28th April - Law News

Edition 3775: 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 eastern city of Mariupol has endured weeks of Russian bombardment. But overnight, after talks with the UN Secretary General, Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed "in principle" to let aid organisations help evacuate civilians out of the city's Azovstal steel plant. Pete Walsh is Ukraine Country Director for Save The Children and tells The World the humanitarian community needs “unfettered, unobstructed” access to reach those in acute need.

Focus of the Day Article: Public law specialists behind a High Court case that provided important legal aid clarification for low-income homeowners with ‘trapped capital’ are worried that many people are still being denied fair and effective access to justice. Full story - The Law Society Gazette

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Mary Lou McDonald to sue RTÉ for alleged defamation | Irish Legal News https://t.co/omsuyvgYR3
  
• Tesla shares have fallen after investor concerns that boss Elon Musk may have to sell shares in the electric car maker to help pay for the takeover of Twitter https://t.co/cV8UBBVr3h 
• Defence counsel backs ‘naming and shaming’ oligarch solicitors | Law Gazette https://t.co/2RgSINhhHn
  
• Mason Hayes & Curran hires Hazel McDwyer as IP partner | Irish Legal News https://t.co/JN3IBn9cFG 
• A&O announces bumper promotion round | Law Gazette https://t.co/wEomRJOmzy
  
• The Duke of York has been stripped of his Freedom of the City of York honour following a vote by councillors. The motion to remove the accolade given to Prince Andrew in 1987 was carried unanimously at a full council meeting https://t.co/VEjlgDyaD2
• Belfast firm Elliott Duffy Garrett welcomes three solicitors | Irish Legal News https://t.co/yFl2Qu7G9m
• Legal aid barriers remain for people with 'trapped capital' - research | Law Gazette https://t.co/DlZ0nciSf
• Is Biden subverting the #US constitution? | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/RptiIETLzb
  
• Belfast to host Commonwealth Mediation Conference next month | Irish Legal News https://t.co/Rmji8ukkl
• SRA granted access to more Post Office documents | Law Gazette https://t.co/F3VJ69QpuR
• Government policies on discharging untested patients from hospital to care homes in England at the start of the Covid pandemic have been ruled unlawful by the High Court https://t.co/voN0AvPz8n 
• Shelter says 227,000 'no fault' evictions in three years is appalling https://t.co/VLxC8CFKAi
  
• The Conservative Party is investigating claims a Tory MP watched porn on his mobile phone while sitting next to a female minister in the Commons chamber https://t.co/JuE10V2Edn 
• Reality TV star and former glamour model Katie Price has appeared before magistrates in Crawley charged with breaching a restraining order https://t.co/ul9i7xZnx
• Cost of living crisis driving non-tariff OIC claims as "wristlash" emerges - Legal Futures https://t.co/XnoR7F0tv2
  
• Indonesian children jailed in #Australia as adult people smugglers win court battle to clear their names https://t.co/T0RQW74BTs
• Ward Hadaway blackmailed after cyber attack | Law Gazette https://t.co/YILWjB9LbF 
• "Ground down" veteran barrister fined for direct access offences - Legal Futures https://t.co/UtEBNL67u2
• Relief as government drops 'remedy presumption' from JR bill | Law Gazette https://t.co/d0NXg52xbS
• Food giant Kellogg's is taking the government to court over new rules that would prevent some cereals being prominently displayed in stores because of their high sugar content https://t.co/35QEf0gSr0 
• Father accused of causing mother’s dowry death can't be granted custody of child: Punjab & Haryana High Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/kNy74szqgR
  
• Tracy-Ann Oberman pays ‘substantial damages’ for antisemitism claims #US https://t.co/A543VR6R30
• Thompsons Solicitors to make case at UKSC for better consumer protection laws | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/q56plUpbOv
• The Mail on Sunday's editor has refused to meet the Speaker of the House of Commons over the paper's ardently misogynistic article about Angela Rayner https://t.co/DPsbrDrFHe
• The prison service has failed to recognise the dangers of convicted terrorists pose inside jail. The independent reviewer of terrorist legislation, Jonathan Hall QC, said prisons must not provide opportunities for militants to plan new attacks https://t.co/FxlKNY3IpU
• Multi-party data access project is “legal sector world first” - Legal Futures https://t.co/HeA7wUcyq
• 'We have to fight': legal aid providers could decline work | Law Gazette https://t.co/3LXCVr7woX 
• Legal regulators "need to do more" in dealing with SLAPPs - Legal Futures https://t.co/0XanKpjSk
• A man arrested on suspicion of kidnapping a missing woman has been further arrested on suspicion of her murder. Katie Kenyon, 33, was last seen on Friday getting into a Ford Transit van in Burnley, Lancashire https://t.co/S8jelg6UTv
• Janjaweed militia blamed for attacks that left at least 200 dead in Darfur https://t.co/HHIFosLChi 
• Julie Ahern appointed head of legal at Children’s Rights Alliance | Irish Legal News https://t.co/G3NRacYz9e
• Twitter takeover: EU and UK warn Elon Musk must comply or face sanctions https://t.co/XdAO2bkyUy 
• Tory MP Imran Ahmad Khan, guilty of sexual assault advised Home Office on child sexual exploitation https://t.co/9qOTOm7zNv 
• New law raises minimum marriage age to 18 in England and Wales https://t.co/hMIukFpxbN

27th April - Law News

Edition 3774: 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: What Elon Musk's Twitter takeover means for free speech and the spread of misinformation. 

