2nd December - Law News

Edition 3264: LawNewsIndex is a UK based topical legal news archive on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Jurisprudence, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics & Human Rights since 2011.   

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Focus of the Day Legal Article: Leading black women lawyers have spoken about the challenges of succeeding in City law firms, including the problem of acquiring ‘gravitas’, and the fear of being seen as an ‘angry Black woman’. Full story - Legal Futures

 

Today's Highlighted Video Story: The EU is thought to have lost more than €10 billion to fraud over the last two decades and yet its antifraud and corruption agencies have long lacked the teeth to root out the problem. Could that be about to change? HARDtalk’s Stephen Sackur speaks to Romanian Laura Codruţa Kövesi, the EU’s first public prosecutor. She has enhanced powers to tackle transnational crime. But if member states refuse to play ball, how can she succeed?

Saturday Conversations on Law

• New research finds jurors do not subscribe to rape myths and casts doubt on mock jury studies - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/vnH9SwN2X
• Editorial: Teflon Nicola coming unstuck on Scottish justice system - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/VucE5QVs48 
• Edinburgh tenant wins breach of statutory obligations appeal after reconsideration by Upper Tribunal - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/SIbI9O0T1
• A man who pulled plastic sheets off clothes in a supermarket during Wales' "firebreak" lockdown has been told to compensate Tesco over his protest https://t.co/60iXEPz1u9
• Covid tiers: MPs back tougher system for England, despite Tory rebellion https://t.co/IsEoluhziP
• NI: Deals market at seven-year low in Northern Ireland - Irish Legal News https://t.co/yfnhYxg8k
• Arthur Cox tops M&A table as market remains 'resilient' in face of Covid-19 - Irish Legal News https://t.co/Otag0a5N2Z
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/x5c7IEiQp0 
• Public to gain access to written submissions in High Court cases - Irish Legal News https://t.co/1BDjDTZ62F
• High Court: Security for costs order made in favour of NAMA - Irish Legal News https://t.co/krM4QlmSE
• NI: Mills Selig names Chris Guy as managing partner - Irish Legal News https://t.co/4YglAUKhM
• Lower value claims may escape disclosure ‘sledgehammer’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/KQurx9JsF
• West Coast Aquaculture completes first cryptocurrency IPO - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/rJtQWT8Xx
• Non-lawyers banned from law firms in misconduct blizzard - Legal Futures https://t.co/FtoKsOCWT
• Black women lawyers outline struggles of succeeding at City firms - Legal Futures https://t.co/shAooDvWXx
• BSB stats and Beckwith ruling put focus on misconduct outside practice - Legal Futures https://t.co/wCOwju5Fym
• Leading conveyancing firm spends £27m on referral business - Legal Futures https://t.co/RHUvNSnIYm
• Work begins on legal definition of ‘ecocide’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/vBrPs1JPp
• Children under 16 with gender dysphoria are unlikely to be able to give informed consent to undergo treatment with puberty-blocking drugs, three High Court judges have ruled https://t.co/JAvRw1W6U7
• A charity set up by the Daily Mail to buy protective equipment for NHS staff donated 100,000 face masks suspected of being made by workers in a controversial Chinese labour programme https://t.co/HrupEMt471
• The risk of cyber fraud is a constant worry for law firms, particularly with so many people working from home. However, many firms miss the number one cause of cyber crime―human error | NLJ https://t.co/XCx9KAATJH
• DWF cuts 40 jobs in wave of City redundancies | Law Gazette https://t.co/bhGo2Y3B0Y
• The government’s ‘levelling up’ agenda to redress geographical inequalities must include the justice system, particularly in the Midlands and the North, the Bar Council has said | NLJ https://t.co/10mwCiFv8K
• High Court refuses to strike out solicitor's snooping claim | Law Gazette https://t.co/Gc8RAa7IUa 
• ‘Legal profession must accept responsibility’: Witness exposes justice system for mistreatment of sexual assault victims - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/IoG07P42Tu
• Home after 8pm: Covid-19 court hours affecting work-life balance | Law Gazette https://t.co/hnfb4J13ih 
• The University of Law has lost the main parts of a trademark case against one of its former law students over the mark ‘UniLaw’ | NLJ https://t.co/HqyeV0tVUc
