14th December - Law News

Edition 4005: 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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Focus of the Day Article: The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has announced plans to improve the number of senior ethnic minority staff, although its ethnicity pay gap is “heading in the right direction”. Full story - Legal Futures 

 

Today's Highlighted Video Story: The women on a 'war footing' as the cost of living crisis deepens - 'People are rationing, it's ridiculous' says Louise a co-founder of a community project in Shiremoor, North Tyneside.

Saturday Conversations on Law

• "Solicitors to blame" for time-barred dismissal claim against law firm - Legal Futures https://t.co/RrZm0yJ6mC 
• Caldwell & Robinson Solicitors to expand Belfast footprint | Irish Legal News https://t.co/XJ8t7rOiK
• Legal right to wild camp on Dartmoor never existed, court hears - Lawyers for landowner Alexander Darwall argue camping is not explicitly mentioned in laws https://t.co/R1Z3KpBi4H
• An interesting case on lawyers’ rights has just been decided by the Grand Chamber of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU). | Law Gazette https://t.co/2Lnt81DlxL
  
• The Scottish Legal Complaints Commission (SLCC) has announced that Anne Gibson will join board on 1 January 2023. The appointment is for five years | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/4Wkscs6rp
• Solicitor who dishonestly confirmed witnessing signature struck off - Legal Futures https://t.co/ylWSwUcVLN
• DLA Piper hires Gavin Woods as litigation and regulatory partner | Irish Legal News https://t.co/IMkgj1gyM8 
• Trans women can take seats on public boards set aside for women, Scottish judge rules - Sunak announces immigration reforms to end 'spurious' appeals | Law Gazette https://t.co/OUrCvs7nqv https://t.co/uCuEgrXu2B
• Lawyer by day and writer by night – literally – Niamh Hargan juggles a demanding job in media law while penning novels in her spare time | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/UnymVVN13z 
• Traveller Equality and Justice Project recognised at UCC teaching awards | Irish Legal News https://t.co/ed2grfsee4
• Lockerbie: Evidential farce continues as US and Crown accounts contradict one another | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/qfIjF4NEIf
• The claimant personal injury sector does not receive much by way of good news these days, so the past few months will have come as a pleasant surprise for many PI lawyers | Opinion | Law Gazette https://t.co/PD4C3DRmjC
• Burges Salmon advises on restoration and EV charging deals | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/F2FpoYPjtb 
• Tory MP declared bankrupt over £1.7m debt - but vows to stay until election https://t.co/ICb9cfPMft
• Arthur Cox and McCann FitzGerald recognised by FLAC | Irish Legal News https://t.co/8KwfHKAgO0 
• Report urges “impact targets” for judicial diversity initiatives - Legal Futures https://t.co/84S9ZoyTz
• Judge rejects plea to postpone judgment publication | Law Gazette https://t.co/XIxA7gpD2Q
  
• Weekly prison visits reinstated for first time since pandemic | Irish Legal News https://t.co/okypkO7jKZ
• Appointments at Just Employment Law | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/SNpyium7yH
• My legal life: Joanna Abrahams, Valemus Law - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/wBqA8wCNZN
  
• Fine for solicitor who failed to register clients' interests - Legal Futures https://t.co/iY1aeY1A7v 
• Staff grievances surge at Ministry of Justice | Law Gazette https://t.co/NmanTOCQdq 
• Further restrictions to be introduced on planning judicial reviews | Irish Legal News https://t.co/zlMqMcMkD6
• A #US lawsuit alleging that Taylor Swift stole lyrics for her hit song Shake It Off has been dismissed by a judge. Songwriters Sean Hall and Nate Butler had claimed the pop star lifted lyrics in her song's chorus from their own hit Playas Gon' Play https://t.co/zUvqiSVrw1
• Rishi Sunak has promised more staff to help clear the UK's backlog of asylum seekers by end of next year. Under a plan unveiled by the prime minister, a dedicated unit of 400 specialists will be set up to handle claims from Albanians https://t.co/bsE7FlWOt7
• Belsner won’t end claims deduction disputes, costs lawyers predict | Law Gazette https://t.co/1j4Z1V5Ph
• Lawyer in the news: Philip Barden, Devonshires Solicitors - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/n8YCu5I65F
• Six people, including two police officers, have been fatally shot after a suspected ambush at a remote #Australian property in Wieambilla - 270km (168 miles) west of Brisbane, Queensland - when they were fired upon https://t.co/400pNrvso0
• Some 417,000 working days were lost because of labour disputes in October 2022 - the highest since November 2011. The UK has been hit by widespread industrial action this year as workers walkout over pay and conditions https://t.co/L9yJnexVhR
• The boss of the UK's biggest rail union has insisted support for strikes amongst its members is not dropping, he did not comment on the debilitating effect of strikes on the ordinary commuting workers and self-employed dependent on trains https://t.co/26Ref3soZz
  
