10th May - Law News

Edition 3787: 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: Raw sewage was discharged into rivers in England nearly 375,000 times by water companies last year, according to the Environment Agency. The UK government has said that this is unacceptable and is promising a 40% reduction by 2040. ‘Citizen scientists' have been taking samples from waterways near their homes to find out just how much sewage and other chemicals are in the water.

Focus of the Day Article: UK urged to act after UN panel rules detention of Briton in India ‘arbitrary’. Jagtar Singh Johal has been detained since 2017 and allegedly tortured, accused of helping to fund assassination plot. Full story - Guardian Law

Saturday Conversations on Law

• The Corporate Counsel Show: No corporate integrity without courage - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/YKcwrTw7bA
  
• What junior lawyers should look for in their post-qualification training and education - Legal Cheek https://t.co/7vxfOqvcP3
  
• The International Law Framework – Establishing Violence Against Women and Girls as a Human Rights Abuse – The Barrister Magazine https://t.co/zAscrIn1IH
• Séamus Ó Cróinín appointed chair of A&L Goodbody | Irish Legal News https://t.co/7iPUaTvgNc
• A law firm (Ince) has launched an investigation after allegations senior members of staff treated a Cardiff restaurant manager badly. Lily Griffiths, 22, had served the group of six at Cora, Pontcanna, where they spent £1,000 https://t.co/1hVLXWnBg6 
• Salary bunching: the unspoken effect of the City talent war - Legal Cheek https://t.co/XDmjAmLtUM
  
• Labour leader Keir Starmer has said he will quit if given a fine by Durham police for breaking lockdown rules. But speaking to reporters, the Labour leader insisted he was "absolutely clear that no rules were broken" https://t.co/cPfMBmcfmp 
• How ESG credentials are gaining relevance in business restructuring | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/SsUXRgh76K 
• Understanding the issues with hybrid working - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/yQvCMV74IX
  
• Britain's top legal education YouTuber to deliver keynote at LegalEdCon 2022 - Legal Cheek https://t.co/FJ7FxdaZ4x 
• LK Shields hires Jenny Ahern to lead banking and finance team | Irish Legal News https://t.co/ALINXaeH9v
  
• KPMG reveals plans to double UK lawyer headcount - Legal Cheek https://t.co/Jv7YvwzMmO 
• A man killed police community support officer Julia James after "ambushing" her in woodland while she walked her dog, a court heard. Callum Wheeler, 22, launched a "brutal attack" on the 53-year-old in woods in Snowdown, Kent, in April last year https://t.co/XPOCcER2C2 
• The Labour leader Keir Starmer, who drank beer and ate curry in an MP's office during a visit before a by-election last year, when social distancing legislation was still in force, has cancelled an appearance on Monday https://t.co/ojhxIRWpZ
• Looking Beyond The Picture: How To Trust Video Evidence – The Barrister Magazine https://t.co/xbC15dRTiQ
• Partner appointments at MacRoberts | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/iKwfaULuYa 
• Skadden lawyer to lead City social mobility charity - Legal Cheek https://t.co/xBLF3CofeT 
• Mystery of phone in North Sea could hold key to ‘Wagatha Christie’ case https://t.co/4Gs1GO9HrV 
• Many social media influencers are unscrupulous and their followers need more protection, say MPs https://t.co/5qO3asKrK9 
• Legal Platforms: An opportunity for the Bar – The Barrister Magazine https://t.co/yEgARVhPbD 
• Ben Roberts-Smith defamation trial: witness expected to deny wrongdoing in killing of Afghan villager https://t.co/u3tfTJjJeS 
• DAC Beachcroft appoints three new Dublin partners | Irish Legal News https://t.co/UCzPt25qqT 
• Global competition regulators must better collaborate - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/zDntqOZ7uN 
• Tortured to death: the 14 Cypriot men killed by British in 50s uprising #Cyprus https://t.co/sVs7wtDVrh 
• The legal psychedelics industry: Capitalism is tripping over itself to get people tripping on legal psychedelics https://t.co/ata2mFoxM6
  
• TikTok tours of some of the City's fanciest law firm offices - Legal Cheek https://t.co/yUFbPhNizM 
• ‘Access is vital’: picnicking protesters target Duke of Somerset’s woods https://t.co/yPuw7DS4MK 
• Huddersfield law grad through to MasterChef final - Legal Cheek https://t.co/HfegnvtFlM

9th May - Law News

Edition 3786: 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: John Lee is the former security chief who led the crackdown on pro-democracy protesters. The result was a foregone conclusion because there was only one candidate to choose from. Following a secret ballot, Hong Kong has a new leader. John Lee is due to replace Carrie Lam as Chief Executive on July first. The staunch China loyalist was elected by a committee of around 1500 members, all vetted to ensure their patriotism to President Xi Jinping and Beijing.

