18th March - Law News

Edition 3369: 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: Hundreds of Muslim groups are boycotting the review of the government's anti-radicalisation 'Prevent' scheme, over concerns about its chairman William Shawcross, who's been criticised over previous remarks he made about Islam

Focus of the Day Article: The Solicitors Regulation Authority has been told to pay its costs for a bungled prosecution of a prominent Hong Kong lawyer and politician. Junius Ho Kwan-yiu was cleared of all allegations by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal following a five-day hearing in December. The allegations related to comments made in Cantonese during and after a public meeting in Hong Kong. Full story - The Law Society Gazette

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Charity calls for new measures to stop online scams: Money and Mental Health Policy Institute says people with mental health problems at risk to falling victim to fraud https://t.co/TjpZmbQM9R 
• Grisly Killing in Syria Spawns Legal Case Against# Russian Mercenaries https://t.co/2DdpqO6xT
• Piers Morgan's comments about the Duchess of Sussex on Good Morning Britain have attracted a record number of complaints to TV regulator Ofcom https://t.co/0lOiX7VyXd
• Uber may face further legal challenge to settle drivers' hours - Union says taxi app firm will force workers to take new cases to court despite success with wage claim https://t.co/31qPnWDwb
• Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, has said that if Covid vaccine supplies in Europe do not improve, the EU "will reflect whether exports to countries who have higher vaccination rates than us are still proportionate" https://t.co/Dx1L1CoayN
• Third of remand prisoners in England being held beyond legal time limit for trials https://t.co/gIsFGYqg7r
• Trial date set for City brothers charged with fraud | Law Gazette https://t.co/Kk3UPcGkB
• A second post-mortem examination is being carried out on Sarah Everard's body after the first proved inconclusive, police have said https://t.co/iLDoBbzYsz
• St Patrick's Day: Police clear crowds at Belfast's Botanic Gardens https://t.co/HTqmz7tGA
• Police to record crimes motivated by sex or gender on 'experimental basis' https://t.co/Asdp9qm1gT
• ‘Marching for Justice’: Thousands of #Australians Protests Sexual Violence https://t.co/KRA0PueNn
• Historical slavery and the Law Society | Law Gazette https://t.co/aeljoIgENg
• Incorporation of UNCRC into Scots law imminent - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/VP2fpmXdyt
• Football's child sex abuse scandal: Sheldon review finds 'institutional failings' https://t.co/yhxXn7Eboq
• Two Are Charged With Assault on Officer Who Died After Capitol Riot #US https://t.co/lS7w8f1ywq
• Police in the #US state of Georgia have identified four of the eight people who were killed in mass shootings at three massage parlours in the Atlanta area https://t.co/uJjslyB4FT
• A digital certificate to kick-start foreign travel should be given to citizens across the EU "without discrimination", officials say https://t.co/Ov4C2saM7z
  
• A former police chief has said she would think "very carefully" about reporting a crime committed against her because of how she would be "judged" https://t.co/bdLdAN5aWW
• People aged 50 and over in England are now being invited to book their appointment for a Covid vaccine https://t.co/tS8SEysMCl
  
• Blackadders team raises funds for Comic Relief - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/GAW7SslqBo
• AstraZeneca Concerns Throw Europe’s Vaccine Rollout Into Deeper Disarray https://t.co/Fw8cRAM60
• Former government minister takes helm at costs lawyer regulator - Legal Futures https://t.co/xk4k9VdByJ
• Free seminar on cladding crisis this week - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/dnQ5NecH6c
• MoJ: 2021 is set to be a "big year" for legal aid - Legal Futures https://t.co/QyY1aSlEd
• 'Divisive nonsense': Labour to vote against police bill | Law Gazette https://t.co/nB9jvZDT
• Leading injury firm sold on five years after last acquisition - Legal Futures https://t.co/RmrJM6kzm8
• Spain to trial four-day working week in pilot project - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/lI1684ecAV
• LeO set to receive £5 more per lawyer but told investment must now deliver - Legal Futures https://t.co/kur3qfWH32
• MIGRATION AND THE RULE OF (HUMAN RIGHTS) LAW: TWO 'CRISES' LOOKING IN THE SAME MIRROR | Francesco Luigi Gatta https://t.co/sX4poJKc5S 
• Eight people, many of them women of Asian descent, have been killed in shootings at spas in the US state of Georgia. Police said the shootings took place at a massage parlour in Acworth, a suburb north of Atlanta #US https://t.co/KsvgmuJpjb
• A 50-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of the indecent assault and murder of Stuart Lubbock at the home of Michael Barrymore https://t.co/lePeo2uyM
• Energy customers set for refunds when direct debits are too high https://t.co/CqZQSVMAJb
• SRA to bear £65k costs of bungled Hong Kong prosecution | Law Gazette https://t.co/FV0WSmPA8P
• DWF advises digital learning business on acquisition to expand EU footprint - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/ygyaVczh3y
• Ombudsman to get extra £1.66m - but faces axe if standards don’t improve | Law Gazette https://t.co/Eauraepktd
• Children’s Commissioner predicts radical change - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/iZDhJvUATd 
• Prolific burglars, robbers and thieves are to be tagged with GPS trackers in a bid to stop them reoffending. Offenders will be automatically tagged for up to 12 months after being released from prison under a Ministry of Justice (MoJ) pilot https://t.co/xBJ2T844Xg
• Pandemic hits merger activity - but Yorkshire firm keeps growing | Law Gazette https://t.co/FDu6LorVE
• Average volume of properties on the market falls nearly 22 per cent since November peak - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/5y8TqnSOkN
  
