17th February - Law News

Edition 3705: LawNewsIndex is a UK based daily legal news archive on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Jurisprudence, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics & Human Rights since 2011.   

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 Today's Highlighted Video Story: A new report shows drug production and trafficking is becoming one of the most serious security issues facing the Pacific Islands region. The report also cites the rise of drug usage, causing serious societal disruption. The report's author, Jose Sousa-Santos from the Australia-Pacific Security College, tells The World local drug usage has also moved from marijuana to harder drugs like meth-amphetamine.

Focus of the Day Article: Crown court hearings should be conducted remotely ‘where it is lawful and in the interests of justice to do so’, the lord chief justice has recommended in guidance which has been welcomed by the criminal bar. Lord Burnett said hearings including mentions, bail applications, applications to extend custody time limits, uncontested applications under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 and hearings involving legal argument only ‘will generally be suitable for remote attendance by all advocates’. Full story - The Law Society Gazette

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Fears of online censorship in #HongKong as rights group website goes down https://t.co/Dpip2zE8ZN
• Criminal barristers welcome remote hearings guidance | Law Gazette https://t.co/l3afywdNDp
  
• The Guardian view on healthcare in war: protect those who aid others | Editorial https://t.co/7WjynI7ZT
• Tech entrepreneur puts £1.3m into case-preparation software | Law Gazette https://t.co/G7F3daC02p
• Activists convicted of ‘falsely accusing’ Greek bishop of hate speech #Greece https://t.co/UO8QmpasQ
• #Kuwait's constitutional court has overturned a law that criminalised "imitation of the opposite sex" and was used to prosecute transgender people https://t.co/yMVrcnlxI
• #Hungary and #Poland have lost their court challenge to an EU rule that allows billions of euros of funding to be conditional on democratic standards https://t.co/evyrbSlXj8
• S and G upbeat despite sharp rise in pre-tax losses | Law Gazette https://t.co/apyORZQuGZ
• ‘Eco-terrorist’ who planted bomb in Edinburgh park jailed. Nikolaos Karvounakis had placed improvised device at Princes Street Gardens in January 2018 https://t.co/1BItRJCW
• A lawyer has been found guilty of professional misconduct and fined £1,000 for failing to flag up suspicious activity and comply with money laundering rules | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/IUw2Sw1mvs
  
• Christian sect ordered to pay man £1.4m damages over alleged abuse by monks https://t.co/LXmWoDP4pf
• Eight career boosting qualities that could set you up for a bright future in the legal sector https://t.co/4pHxcEJRgn
• A young girl who went missing in 2019 has been found alive in a secret room under a staircase, police in the US state of New York say. Paislee Shultis, now six, was discovered in a house in the town of Saugerties after a search on Monday #US https://t.co/s3gPJY8Oh
• UK Court Clarifies Important Issues Relating to Proprietary Interests in Trust Assets https://t.co/dttNmcZdK
• Rosenblatt parent's litigation funder in £20m deal with investor | Law Gazette https://t.co/MIccEFXY
• How much Russian money is there in the UK? Many wealthy individuals and companies from Russia and around the world invest legitimately in UK financial and property markets https://t.co/vFguSBXpA
• Wrongly convicted Post Office workers say former bosses should face jail https://t.co/UqNPZizdxb
• Police to investigate claims that Prince Charles' charity offered honours help to Saudi citizen https://t.co/itvBIL09uD
• Supreme Court issues notice in bail plea of man in jail for 15 years, condones delay of 11 years | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/y3WcURxvtu
• Ottawa Police Chief Peter Sloly has resigned after weeks of criticism for his handling of anti-vaccine mandate protests that have paralysed the city. Protesters have occupied the centre of Canada's capital for 19 days #Canada https://t.co/GD8taTODJ
• Green law firm pledges 10% of fees to environmental causes - Legal Futures https://t.co/uFXQzlP2HA
• New SDT leader vows to broaden diversity of members | Law Gazette https://t.co/uV0MEtHfTP 
• Pupillage survey open for prospective pupils to share experiences on route to qualifying https://t.co/ua8nuHOlOJ
• Anderson Strathern re-appointed to APUC framework | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/pqZTcIoHrM
• Djokovic saga highlights #Australia asylum seekers held for record 689 days https://t.co/nBpKoZ9LAv
• Why it’s time to ditch outdated barristers’ wigs https://t.co/2ZaE8OSjr5
• ECtHR to rule in case brought against UK by sister of killed IRA volunteer | Irish Legal News https://t.co/Co53AtqM7m
• Every 18-year-old leaving care will be offered £1,600 a month under the Welsh government's basic income pilot. Around 500 people will be eligible to join the scheme, which is being launched this year and could cost up to £20m over three years https://t.co/68ioXStkEH
• An investigation has found that women's intimate pictures are being shared to harass, shame and blackmail them on a massive scale, on the social media app Telegram https://t.co/2q2aGkwB2c 
• The recruitment crisis – what are lawyers looking for in their next role? - Legal Futures https://t.co/Q8v0WZMp91
• Good Law Project does not have ‘carte blanche’ to bring JRs, High Court says | Law Gazette https://t.co/usfgeg3FNs 
• Prince Andrew’s settlement with Virginia Giuffre: what just happened? https://t.co/c7I3Z5Gnrz 
• Revolutionary Australian conveyancing platform to launch in the UK - Legal Futures https://t.co/Xu6AUBd3wj
• Eversheds Sutherland increases regional NQ pay by 24 per cent | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/id3GrSsR3m
• Trans rights are at risk now, but the failures of Britain’s equality watchdog imperil us all https://t.co/SgFwULBqQm
• Leading firm ditches training contracts for apprenticeships - Legal Futures https://t.co/xwx411h5VJ
• Why Andrew had to settle with Virginia Giuffre: lawyers say he had little choice https://t.co/1VRe0yR2SD 
• Alec Baldwin "recklessly shot and killed" cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of Rust last year, a lawsuit from her family has alleged #US https://t.co/454zlI9ARf 
• Trump Organization’s accountants cut ties, calling years of filings unreliable - Mazars, Donald Trump’s longtime accountancy firm, sever links amid criminal and civil investigations of ex-president’s business #US https://t.co/Xzrqjsrwaa 
• A jury in New York City has ruled unanimously against ex-Alaska Governor Sarah Palin in her defamation lawsuit against the New York Times newspaper. Palin argued the Times defamed her in 2017 by linking her to a shooting that left six people dead #US https://t.co/jNSvBcnc5o
• MoJ bids to help consumers better understand whiplash portal - Legal Futures https://t.co/bP1HkXK0n7

