5th September - Law News

Edition 3904: 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: Engaging effectively with people who are vulnerable - Hints and Tips from the SRA (Solicitors Regulation Authority)

Focus of the Day Article: Shadow attorney general Emily Thornberry has called for junior associate prosecutors, who are regulated by CILEX, to be allowed to apply for Crown prosecutor positions, to help tackle the backlog of cases. Full story - New Law Journal

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Dara Calleary appointed as minister of state | Irish Legal News https://t.co/du6JMKk4vT 
• Victoria Police hit with capsicum spray class action - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/7qpqWWzkuh
  
• New appointments at Scottish Land Commission | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/hY9UEeZqUq
• The Weekly Round-up: indefinite CBA strikes, Truss considers Article 16, and Spanish consent laws - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/6z7ZlacKzO
• Bar of NI appoints Sinead McIvor as policy and communications manager | Irish Legal News https://t.co/AkkAVPlS9v
  
• Looking for a new role? NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership could be the next step in your career | NLJ https://t.co/bAZ3kUSK10 
• Kennedys increases NQ lawyer pay in London by 60% - Legal Cheek https://t.co/XRaSBGUtaa 
• Muslim shop owner Abid Hussain is allowing his struggling customers to take essentials from his convenience store and pay for them when they can afford to at the Family Mart in Lingdale https://t.co/jft9zxrIcc
  
• Three prosecutions to be brought over Cookstown hotel deaths | Irish Legal News https://t.co/HEFmkZK0Rp
• MBM Commercial has announced several changes to senior leadership roles within the firm | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/RAIYAGLDTt 
• Kent brewery hailed as Brexit ‘export champion’ has one EU customer left - The Old Dairy Brewery, named in a government video, has seen sales slump because of excessive paperwork https://t.co/ARIX9qwmAU
• The Metropolitan Police must learn from the "appalling mistakes of the past", the home secretary has said. Priti Patel has written to incoming commissioner, Sir Mark Rowley, urging a "transformation" of the force https://t.co/acWSaGTb1O
  
• A 21-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of trespass after a person was seen climbing The Shard building in central London. Metropolitan Police officers were called to the 1,017ft-tall (310m) skyscraper at 05:38 BST https://t.co/eUcXBbo9Ii
• What I wish I knew before applying for training contracts - Legal Cheek https://t.co/9VGrDANZGj 
• Ogier Leman appoints Laura Holtham as banking and finance partner | Irish Legal News https://t.co/xUlnv7uYrh
  
• Cost of living crisis: 'I am worried my SQE maintenance grant isn't enough' - Legal Cheek https://t.co/9GeWaN7e6G 
• Pandemic trainees begin careers at Lindsays | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/oc6vb69o2g 
• The family of a Sikh left for dead in an attack more than two months ago have appealed for help to catch his attacker. The 62-year-old was left with life-changing injuries and has been in hospital since the attack in the centre of Manchester on 23 June https://t.co/8vUQ1imkJA 
• McCann FitzGerald announces three new of counsel appointments | Irish Legal News https://t.co/whHiwnTulN
  
• [Private Unaided Schools] Service cases arising from contracts sans statutory force cannot be subject to Article 226 review: Supreme Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/9ZWmTwVC5B 
• Tom Stocker: Crackdown on furlough fraud looms | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/QFNrNEz6c3
  
• McCann FitzGerald announces three new of counsel appointments | Irish Legal News https://t.co/whHiwnBTuf

4th September - Law News

Edition 3903: 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: Dismissing concerns that Bangladesh could go the Sri Lanka way, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said that despite the Covid-19 onslaught and the conflict in Ukraine, her country's economy continued to be in robust shape and that her regime exercised a high level of diligence when taking any loans

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Douglas Waddell: Professional Standards Authority successfully appeals Medical Practitioners Tribunal decision | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/vEzGY3O1Gh
• National firm reduces losses after a year of cuts and closures | Law Gazette https://t.co/0ULHpQhzzE
  
