17th June - Law News

Edition 3825: 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:   48 Hours in A Kansas Abortion Clinic - Recent abortion bans in Texas and Oklahoma are forcing many patients in the region to travel to Kansas.

Focus of the Day Article: Corporate legal spend shifts more in-house, report finds. More than half of legal spend was in house compared to 49% last year according to survey of 400-plus legal departments. Full story - The Global Legal Post

 

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Rwanda refugee policy is like the rendition of slaves in the 1800s https://t.co/H8kKnDj9oF
• Drunk trainee fined for fondling colleagues at Christmas party | Law Gazette https://t.co/7YgPIizgcO
• How pricing directors use matter management to ensure profitability - Legal Futures https://t.co/m1YNMz1idt
• Managers of a food waste company have been jailed after two staff members drowned in a tanker of pig feed. Nathan Walker, 19, died after falling into the tanker at Greenfeeds Limited in Normanton, Leicestershire, in December 2016 https://t.co/Jf3w0vhnpn
• 'Comprehensive strategy' needed to replace flawed courts reform | Law Gazette https://t.co/kzQry3M1Dh 
• What is the ECHR and how did it intervene in UK’s Rwanda flight plans? https://t.co/7PxOo8k3WR
• Cycling's governing body, the UCI, has toughened its rules on transgender eligibility by doubling the period of time before a rider transitioning from male to female can compete. The UCI has changed the permitted level to 2.5 nmol/L for a 24-month period https://t.co/ul3nP3qBhb 
• Millions of iPhone users could be eligible for payouts, following the launch of a legal claim accusing Apple of secretly slowing the performance of older phones. Justin Gutmann alleges the company misled users over an upgrade https://t.co/Pfsa4wgQ2T
  
• Geraldine Hanna takes up victims’ commissioner role in Northern Ireland | Irish Legal News https://t.co/tArmlnXMm1
• HMCTS spends £404m on agency staff in five years | Law Gazette https://t.co/a9j1XIuDEU
• Claim for £750m against Apple launched alleging battery ‘throttling’ https://t.co/Q8zpzKBJki
• White paper to tackle unfair evictions and bad landlords in England - Private rentals white paper also includes clampdown on unfit homes and plan to outlaw landlord bans on ‘DSS tenants’https://t.co/0AVBxv77iQ
• Rail appeal would make collective proceedings ‘unworkable’, court hears | Law Gazette https://t.co/yC0Jkd5eer
  
• Strasbourg's Rwanda ruling divides public law specialists | Law Gazette https://t.co/5iyFQzGkov 
• It took a human rights court to halt No 10’s Rwanda flight – and act with basic humanity https://t.co/2dCj0uimYn
• SRA should be able to fine much more than £25,000, LSB tells Raab - Legal Futures https://t.co/NiAuO4EVPR
  
• Boris Johnson's former ethics adviser Lord Geidt says he quit after being placed in an “impossible and odious” position over a plan to risk breaking the ministerial code https://t.co/XrtW580Gy7 
• Historic name disappears as RadcliffesLeBrasseur swallowed by merger | Law Gazette https://t.co/Q1Vluc2AYV 
• Leading firm overlooks another employment claim made against it - Legal Futures https://t.co/fGoF3vHUJf 
• #Australian man uses forklift to stop would-be thief stealing his car - Police say a woman had broken into the man's home in Logan, west of Brisbane, showering and changing clothes before attempting to steal the car https://t.co/vTaL3r90We
• Lawyers take Boris Johnson to task over provocative comments | Irish Legal News https://t.co/exkQ5LeXV5
• More than 100 men who worked at the British embassy in Afghanistan remain in the country, with some having been beaten and tortured. The men worked for the global security company, GardaWorld, and many had been in post for more than a decade https://t.co/uSYuh83nrl
  
• #Brazilian police say a suspect has confessed to shooting missing British journalist Dom Phillips and indigenous expert Bruno Pereira. Amarildo da Costa de Oliveira, took investigators to a site where human remains were dug up https://t.co/McZsN0xMuc
  
• Home secretary Patel seeks to curb modern slavery claims as Rwanda plan labelled ‘government by gimmick’ https://t.co/JdWZyIs7Xp
  
• Judiciary snubs trade union's request for council seat | Law Gazette https://t.co/6VHySiuApb
  
