Sunday

27th March - Law News

Edition 3743: 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:  UKSC 2020/0125 Court of Appeal (Civil Division) At all material times the Respondents were members of a corporate group of companies (the "Group"). Their ultimate parent company was Smith & Williamson Holdings Ltd ("SWHL"). The Respondents were the employing entities in the Group. They would employ staff pursuant to contracts of employment and would make the staff available to other group companies in return for a fee. 

Saturday Conversations on Law

  • Disputes and the drama triangle | Law Gazette https://t.co/tTeGKh6vuo
  • Carolyn Jackson recognised as medical negligence law specialist | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/dwLdO6AEbo
  • Home Office illegally seized phones of 2,000 asylum seekers, court rules | Immigration and asylum https://t.co/sORZPzLRw8
  • Police are hunting a prisoner who escaped wearing nothing but his underwear and socks. Dorset Police said Kyle Darren Eglington assaulted security officers in Hardy Road, Poole on Saturday before making off from a prison van https://t.co/VkqKjuxovR 
  • City firms urged to agree common approach to social mobility - Legal Futures https://t.co/LODf1hlS4w
  • 'Too ready to take offence': Forstater tribunal hears closing arguments | Law Gazette https://t.co/6UckupjKDq
  • Court of Appeal: 12-year sentence upheld for violent rapes of 17-year-old girl at party | Irish Legal News https://t.co/iKgBqR3ELl 
  • RTI Act applied to ED if information sought related to corruption and human rights violation: Delhi High Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/CZPB5fmKhE 
  • Non-practising solicitors could be required to fill out an annual application in order to remain on the roll, under Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) proposals | NLJ https://t.co/qN2AYPzrKl 
  • Dismissal was part of firm’s fair redundancy process, judge rules | Law Gazette https://t.co/6HFLJnlnJM
  • Which?: Young people most likely to report being scammed amid dramatic rise in fraud | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/JPUeeIGuWt 
  • 'Absolute scandal': HMCTS urged to cut £593 divorce fee | Law Gazette https://t.co/8dqoTQzXZs 
  • Justice Minister Helen McEntee has announced funding totalling €4.6m for more than 60 organisations to support victims of crime | Irish Legal News https://t.co/SuXFYK89GL 
  • Cambridge college master aghast as slave trader plaque stays. Sonita Alleyne says church ‘is meant to love us all’ after decision on Tobias Rustat memorial https://t.co/9Mc3dbr0fh
  • Scarborough solicitor offers house to Ukrainian refugees | Law Gazette https://t.co/5fqpo33lE1 
  • Legal Ombudsman budget to top £15m after 5.8% increase approval - Legal Futures https://t.co/XBHKhNN5PR 
  • In the Spring Statement this week, Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s headline change was a one per cent cut in income tax, due to take effect in two years’ time (April 2024) | NLJ https://t.co/9qfY5ufP1A
  • The government must do more to recover taxes that went unpaid during the pandemic, a group of MPs has said. The Public Accounts Committee said the total UK tax debt was £39bn - more than double the amount at the start of 2020 https://t.co/2y8vVWnSPY
  • Gillespie Macandrew announces nine promotions | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/vlVbUbqSC1 
  • Former Spanish king loses state immunity bid | Law Gazette https://t.co/Y3AO2sWDgJ
  • The SRA's first ABS - still going strong, 10 years on - Legal Futures https://t.co/UsW6zdD8Ns 
  • Scope of new land interests register should be reviewed | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/f1Ls38j7UC
  • JK Rowling hits back at Vladimir Putin, after the Russian president cited her in a wide-ranging speech that saw him criticise "cancel culture". Mr Putin compared recent criticism of Rowling by the trans community to that faced by pro-war Russian artists https://t.co/6DfjZVG1NC 
  • SRA probes exposure to sanctioned clients | Law Gazette https://t.co/QTv4mrS9A
  • Minister names more law firms acting for Russians on sanctions | Law Gazette https://t.co/6LbskV7ts
  • A man who murdered his ex-girlfriend's two-year-old son has been jailed for life after the couple's horrific abuse was captured on secret recordings. Kyrell Matthews died in October 2019 with 41 rib fractures and internal injuries https://t.co/LyBHNThgtx
  • Black entrepreneur stopped by Met police because he was ‘not dressed for the climate’ - Eric Boateng-Taylor was stopped by officers in Croydon who demanded to know why he was wearing a jacket https://t.co/UQzFgDLbCu
  • Two men and a 17-year-old girl have been jailed for life for the homophobic murder of a doctor in a city centre park. Psychiatrist Dr Gary Jenkins, 54, was attacked in Cardiff's Bute Park on 20 July 2021, and died 16 days later https://t.co/aOIkbzus2h

Saturday

26th March - Law News

Edition 3742: 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 Central Bureau of Investigation, India has been told to take over the case of eight Muslims burnt alive in West Bengal's Birbhum. The Calcutta High Court transferred the case to the CBI after denying a request by the Mamata Banerjee government to not hand over the investigation to the central agency.

