7th March - Law News

Edition 3358: 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: Pope Francis is the first head of the Roman Catholic Church to travel to Iraq. At the start of his trip, the Catholic leader's appealed for common ground among religious groups. He was speaking at a meeting between people of different faiths in the ancient city of Ur, a significant site for Christians, Muslims and Jews.

 

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Ashurst expands consulting business with five-partner Big Four hiring spree in Australia - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/OiLSn8sZ4C
• NI: Number of bail revoked orders up 50 per cent in five years - Irish Legal News https://t.co/w2CKCslwfW
• Pay solicitors more for advising on wrongful convictions - report | Law Gazette https://t.co/NXIJ3izbSf
• NI: Courts backlog down to 10,000 criminal cases - Irish Legal News https://t.co/KdOCFWC39R 
• Cooley seeks to replicate US diversity success | Law Gazette https://t.co/uY8ggfdC2c
• Soldier killed at Castlemartin range named as Sgt Gavin Hillier https://t.co/j5sTGyKv2u
• New Appointments at O’Mara Geraghty McCourt Solicitors - Irish Legal News https://t.co/q7OrxzUGt
• SRA has £54k wiped off costs after ‘disproportionate’ prosecution | Law Gazette https://t.co/PlEDH8K6Qo
• Miscarriage of justice body's workload doubled despite severe cuts – report https://t.co/To49rOkeK
• NI: Team appointed to co-design mother and baby homes and Magdalene laundries investigation - Irish Legal News https://t.co/mhp60FpSoD
• Sarah Everard: The family of a woman who has been missing since Wednesday say they long to see her again and have urged anyone with information to contact police https://t.co/NVJ3MLKo35
• Legal sector needs rapid tech revolution to win over young talent - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/2jYlkQtBFm
• Can one post really convert LinkedIn sceptics? - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/pONCboHyz
• Strathclyde event to showcase alternative career paths for law students - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/4zE4sceOZV
• London public law heavyweight Dominic Roughton joins Quinn Emanuel from Boies Schiller - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/zLawCsCAat
• Kobe Bryant, Dale Earnhardt and the fight to keep athletes' deaths private #US https://t.co/Os5qNFMhIq
• Investigations are continuing after a 16-year-old girl died and two men were hurt in an incident in Rhondda Cynon Taf https://t.co/y7FCyPv2Na 
• A helicopter pilot's 80-mile round trip to pick up a beef sandwich from a farm shop was a "flagrant abuse" of lockdown rules, a councillor has said: Helicopter flew from Salford to Preston for sandwich https://t.co/6z1S9rOGGu
• Covid-19: Is school mask and testing policy flawed? https://t.co/q4tsGQJQew
• Harper Macleod honoured by diversity prize at Scottish Apprenticeship Awards - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/b1ysyOIbUI
  
• Call for vulnerable victims to give video evidence amid courts backlog https://t.co/X70PHonbIM 
• Linklaters names Hong Kong-based partner as new global capital markets head - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/Fde8uXyGVg
• Ashurst opens Dublin office to maintain its EU competition law practice - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/f5eAzPt9pn
  
• Faculty launches new scholarship - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/7E8Z2DlAVe
• Tiny margins leave just a few to fight for whiplash claims | Law Gazette https://t.co/FM54XycmpX 
• Scottish firms must improve tech and flexible working offering to attract talent, report finds - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/Ej1WbMYmhN
• Aidan O’Neill QC to represent faith groups in case challenging worship ban - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/XkIAvB60CC
• Law firm LinkedIn rainmakers in demand as Covid-19 drives business development online - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/AxIdA3zDAD
  
• Build back infrastructure - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/CXJsOXET9
• LOD forms alliance with legal tech specialists SYKE to target digital transformation - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/ekNVExmAjW
• Kenyan farmworkers sue tea giant in Scottish courts - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/YSmSlfX9L1 
• Soldier dies in Castlemartin live-fire training exercise https://t.co/V6iD41OoSn 
• Displaced #Syrians face losing homes to new government fines https://t.co/qmrOm9PV7p 
• 'There is no bomb': what I learned taking a polygraph test https://t.co/rjZ4druDBv

6th March - Law News

Edition 3357: 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 customs department today told the Kerala High Court that Swapna Suresh, an accused in a gold smuggling case, has made "shocking revelations" against the Chief Minister, the Speaker and some ministers in her statement before a magistrate. "She has made shocking revelations about the Chief Minister's close connections with the previous Consul General of the UAE and the illegal monetary transactions carried out," Customs Commissioner Sumit Kumar said in a statement.

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Law societies condemn Myanmar military coup - Irish Legal News https://t.co/c0VTBlrci
• NI: Solicitor Greg Cox appointed as trustee to Armagh Observatory and Planetarium - Irish Legal News https://t.co/RBH55ok90
• Businessman John McAfee, creator of the McAfee anti-virus software, has been charged in the #US with conspiracy to commit fraud and money laundering https://t.co/BBcQulOzjf
• NI: Anti-bullying law to take effect from September 2021 - Irish Legal News https://t.co/e3v5gMq2
• Solicitor who submitted false oath agrees to leave profession - Legal Futures https://t.co/UBjmncGIR
• 16-year-old girl is killed in Ynyswen, Rhondda and two men are arrested with serious injuries after stabbing reports https://t.co/HeaawtI4VB
• Lady Justice Rose appointed to Supreme Court - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/NuZii0nuZN 
• Scots lawyers call for role of Lord Advocate to be split - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/OCR8zRldAl
  
