30th January - Law News

Edition 4050: 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: Family court reporting pilot scheme to begin in England and Wales. Journalists will be able to report on proceedings provided they protect anonymity of families involved. Full story - Guardian Law 

 

Today's Highlighted Video Story: The Memphis Police Department has disbanded the so-called Scorpion special unit, whose officers are accused of murdering Tyre Nichols. Scorpion stands for "Street Crimes Operation to Restore Peace in Our Neighborhoods". The unit is a 50-person team tasked with bringing down crime levels in particular areas.

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Representative bodies for solicitors in Scotland have agreed to an £11 million package that increases fees for legal aid lawyers in Scotland and supports the country’s court recovery programme | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/FfU1AVZ4o4 
• Lauren McGhie joins Lindsays’ private client team | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/ByLG0R6KQU
• Mason Hayes & Curran announces two senior appointments | Irish Legal News https://t.co/CyErWD5xQR
  
• Sunak was warned of Zahawi reputational risk in October, say sources - PM allegedly given advice about inquiry into minister’s taxes when he appointed him Tory party chair https://t.co/fKYIpVY6rh 
• Appointments and promotions at Fieldfisher | Irish Legal News https://t.co/XGKeBdj9lz
  
• Jim Cormack KC appointed head of risk advisory services group at Pinsent Masons | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/cSnMNwVYGz
  
• An "urgent review" of all transgender cases in Scottish prisons is to be carried out, the Scottish government has announced. The movement of all trans inmates with a history of violence against women will be paused until the review ends https://t.co/ez8jm7PylL
• ‘We’re tired of being beaten’: protesters across US call for justice for Tyre Nichols #US https://t.co/fVa33x2Aoh
• Zarvin Vandrewala joins Aberdein Considine | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/M9ZZZbD0Pq 
• Trustpilot reviews of law firm defamatory, judge rules | Law Gazette https://t.co/hj7V82sILa 
• Revealed: child migrants racially abused and threatened with violence at Home Office hotel https://t.co/R5gFnMB35t
• Collective government failures regarding building regulations "over many years" were partly to blame for the Grenfell Tower fire, Housing Secretary Michael Gove has said https://t.co/uRdgtveTbf
• Good enough for jazz: how well does the government need to understand its Paris Agreement obligations? A case of emissions and omissions - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/gC5A5yEBI0
  
• Plexus Law expands Edinburgh office with appointment of Bobby Murray | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/SFzp6xyzvH
• A man was stabbed during a fight in department store Harrods, police have said. The Met were called at 19:33 GMT on Saturday to the store in Brompton Road, Knightsbridge, and found a 29-year-old man with stab or slash wounds https://t.co/INzb8yJAf4
  
• Nadhim Zahawi has been sacked from government after an inquiry by Rishi Sunak's ethics adviser criticised how he handled his tax affairs. The prime minister said an inquiry showed there had been "serious breach of the ministerial code" https://t.co/JxagZFhVHI
• Five new directors at DWF Belfast in 10-strong appointments round | Irish Legal News https://t.co/6TneHZ5xgH
• McCartan Turkington Breen hires employment lawyer Cormac Rice | Irish Legal News https://t.co/I3Xh17o97c
  
• Our Legal Heritage: The judges who defied the Nazis | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/3HxJVCg5Ra
  
• The Scottish government has been urged to block the transfer of a violent transgender prisoner from a men's prison to a women's jail. It is understood that Tiffany Scott, who was previously known as a man called Andrew Burns, has applied for the move https://t.co/VcidMwTrh6
  
• Mason Hayes & Curran announces two senior appointments | Irish Legal News https://t.co/CyErWD5xQR
• The Memphis Police Department has disbanded the so-called Scorpion special unit, whose officers are accused of murdering Tyre Nichols #US https://t.co/gpAFT4BcV4
  
• Child abuse inquiry costs taxpayer £65m | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/58B0lMMrIE
• #Israel moves to ‘strengthen’ illegally occupied Jewish settlements after shootings https://t.co/vYEIA6AKYm
• Devolving justice to Wales: MoJ acts on just five Thomas recommendations | Law Gazette https://t.co/HTzRnzFcCH
• Nadine Dorries has been accused by Parliament's anti-corruption watchdog of breaking the ministerial code by not consulting it before taking a TV job https://t.co/tj9F0ytyte
• Matthew Howse: How restrictive covenants can protect Northern Ireland businesses in the war for talent | Irish Legal News https://t.co/IeCqODEhIy

