25th May - Law News

Edition 3802: 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: Now thousands of high street dentists in England have stopped providing care on the NHS since the pandemic - leaving millions of people who cannot afford private treatment without access to vital health services.

Focus of the Day Article: A pilot scheme that will see small claims cases determined on the paper in six county courts from next month is “likely to do injustice” to litigants, an academic has argued. Full story - Legal Futures

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Biden to address nation on 'horrific' Texas school shooting #US https://t.co/8HKuquCEe7
• In-house lawyers urged to become climate change leaders | Law Gazette https://t.co/Fd94axDOjQ
• FBI foiled terror plot to kill George W Bush, the instigator of all 21st century wars - The suspect, a resident of Ohio, allegedly sought to have Iraqi operatives smuggled into the #US from Mexico for the operation https://t.co/kY7fot8NG
• Facebook whistleblowers allege Meta may have breached #Australia’s foreign interference laws https://t.co/3oghksLhS3 
• Listed law firm's shares slide on profit warning | Law Gazette https://t.co/4r9E8DoMVN
• Martina O’Mahoney promoted to partner at Kennedys | Irish Legal News https://t.co/pT6B10KuCR 
• ‘Reverse civil legal aid cuts’ - think tank | Law Gazette https://t.co/JNVzw0EOKU
• The fan disorder seen at football matches is a "reflection of where we are as a country at the moment", says England manager Gareth Southgate. There have been a number of pitch invasions after games in England in recent weeks https://t.co/TLqTwEv4Vy
  
• A boy who stabbed a schoolgirl in a row over a Snapchat video has been found guilty of her murder. Ava White, 12, was fatally stabbed in Liverpool city centre after a Christmas lights switch-on on 25 November 2021 https://t.co/nPdVMO19RU 
• London Mayor Sadiq Khan asks police for explanation of No 10 Partygate fines https://t.co/lWZi7IUsvr
• Editorial: Cat MacLean’s resignation is principled and dignified | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/bn31pbbY0E
  
• Case worker who was dismissed after probation loses claim | Law Gazette https://t.co/KzTFpqmYQ
• Cat MacLean quits banking industry compensation scheme over alleged defects | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/7FGIURwatj
• Make legal advice available at GP surgeries and libraries, says think tank - Legal Futures https://t.co/eEAMAa3y4M 
• From #Afghanistan's finance minister to cab driver in the US. He went from representing his country at global economic forums to driving for a ride-share firm in the US to make ends meet https://t.co/VMymxouxDa 
• McCartan Turkington Breen chief recognised at SME awards | Irish Legal News https://t.co/4kcD6j4Wvg
  
• Sarah Everard's killer Wayne Couzens has denied exposing himself four times while he was a serving Metropolitan Police officer. The 49-year-old is accused of four counts of indecent exposure in Swanley, Kent, in January and February 2021 https://t.co/JFMWiXavYk
  
• West Ham United defender Kurt Zouma has pleaded guilty to kicking and slapping his pet cat in a video that also showed him saying "I swear I'll kill it". He admitted two offences under the Animal Welfare Act at a hearing at Thames Magistrates' Court https://t.co/gukaKNI91P
• Ofgem boss Jonathan Brearley said the energy price cap, which limits how much providers can raise prices, is expected to increase to £2,800 a year, due to continued volatility in gas prices https://t.co/pMjojBwsaX 
• The Paris Court of Appeal has dismissed a series of rape accusations against French film director Luc Besson. The director of The Big Blue and Nikita was accused by Dutch-Belgian actress Sand Van Roy in 2018 #France https://t.co/xu5B6NKDtA 
• In-house solicitor kept quiet about fees paid to family member | Law Gazette https://t.co/5IH1z3kgIN 
• Insiders who attended events at Downing Street during lockdown have told the BBC how staff crowded together, sat on each other's laps and how party debris was left out overnight https://t.co/u2OaiHeVgh 
• Thorntons promotes three to partnership | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/2XI6aARGui 
• Bar to ballot on escalating legal aid action | News | Law Gazette https://t.co/v12pybRVDE 
• High-profile solicitor's SDT fined upped because of role at tribunal - Legal Futures https://t.co/wArxMWZXx6
  
• Victims of fraud have no idea how long they will be stuck on the phone trying to report the crime to their bank, an investigation has found. Average waiting times can range from 16 seconds to more than 30 minutes - depending on the bank https://t.co/BfJZmcul2v 
• SRA to take on new power to impose £25,000 fines | Law Gazette https://t.co/ipzIkdRLrQ 
• A 14-year-old girl who was strip-searched by police was left traumatised by the incident and later tried to kill herself, her mother says. Olivia* was handcuffed and had her underwear cut off in the presence of male officers, she added https://t.co/SDzibh8Cc6 
• Don’t believe those who say ending Roe v Wade will leave society largely intact #US https://t.co/FrGcTXTYi8 
• Photographs from the heart of #China’s highly secretive system of mass incarceration in Xinjiang, as well as a shoot-to-kill policy for those who try to escape https://t.co/LXnsWpK5wg
  
