8th June - Law News

Edition 3816: 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: Since Russia invaded Ukraine, hundreds of children have been killed, hundreds more have been injured, and millions have fled. Ukraine's children have suffered immeasurably since Vladimir Putin’s forces started the conflict, more than 100 days ago. For those families who have stayed, the children live with the reality of war every day, under constant threat from Russian bombing.

Focus of the Day Article: Email-based fraud is on the rise and is the dominant method criminals use to access law firms’ systems, according to the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA).  Full story - Legal Futures

 

Saturday Conversations on Law

• The cost of living crisis and the rule of law | Law Gazette https://t.co/6P4bfM3ymC
• Priti Patel accused of trying to deport former Iranian police officer to Rwanda. Man reportedly fled to the UK after being sentenced to five years’ jail for refusing to fire at Iranian protesters https://t.co/3nfqSgrTS
• Transport company Hermes fined £850,000 for failings that led to man’s death | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/cUZJVfuVv
• Legal aid to be provided under new capacity regime | Irish Legal News https://t.co/GXXroO3NtN
• Nupur Sharma, the ultra-rightwing #Indian lawyer turned BJP politician who is behind offensive Prophet Muhammad comments https://t.co/6bgpAthlh8
• SFO faces third appeal over Unaoil investigation | Law Gazette https://t.co/iB0FPPMZFl 
• Costs of botched Rangers case set to exceed £100m | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/tsbZbeQrKZ
  
• England is making it a legal requirement for doctors to notify their local council or health protection team about any suspected monkeypox cases. It brings the infection in line with ones such as measles, scarlet fever and tuberculosis https://t.co/9TPecHkF9
• The days of hunting through cables to find the right charger may be coming to an end. The European Union has provisionally agreed new portable electronic devices must, by autumn 2024, use a USB Type-C charger https://t.co/Bk1L5Ye3Om
• High Court: Challenge to controversial Personal Injuries Guidelines dismissed | Irish Legal News https://t.co/dd9vjMAXAd
• Tribunal may have let view of “obnoxious” solicitor colour decision - Legal Futures https://t.co/djM2JG9Hwi
  
• Alterations made to remodelled housing emergency scheme | Law Gazette https://t.co/Im3SOyAAq2
• Legal Leaders 2022 Case Study Compendium – Volume 3 | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/nLeDnwjjDP
• Seven England fans were arrested in Munich on Monday, including three for making a Nazi salute. More than 4,500 England fans were expected in Munich for Tuesday's Nations League game against Germany https://t.co/OK9FMTrJpw
  
• Angelina Jolie "sought to inflict harm" on her former husband Brad Pitt when she sold her stake in their co-owned vineyard to a Russian oligarch, new legal documents have claimed https://t.co/A0k3coLSAh
• A 27-year-old man described in court as a Nazi has been jailed for eight and-a-half years for being a member of a banned fascist group. Alex Davies of Swansea, was a member of National Action (NA) after it was outlawed in December 2016 https://t.co/cLY0YTl0bB
• Online dispute resolution could unlock £3.4bn a year | Law Gazette https://t.co/gKqy5XLNet 
• Last-minute damages claim portal reprieve for defendants - Legal Futures https://t.co/kE5UUPs6cC
• MHC: Two-thirds of Irish employers unprepared for new whistleblowing law | Irish Legal News https://t.co/lYhNQgIxH
• UK provides more support to Ukraine war crimes investigation | Law Gazette https://t.co/RdMO0QQZyt 
• Email phishing and ransomware on the rise, SRA warns firms - Legal Futures https://t.co/tpCSxhdGgb
• The family of the Israeli writer whose article inspired the 1986 Tom Cruise movie Top Gun is suing film studio Paramount Pictures for copyright infringement over its sequel https://t.co/STyJCtcx3d
• ‘Ethical gatekeepers’ riposte to critics of lawyers | Law Gazette https://t.co/Mnh7PKuomI
  
• Unscrupulous ivory traders can evade new UK ban, charity says https://t.co/MryI5d44rg
  
• Clifford Chance appoints first global head of wellbeing | Law Gazette https://t.co/Obd87I9uE5 
• The Guardian view on a four-day week: policies needed to make it a reality | Editorial https://t.co/lY8zQq3F60
• Ukraine: UK justice ministry offers more support for ICC war crimes investigation - Dominic Raab to unveil new raft of measures, which include providing court with a specialist legal and police team https://t.co/oGn62UvHR
• Tech tips for lawyers: 10 ways I’ve improved my workspace in 2022 - Legal Futures https://t.co/gCesP5zscA
• SFO disclosure failings probe delayed by a month | Law Gazette https://t.co/99JsVMp5RR
  