16th February - Law News

Edition 3704: 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:
After the recent Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, millions of teenage girls have been forbidden from receiving a high school education. Taliban officials have claimed the ban is temporary, but said the same thing the last time they were in power more than two decades ago. Back then, girls of all ages never returned to school. Today, much has changed in the country, and a new generation of girls and women possess radically different aspirations than they were previously allowed to hold. An anxious population waits to see to what extent the Taliban has changed, too. 

Focus of the Day Article: The Law Society has backed a “moderate” increase in the Solicitors Regulation Authority’s (SRA) fining powers to between £5,000 to £7,500, rather than its proposed £25,000. Full story - Legal Futures

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Top lawyer kicked off British Airways flight after family nanny refused business class seat https://t.co/sx3P9FDx53 
• Courts service picks new chief from within the tent | Law Gazette https://t.co/t9fhva1B5T
• Child Law Project raises concern about lack of residential placements for children with complex needs | Irish Legal News https://t.co/nQnbKdxiJs 
• Lawyers in ‘Wagatha Christie’ libel case criticised by judge | Law Gazette https://t.co/lfcC2FDYlc
• British BLM group closes down after police infiltration attempt: Swansea Black Lives Matter says covert police operations and far-right threats made supporters scared to join https://t.co/0HCbt1zv14
• Call for complaints over refusal to enter licensed venues to be heard in WRC | Irish Legal News https://t.co/SWlis4K9bx
• Prince Andrew has settled a civil sexual assault case brought against him in the US by Virginia Giuffre. Ms Giuffre had been suing the Duke of York, claiming sexual assault when she was 17, allegations he has repeatedly denied https://t.co/I9pK9MeUV
• Government should nurture English law – LCJ | Law Gazette https://t.co/TaSHIjmVUZ
• Sheriff who granted warrants in botched Rangers probe allegedly held shares in club | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Vdmx35Rs2
• McFarlane clarifies family court attendance requirement | Law Gazette https://t.co/yPsTnCRgca 
• ‘Historic’ settlement for women allegedly sexually harassed by former high court justice Dyson Heydon #Australia https://t.co/8BO7gAsra
• A new trial against jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has begun inside the maximum-security prison east of the capital, Moscow, where he is held https://t.co/aLSq1JEo1D 
• Criminal bar awaits decision on legal aid ballot | Law Gazette https://t.co/5cOtsdKtQU 
• Fee-earner banned for pocketing Covid ‘bounce back’ loan | Law Gazette https://t.co/Exgx6zqTRr 
• Bombay High Court quashes tax reassessment notice against Tata Sons for financial year 2003-04 | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/apVXVHFHIJ
• A doctor has brought his 27 year career in medicine to an end after it was discovered he faked his CV. Dr Hakeem Lateef tried to get a job in finance just six weeks after he was suspended for lying about his involvement in a head on car crash https://t.co/nTgGpGYn8A
• Solicitors oppose SRA's role as prosecutor and judge | Law Gazette https://t.co/uRgFScoi0q 
• Novak Djokovic has said he would rather miss out on future tennis trophies than be forced to get a Covid vaccine. The Serbian said he should not be associated with the anti-vax movement, but supported an individual's right to choose https://t.co/BiWEkRQe6N
• Should a lawyer go on strike? | Law Gazette https://t.co/HzYQsYZvY
• Ex-Nissan solicitor ordered to hand over confidential documents - Legal Futures https://t.co/ML9wFSTIL5 
• Home developers who refuse to pay the costs of removing unsafe cladding could have planning permission and projects blocked under government plans https://t.co/T0Zb2xFzP4
• Law Society backs "moderate" increase in SRA fining powers - Legal Futures https://t.co/3rB8strleM
  
