Monday

12th April - Law News

Edition 3394: LawNewsIndex is a UK based daily 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:
Demonstrators at the Ecuadorian embassy in Washington DC have called for Assange's release in the wake of the second anniversary of the WikiLeaks founder's arrest and removal from Ecuador's embassy in London



Focus of the Day Article:
The Bar Council is inviting barristers in England and Wales to complete a survey about their working lives, in order to ensure it is meeting their professional needs. The Bar Council’s Working Lives survey is due to launch on 20 April 2021. Covering topics such as career progression, working practices and wellbeing, the anonymous results will inform the Bar Council’s policies and training programmes going forward. Full story - New Law Journal
 
Saturday Conversations on Law
  • [Adoption under JJ Act] Child born out of live-in Relationship to be treated as child born to married couple | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/Y9l0kk4Gon
  • Police have said they "deeply" regret the hurt caused when a Good Friday service was shut down for breaching Covid-19 restrictions. Met Police officers found some worshippers without masks and not socially distancing at Christ the King on Balham High Road https://t.co/hsf08qxJLH
  • BBC launches SQE apprenticeship for graduates - Legal Cheek https://t.co/IfIwmKemYZ
  • Courts not expert bodies to decide whether Bachelors Degree in Engineering is equivalent to Degree in Science: Karnataka High Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/w6TbIMV5zw
  • David Cameron has said he should have contacted the government “through only the most formal of channels" when lobbying for a financial firm. The former prime minister has faced criticism for contacting ministers on behalf of Greensill Capital https://t.co/HCTcRBj2F9
  • 7 ways training contract hunters need to be thinking about legal research - Legal Cheek https://t.co/8DaFwJzBwY
  • What is the true value of a companion animal? - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/mhwgt3n0oq 
  • Downing Street rewrote ‘independent’ report on race, experts claim - Commissioners allege No 10 distorted their work on inequality, after conclusions played down institutional racism https://t.co/fSHhZJ0x8u
  • Slaughter and May to launch legal operations grad scheme - Legal Cheek https://t.co/fuWCjgg14c
  • The Viewpoint - New Rules for Digital Media Intermediaries: How far is too far? | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/s0XetzRq9f
  • 'Loot boxes': Blurring the lines between gaming and gambling? - Legal Cheek https://t.co/koxGT4E00m
  • A black #US army lieutenant has filed a lawsuit against two policemen who pointed their guns and pepper-sprayed him during a traffic stop https://t.co/2D0lKQ5Ttn
  • A man arrested on suspicion of the murder and indecent assault of Stuart Lubbock at the home of entertainer Michael Barrymore has been released under investigation by police https://t.co/nGQz0ceica
  • Lawyers should think twice before appearing on reality TV - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/3Uin1SDaAI
  • People are being asked to be respectful to shop workers as thousands of non-essential retail stores prepare to reopen across England and Wales https://t.co/890ECDu1hS
  • The behaviour of some adults in contributing to the actions of young people during the recent street violence in Northern Ireland amounts to child abuse, NI's children's commissioner has said https://t.co/hY0Efy3GYK
  • US outfit Cadwalader latest to launch in Dublin - Legal Cheek https://t.co/rlioYMWQv7 
  • Application for fresh inquest refused - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/T0bvGTZRzo 
  • Your guide to navigating a virtual training contract assessment - Legal Cheek https://t.co/zFCqcrCL93
  • Law Pod UK new episode: Courts tussle with Uber, Ola and the Gig Economy - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/LNSEczBkF
  • Taylor Wessing to join host of firms in Dublin - Legal Cheek https://t.co/EMnBffzOCY
  • According to GC-turned-change agent Anna Lozynski, professional branding is fast becoming as important a business skill as tech proficiency, and as essential an educational piece as the Priestley 11 - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/X6ujsJvFEL
  • Walker Morris awards training contract to child of managing partner - Legal Cheek https://t.co/JBUuIRB38A
  • The Weekly Round-Up: New Police Powers and Domestic Abuse in the Family Courts - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/uTbR9xpovQ 
  • 'Will firms consider me for a TC if I've had to retake LPC exams?' - Legal Cheek https://t.co/Ijfwa2NCN
  • Judges to be dismissed under reformed sexual harassment legislation - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/jM9sDrw8f
  • The countdown to Legal Cheek‘s new flexible working conference for lawyers has begun - Flexible working conference takes place on 22 April https://t.co/LIKfZOlSvk
  • More than 80 people have been killed by #Myanmar security forces in a crackdown on a protest in the city of Bago, activists say https://t.co/6bzzN41CdU
  • #Israel says it will not co-operate with an investigation by the International Criminal Court (ICC) into war crimes in the occupied territories. In a letter to the court, Israel says the ICC is "acting without authority" in carrying out the probe https://t.co/FcIvxk8Gr4
  • Police bill makes provision for remote juries, MoJ reveals | Law Gazette https://t.co/kETClkqHDZ 
  • Giorgos Karaivaz, veteran crime journalist shot dead in #Greece https://t.co/eZrYz6PqOi