Focus of the Day Article: The potential negligence of a QC and high-profile law firm to advise a client on limitation was irrelevant as the underlying claim would not have succeeded anyway, the High Court has ruled. Full story - Legal Futures

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Bar of Northern Ireland calls for end to ‘unsustainable underfunding’ of legal aid | Irish Legal News https://t.co/bFi5NA8wTz
  
• Best of the blogs - 23 April 2022 | Law Gazette https://t.co/7xRY6Ch0m
• No free speech protection for statement that people of Kashmir are slaves, under military occupation: J&K High Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/o8AF21jFqy 
• Tribunal proceedings could be recorded | Law Gazette https://t.co/GXASqNqLhH 
• Rights commission launches online learning module for public servants | Irish Legal News https://t.co/XByYPGCdEJ 
• The war, the WTO and solicitors | Law Gazette https://t.co/jMVERs0y1D 
• Law firm receptionist fired for being pregnant awarded £23,500 - Legal Futures https://t.co/59bjVcTdnB 
• The theft of a blue plaque honouring a British-Nigerian man in Liverpool who drowned after he was chased by police is being treated as a hate crime https://t.co/3AjR6zDJMT
• Up for grabs to any Tories donors: Boris Johnson has threatened to privatise the Passport Office if it does not start delivering better value for money https://t.co/KhOrn7IRG0 
• Boris Johnson has told his ministers he wants to reduce childcare costs by easing health and safety rules https://t.co/au4gYUf26W
  
• Elon Musk has been warned he must protect Twitter users from harmful content after he struck a $44bn deal to buy the social media giant https://t.co/6MnfN8KFRJ
• DJ Tim Westwood accused of sexual misconduct https://t.co/oB8h3fOMtI 
• Legal aid crisis ‘more parlous’ for solicitors | Law Gazette https://t.co/lihE3dAEqT 
• Conveyancing firms "must apply" for PII two months before deadline - Legal Futures https://t.co/FREhFM9GUE 
• Ministry of Justice to be grilled by MPs over legal aid proposals | Law Gazette https://t.co/UH83c744Gt 
• Leading lawyer Gordon Keyden is set to retire from global law firm Clyde & Co after more than 45 years of service to the firm and its clients | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/gYedQi9GmX
• Minister apologises for misleading parliament on negligence costs | Law Gazette https://t.co/Nrp7YwYP1h 
• High Court throws out negligence claim over MMR vaccine advice - Legal Futures https://t.co/FjxACh9OUz
• Eversheds ‘completes transition of Russian operations’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/4l3iF4EfUF
  
• Protocol challenges make Northern Ireland legal history with appeal to UK Supreme Court | Irish Legal News https://t.co/y2zkmea6UE
• Police have released footage from the set of the film Rust, including of the aftermath of the fatal shooting of a cinematographer by actor Alec Baldwin https://t.co/MTXbZsMk2W
• Law Society: Covid boosted finances - and firms' willingness to change - Legal Futures https://t.co/VgUJB1woo0
• Elon Musk buys Twitter: Human rights groups have raised concerns that a lack of moderation could lead to a rise in hate speech. Many Twitter users are also asking whether this means accounts suspended by the company will be allowed back https://t.co/6MnfN8KFRJ 
• DPP says ‘shrunk font’ suggestion is ‘inaccurate’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/1RxWpgf45u 
• Five new partners among promotions at Shepherd and Wedderburn | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/qatu8bRTLD 
• Bar Standards Board clears barrister over Hillsborough remarks: Jonathan Goldberg, who repeated discredited claims about Liverpool fans, is cleared of breaching professional standards https://t.co/YPCK0BCuUo
  
• Take solicitors out of flight delay claims - MPs | Law Gazette https://t.co/7LDL5xrEiV 
• The UK government has dropped plans to turn back people crossing the English Channel just over a week before they were due to be challenged in court https://t.co/DK6FiHQhOo 
• Johnny Depp has said text messages he sent about burning and drowning his former partner Amber Heard were a joke based on a Monty Python sketch. #US https://t.co/s6qZVF2qFQ
  
• #US climate activist dies after setting himself on fire outside supreme court. Wynn Bruce, 50, from Colorado, who friend said had been planning self-immolation for a year, died on Saturday from his injuries https://t.co/xFfqyIJ629

26th April - Law News

Edition 3773: 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: As Russia sent troops into Ukraine in February, countries around the world imposed severe sanctions on a group of influential Russian billionaires known as oligarchs. The intention being to turn the screw on Vladimir Putin’s war finances.

