Friday

21st August - Law News

Edition 3160: LawNewsIndex is a UK based legal news & articles archive since 2011 focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.
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Focus of the Day Law Article: Two-thirds of minority ethnic Britons believe the police and criminal justice system are biased against them, a new poll finds. Coming after racial injustice protests swept across Britain in recent months, the poll for the charity Hope Not Hate shows the level of concern about bias in policing among minority groups. Eight out of 10 black Britons and eight out of 10 Bangladeshi Britons fear “police are biased against people from my background and ethnic group”, with 65% of all ethnic minorities agreeing. Full story - Guardian Law



Today's Highlighted Video Story:  The battle over borders has erupted again with the Queensland Government under attack from federal politicians accusing the Premier of political motivations. The stoush featured at National Cabinet today, where the Prime Minister also revealed Queensland has quietly relaxed its border restrictions for people needing medical care.



Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Brooklyn Federal Judge Blocks Trump Administration From Ending Health Care Bias Protections for LGBTQ Patients | New York Law Journal https://t.co/bNIbGTooqs
  • Proposed legislation would assist universities in protecting coronavirus research from hackers #US https://t.co/SKx2mKuU7
  • From treading water to drowning quickly | Law Gazette https://t.co/UiVzXE329u
  • Commercial firm BLM to cut 89 roles in home-working drive | Law Gazette https://t.co/RJd53U6Ov5
  • Landlords face new requirements once possession proceedings resume | Law Gazette https://t.co/lW7tQRW1t6
  • Hundreds of thousands face eviction, housing charities warn | Law Gazette https://t.co/4x8EKkXFl8
  • Computer says win: funder ties up with case prediction startup | Law Gazette https://t.co/SSTJKUqG6
  • Irwin Mitchell celebrates 11% profit growth | Law Gazette https://t.co/b6QFsK2QIk
  • More firms enter A-level debate | Law Gazette https://t.co/WNOEswSVw
  • Don't break quarantine to go to court - Law Society | Law Gazette https://t.co/KnWbj5N5X
  • The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/UIKeUk8eD7
  • #Lebanon Tribunal Unanimously Finds Ayyash Guilty of 2005 Attack on Former Prime Minister https://t.co/dc9RXnw6MX
  • Lyft and Uber receive reprieve in California employment rights row #US https://t.co/JLPkWgEMo
  • Portugal added to UK's safe travel list as Croatia is removed https://t.co/JGSuKsbMjc
  • ISD tribunal rejects Elliott request for prosecutorial case files on Samsung heir on M&A #SouthKorea https://t.co/048dbeRiSg
  • U.N. tribunal verdict does not concern Hezbollah, says MP #Lebanon https://t.co/a68Mz91kQ4
  • Scottish Feminist Judgments Project launches podcast - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/BaA39Rny
  • England: MoJ to support litigants-in-person with £3.1m in funding - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/gOYG2pOlVx
  • Angela Grahame QC appointed to Sheku Bayoh public inquiry - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/H6hrkauYeX
  • Law At Work promotes Heather Maclean and Paman Singh - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/6CFx7Dv3K8
  • Law Society responds to open letter decrying SLAB fees for Supreme Court case - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/30hn2J0XOH
  • BLM Scottish office avoids closure as firm launches redundancies consultation - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/ZjB92TuMF
  • Examining Airline Market Power in Light of COVID-19 Bailouts | JURIST https://t.co/tgQ48ssx1
  • Scottish Parliament TV | Debate: Solicitors in the Supreme Courts of Scotland (Amendment) Bill : August 19, 2020 https://t.co/rSPTT5pMuf
  • Fifa extends ban for #Haiti's Jean-Bart and widens sexual abuse investigation https://t.co/R1TykHENGb
  • Supreme Court to hear Obamacare case one week after Election Day #US https://t.co/QwztJeXN2v
  • “UK set to lose right to transfer refugees to other EU countries under Dublin regulation” https://t.co/pInuzSVn2U
  • #Australian Capital Territory votes to raise age of criminal responsibility from 10 to 14 https://t.co/54fs8KhYMP
  • St Basil's faces class action suit for allegedly breaching duty of care amid Covid crisis: A writ alleges the aged care home allowed staff or residents not to wear PPE and rove freely within the centre despite coronavirus risk https://t.co/fUzLzCwqN
  • Appeals court rules Spanish museum can keep looted Nazi art #US https://t.co/QlptLxLK9
  • Coronavirus in Scotland: Gyms and swimming pools to reopen on 31 August https://t.co/qKRvkXEAfv
  • AirBnB bans all house parties worldwide https://t.co/1i0f2acpZ5
  • Former Trump adviser and influential alt-right journalist Steve Bannon has been arrested and charged with fraud over a fundraising campaign to build a wall on the #US-Mexico border https://t.co/FyEusnVrk
