7th January - Law News

Edition 3298: 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: Prosecutors in the US state of Wisconsin say a policeman who shot and paralysed a black man last August will not face charges. The shooting of Jacob Blake sparked violent street protests in Kenosha and other parts of the country over racial justice -- and there are fears the decision could provoke more unrest.

 

Focus of the Day Article: No one should be asked to go to court unless strictly necessary and remote attendance must be the default position, the lord chief justice said today, as England prepares to enter its third national lockdown. Lord Burnett of Maldon said the next few weeks will present difficulties in all jurisdictions but courts and tribunals must continue to function. Full story - The Law Society Gazette  

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Richard Grogan & Associates appoints Sorcha Finnegan to lead personal injury practice - Irish Legal News https://t.co/6XVoW61az4 
• Man viewed extreme Isis content before Reading knife attack, court hears https://t.co/nrTcXzvHbT
• Senior promotions at Thorntons: Gary Mannion from the PI team in Dundee & Lucy Metcalf from the family law team in Edinburgh have both joined the partnership. Janice Napier has been promoted to legal director in business law - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/tPh6XOxoG
• Lord President’s warning over court safety rules met with contempt - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/tThDkQ96fK
• English High Court rules South African government does not have immunity from salvage payment action - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/wnesfsaJUX
• National security law: #HongKong rounds up 53 pro-democracy activists https://t.co/TL4AgELEy
• #US Congress in turmoil as violent Trump supporters breach building https://t.co/LZlh8rS64l
• Dozens of #HongKong pro-democracy figures arrested in sweeping crackdown https://t.co/LpvACLka
• Judge Merrick Garland is Biden's choice for #US attorney general https://t.co/aajMQM7GoD
• Distributed law firm launches internship programme for postgrads - Legal Futures https://t.co/hNWoEbwGqd
  
• UK unexpectedly reduces tax scheme reporting burden on firms - Legal Futures https://t.co/Q2wIpIcQVO
• Complaint over law firm's radio advert rejected - Legal Futures https://t.co/fQKH43hYnK
• Tribunal clears solicitor but refuses to order costs against SRA - Legal Futures https://t.co/RQG17IJIa
• Shukri Abdi: family of refugee schoolgirl who drowned sues police https://t.co/qxsu3W4xQ
• Two #US police officers linked to a notorious raid in which young black medic Breonna Taylor was fatally shot have been fired, authorities have said https://t.co/tQ13DirZBv
  
• Fake NHS vaccine messages sent in banking fraud scam https://t.co/8k0vaZITdc
• Doubts emerge in US over future of Assange extradition case https://t.co/Zdp8izO4GF
  
• The Guardian view on Julian Assange's extradition ruling: relief, not victory https://t.co/JR65RIfvAi
• Court denies relief for costs default during first lockdown | Law Gazette https://t.co/7NWXPJ4bcf 
• Backlash after law school refuses to move exam online | Law Gazette https://t.co/3GI63qy74m 
• Royal Mail ordered to pay £230,000 to harassed Hindu ex-worker - Ruling follows Mathan Shunmugaraja telling tribunal he was called ‘sly dog’ and mistaken for a Muslim https://t.co/mrBM12bGMh
• Wine thieves turn to bottle as French police give chase - Burglars who stole €350,000 of Burgundy hurled bottles at gendarmes during motorway pursuit #France https://t.co/43WPnh78h0 
• Lockdown 3: ‘Keep footfall in courts to a minimum’, says lord chief | Law Gazette https://t.co/4y2Wpqaz0e
• Milton Keynes house party murders gang jailed for life https://t.co/GxO74E6kt5
• Julian Assange loses extradition bail bid https://t.co/5lFOnAYZF1
• Lockdown 3: Government urged to extend evictions ban | Law Gazette https://t.co/FK2PW5T96D 
• Trump administration's Justice Dept. Seeks to Pare Back Civil Rights Protections for Minorities before leaving office #US https://t.co/CMYmkrD1D
• Lockdown 3: ‘Safety of all court users paramount’, says Law Society | Law Gazette https://t.co/LIBOaXbNPO
• Former Goldman Sachs banker Richard Sharp is set to be named the BBC's next chairman. Sharp spent 23 years working for the banking giant and was Tory Chancellor Rishi Sunak's boss https://t.co/hHgPk9vQB1
• #Iran issues Interpol arrest warrant for outgoing US president Donald Trump over the illegal killing of General Soleimani https://t.co/8gSpyzoekK 
• Courts stay open as England plunged back into lockdown | Law Gazette https://t.co/9qgS0xA31c 
• All GCSE, AS and A-level examinations in Northern Ireland will not go ahead this year https://t.co/Vn8lGJD5ef 
• An investment firm has bought 50% of the rights to all Neil Young's songs. Hipgnosis Songs Fund spent an estimated $150m (£110m) on 1,180 songs written by the Canadian folk rocker https://t.co/iN2cbiwvh4
• England's third national lockdown has legally come into force, with MPs set to vote retrospectively on it later https://t.co/yPvvZsc4Bj
  