• Met commander who wrote drugs strategy faces sack for taking drugs: Julian Bennett, a senior commander in the Metropolitan police, allegedly took cannabis, LSD and magic mushrooms while on holiday https://t.co/kpWcJYZeSY 
• Press panel pleads with government to introduce legal costs incentive - Legal Futures https://t.co/R38VVy5rUJ 
• High Court quashes drug supply conviction after Crown accepts jury misdirection argument | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/0uS9s2KkuW 
• NQ salary war rumbles on amid ‘sticking plaster’ warning | Law Gazette https://t.co/rqdDRelbmo 
• Law Society backs "moderate" increase in SRA fining powers - Legal Futures https://t.co/3rB8st9Kne 
• Maura McNally SC appointed chair of Atlantic Technological University governing body | Irish Legal News https://t.co/9l8bbaN272 
• "Hysterical woman" barrister to argue free speech in reprimand appeal - Legal Futures https://t.co/LHoY8Dprpr 
• Police to look again at decision to charge Caroline Flack with assault: Mother of Love Island presenter, who took her own life in 2020, says Flack’s fame influenced decision https://t.co/sKpAYl4PL4 
• A senior officer has admitted racism remains a problem in the Met Police, after two black colleagues has said that discrimination was getting worse. Deputy Assistant Commissioner Bas Javid told BBC Newsnight some officers "have racist views and are racist" https://t.co/Ah59S88byf
  
• Euston tunnellers’ court victory at risk as CPS seeks to overturn verdict - Six protesters walked free after spending a month underground in front of London station https://t.co/hHE7Ie193s

15th February - Law News

Edition 3703: 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:
Turkey is rebranding its internationally recognised name as Türkiye. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the new name “represents and expresses the culture, civilisation, and values of the Turkish nation in the best way”. 

 

Focus of the Day Article: A man who was convicted of being involved in a drug supply operation has had his conviction quashed on appeal to the High Court of Justiciary after the Crown indicated that it could no longer support the conviction. Full story - Scottish Legal News

Saturday Conversations on Law

• The Met Police Federation has declared it has "no faith" in Sadiq Khan after the "very public ousting" of the police incompetence apologist Cressida Dick as commissioner https://t.co/C8sPZSYBVc 
• A senior member of the Police Federation, Sgt Simon Kempton, is facing a misconduct hearing for allegedly sharing details of an interview given by Sarah Everard's killer Wayne Couzens https://t.co/weOlb8b7pu 
• Graduate recruiters should provide 'tick box' feedback - Legal Cheek https://t.co/fXe254iQRa
  
• Delhi High Court appoints committee headed by retired Justice Gita Mittal to manage Table Tennis Federation of India | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/GULNrR0mcf 
• Eve Cornwell explains why she 'quit dream job' as magic circle lawyer - Legal Cheek https://t.co/jg4d45c9g
• What is common law and why is it being misinterpreted? https://t.co/6dzSveJTJt
  
• DLA ups NQ lawyer pay: 95k in London, 65k in regions - Legal Cheek https://t.co/Cg16rFrN0h 
• Plea in Supreme Court against Kerala High Court order quashing FIR against former DGP Jacob Thomas | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/Dayoxim7uC
• The Mauritian flag has been raised for the first time on the Chagos Islands, an Indian Ocean archipelago controlled by Britain https://t.co/55yZujW8kr 
• Coleen Rooney has been refused permission to bring a High Court claim against Rebekah Vardy's agent. It's part of an ongoing legal battle between the footballers' wives over an online post https://t.co/k3D7oYj8dq 
• High-flying media lawyer acting for ex-MI6 Trump dossier author disbarred for faking High Court order - Legal Cheek https://t.co/U4IRthevhz
• SEBI bars Anil Ambani from dealing in securities market for siphoning off funds from Reliance Home Finance | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/PrMHkEQBlX
• Queen's law firm embraces solicitor apprenticeships - Legal Cheek https://t.co/13hRLIu419
• Saffron Scarves are not same as Hijab Vs Rule of Law: 8 Experts speak on Karnataka HC ohijab narder on Hijab Ban | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/4mXNp5RTU8
• London's mayor Sadiq Khan has said he will oppose the appointment of a new Metropolitan Police chief unless they have a "robust plan" to deal with the force's "cultural problems" https://t.co/Xup5SI2nhE
• London's mayor Sadiq Khan has said he will oppose the appointment of a new Metropolitan Police chief unless they have a "robust plan" to deal with the force's "cultural problems" https://t.co/Xup5SIjY9c
• The opportunities Ireland has to offer future solicitors - Legal Cheek https://t.co/ENcnrzSDji
• Dressing gowns to robes: Putting home courts in the dock - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/rLLdi942E3 
• One of the Post Office workers to be wrongly convicted in the Post Office scandal has returned to Holloway Prison as part of her healing process https://t.co/EF11DVjlGX
  
