Wednesday

7th December - Law News

Edition 3998: 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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Focus of the Day Article: A law firm unfairly dismissed an assistant solicitor by failing to follow the correct procedure – even though it was justified in firing him, an employment tribunal has ruled. Full story - Legal Futures  
 
Today's Highlighted Video Story: Meta has threatened to remove news content from Facebook in the US. It objects to a new law that would give news organisations greater power to negotiate fees for content shared on Facebook. A similar law, passed in Australia, led to news on Facebook being briefly suspended last year. Meta claims their platform, in fact, provides increased traffic to struggling news outlets.

Saturday Conversations on Law
  • My legal life: Kate Fawell-Comley, Hill Dickinson - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/bKdMJSbjg9 
  • BSB mulls SLAPPs guidance as Zahawi's solicitors are referred to SRA - Legal Futures https://t.co/Kvj0AQ9ut5 
  • Flood of sexual abuse lawsuits expected in New York as new law takes effect #US https://t.co/ERs9wNKdo1 
  • Climate clauses to support conveyancers with 'duty of care' | Law Gazette https://t.co/Ssdy5s7Ddu
  • Raab's rights bill: there may be trouble ahead | Law Gazette https://t.co/54a4kxEDkG 
  • A man has been arrested on suspicion of common assault after an egg was reportedly thrown in the direction of the King. The alleged incident happened while King Charles was on a walkabout in Luton town https://t.co/qEDhNScj33 
  • Lawyer bosses at one listed legal business invest heavily in another - Legal Futures https://t.co/HtDY47EmEn 
  • Free speech is stifled by laws made for the rich https://t.co/pAIzUSDhws 
  • Listed firm owner warns of £4m hit after litigation funder losses | Law Gazette https://t.co/9cfE6xiNBe
  • A woman who killed a motorcyclist will not attend a sentencing hearing in person after advice from her employer, the United States government. Anne Sacoolas, 45, admitted causing the death of Harry Dunn, 19, by careless driving via video-link https://t.co/mOufgNtWHb 
  • Tory peer Michelle Mone is taking a leave of absence from the Lords to clear her name of the allegations that she claims to have been unjustly levelled against her https://t.co/KpYT4ZLaCS 
  • UN refugee body criticises ‘errors’ in asylum report backed by Braverman https://t.co/eb6eulcZ4O 
  • A man who shot and wounded Lady Gaga's dog walker during a dog theft has been sentenced to 21 years in prison. James Howard Jackson pleaded no contest - similar to a guilty plea - to attempted murder #US https://t.co/B1xzMQvUO5 
  • 'New Britain': Labour plans to protect 'basic social rights' | Law Gazette https://t.co/bfJZVEZjJS 
  • Tweeting barrister sues BSB for belief discrimination - Legal Futures https://t.co/Kn7qfJfT6y
  • Pupils at schools with cases of streptococcus A could get preventative antibiotics after nine children died from infections linked to the bacteria https://t.co/eVNTnFS1h9 
  • MPs to revisit assisted dying with an inquiry next year | Assisted dying https://t.co/9c6JnmfmOA 
  • The police chief of Tampa, Florida, has resigned after it emerged that she used her position to dodge a ticket for using her golf cart on the street. Mary O'Connor and her husband were stopped last month by a Pinellas County sheriff's deputy #US https://t.co/Buh3SdPFMU 
  • #Indonesia's parliament has approved a new criminal code that bans anyone in the country having sex outside marriage and restricts political freedoms. The new laws won't come into effect for another three years https://t.co/E09e2U6Nmj 
  • Solicitor's dismissal while he was off sick was unfair, tribunal rules | Law Gazette https://t.co/iwK5JHojpI
  • ‘The Roding is sacred and has rights’: the hammer-wielding barrister fighting for London’s forgotten river https://t.co/nTmM7DOCnq 
  • Law firm's dismissal of solicitor was procedurally unfair, tribunal rules - Legal Futures https://t.co/NKvBdneaoB 
  • Lawyer in the news: Adnan Hussain, Tank Jowett Solicitors - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/4yAiNCIdY2
  • Ex-MP Imran Ahmad Khan loses appeal against sexual assault conviction - Former Conservative MP was jailed for 18 months in May for sexually assaulting teenage boy in 2008 https://t.co/kfVom0GWSg
  • Delays plague civil justice with trials taking months to come to court | Law Gazette https://t.co/kNExypPY9g
  • Matt Hancock has accused Tory peer Michelle Mone of being aggressive and threatening when trying to secure a government Covid contract for a firm. She asked for help to secure contracts in an email in June 2021, when he was health secretary https://t.co/1KMmZmQ9Wh 
  • Best of the blogs - 3 December 2022 | Law Gazette https://t.co/l5ckSLfLIj 
  • Allotment of public property should be only by auction, not favouritism or political interference: Karnataka High Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/qqq8tCsYfy 
  • Cat MacQueen appointed as ad hoc advocate depute | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/jkc5KgPYwb

