Wednesday

6th April - Law News

Edition 3753: LawNewsIndex is a UK based daily legal news archive on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Jurisprudence, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics & Human Rights since 2011

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 Today's Highlighted Video Story: After the Ukraine invasion, hundreds of people found themselves stranded in Calais as they tried to navigate the UK visa process. It put a spotlight on the city where many young refugees have been living outside all winter in harsh conditions, while NGOs struggled to provide the most basic services. The UK has given millions of pounds to France to try to prevent border crossings but people continue to attempt to get to Britain.  Meanwhile, the residents of Calais complain of an increasingly militarised city. 

Focus of the Day Article:  Members of the Glasgow Bar Association (GBA) will no longer accept court appointments in cases where accused persons are not allowed to represent themselves after 90 per cent of member firms voted in favour of action, the body has announced. Full story - Scottish Legal News
 
Saturday Conversations on Law

  • Best of the blogs - 2 April 2022 | Law Gazette https://t.co/RHfNTQAsCx
  • Ben Roberts-Smith and patrol let down by ‘weak leadership’ in SAS, court hears #Australia https://t.co/YD9ibE1Z1g
  • Regulator bans secretary who stole client’s medal collections | Law Gazette https://t.co/Z4n0uwYz7I
  • Scottish government told to listen to lawyers’ concerns over remote hearings | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/OOulzEzd6H
  • SDT "does not have power" to revoke s43 orders made by SRA - Legal Futures https://t.co/9aB3OqDoxJ 
  • A man from Plymouth has pleaded guilty to the murder of Bobbi-Anne McLeod. Musician Cody Ackland, 24, from Southway, admitted the killing during a hearing at the city's crown court https://t.co/QZXiX4N4w1 
  • Macleod & MacCallum announces promotions for homegrown solicitors | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/gLBM9ujsyf 
  • Cardi B has won an injunction forcing a YouTuber to delete and never repost defamatory videos about her. It comes a few months after the rapper won a £2m lawsuit against Latasha Kebe, known online as Tasha K https://t.co/y05uqGTFFL 
  • A satellite image of Bucha in Ukraine appears to show bodies lying in the street nearly two weeks before the #Russians left the town https://t.co/juxAkWTOcT
  • 'I acted for an oligarch' | Law Gazette https://t.co/rDB3wTqCt
  • Barristers mount second legal aid protest at Criminal Courts of Justice | Irish Legal News https://t.co/bzJy6PFOIR
  • Bar set to scrap student aptitude test | Law Gazette https://t.co/Swyr5E8h1
  • Delaying new law ‘gives green light to rogue employers’, says TUC - With employment bill unlikely to make Queen’s speech, P&O Ferries-type scandals will happen again, says Frances O’Grady https://t.co/0DoRTdOiS
  • Court of Appeal hears bid to revive £5bn Brazil group claim | Law Gazette https://t.co/eZR79WPLW