• HSF and White & Case reveal spring trainee retention scores - Legal Cheek https://t.co/FXXhflAXD5
• Supreme Court grants parole to accused for two days to attend sister’s wedding | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/V2EZZVvml3
• A "dangerous sex offender" who absconded from an open prison is being searched for by police. Paul Robson, 56, was reported missing from HMP North Sea Camp in Boston, Lincolnshire, at about 07:00 GMT on Sunday https://t.co/C5hQSYVWea 
• The 10 best legal social media users of 2022 - Legal Cheek https://t.co/x6E1W3NK6D 
• ‘We need that authenticity and transparency to make us relatable’ - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/ir3pE2MgR7 
• The UK tax authority has seized three Non-Fungible Tokens (NFT) as part of a probe into a suspected a VAT fraud involving 250 alleged fake companies https://t.co/HNAzGyMfhR 
• Law firms could face action over 'unreasonable' lawyer workloads, SRA warns - Legal Cheek https://t.co/FXXwWvBNhL
  
• ‘Kill the bill’: surge in Bristol riot charges prompts alarm over civil liberties - MP says police seem to be punishing people for challenging them during clashes in the city last year https://t.co/GSiBdvr1kh 
• The wrongful convictions of hundreds of sub-postmasters and mistresses will be examined by a public inquiry starting on Monday. Between 2000 and 2014, more than 700 sub-postmasters were wrongly accused of theft, fraud and false accounting https://t.co/Or6AoJJ1vs 
• Clifford Chance could cut Canary Wharf office space - Legal Cheek https://t.co/NEvWq7momH 
• Thirteen people have been injured after a mezzanine floor collapsed at an east London pub. Emergency services were called to the Two More Years bar in Hackney Wick at about 16:50 GMT on Saturday https://t.co/mMJr6EHXNi 
• Police have cleared the remaining protesters blocking a key bridge: #Canada's protests against Covid vaccine certification to cross the border have paralysed trade across the Ambassador Bridge in Windsor, Ontario https://t.co/Gjl5gwNvtC 
• [NEET PG 2022] Plea in Supreme Court says EWS reservation should be subject to outcome of case in SC | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/OgCRJLK06W

14th February - Law News

Edition 3702: 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 opening of a temporary office of Religious Zionist Party Knesset member Itamar Ben-Gvir in East Jerusalem sparked a violent protest, with clashes between ultranationalist Israelis and Palestinians

Focus of the Day Article: Law firms have been given guidance from the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) on creating healthy work environments, after a review highlighted an array of concerns. Full story - New Law Journal

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Proposed reforms nothing but ‘scrappy vandalism against class actions’ - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/W6s7Y1Nb8J 
• Barrister fined for calling opposition lawyer a 'hysterical woman' - Legal Cheek https://t.co/A1lrRl9SEv
• Hill Dickinson replaces TCs with apprenticeships in training shake-up - Legal Cheek https://t.co/4ncSukU5AR
• A mob has killed a man for allegedly burning pages of the Koran in central #Pakistan, police say, in the latest case of blasphemy-related violence in the country. Police say more than 80 people have been arrested in connection https://t.co/facmlc7GhB 
• Two NHS hospital trusts are working with police after a doctor was arrested on suspicion of sexual assault. Staffordshire Police has launched a major incident review of the doctor's work at hospitals in Dudley, West Midlands, and Stoke-on-Trent https://t.co/ATx3pYG3Bn
• Religious Discrimination Bill ‘Trojan Horse for hate’ - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/wgGvdJlj1M
• Northern Powergrid sorry for Storm Arwen trillion pound compensation error https://t.co/Zb0sJrUy9j
• How should we respond to racial bias and stereotypes in the criminal justice system? - Legal Cheek https://t.co/PQSBLY95Ot
• Devadatt Kamat, Senior Advocate for petitioners in Hijab Ban case: Spotlight this week | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/I1zDXTCMXW
• David Lammy requests pardon for 1823 slave rebellion convicts: Shadow minister says pardon would be ‘significant step in Britain’s acknowledgement of its role in history of slavery’ https://t.co/kh6sqYxRiC
• Nightingale court tells parents of victim of alleged rape there is no room for them at trial https://t.co/Y0sTvsteN7
• Addleshaw Goddard merges with Irish law firm - Legal Cheek https://t.co/BWWuuyLaLp 
• The good and bad of litigation and advisory during COVID: Law Society - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/a8QBV65geJ
• Instagram is failing to take action, a novelist who had a fake account set up in his name has said. Joe Dunthorne said he "literally couldn't make contact" with the company to report the fake account https://t.co/0hnPzfiKA6 
• Meet the TikTokin' junior lawyer documenting the highs and lows of corporate life - Legal Cheek https://t.co/qgF8iUHzRf
• Amending human rights laws to give priority to domestic law could result in uncertainty, former Supreme Court justice Lord Carnwath has said | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/D9El4hfB62
  
• Former #Nicaraguan rebel leader Hugo Torres has died in prison aged 73, eight months after being detained on treason charges. The retired general fought alongside current President Ortega during the country's revolution, helping free him from jail in 1974 https://t.co/SZ6ZnIYapV
• 'How do I put up with my noisy law firm colleagues?' - Legal Cheek https://t.co/204F1EvbNU 
• Law Pod UK latest: the most significant cases of 2021.  - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/RPrxfJzBhC
• Supreme Court starts hunt for two new justices - Legal Cheek https://t.co/vt0Q3lWzX3

13th February - Law News

Edition 3701: 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 Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan last August created a financial dillemma for nations holding the country's foreign cash reserves. The deposed Afghan government had $7 billion in the US Federal Reserve Bank in New York. U.S. President Joe Biden has signed an executive order to split that money and keep it out of the Taliban's hands. Is this plan fair to the Afghan people? 

