9th June - Law News

Edition 3452: 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: It's an illegal trade in human organs which preys on people so desperate for money they're willing to take the risk. In Afghanistan, the sick are so desperate for a life-saving transplant, they're willing to pay the cost. And in the hospitals which carry out the operations, no-one is asking too many questions. 

 Focus of the Day Article:

The Law Society has urged under-pressure conveyancers stay civil as they manage the risk that transactions will not complete by the stamp duty deadline at the end of this month. It thanked solicitors “for all of your efforts so far” and pleaded: “Please keep it going for a short while longer.” Full story - Legal Futures

 

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Confusion reigns over whiplash portal | Law Gazette https://t.co/wm8ZRgAC
• Jury discharged in Joey Barton assault trial - Mr Stendel, who was allegedly assaulted, was giving evidence remotely from Hanover, but the judge halted proceedings saying he feared things were getting "lost in translation" https://t.co/Ki65dGydJU
• Kingsley Napley to offer paid leave for loss of pregnancy - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/vQiZXSeWQZ
• Details claiming to reveal how little US billionaires pay in income tax have been leaked to an investigative website. ProPublica says it has seen the tax returns of some of the world's richest people, including Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and Warren Buffett https://t.co/v29pvSxFR8 
• The US has eased travel restrictions for many countries as the roll-out of coronavirus vaccines continues https://t.co/HZa7xJbeg
• Jurors head to four-star Kent hotel | Law Gazette https://t.co/qWcuBmDw4
• Mining company quizzed in City negligence claim | Law Gazette https://t.co/Q2JTNgwSr
• Katy Rensten obituary - She died of cancer aged 57, a solicitor turned barrister who specialised in family law and the family justice system https://t.co/7chmJ4Js
• Late Monday, police arrested activists and appeared to use a crowd-dispelling sonic device at the Line 3 pipeline in Minnesota, which would carry oil across sensitive waterways and tribal lands #US https://t.co/WNKxhvNHbP 
• A man has been arrested by police in Lahore in connection with the murder of a London woman killed in #Pakistan. Zahir Jadoon was held over the death of Mayra Zulfiqar, 25, who was found shot and strangled in a flat on 3 May https://t.co/X7qbqy1ZFi 
• Lady Hale calls for use of caravan courts in England - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/cAXYivWce
• Fans attending England's Euro 2020 group games at Wembley Stadium will be required to show proof of vaccination or a negative test before entry https://t.co/UDlMXWUcdu
• Brexit: What is the Northern Ireland Protocol and why does it affect sausages? https://t.co/EGgmtOci6t
• Husband charged with murdering wife after remains found in septic tank - David Venables, 88, from Kempsey, Worcestershire, was arrested in July 2019 following the discovery at the couple's former home in Bestmans Lane https://t.co/F90wyVCfgm
• Former Bosnian #Serb commander Ratko Mladic has lost his appeal against a 2017 conviction for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity https://t.co/5u2DgFjwoa
• Biden Justice Department Seeks to Defend Trump in Suit Over Rape Denial - Donald Trump is facing a defamation lawsuit brought by E. Jean Carroll, who has accused Mr. Trump of raping her #US https://t.co/a2yWkDQE4v
• ‘Bleak’ picture of massive PII premiums set to remain for now | Law Gazette https://t.co/5aWOO3GBfh
• Amy Chua Controversy Exposes Divisions at Yale Law - A dispute centering on the celebrity professor Amy Chua exposes a culture pitting student against student, professor against professor #US https://t.co/WSd616T2o
• Slovenia approves new definition of rape as sex without consent - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/ZwWd5Tt6Ve
• Plans to devolve tribunals delayed for at least two years - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/bsqyL2KBBe
  
• The Lord Advocate, James Wolffe QC, has apologised in writing to Charles Green and Imran Ahmad for prosecutions that were taken against them in relation to their roles in matters associated with Rangers Football Club - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/VrqNdCtiex
• Pakistani man who fled abusive marriage without meeting baby daughter granted divorce and contact order - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Ech1xF82KH
• #US Supreme Court Rules Against Immigrants Seeking Green Cards - The justices said immigrants with “temporary protected status” who entered the country without authorization may not apply for lawful permanent residency https://t.co/6UJrbNB8fc
• Lawyer in the news: Daniel Carey, Deighton Pierce Glynn - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/aTU688c09
• Daughter of Biloela asylum seekers evacuated from Christmas Island for urgent medical care #Australian immigration and asylum https://t.co/JCNNF6F0ta 
• Truck Attack That Killed a Muslim Family in #Canada Was Planned - The police in London, Ontario, say that a 20-year-old driver planned the killings and picked the family because of its faith https://t.co/yglsPC0wTq
• Arthur Cox named top Irish law firm at Benchmark 2021 awards - Irish Legal News https://t.co/W75MxKCMwP
• The Nobel committee should resign over the atrocities in Tigray https://t.co/TOx4Y0dT1u
  
• French President Emmanuel Macron has been slapped in the face on an official visit to the southeast of #France. In a video circulating on social media, Mr Macron is seen walking up to a barrier on a trip to Tain-l'Hermitage outside the city of Valence https://t.co/syvxih56
• Efforts to force #Palestinians from Sheikh Jarrah set the stage for the recent Gaza war. A similar dynamic looms in a nearby district https://t.co/R943qEjerA
• My legal life: Adam Ford, Redefine Legal - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/SAwV9qOrOS
• Ratko Mladić to hear final ruling on genocide conviction - Hague court to rule on 10 offences for which ex-Bosnian #Serb commander was given life sentence in 2017 https://t.co/XnFrICGVG1 
• Plan for single register of all regulated and unregulated legal providers - Legal Futures https://t.co/mJCMEeNHWh
  
