Edition 3284: 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: It is likely that criminals launder “hundreds of millions” of pounds with the inadvertent aid of conveyancers across the UK, the government has warned. There was also evidence of London litigation firms falling victim to money launderers posing as potential new clients based in overseas jurisdictions. Full story - Legal Futures
Today's Highlighted Video Story: A Russian agent sent to tail opposition leader Alexey Navalny has revealed how he was poisoned in August -- with the lethal nerve agent Novichok planted in his underpants. The stunning disclosure from an agent who belonged to an elite toxins team in Russia's FSB security service came in a lengthy phone call following the unmasking of the unit by CNN and the online investigative outfit Bellingcat last week. In what he was told was a debriefing, Konstantin Kudryavtsev also talked about others involved in the poisoning in the Siberian city of Tomsk, and how he was sent to clean things up. But the agent was not speaking to an official in Russia's National Security Council as he thought. He was talking to Navalny himself, who almost died after being poisoned in August. Navalny has long been a thorn in the side of President Vladimir Putin, exposing corruption in high places and campaigning against the ruling United Russia party
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| Saturday Conversations on Law |
- Peter Cruddas: PM overrules watchdog with Tory donor peerage - The Lords Appointments Commission did not support ennobling the businessman, who quit as Tory co-treasurer in 2012 following cash-for-access allegations https://t.co/4dHFa8Sn7e
- Tesco has introduced purchasing limits on some products including eggs, rice, soap and toilet roll https://t.co/6zxzrisVKV
- Courts must balance and protect constitutional rights of children - Irish Legal News https://t.co/0rt26YTgcZ
- Tributes have been paid to Cork solicitor Kieran O’Callaghan after he unexpectedly passed away last Thursday https://t.co/zgxWDZybgb
- Irish-born legal academics appointed honorary Queen's Counsel - Irish Legal News https://t.co/P7iEZbu0v
- Investment limited partnerships to be 'modernised' under new law - Irish Legal News https://t.co/ealo3vvkI
- New code of practice to set out 'right to disconnect' - Irish Legal News https://t.co/TUaJXsbXjG
- Image-based sexual abuse to become criminal offence - Irish Legal News https://t.co/IIYeuh1YF
- Three predictions for 2021 | Law Gazette https://t.co/6MAf9GlWC
- Digital appeals system 'cost six times more' than going to court | Law Gazette https://t.co/0rCbSABFvE
- Courts in Tier 4 areas continue to operate as normal | Law Gazette https://t.co/PyhSou90TX
- Fifa has lodged a criminal complaint against former president Sepp Blatter over the finances of a museum in Zurich, Switzerland. The complaint relates to the involvement of Blatter and other former officials in the Fifa museum project https://t.co/npCYRCWFHx
- An irresponsible Twitter post by the home secretary Patel about the deaths of 39 Vietnamese migrants led to the trial of alleged people-smugglers being halted https://t.co/7pTKU6TfUQ
- Hairdressers and restaurants in #ROI to close on Christmas Eve https://t.co/bTbzo4va6q
- A
"shocking" number of fines have been handed out to people moving from
tier three to tier two areas to drink in pubs and bars, a police force
said https://t.co/Z2pGixiuAT
- British haulier shipped drugs for gangs across Europe from his Warrington living room in lockdown. Thomas Maher has been sentenced at Liverpool Crown Court to more than 14 years in jail https://t.co/H9Id8JW0Xj
- The
European Union's 27 member states will try to co-ordinate restrictions
on links to the UK, after dozens of countries suspended travel amid
alarm over a new coronavirus variant https://t.co/XeoMUJxDmj
- Solicitor charged with attempted murder | Law Gazette https://t.co/tgvlyWjBTG
- Competition expert to chair criminal legal aid review | Law Gazette https://t.co/GsdEOBh5aq
- SRA rules out Beckwith appeal but defiant on future prosecutions | Law Gazette https://t.co/gOQZhRHxKM
- England: CPS to continue pursuit of Anne Sacoolas over death of Harry Dunn - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/rqRI0qjvMj
- Pilot blamed for #Taiwan's first local Covid transmission since April - Taiwanese woman had contact with New Zealander who had flown flights to US https://t.co/CgUGrfOscx
- Government 'operated illegal buy British policy' over Covid contracts - Other firms better placed to supply antibody tests, argues case against health secretary Matt Hancock https://t.co/o0swsWAtj8
- Ex-PM of #Japan Shinzo Abe questioned over 'cherry blossom' scandal - Allegations over dining expenses risk tarnishing Abe’s legacy and could weaken Yoshihide Suga https://t.co/qwgqDa8AsN
- Puberty blockers: The NHS gender identity service is appealing against a High Court ruling that restricts children under 16 from accessing "puberty-blocking" drugs https://t.co/a13XXbVk0w
- Tashaun
Aird: family of the murdered teenager say the system of school
exclusion has to change, or more children will be lost like their son https://t.co/44fY8mKr9e
- The aim of this chapter is to describe the current possible path toward a world without borders | Thomas Nail https://t.co/c6Kgavxvkk
- £22m to be seized from banker’s wife unless she reveals source of wealth - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/ihpJkkshlI
- Proposed domestic abuse powers – what you need to know - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/ldPcIR8s4P
- Shoosmiths Scotland embraces ‘treks, puds and sparkle’ in festive fundraiser - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/xd6CZOLoof
- FAI: Sheriff calls for helmet rule for quad bikers - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Oo25pEwtC7
- Clydesdale Bank lawsuit to be heard in English High Court - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/nKLTrlFKts
- Lords committee gives proposed HMRC powers short shrift - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/nm6W6br5xz
- Prosecution watchdog calls for COPFS investment and warns of pandemic burden of future death probes - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/v5SIAxOWGh
- #Philippines police officer charged over mother and son murder https://t.co/mgUb26blqN
- Facebook has switched off some of its child abuse detection tools in Europe in response to new rules from the EU https://t.co/YBlREZ690S
- #Turkey sentences Kurdish politician Leyla Güven to 22 years in prison on alleged terror charges https://t.co/43sEbAaMTh
- Scientists say inaction could cost tens of thousands of lives as variant spreads across UK https://t.co/73Z87g9NVi
