Monday

20th February - Law News

Edition 4073: 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: Employed barristers have higher levels of wellbeing, are more diverse and enjoy greater flexibility and work/life balance than the self-employed Bar, the Bar Council has found. Full story New Law Journal
 
Today's Highlighted Video Story: Police searching for missing Nicola Bulley have found a body in the river. The mother-of two disappeared during a riverside dog walk in St Michael's on Wyre in Lancashire three weeks ago, sparking a major search operation. Lancashire Police said they "sadly recovered a body" after they were called to the River Wyre near Rawcliffe Road at 11:35 GMT on Sunday. A statement said formal identification had not yet been carried out "so we are unable to say" if it was Ms Bulley.
The death was currently being treated as "unexplained", it added.
 

Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Tribunal slashes 'excessive' and 'disproportionate' SRA costs | Law Gazette https://t.co/BX3BTrycOW
  • Six charged over deaths of 18 Afghans who suffocated in truck in #Bulgaria https://t.co/AKj8dkuKv7
  • Allahabad High Court denies anticipatory bail to Jitendra Tyagi in rape case | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/qVupbsY3C7
  • A farmer has died and his son has been seriously injured following a farm accident. Iwan Evans died from his injuries while his son, Dafydd, was seriously injured at Cleiriau Isaf Farm, in Aberhosan https://t.co/Y6hrjJhaoD
  • 'Community courts' on Labour's justice agenda | Law Gazette https://t.co/4lx3ddh3Md
  • Legal Cheek Awards: Ex-Supreme Lord Sumption, Attorney General Victoria Prentis MP and Man City super silk Lord Pannick join The Apprentice’s Marnie Swindells in star-studded judging line-up - Legal Cheek https://t.co/clBX3Lvgu
  • Consent – a missed opportunity for an important discussion | Law Gazette https://t.co/C2XhAcsrYh
  • Lone children as young as 14 detained at Manston asylum seeker centre. FoI request reveals data for six-month period in 2022, with some children held unlawfully for over 24 hours https://t.co/iOpsWP3uoa
  • Body found in search for missing woman Nicola Bulley, say police. The mortgage adviser, 45, went missing while walking her pet after dropping off daughters at school https://t.co/0CBP1JkULn
  • Recent High Court guidance on Fundamental Dishonesty | BARRISTER MAGAZINE https://t.co/FWLd177ysY
  • Herbert Smith Freehills records 93% trainee retention score - Legal Cheek https://t.co/7ujoOM0b6t 
  • Madras High Court directs State to notify inauguration of Intellectual Property Division of High Court in a week | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/zBwh7FBDB9 
  • Solicitor struck off for 'flagrant breach of trust' with elderly client | Law Gazette https://t.co/hvgeSQeSrm
  • Florida couple unable to get abortion will see baby die after delivery - Doctors’ interpretation of state law prevents procedure, family tells Washington Post, despite baby’s fatal illness #US https://t.co/0wW6MUHrNq
  • Newly qualified London lawyer goes public with working hours as she warns of burnout risks - Legal Cheek https://t.co/B1MEr1mBgV
  • Keeping court bundles safe from the dark web | BARRISTER MAGAZINE https://t.co/af31Ur1Xad
  • New images of Mackenzie Crook's missing sister-in-law Laurel Aldridge https://t.co/goAa4Bays1 
  • Mentors and mentees wanted: Judicial Reverse Mentoring Scheme | Law Gazette https://t.co/ceRPCbj8Iq
  • NI Protocol: Boris Johnson warns Rishi Sunak not to drop power to override Brexit deal https://t.co/WTN87oErvM 
  • BFM journalist Rachid M'Barki suspended in scandal linked to disinformation firm #France https://t.co/etjbkY33Wm 
  • Clifford Chance comes top in Stonewall LGBTQ+ rankings - Legal Cheek https://t.co/Shee13NSBY
  • Open justice, Northern Ireland Protocol and protest rights: The Weekly Round Up - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/3jPc47YXNt
  • Asylum hotel disorder: Demonstrations held in Liverpool https://t.co/5Ge42wSz4U 
  • Partygate inquiry homes in on Abba evening at Boris Johnson’s flat - Witnesses tell of lockdown gathering with alcohol, food and loud music at private apartment above 11 Downing Street https://t.co/JIyMZsYdvQ 
  • Coach passengers returning to the UK are facing queues of more than six hours at border checkpoints in Calais. Ferry operator P&O has advised passengers to use the toilet before arriving and to come prepared with refreshments https://t.co/9lzhQIIRQ7
  • Francis Taylor Building barrister hits back at Jeremy Clarkson after TV star told him to ‘learn to spell’ during tense council meeting - Legal Cheek https://t.co/Gw23ANojEj

Sunday

19th February - Law News

Edition 4072: 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 search is underway to find a successor for Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon. She announced her resignation on Wednesday after more than eight years on the job. The Scottish National Party is meeting to discuss the rules for a leadership contest to replace her. So, where does her resignation leave Scotland's separatist movement? 
 

Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Journalist who exposed plot to kill Alexei Navalny claims family banned from Baftas n https://t.co/R8e16Qxus
  • Divorce work in 2023 - from fluctuating assets to open justice - Legal Futures https://t.co/DFGa8DECW7
  • Northern Ireland firm Turley Legal expands into real estate | Irish Legal News https://t.co/85KC0njsFa
  • How MI5 caught UK embassy spy David Smith selling secrets to Russia https://t.co/Qhajrkmdh2 
  • Environmental organisations, community groups, land owners and farmers will be eligible to apply for a share of £1.8 million funding to help grow their nature projects | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/okJDxgfl2x
  • #US ranking on abuse of power index hurt by inequality and violence - Country came near median of 163 countries on Index of Impunity, higher than Hungary and Singapore https://t.co/72s4qCyvh1
  • Lord Duthie installed as chair of Scottish Land Court | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/UEl3enyDwn
  • Judge inappropriately interrupted cross-examination, CA rules - Legal Futures https://t.co/UmV10p7JtQ
  • Sunak facing threat of Tory rebellion over Northern Ireland protocol plans https://t.co/rHN6vlt7RR
  • Independent TV network #Iran International is suspending its operations in the UK because of threats against its London-based journalists https://t.co/aAWY5tu6lT
  • Brian McConnachie KC found guilty of professional misconduct over WhatsApp messages | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/nRLPrOE1Ha 
  • Controversial influencer Andrew Tate has threatened legal action against at least one of the women making rape and human trafficking claims against him https://t.co/lPUS9eTjaE
  • Police release of Nicola Bulley’s personal details ‘as sexist as it comes’ https://t.co/DZWlzYLJkh 
  • Huge scope for smaller law firms to improve ESG - Legal Futures https://t.co/myRjbUx0dZ
  • A Bulgarian journalist claims he has been "banned" from attending Sunday's Bafta Film Awards ceremony in London because he is a "security risk". Christo Grozev features in a Bafta-nominated film about the poisoning of Kremlin-critic Alexei Navalny https://t.co/ozHWW70R0N 
  • Rules for disclosing in-camera evidence creating barrier to judicial conduct complaints | Irish Legal News https://t.co/duJ4lhzULR
  • Labour explores plan to make clean air a human right with new legislation. Shadow justice secretary Steve Reed will criticise ministers’ attempts to repeal Human Rights Act https://t.co/OWY5r7prGC
  • #Spain approves self-declaration gender recognition law | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/ASC3HVXBf
  • Mississippi mass shooting: Man kills ex-wife and five others #US https://t.co/XRShL2HkJH
  • Footballer Christian Atsu has been found dead under the rubble of his home almost two weeks after the #Turkey earthquake, his agent has confirmed. The Ghana international, 31, had spells with Premier League sides https://t.co/JtbfqVZy6m
  • High Court rejects "pugnacious" ex-solicitor's strike-off appeal - Legal Futures https://t.co/UhD325qDow
  • Ian Baum had good reason to bring his HIV case against Gareth Thomas - The former rugby player’s ex-partner was not just ‘unlucky’ to become HIV-positive, says solicitor Matthew Jury https://t.co/WQ5STuJfKK
  • PSNI stop and search ‘disproportionately targeting’ minority communities | Irish Legal News https://t.co/ZqxWTPXfd
  • ‘I had to get out of there’: an #Australian survivor of homosexuality ‘cures’ tells her story https://t.co/I2DiJSURIE
  • Katie Price has published a letter from the Met Police telling her officers are facing misconduct proceedings over alleged involvement in a WhatsApp group that targeted her disabled son Harvey https://t.co/02FUjoHeC3
  • Paralegal awarded £30k over pregnancy discrimination and low pay - Legal Futures https://t.co/fo06vPtGAL 
  • Asylum seekers ‘living in fear’ as more UK anti-migrant protests planned by fascists - Tensions mount at Dunstable meeting as Hope Not Hate flags five far-right affiliated demonstrations planned this weekend https://t.co/2JQwfFD4cj
  • Asylum plan for another Pontins site scrapped - Local authorities in East Sussex said the Home Office was not taking forward the idea of converting the resort in Camber Sands into asylum accommodation https://t.co/qGesmcvS0O
  • Body of missing Nathan Cole found in north London canal, say police https://t.co/3v2uGoDVhr