• Defamation trial hears ‘malicious’ text message Pauline Hanson sent former senator’s wife #Australia https://t.co/WcYTh0mk0d 
• Appeal judge deprecates litigators who display their "machismo" - Legal Futures https://t.co/Uug2oYZ5wH 
• Solicitor transferred dead client’s £1m home into his own name | Law Gazette https://t.co/XdCDY12u8E

7th June - Law News

Edition 3815: 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: Firstport Property Services Limited (Appellant) v Settlers Court RTM Company and others (Respondents)

Focus of the Day Article: In 1998, people across the island of Ireland overwhelmingly endorsed the Good Friday Agreement, in a historic decision which signalled hope for a post-sectarian, post-conflict future. The UK Parliament responded to this popular mandate by returning devolution to Northern Ireland. On 24 May 2022, the reverse happened: in the face of vehement opposition from Northern Ireland, the UK Parliament voted to clear the second stage of a Bill that would drastically impact efforts to deal with the Northern Ireland conflict.  Full story - UK Human Rights Blog

 

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Republican Amendment On Gun Firearm Background Checks Passes House Judiciary Committee #US https://t.co/jbFavmImeo 
• Entries open for Bar Council’s Employed Bar Awards 2022 – The Barrister Magazine https://t.co/9P6F8BlAx8
  
• Elon Musk has threatened to walk away from his $44bn takeover of Twitter, accusing the social media company of "thwarting" his requests to learn more about its user base https://t.co/u4itur7AtH
• Skirmishes as police block Tunisia protests against July referendum https://t.co/aBQtTAtKQ4
• Partygate: Justice Committee chair submits letter of no-confidence in PM - Legal Cheek https://t.co/CufN73WAQS
  
• #Bangladesh officials have accused the operator of a container depot of exacerbating a deadly blaze by not storing chemicals safely. Nine firefighters were among more than 40 people killed after fire broke out near the port city of Chittagong https://t.co/o0u1Ubii0v
• The precious time I got to spend with Sir Gerard Brennan made a lasting impact upon me and how I see the world – something I will always be grateful for, writes Jerome Doraisamy - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/jBedTyQYXd
  
• Archaic immunity from the long face of the law - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/C7j8uOYiEn
• [Saki Naka rape and murder] "Brought down dignity of Mumbai:" Special Court sentences convict to death | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/ULV7EJ3Val
• Legal Lightbulbs: Why are junior lawyers so unhappy? - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/eNrS2QSgIx 
• Nurse wrongly sacked over 300 sick days for untreatable migraines to receive pay-out, tribunal rules https://t.co/nHtuCSVqv
• Wake-up marketing call for firms with federal government contracts - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/dIKy6LGW6P
• Fewer than a quarter of burnt-out lawyers feel supported by their firm - Legal Cheek https://t.co/7RRX5bhra
• #SouthAfricans condemn Irish airline Ryanair for making them take a test in the Afrikaans language on UK flights, calling it discriminatory. The country has 11 official languages, Afrikaans language was imposed during white-minority rule https://t.co/JL8mIWfu2k 
• Delhi High Court stays special court order allowing Satyendar Jain to have counsel during ED interrogation | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/wGMprmRW4T
  
• Gatwick Airport has apologised to a disabled passenger who was left on a plane for more than an hour and a half after it had landed. Victoria Brignell, who is paralysed from the neck down, said she was initially told it would take 50 minutes to get help https://t.co/QIdcPSzFYP
  
• A man has been interviewed voluntarily in relation to a video mocking the death of Michaela McAreavey, police have said. The 27-year-old woman was murdered on honeymoon in Mauritius in 2011 https://t.co/DO9bXR67I7
• Samuel Townend QC elected as Bar Council Vice Chair for 2023 – The Barrister Magazine https://t.co/bdPiu35LPx
• Retired British geologist jailed for 15 years for attempting to remove artefacts from #Iraq. Jim Fitton, 66, collected 12 stones and shards of broken pottery during a recent geology and archaeology tour of the country https://t.co/qs1M9HAPGu
• Protégé: Finding a ‘law-adjacent’ career path - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/5dymcr6W0u
  
