18th October - Law News

Edition 3948: LawNewsIndex is a UK based daily legal news archive on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Jurisprudence, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics & Human Rights since 2011.

-------------------------------------------------------------

 Today's Highlighted Video Story:  The number of people killed in Iran’s Evin prison fire has risen from four to eight, the country’s judiciary said. Officials said dozens more were injured in the blaze in the Tehran jail, which is known for holding political prisoners and dual nationals. The cause of the fire is disputed: the judiciary says the fire began in a prison workshop after a fight among inmates, whereas state TV claims it was a "premeditated" escape plan by prisoners.

Focus of the Day Article: A ‘one lawyer, two clients’ model for family law cases has been launched by family law organisation, Resolution, with the backing of the president of the Family Division, Sir Andrew McFarlane. Full story - New Law Journal

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Mother in Law: The pleasure of reading | Law Gazette https://t.co/aVoeNctPIk
• Law firms back Irish corporation tax regime moving to territorial system | Irish Legal News https://t.co/AlaV9kwPkX
• Striking criminal barristers narrowly vote to accept government pay deal - Legal Cheek https://t.co/W0jKSN4zba 
• Clydes records 76% trainee retention result - Legal Cheek https://t.co/jg4v6jFut1 
• University of Galway to present alumni award to Irish woman tackling Afghan hunger | Irish Legal News https://t.co/AYWX613m4b
• Dentons hires Matthew Cahill as second banking partner in a month | Irish Legal News https://t.co/uEOethP4a
• Michael Johnston joins SEPA | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/aunrGiLhR8
• The business of sustainability - Legal Cheek https://t.co/PsCieHmgx
• Treat overseas register regime 'like AML compliance with bells on', solicitors told | Law Gazette https://t.co/ZI0xVrQzj
• Four ways conveyancing firms can overcome their biggest challenges - Legal Futures https://t.co/9i6yqbEyt2 
• Nottingham Law School expands support for national legal charity following government funding cuts - Legal Cheek https://t.co/0e89zOgHUX
• The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has opened its consultation on a post-SIF indemnity scheme | NLJ https://t.co/sQejiv8XJ
• Council of Europe assembly: Brexit has ‘threatened’ human rights in Ireland | Irish Legal News https://t.co/Y3pKsk5lUJ
• The home secretary has unveiled plans for a major crackdown on disruptive protests carried out by environmental groups such as Extinction Rebellion https://t.co/mkeeTSuqnB 
• Why I’m sceptical about giving legal rights to animals, trees and rivers - Rogelio Luque-Lora responds to proposals in the Law in the Emerging Bio Age, a report for the Law Society https://t.co/YWwc47VJp1 
• City firms publicly pledge to treat legal apprentices equally | Law Gazette https://t.co/mlpz2zEoMA
• McKees announces six new appointments | Irish Legal News https://t.co/C7k751abiF
• Manchester United footballer Mason Greenwood has been charged with attempted rape, engaging in controlling behaviour and assault https://t.co/Ui77vN4Jza
• Young people (aged 18-25) in England and Wales are coming under ‘intense pressure’ to plead guilty to crimes without fully understanding the consequences, a report by criminal justice watchdog Fair Trials has found | NLJ https://t.co/G60uNTPJoG
  
• Gunmen have killed 11 people in an attack at a #Russian military training ground on Saturday. During a firearms training session, two men opened fire on a group who had volunteered to fight in Ukraine https://t.co/8WET5ZjvMa
• A major fire broke out on Saturday at #Iran's notorious Evin prison, known for housing political prisoners, journalists and foreign nationals https://t.co/Og1Ps9e9Ix 
• A major fire broke out on Saturday at #Iran's notorious Evin prison, known for housing political prisoners, journalists and foreign nationals https://t.co/Og1Ps8X6Gx
• World’s largest law firm strikes ‘historic’ combo with Indian legal player - Legal Cheek https://t.co/75WUKfyTWo
• Law firms “frustrated by clients” over alternative fee models - Legal Futures https://t.co/K08GcObo8k
  
