2nd March - Law News

Edition 3718: 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 family of an undergraduate who took her own life are to challenge the University of Bristol over its duty of care in protecting the mental health of its students. Natasha Abrahart's parents are suing the university for negligence in an unprecedented case. She was one of 13 students whose suspected suicides, in the words of a pro-vice chancellor, "lit a fire under the institution" Mental health illnesses have rocketed six-fold in 5 years across universities in England and Wales.

 

 Focus of the Day Article: Immigration lawyers yesterday launched a free advice service to support Ukrainians wanting refuge in the UK in the wake of the Russian invasion. Simon Cox, a barrister specialising in immigration and public law at Doughty Street Chambers, said the project aimed to help Ukrainians wanting to stay in the UK or “reach the UK legally”. Full story - Legal Futures

 

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Best of the blogs - 26 February 2022 | Law Gazette https://t.co/257WMr9beG 
• Jennifer Downing promoted to partner at CDS Tax & Law | Irish Legal News https://t.co/n7pnYQtVeR
• Russia's invasion: blaming lawyer 'enablers' | Law Gazette https://t.co/EHPNrEmA7i 
• Ukraine conflict: UK relaxes visa rules for refugees - The scheme allowing close relatives of Ukrainian people settled in the UK to come over will be widened to include adult parents, grandparents, children over 18 and siblings https://t.co/qNqEmh0JdW 
• Compulsory Covid jabs for care home staff scrapped https://t.co/Trrjs8wGod
  
• UK's most wanted woman Sarah Panitzke arrested in Spain https://t.co/fpeb2rMcwo 
• How top #Indian law firms are getting back to work after the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions | Bar & Bench https://t.co/BzVbBzj8lj 
• Criminal barristers balloted on action over legal aid reform | Law Gazette https://t.co/R9cJrblNiK 
• Immigration expert Ashley Fleming joins Harper Macleod | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/zHvgsxi46N 
• Students face long wait for SQE2 exams | Law Gazette https://t.co/ulmUfn4ghB 
• Solicitors quit London office of Russian law firm because of invasion - Legal Futures https://t.co/2SZnJZfwXg 
• Norton Rose tells lawyers: no ‘external commentary’ on Russian sanctions | Law Gazette https://t.co/nkSc9E2vtu 
• UK law firms aiding Russian oligarchs could face penalties, No 10 suggests https://t.co/AyZKsVeOWH 
• CoA refuses permission to cap costs in Malawi rape case | Law Gazette https://t.co/f1FQ7zx9dF 
• Ukraine to sell 'war bonds' to fund armed forces https://t.co/wF7h1Afxyq 
• Patients will be endangered by flaws in health bill, says NHS ombudsman - Rob Behrens says victims of medical negligence could be denied justice because of ‘curtain of secrecy’ https://t.co/yB0D5CUeIR 
• CMCs have not exploited whiplash portal, report says - Legal Futures https://t.co/xpxxdrPieO 
• A former prosecutor has accused the Metropolitan Police of a "dereliction of duty" over failures to investigate a British paedophile who is on the run. Daniel Erickson-Hull, who fled to Bulgaria in 2017, may have abused hundreds of children there https://t.co/w7l0v00ldN 
• Pressure mounts for action against 'enablers' of Russian regime | Law Gazette https://t.co/zPJlVweNLf 
• MPs have voted to scrap a proposal to make misogyny a hate crime in England and Wales as part of new public order laws going through Parliament https://t.co/wlliFGSRu3 
• #US supreme court signals it may restrict EPA’s ability to fight climate crisis https://t.co/t35BGJC8vI 
• Wishing a very happy St. David's Day to all https://t.co/4OcsvvtSw2 
• Dr Mary McAleese: Next generation of lawyers must stand up for what’s right | Irish Legal News https://t.co/Y60Y4vIpjC 
• Solicitor wins unfair dismissal claim over transfer to new firm - Legal Futures https://t.co/FsqUknQJ88 
• Boutique firm wins case against solicitor over move to competitor | Law Gazette https://t.co/hgKsQkFeOr 
• Court upholds non-compete clause for lawyer joining Weightmans - Legal Futures https://t.co/SbWmXGGMHe 
• Anderson Strathern appoints former Deloitte partner Mike McGregor as non-executive director | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/46RiHyMclt 
• Obituary: Francesca Jaszczyk - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/QlM4wcMEWZ 
• ICC prosecutor to investigate possible war crimes in #Ukraine https://t.co/FwJJsYUCXu 
• Economic crime bill to surface after four-year wait | Law Gazette https://t.co/B007AfJkse
  
• US: Three officers convicted over failing to stop George Floyd’s murder | Irish Legal News https://t.co/2iWoJsfWhE

1st March - Law News

Edition 3717: 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: Poland’s president is among those calling for Ukraine to be granted EU membership, as an estimated 200,000 refugees have crossed into Poland.  One couple at the border, originally from Morocco and living in Ukraine, told the BBC how they have spent over 24 hours on a train followed by a 70km walk to reach the border where refugees were separated into different queues, one for Ukrainians and one for non Ukrainians. The couple have now entered Poland.

