Friday

6th May - Law News

Edition 3783: 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 UK economy faces a grim future as inflation soars to more than 10% later this year - that's the warning as the Bank of England voted to raise interest rates to 1% - the fourth monthly rise in a row. 

Focus of the Day Article: A  judge sitting in a dispute over unpaid legal fees has chosen not to recuse himself despite it emerging that he was owed money by the firm making the claim. Hugh Sims QC, sitting as a deputy judge of the High Court in Ince Gordon Dadds LLP v Mellitah Oil & Gas BV, explained that while reading papers on the case he had identified a previous professional engagement with a predecessor firm, Gordon Dadds. Full story - The Law Society Gazette

Saturday Conversations on Law
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Thursday

5th May - Law News

Edition 3782: 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 Acting Education Minister Stuart Robert joins News Breakfast to discuss the government's proposal to introduce a literacy and numeracy test to trainee teachers before enrolling

Focus of the Day Article: A law firm seeking the identities of people who posted negative reviews about it online would need to show it has suffered serious financial loss, a High Court judge has suggested. Full story - Legal Futures

Saturday Conversations on Law
  • The views of a barrister were labelled "transphobic" in a colleague's email, tribunal told. Allison Bailey is suing her chambers and LGBTQ+ charity Stonewall, arguing she was unlawfully discriminated against due to her view that sex is biological https://t.co/PK9xXgw0JZ 
  • Best of the blogs - 30 April 2022 | Law Gazette https://t.co/PaOfxrA4Fc
  • Why did #MeToo bypass the music industry? Just look at the gatekeepers https://t.co/1Ls6SdfaKK 
  • Exemplary damages ‘never appropriate’ as negotiating strategy | Law Gazette https://t.co/OanaULniGo 
  • Appeal court shows mercy to LiP over ‘unless’ order | Law Gazette https://t.co/3GziqjuRS7 
  • Russia has been banned from using British management consulting, accounting and PR services in new sanctions announced by the UK - critics question how this harms Russia in any shape or form https://t.co/KF50CnDhAr
  • A group of more than 100,000 #Kenyans from the Talai clan has written to Prince William to seek an apology, and his support for reparations for human rights abuses they say they suffered during the British colonial settlement https://t.co/Gjzod3uH4E 
  • #US shaken to its core by supreme court draft that would overturn Roe v Wade https://t.co/YWR5X2SXqT
  • Sarah Everard's killer Wayne Couzens is challenging a sentencing order that said he should not be released from prison until he dies. It is part of a major review by the Court of Appeal of whole-life orders, including arguments for their wider use https://t.co/VTSJpsmZ2A
  • Firm loses bid to identify ‘toxic environment’ reviewer | Law Gazette https://t.co/hey51c6jut 
  • Partygate means all Covid fines should be overturned, lawyer argues https://t.co/6OXWyPPfow 
  • City firm to pay £1.5m over negligent advice on company sale - Legal Futures https://t.co/87if1UjpiM 
  • Missing Alabama guard and inmate had 'special relationship' #US https://t.co/r9DL5qDHdT
  • Slaughters appoints first ‘responsible business’ director | Law Gazette https://t.co/ZgJouRKmzM 
  • Civil servants called UK Covid testing scheme ‘unlegit’, court hears https://t.co/E5jKIqoQxk 
  • The #Indian couple who survived war and a hijacking at sea - Akhil Reghu, 26, was among seven Indian sailors who were captured after Houthi rebels hijacked a civilian cargo vessel in the Red Sea in January https://t.co/XyvEpOy1BG
  • High Court rejects online legal services provider’s claim against DAS - Legal Futures https://t.co/Nuy94CgBMD 
  • Erosion of abortion rights gathers pace around the world as US signals new era https://t.co/oaF6xzvtgU
  • #US stand-up comedian Dave Chappelle was attacked on stage on Tuesday during a performance at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles: Chappelle faced criticism and protests last year when his Netflix special was accused of being transphobic https://t.co/D8el5juUUM
  • My legal life: Hesham Puri, MK Law - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/lgs25RCZNj 
  • Men and boys among alleged rape victims of #Russian soldiers in Ukraine https://t.co/t2lV8wKO68
  • Judge throws cold water on "insignificant" data breach claims - Legal Futures https://t.co/YQGjJNQCsL
  • Who shot the dog? The canine killing that could play a crucial role in the Ben Roberts-Smith defamation trial #Australia https://t.co/6828rM7guN
  • Lawyer in the news: ​Jade Quirke, Russell-Cooke - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/mwamwK1Xu8
  • ‘Betrayal’: chief justice orders inquiry into leak of draft abortion ruling #US https://t.co/ixLb9Cy65l 
  • Open thread: Would you take a pay cut to work from home? | Law Gazette https://t.co/PkR0ILiIVR
  • The Tories’ biggest trick is making their opponents fight post-Brexit policies in the courts https://t.co/FLY5JVngtn
  • Magistrates' new jailing powers come in to force | Law Gazette https://t.co/bbpUxa3nbT
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Wednesday

