26th August - Law News

Edition 3894: LawNewsIndex is a UK based daily legal news archive on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Jurisprudence, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics & Human Rights since 2011.

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 Today's Highlighted Video Story: A US federal judge ordered the Justice Department to release a redacted version of the Mar-a-Lago search warrant affidavit by noon on Friday

Focus of the Day Article: Global law firms boosted UK productivity during pandemic, study finds. Double-digit increase in hours worked achieved by workforce that grew only marginally. Full story - The Global Legal Post

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Bar strike: More solicitors could be granted advocacy rights | Law Gazette https://t.co/pBobugprqW 
• Funds lawyer Siobhan Moloney appointed chair of GemCap Investment Funds | Irish Legal News https://t.co/JNi2MLiciF 
• Call to arms for firms to enforce veterans’ rights | Law Gazette https://t.co/jzDPZEV2p9 
• Chaos as bail and adjournment applications flood Crown court | Law Gazette https://t.co/MZPlm7iPM7 
• Oil firm Rockhopper wins £210m payout after being banned from drilling https://t.co/ugmxtzdLxH 
• Panel warns on impact of “seismic” change to complaint time-limits - Legal Futures https://t.co/9zA3vxIWSx 
• Hundreds of drug driving prosecutions abandoned due to forensic delays | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/TIjftgmWLv 
• William Fry congratulates winners at Irish Junior Lawn Tennis Championship | Irish Legal News https://t.co/ij0Cyf6XsZ 
• The International Bar Association has condemned the arrest and pre-trial detention of Russian lawyer Dmitry Talantov, president of the Bar Association of the Republic of Udmurtia | Law Gazette https://t.co/vJF0ALgt70 
• Court throws out £1.3m claim against City firm over service failure - Legal Futures https://t.co/R6OI0mvcud
  
• Ex-Pinsent Masons employee banned over ‘offensive’ messages | Law Gazette https://t.co/dSXNeDA4YY
• Emily Maitlis says ‘active Tory party agent’ shaping BBC news output. Former Newsnight presenter says former No 10 communications chief Sir Robbie Gibb on board acting as ‘arbiter of impartiality’ https://t.co/Kj0aKVFtSu
  
• Cleaver Fulton Rankin welcomes four trainee solicitors | Irish Legal News https://t.co/Ji664IMCJf 
• Former law centre chief Gary Lee joins wards of court office | Irish Legal News https://t.co/2ynHCZEfil 
• Californian legislators bid to crush any ambitions to allow ABSs - Legal Futures https://t.co/uyY7b5Apy4
  
• SRA to issue guidance on ‘without prejudice’ pre-action letters | Law Gazette https://t.co/svFGvwRO7z 
• Usain Bolt files trade mark application for victory pose | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/RyADPrkaf9 
• SRA set to curb litigators' use of 'private and confidential' letters - Legal Futures https://t.co/nuPhvXylXe
• British Sikh activist ‘tortured in India after tip-off from UK intelligence’. Lawyers for Jagtar Singh Johal say he was given electric shocks after unlawful arrest in Punjab in 2017 https://t.co/YlfMb03DDU
  
• Google change reduces airline emissions calculations https://t.co/ujPISmJDXg 
• A man targeted by a gunman in the shooting that killed nine-year-old Olivia Pratt-Korbel is due to face further questioning about her murder. Olivia was shot as her mother struggled with two men, one with a gun, at her home in Liverpool on Monday night https://t.co/LFey3oYqDc
• A record label has cut ties with an AI rapper after criticism it contained racial stereotypes, including repeated use of the N-word https://t.co/9JP2dhY6cq
• Anti-social behaviour injunctions are a great unknown | Law Gazette https://t.co/YkRcuGzx6Z 
• Footballer Benjamin Mendy tried to "debate" a woman into having sex after getting her alone at a gathering at his mansion, a court has heard. In a police interview played to Chester Crown Court, the woman alleged she was raped by the 28-year-old July 2021 https://t.co/NMgH0DoxoB

25th August - Law News

Edition 3893: 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: About 300 home owners have been left with unfinished houses after a Queensland residential construction company collapsed, owing about $14 million

