Thursday

15th September - Law News

Edition 3915: 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 a defamation case, the former Australian federal MP Andrew Laming has received an apology from Nine News in Federal Court over allegations aired in a TV story last year.

Focus of the Day Article: A Southampton firm will lose out on three months’ duty solicitor work due to government ‘bureaucracy’ that could have devastating consequences – and it is not alone. Full story - The Law Society Gazette
 

Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Prince Andrew joins Queen procession amid concern over stand-in role: Position as counsellor of state under scrutiny as fresh reports about Jeffrey Epstein scandal emerge https://t.co/5mIZRWtQVw
  • Parents were unfairly denied lawyer at dying baby hearing | Law Gazette https://t.co/w9QJvaRpI6
  • Britain likes to consider itself the cradle of free speech – until someone heckles Prince Andrew https://t.co/3MCngfOU5L 
  • Baker McKenzie ‘parting ways’ with top UAE lawyer over tweets | Law Gazette https://t.co/CnUPNl7Zam 
  • Parents of dying baby "should have had adjournment" after lawyers withdrew - Legal Futures https://t.co/XySMIAEBy4
  • Gateley continues unchecked growth with positive figures | Law Gazette https://t.co/tuxzd3500E 
  • Ukraine war: Accounts of #Russian torture emerge in liberated areas https://t.co/zjgQL2ejyB
  • 'Rocket fuel' consolidator buys one firm and seeks more | Law Gazette https://t.co/pSGsOCEwn2 
  • LawCare urges SRA to consider wellbeing of those facing disciplinary action - Legal Futures https://t.co/ebyxJOH55C
  • Will budgeting survive latest costs review? | Law Gazette https://t.co/KtpR0oJrvB
  • Kenneth Starr, the prosecutor whose investigation led to President Bill Clinton's impeachment, has died at the age of 76, his family says. Starr, a former judge and #US solicitor general, died at a Houston hospital on Tuesday of complications from surgery https://t.co/nLw5oDVhfq
  • Another Black man has died at the hands of the Met police. When will this stop? https://t.co/DpZzXGOqQc
  • Gay rights group was set up ‘to promote transphobic activity’, court told. Claim comes in appeal by trans rights charity against decision to give LGB Alliance charitable status https://t.co/dqDwfu75Bx
  • Lord chancellor postpones meeting with criminal bar chiefs | Law Gazette https://t.co/FK4aQWDlro 
  • Hibernian Law Journal appoints Joshua Kieran-Glennon as editor-in-chief | Irish Legal News https://t.co/mWbKQw3EyE 
  • #US teenager who stabbed her alleged rapist to death has been sentenced by an Iowa court to five years' probation. Pieper Lewis, 17, was also ordered to pay $150,000 (£130,350) to Zachary Brooks' family over his murder in 2020. She was 15 at the time https://t.co/kfvn6ZHqub 
  • Listed legal business: strong results, a conflict of interest and acquisitions - Legal Futures https://t.co/tiFeNfXT0Y 
  • Womble Bond Dickinson adds Wilmer & Lee partner trio as it opens in Huntsville, US - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/NMZOHSHoPQ
  • PE-backed conveyancer puts acquisitions on hold - Legal Futures https://t.co/rYk3gBQowz 
  • EU countries told to scrutinise Russian visa applications for security risks | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/6cAmb0YmNb 
  • Duty rota omissions 'devastating' for firms | Law Gazette https://t.co/9LzuBqqQXf 
  • Top-50 financial results table 2022: updated live | Law Gazette https://t.co/zWWUkMG35z 
  • GSK Stockmann adds Luther London head for City launch - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/9fsPLCaCk5
  • Money matters – and crime doesn’t pay | Law Gazette https://t.co/cmAsjJ5JLo

Wednesday

14th September - Law News

Edition 3914: 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: Unbundling is when tasks that make up a legal service are taken on by the client rather than the law firm completing the whole process. For example, the client might complete some forms themselves or attend a court hearing without representation. The SRA recently ran a six-month unbundling pilot in family law to understand the potential benefits, disadvantages and risks, as well as the barriers firms face in offering unbundled services.

