Monday

2nd May - Law News

Edition 3779: 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: Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (Appellant) v Coal Staff Superannuation Scheme: Judgment in the following Supreme Court cases will be handed down on Wednesday 27 April at 9.45am

Saturday Conversations on Law

  • The rules of war: international humanitarian law and the consequences of disregarding it - Legal Cheek https://t.co/T3KJOuuJFt 
  • Eight new speakers announced for LegalEdCon 2022 - Legal Cheek https://t.co/UKxJxom9Jx 
  • Going green: the future of graduate recruitment - Legal Cheek https://t.co/mtbGPkG0UU 
  • Bombay High Court permits death row convicts to pursue academic courses during incarceration | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/Jel84zqp6W
  • Conservative source has said Labour's Angela Rayner was the original source of a story claiming she crossed and uncrossed her legs in Parliament in an effort to distract Boris Johnson https://t.co/6za8Nd3K0l
  • #Iraqi police seize more than 6 million Captagon amphetamine pills https://t.co/VbFG0MyQJ9 
  • 'How enforceable are law firm claw back clauses on LPC/SQE funding?' - Legal Cheek https://t.co/XuME2HHR9y 
  • Decisions by courts not implemented by government for years together: CJI NV Ramana | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/qPyUxxRrYw 
  • 3 in 4 in-house teams lose an hour a day jumping between tech systems - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/vGglzpr3p4
  • Thousands of domestic abuse survivors denied help after legal aid cuts, study finds https://t.co/FjFuTgPbmp 
  • Reed Smith to relocate London office - Legal Cheek https://t.co/3MTue6Yg6X
  • High Court: Taxi licences may not be time-limited based on the immigration status of the driver | Irish Legal News https://t.co/rmDvPxunwk 
  • Moebius Future: the Carceral City as a Chronotope of Post-History | Elana Gomel https://t.co/ISYD1SSgey
  • Criminal Justice Committee seeks improvements to firework proposals | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/zt9JVDGfwi
  • Part of the union: GMB sets up branch for judges | Law Gazette https://t.co/laAi3USeKf 
  • How to make it as an international lawyer, from those who’ve done it - Legal Cheek https://t.co/XmXEK2764w
  • Germany has filed a case against Italy at the UN's highest court over attempts within Italy to claim compensation for Nazi-era war crimes https://t.co/2gva0DwPQP 
  • SRA chief admits ethnicity pay gap figure is ‘not acceptable’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/6xzYYVcr0s 
  • Hannah Kenny, from People Before Profit, was subjected to sectarian and misogynistic abuse in east Belfast, according to a party spokesperson https://t.co/TG8LiEi2nr 
  • Work from home permanently but earn 20% less, Stephenson Harwood tells lawyers - Legal Cheek https://t.co/RDCm2ZY7oO 
  • Solicitor on jury service jailed for researching defendant | Law Gazette https://t.co/i1Kff8qIiB 
  • The family of Paul Rusesabagina, the subject of Oscar-nominated film Hotel #Rwanda, have filed a $400m (£307m) lawsuit in the United States over his alleged abduction and torture https://t.co/cEEWL5S4P9
  • Disgraced Tory MP Neil Parish ‘broke law’ by watching porn in Commons - Parish resigns over ‘moment of madness’, and claims ‘it was tractors I was looking at on the internet’ https://t.co/TOmknjsbOx 
  • Proposed clinical negligence costs reforms are ‘unfair’ to injured patients and families of patients who have died, and would act as a barrier to access to justice, personal injury lawyers have warned | NLJ https://t.co/mgokQybGQB

Sunday

1st May - Law News

Edition 3778: 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: Scientists have long warned that climate change will lead to more intense weather. Many point to record-breaking temperatures now in India and Pakistan as proof. Although heatwaves are common in the region, they don't usually start until May or June. The intense heat has increased demand for electricity, leading to power outages. So what can be done to reduce the impact of the heatwaves?

