dinghy across the English Channel, was found not guilty at a second trial after appealing against his first conviction https://t.co/zUBQ7thWjA
  • Prince Andrew can't ignore courts, says Virginia Giuffre's lawyer - Prince Andrew should allow a jury to decide what happened, David Boies, the lawyer of Virginia Giuffre, said https://t.co/2j7ObiUu0w 
  • #India’s police stations are human rights threat, says chief justice Nuthalapati Ramana issues extraordinary rebuke over ‘custodial torture and other police atrocities’ https://t.co/JOFgvuNGAf 
  • Joe Gavin departs ByrneWallace to head Maltese finance regulator - Irish Legal News https://t.co/m0mZcKWCNX 
  • SRA demands law firms confirm they are playing by transparency rules | Law Gazette https://t.co/aOGUHi3AWT
  • NI: QUB School of Law admitted to Law Schools Global League - Irish Legal News https://t.co/97V8fKFYnw
  • Aberdeen man who failed to appoint replacement contract administrator loses appeal on housebuilding dispute - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/NPDjdlO4Rz
  • Emergency Brexit powers for lorry queues to be made permanent. Exclusive: ministers to make traffic provisions indefinite in expectation of further cross-Channel disruption https://t.co/SRjuIJCvLZ
  • The Magistrates’ Association argues that if an offence is committed before a young person’s 18th birthday, their case should be dealt with in youth court | Law Gazette https://t.co/d5sk0Ri6yP
  • MoJ ordered to look again at victims' compensation scheme | Law Gazette https://t.co/3YqxYYXAoB

Wednesday

11th August - Law News

Edition 3515: LawNewsIndex is a UK based daily legal news archive on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Jurisprudence, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics & Human Rights since 2011  

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 Today's Highlighted Video Story:
This Body explores the relationship between Black Americans and the medical industry. Sydney Hall, a participant in a coronavirus vaccine trial grapples with questions of trust and the hope of saving lives whilst her community grapples with the historical fallout of the Tuskegee syphilis experiment and contemporary abuses that continue to this day

  Focus of the Day Article:
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has written to 8,000 law firms to demand a declaration that their websites are compliant with the transparency rules and display its clickable logo. Full story - Legal Futures


Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Investigation has revealed the scale of operations by a shadowy #Russian mercenary group in Libya's civil war, which includes links to war crimes and the Russian military https://t.co/ixa0JHSGNQ
  • Best of the blogs - 7 August 2021 | Law Gazette https://t.co/IaWSywbIgg
  • NI: Cleaver Fulton Rankin appoints Kerry McCloy to lead legaltech group - Irish Legal News https://t.co/eANuLawslx
  • The UK was "by far" the main origin of the "abhorrent racist abuse" on Twitter after England lost the Euro 2020 final, the social media platform has said https://t.co/lNR2sGqbwZ
  • A former prison officer has been jailed for forming a relationship with an inmate and helping him escape. Erica Whittingham, 33, became "smitten" with violent robber Michael Seddon after her marriage broke down https://t.co/ItoDAcpPSC
  • Without adequate resources the war against money laundering is destined to fail | Law Gazette https://t.co/ajP783VgE
  • Brodies profits reach £39m amid bonuses for staff - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/IpNsX3TBju 
  • #France extends Covid health pass after fourth weekend of protests https://t.co/Ire6u3sRnY
  • New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has resigned after an inquiry found he sexually harassed multiple women, prompting efforts to remove him #US https://t.co/IE7VwTozSW
  • Insurers cash in on RTA claims drop during lockdown | Law Gazette https://t.co/zV8xyqRLEX 
  • #Belarus regime steps up ‘purge’ of activists and media - Alexander Lukashenko leading ‘vicious operation to eviscerate critical voices’ and civil society, rights groups warn https://t.co/OCY4CoNMaw 
  • More firms celebrate record partner profits | Law Gazette https://t.co/Kkn1MJ6QIE
  • Independence of CJEU comes into question - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/sODAw2zAwE 
  • SRA demands firms declare compliance with transparency rules - Legal Futures https://t.co/uCNsIlvvI0 
  • Trainee solicitor Mark O'Sullivan was killed by brother and father - Irish Legal News https://t.co/jSEz0QaHFr
  • Report online material promoting terrorism or extremism https://t.co/IYf1cHOdk2 
  • Tributes paid to woman found dead on country lane in Leicestershire. Man arrested on suspicion of murder and rape after discovery of Megan Newborough’s body near village https://t.co/dtVEHN7INA 
  • Covid contracts: inquiry to look into use of WhatsApp, says ICO - Information commissioner confirms Lord Bethell’s use of messaging app will be investigated https://t.co/foLIvr3ElD
  • 'Political cat's paw': sacked Sharpston speaks out on CJEU | Law Gazette https://t.co/zgLqrCrri8 
  • Jamaica calls for deportation flight from UK to be halted over Covid fears - High commissioner urges Home Office to stop flight after outbreak among those due to be onboard https://t.co/GuRaMInT1H
  • Scottish Health Secretary Humza Yousaf and his wife have launched legal action against a Dundee nursery claiming it discriminated against their daughter. Little Scholars in Broughty Ferry said it had no availability after applying for their two-year-old https://t.co/zZthnrwjNL
  • Chasing joy – employee wellbeing and the four-day week - Legal Futures https://t.co/27QZRaWXTg
  • ESPC: Selling prices continue to rise as demand soars in the suburbs - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/DLN4ANbF9X
  • Judge warns parties to expect sanctions for incorrect e-bundles - Legal Futures https://t.co/CiPPetHPbf
  • The police bill is not about law and order – it’s about state control - In a chilling erosion of our freedom of expression, ministers will have the power to suppress any protest they don’t agree with https://t.co/dNaCsC9E04
  • Black lawyers most likely to say racial injustice has held back careers - Legal Futures https://t.co/YGptH5ReA
  • Sainsbury’s failed to warn cat owners of toxic food recall due to email issues. Customers who had opted out of marketing mail were excluded from alerts about a nationwide product recall https://t.co/QwK5iyVnz5 
  • #China court upholds death sentence against Canadian Robert Schellenberg. Ruling comes as verdict expected in trial of fellow Canadian Michael Spavor https://t.co/t826wYssZh
  • Trainee solicitor banned over past stalking conviction | Law Gazette https://t.co/HyJajgOaj3
  • #Mexican drug cartel threatens to kill TV reporter - The warning was made by a man who said it was on behalf of the leader of the Jalisco New Generation cartel https://t.co/LHcHadwmMc
  • Rachel Uchitel on the N.D.A. She Signed With Tiger Woods: For more than a decade, a sweeping nondisclosure agreement with Tiger Woods, brokered by Gloria Allred, has ruled her life. Now she’s ready to rip it up https://t.co/y6JabnXFWh 
  • Ex-Officer Who Killed Mentally Disabled Man Is Charged With Manslaughter - The California attorney general’s office filed charges against Salvador Sanchez, a former Los Angeles officer who shot Kenneth French #US https://t.co/mgHzZ3DqEM
  • Charles Loeb: The Black Reporter Who Exposed an Atomic Bomb Lie - Charles H. Loeb defied the American military’s denials and propaganda to show how deadly radiation from the strike on Hiroshima sickened and killed #US https://t.co/b6FPRn1A5G
  • A Defiant Cuomo Seeks to Buy Time as Lawmakers Prepare for Impeachment - Legislators could decide by early next month to try to force the governor from office over allegations that he sexually harassed 11 women #US https://t.co/gHyyQDYpvw
  • Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya: ‘Belarusians weren’t ready for this level of cruelty’ #Belarus https://t.co/KEJC9dwyr
  • Health minister denies plan for exclusion zones law has been dropped - Irish Legal News https://t.co/ulNolQ9qzv
  • New Children Act changes – what you need to know - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/IEQc0xEUkW 
  • Whitehall lawyers demand apology for 'outrageous' underpayment | Law Gazette https://t.co/mL6RRKGRZ8
  • One of the bigger providers of Covid PCR test kits has responded after images of overflowing drop boxes were shared online. The firm, Randox, said it was increasing the number of drop boxes and the frequency of box collections https://t.co/a1TfYcv0Zg
  • A major investigation has been launched into care home entrepreneur Gavin Woodhouse. It will focus on investments he offered in care homes and hotels, some of which were in Wales https://t.co/Nz8pGhxvi
  • Advocate Craig Murray raises funds for Dreams Come True - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/oZ7H8vbNo
  • A&O heads to Silicon Valley in US expansion drive | Law Gazette https://t.co/3haWJ1YjK
  • David Cameron made about $10m (£7m) from Greensill Capital before the finance company collapsed, documents obtained by BBC Panorama suggest. The documents indicate the former prime minister received $4.5m after cashing in Greensill shares in 2019 https://t.co/5Wox4j9KpQ 
  • The Institute of Economic Affairs has lost a two-year battle with LBC radio presenter James O’Brien over claims the registered charity is a politically motivated lobbying organisation funded by “dark money” https://t.co/l32dQHFP1x
  • Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre sues Prince Andrew: Giuffre accuses Andrew of sexual abuse at Epstein’s mansion when she was under 18 https://t.co/0JXdbDIyXW
  • Idiotic anti-vaccine protesters storm BBC HQ – years after it moved out https://t.co/dGamE5Salh 
  • R&B singer R. Kelly has appeared in court in New York, as jury selection for his sex trafficking trial begins. It comes more than two years after he was charged with abusing women and underage girls for almost two decades #US https://t.co/CWWqqpg2O
  • England: New offence of ‘pet abduction’ to punish dognappers - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/RpLsr5A1d
  • S&G assistant who joked about Jimmy Savile loses employment case | Law Gazette https://t.co/4lvBSO4K
  • Teachers’ fury as lawyers line up A-level results appeals | Law Gazette https://t.co/9PgnMnVPOh 
  • COP26: Weekend courts imposed on defence lawyers - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/5Ua8h854n3

