27th February - Law News

Edition 4080: 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 family judge was wrong to take a limited approach in a case concerning an ex-husband’s deliberate and repeated non-disclosure of assets, the Court of Appeal has held. Full story New Law Journal

Today's Highlighted Video Story: UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is set to meet with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, to strike a new Brexit deal for Northern Ireland. Mr Sunak will meet Ms von der Leyen in Berkshire, UK later today, where they are expected to sign off a deal over trade arrangements. The Northern Ireland Protocol has been a big sticking point between the two sides since the UK formally left the EU in 2020, and resulted in a political impasse which also caused a shutdown of the government in Northern Ireland.

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Flynn O’Driscoll tops Irish M&A rankings | Irish Legal News https://t.co/S6nVh3DGlM
  
• Theatrical bus claimants ordered to pay insurer £75,000 | Law Gazette https://t.co/rceKgQEVu9
  
• Faculty promotes career possibilities at the bar | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/pE0jefFdrr 
• Most students who die by suicide from Dalit, Adivasi communities; judges cannot shy away from social realities: CJI DY Chandrachudd | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/MIDe9hD4XR
• Supreme Court reveals what it's like to work for a justice - Legal Cheek https://t.co/de56e14UR3 
• High Court: Bank granted leave to lodge tender on condition that discovery process is completed | Irish Legal News https://t.co/XUQpzRK2DU
  
• An unregistered barrister has been disbarred after he made misleading statements in the family court while posing as a ‘criminal barrister' | Law Gazette https://t.co/7TREbimTCo 
• Bird & Bird becomes latest City player to embrace solicitor apprenticeships - Legal Cheek https://t.co/rjGzdRC6a6
• Firms told to change client care letters ahead of rule changes | Law Gazette https://t.co/ghqcEHHy4Y
• Ronnie Clancy KC: It comes as no great surprise that Shamima Begum has lost her appeal against the Home Secretary’s decision of 19 February 2019 depriving her of United Kingdom citizenship | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/POjDLGhWVF
  
• Law student claims TC interview offer at US firm's London office was ‘rescinded’ after ‘bofadeez nutz’ voicemail - Legal Cheek https://t.co/5Ps9TKDBrJ
  
• Home-working lawyers doing longer hours, research finds - Legal Cheek https://t.co/LVLHwG9Zzg 
• Solicitor opens advice clinic in home town | Law Gazette https://t.co/WvXSLpax4e 
• Lawyer of the Month: Aonghus Kelly | Irish Legal News https://t.co/HyY0GNAY8p 
• 'Am I doing my preferred TC seat too early?' - Legal Cheek https://t.co/FOwZGmSkHu 
• HMCTS was forewarned about the risk of digital courts | Law Gazette https://t.co/AoRJub4MDT 
• A round-up of human rights stories from around the world | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/xRSOjyX49E 
• The Law Commission has extended the timetable for finalising its 14th programme of law reform for the next five years and beyond, which it first consulted on in 2021, receiving 500 responses and nearly 200 suggestions for reform | NLJ https://t.co/CEx3r17EZ9
  
• Junior lawyer to deliver aid to earthquake survivors: Sheroze Nadeem left for Turkey and Syria on Friday - Legal Cheek https://t.co/yEGrg0dTgt
• Lord Neuberger has been confirmed as a keynote speaker at the five-day 2023 London International Disputes Week (LIDW) in May | NLJ https://t.co/gNhnQHH0ln 
• One in 100 police officers in England and Wales faced a criminal charge last year - Figure has surged over the past 10 years with pressure growing for officers to be sacked on the spot https://t.co/vGhjRGNNaN 
• Family call on Dominic Raab to review plan to release pilot who killed wife - Mother of Joanna Brown, who was bludgeoned to death by husband Robert, says she ‘fears for women’ https://t.co/2GrrfAIjEK

26th February - Law News

Edition 4079: 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: Farmers in the Philippines say cheaper imports and rising transportation costs are forcing them to dump their produce. But a group has come together on social media to prevent that. 

