Saturday

20th August - Law News

Edition 3888: 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: India, Delhi Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena ordered the transfer of 12 IAS officers following the raids on Delhi's Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia over allegations of corruption in the liquor policy

Saturday Conversations on Law

  • Gillespie Macandrew reports £15m turnover after double-digit growth | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Ac0QGlu0NZ
  • Police abuse stop and search powers to target protesters, suggests data https://t.co/PVasmSiWWo 
  • Claimants call for review of stagnant fixed costs | Law Gazette https://t.co/8PQqqtYjbk
  • ABS to keep staff “invested” through different kinds of shares - Legal Futures https://t.co/KkBmTwcugU
  • Munro & Noble welcomes newest solicitor Elaine Gamba | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/ZfzhcqLUGe
  • Andrew Tate banned from Facebook and Instagram - The former kickboxer rose to fame in 2016 when he was removed from TV show Big Brother over a video which appeared to depict him attacking a woman https://t.co/L06UwkSepF
  • Agricultural law specialists Petra Grunenberg and Ellen Eunson join Shepherd and Wedderburn | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/uXKSzvDk4W
  • An IS group militant from the UK sentenced to life in prison by a #US court for his involvement with a terror cell. El Shafee Elsheikh, 34, was convicted in April of hostage-taking, conspiracy to murder US citizens & supporting a terrorist organisation https://t.co/7qUlmzSmgc
  • Detained Hong Kong activists to plead guilty under #China-style law https://t.co/7KVn69geyi 
  • Wayne Couzens to be charged with two further offences of exposure - CPS authorises decision following referral of evidence by Met police against killer of Sarah Everard https://t.co/Ex7g5B4jy8 
  • Apple has released an update to fix security flaws on its iPhone, iPad and Mac devices, which it says hackers may have "actively exploited". The tech company said the new software "provides important security updates and is recommended for all users" https://t.co/JcbQ6cUDY6 
  • Water firms in England and Wales lost 1tn litres via leaky pipes in 2021 https://t.co/Wt1wyIE3Zy 
  • Election law a growing area - and good for democracy, say experts - Legal Futures https://t.co/gWCrXUqZyU
  • Hamilton Mullan celebrates five years and expand their training programme | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/mpVKlCM8Tl
  • Scottish judge urged to follow Irish colleagues in resigning from Dubai finance court | Irish Legal News https://t.co/0r6kLwoqm5
  • The Tory government has said it will expand its role in Labour-run Liverpool City Council to cover financial decisions, governance and recruitment, after expensive errors by the authority https://t.co/ix3Wdqnegi
  • Partner who told trainee to change dates of deed is struck off - Legal Futures https://t.co/SDacElscLM
  • A 90-year-old woman waited 40 hours for an ambulance after a serious fall. Stephen Syms said his mother, from Cornwall, fell on Sunday evening and an ambulance arrived on Tuesday afternoon https://t.co/oldhFfKgzh
  • Legal aid lawyers working longer under online immigration regime | Law Gazette https://t.co/khTmpIGECh 
  • A man has been charged with the murder of a grandfather stabbed while riding a mobility scooter in west London. Thomas O'Halloran, 87, died at the scene on Cayton Road, Greenford, after being attacked https://t.co/m6tH7h1YXR
  • CV fraudster must repay some wages, Supreme Court rules | Law Gazette https://t.co/0p16d428Dn 
  • Three men have been charged over the prison killing of infamous Boston gangster James "Whitey" Bulger. The 89-year-old Bulger was discovered unresponsive in October 2018 at a maximum-security facility in West Virginia #US https://t.co/iA98lU97ob 
  • Clinical negligence leader sees results from "fast and fair" approach - Legal Futures https://t.co/qddNErwGVE
  • A drought has been officially declared in parts of Wales after an extended period of dry weather and low rainfall caused water levels to plummet https://t.co/OE3KX4fwWo 
  • I have spent 25 years treating serious sexual offenders – this is what I’ve learned https://t.co/f6JUkBZYt2
  • Diversity concerns as Supreme Court reappoints old guard | Law Gazette https://t.co/EnyQmgrXUV 
  • Stalked TV presenter Isla Traquair condemns handling of offencehttps://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/aug/18/stalked-tv-presenter-isla-traquair-condemns-handling-of-offence
  • The Post Office, smoke and mirrors – and it’s all just got a bit worse - Legal Futures https://t.co/GfVubMnCvH 
  • Deirdre-Ann Barr appointed as chair of Irish Blood Transfusion Service | Irish Legal News https://t.co/5ButSPbHoI
  • NI Court of Appeal: Repossession order upheld with court ‘surprised this argument was made by a qualified barrister’ | Irish Legal News https://t.co/6yKBVZc4uH 
  • Government dealt partial blow in bid to keep Rwanda documents secret | Law Gazette https://t.co/3XywiHsZ1N 
  • Retired Irish barrister Bill Shipsey, a former chair of Amnesty International Ireland, pens an open letter to former senator Lord Glennie over his controversial role on the Dubai International Finance Centre (DIFC) courts | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/0YZGrmuj9v 
  • Parents have been warned to be "extra vigilant with their children" after a six-year-old girl was abducted and sexually assaulted in Greater Manchester, with police appealing for help to find a man seen on CCTV images https://t.co/UuOAQxLAQR