• Australia firm eyes London - and looks to bring over UK lawyers | Law Gazette https://t.co/2e27ZgpRQ
• How much is that law firm in the window? - Legal Futures https://t.co/ezT3zAIkmD
• Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie LLP welcomes new trainees | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/edHdtilaWA
• Magistrates' court staff to strike for nine days this month | Law Gazette https://t.co/CkkGIcwGGY 
• A pilot who circled above a Mississippi city for hours and threatened to crash into a branch of Walmart has landed the plane safely after talks with police #US https://t.co/CcG5PH2UhA
• A round-up of human rights stories from around the world | Irish Legal News https://t.co/q1U4CXYnZG
• Ex-director given another chance to appeal eight-year-old ET judgment | Law Gazette https://t.co/aCzPCR6OJc
• Listed MDP that started life as law firm raises £9.2m to fund growth - Legal Futures https://t.co/XOMvv63IQp
• 'Big Four' Japanese law firm opens London office | Law Gazette https://t.co/2OdDwZhJCv 
• Bar of NI appoints Sinead McIvor as policy and communications manager | Irish Legal News https://t.co/AkkAVPDt13
• ICO probes court staff instruction to report striking barristers to Raab - Legal Futures https://t.co/6uOVKfDm3w
• Ex-Reed Smith partner faces SDT for 'billing clients for personal expenses' | Law Gazette https://t.co/tYvSuPhMJE
• New judicial complaints reviewer appointed | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/jJFYItiBLj
  
• Mahmood Mattan, a British Somali and former seaman, was hanged in 1952 after he was wrongly convicted of killing shopkeeper Lily Volpert in her store in Cardiff https://t.co/XkpHkKdnvt
  
• Bus journeys in England will be capped at £2 from January to March next year in a bid to ease the rising cost of living, the government has said. The £60m plan could see some passengers save more than £3 per single bus ticket https://t.co/oOD1RFL7dH 
• Time taken to get civil cases to trial reaches all-time high - Legal Futures https://t.co/3NGBF62E4T
• Raab made 'direct request' for striking barristers' names, CBA claims | Law Gazette https://t.co/y2EJE8Ev5y 
• Opinion: The truth about jurors and body language | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/LRsTclWwp9 
• SRA to show ‘discretion’ over solicitors with protest convictions | Law Gazette https://t.co/0uoIdOySE0 
• Convictions for peaceful protests "should not lead to regulatory action" - Legal Futures https://t.co/GAZHF5f6rk 
• English solicitors could be given more advocacy rights under UK government plans to break the barristers’ strike, according to reports | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/7alO7IIcIL
• Obituary: Mala Wainwright, who has died aged 72, spent the last 14 years of her working life at the Greater Manchester Immigration Aid Unit (GMIAU), where she was considered part of the fabric of the organisation https://t.co/zO0MLjOHRj 
• Liz Truss’s law and order policies ‘meaningless’, says police chief https://t.co/zL82K2HII0

3rd September - Law News

Edition 3902: 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: Engaging effectively with people who are vulnerable - tips from the SRA (Solicitors Regulation Authority)

Saturday Conversations on Law

• A coroner has ruled that tech giant Meta must send a senior executive from the US to give evidence at the inquest into the death of Molly Russell https://t.co/ZK7jpgA0jK
• SQE: one year on | Law Gazette https://t.co/6TiMLD4Bhw 
• ‘I will never ride a bike again’: why people are giving up on cycling - how safety concerns have deterred them from travelling by bike https://t.co/aMJDJ5ZKcR 
• ‘Consumers have right to know about solicitors’ shortcomings’ - panel chair | Law Gazette https://t.co/hUmz9WXQHB 
• Chris Dawson receives death threats in jail after being found guilty of murdering his wife, court hears #Australia https://t.co/kd663mW8Ht
  
• Gerrard and Dechert face another High Court action | Law Gazette https://t.co/oST97BACj8 
• Law Society “could support” in-house alternative to SIF - Legal Futures https://t.co/5iuHx0p8ON 
• Paperless conveyancing 'the norm' by 2025, Land Registry suggests | Law Gazette https://t.co/jWB4dfetug 
• Priti Patel instigated review into the stepping down of former Met Police Commissioner Cressida Dick, who had overseen a catalogue of incompetence and failure with the force during her stewardship, accuses Sadiq Khan https://t.co/QofNtUYWpY
  
