23rd September - Law News

Edition 3923: 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: As the southwest monsoon begins to withdraw from India, rainfall deficiency in major states has cast worries on the Kharif crop output. Ashok Gulati, INFOSYS Chair Professor, Agriculture ICRIER.

 

Focus of the Day Article: A very mixed picture at best: the listed law firms' roller coaster ride. While some fortunes have been made, Tony Williams argues the Covid-19 pandemic has underlined the enduring strength of the traditional law firm partnership model. Full story - The Global Legal Post

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Broadcaster Jeremy Vine has hit out at social media firms as he said his stalker had put out a video promising to be back days after being jailed https://t.co/hyFfHUSOYk
  
• Needed – a phrase to describe us | Law Gazette https://t.co/u8xGw4D9nB
• The #Australian Football League is investigating claims Aboriginal players were bullied by senior coaching staff. Hawthorn Football Club players were reportedly isolated from family, told to leave their partners and told to end a pregnancy https://t.co/ocbktvtQ8O 
• Firms must deduct 50% from damages to survive fixed costs extension | Law Gazette https://t.co/QcMV5av43q
• #Iran protests: Women burn headscarves in anti-hijab protests https://t.co/G2mACpbXW5
  
• Few couples applying for joint divorce, HMCTS figures reveal | Law Gazette https://t.co/LALm09t4x0
  
• Killer is first inmate to face public Parole Board hearing: Russell Causley is serving life sentence for murder of his wife, whose body has never been found https://t.co/lC8feIUtWg
• Quarter of lawyers could work at fee-share firms "within three years" - Legal Futures https://t.co/8Ddix6aco1
• My legal life: Emma Levin, Mina - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/RqzQsNwomg 
• Armed officer leant out of a car window & fatally shot a man during a police stop on the M62 in West Yorkshire, an inquest has heard. Yassar Yaqub was shot when the Audi car he was travelling in was stopped on the M62 near Huddersfield in January 2017 https://t.co/PfinhlLCqU

22nd September - Law News

Edition 3922: 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:  Terrorism charges against Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan have been quashed by the High Court. But he still faces several court cases as he continues his rallies to regain the presidency at next year's election.

Focus of the Day Article: Take-up of a landmark provision designed to remove ‘unnecessary finger-pointing’ from the divorce process remains comparatively low, according to government figures. Full story - The Law Society Gazette

 

Saturday Conversations on Law

• News focus: EU to clamp down on booming litigation funding sector | Law Gazette https://t.co/QMo4ZkS56u
  
• A man who tried to grab the flag draped over the Queen's coffin as she lay in state did not believe she was dead, a court has heard. The prosecution claims Muhammad Khan wanted to look in the coffin to "check for himself" https://t.co/QLo94Rw5bP
  
• After all dedication and service, jobs of up to 20 staff who worked closely with Queen could be at risk https://t.co/ipErRc59Wc
• DLA Piper, Skadden, Kirkland advise on GIC and Oak Street’s $14bn STORE Capital purchase - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/aSl14vAoHr
  
• Lawyers urged to warn clients when deals could undermine climate change targets - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/B9bGoPhPh1
  
• The International Council of Commercial Arbitration opens 25th Congress in Edinburgh - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/UJDTB71vMb
• A judge has quashed a Baltimore man's murder conviction in a case that spawned hit true crime podcast Serial. Adnan Syed was 19 when he was sentenced to life in prison for the death of his ex-girlfriend, Hae Min Lee #US https://t.co/X90ziFuuio
• As resistance grows to the fossil fuel regime, laws are springing up everywhere to suppress climate activists https://t.co/iqeh8kO6ED
  
• Chaka Zulu's Lawyer & Sister Demand Justice Following Murder Charge #US https://t.co/gasHq2IMbC
  
• Mahsa Amini: #Iran police say woman's death was 'unfortunate' https://t.co/lO6byRf61g 
• Leicester violence could spread beyond city, warns local MP Claudia Webbem and urges Tory ministers to clamp down on ‘extremist rightwing ideology’ https://t.co/fNSI8mrOxB 
• No 10 chief of staff questioned by FBI has ‘full support’ of Liz Truss - Mark Fullbrook spoken to as witness in bribery case against financier and Tory donor Julio Herrera Velutini https://t.co/nEAx0eJ3Ew
  
• Trump legal team admits possibility that ex-president could be charged #US https://t.co/TxVn3zmrWS
  
• Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield deny skipping Queen queue after they were spotted on Friday's live feed https://t.co/6bISuQ3LXP
• New York City considers legal action against Texas over migrant buses #US https://t.co/sev9FDVZkG

21st September - Law News

Edition 3921: 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 practical and free session sharing useful ideas, tools and resources to help chambers and barristers acquire greater competence in supporting people with disabilities and understand accreditation requirements.