Focus of the Day Article: A £25m fraud squad, to be known as the Public Sector Fraud Authority, will be up and running by July, the Treasury has announced. Full story - New Law Journal

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Ofsted to get new powers to tackle illegal unregistered schools in England https://t.co/vuBrKQDKi9
• ASPC: Aberdeen sees annual house prices rise by 1.4 per cent | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/lhl93SG4x
• UK YouTuber Benjamin Rich quizzed and fined at Russian space centre https://t.co/FOs1UCV0E1
• Why the SQE needs to be integrated into an academic programme so students reach their potential - Legal Cheek https://t.co/XjrSuYPUfr
  
• Taliban orders Afghan women to cover their faces in public: The move is one of the harshest restrictions imposed on Afghanistan’s women since the Taliban seized power last year https://t.co/Tvu3Q2XfFM
  
• Would you take a pay cut to WFH permanently? 88% of our readers say no - Legal Cheek https://t.co/67GyffaVqg
• Legal Lightbulbs: How can firms keep new lawyers? - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/r7Cgm8PfDx 
• When will most law firms embrace the SQE? - Legal Cheek https://t.co/Mcxl7xnUbY
• Criminal Legal Aid: Review calls for new measures to secure sustainability of criminal defence sector – The Barrister Magazine https://t.co/JNGMPvOEYQ May 08, 2022
• Acid attack survivors in #Mexico: 'Justice is not enough' https://t.co/zaKriWL9jI
  
• A dedicated pro bono category at the Partner of the Year Awards program is a testament to how #Australia is paving the way in this area of the law, according to an award winner - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/6Cv4PLPDc
• An 80-year-old Welsh woman has said she lost her sight in one eye after her regular hospital eye clinic appointments were cancelled during the Covid pandemic https://t.co/g5ZryFvY6l 
• Midlands barristers launch £15k bar course scholarship for students with 'strong' regional links - Legal Cheek https://t.co/GGGh2jWbgQ
• Dominic Raab has accused Keir Starmer of "hypocrisy" after police launched an investigation into whether he breached Covid rules in 2021. The deputy PM stopped short of calling for the Labour leader to quit over what he called "rank double standards" https://t.co/ZcKLZkjMd5
• The Weekly Round-Up: unlawful care home policies, new legislation and voter ID - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/WQn66EKlfk
• Should lawyers take a pay cut for permanent WFH? Speaking to employment partners about the viability of such an approach in #Australia | Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/iYRI4SwUHj
• The journey from legal publisher to tech giant - Legal Cheek https://t.co/jWfIrNw5I
• Challenge to Government policy of discharging hospital patients to care homes at start of pandemic partly upheld - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/Tr0DpF4IGn
• Boris Johnson accused of undermining rule of law again over ‘left-wing lawyer’ comments | Irish Legal News https://t.co/CVdeohQqTO
• Labour leader Keir Starmer is facing further questions over whether he broke Covid lockdown rules at an MP's office in Durham, amid reports a leaked party memo suggested time was set aside for him to eat dinner with colleagues https://t.co/AmUYsAGDIN
• Priti Patel’s Rwanda plan for UK asylum seekers faces its first legal challenge: Home secretary is violating international law, the UN refugee convention and data protection rules, say lawyers https://t.co/GXtITjLPJ
• Shadow cabinet reveal their frustration after elections as police re-examine allegations of Covid rules breach by Starmer https://t.co/lwklD8LGbH
• Solicitor calls for period payments to be linked to wage inflation | Irish Legal News https://t.co/WjpdgBLiHT
  
• Solicitor who injected food with blood found not guilty due to insanity - Legal Cheek https://t.co/clLokyH7UY
• 3PB breaks through £30m turnover – The Barrister Magazine https://t.co/wPn6WaUnFN
• Grier gets appeal date set in case against police and prosecutors | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/8Vja6BrwYD 
• Career-changing doctor: 'Can I negotiate my training contract salary?’ - Legal Cheek https://t.co/gYnWTI6jeG
  