• No 10 retained cabinet minister and aide accused of sexual misconduct – reports: One claim of sexual assault allegedly dismissed on the grounds that the man ‘had women throwing themselves at him’ https://t.co/da9a8rQpsK
• A man who admitted having an "Aladdin's cave" of weapons and bomb components in his home has been jailed for a year. Robert James Templeton, 36, had pleaded guilty to having explosive substances and ammunition under suspicious circumstances https://t.co/7FexZzHTIk
  
• Trump investigation: #US court unseals list of seized Mar-a-Lago material https://t.co/rRV6xcWSgP
• Wayne Couzens appears in court over two charges of flashing - Sarah Everard’s killer spoke by video link, facing two alleged incidents of indecent exposure in Kent https://t.co/F7KSnJ5ePV 
• Axiom financial adviser faces March 2024 retrial | Law Gazette https://t.co/MLtRkyKl5l
• Up to 70% of land register updates to be automated by 2025 - Legal Futures https://t.co/7a19NPG5So
• Significant opportunities to bring Becky Godden's killer to justice sooner were missed during a flawed murder investigation. Wiltshire Chief Constable Kier Pritchard has been heavily criticised over the inquiry into double murderer Christopher Halliwell https://t.co/MxXq8OJOiG
  
• #Argentina's vice-president has narrowly avoided assassination after a gunman's weapon jammed as he aimed at her. Cristina Fernández de Kirchner was greeting supporters outside her home when a man emerged from the crowd and pointed a handgun in her face https://t.co/WbD0FEqOSw
• Court of Appeal reopens claims on child abuse duty of care | Law Gazette https://t.co/Xfu0NQmI2j
• Five key points from the UN report on Xinjiang human rights abuses - Damning report cites human rights violations against #Uyghur Muslims in north-west Chinese province https://t.co/Xaa0zehVkX
• An ex-New York City police officer who assaulted law enforcement officials during the 6 January riots has been sentenced to 10 years in prison. Thomas Webster, 56, was convicted in May on multiple charges #US https://t.co/96ddqpTrEq
  
• SRA lays out when it would act over sexual misconduct outside practice - Legal Futures https://t.co/aP1gzt7kcL
  
• The UK's former ambassador to Myanmar and her husband have each been sentenced to one year in prison: Vicky Bowman and her husband Htein Lin, a former political prisoner, were charged with violating immigration laws https://t.co/DFtktCJIWc
• NT supreme court judge says antiracism is becoming ‘a religion or a cult’ #Australia https://t.co/wDtDwCgHyy
  
• Dangerous e-bike chargers were found on sale on Amazon and eBay, according to consumer safety charity Electrical Safety First https://t.co/z7DZ5Bx6V3
• Firm offers a week’s pay to all as cost-of-living help | Law Gazette https://t.co/LokXJHr4is 
• Lawyer criticises UN report’s failure to call #Uyghur oppression ‘genocide’ - Sir Geoffrey Nice QC says outgoing human rights chief’s report on China makes it easier for international community to do nothing https://t.co/s9rlqJx23p 
• Male partner who "harassed" junior female colleague agrees to come off roll - Legal Futures https://t.co/Fu4vuPnK2C 
• Flirting, banter and plying with drink: SRA sets out detailed sexual misconduct guidance | Law Gazette https://t.co/FndutuQ9TL 
• HMRC issues winding up petition against PPE firm linked to Tory peer https://t.co/1xpeFrS4kE

2nd September - Law News

Edition 3901: 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: How to improve your advocacy - tips from the SRA (Solicitors Regulation Authority)

Focus of the Day Article: DDisputed elections in Africa and the role of courts. The involvement of courts in electoral disputes has emerged as an increasingly common phenomenon in Africa. Full story - The Global Legal Post

