12th May - Law News

Edition 3424: 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: Israeli police have clashed with Palestinians in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah, as well as other locations, for several weeks. One of the main sources of unrest has been the possible eviction of several Palestinian families from their homes in this neighborhood.

 

  Focus of the Day Article:

A project encouraging barristers to be ‘active bystanders’ – speaking out and standing against abusive, bullying and belittling behaviour – has been launched under the name ‘All Rise’. The four barristers behind it have designed and produced a pin badge that barristers can wear as a symbol of allyship and a sign to others that the wearer will use whatever power they have in a given situation to stand against unacceptable behaviour and act in support of those in need. Full story - Legal Futures

 

Saturday Conversations on Law

• ByrneWallace to sponsor Dublin Climate Dialogues - Irish Legal News https://t.co/YwixyzMDxo
  
• Man banned from driving after falling asleep at the wheel loses appeal by stated case against conviction - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/tcX9Z7Lh1T
• No, lawyers are not like hitmen | Law Gazette https://t.co/hH409tctuy
• The Tenant Farming Commissioner has issued a new guide covering general statutory compliance on agricultural holdings - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/QWLhkmmley
• Police are searching for a body at a cafe in Gloucester linked to a girl feared to have been murdered by serial killer Fred West. Mary Bastholm, 15, went missing on 6 January 1968 and has not been found https://t.co/GOwOLJJOpX 
• A former English National Ballet principal dancer has been found guilty of sexually assaulting his students. Yat-Sen Chang attacked girls and women at the English National Ballet and Young Dancers Academy in London between December 2009 and March 2016 https://t.co/DktbstlBhr 
• Michael Walker will be the next chief executive of the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission (SCCRC) - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Gr4ctZjA9E
  
• Staff at Balfour and Manson took on a range of challenges focused on the number 100 to kick off their fundraising push for their new 2021-2022 charity partners Heath In Mind and AberNecessities - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/FeZGtUOJBS
• Paralegal was unfairly dismissed over unpaid wages complaint - Legal Futures https://t.co/hrOGekUj9e 
• Personal injury reform – a pain in the neck? | Law Gazette https://t.co/4L0zxt6rLc
  
• A recent Scottish court decision underlines the high bar applicants will have to clear before they can ask a court to re-open the decision of an arbitrator https://t.co/qja3keg23o
• Solicitors' community interest company to donate all profits to charity - Legal Futures https://t.co/tjV0QL54jy 
• Dublin-based Hayes Solicitors LLP has announced the promotion of four new partners - Irish Legal News https://t.co/Q63pjzsgKy 
• UK immigration plans risk breaching international duties, UN body warns https://t.co/HhQ6aQh5jK
• Texts published by the Treasury Committee reveal the extent of David Cameron's lobbying for the now-collapsed firm Greensill Capital https://t.co/fPwfwFf0Ph 
• Government considers plans to create national hub for court judgments | Law Gazette https://t.co/ka7LS4y8Xz
  
• Daniel Winfree selected to be first Alaska-born chief justice of state Supreme Court #US https://t.co/6r6rOFj7yd
• Firm merges clinical negligence team with barrister-led ABS - Legal Futures https://t.co/4N26pUDnDd 
• Barristers urged to be "active bystanders" in fight against harassment - Legal Futures https://t.co/ND8ehn6Fed 
• 'Nation of animal lovers': lord chancellor takes on pet thieves | Law Gazette https://t.co/yFl4rSZzHi 
• 10 killed in west Belfast almost 50 years ago in the wake of an Army operation were "entirely innocent", an inquest has found. The inquest, which began in November 2018, examined the deaths in and around the Ballymurphy area of west Belfast in August 1971 https://t.co/cdAguWU6ed
  
• #SouthSudan's chief justice is overstepping his bounds: why it matters for the rule of law https://t.co/ivuW9m7m7C
  
• Queen's Speech: Government unveils post-Covid recovery plan https://t.co/7hpD39uW4W
  
• Sean Orman has been jailed for life after being found guilty of the murder of Bradley Welsh and attempted murder of David McMillan at the High Court in Edinburgh - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/gVbAXxhqsh
• Miscarriages of justice are the potent tip of Post Office scandal https://t.co/0TxYTV5HnU 
• Mental Health Act reform: what must be done | Law Gazette https://t.co/GwV9iRoifv
  
