22nd February - Law News

Edition 4075: 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: Juries in England and Wales are more likely to convict than acquit a defendant of rape, and this has been the case for at least 15 years, according to a large-scale analysis of all jury verdicts by University College London. Full story Irish Legal News

 

Today's Highlighted Video Story: What is the impact of UK Supreme Court decisions? This video follows on from our 'Independence of the Supreme Court' video, explaining more about the kinds of cases that reach the UK Supreme Court, the journey of cases through the judicial system, and the impact that UK Supreme Court judgments have. It unpacks a key judgment handed down by the UK Supreme Court in 2018 as an example. This video is the third in our series about the role and workings of the Supreme Court. It is part of a wide range of learning resources designed to aid teaching in the classroom about the law, as well as to complement educational visits here. If you are a teacher or student interested in such a visit, please visit www.supremecourt.uk/education for more information.

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Death row convict who murdered mother with intention to eat her allowed by Bombay High Court to attend daughter’s wedding | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/J4mwz7PHlq
• Lawyers working from home doing longer hours, finds survey | Law Gazette https://t.co/onM9gCvYVZ
• Solicitor used disbursements cash to prop up ailing PI firm - Legal Futures https://t.co/CQo6G8r1qI
• ‘Misquoted and vilified’: Nicola Bulley’s family attack media as body identified - Statement read by police after ‘worst fears’ confirmed, critical of press and members of public who accused partner of wrongdoing https://t.co/jFg27vqenw
• Judge throws out former AA chief's 'conspiracy' claim against firm | Law Gazette https://t.co/ifKtCTlUjz
• #Kenya to investigate 'sex for work' exposed in tea documentary https://t.co/rTInDSy5g8 
• If my house purchase is not registered at the Land Registry, will it be a problem when selling? https://t.co/SLW5k5RSNz 
• Calling Putin to account for crime of aggression | Law Gazette https://t.co/h4ISM0ho4R 
• City firm's advice to AA boss was negligent but did not cause loss - Legal Futures https://t.co/ZVAipAP8n4 
• Godhra train burning case: Supreme Court seeks details about convicts before deciding bail pleas | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/vjz6XlHciD 
• My legal life: Sarah Russell, Fox Whitfield - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/rLpX6YZvLj 
• A group of Met Police officers were part of a WhatsApp group which shared sexist, racist and homophobic messages, a disciplinary hearing has heard. They are also accused making offensive remarks about Harvey Price, the son of celebrity Katie Price https://t.co/ePTuMIInIs 
• Solicitor who founded listed legal business quits as CEO - Legal Futures https://t.co/awQ77s9Aaq
• #SouthKorea court recognises same-sex couple rights for first time https://t.co/j3PeuVSjAr 
• Does paid-for Facebook and Instagram signal end of free-access orthodoxy? https://t.co/gARBepo9Ra
• Kettering Hospital ward accused of traumatising children may close https://t.co/LqULPIHDxM 
• International firm partner charged clients for London trip with daughter, tribunal hears | Law Gazette https://t.co/rrWBaAqP7v 
• Energy firms told to pay out over wrong meter fittings https://t.co/JGTtqRBk3g 
• SNP leadership contender Kate Forbes has denied her campaign has been derailed by comments on gay marriage. Key backers have announced they can no longer support the finance secretary, who said she would have voted against legislation on same-sex unions https://t.co/9qzVeRAgeM 
• Bar Council: Comparison websites "utterly inappropriate for barristers" - Legal Futures https://t.co/beh5I4OqSL 
• Vulnerable tenants being left at the mercy of callous landlords https://t.co/k7L2NPad9c
  
• Lawyer in the news: Daniel Martin, JMW - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/ir4KKd5NWz
  
• Why 2023 is a great time to start a law firm - Legal Futures https://t.co/1LF32r3Fr5 
• Alec Baldwin firearm enhancement in manslaughter charge downgraded #US https://t.co/i94Cqp1Hsg
• Insurers ask for Supreme Court to hear mixed injury cases | Law Gazette https://t.co/23pmmsgYm
• Top SNP leadership candidates split over transgender rights https://t.co/CSKK7OxKC0
  
• Recruitment drive for policing panellists on parole board | Law Gazette https://t.co/Db8qzC1Cdw 
• SNP leadership candidate Kate Forbes has said she would not have voted for the Scottish government's gender reform bill in its current form https://t.co/snAkpKI8tW

21st February - Law News

Edition 4074: 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: 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. Full story Guardian Law

 

Today's Highlighted Video Story: Shaina Feinberg feels horrible about how she looks. This anguish has consumed an incalculable amount of her life. She classifies her self-loathing as body dysmorphic disorder, a condition in which people fixate on perceived flaws in their appearance, causing significant emotional distress. It’s an odd admission, she confesses, because she’s a filmmaker who, for two decades, has been making films featuring herself. In the Opinion video above, Ms. Feinberg makes her condition public and examines it with remarkable honesty and a wry touch. “Having B.D.D. has really defined my time on this planet, but I don’t like talking about it,” she says in the film. “So when I do, I keep it light. I tell people, ‘Basically, I think I look like Robert De Niro.’” Ms. Feinberg, of course, is not alone. Some studies estimate that the disorder affects 2 to 3 percent of people in the United States. Among them is Ms. Feinberg’s friend Nafé, who is also featured in the film. It can be a complicated condition, and in the case of these two women, it involves cultural and ethnic identity, gender, family and the pressure of social expectations. “But just knowing Nafé and I share this condition,” Ms. Feinberg says, “gave me the confidence to make this film.”