Focus of the Day Article: Members of the Scottish Solicitors Bar Association (SSBA) will no longer accept new instructions in summary cases where a contravention of section one of the Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Act 2018 is alleged. Full story - Scottish Legal News

Saturday Conversations on Law

• In the spirit of accessibility, Supreme Court has decided to continue online hearings on miscellaneous days: CJI NV Ramana | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/cfL3hpFRAO
• Elon Musk strikes deal to buy Twitter for $44bn - He also called for a series of changes from relaxing its content restrictions to eradicating fake accounts https://t.co/AFIcDOJJO3
  
• Obituary: Jim Hall, admired Edinburgh lawyer and Writer to the Signet https://t.co/jS3zu2Okw
• SRA appoints new education and training chief - Legal Cheek https://t.co/P5kJCWdMDa
  
• Disinformation and the courtroom: the Moscow show trials | COUNSEL https://t.co/m0U1GuGBFj 
• Priti Patel’s refugee pushback policy withdrawn days before legal review: Government lawyers confirm Home Office plan to force small boats back to France has been abandoned https://t.co/3E7JOXYRDi
• The Met’s pre-election pause in Partygate updates is a political act https://t.co/S9l04c8vb
• Pinsents ups NQ lawyer pay to £92k in London and £61k in regions - Legal Cheek https://t.co/pysSnDzUFE
  
• Darlington-based House of Zana has been threatened with legal action by the Spanish fashion giant Zara, which claims the brand is "conceptually identical" https://t.co/cnSqnPFi1l 
• Spending time in the #Australian armed forces can bring a new approach to practising law, Keith Wolahan explained - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/NkGIDIQLI0
• Top TC application tips from a future City trainee on TikTok - Legal Cheek https://t.co/fHqXKTTqdU
• "Plant and care for ten saplings:" Madhya Pradesh High Court's condition for grant of bail to accused in attempt to murder case | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/M1pxxXpgsT
  
• Welsh law firm partners with virtual law school for SQE training - Legal Cheek https://t.co/EKXIhcITVu
  
• The Boutique Lawyer Show: Should you fire your accountant? - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/zO7Zoi2ZfQ
• Irwin Mitchell hands lawyers £900 to help with rising cost of living - Legal Cheek https://t.co/2ajBGoX1A5
• The Corporate Counsel Show: Creating a career and lifestyle that works for you - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/vM9Sh7cO5Q 
• Full video: How to use new SQE pathways to qualify as a solicitor - Legal Cheek https://t.co/WwHMQfdgWF
  
• 10,000 Black Interns and the Bar | COUNSEL https://t.co/hgU4PcAhem 
• The UK's aviation watchdog should have stronger powers to protect passengers hit by the kind of disruption caused by the pandemic, MPs have recommended https://t.co/SftN5us2oI 
• MP convicted of sexually molesting boy, 15, fails to keep his promise to resign https://t.co/vwnoyhwqmr
• A Ukrainian firm managing partner on life right now - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/FPVmWwNG4M
• Recent cases involving serious sexual offences have taken the longest time on record to go through Crown Courts in England and Wales, the BBC has found https://t.co/vLWbKkY8z4 
• Top London lawyers reject US congressman's accusation of 'enabling malign activities of Russian oligarchs' - Legal Cheek https://t.co/DBBmPZhjPq 
• Peaceful agitation a fundamental right: Mumbai court acquits five women booked for impeding road traffic | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/fE1OWIl8Rh
  
• A Welshman has been released from detention in Yemen after being held without charge or trial for five years. Luke Symons, of Cardiff, was 25 when he was seized in 2017 by the Houthis, a rebel group fighting the Yemen government in the civil war https://t.co/j8tozZs7L5
• HSF ups financial support for future trainees studying the LPC to £12,500 - Legal Cheek https://t.co/J1nVmAFJD1
  
• Six lawyers from firms including CMS, Shillings, and Carter Ruck have denounced a US congressman’s call to ban them from the United States because of their work for Russian oligarchs | RollOnFriday https://t.co/3u62sLPPYc
  
• Coal Scam: Company and directors convicted for conspiracy, forging documents to cheat Government of India | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/bsuBcnOy1h
  
• Ferry company P&O has been forced to reverse an attempt to pay its new, cheaper seafarers less money. It comes after the RMT Union received reports of agency workers at Dover being asked to sign contracts replacing their old ones with reduced payment https://t.co/GxRipcZKIL
  
• In this era of instant noodles, people expect instant justice: CJI NV Ramana | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/3FxgKPLqpG

25th April - Law News

Edition 3772: LawNewsIndex is a UK based daily legal news archive on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Jurisprudence, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics & Human Rights since 2011. 

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 Today's Highlighted Video Story: On Thursday 13 January, the UK Supreme Court hosted a webinar on Career Pathways to Becoming a Justice. The event provided early and mid-career legal professionals with an opportunity to learn more about the appointment process and what it takes to become a well-qualified candidate, enabling aspiring future Justices to kick-start long-term career planning.