• High Court: No case justifies only using grade A fee-earners - Legal Futures https://t.co/V6CbjCWrZf
  
• Tories accused of hypocrisy for secrecy about how many days MPs clock in | House of Commons - Jacob Rees-Mogg among ministers trying to stop release of data about use of Commons work passes https://t.co/rN1RAjFrMf
  
• Haze Fan: China says Bloomberg staffer released on bail earlier this year https://t.co/aHs6VplY27 
• Raab intervenes to back higher SRA fines | Law Gazette https://t.co/h0TQc7GHcT
• Thinktank that briefed against XR given $30k by ExxonMobil in 2017 - Report shows Policy Exchange, which called for criminalisation of climate group, previously received money from oil firm https://t.co/gNFwoiGI9Q
  
• KPMG hires Philip Lee partner John Given to head legal services business | Irish Legal News https://t.co/VaEY8PQUX
• Fine for male trainee who told female colleague: "I roofied your drink" - Legal Futures https://t.co/BV44a1ahNN 
• Crown Courts are to be upgraded with better technology while staff will receive specialist training to help with rape trials, the government says. The pilot, in Newcastle, Leeds and London, will see independent advisers on hand in courts to support victims https://t.co/I2V0woq6b2 
• Authorities in #Saudi Arabia have been seizing rainbow-coloured toys and children's clothing, which encourage homosexuality. An Al-Ekhbariya report showed commerce ministry officials removing a range of items from shops in the capital Riyadh https://t.co/XjIrTl9MaT

16th June - Law News

Edition 3824: 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 former manager of Australia's World Vision operations in Gaza has been found guilty of funnelling millions of dollars of aid money to the Islamic terrorist group Hamas.

Focus of the Day Article: Mr Justice Mostyn, the lead judge of the Family Remedies Court, has insisted that a wealthy divorcing couple should be named – and said this will be his ‘last judgment’ on the subject of anonymity in the family court. The husband in Gallagher v Gallagher (No.1) (Reporting Restrictions) had applied for a reporting restriction order or anonymity order, arguing that allowing his name to be revealed following the multi-million-pound litigation would affect his commercial interests. Full story - The Law Society Gazette

 

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Firm offers all staff extra week’s pay after record year | Law Gazette https://t.co/VxZRffMhjc
• Tom McEntegart joins Anderson Strathern | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/7TidSoGjU
• Lil Wayne denied UK entry for Strawberries and Creem festival, organisers say - The Home Office said applications were refused for people sentenced to a year or more in custody https://t.co/1D5t9EYclp
• Driver fined £1,100 for passing cyclist in Bridgend too closely - Wayne Humphreys, 77, was fined and given four penalty points for failing to leave enough space in his Audi Q8 https://t.co/x0H9rTS1e
• Firm offers all staff extra week’s pay after record year | Law Gazette https://t.co/VxZRffMhjc 
• A man has been arrested at Gatwick Airport by counter-terror police on suspicion of spying. The arrest followed an investigation involving MI5 and the Metropolitan Police https://t.co/WBWWNuBgSp
• Boris Johnson's ethics adviser Lord Geidt has resigned after saying there was a "legitimate question" over whether the PM had broken ministerial rules over Partygate https://t.co/Lvkhr1UjWz
• Palestinian reporter’s death charades weak #Israeli army investigations - Fatal shooting of Shireen Abu Aqleh in May raises fresh concerns over military inquiries into deaths of Palestinians https://t.co/x95IEKadDm
  
• Jacob Rees-Mogg plan to axe EU laws sparks cabinet row - At least two ministers have railed against proposal while others say goal is impossible https://t.co/niiiWzlApr
• Ministers have been urged to abandon plans to extend fixed recoverable costs to housing cases after being handed hard data to show the potentially catastrophic impact | Law Gazette https://t.co/720L2R6jDN
  
• The EU has announced new legal action against the UK government over its plans to scrap parts of the post-Brexit deal for Northern Ireland, a bill on Monday aimed at unilaterally changing trade, tax and governance arrangements in the 2019 deal https://t.co/JL2wHnACUk
• New textbooks for #HongKong schools to state the territory was never a British colony, the books declare the British "only exercised colonial rule" in Hong Kong - a distinction drawn to highlight China's claims of unbroken sovereignty https://t.co/6kjIfv4Fms
• Passengers have been advised not to travel on trains unless necessary during strikes next week, with only a fifth of services due to run. About half of all rail lines will be closed when thousands of workers walk out across Britain on 21, 23 and 25 June https://t.co/kV7aaQdcBx
  