Focus of the Day Article: A research paper that says contracts are hard for people to understand because of their poor writing, rather than use of legal terms, has been awarded the Ig Nobel prize for literature. Full story - Legal Futures

 

Saturday Conversations on Law

• West weighs calling for #China Uyghur abuses inquiry at UN https://t.co/hfRvLRatO
• We’ve started legal action against the classification of gas as ‘sustainable’ https://t.co/yNvbsD7z
• The UK is weighing up whether to attend a new European political "club of nations" next month - the group could discuss security, energy and transport as well as the movement of people, particularly the young https://t.co/1o4SDNO5
• Liz Truss says higher energy bills worth paying for security - is this the start of how the Conservatives lose the next election? https://t.co/evApwO2NAw
• Madras HC (FB) Rules That Registrar Cannot Accept A Deed Of Cancellation That Seeks To Nullify A Deed Of Conveyance Which Has Already Been Acted Upon - Law Trend #India https://t.co/K23V0UKz
• The parents of Madeleine McCann have lost the latest stage of a legal battle over how judges handled claims made by a Portuguese police detective https://t.co/frIYsvBsNS
  
• Labour MP victim of murder plot quits for NHS role - West Lancashire MP Rosie Cooper said the decision to become chairman of Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust had come after a "lot of soul searching" https://t.co/8tiGtRgyx
• Windfarm windfall set to spark debate about funding of UK monarchy - Demand for leases of land for renewable energy projects is set to generate hundreds of millions for the crown estate https://t.co/6B3Uo0tUh
• West wavers on #Ukraine proposals to seize Russian assets as reparations https://t.co/Dn0ZekEE
• Almost five years after she took her own life, the inquest into the death of teenager Molly Russell is due to begin. Molly, 14, killed herself in 2017 after viewing material about self-harm, suicide and depression, on social media sites https://t.co/poFoiSRpks 
• King Charles III set to change law to stop non-working royals from acting as official stand-in https://t.co/fSbMBpLgoV
• Now is not the time to impose a tax on people visiting Wales as the cost of living increases, businesses have warned. A public consultation will consider if overnight visitors should pay a levy on top of their holiday costs https://t.co/lF5MkqrOIV
• Police said "proactive patrols" continued in East Leicester overnight following disorder at the weekend. Tensions involving mainly young men from sections of the Muslim and Hindu communities saw unrest on Saturday night https://t.co/VUWGlxm69a
  
• Almost no trains are running out of Paddington railway station for a second day due to damaged power lines. The wires were broken on Monday but despite engineers working overnight, only one shuttle service to Ealing Broadway is running every 30 minutes https://t.co/K9t2P45gE2
• Strong justice system safest guarantee to boost democratic values: Dhankhar #India https://t.co/jKJSvJpu9K
• Crown Solicitor Brian Dickey on the guilt he feels being a part of system that has landed against Māori #NewZealand https://t.co/5wlVC2cEFv
• #Azerbaijan slams Pelosi's 'unfair' comments as blow to peace efforts with Armenia https://t.co/A32evMYzfr
  
• Judgment of larger bench will prevail over smaller bench regardless of number of majority judges on larger bench: Supreme Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/K7Yyc1ry1N
• The new reforms turning the tide for child abuse survivors #Australia https://t.co/4jErAFQngx

20th September - Law News

Edition 3920: 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: Senior leaders have called for calm after days of violent anti-government protests in Haiti. Protesters are demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Ariel Henry, after an end to government fuel subsidies caused petrol and diesel prices to skyrocket. Justice Minister Berto Dorcé vowed to identify and punish those behind attacks on property. UN Secretary General António Guterres said he is "deeply concerned" about the unrest.