Focus of the Day Article: The Home Office’s top civil servant has told thousands of his staff they will not be breaking the law or be guilty of racism if they enforce Priti Patel’s plan to send people with rejected UK asylum claims to Rwanda. Full story - Guardian Law

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Police have issued a warning to drivers after a motorist was clocked at 148mph on an Ayrshire road https://t.co/qqtNSakAH3 
• More than 100 killed at #Nigerian illegal oil refinery blast - Authorities say victims ‘burnt beyond recognition’ in explosion at bunkering site in Imo state https://t.co/ZXv7b9YyAj 
• Stronger than expected law firm performance during the pandemic | The Law Society https://t.co/AahRUxzXp3
  
• Ethicon class action members to be compensated, Federal Court orders - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/jfseNAdFiM 
• Female lawyers crave realistic role models, survey finds | RollOnFriday https://t.co/jBxhJ6QAyK 
• Hill Dickinson provides staff with emergency childcare cover as part of new wellbeing initiative - Legal Cheek https://t.co/oO8c0BDUB
• From Kuala Lumpur to Leeds - and what I learnt along the way - Legal Cheek https://t.co/X35xA6lx3z
• A family have lost £3,000 on a holiday after the mum was not allowed to board a flight due to a post-Brexit rule for entry to a group of European countries https://t.co/FMBXs0JzRs 
• How GCs can steer a business’ ESG framework - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/eM3ejvEcWX 
• Law firms as social enterprises - the future, or just a CSR pipedream? - Legal Cheek https://t.co/lNWbe6kkx0
• Calcutta High Court imposes ₹25,000 costs on party for seeking repeated adjournments | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/iVZeDsDDuj
  
• #Nigerian police are looking for the owner of the illegal oil refinery where an explosion killed at least 100 people according to the authorities https://t.co/bQcxIUPx0e
• The first MP to declare themselves transgender has said he hopes to begin transitioning "as quickly as possible". Jamie Wallis stated last month that he has gender dysphoria and had been raped and blackmailed https://t.co/9hSbBWuQ1x 
• Slavery protesters target royal tour in St Vincent - Earl and Countess of Wessex met with a frosty welcome amid demands for reparations https://t.co/Ghz4TpMB44
  
• Irwin Mitchell launches in Liverpool and Cardiff - Legal Cheek https://t.co/CQKcvMaS4k 
• How Corrs Chambers Westgarth was ‘well placed’ to deal with the pandemic - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/Uoe9ARuovc
• Barrister and filmmaker, Haresh Sood has created and produced a feature-length documentary inspired by the hit film Monsoon Wedding | COUNSEL https://t.co/u1qJ93KcFy
• NQ lawyer salaries at Weil hit £150k - Legal Cheek https://t.co/vgwSNOsO5C 
• The culture secretary Nadine Dorries has used the excuse of dyslexia to shield her to mix up her words in a video that has been shared on social media. The video demonstrated a socially unable individual in charge of important online legislation https://t.co/pDUTEXkq1w 
• Law Pod UK latest episode: the computer says no! - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/qJWGnLV1xz 
• It is critical that professionals be able to identify the signs that they are being micromanaged and be able to implement steps to manage this - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/k75FRrYu1X
• 'Should I say I'm an incoming vac schemer on LinkedIn?' - Legal Cheek https://t.co/BLXcA5UjFO
  
• Same-sex marriage in the Caribbean: winds of change? | COUNSEL https://t.co/fJWj9vd39g 
• Homes For Ukraine whistleblower says UK refugee scheme is ‘designed to fail’ https://t.co/ygGQkRYFxw 
• Law firms as social enterprises - the future, or just a CSR pipedream? - Legal Cheek https://t.co/lNWbe6BVVA 
• Three cabinet ministers reportedly facing allegations of sexual misconduct - Ministers are among 56 MPs said to be accused of sexual misconduct after being referred to parliamentary watchdog https://t.co/hXnSdw4V1A 
• A judge in #Singapore has rebuked a group of prospective lawyers who cheated in their Bar exams, including in a paper on ethics and professional responsibility | RollOnFriday https://t.co/AIKO2h0XrD
• Gyanvapi Mosque - Kashi Vishwanath Temple dispute: Allahabad High Court upholds order directing videography of site | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/CAHGCRsYtT 
• Florida bride and caterer charged after serving marijuana-laced food at wedding #US https://t.co/oP97GTLR64
  
• Prisoners in the central jail in the #Indian union territory of Puducherry briefly forget their worries when they start dancing https://t.co/Xn7vOl65Fa
  
• Marjorie Taylor Greene denies calling for an "insurrection" in Washington as part of a trial challenging her right to stand for re-election under a Civil War era law that bars officials from holding office if they violate their oath to protect the #US https://t.co/kG1RpVLJQk 
• Health Secretary Sajid Javid is to review what immediate changes can be made to gender treatment services for children in England. Javid HAD told MPs that services in this area were too affirmative and narrow, and "bordering on ideological" https://t.co/4FQjlUVGjc

24th April - Law News

Edition 3771: LawNewsIndex is a UK based daily legal news archive on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Jurisprudence, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics & Human Rights since 2011. 