• Charges have been brought against "a number of individuals" by English cricket's governing body in relation to allegations of racism at Yorkshire. The accused, who have not been named, could be banned or fined by the England and Wales Cricket Board https://t.co/6ktYuvcFaj
• The unregulated sector may account for up to 9% of the total market for individuals’ legal needs and up to 39% for small businesses, Legal Services Board (LSB) research has indicated - Legal Futures https://t.co/fgJ8DFC8rf
  
• Antisemitic sculpture can remain in church, #German court rules - Country’s highest court upholds rulings by lower courts on Judensau sculpture in Wittenberg church https://t.co/4Wci0fvIrx
• NI bill a direct challenge to the rule of law, says Society | Law Gazette https://t.co/WAqPFIWrew 
• The question of whether mediation should be mandatory will become moot in the digital justice system currently being built, the Master of the Rolls said last week - Legal Futures https://t.co/EGEr6B2PP9
• Brodies bolsters family practice with appointment of Jacqueline Stroud | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/ABR35IGItz 
• The Supreme Court has dismissed another bid to block a flight removing the first group of asylum seekers to Rwanda under a controversial Home Office scheme today - but defended lawyers who challenge the government | Law Gazette https://t.co/hqpfmS60vo
• The flat faces bred into bulldogs can cause a "lifetime of suffering" and vets are urging people not to buy one. The bulldog has twice the health risks of other dogs, a study has found https://t.co/RLYNHgcdg
• 2 payments to help the poorest households with the cost of living will hit people's bank accounts from 14 July, 8 million UK homes on benefits will receive £326 by the end of July, with a second payment of £324 set to follow https://t.co/ZRY6eBVfW1
• Missguided shoppers left out-of-pocket after the fashion brand failed won't get their money back, say the administrators winding up the company https://t.co/QrBbPc5l6n
• Divorce litigation becoming unaffordable for all but the rich, warns judge - Legal Futures https://t.co/mAS2ewWiec
• Dame Elish Angiolini QC appointed to Order of the Thistle | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/5rqiWEj2XC
• Rwanda asylum flight: The Rwanda policy comes at considerable cost; £120m as an upfront payment to Kigali, for a start, and while ministers say the number of people who might be sent there is "uncapped", it's thought it may number just hundreds per year https://t.co/yQwy3REBE9 
• #Brazilian police have arrested a second suspect as they probe the disappearance of journalist Dom Phillips and indigenous expert Bruno Pereira https://t.co/iOCUny2VV4
  
• Preparations are under way for the next flight to take asylum seekers from the UK to Rwanda, the government has said. A late intervention from the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) led to fresh challenges in the UK courts https://t.co/RLy1z2y8sn 
• 'Assassination of judges in the US is relatively rare, but not unknown. At about the same time as the Kavanaugh arrest, a retired judge in Wisonsin was shot dead by a man whom he had once sentenced to prison' | Law Gazette https://t.co/fGgc13hMs5
• BBC to pay £30,000 to Bangladeshi Labour councillor for identity mix-up - Liza Begum said confusion with Apsana Begum who was acquitted of fraud charges ‘reflects notion all people of colour look the same’ https://t.co/6JEM1aDZ34 
• Call to beef up rules on discrimination and harassment by barristers - Legal Futures https://t.co/XUODjgf6xP 
• Routinely anonymised family judgments unlawful, says remedies lead | Law Gazette https://t.co/FyteM5WEy0
  
• Court hears claims Lynette Dawson was seen alive in months after her 1982 disappearance https://t.co/gZMj6eWisN
• European Court of Human Rights grants urgent interim measure to stop removal of man to Rwanda | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/jUe4wdNguT
• Supreme Court refuses permission to appeal in challenge to Rwanda asylum plan | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/WU0VXAjCzs
• LSB rejects new rules for unregulated sector despite ‘significant’ market share | Law Gazette https://t.co/KMPRYDmDaf
• Asylum seekers are being rushed towards flights to Rwanda, without proper access to justice https://t.co/ZzmxVF1iY2
• Is the billable hour to charging what democracy is to governance? Not the best, simply the least worst? - Legal Futures https://t.co/GdtAifvsbi 
• Archie Battersbee: mother vows to fight court ruling that son is dead https://t.co/2Sv488ZaeH 
• Northern Ireland and the doctrine of necessity | Law Gazette https://t.co/aoS3oylA7s