Focus of the Day Article: Lord chancellor Dominic Raab has rejected criticisms of the proposed Bill of Rights from seven United Nations human rights experts, saying they are based on a 'flawed understanding'. Full story - The Law Society Gazette

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Breaking the taboo: more firms need to talk about fertility | Law Gazette https://t.co/xFl88NMImx 
• Classified records: 700 pages retrieved at Trump home in January #US https://t.co/UsAVbG0Mys 
• Solicitors 'cannot strike but they'll continue to quit' over legal aid | Law Gazette https://t.co/2u2Mu3BOLf 
• Your ultimate guide to the UK’s International Data Transfer Agreement (IDTA) https://t.co/2liJayALhb 
• Best of the blogs - 13 August 2022 | Law Gazette https://t.co/0XoId8YUeo
• Firm goes for partnership model for first time in its history | Law Gazette https://t.co/g3EkbE5Q1p 
• SRA plans huge increase in fines for misconduct by wealthy solicitors - Legal Futures https://t.co/ckzUAhe5MH 
• A new police officer is at risk of dismissal after a disciplinary panel found she had urinated in a clothes shop fitting room while drunk off-duty. PC Amelia Shearer of Cleveland Police wept after being found guilty https://t.co/sPk48rZ8Mx 
• Justice should be colour blind. So why is it served for Ukraine but not the Congolese? #DRC Guardian https://t.co/4c0upsYM5z
  
• Raab rejects ‘flawed’ UN criticism of Bill of Rights | Law Gazette https://t.co/xIPeRsxOBT 
• Barrister’s witness statement transcription tool trained in legal English - Legal Futures https://t.co/6ubZCiSQta 
• A man who was targeted by a gunman in a shooting which left a young girl dead has been arrested and will be questioned over the killing. Nine-year-old Olivia Pratt-Korbel was shot as her mother struggled with two me https://t.co/EJwvpeNLIS 
• Former #US police officer pleads guilty to Breonna Taylor cover-up https://t.co/WKERNOrRWb 
• Stewarts’ partner profits almost double to £2.74m | Law Gazette https://t.co/LJZMHs4676 
• Solicitor rebuked for offering invalid document certification services - Legal Futures https://t.co/jORnul57lY 
• Attack on bar strike is a smokescreen for energy crisis, says Labour | Law Gazette https://t.co/khcRgKF98F 
• Criminal bar 'holding justice to ransom' - lord chancellor | Law Gazette https://t.co/Ti3HDOpCMy
  
• Scott Morrison’s secret ministries ‘fundamentally undermined’ responsible government, advice shows #Australia https://t.co/j10yIjZsMm 
• City firm sees off £1.3m negligence claim form | Law Gazette https://t.co/SkKW9BIr8O 
• Multi-billion-pound class actions target video games and cryptocurrency - Legal Futures https://t.co/MYERvJAkYc
  
• Mother in law: How the pandemic changed us | Law Gazette https://t.co/itmtL721ub

24th August - Law News

Edition 3892: 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 federal jury found two men guilty of conspiring to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer in 2020. Prosecutors say the ring leader behind the plan ordered over $4,000 in explosives from an undercover FBI agent

Focus of the Day Article: The barrister who left his chambers following a storm last year over a tweet about a “stroppy teenager of colour” has had a £3m discrimination claim against the set thrown out for being time-barred. Full story - Legal Futures

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Lawyers for female Afghan judge in 'constant fear' file immigration appeal | Law Gazette https://t.co/3ItFyZboWi 
• Student nurse Owami Davies has been found alive and well in Hampshire, the Met Police has confirmed https://t.co/eYYT1NjZZ2 
• No material reform to be undertaken by the UK Government in response to the Taylor Review consultation on employment status https://t.co/6sWTGK67u6 
• City firms to make millions from Covid inquiry contracts | Law Gazette https://t.co/Sox8F8s7W1 
• Apprenticeships for the legal sector - Legal Futures https://t.co/VYadYkBIET 
• Owami Davies: police issued CCTV images showing wrong woman - Met hurriedly apologised and withdrew images that it initially said showed missing woman in a shop https://tinyurl.com/2p9ycbs7
• Foot Anstey plans further growth after posting record revenue | Law Gazette https://t.co/6YqFOf6Hsl
  
