Thursday

26th January - Law News

Edition 4046: 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 Law News/Article: Afghan women judges were ‘hunted’ by Taliban before relocating to Ireland. Full story - Irish Legal News  
 
Today's Highlighted Video Story: Prosecutors and the defense gave opening statements in the trial of former South Carolina (US) attorney Alex Murdaugh, who is charged with killing his wife and son.

Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Donald Trump will be allowed back onto Facebook and Instagram, after Meta announced it would be ending its two-year suspension of his accounts https://t.co/uiL36mExhm
  • Solicitors need ECHR rights, too | Law Gazette https://t.co/z0KfhgOyw
  • The importance of L&D for your (invaluable) legal accounts department - Legal Futures https://t.co/FGJRUduYqa
  • FCA concerned about 'inappropriate sourcing' of CMC clients | Law Gazette https://t.co/ddR1XcYKi3
  • Allahabad High Court grants anticipatory bail to man accused of inciting public to demolish Gyanvapi mosque | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/nBPEQERip
  • A quarter of judgments still unpublished | Law Gazette https://t.co/9dmUZyochC
  • Probation service and ministers have ‘blood on hands’, say Zara Aleena’s family - Watchdog report uncovers series of failings in supervision of Jordan McSweeney, who murdered the law graduate last year https://t.co/KOcm8MsPRP
  • A disabled woman said she was reduced to tears when asked to leave a pub because of her assistance dog. Louise Harris, who has multiple sclerosis, was approached by a manager in Hanley Wetherspoons on 13 January https://t.co/WrfUqCSiv
  • High Court rejects committal applications against City partners - Legal Futures https://t.co/Ero4Dy3QT
  • It's time for law officers to stand up to ministers, say peers | Law Gazette https://t.co/Pun1AXiBE
  • Tory MP's private member’s bill would enable courts in England and Wales to penalise wealthy figures using vexatious litigation known as Slapps https://t.co/0uvO2Z1RZ0
  • Costly turnpikes on the silk road | Law Gazette https://t.co/eP4gjP5nrE
  • Ex-managing partner fails in £80k claim despite discrimination finding - Legal Futures https://t.co/ONhQY8crii
  • UK government ‘let lawyers bypass sanctions’ to help Putin ally sue journalist - Documents seen by Open Democracy show UK firm got approval to engage with Wagner group founder Yevgeny Prigozhin https://t.co/uWNDYMkqIv
  • Slater and Gordon seeks new funding after reporting another huge loss | Law Gazette https://t.co/0kAHEWn42
  • The boss of Eurostar has said its trains between the UK and Paris are carrying 30% fewer passengers. Chief executive Gwendoline Cazenave said with post-Brexit border checks and current levels of border staff, there were "bottlenecks" in stations https://t.co/dXAC5VKZpD
  • Influencer Andrew Tate said the case against him was "empty" as he was taken for questioning at #Romania's organised crime unit on Wednesday. He is currently detained alongside his brother Tristan over allegations of rape and human trafficking https://t.co/cC4E2xqFmZ 
  • A quarter of listed cases not published by National Archives - Legal Futures https://t.co/H1Pb5s5OB2
  • Justin Bieber sells rights to songs for $200m https://t.co/yBZfeSSWwe
  • Referral routes widened for early advice pilot | Law Gazette https://t.co/Dsrx1ecNVY
  • Stricter rules for tattoos and piercings in Wales - About 3,500 practitioners will need to be licensed and 1,868 business premises will require approval https://t.co/I4y0P5xHek 
  • CMCs still pushing out “misleading and unfair” advertising - Legal Futures https://t.co/JjExEuIkhZ
  • Fears missing couple and baby are sleeping in tent in icy temperatures https://t.co/oMXS36ByuW 
  • Zara Aleena’s family may sue over murder by released prisoner - Legal action being considered after report highlights failings that allowed Jordan McSweeney to kill London woman https://t.co/zPdy5WMyjc
  • A nightclub where a footballer was stabbed to death on the dance floor has lost its licence amid fears it posed "terrifying" risks to public safety. Cody Fisher was killed at the Crane venue in Digbeth, Birmingham https://t.co/Y6gSj1GcyX 
  • Trans rights in Scotland and a constitutional clash https://t.co/Yclj61R70V
  • Children punched and hit over the head in care homes rated ‘good’ https://t.co/bijhdSXsPi 
  • A person has been found guilty of raping two women in attacks carried out before she changed gender. Isla Bryson committed the crimes in Clydebank and Glasgow in 2016 and 2019 https://t.co/uQN3XsB861

Wednesday

25th January - Law News

Edition 4045: 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 Law News/Article: Representative bodies for solicitors in Scotland have agreed to an £11 million package that increases fees for legal aid lawyers in Scotland and supports the country’s court recovery programme. Full story - Scottish Legal News  
 
