Edition 3551: 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: An 89-year-old woman who died after complications from a broken hip had accused a fellow resident of her Canberra aged care home of pushing her over, the ACT Supreme Court has heard. Mario Amato, 61, went on trial today in the ACT Supreme Court, after he pleaded not guilty to the manslaughter of Sheila Marie Capper, who died in December 2018. Today the court was shown video footage taken within the Campbell nursing home of Mrs Capper being propelled through the doorway of a laundry, onto the floor.
Focus of the Day Story: General counsel and a City firm have come under repeated criticism in a damning report into governance issues at the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. An independent report by Alison Levitt QC found that the outcome of an internal governance review conducted in 2019 had already been decided before it was commissioned. Levitt concluded that the RICS general counsel, who was unnamed, had wrongly outsourced the review to Fieldfisher LLP, where she used to work, and that the firm took a ‘partisan approach’ against four non-executive members of the RICS board without any objective analysis. Full story - The Law Society Gazette
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| Saturday Conversations on Law |
- Barrister suspended for groping women on night out | Law Gazette https://t.co/V5GscIrjbJ
- Report raises data protection concerns over Covid-19 measures | Irish Legal News https://t.co/nja27Pk9EQ
- The main defendant in the November 2015 Paris attacks trial has sought to justify the murder of 130 people as retaliation for #French military action against Islamic State (IS) jihadists https://t.co/k8NCQaNdtX
- Manchester Arena Inquiry told police failed in response to bombing https://t.co/Xw86HNPr2
- Paralegal banned for logging calls she hadn’t made | Law Gazette https://t.co/Q9p1iNWJt5
- In whose interests is the creation of a judicial register? - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/kgd6WWAcJF
- Raft of promotions at Anderson Strathern - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/FVubovIzps
- Shamima Begum, who left the UK for Syria as a teenager, says she will regret joining the Islamic State group for the rest of her life and has offered to help the UK fight terrorism https://t.co/0Nr0YQ8nSl
- Facebook-owned Instagram has been criticised for keeping secret its internal research into the effect social media had on teenager users https://t.co/2uu83PtfeK
- Two-day conference to guide Chief Justice’s working group on access to justice | Irish Legal News https://t.co/zHDVaMETfb
- In-house lawyers “more trusting of automation” after pandemic - Legal Futures https://t.co/Zrn9ZZgwJq
- Small firms weather pandemic with confidence | Law Gazette https://t.co/OrJLIUx1QU
- Michael Gove criticised over racist and homophobic language in student speeches - He used a racial slur to refer to black people and made derogatory comments about gay people https://t.co/nXYgbsJCPK
- The High Court in London will formally contact the Duke of York about allegations of sexual assault filed in a US court. Lawyers for Virginia Giuffre requested the High Court contact the prince about the civil case launched in New York https://t.co/EagdTJTqUh
- LSB demands regulators deliver “real change in outcomes for consumers” - Legal Futures https://t.co/JucvtsPnVl
- Scottish Land Court rules in favour of Space Hub Sutherland - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/JJhwrND78b
- Profits soar as listed legal business benefits from litigation investment - Legal Futures https://t.co/aDbbVPF3d5
- Aberdeen Law Project’s Katy Smith secures £2,000 for discrimination victim - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/x2Oyw4SBg0
- NDAs “cannot be controlled by professional regulators” - Legal Futures https://t.co/DCshgfFEmS
- Police have made 71 arrests as climate change protesters caused fresh disruption on the M25, blocking roundabouts and the motorway itself https://t.co/1K6twBZhde
- Why unifying the Land Court and Lands Tribunal makes sense - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/llBMNaJ6Ek
- ‘Every man was drinking’: how much do bans on alcohol help women in India? Women’s protests led to prohibition in Bihar but can alcohol bans end domestic abuse and harassment? https://t.co/fnxvqR2hhP
- Allaying confusion over duty of confidentiality - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/UnFBkb9QvJ
- Campaign aims to outlaw ‘toxic’ NDAs hiding misconduct | Law Gazette https://t.co/adec0kmmGb
- Christian Porter reveals part of legal fees paid by blind trust with funds from unknown source #Australia https://t.co/LqLdkiGdXM
- Firm remains instructed to challenge 'temporary operating arrangements' | Law Gazette https://t.co/6hdGfFivoa
- Sheriff finds death of chronically ill prisoner at HMP Addiewell could have been avoided - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/V0Sw9kluLw
- Covid: Can England avoid 'lockdown lite' this winter? https://t.co/6pK5wuttud
- The crisis of citizenship and the rise of cultural rights | Yves Guermond https://t.co/rbGVb3TEHy
- Chambers mourns death of 'trailblazer' barrister: Red Lion Chambers said it learned on Friday that Georgia Lassoff, born in 1987, had unexpectedly passed away | Law Gazette https://t.co/h8pOuLPApf
- Long-delayed review into care of vulnerable Northern Ireland prisoners completed | Irish Legal News https://t.co/FHz8pmVX2F
- New associates at Balfour and Manson - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/ndVoF8P9Op
- Court
rules against woman who became face of #China’s #MeToo movement. Zhou
Xiaoxuan, who accused CCTV host of sexual harassment, vows to appeal
‘unfair treatment’ https://t.co/M5jS03L00U
- Medics urged to drop opposition to assisted dying before crucial vote https://t.co/sIRoT4Z45z
- The BMA must change its stance on assisted dying https://t.co/pDiHYdJVOb
- MEPs condemn failure to respect rights of same-sex partners in EU.
European parliament resolution criticises bloc’s patchwork policy, as some countries ignore recent rulings https://t.co/tYV7EDI8Yu
- Braverman reappointed attorney general following maternity leave | Law Gazette https://t.co/te5XjkSIB5
