Sunday

18th July - Law News

Edition 3491: 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:
Thailand has issued a new coronavirus decree, giving the government sweeping powers to suppress news that it sees as causing fear or panic. But the opposition is accusing the government of trying to obscure its handling of the pandemic.


 
Saturday Conversations on Law
  • The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), Prudential Regulation Authority and Bank of England published a discussion paper last week on diversity monitoring and reporting at financial services firms, ‘Diversity and inclusion in the financial sector’ | NLJ https://t.co/oBK78KJ2bF
  • CJEU rules hijab can be banned at work - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/eubKLW8VW
  • Scotland's health secretary has ordered a review of the case of an expat woman pleading to be reunited with her terminally-ill father https://t.co/wsS77EBEm
  • Unknown blogger liable for £70,000 over #MeToo posts | Law Gazette https://t.co/qKGH2o5r0m 
  • CAFCASS has reached the upper limit of its capacity to take on cases, according to Sir Andrew McFarlane, President of the Family Division | NLJ https://t.co/zNBmtBTXH
  • Profit up more than a third at Simmons & Simmons | Law Gazette https://t.co/jF7CN3hyL5
  • A culture-change in litigation could be on the cards following a Civil Justice Council (CJC) decision that compulsory alternative dispute resolution (ADR) is lawful and should be encouraged | NLJ https://t.co/nSVsPnud
  • Minority ethnic grads half as likely to get pupillage | Law Gazette https://t.co/eU9asLhtfF
  • A solicitor’s plea for help: What’s a clearance certificate when it’s at home? - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Lx8Ueh9x3s 
  • Claims boss banned for overseeing holiday sickness racket | Law Gazette https://t.co/jyn6F0WwPt
  • A major trial concerning liability for oil pollution in the Niger Delta is to go ahead in the High Court after Royal Dutch Shell and its Nigerian subsidiary SPDC confirmed it would not contest jurisdictional issues | NLJ https://t.co/bt8Uskz7FG
  • Six Extinction Rebellion protesters found guilty of blocking news printers - Judge says demonstration was ‘peaceful’ but impacted Murdoch, Mail, Telegraph and Standard titles https://t.co/u17nphcSWq
  • Russian billionaire settles with ex-wife five years after £450m payout ruling - Farkhad Akhmedov had contested 2017 decision but has now reached an agreement over divorce https://t.co/LClT9lexhp
  • Offender-Centric Policing in Cases of Rape | Phil Rumney https://t.co/6gUgqvhDUf
  • Impact of pandemic on gender pay gap reporting in construction - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/qfeC7mKPw
  • A former police officer has pleaded guilty to stalking a woman after their relationship ended. Stephen Green, who was based at Shrewsbury Police Station, admitted one count of stalking involving serious alarm or distress https://t.co/u0kuiEZ1u4
  • Police and CPS criticised for cautious approach to rape cases | Law Gazette https://t.co/uT1q8RoJId
  • Probate fees could be hiked to as much as £273 from their current level of £155 (for applications from legal professionals) and £215 (for non-professionals), under Ministry of Justice (MoJ) proposals | NLJ https://t.co/9DyfUAl2H4
  • The migrants hunger-striking for legal status in Belgium - More than 400 undocumented migrants are on hunger strike in the #Belgian capital Brussels https://t.co/VX0h4Okm37
  • 'Hollywood Ripper' Michael Gargiulo sentenced to death for murders #US https://t.co/VtKONQSnOw
  • Fully jabbed travellers returning to England and Wales from France will still have to quarantine from Monday. From 19 July, adults who have been double jabbed in the UK arriving from amber list countries will not need to isolate for 10 days https://t.co/t92ZFv8ZdA
  • Criminal Populism and Solidarity in Recent #Italy's Migration Policies: A EU Law Perspective | Martino Reviglio https://t.co/lSgDgXeTF9
  • DACA Ruled Unlawful by Federal Judge, Who Suspends Applications - The judge said President Barack Obama exceeded his authority when he created the program, but for now people protected under it will retain the ability to stay and work in the #US https://t.co/geaYVRguTv
  • A man has been charged with racially abusing football pundit and former England player Rio Ferdinand. Jamie Arnold is accused of using racist words and gestures https://t.co/gLN1ilPvTS 
  • ‘Rogue’ U.S. Agency Used Racial Profiling to Investigate Commerce Dept. Employees, Report Says #US https://t.co/t0xN3DC3tE
  • National firm announces family-friendly pay policies | Law Gazette https://t.co/1r2NpW3kXc
  • Legal expenses insurance is rarely used by consumers and should be more widely promoted as a solution to unmet legal needs, the Legal Services Board (LSB) has said | NLJ https://t.co/pzPJqQgE9
  • Six people can meet in private homes and a law restricting the number people meeting outside is scrapped on Saturday as Welsh lockdown rules ease further https://t.co/1UQKD4x48f
  • CMA finds drug companies overcharged NHS - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/IX06MSHair
  • EU launches legal action against Hungary and Poland over LGBT+ rights violations - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/idgHgWKOZ6
  • Annual figures lay bare ombudsman’s nightmare lockdown year | Law Gazette https://t.co/V6dMepuS1x
  • The mother of a 17-year-old girl who was killed in 2019 has filed a lawsuit accusing officials of sharing sex and murder videos with the media. The death of Bianca Devins prompted widespread media attention when images posted by her murderer went viral https://t.co/NLP8bcK4s0 
  • Outer House judge reduces Police Scotland decision to hold separate hearings for three officers accused of similar misconduct - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/TP9Fzsi4fr 
  • The police officer who murdered Sarah Everard has been dismissed from the Metropolitan Police, a week after admitting the crime https://t.co/EAigtJPiXj 
  • OnlyFans, best known for the explicit, boomed during the pandemic. But from receiving terrorism videos to racial abuse and rape threats, investigation based on the experiences of dozens of women reveals concerns about how the British-run site is managed https://t.co/aOMfe6fyeo
  • DocuSign, the electronic signature specialists, is running a webinar on the latest guidance on witnessing electronic signatures in Land Registration deeds, and related topics (3pm on 27 July 2021) | NLJ https://t.co/Dtk8j2G8ZQ