Saturday Conversations on Law

  • Two men and a 17-year-old girl have been jailed for life for the homophobic murder of a doctor in a city centre park. Psychiatrist Dr Gary Jenkins, 54, was attacked in Cardiff's Bute Park on 20 July 2021, and died 16 days later https://t.co/aOIkbzus2h 
  • A smacking ban could have been imposed years ago – and saved children’s lives https://t.co/eN2caqEcLJ 
  • A P&O Ferries ship has been detained in Northern Ireland over safety concerns. The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) said the European Causeway passenger boat had been held in Larne over multiple issues https://t.co/tnAOcSKzSn
  • Second conviction quashed in fresh blow for SFO chief | Law Gazette https://t.co/G3wq7V1t1D 
  • Delhi High Court reduces fine imposed on ISIS convict considering his "impoverished state" | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/4Bfn2ekVke 
  • Slaughter and May appoints six new London partners | Law Gazette https://t.co/Ehtof72szW 
  • Top defence solicitor pleads guilty to assaulting former colleague in Dublin city - Cahir O’Higgins (47) apologised to Stephen O’Mahony and his family in court #Ireland https://t.co/UTJ8Ej7c4k
  • Don’t ‘scapegoat’ lawyers over Russia - Law Society | Law Gazette https://t.co/t9W2Nt4odR 
  • Google’s conduct over Friendlyjordies videos described as ‘extraordinary’ by judge overseeing defamation trial #Australia https://t.co/tnTkdh6meA 
  • Purpose over profit: Profession needs "fundamental" cultural reset - Legal Futures https://t.co/GHvBBSON3f 
  • Dubai ruler’s litigation was ‘abusive’, judge rules | Law Gazette https://t.co/QzogWjbgmB 
  • How Lawyers Can Be Better Client Mental Health Advocates https://t.co/AvieoKHpkN
  • Tory peer lobbied for PPE firm months after lawyers said she had stopped, leaked emails suggest. Michelle Mone promoted PPE Medpro for Covid contract in May 2020 – and again in October https://t.co/lrCT7b4ghL 
  • UK resettlement scheme for Ukrainians is a ‘disgrace’, says Briton in Lviv. Tory ministers’ lies about visa scheme’s success ‘does not match reality on the ground’ https://t.co/0uwFMrNWLF 
  • Good Law Project fails to revive PPE claim after serving one day late | Law Gazette https://t.co/LhAewEXdjh 
  • Partner celebrated “huge victory” by accidentally breaking CA embargo - Legal Futures https://t.co/Rc3VM1VgLB
  • R. Kelly's lawyer asks for a new trial, arguing singer shouldn't have to defend himself from 'sexual deviant' accusations #US https://t.co/Dk6qR0P7A2
  • Magistrates to get half a day's formal training for new sentencing powers | Law Gazette https://t.co/FuTW436DyI 
  • A loophole allowing drivers to escape punishment for handheld phone use if they are taking a photo or playing a game has closed, fines up to £1,000 and six points on the culprit's licence for scrolling through playlists or taking pictures https://t.co/GoBPxlc7A9 
  • #Ukraine's Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova has said the country is in the process of documenting thousands of incidents believed to contravene its criminal code on the rules of war. As of 24 March, there have been 2,472 cases documented by her office https://t.co/kdPpP4xSGk 
  • Wales is to press ahead with scrapping self-isolation rules and the legal requirement to wear a mask in shops, buses and trains on Monday https://t.co/j7T9of70Hb
  • Recruiting, managing and celebrating neurodiverse lawyers - Legal Futures https://t.co/ER3Af90XUO 
  • Ukrainians are being arbitrarily detained and subjected to enforced disappearances in #Russian-controlled areas, the UN has told. At least 36 cases of civilian detentions were verified by the UN, with families often denied any information https://t.co/UP644kZdiT
  • Heavy metal and the beauty industry: an unexpected connection from ancient Afghanistan | St John Simpson https://t.co/TJ070N6fUl
  • Dubai ruler to have no direct contact with two children after UK court battle - Sheikh Mohammed’s ex-wife Princess Haya granted responsibility for decisions on their children’s medical care and schooling https://t.co/ihWj05X90t
  • Bar chief hits back at 'enablers' tag for lawyers with Russian clients | Law Gazette https://t.co/NEqUPkJ1su 
  • White knight or asset stripper? Knights' model under scrutiny - Legal Futures https://t.co/ssKdeJYuvp 
  • Duke of Sussex’s lawyers criticised for embargo breach | Law Gazette https://t.co/rsQjs3mrJI 
  • Vigilantes stalk #Ukraine border as sex traffickers target fleeing women and children https://t.co/V8Qk7rv0v4
  • Lockdown conveyancing redundancy was genuine, tribunal rules - Legal Futures https://t.co/EIYTpZSK9h 
  • #Spain’s former king can face trial in UK over harassment claims, court rules - English court finds Juan Carlos does not have immunity in case brought by ex-lover Corinna zu Sayn-Wittgenstein https://t.co/wwgkE5SMED
  • P&O Ferries boss Peter Hebblethwaite has admitted to MPs that a decision to sack 800 workers last week without notice broke the law https://t.co/qTUJ5ipkg5 
  • France opens inquiry into alleged torture by Interpol’s Emirati head - Ahmed Nasser al-Raisi accused of being responsible for the torture of opposition figure in #UAE https://t.co/DX2pZeMwWo

Friday

25th March - Law News

Edition 3741: 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:  In the days leading up to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, a common counterargument to the voices warning of Vladimir Putin's possible next steps permeated America's political discourse from both the left and right. The isolationist impulse is nothing new, including “America First.”