• Still crumbling: HMCTS handling 5,000 court repair requests a month | Law Gazette https://t.co/Y8J1hQTain
• BTO’s Laura Salmond gains specialist employment law accreditation - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/keeCVK8eoY
• Douglas J. Cusine: No excuse for FAI delays - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Bxob2r9Chm
• Oliver Campbell, a man with learning difficulties who admitted to a murder 30 years ago should have his conviction quashed because he confessed to police without a lawyer present, his solicitor says https://t.co/qiC85FQaxI

17th March - Law News

Edition 3368: 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 Office of the Director of National Intelligence released its declassified report on foreign threats to 2020 federal elections, which concludes that foreign adversaries -- including Russia -- did attempt to interfere in the 2020 election

Focus of the Day Article: 

The Bar Standards Board has been urged to give disciplinary tribunals a clear and immediate message that they can depart from the current sanctions guidance for sexual misconduct cases. The lack of robust sanction for barristers who seek to sexually harass women “does much to perpetuate the crisis of retention of women at the Bar”, two specialist criminal counsel argued. Full story - Legal Futures

Saturday Conversations on Law

• High Court: Judge refuses application to determine EU law points in planning case after quashing decision on domestic law grounds - Irish Legal News https://t.co/5Yf9ZpaHB8
• 'Wagatha Christie' heading for libel trial in autumn despite legal costs - Case heads for the high court as Rebekah Vardy and Coleen Rooney face ‘extraordinarily large’ fees https://t.co/RHoYcAnU8r 
• Freshfields to allow 50% homeworking | Law Gazette https://t.co/1HQ1EhwOF
• Uber says it will give its UK drivers a guaranteed minimum wage, holiday pay and pensions. It comes one month after the US firm lost a legal battle in the UK, begun in 2016, over drivers' status https://t.co/9N5IUfcNx
• Start planning for October renewals now | Law Gazette https://t.co/Ll5YtDk3X
• Federal judge admits 'error' as man sues him for being jailed over routine property dispute- Judge Salvatore Vasta is being sued for false imprisonment but claims he’s protected by judicial immunity #Australia https://t.co/eFCe22823
• #French MPs approve ‘non-consent’ law to protect children from sexual abuse - Draft legislation says a child under 15 cannot be considered to have willingly engaged in a sexual act https://t.co/tEyc3MFpV3
• School drops legal action after Muslim girl told her skirt was too long: Siham Hamud’s father says he is pleased Uxbridge high school listened to the family’s concerns https://t.co/wsXYi2amAA
• FBI facing allegation that its 2018 background check of Brett Kavanaugh was ‘fake’ #US https://t.co/9lhAPcx4p
• Julie Burchill agrees to pay Ash Sarkar 'substantial damages' in libel case - Columnist apologises to journalist, saying social media posts included ‘racist and misogynist’ comments https://t.co/qyE0DHGPUP
• Lawyer Chris Murphy portrayed as 'past it' by News Corp columnist, defamation hearing told - Annette Sharp suggested solicitor ‘is too old and deaf and can’t even get to court’, barrister says #Australia https://t.co/SqWqmzNug
• Christian Porter v ABC: can the minister sue for defamation over article that didn't name him? #Australia https://t.co/iZHeuPUup
• A marketing manager sued her company for age discrimination after a junior employee told her she was ‘old school’ for using capital letters in a Twitter hashtag https://t.co/FHltxMnO5x https://t.co/Knbb9gHIYP
• CoP says vulnerable man should have Covid vaccine despite father’s objection | Law Gazette https://t.co/nOqVkxdtAB
• Aberdeen company to pay more than £6m after self-reporting Kazakhstan bribery - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/xDDzxTqPc
• An Army camp housing asylum seekers in Pembrokeshire is set to close within days, a UK government minister says. It comes after inspectors said the camp at Penally and Napier Barracks in Kent were "run-down and unsuitable" https://t.co/F42aAZQz6A
• A group of MPs has written to Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden calling for a public inquiry into the collapse of gambling website Football Index https://t.co/Xe9LeDNt
• Countries around Europe are seeking further clarification on the safety of the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine, amid criticism of their decision to suspend giving the jab https://t.co/Q0J2Giv0VQ
• Travers Smith’s award-winning director of pro bono Sam Cottman talks about a multifaceted career and why he decided to set up his own charity - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/YejprVCJsm 
• Malicious Prosecution Scandal: Lord Advocate must not be allowed to ‘mark his own homework’ - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/0GXPtNs8dj
• London retrial for dismissed hacking claim naming City firm | Law Gazette https://t.co/Xbwe0z7oFF
• Law firms “should remove printers before staff return” - Legal Futures https://t.co/qnXaFLE2Bf 
• My legal life: Victoria Jackson, BLM, Associate solicitor, Liverpool - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/MokgrPBLz4
• BSB "should set tribunals free" from sanctions guidance in sexual misconduct cases - Legal Futures https://t.co/uSa5ItgaY
• Solicitor who plundered client account struck off - and now has unregulated firm - Legal Futures https://t.co/OnNhRQ3sF
• ‘Sense of how to behave’ at risk, says High Court chancellor | Law Gazette https://t.co/7C8P6pCCa
• Sheriff orders discharge of Albanian man wanted in Italy in connection with attempted murder conviction - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Ixy4V2Hx
• NewLaw to charge whiplash clients up to 30% under DBA - Legal Futures https://t.co/w4oPYOztHB
• Hairdressers and garden centres will be allowed to reopen in Scotland from 5 April, days after the "stay at home" lockdown order will be lifted https://t.co/hRcZJDzWHa
• The UK is set to reverse plans to reduce its stockpile of nuclear weapons by the middle of the decade, as part of a foreign policy overhaul https://t.co/l5JN53W1Ua
  