• Questions of Jurisdiction and Attribution in the Context of Multi-Actor Operations in the Mediterranean | Fulvia Staiano https://t.co/WzdBItCiCf
• A lawyer has been imprisoned after exchanging hundreds of calls and messages with a prisoner via contraband phones smuggled into a jail - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/6CrLgj5Z6M
  
• Drone owners required to register devices under new rules - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/kVynLZY2PL
• Non-binary person granted asylum in UK in first-of-its-kind ruling - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Fjjta9EB0x
  
• Architect who embezzled from charity ordered to pay £700,000 - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/PYga7EFiJi
  
• UK ranks second for GDPR fines - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/xOXP7gS16R
  
• Top lawyer Iain Smith calls for decriminalisation of drugs - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/XlnZuNhXM5
• Nigel Watson joins Burges Salmon in Edinburgh - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Hc1BVL5Myw 
• Tim Edward joins MBM Commercial - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/MthoeoaIIs 
• John Burns, a legal messenger known as the world’s most loyal employee, having worked at the same firm for 84 years, has passed away - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/eIXAppVW2I
  
• Courts and tribunals to operate during lockdown - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/wOGVo2A2hb

6th January - Law News

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 Today's Highlighted Video Story: None of the police officers who raided Breonna Taylor’s home wore body cameras, impeding the public from a full understanding of what happened. The Times’s visual investigation team built a 3-D model of the scene and pieced together critical sequences of events to show how poor planning and shoddy police work led to a fatal outcome.

Focus of the Day Article: Significant concerns have been raised over the Scottish statutory instrument implementing an ostensible increase in legal aid fees proposed by the Scottish government last year. The Glasgow Bar Association said only five of its members supported the package offered by the government and that it had undermined the spirit of its offer to help the defence profession. Full story - Scottish Legal News  

Saturday Conversations on Law

• No police officer will face charges over the shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin - an incident which sparked protests in the #US https://t.co/PNpZgxiMz
• #US intelligence task force accuses Russia of cyber-hack https://t.co/EA6zSYNqs1
• YouTube has reinstated TalkRadio's channel on its platform hours after saying it had been "terminated" for breaking the tech firm's rules https://t.co/4s0X558qEc
• All but one of 25 high courts now have regular chief justice #India https://t.co/YD1MWVVv
• An order for people in Northern Ireland to stay at home - to stop the spread of Covid-19 - will become legally enforceable from Friday https://t.co/IPWKdbVO2
• Top lawyer Iain Smith calls for drug use to be decriminalised to solve deaths crisis https://t.co/sXlKaWFH44
• Justice Mohd Rafiq takes oath as chief justice of Madhya Pradesh high court #India https://t.co/NvNFReFDfq
• Lord President calls on court users to follow protective measures - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/v9qILj3og
• Reality of Scottish government’s legal aid offer laid bare - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/5DFnK2q0XD
• Building contractor successfully enforces adjudicator’s decision in school extension dispute - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/R41gOAhlsR
• Manhattan Bicycle injury lawyer Glenn Herman Discusses Legal Issues Surrounding Winter Cycling Crashes in New York City #US https://t.co/v2Yqusb5tU
• Trump Campaign Settles With Artist Who Said He Was Assaulted: Rod Webber, a Boston artist with a provocative streak, is to receive $20,000 from the campaign, which admitted no wrongdoing #US https://t.co/gEYtUcOkr2
• Teens who terrorised Merseyside and faced justice in 2020 https://t.co/qzmNIJPJ3
• TalkRadio: YouTube kicks channel off its platform - speculation is that it relates to its rules on Covid-19-related misinformation https://t.co/4s0X558qE
• Internet providers are under pressure to do more to help low-income families afford data packages for their children to take part in remote learning https://t.co/IlLpD6TdQ
• Naked fugitive rescued from mangroves by #Australian fishermen https://t.co/y0Lu1zbOfe
• Tui and Thomas Cook cancel holiday bookings in lockdown https://t.co/DR1cXiVJDi
  
