20th March - Law News

Edition 3371: 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: An Indian municipal worker in Mumbai was punched and slapped by a woman after she was stopped for not wearing a mask in the city where COVID-19 cases have been rising.

Saturday Conversations on Law

• A motorist who was stopped by police for driving at 122mph, told officers that he was travelling back from Wales after getting a haircut https://t.co/g7RxT5PWpk
• UK woman loses latest bid to keep daughter on life support - Paula Parfitt intends to take appeal to supreme court after judges rule against her in London https://t.co/YZ20x6fd2K 
• UK government accused of distorting findings of judicial review inquiry - Former reviewer of terror laws says minister’s foreword mischaracterises experts’ conclusions https://t.co/XWflheVE27
• #German Chancellor Angela Merkel said it was likely that the country would now need to apply an "emergency brake" and re-impose lockdown measures https://t.co/BrcsKopbGo
• Holyrood backs domestic abuse bill - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/5EosNtyRyV
• Pay Discrimination Suit Against Disney Adds Pay Secrecy Claim https://t.co/fbAUWyWn08
• NHS boss's Twitter accounts hacked by PS5 scammers https://t.co/5KdcSQhrCX
• Police have warned students in the UK against using a website that they say lets users "illegally access" millions of scientific research papers https://t.co/o6aNx3prDF
• A probationary police officer who assaulted a woman in a "terrifying" attack has been given a curfew, prompting criticism he was not jailed. West Midlands Police PC Oliver Banfield grabbed and manhandled Emma Homer last July while drunk https://t.co/ADxDIesIh
• Can insolvency legislation save struggling fishing industry firms? - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/BwiUvxS2bD
• Police Investigate Sexual Assault Allegation Against Actor Armie Hammer #US https://t.co/1lYGsMnPX7
• Police Investigate Sexual Assault Allegation Against Actor Armie Hammer #US https://t.co/1lYGsM6eyx
• Free EHRC webinar: The roadmap out of Covid: avoiding the potholes - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/gY4vd7tVQq
• Bar regulator "struggling to keep pace" with rising volume of work - Legal Futures https://t.co/5vg9HMKn7o
• Buckland announces JR reforms to keep judges away from politics | Law Gazette https://t.co/O3DZGIuBZK
• Solicitor using £50k prize to develop automated advice platform - Legal Futures https://t.co/2vlpagyYql
• Solicitor struck off for forging signatures while a trainee - Legal Futures https://t.co/yIUzoXeBdD 
• How Racism and Sexism Intertwine to Torment Asian-American Women https://t.co/TqmmI7lqcy 
• Multi-disciplinary practice and consolidator unveils latest acquisitions - Legal Futures https://t.co/a7HMPIQQi7
• New debt navigator project at Govan Law Centre - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/C59pTxRjk9 
• Claire Parry death: PC Timothy Brehmer has sentence increased - married police officer who strangled his lover after she exposed their affair has had his prison sentence increased on appeal https://t.co/JBXNMIugV
• Nicola Sturgeon rejects claims over Alex Salmond inquiry evidence https://t.co/PlhjxrX4jz
• Care workers across the UK who have to sleep at their workplace in case they are needed are not entitled to the minimum wage for their whole shift, the Supreme Court has ruled https://t.co/uabJ0VVQ0n 
• Dr Richard Freeman, ex-British Cycling and Team Sky chief struck off medical register https://t.co/NsbOJnQzMC
• Top immigration firm ‘abused’ court process with futile JR claims | Law Gazette https://t.co/ZHZlPyqs6x
• #US House Votes to Give Millions of Dreamers and Farmworkers a Path to Citizenship https://t.co/uBOG2hW4R6
• Law Society and SLCC clash over budget - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/xKdeQlvz5k
  
• No legal aid for parents fighting to continue baby's life-sustaining treatment | Law Gazette https://t.co/Q7VKSmSZ7J
• #China sending children of exiled Uighur parents to orphanages, says Amnesty https://t.co/g31dQzS5wl 
• Promotions at Levy & McRae - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/AYJF3iHPRj
• Accused Atalanta Gunman Had Visited Massage Parlors He Targeted, Police Say #US https://t.co/QumXWxvJxh
• #China has detained my young children. I don't know if I'll ever see them again - I am a Uighur who was forced to flee Xinjiang five years ago, leaving four of my children who are now in an ‘orphan camp’ | Mihriban Kader https://t.co/s0CvdDylnc
  
• Paralegal told she is ‘not a princess’ loses harassment claim | Law Gazette https://t.co/X2GA3VFfh4
• "Angry and upset" after midfielder Glen Kamara was racially abused during Rangers' Europa League defeat by Slavia Prague at Ibrox on Thursday https://t.co/4uDNLePsfw 
• Accounts of atrocities keep coming in as the wounded flee to the regional capital, Mekelle, where Tigrayans say they are being winnowed for their leaders’ rebellion #Ethiopia https://t.co/YCC6mR8ZuN
• Asian-Americans Are Scared for a Reason - Bigotry and demagoguing have pushed communities to a “crisis point.” #US https://t.co/TgO8Xa5yeS
• Lord Reed calls proposed changes to UKSC ‘idiotic’ - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/EzRJxaIzPY
• Imprisonment for Public Protection jail terms 'a death sentence' - Karl Maroni, 33, has spent all his adult life in jail. Aged 18 he committed three violent offences and was convicted https://t.co/hV1zdB4sFE
  