Focus of the Day Article: In recent years, digital assets including cryptocurrencies and non-fungible tokens (NFTs) have commanded considerable media attention.  Speaking extra-judicially in the foreward to the UKJT Statement on Crypto-assets and Smart Contracts in November 2019, the Master of the Rolls, Sir Geoffrey Vos, has stated that: “In legal terms, cryptoassets and smart contracts undoubtedly represent the future”.  To what extent should the law of the future grant property rights in respect of crypto assets? Will the inalienable right to peaceful enjoyment of possessions apply to tokens existing only on the blockchain? Or to NFTs residing only in the ‘metaverse’?  Full story - UK Human Rights Blog

 

Saturday Conversations on Law

• TLT sets science-based 2040 net-zero target - Legal Cheek https://t.co/Uc2UxdBnxC
• Existence of infrastructure does not confer automatic right on lawyers to argue over virtual hearing: MP HC tells Supreme Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/eYXOU1N8Nz
• 8 Cheetahs from Namibia arrive in Gwalior on Prime Minister Modi's birthday, two years after Supreme Court order | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/YrbmdDuB6
• Is now the time to dual-qualify? - Legal Cheek https://t.co/dfALBjGWoF
• ‘Australia/China collaboration can help address climate change,’ says BigLaw firm - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/4EKQUNdwp
• Leicester disorder: Police injured tackling 'significant aggression' - The unrest came amid tensions involving mainly young men from sections of the Muslim and Hindu communities https://t.co/NPtvZc3RMu
• As the nation mourns the Queen, we are grieving the preventable death of Chris Kaba https://t.co/22UdWHsjd
• Garden Court barrister threatened with arrest if he wrote ‘not my King’ on blank sheet of paper - Legal Cheek https://t.co/5kc3RqyEl
• Andhra Pradesh government moves Supreme Court against High Court order to build Amaravati as capital | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/o79WDj5C30
• Conduct surprise inspections, take steps to close law colleges functioning without infra: Delhi High Court directs Bar Council of India | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/Ywv6jhpKDC 
• Top literary references and Latin phrases law students need to know - Legal Cheek https://t.co/qSM8wDomaR
• Managing media in high-profile cases - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/KGcK2ZMwRx 
• AI creativity machine to have its day in Supreme Court - Legal Cheek https://t.co/lkUsvC42on 
• Life after law: How this former lawyer rediscovered her vocational purpose - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/Aip4lFS7No
• Legal aid in India neglected, have compassion and devote some time to it: CJI Lalit tells law students | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/Ce6flH3vFH
  
• Fifteen people have been arrested in east Leicester during an operation to "deter further disorder" over communal unrest in the city during the weekend. It comes after a further protest took place on Sunday, following large-scale disorder on Saturday https://t.co/RX4HLhgpuM
• The doors of Westminster Abbey have opened ahead of the state funeral of Britain's longest-reigning monarch, Queen Elizabeth II. The king to lead a sombre procession behind his mother's coffin on the short journey from Westminster Hall to the Abbey late https://t.co/cG8btZvtBd
  
• Still holding up a decade later? An insight into the effectiveness of the Etridge Protocol - Legal Cheek https://t.co/uhAR45MWnY
  
• Offence of private gain at the cost of public funds: Enforcement Directorate opposes Sanjay Raut bail plea | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/KFOd3XFSKP
• Gowling WLG eyes Leeds launch - Legal Cheek https://t.co/Iy6uGDmxnH
• Most governmental roles at the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) have now been allocated, with barrister and former Northern Ireland Secretary Brandon Lewis replacing Dominic Raab as Justice Secretary | NLJ https://t.co/zxp6nULjoE

19th September - Law News

Edition 3919: 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 Commons Speaker is understood to have refused a request to allow a Chinese delegation to attend the Queen's lying in state. The move is in retaliation for China's sanctions against British parliamentarians who have accused China of mistreating Uighur Muslims.  The row means China may stay away from Monday's state funeral, which will be packed with the world's leaders. Their attendance is a measure of how the late Queen's influence extended far beyond the Commonwealth and her dwindling number of realms. 