• A group of former soldiers have been reunited with their Afghan interpreter after winning a legal battle to allow him to settle in the UK. The interpreter went into hiding after being turned away from evacuation flights following the Taliban takeover https://t.co/xVrRIlDdH
• Supercharge your training contract applications by completing The Legal Cheek Commercial Awareness Academy - Legal Cheek https://t.co/8q82plBnI
• Thousands of UK workers are starting a four-day week trial from Monday. About 70 companies are taking part in what is thought to be the world's biggest pilot scheme into the working pattern over the next six months https://t.co/c7ZuBMnZMO
• Hands off our park: Shrewsbury takes its council to the supreme court. Row over Greenfields recreation ground could be a test case on selling English public land for housing https://t.co/XaJuMWDvM
• Racism in UK immigration policy comes as no surprise https://t.co/JqlDhQaQD0 
• How was Douglas K. Uhde connected to Wisconsin Judge John Roemer? #US https://t.co/Dw2vKxOhXL
• SAT dismisses appeal challenging SEBI order penalising a company for misutilizing IPO proceeds | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/i6bR59ItAX
  
• Ukraine: UK justice ministry offers more support for ICC war crimes investigation - Dominic Raab to unveil new raft of measures, which include providing court with a specialist legal and police team https://t.co/oGn62UvHR
• Minister was warned staff crisis would lead to ‘inevitable’ travel chaos, says aviation union: Call predicted airlines would fail to cope with huge demand as hostilities between government and industry deepen over appeal for special visas for EU workers https://t.co/INSIkEHOeL
• Bloxham couple speak out after losing £200k to fraudster https://t.co/TQBfFCzOJ
• A man who was rescued from the River Thames after police used a Taser to try to restrain him has died. The Met Police said it was called at 09:03 BST on Saturday to reports of a man shouting on Chelsea Bridge Road armed with a screwdriver https://t.co/rp8OW0MVTC
• Consent of first wife immaterial in offense of bigamy: Karnataka High Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/5YukNkzbbE 
• Gunmen have killed church worshippers in Ondo state, south-west #Nigeria. President Muhammadu Buhari said "only fiends from the nether region" could have done this "dastardly act" https://t.co/ROyK7KnKon

6th June - Law News

Edition 3814: 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 UN and human rights groups have warned authorities in Sri Lanka against using excessive force at largely peaceful protests during a growing economic crisis. For weeks, the police have been accused of heavy-handedness during protests, though authorities say the use of water cannon and tear gas is to restore order as tensions escalate. But the family of a young father who was shot dead by police say they are still fighting for justice.

Focus of the Day Article:  Research into fast-track and multi-track civil claims has revealed a patchwork of bottlenecks and delays across England and Wales. The joint study of 8,500 cases (not including small claims) by Express Solicitors and the Association of Consumer Support Organisations (ACSO), Civil court delays, published last week, exposed ‘significant regional differences’.  Full story - New Law Journal

 

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Celebrations for the Queen's Platinum Jubilee continue for a fourth day, one mosque has opened its doors to the local community. The Baitur Raheem mosque in Cardiff is one of many across the UK hosting an event to commemorate the Queen's 70 years of reign https://t.co/tcQk0vtw98 
• Depp v Heard: What have we learned? - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/gBoy5scPAC
  
• School leaders criticise attorney general’s advice on trans pupils - One headteacher accuses Suella Braverman of stoking ‘silly’ anti-woke culture war https://t.co/TB4pgmv0ek
• What lawyers want from the new Minister for Cyber Security - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/QgouNPZnKI 
• Lord Chief Justice rallies lawyers as countdown to London Legal Walk begins - Legal Cheek https://t.co/oPQZ1doqPD
• Delhi HC stays order permitting lawyer's presence during Satyendar Jain's ED questioning #India https://t.co/GmhAKZUCZ5 
• How to nail a summer vac scheme - Legal Cheek https://t.co/drAKcA1Ukf 
• A store manager and owner got into a fight over a sign. Now, a tribunal says the owner must pay $70K #Canada https://t.co/ZEzSh3pJEG 
• The incredible true story of the only solicitor ever to hang for murder - Legal Cheek https://t.co/MxPIPybTkr
  
• The Northern Ireland Legacy Bill: Reconciliation or restriction? - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/57kcmz9rL5
  
• More than 100 trains were delayed and at least 20 cancelled on the line connecting London and Edinburgh after a trespasser got on the tracks. Services on the East Coast mainline came to a standstill on Saturday https://t.co/cqavScU36p 
• Criminal law not an attractive long-term career, say 81% of junior lawyers - Legal Cheek https://t.co/xVRcWmbqk9 
• Criminal law sees a greater prevalence of mental health issues than most other practice areas, requiring many lawyers in this space to be “quasi mental health practitioners” - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/H6C8Nis6ZC
  
• HSF confirms SQE maintenance grant of £17,000 - Legal Cheek https://t.co/lvw5j7ZnW7 
• Reflections of an employment lawyer returning to personal injury law - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/UHQEp5E8MW
  