  • Four in 10 pupils have experienced or witnessed bullying at the Bar - Legal Futures https://t.co/UTW9T2xLx
  • Pre-action libel letters need ‘more regulation’, peers told | Law Gazette https://t.co/VfeWbZgclT 
  • Class action firm allowed to terminate retainer, leaving 183 LiPs behind - Legal Futures https://t.co/SklfJa5Bh
  • My legal life: Jo Evans, Lewis Silkin - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/Y47Zhzlrqj
  • Warwickshire merger creates 70-strong firm | Law Gazette https://t.co/RoXIiCg6Kk 
  • US President Joe Biden has called for #Russian President Vladimir Putin to be tried for war crimes as evidence emerges of atrocities allegedly committed by Russian forces in Ukraine https://t.co/59Gjo76h8E 
  • Two "stolen" notebooks written by Charles Darwin have been mysteriously returned to Cambridge University, 22 years after they were last seen https://t.co/ZHPY6PEBN4
  • Priti Patel’s immigration bill suffers multiple defeats in Lords - Peers find fault with many aspects of nationality and borders bill, in particular proposal to divide refugees into classes https://t.co/VteDJUyg53 
  • Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission launches new strategic plan | Irish Legal News https://t.co/Kh7uW8s82E
  • Tech gives lawyers “opportunity to develop” emotional intelligence - Legal Futures https://t.co/yhLCx7V9qk
  • Services such as bathrooms & domestic abuse refuges can be single sex in certain circumstances, in new guidance. However, the guidance from the Equality and Human Rights Commission says such services should be open to trans people where possible https://t.co/k6Vi2lPlDM
  • See you in court! The return of sex-packed legal drama The Split https://t.co/rPve32DpB2
  • Government 'cools on JR reforms' after Lords defeats | Law Gazette https://t.co/t4UXo45Yg4 
  • Eversheds Sutherland promotes nine in Dublin and Belfast | Irish Legal News https://t.co/AnqEbZCqcB 
  • New questions raised over Prince Andrew’s award to Selman Turk - Concerns were aired over Pitch@Palace contest win for banker linked to over £1m of payments to Duke of York https://t.co/bxaeUDjFtX
  • UK politicians request visa scheme for Ukrainian students and academics - In a letter to Priti Patel, the cross-party group calls for temporary places where those displaced can study and carry out research https://t.co/mIytuTWEDe 
  • A five-year-old boy was treated like a prisoner in the days before his death, a murder trial has heard. Logan Mwangi was made to face the wall as his step-father John Cole put food in his room, jurors at Cardiff Crown Court were told https://t.co/QYF01fe1cH 
  • A time to reconsider VAT on legal services | Law Gazette https://t.co/IZkNaqNcVq 
  • Police have arrested one suspect in connection with a shooting in the centre of Sacramento, California's capital, on Sunday, that left six dead. Dandre Martin, 26, has been charged with assault and illegal firearm possession, police said on Monday https://t.co/2otJXUN85l