  • Manchester Arena attack: Hashem Abedi, brother of the bomber, jailed for minimum 55 years https://t.co/B8y0LHJ
  • Health initiatives at risk under internal market blueprint, Faculty fears - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/z2y8gJQAy
  • Overburdened criminal solicitors deride plans for 'weekend trial courts' - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/5SArJLtJDo
  • Milkman wins personal injury appeal against operators of Scottish National Portrait Gallery - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/vUD9m1dq9k
  • An annex of Telford Justice Centre will hear its first cases as a ‘Nightingale Court’ this week, in the latest step by the government to tackle the impact of coronavirus on the justice system https://t.co/4tZKnkXWxf
  • Tesco blackmail plot: Farmer Nigel Wright found guilty of contaminated baby food https://t.co/qr5qNFxfwH
  • Aman Vyas trial: Serial 'night stalker' rapist jailed for murder https://t.co/U2YWOa8qG
  • #Russian opposition figure & anti-corruption campaigner Alexei Navalny is unconscious in hospital suffering from suspected poisoning, his spokeswoman has said https://t.co/vIIhBQ74oq
  • Court affirms 16-year prison term for 'mastermind' behind UMD student's murder #US https://t.co/l63PB50XeG
  • Help - I Don’t Want to Be a Lawyer. What Else Can I Do? https://t.co/nJaeey97AB 
  • Which undergrad majors make the most money as lawyers? #US https://t.co/gTCPNja2B6
  • 'Lottery lawyer' and New York mobster swindled jackpot winners out of millions, say prosecutors: One of the victims won the $1.5bn Mega Millions lottery, while another landed a $245m Powerball jackpot #US https://t.co/lKDWCyvqQe
  • Florida again postpones bar exam days before scheduled date #US https://t.co/XTHyJME667
  • #India's International Investment Law Breach through its Chinese Application Ban https://t.co/jYgPE4PfM
  • My dad's a sex offender. Can people like him change? https://t.co/qq6oXtIvK
  • Chicken rehoming charity gets 52,000 lockdown hen requests https://t.co/lcz3V4jiyu
  • #NewZealand Law Society loses bid to stop convicted drink driver being a lawyer https://t.co/WBV9rRAT6a 
  • Ethnic minorities feel UK police are racially biased, report says https://t.co/VHtVv1L8by
  • The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/nq3bdVzwA7
  • The bookish #Thai human rights lawyer Anon Nampa, who challenged the king https://t.co/NZMB8BtwNm
  • LEAP Announces InnovateOnline 2020 – A Free Series Of Educational Webinars For Law Firms https://t.co/c9uP1MBywI
  • RSPCA launches petition to protect UK welfare standards amid free trade negotiations https://t.co/TYmowMsbF5
  • The UK's Supreme Court quashed an appeal seeking permission to challenge the country's new law to shut down the domestic ivory market https://t.co/oApj3nj6VF
  • Protect beavers in law and let them populate England’s rivers, experts tell ministers https://t.co/wtG5N8sboL
  • PC Andrew Harper's widow says he would have been proud of her for calling for law change https://t.co/1oodxsWsNb
  • Harboring illegal separatists from #HongKong may add obstacles to China-UK ties: says Chinese ambassador https://t.co/naU9V95yRF
  • Nearly half of business owners not confident in making redundancies in line with the law https://t.co/ixy8pF7hjr
  • Liz Truss meetings with hard-Brexit group deleted from public register: Trade secretary held talks with Institute for Economic Affairs that were on transparency register until being reclassified as personal https://t.co/qbsIBLzTqJ
  • Ofqual ignored exams warning a month ago amid ministers' pressure https://t.co/EoNvFVpMHH
  • 65% of minority ethnic Britons say police are biased against them: Poll suggests problems of trust and legitimacy for criminal justice system https://t.co/zux1eBhrkd
  • Law Society Survey Results Revealed In Application To Legal Services Board https://t.co/RfbFa0K4vB
  • Taking your dog for walks twice a day for at least an hour in total could soon become the law in #Germany https://t.co/RXenJpD5nU

Thursday

20th August - Law News

Edition 3159: LawNewsIndex is a UK based legal news & articles archive since 2011 focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.
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Focus of the Day Law Article: The Bar Standards Board has apologised for the ‘distress and inconvenience’ caused by technical faults in its online exams, saying students will get another opportunity to sit the tests as ‘soon as possible before December’. The regulator previously said bar school students who experienced IT failures would have to defer until the end of the year. Full story - The Law Society Gazette




Today's Highlighted Video Story:  The European Union agrees it will not recognise the results of the recent Belarus election and imposes sanctions on corrupt leaders.



Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Gunman accused of shooting dead bikie boss Mick Hawi 'ran off he like he was doing chicken dance' #Australia https://t.co/Fd0OBOh15O
  • A judge said he may need a coercive order to force the Northern Ireland Executive Office to progress the stalled compensation scheme for those injured in the Troubles https://t.co/SadGhNH
  • Facebook restricts more than 10,000 QAnon and US militia groups https://t.co/igk2A6vhN
  • Teenager found dead tried to cross Channel in dinghy with shovels for oars https://t.co/XMoiYdkGA
  • Manchester 'faces 1930s-style homelessness' as eviction ban ends https://t.co/5cZ8WRIyf
  • Halifax 'choke' video arrest man Hassan Ahmed feared for life https://t.co/xfJ2YDb3la
  • IS 'Beatles' will not face death penalty in #US https://t.co/K2h0O505
  • A man who had his identity stolen by a sex offender to groom young girls was wrongly held in custody over Christmas https://t.co/xik8EpRhOO
  • BTec grades pulled on eve of results day https://t.co/kmIrIAFbeL
  • Ranked in Chambers and Partners and the Legal 500, Charter Chambers based in London will be closing its doors at the end October due to the impact of the pandemic on the justice system https://t.co/9WwJq5eOX
  • The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/rGcg8gjGeG
  • 18-year-old law helps German courts tackle backlog | Law Gazette https://t.co/ktOvsptY6u
  • Mayfair solicitor suspended for anti-money laundering failures | Law Gazette https://t.co/WqEYwo3lbp
  • Lawyers can break quarantine to attend court, says Bar Council | Law Gazette https://t.co/e0clyontYG
  • Business court prepares for technological shift | Law Gazette https://t.co/iZnfcnMkfb
  • Ex-football boss solicitor refused permission to appeal | Law Gazette https://t.co/1ekJaDT5zP
  • Government finds £3.1m to support litigants in person | Law Gazette https://t.co/moXLEyjixG
  • Prosecutors have announced that they are seeking to prosecute three teenagers as adults in a crime spree in downtown Charleston which included the murder of a 63-year-old man #US https://t.co/LaIyQ8VO63
  • The daughter of a prominent imprisoned human rights advocate Nasrin Sotoudeh, who was arrested on Monday and taken for interrogation was released the same day, her father said #Iran https://t.co/XEoXGtRNgX
  • Lawyers support advocate Prashant Bhushan, say criminal contempt verdict holding him guilty must not be given effect #India https://t.co/EYqHPeiSf9
  • #Greece secretly expels over 1,000 refugees, abandoning them at sea https://t.co/btLTKKbJRL
  • Bookmakers 'helped gambling addict squander injury compensation': Lawyers claim Ladbrokes and Paddy Power let Liam McCarron’s losses reach £500,000 https://t.co/8V9pd3TNGY
  • Can our furloughed staff volunteer to help the elderly? https://t.co/vgUazSL7Ue
  • Two of PC Andrew Harper's killers launch appeals against convictions: Appeals come as Harper’s widow calls for tougher jail terms for people who kill emergency services workers https://t.co/x8xr3Fl1Vz
  • Anti-5G Group Crowdfunds Lawyer Fees for UK Legal Challenge https://t.co/uKyeNInm4a
  • The rights of animals in a jurisprudential primer - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/phXnoIUTWu
  • The UK Environmental Law Association (UKELA) will hold its annual Scottish conference on Thursday 24 September 2020 - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/sXJcu4aQ0n
  • New resource to raise awareness of domestic abuse published - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Innefbq9YV
  • Bill to provide financial redress to abuse victims published - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/zTrFER0PlV
  • The Solicitors Regulation Authority has issued a warning to lawyers after a report highlighted the need for firms to be vigilant when advising on investment schemes - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/06Ymf22sbD
  • Clan Childlaw has lent its support to the latest amendments to the Children (Scotland) Bill, which would widen participation in children’s hearings - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/CtJsIXu8n
  • #Singapore lawyer Mark Tan Teik Yu has admitted to consuming methamphetamine (meth) after he was caught with the drug, also known as "Ice", at the Woodlands Checkpoint https://t.co/eQqM59AVlm
  • House of Lords: Temporary move to York rejected by repairs body https://t.co/mwptVXEo3P
  • A Welsh Conservative MP has been criticised by immigration law specialists following comments she made on social media about migrants crossing the English Channel https://t.co/nTDqvvOlrJ
  • Faculty of Advocates publishes new fees scheme - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/wZq68jqCKg
  • Scottish Solicitors' Supreme Court triumph blighted by SLAB payment - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/S32YkAI
  • Scottish man injured in quad bike crash in Greece unsuccessful in obtaining damages - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/2HGJlwnJtB