• Paisley man jailed for possession of disguised stun gun has sentence reduced - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/jwhlID4z9H 
• NI: Controversial spit hoods rolled out further despite calls for phasing-out - Irish Legal News https://t.co/qf07Qoupiz
• SRA "need to monitor" enforcement staff more closely - Legal Futures https://t.co/oFcfxIZ5Xp 
• Lawyers leading the way for women in GAA standing committees - Irish Legal News https://t.co/GmFblEyBFv
• A step in the right direction on private prosecutions | Law Gazette https://t.co/QEP0MoAqPW 
• Mail on Sunday must publish front page statement of Meghan copyright win https://t.co/7GUyd6Ski3
• Head teachers are warning of problems getting parental consent for Covid tests, ahead of pupils returning to school in England next week https://t.co/on39W5yXcE
• A number of people have been injured in an incident in Rhondda Cynon Taf, police have confirmed. South Wales Police said officers were dealing with "a serious incident" which happened in Baglan Street, Treorchy, at about midday on Friday https://t.co/6ECrYOJe7x
  
• English travellers face fines and losing flights without permit https://t.co/CFriMIbQoF
• Offenders on probation have 'significant and unmet' mental health needs - Irish Legal News https://t.co/6Xygfqu6U
• Solicitor fined over ‘colourful’ phone exchange with client | Law Gazette https://t.co/1nrSKPut6f 
• Law centre calls for action to improve minority groups' access to housing services - Irish Legal News https://t.co/vjH3UTmVd
• Tribunal orders BPP to pay disabled former law lecturer £168k | Law Gazette https://t.co/YWtZvzaKzB
• Investment and supermarket shopping – a one-size-fits-all policy? - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/zn7MpBTrAm 
• David Crosby sells music catalogue, citing Covid restrictions on touring https://t.co/QDUOb6EwgT
• SQE’s earn-as-you-learn training opens door for new legal talent - Legal Futures https://t.co/ozgVbmz4UI
  
• Private equity investor grabs stake in consultancy law firm | Law Gazette https://t.co/J1pTLQpdSd 
• #China's top law-making body has unveiled plans to ensure only "patriots" can govern Hong Kong, as Beijing tightens its grip on the city with changes to the electoral system https://t.co/biOFV5xqF
• The gender politics of Sturgeon v Salmond can't be ignored https://t.co/jDin5G437H
• Diary reveals birth of secret UK-US spy pact that grew into Five Eyes https://t.co/q3tZLLUys8 
• Government has no climate change plan - the influential Public Accounts Committee (PAC) says ministers have "no plan" to meet climate change targets, two years after setting them in law https://t.co/dEMz0pQpH4
• Cyprus to welcome vaccinated UK tourists from May https://t.co/Z70pyNz9MW
• Campaign to safeguard children and young people from online harms launched - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/7VtWw4bYaZ
• Asylum Policy and the Future of Turkey-EU Relations: Between Cooperation and Conflict | Basak Kale, Angeliki Dimitriadi, Elena Sánchez-Montijano, and Elif Sum https://t.co/pUl6Hq98ru
  
• UK has broken air pollution limits for a decade, EU court finds |https://t.co/0FXif6FMU2 
• Government to tackle 'inequitable' funding arrangements for private prosecutions | Law Gazette https://t.co/BZI7D31VP9
  
• 'Right and just' for students to get Covid refunds https://t.co/NQbDK0lZJj
  
• Law societies condemn Myanmar military coup - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/pDPojxa2Zg 
• Johnson & Johnson loses court appeal over pelvic mesh negligence #US https://t.co/RmLglGvarg 
• 'If it ain't broke, don't fix it!', joint committee tells Human Rights Act review | Law Gazette https://t.co/9vUJjQCLc
• Met officer who Tasered black man jumping over wall may face charges: IOPC determines officer may have committed GBH on Jordan Walker-Brown, who was paralysed in incident https://t.co/jImdtGEXsj
• Latest quarterly crime figures show rise in cases concluded - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/nYGJAF5CDq
• Listed company buys specialist employment law ABS - Legal Futures https://t.co/fAgd5XMJWO 
• England: Law Society president steps aside due to misconduct case - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/qeW5X1BU1
• Law firm run as social enterprise aims to sit in “middle ground” - Legal Futures https://t.co/TAw1eX3YUl
• New advocates seek their due as pandemic takes its toll - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/ZRGXfaMckj
• 'The police just shot': the terror inflicted on #Myanmar's protesters https://t.co/PAusHaBgKE
  
• Family of man who starved to death after benefits cut lose case against DWP: Family may appeal in case of mentally ill 57-year-old whose death in 2018 led to new benefits guidelines https://t.co/pfbCkujNjX 
• Buckingham Palace yet to contact Sussexes about bullying inquiry https://t.co/U2cr0gNxEk 
• Football racism: Premier League and EFL asked to help tackle problem https://t.co/aYEjSSTulv 
• #HongKong activists: 15 of 47 granted bail but remain detained pending appeal https://t.co/SGhHtfNs
• #Brazil's Supreme Federal Court has ordered an inquiry into the sale of protected areas of the Amazon rainforest via Facebook https://t.co/vZNicPAN2d
• YouTube to lift Trump ban if violence threat falls, says CEO https://t.co/NzoxPGDs5O 
• Covid contracts still unpublished despite Boris Johnson's claim https://t.co/zvo7nrgA5o

5th March - Law News

Edition 3356: 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: Italy and the European Union block a shipment of the Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine destined for Australia amid a stoush over contract commitments between the pharmaceutical company and the EU.