Tuesday

10th August - Law News

Edition 3514: 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:
Webinar on SRA's current thinking on restricting fees in financial services mis-selling cases, and how solicitors can help shape any proposals. The Financial Guidance and Claims Act 2018 places a statutory duty on us to make rules which prevent excessive fees being charged by law firms for all claims management agreements and claims management activities relating to financial products or services

  Focus of the Day Article:
In Hughes v Rattan [2021] EWHC 2032 (QB), the High Court was asked to answer the following question. Was the owner of a dental practice liable for the dental negligence of a self-employed dentist engaged to work in the practice? The claim arose from NHS care provided by three different associate dentists.  The preliminary issue was whether the practice owner was liable by reason of: a) a non-delegable duty of care; or b) vicarious liability. The Court answered: “yes” and “yes”. Full story - UK Human Rights Blog


Saturday Conversations on Law
  • 7 things that make Macfarlanes ‘meaningfully different’ - Legal Cheek https://t.co/1RVixOVZTV 
  • Survey finds overwhelming support for preservation of ‘not proven’ - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/FBwPHGHtSs 
  • Dental Negligence, Vicarious Liability and Non-Delegable Duty: A Test Case - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/cTynDCSaig 
  • High Court permits desertion of indictment against mentally ill man in favour of raising new indictment - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/mOP7UdMMtQ
  • Taylor Wessing ups NQ lawyer pay to £81k and confirms 74% retention score - Legal Cheek https://t.co/cSwkHQciTU
  • Board work makes you a better lawyer - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/8j2v9q9SZ
  • Plea in Delhi High Court seeks FIR against Rahul Gandhi for disclosing identity of 9-year-old Dalit rape victim by tweeting parents' photos | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/bZPgPJOAT
  • When it comes to cases involving Palestinians, Israeli courts are increasingly pushing for compromises rather than making a clear decision, generally for fear of a backlash https://t.co/Q6nDyDC62D 
  • Herbert Smith Freehills launches legal ops graduate training scheme - Legal Cheek https://t.co/uAJLgUK1DS
  • Bill to amend WA Children’s Court could compromise independence of judiciary, Law Society says - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/CZxqiHphxC 
  • Germany's federal court declares Facebook’s hate speech curbs to be in breach of citizens' constitutional rights - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/YOeDBH7sZh
  • Gap between big and small PI firms continues to grow - Legal Futures https://t.co/nqeRWhI5Ay 
  • Eight-year-old becomes youngest person charged with blasphemy in #Pakistan, Hindu boy faces possible death penalty after being accused of intentionally urinating in a madrassa library https://t.co/GPv57DdvDB
  • Governor Fayemi signs legislative, judiciary autonomy bills, others into law #Nigeria https://t.co/qdng8ayXc
  • Up to 70% of people referred to Prevent (the official scheme intended to stop people becoming terrorists) may have mental health issues. Increasing numbers of children also being radicalised by far-right groups, say police https://t.co/xlo5j4id7B
  • Does Lord Digby Jones’ accent criticism merit new legislation? - Legal Cheek https://t.co/mpGUfeE50p
  • Executive assistant to New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has broken her anonymity and called for accountability over his alleged sexual harassment. Brittany Commisso's claims were first detailed in a report which found Mr Cuomo sexually harassed 11 women #US https://t.co/1iY6QRYjj7
  • A police operation which resulted in a terrorist being killed could not have been more effective given the circumstances, an inquest has heard. Sudesh Amman, 20, was killed by armed surveillance officers after he stabbed two people on Streatham High Road https://t.co/tdMXuqMb8V
  • Is adaptive space the key to the future legal workplace? - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/dy0TgL4miv
  • Judicial authorities in #IvoryCoast have freed 78 people arrested during a violence-marred presidential election last year https://t.co/4S2kqTSMxc
  • Sydney police need to be more aware of Legal Observers, says NSWCCL - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/7C1KGaf39H
  • The Court of Appeal has upheld a decision not to aggregate as one the claims a Yorkshire law firm’s indemnity insurer is facing because of a multi-million pound fraud run by one partner - Legal Futures https://t.co/Nn8CMQir9
  • CBI arrests 5 for derogatory posts about judiciary, an MP and MLA examined #India https://t.co/ZBaScVJZce
  • White & Case lawyers cast predictions for the post-pandemic world - Legal Cheek https://t.co/6j6WZrfwpL
  • As a direct result of Brexit, Vodafone has become the second UK mobile company to reintroduce roaming charges for users travelling in Europe https://t.co/qRaXEPcXj7