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Family call on Dominic Raab to review plan to release pilot who killed wife - Mother of Joanna Brown, who was bludgeoned to death by husband Robert, says she ‘fears for women’ https://t.co/2GrrfAIjEK 
• Tees, Esk and Wear Valley NHS Trust prosecuted after three patients died https://t.co/qcuG48I8JF
• The problem with Israel’s so called ‘crisis of democracy’ - Is the new Netanyahu government really on course to ‘destroy #Israeli democracy’? https://t.co/VIazZSWw0n 
• The final rules for bringing the Solicitors Indemnity Fund (SIF) under the control of the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) have been agreed | NLJ https://t.co/wQPDPIcQqg
• Man jailed after solicitors catch £2m will fraud - Legal Futures https://t.co/lUAZQPNFDm
  
• Syrian refugees in #Turkey face return to quake-stricken areas https://t.co/ai6JXPePuc
  
• The Law Society has called for the UK to sign and ratify the Hague 2019 Convention on the recognition and enforcement of judgments ‘as quickly as possible’ | NLJ https://t.co/pOu3JY5q50 
• #Nigeria MP arrested with nearly $500,000 before election - Chinyere Igwe was found travelling with the money and a distribution list, police say a day before Nigerian elections https://t.co/cIxHukb7q4
  
• Proposals to fine firms up to 5% of their annual turnover for breaches of the professional rule book have been confirmed by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) | NLJ https://t.co/MxW2TMHSuM
• Pilot suggests mediation in possession cases unpopular - Legal Futures https://t.co/t7e4gOCJnq 
• The first group of 2,000 suspected gang members in #ElSalvador have been moved to a huge new prison, the centrepiece of President Nayib Bukele's self-declared war on crime https://t.co/T7xHRIrd3B
  
• The Law Commission has highlighted serious safety concerns surrounding driverless cars, and has called on the government to impose a ban on remotely driving a vehicle from overseas due to lack of enforcement powers | NLJ https://t.co/xKjPPFsTx7
  
• Why is the Alex Murdaugh trial captivating US audiences? - The 54-year-old South Carolina attorney has been accused of murdering his wife and son at their rural hunting lodge #US https://t.co/8w5lFvKDUG 
• A family judge was wrong to take a limited approach in a case concerning an ex-husband’s deliberate and repeated non-disclosure of assets, the Court of Appeal has held | NLJ https://t.co/cixJDZ1rfR
  
• Partner’s trainee supervision failure aided “property hijacks” - Legal Futures https://t.co/wEFDETZQQZ
• #Turkish journalist Mir Ali Koçer detained over earthquake reports - He is one of at least four journalists being investigated for reporting or commenting on the earthquake https://t.co/1oDJzUxBqM 
• An earthquake has shaken parts of Wales overnight. The British Geological Survey (BGS) said the 3.7 magnitude quake happened at 23:59 GMT on Friday. The epicentre was just north of Brynmawr, Blaenau Gwent, and west of Crickhowell, Powys https://t.co/8Shj7nVSki
• Two Pakistanis leave Guantanamo after 20 years without charges #US https://t.co/freon8AfBa 
• Lawyers have welcomed plans to keep 24 Nightingale Courts open for another year, but warned more was needed to tackle the backlog of cases | NLJ https://t.co/19L5IHD2HP
  
• A man who killed his wife with a hammer is set to be released. With probation in tatters, who will protect us? https://t.co/RnnqD4nWqa 
• Solicitors "went too far" after client was given vulnerability order - Legal Futures https://t.co/P3lBI3pnqZ 
• 4 pupils have been suspended from a West Yorkshire secondary school after a copy of the Quran was damaged by students. Wednesday's incident at Wakefield's Kettlethorpe High School happened when a copy of the Islamic text was brought in by a Year 10 pupil https://t.co/RZQPF293SJ

25th February - Law News

Edition 4078: 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: Delhi Mayor Alleges Attack By Extremist BJP Councillors, Files Late-Night Complaint - Hours after the municipal House was rocked by fresh clashes between the councillors of the BJP and the AAP, Delhi Mayor Shelly Oberoi on Friday alleged that a few members of the saffron party inflicted life-threatening attack on her. At a press conference here, she alleged that her colleague Ashu Thakur was also attacked by another BJP councillor

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Solicitor instructed and paid by clients without telling firm - Legal Futures https://t.co/r6bwMXcVcI 
• ‘Life and death situation’: Queensland police minister’s claims on youth justice rebuked by experts #Australia https://t.co/g9LSTO8USk 
• Common platform failure led to 35 defendants not being electronically tagged | Law Gazette https://t.co/98VTNEZrvz
• NAO castigates “rushed” court modernisation programme - Legal Futures https://t.co/WORRmhmVxE 
• High Court: Protective costs application refused for disabled individuals seeking extra year of schooling from the State | Irish Legal News https://t.co/TNraVPwlNv 
• #US court skeptical of bid to access congressman’s phone in January 6 inquiry https://t.co/QoXwwNTpUn 
• 'Handsy' solicitor fined £30,000 for misconduct | Law Gazette https://t.co/n4CwaRfeUn 
• UK shooting lobby to fight demands to tighten shotgun ownership rules. Powerful pro-gun groups plan to lobby ministers as calls mount to raise ownership barriers after Plymouth killings https://t.co/zsCqRp6ImF
• Far right trying to infiltrate UK’s low-traffic protests, campaigners warn. Defenders of LTNs in Oxford report antisemitic and conspiracy-theory chanting at confrontations over traffic reduction measures https://t.co/hFNMhyzTpc
  