Focus of the Day Article: Men dominate Slaughter and May partner promotions in first year after publication of diversity targets. Just one woman made up in eight-strong cohort although five-year average is just shy of long-term goal. Full story - The Global Legal Post

Saturday Conversations on Law

  • Non-practising solicitors set to pay £40 a year to stay on roll | Law Gazette https://t.co/rp0bJriADO 
  • Macdonald Henderson advises on disposal of Ping Network Solutions to Sword Group | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/i310aXvO2B 
  • Knights woes continue as staff face share options losses | Law Gazette https://t.co/KZSEGwKMxh 
  • Chief Justice: Don’t let Irish criminal justice system end up like the US | Irish Legal News https://t.co/3HPNYHhlJL 
  • NI Court of Appeal quashes decision to discontinue prosecution of Soldier F | Irish Legal News https://t.co/NHz8ZE7m1x 
  • Don't include personal attacks in statements, family judge urges solicitors | Law Gazette https://t.co/1QYHSCfxiw 
  • Addleshaw Goddard opens in Luxembourg | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/QXHk7Y6zTs
  • Solicitors 'have higher hurdle to jump' to reach the bench | Law Gazette https://t.co/qcdFJSVH5z 
  • EU nationals to require prior authorisation before crossing border into Northern Ireland | Irish Legal News https://t.co/y5n5xVD6kR 
  • Commercial partner apologises for judgment embargo breach | Law Gazette https://t.co/quIGai0jIK
  • SRA to reintroduce annual process and fee to stay on roll - Legal Futures https://t.co/b48TrTvhrp 
  • #Russian journalist has been killed during shelling by Russian forces in the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv. Oksana Baulina had been reporting from Kyiv and the western city of Lviv for investigative website The Insider, the outlet said in a statement https://t.co/ZVtC0C4ayu 
  • Media should have ET documents, appeal decides | Law Gazette https://t.co/6iJpWEjIwF 
  • Why the QC title is still relevant in the modern world | Law Gazette https://t.co/9p8KeaRA8D 
  • Boris Johnson’s PR Guru Advising Firm Whose Founder Worked with Putin’s Top Energy Crony - A tangled web of influence from Gazprom to the Conservative Party to GB News – at its epicentre is a Tory PR lobbyist https://t.co/klprog6dfN Mar 24, 2022
  • Two police officers who conducted a strip-search of a black pupil are no longer in public-facing roles, the Met Police told a community meeting https://t.co/5bZYSLNtvN 
  • The driver of the Croydon tram which crashed killing seven people is being prosecuted by the railway watchdog. Transport for London (TfL) and the operator, Tram Operations Limited, are also facing action for breaches of health and safety law https://t.co/QDHon2bdEP 
  • Claimant lawyer relief after further whiplash reform put on ice - Legal Futures https://t.co/1PTDd03ByP 
  • Julian Assange’s fiancĂ©e believes journalists barred from wedding so he is not seen as ‘human’ https://t.co/cQkGkMB25u 
  • Karnataka High Court refuses to quash rape case against husband | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/Iw78MLmtS1 
  • Civil Court delays will harm UK businesses, legal experts say https://t.co/xtQyqNbeec 
  • Stormy Daniels refuses court order to pay Trump’s legal bills: ‘I will go to jail before I pay a penny’ #US https://t.co/cWPSGjh4eY 
  • Judge terminates appointment of guardian who criticised solicitor - Legal Futures https://t.co/bioLLkAsh3 
  • A top solicitor has avoided registering as a sex offender after pinching women’s bottoms on a night out at his village pub https://t.co/0bHtNHHDTT
  • Trainee beats lockdown to earn solicitor’s role in Lancashire https://t.co/9iGBwH8hSv 
  • The UK's national fraud reporting centre is warning about fake emails pretending to raise money for victims of the war in Ukraine https://t.co/yDOTYCxwBU 
  • UK Fast Tracks Bill For New Register Of Overseas Entities https://t.co/cUqu9KaBk1 
  • Consultancy law firms "putting pressure on talent retention" - Legal Futures https://t.co/YTt5sSeVnP

Thursday

24th March - Law News

Edition 3740: 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 inquest into the arson murders of Hannah Clarke and her three children hears chilling details of her estranged husband Rowan Baxter including daily sexual demands, recorded phone calls and stalking through shopping centres.