Friday

19th August - Law News

Edition 3887: 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 growing calls for an inquiry into former Australia prime minister Scott Morrison's secret portfolios

Focus of the Day Article: UK Supreme Court draws fire over diversity record after two men fill vacancies. Campaigners express disappointment as appointments reduce tally of women judges to just one. Full story - The Global Legal Post

Saturday Conversations on Law

  • Liz Truss called for patients to be charged for GP visits, 2009 paper reveals https://t.co/rrdXY40OnC
  • Housing referendum would be based on ‘gross untruth’ | Irish Legal News https://t.co/RttyBgjAiT
  • The NHS Covid Pass is working again, NHS Digital has said, after an earlier fault left some travellers struggling to board flights https://t.co/K1DV6DxNIA 
  • Solicitor banned for telling trainee to change date on form | Law Gazette https://t.co/TQS9WLMtfe
  • Partner rebuked for telling clients they could share court Zoom link | Law Gazette https://t.co/i47zmEczoU
  • City warns of 'digital protectionism' | Law Gazette https://t.co/wYi0Avn7Jq 
  • Foreign Office official raised ‘stark’ criticisms of Rwanda plan, court hears https://t.co/X47MPjPtpp
  • Protestor 'convicted behind closed doors' plans to sue Metropolitan Police | Law Gazette https://t.co/0dQg7uCEfG
  • Frozen personal injury fixed costs need “immediate review” - Legal Futures https://t.co/clxI5n4Mfp
  • No conspiracy behind incorrectly telling alleged Melbourne BLM protest organisers their charges were dropped, court hears #Australia https://t.co/h6biEOQrhK 
  • Government defends medical student number cap - Medicine is one of a handful of courses where numbers are limited by the government, because the cost is heavily subsidised https://t.co/LYkesCOUGu
  • Bodies of Saudi asylum seeker sisters found dead in Sydney repatriated to country they fled - Asra and Amaal Abdullah Alsehli had sought protection in #Australia before their ‘suspicious’ deaths https://t.co/xh6xgqhJEx 
  • Ex-justice minister criticises lawyers over modern slavery claims | Law Gazette https://t.co/3er9mHnvyk
  • Independent MP Margaret Ferrier pleads guilty to exposing public to Covid https://t.co/mnVeqtlg9r
  • City partner rebuked for trial livestreaming breach - Legal Futures https://t.co/a7LAhhx5BY
  • 'End foolish and misguided strike', law firm chief tells criminal bar | Law Gazette https://t.co/PchOiBTDUZ
  • R. Kelly has a "dark" and "hidden" side that the public rarely saw during his career, prosecutors said at the opening of his second federal trial https://t.co/LLXYaTFalD
  • Solicitor caught on CCTV giving cash to clients at police station - Legal Futures https://t.co/gFB55s7NvT
  • US: Rudy Giuliani now under criminal investigation over election claims | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/RznVhFAfS8
  • Three children's homes have closed and two more rated "inadequate" following an investigation into a firm making huge profits - Calcot Services for Children does not accept the BBC's allegations and says profits were not excessive https://t.co/0BdK6sH3gW 
  • Watchdog launches probe into Blacker's legal advice charity - Legal Futures https://t.co/YeP2YxYKMd
  • 2018 Masters champion Reed Patrick Reed has filed a $750m defamation lawsuit against American television network The Golf Channel and its commentator Brandel Chamblee alleging "calculated, malicious, false and reckless attacks" causing major damage https://t.co/3ldcc9bXdT 
  • Ryan Giggs has denied headbutting his girlfriend, claimed she kicked him in the head, and cried in court as he described a night in a police cell as "the worst experience of my life" https://t.co/lfCkzf88pA 
  • Samantha Arnold joins Fragomen’s Irish immigration practice | Irish Legal News https://t.co/2SyOvIHCUZ 
  • Detectives investigating the murder of a grandfather stabbed while riding a mobility scooter have released images of a man seen running from the scene armed with a knife https://t.co/Pl0rbhnh36 
  • UK: Infected blood victims to receive £100k interim compensation payment | Irish Legal News https://t.co/70xZFeCXPM 
  • Hostages freed by the Islamic State terror cell, known as The Beatles, gave vital evidence to identify their captors, say police. The hostages told British police the men had boasted of being arrested at a London demonstration years earlier https://t.co/cXk2sIz2hl