15th June - Law News

Edition 3823: 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: Tredegar is a town in the Welsh valleys that changed the world. It’s medical aid society – and local MP Nye Bevan – provided the inspiration for the NHS. Nearly 80 years later, a small group of community film-makers with a keen sense of history set up a huge network of volunteers to help the people of the area through the pandemic. Now as another crisis hits, they ask where is the political will to learn from what groups like theirs did all over the country, and change the world again?

Focus of the Day Article: A new initiative extending pro bono opportunities to business operations professionals at large law firms has gone live, linking them with third sector organisations needing volunteers. Full story - Legal Futures

 

Saturday Conversations on Law

• European Court of Human Rights grants urgent interim measure to stop removal of man to Rwanda | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/jUe4we4RTt
• Priti Vacant leaves it to others to defend Rwanda deportations https://t.co/sTflSd3cQH
  
• Judge rebukes Pauline Hanson staffer James Ashby for being ‘evasive’ during defamation trial #Australia https://t.co/AMXhEX1MT3
• Best of the blogs - 11 June 2022 | Law Gazette https://t.co/h2brKii6v8 
• Fury as government waters down post-Brexit food standards https://t.co/l6hA3FaFFp
  
• A last-minute legal battle is under way over the UK government's first flight transporting asylum seekers to Rwanda. The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) says it has blocked the removal of one of seven passengers due to depart on Tuesday night https://t.co/f3o4cCvLmp
• Global bar group condemns Donetsk death sentences | Law Gazette https://t.co/9MvTKYWlZk 
• Rwanda deportation flight at risk despite loss of two late appeals: Home Office source says individual legal cases mean too few people may be able to board plane anyway https://t.co/W9nSOBOvEE
• Turn down the rhetoric to keep us safe | Law Gazette https://t.co/fGgc13znjD 
• The city of Grenoble has gone to #France's highest administrative court to challenge a ban imposed on a new city rule allowing full-body "burkini" swimsuits in public pools https://t.co/e2iYrSYrr1
  
• Poor working conditions persist in Leicester garment factories, finds survey https://t.co/G4eCqIognV
• Osborne Clarke to pay £2,500 bonuses after ‘fantastic year’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/8Ma4hdBjOz
  
• UN human rights chief to forgo second term amid China trip criticism https://t.co/cBG3XkOUIr 
• Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has unveiled what she called a "refreshed" case for independence. She told a press conference in Edinburgh that her government had an "indisputable mandate" for a second independence referendum https://t.co/dhJuntYRTa
• RT @soapachu: Hello can I talk to you about our lord and saviour Renard? https://t.co/9B8PZcJh3O 
• Jailed local authority solicitor ordered to repay fraud proceeds | Law Gazette https://t.co/dzgzi0Isup
• An asylum seeker due to be on the first flight from the UK to Rwanda has failed in his bid to avoid being removed. Up to eight people are due to be on Tuesday evening's flight but at least three more appeals against being removed are still being heard https://t.co/xrQtuqzZgZ 
• Operose Health: What I saw working undercover at a GP surgery - - a dozen doctors, nurses, pharmacists and other staff - said they believed patient safety was being put at risk https://t.co/vbAQb5HJX1
• Archie Battersbee: judge rules 12-year-old is ‘brain-stem dead’ https://t.co/61x7i6fnJg
• Collapsed Pure faces negligence claims | Law Gazette https://t.co/308uw6uocy 
• EU poised to take legal action against UK over Northern Ireland protocol bill https://t.co/T7ztK5Bzdg
  
• Axiom fund set up to fill legal aid ‘black hole’, court hears | Law Gazette https://t.co/eeNCscbadD
• Carole Cadwalladr’s victory over Arron Banks is great news, but our libel laws need reform https://t.co/IcUgh8PHCg
  
• Gateley expects full-year results ‘ahead of market expectations’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/NVDrvWEBAQ
• Pure Legal's unsecured creditors set to recover little of £23m owed - Legal Futures https://t.co/LcCCdYjyIH
  