• Met refused to engage with organisers of the Reclaim These Streets vigils | Law Gazette https://t.co/xk1wl1qhW
• Council of Europe reopens Pat Finucane case - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/mOB9g1HIlO 
• Clapham Common scenes showed tone deaf policing | Law Gazette https://t.co/16ERKSwbji
• Linklaters to open in Dublin - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/qcvJD7ah1
• Wayne Couzens, a met Police constable has appeared at the Old Bailey accused of murdering and kidnapping Sarah Everard https://t.co/MeofK3Kam
• ‘The Externalisation of Migration Control: An assessment of European Union’s Policy in the Light of the Charter of Fundamental Rights’ | Vito Todeschini https://t.co/R7X5BfuwbQ
• UK to shift foreign policy focus following review - the review, which Prime Minister Boris Johnson will set out later in the House of Commons, also paves the way for an increase in nuclear warheads https://t.co/9vBRFC3Y1A
• #Mozambique insurgency: Militants beheading children, aid agency reports https://t.co/eGR75zBkG
• Vaccine safety experts from the World Health Organization (WHO) are meeting on Tuesday to review the Oxford-AstraZeneca jab, after several European countries halted their rollouts https://t.co/0BfarbNOK
• The Northern Ireland Executive has agreed primary school pupils in years P4 to P7 will return to class next Monday https://t.co/iivx5ic7P4
• No research on video hearing impact | Law Gazette https://t.co/Qo4iNhFNqa
• Ex-Home Office official accused of improper relationship with law firms - Civil servant suspected of releasing unauthorised information to elite firms such as Mishcon de Reya https://t.co/kr2vSC3tnU
• Consultation on miners’ strike pardon launched - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/JNvHgIoL3l 
• Priti Patel spoke to Met chief before Sarah Everard vigil broken up https://t.co/8Osu07j1LX
• DBA ruling gives boost to litigation funding sector | Law Gazette https://t.co/ycFOkVSxo7
• Legal challenge over CPS policy on prosecuting rape cases dismissed https://t.co/eERh10gTA9 
• Tributes have been paid to solicitor Kathleen More, who passed away last month - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/lDG2IWix0
• New children's commissioner pledges to 'rebuild' childhood https://t.co/r6JW1c0f0Y
• FTSE 100 legal panels under pressure on diversity | Law Gazette https://t.co/Y8bGNdCafk
• Police Scotland spent £1.4m on doomed Rangers probe - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/H3vamFy0iY
  
• Insurance premiums down 1% in 2020 - as claims fell 19% | Law Gazette https://t.co/yYY9ZgQ09A
• Lord Neuberger to remain on Hong Kong court for three years - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/CevgobpVuj
• Faulks review on JR to be published this week | Law Gazette https://t.co/8ycqzaI0Ps
  
• FAI to be held into 2016 deaths of three fishermen - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/q8lzHdmnDA
• IHREC raises concerns with online safety bill - Irish Legal News https://t.co/HrgSh9XYmy
• #France is to return a painting by the Austrian artist Gustav Klimt to the heirs of the Jewish family that was forced to sell it by the Nazis https://t.co/UKiceg2tUJ
• Facebook has agreed to pay Rupert Murdoch's News Corp #Australia for journalism from its local mastheads https://t.co/n78hHbT1do
• Cabinet ministers and senior officials have told the BBC the government should have brought in tougher restrictions in the early autumn to tackle the "inevitable" second wave of coronavirus https://t.co/bmB7vcUMRe 
• Why is anti-protest bill generating so much controversy? Critics say handing police and home secretary more discretionary powers will undermine civil liberties https://t.co/zFqff6KPdH 
• 250th anniversary celebration for Sir Walter Scott this month - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/cBp8dC7xC0

16th March - Law News

Edition 3367: 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 head of London's Metropolitan Police, Commissioner Dame Cressida Dick, is under pressure to explain her officers' actions during a vigil in memory of Sarah Everard. Police were seen grabbing and leading women away in handcuffs from the event held on Saturday in Clapham, south London. London Mayor Sadiq Khan said he was "urgently seeking an explanation", while Home Secretary Priti Patel has asked the Met for a report on what happened.