Today's Highlighted Video Story: Barton and others (Respondents) v Morris and another in place of Gwyn–Jones (deceased) (Appellants). An oral contract was made between the First Respondent, Mr Barton, and the Fourth Respondent, Foxpace Ltd ("Foxpace"), who owned a property called Nash House which it wanted to sell. The first instance judge found that the express terms of the oral contract were that if Mr Barton introduced to Foxpace a purchaser who bought Nash House for £6.5 million, Foxpace would pay Mr Barton £1.2 million. Mr Barton introduced Western UK Acton Ltd ("Western") to Foxpace. Documents were drawn up for the sale of Nash House to Western for £6.55 million. However, it came to light that Nash House fell within an area safeguarded for the purpose of the construction of the HS2 rail link. As a result, Western acquired Nash House for £6 million plus VAT. Since the oral contract between Foxpace and Mr Barton made no provision as to what would happen if Nash House was sold for anything less than £6.5 million, Foxpace argued there was no obligation to pay anything to Mr Barton. Accordingly, Mr Barton brought a claim for the reasonable value of his services.

Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Regulators plan new work on lawyers’ misuse of NDAs | Law Gazette https://t.co/Wwk9HCKeix
  • Classified documents found at former #US vice-president Mike Pence's home https://t.co/qImMBIACzx
  • #US jury convicts man pictured with feet on Pelosi’s desk during Capitol attack https://t.co/ff5Q7x4Lus 
  • The prospect of criminal legal aid lawyers unionising - a move that would enable them to undertake full-blown strike action - remains on the cards after it emerged that two practitioner groups met union leaders last week | Law Gazette https://t.co/V9ZssQQBZt
  • And then there were two - SRA shuts another Metamorph firm - Legal Futures https://t.co/HRLhMV0J7
  • Bid to overturn $11.1bn arbitration opens in High Court | Law Gazette https://t.co/mtQuveNJJY 
  • Academics sue Oxford University over ‘Uberisation’ of teaching contracts https://t.co/qrfsD63vfs 
  • High Court bars contempt application from 'wholly incapable' litigant | Law Gazette https://t.co/oHVcwfDOst 
  • Assisted dying should be a right – not a crime https://t.co/2wRLcfAekx
  • Unrepentant barrister disbarred for breaking Supreme Court embargo - Legal Futures https://t.co/3kULLO451E
  • Children punched and locked out naked in Hesley Group care homes, rated 'good' by inspection https://t.co/bijhdSY0EQ
  • CPS paralegal admits passing data to criminals | Law Gazette https://t.co/oAj1sLuqpE
  • Bombay High Court allows termination of 33-week-old pregnancy; says woman has right to choose termination, not medical board | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/sGuBus5Mjc
  • My legal life: Karen Bexley, Bexley Beaumont - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/AtEyI1TElS 
  • Lyricist Javed Akhtar files appeal against Magistrate Court summons over RSS-Taliban comment | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/MtFexqjln4
  • Ministers have rejected a proposal from MPs to introduce "menopause leave" pilots in England, arguing it could be "counterproductive". It also dismissed a recommendation to make menopause a protected characteristic under the Equality Act https://t.co/Vqz5g7FDhT
  • Zara Aleena murder: Probation Service mistakes outlined in report - Jordan McSweeney, 29, attacked Zara Aleena in June 2022, nine days after his release on licence from prison https://t.co/pawfXY1LbJ 
  • #US state of California had a second mass shooting in days after a man shot dead seven former co-workers south of San Francisco. The attacks took place in the coastal city of Half Moon Bay. The victims were all Chinese-American farm workers https://t.co/fUor8wwKgu
  • Court orders judge's recusal due to "business association" with defendant - Legal Futures https://t.co/Vtn8ofITME 
  • Owners of litigation funder Novitas set aside £90m for failed cases | Law Gazette https://t.co/X8sOOfQCTg 
  • Richard Sharp: Watchdog review begins into BBC chairman's hiring https://t.co/NiorHj9cRs
  • Lawyer in the news: Kate Egerton, Leigh Day - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/bQCkB97HlR 
  • Jared O'Mara: MP made fake expense claims to fund cocaine use, court told https://t.co/irrNEipJiY
  • Court rejects contempt bid over solicitor's witness statement error - Legal Futures https://t.co/9ezcVRFk4F
  • Costly turnpikes on the silk road | Law Gazette https://t.co/eP4gjP5nrE
  • Firefighter critically injured in Jenners blaze in Edinburgh https://t.co/NG4bZ3PEzV
  • Disclosure: exchange of letters not enough, says Flaux | Law Gazette https://t.co/ilYhaWxW6J 
  • Rishi Sunak orders investigation into Nadhim Zahawi tax row https://t.co/DknvUAYy6y

Tuesday

24th January - Law News

Edition 4044: 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 Law News/Article: Can victims of crime hope for justice from a crumbling system? As every police force in England and Wales begins reviewing abuse allegations against its officers, the underfunded legal system is already buckling under a vast backlog. Full story - Guardian Law  
 
Today's Highlighted Video Story: Rishi Sunak was in Northampton earlier to launch a mental health policy, but instead had to use the event to announce an investigation into one of his own cabinet ministers.  Revelations over Nadhim Zahawi's HMRC penalty have raised questions over the Prime Minister's commitment to rebuilding standards. Meanwhile, the man who oversaw their perceived collapse, Boris Johnson, dismissed as 'nonsense' the accusation he helped the BBC's chairman into the job in return for help securing a loan, now also the subject of a Whitehall probe.

Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Can't imagine Universe without cows; all problems on Earth will be solved if cow slaughter is prevented: Gujarat Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/Ic8VNuyXTE
  • Over a third of legal workers hate their boss, research finds - Legal Cheek https://t.co/VPcMLNcSpO
  • UK offers qualified backing for tribunal to prosecute Russia’s leaders https://t.co/BBokYJ6Y54
  • Linklaters keeps 48 of 51 spring qualifying trainee solicitors - Legal Cheek https://t.co/Sf6zUsBqOF
  • Major legal aid practice sold for just £200,000 upfront in pre-pack - Legal Futures https://t.co/tajEJIGEy3
  • 5 tips to secure pupillage - Legal Cheek https://t.co/X2BCLbegMa
  • World Athletics proposes new transgender eligibility rules https://t.co/o9TRyAOQE6
  • ‘Dirty wee torturers’: Northern Irish man tells of British army abuse during Troubles https://t.co/HG5iEFXilG
  • Teach aspiring lawyers to use ChatGPT, says top law prof - Legal Cheek https://t.co/TW2Q6WKiO
  • Former Wagner Group commander who fled to #Norway arrested by police. Andrey Medvedev, who is seeking asylum after claiming to witness war crimes in Ukraine, fears deportation to Russia https://t.co/ejV7AMl43d
  • #France to take legal action over ‘nightmare’ plastic pellet spill https://t.co/ME06axfqHb
  • As a police officer, I was asked to undermine an alleged rape victim – I wish I could say it was a one-off | The secret police officer https://t.co/3AO7nnitKf 
  • At least eight Arsenal fans have been arrested in the #Ugandan city of Jinja after celebrating the club's win against Manchester United in the English Premier League https://t.co/iDhfClqiXE 
  • One man has been found guilty of a knifepoint robbery at the family home of elite cyclist Mark Cavendish. Romario Henry, 31, of Bell Green in Lewisham, south-east London, broke into Mr Cavendish's home in Ongar, Essex, on 27 November 2021 https://t.co/PmqYLotdqR 
  • Love Island legal contestants: where are they now? - Legal Cheek https://t.co/t92H7TRPJa 
  • Family wins high court fight for fresh inquest into stabbing of Yousef Makki https://t.co/Ad9D3Jlp1H 
  • Why we strike – eight workers on their reasons for joining the picket line in Britain’s new winter of discontent https://t.co/LNfLw81ftm
  • 30 important Judgments on Arbitration by Indian Courts [June- December 2022] | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/mdZfDOqtm6 
  • 3 ways that changing the way you work can change your life - Legal Cheek https://t.co/NCPnS0Sl18
  • "We need to stop bias against those with obesity Brendan Fraser: We need to stop bias against those with obesity". Brendan Fraser is riding the award season wave with his latest movie The Whale https://t.co/ut8oUMNGrG
  • California police have identified the gunman suspected of killing 10 people in a ballroom dance studio near Los Angeles as Huu Can Tran, 72, who was later found dead in a white van #US https://t.co/X97Vh3dqM2
  • Unless we start paying junior lawyers well, we cannot have a democratised bar: CJI DY Chandrachud | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/qp37Nr84fh 
  • Matteo Messina Denaro: How silence and compliance kept Mafia boss at large https://t.co/Gnic9w5IBz
  • BSB returns to “part fund” Legal Choices website - Legal Futures https://t.co/C62ZWtlWhs
  • NQ lawyer pay at Milbank hits £166k following exchange rate adjustment - Legal Cheek https://t.co/YXAaASQuv0
  • 6 ways law students can overcome the Monday Blues - Legal Cheek https://t.co/0JeApxcdf4 
  • An "unscheduled" safeguarding audit and review has been launched in the Catholic church following claims of lockdown gatherings in Newcastle https://t.co/mF9au36R10
  • ‘Underappreciated’ lawyers likely to quit, research reveals - Legal Cheek https://t.co/XCdiiOaD5s
  • 'How many training contracts should I apply for?' - Legal Cheek https://t.co/7eqCGj7BNY
  • Wales rugby: Charlotte Wathan said a male colleague said in front of others in an office that he wanted to "rape" her https://t.co/qB1kYtUpDo