Saturday Conversations on Law

  • Rebekah Vardy has suggested agent may have leaked Coleen Rooney stories to Sun, court hears https://t.co/4ou8m291zr
  • Neil Parish has told the BBC he is resigning as an MP after admitting he watched pornography twice in Parliament. Mr Parish, who has represented Tiverton and Honiton in Devon since 2010, said it had been a "moment of madness" https://t.co/ikgxwpG3kb 
  • Solicitor removed restriction without beneficiary's consent - Legal Futures https://t.co/2lxF2WE8Iv
  • SRA's respect rule "will fill gap" exposed by Beckwith ruling - Legal Futures https://t.co/aGeA4RY3Lm 
  • The cap on the number of days the Crown Court can sit during a financial year has been lifted for a second year, in order to tackle the backlog of cases | NLJ https://t.co/XLhoqpwjFd 
  • Karen Wylie becomes accredited mediator | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Gs7jnFcoRR 
  • Clifford Chance finalises Moscow spin-off | Law Gazette https://t.co/QTrcFiaIVK 
  • Low-income individuals with ‘trapped capital’ are unable to access legal aid in 30% of cases, research by the Public Law Project has found | NLJ https://t.co/vgFxJXeCxr
  • Charles Russell Speechlys to pay out £1.5m in negligence claim | Law Gazette https://t.co/YWa9o6tCNA 
  • Estate administration: the digital assets dilemma - Legal Futures https://t.co/t0FMfsWADu 
  • 2021 broke recruitment records for employment lawyers, according to research by market analytics firm Vacancysoft | NLJ https://t.co/niYAiCx679
  • DLA Piper announces raft of appointments | Irish Legal News https://t.co/j4ZHtdQSJM 
  • Thousands face losing summer holidays as Passport Office delays continue: Travellers told to apply as soon as possible as MPs accuse agency of running ‘absolute shambles’ https://t.co/34m4sHMj6b
  • Government ‘looking carefully’ at radical clin neg proposals | Law Gazette https://t.co/kkLUqyoHDR
  • Social media posts have falsely linked a recent spike in unexplained hepatitis in children to the Covid vaccine. The affected children were mostly under the age of five and therefore not eligible for the jab, health agencies monitoring the situation say https://t.co/PqXNVTQh8e 
  • A body has been found by police searching for a woman who went missing more than a week ago. Katie Kenyon, a 33-year-old mother of two, was last seen getting into a Ford Transit van in Burnley on 22 April https://t.co/Ppwg8CttkY 
  • Government seeks new LSB chair to help "reshape legal services" - Legal Futures https://t.co/IGVizZv7bL
  • The Law Commission is extending its timetable for choosing its 14th Programme of law reform after receiving about 500 responses covering nearly 200 possibilities for law reform | NLJ https://t.co/F2UVA44Ozw 
  • A police officer who appeared on the Nigerian version of Big Brother without permission from her bosses has been given a final written warning. PC Khafilat Kareem was a serving Metropolitan Police officer when she applied to be on the show in 2019 https://t.co/5yACLSx52R 
  • London defence solicitors demand 25% fee increase | Law Gazette https://t.co/wkETqeYnK5 
  • Nigel Ross appointed as sheriff principal of Lothian and Borders | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/1XrrtSHIgO
  • The whole basis of the clinical negligence system needs reform, a committee of MPs has said | NLJ https://t.co/tLG4rPdRSN
  • Long way to go - SRA unveils "unacceptable" ethnicity profile - Legal Futures https://t.co/5jgAd1tkgd
  • Chancery interim applications in person next month | Law Gazette https://t.co/KWQfegaYg2 
  • #US: Wrongly convicted Miami man released after 30 years | Irish Legal News https://t.co/UmxwFJzQRe
  • Robert Skinner calls time on 35 years at the bar | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/G4ZMYqjS8P 
  • Barrister was discriminated against for gender-critical views, tribunal hears - Allison Bailey says Garden Court chambers and Stonewall wrongly treated her gender-critical views as transphobic https://t.co/33NVRBXmmR 
  • #US: Wrongly convicted Miami man released after 30 years | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/bGashFtgyy
  • The Metropolitan Police is seeking a fresh appeal against a High Court ruling that went against it over a planned Sarah Everard vigil last year https://t.co/Lvus0hcsQh

Saturday

30th April - Law News

Edition 3777: 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: Seven people were arrested by the Ayodhya police on Thursday, all accused of disturbing the peace and equanimity of the city by throwing objectionable posters and objects at several mosques in Ayodhya, India.