• First-year bankers at investment bank Goldman Sachs have warned that they might quit unless their gruelling working conditions improve https://t.co/xicZM9awJI 
• ‘Act of spite’: Lord Reed decries proposals to change Supreme Court's name | Law Gazette https://t.co/l4PczE0flj
  
• Law Society raises concerns with Lord President as spectre of weekend courts looms – again - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/9iIxfw2AN1
• Firms boasting too much online risk their reputation, SRA chief warns | Law Gazette https://t.co/IYsu1kMqER
• Judiciary imperils right to a fair trial with renewed attack on juries - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/FztF5S7rLL
• JR reform: Buckland to 'go further' than Faulks review | Law Gazette https://t.co/yOH2biQwkh 
• Edinburgh woman whose ex-partner forged signature on standard security succeeds in action for reduction - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/FdYd1IA4Ac
  
• Women of Asian Descent Were 6 of the 8 Victims in Atlanta Shootings #US https://t.co/o3E58zAXEz 
• Suspect in Atlanta Spa Attacks Is Charged With 8 Counts of Murder #US https://t.co/EBQV0xvXWr 
• Proud Boys Leaders in Four States Are Charged in Capitol Riot #US https://t.co/w8f0iOz338

19th March - Law News

Edition 3370: 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 practice of forcing Indonesian girls and women to wear the hijab is being labelled an abuse of their rights. A  new report by Human Rights Watch has found women who were pressured into wearing the veil - regardless of their religion -  suffer trauma because they are bullied and humiliated for going against the grain.

Focus of the Day Article: 'Sometimes I pinch myself' - crown counsel's call for disadvantaged students to pursue law goes viral. South Atlantic-based prosecutor inspires with account of how he defied teacher's advice 'to set sights low Full story - The Global Legal Post

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Trial of Woman Who Killed Her Husband Highlights Domestic Abuse in #Turkey https://t.co/ktGhE4apG
• Dominic Raab 'totally misunderstands' Northern Ireland Brexit terms, warns EU https://t.co/XLDVMXcwgu
• LAA reviewing Covid-19 contingency arrangements | Law Gazette https://t.co/b19f4gUqPi
• Peloton has warned parents to keep children away from its treadmills after the death of a child https://t.co/ZR30Ro8s1c 
• Johnny Depp says 'lie' about charity donation influenced libel judge: Amber Heard’s team tells court about ‘ample support’ for evidence as actor seeks to overturn assault ruling https://t.co/6oTTSLe3S
• Work with locals in hunt for Nightingale courts, HMCTS told | Law Gazette https://t.co/QuP5MYHSB7
• The UK government is to make an unprecedented move to give the Northern Ireland secretary new powers to compel Stormont to implement abortion laws https://t.co/tGm2x8rDko 
• Fixed universal credit cuts are unlawful, high court in UK rules - Victory for four former rough sleepers in Manchester left destitute after DWP deductions to pay court fines https://t.co/lwamFMukqr
• British nationality laws are to be reformed to remove a number of anomalies that have recently led to people from the Windrush generation being refused citizenship – despite the Home Office admitting that its own errors led to them being ruled ineligible https://t.co/vd84EUU43
• Scotland should have specialist rape court, review recommends https://t.co/ErWoQrrUuA 
• Supreme court to hear challenge to UK's voter ID trial in 2019 election: Case could affect expected rollout of scheme seen as disenfranchising marginalised people https://t.co/irgxiY9HjJ 
• Christian Porter defamation action: ABC engages former solicitor general to lead defence. Justin Gleeson QC was the solicitor general from 2012 to 2016 and served Labor and Liberal prime ministers #Australia https://t.co/cvdUfxqtLp
  