  • Arkansas judge temporarily blocks state's law banning mask mandates in school #US https://t.co/aFHs0aVllc
  • Targeted by Mumbai Police for supporting Raj Kundra: Gehana Vasisth to Mumbai Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/08npp4Pxmi
  • Trainee solicitor banned from profession for past stalking conviction - Legal Futures https://t.co/HIUANfcmC
  • You can’t please ‘em all – people-pleasers and psychiatric injury in the workplace - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/e4TOSSCGJb
  • As Afghan Cities Fall to Taliban, Brutal New Chapter of Why the #US and its Allies Ever Went to War Remains the Lesson https://t.co/v7WGo2dxRk 
  • Bosses battle over rights and wrongs of ‘no jab, no job’. While big-name US firms can compel their staff to be vaccinated against Covid, in the UK the issue is a legal and moral minefield https://t.co/PwddsFbSi
  • Gap between big and small PI firms continues to grow - Legal Futures https://t.co/nqeRWhZGZ8 
  • Slater & Gordon (S&G) dismissed a legal assistant over offensive Facebook posts on Muslims and Jimmy Savile, and not because she was pregnant, an employment tribunal has found - Legal Futures https://t.co/vL1KOoQZ3k
  • Legal blogger offers sneak peek inside magic circle firm’s perk-filled office - Legal Cheek https://t.co/qNw9rQdjHs
  • A top aide to New York state's Governor Andrew Cuomo has resigned amid a sexual harassment scandal involving her boss. Melissa DeRosa, secretary to Mr Cuomo, announced her resignation on Sunday #US https://t.co/G3gs1MMRA3
  • Same-sex parents battle for inclusive paperwork for baby - Kate and Gemma Fox, from Exeter, have encountered numerous forms they cannot fill in because they only offer space for the names of a mother and a father https://t.co/fzNfi0WpoB
  • Alibaba to sack manager accused of rape: the Chinese company is working with police after a female worker said her male boss raped her in a hotel room while she was unconscious after a "drunken night" #China https://t.co/bEfzhOjBEe
  • #Thai police have charged a 27-year-old man in connection with the death of a Swiss woman who was found near a waterfall on the resort island of Phuket last week. Local officials identified the victim as Nicole Sauvain-Weisskopf https://t.co/3WrMMC6k46 
  • Humanity's damaging impact on the climate is a "statement of fact", say UN scientists in a landmark study. The report says that ongoing emissions of warming gases could also see a key temperature limit broken in just over a decade https://t.co/XGOgdaXC4D
  • Revealed: anti-terror snooping law used for fly-tippers and parking. Campaigners say councils are using Ripa powers to catch ‘low-level’ offenders and disregarding the public’s right to privacy https://t.co/dp9WHqAyf6
  • Is Indian Railways liable to pay compensation for train running late? Supreme Court agrees to examine plea against NCDRC order | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/2DyvVFyiyk 
  • The Guardian view on French Covid pass protesters: attention must be paid | Editorial https://t.co/KRAy7uWz17
  • Great [tech] expectations: Can outside counsel deliver? - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/mTaNRc9Ax
  • Britain must not desert its Afghan interpreters although the US and UK have abandoned their country after 20 years https://t.co/0yIspDkt7a
  • Pupil barrister pay hits £75,000 as top London sets boost awards - Legal Cheek https://t.co/Uxyy1jlshH
  • Plea in Delhi High Court seeks FIR against Rahul Gandhi for disclosing identity of 9-year-old Dalit rape victim by tweeting parents' photos | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/bZPgPJx01N
  • Future magic circle trainee Will Holmes examines the conceptions of legal personhood - Legal Cheek https://t.co/ggzUkquezN 
  • [Industrial Disputes Act] Though the Labour enactment says it is for speedy disposal, it moves at a snail's pace: Madras High Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/AKaOUbhxJ9
  • Cautious elation in response to $378.6m redress for Stolen Generations - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/sLxy1dB03w
  • Telangana High Court stays State GO allocating nearly ₹60 crores to fight contempt cases | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/eJza3qzxIt 
  • Rightwing radio host and anti-vaxxer dies of Covid: Dick Farrel was a vociferous critic of Dr Anthony Fauci and urged people not to get vaccinated #US https://t.co/wcHkLWKEyw
  • NHS still not recognising British citizens’ overseas Covid jabs, says peer https://t.co/ZUsTMeFKI3

Monday

9th August - Law News

Edition 3513: 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:
We are hardly even done with the Covid-19 pandemic, but scientists are warning that something far worse is round the corner. We talk about this with Professor Peter Collignon, an Infectious Diseases Physician and Clinical Microbiologist, and a World Health Organization expert on antibiotic resistance.