• A prisoner was left without clean underwear for 11 weeks – according to his lawyer, who took to social media to highlight the concern. The man was said to have been taken to HMP Wandsworth last October in the clothes he was arrested in https://t.co/tqsPJrxRPP 
• IP firm Secerna LLP hires Dermot Roche to lead new Dublin office - Irish Legal News https://t.co/L5iNXy9sFh 
• Irish solicitor facing prison for €120k welfare fraud says he fears gangland criminals will kill him in jail https://t.co/Ew2JnUzI3o 
• Mafia victim becomes first judge beatified in history of Catholic Church - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/nZgEmW86aY 
• #Israeli Court Delays Expulsion of Palestinian Families in East Jerusalem - The threat to evict six families from the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah had become a rallying cry for Palestinians https://t.co/ZXgCwdmKQn 
• London violence: Hundreds arrested during weapons crackdown https://t.co/p8ZgOWGJO0
  
• Car insurance: 170,000 claims linked to 'crash for cash' gangs https://t.co/bUwYToofTe 
• NHS app ready to become vaccine passport next week https://t.co/EVnrfPHBJv
• Heathrow contempt barrister: leak was 'reasonable and proportionate' | Law Gazette https://t.co/nnASl3z4hT
  
• Companies behind digital currencies are rushing to hire well-connected lobbyists, lawyers and consultants as the battle over how to regulate them intensifies #US https://t.co/PzVpdjaRc5
  
• My legal life: Zillur Rahman, Rahman Lowe Solicitors - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/MsHjScC84s
  
• ‘We thank your government for our full pockets’ – Calais smugglers speak: As the UK pours millions into security measures, migrants say the gangs who control the Channel just get more powerful https://t.co/ciQqWWJcmH
• Lawyer in the news: Matthew Jury, McCue & Partners - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/VVqWlaV0wx
• The Post Office scandal – part 1 https://t.co/MehmcU6JH9
  
• ECtHR: Irregularities in appointment of Polish judges denied right to ‘tribunal established in law’ - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/9gH5RSW6Wi 
• Monzo bank to offer employees paid leave after pregnancy loss https://t.co/H92KhlLbTM
  
• Heathrow barrister fined £5,000 for Supreme Court contempt | Law Gazette https://t.co/dIMIaoyiJf 
• Environment lawyer fined £5k for contempt in Heathrow case. Tim Crosland had claimed he had no choice but to protest against ‘deep immorality’ of backing third runway https://t.co/p83NamjNnn
• Call for papers for events on judicial training and judicial conduct - Irish Legal News https://t.co/XFtSIvfIPU
• Legal and medical experts appointed to national research ethics committees - Irish Legal News https://t.co/Aftugn9ZNl 
• John Sturrock QC: Delivering a net zero carbon civil justice system, the civil justice system also has its part to play in tackling the climate emergency - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/qIFx2OwkjO
• Firms swept up as consolidators splash the cash | Law Gazette https://t.co/WT3t4JnzpO
• A fresh Police and Crime Commissioner election will be held after a disbarred candidate won. Conservative candidate Jonathon Seed gained 100,003 first and second preference votes in the Swindon and Wiltshire election https://t.co/vErcNZuygQ 
• Julia James: Man charged with murder of PCSO https://t.co/xgcXg6nnOK 
• Pfizer vaccine authorised by #US FDA for adolescents https://t.co/Iq7u4BpeDc 
• High Court: Cork City Council 'exploited and endorsed' unlawful legal costs system in Circuit Court for years - Irish Legal News https://t.co/0936TCEMTq 
• ‘Slow to change’ lawyers must embrace online dispute revolution, says Vos | Law Gazette https://t.co/7eB9rhTVEf

11th May - Law News

Edition 3423: 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: Israeli government's planned forced evictions of Palestinians in annexed East Jerusalem - there have been clashes between Palestinians and Israeli police outside the Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem, ahead of a planned Jewish nationalist march. More than 200 people were injured, as crowds threw stones and officers fired stun grenades in response. It comes amid soaring tensions in the city, which has seen weeks of unrest.

  Focus of the Day Article:

Landmark legislation to regulate social media companies and search engines will be announced in the Queen’s Speech this week, according to reports. The UK government will bring forward an Online Safety Bill placing a duty of care on major online services and bringing them under the oversight of Ofcom, The Times reports. Full story - Scottish Legal News

 

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Actress Gemma Chan has given her backing to a campaign raising money for the East and South East Asian (ESEA) community amid an increase in anti-Asian hate crime https://t.co/DC9SIwilt7 
• An actor is suing TikTok for using her voice in its text-to-speech function. Bev Standing recorded about 10,000 sentences of audio for the state-backed Chinese Institute of Acoustics research body to use in translations, in 2018 https://t.co/4bBePVc4we 
• #Israeli police storm al-Aqsa mosque ahead of Jerusalem Day march - More than 300 people reported injured as hardline Israelis prepare for parade through Old City https://t.co/ufnHW0Kozl 
• Dean of Law Faculty at Aligarh Muslim University, #India, Prof Shakeel Samdani succumbs to Covid-19 | Bar & Bench https://t.co/9KqeweI3KJ 
• Call for greater use of video-link technology for virtual court appearances from prison - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/XvuHWuh7pm
  