• My legal life: Dr Tess Waldron, Powell Gilbert - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/54Cvw8d4Bh 
• Initiative extends pro bono opportunities to firms' business services staff - Legal Futures https://t.co/3nZ8vmh8XS 
• Libel loss for Arron Banks gives welcome fillip to journalists https://t.co/Bw1Df4xmgy 
• Axiom Law enters regulation for first time with US ABS - Legal Futures https://t.co/CmjCZvnYMs 
• Law firm fails in summary judgment bid over negligence claim - Legal Futures https://t.co/IU0XKtOxO1

14th June - Law News

Edition 3822: 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 Bar Council's seminar led by expert representatives from the Legal Aid Agency, specialist publicly-funded chambers and solicitors’ associations on how to receive payments faster and reduce the risk of your fees being rejected.

Focus of the Day Article: The multimillionaire Brexit backer Arron Banks has lost his libel action against the Observer and Guardian journalist Carole Cadwalladr, in a significant decision for public interest journalism. Banks, who funded the pro-Brexit Leave.EU campaign group, sued Cadwalladr personally over two instances in which she said the businessman was lying about his relationship with the Russian state – one in a Ted Talk and the other in a tweet. Full story - Guardian Law

 

Saturday Conversations on Law

• 11 new heads of legal practice take to Slater and Gordon - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/77gZuhiC8Q
• Junior lawyer quits profession to become pet psychic - Legal Cheek https://t.co/hsfDJGjK5f
• 50 important arbitration judgments by Indian courts [January-May 2022] | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/ImZDtLnXO
• Tributes pour in for ‘incredibly gifted’ law lecturer - Legal Cheek https://t.co/BqNwAfu8xH
• Parliament's standards commissioner is investigating whether Labour leader Starmer broke the rules by being late in registering earnings and gifts. MPs must declare within 28 days any interest which might be reasonably considered to influence their actions https://t.co/ye3x1kQ9uK
• University of Canberra Law School senior lecturer Dr Cristy Clark discusses what is meant by the idea of water being a basic human right - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/xu21NKfV7G
• Ex-magic circle heavyweight takes up ministerial role at MoJ - Legal Cheek https://t.co/W6kMNXc0CE
• Actor Kevin Spacey has been charged with four counts of sexual assault against three men, the Metropolitan Police has confirmed. The 62-year-old has also been charged with causing a person to engage in penetrative sexual activity without consent https://t.co/vse3XnMCvs
• Don't insist on certified copies of orders; downloaded copies attested by lawyer sufficient: Himachal Pradesh High Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/fKoVjTs73p 
• The government's first flight taking asylum seekers to Rwanda can go ahead on Tuesday, appeal court judges say. It supports a previous decision by the High Court that it was in the "public interest" for the government to carry out its policies https://t.co/YvsNzyLwaE
  
• Life after Guantanamo: 'We are still in jail' https://t.co/phZjebgE2r
  
• 'Toxic' work culture deters three-quarters of lawyers from accepting job offers - Legal Cheek https://t.co/vWCc8fAi8N 
• Saving money by WFH: Who’s benefiting and how - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/YKAmLdQsBq
  
• Bodies have been found in the search for a journalist and indigenous expert missing in the Amazon, local media say. Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira went missing while travelling by boat on a reporting trip in Brazil's remote Amazon rainforest on 5 June https://t.co/AMShhLKU5j 
• Applications now open for The Legal Cheek UK Virtual Law Fair - Legal Cheek https://t.co/Xu5EernHQj
• Brexit campaigner Arron Banks loses Russia libel case against Carole Cadwalladr - he claimed he was defamed after comments Ms Cadwalladr made about his relationship with the Russian state https://t.co/nniIAj75hZ 
• The global push for human rights charters has stalled, with the United Kingdom discussing leaving the European Convention on Human Rights - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/Z6QpX9IDow 
• Justice SS Shinde bench of Bombay High Court sits till 8.30 pm today, hears 215 cases | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/qZ3x0IWLvd
• Johnny Depp’s lawyer bags partner promotion following Heard trial win - Legal Cheek https://t.co/NoPLfN7K34
• ‘Landmark’ Hong Kong ruling has global implications for contract disputes - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/8obqvDHucA
• Woman can't be compelled to go to work merely because she is educated: Bombay High Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/qTUvSqR4p
• Top quality work with scenic surroundings: What the South West has to offer young lawyers - Legal Cheek https://t.co/RCJ3BL1HsG
  
