Thursday

10th September- Law News

Edition 3180: LawNewsIndex is a UK based legal news & articles archive since 2011 on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice.
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Focus of the Day Law Article: The Competition and Markets Authority will return to the legal sector this year for a look at how the profession has responded to its last assessment. The competition watchdog spent a year looking at legal services before reporting at the end of 2016 that competition for individual consumers and small businesses was not working as it should be.
In particular, the CMA wanted more information to be available on price, quality and service to help clients choose the best option. Full story - The Law Society Gazette

Today's Highlighted Video Story:  Airlines in Vietnam have resumed domestic flights to and from the coastal city of Da Nang - a tourist hot spot which was hit by a second wave of Covid-19 infections in July. Nationwide, there has also been a drop in community transmission of the virus.



Saturday Conversations on Law
  • An honest look at marriage in a jurisprudential primer - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/UVZ00N38pj
  • Blog: Supreme Court heralds new approach to restrictive covenants - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/v9WJCYTRI
  • ‘If there is an independent judiciary in #Turkey, why are we behind bars?’ https://t.co/nxUdROdiGs
  • Tribunal dismisses barrister’s race discrimination claim against BSB | Law Gazette https://t.co/xHIzwCk7xB
  • The death of Dundee solicitor John Hall who died aged 52 on 1 September after a short battle with cancer - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/AzJGb5aoY
  • The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/4ldN8qWitN
  • A High Court judge has ruled a solicitor should be struck off the roll of solicitors for professional misconduct over a land sale#Ireland https://t.co/BE7MLwGju8
  • Manchester Arena Inquiry: Bomber 'discussed martyrdom with inmate' https://t.co/CRyiiVEGi5
  • Boris Johnson has urged MPs to support a bill which modifies the Brexit deal he signed with the EU in January https://t.co/JrfL9WrOhz
  • Moria migrants: Fire destroys #Greek camp leaving 13,000 without shelter https://t.co/OYlYWTLC34
  • New coronavirus rules: 'It makes a child's party an illegal gathering' https://t.co/WdFpjNts8y
  • Officials are alarmed by the latest rise in coronavirus cases. Newly diagnosed cases have topped 2,000 for the past three days https://t.co/XjHxavKwQW
  • #Pakistan asks International Tribunal for relief from $5.8-billion fine over mining lease https://t.co/YL3EgwWs4g
  • Trade tribunal to review #Canadian government deal with Chinese company for X-ray scanners in embassies https://t.co/YsXdncCQi
  • A tribunal has found a woman was unfairly dismissed by her employer after choosing to self-isolate for two weeks - Jackie Reid, who has type one diabetes, was fired from her job as a sales assistant at the Good Health Store in Port Erin https://t.co/EqdtFUX9J7
  • Scottish government says consent for UK Internal Market Bill 'impossible' - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/H1Ps6ukGJD
  • Workers most likely to take their employer to tribunal over excessive long hours, new data shows https://t.co/faXLS7RZbL
  • Editorial: Lawmakers and lawbreakers - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/NDuV2KX2d
  • It is legality not policy that pushes a government lawyer to quit https://t.co/oWv0WOMFr
  • Litigation against Credit Rating Agencies: #India, Delhi High Court Delineates the Scope | IndiaCorpLaw https://t.co/v0k8Uu7qF
  • Reclaiming motion seeking clarification on judicial review appeal rules refused as incompetent - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/5w9T4qXOn
  • England Covid restrictions: what is allowed from Monday https://t.co/PLB1MHytzJ
  • Jonathan Jones' resignation over Brexit law-breaking met with dismay https://t.co/9cJO5K6dpb
  • #Myanmar soldiers tell of Rohingya killings, rapes and mass burials - Reported video confessions could be used as evidence in international criminal court https://t.co/qPKJRzgm62
  • British Airways passengers 'stunned' over cash refunds stand-off https://t.co/mhNV9BIFKm
  • Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe: New charge 'a political game', says husband https://t.co/LaCxqNVdxW
  • Health Secretary Matt Hancock said increasing numbers of people in England were seeking tests when they didn't have any Covid-19 symptoms https://t.co/COk0DgFU55
  • East Finchley shooting: Fifth murder trial finds man guilty https://t.co/PuJkVh5R0b
  • SRA fines leading firm for money laundering check failures - Legal Futures https://t.co/GDseQ0KKt
  • A woman ahead of her time | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/a3iPQHKXBV
  • Solicitor launches unregulated nanotech firm - Legal Futures https://t.co/bb811y0R5K
  • Outrage as NI secretary confirms Brexit bill ‘will break international law’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/hLcFefhnio
  • DWF partners rake in £4m from first share sales - Legal Futures https://t.co/JqRMy28jih
  • The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/LKCmGC9jPD
  • Independent JR review issues call for evidence | Law Gazette https://t.co/ydgwcmQnsh
  • Businesswoman launches legal action against the Garrick Club https://t.co/PoL7Pg9ElY
  • G4S ex-bosses charged with fraud against Ministry of Justice | Law Gazette https://t.co/utsnpC17Ci
  • Details of the UK government's plans for policing trade between different parts of the country from next year are set to be published on Wednesday https://t.co/6tx33NkeeQ
  • Judge criticises UK government’s ‘inadequate’ efforts to aid Covid-19 backlog https://t.co/E8DzeVvyVQ
  • A man with serious breathing issues says he was "ambushed" into wearing a face covering on a plane: EasyJet has apologised after one of its pilots was filmed threatening to remove the passenger from the flight https://t.co/dCWH52hRe
  • Oxford University Coronavirus vaccine trial paused after participant falls ill https://t.co/Z9NGEwR6sx
  • Welsh Minister warns against Caerphilly pub get-togethers https://t.co/QXxec3UE3U
  • Law schools reopen with visors and temperature checks | Law Gazette https://t.co/pR2uiMkkDj
  • A man has been charged with murder and seven counts of attempted murder, after a series of stabbings across Birmingham city centre. Zephaniah McLeod, aged 27, of Nately Grove, Selly Oak, is due in court on Wednesday https://t.co/uia7wce1W5
  • Lawyer of the Month: Robert Holland - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/etI5GRuaMP
  • Domestic abuse charges reach five-year high - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/vZNYngZVfv
  • Senior government QC reportedly quits over Brexit U-turn - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/yu8yibRK8p
  • Lawyers of Tomorrow – Gabriella Barnes - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/XU6UYZQaDP
  • Solicitors' survey reveals COVID-19 expected to trigger rise in commercial disputes and divorce - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/AEf9ySlj6T
  • Ireland: Defendants with delayed trials to be able to apply for compensation - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/20CMiwkkJC 
  • DWF sees uptick in revenue to £297.2m - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/MCqNXaqHJh