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 Today's Highlighted Video Story: Israeli raids in the north of the occupied West Bank have intensified in recent weeks, after two gunmen from Jenin killed eight Israelis in separate attacks. Hundreds of fighters live in the Jenin refugee camp, which has become a stronghold for resistance against the Israeli occupation.

Saturday Conversations on Law

• ‘The courtroom is not fit for purpose’: the hard truths behind sexual assault drama Prima Facie https://t.co/KCfD2dOudc
• Exchange Chambers helping to shape new national strategy on ABI – The Barrister Magazine https://t.co/91l0J9eYNy 
• In Focus: Law firm profits leapt 40% in the pandemic - annual benchmarking survey | Law Gazette https://t.co/QI1w0Zi7TJ 
• Legislation to ban combustible cladding introduced | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/v83lerxsjy
  
• Two men and a woman have been stabbed and at least 10 other people injured in a town centre. Officers were called at about 08:00 BST to reports of people being assaulted in Bedworth, Warwickshire, on Coventry Road and Gilbert Close https://t.co/c2mhx0nhxO 
• Analysis of the whole life order imposed upon Wayne Couzens for the murder of Sarah Everard – The Barrister Magazine https://t.co/u9fKGYaEAd 
• Law enforcement agencies probing suspected financial crimes have the right to additional time when necessary to properly investigate, a Scottish court has ruled | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Yka3FXftA5
  
• Bundles guidance 'highlights litigant-in-person struggles' | Law Gazette https://t.co/4gMqmlhmgC 
• What does the future hold for criminal lawyers? – The Barrister Magazine https://t.co/ESwIgAzrhX 
• Ireland to make five-year multi-entry visas more widely available | Irish Legal News https://t.co/TDpaghZULB 
• LAA declines to disclose back-up advocacy numbers for 'no returns' | Law Gazette https://t.co/u46hB9FLtg 
• The International Law Framework – Establishing Violence Against Women and Girls as a Human Rights Abuse – The Barrister Magazine https://t.co/zAscrIn1IH 
• ‘Silence guarantees nothing will change’: film-makers challenge the anti-abortion movement https://t.co/WpyTKOPeXq
• Admin hearings outside London in person from next week | Law Gazette https://t.co/eElCtJGNoU 
• A Russian oligarch's charity, which donated to a private hospital used by the Queen and the Royal Family, has had its bank accounts frozen. The Charity Commission has launched an inquiry into charities connected to Viateschlav Kantor https://t.co/7D5apMkTTm
  
• A woman has told how she has to live in a home with bare floors due to a policy which demands social housing tenants rip up carpets and floorboards when they move out https://t.co/1FRjlp381P 
• Criminal Legal Aid: Review calls for new measures to secure sustainability of criminal defence sector – The Barrister Magazine https://t.co/JNGMPvOEYQ 
• Essay competition in memory of Lord Kerr invites submissions | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/kdIGDR75GH
  
• Five-year-old Fazlur Rahman has a stage four tumour in his neck and Afghan doctors are battling to prolong his young life with chemotherapy. He lies in an overcrowded and under-resourced cancer ward in Kabul's Jamhuriat hospital #Afghanistan https://t.co/n88Rx6KKnq 
• A pill to help treat an overactive bladder - which affects millions of women - could soon be available to buy in the UK without prescription. The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) wants women and doctors to submit their views https://t.co/4lLvWVzgL8
• A year since wrongful convictions of subpostmasters were first overturned, most say they are no closer to agreeing a financial compensation settlement. They were wrongly accused of theft and false accounting by the Post Office due to faulty software https://t.co/UwTswome2S
  
• Legal Platforms: An opportunity for the Bar – The Barrister Magazine https://t.co/yEgARV0ek5 
• Priti Patel accused of misleading parliament over refugee pushbacks: Court ruling reveals unpublished parts of policy saying tactic would not be used against asylum seekers https://t.co/CXG9VPWhQV 
• Gang member who helped arrange murder of Dutch journalist jailed for life | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/0mhMO41Ba3
• Upbeat Irwin Mitchell announces expansion | Law Gazette https://t.co/Gtqwc4Bb8t
  
• #SouthKorea’s highest court overturns military convictions of two gay soldiers https://t.co/xyx8KwAxYY 
• Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has signed a controversial bill dissolving Walt Disney World's self-governing status in the state. The move is seen as retribution for Disney's opposition to the state's so-called "Don't Say Gay" bill #US https://t.co/tEKy03RO4O 
• UK to require judicial authorisation before interception of journalists’ material | Irish Legal News https://t.co/0z3eKemFYP
  
• Court of Appeal rules in favour of journalist who had phone seized by gardaí in 2018 #Ireland https://t.co/u8s1Sb4iZT
  
• UK reportedly drafting bill to unilaterally scrap Northern Ireland Protocol | Irish Legal News https://t.co/TkiDipSO1G 
• Johnson leadership doubts resurface amid report of fresh Partygate fine at event he attended https://t.co/qtWVhxeq4x

23rd April - Law News

Edition 3770: 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: India plans to impose heavy penalties and mandate recalls if electric vehicle (EV) companies are found to be negligent, as part of new "quality-centric" rules, the country's transport minister said, after a spate of fires involving e-scooters. In the meantime, companies may take advance action to recall all defective batches of vehicles immediately, Nitin Gadkari said on Twitter on Thursday, adding that the safety of every commuter is a priority for the government.

