Wednesday

3rd November - Law News

Edition 3599: 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: Two Metropolitan Police officers have admitted taking photos of the bodies of two murdered sisters and sharing them on WhatsApp. An Old Bailey judge told retired PC Deniz Jaffer and PC Jamie Lewis that they faced lengthy prison terms, after pleading guilty to misconduct in public office. The mother of the two women told this programme that what the officers did took her to “a very dark place”, while the police conduct watchdog described their  actions as sickening, declaring that the Met's culture had to change now.



Focus of the Day Story:  Law firms around the world are finding they can play a major and direct role in addressing climate change by just doing what they do – namely, letting their lawyers be lawyers. Full story - Legal Futures
 
Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Irish Journal of European Law launches 2022 call for papers | Irish Legal News https://t.co/E8gUh8zTRf
  • ‘Nihilistic litigation’: Divorce judge laments costs of mammoth case | Law Gazette https://t.co/TLbYMTIZW
  • Police removal of Edinburgh lawyer from court sparks solidarity in Glasgow - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/kZlsGJ25Xo
  • My legal life: Maxine Twynam, Boyle Tricks Leonard Solicitors - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/wEF3OoEukC
  • Sinn Féin now accepts non-jury trials in ‘exceptional circumstances’ | Irish Legal News https://t.co/UfzPCkxJNw
  • Former Fifa officials Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini have been charged with fraud and other offences in Switzerland. Swiss prosecutors say Mr Blatter unlawfully arranged a transfer of two million Swiss francs ($2.19m; £1.6m) to Mr Platini in 2011 https://t.co/TNCULvUF5A
  • Leading from the front on family court transparency | Law Gazette https://t.co/ShMaElw9vl
  • Claims of authorities turning a blind eye to drug deaths at HMP Shotts - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/TQCjQ2PGJ7 
  • The Guardian view on the family courts: secrecy isn’t working | Editorial https://t.co/qUTcYhtUD1 
  • Budget boost to drive Land Registry’s digital push | Law Gazette https://t.co/KjPkThRjiR
  • Orkney fish farming company fails to overturn refusal of permission for proposed salmon farm sites - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/YAFklJ6jC0
  • Morrisons has backed down after customers complained about its labelling of a chicken meat product as containing "non-EU salt and pepper" https://t.co/WIQKpPRlp0
  • Four partners set to make £1.3m apiece after selling firm | Law Gazette https://t.co/pl1OFj1b1A 
  • Solicitor who “concealed nothing” from elderly client cleared of dishonesty - Legal Futures https://t.co/xzWniKojHM
  • Britain’s prisons are becoming ever more like the failed US system https://t.co/y9dYUu2mRe 
  • Alleged extremist to face trial for law firm terror attack - Legal Futures https://t.co/3hMAnbmsmz 
  • The next generation of lawyers can help the most vulnerable in society | Law Gazette https://t.co/4vyOgCcEuF
  • Acquisition no15 for Knights as it unveils bank backing for more - Legal Futures https://t.co/dTpmwM3Tcw 
  • The Bar of Ireland has announced a number of initiatives to mark the centenary of Frances Kyle and Averil Deverell becoming Ireland’s first woman barristers | Irish Legal News https://t.co/XvEmyrFD3N
  • Solicitor and legal regulator heads latest class action - Legal Futures https://t.co/8KXP2fzygR 
  • Leading PI firm sitting on cash pile on hunt for acquisitions | Law Gazette https://t.co/JhBQWpjYQt 
  • Turkish Civil Society and the (EU-Oriented) Europeanization of Turkey until the Mid-2000s | Uğur Tekiner https://t.co/bSDW7HGF3S 
  • A teenager who shot a boy in the face has been sentenced to 24 years in custody for attempted murder. Jacob Talbot-Lummis, 16, wounded his victim, who was aged 15 at the time, as he was leaving home for school in Kesgrave, Suffolk, on 7 September 2020 https://t.co/ine61Off7j 
  • An #Israeli minister has said she could not attend the COP26 summit on Monday because it was not wheelchair accessible. Karine Elharrar tweeted that it was "sad" the UN "does not provide accessibility to its events" https://t.co/LqQkpVDWsS 
  • This ‘reform’ of judicial review will put the government above the law https://t.co/nkw6EOGkpt 
  • Claim against HSBC over 15-year-old trading time barred | Law Gazette https://t.co/weASW8Jd7F 
  • What does it take to be a member of the SDT? | Law Gazette https://t.co/99gqe3pSkT 
  • Budget boost to drive Land Registry’s digital push | Law Gazette https://t.co/KjPkTi8Uap
  • Courts ‘are close to collapse over police disclosure failures’ https://t.co/5VSZQqXAMM 
  • Ex-Dechert partner settles 'spying' claim | Law Gazette https://t.co/kz3UuFhPrt 
  • A scheme organised by Baroness Helena Kennedy QC has seen more than 100 female Afghan judges and their families rescued | Irish Legal News https://t.co/uEa7a1H4KV 
  • Lawyer in the news: Terry Donovan, Kingsley Napley - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/KPBnyWc5ZG
  • Prince Andrew’s criticisms of Virginia Giuffre may backfire, lawyers say. UK experts say accusing Giuffre of seeking a ‘payday’ at prince’s expense is risky https://t.co/ifptRmpyto

Tuesday

2nd November - Law News

Edition 3598: 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:  Australia's border has reopened for the first time in 20 months, sparking emotional reunions at Sydney Airport. Only vaccinated Australian citizens are allowed into the country for now. The rules have also changed to allow vaccinated Australian citizens to travel internationally without having to apply for an exemption to leave the country.


