Tuesday

24th November - Law News

Edition 3256: LawNewsIndex is a UK based legal news & articles archive. Since 2011, it has been collating articles on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Jurisprudence, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice.   

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Focus of the Day Legal Article: The High Court of Justiciary has refused to order the recovery of two protectively marked documents (PMDs) by the legal team appealing the conviction of the late Abdelbaset al-Megrahi following a recommendation by the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission.’ Full story - Scottish Legal News
 
Today's Highlighted Video Story: The lockdown in England will end on 2nd December and there will be a return to the 3 Tier system of restrictions - but with tougher rules for many people. Full details are to be announced soon but there's already a warning that more areas will find themselves in the highest tier. The prime minister Boris Johnson said that in all parts of England the Rule of 6 will return, with up to 6 people able to meet outdoors. All shops, gyms, swimming pools and hairdressers will be able to reopen. 

Saturday Conversations on Law
  • The law and a culture of sexual harassment: How the profession’s leaders are addressing misconduct at all levels #Australia - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/CCIVoP1cL
  • Facebook's encryption plans could help child abusers escape justice, NCA warns - Warning comes as man admits using Messenger to coerce children into sending explicit pictures https://t.co/eKMmrgSb
  • #Myanmar's genocide against Rohingya not over, says rights group - Lawyers and activists say persecution of Muslims is continuing despite UN action https://t.co/xgmwH3zMK4
  • Shamima Begum still a national security threat, UK supreme court told - MI5 assessments read out at start of appeal over revoking of Isis recruit’s citizenship https://t.co/ifsD05lnS
  • Australia is reckoning with its war crimes allegations. Now the UK must step up https://t.co/PqppqHKDvd
  • Nicolas Sarkozy corruption trial: co-defendant wants Covid postponement - Former #French president is accused of corruption and influence peddling https://t.co/aWZayU0csP
  • ‘He was nine’: The #Saudi minors still on death row despite royal decree - Saudi Arabia announced it would end capital punishment for juvenile crimes, but campaigners fear at least 10 prisoners could be executed at any time https://t.co/wYUgQPNyNE
  • Family who fear daughter was killed sue Leeds NHS trust after body decomposes https://t.co/1nTS2lupTo
  • The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/ga3B6OwV98
  • Maughan: Suicide and Unlawful Killing Conclusions in Inquests | UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/vmJbwT3DLh
  • Article 2 and the provision of healthcare — Part 1 | UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/ARHUYgFnVC
  • The assassination of a ‘Brave Journalist of #Afghanistan’ - The night before he died, Aliyas Dayee was up late working. This was not unusual for Dayee, who didn't mind going to bed late or getting up early for a story https://t.co/iNsL1KmpdI
  • Covid in Scotland: Relaxing of rules 'not expected' at Hogmanay https://t.co/hQRV34bqh9
  • ‘Landmark’ clinical and medical research facility sold #Australia - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/keSnQrHpNQ
  • What the Bofors case signifies in terms of solidarity within the Bar: Retired Justice Madan Lokur recounts #India | Bar & Bench https://t.co/jWrEoD9mH9
  • Meet Australia’s new High Court judges #Australia - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/NwlTPoT43
  • Liam Allan and Hannah Arkwright have set up a charity aimed at helping those who become entangled in the criminal justice system through no fault of their own https://t.co/QxQyrP8Wm
  • Scottish Conservatives vow to scrap ‘not proven’ verdicts - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/FlkSsSo4cu
  • 'Oh Lords, take a leaf from the lawyers’ standards' - Legal Cheek https://t.co/VEdJUZ6OdN
  • Scots in thrall to nationalist elite, new book argues - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/IInLsyF8Cy
  • Lockerbie appeal: High Court refuses to order recovery of secure documents - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/6utmAVzFkv
  • Fans at sporting events: Maximum of 4,000 set to be allowed in England https://t.co/DC2Q5Q8ITT
  • Cornwall cooker deaths: 'Serious failings' by Beko https://t.co/lcLAMj8ixu
  • Masks compulsory in Welsh schools communal areas https://t.co/EBZJ0OHIro
  • Covid rules 'disregarded' as Swale becomes worst-hit area https://t.co/9m3Se4Uxa2
  • Moray & Agnew welcomes new workplace relations lawyer #Australia - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/qOeSqqCoI8
