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3514: LawNewsIndex is a UK based daily legal news archive on Law,
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Today's Highlighted Video Story:
Webinar on SRA's current thinking on restricting fees in financial services mis-selling cases, and how solicitors can help shape any proposals.
The Financial Guidance and Claims Act 2018 places a statutory duty on us to make rules which prevent excessive fees being charged by law firms for all claims management agreements and claims management activities relating to financial products or services
Focus of the Day Article:
In Hughes v Rattan [2021] EWHC 2032 (QB), the High Court was asked to answer the following question. Was the owner of a dental practice liable for the dental negligence of a self-employed dentist engaged to work in the practice? The claim arose from NHS care provided by three different associate dentists. The preliminary issue was whether the practice owner was liable by reason of: a) a non-delegable duty of care; or b) vicarious liability. The Court answered: “yes” and “yes”. Full story - UK Human Rights Blog
- 7 things that make Macfarlanes ‘meaningfully different’ - Legal Cheek https://t.co/1RVixOVZTV
- Survey finds overwhelming support for preservation of ‘not proven’ - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/FBwPHGHtSs
- Dental Negligence, Vicarious Liability and Non-Delegable Duty: A Test Case - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/cTynDCSaig
- High Court permits desertion of indictment against mentally ill man in favour of raising new indictment - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/mOP7UdMMtQ
- Taylor Wessing ups NQ lawyer pay to £81k and confirms 74% retention score - Legal Cheek https://t.co/cSwkHQciTU
- Board work makes you a better lawyer - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/8j2v9q9SZ
- Plea
in Delhi High Court seeks FIR against Rahul Gandhi for disclosing
identity of 9-year-old Dalit rape victim by tweeting parents' photos |
Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/bZPgPJOAT
- When
it comes to cases involving Palestinians, Israeli courts are
increasingly pushing for compromises rather than making a clear
decision, generally for fear of a backlash https://t.co/Q6nDyDC62D
- Herbert Smith Freehills launches legal ops graduate training scheme - Legal Cheek https://t.co/uAJLgUK1DS
- Bill to amend WA Children’s Court could compromise independence of judiciary, Law Society says - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/CZxqiHphxC
- Germany's
federal court declares Facebook’s hate speech curbs to be in breach of
citizens' constitutional rights - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/YOeDBH7sZh
- Gap between big and small PI firms continues to grow - Legal Futures https://t.co/nqeRWhI5Ay
- Eight-year-old
becomes youngest person charged with blasphemy in #Pakistan, Hindu boy
faces possible death penalty after being accused of intentionally
urinating in a madrassa library https://t.co/GPv57DdvDB
- Governor Fayemi signs legislative, judiciary autonomy bills, others into law #Nigeria https://t.co/qdng8ayXc
- Up
to 70% of people referred to Prevent (the official scheme intended to
stop people becoming terrorists) may have mental health issues.
Increasing numbers of children also being radicalised by far-right
groups, say police https://t.co/xlo5j4id7B
- Does Lord Digby Jones’ accent criticism merit new legislation? - Legal Cheek https://t.co/mpGUfeE50p
- Executive
assistant to New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has broken her anonymity
and called for accountability over his alleged sexual harassment.
Brittany Commisso's claims were first detailed in a report which found
Mr Cuomo sexually harassed 11 women #US https://t.co/1iY6QRYjj7
- A
police operation which resulted in a terrorist being killed could not
have been more effective given the circumstances, an inquest has heard.
