Tuesday

7th February - Law News

Edition 4059: 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: GMB is now the union for judges after the first union branch in the country specifically for judges was opened this week. The branch consists of union members who work in the judicial system, which is traditionally a sector without trade union representation. Full story - Scottish Legal News  
 
Today's Highlighted Video Story: The serial rapist and former Metropolitan Police officer David Carrick was in court today. He's already pleaded guilty to attacking 12 women over 17 years. It's the only chance many of his victims will get to have their stories officially heard.

Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Number of law students joining lost learning group action more than doubles in two months - Legal Cheek https://t.co/RnuQioS1tY 
  • Central government notifies appointment of five judges to Supreme Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/ejltBjYeA3
  • Magic Circle set Fountain Court boosts pupillage award to £80,000 - Legal Cheek https://t.co/pcXTTXid3O 
  • Bishop Climate Wiseman, of Kingdom Church, Camberwell, warned people they would "drop dead" if they did not buy his covid protection kits and was convicted of fraud. He has to serve a 1 year jail term, 160 hours of unpaid work & pay £60,072 in court costs https://t.co/L60jcjwBAH 
  • Mental wellbeing charity, LawCare has reported a ‘dramatic increase’ in calls from legal professionals with career concerns | NLJ https://t.co/ft3as4GibR 
  • Lawyer Dinah Rose KC sues the Times for libel - Lawsuit relates to a story about criticism she faced after taking Cayman Islands same-sex marriage case https://t.co/mpv2wbAfvz
  • Public favours barristers with posh accents, study finds - Legal Cheek https://t.co/yCcePLF8DJ
  • Good enough for jazz: how well does the government need to understand its Paris Agreement obligations? A case of emissions and omissions - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/gC5A5yF9xy 
  • Exclusive: Baker McKenzie lawyer quits citing ‘lack of diversity’ in email to colleagues - Legal Cheek https://t.co/IJ1shBVXlV
  • A US deputy general counsel who breached the embargo on disclosure of draft judgments has escaped contempt proceedings | NLJ https://t.co/rPoUllH8B4 
  • Listed law firm fires chief exec over 'cultural concerns' - Legal Cheek https://t.co/9ZVe998aMP 
  • The Weekly Round-up: Nadhim Zahawi, Windrush reforms, and accommodation for vulnerable children - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/4wGGM5jl02 
  • Our struggling economy needs legal certainty | Law Gazette https://t.co/BJwzUHM6km 
  • Law Pod UK latest episode: How to get Pupillage - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/2TS1ikFcRi 
  • MI5 acted unlawfully when handling and storing private data gathered by secret surveillance under the Investigatory Powers Act 2016 (IPA 2016, also known as the Snoopers’ Charter), a tribunal has held | NLJ https://t.co/eeLArK8s3h 
  • Trade union formally establishes branch for judges | Law Gazette https://t.co/2kNl2imecA
  • Law firms are changing how they charge for their services in response to client demand for lower costs and greater clarity, according to a LexisNexis UK investigative report, 'Calling time on the billable hour' | NLJ https://t.co/SBZgKurlho
  • David Carrick: Officer raped by disgraced PC feared reporting him to bosses https://t.co/xmwG30DgrF 
  • Andrew Tate was violent and coercive, says ex-girlfriend. Tate and his brother Tristan are in custody in #Romania while police investigate allegations of rape and trafficking https://t.co/UXinfvmtVC 
  • Quindell intelligence made no difference to price, court hears | Law Gazette https://t.co/dKnXhcxki9 
  • NHS fines mothers for claiming free prescriptions while pregnant - Pregnant women are entitled to free medication, but without a maternity exemption certificate they face bills of hundreds of pounds https://t.co/SCGeJnUn3n 
  • Victoria Gowri not opposed to "true love", only to "love jihad": Madurai lawyers in support of her elevation | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/vbO0dFLdrn 
  • Sunak ‘risks full-scale trade war’ with Brussels by scrapping EU laws https://t.co/1FacBu9xpb 
  • ‘Help! My supervising partner has gone AWOL’ - Legal Cheek https://t.co/R2E1ZenYay
  • Baker McKenzie Belgium managing partner steps down pending review into office racism claims - Legal Cheek https://t.co/CvnVRrgR2A 
  • 5 takeaways from our training contract application masterclass - Legal Cheek https://t.co/bvsqiztc9r

Monday

6th February - Law News

Edition 4058: 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: The Supreme Court’s Tate Modern decision restates the law of nuisance to include visual intrusion and could provoke a wave of ‘copycat cases’, lawyers say. Full story - The New Law Journal  
 
Today's Highlighted Video Story: The first images of Nicola Bulley on the day she went missing while walking her dog have been shared by one of her friends. The 45-year-old was last seen walking next to the River Wyre in St Michael's on Wyre in Lancashire, England.
 

Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Family courts in Cardiff, Leeds and Carlisle will open to reporters from this week under measures to increase transparency in the justice system | NLJ https://t.co/VAjuha54a1 
  • Womble Bond Dickinson and BDB Pitmans abandon merger talks - Legal Cheek https://t.co/6nrdPRclfV 
  • It’s so easy to cheat with technology that even judges are doing it - Everyone uses Wikipedia, but should it really be affecting what happens in court? https://t.co/QoJQLKF60X 
  • City solicitors appointed to High Court bench | Law Gazette https://t.co/nrmFAJTG7G
  • A conveyancer from St Albans firm Bretherton Law has been chosen as the lucky winner of a two-week trip to Australia, courtesy of legal tech provider InfoTrack | NLJ https://t.co/a1dO3GTmeP 
  • Hill Dickinson’s top earner nets £1m as profits surge | Law Gazette https://t.co/GWNGDuYGvB 
  • Slaughters keeps all 47 spring NQ lawyers - Legal Cheek https://t.co/WVfV2plXK0
  • The Supreme Court’s Tate Modern decision restates the law of nuisance to include visual intrusion and could provoke a wave of ‘copycat cases’, lawyers say | NLJ https://t.co/ecZRE5S8T8
  • Trade deal ‘could liberalise Korea legal market’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/afNauAKQAO 
  • Express Solicitors to recruit pupil barristers for first time - Legal Cheek https://t.co/2R35JKiAWF 
  • Lord Kitchin will retire from the Supreme Court in September, at the end of the legal year | NLJ https://t.co/wIYL9r0OuB 
  • Stop UK mobile and broadband firms ‘lining their pockets’, urge consumer experts - Companies facing backlash amid warning of mid-contract price rises of up to 17% during cost of living crisis https://t.co/5nZtwpyP4b 
  • Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has rejected calls to prevent sharp rises in domestic energy bills for all households in his March budget – meaning millions of users will see costs soar by about 40% from April https://t.co/CRxgMYIPM2
  • #Iranian film-maker Jafar Panahi released on bail after hunger strike - award-winning director, who was arrested in July, is released from Evin prison in Tehran https://t.co/5QdwzgJ6AB 
  • Witness comes forward in Nicola Bulley case as police warn against speculation - Police had released CCTV images of a woman pushing a pram near where the dog walker went missing, urging her to get in touch https://t.co/eBiRwQqSvT
  • More civil servants in bullying complaints against Dominic Raab than previously thought. Some officials were signed off for ‘extended periods’ while others stayed at work to protect colleagues, says a complaint made by 27 staff at the Ministry of Justice https://t.co/dVsen3osVP 
  • A sixth police officer involved in the events leading to the arrest of Tyre Nichols has been fired, the Memphis police department has said. An internal police investigation found Preston Hemphill had "violated multiple department policies," https://t.co/UaVuWlrDPs 
  • Constance Marten, her partner Mark Gordon, 48 - a convicted sex offender - and their four-week-old baby have been missing for the last month - couple and their newborn baby are believed to be camping in the East Sussex countryside, https://t.co/wjDsz7W9Gc 
  • SRA continues fight for documents from former solicitor | Law Gazette https://t.co/ZUxi9MU3z2 
  • The aristocratic Trevelyan family, who owned six sugar plantations in Grenada, will apologise and pay reparations for owning a thousand slaves https://t.co/lC3C9Fwgrg 
  • With the threat of cybercrime growing ever more critical for law firms, an upcoming panel discussion will offer the opportunity to prepare, plan, and practise responses to cyber-attacks | NLJ https://t.co/LDXglyqHJm
  • Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has fired a government aide who made derogatory remarks about LGBT couples. Masayoshi Arai reportedly said he would not want to live next to, or look at, people in same-sex relationships https://t.co/mTin92fweI 
  • The 10 best legal social media users of 2023: Which lawfluencer will win this year’s Legal Cheek Award? - Legal Cheek https://t.co/wcPPSfuk80 
  • Costs ‘earthquake’ as CPR changes reverse claimant protection | Law Gazette https://t.co/dDjZuZRWH3 
  • Courts waved through applications by energy firms to forcibly install prepayment meters, according to internal advice from a top magistrate. Old guidelines required careful scrutiny of warrant applications, new advice to courts deems rules disproportionate https://t.co/03mv8QWGuu 
  • Law prof apologises for telling student 'f*ck you' - Legal Cheek https://t.co/81iZ1wkkzv 
  • Sunak ‘plans to stop deportation appeals’ for people who reach UK in small boats https://t.co/A3wbvtRdGu
  • A waste collection firm in Brighton has been told by lawyers for the Lord of the Rings franchise to change its name. Lord of the Bins collects household, building and office waste across East Sussex and West Sussex https://t.co/SscIiBdfBp 
  • When #Mexican police raided a self-styled Jewish sect, former members hoped it would spell the end of the group, which has been accused of crimes against children. https://t.co/8i43NgNz3I

