26th February - Law News

Edition 3714: 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: Russia Attacks Ukraine: As Russia-Ukraine crisis escalate, the government began evacuating students in Ukraine as calls to for rescuing the thousands of stranded Indians in the war-torn country grew increasingly desperate.

 

Saturday Conversations on Law

• KPMG: Fraud cases rise in Scottish courts sparking concern over economic crime | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/daru6tSxI4
• A #Japanese court has awarded damages to people who were forcibly sterilised under an old eugenics law intended to prevent the births of “inferior children” | Irish Legal News https://t.co/ynmqqsiAtu
• Litigation funding and marginal gains | Law Gazette https://t.co/QznD2BdpIz
• High Court: Application for leave to execute 11-year-old judgment against debtor refused | Irish Legal News https://t.co/KYqX5buOcu 
• Rape cases should be tried in specialist courts, says report https://t.co/QfqsPoI9aw
  
• The second day of the Russian invasion of Ukraine has been accompanied by further false or misleading imagery on social media claiming to be from the conflict https://t.co/e8xKpW5MEF 
• SRA pleads with Supreme Court to avoid adverse costs orders | Law Gazette https://t.co/s9ttzObqXH
• Drink driving Bradford solicitor is sanctioned https://t.co/L48Doo2htG
• Clifford Chance tech lawyer says London law firm should adopt Silicon Valley work culture https://t.co/daUdUlG9ax
  
• Ukraine invasion triggers lawyers' fury | Law Gazette https://t.co/7P2bs8wmj
• A man has pleaded guilty to murdering primary school teacher Sabina Nessa. Koci Selamaj beat and strangled the 28-year-old as she walked through a park in Kidbrooke, south-east London https://t.co/ycwwqtgW5y
  
• Russia bans British airlines from its airspace https://t.co/GkR9mX4HSK 
• Encephalitis: Sussex man's legal action over wife's hospital care https://t.co/bqvlgl6oW
• Firm 'happy to ignore' costs budget to leave client with shortfall | Law Gazette https://t.co/4EZOYcOAaK
• Inner House rules chair of Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry Lady Smith acted ultra vires in restricting publication of legal claims | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/2T4eMT71pC
• Mishcon to help refugee lawyers requalify as solicitors | Law Gazette https://t.co/0KKOVEWeoQ 
• The 2022 Champions League final will be played in Paris after #Russia was stripped of the match following the nation's invasion of Ukraine https://t.co/tJmBCmfMcT
• Michael Molineaux obituary - As a lawyer, he was admired and respected for his intelligent and perspicacious mind, and renowned for solving the most complex problems https://t.co/SOmrbf7Jit 
• Rebuked solicitor did not realise he was breaching signature rule | Law Gazette https://t.co/lF7tk9xh8D 
• Tycoon’s son sentenced to death in #Pakistan in high-profile rape and murder case: Zahir Jaffer tortured and beheaded Noor Mukadam, in July last year, in case that sparked outrage over violence against women https://t.co/FkSaJdsp4d 
• The rape and murder of Noor Muqaddam, by a man from the same circle of rich friends, outraged #Pakistan - and it highlighted the shocking levels of violence women there face https://t.co/Yo9uNQzejO
• Solicitor’s long career ended after asking client for £100 payment | Law Gazette https://t.co/TKNmujUqIZ
  
• Three ex-Minneapolis policemen present at the death of George Floyd denied the unarmed black man of his civil rights, a jury has found #US https://t.co/qZ7YwraNlg
  
• She caught my hand and asked me 'what wrong did I do?' Justice Indira Banerjee recounts encounter with trafficking survivor | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/dDoVYhFd9C
  
• Britons living in EU can’t keep pre-Brexit rights, European court advised https://t.co/NZASuZi6zO
  
• 'Lottery lawyer' loses bid to suppress phone evidence, separate trials - Former law firm partner Jason Kurland charged with duping lottery winners out of more than $100 million #US https://t.co/uug0OHgjTa
• Struck-off solicitor mounted ‘campaign of harassment’ against SDT chief, court hears | Law Gazette https://t.co/DJlVHZzrky 
• Success for Aidan O’Neil and Fred Mackintosh in Supreme Court extradition case | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/QI5O5C6zTV
  
• Woman, 60, wins tribunal case after boss 'fired her for being bad at social media' https://t.co/ffXr8xLyrn 
• Amnesty: ‘Worst fears’ realised as Russia invades Ukraine | Irish Legal News https://t.co/tKOvgE9Ws0
  
• Freshfields latest top firm to boost cash reserves | Law Gazette https://t.co/NGT8Saq7mD
  
• BHSM appoints solicitor David Sheehan to construction team | Irish Legal News https://t.co/MjflKO3CwW 
• Metropolitan Police officer accused of 29 sex crimes found collapsed in Belmarsh prison cell https://t.co/MFs1cUA3sP 
• The two lead prosecutors of the Manhattan District Attorney’s investigation into the Trump Org resigned Wednesday#US https://t.co/MC9PpIL86l https://t.co/JfDuN305Mc
  
• Kyiv furious as EU wavers on banning Russia from Swift payment system: Ukraine foreign minister voices anger as EU leaders likely to decide against blocking #Russia from international payments system https://t.co/AkG95CDPCC

25th February - Law News

Edition 3713: 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: Political scientist & author Brian Klaas says “strongmen” leaders like Vladimir Putin activate a template in the human brain, causing many to gravitate toward them. Klaas tells Reality Check’s John Avlon about his research into sociopaths - how they are naturally drawn to power and all too often, succeed in getting it.