Focus of the Day Article:Law Society of England and Wales president steps down over long-running client dispute. High Court decision to reopen case against London-based litigator David Greene triggers early departure. Full story - The Global Legal Post

 

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Budget 2021: New moves on ‘tax avoidance promoters’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/uMXh5A7XLA
• Reporters without Borders accuses Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince of crimes against humanity - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/r836mdXBVX 
• Greene to step aside as Law Society president | Law Gazette https://t.co/f9S4T96ab
• Alice Bowman joins Allan McDougall Solicitors - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/SfGp7cFndA
• The UK government has unilaterally extended another of the Irish Sea border grace periods, this time for parcels https://t.co/bfY4bVy0VG
• Banksy confirms escaping prisoner artwork at Reading Prison https://t.co/9WMuYtj5EN
• #Italy 'blocks' AstraZeneca vaccine shipment to Australia - the first EU country to use the bloc's new regulations allowing exports to be stopped if the company providing the vaccines has failed to meet its obligations to the EU https://t.co/XhGqSvtad
• Legal aid fraudsters fail to set aside £5m judgment | Law Gazette https://t.co/CYihOQzv6E
• DWF advises owners of Cirrus on sale to Accenture - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/DKQOKE7mP
• Hirsi v Italy or the Strasbourg Court v Extraterritorial Migration Control? (HRLR 2012) | Violeta Moreno-Lax https://t.co/O7hHfab7kN 
• Bar chief dismisses complaints of 'woke' bias from tweeting barrister | Law Gazette https://t.co/SZ6WatBFfM 
• Survey: Should the role of Lord Advocate be reformed? - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/FrAtbU3SgD
  
• The role of the Lord Advocate: time for radical change or cautious reform? - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/WwDxgr9ipP
• Glasgow sheriff removes convicted rapist’s parental rights in respect of son and orders nil contact - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/zRmnEszguk 
• Alarm bell sounded on risks to Human Rights Act - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/MCvEluvteN
• The government has settled with former civil servant Sir Philip Rutnam over his claim for unfair dismissal. The ex-Home Office official quit last February, amid bullying claims against Home Secretary Priti Patel https://t.co/yeGArDD75O
• ICC opens investigation into war crimes in Palestinian territories - Inquiry expected to investigate alleged crimes committed by both #Israelis and Palestinians https://t.co/yBZJfy3UJ
• Why #Israel fears the ICC war crimes investigation https://t.co/iKgvLjDml0
• Three terror attacks have been prevented in the UK since the coronavirus pandemic began, according to security services. Arrests for terrorism-related activity fell by 34% in 2020, the lowest level in nine years, Home Office data showed https://t.co/97m7aWyM8
• Great British Bake Off presenter Noel Fielding and Ryan Giggs' brother Rhodri are among the latest people to accept "substantial damages" over phone-hacking by tabloid journalists https://t.co/0yozh8yzNc
• Singer Ian Brown has pulled out of headlining a festival over his refusal to play events that "accept vaccination proof as condition of entry" https://t.co/SD9sb2b5GL
• Germany's vaccine commission has approved the use of the Oxford-AstraZeneca jab in people aged over 65 https://t.co/AgY80CyWb
• Student Essay competition on European Convention of Human Rights - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/9AQlvppTt
• Cat on a fast train roof holds up London to Manchester service: Feline was a whisker away from a 125mph ride when it was spotted at Euston station on Tuesday evening https://t.co/ONoNqJ5dWi 
• The government is hell-bent on diluting the Human Rights Act. We must protect it https://t.co/W6Ypcam1Wc 
• #Irish outrage at Pontins obscures the truth about anti-Traveller racism https://t.co/6j91pYZIot 
• Mandatory Covid jabs for NHS staff could be discriminatory, top doctor says https://t.co/leUkguj2d
• Farmers and rights groups boycott food summit over big business links https://t.co/cKEDkaAetE 
• Refugee rescuers charged in #Italy with complicity in people smuggling - Staff of charities including Save the Children and MSF among dozens facing sentences of up to 20 years over humanitarian work https://t.co/dYBef8ddYo
• Police rule out inquiry into Martin Bashir's 1995 Diana interview: Scotland Yard says there will be no investigation into BBC journalist’s TV interview with Princess of Wales https://t.co/O2AWkS0NGT
• #Australia attorney general accused of rape – podcast https://t.co/bqAarYdXhn
• Sweden attack: Seven injured in stabbings in Vetlanda https://t.co/G9aGva7pvT
  
• Apple investigated in UK over 'unfair' App Store claims https://t.co/Y8yxyPZaeR
• The #US has agreed to suspend tariffs imposed on UK goods including single malt whiskies that were imposed in retaliation over subsidies given to the aircraft maker Airbus. The suspension also covers items like cheese, pork, cashmere and machinery https://t.co/ffOMwI0wg
• Budget: Get ready for a very busy six months, conveyancers told - Legal Futures https://t.co/Ve470YWCmi
  