• The judge presiding over the trial of former Manchester United player and Wales manager Ryan Giggs has told jurors it "is not a court of morals". Judge Hilary Manley also said the retired player, 48, was not on trial for his infidelity https://t.co/FaBE053nGT
• Sony could face £5bn in legal claims over PlayStation game charges https://t.co/iPHlOBe1vC 
• #Malaysia former Prime Minister Najib Razak has been sent to jail to begin serving a 12-year sentence, after the top court rejected his appeal. The 69-year-old's charges relate to a corruption scandal involving the state-owned wealth fund https://t.co/RTc40f1uXQ
• Human drivers in UK won’t be liable for accidents when vehicle is self-driving https://t.co/1MnEbCo8wr
• A fan who Nick Kyrgios said was "drunk out of her mind" during the Wimbledon final is taking legal action against the Australian tennis player. Anna Palus has now instructed solicitors to bring defamation proceedings against Kyrgios https://t.co/ieRoGkuoI3
• An unfair tax on accessing justice | Law Gazette https://t.co/KNiBBpK22k
• Consumers see online review websites as a helpful tool to find a lawyer, with those needing family law advice particularly likely to shop around, Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) research has found - Legal Futures https://t.co/lWpur1JrcT
• Crikey: small independent news website challenges Lachlan Murdoch to sue it for defamation https://t.co/jEgVhsOLxa
• A nine-year-old girl who died after being shot in Liverpool has been named as Olivia Pratt-Korbel. Olivia was shot at her home in Dovecot after a man being chased by a gunman barged his way inside at about 22:00 BST on Monday https://t.co/lucBWAgbvY
  
• London's domination of commercial claims is shrinking - gradually | Law Gazette https://t.co/jlAzsLeAM
• "Manifestly incompetent" solicitor did not touch probate file for decade - Legal Futures https://t.co/n5qULVIfw7
  
• All out: barristers vote overwhelmingly for full-blown strike | Law Gazette https://t.co/5ZCGOK1Ixt
• A nine-year-old girl has died after being shot in Liverpool. An unknown man was reported to have fired a gun inside a house in the Dovecot area at 22:00 BST on Monday https://t.co/wxyY8lM5UI
  
• It tears barristers like me apart to strike, but the government has left us no choice https://t.co/YgBl9Qnei
• Sunak pledges crackdown on JR "lawfare" and "judicial recidivism" - Legal Futures https://t.co/F6MFJbFP9s 
• PlayStation maker faces £5bn claim over 'excessive and unfair prices' | Law Gazette https://t.co/UedoHj1sk4
  
• Almost half of law firms are now using review websites but there remains strong opposition to price comparison for legal services, a Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) survey has found - Legal Futures https://t.co/hU2iwSKrbP
• Sexual misconduct will not be punished with fines, SRA proposes | Law Gazette https://t.co/Oth4GYV5Xt
  
• Police officers who were criticised after being shown on social media dancing at an LGBTQ+ Pride event have been defended by their chief constable https://t.co/plsoAbC0xO
• Why criminal barristers are striking over legal aid funding https://t.co/oFqdrBUAOq
• Criminal barristers in England and Wales vote to go on indefinite strike https://t.co/Jakv9Z7Esp 
• Water companies are facing mounting criticism from environmental campaigners and politicians over sewage being pumped on to British beaches https://t.co/P5KpR1hF7i

23rd August - Law News

Edition 3891: 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: Police in Pakistan have filed terrorism charges against the former Prime Minister Imran Khan - after he gave a speech at the weekend vowing to sue police officers and a female judge, and claiming that a close aide had been tortured after his arrest

Focus of the Day Article: Criminal barristers in England and Wales vote to go on indefinite strike. Ministers accused of overseeing ‘recklessly underfunded’ criminal justice system, with industrial action to step up on 5 September. Full story - Guardian Law