• SDT clears ex-Law Society president Greene after private prosecution - Legal Futures https://t.co/oOpfUOkIOP 
• GCs 'not reaping benefits of legal market liberalisation' | Law Gazette https://t.co/xP9gFlmst9 
• SRA bids to increase number of senior ethnic minority staff - Legal Futures https://t.co/caDjlpdCxE
• Black prisoners and white guards ‘should cook together to break down barriers’ https://t.co/8rlaySjf3M 
• #Russia's arms dealer Viktor Bout - nicknamed the "merchant of death" - has joined the pro-Kremlin ultranationalist LDPR party, following his release in a high-profile US prisoner swap https://t.co/4IpsNs7ymC
• Former Law Society president David Greene has today been cleared of wrongdoing by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal | Law Gazette https://t.co/4f1ODsicNQ
• Solicitors deem ‘marketing’ to be somewhat of a dirty word - Legal Futures https://t.co/9PRFhYbIaI
• Jersey explosion: Seven victims named by police https://t.co/J9y1vRKBlU 
• Court of Session confirms position on legal privilege and third party complaints | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/2S0WHyFQOc 
• About 51,000 people who came to the UK under the Homes For Ukraine scheme have now reached the end of their six-month sponsorship period https://t.co/MSU4nQkN9j
• A man who strangled his girlfriend and cut her throat 14 times before dumping her body has been convicted of murder. Ross McCullam, a lab technician, attacked Megan Newborough, 23, at his home in Coalville, Leicestershire, on 6 August 2021 https://t.co/RArAChVdCg

13th December - Law News

Edition 4004: 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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Focus of the Day Article: TUC seeks changes to draft law to help seafarers after P&O Ferries scandal. Sacking of nearly 800 crew in favour of low-paid agency workers in March led to calls for loopholes to be closed in seafarers’ wages bill. Full story - Guardian Law 

 

Today's Highlighted Video Story:  The offer by the Royal College of Nurses - to suspend strikes if the Government meets with them to negotiate over pay -  looks set to go unheeded. Because, Ministers have insisted that - while their door is open to sit down with the Union - it is not the Government's role to negotiate pay,   adding that those decisions rest with the NHS.

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Pink ribbon and heavy wheelie bags: Barrister reflects on how his job has changed over the years - Legal Cheek https://t.co/3ZPzk8D6DK
  
• Supporting the next generation of women in finance - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/guSd1xdSP5
• Complaints against barristers jump more than 50% - Legal Cheek https://t.co/O7wfPI60J2 
• Looming #Australian legislation for crypto, open banking and payments - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/1ztBYwTSIg 
• What is the Court of Protection? - Legal Cheek https://t.co/b1WgjHG6SS
  
• King & Spalding adds 24 new partners in corporate and disputes focused promotions round - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/BjAGMCijoO
• 'I was diagnosed with autism during my training contract' - Legal Cheek https://t.co/fwIEyJYwLe 
• Further disruption to be experienced by rail-users as members of the UK's largest rail union have rejected a pay offer from Network Rail, dashing hopes of minimising strike action https://t.co/bvdCWtFA76
  
• JK Rowling has launched a new women-only support service for victims of sexual violence. The author says Beira's Place will provide free support and advocacy for women in Edinburgh who have experienced abuse at any time in their lives https://t.co/VN2zf6mZ5A
  
• MSPs say more funding must be found for justice sector | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/qiAP4bNvbM
  
• Law firms dominate latest social mobility rankings - Legal Cheek https://t.co/dfot7umbUn
  
• Arrests over alleged corruption at the European Parliament are "very, very worrisome", the EU's foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has said. Among the arrested was European Parliament Vice President Eva Kaili - believed to be one of those charged https://t.co/kYilQfuOoQ
  