Focus of the Day Article: After days of lying-in-state, the body of the late Queen Elizabeth II will begin its final journey on Monday morning as part of a grand state funeral - first to Westminster Abbey, for a religious service in front of a congregation of thousands, and then on to Windsor Castle for a more intimate committal service and, finally, a private burial. Full story - The BBC

 

Saturday Conversations on Law

• The Boutique Lawyer Show: Building a business in a burgeoning regional hub - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/XmKOAfWyCx
  
• A day in the life of a crypto lawyer - Legal Cheek https://t.co/AazaFN1KUX
• General counsels must be able to demonstrate and drive value to their business - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/0WpwjuAAH
• The Weekly Round-up: Bill of Rights halted, Rwanda defence revealed, and inter-charity disputes - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/tI8zS2Yq0
• Deterred from justice: The criminal bar’s darkest hour - Legal Cheek https://t.co/PiUE37qa6g
  
• DLA Piper, Skadden, Kirkland advise on GIC and Oak Street’s $14bn STORE Capital purchase - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/aSl14vAoHr
• The implications of quantum computing and the law - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/vbRZN79XjI 
• Top City firms must do more to avoid climate 'catastrophe' - Legal Cheek https://t.co/xZOlGpWweZ
• ‘Everyone’s been excluded, whether it was not being picked for the football team... or not being in a meeting at work' - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/XUqGlXvBV3
  
• Ukraine war-grave sites prompt calls for tribunal over #Russian killings https://t.co/zD2sIbkc9n 
• Courts and tribunals will close during HM The Queen’s State Funeral on 19 September, which has been declared a national bank holiday | NLJ https://t.co/chAo94Fb
• Not days, but years gone by: Supreme Court will not register 13,147 diary items with uncured defects since 2014 | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/f9CZPKB23t
• Keystone Law's H1 profits dip despite 9% revenue rise as Covid restrictions and associated cost savings end - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/GtXlRx0jKd
• Diversity and wellbeing — a Magic Circle firm’s perspective - Legal Cheek https://t.co/m8HfDEGfM
• Lawyers urged to warn clients when deals could undermine climate change targets - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/B9bGoPhPh1
• People who wish to view Queen Elizabeth II's lying-in-state have been told it is too late to set off now to see it https://t.co/pPGacs4GDu
• The Criminal Law Solicitors Association (CLSA) has published an open letter to the new Justice Secretary, Brandon Lewis, pleading for action on the crisis facing duty solicitors | NLJ https://t.co/Yo4G9kbkK9 
• Property Rights, Crypto Tokens and Digital Assets: 8 Predictions - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/U187YcQicO
  
• Jacob Rees-Mogg’s imperial measurements consultation ‘biased’ after no option given to say no - ‘It’s a nonsense’: government facing claims of manipulating questions to get desired result from survey on ‘Brexit bonus’ https://t.co/w3hnkXJnSQ
• Mathias Pogba has been charged and detained over an alleged plot to extort money from his brother Paul, the #France and Juventus midfielder https://t.co/bS3Iv3aKdu 
• A 28-year-old man has been charged with a public order offence after allegedly leaving the queue of mourners to approach the Queen's coffin on Friday https://t.co/ugY3QV8vaV
  
• A 24-year-old man has been charged in connection with the stabbing of two police officers in central London on Friday https://t.co/YzGwKYEjjG
• Police call for calm amid Leicester disorder & community protest: "We are aware of a video circulating showing a man pulling down a flag outside a religious building on Melton Road Leicester https://t.co/uykcsfdfcT 
• Barrister who raped woman he met on Tinder jailed for four years - Legal Cheek https://t.co/0Mu0ZxPiUN 
• Lawyers should have to warn clients about environmental damage, say campaigners | Law Gazette https://t.co/KtnrSTyXQC
  
• Ebay removes listings for Queen’s lying in state wristbands selling for up to £70k https://t.co/32vPogrie
• Applications now open for Legal Cheek's October UK Virtual Law Fair 2022 - Legal Cheek https://t.co/vhQ0B5m6sf 
• Telford taxi driver who murdered family in fire refused parole again - Azhar Ali Mehmood, then 26, killed 16-year-old Lucy Lowe, the mother of his child, as well as her 17-year-old sister and mother Eileen Linda Lowe, 49 https://t.co/Ov8WZyM4OP
• Plan to tackle Garda corruption published | Irish Legal News https://t.co/OZv046EJAh

18th September - Law News

Edition 3918: 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: US House Speaker Speaker Nancy Pelosi has arrived in Armenia, where a ceasefire has held after an outburst of fighting with neighbouring Azerbaijan that killed hundreds of troops from both sides.