• #China's Liang Wenbo has been banned from World Snooker Tour events until 1 August following his conviction for a domestic-related assault. He had been suspended since April, when he was given a 12-month community order by a Sheffield court https://t.co/IUhhdK7UrV 
• A fire and a huge explosion have killed at least 34 people and injured hundreds more at a storage depot near the city of Chittagong, #Bangladesh. A number of containers containing chemicals exploded at the site in Sitakunda https://t.co/iZcIvUsbl1
• A man is in a critical condition after being Tasered by police and falling in the River Thames. Police were called to reports of a man armed with a screwdriver and shouting on Chelsea Bridge Road, in Chelsea, just after 09:00 BST on Saturday https://t.co/L5lNs3rwrp
  
• The Weekly Round-up: children’s social care, traveller discrimination and Ukraine war crime verdicts - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/bhjv91udHl 
• How to break into law as a career changer - Legal Cheek https://t.co/nqZw3QAUcV
  
• While granting bail to a man accused of committing offences under the Uttar Pradesh Prevention of Cow Slaughter Act, 1955, the Allahabad High Court on Thursday directed him to deposit ₹1 lakh in favour of any one registered Gaushala | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/M5aHK5kM9J 
• 30 Under 30 Awards Finalist Showcase 2022 | Financial services - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/zt79X3g2fP
• Justice Deepak Gupta appointed as arbitrator in dispute between L&L Partners and heirs of Vijay Sondhi | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/MR5JVKNoul
• One of the main suspects in the murder of the former Russian spy and Kremlin critic, Alexander Litvinenko, has died of Covid-19. Dmitry Kovtun was one of two men UK authorities say fatally poisoned Mr Litvinenko in London in 2006 https://t.co/yh0sSMpTto

5th June - Law News

Edition 3813: 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: At least 49 people have been killed and more than 300 injured after a massive fire swept through a container depot in southeastern Bangladesh, according to senior officials. The fire broke out at a container facility on Saturday night at Sitakunda, 40km (25 miles) from the port city of Chittagong, triggering multiple explosions, officials said.

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Review of civil legal aid to report in twelve months #Ireland https://t.co/KzGfv7pKEy
• Fitting a technology lens on the EU mandatory human rights & environmental due diligence Directive https://t.co/K441vE6dLO 
• The Law Society has criticised the Solicitors Regulation Authority’s (SRA’s) proposals on health and wellbeing at work | NLJ https://t.co/tXmdbV0Nit
• Secret Service were warned of security risk to Pence day before Capitol attack. Ex-vice-president’s chief of staff warned head of his Secret Service detail that Trump was about to turn on Pence #US https://t.co/FpEOOMnRLJ
  
• Clearview AI Draws Another Fine; UK ICO Assesses £7.5 Million for Scraping of Facial Recognition Data https://t.co/RgHZjEHRI
• Several people have been arrested in #HongKong, reports say, as authorities seek to restrict public commemoration of the Tiananmen Square massacre https://t.co/QzS1m0qyo1
• The rapper ex-boyfriend of singer Emeli Sande has been stabbed to death at a Jubilee party. Hypo's real name was Lamar Jackson https://t.co/t9hUefYEZY
• An Atrocity Crimes Advisory Group (ACA) for Ukraine has been set up by the EU, US and UK to help hold accountable those who commit war crimes during the Russian invasion | NLJ https://t.co/SIXUPs8RK
• Sealed offers and the assessment of CPO Costs in the Upper Tribunal Firm https://t.co/i9KEWyepxR
• Pretoria finally helps UN criminal tribunal track down #Rwanda genocide suspect Fulgence Kayishema https://t.co/iSfh0JQw9j
• The disclosure guidelines have been changed to stop ‘invasive and disproportionate’ requests for victims’ private information during criminal investigations | NLJ https://t.co/4w5UjLIynP
  
• European Commission conditionally approves #Poland recovery plan upon judiciary reforms https://t.co/SWxbTPUGIu
• Students at a Hong Kong university have hid tiny figurines of a "democracy goddess" around campus in the lead-up to Saturday's anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre #China https://t.co/bC20poopkZ
• The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) protection against costs orders should continue, the Supreme Court has held | NLJ https://t.co/WRsWGGOJGO 
• Nepali woman’s account of rape prompts wave of protest over laws: Calls grow for repeal of statute of limitations and widening of definition of rape after former model makes allegations on TikTok https://t.co/whEewybaUP
  
• Tottenham Hotspur defender Emerson Royal has thanked an off-duty #Brazilian police officer who rescued him from an attempted armed robbery in Sao Paulo https://t.co/LQvDsNiGAI 
• An entire fishing village is asking for permission from the courts to die. 600 people in a Muslim village. Their reason – harassment from authorities who have prevented them from fishing #India https://t.co/89kQHIK6Cs
  