Tuesday

6th December - Law News

Edition 3997: 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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Focus of the Day Article: The Scottish Law Commission’s proposals to reform the law on moveable and intellectual property have been backed by the Scottish Parliament’s Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee. Full story - Scottish Legal News  
 
Today's Highlighted Video Story: "Party Poster" is a wry exploration of how religion, politics and science intersect in a ubiquitous poster culture in India.

Saturday Conversations on Law
  • The Governor of Queensland has approved the appointment of 14 new King’s counsel in the Sunshine State, following recommendations from the state’s Chief Justice #Australia https://t.co/rYONk5mN7O 
  • A black British charity boss who was repeatedly asked where she was "really" from during a royal reception says she has suffered "horrific" abuse on social media after speaking out. Ngozi Fulani says her family has been under immense pressure https://t.co/YNki2h90hL
  • Madras Players perform play on the most famous and one of the last jury trials at the Madras High Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/CwM6uz9ecH 
  • Biztech Lawyers launches UK offering - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/fnlMN3BABu 
  • The Corporate Counsel Show: Creating a connected legal function - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/CfLbb6Fmy7 
  • PIL before Calcutta High Court against mandate on litigants to disclose caste for filing petitions | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/1Iysh3ExaH 
  • Cost of living: The Leeds food bank making every user feel valued https://t.co/rOPGjC5GEj 
  • Triple appointment at Northern Ireland firm Turley Legal | Irish Legal News https://t.co/AQRQLAD6VJ
  • Squaring Circles’ Rachael Bicknell shortlisted for National Mediation Award | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/dFgeqW5yLw 
  • Automation is bringing out the best in Australian legal teams - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/VPMi63hNOe 
  • Paschal O’Hare hires personal injury solicitor Jenna Curran | Irish Legal News https://t.co/rgj3yeDA1h
  • Don’t call judges ‘Sir’ or ‘Madam’, lawyers told - Legal Cheek https://t.co/mniyCKAVoe
  • Protégé: What makes a good advocate? - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/HEQG7yz0yp
  • #Italy home to 11 of 100-plus unofficial Chinese ‘police stations’ - outposts are used to monitor Chinese population abroad and force dissidents to return https://t.co/Z62eOJ1YBe 
  • More than 600 workers at the housing and homelessness charity Shelter are beginning an “unprecedented” fortnight of strike action on Monday in a dispute over pay – coinciding with one of its busiest times of the year https://t.co/wAgMv54hpf 
  • EU-funded survey of people aged 16-19 finds one in four have trolled someone – while UK least ‘cyberdeviant’ of nine countries https://t.co/Hm8HXsQUxX 
  • UK staff to have right to ask for flexible working from day one in job - Legislation brought forward but unions say government could go further to make it ‘the norm’ https://t.co/P8W1VtWSn1 
  • Take Legal Cheek's 60-second student wellbeing survey - Legal Cheek https://t.co/bRdqZU9eDL 
  • A&L Goodbody appoints Jill Shaw as first ESG and sustainability lead | Irish Legal News https://t.co/TJ1WTJhKvQ 
  • Law Society warns aspiring criminal solicitors they're 'highly unlikely' to earn 'reasonable' income following ‘real-terms cut’ on legal aid fees - Legal Cheek https://t.co/8nXDGjq3bb 
  • Law Society pushes NSW politicians for court reform, better police training - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/p3TKgIzTIT 
  • Wealth management arm of Macleod & MacCallum acquired | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/KAOZWgpJ2i 
  • New standing junior counsel to UK government named | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/RLLrrA2TGL 
  • Christine Yuill joins Burness Paull as partner | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/lEBT1SSu8i 
  • An agreement to return the Parthenon Sculptures - better known in the UK as the Elgin Marbles - is at "an advanced stage", according to a Greek newspaper https://t.co/TwUmWHKDle 
  • Reflections on the newly passed Respect at Work Bill - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/pomCVx24pO 
  • Gowling launches TC tech seat with secondment to AI start-up - Legal Cheek https://t.co/m0qdxbLF1B

