Sunday

28th March - Law News

Edition 3379: 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:
Mexico’s president has committed to working with the United States, to stem the flow of migrants. But it remains unclear whether Mexico can handle the volume of asylum seekers


Saturday Conversations on Law

  • Harper Macleod commended for supporting flexible working - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/rsq9JqHsIN
  • NI: Personal injury discount rate to be set to -1.75 per cent - Irish Legal News https://t.co/9Of9EHQemJ
  • Lawtech pioneers to get regulation navigator | Law Gazette https://t.co/GxGEKdivmA 
  • 'Protest is a human right': one long week in Bristol, a city with a history of dissent https://t.co/94CF0ItIt9 
  • Brexit: UK cheese firm boss in despair over minister's export advice https://t.co/HteghkuR2g
  • Police issued 32,000 fixed penalty notices in the first nine months of lockdown. Here’s a lawyer’s advice on what to do if you get one https://t.co/96BEJO6zc
  • The Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill didn't come from nowhere. It is the result of years of lobbying by the police, helped by an authoritarian state, right-wing press and pliant opposition https://t.co/w9mkALGTqo
  • Clearsprings: The Worst Asylum Housing Provider You’ve Probably Never Heard Of - Critics say the company has placed migrants in "inappropriate and inhumane" accommodation https://t.co/w4Qk1i1bIm
  • A much-promoted grants programme to help UK householders insulate their homes is to be scrapped within days. The Green Homes Grant (GHG) reached just 10% of the 600,000 homes the chancellor promised would be improved https://t.co/yoLm1iFrWc
  • Bill to extend paid parents' leave and benefit by three weeks clears Oireachtas - Irish Legal News https://t.co/61sWrir98
  • Gender pay progress stalls in the City | Law Gazette https://t.co/v8pmChdJi
  • Spain's ECIJA absorbs consultancy Revamp Law to enhance legaltech offering - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/jUze0B6ksf
  • #US supermarket chain shutters stores after hazard pay rules - Kroger, the largest supermarket chain in the US, lays off employees after local ordinance on hazard pay passed in Los Angeles https://t.co/Xf9YG2sHYN
  • Trump and his allies push new Republican effort to restrict voting laws: Trump congratulated Georgia on its recent legislative move, which critics have slammed as a major blow to Black voters’ rights #US https://t.co/3Z5IS83x9
  • Last chance to submit case notes to Hibernian Law Journal - Irish Legal News https://t.co/IZqVYu9kVq
  • The Home Office has quietly relaunched a controversial programme that uses councils and homelessness charities to obtain personal data that could lead to the deportation of non-UK rough sleepers https://t.co/1LAinmHPvc
  • £500 vouchers for families to resolve disputes away from court | Law Gazette https://t.co/qU6TBgbZ5
  • Facebook has frozen #Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro's page after he claimed without evidence that a herbal thyme based remedy without parsley and sage, could cure Covid-19 https://t.co/FBZkkJomGP
  • Allegations about sexual abuse in schools involve more than only private institutions in London, a senior Met Police officer has said https://t.co/eezhnBtX3
  • Forcing pub-goers to provide a vaccine certificate in a bid to encourage younger people to take a jab could be "counterproductive", a behavioural scientist has warned https://t.co/YTtww5AP1G 
  • The MP Kenny MacAskill has announced he is quitting the SNP to stand for Alex Salmond's new party at the Holyrood election https://t.co/NZAGkMKyj
  • Kill the Bill: Alleged violence at protest 'disgraceful', claims prime minister, but not admitting to the disgraceful nature of the Police and Crime Bill he has instigated https://t.co/bXuUo35XtE 