• 'Fight or die': solicitors handed strategy for legal aid action | Law Gazette https://t.co/pZIAfS0UhR
• Mark O’Brien O’Reilly joins Francis Taylor Building in London | Irish Legal News https://t.co/6UjNtoFgrd
• New appointments at Gillespie Macandrew | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/xb4gMKjHDU
• Moral policing on social media more than actual moral policing: Kerala High Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/RpqY1rmUy
• Louise Duffy joins BTO LLP | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/LE6ZTQJZs9
• Cleared solicitor says £43k personal costs bill is 'grossly unfair' | Law Gazette https://t.co/QsS7Kc1A3M
• The Weekly Round-up: Legal advice sanctions, cannabis under consideration, and evacuation biometrics - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/CVi7N0D0QC
• SRA joins firms in dishing out cost of living payments to staff - Legal Cheek https://t.co/MKXOFeaOZm
• MPs clamour to toughen new economic crime bill | Law Gazette https://t.co/WXYRekzD6J 
• Mere withdrawal of Facebook post is no reason to discharge accused in UAPA offence: Madras High Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/f8q1pNsCY
• Double equity partner appointment at IFSC-based Meagher Solicitors | Irish Legal News https://t.co/D7Xk3TKHSy 
• 6 reasons why future trainees need to engage with legal tech - Legal Cheek https://t.co/eW2kP9x0
• Hugh James swoops for north-west PI firm | Law Gazette https://t.co/yRjxtBq2yQ
• Vos tells white male lawyers to be more inclusive in work conversations - Legal Futures https://t.co/2TM1U6yHQs
• A ‘one lawyer, two clients’ model for family law cases has been launched by family law organisation, Resolution, with the backing of the president of the Family Division, Sir Andrew McFarlane https://t.co/Cwms6R9t91
• Mills Selig grows with appointment of three new solicitors | Irish Legal News https://t.co/GHTdk5Fg5f
  
• Baby loss campaigning solicitor ramps up fight for statutory paid leave | Law Gazette https://t.co/I0oZVxK5qO 
• A mass shooter who killed 17 people at a high school in Parkland, Florida in 2018 is set to be sentenced to life imprisonment — sparing him the death penalty sought by prosecutors and some victims’ families #US | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/90l1a84g4q
• Addleshaws to recruit trainee solicitors in Ireland - Legal Cheek https://t.co/g0NsKwWMES 
• Lawyers need to redraw ethical boundaries "or face external action" - Legal Futures https://t.co/rU9ztHZk4A
• Weinstein whistleblower: ‘nothing has changed’ on NDA rules | Law Gazette https://t.co/uVkzOM55Mt
  
• Law Pod UK latest episode: Justice from the chaos of conflict - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/LUbl3hnPqN
• People have been protesting across Iran for nearly a month, defying a deadly crackdown by security forces. The demonstrations are seen as the most serious challenge to the Iranian authorities in decades https://t.co/8VurWjYvT
• Council of Europe assembly: Brexit has ‘threatened’ human rights in Ireland | Irish Legal News https://t.co/Y3pKsjNKw9
• Supreme Court dismisses with ₹20k costs plea to disqualify Satyendar Jain from Delhi assembly | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/1UQwgO9y0l
• Anderson Strathern latest to sign up at BAM’s Capital Square in Edinburgh | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/jYdtJkRYFg

17th October - Law News

Edition 3947: LawNewsIndex is a UK based daily legal news archive on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Jurisprudence, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics & Human Rights since 2011.

-------------------------------------------------------------

 Today's Highlighted Video Story:  A cyberattack on Mexico’s defence ministry has revealed the scope of surveillance by its armed forces. Leaked documents show the continued use of Pegasus spyware to monitor journalists and human rights workers.

