Thursday

20th May - Law News

Edition 3432: 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: Want the latest information on the SQE? Targeted at aspiring solicitors, get the facts ahead of its September introduction. Learn about: What the SQE and new way of qualifying involves. Potential options for training and qualifying under the SQE. What to expect on the day of an SQE1 assessment. Reasonable adjustments for candidates. Registration and booking process. Assessment timings and when and where you can sit it. 

 
  Focus of the Day Article:
Continued discontent with the disclosure pilot scheme in the Business and Property Courts has been outlined by a new poll of lawyers suggesting most are still unhappy with it. A survey of 250 senior legal professionals at UK law firms found 97% expressed frustration with aspects of the pilot scheme and 70% deemed it unfit for purpose at present. Full story - Law Society Gazette
 
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Wednesday

19th May - Law News

Edition 3431: 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: Border forces in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta have been overwhelmed by a record-breaking influx of migrants from Morocco, jumping or wading around barriers to make it across what is technically a European border in north Africa. Spain deployed its military to beaches surrounding the city, as more than 6,000 thousand new arrivals, many of them teenagers, emerged from the sea to a wall of soldiers. Late today, Morocco recalled its Ambassador to Madrid for “consultations”, as diplomatic tensions grow. 

  Focus of the Day Article:
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has launched a crackdown on ‘phoenixing’ involving claims management companies (CMCs) specialising in financial services. ‘Phoenixing’ in this context is when individuals from wound-up financial services firms reappeared at CMCs and charged consumers for seeking compensation from the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) for their former firms’ poor conduct. Full story - Legal Futures
 
Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Roddy Dunlop QC: Why the default position should be in-person court hearings - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/X3rORtnVSd
  • The Guardian view on violence against women: focus on the perpetrators https://t.co/bjEkykCdln 
  • Met Police officer who was filmed hugging a demonstrator at a march and shouting "free Palestine" is being investigated https://t.co/udOwIv7XuA
  • Supreme Court refuses HMRC appeal seeking over £475,000 in unpaid tax from divorce lawyer - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Mo2Xrzf897 
  • Litigant stopped after ‘absurdly far-fetched’ claims against 10 judges | Law Gazette https://t.co/XU0FaX5aNH
  • Senior promotions at Aberdein Considine - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/sSH3SqC3CK 
  • Prominent D.C. lawyer named chair of Washington Ireland Program - Irish Legal News https://t.co/Hi7GhqJcdR
  • Nony Ardill obituary - died aged 68 from a brain tumour, was a leading human rights lawyer and campaigner for social justice https://t.co/zRGpMniQmy
  • ‘Litigation extravaganza’: MoR denounces six-year jurisdiction saga | Law Gazette https://t.co/RQ5z1nkpg9
  • How consumer protection laws are failing to safeguard us https://t.co/8wvUxDnIs6 
  • Dillin Armstrong case referred to High Court over possible miscarriage of justice - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/YZ8tq8by1H
  • Scotland's legal aid solicitors boycott courts over Covid-19 support | Law Gazette https://t.co/HjyemmojUW
  • LeO complaints delay now 14 months | Law Gazette https://t.co/CILjSGDjH0 
  • Rape victims in England and Wales to give video evidence to boost convictions https://t.co/PGEEgjFV7l
  • Holiday firms refuse refunds for amber destinations https://t.co/I0QJC6f1Mr
  • UK farmers have sounded the alarm over reports the government plans a trade deal with Australia that would make its food and farming imports cheaper https://t.co/XKYW3LASHk
  • Four men have been bailed after they were arrested in connection with a video which appeared to show anti-Semitic abuse being shouted from a car in north London https://t.co/eVlx6WJFgH 
  • Terra Firma Chambers’ 2021 Webinar Series - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/ZEY17pU4NX 
  • England and Wales prisoners taking fewer rehabilitation courses - Number of courses started and completed falls 62% in 10 years despite rising prison population https://t.co/Bu6DuV5elO
  • Magic circle accelerates technology drive | Law Gazette https://t.co/wlfeh6XBu2 
  • Teenage nursery worker on trial in Exeter for sexual assault of children - Jayden McCarthy, 18, denies charges of rape and sexual assault, despite CCTV footage from the nursery in Devon https://t.co/ipdoQ0UsHS
  • High Court upholds judgment on law firms’ unpaid fees - Legal Futures https://t.co/v8T3hkp3vQ 
  • Lawyer in the news: William Ford, Osbornes Law - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/7xSi2FHd51 
  • A&L Goodbody promotes 18 new associates - Irish Legal News https://t.co/q2uYUtL01R
  • FCA launches crackdown on claims management ‘phoenixing’ - Legal Futures https://t.co/IB2OwCxPU6
  • Canada: Retired black judge handcuffed after being mistaken for criminal suspect - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/A99cXCBeP7
  • Members of the public invited to complete family justice consultation - Irish Legal News https://t.co/h3q59tImPU 