• Revealed: betting giants lobbied UK government over proposed crackdown - Documents show gambling firms warned Treasury officials against tightening up industry laws https://t.co/6Yudwd382S 
• Landlords in England could be forced to let empty shops in a bid to rejuvenate high streets, under government plans - buildings left vacant for a year would have to be entered into a "rental auction" https://t.co/xf0lNcUxgX 

8th May - Law News

Edition 3785: 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: Dr. Renu Raina Sehgal, Director and Chief of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Artemis Hospital and Daffodils, India says that “gynae visit once a year should be there in the rule book”. However, not many women visit a gynaecologist on a regular basis to ensure good reproductive and sexual health. It’s about time, women start giving importance to self care and pay attention to their health

Saturday Conversations on Law

• A British YouTuber has been detained at a Russia-controlled space centre in Kazakhstan, officials have said. Benjamin Rich, known for his travel channel Bald and Bankrupt, was held near a launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome https://t.co/FvcS1oUGJF 
• Reprieve: Richard Branson, Stephen Fry and Timothy Shriver plead with Singapore’s President for mercy as Nagaenthran Dharmalingam’s execution scheduled – The Barrister Magazine https://t.co/umj2HVGFsH 
• Law firm Stephenson Harwood is offering its employees the option of working from home full-time on lower salaries | NLJ https://t.co/4Ej4xQ5nSm 
• The remains of hundreds of people are being deliberately destroyed in an organised campaign to dispose of evidence of ethnic cleansing in the west of #Ethiopia's Tigray region, according to interviews with 15 eyewitnesses https://t.co/mtu6pTPPJr
• Litigant banned over ‘unjustified’ complaints to regulators | Law Gazette https://t.co/PzTHAFL9OS
  
• Temple Church is offering four choral scholarships for young female singers, soprano or contralto, as part of its equality and diversity activity https://t.co/6ImYnenpRz 
• Howard Kennedy sees off negligence claim | Law Gazette https://t.co/3cLIhcyDzD 
• Land Registry output 'higher than before the pandemic' | Law Gazette https://t.co/bQ53QeDgPl 
• Qualified barristers and solicitors in the early stages of their careers can now apply for the 2022/23 Judicial Assistants scheme, which provides an invaluable ringside view of the trial process from the perspective of the judge https://t.co/RZWq7ikYu
• PC fee to rise - but overall practising bills will fall | Law Gazette https://t.co/R6ZH7fBYFR 
• Former shadow home secretary Diane Abbott says Sir Keir Starmer should consider his position as Labour leader if he is fined for breaking Covid laws https://t.co/AmUYsAGDIN 
• Injured NHS patients need full and fair redress https://t.co/5IuzwSKgcj
  
• A court in #Belarus has sentenced a Russian student to six years in jail, one year after she and her dissident journalist partner were removed from a Ryanair plane and arrested https://t.co/xeJpdoLB2h 
• Solicitors are being asked for their views on how to stop unscrupulous sellers, following a surge in the funeral plans market | NLJ https://t.co/vm8fSMnSw0 
• Florida pension fund sues Elon Musk and Twitter to stop buyout. The class-action lawsuit argues that the deal cannot close before 2025 #US https://t.co/yytIyAnzFm 
• Fundamental business habits that modern law firms need to succeed - Legal Futures https://t.co/CJunZyVrWV 
• Kathy Boudin obituary: Radical #US activist jailed for her part in a robbery who became an advocate for women in prison and their children https://t.co/onQGP5LkRG 
• A woman who was secretly filmed getting undressed and using the shower by a man who preyed on nearly 170 victims says she is still waiting for justice. John Wood concealed cameras to film women in a number of locations https://t.co/vRYgiwHxy8 
• Getting £135m for criminal legal aid not easy, says minister | Law Gazette https://t.co/n67XlveTsp 
• Lawyers limit community care cases “to help firms stay afloat” - Legal Futures https://t.co/Ll1KhzmdEM 
• An intruder who pretended to be a priest and spent a night in an Army barracks near Windsor Castle will face no further action. The man gained entry into Victoria Barracks, home to the Coldstream Guards, in Windsor on 27 April https://t.co/HfMtsiLbBF 
• ‘I didn’t believe stories of atrocities in #Ukraine. But then I saw the photos’ https://t.co/UjAtWwZnTl
  