  • NI: Parental bereavement leave and pay legislation will not cover miscarriages - Irish Legal News https://t.co/TD6PvxXWq
  • Proposed legislation to replace the 2011 Fixed-term Parliaments Act requires refinement, a joint committee of MPs and Peers has concluded | NLJ https://t.co/y8F0EkZEuT
  • Allen & Overy's ex-managing partner signs up to new law leader Factor - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/hjaHhMu8mQ
  • TV celebrity lawyer Judge Rob Rinder will host this year’s UK Probate Research Awards, celebrating achievements in forensic genealogy or ‘heir hunting’ among other topics | NLJ https://t.co/XJBgvV9DHf
  • Court fees set to increase for the first time in five years | Law Gazette https://t.co/Aa3X79nDpb 
  • Fewer asylum seekers may qualify under the changes proposed by Home Secretary Priti Patel, the Law Society has warned | NLJ https://t.co/PFFyOOaWy
  • Content warning: lawyers shouldn't normalise traumatic material | Law Gazette https://t.co/LarjVXd1h
  • I've been sanctioned by China – but that won't stop me speaking out over Xinjiang | Helena Kennedy https://t.co/QJO78Sf4D
  • Former diplomat’s blog posts on Salmond case constitute contempt of court - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/2IewP8nYUL
  • Irene Wainwright-Snatt obituary: In 1955, she began to read for the bar at Gray’s Inn, and qualified in 1960, needing a stable income, she worked as clerk to several of the London courts https://t.co/IUf8CKeO27
  • Civil liberties group calls for coronavirus roadmap to restore rights | Law Gazette https://t.co/yC325PKTn
  • Hirsi v Italy or the Strasbourg Court v Extraterritorial Migration Control? (HRLR 2012) | Violeta Moreno-Lax https://t.co/FltSy7PM6
  • Could MPs finally be ready to support the case for assisted dying? https://t.co/whLQTUw9O0 
  • Wales has become the first UK nation to lift travel restrictions within its borders. The "stay local" rule has been scrapped from Saturday in favour of unlimited travel within the country https://t.co/rwuHsFX67
  • Police officers reporting hateful abuse while on duty are much more likely than members of the public to see their attackers charged with hate crime https://t.co/sYGOfETjm
  • #Myanmar's security forces have cracked down on new protests as the leaders of its coup marked Armed Forces Day https://t.co/dZ8snnHlC
  • Baroness Helena Kennedy QC sanctioned by China - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/orDqeobM3
  • ‘Perverse’: Bar Council demands answers on sexual misconduct sanctions | Law Gazette https://t.co/zwPa5MSY4
  • Outer House judge finds closure of Scottish churches disproportionate interference with human rights - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/WoyHZb7tbP
  • Time to get out of the People’s Republic of China | Law Gazette https://t.co/spSYqHXaNE Mar 27, 2021
  • NI: New Lord Chief Justice to be appointed in September - Irish Legal News https://t.co/pJkukH3eDk
  • China ban ‘comes as no surprise’ says Kennedy | Law Gazette https://t.co/xueuI6gTZ
  • Court of Appeal: Appeal dismissed for man who challenged the valuation of drugs in his possession by gardaí - Irish Legal News https://t.co/A443u3I9IQ
  • Market strategy: winning new clients in times of crisis - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/SLXKwyI9I3
  • Probate wait time stuck at seven weeks | Law Gazette https://t.co/XJjpqfPcvD
  • Talawa theatre company: 'It's time to double down on Black Lives Matter pledges' https://t.co/0HGQHad2wH
  • Strauss-Kahn accuser Tristane Banon helps shape new #French rape law https://t.co/1LHGFtPZtR 
  • Four killed in #Bangladesh during protests against India's hardline PM Modi's visit https://t.co/qlEhmRkYaA
  • #France bears ‘overwhelming responsibilities’ over Rwanda genocide - Report concludes there was ‘failure’ on the part of France over the genocide that saw about 800,000 people slaughtered in 1994 https://t.co/AOYu21TY9d