  • SIF closure – what happens next? | Law Gazette https://t.co/Brs7Dj8ZXR 
  • Court rejects appeal from solicitor struck off for gross overcharging - Legal Futures https://t.co/6cveaS7fAd 
  • Councils to gain power to use CCTV footage to identify fly-tippers - Irish Legal News https://t.co/sRPa1BCPBZ
  • NI: Prosecutors 'right not to charge' politicians at Bobby Storey funeral - Irish Legal News https://t.co/KJdNEOXlxP
  • My legal life: Charlene Gisele, former practising solicitor wellness consultant - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/5tcajdz7tx
  • Coronavirus: Ministers to step up vaccine take-up calls amid variant fears https://t.co/blRXRKRunz
  • Shane Smyth elected president of Association of Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys - Irish Legal News https://t.co/7dc6v0uNmu 
  • Joe Biden has brought back a #US presidential tradition by releasing his tax return, the White House said. The filing shows he and his wife earned $607,336 (£430,000) last year and paid $157,414 in federal income tax https://t.co/XUEu6RoKnQ 
  • Long Covid pay decision for key workers could take a year https://t.co/Wm8u5NWzzz
  • Climate change: Ban all gas boilers from 2025 to reach net-zero https://t.co/ITsHaljdX1
  • Just 20 firms behind more than half of single-use plastic waste - study https://t.co/MYwTuimkvh 
  • US: Half of lawyers experiencing depression and anxiety - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/bthnUGb4Nr
  • Arthur Cox launches race and ethnicity network - Irish Legal News https://t.co/p6qxnR9eS0 
  • High Court: Facebook loses challenge to DPC’s draft decision on EU-US data transfers - Irish Legal News https://t.co/JSl6dKReWG
  • Blue-tick visionary Vos’ civil justice push | Law Gazette https://t.co/vWO8F4qBOK
  • GCU Law launches campaign website for complainer anonymity in sexual offence cases - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/xQoGcot52J 
  • Best of the blogs - 15 May 2021 | Law Gazette https://t.co/XM65bpmbZx
  • ‘MPs must take back control of lawmaking,’ says human rights barrister - Adam Wagner, an expert on Covid rules, believes ministers have assumed far too much say over our lives https://t.co/mVq4mpqLqb 
  • ‘We’re not closing!’: Firm's fury after SRA appears to read the last rites | Law Gazette https://t.co/0Csf83JY3X 
  • Roddy Dunlop QC: Why the default position should be in-person court hearings - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/X3rORtFwJL 
  • News focus: Queen’s speech - what solicitors need to know https://t.co/94HGfq5Qag
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Tuesday

18th May - Law News

Edition 3430: LawNewsIndex is a UK based daily legal news archive on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Jurisprudence, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics & Human Rights since 2011.   

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 Today's Highlighted Video Story: A decade after being granted asylum in Sweden, 19-year-old Tousin Chiza is representing his adopted country at the Eurovision Song Contest in Rotterdam next week. Tousin - or Tusse, as he's known in Sweden - was born in the Democratic Republic of Congo. He fled to a refugee camp in Uganda aged five with his aunt, siblings and cousins, and lived there for three years until moving to Sweden aged eight. "It's a huge honour for me," he tells Radio 1 Newsbeat. "It's like the biggest thank you I can give.".
 