Focus of the Day Story:  TIn 2015, the Court of Appeal found that the fast-track procedure rules for appeals against the refusal of some types of asylum claim (the FTR) was “structurally unfair, unjust and ultra vires” (R (Detention Action) v First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) [2015] EWCA Civ 840; [2015] 1 WLR 5341, known as DA6). The Court of Appeal quashed the FTR because this structural unfairness “created a risk that the applicants would have inadequate time to obtain advice, marshall their evidence and properly present their cases”, which “created an unacceptable risk of unfairness in a significant number of cases”. Full story - UK Human Rights Blog
 
Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Legal notice sent to Hyderabad Police Commissioner over searches in mobiles, WhatsApp chats for "drugs" | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/51NKGc5asE 
  • Disbarment for barrister who asked fellow lawyer to lie about sex assault - Legal Cheek https://t.co/ndMRFDesYk 
  • Wellness has ‘been a priority for our firm for a long time’ - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/StJ2e2aFKZ
  • Don’t scrap the bar aptitude test, urges Bar Council. Up the pass mark instead - Legal Cheek https://t.co/Ouq0hyBAoV
  • Uttarakhand High Court sets aside CAT principal Bench order allowing Centre's plea to transfer case from Nainital to Delhi | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/iZvfwKgLD
  • Bar Association labels Victoria’s new pandemic legislation ‘appalling’ - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/HIwXrQy6Nd
  • Why aspiring lawyers should welcome the SQE’s arrival - Legal Cheek https://t.co/WOwSWbqon
  • Delhi High Court asks Twitter to remove objectionable images of Hindu goddess Kali | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/xFtcsyti3l 
  • London firm allows young lawyers to refuse to act for polluters - Legal Futures https://t.co/P4XX4lNLWN 
  • Pro bono is an obligation, not a duty, for government law firms - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/eQIgKe8qnv
  • AI-powered bots could resolve simple disputes, says MR - Legal Futures https://t.co/fGADJJ31FB
  • Revealed: The extreme working hours of big-paying US law firms in London - Legal Cheek https://t.co/RSFXY6hD0Z
  • Court allows part of negligence claim against firm to go to trial - Legal Futures https://t.co/gz0ZTBZMjY
  • "Facts and circumstances" formula cannot be used to escape duty to record reasons for granting bail: Supreme Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/2kXZh4tgly 
  • Lawyers can alter the future of climate change - Legal Futures https://t.co/uqX4ZTphwN
  • Legal notice sent to Hyderabad Police Commissioner over searches in mobiles, WhatsApp chats for "drugs" | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/51NKGbNzB6 
  • “Deplorable” solicitor struck off for manifest incompetence - Legal Futures https://t.co/QUa4tdXgNm 
  • The mother-of-four who went from being a personal trainer to a lawyer - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/aEzJW3uE2W 
  • Luton man left shocked as his house is ‘stolen’ - Having been alerted by neighbours, the Reverend Mike Hall drove to Luton and found building work under way and a new owner who said he had bought the house https://t.co/L7L7XiMnit
  • Barclays boss Jes Staley has quit in a shock exit after a probe into his links with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The City watchdog & Bank of England have been investigating if Mr Staley's relationship to the dead financier was closer than first thought https://t.co/zv0POpimer
  • SQE prep provider launches £50k social mobility scholarship fund - Legal Cheek https://t.co/s5Tiyw9tvu
  • Protégé: The journey from writing to law and how this lawyer found a way to do both - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/JHI1K7jWxP
  • The UK is prepared to take legal action against France over the ongoing row about post-Brexit fishing rights, Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has said. Last month, the UK and Jersey denied permits to dozens of French boats to operate in their waters https://t.co/lRKQUch3E
  • Macfarlanes launches ‘app scheme’ - Legal Cheek https://t.co/dAlIPF2381
  • [Aryan Khan drug case] Seven co-accused get bail from Mumbai NDPS Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/5a0EJxV0e2
  • [Vidhispeaks] Exploring community data rights over non-personal data | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/tAORw8zQIZ
  • From airports in Croatia to railways in South Africa: the varied career of a global infrastructure lawyer - Legal Cheek https://t.co/dzvBc8xBkg 
  • National Trust members vote to ban trail hunts on its land https://t.co/MtbuxYgBXx
  • City Consortium outlines SQE plan for future trainees - Legal Cheek https://t.co/9dM9PbHlDU 
  • A major incident has been declared after two trains collided in Salisbury, leaving several people injured. The collision happened near London Road and involved a South Western Railway and a Great Western service https://t.co/XRttFg8CGW