• Boris Johnson is facing fresh questions after photos show the prime minister drinking at a party during a Covid lockdown. The pictures, released by ITV News, are believed to show the prime minister at a leaving party on 13 November 2020 https://t.co/nI5pCSjanf 
• LSB urges Citizens Advice-style service for small businesses - Legal Futures https://t.co/dVvQ1973dq 
• How lawyers can help Ukraine | Law Gazette https://t.co/ns4uIG4WP1 
• Fact-finding hearings should not be default in abuse cases - McFarlane | Law Gazette https://t.co/UJTuhskYCb 
• Platform firm to aid lawyers setting up side ventures - Legal Futures https://t.co/RhG9DGGeK1 
• Mark Dreyfus flags Bernard Collaery case as priority if appointed attorney general https://t.co/mSMkU4BIcS 
• Connected Legal Playbook provides answers to in-house legal challenges | Law Gazette https://t.co/cSIK5bUYbT 
• Probation Service appoints new deputy director for courts and community | Irish Legal News https://t.co/wS4UDtHa0n 
• Johnson faces fresh claims he lied to MPs as new Partygate photos emerge https://t.co/msaoYCnQGA 
• Gene-edited tomatoes could soon be sold in England https://t.co/w2y4NcEDNq 
• Boris Johnson pictured drinking at No 10 lockdown event https://t.co/9BsKv8esSp 
• Thorntons promotes three to partnership | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/2XI6aB9hlQ

24th May - Law News

Edition 3801: 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: Zipvit Ltd (Appellant) v Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (Respondent) (No 2) 

Focus of the Day Article: Priti Patel in fresh bid to push through strict anti-protest measures. ‘We do not make policy through mob rule,’ home secretary will say as she urges MPs to back bill that criminalises obstructing traffic. Full story - Guardian Law

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Oliver Lewis, Rabah Kherbane and Marie Paris are finalists in the LALY Awards 2022 https://t.co/IMRRyAxppD 
• City Consortium reveals future trainees will complete 'mini-training seats' with virtual law firm as part of SQE prep - Legal Cheek https://t.co/adeZlXFkC3
• UK-Mexico trade talks should lock in legal services market access | The Law Society https://t.co/ix2XSE0lbI 
• Willkie Farr and Davis Polk boost training contract numbers in London - Legal Cheek https://t.co/Rt7zJXZ1ma 
• Ukraine's application against Russia before the International Court of Justice: joint statement - https://t.co/sYm4QUFhkx
  
• Patrick Vieira will not face any criminal charges after Merseyside police completed their investigation into the pitch invasion that followed Everton’s victory against Crystal Palace last week https://t.co/nVGMXmSEe5
• Shoosmiths raises London NQ lawyer pay by 16% to £87,000 - Legal Cheek https://t.co/D2hJzgPHxl
  
• Manchester City footballer Benjamin Mendy has entered not guilty pleas to nine charges of sexual offences against six women. Mendy, 27, of Prestbury, Cheshire, denied all the charges, which include seven of rape, at Chester Crown Court https://t.co/NjjQJ7gpVJ
  
• UK fertility watchdog could recommend scrapping donor anonymity law https://t.co/yglB5anRGc 
• A court in #Ukraine has jailed a Russian tank commander for life for killing a civillian at the first war crimes trial since the invasion. Captured soldier Sgt Vadim Shishimarin was convicted of killing Oleksandr Shelipov, 62 https://t.co/9TZsTtiC5A
  
• Birmingham Children's Hospital worker held on suspicion of poisoning child https://t.co/kV2lkiS2ej
• West Ham defender Kurt Zouma will appear in court after being accused of three offences under the Animal Welfare Act for allegedly harming his cat https://t.co/FkUaS82HXA
• Imran Ahmad Khan, former Conservative MP has been jailed for 18 months following his conviction for sexually assaulting a 15-year-old boy. At a trial last month, he was found guilty of groping the boy at a party in 2008 https://t.co/YAWLmg2AFr 
• Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has said Iran forced her to sign a last-minute false confession at the airport as a condition of her release. A UK official was with her when she signed the statement "under duress" https://t.co/qRXUuYcmYm 
• Former Dechert partner slammed for leaking to press about his own client - Legal Cheek https://t.co/8fyBNe4aCp 
• The career-building skills of the future - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/I5YHQxEpyU 
• Queen’s Speech Confirms Government Will Proceed with Brexit Freedoms Bill https://t.co/xxMlvIrjPk?
  