Thursday

18th August - Law News

Edition 3886: 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: America invested in sanitation systems throughout the 20th century – but it often left out communities of color, and they're still trying to catch up. This video explains how specific policies caused these inequities, and talks to some of the people who still lack proper sanitation systems in 2022.

Focus of the Day Article: The Post Office should drop the usual negotiating tactics when arranging compensation with postmasters wrongly accused of theft, the head of the public inquiry into the scandal has stated. Sir Wyn Williams, chair of the Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry, insisted that there was no place for the usual litigation strategies in the handling of compensation schemes. Full story - The Law Society Gazette

Saturday Conversations on Law

  • Ministers have partially lost an attempt to keep secret a series of comments about Rwanda from an adviser. The High Court said on Wednesday some of what the adviser had told ministers must be disclosed in a major court case over the Rwandan refugee policy https://t.co/AmHfnRFeGU
  • Sarah Everard vigil protester sues Met police after conviction https://t.co/1jILw1TvFD
  • Prominent solicitor Cat MacLean has been appointed to the Judicial Appointments Board for Scotland (JABS) | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/9a3vOT0nXN 
  • Legal services boom has peaked - official | Law Gazette https://t.co/PVJa0CUytA 
  • DWF: Northern Ireland employers must be willing to pay higher wages | Irish Legal News https://t.co/C5MGbHenZ4
  • SDT hears fewer sexual misconduct cases than expected - Legal Futures https://t.co/P8uNsuchyN 
  • Foreign Office official raised ‘stark’ criticisms of Rwanda plan, court hears https://t.co/X47MPjPtpp 
  • 'Remove listing responsibility from judges', suggests Treasury minister | Law Gazette https://t.co/ROpd0dnTrA
  • Hatstone appoints Donna Wearen to real estate team | Irish Legal News https://t.co/x9hAps44I7 
  • Post Office scandal lawyers ordered not to use 'negotiating tactics' | Law Gazette https://t.co/rNQ3oV8SYA 
  • Parker Law welcomes Aisling Irish as associate solicitor | Irish Legal News https://t.co/hrPZHTc5Zw
  • Trade mark attorney Gretha Cachia joins Stobbs Ireland | Irish Legal News https://t.co/xUKw2gHvqD
  • Post Office inquiry chair urges higher legal fees for compensation advice - Legal Futures https://t.co/ayljoTVif3 
  • Shoosmiths starts firm-wide bonus scheme as WFW sees profits rise | Law Gazette https://t.co/skqR3LGzEx 
  • An Garda Síochána continuing to struggle with backlog of seized devices | Irish Legal News https://t.co/qT1hBlvm5n
  • Inadequate medical reports causing "unnecessary" OIC disputes - Legal Futures https://t.co/0rJ1cGyjOG
  • Thames Water has announced a hosepipe ban for 15 million customers across the south of England. The ban will come into force from 24 August and will impact people across the Thames Valley and London https://t.co/MZPjnJlBK1
  • CMC collapses with thousands owed by Covid-hit firm | Law Gazette https://t.co/ASFRaWcg3V 
  • An elderly man has died after being stabbed while riding a mobility scooter in Ealing, west London. Metropolitan Police said emergency services were called to Cayton Road, Greenford, just after 16:00 BST on Tuesday https://t.co/lwiGmWjknH 
  • More than 4,000 UK victims of the infected blood scandal are to receive interim compensation of £100,000 each, the government has announced https://t.co/WDTCtvR79B 
  • NI High Court: Judge overturns his own child return order after new evidence of father’s threats emerge | Irish Legal News https://t.co/OYJecEgscc 
  • Veteran solicitor struck off for giving cash to clients in custody | Law Gazette https://t.co/0tqmsKtjUc
  • Fresh warning over barristers making “supportive” comments about cases - Legal Futures https://t.co/Ojny7q26DF
  • Judge to consider unsealing Trump search affidavit as legal worries mount #US https://t.co/svxCgj7PvW
  • Leaked audio reveals Liz Truss said British workers needed ‘more graft’ https://t.co/hZfXjT6VJ6 
  • US: Assange lawyers sue CIA over alleged spying | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/HlKf9QD9Yr
  • Energy Deficit Payment Plans could help solve cost of living crisis | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/cVYJ42seE3