• Dentons expects buoyant growth in vegan food market following sale of Bute Island Foods - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/N9EuU7ClhP
• F Lee Bailey obituary - American celebrity lawyer who was part of the ‘dream team’ that defended OJ Simpson during his murder trial https://t.co/X1T1NQ4FqB
• Lawyers secure hospital U-turn on maternity ward visits | Law Gazette https://t.co/mN179iKfdP 
• Stay polite and manage expectations, Law Society tells conveyancers - Legal Futures https://t.co/59guIq9cJm
• LegalZoom uses ABS to bypass US ban on employing lawyers - Legal Futures https://t.co/x4LGlQLrqa
• NI: Solicitor Trevor Ringland appointed special envoy to US on Northern Ireland - Irish Legal News https://t.co/rtZKeQgmZh
• Millions of Covid vaccines could be wasted if rich countries send large amounts of leftover doses to poorer nations in one go, Unicef has warned https://t.co/rn2Volxh5N
• More than 800 suspected criminals have been arrested worldwide after being tricked into using an FBI-run encrypted messaging app, officials say https://t.co/Frnaxji6Tx
• Wayne Couzens, a Met Police officer has admitted kidnapping and raping Sarah Everard. The 33-year-old vanished as she walked home in Clapham, south London, on 3 March. Her body was found a week later in woodland near Ashford, Kent https://t.co/lOMgHZ3chx
• Call for statutory gender quotas on Irish corporate boards - Irish Legal News https://t.co/veFEoAntdU 
• Probate service hit by ‘second wave’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/ZqlS7OaN61
• NI: Professor Grainne McKeever to chair review of discretionary support scheme - Irish Legal News https://t.co/juVtGFfUha
• Promotions at Raeburn Christie Clark & Wallace - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/YZRLQdJCtl 
• Best of the blogs - 5 June 2021 | Law Gazette https://t.co/IRBJTbjSr5 
• SRA plans to prosecute any solicitor flouting pre-med ban | Law Gazette https://t.co/TBZ4qIXVb6
• Double appointment for Lindsays - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/bi1WVstAYy
  
• Chambers defrauded by senior clerk forced to sell premises | Law Gazette https://t.co/ZvQrymhsGj
• Profession urges rethink over early disclosure scheme | Law Gazette https://t.co/frRr8JGlsk 
• #Canada family mown down 'because of their Islamic faith' https://t.co/FP7PLrg7dc 
• Four members of a Muslim family were killed in a "premeditated" vehicle attack on Sunday in #Canada. Police named the alleged attacker as Nathanial Veltman, 20 https://t.co/jjzVWuzp5E
  
• Shepherd and Wedderburn lawyers appointed to senior roles at Chartered Institute of Arbitrators - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/ohnT4Ze1FS

8th June - Law News

Edition 3451: 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: An investigation has revealed widespread allegations of sexual harassment and abuse in the Afghan Police Force. After months of research, the BBC has spoken to a number of women who say they were raped or assaulted by their superiors or colleagues. Human rights groups say the majority of the attacks go unreported. Momena waived her anonymity to talk to the BBC about what happened to her. She is still working as a policewoman, although she has changed departments. Hosna Jalil is no longer Deputy Interior Minister. She says she believes she was removed because she had been "a loud voice".

 

 Focus of the Day Article:

A Crown appeal by stated case against a sheriff’s decision to uphold a no case to answer submission in a case against a teacher charged with assaulting children with additional support needs has succeeded in the Criminal Division of the Sheriff Appeal Court. Full story - Scottish Legal News

 

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Mills & Reeve kicks off autumn retention season with 100% score - Legal Cheek https://t.co/FbhoJosLgg
• Dentons launches global advisory business - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/syNUITMYKO
  
• What to consider when making the leap into law from another profession - Legal Cheek https://t.co/HNPtwrQYRT
  