  Focus of the Day Article:
Barristers have warned of ‘serious shortcomings’ in Home Office plans to counter state threats. Full story - The New Law Journal


Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Get jabbed before coming to the office, US firms tell lawyers - Legal Cheek https://t.co/Py49mbZQFK 
  • Language cannot be connected to any religion; Urdu can be taught in areas where there are few Muslims: Allahabad High Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/f9Jk3fxM6y 
  • Pinsent Masons keeps 63 of 72 autumn qualifying trainees - Legal Cheek https://t.co/jOYHB76B23 
  • Best tips and tricks to applying for clerkships as a disabled person - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/OshGjvZTqF 
  • Oxford Uni confirms law exams will be online next academic year - Legal Cheek https://t.co/GRkjeBM8Ag 
  • Gibson Dunn hikes London junior lawyer salaries to £145k - Legal Cheek https://t.co/Lq4QmGRJ8o
  • Authorising unregistered care and deprivation of liberty - Martin Downs - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/pM4SsslTbj 
  • Over 500 lawyers have signed an open letter rejecting government plans to open courts on evenings and weekends - Legal Cheek https://t.co/vj2swGmvm8 
  • #SaudiArabia is to begin accepting vaccinated foreign visitors to the holy cities of Mecca and Medina as part of the Umrah pilgrimage https://t.co/Xz4UiRX3X5
  • Compulsory Vaccination for Care Home Workers - legislation coming into force in November - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/8qA2Mc3HVG 
  • Why sexism is still a problem at the most ‘gender-equal’ Olympics: Sexualisation, policing of testosterone levels and underrepresentation of women in top sports jobs are just some of the issues https://t.co/UA8WZLV9yf
  • Michael Calvey, an American businessman working in #Russia who had been convicted on embezzlement charges, maintained he was innocent and called the conviction “simply outrageous” after he was given a suspended sentence of five and a half years https://t.co/KNOnjb5Q0y
  • AI in healthcare: a legal and ethical balancing act - Legal Cheek https://t.co/fhLTYrmHu
  • Regulating content on user-to user and search service providers - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/CwFyFO3qHQ
  • Clyde & Co confirms 79% autumn trainee retention score - Legal Cheek https://t.co/wqbMjSmO20
  • Call centre used by UK firms accused of intrusively monitoring home workers. Unions say Teleperformance also asked some staff based overseas to give biometric and medical data https://t.co/gNZQbzsTRy
  • Given the exacerbation of psychological safety concerns in the age of coronavirus, legal professionals have to be more purposeful in the ways they engage and give greater consideration to the long-term - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/LzQJfBjL01
  • Protégé: The reality behind preparing for life as a barrister - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/coqUWtZmLF 
  • Swimmers planning a dip in Wales' rivers have been warned to be wary of sewage and pollution before diving in. Dŵr Cymru's own figures revealed that in 2020, raw sewage was dumped in Wales' rivers more than 100,000 times for almost 900,000 hours https://t.co/Z68CFikxGZ 
  • Environment Secretary George Eustice has defended a controversial decision to put down an alpaca that has tested positive for bovine tuberculosis twice. Geronimo was condemned to death by a High Court judge last month https://t.co/8G3L4OtAeP 
  • Four million people are to be offered flu jabs this year in Scotland's largest-ever winter vaccination programme. The free vaccine has been extended to protect as many lives as possible and avoid additional pressure on the NHS https://t.co/Z7gaT01BJU
  • Fully vaccinated people can now visit #France without quarantining on their return to the UK, after travel rule changes came into force at 04:00 BST https://t.co/9LGdn17KDj
  • The Image of a Western Politician in the #Polish Post-War Public Discourse: The Bruno Kreisky Case | Agnieszka KiszteliÅ„ska-WÄ™grzyÅ„ska https://t.co/T4jKP1lHoy
  • Dr Danielle Malek Roosa’s working day starts at 3:00am at the World Bank and finishes in the early afternoon. While the schedule can be “brutal”, she’s doing work she loves and has found the right balance for herself and her family - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/QsJMvbCfZn 
  • What does the future hold for City lawyers? - Legal Cheek https://t.co/v70xC1nMnA
  • Delhi court sentences priest to life imprisonment for raping minors in temple precincts, quotes American poet Maya Angelou | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/e7pfD7W1Az 
  • ‘Empathy and compassion’ can be used to drive client success - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/oF5NuWUda3 
  • Language cannot be connected to any religion; Urdu can be taught in areas where there are few Muslims: Allahabad High Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/f9Jk3fxM6y
  • Addleshaw Goddard, Clyde & Co and Osborne Clarke post solid 2021 financials - Legal Cheek https://t.co/ECh8XzGKdJ
  • GCs need to make sure they are out on the front foot and be ready to discuss and advocate D&I strategies in the governance and sustainability context - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/WjtYANaNO1
  • Apply now: The Legal Cheek UK Virtual Law Fair 2021: The fair takes place from 2pm until 5pm on Tuesday 7 September 2021 - Legal Cheek https://t.co/XLAMxxRl8o Aug 08, 2021
  • Grievances on residential accommodation of Judicial officers raised in Bombay High Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/LGraRo1oY1

Sunday

8th August - Law News

Edition 3512: 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:
Preparations are under way in the United States for memorial events marking 20 years since the September 11 attacks. Relatives of victims continue to demand answers as to whether the Saudi Arabian government was involved. In the meanwhile, as Taliban forces retake Afghanistan driving out the US installed regime, questions remain over who truly benefitted over two decades of war in Afghanistan and Iraq.