• The Cabinet Secretary, with the approval of the Prime Minister, has appointed Antonia Romeo as the new Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Justice https://t.co/eGR7mWfCIc
• Man With Extremist Right-Wing Views Is Sought in Bomb Hoax #US https://t.co/qXJzlfCZlP
• EastEnders: Lucas Johnson return is 'a stretch' claims legal expert https://t.co/7IkaNcsqC
• Why making MSPs a legal requirement is counter-productive #India https://t.co/FHIrwbi0Vq
• Surveillance and censorship bolster Beijing’s uncompromising grip on power. But in the #China’s cities and streets, people have resumed normal lives https://t.co/4RdYjgfWn
• DHFL bids: Oaktree mulls legal action ‘seeing’ creditors’ ‘bias’ towards Piramal’s offer #India https://t.co/sfID0TOrat
• England Covid lockdown likely to be in place until March, Gove warns https://t.co/PjBLlBy9mH 
• A Plan Made to Shield Big Tobacco From Facts Is Now E.P.A. Policy #US https://t.co/8dXWzU9qLW
• A Buckingham Palace catering assistant who stole medals and photographs from the Queen's residence has been jailed https://t.co/6xZ2iwo8S
• #Australian Open quarantine plan faces legal challenge https://t.co/AbCztO5S3Z
• Leader of Proud Boys, a Far-Right Group, Is Arrested as D.C. Braces for Protests #US https://t.co/hRbK2jhYK
• The reduced sentence and subsequent release of a man convicted of brutally raping a child has raised fresh debate around #SouthKorea's legal system https://t.co/ElGmgE35X
• There will be a fresh move later to make non-fatal strangulation a specific criminal offence in England and Wales as the House of Lords debates an amendment to the Domestic Abuse Bill https://t.co/IpHVsT3XWw
• Stationery chain Paperchase is on the brink of administration after most of its stores were forced to close over the Christmas period https://t.co/ru66dj2RDH
• Businesses in retail, hospitality and leisure will receive new grants to help them keep afloat until spring. The grants will be worth up to £9,000 per property, the Treasury says https://t.co/bZpN7LDlCn
• Popular #Nigeria actor, Kanayo Kanayo becomes first lawyer in his community https://t.co/WeQWuqMqKa
• Small claims process finally passed into law for #US copyright infringement victims https://t.co/z4Vko9gmXS
  
• Bar students and BPP at odds over face-to-face exam this week - Legal Futures https://t.co/IdS7EJ8mVg
• Solicitor “fobbed off” staff who wanted employment contracts - Legal Futures https://t.co/vaI5Xi6uwl
• Chief Justice Roberts praises federal courts IT staff as 'unsung heroes' in annual judiciary report #US https://t.co/bdNQAiE3mC
  
• The UK "cannot duck" tackling inequalities of health, ethnicity, education and jobs post-Covid, a major review has warned https://t.co/s8SsM66kz8
  
• Solicitor "took advantage" of daughter-in-law over flat purchase - Legal Futures https://t.co/yehgs2lKJK
  
• Research lays bare gender disparities in publicly funded advocacy - Legal Futures https://t.co/pGvDj0Gy1p
• LHC CJ lays foundation stone for new judicial complex Muzaffargarh #Pakistan https://t.co/2U9zOckPiV
  
• US Senate does not act on Maria Cenzon court nomination; sent back to President Trump #Guam https://t.co/JklRl3GuX9
• Julian Assange verdict does little to protect press freedom https://t.co/XkYIOZpURj 
• Julian Assange to seek release from prison after extradition ruling - Legal team for WikiLeaks co-founder expected to refer to Covid risk at Belmarsh prison https://t.co/b759IfLjiO
  
• Refusing to extradite Assange to the US on mental health grounds is humane, but it doesn’t protect future whistleblowers https://t.co/Iug7gFn33
• No change in opening as courts face new Covid variant | Law Gazette https://t.co/mFFIQFT8o3 
• LAA extends Covid-19 contingency measures | Law Gazette https://t.co/2DaYupT802
• Former US tech envoy appointed MoJ permanent secretary | Law Gazette https://t.co/stbtHTUvLa 
• Court grants disclosure request in £650m tax dispute | Law Gazette https://t.co/QDb3FQv94
• SRA ordered to pay £27,000 over 'heavy handed' tribunal pursuit | Law Gazette https://t.co/Fu8CAlD85V
• Hope is The Thing With Feathers - Emily Dickinson https://t.co/cx1v1zg9CJ
• Christianity's long history in fighting for social justice https://t.co/mCRhH2KiUE
  
• JR: The ongoing Independent Review of Administrative Law should recommend restoring traditional limits | Law Gazette https://t.co/0WnxpbjO1Q

5th January - Law News

Edition 3296: 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: Election law analyst Rick Hasen says that there is enough there for Federal and state officials to investigate President Trump's call where he attempted to pressure the Georgia secretary of state to overturn the 2020 election results.

Focus of the Day Law News Article: Acquisitive regional practice Knights was the only listed law firm to defy the Covid gloom and end 2020 with its share price higher than where it began. At the other end of the scale, the Ince Group saw its share price tumble by 62% during the year. Full story - Legal Futures  

Law Related News Stories & Articles:

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Bidre case lawyer asked to prove attendance in court - Prosecutor threatens to drop case if police don’t clear bills #India https://t.co/DnstTz3BBo
• Covid - 19 - Court Attendance from 05.01.21 https://t.co/iJehVpSFBz 
  
• Economy Minister Diane Dodds has written to Cabinet Office Secretary Michael Gove to call for urgent action to be taken on deliveries to NI https://t.co/QBWFmX0qdw J
• Google workers form tech giant's first labour union https://t.co/ygv8ULsV9Q
• Everyone in England must stay at home except for permitted reasons during a new coronavirus lockdown beginning at midnight, Boris Johnson has announced https://t.co/kOlo3pAyGx
• UK COVID-19 border guidance for EU citizens prompts legal challenges https://t.co/fZQWoctg0d
• Dutch high hopes for legal cannabis farms hit by nimby protests #Netherlands https://t.co/gy22S569T8
• A new law is being planned to make it possible to delay the Welsh Parliament election this year by up to six months https://t.co/8wXdSHYPWS
• UK expats prevented from returning home to Spain https://t.co/IyOzLUZCk3
  