• [COVID-19] Bombay High Court refuses to intervene in offline examinations of Maharashtra University of Health Sciences | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/xjJon7M9Yn
• Tribunal ‘deeply concerned’ by racism among Home Office contractors - Black workers spoken of in derogatory way by colleagues at Mitie who handled deportations https://t.co/pRvgDsDwcS 
• Ex-footballer Joey Barton caused serious facial injuries when he pushed over a rival manager after a tense 4-2 defeat, a court has heard. Mr Barton, 38, boss of League One side Fleetwood at the time, is accused of chasing Daniel Stendel https://t.co/eMwJLpuAv
• When and where can I ride an e-scooter legally? https://t.co/hEzfxeIeAA
• Foreign aid: Rebel Tories blocked in bid to reverse cuts - But the proposal was ruled inadmissible by Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle, meaning it will not be put to a vote https://t.co/MEj4TsYQ8t
• Birmingham paedophile targeted almost 2,000 victims online, blackmailing them into sending him degrading images of themselves and abusing others https://t.co/Nstj428szS
• The first new treatment for Alzheimer's disease for nearly 20 years has been approved by regulators in the United States, paving the way for its use in the UK https://t.co/htmqF8C4e0 
• GDL student numbers jumped by over a fifth during the pandemic - Legal Cheek https://t.co/DSwTt04Mtb
• McCabe Curwood launches Reconciliation Action Plan - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/sPvrEwJWE
• IMA can't be used to propagate any religion: Delhi Court deprecates Chief Johnrose Austin Jayalal interview to Christianity Today | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/FyGeb4OQ1O
• Scottish Lib Dems to offer Parliament chance to trigger FAI reform - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Y6yrLTZvd
• Eversheds lawyers to work from the office two to three days a week - Legal Cheek https://t.co/7fuhUbTBq
• #US Student Is Denied High School Diploma for Wearing Mexican Flag https://t.co/L4EMGmNHf
• LSB eyes accreditation scheme for comparison websites - Legal Futures https://t.co/MUUvqYWAKT
• The University of Dundee has become the second Scottish university to apologise to those who may have become a victim of racism while working or studying in the city https://t.co/fs7sA773vf 
• Obituary: Heriot Currie, outstanding QC and a ‘titan’ of the Scottish bar https://t.co/WBGhD5AQT2 
• Sheriff Appeal Court sends case of teacher accused of assaulting vulnerable children back to sheriff - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/0UwRB71wq
• Listed law firms prove resilient to market turbulence - Legal Cheek https://t.co/HvgGwgNnXi 
• Rape cases in England and Wales will be hit hard by backlog, says police chief https://t.co/6QGTcCmoUR
  
• 23 barristers oppose NSW Bar on sexual consent reforms - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/ZYDZlfs2L
• ACLU: An organization that has defended the First Amendment rights of Nazis and the Ku Klux Klan is split by an internal debate over whether supporting progressive causes is more important https://t.co/5vdCxwmcew
• A double child killer who was the first murderer to be convicted using DNA evidence can be released. Colin Pitchfork, 61, was jailed for life for raping and murdering 15-year-olds Lynda Mann and Dawn Ashworth in Leicestershire in the 1980s https://t.co/9ujBo29GRf
• E-scooters: Public nuisance or climate-friendly travel? https://t.co/WqjvCo8pPn
• All adults in Wales will have been offered a first Covid jab by the start of next week, the Welsh government has said https://t.co/Gblv7XFyPG
• Government of India gives Twitter "one last notice" to comply with IT Rules, 2021 | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/gXGWKGFmie
• One death, 11 jailed teenagers: was a Moss Side murder trial racist? https://t.co/ofytp2HnEM
• Qantas said it was "disturbed" by claims that some staff may have been involved in organised crime following an #Australian media report that gangs had "infiltrated" the airline https://t.co/yfHh3Pf0BN
• This one crazy law from 1829 could topple our newly married Prime Minister - Legal Cheek https://t.co/lj4v0WTADM
• Scroungers, lefty lawyers... the Tories duck scrutiny by inventing enemies https://t.co/tgNU0hzDlg
• British Tourists Rush Home From Portugal Ahead of New Quarantine https://t.co/Dhe8DCvcy4 
• Law firms faced major premium rises in spring PII renewal season - Legal Futures https://t.co/Q4uaDmD2oE
• Pakistan train accident: 36 killed in Sindh collision - Between 2013 and 2019, 150 people died in such incidents, according to local media reports https://t.co/Z0JoEX5QSY
• Measuring and delivering social inclusion: Leave no one behind in the digital transformation journey | Cristina G . Lincaru https://t.co/xDrlWFxvE3
• Operation Cocoon aimed to disrupt international drug trafficking rings, but critics say it has left unwitting elderly “mules” in foreign prisons #US https://t.co/LSR4kWLUGd
• 13 juvenile convicts move Supreme Court for release after spending 13 to 22 years in regular jail | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/2TWvWuSWpa
• Signs of progress at Legal Ombudsman, figures show - Legal Futures https://t.co/6REVMbXVNx 
• How law firms can avoid non-compliance and underpayments - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/wP7jKHx8qd
• Keir Starmer reveals boozy lunch with ex-Doughty Street chamber mate Amal and George Clooney - Legal Cheek https://t.co/T03snRws4w
• Henry Hendron avoids disbarment - again - Legal Cheek https://t.co/HmK6zazYle
• [Suicide of woman after leak of intimate video] Tripura High Court constitutes all-woman SIT after husband also dies by suicide | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/yDleW29JzA
• Determining who should have the right to an assisted death is a legal minefield; perhaps fiction can help https://t.co/E27uMN0RQ2
• Asparagus recipe accidentally included in Belgian law database - Legal Cheek https://t.co/kJD1DkfI0L
• The Corporate Counsel Show: Raw honesty is the best leadership approach - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/yMKE1Xu6JZ
• Covid vaccine stickers come to dating apps in UK https://t.co/m36IG6TlLm
  
• Catching up in Britain: experts assess the scale of the challenge https://t.co/p4yuXRcHMR
  
• Government of India gives Twitter "one last notice" to comply with IT Rules, 2021 | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/gXGWKGWXGO

7th June - Law News

Edition 3450: 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: Protesters marched from Black Lives Matter Plaza to Gallery Place in Washington DC, demanding that the Metropolitan Police Department be defunded and resources be diverted to community programs instead.