• Terra Firma Chambers launches Spring webinar series - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/G3VF5xqby8
• SDT clears pro-Beijing lawyer over “kill protestors” allegation - Legal Futures https://t.co/co9aidXxQD 
• Setfords unveils second round of private equity investment - Legal Futures https://t.co/ashjKmeKCx 
• Singer Mariah Carey's brother sues over emotional distress caused by her memoir #US https://t.co/kjDavz3wZr
• About 200,000 women could be in line for payouts averaging £13,500 to top-up the underpayment of their state pension for up to two decades https://t.co/N6gg4S6K0
• #US Capitol police warn of possible militia plot to breach Congress https://t.co/hXLOap40U6 
• New Covid vaccines to fight variants like the one from Brazil can be fast-tracked through the approval system, says the UK's regulator the MHRA https://t.co/chwj1bAfo
• The Duchess of Sussex has said Buckingham Palace could not expect her and Prince Harry to be silent if it was "perpetuating falsehoods about us" https://t.co/59gkGrnAc
• 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/otCHjUzzwy
  
• Magic circle firm snaps up former government law chief | Law Gazette https://t.co/ZrQR6Pbvgp 
• Ex-Tory MP fails in bid to appeal against jail term for sexual assault - Charlie Elphicke was sentenced to two years last year after being found guilty of three counts of assault https://t.co/fNo5CBhrj2
• Holiday park operator unlawfully blacklisted common Irish surnames - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/o5Kl8mPsl4
  
• Budget 2021: Solicitors react to stamp duty confirmation | Law Gazette https://t.co/psV8YXQCzm
  
• Law Society president to step down amid dishonesty accusations - David Greene’s resignation follows misconduct proceedings against him being reinstated https://t.co/HRziOOBN
• Definition of defamatory statement set out in bill - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/w77E9TyuGr 
• Budget 2021: What law firms need to know | Law Gazette https://t.co/7rwVZCaq
• Tertia Optio – law and espionage - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/ncvMJTbUJ
• Budget 2021: Stamp duty holiday extended until 30 June | Law Gazette https://t.co/CwKlqGvvTc 
• Google has promised not to develop any new way of tracking individual users for adverts once it phases out its current method https://t.co/gyFR1THedy
• Budget 2021: City welcomes ‘transformative’ review | Law Gazette https://t.co/W23tfQ4JyA
  
• New trainees for Law At Work - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/hTlFoehM7d 
• Budget 2021: Biggest incorporated firms face hike in corporation tax | Law Gazette https://t.co/UFGBG2nknI
  
• Budget 2021: Sunak 'turning a blind eye' on law and order | Law Gazette https://t.co/N26eqAxwBe
  
• The amount the government has to spend on state pensions will fall by £1.5bn by 2022, partly because of over-65s dying of Covid, forecasts suggest https://t.co/u4bBt1J75r
• Brexit: EU says UK grace period extension breaches international law https://t.co/q31F3i22c4

4th March - Law News

Edition 3355: 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: Arab-Israeli leaders are calling for greater involvement from police and Israeli intelligence service Shin Bet to combat a wave of violent crime that's hit Arab-Israeli towns and cities.

Focus of the Day Article: Crown Prosecution Service inspectors have praised staff involved in prosecuting serious and complex crime for working long hours in a report published. Complex Casework Units were set up by the CPS in 2007. Assessing their effectiveness and efficiency for the first time, HMCPS Inspectorate said the units were staffed by ‘a committed and confident workforce who demonstrated a high level of professionalism and skill in their work’. Full story - The Law Sociey Gazette

 

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Appointments at Complete Clarity Solicitors and Simplicity Legal - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/ZfT2LlrqXZ
  
• Law firm owner struck off over missing £175,000 | Law Gazette https://t.co/T4jfEcFSmu
• A judge has given Harry Dunn's family the go-ahead to proceed with a claim for damages against the teen's alleged killer and her husband in the US https://t.co/uzTOmLzkF9
• Family win right to include Irish language epitaph on Coventry gravestone - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/l7AN0iw3UD
• Budget 2021: Million more set to pay income tax by 2026 https://t.co/YwpQvSn9T
• The new slur: we are professional enablers | Law Gazette https://t.co/RUtrmeEmAH
• Watermans Legal appoints Tzana Webster head of property sales - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/q6fXYyFCBS
• Human Rights Act remains vital tool for facilitating access to justice | Law Gazette https://t.co/IqyFuN71kA
• Womble Bond Dickinson appoints Clare Lamond - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/vJ2S1PAwkn 
• #Germany to spy on far-right AfD party, reports say https://t.co/x5B0TUlnZH 
• MoJ ‘still committed’ to increasing small claims limit for EL and PL | Law Gazette https://t.co/vZu0UkvaBW
  
• Toronto van attack: Minassian guilty of killing 10 people - Alek Minassian had admitted to the attack, but his lawyers argued he was not criminally responsible due to his autism spectrum disorder #Canada https://t.co/k2p9uQ68fX
• Correspondence shows Scottish government’s persistence in doomed legal case - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/mW1Kyj1brH
• Probationary teacher with Asperger’s successfully challenges decision to remove him from teaching register - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/W2erXYm4JW 
• The rising risk of cybercrime for law firms - Legal Futures https://t.co/Ez4dfkbZrF
• NAH to step up transformation from claims company to law firm - Legal Futures https://t.co/dm4nB0whzi
• AI software can now match footage of motorists throwing rubbish to their car's number plate and issue an automatic fine of £90 https://t.co/PTEyn5jc8P
• Senior solicitor wins libel claim over misconduct allegations - Legal Futures https://t.co/4vQAg6tVht 
• Ann Frances Cooney joins DWF in Glasgow - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/mXNNg69FvM 
• Bar Council chair rejects challenge from Twitter row barrister - Legal Futures https://t.co/p76hHSzFl
• 'If the others go I'll go': Inside #China's scheme to transfer Uighurs into work - https://t.co/fh8DcYUw
• BPP guts Holborn campus – but still charges London premium | Law Gazette https://t.co/GfvqCoR2tH
• Legal aid fraud solicitor fails to set aside £5m judgment - Legal Futures https://t.co/W8GPYEMRMG
  