• Charities and patient groups urge rethink on negligence costs plans - Legal Futures https://t.co/BS4zZC2cMw 
• A £25m fraud squad, to be known as the Public Sector Fraud Authority, will be up and running by July, the Treasury has announced | NLJ https://t.co/TZLtbLtwOX 
• Consumers open to optional top-up cover to reduce cost of PII - Legal Futures https://t.co/tZ0oQ9tuOu
  
• No retainer between law firm and businessman in £2.5m dispute - Legal Futures https://t.co/RpDcWh3TEq 
• ‘Tommy Robinson’ faces contempt proceedings | Law Gazette https://t.co/jijTJb4wE1

7th May - Law News

Edition 3784: 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: New rules on health and wellbeing in the workplace - This webinar is a chance to learn more about, and ask questions, regarding proposed changes to rules linked to the health and wellbeing of solicitors in the workplace, especially where clients and the public may be being placed at risk. 

Saturday Conversations on Law

• ‘I didn’t believe stories of atrocities in #Ukraine. But then I saw the photos’ https://t.co/UjAtWwZnTl 
• Charities and patient groups urge rethink on negligence costs plans - Legal Futures https://t.co/BS4zZC2cMw 
• A £25m fraud squad, to be known as the Public Sector Fraud Authority, will be up and running by July, the Treasury has announced | NLJ https://t.co/TZLtbLtwOX 
• Consumers open to optional top-up cover to reduce cost of PII - Legal Futures https://t.co/tZ0oQ9tuOu
  
• No retainer between law firm and businessman in £2.5m dispute - Legal Futures https://t.co/RpDcWh3TEq
• ‘Tommy Robinson’ faces contempt proceedings | Law Gazette https://t.co/jijTJb4wE1 
• #Italy has ordered the seizure of a $700m yacht linked to Russia's President Vladimir Putin. The Scheherazade has been undergoing repairs at a port in Tuscany since September last year https://t.co/kWoh6RxNqe
• LK Shields hires Jenny Ahern to lead banking and finance team | Irish Legal News https://t.co/ALINXaeH
• Sturgeon: Human rights laws an impediment to banning abortion protests | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/MbEBj73GXv
• Faculty lends helping hand to mooters | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/kO94thKPmf 
• Upbeat Fladgate reports record revenue growth | Law Gazette https://t.co/C449HPG30k 
• The billionaire Issa brothers are poised to rescue the convenience chain McColl's as it enters administration. PwC is set to become the administrators for the company and it is understood a sale to the Issa brothers' EG Group could come soon after https://t.co/upxTPSDc8J 
• Durham police are investigating whether Labour leader Keir Starmer broke lockdown rules on a visit during which he drank beer in an MP's office https://t.co/bq8ZCIVtof 
• England: Supreme Court refuses application for appeal in puberty blockers case | Irish Legal News https://t.co/T6NzyZjqiM
• Legal services escape latest Russia sanctions | Law Gazette https://t.co/KW1cZCHVHr 
• Proposal to disregard historic convictions of gay and bi men to go out to consultation | Irish Legal News https://t.co/A8rXy6h53W
  
• Fundamental business habits that modern law firms need to succeed - Legal Futures https://t.co/CJunZyVrWV 
• Adjudicators – off on a frolic of their own? | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/btOsqBzPnI
  
• Boris Becker could face deportation from UK, Home Office confirms - Ex-tennis star may have to represent himself in potential case that could set post-Brexit legal precedent https://t.co/kwlOJ5UvF9 
• Lawyers limit community care cases “to help firms stay afloat” - Legal Futures https://t.co/Ll1KhzmdEM 
• Acoustic shock claim back on after ‘fundamental error’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/OgPGYN2uDL 
• UK man brings high court case to have dead wife’s baby with surrogate - Ted Jennings says his wife, Fern-Marie Choya, would have wanted him to have their baby using embryo frozen during IVF https://t.co/UbDDsLNZIf 
• British Virgin Islands premier Andrew Fahie replaced after drugs arrest https://t.co/iqljOyPaWw 
• Charities and patient groups urge rethink on negligence costs plans - Legal Futures https://t.co/BS4zZC2cMw 
• Khan seeks to appeal High Court order over files | Law Gazette https://t.co/f4iTW3csei 
• SRA rebukes solicitors whose work involved family members | Law Gazette https://t.co/1UL06pJkRI 
• Consumers open to optional top-up cover to reduce cost of PII - Legal Futures https://t.co/tZ0oQ9bTpU 
• A round-up of human rights stories from around the world | Irish Legal News https://t.co/JU7TvSagNk 
• Trump the hero for anti-abortion movement after bending supreme court his way #US https://t.co/FSWw0JgTmP 
• No retainer between law firm and businessman in £2.5m dispute - Legal Futures https://t.co/RpDcWh3TEq

