Saturday

5th March - Law News

Edition 3721: 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: Indian Students In Ukraine Collect Snow To Melt For Water
 
Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Immigration lawyers reach pro bono milestone helping Ukrainians | Law Gazette https://t.co/N244wdQmv7 
  • Manchester police pay £8,000 to woman urged to drop rape claim https://t.co/XlSk6HGNVm 
  • A tale of two courts – Ukraine looks to The Hague | Law Gazette https://t.co/qTcK3vFBUv 
  • The Russian invasion of #Ukraine has laid bare the contradictory position of central and eastern Europeans within the racial hierarchies that structure Europe’s border regimes https://t.co/LB1FZym6JT 
  • Access to BBC's Russian service, Deutsche Welle, Meduza and Radio Liberty, have been limited as #Russia's parliament pass a law making it an offence to spread "fake" information about the armed forces and the Ukraine invasion https://t.co/Os6jeWgmFE
  • MoJ extends 30 Nightingale courtrooms - but will close 22 | Law Gazette https://t.co/oBQZA7uSme
  • Four-day week delivers for probate firm – but staff must work hard - Legal Futures https://t.co/WRtLIbjVbC 
  • Veteran solicitor 'drifted' into offering banking facility on dubious scheme | Law Gazette https://t.co/hqaNxfPban 
  • PM issues warning to oligarch lawyers as profession hits back at criticism - Legal Futures https://t.co/sbV4wkRG4e 
  • Bid to refer to Part 36 offer at hearing is dismissed | Law Gazette https://t.co/VMmrZh1BFi
  • Mishcon de Reya drops B Corp status after just seven months - Legal Futures https://t.co/2XhF5lK3YY
  • Access to BBC's Russian service, Deutsche Welle, Meduza and Radio Liberty, have been limited as #Russia's parliament pass a law making it an offence to spread "fake" information about the armed forces and the Ukraine invasion https://t.co/Os6jeWgUvc
  • MoJ writes off £18.3m in building courts case management system | Law Gazette https://t.co/uclnAoq8hN 
  • Being gay as a judge “no longer an issue”, says CA vice-president - Legal Futures https://t.co/cIjBwm5xJ
  • Why does UK seem so slow at acting against Putin’s oligarchs? From legal threats to a lack of resources, there are many reasons why Britain may be dragging its heels https://t.co/j5Gxr5zvH6 
  • City solicitor is London's latest cycling casualty | Law Gazette https://t.co/0gn51ox5lP
  • Wales' last few remaining Covid restrictions could be scrapped on the 28 March, it has been announced. It is the first time ministers have given a date for when laws requiring people to self-isolate and wear masks may end https://t.co/JaDqJC0RS
  • Solicitors who signed new fees agreement can't go back, Supreme Court told | Law Gazette https://t.co/62sRlC0RU0
  • Reed Smith’s London revenue up 13% in best-ever financial results | Law Gazette https://t.co/PV5RrcfJQ9 
  • A group of MPs say they are "ashamed" at the support offered to aid workers in Afghanistan, following UK's withdrawal last year. A report found ministers were too slow to provide help to humanitarian workers https://t.co/Go0iWcQFD6 
  • Greater Manchester Police pays £8,000 damages to rape complainant https://t.co/5BPdRPKZ9w 
  • Firm urges Court of Appeal to 'develop' common law on champerty | Law Gazette https://t.co/c22FbkehUj

Friday

4th March - Law News

Edition 3720: 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: Russian forces have seized control of Europe's largest nuclear power plant in Ukraine. The facility in the country's south came under heavy shelling and a building caught fire. Ukrainian authorities say the building was used for training and was away from the reactor.
But the attack sparked fears of a potential nuclear disaster. And Ukraine has denounced the assault as "nuclear terror".