Monday

5th December - Law News

Edition 3996: 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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Focus of the Day Article: Law firms have been warned again not to use litigation aimed at silencing critics—known as strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPPs). Full story - New Law Journal  
 
Today's Highlighted Video Story: Iran's morality police, which is tasked with enforcing it's strict Islamic dress code, is being disbanded, the country's attorney general says. Mohammad Jafar Montazeri made the comments at a religious conference on Sunday, though they are yet to be confirmed by other agencies. He said the morality police had “nothing to do with the judiciary and have been shut down from where they were set up”. Iran has seen months of protests after the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, who had been detained by the morality police for allegedly breaking strict rules on head coverings

Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Brian Archer takes up presidency of Law Society of Northern Ireland | Irish Legal News https://t.co/tZmZiHzgU0 
  • CCTV in schools in larger interest of students, parents and staff: AAP government to Delhi High Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/BEdursNTZf
  • Iran's morality police, which is tasked with enforcing the country's Islamic dress code, is being disbanded, the country's attorney general says https://t.co/8CK27pvBuy
  • Almost 20% of unaccompanied child migrants from Albania taken in by Kent County Council this year have disappeared. The local authority took in 197 Albanian children up to 31 October, 39 of whom have gone missing. https://t.co/v2kmUwKTla
  • The transition from construction lawyer to tutor - and what I learned along the way - Legal Cheek https://t.co/9kCOQRckqu 
  • Northern Ireland rights watchdogs establishing clarity on Brexit commitment | Irish Legal News https://t.co/DtzCHEgaI7 
  • Currys has stopped using Royal Mail for parcel deliveries "for now" following a wave of strike action at the postal services firm, which would lead to even more redundancies https://t.co/vjxhaGv0g6 
  • The White House has condemned former President Donald Trump after he called for the "termination" of the US constitution. Mr Trump made the comments in a post to his Truth social network on Saturday while repeating his false election victory claim #US https://t.co/fPJfRUEMTD 
  • Crypto needs cohesive regulation | Law Gazette https://t.co/RBdK60iiFS 
  • ‘System failure’: Lawyers respond to abandoned second Lehrmann trial - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/t0I1qvcagq 
  • Nowhere in the world Constitutional provisions are undone by courts like in India: Vice President Jagdeep Dhankar | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/cyIxMYOqOO 
  • Circuit Court: Conflict of interest disclosure by barrister did not breach GDPR | Irish Legal News https://t.co/9d40DCsr65
  • No more 'sir' or 'madam': Obsolete DJ titles axed | Law Gazette https://t.co/hEUyQlSFZA 
  • Salting the Bird's Tail? The Online Safety Bill -v- Musk's Twitter - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/fqtEIXRF3A 
  • The head of the police watchdog has been forced to resign after becoming the subject of a police investigation, Home Secretary says https://t.co/25hsWxE5nX 
  • Guest v Guest: The recent Supreme Court ruling law students need to know - Legal Cheek https://t.co/aeZOe2cdvP 
  • A&L Goodbody named European Competition Team of the Year | Irish Legal News https://t.co/S85SWTtNdE 
  • SRA wants statutory designation to encourage reporting of SLAPPs | Law Gazette https://t.co/LIdrFJglKC 
  • The Weekly Round-up: Scottish independence referendum, retained EU law and social media - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/ntbEgEY6Lf
  • Life inside the world’s largest law firm - Legal Cheek https://t.co/IpggPQv9Q7 
  • Matheson wins top Irish prize at The Lawyer European Awards | Irish Legal News https://t.co/vhr6p4TH2h 
  • A student has been suspended by the University of Derby for taking her baby into lectures. Leah Foster, 35, is half way through a degree and said her tutor had agreed to her taking her son in on a short-term basis but this was overruled https://t.co/Gvx27W4r4s 
  • #Israeli troops had entered the village warning of plans to demolish a Palestinian home. Footage shows a group of men and teenagers throwing rocks - then pulling back - as two shots ring out https://t.co/ftMx6jz99u 
  • 'Is it ok to take a gap year after my TC in a bid to find the perfect NQ role?' - Legal Cheek https://t.co/xQtWdGsgNG 
  • Ince Scotland bolsters offering within real estate and regulatory | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/K9b09GBW6B 
  • SDT chief quits in wake of costly eviction | Law Gazette https://t.co/aUP1x5ePAS