Sunday

11th April - Law News

Edition 3393: LawNewsIndex is a UK based daily 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:
The 1998 Good Friday Agreement brought peace to Northern Ireland. But the issues that divided the region haven't gone away. And now, in the aftermath of the UK's departure from the EU - the situation has got worse and threatens to derail that agreement. Pro-British loyalists say, the post-Brexit trade agreements threaten Northern Ireland's place in the UK, while Irish nationalists accuse them of using the issue to stoke trouble. Dozes of police officers have been hurt in a week of riots, prompting regional and international governments to appeal for calm. So, can the tension be contained?


Saturday Conversations on Law

  • NI: Consultation launched on extending flexible arrangements in children's social care - Irish Legal News https://t.co/uu016PzWzv 
  • Bar Council announces ‘census for the Bar’ https://t.co/iWeayDJHgW
  • Taylor Wessing to launch in Dublin with focus on tech and life sciences - Irish Legal News https://t.co/BuHpD3iGvA 
  • Costs lawyers query hourly rates review | NLJ https://t.co/yFe5h8iR3l
  • Barristers invited to air their views in profession-wide census | Law Gazette https://t.co/dJKdE7vndu 
  • Fraud probe into Rangers was based on Panorama documentary, court hears - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/ICpYFZ8huC 
  • MoJ could face judicial review - over JR reform consultation | Law Gazette https://t.co/y7Z6ohFwEc
  • Questions around the Salmond redactions - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/PJWWWDM2J7
  • Ban on unsolicited approaches ‘hits access to justice’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/bIOwftCimu
  • The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has launched an economic crime strategy, including the first economic crime court | NLJ https://t.co/PG2QZco8Xj
  • Designing a Fair and Economically feasible Refugee Resettlement System for Global Application | OXFORD INTERNATIONAL MODEL UNITED NATIONS XV ANNUAL CONFERENCE 3 RD -5 TH NOVEMBER 2017 CONTENTS | Andrei Cursaru https://t.co/EkWjalVJsX
  • Two Devon and Cornwall police officers have been sacked after filming themselves breaking the speed limit at 89mph in a seized high-performance vehicle https://t.co/WP7L697J
  • Pay review for non-legal tribunal members | Law Gazette https://t.co/gLtKWTrrv
  • Homelessness workers to get lawyer-led training from Shelter Scotland - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/brs4b0BOKr
  • Co-op reports slump in legal profits | Law Gazette https://t.co/hIxV3qpQ3
  • Specialist legal PR agency Maltin PR has welcomed former BBC legal affairs correspondent Clive Coleman to the team as a consultant | NLJ https://t.co/WtHDZqL10
  • Lawyers counsel against ‘virtual hearings’ to tackle backlog of case - ‘Expression, atmosphere and manner’ cannot be assessed via video link, warn experts in response to crime bill https://t.co/vfAMnZIGdn 
  • Legal profession joins tributes to Duke of Edinburgh | Law Gazette https://t.co/6sp6RGDAi
  • Amazon has defeated activists hoping to establish the company's first unionised warehouse in the #US. Workers at the Bessemer, Alabama warehouse voted 1,798 to 738 against the effort, labour officials said https://t.co/k6axWATj9
  • The world's biggest online retailer - China's Alibaba - has been hit with a record fine equivalent to $2.75bn (just over £2bn). Regulators in #China said the internet giant had abused its dominant market position for several years https://t.co/KvVjoqENjd
  • SYLA: Connecting Trainees – May 2021 - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/M12VihtMy
  • Sheffield law firm Irwin Mitchell explores £500m stock market flotation: Relatively rare move for legal firm could make paper millionaires of company’s 214 partners https://t.co/ITp29MPLZX 
  • CPS to pay damages for victimising case worker over timesheets | Law Gazette https://t.co/qUkTBjCNpC 
  • HMRC has published new guidance on when and how non-UK resident purchasers of property in England and Northern Ireland can apply for a repayment of Stamp Duty Land Tax from 1 April 2021 | NLJ https://t.co/I0lZEHNNpU 
  • Biden orders commission to study supreme court expansion and reform #US https://t.co/ET54mHuDOm 
  • When suppression takes various forms - China always arbitrarily detains human rights lawyers | Law Gazette https://t.co/3oOalrMbgy
  • Scottish Solicitors Bar Association formed to defend criminal solicitors - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/4E5SSPZ80H
  • Best of the blogs - 10 April 2021 | Law Gazette https://t.co/t4U8GeyM4r Apr 10, 2021
  • Death of the Duke of Edinburgh: Lord Chief Justice's message | NLJ https://t.co/icrRaGsGWA 
  • The return to offices: associates are voting with their feet | Law Gazette https://t.co/S6MXLwkAos 
  • England to follow Scotland’s lead on remote jury centres - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/FhlQq9NiDb
  • The United States of America, Canada, France, Belgium and Italy are among 16 countries to be added to the Republic of #Ireland's mandatory hotel quarantine list https://t.co/AX7G7MM5bg 
  • Emma Burrows joins leadership of Bord Gáis Energy - Irish Legal News https://t.co/G3LC4T31Bd
  • SLN Interview: Chris Stewart on making headway for clients with catastrophic injuries - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/jTKo5zeOd
  • Attorney General 'should not have a role' in judicial appointments process - Irish Legal News https://t.co/JeC1UCapY
  • Session Cases At 200: ‘I am poor now and cannot marry, but I will marry her’ - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/50aDbVan4
  • European Court of Human Rights backs Czech Republic over mandatory vaccinations - Irish Legal News https://t.co/JpGr1ZRaNZ 
  • European Court of Human Rights backs Czech Republic over mandatory vaccinations - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/lHjrmLfRKz 
  • Arthur Cox and Mason Hayes & Curran named top firms for diversity - Irish Legal News https://t.co/Fj32WY03aI
  • Ex-civil partner of suddenly deceased woman allowed proof in respect of breach of contract claim - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/j6pLJoyizl