  Focus of the Day Article:
A judge in the Outer House of the Court of Session has ordered that the young child of a Canadian citizen be returned to Quebec to live with her after an application was made for his return under the Hague Convention on Child Abduction. The mother, ML, petitioned the court for an order after the father, JH, an Englishman living in Aberdeen, refused to return their child to her by an agreed return date. The child had been living with his father temporarily under the terms of a signed agreement since September 2020. Full story - Scottish Legal News
 
Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Justice minister rejects claim she put pressure on supreme state attorney #czech https://t.co/itWt7icFjY 
  • US Supreme Court to hear major abortion case which could overturn historic Roe v Wade ruling https://t.co/gWJj4VxXPV 
  • Tensions Among Democrats Grow Over Israel as the Left Defends Palestinians #US https://t.co/hkUOXZbuLj 
  • Excavation work is to begin at a cafe where police have been searching for a teenager whose disappearance was linked to serial killer Fred West https://t.co/l9qFoUYfta
  • Married transgender prisoners win legal case after authorities stop them seeing one another https://t.co/SAg6wr4O7p
  • Charity considers legal action against Home Office over Glasgow immigration raid https://t.co/hNErFBVFkC
  • Ella Goodwin's father said the 13-year-old was told a cap or hoodie was not part of the uniform policy at Heritage High School in Derbyshire, she has a rare illness that had caused her hair to fall out https://t.co/gErQYbPHws 
  • Enforcing awards in Investor-State disputes: The battle that decides the war? | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/nJP8wfs859
  • Robert More: Big trouble in our little justice system - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/lhukzzEdRt 
  • Are Gold Coast boutiques blazing a new trail? - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/P9tfTb4Jih
  • #GownsDown: Defence lawyers’ boycott goes ahead after talks with Yousaf fail - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Eiw6AkPaVn 
  • Babes in the Wood: Killer's ex-girlfriend guilty of perjury https://t.co/E2G4MCBmTo
  • The mother of a man shot dead by Greater Manchester Police has vowed to fight to release the secret evidence shrouding part of his case. Anthony Grainger, 36, was killed during a covert operation in March 2012 https://t.co/ZDU792pisl
  • Outer House judge orders that child of Canadian and Englishman resident in Scotland be returned to Canada - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/jMYIwcWaG5 
  • App launches with huge range of legal help to consumers and SMEs - Legal Futures https://t.co/DXJO2pRFnh 
  • Pembrokeshire school bus crash: Car driver dies and 13 children hurt https://t.co/EjLK5HyZpf 
  • A new emergency alert text system will be trialled this summer before being rolled out across the UK https://t.co/wFRWaOKy1R 
  • Dozens of officers and staff are being investigated for looking up details of the Sarah Everard case on the police computer system, the Met has said https://t.co/cUPFbAnWQa 
  • UK imposes sanctions on Libyan al-Kaniyat militia for international law violations https://t.co/eWc6XGxr9X
  • Oxford firm embraces employee ownership in response to Covid - Legal Futures https://t.co/gQ6u4vOs3M 
  • Students can spend upwards of £1,000 appealing SQE results - Legal Cheek https://t.co/pjPtkWJJEB 
  • CLC to introduce 'polluter pays' to cover cost of Legal Ombudsman - Legal Futures https://t.co/i6Qd4qVct1 
  • Jail for conman who cloned CMC and sold fake PI claims to law firm - Legal Futures https://t.co/6HTo13sRnh 
  • Long working hours killing 745,000 people a year, study finds https://t.co/TQEslHwdWU 
  • Brexit: UK proposes new Irish Sea food checks from October https://t.co/jUuZOgiC1e 
  • Green paper calls for misogyny to be made hate crime and bans on street harassment and sex-for-rent https://t.co/92QnQ0HAho
  • Experts and campaigners warn plight of domestic abuse victims and their children ignored in Scottish courts https://t.co/R6vqcUhwIE
  • Council tenant sleeping in his car for four months because 'bedroom is 3 inches deep in water' https://t.co/wBzZ4NQRSs 
  • Family Reaches $10 Million Settlement in Killing of Andre Hill #US https://t.co/LSw6tiQpEX 
  • Plaintiff firm Slater and Gordon is investigating the possibility of commencing a class action on behalf of women who have been sold ineffective add-on therapies while undergoing IVF treatment - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/rpVdTSUlrs 
  • Police apologize after wrongly arresting B.C.’s first Black Supreme Court Justice – Campbell River Mirror #Canada https://t.co/zdKEenBKKB 
  • Dates announced for The Legal Cheek Virtual Pupillage Fairs 2021 - Legal Cheek https://t.co/lh6NlMjo0u
  • Justice Secretary Humza Yousaf blames Home Office after immigration protest https://t.co/zMPiccFNy2 
  • A Police Shooting in Hawaii Has South Africans Demanding Justice. A Black man from South Africa was shot and killed in an encounter with the police #US https://t.co/Jt3tNtDaSm 
  • Hidden cost of umbrella companies in UK ‘may top £4.5bn a year’ https://t.co/vYvpUpy2Gb 
  • [Karnataka Lockdown] Don't terrorise citizens when they step out to get food: Retd Justice Michael Saldanha writes to AG Prabhuling Navadgi | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/Ff0ys7bONK
  • Stopping 'scourge' of BC gang violence top police priority: BC solicitor general #Canada https://t.co/3h8LNKm3pR
  • At 18, He Had Consensual Sex With 2 Teens. Montana Wants Him to Stay a Registered Offender #US https://t.co/SISuzgWngs
  • What do animals feel? Humans must follow the evidence to find out https://t.co/qbnXpWKod3 
  • Covid-19: Lockdowns ease in England, Wales and most of Scotland https://t.co/dN48iHZZgd 
  • Maddocks, the #Australian law firm has bolstered its partnership with the appointment of a new employment specialist - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/5CwkwQfWgM
  • Staff at Newport-based legal practice Convey Law have raised £10,000 in memory of Captain Sir Tom Moore to celebrate what would have been his 101st birthday https://t.co/AjJBeDcoiO
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Monday