• Libel claim against in-house solicitors struck out by court | Law Gazette https://t.co/kvXsKg0Kb8 
• Law firms must be more vigilant than ever during COVID-19, the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has warned | NLJ https://t.co/Ihh0H5CRwB 
• Solicitors still missing scam red flags | Law Gazette https://t.co/JAVQHHIR8A
• HFW bolsters diversity strategy after missing gender targets | Law Gazette https://t.co/r2bGqh2f5t 
• Uttar Pradesh ordinance on Religious Conversion explained [Read Ordinance] #India | Bar & Bench https://t.co/UHoP2Mf25V
• Crown court backlog 'not due to systemic failure', lord chief justice rules | Law Gazette https://t.co/escwaFZe0J 
• Upskirting ex-government lawyer avoids disbarment - Legal Cheek https://t.co/FxS0J0CtBS 
• There are no plans to introduce a "vaccine passport" to give people access to places such as pubs and restaurants once a coronavirus jab becomes available, says Michael Gove https://t.co/QiD139xyH5 
• Online grooming - She was invited to meet for a video shoot in central London, but when she arrived, a man she had never met was waiting for her https://t.co/7hat2CSs2h 
• Debenhams stores are set to close after the failure of last-ditch efforts to rescue the ailing department store chain. It means all 12,000 employees are likely to lose their jobs when the chain's 124 shops cease trading https://t.co/cXe9JBPBVS 
• Women in Law finalists unveiled for 2020 - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/ItQG9kypO8 
• Inquiry into whistleblowing culture at Edinburgh Council begins - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/GA4tTnhqbg 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/U6mseEJNZ4 
• IBA conference: Amal Clooney marks the end of ‘regressive leadership and moral bankruptcy’ of Trump era in media freedom talk - Legal Cheek https://t.co/Q8GKWbsTcs 
• Electronic submission of simple procedure cases mandatory from tomorrow - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/gchIC0cTya 
• Church of England Parochial Fees 2021 | Law & Religion UK https://t.co/tOCTEqZOpp 
• My legal life: Kishma Bolaji, Shoosmiths - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/AIPzWmkk7D 
• Swift v Carpenter – details the key compensation points in a case in which the claimant was severely injured in a road traffic accident in 2013 - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/yuNXtnPcFB 
• Liverpool John Moores law grad goes mega-viral with McDonald’s job application tweet - Legal Cheek https://t.co/c3gw5wMDyW 
• Murray Etherington sole nominee to become Law Society President in 2022 - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/YZn223pUuC 
• Why we need our Farr and Flipper to undo miscarriage of military justice #India | Bar & Bench https://t.co/N1ixqNRGbO 
• Tony Lenehan named new SCBA president - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/GfbzC8zYps
• MoJ will evaluate remote hearings - ‘Substantial investment’ being made into criminal court infrastructure | NLJ https://t.co/TF72BW5GqC 
• Scotland records 165 deals worth £2.3 billion in pandemic year - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/fYVtAbQuAC 
• Osborne Clarke to repay lawyer COVID salary cuts - Legal Cheek https://t.co/mQ9TUuamxp 
• PrawfsBlawg: Evidentiary problems - Election-law attorney Marc Elias has kept a running tally of the Trump Campaign's litigation record, which stands at 1-38 and has a chance of getting to 50 losses #US https://t.co/kU72r6cjaO 
• Lawyer in the news: Najma Rasul, Matthew Gold & Co - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/lE28EuUXNd 
• Our values can civilise political discourse | Law Gazette https://t.co/8j3kTUdWAR 
• Beckwith: Solicitors’ sex lives ‘their own business’, says regulation guru | Law Gazette https://t.co/kOjRQzOaC0 
• NI: Stuart Nevin: Vacant possession and how to satisfy a break clause - Irish Legal News https://t.co/VwKpQK57JV 
• Ex-Freshfields partner wins High Court appeal against misconduct finding - Legal Cheek https://t.co/ArlcBPhV9X
• MPs will vote later on the government's proposals for stricter tiers across England after a debate in the Commons https://t.co/9120ZIdcVx
• ‘I would be dead' without Burnley vicars - The poorest communities have been hit hardest during the Covid-19 pandemic https://t.co/ipkXaYZr16 
• New immigration rules will be "simple and flexible", ministers have promised, as the UK's points-based post-Brexit system prepares to go live https://t.co/uiLm6tQ2fn 
• [Mumbai Metro] Centre challenges move to use land at Kanjurmarg in Bombay High Court #India | Bar & Bench https://t.co/8yijZm0PoD