Monday

1st November - Law News

Edition 3597: 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:  Thousands of protesters take to the streets of Rome against the G20 summit, accusing world leaders of inaction on climate change



Focus of the Day Story:  The Law Society and City of London Law Society have pledged to hold the government to account over its economic crime levy, due to begin next year. In a joint statement, the societies said they would ensure the levy ‘is used only to fund initiatives aimed at tackling money laundering’ and ‘does not increase dramatically in future years’. Full story - New Law Journal
 
Saturday Conversations on Law
  • 49 tips candidates need to know before starting as a trainee solicitor - Legal Cheek https://t.co/TuLH6vaSTn 
  • The Boutique Lawyer Show: A fear-busting blueprint for success - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/aCnhxfMEvU
  • UK law firm becomes first to sell legal advice as NFT - Legal Cheek https://t.co/3WCN5ND1bg
  • Don’t put climate activists on trial, CPS urged https://t.co/8CAz1VbWAO
  • Building and leading a national team - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/5chHjAuHH5 
  • Revealed: Law firms' average start work and finish times 2021-22 - Legal Cheek https://t.co/hZmXhK14Q2
  • A man has been left in a critical condition after a knife and arson attack on an underground train line in the #Japanese capital, Tokyo https://t.co/rR3k9kyf5q 
  • Law firm profitability and the pricing myth - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/79GFf3MUaz 
  • The Court of Protection and Criminal Law - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/Yc5LIGofGL 
  • A man who dialled 999 to complain he was refused entry to a Primark store to buy some jogging bottoms has been criticised by police. West Yorkshire Police call handlers posted about the incident in a tweet, using the hashtag #not999 https://t.co/swlQUBJt0j
  • The leaders of the world's richest economies have agreed to pursue efforts to limit global warming with "meaningful and effective actions". But the draft agreement from the G20 summit in Rome made few concrete commitments, disappointing activists https://t.co/cslKsMx0o9
  • 'Diversity is not optional - it's what we must be' - Legal Cheek https://t.co/zFhtlChpWB
  • Using privilege and legal skills to help others - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/VBq7Yp3JgV 
  • Supreme Court considers asylum claim decided under quashed fast track rules - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/2q8lwEh0DS
  • My journey from vac schemer to junior lawyer at a global law firm - Legal Cheek https://t.co/ASA1B29pf0
  • Do fathers have fewer rights in family law? - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/A7iLWynHCi 
  • Tory MP calling for delay to UK climate action has banked £150k from oil firm https://t.co/pFqPFt62qa
  • Duke's daughter has speeding fine halved to just £50 over 'financial hardship' - Lady Eliza Manners, 24, admitted driving her Audi 47mph in a 40mph zone on the M4 on March 28 https://t.co/cgUyOuiALP 
  • Record number of domestic abuse victims made homeless: Charities call for more social housing to address ‘heartbreaking and shameful’ new statistics https://t.co/GBMyKYsPqe 
  • Revealed: the towns at risk from far-right extremism - Harlow joins seaside resorts on charity’s list of 52 vulnerable areas in England and Wales https://t.co/nhFRxZpQrs
  • High Court: Differential standards on abortion time-limits do not breach the human rights of disabled persons - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/KtcIcby6R7 
  • The haunted jurisprudence of ‘ghost law’ - Legal Cheek https://t.co/6oqyXkMMxM
  • Wilfried Zaha called on authorities to take racism seriously after he was sent racist abuse following Crystal Palace's win over Manchester City. The 28-year-old posted a series of racist messages he had received on Instagram on Saturday night https://t.co/yFMonTJu0j 
  • Nightclubs in Northern Ireland will reopen on Sunday as some remaining coronavirus restrictions imposed last March are lifted. Venues in Scotland and Wales require a vaccine passport to bar the unvaccinated https://t.co/1TWJnYQff8
  • #Israeli woman jailed three times for refusing to join the army- Last week, a young Jewish ultra-orthodox Israeli man asked for leave to remain in the UK for fear of retribution towards conscientious objectors https://t.co/rhcAHpVqz7
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  • Victorian solicitor removed from roll following 'theft, fraud and forgery' - Lawyers Weekly #Ausrealia https://t.co/vPAdKsM5JX
  • Sabyasachi Mangalsutra Ad with "semi-naked models" outrageous to Hindus: Lawyer sends legal notice | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/pSY6G11cS8
  • Navigating the shifting sands of competition law at a global firm - Legal Cheek https://t.co/zlfdQnn0Me 
  • Delhi High Court issues notice in plea by headmistress claiming she was suspended for not donating towards Ram Mandir | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/BK0abgwuAm 
  • Gunmen kill at least three at #Afghan wedding to stop music being played https://t.co/uhLDJnGnb6
  • Clyde & Co introduces coloured wristbands so lawyers can indicate how Covid cautious they are - Legal Cheek https://t.co/Vw1l2GNo89
  • Aryan Khan fortunate to get best legal team; thousands who cannot afford lawyers languishing in jails: Satish Maneshinde | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/13RIOn2gkP 
  • Youtube removes occultist who influenced murderer of two sisters https://t.co/5EKZpwgUGb
  • 'I feel free' - LGBT #Afghan refugees arrive in UK https://t.co/fP0tyw7Vzi