Saturday Conversations on Law

  • Remote firm reports 56% profit jump and bonus dividend | Law Gazette https://t.co/8jCORcU1L5
  • Coercive treatment for anorexia can be withdrawn in best interests of ward even if they may die | Irish Legal News https://t.co/QTWVnQSxRX
  • Patrick Schofield wins Matheson’s Tim Scanlon Corporate Law Bursary | Irish Legal News https://t.co/zKIMkaDWcZ
  • SRA obtains fresh order for Khan to deliver up files | Law Gazette https://t.co/JBmA3UxDEb
  • DWF promotes Julie Galbraith to Belfast leadership role | Irish Legal News https://t.co/CCqkqFKB4d 
  • An IS group militant from the UK has been jailed for life by a US court for his involvement with a notorious hostage-taking terror cell. Alexanda Kotey, 38, pleaded guilty last September https://t.co/Gd3GF8m4q3
  • The Conservative MP accused of watching pornography in the House of Commons chamber has been named as Neil Parish. He has been suspended from the parliamentary party and is under investigation by Parliament's standards commissioner https://t.co/4mrlXfBGRS 
  • Former Wimbledon champion Boris Becker has been jailed for two and a half years for hiding £2.5m worth of assets and loans to avoid paying debts. The 54-year-old six-time Grand Slam champion was found guilty of four charges under the Insolvency Act https://t.co/an63pZDqiw 
  • JR reforms become law as parliament winds down | Law Gazette https://t.co/piNmzQxfyc 
  • UK government accused of undermining free and fair elections | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/xDdHb4ysYu 
  • HSF and Clifford Chance break partnership records | Law Gazette https://t.co/CyT2L0XFXt 
  • Minister: Reforms “not exactly” what criminal legal aid review said - Legal Futures https://t.co/tpJyUaAqBe
  • "No upper limit" - Ambitious Keystone returns cash to shareholders - Legal Futures https://t.co/IDUj9dd97K 
  • Laurence Fox seeks first libel jury trial for a decade | Law Gazette https://t.co/OvtxtVf5Tb 
  • PII: Legal Services Board targets “balance” between public and profession - Legal Futures https://t.co/0Zxc50RRaO
  • Attending jihadi meetings, being member of organization which is not banned is not 'terrorist act' under UAPA: Karnataka High Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/s4X1gqb010
  • Manchester United footballer Mason Greenwood will remain on bail until mid-June over allegations he raped and assaulted a young woman. The 20-year-old was arrested in January after images and videos were posted online by a woman https://t.co/vcyDPF82xx 
  • The UK has proposed new rules making fake reviews of goods illegal. But experts say that's not the only way companies are skewing buyer perception https://t.co/878Va58JIf
  • Black children are more likely to face tougher punishments at school because they are viewed as "less innocent" and more adult-like https://t.co/hcfsCkT9YD
  • US family caused a bomb scare at #Israel's main international airport after presenting an unexploded artillery shell at a security check. They had picked up the ordnance on a visit to the Israeli occupied Golan Heights https://t.co/RFSp6jBV6O
  • Slater and Gordon declines to explain 'secret' ATE payments | Law Gazette https://t.co/6uDAZeKoKF
  • Eversheds distances itself from Russian spin-off | Law Gazette https://t.co/P4tUNm495
  • Outrageous libel laws protected Jimmy Savile. At last, change is on the cards https://t.co/VfCOC0ntK
  • A Ukrainian father's terrifying journey to a Russian prison and back https://t.co/3x0H5OccC4
  • The leader of the British Virgin Islands (BVI) has been arrested for alleged drug smuggling and money laundering in the #US. Premier Andrew Fahie was detained in Miami by US agents posing as cocaine traffickers from a Mexican drug cartel https://t.co/bPdNPSdiDz 
  • EHRC: Action plan announced to tackle sexual harassment culture in hospitality | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/5B5OGe49p
  • A serving Met Police officer has been charged with rape. PC Ireland Murdock allegedly attacked his victim in Lambeth while he was off duty on 25 September last year https://t.co/VRIwqHESVY
  • Advocate Niall McCluskey dies at 53: Mr McCluskey obtained his LLB and diploma from the University of Aberdeen and called to the bar in 1995, having been in private practice as a solicitor and a procurator fiscal depute | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/naewwKVji
  • Number of children in custody in England and Wales set to double by 2024 https://t.co/Tz5DVkDPF5
  • ‘No more blame culture’: MPs call to scrap clin neg system | Law Gazette https://t.co/lXzhQXCuU
  • Finally, this reckless government faces a reckoning for Covid deaths in care homes https://t.co/v3stZdrOm5
  • MPs call for no-fault compensation in clinical negligence - Legal Futures https://t.co/NvOL2DBmvd
  • UK ports consider legal action after Rees-Mogg delays Brexit controls https://t.co/RH7Ta9R1OJ 
  • Jimmy Savile escaped justice because of libel laws, claims reporter https://t.co/CNoNUduUl1
  • Partners at law firms in England and Wales saw their pay increase by nearly 40 per cent in the first full year of the pandemic, according to new figures | Irish Legal News https://t.co/e2oWbGSk3d
  • #Canadian health officials have removed a ban on blood donations from gay men, one that has long been condemned as homophobic. The old rule prevented donations from men who have had sex with other men within three months of giving blood https://t.co/tZNHKoFCYt

 

Friday

29th April - Law News

Edition 3776: 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: Exclusive new modelling, seen by this programme, suggests that 70 per cent of UK households are in areas that breach three World Health Organisation guidelines on dangerous air pollutants, and 97% breach at least one guideline

Focus of the Day Article: Clifford Chance unveils 'most diverse ever' partner promotions round. Largest cohort since 2007 sees 37 lawyers made up as firm measures up to latest diversity targets. Full story - The Global Legal Post