Focus of the Day Article: Four out of five last-minute legal claims brought by undocumented migrants in an attempt to avoid deportation are eventually rejected, according to the Home Office. An analysis of people detained since 2017 has found more than 70 per cent made new claims or legal appeals days before they were due to be removed. Full story - Scottish Legal News

Saturday Conversations on Law

• UK aims to diverge from EU data rules to drive growth, minister says, Telecom News, ET Telecom https://t.co/ZKgijHzOeM
• Portugal will be removed from the "red list" of countries from where travel to England is banned after 04:00 GMT on Friday, the Department for Transport has announced https://t.co/QWLD5EFtTm 
• The Catholic Church does not have the power to bless same-sex unions, the #Vatican office responsible for doctrine has said https://t.co/srM22USmV
• UK FCA on Regulating Bidding for Emission Allowances Under UK ETS https://t.co/x7GQCK2j
• A probationary Met officer involved in the search for Sarah Everard has been removed from duties for allegedly sharing an "inappropriate graphic" https://t.co/bSRL9LPyox
• A woman who attended a vigil for Sarah Everard in south London says she was ignored when she tried to report a case of indecent exposure to police https://t.co/6Zq9R6Zvj
• Hundreds of people have joined a vigil in London for Sarah Everard, despite Home Secretary Priti Patel urging against gatherings https://t.co/KNRZ7DxPSF
• UK Home Office has commented that it will not release any kind of information on former #Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s current immigration status as it will be a breach of the Data Protection Act 2018 https://t.co/UnlHXLip1
• A Guide to Probate: Everything You Need to Know | Lawyer Herald https://t.co/jzFxRMoLBX 
• The Corporate Counsel Show: Cyber attacks the ‘number one consideration’ for law departments - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/EEO02AqO
• Entrepreneurs and HNWIs moving operations abroad in post-Covid economic slump – The Barrister Magazine https://t.co/D3Enx6QLV
• Lawyer formerly representing #Australia Attorney-General Christian Porter’s accuser said to disregard some of the claims in statement as they continue to be used to create confusion and send an “unfortunate message” about the rule of law - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/EvLY3MwH1I 
• EU to take legal action against UK over Northern Ireland Protocol - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/21dqY7alYQ
• UK government to attempt to limit judicial review for ‘hopeless’ asylum cases - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/JBOi0eVb
• Crown appeal against lenient sentence of man who sexually assaulted niece upheld - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/G9EapjsMPW
• Virtual Hearings and Remote Advocacy for Civil Barristers – The Barrister Magazine https://t.co/pEuKXjgwG
• The World Health Organization has said there is no evidence that incidents involving blood clots are caused by the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine https://t.co/IS4gOC8rc
• Rape prosecutions: Court of Appeal says change to CPS guidance was not unlawful https://t.co/UzPcka127t
• Nurseries sent first official cyber-attack warning https://t.co/tWPD0J0p
• Former #Australia prime minister Julia Gillard has offered tips to emerging female legal professionals in what she describes as an “extraordinary time” to be establishing one’s self in law - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/K0efRiYoJ9
• Cross-Examination: In search of a New Normal – The Barrister Magazine https://t.co/yCGGSxGy7S
• Lawtech boss calls for new approach to contracting - Legal Futures https://t.co/F3foKEGMFg 
• Delays to justice during Covid-19 – Practical options available to the Defence – The Barrister Magazine https://t.co/NkC2XKvIG
• Conveyancers offered digital ID check 'safe harbour' - Legal Futures https://t.co/FQ3BArg8Pm 
• EU to launch legal action over UK plan to extend Brexit grace period https://t.co/9qgTlGbt4m 
• One way Trip. Essays on Mediterranean Migration | Gianluca Gerli, Virginia Minnucci, and Annagrazia Faraca https://t.co/CcN52oohhR Mar 15, 2021
• #Syria’s first lady could be prosecuted in UK, have citizenship revoked https://t.co/dpsf4PN3vq 
• Junior barrister says more ‘Understanding’ is needed to retain females at the Bar – The Barrister Magazine https://t.co/6BvPamItex
  
• The #Netherlands has become the latest country to suspend use of the Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine over concerns about possible side effects https://t.co/vWtZrrn2Sr 
• Boris Johnson has said he is "deeply concerned" by footage showing police officers detaining women at Saturday's vigil to remember Sarah Everard. The PM will chair a meeting of the crime and justice taskforce later to discuss ways to protect women https://t.co/ODxCQSzjV
• Officers investigating the murder of Sarah Everard have cordoned off an area in the town of Sandwich in Kent https://t.co/M01YG8b4xA
  
