28th April - Law News

Edition 3410: 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:
Kidnap for ransom is on the rise in Nigeria with mass kidnappings from schools increasingly seen as lucrative endeavors by criminal gangs. CNN's Stephanie Busari meets one teenage girl who was snatched from her school dorm and CNN's Zain Asher speaks to Jonathan Rosenthal, Africa Editor at The Economist about how to address the mass abductions.

 

  Focus of the Day Article:

New ‘briefing principles’ will ensure that the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) delivers equality of opportunity among the advocates it instructs, the Director of Public Prosecutors has pledged. Max Hill QC said chambers would also have to meet diversity and equality standards expectations if they wanted to receive prosecution work. Full story - Legal Futures

 

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Faculty condemns Chinese sanctions against barristers - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/0gAN7sUh2W 
• UK and Ireland Bar groups unite to condemn China sanctions on chambers - Legal Futures https://t.co/XgBib4rkUs 
• The Overseas Operations Bill returns to the Lords this week after MPs rejected a number of amendments voted for by peers in a row that led to the departure of a defence minister | Law Gazette https://t.co/qBQU7fTUf
• The Election Tribunal of the Bar Council of Punjab and Haryana (BCPH) set aside the election of the District Bar Association (DBA), Faridabad, held on November 10, 2020, and ordered to hold fresh election #India https://t.co/AeetI7ekh7 
• When conservation and agriculture clash: an unusual environmental case that will be heard in the Court of Session next month - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/N9BmlbISaR
  
• Pandemic led to 2,000 'lost' WRC adjudication hearings - Irish Legal News https://t.co/tqTw8KRcEO
• The Domestic Abuse Bill will become law after peers withdrew demands for stalkers to be put on a register of sexual and violent offenders https://t.co/mptysI9zXq 
• Sub-postmasters' solicitor calls on SRA to investigate Post Office lawyers - Legal Futures https://t.co/0PgxpDTcKx 
• Lawyer in the news: Richard Cramer, Front Row Legal - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/7NE2ufDFy3 
• Not proven: Lord Uist calls three verdict system ‘palpable nonsense’ - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/7yxKM77ssK
• Sex Pistols' Johnny Rotten threatens legal action over TV series about band made without him https://t.co/arjt5zmGHe
• Man whose late brother left estate to carer fails to have will reduced by Sheriff Appeal Court - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/3i0vB3jgEu 
• Ex-soldier charged with attempted murder seeks to fast-track case to European Court of Human Rights - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/40nJYdveJn 
• Government reduces increase in small claims limit for non-RTA cases - Legal Futures https://t.co/JFGSFymseG
• Workers could undergo re-vetting every three years under strengthened system - Irish Legal News https://t.co/6YWvD6wrBm
• DPP: CPS 'briefing principles' to aid under-represented advocates - Legal Futures https://t.co/CjgjESWef
• The teenager who threw a boy from the 10th floor of London's Tate Modern causing life-changing injuries had a history of violent behaviour. A serious case review found that Jonty Bravery, who is autistic, had expressed a desire to hurt people https://t.co/GEoQENkvjZ 
• The High Court has decided to look into Boris Johnson's decision that Home Secretary Priti Patel did not break Whitehall rules over bullying. The PM ignored findings last year and kept Ms Patel in post https://t.co/3AtnO4lHNe
• Police spy issued ‘nasty’ threat to woman’s family, inquiry told - David Robertson accused of ‘sinister’ statement after appearing to be unmasked as undercover officer https://t.co/QYRuzUMu6P
• The European Union Migrants: An Analysis | Biodun Iginla https://t.co/9krRd1DzGI 
• SNP plan to incorporate four more UN treaties into law despite ongoing Westminster legal challenge https://t.co/D6rlpiDmfN
• Controversial copyright rules will help close 'value gap' between content creators and service providers - Irish Legal News https://t.co/JXiQ3l18Vf
• NI: Mother and baby homes redress scheme 'should run in parallel' with inquiry - Irish Legal News https://t.co/lsw6qwo812
• NI: Ex-soldier charged with attempted murder seeks to fast-track case to European Court of Human Rights - Irish Legal News https://t.co/vGd79xwi
• Hundreds of convictions for selling sex to be expunged - Irish Legal News https://t.co/qlPU6UQUGF
• SFO under fire as tagging prosecution thrown out | Law Gazette https://t.co/n6cmFCWPcz
  
• Irish barrister helps to secure justice for wrongfully convicted subpostmasters - Irish Legal News https://t.co/7HCUiG5Cl3
• Lex Greensill had no contract for No 10 job, MPs are told - Officials ‘surprised and puzzled’ by lack of paperwork for failed banker at centre of lobbying scandal https://t.co/RfyxheXwLq
  
• High Court: Dispute over Cabinet confidentiality of emissions discussions referred to CJEU - Irish Legal News https://t.co/L3VP73xrZt
  
• My legal life: Anu Kaura, Malhotra Group - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/H7fRVTQ2sc
• Calls grow for SRA and police to investigate Post Office lawyers | Law Gazette https://t.co/bUsiFZmmrm
• CMS becomes Lawscot Foundation Gold sponsor for 2021 - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Qx1qyHu3r4
  