17th May - Law News

Edition 3429: 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 United Nations Security Council convenes in the virtual format on Sunday, May 16, to discuss the Israel-Palestine crisis. The conflict between Israelis and Palestinians escalated to the highest level since the war of 2014 about a week ago, with both sides firing rockets over the opponent’s territory. At least 139 Palestinians and 8 Israelis have been killed and hundreds of people wounded.
 


  Focus of the Day Article:
Campaigners have warned that a loophole allowing children aged 16 or 17 to get married with their parents’ consent is enabling forced child marriages to take place across England. Current laws against forced marriage to do not specifically protect children, and there are no laws in the UK to prevent religious or customary child marriages. The organisation Girls Not Brides UK, who sent a letter to the Prime Minister warning of the impact of this loophole last week, have suggested that child marriages disproportionately affect girls, and often lead to fewer educational and employment opportunities and a higher risk of domestic violence. The government’s Forced Marriage Unit, which collects data on cases of forced marriage, shows that more than a quarter of cases involve children. The Conservative MP Pauline Latham is currently promoting a bill in Parliament aimed at criminalising child marriage completely. Full story - UK Human Rights Blog
 
Saturday Conversations on Law
  • #Ireland's healthcare system has twice been targeted in cyber-crime attacks, it has been confirmed https://t.co/KxqdkowcG4 
  • CLAT 2021 postponed; last date for submission of online application extended to June 15, 2021 | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/nDzTaQKqZq 
  • Police are becoming increasingly concerned about the welfare of two missing children. Five-year-old Patrick Hovarth and his brother, Fabricio, who is eight, from north Belfast, were last seen on Friday at about 18:00 BST https://t.co/2cSDbttctK 
  • King’s, Cardiff and Nottingham law schools bag awards for pro bono efforts - Legal Cheek https://t.co/MzRFCJVdqb 
  • Plea in Supreme Court to cancel Class 12 CBSE, ICSE exams in view of COVID-19 | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/Z9Jk9bwJ20 
  • What does the introduction of Qualifying Work Experience mean for law students? - Legal Cheek https://t.co/PduLx6Chpj 
  • Upskilling critical for the next generation of lawyers - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/wYGHT5Jlbq 
  • Met police have identified the car seen in a video where a man is making misogynistic and antisemitic remarks https://t.co/aXyFCs3qBF
  • Paralegal told she was a trainee solicitor secures compensation from former firm - Legal Cheek https://t.co/QmNLaxEr5L
  • Plea in Kerala High Court seeks directions to Kerala University of Health Sciences to upload answer books, score sheets of exams online | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/u35Gf3swiE
  • Gowling latest to offer 50% home-working option to lawyers and staff - Legal Cheek https://t.co/v5uzfQKCjd 
  • Porter’s star barrister faces legal action amid ABC defamation battle - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/ILaUee8qBL
  • [COVID-19] Cannot prevent ambulances from entering State: Telangana High Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/ZoL94oI7SN 
  • Health Secretary Matt Hancock has defended his role in helping a former Conservative minister try to secure a PPE deal at the start of the pandemic https://t.co/e6trP2ArQZ
  • Will office returns boost junior lawyer morale? - Legal Cheek https://t.co/jlFldMG58E 
  • Redundancies an ineffective means of responding to a crisis - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/UNEfjYt517
  • No alternative to vaccine passports, says #Dubai airport boss https://t.co/qMU1wDf1TC
  • Three people have been arrested in connection with the disappearance of a teenager almost two weeks ago. Frantisek "Frankie" Morris, 18, was last seen near the Vaynol Arms, Pentir, Gwynedd, on Sunday, 2 May, a day after going to a rave at a disused quarry https://t.co/6sf9mXUMa6 
  • Croydon tram crash: Along with six other south Londoners, 35-year-old Mark Smith died in one of the worst tragedies in Transport for London's history. Sixty-one other passengers onboard were injured, 19 of those seriously https://t.co/kWut3bi5pQ
  • Property of a person who is not a 'taxable person' cannot be attached under Section 83 CGST Act: Delhi High Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/XshselAQTa
  • The role law schools play in advancing diversity and inclusion - Legal Cheek https://t.co/HXrTGzZ5lw
  • The Weekly Round-Up: government under pressure over child marriage loophole and fire and rehire schemes - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/0ZfuULMcQZ 
  • Federal Mask Retreat Sets Off Confusing Scramble for States and Cities #US https://t.co/ANhLKUUTqZ
  • Fantasy Sports: A Legal Check | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/a3pCgK5zge
  • Exclusive: Kaplan to award scholarships for SQE exam fees - Legal Cheek https://t.co/96yn2ldBYc
  • #Australian and Palestinian human rights organisations are calling for DFAT to reject strengthening trade ties with Israel, as Scott Morrison called for restraint - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/5zdA2VkbHb 
  • Hearing Begins for Man Linked to Missing Tiger in Houston #US https://t.co/JeaNBwM3dr 
  • Will digital currencies become mainstream in legal services? - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/1m0Gb27VYA
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Sunday

16th May - Law News

Edition 3428: 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: CEO of Associated Press ‘shocked, horrified’ over Israeli attack on Gaza bureau. Building in Gaza housing media outlets destroyed by targeted Israeli military strike. A building that has housed international media offices including Al Jazeera’s in the Gaza Strip was hit by an Israeli air strike that totally demolished the structure.
 