 

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Victims of crime don’t understand the role of the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) and how it makes decisions, the CPS said last week in its response to the Ministry of Justice’s (MoJ) consultation on a new Victims’ Bill, ‘Delivering justice for victims’ https://t.co/YPr3cyuPKQ 
• Law firms have been given guidance from the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) on creating healthy work environments, after a review highlighted an array of concerns | NLJ https://t.co/VPy0EK3Pf
• Best of the blogs - 11 February 2022 | Law Gazette https://t.co/w9zW76M6BX
• Social media companies will be expected to take proactive action to prevent online abuse happening, rather than simply react once abuse has occurred, under proposed legislation | NLJ https://t.co/gdN1Xl5m9i 
• A leading activist who was released from prison in #Egypt last month has told that during his time in detention he saw first-hand a system where torture was used to make people inform on each other https://t.co/J1wfvM1Ka
• Mishcon ordered to clarify privilege claims in ‘potentially tainted’ cash case | Law Gazette https://t.co/jgIK40rRxZ
  
• Research into gaps in access to justice across England and Wales has been commissioned by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) | NLJ https://t.co/KynMXa174j
  
• 'Messy situation': ground rent reform becomes law | Law Gazette https://t.co/AZ6biC6wyE
  
• Ryanair has lost its appeal against an order to pay compensation to passengers affected when its pilots went on strike in 2018, in Civil Aviation Authority v Ryanair [2022] EWCA Civ 76 | NLJ https://t.co/QzZ3j9oTlY
• Director banned after firm sued him for £120,000 withdrawals | Law Gazette https://t.co/5na0EusUvW
• The Criminal Bar Association (CBA) in England and Wales has accused justice secretary Dominic Raab of lies against the backdrop of a looming crisis in the criminal courts | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/v2DOXehrtI
• Claimants can be added when proceedings issued but not served – High Court | Law Gazette https://t.co/Swbt1JAI8W
• The government has said will begin a review of prison mental health in the spring, in its response to a Justice Committee report, Mental Health in Prisons | NLJ https://t.co/f4Cvqj3crm
• Duty solicitor data lays bare looming crisis | Law Gazette https://t.co/uHnqMUYFR7
• UK online shoppers face more identity checks as new anti-fraud rules kick in: Under changes coming in on 14 March, retailers will have to verify customer is who they claim to be https://t.co/b9zeXf3zP1
  
• Durham police help save woman 3,000 miles away in Canada: Suspect arrested 30 minutes after woman in Durham, Ontario, mistakenly contacts English force https://t.co/4Irnr58fVK
• DfE is ‘criminalising parents’ in England, say families still shielding from Covid: Parents facing prosecution for home schooling say vulnerable children and relatives’ safety comes before school attendance https://t.co/uSyHVG1yGR
• Peers have raised objections to government plans for prospective-only quashing orders and the removal of Cart appeals, during the second reading of the Judicial Review and Courts Bill | NLJ https://t.co/pq7D2nuLMU 
• Ministers accused of fuelling conspiracy theorists’ bogus ‘common law’ ideas: Activists handing out ‘writs’ at schools part of trend drawing on non-existent law that was also factor in Keir Starmer incident https://t.co/zT4n6GBZMZ
• Protesters are still occupying a main crossing at Canada's border with the United States, despite a court ruling ordering them to leave. The injunction came into effect at 19:00 local time (midnight GMT) on Friday to end days of protests https://t.co/JUEMTXvDGc
  
• 'This is a lie': Criminal bar accuses Raab over legal aid demand | Law Gazette https://t.co/zALzF7ryl6
• Boris Johnson sent Downing Street lockdown party questionnaire by police https://t.co/leFVDcu6XF

12th February - Law News

Edition 3700: 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: Music Composer Shankar Mahadevan makes a clarion call of equality and inclusion for persons with disability with his new song 'Garv Se Jiyenge' for NGO Enable India

Saturday Conversations on Law

• KPMG facing £1.3bn High Court claim over Carillion audits | Law Gazette https://t.co/f3KXDAhoXP
• The dangers of trial by social media | Law Gazette https://t.co/rjMld8lHC
• Six people have been appointed to the board of the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC), allowing it to resume functioning | Irish Legal News https://t.co/8fWhmrdAuV
• Addleshaw Goddard expands international footprint with Irish merger | Law Gazette https://t.co/fOQ1tOBBWa 
• British women and children detained in Syria failed by UK government, inquiry finds https://t.co/jYpQb3vOYB
  