Saturday

17th July - Law News

Edition 3490: 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 significant and welcome ruling, a Haryana (India) court on Friday rejected the bail plea of a 19-year-old man arrested this week for allegedly making hate speeches - he allegedly made comments urging the abduction and killing of girls from a particular religious community at a gathering attended by Haryana BJP spokesperson and Karni Sena president Suraj Pal Amu.
Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Firm stung by home seller who turned out to be a fraudster | Law Gazette https://t.co/dghGkokyH
  • Solicitor who embezzled more than £12,500 given community payback order - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/WHKNjYAuUU
  • DWP backs down on benefit 'offer' ahead of JR hearing | Law Gazette https://t.co/T3DiDUuV2
  • Criminal prosecutions for Troubles killings to be ended under UK government plan - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/whDq8Hkhhe
  • Polish judges defy CJEU over right-wing government’s reforms - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/hcytHzZdMz
  • Face masks and screens set to stay in court buildings after 19 July | Law Gazette https://t.co/W5ouuXUAT
  • Lawscot Foundation celebrates first ever graduates - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/1V37XOor1m
  • General Court of the EU dismissed action by Nike and Converse over Netherlands tax ruling - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/k2gwnxt3O
  • Judicial diversity goes into reverse as barristers dominate | Law Gazette https://t.co/63roFSQxxO 
  • Immigration lawyers form representative body - Irish Legal News https://t.co/8Q4mB4dYAm
  • No concerns raised by EU-UK TCA, says Faculty - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/gCp0Nv2F5p 
  • 'No sacred cows' in lawtech revolution, industry body says | Law Gazette https://t.co/HzUg5f087l 
  • Boris Johnson's university friend gets ethics watchdog role - former lawyer Ewen Fergusson will begin a five-year stint on the Committee on Standards in Public Life next month https://t.co/0Pk2d8yiQT
  • The Church of England has been heavily criticised after a priest took his own life due to a mishandled inquiry into false child abuse allegations. Father Alan Griffin, 78, died in November 2020 having spent a year under investigation https://t.co/FFOvAdpSYg
  • How your personal data is being scraped from social media https://t.co/GQvNCDxAhQ
  • Two solicitors nominated for appointment as District Court judges - Irish Legal News https://t.co/0CSzrRqmiB
  • NI: Criminal prosecutions for Troubles killings to be ended under UK government plan - Irish Legal News https://t.co/8y3BAof5
  • Regulator fears consumers are missing out on LEI | Law Gazette https://t.co/NyjawXchg6
  • GB News pulls Guto Harri off air after ‘taking the knee’ row - Sources say presenter has been ‘cancelled’ after his onscreen actions triggered viewer backlash from ultra-conservative viewers https://t.co/pIn3ZJzI7s
  • €300,000 target set as Calcutta Run goes virtual for 2021 - Irish Legal News https://t.co/9G8sqVHZZf
  • Opportunities to improve outcomes for children with a parent in prison 'being missed' - Irish Legal News https://t.co/QzXb947geR
  • Police and CPS must work together to address falling rape prosecutions – report - The watchdogs found both organisations were more cautious in investigating and prosecuting cases compared with other crimes https://t.co/lN39oKzdC