 

 Focus of the Day Article:

In its judgment of 25 May 2021 the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights found that certain aspects of the UK’s regime governing bulk interception of communications were contrary to Articles 8 and 10 of the Convention. The case concerned three different interception regimes: bulk interception of communications; the receipt of intercepted material from foreign governments and intelligence agencies; and the obtaining of communications data from communication service providers (“CSPs”). The three applications were introduced by individuals, journalists and human rights organisations following Edward Snowden’s revelations about surveillance programmes operated by the intelligence services of the USA and the UK.  Full story - UK Human Rights Blog

 

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Explainer: How a lawyer can be disbarred #US https://t.co/pFtgDDERFk
  
• German Courts: more questioning of the legality of Coronavirus restrictions - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/QyoTvfYa8X
• Lawyers need to be better public speakers - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/cmaZiazCLp
• A mother plans to launch her own legal action if the decision not to prosecute the boy reportedly involved in her son's death is not reversed. Christopher Kapessa was reportedly pushed into the River Cynon https://t.co/wCFKTSR8ab
• Latest Law Pod UK episode: Bill Browder on the Magnitsky Act - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/BjU5tlll2U
  
• Child migrants arriving at Dover may be turned away by Kent County Council (KCC) within days as its services are overwhelmed, the authority has said. KCC has taken its first steps in legal action against Home Secretary Priti Patel https://t.co/XwjymfQTH
• Millions struggle to pay broadband bills in UK https://t.co/qwvJq1wF8
• For every legal testing instruction received, AlphaBiolabs will donate £5 to charity | NLJ https://t.co/bN1MRbeak9
• Overcoming aggression (from opposing counsel and their clients) - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/AK6fNENex
• How the World Learns About Bosses Behaving Badly https://t.co/sHfwIiI7fK
• US firm Paul Hastings tells London lawyers work from the office ‘by default’ - Legal Cheek https://t.co/hp6hHK0gcm 
• Barclay family calls truce to end Ritz espionage case in high court - Sir Frederick Barclay settles case against nephews over alleged secret bugging of hotel’s conservatory https://t.co/LudOxvJDFR
• Withdrawal of life sustaining treatment v profound religious beliefs in sanctity of life - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/pus9wv3vSV
• The majority of LGBT+ lawyers feel able to be themselves in the workplace, either always (53%) or sometimes (41%), according to Law Society research due to be released in July | NLJ https://t.co/qpIDozojQD
• A federal judge overturned California’s assault weapons ban. State officials vowed to win on appeal, but gun advocates are emboldened by a shifting Supreme Court#US https://t.co/aVX0V7ozXj
  
• Justice DY Chandrachud requests MP High Court CJ to take corrective measures to address quality concerns on video conference platform | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/fqr46inVBQ 
• Supermarkets including Aldi Asda, Waitrose and Tesco are warnings customers over possible health risks from items they have bought in stores. Salmonella poisoning, pieces of glass, food allergies and Hepatitis A are just some of the reasons https://t.co/5IuKjuLjHm 
• Uncertainty is the best thing that can happen to lawyers - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/hhgbeNzI5j 
• PM-designate asks #Lebanon's government to pay dues to Special Tribunal https://t.co/8GxOZWsfhI 
• UK’s Bulk interception of communications violated Articles 8 and 10 - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/XQpa6yO8m7 
• Eight paid internships at the Supreme Court are up for grabs in the first initiative of its kind | NLJ https://t.co/IoKHqdyw0h
  
• Lawyer wants to leave #Pakistan after winning couple's freedom - I can't survive anymore in my country,' says Saiful Malook after the acquittal of a Christian couple on death row for blasphemy https://t.co/sfqympHm1C
• Ex-Reed Smith trainee accuses firm of disability discrimination - Legal Cheek https://t.co/ADh0L6K5Re 
• Media companies hear penalty for breaching George Pell suppression order - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/swxPvRw4nd 
• Time up for the rich and famous? Feminist lawyer revives #France's slumbering MeToo movement https://t.co/rTokTwCjYU
• Emails show the increasingly urgent efforts by President Trump and his allies during his last days in office to find some way to undermine, or even nullify, the election results #US https://t.co/FpcdF1kOF
• Workers Are Gaining Leverage Over Employers Right Before Our Eyes - “Employers are becoming much more cognizant that yes, it’s about money, but also about quality of life.” #US https://t.co/h9gXCDNww
• The Tigray Conflict: Ethiopia’s Humanitarian Disaster - Harry Sanders - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/zwbMFQMLP
• Emergency legislation in response to Zalewski due within 'couple of weeks' - Irish Legal News https://t.co/V7XJYC956Y
• Lady Hale to quit role on Hong Kong court - Legal Cheek https://t.co/d500fEaIye
  
• The Weekly Round-up: Further sanctions for Belarus and the end of the legal road for Hillsborough - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/qVvibMqzZg 
• Why Henry III would have regulated crypto communities better than us - Legal Cheek https://t.co/ZW8XgFY2mk
• DIY claims in new digital portal to tackle ‘whiplash culture’ | NLJ https://t.co/cH6iwjv358 
• Virtual student events next week with mid-sized firms offering commercial law training contracts - Legal Cheek https://t.co/T6lnGjRgbd
• Families are going hungry and girls are missing school because of the UK's cuts to foreign aid spending, dozens of charities and academics have warned https://t.co/3q59WtJg5L

6th June - Law News

Edition 3449: 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 arrest Al Jazeera journalist in Sheikh Jarrah. Givara Budeiri was assaulted and detained while covering demonstrations in the occupied East Jerusalem neighborhood.