Tuesday

5th April - Law News

Edition 3752: 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: Day and another (Appellants) v The Governor of the Cayman Islands and another (Respondents)

Focus of the Day Article:  Gas from Mozambique in difficult times for energy: breach of the Paris Agreement? Full story - UK Human Rights Blog
 
Saturday Conversations on Law

  • “Very sorry state of affairs:” Supreme Court on arbitral award pending for 30+ years | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/VlfNLg9HvB 
  • Clyde & Co and BLM agree to combine - Legal Cheek https://t.co/FpGe5utG7Y
  • Merely being highest bidder in auction will not confer any legal right: Supreme Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/g6qjbnTFeu
  • First speakers announced for LegalEdCon 2022 - Legal Cheek https://t.co/ebe6UgopSS 
  • The government's former head of ethics has apologised after receiving a fine from the police for attending a party in the Cabinet Office during lockdown. Helen MacNamara was reported to have gone to a leaving do for a fellow civil servant on 18 June 2020 https://t.co/wdG6ckgrBx
  • More than 100 organisations have pulled out of the UK's first ever global LGBT+ conference over the hardline Conservative government's stance on conversion therapy https://t.co/kn9MPws0lS 
  • Construction is an integral cog in the machine of #Australian society. Work as a construction lawyer remains exciting and “intellectually stimulating”, say two BigLaw partners - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/tSn5tlYbB2 
  • Barrister sanctioned over tweet about Muslims wins appeal - Legal Cheek https://t.co/yVbxY1sivW 
  • Medha Patkar moves Bombay High Court highlighting non-functional Police Complaints Authority in Maharashtra | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/ipvSBnMQWg 
  • Freshfields narrows gender pay gap for third year - Legal Cheek https://t.co/uMP0yau3Ha 
  • Whilst more briefs are going to women barristers than before, there are still shortfalls – including and especially pay – that need to be addressed - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/5oyiIz0fBg
  • Regional rises: who has increased so far? - Legal Cheek https://t.co/Uw5mk1CVcS 
  • What makes a good dealmaker? - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/1hgmmP0ZZS 
  • How qualifying as a solicitor is changing for the better with the SQE - Legal Cheek https://t.co/g8xxmNlVqC 
  • National online provider LawCPD has launched a new “state-of-the-art” learning suite, which it said would create richer learning experiences for lawyers across #Australia - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/ny6cCUEm7l
  • The legal requirement to wear face coverings in places of worship and while attending marriage and funeral services in Scotland has ended. About one in 12 people had Covid last week and the number in hospital with the virus was at a record high https://t.co/BcFHl1uoKw
  • #Pakistan's supreme court is expected to decide the fate of embattled Prime Minister Imran Khan, following a day of political turmoil. Mr Khan has faced an attempt to oust him from office in recent days https://t.co/ZE7Y8zMSH9
  • A Met Police officer has been charged with sexually assaulting a colleague while on duty. PC Joseph Demir was charged on 9 March with sexual assault, which is said to have happened on 10 March, 2020, the force said https://t.co/DUhZCQZ3M
  • Ukraine crisis: Law students and lawyers look to tackle immigration challenges using lawtech - Legal Cheek https://t.co/acxEJjjx6v
  • As the firm celebrates its 140th anniversary, the managing partner of Sparke Helmore, appointed last month, shared his priorities for the firm for 2022 - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/iBElyrERt
  • Can't permit parties to take benefit of court order later set aside by higher court: Supreme Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/fxGU8CjA3h
  • Police have issued fines to some people who attended an event in Downing Street on the eve of Prince Philip's funeral. The gathering on 16 April 2021 was a leaving party for the former No 10 director of communications James Slack https://t.co/DUhZCQZ3MS 
  • Family law barrister cleared of misconduct over Meghan Markle baby tweet - Legal Cheek https://t.co/riQSvSw05S
  • HFW takes team from Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/gQwGkAMTxL 
  • ‘I returned a changed man’: Prince Andrew deletes Falklands war post - Duke of York wrote about his experience in the conflict in a post on his ex-wife’s Instagram account that was quickly deleted https://t.co/anbHuueoUU
  • Flexi-lawyer service launches in-house focused SQE pathway - Legal Cheek https://t.co/jWcb7uJE8w 
  • Top UK judges quit Hong Kong - Legal Cheek https://t.co/LXxAaHUEKA

Monday

4th April - Law News

Edition 3751: 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: Sisters Alex and Chyann were repeatedly raped by their father as children. After their case was rejected three times by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), they found they had one last avenue to try to get justice.

Focus of the Day Article:  Lawyers have been warned to give realistic time estimates for cases at the Commercial Court or risk them being relisted with consequent costs implications. In a Practice Note published this week, Mrs Justice Cockerill, Judge in charge of the Commercial Court, raised concerns about inadequate time estimates, particularly in longer applications and trials, and their effect on the conduct of hearings in the Commercial Court. Full story - New Law Journal
 