• ULaw and Newcastle law firm Muckle finalise SQE training deal - Legal Cheek https://t.co/EOm5tvIxxX 
• Why young lawyers should have a Plan B - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/VjOJSavmkP 
• Paralegal stole £438k from law firm to fund gambling addiction - Legal Cheek https://t.co/HReWLROMfr
  
• A colonel in #Iran's Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) has been shot dead in a rare assassination in Tehran. Two gunmen on a motorbike are reported to have shot Colonel Sayad Khodai five times in a car outside his home https://t.co/DMtSEixamA 
• #US Supreme Court Requests Solicitor General for FCA Rule 9b Context https://t.co/3QxjDm4fBT 
• Manchester City have launched an investigation after Aston Villa keeper Robin Olsen was assaulted during a pitch invasion after the final whistle at Etihad Stadium https://t.co/rkfOq9fRQ1 
• Withers secures freezing injunction against rare ‘Bored Ape’ NFT in commercial disputes first - Legal Cheek https://t.co/TxrUVgLmKG 
• Tens of thousands more youngsters will end up in care unless radical changes are made to child protection in England, a major review has warned. Struggling families needed earlier support before they reached crisis point https://t.co/7uwzUP6dmW 
• The defiant Russians speaking out about the war -Dozen have already been prosecuted under the "fake news" law, as it's known. They face up to 15 years behind bars for challenging the official line on #Russia's invasion or criticising the military https://t.co/LGaWjLh5j5 
• Rail unions have reacted with fury to a government threat to make strike action illegal unless a minimum number of train staff work during a walkout https://t.co/vMFC0POLTY
  
• Significant funding increase for youth justice services https://t.co/mGd976fXzu 
• 12 TikToks law students will just get - Legal Cheek https://t.co/YZr10VktsF
  
• 14 Globally Guaranteed Human & Civil Rights All Africans Should Know About https://t.co/RZUxYqoLYr 
• Slaughters targets 90% emissions reduction by 2040 - Legal Cheek https://t.co/lppfYndluH 
• Although 126 fines have been issued, Boris Johnson remains in post, raising questions for the police and Conservative party https://t.co/Y1Xswggbcz 
• Capsticks writes off trainee debt after bumper pandemic profits - Legal Cheek https://t.co/n2b7ZAaZJL
  
• ‘Devil’s advocate’? #Russian soldier’s Ukrainian lawyer defends role on eve of verdict https://t.co/KuUFqmINmN

23rd May - Law News

Edition 3800: 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: Days of flooding and landslides in parts of Bangladesh and eastern India, have affected millions of people and left more than 50 people dead. Bangladesh's north-east region has seen some of the worst flooding for nearly two decades. The two countries are prone to flooding and experts say that climate change is increasing the likelihood of events like this around the world.

Focus of the Day Article: The four HM Chief Inspectors of police, Criminal Prosecution Service, probation and prison services have issued a devastating warning on the ‘knock-on effect’ of the courts backlog. Full story - New Law Journal

Saturday Conversations on Law

• What went down at LegalEdCon 2022 - Legal Cheek https://t.co/2PKHm4MvU1 
• Sidley pledges £500,000 to build youth centre in North London - Legal Cheek https://t.co/KRxvyXlK57
• Women presenters and reporters on TV channels in #Afghanistan went on air with their faces covered on Sunday, in line with a Taliban order https://t.co/xA6nckuUxV
  
• The Corporate Counsel Show: Cutting costs and creating more value - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/XFmggiRBw4
  
• Barrister who sexually assaulted colleague during 'drunken bender' wins disbarment appeal - Legal Cheek https://t.co/sQI56HEjtG
  
• Two-thirds of public sector lawyers want to work at least three days from home - Legal Cheek https://t.co/JIFu5aynCn 
• Do lawyers trust politicians to follow through on campaign pledges? - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/s0FmNoqZ5h
• ‘Any number of rights could be next’ if Roe v Wade goes, says Buttigieg #US https://t.co/6mXqxhrP5
• Buzzable hours! CMS lawyers to get lessons in beekeeping - Legal Cheek https://t.co/uAROqrrwg0
  
• The Weekly Round-up: Queen's Speech, war trials in Ukraine, and pre-recorded cross-examinations - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/e6ueput9UY
• Priti Patel in fresh bid to push through strict anti-protest measures. ‘We do not make policy through mob rule,’ home secretary will say as she urges MPs to back bill that criminalises obstructing traffic https://t.co/SJOOtogMHa
• 'Wagatha Christie': The libel trial that took the internet by storm - Legal Cheek https://t.co/9YlokVkStP
• Palestinian teen killed in #Israeli raid in occupied West Bank: Amjad al-Fayyed, 17, was killed after an Israeli raid in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin https://t.co/iTg7v7433l
• We are what we tweet: Wagatha, social media and the death of privacy https://t.co/RfOXiiUZ2d 
• Mishcon raises NQ lawyer pay to £90k - Legal Cheek https://t.co/VLOSEOUlm4
• A boy had a finger amputated after he injured himself fleeing bullies at school, his mother said. Raheem Bailey, 11, caught his finger while climbing a fence to escape and after six hours of surgery, doctors could not save it https://t.co/neMojed7sx

22nd May - Law News

Edition 3799: 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: A US judge has blocked plans to lift an immigration policy that prevents migrants from seeking asylum in the US. The policy known as 'Title 42' was issued to prevent the spread of coronavirus. But medical experts say it is no longer needed.