• The limit on a single payment using contactless card technology will rise to £100 later this year, the Treasury has confirmed https://t.co/oAFNHDuH6F
• Meghan 'saddened' by bullying complaint report - The Times newspaper says Meghan allegedly drove two personal assistants out of the household and undermined the confidence of a third member of staff https://t.co/vButIYMYRf
• Database of miscarriages of justice in UK launched - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/ZXtaX7hw5G
• Senior army officer court martialed for alleged £48,000 fraud https://t.co/EWfgt9Bxcp 
• 'Testament to their professionalism': CPS staff praised for working longer hours | Law Gazette https://t.co/jhwKsa40iw
• Claims that people close to her were involved in a plot against Alex Salmond are "absurd", Nicola Sturgeon has insisted. The first minister was speaking at the inquiry into her government's unlawful handling of harassment complaints against Mr Salmond https://t.co/ERvz2NWhED
• #Jamaica is finally being held to account for the violence suffered by LGBTQ+ people | https://t.co/yh8hXCm5g
• Biden Administration Announces First Sanctions on #Russia in Navalny Case https://t.co/mWdRD937Mh
  
• Gilson Gray acquires Practical Legal Solutions - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/sL1biZTuun 
• Migration and human rights : the respect of migrants' rights, case of Morocco, Tunisia, and Jordan | Ghaith Saad https://t.co/Qdjgb3aNZy
• Criminal Inquiries Loom Over al-Assad’s Use of Chemical Arms in #Syria https://t.co/1N9rfKlYg4 
• Defective Birth Control Blamed for Scores of Unplanned Pregnancies in #Chile https://t.co/h3fR8L8kAb
• Rape Allegations Divide #Mexico’s Governing Party https://t.co/PoVeB3BVyh 
• UK failed to inform EU countries about almost 200 killers and rapists |https://t.co/HmzuIufLEw 
• Environment Agency prosecutor wins libel damages | Law Gazette https://t.co/txpSGAoxkZ
• ‘Mothers are livid. We’ve had enough!’ The pregnant women being forced out of the workplace https://t.co/pOHo2zKhIV
• Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh recommends drug decriminalisation - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/U1U0jWXdWz
• Criminal complaint filed against #Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman in German court https://t.co/WL1mr7c0TF
• 'Landmark moment': attorney general goes on maternity leave | Law Gazette https://t.co/2xK6DDW21Y
• Covid-19: Holyrood inquiry calls for plan to protect disproportionately affected groups - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/K6dXSosBnZ
• There has never been a better time to support women’s health | Law Gazette https://t.co/1m3vezB9Gl
• Scottish government to release legal advice on Salmond court action https://t.co/hjzFJTLDTl
  
• Some UK arrivals 'still waiting' for quarantine Covid tests https://t.co/3SmSaqhYhn
  
• Paramedic and PC find love after 999 chicken shop callout https://t.co/mf166chjDF
• Coronavirus: Texas and other states ease rules despite warnings #US https://t.co/5O8Nm0KOw4 
• Biden under pressure from progressives as he prepares to pick first judges #US https://t.co/cGfRRO3IEE

3rd March - Law News

Edition 3354: 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 leader of the Scottish Conservatives has demanded the resignation of the First Minister Nicola Sturgeon. In a statement, Douglas Ross claimed there was no doubt she had misled the Scottish Parliament and broken the ministerial code. Earlier the Scottish government was forced to hand over legal advice to a committee looking into the handling of sexual harassment complaints against former first minister Alex Salmond. They had refused for months to release this legal advice, defying two parliamentary votes that demanded it be handed over. After the threat of a no confidence vote, the Scottish government conceded. 

Focus of the Day Article: The Official Injury Claim (OIC) portal is 98% complete, the chief executive of the Motor Insurers’ Bureau (MIB) revealed today as he urged claimant solicitors not to dismiss the system prematurely. Full story - Legal Futures

 

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Drawing a line on freedom of speech | Law Gazette https://t.co/kZLlTvc6L1
  
• John Vassiliou joins Shepherd and Wedderburn - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/3bwzd2UuyM 
• Lawyer of the Month: Calum MacNeill QC - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/bM6MzrlJ2w
• Promotions at Balfour and Manson - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/48I4mB8A6K
• Judges weary of Covid-related ‘excuses’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/uW7ltsPP40
• A 21-day "circuit-breaker" lockdown has been announced to limit the spread of Covid-19 on the Isle of Man, the chief minister has said https://t.co/6xbULL0thE
  
• Furlough support scheme to be extended until September https://t.co/9lMisJcmaO 
• Bruce Erroch QC appointed as sheriff - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/rlmnTTG03D 
• My legal life: Abigail Bird, Laurus - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/OIA2ZUdyB5
  
• Crime fell 38 per cent after first lockdown - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/lnCCmy7tkE
• Virginia Commonwealth University said it had suspended its Delta Chi chapter after Adam Oakes, 19, was found dead at an off-campus party where he was reportedly blindfolded and given alcohol #US https://t.co/N3wMIe6QuU
• Pontins has agreed to change its working practices after disclosure it had a list of Irish surnames it used to screen out bookings for its holiday parks from Gypsies and Travellers https://t.co/8eRl52nJFL 
• SLAS gains political support to stop SLCC from self-approving budget - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/eW6BqSj1zc
• Scottish ministers agree to release judicial review advice - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/ijiiOHjCST 
• Outer House rejects immigration appeal by Pakistani citizen with UK criminal record - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Jsn6KJ7pXL 
• Home alone too: What’s it like never to have met your colleagues? | Law Gazette https://t.co/PjMGMDMzv1
• 'A duty of care': Australian teenagers take their climate crisis plea to court https://t.co/rN5fbTz7f1 
• Justice Week 2021 to explore Covid-19 'disruption' | Law Gazette https://t.co/pLX6vvzySh
  
