28th May - Law News

Edition 3805: 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: "Language Debate Unnecessary, Politically Created" in India: Onternational Booker Prize Winner Geetanjali Shree

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Katie Mearns joins Aberdein Considine in newly created role | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/JfPiXlDoNF
  
• Johnny Depp: Jury deliberations begin in Amber Heard defamation trial - Mr Depp, 58, sued his ex-wife for $50m (£40m) for an article she wrote in which she claims to be an abuse victim. Ms Heard, 36, counter-sued for $100m https://t.co/FO3XgnY4Ot 
• HMCTS pays £111m for new London tribunal centre | Law Gazette https://t.co/oKCFDuPUBt 
• CPS guidance ‘makes things worse’ for rape survivors, victims’ commissioner says - Vera Baird calls for therapy notes to be excluded from criminal trials, as they are in Australia https://t.co/G3pve0EaIo 
• Aidan Cotter appointed as chair of Irish seafood industry body | Irish Legal News https://t.co/CXmQqwoYLM
  
• A&L Goodbody appoints Enda O’Keeffe as construction and engineering partner | Irish Legal News https://t.co/jkZ2Z8ENMs 
• Scandal-hit Nottingham maternity services ordered to improve https://t.co/K1JmP9zoYR 
• Tory MP quits as a ministerial aide over the "deep mistrust" created by Sue Gray's report on lockdown parties in Downing Street. Paul Holmes, an assistant to Home Secretary Priti Patel, said he was "shocked and angered" by the revelations in the report https://t.co/wQj9zvCrV4 
• Should we rethink the ‘standard’ work week? - Legal Futures https://t.co/9lHsn3Zkkh 
• A police dog has died while on duty after chasing down two moped thieves. Six-year-old Xavier Charles, better known as Stanley, collapsed while on patrol with his handler in London in the early hours of Sunday morning https://t.co/0ai75tYGhE 
• Police in Texas have revised key details about Tuesday's deadly school shooting as criticism mounts from parents over the initial response. The gunman roamed outside the Uvalde school for 12 minutes before entering unchallenged, police said on Thursday #US https://t.co/dmyDc2KoCb 
• Police force spending £1m redacting material | Law Gazette https://t.co/2jhJbTYF2a 
• Courts send different messages to lawyers over witness statements - Legal Futures https://t.co/Nd1KOdB9vw 
• DWF announces Hong Kong tie-up – as Addleshaw Goddard leaves | Law Gazette https://t.co/lmm7k19FWF 
• #HongKong judicial independence under systematic attack, legal figures warn https://t.co/ya2k7KXmLr 
• Fast-growing firm expands in south west with acquisition | Law Gazette https://t.co/d9xYVd1cCS 
• “Reprehensible” clients ordered to pay ex-solicitors indemnity costs - Legal Futures https://t.co/ZcyrDBIB3E
  
• The death of a black man who was forced into a police car boot where a gas grenade was set off has sparked outrage in Brazil. Police stopped Genivaldo de Jesus Santos, 38, in the street in the north-eastern city of Umbaúba, Sergipe state, on Wednesday https://t.co/f1gxkJQRhD 
• A man with autism is taking supermarket giant Sainsbury's to court for refusing entry to his assistance cat. Designer and writer Ian Fenn from London says the ban on Chloe, who helps him in daily life, is limiting his independence https://t.co/5Ofd8aiqWW 
• New legislation aimed at reforming the law of moveable transactions has been published in draft today | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/pkg4YcW995 
• 'Too fair, too kind, too gentle': legal aid solicitors demand tougher action | Law Gazette https://t.co/Mfeu0UYla5 
• Shakespeare Martineau unveils merger as 'house of brands' strategy ramps up - Legal Futures https://t.co/HlTaJeLhpC 
• #Spanish parliament approves ‘only yes means yes’ consent bill https://t.co/wnSlaGv4MD 
• Bird & Bird appoints first partners in Dublin | Irish Legal News https://t.co/NDDBq49Vyw 
• The wearing of face masks will no longer be legally required in Welsh health and social care services from Monday. First Minister Mark Drakeford is set to axe the last of Wales' Covid rules, which have been in place in some form since March 2020 https://t.co/u2uqwOmbZ0
  
• DBA client admits allegations against law firm were to get out of paying - Legal Futures https://t.co/N0Lwl29wP2
  
• Swinney announces plans to make UNCRC bill intra vires | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/0MSm6H0eM8 
• Six soldiers and a veteran have been arrested on suspicion of drugs and money lending and laundering offences, the Ministry of Defence has said. Six Irish Guards troops and a Coldstream Guardsman veteran were arrested by the Royal Military Police https://t.co/h4zkOHHVic 
• There was "no clear evidence" that Prime Minister Boris Johnson had breached Covid-19 rules many times in Downing Street, the Metropolitan Police's acting chief has said https://t.co/sS35Q2bQRO

27th May - Law News

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 Today's Highlighted Video Story: The Times cartoonist Morten Morland gives an alternative take on Boris Johnson's Commons statement on Sue Gray's report into partygate. 

