27th September - Law News

Edition 3927: 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:  Iran's President has warned protesters they will be dealt with 'decisively' following a week of anti-government demonstrations across the country. 35 activists urging gender equality have been killed by the security apparatus of the government 

Focus of the Day Article: Victims’ commissioner quits, launching scathing attack on government. In letter to justice secretary, Dame Vera Baird says ‘criminal justice system is in chaos’ and victims’ interests not a priority. Full story - Guardian Law

 

Saturday Conversations on Law

• The peer who organised the Queen's funeral has been banned from driving for six months, despite claiming he needed his licence to arrange the King's upcoming coronation https://t.co/J1n8sjlX9t
• Different cultures, different projects: Life on international secondment with a Magic Circle law firm - Legal Cheek https://t.co/K5MYiUxVAO
• Addleshaws selects new City HQ - Legal Cheek https://t.co/eNAStJfbwS
• Two teenage boys have appeared in court charged with the murder of Khayri Mclean, who was stabbed outside his school in Huddersfield. Khayri, 15, was attacked near the entrance to North Huddersfield Trust School https://t.co/5BognnAR2u 
• Supreme Court to be included in National Judicial Data Grid, e-courts app; all judgments to be freely available | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/0iv3twUAir
• US trio boost junior City lawyer pay - Legal Cheek https://t.co/VczDOzdfQa 
• A former looked-after child can bring a human rights claim against council authorities for failing to remove him from the care of his mother soon enough, the Court of Appeal has agreed | NLJ https://t.co/mUFudTzPKE
  
• Hate speech on TV channels not dealt with firmly: Supreme Court https://t.co/CZFcPuleyJ 
• Life as an international lawyer in Hong Kong - Legal Cheek https://t.co/HhG7HBKbbH 
• Squire Patton Boggs adds private equity team from Lamy Lexel in Paris - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/1DuePWhges
  
• Sidley keeps 10 out of 12 London NQs - Legal Cheek https://t.co/z4q4zlESVQ
• Glasgow leapfrogs Oxford in latest law school rankings - Legal Cheek https://t.co/szlG9dPUvc 
• Tughans welcomes six new trainee solicitors | Irish Legal News https://t.co/N83eFKyF4n
  
• Eyewitness accounts take precedence where expert testimony is unable to ‘unlock’ a case, the Court of Appeal has held | NLJ https://t.co/uTGlSfIE2g
• MKB Law welcomes three new trainee solicitors | Irish Legal News https://t.co/65xnOD3g7b
• Allowing Hijab may help expose other students to diversity, be culturally sensitive: Supreme Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/R0ZN6xoetY
• J.D. Scanlon & Co welcomes new solicitor Hilary Cahalan | Irish Legal News https://t.co/zqLj6IDJ0j 
• Police have dropped an investigation into an online threat to JK Rowling, over her support for Salman Rushdie after he was attacked on stage https://t.co/DWTFuxk130
• Calcutta High Court takes note of surge pricing, ride cancellations; refuses Uber's plea for stay on guidelines regulating cab aggregators | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/nNtlW3nhwg
• Dillon Eustace hires Conal Keane to lead Cayman Islands litigation and insolvency practice | Irish Legal News https://t.co/JnphUfmS29
• Former Supreme Court judge Justice KT Thomas nominated as trustee of PM Cares Fund | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/1AsjTDh3CB
• Celebrate 100 years of women at the bar at the UK Supreme Court | Irish Legal News https://t.co/1pZQ0dbiYu
  
• Celebrate 100 years of women at the bar at the UK Supreme Court | Irish Legal News https://t.co/1pZQ0dsUn4
• A British man released by #Russia has said he was "treated worse than a dog" and kept in solitary confinement for five months https://t.co/nWD4mGutw3
• Clare Daly: Independent complaints mechanism a welcome advance for online safety | Irish Legal News https://t.co/DkTDlUcII2
• Has general category pool shrunk due to EWS quota? Supreme Court asks [Day 5] | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/vrT9aYTXq
• Lord Advocate pledges robust prosecution for crimes of domestic abuse | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/cf2JdUKY1q
• The Weekly Round-up: Elizabeth II's state funeral, section 28 roll-out, and facial recognition technology - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/QKCq5c7ok
• Steven Walker KC admitted to Thailand Arbitration Center Panel of Arbitrators | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/jqOBtXzLV
• A judicial review challenge brought by the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) to refusals to extend the custody time limits of defendants in two separate cases has hit obstacles due to administrative delays | NLJ https://t.co/U0xVhfdh9Z
• Police have charged a further five men in relation to disorder in Leicester. They were all arrested in the days and weeks before 17 September, when major disorder broke out involving hundreds of people https://t.co/STQa9Q36F8

26th September - Law News

Edition 3926: 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: Elana Bolds, Tina Padilla and Claudia Bracho are leaders in the gang violence intervention field – from active shooter drills with children in Richmond to bringing in gang members to help with food distribution in Los Angeles. 