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Boris Johnson to sacrifice top official over Partygate to save himself: Civil service head will carry the can, amid row over claims that No 10 tried to interfere with Sue Gray’s findings https://t.co/eu6HkNY1gv
• The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has expanded a scheme that allows victims and witnesses of crimes, such as rape and modern slavery, to have their cross-examination video-recorded and played later in trial | NLJ https://t.co/BAemWjscrR 
• Fox hits back with ‘Bad Law Project’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/b9pTbEv0oE
  
• The four HM Chief Inspectors of police, Criminal Prosecution Service, probation and prison services have issued a devastating warning on the ‘knock-on effect’ of the courts backlog | NLJ https://t.co/lFqZ4Rw9D
• Departing legal recruiter wrong not to hand over LinkedIn password - Legal Futures https://t.co/RMoMZyFhou
• One in four lawyers suffers daily stress | Law Gazette https://t.co/sIg6xTearo
• ‘Ella’s law’ bill seeks to establish right to clean air in UK https://t.co/NebmAe4Dmi 
• Is your law firm protected from ransomware attacks? - Legal Futures https://t.co/3ueDFI6W3p 
• Partisan experts can be fatal, Supreme Court justice warns | Law Gazette https://t.co/Rh467tuRsq 
• Two people have been taken to hospital after part of a stand collapsed at a Trooping the Colour event at Horse Guards Parade in central London. Scaffolding holding the stand up is reported to have given way just before 11:00 BST https://t.co/UPwEeWOjrF
  
• UK citizens who have not had a coronavirus jab can now travel to Spain by showing a negative PCR or antigen test on arrival. The Spanish government confirmed that non-vaccinated travellers from outside the EU can enter the country from Saturday https://t.co/di0S1jLSj
• Opposition parties are calling for the prime minister to explain a meeting with Sue Gray over her report into the partygate saga. There are conflicting accounts of what was discussed during the meeting https://t.co/5s3SMEz1QI 
• The Ivy Williams Centenary Exhibit, which can be found in the Main Hall of the Royal Courts of Justice features judges and other women pioneers in the legal profession from the past 100 years | NLJ https://t.co/sUxz3uWxny 
• ‘Wagatha Christie’ puts England’s legal system on trial in the social media age https://t.co/wULcUuYuDq
• Justice committee chair raises doubts about fixed costs in clin neg claims | Law Gazette https://t.co/c73HzaY1D
• Trump isn’t out there with a gun, but he’s enabled this war against black people https://t.co/bUGGN1wzVb
• Survey: Public think badly of law firms with Russian clients - Legal Futures https://t.co/FcuQlaxql2 
• Chancery Lane 'not surprised' by escalating legal aid action | Law Gazette https://t.co/PfEoFvXy4
• Tamil refugees detained by UK on Chagos Islands go on hunger strike https://t.co/S6WFrUyVUw 
• ‘It’s ridiculous’: shock as some UK grocery prices rise by more than 20% - Which? analysis finds cereal, mushrooms and cheese among the items to have risen the most https://t.co/AA9JptIVqq 
• England is facing a "dentist shortage crisis" as 14% of NHS dentists approach retirement, the Lib Dems have warned. The party says the situation will be acute in some rural areas such as parts of Lincolnshire and Cumbria https://t.co/ILgmSxBCuS 
• Parliament could burn down "any day", former minister Andrea Leadsom has warned as she urged MPs to "get on" with the renovation of the building https://t.co/UwisjuZXIo 
• Paper channel to remain under LPA modernisation plan | Law Gazette https://t.co/ON2lYqDalt 
• Electronic signatures instead of witnesses for LPAs stay on the table - Legal Futures https://t.co/4uUqwHh9sP
• Junior staff could have risked career by not attending No 10 parties, lawyer says https://t.co/yGRM9r1Szv
• Mother in law: Walking | Law Gazette https://t.co/EAVe0algOE
  
• This year’s Pro Bono Week will discuss how lawyers have coordinated support in response to the crises in Afghanistan and Ukraine, and how best to deliver for future emergencies | NLJ https://t.co/SAaVcSktkz 
• Barrister convicted of sexual assault wins appeal against disbarment - Legal Futures https://t.co/s6GZ2I392F
• Craig McLachlan drops defamation case against ABC, Fairfax and Christie Whelan Browne #Australia https://t.co/Al3gV4OeKG 
• The Sentencing Council has revised its guidelines on sentencing offenders convicted of arranging or facilitating sexual offences against a child, and issued a new guideline on sexual communication with a child | NLJ https://t.co/AeL8cj6uM6 
• Leeds and Burnley are threatening legal action against Everton and the Premier League over the handling of the club's finances. Everton's most recent accounts which showed losses of £120.9m for the 2020-21 season https://t.co/fmB9vtcXWr

21st May - Law News

Edition 3798: 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 Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu today surrendered in a court in Punjab's Patiala, a day after the Supreme Court sentenced him to one year in jail in a road-rage incident in which a man was killed 34 years ago. He had earlier requested a few more weeks to surrender on health grounds.