Wednesday

17th August - Law News

Edition 3885: 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: Former US National Security Adviser John Bolton offers his take on Trump insiders defending the former president by asserting that he has the power to declassify top secret information.

Focus of the Day Article: The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) was right not to order the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) to seek information from the BBC on behalf of a solicitor facing prosecution, the High Court has ruled. Full story - Legal Futures

Saturday Conversations on Law

  • US: Centenarian survivors of race massacre make progress in search for justice | Irish Legal News https://t.co/GwfLWa3eT0
  • Possession figures suggest 'significant wave of homelessness' looms | Law Gazette https://t.co/Dgt10v1H4
  • ‘The woman’s to-do list is relentless’: how to achieve an equal split of household chores https://t.co/tMV68bDjAg 
  • UK ministers who backed sending asylum seekers to #Rwanda were warned by their own adviser that its government tortures and kills political opponents https://t.co/LSamh5e1eW 
  • High Court rejects challenge to SDT case management decisions - Legal Futures https://t.co/KEE7XXjMGh 
  • Three new appointments at Levy & McRae | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/2M3Ruyciuq 
  • 'Closed-door' court process criticised after Everard vigil prosecutions dropped | Law Gazette https://t.co/F5gPOB9CVd 
  • Lawyer fails in sex discrimination claim against children’s charity - Legal Futures https://t.co/LThLhOwzn2
  • Damning Gerrard ruling sent to SRA | Law Gazette https://t.co/fURlK4JPT
  • Mason Hayes & Curran appoints Ron Boucher as London office head | Irish Legal News https://t.co/NJFx99Hl3k
  • Mishcon spent almost £12m on shelved IPO | Law Gazette https://t.co/pqBs4LWeqk
  • Bogus solicitor handed suspended jail sentence after second offence - Legal Futures https://t.co/2qf52oao2
  • Amnesty to conduct internal review in wake of Ukraine report controversy | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/pO5q7gWmsd 
  • #NewZealand police are investigating after a family found human remains in suitcases they purchased from an auction at a storage facility https://t.co/fKeOhj1FQk
  • Police are trawling through CCTV for possible sightings of missing Owami Davies following a recent appeal. The last confirmed sighting of the student nurse was at 12:30 BST on 7 July, three days after she left her home in Grays, Essex, on 4 July https://t.co/MfhJKijLs0
  • Tommy O’Donoghue BL joins board of Men’s Aid Ireland | Irish Legal News https://t.co/SSa2kFJuQR
  • Profits slide at HFW as 'normality' returns | News | Law Gazette https://t.co/CTlWYUJjY9
  • #Afghan contractors: 'I wish I'd never worked for the UK government' https://t.co/69l9wAH1kg 
  • Scottish court: Injured woman cannot recover English solicitors' costs - Legal Futures https://t.co/DppdOUei33
  • Trump demands return of seized documents – by order of social media #US https://t.co/m3Zz8XBn0O
  • Lord Advocate visits emotional support service Safe Harbour | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/k9oaPFVrui
  • Labour leader Keir Starmer QC has declined to express unqualified support for striking barristers, while insisting he backs their right to take action over pay | Law Gazette https://t.co/9tq7oa5QEo 
  • Hatstone appoints Donna Wearen to real estate team | Irish Legal News https://t.co/x9hAps44I7 
  • Law firm consolidation: Do or die? - Legal Futures https://t.co/dYezuK583
  • Staff at roughly 220 Starbucks stores across the US have voted to unionise, making unexpectedly successful inroads at the popular chain of coffee shops. But the movement is facing a precarious moment, as the economy slows #US https://t.co/UCizpq6utU
  • #Australia’s indefinite detention of people with mental impairment breaches human rights, advocates say https://t.co/n6wDZA8iP
  • Rule of law in Hungary under threat due to political overreach | Irish Legal News https://t.co/6S3aQPBXe7 
  • US: Centenarian survivors of race massacre make progress in search for justice | Irish Legal News https://t.co/GwfLWakQhA
  • Best of the blogs - 13 August 2022 | Law Gazette https://t.co/0XoId8YUeo
  • Top-50 financial results table 2022: updated live | Law Gazette https://t.co/zWWUkMose1 
  • An emergency warning system, allowing alerts about severe weather and other life-threatening events to be sent to mobile phones, will go live in October in England, Scotland and Wales https://t.co/FAkLxwwGMx 
  • From 22 August, people receiving certain benefits can ask broadband firms to check their eligibility for social tariffs. This means customers will not have to take full responsibility for proving they qualify for low-cost options https://t.co/xjYFak3i5k