• Law firms sight ‘green shoots’ of opportunity | Law Gazette https://t.co/8L6Ft7V2R
• The cost of air pollution is captured in a child’s smile: it’s time for ‘Ella’s law’ https://t.co/5DNw0m69yU
• Human Rights lawyer Richard Spooroffers to represent Zuma for free #SouthAfrica https://t.co/4DmNs0NPLA
• National firm tells 3,000 staff: You choose how and when to work | Law Gazette https://t.co/0BfSgYTPOY 
• Asylum seekers removed from UK without proper legal representation https://t.co/wd8P7Z3bCq 
• Law firms too ‘risk averse’ to float | Law Gazette https://t.co/t0ZkChAv93
• Overdue VHS Tape From 1999 Leads to Warrant for Embezzlement #US https://t.co/2tFgc9O73F 
• #Canada: Ancestral hunting rights of the Sinixt nation recognised - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/TOysGKgzbh
• New personal injury guidelines now in effect on Ireland - Irish Legal News https://t.co/EfO3lHQBzy
• Syrian teenager suing Tommy Robinson for libel seeks up to £190,000 damages - Jamal Hijazi was attacked in a Huddersfield playground and had to flee town after ‘anti-Muslim’ claims about him by far-right activist https://t.co/ZAWVPoJyW0 
• Plans for new courts complex run into trouble | Law Gazette https://t.co/0g5inFoN1d
• 4 Takeaways From Our Investigation Into ICE’s Mishandling of Covid-19 #US https://t.co/YuK0r5hQcz
• JR reform backlash intensifies | Law Gazette https://t.co/Izzm0V2NwL
• Domestic Workers in Gulf Countries Vent Woes on TikTok https://t.co/kmEmsmQEdT 
• Ximena Vengoechea delivers TEDx talk on human rights and the pandemic - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/OuNhFA3jBl 
• Trial of former Serco executives collapses as SFO fails to disclose evidence- Two ex-directors of firm’s subsidiary cleared of fraud and false accounting after error by UK watchdog https://t.co/xSYQWuGcy3
  
• Call for criminal focus to ‘finally and fiercely’ switch to Post Office officials in wake of wrongful convictions - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/4dfAZG86Um
• #Greece accused of ‘shocking’ illegal pushback against refugees at sea - Lawsuit filed at European court of human rights says group were abandoned in life rafts after some were beaten https://t.co/IqukRyi0Z
• The Guardian view on Boris Johnson’s donors: what is the quid pro quo? https://t.co/5Q9egQvmL5 
• Squire Patton Boggs announces first gender goals | Law Gazette https://t.co/0QretD8ZrR
  
• Labour launches legal bid for Electoral Commission investigation into Boris Johnson flat refurb https://t.co/JTOKCpE5DD
  
• 74% of legal professionals struggle to complete essential legal learning https://t.co/SqA27VuyPQ 
• The Madras High Court forms panel to provide insurance cover to 65,000 lawyers #India https://t.co/KaEUJg8ol0 
• Scots lawyers want new approach for offenders whose crimes are linked to childhood trauma https://t.co/Vt8UvLiJiw 
• More desperate #SouthAfricans are ‘tweaking the truth’ on loan applications https://t.co/RfY1kkDLzn
  
• Karnataka High Court Sets Aside Imposition Of Royalty Taxation On Google India; Asks ITAT To Consider Again #India https://t.co/qTi5T7EtEm
  
• Unprecedented trend of deaths in the Papua New Guinea Judiciary a worry #PNG https://t.co/BW3EeKBCHd
• Terrorist Group Steps Into #Venezuela as Lawlessness Grows https://t.co/LgyJ41iC0L 
• Split-Second Decisions: How the #US Supreme Court Case Shaped Modern Policing https://t.co/Gs8lTxnvEj

27th April - Law News

Edition 3409: 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:
Boris Johnson has denied saying last autumn that he would rather let the "bodies pile high" than have another lockdown after the latest in a series of leaks that have rocked Downing Street. 

  Focus of the Day Article:

The fact that ancient criminality and even more recent criminality, should not be a basis for denying full citizenship to those that have lived her for many years, and whose status was changed via complex legislation, is very welcome. During my time as adviser to the Home Office upon the Windrush Compensation Scheme, although, strictly speaking, outside my remit, I raised concerns about this policy. Its existence impacted upon the willingness of the affected cohort to apply for naturalisation and compensation, so fearful were they of deportation – and this remains the case, writes Martin Forde QC following the High Court decision that Home Office Windrush recision was irrational. Full story - UK Human Rights Blog

 

Saturday Conversations on Law

• The UK has imposed sanctions on 22 individuals, 14 of them Russians, involved in notorious corruption cases under a new anti-corruption regime. Individuals across South Africa, South Sudan and Latin America were also targeted with asset freezes https://t.co/eTInMdIfVk 
• Hindus for Human Rights counters accusations of Hindu American Foundation #US https://t.co/lM82UG1E5k
  
• Deputy Shoots Unarmed Man Repeatedly During 911 Call, Officials Say #US https://t.co/kuY8967Hk1
• Richard Okorogheye: Met Police investigated over missing teenager case https://t.co/4Gh411QQyZ 
• A 'culture of disbelief' in the policing of rape? A summary of case file and interview data findings | Phil Rumney https://t.co/Uj62DamUNX
  
• [Senior Designations] Advocates Act introduced a "caste system" among lawyers: Senior Advocate Fali Nariman | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/J7NX7hjkPy 
• How the Trial Over Floyd’s Death Flipped the Script for Black Victims #US https://t.co/zVQMIbZ1QL 
• A man has been detained and two college staff injured after reports of shots being fired on a campus. Police found a knife and a firearm as they arrested an 18-year-old man near Crawley College at about 15:20 BST https://t.co/Jz4gzJrWAJ
• The UK's top civil servant says Boris Johnson has asked him to review how the refurbishment of his Downing Street flat was paid for. Cabinet Secretary Simon Case was responding to MPs' questions about how the work was funded https://t.co/Avh3kkTAzE 
• The European Union has launched legal action against the coronavirus vaccine manufacturer AstraZeneca https://t.co/6xl1RSfgVC
  
