Thursday

19th January - Law News

Edition 4041: 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 Law News/Article: A police station representative who answered more than a dozen calls from a prisoner’s unauthorised mobile phone has been barred from the profession. Suzanne Hughes, an employee of Birmingham firm Harringtons Legal LLP, had attended a client’s police station in June 2019 after his arrest. The client, who had requested that the firm represent him, was then remanded in prison until October 2019. Full story - The Law Society Gazette
 
Today's Highlighted Video Story: Australia's RACGP is calling for tighter regulations on vaping and has offered ‘cautious support’ for establishing product registration, in line with other medicines.

Saturday Conversations on Law
  • CILEX strengthens position with Institute of Paralegals acquisition - Legal Futures https://t.co/qlGSuxZAiv
  • Watchdog finds probation failings over Killamarsh killer Damien Bendall https://t.co/1rlOsNA7Bl
  • Get ready for a roller coaster ride in 2023 | Law Gazette https://t.co/HjfAXOASC
  • Barrister who practised while suspended is disbarred - Legal Futures https://t.co/iMV4ibeWpY
  • Misogyny hidden in plain uniformed sight – but Braverman pulls her punches over the Met https://t.co/eERGRnH2NE
  • PI firm bucking market gloom with plans to double in size | Law Gazette https://t.co/FbSPqjJaBu 
  • Ban for police station representative who illicitly contacted jailed client - Legal Futures https://t.co/pw8qIjS5x
  • 15-year-old boy has been found guilty of murdering a man stabbed to death outside an Asda supermarket. Ian Kirwan, 53, was attacked at the store in Redditch, Worcestershire, on 8 March after challenging teenagers for messing about in the customer toilets https://t.co/RCuslTwvia
  • Wales' men's and women's senior players will be paid the same for representing their country for the first time. The Football Association of Wales [FAW] have agreed a deal that will see equal pay come into effect immediately https://t.co/0nqYspq0qC
  • MPs sound warning as number of remand prisoners hits 50-year high - Justice system in England and Wales failing rising number of inmates locked up without conviction, says committee https://t.co/oOc81lA2Bu
  • Don’t meddle with law officers, thinktank warns government | Law Gazette https://t.co/N86t8R04L0
  • 15-year-old boy has been found guilty of murdering a man stabbed to death outside an Asda supermarket. Ian Kirwan, 53, was attacked at the store in Redditch, Worcestershire, on 8 March after challenging teenagers for messing about in the customer toilets https://t.co/RCuslTx37I
  • An investigator has revealed she quit her job at the police watchdog over the handling of a complaint about the stop and search of two black athletes. Bianca Williams and Ricardo Dos Santos were stopped by met police in July 2020 https://t.co/oJFtj2dn
  • How to remain competitive with a digital operational strategy - Legal Futures https://t.co/PIDmwADWnm 
  • Wales' men's and women's senior players will be paid the same for representing their country for the first time. The Football Association of Wales [FAW] have agreed a deal that will see equal pay come into effect immediately https://t.co/0nqYsppsB4
  • #Australian justice appointed to Hong Kong court argues foreign judges shouldn’t ‘vacate the field’ https://t.co/FtCLUjhDcO
  • Ascot lawyer appears before SDT on multiple charges | Law Gazette https://t.co/9PBXY5PjER 
  • ‘Nothing can take its place’: dismayed Dartmoor wild campers share memories https://t.co/y9UZEIeGt
  • MPs told of court chaos because of duty solicitor crisis | Law Gazette https://t.co/Unb572PO4K 
  • Spurs fan charged with assaulting Arsenal goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale after Sunday's match away to Tottenham. He faces charges of assault by beating, going onto an area adjacent to a playing area and throwing a missile onto a football playing area https://t.co/IKxF4Mwgmx 
  • #Iceland captain Sara Bjork Gunnarsdottir says winning a claim against former side Lyon for failing to pay her full salary during pregnancy is a "wake-up call" for clubs https://t.co/pmx1fQH8eZ
  • Church of England bishops refuse to back gay marriage https://t.co/1z92N8abRn
  • #Iran protests: 15 minutes to defend yourself against the death penalty https://t.co/hIT0S4tPKz 
  • Failure to comply with Legal Services Act “did not invalidate indictment” - Legal Futures https://t.co/K13PytELA4
  • England: Listed legal businesses see share prices tumble | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/HhQruYmB4F
  • A new EU border control IT system which sparked fears of summer holiday queues at Dover has been delayed again. The Entry/Exit System was due to be introduced in late May, having already been pushed back from last year https://t.co/TyRpMH4HCj 
  • Organisers may not have employed enough security guards on the night of the fatal crush at the O2 Brixton Academy in December, a document seen suggests https://t.co/1nkbTN7L8U 
  • Scotland Gender Recognition Bill: What are the sticking points? https://t.co/hmgU5g3CSP 
  • Shortfall of 330,000 workers in UK due to Brexit, say thinktanks - ‘Nothing can take its place’: dismayed Dartmoor wild campers share memories https://t.co/y9UZEIeGti 
  • Quoting only hourly rate unfair, EU court rules | Law Gazette https://t.co/87TUA3irmX 
  • ‘Startling’ gender pay gap of up to 61 per cent at top Irish law firms | Irish Legal News https://t.co/6z9YWOGIo6
  • Profits rebound at Knights as listed firm unveils fresh acquisition | Law Gazette https://t.co/1dmOfnv76T 
  • New measures to silence climate activists? They’ll only spur us on https://t.co/e4uMHnlOGk 
  • Firms go under as PII premiums soar to 20% of turnover | Law Gazette https://t.co/reSSeSuKiu 
  • Economic, social and cultural rights must be enshrined in UK law https://t.co/QvGkhpRMVB