• All schools and colleges will move to online learning until 18 January in Wales https://t.co/m3JROIw5aA
• Ecclestone burglary: Four cleared over £26m celebrity raids https://t.co/yspthkl04
• Scottish MP Margaret Ferrier has been arrested by police after she admitted using public transport while infected with Covid-19 https://t.co/1zLF1FQFwM
• Former England hooker Steve Thompson planning legal action over brain injuries https://t.co/0xh17FhpPm
• Up to half of calls to ‘overwhelmed’ legal advice helplines go unanswered #Ireland https://t.co/faaFTWsl66
• Sindh to adopt law soon to deal with cases of synthetic drugs: Barrister Murtaza Wahab #Pakistan https://t.co/j9rlILZ2KI
• HK 2020 Interview: Barrister Jessica Leung says justice dep't is endangering #HongKong's rule of law https://t.co/ygVMQE122x
• 'Step up' and face Grenfell inquiry, minister tells cladding firm bosses https://t.co/CoDWWUtJ0N 
• EU firms refuse UK deliveries over Brexit tax changes https://t.co/Kpb4r3WyB
• Family of George Nkencho pursuing legal action over 'vindictive assertions' circulating online #Ireland https://t.co/mymhfRW51
• Scots are to be ordered to stay at home amid a fresh Covid-19 lockdown which will see schools remain closed to pupils until February. First Minister said new curbs would be introduced at midnight https://t.co/Ezbqkez0a
• Security officers removed Covid-19 "deniers" who were taking pictures of empty corridors at a NHS hospital where the intensive care unit is at maximum capacity, its chief executive said https://t.co/f5MgKRf0a
• Naturists criticise Durham police over Facebook post about arrest https://t.co/W0rQo7t5gc
• When is Divorce Day 2021 as covid sparks surge in separations https://t.co/VD1asWRaT2
  
• Nora Quoirin's family express dismay as coroner rules out others' involvement - Fifteen-year-old went missing overnight while on holiday with her family in Malaysia in 2019 https://t.co/YGGQr5zkT
• British ex-soldier and 12 others on trial over kidnap of #French millionaire - Jacqueline Veyrac, 80-year-old owner of Cannes hotel, was found bound and gagged in car in 2016 https://t.co/A3PgBBcxJQ
• 'Deep crisis' in British prisons as use of force against inmates doubles - Increase to almost 60 cases per 100 prisoners blamed on lack of experienced staff and overcrowding https://t.co/gNTRiIzJNU
  
• Leading firms fined for accounts rules breaches - Legal Futures https://t.co/L98TTxdbYw 
• SRA ordered to pay solicitor costs over botched prosecution - Legal Futures https://t.co/cbVpYidbP
• Difficult year for Law PLC, with most firms seeing share prices dive - Legal Futures https://t.co/I9YMNPEzdV
  
• Wikileaks founder Julian Assange cannot be extradited to the United States, a court in London has ruled. The judge blocked the request because of concerns over Mr Assange's mental health and risk of suicide in the US https://t.co/ahkV41iDO
• The Architecture of Functional Jurisdiction: Unpacking Contactless Control - On Public Powers, S.S. and Others v. Italy, and the "Operational Model" (German Law Journal, 2020) | Violeta Moreno-Lax https://t.co/3YbK6usjsh 
• Top lawyer calls for drug use to be decriminalised to solve deaths crisis https://t.co/sXlKaWXhVC 
• Lethal airstrikes in Yemen ‘left off’ confidential UK record - Ministers under pressure to say why attacks involving civilian casualties have been excluded from log of alleged humanitarian breaches https://t.co/sYVAMj2J
• #Nigerian Activists Demand Release of Publisher, Former Presidential Aspirant Sowore https://t.co/Tn5KH3my9Q
• Targeted Killings Are Terrorizing #Afghans. And No One Is Claiming Them https://t.co/bZixQGC2Ma
  
• Women fight to help families torn apart by ‘racist’ deportation policy: Automatic expulsions after prison terms are leaving UK children without fathers, campaigners say https://t.co/HP2lDxQr4O 
• #Ethiopia security forces killed 76 during protests following Oromo musician's assassination: state human rights body https://t.co/4gZpu96r3R
  
• Herman Hemingway, groundbreaking advocate for human rights in Boston, dies at 88 #US https://t.co/Sq622WzNWS
• A North Korean Human Rights Opportunity, Who will Make this a Priority? https://t.co/bYqgwoBOnC
• Asylum seekers with strong cases were sent back, human rights report says #US https://t.co/NZyTFAbRqt
• Sky News whistleblower was unfairly sacked, hearing rules https://t.co/gkBfkZtVWb 
• Back-to-school plans in chaos as unions launch legal action https://t.co/Dj2yQoROND
• Plea against cancelling doctor's licence: IHC seeks report from PMC for setting up medical tribunal #Pakistan https://t.co/8trNLDKGKt

4th January - Law News

Edition 3295: 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 streets of Jerusalem near the home of Israel's premier were flooded with protesters as they continue their calls for Netanyahu to step down over corruption charges. According to local media, some 2,000 attended the demonstration.