• It’s time to stop ignoring the real extent of femicide in the UK https://t.co/DxYIRe7U8v 
• City law firms push ahead with return to office plans - Legal Cheek https://t.co/i9iwFuIkTR 
• A mayday call, a dash across the Mediterranean … and 130 souls lost at sea https://t.co/IWSjBbLxeh 
• Terrorism Fears Feed the Rise of France’s Extreme Right https://t.co/2TsUa3pJMI 
• Ramsey Clark obituary- #US attorney general who went on to provide a legal voice for often politically controversial clients with unpromising prospects https://t.co/STTzDQpNbo
  
• In #Poland, an LGBTQ Migration As Homophobia Deepens https://t.co/IFfTBT4Hdc 
• Alex Salmond inquiry: Lord Advocate's future analysed by legal expert https://t.co/sGXPW97KhT 
• Last chance saloon as MPs and peers urged to derail whiplash tariff - Legal Futures https://t.co/gO7XXWFV0k
• Ministers receive legal action threat to save Scotland's night-time industry https://t.co/k4wVdcCx85 
• No-fault vaccine injury compensation scheme must be introduced - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/MCeF2O1uIm 
• Insolvency And Arbitration Proceedings – Are They So Happy Together? a https://t.co/emW7YP2Nyp
• Not proven: getting the numbers right - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/t3TyKGgZB0 
• Shepherd and Wedderburn announces partner and legal director promotions - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/W1jxHfXR0Q
  
• Sheriff Appeal Court refuses Advocate General’s appeal against decision that immigration official unlawfully detained fishing boats - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/3jPIKs9gzN
  
• Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has been sentenced to a year in prison after being found guilty of propaganda activities against the regime in #Iran. The British-Iranian charity worker was also given a one-year ban from leaving the country https://t.co/lURFObC2Y0
  
• Persons wearing masks with mouth/nose exposed to face same action as those not wearing mask: Punjab & Haryana High Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/1SXKViuZpy 
• Anti-money laundering: Electronic due diligence and technology | Solicitors Regulation Authority Youtube Channel https://t.co/9QSw0qnkoW
• Chinese official in Xinjiang slams UK genocide declaration https://t.co/gNPi3f0M6Y
  
• The Corporate Counsel Show: Running the Australian Open during COVID-19 - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/gbaqr9Z0os
  
• The ;awuer sister of Drummoyne MP John Sidoti advised her parents to ensure town planners lobbying for rezoning in Five Dock did so on their behalf, so Mr Sidoti did not appear as the proponent https://t.co/mimAebFpJq
  
• Why I gave up the City grind to launch a flexible NewLaw firm - Legal Cheek https://t.co/BKEyKe8Qf0 
• BNP chief's adviser Barrister Ziaur Rahman dies from Covid-19 #Bangladesh https://t.co/BZXMtKmNMi 
• Chaillot Papers Nobody move! Myths of the EU migration crisis https://t.co/5JDayxpGWJ 
• Covid in Scotland: Shops, gyms, pools and pubs reopen after lockdown https://t.co/qLhyGu0AAk 
• The family of a man who died after jumping into the Thames to save a woman who had fallen from London Bridge have paid tribute to their "hero". Folajimi Olubunmi-Adewole, 20, known as Jimi, entered the water on Saturday after spotting the woman fall https://t.co/zDkn325eIl 
• Judge criticises firm's failures in defending solicitor's dismissal claim - Legal Futures https://t.co/bwq5pYxcM6 
• Post Office scandal: UK's largest miscarriage of justice explained https://t.co/GsDIwn5nv4 
• Dispersed US firm launches in UK with big ambitions - Legal Futures https://t.co/eI0rdiatws 
• Justice N V Ramana Sworn In As 48th Chief Justice Of #India https://t.co/zSGL2OSoed 
• Why aspiring lawyers should look to Newcastle - Legal Cheek https://t.co/nnRa6Xvdnr 
• Supreme Court judge, Justice Mohan M Shantanagoudar passes away https://t.co/UJON2qqeGe 
• Former City lawyer crowned 'Law Teacher of The Year' - Legal Cheek https://t.co/3LptWrm3VK 
• Nicola Sturgeon says she wants to keep trade flowing across an England-Scotland border if an independent Scotland re-joined the European Union https://t.co/FYjW5kO58r 
• The former chief executive of the Post Office is to quit her role on the board of the retailer Dunelm following the IT scandal which led to the wrongful convictions of former postmasters https://t.co/i9T1uHKn9T 
• Senior Advocate V Shekhar succumbs to COVID-19 | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/maerSbUdDJ 
• UK health regulator concerned over use of rapid coronavirus tests https://t.co/ou2rfltido
  
• Outrage as No 10 rules out urgent inquiry into Covid mistakes https://t.co/rPnP1nB4y3 
• SCIAF Catholic church charity tells UK ministers they are 'acting illegally' over foreign aid cuts https://t.co/AZezaSpUHA
  
• 'Anyone obstructing supply won't be spared': Delhi High Court on oxygen shortage #India https://t.co/j5HFL7o4Ft

26th April - Law News

Edition 3408: 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:
Feeling an urge to subscribe to more Instagram accounts? Well, look no further: Britain's Secret Service, MI5, is joining Instagram in a bid to rid itself of 'martini-drinking stereotypes.'