Wednesday

18th January - Law News

Edition 4040: 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 Law News/Article: A Dunbartonshire company director has been disqualified for eight years after his firm instigated 193 million automated calls and failed to pay a £500,000 fine. In 2018, Stephen Foote’s firm, CRDNN Limited, contravened regulation 19 and 24 of the privacy and electronic communications regulations 2003 (PECR) in that CRDNN made an approximate 193 million unauthorised automated calls, of which 52,994,243 connected. Full story - Scottish Legal News
 
Today's Highlighted Video Story: Social media bosses who repeatedly fail to protect children from online harms will face jail, after the Government was forced to head off a potential rebellion by Tory backbenchers. Under the changes to the Online Safety Bill, executives whose platforms fail to block content involving abuse, suicide and self harm could get two years in prison - a concession that prevents a potentially embarrassing Commons defeat for Rishi Sunak

Saturday Conversations on Law
  • The impact of EU law on lawyers' fees | Law Gazette https://t.co/G4JmsaKM3R 23 
  • Richard Hartley obituary - Skilful and persuasive barrister who won over the jury for Bruce Grobbelaar and other high-profile clients https://t.co/olsylX1ma2 
  • My legal life: Michael Kerrigan, Debenhams Ottaway - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/TX93o7xn8O
  • SRA sanctioned for wrongly publishing trainee’s ban - Legal Futures https://t.co/0QUA5mcPRY
  • The Met could have stopped police rapist David Carrick – how can it have failed yet again? https://t.co/EtPFZ1OcOz
  • Solicitors face trial as duty of care summary judgment set aside | Law Gazette https://t.co/yuvTTAwqHB 
  • MP who received donation from landowner refuses to criticise Dartmoor camping decision - Totnes MP Anthony Mangnall was given £5,000 https://t.co/P7kyoy1NCh
  • Climate campaigner Greta Thunberg has been detained by police at a protest outside a western #German village. She had been protesting with activists seeking to stop the abandoned village of Lützerath from being demolished for the expansion of a coal mine https://t.co/2ibdbCNMg1
  • A trial into a tweet by Elon Musk alleging that he would take Tesla private in a $72bn (£58.7bn) buyout is set to begin on Tuesday. Mr Musk is being sued by Tesla shareholders, who say that he manipulated the share price of the company #US https://t.co/lNSV12H3MI 
  • Former MHC head joins Rethink Ireland board | Irish Legal News https://t.co/6fYBIb9XfB 
  • BBC silence on Nadhim Zahawi tax probe 'deafening' - Revelations that the former Tory chancellor owes millions of pounds in tax look to have been filed in the "Michelle Mone drawer" https://t.co/YzDx5uxk5p
  • Firm that released £1.28m for failed off-plan did not breach contract | Law Gazette https://t.co/SPimrUX6gz 
  • How to remain competitive with a digital operational strategy - Legal Futures https://t.co/PIDmwADWnm
  • A new law to ban all forms of conversion therapy in England and Wales will include transgender people, the government says https://t.co/xq4FYp3ayJ 
