Friday

14th May - Law News

Edition 3426: 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: In this episode of Modern Masculinity, journalist Iman Amrani speaks to Chris, who after being diagnosed with schizophrenia spent a long time in the mental health system. They discuss medication, frustration at the system, and the importance of being listened to and heard. Dr Rufus May, a clinical psychologist, speaks about how he worked with Chris and other patients to show compassion and empathy, and how this can help people with mental health issues navigate society
 


  Focus of the Day Article:
Ex-Gibson Dunn Dubai partner struck off for deliberately misleading London's High Court. Peter Gray found to have acted dishonestly in 'ill-tempered and hard fought' Djibouti litigation. Full story - The Global Legal Post
 
Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Brodies advises on hotel deals worth in excess of £1 billion - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Wikud49cnF
  • Ex-City partner struck off for misleading court and opposing solicitors https://t.co/kAoebjsCZy 
  • Medics can use force to take a pregnant woman who has agoraphobia to hospital to give birth, a judge has ruled. The 21-year-old has an "overwhelming" fear of leaving her home, the Court of Protection in London heard https://t.co/LBq6YSebrm
  • Councils could have to issue up to 3.5m ID cards for voters under new bill https://t.co/0gXZVRgyz6
  • Pinsent Masons rolls out equality law practice in Scotland - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/3iG0vnfqdI
  • An e-fit picture has been released by police as they try to find the mother of a newborn baby boy found in a park. The infant, named George by hospital staff, was found clothed in a blanket on 22 April at The Mounds in Kings Norton, Birmingham https://t.co/zaB4AAilco
  • Two men who were being detained in an immigration van which was surrounded by protesters have been released. The move followed a standoff between police officers and protesters in Kenmure Street on Glasgow's southside https://t.co/CEQAMHPIgd 
  • The UK's top intelligence agency did not consider a convicted terrorist a risk, an inquest court has heard https://t.co/7VWTgIaZuQ
  • Linklaters elects first female senior partner | Law Gazette https://t.co/PQXtixR4rV
  • Travel companies have been warned they must be ready to refund consumers if foreign holidays are cancelled by the coronavirus pandemic this summer https://t.co/t4fLItCC67
  • MacRoberts focuses on agile working in Edinburgh office move - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/emtAfYgETE
  • A Metropolitan Police officer who pretended to stop and search drug dealers so he could steal their money has been jailed for eight years. Kashif Mahmood seized hundreds of thousands of pounds for an organised crime gang controlled from Dubai https://t.co/BliZj83wxF
  • Online safety bill: a messy new minefield in the culture wars https://t.co/bkENYUczTX 
  • People aged 18 and over in parts of Lancashire are to be offered Covid vaccines due to concerns about levels of the Indian variant of the virus. The jabs are to be offered to people in and around Blackburn and Darwen https://t.co/XvleJOoiIr
  • Solicitor turned "wilful blind eye" to highly suspicious PI claims - Legal Futures https://t.co/5N9kohSdfh 
  • Cruel, paranoid, failing: inside the Home Office: Something is badly wrong at the heart of one of Britain’s most important ministries. How did it become so broken? https://t.co/jcV6CIx9IAreet. One man is lying under the vehicle, on Kenmure Street in Pollokshields, while hundreds of people sit around the van and stand on the road https://t.co/CEQAMHPIg
  • Forensic archaeologists have begun examining a cafe basement in the search for suspected Fred West victim, Mary Bastholm. The 15-year-old, who worked at the cafe in Southgate Street, Gloucester, went missing in the city on 6 January 1968 https://t.co/o7f3dujVtp
  • Downing Street has succeeded in getting a county court judgement against Boris Johnson struck out, the BBC understands. The court order was registered against the prime minister over an alleged unpaid debt of £535 https://t.co/0UNzs7JGR
  • Housing lawyers warn over tenants' rights reforms | Law Gazette https://t.co/8wCRu3FIP9
  • Scottish Water fined for Fife pollution - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/lavBtvw8e