• How lawyers should view interest rates heading into 2023 - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/kTd4blVQm7 
• Travers bumps office attendance to 60% in agile working shake-up - Legal Cheek https://t.co/0uw1IrzXct 
• Supreme Court upholds Northern Ireland ban on protests outside abortion clinics | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/LZqu4Ui1zb 
• The UK government should consider withdrawing controversial legislation aimed at addressing the legacy of the Troubles, the Council of Europe’s human rights commissioner has said | Irish Legal News https://t.co/BIZhDRFxzw 
• #Iran says it has carried out a second execution linked to the anti-government protests engulfing the country. Majidreza Rahnavard was hanged "in public" early on Thursday in the city of Mashhad, the judiciary announced https://t.co/Z0raoYOrLB 
• Linklaters becomes second Magic Circle player to embrace solicitor apprenticeships in London - Legal Cheek https://t.co/gyQvAXQAGX 
• Michael Collins SC called as Bencher of Middle Temple | Irish Legal News https://t.co/IopLakAiWJ 
• [POCSO] Families should be encouraged to report child sexual abuse even if perpetrator is family member: CJI DY Chandrachud | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/ToRuIrLxmM 
• TUC seeks changes to draft law to help seafarers after P&O Ferries scandal https://t.co/zAcryfUymr 
• Rank your law school modules - Legal Cheek https://t.co/U0V0vqnSo8
  
• McDermott bolsters Paris private equity offering with Dentons team hire - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/neeeoJt0TS
  
• Civil society calls on Rishi Sunak to commit to keeping Human Rights Act https://t.co/aonNtDcoFN
  
• Big UK firms ramp up billable targets as ‘profit leakage’ increases - Legal Cheek https://t.co/p3HaeVvKZP 
• A ‘new era’ of legal professional responsibility - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/dUtouP63uS 
• Trinity event to discuss censorship, media and conflict | Irish Legal News https://t.co/9YLhIFyJ1W
  
• AI chatbot successfully answers Watson Glaser test - Legal Cheek https://t.co/bPHNB1nhXN 
• TUC seeks changes to draft law to help seafarers after P&O Ferries scandal https://t.co/zAcryfCWXR 
• Legal Lightbulbs: Being an outsider in law and later finding your calling - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/ZysUfPPi6R
• Neo-Nazi #Russian militia appeals for intelligence on Nato member states - Move by Task Force Rusich raises fears of rogue paramilitary attacks on Baltic nations of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia https://t.co/CFRaZ3wK6O

12th December - Law News

Edition 4003: 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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Focus of the Day Article: The UK’s Engagement With International Human Rights Monitoring Mechanisms. Full story - UK Human Rights blog 

 

Today's Highlighted Video Story:  A Libyan man accused of making the bomb which destroyed Pan Am flight 103 over the Scottish town of Lockerbie in 1998 is in United States custody. The US announced charges against Abu Agila Masud two years ago, alleging that he played a key role in the bombing on 21 December, 1988. The blast on board the Boeing 747 left 270 people dead. It is the deadliest terrorist attack to have taken place on British soil. All 259 passengers and crew on board the jumbo jet bound to New York from London died while another 11 people were killed on the ground in Lockerbie when wreckage destroyed their homes.

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Central government notifies appointment of Justice Dipankar Datta as Supreme Court judge | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/B84dk7o6wX
  
• The number of barristers reported to the Bar Standards Board (BSB) increased 17% from 1,885 to 2,199 last year (2021-2022), according to the BSB annual report | NLJ https://t.co/gdRduj39zZ
• Regulator reveals law schools which offer best chance of passing bar course - Legal Cheek https://t.co/LwnEQzQCrq
• Search under way after people pulled from icy lake near Birmingham https://t.co/laTIOOkmTf 
• A Libyan man accused of making the bomb which destroyed Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie 34 years ago is in United States custody, Scottish authorities have said. The #US announced charges against Abu Agila Masud two years ago https://t.co/sp6dfC6Y7n 
• The Data Protection Bill, 2022 fails Indians substantively and procedurally | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/oS4f7NNlEH 
• Postmasters' compensation swallowed up by official receiver, inquiry hears | Law Gazette https://t.co/Mvr4syjqwI 
• The Weekly Round-up: Legal but harmful content, ministerial breaches, and public record breaches - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/u4iLrAiTxj 
• Is consulting now ‘the 3rd career path for lawyers’? - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/D0RuO8SvN1 
• Law Pod UK latest episode: Do we need laws against SLAPPs? - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/88Kvurq5L5
• Big Five law societies fight SRA's SIF plan | Law Gazette https://t.co/V3XJmVwsAT
• Top City partner tells colleagues of 'eureka' climate change moment while sailing on Game of Thrones inspired sea - Legal Cheek https://t.co/ZGxCFneUx9
• Prof Brice Dickson: The UK's Engagement With International Human Rights Monitoring Mechanisms - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/z31xZnJ1k6
• Pinsents offers 'QWE secondments' as part of new training deal with LexisNexis - Legal Cheek https://t.co/Bnfs1BSPC
• SRA reveals £20 charge for non-practising solicitors to stay on roll | Law Gazette https://t.co/CYbyGZi5Pu
  