1st December - Law News

Edition 3263: LawNewsIndex is a UK based topical legal news archive on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Jurisprudence, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics & Human Rights since 2011.   

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Focus of the Day Legal Article: Lawyers are taking action today in protest at the Scottish government’s refusal to increase legal aid. It follows a request by the Law Society of Scotland for a 50 per cent increase in legal aid fees and a grant for struggling firms. The government has instead agreed to enhance fees for solicitors dealing with early guilty pleas and to part-fund 40 defence traineeship places. Full story - Scottish Legal News

 

Today's Highlighted Video Story: The coronavirus pandemic has hit the poor, vulnerable and those living in deprived areas the hardest. The overall death rate in England’s poorest areas was almost double that of the least deprived between April and June, according to official figures. The government say they are committed to reducing deprivation and have spent tens of billions of pounds in welfare support this year.

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Over 300 charges laid following investigation into law firm - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/8I6q5RllX
• Supreme court questions Trump bid to bar undocumented immigrants from census - But justices seem hesitant to immediately stop policy, which could affect distribution of congressional seats https://t.co/17ke2GAJ38
• Dentons triggers redundancy consultation with launch of ‘virtual roles’ - Legal Cheek https://t.co/b3TKZg6xU
• UK government pays out to family of IPP prisoner who killed himself: Tommy Nicol died in 2015 after trying to take his own life two years past his four-year minimum tariff https://t.co/2BP4yiLUku
• The importance of a relevant law school orientation programme #India | Bar & Bench https://t.co/jgNtwriref 
• European states ordered to respond to youth activists' climate lawsuit - European court of human rights case could result in countries being bound to take greater action https://t.co/k2lSxGn0q
• Landmark inquest to rule if air pollution killed London pupil - New hearing into 2013 death of Ella Kissi-Debrah follows mother’s seven-year fight https://t.co/D69ZkhOg
• Silent victims: the hidden Romanian women exploited in the UK sex trade https://t.co/SKC5qVwGvG
• Government urged to fix 'disastrous state' of rape prosecutions - Alliance of women’s groups call for a commission on juries and a ban on use of sexual history evidence https://t.co/0pwU64772
• Meet Anupriya Dhonchak and Misbah Reshi, Rhodes Scholars for 2021 #India | Bar & Bench https://t.co/EUFfzeWmO
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/Ag83eBVPTw 
• Campaigners launch legal challenge over Stonehenge road tunnel https://t.co/lPqIt76XbG
• No 10 has published data behind its decisions over England's new tier system as it tries to win MPs' support https://t.co/u3bpWgR00
• An ex-manager of an insulation maker whose product was used on Grenfell Tower has apologised for dismissing fire safety concerns and threatening legal action in internal emails https://t.co/TKFQk6eT
• Topshop owner Arcadia goes into administration https://t.co/VNYpbUF2u
• MP proposes law allowing organisations to offer apology without liability https://t.co/HTtWl2AMuJ
• The Conservatives are hollowing the state and consolidating power: democracy is at stake | Conservatives https://t.co/NGBPbpGWq5
• International lawyers draft plan to criminalise ecosystem destruction - Plan to draw up legal definition of ‘ecocide’ attracts support from European countries and small island nations https://t.co/WtEpvz7U3
• Successfully preparing for the SQE assessments - Legal Cheek https://t.co/7tLIF3PZOs
• How I combine corporate and charity law - Legal Cheek https://t.co/CI0oX9xav2
• A public inquiry into state collusion in the murder of Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane will not take place at this time, the government has said. He was shot dead by loyalist paramilitaries from the Ulster Defence Association (UDA) in February 1989 https://t.co/SSnoPXxB4
• Coronavirus: NHS Covid-19 app to gain self-isolation payments https://t.co/wBi7hSATXk
• Mobile phones in court hearings: The hero that was once a villain #India | Bar & Bench https://t.co/BOEvyxyvY
• 2020’s top 25 attraction firms revealed - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/uLYistN5rO
• From law grad to legal tech innovator - Legal Cheek https://t.co/HFLkAq88vu
• Lord Bracadale says Sheku Bayoh inquiry to be ‘thorough and fearless’ - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/eI57zoyAG5
• Judicial review petition challenging Highland Council ratings committee refused - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/0vH1UVHPzl
• Lawyers strike in protest at Scottish government refusal to increase legal aid - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/JGhQ00tak
• Courts cannot stand in the way of the police to register a case in an appropriate manner: Madras High Court #India | Bar & Bench https://t.co/RmA3odcP0H
• The driver of a car which dragged PC Andrew Harper to his death should be given a life sentence, the Attorney General has told the Court of Appeal https://t.co/kn8adpvpFk
• Drinkers in tier two areas of England could order a Scotch egg with their pint to keep in line with post-lockdown rules, a cabinet minister has said https://t.co/lQoBy8B1PL
• Covid: Alcohol ban for Welsh pubs and restaurants from Friday https://t.co/tWnbMyCKXv
• Carbon neutrality and the consistory courts | Law & Religion UK https://t.co/YKyQim9FF
• Intersectionality and equality: a view from the Constitutional Court of South Africa - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/wNlUBFA0W
• Successful insurers' A1P1 claim concerning benefits reimbursement in asbestos claims - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/mdJbVKPL1t
• Criminal solicitors billed med neg claimant £20k for “admin work” - Legal Futures https://t.co/GzdGfsnf9G
• Silent sufferers? Bar's efforts to improve harassment reporting failing - Legal Futures https://t.co/ivQi4MGzbV
• High Court refuses to strike out solicitor's surveillance harassment claim - Legal Futures https://t.co/xxLDUTYVPR
• Conveyancer's shock at fraudster's in-branch transfer from client account - Legal Futures https://t.co/0Il0GQCot
• A #French judge has placed four police officers under criminal investigation over the beating of a black music producer at his studio in Paris earlier this month https://t.co/LGtgBa5D
• #Australia has demanded China apologise for posting a fake picture on a government Twitter account that depicted an Australian soldier murdering an Afghan child https://t.co/T1FTGEBaD
• #NewZealand's health and safety authorities have filed charges against 13 parties over last year's deadly White Island disaster https://t.co/KhyH7euOE
• Shops in England will be allowed to stay open for longer in the run-up to Christmas and in January, the housing secretary has said https://t.co/26Yqe3Zgqo 
• The Weekly Round-Up: Tension Over Begum and Procurement - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/B6o0NIyq9H
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/khBl89bsq6
• Article 2 and the provision of healthcare — Part 3 - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/mpwRgcthO
• Article 2 and the provision of healthcare - Part 2 - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/o4s7q7UkN
• Article 2 and the provision of healthcare - Part 1 - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/ARHUYgnN44
• How tech is transforming the legal sector - Legal Cheek https://t.co/65l1YAXpDp
• Lloyds’ trustees have a duty to equalise minimum pension benefits when calculating historic transfers, the High Court has held in a ruling on pensions equality | NLJ https://t.co/DBakphGFv
• Furloughed solicitor launches lockdown cookie business - Legal Cheek https://t.co/TclK1Tk2kF
• Webinar to mark UN International Day for Elimination of Violence against Women #India | Bar & Bench https://t.co/OFkcdLADv
• PrawfsBlawg: More state universality #US https://t.co/8F2ty6gsvt 
• Taylor Wessing to allow lawyers to work from home up to 50% of time - Legal Cheek https://t.co/RjVjM05x4w
• The global pandemic and its impact on employment law - Legal Cheek https://t.co/utNez1hc0F 
• White Quinn Emanuel partner tells Black colleague to up diversity efforts in firm-wide email - Legal Cheek https://t.co/3NalIx7tse