• Morton Fraser names Jenny Dickson as chairman - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/g1ReEf7JpX 
• Mandy Bujold, the boxing mother in a legal fight to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics #Canada https://t.co/2NFUEfwAEo
  
• Telecoms operators successfully challenge Lands Tribunal decision not to permit termination of lease based on old statutory code - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/nkXBLf9ytt
  
• £26m fund to support take-up of local land charges register - Legal Futures https://t.co/oBxeog8jrz 
• Regina Road, Croydon residents look at legal action for compensation https://t.co/cu1zyJzeC2 
• UK-India Extraditions: Ripe for reform? https://t.co/rUBljP2q4q 
• Refugee nurses are being fast-tracked into the NHS as part of a pioneering scheme in Liverpool. Those involved explain why the pandemic means it's vital the UK uses their medical experience https://t.co/mqjjw0zUYV
• People in Scotland will be able to travel to some foreign destinations without the need to quarantine on their return. It will be part of a traffic lights system, similar to that in England, and will come into effect on 24 May https://t.co/aCKzQz8hXH
  
• Covid denying Kumbh Mela pilgrims in #India turn into super-spreaders - no intervention from PM Modi's government to impose social distancing https://t.co/ToU9LR2zD5 
• Banking giant HSBC plans Zoom-free Friday afternoons for some UK staff in an effort to tackle stress caused by working from home during the pandemic https://t.co/7c40h2jE2u 
• For a year, Panorama followed Kent Police as it tried to disrupt networks of dealers, known as "county lines", that transport drugs worth millions of pounds from London to towns across their county https://t.co/O5ADUfYZBx 
• Can different departments in a University be treated as one unit for Reservations? Kerala High Court says no | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/XNkiCDK0dg
  
• The family of Philippa Day, who took a fatal overdose after her benefit payments were cut, start a legal claim against the government. She was found collapsed at her Nottingham home beside a letter rejecting her request for an at-home benefits assessment https://t.co/ZsI74h8Gbt 
• Boris Johnson is being investigated by the MPs' standards watchdog over the funding of a Caribbean holiday in 2019 https://t.co/1SxxEbgt7o 
• Queen’s speech: voters will need photo ID for general elections, however, Government’s legislative agenda is unlikely to include long-awaited reforms to adult social care https://t.co/GLtI4z485B 
• The UK's coronavirus alert level is being lowered from four to three on the advice of experts. Alert level three means that although the virus is still in general circulation, transmission is no longer high or rising exponentially https://t.co/1p4H6J3fg7 
• Martin Lewis and Sir Richard Branson's names most used by scammers https://t.co/PMYPnpOVks
• The wearing of face masks in secondary school classrooms in England will not be required after 17 May, the government is expected to confirm https://t.co/JC9OQKHQ8p 
• The Weekly Round-Up: #KillTheBill, FPN reviews, and rights under threat in India - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/X1wIJ5XPuy
• Muslim Minorities and the Refugee Crisis in Europe | Marta Pachocka and Jan Misiuna https://t.co/0Lp885y6dH 
• Olympian-turned-lawyer on competitiveness and role models - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/zduiN3ENnX 
• ‘Fire and rehire’ should be banned, say three-quarters of UK public - Survey for GMB union finds overwhelming support for legal protection from common employers’ tactic https://t.co/cQx1gCVBqs
  
• Notorious RBG's law school textbook set to fetch over £7k at auction - Legal Cheek https://t.co/NTvTkKEipy 
• I Wasn't Wearing a Helmet. Can I Still Recover Damages? | Lawyer Herald #US https://t.co/L2TzLYAbju
  
• The Boutique Lawyer Show: The future of creating briefs - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/YjIUOeoLd8 
• #Singapore’s human rights record to be examined by Universal Periodic Review https://t.co/PBHBN60GCf 
• Madras High Court grants relief to man who failed to get Passport on account of FIR for not wearing face-mask | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/eYn56fKK6w 
• Solicitor sells HR software company to PE-backed healthcare business - Legal Futures https://t.co/1HtdXUpWhP
• Aspiring barrister: ‘Should I accept an offer to study at an Ivy League law school?’ - Legal Cheek https://t.co/vm3kwKiw5f 
• Tribunal throws out employment lawyer’s disability discrimination claim - Legal Futures https://t.co/kWRz9ZsReY 
• A 10-Step Guide to Market your Law Firm | Lawyer Herald https://t.co/bNFevM5nLW
  