  • Regular round-up of deals involving Irish law firms. - Irish Legal News https://t.co/6AfTiiaqTl 
  • Court places no limit on defence costs in failed Danish tax claim | Law Gazette https://t.co/zxpJRXnsOw
  • Adopted people to gain legal right to access birth certificates - Irish Legal News https://t.co/024Tb8EFOI
  • Boss of listed law firm cashes in nearly £10m worth of shares - Legal Futures https://t.co/xU919bMS3h
  • Blanket bans on camping by Gypsies and Travellers ruled illegal at high court https://t.co/uBCUchSmU5
  • "Hopelessly complicated" whiplash portal guide slammed - Legal Futures https://t.co/riCyuoP77G
  • State agencies and NGOs to gain role in identifying victims of human trafficking - Irish Legal News https://t.co/RRPYMxUyqO
  • Small firms increasingly worried by competition from online providers - Legal Futures https://t.co/6vdg5KxGJu
  • Glasgow School of Law to host Human Rights Act event - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/YWOVZBz9UM
  • Law firm leadership post-pandemic - a huge opportunity - Legal Futures https://t.co/Q6vLB7Ix89 
  • Nokia to score panel firms on diversity progress | Law Gazette https://t.co/8WvOMnPiHn
  • Court orders retrial after ‘inexcusable’ judgment delay | Law Gazette https://t.co/yyU5OSZcDI 
  • ‘Staggering’ Legal Fees in Boy Scouts Bankruptcy Case #US https://t.co/HiCodCs6ZT 
  • Seven charged after mummified body of cult leader found in Colorado home #US https://t.co/Ud4GS44id4
  • Animals to be formally recognised as sentient beings in UK law https://t.co/A00sYhn0a3 
  • Former politician Michelle Mulherin returns to legal practice - Irish Legal News https://t.co/6tFAv9hck0 
  • Amazon has won a court battle over €250m (£215m) in taxes it had been ordered to pay Luxembourg. The European Commission had ordered the tech giant to repay the funds as back taxes, alleging that Amazon had been given unfair special treatment https://t.co/Tjr8hnklWb 
  • Bill to allow for rescue of small companies without court application to be drafted as priority - Irish Legal News https://t.co/4zYepMVwLo 
  • Uyghur imams targeted in #China's Xinjiang crackdown https://t.co/6obTb26JJT 
  • What is going on between Israel and the Palestinians? https://t.co/hJ2oE4kla
  • Northern delights: Norway solicitors highest paid in Europe | Law Gazette https://t.co/saT5nnRLwh
  • Court of Appeal: Plaintiff ordered to pay differential costs and appeal costs after damages were reduced by court - Irish Legal News https://t.co/XJlRJVcIvO
  • Cross-party MPs aim to force government to rectify rights breaches - Stella Creasy and David Davis leading attempt to protect at-risk women and extend bereavement benefits to unmarried parents https://t.co/6xlnqvlFt9
  • Queen’s speech: bill to raise judicial retirement age | Law Gazette https://t.co/lYefYzT8ZW
  • In Rebuke to N.R.A., Federal Judge Dismisses Bankruptcy Case #US https://t.co/QM25MYx8Ob 
  • Met officer stole drugs money in fake police raids, court hears | https://t.co/OlFmheY96M
  • A defendant in a criminal case has been sharply rebuked by a #US judge after logging into a remote court hearing with the offensive name “Buttf*cker 3000” - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/KbvoTuI2Bc 
  • Infections, deaths and breakdowns that began in big #Indian cities a few weeks ago are rapidly advancing into rural areas, unleashing deep fear in places with little medical safety net https://t.co/rAMzM98Na4
  • Police hunt man who tried to frame person for Westminster terror attack - Gerald Banyard found guilty of perverting course of justice over attack by Khalid Masood in 2017 https://t.co/GcYMJSe3E6 
  • Republican senators criticized the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention policies and funding at a hearing on Tuesday. Dr. Anthony S. Fauci had a particularly fiery exchange with Senator Rand Paul #US https://t.co/0QrkwAsbmD 
  • Are billable hours the elephant in the room for wellbeing? | Law Gazette https://t.co/u82K9uHFjI 
  • Climate activists bring legal challenge over UK oil and gas strategy https://t.co/eKqNVFVH51 
  • Benjamin Bestgen, the author of our jurisprudential primer series, reflects on a year of his articles – from their inception in far-flung New Zealand to their conclusion in besieged Jersey - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/7q5IXPsf8U