  Focus of the Day Article:

The Business and Property Courts in Liverpool are preparing for an increased caseload in the months to come, with their first full-time judge marking six months in the role. Full story - New Law Journal

 

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Ministers don't understand why they can't just break the law, civil servants claim - Legal Cheek https://t.co/UPE6jrqHfL
• Creating the right energy in a litigation team - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/EACcgsPdRn
• Irwin Mitchell dishes out appreciation bonuses and repays furlough cash - Legal Cheek https://t.co/jlh3lz1jc7 
• The Boutique Lawyer Show: Taking work away from bigger firms - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/IaGg5fqbbH 
• Judge rejects attempt to rescue trainee's claim form error in £700k case - Legal Cheek https://t.co/nbM5iSWSy
• Ashurst names new co-managing partners in London leadership change - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/c1NWlxxOF3
  
• Hogan Lovells reveals fresh leadership changes to board and management - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/bqtv2NviIT
• Clifford Chance and Latham & Watkins-backed Reynen Court revamps legaltech platform - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/aJIsyce49M
• MPs are challenging the government to live up to a promise to help homeowners trapped paying high interest rates because the Treasury sold their mortgages to unregulated firms https://t.co/LwZsI12PP
• "Serious menace to the society:" Mumbai Court denies bail to 20-year-old for allegedly playing cricket without wearing mask | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/fJvN0fPJED
  
• Brisbane firm accused of being ‘unlawful’ dodges appeal - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/pujnm3iniI
  
• Listed trailblazer snaps up London firm in £30m deal - Legal Cheek https://t.co/z5cLA5GP0X 
• The Weekly Round-Up: are immigrants and asylum seekers getting their day in court? - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/2OLHYpJpYH
  
• A former airline CEO who refused to allow female staff to take menstrual leave protected by employment law has been fined almost $1,800 (£1,300; 2m won) by a court in #SouthKorea https://t.co/dVKsPCgy4v 
• Shearman ups NQ lawyer pay to £135,000 - Legal Cheek https://t.co/hTvTb7Oi9I
• Is Justice NV Ramana the first Chief Justice of India from Andhra Pradesh High Court? | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/Pnjdx90UQm 
• Latest Law Pod UK episode: 100 days since UK's withdrawal from the EU - a review - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/GAtoy7sVwD
• Linklaters bumps NQ solicitor salaries after Covid cuts - Legal Cheek https://t.co/MAob8F7m7E Junior lawyer awarded $157k in backpay from small firm - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/qqobnOLUEj 
• #India Covid: Patients dying without oxygen amid Delhi surge https://t.co/5dCGQUHmKW
• Will lawyers flock to NewLaw in search of greater flexibility? - Legal Cheek https://t.co/rOZM5qgCNX 
• Prosecuting individual police officers won’t deliver racial justice https://t.co/ndwHQePceE
  
• Tale of an extra "a": Delhi High Court comes to the aid of MBA aspirant who mailed admission documents to incorrect email id | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/eg7SR6edXi
• Testing the boundaries of causation in mesothelioma deaths - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/bnSOX0mfCy
• Genocide and torture to be cut from controversial new bill aimed at limiting prosecution of overseas soldiers - Legal Cheek https://t.co/ySy0HVz13
• Britain is in trouble when even China can rightly sneer at our hypocrisy https://t.co/zjTOsz1jab 
• A new world for criminal lawyers? - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/DiWaAYGvBE 
• Could junior lawyers be the next digital nomads? - Legal Cheek https://t.co/SR3oAwbRxq 
• Law firm takes up case of nurse fined £10,000 for 1% pay protest - Karen Reissmann, a frontline worker throughout the pandemic, was given the fixed penalty by Greater Manchester police https://t.co/7HUim2vdf
• National firm cements blockchain-based legal agreement in AusLaw first - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/HwVECZ0zeo

25th April - Law News

Edition 3407: 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:
Biden is first US president to formally recognise mass killings of Armenians in Ottoman Empire during WWI as ‘genocide’. United States President Joe Biden has formally recognised the mass killing of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire during World War I as a “genocide”, a move that is expected to increase tensions between Washington and Ankara.

 

 

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Columbus Grapples With Police Shootings That Have Taken Black Lives #US https://t.co/9QcOmrEfLN
• 'Shocked' Helena Kennedy QC praises advice service at risk of closure | Law Gazette https://t.co/X8SRq359bR
• Barrister victim of scorned Oxford barrister Anisah Ahmed compares his ordeal to movie Fatal Attraction https://t.co/RexCwWpyZ
• Footballers to boycott social media in mass protest over racist abuse https://t.co/p2166wBWs
• £450m divorce judgment remarkable for more than just Tolstoy quote | Law Gazette https://t.co/UxKF1Tqx2
• Technician dies after ambulance on 999 call hit by object - West Midlands Ambulance Service (WMAS) said the vehicle's windscreen was hit on the A49 near the village of Moreton on Lugg, Herefordshire https://t.co/2oZN8LK7w
• Dominic Cummings allegations: Boris Johnson urged to explain funding of flat refurbishment https://t.co/8yEYWBLIg6
  