• Law Pod UK new episode: Henry VIII Powers undermining parliamentary supremacy - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/aOyEm1towF 
• Legal aid solicitor Simon Foster has been elected the West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) https://t.co/xIT36DU7UE
  
• City firms cut secretary support as lawyers prepare to return to the office - Legal Cheek https://t.co/9PeeycYcEj 
• Welsh Women's Aid on UK Domestic Abuse Act https://t.co/YBXQf2y0vW 
• The #US government declared a state of emergency on Sunday after the largest fuel pipeline in the US was hit by a ransomware cyber-attack. The Colonial Pipeline carries 2.5 million barrels a day - 45% of the East Coast's supply https://t.co/UcuAhJKPmd
  
• Supreme Court orders States to release all prisoners who were released last year to prevent COVID-19 spread | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/nPWWwZ23yK 
• Irish woman accused of supporting ISIS wins appeal against ban from UK https://t.co/odIlpvvx5W 
• Woman with Down syndrome goes to court over UK abortion law https://t.co/8ZdBEFkRcl 
• Court of Appeal to assess Bournemouth sex assault jail sentence https://t.co/Cr8qWZ72Tn
  
• Woman ‘sexually harassed’ by ex-Hartlepool MP says Labour failed to support her https://t.co/8poaouB14h 
• Clifford Chance and Bakers rally to support India Covid appeal - Legal Cheek https://t.co/kV1RdP3WAu

10th May - Law News

Edition 3422: 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: Dozens of people were injured overnight in Jerusalem as clashes erupted between Palestinians and Israeli police at the Al-Aqsa Mosque amid anger over planned forced evictions in annexed East Jerusalem.

  Focus of the Day Article:

Lawyers working on cases dealing with Northern Ireland’s troubled past know that this field of legal work develops slowly. Sometimes, however, developments occur at an unexpected and unwelcome speed. Such has been the case this week. From the collapse of a controversial trial to the reporting of a legislative “amnesty”, the legacy of the Troubles remains an indelible part of both judicial business and daily life. Full story - UK Human Rights Blog

 

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Should I use a Legal Recruiter? | Lawyer Herald https://t.co/j9VtgX7lot 
• #India Supreme Court orders audit of Oxygen supplies provided to States; clarifies no intention to scrutinize doctors' good faith decisions | Bar & Bench https://t.co/R5WYoTBW7t
  
• ‘Game-changing’ tribunal proposal to revolutionise system for families - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/9OCreAbwQD 
• #India Supreme Court sets up a National Task Force to streamline oxygen allocation, ensure availability of essential drug, medicines | Bar & Bench https://t.co/SZgMhCeQEa
• Hogan Lovells launches trainee mentoring scheme to boost retention of BAME lawyers - Legal Cheek https://t.co/olKgU5JUJ3
• #Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has defended brutal police action against Palestinian protesters after two nights of clashes in Jerusalem https://t.co/eve9CpnLWY
• Jonathon Seed, Conservative PCC candidate barred after offence emerges https://t.co/DGEw7dwEdX
• Why stamping out sexual harassment starts at the recruitment process - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/QX6M6xP74F
• Linklaters to fund SQE prep courses for refugee lawyers - Legal Cheek https://t.co/KzuZl5SNcw 
• Magistrate's order releasing 12 seized oxygen concentrators for the use of Police personnel, judicial officers set aside by Delhi Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/88XquYEZ8L 
• Bar exam bosses apologise for last summer's chaos after damning independent review - Legal Cheek https://t.co/KhaBMqZCGJ
  
• EU countries snub Priti Patel’s plans to return asylum seekers - UN criticises the proposals as so damaging they risked Britain’s ‘global credibility’ https://t.co/YdU4U2Ke9B 
• RT @CrimeGirI: How not to lawyer https://t.co/8sG0xD5VQC
  
• Slater and Gordon investigating class action into IVF add-ons - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/rpVdTTbWQ
• Eight people have been arrested after a man was stabbed in the leg in Selfridges in central London. The Met Police said a fight broke out at the Oxford Street shop just after 19:30 BST on Saturday https://t.co/2WwAJAkJTb
• Scotland's first minister has said she does not expect the debate over whether there should be a second independence referendum to end up in the courts https://t.co/p2AQNV9kJj
  