Saturday Conversations on Law

  • Given the capacity to work on both commercial and humanitarian matters, migration lawyers can build diversified practices that those in other areas of law may not get exposed to, says one award-winning practitioner - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/mMdWDaMSAj
  • 'A new Wild West': Lords urge better oversight of AI in justice - Legal Cheek https://t.co/al7eGDFTA2 
  • Guantanamo inmate by the #US sent to Algeria after almost 20 years https://t.co/nIPgv8ZDHU
  • Legal Lightbulbs: Is law firm market differentiation a unicorn? - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/bTvx35XPa9
  • Future magic circle trainee pens 10,000 word dissertation inspired by Clueless - Legal Cheek https://t.co/5j5u0FQIEt
  • Tory MP David Warburton admitted to hospital after sexual harassment claims https://t.co/186or6yeLg
  • French court plays tapes of Bataclan killings at survivor’s request https://t.co/VUL55Zr6Bj 
  • Why #Australia is such a big part of this global firm’s growth strategy - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/iPnfOsF8t0
  • How being Insta-savvy can help you secure a training contract - Legal Cheek https://t.co/IEL2LtoNTm
  • At least six people have been killed and 10 injured in a shooting in the centre of Sacramento, police in California's state capital say #US https://t.co/SAcPkve1s8 
  • Gas from Mozambique in difficult times for energy: breach of the Paris Agreement? - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/kEahBfht6D
  • Judiciary Watch: Five Indian High Courts with high judicial vacancies | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/sjMWI8apCO
  • BSB ditches bar aptitude test - Legal Cheek https://t.co/216ukckHti 
  • Up to 40 cars and vans have been damaged in a spate of arson attacks near Bristol on Sunday. Police said they were first called to a car fire in Stoke Gifford in the early hours, with others later attacked in Bradley Stoke, Little Stoke and Patchway https://t.co/BvECS6BM7W 
  • Maksim Iovenko, 31-year-old was shot dead by #Russian forces that were positioned at the roadside. His wife Ksenia, who was in the car, was also killed while trying to escape western Kyiv in March https://t.co/ZCecFhmH8u 
  • Bengaluru court orders registration of case against BS Yediyurappa | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/0qZAxjf1Bu 
  • What makes an award-winning barrister? - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/jgZnHtdwvb 
  • How students can stand out in today’s legal market - Legal Cheek https://t.co/z9TNcXPxIc
  • #Pakistan PM Imran Khan seeks fresh poll amid move to remove him - Parliament's deputy speaker refused to hold a vote on the motion which the PM was expected to lose. The no confidence motion may make it constitutionally illegal to dissolve parliament https://t.co/to6YnEZhbU
  • London-based port operator accused over Abramovich $600m superyacht https://t.co/NuB1HQLXft 
  • Gujarat High Court refuses child custody to father despite allegations against wife's character, her extramarital affairs | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/ZXxdkkEpNg
  • Law students get deadline extension to watch basketball game after submitting spoof written submissions - Legal Cheek https://t.co/VGOtIHnkRF
  • Tories suspend David Warburton amid claims over sexual harassment and drug use https://t.co/qk8arJalzW
  • Ukrainian refugee with Royal College of Music scholarship in visa limbo - Two weeks ago the Homes for Ukraine scheme was launched to allow British families to sponsor Ukrainian refugees to live with them https://t.co/3RQVnuONFJ 
  • Freshfields sets down marker for magic circle rivals as it boosts NQ lawyer pay to £125k - Legal Cheek https://t.co/Ckt8lDyexw

Sunday

3rd April - Law News

Edition 3750: 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: Yemen's warring sides have agreed to a two-month truce, which can be extended. The UN Envoy for Yemen says the Saudi-led coalition and Houthi rebels will stop all offensive actions inside the country and across its borders. Saudi Arabia and its allies have been fighting to support the government against the Houthis since early 2015. 