Saturday Conversations on Law
  • HMCTS denies plans to bring in weekend trials | Law Gazette https://t.co/yuL06j2F21
  • Two off-duty police officers who stood by as President Donald Trump's backers stormed the #US Capitol in Washington DC on 6 January have lost their jobs. Alexander Everett and Caitlin Everett, a married couple from Seattle, were fired https://t.co/qyl8lQanrC
  • A tour operator was liable for breach of contract and under regulations implementing the 1992 Package Travel Directive where a tourist was sexually assaulted by a hotel electrician, the Supreme Court has held | NLJ https://t.co/m6aqMGzGrl
  • Consultation launched on proposed product safety law - Irish Legal News https://t.co/1IQAYFmkg
  • Employers should be mindful of the changing pandemic restrictions and what they mean for office occupancy and health and safety - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/JChJsUSfE
  • History was made after three female judges sat as the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) in Swansea Crown Court―the first time the court has sat in Wales comprising all women | NLJ https://t.co/Omj9eOFaEp
  • Ministers have been accused by a Fianna Fáil senator of “politicising” the role of the Attorney General in their response to the controversy over an event at the Merrion Hotel - Irish Legal News https://t.co/jydua8mslg 
  • ‘Rare but real’: Bar works with judges to tackle bullying | Law Gazette https://t.co/C5zDwP4ub5 
  • A lawyer for James P. Spears said in court papers that Mr. Spears loves his daughter Britney Spears and that he is not to blame for some of the actions to which she has objected https://t.co/15adUV9oWR 
  • Intellectual property (IP) officials in South Africa have made history by awarding a patent that names an artificial intelligence (AI) as the inventor | NLJ https://t.co/KOy3i41ScY
  • Regulations to improve cross-border distribution of investment funds signed into law - Irish Legal News https://t.co/tmkKP21T
  • The Disclosure Pilot has been extended until 31 December 2022 to allow the amendments to ‘bed down’, following feedback from lawyers | NLJ https://t.co/eSt3iNAk9l 
  • The Metropolitan Police said they were called to an address in Noel Park Road in Wood Green on Friday evening after concerns about residents' safety. A 61-year-old man was stabbed, a police officer was slashed and a second officer was assaulted https://t.co/ykBKV0Gai
  • Lisa Banes, a film, theater and television actress who appeared in the thriller “Gone Girl,” died on June 14, days after she was struck by a man riding a scooter as she crossed the street in Manhattan #US https://t.co/VjGTMSW99n
  • Apple criticised for system that loftily claims to detect child abuse, but there are major concerns that the technology would be expanded and used by authoritarian governments to spy on its own citizens https://t.co/ynvnIA1XsP
  • Anti-vacc solicitor who died with Covid-19 made ‘terrible mistake’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/fROmOp4I4
  • Menopause at centre of increasing number of UK employment tribunals: Rise in women taking employers to court citing event as proof of unfair dismissal and discrimination https://t.co/UYMQvGIKN3 
  • #Myanmar Ambassador, Who Opposed Coup, Is Target of Assassination Plot - Federal prosecutors in Manhattan said two Myanmar citizens living in New York plotted over the past month to attack and potentially kill the country’s ambassador to the United Nations https://t.co/TCAbbdXbwd
  • How Cuomo went from #MeToo ally to a one-man battle to discredit women - The New York governor’s self-defense follows the playbook of powerful men accused of sexual misconduct – but it’s shocking given his history of advocacy #US https://t.co/AWmglCluTj
  • Barristers have warned of ‘serious shortcomings’ in Home Office plans to counter state threats | NLJ https://t.co/X386Nqh10
  • Amazon Prevails Over Reliance in #India's Supreme Court - The Indian Supreme Court upheld the U.S. company’s effort to stop the sale of supermarkets, in a rare win for foreign businesses there https://t.co/i6jvSbJLrO
  • The pandemic has forced changes to almost every aspect of our lives. In WPH Developments Limited v Young & Gault LLP (in liquidation) 2021 CSIH 39, the Court of Session, however, confirmed one thing which won’t change: the law on prescription https://t.co/OyBwYavqCL
  • The Taliban in #Afghanistan say they have captured a prison in the northern province of Jawzjan and freed all of the prisoners https://t.co/6wF0pp0sC5
  • Discursive construction of an 'anti-immigration Europe' by the right-wing political groups in the European Parliament | Kamber Güler https://t.co/MeX21KPnU
  • Conditions at shelters housing unaccompanied minors apprehended at the border have improved since early spring but are still drawing harsh criticism: Biden Administration Is Still Struggling to Care for Migrant Children #US https://t.co/VygLLUCB9
  • As a child, Theary Seng escaped #Cambodia’s killing fields. After returning there as a human rights advocate, she angered the country’s strongman leader. But she refuses to be driven away again https://t.co/aMkC6eV0cS
  • #Italians Embrace a ‘Green Pass’ to Prove Vaccination on Its First Day - While such measures have prompted protests in France and divided Americans, Italians are enjoying a season of rationality under Prime Minister Mario Draghi https://t.co/Bw7PlveWK6
  • Cuomo Lawyers Hit Back as Aide Who Says He Groped Her Files Complaint - The criminal complaint from the woman, an executive assistant whose name has not been publicized, increases the possibility that Gov. Andrew Cuomo could face charges #US https://t.co/BWgxhU3BQg
  • Counterfeiters who run a sophisticated operation or risk significant harm will receive tougher sentences up to a maximum of ten years or an unlimited fine, under Sentencing Council guidelines | NLJ https://t.co/D8X2G5HEkC 
  • Appeal court upholds fraud conviction over medical agency | Law Gazette https://t.co/TqLxjC9ch4
  • Brown warns court backlog will take years to clear - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/1r6QMJlzZx 
  • City firms flash green credentials | Law Gazette https://t.co/3Rd9zJ9RcI
  • Solicitor sent for trial over alleged €268,000 property registration fraud - Irish Legal News https://t.co/HSKfKzEiAg
  • Online dispute resolution should be part of the engine of recovery | Law Gazette https://t.co/0QFXv0PmPU 
  • Appointments at Murray Beith Murray - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/wi4v0NzxXR
  • Family members of the victims of the 11 September 2001 terror attacks have called on President Joe Biden to stay away from memorial events unless he declassifies files about the attacks #US https://t.co/YfmyIG42Z1
  • NI: Cleaver Fulton Rankin appoints Kerry McCloy to lead legaltech group - Irish Legal News https://t.co/eANuLawslx
  • Anger as Boris Johnson does not isolate after staffer’s positive Covid test https://t.co/I7g7cGEt3z 
  • Shops accused of failing to publicise recall of food linked to cat deaths https://t.co/RpJsKaXT61