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Donald Trump says he plans to pardon US Capitol attack participants if elected: ‘I mean full pardons with an apology to many,’ says former president as January 6 rioter sentenced to 10 years for assault #US https://t.co/IcUKHcP8AW
• Society ‘in principle’ backs SRA-run SIF replacement | Law Gazette https://t.co/g2oliiPmgM
• House of Zana boutique owner celebrates trademark win against Zara https://t.co/VweFnWWbtr
• Kennedys boosts NQ pay by 60% | Law Gazette https://t.co/X4Ayi5VN8A
• CILEX private client firm becomes first to transfer to SRA - Legal Futures https://t.co/rSH1aPl8pa
• Motor fraud declining - but cost of living crisis stokes concerns | Law Gazette https://t.co/gFxZJd5qQT
  
• Former Capsticks boss admits unwanted sexual advances | Law Gazette https://t.co/vd5JAQJClT 
• Pundit Gary Neville is to be referred to the Attorney General for a social media post he made during his ex-Manchester United team-mate Ryan Giggs' domestic violence trial. Judge Hilary Manley, has referred it as a possible case of contempt of court https://t.co/CeLQ8fZ12s
  
• CCTV footage of the gunman fleeing after the fatal shooting of Olivia Pratt-Korbel has been released. Merseyside Police revealed the shooter used two guns in the attack that killed the nine-year-old https://t.co/bZnog60RJP
• Court rejects firms' claims for cracked trial fees | Law Gazette https://t.co/FvJQX7jBhY
• Rwanda threat raised UK asylum seekers’ suicide risk, clinicians said https://t.co/WbbAo3DsWt 
• Decisions to suspend solicitors “should stay public” for extra three years - Legal Futures https://t.co/ibI9ulaIaL 
• ICO takes 17 months to reach Whitehall JR decision | Law Gazette https://t.co/H2euZhNgFr
  
• #Russian oil chief Maganov dies in 'fall from hospital window' - Maganov is the latest of a number of high-profile business executives to die in mysterious circumstances https://t.co/p85CzmYZ11
• Ohio officer kills 20-year-old Black man seconds after opening his bedroom door #US https://t.co/fluW8YjtIG
• The UN has accused China of "serious human rights violations" in a long-awaited report into allegations of abuse in Xinjiang province. #China had urged the UN not to release the report - with Beijing calling it a "farce" arranged by Western powers https://t.co/K4SWUmtekr 
• Mayson: LSB’s ongoing competence push is “mission impossible” - Legal Futures https://t.co/gCVhOAHhlZ
• At their height, pop band The Monkees was one of the most popular bands in America. They were also the subject of an FBI file linked to the Vietnam War. Now, Monkees singer Micky Dolenz, 77, is suing the agency to find out more https://t.co/r6oYpZBjfS
• Garage data probe raises spectre of solicitor misconduct | Law Gazette https://t.co/smj60zrOTe 
• Canada will investigate spy smuggling allegations regarding Shamima Begum https://t.co/ig5hNqbLbF
• Two Trump lawyers could be witnesses or targets in FBI investigation #US https://t.co/pFd0zGMpgx
  
• A detailed clinical review of the backgrounds of asylum seekers likely to be sent to Rwanda has found many may have been tortured. The research by charity Medical Justice questions how people have so far been selected for the proposed flights https://t.co/OlgMz8Bh6d
• Need for specialist IP solicitors meets new "clear and compelling" costs test - Legal Futures https://t.co/iT0h99WUcK
• When Crown court judges start to look young | Law Gazette https://t.co/lRedIc9wkT
  
• What is really going on with solicitors’ PII this year? - Legal Futures https://t.co/nuuPBL6nhU 
• Former ComReg chair appointed to competition watchdog | Irish Legal News https://t.co/OCSsuKCCGZ
  
• Government appoints anti-‘woke’ activist as V&A trustee - Rightwing commentator Zewditu Gebreyohanes is director of a group waging ‘politicised’ campaign against the National Trust https://t.co/2QShWnn305
• Children as young as 11 have been subjected to brutal attacks by teenagers in a Lancashire town - with the assaults filmed and shared on social media https://t.co/yEHJTa94zp
• #China’s treatment of Uyghurs may be crime against humanity, says UN human rights chief - Michelle Bachelet accuses Beijing of ‘serious human rights violations’ minutes before her term ends https://t.co/sB6914YU3i 
• Best of the blogs - 28 August 2022 | Law Gazette https://t.co/0bqnXMcU1t
• Justin Kouame appointed to Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission | Irish Legal News https://t.co/2KNGu9bEUt