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Barristers to battle it out in Dublin Bay South by-election - Irish Legal News https://t.co/NOhEfz7Qx
• New book considers role of human rights in tackling poverty and inequality - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/63QTZDhpWi
  
• LSB chides chambers for ignoring pupil applicants | Law Gazette https://t.co/NxaHEEiQVy
• Bill for referendum on right to housing clears second stage in the Dáil - Irish Legal News https://t.co/gjmZTA6w14
• Clyde & Co to give all employees three per cent bonus - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Iy3bznjLH
• Pay conditions for Tesco shopfloor workers can be compared with those of warehouse and distribution staff, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled in a landmark decision on equal pay | NLJ https://t.co/biBnyIUypX
• Law firms, regulation and culture | Law Gazette https://t.co/S6kQeiKw8j
• Two boys have been arrested on suspicion of murder after another teenage boy was stabbed to death. Dea-John Reid, 14, was killed in College Road in Kingstanding, Birmingham, on Monday evening https://t.co/rBbrl75gcb
• Corporations and individuals who violate #Nigeria's suspension of Twitter will be prosecuted, a government spokesperson has said https://t.co/ak5ughFv1d
• The G7 group of advanced economies has reached a "historic" deal to make multinational companies pay more tax https://t.co/4Db8lbLrXc
• hief Justice Frank Clarke will deliver the first in a series of online lectures in honour of the late Mr Justice Adrian Hardiman beginning next Tuesday - Irish Legal News https://t.co/TynoKF76ZO
  
• Cati Johnstone joins MacFarlane Young - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/BGoXw4C74
• Rangers Football Club has lost the latest leg of its legal action over branded merchandise and replica kits | NLJ https://t.co/bVLqCY1aBC
• Fraudsters will ‘evolve’ after whiplash reforms says insurance lawyer | Law Gazette https://t.co/fPssEevDqt
• The Supreme Court is launching its first paid internship for aspiring lawyers from communities which are currently underrepresented at the Bar, in collaboration with the Bridging the Bar diversity initiative | NLJ https://t.co/hnAIOcRrcZ
• #Denmark: MPs pass law allowing for asylum seekers to be processed abroad - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/RZ5vo76jzz
• Lawyers have called for early provision of legal advice and warned of increasing cases of homelessness as the pandemic stay on evictions is lifted | NLJ https://t.co/4u38jwZdmx
  
• Chambers defrauded by senior clerk forced to sell premises | Law Gazette https://t.co/ZvQrymz44T
• Commission on Taxation and Welfare to begin work today - Irish Legal News https://t.co/xCnSUeCtCC
• Justice of the Peace Courts reopen on Monday - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/lgnQsGf33V
• High Court: Child returned to parents in England after aunt and uncle decided to keep him in Ireland - Irish Legal News https://t.co/rd14YyRYog
  
• More CPD hours a ‘blunt instrument’ for ensuring high standards | Law Gazette https://t.co/V07F6bs0Bz 
• European Union and British regulators are investigating whether Facebook’s “vast troves of data” give Facebook Marketplace an unfair advantage https://t.co/5n7TJBfiAj 
• SLN Interview: Aberdein Considine’s Sally-Anne Anderson - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/s0Sztdqf6t
• In a ruling that compared the AR-15 to a Swiss Army knife, a #US federal judge overturned California's longtime ban on assault weapons on Friday, ruling it violates the Second Amendment's right to bear arms https://t.co/bbfq0g82EV
• Since the murder of George Floyd, the racial justice movement BLM has received millions of dollars in donations. But some chapters have questioned how those funds are spent https://t.co/zVVc6ejCi9
  
• PI claims to soar as e-scooters legalised on London streets | Law Gazette https://t.co/thSPznzfrR 
• Subdued but Not Silenced, #HongKong Tries to Remember Tiananmen Massacre https://t.co/QdHdp3g5Zt
• CJEU finds in favour of female Tesco workers in equal pay fight - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/b44KQF7QgA
  
• Underfunding of youth court work is damaging the interests of defendants, victims and witnesses, barristers have warned | NLJ https://t.co/oUcwCQXY3P 
• #US Put Gag Order on Times Executives Amid Fight Over Email Logs - push began in the Trump administration and continued under President Biden, and the Justice Department obtained a gag order to keep it from public view https://t.co/PvtutjLoU
• The Justice Committee has called for fundamental reforms to Coroners Courts, including legal ‘equality of arms’ | NLJ https://t.co/d9KR4dsDyB
• FBI demanded the newspaper USA Today hand over records on who had read an article about the killing of two FBI agents. The newspaper's owner is resisting the request and asked a #US judge to quash the demand https://t.co/GX8fdYA2q8
• Microsoft blamed "accidental human error" for search engine not showing image results for the query "Tank Man". The phrase relates to the iconic image of a lone protester standing before tanks in #China's Tiananmen Square during demonstrations in 1989 https://t.co/iMWUoHDxqP 
• Look out this weekend and next week for legal teams belly dancing, salsa-ing, bachata-ing & reggaeton-ing, baking ten cakes, singing ten songs, swimming 100 lengths of a swimming pool, crossing ten bridges, walking, running, crafting and yoga | NLJ https://t.co/zzwq5dbXrI
  