Focus of the Day Article: A barrister has been reprimanded for allowing a Twitter account with which he was associated to send “inappropriate and offensive” tweets to a colleague at the same chambers. Full story - Legal Futures
 

Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Will budgeting survive latest costs review? | Law Gazette https://t.co/KtpR0orQ71
  • First fully automated matter heralds new approach to remortgage work - Legal Futures https://t.co/w4HMEdIS5k 
  • UK authorities protected Prince Andrew from US Epstein investigation, book says https://t.co/TVwqPZeq6
  • Center Parcs backtracks over eviction of holidaymakers for Queen’s funeral https://t.co/akZmkzQUAx
  • King Charles’s staff given redundancy notice during church service for Queen https://t.co/JlBKfLiLFg
  • ‘We are still stuck with many women leaving the profession early’ - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/5mk1P5Mjfr
  • Criminal bar demonstrations cancelled - but strike continues | Law Gazette https://t.co/6VGH8Uk8dA
  • Manchester City footballer Benjamin Mendy has been found not guilty of one count of rape on the direction of the judge at his trial https://t.co/P5Cqjyxni
  • Tech lawyer Peter Bolger joins EY Law Ireland as partner | Irish Legal News https://t.co/eaaLM5TWvl
  • How to create a brand for your new law firm and attract clients - Legal Futures https://t.co/4r27CVwlUG
  • TLT secures licence for first ever rum distillery on Islay | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/kEoPXQ0Zr
  • Litigation funder likely to lose £5m after shock court defeat | Law Gazette https://t.co/WZcQzGoOIO
  • First Northern Ireland appeals over Post Office convictions now before court | Irish Legal News https://t.co/lhbbzrLy9
  • Barrister fined over Twitter abuse of chambers colleague | Law Gazette https://t.co/C3DBHDoHMN
  • Sara Phelan SC takes reins of new Bar Council | Irish Legal News https://t.co/KdvlI6c3d5
  • Solicitor admits propping up firm with legal aid payments | Law Gazette https://t.co/lPXgsEYepy 
  • Litigation funder's share price slumps after adverse High Court ruling - Legal Futures https://t.co/PH5BW5usL4
  • Lawyers at proclamation of the King | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/M9Ehas2t32
  • After eight years under the ultra right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government, data shows that crimes against women in #India remain unabated https://t.co/RkXmOk1p
  • SFO disclosure reviews cost nearly £450,000 | Law Gazette https://t.co/IPITX7IUWG
  • An activist in #Thailand has been jailed for two years after a court found she insulted the monarchy by dressing like the Thai queen. Jatuporn 'New' Saeoueng, 25, wore a pink dress at a political demonstration in Bangkok in 2020 https://t.co/hTpaSIJAli
  • MAPD starts acquisition push with North-West law firm - Legal Futures https://t.co/dLri9kFYJK 
  • Ince’s ex-chief removed as director over possible ‘conflict of interest’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/O70GyXbpuP 
  • Helen McEntee to address legal conference on national security oversight | Irish Legal News https://t.co/1ySoR7gl
  • Legal sector continued to grow in July | Law Gazette https://t.co/KcK3DO1ZP
  • Rich households will receive twice as much support aimed at reducing the cost of living than poorer households next year https://t.co/DQEmiPwcT
  • The arrests of anti-monarchy protesters after the death of Queen Elizabeth II are "deeply concerning", free-speech campaigners have said. Police in Scotland have arrested two people in recent days citing 'breaches in peace' https://t.co/IBpBnMTcD
  • Barrister reprimanded for "offensive" tweets aimed at colleague - Legal Futures https://t.co/OFv7BIZrS3
  • It seems from the TV and newspapers that we are not allowed to speak about anything other than the change of epoch from Elizabeth ll to Charles lll, and so I will comply | Law Gazette https://t.co/lCZ6fJmpJF
  • Twitter Data Has Revealed A Coordinated Campaign Of Hate Against Meghan Markle. A concentrated set of users drive 70% of the hate content targeting the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, an analysis found https://t.co/5x4FI2RxOr

Tuesday

13th September - Law News

Edition 3913: 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: It's quite a week for a new Metropolitan Police Commissioner to start work. As Sir Mark Rowley took charge at Scotland Yard today, he promised “more trust and higher standards” from the Met, which is currently in special measures. This evening, as the family of Chris Kaba, a 24-year-old shot dead last week gathered for a vigil, the Met Police confirmed the firearms officer involved in his shooting has been suspended from duty.