  • Goodwin continues private equity expansion with ex-Kramer Levin corporate co-chair hire - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/eqhMkJgfW
  • Partner and firm fined for not recognising 'own interest' conflict - Legal Futures https://t.co/62KOnVXL2
  • American and Asian lawyer groups step in to condemn China sanctions | Law Gazette https://t.co/iKathZmwe
  • Scottish parties call for fair gratuities code - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/pU0t9V7sM
  • Israel has refused to extradite Tomás Zerón, accused of torture and evidence tampering, because of #Mexico’s criticism of the country, an Israeli official said https://t.co/CZclSL7Y6b
  • Video of Man Tasered on Subway Raises Questions About Policing - A video of a violent arrest raised questions about balancing a push to enforce laws in the subway against concerns about police abuses #US https://t.co/b3Z0zy033V
  • Legal aid solicitor elected PCC seeks to put 'community' back into policing | Law Gazette https://t.co/NRvrQmHVgY
  • Sex Pistols in legal dispute over Danny Boyle's new TV series - Guitarist Steve Jones and drummer Paul Cook are suing frontman John Lydon to allow the use of their songs https://t.co/beDnYn7xMa
  • Lammy hits out at "absolute scandal" of judicial diversity - Legal Futures https://t.co/x4oHLuEgVE
  • Law firm rebuked for AML failure caused by third-party ID checker - Legal Futures https://t.co/ctSROzCIt3
  • Former solicitor, 96, believed to be UK’s oldest new graduate - Archie White awarded fine arts degree from East Sussex College aged 96 years and 56 days https://t.co/bcSJCLWl0J
  • Marcus Rashford mural graffiti 'not racial', say police who are frequently wrong on identifying racism and cleansing its own house https://t.co/yyocWqzEl
  • A motorway remains closed as emergency services continue painstaking work at the scene of a multi-vehicle crash in which people are believed to have died https://t.co/UN6WyeXDd
  • Scottish government’s community justice aims not yet being met - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/6X67zs9qSG
  • Rehabilitating the Prevent Strategy | Fahid Qurashi https://t.co/AGX4uDCHO
  • Buckland clashes with parliamentary committee on human rights evidence | Law Gazette https://t.co/6IeT0Qk7Qx
  • Eversheds Sutherland unveils 5.3% global revenue rise as non-US PEP nears £1m - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/55CBUBmGm
  • Strategic housing developments to be scrapped following judicial review challenges - Irish Legal News https://t.co/gmEbxDKZYC
  • Magic circle firm celebrates massive annual profit growth | Law Gazette https://t.co/K869QPq5zS 
  • Legislation for rescue framework for small companies clears Oireachtas - Irish Legal News https://t.co/fm5fEqS5Gf
  • 'We're being careful': HMCTS reassures court users ahead of 'freedom day' | Law Gazette https://t.co/crf3xYviQU
  • EU agrees to widen access to environmental justice | Law Gazette https://t.co/GLMUS6n3rE
  • Police and the Crown Prosecution Service are involved in a blame game over a drop in rape prosecutions, a watchdogs' report has said. CPS figures for 2019-20 show 1,439 suspects were convicted of rape or lesser offences in England and Wales https://t.co/51vA7LFzxq
  • Arbitration services group opens for business in London and Washington DC - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/bag7n86Tr3
  • Department of Justice to draw up strategy on domestic, sexual and gender-based violence - Irish Legal News https://t.co/zXjtyfs4nd