Sunday

31st October - Law News

Edition 3596: 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:  Fishing is not only an important industry for the UK and France, but a deeply emotional issue as well. It was fiercely debated during discussions on Britain's departure from the European Union. Both countries accuse the other of breaking post-Brexit agreements on licences for trawlers. But what's really behind the stormy relations?



Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Abortion was legalised in Northern Ireland in 2019 – so why are we still waiting for it? https://t.co/wfuufq9e11
  • Matheson launches 2021 diversity and inclusion scholarship in memory of Cara O’Hagan | Irish Legal News https://t.co/aP3QrHdAFj
  • Is my phone listening to me? We ask the expert - Data protection advocate Mariano delli Santi on whether we should worry about targeted advertising https://t.co/U7iqew40jI
  • Top sports lawyer cleared over football transfer payments | Law Gazette https://t.co/rJwKL2dOU3 
  • £295,000 bottle of wine stolen from #Spanish restaurant’s cellar https://t.co/Tat7tTlyjG 
  • Legal aid: Scottish government told to explain itself as it plays games on eve of COP26 - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/VOo3GMx06a 
  • Transparency to be ‘new norm’ in Family Division - McFarlane | Law Gazette https://t.co/KGz2bQcAFA
  • Civil liberty fears as police consider using drones that film from 1,500ft - England and Wales police ask private firms for information on systems that film high-quality images at a distance https://t.co/6FEkHnjJw5
  • Conversion therapy to be restricted but not banned in proposed bill https://t.co/EtxiiKD52D
  • FCA wins appeal over action on Carillion collapse | Law Gazette https://t.co/ZxQY0ezg9y
  • The courts, prisons and probation services received an extra £2.2bn, including funding to clear the courts backlog, in Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak’s autumn Budget | NLJ https://t.co/NcbyqDjnhd
  • Diego Gallagher elected president of Dublin Solicitors’ Bar Association | Irish Legal News https://t.co/l21zq6IACb
  • The ever-popular Will Aid returns this November, with potential benefits for both firms and charities | NLJ https://t.co/ZfSMpMKlEO
  • In-person hearings to resume at Inner House on November 15 - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/lWwvU0KKYn 
  • The Law Society and City of London Law Society have pledged to hold the government to account over its economic crime levy, due to begin next year | NLJ https://t.co/v8Q00nN2M6
  • Cop 26: Lawyers must wake up to climate ‘madness’, says former Ireland president | Law Gazette https://t.co/ctFDB24q6t
  • An extra clause addressing affirmative cyber cover is to be added to the minimum terms and conditions for professional indemnity insurance, the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has announced | NLJ https://t.co/cbvPyXwADQ
  • DWF conference to discuss Northern Ireland’s personal injury discount rate | Irish Legal News https://t.co/G6SDkF0mxa
  • Outer House awards expenses in seven unopposed information disclosure petitions to General Teaching Council - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/T9KrilnbIO
  • #US rapper Fetty Wap has been indicted on drug trafficking conspiracy charges, federal prosecutors say. The 30-year-old, whose real name is Willie Junior Maxwell II, was arrested on Thursday at a stadium in New York City ahead of his concert https://t.co/ZEGHiT4xYq 
  • Covid passes will be needed for most of the fans as Wales hosts international rugby at a full stadium for the first time since the pandemic. Each ticket holder will also have an arrival time at a specific gate to stagger entries https://t.co/GeDJZqrK7Y
  • Prince Andrew asks New York court to dismiss a legal action brought against him by Virginia Giuffre. The Duke of York's lawyers said the "baseless lawsuit" should be dismissed because Ms Giuffre failed to sufficiently outline her claims against him https://t.co/TMd5wXZ2Yi 
  • Cautious welcome for family court transparency review | Law Gazette https://t.co/fIZ09YKSRC 
  • Comedian had right to mock disabled teen singer, Canadian court rules - The legal battle had waged for more than a decade and raised questions over satire and the need to protect vulnerable children https://t.co/Romx2rvh0H 
  • Outcry after Oklahoma prisoner vomits and convulses during execution #US https://t.co/CsNuG9Ata5
  • Raab’s plans to overhaul the Human Rights Act make no sense | Law Gazette https://t.co/llhyrM14DR 
  • Murlands Solicitors appoints Sarah Shannon as partner | Irish Legal News https://t.co/SezKLC2UfY 
  • Webinar to mark Pro Bono Week in Northern Ireland | Irish Legal News https://t.co/BfCktpTwYH 
  • Mishcon fined £25,000 over football transfer payments | Law Gazette https://t.co/vDRGWw8YLD 
  • Penelope Jackson jailed for minimum of 18 years for husband’s murder - Jury at Bristol crown court finds retired accountant guilty of murdering ex-soldier David Jackson https://t.co/xRatPLW7FA

Saturday

30th October - Law News

Edition 3594: 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 (anti-drugs) law is clear, but enforcement agencies are misusing it," says Maharashtra minister Nawab Malik on whether the law should be reformed. "80% cases made out by Sameer Wankhede and other NCB officials in Mumbai are fake, we will prove it in court," he adds.
 

Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Dillon Eustace appoints Conor Kiernan as banking partner | Irish Legal News https://t.co/pDpcEpH3qT
  • Appeal against two convictions by man who raped women in their own bedrooms refused by High Court - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/PjaZL33gCV
  • #Pakistani Twitter users are shaking their heads at the misogyny of Abrar ul Haq's 'Begum Shak Karti Hai' https://t.co/J4E7nNhAuM
  • CJEU: Poland must pay EU daily €1m fine as judicial independence row escalates | Irish Legal News https://t.co/KDql6bvEP4
  • Former CAG Vinod Rai tenders unconditional apology to Sanjay Nirupam in defamation case | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/5CW1P7BhnV
  • Firm's insurer targets fraud exception to defeat £6m claim - Legal Futures https://t.co/zMcsCEwtSZ 
  • Law Society unveils climate resolution | Law Gazette https://t.co/JPzpduA3q9
  • Barrister sanctioned for own fundamentally dishonest PI claim - Legal Futures https://t.co/lEwKCfPmWJ
  • A woman has been found guilty of murder after stabbing her husband to death following a row over a birthday meal. Penelope Jackson, 66, attacked 78-year-old David Jackson with a kitchen knife at their home in Somerset in February https://t.co/WGhv0AL3Ol
  • Self-harm among women and children in UK prisons rises to record levels https://t.co/aX8ERvGW9E
  • Judge bemoans public authorities' "dispiriting" approach to costs - Legal Futures https://t.co/mjGNY2jjVb
  • An on-the-run prisoner who was jailed for strangling a woman has been arrested by police. Marcus Coates was an inmate at HMP Leyhill near Bristol and was last seen in the city on Thursday near the bus station https://t.co/1CJD4TT0FS 
  • High Court: DPP restrained from prosecuting drug-driving charge due to breach of fair procedures | Irish Legal News https://t.co/Gimq7Nqlbe
  • Cladding-hit flat owner is trolled online by Government agency worker for speaking out - The social media account behind the trolling was linked to Homes England https://t.co/hHWONLFIxo 
  • Lawyers the only winners in "nihilistic" divorce dispute, says judge - Legal Futures https://t.co/91XnIHFrMx
  • Callow junior left to run firm rebuked over conveyancing failures | Law Gazette https://t.co/l2Yyk6jFA2
  • An investigation into pollution of the River Llynfi has ended with no realistic prospect of a conviction, Natural Resources Wales (NRW) has said. The incident, which took place on 31 July last year, had a highly detrimental effect on the river https://t.co/U8chXkkEv0
  • NHS seeking further £18m in compensation from Multiplex over Glasgow hospital defects - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/13FAWK3OJs
  • Guide on Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights https://t.co/nBgPoK7cK3 
  • Woman disciplined for taking too much time off work due to menopause sickness is calling for better services. Mo Wildridge, 51, said although her boss was "understanding" of what she was going through, her employer told her they were "following guidelines" https://t.co/SzBP78QFVt 
  • Zayn Malik has "adamantly" denied assault of Gigi Hadid's mum, Yolanda Hadid. The former One Direction singer told TMZ claims that he hit Yolanda Hadid are "false allegations" https://t.co/1JSunXiaYe
  • Scrapped Covid rules could be brought back to allow Wales to have a "normal" Christmas, First Minister Mark Drakeford has warned. Covid passes will be extended to cinemas, theatres and concert halls from 15 November as part of the plans https://t.co/Gwc2vRRsyf
  • Concerns raised over JR bill’s court reforms | Law Gazette https://t.co/IuKs0di5Nq
  • Insulate Britain protesters caused delays on the M25 by walking alongside oncoming traffic, police said. The protest group said the decision to stop sitting in the middle of roads had been made following "feedback" from frustrated drivers https://t.co/UmjqsXAyxZ
  • A serving Metropolitan Police officer has been charged with a number of child sex offences. Det Con Francois Olwage, 51, from Stevenage, allegedly arranged to meet a girl he believed to be 13 years old https://t.co/KiFIbhsTzn
  • Assange extradition appeal: lawyers cite new claims of CIA plot to harm him https://t.co/dOHgTUiFPt
  • Catherine Pierse appointed as next director of public prosecutions | Irish Legal News https://t.co/JXJumnf0e
  • Nigerian technology specialist expands to UK | Law Gazette https://t.co/BSBb9cdrwZ
  • By banning six Palestinian NGOs, #Israel has entered a new era of impunity https://t.co/3VkO2dJ0hK
  • Barrister sanctioned over his own 'dishonest' RTA claim | Law Gazette https://t.co/sXTbURLMgd 
  • Ex-stripper refused anonymity claims breach of human rights - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/RU8ivNsHB5 
  • Assange supporters block road outside RCJ | Law Gazette https://t.co/yaNLrxhdg5
  • UK announces extra £2.2bn to address mounting criminal backlog in England | Irish Legal News https://t.co/nixezxPwJw
  • Openness ‘new norm’ in Family Division, McFarlane says | Law Gazette https://t.co/9lMq5uXlvs 
  • Proposals to reform Probation Board for Northern Ireland due for consultation | Irish Legal News https://t.co/VZ7KDbnWw
  • People in #India's most populous state who praised arch rival Pakistan's cricketing victory in a recent match could face sedition charges, authorities said on Thursday https://t.co/bMR9hkFDMY 
  • Sussex professor resigns after transgender rights row: Kathleen Stock announces resignation as university says ‘no substantive allegations of wrongdoing’ were made against her https://t.co/nP5pgH95kN
  • Online anonymity: be careful what you wish for | Law Gazette https://t.co/Y4pDwhRY3f 
  • Can an animal be a person? Yes – if they are Pablo Escobar’s cocaine hippos https://t.co/OkMD6qXK6d