4th May - Law News

Edition 3781: 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: US President Biden spoke out for the first time since a draft of the Supreme Court opinion that would strike down Roe v. Wade was leaked

Focus of the Day Article: When the NHS spends billions on personal injury cases, it’s the public that loses. Full story - Guardian Law

Saturday Conversations on Law
  • #India seizes $725 million of Xiaomi assets over illegal remittances https://t.co/3YVz69RWV8 
  • UK government drops maternity charity after critical tweets - Group championing rights of new mothers and pregnant women removed after commenting on government’s lack of progress https://t.co/dW12lCx3aL 
  • This abortion rights group is encouraging more women to share their abortion stories #US https://t.co/ZanHvwtgSc 
  • Aspects of Nehru, Mountbatten letters to stay redacted: UK tribunal https://t.co/PmXG1Q52mv
  • 17 types of animals it is illegal to own as pets in the UK https://t.co/dTWNue0Gsh 
  • One of UK’s most wanted men arrested at Lisbon airport - Alex Male is alleged to have been a regional distributor of class A drugs across south-west England https://t.co/7q1dyl3qeX 
  • Nottinghamshire police boss Caroline Henry caught speeding five times - Conservative Caroline Henry, the PCC for Nottinghamshire, appeared before Nottingham magistrates earlier after previously admitting the offences https://t.co/b99hZj32qX 
  • Some energy suppliers have been given a three-week deadline to explain accusations they have increased customers' direct debit payments by "more than is necessary" https://t.co/WoKG3WgUxe 
  • Europe has to monitor hate speech and illegal content on social media more closely https://t.co/KGTBaaNuH8
  • Edmonton lawyer drops Queen's Counsel title after controversy over appointment process #Canada https://t.co/DHhxYQTaHc
  • People left out of pocket by traders say UK county court system ‘unfit for purpose’ https://t.co/3vPZkNX9PY
  • Priti Patel faces legal threat over Ukraine visa delays https://t.co/yoN6obcDWw 
  • The Kardashian-Jenners have won a defamation case brought against them by Blac Chyna - the influencer, model and former fiancĂ©e of Rob Kardadhian https://t.co/uG8FhaXOvw
  • Covid breach court case criticised by Bedford gym owner https://t.co/kV6tRJCjJv 
  • Ministers plan to use noise cameras to ‘banish boy racers’ https://t.co/vqd9sKjijP
  • What does the calorie labelling law mean for people with eating disorders? https://t.co/pRMd0NlWfg 
  • Nicola Sturgeon has said her government is considering “carefully” whether legal advice regarding a second Scottish independence referendum can be made public https://t.co/PKFLrM7eRD
  • Using gaming tactics in apps raises new legal issues https://t.co/JHZ6Z0JxX6
  • Legal aid system in grave danger if no new money in budget : senior barrister & ex crown prosecutor #NewZealand https://t.co/uPWnmJVbca
  • Magistrates' sentencing powers doubled in bid to tackle courts backlog https://t.co/AzJFu9FPOf 
  • #US Supreme Court may overturn abortion law, leak suggests - In a 98-page draft opinion, Justice Samuel Alito writes that the 1973 Roe v Wade decision legalising abortion across the US is "egregiously wrong" https://t.co/IkJPOhBOME
  • EU accuses Apple of breaking competition law over contactless payments https://t.co/ZaxAQDukLq 
  • UK home secretary, Priti Patel, is facing mass legal action over delays that have left thousands of Ukrainians at risk of trauma and Russian bombs, or in limbo in eastern Europe https://t.co/r1VsXY1rE0
  • UK Tribunal Rules for Pastor Whose Homophobic Tweet Led to Backlash https://t.co/821V0ONEoe
  • Amazon will pay US staff travel expenses for abortions and other treatments https://t.co/2Zmy74m7vt 
  • 'Boris could deport Boris': Immigration lawyer says Becker may be deported under reforms https://t.co/7X7za7MfzE
  • German man who had four children with his sister reveals fight to make incest legal https://t.co/a2BlhoSKc8
  • Wales FM Mark Drakeford says Boris Johnson's law-breaking is worse than Eluned Morgan's https://t.co/2AF8pe2gWa
  • #US police are searching for an escaped inmate who is facing murder charges, and a guard who may have helped him. Inmate Casey White and corrections officer Vicki White were last seen on Friday morning at the Lauderdale County Sheriff's Office in Alabama https://t.co/7buyHQXUdf
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Tuesday