• New LawPod UK Episode: A Duty To Offer Alternatives? With John Whitting QC - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/irrI7uQJDi
  
• Google was hit with a $715,000 defamation payout to the former NSW deputy premier – here, we explain how the judge reached his decision and why it may not be the end of the matter - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/2SzF3LChwp
  
• Mishcon shelves floatation plans - Legal Cheek https://t.co/rmi4KrEZc4
• Delhi High Court directs ED to expeditiously fill up vacancies in Adjudicatory Authority under PMLA | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/rfhJcv6MOL
  
• Why I chose to do my training contract in-house - Legal Cheek https://t.co/qd26YiUNE3
• Clifford Chance appoints first global head of wellbeing and employee experience - Legal Cheek https://t.co/5kbB5ku8DT 
• New legislation to change post-Brexit trade arrangements will not break international law, the Northern Ireland secretary has said https://t.co/q8iEy3CLsa
• Security forces in #India have forcefully demolished the homes of several Muslim figures falsely linked to riots triggered by derogatory remarks about the Prophet Mohammed https://t.co/wUKeWYQtGR 
• Racism for sale to the #Chinese market - The African kids repeat the words with smiles and enthusiasm — but they don't understand that what they're being told to say is " I am a black monster and my IQ is low." https://t.co/RyWrVg6pZk

13th June - Law News

Edition 3821: 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: People globally are facing a cost-of-living crisis, but in Japan shoppers have been used to decades of stable or falling prices. The country now faces rising prices, which is a big deal, partly because people's wages haven’t gone up since the 90s. Japan hit its inflation target of 2% in April this year, almost a decade after it was set. But with much of it driven by the global rise in prices, rather than consumer demand, many are questioning whether it is the kind of inflation the country needs.

 

Focus of the Day Article: A scheme to give divorcing couples £500 vouchers for mediation is to be extended until March 2023, with a further £5.4m funding announced. Full story - New Law Journal

 

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Law Pod UK Latest Episode: Wendy Joseph QC - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/oPAl0H8Bml
• BCLP launches ‘European vac scheme’ for aspiring lawyers studying English and French law - Legal Cheek https://t.co/aoD5c97msY
• Macdonald Henderson appoints Michael Strain to dispute resolution team | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/nJKeCnhmH
• Ginni Thomas pressed 29 lawmakers in bid to overturn Trump loss, emails show - Wife of #US supreme court justice Clarence Thomas accused of ‘undermining democracy’ after Washington Post revelation https://t.co/6w9TWp5iXg 
• ‘What should I wear for my summer vac scheme?’ - Legal Cheek https://t.co/IvAUhct7I
• A cross-party group of #US senators say they have agreed a framework for potential legislation on gun safety. The measures would include support for tougher background checks for buyers under the age of 21 and cracking down on illegal gun purchases https://t.co/QgzAjnNU58
• UK Supreme Court decisions giving ‘troubling impression’ of successful political pressure | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Gn4VonfdFv
• The UK's competition watchdog has been asked to conduct an urgent review into whether a 5p fuel duty cut is being passed on quickly enough to drivers https://t.co/O3qehQSYlw 
• Newspapers, agencies do not perform public function; not subject to writ jurisdiction under Article 226: Delhi High Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/02b2cZZBrD
• #Australian newspaper Sydney Morning Herald denies outing Rebel Wilson over its reporting of her new relationship with a woman: it had known about the relationship before the matter was public and had given Wilson two days to comment https://t.co/MLNxqPNC5r
  
• An imam has been dismissed as a government adviser after backing calls for a film about the Prophet Mohammed's daughter to be banned. Qari Asim, 44, was removed from his role as an Islamophobia consultant after protests against the film The Lady of Heaven https://t.co/Mah1u2ROTe 
• Bar Council revamps Pupillage Gateway - Legal Cheek https://t.co/EZlaGtpwkH
  
• Opinion: Sanctions compliance steps up a gear | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/45kTjvmnZn 
• The Weekly Round-up: social care spending, Stafford statements and Ukraine's legal battle - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/Wbu5mYWTgx
  