• TSSA union halts its rail strikes as members accept pay offers. Move will increase pressure on larger RMT union to put similar offers to full vote by its members https://t.co/rgdYW1syBU 
• Lady Martha Bruce obituary - Governor of Scotland’s only all-female prison whose military career shaped her pioneering approach to women in custody https://t.co/2kdcEhbenG 
• #Kenyan convicted in a trial linked to the murder of a British man has been freed from prison, after a decade-long campaign. A senior UK police officer who assisted the Kenyan investigation "omitted key forensic evidence" in the trial of Ali Kololo https://t.co/LTX0YUtsHG 
• #Canadian privacy protection regulators have launched an investigation into TikTok over its collection of users' data. The video-sharing platform, owned by Chinese giant ByteDance, has come under scrutiny over concerns that it hands information to Beijing https://t.co/5ZdHE2NcNV 
• The Police Service of Northern Ireland is treating the shooting of Det Ch Insp John Caldwell as terrorist-related. Investigators confirmed their primary line of enquiry was dissident republican group the New IRA https://t.co/i0kXXZ65sg 
• Rushed pace of reform putting pressure on courts | Law Gazette https://t.co/nTY6YissM8 
• New family law firm commits to four-day working week - Legal Futures https://t.co/nmXRDQUFik
• Warwick student with cancer wins payout after university denied extension request | https://t.co/bIxofGo6f5
  
• Firm’s tribute to ‘exemplary’ managing partner after sudden death | Law Gazette https://t.co/FS4Ain9WOX 
• Shamima Begum has shown up courts’ deference to this government. It’s a worrying new era https://t.co/JkhYL4pDyJ 
• Female pupils say they have been left "humiliated" over enforcement of a uniform policy at a Merseyside school. Girls have been made to enter Rainford High School in St Helens separately to boys and have had their skirt length inspected by male teachers https://t.co/nikEoZLLb0 
• Junior doctors in England will strike on 13, 14 and 15 March, the British Medical Association has announced. They want a pay increase to make up for 15 years of inflation https://t.co/UpGyAV6pAw 
• Rugby player found liable for injury after 'red mist descended' | Law Gazette https://t.co/arHk6cXUPX
• The encrypted-messaging app Signal would 'walk' from UK if Online Safety Bill undermined encryption https://t.co/BDro0Oxv95 
• Judges urged to call out role of lawyers in "layering" PI claims - Legal Futures https://t.co/9He3xabwZc
  
• Partner struck off for misleading probe into London trip expenses | Law Gazette https://t.co/aiIpGzC0ea
• Boris Johnson hints he may not support Rishi Sunak’s Northern Ireland deal - Ex-PM says controversial bill is best way forward as lawyers advising Tory Eurosceptics submit fresh proposal https://t.co/2K3vvISdbX 
• Top state officials push to make spread of #US election misinformation illegal https://t.co/4nM095RYhp 
• PII renewal: Is the tide turning? - Legal Futures https://t.co/cHKiacvdT3 
• ‘He stole my childhood’: how three women banded together – and took down their rapist https://t.co/7yRg1A8XqG 
• Angela Ruttledge appointed to Fáilte Ireland board | Irish Legal News https://t.co/b8J6V37EKr 
• Risks and regulatory changes to look out for | Law Gazette https://t.co/WMHoQqeOCX 
• Crypto firm with links to parliamentary groups appears to have vanished - Apparent disappearance of Phoenix Community Capital leaves some investors fearing they have lost large sums of money https://t.co/6aVePiRFRC 
• Press greets Home Office redraft of national security bill with scepticism - Media industry sources say changes appear not to go far enough amid fears of ‘chilling effect’ on journalism https://t.co/4OH4jrqbhP 
• Why we need a data lab for justice | Law Gazette https://t.co/kxOktY5QC4
  
• Disgraced film producer Harvey Weinstein gets 16 more years in prison #US https://t.co/vCjdaJ1R7z