• 'Hidden heroes': Buckland thanks court staff for Covid efforts | Law Gazette https://t.co/sp7ybdl7xK
  
• Elections watchdog admits errors in reporting Tory donations https://t.co/UkhofRWL26 
• Firms are boosted by online reviews, claims SRA | Law Gazette https://t.co/ew8p6Tplig 
• Steven Allan made partner at James & George Collie LLP - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/5bZS2K8aEP
• Newborn care report sparks judicial response | Law Gazette https://t.co/Kvx35ycEva
• Scottish government’s £1m defence trainee fund opens - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/4hI6TEGWfj 
• True impact of hate crime in Scotland not understood by police - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/J6snuSYMBk
• Asylum seekers win army barracks challenge | Law Gazette https://t.co/ZRBAzgr0QX
• Outer House judge resolves dispute between feuding Italian brothers appointed joint executors of mother’s estate - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/JmozzwRfP6

5th June - Law News

Edition 3448: 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 India Supreme Court on Thursday cancelled a sedition case against journalist Vinod Dua and said a 1962 order protects every journalist from such charges. Mukul Rohatgi, former Attorney General and Senior Advocate, Supreme Court, said: "This law must be repealed; it is a relic of British imperialism. In the last more than 40 years of my practice I have not seen frequent invocation of the law except in the last 5 or 7 years; it shows very disturbing trends. Overzealous police authorities are invoking these sections only to please their political masters".

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Scottish Solicitors Bar Association to host ‘trauma awareness’ CPD event - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/0DqYouWDrO
• #Nigeria to suspend Twitter 'indefinitely' https://t.co/so6BiA9DDq 
• ECJ rejects 'Hungarian case against MEPs’ vote to pursue sanctions https://t.co/FF3J4z9TKd
• High Court: Injunction granted restraining the infringement of trademarks relating to State-owned airline company - Irish Legal News https://t.co/QUeRLj5m8w 
• Orthodoxy on trial II: Dominance by induction - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/CB0ZqoG9DS 
• Lawyers move closer to standard NDA | Law Gazette https://t.co/joDg97y2sY
• Facebook Inc has suspended former #US President Donald Trump's Facebook and Instagram accounts for only two years https://t.co/Qg6IDdjlzn
• Report due on trading entities splitting operations and transactional avoidance - Irish Legal News https://t.co/AwiKnIX43F
• Two shortlisted for In-house Rising Star Award 2021 - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/FR0iF4FrC0
• #India's Karnataka state says it plans to send a legal notice to Google after it showed the state's official language as the "ugliest language in India" https://t.co/ASC5nukXMO 
• Brittany Higgins, who was allegedly raped in the #Australian parliament, is in hospital amid 'pressure' https://t.co/Mjv2nZq2LS
• ‘Judicial’ Hillsborough inquiry questionnaires cast doubt on trial ruling n https://t.co/77dbJDP5Sm
  
• Following mediation, former umpires John Holder and Ismail Dawood have withdrawn their employment claim against the England and Wales Cricket Board https://t.co/et92jDgcax
  
• Covid in Scotland: Number of new cases highest since February - A total of 992 people tested positive for the virus on Thursday, the highest daily figure since 17 February https://t.co/PxeMvq0aRt
  
• Drug dealers caught with cocaine with a street value of £500,000 after undertaking a police patrol car as they sped along a motorway hard shoulder. The two dealers used the hard shoulder to avoid queuing on the M6 near junction seven in the West Midlands https://t.co/Qhb55huyZi
• Employment Taxes - an ETN & CIOT Webinar - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/KnX3lyvf29 
• South Yorkshire and West Midlands police agree payouts for Hillsborough ‘cover-up’ - More than 600 people are to be compensated for false campaign that tried to blame victims for disaster https://t.co/6KI4GKWR0e
• Judge Permits Information From C.I.A. Torture in Terror Case #US https://t.co/UOjx1xO1gX
  
• Leading firm is latest to target business energy mis-selling claims - Legal Futures https://t.co/fraKi4vxQC
• #Spain: Sex workers have right to unionise - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Sl6d13kkl9 
• Shoosmiths spins debt practice into joint venture ABS - Legal Futures https://t.co/JTbfrzMdHz 
• UK approves Pfizer jab for 12 to 15-year-olds https://t.co/7TNPoSWgII
  