• Hugs should be selective, short, avoiding face-to-face contact: expert urges caution over hugs as lockdown eases https://t.co/WrcTKqGmNh
• Danger And Disease: The Perils Of Nursing Homes During Covid-19 | Lawyer Herald https://t.co/ZaH2M5iMP1 
• Bakers restores NQ solicitor pay to pre-pandemic £90k - Legal Cheek https://t.co/GNJmooLUmb 
• What the lawyers of today and tomorrow want is vastly different to what those who came before sought, Fionn Bowd says. New pathways are emerging, and BigLaw firms that do not get on board will be left behind - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/tmu2goJITb 
• #China tries to scupper UN talk on plight of Uighurs https://t.co/hQUAX39pz7 
• Jerusalem: Many injured on second night of clashes as #Israeli police fire rubber bullets - It follows days of simmering unrest over possible evictions of Palestinians from land claimed by illegal Jewish settlers https://t.co/8RdRPpXIq2
  
• A small law firm has been ordered to pay a paralegal-turned-junior lawyer $157,000 in backpay after a court found it was underpaying him on the lucrative employment contract - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/qqobnP3vvR 
• Virtual event next week: How to get into law as a career changer — with BCLP, Shearman & Sterling, 2 Temple Gardens and ULaw - Legal Cheek https://t.co/EVH8otEG0
• Marriage certificates in England and Wales to include mothers’ names for first time - Home Office says reform is biggest change to marriage registration system since 1837 https://t.co/Ampbo3IWev
  
• New report reveals practice areas most and least impacted by pandemic - Legal Cheek https://t.co/8FtdIW9Tg
• ‘I pray God takes him first’: why do some #US states want to execute the dying? https://t.co/FDUhKCFhP
• Osborne Clarke hands staff a slice of the profits as Shoosmiths says ‘thank you' with bonuses - Legal Cheek https://t.co/Z1ZmPcoab
• Are our courts a playground for bullies? Just ask Catherine Belton - Her acclaimed book is under attack from #Russian billionaires. Are they out to silence her? https://t.co/v9TaKoUuF
• London law graduate strangled and shot on visit to Pakistan - Legal Cheek https://t.co/Cnm2Emddzk
• UK taskforce to tackle rising number of pet thefts - Body will look into what is contributing to surge in thefts and recommend solutions to tackle problem https://t.co/cwVG0QdlEp
  
• FT editors attack government plans to restrict judicial review - Legal Cheek https://t.co/7F4MLWyN6N 
• Liverpool Uni law grad earns £60k a year on OnlyFans - Legal Cheek https://t.co/U26O0gEg6j 
• When Vanessa Nakate, 24, was cropped out of a wire photo featuring her and four white activists, it drew attention that she now uses to expand her work in #Uganda and beyond https://t.co/M8qr2BsPu
• Palestinians protested ahead of a decision that will come from the #Israeli Supreme Court on whether to uphold the eviction of six families from a neighborhood in East Jerusalem in favor of Jewish settlers https://t.co/mYNCCXJnwz
• Surge of Migrant Children at the Border Leads to Crowded Shelters #US https://t.co/FlKq6oQp20 
• DLA Piper launches solicitor apprenticeship for school-leavers - Legal Cheek https://t.co/syQAsKs23U

9th May - Law News

Edition 3421: 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: Although Sheikh Jarrah makes up just a tiny part of Occupied East Jerusalem, the area is a major source of tension between Palestinians and Israelis. A recent order to evict Palestinian families has triggered days of violent protests. On Friday, more than 200 people were injured when security forces stormed the nearby Al Aqsa mosque compound to clear demonstrators. So why is the Sheikh Jarrah dispute so contentious?

 

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Refugees and the #Armenian genocide: human rights this fortnight in pictures https://t.co/Xh4TLqbz3s 
• Burgh Quay registration office to reopen on Monday - Irish Legal News https://t.co/ncE4FIAz2X
  
• High Court: Judge declines jurisdiction in favour of Hong Kong in shipping dispute - Irish Legal News https://t.co/n84NTZxFb9 
• #French President Emmanuel Macron has called on the US to drop its restrictions on the export of Covid-19 vaccines and ingredients https://t.co/mZ4ef2ugy4
• Police investigating the death of community support officer Julia James have arrested a man in his 20s https://t.co/sWazp5H6LE 
  