Thursday

13th May - Law News

Edition 3425: 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: Women's safety get federal budget funding boost in Australia, but some say it's not enough. The budget includes billions of dollars for measures amid at improving women's safety and economic security, but will the money go far enough?
 

  Focus of the Day Article:
The Home Office appears to be stepping on the Ministry of Justice’s toes by consulting on extending fixed recoverable costs in immigration judicial reviews, public law specialists have suggested. Priti Patel’s department says it is rarely able to recover costs in immigration-related JRs and wants them to fall under the scope of fixed recoverable costs, which would specify the amount that the winning party can recover. The proposal appears in the Home Office’s New Plan for Immigration consultation, which largely ran at the same time the Ministry of Justice was consulting on proposed JR reforms. Full story - The Law Society Gazette
 
Saturday Conversations on Law
  • The #Irish parliament has heard how Facebook moderators viewed graphic content up to eight hours a day. Law firm Foxglove and the Communication Workers Union, representing moderators, called for better psychological support and freedom to speak out https://t.co/WqOFLx566x 
  • High Court: Extradition application to Poland refused on the basis of abuse of process by authorities - Irish Legal News https://t.co/RUHICKU9WB
  • Motherwell commercial landlord fails to establish continuation of lease by tacit relocation - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/1ecyBTCxYS
  • Session Cases At 200: Strang v McIntosh 1 S 1 - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/p603YYR2Tp
  • OECD calls for stronger inheritance tax regime to address inequality - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/BKTeVeUGCi
  • Nokia to score panel firms quarterly on equality, inclusion and diversity - Legal Futures https://t.co/GJu8Qh0M17 
  • Commercial court to return to in-person trials – except on Fridays | Law Gazette https://t.co/bVr2bQyPMt 
  • Two transgender women in #Cameroon have been sentenced to five years in jail for contravening homosexuality laws. Their lawyers say they were found guilty of "attempting homosexuality" as well as outraging public decency and problems with their ID cards https://t.co/CWTlGEDIzj
  • Bolton has one of the highest instances of the Indian variant in the UK and is seeing a particularly sharp rise in cases among unvaccinated under-25s https://t.co/XvAV9d16xl 
  • Why law? Legal expertise is invaluable across a wide range of industries. There is no shortage of places to study law in Ireland https://t.co/KGif3Mpzlm
  • CILEX lawyers turning away from criminal work, government warned - Legal Futures https://t.co/o1pCpljNLp
  • Former diplomat Craig Murray has been jailed for eight months after failing to protect the identities of complainers in the Alex Salmond trial - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/HpFlqY4NGg 
  • PM 'apologises for events in Ballymurphy' in 1971 https://t.co/QIj36Eo9l
  • Scottish government treats criminal lawyers with contempt again - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/hFR4PgjhMJ
  • EasyJet and Tui will begin offering holidays to countries classified as amber, despite government advice remaining not to travel for leisure https://t.co/Dp5XmNza5k
  • Prominent Banbridge solicitor Arthur J. Downey has passed away. A graduate of Queen’s University Belfast, Mr Downey qualified as a solicitor in 1978 and founded Arthur J. Downey Solicitors in 1981 - Irish Legal News https://t.co/bh5vWlc5Ne
  • A barrister suing her chambers and Stonewall has told counsel for the LGBT charity to “reflect on her ethics” after the latter engaged with her on Twitter - Legal Futures https://t.co/OmXDzr4V3o 
  • Solicitor who deliberately misled High Court struck off - Legal Futures https://t.co/nc9YRaVbE7 
  • Twenty-nine charged in connection with sexual exploitation and rape of a girl over a seven-year period. The offences are said to have taken place in and around Calderdale and Bradford between 2003 and 2010 when the victim was aged between 13 and 20 https://t.co/wplipFHBUX 
  • Radovan Karadzic, the former Bosnian Serb leader convicted of genocide during the conflict in the former Yugoslavia, is to serve the rest of his life sentence in a British jail https://t.co/J0FHqzW144 
  • Downing Street is seeking to cancel a county court judgment against Prime Minister Boris Johnson that cites an unpaid bill of £535 https://t.co/7wLeZX2iiU 
  • Hogan Lovells mourns London partner | Law Gazette https://t.co/dvRpe48hOP
  • 49% of Conveyancers surveyed have seen colleagues leave the profession in the last 6 months https://t.co/ktRFvh8KDi 
  • Barrister-led PI firm joins forces with national solicitors practice | Law Gazette https://t.co/g74zLFEk0b 
  • A New Mandatory UK Foreign Direct Investment Regime Gets Royal Assent: The Five Key Things You Need to Know https://t.co/Os4sGOsYDa 
  • England and Wales: Government considering national repository of written judgments - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/lJchkYHKWu 
  • The Post Office scandal – part 2 https://t.co/nYhDcQYz4N