3rd May - Law News

Edition 3780: 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: Israel has called Sergei Lavrov's remarks "unforgivable" after he claimed Hitler "had Jewish origins" during an interview

Focus of the Day Article: In a Health and Social Care Committee report, NHS Litigation Reform, published last week, the MPs said the prevention of future harm should the ‘biggest priority’ rather than proving individual fault.. Full story - New Law Journal
 

Saturday Conversations on Law

  • How the next generation of lawyers can build their own training contracts - Legal Cheek https://t.co/k8anqwjxdq 
  • ‘He hasn’t killed anyone’: #Germans react to Boris Becker’s imprisonment: Compatriots celebrate former tennis player’s thrilling performances that captured hearts the world over https://t.co/QK5dwTAOrD 
  • Delhi High Court judge holds court virtually after testing positive for Covid-19 | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/xijPpnrxXd 
  • Local government in England ‘hollowed out’ under Conservatives: Major report finds poorer areas worst affected by deep cuts in government funding https://t.co/smsf5Jm40a
  • International law firm Allens has today appointed a dozen new partners, in a move that brings the percentage of female partners at the firm to over 37 per cent, exceeding the firm’s gender target set in 2017 - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/fXOKIOu5EN 
  • Top City firms fund 22 aspiring social welfare lawyers through the SQE - Legal Cheek https://t.co/8s0WSvuy5t
  • London law firm Stephenson Harwood has offered staff the option to work from home permanently, but the convenience comes at a price of less pay https://t.co/9oFNsjWq4Q 
  • Fury in Yorkshire village at its role in migrant detention plan: Priti Patel has buried ‘humane’ plans for refugees https://t.co/raaFNxQwKr 
  • The Boutique Lawyer Show: 6 steps to a successful remote workforce - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/tzknarbIWu
  • Law school to prep non-US students and grads for New York or California bar exams - Legal Cheek https://t.co/YTPHWkQIvT 
  • After 6 years in detention, mentally-ill youth alleged to be Bangladeshi released by Gauhati High Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/a5fbzBrTKn 
  • Judge in Afghanistan ‘backstabbed’ by UK government’s refusal of sanctuary - Officials say man in hiding who helped prosecute terrorists does not meet relocation criteria, despite high court ruling in his favour https://t.co/O0l95B6e9s 
  • The overseas secondment: what trainees need to know - Legal Cheek https://t.co/4ZlBV7SIsU 
  • Which law school has the most 30 Under 30 finalists? - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/DblYCRMGtZ 
  • Public Interest Litigation used to settle political scores, stall projects, pressurise public authorities: CJI NV Ramana | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/APhF5rL0kA 
  • Yuliia and her three daughters used to run out of their basement shelter in the besieged city of Mariupol after it'd rained as they were so thirsty #Ukraine https://t.co/VnapShworO 
  • Memories of the Falklands War represent an "open wound" in Argentina, the country's ambassador to the UK, Javier Figueroa, has said, 'conflict over the islands' sovereignty is ridiculous, comparable to the relationship between North and South Korea" https://t.co/PKizaDQbOd 
  • BPP students given 'human and business skills' boost with O Shaped Lawyer collab - Legal Cheek https://t.co/DNj6TYLEWg 
  • The Weekly Round-up: Rwanda, Insulate Britain and automated decision-making - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/eIuQgwsS61 
  • Lawyers unhappy with level of government support for profession - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/hRBZbYbTc
  • Bar Council and northern law firm Ward Hadaway hit by cyber attacks - Legal Cheek https://t.co/N0j75t5fVI
  • Kidderminster solicitor Peter Simner retires after four-decade career https://t.co/wAzSxRdcPQ 
  • Alex Salmond trial QC guilty of professional misconduct over train gossip - Legal Cheek https://t.co/xyiwKYncmy 
  • North Dakota to intervene in tribe’s lawsuit over claim to minerals under the Missouri River #US https://t.co/iHi84eKdvV 
  • Public interest demands 5-judge bench decide Delhi’s power over services: Centre #India https://t.co/dyt3gd2CJT
  • Eversheds’ Russia lawyers launch new firm - Legal Cheek https://t.co/TjgP3j5HCE
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Monday