  • Cornwall lawyer and former Leeds United boss David Haigh declared bankrupt: The bankruptcy comes after Haigh, who spent time in jail in Dubai, was ordered to repay millions to his former employers https://t.co/YvuNI9gIK
  • #Zimbabwe court bans top lawyer from representing journalist: Hopewell Chin'ono's lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa accuses the government of leading a 'personal' attack against her https://t.co/1HBWBuTpJ9
  • Hundreds of illegal rave-goers in Birmingham dispersed by police https://t.co/6ykkqJXZT0
  • Arrest of #Polish LGBT activist sparks protest amid attacks on gay rights https://t.co/k6HU8Vd1H2
  • Catholic bishops accuse Zimbabwe gov't of rights abuses #Zimbabwe https://t.co/pL9Dct4iM6
  • The brother of Manchester Arena bomber Salman Abedi has refused to leave his cell for his sentencing hearing https://t.co/yu5mhgFYp4
  • Body of teenage migrant found on #French beach: A 16-year-old boy from Sudan who disappeared at sea has been found dead https://t.co/4Isbf9Ueda
  • Iraqi-suspect, who rammed several vehicles on a motorway in Berlin is being investigated for what prosecutors say was "an Islamist-motivated attack" #Germany https://t.co/IMVCSsmef
  • Boston judge who set free ISIS terror sympathizer amid coronavirus pandemic 'clearly doesn't care' about victim #US https://t.co/nsjGdZB4J
  • UK 'not considering' compulsory face masks in workplaces https://t.co/HAsfWs2LEM
  • New Wills Legislation Is Momentous - Should Be Welcomed With Caution https://t.co/VwVGcS0VgF
  • Britney Spears has asked a court not to return her father Jamie to a role that gave him control over many aspects of her life and career https://t.co/tYz6RIJx0M
  • A woman who is exempt from wearing a mask said the abuse she has received while shopping without one has left her afraid to leave the house https://t.co/BGpRyNes3x
  • The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/0XutscsUDJ
  • National Judicial Policy Making Committee date reveal more than two million cases are pending in the Supreme Court, Federal Shariat Court, high courts and the district judiciary #Pakistan https://t.co/khfd4vgXp
  • Trudeau accused of attempting to cover up scandal by proroguing parliament #Canada https://t.co/Kfu85jgZqC
  • Student who wrote story about biased algorithm has results downgraded: Jessica Johnson, who won Orwell youth prize for dystopian tale, hopes U-turn will restore university place https://t.co/rfZQiUUNpH
  • Hands-free driving could arrive on UK roads by spring next year, the government has said, as it launched a consultation on the technology https://t.co/zeqRD7HhuI
  • UK to ramp up household testing https://t.co/v8zKlRO5hD
  • Rail fares to rise 1.6% in January after surprise inflation jump https://t.co/xTV5ISUzen
  • As tensions between locals and tourists rise in rural areas, there are warnings the industry could be at risk if visitors are not made welcome https://t.co/iDzlEb8CJj
  • Joe Biden has been officially anointed the Democratic presidential candidate at the party's convention, helped over the line with some glowing testimonials from elder statesmen #US https://t.co/7JRBaDtRdQ
  • A-levels U-turn: Government considering lifting cap on medicine places https://t.co/dkN9qpJyv
  • A former Cardiff University student is seeking legal advice on how it dealt with a racism complaint https://t.co/nam43NxaK
  • The regulation of private life - Legal Futures https://t.co/ylgGxWj0pn
  • Another big investment in alternative legal services providers - Legal Futures https://t.co/DJbJ1Z9WvO
  • Solicitor struck off after 40-year career – for the sake of £100 - Legal Futures https://t.co/MaMjhK5Fjs
  • Law firm sues ex-client for slander after panel removal - Legal Futures https://t.co/4Y9MtcrlVf
  • Advocate and activist Prashant Bhushan defended his comments about the judiciary in the 2009 contempt case and has filed a written submission before the Supreme Court #India https://t.co/u6chciHMG
  • Serge Brammertz, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia #Balkans https://t.co/T5X6J780l2
  • The First-tier Tribunal for Scotland Social Security Chamber and Upper Tribunal for Scotland (Composition) Regulations 2018 https://t.co/RgsTsanJcW
  • Bankrupt Daewoo Motors #India’s land sale raises recovery hope for banks https://t.co/5ZPhzs5PDC
  • DU student rape at Kurmitola: Court accepts charges against lone accused #Bangladesh https://t.co/N6RErGQnBZ
  • More than 200 entities reinforce motion against Bolsonaro at Hague Tribunal #Brazil https://t.co/RIG9I6JygW
  • The #Lebanon Tribunal: the case, suspects and evidence https://t.co/x7CewBZPo
  • Class Struggle and Human Rights in the Bolivarian Revolution: A Conversation with Ana Barrios | https://t.co/3pG1hnXbGl https://t.co/sJxDgOYXA
  • #Belarusians seek justice for brutal beatings by riot police https://t.co/7jAj7fV2CS
  • The US Postal Service has suspended new policies that were decried as an attempt to sabotage the 2020 election https://t.co/gz2MJI3yAh  
  • Coronavirus: Labour calls for evictions ban to be extended https://t.co/N2rlkxvpOo