Friday

16th July - Law News

Edition 3489: 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 top US military officer, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen. Mark Milley, was so shaken that then-President Donald Trump and his allies might attempt a coup or take other dangerous or illegal measures after the November election that Milley and other top officials informally planned for different ways to stop Trump, according to excerpts of an upcoming book



Focus of the Day Article:
The High Court has refused to grant an interlocutory injunction to restrain a company from selling valuable Dublin properties until shareholder oppression proceedings were fully resolved. The applicant alleged that there was serious mismanagement of the company which constituted oppression under section 212 of the Companies Act 2014. Full story - Irish Legal News


Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Stephenson Harwood posts modest revenue drop as profitability rises 13% - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/oq3iwIJXqq
  • Plans submitted for electric battery 'gigafactory' in Coventry https://t.co/WRTIxICjl
  • Rights watchdog publishes equality review on Traveller accommodation - Irish Legal News https://t.co/a0xLTekPx
  • MPs call for complete reset of music streaming to ensure fair pay for artists https://t.co/paQiky8eDp
  • Venable poaches IP partner quintet from Dentons to expand US IP litigation group - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/iojQrYI29K
  • London casino let rich patrons racially abuse staff, tribunal hears - Ex-employee is suing Aspinalls in Mayfair for discrimination, alleging a ‘hostile and demeaning environment’ https://t.co/ujGimIN8Vc
  • Top listed firm’s profits rebound – but no dividend this year | Law Gazette https://t.co/eYcKZAgOqy
  • Slaughter and May trials flexible working - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/EzyFgOepOT
  • Actress Ruth Madeley reveals taxi driver ordeal outside London's Euston station. The driver told her it was "too difficult" to drop the wheelchair user at an accessible entrance and it wasn't his problem if she couldn't use stairs https://t.co/2YoGqZxnEx 
  • Herbert Smith Freehills records 5% revenue hike to hit £1bn turnover landmark - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/g4ZQzhbgH
  • Shoosmiths cements presence in Glasgow with office deal - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/zCKo39N27b
  • Workers under pressure to settle employment claims - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/lTlgiIU3B
  • The prominent #Dutch crime reporter Peter R de Vries, who was shot and seriously wounded in central Amsterdam nine days ago, has died https://t.co/jEGFWqy3KA
  • Investigators have seized computers after searches at two homes over the leaking of CCTV footage of Matt Hancock kissing an aide in his office https://t.co/CS273gb3Aw
  • Pandemic-driven remote working hindering antitrust investigations, survey finds, Evidence collection harder given greater volume of data sources, FTI Consulting report shows - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/N7Y85aDcs2
  • Government approves heads of bill to amend the Mental Health Act - Irish Legal News https://t.co/CmDkj5ncrk J
  • Reform of legal complaints system remains in logjam - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/lxTas1FSao
  • More newly-qualified solicitors promised salaries over £100,000 | Law Gazette https://t.co/XS7uifL9C
  • How Europe’s Ambitious New Climate Agenda Will Affect Businesses https://t.co/DagEu9WUC
  • Social media and aggressive behavior: to which extent social media influences aggression | Eleni Alexandropoulou https://t.co/tjAYD6LGm