• An Introduction to CAADs - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/cFMSXFzbPN
• Call for legal services to be top of the agenda in trade negotiations | The Law Society https://t.co/swxcWXFfcF
• Sacked solicitor wins ET claim after firm responded two days late | Law Gazette https://t.co/ev3scI7Kut 
• Regulations imposing restrictions during the pandemic were confusing, inaccessible and last minute, the Justice Committee has heard | NLJ https://t.co/BrjFp6zBP
• Law Society of Ontario to vote on regulatory sandbox pilot for innovative legal tech development | Law Times #Canada https://t.co/Kdu0QvOu3I
• Pet dog runs on to high school race track and wins relay event!!! https://t.co/DPYu55im9l 
• Boy, 14, stabbed to death outside Newham pizza restaurant named as Fares Maatou https://t.co/N5YES8EwQ
• A man has been in #Spain arrested on suspicion of assault after allegedly infecting 22 people with Covid. The 40-year-old is alleged to have continued to go to work and the gym despite having a cough and a temperature of more than 40C https://t.co/8xBzGha5Gb
• What Do You Do When the Kids Are Still Unvaccinated? https://t.co/Q3FuavHwVH
• No cap on judicial sitting days next year | Law Gazette https://t.co/ZKky8LAcLq
• #Australian judge and barrister involved in same case fail to declare relationship - Lawyers for a Perth man say the contact between John Walters and Gillian Anderson strikes at the foundation of the justice system https://t.co/rX5JH3dXmz 
• Homelessness: Lib Dems propose stricter duties on councils - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Zty2rZB7ry
• ‘It will crucify the Bar’: Cork solicitors confident of adapting to new injuries guidelines - Judges voted to introduce new guidelines to reduce amount paid out in specific damages #Ireland https://t.co/82D9JoQhUh 
• LSB outlines technology risks & rewards | NLJ https://t.co/7Dt9MjpfqB
• Fixing shortage of judges: After deadlines for govt, judiciary must address own role in delays #India https://t.co/sbnSAC0rX9
• Bomb hoax barrister fails to overturn legal ban | Law Gazette https://t.co/GuzQFt05Cq 
• Reforms in tribunals necessary but Modi govt isn’t helping judiciary by scrapping them #India https://t.co/sxsbzow5ky
• One registration to rule them all: IPO announces five-year plan | Law Gazette https://t.co/B6fpKUQUiy 
• Tax avoidance not a main purpose of transaction, says UK tribunal https://t.co/0AHKPCCZLa 
• March sees rise in clearance of Sheriff solemn cases - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/sYlgHSpGdW 
• Plymouth University’s family law clinic and BPP’s Streetlaw online student team are among those shortlisted for the 2021 LawWorks and Attorney General’s Student Pro Bono Awards | NLJ https://t.co/c7grrotuKR 
• Reappointment to the Tribunal Procedure Committee https://t.co/ArIvvoKHeE
• EU preparing legal case against AstraZeneca over vaccine shortfalls https://t.co/3CLUeLFBu4 
• Lessons from the GDPR in the COVID-19 era | Omer Rana https://t.co/HlS79qoe8K 
• DAC Beachcroft rolls out explanatory animations for insurance claims clients - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/SzkNYORiY1 
• MoJ 'closely scrutinising' judicial review data | Law Gazette https://t.co/bHjqgiQIJi
• Addressing modern slavery in the construction sector - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/wLCcMPzUHB 
• Court of Appeal wary of tribunal’s focus on ‘trust & confidence’ | NLJ https://t.co/SCrrvT29ax 
• Court lambasts Post Office disclosure failings as convictions quashed | Law Gazette https://t.co/NFABihIVMB
  
• Former recruitment agency employees fail in application to recall interim interdicts enforcing non-compete employment contract clause - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/bQsqUuQh9h 
• New claims risks for shuttered firms | NLJ https://t.co/U9Ltogilda 
• Insurer’s appeal in case of man killed outside bar in Aberdeen dismissed by Supreme Court - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/TuEO6VbKqQ
  
• Rape victims in south Asia still face vaginal tests, report finds https://t.co/CQ87AfAavs 
• Home Office sued by asylum seeker over baby’s death https://t.co/g4pyOL6Xnq 
• ‘So much has been taken from us’: former post office operators speak out https://t.co/PB6jsP0C6q 
• The Business and Property Courts in Liverpool are preparing for an increased caseload in the months to come, with their first full-time judge marking six months in the role | NLJ https://t.co/5IP2QFe3nC

24th April - Law News

Edition 3406: 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:
Hospitals in Lucknow, India are facing a severe shortage of oxygen. When the supply runs out, hospitals ask relatives to shift patients to other hospitals. This leads to tension and anxiety among patients and their families.

 

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Council lawyers await High Court decision on virtual meetings | Law Gazette https://t.co/sFddJVerlJ
• Ghislaine Maxwell has appeared in court on new charges of sex-trafficking, her first appearance since her arrest last summer. She attended the New York court in person on Friday for arraignment on new charges against her filed last month #US https://t.co/RDg8qfu5iL
• A 14-year-old boy has been stabbed to death in east London. Met Police officers, who are treating the case as murder, were called to Barking Road in Newham at about 16:00 BST https://t.co/3UIZqk98J1
• General scheme of Limerick mayor bill published - Irish Legal News https://t.co/lXZnzX2qfU 
• UK law firm Shoosmiths has launched its first trainee solicitor programme in Northern Ireland offering the opportunity for aspiring individuals to work in the firm’s Belfast location https://t.co/N3wqSzQXC
• Credit unions have until end of June to hold virtual AGMs - Irish Legal News https://t.co/FMJP5LNeIi
  