 
Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Martin Minton joins Morton Fraser’s agricultural and rural team - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/bFNeeCr6E8
  • Confidence up as small and medium firms report strong first quarter | Law Gazette https://t.co/otzxuDTW7Z 
  • High Court: DPP restrained from prosecuting assault committed by a 17-year-old due to prosecutorial delay - Irish Legal News https://t.co/yCJPjKDpW5
  • Thousands of people have marched through central London in support of the Palestinians amid ongoing fighting between Israel and militants in Gaza https://t.co/IIdihp2LZL 
  • Showing Little Contrition, David Cameron Faces U.K. Parliament in Lobbying Scandal https://t.co/rpocWGQNMF
  • Some 60 law firms were forced to close last year because they were unable to obtain professional indemnity insurance (PI) | NLJ https://t.co/T8TKUxouuS
  • Man hospitalised after attack inside Criminal Courts of Justice - Irish Legal News https://t.co/5bi3B8h2x2
  • Eleven charged after fight breaks out at Luton Airport https://t.co/G66DQMysnW
  • A universal basic income scheme is to be trialled in Wales, meaning adults, regardless of their means, will receive a regular sum of money https://t.co/IR5IWmBtLk
  • Covid contracts: Home Secretary Priti Patel has been accused of lobbying a fellow minister on behalf of a healthcare firm trying to get a government contract https://t.co/YZBIZVnyPf
  • NI: Carson McDowell signs up to Mindful Business Charter - Irish Legal News https://t.co/zSAKWQfsyz
  • Sir Julian Flaux, Chancellor of the High Court has issued a practice note confirming the process to be followed for witnesses giving evidence remotely from a foreign jurisdiction | NLJ https://t.co/w5AhL103t
  • Defence lawyers are to boycott courts on Monday due to a dispute with the Scottish government over legal aid funding - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Ky5Uzt0TZ4
  • Asylum seekers to be able to open accounts with any retail bank - Irish Legal News https://t.co/f4CDMqnXse
  • Iranian asylum seeker cleared of Channel smuggling charges https://t.co/gZ0SffvbNa 
  • Court cracks down on ‘Traveller injunctions’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/VixLKS7Txj
  • ‘Bodies are being eaten by hyenas; girls of eight raped’: inside the Tigray conflict #Ethiopia https://t.co/zpUSa1IJMl 
  • Barrister fined for talking to other side’s client at home | Law Gazette https://t.co/dQaslcdBqw 
  • Boris Johnson’s county court judgment actually made me feel sorry for him https://t.co/lgUZgeM8QN 
  • Views sought on ethnic minority experiences in law - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/I4aQAccMw1
  • Irish lawyer Aedamar Comiskey elected to lead Linklaters LLP - Irish Legal News https://t.co/9uHJ4Eo4fO 
  • The Chartered Institute of Legal Executives (CILEX) has warned that its lawyers are abandoning criminal legal aid work because they no longer see it as a sustainable career path | NLJ https://t.co/80Wrd4X81E 
  • Woman to make mortgage payments until 90 after landmark PIA case - Irish Legal News https://t.co/PrH9w47fAx 
  • Young Ugandans are being brutally oppressed. They must be allowed a voice https://t.co/09ptybdTi4 
  • A woman who allegedly posed as a school student to promote her Instagram account has been charged with trespassing - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/lSLIgPI9Gh
  • Probate boss banned after accepting £20,000 from 92-year-old client | Law Gazette https://t.co/QOZhph8Dmz 
  • The last remaining Debenhams are closing their doors on Saturday, more than 240 years after the department store began trading - a tale of incompetent managers, poor recruitment and venture capitalist greed https://t.co/MyrqeoYNIX 
  • A 17-year-old from Ivory Coast has shared her incredible story of being rescued after spending three weeks adrift at sea https://t.co/TuBLi6uZEs 
  • Pokémon card sales at major #US retailer halted over security fears https://t.co/aPLxJTzNIS 
  • NI: Dr Joan Martin appointed as lay member to NIJAC - Irish Legal News https://t.co/5P6grJ7vwz 
  • Indian Covid variant: How much faster does it spread? Should a 50% faster spreading rate be taken seriously? https://t.co/ila9qS28eg 
  • People eligible for a vaccine in areas where the Indian virus variant is circulating are being urged to get the jab. There had been a "minor increase" in hospital presentations mainly among 35-65 year olds who were unvaccinated in Bolton https://t.co/YfHnLE3hTj
  • The Bar Council has slammed radical Home Office proposals to reform immigration law as based on ‘thin or non-existent’ evidence | NLJ https://t.co/FWnI4g3UHu 
  • Crown court backlog starts to stabilise | Law Gazette https://t.co/A3r9EFYIp7
  • Europe’s Refugee Crisis: Right-Wing Populism and Mainstream Cooption in Germany and France | Jihan Abdalla https://t.co/Mzpxt7FmgS
  • Judge Delays Trial for Other Officers Charged in Killing of George Floyd #US https://t.co/G7UkO3bJSq
  • Advisory panel to prepare housing market for commonhold | Law Gazette https://t.co/oIteT7ERex 
  • ‘Presenteeism is a curse’: Cherie Blair backs flexible working post-pandemic | Law Gazette https://t.co/t9yD7EAh0y 
  • SCTS details level 2 court changes - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/uoasLIPW7U 
  • Denmark has been ordered to pay indemnity costs to more than 90 defendants after losing its claim for recovery of more than £1.5bn lost in an alleged dividend trading fraud | NLJ https://t.co/dJKdSKRnCT 
  • NI: Agricultural Wages Board to be scrapped under proposed legislation - Irish Legal News https://t.co/K467dNbMrk 
  • Activists and Ex-Spy Said to Have Plotted to Discredit Trump ‘Enemies’ in Government #US https://t.co/0NNomR086K 
  • Three in 10 Covid prosecutions wrongly charged | Law Gazette https://t.co/pqKNs6wh2C 
  • Being available to work while on holiday sets a bad example | Law Gazette https://t.co/OIvDVS8Sp9
  • A senior international judge will deliver this year’s Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) Roebuck Lecture as a free-to-attend, virtual event available to all | NLJ https://t.co/AXuBMe3wKJ 
  • CMS hosts seminar to support Scottish hospitality sector reopening - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/KYKpWfqVOH 
  • OFX promotes Cian Duane to partner - Irish Legal News https://t.co/jWzhHV58Lx
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Saturday