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Judicial reviews seen as major obstacle to meeting Ireland’s housing needs | Irish Legal News https://t.co/1nFABq7CMW
  
• Equalising goal: Law Society proposes SLAPP curbs | Law Gazette https://t.co/Q2IgLx3wRK
• Lawtons choose PracticeEvolve to manage clients more effectively | Irish Legal News https://t.co/j0PUoQ3RUu 
• It’s fun to pay… Sidley Austin announces partnership with YMCA | Law Gazette https://t.co/9cl96vZtPq
• Law firms under pressure to show values in clients they take on - Legal Futures https://t.co/xumeXebiHr 
• A university has been told to pay more than £50,000 in damages for discriminating against student Natasha Abrahart, who killed herself in 2018. She was found dead on the day she was due to take part in a group presentation at the University of Bristol https://t.co/CkSVLdxYfX
• A woman who was terrorised and abused by an MI5 agent is taking legal action against the security service. Beth, not her real name, has lodged a formal complaint with the watchdog for the intelligence agencies, the Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT) https://t.co/s2RSERBXoz 
• Barrister wins appeal over disbarment for sexual assault | Law Gazette https://t.co/fVH2ReJwFC 
• Five new senators of the College of Justice have been installed at individual ceremonies in Parliament House, Edinburgh | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/8XaL6Zex5t 
• Ex-Labour MP must pay £434k damages to woman he repeatedly assaulted https://t.co/Z5b2gCisKi 
• What did we learn from ‘Wagatha Christie’? No one wins in Britain’s slow and broken courts https://t.co/57acOReVkf 
• Lord Chief warns over lack of Crown Court judges and lawyers - Legal Futures https://t.co/ZJRwUKoHXc 
• Russians lead commercial litigant table - for now | Law Gazette https://t.co/eDJOBY9Kau 
• Knights bolsters presence in South-East with £11.5m acquisition - Legal Futures https://t.co/PTBwNsneEV
• Mason Hayes & Curran appoints 15 new partners | Irish Legal News https://t.co/g1fYmQiJdN 
• National memorial for witchcraft accused to be considered | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/gDVEvRRyrI
  
• Knights expands south with £11.5m deal to buy rival | Law Gazette https://t.co/oYUX4Uj0Mz 
• Chancellor Rishi Sunak and his wife Akshata Murty have made the Sunday Times Rich List of the UK's wealthiest 250 people for the first time. Their joint £730m fortune ranks them at 222 of the paper's annual list https://t.co/vFKKc1l1fF
  
• Friend of Craig McLachlan tells court he feared harassment reports would destroy the actor #Australia https://t.co/V9W5w49lVM
• Wrong to ignore referee in football injury claim, High Court rules | Law Gazette https://t.co/MLYAdcyRb3
  
• 'Deal with this problem': lord chief wades into legal aid dispute | Law Gazette https://t.co/0ARiV9QI1J 
• Property search merger “lessens competition”, CMA says - Legal Futures https://t.co/FRvmIDMctV
• The government's independent adviser on tackling violence against women and girls has suggested her calls for street harassment to be made a crime are being blocked https://t.co/t2VJWsl1q
• Lord chief calculates the cost of legal aid cuts | Law Gazette https://t.co/8Fd0gi7Gpy
  
• A man fascinated with serial killers has been jailed for a minimum of 31 years for murdering an 18-year-old woman he abducted from a bus stop. Bobbi-Anne McLeod's body was found in woodland near Plymouth in November https://t.co/zGsbmCXGVG 
• Jailed solicitor struck off for role in property sales scam | Law Gazette https://t.co/gyiO6ifzrQ 
• Canadian distillery drops Scottish sounding products after SWA dispute | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/RMljcOlEhs
  
• Cleaver Fulton Rankin shortlisted for responsible business award | Irish Legal News https://t.co/v99Rs9rUNP 
• 'Textbook SLAPP': Oligarch’s libel lawyers reported to SRA | Law Gazette https://t.co/nGDrz2XDUB

20th May - Law News

Edition 3797: 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: They are young men, teenagers or barely into their twenties, already serving years in prison for serious violent offences, including murder. But the new governor of HMP Swinfen Hall in Staffordshire is determined they can still change, that the violence which has dominated their lives can end before they go back out into the world. Exclusive access was given to the filmmakers the prison to see its new rehabilitation programme in action and they were able to meet the prisoners trying to face up to the reality of their crimes and a mother, bereaved by knife violence, who's helping them do it