Focus of the Day Article: Barristers will not be balloted on whether they are happy to accept the proposed £135m package of criminal legal aid reforms announced last week, the Criminal Bar Association has revealed. CBA chair Jo Sidhu QC said the government's response to Sir Christopher Bellamy's recommendations ‘betrays a wholesale failure to recognise the severity of the crisis currently engulfing our criminal justice system and the urgency needed to address that huge challenge’. Full story - The Law Society Gazette

Saturday Conversations on Law

  • What if our critics are right? | Law Gazette https://t.co/heDLdGc35c 
  • Doubt over PM claim that P&O sackings may be illegal https://t.co/YlsKDo0t12
  • Murgitroyd appoints John Gillies as global people director | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/NcRDGnnfYk 
  • Fighting racial discrimination together | Law Gazette https://t.co/SGEUFBnFuw 
  • Alastair Fiddes to join Gilson Gray as chief financial officer | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/3pktE6a0X2 
  • MoJ shelves plans for further whiplash reform | Law Gazette https://t.co/N1rZWqt2TX
  • Repeal of Human Rights Act ‘particularly unwise’ in light of Ukraine invasion | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/NLN6ML2bSz
  • Police officers in botched Rangers probe accused of perjury | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/0CpKBBz9Tv
  • Barristers to press ahead with legal aid action | Law Gazette https://t.co/k5KrsN58BR
  • 7 years ago, a man was fined for pretending to be a ghost in Portsmouth cemetery. Police spokesman said of witnesses complaining about Anthony Stallard 'throwing his arms in the air and saying woooooo' https://t.co/EY1VLMMyvn
  • Nearly two-thirds of new solicitors are women as gender gap widens - Legal Futures https://t.co/UsFwkxEsYA
  • Delhi Riots hate speech: Delhi High Court expresses displeasure at "delinquent approach" of lawyers | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/qm2tj7XB4h
  • More funding for ombudsman despite failings | Law Gazette https://t.co/rF6vxwRAsK
  • What the metaverse means for lawyers - Legal Futures https://t.co/stmat5iEqe 
  • ReganWall grows with appointment of solicitor Deirdre Potenz | Irish Legal News https://t.co/ReLfJGY5sU 
  • The head teacher of the school where a black pupil was strip-searched should resign, Hackney's mayor says. A safeguarding report found the search of the girl, 15, known as Child Q was unjustified and racism was "likely" to have been a factor https://t.co/Hfoj0KjGfh 
  • Search teams have found a black box from the #China Eastern flight which nosedived into mountains in southern China this week. Chinese aviation officials announced the finding at a press conference on Wednesday, after two days of searching https://t.co/Qh1UaVTFDB
  • A book that claimed to have solved the question of who betrayed Anne Frank has been recalled by its Dutch publisher. The investigating team unearthed a Jewish man called Arnold van den Bergh responsible for her and her family's arrests https://t.co/vmuPdSCKoK 
  • Suspended solicitor denied re-entry after nine years | Law Gazette https://t.co/EKlnB3C1i4 
  • Knights' share price dives after profits warning - Legal Futures https://t.co/dy1xvJMxmC 
  • A huge marble memorial featuring a solar-powered jukebox has been built in a city cemetery without permission. The memorial to William Collins, who died in Spain in 2020, is thought to have been erected about a week ago at Sheffield's Shiregreen Cemetery https://t.co/5IHoZtCcy8 
  • P&O Ferries has said 800 redundant staff will be offered £36.5m in total - with around 40 getting more than £100,000 each https://t.co/BAm8XHQSrI
  • The Law Society of Scotland has called on the Scottish Legal Complaints Commission (SLCC) to focus more on its core role in handling legal complaints and go further in controlling its costs | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/cNQX1GesxY 
  • Mishcon sued for up to £65m over collapsed property deal | Law Gazette https://t.co/d69ayBkUYQ 
  • “Core of dissatisfaction” with lawyers fuelling complaints to LeO - Legal Futures https://t.co/BER4P5PLwl
  • Lee Squires joins ByrneWallace as partner and head of indirect taxes | Irish Legal News https://t.co/vNVjC5jDyk 
  • Lack of transcripts 'prejudices employment hearings' | Law Gazette https://t.co/33sQcbImBi 
  • John Barilaro tells court he felt ‘broken’ after Friendlyjordies videos appeared on YouTube #Australia https://t.co/eHszBre8M2 
  • MoJ finally responds to part 2 of whiplash consultation - five years on - Legal Futures https://t.co/IcRsm28vuu
  • Guardian wins legal challenge over access to employment tribunal papers - Ruling builds on recent judgments enhancing rights of reporters to access documents placed before court https://t.co/4SiiNPk7Vu 
  • Former actress Amanda Bynes has been released from her nine-year conservatorship by a judge in California. The one-time child star was placed under the legal guardianship - similar to that of Britney Spears - in 2013, while undergoing psychiatric care #US https://t.co/4JRcc73UgM 
  • Former MP can protect Birmingham bombings source | Law Gazette https://t.co/OOFRsa1hGR 
  • Spend a day with me in the eviction court, Mr Sunak, and you’ll understand the ‘cost of living’ https://t.co/PzmCCmCob9
  • Florida governor Ron DeSantis has signed a proclamation recognising runner-up Emma Weyant as the winner of the highest #US women's national college swimming title - an event she lost to transgender Lia Thomas https://t.co/eECFaMRXpa
  • Family members, friends and colleagues have paid tribute to Gemma Lodge, a senior associate at DLA Piper, and former Law Society social mobility champion who has died at a tragically early age | Law Gazette https://t.co/khPjJn9xw8