15th May - Law News

Edition 3427: 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: "Indian states have demanded that the vaccine strategy should be decentralised, but unfortunately they don't have the infrastructure to handle a decentralised system," says Chandrakumar Bose, senior BJP leader, on Covid vaccination drive.

 
 
Saturday Conversations on Law
  • NI: Home Office asylum plans will place vulnerable children in 'extreme danger' - Irish Legal News https://t.co/Oy5Q1YQOQT 
  • Glasgow and Moray will remain under level three Covid restrictions for at least another week, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has announced https://t.co/ecOHf7YWyD 
  • Keystone chief cashes in £9.5m of shares | Law Gazette https://t.co/o6qUd3nZUw 
  • Clydebank High welcomes Lord Reed - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/KqZoPzlIDW 
  • PI solicitor turned ‘wilful blind eye’ to suspicious RTA claims | Law Gazette https://t.co/abvrdlREup
  • British tourists will be allowed to enter Portugal from next Monday, the Portuguese authorities have announced https://t.co/3iIs6fpwRM 
  • The Indian variant could pose "serious disruption" to lockdown easing in England on 21 June, Boris Johnson says https://t.co/XEJUjT0kea
  • Malicious Prosecution Scandal: Duff and Phelps sues Lord Advocate for £25m - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/U8TYMGlF7e
  • Law Societies condemn Chinese sanctions against lawyers - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/1S0akx5SNl 
  • Highland property owner fails to appeal refusal of judicial review petition against ratings authority - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/8B6Y3wfesg
  • Protections for whistleblowers to be strengthened - Irish Legal News https://t.co/XfngrFFuNF 
  • ‘Barbaric’ Home Office condemned over Glasgow immigration raid - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/E4HAKDTr53 
  • Lawyers appointed to construction adjudication panel - Irish Legal News https://t.co/EtKzLmYDDA
  • Both the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) and Bar Standards Board (BSB) are this year changing their approach to recording the sex and gender identity of those they regulate, it has emerged - Legal Futures https://t.co/097N2d4JHK 
  • Buckland urged to retain choice for court-assessed legal aid bills | Law Gazette https://t.co/51ItZQyw4E
  • A quarter of small and mid-sized law firms have either downsized their office space this year or expect to shortly, according to Law Society research - Legal Futures https://t.co/Opzkepeqtf 
  • Actor Kevin Guthrie has been jailed for three years for sexually assaulting a woman at a flat in Glasgow. The Sunshine on Leith star, 33, had denied the charge and told Glasgow Sheriff Court he had only "helped" the woman after she fell ill https://t.co/tE4Z2LbGv
  • People in Wales will be able to travel to a small number of countries without quarantine from Monday - but are being asked not to go. From Monday, Wales will adopt the "traffic-light" system, allowing the resumption of international travel https://t.co/66D9NKs77S 
  • Non-solicitors sanctioned by SRA for range of misconduct - Legal Futures https://t.co/Iyw3alsusG 
  • SLN Interview: Professor Hector MacQueen - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/mCINEb7Tu6 
  • Barrister reprimanded for talking to lay opponent without their lawyer - Legal Futures https://t.co/OEkMuDCf0q