Focus of the Day Article: Six London law firms back creation of new black British civil rights organisation. Magic Circle firms Allen & Overy, Clifford Chance, Freshfields and Slaughters among the six. Full story - The Global Legal Post

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Hodge Jones & Allen reaches north to Liverpool | Law Gazette https://t.co/dG9z0WL6SA 
• A gunman who attacked a primary school in Texas on Tuesday was able to enter the building unobstructed, police say. Texas Ranger Victor Escalon said no armed guard challenged the teenage attacker and it is unclear if the school door was even locked #US https://t.co/X9A0SD0ASc
• Alleged Wagner Group fighters accused of murdering civilians in Ukraine - #Belarusian pair are first international mercenaries to face war crimes charges since invasion began https://t.co/xW0LzHXAO8 
• New CMS leader in Ukraine ready to help rebuild nation | Law Gazette https://t.co/g5nTLdSC6E 
• New affirmative consent campaign tackles issue head-on, experts say #Australia https://t.co/OlGfJFHAL1 
• Rwanda deportation plan will not work | Law Gazette https://t.co/f9xSZgpsc6
• Dutton’s campaign to sue detractors failed to factor in vagaries of defamation law https://t.co/txUjfxPA8g
  
• Squire Patton Boggs hails gender diversity progress | Law Gazette https://t.co/Co6eTu8GT6 
• Médecins Sans Frontières condemned for ‘profiting from exploitative images’ https://t.co/nOtH51pSwx
• Former F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone has been arrested in #Brazil for illegally carrying a gun while boarding a private plane to Switzerland https://t.co/pEaBNT4s1a 
• Almost 40% of injuries involving e-scooters across England, Scotland and Wales last year happened in London, according to new government figures https://t.co/okkcg3CdqE 
• Controversial universal credit related fraud is at a record high of 13% of all spending on the benefit, costing the taxpayer £5.6bn. This represents how desperately deprived austerity has made communities https://t.co/6TQdlKVMNF 
• Actor Kevin Spacey has been charged with four counts of sexual assault against three men, the Crown Prosecution Service has confirmed https://t.co/HVPuCVQAqJ 
• SRA should keep costs protection, Supreme Court rules | Law Gazette https://t.co/4JaeE3rGyh 
• A male City partner who added to a female trainee’s discomfort at being taken to a strip club during a work event by putting his arm around her waist has been rebuked by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) - Legal Futures https://t.co/BWbW5oxHiE 
• How two Goldman prize winners won landmark rulings in #Dutch courts - Marjan Minnesma’s legal fight forced the Dutch government to cut emissions, while Chima Williams took on Royal Dutch Shell https://t.co/GxKtZ9LogG
  
• Mishcon sees off £65m negligence claim | Law Gazette https://t.co/0l7Z3fUDDz 
• Solicitor used firm's client account to administer family finances - Legal Futures https://t.co/tAhZ23jPzn 
• Russian can sell Belgravia mansion to fund legal fees | Law Gazette https://t.co/3NVxbY1eg5 
• The gunman responsible for a deadly school shooting in Texas sent messages about the attack minutes before it happened, the state governor says https://t.co/zjVtON6ld2 
• "I wish I hadn't followed the rules, I'd have taken the fine," Sara said, adding she would have given anything to spend more time with her dying husband https://t.co/UOkvBiTdN8
• The number of buildings being knocked down must be reduced because demolition and rebuilding adds to climate change, MPs say. Previously developers have been encouraged to knock down old, poorly-insulated homes and offices https://t.co/vh8fLroFS5 
• Citizens Advice said 46% of its debt clients had a so-called negative budget, up from 36% three years ago. One mother-of-two said her teenage daughter did not want to ask her for money to buy sanitary products https://t.co/eJu5xoFlhz 
• Law firm's AI-backed email tool “cut three days’ work to three hours” - Legal Futures https://t.co/ymVbL5c4K0 
• MoJ admits thousands of unresolved claims clogging up RTA portal | Law Gazette https://t.co/LtkeXvpCfM
  
• Vomiting and partying until 4am: Sue Gray delivers damning verdict on Boris Johnson’s No 10 https://t.co/GfIOi6R07D 
• Volkswagen is to pay £193m to more than 90,000 drivers in England and Wales after it settled a High Court claim over the installation of emissions cheating devices in its vehicles https://t.co/nk5h2UhHln 
• Not-for-profit campaign organisation Good Law Project (GLP) will next month open a “law firm for the public good” to help run public law and social welfare case - Legal Futures https://t.co/ge9vMCY1C5 
• A doctor from North Lanarkshire has been jailed for 12 years after being convicted of a campaign of sexual abuse over nearly four decades. Krishna Singh, 72, kissed, groped, gave inappropriate examinations and made sleazy comments to 47 patients https://t.co/5xVypQ0J2P
  
• Kate Moss testifies that Johnny Depp did not push her down stairs #US https://t.co/iD5OrbDj4N 
• Six in 10 people in UK believe government ‘ignores rules’ https://t.co/23y0SJYsYF 
• Nearly 4,000 passengers were issued fines for not wearing face coverings on London's transport network when it was mandatory to do so, new figures show https://t.co/Q8BsjCMwky

26th May - Law News

Edition 3803: 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: Vladimir Putin, especially these days, is widely reviled. To some he’s a war criminal, to others he’s a dictator, and to many he’s simply a very bad man. But it wasn’t always this way. We trawled through video footage from 20 years of international summits, speeches and news conferences and discovered a man who once basked in high regard: the one who went fishing and dancing with George W. Bush, who fell into warm embraces with Tony Blair and whose jokes had NATO’s leaders rolling on the floor with laughter. As the Opinion Video above starkly reveals, Western leaders once considered Vladimir Putin not just an ally, but also, apparently, a friend.