Wednesday

19th August - Law News

Edition 3158: LawNewsIndex is a UK based legal news & articles archive since 2011 focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.
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Focus of the Day Law Article: The Bar Standards Board (BSB) is looking to arrange another round of exams well before December, its chief executive has told Legal Futures, as complaints about the online system mount. Mark Neale said he did not apologise for ensuring the Bar professional training course (BPTC) exams were taken under “rigorous conditions”, but went on: “I do apologise and am sorry to those students who have suffered difficulty or distress because of failings on our part.” Full story - Legal Futures



Today's Highlighted Video Story:  A new documentary about Iran reveals how MI6 and the CIA collaborated in the 1953 coup that overthrew the country's first democratically elected leader Mohammed Mossadegh and installed the Shah. (Subscribe: https://bit.ly/C4_News_Subscribe) And the reason for the coup - to keep control of the oil fields of Persia. The film's been made by the renowned Iranian director Taghi Amirani. He now wants the British Government to finally admit what it did.



Saturday Conversations on Law
  • #Slovakia is Challenging China’s Human Rights Record? A small state in Central Europe is emerging as a loud critic of China’s human rights violations https://t.co/EbbQEg6bAH
  • Risk of vigilante attacks rising as victims wait for justice amid coronavirus delays https://t.co/2vb5P3a7wZ 
  • #Dutch plan to tax departing multinationals gains momentum https://t.co/uVWFo54pzS
  • The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/NYu3vgO4s4 
  • Manchester lockdown party house closed for three months https://t.co/xG53qK1e9s 
  • Is it legal for neighbour to keep 16 dogs in French garden? https://t.co/6PaZyzIttw
  • Commonwealth veterans launch legal action in immigration row: Eight Fijian-born soldiers went public five months ago and have yet to receive positive response https://t.co/CMVa2n8XWU
  • BA police officer is being investigated after footage emerged that appears to show him restraining a man and saying "chill out or I'll choke you out" https://t.co/vwYqNsW8CH
  • Sajid Javid resigned as chancellor back in February 2020 after being told to sack his advisers: Why has the ex-chancellor been allowed to work for JP Morgan? https://t.co/2G52DVneFb
  • Soldiers seize #Mali President Ibrahim Boubakar Keïta https://t.co/kvSERVCumN
  • A-level and GCSE results: Call for urgent review into grading 'fiasco' https://t.co/ObmS5yvVjd
  • Regulatory sandboxes are sprouting everywhere. We can smile at human eagerness to follow a trend | Law Gazette https://t.co/uWV6rdZXYF
  • Four more Nightingale courts open | Law Gazette https://t.co/uEncAbNu8M
  • Utah to pioneer non-lawyer ownership in US first | Law Gazette https://t.co/F7905qKa80
  • Bar students can re-sit 'before December', says regulator | Law Gazette https://t.co/G0WJvjA4SR
  • Social justice training contracts up for grabs | Law Gazette https://t.co/YXkF4NzlmB
  • Two leading firms have dropped A-level requirements for graduate recruits, saying ‘academic performance is not an accurate predictor of performance in a role’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/aGL5YJZFs
  • City firm sets 'improvement measures' to promote BAME lawyers | Law Gazette https://t.co/XeNpfVf6cd
  • Payday loan verdict opens the way for more legal action | Law Gazette https://t.co/PQ4P6rg7LJ
  • 'Procedural muddle': family case came before 15 judges | Law Gazette https://t.co/5WZ8g5f6l
  • #NewZealand man has won an argument against the Law Society over whether his history of four drink driving convictions meant he was not a fit and proper person to be a lawyer https://t.co/WBV9rRjieC
  • Davidson Chalmers Stewart hires two lawyers for environment team: Firm recruits renewable energy expert Steven McAllister and former SEPA lawyer Chala McKenna https://t.co/7Yc5gB835A
  • Out of Court Settlement: How and Why To Do It https://t.co/nAobbrwoCK
  • UK housing market at decade high after COVID-19 bounce back - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/jp23WWHvgq
  • MSPs seek views on financial impact of COVID-19 on human rights budget - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/VB4LXw6jSg
  • New research raises concerns over use of sexual history in trials - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/TVDWC675RJ
  • Moir and Sweeney Litigation expands with new office - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/wtUlHNDYq
  • Dallas McMillan Solicitors welcomes new recruits - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/0FSTLnk2yQ
  • David Lorimer: Jury centres in cinemas – the darker side - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/LNVSkrOwlN
  • Former Rangers director to receive significant damages and apology from Lord Advocate - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/8LbR4M5b4
  • Bail Appeal Court moves to virtual proceedings - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/I8rSvkwVNE