Wednesday

23rd March - Law News

Edition 3739: 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:  Relatives of the victims of the serial killer Stephen Port have long claimed that homophobia was a factor in the police failure to catch him sooner. Now, a report from the police watchdog seen exclusively by this programme reveals that "discrimination" and "bias" could have played a part in those failings. The Met have always claimed that a lack of "professional curiosity" was to blame - rather than any wider issues. But as Minnie Stephenson reports - the police watchdog is also concerned about systemic discrimination within the force against LGBTQ officers.

Focus of the Day Article: The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) is to encourage large law firms to start reporting their ethnicity pay gap alongside the requirement to publish their gender pay gap. The regulator also plans to introduce ‘exit questionnaires’ for solicitors leaving the profession to find out if there were diversity related reasons. Full story - Legal Futures

Saturday Conversations on Law

  • Let's make legal services truly autism-inclusive | Law Gazette https://t.co/B7X47o3BrZ 
  • Insurance specialists BLM and Clyde & Co to vote on merger | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/aH3EPFRMmn 
  • Boris Johnson gets summaries of sensitive government material via WhatsApp despite major security risks https://t.co/Qh5CNDJDXz 
  • Diversity fears as NQs shun race disclosure | Law Gazette https://t.co/HtwsbpSfY1
  • UK asbestos maker withheld information on material’s risks, court papers show https://t.co/clGNfOGFG7 
  • Subpostmasters who helped uncover the Post Office IT scandal but missed out on full compensation are to get payouts under a new government scheme. The 555 workers won a landmark civil case https://t.co/sXKaGcypv9 
  • DWF announces tie-up with Portuguese firm | Law Gazette https://t.co/FmSYbQNs12 
  • Solicitor who misled court fails in appeal against strike-off - Legal Futures https://t.co/XK3UnSyVdd
  • MoJ sidesteps question on sanctioning City firms | Law Gazette https://t.co/r1YnHLl6y7 
  • P&O Ferries scandal must be turning point for workers’ rights, says TUC https://t.co/jB89VF8s1x 
  • Is media platform Nextdoor a friend in need or a vigilante nightmare? https://t.co/VajSRX8pfg 
  • Ex-City partner struck off for misleading court loses appeal | Law Gazette https://t.co/beXfjh01G2 
  • Murgitroyd appoints John Gillies as global people director | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/NcRDGn5F6M 
  • Birmingham pub bombings: Chris Mullin allowed to keep source secret https://t.co/M8WnOo5SA4 
  • Tribunal refuses to allow return to practice for suspended solicitor - Legal Futures https://t.co/JxWo2RJ1uF
  • #Russia's most prominent opposition figure Alexei Navalny has been given nine years in a maximum security jail in a fraud case rejected by supporters as fabricated https://t.co/I8fu9mnpXL 
  • The Metropolitan Police's approach to tackling corruption within its ranks is "fundamentally flawed", an inspection by the police watchdog has concluded https://t.co/sqef5dccFv 
  • John Barilaro ‘considered self-harm’ after FriendlyJordies YouTube videos, court hears #Australia https://t.co/ACtD6Li6uk
  • Fighting racial discrimination together | Law Gazette https://t.co/SGEUFBnFuw
  • Vos: People with small claims want speed more than justice - Legal Futures https://t.co/YmPpVjAYVn 
  • A teenage girl riding an e-scooter has died following a crash with a van in east London. The rider, who police believe was 14 years old, was in collision with the vehicle on Green Street in Upton Park https://t.co/165bnqZLAa
  • A 17-month-old girl has died after being attacked by a dog in her home. The toddler died in hospital after the attack in Bidston Avenue, in the Blackbrook area of St Helens, at about 15:50 GMT on Monday https://t.co/VYKwvmIRC8 
  • Conveyancer on fixed fee had limited duties to client, court finds | Law Gazette https://t.co/z48G3tYEPf
  • Ketanji Brown Jackson vows to defend #US constitution in opening remarks https://t.co/SoIi8ZOj5C 
  • SRA to urge big firms to report ethnicity pay gap - Legal Futures https://t.co/wFcQBME0ar
  • Rapist jailed for 17 years after attacking again while on bail: Charles Goodwin, 21, was under investigation when he raped and assaulted two women https://t.co/CMnOGWV3sY 
  • MoJ under pressure to widen scope of divorce reform | Law Gazette https://t.co/OwDl2lGdUc 
  • One in five London trainees paid less than recommended minimum | Law Gazette https://t.co/anXWbfLZky
  • From poor orphan to billionaire oligarch: how Abramovich made his money - Ascent to Chelsea owner was forged in transformation of Russia after fall of the iron curtain https://t.co/GYfl3oE769 
  • Government puts focus on SRA over solicitors handling SLAPPs - Legal Futures https://t.co/fjAWpJFRF8 
  • SCCRC refers case of woman who murdered newborn son to High Court of Justiciary | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/DyItNjo4XG