30th November - Law News

Edition 3262: LawNewsIndex is a UK based topical legal news archive on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Jurisprudence, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics & Human Rights since 2011.   

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Focus of the Day Legal Article: The risk of cyber fraud is a constant worry for law firms, particularly with so many people working from home. However, many firms miss the number one cause of cyber crime―human error. Full story - New Law Journal

 

Today's Highlighted Video Story: In Poland, there have been protests against legislation passed to ban abortion. A mass rally was held over the weekend. 

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Advocacy lawyers join Victorian Law Reform Commission - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/NKATncKLJD
• Legal profession making ‘significant progress’ on diversity - but top roles remain a problem - Legal Cheek https://t.co/uu0BZCQDDV
• SRA rebukes Reed Smith over rule breach - Legal Cheek https://t.co/jy0awmDGFF 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/UJg0ddrWnM
• Mairead Philpott jailed for killing her six children in Derby blaze released https://t.co/p3I82o9XVU
• Lack of definite surnames among Keralites: Kerala High Court asks CBSE to consider grievance about board exam application forms #India | Bar & Bench https://t.co/89CH7sV1H2
• A couple travelling from Essex to deliver Christmas presents to family were among those stopped for breaking coronavirus laws in Cardiff https://t.co/49G6DLKnj
• The Boutique Lawyer Show: The transition from sole practitioner to employer - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/KZEl3cxTab
• Does the government's COVID-19 response comply with the rule of law? - Legal Cheek https://t.co/O3Prjp18IE
• PPolice stormed into a church broadcast and incorrectly told a minister he was to be prosecuted for breaking Covid regulations https://t.co/5VsN0tUAV
• Nottingham student halls party with 200 irresponsible revellers broken up by police https://t.co/seLKc0VUT
• Why Formula 1 and intellectual property don't mix - Legal Cheek https://t.co/J7A3mzy21g
• Father has a greater obligation to maintain his family than mother: Jammu & Kashmir District court #India | Bar & Bench https://t.co/CulN7bZcdu
• UK marriage legislation | Law & Religion UK https://t.co/YITtrQLXJ
• Police in #Argentina have searched the house and private clinic of Leopoldo Luque, the doctor of football legend Diego Maradona who died four days ago https://t.co/n6v2F70ffA
• Treasury gives money for cases backlog - The justice system received a boost of about £500m in the Treasury Spending Review | NLJ https://t.co/TxO14xLnDI
• Almost 8 in 10 firms had stable or rising profits in FY20 - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/B4Thp5o7YJ
• A year after Wuhan alarm, #China seeks to change Covid origin story - Reports in state media signal an intensifying propaganda effort to place the birth of the virus in other countries https://t.co/qovnKknWqF
• London Bridge attack, one year on: ‘Jack's story jolted people – we have to keep that going' | London Bridge terror attack 2019 https://t.co/E8jB4rpuYt
• Virtual student event NEXT WEEK: The future of work — with Shoosmiths - Legal Cheek https://t.co/sHoVFw1kFE
• England could face a third wave of coronavirus if ministers do not "get the balance right" with restrictions, Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab says https://t.co/NXJMLZ4Zg
• #Canada: Vancouver to decriminalise drugs after record overdoses - Irish Legal News https://t.co/gMgRUAwHq4
• New rules for visits to pubs and restaurants in England are being introduced, when lockdown ends on 2 December https://t.co/NjjLfbmcGJ
• At least 43 killed in what the #Nigerian president has described as an "insane" attack in the north-east; attackers tied up agricultural labourers working in rice fields and slit their throats near Maiduguri, the capital of Borno state https://t.co/RilbT91NRD
• Sir Philip Green and his family must plug a £350m hole in the pension fund of their retail giant Arcadia, the Work and Pensions Committee chair has said https://t.co/RdbOLYg4Zp
• England's new Covid tier system has a "sunset" expiry date of 3 February, Boris Johnson has told MPs in a bid to prevent a Commons rebellion https://t.co/jtyvnOw4Fh
• Consultation launched on Ireland's implementation of Aarhus Convention - Irish Legal News https://t.co/UoLklePoh9
• Law and religion round-up – 29th November | Law & Religion UK https://t.co/dZDjg9mlt6
• Ethical perceptions of lawyers in 2020 - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/dAO2F4qnrI
• NI: DWF welcomes newly-qualified solicitors and trainees in Belfast - Irish Legal News https://t.co/7pYNajGIfF
• The scandal surrounding the writer Gabriel Matzneff was not limited to his pedophilia. It also opened a window on the entrenched and clubby nature of many of #France’s elite institutions https://t.co/F4YvJpekIb
• #Mexico is set to shatter another murder record, but that grim reality is nowhere to be seen on the TikTok videos that go viral by showcasing drug cartel culture https://t.co/DIucM536QE
• Defensive justice minister promises judicial appointments reform bill soon - Irish Legal News https://t.co/hpVgAwcBck
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/e3iMwP4oHu
• NI: High Court: Judicial review of decision not to prosecute sharing of sexual images denied - Irish Legal News https://t.co/bVqKndHr9b 
• Addressing gender based violence | Law Gazette https://t.co/DFOsE30wf
• SRA chair: Going back to old ways of working would be a ‘travesty’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/8CofYwKlqV
• Sole practitioner ordered to pay damages for unlawful wage deductions | Law Gazette https://t.co/NMwfAsihX3
• Bullish Gateley shrugs off Covid as profits climb | Law Gazette https://t.co/MosRjyaPZm
• Eleventh-hour plea on Lugano pact | Law Gazette https://t.co/iP4quGj8TY
• Web giants get their own regulator | Law Gazette https://t.co/PoUc640UAi
• London Bridge victim Saskia Jones's family in security law call https://t.co/A8S4K29XrT
• Deepwater ruling clarifies law on arbitrator bias | Law Gazette https://t.co/x4J2VGjf12