 Focus of the Day Article: Could the international criminal court bring Putin to justice over Ukraine? Even if Russian leader were charged, he would have to be arrested in a state that accepts the court’s jurisdiction. Full story - Guardian Law
 
Saturday Conversations on Law
  • A former Free Church of Scotland minister who created a fake social media profile in an attempt to extort intimate images from a young woman has been sentenced to 180 hours’ unpaid work and ordered to pay £750 compensation | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/ET6jQT7SPQ
  • City firm bucks office trend by moving to bigger premises | Law Gazette https://t.co/TEtzSjt2eV
  • Immigration lawyers reach out to support fleeing Ukrainians | Law Gazette https://t.co/TAlkv4kWTK
  • DWF welcomes 27 new recruits in Belfast | Irish Legal News https://t.co/2rP3h4naX8 
  • Ketanji Brown Jackson Nomination: A Judiciary Without Public Defenders Is Broken - It will take a lot more than Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Supreme Court confirmation to reverse decades of harm inflicted by a prosecutor-heavy federal bench #US https://t.co/htcqYa9grp 
  • Russian government-backed news channel RT has disappeared from all broadcast platforms in the UK https://t.co/raVEwBnDuC
  • Northern Ireland young solicitors support Ukraine appeal | Irish Legal News https://t.co/LCo3zJvUg8 
  • Solicitor leaves profession after clients lost money on unfinished flats | Law Gazette https://t.co/f1yamAci0X
  • Group proceedings case against Celtic FC proceeds | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/dshPXu1hxn
  • Top-100 ambitions as southeast firm acquires neighbour | Law Gazette https://t.co/hZr2HLg1ML 
  • Bid by Kazakh mining company to sue journalist is dismissed by judge - Libel claim against Financial Times writer Tom Burgis had been brought to court in London by ENRC https://t.co/HySJwAvXx5
  • Kim Kardashian's divorce is now complete after nearly eight years married to Ye, formerly known as Kanye West #US https://t.co/nL8O4BR3v3 
  • A yacht owned by Igor Sechin, boss of #Russian state energy company Rosneft, was grabbed by French customs officers near Marseille. German authorities seized a $600m vessel owned by Russian metal tycoon Alisher Usmanov according to reports https://t.co/CT3JqHAGXU 
  • Disabled people 'given 12 days' to respond to human rights consultation | Law Gazette https://t.co/kr6Aw6GEHB
  • Bid by Kazakh mining company to sue journalist is dismissed by judge - Libel claim against Financial Times writer Tom Burgis had been brought to court in London by ENRC https://t.co/HySJwANyoD
  • Barristers stop work to protest District Court legal aid fees | Irish Legal News https://t.co/xWYYki4PtX 
  • Greene mounts appeal over SDT 'misleading evidence' case | Law Gazette https://t.co/aLHMjrEsEE 