6th May - Law News

Edition 3783: 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 UK economy faces a grim future as inflation soars to more than 10% later this year - that's the warning as the Bank of England voted to raise interest rates to 1% - the fourth monthly rise in a row. 

Focus of the Day Article: A  judge sitting in a dispute over unpaid legal fees has chosen not to recuse himself despite it emerging that he was owed money by the firm making the claim. Hugh Sims QC, sitting as a deputy judge of the High Court in Ince Gordon Dadds LLP v Mellitah Oil & Gas BV, explained that while reading papers on the case he had identified a previous professional engagement with a predecessor firm, Gordon Dadds. Full story - The Law Society Gazette

Saturday Conversations on Law

• ‘New peak in culture wars’: global media react to Roe v Wade leak #US https://t.co/eyDhfQYOlH
• 'Loss-making' rates behind decline in community care work | Law Gazette https://t.co/nS57dWWDpG
• Registered intermediaries to be trained at University of Limerick | Irish Legal News https://t.co/EZdtwqt5Vo
• Judge declines recusal despite being owed £7,700 by claimant | Law Gazette https://t.co/YQz4xKDxKR
• Activist Lawyer, featuring Dr Rachel Killean, launches | Irish Legal News https://t.co/RBCvaFNs3e
  
• Family misfortunes - Acting for relatives lands solicitors in hot water - Legal Futures https://t.co/U5BgYOPfvE
  
• Firm to pay £17,000 to unfairly dismissed solicitor | Law Gazette https://t.co/O7YAErYHDf
• New senators appointed to College of Justice | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/uplxnH6zB5 
• Howard Kennedy fighting property negligence claim | Law Gazette https://t.co/l0vpTvQ0Bj 
• Online scammers have been using hundreds of fake charity websites to trick people wanting to donate to Ukraine https://t.co/99KXcydlaS 
• Baby P's mother Tracey Connelly will be released from prison https://t.co/JiZ9IDVTq5 
• Choosing London lawyers "does not guarantee" hearing in capital - Legal Futures https://t.co/jbAJVSc8j7 
• Seven partner promotions and Inverness office move for Brodies | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/kqh2oMmtFx 
• ‘Several hundred billion’ at stake in bitcoin case | Law Gazette https://t.co/MjupnlxDiT
• Report: Positivity over business volume but pressure of inflation rising for Scottish firms | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/gxDrWzR3el 
• Apology appeases court after yet another judgment embargo breach - Legal Futures https://t.co/P4q9ONNgJu
• Chief Constable Simon Byrne has not applied for the job of Metropolitan Police commissioner and is "committed" to the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) https://t.co/yncEHbdmTi 
• Muslim dating service latest to breach judgment embargo | Law Gazette https://t.co/sASQnvYpvI 
• #US supreme court justices on abortion – what they’ve said and how they’ve voted https://t.co/iJ24BJa0wG 
• PE-backed PI firm eyes stream of acquisitions after first deal - Legal Futures https://t.co/crAfI4lgxz 
• Court of Appeal considers whole-life order appeals | Law Gazette https://t.co/J17Vg9BEG8 
• Equity investors flex muscles in merger flurry | Law Gazette https://t.co/NT9krbLiem 
• Bigger four: KPMG to double size of UK legal practice | Law Gazette https://t.co/hxh6QmFYTr 
• Amber Heard has told a court that Johnny Depp repeatedly struck her during drug and alcohol-fuelled rages that she said turned her ex-husband into an "awful thing" #US https://t.co/eITq7HUplB 
• Acid, amnesty - and abortion: 1972 and all that | Law Gazette https://t.co/JpkgV7sWSx
  