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Graham Kent, who has died from motor neurone disease aged 71, was a senior civil servant specialising in the legal aspects of serious fraud https://t.co/MV4hegJu92 
• The Bafta Awards is under fire after all the winners at its film ceremony were white, not one of the nominated 40% ethnic minorities had been deemed worthy of winning a gong #EEBAFTAs https://t.co/bbi6XayClvstem to spot ChatGPT - Legal Cheek https://t.co/qwCgm4hZ7B
• Investment urgently needed to ensure future of criminal defence profession | BARRISTER MAGAZINE https://t.co/DzYVZ9VjgC 
• Four English councils bring half of legal actions for blue badge misuse - Two-thirds of local authorities did not prosecute anyone for disabled parking scheme fraud, data reveals https://t.co/k7xEqCQDru
  
• TLT posts 100% trainee retention score - Legal Cheek https://t.co/Mys1PuXBDo 
• Retained EU Law Bill will damage UK’s reputation, says Bar Council | BARRISTER MAGAZINE https://t.co/0oLGkJ3mVc
• Mishcon de Reya is hiring an 'engineer' to explore how its lawyers can use ChatGPT - Legal Cheek https://t.co/p2kuXMYd40
  
• Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has criticised changes to Roald Dahl books, after the removal of some references to things like characters' appearance and weight sparked a fierce debate https://t.co/xxPUzaQCQN 
• 9 heart-breaking moments as a law student: It’s not all chocolates and roses on Valentine’s Day; especially for aspiring lawyers - Legal Cheek https://t.co/W5J9FXRgTa
  
• Five people shot by a gunman in Plymouth were unlawfully killed, an inquest jury has concluded. Jake Davison killed his mother and four other people, including a three-year-old girl, with a pump-action shotgun in Keyham in August 2021 https://t.co/a3I6VbzIFU
  
• Future barrister helps bar students select Inn by ‘scientifically’ ranking their animal badges - Legal Cheek https://t.co/FtJRGAoNdM 
• Looking Beyond The Picture: How To Trust Video Evidence | BARRISTER MAGAZINE https://t.co/fdSOyKECX4
  
• 100% spring trainee retention score for Macfarlanes - Legal Cheek https://t.co/H7Y3asv567
  
• Bar Council reacts to courts and justice announcements | BARRISTER MAGAZINE https://t.co/EpH0KtrQlS 
• Sexual exploitation has been uncovered on tea farms that supply some of the UK's most popular brands, including PG Tips, Lipton and Sainsbury's Red Label. More than 70 women on #Kenyan tea farms complained of managers wanting sex https://t.co/ENdvg5ECJz
• 'Unmanageable caseloads' top source of stress among lawyers - Legal Cheek https://t.co/hgfwVyarew 
• One of Nicola Sturgeon's allies has said she would not have supported gender law reforms passed by Holyrood. Former health secretary Jeane Freeman said "legitimate concerns" about the controversial legislation had not been addressed by MSPs https://t.co/aezPbyHbgG
  
• London's mayor Sadiq Khan has announced he is launching a £130m scheme to give every primary school pupil free school meals for the next academic year https://t.co/KYMCt0y9Wc 
• Making mental health a global priority in the legal profession | BARRISTER MAGAZINE https://t.co/oHXyL5WrFr
  
• A&O hires ‘Harvey' chatbot to help lawyers - Legal Cheek https://t.co/vBNlI0FgnH 
• Self-driving vehicles from overseas face ban in England and Wales - Delivery of rental cars using remote driving could be outlawed after Law Commission recommendations https://t.co/wFgg2U6QyS 
• Banker 'floored' to learn he was not a law firm partner | Law Gazette https://t.co/URrkxuBoIh 
• Man City fans display huge banner in honour of Lord Pannick: Blackstone barrister’s star status among Sky Blues fans hits new highs - Legal Cheek https://t.co/jhRcqNbAuU 
• Black people seven times more likely to die after police restraint in Britain, figures show - Racial disparity compared with white people unearthed by Inquest is bigger than previously made public https://t.co/oFITR8zWZ5
  
• Nightingale courts will remain open to tackle backlog | Law Gazette https://t.co/oWdN4xzHZY 
• Rishi Sunak warned more than 100 Tory MPs could rebel over NI protocol deal - PM’s efforts at breaking Brexit deadlock could be scuppered by hardliners in his party as Boris Johnson urges tougher stance https://t.co/KixxfDDTB5
  
• 'I spent over 30 years as a Magic Circle lawyer. Here's my advice to law students...' - Legal Cheek https://t.co/yxvETJpaMU 
• Instagram and Facebook users will now be able to pay for a blue tick verification, parent company Meta has announced. Meta Verified will cost $11.99 (£9.96) a month on web, or $14.99 for iPhone users https://t.co/OGEVbOG6v5

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