• Family solicitor embarks on menopause campaign | Law Gazette https://t.co/rOrakM0Wuq
• #US House to investigate whether Trump broke law in handling of documents - Panel asks National Archives to turn over communications about missing and destroyed records relevant to Capitol attack https://t.co/Xc0A4VipRI
• Salary wars should not mean junior lawyers accept exploitation | Law Gazette https://t.co/42IadT2ByJ
• Lord Ordinary orders proof in dispute over completion certificate for Glasgow Airport advertising structure | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/GdX5Bmhrlg
• No lawyers referred to SRA over collapsed SFO prosecution, MPs told | Law Gazette https://t.co/NAR7GQgCPw
• International law firm Bird & Bird to launch Dublin office | Irish Legal News https://t.co/UtT2YQDutf
• Rushing legal aid reform 'opens us up to legal challenges', claims Raab | Law Gazette https://t.co/rhlp4Xpnd6
  
• A citizens’ assembly on drug use will take place in “the latter part of this year”, Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said | Irish Legal News https://t.co/knlV8fjRQC
• Labour suspends whip from Neil Coyle after allegations of racist comments. MP has had party whip suspended after claims about racist remarks made about Chinese people https://t.co/7cXo8JmHwd 
• [Hijab row] No religious garments till we decide the case, will pass interim order: Karnataka High Court | bAR & bENCH #iNDIA https://t.co/cvX8wqQeK7 
• Solicitor rebuke overturned after SRA panel’s ’serious procedural error’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/fzGNLhtDW3
  
• Rebecca Hogue's boyfriend beat her toddler son to death while she was at work. So why is she the one being called a murderer? #US https://t.co/cSHL0rTNQU 
• Scottish government told to justify ongoing use of emergency rule-making powers | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/t3L71HwuqO
  
• Convicted prosecutor claims CPS colleagues shared confidential files | Law Gazette https://t.co/XSL4DdSbt0 
• HMRC accused of ‘ignorance and inaction’ over £6bn Covid fraud: Public accounts committee chair condemns tax authority after billions written off https://t.co/kr3DfMQ34E 
• Three lawyers have been appointed to Northern Ireland’s Civil Legal Services Appeal Panel, which adjudicates appeals against civil legal aid decisions | Irish Legal News https://t.co/JqwkS7q3uj
• Ban on Rupert Murdoch’s interference in Times and Sunday Times ended: Culture secretary Nadine Dorries removes restrictions, potentially paving way for merger of newspapers https://t.co/Ov5Fqj9I16 
• Balfour and Manson’s Michaela Guthrie gains Law Society medical negligence accreditation | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/53soNAu1mz
  
• Britain's human rights watchdog faces a legal challenge to its status over a row about transgender rights. LGBT charities want the UN to revoke the Equality and Human Rights Commission's (EHRC) status as an independent group https://t.co/HUremIawOF
  
• ‘Like schoolchildren’ - judge lambasts solicitors’ behaviour in costs row | Law Gazette https://t.co/JBtWXCJl4h 
• Ex-Cheer star Jerry Harris pleads guilty to child sexual abuse image charges - Harris, a Chicago native, was first arrested in September 2020 on a charge of production of child sexual abuse images #us https://t.co/n4buyKR9vu
  
• Eugene F Collins to merge with international law firm Addleshaw Goddard | Irish Legal News https://t.co/nibMDOaQxW 
• Solicitor Nadhia Ahmad-Ali has been appointed as a non-executive director to the board of Scottish Ballet | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/UTPn7a17PO 
• Online review site to verify posters' identities | Law Gazette https://t.co/tKKsKQDEsS 
• The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission has identified economic equality, justice, respect and recognition, future-proofing and the public sector duty as its five key priorities for the next three years | Irish Legal News https://t.co/FGy3Sub7WW 
• The law in Wales requiring people to wear face masks could be scrapped by the end of March, Covid passes for entertainment venues, nightclubs and large events will no longer be needed from 18 February https://t.co/kAl9KwmHV5
  
• Cornish hotel ordered to demolish rooms built for G7 summit: Planning inspector says facilities built without permission caused ‘very significant’ harm to landscape https://t.co/V5X1EOjtwm 
• We cannot take democracy for granted – this government’s failings imperil us all | John Major https://t.co/p7ysRHMion

11th February - Law News

Edition 3699: 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: White House call records now in possession of congressional investigators do not reflect calls made to or from then-President Donald Trump as the violence unfolded on Capitol Hill on January 6, 2021, leaving them with gaps so far in their understanding of what transpired that day, three sources familiar with the House investigation into the insurrection 

Focus of the Day Article: The government has revived intrusion of privacy plans to make pornography websites carry out age checks, which would require British users to provide data such as their credit card or passport details to prove they are over 18. Full story - Guardian Law 