Friday

29th October - Law News

Edition 3593: 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:  Up to 10 people, including children, are reported to have been killed in an Ethiopian airstrike on the northern Tigray region, as Prime Minister Abiy's forces claim they had targeted military equipment. Thousands of people have been killed and hundreds of thousands have been displaced in almost 12 months of fighting. The Amhara region has become the frontline, and civilians are joining the militias to fight the Tigray rebel forces alongside the government. 


Focus of the Day Story: Lawyers fear voicing mental health concerns as workplace stress erodes wellbeing, global study finds. IBA says report is 'call to action' as high-performing lawyers battle to reconcile sense of purpose with permanent pressure and fear of failure. Full story - The Global Legal Post
 
Saturday Conversations on Law
  • US private equity moves in to snap up biggest PI firm | Law Gazette https://t.co/NRInm3huPn 
  • Budget 21: MoJ set for windfall with 4.1% real terms increase by 2025 | Law Gazette https://t.co/oAzcSnn0t1
  • ‘Reasonable questions’ surround Trump’s purchase of Scottish properties - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/86Boq58Nlo
  • UK ‘washing hands’ of Britons in Syria - former DPP | Law Gazette https://t.co/FmFIIHvVsq
  • Helen’s law: killer refused parole for failing to disclose where body hidden: Glyn Razzel, who murdered his wife in 2002, first person affected by new law, named after woman who vanished in 1988 https://t.co/FmrxXXhsJr
  • The remaining seven countries on England's Covid travel red list will be removed from next Monday. Fully-vaccinated arrivals from Ecuador, the Dominican Republic, Colombia, Peru, Panama, Haiti and Venezuela will no longer have to quarantine in a hotel https://t.co/th31oXcGYl 
  • There have been protests and complaints of restricted freedom, but much of Europe is now using Covid passports to enter bars, restaurants, cinemas and museums https://t.co/yv7izfnB5h
  • Ince makes bid for listed corporate adviser | Law Gazette https://t.co/q0MK8YTKAn
  • Philip Alston: The ‘special practice’ at the International Court of Justice which has to cease - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/7dRMWd03NA 
  • Benjamin Iliffe, 36 sent deputy Labour leader Angela Rayner a threatening email telling her to "watch your back and your kids", and has been now been sentenced https://t.co/wMd0UIT2TR 
  • Workers win Supreme Court ruling on union rights | Law Gazette https://t.co/sF3pM81BPe 
  • Allow us the option of a humane, painless death https://t.co/KiZAUy9DDM
  • North-west PI firm goes under with all staff made redundant | Law Gazette https://t.co/4Bcy64vMKC 
  • City firm reports itself to SRA over unauthorised court recordings - Legal Futures https://t.co/UEImmEDjnT
  • Private security guards to receive human trafficking training | Irish Legal News https://t.co/FahO1o3LwA
  • Service with a smile? Why customer service should be a top priority for law firms - Legal Futures https://t.co/6SVkWYTNcb
  • JR bill cruises through Commons vote as rebellion fails to materialise | Law Gazette https://t.co/JHEaRElASG 
  • Pandemic “boosted profits of motor insurers by £3.3bn” - Legal Futures https://t.co/uj67PtAThm 
  • The organiser of the flight in which footballer Emiliano Sala died has been found guilty by majority verdict of endangering the safety of an aircraft. David Henderson was found guilty after a trial at Cardiff Crown Court https://t.co/x5BuSwkJO1 
  • Another man overturns convictions for assisting Gerry Adams’ prison escape bid | Irish Legal News https://t.co/xdu0xmfExe
  • "A step in the right direction" - legal leaders seek positives from Budget - Legal Futures https://t.co/3dOEBmpNTx
  • Killer of retired CPS lawyer gets 33-year term | Law Gazette https://t.co/uW3dq9XW3I 
  • Fiscal watchdog says Brexit would cut GDP by around 4% long term, while Covid impacts would hit output by a further 2% https://t.co/rgvw50kweb
  • Newly qualified left in charge of firm rebuked over client account failures - Legal Futures https://t.co/aS76PXyJLG
  • Harper Macleod appointed to advise pioneering marine energy centre EMEC - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/inojvKhEJE 
  • The head of the British Army General Sir Mark Carleton-Smith says he is appalled by allegations that British soldiers may have been involved in the murder of a Kenyan woman Agnes Wanjiru. He is determined to support the authorities to establish the facts https://t.co/3hY561UUC7
  • A woman who was sexually abused in a children's home in the 1950s has called for an inquiry and an apology. Mo Simmons, 80, and her two brothers were taken to Hollybrook Children's Home in Southampton when she was 10 years old https://t.co/AiuVRLKlFA
  • Budget 21: Backlog funding ‘window dressing’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/tKDL1fLDrT 
  • The BBC has profiled lawyer Manjula Pradeep who was born in Western India to a Dalit family, a community on the lowest rung of the caste ladder - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/QBbDRkz7Bl 
  • Budget 21: Tax advisers in line for new sanctions | Law Gazette https://t.co/I8k8VqnoT9 
  • Irish lawyers nominated at Inspirational Women in Law Awards | Irish Legal News https://t.co/5FMXCy2gVt 
  • Budget 21: MoJ set for windfall with 4.1% real terms increase by 2025 | Law Gazette https://t.co/oAzcSn5pBt 
  • ECtHR: Disabled voters can be required to use back entrance at polling places - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/lRInrSYnWa
  • 'The government has listened' - Chancery Lane welcomes budget boost | Law Gazette https://t.co/UjgSuDfS1d
  • John Lewis pulls controversial advert for being ‘potentially misleading’: Home insurance ad featuring a boy in a dress taken off air after financial regulator warning https://t.co/6wVQUgqUyB