• Legal peers rail at lobbying rules | Law Gazette https://t.co/cWo9f64trh
• Two high court judges have criticised the UK government’s treatment of travellers from Pakistan who are currently quarantining at various facilities approved by the government in London https://t.co/fZH1P4hOzx
• Top Chinese firm eyes non-lawyer partners with ABS move - Legal Futures https://t.co/L6zC433ePv
• NI: Commencement order for anti-bullying law signed - Irish Legal News https://t.co/pu9jIxxSEo 
• Rocket Lawyer fuels growth with £161m investment - Legal Futures https://t.co/nPuMsQrIfx
• Law Society warns against forcing firms to point clients to review websites - Legal Futures https://t.co/GC8zSnFqx
• Happy birthday, Shakespeare: Lessons from William’s will - Legal Futures https://t.co/pVsBWbJC1W
• Court jails cage fighter for lying about knowing key witness | Law Gazette https://t.co/PZomPRCxDl
• Six Extinction Rebellion protesters have been cleared of causing criminal damage, despite a jury being told by the judge there was no defence in law for their actions https://t.co/xvbDuXkcp
• Wales manager and ex-Manchester United player Ryan Giggs has been charged with assaulting two women. He is accused of causing actual bodily harm to a woman in her 30s and common assault of a woman in her 20s at an address in Salford https://t.co/qLowgoYrs
• Boris Johnson's former chief adviser Dominic Cummings has denied leaking text messages sent between the PM and businessman Sir James Dyson https://t.co/zq4pxCyTSZ
• A female police employee has been fatally stabbed in a knife attack at a police station in Rambouillet, south-west of Paris, #France. Anti-terror prosecutors have taken over the inquiry, and the killing is being treated as a possible terrorist attack https://t.co/pAocW9JiE5
• Judges have quashed the convictions of 39 former postmasters after the UK's most widespread miscarriage of justice. They were convicted of stealing money, with some imprisoned, after the Post Office installed the Horizon computer system in branches https://t.co/vGmnJGRx8D
• Judge resigns from law reform body seven months into five-year term - Mr Justice Richard Humphreys was appointed in October #Ireland https://t.co/rc7vONtdJ
• Sheriffs use ‘not proven’ ten times more than juries - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/LWemCq75Fr
  
• New rules seek to keep crypto disputes out of court | Law Gazette https://t.co/nymSJaWmtm
• Sexual Assault Allegations Against Biographer Halt Shipping of His Roth Book https://t.co/7xtmgFEHWX
• Patent filings show new sectors exploring blockchain - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/jleRsMmUeY
• Europe Proposes Strict Rules for Artificial Intelligence https://t.co/Fqd8DoVAhT
• 'Apologies to Tolstoy': High Court win for ex-wife in £450m divorce battle | Law Gazette https://t.co/azknIvAX3J
• NSW barrister who claimed to have “attempted chivalry” has admitted to sexually harassing a young female solicitor in a Supreme Court conference room - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/kTu0qu0unz
• Asylum seekers treated ‘in dehumanising way’ by UK host hotels https://t.co/fq9hAAq8r
• Nominations open for the 2021 In-house Rising Star Award - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/rwcgQN1wKw
• GCHQ chief: west faces ‘moment of reckoning’ over cybersecurity https://t.co/bmhdcg9Der
• Ince shares dip after trading update | Law Gazette https://t.co/l3TlXU31Ui
• Signal founder: I hacked police phone-cracking tool Cellebrite https://t.co/xTcS8bPCWo
• Patrick Christie: Bitcoin – Looks like garbage, sounds like garbage, smells like garbage - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/WBZ8qoDUy9
  
• Leak inquiry launched as No 10 insiders accuse Dominic Cummings https://t.co/NFB3CEmrH0 
• NI: Hundreds gave up British citizenship to take advantage of family migration rules - Irish Legal News https://t.co/d0tNwQfjp2
• A barrister who made a misleading witness statement during arbitration proceedings has been fined £3,000 by the bar disciplinary tribunal | Law Gazette https://t.co/09mFwpoDhi
• The Autopilot feature in Tesla vehicles can be tricked into operating without a driver, an influential consumer magazine in the US has found https://t.co/bHln3oO2Xh 
• Scores of people have been injured in clashes in East Jerusalem between far-right Jewish activists, Palestinians and #Israeli police https://t.co/CNsgBvjHHm
• Scottish scientists have identified two cases where humans are thought to have passed Covid-19 to their cats https://t.co/Lxi5BzQWY
• NI: In-person prison visits to resume in less than two weeks - Irish Legal News https://t.co/spsnkjolV
• UK considers clothing trade adjudicator to tackle labour abuses https://t.co/gnBKAYXMoz
• Three appointments at Balfour and Manson - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/zlzq47IrhC
• Thousands of Addison Lee drivers could receive payout over workers’ rights - Drivers could receive average of £10,000 each after court of appeal rules they have worker status https://t.co/dvk7v8WYW
• City of London’s new “Justice Quarter” gets the go-ahead https://t.co/H5d05fb0qg
• Court of Appeal: €56,000 award for damaged finger overturned after plaintiff failed to prove the case as pleaded - Irish Legal News https://t.co/M9DrffKY4w
• NI: DAC Beachcroft rolls out explanatory animations for insurance claims clients - Irish Legal News https://t.co/V9QEDS4ez
• Navalny's spokeswoman Yarmysh detained near house before protests, says lawyer #Russia https://t.co/0kknmnyCvE
• Bristol police admit protest ban under Covid powers was unlawful - Force apologise and will pay damages for arresting four protesters at Colston statue-toppling hearing https://t.co/9VcS2YlktG 
• Mason Hayes & Curran LLP partners with ministers to launch €1.2m education fund - Irish Legal News https://t.co/G8iWrZPjN
• “Password” passwords banned as UK gov tighten IoT law https://t.co/PJEX2TH1N
• NI: Cleaver Fulton Rankin advise on Ice Bowl redevelopment - Irish Legal News https://t.co/eXBQXdqaTG
• Clyde & Co promotes Sarah Crewes to partner in Edinburgh - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/s14PkiyC7O 
• EU yet to decide on legal case against AstraZeneca over shortfall https://t.co/CvJOeWaPwt 
• 'Shocking instances of human rights abuses': UNICEF official on crimes in #Ethiopia https://t.co/J3aOrWXIkJ
• The guilty verdict notwithstanding, the Chauvin case demonstrated the wide latitude police officers are given to kill people #US https://t.co/YofOfF2UiL
  