  • Advocates in favour of remote hearings as temporary measure - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/oyEJxNxHaY
  • Outer House allows proof to determine creditors of AWPR construction venture - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/xx1T1afw3W
  • PC Andrew Harper: Widow Lissie Harper 'wants real justice' https://t.co/0MW7fN1ydO
  • Eat Out to Help Out dishes out 35m meals in two weeks https://t.co/rLuJJkGHn8
  • Rafik Hariri tribunal: Guilty verdict over assassination of #Lebanon ex-PM https://t.co/fFlJivrRVg
  • #France to make face masks mandatory in most workplaces - BBC News https://t.co/RbvN30770I
  • New COVID-19 legislation and guidance: to 22 August | Law & Religion UK https://t.co/099PO9xeSV
  • Asylum: may a bogus Christian “convert” be returned to Iran?: MR | Law & Religion UK https://t.co/FkgaDckQO
  • Law and religion round-up – 16th August - Organs, singing, weddings and disputes over individual communion cups | Law & Religion UK https://t.co/9cJVM9Z09e
  • Who decides on the How and Why of a funeral?: an Australian argument | Law & Religion UK https://t.co/ekVD6TWECY
  • Cai Xia, who has been expelled from the elite #China Central Party School, says president’s ‘unchecked power’ has made China ‘the enemy of the world’ https://t.co/TjHtM193i
  • Court overturns man's conviction for girlfriend's Bestival drug death https://t.co/aPm7kog2d
  • Criminal Dundee doctor still on medical register despite multiple drugs convictions https://t.co/9BBFAkkNJo
  • Coronavirus-related legislation: Cytûn’s briefing for churches in Wales | Law & Religion UK https://t.co/vFCk96Zbzo
  • The Round Up: CPS performance statistics and rumours of prosecution “targets” - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/xB4gfC2MPb
  • Bestival death: Ceon Broughton who gave his girlfriend drugs at a festival and filmed her as she died has had his conviction for manslaughter overturned https://t.co/vdV3lYGO3H
  • The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/PCjhsBDW1z
  • The chief of the Welsh exam board has said he is "disappointed" about a U-turn in how grades are awarded to A-level and GCSE students this year https://t.co/HI4POxfyk
  • Disclosure of information to GP: not "data" under GDPR - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/oD2cYbtcJK
  • Three top producers of the Ellen DeGeneres Show have been fired amid allegations of misconduct and sexual harassment: The departures follow investigations by journalists into claims of bullying and intimidation on set https://t.co/D6LpSzXGk
  • A senior black police inspector has complained of racial harassment to the Metropolitan Police after being stopped in his car by two white officers https://t.co/QXVvO5uLH
  • Solicitors caught in dubious schemes "fail in due diligence" - Legal Futures https://t.co/qdrK0dLylP
  • Solicitor wrote cheque to himself from client account - Legal Futures https://t.co/DUSWRsTvUn
  • BSB chief aims to arrange exam resits as soon as possible - Legal Futures https://t.co/c7XvlccYNv
  • Facial Recognition Technology not "In Accordance with Law" - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/2SZnWCY1Y
  • The Weekly Round-up: A-level Results, Facial Recognition, and Special Educational Needs - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/3Wf8g74Ar6
  • As an international dispute resolution lawyer, I question if I still believe in justice after Beirut #Lebanon https://t.co/bxi9tHhswd
  • How an Atlanta Trial Lawyer Has Continued to Grow a Diverse Law Firm in a Pandemic #US https://t.co/qRqJ20RGCv
  • High-flying family lawyer Sunni Joy reveals how she moonlights as a sexual energy healer https://t.co/72IS0X4zZ
  • Tories accused of quietly watering down law on farm antibiotics after Brexit https://t.co/uWvomUjjk
  • #HongKong Chief Executive Carrie Lam has resigned from an honorary fellowship at a college at Britain's Cambridge University after it questioned her commitment to the protection of human rights and freedom of expression https://t.co/YRjBJ2xWIW
  • Law firm Howard Kennedy, which had represented high profile individuals such as Assange, facing multi-million pound legal claim https://t.co/D8HZNoiio
  • #China defends detention of Uighur model in Xinjiang https://t.co/gmbzj8aDEy

Tuesday

18th August - Law News

Edition 3157: LawNewsIndex is a UK based legal news & articles archive since 2011 focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.
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Focus of the Day Law Article: Rape Crisis Scotland’s proposed legal action against the Scottish government over its failure to consider non-jury trials – which the charity complains has caused unacceptable delays for rape complainers – is “paradoxical”, given that Rape Crisis itself had a hand in extending the delays, the Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Advocates, Ronnie Renucci QC, has told. Full story - Scottish Legal News


Today's Highlighted Video Story:  Joseph R. Biden Jr., the presumptive Democratic nominee, selected Senator Kamala Harris of California as his running mate. She is the first Black woman and the first person of Indian descent to be nominated for national office by a major party.



Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Activist Accuses Kogi Politicians Of Using DSS To Harass, Intimidate Residents #Nigeria https://t.co/0mIkTVh5Q8
  • Barrister called in to investigate complaint against Jockey Club chief executive https://t.co/YiNEIEvfPS
  • Two men charged in 2002 killing of US DJ Jam Master Jay: Jason Mizell 'Jam Master Jay' was a member of the influential hip-hop group Run-DMC https://t.co/XEpG5vefo6
  • Alex Salmond: Scottish government refuses to hand legal papers to inquiry: Documents on harassment complaints too sensitive to disclose, says deputy first minister John Swinney https://t.co/2r4zFCPX2
  • Those criticising judiciary exhibit deliberate indifference and ignorance: SG Tushar Mehta defends Courts' functioning amid COVID-19 #India https://t.co/R1CgdaUHAg
  • Dido Harding to run agency replacing Public Health England: Tory peer has been widely criticised over responsibility for England’s test-and-trace system https://t.co/q4mBLebP5g
  • #Brazil outcry as religious extremists harass child seeking abortion https://t.co/iklapoCye
  • The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/iPeBNKhfGc
  • Kent County Council has 'no capacity for more child migrants' https://t.co/Tyru0aqWiQ
  • Former BT lawyers quit DWF over office relocation plans | Law Gazette https://t.co/hIOquBm2r
  • PI lawyers step up 'injury prevention' campaign | Law Gazette https://t.co/ymlsH0K7pt
  • Junior lawyers confront law school in wake of formal complaint | Law Gazette https://t.co/rpX8aHCLGc
  • High-flying City solicitor has been suspended for a year after being arrested and cautioned for the possession of cocaine and not telling the regulator | Law Gazette https://t.co/ibwzd3yKd
  • SRA fines solicitor £1,300 for drink-drive conviction | Law Gazette https://t.co/e6vKqM9R6
  • A balancing act: Trade negotiations | Law Gazette https://t.co/OFLtahK
  • Best of the blogs - 15 August 2020 | Law Gazette https://t.co/ox1CjegnZ4
  • Lawyer in the news: Rachel Mathieson, Bates Wells, London - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/4oVu3XhFBK
  • My legal life: Susie Murray, Ashfords, Partner specialising in non-contentious agricultural, equestrian and rural matters - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/tTIM12TzmW
  • Solicitors still acting as fronts for ‘dubious schemes’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/E69utLhH1
  • New rules in place in prisons in Brussels are a breach of the human rights of prisoners, in particular their right to a fair trial, according to the country branch of the International Prisons Observatory #Belgium https://t.co/waALAxFGe
  • Almost all current cases of Covid-19 in Victoria, Australia, can be linked to returned travellers quarantined in the state, guards at quarantine hotels were given "inappropriate" training advice https://t.co/wj2xArEsel
  • Allegations of corruption in judiciary cannot amount to contempt: Bhushan tells Supreme Court #India https://t.co/SWC3V9Lf8
  • Telangana High Court front-runner in keeping judiciary functional, says Chief Justice #India https://t.co/gduQBQrz9
  • #Iran's Judiciary chief calls for forming an international Islamic court https://t.co/0j9tkm9roJ 
  • Our Legal Heritage: The bitter divorce that led to the murder of a Lord President - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/at41rBQW
  • Kennedys launches virtual work experience programme - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/m9ZEPY697
  • Professor Steve Peers: The Dublin Regulation – an overview - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/vB0sELw3u
  • DWF moves to contextual assessment for graduate recruitment - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/tRuxo0eo4H
  • Davidson Chalmers Stewart appoints Steven McAllister and Chala McKenna - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/UlCQiSQl8
  • Stephen Phillips: Brexit blueprint threatens to strip power from Holyrood - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/JqjlNqV0F
  • Hawai Judiciary Once Again Mulls Immediate Release of Non-Violent Inmates #US https://t.co/mW0kAGWtN
  • Conservatives accused of 'vendetta' after dropping Mike Dailly from UK government board - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/mUFm4ekWrn
  • Rape Crisis Scotland’s potential legal action against Scottish government 'paradoxical' - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/SXMc6zO4eI
  • Arbroath strawberry farmer successfully refutes exclusive jurisdiction argument in defective polythene dispute - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/ZJfjcuTn7