29th November - Law News

Edition 3261: LawNewsIndex is a UK based topical legal news archive on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Jurisprudence, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics & Human Rights since 2011.   

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Today's Highlighted Video Story: Washington has condemned the conviction of six US oil executives in Venezuela on corruption charges. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is calling for their immediate return to the United States. The men were arrested in 2017 while working for the US-based refining company Citgo, which is owned by Venezuela's state oil firm.

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, #Iran's top nuclear scientist: What were the motives behind his killing? https://t.co/iggH2SpYl
• Lake District National Park suspends trail hunting amid investigation https://t.co/B2YnYF0VR
• Court blasts SRA for ‘alarming’ costs bill in Beckwith case | Law Gazette https://t.co/sS8u1V2yc
• Clyde & Co kicks off range of redundancy consultations | Law Gazette https://t.co/ovkb8RlJd
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/8Gxv3bTZHX 
• BSB sets anti-racist action plan for chambers | Law Gazette https://t.co/4XDnjeHL3
• Covid protest: More than 150 arrests in London anti-lockdown protest https://t.co/HJ7UUNvrZ
• ‘Lawyers aren’t a charity’: Family judge awards £60k incurred costs | Law Gazette https://t.co/QDTsxPu16
• Beckwith misconduct verdict overturned on appeal | Law Gazette https://t.co/wVCY1eNw2a 
• Canada: Vancouver to decriminalise drugs after record overdoses - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/tGpfdt4g9
• Travelling at Christmas: What you need to know https://t.co/gokZXkwdzP
• #US: SCOTUS religious challenge ruling shape of things to come - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/1FtfYNVBm
• Abertay student makes final of national law competition - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/vEnHnsyAoN
• Wholesalers fined £120,000 for failings that led to catastrophic fall - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/iyLHrhTHnw
• Student-focused pro bono platform teams up with NatWest Group - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/LpleQWohGo 
• Does lawful act duress exist? - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/gKBfyIxhsC
• British Airways has apologised after tweeting its support for the England rugby team who are due to play Wales https://t.co/0QLq6UV4D9
• #HongKong's Chief Executive, Carrie Lam, has said in a TV interview that she has to keep her "piles of cash" at home as she has no bank account, because of sanctions imposed on her by the US Treasury,https://t.co/yKnR0SRlv8
• Dates fixed for definition of ‘woman’ judicial review - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/UaQU2V68m
• Miller Hendry announces promotions and new appointments in Dundee and Perth - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/peUaOrBrVN
• Edinburgh bar to stage St Andrew’s day strike over underfunding of legal aid - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/IVoUAOkza
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/kvi82VE7cn 
• Inner House allows judicial review of decision to refuse Indian woman’s visitor visa application - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/poO4e9UUCA
• Academic project on unity referendums to discuss interim report at webinar - Irish Legal News https://t.co/mhWP3cx8zA
• NI: Policing of business crime has improved since 2017 - Irish Legal News https://t.co/NxBFUkqnt
• NI: Ban on children's outdoor sport to be challenged as rights breach - Irish Legal News https://t.co/TGUlBINIUl
• Irish man leading global Covid-19 response to receive Bar human rights award - Irish Legal News https://t.co/u4CcZXZRK
• NI: Last man given death penalty wins battle over access to inquest files - Irish Legal News https://t.co/Lg2R1KLW7p
• New head of PIAB aims to reduce litigation and insurance costs - Irish Legal News https://t.co/iPXvlogEea
• One-year-old boy killed after police open fire on alleged kidnapper in #Canada, officers in Kawartha Lakes, Ontario had been alerted to domestic dispute and suspected abduction https://t.co/4LNfIiL5EF
• Thousands of lawyers committed to 'Pro Bono Pledge' - Irish Legal News https://t.co/622Ftiv7fc
• Road and rail networks are facing changes as the government prepares for a spike in travel when Covid restrictions are eased over Christmas https://t.co/Qa8ObINaUK 