Wednesday

9th September- Law News

Edition 3179: LawNewsIndex is a UK based legal news & articles archive since 2011 on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice.
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Focus of the Day Law Article: Calls have been made for subsidised traineeships for law students seeking to qualify as criminal defence solicitors in order to preserve equality of arms in the profession. Many criminal defence firms cannot afford to take on trainees, despite a willingness on the part of law students to become criminal practitioners. Full story - Scottish Legal News

Today's Highlighted Video Story:  In sports arenas around the world, taking a knee is no longer taboo — it’s trending. But there’s at least one place where protesting is still not allowed. The Olympic medal podium. In the video Op-Ed above, the track and field Olympian Gwen Berry confronts Thomas Bach, president of the International Olympic Committee, over what she feels is his organization’s hypocrisy: Olympians are celebrated for their courage, drive and tenacity. But if they are spurred by those same traits to demand racial justice? That’s a punishable offense.



Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Jacob Blake, Rare Survivor at Center of Police Protests, Starts Telling His Own Story #US https://t.co/SpEY4RLi2s
  • DWF claims ‘strong recovery’ after £600k post-lockdown loss | Law Gazette https://t.co/pqyALeXyym
  • Julian Assange warned by judge after outburst during extradition trial:WikiLeaks founder told he faces removal after interjection during lawyers’ exchange https://t.co/YUS7Pgr5MQ
  • The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/HvrPHrHtyU
  • Measure laid to legalise virtual witnessing of wills | Law Gazette https://t.co/E33bpM7B1
  • #Belarus opposition leader Kolesnikova: A day after she was seen being bundled into a van by masked men, she has been involved in dramatic scenes at the border https://t.co/41bKgqqFvC
  • There’s nothing wrong with shopping around, but those pushing the low-cost agenda are short-changing consumers | Law Gazette https://t.co/VIkEytGU3
  • Government legal chief quits 'over Brexit deal' | Law Gazette https://t.co/zDt0YvKkIU
  • A paramedic spat at by a patient was left feeling "contaminated, broken and defeated" and had to take a month off work to recover https://t.co/489IO7NQ2p
  • Justice Secretary holds talks with lawyers over plans to ditch parts of hate crime bill - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/EFCTxQimf
  • England's criminal justice system was on its knees long before coronavirus - The effects of court closures and cuts to support services and legal aid since 2010 are coming home to roost https://t.co/P0xd1yVlT
  • Solicitor Lamont Baillie suffers fatal crash with deer - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/NoTMP8qFm
  • Fears for Congolese Nobel laureate after UN protection 'withdrawn’ https://t.co/76ldFE0Fnm
  • Lawyers call for subsidised criminal traineeships - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/5cwLrRO0g0
  • Velindre Cancer Centre: Leading doctors and specialists have expressed "deep concern" about plans for a new cancer centre and have called for an independent review https://t.co/CoMGA432Os
  • Amazon's marketplace is being abused by independent sellers using one-star reviews to harm rivals https://t.co/Zyvi95I6Ag
  • Grenfell cladding company 'did not check safety' of design https://t.co/e1CsyH7yjg
  • Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe 'to face new charge and trial in #Iran' https://t.co/fAoY4FtvG
  • Construction firm fails to establish council’s breach of transparency obligations in tender process - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/X180pksteQ
  • Ruling exposes claims of Ince's ex-French partners - Legal Futures https://t.co/o0bNdNoO7
  • UK man who murdered wife to be freed despite refusal to reveal location of body: Parole Board decision on Russell Causley, who murdered Carole Packman in 1985, angers family https://t.co/1X6vOVlgO
  • ‘Or I Will Stab You Right Now’: A Family’s Prison Extortion Nightmare #US https://t.co/dLDLslYXw
  • Skin Kerr salon in Bootle that banned coronavirus talk and said Covid-19 does not exist is being investigated by police https://t.co/Ar2Ug4k4v
  • Philippines president Duterte Pardons U.S. Marine Who Killed Transgender Woman https://t.co/w6RozMhwG
  • Britain Urges Distancing and Considers Lockdowns as Virus Cases Spike https://t.co/tEjCdEM8R
  • "Extremely drunk" senior partner touched and kissed paralegal - Legal Futures https://t.co/BGsqvxxvCC
  • AI contract review innovator raises $10m - Legal Futures https://t.co/3yfdWA0Quh
  • The government's most senior lawyer has become the sixth leading civil servant to stand down this year - Jonathan Jones, permanent secretary to the Government Legal Department, has resigned and will leave the role in April at the end of his five year term https://t.co/XSTILhaEaW