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28th October - Law News

Edition 3592: 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:  Four years after Beijing's crackdown on the mainly-Muslim minorities in Xinjiang, the high-tech police state is being replace by a push or tourism - but AP journalist Dake Kang, who recently visited the region says the sense of normality is far from the truth.


Focus of the Day Story: A fresh attempt to assess the advocacy standards of solicitors is one of the stand-out features of the business plan for the coming year published by the Solicitors Regulation Authority. The regulator said that standards of representation within the criminal and civil justice system continue to be a key issue, brought into sharper focus following the pandemic. Full story - The Law Society Gazette
 
Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Investigators exploring fatal New Mexico film set say there was "some complacency" around safety. Presenting their initial findings on Thursday's shooting, officials said they believe actor Alec Baldwin was handed a gun loaded with a live round #US https://t.co/aaGY2ChdAy
  • Trump’s judges will call the shots for years to come. The judicial system is broken #US https://t.co/f7EUhR93RG
  • Fieldfisher names Robert Shooter as next managing partner | Irish Legal News https://t.co/kQkNOVIZ2w
  • Book: Funding Personal Injury Litigation in Scotland - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/EGRiRRFM7y
  • An Italian man has pleaded guilty to all charges relating to a £26m series of burglaries that targeted the luxury homes of celebrities in west London. Jugoslav Jovanovic previously admitted to conspiring to burgle the homes of the wealthy https://t.co/kSHO8DHrXV 
  • Homicides in Scotland fall by 12 per cent - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/wHAS9bT6lp
  • Scottish corporate insolvencies rose 29 per cent between July and September - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/cpZ5pvUntm 
  • ECtHR: Spanish law giving father’s name precedence over mother’s ruled discriminatory - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/q934uDL9d7
  • Glasgow City Council ordered to pay over £1.3 million to man abused in foster care - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Pej7Lma8P0
  • Government approves Labour Court recommendations for construction pay rise | Irish Legal News https://t.co/cyA6Osrw5u
  • A man has been arrested after deputy Labour leader Angela Rayner received threatening and abusive phone calls. The 52-year-old was held by Greater Manchester Police on suspicion of malicious communications at an address in Halifax on Wednesday morning https://t.co/kW9bhNuVVH
  • UKSC: Employer’s circumvention of trade union in pay negotiations ruled unlawful - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/cAb7HtXnNM
  • Louisa Knox appointed to Scottish Financial Enterprise board - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/H13H2zbZO9
  • #Poland told to pay €1m a day in legal row with EU https://t.co/fTskzRGFeU
  • Call for addiction services in new family court system | Irish Legal News https://t.co/oi63l7gfJ0 
  • A serving Metropolitan Police officer has been charged with rape. PC Adam Zaman, 28, is alleged to have carried out the attack in the City of London on Sunday evening when he was off duty https://t.co/x2IIVqwYsp
  • Funding ‘emergency’ advice makes fiscal sense | Law Gazette https://t.co/1uth7rMzGf
  • Law firm first to sell advice using cryptocurrency tokens - Legal Futures https://t.co/L7NOZeBRld
  • The master of a Cambridge University college has described the return of a looted bronze cockerel to representatives of Nigeria as a "momentous occasion" https://t.co/39HD6OZJRy 
  • Cleaver Fulton Rankin awarded business continuity management certification | Irish Legal News https://t.co/H844WsbZRa
  • SRA business plan targets solicitor-advocates and technology - Legal Futures https://t.co/tb41hOMmbw