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Duncan Love elected president of Society of Advocates in Aberdeen | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Da9UrtWJoz
  
• Former chief of foreign aid contractor acquitted of bribery blasts police over investigation #Australia https://t.co/nFTNRPtzmO 
  
• Activist Lawyer, featuring Emma McIlveen, launches | Irish Legal News https://t.co/0uYXllQsq7 
• Guns overtook car crashes as the leading cause of death for #US children and teenagers in 2020, new research shows. Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that over 4,300 young Americans died of firearm-related injuries in 2020 https://t.co/Bf5d5lwgPL 
• Some supermarkets are limiting how much cooking oil customers are able to buy as supplies are hit by war in Ukraine. Tesco is allowing three items per customer. Waitrose and Morrisons have limited shoppers to two items each https://t.co/OrajIuQ8Y6 
• New president and vice-president for Sheriff Appeal Court | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/s5cMs7dPma
• Former heavyweight boxer Mike Tyson punched a fellow airline passenger after the person "threw a water bottle at him," Tyson's spokesperson has said https://t.co/ryY1d4vJYA 
• Alan Barratt, 62, and Susan Dalton, 66, tricked people into transferring savings to schemes supposedly investing in property or "truffle trees", now jailed for their part in a series of scams in which 245 people lost millions of pounds in pension savings https://t.co/Umk6nJzJy2
• Latest Mayson report calls for extension of regulation | Law Gazette https://t.co/ue9Lbf3BdP 
• Personal injury ABS bosses fined for undeclared ATE commissions - Legal Futures https://t.co/wZdzdRQ44I
  
• Scrapping limit on sitting days will boost court recovery | Law Gazette https://t.co/opI5KMkug5 
• Parents to gain right to request flexible working | Irish Legal News https://t.co/izn4fGpksc 
• "Attempts to lecture the judiciary:" Supreme Court takes objection to Home Secretary affidavit in Abu Salem plea | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/lS9HWZjKCi
  
• Gateley steps up diversification push with £20m acquisition - Legal Futures https://t.co/SUtashWzUh
  
• A German man has been declared an official suspect by Portuguese prosecutors investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann. Christian Brueckner has been made an "arguido", but Portuguese authorities have not formally revealed the suspect's name https://t.co/Nsf0ZRqAMp 
• Protecting and restoring nature – legal tools | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/i60Oqr4X9T 
• Negligence claim thrown out as court rejects MMR evidence | Law Gazette https://t.co/BgGLuoCgOH
• Law firm’s net-zero office generates electricity from lifts - Legal Futures https://t.co/nMLS66f9tb 
• Time is running out to apply for a devilling scholarship | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/3pxFb4itGL
• A satellite firm says it has identified a mass burial site containing about 200 graves near Mariupol, a city Russian forces have been trying to wrest control of for weeks #Ukraine https://t.co/cMLfkUchR8 
• Boris Johnson’s attempt to use his India visit to hail the success of JCB, the digger firm owned by a Tory donor, was met with a backlash on Thursday over the use of its machinery in the mass demolition of homes https://t.co/pLdZysKLEv 
• Priti Patel racist asylum plan ‘not racist or illegal’, civil servants told - Home Office official seeks to reassure staff over refugees to Rwanda scheme as union considers action over ‘callous policy’ https://t.co/I2RMC4clJm
  
• Mayson: Legal regulation failing to prevent consumer harm - Legal Futures https://t.co/Fs5Cdq6gbh 
• Unlimited sitting days to tackle backlog as action begins to bite | Law Gazette https://t.co/lSdJWTXXle
  
• Johnny Depp’s libel claim against the publisher of The Sun – which called him a ‘wife beater’ over allegations of domestic violence made by his ex-wife Amber Heard – was arguably the biggest English libel trial of the 21st century | Law Gazette https://t.co/v7kbGkZtu3
  
• Belfast lawyer Gillian Shaw appointed senior legal counsel at Diaceutics | Irish Legal News https://t.co/VqbelUpQg2 
• A mother, stepfather and a teenage boy have been found guilty of murdering a five-year-old boy and dumping his body in a river. Angharad Williamson, 31, John Cole, 40, and a 14-year-old, who cannot be named, killed Logan Mwangi in July 2021 https://t.co/myyCcTmrbq 
• How senior Tories’ frantic efforts failed to block Boris Johnson inquiry https://t.co/eeDkvnFxJI 
• Carter-Ruck gets sale order over former clients’ home | Law Gazette https://t.co/ennuGp63d4
• TLT expands Scottish employment expertise with appointment of Joanne Hennessy | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/mJoD65eMAS
• Gateley snaps up surveyor firm with £30m loan facility | Law Gazette https://t.co/u84RpPoXqV

22nd April - Law News

Edition 3769: 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: Several states - from West Bengal to Gujarat and Delhi to Andhra Pradesh - have seen Hindus celebrating a religious festival come to blows with local Muslims. The ruling ultra-rightwing BJP party blames Muslims and opposition groups for the trouble. They, in turn, say the blame should be focused on right-wing Hindu groups and priests who are supported by the BJP. 