• Thirty-year sentence for man who raped and murdered international student inadequate, Melbourne court hears #Australia https://t.co/0vSiPCYwg0
• A&O predicts 40% of work will be done remotely | Law Gazette https://t.co/GTTJGXx7xx
• A majority of MSPs on the Alex Salmond committee have said Nicola Sturgeon misled the inquiry, sources have told the BBC. It is understood MSPs on the committee voted by five to four that Ms Sturgeon gave them an inaccurate account https://t.co/TvrvYc1gkV
• Drill rapper who tried to deflect blame on to his identical twin after a new father was stabbed to death has been convicted of murder. DNA matching the profile of 18-year-old Javell Hall was found on the sheath of a knife used to kill Asante Campbell https://t.co/F0oHJ528kU
• A US private investigator was paid by the Sun newspaper to obtain personal information about the Duchess of Sussex in the early days of her relationship with Prince Harry. He had unlawfully accessed detailed information https://t.co/zT96j1s9nx
• Manchester Arena Inquiry: Paramedic 'wrong not to send team to bomb scene' https://t.co/Q0bNMtJoj
• Plans to change how government decisions are challenged in the courts have been announced by the justice secretary https://t.co/sKj0LBwpNc
• Police bill clears first hurdle in parliament | Law Gazette https://t.co/Y3YhRVWjdS 
• Circuit judge promises to write monthly to defendant in mental health crisis | Law Gazette https://t.co/Br2ZsfsARX
• Firm pays £45k damages to rival over plagiarised claim letters | Law Gazette https://t.co/4QTVnnUi6A 
• Evha Jannath: The former operator of a theme park has been fined £1m after a girl died on a ride, but the penalty will never be paid as it is in administration https://t.co/v9WQ9bUcRz
• Online court may need only one procedure rule, says Briggs | Law Gazette https://t.co/CTJN747mEy 
• Sexual assault: 'One in 40' young women experience it each year https://t.co/0fvc86BDrA
• Digital ID standard is a welcome step for conveyancers | Law Gazette https://t.co/0h9zaW9aqD 
• The government is to cut grants aimed at encouraging people to buy electric vehicles in a move that has been criticised by the motor industry. The Department for Transport will reduce the grant from £3,000 to £2,500 and restrict it to cars under £35,000 https://t.co/5ubf4yuUyU
• Kobe Bryant widow sues LA police over 'graphic images' of helicopter crash #US https://t.co/Guywi4LLz
• Lord chief nudges lawyers back to court | Law Gazette https://t.co/0V2ir4dow4
• High Court “considered referring Duncan Lewis to SRA” - Legal Futures https://t.co/iz2KZehOyv
• Lessons learned from a year of virtual hearings in adjudication and arbitration - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/K64Vd35M5T
• Lawyers work alongside recruiters in platform for consultants - Legal Futures https://t.co/Gwn7RqNP4Q
• Talking about race – how to overcome the fear factor - Legal Futures https://t.co/XESY1wAKYT 
• Firm settles with two rivals and barrister over plagarised letter of claim - Legal Futures https://t.co/MQC93sjW7w 
• England: Thieves to be fitted with GPS tags to reduce reoffending - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/dulk1Meg4C
  
• Quarter of pupil barristers experiencing financial hardship - Legal Futures https://t.co/ktLTTF1GJJ
  
• #Australians have derided a suggestion by the New South Wales (NSW) police commissioner that an app could be used to register sexual consent https://t.co/PzhpnwOytD
• BT has said it will "build like fury" to roll out full-fibre internet connections after new rules announced by the UK's telecoms regulator. Ofcom has decided not to impose price caps on full-fibre connections provided by the firm's Openreach subsidiary https://t.co/nXaqj8y6U
• From Turkey to Libya: The EU Migration Partnership from Bad to Worse | Mariagiulia Giuffré - https://t.co/oRZ90CLPGF 
• An expected reduction in the UK's Covid vaccine supply in April is partly due to a delay in a delivery from India of five million Oxford-AstraZeneca doses https://t.co/d7tJir7azE
• Crime almost halves over decade - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/QEQsBC5Cv3
• Alison Pryde joins Anderson Strathern as tax director - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/E6EL2JKQSX 
• Sheriff solemn cases up to 82 per cent of pre-Covid level - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/WGxzZh1oMz 
• Policing bill is a grave threat to our right to protest https://t.co/orTX5qgu6u Mar 18, 2021
• Covid-19 jabs for staff 'should be our call' say 58% of UK managers https://t.co/n9XXUwnixX 
• ECJ orders France to ban glue-trap hunting of songbirds outright https://t.co/N2JuHrjtiF 
• Facebook's long-awaited content 'supreme court' has arrived. It's a clever sham https://t.co/qHZaVu4IQP
  
• Proposals to reduce the dominance of the "Big Four" accountancy firms and scrap the industry regulator have been unveiled by the government https://t.co/7s6WJpXgk1 
• UK university students accuse Covid patrol police of harassment - NUS and rights groups report allegations of heavy-handed enforcement of lockdown rules https://t.co/ZqcyyaKENL 
• In a sea of fawningly reverential Churchill biographies, hardly any books seriously examine his documented racism https://t.co/okuB0tRH7m

18th March - Law News

Edition 3369: 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: Hundreds of Muslim groups are boycotting the review of the government's anti-radicalisation 'Prevent' scheme, over concerns about its chairman William Shawcross, who's been criticised over previous remarks he made about Islam

Focus of the Day Article: The Solicitors Regulation Authority has been told to pay its costs for a bungled prosecution of a prominent Hong Kong lawyer and politician. Junius Ho Kwan-yiu was cleared of all allegations by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal following a five-day hearing in December. The allegations related to comments made in Cantonese during and after a public meeting in Hong Kong. Full story - The Law Society Gazette