1st September - Law News

Edition 3900: 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: Hints and Tips for effective advocacy from the SRA (Solicitors Regulation Authority)

Focus of the Day Article: Decisions to suspend solicitors by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) or Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) should stay in the public domain for three years after they return to work, the Legal Services Consumer Panel (LSCP) has said. Full story - Legal Futures

Saturday Conversations on Law

• EU foreign ministers agree to suspend visa travel deal with #Russia https://t.co/HWe1wR9YL7 
• Competition law still isn’t up to the job | Law Gazette https://t.co/LGGHrtQJKN 
• Irish lawyers acting for European judges in lawsuit over EU decision on Poland | Irish Legal News https://t.co/R5fJAlWRKR 
• Settlement close? Criminal bar chief delivers farewell message | Law Gazette https://t.co/Nk56dDK9Jv 
• Professor Ursula Kilkelly to take up visiting position at Leiden Law School | Irish Legal News https://t.co/ej33ypFDj2 
• Veteran solicitor who neglected probate files was incompetent, SDT rules | Law Gazette https://t.co/eOUaJc0GHL 
• Nourah al-Qahtani, a #Saudi woman jailed for 45 years for social media posts https://t.co/Nb6Ts15zuu
• Labour urges immediate rights extension for associate prosecutors - Legal Futures https://t.co/O0k5UerGJX
  
• The jury in the trial of former Manchester United player Ryan Giggs has been discharged after failing to reach verdicts on any of the charges. The 48-year-old denied headbutting ex-partner Kate Greville, 38, during a row at his home in November 2020 https://t.co/qDcDLjxkBB
  
• Rwanda asylum deal not legally binding: Law Society | Law Gazette https://t.co/7rGr5nsLHe 
• Juries should be told to ignore body language, academics argue | Irish Legal News https://t.co/GRsDFUTjgI 
• 'A force of nature': Tributes flood in for 'superb' Kennedys partner | Law Gazette https://t.co/vJiapOSo0g 
• In-house lawyers “should add regulatory rules to employment contracts” - Legal Futures https://t.co/RmoOGsTr7U 
• Paralegals and postponements: Crown courts plough on | Law Gazette https://t.co/BsL8sg1Mcb 
• Fishermen in north-east England have begun a legal campaign over the deaths of thousands of shellfish last year. They fear the deaths were linked to the release of the chemical pyridine as a result of dredging https://t.co/yfTo0nYB4k 
• Ankle tags and 24/7 surveillance – this is how the UK treats new migrants - The government’s need to be seen as tough on immigration is driving the Rwanda plan and GPS monitoring – but at what cost? https://t.co/ui2UEXzTc2 
• US fossil fuel firm sues insurer for refusing to cover climate lawsuit https://t.co/j8zE5nW3vt 
• The father of a 15-year-old girl waiting two years for her rape trial, has spoken of the devastating impact of court delays. The latest, further delay of nine more months, is because a suitable judge could not be found to hear the case https://t.co/030rI1g0H7 
• The OIC effect? Number and value of motor fraud claims fall - Legal Futures https://t.co/GoYkGImpa6 
• Unilever's advert for one of its laundry detergents, Persil, has been banned for being misleading about its environmental benefits. The television advert said Persil was "kinder to our planet", and featured children picking up litter on a beach https://t.co/7UP1h9c2DO
  
• Travers Smith’s PEP falls 10% as income rises | Law Gazette https://t.co/czktAI3WnK 
• The Home Secretary should use their powers to reform "failing" police forces and replace the chief constable if necessary, a report has found https://t.co/OnD3DFFLJQ 
• Mikhail Gorbachev, Soviet leader who ended cold war, dies aged 91 #Russia https://t.co/REewicKij9 
• SRA: Expected spike in claims over dubious schemes has not happened - Legal Futures https://t.co/XXNmntPIhI 
• Four anti-vaccine protesters sentenced for threatening BBC’s Nick Watt https://t.co/g3QL9AVlfR 
• Labour must stand shoulder to shoulder with the criminal bar | Law Gazette https://t.co/5khPGlCAYE 
• Shamima Begum, who fled the UK and joined the Islamic State group, was smuggled into Syria by an intelligence agent for Canada. Files seen claimed to have shared Ms Begum's passport details with Canada, and smuggled other Britons to fight for IS https://t.co/k5yynC8JjU
  