Focus of the Day Law News Article: Essex lorry tragedy must spur greater effort to stop trafficking from Vietnam. Criminal networks are depending on the chaos of Covid and Brexit. Now more than ever we need focus and international cooperation to prevent further tragedies. Full story - Guardian Law  

Law Related News Stories & Articles:

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Bullied workers waiting a year for justice as tribunal backlog soars https://t.co/kk7H5FxAAG
• Calcutta High Court Directs Centre To Fill Up CFSL Vacancies, Set Up Exclusive DNA Test Outlets #India https://t.co/UhTdNeZ2aW 
• Alberta Justice Minister responds to death of Calgary Police officer #Canada https://t.co/GRyrLKZIyb 
• Emma Blamire follows her dreams of combing job as a solicitor and working on the family farm https://t.co/YDSlJffPl
• Changes to the Habitats Regulations 2017 https://t.co/XZEJEi3bqx
  
• 'An act of cultural vandalism': Erasmus alumni weigh in on UK leaving education programme https://t.co/pinLQJDzjo 
• Eight new laws for 2021 and what they mean for you from travel to mobile phones https://t.co/w5KnJ9SkpQ 
• Legal ban on identifying child murder victims must be changed, Taoiseach says #Ireland https://t.co/vS1NhCApQv
• A #US police officer who was called out to arrest a family suspected of shoplifting instead bought them some food so they could have a decent Christmas dinner https://t.co/S8tmW37Go4 
• Tiger King's Joe Exotic's legal team announce meeting for Trump pardon #US https://t.co/PFEO1DhI9d
  
• Double-murderer drug dealer 'awarded £600000 in legal aid' over five trials https://t.co/feFYCajS0
• Liverpool's leaders have called on the government to impose a new nationwide lockdown to halt the spread of the new variant of Covid-19 https://t.co/J8PVXaB4MQ 
• Boris Johnson has reiterated his position that a Scottish independence referendum should be a "once-in-a-generation" vote https://t.co/2VoPW9p3pf
• Twelve people have been fined after they were caught playing dominoes in a restaurant in east London. Police officers found the group hiding in a dark room when they entered the building in Whitechapel on Tuesday https://t.co/HFRfehzwfj
  
• Kieran Trippier has betting ban suspended pending appeal https://t.co/FVN83atHTt
• Cardiff Central MP Jo Stevens in hospital with Covid virus https://t.co/qkC0KQz8a1 
• Jet2 Manchester flight diverted to Ireland after woman's vodka-fuelled homophobic abuse of cabin crew https://t.co/OgZaY1BM0h
  
• Snowdonia National Park wardens 'getting abuse' during lockdown https://t.co/nczhkkZNH8 
• First female Ogeechee Circuit district attorney sworn in Monday #US https://t.co/3NeaG9pVWl 
• #India approves vaccines from Bharat Biotech and Oxford/AstraZeneca https://t.co/HzsjjolM1k 
• UK sets up more than 20 Covid test sites for France-bound hauliers https://t.co/Kmznj0nPU
• Regional restrictions in England are "probably about to get tougher" to curb rising Covid infections, the prime minister has warned - possibly with schools closing https://t.co/XQbRCaAmwd 
• Dialectic of Transnationalism: Unauthorized Migration and Human Rights, 1993–2013 | Itamar Mann https://t.co/5amyoy8jga 
• Richard Thornburgh, Former Governor and Attorney General, Dies at 88 #US https://t.co/6qA0YCJjln
• SEO For Attorneys During The Pandemic: What To Know https://t.co/gWyXj6fX3H
• San Francisco's top prosecutor has a unique life story and a background as a criminal justice reformer: Chesa Boudin was elected district attorney of San Francisco in November last year #US https://t.co/iDUHZjGdTf 
• West turns blind eye on human rights violation when it contradicts #Saudi interest https://t.co/Kt0rhdge4U
  
• How #France-backed Malian troops trample down human rights https://t.co/SvznZMxD12
  
• #China must be sober-minded to counter West's attacks on human rights https://t.co/jfopew0BFb 
• Suspected Islamists kill 'at least 56 people' in #Niger attacks https://t.co/uSJ3vaHyul
• More than 70 Harvard student organisations sign open letter urging US state department to take stronger action over #Uighur, Ekpar Asat https://t.co/mq4IyX9Zsp
• Biden wants to fill federal court seats – but he needs to win the Senate first #US https://t.co/FMQjxnCNDC
• What Will The Courts Look Like Under Joe Biden? #US https://t.co/QWJ6ccrJt9

3rd January - Law News

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 Today's Highlighted Video Story: Bosnia and Herzegovina's military has set up tents for hundreds of refugees stranded in freezing conditions. They were left without shelter for several days after a fire burned down their old camp. Authorities have tried to relocate the refugees, but that is being opposed by some local people.