• European Commission appoints first religious freedom envoy in two years - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/fOvH6jD2jH 
• Singapore jostles with London for top arbitration spot | Law Gazette https://t.co/nQIAnN6TcQ 
• Gary Lineker’s political tweets could help him avoid £4.9m tax bill - Presenter’s tweets on Brexit and Tories could form part of case that he is not a typical BBC or BT Sport employee https://t.co/aNudZkx0li 
• Firm entitled to sack ‘car-window cash’ solicitor, CoA rules | Law Gazette https://t.co/mwkkLkZIt9 
• England puts 12 destinations on Covid ‘green list’ for trips from 17 May https://t.co/HnPCNx91If 
• Douglas J. Cusine, former sheriff and member of Quis, argues that responsibility for FAIs should be taken away from the Crown Office - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/YYCf0T1Bj2 
• SRA to create ‘independent’ team to assess enforcement quality | Law Gazette https://t.co/yOPZ97UeS3 
• Limerick Solicitors Bar Association raises funds for worthy cause - Irish Legal News https://t.co/Pxemb8P59
• 2020: a year of lockdowns, Zoom, social distancing and, according to EY’s recent research, a good amount of ‘litigation distancing’ in business disputes during the course of the pandemic | Law Gazette https://t.co/oG6cTKOq4s 
• Chief Master Marsh retired as Chief Master of the High Court, Chancery Division on 1 May after a distinguished career | NLJ https://t.co/v36u4ad6kd
• 'Ableist attitudes': BSB reviews bar exam fiasco | https://t.co/4se1dKnPla
  
• #India’s judiciary and the rights of refugees https://t.co/iF3x7bFyuC
  
• Kimberley Land Council appoints top barrister Tony Power for internal review of trust #Australia https://t.co/fhXsWuAVd3 
• Ireland: Minimum alcohol pricing law to be brought into effect - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/GJsBdFuwyu
  
• Does a Barrister owe a duty to its instructing solicitor https://t.co/zymBmj1Q9e
  
• William Fry announces two new partners - Irish Legal News https://t.co/C0qXNDvi59 
• 'Very decent, good man': council pays tribute to property solicitor | Law Gazette https://t.co/GGCfRmHjsc
• Up to 178 Palestinians and six officers injured in skirmishes at al-Aqsa mosque and around east Jerusalem. #Israeli police clash with protesters over Palestinian evictions from Jerusalem homes https://t.co/Sw9TR7cwBP
• Lawyers with judicial aspirations should keep an eye out for the 2021/22 High Court Judicial Assistant Scheme | NLJ https://t.co/B1snOkRkr3
• Lawyers have called for non-means tested legal aid to be made available to domestic abuse victims, as the Domestic Violence Bill passed its final parliamentary hurdle | NLJ https://t.co/dBigbkWcSt 
• Burges Salmon is celebrating the continued growth and success of its Scottish practice, which launched in Edinburgh in May 2019 - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/q64hJ314j0
• HFW defies sanctions row with China expansion | Law Gazette https://t.co/b59TDLqeiv 
• Ireland failing to identify victims of human trafficking at an early stage - Irish Legal News https://t.co/EB79KnKIze 
• Criminal legal aid solicitors 'have suffered 50% pay cut' | Law Gazette https://t.co/EtonqD8zcg 
• Two people have been arrested over a suspected £3.4m furlough scheme fraud. The man, 35, and woman, 36, from Bradford, were also interviewed in relation to a suspected multi-million-pound tax fraud, officials said https://t.co/KcMKxElKqk
• A solicitor impacted by the effects of the drug Thalidomide who fraudulently claimed over €120,000 in social welfare payments will begin a jail term next week - Irish Legal News https://t.co/NZHSSfdM8h 
• A documentary about a 10-year-old Aboriginal boy's experience in school, In My Blood It Runs, has reignited a debate about #Australia's failure to give indigenous children a good education and a fair start in life https://t.co/QCt5Sgq5KZ
• The Post Office is contacting 540 former sub-postmasters/mistresses who may have been wrongfully convicted of theft and fraud. Dozens were convicted - with some imprisoned - after the Post Office installed the flawed Horizon system https://t.co/T2hB8o740M 
• Some railway services across the UK have been cancelled after hairline cracks were found in high-speed trains. The issue was found in the Hitachi 800 series trains, which are used by Great Western Railway, London North Eastern Railways and Hull Trains https://t.co/Zg0uWXzSBF 
• Creation of body examining public servants' working hours welcomed - Irish Legal News https://t.co/GW9vwAhupv
• Ex-client sues firm over ‘ridiculous’ ground rent clause | Law Gazette https://t.co/xFbI3IHME1 
• Solicitors’ new firm pledges to give all profits away | Law Gazette https://t.co/CKJ7RG6fIq 
• Residents angry after fire at east London high-rise with Grenfell-style panels | London | The Guardian- Blaze tore through flats at New Providence Wharf in Tower Hamlets on Friday morning https://t.co/nk91fPp5Z
• Court hears ‘obvious concerns’ about Slater and Gordon ATE commissions https://t.co/bk45GCEkW
• Former soldiers to be protected from prosecution over Troubles killings - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/d1ZJSgsoa
• NI: A&L Goodbody staff mark Deaf Awareness Week with sign language classes - Irish Legal News https://t.co/TBwiryjQhn 
• Julia James killing: Kent police identify man they appealed to hear from https://t.co/rlatWtHhG3 
• Tony Williams loses contract with US club over comments backing former NRL teammate Jarryd Hayne - Williams targeted Hayne’s victim on Instagram, questioning the woman’s truthfulness and the justice system https://t.co/vwtFpHcnjF
• Manchester barrister leads national initiative to tackle abusive behaviour at Bar https://t.co/zINIf0ZLLM
• Solicitor advised police officer to ‘review’ criticism of top cops after Hillsborough disaster https://t.co/ydn4UJaLgk
• #Zimbabwe Opposition Accuses Government of Trying to Undermine Judiciary https://t.co/H7qJs46LjF
• Gary Lineker targeted by HMRC over £4.9m tax bill https://t.co/hWGNBscsZn
• Newcastle United take Premier League to competition tribunal over takeover collapse https://t.co/m5GvRMxo2V 
• Europe's human rights court finds fault with #Polish tribunal https://t.co/m7iWGtQuKc 
• South Carolina Lawmakers Vote to Add Firing Squad to Executions List #US https://t.co/P6QXlkAIvJ 
• Police are now stopping random people on the streets. A group of secret informers has reappeared. The killings continue, but so does the resistance #Myanmar https://t.co/Yzi6AHwyso 
• Health Advocate or Big Brother? #US Companies Weigh Requiring Vaccines https://t.co/omZik5YD0r
• Lithium Mining Projects May Not Be Green Friendly https://t.co/DETl3KW3E4
• England: Children likely to be pleading guilty when innocent, study argues - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/LsDPEH8eRV