• #Australia March 4 Justice: Thousands march against sexual assault https://t.co/LjnxyB9kxK
  
• Impact on lawyers of traumatic cases "worsened by pandemic" - Legal Futures https://t.co/3xOtaXXUvF
• Barristers warn Government against breaching international law in changes to Human Rights Act – The Barrister Magazine https://t.co/WHzIQ5nnzY
• Retirement age for judges upped to 75 - Legal Cheek https://t.co/ePIEhSy8fL
• U.K. Says #China Breached Hong Kong Handover Treaty For Third Time https://t.co/DXeKhlAESq
• Stephenson Harwood retains 80% of NQ solicitors - Legal Cheek https://t.co/GVqbOfqL1g 
• Michael Barrymore pool death probed by Diana lawyer in dying dad's final bid for 'justice' https://t.co/36eEsQINZq
• Hogan Lovells opens Dublin office - Legal Cheek https://t.co/XSFqWidch6
• Solicitor Emma Darley, of Ringrose Law, Newark, considers the benefits of mediation during a divorce https://t.co/SpxyVclG0m
  
• The governor of the Bank of England has come under new criticism for failing to declare a potential conflict of interest in a scandal that saw thousands of bank customers mistreated https://t.co/wSi8by6NA
• Welsh hairdressers and barbers can reopen for appointments only from Monday, after a relaxation of Covid lockdown rules https://t.co/jaiZZ8jYxb
• Two of the biggest names in hospitality have threatened to take the government to court over its plans to release England from lockdown https://t.co/uD1tLJORCg 
• Linklaters adopts code to protect employees with afro hair - Legal Cheek https://t.co/KKxpU0ogU7

15th March - Law News

Edition 3366: 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: Anti-lockdown protests have continued in the Netherlands, with scores of people taking to the streets of The Hague to condemn the government’s coronavirus policies. The protest has been met with a forceful police response. Hundreds of anti-government protesters gathered in The Hague on Sunday on the eve of the country’s general election, which is set to span over three days in order to avoid large crowds gathering at the voting stations as a precaution against the coronavirus.

Focus of the Day Article: 'Regarding the Covid restrictions, RTS have stated that the initial indication from the Metropolitan Police (“MPS”) was that they were “trying to navigate a way through” and that they were “currently developing a local policing plan” to allow the vigil to take place. No doubt that would have been reassuring to those who wished to attend, weighing the risks presented by Covid to themselves and to the community at large with the importance to them of gathering with others as a means of expressing themselves on the issues raised by Sarah Everard’s death.' Full story - UK Human Rights Blog

Saturday Conversations on Law

• HSF appoints first female senior partner - Legal Cheek https://t.co/umgVEvGNI
• Delhi High Court directs community service at Gurdwara Bangla Sahib as it quashes attempt to murder FIR against 21-year-old | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/Myexoz7dq
• At least 21 protesters have been killed in clashes in #Myanmar's main city Yangon as politicians ousted by the military coup called for "revolution" https://t.co/SAqEebjYo
• Junior lawyer mental health hit hardest by lockdown, research reveals - Legal Cheek https://t.co/QoBwyCux4v
• The Corporate Counsel Show: Cyber attacks the ‘number one consideration’ for law departments - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/EEO02AqOUS
• If you thought the right to protest was inalienable, then think again - Under the cover of Covid, the government plans another assault on our civil liberties https://t.co/HeDbsP5jGQ
• How Brunelleschi’s boat is shaping the future of AI - Legal Cheek https://t.co/joo7uwWhX8 
• Hospitality leaders have urged the Scottish government to change its Covid lockdown levels to stop businesses failing https://t.co/8GmsDQQNG9
  
• The home secretary has called for an independent investigation into the Met Police's handling of a vigil for Sarah Everard. Officers handcuffed women and removed them from crowds on Clapham Common in London on Saturday https://t.co/fiywm22Fpd
• Widow of Hindu Indian migrant moves Delhi High Court for repatriation of buried mortal remains of husband from Saudi Arabia | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/DxDRUp3D8F
  
• Ex-magic circle lawyer who brought £1 million claim against Oxford Uni over ‘inadequate’ teaching now sues wealthy parents for life-long maintenance grant - Legal Cheek https://t.co/JAlgkVpXFM
• We’re on firm ground: The rule of law allows non-judicial inquiries - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/HvHSM0ga9P 
• The government has defended its plan for noise limits on protests in England and Wales, saying it will affect only "very disruptive" gatherings. MPs will debate the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill on Monday https://t.co/An4OuHdkP4
  
• A public dispute over thousands of artworks and artifacts could hinge on whether a crown prince supported the Nazis during their rise to power #Germany https://t.co/sv4CVQ15cw
  