Saturday Conversations on Law

  • £1bn courts repair bill is threat to justice system, MPs report | Law Gazette https://t.co/Tl8Eep78R0
  • RT @acatfromgreece: The criminal justice system in a leaflet. https://t.co/er7dFZcRiy
  • Legal time-bar for latent damages claims – changes to the discoverability test under Scots law | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/r4mABrjGOX 
  • Services firms line up to tackle crypto fraud | Law Gazette https://t.co/7wIzaFSYiG
  • Northern Ireland parties set out justice priorities at Law Society event | Irish Legal News https://t.co/HtuXocY1EG 
  • Bar left reeling from malicious cyber attack | Law Gazette https://t.co/hzx56hvQRn 
  • Terra Firma’s Roddy MacLeod pens new book: Contentious Executries | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/bUX0hBVD9d
  • Slater and Gordon denies bullying costs recovery lawyers | Law Gazette https://t.co/Lbqo7IxdhS 
  • The supreme court’s coming abortion ruling may spark a new era of #US unrest https://t.co/KTYoploPZI
  • MPs lament “missed opportunities” of court reform programme - Legal Futures https://t.co/vUAERnUAs6
  • Nothern Ireland judge rebukes ‘time-wasting’ personal litigant over failed appeal | Irish Legal News https://t.co/aXquEWhNkK
  • Keen: 'Role of the lord chancellor has diminished' | Law Gazette https://t.co/4qymV9y5mY
  • Six ways to improve your clients' conveyancing experience - Legal Futures https://t.co/775G3c1HnJ 
  • Samsung's latest advert has been criticised by some women's running groups and safety campaigners for being "unrealistic". The film shows a young woman getting up at 02:00 to go for a run through the streets of a city alone https://t.co/h5f1MvlIeG
  • Conservative MP Jamie Wallis has been charged with failing to stop after a car crash last November. South Wales Police said Mr Wallis, 37, from Cowbridge, Vale of Glamorgan, has also been charged with failing to report the crash, careless driving https://t.co/dMC4IK7SeT 
  • Council paid £60k a week for ‘wholly unsuitable’ place for vulnerable girl - ourt of protection orders education secretary to explain ‘national crisis’ in secure placements for children with complex needs https://t.co/7CcwcVkyhg 
  • Labour MP Liam Byrne has been found to have bullied a former member of staff and will be suspended from the Commons for only two days https://t.co/uPYmanBaO4 
  • Ukrainians deported to #Russia beaten and mistreated https://t.co/hTGxOq72vK 
  • Bermondsey stabbings: Joshua Jacques, 28, is due at Westminster Magistrates' Court later https://t.co/pgEaUe50da 
  • Ince’s takeover of Arden approved by High Court | Law Gazette https://t.co/1cpb4X6mac 
  • Foreign nationals and ethnic minorities receiving longer prison sentences in Ireland | Irish Legal News https://t.co/w2Ea1kH6v
  • Bleak outlook for creditors owed £40m after PI firm collapse - Legal Futures https://t.co/nk9CbERIrp
  • #Singapore executes man on drugs charge, rejecting mental disability plea https://t.co/JgpcW1epIf
  • The parents of a US Marine freed in a prisoner swap with #Russia have spoken of their joy at his release. Trevor Reed had been held in a Russian jail since 2019. He was traded for Konstantin Yaroshenko, a Russian jailed on drug-smuggling charges https://t.co/UFdqW44YI1 
  • Joint enterprise ruling has not led to fewer homicide charges, report finds https://t.co/UFXdIiRjo8 
  • An MP has spoken out about lewd comments allegedly made to her by a member of the Keir Starmer's cabinet https://t.co/2sIlpr3zNk
  • EHRC: Britain’s human rights record reviewed ahead of UN examination | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/wzDKkjcDBa 
  • Bar Council and Ward Hadaway become latest cyber-attack victims - Legal Futures https://t.co/tErnaxnoVj 
  • Trump appeals against judge’s contempt order and $10,000-a-day fine - Ex-president found to be in contempt after failure to comply with subpoena in New York state attorney general’s fraud investigation #US https://t.co/kUxflIWgvU 
  • EU announces plans to protect journalists from vexatious lawsuits - Anti-Slapp directive would also enable EU states to refuse to recognise judgments passed in UK https://t.co/rXAi1P2UkM 
  • Criminal legal aid sector ‘will disappear’, MPs hear | Law Gazette https://t.co/dydbgYG3uI 
  • Tory councillors disciplined for ‘hate’ directed at Jewish Labour candidate- Dan Ozarow felt terrorised by abuse of him and his family after negative campaigning in Hertfordshire https://t.co/ivZZP18Zu0 
  • Serious Fraud Office requests documents at Gupta-linked firms https://t.co/1oqPYtBtX3
  • Legislate to help legal regulators deal with sanctions busters, Raab told - Legal Futures https://t.co/3H5AEpM54p 
  • Channel 4 privatisation to begin amid criticism from MPs and industry: Process for privatisation announced as part of sweeping changes to UK media landscape https://t.co/4u0Y4ianoK
  • Proud Boys member pleads guilty for role in US Capitol attack #US https://t.co/r7XbsPxQez
  • 'Resist prolixity' from lawyers, Vos tells judges | Law Gazette https://t.co/HDgvMwi9hd
  • A woman who rode an e-scooter while drunk after a hen do has been banned from driving for 18 months. Paige Burnley, 26, was stopped by police in Cheltenham at 22:40 BST on 9 April after being spotted weaving in and out of traffic https://t.co/RPSGWqh8hk 
  • Terrorism offenders ‘enjoy high status’ in prison, QC’s official report says https://t.co/VM123Fq3qA

Thursday

28th April - Law News

Edition 3775: 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 eastern city of Mariupol has endured weeks of Russian bombardment. But overnight, after talks with the UN Secretary General, Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed "in principle" to let aid organisations help evacuate civilians out of the city's Azovstal steel plant. Pete Walsh is Ukraine Country Director for Save The Children and tells The World the humanitarian community needs “unfettered, unobstructed” access to reach those in acute need.