  • Kesgrave shooting: A "long-barrelled gun" has been recovered by police investigating the shooting of a 15-year-old boy on his way to school https://t.co/pC5eZ27F5
  • Coronavirus: Caerphilly county lockdown to go into October https://t.co/PIJTWfSgqQ
  • New coronavirus cases have been detected in every mainland health board area in Scotland in the past 24 hours https://t.co/NDOF2YGtd
  • Tighter restrictions have been introduced in Bolton, including only allowing takeaways at hospitality venues, after a rise in Covid-19 cases https://t.co/4i5AkNNbQu
  • Northern Ireland Secretary admits new bill will 'break international law' https://t.co/JUu3IhaoJSor probate might demand? Or local conveyancing knowledge? If clients want… Sep 08, 2020 
  • Solicitor William James Smith is running the Virtual Great North Run on 13 September in aid of the Poverty Relief project at Glasgow Central Mosque - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/cILDvWAljK
  • An attorney in Virginia is facing state bar accusations that he tried to get a jailed client to have a three-way sexual relationship #US https://t.co/IT4gMRDEpM
  • Actor Rhea Chakraborty's lawyer said that his client was ready for "arrest" as it is a "witch-hunt as she appeared before the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) to join drugs probe linked to Sushant Singh Rajput's death #India https://t.co/AKEaybd2vJ
  • ‘Cavalier’ conveyancing solicitor allowed mortgage fraud on his watch | Law Gazette https://t.co/W0F2RHRqcg
  • Australian journalists flown out of #China 'amid diplomatic standoff' https://t.co/MbazN4vRaF
  • Defence lawyer unveils branded masks as Hamilton court users are asked to cover up - Diarmid Bruce stressed the need for “sensible precautions” https://t.co/jmQKGx4XXz
  • The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/KRjp8ONrUK
  • Claims against solicitors rose during lockdown, study suggests | Law Gazette https://t.co/24y2vNx6qk
  • Coronavirus: Warnings from scientists as UK cases continue to rise https://t.co/Q6d6gbiyrU
  • Covid-19 has exposed the reality of Britain: poverty, insecurity and inequality - Only a fairer society can lay the foundations for economic recovery, and build resilience to future crises https://t.co/ynLOq4zHI
  • Brexit feeds on discord, so don't fight it – work to bring down this government - The project’s purpose is to move from a politics of consensus to one of division. The only way to uproot it is at the source https://t.co/UPM8hVg9
  • More than £1m recovered from two trucks leaving the UK https://t.co/9BmaQ5U7t
  • Policing the mobility society: the effects of EU anti-migrant smuggling policies on humanitarianism | Jennifer Allsopp https://t.co/Oxut8AERW
  • Disney under fire for shooting Mulan in parts of #China where the government is accused of serious human rights abuses. The final credits thank a government security agency in Xinjiang province, where about 1 million Muslim Uighurs are detained https://t.co/6bAHH5xwd9
  • Up to £3.5bn in Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme payments may have been claimed fraudulently or paid out in error, the government has said https://t.co/rryjsPoIr
  • Julian Assange lawyers fail to adjourn extradition hearing https://t.co/12zFI1nUYq
  • Squire Patton Boggs begins redundancy process | Law Gazette https://t.co/x8g2pvSWMk
  • Brexit: Coveney warning over reported UK plan to override withdrawal deal - Claim some clauses in upcoming British legislation will override parts of Northern Ireland protocol https://t.co/tvThzx8MeN
  • UK government faces legal challenge on clean-air targets https://t.co/qDcddQFq3
  • Claims boss quits weeks before financial results due | Law Gazette https://t.co/UBw2AF5TIN
  • Bill would allow removal of suspected domestic abusers from homes - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/eh6mcOjF8g
  • Look north, regulator tells consumers as fees found to be 20% lower | Law Gazette https://t.co/TanY2h9Du
  • Lawyers of Tomorrow – Leanne-Sydonie Goodlad - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Q26L6HpGZ
  • Blog: Dangerous drivers causing death could face life imprisonment under new plans - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/QdqjyJzEQ
  • MoJ tackles delays - by locking up defendants for longer | Law Gazette https://t.co/BFco9PTWA
  • Plaques commemorate women accused of witchcraft - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/3ssaw3B1WL
  • MPs' Covid-19 concerns prompt new legal aid inquiry | Law Gazette https://t.co/sNeY0kRwIA
  • Pent up demand boosts Edinburgh and Lothians property market - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/jEgJlFL7Ig
  • Solicitor who used clients' £29,345 to prop up firm struck off | Law Gazette https://t.co/C7vgn9qPPU