• Ant Middleton axed by C4 over 'personal conduct', In June, he apologised after referring to Black Lives Matter protesters as "absolute scum" https://t.co/PAROPR6YWf
• Twitch backtracks after outcry for using 'gender neutral' term 'womxn' https://t.co/C6I6pfzHcn 
• Campaigners welcome extra protections in domestic abuse bill https://t.co/GN7dn58BV
• Solicitor fined after firm fly-tipped client details on the pavement | Law Gazette https://t.co/OUbsROqWVt 
• Briton jailed over plot to pay bribes for #Iraq oil contract https://t.co/yZwmREaOd3 
• Four people have denied causing criminal damage to a statue of slave trader Edward Colston and will face trial in December https://t.co/Tsr3Y6AAJ9
• Scottish government lawyers had "reservations" about its court battle with Alex Salmond more than two months before it conceded the case https://t.co/xoH9lDvp8K 
• Ex-Irwin Mitchell paralegal barred for dishonesty after missed deadline | Law Gazette https://t.co/yf8Or0zc8L 
• Mentoring scheme enters first university law school collaboration - Legal Futures https://t.co/x8TCgbXrj6
• Solicitor who “did not know” he was a partner is rebuked - Legal Futures https://t.co/sDyu2a3pas 
• City firm avoids order to pay out escrow funds due to prosecution risk - Legal Futures https://t.co/BJzooFriGp 
• Lawyers to argue for mother and baby's right to Healthy Start in UK https://t.co/tPqiVxpor1 
• Gary Hickinbottom ran the defence of the UK’s largest group action, acted for death row convicts and recently bowed out as the Court of Appeal’s sole solicitor. He looks back on his career https://t.co/JDBx0bQEWm 
• New York Governor Cuomo Accused of Unwanted Advance at a Wedding: ‘Can I Kiss You?’ #US https://t.co/jVwsbS3CBy
• Asylum Policy and the Future of Turkey-EU Relations: Between Cooperation and Conflict | Basak Kale, Angeliki Dimitriadi, Elena Sánchez-Montijano, and Elif Sum https://t.co/pUl6Hq98ru
• #Russia opposition leader Navalny Sent to Notoriously Harsh Prison: Convicts in the isolation unit at Penal Colony No. 2 are forced to stand for hours with their hands clasped behind their backs, forbidden to make eye contact with the guards https://t.co/Pa42LZ5aK
• Injured off-road victims ‘sacrificed at hands of Brexit’, say lawyers | Law Gazette https://t.co/T5C4687Hlu
• A university has been ordered to pay a student £5,000 in compensation for lost teaching time during England's first lockdown, a complaints watchdog says https://t.co/f0MLwXtRvB
  
• #Nigeria school abduction: Hundreds of girls released by gunmen https://t.co/i3GLs04X8q
• Energy firms overcharged one million switching customers https://t.co/DZKlvRmpgT
  
• LIVE: Lord Advocate James Wolffe gives evidence to Salmond inquiry https://t.co/mKZYvqMZvp
• Judge Judy: 'Are my feelings PC and kumbaya? No. They are realistic' https://t.co/PTCkBiAnpO 
• Legal aid can’t wait for a new government, says Lammy | Law Gazette https://t.co/RHIejM5Hrg 
• DMH Stallard resumes expansion plans following Covid pause | Law Gazette https://t.co/tuPB2X1exN
  
• Fears Australian citizen detained in #Morocco may be extradited to Saudi Arabia https://t.co/Ne17pPaFZ3 
• Covid-19 confirmed at 95 courts in less than a month | Law Gazette https://t.co/Yy5O76a0d3
• People smugglers could get life sentences under new rules, says Home Office https://t.co/O8Po95AJ2k
• Legal Services Agency welcomes new trustees - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/UgIrSspuqL 
• Uber accused of using 'loaded questions' in survey of drivers. Unions say questions are designed to help get sympathetic changes in employment law https://t.co/3GBuAN6gf
• Northern Ireland: Widow of Pat Finucane to issue fresh proceedings over inquiry refusal - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/XS0abdSfvD
• Legal protection for mountain hares welcomed - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/bSPgsVhcaO 
• #Palestinian 'Techno Queen' Sama' Abdulhadi faces court over shrine event https://t.co/cqZmOMS0W
• 20-year-old retail worker from Aberdeenshire discovered photographs of herself on an account she did not recognise, and it was advertising sex work https://t.co/4dIr93VqlJ
• UK cruise ships scrapped in India's 'ship graveyard' - As they were set to be used for further trading when they left UK waters, their arrival in India does not break UK law https://t.co/gGqhb9QZ7O
• The Scottish government has agreed to release key legal advice from its court battle with Alex Salmond after MSPs threatened a vote of no confidence https://t.co/9zDXX9NcjL 
• #Ethiopia's Tigray crisis: BBC reporter Girmay Gebru detained by military https://t.co/k36hHmK7ZO

2nd March - Law News

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 Today's Highlighted Video Story: A US intelligence report has concluded that Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman personally approved the murder of the exiled journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018. He was killed while visiting the Saudi consulate in the Turkish city of Istanbul. The declassified intelligence report says Prince Salman approved a plan to either "capture or kill" Khashoggi, who had criticised the Saudi regime. It’s the first time America has publicly named the crown prince, who has denied ordering the murder. 