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Charity calls for new measures to stop online scams: Money and Mental Health Policy Institute says people with mental health problems at risk to falling victim to fraud https://t.co/TjpZmbQM9R 
• Grisly Killing in Syria Spawns Legal Case Against# Russian Mercenaries https://t.co/2DdpqO6xT
• Piers Morgan's comments about the Duchess of Sussex on Good Morning Britain have attracted a record number of complaints to TV regulator Ofcom https://t.co/0lOiX7VyXd
• Uber may face further legal challenge to settle drivers' hours - Union says taxi app firm will force workers to take new cases to court despite success with wage claim https://t.co/31qPnWDwb
• Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, has said that if Covid vaccine supplies in Europe do not improve, the EU "will reflect whether exports to countries who have higher vaccination rates than us are still proportionate" https://t.co/Dx1L1CoayN
• Third of remand prisoners in England being held beyond legal time limit for trials https://t.co/gIsFGYqg7r
• Trial date set for City brothers charged with fraud | Law Gazette https://t.co/Kk3UPcGkB
• A second post-mortem examination is being carried out on Sarah Everard's body after the first proved inconclusive, police have said https://t.co/iLDoBbzYsz
• St Patrick's Day: Police clear crowds at Belfast's Botanic Gardens https://t.co/HTqmz7tGA
• Police to record crimes motivated by sex or gender on 'experimental basis' https://t.co/Asdp9qm1gT
• ‘Marching for Justice’: Thousands of #Australians Protests Sexual Violence https://t.co/KRA0PueNn
• Historical slavery and the Law Society | Law Gazette https://t.co/aeljoIgENg
• Incorporation of UNCRC into Scots law imminent - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/VP2fpmXdyt
• Football's child sex abuse scandal: Sheldon review finds 'institutional failings' https://t.co/yhxXn7Eboq
• Two Are Charged With Assault on Officer Who Died After Capitol Riot #US https://t.co/lS7w8f1ywq
• Police in the #US state of Georgia have identified four of the eight people who were killed in mass shootings at three massage parlours in the Atlanta area https://t.co/uJjslyB4FT
• A digital certificate to kick-start foreign travel should be given to citizens across the EU "without discrimination", officials say https://t.co/Ov4C2saM7z
  
• A former police chief has said she would think "very carefully" about reporting a crime committed against her because of how she would be "judged" https://t.co/bdLdAN5aWW
• People aged 50 and over in England are now being invited to book their appointment for a Covid vaccine https://t.co/tS8SEysMCl
  
• Blackadders team raises funds for Comic Relief - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/GAW7SslqBo
• AstraZeneca Concerns Throw Europe’s Vaccine Rollout Into Deeper Disarray https://t.co/Fw8cRAM60
• Former government minister takes helm at costs lawyer regulator - Legal Futures https://t.co/xk4k9VdByJ
• Free seminar on cladding crisis this week - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/dnQ5NecH6c
• MoJ: 2021 is set to be a "big year" for legal aid - Legal Futures https://t.co/QyY1aSlEd
• 'Divisive nonsense': Labour to vote against police bill | Law Gazette https://t.co/nB9jvZDT
• Leading injury firm sold on five years after last acquisition - Legal Futures https://t.co/RmrJM6kzm8
• Spain to trial four-day working week in pilot project - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/lI1684ecAV
• LeO set to receive £5 more per lawyer but told investment must now deliver - Legal Futures https://t.co/kur3qfWH32
• MIGRATION AND THE RULE OF (HUMAN RIGHTS) LAW: TWO 'CRISES' LOOKING IN THE SAME MIRROR | Francesco Luigi Gatta https://t.co/sX4poJKc5S 
• Eight people, many of them women of Asian descent, have been killed in shootings at spas in the US state of Georgia. Police said the shootings took place at a massage parlour in Acworth, a suburb north of Atlanta #US https://t.co/KsvgmuJpjb
• A 50-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of the indecent assault and murder of Stuart Lubbock at the home of Michael Barrymore https://t.co/lePeo2uyM
• Energy customers set for refunds when direct debits are too high https://t.co/CqZQSVMAJb
• SRA to bear £65k costs of bungled Hong Kong prosecution | Law Gazette https://t.co/FV0WSmPA8P
• DWF advises digital learning business on acquisition to expand EU footprint - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/ygyaVczh3y
• Ombudsman to get extra £1.66m - but faces axe if standards don’t improve | Law Gazette https://t.co/Eauraepktd
• Children’s Commissioner predicts radical change - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/iZDhJvUATd 
• Prolific burglars, robbers and thieves are to be tagged with GPS trackers in a bid to stop them reoffending. Offenders will be automatically tagged for up to 12 months after being released from prison under a Ministry of Justice (MoJ) pilot https://t.co/xBJ2T844Xg
• Pandemic hits merger activity - but Yorkshire firm keeps growing | Law Gazette https://t.co/FDu6LorVE
• Average volume of properties on the market falls nearly 22 per cent since November peak - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/5y8TqnSOkN
  
• Still crumbling: HMCTS handling 5,000 court repair requests a month | Law Gazette https://t.co/Y8J1hQTain
• BTO’s Laura Salmond gains specialist employment law accreditation - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/keeCVK8eoY
• Douglas J. Cusine: No excuse for FAI delays - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Bxob2r9Chm
• Oliver Campbell, a man with learning difficulties who admitted to a murder 30 years ago should have his conviction quashed because he confessed to police without a lawyer present, his solicitor says https://t.co/qiC85FQaxI

17th March - Law News

Edition 3368: 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 Office of the Director of National Intelligence released its declassified report on foreign threats to 2020 federal elections, which concludes that foreign adversaries -- including Russia -- did attempt to interfere in the 2020 election

Focus of the Day Article: 

The Bar Standards Board has been urged to give disciplinary tribunals a clear and immediate message that they can depart from the current sanctions guidance for sexual misconduct cases. The lack of robust sanction for barristers who seek to sexually harass women “does much to perpetuate the crisis of retention of women at the Bar”, two specialist criminal counsel argued. Full story - Legal Futures