  • Northern Ireland’s restorative justice protocol to be reviewed | Irish Legal News https://t.co/wLkVEYX5zl 
  • #US Capitol riots: Guy Reffitt accused of being 'tip of spear' in 6 January mob - Guy Reffitt, 49, is accused of carrying a handgun on to the Capitol grounds, obstruction of an official proceeding and obstruction of justice among other charges https://t.co/xN9vjQ5mVo 
  • Half of the temporary Nightingale Courts set up at the start of the pandemic are to close, the Ministry of Justice has announced. Temporary courts were opened in hotels and conference suites to help manage the massive backlog in cases, which has worsened https://t.co/ILZjiA0Bhu 
  • Fees ruling could stop solicitors acting for cash-strapped clients, court hears | Law Gazette https://t.co/pAzwHUFlmF
  • Ministry of Justice “lacks credibility” because of unspent £1bn - Legal Futures https://t.co/9eb6YDOMgy
  • Seven solicitor advocates introduced to court | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/AeoSU8d2mC 
  • LSB warns Bar Council over objections to “unreasonable” PCF rise - Legal Futures https://t.co/yV31AcUTQ
  • #Australia's up-and-coming legal superstars for 2022 unveiled | Australasian Lawyer https://t.co/yZUNtkwWYt
  • Lawyer calls for anti-SLAPP legislation after ‘dirty money’ libel claim collapses | Law Gazette https://t.co/IZViavew
  • #China’s IP Tribunal Releases 2021 Annual Report https://t.co/GNPOV1veLc 
  • Could the international criminal court bring Putin to justice over Ukraine? https://t.co/Dh1YM9brnM
  • Ex-chief of #HongKong barristers Paul Harris says he left city after police interview https://t.co/B2c6nrN9eX 
  • #Egyptians seen in jail ‘torture’ videos charged with spreading fake news https://t.co/YQrhFGqwYp
  • They are ‘civilised’ and ‘look like us’: the racist coverage of #Ukraine https://t.co/uPO9DDlLpM 
  • Three more top firms reviewing Russia client links | Law Gazette https://t.co/Ncl6snYdMq
  • John McDonnell and Diane Abbott pull out of Stop the War rally: Labour leftwingers react to pressure from Keir Starmer to avoid blaming Nato for Russian aggression in Ukraine https://t.co/lI6qXDN73A
  • Lisa McKenna elected to Dublin Chamber | Irish Legal News https://t.co/I6W10TyQaL 
  • System under ‘real threat’ as barristers leave criminal work – Bar Council #Ireland https://t.co/oNPuacKVJm 
  • The end of the Word is nigh | Law Gazette https://t.co/KhcpcuKLgj
  • Leading criminal law solicitor struck off over £100 “gift” - Legal Futures https://t.co/fraAMqyIqI 
  • Law Society statement on Ukraine | The Law Society https://t.co/oiRgIHBqgE 
  • Fallon Spencer joins Esson & Aberdein in Glasgow | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/9Gm6bM5diB 
  • Continued whiplash portal problems "a real cause for concern" - Legal Futures https://t.co/RxOJfzJay3 
  • Sheku Bayoh’s family ‘bitterly disappointed’ at inquiry evidence requests https://t.co/C9zi5HjgqA