8th May - Law News

Edition 3420: 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: "When Governments Don't Do Their Job, Courts Have To Step In": Senior Indian Congress leader Kapil Sibal speaks to NDTV about the current Covid crisis in India and says, "It is unfortunate that the government is caught napping, they never made any preparations for the second wave." Mr Sibal slammed the Centre's response to the oxygen shortage in the country adding that "It is important to ensure that there is enough oxygen for all Covid-19 patients in the country."

 

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Minimum alcohol pricing law to be brought into effect - Irish Legal News https://t.co/yEBXRBiiXz 
• A Liberal Party member (not LibDem) who confronted the SNP MSP Humza Yousaf at a Glasgow election count has been suspended. Derek Jackson and others, questioned Mr Yousaf about how women and children in Pakistan are treated https://t.co/pHyMBVobKd
• This is what a lawyer looks like | Law Gazette https://t.co/X997gjJIAl 
• Which countries are on the green list for foreign holidays? https://t.co/qhuyzO0d5a
  
• The World Health Organization (WHO) has granted emergency approval for the Covid vaccine made by Chinese state-owned company Sinopharm https://t.co/9HMBqiaPKj 
• The United Nations human rights office has strongly criticised a police raid against suspected drug traffickers in Rio de Janeiro, amid allegations of abuse and extrajudicial executions #Brazil https://t.co/Y4xiJcq6vc
• Judge criticises Priti Patel over policy for asylum seekers in pandemic https://t.co/AmbOQBFEkk 
• Annual house prices in Aberdeen up in ‘encouraging’ news - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/82nOwhkTBX
• John Bett, partner and head of dispute resolution and litigation at Lindsays, details why ignoring furlough mistakes could be costly for businesses - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/NRkjanqBkK 
• More City secretaries facing redundancy | Law Gazette https://t.co/aPdlGZB3Sx
• Law Society survey finds qualified support for remote civil court hearings - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/GLiGJSUyL
• A fictionalised account of hidden battles during an ‘ordinary’ court day. By Rehna Azim https://t.co/LIFJE96Kvx
• Starmer’s focus group approach has worn thin incredibly quickly – leaving Labour looking vacuous, corporate, and insincere. The party has steadfastly refused to outline any policy positions, made supportive noises about even the worst Tory mismanagement https://t.co/Wm2C0NPNKj 
• #India's Covid pandemic: Girl, 5, separated from family by Australia restrictions https://t.co/yk3744TOTc 
• The ailing father of a man whose body was found in Michael Barrymore's swimming pool 20 years ago said he believed "the truth will come out". Stuart Lubbock, 31, died after being found unconscious in the TV presenter's pool in Roydon https://t.co/kVu7VQ008v 
• NI: Former Attorney General John Larkin QCto lead legal challenge against abortion regulations - Irish Legal News https://t.co/pPd00JSnMV 
• Immigration lawyers attack Patel's reform proposals | Law Gazette https://t.co/hSVDaKdCaV 
• Home Office unlawfully stopped family joining Windrush woman, court rules https://t.co/sydaXwyXE8 
• US makes dramatic U-turn on IP waiver for Covid-19 vaccines - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/RPLyekuiDQ
• Dyfed-Powys Police: Domestic abuse among thousands of unrecorded crimes https://t.co/lT3ijqwqVW
• Men who spat at police officers during pandemic have prison sentences reduced by High Court of Justiciary - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/5Jh1CdzBLp
• 'Extremely odd': Bar criticises logic of judicial review reforms | Law Gazette https://t.co/E1L1OI11Wf 
• NI: Proposals to establish Victims of Crime Commissioner now out for consultation - Irish Legal News https://t.co/Dm5b5oR8U
• Police investigating the murder of PCSO Julia James have released an image of a man they want to speak to https://t.co/xX5ufwM8qy
• Holidaymakers in England are to find out which "green list" countries they can visit without quarantining on their return later this afternoon https://t.co/grhQFzRvwY
• Under 40s to be offered alternative to AZ vaccine https://t.co/jw3OgKPZTD 
• The BBC has said it is "shocked" to hear allegations by several women that actor Noel Clarke sexually harassed them on the set of Doctor Who. Mr Clarke played Mickey Smith in the BBC drama from 2005 to 2010 https://t.co/p2undUICLI
• Christian Porter moves to strike out major sections of ABC’s defamation defence #Australia https://t.co/AxJCzw8dM0 
• #Qatar orders arrest of finance minister amid probe - Attorney general orders arrest of Finance Minister Ali Shareef al-Emadi as part of an investigation, state media says https://t.co/riU8Pvbg3u 
• Listed legal pioneer forecasts profits ‘significantly ahead’ of plan | Law Gazette https://t.co/m05sGccqu9
  