Focus of the Day Article: A law firm owner has been fined by the Solicitors Regulation Authority after repeatedly failing to pay fees owed to a barrister. Ahmed Mohammed Hersi, sole principal of north west London firm Hersi & Co, did not pay an invoice of £29,000 issued to him for counsel fees back in 2017, an SRA decision notice states. He then failed to abide by a county court order made in 2018 to pay these fees, which with interest had increased to £40,000. Full story - The Law Society Gazette

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Shane Bazzi wins appeal in defamation case over Peter Dutton tweet #Australia https://t.co/os74ZkVocb 
• MI5 agent used secret status to terrorise girlfriend - The foreign national cannot be named, despite evidence he is a threat to women, after the government took the BBC to court to block publication https://t.co/ymwHxdmOGG 
• BHL launches legal expenses insurance push with Minster Law - Legal Futures https://t.co/8tM5Ftqort
  
• The government faces the threat of further disruption in the courts as dozens of solicitors prepare to join the criminal bar in protest action over the government’s controversial criminal legal aid reforms | Law Gazette https://t.co/nD5WOU3kXF
  
• City partner put making money before clients, High Court rules - Legal Futures https://t.co/evPcZIdzU0
• Prejudices that led to witch-hunts still affect women today, says historian https://t.co/0lT4AOHVdH 
• Judicial diversity progress 'better than people might think', says lord chief justice | Law Gazette https://t.co/2vqrk9UmrX 
• John Nimmo joins MBM Commercial | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/R2YtK5KYwg
• A former employee in the residential property department of a stock exchange-listed firm has been banned for posing as someone who could carry out matrimonial work | Law Gazette https://t.co/JLE0PwrTmL
• Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been told he faces no further action after police closed their Partygate investigation, No 10 says https://t.co/RJbmRp3LZm 
• Northern Ireland to allow some new creditors’ bankruptcy petitions from September | Irish Legal News https://t.co/NCxTi7vP2Y
• Thomas Ross QC: Does the Faculty of Advocates labour under a culture of misogyny? | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/W8WBJYEaZr
  
• Solicitor William Nash obituary https://t.co/t0PUWZCTpw
• Solicitor rebuked over referrals from genealogists - Legal Futures https://t.co/1UnjVzE6JC
• HS2 protestor held in contempt told he must face costs penalty | Law Gazette https://t.co/LQN5a0PfzP
• The Law Society of Scotland has congratulated John Scott QC as he today takes the precedent-setting step from solicitor advocate to senator of the College of Justice | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/iOR3FcJnR8 
• Co-op Legal Services eyes £100m turnover in growth push - Legal Futures https://t.co/z9KBeJWMSL 
• William Fry hires Barry Scannell as technology consultant | Irish Legal News https://t.co/z1Bj99gc4
• 7 criminal barristers have lost a High Court battle with the Legal Aid Agency (LAA) over their fees for a £5m fraud trial in which a five-million page hard drive was served on the defence shortly before trial | Law Gazette https://t.co/IGO6oMVgjd
• Courts crisis - Inspectors demand more resources for defence | Law Gazette https://t.co/yB20AIm5B
• ECtHR: Lawyer should not have been fined for telling joke in court | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/LCUj3WKrIy
• Laurence Fox denied first libel jury trial for a decade | Law Gazette https://t.co/fvWqfYTmsR 
• Remote firm brings solicitors and barristers under one banner | Law Gazette https://t.co/EMnulSzMKH 
• Ben Roberts-Smith’s defamation trial hears conflicting evidence over Afghan deaths #Australia https://t.co/m3EHRdfLUy 
• UN confirms death of one of last #Rwandan genocide fugitives. Phénéas Munyarugarama is second person wanted for their involvement in 1994 mass killings to die https://t.co/vuetmx8X7I 
• Principal fined for not paying counsel’s £29,000 fees | Law Gazette https://t.co/YxmuqtbGZ1 
• Rights watchdog to appear in Supreme Court case concerning surrogacy | Irish Legal News https://t.co/A8dWdKOZA5 
• Trans people ‘not an ideology’, MSPs weighing gender recognition reform told - Director of Stonewall Scotland speaks to parliamentarians as they take evidence on draft bill https://t.co/MzsEoe5Few

19th May - Law News

Edition 3796: 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 United States Soccer Federation (USSF), the United States Women's National Team Players Association (USWNTPA) and the United States National Soccer Team Players Association (USNSTPA) have agreed to a deal that achieves "equal pay and set the global standard moving forward in international football" 

Focus of the Day Article: Controversial legislation aimed at ending prosecutions for killings during the Troubles will be introduced to Westminster. The Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation Bill) will create a new independent body called the Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery (ICRIR) and offer immunity from prosecution for individuals who co-operate with it. Full story - Irish Legal News