Tuesday

22nd March - Law News

Edition 3738: 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: Judgment has been given this morning by the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom in the following case: Bott & Co Solicitors Ltd (Appellant) v Ryanair DAC (Respondent) – UKSC 2019/0054
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)

Focus of the Day Article: The European Response to Conflict in Ukraine: a Legal Analysis. Summarised on Law Pod UK. Full story - UK Human Rights Blog

Saturday Conversations on Law

  • Do not worry about dropping Russian clients - SRA | Law Gazette https://t.co/Cw1wgfEu9q
  • Kim Kardashian's boyfriend Pete Davidson has a 'my girl is a lawyer' tattoo - Legal Cheek https://t.co/I4PzV1xyV1 
  • [Delhi Riots] Delhi court denies bail to Gulfisha, Tasleem Ahmed; rejects plea for parity with Pinjra Tod activists | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/8EHlDsSmN9 
  • David Amess MP murder trial hears accused targeted Michael Gove - the MP for Southend West, was stabbed during a constituency surgery in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, on 15 October https://t.co/Gkbu8xxuPL
  • Sidley to help fund less advantaged law students through university - Legal Cheek https://t.co/Rf2ULCmmDU
  • Replacements for P&O Ferries crew paid £1.80 an hour, agency rates for seafarers are ‘gut-wrenching betrayal’ of 800 sacked British staff https://t.co/teWWQHUvje
  • Topshop and its owners have been found guilty of health and safety breaches after a 10-year-old boy died when a queue barrier toppled on him. Kaden Reddick suffered a fatal head injury at the Reading store https://t.co/P18xpNC1J4 
  • The pitfalls of professional negligence claims - Legal Futures https://t.co/R64sqKJ4lY
  • Film production houses must set up ICC for sexual harassment; Political Parties need not: Kerala High Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/ty0ILDiukA 
  • Bott urges solicitors to put all defendants on notice of equitable lien - Legal Futures https://t.co/m8tayNaQ29 
  • Replacements for P&O Ferries crew paid £1.80 an hour, agency rates for seafarers are ‘gut-wrenching betrayal’ of 800 sacked British staff https://t.co/teWWQHV38M 
  • Boris Becker ‘played’ bankruptcy system, jury hears: Grand slam winner charged with 24 counts relating to concealing assets such as property, trophies and medals https://t.co/SOH8k3daEi 
  • UK approach to refugees is ‘deeply shameful’: Tory ministers plan to stick with law change that could see Ukrainians without correct visa jailed for four years https://t.co/Lts2sk0DYB
  • Topshop and its owners have been found guilty of health and safety breaches after a 10-year-old boy died when a queue barrier toppled on him. Kaden Reddick suffered a fatal head injury at the Reading store https://t.co/P18xpNC1J4
  • The Metropolitan Police has sent out over 100 questionnaires as it continues to investigate parties that took place in Downing Street while Covid restrictions were in place https://t.co/OlOTh1YgmT
  • Legal aid reform: Criminal barristers vote overwhelmingly in favour of direct action - Legal Cheek https://t.co/yp38oAKhEZ
  • Vos: claims costs could be obsolete within 20 years | Law Gazette https://t.co/EzFhGaXYpW 
  • Filing simultaneous bail pleas in different Courts: Punjab & Haryana High Court issues guidelines to curb practice | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/J7rj0KK5pE 
  • Gibson Dunn tops London NQ lawyer pay table with 12% boost to £161,700 - Legal Cheek https://t.co/MaXRnOxnXo
  • Suspension for prosecutor who accessed files about ex-wife's partner - Legal Futures https://t.co/PYLBVd3CEx
  • Smacking children in Wales becomes illegal https://t.co/RF24nQho7h 
  • Free-range eggs no longer available in UK due to bird flu https://t.co/DcKVedSG3P 
  • P&O faces legal action over ‘shocking disregard’ for employment law | Law Gazette https://t.co/VzWjDxx06
  • With price increases on everything from fuel to food making it increasingly tough for households to make ends meet, unlicensed lenders are stepping in, offering loans to the desperate at astronomical interest rates https://t.co/gLlci3kA5
  • Formal warning for judge who conducted hearing from his car - Legal Cheek https://t.co/WeyFODA35m
  • [UAPA] Magistrate cannot extend chargesheet deadline under Section 43D(2)(b) proviso: Supreme Court dismisses review petition | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/qsEcEaOUFX
  • The mayor of London says the government has "failed to complete" any of the 12 recommendations directed at them during phase 1 of the Grenfell Tower inquiry https://t.co/urFjoI05wO 
  • Anger and grief as crowds rally to support Child Q https://t.co/h8gcOSVeN4
  • Morad Tahbaz. a British-US national detained in Iran now in hotel https://t.co/wB5mul8VAg
  • Partners from Clyde and BLM prepare to vote on merger | Law Gazette https://t.co/KDuJbsJtH6 
  • Not enough! Criminal bar responds to government's £135 million legal aid pledge - Legal Cheek https://t.co/ksYbEr3hpB
  • Prepare laws now for future emergencies, MPs recommend | Law Gazette https://t.co/6jpUWNLCSN
  • Convicted drink-driver struck off after misleading firm about record | Law Gazette https://t.co/tDahXgKyOB
  • Madhya Pradesh High Court seeks response of State govt in plea challenging anti-begging law | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/yhTQIeKlUh
  • Putin trial petition aims for 2 million signatures | Law Gazette https://t.co/7dEJ4W5uxv 
  • P&A Partner Shashank Manish joins Saraf and Partners | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/lq6ayUwovB
  • Ukraine crisis exposes law firms "going too far" in clients' interests - Legal Futures https://t.co/ZIuPRZC8CG