Sudesh Amman, 20, was killed by armed surveillance officers after he
stabbed two people on Streatham High Road https://t.co/tdMXuqMb8V
- Is adaptive space the key to the future legal workplace? - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/dy0TgL4miv
- Judicial authorities in #IvoryCoast have freed 78 people arrested during a violence-marred presidential election last year https://t.co/4S2kqTSMxc
- Sydney police need to be more aware of Legal Observers, says NSWCCL - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/7C1KGaf39H
- The
Court of Appeal has upheld a decision not to aggregate as one the
claims a Yorkshire law firm’s indemnity insurer is facing because of a
multi-million pound fraud run by one partner - Legal Futures https://t.co/Nn8CMQir9
- CBI arrests 5 for derogatory posts about judiciary, an MP and MLA examined #India https://t.co/ZBaScVJZce
- White & Case lawyers cast predictions for the post-pandemic world - Legal Cheek https://t.co/6j6WZrfwpL
- As
a direct result of Brexit, Vodafone has become the second UK mobile
company to reintroduce roaming charges for users travelling in Europe https://t.co/qRaXEPcXj7
- Arkansas judge temporarily blocks state's law banning mask mandates in school #US https://t.co/aFHs0aVllc
- Targeted by Mumbai Police for supporting Raj Kundra: Gehana Vasisth to Mumbai Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/08npp4Pxmi
- Trainee solicitor banned from profession for past stalking conviction - Legal Futures https://t.co/HIUANfcmC
- You can’t please ‘em all – people-pleasers and psychiatric injury in the workplace - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/e4TOSSCGJb
- As Afghan Cities Fall to Taliban, Brutal New Chapter of Why the #US and its Allies Ever Went to War Remains the Lesson https://t.co/v7WGo2dxRk
- Bosses
battle over rights and wrongs of ‘no jab, no job’. While big-name US
firms can compel their staff to be vaccinated against Covid, in the UK
the issue is a legal and moral minefield https://t.co/PwddsFbSi
- Gap between big and small PI firms continues to grow - Legal Futures https://t.co/nqeRWhZGZ8
- Slater
& Gordon (S&G) dismissed a legal assistant over offensive
Facebook posts on Muslims and Jimmy Savile, and not because she was
pregnant, an employment tribunal has found - Legal Futures https://t.co/vL1KOoQZ3k
- Legal blogger offers sneak peek inside magic circle firm’s perk-filled office - Legal Cheek https://t.co/qNw9rQdjHs
- A
top aide to New York state's Governor Andrew Cuomo has resigned amid a
sexual harassment scandal involving her boss. Melissa DeRosa, secretary
to Mr Cuomo, announced her resignation on Sunday #US https://t.co/G3gs1MMRA3
- Same-sex
parents battle for inclusive paperwork for baby - Kate and Gemma Fox,
from Exeter, have encountered numerous forms they cannot fill in because
they only offer space for the names of a mother and a father https://t.co/fzNfi0WpoB
- Alibaba
to sack manager accused of rape: the Chinese company is working with
police after a female worker said her male boss raped her in a hotel
room while she was unconscious after a "drunken night" #China https://t.co/bEfzhOjBEe
- #Thai
police have charged a 27-year-old man in connection with the death of a
Swiss woman who was found near a waterfall on the resort island of
Phuket last week. Local officials identified the victim as Nicole
Sauvain-Weisskopf https://t.co/3WrMMC6k46
- Humanity's
damaging impact on the climate is a "statement of fact", say UN
scientists in a landmark study. The report says that ongoing emissions
of warming gases could also see a key temperature limit broken in just
over a decade https://t.co/XGOgdaXC4D
- Revealed:
anti-terror snooping law used for fly-tippers and parking. Campaigners
say councils are using Ripa powers to catch ‘low-level’ offenders and
disregarding the public’s right to privacy https://t.co/dp9WHqAyf6
- Is
Indian Railways liable to pay compensation for train running late?
Supreme Court agrees to examine plea against NCDRC order | Bar &
Bench #India https://t.co/2DyvVFyiyk
- The Guardian view on French Covid pass protesters: attention must be paid | Editorial https://t.co/KRAy7uWz17
- Great [tech] expectations: Can outside counsel deliver? - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/mTaNRc9Ax
- Britain must not desert its Afghan interpreters although the US and UK have abandoned their country after 20 years https://t.co/0yIspDkt7a
- Pupil barrister pay hits £75,000 as top London sets boost awards - Legal Cheek https://t.co/Uxyy1jlshH
- Plea
in Delhi High Court seeks FIR against Rahul Gandhi for disclosing
identity of 9-year-old Dalit rape victim by tweeting parents' photos |
Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/bZPgPJx01N
- Future magic circle trainee Will Holmes examines the conceptions of legal personhood - Legal Cheek https://t.co/ggzUkquezN
- [Industrial
Disputes Act] Though the Labour enactment says it is for speedy
disposal, it moves at a snail's pace: Madras High Court | Bar &
Bench #India https://t.co/AKaOUbhxJ9
- Cautious elation in response to $378.6m redress for Stolen Generations - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/sLxy1dB03w
- Telangana High Court stays State GO allocating nearly ₹60 crores to fight contempt cases | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/eJza3qzxIt
- Rightwing
radio host and anti-vaxxer dies of Covid: Dick Farrel was a vociferous
critic of Dr Anthony Fauci and urged people not to get vaccinated #US https://t.co/wcHkLWKEyw
- NHS still not recognising British citizens’ overseas Covid jabs, says peer https://t.co/ZUsTMeFKI3