  • London law schools team up with Clifford Chance and Macfarlanes to launch refugee law clinic - Legal Cheek https://t.co/7daKjfp6z9
  • Future-Reliance v Amazon: Arguments before Delhi High Court #India | Bar & Bench https://t.co/vhnWm9lTXD
  • Attitudes to technology in access to justice might beneficially follow the trajectory of the earlier debate about the best way to deliver legal aid services - Legal Futures https://t.co/BCs3xbxgT
  • Modern slavery to be tackled through digital supply chain assessment #Australia - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/ZhLOG3iJZR
  • Comedians, Courts and the Constitution #India | Bar & Bench https://t.co/v0dbzlvcq2
  • “Massively busy” ABS plans further growth - Legal Futures https://t.co/4nuKWD6Izl
  • Solicitor ordered to repay small part of legal aid fraud proceeds - Legal Futures https://t.co/QqqxHAS13B
  • PII market "only getting harder" after 17% premium increase - Legal Futures https://t.co/fhl0x6dNWN
  • Lost wills: What to do when the original will cannot be found - Legal Futures https://t.co/8WgZ5kTgQs
  • Commercial property solicitor's "outrageous failure" leads to strike-off - Legal Futures https://t.co/aoCIQhFVSR
  • Trial of ex-president Sarkozy a landmark for #France https://t.co/CBaiPHNGn
  • Cheaper covid-19 Oxford University made vaccine is highly effective - overall results showed 70% protection, but the researchers say the figure may be as high as 90% by tweaking the dose https://t.co/mWnca8cbu
  • CyberUp, a group of campaigners who want to reform the Computer Misuse Act, finds 80% of security professionals are concerned that they may be prosecuted just for doing their jobs https://t.co/AHKbGtBg8N
  • Advocates and lawyers at odds over consent law reform recommendations #Australia - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/zjI9PL7kwQ
  • The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/wDgGwfJv1D
  • Law firm opens virtual boozer featuring pool tables, beer garden and DJ booth - Legal Cheek https://t.co/MxFBr9ztDy
  • How my STEM degree kickstarted my career as a magic circle lawyer - Legal Cheek https://t.co/blFw1gKgQl
  • Orissa High Court refuses to quash criminal proceedings against Odisha Infratech #India | Bar & Bench https://t.co/D7qckHTInV
  • Gilchrist Connell makes new senior appointments #Australia - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/wYY4hzp95
  • Kerala Governor signs off on ordinance amending Kerala Police Act to combat defamation, communication of abusive material #India | Bar & Bench https://t.co/UgXk1WlJMN
  • BBC calls on Lord Dyson to oversee Princess Diana interview investigation - Legal Cheek https://t.co/DFNqN0bNUz
  • Is there any scope of settlement?: New Judge hearing MJ Akbar's defamation case against Priya Ramani asks #India | Bar & Bench https://t.co/mZ8H0eBaiv
  • Judges star in COVID-inspired Hamilton music video - Legal Cheek https://t.co/ONMD4E9SAW
  • Shamima Begum: she ran away to Syria as a 15-year-old to join the self-proclaimed Islamic State. But when the terror group was defeated, she ended up in a refugee camp in Syria https://t.co/TxzOAVHmWa
  • Virtual courtroom in a mobile van: Moving India towards Design Innovation in Law #India | Bar & Bench https://t.co/NoXG2q5ty
  • Christmas tree sellers allowed to reopen in England despite lockdown https://t.co/ROYS9fRMNN
  • Mass Covid-19 testing to start in England to head off Tory revolt - Proposals include plans to limit self-isolation and to allow household mixing at Christmas https://t.co/JBXekFPukx
  • Trump faces pressure from Republicans to drop 'corrosive' fight to overturn election #US https://t.co/9ZBAf4bko0
  • Ministers take swipe again at lawyers with accusation of ‘playing politics’ - the immigration minister, Chris Philp, condemned lawyers for challenges to the deportations of asylum seekers https://t.co/V51Gf8uGnW
  • #Australian war crimes allegations: defence chief says commanders will be held accountable 'case by case' https://t.co/dss2AmHxS
  • ‘I don't like acts of dishonesty by the state’: Jolyon Maugham QC on Covid cronyism https://t.co/BpWlG0fCM
  • ‘Let us disobey’: Churches defy lockdown with secret meetings https://t.co/ZIM7ZpijEq
  • PM's defence of Priti Patel sparked Home Office fury, union says - Civil servants angry at ‘double standards applied to home secretary over bullying report’ https://t.co/qeAG56vvI8
  • Nicolas Sarkozy in dock as ‘historic trial’ over corruption finally begins #France https://t.co/aWZayU0csP
  • G20 leaders promise fair access to coronavirus vaccines https://t.co/87nbEZKMZJ
  • More than 200 arrested in renewed #Belarus protests: Rights group https://t.co/Aq2akgeaHc

Monday

23rd November - Law News

Edition 3255: LawNewsIndex is a UK based legal news & articles archive. Since 2011, it has been collating articles on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Jurisprudence, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice.   