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Woodland Trust joins objection to Kirsty Young’s plan for Scottish island: Broadcaster and husband hit by claims they plan to cull wallabies and chop down trees on Inchconnachan island https://t.co/FmQIDXQ3f
• ‘Life was lovely’: Chagossian women head home 50 years after forced exile: Women on Mauritian-chartered vessel bound for Chagos Islands recall how life there was ‘paradise’ https://t.co/4o9VhgXIUB 
• United Kingdom Regulator Moves Forward With Greenwashing https://t.co/Nk3RHOQTkN
• Reddit and Twitter users in the UK could be required to submit details of their passport or credit card as part of the government’s proposed age verification rules for pornography citing privacy fears https://t.co/VcVSJyGhvm
• Metropolitan Police Commissioner Dame Cressida Dick is leaving her role after a series of damaging controversies. She had been left with "no choice" after London Mayor Sadiq Khan made it clear to her he had no confidence in her leadership https://t.co/UfKEfQgeRV
• Barrister fined for calling opposition client 'hysterical woman' | Law Gazette https://t.co/h0urG944Sd
• Anti-Jewish hate incidents hit record high in UK - Biggest surge coincided with bloody conflict between Israel and Palestinians as a result of illegal Israeli land grab and settlement building https://t.co/MZoXGzcdy
• Firm to pay ex-employee £9,500 over ‘Chinese chip shop’ comment | Law Gazette https://t.co/Zy7nVfKXC
• General accused of rights abuses made Ugandan head of police - Maj Gen Abel Kandiho is blacklisted by US for presiding over ‘horrific’ targeting of opposition activists #Uganda https://t.co/bffKmArv9b
• Committee examines how Government reforms could change human rights protections in the UK - Committees - UK Parliament https://t.co/oDQc8F4zaX
• The SQE is not living up to its promise on diversity | Law Gazette https://t.co/R7tybujPb9 
• Dame Cressida Dick has "absolutely no intention" of leaving her post as commissioner of the Met Police. She intends to root out "disgusting behaviour" within the Met and had told officers "enough is enough" https://t.co/RO74dIRtkz
• A #Russian art gallery guard has been accused of doodling on a Soviet-era painting he was responsible for guarding on his first day in the job. Two visitors spotted eyes drawn in ballpoint pen on Anna Leporskaya's work Three Figures https://t.co/dVe6vnvOla 
• Offspring of #Italy’s last king sue state in battle to reclaim crown jewels - King Umberto II descendants take legal action over treasure kept in Bank of Italy deposit box for 76 years https://t.co/uw4wn8ILD9
• Appeal judges throw out case after appellant fails to turn up | Law Gazette https://t.co/14WQPpWAFG 
• International Data Transfers under the UK GDPR: International Data Transfer Agreement and Addendum laid before Parliament https://t.co/xS8dqUFizy
• Human rights reform would leave former SC justice 'very confused' | Law Gazette https://t.co/gNymjh4Kyf
• Met considering whether to investigate PM over Downing Street flat refurb - Solicitors for Labour have written to Cressida Dick suggesting force is ‘duty-bound’ to launch inquiry https://t.co/uZmpI7piMf 
• A number of women who participated in protests demanding women’s rights in #Afghanistan are missing: Evidence mounts of Taliban reprisal arrests and killings https://t.co/pYoVLEkdMb 
• #HongKong's tough Covid laws threatened by virus surge - The city has recorded more than 1,000 Covid infections for the first time since the pandemic began - a worrying milestone for officials who are aggressively pushing for zero-Covid https://t.co/9QOmLXxfLG 
• Ghislaine Maxwell’s lawyers renew call to seal juror’s legal arguments - Scotty David, who was Juror 50, made comments about prior sexual abuse that prompted a request for a new trial #US https://t.co/5qivgcgVgs 
• SFO’s disclosure failings to be probed by former High Court judge | Law Gazette https://t.co/peP1U7jSPd 
• More than 50 people to face police questions on Downing Street parties https://t.co/qbLGrnOD86 
• SRA tells firms to provide 'safe environment' for concerned staff | Law Gazette https://t.co/imbxxEP8VM 
• Animal charity the RSPCA has taken West Ham defender Kurt Zouma's pet cats away after videos emerged on social media of him kicking and slapping one of them https://t.co/ccVPvulR5f 
• Survey: LSRA seeks views of recently qualified non-practising solicitors and barristers | Irish Legal News https://t.co/r7vDaSOAaQ
  
• ‘We have to make ourselves seen’: the New York rent strikers fighting eviction #US https://t.co/V3zS1paLfU
• DLA Piper wades into NQ salary war | Law Gazette https://t.co/9ouDqGXmuE 
• Catholic church in legal battle over bid to force schools to become academies - Unions write to education secretary calling on him to withdraw orders issued to group of Catholic schools https://t.co/98fh4jz3o9
  
• A passenger was arrested at Heathrow Airport after a woman said she was raped in business class on an overnight transatlantic flight from New Jersey. She was attacked by a 40-year-old man while others slept on the flight from Newark on 31 January https://t.co/e9YynQ6Oba

10th February - Law News

Edition 3698: 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: Statistics consistently show that family violence is pervasive in our community, yet few victims report their experiences and even fewer perpetrators are convicted of their crimes. In the ACT Legislative Assembly, a new bill will be introduced, that if passed, will give Canberra's courts more power to impose harsher penalties on those who inflict family violence. It will also change the way sexual abuse of a children is described, a move inspired and applauded by former Australian of the Year, Grace Tame.