  • Reality TV star Stephen Bear has been charged with sharing sexual images. The 31-year-old, of Loughton, Essex, faces allegations of voyeurism, disclosing private, sexual photographs and films with intent to cause distress and harassment without violence https://t.co/50U89W0uC5
  • The business empire of Liberty Steel owner Sanjeev Gupta is under investigation by the Serious Fraud Office over suspected fraudulent trading and money laundering, including its financing arrangements with failed company Greensill Capital UK https://t.co/atB0RDKmml 
  • NI: Shoosmiths joins Hydrogen NI as founding member - Irish Legal News https://t.co/2QPPhJoCmm
  • #Colombia's Police spent decades fighting left-wing guerrillas and paramilitaries. Now, they’re cracking down on protesters, and igniting a wider demonstration movement in response https://t.co/ZQVGdCKSVx 
  • One in four ready to quit family law - survey | Law Gazette https://t.co/6OH13D6l9Y 
  • ‘Weak’ US let #Saudis jail more dissidents, says rights group Guardian https://t.co/7sRxMcBTfZ 
  • Rioting and mob violence between Arabs and Jews tore through towns and cities across #Israel. Rockets from Gaza and Israeli airstrikes continued to kill civilians https://t.co/OhwLqnu5dw 
  • Families call for public inquiry into Scottish Covid-19 care home deaths - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/GxIF3rAgAP
  • Government accused of rushing immigration reforms | Law Gazette https://t.co/hgGyRfvCux 
  • Southern Border (of México?): disputed territories, megaprojects and (im) mobilities | Sergio Prieto Díaz https://t.co/LWFjP6VKZS
  • Is the Facebook Oversight Board an International Human Rights Tribunal? https://t.co/K0KpEghEHy 
  • Burness Paull set to lead on energy transition with appointment of Bob Ruddiman - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/AfyempPQuL 
  • Unite and blogger must pay £1.3m libel case costs to ex-Labour MP. Judge orders union and Stephen Walker to pay up after they were sued by Anna Turley in 2019 https://t.co/5VvPDnNXpJ 
  • Top-200 firms agree merger to create £65m a year business | Law Gazette https://t.co/d4ATqIDE8f 
  • NI: High Court: Judicial review refused for solicitor who challenged referral to Disciplinary Tribunal for financial irregularities - Irish Legal News https://t.co/iytVL83XId 
  • Independence bill question ‘far from settled’ - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/3Yie1ARjAx 
  • ‘No legal basis’ for Lugano rebuff, says lord chancellor | Law Gazette https://t.co/ymI4RLXnqA 
  • Phil Shiner let his moral crusade cloud his duties as a lawyer | Law Gazette https://t.co/YHI084xUnj 
  • Lawyer calls for legal action over UK driving licence block in #France https://t.co/9n4fZ9UHTo 
  • Delhi Police action meant to divert attention from core issues: Kalra lawyer #India https://t.co/FTdhk8N51k 
  • #Canada must not extradite Diab regardless of coming French court decision: lawyer https://t.co/HiNpgLQhEB 
  • National Security and Investment Act 2021 https://t.co/dq2FnWqEg7 
  • Sheriff finds post-nuptial agreement between divorcing American ex-NASA employees unenforceable - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Jf5GVp8Ocn 
  • Campus free speech law in England ‘likely to have opposite effect’ https://t.co/weJx6mYWof 
  • UK legal industry turnover surges to new record - Sector-wide billings rise 30% in March to reach an all-time high of £4.06bn | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/yFagKvKt5h
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