• Sweden alarmed by #Iran's reported plan to execute doctor: Sources told Iran's semi-official Isna news agency that Ahmadreza Djalali, 50, would be put to death by 21 May https://t.co/iECkTHvAXB 
• City firm’s home working pay cut makes headlines | Law Gazette https://t.co/zeXDev6ZRm

5th May - Law News

Edition 3782: 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: Australia's Acting Education Minister Stuart Robert joins News Breakfast to discuss the government's proposal to introduce a literacy and numeracy test to trainee teachers before enrolling

Focus of the Day Article: A law firm seeking the identities of people who posted negative reviews about it online would need to show it has suffered serious financial loss, a High Court judge has suggested. Full story - Legal Futures

Saturday Conversations on Law

• The views of a barrister were labelled "transphobic" in a colleague's email, tribunal told. Allison Bailey is suing her chambers and LGBTQ+ charity Stonewall, arguing she was unlawfully discriminated against due to her view that sex is biological https://t.co/PK9xXgw0JZ 
• Best of the blogs - 30 April 2022 | Law Gazette https://t.co/PaOfxrA4Fc
• Why did #MeToo bypass the music industry? Just look at the gatekeepers https://t.co/1Ls6SdfaKK 
• Exemplary damages ‘never appropriate’ as negotiating strategy | Law Gazette https://t.co/OanaULniGo 
• Appeal court shows mercy to LiP over ‘unless’ order | Law Gazette https://t.co/3GziqjuRS7 
• Russia has been banned from using British management consulting, accounting and PR services in new sanctions announced by the UK - critics question how this harms Russia in any shape or form https://t.co/KF50CnDhAr
• A group of more than 100,000 #Kenyans from the Talai clan has written to Prince William to seek an apology, and his support for reparations for human rights abuses they say they suffered during the British colonial settlement https://t.co/Gjzod3uH4E 
• #US shaken to its core by supreme court draft that would overturn Roe v Wade https://t.co/YWR5X2SXqT
• Sarah Everard's killer Wayne Couzens is challenging a sentencing order that said he should not be released from prison until he dies. It is part of a major review by the Court of Appeal of whole-life orders, including arguments for their wider use https://t.co/VTSJpsmZ2A
• Firm loses bid to identify ‘toxic environment’ reviewer | Law Gazette https://t.co/hey51c6jut 
• Partygate means all Covid fines should be overturned, lawyer argues https://t.co/6OXWyPPfow 
• City firm to pay £1.5m over negligent advice on company sale - Legal Futures https://t.co/87if1UjpiM 
• Missing Alabama guard and inmate had 'special relationship' #US https://t.co/r9DL5qDHdT
• Slaughters appoints first ‘responsible business’ director | Law Gazette https://t.co/ZgJouRKmzM 
• Civil servants called UK Covid testing scheme ‘unlegit’, court hears https://t.co/E5jKIqoQxk 
• The #Indian couple who survived war and a hijacking at sea - Akhil Reghu, 26, was among seven Indian sailors who were captured after Houthi rebels hijacked a civilian cargo vessel in the Red Sea in January https://t.co/XyvEpOy1BG
• High Court rejects online legal services provider’s claim against DAS - Legal Futures https://t.co/Nuy94CgBMD 
• Erosion of abortion rights gathers pace around the world as US signals new era https://t.co/oaF6xzvtgU
• #US stand-up comedian Dave Chappelle was attacked on stage on Tuesday during a performance at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles: Chappelle faced criticism and protests last year when his Netflix special was accused of being transphobic https://t.co/D8el5juUUM
• My legal life: Hesham Puri, MK Law - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/lgs25RCZNj 
• Men and boys among alleged rape victims of #Russian soldiers in Ukraine https://t.co/t2lV8wKO68
• Judge throws cold water on "insignificant" data breach claims - Legal Futures https://t.co/YQGjJNQCsL
• Who shot the dog? The canine killing that could play a crucial role in the Ben Roberts-Smith defamation trial #Australia https://t.co/6828rM7guN
• Lawyer in the news: ​Jade Quirke, Russell-Cooke - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/mwamwK1Xu8
• ‘Betrayal’: chief justice orders inquiry into leak of draft abortion ruling #US https://t.co/ixLb9Cy65l 
• Open thread: Would you take a pay cut to work from home? | Law Gazette https://t.co/PkR0ILiIVR
• The Tories’ biggest trick is making their opponents fight post-Brexit policies in the courts https://t.co/FLY5JVngtn
  