Saturday Conversations on Law

• High Court: Judge refuses application to determine EU law points in planning case after quashing decision on domestic law grounds - Irish Legal News https://t.co/5Yf9ZpaHB8
• 'Wagatha Christie' heading for libel trial in autumn despite legal costs - Case heads for the high court as Rebekah Vardy and Coleen Rooney face ‘extraordinarily large’ fees https://t.co/RHoYcAnU8r 
• Freshfields to allow 50% homeworking | Law Gazette https://t.co/1HQ1EhwOF
• Uber says it will give its UK drivers a guaranteed minimum wage, holiday pay and pensions. It comes one month after the US firm lost a legal battle in the UK, begun in 2016, over drivers' status https://t.co/9N5IUfcNx
• Start planning for October renewals now | Law Gazette https://t.co/Ll5YtDk3X
• Federal judge admits 'error' as man sues him for being jailed over routine property dispute- Judge Salvatore Vasta is being sued for false imprisonment but claims he’s protected by judicial immunity #Australia https://t.co/eFCe22823
• #French MPs approve ‘non-consent’ law to protect children from sexual abuse - Draft legislation says a child under 15 cannot be considered to have willingly engaged in a sexual act https://t.co/tEyc3MFpV3
• School drops legal action after Muslim girl told her skirt was too long: Siham Hamud’s father says he is pleased Uxbridge high school listened to the family’s concerns https://t.co/wsXYi2amAA
• FBI facing allegation that its 2018 background check of Brett Kavanaugh was ‘fake’ #US https://t.co/9lhAPcx4p
• Julie Burchill agrees to pay Ash Sarkar 'substantial damages' in libel case - Columnist apologises to journalist, saying social media posts included ‘racist and misogynist’ comments https://t.co/qyE0DHGPUP
• Lawyer Chris Murphy portrayed as 'past it' by News Corp columnist, defamation hearing told - Annette Sharp suggested solicitor ‘is too old and deaf and can’t even get to court’, barrister says #Australia https://t.co/SqWqmzNug
• Christian Porter v ABC: can the minister sue for defamation over article that didn't name him? #Australia https://t.co/iZHeuPUup
• A marketing manager sued her company for age discrimination after a junior employee told her she was ‘old school’ for using capital letters in a Twitter hashtag https://t.co/FHltxMnO5x https://t.co/Knbb9gHIYP
• CoP says vulnerable man should have Covid vaccine despite father’s objection | Law Gazette https://t.co/nOqVkxdtAB
• Aberdeen company to pay more than £6m after self-reporting Kazakhstan bribery - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/xDDzxTqPc
• An Army camp housing asylum seekers in Pembrokeshire is set to close within days, a UK government minister says. It comes after inspectors said the camp at Penally and Napier Barracks in Kent were "run-down and unsuitable" https://t.co/F42aAZQz6A
• A group of MPs has written to Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden calling for a public inquiry into the collapse of gambling website Football Index https://t.co/Xe9LeDNt
• Countries around Europe are seeking further clarification on the safety of the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine, amid criticism of their decision to suspend giving the jab https://t.co/Q0J2Giv0VQ
• Travers Smith’s award-winning director of pro bono Sam Cottman talks about a multifaceted career and why he decided to set up his own charity - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/YejprVCJsm 
• Malicious Prosecution Scandal: Lord Advocate must not be allowed to ‘mark his own homework’ - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/0GXPtNs8dj
• London retrial for dismissed hacking claim naming City firm | Law Gazette https://t.co/Xbwe0z7oFF
• Law firms “should remove printers before staff return” - Legal Futures https://t.co/qnXaFLE2Bf 
• My legal life: Victoria Jackson, BLM, Associate solicitor, Liverpool - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/MokgrPBLz4
• BSB "should set tribunals free" from sanctions guidance in sexual misconduct cases - Legal Futures https://t.co/uSa5ItgaY
• Solicitor who plundered client account struck off - and now has unregulated firm - Legal Futures https://t.co/OnNhRQ3sF
• ‘Sense of how to behave’ at risk, says High Court chancellor | Law Gazette https://t.co/7C8P6pCCa
• Sheriff orders discharge of Albanian man wanted in Italy in connection with attempted murder conviction - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Ixy4V2Hx
• NewLaw to charge whiplash clients up to 30% under DBA - Legal Futures https://t.co/w4oPYOztHB
• Hairdressers and garden centres will be allowed to reopen in Scotland from 5 April, days after the "stay at home" lockdown order will be lifted https://t.co/hRcZJDzWHa
• The UK is set to reverse plans to reduce its stockpile of nuclear weapons by the middle of the decade, as part of a foreign policy overhaul https://t.co/l5JN53W1Ua
  