28th November - Law News

Edition 3260: LawNewsIndex is a UK based topical legal news archive on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Jurisprudence, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics & Human Rights since 2011.   

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Today's Highlighted Video Story: At -7.5 per cent, the gross domestic product (GDP) rebounds, but India is now in technical recession with two successive quarters of shrinking output, due to the lingering effects of lockdowns to contain the COVID-19 pandemic. Economists are optimistic the slump in the second quarter of current financial year will not be as harsh as the record 23.9 per cent crash in the April-June period.

Saturday Conversations on Law

• The new Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal has been brought into effect with the appointment of its 33 members - Irish Legal News https://t.co/9KCZHZpncd
• High Court: Patent case joinder of additional parties permitted - Irish Legal News https://t.co/LHLVoVP3DU
• #US election: Appeal court dismisses Trump camp's lawsuit in Pennsylvania https://t.co/iaAkCmzklC
• Whisper it quietly, but law firms have done well in lockdown | Law Gazette https://t.co/YSkNzYYKGx
• SRA chief: Misconduct reports must be more than office gossip | Law Gazette https://t.co/byKe0G2q3X
• Judge's decision to free teenager due to Covid backlog overruled - Release of defendant held beyond custody time limits ‘was not open’ to Judge Keith Raynor, says high court https://t.co/lRrlXKViS3 
• City law firm partner overturns £35,000 fine over 'sexual encounter' - High court criticises professional regulators for delving too far into Ryan Beckwith’s private life https://t.co/ieXvoFBFfx 
• EU to use Magnitsky-style law to impose sanctions on human rights abusers - Provisionally approved act will allow EU to freeze assets and impose travel bans https://t.co/513wqHbzDY
• Covid: People in tier two 'will have to leave pub after meal' https://t.co/NuswruL5YO
• PC had sex with woman in Launceston police station toilet - PC Christopher Wilson, 43, invited the woman to the toilet via text on 2 December, Exeter Crown Court was told https://t.co/6wLTmmZW2X
• An escort accused of helping burglars steal property worth £26m from celebrities was only in the UK for a client, a court has heard https://t.co/KvnnLXvXT3 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/uKKBCLKobB 
• Legal PA placed in redundancy ‘pool of one’ loses dismissal claim | Law Gazette https://t.co/Rdpk9SXVOY
• Buckland assures City of post-Brexit opportunities | Law Gazette https://t.co/CsW4M81VKJ
• City firm embraces remote working and reverses pay cuts | Law Gazette https://t.co/XmNTj9OCJa
• Free legal advice centres receive £11.5m in emergency funding | Law Gazette https://t.co/pvmQlUZPz5
• City celebrates ‘golden decade’ – but impact of pandemic remains unclear | Law Gazette https://t.co/OuECl2IzAN
• Nuremberg landmark stirs memory of Faculty great - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/V7fOk1jAuB
• German court rules against Yemeni plaintiffs in lethal drone strike case - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/3X2fkL1ZYo
• High Court rules on equalising historical transfers for the effect of unequal GMPs - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/AA4q09bSXf
• Anger over funeral home photos with legend's open coffin - Maradona's agent and lawyer, Matías Morla, vowed to take legal action against the "scoundrel" responsible for the photos https://t.co/QEK3CDZOCX
• Covid in Wales: Greater restrictions for pubs ahead of Christmas https://t.co/FVmuKQP7gh
• David Adams of Compass Chambers has joined the Session Cases team for 2021 - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/P2NhGFhkD0
• Pig guts were thrown and scuffles broke out in #Taiwan's parliament over the easing of US pork imports. The government have been criticised for a recent decision to allow pork containing ractopamine in to the country https://t.co/K2CSRbMiQb
• A west Belfast man found guilty of murdering Adrian Ismay, a prison officer, who died 11 days after a bomb exploded under his van, has been given a minimum jail term of 22 years https://t.co/V4PmHcb849