29th January - Law News

Edition 4049: 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: British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has fired Conservative Party Chair Nadhim Zahawi after an independent investigation into his tax affairs found a serious breach of the ministerial code. “Following the completion of the Independent Adviser’s investigation – the findings of which he has shared with us both – it is clear that there has been a serious breach of the Ministerial Code,” Sunak said in a letter to Zahawi on Sunday

Saturday Conversations on Law

• We can’t expect small-fry SRA to fight oligarchs and organised crime | Law Gazette https://t.co/TQtBhOfxkC
• The Ministry of Justice will not contest the decision to release a man who killed his wife and was subject to the UK's first public parole hearing. Russell Causley, 79, murdered Carole Packman in Bournemouth in 1985 https://t.co/Wruz8qsss6
• News focus: 'Wagner mercenary' row highlights role of lawyers in SLAPPs | Law Gazette https://t.co/0LfIejhIJW
• Rebuke for solicitor caught on camera making "lewd gesture" - Legal Futures https://t.co/YyhyqOLHaK
  
• Most law students still fixed on moving to London | Law Gazette https://t.co/beYr3oe6lX
• Lords can stop police getting pre-emptive protest ban rights, Green peer says - Labour must whip its benches to vote against controversial proposed powers, says Jenny Jones https://t.co/g5BbfYmDZa
• England and Wales still lowest-risk jurisdiction | Law Gazette https://t.co/Dl9YuKuCIZ
• BSB to commission independent review of enforcement processes - Legal Futures https://t.co/qonSoyzP7R
• Listed firm sells book of PI work for £1.3m | Law Gazette https://t.co/TTI0luCxCJ 
• Tory donors own UK properties via more than 150 offshore firms - People including property developers and peers who have collectively donated £21m named on new register https://t.co/7QPdfV0vWp
• TLT’s profits break £50m in record year | Law Gazette https://t.co/5GkU1jbqjp
• Family court reporting pilot scheme to begin in England and Wales - Journalists will be able to report on proceedings provided they protect anonymity of families involved https://t.co/YAFmax073K
  
• What the Tyre Nichols beating videos shows #US https://t.co/GuyWIvWH6w 
• Parliament ratchets up pressure on SRA and solicitors - Legal Futures https://t.co/sFqyboE9wp 
• Strasbourg chief defends Human Rights Act | Law Gazette https://t.co/L5Po4tln0Z 
• Gulf royals own more than £1bn of UK property via tax havens https://t.co/fDknT77t4I 
• Fears of escalating conflict as gunman injures two #Israelis in East Jerusalem - Shooting comes hours after seven people killed outside synagogue and two days after deadliest Israeli raid in West Bank for 20 years https://t.co/XWjwTcZSw
• A former classmate of rapist Isla Bryson has said she feels "violated" after learning of her crimes. Louise Turner, 24, was paired with Bryson on a beauty course in Ayrshire https://t.co/nfmtyKjqB8
• A serving member of the British Army, Daniel Abed Khalif, 21, was charged over two incidents including attempting to "elicit information of a kind likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism" in 2021 https://t.co/74kLLW1dGe
• Axiom to enter regulation after obtaining ABS licence - Legal Futures https://t.co/nXpmWnUiuq 
• 'Unionisation may be our only choice,' legal aid chief tells members | Law Gazette https://t.co/lwGkiQxGUP
  
• Six gang members have been jailed for trafficking a teenage drug runner. Rather than prosecute the boy, detectives pursued the adults controlling him https://t.co/ru1ovwj0Ql 
• More civil servants intended to lodge complaints against Dominic Raab over his behaviour but allegedly pulled out for fear of being identified. Senior lawyer Adam Tolley KC is investigating a number of complaints about the deputy PM's behaviour https://t.co/ycB3EpBS4n 
• Sarah Jackson: British windsurfer says south coast like 'surfing in sewage everyday' - Campaigners have blamed Southern Water, which is permitted to release untreated sewage during periods of heavy rain to stop drains backing up https://t.co/Lou9xK6srm 
• Eight Israelis killed leaving synagogue in East Jerusalem - Gunman waited until Shabbat prayers ended before opening fire on people in worst terrorist attack on Israelis in years https://t.co/5GJHmePRxs

28th January - Law News

Edition 4048: 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: Two Indian Air Force fighter jets - a Sukhoi Su-30 and a Mirage 2000 - crashed during a training exercise earlier today, officials said on Saturday, resulting in the death of one pilot. While one aircraft crashed in Morena in Madhya Pradesh, the other is believed to have gone down 100 km away in Rajasthan's Bharatpur