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Focus of the Day Legal Article: Non-custody cases are now being listed towards the end of 2022 in many parts of the country, the Lord Chief Justice, Lord Burnett has told barristers. This ‘is worrying’, he said in his speech to the Annual Bar and Young Bar Conference this week, as the longer it takes for a case to come to trial the more likely it is that something will go wrong with it. Moreover, it was ‘simply not acceptable to keep all those involved in a Crown Court trial waiting for longer than is reasonably necessary.’ Full story - New Law Journal
 
Today's Highlighted Video Story: New era of peace should start with Israel establishing Palestinians’ rights - KSA ambassador to UN. 


Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Gyms and all shops to reopen after English lockdown https://t.co/onD07AsHQD
  • Can first cousins be in a live-in relationship? Punjab & Haryana High Court asked #India | Bar & Bench https://t.co/emWOvGtKSX
  • Appeal court dismisses student’s discrimination claim against ULaw - Legal Cheek https://t.co/I74kekY18
  • Regulatory Capital – UK Authorities Jointly Publish Statement on New UK Prudential Rules https://t.co/M7WgmMd9BM
  • The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/TvuaKKVFbg
  • The UK's four nations have backed plans to allow some household mixing "for a small number of days" over Christmas https://t.co/YyLK7Rl1ne
  • STEM Future Lawyers and BPP announce 2021 law conversion scholarship - Legal Cheek https://t.co/9cjLGaxBZD 
  • Employment Partner Jennifer Millins examines the legal issues surrounding dismissals concerning the use of social media outside work https://t.co/04xiybLBXP
  • Five cases on personal liberty decided by Justice DY Chandrachud #India | Bar & Bench https://t.co/7JshGRigAy 
  • The rise and (minor) fall of litigation funding in #Australia - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/wc2LAhGIMS
  • Domestic violence reforms protect victim-survivors from traumatic trials #Australia - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/x8TxBrEfCM
  • What it takes to be an antitrust lawyer - Legal Cheek https://t.co/chlnjjYyD
  • All shopping to be allowed ‘regardless of tier’ in run up to Christmas https://t.co/MqzjL90Cy8
  • Judicial Q&A: What judges want from young barristers in the courtroom #Australia - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/pd0PGedcp
  • Justice SA Bobde completes a year as CJI: Five Highlights from his tenure #India | Bar & Bench https://t.co/lWwsZ0q9N
  • Some of the UK's biggest food companies have attacked a plan that could see all online junk food advertising banned to tackle childhood obesity https://t.co/z4AdmfAldV 
  • The Legal Implications Of Mobile Health Advancements https://t.co/nzRCOLKle
  • Top judge’s daughter who’s now a judge herself fronts judicial diversity campaign - Legal Cheek https://t.co/YsqDwt8J4
  • Slaughter and May partner leaves firm following internal probe - Legal Cheek https://t.co/ilrC2BlTC
  • Trials and triumphs for Mildura barrister Megan Tittensor #Australia https://t.co/aDzMHnQqy
  • No place for competition in firms’ pro bono efforts #Australia - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/afEW4K0bdC 
  • False allegation of impotency against husband is cruelty under the Hindu Marriage Act: Delhi High Court #India | Bar & Bench https://t.co/POFvrxMKvD
  • Serial conman posed as jet-setting surgeon and barrister to swindle women on Tinder and Bumble https://t.co/FRUEo0nRiE
  • The role lawyers play in the rise of renewable energy - Legal Cheek https://t.co/1mi3k3RdKE
  • Serial killer Stephen Port: Detective seeks inquest legal representation https://t.co/PpOC2yD1c
  • Six people are in hospital following a large scale "violent disturbance" in Cardiff city centre. Police and ambulance crews were called to an area of Queen Street at about 21:50 GMT on Saturday https://t.co/Ct6VObCc76
  • Magic circle partner gives 'child-friendly' insight into life as a tax lawyer - Legal Cheek https://t.co/oif3AvJ1Ae
  • The Weekly Round-up: Workers’ Rights and Personal Protective Equipment | UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/2YAqoEg0dJ
  • #Irish justice minister proposes new laws to tackle 'revenge porn' https://t.co/RW9YMPwtRG
  • 9 TikToks to celebrate Legally Blonde 3 release date - Legal Cheek https://t.co/pXHYsMP0lb
  • Covid: Call to expand £500 grant for Covid self-isolaters https://t.co/Ee1rBcmHE
  • A #US judge in Pennsylvania has dismissed a lawsuit from the Trump campaign that sought to invalidate millions of mail-in votes in the battleground state https://t.co/yTU7nzYLh6
  • Do cop shows like ‘Chicago P.D.’ reinforce misperceptions about race and criminal justice? A new study says yes https://t.co/ymbW0kkGbu
  • The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/8gSpythWHd
  • #Germany agrees to mandatory quota for female executives https://t.co/MXfNOmqgKg
  • Solicitor who caused £885,000 client account shortfall struck off | Law Gazette https://t.co/paiL5czy3
  • JR has improved consumer rights, Which? tells Faulks review | Law Gazette https://t.co/KGaqNMYC
  • Bar chair Amanda Pinto QC has criticised ‘shocking discrepancies in pay between male and female barristers’ revealed in Bar Mutual data for the year ending 2019 | NLJ https://t.co/sesU05aCd
  • President's guidance for immigration appeals during Covid-19 'unlawful' | aw Gazette https://t.co/xa4FqI7i7
  • McFarlane alarmed by weekend demand for skeleton arguments | Law Gazette https://t.co/BtJEPkTqA
  • IBA 2020: Litigation funding could create conflicts of interest | Law Gazette https://t.co/Vud40IqaV
  • Slaughter and May bolsters investigations team with rare London partner hire - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/x3hcMKA9re
  • California's Covid curfew to begin, as #US cases hit 12-million mark https://t.co/Npqr5dbpI
  • Human rights must not be 'trampled' in global rush for PPE, say MPs https://t.co/Zaody4CyJ
  • Force investigates after woman mauled by police dog at illegal rave https://t.co/hgOzSGyMlu
  • Boris Johnson ‘acted illegally’ over jobs for top anti-Covid staff - Legal action targets appointments of Dido Harding, Kate Bingham and Mike Coupe https://t.co/Y5dq5wIYT
  • Covid-19 disruption bites as SEC actions against public companies fall by a third - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/crpY8qc4Sz