 

 Focus of the Day Article: The UKHRB is grateful to Aileen McColgan QC for allowing us to republish her article, which originally appeared on Panoptican, a blog published by the barristers at 11KBW here. The central question for the Supreme Court in Bloomberg v ZXC [2022] UKSC 5 was, as Lords Hamblen and Stephens put it (with Lord Reeds, Lloyd-Jones and Sales agreeing): “whether, in general, a person under criminal investigation has, prior to being charged, a reasonable expectation of privacy in respect of information relating to that investigation”. The short answer was “yes”. Full story - UK HUman Rights Blog

 

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Supreme Court imposes ₹5k costs on petitioner who impleaded judge who granted bail, filed Article 32 petition against bail order | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/9PppeGe2oN
• Judge Rinder to release thriller based on pupil barrister - Legal Cheek https://t.co/TWzm7jHzNf
• Russian invasion of Ukraine triggers global sanctions: what businesses need to know: Lawyers from McDermott outline the scope and applicability of the sanctions imposed by major jurisdictions across the world - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/H8LJO15wqe 
• The reigning Managing Partner of the Year on being true to one’s self - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/AFiJ53ifNX
• UK media regulator Ofcom has launched 15 investigations into Russian state-backed news channel RT's coverage of the conflict in Ukraine https://t.co/8yIISE6IT6
  
• Govt. hospital denying medical treatment citing place of residence impermissible: Punjab & Haryana High Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/0SKe0tx5oK
  
• Will City law firms join the Metaverse? - Legal Cheek https://t.co/OfDwEAZ9H5
• Mentoring 101 in the new normal - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/WjnsBcrimK
• Judge uses 'International Teddy Act 1908' to help child adopt his teddies - Legal Cheek https://t.co/NXt6Squ2sW
  
• Delhi being turned into liquor capital: Ashwini Upadhyay approaches Delhi High Court for ban on alcohol, drugs | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/wc461owVIa
• 5 ways to better market your law firm - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/44TJRg90Hp
• From teacher to lawyer and the transferable skills I learnt along the way - Legal Cheek https://t.co/CK5hTcxHTv
• [Judicial infrastructure] Mere funds not enough; have been pursuing govt for statutory mechanism: CJI NV Ramana | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/zak9GMEaHR 
• The Corporate Counsel Show: Strengthening legal value chains - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/78IrKmlZef
• Lords criticise plans to remove UK citizenship without warning: Peers hit out at clause in nationality bill as threatening British values of ‘fair play and rule of law’ https://t.co/hbCUKvPD89
• The UK government has joined with the US and the EU to announce new sanctions against Russia's central bank. It has banned British people and businesses from making transactions with the Russian central bank, its finance ministry and its wealth fund https://t.co/9ouNaq7LIF
• 14 law firms named on LGBTQ+ employer list - Legal Cheek https://t.co/U6W7l8pi0P
  
• Strasbourg Court affirms the importance of anonymity online - Ruaridh Owens - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/6ri4ej3czD
• Consider payment of tax as duty towards nation and not a compulsion: Justice MR Shah | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/UwC9cP6VkT
  
• Google search results for law schools skyrocket after Kim K posts study snap - Legal Cheek https://t.co/HiMjAXN4FA
  
• Watson Farley & Williams mourns death of Singapore office head: leading maritime lawyer remembered as a ‘superb lawyer who inspired great trust and loyalty’ - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/pYm5SODXdZ 
• The number of civilians killed during Russia's invasion of #Ukraine is rising by the day. By Sunday, Ukraine's human rights commissioner put the number of civilian victims alone at 210, including several children https://t.co/XLKKxh9DWH 
• A life robbed in its infancy: The human impact of veteran suicide - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/XcpV6dbj5Z
  
• The EU has imposed a blanket flight ban on Russian planes, the head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, has announced https://t.co/QZua4gZmYH
  
• The Corporate Counsel Show: Why curiosity is key - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/6PFzXzwtqV 
• People who are settled in the UK will be able to bring their Ukrainian immediate family members to join them, the prime minister has announced https://t.co/L3TS5tklnT

28th February - Law News

Edition 3716: 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: Ten years ago, Trayvon Martin was fatally shot by George Zimmerman, who perceived the unarmed teenager as a threat. He would later be acquitted of all charges in the killing, arguing successfully that he had acted in self defense. These events reignited the conversation about race and justice in America. "The contemporary civil rights movement unfolded directly in response to the murder of Trayvon Martin,” says Henry Louis Gates Jr. in a new Opinion video. Former President Barack Obama argues that Trayvon's death "was the start of America looking inward and in fits and starts coming to terms with what has always been our original sin." 