  • Sheriff Appeal Court finds Scottish Legal Aid Board not liable to pay statutory interest on overdue account - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/PoRnkAZ221 
  • Matthew Howse, partner at Eversheds Sutherland in Belfast: Litigation trends in the post-Covid world - Irish Legal News https://t.co/unCQqEs7hr 
  • Sheriff Joyce Powrie passed away on 8 July at the age of 65 - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/DBSAmHXVop
  • The owners of Apt Cape Cod, a farm-to-table restaurant in Brewster, Mass., drew a line in the sand against customers’ rude behavior since being allowed to fully reopen #US https://t.co/0nmuqFNMPT
  • Around the house: newly-public Utz Brands names first general counsel - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/q0X4fh4ihJ
  • Preparing your staff for returning to the office - Legal Futures https://t.co/MyNRvvP66K
  • Lobbying laws to be strengthened - Irish Legal News https://t.co/qUefPaVSP
  • Priti Patel’s borders bill is designed to look tough, not solve any real problems https://t.co/EpKkYyS21
  • McFarlane won't rush family court guidance for 'Freedom Day' | Law Gazette https://t.co/xrp0yAdUx3
  • SMEs eye multi-disciplinary advisers amid increasing need for legal help - Legal Futures https://t.co/61bUJV703U
  • Russia breached human rights law by failing to acknowledge same-sex couples - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/whpHtsVuao
  • DWP policy of cold-calling disabled people over benefit claims to end https://t.co/7lvWDgz2Pj 
  • My Article Saying Trump Was Compromised by Russia Was Right #US https://t.co/dzUGDtiW66 
  • Slaughter and May unveils trio of associate part-time working programmes - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/wHhqFMwYfq
  • Vladimir Putin personally authorised a secret spy agency operation to support a “mentally unstable” Donald Trump in the 2016 US presidential election during a closed session of #Russia’s national security council, according to leaked Kremlin documents https://t.co/eewQ9pxGJD
  • Poland court rules EU measures unconstitutional - European court of justice had demanded suspension of Polish reforms that could lift judges’ immunity https://t.co/52IPUj05fk 
  • Investment in lawtech companies doubles but firms lag behind - Legal Futures https://t.co/gALyDWiX8P 
  • Offensive Weapons Act 2019 https://t.co/OiQofmUqOs
  • Changes to legislation brought about by the Offensive Weapons Act 2019 mean that from the July 14 it is an offence to possess certain items such as knuckledusters, throwing stars and zombie knives, even in private https://t.co/OTDAxy6lx5
  • Aarhus Regulation to be extended beyond NGOs - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/9vGNQQQwK9
  • It’s still unclear whether courts tolerate delays | Law Gazette https://t.co/sSjbinAuJ8 
  • High Court: Interlocutory injunction granted against Gemma O’Doherty for defamatory comments - Irish Legal News https://t.co/7zM3IGdvHK
  • First firms join new umbrella ABS platform - Legal Futures https://t.co/fzlEKE1A2h
  • UK law firm financial results tracker - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/VJztPPZhfT 
  • The Sackler Family's Opioid Settlement and Billionaire Justice - The Sackler family is poised to evade litigation stemming from its role in the opioid crisis. Here's how it happened #US https://t.co/YqU5F9pT5H
  • #Korean palm oil giant has been rejected from world's leading green certification body in the wake of an investigation - evidence found that the Korindo group had been buying up swathes of Asia's largest remaining rainforests https://t.co/TP9my4G8Zm
  • Leading firm offers lawyers part-time options and job shares | Law Gazette https://t.co/bqSFtP7hfG