• Ashurst bumps trainee solicitor pay to £55k - Legal Cheek https://t.co/cjD5sRZr1v 
• Tens of thousands of protesters have rallied across the US to call for stricter gun laws in the wake of two mass shootings. Those taking part at the hundreds of marches carried slogans like "I want freedom from getting shot" https://t.co/CoZFcVVYaH 
• A woman has said she cannot remember the last time she had a hot meal due to the rising prices of her bills. Denise Gun, 57, works for a creche run by Chell Area Family Action Group in the Whitfield Valley Centre, Stoke-on-Trent https://t.co/tXpQRp7uTQ
  
• British Muslims hoping to make a pilgrimage to Mecca are at risk of losing thousands of pounds after the #Saudi government has enforced online booking https://t.co/rmbHsazx9t
• #Moroccan cinema authorities have banned the controversial British film Lady of Heaven, after it was condemned by the country's religious council. The film claims to tell the story of Lady Fatima, the daughter of Prophet Muhammad https://t.co/XvacTUKwu4
• Nominations open for Aberdeenshire solicitors to join Law Society Council | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/HZwFGpxxOO 
• Planning law changes have seen 16,000 residential units ringfenced for individual buyers | Irish Legal News https://t.co/0e4y4jOWDy
• Irwin Mitchell looks to power all offices using renewable energy within three years - Legal Cheek https://t.co/sIU6bEjNIP
  
• Police in the #US state of Idaho have arrested 31 members of a white supremacist group and charged them with plotting to riot at a gay pride event https://t.co/rcPNIqn5Gi
  
• Role of agents soliciting life insurance policies needs to be looked into: NCDRC | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/53zxyZkQHl
• A 15-year-old boy who was found stabbed at a house in Manchester and later died in hospital has been named by police. Jakub Szymanski was found injured by paramedics at an address on Bednal Avenue in Miles Platting on Thursday https://t.co/MxdDVhQGKx
  
• The government is preparing to repeal a legal ban that prevents agency staff filling in for striking workers: a potential change in legislation could allow companies to hire temporary workers to cover some roles and prevent disruption https://t.co/dCZUScL3YJ
• Mum told she has terminal cancer while giving birth by C-section - after doctors labelled her ‘hypochondriac’ https://t.co/PKkXatYqkQ
• Northern Ireland courts saw activity return to pre-pandemic levels in 2021 | Irish Legal News https://t.co/ho07bG0SpB 
• Don't disrupt associates' holidays, Mayer Brown London boss tells partners - Legal Cheek https://t.co/6WXcuO2zyl
  
• Anti-money laundering proposals ‘uninspired and insipid’, say MPs - Law Commission review of corporate criminal liability in England and Wales also criticised by campaigners https://t.co/Kv27TviS1V 
• Barristers to be balloted on possible walkouts in row over legal aid rates https://t.co/JTwwHShbTE
  
• Anger has engulfed the Islamic world since last week, when Nupur Sharma, spokeswoman for #Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ruling party made a disrespectful comment on the Holy Prophet on a TV debate show https://t.co/iBMgzbpbQV
• LK Shields hires Abigail Butler as senior associate | Irish Legal News https://t.co/imWboUYUBs 
• The ‘trial’ in Donetsk has set a chilling precedent for conflict in the 21st century https://t.co/iSjrJc0Ws0

12th June - Law News

Edition 3820: 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 month ago, Israeli soldiers shot dead Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh in the occupied West Bank. Known as the 'Voice of Palestine', the Palestinian-American was killed while doing what she'd done for 25 years: telling the stories of resistance to Israeli occupation. Al Jazeera is referring the case to the International Criminal Court and continues to demand an independent investigation. But are hopes of accountability fading away?

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Email is the Achilles’ heel of law firms when it comes to cybercrime, acting as the conduit for 83% of cybercrimes reported to the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) in 2021 | NLJ https://t.co/AQXCcUh0L8 
• Mother in law: Anxious child? Don't blame yourself | Law Gazette https://t.co/BlchdBvzAp
  