Saturday Conversations on Law

  • Donald Reid retires from Mitchells Roberton after 49 years in law | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/QXLcYdut1
  • The President of the Family Division, Sir Andrew McFarlane, has issued guidance on the impact of the family court’s approach to costs of the Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Act 2020 | NLJ https://t.co/KJxzygHGYD
  • Smart legal contracts "need the power of the human mind" - Legal Futures https://t.co/F8uO5NGEGz
  • Supreme Court issues circular on physical hearing; Virtual hearing option provided on miscellaneous days | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/zc8sTGzpZv
  • Turkish man claims her payment to Prince Andrew was falsely described as a wedding gift for his daughter Princess Beatrice. Nehebat Isbilen is claiming at the High Court in London that her business adviser Selman Turk "dishonestly misappropriated" £38m https://t.co/5zTNUuU5YZ 
  • More than 80 arrested as climate change protesters continued to block oil terminals. Activists from Just Stop Oil said they had obstructed access to a tanker park and revealed an underground network of tunnels at two oil terminals in Essex https://t.co/vHVgp26aZH
  • Conservative MP David Warburton has been suspended from the parliamentary party pending an investigation into allegations about his conduct https://t.co/ykWJV6yeh
  • The Home Secretary unlawfully seized more than 2000 mobile phones from asylum seekers and extracted vast amounts of data, the High Court has held | NLJ https://t.co/1tmg8QuNtb
  • #French court plays tapes of Bataclan killings at survivor’s request https://t.co/VUL55Zr6Bj
  • BSB scraps student aptitude test despite Bar Council opposition - Legal Futures https://t.co/ptrVayYclB
  • The Sentencing Council has proposed its first set of guidelines for the offences of perverting the course of justice and witness intimidation | NLJ https://t.co/sXaenqgtm0
  • High Court: Garda Commissioner acted unlawfully by seeking to dismiss member after Appeal Board previously rejected dismissal | Irish Legal News https://t.co/md2V4fNy6v
  • Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson named in legal case over £750,000 ‘scam’ https://t.co/2oifI69dW
  • Care and supervision cases are taking five weeks longer on average and 77% fail to meet the 26-week limit, according to the latest figures from the family court | NLJ https://t.co/X5WamTwGUM 
  • London-based port operator accused over Abramovich $600m superyacht | Roman Abramovich | The Guardian https://t.co/NuB1HR3yE3
  • Saoirse Brady appointed as executive director of Irish Penal Reform Trust | Irish Legal News https://t.co/dtX6g8Eqhq
  • A team of Amazon workers has forced the technology giant to recognise a trade union in the #US for the first time. Workers at a New York warehouse voted 55% in favour of joining the Amazon Labor Union https://t.co/eJGQoQoVNR
  • People living in some of England's poorest households and those who rent could miss out on the government's £150 council tax rebate https://t.co/vxYVlISW2M
  • #US judge has upheld Ghislaine Maxwell's sex trafficking conviction, denying her bid for a new trial. Maxwell, 60, had complained that one of the jurors falsely stated before the trial that he had never been sexually abused https://t.co/HxefCsGokd
  • The Duke and Duchess of York have been named in a court case in which a Turkish millionaire is claiming £38m has been "dishonestly misappropriated" by a business adviser https://t.co/nlJk4ep6mq
  • Lawyers have been warned to give realistic time estimates for cases at the Commercial Court or risk them being relisted with consequent costs implications | NLJ https://t.co/BtLZ3olPzG
  • Collective redress lawyers join forces amid calls for reform - Legal Futures https://t.co/jbwCVjplYz 
  • Ireland to make €150,000 contribution to ICC prosecutor | Irish Legal News https://t.co/RE118Xdqx5
  • The £1bn UK class action against banks for Forex rigging (FX Claim) cannot proceed on an opt-out basis, the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) has ruled by a 2-1 majority| NLJ https://t.co/kNCLdQYc8
  • Motorhomes, car engines and gambling - now group sets up ABS - Legal Futures https://t.co/FzEtL2VtrG
  • "Interest of litigants paramount:" Bombay High Court rejects plea challenging approval to establish court in Wai | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/Rg8SPc5l8R
  • Diversity of thought – why you need to think about it - Legal Futures https://t.co/HdUe0qZcAY 
  • Burges Salmon advises on biomass deals | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/OXL0Izj8QF
  • Covid experts call for return of free tests as UK cases hit new high https://t.co/Zn8UizAXxG 
  • P&O Ferries faces a probe into the controversial no-notice sackings of nearly 800 members of staff. The Insolvency Service has launched criminal and civil investigations into the circumstances around the redundancies https://t.co/XamHV2IqpN

Saturday

2nd April - Law News

Edition 3749: LawNewsIndex is a UK based daily legal news archive on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Jurisprudence, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics & Human Rights since 2011

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 Today's Highlighted Video Story: After the Ukraine invasion, hundreds of people found themselves stranded in Calais as they tried to navigate the UK visa process. It put a spotlight on the city where many young refugees have been living outside all winter in harsh conditions, while NGOs struggled to provide the most basic services. The UK has given millions of pounds to France to try to prevent border crossings but people continue to attempt to get to Britain.  Meanwhile, the residents of Calais complain of an increasingly militarised city.