Saturday

7th August - Law News

Edition 3511: 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:
Treating wife's body as something owing to the husband and committing sexual act against her will is marital rape, the Kerala High Court has said. The observation came while the court dismissed two appeals filed by a man challenging the decision of a family court granting divorce. A bench of the High Court, comprising Justice A Muhamed Mustaque and Justice Kauser Edappagath, said marriage and divorce must be under the secular law and time has come to recast the marriage law of the country.


Saturday Conversations on Law
  • New podcast to explore unsolved murder - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Zum71A4rq8 
  • Dr Eimear Spain reappointed to Psychologists Registration Board - Irish Legal News https://t.co/wax0KnijWR 
  • US: Lawyers pardoned for waving guns at Black Lives Matter protesters - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/cHcvqgEOXp 
  • NI: Barrister welcome plan for modernisation of civil and family justice system - Irish Legal News https://t.co/ouFBTinrgY
  • Dependency victory for relatives of deceased businessman | Law Gazette https://t.co/Y7m3sVtXDT 
  • An anaesthetist who poisoned his partner in a series of botched exorcism ceremonies is facing jail. Hossam Metwally, 61, performed a "dangerous perversion" of the Islamic Ruqya ritual on Kelly Wilson at the couple's home in Grimbsy https://t.co/CUeB7AJQ
  • Snickers #Spain pulls TV advert after homophobia accusations https://t.co/Jf7aYxHXbe
  • Long Covid – lessons for local government employers - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/MMoFQZSaoD 
  • Brian Collins joins Nasc legal service - Irish Legal News https://t.co/xnrtN1mv8A
  • Downing Street has refused to grant a stay of execution to an alpaca that faces the prospect of being killed after twice testing positive for bovine tuberculosis https://t.co/0XXjqPDuM
  • If the government cared about free speech, it would reform the London libel industry - Recent action against a book about Putin shows what can happen when journalism collides with the English legal system https://t.co/FkkoBVxGhV
  • Domestic abuse rehabilitation scheme for heterosexual couples only - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/HgKR6MD1PB
  • Clarity for Crown court over trade mark offences | Law Gazette https://t.co/av43KsDEv
  • Govanhill Law Centre future in doubt as Scottish government refuses funding - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/f80njtJim
  • Parking fines could be increased to as much as £120 under Scottish government proposals - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/itS8M2Yt8e
  • Airdrie sheriff finds liferent interest should be included in divorcing couple’s matrimonial property - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Hw86B3sQRw
  • Doireann O'Mahony joins Normanton Chambers - Irish Legal News https://t.co/YcnI8PnJj1
  • Brighton toddler death: Mother Verphy Kudi jailed for leaving toddler alone for days https://t.co/h0fB3SrKou
  • BigLaw business model “not sustainable”, says Mayson - Legal Futures https://t.co/QsERbNnWul 
  • ‘Protecting our people’: US firms insist on staff vaccination | Law Gazette https://t.co/RoHreUQEw
  • Bar Council and judiciary to take action on bullying from the bench - Legal Futures https://t.co/zDKJ5krMtS 
  • Solicitor General apologises for delays into Katie Allan inquiry - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/gmD3cPDjvI 
  • Major study proposes ODR to handle small business debt cases - Legal Futures https://t.co/JskNZPr3Cr
  • NI: Joint action plan aims to resolve parental issues outside of court - Irish Legal News https://t.co/BVyD8tY9u5
  • The football-loving lawyer Fatuma Abdulkadir Adan, moving the goalposts for girls’ rights in #Kenya – podcast https://t.co/3sS1MUXNir
  • ‘A violation’: football star recounts having to strip during match to prove she was female - Tabitha Chawinga, a #Malawi international who plays in China, has called for greater safeguards against abuse in her home country https://t.co/myVQnaVZ3j 
  • News network CNN has sacked three employees for going into an office without having been vaccinated against Covid. It is legal in the #US for firms to require employees to be vaccinated https://t.co/D3Bngcsea