Monday

21st March - Law News

Edition 3737: 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: Dean of Boston University School of Law, Angela Onwuachi-Willig explains what Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson's nomination to justice on the Supreme Court of the United States means to not only Black women, but all Americans

Focus of the Day Article:  Parliament was not given sufficient opportunity to scrutinise and amend emergency pandemic laws, a cross-party committee of MPs has concluded. The Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee published its report, ‘Coronavirus Act 2020 two years on’ this week, criticising the ‘take it or leave it’ nature of the sunset clause for six-monthly votes on the Act, where MPs were unable to object to individual elements of the legislation. It criticised the government for issuing guidance which overruled legislation. Full story - New Law Journal

Saturday Conversations on Law

  • Caste certificate and income certificate are different, can't be treated alike: Karnataka High Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/uWn3huVUC7
  • Vinson & Elkins ups NQ lawyer salaries in London to £159,500 - Legal Cheek https://t.co/4XXvSFbaeR
  • More law firms exit Russia as Dentons and Bakers keep offices open - Legal Cheek https://t.co/oA3V5wYFQL
  • The ‘interesting shift’ in class actions over the last year - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/xH8SW8eiI0
  • A woman has been charged with murder after a body was found buried in a garden. The body was found in the garden of a house in Moore Street, Kingsley in Northampton, on Saturday https://t.co/tqna2nCSCa
  • Hundreds of protesters have marched through north London in support of a black pupil strip-searched at school after being wrongly suspected of carrying drugs https://t.co/YEn181exzo 
  • Anonymity: politics, polarisation and the public interest - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/GfB7PW9dss 
  • 66-year-old Muslim woman moves Supreme Court challenging Karnataka High Court Hijab verdict | Bar & Bench #Indiahttps://www.barandbench.com/news/66-year-old-muslim-woman-moves-supreme-court-challenging-karnataka-high-court-hijab-verdict 
  • The Corporate Counsel Show: ‘I feel I can bring value’ - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/jYQ7M6A2zW 
  • 19-year-old Sabita Thanwani found dead in student accommodation in central London has been identified as police search for a man in connection with her death https://t.co/swmuYGIj05 
  • I have known my solicitor since 1962. Granted at the time he did not know he was my solicitor because this was in primary one at Paisley Grammar | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/zm3ZgwgAsD
  • Solicitor fined £20k after 'deplorable' sexual comments to paralegal in job interview - Legal Cheek https://t.co/8oNf92ayrT
  • Draft legislation allowing legal recognition of electronic trade documents has been published by the Law Commission | NLJ https://t.co/IBR48rzK8i 
  • 'Can I jump from a fairly standard regional firm to a high ranking City one?' - Legal Cheek https://t.co/tUDVDZxJ4N 
  • Worshippers at an Ontario, #Canada mosque have confronted and restrained a man who was allegedly wielding an axe and attacked them with bear spray https://t.co/36Ggt7Tbm2 
  • A British-US national temporarily released from prison in #Iran, is "shattered" to find himself back in jail after 48 hours, his family say https://t.co/uBznKM3rNd
  • A call for evidence on ways to tackle fraud has been issued by the House of Lords Committee on the Fraud Act 2006 and Digital Fraud | NLJ https://t.co/jBCyTY5Le2 
  • Browne Jacobson to ‘kick-start’ careers of aspiring black lawyers with new mentoring programme - Legal Cheek https://t.co/JuUADqXXma 
  • The Weekly Round-Up: Dirty money, religious education and victory for Everard campaigners - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/4Ghx9k2P0T 
  • ICJ orders Russia to end attack on Ukraine | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/yqbZGjr6lP 
  • From magic circle lawyer to law school manager - and a spell as a US firm grad recruiter along the way - Legal Cheek https://t.co/ipGpW0IuN8

Sunday

20th March - Law News

Edition 3736: 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: Activists in Nigeria have succeeded in keeping women’s rights and representation on the political agenda after parliament’s lower house reversed a decision to reject gender equality bills, amid vociferous protests in major cities including Abuja and Lagos.