Focus of the Day Article: Law Society of England & Wales elects first Asian and Muslim president: Lubna Shuja succeeds Stephanie Boyce, marking the first time the Law Society has had two consecutive women presidents. Full story - The Global Legal Post

Saturday Conversations on Law

• A Dutchman convicted of sexually extorting a teenage #Canadian girl who later took her own life has been sentenced to 13 years in prison. Aydin Coban, 44, will serve his sentence in the Netherlands, prosecutors in British Columbia said https://t.co/YO8FF2i65q 
• Two brothers have been jailed for 40 years for killing a Maltese journalist, whose 2017 death sparked global anger. George and Alfred Degiorgio admitted to murdering Daphne Caruana Galizia, 53, just hours after pleading not guilty https://t.co/U3e3K5tgcS 
• #Iran protests: Iran's Gen Z 'realise life can be lived differently' https://t.co/6VgBRrcw8N
  
• The Beyond Meat executive who was accused of biting a man's nose is leaving the vegan food company. The #US firm, known for its plant-based burgers, had suspended Douglas Ramsey, then chief operating officer, indefinitely after the incident https://t.co/W13HZIYfAR 
• A sex offender who killed himself while on-the-run from police is suspected of murdering teenager Leah Croucher. This week, unidentified human remains and personal items belonging to the 19-year-old were found in the loft of a house in Milton Keynes https://t.co/Sn3y50DE1l 
• Migrant students in Scotland win equal right to free tuition in landmark case https://t.co/0LowzJWyzN
• Pilot early advice for child arrangements 'without delay' | Law Gazette https://t.co/GKoEZ0NRb7
• Shearman & Sterling launches legal operations offering for in-house teams - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/LX7StaoznP 
• Women and Diversity in Law Awards unveils 300-strong list of nominees - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/qJWITdu2RS 
• Baker McKenzie, Allen & Overy advise on Advent and Wilbur-Ellis chemicals tie-up - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/r3jD296WQm 
• Law Society of England & Wales elects first Asian and Muslim president: Lubna Shuja succeeds Stephanie Boyce, marking the first time the Law Society has had two consecutive women presidents - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/aHC5yeL8qg 
• Now live! The 2023 Chambers Most List - Legal Cheek https://t.co/MNiyegLgnm
  
• Truss promises to slash EU red tape – what’s the truth behind the rhetoric? https://t.co/wwtkT9K6Mq 
• Michael Sheen to play celebrity barrister David Sherborne in ‘Wagatha Christie’ drama - Legal Cheek https://t.co/rxcUuFhVR2

16 October - Law News

Edition 3946: LawNewsIndex is a UK based daily legal news archive on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Jurisprudence, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics & Human Rights since 2011.

-------------------------------------------------------------

 Today's Highlighted Video Story:  There will be no carbon dating to determine the age of what is said to be a "Shivling" at Varanasi's Gyanvapi mosque, the city's top judge ruled, rejecting a request by a group of women - Shiva devotees - who want to pray inside the mosque complex

 

 

Focus of the Day Article: A father in a family case who told a district judge to ‘get fucked’ has been found in contempt of court - but spared an immediate prison sentence. Full story - The Law Society Gazette

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Every person has freedom to wear what they want; right to wear any dress extension of personal freedom: Kerala High Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/rnTFrFOItH
• ‘It was change or die’: why morris men are now welcoming morris women https://t.co/bZEeyBFZtK
  
• The Contemporary Contours of Imperialism https://t.co/ytBWAwyHKt 
• Law firm network in ‘shock’ at HMRC winding up petition | Law Gazette https://t.co/hiMArDu5Eb 
• RT @Wilberforce_Bar: Mr Justice Poole discussing Domestic Abuse issues arising from the High Court Bench #lfjb2022 https://t.co/bNq2keIjii 
• First Asian president takes Law Society helm as accounts reveal CEO bonus - Legal Futures https://t.co/HwQtnHWJ5d 
• Lenders see conveyancers 'as their in-house legal team' | Law Gazette https://t.co/tXg9sOVMSw 
• Secret footage reveals abuse of woman with dementia at luxury UK care home https://t.co/KSJptUK6Da 
• Super-regulator to probe CILEX civil war | Law Gazette https://t.co/ynkLp3H4DH
  