Sunday

22nd November - Law News

Edition 3254: LawNewsIndex is a UK based legal news & articles archive. Since 2011, it has been collating articles on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Jurisprudence, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice.   

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Today's Highlighted Video Story: Human rights groups in Peru say there have been cases of police brutality during recent protests. Demonstrations have been taking place since former President Martin Vizcarra was impeached earlier this month. A United Nations human rights mission is now in Peru talking to families of victims and investigating whether human rights were violated. Amnesty International says police fired deadly ammunition and beat protesters unnecessarily. Police deny they used excessive force or shot metal pellets at protesters, but doctors say otherwise.


Saturday Conversations on Law
  • England: Criminal justice system being brought ‘to its knees’ - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/2WQyxevhn8
  • Covid-19: Strengthened tier system for England after lockdown https://t.co/cFQpZGgCW
  • PII: Now is the time to act for spring renewals | Law Gazette https://t.co/Ts8Fmt8Eg
  • A consultation on amending the Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarm (England) Regulations 2015 has been launched by the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government | NLJ https://t.co/J4unPtXTtP
  • The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/K6KlueAayq
  • Eversheds Sutherland climate risk report ‘highlights need for change’ - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/oC816S7Q
  • Officials ‘blocked access to witness’ in Priti Patel inquiry: Sir Alex Allan made repeated attempts to interview former top Home Office civil servant Sir Philip Rutnam, but was stymied https://t.co/4TdBRT8qq5
  • Safety checks that left thousands of people unable to sell their flats after the Grenfell disaster are being eased https://t.co/hL2unWMiy
  • Not enough black men doing family legal aid, Westminster inquiry hears | Law Gazette https://t.co/z1GrmqQvD
  • Freshfields expands national security practice in Washington - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/TldpqFaPY
  • Philip Rodney takes the chair at LAR Housing Trust - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/8CnWxewIu
  • New master of the rolls promises civil justice shake-up | Law Gazette https://t.co/WfeoUq0pB
  • A driver crashed into a house and then carried on driving with the front door in the car's windscreen and roof. The 18-year-old motorist was taken to hospital with head injuries after the crash in Ashworth Road, Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, on Friday night https://t.co/Qp4TBf0dO
  • Hogan Lovells and Fieldfisher advise pro bono on food redistribution deal - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/3SQrgk6cY
  • A #Dutch journalist managed to gatecrash a confidential video conference of EU defence ministers. Daniel Verlaan of RTL Nieuws joined the meeting after the Dutch defence minister accidentally posted some of the login details on Twitter https://t.co/JeEXWxPxe
  • Boris Johnson has ordered Tory MPs to "form a square around the prittster" in a steadfast defence of bully Priti Patel as pressure mounts on the Home Secretary after an official report concluded she had sworn and shouted at senior civil servants https://t.co/3q6joUy1l
  • The government has not done enough to protect gig economy and precarious workers during the COVID-19 pandemic, the High Court has held in a landmark judgment | NLJ https://t.co/IrZGshspp
  • A car sales business owner says he is taking legal action against Google over a series of fake and damaging reviews https://t.co/Thbmvlsip
  • The Guardian view on the ‘spy cops’ inquiry: secrets and liars | Editorial - The undercover policing inquiry was on shaky ground before it started, and victims are right to be concerned https://t.co/h9imLX2XY
  • #Lebanon inmates break doors and die in car crash after jail-break https://t.co/0eVa5CDO59
  • Donald Trump has had a fresh setback in his bid to overturn his loss in the #US election as Michigan lawmakers indicated they would not seek to undo Joe Biden's projected win in the state https://t.co/BHIxkSOxRg 
  • Nuremberg Trials remembered 75 years on - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/MF7Aqa3sA1
  • Greenberg Traurig steps up European expansion with Dutch real estate team hire - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/EzTRDPgnmo 
  • Penalties for Enablers of Defeated Tax Avoidance – an ETN & CIOT Webinar - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/1FUIVVx3g
  • Sirimavo Bandaranaike was elected the modern world's first female head of government in 1960 when she became prime minister of #SriLanka, or Ceylon as it was known then. https://t.co/4HcS92vxlF
  • Boris Johnson is facing questions about whether he tried to tone down an independent report which said Home Secretary Priti Patel broke the ministerial code by bullying staff https://t.co/CdLUM9lI5K 
  • Claims company takeover talks extended into December | Law Gazette https://t.co/PC3I4dNZDM
  • The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/rv5Nw4S28l
  • Clifford Chance's senior partner to lead firmwide sustainability taskforce - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/RNKVj7OU4Z 
  • The charity, Just for Kids Law (JFKL) is collating examples from barristers of cases involving children affected by the extension to custody time limits in September | NLJ https://t.co/hzje5x4e0
  • The Law Society of Ireland is to cease issuing practising certificates to members based outside the Republic, in a major blow for solicitors in England and Wales | NLJ https://t.co/95Gsak3rRO
  • An astonishing 40% of separating parents take the issue of their children’s care to the Family Court, a report by the Family Solutions Group (FSG) has found | NLJ https://t.co/4EB2fSZ1Re
  • Dublin Book Festival to discuss life and work of Kevin Boyle - Irish Legal News https://t.co/kCkoYqKM6Z
  • Report urges gardaí to continue crackdown on sex buyers - Irish Legal News https://t.co/jqXJnkR8iK
  • UK: Hope prevails as peers rebel against government over Internal Market Bill - Irish Legal News https://t.co/zkpFPHvcpF
  • Paltry number of lawyers engage with review into unification of legal professions - Irish Legal News https://t.co/vpZFOanYnF
  • Woman guilty of fake cancer GoFundMe fundraising fraud https://t.co/R3ZYN271Q5 
  • NI: Domestic abuse victims to gain greater access to legal aid in family law cases - Irish Legal News https://t.co/kZFgK1cc0g