 Focus of the Day Article: Class action caseloads at record high as labour and employment claims rise, study finds: Corporate legal departments spent $3.37bn on defending and assessing class actions last year. Full story - The Global Legal Post

 

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Capital allowances update – an ETN & CIOT seminar | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/SHdi5xcfrQ 
• Our law firms must get out of Russia | Law Gazette https://t.co/kChNPGNhHF 
• Defendants waiting over six months for trial up 15% in England and Wales https://t.co/4VAuYhM5i8 
• Legal app ad using the word ‘shyster’ cleared of causing offence | Law Gazette https://t.co/OOJBdlR8mu 
• The government wants to stop a BBC programme that alleges an MI5 agent is a dangerous extremist and misogynist, who abused two former female partners: A High Court judgment published on Thursday revealed details of the previously-secret legal battle https://t.co/FBf4PED43Z 
• Happiness officers: does every workplace need to hire someone to bring the joy? https://t.co/vAx5Rp1c7i
  
• MoJ working towards mid-March for legal aid response | Law Gazette https://t.co/lwoVV3IQzB 
• Wildlife groups urge MPs to back protest amendments to crime bill - Bee and butterfly groups are among those asking MPs to ‘defend freedoms’ essential to protecting environment https://t.co/mwjnIHBR8S
• Prince Harry has begun a High Court libel action against the publisher of the Daily Mail, his spokesperson has confirmed https://t.co/SPipVpaVfC
• No realistic prospect of conviction for PC Adam Zaman, 28, who was accused of raping a woman while off-duty at the Andaz Hotel in Liverpool Street, central London, in October last year: case dismissed https://t.co/7MkWw8O95
• The government should seize the assets of #Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich who owns Chelsea Football Club, amid concerns about alleged links to corruption, according to a Labour MP https://t.co/kLYQeglN8L
• Fixed costs: Housing specialists gather evidence on legal aid consequences | Law Gazette https://t.co/ndmdbbO5mb
• Web designer’s #US supreme court case could trample LGBTQ+ rights, advocates say https://t.co/J5ew65eVpa
• 'Shambolic': family lawyers told divorce service will close soon | Law Gazette https://t.co/fTkz4x9aKg
• Disabled staff and clients deserve more from the law - Legal Futures https://t.co/kHt03ttM4
• Law firms feature strongly in Stonewall's employer rankings | Law Gazette https://t.co/wSPheI45d
• Dating apps accused of ignoring sexual assault https://t.co/lI5AADvSap
• Doctor sacked for biblical views on gender to appeal against tribunal outcome https://t.co/5xJ5xE566R
• Mishcon takes next step in IPO plan by naming independent directors - Legal Futures https://t.co/uGDAXKbm0k
• Students in England to pay back loans over 40 years instead of 30 https://t.co/4Ws5N4cGas
• Employee unfairly dismissed & discriminated against following treatment for cancer, tribunal rules: Judge says compliance officer’s dismissal was ‘tainted with discrimination’ as experts advise firms to be ‘mindful’ of the impact of disabilities on staff https://t.co/q7aA5ZPjmc
• A jury is deciding whether a former detective showed "extreme indifference to human life" during the raid that led to the death of Breonna Taylor #US https://t.co/InUd3gmYcn
• All remaining legal Covid restrictions have been removed in England, nearly two years after the first rules were introduced https://t.co/nFISVMgJV3
• Vos halts PI fees appeal after wider issues raised | Law Gazette https://t.co/fMsetpBzq
• Law student Alicia Smyth is the first recipient of a new scholarship at Griffith University that will nurture the next generation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander legal eagles #Australia https://t.co/i2sedN8j5
• Scot whose extradition was sought by US over fraud accusations wins Supreme Court appeal | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/9ZO8qdLGwZ
• To Tory MPs seeking to derail the green agenda, I say watch out – we’re coming for you | Gemma Rogers https://t.co/9ycuoAKyXw
• Facebook has been accused of colluding with OnlyFans to blacklist rival adult websites in a lawsuit filed in the #US https://t.co/B38soANpfe
  
