29th March - Law News

Edition 4110: 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: In-house lawyers based in the UK are more concerned by the risk of economic instability than colleagues in other parts of the world, a large-scale global study has found. Full story Legal Futures

 

Today's Highlighted Video Story: The Employed Bar Awards ceremony, held in Gray's Inn, London, October 2022

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Ministers will be able to block the release of some prisoners and stop others getting married under new plans to plans to overhaul the parole system. The idea is among measures in its Victims and Prisoners Bill https://t.co/G9Dn4GeKGe
  
• Nashville school shooter hid guns in parents' house #US https://t.co/FmuLwqosmY
  
• Rwanda scheme would ‘completely erode’ UK’s standing on world stage - New Human Rights Watch head Tirana Hassan says UK’s plan to deport asylum seekers is ‘cheap politics’ https://t.co/pEhVt0BfUq 
• As we enter the month of Ramadan, it is critical for law firms to be understanding and accommodating of their Muslim colleagues. Doing so creates a more inclusive and supportive environment for all | Law Gazette https://t.co/PQJg7HgEGz 
• Countries in the European Union have approved a landmark law that will ensure all new cars sold from 2035 must have zero emissions. Poland voted against the law, while Italy, Bulgaria and Romania abstained https://t.co/Z1FeE2SJ1O 
• Prince Harry says he is determined to hold the publisher of the Mail newspapers to account as he says he is "deeply concerned" by their "unchecked power, influence and criminality" https://t.co/891tiFvPJa 
• #Russian soldiers say commanders used ‘barrier troops’ to stop them retreating - Assault unit members claim in video that superiors ‘want to execute us’ after ‘huge’ losses in eastern Ukraine n https://t.co/ixD7ijOXkL 
• CA rejects limitation defence to negligence claim against law firm - Legal Futures https://t.co/VP8adL2wkj 
• Cool rules for a hot debate | Law Gazette https://t.co/SYiMNEcY1J 
• Welcoming Benjamin Netanyahu to No 10 is an insult to British #Palestinians like me | Sara Husseini https://t.co/TQMibz9kU0 
• My legal life: Tara Waters, Ashurst - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/Nh6FwzTlt4 
• A #Russian single father whose daughter was reported for drawing an anti-war picture has been given a two-year jail term for discrediting the army. But Alexei Moskalev, 53, was not in court in Yefremov for the verdict https://t.co/Ip94d3yuW3
  
• Sports presenter Gary Lineker has won his appeal against HMRC over a £4.9m tax bill. The UK tax authority pursued the star over taxes on income from both the BBC and BT Sport from 2013 to 2014 and 2017 to 2018 https://t.co/atGhJVjqgp 
• Absent claimant represented by solicitor 'appeared' at hearing, CoA rules | Law Gazette https://t.co/0yJ52kA7pu 
• Bar Council chair ratchets up rhetoric over eco-barristers - Legal Futures https://t.co/5EcMUDAuOH 
• MPs urged to uphold UK’s global obligations in migration bill debate - Council of Europe commissioner raises concerns that legislation may not meet human rights standards https://t.co/osfGZ7kRT3 
• Firms urged not to abandon SQE failures | Law Gazette https://t.co/FZzloxNc45
  
• Royal Mail talks over pay on brink of collapse https://t.co/7m4O17JO5B 
• Nicola Sturgeon formally resigns as first minister https://t.co/e3VwmEUgVb 
• Labour's governing body has voted to ban Jeremy Corbyn from standing as a Labour candidate at the next election https://t.co/o4cTaqytbb 
• Delays to rape trials in England and Wales ‘devastating’ for victims - Rescheduling and long waits damage victims’ mental health, leading some to take their own lives, report says n https://t.co/35tVO567yM
• A firm has lost a bid to dismiss a negligence claim brought by a former client who alleges it acted negligently in a personal injury case 12 years ago | Law Gazette https://t.co/kgsvtOfTgy 
• English law experience "not required" to qualify as solicitor - Legal Futures https://t.co/IoS68cf74I
• Lawyer in the news: Jed Pennington, Wilson Solicitors LLP - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/6cKf9SrU6v 
• A law firm had to draft fresh housing possession proceedings on behalf of its landlord client - who also had to pay another £355 court fee - due to county court delays | Law Gazette https://t.co/fOHpl7tVlR 
• Rwanda scheme would ‘completely erode’ UK’s standing on world stage https://t.co/pEhVt0BfUq
  
• #Israel to freeze anti-democratic judicial overhaul in face of protests | Law Gazette https://t.co/RjEoW4DmRC
• Court "wrong" to strike out small claim where party was absent but represented - Legal Futures https://t.co/ttxE7MFArQ
  
• Facial recognition firm Clearview has run nearly a million searches for US police, its founder has told the BBC. CEO Hoan Ton-That also revealed Clearview now has 30bn images scraped from platforms such as Facebook, taken without users' permissions https://t.co/0RD9K1o6KX
• Prince Harry and Elton John appear at High Court in Associated Newspapers hearing https://t.co/dNjyM9eHry 
• Lights out at the rank? Lawyers should take responsibility for whom they act for - Legal Futures https://t.co/ECF0ovNo6X
  
• Doreen Lawrence claims Daily Mail hired investigators to hack her phone - High court also hears claims against Associated Newspapers brought by Prince Harry, Elton John and Liz Hurley among others https://t.co/kp3VEjbDet
  
• Tory MPs push to toughen migration bill as rights chief sounds alarm - Ministers consider removing more safeguards while European watchdog urges UK parliament to reject bill https://t.co/WGxSn9gCY3
  