• Conveyancer checklist to reduce lease application errors | Law Gazette https://t.co/w4L6OvEbkV 
• Top-50 financial results table 2022: updated live | Law Gazette https://t.co/zWWUkMose1
  
• A former Scottish council leader has been charged in connection with an alleged romance fraud. East Dunbartonshire councillor, Andrew Polson, 50, was previously named in a separate civil court action by a woman who claimed he had breached her trust https://t.co/X9tRICoMqT

31st August - Law News

Edition 3899: 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: Identifying as a black Ukrainian, Eno says most of the ideas that have changed his life as a designer have come from tough times in Ukraine. As he waits to bring his machines from Kyiv, and works on new shows while navigating the unfamiliar Hungarian system, he is optimistic about the future, telling other Ukrainian refugees: 'If we had the will to withstand the Russians we also have the willpower to move and forge ahead in life.'

Focus of the Day Article: Local authority age assessments considered in R (HAM) v Brent LBC - This decision, handed down by Swift J in the High Court, concerns the requirements for fairness in local authority age assessments for asylum seekers and the correct approach to be adopted. Full story - UK Human Rights Blog

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Wholesale gas prices tumble as Europe prepares to intervene in energy markets https://t.co/2r1DtfU38W 
• UK law firm financial results tracker - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/E7otDJBd4m
• Australasian Lawyer’s annual Elite Women showcase is back to recognise women who prove that they are slowly changing the status quo #Australia https://t.co/6BRVUjzSKB
  
• Paul Pogba's lawyers respond to brother's threat: The facts have been reported to the police https://t.co/MiHI3bKpqk 
• Stewarts unveils bumper results with revenue climbing 43% to £114m - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/GPhy1mbiQo 
• Jurors deciding whether Ryan Giggs is guilty or not have been instructed they can give a majority verdict https://t.co/NNPxJ0iNKx 
• Inventing Anna: Rachel DeLoache Williams sues Netflix for defamation https://t.co/qJMvscUUAE
  
• Why Johnny Depp follows the lawyer who was removed and not Camille who helped him win defamation case? #US https://t.co/RVTdJsiHZ9 
• Paul Weiss secures veteran litigation partner duo from Winston & Strawn in New York - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/seB7fiYXw1 
• A 2010 book on the British empire by the man set to be chancellor, Kwasi Kwarteng, shows a very different worldview to that of some of his Tory colleagues https://t.co/FZXyBsUPPc 
• A 21-year-old who died after being stabbed at Notting Hill Carnival has been named as rapper Takayo Nembhard. Mr Nembhard, known as TKorStretch, from Bristol, was attacked in Ladbroke Grove at about 20:00 BST on Monday https://t.co/uwzxMexQh1
  
• Iran closes #Iraq borders amid Baghdad violence as Shia cleric steps down. Death toll rises after unrest following announcement of Muqtada al-Sadr’s resignation from politics https://t.co/MdMbk8VgRe 
• Police in Liverpool have made more than 30 arrests in 24 hours as they crack down on organised crime after the fatal shooting of Olivia Pratt-Korbel. Merseyside Police said it had made 32 arrests, carried out 66 stop and searches https://t.co/mhJk4gwEF3 
• DLA Piper hires Hausfeld’s former Brussels, Paris head Laurent Geelhand amid ongoing European antitrust push - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/pw7YmaNqfi 
• Spat at, abused and run off the road: why do some people hate cyclists so much? https://t.co/WGDf6YTfaC 
• Queensland author Chelsea Watego launches racial discrimination case over 2018 arrest #Australia https://t.co/mhV2f6w5gS
  
• Two 16-year-old boys have died after getting into difficulty at Enagh Lough, close to Londonderry. Emergency services were called to Temple Road at about 18:30 BST on Monday https://t.co/78Xhe6IgwP 
• Big Boys Don’t Cry review – a former abuse victim confronts his harrowing childhood https://t.co/B1EwSYrGyl