Saturday

27th March - Law News

Edition 3378: 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 a big win for Tata Sons, the India Supreme Court today backed the removal of Cyrus Mistry as the chairman of the over $100 billion salt-to-software Tata Group in 2016 and set aside the company law tribunal order that had reinstated him.


Saturday Conversations on Law

  • White House Considers Executive Orders on Gun Control #US https://t.co/eIvYeWyfLk
  • Police have begun clearing protesters out of Bristol city centre after a third mass gathering in a week. Hundreds of people marched through the city centre earlier in opposition to the government's Police and Crime Bill https://t.co/Fd4k9YODI
  • Shops in England will be allowed to stay open until 22:00 six days a week when customers return from 12 April, the government has said https://t.co/AFMFy37v
  • Everyone's Invited: Allegations of sexual assault at London schools are being investigated by police, after being highlighted by an online campaign https://t.co/uQRLKbwoN
  • SRA to ask firms how technology saw them through Covid | Law Gazette https://t.co/32TNLFMcG
  • Owners and employees at the spas attacked last week were immigrants with similar dreams, but were separated by a vast gap in money and power #US https://t.co/QwbpT9K8Q
  • Barrister in plagiarism row admits ‘technical breach of copyright’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/GkHfY0Hzg
  • 'Very serious situation': review chief highlights criminal legal aid challenges | Law Gazette https://t.co/gqHN7zhfl
  • Uighur Blood-Soaked Xinjiang cotton: How do I know if it's in my jeans? #China https://t.co/CIC6Ogprw
  • ‘Not helpful’ to keep talking about backlog, says justice minister | Law Gazette https://t.co/uPA6sx6Tm
  • Johnny Depp refused permission to appeal libel ruling | Law Gazette https://t.co/Iyv3MnxzMs 
  • #Germany could see 100,000 infections a day if the third wave of coronavirus spreads unchecked, the head of the RKI public health institute has warned https://t.co/8qySg0ma7O
  • A major general who dishonestly claimed £48,000 for his children's education has been jailed. Nick Welch, 57, claimed to live in London rather than Dorset, near their schools https://t.co/Fguu0RUuO
  • Former Prime Minister David Cameron has been cleared by a watchdog looking at whether he engaged in lobbying for which he should have been registered https://t.co/qmzmArvvYT
  • Former SNP leader Alex Salmond has announced the creation of a new pro-independence party which will contest the Scottish Parliament election https://t.co/sEJt2OtlyG
  • A controversial new anti-conversion law that criminalises interfaith love has put Hindu-Muslim couples on edge. Now, they face the wrath of not just their families, but also the #Indian state https://t.co/goWD2Uxa
  • Westminster's resistance to a Covid inquiry is the biggest reason to hold one https://t.co/5UtCSzBV
  • Prosecute the firms that force junior solicitors to cover up mistakes | Law Gazette https://t.co/0nqcasJJ6H
  • Strong backing for lawyers and chambers sanctioned by China - Legal Futures https://t.co/L2dHzJjyq
  • Cities across the #US have tried to adopt their own regulations. Boulder’s ordinance was blocked in court shortly before a mass shooting left 10 people dead https://t.co/LcMo2qIEai
  • Wide LPC attainment gap based on provider and ethnicity - Legal Futures https://t.co/60C8qGBTq
  • How many more like Claire Matthews? | Law Gazette https://t.co/YBvex02PL
  • Law Commission eyes home-buying reform and digital justice projects - Legal Futures https://t.co/E86062siH7
  • Mina Smallman, the mother of two women found dead in north London, has expressed her sympathy for the family of Sarah Everard – and questioned why the deaths of her BAME daughters received comparatively little attention at the time https://t.co/0ZFoyyFE3
  • New Zealand introduces paid bereavement leave for miscarriages and stillbirths - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/O1uW0nskpQ
  • Priti Patel's two-tier asylum plan treats refugees with cold indifference https://t.co/eI12TqIh6M 
  • The University of Southern California (USC) has agreed to pay more than $1bn (£730m) to patients treated by a former campus gynaecologist accused of sexual abuse #US https://t.co/1fC0Umd72
  • #Chinese media are championing local brands while targeting more Western retailers as the Xinjiang cotton backlash grows. Western brands have come under fire for expressing concern about the use of Uighur forced labour https://t.co/iHTl6gWaD
  • EU-Morocco Cooperation on Readmission, Borders and Protection: A model to follow?, With Carrera S, Cassarino JP, Den Hertog L and al., CEPS (2016) | Nora El Qadim https://t.co/ufrJjiSPj
  • "Stay-local" rules will lift in Wales from Saturday and unrestricted travel within its borders will be allowed https://t.co/xSQg2vVnJ
  • Asda loses Supreme Court appeal in equal pay fight - The court upheld an earlier court ruling that lower-paid shop staff, who are mostly women, can compare themselves with higher paid warehouse workers, who are mostly men https://t.co/Yqo3ju9Ak
  • A scheme to bring all rough sleepers indoors at the start of the pandemic has seen a large disparity in the outcomes of those supported across England, new data has revealed https://t.co/biAWgEkurE
  • Kevin Drummond QC: Why committee of inquiry redaction saga should concern us - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/95h4zXzHe6
  • #China has imposed sanctions on nine UK citizens - including five MPs - for spreading what it called "lies and disinformation" over human rights abuses against the Uighur Muslim minority group https://t.co/QgpUqBY7L8
  • BPP bought by private equity business | Law Gazette https://t.co/KYZntPm2
  • Session Cases At 200: Jackie McRae makes the case for Scott & Sons v Del Sel - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/KZjxGocSpg
  • Having police in schools is emblematic of a society headed in the wrong direction https://t.co/yYaXkdKvx5
  • Construction’s competition problem - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/hcmKPR3zL9
  • Cap on damages amounts to informed consent, court rules | Law Gazette https://t.co/fxMwfkZZiY
  • Sarah-Jane Macdonald wins Core mediation presentation competition - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/y32tCow7S
  • Burford restores dividend after ‘best year ever’ for portfolio | Law Gazette https://t.co/ePwVaagvZ2 
  • Laura McCallum appointed to Sports Resolutions’ panel of arbitrators and mediators - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/8n1zsHfhXg
  • A British academic corresponded for months with a man who hinted he was a Russian agent, seeking help to discredit a group that gathers evidence of Syrian war crimes https://t.co/0h1KCOrb0C
  • Hauliers 'must expect Covid test to enter UK' https://t.co/qbWFx0lNLK 
  • UK government set to go to supreme court over Holyrood bill https://t.co/iwUU9CGuee

Friday

26th March - Law News

Edition 3377: 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: Neo-Nazis had detailed plans to establish a 'foothold' in Australia. Hours of leaked phone calls from encrypted chat groups detail how a white supremacist organisation "prepping" to incite a race war tried to enlist Australians



Focus of the Day Article: Allen & Overy's ex-managing partner signs up to new law leader Factor. Citing market's appetite for innovation Andrew Ballheimer takes non-exec role at managed services specialist. Full story - The Global Legal Post