Saturday

10th April - Law News

Edition 3392: LawNewsIndex is a UK based daily 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:
The state of Maharashtra in India is heading towards a lockdown if the situation does not change, the state's Health Minister Rajesh Tope has said


Saturday Conversations on Law

Friday

9th April - Law News

Edition 3391: LawNewsIndex is a UK based daily 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:
The Covid vaccination programme has begun in the Gaza Strip amid daily power cuts, and supply and capacity problems in the health system. Dr Ayman Rahma is part of the team responsible for the distribution of vaccines. The territory has only received 62,000 doses so far for a population of more than 2 million. With Israel disputing that it bears responsibility for vaccinating Gazans or for letting vaccines enter Gaza, Rahma explains how the political situation is impacting the health sector


Focus of the Day Article:
The wellbeing of the legal profession is worse than the average across every continent, with one in 10 lawyers under 30 experiencing suicidal thoughts as a result of their work, a global survey has revealed. Full story - The Law Society Gazette
 
Saturday Conversations on Law

  • Leaked Facebook data may predate GDPR - Irish Legal News https://t.co/Z3xEP0dk8X
  • #US gun violence: Biden takes action on 'international embarrassment' https://t.co/I1xTLzQI9
  • Greensill lobbying row: The Treasury has released two text messages sent by Rishi Sunak to David Cameron amid an ongoing lobbying row https://t.co/luYsMQ0A1m
  • Gyms will be allowed to reopen and people will be able to form extended households a week earlier than planned in Wales, the first minister has said. Gyms and leisure centres will be able to open from 3 May - instead of 10 May https://t.co/afv4sjWnUD
  • How can the UK stop harassment and sexual abuse in schools? https://t.co/fsm8v1E0v
  • NI: Courts service extends contract for 'Nightingale venue' at ICC Belfast until June - Irish Legal News https://t.co/bKcOF240az
  • UK's 'headlong rush into abandoning human rights' rebuked by Amnesty https://t.co/RjhNLSDURV
  • Lawyers showing 'lack of willingness' to resolve consumer complaints informally - Irish Legal News https://t.co/XayxPt0KmK
  • Court of Appeal urges Part 36 clarity after rejecting 'not genuine' offer | Law Gazette https://t.co/ac8mB20WB
  • Overcrowding in Scottish prisons among worst in Europe - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/SSkUT8NUtU
  • New firm Esson & Aberdein to be launched in north-east - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/g7F7C2hE9D
  • 5 killed at Rock Hill home; source says gunman was former NFL player Phillip Adams #US https://t.co/wywdVK4OnV
  • Four arrested during confrontations with HS2 contractors over the felling of woodland said to have inspired Roald Dahl. Natural England issued licences last week permitting the felling of two-thirds of Jones' Hill Wood, in the high-speed rail line's path https://t.co/DflVyjNwLK
  • Crown Office has no licence to ‘police a free press in a free country’, say senior lawyers - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/B0C6cwI6En
  • Ex-Kingly employees awarded £37,000 in compensation following closure | Law Gazette https://t.co/5dtgh2hrjR
  • The Professional Footballers' Association has said it will have to consider legal action if the English Football League does not scrap its proposed limits on squad sizes https://t.co/XQLGfxcquh
  • Zach Avery, an aspiring Hollywood actor has been accused of scamming millions from film investors by tricking them with fake Netflix deals to fund a lavish lifestyle #US https://t.co/ZnPof1UU5e
  • Covid: Buses in England to return to pre-pandemic levels as lockdown eases, says industry group https://t.co/EPGDvd0ViB 
  • Law firms join forces to support campaign on asbestos danger - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/42aFvcJi2R
  • A judge in the Outer House of the Court of Session has granted an interdict against a North Lanarkshire man preventing him from copying UK TV programmes and distributing them to internet users - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/5wrH2LHPAC 
  • What is behind the violence in Northern Ireland? https://t.co/O145oq4K63
  • The European Court of Human Rights has backed the #Czech Republic in its requirement for mandatory pre-school vaccinations. The case was brought by families who were fined or whose children were refused entry to pre-schools https://t.co/a6cyDFix