Tuesday

8th September- Law News

Edition 3178: LawNewsIndex is a UK based legal news & articles archive since 2011 on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice.

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Focus of the Day Law Article: Research showing significant regional variations in the price of legal advice “for what are fundamentally the same services” should encourage consumers to shop around, the Legal Services Board (LSB) said. It suggested that the impact of Covid-19 – with people accessing more services online – could make them more willing to use lawyers in other parts of the country where they did not need to meet face to face. Full story - Legal Futures

Today's Highlighted Video Story:  A court in Saudi Arabia has commuted the death sentences handed to five people convicted over the 2018 murder of Jamal Khashoggi, state media report. The public prosecution said they were given 20-year jail terms because the journalist's family had pardoned them. Three others had their sentences of between seven and 10 years upheld. Khashoggi, a prominent critic of the Saudi government, was killed inside the kingdom's consulate in the Turkish city of Istanbul by a team of Saudi agents. The Saudi government said the journalist was killed in a "rogue operation" and the following year Saudi prosecutors put 11 unnamed individuals on trial.



Saturday Conversations on Law
  • England: Pre-trial detention extended under 'temporary' legislation - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/MgsBfgzSkO
  • Law firm offices across the City still stand almost empty, despite a government drive to get people back to work as firms tackle issues concerning public transport and social distancing | Law Gazette https://t.co/O592WZFcCe
  • Reasons to be cheerful? | Law Gazette https://t.co/Hsf5hyjw2
  • My legal life: Nathan Vidini, AltraLaw - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/PZXV9Kc665
  • Incorporation of UNCRC into Scots law to be considered at Holyrood - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/H2lW1BmF6
  • Hogan Lovells to reverse salary cuts and bring back pay reviews | Law Gazette https://t.co/IrcvhuK6L
  • #HongKong police have come under fire after footage of officers tackling a 12-year-old girl to the ground near a pro-democracy protest went viral https://t.co/pgLFOM7haJ
  • Coronavirus in Wales: Caerphilly county to go under local lockdown https://t.co/DrrZ9YRCED
  • Gary Senior case: "An extraordinary abuse of position," says SDT - Legal Futures https://t.co/scLBpnsBv4
  • The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/vwtBAm95
  • How much time is wasted in law firms by dealing with existing client enquiries that could have been prevented? - Legal Futures https://t.co/RUh3uZANY
  • Climate protest lawyers block Chancery Lane - Legal Futures https://t.co/jff20VK1U
  • New Brexit law will not 'tear up' EU trade plans https://t.co/SDMRDCzmAd
  • Coronavirus: Seven Greek islands added to England's quarantine list https://t.co/FwqihC4372
  • Coronavirus: Lockdown restrictions extended in west of Scotland https://t.co/vSPjcVbzJ
  • Firm's accounts spoiled by joint venture ABS collapse - Legal Futures https://t.co/wVatC90uQ
  • Shop nationally for cheaper legal fees, LSB tells consumers - Legal Futures https://t.co/Eath6M9d2
  • President Paul Kagame said that the arrested critic Paul Rusesabagina, now facing terrorism charges, was not kidnapped from Dubai but had been lured to #Rwanda in a “flawless” operation https://t.co/8weKAaYXRD
  • The Police Fill #HongKong’s Streets to Stop Protests Over Delayed Election https://t.co/si9vJRh4o
  • Shepherd and Wedderburn reports two per cent turnover growth in 2019/20 - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/dvTwUxoA14