Saturday Conversations on Law

  • Ireland re-opens door to England and Wales solicitors | Law Gazette https://t.co/BfvRCvR2W
  • MPs have 'limited confidence' in MoJ's plans to clear court backlog | Law Gazette https://t.co/K6QsVqiE
  • A Dutch travel firm will take nearly 200 people for an eight-day holiday in Greece aimed at seeing if tourism is feasible during the Covid-19 pandemic https://t.co/4E4vq4iTm
  • NI: Abuse of trust legislation to be widened beyond statutory settings - Irish Legal News https://t.co/KNAkwXWCW
  • Technical bill to facilitate 'full rollout' of new Garda operating model - Irish Legal News https://t.co/39J9nzLLK3
  • MPs have voted to extend emergency coronavirus powers for another six months. They backed the health secretary's call to renew "essential" emergency rules to deal with the pandemic as England moves out of lockdown https://t.co/P9K9kTGGM
  • Triple appointment to Brodies LLP planning law team - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/VLxFRTWc
  • Ministers to establish advisory committee to help select next Chief Justice - Irish Legal News https://t.co/PQXYoBqPd3
  • Irwin Mitchell reports smaller gender pay gap | Law Gazette https://t.co/mOfr4LrccS 
  • Children born in Ireland to receive citizenship sooner - Irish Legal News https://t.co/lW9eh9l75u 
  • Terra Firma Chambers’ 2021 Webinar Series: Employment Law - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/OJufewOEL
  • Women will not be silenced on gender violence https://t.co/JzVbM0tQM
  • Women who paid for transvaginal mesh removal to be refunded - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/7ZW23C1E
  • 'Major flaws': parliamentary committee backs repeal of fixed-term act | Law Gazette https://t.co/nAr6pUXcRG
  • Shrewsbury baby deaths prompt midwife recruitment drive https://t.co/cukpz0Q0AC
  • Trump aide concealed work for PR firm and misled court to dodge child support #US https://t.co/wNhfS5uVS
  • Senior army officer convicted of £48,000 Dorset boarding school fee fraud - Maj Gen Nick Welch believed to be the most senior officer to face court martial since 1815 https://t.co/zZn3b3w0Ct 
  • A teacher who showed pupils an "inappropriate" cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad - sparking protests outside a school - has been suspended. The image depicting the founder of Islam was used in a lesson at Batley Grammar School on Monday https://t.co/N7Q83TFg
  • UK government threatens to take Holyrood bills to Supreme Court - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/9w4806wT
  • Two new part-time commissioners join Scottish Human Rights Commission - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/klyPVBZMsd
  • Challenge to definition of ‘woman’ in public boards legislation rejected by Outer House - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/iwP15oJM
  • Covid operating hours still on the table, Bar Council told | Law Gazette https://t.co/8ALiQn345s 
  • Vicarious liability for rape: Barry Congregation of JWs | Law & Religion UK https://t.co/HGNFM55BkL
  • UK Evaluator Administrator for Pre-Pack Sales https://t.co/QdxtLU4kGi
  • Mastercard battles return of $19 billion UK class action https://t.co/0gmDBIGsiY
  • Law Society victimisation claim struck out over volunteer status - Legal Futures https://t.co/hLPEeTNLE0
  • It may only be possible to introduce a vaccine passports scheme once all adults have been offered a jab, Boris Johnson has suggested. The prime minister said a review on the idea would report in April but no decisions have been taken https://t.co/u91c9G91T
  • England: Barrister denied silk after judges intervene - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/fr30j3qaiB 
  • Two members of Freshwater Five lose appeal against drugs convictions - Judges reject appeal by Jonathan Beere and Daniel Payne, who said radar showed convictions were unsafe https://t.co/kRZfTSIh3v
  • Ex-Wolstenholmes partner allowed to return to law firm ownership - Legal Futures https://t.co/A6x0WJZHYO
  • It is time for the SRA to issue a virtual practice handbook | Law Gazette https://t.co/ilQCTBOBnI 
  • Johnny Depp loses bid to overturn ruling in libel case: High court ruling last year concluded Hollywood actor assaulted his ex-wife Amber Heard https://t.co/cN7zbUGElI
  • Child asylum seekers 'falling apart' due to Home Office delays - Halt to interviews in March last year due to Covid has had ‘devastating emotional impact’ https://t.co/ucnrq1A7Uw