  • Police in #SriLanka have arrested the reigning Mrs World Caroline Jurie, after she allegedly injured a fellow beauty queen in an on-stage bust-up. Pushpika De Silva won the "Mrs Sri Lanka" title in a televised ceremony on Sunday https://t.co/6cwcI0oaL
  • One more year: global law conferences on hold | Law Gazette https://t.co/cNwD5lvVYj
  • Buckingham Palace to open garden for summer picnics by paying plebs https://t.co/hEidHdDamk 
  • The police watchdog is assessing whether the Met needs to be investigated over its handling of the disappearance of Richard Okorogheye. The student was found dead in a pond in Essex after being reported missing https://t.co/veQdbSZGcv 
  • “No evidence” of worse outcomes from unregulated firms - Legal Futures https://t.co/tObTMScbzM 
  • Benjamin Bestgen: Clothes maketh people - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/B6NxiwsM6c 
  • Law firm’s virtual careers event attracts 7,000 teenagers - Legal Futures https://t.co/vfzQT0kedQ 
  • Wellbeing a "global problem" with severe effects on some lawyers - Legal Futures https://t.co/toY4ikrLXa 
  • First woman barrister gets a plaque | Law Gazette https://t.co/pBsRd3JXue
  • No TUPE protection for staff after firm’s owner made bankrupt - Legal Futures https://t.co/oKaizrapmp
  • Russian laws are more difficult to understand than the work of Immanuel Kant, new research has found - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/At2VOeexo9
  • 'Chilling impact': summary of Whitehall submissions to public law review published | Law Gazette https://t.co/cluWJhzRn8
  • Pub landlord says he has spent £50,000 on a chalet for outside dining only to be told a week before opening it contravenes Covid-19 rules. Jason Kalen, who runs The Marlborough in Wiltshire, fitted a bar, pizza oven and a TV in the wooden structure https://t.co/5nODsnNMBc 
  • Identical clothing sold at different prices across Boohoo's brands due to a "genuine mistake & not business practice", the retailer says. The same coat was sold by Dorothy Perkins at £55 and Coast at £89 and the Coast item had the brand name cut off https://t.co/W7umBL5vyg
  • Women with disabilities 'groped and not taken seriously' https://t.co/2PbJ7nu9bQ 
  • #Myanmar's ex-ambassador in London spent Wednesday night in his car after saying he was locked out of his embassy. Kyaw Zwar Minn said staff were asked to leave the building by Myanmar's military attaché https://t.co/RmbsARvaoc
  • An emergency meeting of Northern Ireland's power-sharing executive will take place on Thursday morning after a night of violence in west Belfast https://t.co/AF0EUjDEo2 
  • LOOKING BEYOND THE CURRENT MIGRATION AND REFUGEE CRISES IN EUROPE: A COMMON POLICY OF THE EU AND THE OUTLOOK FOR THE FUTURE – IN SEARCH OF SOLUTIONS Introduction | Marta Pachocka https://t.co/v9yJzSdchJ
  • Prosecutions for cannabis possession down dramatically - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/DfM7f4MeAQ
  • Law Society slams 'third world infrastructure' for family justice - Irish Legal News https://t.co/kfxxZtYf1T
  • The Sewell report cited my work – just not the parts highlighting structural racism https://t.co/VKQfN8p0LN
  • Oral proceedings by video conference at the EPO – part two - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/SfyLaYVdGK 
  • Lawyers urged to review advertising after complaints upheld - Irish Legal News https://t.co/ERxwcXAH6J
  • Burness Paull appoints Emma Smith first ever inclusion and wellbeing manager - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/hluWsapVDk
  • Supreme Court ruling will 'completely change' Workplace Relations Commission - Irish Legal News https://t.co/sWQyft2mVE 
  • ‘Not proven’ debate lacks clarity - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/6gp1zgfw69
  • Former Sinn Féin justice spokesperson settles defamation claim against RTÉ - Irish Legal News https://t.co/iH9zE2T7k1
  • Session Cases At 200: Those Were the Days - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/CW16nHLcn9 
  • Vaccine confidence fears as under-30s in UK offered AstraZeneca alternative https://t.co/TLc6pjRbTk
  • Women on £1-a-week state pensions could be owed tens of thousands of pounds, the BBC has learned https://t.co/RbeRxeL6y2
  • Richard Okorogheye: Police confirm body find as missing student https://t.co/b48KvFtntd 
  • #UAE general unsuitable for role of Interpol chief, says UK report https://t.co/rlPSNN78jl