2nd May - Law News

Edition 3779: 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: Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (Appellant) v Coal Staff Superannuation Scheme: Judgment in the following Supreme Court cases will be handed down on Wednesday 27 April at 9.45am

Saturday Conversations on Law

  • The rules of war: international humanitarian law and the consequences of disregarding it - Legal Cheek https://t.co/T3KJOuuJFt 
  • Eight new speakers announced for LegalEdCon 2022 - Legal Cheek https://t.co/UKxJxom9Jx 
  • Going green: the future of graduate recruitment - Legal Cheek https://t.co/mtbGPkG0UU 
  • Bombay High Court permits death row convicts to pursue academic courses during incarceration | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/Jel84zqp6W
  • Conservative source has said Labour's Angela Rayner was the original source of a story claiming she crossed and uncrossed her legs in Parliament in an effort to distract Boris Johnson https://t.co/6za8Nd3K0l
  • #Iraqi police seize more than 6 million Captagon amphetamine pills https://t.co/VbFG0MyQJ9 
  • 'How enforceable are law firm claw back clauses on LPC/SQE funding?' - Legal Cheek https://t.co/XuME2HHR9y 
  • Decisions by courts not implemented by government for years together: CJI NV Ramana | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/qPyUxxRrYw 
  • 3 in 4 in-house teams lose an hour a day jumping between tech systems - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/vGglzpr3p4
  • Thousands of domestic abuse survivors denied help after legal aid cuts, study finds https://t.co/FjFuTgPbmp 
  • Reed Smith to relocate London office - Legal Cheek https://t.co/3MTue6Yg6X
  • High Court: Taxi licences may not be time-limited based on the immigration status of the driver | Irish Legal News https://t.co/rmDvPxunwk 
  • Moebius Future: the Carceral City as a Chronotope of Post-History | Elana Gomel https://t.co/ISYD1SSgey
  • Criminal Justice Committee seeks improvements to firework proposals | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/zt9JVDGfwi
  • Part of the union: GMB sets up branch for judges | Law Gazette https://t.co/laAi3USeKf 
  • How to make it as an international lawyer, from those who’ve done it - Legal Cheek https://t.co/XmXEK2764w
  • Germany has filed a case against Italy at the UN's highest court over attempts within Italy to claim compensation for Nazi-era war crimes https://t.co/2gva0DwPQP 
  • SRA chief admits ethnicity pay gap figure is ‘not acceptable’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/6xzYYVcr0s 
  • Hannah Kenny, from People Before Profit, was subjected to sectarian and misogynistic abuse in east Belfast, according to a party spokesperson https://t.co/TG8LiEi2nr 
  • Work from home permanently but earn 20% less, Stephenson Harwood tells lawyers - Legal Cheek https://t.co/RDCm2ZY7oO 
  • Solicitor on jury service jailed for researching defendant | Law Gazette https://t.co/i1Kff8qIiB 
  • The family of Paul Rusesabagina, the subject of Oscar-nominated film Hotel #Rwanda, have filed a $400m (£307m) lawsuit in the United States over his alleged abduction and torture https://t.co/cEEWL5S4P9
  • Disgraced Tory MP Neil Parish ‘broke law’ by watching porn in Commons - Parish resigns over ‘moment of madness’, and claims ‘it was tractors I was looking at on the internet’ https://t.co/TOmknjsbOx 
  • Proposed clinical negligence costs reforms are ‘unfair’ to injured patients and families of patients who have died, and would act as a barrier to access to justice, personal injury lawyers have warned | NLJ https://t.co/mgokQybGQB
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Sunday