• Chambers "expected" to commit to race audits and 'positive action' - Legal Futures https://t.co/96sAqUYae
• Report casts doubt on UK pledge to prevent low-quality food imports - Ministers have refused to sign safeguards, potentially spelling disaster for farmers after Brexit https://t.co/ncjY9ei1ht
• The Republic of Ireland’s single regulator for the legal profession has decided that it would be “premature” to abolish the distinction between solicitors and barristers - Legal Futures https://t.co/FlxzDKTMOH
• British-only passport holders barred from playing Prince William in new film due to brexit regulations, only EU passport holders can apply https://t.co/pIuOSKwe1T 
• Five British MPs escaped terror plot at Paris rally in 2018, Iranian diplomat allegedly behind plan to bomb Free Iran event attended by thousands #France https://t.co/1AckgH3ut
• New UK tech regulator to limit power of Google and Facebook https://t.co/vNVZj8BaL
• Two roles at Dentons in Scotland are at risk of being lost, as the firm begins a UK-wide redundancy consultation - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Lv7tnTMr6
• The UK's asylum system has become mired in delay during the lockdown, with tens of thousands of people still waiting for their cases to be determined https://t.co/WBlesjbFw0
• Controversial 'virginity tests' sold by UK clinics https://t.co/2cGejJNTu
• The government has asked the regulator to assess the Oxford/AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine, bringing the UK a step closer to a possible rollout https://t.co/eAKAr5oAxk
• The Unilever of law? Shakespeare Martineau's big ambitions - Legal Futures https://t.co/OhLzeHawEG 
• The independent public inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death of Sheku Bayoh in police custody will begin next Monday - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/GrndmJvzMZ
• Criminal Bar diversity will be hit by debt, low fees and pandemic, young barrister warns Criminal Bar diversity will be hit by debt, low fees and pandemic, young barrister warns
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/GEohOY0zag
• Victorian government hires barrister who trashed Christian Porter #Australia https://t.co/FpEDtLXiJ
• The EU Court of Justice Deems CBD Ban in France Illegal https://t.co/2r5L8FBKC
• DR Congo: War crimes conviction 'an important victory' for justice – UN envoy #DRC https://t.co/2fHUlLoY4
• Justice in crisis: Rishi Sunak urged to fully fund the courts amidst growing backlog Justice in crisis: Rishi Sunak urged to fully fund the courts amidst growing backlog 
• High Court confirms position on implied retainers and duties of solicitors https://t.co/Wrhp0kLhh
• Getting the Best Out of Your Solicitor – Tips for Business Owners https://t.co/Qcd1uu3th
• Right to redundancy law suspended until March - Irish Legal News https://t.co/cLeOGbaWE
• NI: Consultation seeks views on continued use of non-jury trials - Irish Legal News https://t.co/wSjIv7WXWb
• Dominic Raab says legislation is needed to cut UK aid spending - Foreign secretary says it is not known when 0.7% target, set in law, will be restored https://t.co/b7ckWJsOu
• Scottish court urged to use diaries to uphold Lockerbie bomb case - Scottish government lawyer says appeal judges should use evidence from second Libyan suspect https://t.co/yRKwc6G3k3
• Family of man killed by convicted terrorist sue UK government - Jack Merritt, 25, was stabbed by Usman Khan last November while he was out on licence https://t.co/57BJc0yTJr

27th November - Law News

Edition 3259: LawNewsIndex is a UK based topical legal news archive on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Jurisprudence, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics & Human Rights since 2011.   

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Focus of the Day Legal Article: Law firms should guard against trying to 'fix femaleness', report warns. Study says flexible working is key diversity weapon, but women-only networks may be counter-productive. Full story - The Global Legal Post

 

Today's Highlighted Video Story: A Sydney school is under investigation for locking up an autistic child. Concerns were raised by the mother of the 7-year-old boy after another parent observed him being locked in a small room. 