 

Focus of the Day Article:  Rape victims failed by UK criminal courts are being forced to seek justice elsewhere. With prosecutions at an all-time low, some women are turning to civil courts – but the process can be difficult and expensive. Full story - Guardian Law

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Derry firm McCay Solicitors appoints Andrea McGill as associate solicitor | Irish Legal News https://t.co/gKSB5VHXVY
  
• Reviewing the Judicial Appointments Commission Bill | Irish Legal News https://t.co/Es2xA8AUS
• A man has been found guilty of murdering a six-year-old schoolboy more than 27 years ago. Rikki Neave disappeared on 28 November 1994 and his body was found in woods near his Peterborough home the following day https://t.co/ZlmrhW4HCo
• SRA announces Khan prosecution days after release from prison | Law Gazette https://t.co/7txpv0EvxO
  
• The EU is asking its citizens to drive less, turn down air conditioning and work from home three days a week, to reduce reliance on Russian energy https://t.co/BVkk0WFNuk
• Footage of David Herring, 53, of Manor Road, Sudbury, in Suffolk, kicking the animal several times in November last year, was sent to the RSPCA and he has been fined https://t.co/JCm9qQARkl
• Irwin Mitchell to give staff extra £900 amid cost of living crisis | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/xV2tErWTV
• ‘Success breeds ambition… I have more work to do as justice minister’ | Irish Legal News https://t.co/iVMyIqKYQS
• Thousands interested in becoming magistrates | Law Gazette https://t.co/ZNTaZ6bo4N
• A major Conservative Party donor was listed as a director of a company secretly owned by a Russian oligarch close to President Putin https://t.co/NuUBWOkTQ9 
• Boris Johnson to be investigated for claims he misled Parliament about lockdown parties https://t.co/kn2yIumD5P 
• Innovate UK backs law firm to develop reputational risk tool | Legal Futures https://t.co/bd7VaDEr7
• Media can't usurp courts' jurisdiction; media trial not protected speech: Kerala High Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/Z0PmpxT3KF
• Grade D fee earners ‘charging more than £500’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/0FvEUljdvD
• Christian Porter’s barrister should not have been barred from case because friend of accuser ‘wishes him ill’, court told #Australia https://t.co/l97sbIK5Og
• Sophie Khan to face 11 charges at disciplinary tribunal | Legal Futures https://t.co/t42EUMmYHy 
• Equity partners fined for overseeing ‘chaotic’ finances | Law Gazette https://t.co/ZNfY7u2zLT 
• Judge could hand down judgment despite settlement | Legal Futures https://t.co/o64F9VQQig 
• MPs say asbestos must go from public buildings within 40 years https://t.co/Rt9mzJJe8x
• The largest ever study of protected areas - places "set aside" ostensibly for nature - has revealed that most do not actively benefit wildlife. Only careful managing of such areas reap benefit rather than mere designation https://t.co/AlSiRYMeYc
  
• SCTS error sees jurors in north east told to go to Inverness | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/wx6vl2kPof
• Calls for US travel ban for ‘oligarch lawyers’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/ivRd1qervo 
• PM abandons efforts to block inquiry on misleading Commons over Partygate: Government changes tack and attempts to delay investigation until after the full publication of Sue Gray report https://t.co/IYfAAs8Q04
• Regular round-up of deals involving Irish law firms | Irish Legal News https://t.co/UOLu98bz9W 
• Deirdre MacCarthy appointed chief legal officer at Wayflyer | Irish Legal News https://t.co/DS2Wuetas7
• UK corporate clients are increasingly turning to the Big Four accounting firms for legal services as alternative legal services providers (ALSPs) take a bigger share of the market | Legal Futures https://t.co/cBJXHh88MR
• Johnny Depp faces questioning in case against ex-wife Amber Heard #US https://t.co/WIaYT8emi0
• A "complex" murder investigation is under way after three bodies were found at a property in a village. A man and a woman, in their 60s, and man, in his 50s, were found dead at an address in Spring Gardens, in Bourne End, Buckinghamshire, on Tuesday https://t.co/mreR361lP
• Government urged to clarify if Garda recording law covers facial recognition | Irish Legal News https://t.co/Tt1cEOkaFC 
• A review of the major events that have marked the history of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem https://t.co/1nwnRvxE8m
• The producers of a film whose cinematographer was accidentally shot dead on set by Alec Baldwin have been fined and strongly criticised by authorities for failing to follow safety guideline #US https://t.co/4Sp8VFjkSY

21st April - Law News

Edition 3768: 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: Australian businesses in the key marginal seat of Parramatta are pushing for a stronger immigration policy ahead of the election to fix labour shortages.