Focus of the Day Article: Lifelong support for Glasgow Rangers Football Club is not enough to pass the ‘philosophical belief’ test under the Equality Act 2010, an employment tribunal has ruled. Full story - New Law Journal

 

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Graduate programme grows at Thorntons | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/VkKefSPJgQ
• Drelon v France: Collection and retention of personal data concerning presumed sexual orientation was a violation of Article 8 - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/qscERL6Lh1 
• Gilson Gray acquires Wallace Financial Planning | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/R1U7DL5QOQ
  
• Addleshaw Goddard signs 15-year lease on new London headquarters - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/eAYRFFlGuo
• TLT achieves international standard for environmental management | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/hyLDqCKcBx
• ‘Tiny changes can have a massive butterfly effect’: Clifford Chance's UK inclusion head on her D&I story - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/3vxjeEow0P 
• Willkie hires crypto partner from Perkins Coie as it bolsters digital assets leadership - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/idb763iAsM
• Witnesses can give evidence by WhatsApp, Court of Appeal rules | Law Gazette https://t.co/EQWOfZDX6Z
  
• Demonstrations paused after 'constructive' meeting with Lewis | Law Gazette https://t.co/GwzEag8pEX
• NHS litigation: grounds for optimism | Law Gazette https://t.co/laaoBJhqnF
• Arbitration’s development must maintain parity with litigation, judge warns - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/0aaIFZZ58
• Hillsborough lawyer nominated for Liverpool's highest civic honour | Law Gazette https://t.co/YDzE5OmCX
• Number of law firms continues to sink despite ever-expanding profession - Legal Futures https://t.co/3sLz0zCKCp
• Ashfield hot tub row councillor Tom Hollis guilty of careless driving https://t.co/dNJzBo1oOk 
• Government in court for no sign language at Covid briefings https://t.co/fO3aVqMhm1
• The Civil Justice Council (CJC) has extended the closing date of its consultation on costs by an additional two weeks, to 12pm on 14 October 2022 | NLJ https://t.co/ES2UcBf6Gl 
• Claimant hit with indemnity costs over witness statement | Law Gazette https://t.co/phBlgRXCm1 
• “Exponential growth” for open-source contract platform - Legal Futures https://t.co/BqBH3AY5IH
• Addleshaws signs 15-year lease on new London office | Law Gazette https://t.co/uO20obT81K 
• Law Commission seeks ban on discrimination in appointing arbitrators - Legal Futures https://t.co/hG3jiVCCMS
• Linklaters rehires M&A partner from Latham & Watkins in Spain to boost corporate practice - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/wDFsGOLMFY 
• Digital law firm partners with start-up platform as part of expansion - Legal Futures https://t.co/X4iJCeocbb
• Greene tells tribunal: I did not lie to the court | Law Gazette https://t.co/JCVJhg19Nf
  
• Anexo drops interim dividend to invest in emissions cases instead - Legal Futures https://t.co/Fu7l2juTd1
  
• Many English maternity units not meeting safety standards https://t.co/zyu4HErDco
• The second reading of the government’s Bill of Rights Bill, which was due to take place on 12 September 2022, did not go ahead as scheduled, as parliamentary business was suspended for the period of national mourning | NLJ https://t.co/9xTl0zhS5
• Investment in paralegals pays dividends - Legal Futures https://t.co/2yAtL8OIfL
• Lifelong support for Glasgow Rangers Football Club is not enough to pass the ‘philosophical belief’ test under the Equality Act 2010, an employment tribunal has ruled | NLJ https://t.co/fjl9X0tKeG 
• Barrister "could and should" have stopped offensive tweets being sent - Legal Futures https://t.co/ihEESe3tBt 
• Emiliano Sala crash death: Pilot told friend doomed plane was 'dodgy' https://t.co/Y53SWnFFJJ 
• The family of Chris Kaba, an unarmed black man killed by the Metropolitan Police in south London, has been shown body-worn police camera footage of the moments leading up to his death https://t.co/QyfLCXoI4P
• ‘He’s done’: how Donald Trump’s legal woes have just gotten a lot worse - New York civil lawsuit accusing Trump family of ‘staggering’ fraud could derail presidential bid, experts say #US https://t.co/HOFepjP377 
• Majority of UK public agree with liberal views on race and sexual identity - Annual survey shows rapid shift in attitudes over recent decades https://t.co/7Z2JlxR8hk 
• Kwasi Kwarteng to shrink part-time work benefits to grow labour supply - New UK chancellor aims to reverse inactivity in labour market, especially among over-50s https://t.co/igRsgA0BJR
  