Thursday

8th April - Law News

Edition 3390: LawNewsIndex is a UK based daily 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:
China's ambassador has hosted a rare media conference involving members of his country's Uyghur population to deny the Muslim minority is being persecuted by Beijing. It follows global condemnation of claims of systemic human rights abuses against the minority community in the Chinese region of Xinjiang. Yun Jiang, the editor of The China Story blog at the Australian National University, tells The World the event is unlikely to sway international opinion



Focus of the Day Article:
 Law firms should advertise unbundled services or offer them directly to clients, the Legal Services Consumer Panel (LSCP) has said. They should also use technology to develop a case management system for unbundling which clients can access, giving an outline of the tasks they need to perform and the deadlines involved. Full story - Legal Futures
 
Saturday Conversations on Law

  • Six months till SQE | Law Gazette https://t.co/UX44DTOyks
  • Lawyer in the news: Daniel Kindell, Morrish Solicitors - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/mlQjYHByaD
  • Exclusive: Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh to appear before SSDT next month - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/hybFOacBBT
  • Harper Macleod announces eight new partners - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/JAIdzpHSky
  • Outer House judge finds Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry reporting restrictions ‘unwise’ but necessary - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Q1IYIeyjoF
  • DLA Piper thanks staff with extra pay or holiday | Law Gazette https://t.co/DbdFmfPoP0
  • SNP proposes Victims Commissioner and ‘Bairns’ Hoose’ - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/PuUSnkL7Fd
  • How burnout was my catalyst for serving lawyers instead of being one - Legal Futures https://t.co/NknXq753RX
  • #Pakistan’s first transgender-only madrasa breaks barriers: transgender sets up religious school, an important milestone for LGBTQ community in the Muslim-majority country https://t.co/X082a1yO0
  • The Chief Constable of Avon and Somerset Police has announced he is stepping down after a turbulent year for the force. Andy Marsh said it was a "difficult decision" but it was time for "a new challenge" https://t.co/QGc3N2Qrng
  • Session Cases At 200: A River Runs Through It - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/iVS8iJ2vMm 
  • A man who followed and murdered a woman on a night out before disposing part of her body in an alleyway has been jailed for life. Azam Mangori, 24, killed Lorraine Cox, 32, in his flat above a kebab shop in Exeter https://t.co/onOUHHjo5
  • QC's opinion "crudely altered" to mislead third party, court finds - Legal Futures https://t.co/Eg0VV2122T
  • The Vue cinema chain has admitted two health and safety charges over the death of a man crushed under a motorised footrest. Ateeq Rafiq, 24, died after he got his head stuck under a seat while searching for his keys at Birmingham's Star City cinema https://t.co/hMnJkAOYry
  • Pharrell Williams calls for investigation after cousin shot dead by police #US https://t.co/iOf2zU2Hg6
  • 'Covid-breach' kayaker stuck on Loch Lomond island without paddle https://t.co/4ynngP5zUS 
  • Cross-justice conference agrees closer working on summary cases - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/MfSvmnOvxv
  • Outrage after #Pakistan PM Imran Khan links rape to how women dress: Khan faces backlash for saying the increase in rapes indicated ‘consequences in any society where vulgarity is on the rise’ https://t.co/42ler9q9OK
  • Family of a woman who was killed by her boyfriend have called on him to reveal where her body is as he was jailed for life for her murder. Alan Edwards, 48, was ordered to serve a minimum of 27 years at Preston Crown Court for the murder of Susan Waring https://t.co/l8Wl0YS8wS
  • Six months to SQE: Chancery Lane announces countdown | aw Gazette https://t.co/sEcvzQDNfz 
  • A retired police officer from Carlisle was left "devastated and embarrassed" when scammers posing as the Royal Mail conned him out of £3,000 https://t.co/9SDBC3taa
  • A Betfred punter denied a £1.7m jackpot over an alleged software glitch has won a legal battle to claim the winnings. Andy Green, from Lincolnshire, scooped the prize in January 2018 while playing a blackjack game on his phone https://t.co/NnEiizIRMY
  • Liverpool say racist abuse on social media "cannot be allowed to continue" after Trent Alexander-Arnold and Naby Keita were targeted https://t.co/9UHfI2TMEi