• Rocket Lawyer Announces $223 Million Growth Investment Led by Vista Credit Partners #US https://t.co/UJCGgpOr2e
• Groundbreaking rules published to enable rapid resolution of blockchain and crypto legal disputes, as worldwide smart contract market expected to reach $345.4 million by 2026[1] https://t.co/GtBwDcNLad
  
• FCA plans fee increase to fund £7.5mn BI test case legal bill https://t.co/p0SBe7oavn 
• Around the House: GCs arrive at Commonwealth and Passport | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/o3YCXdkQxS
  
• Ronnie Tough, solicitor who backed Timex strikers, dies after long illness https://t.co/aUhUv72Flx
• A renewed impetus is needed to narrow the gap between human rights standards and reality https://t.co/0nj6vBbJyx 
• Letting agent wins appeal after being barred from Scots industry register: David Love successfully argued at a tribunal that he and his firm should not have been barred by Ministers from the Scottish Letting Agency Register https://t.co/eXp8d4Qu47

23rd April - Law News

Edition 3405: 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:
Lisa Christensen, an alternate juror in Derek Chauvin's trial, told reporters that Dr. Martin Tobin, the doctor who explained how George Floyd died, convinced her of the former police officer's guilt. As an alternate juror, Christensen sat through the entire trial but was dismissed prior to deliberations, so she was not one of the 12 jurors who voted to convict Chauvin on two counts of murder and one count of manslaughter.

 

Focus of the Day Article:

The legal profession is divided on the value of the legal directories with an even split between those who believe they improve transparency and those who dispute this. Full story - The Global Legal Post

 

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Outer House judgment favours employer contracts of employment - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/fpuNCwYCyj
• People in Wales could be able to have a pint of beer or glass of wine inside a pub or restaurant for the first time in five-and-a-half-months from 17 May https://t.co/wb2zhAHQJ
• Fan-led review of English football to consider ownership, finance and fan involvement https://t.co/xC84u7o2f
• NI: Brian Speers appointed chair of Commonwealth Games Federation ethics commission - Irish Legal News https://t.co/PBE7xyHyX0
  
• A Circuit Court judge has said he will start handing down indicative sentences which will be formally given at a later date due to ongoing industrial action by prison officers - Irish Legal News https://t.co/HdKicmWJLB
• Defendant contests Part 36 offer accepted on the day claimant died | Law Gazette https://t.co/qmgGaXWIbz
• Benjamin Bestgen this week encourages lawyers to consider the craft of writing - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/2ZRuQ7MFYb
• Faculty bids farewell to ‘titan’ of the bar Heriot Currie QC - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/u7tFqdnOTG
• Outer House finds commercial landlord entitled to payment for repair costs following termination of lease - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/y7rja8BSHy
• Covid in Scotland: Digital vaccine certificates 'not near yet', but it will come into effect https://t.co/ohQCPkCjAl
  
• More details about a controversial "VIP" fast-track route for PPE firms with connections to government have emerged in the High Court. One official complained the procurement team was "drowning" in high priority requests without the correct certification https://t.co/ESsQ2yLRoP 
• A police commander who took control after the Manchester Arena attack has described his frustration at being unable to contact emergency services https://t.co/y8q6rNOS3
• More details have been revealed about David Cameron's attempts to lobby top officials on behalf of Greensill Capital. The Bank of England said the former PM contacted it multiple times last year as the finance firm sought access to a Covid loan scheme https://t.co/Rxzds4Iir6 
• Nearly 17 child migrants a day vanished in Europe since 2018 https://t.co/GqsNEIf4QQ 
• Freshfields report into bank rape allegations not covered by privilege | Law Gazette https://t.co/yp4tYvdedK 
• Case launched against TikTok over collection of children’s data https://t.co/K27Az4Zws8
  
• ‘Some justice’: legal reaction to George Floyd murder verdict | Law Gazette https://t.co/bYwo61LQSI 
• A barrister who falsely accused her married lover of rape before arranging to be stabbed and kidnapped to frame him, has been jailed https://t.co/2FqbgNIffj 
• Pace Rehabilitation launches in Scotland - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/8OZpyi9mTG
• Coronial system is 'not fit for purpose' and requires root-and-branch reform - Irish Legal News https://t.co/GgLE4lsvPK
• Use of Artificial Intelligence will transform judiciary but technology will not be allowed to decide cases: Chief Justice #India https://t.co/CdY8jQdvHz
• Clifford Chance begins redundancy scheme | Law Gazette https://t.co/th6B4T3AGo 
• A prison chaplain has admitted he may have been "conned" by a convicted terrorist who seemingly showed remorse for his actions. Usman Khan was freed in December 2018 after serving a jail term over a plot to blow up the London Stock Exchange https://t.co/zN1i7QfhL0
• Government announces internal inquiry into the leak of private messages between Boris Johnson and businessman Sir James Dyson. Texts published by the BBC showed the prime minister promising Sir James he would "fix" an issue on the tax status of Dyson staff https://t.co/ZHkaa3KYEm
  