Focus of the Day Article: Public law specialists behind a High Court case that provided important legal aid clarification for low-income homeowners with ‘trapped capital’ are worried that many people are still being denied fair and effective access to justice. Full story - The Law Society Gazette

Saturday Conversations on Law

  • Mary Lou McDonald to sue RTÉ for alleged defamation | Irish Legal News https://t.co/omsuyvgYR3
  • Tesla shares have fallen after investor concerns that boss Elon Musk may have to sell shares in the electric car maker to help pay for the takeover of Twitter https://t.co/cV8UBBVr3h 
  • Defence counsel backs ‘naming and shaming’ oligarch solicitors | Law Gazette https://t.co/2RgSINhhHn
  • Mason Hayes & Curran hires Hazel McDwyer as IP partner | Irish Legal News https://t.co/JN3IBn9cFG 
  • A&O announces bumper promotion round | Law Gazette https://t.co/wEomRJOmzy
  • The Duke of York has been stripped of his Freedom of the City of York honour following a vote by councillors. The motion to remove the accolade given to Prince Andrew in 1987 was carried unanimously at a full council meeting https://t.co/VEjlgDyaD2
  • Belfast firm Elliott Duffy Garrett welcomes three solicitors | Irish Legal News https://t.co/yFl2Qu7G9m
  • Legal aid barriers remain for people with 'trapped capital' - research | Law Gazette https://t.co/DlZ0nciSf
  • Is Biden subverting the #US constitution? | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/RptiIETLzb
  • Belfast to host Commonwealth Mediation Conference next month | Irish Legal News https://t.co/Rmji8ukkl
  • SRA granted access to more Post Office documents | Law Gazette https://t.co/F3VJ69QpuR
  • Government policies on discharging untested patients from hospital to care homes in England at the start of the Covid pandemic have been ruled unlawful by the High Court https://t.co/voN0AvPz8n 
  • Shelter says 227,000 'no fault' evictions in three years is appalling https://t.co/VLxC8CFKAi
  • The Conservative Party is investigating claims a Tory MP watched porn on his mobile phone while sitting next to a female minister in the Commons chamber https://t.co/JuE10V2Edn 
  • Reality TV star and former glamour model Katie Price has appeared before magistrates in Crawley charged with breaching a restraining order https://t.co/ul9i7xZnx
  • Cost of living crisis driving non-tariff OIC claims as "wristlash" emerges - Legal Futures https://t.co/XnoR7F0tv2
  • Indonesian children jailed in #Australia as adult people smugglers win court battle to clear their names https://t.co/T0RQW74BTs
  • Ward Hadaway blackmailed after cyber attack | Law Gazette https://t.co/YILWjB9LbF 
  • "Ground down" veteran barrister fined for direct access offences - Legal Futures https://t.co/UtEBNL67u2
  • Relief as government drops 'remedy presumption' from JR bill | Law Gazette https://t.co/d0NXg52xbS
  • Food giant Kellogg's is taking the government to court over new rules that would prevent some cereals being prominently displayed in stores because of their high sugar content https://t.co/35QEf0gSr0 
  • Father accused of causing mother’s dowry death can't be granted custody of child: Punjab & Haryana High Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/kNy74szqgR
  • Tracy-Ann Oberman pays ‘substantial damages’ for antisemitism claims #US https://t.co/A543VR6R30
  • Thompsons Solicitors to make case at UKSC for better consumer protection laws | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/q56plUpbOv
  • The Mail on Sunday's editor has refused to meet the Speaker of the House of Commons over the paper's ardently misogynistic article about Angela Rayner https://t.co/DPsbrDrFHe
  • The prison service has failed to recognise the dangers of convicted terrorists pose inside jail. The independent reviewer of terrorist legislation, Jonathan Hall QC, said prisons must not provide opportunities for militants to plan new attacks https://t.co/FxlKNY3IpU
  • Multi-party data access project is “legal sector world first” - Legal Futures https://t.co/HeA7wUcyq
  • 'We have to fight': legal aid providers could decline work | Law Gazette https://t.co/3LXCVr7woX 
  • Legal regulators "need to do more" in dealing with SLAPPs - Legal Futures https://t.co/0XanKpjSk
  • A man arrested on suspicion of kidnapping a missing woman has been further arrested on suspicion of her murder. Katie Kenyon, 33, was last seen on Friday getting into a Ford Transit van in Burnley, Lancashire https://t.co/S8jelg6UTv
  • Janjaweed militia blamed for attacks that left at least 200 dead in Darfur https://t.co/HHIFosLChi 
  • Julie Ahern appointed head of legal at Children’s Rights Alliance | Irish Legal News https://t.co/G3NRacYz9e
  • Twitter takeover: EU and UK warn Elon Musk must comply or face sanctions https://t.co/XdAO2bkyUy 
  • Tory MP Imran Ahmad Khan, guilty of sexual assault advised Home Office on child sexual exploitation https://t.co/9qOTOm7zNv 
  • New law raises minimum marriage age to 18 in England and Wales https://t.co/hMIukFpxbN

Wednesday

27th April - Law News

Edition 3774: 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: What Elon Musk's Twitter takeover means for free speech and the spread of misinformation. 