• White & Case keeps 14 of 17 NQ solicitors - Legal Cheek https://t.co/MU85X7323E
• Maggots, Rape and Yet Five Stars: How #US Ratings of Nursing Homes Mislead the Public https://t.co/epT0M7lttC 
• British Airways is planning to make it easier for passengers to prove they are safe to travel once they have been vaccinated against Covid. Under the plans, people who have had both jabs will be able to register their status on BA's smartphone app https://t.co/3tayF9lJEF
• Life on a lockdown jury | Law Gazette https://t.co/qTe88GSxxn
• Linklaters sets sights on becoming first magic circle law firm in Dublin - Legal Cheek https://t.co/y9jUzozLAq
• Boutique litigation firms join forces | Law Gazette https://t.co/Rbe8R94mB6 
• Refugees in the European Union: from emergency alarmism to common management. | Daniele Archibugi and Marco Cellini https://t.co/oDylt5L2G
• The Army is likely to find itself "outgunned" in any conflict with Russian forces, MPs have warned. In a damning report, the Commons Defence Committee described efforts to modernise the Army's fleet of Armoured Fighting Vehicles (AFV) as "woeful" https://t.co/wrrLhAgEGI
• Millions of vulnerable people with underlying health conditions, such as cancer, diabetes and heart disease, are being urged to book their Covid jabs https://t.co/IfAbApZ
• The use of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine has been suspended in the Republic of #Ireland. The National Immunisation Advisory Committee recommended the move following reports of serious blood clotting events in adults in Norway https://t.co/qeNfLkbcHz
• Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has appeared in court in Iran, a week after her ankle tag was removed having served five years in prison, her lawyer said #Iran https://t.co/JBcUlylPG
• The ultimate revision playlist for law students - Legal Cheek https://t.co/Q3FBYz6if
• MinterEllison’s crisis was entirely avoidable - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/ymWk7zCwK6
• Virtual student event NEXT WEEK: Secrets to Success London and South East - with Baker McKenzie, BCLP, Norton Rose Fulbright and ULaw - Legal Cheek https://t.co/xCpFCal0jA
• Why being good at your job does not equip you to lead - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/p43QltwRb9
• Slaughter and May retains 38 of 41 spring qualifying trainees - Legal Cheek https://t.co/x8PiCrZkpd
• Sarah Everard vigil cancelled - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/uZCBO74BCp
• What the non-fungible token craze means for IP law - Legal Cheek https://t.co/ZfZQSq9Il
• Clifford Chance latest law firm to dish out COVID bonuses to all lawyers and staff - Legal Cheek https://t.co/DePHu59uRO
• Controversial French magazine Charlie Hebdo criticised for 'offensive' cartoon of Meghan https://t.co/qhJhBm8AiF
  
• Sarah Everard: Met commissioner under fire over policing of vigil - Cressida Dick faces cross-party outrage while vigil organisers say force failed to work with them https://t.co/s5wEElmHb9

14th March - Law News

Edition 3365: 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: UThe murder of Sarah Everard in the UK has ignited an international conversation about women's safety. Thousands of women have spoken of the harassment and fear they face on a daily basis. The 33-year-old disappeared as she walked home from a friend's house in London on March the third. A police officer's been charged with her kidnapping and killing.

 

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Buckland and Patel drum up support for 'historic' police bill | Law Gazette https://t.co/WDX6c23sbM
• Clashes have broken out between police and people attending a gathering for Sarah Everard in London, as virtual and doorstep vigils are held across the UK https://t.co/fiywm22Fpd
  
• Linklaters makes twin Hong Kong partner hires to boost corporate and banking teams - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/5M7hK32J5l 
• Former employee barred over WhatsApp messages to colleague | Law Gazette https://t.co/ppPtbnvTf
• Breonna Taylor: Protest to mark anniversary of police killing #US https://t.co/XrvO1kX2GO
  
• A man with severe learning difficulties should have a Covid-19 vaccine, despite his family's objections, a judge ruled https://t.co/Lz3QNcEO3
• #Russian police have broken up an opposition conference and detained 200 people including high-profile opposition figures https://t.co/DcxLqO44ci
  
• MinterEllison appoints interim head as CEO exits over leaked email - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/wz5KHSFmh
• New York City prosecutor leading Trump inquiry won't seek re-election,:Cyrus Vance Jr, Manhattan district attorney, said he intends to retire, signaling it is likely a new DA will see Trump case through #US https://t.co/Cu905WvyJy
• Bar counsels ‘extreme caution’ in Human Rights Act review | Law Gazette https://t.co/AlwkMhvml
• Herbert Smith Freehills chooses Australian dealmaker to be first woman senior partner - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/jLy7qF78ow
• HMCTS apologises for CVP connection problems | Law Gazette https://t.co/AsK2DOLvAk 
• Police who broke up a party which breached lockdown rules found guests had travelled hundreds of miles to attend. Officers arrived at a house in Gloucester to find "loud music, flashing lights and drunken singing" https://t.co/LixpngCyik
  