Saturday

21st November - Law News

Edition 3253: LawNewsIndex is a UK based legal news & articles archive. Since 2011, it has been collating articles on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Jurisprudence, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice.   

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Today's Highlighted Video Story: West Bengal (India) Governor Jagdeep Dhankar has alleged political violence, vendetta, victimisation and killings are rising in the state. "Can you imagine if the opposition has no space at all?" Mr Dhankar told NDTV, hitting out at the Mamata Banerjee government. Defending his tweets against the state government, Mr Dhankar said, "It is part of my oath to serve the people of state of West Bengal. When I see that political work is being done by public servants, they are doing it in a manner which shames Indian democracy. Surely, you will expect me to raise a concern." 


Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Man with intellectual disability to challenge laws preventing marriage - Irish Legal News https://t.co/wNv2773rtq
  • Regulator proposes end of solicitor and barrister education monopolies - Irish Legal News https://t.co/oo6i8XieOW
  • Solicitors under misconduct investigations over unpaid barrister fees, some as old as 15 years - Irish Legal News https://t.co/KN1d8myAv
  • Home Secretary Priti Patel was warned on several occasions to treat staff with respect, according to a former top official who resigned over the row https://t.co/KCdESGgeDy
  • The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/Ph6wOx9VnD
  • Court of Appeal: Costs order against State overturned in case brought by murder victim's family - Irish Legal News https://t.co/mDas2lANB
  • Households face £21 rise in energy bills in 2021 https://t.co/GeKj9UXwF
  • Reforming the Gender Recognition Act 2004 | Law Gazette https://t.co/JzUa5d7yY
  • South #Australia decided to enter a state-wide lockdown based on a lie told by a man with Covid-19 about his link to a pizza shop, police say https://t.co/rqzRmFChw
  • #Dutch police have questioned a security researcher who said he successfully logged into the US president's Twitter account by guessing his password https://t.co/9bvjUpG2
  • Brothers sanctioned after London firm ran up huge client account shortages | Law Gazette https://t.co/wWqj4uk8M
  • 'Net cost of justice system is small' says LCJ in court funding plea | Law Gazette https://t.co/3l7deHFqV
  • Chambers hit by pandemic reinvents itself online | Law Gazette https://t.co/w7K3Wpei
  • Quarter of black barristers feel race negatively impacts solicitor relationships | Law Gazette https://t.co/JKezpiXRR
  • EHRC brings to an end practice of sending incapax elderly to locked units - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/LTXn93wgK
  • Crowdfunder launched for al-Megrahi family’s Lockerbie appeal - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/6GJGQaNb
  • Edinburgh harbour commercial tenant fails to establish wrongful payments  - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/swI7tgbslS
  • Coleen Rooney "clearly identified" Rebekah Vardy when she made allegations about social media stories being leaked to the tabloids, a judge has ruled https://t.co/c9yweGuV
  • GHB: A drug that was weaponised by the UK's most prolific rapist and the serial killer Stephen Port should be reclassified, says an official report https://t.co/WtG2BtxLX
  • Solicitors reassured over PC renewal as extended deadline looms | Law Gazette https://t.co/RCM7ZGSb2
  • 'Toxic dispute' over Zaha Hadid's £100m estate finally settled: Court case at end of four-year feud hears contested allegations of financial mismanagement and ‘clandestine relationships’ between practice principal and junior staff https://t.co/kVkdGTUsM
  • UK sourced PPE from factories secretly using North Korean slave labour https://t.co/kwpbkwRA
  • A man who threatened to kill Theresa May while she was PM has been jailed. Wajid Shah emailed Mrs May with the threat& sent similar messages to ex-home secretary Blunkett, Baroness Lister, MPs Tan Dhesi & Caroline Nokes, and former MP Mark Lancaster https://t.co/6LTgHO86
  • Buckland: Supreme Court review is not 'revenge' | Law Gazette https://t.co/jteWnGw6M