  • A Weapon for Extortion Long Ignored in Alabama Prisons: Families say they have been threatened by call and text into sending thousands of dollars to protect loved ones on the inside. Some suffered anyway #US https://t.co/NLZy14DyRK
  • Senators of the College of Justice sound warnings over proposed hate crime legislation - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/4TSShQTFnP
  • #Spanish trial brings hope of justice for victims of Salvadoran death squads https://t.co/5fUslko0Q
  • Shale aggregate extractors lose appeal against payment to redress unlawful tax break - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Pl2zAVqNMd
  • Empathy is important for judicial decisions: P Wilson writes to President to ensure more diversity in judicial appointments #India https://t.co/Op2K7VVH8
  • Disqualification of directors of an active company and Companies Fresh Start Scheme: What Delhi HC has held #India https://t.co/EimTwbljW
  • Julian Assange due in court in latest stage of fight against US extradition https://t.co/Ijz4xo6zWg
  • "There is debasement in the manner of dissent taking place", Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul #India https://t.co/xTRN6M2D7
  • A teenager has been injured in a reported shooting on the way to school - Officers were called just after 08:40 BST to the Through Jollys and Friends Walk areas of the Grange Farm estate in Kesgrave, Suffolk https://t.co/J4lrp1s8P
  • I am a housing solicitor and am forever appalled by the obstacles put in the way of the young people I work with - My working week: 'Jakub has been sleeping rough for 10 days. I threaten the council with legal action' https://t.co/fKkmAFd2l
  • The secret of life revealed by virtual courts #India https://t.co/NJEteXlxd
  • The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/WbGJyt9gue
  • Gauhati HC quashes order banning telecast of TV series Begum Jaan over "Love Jihad" allegations #India https://t.co/aiTLGGrfdV
  • Cardiff Coyote Ugly crowd scenes - Health officials are "concerned" about a video which has emerged showing crowds of clubbers appearing to ignore social distancing guidelines https://t.co/KF5ExqE0BQ
  • 'Felt silenced' after sex assault claims: Alyse McCamish and Sydney Feder, both 23, are considering legal action amid claims the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama did not investigate properly https://t.co/7RwLovl2z
  • Birmingham stabbings: Man arrested over city attacks https://t.co/bq0etvEGR
  • Allahabad HC refuses to quash sedition FIR against woman over Facebook posts critical of PM Modi, UP CM Yogi Adityanath #India https://t.co/J8nqda8L9
  • Manchester Arena Inquiry: Terror attack investigation opens https://t.co/acDSQQM6cR
  • Technical Requirements to write the NLAT Exam 2020 for NLSIU admissions released #India https://t.co/aGmrbldy0V
  • The National Crime Agency is facing criticism for failing to investigate reports alleging that banks forged signatures and fabricated evidence in court actions to repossess homes https://t.co/dy8p1J66V
  • No substitute for hard work, tell yourself you are here to stay: Justice Jyoti Singh speaks at Delhi HC Women's Lawyers Forum #India https://t.co/aAJIIHbpXC
  • Magistrate's casual approach in handling case where police failed to act draws J&K HC's censure #India https://t.co/uJ0DCL9qB8
  • "Petitioners have approached Court at the eleventh hour": Bombay HC refuses to stay physical conduct of MUHS UG medical exams #India https://t.co/OjggbEGxr9
  • "Sole motive to gain cheap publicity": Allahabad HC dismisses plea for revoking Kanhaiya Kumar's citizenship, imposes Rs 25,000 as costs #India https://t.co/7CgooTMOJf

Monday

7th September- Law News

Edition 3177: LawNewsIndex is a UK based legal news & articles archive since 2011 on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice.