Saturday Conversations on Law

• A New York man has a beef to pick with McDonald's and Wendy's: misleading adverts he says make their burgers look much bigger than they actually are #US https://t.co/Zoz2kDKJXm 
• #India's Supreme Court has ordered the release of one of the men convicted of involvement in the 1991 murder of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi https://t.co/uxp6hWaG13
• Alaa Abdel Fattah: UK urged to help jailed British-Egyptian activist #Egypt https://t.co/cuD1ToGbiQ
  
• Former clients hit with indemnity costs for ‘hopeless’ appeal | Law Gazette https://t.co/M6IMmiHESo 
• World’s highest jailing rate found in Uyghur county of China, data leak suggests #Uyghurs https://t.co/jGWl2e2rXt
• Controversial legacy legislation to be introduced to Westminster today | Irish Legal News https://t.co/NGDsZ09F8w
• Plight of Afghan judges in spotlight as court hears UK asylum challenge - Three judicial reviews of Afghans who face ‘real risk to life’ could force wholesale Home Office rethink https://t.co/J1tMGuD1qh
  
• Planning your office for the next generation - Legal Futures https://t.co/9HV4dvHWUO
• New firm Power Law LLP to focus on business clients | Irish Legal News https://t.co/rNOAgNT5wG
  
• A High Court ruling will allow the BBC to publish a story about a man it says exploited his status as an MI5 informant to abuse his partner. The BBC said the decision will allow it to tell a story that is "firmly in the public interest" https://t.co/OtKrSJ7SFx
• A hospital trust has been fined more than £1.3m after admitting failures in care that contributed to the deaths of two patients. Mohammed Ismael Zaman, 31, died of severe blood loss while undergoing dialysis at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital in 2019 https://t.co/EpZ00G7YXZ 
• A 21-year-old #Russian soldier has pleaded guilty to killing an unarmed civilian, in the first war crimes trial in Ukraine since the war started. Vadim Shishimarin admitted shooting a 62-year-old man a few days after the invasion began https://t.co/D3LT7tFpij 
• Don’t assume litigation lawyers always want their trial payday | Law Gazette https://t.co/R8ClXYhKLN
  
• Jamie Gray appointed as partner at Burness Paull | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/wkjr6YFSZt 
• Advice deserts? We have a telephone helpline, says minister | Law Gazette https://t.co/SJbyC47wWo
• Smaller law firms eager to grow as confidence stays high - Legal Futures https://t.co/OVjOnIq7rn 
• McKee Campbell Morrison appoints Michael Flett as associate director | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/5wiao3Dqh7 
• Legal advice clinic for LGBTQ+ issues reaches landmark: Cardiff LGBTQ+ Law Clinic was set up in May 2021 to provide free legal advice for individuals across the country, and is on the verge of passing 100 enquiries in that time | Law Gazette https://t.co/Rtr2AtviIU 
• Listed company's law firm shoots up rankings with £47m turnover - Legal Futures https://t.co/V7YfH2Bqvn
  
• As a high-profile tax dispute regarding film distribution schemes rumbles on, the Court of Appeal could yet be asked to give guidance on a lawyer’s duty of care | Law Gazette https://t.co/l6IHQ6oSIs
• Dechert ex-partner ‘disgrace to profession’, court hears | Law Gazette https://t.co/b2P1ZjvxH0 
• The Legal Aid Agency has sought to assure anxious criminal legal aid providers that it will try to ensure they do not lose out on work when new contracts begin later this year | Law Gazette https://t.co/luL7dojige 
• ABS evolves platform model with other lawyers and professionals - Legal Futures https://t.co/21IHkhibZH
• Priti Patel lifts restrictions on police stop and search powers: Home secretary announces the end of limitations on use of section 60 powers where serious violence anticipated https://t.co/QnVfcIHWFL
• Lawyer in the news: Stuart Luke, Instalaw Solicitors - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/G8LjP3UhPr
• Colleague feared Craig McLachlan could take his own life after articles alleging harassment, court hears #Australia https://t.co/9PWGThnAIt
• Best of the blogs - 14 May 2022 | Law Gazette https://t.co/zROOAIrPLZ 
• New firm Power Law LLP to focus on business clients | Irish Legal News https://t.co/rNOAgNT5wG 
• Dechert ex-partner leaked to press and ‘plainly lied’ in court – judge | Law Gazette https://t.co/cjciT5CtlR

18th May - Law News

Edition 3795: 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 Feb. 24, the first day of the war in Ukraine, a Russian attack on a hospital in the eastern city of Vuhledar killed four people and wounded 10 others. The next day, elsewhere in Ukraine, a cancer center and a children’s hospital were hit. And the attacks on the nation’s health care infrastructure kept coming, at a rate of at least two a day, by some counts — hospitals, clinics, maternity wards, a nursing home, an addiction treatment facility, a blood bank.