Saturday Conversations on Law

  • No leapfrog to the Supreme Court, SDT tells banned consultant | Law Gazette https://t.co/PShLIvP6aM 
  • Revealed: migrant workers in #Qatar forced to pay billions in recruitment fees https://t.co/e4F9ZZhbZ8
  • Clifford Chance reports ‘social mobility’ pay gap data | Law Gazette https://t.co/wBUTuW2nQb 
  • Facebook users angry after accounts locked for no reason https://t.co/vCrnzcUt7C
  • Choose your submissions wisely, says judge in time-estimate warning - Legal Futures https://t.co/yo8xj9w3Wt 
  • 'Smart home' information added to HIP-inspired form | Law Gazette https://t.co/k1wG4nunnk 
  • Indian tech giant Infosys, in which UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak's wife owns shares worth more than £400m, is closing its office in Russia https://t.co/MDfwUorYX
  • Met police officer charged with GBH after man paralysed by Taser - Jordan Walker-Brown is paralysed from the chest down after being shot in May 2020 https://t.co/sSFfTsCltR 
  • Mediation seen as ‘form of capitulation’, MoJ poll finds | Law Gazette https://t.co/FPZUIwbDSL 
  • Lack of progress on innovative pricing ‘deep rooted issue’ for legal profession, new research finds - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/RgAETFrou8
  • Paul Hastings unveils hire of ‘extraordinary’ 18-partner Stroock restructuring team - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/4kqNIPGY95 
  • Karnataka court orders probe against Minister KS Eshwarappa for alleged communal hate speech | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/4jPH1GMrZi
  • New law means future medical scandals could be missed, says NHS watchdog - Staff ‘safe space’ means cases such as ‘shocking’ baby deaths in Shrewsbury may not be properly investigated https://t.co/x0HS8z1Go
  • A strip-search of any child in two London boroughs will need approval from an inspector in the wake of the Child Q controversy, the Met Police says https://t.co/r7IOG993MZ
  • Camelot launches legal challenge over National Lottery licence loss https://t.co/D993auvZTU 
  • City merger creates 72-lawyer firm | Law Gazette https://t.co/d3ZlGVaeLB
  • Funding for victims’ organisations boosted by 20 per cent | Irish Legal News https://t.co/DIHBldEQQg
  • Ambassador barred from Beijing spy trial of Australian journalist Cheng Lei #China https://t.co/OFpQJDbwCz
  • Controversial judicial selection tool to be dropped in some circumstances | Law Gazette https://t.co/5iSlwhfF0
  • ‘Wild West’ warning on predictive policing | Law Gazette https://t.co/aRIKmiCBD1 
  • Legal aid work "close to being unsustainable", new campaign warns - Legal Futures https://t.co/bbPMEA20fG
  • Five foetuses have been discovered in a Washington home reportedly belonging to an anti-abortion activist, police say. Lauren Handy, 28, is a leader of the Progressive Anti-Abortion Uprising (PAAU) group and describes herself as a "Catholic anarchist" https://t.co/MbeTKXf6f8 
  • Six people have been arrested after a campaign group targeted fuel terminals in a protest against oil. The arrests were made at three sites in Thurrock, Essex Police said https://t.co/aJtOFPaxWM 
  • Ukraine war: Gruesome evidence points to war crimes by #Russia on road outside Kyiv https://t.co/8yKEptBrg6
  • Britons living overseas for 15 years to get right to vote in UK elections https://t.co/BZBpmSsdBl 
  • Statutory and independent Electoral Commission to be established | Irish Legal News https://t.co/Y9u4ok5pBi 
  • Firm's error gave sex offender access to child's confidential data - Legal Futures https://t.co/suYkmRXeaw
  • Dishonesty finding overturned after claimant ‘ambushed’ at trial | Law Gazette https://t.co/mFvca18pfN
  • The SEND Green Paper: more obstacles to access to justice | Law Gazette https://t.co/XcGuepYWz
  • Legal regulators should not be “overly risk averse” about technology - Legal Futures https://t.co/lcMYjUZmYI
  • Todner agrees £25,000 fine for rule breaches | Law Gazette https://t.co/H3dVmQskLt
  • Statutory sick pay for all Irish workers to be phased in over four years | Irish Legal News https://t.co/CrBeF2WbzN
  • Boris Johnson backtracks over LGBT conversion practices ban after backlash https://t.co/vp5cHPkrP
  • Nearly two million anti-social behaviour reports have gone unattended by 34 police forces in England and Wales over the past three years, new figures show https://t.co/hR2tnevarL 
  • UK farmers call for weedkiller ban over Parkinson’s fears https://t.co/gIkEimIUox 
  • Belfast firm Diamond Heron welcomes family lawyer Karen Edwards | Irish Legal News https://t.co/XkpmzSwr3R
  • Plans to ban so-called conversion therapy in England and Wales have been abandoned by the government. According to NHS England, conversion therapy tries to change someone's sexual orientation or gender identity https://t.co/fVWmptdl5O