  • Barrister in plagiarism row admits "technical breach of copyright" - Legal Futures https://t.co/xkltRhMV
  • 'Unless you're wealthy, don't come back': dismay over new rules for returning to #NewZealand. Charge of $3,100 will have to be paid if a returnee leaves again within six months, instead of the previous three months https://t.co/MdQ6AqrKFg
  • Boohoo severs ties with hundreds of UK manufacturers after critical review - Alison Levitt QC review HAD concluded there were“endemic” problems at Leicester factories in its supply chain, including minimum wage and life-threatening fire risk https://t.co/fzkP28c5mn
  • Some UK Deliveroo drivers earning as little as £2 an hour according, survey finds: Analysis of 300 couriers found that as many as a third of them were paid less than legal minimum wage https://t.co/7InKlsgZD
  • Revealed: police barred from searching Queen's estates for looted artefacts: palace and government refuse to say why exemption from 2017 law was deemed necessary https://t.co/tlb2yDUIW
  • CA slates barristers whose failures led it to wrongly quash conviction - Legal Futures https://t.co/xASCaVyy
  • SLAS calls for Law Society to regain regulatory function for solicitors - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/pQCNLgi9Es
  • Norway players wore T-shirts bearing the message 'Human rights on and off the pitch' before their 2022 World Cup qualifier against Gibraltar to show support for #Qatar migrant workers https://t.co/fqcroP6jD
  • MPs will vote later on extending emergency coronavirus laws in England for another six months amid warnings of a "checkpoint society" https://t.co/P9K9kTGGMk
  • ‘Informed consent’ fees dispute set for Court of Appeal showdown | Law Gazette https://t.co/EBnww4BKb
  • Reducing Irregular Migration and Human Rights: an Impossible Combination? | Annalisa Morticelli https://t.co/mCoeJAIYn
  • #Chinese TV stars cut ties with Nike over Xinjiang comments: Backlash brews in China against Western firms speaking out over alleged abuses against Uighurs held in camps https://t.co/o4LlNzoTAA
  • Scottish government loses court challenge over ‘draconian’ limits on worship - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/r0ikljf9lT
  • People in England aged over 50 and in at-risk categories are being urged to book their Covid-19 jabs before next Monday when slots are set to dry up https://t.co/k6f9yrRDvL
  • If we really want to tackle femicide, we need to track violent men https://t.co/G5Fu6hnXsq
  • Mary Keane becomes first woman to serve as Law Society director general - Irish Legal News https://t.co/nqlzYpDrn
  • Tablighi Jamaat men #India held for ‘spreading COVID’ share ordeal: Muslims from several nations underwent trials for ‘spreading the virus’ and were vilified by the BJP and Indian media https://t.co/JREvXXWaUm
  • Supreme Court: Test for security for costs refined as Quinn Insurance ordered to cover €30m legal bill - Irish Legal News https://t.co/iW7ZDT0akq
  • Law Society Awards opens for entries | Law Gazette https://t.co/Oj3xzGklCE
  • Dismay grows over failure of Covid-19 resilience fund for lawyers - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/L2kStBNOm0
  • UK Mercedes-Benz car owners seek damages over alleged emissions cheating: Law firm representing UK owners claims German marque installed ‘defeat devices’ in diesel cars https://t.co/NLAphg12gt
  • Home Office unveils widely trailed immigration reforms | Law Gazette https://t.co/vBQRPjZvk0 
  • Prosecutors offered pay boost in bid to avert Crown Office strike - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/5iS9BkuG6k
  • Full High Court bench finds nobile officium petition by rape complainer competent - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/m3fPpoSyAM 
  • Virginia has become the first Southern #US state to abolish the death penalty after its governor signed into law a bill that ends capital punishment https://t.co/ld10Xb8huN
  • #Libyan commander wanted for war crimes by ICC shot dead - Top military figure loyal to renegade military commander Khalifa Haftar killed in the eastern city of Benghazi by unidentified attackers https://t.co/vMopOcf2K4
  • Labour calls for extra 33,000 court sitting days | Law Gazette https://t.co/qZ7YMTONyW
  • Pub goers could be asked to provide a vaccine certificate, Boris Johnson has told MPs, saying it "may be up to individual publicans" https://t.co/QlhH7dxtlE