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Focus of the Day Law Article: Sentence length, protecting yourself against a burglar in your own home and the cost of the legal aid system are among the most misreported areas of the law by the media, according to research commissioned by The Secret Barrister. Full story - New Law Journal

Today's Highlighted Video Story:  Hundreds of chanting protesters took to the streets of Madrid to join a demo against the COVID-19 restrictions. They taunted the police, who broke up the rally and made several arrests.



Saturday Conversations on Law
  • A law student’s guide to overcoming ‘commercial unawareness’ - Legal Cheek https://t.co/ZZGHNHCgP
  • West Ham signing reveals law firm ownership ambitions - Legal Cheek https://t.co/SbD9Ps19w
  • People are gathering in Bradford in ways that violate the local lockdown, for example by holding weddings in gardens and restaurants https://t.co/bxm9343XW
  • Coronavirus: Court plan will not ease delays, lawyers warn https://t.co/KztKeTYvh5
  • The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/XmrYSAQZIK
  • Reverse mentoring scheme sees BAME bar students share 'experiences of racism' with senior white barristers - Legal Cheek https://t.co/Gm5DiFSFGF
  • Research: Nearly three quarters of Brits believe mainstream media 'misreports' the law - Legal Cheek https://t.co/uNnG5zZY3
  • Pinsent Masons partner lands top role at Oxford Uni - Legal Cheek https://t.co/8Nn6fFI5h
  • DAC Beachcroft unveils business-focused TC - Legal Cheek https://t.co/JhWx7Pnwk
  • Squire Patton Boggs to let lawyers work remotely up to 50% of time - Legal Cheek https://t.co/gCTstcQBD
  • Best of the blogs - 5 September 2020 | Law Gazette https://t.co/7FnjA3PYb
  • Custody time limit to be increased to ease court case backlog in England: Defendants awaiting trial face longer stints in prison under measures to tackle buildup https://t.co/V3dyERiCSm
  • Extinction Rebellion calls move to class it as organised crime group 'ridiculous' - Climate group criticises move by UK government as the centrist Labour leadership condemns newspaper protest https://t.co/xrX0BqAFoe
  • England's criminal justice system was on its knees long before coronavirus https://t.co/P0xd1yVlTX
  • Herbert Smith Freehills sets ethnicity goal for London NQ lawyers - Legal Cheek https://t.co/h8R00bLuq9
  • #France horse mutilations: Police hunt two suspects in Losne https://t.co/gLzG9ga9l6
  • '#ChangeTheRecord': Bar Council retort goes viral as government doubles down on 'activist' lawyer-bashing - Legal Cheek https://t.co/52v9yFfLWt
  • Extinction Rebellion lawyers perform 'theatrical and arrestable' protest outside Law Society office - Legal Cheek https://t.co/rMyaMcAaa6
  • Aspiring barrister uses GDPR regs to secure pupillage interview feedback - Legal Cheek https://t.co/cXAyBNlDI
  • Ex-Baker McKenzie boss Gary Senior - disciplinary ruling in full - Legal Cheek https://t.co/DJf4pz1v7N
  • Suspected criminals held for longer as criminal courts recovery plan announced. People arrested for serious crimes can spend longer in custody as they await trial https://t.co/tdEP1o2ulG
  • Kano State Judiciary says it has submitted certified copies of the Sharia Court judgment to the Human Right activist, Mr Femi Falana, to enable him to appeal the judgment that sentenced Yahaya Aminu to death by hanging for blasphemy #Nigeria https://t.co/0yWtx2yUYg
  • New Taipei City-based Carry Hi-tech Co (加利科技) investigated, owner Lin Ming-chin (林明進) listed as a suspect after #Taiwan Ministry of Justice’s Investigation Bureau broadened probe into alleged sales of non-medical grade masks from China https://t.co/XCBrYiF20
  • Rape on the pretext of marriage: MP HC allows 2 months' bail for solemnisation of marriage between rape-accused and complainant #India https://t.co/59oYjbolVD
  • Police have launched a murder investigation after being called to reports of stabbings in Birmingham city centre in the early hours of Sunday https://t.co/6GXSAaiEV
  • Supreme Court chief slams Knesset speaker's 'populist' criticism of judiciary #Israel https://t.co/aX1mhz3zIE
  • Birmingham stabbings: Police declare 'major incident' as several injured https://t.co/6GXSAaAfNs
  • #Chilean Cryptocurrency Exchange Denies Fraud Allegations, Tribunal Set Rule on Complaint https://t.co/LFhJUStQ6k
  • The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/47QJUnL5ic
  • UK tribunal to investigate #China's alleged genocide against Muslim Uighur population https://t.co/Key91k58pb
  • Engineer unfairly dismissed after travel pay dispute, tribunal rules: Case highlights the need for contracts to be updated if journey time pushes the working week over the legal maximum, say experts https://t.co/VhtuR3cS1
  • George Washington University said the professor, Jessica A. Krug, will not have classes this semester after a blog post with her byline described a deception of assuming Black identities even though she is white #US https://t.co/HeRB7ELnd
  • After 6 Murder Trials and Nearly 24 Years, Charges Dropped Against Curtis Flowers, he had faced the possibility of a seventh trial in the quadruple-murder case from Mississippi #US https://t.co/F6II52oy1z
  • Officers involved in Black man's death suspended - Daniel Prude's family calls for the arrest of the police officers involved in death by asphyxiation #US https://t.co/hwcHZegsS
  • #Cyprus to strip seven people of 'golden passports' - Move to remove citizenship comes weeks after an Al Jazeera investigation revealed the country's passport business https://t.co/CQHYIJjRlv
  • 'Fascist storm troopers': Racist police violence in 1940s #America: In 1949, truncheon-wielding police officers descended on the racially integrated concert of singer Paul Robeson https://t.co/llHvdh0lyZ
  • How the use of ethnonationalism backfired in #Montenegro - the governing DPS inflamed ethnic tensions to take attention away from corruption scandals. Then it lost the elections https://t.co/eAX08OOlps
  • Facebook must walk the talk on #Myanmar: The social media giant should disclose any information it has relating to crimes against the Rohingya in Myanmar https://t.co/HVwUr4qsz4