• LSB launches investigation into dispute between CILEX and its regulator - Legal Futures https://t.co/GasTpEt1hS 
• Video footage has emerged showing what appears to be Iranian security forces shooting at fleeing people with a gun mounted on the back of a pick-up truck https://t.co/kIwOokNWnZ 
• Boris Johnson’s Covid laws took away our rights with flick of a pen. Don’t let that happen again https://t.co/ftG3Vvprzf

15th October - Law News

Edition 3945: LawNewsIndex is a UK based daily legal news archive on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Jurisprudence, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics & Human Rights since 2011.

-------------------------------------------------------------

 Today's Highlighted Video Story:  So Equity Trust is: The Appellant (Halabi, the Executor) and the Respondent ("ETJL") are assumed to be creditors of the Ironzar II Trust, a Jersey law discretionary trust whose liabilities substantially exceed its assets. ETJL is a former trustee of the Ironzar II Trust which contends that its rights of recourse to the trust fund take priority to those of other creditors, including the Executor, who disputes that contention. 

Focus of the Day Article: A father in a family case who told a district judge to ‘get fucked’ has been found in contempt of court - but spared an immediate prison sentence. Full story - The Law Society Gazette

Saturday Conversations on Law

• An 11-year-old boy who attacked a police officer is the "ringleader" of a crime spree, an MP has said. Conservative MP Scott Benton said a gang of youths had committed "hundreds of crimes" in Blackpool in recent weeks https://t.co/3El8THrlfK
  
• ‘Less opera and cricket’: Vos calls for workplace chat to change | Law Gazette https://t.co/7yNArVOfrP 
• Five people including an off-duty police officer have been shot dead with several injured in Raleigh, North Carolina. The shooting occurred near the Neuse River Greenway, a popular trail on the outskirts of the state capital, the city's mayor said https://t.co/aZ52n88kHl
• City executive banned for fabricating Legal 500 emails | Law Gazette https://t.co/9Np6nMHqFh 
• Metamorph bids to ward off winding-up petition for four of its firms - Legal Futures https://t.co/iXhwqbz6Oq 
• Legislation paves the way for electronic trade documents | Law Gazette https://t.co/UrXXrrt2MG 
• Home Office reclassifies modern slavery as illegal immigration issue - Charities working with victims say it should not be taken away from the safeguarding minister https://t.co/vQRfcNr4HW 
• Mental health: The impact of SRA investigations | Law Gazette https://t.co/PWZNZTByK6 
• Firm rebuked for acting on both sides of property transaction - Legal Futures https://t.co/rb5XTpe4Ut 
• The King and Queen of the #Netherlands have revealed their 18-year-old daughter can no longer move around freely outside due to the possibility of an attack or kidnapping https://t.co/I5mmECzhwF 
• #US supreme court rejects Trump appeal in Mar-a-Lago documents case https://t.co/TAclAOy9Ct 
• The gunman who killed 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, has been spared the death penalty. A jury recommended that the defendant should instead spend the rest of his life in prison for the 14 February, 2018 shooting https://t.co/SxwVUaRF4Y 
• Emailed invoice was valid, judge tells non-paying client | Law Gazette https://t.co/kZ7SAsqf9Y 
• New crisis looms for Ukrainians in the UK https://t.co/uokG5uzU8S

14th October - Law News

Edition 3944: LawNewsIndex is a UK based daily legal news archive on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Jurisprudence, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics & Human Rights since 2011.

-------------------------------------------------------------

 Today's Highlighted Video Story:  US house Committee votes to subpoena Donald Trump as it offers fresh footage of Capitol riot. In its ninth hearing, the panel aired fresh evidence and behind-the-scenes footage, before taking the extraordinary step of voting to hear from Mr Trump. 