  • Former police office Wayne Couzens, Sarah Everard murderer, applies to appeal against whole-life sentence https://t.co/1mw30og7sD
  • Siblings appeal strike-off over property scheme advice | Law Gazette https://t.co/StgSLz1lds
  • Listed law firm to buy its own corporate adviser for £10m - Legal Futures https://t.co/ZYA0nAGRqn
  • Opinion: The ‘special practice’ at the International Court of Justice which has to cease | Irish Legal News https://t.co/YsoWm4X0SP
  • Major private equity house buys top-100 law firm - Legal Futures https://t.co/V1GM5fV0SR
  • Northern Ireland Office may directly instruct trusts to offer abortion services: Brandon Lewis warns he will soon have ‘no alternative but to take further steps’ to ensure services are provided https://t.co/2Wp2Y8aFWS 
  • Almost 1m Tripadvisor reviews in 2020 found to be fraudulent: In total Tripadvisor penalised 34,605 properties for fraudulent activity and banned 20,299 members https://t.co/jsTrbSYgdl
  • Activists from the environmental group Insulate Britain obstructed the A40, which connects with the M40 and M25, in west London during rush hour on Wednesday https://t.co/N9foaqJGnx
  • Pro bono week turns 20 | Law Gazette https://t.co/ZiWr7161yi
  • Julian Assange: what to expect from the extradition appeal https://t.co/O9458JGBNi
  • The Irish Prison Service (IPS) has withdrawn its appeal of a significant High Court judgment which found that the service must provide reasonable accommodation to disabled prison officers | Irish Legal News https://t.co/tQieaqM12i
  • A 19-year-old man has been charged with murder after the death of two teenage boys. They were found fatally injured in Regency Court, Brentwood, Essex, at about 01:30 BST on Sunday https://t.co/B7PDP6tVW9
  • Online testing for future judges piloted in Northern Ireland | Irish Legal News https://t.co/8gYT1R1ppN 
  • Prince Andrew’s lawyer asks to keep 2009 legal agreement sealed: Attorney says the deal can protect the prince against a lawsuit that claims that he assaulted Virginia Giuffre when she was 17 https://t.co/cKR8bYSgFS 
  • JR bill back in Commons as Davis threatens to rebel | Law Gazette https://t.co/siAz8NS0Mt
  • Bobbie Goulding in group of ex-rugby league internationals to sue over brain damage https://t.co/phpMf2tKKO
  • A former close aide to Hillary Clinton has reportedly written in a new memoir how she was sexually assaulted by a US senator. Huma Abedin said the unnamed politician pounced on her on a couch in the mid-2000s #US https://t.co/wu8xaQ5fEI
  • Council worker sacked for comments about Zionism wins back job - Stan Keable awarded £70,000 after tribunal judge in London rules he was unfairly dismissed from role https://t.co/rJCUS9YfCE
  • Barrister disbarred after sexual assault conviction | Law Gazette https://t.co/4MGObiDKSj 
  • An English & Scottish conflict: the impact of untraced insurers on the exercise of discretion in respect of limitation - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/4J4TJ5APP8
  • Solicitor struck off for dishonest evidence opens appeal | Law Gazette https://t.co/lIf3NUlLj4
  • David Davis to rebel against ‘profoundly unconservative’ judicial review bill - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/fvFJn9hhkM
  • Pregnant women are being turned away from Covid vaccine clinics, experts warn: Members of JCVI say focus on those who have not had any jabs must take precedence over efforts to increase booster uptake https://t.co/EmFNosPPbU
  • SRA to look again at advocacy standards | Law Gazette https://t.co/WtKZj8Rgmo
  • Edinburgh sheriff rules writing on back of envelope did not alter terms of Irish citizen’s will - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/A5T73wYaK4
  • Tesco shopper thrown out for using £100 cash to pay £60 bill wins £5,000 compensation - The man was interrogated by police over his rare choice of payment method https://t.co/YHhXx24Fy2 
  • Bar's aptitude test must be scrapped | Law Gazette https://t.co/wYqdObvyXY
  • Face coverings have been made mandatory for everyone working in the House of Commons except MPs https://t.co/TE1cIXCeSp