• A search for people missing after an explosion at a block of flats in #Jersey that left three dead has found no signs of life. Chief Minister Kristina Moore told the BBC "we have now moved into a recovery operation" https://t.co/90mVea7dC
• The Legal Cheek December Virtual Pupillage Fair is nearly here - Legal Cheek https://t.co/UKZDPWc4kd 
• From 1 December, employment judges and judges of the Employment Appeal Tribunal are to be addressed as Judge, not Sir/Madam | NLJ https://t.co/uXIJhETNIs 
• Barrister disbarred for lying about Sandhurst commission | Law Gazette https://t.co/LiEqh7Ja82 
• At least three people have died after an explosion at a block of flats in #Jersey. About a dozen people are missing after the collapse of the building in St Helier. https://t.co/AUoTGwRhgn
  
• Cornwall consultation reveals duty solicitor crisis | Law Gazette https://t.co/3gPLU0mdQ2
  
• Offering £900 legal fees for Post Office victims is laughable | Law Gazette https://t.co/51mcD7PRV7

11th December - Law News

Edition 4002: 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:  Norris Pritam, veteran sports journalist, in response to the question of whether or not these appointments will help clean up the system, said that although they are great sportspersons, the athletes appointed to the Indian Olympic Association posts this time around may not have the administrative skills required for the jobs.

Saturday Conversations on Law

• The self-proclaimed kingdom that doesn't recognise #Germany https://t.co/xHj7IlgKOR
• A disproportionate amount of medical expert witnesses are men, General Medical Council (GMC) data has shown | NLJ https://t.co/Wsuf6DUVv1
• Metamorph group law firm owes £2.3m, liquidators reveal - Legal Futures https://t.co/ASdAwMED6E
• Mastercard has lost its latest appeal against the Competition Appeals Tribunal (CAT) decision to certify an ‘opt-out’ class action| NLJ https://t.co/pg5XUqHSRH
• #Bangladesh accused of violent crackdown on free speech - Bangladeshi journalist Shafiqul Islam Kajol, known as Kajol, says he was held in an underground cell for 53 days, where he alleges he was tortured https://t.co/hQeUuFQ8pN
• Bar asks government to review LSB in 'over-reach' row | Law Gazette https://t.co/7dtMaZFA9E 
• The former king of Spain has won his sovereign immunity appeal in respect of allegations of pre-abdication misconduct | NLJ https://t.co/lMU9RUC681
• £600k awareness campaign for Mastercard class action goes live - Legal Futures https://t.co/ZeqlKsMG41
• Nine out of ten chambers responding have adopted at least one recommendation from the Bar Council’s ‘Race at the Bar’ report last year, according to an interim progress survey | NLJ https://t.co/gsR0M2UpK
• Mother in Law: 100 wellbeing tips | Law Gazette https://t.co/d3eYByfgI3
• Mixing up the words ‘begin’ and ‘commence’ is ‘imprecise’ and cannot be condoned, yet such ‘loose language’ is not enough to create separate time limits for work on the proposed Swansea Bay tidal energy lagoon, the Court of Appeal has held | NLJ https://t.co/Sg9trmiMzR
• Security for costs and ATE insurance - threats and co-operation - Legal Futures https://t.co/Ug6RX8MR4
• Criminal law solicitors could follow the Bar’s example and down tools following justice secretary Dominic Raab’s final response to the Independent Review of Criminal Legal Aid | NLJ https://t.co/IQrHwxFPDe
• Disgraced crypto boss Sam Bankman-Fried says he hopes to start a new business to make enough money to pay back victims of the FTX collapse. The 30-year-old faces several federal investigations into his former company's handling of funds https://t.co/oea9PN6FjL 
• Ngozi Fulani's charity Sistah Space stops work over safety https://t.co/TddTzEv2Pk
• “Deconstructed SQE” could be end-point test for three professions - Legal Futures https://t.co/CmZI8y1C9T
• Post Office scandal inquiry told about City law firm's bias danger - Legal Futures https://t.co/AAyPI9MIdl 
• Six police constables have lost their jobs for being part of a WhatsApp group sharing "grossly offensive" messages. More than 6,000 messages were viewed by the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC), including racist and homophobic comments https://t.co/DQBJC4KEGH 
• Gallery: Law Society marks women solicitors centenary | Law Gazette https://t.co/7m3N5aPykL