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Vandals in the #US have attacked the homes of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell https://t.co/8a2pkzCDRB
• The editor of the British Medical Journal has asked the New York Times to correct an article that claims UK guidelines allow two Covid-19 vaccines to be mixed https://t.co/ZFBvv6FCXQ
• Senators in final bid to derail certification of Biden's victory #US https://t.co/Z9yzEb9Y
• Anti-lockdown protesters arrested at Hyde Park demo https://t.co/SkBbkeKgw
• #Italian city discriminated against migrant children, appeals court rules https://t.co/Z5zSelAQTW
• UK girl granted anonymity by courts to bring TikTok lawsuit over data privacy concerns https://t.co/R0EoYZrc7
• East Midlands music producer, top lawyer and university innovation boss recognised with 2020 New Year’s honours https://t.co/OmwJ3hSMU
• Medics complain of 'bureaucracy' in bid to join Covid vaccine effort https://t.co/vXJhfyuRFe
  
• Criticizing Tokyo Prosectors, UN Panel Says Carlos Ghosn's Human Rights Were Violated #Japan https://t.co/ayDu4QCqvZ
• #French policy in West Africa 'silent on human rights' https://t.co/Y14mIqImlV
• Maj Gen Gautam Chauhan becomes first to head #India Army's human rights cell https://t.co/2xx4X8SUKv
• Man accused of three counts of rape and making threats to kill to face Crown Court https://t.co/FwLdjFFrjK
• #Grenada appoints first female Attorney General - Dia C Forrester-Gellineau was on Thursday morning appointed Attorney General, replacing Darshan Ramdhani https://t.co/LHJ2EaH84F
• Concern raised about 'lack of progress' in police investigation into arson attack which destroyed Derry nightclub https://t.co/thfjGJXdYq
• Justice from beyond the grave as dead child abuse victim puts rapist behind bars with 18-year-old testimony https://t.co/sPQmbcb2QP
• Justice Sanjib Banerjee, the senior-most judge of the Calcutta High Court, appointed as the Chief Justice of the Madras High Court #India https://t.co/o8HNjLVkjg
• Tottenham FC have criticised three of their players for breaching coronavirus rules by attending a party over Christmas https://t.co/g53OhFS4i9
  
• In Annual Report, Chief Justice Focuses On COVID's Impact On Judiciary #US https://t.co/HR34fzm5pr
  
• Wrongful imprisonment: High Court orders police to give Tk 20 lakh as compensation #Bangladesh https://t.co/iuLMM17oAt 
• Lisa Montgomery: Only woman on #US federal death row to face execution https://t.co/h4Xo2u08AN
• #France: More than 2,500 break virus restrictions at illegal rave https://t.co/1Ix3AejkLc 
• Communication to the United Nations Human Rights Committee In the case of SDG v Italy | Itamar Mann, Noemi Magugliani, and Violeta Moreno-Lax https://t.co/TLZ1pzWf4v
• A South Yorkshire burglar’s excuse for missing a probation appointment was described by a Sheffield judge as a "very unlikely story." https://t.co/XA0P0WXaaQ
  
• Wolters Kluwer divests #French legal notices business line https://t.co/pJS5zP4Ewl
  
• Maharashtra government begins drive for conveyance deed; step won't help, say experts #India https://t.co/G7bRBXwbsL
• Tier 4 Covid rules in England: latest restrictions explained https://t.co/8cFXdHtYJ1
• UK Brexit bill enshrining EU deal becomes law after parliamentary passage and royal assent https://t.co/XOPiCBEwQt
• The #US Congress has overturned President Donald Trump's veto of a defence spending bill, the first time this has happened in his presidency https://t.co/0aiPO7r8m9
• First Minneapolis police death since George Floyd captured on bodycam #US https://t.co/DCOGBdAOE4
• B.C. solicitor general Mike Farnworth says “by many measures,” this is the safest time to be on B.C.’s roads in years #Canada https://t.co/SbLLbETJMF 
• Protect civil servants if they leak secrets in public interest, lawyers demand https://t.co/wZmLRbn81z
• 1st Chinese American lawyer Hong Yen Chang gets Columbia Law honor, highlights past barriers #US https://t.co/aQM6EjtYHb

2nd January - Law News

Edition 3293: LawNewsIndex is a UK based topical legal news archive on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Jurisprudence, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics & Human Rights since 2011.   

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Wishing a happy, healthy and safe 2021 to all readers of LawNewsIndex.

 

 Today's Highlighted Video Story: Shiromani Akali Dal's Manjinder Singh Sirsa on Friday visited the Indian farmers' protest site at Singhu border as the President of the Delhi Gurdwara Management Committee and demanded revocation of the three contentious farm laws from the centre.