 Focus of the Day Article: Lawyers have called on the government to do its best to help avert a refugee and humanitarian crisis, following the invasion of Ukraine by Russia. Full story - New Law Journal

 

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Law Pod UK: Latest Episode - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/wtelLtdqzX
• US and UK law firms announce bumper financial results - Legal Cheek https://t.co/T799af25NT 
• Court of Appeal refuses permission to judicially review infected blood compensation scheme - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/Wajd8HxtEW
• UK expected to ease visa restrictions for Ukrainians fleeing war: Foreign secretary says refugees will be welcomed after immigration minister provoked outrage with tweet https://t.co/UAJgz7HquQ
• 6 skills to help you stay on top of your game in 2022 - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/8niNuBPVDG
  
• 'Chief happiness officer', 'micro retreats' and even a 😎 emoji! Clifford Chance partner sets out vision for future in eye-catching manifesto - Legal Cheek https://t.co/1B2skkPPqd
• Putin has used British rich man’s law to avoid scrutiny, at a crippling cost to us all https://t.co/3yQaB055l
• Gilchrist Connell improves social justice contribution - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/BqoaRFzKa
• Russian invasion prompts CMS, Bakers and Dentons to close Kyiv offices - Legal Cheek https://t.co/6zn0dviTrD 
• The Weekly Round-Up: restrictions, refugees and the right to privacy - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/oKWEm3M7o5
• Statements of protected witness after redaction of identity can be provided to UAPA accused: Supreme Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/1RAQ3f9f6A 
• Mishcon joins initiative to fund refugee lawyers through SQE - Legal Cheek https://t.co/WmFG5WSnQQ
• Police are appealing for help to find a missing 96-year-old woman. Rita - whose surname has not been released by officers - is from Brecon, Powys, and was last seen at 10:20 GMT on Saturday https://t.co/7xtEwXgZC
• Award win sees surge in trust, says legal counsel - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/zeKOzVYxEN 
• Bloomberg v ZXC – the Supreme Court decides - Aileen McColgan QC - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/6Z2lqFZnKi
  
• New 50mph zones could be introduced on two more sections of Welsh roads to tackle pollution. The Welsh government wants to reduce nitrogen dioxide (NO2) concentration https://t.co/TsjNqzco12 
• Simmons launches in Silicon Valley as A&O enters Boston - Legal Cheek https://t.co/oKem9LVbAn
  
• “It is a case of affair and sexual relationship ending in breakup:” Rajasthan High Court quashes rape case | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/JqM2oMjvgD
  
• How a court case over pollution could be used to unravel federal regulatory power #US https://t.co/FKmodfuHHG 
• Full video: Funding the SQE - Legal Cheek https://t.co/va68lBtR5P
• The EU, US and their allies have agreed to cut off a number of Russian banks from the main international payment system, Swift https://t.co/hQbo1G7tHT 
• Planning exemption for conversion of vacant pubs into homes extended | Irish Legal News https://t.co/QgNqRKuWzS
  
• Join our volunteers! - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/lD9PpTsTij
  
• Ketanji Brown Jackson will be a superb addition to the US supreme court #US https://t.co/6WhONqt6yK 
• New rules to tackle offshore crypto crime | Law Gazette https://t.co/nU9lDeQsAJ

27th February - Law News

Edition 3715: 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 international response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine has largely been limited to sanctions and condemnation. UN Security Council permanent member Russia used its veto to block a resolution against the invasion. The U.S and EU are preparing sanctions targeting Russia's president, but former leader Dmitry Medvedev responded by saying Moscow doesn't really need diplomatic ties with the West. Can anything be done to return to diplomacy?