Saturday Conversations on Law

• #US rejects Ukrainian call for blanket ban on visas for Russians https://t.co/BEgPFjOV29
• Trump sues #US government over FBI search of Mar-a-Lago - Ex-president seeks to prevent bureau from reading seized documents until court official weighs in https://t.co/HAPX3LkGa5
• UK intelligence agencies are accused of tipping off Indian authorities about a British national before his abduction and alleged torture by Punjab police. Jagtar Singh Johal was in India in 2017 when his family say he was forced into an unmarked car https://t.co/Y0ZoWgEz0W 
• Justice Revati Mohite Dere recuses from Malegaon Blasts cases after accused highlights her appearance as lawyer for NIA | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/u6Le4o2OGD 
• CMS retains 42 of 48 NQ lawyers - Legal Cheek https://t.co/rWidX42Icd 
• What Google v Defteros means for defamation law - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/z3VhnzgpwM 
• Allen & Overy hires co-head of corporate at India relationship firm Trilegal - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/jPy8EhNhFY
• Weil joins firms upping future trainee maintenance grants to £20k - Legal Cheek https://t.co/I5gpVJHW8t 
• Loving your business as a law firm owner - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/77tlwQkMvQ 
• CIFC Asset Management shakes up legal and compliance team with two senior appointments - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/STRl6BHh4S 
• "I will issue rule of contempt, send you to prison:" Full exchange between Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay and Bar President Arunava Ghosh | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/2mkZb2Q1wU
  
• Three Arkansas law enforcement officers have been suspended after a video emerged showing a suspect being pinned to the ground and repeatedly beaten #US https://t.co/ADIOgqroah 
• British firms cannot avoid the Wolves of Law Street - Legal Cheek https://t.co/QthR5ApQtT 
• #Pakistan's police have charged the country's former Prime Minister, Imran Khan, under anti-terror laws. Their investigation comes after he accused the police and judiciary of detaining and torturing a close aide https://t.co/dGlA2z37nx 
• Shine Lawyers introduces 9-day fortnight - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/ElyaNPXae3 
• How can we support young LGBTQIA+ legal professionals? - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/LSaU8OyhTb 
• Freshfields lawyers to work from office at least three days a week in agile policy tweak - Legal Cheek https://t.co/pqY5gkjL9K
• An innocent accused and a culpable victim? Critique of the Kerala court order granting bail to Civic Chandran | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/70KHbWdpuV 
• Barristers have voted to go on an indefinite, uninterrupted strike in England and Wales from next month. The walkout by members of the Criminal Bar Association (CBA) will begin on 5 September https://t.co/f6WB6z2ybM 
• Reducing M&A risk with better data - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/GXpTL8Q5Vh 
• From Sidley to security: Meet the City lawyer who kept people safe during the Commonwealth Games - Legal Cheek https://t.co/3P5hb74oZk 
• Watchdog launches inquiry into legal advice charity founded by Lord Harley - Legal Cheek https://t.co/5PAJk5R3mU
  
• Heated exchange of words between judge, lawyer cannot be ground to transfer case: Jammu & Kashmir High Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/7BmoMGraNQ 
• UK Supreme Court draws fire over diversity record after two men fill vacancies - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/JpiY8EOQDp
  
• Special Guardianship Orders – Reviewing the Journey so far – The Barrister Magazine https://t.co/TgO4lbM5Nw 
• Ban for partner who told trainee to change date on property document - Legal Cheek https://t.co/vr1fXpdWH1 
• US supreme court backs Black voters challenging Georgia election rules #US https://t.co/OimqFAyd1p 
• From crime lord to Michelin award: how a notorious Marseille prison was the making of a top French chef https://t.co/9Tww3x3zAX
  
• Women are facing threats and blackmail from a mob of anonymous strangers after their personal details, intimate photos and videos were shared on the social media platform Reddit https://t.co/WgG4t1Svmm 
• Kobe Bryant's widow has testified that she had panic attacks after learning that photos of the helicopter crash that killed her husband and daughter were taken and shared by first responders #US https://t.co/j0o2tv9xIs

22nd August - Law News

Edition 3890: 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: Mexico's former attorney general has been arrested in connection with the disappearance of 43 students in 2014. Jesús Murillo Karam, who led an inquiry into the atrocity, has been charged with forced disappearance, torture and the obstruction of justice.