1st May - Law News

Edition 3778: 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: Scientists have long warned that climate change will lead to more intense weather. Many point to record-breaking temperatures now in India and Pakistan as proof. Although heatwaves are common in the region, they don't usually start until May or June. The intense heat has increased demand for electricity, leading to power outages. So what can be done to reduce the impact of the heatwaves?

Saturday Conversations on Law

  • Rebekah Vardy has suggested agent may have leaked Coleen Rooney stories to Sun, court hears https://t.co/4ou8m291zr
  • Neil Parish has told the BBC he is resigning as an MP after admitting he watched pornography twice in Parliament. Mr Parish, who has represented Tiverton and Honiton in Devon since 2010, said it had been a "moment of madness" https://t.co/ikgxwpG3kb 
  • Solicitor removed restriction without beneficiary's consent - Legal Futures https://t.co/2lxF2WE8Iv
  • SRA's respect rule "will fill gap" exposed by Beckwith ruling - Legal Futures https://t.co/aGeA4RY3Lm 
  • The cap on the number of days the Crown Court can sit during a financial year has been lifted for a second year, in order to tackle the backlog of cases | NLJ https://t.co/XLhoqpwjFd 
  • Karen Wylie becomes accredited mediator | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Gs7jnFcoRR 
  • Clifford Chance finalises Moscow spin-off | Law Gazette https://t.co/QTrcFiaIVK 
  • Low-income individuals with ‘trapped capital’ are unable to access legal aid in 30% of cases, research by the Public Law Project has found | NLJ https://t.co/vgFxJXeCxr
  • Charles Russell Speechlys to pay out £1.5m in negligence claim | Law Gazette https://t.co/YWa9o6tCNA 
  • Estate administration: the digital assets dilemma - Legal Futures https://t.co/t0FMfsWADu 
  • 2021 broke recruitment records for employment lawyers, according to research by market analytics firm Vacancysoft | NLJ https://t.co/niYAiCx679
  • DLA Piper announces raft of appointments | Irish Legal News https://t.co/j4ZHtdQSJM 
  • Thousands face losing summer holidays as Passport Office delays continue: Travellers told to apply as soon as possible as MPs accuse agency of running ‘absolute shambles’ https://t.co/34m4sHMj6b
  • Government ‘looking carefully’ at radical clin neg proposals | Law Gazette https://t.co/kkLUqyoHDR
  • Social media posts have falsely linked a recent spike in unexplained hepatitis in children to the Covid vaccine. The affected children were mostly under the age of five and therefore not eligible for the jab, health agencies monitoring the situation say https://t.co/PqXNVTQh8e 
  • A body has been found by police searching for a woman who went missing more than a week ago. Katie Kenyon, a 33-year-old mother of two, was last seen getting into a Ford Transit van in Burnley on 22 April https://t.co/Ppwg8CttkY 
  • Government seeks new LSB chair to help "reshape legal services" - Legal Futures https://t.co/IGVizZv7bL
  • The Law Commission is extending its timetable for choosing its 14th Programme of law reform after receiving about 500 responses covering nearly 200 possibilities for law reform | NLJ https://t.co/F2UVA44Ozw 
  • A police officer who appeared on the Nigerian version of Big Brother without permission from her bosses has been given a final written warning. PC Khafilat Kareem was a serving Metropolitan Police officer when she applied to be on the show in 2019 https://t.co/5yACLSx52R 
  • London defence solicitors demand 25% fee increase | Law Gazette https://t.co/wkETqeYnK5 
  • Nigel Ross appointed as sheriff principal of Lothian and Borders | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/1XrrtSHIgO
  • The whole basis of the clinical negligence system needs reform, a committee of MPs has said | NLJ https://t.co/tLG4rPdRSN
  • Long way to go - SRA unveils "unacceptable" ethnicity profile - Legal Futures https://t.co/5jgAd1tkgd
  • Chancery interim applications in person next month | Law Gazette https://t.co/KWQfegaYg2 
  • #US: Wrongly convicted Miami man released after 30 years | Irish Legal News https://t.co/UmxwFJzQRe
  • Robert Skinner calls time on 35 years at the bar | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/G4ZMYqjS8P 
  • Barrister was discriminated against for gender-critical views, tribunal hears - Allison Bailey says Garden Court chambers and Stonewall wrongly treated her gender-critical views as transphobic https://t.co/33NVRBXmmR 
  • #US: Wrongly convicted Miami man released after 30 years | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/bGashFtgyy
  • The Metropolitan Police is seeking a fresh appeal against a High Court ruling that went against it over a planned Sarah Everard vigil last year https://t.co/Lvus0hcsQh
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Saturday