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Law has lagged behind trends towards casual dressing for too long https://t.co/lk4JGFXfOc
• First transparency order opens family case to reporters | Law Gazette https://t.co/tvAxYJwQcy 
• ‘More like Annabel’s’: London law firm seeks to redress dress code https://t.co/likNcXR2UW
• Law firm can get “need-to-know” designation for Mozambique disclosure - Legal Futures https://t.co/Ekm8ozBUhH
• Rebuke for 'lewd gesture' at 2017 Christmas party | Law Gazette https://t.co/5pYYGlaSwy
• Why Scotland’s gender reform bill is sparking concern over trans prisoner policies https://t.co/w3aToT4Y2K
• A judge in #Romania has described the "particular dangerousness" of Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan in terms of their ability to target women https://t.co/vTDHT3oKL2
• New 'failure to prevent' offence could hit lawyers | Law Gazette https://t.co/ElzRsKm0eY
• Labor flags law reforms to stop cases involving national security being cloaked in secrecy #Australia https://t.co/BLn6AM2NWb
• Judge warned over drinking during a hearing break | Law Gazette https://t.co/K3IHXniQ8t
• British man who posted far-right videos that influenced the gunman behind a xUS mass shooting has been given an 11-and-a-half-year sentence. Daniel Harris, 19, uploaded racist videos, Manchester Crown Court heard https://t.co/1tqfZN7McT 
• Scottish actor Alan Cumming has returned the OBE he was awarded in 2009 as part of the Queen's birthday honours list. The X-Men star said although he had been "grateful", his eyes were now "opened" over "the toxicity of empire" https://t.co/UAIEVAIgz8 
• A man has been "crushed by a telescopic urinal" while working in central London. A rescue operation is in place at the junction of Shaftesbury Avenue and Charing Cross Road https://t.co/E2owJNz3pR
  
• #Israel has carried out air strikes on Gaza in response to rocket fire as tensions soar in the wake of a deadly army raid in the occupied West Bank. Six rockets were fired, Israel claims, with Israel attacking what it asserts were militant sites https://t.co/EJxz7sFWy
• Survivors and world leaders are marking Holocaust Memorial Day with remembrance services and events. It honours the Jewish people murdered, alongside the millions of other people killed under Nazi persecution of other groups https://t.co/oozvtbC66L 
• ‘House of brands’ group becomes largest legal B Corp - Legal Futures https://t.co/vCxdzvbMwV 
• Will this Ohio judge’s retirement spell the end of fair elections in the state? #US https://t.co/T2j63Gt1ox J
• Firms sign up to divorce support scheme for staff | Law Gazette https://t.co/nM1YKdPRYA
  
• LSB considers ban on NDAs unless employee asks for one - Legal Futures https://t.co/M53jDyQyMP 
• Tyre Nichols: Biden urges calm ahead of police beating video release #US https://t.co/HX8o8gwnFQ
• NHS hospital trust fined £800,000 after admitting failings in the care of a baby who died after 23 minutes. Nottingham University Hospitals pleaded guilty over the care of Wynter Andrews, who died after being born in 2019 at the Queen's Medical Centre https://t.co/trz4XrLVBN 
• Vulnerable woman lay dead in Surrey flat for more than three years https://t.co/FRvQ6KQ4q
• Panel to steer opening up of justice data | Law Gazette https://t.co/2VBoAGTGgm
• Law firm sues Trustpilot for defamation over 20 negative reviews - Legal Futures https://t.co/Hmn1DdApvf 
• Nadhim Zahawi faces questions over source of £30m unsecured loans to wife’s property company https://t.co/H0BJQ4hSoO
• Raise SRA’s fining power to £250 million, say peers | Law Gazette https://t.co/6Cdses9pyh
• Windrush inquiry head disappointed as Braverman drops ‘crucial’ measures https://t.co/bm3TptLkoT
  
• Rapist who threatened to kill victim’s date has sentence reviewed https://t.co/pzs3zYUQO3
  
• What may Zahawi’s lawyers have got wrong? - Legal Futures https://t.co/2ukgeGjE8r 
• Nearly 400,000 self-employed people on low incomes are being penalised for filing their tax returns late when most of them don't owe any tax. Penalties can build up until people owe thousands of pounds, according to Tax Policy Associates https://t.co/ax3PFkICIh
  
• Tyre Nichols murder: Five black Memphis police officers charged over death #US https://t.co/Gd0YeOnAEu