Saturday Conversations on Law

• An ex-Facebook lawyer Jessica Hertz is Big Tech's latest tie to the White House. Or is it? #US https://t.co/CAvujxOzzO
• Rajasthan-Haryana border: Cops use water cannon, tear gas as farmers break through barricades #India https://t.co/UddgTqx3DW 
• All primary schools in London will remain closed for the start of the new term, the government has confirmed https://t.co/5sEWg3rfGO 
• Lawyer Janet Hood, targeting Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, likens SNP to Nazis in Twitter slur https://t.co/uPUDZkb7lg
• Covid: Illegal New Year party at Essex church broken up - the 500-year-old church was damaged during an illegal New Year's Eve party at the venue https://t.co/i1e8BFIJk3
• Well-known Connecticut Lawyer, John Liquori shot and killed his covid-positive wife, on Christmas Day #US https://t.co/F9FGLRiWbr
• Reuters cameraman detained in Ethiopia has seen no evidence against him, lawyer says https://t.co/Re6WrfWAaD 
• #Uganda: Leading rights lawyer released on bail - Nicholas Opiyo was arrested last week, charged with money laundering https://t.co/CriAMOqqt
• Faulks review urged to recommend legislation to curb JR | Law Gazette https://t.co/osIMIXSsyJ 
• Following an investigation by the CMA, two UK-based companies that supply groundworks products to some of the UK’s largest construction firms, Vp plc and M.G.F. (Trench Construction Systems) Ltd, have been fined more than $15.2 million and $5 million https://t.co/A5CbNZnjdb 
• #Russia: Remuneration Payments Increased for Rights to Patentable Objects https://t.co/atse6IrGRZ 
• New Year's Eve revellers fined by police for breaking UK Covid rules https://t.co/iPkgD4jIwR 
• UK Supreme Court Opens The Floodgates For Mass Consumer Actions https://t.co/awLEPTfNBH 
• A much-used cycle lane in London that was removed because the local council said it was impeding the flow of motor vehicles has since been blocked by parked cars up to 80% of the time, a study by a campaign group has found https://t.co/f0IKQR3v1W
  
• Moscow has launched a train carriage on the city metro system that’s dedicated to finding new owners for stray cats and dogs #Russia https://t.co/7TAWEIBHmD
• UK Creating Stricter D&O Insurance Rules https://t.co/lT0k5Z9uOj
• Drone users face new rules across Europe and UK https://t.co/82hIQU5QkB 
• The 3 Biggest Legal Issues Facing #American Entrepreneurs in 2021 https://t.co/YXXX4GrPNP 
• Biden legal team asks senators for judicial nomination recommendations #US https://t.co/cl5MOYVD8o
• Holyrood refuses legal consent for UK trade deal with EU https://t.co/0CAgoEYHDq 
• Ex-Bolton and Croatia star Ivan Klasnic gets £3.6m legal pay out from doctors https://t.co/22pLUfzQ0T
• Online auction fees controversy: One operator to publish all charges https://t.co/tMrZTTaTN8
• #Saudi Arabia Is Slowly Killing My Father https://t.co/OIENqmT8dl
  
• Critics Say Nashville Police Could Have Done More With Tip About Bomber #US https://t.co/xUsmWljw9p
  
• #Argentina Legalizes Abortion, a Milestone in a Conservative Region https://t.co/LCKFAqvW2E 
• How the Police Killed Breonna Taylor #US https://t.co/78JDpIuHM0
• Adobe Flash Player, the browser plug-in that brought rich animations and interactivity to the early web, has officially reached the end of its life https://t.co/USyyPgh2d0
  
• 25 Days That Changed the World: How Covid-19 Slipped #China’s Grasp https://t.co/xCLIBGg8Nb
• Vice President Pence asks judge to toss GOP lawmaker's bid to overturn election results #US https://t.co/1nyn6CxX4
• #Australia changes national anthem to reflect indigenous past and reflect on the brutal effects of colonialism https://t.co/fg5iXo6oBD 
• A new trade border between Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK began operating at 23:00 GMT on Thursday https://t.co/EeoHPB66Xn
• Tampon tax: government axes VAT on sanitary products - Key campaigner Laura Coryton accuses Tory politicians of trying to turn issue into ‘pro-Brexit thing’ https://t.co/W0wank13Og 
• Police in Essex launch manhunt after pensioner is murdered: Police say they are trying to find Leighton Snook after 83-year-old Donald Ralph was found dead at his home near Colchester https://t.co/Im9P8w0Dmr 
• Liverpool Mayor Joe Anderson says he will not fight for re-election in May due to an ongoing bribery and witness intimidation investigation https://t.co/ko1sKvLbDK 
• Uncertain new era for the UK as it completes separation from European Union https://t.co/BjMNuLfxYX
• Rights groups on Tuesday demanded that #Palestinian authorities free a woman disc jockey arrested after a dance event at a Muslim religious site near the West Bank city of Jericho https://t.co/bX8AApsguN 
• #French Blunders: Controversial Security Law and Shutting Down of Human Rights NGO https://t.co/Kiu5IZRCy8
• The father of UK PM Boris Johnson says he is applying for French citizenship now that Britain has severed ties with the EU. Stanley Johnson told France's RTL radio he had always seen himself as French as his mother was born in France https://t.co/mGb75YbWSy 
• Tamir Rice shooting: justice department investigation ends without charges #US https://t.co/2aiOXYgsmV
  
• Belfast rugby team's founder accused of sexual assault https://t.co/MNt9Lz2wTm

1st January - Law News

Edition 3292: LawNewsIndex is a UK based topical legal news archive on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Jurisprudence, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics & Human Rights since 2011.   