Focus of the Day Article:   A new official route for the online publication of court judgments marks 'a vital step towards better transparency' in the justice system, the government said today. As the Gazette revealed last year, the new service from the National Archives, called Find Case Law, presents judgments formatted to ease analysis by computer. For the first time, judgments are published under a clear copyright licence permitting such use. Full story - The Law Society Gazette

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Barrister with council tax conviction fails in disbarment appeal - Legal Futures https://t.co/49vTgrrMuy 
• PI firm owner banned over kickbacks on ATE insurance | Law Gazette https://t.co/qxz6aqkYKh 
• Police hunt for up to 40 people after bloody brawl spills into busy Cardiff street - South Wales Police is appealing for eyewitnesses or those with video footage of the incident involving Cardiff City and Luton Town fans to contact them https://t.co/Ok3Naf1JpW 
• First chambers to set up abroad opens HQ in London - Legal Futures https://t.co/DsA1xbmgwT 
• Pinsent Masons latest to boost NQ pay | Law Gazette https://t.co/hjBSk1ZxN9 
• "Shocked:" Delhi High Court on ashram of absconding godman Virendra Dev Dixit housing 160 women in 'animal-like' conditions | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/95yrrfOS7n 
• The head teacher of an east London school where a black pupil was strip-searched has stood down due to health issues https://t.co/KtWdsoxIaH 
• A man has admitted sharing a grossly offensive video of a cardboard model of Grenfell Tower being burned on a bonfire. Paul Bussetti, of Sundial Avenue in Croydon, south London, pleaded guilty at Westminster Magistrates' Court https://t.co/G1uSg63gJn
• Ex-EastEnders actress Katie Jarvis who shouted 'black lives don't matter' has been sentenced with a community order https://t.co/ReW5l5l4b4 
• Comparison website targets unmet needs of SMEs - Legal Futures https://t.co/lpXf9zu6ZY 
• Why does the prime minister keep attacking lawyers? | Law Gazette https://t.co/iSSzOhCQYP 
• Practical advice for anyone considering a career in international criminal law, distilled by David Josse QC | COUNSEL https://t.co/BCiKKi4YfR 
• CMS announces five partner promotions in Scotland | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/0CLwujafqW 
• Rape victims failed by UK criminal courts are being forced to seek justice elsewhere https://t.co/OKtUjm0Ppm 
• Public law campaigners help vulnerable child's legal aid challenge | Law Gazette https://t.co/rpTiAawETk 
• Solicitor struck off for lying about existence of key evidence - Legal Futures https://t.co/wv2ljRA3xa 
• UK to make fake reviews illegal and tackle ‘subscription traps’. Plan to give competition watchdog more powers to tackle rip-offs and poor business practices https://t.co/CBc09LKLB5 
• #HongKong jails pro-democracy activist and former DJ for ‘uttering seditious words’: Tam Tak-chi was the first person charged with sedition since 1997  https://t.co/ugay092dlz
  
• Brodies’ family law experts receive Law Society accreditations | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/kAi6bascXo 
• Ince’s takeover of Arden surmounts another hurdle | Law Gazette https://t.co/Ooue8cQ0em 
• #Russia ‘preparing legal action’ to unfreeze $600bn foreign currency reserves https://t.co/rtJ4iW7pzo 
• People using self-driving cars will be allowed to watch television on built-in screens under proposed updates to the Highway Code. The changes will say drivers must be ready to take back control of vehicles when prompted, the government said https://t.co/KDdEkZT7z6 
• The Zomato and Swiggy riders risking their lives to deliver food in #India https://t.co/kT8g1BKcPV 
• Ageism in UK and US law firms - Legal Futures https://t.co/kIlAL9zvA0 
• Irwin Mitchell hands staff members £900 to help with cost of living crisis | Law Gazette https://t.co/yrmRJUp5cg
• Lord Reed talks to Anthony Inglese about fair work distribution, what makes good advocacy and the importance of judicial views being heard respectfully | COUNSEL https://t.co/XVQYEUZHMe
  
• Patients in waiting rooms in England are no longer required to socially distance. The new "stepping down" rules apply to NHS hospitals, GP surgeries and emergency departments https://t.co/TXl9npMqiI 
• England and Wales: Government scheme expands access to court judgments | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/LO5hA7rpLC 
• #SriLankan protesters demand justice for victims of Easter terror attacks https://t.co/pjUSeFy0Fi 
• Northern Ireland law firms urged to prioritise defences against cyber attacks | Irish Legal News https://t.co/N21MlpXPZh
  
• Ukrainian workers flee ‘modern slavery’ conditions on UK farms https://t.co/tZqnsvH0D6 
• Actor Johnny Depp has testified in his $50m (£38m) defamation trial against ex-wife Amber Heard that he never struck her #US https://t.co/L74pisWF7F