Focus of the Day Article: Property investor accused of shutting down criticism over £10,000 courses. Samuel Leeds’s lawyers sent accusing letter to sister of soldier who killed himself but they deny he is stifling criticism. Full story - Guardian Law
 

Saturday Conversations on Law
  • NGT orders Maharashtra government to pay ₹12,000 crore compensation for improper waste management | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/qwVtdhMETD
  • What do lawyers say will improve their work/life balance? - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/AL12xqtiJ
  • Regional NQ pay hits all-time high of £81k in Osborne Clarke salary hike - Legal Cheek https://t.co/dvzBKtEO0
  • Fifty million people trapped in modern slavery, report says https://t.co/nvX3n1rnlr
  • Lord Reed spotted on University Challenge - Legal Cheek https://t.co/XUEVBgeqO
  • Commercial Courts Act does not divest powers of High Court to appoint arbitrator: Bombay High Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/nAEVIosH2n
  • Recently retired district District Court judge Julie Dick SC has been appointed to conduct a review of Queensland’s serious and organised crime laws - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/7FXEpmKhkm
  • Tony Paris, one of the three men wrongly convicted of the 1988 murder of Cardiff woman Lynette White, has died. Mr Paris, Yusef Abdullahi and Stephen Miller, who became known as the "Cardiff Three", were jailed in 1990 but cleared at the Court of Appeal https://t.co/ygURIYtADB
  • 'I got into law school. Any advice or tips?' - Legal Cheek https://t.co/tITzo3BGKG
  • Five years, six Chief Justices: What will the Supreme Court Collegium look like till 2027? | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/1zKKB4QFJ
  • The Corporate Counsel Show: Finding freedom as a lawyer - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/qfFyA5DvT
  • Crimes committed in pursuit of principles may not harm your career, according to new SRA guidance - Legal Cheek https://t.co/ExRMhcUDCu
  • SEBI order no bar on initiation of CIRP: NCLT orders insolvency process against Pancard Clubs | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/z5w9Qj7BY6 
  • President Biden has paid tribute to those who lost their lives on the 21st anniversary of the September 11 attacks on US soil. In his speech, Mr Biden referenced a message sent from the late Queen Elizabeth II at the time https://t.co/LNLJKA3rjP 
  • Legal Lightbulbs: Is ‘quiet quitting’ a good thing for the profession? - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/2c5Wsg0Mlq
  • The role of a restructuring lawyer amid global economic uncertainty - Legal Cheek https://t.co/aMHNbo4TDB
  • What top City partners would tell themselves if they were starting their TCs now - Legal Cheek https://t.co/Gq1ZaPogYV
  • Public offering prayers at funeral of militant not anti-national activity: Jammu & Kashmir High Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/VoEySIk3bt

Monday

12th September - Law News

Edition 3912: 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: Charles III swore an oath as he was proclaimed as King at a ceremony at St James's Palace. Charles became king immediately following the death of his mother Queen Elizabeth II, but a historic meeting formally confirmed his role on Saturday. 

Focus of the Day Article: Digitalisation of conveyancing tasks peaks at the post-completion stage but there is scope for significantly more digitalisation at the pre-completion and client onboarding stage. Full story - New Law Journal
 

Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Ropes & Gray lawyer roasts Netflix hit show's portrayal of City law life - Legal Cheek https://t.co/T4tw56Jeyv 
  • ‘King Charles is a different kettle of fish’: Britain’s republicans believe their time will come https://t.co/C5QiVAYd2X 
  • Womble Bond Dickinson ups NQ pay to £78,000 - Legal Cheek https://t.co/r2xg9fL2dA
  • Darius Campbell Danesh died of accidental inhalation of chloroethane https://t.co/es8wu4vdpt 
  • Instances of bias are “incredibly rare” in #Australia’s judicial system. However, given Australians’ right to independent and impartial hearings, it is imperative for lawyers to understand and appreciate how best to serve their clients - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/tCq6aUiF6e 
  • Woman arrested after protester holds anti-monarchy sign in Edinburgh: The proclamation was one of three taking place in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland on Sunday https://t.co/9VsFXGsbgJ
  • Champagne and cigars are just fine. It’s Thérèse Coffey’s views on abortion that worry me https://t.co/Zk0OLD2sWH 
  • Hogan Lovells announces 83% trainee retention rate - Legal Cheek https://t.co/O5B2G0ByMj 
  • Trend to level allegations against judges when litigants don't like order: Supreme Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/9oO1dMLu4t 
  • Why I’ve started an equine law firm - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/oELSL1GpoD 
  • Supreme Court Confirms Correct Approach to Deportation Cases - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/i2xalYZOl2 
  • Raab’s legacy project Bill of Rights Bill shelved - Legal Cheek https://t.co/hUVRuNuemx
  • Two Trump officials subpoenaed for fundraising to undermine elections #US https://t.co/MEsYBMMcv9
  • Lawyers enter new era of KCs and Rex v. criminal prosecutions - Legal Cheek https://t.co/GbVgZBo3q3 
  • Hold Public Prosecutor Recruitment exam in Marathi also: Bombay High Court to Maharashtra | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/O0jFYb0qHZ 
  • Flos Greig was the first woman to practise law in #Australia; special legislation had to be passed in order for her to practice — dubbed the Flos Greig Enabling Act - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/2GXzWvWcYj 
  • The Weekly Round-up: Truss to review workers' rights; drive for recruitment in health and social care; storm overflows and damage to rivers - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/IN3WQyIIWu 
  • In a statement issued first to Lawyers Weekly, the #Australian Bar Association (ABA) has confirmed that persons appointed as QCs will automatically become KCs, following the accession to the throne of King Charles III - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/mMPhHxmuRG 
  • Suella Braverman bags top job in Truss government - Legal Cheek https://t.co/OF0aga5Nre 
  • Supreme Court's Justice Hemant Gupta: Spotlight this week | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/AtQymSrmMC
  • School Mock Court Case Project seeks tutors | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/LuCtXElzRF

