5th October - Law News

Edition 4300: 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: Officers and civilian employees of the Police Service of Northern Ireland had, since the introduction of the Working Time Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998 (“WTR (NI) 1998”), been paid their basic pay while on annual leave (i.e. without having regard to overtime and certain allowances), whereas the case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union in relation to article 7 of the Working Time Directive 2003/88/EC had evolved to require that workers be paid their “normal pay” during such leave. This only came to the attention of the Appellants following delivery of the decision in Bear Scotland Ltd v Fulton [2015] ICR (EAT). The Respondents began presenting their complaints for unlawful deductions from pay and underpayments of holiday pay to the Industrial Tribunal in 2015. 

Focus of the Day Legal News: A  High Court judge has dismissed a last-minute attempt to adjourn a trial despite what he acknowledged had been a ‘lazy approach’ to compiling the trial bundle. Mr Justice Constable said the consequences of cancelling a trial due for this week in Innovate Pharmaceuticals Ltd v University of Portsmouth Higher Education Corporation were too severe and it was not justifiable to postpone until spring 2024 at the earliest. Full story - The Law Society Gazette   

A selection of important developments in the world of law and justice (for a comprehensive look at the news and events, please visit @theLawMap Twitter feed):

Saturday Conversations on Law

• At home clamping down on protest, UK government asks UAE for assurances over free speech at Cop28 summit. Statement at UN human rights council voices ‘disappointment’ after host country refuses to change restrictive laws https://tinyurl.com/4f7u33we
  
• Appeal over payments made to former F1 chief Bernie Ecclestone's solicitor has been dismissed by judges | Law Gazette https://t.co/TnrXlXeDH1
• Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal finds former director of Gowling WLG ‘sexually motivated, controlling and unreasonable’ towards 18-year-old colleague | Law Gazette https://tinyurl.com/2hbbt5za
• Thousands of refugees could be made homeless in UK’s asylum backlog clearance. Red Cross warns 28-day ‘move-on’ process is not enough time for asylum seekers to find new accommodation https://tinyurl.com/nh7j5m53
  
• Market challenges may finally be hitting the seemingly resilient legal sector, according to LexisNexis Gross Legal Product index | Law Gazette https://tinyurl.com/33yzwakh
• Police have launched a murder inquiry after a man died in a suspected American bully XL attack. Officers received a report that a dog had injured a 54-year-old in Maple Terrace in Shiney Row, near Houghton-le-Spring, at 19:00 BST on Tuesday https://tinyurl.com/289tbzx
  
• High Court rejects appeal from “I like what I see” solicitor - Legal Futures https://tinyurl.com/wvdmrdsz
  

4th October - Law News

Edition 4299: 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: An obscure religious movement, believed to be promoting an imminent end-of-the-world ideology, has been accused of engaging in sexual violence and forced marriage of its own members, including children. The Socorro Bayanihan Services, which was originally a civic organisation, has morphed into a quasi-religious group that is also allegedly involved in extorting money from its members, as well as the drug trade in the town of Socorro, an island in Mindanao. The organisation, now known as Omega de Salonera, has at least 3,500 members, including 1,580 children. They are reportedly sequestered in a heavily guarded mountain enclave. In recent weeks, at least eight children managed to escape from the mountain community and provided harrowing first-person testimonies to the authorities in Socorro town. Former members of the religious movement say they believed its leader was Jesus reincarnated. 

 

Focus of the Day Legal News: MPs have raised concerns about a possible conflict of interest that the incoming local government ombudsman may have with another new role as chair of the Law Society’s management board. Full story - Legal Futures   

A selection of important developments in the world of law and justice (for a comprehensive look at the news and events, please visit @theLawMap Twitter feed):

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Fixed recoverable costs: Questions must be answered | Law Gazette https://shorturl.at/bsDI5
  
• Judge issues gag order after Trump’s comments on court clerk in civil trial #US https://shorturl.at/lpSZ7
  
• JR challenge over LAA's 'overly restrictive' approach to legal aid billing dismissed by High Court | Law Gazette https://shorturl.at/fkpF1
• Former social worker alleges she was dismissed over menopause symptoms https://shorturl.at/DOWX5
  
• Dame Sue Carr has been sworn in as the 98th head of the judiciary - taking the title of lady chief justice of England and Wales | Law Gazette https://shorturl.at/uyCRT
• The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has, for the first time, published rules of engagement for civilian hackers involved in conflicts. The war watchdog warns unprecedented numbers of people are joining patriotic cyber-gangs https://tinyurl.com/zthdja88
  
• SRA shuts down law firm Axiom Ince through an intervention after directors were suspended | Law Gazette https://tinyurl.com/sctw7ya9