Focus of the Day Article:  The Home Office is launching a ‘scale-up’ visa route next week to help businesses recruit highly skilled employees. The two-year visa, available from 22 August, is aimed at ‘scale-ups’―young, fast-growing, innovation-driven companies, as opposed to ‘start-ups’, which are recently established companies with potential to grow. To qualify, scale-ups should have a turnover or growth rate of more than 20% for the past three years and have at least ten employees at the start of the three-year period. Full story - New Law Journal

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Latham and Sayenko Kharenko take lead roles on Ukraine's $20bn debt restructuring - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/JN4ZQyywuV 
• Baroness Hale spotted at Edinburgh Fringe - Legal Cheek https://t.co/dkbuYFElJn 
• Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia and Yogender Yadav acquitted in a 2013 criminal defamation case | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/meG5hfB2kL
• Being a female lawyer in regional #Australia - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/9x5LFfFXZO
• BARBRI expands diversity funding project with legal aid and commercial law partnerships - Legal Cheek https://t.co/rWCIoGSmTX
• Reed Smith advises Aristata Capital on formation of Soros-backed impact litigation fund - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/FZOAYqLdM
• Boxer Tyson Fury has called on the government to introduce stronger punishments for knife crime after his cousin was killed in a stabbing. The heavyweight champion said on social media "RIP Rico Burton", who was "stabbed in the neck" overnight https://t.co/sixpjnoQNK 
• Squire Patton Boggs hires trademark specialist from Marks & Clerk to boost IP practice - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/JiclxVSTm
• Lord Lloyd-Jones re-joins the Supreme Court... seven months after retiring - Legal Cheek https://t.co/jpwQXdyA2j
• Singapore will repeal a law that bans gay sex, effectively making it legal to be homosexual in the city-state. The decision, announced by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on national TV, comes after years of fierce debate https://t.co/zFrSGDX3v
• Victorian Parliament passes ‘historic’ treaty legislation - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/JDMkTSsNK4
• Banana split: artists set for court battle over who first taped fruit to the wall - Judge rules that Joe Morford has no ‘copyright in bananas or duct tape’ but can take Maurizio Cattelan to court over Comedian piece https://t.co/0fpe46KJHM
• What’s new in the Drugs, Medical Devices and Cosmetics Bill, 2022? | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/7g2Mz1jDU
• 'How enforceable are work from home policies?' - Legal Cheek https://t.co/G5iGinPDyz 
• Kathryn Stone OBE appointed as the new Chair of the Bar Standards Board – The Barrister Magazine https://t.co/zsJ5ykGXax
• Bombay High Court to constitute special bench to take up issue of potholes on roads | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/8Km7uy6QkI 
• Police officers had contact with student nurse Owami Davies on the day she was reported missing by her family, it has emerged, she was last seen in Croydon on 7 July https://t.co/887Mzc3xP8 
• Seeking justice for the Chagossians - Legal Cheek https://t.co/zNMHTogEi0
• “It's all still possible.” Law Awards Finalist Shares Her Unconventional Career Journey. - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/3i2THlbj0S
• Punjab appoints 5 lawyers as Additional Advocates General in Supreme Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/juBMJnlqr4
• Burges Salmon targets 50% emissions cut by 2030 - Legal Cheek https://t.co/1mnZchZkhD 
• What makes an award-winning wellness advocate? - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/AMLZzgRshf 
• A wise strategy for a LIP to seek some form of professional assistance. And options for a first port of call include the paralegal sector – The Barrister Magazine https://t.co/nnq76eIsjL 
• Virtual student event NEXT WEEK: Kicking off your legal career with the SQE — with Reed Smith, Accutrainee and The College of Legal Practice - Legal Cheek https://t.co/AmnMZxJG0S 
• An exam board has apologised after some BTec students did not receive their results as expected last Thursday, throwing university places into doubt https://t.co/ILHB8dFQpw 
• Kirkland hires second London investment funds partner in as many days - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/r2wYrTf89h
  
• LSB competence statement ‘a solution in search of a problem’, says Bar Council – The Barrister Magazine https://t.co/sOyDMJEXOq
• Aspiring lawyer with child exploitation convictions refused admission - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/ae11g7o0Os

21st August - Law News

Edition 3889: 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 world’s biggest oil and gas companies have posted record profits in the past quarter, while consumers have been struggling with high energy bills. So what’s going on? 