• NI: Black Lives Matter protesters will not be prosecuted - Irish Legal News https://t.co/qsB3g1jUkn
• International innovation to inform ongoing competence reform - Legal Futures https://t.co/B6sO0yT8i
• Test cases to be found to solve hybrid claims damages puzzle | Law Gazette https://t.co/gA9MpZnkYf
• Lawyer calls on employers to introduce menopause policies - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/xZEzibe9RF 
• Arizona's Reported 'Zyklon B' Plan for Executions Provokes Anger - the same gas had been used by Nazis to choke dissidents and the Jewish people in gas chambers #US https://t.co/b0uH7d7Tls 
• A #US Law Student Mocked the Federalist Society. It Jeopardized His Graduation - The Stanford student sent a satirical flier that drew a complaint from the conservative group. The university then placed a hold on his diploma https://t.co/LDK2UK7Oey
• #US Government Report Finds No Evidence U.F.O.s Were Alien Spacecraft https://t.co/FRRn4hxv8n
• Care order applications are usually made when social workers decide a mother is unable to look after her child on her own. Former head of the Family Court, Sir James Munby, said the report's findings revealed a "deeply troubling postcode lottery" https://t.co/VXKtVNeWL
• Pro-democracy activist Chow Hang Tung has been arrested by #HongKong police on the 32nd anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown. She is vice chairwoman of the Hong Kong Alliance which organises annual vigils https://t.co/baqDCcwCYp 
• Family of #Belarusian journalist Roman Protasevich says he was coercedinto making a confession on TV of organising anti-government protests. Mr Protasevich, 26, was arrested in Minsk last month after his flight to Lithuania was diverted https://t.co/DX07er2F1q
• #Portugal has questioned the UK's decision to remove it from the travel green list from next Tuesday https://t.co/RnVbgHumox
• Crossing Borders conference proceedings, Lesvos, 7-10 July 2016 | Filio Kiprizoglou and Dimitris Koros https://t.co/oF6JwAKSfT
• Latest quarterly crime figures show Sheriff and jury trials back to pre-Covid level - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/OlxKhlm8VU
• Tribunal judges annoyed by technology faults in remote hearings | Law Gazette https://t.co/bUV5lUL9Xb 
• Scandal-hit barrister avoids further suspension | Law Gazette https://t.co/4TmLw59tGm
  
• Legal challenge to Scottish government’s beaver killing policy begins - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/VIwxf8oe0q
  
• Frankie Morris: Police searching for missing teen find body https://t.co/XRSK58XvP9
  
• Buckingham Palace’s lack of ethnic minorities has long been obvious – even to devotees https://t.co/VOTVs4pim2
  
• Indian citizen serving prison sentence in Scotland fails in challenge of parole decision - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/idCoe2HEeH
  
• Why #Israeli progressives have started to talk about ‘apartheid’ https://t.co/sBPXLfTsrg
  
• Maggi Hambling: Artist behind Mary Wollstonecraft nude state surprised by backlash https://t.co/IxQafdFrL4

4th June - Law News

Edition 3447: 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: On the 100-year anniversary of the Tulsa race massacre, artist Bayeté Ross Smith uses archival photos to create immersive 360 scenes of these events. He finds that the underlying political and economic injustices were not only never addressed, but repeated time and again over the past century. This story was suppressed from history books and the white perpetrators were never held accountable. And it wasn't just Tulsa. Dozens of other racial terrorism events from 1917 to 1921 have also gone untold, even within the victims' families. 

 Focus of the Day Article:

An initiative to create a standard non-disclosure agreement (NDA) for use when beginning negotiations over corporate transactions has completed its first phase, with the publication of a ‘baseline document’. More than 850 individuals and businesses have committed to using the document and the oneNDA initiative will move on to agree House Rules, due to be finalised by the first week of July. Full story - Legal Futures

 

Saturday Conversations on Law

• A 15-year-old boy was blasted in the face by a double-barrelled shotgun from a distance of less than 1.5m (4.9ft) as he walked to school, a court heard. He was wounded in Kesgrave, Suffolk, on 7 September https://t.co/hSc9MY1FxO
• NI: Barrister-led GDPR consultancy to invest £760,000 in Belfast - Irish Legal News https://t.co/hiDKuNEFr
• Portugal will be removed from the UK's green travel list from Tuesday, amid rising coronavirus cases and concern over a "Nepal mutation of the so-called Indian variant" https://t.co/I3u6khWtDh
• Up to 30 people will be able to meet outdoors and extended households can expand to include a third from Monday, the Welsh government has said https://t.co/pFw5Jaybr
• High Court: Discovery ordered in personal injuries case despite defendant claiming privilege against self-incrimination - Irish Legal News https://t.co/F7uTjjtXoD
• Trio of directors appointed at Anderson Strathern - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/c0a9FfwRFP 
• 'Important benefits': Law Society welcomes trans-Pacific trade pact | Law Gazette https://t.co/POgFdsv4g3
• Ronan Daly Jermyn launches scholarships to promote ethnic diversity in the law - Irish Legal News https://t.co/EmJSOjTo
• #Frenchwoman gives up legal fight for return of Nazi-looted Pissarro - Léone-Noëlle Meyer, 81, drops legal action against University of Oklahoma after being threatened with fines https://t.co/4tWa414OI9
• New act of sederunt to supports QOCS regime - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/xcdnL8JG9
• As Nashville Bomber Plotted, Police Investigation Into Warning Sat Dormant #US https://t.co/a6KSaPQg3
• Claimants awarded £2,000 damages - and ordered to pay £500,000 interim costs | Law Gazette https://t.co/cxZkLG5em
• Barrister Ali Zafar elected Chairperson of Senate Standing Committee on Law and Justice #Pakistan https://t.co/wWW1o40C
• Laws underpinning Special Criminal Court to be renewed ahead of review - Irish Legal News https://t.co/H0fcuSf0
• Gilson Gray makes senior promotions - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/MPfB7
• Fitness instructor awarded £5,000+ after taking her employer to a tribunal over equal pay. Maxine Pridsam represented herself during the week-long employment tribunal, after she found out male instructors were being paid more than female ones https://t.co/kLj7hNzcls
  
