19th March - Law News

Edition 4099: 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: These Rohingya photographers developed their photo skills in the world’s largest refugee camp and are now exhibiting their works internationally. 

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Morrisons fined £3.5m after death of employee with epilepsy https://t.co/IiWixQAQKF 
• Dominic Raab 'ruined people's lives', say officials who worked with him as bullying inquiry nears conclusion https://t.co/YmANxe1aSu 
• The Law Society has launched a ‘21st Century Justice project’, with a remit for working groups to prepare for the future in five key areas | NLJ https://t.co/qS3EjJsCaR 
• We all turn a blind eye to exploited carwash and nail bar workers https://t.co/5khWW8x2FA
• Mishcon leads law firms in global sustainability push - Legal Futures https://t.co/GMKdVPLJ7a
  
• Lawyers have welcomed the Bar Council of India’s historic decision to allow foreign lawyers and law firms to practise law in India, on a restricted and reciprocal basis | NLJ https://t.co/nu2rlWWrvJ
• A 23-year-old man has been arrested in connection with a claim of responsibility made for the shooting of a senior police officer in Omagh last month https://t.co/XIxu1YvTFL 
• The UK government is banking on its new migration bill to stem the flow of small boats crossing the English Channel. The policy's headline-grabbing fascist slogan is identical to that used in #Australia a decade ago https://t.co/LGBEuf9MAF 
• Man sent bailiffs to Luton Airport for Wizz Air refund - Russell Quirk said he was left with little choice but to find another route to Portugal which cost him £4,500 https://t.co/AFoWJParYM 
• Donald Trump expects to be arrested on Tuesday. However his lawyer said there had been no communication from law enforcement and the former president's post was based on media #US reports https://t.co/J1S0qXuh7q
  
• The High Court has handed down detailed guidance for the first time on the correct approach in law to the Financial Ombudsman’s powers to reopen complaints | NLJ https://t.co/WRupqMDuHt 
• One year on, has P&O Ferries got away with illegally sacking all its crew? https://t.co/hI0ABFH0kB 
• The government intends to consult ‘shortly’ on the introduction of a criminal offence of failing to comply with a legal notice from HMRC to stop promoting a tax avoidance scheme | NLJ https://t.co/vTFhQLGKo8 
• Credibility at Bar linked to "masculine heterosexuality" - Legal Futures https://t.co/t8KVXiDUEY 
• The Chancellor has announced a time limit on unclaimed funds held by the Court Funds Office | NLJ https://t.co/UCWfDUJsEW 
• The G4S fraud trial collapse is the latest in a ‘catalogue of failings’ at the Serious Fraud Office (SFO), lawyers have warned | NLJ https://t.co/YyBuBD8PcH 
• Novak Djokovic: World number one will not play at Miami Open after being denied entry to #US https://t.co/4hV2uJYYKK 
• Police in Islamabad have clashed with supporters of former #Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan as he arrived in the city to appear in court https://t.co/7lCNy1Smrh
  
• The SNP chief executive Peter Murrell has resigned with immediate effect in a row over party membership. Mr Murrell, who is married to outgoing party leader Nicola Sturgeon, said he had become a distraction to the ongoing leadership race https://t.co/rRXjWYgOMk 
• Peer Nazir Ahmed’s jail term for 1970s sexual assault cut by three years https://t.co/U7UNqraYZh 
• The Law Society RFC are proud to announce LTN & Partners as the Headline sponsor of the 2023 Law Society RFC 7s & Netball Tournament | NLJ https://t.co/pRO0U5lw3O
• #Italy leaves children of same-sex parents in limbo https://t.co/0OcGyRQTnh
• CA: Barrister's conduct of own litigation "not a private matter" - Legal Futures https://t.co/19qrxxjiP5
• A fraud victim has won a £153,000 refund despite not being automatically entitled to one, after the BBC's Money Box programme contacted Lloyds bank https://t.co/CcsFgZG7NY
  
• Small and medium-sized law firms performed well during 2021-2022 despite challenging circumstances, according to the Law Society’s annual Financial Benchmarking Survey | NLJ https://t.co/F4vXFogYvU
• #Trinidad and Tobago is failing children locked in Syrian camps – it must bring them home https://t.co/0BwUJwy8S5 
• Tour de Law, the UK’s only cycle race for the legal sector, will take place this year from Wednesday 11 to Thursday 12 October | NLJ https://t.co/1qFXiUUoKt 
• Lawyers have lambasted both the government’s Illegal Migration Bill and the surrounding rhetoric about ‘lefty lawyers’ | NLJ https://t.co/ED7RKbIwsQ 
• Negligence claim over law firm's ground rent advice dismissed - Legal Futures https://t.co/uIwnYUghkc
• One in 20 corporate counsel have come under pressure to suppress or ignore information in conflict with their regulatory obligations, according to research by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) | NLJ https://t.co/OPH4CgfFra
  
