Sunday

24th January - Law News

Edition 3316: 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 recent survey found two-thirds of Palestinians do not trust the state's judicial system and believe it is corrupt. Human rights defenders say a weak judiciary is in turn strengthening a system known as tribal justice. And more people are moving towards tribal laws to get justice for their family and friends.

Saturday Conversations on Law
  • The Legal Sector Affinity Group (LSAG) has published updated anti-money laundering (AML) guidance for the legal sector | NLJ https://t.co/TP1utqVzeE
  • The President of the Lands Chamber of the Upper Tribunal, Sir Timothy Fancourt, has published new guidance on proceedings in the Upper Tribunal (UT), Lands Chamber during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic https://t.co/4h3x10rK8k
  • The Law Society has warned solicitors to manage their clients' expectations ahead of the end of the stamp duty land tax holiday on 31 March 2021 | NLJ https://t.co/05c8fRD1Ub
  • Whisky firm threatens hate group with legal action over logo - Irish Legal News https://t.co/0uEJorACZv
  • NI: Family lawyers pay tribute to social worker who died from Covid-19 - Irish Legal News https://t.co/kpF18BYa0w
  • UK asylum seekers told claims at risk if they ‘misbehave’ - Call for Home Office to act after private contractors tell people their applications will be jeopardised for speaking out, going on hunger strikes or complaining about food https://t.co/SkJYVu99E
  • UK childcare payment system discriminatory and irrational, judge rules - Nichola Salvato wins case against DWP scheme that makes parents pay upfront and claim money back through universal credit https://t.co/12xfcVbalM 
  • Keon Lincoln murder probe: Second teenager arrested https://t.co/P5LojZTeAK
  • Dismissing an employee who is on sick leave - Irish Legal News https://t.co/reGVxNMYlC J
  • Plans for graduated speeding penalties scrapped - Irish Legal News https://t.co/Ola2mAUIMt 
  • Man jailed for ten-and-a-half years in first coercive control case - Irish Legal News https://t.co/fvcZYpkDFt 
  • NI: First legacy inquest under five-year plan concludes shooting was 'unjustified' - Irish Legal News https://t.co/fDecmpIjc5
  • OSM Partners names three new associates - Irish Legal News https://t.co/NoeTYSYZki
  • Solicitors urged to review AML policies as new guidance launches | Law Gazette https://t.co/XL40wbuqTM 
  • Hundreds of people have been detained as police try to stop nationwide protests in #Russia in support of jailed opposition politician Alexei Navalny https://t.co/9CPUPs4VD
  • Two officers were injured as they broke up an "incredibly selfish" party, involving about 200 people, in one of London's most expensive neighbourhoods https://t.co/FMOBQJ0e44
  • Tory Senedd leader Paul Davies quits, Tory MS Darren Millar also announced he was stepping down as chief whip. They were seen drinking in early December, four days after a ban on pubs serving alcohol on their premises https://t.co/M7635OPLCA
  • #SriLanka's health minister, who endorsed herbal syrup to prevent Covid, has tested positive for the virus. Pavithra Wanniarachchi tested positive on Friday https://t.co/AQpphEXC3t
  • Barrister fined for 'sexual touching' | Law Gazette https://t.co/uR8ywL5qj6
  • Partner who falsely claimed to witness signature is fined | News | Law Gazette https://t.co/JFSxK5bSIg
  • CoA hears mother sob as judge 'threatens' to have child taken into care | Law Gazette https://t.co/Mrb6t0DeKo
  • DBA ruling 'gives profit power back to law firms' | Law Gazette https://t.co/lbiHIk1Rwp
  • Nurses call for better masks to protect all staff https://t.co/owXq0BpcV
  • Climate change: Six questions about the Cumbria coal controversy https://t.co/aEAIiIGsv
  • Debt and part-time jobs: barristers ‘at breaking point’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/SMr4DX6lc7
  • HMCTS to pilot lateral flow testing in Manchester next week | Law Gazette https://t.co/6dqFEfKk4T
  • Don’t judge whether trainees are good enough to qualify, firms told | Law Gazette https://t.co/wVApV8J4TG
  • First session of SYLA Ethics Conference a great success - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/u75iLCH9J
  • Dr Anne Sammon: Can UK employers require staff to be vaccinated? - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/VpWQBIXnDV
  • Lesley Weber appointed to Scottish Sentencing Council as victims expert member - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/iNu8AQwBhe
  • FCA proposes fee price cap for claims management companies - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/aEcG0Ua4eG 
  • Scottish government refusal to support Culpable Homicide (Scotland) Bill criticised - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/fcBRzm6pUi
  • #Honduran abortion law: Congress moves to set total ban 'in stone' https://t.co/PO2gIgwSCY 
  • The government's fund to pay for the removal of dangerous cladding is woefully inadequate, oversubscribed and taking too long to make buildings safe, campaigners say https://t.co/1haoLd0Thr 
  • Hotel quarantine for UK arrivals to be discussed https://t.co/S6glq6Fvwk

Saturday

23rd January - Law News

Edition 3315: 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: Ahead of India Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit, the police resorted to lathi charge on activists of the All Assam Students' Union (AASU) who took out a rally in Tezpur on Friday to protest the central government's controversial citizenship law. The police detained several AASU activists on Friday in different districts of Assam during the demonstrations against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) which saw protesters hold torch-light rallies across the state.


Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Mr Justice Woulfe to hear Supreme Court cases next month - Irish Legal News https://t.co/1rY5VNQ8A
  • Preliminary trial hearings to become law by summer - Irish Legal News https://t.co/jNfcavgoA
  • Throughout the pandemic, the impact on disabled people has been largely overlooked | Law Gazette https://t.co/z2NAvwqCM
  • Appeal blocked over ‘informed consent’ for solicitor’s £3.6m fees | Law Gazette https://t.co/Ar5n2dhK
  • QC instructed for Hong Kong prosecution steps down | Law Gazette https://t.co/XyEAaLwM
  • Email attachments not covered by legal privilege, court clarifies | Law Gazette https://t.co/Iw4QjVkMt
  • A funeral director has been fined £10,000 after police were called to a funeral with close to 150 people in attendance https://t.co/97sIWTMv
  • Files stolen from environmental regulator during cyber attack published online - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/WtXG46Icb
  • Legal battle to hold independence referendum begins - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/dOkK1Atpw
  • Aberdeen IT firm successfully challenges dismissal of its complaints made against solicitors   - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/lJEdkWcBa
  • City watchdog plans fee cap for claims management companies | Law Gazette https://t.co/fZBzPecB3
  • Online option now ‘default’ for Wales courts | Law Gazette https://t.co/htg1iLeCC
  • Guise accuses client of faking emails in ‘dishonest’ transfers case | Law Gazette https://t.co/soeewwHGH
  • No plans for universal £500 self-isolation payment, No 10 says https://t.co/BF5YRN3O
  • #Russian police have detained close aides of the jailed Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny, whose fans have flooded social media with calls to rally in support of him on Saturday https://t.co/Lfpr1jh8g
  • SRA blitz continues on firms breaching transparency rules | Law Gazette https://t.co/lUKkgMds
  • Trump impeachment: Senate trial poised to start next week #US https://t.co/oHTmfWzM5
  • Will this be the Year of Lawtech? - Legal Futures https://t.co/QwsVlYC4M
  • Barristers take on debt and other work to survive pandemic - Legal Futures https://t.co/HOpRB077P
  • Solicitor allowed use of client account as £4.6m banking facility - Legal Futures https://t.co/33HikIebM
  • 'Professionally embarrassed' lawyers wrong to withdraw during murder trial - Legal Futures https://t.co/g3UhKkMxI
  • Nominations sought for Law Society honorary membership - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/9Bwmqaq1k
  • Essex lorry deaths: Men jailed for killing 39 migrants in trailer https://t.co/o0gXyVVrC
  • Andrew McConnell promoted to director at DWF - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/kIHFaHvif
  • Cameron House: A hotel fire which claimed the lives of two men started after a porter put a bag of ash and embers in a cupboard containing kindling and newspaper https://t.co/l91EhYNiZV
  • Nine crofters to benefit from funding - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/qI0EsUotlp
  • Netflix paid just £3.2m in tax on £940m of UK subscription revenue https://t.co/LWodZpu4pB 
  • Johnson raises fears of lockdown in England continuing into summertime - No 10 wary of talking about easing restrictions as infection rate remains high https://t.co/CCXGvit4
  • Judge's remarks made mother 'fearful' for herself and her child, hearing told - Barrister urges landmark appeal hearing for courts in England and Wales to set aside decision that father should be allowed contact with child https://t.co/RVZ8w9fbp