• Russian forces have launched a military assault on neighbouring Ukraine, crossing its borders and bombing military targets near big cities. President Vladimir Putin said #Russia did not plan to occupy Ukraine https://t.co/y36RV3vMl2
• Can a foreigner sue in a #Bangladeshi Court? https://t.co/iGPikhYDOi
• Attorney-at-Law Mekelia Green says she has removed alleged defamatory social media posts she made last week about attorney Nigel Jones and his firm in compliance with a Supreme Court order #Jamaica https://t.co/ruES6KyHuk
• Watchdog clears legal app over using 'shyster' in TV advert - Legal Futures https://t.co/EkXdEZoCRr 
• Automated contracts ‘happening now’ says master of rolls | Law Gazette https://t.co/RIITQUXD5L
  
• Employer defaulting in paying EPF contribution must pay damages; mens rea/ actus reus not relevant: Supreme Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/0ETKfzW4DA
  
• Party funding linked to Russia – how much have Tories benefited? Despite Johnson’s denial over input from oligarchs, donations from those with Russian business links or dual nationality boost the Conservatives https://t.co/ONEGgbDH4B
• 5 qualities you need to become a great lawyer #India https://t.co/bZoCFCgVbM
• Aged debt and more write-offs - larger law firms count cost of Covid - Legal Futures https://t.co/ODJ7JrFDm
• Trump lawyer says whole family may plead the fifth amendment in probe into their finances #US https://t.co/LtHoBtjHK
• Addleshaw Goddard’s pre-tax profits up by a third | Law Gazette https://t.co/FHlzYMJVhh
• A legal challenge over plans to build a national Holocaust memorial next to the Houses of Parliament in London is due to be heard at the High Court https://t.co/z2BwpXzf4l
• A&L Goodbody’s Belfast office to become more inclusive of working parents | Irish Legal News https://t.co/kqtYa8QFr2
• UK conveyancing market trends and the impact on law firms https://t.co/kDCjMe9Qgu
• “Reckless” solicitor fined for role in scheme offering 1,000% return - Legal Futures https://t.co/YzDeIQRxoM
• Future Legal Mind Competition 2022 https://t.co/qnNmI8Bzg0
• ‘Reeling’ PI market needed fees solution, Court of Appeal hears | Law Gazette https://t.co/Pw0RUCCESz
• UK Departs, Slightly, From EU Competition Rules https://t.co/cVJnKScPKN
• Mark Toland appointed as interim inspector of prisons | Irish Legal News https://t.co/uR9K8hPZ0X

24th February - Law News

Edition 3712: 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: Ukraine will introduce a nationwide state of emergency in which special restrictions will apply to keep the country calm and protect its economy amid fears of a Russian invasion. Alexander Titov, a lecturer in modern European history at Queen's University Belfast tells The World it's unlikely to be anything of a deterrent to the Russian President.

 Focus of the Day Article: Judges have been reminded of their limited scope for assisting litigants in person as part of a Court of Appeal ruling on a contested will. Lord Justice Snowden said there were ‘fundamental problems’ with the conclusion of a High Court judge that litigants had been treated fairly because the original trial judge had effectively done their job for them. Full story - The Law Society Gazette

 

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Zachary Rolfe trial: other officer present when Kumanjayi Walker was shot begins evidence #Australia https://t.co/YaFzpsGRTk
• 'Drunk' Florida lawyer arrested 'for stripping at a bar and refusing to put her clothes back on' #US https://t.co/jbWHDEJ4CN
• CPS head Max Hill severely criticised over record low in rape convictions - Vera Baird, victims’ commissioner, says DPP has overseen ‘catastrophic’ period in CPS’s history https://t.co/75UblTwgq3
• Councillor struck off after housing fraud conviction | Law Gazette https://t.co/H56hgRITks
• Clin neg costs reforms "could lead to exodus" of small law firms - Legal Futures https://t.co/c2pjhFWmVl
• Man arrested after hostage standoff at Amsterdam Apple store - Police say a 27-year-old gunman entered the store on Tuesday, taking one person hostage and demanding some €200m (£165m; $230m) in cryptocurrency https://t.co/jMHwJNgyNd 
• Colombian court decriminalises abortion up to 24 weeks | Irish Legal News https://t.co/xdr30ZcYeY 
• Entrepreneur in contempt over £200,000 dispute with Farrer & Co | Law Gazette https://t.co/2EGU8bz2K5 
• Facebook rejects Andrew Forrest’s legal claim it should be liable for cryptocurrency scam ads - Social media giant tells #US court its terms of service protect it against claims by Australian billionaire https://t.co/9tsM1k6WAj
• Solicitor struck off after housing fraud conviction - Legal Futures https://t.co/DPFD1RGh6I
• CBA prepares to issue ballot papers on legal aid action | Law Gazette https://t.co/xg1BOXQvsA 
• EU draft law would require firms to check suppliers for human rights, environmental ethics https://t.co/J71gsllz2d
• Boyd Legal acquires clientele of Somerville & Russell following administration | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/kvCidNCd6k
  