• Ex-Trump White House adviser Peter Navarro has been charged with contempt of Congress for refusing to co-operate with the inquiry into last year's #US Capitol riot. He is the second Trump aide to be arrested after defying a legal summons https://t.co/Bcnx03PGdf
  
• Research into fast-track and multi-track civil claims has revealed a patchwork of bottlenecks and delays across England and Wales | NLJ https://t.co/dR2oLc82pC 
• Mariah Carey being sued for $20m over All I Want for Christmas Is You: Songwriter Andy Stone claims he co-wrote hit in 1989 and has never given permission for it to be used https://t.co/BtCAoaaZdk
• At least four killed and about 30 injured when a train derailed in #Germany's south-eastern state of Bavaria, police say. The train carrying many students, was heading to Munich when three carriages came off the tracks near Garmisch-Partenkirchen https://t.co/ovgcw4KmWF
• Samuel Townend QC, of Keating Chambers, has been elected as next year’s Vice Chair of the Bar Council | NLJ https://t.co/vpPHO8LzO0 
• The Anti-Feminist Energy Fueling the Johnny Depp Misinformation Campaign https://t.co/rMy47ByBG2 
• Champions League Final: Harrowing accounts of post-match violence spark debate #France https://t.co/pPlIWOUe5C
  
• Royal Courts of Justice Statistics Guidance document https://t.co/uyIMstQVJo 
• A traffic-holding system for lorries planning to cross the English Channel will be lifted after the Queen's Platinum Jubilee celebrations. The Kent Resilience Forum (KRF) said the move would allow it to resume work relocating a contraflow barrier https://t.co/1uAB3mvBP0
  
• Strengthening accountability and justice for serious violations of international law https://t.co/RDleIxObuW 
• Mediation to help thousands more families avoid costly legal battles https://t.co/DnQ89HtDfE
• The Orange Order has launched an inquiry into a social media video appearing to show a group of people singing a song mocking the killing of Michaela McAreavey in Mauritius https://t.co/yzhkQgpJeW 
• The handling of academic cheating cases is in urgent need of reform https://t.co/rHyWHu5EE7

4th June - Law News

Edition 3812: 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 teenager in Hyderabad who went to a pub for a party was allegedly gang-raped by schoolboys inside a Mercedes car at an upscale part of town last Saturday. The accused are Class 11 and 12 students and belong to "politically influential" families, say the police. An MLA's son is believed to be part of the group, but the police say he may not have been involved in the gang-rape.

 

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Former Employee Of NFT Marketplace Charged In First Ever Digital Asset Insider Trading Scheme #US https://t.co/vYIl0BZ16t
• Trial for man accused of raping Brittany Higgins delayed after defendant’s lawyer unable to appear | Australian Capital Territory #Australia https://t.co/nyODVjGMq1
• DOJ special counsel John Durham, who carried Donald Trump's hopes of showing his Russia scandal to have political roots, failed to convict Clinton campaign lawyer Michael Sussmann of lying #US https://t.co/93uMbfSSd
• Is there need to have so many Additional AGs and Chief Standing Counsel? Allahabad High Court asks State Cabinet | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/c0Bm2d6EG
• Uefa has apologised to Liverpool and Real Madrid fans caught up in events around the Champions League final and said it must not happen again https://t.co/ZcPPHqF1q9
  