  • NI: Quigg Golden directors become Edwards & Co partners in new strategic partnership - Irish Legal News https://t.co/GjUyukkMAQ
  • Court of Appeal sheds further light on copyright law in relation to hyperlinking https://t.co/a8RMHxPTo4 
  • Sebastian Hon, a Constitutional lawyer and Senior Advocate of #Nigeria, (SAN) says that the realization of financial independence of the judiciary lies solely with the Federal Government and not on any state https://t.co/LndG22vExT 
  • An aspiring solicitor sacked at the start of the pandemic was unfairly dismissed because she had complained about unpaid wages, a tribunal has ruled | Law Gazette https://t.co/lEcthK3Yh8
  • EU to launch new legal action against AstraZeneca over vaccine deliveries https://t.co/GbBTOQTxVq
  • Landlords vs retailers: What the New Look legal case means for future of CVAs https://t.co/kxm4M25NML 
  • Barristers unite behind anti-bullying badge | Law Gazette https://t.co/XIbUch75Hl
  • New Supreme Court Justice Cheon Dae-yeop has stressed the need for members of the judiciary, including himself, to return to the basics of serving society #SouthKorea https://t.co/uKxzNLI2Rj 
  • Police officers have gone on strike over a shortage of trousers. Officers in El Puerto de Santa Maria in the south of #Spain say they should have received new service trousers in 2016 - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/VItNweONwL 
  • EU citizens applying for settled status face legal limbo due to backlog https://t.co/Xj0o4IvBtH 
  • The Law Society of Northern Ireland has urged Home Secretary Priti Patel to rethink plans to restrict asylum claims from people entering the UK illegally - Irish Legal News https://t.co/cIKJ01v27C
  • Sheikh Jarrah: A Legal Background - a brief summary of the facts and chronology of the legal dispute over the Jerusalem neighborhood #Palestine https://t.co/NiajVVQI4I
  • Insurers say 6% of RTA claims result from 'cash for crash' scams | Law Gazette https://t.co/adJQFE4Zhn 
  • #DRC judiciary request immunity lifted on Ex-PM who served under Kabila https://t.co/UFNelI6zkx 
  • Sinead Dooley promoted to tax director at Cahill Taxation Services - Irish Legal News https://t.co/2mtrD8hvpI 
  • Apple accused of breaking UK competition law by overcharging for apps - Almost 20 million users could be eligible for compensation, with £1.5bn damages sought https://t.co/UMrSeUjGFx 
  • The Home Office appears to be stepping on the Ministry of Justice’s toes by consulting on extending fixed recoverable costs in immigration judicial reviews, public law specialists have suggested | Law Gazette https://t.co/FWDqSDs7jT 
  • Believe in judiciary, will get clean chit in Narada scam probe #India https://t.co/UzP2OZMt5e 
  • Bonus addition to the jurisprudential primer series, Kapil Summan discusses the debate around the ‘not proven’ verdict and the views of its supporters and detractors - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/fnP4llHKcg 
  • A disbarred American lawyer who spent more than two decades battling Chevron Corp over pollution in the Ecuadorian rainforest attempted on Monday to fend off criminal contempt charges stemming from a lawsuit against him by the energy company #US https://t.co/44qauiYX6j 
  • NI: BLM announces raft of promotions and appointments in Belfast - Irish Legal News https://t.co/kwx37jGg6Y 
  • Discovery of bootlace could clear Lin Russell murder convict, barrister says https://t.co/8AsB9fEUyW 
  • Ousted #Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi is expected to attend her next court hearing in person, her chief lawyer said https://t.co/A4738p3xNp 
  • Queen’s speech: JR bill to 'restore the balance of power' | Law Gazette https://t.co/S2d7UCBRhi 
  • American lawyer causes stir by buying Princess Diana's bike for $80k for white supremacy exhibition #US https://t.co/cS5f12uvwE
  • Queen’s speech: The profession reacts | Law Gazette https://t.co/5ogW5rUaRn 
  • #Senegal’s revolutionary icon Omar Blondin Diop deserves justice - Forty-eight years ago, Omar Blondin Diop died in prison under suspicious circumstances. Justice is yet to be served https://t.co/bexjjDVl6g 
  • Lisa Broderick elected to DAC Beachcroft LLP Group Board - Irish Legal News https://t.co/dxNbCf8vp3 
  • Seeking justice and supporting victims of Daesh atrocities - Statement by Ambassador Barbara Woodward at the Security Council briefing on UNITAD https://t.co/hdmObvLSyp 
  • #Israel-Gaza violence: Palestinian death toll rises to 38 as UN envoy warns over escalation https://t.co/b3ChrahGOl 
  • Shepherd and Wedderburn awarded top Investors in People accreditations - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/BpTfqBW9HQ 
  • Gaza officials say 20 people were killed in brutal #Israeli airstrikes. The escalation followed clashes between the police and Palestinian protesters at Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem https://t.co/IbVv5Du9Ja 
  • 3 pieces of advice on implementing legal software in a legal department | The Lawyer https://t.co/gyK5xhtaAW 
  • At least 19 prisoners and a number of staff at Mountjoy Prison have contracted Covid-19 in the biggest outbreak in the #Irish prison system to date - Irish Legal News https://t.co/3U1zDODmn5