Thursday

25th March - Law News

Edition 3376: 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 home secretary has set out plans to change the asylum system so refugees are assessed on how they arrive in the UK. Priti Patel said she wants to crack down on criminal trafficking gangs and ensure that people who arrive through official channels are given priority.  But human rights lawyers have warned that the changes could breach international law and lead to further legal challenges and delays



Focus of the Day Article: Judges could be required to consider imposing a wasted costs order - with a presumption in favour of making one - as part of government plans to end what the Home Office believes to be the practice of 'unmeritorious' immigration and asylum claims brought at the last minute to frustrate the deportation process. Full story - The Law Society Gazette

Saturday Conversations on Law

  • Scotland’s first wrongful termination order - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/wULkvo8tS
  • Competition hots up between SQE course providers | Law Gazette https://t.co/DPdzAA9oKN
  • It is time for the SRA to issue a virtual practice handbook | Law Gazette https://t.co/ilQCTBwZZ8
  • Impact of extended presumption against short sentences obscured by Covid-19 - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/XFXAIP9kTy
  • #India has placed a temporary hold on all exports of the Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine https://t.co/vimPQ2BK9
  • Alex Salmond is to take fresh legal action over the conduct of the Scottish government's top civil servant https://t.co/34rwrk9lt
  • Tougher measures on hauliers travelling from France to the UK are to be considered to stop Covid variants being imported, Boris Johnson has said https://t.co/VPOQQDGlQt
  • #German Chancellor Angela Merkel has cancelled plans for a strict lockdown over Easter, just a day after the measures were announced https://t.co/UbX3hG8NOh
  • All government buildings in England, Wales and Scotland will fly the Union flag every day, following new guidance from the culture department https://t.co/oJlarzHh3z
  • Thames seal death: QC 'heartbroken' over attack by her dog - Dog owner Rebecca Sabben-Clare QC said she "apologises unreservedly" and will not face charges over the incident https://t.co/cv6vAHFRUK
  • Society chief joins taskforce to boost socio-economic diversity at the top | Law Gazette https://t.co/puy6R5lWzR
  • Vilifying journalists is just part of the UK government's modus operandi https://t.co/CLwy65ggO
  • Oral proceedings by video conference - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/HAgqXzg3Q
  • Covid a year on: My overwhelming emotions were fear… and sadness - Legal Futures https://t.co/2eUndR59G
  • Counsel not liable to solicitors for loss of fees, rules High Court | Law Gazette https://t.co/ef7kyquPeu
  • Bayern Munich star Alphonso Davies, born in a refugee camp, says he was saved from a life of guns and fighting by his parents' decision to flee war in #Liberia and become refugees in Ghana & Canada https://t.co/RwuMnsCP0j
  • Charity pledges to help solicitors bounce back from pandemic | Law Gazette https://t.co/D1tO7Ynvy
  • More than 6,000 cases of Covid-related fraud and cyber-crime have been recorded by the UK's police forces during the pandemic https://t.co/uYjpsfqnpc
  • Top UK fund refuses to invest in Deliveroo amid concern over riders' rights https://t.co/psk0aggX4v
  • Early results suggest far-right alliance will take more seats than predicted: Jewish Power set to enter #Israel's parliament https://t.co/KJM5OvDqmh
  • UN refugee agency hits out at Priti Patel's plans for UK asylum overhaul https://t.co/exPR6rHu3R 
  • 'The EU did not rise to the challenge': UN special rapporteur on Europe's failure to fill human rights void https://t.co/XaSGDdOQOR
  • The European Commission has proposed tougher controls on Covid vaccine exports after it accused UK-Swedish firm AstraZeneca of failing to honour its contract to supply EU countries https://t.co/DLKCwKbUdd
  • Fifa has banned ex-president Sepp Blatter from football until 2028 after giving him a new suspension of six years and eight months. Former Fifa general secretary Jerome Valcke has received a similar ban, with both also being fined £780,000 https://t.co/miEM6q1as5
  • People Are Waking Up to the Horrors of Police Brutality - We’re all fighting the same beast – and it’ll take more than a few radicals to kill it https://t.co/aN2Xlf5OXg
  • Addleshaw Goddard calls for clarity on end of retail evictions moratorium - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/22Lm7XkhZw
  • No clear priorities: MPs doubt ability of MoJ to manage justice system - Legal Futures https://t.co/w8fyRIPWNO
  • UK to fight ‘unnecessary barriers to data flows’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/Q1WtNqfOMJ
  • A seven-year-old girl has been shot dead in #Myanmar, becoming the youngest known victim in the crackdown following last month's military coup https://t.co/TenYxZ5lJZ
  • Vaccine Passports Could Be a Dystopian Nightmare: What seems like a sensible measure could be a slippery slope to a social credit system https://t.co/dBlu7YQsD
  • Groundbreaking family barrister wins £50,000 innovation award - Legal Futures https://t.co/4SEveP8vJ9rI: My military followers will be pleased to hear this https://t.co/lmPzltrOZ
  • Ross Fairweather: Useful reminder on how to plead a case based on breach of employer’s duties - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/1i1DVsSTQ
  • CA slates barristers whose failures led it to wrongly quash conviction - Legal Futures https://t.co/xASCaVyy
  • A probationary police officer who assaulted a woman in a "terrifying" attack has resigned from West Midlands Police. PC Oliver Banfield grabbed and forced Emma Homer to the floor last July while drunk https://t.co/Qw3zIGH2e
  • Criminals and paedophiles are trying to groom and exploit young siblings as part of an emerging trend of online sexual abuse, experts have warned https://t.co/9gwFZebGBV
  • The government is setting out plans to make it more difficult for asylum seekers to stay in the UK if they come illegally. People seeking protection as refugees would have their claim assessed based on how they arrive in the UK https://t.co/4MIP5Etcqy
  • Guests to Neighbours: The Difficulty of Naming Syrians in Turkey : REFUGEE WATCH A South Asian Journal on Forced Migration 48 | Emre Erdogan https://t.co/6SRkkVKRJB
  • Facebook leak underscores strategy to operate in repressive regimes https://t.co/Dx4xaB0zNd 
  • Legal Ombudsman gets its 13% budget increase - but told no more excuses | Law Gazette https://t.co/1O0qQHWcAV
  • Conveyancing, digitisation and up-front information | Law Gazette https://t.co/uV3RsGzIK4
  • Short films to support 'digitally disadvantaged' with virtual justice | Law Gazette https://t.co/IJfOTR2XpE
  • Faculty backs new legislative framework for self-driving vehicles - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/2ETuQ1SYcH
  • Shrewsbury 24: court of appeal overturns 1970s picketing convictions https://t.co/DZTr04lpfS 
  • Sturgeon cleared by James Hamilton of breaching ministerial code - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/oeKwkLx5dz
  • Shrewsbury 24: how industrial action led to 47-year fight for justice https://t.co/ebMg4zZgK8 
  • Kill the Bill Bristol protests: Police action at demo where protestors shouted "our streets" and "shame on you" https://t.co/uCEnGlZRST 
  • Solicitor banned for faking signatures while a trainee | Law Gazette https://t.co/WFJ09W98PC

Wednesday

24th March - Law News

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 Today's Highlighted Video Story: How a Mysterious Ship Helps North Korea Evade Oil Sanctions -  months  spent reviewing ship-tracking data, corporate records and satellite imagery to uncover one way North Korea evades strict international sanctions.



Focus of the Day Article: Outer House judge finds Edinburgh harbour developers not entitled to reconveyance of tram route from city council. Full story - Scottish Legal News