  • DAS medical report fraudster loses appeal against conviction - Legal Futures https://t.co/An85K4FhkC
  • Positive discrimination: the case for legal reform | Law Gazette https://t.co/PxRATkwsiu
  • Groundbreaking research shows that extremist attackers are often united in their violent misogyny, whatever their ideology: What do many terrorists have in common? They abuse women https://t.co/IUWAF2azvm 
  • A confidential sexual harassment reporting line is to be introduced for female guests in quarantine hotels. The move by the Department for Health and Social Care comes after another woman reported being harassed by a male security guard https://t.co/aILjlhgJlC
  • Governor Cuomo relied on a shrinking cadre of trusted advisers to guide strategy over sexual harassment allegations and to hit back at the women who accused him #US https://t.co/XihI4lUHaK
  • Biden, in a Push to Phase Out Gas Cars, Tightens Pollution Rules #US https://t.co/WhEBxn8hD6 
  • Cyclist who ignored warning sign and collided with car loses personal injury appeal - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/sHH2eUDLDH
  • Outcry over plan to deport Jamaican nationals who came to UK as children - Move comes despite Home Office ‘agreement’ not to remove those who arrived in Britain under age of 12 https://t.co/5zxx2hDpJd
  • #Australia borders: Citizens living overseas could be 'trapped' if they return https://t.co/0kmvdt1vYi
  • 100-Year-Old Alleged Former Nazi Will Stand Trial on Charges of Involvement of the Deaths of Nearly 3,500 Jews #Germany https://t.co/xrqLqoVNn
  • A #Chinese state media interview with an Olympic gold medallist Gong Lijiao asking when she would get married and have children, has sparked backlash online https://t.co/6aEIJ5P9nx
  • The government has defended the UK's climate conference president Alok Sharma after criticism over his international travels - without quarantine https://t.co/1mKZlXbnBF
  • NI: Court of Appeal: Department of Communities successfully appeals 'terminally ill' benefits case - Irish Legal News https://t.co/3gag3r6yvW
  • Vaccine passports look inevitable, so what rights do New Zealanders have? #NewZealand https://t.co/MzMYW03goa
  • Lawyers pledge to boycott extended court hours | Law Gazette https://t.co/kRT1HMsTof
  • Are landmark laws failing those tricked out of their homes by landlords? - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Ssn55cyaQW
  • Cop26 president Alok Sharma flew to 30 countries in 7 months. Minister responsible for climate conference travelled mainly during winter and spring and did not isolate https://t.co/VESKkH6lLw
  • Covid ping causes collapse of murder trial | Law Gazette https://t.co/enyOTUw60
  • Most of Wales' remaining Covid rules will be scrapped from Saturday. Rules on the numbers that can meet indoors will end - nightclubs will be able to reopen, and social distancing laws for workplaces will be axed https://t.co/ajfgeczQbo
  • Prison service urged to develop transgender policy - Irish Legal News https://t.co/Oo70y3cHcP 
  • Apple to scan iPhones for child sex abuse images https://t.co/qwNEpW1dMr
  • FRC fines KPMG £13 million in Silentnight case - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/ML1lhicWh0 
  • NI: JMK Solicitors raises £13,000 for children's cancer charity - Irish Legal News https://t.co/RMzydADzVR
  • #Turkish influencer Merve Taskin prosecuted 'for photos at Amsterdam sex museum' https://t.co/ybdhtHVYsz
  • Covid: Live events to be protected by government insurance scheme - It will begin next month with a £750m budget to cover cancellation costs if events are legally unable to happen due to government Covid restrictions https://t.co/4W6kRMArEA
  • #Pakistan has deployed paramilitary troops in a town in the country’s eastern Punjab province a day after a Muslim mob attacked and badly damaged a Hindu temple https://t.co/h3pJZvNIH8 
  • As #Thailand’s COVID cases soar government takes critics to court https://t.co/0xxbUIHi7Z
  • Private equity firm makes first UK law firm acquisition - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/ue5WPejrOt
  • BCLP adds Korean real estate veteran from Mayer Brown to head up Korea practice - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/xbTGKcic33