Wednesday

12th May - Law News

Edition 3424: 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: Israeli police have clashed with Palestinians in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah, as well as other locations, for several weeks. One of the main sources of unrest has been the possible eviction of several Palestinian families from their homes in this neighborhood.
 

  Focus of the Day Article:
A project encouraging barristers to be ‘active bystanders’ – speaking out and standing against abusive, bullying and belittling behaviour – has been launched under the name ‘All Rise’. The four barristers behind it have designed and produced a pin badge that barristers can wear as a symbol of allyship and a sign to others that the wearer will use whatever power they have in a given situation to stand against unacceptable behaviour and act in support of those in need. Full story - Legal Futures
 
Saturday Conversations on Law
  • ByrneWallace to sponsor Dublin Climate Dialogues - Irish Legal News https://t.co/YwixyzMDxo
  • Man banned from driving after falling asleep at the wheel loses appeal by stated case against conviction - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/tcX9Z7Lh1T
  • No, lawyers are not like hitmen | Law Gazette https://t.co/hH409tctuy
  • The Tenant Farming Commissioner has issued a new guide covering general statutory compliance on agricultural holdings - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/QWLhkmmley
  • Police are searching for a body at a cafe in Gloucester linked to a girl feared to have been murdered by serial killer Fred West. Mary Bastholm, 15, went missing on 6 January 1968 and has not been found https://t.co/GOwOLJJOpX 
  • A former English National Ballet principal dancer has been found guilty of sexually assaulting his students. Yat-Sen Chang attacked girls and women at the English National Ballet and Young Dancers Academy in London between December 2009 and March 2016 https://t.co/DktbstlBhr 
  • Michael Walker will be the next chief executive of the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission (SCCRC) - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Gr4ctZjA9E
  • Staff at Balfour and Manson took on a range of challenges focused on the number 100 to kick off their fundraising push for their new 2021-2022 charity partners Heath In Mind and AberNecessities - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/FeZGtUOJBS
  • Paralegal was unfairly dismissed over unpaid wages complaint - Legal Futures https://t.co/hrOGekUj9e 
  • Personal injury reform – a pain in the neck? | Law Gazette https://t.co/4L0zxt6rLc
  • A recent Scottish court decision underlines the high bar applicants will have to clear before they can ask a court to re-open the decision of an arbitrator https://t.co/qja3keg23o
  • Solicitors' community interest company to donate all profits to charity - Legal Futures https://t.co/tjV0QL54jy 
  • Dublin-based Hayes Solicitors LLP has announced the promotion of four new partners - Irish Legal News https://t.co/Q63pjzsgKy 
  • UK immigration plans risk breaching international duties, UN body warns https://t.co/HhQ6aQh5jK
  • Texts published by the Treasury Committee reveal the extent of David Cameron's lobbying for the now-collapsed firm Greensill Capital https://t.co/fPwfwFf0Ph 
  • Government considers plans to create national hub for court judgments | Law Gazette https://t.co/ka7LS4y8Xz
  • Daniel Winfree selected to be first Alaska-born chief justice of state Supreme Court #US https://t.co/6r6rOFj7yd
  • Firm merges clinical negligence team with barrister-led ABS - Legal Futures https://t.co/4N26pUDnDd 
  • Barristers urged to be "active bystanders" in fight against harassment - Legal Futures https://t.co/ND8ehn6Fed 
  • 'Nation of animal lovers': lord chancellor takes on pet thieves | Law Gazette https://t.co/yFl4rSZzHi 
  • 10 killed in west Belfast almost 50 years ago in the wake of an Army operation were "entirely innocent", an inquest has found. The inquest, which began in November 2018, examined the deaths in and around the Ballymurphy area of west Belfast in August 1971 https://t.co/cdAguWU6ed
  • #SouthSudan's chief justice is overstepping his bounds: why it matters for the rule of law https://t.co/ivuW9m7m7C
  • Queen's Speech: Government unveils post-Covid recovery plan https://t.co/7hpD39uW4W
  • Sean Orman has been jailed for life after being found guilty of the murder of Bradley Welsh and attempted murder of David McMillan at the High Court in Edinburgh - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/gVbAXxhqsh
  • Miscarriages of justice are the potent tip of Post Office scandal https://t.co/0TxYTV5HnU 
  • Mental Health Act reform: what must be done | Law Gazette https://t.co/GwV9iRoifv
  • A prisoner was left without clean underwear for 11 weeks – according to his lawyer, who took to social media to highlight the concern. The man was said to have been taken to HMP Wandsworth last October in the clothes he was arrested in https://t.co/tqsPJrxRPP 
  • IP firm Secerna LLP hires Dermot Roche to lead new Dublin office - Irish Legal News https://t.co/L5iNXy9sFh 
  • Irish solicitor facing prison for €120k welfare fraud says he fears gangland criminals will kill him in jail https://t.co/Ew2JnUzI3o 
  • Mafia victim becomes first judge beatified in history of Catholic Church - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/nZgEmW86aY 
  • #Israeli Court Delays Expulsion of Palestinian Families in East Jerusalem - The threat to evict six families from the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah had become a rallying cry for Palestinians https://t.co/ZXgCwdmKQn 
  • London violence: Hundreds arrested during weapons crackdown https://t.co/p8ZgOWGJO0
  • Car insurance: 170,000 claims linked to 'crash for cash' gangs https://t.co/bUwYToofTe 
  • NHS app ready to become vaccine passport next week https://t.co/EVnrfPHBJv
  • Heathrow contempt barrister: leak was 'reasonable and proportionate' | Law Gazette https://t.co/nnASl3z4hT
  • Companies behind digital currencies are rushing to hire well-connected lobbyists, lawyers and consultants as the battle over how to regulate them intensifies #US https://t.co/PzVpdjaRc5
  • My legal life: Zillur Rahman, Rahman Lowe Solicitors - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/MsHjScC84s
  • ‘We thank your government for our full pockets’ – Calais smugglers speak: As the UK pours millions into security measures, migrants say the gangs who control the Channel just get more powerful https://t.co/ciQqWWJcmH
  • Lawyer in the news: Matthew Jury, McCue & Partners - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/VVqWlaV0wx
  • The Post Office scandal – part 1 https://t.co/MehmcU6JH9
  • ECtHR: Irregularities in appointment of Polish judges denied right to ‘tribunal established in law’ - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/9gH5RSW6Wi 
  • Monzo bank to offer employees paid leave after pregnancy loss https://t.co/H92KhlLbTM
  • Heathrow barrister fined £5,000 for Supreme Court contempt | Law Gazette https://t.co/dIMIaoyiJf 
  • Environment lawyer fined £5k for contempt in Heathrow case. Tim Crosland had claimed he had no choice but to protest against ‘deep immorality’ of backing third runway https://t.co/p83NamjNnn
  • Call for papers for events on judicial training and judicial conduct - Irish Legal News https://t.co/XFtSIvfIPU
  • Legal and medical experts appointed to national research ethics committees - Irish Legal News https://t.co/Aftugn9ZNl 
  • John Sturrock QC: Delivering a net zero carbon civil justice system, the civil justice system also has its part to play in tackling the climate emergency - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/qIFx2OwkjO
  • Firms swept up as consolidators splash the cash | Law Gazette https://t.co/WT3t4JnzpO
  • A fresh Police and Crime Commissioner election will be held after a disbarred candidate won. Conservative candidate Jonathon Seed gained 100,003 first and second preference votes in the Swindon and Wiltshire election https://t.co/vErcNZuygQ 
  • Julia James: Man charged with murder of PCSO https://t.co/xgcXg6nnOK 
  • Pfizer vaccine authorised by #US FDA for adolescents https://t.co/Iq7u4BpeDc 
  • High Court: Cork City Council 'exploited and endorsed' unlawful legal costs system in Circuit Court for years - Irish Legal News https://t.co/0936TCEMTq 
  • ‘Slow to change’ lawyers must embrace online dispute revolution, says Vos | Law Gazette https://t.co/7eB9rhTVEf