• Human Rights Campaign Condemns Passage of Bill Attacking Transgender Children in Iowa #US https://t.co/KR1gSnnUmk
• Leak confirms Partygate questionnaire includes police caution - Met’s questionnaire asks recipients if they have ‘reasonable excuse’ for attending gatherings in lockdown https://t.co/95GDXP2kyp
• Record year for Hogan Lovells as PEP surges to £1.8m | Law Gazette https://t.co/wxC1mjTGwi 
• A stalker who walked 23 miles to the London home of tennis star Emma Raducanu has been handed a five-year restraining order. Amrit Magar, left the 19-year-old feeling she was "constantly looking over her shoulder", Bromley Magistrates' Court heard https://t.co/BTNo8aUKIW
  
• Institutional burials bill to be brought to Oireachtas within fortnight | Irish Legal News https://t.co/bRQXMr2qj7
• Judges told to stay ‘above the fray’ in cases with LiPs | Law Gazette https://t.co/GPI2cqIiaN
• Suspended jail sentence for client over unpaid Farrer & Co bill - Legal Futures https://t.co/McywVmOHdR
• Barclays has suspended millions of pounds in bonus share awards to former boss Jes Staley amid an investigation by regulators into his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein https://t.co/4fxwV7bzaW 
• Northern Ireland’s new domestic abuse offence comes into force | Irish Legal News https://t.co/71Ec96SxtZ
• A Corrections Department denial that its national office has a list of the top five annoying barristers, has only piqued the interest of a lawyer who wonders if he’s on the list #NewZealand https://t.co/NpjMGt408W 
• Convicted solicitors ordered to pay back £200,000 | Law Gazette https://t.co/W0EYTvbrGU 
• Employment law platform targets DIY market with £500 service - Legal Futures https://t.co/yTXjCRBh4h
  
• Police move to ban reporters from Birmingham Six journalist hearing: West Midlands police want notes of former MP Chris Mullin, thought to hold identity of surviving pub bomber https://t.co/uPscgQQPvt
  
• Post Office disclosure could be used against lawyers before SDT | Law Gazette https://t.co/nLxk6VfvDX
• Solicitor injected supermarket food with his own blood, court hears - The rampage at supermarkets in Fulham caused almost £500,000 in damage, the court heard https://t.co/2kc5QZRzKQ 
• DWP admits wrongly rejecting disabled people for benefits at record rate https://t.co/i93c6fmQLp 
• I grew up near an open prison. The number of escapes now is really alarming https://t.co/aUxXOGuN1V
• Firms with offices in Kyiv ready to act as Russia crisis escalates | Law Gazette https://t.co/gQHC19DGKc 
• Dublin City Council spent €2.5m on legal fees last year #Ireland https://t.co/lWu97pB5j2

23rd February - Law News

Edition 3711: 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 process of appointing two new Supreme Court Justices begins today (Friday 11 February), as applications are invited from candidates to fill the vacancies resulting from the retirement of Lord Lloyd-Jones and Lady Arden of Heswall. Here, Lord Reed, President of the UK Supreme Court highlights what the role involves and who will make a suitable candidate.

 Focus of the Day Article: The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has stepped up its probe of solicitors who acted for the Post Office during the sub-postmasters’ scandal, it has emerged. Full story - Legal Futures

 

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Masterclass in Personal Injury and Medical Negligence Claims Podcast: Funding Claims and Recovering Expenses | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/pMPyTQbQa6
• Keep EU law or face ‘unpredictable consequences’, former GLD chief warns | Law Gazette https://t.co/VHNChuKyLZ
  
• More money and an 'initial litigation offering' - funding boom goes on - Legal Futures https://t.co/l2M1eWMgw6
• The charges against four men accused over the shooting of black equal rights campaigner Sasha Johnson have been dropped. She was shot in the head during a silent disco in the garden of a house on Consort Road in Peckham, south London, in May last year https://t.co/BJgJ3BiZpz
• High Court makes promptness reminder in benefits uplift ruling | Law Gazette https://t.co/n6c4mGPQxR
• Scotland's legal Covid-19 restrictions, including the wearing of face coverings, will end on 21 March. First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said people would still be advised to wear masks in shops and on public transport https://t.co/9DdjJ8SSFD
• Leading financial services business lays out plan for ABS - Legal Futures https://t.co/RhK6bs7oVG
• High Court makes promptness reminder in benefits uplift ruling | Law Gazette https://t.co/n6c4mGyf9
• Home Office faces legal action over conditions at women-only detention centre in County Durham https://t.co/IYQEEBLz47
• Sacked law firm receptionist suffered pregnancy discrimination | Law Gazette https://t.co/izbJfm6mVh
• Solicitor Peter Maxfield-Martin overturns disciplinary tribunal's dishonesty finding - Legal Futures https://t.co/JKPXziOTWT
• Nightingale courts bill up to £34m, justice minister reveals | Law Gazette https://t.co/QOdEmOy4
• Three convicted terrorists, including Hashem Abedi who is serving life for 22 murders in the Manchester Arena bombing, have been found guilty of a "vicious attack" on a prison officer https://t.co/62g6Zn15zL
• OnlyFans has been accused of conspiring to blacklist the social media accounts of adult performers working for rival websites https://t.co/iz0xiH7AK
• Councils spend £45m on legal disrepair claims in four years https://t.co/ZBDliqHdua
• The tough-talking jurist who refused a Manhattan prosecutor’s bid last week to coddle an alleged teen robber — sending the punk to jail instead of back on the streets — has a history of passing judgment as she sees fit #US https://t.co/w8P76zbFVb
• High Court overturns tribunal's dishonesty finding | Law Gazette https://t.co/YFKuXEPhXd
  