• It's time to change the law to allow assisted dying https://t.co/H5ree6WnWO
• Is the Sarah Everard vigil ban part of creeping curbs on the right to protest? Mounting concern that ministers are using pandemic to curtail freedoms in the UK https://t.co/IbNMDN539c
• Multiple employment claims shoot up as Covid hits working conditions | Law Gazette https://t.co/MKWODynYMM 
• High Court: Inherent jurisdiction may be used to remand person awaiting hearing for revocation of suspended sentence - Irish Legal News https://t.co/UwqMxSaZbp
• Reclaim These Streets: Sarah Everard vigil evolves into virtual and doorstep protests https://t.co/kJPVvxebGy 
• 'Mandalay was a massacre': Security forces have shot dead eight people, and injured many more, as civilians continue their peaceful protests against a coup in #Myanmar https://t.co/qZTBDHuc5C
• Clifford Chance latest to award lockdown bonus | Law Gazette https://t.co/HRF0WoTMTh 
• Registry unveils 'gold standard' digital ID for property purchase | Law Gazette https://t.co/YjYV95jusv
  
• Extending the ban on commercial evictions to 30 June 2021, while the ban on bailiff-enforced evictions and the requirement to provide a six-month notice period to tenants before eviction have been extended until at least 31 May 2021 | NLJ https://t.co/4UwbAYXfFT
• Covid-19: UK national day of reflection to be held on 23 March https://t.co/lj8yxWSrXk
• Shops, restaurants and schools will be closed across most of #Italy on Monday, with PM Mario Draghi warning of a "new wave" of the coronavirus outbreak. For three days over Easter, 3-5 April, there will be a total shutdown https://t.co/aWUuJkIRlD
• December was profession’s highest-billing month in history | Law Gazette https://t.co/38Ja1U553G
• The Courts and Tribunals Judiciary has published a speech made by the Master of the Rolls, Sir Geoffrey Vos, in relation to technological challenges for English law and jurisdiction https://t.co/K5Zb4oOwmo
• EU-Morocco Cooperation on Readmission, Borders and Protection: A model to follow?, With Carrera S, Cassarino JP, Den Hertog L and al., CEPS (2016) | Nora El Qadim https://t.co/ufrJjiSPjz 
• There is bipartisan interest in removing fencing around the Capitol and dismissing the National Guard troops deployed there, but law enforcement officials fear new threats #US https://t.co/BdvTWa5joD
• Refugee Flights Canceled as Biden Fails to Lift Trump Cutback #US https://t.co/63zskVbg41 
• Yazidi women freed from sexual slavery under ISIS were forced to give up their babies. Two years later, some are risking everything to get them back #Iraq https://t.co/UbG90bKOVj
• Calls for curb on Supreme Court’s power - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/VyDz5ugWS7
• The Family Justice Council Experts Sub-Committee has announced an open invitation to judiciary, legal, medical, and allied professionals to register their interest in the Experts and the Family Justice System: Widening the Pool event https://t.co/GnkcUoOh36
  
• Domestic abuse cases prioritised in Aberdeen virtual hearings - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/RMnMErhry8 
• HM Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) has announced the launch of a five-week pilot to trial the use of coronavirus (COVID-19) home testing kits among court users at sites in Birmingham, Croydon, Liverpool, Snaresbrook and Wolverhampton | NLJ https://t.co/RVOw1vvheR 
• Black Chambers welcomes Kenneth Cloggie - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Vtw9M3O3dA 
• Microsoft hack: 3,000 UK email servers remain unsecured https://t.co/jROYIUO2fv
• Financial redress act for survivors of historical child abuse in care welcomed - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/TWXZBGEKrp
  
• Amazon will not sell books that 'frame sexual identity as mental illness' https://t.co/6APWyrW2lO
  
• Four United Nations treaties to be incorporated into Scots law - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/XvaDIuTu73 
• House builders that carry out repairs on newly built homes need to be more open about what work has been required, according to the chairman of Parliament's Housing Committee https://t.co/D6c1L9dwWa

13th March - Law News

Edition 3364: 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: UK-based pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca insisted on Friday its coronavirus vaccine was safe, after some countries suspended its use in response to concerns about a potential link to blood clots. "An analysis of our safety data of more than 10 million records has shown no evidence of an increased risk of pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis in any defined age group, gender, batch or in any particular country" from the jab, a company spokesperson said.

Saturday Conversations on Law

• High court rejects bid to extend UK's EU settlement scheme https://t.co/mKrGRsUfyf
  
• Hedge fund boss Crispin Odey not guilty of indecent assault, judge rules https://t.co/MX0tPh15m6 
• The Guardian view on violence against women: without safety, there can be no equality https://t.co/YGaFVJ45OD
  
• Controversial hate crime bill passed at Holyrood - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/tO748R1Ruq
• FAI findings released a decade after fatal accident - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/WzZKcAkfKI
• Outer House judge refuses to overturn expulsion of three members from historic Aberdeen porters’ society - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/dbgdlwd35y
  
