Saturday

11th March - Law News

Edition 4092: 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 day after the India's Rajasthan police detained BJP leader Kirodi Lal Meena, the violent element of the ultra-conservative party workers held another protest in Jaipur today. Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot accused Mr Meena of using the widows for political gains. Mr Meena, in turn, has accused the police of "trying to kill him". The protests turned violent today as the protesters were marching towards Mr Gehlot's residence

Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Family firm with lofty ambitions buys up another practice | Law Gazette https://t.co/8VJ2yHegFQ
  • Barcelona football club have been charged with corruption over payments the club made to Jose Maria Enriquez Negreira, a former vice-president of #Spain's referees' committee 
  • The National Food Crime Unit (NFCU) is investigating potential food fraud involving pre-packed sliced beef which was labelled as British but came from South America and Europe https://t.co/x9R5WG9W65 
  • New duty on licensed conveyancers to treat customers fairly - Legal Futures https://t.co/sGTJqkrfve
  • Fall in cost of training fails to impress bar students | Law Gazette https://t.co/27tIS3EMDs
  • Cybersecurity unicorn Armis hires first CLO ahead of planned IPO - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/LInZrQSuGd
  • The final three members of a money laundering gang which also stole £10m of UK taxpayers' money after taking advantage of a covid loan scheme, have been sentenced https://t.co/euxIi3k1ZR
  • Two leading Ohio Republicans found guilty in $60m bribery scheme - Ex-House speaker Larry Householder and ex-state Republican party chair Matt Borges convicted in Ohio’s largest corruption case#US https://t.co/xF0Eq81n5e 
  • Barcelona football club have been charged with corruption over payments the club made to Jose Maria Enriquez Negreira, a former vice-president of #Spain's referees' committee https://t.co/8v92ySrueq
  • Gary Lineker is to step back from presenting Match of the Day until an agreement is reached on his social media use, a Tory favouring BBC has said. It follows an impartiality row over comments he made criticising the government's new asylum policy https://t.co/VZmEsn7XAv 
  • Bar courses still unaffordable, students tell regulator - Legal Futures https://t.co/93kbcTFcOu 
  • Teenage colleague 'instigated' sex fantasy, lawyer tells tribunal | Law Gazette https://t.co/x84X6A0YNH
  • Protesters stood outside an empty pub on Friday morning to rally against a non-existent drag event. Turning Point UK had organised a demonstration at The Great Exhibition pub in East Dulwich for 11:00 GMT https://t.co/uATsPeSK28 
  • Woman and two boys found at house - Police were called to Mayfield Road in Belvedere at about 11:50 GMT on Thursday where they found the bodies of a 47-year-old woman and two boys aged nine and seven https://t.co/k3cXwntpVe
  • Police have released an image of a man detectives want to speak to after an 82-year-old man was set alight outside a mosque in west London. The elderly man was attacked on Singapore Road in West Ealing https://t.co/AtEqjdOO6r
  • Defence secretary says US ‘disturbed’ by Israeli settler violence - Lloyd Austin meets senior #Israeli officials as protesters rally against the government’s controversial judicial reforms https://t.co/6WZCnnzuCJ 
  • Why access to legal aid is impossible for those who need it most https://t.co/HA5041wynP 
  • High Court ruling expected to widen scope of legal aid for parents | Law Gazette https://t.co/4fM5iiJzn1
  • Clients “holding City law firms to account on diversity” - Legal Futures https://t.co/fkPJFFvfzx 
  • Video shot by an eyewitness appears to show a person firing a weapon through a window at a Jehovah's Witness centre in Hamburg, #Germany https://t.co/AIVomWdfDQ 
  • Ministers are staging another Brexit coup – and only the House of Lords can save us https://t.co/ZCGb69N4Nj 
  • Law Society agenda encompasses LPA and Mental Health Act reform | Law Gazette https://t.co/FK3WpCbbsT
  • Solicitor struck off after investing client money into scam scheme | Law Gazette https://t.co/IxhwiKUczO 
  • Killer exposed himself to Libby Squire weeks before murder, mother believes https://t.co/0EmWLfZIH3
  • Solicitor lost £230k of client money after falling for investment scam - Legal Futures https://t.co/b0mAtQaWr
  • Boris Johnson nominates Daily Mail chief Paul Dacre for peerage for second time - Placing of media boss on resignation honours list despite previous rejection puts Rishi Sunak in difficult position https://t.co/Akwvxj4IYy
  • Meta to review moderation of Arabic word ‘shaheed’ - The word, which translates as ‘martyr’, accounts for more content removals on the company’s platforms than any other word https://t.co/VUXpnroN0X
  • Trump told of possible criminal charges for paying off Stormy Daniels – The ex-president has been given a chance to testify next week before a grand jury listening to evidence in the possible case #US https://t.co/UJROD8BW6S
  • Three wounded in Tel Aviv shooting, #Israeli police say - Israeli police said the assailant has been ‘neutralised’ after he opened fire near a café on Dizengoff Street https://t.co/e62ZN7k7BL