Sunday

11th September - Law News

Edition 3911: 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: More than 30,000 refugees from the Ivory Coast living in Liberia have returned to their home country. The United Nations refugee agency calls it a success. However, the Liberian Refugee Repatriation Resettlement Commission says many others are refusing to return home, abandoning their Ivorian citizenship to become Liberians. 

Saturday Conversations on Law
  • What does ESG mean for disputes lawyers? - Legal Cheek https://t.co/nLRpr7REWX 
  • Remembering Queen Elizabeth II in Zimbabwe - Some #Zimbabweans criticise the late monarch for failing to ‘promote the interests of Africans in the colonial era' https://t.co/NEAexmeM4x 
  • The family of a London rapper shot dead by an armed Metropolitan Police officer in south London on Monday have called for the firearms officer to be "immediately suspended" https://t.co/AljEv9eHDG
  • Elisabeth Davies has been re-appointed as chair of the Office for Legal Complaints (OLC) for a second term of office, the Legal Services Board (LSB) has announced | NLJ https://t.co/rRV3fHkRv
  • EY partners to vote on break-up after bosses approve split | Irish Legal News https://t.co/e1rrf7sw7Z
  • PEXA makes statement by buying property law firm Optima from Capita - Legal Futures https://t.co/vDwb9fnYLl
  • The arrest and pre-trial detention of Russian lawyer, Dmitry Talantov, president of the Bar Association of the Republic of Udmurtia, has been condemned by the International Bar Association (IBA) | NLJ https://t.co/CB1MR1atyW
  • Opinion: Scottish Covid-19 Inquiry – Focus on further and higher education | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/YuwMUiYAPp
  • Mason Hayes & Curran names David McGovern as head of aviation and asset finance | Irish Legal News https://t.co/eYEBtEYnw
  • National law firm sets validated science-based net zero target for 2040 - Legal Futures https://t.co/xZXN56qL1r
  • Speech therapists in #HongKong jailed for 19 months after being found guilty of publishing "seditious" children's books. #China interpreted the books - about sheep trying to hold back wolves from their village - as referring to Hong Kong's independence https://t.co/mStpiPnsiy
  • Northern Ireland barristers welcome U-turn on human rights | Irish Legal News https://t.co/kgFSiOM7oj
  • A bank holiday across the UK has been approved by King Charles III for the day of the funeral of his mother Queen Elizabeth II, although the date remains undetermined https://t.co/RvGE5wBiCe 
  • Senior MPs take oath of allegiance to King Charles although "There is no procedural requirement to do so." as declared by Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle https://t.co/lYPeiWUnb6
  • Employment Lawyers' Association Chair charts year ahead for employment lawyers | New Law Journal https://t.co/TuMPtSLXmk
  • Property investor accused of shutting down criticism over £10,000 courses https://t.co/1Vfpkz6qz4
  • Hostile foreign powers “could flood OIC with fraudulent claims” - Legal Futures https://t.co/dngraXqMm
  • European nature conservation laws remain enforceable against the Environment Agency, despite the UK having left the EU, the High Court has held in a landmark case | NLJ https://t.co/OGqvW6LnLK
  • The task of simplifying the Civil Procedure Rules (CPR) is ‘a mammoth task and expected to take quite some time | NLJ https://t.co/LbgMLFlPsr
  • Ginni Thomas’s links to anti-abortion groups who lobbied to overturn Roe #US https://t.co/QKzppUir0c 
  • A sharp rise in gun violence and gang crime has become a leading issue in what #Sweden's media have described as one of the ugliest election campaigns in history https://t.co/GXExEvhz6V
  • How to create a disaster recovery plan for your law firm - Legal Futures https://t.co/Sg7zPP2jH7 
  • Conveyancing teams could save themselves ‘days, weeks or even months’ by embracing technology, research by lawtech company InfoTrack suggests | NLJ https://t.co/zEeuO4ffja
  • Chris Miller to join Black Chambers | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/plWXZ4T0uu
  • Barristers accuse ministers of rushing release of pre-recorded video evidence https://t.co/eiYlJk3Qps
  • Legal profession pays tribute to the Queen as QCs become KCs - Legal Futures https://t.co/6GJTSCD7tL
  • Barristers accuse ministers of rushing release of pre-recorded video evidence https://t.co/eiYlJklrO2
  • Duchy of Cornwall estate worth £1bn passes to Prince William https://t.co/DymM8vdfME
  • Will there be a bank holiday for Queen’s funeral? https://t.co/Bb5DdHt6nE