Saturday Conversations on Law
  • The Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022, which aims to improve transparency of property ownership, set up a register for overseas entities and assist in uncovering potential criminal activity, received Royal Assent on 15 March | NLJ https://t.co/y0maKFPR
  • Latham & Watkins hires full-time mental health counsellors | Law Gazette https://t.co/ttTo8gjvPX
  • The Boutique Lawyer Show: Exiting abusive relationships - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/4Ss03fWWk2
  • Following World Social Work Day, Slater and Gordon’s national social work service manager has stressed the importance of social work in a legal context - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/muQVzWfNZS 
  • The Charities Act 2022 received Royal Assent on 24 February―the culmination of the Law Commission's charity law project that commenced in 2014| NLJ https://t.co/qzR9aRj8oq
  • Peers have called on family law practitioners and family professionals to submit written evidence to the House of Lords Children and Families Act 2014 Committee | NLJ https://t.co/DNXam702qp
  • What the M&A market looked like in 2021 - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/tGdAJQWA8P 
  • Thorntons welcomes new trainees | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Dg6B8P456T
  • Lawyers have confirmed their opposition to Ministry of Justice (MoJ) proposals to reform the Human Rights Act 1998 | NLJ https://t.co/XqYn0GR6U
  • 5 things non-law students should know to break into the legal sector - Legal Cheek https://t.co/ndVKpetAXl
  • The European Response to Conflict in Ukraine: a Legal Analysis. Summarised on Law Pod UK - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/2VA1poKI6b
  • Ministers have offered a rise of 15% (an extra £135m) in legal aid fees for criminal defence―the minimum recommended by Sir Christopher Bellamy’s Independent Review of Criminal Legal Aid―but it may not be enough to avert strike action by barristers | NLJ https://t.co/XXyEo9Xz
  • Clifford Chance increases financial support for incoming trainees - Legal Cheek https://t.co/JC7pu3mfak
  • ‘Many mistakes were made’: Kathleen Folbigg’s legal team calls on lawyers, A-G to resolve miscarriage of justice - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/mcDQI3dDY
  • PI firm keen to acquire despite lockdown profit hit | Law Gazette https://t.co/yQyKljQBep
  • Victory for claimants in Sarah Everard vigil case - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/Bialwb6RN0
  • A lesson from Bott v Ryanair? People just want a lawyer | Law Gazette https://t.co/LCcfThsr2v 
  • Courts condemn Home Office and CPS in two separate trafficking cases - Court of appeal’s rejection of the Home Office’s appeal a ‘landmark ruling’ for victims https://t.co/zxh4UZeken 
  • UN’s top court tells Russia to cease Ukraine conflict | Law Gazette https://t.co/rGSciLFP4L
  • Walter Merricks, who is bringing a pioneering ‘opt-out’ class action against Mastercard, has won the latest step in the mammoth litigation | NLJ https://t.co/QvMOQZBf1n
  • Bott & Co: Ryanair ruling allows law to ‘catch up’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/1fIdqh6I0U
  • Proportion of remand prisoners who are minority ethnic rises 17% in six years https://t.co/7xnVkrDKgQ
  • Barrister fined for ‘mimicking and mocking’ opposing counsel | Law Gazette https://t.co/cd93gaMAT7
  • UK to clamp down on libel ‘lawfare’ by the rich in English courts - Claimants will have to prove malice, as government seeks to curb ‘Slapps’ that use wealth to deter scrutiny https://t.co/HZeRsMJtQV
  • Yoga studio and indoor gardens: Designs revealed for firm’s new HQ | Law Gazette https://t.co/WpZf88VfwX
  • Solicitor intercepted complaint about her work sent to firm's COLP - Legal Futures https://t.co/5WRWjrXAVk
  • ‘Panicked’ solicitor intercepted client’s complaint | Law Gazette https://t.co/fGteMcbs7
  • Is Vladimir Putin a war criminal, and who decides? #Russia https://t.co/ETP1NwG1z
  • Wales offers free rail travel for Ukrainian refugees https://t.co/rvcxKLcGDw
  • Firm to take champerty case to Supreme Court | Law Gazette https://t.co/cxt7UbXiGK
  • Call for “robust plan” to tackle lawyer incompetence in high-risk areas - Legal Futures https://t.co/i3ov3j2kSl
  • Sarah Everard's killer Wayne Couzens charged with four counts of indecent exposure https://t.co/bZrcc7WRGN 
  • Telegraph apologises for claim former Corbyn aide was ‘anti-Jewish racist’ - Laura Murray receives £40,000 damages for untrue comments made in piece by former Labour MP Ian Austin https://t.co/Scxr1zAy1
  • Crackdown on SLAPP suits could include new legal regulations | Law Gazette https://t.co/vI6aDNJ9sW 
  • Supreme Court backs solicitors over right to recover costs | Law Gazette https://t.co/6CbJLrX6sZ 
  • Judge condemns “clearest breach” of witness statement rules - Legal Futures https://t.co/IeGzVvalze 
  • All remaining Covid travel restrictions have now been lifted for passengers entering the UK https://t.co/m0bOnFH9CU
  • #Russian state-backed news channel RT has had its licence to broadcast in the UK revoked "with immediate effect" by media regulator Ofcom https://t.co/PdR1CIeFNa