• Ministers to reject making misogyny a hate crime in England and Wales - Priti Patel says government will oppose Lords amendment when police, crime, sentencing and courts bill returns to parliament https://t.co/B9qcqhXCD
• Nordic Spotlight: Natalia Rigo Olafsson top notch lawyer and consul of Sweden in Mallorca https://t.co/pcfl0GqeDD
• My legal life: Sam John, Wendy Hopkins Family Law Practice, Associate, Cardiff - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/hT8O44PuOs
• #Myanmar junta takes place of Aung San Suu Kyi at Rohingya hearing https://t.co/PLzumNaOux 
• Online subscription scams, many using bogus celebrity endorsements, are costing victims tens of millions of pounds a year https://t.co/oERPeJZLj
• First Nations lawyer shakes up Sydney’s oldest law school #Australia https://t.co/jVFpooaNLl 
• Peers to run the rule over government’s JR reforms | Law Gazette https://t.co/I8az5iqFrD
• SRA obtains disclosure order in Post Office lawyers investigation - Legal Futures https://t.co/HPZeL8XXJ9
• UK wildlife campaigners call for legal right to access nature for all https://t.co/Ca0ijZ0GUk 
• Commercial firm to accept crypto payments | Law Gazette https://t.co/Vqn1Pk1sh
• ‘Golden visa’ lawyers call for UK to rethink blanket ban - Critics say end of scheme risks billions in overseas investment due to myth that ‘foreign money is dirty money’ https://t.co/5jhh6lRikP 
• Angel Lynn: Court to review pair's kidnap sentences https://t.co/xVZMVCAnEs 
• Government consults on legal direction to restrict Huawei in UK telecoms networks https://t.co/oobgoMyTv3
• Our criminal justice system needs major surgery, not a band aid | Law Gazette https://t.co/Waa3dXnt0w
  
• Diary of a high street conveyancer; 21st February 2022 https://t.co/LSKk61Kfdc
  
• Two police constables and an ex-officer charged with sharing "grossly offensive" messages with Wayne Couzens have been named by prosecutors https://t.co/ce1gnrxzA5
  
• Preparing for PII renewal on 1 April - Legal Futures https://t.co/LPNWLq5x9i 
• Two women have been arrested on suspicion of assisting or encouraging suicide, following the death of a 60-year-old woman from Cardigan https://t.co/Upj71n97eu
• All Covid restrictions will end in England on Thursday and free mass testing will stop from 1 April https://t.co/Iax2x9M8OW 
• Drop Channel 4 privatisation plans, Conservative MPs urge Boris Johnson https://t.co/wM8IbsBUn6 
• Todner issues JR proceedings over SRA prosecution | Law Gazette https://t.co/4slWz1Ljyt

22nd February - Law News

Edition 3710: 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: How senior leaders role model law firm Lewis Silkin's values | Workplace Culture Thematic Review

 

 Focus of the Day Article: The Good Law Project and The Runnymede Trust, R (on the application of) v The Prime Minister and Anor [2022] EWHC 298 (Admin) (15 February 2022). Full story - UK Human Rights Blog

 

Saturday Conversations on Law

• The Corporate Counsel Show: Strengthening legal value chains - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/78IrKmDA5N
• POCSO Act not intended to penalise teenagers in "dense romantic affair": Allahabad High Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/JQIRh4IbG7
• The Corporate Counsel Show: How to lead large law departments - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/L52QqcgjE3
• Elite law firms unite to help victims of domestic abuse secure protective injunctions - Legal Cheek https://t.co/V1pcx00icl
• Calcutta High Court directs physical opening of schools, order directing 20% reduction of fees vacated | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/dv6D5RiQO
• What 2022 holds for class actions - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/y6xd9IZJd2 
• Squires boosts London NQ lawyer pay to £95k - Legal Cheek https://t.co/vIUYOeCmPG 
• Plea against loudspeakers in temples, mosques filed to affect communal harmony during polls: Allahabad High Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/HXT18sl4OR
• Protégé: The advantages of working and studying full time - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/BeRUiF6NEN
• NQ lawyer pay at Eversheds moves to £95k - Legal Cheek https://t.co/rcKjrkJKBR
• [Cancelling authorisation to bachat gats] Motto is women empowerment but action in "utter contrast": Bombay High Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/qOcGDLkJ4W
• "Lawyers notarising docs from parked vehicles, taxis:" Bombay High Court sends suggestions to Centre on Notaries Amendment Bill | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/NbtH7fAWXi
• Revealed: The chambers with the most supportive barristers 2022 - Legal Cheek https://t.co/Sy7YQCuKVZ
• Reservation in promotions: The ball is again in the governments’ court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/bWEvGNc8Y
• Experts Share Their Thoughts on Why Data Compliance Is So Important | Lawyer Herald https://t.co/XHu0p5kkRT
• The elaborate con that tricked dozens into working for a fake design agency https://t.co/fcgsShY3n0
  