  • Villages near Salisbury want Novichok litter-pick ban to end - People near Salisbury are still being told not to pick up discarded items, three years after the 2018 attack https://t.co/oQjE4LigFZ
  • The £140 fee to apply for a gender recognition certificate will be cut to "single figures" from next month, according to government sources. Ministers pledged in September to slash the cost of legally changing gender after deciding against wider reforms https://t.co/bfTUeY6Bi
  • Under-30s are to be offered an alternative Covid jab to the AstraZeneca vaccine due to mounting evidence linking it to rare blood clots, the UK's vaccine advisory body says https://t.co/p8dlIGJo0n
  • Lockerbie: al-Megrahi family to appeal to UKSC directly over conviction - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/2G4NjKqmWt
  • Negative perceptions of Bar "still a barrier to social mobility" - Legal Futures https://t.co/KxlDCofAUH
  • #Romanians are crushed by the state that should protect them. Our film shows how https://t.co/rR0yJ1qDBp
  • A teenager in the #US state of New Hampshire helped save a boy more than 800 miles (1,290km) away, after he saw him crash a quad bike live on TikTok https://t.co/jd3yaCrY5
  • Some 8,000 bluebell bulbs were found dug up after police received a call about suspicious activity in a privately-owned wood. Officers arrived to find large sacks and mail bags filled with recently uprooted bulbs from the wood in the Fakenham area https://t.co/gIwAJ6UHvd
  • Ledingham Chalmers announces five promotions - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/SELRvQxY6Z
  • Arkansas has become the first US state to outlaw gender confirming treatments and surgery for transgender people under the age of 18 https://t.co/ub28mnINEk
  • Unbundling take-up in decline but watchdog still sees untapped market | Law Gazette https://t.co/Lmj2yZnTbq
  • Tribunal awards ex-Kingly solicitors £37k in compensation - Legal Futures https://t.co/Fzx8F74nA
  • Criminal court recovery update - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/GTAUDFnZWx
  • QC's opinion "crudely altered" to mislead third party, court finds - Legal Futures https://t.co/Eg0VV1JqEj
  • Covid: #US rules out federal vaccine passports https://t.co/3wWtT1aYa
  • An elderly grandmother who can "barely walk" has finally been sent a refund - a year after her flight was cancelled. Veronica Brown, aged 85, had hoped to visit her son and grandchildren in Munich last Easter, until Covid restrictions stopped her https://t.co/x8XVKKWAz7
  • Assisted dying: trying to find dignity at the end of life https://t.co/VohExBwGwq
  • Drivers in cities should think twice before buying a big SUV, says the head of a motoring organisation. Steve Gooding, from the RAC Foundation, said: "We should all choose the right vehicle for the right trip to cut the size of our carbon footprint https://t.co/RxQS06ioP
  • Looking beyond the current migration and refugee crises in Europe: a common policy of the EU and the outlook for the future – in search of solutions | Marta Pachocka https://t.co/Yaw3sIRA4u 
  • Law firms should advertise unbundled advice, says consumer panel - Legal Futures https://t.co/DWj6C16Ol
  • Promotions at Pinsent Masons - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/X3QsrAAMac
  • Fathers in Utah are now legally obliged to pay half the cost of a mother's medical care related to pregnancy and delivery #US https://t.co/YB2OcuGSGQ
  • Law Commission chief to see through next reform programme | Law Gazette https://t.co/vQlAMzcXSp
  • George Floyd death: Chauvin 'trained to stay away from neck' #US https://t.co/wMxhWFbms1 
  • Prisoners on remand pleading guilty to avoid Covid custody - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/HdUTMKihEnings despite court challenge | Law Gazette https://t.co/x9BTEIWZm
  • The Press and Journal has published a full obituary of Sheriff Principal James Taylor, who passed away last month at the age of 70 after a long battle with prostate cancer - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/R2yrq4hiw5
  • ‘Not two sets of rules’: Litigant in person handed £100k costs bill | Law Gazette https://t.co/NnjOA3jwxY
  • Malicious Prosecution Scandal: In ‘interests of justice’ to disclose evidence to aid criminal case against Crown Office - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/To0QbFJmEe 
  • Negative perceptions of Bar "still a barrier to social mobility" - Legal Futures https://t.co/KxlDCofAUH

Wednesday

7th April - Law News

Edition 3389: LawNewsIndex is a UK based daily 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:
A conversation with director Cullen Hoback about his HBO documentary series "Q: Into The Storm" on potentially uncovering QAnon.