  • Peer predicts China will sack British judges on Hong Kong’s highest court - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/QXHhMPYpt
  • Our justice system is in crisis, so why not abolish jury trials? With a huge backlog of cases due to Covid, it’s a chance to reform archaic and irrelevant court rituals https://t.co/14VjkqnFD
  • Handsworth murder probe: A 15-year-old boy has died after being attacked in a residential street by a group of youths "armed with knives" https://t.co/eU2ipx4nY
  • 400-person wedding party in Stamford Hill broken up by police, guests fled from the Charedi strictly Orthodox Jewish school when officers arrived https://t.co/m4RgsuW0J
  • Justice Committee raises concerns over Domestic Abuse Bill - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/de15VB9E
  • No implied term of compliance with building and fire safety standards in lease of a storage unit - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/40qft9IUQ
  • Many Scots lawyers would like to see the salutation ‘Dear Sirs’ dropped from usage in favour of others that recognise that not all lawyers are men - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/LNjHPyGixL 
  • Morton Fraser introduces success fee arrangements for commercial litigation - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/BsVazz5l0
  • Man who secretly removed bank book from dead father’s home fails to have brother removed as executor of estate - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/O7Sqvg394
  • Covid: £800 house party fines to be introduced in England https://t.co/hSixADL7i
  • Call for evidence: The Government’s Independent Human Rights Act Review - Committees - UK Parliament https://t.co/ltftcrjye
  • Mitch McConnell proposes delaying Trump's impeachment trial #US https://t.co/kSdDYrAi3
  • #Canada’s governor general resigns after report finds workplace harassment https://t.co/DSGVgSwUhs
  • Crisps lorry held up for two days by Northern Irish Brexit checks, MPs told https://t.co/3uceivC4
  • Rudy Giuliani: lawyers call for Trump's personal attorney to lose law licence - Giuliani criticised for making false claims about election fraud and calling for ‘trial by combat’ before Capitol attack https://t.co/oRNkh5jU0
  • NI: Attackers of police and ambulance staff could face stiffer sentences - Irish Legal News https://t.co/WZLbZDqv
  • Jeff Katz obituary - Corporate investigator who rejected dubious tactics and agents to shine a light on foul play https://t.co/gVyPiV3grM
  • How Isaiah survived #Australia's juvenile justice system https://t.co/F0kKEwlZs
  • Jesuit order in #Spain apologises for decades of sexual abuse by members https://t.co/qLE2UzKNe
  • NSW and South #Australia back foreign interference laws against high court challenge https://t.co/yEkUeYBZL
  • #Russia committed human rights violation in Georgia war, ECHR rules https://t.co/1Nz0wQA3B
  • Google has threatened to remove its search engine from #Australia over the nation's attempt to make the tech giant share royalties with news publishers https://t.co/qi5YKxdwu
  • Covid in Scotland: More than 400 care homes investigated over deaths https://t.co/OWuEEvm5dz 
  • Anyone who tests positive for Covid-19 in England could be paid £500 to self-isolate under proposals to be discussed by ministers https://t.co/BF5YRN3OKv
  • Dr David Kenny: Time to admit the government's legal advice on adoption is wrong - Irish Legal News https://t.co/PCEK9lSwW
  • Judicial appointments bill will not skip pre-legislative scrutiny - Irish Legal News https://t.co/DtJfE1lm7z
  • Police arrest 320 dangerous UK child sex offenders https://t.co/sZH6onwhvo
  • Updating the Law Society Council | Law Gazette https://t.co/WG3TF5ldTs