Saturday Conversations on Law

  • Struck-off junior solicitor Claire Matthews to have case re-heard by SDT | Law Gazette https://t.co/dG3oN6lyl
  • Gillespie Macandrew announces nine promotions - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/zKBnsvk7nf
  • Cautious welcome for five per cent increase in legal aid fees - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/2v3cyQmcCP
  • Outer House judge finds Edinburgh harbour developers not entitled to reconveyance of tram route from city council - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/4foYSp2mh
  • Royal Mail scam: Fake text led to drama student being defrauded https://t.co/WDXgKumLxf
  • Ex-Manchester United player Ronnie Wallwork fractured man's eye socket in trainers' row https://t.co/bwMJzx127X 
  • The test you have to take to stay in the UK is sloppy, moronic and jingoistic https://t.co/aodYmYCZKU
  • Law Society begins home information pilot | Law Gazette https://t.co/U8hkJXZxxr
  • Session Cases At 200: Lord Kinclaven makes the case for Donoghue v Stevenson - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/qPc84Sywgm
  • The Court of Appeal has overturned the convictions of 14 men sentenced for their involvement in pickets in 1972. Trade unionists picketed during the national builders' strike & charged with offences https://t.co/B9bXwCz9V8 
  • Conveyancing, digitisation and up-front information | Law Gazette https://t.co/uV3RsGRjBC
  • Former subpostmasters begin court appeal to clear their names - Dozens appeal against convictions for theft, fraud and false accounting they claim were due to computing errors https://t.co/UQxUeHuhh9 
  • The decision to introduce new powers compelling Stormont to implement abortion laws not been taken lightly, Brandon Lewis has said. The government has published regulations allowing the NI secretary to direct commissioning of central abortion services https://t.co/WcEYH9FiD
  • #Germany has extended its lockdown for three weeks, imposing an almost complete halt over the Easter holiday in response to a third wave of coronavirus infections https://t.co/9Zyq76OiM
  • A £5,000 fine for anyone in England trying to travel abroad without good reason is due to come into force next week as part of new coronavirus laws https://t.co/HaZ1FrTlp
  • A&O predicts ‘considerable’ reduction in office space | Law Gazette https://t.co/TzdCZZRVf0 
  • Male barrister suspended for lewd comments aimed at female mini-pupil - Legal Futures https://t.co/ow2hVAnyVm
  • Judge allows use of documents shared by mistake | Law Gazette https://t.co/FeI2omV1i
  • High Court: No duty on barrister not to cause instructing solicitor loss - Legal Futures https://t.co/QtJImzOJ08
  • Details a personal injury case exemplifying that liability often comes in shades of grey - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/VjJV5Hz0qg
  • Acquisition no12 for Knights amid activity at insurance ABSs - Legal Futures https://t.co/jvsV2jJIlQ 
  • Apartheid-era South African president calls for justice for female victims of violence in Guardian article but some say his own record needs scrutiny #SouthAfrica https://t.co/HTpPLluzGA
  • Solicitors' charity bids to counter "devastating" impact of Covid - Legal Futures https://t.co/SPpCxaP8ru
  • Hamish Lean: More protection in the pipeline for secure farm tenancies - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/0iyQdfiyaU
  • Judges are workers and have every right to join a union to protect themselves from discrimination and bullying, one of the UK’s largest trade unions has said - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/HzGN2xYqyQ
  • New breed of law firm consultancy transforming the market | Law Gazette https://t.co/2VEHQMEE1X
  • Six new members appointed to Scottish Police Authority - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/6gKBxnbYMS
  • A gunman has killed 10 people, including a police officer, following an hours-long stand-off at a grocery market in the #US state of Colorado https://t.co/0CQutihC8t
  • A massive increase in appeals for help over the past year from those suffering domestic abuse has exposed the scale of the problem, say campaigners https://t.co/5TF9xJ9Gn9
  • Salmond committee criticises 'serious flaws' of Scottish government https://t.co/ZiWylgMqGf 
  • The City’s first general counsel to a law firm talks about the groundbreaking regulatory work that 
  • The attorney general v the ABC #Australia https://t.co/HdRF3CA9so
  • Scottish Law Commission to publish delayed papers on personal injury and homicide - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/BZcxzObQtE
  • More courts to offer rapid Covid tests | Law Gazette https://t.co/0HuYb8Vaoe
  • 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/zFqff6tdP7 
  • Justice Secretary’s response to malicious prosecution case now overdue - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/LudKkcXxKR
  • ‘Moment of reckoning’: new president makes diversity pledge | Law Gazette https://t.co/YdaSMEojCW 
  • Happy Mundays: listed firm splashes £5.3m on yet another acquisition | Law Gazette https://t.co/oX937tFq5Z
  • Man ordered to return television to neighbour wins appeal challenging sheriff’s unless order - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/INhj3R7YEN 
  • Child migrants: First photos emerge of Biden-era detention centres #US https://t.co/Qcn9Y2A4dT 
  • Huge fire sweeps through Rohingya camp in #Bangladesh https://t.co/K2xEJbjEju
  • Covid Isle of Man: A man who visited a shop to top up the credit on his mobile phone has been jailed for breaking the Isle of Man's coronavirus laws https://t.co/9aR4tZgnii
  • Teacher struck off for two years after mocking pupils for "dressing like Eastern European prostitutes and Kardashian clones". Alexander Price, 43, was found guilty of professional misconduct for his anonymous gossip blog about Denbigh High School https://t.co/9dvBcgrTY8 
  • Queensland watchdog sought phone records while demanding journalist reveal source #Australia https://t.co/R9553y2wjH 
  • Best of the blogs - 20 March 2021 | Law Gazette https://t.co/ARmcrKO6Tx 
  • News focus: Every little helps - FTSE 100 panels and diversity (part 2) | Law Gazette https://t.co/OfVUCmvjlT 
  • Vote: Pick your top three entries from Session Cases - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/DsHmyGwS6z 
  • Independence referendum bill published by Scottish government - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/M3fydcvs0E
  • What did report that cleared Sturgeon of misleading Scottish parliament say? https://t.co/bYzfSfCybf

Tuesday

23rd March - Law News

Edition 3374: LawNewsIndex is a UK based daily legal news archive on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Jurisprudence, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics & Human Rights since 2011.   

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 Today's Highlighted Video Story: A recent peace deal between separatist fighters and the Philippine government has led to the establishment of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao. After decades of conflict, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front is now transitioning to politics, helping to establish a fledgling regional parliament in return for the decommissioning of firearms.