Thursday

3rd March - Law News

Edition 3719: 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: AML officers: what they need to know - Everyone in a law firm has a responsibility to keep the proceeds of crime out of circulation. Some, however, have a greater responsibility than others. This free webinar will look at what it means to be a Money Laundering Compliance or Reporting Officer – key roles in the fight against financial crime.
 
 Focus of the Day Article: Leading UK firms are considering dropping Russian clients as the war in Ukraine intensifies and the spotlight falls on the legal profession’s links to the country. Full story - The Law Society Gazette
 
Saturday Conversations on Law
  • MBM Commercial appoints Stephen Hart as fintech partner | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Wheug3edGE 
  • Ukraine: the rule of law is not divisible | Law Gazette https://t.co/xb8ixTnq8q
  • Trial court ignored settled principles: Delhi High Court cancels bail of man accused of murdering wife | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/ArIrFoP7k8
  • David Ridley and Alison Woods join Aberdeen Law Project board | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/UvxJJSWs5i
  • Press coverage of Whitehall JR submissions will focus on 'colourful language' | Law Gazette https://t.co/oJRAp7czGu
  • Sports lawyers Louise Reilly and Susan Ahern have been nominated for appointment as directors on the board of Cycling Ireland | Irish Legal News https://t.co/EiLQ7JtHgv 
  • Solicitor claimed to be living off benefits to avoid paying debt | Law Gazette https://t.co/7aTXKusO4e
  • Companies House to have power to investigate | Law Gazette https://t.co/wNs4GwlrNr
  • Eugene F Collins completes historic merger with UK-based Addleshaw Goddard | Irish Legal News https://t.co/qaeWfih3xr
  • 20,000 #Indian students living in fear of shelling in Kharkiv and other cities in #Ukraine https://t.co/cKagTdmyGM
  • Blackadders appoints Tabatha Gullikson to new role | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/zUAYbfoIGn 
  • CMCs have not exploited whiplash portal, report says - Legal Futures https://t.co/xpxxdrPieO 
  • Suffolk County Council to end contract with Russian-owned Gazprom https://t.co/gvof1D8gC5 
  • Lobbyist opposed to UK petrol cars ban is director of fuel additive firm: Howard Cox denies any conflict of interest in his links to fair fuel group of MPs and company Ultimum https://t.co/S76Eh9luz7 
  • Environment Agency downgrading 93% of prosecutions for serious pollution: leaked internal report adds to concerns cutbacks have undermined England’s regulator https://t.co/KodimEOJWb 
  • Alexei Mordashov, #Russia’s richest man is now an EU sanctions target. Oligarch has investments ranging from London-listed travel giant Tui to the ‘personal bank’ of senior Russian officials https://t.co/fuxwKNYKIJ 
  • #French far-right leader Marine Le Pen forced to defend Putin links. Presidential candidate criticised over campaign leaflet featuring her with Russian leader https://t.co/ADi5vLdopp 
  • Russian firm shuts London office over Ukraine invasion | Law Gazette https://t.co/Y28zQDjTRL 
  • Lord Hodge takes up Church of Scotland appointment | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/LBhk1bkIZq 
  • The hidden life of a courier: 13-hour days, rude customers – and big dreams https://t.co/4Pp7686zZo
  • Efforts to target oligarchs will extend to those who enable them, like law firms, the foreign secretary confirmed yesterday - Legal Futures https://t.co/DQfr4VLpWc 
  • Apple has become the latest major firm to halt all product sales in Russia, in a widening corporate backlash to the country's invasion of Ukraine https://t.co/CLBbzZLhPP 
  • Landmark Google ruling ‘fatal’ to data claim against TikTok, court hears | Law Gazette https://t.co/t9wSVrlU7n 
  • Banbridge solicitor to face trial on fraud charges | Irish Legal News https://t.co/M7hprd8gw8 
  • Register of offshore owners of UK properties full of loopholes, say experts - Long-delayed and apparently feeble enforcement measures will fail to tackle corruption, it is predicted https://t.co/0Gg3XRDu3n 
  • Solicitor wins unfair dismissal claim over transfer to new firm - Legal Futures https://t.co/FsqUknQJ88
  • To end FGM, the UK must protect girls everywhere, not just in this country https://t.co/rLmTxzNWqB
  • International Court of Justice to hear Ukraine claim | Law Gazette https://t.co/5CFrNQK8CG 
  • Young Plato wins Irish human rights film award | Irish Legal News https://t.co/kAbQzvQ4BO 
  • Only Fools and Horses firm sues creators of ‘cushty’ dining events - Case could have implications for other pastiche or tribute works based on copyrighted material https://t.co/idwrwC81tF 
  • Canada to petition ICC to investigate alleged Russian war crimes https://t.co/Zny6f4hgUy 
  • Questions raised over time-lag on UK moves to sanction oligarchs https://t.co/6mtywDuA8R 
  • Court upholds non-compete clause for lawyer joining Weightmans - Legal Futures https://t.co/SbWmXGYnyM 
  • BBC spy report alleges MI5 undercover agent abused women, court hears - Details of report revealed in high court as attorney general seeks interim injunction to prevent broadcast https://t.co/6DLE0LNXzo 
  • Slater and Gordon halves divorce fee ahead of 'no-fault' reform | Law Gazette https://t.co/TmDZcUqRmr 
  • City firms prepare to drop Russian clients after Ukraine invasion | Law Gazette https://t.co/kCA8a7f1dM 
  • The UK government has authorised the emergency use of a type of pesticide almost entirely banned in the EU because of the harm it can cause bees https://t.co/lvV333QCcq

Wednesday

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

Tuesday

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

Monday

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

Sunday

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

Saturday

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