Saturday Conversations on Law

• #French authorities have suspended three police officers after they were seen on video beating up a black music producer in central Paris https://t.co/gUDDzr3iTd
• Solicitors welcome announcement of Epilim inquiry - Irish Legal News https://t.co/jiuM55Vv52
• A police officer accused of trying to buy a £9.95 box of doughnuts for seven pence by sticking on a cheaper barcode has been sacked for gross misconduct https://t.co/eTkJvsGUg
• Sharing of intimate images without consent to be criminalised - Irish Legal News https://t.co/R5c7dap9K
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/G3C5P28oiD
• Court of Appeal: High Court reporting restriction overturned - Irish Legal News https://t.co/9UTSDEClqp
• Client account outsourcing fails to take off | Law Gazette https://t.co/tJSGjTe5oB
• IBA 2020: Virtual reality provides 'immersive' sexual harassment training | Law Gazette https://t.co/T82z7n7ii
• Consumer need still unmet a decade after Legal Services Act, says LSB | Law Gazette https://t.co/thZQv0LZR
• Scottish government defies court order to hand over documents to Salmond inquiry - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/21IrMJd7zx 
• Sotoudeh film opens in UK next week | Law Gazette https://t.co/EKtrFcIz7
• Four legal academics at Dundee University’s School of Law have been promoted - Sarah King, Yvonne Evans, Dr Thomas Giddens and Dr Luca Siliquini-Cinelli have all been made senior lecturers - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/6Uh4XODmoP
• A repentant American tourist has returned a block of ancient marble stolen during a trip to Rome. The fragment was delivered to Italy's National Roman Museum, with "To Sam, love Jess, Rome 2017" inscribed on it https://t.co/LVxWdPwhE1
• The #US Supreme Court has temporarily blocked New York from enforcing attendance limits at places of worship in areas hit hard by coronavirus https://t.co/afc0VcFup8
• Dentons starts redundancy consultation as part of remote working push | Law Gazette https://t.co/bmcCduqVvD
• Former company director found to have misappropriated business opportunities loses expenses appeal - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/rv4XMPS7JS
• Spending review: Sunak pledges millions to tackle courts backlog | Law Gazette https://t.co/lhF1y7LA4
• Should we tax people working from home? - Legal Futures https://t.co/dZgcCVVQh
• Most of England will be in the two toughest levels of measures when lockdown ends next week https://t.co/mKB7jerxzK
• Online fashion retailer Boohoo appoints former judge Sir Brian Leveson to probe company's ethics https://t.co/iIZHnRSodX
• “Usura rusteth the chisel/It rusteth the craft and the craftsman”, wrote Ezra Pound. Benjamin Bestgen this week explains the practice of usury - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/EzPt04dNT
• Profession welcomes Sunak's justice system cash injection - Legal Futures https://t.co/0PByMnaSa
• SLAS sounds note of caution over telephone hearings - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/OE9MwMRmiz
• Partners saw £100m pass through client account from car park scheme - Legal Futures https://t.co/0JH8G7aIF
• Medical staff urge Priti Patel to close barracks housing asylum seekers https://t.co/B6G4y9sz6
• Reality of law firms’ approach to AML not living up to their policies - Legal Futures https://t.co/ssx9KHsoXX
• Good Law Project’s judicial reviews proceed - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/iyKtEyfdaq
• Coronavirus and gender: More chores for women set back gains in equality https://t.co/KiZ4u7wbf
• Christmas "bubbles" of three households in Scotland should contain no more than eight people, the Scottish government has said https://t.co/6yYJ5JcHS
• Hate crime probe launched into Telford school attack https://t.co/f1ee1UOTwA
• Ex-Great Ormond Street porter Paul Farrell, 55, faces sex charges https://t.co/mxE66tKn4
• Domestic abuse: Six women murdered after reporting partner https://t.co/JbJLLhGBAO
• Manchester Arena Inquiry: Prisoner in touch with bomber to be released https://t.co/iTqIjkCwA
• A 14-year-old transgender boy is starting legal proceedings against NHS England over delays to gender reassignment treatment https://t.co/6G2rwJHLg
• Thorley Stephenson welcomes new trainee Nicola Hadden - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/fqYNCi4EOD
• Additional remote jury centres to open in cinemas - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/DizprdCO0M
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/nZAR05kidZ
• Home Office’s ‘hostile environment’ broke equality law - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/WdfJKWqOQG
• Further amendments to Hate Crime Bill welcomed - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/DudsyDJJD4
• Barrister appointed to lead working group on offence of misogynistic harassment in Scots law - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/VinghqDix
• NI: Properties seized by paramilitary crime task force under Proceeds of Crime Act - Irish Legal News https://t.co/iDheUhH72C
• Senator Ivana Bacik: Children who are born in Ireland belong here - Irish Legal News https://t.co/xG1sAFWsf5
• Dáil expected to overwhelmingly reject removal of Mr Justice Woulfe - Irish Legal News https://t.co/agiODd9rfN
• Plan to retrospectively tax Covid PUP could be unconstitutional - Irish Legal News https://t.co/dQMstBgnx
• Oireachtas justice committee to review judicial appointments process - Irish Legal News https://t.co/huh5UzNQs
• NI: Judge Stephen Fowler appointed Recorder of Belfast - Irish Legal News https://t.co/iSxyCejZ42
• Richard Huckle: A psychopathic prisoner who murdered paedophile Richard Huckle in an act of "poetic justice" has been sentenced to a minimum of 34 years in jail https://t.co/bPTAu1bxn
• Bar Council challenges withdrawal of Covid grants from barristers - Irish Legal News https://t.co/U2SZ0xdrku