Focus of the Day Article: In Royal Mencap Society v Tomlinson-Blake and John Shannon v Jaikishan and Prithee Rampersad (Trading as Clifton House Residential Home) [2021] UKSC 8, the court held the ‘working time’ did not include time spent asleep for the purposes of the National Minimum Wage Regulations. The care home workers had argued that they had to be available to provide work while asleep, could be woken and have to perform work and were sleeping away from their homes, therefore this should count as ‘working time’. Full story - New Law Journal

Saturday Conversations on Law

  • Interview with Omid E. Dayan of The Accident Guys #US | Lawyer Herald https://t.co/AQoVrNsWR
  • Linklaters in-house tech start-up takes on firm trainees - Legal Cheek https://t.co/wYZNxabva3
  • YouTube star David Dobrik has stepped down from an app he co-founded, following a rape allegation about his former associate https://t.co/z2YbC2wJTr
  • Alexander Monson: Four police officers in #Kenya are to stand trial over the death of a British man in 2012 after a judge ruled the case should be heard https://t.co/hNwaEhw4Oq
  • Nicola Sturgeon cleared of breaching ministerial code over Alex Salmond saga https://t.co/s4YveEN2CS 
  • Know What Institutional Abuse Is All About and How to Deal With It | Lawyer Herald https://t.co/ITcXzD4ofX 
  • Embracing online reviews "changed firm's culture for the better" - Legal Futures https://t.co/bt7Lud8H7s 
  • Trainees slam remote-working - Legal Cheek https://t.co/BVQimrapS
  • Junior solicitor who lied to opponent "in blind panic" avoids strike-off - Legal Futures https://t.co/4b3lE5Jx31 
  • How To Manage Liability in Construction | Lawyer Herald https://t.co/AHvaA99wfv
  • 3 lawyers doing elite London work from rural Scotland, the South of France and Zimbabwe to join global firm chief at virtual summit - Legal Cheek https://t.co/ihzACAUle
  • Peers reject lawyers' complaints about whiplash tariff - Legal Futures https://t.co/rabZnnEiSi
  • An academic and lawyer, Rosemary Kayess from the University of New South Wales has been elected chair of the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/qqYkbxGMHZ
  • ABSs become a reality in America as Arizona approves the first two - Legal Futures https://t.co/bpPGzpeVKJ
  • Freshfields latest to let lawyers work from home up to half the time - Legal Cheek https://t.co/vUibwsEMod
  • Results from the long-awaited #US trial of the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid vaccine are out and confirm that the shot is both safe and highly effective. More than 32,000 volunteers took part, mostly in America, but also in Chile and Peru https://t.co/UtLlPnOlRw 
  • The European Union has imposed sanctions on four #Chinese officials over human rights abuses against the mostly Muslim Uighur minority group https://t.co/WHyyPm98is
  • The Scottish government has published draft legislation for the holding of a second independence referendum. It wants to hold indyref2 after the pandemic but "in the first half of the new parliamentary term" https://t.co/zqeGmHqxHa 
  • Violent clashes at a demonstration that saw police attacked and vehicles set alight have been condemned as "shameful" and "unacceptable". Protesters clashed with officers as thousands turned out for the Kill the Bill march in Bristol on Sunday https://t.co/YMps2S5Lv
  • Boris Johnson has warned the effects of a third wave of coronavirus will "wash up on our shores" from Europe https://t.co/iIoioc6kad 
  • Real change will come when institutions that profit from caring for our vulnerable elderly are forced to account - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/r7ZJqQGAKD
  • Why training contract hunters should look to the South East - Legal Cheek https://t.co/mdt5wBe07x
  • If #Australia’s legal profession is to meaningfully progress in the new normal, Rose Cocchiaro believes “egocentric, outdated” modes of legal practice have to be left by the wayside - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/CPAd0VWQEq 
  • Controversial life of High Court judge nicknamed ‘Harman the Horrible’ and who once booted a taxi driver in the groin documented in incredible obituary - Legal Cheek https://t.co/uL5CuNJlV4 
  • South #Australian lawyer fined $50k, reprimanded over drafting will for aunt - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/7PjmyHYgUB 
  • Law firms' soaring share prices yield Bitcoin-esque rewards 🚀 - Legal Cheek https://t.co/TbETRQH2Nv
  • Param Bir Singh writes to Maharashtra CM alleging interference by State Home Minister Anil Deshmukh in police functioning | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/XxVhpgTpXr
  • A&O anticipates 40% home-working after lockdown - Legal Cheek https://t.co/Mv6jlXnjJ9
  • Reform of part 2A of the Civil Liability Act is a necessary second chance for survivors of abuse in custody - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/Dp7zU3VC4j 
  • Bitcoin, blockchain and cybersecurity: The hot tech topics law students should know about - Legal Cheek https://t.co/hO0k3T1wy2 
  • Delhi court closes journalist's defamation case against Somnath Bharti after he tenders apology | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/Rh1R9ptbmi 
  • With lawyers having to manage an increasingly busy schedule, many may find obtaining their compulsory requirements a bit of a headache. However one CPD provider says it doesn’t need to be - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/FNjh2Z0WrF
  • Stowaway's story raises questions about Nave Andromeda incident https://t.co/GM4dcOpMHn 
  • Riot police sent in after 'kill the bill' protest in Bristol turns violent https://t.co/PLsy5PrgLf
  • EU export ban would delay UK Covid vaccine drive by two months https://t.co/ZRN3TqMS9J 
  • SQE training provider reveals £6k online prep course - Legal Cheek https://t.co/TTIrtXb8eP
  • Just what will it take to get our judges to see sense on violence against women? https://t.co/P0S2z2EiGX