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Ireland welcomes progress on EU directive on ESG reporting | Irish Legal News https://t.co/rYQUrJAYaQ
• An extra 4,000 prison places are to be created, spread across 16 prisons, Justice Secretary Dominic Raab said last week | NLJ https://t.co/HhdibxkXeB
• Dechert and ex-partner face joint trial over hacking and abduction claims | Law Gazette https://t.co/Kok0HAWcgV
• Inner House finds former employee of housebuilder entitled to payment of bonuses post-termination | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/7JipZY8BHS 
• Chelsea's Russian owner Roman Abramovich says he is "giving trustees of Chelsea's charitable foundation the stewardship and care" of the club. Abramovich, who took over at Chelsea in the 2003, has made the move amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine https://t.co/PWFQiewkCx
• The Court of Appeal has warned judges to ‘remain above the fray and neutral’ where cases involve litigants in person | NLJ https://t.co/5xQiZ4K2L
• 'Almost unendurable': rape case delayed 21 times | Law Gazette https://t.co/IFLyesLij9 
• Director of Public Prosecutions Max Hill QC has vowed to do better on Rape and Serious Sexual Offences (RASSO), following concerns about low numbers of convictions | NLJ https://t.co/qj0fZUno7c
  
• Four Bars condemn illegal Russian invasion of Ukraine | Irish Legal News https://t.co/w1pillSG2B 
• Hundreds defy banned Basant kite flying festival in #Pakistan - The government imposed the ban because of unsafe practices. But despite a police crackdown, every year hundreds of people continue to fly kites from their rooftops https://t.co/Gqgks7dpd0 
• Witness on video link tried to give evidence while driving a van | Law Gazette https://t.co/VJEnhhVDUM 
• Law firm gunnercooke has become the first major UK law firm to officially accept payment in cryptoassets such as Ethereum (Ether) and Bitcoin | NLJ https://t.co/9eXpKNFpAr 
• Oil giant BP is under pressure from the UK government to offload its 20% stake in the Russian state-owned oil firm Rosneft. Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng spoke to BP boss Bernard Looney on Friday following Russia's invasion of Ukraine https://t.co/vqF5T8eHdo
• GQ|Littler appoints Alison Finn as first senior associate in Dublin | Irish Legal News https://t.co/b7uHLzJpQi
• Crown court judge who claimed he was subjected to ‘improper pressure’ over his handling of an application to extend custody time limits at the height of the pandemic has been given formal advice for misconduct | Law Gazette https://t.co/vvHM4HjmVt
  
• Peers should consider whether the introduction of suspended or prospective-only quashing orders in judicial reviews correctly balance ‘providing courts with discretion and placing a presumption on how they should act’ | NLJ https://t.co/1vEZ1SlgF7
  
• Dr Aurel Sari: International legal aspects of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/XjUdegjEc5 
• Ketanji Brown Jackson: who is Biden’s #US supreme court choice? - The Harvard graduate, 51, has been a judge of the DC circuit court of appeals since replacing Merrick Garland https://t.co/iyOkju0tYV
• #Russia has limited access to Facebook over the platform's stance on the accounts of several Moscow-backed news outlets amid the invasion of Ukraine https://t.co/sg60EwIiMN
• The deaths of two patients have sparked damning reports into the failings of mental health services in north Wales. They died at two separate units run by Betsi Cadwaladr health board https://t.co/36yGtAm8df
• Scottish Tory leader Douglas Ross faces no action over undeclared earnings https://t.co/3WL5DQVMQo
• MoJ exploring fresh JR reforms, tribunal hears | Law Gazette https://t.co/0ghFfsAmFM
• Burges Salmon advises Atlas Hotels on acquisition of six new properties | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/9O0RyJ1IaR
• Breaches of embargo on publication of the contents of a court judgment are ‘becoming more frequent’, the Court of Appeal has warned | NLJ https://t.co/kfnZmcwoUa
  
• Police bid for journalist’s notes ‘deeply concerning’ for press freedom, court hears | Law Gazette https://t.co/nyJOKBBFYj
• Lawyers have called on the government to do its best to help avert a refugee and humanitarian crisis, following the invasion of Ukraine by Russia | NLJ https://t.co/4YvHI5Ad1A 
• Former solicitor in contempt over 'abusive and vile' messages to SDT staff | Law Gazette https://t.co/60mCOf9rmZ 
• CEO of Home Office contractor apologises for racist messages by staff: Boss of Mitie, awarded contracts worth £2.55bn, apologised to home secretary and has launched an investigation https://t.co/fW6y8KcM9b 
• The much-anticipated Belsner appeal, which could have a significant effect on costs for low value personal injury cases, has been postponed | NLJ https://t.co/Qraa7dAFPC
• Analysis: Only the financial equivalent of unleashing a nuclear arsenal will dent #Russia’s foreign assets war chest https://t.co/w2h0tk3YMs 
• Andrew Forrest hits back at Facebook claim he signed away his rights #Australia https://t.co/kRkuWpOGOM

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