• Magistrates' new jailing powers come in to force | Law Gazette https://t.co/bbpUxa3nbT

4th May - Law News

Edition 3781: 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: US President Biden spoke out for the first time since a draft of the Supreme Court opinion that would strike down Roe v. Wade was leaked

Focus of the Day Article: When the NHS spends billions on personal injury cases, it’s the public that loses. Full story - Guardian Law

Saturday Conversations on Law

• #India seizes $725 million of Xiaomi assets over illegal remittances https://t.co/3YVz69RWV8 
• UK government drops maternity charity after critical tweets - Group championing rights of new mothers and pregnant women removed after commenting on government’s lack of progress https://t.co/dW12lCx3aL 
• This abortion rights group is encouraging more women to share their abortion stories #US https://t.co/ZanHvwtgSc 
• Aspects of Nehru, Mountbatten letters to stay redacted: UK tribunal https://t.co/PmXG1Q52mv
• 17 types of animals it is illegal to own as pets in the UK https://t.co/dTWNue0Gsh 
• One of UK’s most wanted men arrested at Lisbon airport - Alex Male is alleged to have been a regional distributor of class A drugs across south-west England https://t.co/7q1dyl3qeX 
• Nottinghamshire police boss Caroline Henry caught speeding five times - Conservative Caroline Henry, the PCC for Nottinghamshire, appeared before Nottingham magistrates earlier after previously admitting the offences https://t.co/b99hZj32qX 
• Some energy suppliers have been given a three-week deadline to explain accusations they have increased customers' direct debit payments by "more than is necessary" https://t.co/WoKG3WgUxe 
• Europe has to monitor hate speech and illegal content on social media more closely https://t.co/KGTBaaNuH8
• Edmonton lawyer drops Queen's Counsel title after controversy over appointment process #Canada https://t.co/DHhxYQTaHc
• People left out of pocket by traders say UK county court system ‘unfit for purpose’ https://t.co/3vPZkNX9PY
  
• Priti Patel faces legal threat over Ukraine visa delays https://t.co/yoN6obcDWw 
• The Kardashian-Jenners have won a defamation case brought against them by Blac Chyna - the influencer, model and former fiancée of Rob Kardadhian https://t.co/uG8FhaXOvw
• Covid breach court case criticised by Bedford gym owner https://t.co/kV6tRJCjJv 
• Ministers plan to use noise cameras to ‘banish boy racers’ https://t.co/vqd9sKjijP
  
• What does the calorie labelling law mean for people with eating disorders? https://t.co/pRMd0NlWfg 
• Nicola Sturgeon has said her government is considering “carefully” whether legal advice regarding a second Scottish independence referendum can be made public https://t.co/PKFLrM7eRD
  
• Using gaming tactics in apps raises new legal issues https://t.co/JHZ6Z0JxX6
  
• Legal aid system in grave danger if no new money in budget : senior barrister & ex crown prosecutor #NewZealand https://t.co/uPWnmJVbca
• Magistrates' sentencing powers doubled in bid to tackle courts backlog https://t.co/AzJFu9FPOf 
• #US Supreme Court may overturn abortion law, leak suggests - In a 98-page draft opinion, Justice Samuel Alito writes that the 1973 Roe v Wade decision legalising abortion across the US is "egregiously wrong" https://t.co/IkJPOhBOME
  
• EU accuses Apple of breaking competition law over contactless payments https://t.co/ZaxAQDukLq 
• UK home secretary, Priti Patel, is facing mass legal action over delays that have left thousands of Ukrainians at risk of trauma and Russian bombs, or in limbo in eastern Europe https://t.co/r1VsXY1rE0
  
• UK Tribunal Rules for Pastor Whose Homophobic Tweet Led to Backlash https://t.co/821V0ONEoe
  
• Amazon will pay US staff travel expenses for abortions and other treatments https://t.co/2Zmy74m7vt 
• 'Boris could deport Boris': Immigration lawyer says Becker may be deported under reforms https://t.co/7X7za7MfzE
• German man who had four children with his sister reveals fight to make incest legal https://t.co/a2BlhoSKc8
• Wales FM Mark Drakeford says Boris Johnson's law-breaking is worse than Eluned Morgan's https://t.co/2AF8pe2gWa
  