• Imperial measures drive will add costs for businesses, Asda boss says https://t.co/uumocCv43p 
• UK Net Zero Strategy: UK government faces legal challenges over climate plan https://t.co/y5Vbf6gDY
• Biden tells lawmakers to pass gun control laws. In emotional speech, #US president says it’s time for lawmakers to enact tough laws – including a ban on assault weapons – to curb gun violence https://t.co/bjQHwBNZVB
• Jury in Johnny Depp-Amber Heard trial found "they both lied," legal expert says https://t.co/9mENxSpP7h
• The impact of pay equity claims in the legal industry and beyond https://t.co/ncausCD9ES 
• Car tyres produce vastly more particle pollution than exhausts, tests show: Toxic particles from tyre wear almost 2,000 times worse than from exhausts as weight of cars increases https://t.co/2zuwnDlNlY
• Leading Perth barrister wants WA to follow Canadian lead in decriminalising drugs #Australia https://t.co/FsfRMBKoqa
• How a mass shooting changed UK gun laws https://t.co/a6GP9kHa1G
• Met police profiling children ‘on a large scale’, documents show: force says Project Alpha scours social media to identify offenders and fight serious violence https://t.co/9zrNGxpTi
• UK Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill – compulsory purchase powers and the best of the rest https://t.co/c9VwXKa4yp
• After years fighting for the ‘little guy’, #HongKong crackdown forces UK lawyer to flee https://t.co/SjDhNKAIsj
• #Kuwait has summoned a top US diplomat in protest over tweets from the American embassy supporting LGBT rights, its foreign ministry says. US officials there had posted a rainbow flag and message of solidarity from President Joe Biden for Pride month https://t.co/dyqbgEDrr
• Sultana Tafadar, the first hijab-wearing criminal barrister, was appointed as counselor to Queen Elizabeth II of England, one of the highest positions a lawyer can hold in England, for those who showed “excellence in advocacy.” https://t.co/G1rPRIwxb9
• Norfolk Constabulary is being investigated following the death of a man after a police chase, the police watchdog has announced. Officers were pursuing on A47 near Little Fransham, at about 17:00 BST on 23 May when it left the carriageway and overturned https://t.co/DxzdGPtMpW
• Multi-million euro theft trial of former solicitor Michael Lynn ends in hung jury. The jury was unable to reach a majority verdict after just over 12 hours of deliberations in the wake of the three-and-a-half month trial #Ireland https://t.co/vQaw3EGV9C
• Anti-extremism Prevent strategy 'failing to engage Muslim communities' - Dame Sara Khan said a "vacuum" of information about its purpose had been left by the government, which was then being filled by Islamists https://t.co/EO81f37xzZ
• International Criminal Court to open office in Kyiv | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/ATw785F1sY
• Asylum seekers stage hunger strike as UK prepares Rwanda deportation - Seventeen asylum seekers at Brook House detention centre near Gatwick Airport, Sussex, have spoken of an atmosphere of distress and despair among detainees https://t.co/KbF0uQBo78
• Amber Heard reportedly plans to appeal against Johnny Depp defamation verdict #US https://t.co/KkC4n0IIJS
  
• A small number of free tickets to the Wales-Ukraine World Cup play-off final will be given to Ukrainian refugees. The FAW and the Welsh government are in discussions on how many will be made available for Sunday's game https://t.co/J0NtOrezcB
  
• High Court ruling brings end to garda court presenter system | Irish Legal News https://t.co/FVJvrEQwl4
  
• Author with British citizenship barred from flight home to UK. Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi says Ryanair worker in Brussels wrongly took issue with her travel documents https://t.co/PQJIKutuIz
  
• Home Office threatens non-white hunger strikers with faster deportation to Rwanda - Letter seen as potential warning to 17 asylum seekers who began protest after being given offshoring date https://t.co/bxlpK5xFR2
  
• A firm controlled by JK Rowling has been accused of preventing access to paths on forestry estates in the Scottish Borders. Walkers and mountain-bikers claim that navigating a historical six-mile right-of-way has been hampered by the firm https://t.co/jfby6fzEVJ
  
• The #Nigerian government has banned the sale of bushmeat as a precaution to stop the spread of monkeypox. Six cases have been detected in the country this month bringing to 21 the number of confirmed infections this year, the authorities said https://t.co/hDpCn6kfOS

3rd June - Law News

Edition 3811: 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: Afghanistan's opium trade is facing fresh scrutiny, amid renewed Taliban efforts to stop the drug's cultivation. Money is not the only thing drying up for farmers, with an ongoing drought pushing the sector towards collapse.

Focus of the Day Article: Law firm mergers: the cultural iceberg below the surface. If people buy off people, then it’s the individuals mergers bring together that will ultimately make them a success or failure. Full story - The Global Legal Post

 

Saturday Conversations on Law

• McKenna & Co welcomes new trainee Méabh Flynn | Irish Legal News https://t.co/wf2dfqi3uu
• GLD 'committed to levelling up' as it seeks 50 London lawyers | Law Gazette https://t.co/hr5Dp8wyMN
• Lord Reed to become patron of Aberdeen Law Project | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/WRQcE7dHx
• Time is running out to help save the criminal justice system | Law Gazette https://t.co/N5LErzY6AI
• A new organisation to represent the interests of Scottish conveyancers has been proposed | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/HCiVL7RGtF
• First electronically signed property deal goes through | Law Gazette https://t.co/Vph8GqufGB 
• Depp-Heard trial: Why Johnny Depp lost in the UK but won in the US https://t.co/jVdF6bYNSo 
• Mother of woman who died after implant procedure labels body modifier ‘a monster’ in court #Australia https://t.co/TW9x09Nb1n 
• Travel companies asked for special immigration visas for overseas workers at a meeting with Grant Shapps on Wednesday, which has been refused, more disruptions expected as a result https://t.co/d2OAaJyqBo 
• Australian sitcom actor Robert Hughes will be freed from jail and deported to the UK after serving a sentence for child sexual abuse - In 2014 he was convicted of a string of child sexual offences - which he denied - against girls in the 1980s and 1990s https://t.co/bmgQ1HZdzf
  