Tuesday

11th May - Law News

Edition 3423: 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: Israeli government's planned forced evictions of Palestinians in annexed East Jerusalem - there have been clashes between Palestinians and Israeli police outside the Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem, ahead of a planned Jewish nationalist march. More than 200 people were injured, as crowds threw stones and officers fired stun grenades in response. It comes amid soaring tensions in the city, which has seen weeks of unrest.

  Focus of the Day Article:
Landmark legislation to regulate social media companies and search engines will be announced in the Queen’s Speech this week, according to reports. The UK government will bring forward an Online Safety Bill placing a duty of care on major online services and bringing them under the oversight of Ofcom, The Times reports. Full story - Scottish Legal News
 
Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Actress Gemma Chan has given her backing to a campaign raising money for the East and South East Asian (ESEA) community amid an increase in anti-Asian hate crime https://t.co/DC9SIwilt7 
  • An actor is suing TikTok for using her voice in its text-to-speech function. Bev Standing recorded about 10,000 sentences of audio for the state-backed Chinese Institute of Acoustics research body to use in translations, in 2018 https://t.co/4bBePVc4we 
  • #Israeli police storm al-Aqsa mosque ahead of Jerusalem Day march - More than 300 people reported injured as hardline Israelis prepare for parade through Old City https://t.co/ufnHW0Kozl 
  • Dean of Law Faculty at Aligarh Muslim University, #India, Prof Shakeel Samdani succumbs to Covid-19 | Bar & Bench https://t.co/9KqeweI3KJ 
  • Call for greater use of video-link technology for virtual court appearances from prison - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/XvuHWuh7pm
  • Morton Fraser names Jenny Dickson as chairman - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/g1ReEf7JpX 
  • Mandy Bujold, the boxing mother in a legal fight to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics #Canada https://t.co/2NFUEfwAEo
  • Telecoms operators successfully challenge Lands Tribunal decision not to permit termination of lease based on old statutory code - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/nkXBLf9ytt
  • £26m fund to support take-up of local land charges register - Legal Futures https://t.co/oBxeog8jrz 
  • Regina Road, Croydon residents look at legal action for compensation https://t.co/cu1zyJzeC2 
  • UK-India Extraditions: Ripe for reform? https://t.co/rUBljP2q4q 
  • Refugee nurses are being fast-tracked into the NHS as part of a pioneering scheme in Liverpool. Those involved explain why the pandemic means it's vital the UK uses their medical experience https://t.co/mqjjw0zUYV
  • People in Scotland will be able to travel to some foreign destinations without the need to quarantine on their return. It will be part of a traffic lights system, similar to that in England, and will come into effect on 24 May https://t.co/aCKzQz8hXH
  • Covid denying Kumbh Mela pilgrims in #India turn into super-spreaders - no intervention from PM Modi's government to impose social distancing https://t.co/ToU9LR2zD5 
  • Banking giant HSBC plans Zoom-free Friday afternoons for some UK staff in an effort to tackle stress caused by working from home during the pandemic https://t.co/7c40h2jE2u 
  • For a year, Panorama followed Kent Police as it tried to disrupt networks of dealers, known as "county lines", that transport drugs worth millions of pounds from London to towns across their county https://t.co/O5ADUfYZBx 
  • Can different departments in a University be treated as one unit for Reservations? Kerala High Court says no | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/XNkiCDK0dg
  • The family of Philippa Day, who took a fatal overdose after her benefit payments were cut, start a legal claim against the government. She was found collapsed at her Nottingham home beside a letter rejecting her request for an at-home benefits assessment https://t.co/ZsI74h8Gbt 
  • Boris Johnson is being investigated by the MPs' standards watchdog over the funding of a Caribbean holiday in 2019 https://t.co/1SxxEbgt7o 
  • Queen’s speech: voters will need photo ID for general elections, however, Government’s legislative agenda is unlikely to include long-awaited reforms to adult social care https://t.co/GLtI4z485B 