• #US police are searching for an escaped inmate who is facing murder charges, and a guard who may have helped him. Inmate Casey White and corrections officer Vicki White were last seen on Friday morning at the Lauderdale County Sheriff's Office in Alabama https://t.co/7buyHQXUdf

3rd May - Law News

Edition 3780: 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: Israel has called Sergei Lavrov's remarks "unforgivable" after he claimed Hitler "had Jewish origins" during an interview

Focus of the Day Article: In a Health and Social Care Committee report, NHS Litigation Reform, published last week, the MPs said the prevention of future harm should the ‘biggest priority’ rather than proving individual fault.. Full story - New Law Journal

 

Saturday Conversations on Law

• How the next generation of lawyers can build their own training contracts - Legal Cheek https://t.co/k8anqwjxdq 
• ‘He hasn’t killed anyone’: #Germans react to Boris Becker’s imprisonment: Compatriots celebrate former tennis player’s thrilling performances that captured hearts the world over https://t.co/QK5dwTAOrD 
• Delhi High Court judge holds court virtually after testing positive for Covid-19 | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/xijPpnrxXd 
• Local government in England ‘hollowed out’ under Conservatives: Major report finds poorer areas worst affected by deep cuts in government funding https://t.co/smsf5Jm40a
  
• International law firm Allens has today appointed a dozen new partners, in a move that brings the percentage of female partners at the firm to over 37 per cent, exceeding the firm’s gender target set in 2017 - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/fXOKIOu5EN 
• Top City firms fund 22 aspiring social welfare lawyers through the SQE - Legal Cheek https://t.co/8s0WSvuy5t
  
• London law firm Stephenson Harwood has offered staff the option to work from home permanently, but the convenience comes at a price of less pay https://t.co/9oFNsjWq4Q 
• Fury in Yorkshire village at its role in migrant detention plan: Priti Patel has buried ‘humane’ plans for refugees https://t.co/raaFNxQwKr 
• The Boutique Lawyer Show: 6 steps to a successful remote workforce - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/tzknarbIWu
• Law school to prep non-US students and grads for New York or California bar exams - Legal Cheek https://t.co/YTPHWkQIvT 
• After 6 years in detention, mentally-ill youth alleged to be Bangladeshi released by Gauhati High Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/a5fbzBrTKn 
• Judge in Afghanistan ‘backstabbed’ by UK government’s refusal of sanctuary - Officials say man in hiding who helped prosecute terrorists does not meet relocation criteria, despite high court ruling in his favour https://t.co/O0l95B6e9s 
• The overseas secondment: what trainees need to know - Legal Cheek https://t.co/4ZlBV7SIsU 
• Which law school has the most 30 Under 30 finalists? - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/DblYCRMGtZ 
• Public Interest Litigation used to settle political scores, stall projects, pressurise public authorities: CJI NV Ramana | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/APhF5rL0kA 
• Yuliia and her three daughters used to run out of their basement shelter in the besieged city of Mariupol after it'd rained as they were so thirsty #Ukraine https://t.co/VnapShworO 
• Memories of the Falklands War represent an "open wound" in Argentina, the country's ambassador to the UK, Javier Figueroa, has said, 'conflict over the islands' sovereignty is ridiculous, comparable to the relationship between North and South Korea" https://t.co/PKizaDQbOd 
• BPP students given 'human and business skills' boost with O Shaped Lawyer collab - Legal Cheek https://t.co/DNj6TYLEWg 
• The Weekly Round-up: Rwanda, Insulate Britain and automated decision-making - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/eIuQgwsS61 
• Lawyers unhappy with level of government support for profession - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/hRBZbYbTc
• Bar Council and northern law firm Ward Hadaway hit by cyber attacks - Legal Cheek https://t.co/N0j75t5fVI
  
• Kidderminster solicitor Peter Simner retires after four-decade career https://t.co/wAzSxRdcPQ 
• Alex Salmond trial QC guilty of professional misconduct over train gossip - Legal Cheek https://t.co/xyiwKYncmy 
• North Dakota to intervene in tribe’s lawsuit over claim to minerals under the Missouri River #US https://t.co/iHi84eKdvV 
• Public interest demands 5-judge bench decide Delhi’s power over services: Centre #India https://t.co/dyt3gd2CJT
• Eversheds’ Russia lawyers launch new firm - Legal Cheek https://t.co/TjgP3j5HCE