• The Driving and Vehicles Standards Agency (DVSA) says it is cracking down on companies reselling driving tests to learners for profit. An investigation found that some learner drivers had paid more than £200 - more than double the standard fee https://t.co/GmIjGpHnYO
  
• Solicitor who did not understand her firm's accounts suspended - Legal Futures https://t.co/RHr3HBL5Bl 
• Hogan Lovells finalises Moscow office spin-off | Law Gazette https://t.co/yZ6lu0trr7
• New Law Society president Murray Etherington vows to protect legal aid | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/0QJIaEpIxw
• Turkey will be known as #Türkiye at the UN from now on, after it agreed to a formal request from Ankara. Several international bodies will be asked to make the name change as part of a rebranding campaign launched by the Turkish president late last year https://t.co/auSKfKldgy 
• Training courses seek to develop in-house skills | Law Gazette https://t.co/4y43tBQD5c
• MedCo looks to shift balance between tier 1 and 2 MROs - Legal Futures https://t.co/oap9OElicl
• #French police officers investigated over use of teargas against Liverpool fans https://t.co/cfKN3xWF4W
• The Law Society of Northern Ireland has issued a warning about a scammer calling himself “Andy Williams” or “Andrew Williams”. | Irish Legal News https://t.co/dw0hD6LTA
• Fixed-fee family law information service aims to “fill knowledge gap” - Legal Futures https://t.co/nPSwzX03BZ
• The former head of #Colombia's once-powerful Cali drugs cartel has died in prison in the United States. At one point, Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela controlled the vast majority of the world's cocaine trade and was an arch-nemesis of Pablo Escobar https://t.co/VBKQbg3Rk6 
• "Missguided is my little treat," said Beth Harvey who orders about once a month. But when her latest fashion parcel didn't arrive she joined a queue of customers left chasing their orders and refunds https://t.co/rSa7R1jYyG
• Former City partner and ex-AG in jubilee birthday honours | Law Gazette https://t.co/gQlCynhw1e 
• What will Johnny Depp’s legal victory mean for his and Amber Heard’s careers? https://t.co/5XPHjQYyM2
• Five years after the Grenfell fire in which 72 people died, the government has banned the specific type of cladding which allowed the blaze to spread so rapidly https://t.co/ParcnRU3g9
  
• Lawyers "underestimate public appetite" for using technology - Legal Futures https://t.co/fUSqPaPbOE
• My advice to the new Cressida Dick: police violent men, not the women they abuse https://t.co/6xnH2nMacG 
• Teenage gunman accused of shooting 10 people dead in a supermarket in Buffalo, New York, last month has been charged with domestic terrorism. Prosecutors allege 18-year-old Payton Gendron, who earlier pleaded not guilty, was motivated by racial hatred #US https://t.co/ruMUvRuovj
• Ethics watchdog says PM has failed to allay fears he is above the rules: Jonathan Evans rows in behind Lord Geidt with critical statement on Boris Johnson’s changes to code https://t.co/qUxsXfger3
  
• No future in criminal defence, juniors tell Law Society | Law Gazette https://t.co/ZD47000rbh 
• Sarah Everard vigil: Met to prosecute six over alleged Covid rule breaches https://t.co/MzbsmnVsqo 
• Walsall mayor suspended from Tory party over racist WhatsApp post: Rose Martin has claimed someone hacked her account and posted offending image https://t.co/jbjWUwdbXY

2nd June - Law News

Edition 3810: 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: We've been reporting on the experiences of the Britons who chose to volunteer in the war in Ukraine. Pro-Russian media has targeted these foreigners, with one site publishing a list of hundreds of names they claim are "mercenaries" fighting for the Ukrainians. 

 

Focus of the Day Article: The criminal bar could escalate action over legal aid fees in three weeks’ time as pressure mounts on the government to rethink its £135m reform package. Since 11 April, hundreds of barristers have adopted a policy of ‘no returns’ – refusing to cover cases returned by the original barrister due to a diary clash – in response to the government’s refusal to increase their fees by 25%. Full story - The Law Society Gazette

 