Friday

22nd January - Law News

Edition 3314: 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: Joe Biden has wasted no time in getting to work on reversing many of Donald Trump's key policies. Speaking to The World, historian and research scholar Nicole Hemmer says the Obama years taught the Democrats a lot about obstruction in Congress, as well as how to use executive power.


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 Focus of the Day Article: 'Much-needed clarity' - lawyers reflect on the landmark UK Covid-19 insurance test case. While the claimant lawyers are celebrating, advisers on both sides have welcomed the Supreme Court's judgment. Full story - The Global Legal Post
 

Saturday Conversations on Law
  • SRA 'hopeful' SQE can proceed as planned despite pandemic | Law Gazette https://t.co/0Q14Ms5WWE
  • Email attachments are not privileged just because message is - Legal Futures https://t.co/ctgo9Eysb
  • New York rejects ABSs for now as Arizona opens doors to them - Legal Futures https://t.co/8cjWsc3xBS
  • Another SRA prosecution fails but regulator avoids costs order - Legal Futures https://t.co/eU6iH9dTb
  • Male barrister fined for smacking female colleague on backside - Legal Futures https://t.co/N4QrGRBHpA
  • Court of Appeal considers family court's approach to domestic abuse | Law Gazette https://t.co/FzzgBbcQjc
  • Tribunal slashes SRA costs over ‘inordinate’ number of lawyers | Law Gazette https://t.co/uwAfR8ryKR
  • TV star wins Part 36 costs battle over newspaper's late acceptance | Law Gazette https://t.co/H99zAcomi
  • Review AML procedures now, practitioners warned | Law Gazette https://t.co/EA3952L5XG
  • Bar Council demands extra £55m for Covid courts | Law Gazette https://t.co/ThwydQWd3E
  • Solicitors forced into the office tell charity they feared for their jobs | Law Gazette https://t.co/cYa0XKhqwv
  • Lawyers and unions threaten 'legal and industrial response' over court safety | Law Gazette https://t.co/BI4rx3lmN
  • Coronavirus lockdown restrictions in Northern Ireland will be extended until 5 March, BBC News NI understands https://t.co/9F50ACmCBM
  • Our Legal Heritage: The Mountain Bard in Court, 1821 - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/mX69AI8oc
  • Revised code of conduct for property factors comes into force in August - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/7XRGwNidG
  • University tuition fees frozen at £9,250 for a year https://t.co/WN6I3RdMFn
  • It is "too early" to say whether England's Covid restrictions will be able to end in the spring, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said https://t.co/6EHPHz1Noj
  • Joseph Biggs a leader of the Proud Boys, a #US extremist group that took part in the Capitol insurrection, was taken into custody and is facing charges, federal officials said https://t.co/CXRgMBC36S
  • New CPD offering from Scottish Law Agents’ Society - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/iABIInyhA6
  • Illinois poised to become first #US state to end wealth-based pre-trial detention - State passed Pre-trial Fairness Act which the governor, JB Pritzker, has long expressed his support for https://t.co/TwfYS8CZWT
  • Glastonbury Festival has been cancelled for a second year running due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic https://t.co/NVM3vn5Du
  • September start for hospital inquiry public hearings - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/LQ2U5drX3H
  • Home-school: Can you get a free laptop or cheaper broadband? https://t.co/gbnH7XOcTC
  • Marmite maker Unilever to insist suppliers pay 'living wage' https://t.co/a1KxjgZwnT
  • England: ‘Unprecedented’ courts backlog could have long-term impact - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/DXR2rXDiO5
  • High Court trials in December 2020 up over previous years - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/tHAm2KX2nH
  • Addleshaw Goddard optimistic about deal activity in year ahead - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/zhvVmJ82h1
  • More remote jury centres power up during latest lockdown - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/3sFeWgrvh
  • Is it time to ditch ‘Dear Sirs’ – have your say in our poll - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/XuMLBKMop
  • #China announces sanctions against 'lying and cheating' outgoing Trump officials - Chinese foreign ministry announced sanctions against Mike Pompeo and 27 others as Biden was taking presidential oath https://t.co/yh3mtrdY5
  • NI: A&L Goodbody extends partnership with Ulster Rugby - Irish Legal News https://t.co/QxCJwDJJuI
  • FLAC hits out at 'contradictory and confusing explanations' for PUP tax - Irish Legal News https://t.co/Fzbh3dw50v
  • Ireland has one of highest rates of data breaches in EU - Irish Legal News https://t.co/0iE0PLYicV
  • NI: Domestic abuse law to be brought into effect this year - Irish Legal News https://t.co/BE50m8WJpm
  • #Australian government urged to try and recover student loans from the dead https://t.co/S5hDWSZnx
  • A private hospital group in #SouthAfrica has defended itself amid an uproar that the man dubbed "Dr Death" practises from two of its clinics https://t.co/var0ZxITk
  • Covid: 'No evidence' virus levels decreasing in England https://t.co/0dVyOchuvb
  • NI: Legislation to create stalking offence introduced - Irish Legal News https://t.co/rNwfmHJwrw 
  • House hunters are taking advantage of lockdown rules to travel hundreds of miles to view homes, estate agents say https://t.co/CreKHbs06o 
  • ‘Palace Four’ drawn into Meghan’s dispute with Associated Newspapers - Ex-employees of royal couple could shed light on drafting of letter to Thomas Markle, high court hears https://t.co/gRRhFCijQM
  • NI: 'Nightingale venue' hosts hearing for first time - Irish Legal News https://t.co/OIU5XoHdIo

Thursday

21st January - Law News

Edition 3313: 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: Former US president Donald Trump still hasn't mouthed the words "I concede", nor do most of his followers intend to accept his defeat. Their movement has often been described as a personality cult, a description that many of them are comfortable with. They believe Donald Trump is the saviour of the American way of life and only he alone can take on the Democrats and the political and corporate establishment. But does this amount to a rolling insurrection in the months and years ahead?


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 Focus of the Day Article: The chief executive of HM Courts & Tribunals Service has insisted that court buildings are safe from the moment of arrival, despite reports of ‘filthy’ bathrooms and busy public waiting areas. In a government blog post, Kevin Sadler said there is ‘no evidence that our sites are unsafe’ with public health advice indicating that ‘community transmission is the most likely source of the vast majority of cases where court and tribunal users have tested positive’. Full story - The Law Society Gazette
 

Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Police have urged people not to "drive to see the floods" as evacuations of households in the wake of Storm Christoph begin in England and Wales https://t.co/lTCfhUkwwh
  • Saga cruises says all customers must be vaccinated https://t.co/NUGuEljcg
  • Scottish parliament rejects Westminster's 'spy cops' bill https://t.co/zAk75EGAA
  • In the swim: Sir Nicholas Green - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/V33Yx5WTFD
  • My legal life: Charlie Lightfoot, Jenner & Block - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/Pjp3JdIy
  • Court Voids a ‘Tortured’ Trump Climate Rollback: The ruling strikes down weak rules for coal-burning power plants and gives the Biden administration a freer hand to impose tighter restrictions #US https://t.co/NkHbstlAG
  • 'Greatest threat': Inspectors sound alarm over courts backlog | Law Gazette https://t.co/XTZLAjFCs
  • Woman Is Sentenced to 43 Years for Criticizing #Thai Monarchy https://t.co/u3K3dTp1d0
  • While most arrests in the Capitol riot have been individuals, new charges accused three people tied to a right-wing militia of conspiring to commit violence #US https://t.co/LX1y9Kybf8
  • Global bar body backs ‘genocide amendment’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/1a7xXED0CW
  • Holyrood passes bill to protect shopworkers - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/4xNvs0y0M
  • Proposal to use terrorism laws during pandemic revealed by Scottish government in bungled disclosure - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/xZPydoJ4m
  • UK Supreme Court rules business interruption insurance policies must pay out after Covid-19 losses - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/32b6BRSYQG
  • Joe Biden has been sworn in as the 46th #US president, ending one of the most dramatic political transitions in American history. "Democracy has prevailed," he said after taking the oath of office from Chief Justice John Roberts https://t.co/CQ2ZsLri3b
  • BAME clients less trusting of lawyers than white clients, watchdog finds | Law Gazette https://t.co/C6quc7zVch
  • Solicitor without insurance struck off to end 46-year career | Law Gazette https://t.co/ePBgGANfIV
  • New watchdog will be able to ban dangerous materials used at Grenfell Tower https://t.co/CsPMTGpxaS
  • HMCTS chief: Courts ‘safe from the moment you arrive’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/z1VKukR6SE 
  • Court kills off fraud claim by LiP against City giant | Law Gazette https://t.co/mZppzt2IGh
  • Purpose-built court building reopens - as a film set | Law Gazette https://t.co/QUz3yp7QG
  • City solicitor rebuts 'concocted story' about client funds transfers | Law Gazette https://t.co/rbIuF3mdzE
  • "Some of the old guard are not necessarily at work because of a love of practising law, but because it funds a lifestyle to which they are accustomed and brings them respect and satisfaction" - Legal Futures https://t.co/ZbwCsoCJBw
  • Law Society to LeO: Ask government, not lawyers, for more cash - Legal Futures https://t.co/8XZmnvugD
  • Solicitor who misled tribunals on Ugandan law is struck off - Legal Futures https://t.co/b8T0fMeAp
  • Law firm awarded £25k damages for defamatory Trustpilot review - Legal Futures https://t.co/pvWuf3hfZ
  • Disgruntled client ordered to pay £25,000 damages for libelous review | Law Gazette https://t.co/MlRPmjZYBR
  • David Perry QC quits prosecution of #HongKong activists - British barrister was called ‘mercenary’ by UK foreign secretary for taking on case against pro-democracy figures https://t.co/WCHLwROkfG
  • Covid-19: Concerns for prison population raised - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/TGszL3kJ03 
  • Nine Met Police officers have been fined for breaching lockdown rules to meet at a cafe while on duty https://t.co/p6jUbuenrE
  • BBC faces 'financial risk' over licence fee income, watchdog says - time to bring in selective advertising revenue? https://t.co/aar6VAETcG
  • In the final hours of his presidency, Donald Trump has pardoned 73 people, including his former adviser Steve Bannon, who is facing fraud charges #US https://t.co/8B5pxWlxQ
  • Paper argues for greater court access for devolved nations to settle disputes with Westminster - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/0pKZX55Jg
  • Former police officers campaign for decriminalisation of drugs - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/NO0R3XYpT
  • New award to honour memory of Aberdeen law student Emily Drouet - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/E32EowegH
  • UK government accused of discriminating against maternity leave-takers - Charity brings judicial review and says payment calculations breach Human Rights Act https://t.co/1sE6IIYp1H
  • Martyn Evans named new chair of Scottish Police Authority - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/O8HTp6bQUO
  • Interview: BBC Scotland legal director Rosalind McInnes on her life in the law - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/brVtcCGkE
  • Reports of female-perpetrated child sexual abuse rise sharply - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Lr0wkP0ZU
  • NI: John Keers appointed to Judicial Digitisation Steering Group - Irish Legal News https://t.co/AkztcJ4Qvj
  • #Canada homeless man found dead in freezing temperatures just feet away from a shelter which had closed early due to a Covid outbreak. Raphaël André, 51, was pronounced dead early on Sunday https://t.co/G1ebBfTx4A
  • NI: Four new appointments for BLM in Belfast - Irish Legal News https://t.co/bdXfqjcRsF
  • CCLRP says action is needed to address heavy impact of pandemic on vulnerable children - Irish Legal News https://t.co/Zz33noygO
  • MPs demand answers over lack of Covid support for self-employed https://t.co/VkvZpG0Uve
  • Van Morrison to start legal action over Northern Ireland Covid ban on live music https://t.co/QPw4YrWHZI
  • #China has committed genocide in its repression of the Uighurs and other mainly Muslim peoples, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Tuesday https://t.co/y8LkOjV8Yw
  • New owners of Tiger King zoo ordered to surrender cubs #US https://t.co/HczRU9WmJQ
  • High court grants leave to appeal to UK gender identity service - NHS trust wins right of appeal over referrals for puberty-blocking drugs for under-16s who want gender reassignment https://t.co/jmWfDORxD
  • Enviornmental justice centre established as green litigation poised to grow - Irish Legal News https://t.co/ZAceOvaSCn

Wednesday

20th January - Law News

Edition 3312: 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: Officials who have survived the past four years with the Trump administration and other officials who did not make it to the finish line.