• The International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin https://t.co/bhiywRH1Pa
  
• Facebook parent company Meta has rolled out a paid verification service in the United States https://t.co/FMckXzmrM3

18th March - Law News

Edition 4098: 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 National Investigation agency  of India on Friday filed two chargesheets in special courts against 68 activists of the banned Popular Front of India (PFI) in two separate cases in Kerala and Tamil Nadu, an official said. With these, the number of chargesheets filed by the agency against PFI members this month, has gone up to four.

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Putting a data minimisation strategy in place - Legal Futures https://t.co/PeOCfptKzS
  
• Judge throws out 'extravagant' claim about litigant's lookalike | Law Gazette https://t.co/ZgpjA1Hc5h
  
• ‘Hostile, authoritarian’ UK downgraded in civic freedoms index - Civicus Monitor cites hostility towards campaigners and charities, and clamp down on public protests https://tinyurl.com/yckjcdr2
• Tribunal right to strike out judge's grievance claims | Law Gazette https://t.co/yYoj2Qlk5q
• Consortium wins bid to run £3m LawtechUK operation - Legal Futures https://t.co/AiRLY6WrRT 
• England and Manchester City footballer Kyle Walker will not face criminal charges over newspaper allegations that he indecently exposed himself in a bar https://t.co/UqRvtGImuV
• A PC who repeatedly struck ex-footballer Dalian Atkinson on the night he was killed by her colleague has been found guilty of gross misconduct. Mary Ellen Bettley-Smith hit the former footballer six times with her baton as he lay on the floor helpless https://t.co/07Igs7vHbJ
• Met police on ‘last chance’ as Casey report to condemn failure to change - findings of official review due out on Tuesday described as ‘horrible’ and ‘atrocious’ for force https://t.co/7nKXM4mADs
• UK mounted police chase down man holding mobile phone while driving - Officers on horseback deployed to reduce use of phones by motorist; driver faces £200 fine and six points on licence https://t.co/EdxY1wUK20
• A former security guard’s communications with neo-Nazi extremists were uncovered after an online chat group was infiltrated by an undercover counter-terrorism officer | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/OVpmLdfwZw
• Circuit judge fails in discrimination and harassment claim - Legal Futures https://t.co/N04QPufnO4
• Roger Waters threatens legal action over German concert cancellations https://t.co/ABEjUnkFcF 
• Split liability offer did not meet Part 36 requirements | Law Gazette https://t.co/LMw074o2yo 
• Network launched for barristers who have experienced mental illness - Legal Futures https://t.co/HnlHyjR10
• gunnercooke Scotland expands with appointment of two partners | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/vUhq5Y7jG
• SRA pleased with SQE start - but black candidates way behind | Law Gazette https://t.co/t44Chuvu
• A man who allegedly prevented Home Office officials from carrying out their duties on Glasgow’s Kenmure Street has been acquitted after a trial | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/lPnWOwqZE
• Murderers with a history of coercive behaviour towards their victims or who use extreme violence could face tougher sentences under new government plans https://t.co/nAPJjI7Sko
• Good first year for SQE but market confidence needs building - Legal Futures https://t.co/QUqNNwxBo8
• Royal Mail is falling down on its letter delivery obligations, a group of MPs has said. The firm has been prioritising parcel deliveries over letters, they said, and called on Ofcom to investigate https://t.co/h45eF6NyNd
• More than 1,000 Passport Office workers will go on strike for five weeks over a dispute about jobs, pay and conditions https://t.co/e4Ix14Nzxp 
• A matter of time: Why lawyers should embrace four-day week | Law Gazette https://t.co/MWxCgYvit
• Chris Kaba: The family of an unarmed black man who was killed by police have voiced concerns over the resignations of two watchdog staff members overseeing an investigation into what happeneds https://t.co/YgmF6Sky6s
• Leila Borrington: Woman jailed for killing three-year-old stepson https://t.co/3Xyd94W5kZ
  
• Lawtech initiative gets a geeky new home | Law Gazette https://t.co/fwaVAbNOA5 
• SFO not responsible for financial hit to ENRC, High Court told | Law Gazette https://t.co/ArqN4tfGfe
• #France pension protests: Clashes after Macron orders rise in pension age without vote - BBC News https://t.co/bn3KgQrBoO