Focus of the Day Article: A Legal Aid Agency helpline set up to provide back-up advocacy during the criminal bar’s ‘no returns’ action registered 19 ‘contacts’, the Ministry of Justice has revealed. Last month the agency refused to confirm how many providers with higher court advocates volunteered to be added to the agency’s helpline - which was widely seen as a bid to undermine the criminal bar’s action – telling the Gazette a freedom of information request would need to be submitted. Full story - The Law Society Gazette

Saturday Conversations on Law

• The podcaster accused of libel in the controversy over the identity of bitcoin's inventor has denied destroying evidence in order to play down the influence of his Twitter feed | Law Gazette https://t.co/wq3WMzVyQD
  
• Cat MacLean quits banking industry compensation scheme over alleged defects | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/7FGIURezBL
• Costs in contempt proceedings | Law Gazette https://t.co/6Rlsml8COo 
• Law Society warns of ‘negative impact’ of removing legal professions from judicial appointments process | Irish Legal News https://t.co/xMf4u2hq2r 
• ‘Dr Bitcoin’ denies fabricating evidence of libel harm | Law Gazette https://t.co/D3IoX5kUhV 
• The senior official investigating lockdown parties in Downing Street said she was only able to collect "limited" evidence about an event in the prime minister's flat https://t.co/ut8XrW3hUk 
• Magic circle firm Clifford Chance has raised pay for newly-qualified UK-based solicitors by 16 per cent to £125,000 | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/NQSRDdX9js 
• No returns: Disruption minimal as backup helpline attracts 19 volunteers | Law Gazette https://t.co/AN3E9VrNT8 
• #Afghan female judge awarded prestigious human rights prize - Fawzia Amini advocates for rights of Afghan women and girls from London hotel room she’s been stuck in for nine months https://t.co/TjuFbJz6kx 
• Lawyers from around the globe to commemorate groundbreaking ‘Paisley snail’ case | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/azs6a3R4Tp
  
• Messages and emails within Sue Gray's inquiry into lockdown gatherings in Downing Street have revealed senior officials both actively organising events and expressing relief at escaping scrutiny for them https://t.co/xBQ4GETn5L
  
• Anexo looks to ‘growth opportunities’ after positive results | Law Gazette https://t.co/gIurb33F9n 
• BHSM welcomes solicitor Eoghan Murphy to corporate team | Irish Legal News https://t.co/KWmmw3tZhY 
• City firms lead establishment of Black British civil rights group | Law Gazette https://t.co/Cr6QrkjTmN
  
• Why a digital-first mindset is crucial for successful hybrid working - Legal Futures https://t.co/NL5URYEWHP
  
• ‘Global crisis’ of violence: 161 healthcare workers were killed last year, study finds https://t.co/UfVafXaAgl 
  
• Former City partner rebuked for putting arm round trainee in strip club | Law Gazette https://t.co/ld6NicYJG6
• GC fined over conflicts of interest in instructing outside firm - Legal Futures https://t.co/QwTxl9bUVq 
• ‘I f**cked up’: Solicitor suspended for accounting failures | Law Gazette https://t.co/lCnV5ExiKZ 
• Cyber-attack contributes to listed law firm's profit warning - Legal Futures https://t.co/gKB7FWP4GW 
• Footballers agree to spot-fix matches for undercover reporter - former Llanelli player Emile N'Goy, his brother Hermes N'Goy and three European players discussing the illegal activity with undercover journalists https://t.co/yP5whJmAZ5 
• Nineteen young children and two adults have died in a shooting at a primary school in south Texas. The gunman opened fire at Robb Elementary School - which teaches children aged seven to 10 - in the city of Uvalde #US https://t.co/Ap49EraMFU 
• Downing Street must withdraw its threat to replace the Human Rights Act https://t.co/acDiD4Z9nS 
• Welsh Human Rights Bill heralds 'inevitable' devolution of justice | Law Gazette https://t.co/SxLY1HTDML 
• Over 200 take part in Northern Ireland’s Legal Walk/Run | Irish Legal News https://t.co/G37M6FrahG 
• Paper-only small claims pilot “likely to do injustice” to litigants - Legal Futures https://t.co/qt0aR2ngh4
  
• Good Law Project sets up independent firm | Law Gazette https://t.co/QlEPyBYOqc 
• SRA to press ahead with plan to increase fining power to £25,000 - Legal Futures https://t.co/AY7JNt2SP7

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