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 Focus of the Day Article: A “troubling inequality” between BAME and White British consumers in the way they access legal services has changed little in the five years since it raised the issue, the Legal Services Consumer Panel (LSCP) has found. The panel also revealed big differences between ethnic minorities in the way they approach legal advice. Full story - Legal Futures
 

Saturday Conversations on Law
  • The Guardian view on #Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny: such bravery needs backing https://t.co/lzcEEERZ
  • Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng has confirmed the government is looking at scrapping some EU labour laws now it is no longer bound by the bloc's rules. It comes after he denied reports of plans to dilute some workers' rights https://t.co/jXpOwiib0
  • Britain has plenty of cash to bail out big business, yet nothing for the poorest https://t.co/ngUm5dvTf
  • Rebels aim to insert genocide amendment in UK-China trade bill - UK court would determine whether China is committing genocide against #Uighurs if measure passed https://t.co/F3tHCt5GK
  • Court closures and delays lead to Scotland recording only one high-value fraud case - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/zZPozFfg7N
  • “How much does your building weigh, Norman?” - Legal Futures https://t.co/OWhP15Cib
  • British Virgin Islands' governor launches inquiry into alleged corruption - Gus Jaspert’s extraordinary step comes amid claims of a climate of fear in the UK overseas territory https://t.co/t6NBwW54dV
  • Malicious prosecution: Whitehouse and Clark reportedly paid £21m – plus £3m in legal expenses - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/XKQEK2DfY
  • Government narrowly sees off Tory revolt over anti-genocide trade deal law https://t.co/9OndnyUeA
  • A Starbucks branch in Dublin has been ordered to pay compensation to a customer of Thai heritage after an employee drew "slanty" eyes on her cup #Ireland https://t.co/AQvIm4wzH
  • Trainee specialist launches scholarships for Black graduates - Legal Futures https://t.co/PQocfb4e
  • #Saudi Arabia's blockade of Qatar is over – but my father is still in jail for opposing it https://t.co/GktLqmfc
  • G4S migrant workers 'forced to pay millions' in illegal fees for jobs https://t.co/Jp4vJ7OfV
  • Sheriff Appeal Court remits contact order application by abusive ex-partner for reconsideration - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/5wXCDOgO
  • #Australia's proposed media code could break the world wide web, says the man who invented it - Tim Berners-Lee says the plan to make Google and Facebook pay for news content undermines the web’s ‘fundamental principle’ https://t.co/F7IyxRpFb
  • Business secretary confirms post-Brexit review of UK workers' rights https://t.co/mGgZtPIBoS 
  • Veteran solicitor practised without insurance - Legal Futures https://t.co/I4Dzulw80
  • Coroner's Covid findings stoke calls for inquiry into pandemic policy https://t.co/itYoIzFXeO
  • “Troubling inequality” persists for BAME consumers of legal services - Legal Futures https://t.co/F0vxK4etUb
  • Knights aims to plug geographical gaps throughout UK - Legal Futures https://t.co/5ghBbrX12V 
  • Levelling the playing field of US-UK extradition | Law Gazette https://t.co/kV14xUCjgX
  • Scotland's Covid-19 lockdown has been extended until at least the middle of February, with most school pupils to continue learning from home https://t.co/p6kBLxVifO
  • A group of politicians drank alcohol on Welsh Parliament premises days after a ban on serving it in pubs took effect. Conservative Senedd leader Paul Davies, Darren Millar and Nick Ramsay were seen drinking together in early December https://t.co/oZNOQJTojD
  • A rail company has begun an internal investigation after staff allegedly held a surprise baby shower in a closed Patisserie Valerie bakery at London's Marylebone station during lockdown https://t.co/7SiI4E4eHP
  • How to keep junior lawyers happy | Law Gazette https://t.co/c9BI9k9P0F