• Met refused to engage with organisers of the Reclaim These Streets vigils | Law Gazette https://t.co/xk1wl1qhW
• Council of Europe reopens Pat Finucane case - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/mOB9g1HIlO 
• Clapham Common scenes showed tone deaf policing | Law Gazette https://t.co/16ERKSwbji
• Linklaters to open in Dublin - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/qcvJD7ah1
• Wayne Couzens, a met Police constable has appeared at the Old Bailey accused of murdering and kidnapping Sarah Everard https://t.co/MeofK3Kam
• ‘The Externalisation of Migration Control: An assessment of European Union’s Policy in the Light of the Charter of Fundamental Rights’ | Vito Todeschini https://t.co/R7X5BfuwbQ
• UK to shift foreign policy focus following review - the review, which Prime Minister Boris Johnson will set out later in the House of Commons, also paves the way for an increase in nuclear warheads https://t.co/9vBRFC3Y1A
• #Mozambique insurgency: Militants beheading children, aid agency reports https://t.co/eGR75zBkG
• Vaccine safety experts from the World Health Organization (WHO) are meeting on Tuesday to review the Oxford-AstraZeneca jab, after several European countries halted their rollouts https://t.co/0BfarbNOK
• The Northern Ireland Executive has agreed primary school pupils in years P4 to P7 will return to class next Monday https://t.co/iivx5ic7P4
• No research on video hearing impact | Law Gazette https://t.co/Qo4iNhFNqa
• Ex-Home Office official accused of improper relationship with law firms - Civil servant suspected of releasing unauthorised information to elite firms such as Mishcon de Reya https://t.co/kr2vSC3tnU
• Consultation on miners’ strike pardon launched - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/JNvHgIoL3l 
• Priti Patel spoke to Met chief before Sarah Everard vigil broken up https://t.co/8Osu07j1LX
• DBA ruling gives boost to litigation funding sector | Law Gazette https://t.co/ycFOkVSxo7
• Legal challenge over CPS policy on prosecuting rape cases dismissed https://t.co/eERh10gTA9 
• Tributes have been paid to solicitor Kathleen More, who passed away last month - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/lDG2IWix0
• New children's commissioner pledges to 'rebuild' childhood https://t.co/r6JW1c0f0Y
• FTSE 100 legal panels under pressure on diversity | Law Gazette https://t.co/Y8bGNdCafk
• Police Scotland spent £1.4m on doomed Rangers probe - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/H3vamFy0iY
  
• Insurance premiums down 1% in 2020 - as claims fell 19% | Law Gazette https://t.co/yYY9ZgQ09A
• Lord Neuberger to remain on Hong Kong court for three years - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/CevgobpVuj
• Faulks review on JR to be published this week | Law Gazette https://t.co/8ycqzaI0Ps
  
• FAI to be held into 2016 deaths of three fishermen - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/q8lzHdmnDA
• IHREC raises concerns with online safety bill - Irish Legal News https://t.co/HrgSh9XYmy
• #France is to return a painting by the Austrian artist Gustav Klimt to the heirs of the Jewish family that was forced to sell it by the Nazis https://t.co/UKiceg2tUJ
• Facebook has agreed to pay Rupert Murdoch's News Corp #Australia for journalism from its local mastheads https://t.co/n78hHbT1do
• Cabinet ministers and senior officials have told the BBC the government should have brought in tougher restrictions in the early autumn to tackle the "inevitable" second wave of coronavirus https://t.co/bmB7vcUMRe 
• Why is anti-protest bill generating so much controversy? Critics say handing police and home secretary more discretionary powers will undermine civil liberties https://t.co/zFqff6KPdH 
• 250th anniversary celebration for Sir Walter Scott this month - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/cBp8dC7xC0

16th March - Law News

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 Today's Highlighted Video Story: The head of London's Metropolitan Police, Commissioner Dame Cressida Dick, is under pressure to explain her officers' actions during a vigil in memory of Sarah Everard. Police were seen grabbing and leading women away in handcuffs from the event held on Saturday in Clapham, south London. London Mayor Sadiq Khan said he was "urgently seeking an explanation", while Home Secretary Priti Patel has asked the Met for a report on what happened.

Focus of the Day Article: Four out of five last-minute legal claims brought by undocumented migrants in an attempt to avoid deportation are eventually rejected, according to the Home Office. An analysis of people detained since 2017 has found more than 70 per cent made new claims or legal appeals days before they were due to be removed. Full story - Scottish Legal News