• The government has apologised for failures to properly commemorate black and Asian troops who died in World War One fighting for the British Empire https://t.co/gBqaBMkhxZ
• Leann Brown joins private client team at Lindsays - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/tvpU1K1kGG
• High Court: Employment dispute dismissed for want of prosecution after 18 years - Irish Legal News https://t.co/Mgr3PN9kYn
• Advocate-General Gerard Hogan has been nominated for appointment as a Supreme Court judge - Irish Legal News https://t.co/UZ1VYd1ua
• Social care warning over 'rushed' JR consultation | Law Gazette https://t.co/8IA0swZ32A
• Five extra judges to be appointed to High Court bench - Irish Legal News https://t.co/dwoPCZB7fX
• Solicitor cleared of most allegations against him fails in costs bid - Legal Futures https://t.co/A4Xbiq1YCp
• Dr Borg-Barthet appointed to European Commission Expert Group Against SLAPP - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/PXwQhIQGZ3 
• Ticket touts face prison sentences under new law - Irish Legal News https://t.co/qT6fdJbxzy
• Law firms “not being held to account for toxic cultures” - Legal Futures https://t.co/icNCbYXoQy 
• Irwin Mitchell repays furlough money | Law Gazette https://t.co/juV1wsoTnW
• Lawyers ramp up efforts to use law to fight climate change - Legal Futures https://t.co/dbMrReh1YD
• Driving tests resume but getting a slot is like gold dust, says learner https://t.co/qFPRv1pB4h 
• NI: Conversion therapy to be banned 'as soon as possible' - Irish Legal News https://t.co/RIn2gTrUag 
• EY: Businesses shun litigation for conciliation as rise in legal claims expected - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/qlWS2Sneds
• Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal to double in size - Irish Legal News https://t.co/upv7YLUu9k
• Kenilworth lawyer features in historic book marking the achievements of women in law worldwide https://t.co/AS9MoOAyDH
  
• Minister departs as Overseas Operations Bill nears critical point | Law Gazette https://t.co/3d3440LjrL
• NI's Lord Chief Justice to help pick next Chief Justice of Ireland - Irish Legal News https://t.co/hXYea6uJdX
  
• Firm’s boss misled investors in £19m failed claims scheme | Law Gazette https://t.co/abr2vQbo4b 
• Fraser Kane: HM Treasury launches consultation on regulation of ‘mini-bonds’ - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/uHBtNAKnI6
  
• A #Canada judge has agreed to delay Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou's U.S. extradition hearings for three months, according to a ruling read in court on Wednesday, handing her defense team a win https://t.co/30eg8e2BYQ 
• Don’t expect sympathy from the court for remote working mistakes | Law Gazette https://t.co/dXrHWwauJ
• #Guatemala’s Justice System Is at a Breaking Point https://t.co/MXCV4GOSLX
  
• Caroline Carr joins small group of employment law experts - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/VSzBQ8Ttpl
• Addleshaw Goddard makes Jan Gruter partner - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/jCuv41It5p
• Last resident in Birmingham tower block 'isolated' - Ezekiel Hermon has lived in Saxelby House for 25 years. All other residents have been moved as part of demolition plans and he is being taken to court https://t.co/id1C4xuAp1 
• Displaced people from #Ethiopia’s western Tigray region report cases of rape, looting and extrajudicial killings allegedly perpetrated by Amhara forces https://t.co/OQnBdhjCHo
• Thousands of people around #Russia have joined unauthorised rallies to protest against the detention of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny https://t.co/e5cg2NdHao 
• UK government faces legal action over £102m face mask deal https://t.co/kG0TW4TvZ8
• How legal employers can maximize investments in employee engagement post-pandemic https://t.co/4HWDYmsi5v
• #German court dismisses legal challenge against EU's fund https://t.co/Y1ADKkwDAP
• What you need to know about the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act #US https://t.co/cQlpJK2KU6
  
• #NewZealand backs "Five Eyes" alliance, but wants human rights raised in broader group https://t.co/k8RfPjXkMb 
• New Report Finds Continued Use of Illegal Trump Border Policy Endangers Asylum Seekers #US https://t.co/wpAdCR1VM9
  
• #Mexican judge moves to block personal data from biometric cellphone registry https://t.co/GnSc58CI2O 
• Colorado judge resigning after censure for racial slur #US https://t.co/eVCAJ5kh6S 
• Undercover police officer 'told to develop personal relationships' with activists, a tribunal heard https://t.co/0FMauhxXqb 
• Just Eat to offer 1,500 Liverpool couriers minimum hourly rate and sick pay https://t.co/s1nhyhJo0i 
• Tracy Hercules: Unlicensed driver jailed over 110mph police pursuit - Tracy Hercules, 22, sped away when he saw a patrol car approach with its blue lights and siren on https://t.co/mOvYnJNv94 
• George Floyd murder: Minneapolis police to face #US federal probe https://t.co/2Y7aL8aqH5 
• #Italian hospital employee accused of skipping work for 15 years https://t.co/yZe7imCjZl