• Macfarlanes posts 100% spring trainee retention score - Legal Cheek https://t.co/NTNJJc9J2P 
• #Australia has reopened its international border for the first time in nearly two years, bringing joyful family reunions and a boost to tourism https://t.co/K9R1I1KCl8
  
• Monday's LawNewsIndex: 21st February - Law News https://t.co/0vQiKSQ54f
  
• The reigning Managing Partner of the Year on being true to one’s self - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/AFiJ53zRcx
• Credit Suisse denies wrongdoing after big banking data leak https://t.co/QRfvuhWgHz
• Legal Cheek's training contract and study advice video series - Legal Cheek https://t.co/SUVp6dCF91 
• A major series blaming Islamophobia for the 2014 Birmingham schools controversy is one-sided and risks opening old wounds https://t.co/CAlvLVMDJK 
• Mental health helpline funded by royals shared users’ conversations https://t.co/FSdiareGFY
• Removing toxicity from a lawyer’s life - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/lwAgNTMHBZ
  
• The fall of Prince Andrew https://t.co/57P0qQflDR

21st February - Law News

Edition 3709: 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: Mounted police knock down Freedom Convoy protesters at a demo against COVID mandate in Ottawa, Canada.

 

 Focus of the Day Article: Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) inspectors have highlighted the impact of ‘rising caseloads and considerable backlogs’ on work at CPS London South, with particular problems found in disclosure and pre-charge reviews. Full story - New Law Journal

 

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Privacy laws could be rolled back, UK government sources suggest https://t.co/E6WjturNID
• How I built a career as a construction lawyer - Legal Cheek https://t.co/8whiNFMlUm
• The Good Law Project and The Runnymede Trust, R (on the application of) v The Prime Minister and Anor [2022] EWHC 298 (Admin) (15 February 2022) | UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/sipxVkfCZg 
• Revealed: Credit Suisse leak unmasks criminals, fraudsters and corrupt politicians https://t.co/rickrwP8HN 
• Home Office is investigating claims racist WhatsApp messages were sent by immigration staff working for Mitie. The messages remarked on Syrian refugees, MP Diane Abbott and the home secretary https://t.co/flI2Tfo4RD 
• Online law school strikes SQE deal with Oxford Brookes - Legal Cheek https://t.co/UFwSSL9s39 
• Court of Appeal examines limits of judicial authority - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/YaaoQsFA6a 
• Dechert and Fried Frank raise junior lawyer salaries in London - Legal Cheek https://t.co/uXUlPe8z4O
• Is Hindi national language? Bombay High Court says 'yes' to reject bail plea; Telugu accused moves Supreme Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/MFyosEMW8B
  
• Law firm invites training contract seekers ten-pin bowling - Legal Cheek https://t.co/j8gPeIT2mb 
• Building a successful family law firm - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/ZeccvUCF51
• Personal injury CMC boss convicted for second time - Legal Futures https://t.co/BdawznQvYA 
• The Queen has tested positive for Covid, Buckingham Palace has said. The monarch is experiencing "mild cold-like symptoms" but expects to continue "light duties" at Windsor over the coming week, the palace said https://t.co/v8ciG7Acgw 
• Divorce that wife did not know about for 12 years is set aside | Law Gazette https://t.co/rwpKppeemx
• Legal Ombudsman eyes major shake-up of rules to help tackle backlog - Legal Futures https://t.co/kLzuySDVAu
• BPP strikes SQE training deals with international and national law firms - Legal Cheek https://t.co/NfLehescme 
• PM refuses to say whether he will resign if found to have broken lockdown laws https://t.co/0FoarcVDax
• A round-up of human rights stories from around the world | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/ScSEQYQqYc
• Law firm dismissed staff member because she was pregnant - Legal Futures https://t.co/y1wmdnn7Bm
  
• High Court overturns tribunal's dishonesty finding | Law Gazette https://t.co/YFKuXExGyD 
• Meet the aspiring barrister hoping to dismantle barriers and bring disability to the bar - Legal Cheek https://t.co/FqAoFiwvQC
• So-called “sex-for-rent” arrangements should be criminalised in Ireland, justice minister Helen McEntee has said | Irish Legal News https://t.co/3E353s8eh1 
• Parking charges law firm fined for unallocated payments from drivers - Legal Futures https://t.co/KybHAqN1V
• Vegan court wigs are being trialled after a barrister sold 10 headpieces to his fellow advocates | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/6o7q2do6RK
• Matrix apologises for putting embargoed judgment on press release - Legal Cheek https://t.co/KU4A3eMlGK
• Police in Canada's capital Ottawa have cleared a main protest site in front of parliament that had been occupied by demonstrators for over three weeks https://t.co/bwBa43k0Eg
  