Friday

1st April - Law News

Edition 3748: 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 ruling party BJP leader in Rajasthan has been arrested for instigating a mob to harass a doctor after the death of a patient in a private hospital she owned. Archana Sharma, the doctor who was accused of murder, died by suicide on Wednesday leaving behind a heartbreaking suicide note where she asserted her innocence. Following the suicide, which has triggered outrage across the country, the Chief Minister suspended police officers in the area.

Focus of the Day Article: Pinsent Masons elevates 11 women in 23-strong partner promotion round. Latest cohort includes Vario and Advanced Delivery members as UK firm continues focus on non-traditional legal service delivery work. Full story - The Global Legal Post

Saturday Conversations on Law

  • David and Victoria Beckham's west London mansion has been burgled while the couple were inside with their 10-year-old daughter. Their Kensington home was broken into between 20:30 and 23:30 GMT on 28 February https://t.co/p24e7B93mm
  • The Centre for Women's Justice has warned that "unfit laws & practices" are seeing vulnerable women, forced into crime by their abusers, "failed" and "unjustly" arrested, detained and prosecuted for offences arising directly from their experience of abuse https://t.co/25S8zexHou
  • When the same awful thing happens often enough, it ceases to be newsworthy – and that is a big problem https://t.co/0JGZ2Q1r8Z
  • Witness at defamation trial refuses to answer questions about whether Ben Roberts-Smith ordered him to shoot Afghan prisoner #Australia https://t.co/jehFzJR4YN 
  • Lawyers should think about data ethics | Law Gazette https://t.co/Zvf6c9GDe7
  • A former hostage has testified in a #US court that he was subject to beatings and given dog names by his Islamic State captors. Federico Motka, an Italian aid worker, was one of dozens of hostages held in harsh captivity by the group in Syria https://t.co/ymtCdFm5om 
  • #Russia may be committing war crimes in Ukraine, UN human rights chief says https://t.co/Sc5gJxfaVG
  • British judges resign from Hong Kong’s Supreme Court | Law Gazette https://t.co/IINT6lN4c3 
  • Trump used White House phone for call on January 6 that was not on official log #US https://t.co/wVCx1ltcLm 
  • Dominic Raab to appeal against release of Baby P’s mother from prison https://t.co/rA0XCmCBXc
  • Family barrister cleared by BSB over royal baby tweets | Law Gazette https://t.co/qLmixxW5Bo 
  • Allahabad High Court grants bail to Kashmiri students booked for raising pro-Pakistan slogans during T-20 | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/efsP35vTxv
  • Scottish government to provide £48m for victims’ groups | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Q4TvFKPPjY
  • The Centre for Women's Justice has warned that "unfit laws & practices" are seeing vulnerable women, forced into crime by their abusers, "failed" and "unjustly" arrested, detained and prosecuted for offences arising directly from their experience of abuse https://t.co/25S8zePig2 
  • David and Victoria Beckham's west London mansion has been burgled while the couple were inside with their 10-year-old daughter. Their Kensington home was broken into between 20:30 and 23:30 GMT on 28 February https://t.co/p24e7BqEdU 
  • A police force is investigating about 600 cases of maternity care in a probe of hospital failings that may have led to hundreds of baby deaths https://t.co/9Di03zcT7P
  • MoJ defends legal aid offer following Law Society broadside | Law Gazette https://t.co/GOgAUUXJYG
  • Choose your submissions wisely, says judge in time-estimate warning - Legal Futures https://t.co/yo8xj9w3Wt 
  • Finnish court upholds right to free speech | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/lisE79XkF7 
  • Six new Pinsent Masons partners in Scotland | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/jiUUIc3uxT 