Focus of the Day Article: The potential negligence of a QC and high-profile law firm to advise a client on limitation was irrelevant as the underlying claim would not have succeeded anyway, the High Court has ruled. Full story - Legal Futures

Saturday Conversations on Law

  • Bar of Northern Ireland calls for end to ‘unsustainable underfunding’ of legal aid | Irish Legal News https://t.co/bFi5NA8wTz
  • Best of the blogs - 23 April 2022 | Law Gazette https://t.co/7xRY6Ch0m
  • No free speech protection for statement that people of Kashmir are slaves, under military occupation: J&K High Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/o8AF21jFqy 
  • Tribunal proceedings could be recorded | Law Gazette https://t.co/GXASqNqLhH 
  • Rights commission launches online learning module for public servants | Irish Legal News https://t.co/XByYPGCdEJ 
  • The war, the WTO and solicitors | Law Gazette https://t.co/jMVERs0y1D 
  • Law firm receptionist fired for being pregnant awarded £23,500 - Legal Futures https://t.co/59bjVcTdnB 
  • The theft of a blue plaque honouring a British-Nigerian man in Liverpool who drowned after he was chased by police is being treated as a hate crime https://t.co/3AjR6zDJMT
  • Up for grabs to any Tories donors: Boris Johnson has threatened to privatise the Passport Office if it does not start delivering better value for money https://t.co/KhOrn7IRG0 
  • Boris Johnson has told his ministers he wants to reduce childcare costs by easing health and safety rules https://t.co/au4gYUf26W
  • Elon Musk has been warned he must protect Twitter users from harmful content after he struck a $44bn deal to buy the social media giant https://t.co/6MnfN8KFRJ
  • DJ Tim Westwood accused of sexual misconduct https://t.co/oB8h3fOMtI 
  • Legal aid crisis ‘more parlous’ for solicitors | Law Gazette https://t.co/lihE3dAEqT 
  • Conveyancing firms "must apply" for PII two months before deadline - Legal Futures https://t.co/FREhFM9GUE 
  • Ministry of Justice to be grilled by MPs over legal aid proposals | Law Gazette https://t.co/UH83c744Gt 
  • Leading lawyer Gordon Keyden is set to retire from global law firm Clyde & Co after more than 45 years of service to the firm and its clients | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/gYedQi9GmX
  • Minister apologises for misleading parliament on negligence costs | Law Gazette https://t.co/Nrp7YwYP1h 
  • High Court throws out negligence claim over MMR vaccine advice - Legal Futures https://t.co/FjxACh9OUz
  • Eversheds ‘completes transition of Russian operations’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/4l3iF4EfUF
  • Protocol challenges make Northern Ireland legal history with appeal to UK Supreme Court | Irish Legal News https://t.co/y2zkmea6UE
  • Police have released footage from the set of the film Rust, including of the aftermath of the fatal shooting of a cinematographer by actor Alec Baldwin https://t.co/MTXbZsMk2W
  • Law Society: Covid boosted finances - and firms' willingness to change - Legal Futures https://t.co/VgUJB1woo0
  • Elon Musk buys Twitter: Human rights groups have raised concerns that a lack of moderation could lead to a rise in hate speech. Many Twitter users are also asking whether this means accounts suspended by the company will be allowed back https://t.co/6MnfN8KFRJ 
  • DPP says ‘shrunk font’ suggestion is ‘inaccurate’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/1RxWpgf45u 
  • Five new partners among promotions at Shepherd and Wedderburn | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/qatu8bRTLD 
  • Bar Standards Board clears barrister over Hillsborough remarks: Jonathan Goldberg, who repeated discredited claims about Liverpool fans, is cleared of breaching professional standards https://t.co/YPCK0BCuUo
  • Take solicitors out of flight delay claims - MPs | Law Gazette https://t.co/7LDL5xrEiV 
  • The UK government has dropped plans to turn back people crossing the English Channel just over a week before they were due to be challenged in court https://t.co/DK6FiHQhOo 
  • Johnny Depp has said text messages he sent about burning and drowning his former partner Amber Heard were a joke based on a Monty Python sketch. #US https://t.co/s6qZVF2qFQ
  • #US climate activist dies after setting himself on fire outside supreme court. Wynn Bruce, 50, from Colorado, who friend said had been planning self-immolation for a year, died on Saturday from his injuries https://t.co/xFfqyIJ629

Tuesday

26th April - Law News

Edition 3773: 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: As Russia sent troops into Ukraine in February, countries around the world imposed severe sanctions on a group of influential Russian billionaires known as oligarchs. The intention being to turn the screw on Vladimir Putin’s war finances.

