22nd March - Law News

Edition 4103: 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: What role the law can play in tackling the climate crisis. Full story UK Human Rights Blog

 

Today's Highlighted Video Story: Terry Sanderson has accused Gwyneth Paltrow of crashing into him and causing him serious injuries while they were both skiing on a Utah mountain in February 2016. Sanderson had initially sued Paltrow for $3.1 million dollars, but later amended his complaint and is now seeking in excess of $300,000 in damages, according to court documents. Paltrow is seeking $1 in damages, plus attorneys fees.

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Your financial planning partner should double up as a CPD partner - Legal Futures https://t.co/bv3AUvb7xH 
• Lawyer in the news: Gerard Long, Binghams Solicitors - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/KYPcMoNAh
• ICC to plead for extra money to pursue Russian war crimes in Ukraine - International court’s prosecutor to make case at conference in London after Putin warrant issued https://t.co/ZgyYMULJWZ 
• 'Get on with it' culture belongs to history, junior leader says | Law Gazette https://t.co/Z0Y1ILoUEl
  
• Pay appeal blow for judges who ‘sit up’ in higher courts - Legal Futures https://t.co/gVYG7DdNnb 
• Male solicitor in his 50s fails in 'unfair treatment' claim | Law Gazette https://t.co/JWwzTLzsfs 
• ICC prosecutor says world needs ‘stamina’ to get justice for #Ukraine https://t.co/QX80QL4tta 
• A woman who reported being raped to the Met Police has called the force "vile" and said she did not think there was any chance of reforming it. Tashmia Owen told police about an attack in November 2020, and she was warned that she could be investigated https://t.co/5KX9inUfQ6 
• Former barrister loses second disbarment appeal | Law Gazette https://t.co/yBM1AMvu8x 
• Judge excoriates "shameless" family case with costs of £5.5m - Legal Futures https://t.co/TuQlAKTNwQ 
• Family lawyers will have to wait at least another two years to see any potential reforms of ‘out of date’ laws governing financial provision on divorce, the government has revealed | Law Gazette https://t.co/Z53iWfYsay
• Popstar Bad Bunny is being sued for $40m (£33m) by his ex-girlfriend, who says he used a recording of her in two songs without permission. Carliz De La Cruz Hernández says she recorded the catchphrase "Bad Bunny baby" on her phone in 2015 https://t.co/6DtPBQsnIM 
• Experts cast doubt on Braverman’s hopes of ECHR rule change on Rwanda - Home secretary’s claims of ‘constructive’ talks regarding Strasbourg’s injunctions disputed by legal scholars https://t.co/s5qRrH7aYd
• Strikingly racist and misogynistic Met Police report: Rape cases ruined, Sikh officer's beard cut... five findings from Casey review https://t.co/xF8jLGMxAl 
• A group of Eurosceptic Conservative MPs has not yet decided whether to vote against the prime minister's new Brexit deal for Northern Ireland https://t.co/o3YcsUMNXw 
• Formal warning for magistrate who accused colleagues of discrimination | Law Gazette https://t.co/gHY4RqPN5M
• A man has been set alight while walking home from a mosque in Birmingham. West Midlands Police said the attack happened on Brixham Road in Edgbaston just after 19:00 GMT on Monday https://t.co/JBHyNyw8YP
  
• Police in major #US cities are preparing for potential far-right unrest in case ex-President Donald Trump is arrested this week as part of a hush-money inquiry https://t.co/jD19WMC2n6
• Solicitors and legal staff are being invited to attend a demonstration of the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service’s new Civil Online platform | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/gBB71WZQLc 
• Trainee jailed for using client damages to fund gambling addiction - Legal Futures https://t.co/CooWDqnXN2 
• Two banks connected with the late Jeffrey Epstein will face lawsuits over claims they enabled his sex trafficking, a #US court has ruled https://t.co/f9ZoS4EASb 
• Devil in the detail of economic crime reform | Law Gazette https://t.co/gA7C9YO8gE 
• Fulham striker Aleksandar Mitrovic is facing a lengthy ban after the Football Association said its standard punishment for his sending off at Manchester United was "clearly insufficient" https://t.co/LduO37Ocns 
• Val Pitt: New judgment provides clarity on processing of personal data | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/3iMv9eKsOw 
• Education unions have called for Ofsted inspections to be paused in the wake of the death of head teacher, Ruth Perry of Caversham Primary School in Reading, who took her own life while waiting for the publication of a report that downgraded her school https://t.co/epfOSdcE8W 
• Barrister pleads guilty to obtaining drugs from criminal clients - Legal Futures https://t.co/eE1e6M07zy
• #Danish far-right leader Rasmus Paludan banned from UK over threat to burn Quran in Wakefield https://t.co/fO5FVKodhn 
• My legal life: Lynette Wieland, Browne Jacobson - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/7FOP28ipg2 
• Our Legal Heritage: Major Allan Ker – the Scottish lawyer who won the VC | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/c7HGQ1x1nX
• Women and children have been failed by the Metropolitan Police, with racism, misogyny, and homophobia at the heart of the force, a blistering review says https://t.co/2cNcnHclGm 
• UN chief Antonio Guterres says a major new report on climate change is a "survival guide for humanity". Clean energy and technology can be exploited to avoid the growing climate disaster, the report says https://t.co/ayEwRPg9YC