  • Call for tougher penalties in UK for possession of chemsex drugs - Report highlights dangers including use in aiding serious crimes such as murder https://t.co/en0JIrqUV
  • Youth court closures in England and Wales due to Covid 'have almost doubled backlog' - Delays in hearing cases causing distress to victims and those accused, says HMIP report https://t.co/JKQHBglZx
  • Calls for UK to investigate possible war crimes in Afghanistan - Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission wants UK to follow Australian inquiry https://t.co/ViF2PsiiY
  • Priti Patel: Summary of official report into bullying claims https://t.co/Jhzuj8uX19
  • England: Legal aid lawyers suffering stress due to Covid-19 pandemic - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/2qsivW42Q
  • Pioneering British hip-hop star and former BBC 1Xtra DJ Rodney P has admitted assaulting an ex-girlfriend https://t.co/knKitPTUC
  • The Vatican is investigating the Pope's official Instagram account liking a photo of a scantily clad Brazilian model. It is unclear when the account "liked" the image of Natalia Garibotto, who was dressed up in a school uniform outfit https://t.co/fUPghvtCk
  • Priti Patel: Bullying inquiry head quits as PM backs home secretary https://t.co/JcGaYYEOke
  • UK innovation body seeks to boost legal sector in global AI competition - Legal Futures https://t.co/vWqaF11y
  • Barristers sanctioned for misconduct while working for solicitors - Legal Futures https://t.co/18Ho9T7Z
  • Barristers aim to end “shocking” lack of diversity on Western Circuit - Legal Futures https://t.co/RSZsFECi1
  • DWF advises Aliter Capital on Skill Pill deal - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/BOv7Ab4E
  • The prime suspect in the Madeleine McCann disappearance has had his appeal against a rape conviction rejected #Germany https://t.co/KXUTFUxaJ
  • Fines collection holds steady during pandemic - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/tSiQ4PtF
  • Covid: Christmas restrictions warning if Wales' cases rise https://t.co/Vy08WYvjm
  • Angry reaction to NI's new lockdown measures https://t.co/eHQNr0UiX
  • Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to set out his decision later on the findings of an inquiry into the conduct of Home Secretary Priti Patel's bullying https://t.co/VrDrTvIuT
  • Your guide to virtual court hearings – what you need to know - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/IUM4SuvzR9
  • The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/hvNhTQiTQe
  • CMA fines ComparetheMarket £17.9m for competition law breach - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/B2COVmvyk
  • Justice Secretary Humza Yousaf has defended a man charged by police for operating an illegal drugs consumption van in Glasgow - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/FWkZUItWS
  • Online news and lifestyle site Buzzfeed is taking over the Huffington Post in a deal that brings together two of the most high-profile digital media firms https://t.co/xMhg6vc2K
  • Blog: Jurisdiction and legal advice privilege - Irish Legal News https://t.co/eAbXNnNtK
  • NI: Review of support services for stressed prison officers delayed - Irish Legal News https://t.co/2Lvz52RpF
  • Migration expert Dr Clíodhna Murphy promoted to assicate professor - Irish Legal News https://t.co/lqBq83RvKx
  • NI: JMK Solicitors embrace remote working across Europe - Irish Legal News https://t.co/rjPYGojbk5
  • Restrictions on post-Brexit VAT refunds for British visitors to be relaxed - Irish Legal News https://t.co/Mo5vRmKCn
  • Covid: Judge allows legal challenge into care home deaths https://t.co/7rimoZumF
  • Manchester Uni vice-chancellor apologises over 'racial profiling' incident https://t.co/uDEoTfwYm
  • Facebook owned Instagram 'failed self-harm responsibilities' https://t.co/YuymZz9OE
  • Remembering the Nuremberg trials 75 years on #Germany https://t.co/sNnL1fSeW
  • Coronavirus: Inside test-and-trace - how the 'world beater' went wrong https://t.co/eIlaOpSPm
  • Barry Magee joins Office of the Legal Costs Adjudicator - Irish Legal News https://t.co/fB0KM2spCK
  • The future of sports integrity functions to be discussed at LawInSport's Annual 6th Conference https://t.co/W0rtEYZzZ
  • Call for reform of training for barristers, solicitors #Ireland https://t.co/QV93Vh89es
  • Mr Justice Garrett Sheehan to chair SIPO - Irish Legal News https://t.co/ZFg6gDKInY