30th April - Law News

Edition 3777: 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: Seven people were arrested by the Ayodhya police on Thursday, all accused of disturbing the peace and equanimity of the city by throwing objectionable posters and objects at several mosques in Ayodhya, India.

Saturday Conversations on Law

  • Remote firm reports 56% profit jump and bonus dividend | Law Gazette https://t.co/8jCORcU1L5
  • Coercive treatment for anorexia can be withdrawn in best interests of ward even if they may die | Irish Legal News https://t.co/QTWVnQSxRX
  • Patrick Schofield wins Matheson’s Tim Scanlon Corporate Law Bursary | Irish Legal News https://t.co/zKIMkaDWcZ
  • SRA obtains fresh order for Khan to deliver up files | Law Gazette https://t.co/JBmA3UxDEb
  • DWF promotes Julie Galbraith to Belfast leadership role | Irish Legal News https://t.co/CCqkqFKB4d 
  • An IS group militant from the UK has been jailed for life by a US court for his involvement with a notorious hostage-taking terror cell. Alexanda Kotey, 38, pleaded guilty last September https://t.co/Gd3GF8m4q3
  • The Conservative MP accused of watching pornography in the House of Commons chamber has been named as Neil Parish. He has been suspended from the parliamentary party and is under investigation by Parliament's standards commissioner https://t.co/4mrlXfBGRS 
  • Former Wimbledon champion Boris Becker has been jailed for two and a half years for hiding £2.5m worth of assets and loans to avoid paying debts. The 54-year-old six-time Grand Slam champion was found guilty of four charges under the Insolvency Act https://t.co/an63pZDqiw 
  • JR reforms become law as parliament winds down | Law Gazette https://t.co/piNmzQxfyc 
  • UK government accused of undermining free and fair elections | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/xDdHb4ysYu 
  • HSF and Clifford Chance break partnership records | Law Gazette https://t.co/CyT2L0XFXt 
  • Minister: Reforms “not exactly” what criminal legal aid review said - Legal Futures https://t.co/tpJyUaAqBe
  • "No upper limit" - Ambitious Keystone returns cash to shareholders - Legal Futures https://t.co/IDUj9dd97K 
  • Laurence Fox seeks first libel jury trial for a decade | Law Gazette https://t.co/OvtxtVf5Tb 
  • PII: Legal Services Board targets “balance” between public and profession - Legal Futures https://t.co/0Zxc50RRaO
  • Attending jihadi meetings, being member of organization which is not banned is not 'terrorist act' under UAPA: Karnataka High Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/s4X1gqb010
  • Manchester United footballer Mason Greenwood will remain on bail until mid-June over allegations he raped and assaulted a young woman. The 20-year-old was arrested in January after images and videos were posted online by a woman https://t.co/vcyDPF82xx 
  • The UK has proposed new rules making fake reviews of goods illegal. But experts say that's not the only way companies are skewing buyer perception https://t.co/878Va58JIf
  • Black children are more likely to face tougher punishments at school because they are viewed as "less innocent" and more adult-like https://t.co/hcfsCkT9YD
  • US family caused a bomb scare at #Israel's main international airport after presenting an unexploded artillery shell at a security check. They had picked up the ordnance on a visit to the Israeli occupied Golan Heights https://t.co/RFSp6jBV6O
  • Slater and Gordon declines to explain 'secret' ATE payments | Law Gazette https://t.co/6uDAZeKoKF
  • Eversheds distances itself from Russian spin-off | Law Gazette https://t.co/P4tUNm495
  • Outrageous libel laws protected Jimmy Savile. At last, change is on the cards https://t.co/VfCOC0ntK
  • A Ukrainian father's terrifying journey to a Russian prison and back https://t.co/3x0H5OccC4
  • The leader of the British Virgin Islands (BVI) has been arrested for alleged drug smuggling and money laundering in the #US. Premier Andrew Fahie was detained in Miami by US agents posing as cocaine traffickers from a Mexican drug cartel https://t.co/bPdNPSdiDz 
  • EHRC: Action plan announced to tackle sexual harassment culture in hospitality | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/5B5OGe49p
  • A serving Met Police officer has been charged with rape. PC Ireland Murdock allegedly attacked his victim in Lambeth while he was off duty on 25 September last year https://t.co/VRIwqHESVY
  • Advocate Niall McCluskey dies at 53: Mr McCluskey obtained his LLB and diploma from the University of Aberdeen and called to the bar in 1995, having been in private practice as a solicitor and a procurator fiscal depute | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/naewwKVji
  • Number of children in custody in England and Wales set to double by 2024 https://t.co/Tz5DVkDPF5
  • ‘No more blame culture’: MPs call to scrap clin neg system | Law Gazette https://t.co/lXzhQXCuU
  • Finally, this reckless government faces a reckoning for Covid deaths in care homes https://t.co/v3stZdrOm5
  • MPs call for no-fault compensation in clinical negligence - Legal Futures https://t.co/NvOL2DBmvd
  • UK ports consider legal action after Rees-Mogg delays Brexit controls https://t.co/RH7Ta9R1OJ 
  • Jimmy Savile escaped justice because of libel laws, claims reporter https://t.co/CNoNUduUl1
  • Partners at law firms in England and Wales saw their pay increase by nearly 40 per cent in the first full year of the pandemic, according to new figures | Irish Legal News https://t.co/e2oWbGSk3d
  • #Canadian health officials have removed a ban on blood donations from gay men, one that has long been condemned as homophobic. The old rule prevented donations from men who have had sex with other men within three months of giving blood https://t.co/tZNHKoFCYt