• Law firms which fall within the scope of the Money Laundering Regulations 2017 will need to provide the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) with more data by the end of July, or face regulatory action | NLJ https://t.co/sugJAUQWvW
• A scheme to give divorcing couples £500 vouchers for mediation is to be extended until March 2023, with a further £5.4m funding announced | NLJ https://t.co/6zPvujGs5t 
• An Iranian ex-police commander due to be deported from the UK to Rwanda under a controversial scheme says he fears being killed by Iranian agents there https://t.co/budL4kWhlf 
• A #US judge has dismissed a rape allegation lawsuit against Cristiano Ronaldo because the accuser's lawyer relied on leaked and stolen records. Kathryn Mayorga alleges that the Manchester United footballer raped her at a Las Vegas hotel in 2009 https://t.co/W5EFb4dZ4a 
• Government blames Easter for court backlog rise | Law Gazette https://t.co/C8SseQACTM
• The Bar Council is launching a Pupillage Gateway platform for applicants and recruiters | NLJ https://t.co/EEkqwXOtO
• Minister refuses to answer questions on NI protocol advice | Law Gazette https://t.co/J3hL3O40xu
• Partner fined after charitable trusts used client account as bank - Legal Futures https://t.co/Pd5sejG5l
• The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) consultation on reforms proposed by the criminal legal aid review closed this week, with alarm bells raised across the profession | NLJ https://t.co/Ds9jryEVUR
• Human rights offence mooted in corporate crime reform | Law Gazette https://t.co/IV3O22Tq59 
• FCA toughens up new claims management company ‘phoenixing’ ban - Legal Futures https://t.co/f350hsPQgw
• Government minister Heather Wheeler has apologised after describing Birmingham and Blackpool as "godawful" places. Full of disdain, the Tory MP for South Derbyshire made the remark at a conference in London launching the government's new digital strategy https://t.co/K4eYfTwN7
• Flights at East Midlands Airport have again been disrupted after drones were spotted nearby. Eight services were diverted on Friday evening and the runway was closed https://t.co/M0gQvEkhF
• Rogue CMC owners banned from resurfacing under new name | Law Gazette https://t.co/emmZihv9
• Brian Burston consoled upset One Nation staffer by offering best sex of her life, defamation trial hears #Australia https://t.co/9FmqhbZ8d
• New UK telecoms legislation presents challenges for landowners | Irish Legal News https://t.co/40hcpaa2f0
• Regulators must tackle “out-of-date” lawyers, LSB says - Legal Futures https://t.co/RMwxcXbWn
• Council of Europe rebukes UK over Troubles immunity plan - Body criticises plan to grant conditional immunity to people accused of murder in Northern Ireland conflict https://t.co/t1gMQMhBqk
• Prince Charles criticised ‘appalling’ Rwanda migrant scheme – source says Prince of Wales was ‘more than disappointed’ with deportation plans https://t.co/5qq5Sl2jV
• Solicitors probed over client loans to fund divorce cases | Law Gazette https://t.co/FmLEXEILVN 
• #Brazilian police have found possible human remains in their search for UK journalist Dom Phillips and indigenous expert Bruno Pereira. experts will analyse the "organic material" found in a river near the town of Atalaia do Norte in the remote Amazon https://t.co/lFWps8S3PJ
  
• PracticeEvolve ask for law firm’s thoughts to a changing market | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/fp10N38m22
  
• Judge calls for guidance on rights of unqualified agency advocates - Legal Futures https://t.co/YlFpOBenn4
  
• Bringing a clin neg claim – it could easily have been me | Law Gazette https://t.co/N5vJ37h25r 
• The Legal Services Board (LSB), eight regulators and two disciplinary tribunals have committed themselves to taking action to ensure more inclusive workplaces | NLJ https://t.co/NRIsBYkQ3g 
• Fixed costs – a fix that doesn’t fix what needs fixing - Legal Futures https://t.co/OmnQIO5jx0
  
• A well-known Magic Circle lawyer and a former attorney general are among lawyers recognised in the Queen’s Birthday honours list | NLJ https://t.co/8WjWBy6iV
• Johnny Depp lawyer promoted in wake of trial success | Irish Legal News https://t.co/8mfxK6ooPb
• A fraudster who became the UK's most wanted woman after fleeing to Spain while on trial for money laundering has been jailed for eight years. Sarah Panitzke, 48, from York, went missing in 2013 while on trial for her part in a £1bn mobile phone tax scam https://t.co/Y6iYMMsLBs
  
• It’s time to limber up and get ready for the London Legal Walk, due to take place on 28 June | NLJ https://t.co/hJ0a0DUtEu