Sunday

6th September- Law News

Edition 3176: LawNewsIndex is a UK based legal news & articles archive since 2011 on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice.

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Today's Highlighted Video Story:  A community of forest dwellers in Kenya is struggling to survive after being evicted from its ancestral land. The Ogiek people say they were given the legal right to live in the forest in court. But the government says they are destroying parts of a fragile ecosystem.



Saturday Conversations on Law
  • The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) is recruiting four new Board members as two lay and two solicitor members reach the end of their terms. The Board oversees the work of the SRA in regulating solicitors and firms | NLJ https://t.co/0G4l8nQs3
  • The final two of the ten Nightingale courts promised by the government have opened, in Leeds’ Cloth Hall Court and Peterborough Cathedral | NLJ https://t.co/r09HPyt8
  • Couples would be able to marry wherever they want, including outdoors, under sweeping reforms proposed by the Law Commission | NLJ https://t.co/pGCdWPn2
  • The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/RTdJAz8Ko
  • Sentence length, protecting yourself against a burglar in your own home and the cost of the legal aid system are among the most misreported areas of the law by the media, according to research commissioned by The Secret Barrister | NLJ https://t.co/l42iru6g4
  • The High Court has refused permission for a mother to bring a judicial review against a Parole Board decision to release her daughter’s murderer even though he still refuses to reveal where he hid her body | NLJ https://t.co/xKCksdmIE
  • Protesters opposed to Covid-19 restrictions have gathered in Edinburgh as figures showed the highest weekly rise in cases since May https://t.co/kLH7A1fT7
  • Plans to bring Britain’s spy laws up to date, as recommended by the Russia Report, have been laid in Parliament | NLJ https://t.co/bGpFfiWq0
  • The Legal Services Board (LSB) is asking for feedback on its plans to change the rules on practising certificate fees | NLJ https://t.co/HvQAIVdiB
  • Some 71% of law firms made use of the government’s furlough scheme, less than the 81% average for professions, according to independent research commissioned in July by Braemar Finance | NLJ https://t.co/6m2zrkE1l
  • A widow is calling on the UK government to act to allow thousands of victims of a share scandal to finally receive tax-free compensation https://t.co/KjOA3awbu
  • Facebook blocks incurably ill man Alain Cocq from livestreaming death https://t.co/ih8imX4Cy
  • Police and anti-immigration protesters have clashed outside the entrance to Dover harbour https://t.co/2WRsWu9K
  • Young people in Leeds are being urged to take responsibility for controlling the spread of coronavirus following an increase in house parties in the city https://t.co/LOthx2N2n
  • Inquests and inquiries into catastrophic events are beset with costly delay & duplication, pay insufficient heed to the requirements of those affected and often leave bereaved people and survivors feeling ‘confused, betrayed and re-traumatised’ | NLJ https://t.co/iXKR8AUgE
  • #Australian police have made dozens of arrests amid anti-lockdown protests attended by hundreds nationwide https://t.co/njYDdz6Sc
  • A bar has been ordered to shut for "blatantly disregarding" social distancing measures - Wolverhampton City Council said Blossoms in the city centre "regularly failed to identify and implement adequate control measures" https://t.co/RwroWX5lF