  • Legal regulators should not be “overly risk averse” about technology - Legal Futures https://t.co/lcMYjVgXQg 
  • Covid test centre staff in Wales say they have been "thrown to the wolves", with some given just days' notice that their jobs would disappear. All PCR testing sites in Wales will close on Thursday amid plans to move beyond the Covid emergency response https://t.co/FQudZzRJ6g 
  • MoJ urged to extend family mediation voucher scheme | Law Gazette https://t.co/VHmpedcB9p 
  • Federal police blame ‘oversight’ for delay in Australian review of Sri Lankan war crime allegations #Australia https://t.co/Ge2wg0BrxB 
  • Lawyer-free divorce app leads spate of lawtech investments - Legal Futures https://t.co/y12hRgPcbE 
  • Trial begins over collapsed £120m legal financing fund | Law Gazette https://t.co/QzPGSRBxYf 
  • YouTube refuses to remove account of prisoner who films videos in his cell - Sam Walker, currently serving at Forest Bank prison in Salford, has been making videos of himself inside various forms of custody since 2018 https://t.co/b2jn1cLXC3 
  • Transgender cyclist Emily Bridges banned from racing at British meeting after UCI ruling https://t.co/jKMmA0pR9C
  • British justice with Chinese characteristics no more as Lords Reed and Hodge resign from Hong Kong court | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/77nj6PhUV2 
  • Firm's error gave sex offender access to child's confidential data - Legal Futures https://t.co/suYkmSePz6 
  • Ketanji Brown Jackson to receive rare Republican vote as Collins says yes #US https://t.co/gNapOPFcvt 
  • High court overturns acquittal of HS2 protester after appeal by prosecution https://t.co/dDOVZwxgMV 
  • Sweeping changes to maternity services in England are expected after a report laid bare catastrophic failures at an NHS trust that may have led to the deaths of more than 200 babies https://t.co/gHBWNd3hrA
  • War in Ukraine delays $4.2bn fraud trial | Law Gazette https://t.co/iC4EnrgMHf

Thursday

31st March - Law News

Edition 3747: 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 Australia is easing its COVID-19 restrictions, even as case numbers continue to grow significantly. The state has set another case record with nearly 10,000 new cases, while there are now more than 50,000 known active infections.

Focus of the Day Article: Publishing Whitehall submissions on judicial review reform proposals would have been helpful to parliamentarians, a tribunal has said, while ruling for the government on non-disclosure. The first-tier tribunal (general regulatory chamber) dismissed Public Law Project’s appeal against the Information Commissioner’s decision not to require the Ministry of Justice to disclose submissions by 14 government departments and 10 Downing Street to the Independent Review of Administrative Law. Full story - The Law Society Gazette

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Wednesday

30th March - Law News

Edition 3746: 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:  Are you an overseas or UK qualified lawyer? The introduction of the Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE) last year changed how you can become a solicitor. This free webinar will give you the facts on: what becoming a solicitor through the SQE means what we mean by a qualified lawyer and who it includes what qualified lawyers will need to do, including UK and Irish lawyers, barristers and chartered legal executives how you can apply for SQE assessment exemptions and tips for a good application the options for current Qualified Lawyers Transfer Scheme candidates and the important deadlines they need to know

Focus of the Day Article: A law firm unfairly dismissed an assistant solicitor who was recovering from cancer, an employment tribunal has ruled. However, Employment Judge Bedeau found that Luton firm Rodman Pearce would have validly terminated the employment of Elona Onibere two months later had it followed the correct procedures. Full story - Legal Futures

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