  • #US Capitol riots: Trump supporter Riley June Williams arrested after Pelosi 'data theft' https://t.co/a4Sq8bOLl
  • A 500-year-old painting has been discovered in a flat in Italy and returned to a museum - where staff were unaware it had even been stolen - The copy of Salvator Mundi, is believed to have been painted by Leonardo da Vinci #Italy https://t.co/MEYUalqdQY
  • HMCTS digital evidence rethink | Law Gazette https://t.co/v8gfevEVMe
  • Question mark hangs over Saudi Arabia’s decline in executions - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/IdKg7u7GF0
  • Law firm workers say they are being forced into the office | Law Gazette https://t.co/zV74sx8NJo 
  • A refusal to accept cash is "creeping into the wider UK economy", an expert has said, after a survey suggested coronavirus had hastened a shift towards a cashless society https://t.co/YEezxdv0p
  • News focus: Guideline hourly rates - ending the big freeze? | Law Gazette https://t.co/pm5imAHOVX
  • Experts unconvinced by Lord Sumption's lockdown ethics - Critics of retired supreme court justice say QALYs measure not intended for public health debate https://t.co/9lGdoC4zkv
  • Facebook claims it does not conduct business in Australia in Cambridge Analytica appeal https://t.co/1ECjzsghh
  • Herbert Smith paralegal banned for overtime scam | Law Gazette https://t.co/cvf7Hodt8f
  • 'My boss made me come to work and I caught Covid' https://t.co/bFHkRTL6oo 
  • Government facing rebellion over the Trade Bill, and plans to give British courts the right to decide if a country is committing genocide. Rebel Tory MPs want to allow Parliament to debate ending trade deals https://t.co/ERBhzGAg8E 
  • Doctors plead for legal protection from Covid judgement calls | Law Gazette https://t.co/dWPuk5jPoe
  • Solicitors refuse to back ombudsman’s 19% budget rise | Law Gazette https://t.co/gN0tI6V6kv 
  • Solicitor tests positive for Covid-19 after seeing client at court | Law Gazette https://t.co/VFoOESrB5z
  • Prominent City solicitor accused of ‘dishonest’ transfers | Law Gazette https://t.co/AwMRbRmD3S
  • Fife hotelier jailed for two years after £380,000 VAT fraud - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/hbknA097ct 
  • TLT appointed to UK government’s trade law panel - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/vHQNftzneb
  • Covid self-employment income support scheme unfair say mothers - Campaigners are bringing a judicial review for indirect sexual discrimination on Thursday https://t.co/lZIO4nZClT
  • M1 deaths: Coroner calls for smart motorway review https://t.co/Tza3iR5VWQ
  • Covid and the courts: 'Grave concerns' for justice, warn watchdogs https://t.co/syGDu3IQdD 
  • Ministry of Defence under fire over 18 per cent rise in data breaches - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/8Pvl5JpEuK
  • Case backlog threatens UK criminal justice system, say inspectors - Justice chief inspectors say delays have ‘severe implications’ for victims, witnesses and accused https://t.co/MVDJZ6L43g 
  • Kenny Scott joins MacRoberts in Edinburgh - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/BLpcCSoD1l
  • Most optimistic hopes exceeded: Rapid Dundee growth for legal firm Gilson Gray https://t.co/zVRuYlO5E
  • Court Confirms Jurisdiction To Extend Time In Defamation Proceedings Retrospectively #Ireland https://t.co/gpuVmAZzr
  • Solicitors’ leaders warn two-week ‘pause’ of court work needed to stem infection https://t.co/TocKQa3gAJ
  • Sámi reindeer herders file lawsuit against #Norway windfarm https://t.co/aIXQPI57WC 
  • Supreme Court orders insurers to pay out for coronavirus-related business interruption losses - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/rThbuyccrt
  • Madras High Court Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee will be sitting in the Madurai Bench for two days next week, Monday and Tuesday #India https://t.co/vh2ICFFjic 
  • Herbert Smith paralegal banned for fake overtime approval - Legal Futures https://t.co/lm9X2GHNF1 
  • SME firm eyes ABS licence to share fees with non-lawyer collaborators - Legal Futures https://t.co/UPWQ0D2xGH