Saturday

18th February - Law News

Edition 4071: 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 covert team of Israeli contractors who claim to have manipulated more than 30 elections around the world using hacking, sabotage and automated disinformation on social media have been exposed in a new Guardian investigation

Saturday Conversations on Law
  • US litigation funding capital commitments jump by 16% to $3.2bn - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/Ph06402MOE
  • Top government lawyers get 16% rise amid staff exodus fears | Law Gazette https://t.co/EQBFHBdjFS 
  • BSB leaves door open to reaccreditation of barristers - Legal Futures https://t.co/FJjU5Actfb
  • Mentors and mentees wanted: Judicial Reverse Mentoring Scheme | Law Gazette https://t.co/ceRPCbjGxY
  • Joint enterprise prosecutions to be monitored for racial bias - CPS agrees, following legal challenge, to record age and race data after studies show young men and black boys suffer most https://t.co/NNQlpYAubb
  • Allen & Overy integrates ChatGPT-style chatbot to boost legal work - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/pbTDwDAIRM
  • #India claim to have uncovered irregularities in the BBC's accounting books after searches at the broadcaster's offices. A recent BBC documentary unravelled PM Modi's role during Gujrat riots https://t.co/ZHLVGgDlE
  • Thousands of part-time judges could lose billions in pension benefits | Law Gazette https://t.co/xzel1E2a2
  • Ask me anything - Allen & Overy adopts ChatGPT-style legal AI tool - Legal Futures https://t.co/CbDPwQkB6
  • A spy at Berlin's British embassy, who sold secrets to Russia has been jailed for 13 years and two months. David Smith, 58, tried to damage Britain's interests by passing on details of the embassy and its staff  https://t.co/aOMkqXFN3t
  • Drake and 21 Savage have settled a lawsuit after using a fake Vogue cover to promote their 2022 album, Her Loss #US https://t.co/OsUTLOJSG
  • Five former Memphis police officers charged with murder over the death of Tyre Nichols have pleaded not guilty. Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Desmond Mills Jr, Emmitt Martin III and Justin Smith were involved in the arrest of Mr Nichols #US https://t.co/dL0rl7qhb2
  • Report sheds light on the law firms getting the most patent work in the US - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/nLA9bI1iRo
  • The death toll from the Turkey-Syria earthquakes is nearing 44,000: Alarm over ‘nobody’s children’ https://t.co/WOzKTMuPBK
  • Solicitors in UK warned not to act as ‘hired guns’ to silence critics of super-rich https://t.co/zQomMQBi9H
  • EPO extends deadlines for proceedings following earthquakes in Turkey and Syria - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/xYNFSFxmLf
  • Sewage leaks are causing hospitals a host of problems as the backlog in repairs and maintenance grows. Hospitals in England reported patients slipping on sewage, staff becoming ill, and leaks in A&E departments, cancer wards and maternity units https://t.co/Pe4B6tRFgx
  • Big Four increasing share of legal market | Law Gazette https://t.co/PytaLwpeXt
  • New funder for public interest cases which “clarify the law” - Legal Futures https://t.co/i8uVEKSlW3
  • A man has admitted attacking Arsenal goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale following the north London derby at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium last month: Joseph Watts, 35, from Dalston, Hackney, appeared at Uxbridge Magistrates' Court https://t.co/VYtYFtOywq 
  • Juries deserve the truth on climate protests https://t.co/EeHHQwTrae
  • 'The plagues will fall on you': Solicitor who sent 'inappropriate' emails struck off | Law Gazette https://t.co/ZQHX6raIuK 
  • Lucy Letby: Murder-accused nurse breaks down at trial https://t.co/O5UKliEHjI
  • Almost half of US lawyers see no rate increases in 2022, Wolters Kluwer report shows - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/agve68SOh
  • Charter aims to “shift the dial” on female barristers’ earnings - Legal Futures https://t.co/mIcL1VXFko 
  • The home secretary has raised concerns with Lancashire Police after they revealed personal information about missing mother Nicola Bulley https://t.co/0AMGJT9P8b 
  • Rishi Sunak visits Northern Ireland with protocol deal imminent https://t.co/rbp75Jzoi4