Saturday Conversations on Law

• UK aims to diverge from EU data rules to drive growth, minister says, Telecom News, ET Telecom https://t.co/ZKgijHzOeM
• Portugal will be removed from the "red list" of countries from where travel to England is banned after 04:00 GMT on Friday, the Department for Transport has announced https://t.co/QWLD5EFtTm 
• The Catholic Church does not have the power to bless same-sex unions, the #Vatican office responsible for doctrine has said https://t.co/srM22USmV
• UK FCA on Regulating Bidding for Emission Allowances Under UK ETS https://t.co/x7GQCK2j
• A probationary Met officer involved in the search for Sarah Everard has been removed from duties for allegedly sharing an "inappropriate graphic" https://t.co/bSRL9LPyox
• A woman who attended a vigil for Sarah Everard in south London says she was ignored when she tried to report a case of indecent exposure to police https://t.co/6Zq9R6Zvj
• Hundreds of people have joined a vigil in London for Sarah Everard, despite Home Secretary Priti Patel urging against gatherings https://t.co/KNRZ7DxPSF
• UK Home Office has commented that it will not release any kind of information on former #Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s current immigration status as it will be a breach of the Data Protection Act 2018 https://t.co/UnlHXLip1
• A Guide to Probate: Everything You Need to Know | Lawyer Herald https://t.co/jzFxRMoLBX 
• The Corporate Counsel Show: Cyber attacks the ‘number one consideration’ for law departments - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/EEO02AqO
• Entrepreneurs and HNWIs moving operations abroad in post-Covid economic slump – The Barrister Magazine https://t.co/D3Enx6QLV
• Lawyer formerly representing #Australia Attorney-General Christian Porter’s accuser said to disregard some of the claims in statement as they continue to be used to create confusion and send an “unfortunate message” about the rule of law - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/EvLY3MwH1I 
• EU to take legal action against UK over Northern Ireland Protocol - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/21dqY7alYQ
• UK government to attempt to limit judicial review for ‘hopeless’ asylum cases - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/JBOi0eVb
• Crown appeal against lenient sentence of man who sexually assaulted niece upheld - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/G9EapjsMPW
• Virtual Hearings and Remote Advocacy for Civil Barristers – The Barrister Magazine https://t.co/pEuKXjgwG
• The World Health Organization has said there is no evidence that incidents involving blood clots are caused by the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine https://t.co/IS4gOC8rc
• Rape prosecutions: Court of Appeal says change to CPS guidance was not unlawful https://t.co/UzPcka127t
• Nurseries sent first official cyber-attack warning https://t.co/tWPD0J0p
• Former #Australia prime minister Julia Gillard has offered tips to emerging female legal professionals in what she describes as an “extraordinary time” to be establishing one’s self in law - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/K0efRiYoJ9
• Cross-Examination: In search of a New Normal – The Barrister Magazine https://t.co/yCGGSxGy7S
• Lawtech boss calls for new approach to contracting - Legal Futures https://t.co/F3foKEGMFg 
• Delays to justice during Covid-19 – Practical options available to the Defence – The Barrister Magazine https://t.co/NkC2XKvIG
• Conveyancers offered digital ID check 'safe harbour' - Legal Futures https://t.co/FQ3BArg8Pm 
• EU to launch legal action over UK plan to extend Brexit grace period https://t.co/9qgTlGbt4m 
• One way Trip. Essays on Mediterranean Migration | Gianluca Gerli, Virginia Minnucci, and Annagrazia Faraca https://t.co/CcN52oohhR Mar 15, 2021
• #Syria’s first lady could be prosecuted in UK, have citizenship revoked https://t.co/dpsf4PN3vq 
• Junior barrister says more ‘Understanding’ is needed to retain females at the Bar – The Barrister Magazine https://t.co/6BvPamItex
  
• The #Netherlands has become the latest country to suspend use of the Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine over concerns about possible side effects https://t.co/vWtZrrn2Sr 
• Boris Johnson has said he is "deeply concerned" by footage showing police officers detaining women at Saturday's vigil to remember Sarah Everard. The PM will chair a meeting of the crime and justice taskforce later to discuss ways to protect women https://t.co/ODxCQSzjV
• Officers investigating the murder of Sarah Everard have cordoned off an area in the town of Sandwich in Kent https://t.co/M01YG8b4xA
  
• #Australia March 4 Justice: Thousands march against sexual assault https://t.co/LjnxyB9kxK
  
• Impact on lawyers of traumatic cases "worsened by pandemic" - Legal Futures https://t.co/3xOtaXXUvF
• Barristers warn Government against breaching international law in changes to Human Rights Act – The Barrister Magazine https://t.co/WHzIQ5nnzY
• Retirement age for judges upped to 75 - Legal Cheek https://t.co/ePIEhSy8fL
• U.K. Says #China Breached Hong Kong Handover Treaty For Third Time https://t.co/DXeKhlAESq
• Stephenson Harwood retains 80% of NQ solicitors - Legal Cheek https://t.co/GVqbOfqL1g 
• Michael Barrymore pool death probed by Diana lawyer in dying dad's final bid for 'justice' https://t.co/36eEsQINZq
• Hogan Lovells opens Dublin office - Legal Cheek https://t.co/XSFqWidch6
• Solicitor Emma Darley, of Ringrose Law, Newark, considers the benefits of mediation during a divorce https://t.co/SpxyVclG0m
  
• The governor of the Bank of England has come under new criticism for failing to declare a potential conflict of interest in a scandal that saw thousands of bank customers mistreated https://t.co/wSi8by6NA
• Welsh hairdressers and barbers can reopen for appointments only from Monday, after a relaxation of Covid lockdown rules https://t.co/jaiZZ8jYxb
• Two of the biggest names in hospitality have threatened to take the government to court over its plans to release England from lockdown https://t.co/uD1tLJORCg 
• Linklaters adopts code to protect employees with afro hair - Legal Cheek https://t.co/KKxpU0ogU7

15th March - Law News

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 Today's Highlighted Video Story: Anti-lockdown protests have continued in the Netherlands, with scores of people taking to the streets of The Hague to condemn the government’s coronavirus policies. The protest has been met with a forceful police response. Hundreds of anti-government protesters gathered in The Hague on Sunday on the eve of the country’s general election, which is set to span over three days in order to avoid large crowds gathering at the voting stations as a precaution against the coronavirus.