  • Child Law Project urges action on lack of specialised services and residential placements for vulnerable children | Irish Legal News https://t.co/sW3NgUr5Qi 
  • Lawyer in the news: Josie Hicklin, Greater Manchester Law Centre - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/FBhXS3GMnX 
  • Warning after Amazon customer sent dog food instead of iPhone - The online retail giant initially refused to refund the sum because Mr Burton had signed for the delivery https://t.co/NcF7g1pUBg
  • DWF announces 15 promotions in Scotland | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/YLSPto1w6o
  • US firms in London shun low-margin work to outperform Brits | Law Gazette https://t.co/2n26GcbKJ2 
  • Scotland gender bill: What next for Sunak and Sturgeon? https://t.co/rY6RzBm15s 
  • Killamarsh murders: Probation failings over killer Damien Bendall https://t.co/i9FAWYotpi
  • Tech bosses could face jail time for failing to protect children online, after the government conceded to a backbench rebellion. Nearly 50 Tory MPs wanted to amend the Online Safety Bill https://t.co/vBjEVr71kI
  • A39 Somerset: Double-decker bus crash sparks major incident https://t.co/j7gKKb1kSu 
  • Knights moves into Bristol with acquisition number 19 - Legal Futures https://t.co/fUV5vZ95Q4 
  • Strasbourg lawyer Michael Clements returns to KRW LAW | Irish Legal News https://t.co/3TS1fVl5FY 
  • Big majority of Conservative voters support legal aid - poll | Law Gazette https://t.co/IVMDBqrAVy
  • Robbie O’Driscoll takes reins of A&L Goodbody in London | Irish Legal News https://t.co/xIzQdFeW5K
  • Open justice: ‘Wide-ranging’ initiatives this year | Law Gazette https://t.co/ulpB4KmtJG 
  • Bank's solicitor "may have owed duty of care" to third party - Legal Futures https://t.co/Sx2RvfpCoo
  • David McNaughtan KC returns to Compass Chambers | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/5lLtOhtqMW
  • CILEX strengthens 'championing body' role by acquiring paralegal institute | Law Gazette https://t.co/Nf8YFxdUZy
  • TikTok fined €5m over EU cookie rule violations | Irish Legal News https://t.co/N0xUDtjo3v
  • Ex-solicitor to pay £15,000 SRA costs 12 years after strike-off | Law Gazette https://t.co/N3NBUoeV0o 
  • Judges allow partial appeal against Rwanda asylum seeker ruling https://t.co/Xs5D6xRF66
  • Rishi Sunak blocks Scotland’s gender recognition legislation https://t.co/t2yGmIw468

Tuesday

17th January - Law News

Edition 4039: 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 Law News/Article: Nurses to strike again as ministers prepare to introduce ‘spiteful’ bill. Industrial action also set to escalate in other sectors while government gears up anti-strike legislation. Full story - Guardian Law
 
Today's Highlighted Video Story: The military government in Burkina Faso has said it is searching for around 50 women who have been abducted by suspected Islamist militants in the north of the country. It is the first time the government has acknowledged the kidnappings. The women were seized on Thursday and Friday while they were gathering leaves and fruit because of a severe food shortage.

Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Legal TV shows influence career choices, says firm research - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/asgI08aYBh
  • Revealed: The law firms with the fanciest offices 2023 - Legal Cheek https://t.co/lwgxR9Uph6
  • Data-driven decisions for law firms - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/RrGBIlpeHb
  • Best of the blogs - 14 January 2023 | Law Gazette https://t.co/9vObPxa5r
  • ‘Collecting salary while sitting on your ass’ text shows how far we still have to go - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/yV25TTEMBg
  • Three-judge bench of Calcutta High Court to hear contempt case initiated by Justice Rajasekhar Mantha against protesting advocates | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/p7GlV1aczn
  • Young lawtech entrepreneur offers $1 million to lawyer who uses his AI chatbot in US Supreme Court - Legal Cheek https://t.co/nIF5QCW5p
  • Migrants facing potential removal to Rwanda under the Home Office's relocation scheme have won permission to challenge the policy. Last month the High Court ruled that the scheme was lawful https://t.co/5wertUXe5K
  • CCTV footage shows screaming people fleeing after a drive-by shooting outside a London church left a girl, seven, seriously injured https://t.co/Hm8mOIIy06
  • Solicitor serving 12 years in prison struck off | Law Gazette https://t.co/rnc4TSqQsK
  • A group of transgender people have lost their legal case against NHS England over waiting times to get seen by a gender specialist https://t.co/iVxLTMdU5V 
  • Over half of law firm workers say legal TV shows influenced their career choice - Legal Cheek https://t.co/NwDJ0uAyWd
  • #Romanian police are expanding their investigation into former kickboxing champion Andrew Tate, seizing a fleet of luxury cars from his Bucharest compound over the weekend, and raiding seven more properties https://t.co/mX3qP1itS7
  • Law students are the biggest boozers, new research suggests - Legal Cheek https://t.co/AhcPcPzeEb
  • #Italy's most-wanted mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro arrested in Sicily https://t.co/RPYwmex7eD
  • Nearly two-thirds of lawyers have experienced burnout, research shows - Legal Cheek https://t.co/LFd07COrf9 
  • Euston shooting: Attempted murder arrest after shooting left girl, 7, seriously injured https://t.co/dDME4fwuQb
  • TikToker goes viral with explanation as to why law school is nothing like Legally Blonde - Legal Cheek https://t.co/Yf6fV7mAja
  • New plans to widen police powers for disruptive protests https://t.co/40NjhPhpO7
  • Met Police officer David Carrick admits to being serial rapist https://t.co/GmHKNIcPTr
  • Against judicial discipline: Supreme Court slams Rajasthan HC for comments on merits of death row case remanded to it | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/cYY261Uqj0
  • Bar Council explores adding contextual recruitment tools to Pupillage Gateway - Legal Cheek https://t.co/8dBHcHQOi
  • Goddess Kaali poster: Filmmaker Leena Manimekalai moves Supreme Court to quash FIRs against her | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/6xsVwuouv
  • Kirkland & Ellis London partner drops £31 million on Malibu mansion - Legal Cheek https://t.co/b3NGYudfPP 
  • Court rejects costs budgeting plea on child's clin neg claim | Law Gazette https://t.co/V5IzahgzGR
  • Skadden raises NQ lawyer pay to £165k - Legal Cheek https://t.co/0y7cITLd2v
  • The role of industry in legal education - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/h1wO1KbBsT
  • 'Our criminal justice system is quite literally being held together by duct tape - action is needed now' - Legal Cheek https://t.co/LwHEVL5OM7
  • The ‘resistance’ to innovation within the profession - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/cRmYjKpNSA