 

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29th April - Law News

Edition 3776: 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: Exclusive new modelling, seen by this programme, suggests that 70 per cent of UK households are in areas that breach three World Health Organisation guidelines on dangerous air pollutants, and 97% breach at least one guideline

Focus of the Day Article: Clifford Chance unveils 'most diverse ever' partner promotions round. Largest cohort since 2007 sees 37 lawyers made up as firm measures up to latest diversity targets. Full story - The Global Legal Post

Saturday Conversations on Law

  • £1bn courts repair bill is threat to justice system, MPs report | Law Gazette https://t.co/Tl8Eep78R0
  • RT @acatfromgreece: The criminal justice system in a leaflet. https://t.co/er7dFZcRiy
  • Legal time-bar for latent damages claims – changes to the discoverability test under Scots law | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/r4mABrjGOX 
  • Services firms line up to tackle crypto fraud | Law Gazette https://t.co/7wIzaFSYiG
  • Northern Ireland parties set out justice priorities at Law Society event | Irish Legal News https://t.co/HtuXocY1EG 
  • Bar left reeling from malicious cyber attack | Law Gazette https://t.co/hzx56hvQRn 
  • Terra Firma’s Roddy MacLeod pens new book: Contentious Executries | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/bUX0hBVD9d
  • Slater and Gordon denies bullying costs recovery lawyers | Law Gazette https://t.co/Lbqo7IxdhS 
  • The supreme court’s coming abortion ruling may spark a new era of #US unrest https://t.co/KTYoploPZI
  • MPs lament “missed opportunities” of court reform programme - Legal Futures https://t.co/vUAERnUAs6
  • Nothern Ireland judge rebukes ‘time-wasting’ personal litigant over failed appeal | Irish Legal News https://t.co/aXquEWhNkK
  • Keen: 'Role of the lord chancellor has diminished' | Law Gazette https://t.co/4qymV9y5mY
  • Six ways to improve your clients' conveyancing experience - Legal Futures https://t.co/775G3c1HnJ 
  • Samsung's latest advert has been criticised by some women's running groups and safety campaigners for being "unrealistic". The film shows a young woman getting up at 02:00 to go for a run through the streets of a city alone https://t.co/h5f1MvlIeG
  • Conservative MP Jamie Wallis has been charged with failing to stop after a car crash last November. South Wales Police said Mr Wallis, 37, from Cowbridge, Vale of Glamorgan, has also been charged with failing to report the crash, careless driving https://t.co/dMC4IK7SeT 
  • Council paid £60k a week for ‘wholly unsuitable’ place for vulnerable girl - ourt of protection orders education secretary to explain ‘national crisis’ in secure placements for children with complex needs https://t.co/7CcwcVkyhg 
  • Labour MP Liam Byrne has been found to have bullied a former member of staff and will be suspended from the Commons for only two days https://t.co/uPYmanBaO4 
  • Ukrainians deported to #Russia beaten and mistreated https://t.co/hTGxOq72vK 