• Landlords to get power to evict antisocial tenants with two weeks’ notice - Private tenancy agreements in England and Wales will have to include clauses that specifically ban antisocial behaviour https://t.co/gm3FvvTU30 
• NFT: Plans for Royal Mint produced token dropped by government https://t.co/S3V9zzHPcb 
• A man suing Gwyneth Paltrow over a ski accident heard a "blood-curdling scream" shortly before the collision, a court in Utah has heard. Terry Sanderson, 76, said it sounded "like someone was out of control" and he had never been hit so hard skiing #US https://t.co/mZwuZ5JJuK
  
• Rotherham grooming survivor awarded £425k after suing rapist - The grooming survivor, who is known as Liz, started civil proceedings against Asghar Bostan in 2020 https://t.co/3kBIJ0DSP1 
• Three children and three adults killed in Nashville elementary school shooting #US https://t.co/gMxQ3a62no 
• Royal Mail bosses threaten to declare insolvency as pay talks near collapse - Talks with union over pay and working practices are on brink of collapse and special administration has been explored https://t.co/CIv5N7IfGi

28th March - Law News

Edition 4109: 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: Pregnant women in English jails are seven times more likely to suffer stillbirth - campaigners demand new sentencing guidelines after data reveals a dramatic rise in the chance of a prisoner’s baby dying. Full story Guardian Law

 

Today's Highlighted Video Story: Labour's governing body is to vote on banning the party's former leader Jeremy Corbyn from standing as a Labour candidate. Keir Starmer will put the rule change to the National Executive committee. Mr Corbyn, who is already suspended from the parliamentary party after a row over anti semitism, is now being banned from standing on the wider charge of leading Labour to electoral disaster in 2019.
But Mr Corbyn insisted he was "not going anywhere".

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Dramatic scenes from school shooting in Tennessee Dramatic scenes from school shooting in Tennessee Six people, three of them children, have been killed in a primary school shooting in Nashville #US https://t.co/AMPJX8Xkh4
• Sad day for the State: Madhya Pradesh High Court warns lawyers of contempt action if they do not end strike | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/0tDkGXeZd
• GPT-4 claims it could 'potentially replace' paralegals: New AI tool reckons it can replicate their research and organisational skills - Legal Cheek https://t.co/gHv6jpiMDh
• More UK in-house teams plan to cut legal spend than most global peers, study shows - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/8Oa0FB1tNS
• HSF becomes first City law firm to sign up to ‘living pension’ - Legal Cheek https://t.co/k8FJeRWSF
• 'A crucial part of managing risk': IBA takes global view of professional indemnity insurance: New report from International Bar Association asks whether indemnity insurance should be mandatory for lawyers in every jurisdiction - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/sxczszJTw
• #Israel judicial reform: the reforms will shield PM Netanyahu, who is currently on trial for alleged corruption https://t.co/MOmFT1oXCd
• After it was reported that an unnamed OnlyFans creator had claimed tax relief on breast enhancement surgery, the accountant who filed the return has said she was "surprised" to see it making headlines https://t.co/dk3EkI6WHC
  
• Man who praised Samuel Paty murder found guilty of terrorism offences - Ajmal Shahpal also praised the killer of French school teacher Samuel Paty for being "as brave as a lion" https://t.co/ioIuECBLkF
• Trainee solicitor stole over £100k from firm to fund gambling addiction and was jailed for two years - Legal Cheek https://t.co/KP5SLfEDGB 
• #Kenya’s Landmark Supreme Court Decision on Non-Discrimination for Sexual Minorities | OHRH https://t.co/h9YLnO5cpR
• Cleary secures Linklaters private equity partner to continue run of senior London lateral hires - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/rKMJLt58jZ
• Did deregulation kill SVB? - Legal Cheek https://t.co/9rhawxvXsM 
• POCSO Act: Delhi High Court suspends sentence of man after noting girl lied about her age to accused, eloped with him voluntarily | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/fNvKaVPGwD 
• Meet the Lambo-driving criminal law solicitor with over 100k followers on TikTok - Legal Cheek https://t.co/iRppsEpDEU 
• The voting numbers behind Humza Yousaf's victory as SNP leader and the new first minister of Scotland https://t.co/OSMGMeM91M
  
• Georgina McManus: 'Part of my job is to liaise with creative people and help bring fantasy to reality' - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/rKhuPaf0Bo 
• Union leader urges TUC to unite in defying planned anti-strike law - Fire Brigades Union chief says joint action needed to oppose minimum service levels bill https://t.co/NsmvyvVFch 
• Plea in Supreme Court challenges Section 8(3) of Representation of People Act providing automatic disqualification of convicted MPs/ MLAs | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/XrrT7FAtIR 
• Reddit user asks ChatGPT to explain Donoghue v Stevenson in a ‘gangsta way’ - Legal Cheek https://t.co/0e8klqAPwz
  
• Senior Advocate Gaurav Pachnanda fast-tracked to the English Bar | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/TdBqZEnj4T 
• Simmons & Simmons posts 75% spring retention rate - Legal Cheek https://t.co/sSRXTEilY3 
• How Rahul Gandhi, Arvind Kejriwal and Subramanian Swamy once united to challenge criminal defamation law | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/uYV1tzbRFS
• Sweet success! Law firm dishes out Wonka-style golden ticket TC offers - Legal Cheek https://t.co/CZ5n07yrre
• The Joint Committee on Human Rights is seeking evidence from lawyers as part of an inquiry into the Illegal Migration Bill | NLJ https://t.co/xkxUlhk0Wt
  
• Brown Rudnick and Mishcon de Reya elected to board of network helping police cryptoassets - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/NyOAa5aJYe
• Muslim lawyers share advice this Ramadan - Legal Cheek https://t.co/VFNomjMMB1