21st March - Law News

Edition 4101: 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: Cruel Tory migration bill will erode basic right to seek asylum. Full story Guardian Law

 

Today's Highlighted Video Story: The Iraq invasion and its consequences, with 20 years of hindsight - It's 20 years since US and British forces invaded Saddam Hussein's Iraq. The then US Secretary of State Colin Powell declared the time for diplomacy over, British Foreign Secretary Robin Cook resigned, and the second UN resolution authorising force was withdrawn. George W Bush, who was then president of the US, issued a 48-hour ultimatum to Saddam to leave Iraq or face war. What followed still reverberates today, from hundreds of thousands of deaths and missing weapons of mass destruction, to elections, the growing influence of Iran, the rise of ISIS, and the impact on US and British politics and foreign policy. 

Saturday Conversations on Law

• ‘We had to hide them’: how Ukraine’s ‘kidnapped’ children led to Vladimir Putin’s arrest warrant #Russia https://t.co/ga4FXsayIw
• Law ranks second for graduate earning power - Legal Cheek https://t.co/lmfFHITLtw 
• Law Society urges SLCC to minimise costs on solicitors | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/yfH6s76hTC
• Report flags differences in SQE pass rates between white and BAME candidates - Legal Cheek https://t.co/DnpBpWisN4
• The Observer view on how Xi Jinping plans to use his meeting with war crimes suspect Vladimir Putin https://t.co/Gi6Hab0zkr 
• Non-law grad: 'How will I know if law is the right path for me?' - Legal Cheek https://t.co/q7KCJ14w5s
• Lindsays continues growth with Miller Hendry merger | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/ztuqGuMiY3
• Black paralegal ‘felt vulnerable and targeted’ after being stopped by police on the way to visit client - Legal Cheek https://t.co/FKcZiDZQjD
• Lawyer accused of theft has case thrown out after it took 11 years to get to court | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/mMyhnpL2k
• Boris Johnson submits evidence before Partygate grilling https://t.co/aoAHJRR1Kv
• London crowned ‘best city for lawyers’ - Legal Cheek https://t.co/AweW4HInjq
• [The Viewpoint] The Foreign Lawyer - Indian Law Firms undone or reset? | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/HB1YB0Q8Ck 
• 'Big Legal Lesson’ looks to teach school students their legal rights - Legal Cheek https://t.co/yy39DmIjWZ
  
• Full video: SQE v LPC: which route is best for me? - Legal Cheek https://t.co/i9Sf1noZt9 
• Law Society gets down with Gen Z lawyers on TikTok - Legal Cheek https://t.co/zJTSfXdMeE 
• #Australian former SAS soldier Oliver Schulz held over alleged war crime in Afghanistan https://t.co/cqoD8Rdqop
• Police in #India's Punjab have launched a massive search for Amritpal Singh, preacher who has been on the run since Saturday. Internet, messaging & civil liberties in the state have remained suspended since the search began and security has been tightened https://t.co/HBYj48WBrY 
• Glossary of gender-inappropriate terms in law: A step towards gender sensitisation in a profession that needs it | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/pmoWTeEp7O 
• The College of Legal Practice strikes SQE training partnership with national law firm - Legal Cheek https://t.co/OdqaDZsyFL 
• Dr Mary Tumelty reappointed to health regulator | Irish Legal News https://t.co/Bko3c3qKu8 
• A matter of time: Why lawyers should embrace four-day week | Law Gazette https://t.co/MWxCgYvitC 
• Hogan Lovells becomes latest big legal player to offer solicitor apprenticeships - Legal Cheek https://t.co/hpwmbGFHo5 
• SRA's freelancer research 'skewed' towards solicitors and not clients | Law Gazette https://t.co/bDkIC5JK6v 
• A #SouthAfrican accountant who was investigating high-level corruption cases has been shot dead along with his son. Cloete Murray, 50, was the liquidator for Bosasa, a company implicated in numerous government contract scandals https://t.co/HHa5b68bNT
• The leader of the Taliban has ordered #Afghan officials to sack relatives they have hired to government positions. Hibatullah Akhundzada's decree says officials should replace appointed sons or other family members https://t.co/MyfHKsJTh7