Saturday

10th September - Law News

Edition 3910: 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: After imposing 20 per cent export duty on non-basmati rice, the Indian government has banned the export of broken rice with an aim to increase domestic availability, according to a government notification.

Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Crypto market rife for new areas of litigation | Law Gazette https://t.co/cPJwFrQzHR
  • MHC: Energy sector professionals believe government targets are unrealistic | Irish Legal News https://t.co/kRskAi51gQ
  • King Charles speech: King Charles III pays tribute to his 'darling mama' in first address https://t.co/LvdgMgPe5U
  • Arson and robbery suspects released after long wait for trials | Law Gazette https://t.co/dEoXC9J9mY
  • Scottish homebuyer enquiries fall as house prices rise | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/MKx3Wk4VzB
  • Irwin Mitchell profits plunge as Covid dividend ends | Law Gazette https://t.co/IYWtYt6mA4 
  • Plans submitted for new District Garda HQ in Newcastle West | Irish Legal News https://t.co/umBgj1iONt
  • CEO designate appointed to Gambling Regulatory Authority of Ireland | Irish Legal News https://t.co/gPqsAHtwjl
  • Law firm entitled to dismiss solicitor for not passing on complaints - Legal Futures https://t.co/gbyLfW2skm
  • Carson McDowell grows training programme to 15 trainees | Irish Legal News https://t.co/Em3AzC2fDk
  • Irwin Mitchell profit tumbles following bumper FY21 as revenue dips to £275.7m - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/VEY4BII6kD 
  • Baker McKenzie hires Addleshaw Goddard’s Hong Kong dispute resolution head - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/dl8FxSFVCR
  • Firm entitled to sack solicitor days after he resigned, rules tribunal | Law Gazette https://t.co/DevQVFQ1a6
  • Fee-share practice is first law firm to join collaboration institute - Legal Futures https://t.co/JOHx5I6r3d
  • he criminal bar’s indefinite strike over legal aid funding could be called off sooner than expected after criminal bar chiefs confirmed that the new lord chancellor has agreed to meet them | Law Gazette https://t.co/eHqNJrFROL
  • #Iran condemns two women to death for ‘corruption’ over LGBTQ+ media links - Outcry over show trial, which follows Zahra Seddiqi Hamedani talking to BBC about abuse of gay people in Iran’s Kurdish region https://t.co/Qj4T1xgfJ1
  • The Straw man is back - and this time it's personal | Law Gazette https://t.co/sl7kRtlPGD
  • A fifth of female solicitors promoted after maternity leave - Legal Futures https://t.co/uzrVPAzhl8
  • Ex-Pure employees paid redundancy money after tribunal order | Law Gazette https://t.co/Nqkw9fgu33
  • Trump attorney general Barr a liar, bully and thug, says fired #US attorney in book - In memoir, Geoffrey Berman recounts clashes before a botched firing he insists was politically motivated https://t.co/V1B9LXvyQd
  • Gunderson Dettmer hires seasoned fintech GC in San Francisco - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/pDAcqDtS5
  • DWF acquires specialist costs management business | Law Gazette https://t.co/Mzlk6T1muh
  • McGuireWoods adds IP litigation duo from Winston & Strawn to bolster US life sciences coverage - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/53AqoGo52
  • Three police chiefs sacked for inappropriate behaviour at work party https://t.co/FhlZrnyvDL 
  • Southern Water to use debt collectors against customers boycotting payment - Company will use bailiffs if those protesting against continuing raw sewage discharges continue to hold back payment of bills https://t.co/U85JSPDm8L 
  • Police investigating the shooting of nine-year-old Olivia Pratt-Korbel in Liverpool have arrested a 29-year-old man was held on suspicion of assisting an offender in the West Derby area earlier https://t.co/S3CAl6HNDH