• Court of Appeal warns against hasty email court orders | Law Gazette https://t.co/Oij5rDKLy5 
• Father swears in daughter as barrister - Retired lawyer Winston Forrest swears in his daughter Jennifer as a barrister and solicitor in the High Court at Invercargill #NewZEaland https://t.co/TyXP5uAhd
• When the Gunman’s Motive Remains a Mystery: Does It Matter? #US https://t.co/u8FZMBkOA
• OUTLaw Network announces virtual events for Pride Month 2021 - Irish Legal News https://t.co/ghh4BHpbtrkers have won a legal argument in their fight for equal pay. The European Court of Justice has ruled that an EU law could be relied on in making equal pay claims against their employer https://t.co/CZA5Xoap2
• The Home Office's decision to house cross-channel migrants in a "squalid" barracks in Folkestone was unlawful, the High Court rules. 6 asylum seekers brought the case, claiming Napier Barracks was "unsafe" and dormitory use caused a Covid-19 outbreak https://t.co/Oep6ckjjcU
• UK rights watchdog endorses compulsory Covid jabs for care home staff - EHRC says ministers right to make protecting life a priority despite ‘departure’ from health policy https://t.co/wapuszuPxt
• Eight ways to transform your law firm with workflows - Legal Futures https://t.co/ACEHRZSDog 
• Demand for restructuring support sees Burness Paull recruit Allana Sweeney - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/0SHvu26p
• Officers accused of sexual abuse must face investigation, says police chief /officers-accused-of-sexual-abuse-must-face-investigation-says-police-chie
• Lawyers agree 'baseline document' for standardised NDA - Legal Futures https://t.co/8Z2N8d4wG
• New RTA portal rings scam alarm bells | Law Gazette https://t.co/XqU0jU6UI
• The editor of one of #Uganda's biggest newspapers, Tabu Butagira has been summoned for questioning by police after reporting findings from a BBC investigation into last year's police killings in Kampala https://t.co/s0AWBlkkBd
• Tribunal rejects sanctioned solicitor’s plea to end career ‘with dignity’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/x1Tvj2EO
• Tribunal refuses to restore sanctioned solicitor's "pride" - Legal Futures https://t.co/Jvboy8GXlC 
• Ronan Daly Jermyn head appointed non-executive director of Johnson & Perrott - Irish Legal News https://t.co/ONEaR3PLMB
• NHS blunder sees wrong woman given invasive procedure - The error was one of 472 serious healthcare incidents reported in England between 2019 and 2020 https://t.co/igOVAZwkAe
  
• Food vouchers extended after JR challenge | Law Gazette https://t.co/lPOWHI3YX
• LPC applicants refuse en masse to disclose ethnicity - Legal Futures https://t.co/5exxyZEJTg
  
• Self-harm in over-65s ‘needs post-pandemic focus’ https://t.co/ULwcQAv6B
• Oregon Places 15 Counties Under Its Strictest Lockdown Restrictions #US https://t.co/3fOSSkss1r
• Links between Terrorism and Migration: An Exploration | Anežka Nekovářová https://t.co/BjKhPZcDBE 
• Law Society of Scotland named one of UK’s Top 100 Most Inclusive Workplaces - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/wXrlvmwD4
• Plans to restrict judicial review weaken the rule of law, MPs warn |https://t.co/Kg5cqjtAgH
  
• Should our law firms still represent the Belarus government? | Law Gazette https://t.co/uQzUBuCAJa
• #Flemish commercial lawyer Morgan Moller was surprised to find an asparagus recipe buried amongst medical product pricing laws https://t.co/82QLh1tJA
• Recommended trainee pay frozen for second year in a row - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/vif9spc6dY
• NI: Parental bereavement leave and pay bill introduced in Stormont - Irish Legal News https://t.co/jZIulxAL7u
• Litigation funder amasses £585 million warchest | Law Gazette https://t.co/MNNISsQI
• President Uhuru Kenyatta used the Madaraka Day celebrations to blast the Judiciary over what he termed as irresponsible rulings that negate the people’s will#Kenya https://t.co/AUmT87y9Q9
  
• Arthur Cox promotes seven to of counsel - Irish Legal News https://t.co/PKl4TO8qim 
• Lesley Larg becomes first female managing partner of Thorntons - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/RNlGAps1AY
• CEO of Make-A-Wish chapter admits embezzling from charity for sick children - Jennifer Woodley pleads guilty to taking nearly $41,000 using foundation credit card and unapproved bonuses and salary increases #US https://t.co/wXVVXmPnNZ 
• #Egyptian president issues decrees reforming judicial work system https://t.co/twSEwzzt2
• Working from home: Call to ban out-of-hours emails from bosses https://t.co/ckjEwP0qV5
• Kids Company disqualification proceedings cost at least £8m in legal fees https://t.co/StczXZ3ATP
• England: LGBT+ charities launch appeal against regulator decision on 'anti-trans' group - Irish Legal News https://t.co/1kys92Rd
• Civil Rights Groups Reject anti-Trans Policies, Call for Full Inclusion of Transgender Students #US https://t.co/KS97Wb7smE
• #Ethiopia’s human rights chief as war rages in Tigray: ‘we get accused by all ethnic groups’ https://t.co/jQoB8Ol8NU
  
• Chasing debtors - the solicitors letter of demand #Australia https://t.co/1gSeJzIoel 
• Miss Emma Thompson v Vale of Glamorgan Council: UKEAT/0065/20/RN https://t.co/3SKTwXn4mZ
• UN tribunal for #Lebanon may close after July due to financial crisis https://t.co/LayUznXjn1