  • Juan Carlos, the ex-king made the shock announcement that he was leaving #Spain amid a corruption investigation: he is confirmed to be in UAE https://t.co/dcgN7owksa
  • Ryanair cuts flights as EU virus rates hit bookings https://t.co/9SqJ21x4Sg
  • A-levels and GCSEs: Teacher estimates to be used for exam results in England https://t.co/aesPRT1770
  • GCSEs and A-level exams: Estimated results to be used for Welsh grades https://t.co/qt0uyBOuGD
  • Lawyers turn vegetable vendors, delivery boys to make up for lost income #India https://t.co/eiO7MB49yL
  • Rally held for man who died in Ontario jail after no charges laid #Canada https://t.co/gwBRbCHKVX
  • Sushant Singh Rajput's lawyer reveals Rhea Chakraborty and brother Showik Chakraborty's role in business #India https://t.co/vmtQvbPUSJ 
  • Former FBI lawyer expected to plead guilty in review of Russia inquiry #US https://t.co/fTU5pn8RV
  • International Activists Create Website on Human Rights Violations Done by Country Leaders https://t.co/ob5qE0pBOE
  • The #US is facing an eviction tsunami. We must cancel rent before it's too late https://t.co/JK4ux5UEX
  • TikTok Lawyer shares crucial advice for students who are confronted by police: ‘Stay calm’ https://t.co/WT7Tphgo00
  • 'If you don't have a home, what do you do?': Covid-19 highlights Austin’s homeless crisis #US https://t.co/Do9jOuFzE2
  • Fears overcrowding in Wetherspoon pubs may lead to Covid spike: Customers in a pub run by chain also not asked for personal details for track and trace system https://t.co/ei8aPECn3p
  • Young footballer punched for speaking out against racism sues club and Football NSW: Lawyers for Angus Chance allege the Dulwich Hill Football Club exacerbated his injuries by failing to call an ambulance after the assault in 2018 #Australia https://t.co/QVe0CBMdN
  • Anti-5G group crowdfunds £100k to hire lawyer to fight roll-out https://t.co/vU3qV8xRtQ
  • A woman has been charged with murdering a 10-year-old boy who was found dead in a house in, Acton, west London https://t.co/jt5ZDgfmR
  • DOJ lawyer suggests AG Barr had secret reasons for dropping Michael Flynn case #US https://t.co/8GQkhtuwpx 
  • The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/WrxKxLXGdB
  • Utah become first US state to embrace ABSs - Legal Futures https://t.co/0rOTtCmxKE
  • Slightly less grim recovery in prospect for Ince & Co creditors - Legal Futures https://t.co/AYJhXiXSjq
  • City solicitor suspended after second police cocaine caution - Legal Futures https://t.co/uQtzxkbjLV
  • Solicitor under-declared sale prices to pocket stamp duty - Legal Futures https://t.co/P5unoa1ibd
  • USPS: #US speaker of the House Pelosi to recall the House to 'save' the post office https://t.co/iqvHUWQLP2
  • GCSEs: NI results to be based on teacher predictions https://t.co/LdIIfosstQ Aug 17, 2020 
  • A-level and GCSE results: Pressure mounts on ministers to solve exam crisis https://t.co/uF9PXwtHP9
  • Arrest of Hong Kong Activists Linked to Damning UK Parliamentary Group Report on Police Brutality #China https://t.co/w6qvOGxbNl
  • UK Law Firms Can Now Benefit From new Cheque-Writing Platform https://t.co/Qg0BP0RFe
  • Legal ruling restricts international sharing of genomic data https://t.co/vltxD8QYGS
  • International Bar Association announces first Vlogging competition winners | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/PQc9u0FEBm
  • Texts to alleged victim are 'confession of rape', ex-Worcester teacher told https://t.co/W2qmgTeFNs
  • NI: Family lawyer William Cross joins Edwards & Co Solicitors in short break from retirement - Irish Legal News https://t.co/jJEb1drpsU
  • Bombay High Court appoints senior advocate as legal guardian for ailing solicitor #India https://t.co/An0UErfUKE
  • Wyre Forest solicitor Iain Morrison is preparing for a 90-mile sponsored cycle ride in memory of his brother https://t.co/NbYLtlSEbS
  • Family lawyers organisation Resolution has launched a jumbo training package to ease its members through lockdown | NLJ https://t.co/bXJPo3Mh5t
  • Claims open for second self-employed support grant https://t.co/9Pii0k9Kd9
  • MPs warn of 'wave of homelessness' when eviction ban ends https://t.co/Itwy2gOl6
  • Clive Palmer brands WA premier an 'outlaw' in fiery interview as state moves to block $30bn suit #Australia https://t.co/paq4Ss4vda
  • Global firms expected to sue UK for coronavirus losses https://t.co/UUrBdWSZCy 
  • Felony charges against BLM protesters are 'suppression tactic', experts say https://t.co/CssQCQn2WV
  • Dominic Cummings urged to release data to disprove claim of second lockdown trip: Ex-regional chief prosecutor calls on PM’s chief aide to reveal mobile phone and vehicle tracking information https://t.co/Vr4BcfJL2r