• The legal requirement to self-isolate after catching Covid in England is expected to be dropped from next week - as part of a "living with Covid" plan https://t.co/nFswHjiuYi 
• Over one million remote links in Northern Ireland courts since pandemic began | Irish Legal News https://t.co/hM8Q8BbhTn

20th February - Law News

Edition 3708: 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: Western leaders as well as the Russian propaganda machine are blaming each other of spreading misinformation. Moscow has long accused Ukraine of 'genocide' against Russian speakers in the east. The U.S. called the claim 'a reprehensible falsehood', but Washington has also faced criticism for warning of an imminent attack. So who will win the battle for public opinion?

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Over one million remote links in Northern Ireland courts since pandemic began | Irish Legal News https://t.co/hM8Q8BbhTn
• UK Legal industry turnover jumped to £41.6bn in 2021, up 11.5% on 2020 according to Office of National Statistics data released this week | NLJ https://t.co/7KlALnOxo
• Sole practitioners dispute need for annual levy to sustain SIF | Law Gazette https://t.co/I2cAKZGuyn
• Low fees & high stress causing shortage of criminal duty solicitors | NLJ https://t.co/ZHTmM2aVaf
• Afghan evacuees face legal limbo, Society warns | Law Gazette https://t.co/p50wKg0CmH
• The Court of Protection (CoP) has issued guidance on meetings between a judge and protected parties during proceedings | NLJ https://t.co/Z84OzqCc3o 
• Prince Harry ‘does not feel safe in UK’, lawyers tell high court - Legal hearing challenges Home Office decision to prevent duke from paying for police protection when visiting https://t.co/A4mweHzBT4 
• A French modelling agent and a former associate of the late US financier Jeffrey Epstein has been found dead in his prison cell in Paris. Jean-Luc Brunel was found hanged in his cell in La Santé prison on Saturday morning, French media report https://t.co/JriqbYlPSJ
• Lawyers aim to ensure client’s reputation doesn’t precede them | NLJ https://t.co/r5D5BRc2Ps 
• A thief who posed as a gem expert to switch diamonds worth £4.2m for pebbles has been ordered to pay back less than £250. Lulu Lakatos, 60, told Mayfair jewellers Boodles she had been sent to value seven precious stones on behalf of Russian buyers https://t.co/pLqxN74TKX
• Peers seek views on lord chancellor’s role | Law Gazette https://t.co/o3NlcP8GUT
• Former health secretary Matt Hancock acted unlawfully when he appointed former Talk Talk chief executive Dido Harding as chair of the National Institute for Health Protection and retail executive Mike Coupe as director of testing, the High Court has held https://t.co/ySmRgLsWlu 
• Operating profits soar 30% at Harbottle | Law Gazette https://t.co/fuC6tS8A9k
• The Law Society has raised objections to an HMRC consultation on draft regulations for mandatory disclosure rules | NLJ https://t.co/3QRZHYZNPo 
• Robert Milsom obituary - a legal aid solicitor who often defended the poor and outcast – and sometimes the seriously criminal https://t.co/Dr5PQzmiUm
• The UK government is likely to drop plans to ban imports of fur and foie gras, amid cabinet opposition. The measures were due to be included in the Animals Abroad Bill, to be introduced soon https://t.co/wEvJJTConD
• Call for reform of ‘cumbersome’ rules on email service | Law Gazette https://t.co/mrVN6drkS5 
• The hunt is on for the next two Justices of the Supreme Court, following the retirement of Lord Lloyd-Jones and Lady Arden | NLJ https://t.co/skwJjzSUey
• Diamond thief must pay back £244 after record £4.2m heist - The Guardian view on privacy law and press freedom: failing to strike a balance | Editorial https://t.co/HgA7JkdhUj https://t.co/bdpKydmImy
• Hijab must pass Constitutional Morality test in Sabarimala, Triple Talaq rulings: State to Karnataka High Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/ayWhAYo4hm
• The dangers of rushing to comment on a judgment | Law Gazette https://t.co/8crKqGALR5 
• District Judge Paul Clarke has been appointed to the Civil Procedure Rule Committee, which makes rules of court for the Court of Appeal, High Court and County Court | NLJ https://t.co/DHRuh3rQLY
• The Guardian view on privacy law and press freedom: failing to strike a balance | Editorial https://t.co/HgA7JkuSLR 
• From 1 March, first hearings in family cases at the Royal Courts of Justice are to be attended in person, the President of the Family Division, Sir Andrew McFarlane has said | NLJ https://t.co/IvzfwKglD5
  
• Sheffield couple jailed for imprisoning autistic son in loft https://t.co/W8lMgnwfNB 
• Mrs Justice Eady becomes president of Employment Appeal Tribunal | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/BHXRRYPMOT
  
• Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) inspectors have highlighted the impact of ‘rising caseloads and considerable backlogs’ on work at CPS London South, with particular problems found in disclosure and pre-charge reviews | NLJ https://t.co/QPj8UXz1EF
  
• Gateshead school fined for field trip which ended in mountain rescue https://t.co/vDYcYVFdIm 
• Boris Johnson returns lockdown party questionnaire to police https://t.co/gnO0oEVoIL 
• The London Legal Support Trust (LLST) is once again asking lawyers to bring their hairiest family members along with them for London Legal Walkies at Greenwich Park on Saturday, 23 April at 10am | NLJ https://t.co/rW0KCuaHde 
• No 10 staff facing police over Partygate can see notes on their evidence https://t.co/pkzmSntVPS

19th February - Law News

Edition 3707: LawNewsIndex is a UK based daily legal news archive on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Jurisprudence, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics & Human Rights since 2011.   

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 Today's Highlighted Video Story: India's National Investigation Agency or NIA has arrested its former investigator, an IPS officer, who is alleged to have leaked sensitive information to Pakistani terrorist group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT).

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Public consultation seeks views on domestic, sexual and gender-based violence strategy | Irish Legal News https://t.co/KGrfBd8hb0 
• Shoosmiths has announced the recruitment of four senior hires, two associates and a support lawyer in its teams in Edinburgh and Glasgow | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/QzTGcmTg4A
• 'Step in right direction': Freshfields solicitor appointed to highest bench in Bahrain | Law Gazette https://t.co/umRAi5KRVs
• Music teacher jailed for raping girls | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/pyaiOspjz
• Fresh calls for overhaul of ‘creaking’ power of attorney system | Law Gazette https://t.co/V7TMaww3sT
• Former Minnesota police officer sentenced to two years in prison over the fatal shooting of a black motorist last April. In December, a jury convicted Kim Potter, 49, of manslaughter after she killed Daunte Wright, 20, during a traffic stop #US https://t.co/STETVfJd8H 
• Mandatory for trial court to appoint legal aid lawyer when counsel for accused doesn't appear: Karnataka High Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/j0CKeDAcl5
• Costs assessment sent to wrong address struck out | Law Gazette https://t.co/cDeqRxKJYk
• Ombudsman proposes to slash time limit for complaints | Law Gazette https://t.co/QuLuf7RmPi 
• Legal Ombudsman eyes major shake-up of rules to help tackle backlog - Legal Futures https://t.co/kLzuySVwZ4
• MPs 'concerned' at Herbert Smith’s involvement with Post Office scheme | Law Gazette https://t.co/ptPdSfnffk 
• Falsely convicted postal workers must be ‘fully compensated’, says committee https://t.co/qRNh3jgbTV
• Inspectors tell CPS to 'significantly improve' disclosure | Law Gazette https://t.co/Hn4f8Vs9y5 
• Personal injury CMC boss convicted for second time - Legal Futures https://t.co/BdawznQvYA 
• Boss of failed CMC spent company money while debts piled up | Law Gazette https://t.co/8PxWEg4gGG
• Innocent Post Office manager’s children told she was a ‘thief’, hears inquiry - Susan Hazzleton says taunting happened after she was accused of stealing £300 despite reporting faults in Horizon IT system https://t.co/BTKD5eN0NM
• ECtHR dismisses Troubles case despite identifying weaknesses in 2012 inquest | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/GIhRvGUIqH
  
• Parking charges law firm fined for unallocated payments from drivers - Legal Futures https://t.co/KybHAqN1V5
• Court allows later medical reports despite failure to disclose first | Law Gazette https://t.co/zZ9S3SiFED
• Mason Hayes & Curran appoints John Troute as corporate partner | Irish Legal News https://t.co/BysDnfiSLi
• Transgender people can self-identify in Scottish census, confirms judge https://t.co/5c0HM0Ig2E 
• Criminal barristers in England and Wales may strike, in an action that could close down Crown Courts https://t.co/dfigfZ0px
• Round-up of deals involving Irish law firms | Irish Legal News https://t.co/EQrDn6o1v7
  
• Jailed Khan loses appeal against 'manifestly excessive' sentence | Law Gazette https://t.co/iQKznEb30x
• Law firm dismissed staff member because she was pregnant - Legal Futures https://t.co/y1wmdnEIsU
• #Ecuador legislators approve regulations allowing abortion in cases of rape https://t.co/CofprdSnNP
• A deadline to register forgotten historical paths in England by 2026 is set to be scrapped by the government. There was a cut-off to apply to record rights of way through private land which existed before 1949 but did not appear on official maps https://t.co/mVXrzbkUPU
• People will no longer have to show a Covid pass by law to get into large events, cinemas and nightclubs in Wales as rules are scrapped https://t.co/s9HqkR7Zbf
  
• Andrew Neil launches libel claim against Jennifer Arcuri after Epstein tweet - Boris Johnson’s former lover made claims about journalist’s inclusion in a contact book owned by Jeffrey Epstein https://t.co/eNIzdp7uIt