  • A police investigation is under way after a car belonging to Rangers player Allan McGregor was deliberately set on fire in the driveway outside his home https://t.co/29ihxl3s4
  • A leading epidemiologist has warned the country is at a "critical moment" in the coronavirus pandemic, as students prepare to return to universities https://t.co/pw11Ouv2Gn
  • The Legal Aid Agency (LAA) has extended criminal legal aid contracts by one year | NLJ https://t.co/CEQ6DhRDh
  • Lord Justice Stephens has been appointed to the Supreme Court | NLJ https://t.co/iFIZgoQ4l
  • Human Rights Watch mourns the passing of the philanthropist Ali Ghandour, whose support was critical to building our organization’s role in promoting and protecting human rights in #Lebanon https://t.co/0Cu8WE9ls
  • The Bar Standards Board (BSB) has updated its Handbook to reflect its greater regulatory independence | NLJ https://t.co/vqN83FAFq
  • A dozen law firms have signed up to the Race Fairness Commitment (RFC), adding to the 17 Magic Circle and City law firm signatories who signed the pledge in July | NLJ https://t.co/0lTPbWqzp
  • Wannabe barrister compels 16 chambers to hand over their interview notes on him | RollOnFriday https://t.co/55ZDDLg5J
  • Senior barrister Peter Coll to lead independent probe into council's handling of Storey funeral https://t.co/UlIEIT9YF
  • Extinction Rebellion (XR) activists have delayed the distribution of several national newspapers after blocking access to three printing presses owned by Rupert Murdoch https://t.co/1hdYn39Mb
  • Many killed in #Bangladesh mosque gas pipeline blast: At least 13 worshippers killed during Friday night prayers when a blast sent flames raging through the mosque https://t.co/eKOXiXS9L
  • The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/7nvbqurQS
  • A short survey to find out from practitioners in England and Wales what impact the Pension Advisory Group report has had on their practice | NLJ https://t.co/Mph6U56Fg
  • The Chase viewers stunned after barrister Shaun Wallace gets law question wrong https://t.co/z9REBFEnI
  • Squire Patton Boggs moves to new office – and announces home working test | Law Gazette https://t.co/i1BeWyjCI
  • SRA costs slashed as tribunal fumes at hourly rates and lack of detail | Law Gazette https://t.co/512OJj7eI
  • Legal Ombudsman backs firm reviews - when it has the money | Law Gazette https://t.co/smoUkHOd4
  • Portuguese children sue 33 countries over climate ‘failures’ |Law Gazette https://t.co/G87IdBQz
  • Firm reveals its profits swallowed by failed £3m business venture | Law Gazette https://t.co/tfZmj4c7J
  • Hogan Lovells to reverse salary cuts and bring back pay reviews | Law Gazette https://t.co/Ircvhusvna
  • SRA was right to prosecute cleared Baker executives - tribunal | Law Gazette https://t.co/APymgF5FIG
  • The Margaret Taylor Interview: Amanda Millar on rising to the challenge of the new normal - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/x3AH5Z2feH
  • Donald Trump campaign repeatedly doctoring videos for social media ads #US https://t.co/CyT81GDAJ
  • Teachers tell parents in England to ignore 'baseless' letters on face masks: Templates on social media warn of legal action against schools and are ‘threatening’ https://t.co/idmmG10NEE
  • #Portugal quarantine rules come into force https://t.co/AUglleVeN
  • UK tribunal led by Barrister Geoffrey Nice to probe Uighur ‘genocide’ claims #China https://t.co/FAX0gBKtwI
  • Heat Networks Bill – will housebuilders warm up to it? - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/jZgf7Kmbjl