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Afghan female judge fleeing Taliban appeals after Home Office refuses UK entry https://t.co/ASIOwhLMQq
  
• London-based Bishop & Sewell has become the latest law firm to launched an ESG (environmental, social and governance) advisory group to assist the firm and its clients | NLJ https://t.co/oYTiBTW7sS
• ‘Wagatha Christie’ costs could take years to determine | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/myQwaVfUsA
• Mother in law: How the pandemic changed us | Law Gazette https://t.co/itmtL721ub
• Gillespie Macandrew reports £15m turnover after double-digit growth | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Ac0QGlu0NZ
• Tweeting barrister's £3m claim against former chambers thrown out - Legal Futures https://t.co/nPKtBinz4
• Talented people from lower socio-economic backgrounds continue to face major obstacles to career progression at senior levels in the UK financial and professional services, research shows | NLJ https://t.co/utGFwIGa3n
• Legal Aid Agency rota demonstrates duty solicitor decline | Law Gazette https://t.co/zZO0B1j4lS 
• Professor Laurent Pech appointed Dean at UCD Sutherland School of Law | Irish Legal News https://t.co/HOLs0QLoUQ
• Actor Stephen Tompkinson is due to appear in court charged with inflicting grievous bodily harm. The CPS said the 56-year-old, well-known as the eponymous detective in ITV crime series DCI Banks, appeared before magistrates in Newcastle https://t.co/xxv3ixM8DC
  
• Restorative justice charity has public funding suspended | Irish Legal News https://t.co/jyaGpstz7n
• LawtechUK to turn focus on access to justice and SME law firms - Legal Futures https://t.co/cU6mbXMtxw 
• Clerk grateful after colleagues spotted his stroke at work | Law Gazette https://t.co/wZnaiSOfeJ 
• P.A. Duffy & Co appoints Sean Kelly as finance and marketing manager | Irish Legal News https://t.co/lArAhOH7y0
• The in-house legal team at telecoms giant Vodafone UK has pioneered a ‘Greener Litigation’ initiative aimed at encouraging corporate counsel to reduce the environmental impact of litigation | NLJ https://t.co/B1VlQ2t5a
• A man has been charged after a six-year-old girl was abducted and sexually assaulted in Greater Manchester. Officers said the girl was reunited with her family shortly after the assault in Tameside on Thursday https://t.co/iIzepMLokm
  
• P&O Ferries will not face criminal action over the way it fired nearly 800 employees earlier this year, the Insolvency Service has said https://t.co/igBXkkfL84 
• SRA contradicts Blacker's claim that it paid him libel damages - Legal Futures https://t.co/NDyq0BPlEM 
• Two pilots fell asleep at 37,000ft (11,000m), missing an airport runway before waking to safely land the plane, an aviation publication says. Air traffic tried to contact them after they overshot the point of descent into #Ethiopia's Addis Ababa airport https://t.co/V6B5wBBJM
• The Home Office is launching a ‘scale-up’ visa route next week to help businesses recruit highly skilled employees | NLJ https://t.co/ep9P6qJ6a
• Football fans and festival goers are among those facing fresh travel disruption on Saturday, as more than 45,000 rail workers take part in a further strike over pay and conditions https://t.co/QU942TPyEL
• South coast’s island of free legal help closes its doors | Law Gazette https://t.co/b845rR56mT 
• British judge rules dissident can sue #Saudi Arabia for Pegasus hacking - Ghanem Almasarir’s victory opens way for other hacking victims in UK to bring cases against foreign governments https://t.co/P2cZGpJoQX 
• Solicitor fined for “inadvertent” use of client account as banking facility - Legal Futures https://t.co/hHjmrc7O91
• England: ‘Anti-woke’ barrister loses employment tribunal claim | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/u6gAaGKOHh 
• Liz Truss personally supported cuts to NHS and doctors’ pay https://t.co/uwNXQEchYp 
• Tribunal throws out £3m claim from tweeting barrister Holbrook | Law Gazette https://t.co/DR5DgYnN3A 
• NI Coroner’s Court: ‘Frightened’ army soldier shot and killed devoted mother in her own garden | Irish Legal News https://t.co/WSwiP7VqZB