Focus of the Day Article: Failing to provide a safe environment for staff to raise concerns or admit a mistake could be a breach of SRA regulations, the regulator said. In 'workplace culture' guidance published today, the regulator states that firms should do ‘everything they reasonably can’ to look after their staff’s wellbeing and protect them from bullying, harassment, discrimination and victimisation. It expects firms to have effective systems and controls to supervise staff, and to monitor concerns which may affect their wellbeing and competence. Full story - The Law Society Gazette 

Saturday Conversations on Law

• The proposed royal commission on the criminal justice system does not have a start date more than two years after it was first announced, peers have heard | Law Gazette https://t.co/1FvLmmnVuT
• A no-fly list for unruly passengers? I have a better – and crueller – idea https://t.co/Siy6bgrw29
  
• Accounts show the Captain Tom Foundation gave out grants of £160,000 to four charities and paid out more than £162,000 in management costs in its first year https://t.co/hJBnBDF4k7
• Divorcee who showed ‘barefaced contempt’ for court faces jail | Law Gazette https://t.co/F5WzjMow5W
• The UK's terror threat level has been lowered from severe to substantial, meaning a terror attack on British soil is considered "likely" https://t.co/sFEHtxLXSA
• West Virginia students to stage walkout over Christian revival at high school. Students instructed to raise their arms in prayer at event in public school’s auditorium #US https://t.co/RgQRKB70hK 
• Court of Appeal: €85,000 award upheld for woman who witnessed aftermath of fatal car accident | Irish Legal News https://t.co/Vc2dHFkpS7 
• Metropolitan Police to review No 10 quiz decision after Boris Johnson photo leak https://t.co/43CY8B4TJ
• All remaining Covid restrictions in England - including the legal rule to self-isolate - could end later this month, Boris Johnson has said. Under the current rules, anyone who tests positive must self-isolate for at least five full days https://t.co/9mMu7YMhZi
  
• ENRC ‘highly disputes’ allegations in ‘dirty money’ book, High Court hears | Law Gazette https://t.co/Bhw9VoQRAS
• #Ireland's Justice Minister Helen McEntee is to be asked why the Courts Service enjoys a private parking arrangement outside Cork’s circuit courthouse building, the Irish Examiner reports | Irish Legal News https://t.co/f4owuPfbS
• Solicitor ‘played to harmful lawyer stereotypes’ with £2.9m costs claim | Law Gazette https://t.co/KEKYzBTHc
• Washington Commanders defensive back Deshazor Everett has been charged with involuntary manslaughter following an investigation into a fatal car crash - His girlfriend, Olivia Peters, died from injuries sustained in a one-car accident on 23 December #US https://t.co/A5sau86CBx
• The Scottish legal system can be a mystery to English lawyers and there are plenty aspects of Scots law which are (understandably) entirely alien to our friends south of the border | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/UHVPueUJxx
• 'We did not panic': minister praises courts backlog progress | Law Gazette https://t.co/GEV7uM8SZY
• Nepalis who made UK’s PPE speak out on claims of abusive working conditions: Glove manufacturer Supermax has repeatedly won NHS contracts during the pandemic, despite claims of forced labour. Now, a group of former workers are seeking justice https://t.co/5KZlPWpMyR 
• Investigation has raised fresh doubts about the evidence used to throw thousands of people out of the UK for allegedly cheating in an English language test https://t.co/ZXtnzC6BDp
• JR reforms face tough committee stage in Lords | Law Gazette https://t.co/QGjKTTuMkD
• The University of California has agreed to pay nearly $250m (£185m) to over 200 women who allege they were sexually assaulted by a campus gynaecologist, James Heaps https://t.co/1YHREQDTL4
• Iranian refugees face deportation from Turkey for attending demonstration: Lawyer says refugees, who were protesting against Turkey leaving Istanbul convention on violence against women, are at risk in Iran https://t.co/Bn9fAQv0rK
• Latest MoJ figures reveal continuing legal aid decline | Law Gazette https://t.co/5nLvPh9WTv 
• Bristol student tells court she faced ‘intimidation’ from trans rights activists: Raquel Rosario Sánchez launches civil action claiming University of Bristol failed to stop ‘bullying’ https://t.co/uKQCeqwX9
• Listen to prosecuted solicitors for ‘balanced’ view of SRA, says Society | Law Gazette https://t.co/eYGsat6dkY
• Tory health minister has apologised for continuing with a meeting despite discovering she had tested positive for Covid. Gillian Keegan said she found out her result during a visit on Tuesday, after taking a "precautionary" lateral flow test beforehand https://t.co/5tqtiAseBd
  
• It would be wrong to think that concerns about the Pegasus spyware from NSO, the Israeli company, are behind us here in the UK, particularly in relation to lawyer confidentiality | Law Gazette https://t.co/lUWnzCJZ7f
• Rebekah Vardy said it was "war" after Coleen Rooney publicly accused her of leaking stories, a court has heard. A trial is due to start in May, and the two-day hearing this week is to decide what evidence can be used when that comes around https://t.co/pft6r3iSxv