Focus of the Day Article: Members of the Scottish Solicitors Bar Association (SSBA) will no longer accept new instructions in summary cases where a contravention of section one of the Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Act 2018 is alleged. Full story - Scottish Legal News

Saturday Conversations on Law

  • In the spirit of accessibility, Supreme Court has decided to continue online hearings on miscellaneous days: CJI NV Ramana | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/cfL3hpFRAO
  • Elon Musk strikes deal to buy Twitter for $44bn - He also called for a series of changes from relaxing its content restrictions to eradicating fake accounts https://t.co/AFIcDOJJO3
  • Obituary: Jim Hall, admired Edinburgh lawyer and Writer to the Signet https://t.co/jS3zu2Okw
  • SRA appoints new education and training chief - Legal Cheek https://t.co/P5kJCWdMDa
  • Disinformation and the courtroom: the Moscow show trials | COUNSEL https://t.co/m0U1GuGBFj 
  • Priti Patel’s refugee pushback policy withdrawn days before legal review: Government lawyers confirm Home Office plan to force small boats back to France has been abandoned https://t.co/3E7JOXYRDi
  • The Met’s pre-election pause in Partygate updates is a political act https://t.co/S9l04c8vb
  • Pinsents ups NQ lawyer pay to £92k in London and £61k in regions - Legal Cheek https://t.co/pysSnDzUFE
  • Darlington-based House of Zana has been threatened with legal action by the Spanish fashion giant Zara, which claims the brand is "conceptually identical" https://t.co/cnSqnPFi1l 
  • Spending time in the #Australian armed forces can bring a new approach to practising law, Keith Wolahan explained - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/NkGIDIQLI0
  • Top TC application tips from a future City trainee on TikTok - Legal Cheek https://t.co/fHqXKTTqdU
  • "Plant and care for ten saplings:" Madhya Pradesh High Court's condition for grant of bail to accused in attempt to murder case | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/M1pxxXpgsT
  • Welsh law firm partners with virtual law school for SQE training - Legal Cheek https://t.co/EKXIhcITVu
  • The Boutique Lawyer Show: Should you fire your accountant? - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/zO7Zoi2ZfQ
  • Irwin Mitchell hands lawyers £900 to help with rising cost of living - Legal Cheek https://t.co/2ajBGoX1A5
  • The Corporate Counsel Show: Creating a career and lifestyle that works for you - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/vM9Sh7cO5Q 
  • Full video: How to use new SQE pathways to qualify as a solicitor - Legal Cheek https://t.co/WwHMQfdgWF
  • 10,000 Black Interns and the Bar | COUNSEL https://t.co/hgU4PcAhem 
  • The UK's aviation watchdog should have stronger powers to protect passengers hit by the kind of disruption caused by the pandemic, MPs have recommended https://t.co/SftN5us2oI 
  • MP convicted of sexually molesting boy, 15, fails to keep his promise to resign https://t.co/vwnoyhwqmr
  • A Ukrainian firm managing partner on life right now - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/FPVmWwNG4M
  • Recent cases involving serious sexual offences have taken the longest time on record to go through Crown Courts in England and Wales, the BBC has found https://t.co/vLWbKkY8z4 
  • Top London lawyers reject US congressman's accusation of 'enabling malign activities of Russian oligarchs' - Legal Cheek https://t.co/DBBmPZhjPq 
  • Peaceful agitation a fundamental right: Mumbai court acquits five women booked for impeding road traffic | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/fE1OWIl8Rh
  • A Welshman has been released from detention in Yemen after being held without charge or trial for five years. Luke Symons, of Cardiff, was 25 when he was seized in 2017 by the Houthis, a rebel group fighting the Yemen government in the civil war https://t.co/j8tozZs7L5
  • HSF ups financial support for future trainees studying the LPC to £12,500 - Legal Cheek https://t.co/J1nVmAFJD1
  • Six lawyers from firms including CMS, Shillings, and Carter Ruck have denounced a US congressman’s call to ban them from the United States because of their work for Russian oligarchs | RollOnFriday https://t.co/3u62sLPPYc
  • Coal Scam: Company and directors convicted for conspiracy, forging documents to cheat Government of India | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/bsuBcnOy1h
  • Ferry company P&O has been forced to reverse an attempt to pay its new, cheaper seafarers less money. It comes after the RMT Union received reports of agency workers at Dover being asked to sign contracts replacing their old ones with reduced payment https://t.co/GxRipcZKIL
  • In this era of instant noodles, people expect instant justice: CJI NV Ramana | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/3FxgKPLqpG

Monday

25th April - Law News

Edition 3772: 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: On Thursday 13 January, the UK Supreme Court hosted a webinar on Career Pathways to Becoming a Justice. The event provided early and mid-career legal professionals with an opportunity to learn more about the appointment process and what it takes to become a well-qualified candidate, enabling aspiring future Justices to kick-start long-term career planning.