 

Focus of the Day Article: A father in a family case who told a district judge to ‘get fucked’ has been found in contempt of court - but spared an immediate prison sentence. Full story - The Law Society Gazette

Saturday Conversations on Law

• January 6 panel votes to issue subpoena for Donald Trump testimony #US https://t.co/UcyIGJ2xN
• Society backs City fund for social welfare lawyers | Law Gazette https://t.co/ciwF5nVuq
• Afghanistan, South Korea, Venezuela Lose Bids for UN Rights Body https://t.co/QnF0MwSYwM
• Mental health: The impact of SRA investigations | Law Gazette https://t.co/PWZNZTjXSy
• Libya: UN human rights report details violations of migrants’ rights amid ‘assisted return’ programmes | OHCHR https://t.co/V8XIwuErC
• LCJ 'remains concerned' about judicial recruitment | Law Gazette https://t.co/cykaVvMQVI
• £1.8m funding boost for platform that helps solicitors go freelance - Legal Futures https://t.co/S2nFgOp5BL
  
• Trainee retention rate slips at Eversheds | Law Gazette https://t.co/M5b47kl6R
• "Remember India is a secular country": Kerala High Court slams registrars for refusing to register inter-faith marriage | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/JSn80HfcL
• Neath MP Christina Rees has been suspended from Labour following reported allegations of bullying. The politician, who has represented the constituency since 2015, has lost the party whip pending an investigation https://t.co/dzsHa4uO6f
• This is not a drill – it really is time to embrace the transparency rules - Legal Futures https://t.co/VfM28MRp0T
  
• A father in a family case who told a district judge to ‘get fucked’ has been found in contempt of court - but spared an immediate prison sentence | Law Gazette https://t.co/8yK0sVpTx2
• The government has extended two deadlines for the removal of Huawei equipment from the UK's 5G networks. The requirement to remove the Chinese company's products from the network core has been pushed back 11 months, to 31 December 2023 https://t.co/j8UwHtT6GI
  
• Scottish ministers are being forced to change the law on tuition fees for hundreds of students from migrant families after a landmark court case https://t.co/0V9MHbHjte
• Only UK parliament can approve a Scottish independence poll, court told https://t.co/8WwUDnbJBM
• Grand National fraudster struck off as a solicitor - Legal Futures https://t.co/8uyHHgiUMe
• Lawyers held as Iran unrest escalates | Law Gazette https://t.co/tY0G7pQkD
• The mistreatment of patients at Edenfield Centre, a mental health hospital, does warrant a public inquiry, a health minister has said https://t.co/LGwQfv4JXQ
• ‘I love you, and there’s nothing you can do about it’: will jail silence Jeremy Vine’s stalker? https://t.co/ZaGIPTjhMd 
• Time for government to mandate reform of home-buying process - Legal Futures https://t.co/xQEqlQ1SOE 
• Inside the new Met police unit investigating officer abuse claims https://t.co/ks1lLlg5nX 
• Turks and Caicos head said to question UK’s alleged failure to keep residents safe - Diplomatic row breaks out over UK’s alleged delay in helping combat murders and drugs trading https://t.co/lVsJSOMo2v
• UK pensioner accused of wife’s murder in Cyprus seeks manslaughter charge https://t.co/ee8THXBRnT 
• Liz Truss on collision course with Jacob Rees-Mogg over solar power ban - PM wants to prevent panels on 58% of farmland but business secretary says renewables need to be boosted https://t.co/1Apowm0dru
• Office manager barred for selling City firm’s property on eBay | Law Gazette https://t.co/ZLqpeAI7ga 
• First two OIC mixed injuries cases head to Court of Appeal - Legal Futures https://t.co/RBjbXADm9s
  
• Leah Croucher: The quiet teenager who vanished on her way to work https://t.co/OyaCB2jkoY

13th October - Law News

Edition 3943: LawNewsIndex is a UK based daily legal news archive on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Jurisprudence, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics & Human Rights since 2011.