 

Focus of the Day Article: Shamima Begum, the woman who travelled to Syria as a child and aligned herself with ISIS, has failed in all her appeals to the Supreme Court and cannot return to the UK to argue her citizenship case. The court unanimously allowed the Secretary of State’s appeals and dismissed Ms Begum’s cross-appeal. The result is that Ms Begum’s appeal against the LTE decision is dismissed, her application for judicial review of the LTE decision is dismissed, and her application for judicial review of SIAC’s preliminary determination in her appeal against the deprivation decision is dismissed. Full story - Scottish Legal News

 

Saturday Conversations on Law

• National Green Tribunal directs to probe elephant's death in Madhya Pradesh #India https://t.co/z8xIuoTGpM 
• Azeem Rafiq investigation too important to be rushed say Yorkshire CCC https://t.co/jz28USlgyW
• Recent sports cases could 'open floodgates', Suffolk lawyer https://t.co/UclWZj3ssj 
• Bombay High Court recently refused to hear a case after a lawyer removed his mask inside a courtroom. #India https://t.co/eiJqxlWhwu
• Dundee Law Centre re-launched as demand for services grows - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/vi8Pf8Ny3K
• John Craxton struck off after assisting in £1.6m fraud scheme - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/EPXx6qma18
• Sheriff Appeal Court holds contractual right of pre-emption survived abolition of feudal system - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/1cWi4ppCUh
• Leading Irish trainer Gordon Elliott has been temporarily banned from racing in Britain after being pictured sat on a dead horse https://t.co/wF3S8zAWrR
  
• Parents of 7 more separated migrant children have been found, lawyer says. It brings the number of parents left to be reached to 499. Families were separated under the Trump administration's policies #US https://t.co/AP0ZgFmlFe 
• Terrorist who stabbed 3 men to death using £2,000 legal aid to fight police complaint https://t.co/w6Jnf5TR7q 
• #Rwanda Official Admits Legal Violations in ‘Hotel Rwanda’ Case https://t.co/668h61t6im 
• Holly Willoughby reportedly facing legal battle with former agents worth millions https://t.co/ODdSN9SNkO
• Passengers have complained of queues of up to seven hours long at Heathrow Airport's border control https://t.co/zkgD68NfHF
• Couple found camping "in a perilous position" on top of a cliff have been fined for breaching lockdown rules. The pair were found with a child in a tent 85m (280ft) above the North Yorkshire coast in a spot prone to landslips https://t.co/80TtInWPLt
  
• #French ex-President Nicolas Sarkozy has been sentenced to three years in jail, two of them suspended, for corruption https://t.co/p6nh4o5jO7 
• Hong Kong citizens are being thrown in jail because of old British law https://t.co/1ixt9hMKx7 
• Using photo ID in British elections will harm democracy, say US civil rights groups https://t.co/emjAHdU7to
  
• #Cuba approves animal welfare law after civil society pressure https://t.co/VDz9Zhw0NS
  
• Barcelona: Catalan police make several arrests over financial issues at Spanish club - The police operation was conducted on Monday after an investigation into financial issues at Barcelona #Spain https://t.co/9JuFuDWasW 
• Seventeen former gymnasts in the UK have launched a group-claim lawsuit against the national governing body British Gymnastics alleging a range of abusive behaviour https://t.co/E3dUgeRBOi
• Conveyancers urge Sunak not to extend stamp duty holiday - Legal Futures https://t.co/zOmUYg3pPa
  
• Lawyers' lockdown “reflection” aids growth of consultancy firm - Legal Futures https://t.co/F5WUbl8egI
• Pupil barrister uses hemp to create first vegan wig - Legal Futures https://t.co/zfZMlmjPxv
  
• Solicitor fined for fly tipping and supervision failure - Legal Futures https://t.co/v9XuWFmctj 
• #Afghanistan: A year of violence on the road to peace https://t.co/MYlvjC5mW4
• Tomahawk Steakhouse staff told 'loan firm 10% or face sack' https://t.co/HId78nFhSb
  
• Health officials are trying to trace one person in England who has been infected with a concerning variant of coronavirus first found in Brazil. They are one of six cases of the P1 variant found in the UK in February https://t.co/057qo28hKu 
• Police at a Merseyside beauty spot had to turn cars back from as far as away as Leeds and Manchester at the weekend https://t.co/c78k1w1UNy 
• #Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi has been seen for the first time since she was detained in a military coup, after she appeared in court via video link https://t.co/cmreH9EWKX 
• Reducing Irregular Migration and Human Rights: an Impossible Combination? | Annalisa Morticelli https://t.co/xrHWXyWNxB
  
• Nnamdi Kanu fingers security agents as IPOB lawyer escapes assassination attempt in Abuja #Nigeria https://t.co/nBT3pVGEVd
  
• North Wales solicitor on compulsory Covid jabs as firms look to refuse to hire unvaccinated people https://t.co/KSaknp9H3Z 
• #Bangladesh High Court has dismissed a rule issued upon a writ petition challenging a decision of the Ministry of Finance to take back timescale facilities given to 48,720 government primary school teachers https://t.co/HhBIFPFkHs
• Scots lawyer banned from every court in Scotland for practising without a certificate is struck off https://t.co/2KkajjbMEX
  