Friday

10th March - Law News

Edition 4091: 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: Northern Ireland’s high street voucher scheme was introduced without regard for equality law obligations, the Equality Commission has found. Full story Irish Legal News
 
Today's Highlighted Video Story: *This report contains racist and abusive language which some may find distressing* A spectator has been ejected from Penrith's match against South Sydney after allegedly racially abusing Rabbitohs star Latrell Mitchell. 

Saturday Conversations on Law
  • 'Cavalier' solicitor 'poses risk to public' over client account mishandling | Law Gazette https://t.co/tg2UBoZ89E 
  • Pentagon accused of blocking effort to hand Russia war crimes evidence to ICC #US https://t.co/9k2Ve4FayI 
  • Several people are reported to have been killed in a shooting in Hamburg, #Germany. Police said in a tweet that a large-scale operation was under way in the Alsterdorf area https://t.co/cFW74wxFnQ 
  • Dozens of lawyers arrested and detained in Iran amid protests | Law Gazette https://t.co/dGBEhpmZeK
  • Suella Braverman accused of rule breach over ‘blob of civil servants’ email https://t.co/XP3g0MZ4n8
  • Law Society gender pay gap shrinks but rises for ethnicity - Legal Futures https://t.co/G6oKlMThfN 
  • Criminal bar losing patience over government delay | Law Gazette https://t.co/krVE48xQ2P
  • Court restrictions on climate protesters ‘deeply concerning’, say leading lawyers - Three non-violent Insulate Britain activists have been jailed for telling juries why they were protesting https://t.co/EX5uyEFOhq
  • MoJ to revise 'outdated' thresholds for court fee remission scheme | Law Gazette https://t.co/K0r8gK1850 
  • Campaign calls for gender apartheid to be crime under international law - Prominent #Afghans and #Iranians say current laws do not capture the systematic suppression of women https://t.co/aYFK7f1kmI 
  • Law firm offers staff free menopause diagnosis service - Legal Futures https://t.co/71U2oTJXZW 
  • Firm's director sent 'torrent' of accusatory messages to junior, tribunal hears | Law Gazette https://t.co/eU59maDVx
  • Braverman denies small boats plan breaks law and struggles with Mo Farah question - Home secretary is asked whether Olympian would have been deported as soon as he turned 18 under proposals https://t.co/vWgq3UUpu0 
  • Gary Lineker says he does not fear BBC suspension following his tweet highlighting the Tory government's extremist asylum policy https://t.co/omUsXHuR7K 
  • Permission to proceed not enough to stop indemnity costs | Law Gazette https://t.co/88c9KhZzCI 
  • What are the legal obstacles faced by the UK’s illegal migration bill? https://t.co/23fGhPxlG6 
  • Leading firms sign up to rainmaker programme for female lawyers - Legal Futures https://t.co/9z8XwV7GXG 
  • A lawsuit filed by an ex-girlfriend of Tiger Woods asks a judge in Florida to cancel a non-disclosure agreement (NDA) she signed with him. Lawyers for Erica Herman, who began dating Mr Woods in 2017, cite a new law limiting the scope of NDAs #US https://t.co/t3gRtLn8xw 
  • Police forces across Great Britain have seen a significant rise in the number of mental health incidents they have dealt with in the past five years https://t.co/pYXrnRPDSL Mar 09, 2023
  • #Japanese police have arrested three people over "sushi terror": viral, unhygienic pranks that are threatening the world-famous feature of sushi conveyor belt restaurants https://t.co/tvXXmHfYoq 
  • The Guardian view on refugee rights: a warning from history | Editorial https://t.co/EKCcvhe9be 
  • Sunak criticised for 'startling ignorance' over lefty lawyer attack | Law Gazette https://t.co/VxfCkAU3D3
  • Brexit trade treaty ‘could be terminated’ if UK quits ECHR over small boat crossings - Legal experts say Brussels has right to take retaliatory action, making cross-border law enforcement harder https://t.co/jeGwVMZ11R 
  • Solicitor “grossly abused his position” to dupe investors - Legal Futures https://t.co/EEjBLeOktA 
  • We can have the power - Legal Futures https://t.co/40TP1vhzMW 
  • Litigation funder set up to deliver 'wider social change' | Law Gazette https://t.co/rWS7WNdhvN