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Wishing a happy, healthy and safe 2021 to all readers of LawNewsIndex.

 

 Today's Highlighted Video Story: From 1st January, more than a million people in Australia face a cut to their income as JobSeeker payments are reduced. The government insists there will still be a safety net for the vulnerable, but recipients warn scaling back welfare benefits will push them into poverty.

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Brexit: To avoid a hard border, Gibraltar will join the EU's Schengen zone and follow other EU rules, while remaining part of the UK https://t.co/TZbS87PNxt 
• #India's Assam state converts state-run Islamic schools into regular schools - Minister from Hindu nationalist BJP says schools should be producing Muslim professional workers, rather than future imams https://t.co/jxraD8cw2F 
• #Swiss Court Rejects Sun Yang's Case To Remove CAS Judge https://t.co/y4dIGUk58o
  
• #HongKong activist Jimmy Lai returned to jail until at least February - Court grants prosecutors’ request to appeal against bail order on media mogul https://t.co/WOr5hkQtWe
• UK impact Of Border Closures On Construction Contracts https://t.co/soYI2O7C2p
• Ticketmaster has paid a $10m (£7.3m) criminal fine for "intrusions into competitors' computer systems", the US Department of Justice has confirmed https://t.co/1pkQ8gK5Gj
• UK Government Launches Tender For £25M Aerospace Legal Panel https://t.co/bTK9sAO8b6 
• UK braced for changes as it cuts ties to EU at 11pm tonight - almost a year after officially leaving the 27-nation bloc https://t.co/qBEfKZXoZR 
• AG Mandelblit Assembled Secret Forum of Jurists to Help Decide Netanyahu's Prosecution #Israel https://t.co/OBAnmu85g9 
• Sir Jim Ratcliffe-owned hotel chain fined over minimum wage - Ineos founder’s boutique Home Grown Hotels joins Tesco and Pizza Hut on list of 139 ‘rogue employers’ https://t.co/WEwbfT0HGi
  
• Cordella Bart-Stewart, founder of the Black Solicitors Network, is among the solicitors to feature in the New Year Honours List 2021 published today | Law Gazette https://t.co/Hv3JMae3dE
• Tesco, Pizza Hut and Superdrug in minimum wage fail https://t.co/3da6Q9m2tp
• People tempted to attend a New Year's Eve party on Brighton seafront have been warned by police to stay away https://t.co/XHn2vUxXvx
• Covid rule-breakers 'have blood on their hands' https://t.co/ixjFbyEvdd
• China amends criminal laws in latest anti-doping measure https://t.co/dYjaxKHQDt antial' cannabis farm found in loft with hole linking two houses https://t.co/2BozqpTOxJ
• Externalizing Migration Management through Soft Law- The Case of the Memorandum of Understanding between Libya and Italy.docx | Martino Reviglio https://t.co/hMFqyJsbv6
• Judge rules AG Cameron can intervene in lawsuit alleging mismanagement of pension funds #US https://t.co/eIpbZBySpx
  
• People should avoid New Year's Eve celebrations because "Covid loves a crowd", officials warned as millions entered the toughest restrictions tier https://t.co/oW7MdtBKsJ
• Judge Joyce Warren's 44-year legal career began with a suggestion from her boyfriend - the pioneer Arkansas jurist is now set for exit; 1st Black woman judge to retire #US https://t.co/1oChH1c7b4 
• #Russia Frees Two Associates Of Navalny's Lawyer After Week In Jail https://t.co/4aeMChzW81 
• Prominent #Moroccan historian and human rights activist arrested in Rabat - Maati Monjib, who has been targeted by authorities using Israeli spyware, is accused of money laundering https://t.co/mixopDGKyN
• UK lawyers warn they face regulatory 'patchwork' despite Brexit deal https://t.co/W2AHrXLX9s 
• Allahabad High Court on Tuesday ordered an inquiry into the assault on a government lawyer by police in Etah in Uttar Pradesh and directed the Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) of the district to submit a report #India https://t.co/aKCXNXNtd3
• The convicted assassin of former #Israel prime minister Yitzhak Rabin has hired a prominent defense lawyer as part of his efforts to be released from prison https://t.co/SyncUmgdg
• A #Chinese court has sentenced a former lawyer who reported on the early stage of the coronavirus outbreak to four years in prison on charges of “picking fights and provoking trouble." https://t.co/ehIju6FVgR
• The New #Italian Legal Framework For Non-Italian Sports Agents https://t.co/kiWSOAqPk2
• Why Is ‘Scabby the Rat’ a Legal Dilemma? https://t.co/g094PdlK8u
• Diversity is still a problem in the legal sector https://t.co/1wuMw6CfKH
• Kurian Joseph says independence of #India judiciary under threat, never seen India’s Bar so divided https://t.co/4r6ryQ7hXt 
• Abu Dhabi judiciary discusses implementation of legal amendments to decriminalise non-sufficient fund cheques #UAE https://t.co/CNW2Ebi9Od
• Beijing is breaching #HongKong's final line of defense: its judiciary https://t.co/Hxv2O3v6Ay