Focus of the Day Article: The Home Office’s top civil servant has told thousands of his staff they will not be breaking the law or be guilty of racism if they enforce Priti Patel’s plan to send people with rejected UK asylum claims to Rwanda. Full story - Guardian Law

Saturday Conversations on Law

  • Police have issued a warning to drivers after a motorist was clocked at 148mph on an Ayrshire road https://t.co/qqtNSakAH3 
  • More than 100 killed at #Nigerian illegal oil refinery blast - Authorities say victims ‘burnt beyond recognition’ in explosion at bunkering site in Imo state https://t.co/ZXv7b9YyAj 
  • Stronger than expected law firm performance during the pandemic | The Law Society https://t.co/AahRUxzXp3
  • Ethicon class action members to be compensated, Federal Court orders - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/jfseNAdFiM 
  • Female lawyers crave realistic role models, survey finds | RollOnFriday https://t.co/jBxhJ6QAyK 
  • Hill Dickinson provides staff with emergency childcare cover as part of new wellbeing initiative - Legal Cheek https://t.co/oO8c0BDUB
  • From Kuala Lumpur to Leeds - and what I learnt along the way - Legal Cheek https://t.co/X35xA6lx3z
  • A family have lost £3,000 on a holiday after the mum was not allowed to board a flight due to a post-Brexit rule for entry to a group of European countries https://t.co/FMBXs0JzRs 
  • How GCs can steer a business’ ESG framework - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/eM3ejvEcWX 
  • Law firms as social enterprises - the future, or just a CSR pipedream? - Legal Cheek https://t.co/lNWbe6kkx0
  • Calcutta High Court imposes ₹25,000 costs on party for seeking repeated adjournments | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/iVZeDsDDuj
  • #Nigerian police are looking for the owner of the illegal oil refinery where an explosion killed at least 100 people according to the authorities https://t.co/bQcxIUPx0e
  • The first MP to declare themselves transgender has said he hopes to begin transitioning "as quickly as possible". Jamie Wallis stated last month that he has gender dysphoria and had been raped and blackmailed https://t.co/9hSbBWuQ1x 
  • Slavery protesters target royal tour in St Vincent - Earl and Countess of Wessex met with a frosty welcome amid demands for reparations https://t.co/Ghz4TpMB44
  • Irwin Mitchell launches in Liverpool and Cardiff - Legal Cheek https://t.co/CQKcvMaS4k 
  • How Corrs Chambers Westgarth was ‘well placed’ to deal with the pandemic - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/Uoe9ARuovc
  • Barrister and filmmaker, Haresh Sood has created and produced a feature-length documentary inspired by the hit film Monsoon Wedding | COUNSEL https://t.co/u1qJ93KcFy
  • NQ lawyer salaries at Weil hit £150k - Legal Cheek https://t.co/vgwSNOsO5C 
  • The culture secretary Nadine Dorries has used the excuse of dyslexia to shield her to mix up her words in a video that has been shared on social media. The video demonstrated a socially unable individual in charge of important online legislation https://t.co/pDUTEXkq1w 
  • Law Pod UK latest episode: the computer says no! - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/qJWGnLV1xz 
  • It is critical that professionals be able to identify the signs that they are being micromanaged and be able to implement steps to manage this - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/k75FRrYu1X
  • 'Should I say I'm an incoming vac schemer on LinkedIn?' - Legal Cheek https://t.co/BLXcA5UjFO
  • Same-sex marriage in the Caribbean: winds of change? | COUNSEL https://t.co/fJWj9vd39g 
  • Homes For Ukraine whistleblower says UK refugee scheme is ‘designed to fail’ https://t.co/ygGQkRYFxw 
  • Law firms as social enterprises - the future, or just a CSR pipedream? - Legal Cheek https://t.co/lNWbe6BVVA 
  • Three cabinet ministers reportedly facing allegations of sexual misconduct - Ministers are among 56 MPs said to be accused of sexual misconduct after being referred to parliamentary watchdog https://t.co/hXnSdw4V1A 
  • A judge in #Singapore has rebuked a group of prospective lawyers who cheated in their Bar exams, including in a paper on ethics and professional responsibility | RollOnFriday https://t.co/AIKO2h0XrD
  • Gyanvapi Mosque - Kashi Vishwanath Temple dispute: Allahabad High Court upholds order directing videography of site | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/CAHGCRsYtT 
  • Florida bride and caterer charged after serving marijuana-laced food at wedding #US https://t.co/oP97GTLR64
  • Prisoners in the central jail in the #Indian union territory of Puducherry briefly forget their worries when they start dancing https://t.co/Xn7vOl65Fa
  • Marjorie Taylor Greene denies calling for an "insurrection" in Washington as part of a trial challenging her right to stand for re-election under a Civil War era law that bars officials from holding office if they violate their oath to protect the #US https://t.co/kG1RpVLJQk 
  • Health Secretary Sajid Javid is to review what immediate changes can be made to gender treatment services for children in England. Javid HAD told MPs that services in this area were too affirmative and narrow, and "bordering on ideological" https://t.co/4FQjlUVGjc