Friday

20th November - Law News

Edition 3252: LawNewsIndex is a UK based legal news & articles archive. Since 2011, it has been collating articles on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Jurisprudence, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice.   

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Focus of the Day Legal Article: Criminal justice system is 'on its knees', says top English lawyer. Criminal Bar Association chair says funding cuts punishing victims more than criminals. Full story - Guardian Law
 
Today's Highlighted Video Story: The Scottish National Party on an election winning roll and Boris Johnson's difficulties in Scotland growing - is this all heading in one inevitable direction? Channel 4 News has commissioned an exclusive focus group of Scots who voted no to independence in 2014. It shows that the prime minister has reason to be worried, but Nicola Sturgeon isn't having it all her own way. 


Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Government will not support removal of Mr Justice Woulfe - Irish Legal News https://t.co/z5K2O0Clk
  • Rebekah Vardy suing Coleen Rooney for libel as last resort, court told | https://t.co/tpSfJ3Ot1
  • Holding #Australia to account for allegations of war crimes https://t.co/TxMCXFXDI
  • Star Wars author appeals to Disney in fight over royalties https://t.co/fgkBZmkqhZ
  • Coronavirus: NI to face new lockdown measures from next Friday https://t.co/XsnWtPR7Kl
  • High Court: No costs ordered in family law dispute - Irish Legal News https://t.co/eG0Q4mU8
  • The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/Zqyzo3dGO
  • Personal injury lawyers are in company with estate agents, traffic wardens, and politicians. Broadly speaking, they are not particularly popular | Law Gazette https://t.co/GpOazZkVO
  • Rights organisations urge Biden to help protect Good Friday Agreement - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/fxNmBJvwC
  • Hope prevails as peers rebel against government over Internal Market Bill - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/tcKY0am0b
  • Belfast man convicted of sexually assaulting teacher in Dumfries loses appeal against conviction - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/jp9AbQYPFj
  • Courts must aim higher than video hearings, says Susskind | Law Gazette https://t.co/ViGpGWUXM
  • Fashion chains Peacocks and Jaeger have fallen into administration, putting more than 4,700 jobs and almost 500 shops at risk https://t.co/K8UF9wSEw
  • Travellers returning to England from Israel and Sri Lanka will no longer need to quarantine from Saturday https://t.co/ghbJfkH9O
  • Essex lorry deaths: Accused 'watched Netflix as migrants were loaded' https://t.co/SVvSAwq4
  • Jeremy Corbyn's lawyers challenge Labour over MP suspension https://t.co/ZmyUHZNo8
  • #China has strongly rebuked the UK, the US, Australia, New Zealand and Canada after being accused of a concerted effort to silence critics in Hong Kong https://t.co/W45gl2YPi
  • A draft report concluded in the summer that Home Secretary Priti Patel had broken rules on ministers' behaviour, sources familiar with the contents say https://t.co/wwMnN53p6
  • Block on remote assessments stopping PI claimants getting help | Law Gazette https://t.co/WP4PtDbjt
  • Department for International Trade calls out to arbitrators | Law Gazette https://t.co/LokKXpjkzC
  • New conveyancing requirements to encourage digital ID checks | Law Gazette https://t.co/RBKkckzbd
  • 'Complainant' and 'survivor' added to code for victims | Law Gazette https://t.co/Armssv8lII
  • UK faces calls to drop opposition to patent-free Covid vaccines -Request will be made at WTO meeting in order to allow mass production of treatments https://t.co/gKplZ7Nwto
  • Legal aid evidence reveals wellbeing crisis | Law Gazette https://t.co/TnWdWPotO4
  • Kevin Rudd calls for soldiers responsible for Afghanistan war crimes to be ‘brought to justice’ #Australia https://t.co/iRu5ZhXN40
  • In schools, we see the extra harm Covid is doing to Britain's homeless children https://t.co/35s6zqsw1
  • Criminal justice system is 'on its knees', says top English lawyer - Criminal Bar Association chair says funding cuts punishing victims more than criminals https://t.co/weDtF2nn0
  • Rebekah Vardy suing Coleen Rooney for libel as last resort, court told - Footballer’s wife seeking vindication after being accused of leaking stories to the Sun https://t.co/2VJaVZqP8E