Focus of the Day Article: 'Regarding the Covid restrictions, RTS have stated that the initial indication from the Metropolitan Police (“MPS”) was that they were “trying to navigate a way through” and that they were “currently developing a local policing plan” to allow the vigil to take place. No doubt that would have been reassuring to those who wished to attend, weighing the risks presented by Covid to themselves and to the community at large with the importance to them of gathering with others as a means of expressing themselves on the issues raised by Sarah Everard’s death.' Full story - UK Human Rights Blog

Saturday Conversations on Law

• HSF appoints first female senior partner - Legal Cheek https://t.co/umgVEvGNI
• Delhi High Court directs community service at Gurdwara Bangla Sahib as it quashes attempt to murder FIR against 21-year-old | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/Myexoz7dq
• At least 21 protesters have been killed in clashes in #Myanmar's main city Yangon as politicians ousted by the military coup called for "revolution" https://t.co/SAqEebjYo
• Junior lawyer mental health hit hardest by lockdown, research reveals - Legal Cheek https://t.co/QoBwyCux4v
• The Corporate Counsel Show: Cyber attacks the ‘number one consideration’ for law departments - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/EEO02AqOUS
• If you thought the right to protest was inalienable, then think again - Under the cover of Covid, the government plans another assault on our civil liberties https://t.co/HeDbsP5jGQ
• How Brunelleschi’s boat is shaping the future of AI - Legal Cheek https://t.co/joo7uwWhX8 
• Hospitality leaders have urged the Scottish government to change its Covid lockdown levels to stop businesses failing https://t.co/8GmsDQQNG9
  
• The home secretary has called for an independent investigation into the Met Police's handling of a vigil for Sarah Everard. Officers handcuffed women and removed them from crowds on Clapham Common in London on Saturday https://t.co/fiywm22Fpd
• Widow of Hindu Indian migrant moves Delhi High Court for repatriation of buried mortal remains of husband from Saudi Arabia | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/DxDRUp3D8F
  
• Ex-magic circle lawyer who brought £1 million claim against Oxford Uni over ‘inadequate’ teaching now sues wealthy parents for life-long maintenance grant - Legal Cheek https://t.co/JAlgkVpXFM
• We’re on firm ground: The rule of law allows non-judicial inquiries - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/HvHSM0ga9P 
• The government has defended its plan for noise limits on protests in England and Wales, saying it will affect only "very disruptive" gatherings. MPs will debate the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill on Monday https://t.co/An4OuHdkP4
  
• A public dispute over thousands of artworks and artifacts could hinge on whether a crown prince supported the Nazis during their rise to power #Germany https://t.co/sv4CVQ15cw
  
• White & Case keeps 14 of 17 NQ solicitors - Legal Cheek https://t.co/MU85X7323E
• Maggots, Rape and Yet Five Stars: How #US Ratings of Nursing Homes Mislead the Public https://t.co/epT0M7lttC 
• British Airways is planning to make it easier for passengers to prove they are safe to travel once they have been vaccinated against Covid. Under the plans, people who have had both jabs will be able to register their status on BA's smartphone app https://t.co/3tayF9lJEF
• Life on a lockdown jury | Law Gazette https://t.co/qTe88GSxxn
• Linklaters sets sights on becoming first magic circle law firm in Dublin - Legal Cheek https://t.co/y9jUzozLAq
• Boutique litigation firms join forces | Law Gazette https://t.co/Rbe8R94mB6 
• Refugees in the European Union: from emergency alarmism to common management. | Daniele Archibugi and Marco Cellini https://t.co/oDylt5L2G
• The Army is likely to find itself "outgunned" in any conflict with Russian forces, MPs have warned. In a damning report, the Commons Defence Committee described efforts to modernise the Army's fleet of Armoured Fighting Vehicles (AFV) as "woeful" https://t.co/wrrLhAgEGI
• Millions of vulnerable people with underlying health conditions, such as cancer, diabetes and heart disease, are being urged to book their Covid jabs https://t.co/IfAbApZ
• The use of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine has been suspended in the Republic of #Ireland. The National Immunisation Advisory Committee recommended the move following reports of serious blood clotting events in adults in Norway https://t.co/qeNfLkbcHz
• Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has appeared in court in Iran, a week after her ankle tag was removed having served five years in prison, her lawyer said #Iran https://t.co/JBcUlylPG
• The ultimate revision playlist for law students - Legal Cheek https://t.co/Q3FBYz6if
• MinterEllison’s crisis was entirely avoidable - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/ymWk7zCwK6
• Virtual student event NEXT WEEK: Secrets to Success London and South East - with Baker McKenzie, BCLP, Norton Rose Fulbright and ULaw - Legal Cheek https://t.co/xCpFCal0jA
• Why being good at your job does not equip you to lead - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/p43QltwRb9
• Slaughter and May retains 38 of 41 spring qualifying trainees - Legal Cheek https://t.co/x8PiCrZkpd
• Sarah Everard vigil cancelled - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/uZCBO74BCp
• What the non-fungible token craze means for IP law - Legal Cheek https://t.co/ZfZQSq9Il
• Clifford Chance latest law firm to dish out COVID bonuses to all lawyers and staff - Legal Cheek https://t.co/DePHu59uRO
• Controversial French magazine Charlie Hebdo criticised for 'offensive' cartoon of Meghan https://t.co/qhJhBm8AiF
  
• Sarah Everard: Met commissioner under fire over policing of vigil - Cressida Dick faces cross-party outrage while vigil organisers say force failed to work with them https://t.co/s5wEElmHb9