• #Iran sends police to end Mahsa Amini protests as reports say seven killed - Internet blackouts and Instagram blocks also reported amid anger after 22-year-old woman’s death in custody https://t.co/dtRvILGhCK

25th September - Law News

Edition 3925: 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 pilot of Emiliano Sala's plane told friends the aircraft was "dodgy" before the flight that killed the Argentine footballer. Pilot David Ibbotson is heard in audio saying "I'll be wearing my life jacket" on the journey from France to Wales. He also revealed the technical difficulties he had experienced with the 35-year-old Piper Malibu plane. The plane crashed into the English Channel in 2019, killing them both.

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Students and staff at a school in Huddersfield are "devastated" after a 15-year-old pupil was stabbed to death, its head teacher has said. The boy was attacked on Wednesday afternoon, near the entrance to North Huddersfield Trust School https://t.co/PVnKCBQpJt 
• The government has formally announced it is lifting the ban on fracking in a statement by Jacob Rees-Mogg. Hydraulic fracturing - fracking - is a technique for recovering gas and oil from shale rock https://t.co/jNdd5qxJuN 
• The Met is "failing" in several areas of its work, according to the police inspectorate, which has raised "serious concerns" over the force's performance https://t.co/SyxkUF5qhm
• Cambodia scams: Lured and trapped into slavery in South East Asia https://t.co/w2OSfhu8va 
• Claimant to pay indemnity costs after latest witness statement failure - Legal Futures https://t.co/M6L8KtQd3t
  
• Children as young as nine say they are ill from work recycling plastic in #Turkey https://t.co/KBsImWnpWt 
• PCs in WhatsApp group with Sarah Everard killer found guilty - Jonathon Cobban, 35, and former PC Joel Borders, 45, shared WhatsApp messages about women and disabled people with Wayne Couzens https://t.co/P5IgdrwHhk 
• Russia must face "just punishment" over its invasion of #Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelensky has told the UN General Assembly in New York https://t.co/wteV7zAppK
  
• Five British nationals held by Russian-backed forces in Ukraine have been freed. The news ended "months of uncertainty and suffering for them", UK Prime Minister Liz Truss said https://t.co/nj8I1xTjN9 
• A record reward of up to £200,000 has been offered in the search for the gunman who killed Olivia Pratt-Korbel https://t.co/TH35uqAbZP

24th September - Law News

Edition 3924: 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: Australia’s Federal Court has ruled in favour of an Indigenous group’s challenge against a drilling permit for Santos Ltd’s Barossa gas development, in what the Santos company called a “disappointing” setback for the $3.6bn project

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Man sentenced for harassing MP and her solicitor husband | Law Gazette https://t.co/zJDcXYPLVk
• #Iran sends police to end protests as rights groups say six killed https://t.co/ATuMM07oHp 
• Lawyer in the news: Penny Simpson, Freeths - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/mow6wTmel3 
• A 15-year-old boy is in a critical condition in hospital after an attack outside a Huddersfield school, police have said. Emergency services were called to Woodhouse Hill at 14:45 BST on Wednesday https://t.co/W3L9YqDGcz
• Greene misled court over communications, former client tells SDT | Law Gazette https://t.co/OyTMndL1zG
• Poor writing, not legal terms, is what makes contracts hard to understand | Legal Futures https://t.co/q07a557lB4
• Big Brother watch - time for intercept evidence to be admissible in court? | Law Gazette https://t.co/tkrSlxgJuF
• Donald Trump and three of his children have been hit by a fraud lawsuit after a New York investigation into their family business. It alleges that the Trump Organization committed "numerous" acts of fraud between 2011 and 2021 #US https://t.co/eO41tYMDtF
• Putting the ship of state on an even keel | Law Gazette https://t.co/h8DN6xN4N6 
• SDT slams Khan's "reprehensible" claim that jailing was good for profession - Legal Futures https://t.co/2ZXXSqSyJk
• Best of the blogs - 17 September 2022 | Law Gazette https://t.co/mVrqbTrbjK 
• Law firm unfairly dismissed conveyancer after inadequate investigation - Legal Futures https://t.co/Up9y6i9hSP

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