  • The Pike River mining disaster was a tragedy that shocked the world. Twenty-nine men who were in the #NewZealand coal mine died when it collapsed in a series of explosions ten years ago https://t.co/baEPj2aPQ
  • Lawyers make late plea to halt massive whiplash cuts | Law Gazette https://t.co/Rv2XFkHoQ
  • The alleged Afghanistan war crimes that shocked #Australia https://t.co/y77VqPTRw
  • Caricatures of fatcat lawyers and greedy shysters lining their pockets through frivolous claims and overcharging clients have linked the legal profession unflatteringly with money for centurie
  • The dead voter conspiracy theory peddled by Trump voters, debunked #US https://t.co/f8oXGJhjR
  • Number of refugees safely resettled to hit record low, warns UNHCR - UN urges UK to restart programme of resettlement suspended during pandemic https://t.co/yElSUC1p5
  • Naya Rivera drowning: wrongful death lawsuit filed on behalf of Glee actor's son #US https://t.co/EXe430hkR
  • Sexual offences review says consent must be communicated 'through words or actions' https://t.co/ovJ98yfkBa
  • Second Epstein Investigation Begins at Victoria’s Secret, but What’s Changed? https://t.co/u9XbUswtT
  • Pardon sought for Christine Keeler over Profumo affair conviction - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/sUoHTviAV
  • Private baby scans show 'incredibly poor practice' - investigation has uncovered failures in the diagnosis of serious medical issues https://t.co/MtvACVMzd
  • Price comparison site ComparetheMarket has been fined £17.9m by the competition watchdog for keeping home insurance costs artificially high: CMA concluded the website stopped insurers from advertising cheaper elsewhere for 2 years https://t.co/TyFIWCG8c
  • Mixing households at Christmas could pose "substantial risks", particularly for older people more vulnerable to coronavirus, a scientist advising the government has warned https://t.co/9SyChYAlZ
  • #Australian 'war crimes': Elite troops killed Afghan civilians, report finds https://t.co/656KWsZNO
  • St Andrews’ students launch new legal journal - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/m3bpO9WJ4k
  • Now is the time to outsource a really good data protection officer - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/AQPRWAvF
  • The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/dwwjLJqJE5 
  • New cases registered now 78 per cent of pre-Covid monthly average - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/zr06NGTYTs
  • Sexual abuse at English and Welsh universities 'a public scandal' https://t.co/qDKrUtLU9
  • Privacy campaigner Max Schrems takes on Apple over user-tracking - Irish Legal News https://t.co/yMtzNGkr
  • Sexual violence awareness campaign halted due to Covid resumes - Irish Legal News https://t.co/BozUSC2iy
  • Advocate-General Gerard Hogan to address online immigration lawyers' conference - Irish Legal News https://t.co/X7DdgAJri9 
  • NI: Armstrong Solicitors promotes Joanne Moore to director - Irish Legal News https://t.co/qikWZu3rC
  • Board of Judicial Council to meet today - Irish Legal News https://t.co/Bp91M6NLT3
  • Why Legal Entity Rationalisations Are More Important Than Ever https://t.co/hB7EAx6gq
  • Israeli spyware maker NSO channels Hollywood spy thrillers in appeal for legal immunity in WhatsApp battle https://t.co/zdBBcBwg3
  • Care home leaders call for protection against COVID legal claims https://t.co/bjpwoIfKY
  • Surrey council faces legal challenge over oil drilling https://t.co/KfK33hovK
  • Brexit and Data Protection: an Illusory Opportunity for Divergence? https://t.co/1pAhOgICY
  • UK – High Court says government failed to grant gig economy workers health and safety rights https://t.co/AeSs2DEL9
  • British Authorities to Lose Access to EU Law Enforcement Cooperation Tools - Including SIS, ECRIS & Prüm https://t.co/5vnP8I219
  • Newly robed Barrister-at-law and Solicitor in the state of St Vincent and the Grenadines (#SVG), Chris-Ann Mofford, has promised to serve diligently https://t.co/MjMkXbCFFt
  • Barrister should get appeal costs against District Court judge, Supreme Court rules - Matter dates back to separate lengthy litigation between lawyer and Campion Property #Ireland https://t.co/v0vDH7Cg2
  • Solicitor Barry Magee appointed Legal Cost Adjudicator #Ireland https://t.co/5VwCUiaCkw
  • High Court: Docklands development decision quashed - Irish Legal News https://t.co/bvba55LEup