Tuesday

16th August - Law News

Edition 3884: 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: In northern Ethiopia, after months of brutal fighting the government and the Tigray People's Liberation Front have reached a truce. But for the people of Tigray, trapped between hunger and brutality in the north where the government has enforced an economic blockade and being imprisoned in a detention camp if they move south - the calm has brought little respite.
 
Focus of the Day Article: leaked report from the Ministry of Justice has suggested that Dominic Raab is considering reforms to judicial review that would effectively limit ministers’ accountability. This comes in the context of Suella Braverman’s suggestions that judicial reviews are being brought for ‘political ends’, and Lord Reed’s cautionary note regarding campaigning organisations bringing challenges to discrimination law, having lobbied unsuccessfully against such legislation whilst it was considered in Parliament (R (on the application of SC, CB and 8 children) (Appellants) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and others (Respondents) 2021, 162). Full story - UK Human Rights Blog

Saturday Conversations on Law

  • The Last Colony by Philippe Sands review – Britain’s Chagos Islands shame https://t.co/O0ae0WtFaQ 
  • White & Case retains 16 of 19 autumn NQ lawyers - Legal Cheek https://t.co/2vFcVnkVC2 
  • McDonald’s has been served with a whopping wage theft claim from hundreds of thousands of employees who were allegedly denied rest breaks they were entitled to - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/oZkEmHslf0
  • Trowers joins firms upping junior lawyer pay in the regions - Legal Cheek https://t.co/th9CpbUISh
  • Why climate change is an issue that property lawyers need to address - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/BGER3yE6LW
  • A 63-year-old man has been charged with firearm offences after firing shots inside #Australia's Canberra airport on Sunday afternoon. Police said the man, sat on seats in a check-in area before shooting a number times into the building's windows https://t.co/LkQGQqODMG
  • Magic Circle NQ lawyers charged out at £600 per hour, new data suggests - Legal Cheek https://t.co/YLIWzytXJx
  • [The Viewpoint] Analysis of the Supreme Court's decision in Vidarbha Industries | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/pWUksSc14b
  • TLT, Linklaters advise Compare the Market on successful antitrust case appeal - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/jQLq4uNPoK 
  • Linklaters partner profits up 5% to £1.9 million - Legal Cheek https://t.co/uUDsA2k84K 
  • Central government notifies appointment of two judges to Himachal Pradesh High Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/FlsaEMitFT 
  • Following an investigation, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has stated it will not oppose Google’s $5.4 billion acquisition of cyber security company Mandiant - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/Y8JKGJJ3q7 
  • Inner and Middle Temple come together to help Ukrainian lawyers find UK legal work - Legal Cheek https://t.co/sEAIhBSHKf 
  • Even working class Oxbridge graduates fail to prosper, study into socio economic diversity finds - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/AflulcnmKN
  • "Can't imagine existence of people like Prashant Bhushan in countries like China, Russia:" BCI condemns Bhushan's remarks on Supreme Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/pwqD0p3Z2d 
  • How appropriate is the good faith standard in banking law? - Legal Cheek https://t.co/tjKXQydR5w 
  • An athlete who was racially profiled during a stop and search has said he was pulled over for a second time by seven armed police officers. Sprinter Ricardo Dos Santos published a series of video tweets of him being pulled over and questioned by police https://t.co/rbCvn4HHP4 
  • Law firm profitability declines for fourth quarter in a row, Thomson Reuters index shows - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/b3Bb9dmKwZ 
  • American Bar Association swears in Deborah Enix-Ross as its new president - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/YVntMl8rr8
  • Criminal barristers to vote on ‘uninterrupted strike action’ - Legal Cheek https://t.co/UMeX0eyJBl
  • Har Ghar Tiranga: Himachal Pradesh High Court issues circular requesting all to hoist National Flag at homes | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/C77GEct8wH 
  • How to scale your legal team (in 3 steps) - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/B9kTSUr4OZ 
  • BCLP retains 14 of 18 UK trainees - Legal Cheek https://t.co/vh4Cp6hUrl 
  • Scottish training contracts set to hit record high - Legal Cheek https://t.co/kECA3Xh3Bn