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19th January - Law News

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 Today's Highlighted Video Story: Shortly after Dr Martin Luther King Jr led the march on Washington, FBI agents were ordered to start following the famed civil rights leader. The extent of the surveillance shocked documentary maker Sam Pollard so much he decided to start digging. He managed to uncover FBI documents, sourced secret White House phone calls and found long forgotten footage of King at the peak of his career. With interviews from King's contemporaries Clarence Jones and Andrew Young, and former FBI agents, MLK/FBI paints a picture which, as Pollard tells the BBC's Alex Stanger, mirrors today's reality.


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 Focus of the Day Article: The Scottish government’s revised legal aid package has been welcomed by the Law Society of Scotland. Amanda Millar, president of the Law Society said: “This revised package is one we support as a positive step forward. £20 million of new money is a significant investment in a vital part of our civil society. Full story - Scottish Legal News
 

Saturday Conversations on Law
  • #US Vice President elect Kamala Harris to be sworn in by Justice Sotomayor at inauguration https://t.co/HImo3ilRwW
  • Law Society welcomes Scottish government’s revised legal aid package - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/2cFb1Nlt3k
  • National Audit Office challenges basis of court reforms - Legal Futures https://t.co/FC80fWL8Qr
  • The youngest person convicted of a terrorism offence in the UK - who plotted to murder police in Australia on Anzac Day aged 14 - can be freed from jail, the Parole Board has ruled https://t.co/aDYNzI2omw
  • Sheku Bayoh death: Two police officers involved in the death of a black man they were restraining may have provided false statements https://t.co/np0mvuH87r
  • Hull FC appoint local solicitor to board of directors - Gordon Sewell is a local solicitor and lifelong supporter of the club https://t.co/SzITrqlEkh 
  • High Court rejects final posthumous appeal against Lockerbie bomber’s conviction - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/FTbdkrq7SU
  • Obituary: Robin MacCormick, Scottish solicitor, and writer to the Signet https://t.co/q31x5Sfd44 
  • High Court highlights "implausibility" of multi-hand fraud at City law firm - Legal Futures https://t.co/YmuMFzN5OY
  • Four men have been found guilty of murdering a boy stabbed more than 40 times in a "well-planned execution". Keelan Wilson, 15, was fatally injured on Langley Road in Merry Hill, Wolverhampton, on 29 May, 2018 https://t.co/hgwGKh3cmq
  • For Palestinian filmmakers in #Israel, it’s loyalty or silence Israel’s persecution of actor and filmmaker Mohammad Bakri reflects its desire to censor stories of the occupation while gloating about being a ‘democracy.’ https://t.co/1q9CA0ViUW
  • The Capitol building in Washington DC is on lockdown owing to a security threat, two days before Joe Biden is inaugurated as #US president https://t.co/Ucq3N2gOg9 
  • Barrister involved in a murder trial has sparked a coronavirus alert in court after calling in sick - The lawyer said they had symptoms of the disease, so the case at Hove Crown Court had to be delayed https://t.co/fQN0ICLrwj
  • Scots lawyer gets Covid-19 - the Glasgow Bar Association have raised their concerns with Chief Constable Iain Livingstone and continue to advise their members not to participate in interviews at stations if they do not feel safe https://t.co/aVU2TSCDFi
  • The #Pakistani lawyer for the family of slain American journalist Daniel Pearl is facing an uphill legal battle https://t.co/j6PjB4fYK
  • A human rights lawyer who handled the case of Hong Kong pro-democracy activists detained in #China had his licence revoked Friday - Lu Siwei -- together with another rights lawyer Ren Quanniu -- was appointed by families of two of the "Hong Kong 12" https://t.co/OeFbIp21tr 
  • A man too afraid to fly due to the pandemic lived undetected in a secure area of Chicago's international airport for three months, #US prosecutors say. Aditya Singh, 36, was arrested on Saturday after airline staff asked him to produce his identification https://t.co/bnMr723M1y
  • The United States and several European governments have demanded the release of opposition politician Alexei Navalny from #Russian detention https://t.co/DzD8hyZyFn
  • Change to remote working would raise a range of legal issues, expert says #Ireland https://t.co/C26tIQF0Z
  • Jonathan Peter Brooks: Fellow plastic surgeon charged over attacking Graeme Perks, 65 https://t.co/VfmqwALMK7
  • Scots church leaders threaten legal action if places of worship cannot reopen https://t.co/aIg0mHGPef
  • Legal action launched against plan to house asylum seekers at Yarl's Wood - Home Office criticised for plans to accommodate 200 people seeking asylum at ‘prison-style’ camp https://t.co/OVQKZsBmwZ
  • #Malaysia takes WTO legal action against EU over palm biofuel curbs https://t.co/HaTNAdS51X 
  • Data Flows Continue from the EU to the UK https://t.co/7V6nwKc91Q
  • British Airways breach could cost billions in landmark class-action push https://t.co/5my8STEumf
  • Initial Reactions to UK Supreme Court’s Ruling on Business Interruption Claims https://t.co/iEJzNU1T
  • The man who once shot at Prince Charles with a starting pistol grew up to become a barrister - despite being found guilty of the strange crime. David Kang fired two blanks at the Prince of Wales during an event in Sydney, #Australia in 1994 https://t.co/rWPms5r0UX
  • Scotland Yard told to re-examine handling of investigation into struck-off barrister - Police watchdog rules there were mistakes in way Metropolitan Police handled complaint by former client of Alexander Mercouris https://t.co/DW9seZGiZk
  • Shed parties and illegal races: UK police crack down on Covid rulebreakers https://t.co/fq8wDSde9y
  • Dominic Raab calls QC acting for Hong Kong government 'mercenary' https://t.co/FN5XKJHLVM
  • Andrew Williamson obituary - Andrew Williamson, who has died aged 78, took part as a lawyer in several key anti-apartheid trials in South Africa https://t.co/zVrRVHAy4d
  • All UK travel corridors which allow arrivals from some countries to avoid having to quarantine will close from 04:00 GMT on Monday https://t.co/Fuy62d1zqo
  • #US Divorce lawyer 'stripped naked masturbated at work while sipping beer' https://t.co/wZC0ZLXvOo
  • The future of interim relief in discrimination claims - Legal Cheek https://t.co/BkiBwAMZYp