  • The UK's coronavirus alert level is being lowered from four to three on the advice of experts. Alert level three means that although the virus is still in general circulation, transmission is no longer high or rising exponentially https://t.co/1p4H6J3fg7 
  • Martin Lewis and Sir Richard Branson's names most used by scammers https://t.co/PMYPnpOVks
  • The wearing of face masks in secondary school classrooms in England will not be required after 17 May, the government is expected to confirm https://t.co/JC9OQKHQ8p 
  • The Weekly Round-Up: #KillTheBill, FPN reviews, and rights under threat in India - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/X1wIJ5XPuy
  • Muslim Minorities and the Refugee Crisis in Europe | Marta Pachocka and Jan Misiuna https://t.co/0Lp885y6dH 
  • Olympian-turned-lawyer on competitiveness and role models - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/zduiN3ENnX 
  • ‘Fire and rehire’ should be banned, say three-quarters of UK public - Survey for GMB union finds overwhelming support for legal protection from common employers’ tactic https://t.co/cQx1gCVBqs
  • Notorious RBG's law school textbook set to fetch over £7k at auction - Legal Cheek https://t.co/NTvTkKEipy 
  • I Wasn't Wearing a Helmet. Can I Still Recover Damages? | Lawyer Herald #US https://t.co/L2TzLYAbju
  • The Boutique Lawyer Show: The future of creating briefs - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/YjIUOeoLd8 
  • #Singapore’s human rights record to be examined by Universal Periodic Review https://t.co/PBHBN60GCf 
  • Madras High Court grants relief to man who failed to get Passport on account of FIR for not wearing face-mask | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/eYn56fKK6w 
  • Solicitor sells HR software company to PE-backed healthcare business - Legal Futures https://t.co/1HtdXUpWhP
  • Aspiring barrister: ‘Should I accept an offer to study at an Ivy League law school?’ - Legal Cheek https://t.co/vm3kwKiw5f 
  • Tribunal throws out employment lawyer’s disability discrimination claim - Legal Futures https://t.co/kWRz9ZsReY 
  • A 10-Step Guide to Market your Law Firm | Lawyer Herald https://t.co/bNFevM5nLW
  • Law Pod UK new episode: Henry VIII Powers undermining parliamentary supremacy - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/aOyEm1towF 
  • Legal aid solicitor Simon Foster has been elected the West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) https://t.co/xIT36DU7UE
  • City firms cut secretary support as lawyers prepare to return to the office - Legal Cheek https://t.co/9PeeycYcEj 
  • Welsh Women's Aid on UK Domestic Abuse Act https://t.co/YBXQf2y0vW 
  • The #US government declared a state of emergency on Sunday after the largest fuel pipeline in the US was hit by a ransomware cyber-attack. The Colonial Pipeline carries 2.5 million barrels a day - 45% of the East Coast's supply https://t.co/UcuAhJKPmd
  • Supreme Court orders States to release all prisoners who were released last year to prevent COVID-19 spread | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/nPWWwZ23yK 
  • Irish woman accused of supporting ISIS wins appeal against ban from UK https://t.co/odIlpvvx5W 
  • Woman with Down syndrome goes to court over UK abortion law https://t.co/8ZdBEFkRcl 
  • Court of Appeal to assess Bournemouth sex assault jail sentence https://t.co/Cr8qWZ72Tn
  • Woman ‘sexually harassed’ by ex-Hartlepool MP says Labour failed to support her https://t.co/8poaouB14h 
  • Clifford Chance and Bakers rally to support India Covid appeal - Legal Cheek https://t.co/kV1RdP3WAu

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10th May - Law News

Edition 3422: 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: Dozens of people were injured overnight in Jerusalem as clashes erupted between Palestinians and Israeli police at the Al-Aqsa Mosque amid anger over planned forced evictions in annexed East Jerusalem.



  Focus of the Day Article:
Lawyers working on cases dealing with Northern Ireland’s troubled past know that this field of legal work develops slowly. Sometimes, however, developments occur at an unexpected and unwelcome speed. Such has been the case this week. From the collapse of a controversial trial to the reporting of a legislative “amnesty”, the legacy of the Troubles remains an indelible part of both judicial business and daily life. Full story - UK Human Rights Blog
 
Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Should I use a Legal Recruiter? | Lawyer Herald https://t.co/j9VtgX7lot 
  • #India Supreme Court orders audit of Oxygen supplies provided to States; clarifies no intention to scrutinize doctors' good faith decisions | Bar & Bench https://t.co/R5WYoTBW7t
  • ‘Game-changing’ tribunal proposal to revolutionise system for families - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/9OCreAbwQD 
  • #India Supreme Court sets up a National Task Force to streamline oxygen allocation, ensure availability of essential drug, medicines | Bar & Bench https://t.co/SZgMhCeQEa
  • Hogan Lovells launches trainee mentoring scheme to boost retention of BAME lawyers - Legal Cheek https://t.co/olKgU5JUJ3
  • #Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has defended brutal police action against Palestinian protesters after two nights of clashes in Jerusalem https://t.co/eve9CpnLWY
  • Jonathon Seed, Conservative PCC candidate barred after offence emerges https://t.co/DGEw7dwEdX
  • Why stamping out sexual harassment starts at the recruitment process - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/QX6M6xP74F
  • Linklaters to fund SQE prep courses for refugee lawyers - Legal Cheek https://t.co/KzuZl5SNcw 
  • Magistrate's order releasing 12 seized oxygen concentrators for the use of Police personnel, judicial officers set aside by Delhi Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/88XquYEZ8L 
  • Bar exam bosses apologise for last summer's chaos after damning independent review - Legal Cheek https://t.co/KhaBMqZCGJ
  • EU countries snub Priti Patel’s plans to return asylum seekers - UN criticises the proposals as so damaging they risked Britain’s ‘global credibility’ https://t.co/YdU4U2Ke9B 
  • RT @CrimeGirI: How not to lawyer https://t.co/8sG0xD5VQC
  • Slater and Gordon investigating class action into IVF add-ons - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/rpVdTTbWQ
  • Eight people have been arrested after a man was stabbed in the leg in Selfridges in central London. The Met Police said a fight broke out at the Oxford Street shop just after 19:30 BST on Saturday https://t.co/2WwAJAkJTb
  • Scotland's first minister has said she does not expect the debate over whether there should be a second independence referendum to end up in the courts https://t.co/p2AQNV9kJj
  • Hugs should be selective, short, avoiding face-to-face contact: expert urges caution over hugs as lockdown eases https://t.co/WrcTKqGmNh
  • Danger And Disease: The Perils Of Nursing Homes During Covid-19 | Lawyer Herald https://t.co/ZaH2M5iMP1 
  • Bakers restores NQ solicitor pay to pre-pandemic £90k - Legal Cheek https://t.co/GNJmooLUmb 
  • What the lawyers of today and tomorrow want is vastly different to what those who came before sought, Fionn Bowd says. New pathways are emerging, and BigLaw firms that do not get on board will be left behind - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/tmu2goJITb 
  • #China tries to scupper UN talk on plight of Uighurs https://t.co/hQUAX39pz7 
  • Jerusalem: Many injured on second night of clashes as #Israeli police fire rubber bullets - It follows days of simmering unrest over possible evictions of Palestinians from land claimed by illegal Jewish settlers https://t.co/8RdRPpXIq2
  • A small law firm has been ordered to pay a paralegal-turned-junior lawyer $157,000 in backpay after a court found it was underpaying him on the lucrative employment contract - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/qqobnP3vvR 
  • Virtual event next week: How to get into law as a career changer — with BCLP, Shearman & Sterling, 2 Temple Gardens and ULaw - Legal Cheek https://t.co/EVH8otEG0
  • Marriage certificates in England and Wales to include mothers’ names for first time - Home Office says reform is biggest change to marriage registration system since 1837 https://t.co/Ampbo3IWev
  • New report reveals practice areas most and least impacted by pandemic - Legal Cheek https://t.co/8FtdIW9Tg
  • ‘I pray God takes him first’: why do some #US states want to execute the dying? https://t.co/FDUhKCFhP
  • Osborne Clarke hands staff a slice of the profits as Shoosmiths says ‘thank you' with bonuses - Legal Cheek https://t.co/Z1ZmPcoab
  • Are our courts a playground for bullies? Just ask Catherine Belton - Her acclaimed book is under attack from #Russian billionaires. Are they out to silence her? https://t.co/v9TaKoUuF
  • London law graduate strangled and shot on visit to Pakistan - Legal Cheek https://t.co/Cnm2Emddzk
  • UK taskforce to tackle rising number of pet thefts - Body will look into what is contributing to surge in thefts and recommend solutions to tackle problem https://t.co/cwVG0QdlEp
  • FT editors attack government plans to restrict judicial review - Legal Cheek https://t.co/7F4MLWyN6N 
  • Liverpool Uni law grad earns £60k a year on OnlyFans - Legal Cheek https://t.co/U26O0gEg6j 
  • When Vanessa Nakate, 24, was cropped out of a wire photo featuring her and four white activists, it drew attention that she now uses to expand her work in #Uganda and beyond https://t.co/M8qr2BsPu
  • Palestinians protested ahead of a decision that will come from the #Israeli Supreme Court on whether to uphold the eviction of six families from a neighborhood in East Jerusalem in favor of Jewish settlers https://t.co/mYNCCXJnwz
  • Surge of Migrant Children at the Border Leads to Crowded Shelters #US https://t.co/FlKq6oQp20 
  • DLA Piper launches solicitor apprenticeship for school-leavers - Legal Cheek https://t.co/syQAsKs23U