Focus of the Day Article:
 First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has said it is time to consider abolishing Scotland’s unique ‘not proven’ verdict. Ms Sturgeon said she had changed her view of the third verdict because of “mounting evidence” of a relationship between ‘not proven’ and low conviction rates in sexual offences cases. Full story - Scottish Legal News
 
Saturday Conversations on Law

  • #Kosovo MPs elect lawyer Vjosa Osmani as president https://t.co/n8BeQ8cYc
  • Insiders with legal education may be less likely to engage in illegal insider trading #US https://t.co/JHOrAE8sIG
  • #ePrivacyEU: towards a future proof legal framework for online privacy https://t.co/Ll1tLkVMR
  • How does ASIC deal with claims of legal professional privilege? #Australia https://t.co/eKein2T2hw
  • First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has said it is time to consider abolishing Scotland’s unique ‘not proven’ verdict - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/guxQobD6Aj
  • #China HR Considerations and Management Strategies During Company Restructuring Period https://t.co/CKryDLQqBr
  • Lord Mulholland to give evidence in Rangers malicious prosecution case - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/BY7FrVRimN 
  • Full High Court bench rejects appeal by man convicted of rapes eight years apart - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/tXFuYUq8DW
  • Kill the Bill protests: Arrests of legal observers an 'intimidatory tactic', says Liberty https://t.co/O1MjlJFOTZ 
  • Two women pictured walking along a railway line with a pushchair have been branded "totally irresponsible". The pair were seen with a young child on the the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway (KWVR) heritage line on Sunday https://t.co/plmvTqysRc
  • Alexei Navalny 'seriously ill' on prison sick ward, says lawyer - #Russian opposition figure has fever, cough and has lost weight, according to legal team member who visited him https://t.co/34lqQd9p3w
  • Test travel regime must be easy and cheap, says PM - The prime minister also said vaccine passports would be a "fact of life" for people travelling internationally in future https://t.co/2ZWgxjqLRn
  • Nicola Sturgeon to consider future of 'not proven' verdict in legal system https://t.co/lkmNrc2yZD 
  • Peniarth 28 : a Latin text of the Laws of Hywel Dda #Cymru https://t.co/qEI5GFL8b
  • The evolving requirements of a law firm's website https://t.co/Bqqmx7SDG
  • Lawyer's Langlees 'poison chalice' of a client threatened to infect person with HIV https://t.co/nAGLyJd1p
  • Forty-one police officers have been injured as a result of violence in some loyalist areas of Northern Ireland in recent days, the PSNI has revealed https://t.co/vPEsLNR0D
  • Staff at the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency in Swansea are "scared to go to work" over Covid concerns, a union has said https://t.co/BVkio3Vg1i 
  • Tool checks phone numbers from Facebook data breach https://t.co/U2qAjKnBnO
  • The Quantification of Pain: Ireland v United Kingdom (1978) and the Subjectivity of Torture https://t.co/DYnv5I9dud
  • If the government cares about freedom of expression, why is it passing the police and crime bill? https://t.co/l8BKGJRohX
  • New homes must be suitable for the old and disabled by law, say charities and architects https://t.co/nYAqUwfFo
  • Belly Mujinga: family still seeking justice one year after Covid death: Lawyer wants name of man who allegedly spat at transport worker to be disclosed to pursue civil case https://t.co/nxkdoX4hvG
  • UK Government condemned for inaction over animal sentience promise https://t.co/3k4hTTth1g 
  • Matt Gaetz, a rising star in the Republican Party known for his flashy lifestyle and frequent flirtations with controversy, may now be embroiled in a sex scandal that carries very real legal jeopardy #US https://t.co/JPd5wWjWk
  • UK's Law Enforcement Expects Uptick In Crypto Fraud https://t.co/OyaxHcgfs
  • Senior judge criticises counsel for withdrawing from case without explanation - Legal Futures https://t.co/Plfxuxu3zq
  • Law firm did not discriminate against menopausal apprentice - Legal Futures https://t.co/kxm120Syy
  • The lack of coverage of the Jennifer Arcuri affair means Boris Johnson's implicit role left unquestioned https://t.co/YFN6UNkoTN
  • Hundreds join rallies against proposed protest law in UK https://t.co/wIfYQkCRsS
  • Former Bar chair's rallying call: "We are all Essex Court now" - Legal Futures https://t.co/UuGcUFBnaH
  • Report claims watchdog looking into use of AstraZeneca jab for under-30s https://t.co/m2rza0pYyr 
  • A 34-year-old man has been charged in connection with a car crash that killed a two-week-old boy in a pram. Ciaran Leigh Morris was being pushed along the pavement by family members on High Street, Brownhills, West Midlands https://t.co/GviVBeStBG 
  • Unions criticise 'miserly' 50p rise in statutory sick pay https://t.co/yWgENzOOFs
  • Covid passports: Certification is 'one option', vaccines minister says https://t.co/ilTtXQ5f7Y
  • Dominque Grubisa's "distressed" Victorian law practicing certificate #Australia https://t.co/U2i8vgbWq5
  • UK lawyers feel ripples of Chinese sanctions on Essex Court Chambers https://t.co/6OecEvMnpq 
  • I've seen how the UK justice system is crumbling. Why doesn't the government take action? https://t.co/OS5YOEFYV4
  • Latin America's selective pursuit of justice weaponises the law https://t.co/yOGKBR7jfI
  • Pembroke Dock man charged with obstructing police constable at Penally Camp https://t.co/DRftRUzSYa
  • 3 creators and a lawyer share how social media bans work, and the best way to safeguard your account https://t.co/S3xiidEO8H
  • Supreme Court to hear on Apr 16 plea against extending ED Director's tenure retrospectively #India https://t.co/X0weMHI7cL
  • Inside Corporate America’s Frantic Response to the Georgia Voting Law #US https://t.co/n32RkDqax1 
  • Harvey Weinstein appeals against conviction for sex crimes #US https://t.co/vXhUfeNxpH