  • Bermondsey stabbings: Joshua Jacques, 28, is due at Westminster Magistrates' Court later https://t.co/pgEaUe50da 
  • Ince’s takeover of Arden approved by High Court | Law Gazette https://t.co/1cpb4X6mac 
  • Foreign nationals and ethnic minorities receiving longer prison sentences in Ireland | Irish Legal News https://t.co/w2Ea1kH6v
  • Bleak outlook for creditors owed £40m after PI firm collapse - Legal Futures https://t.co/nk9CbERIrp
  • #Singapore executes man on drugs charge, rejecting mental disability plea https://t.co/JgpcW1epIf
  • The parents of a US Marine freed in a prisoner swap with #Russia have spoken of their joy at his release. Trevor Reed had been held in a Russian jail since 2019. He was traded for Konstantin Yaroshenko, a Russian jailed on drug-smuggling charges https://t.co/UFdqW44YI1 
  • Joint enterprise ruling has not led to fewer homicide charges, report finds https://t.co/UFXdIiRjo8 
  • An MP has spoken out about lewd comments allegedly made to her by a member of the Keir Starmer's cabinet https://t.co/2sIlpr3zNk
  • EHRC: Britain’s human rights record reviewed ahead of UN examination | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/wzDKkjcDBa 
  • Bar Council and Ward Hadaway become latest cyber-attack victims - Legal Futures https://t.co/tErnaxnoVj 
  • Trump appeals against judge’s contempt order and $10,000-a-day fine - Ex-president found to be in contempt after failure to comply with subpoena in New York state attorney general’s fraud investigation #US https://t.co/kUxflIWgvU 
  • EU announces plans to protect journalists from vexatious lawsuits - Anti-Slapp directive would also enable EU states to refuse to recognise judgments passed in UK https://t.co/rXAi1P2UkM 
  • Criminal legal aid sector ‘will disappear’, MPs hear | Law Gazette https://t.co/dydbgYG3uI 
  • Tory councillors disciplined for ‘hate’ directed at Jewish Labour candidate- Dan Ozarow felt terrorised by abuse of him and his family after negative campaigning in Hertfordshire https://t.co/ivZZP18Zu0 
  • Serious Fraud Office requests documents at Gupta-linked firms https://t.co/1oqPYtBtX3
  • Legislate to help legal regulators deal with sanctions busters, Raab told - Legal Futures https://t.co/3H5AEpM54p 
  • Channel 4 privatisation to begin amid criticism from MPs and industry: Process for privatisation announced as part of sweeping changes to UK media landscape https://t.co/4u0Y4ianoK
  • Proud Boys member pleads guilty for role in US Capitol attack #US https://t.co/r7XbsPxQez
  • 'Resist prolixity' from lawyers, Vos tells judges | Law Gazette https://t.co/HDgvMwi9hd
  • A woman who rode an e-scooter while drunk after a hen do has been banned from driving for 18 months. Paige Burnley, 26, was stopped by police in Cheltenham at 22:40 BST on 9 April after being spotted weaving in and out of traffic https://t.co/RPSGWqh8hk 
  • Terrorism offenders ‘enjoy high status’ in prison, QC’s official report says https://t.co/VM123Fq3qA
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