Monday

15th August - Law News

Edition 3883: 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 Amazon rainforest absorbs huge amount of CO2 and helps to cool the world, but recent studies have shown the rainforest is approaching a tipping point, with profound implications for the global climate and biodiversity. 
 

Focus of the Day Article: The House of Commons Women and Equalities Committee has highlighted the risks faced by cohabitants on relationship breakdown or the death of a partner. Full story - New Law Journal

Saturday Conversations on Law

  • London associate pay war bleeds into holiday season as Jones Day raises NQ rate to £140k - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/HIhmgdOMB9
  • Police are investigating an online threat to JK Rowling, after she tweeted support for Salman Rushdie following his attack in the US. The Harry Potter author, 57, shared screenshots of a message stating: "Don't worry, you are next" https://t.co/yXbTBFX7b
  • Jones Day NQ lawyer salaries rise to £140k - Legal Cheek https://t.co/BHlf6lWQ6z 
  • Central Government notifies appointment of 2 judges each to Orissa and Gauhati High Courts | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/e9H9lnGnj
  • US legaltech firm Aderant acquires people management platform viGlobal - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/3Du9K3BtiX
  • Future lawyers could bill ‘units of attention’ via computers hooked up to their brains, report claims - Legal Cheek https://t.co/ZuRwcMGJXP 
  • 'The dial is moving' - Bates Wells advises on landmark return of Benin Bronzes to Nigeria - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/6djhlp0ffn
  • [Judge Uttam Anand Murder] Incident shook judicial fraternity and people at a mass level: Jharkhand Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/VFo7HE1ivZ
  • The Weekly Round-up: proposed reforms to judicial review, Truss's promise to cut taxes, strip-searching of children by Metropolitan Police - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/QWAu8bCE2d 
  • Academy launched to help underrepresented wannabe barristers secure pupillage - Legal Cheek https://t.co/IO6PKmK8ck
  • Lawyers who have the option of practising in non-traditional time frames — such as four-day weeks or nine-day fortnights — are getting “a pretty good deal” - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/HgyAKbN6Fd 
  • A consumer court in #India has reportedly ruled in favour of a lawyer who was overcharged 20 rupees (21p) by a railway company over two decades ago - Legal Cheek https://t.co/KMdlxSSf7X 
  • Litigation: At 15.31 percent of the total advocates, female advocates form a miniscule minority at the Bar. However, the data in its current shape and form, hides more than it reveals? | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/MwUk8byZoX
  • Salman Rushdie attack: suspect charged with attempted murder https://t.co/0BnJwV9ZQY
  • What happened in UK financial results season - Legal Cheek https://t.co/RwZUU1AIio 
  • Browne Jacobson launches Dublin office with four founding partners | Irish Legal News https://t.co/PLFXIfQeIg
  • Winners of the 2022 Australian Law Awards revealed - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/AWrgvt8Y3e 
  • Vulnerable women put at risk as courts in England and Wales reveal refuge locations https://t.co/3WsaEjn7SY 
  • Meet all the leading law firms at our first virtual law fair of the new graduate recruitment year! - Legal Cheek https://t.co/9DHuH5Z7za
  • Blanket ban on trans women in Irish rugby may be unlawful | Irish Legal News https://t.co/OANasrjyBM 
  • DIFC Courts in spotlight as Irish judges resign under pressure from human rights campaigners - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/ENTIbr6J70 
  • Firm predicts 1,000 clients may join gender identity clinic claim | Law Gazette https://t.co/B1fQvb2f7r