Tuesday

6th April - Law News

Edition 3388: LawNewsIndex is a UK based daily 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:
What would it be like to spend years locked in a room the size of your bathroom? Is the prolonged solitary confinement of thousands of Americans 'torture', or an essential tool to keep prisons safe? Prisoners who have spent years in solitary confinement in the US.
 
Focus of the Day Article:
 On 26 March, the Government of the People’s Republic of China announced sanctions against a number of British individuals and entities. Most publicity has been attracted by the inclusion of well-known politicians on the list. But the most sinister inclusion may be “Essex Court Chambers”. Whereas the sanctioning of a politician, who is unlikely to own property in China, is a largely symbolic gesture, the announcement in respect of the set of barrister’s chambers strikes at the heart of the English legal system and the services offered by English lawyers. It also has serious ramifications for all commercial transactions relating to China. Full story - UK Human Rights Blog
 
Saturday Conversations on Law

  • Karanjawala & Co. promotes Principal Associate Simran Brar to Partnership | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/xaJNMQXIc
  • England's lockdown to ease as planned on 12 April https://t.co/XNA5nqkis4
  • More than 1,800 prisoners escape in #Nigeria https://t.co/Zi2riXyTrK
  • The first witness in Benjamin Netanyahu's corruption trial has said he was told to make negative stories about the #Israeli PM "disappear" https://t.co/XW00suss
  • LPC provider pass rates vary from 100% to just 23%, latest figures show - Legal Cheek https://t.co/DOXne61Qi
  • The changes the legal profession must consider in 2021 to achieve true gender equality - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/u9RfNKdrQ
  • New speakers announced for Living Room Law virtual conference - Legal Cheek https://t.co/C3UMQGa6b
  • This article yearns for decentralization of the judicial system in India and setting up of regional benches | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/JpPp7XKHza
  • Britain's biggest publisher Penguin Random House says it will not hand back funds it received under the furlough scheme, despite seeing strong sales in lockdown https://t.co/a2He1FNIOB
  • Top Quinn Emanuel partner ‘drove at pedestrian’ during ‘aggressive’ parking row outside daughter’s nursery, court hears - Legal Cheek https://t.co/mmve8rvgFl
  • Criminal Record Expungement in Arizona | Lawyer Herald #US https://t.co/Iguir7v17
  • The former crown prince of Jordan has said he will defy government orders to stop communicating with the outside world and remain indoors https://t.co/wRkYeC0jNY
  • DAC Beachcroft lawyers can choose where and what hours they work - Legal Cheek https://t.co/xDStlB2rr9
  • #French police have launched an investigation into alleged clandestine fine dining and parties in Paris, revealed in an undercover TV report https://t.co/vQJuk0e6bx
  • The changing nature of leadership in law - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/Rp5UNExZh9 
  • MIGRANTS AT SEA: WHAT ROLE FOR INTERNATIONAL LAW? Refugees and Migrants at Sea: A View from the Middle East and North Africa Region | Melissa Phillips https://t.co/xKaMkT0BU
  • Hairdressers, homeware shops and garden centres are reopening in Scotland as Covid restrictions on the economy have eased https://t.co/vgQKFidRty
  • Junior solicitor struck off for faking colleague's signature launches High Court appeal - Legal Cheek https://t.co/zwRjg3lqDN
  • Prolonging arbitration proceedings: The Supreme Court's order in Chintels India | Bar & Bench https://t.co/AvOfkuBCNY 
  • Parin Legal extends global footprint with opening of new office in Dubai | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/nmCaNnBImT
  • Two Doughty Street junior barristers launch hijabs for court - Legal Cheek https://t.co/XPEatcKOe9
  • City lawyers share careers and commercial awareness advice - Legal Cheek https://t.co/yhKV6KY4xH
  • Law students express concern at highlighter shortage in wake of Suez Canal crisis - Legal Cheek https://t.co/aXMuanwHjn 
  • City law firms reveal latest pay gap figures - Legal Cheek https://t.co/qlofpLpqax Apr 04, 2021
  • Across the UK, environmental protest is surging. So why don't we hear about it? https://t.co/Xx6nazrhBk
  • Three people have been charged after violence erupted at a mass gathering at The Meadows in Edinburgh https://t.co/moo7f9i3Yf
  • Everyone in England is to be given access to two rapid coronavirus tests a week from Friday, under an extension of the government's testing programme https://t.co/gnJs2i1Omx