• Vulnerable Inmates Left in Prison as Covid Rages #US https://t.co/fi0aY1vzbC
  
• Freeths office closure in remote working push - Legal Cheek https://t.co/eZywei6w2R 
• #China’s Seniors, Seeking Retirement Homes, Find Scams Instead https://t.co/QPLjD3JSh3 
• Law among highest-paying grad jobs, research finds - Legal Cheek https://t.co/xeVtarF0n0
  
• Uber's UK supreme court defeat should mean big changes to the gig economy https://t.co/VuWwTDvY2i 
• Slaughter and May to launch virtual insight programme that is open to anyone - Legal Cheek https://t.co/hczwANFXCB 
• There is no evidence far-left factions were involved in an anti-lockdown protest in Dublin on Saturday, the head of An Garda Síochána (Irish police force) has said #Ireland https://t.co/8SUXle6JjF

1st March - Law News

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A very happy St David's Day to all our readers!

 

 Today's Highlighted Video Story: The capital of Armenia is once again experiencing protests following Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's controversial sacking of the chief of the armed forces. The current volatility has been mostly fueled by a dispute over weaponry. The PM claimed that Russian-made Iskander missile systems had failed in the Nagorno-Karabakh war – while the Russian Defence Ministry says Armenia didn't even use that weapon in the conflict.

 

Focus of the Day Article: In a judgment handed down on 17 February 2021, the High Court has ruled that the Self Employment Income Support Scheme (“the Scheme”) introduced during the coronavirus pandemic does not indirectly discriminate against self-employed women who have taken a period of leave relating to maternity or pregnancy in the last three tax years. Full story - UK Human Rights Blog

 

Saturday Conversations on Law

• What the tech revolution means for aspiring lawyers - Legal Cheek https://t.co/GUbq1eNdkB
• Fund to develop new Melbourne aged care facility - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/LbaWUyGUXd
  
• Junior barrister appears on children’s TV show - Legal Cheek https://t.co/HbWaXoMzC4
• Senior Advocate Vikas Singh elected President of Supreme Court Bar Association, AK Prasad is Secretary | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/9YAGK3iQ79
• New York Governor Cuomo faces fresh claims of sexual harassment #US https://t.co/idBGJrIMIW
• Police have broken up a crowd of about 250 people who had gathered for an "organised fight" in County Tyrone https://t.co/HexH4hjwFs
• A doctor in Sacramento, California joined a traffic court hearing on Zoom while performing surgery on a patient #US https://t.co/HRTkLzusWI
  
• The opportunities for aspiring lawyers in the North - Legal Cheek https://t.co/LBAKq3wGa
• Bar Council of Uttar Pradesh moves Delhi High Court against Bar Council of India decision to form committee to look after its activities Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/TQjs2kIbkv
  
• Tell me you’re a law student without telling me you’re a law student - our readers have their say - Legal Cheek https://t.co/eQjf86TNFA
  
• Employment contracts are insurance policies - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/RoGnF7lzcW
• Hong Kong charges 47 activists in largest use yet of new security law instigated by #China https://t.co/G3ERmXBvLw
• Herbert Smith Freehills restarts international secondments for trainee solicitors - Legal Cheek https://t.co/phvjK2poEK
• Tougher laws needed for drug and alcohol driving in NSW - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/Sde4nC3jNj 
• BBC condemns online abuse of Six Nations reporter Sonja McLaughlan https://t.co/HclQvsdEdY 
• Elle Woods QC and Harvey Specter appear on ‘chambers website’ - Legal Cheek https://t.co/ExWcNbAKm8
• Victims of human trafficking: can they be criminals as well? - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/I672KNjKQu
  
• Working at a US law firm in London - Legal Cheek https://t.co/oJUux5qViq
• Half of all female judges have concerns about their safety in court, while safety out of court is a concern for almost the same number (45%), according to the latest Judicial Attitudes Survey | NLJ https://t.co/jrDJ2nf9R
• #Myanmar coup: Casualties rise as police step up crackdown https://t.co/kB1HPRFd4j
  
• #US regulators have formally approved the single-shot Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine, the third jab to be authorised in the country https://t.co/yyGQlItEMb
  
• Victims of human trafficking: can they be criminals as well? - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/I672KNBmf4
• Wolverhampton Uni red-faced over law examiner’s viral note - Legal Cheek https://t.co/xg91cbk4X
• India and the Rule of Law: In 2021, is India still a Liberal Democracy? - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/EFeN0WHviD
• New website allows junior lawyers to anonymously share ‘Oops!' moments - Legal Cheek https://t.co/feEs0R9Cdc
  
• High Court: Covid self-employed support scheme does not unlawfully discriminate against women - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/fSrfl7fP1T
• Gowling WLG apologises after post describing Black man as ‘very nice and extremely polite’ draws criticism online - Legal Cheek https://t.co/eeAqV9v8zZ
  
• From #Australian footballer to BigLaw partner to human rights trailblazer - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/COXh8YbavE
• Virtual student event on TUESDAY: Secrets to Success South West - with Osborne Clarke, RPC, TLT and ULaw - Legal Cheek https://t.co/FIDXaSLJzG 
• The rise of the ‘legal support-preneur’ - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/Aa8sLQqZsV 
• Virtual student event on TUESDAY: Secrets to Success South West - with Osborne Clarke, RPC, TLT and ULaw - Legal Cheek https://t.co/FIDXaSu8b6