• No full-time office return for UK’s biggest employers, BBC survey finds - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/8UOkdGh6cx 
• Anti-torture committee warns against impact of austerity measures on prisons - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/OnMNnxQ7AU
  
• Firm sued over ground rent that doubles every five years - Legal Futures https://t.co/zY2xsDsEc4 
• Review of Bar exam chaos points finger at BSB and Pearson VUE - Legal Futures https://t.co/sEdm0ZjsAj
• #Uganda and role of the international criminal court https://t.co/OHoVT4Vq6w
• Rights groups slam #UAE official’s Interpol president candidacy - UAE interior ministry official Ahmed al-Raisi has been accused of the torture and ill-treatment of prisoners https://t.co/MBQtCga5FJ
  
• Solicitors Regulation Authority eyes £2m budget boost - Legal Futures https://t.co/b4v4DScCOz 
• BALKAN HUMAN CORRIDOR: Essays on the Refugee and Migrant Crisis from Scholars and Opinion Leaders in Southeast Europe | SOTIRIS SERBOS https://t.co/mnhLkl5E5j 
• Public health experts have recommended one version of the Indian coronavirus variant be made a "variant of concern" in the UK. Public Health England (PHE) is tracking B.1.617.2 which appears to spread more quickly https://t.co/MAoGcWxCK3 
• Trial date set for City firm 'torture' claim | Law Gazette https://t.co/5FtzJ9mkPI 
• The single-use carrier bag charge will rise from 5p to 10p and be extended to all businesses in England from 21 May https://t.co/Tep8fn21YM 
• Howard League Scotland makes urgent plea for donations - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/XKV7ath42o
  
• ICC sentences #Ugandan Lord’s Resistance Army leader to 25 years - Former child soldier Dominic Ongwen committed crimes against humanity as commander in cult https://t.co/ucnoH0xgSa
• £100m divorce award: judge rebuffs media pleas to publish judgment | Law Gazette https://t.co/xRPM867mv
• NI: Former soldiers to be protected from prosecution over Troubles killings - Irish Legal News https://t.co/U9MD7wgzy0
• Workplace Relations Commission may be unable to hear cases for months to come - Irish Legal News https://t.co/gQtE2mDaGM
• Pressure mounts on #Australia to support Covid vaccine intellectual property waiver for developing nations https://t.co/RHfzlXLTO
• Terra Firma’s 2021 Webinar Series: Planning Law - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Ou8XC6iluC 
• NI: Ombudsman finds RUC failed to investigate 1969 killings - Irish Legal News https://t.co/aGbyz2VRoP 
• As #India's devastating Covid-19 crisis mounted last month, countries around the world began sending emergency medical supplies to help stem the surge, but the BJP government is failing to get to grips https://t.co/AaaJJFQLxB 
• Pregnant women struggling to get Covid vaccine, Stella Creasy says https://t.co/8ib8ayIBYE 
• ‘The word feminism is still a trigger’: #Russia's feminists in their own words https://t.co/yc2EWiBS9E