Saturday Conversations on Law

• SRA rebuffs request to reopen board meetings to public and press | Law Gazette https://t.co/ZtC26oH0ti
  
• Lawyers should have "ethical obligation" to advise on climate risks - Legal Futures https://t.co/WuCwUK9dNY
• Matheson named Ireland’s tax firm of the year | Irish Legal News https://t.co/Bw0w3nWwF3
• Martin Browne appointed partner and head of HF Ireland | Irish Legal News https://t.co/m0pFDiFN2s
  
• Which philosophical beliefs are worthy of protection from discrimination? | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/QZTY5CNbSo 
• A manifesto for a 21st century law firm client relationship - Legal Futures https://t.co/GtCJZaqXEY
• Crowds gathered outside the headquarters of the Metropolitan Police earlier, in a rally against racism and police brutality. It followed the killing of a 24-year-old unarmed black man, Chris Kaba, by a Met officer on 5 September https://t.co/H6d1dUnrof
  
• Duty solicitor scheme 'close to collapse', lord chancellor told | Law Gazette https://t.co/NQ5pbhSgE
• #Saudi Arabia among three countries responsible for 88 per cent of executions | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/vUoP7oOuk
• An estimated 1,820 people died in the UK after being given contaminated blood transfusions between 1970 and 1991, a report has found. The authors calculated that 26,800 people - possibly more - were probably infected with hepatitis C https://t.co/pqzNSX43z0
• Barrister jailed for four years for rape | Law Gazette https://t.co/Xi5FP2JUx
• SRA rejects legal press request to reopen board meetings to scrutiny - Legal Futures https://t.co/InbOpB4Q7
• Prisoners who have spent 10+ years in jail, have long pending appeals, should be released on bail: Supreme Court to High Courts | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/utrytHOHx
• Idea of monarchy as symbol of duty or sacrifice ‘a lie’, says Labour’s Clive Lewis https://t.co/fiA9jCUzz
• A suspected gang of thieves who allegedly stole items worth €300,000 (£260,000) from first-class passengers on French trains has been captured https://t.co/eWzgNoHG2Y
  
• Asthmatic solicitor unfairly treated by Starling bank, tribunal rules | Law Gazette https://t.co/7sRSCMuKC
• Barrister jailed for four years after rape conviction - Legal Futures https://t.co/hV4GCxTr0W
• The police watchdog will examine whether race was a factor in the fatal shooting of a black man by an officer. Chris Kaba, who was unarmed, was shot on 5 September after a pursuit that ended in south London. His family has accused the Met Police of racism https://t.co/eAXn6o8BH4
  
• Everything from the gratuitous wall-to-wall media coverage to the arrest of anti-monarchy protestors and the state-sanctioned cancel culture of those who dissent has laid bare the fact that this transition is as much about coercion as consent https://t.co/MobX7txoz0
• Simpson Millar apologises to clients after weeks of conveyancing chaos | Law Gazette https://t.co/m1NW49VieT 
• Are #Australia’s whistleblowing laws fit for purpose? A former tax officer’s hearing may tell us https://t.co/nV5gqgAsx1
• KCs pay tribute to Queen's 'steadfast and true public service' | Law Gazette https://t.co/71hjpRtFCI
• Solicitor struck off for parental consent affidavit deception - Legal Futures https://t.co/no4PkGtUtx
• Man detained after ‘disturbance’ at Queen’s lying in state in Westminster https://t.co/UivWZcUm75
• Solicitor struck off after ‘moment of madness’ verifying forged signature | Law Gazette https://t.co/anT845ERL
• Lakhimpur, #India family shattered by rape and murder of Dalit sisters https://t.co/4T1jdNXZlh 
• Work piling up for in-house lawyers | Law Gazette https://t.co/7pWYfzO3Qf