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Worthingtons Solicitors grows Belfast and Newtownards offices | Irish Legal News https://t.co/ijtp0Qwq08
• Opinion: Litigation funding and the Post Office scandal | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/smgqlAwxoq 
• Irish Legal News reporter shortlisted for Justice Media Award | Irish Legal News https://t.co/Zh5wvtUefl
• Time is running out to help save the criminal justice system | Law Gazette https://t.co/N5LErzGvc8 
• A jury has found both Amber Heard and Johnny Depp liable for defamation in their lawsuits against each other #US https://t.co/fS5iRWxrf
• Aberdein Considine celebrates 40th anniversary with community fundraising initiative | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/CYilPXIeT
• Jury finds against Amber Heard's defamation case, Depp awarded $15 million in damages https://t.co/XGuKTPA4op
• Manchester City footballer Benjamin Mendy has been charged with another count of rape. The 27-year-old is now accused of eight counts of rape, one count of sexual assault and one count of attempted rape after a new complainant came forward https://t.co/hojBUkKMSc 
• Inside Johnny Depp and Amber Heard's legal battle https://t.co/jbmnIynS1z
• Gráinne Mellon shortlisted for Legal Aid Barrister of the Year award | Irish Legal News https://t.co/doyMXWJQHZ
• New legal aid means test thresholds will be out of date immediately | Law Gazette https://t.co/NauY7SGidR
• A year of the OIC - how do we judge success? - Legal Futures https://t.co/VMMY5hFjex
• Stop treating rape complainants as suspects, data watchdog tells police | Law Gazette https://t.co/oQKEhlq1Vz
  
• Commercial Court could face wave of ‘sanctions-related claims’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/9UKFZIx4em
  
• For the next three months, Germans will be able to travel the country for just €9 (£7.50; $9.50) a month in a drive to tackle the soaring cost of living. All local and regional transport on trains, buses and metro is included https://t.co/L5YKzxgIkU 
• West Ham United defender Kurt Zouma has been ordered to carry out 180 hours of community service after he pleaded guilty to kicking and slapping his cat. The 27-year-old has also been banned from keeping cats for five years https://t.co/UHC0WrUQ5m
• Ten teenagers have been found guilty of murdering an 18-year-old man in a group attack. Jack Woodley suffered a single fatal stab wound while being punched, kicked and stamped upon in Houghton-le-Spring, Tyne and Wear, in October https://t.co/rPETorBHg0
• Lord chancellor must ‘rein in’ cabinet on rule of law – LCJ | Law Gazette https://t.co/VjOYoAt8u1 
• Appeal judges reject challenge to litigation funder assignment - Legal Futures https://t.co/nuNj9wSFRw
• Ukraine jails two #Russian soldiers for shelling villages https://t.co/DvQGMBJkm6
• Claimant jailed for contempt over £4m NHS fraud | Law Gazette https://t.co/b946r0Ng3r
  
• Driving tests are being bulk booked and resold for profit, as a chronic backlog means learners are otherwise waiting months for a test date https://t.co/ZcNveeqGD7 
• Government to keep lawyers out of Russia services ban - Legal Futures https://t.co/QUuZARNann
  
• UK to partially ratify domestic abuse convention after 10-year delay - Britain to abide by Istanbul convention but reserves key article and is accused of failing to protect migrant women https://t.co/gAD3mkSVtN
  
• Mills Selig promotes Rebecca Logan to senior associate | Irish Legal News https://t.co/Cn5PCT2vkc 
• Priti Patel’s own officials warned her about easing stop and search conditions - Home Office assessment found lifting restrictions may lead to more BAME people being stopped https://t.co/X9QTcXZwHP
  
• First year of RTA portal was great for insurers: what next? | Law Gazette https://t.co/j422SmfCyO 
• Senior judges back push to move High Court cases to the regions - Legal Futures https://t.co/fg3FwfSSjX 
• First flight taking non-white Channel migrants to Rwanda set for 14 June https://t.co/RlDS8YSNQv
• Mass civil legal action to seek compensation for #Ukrainian war victims https://t.co/CIimXWTOtG
  
• Richard Grogan & Associates promotes Natasha Hand to senior associate | Irish Legal News https://t.co/wbuCfalKYW
  
• PI claims leaving some clients worse off, Legal Ombudsman warns - Legal Futures https://t.co/CvuLso7teF 
• Ciara Dowd: Proposed amendments in the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2022 | Irish Legal News https://t.co/MZxbxLfbUL
  
• Paris politician apologises over Champions League stadium chaos - Pierre Rabadan, the Deputy Mayor of Paris in charge of Sports, Olympic and Paralympic Games made the comments during an interview #France https://t.co/VXHnQI937I
• Labour leader Keir Starmer and his deputy Angela Rayner have received police questionnaires as part of an inquiry into alleged Covid rule-breaking. Both attended a gathering in Durham on 30 April last year, at which Starmer drank beer and ate curry https://t.co/L8MG7t0Z4B