Sunday

5th February - Law News

Edition 4057: 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: Former Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf has died at the age of 79, after a long illness. He had been living in self-imposed exile in Dubai since 2016. His tenure was noted for a spat with the chief justice of Pakistan's supreme court

Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Brisbane council to review prime pub leases after penalty rates controversy #Australia https://t.co/YSuHY2XTgJ 
  • Running a tech incubator - the Allen & Overy experience - Legal Futures https://t.co/1zudyEyLso 
  • Nearly 14,000 #Nigerians take Shell to court over devastating impact of pollution https://t.co/MyPAfTBynG
  • Nicola Bulley: Woman with pram sought in search for missing mum https://t.co/opYyAgivxk 
  • Royal commissions transformed Britain in the 1960s – we desperately need them now https://t.co/GrBTrXWAQm
  • Can a mass shooter demand a good death? The strange case that tested the limits of justice #Spain https://t.co/CqBXyCVpn6 
  • Will-writing clients increasingly interested in add-on services - Legal Futures https://t.co/xlv88K4Mzk
  • Victorian government to apologise to victims of sexual abuse at state schools later this year #Australia https://t.co/4uxtYmGmC9
  • Bill to extend maternity protections passes in House of Commons | Maternity & paternity rights - If bill goes through Lords, firms cannot make women redundant from moment pregnancy disclosed until child is 18 months https://t.co/YuT2OtbByh 
  • Why did Gary Glitter only serve half his prison sentence? https://t.co/Woem8IqGXY 
  • Crypto world opens up opportunities for solicitors, says SRA - Legal Futures https://t.co/kTqvncyC2P 
  • ‘It’s not who we are,’ wails British Gas. Sorry but when you’re using bailiffs to install meters, that’s exactly who you are https://t.co/F8I5cMDtOw 
  • Democracy does not always go hand in hand with liberalism – that is the problem https://t.co/PR9MBeAgmc 
  • Tesla founder Elon Musk has been cleared of wrongdoing for a tweet in which he said he had "funding secured" to take the electric carmaker back into private ownership #US https://t.co/1UyPFyWi08 
  • #China urged "cool-headed" handling of a dispute over a giant Chinese balloon heading for the eastern US. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken earlier called off a visit to Beijing, saying the "surveillance" balloon's presence was "an irresponsible act" https://t.co/oSpjauUSTn 
  • Dominic Raab should be suspended, says ex-Conservative chairman https://t.co/WRNrIpMof7
  • Fast-growing ABS expands again but this year's focus is on profit - Legal Futures https://t.co/0GSN7gTpzZ 
  • Associates driving ESG efforts across the profession | Law Gazette https://t.co/faY6gYGlb0 
  • "No sensible reason" for split profession anymore, says leading KC - Legal Futures https://t.co/9USGeV3JmU 
  • Nigerian gas deal would lead to $2bn payday, court hears | Law Gazette https://t.co/3tmlF2CKCo 
  • Netanyahu told he must not involve himself in judiciary overhaul - #Israel’s attorney general said to PM it would amount to a conflict of interest over his corruption trial, according to letter https://t.co/qOdilAvgVd 
  • 'Raise legal aid': Wales's message to Westminster | Law Gazette https://t.co/zHnVqrKSGG 
  • Guantánamo detainee who was tortured by CIA released to Belize, Al-Qaida courier turned informant Majid Khan to be permanently resettled after being held in US custody for nearly 20 years #US https://t.co/TZ6fIEdyA3