-------------------------------------------------------------

 Today's Highlighted Video Story:  DCM (Optical Holdings) Ltd (Appellant) v Commissioners for HMRC (Respondent) (Scotland) - [2022]

 

Focus of the Day Article: The government needs to step in to mandate reforms that promise to revolutionise the home buying and selling process, stakeholders have argued. The roundtable organised by the Council for Licensed Conveyancers (CLC) also heard that fees were going up, with a leading lender supporting the trend. Full story - Legal Futures

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Police investigating the murder of 19-year-old Leah Croucher have found human remains at a property where some of her possessions were discovered https://t.co/FNnrXKMxBQ
• A London council has seized more than £200,000 worth of counterfeit goods from sweet and souvenir shops along Oxford Street. Westminster City Council said fake designer watches and unsafe vapes were among the items taken https://t.co/VqY3zD0UjT 
• Law school ABS rebrands to look more like traditional legal practice | Law Gazette https://t.co/QWwcglrToe 
• #US supreme court declines to take up fetal personhood case https://t.co/OCt0fGpjxM 
• ECJ must have no role in Northern Ireland protocol, David Frost says https://t.co/EKD3xxvxDo 
• Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones ordered to pay victims' families $965m in damages after branding 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting a hoax #US https://t.co/wZHaIkFFGz
  
• Global firm announces India breakthrough | Law Gazette https://t.co/nYJSFNBEIt 
• British businessman charged over helping Russian oligarch evade US sanctions https://t.co/SxnsdskRIh
  
• Scrap Troubles legacy bill, Belfast actor Ciarán Hinds urges Liz Truss - Hinds says in open letter to PM that proposed laws on unsolved murders would ‘cut off any prospect of justice’ https://t.co/XYafrSUWQm 
• Government tight-lipped on fate of 'no fault' evictions | Law Gazette https://t.co/rSgSqUEXFA 
• SRA earmarks £550,000 for one-off cost-of-living payment to staff - Legal Futures https://t.co/F3WiXEvMbu
• Give legal rights to animals, trees and rivers, say experts - Report for Law Society says framework is essential for future interactions with the environment and biotechnology https://t.co/lluWKzXGQk
• Junior criminal barristers ‘despair’ over pay deal in England and Wales https://t.co/nZhdJxOIU3 
• Solicitor fined £15,000 for error in rent review advice to 115 clients | Law Gazette https://t.co/DlUYrDtLJZ 
• Unregulated in-house specialist partners with magic circle firm - Legal Futures https://t.co/UO2sFaJ5iI
• UK firms using legal muscle to facilitate human rights and climate abuses – report https://t.co/hVt9s7sl6j
  
• Firms cutting office space and bullish about mergers | Law Gazette https://t.co/8gQ2soyhk3
• SRA struggling to keep hold of anti-money laundering staff - Legal Futures https://t.co/9TZNygNDRx 
• Senior high court judge to address issues in ‘parental alienation’ cases - Legitimacy of court-appointed ‘experts’ to come under review after mother loses custody appeal https://t.co/iynceTpolw 
• My legal life: Helen Lamprell OBE, AVEVA - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/o3L7K1FNxX 
• Law and religion round-up – 9th October | Law & Religion UK https://t.co/vCjAGd0nSr 
• More than half of conveyancing firms lack “digital maturity” - Legal Futures https://t.co/ItNDlT5qL5 
• Karnataka High Court holds colleges cannot step into shoes of students and file petitions; imposes costs on 2 dental colleges | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/4CSiGg0MCW
• Refugee families in Syrian camps are begging for donations on TikTok while the company takes up to 70% of the proceeds https://t.co/h3uwpJySKH
• Supreme court urged to throw out Scottish independence poll case https://t.co/7l80zfFTc7 
• 'Exemplary' solicitor sees off SRA allegations of AML dishonesty | Law Gazette https://t.co/cMPYqrRBUJ