• A serving Met Police officer, Wayne Couzens, 48, has been charged with the kidnap and murder of Sarah Everard, who disappeared as she walked home in south London. He will appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court on Saturday https://t.co/MXLO9RTPr4 
• Endemic violence against women is causing a wave of anger https://t.co/zmjIewGNjs 
• Richard Burton trending so I thought I'd share Dylan Thomas' 'Under Milkwood', featuring the great man: https://t.co/KcEhkyl6lQ 
• Equalities Minister Liz Truss says the government will bring forward plans to ban gay conversion therapy "shortly" https://t.co/zgcnhCLlBJ 
• The city of Minneapolis has reached a $27m settlement with the family of George Floyd, an unarmed black man who died at the hands of police last May #US https://t.co/NW03J4CrBt 
• Shoreham sea deaths: Skipper David Marr jailed over trio's drowning https://t.co/1xxHemJPKQ 
• Exits slow as staff morale rises rapidly at Legal Ombudsman - Legal Futures https://t.co/Lw7tluFNDQ 
• Solicitor who "juggled" client funds struck off - Legal Futures https://t.co/jEpn7dL63x
  
• The Duchess of Sussex has complained to Ofcom about Piers Morgan's comments about her on Good Morning Britain, the UK broadcast regulator has confirmed https://t.co/0B7Hw9MjCD 
• Senior board to monitor diversity at Osborne Clarke | Law Gazette https://t.co/mf1VoSRfIy 
• CrowdJustice founder raises £5m for spin-out lawtech business - Legal Futures https://t.co/F8TQGMiKPa
• BBC Chairman, former Goldman Sachs banker, Richard Sharp, had Donated Over £400,000 to the Conservative Party https://t.co/XPHI4Tns1w
• A former prisoner has been convicted of planning an Islamic State-inspired sword attack. Sahayb Abu, 27, was found guilty by a jury of preparing an act of terrorism and will be sentenced on 9 April https://t.co/SALQzQgcfk
  
• PI innovator ready to handle whiplash portal claims ‘from day one’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/eMIZStUoCl
• RT @Shaharudinali: Who can protect Parliament better than the UK Supreme Court? https://t.co/XFIVKgYCU4
• At 4.56pm on a spring afternoon, countless women in the UK were being harassed on the street. It turns out I was one of them https://t.co/GM2WrPn9fF 
• Student work placements at NatWest Group for SEMLA members - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/n5wu0lUm45
  
• Leon Briggs killing: The way in which police officers restrained a father-of-two contributed "more than minimally" to his death, an inquest jury found https://t.co/YoT1JpQ7uR
• Organisers of Reclaim These Streets, a vigil in response to the death of Sarah Everard are going to the High Court after police said gatherings would be "unlawful" https://t.co/QqAYA9BJHO 
• A body that was found during the search for Sarah Everard has been confirmed by police as hers. The 33-year-old marketing executive disappeared as she walked home in south London last week. A serving Met officer remains in custody https://t.co/N2eKea7vR0
• ‘It was asking for a lot’ - Ombudsman cuts budget increase demands | Law Gazette https://t.co/zN5nYWWiBY
• Critically endangered flapper skate to gain protection - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/F47xNMCRZA
• 'Kicking the can down the road': eviction ban extended | Law Gazette https://t.co/QNeyEU9eqv 
• The problem with rape culture in #Australian schools https://t.co/gL1i1Vghcu 
• The migrant crisis in the Mediterranean: A multidimensional challenge for the European Union | RUDN Journal of Sociology and CONCEPCION ANGUITA OLMEDO https://t.co/TD67pKOSk5 
• Richard McMeeken: Success fees in Scotland - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/WzmdY0xKxP 
• There are contamination fears after sports fields in an "overdeveloped" town were flooded with sewage four times in as many months. Penallta RFC are opposing Caerphilly council's plans to uproot the club and move it across Ystrad Mynach https://t.co/CM95If79nh
• Scotland Yard is to be investigated over its handling of an allegation of indecent exposure against the officer suspected of murdering Sarah Everard https://t.co/zHv5Q9vji8
• Former British Cycling and Team Sky chief doctor Richard Freeman has been found guilty of ordering banned testosterone in 2011 "knowing or believing" it was to help dope a rider https://t.co/78Uv7eOhsX
• A public inquiry has been announced into plans for the first new deep coal mine in the UK for decades https://t.co/Wsd2BxUOg2
• Rules on meeting people outdoors in Scotland have been relaxed. Up to four adults from two different households are now able to meet in any outdoor space - including in private gardens https://t.co/sXu5K67lhG
• Proposal for new housing bill to be published next week - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/5kD0QMwSpv 
• Cut office space? We want more, says leading city centre firm | Law Gazette https://t.co/u8k3E6fkSX
• Campaigners warn against impending assault on right to protest - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/6NSTXOzOAx
• Suicidal judge who exposed racism, bullying and cuts in justice system wins settlement - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/QtRyh4CVmc
• Going to the hairdresser, playing a round of golf and meeting friends in your garden are all set to become legal again in Wales. The Welsh Government has announced a relaxation of lockdown rules, with the first coming into effect on Saturday https://t.co/wGNkjPeFHL
• MSPs approve Scotland's controversial hate crime law - https://t.co/DTQpL5Ep5s