Focus of the Day Article:  The High Court has rejected a company’s claim to litigation privilege over the identity of who instructed its lawyers. Mr Justice Robin Knowles said the two-part test was whether the communication itself was privileged and whether the privilege would be undermined by the disclosure sought. Full story - Legal Futures

Saturday Conversations on Law

• AML laws have failed: it is time to start again | Law Gazette https://t.co/K7lAgHFH5I 
• #Cuban parliament approves penal code which activists warn curbs dissent https://t.co/uxI5UUxvMt 
• Central London firms end merger talks | Law Gazette https://t.co/AWTjA1yzvc
• ‘It’s harmful and humiliating’: how Amber Heard’s haters undermine the victims of domestic violence https://t.co/1oqwJmakiI 
• An unnamed Conservative MP has been arrested on suspicion of rape and sexual assault. The Metropolitan Police confirmed a man was in custody over allegations dating back to between 2002 and 2009 https://t.co/7a1mDYtlrG 
• Small firms still upbeat as post-lockdown boom subsides | Law Gazette https://t.co/pIc7g7b1E6 
• Craig McLachlan denies he manipulated and insulted fellow actors during Rocky Horror Show, court hears https://t.co/MxFSqOjNVv 
• Locking up pregnant women damages mothers and children – yet the UK does it https://t.co/9hMKNqBOf7
• Laura Castle had admitted fatally shaking 13-month-old Leiland-James Corkill after her lawyer said she "lost it" over his crying https://t.co/4JV8iBNMzr 
• Liz Truss has said a new law would be introduced to change the post-Brexit trade deal for Northern Ireland. The foreign secretary insisted the bill would be legal under international law https://t.co/p5SZdKWZ6d 
• Barrister given green light to pursue outstanding fees claim - Legal Futures https://t.co/6drar0BbD9 
• When Hana found out she was pregnant, she knew she wanted to have an abortion - but her search for a clinic on Google led her to an anti-abortion centre, set on talking her out of her decision https://t.co/2EwC3KLMWg 
• From the world of forensic accountancy, a checklist for barristers on valuing a business asset | COUNSEL https://t.co/OgqaqXmHX4
  
• A new app has been launched by the UK government to prevent people falling victim to online approaches by foreign spies. MI5 says it has seen 10,000 UK nationals targeted by fake social media profiles on sites like LinkedIn and Facebook https://t.co/T1fn9dUL5K
  
• Fraudster paralegal took £438,000 from firm to spend on gambling | Law Gazette https://t.co/bwaZYzT2s4
  
• Elon Musk warns Twitter deal stuck without fake account proof - Mr Musk tweeted that the deal "cannot move forward" unless Twitter backs up its claims that less than 5% of accounts are fake or spam accounts https://t.co/6UMYeiPFM3 
• A hospital trust is investigating after a patient was incorrectly diagnosed and treated for Alzheimer's disease for seven years. Alex Preston, from Anstey, Leicestershire, was 54 at the time and said the diagnosis completely destroyed his life https://t.co/Ol41gAFq4g 
• The age of consent: Kate Parker, Jodie Comer, and the Schools Consent Project | COUNSEL https://t.co/2sv1H3QUKd 
• A new Indian government survey shows that there have been improvements in the country's sex ratio, but an overwhelming majority still desires a male child https://t.co/t2lstjN8au
  
• London judges dismiss Trinidad death penalty appeal | Law Gazette https://t.co/zgJWMb1rc2 
• Volunteer police officers in England and Wales will be authorised to use Tasers, the home secretary is to announce. The Home Office said it would ensure they are not "at a disadvantage" when facing attackers https://t.co/OtVS7sSZlz 
• Identity of person instructing solicitors not covered by privilege - Legal Futures https://t.co/3KGkDrubDm 
• My legal life: Fiona Hewitt, Neves Solicitors - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/LjDJzOp8qo 
• Sentencing Council guidance coming into force at the end of this month will clarify how to sentence cases considering "intended sexual harm" by paedophiles - even where there was not actually a victim and no sexual activity happened https://t.co/EHSw0zG4KE 
• Sir Mark Hedley, the retired senior family law judge, shares his lessons learnt from 21 years at the Bar and 21 years on the Bench | COUNSEL https://t.co/3X1VcLca2a 
• Study reveals misunderstandings over early disclosure scheme | Law Gazette https://t.co/8Ngtuql50A 
• Paralegal jailed for stealing £438k from law firm to feed gambling habit - Legal Futures https://t.co/GzITEN3oK1 
• Judge blasts ‘wasteful’ lawyers who filed 6,000-page bundles | Law Gazette https://t.co/URekN9XEGj 
• Commercial Court judges express frustration at parties' excesses - Legal Futures https://t.co/VddQM3QCyp
  
• The Road Dance review – boiling fury in tale of rape and denial in the Hebrides https://t.co/ZvZZB69QL2