Thursday

15th July - Law News

Edition 3488: 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:
Warning: Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that the following story contains the name and image of a person who has died. A 43-year-old man from New South Wales has become the ninth First Nations person to die in custody in year.The man's family have identified him as Ngemba man Frank Coleman.  He was found unresponsive in his cell at Sydney's Long Bay Jail last Thursday. His family say he was in good health leading up to his death. Stan Grant says comparing to the response to COVID, it shows what a country like Australia care about.

Focus of the Day Article:
The government’s principal legal advisers are likely to be expected to work 40% of their contracted hours in the office after Covid restrictions are lifted, the Gazette understands. On Monday prime minister Boris Johnson announced that the majority of legal restrictions will be removed from 19 July and people will no longer be instructed to work from home. Full story - The Law Society Gazette


Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Silent library and a fitness studio: Inside a post-pandemic HQ | Law Gazette https://t.co/V7h7USGzUU
  • Specialist accreditations awarded for BTO lawyers - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/VojXY70s5
  • Ibiza, Majorca, Menorca and Formentera are being moved onto the government's amber travel list for England. The Balearic Islands will join the list from 04:00 BST on Monday, 15 days after they were moved to the green watchlist https://t.co/0EUvMfHGIK
  • Watchdogs consider investigation of Cressida Dick over Daniel Morgan case - Met commissioner’s conduct was criticised in report into police corruption after 1987 unsolved murder https://t.co/1Kg0YxMv4N
  • Kent court to close but HMCTS finds local alternative | Law Gazette https://t.co/fEPlmoI8mB
  • Kenny MacAskill echoes calls for Lord Advocate’s roles to be split - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/yZci09ZsI
  • Law Society expresses impatience with slow court re-opening - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/j8mDKHAMbZ
  • Inner House rejects appeal by man who alleged noxious fumes from water treatment plant were entering his garden - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/BIdmpMeht
  • The European Union has announced a raft of climate change proposals aimed at pushing it towards its goal of becoming carbon neutral by 2050 https://t.co/vwSfDOo8o8
  • Google fined €500m in #France over failure to strike news deal - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/7doYTL2l5x
  • The Met Police has denied its policing operation at the Euro 2020 final failed, claiming it had warned Wembley that many ticketless fans were on the way https://t.co/QYVUjshnEN
  • Long queues have formed outside shops and petrol stations in #SouthAfrica's port city of Durban following days of unrest sparked by the jailing of former President Jacob Zuma https://t.co/TgBoTJQIBb
  • Online racists to be banned from football matches, vows Boris Johnson https://t.co/DCK6rC7wc0 
  • Racist abuse of England players - A 37-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of an offence under the Malicious Communications Act, Greater Manchester Police (GMP) said https://t.co/VyOlcs4mgw
  • Banks face £1bn class action over forex rigging | Law Gazette https://t.co/WbNV7aSj8
  • Court of Session decision provides insight into a difficult balancing act - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/eTsPiMRqS
  • Man comes back from brink of death to earn law degree - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/n4sbbQ9T6d
  • Pinsent Masons updates bonus scheme - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/VuOv7AlIN1
  • #US: Judge allows lawsuit against gunmaker over synagogue shooting to proceed - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/rvTkZmfqw
  • Calls made for military rape cases to be tried in civilian courts - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/M3JKPwxj8
  • Public access barrister suspended over "hostile emails" to solicitors - Legal Futures https://t.co/z3pldyTQV
  • Brodies appointed to legal panel for London Universities Purchasing Consortium - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/GInQCsTwp
  • Blockchain network aims to provide “missing link” for conveyancing - Legal Futures https://t.co/BeOISubZRa
  • Profit jumps by 30% at Herbert Smith Freehills | Law Gazette https://t.co/r3QaIwgWJB
  • #US federal judge ruled that the city of New York was transferring homeless people to group shelters without adequate consideration for their health https://t.co/GbPrnpeNLt
  • High Court rules against firm over DBA with bankrupt client | Law Gazette https://t.co/e1MZwMtWfL
  • Mediators warn against compulsory ADR “on the cheap” - Legal Futures https://t.co/spT0C5ZLyi 
  • High Court president 'speechless' at appointment of just five extra judges - Irish Legal News https://t.co/Ye9SnKpfz5
  • Portsmouth have begun an investigation after some of their academy players allegedly used racially abusive language in the wake of England's Euro 2020 final defeat https://t.co/L7qmVDdhzR
  • Waterstones says it will encourage its customers to continue wearing face coverings in its stores after they cease to be compulsory after 19 July https://t.co/Cs0QD5vjz
  • Barrister and ABS owner launches legal recruitment firm - Legal Futures https://t.co/UhdDkTderM
  • LSB pushes for greater take-up of legal expenses insurance - Legal Futures https://t.co/KYuJlW7v9x
  • Inner House reverses tribunal decision that teacher who had indecent images on computer was unfairly dismissed - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/nsByeOD6x
  • BME people in England still facing racial inequality, report says - Legislation, institutional practices and society’s customs continue to harm BME groups, Runnymede Trust report says https://t.co/N8qk1L4cFb
  • City firm claiming furlough money despite $1.5m partner profits | Law Gazette https://t.co/5GgxOmeHxi
  • Law Society of Ireland calls for mental health law reform - Irish Legal News https://t.co/NmXcSBN9sP
  • Litigation funding: Maturity and mergers - Legal Futures https://t.co/MhztQp1Krp
  • Bill for phased opening of indoor hospitality to be introduced within days - Irish Legal News https://t.co/TCrueRybK
  • Troubles legacy: Victims' concern over government statement - It is believed the proposals involve a statute of limitations that would end all prosecutions in Troubles-related cases pre-dating the 1998 peace deal https://t.co/i7xmmtARXI
  • Websites for a #Russian-linked ransomware gang blamed for attacks on hundreds of businesses worldwide have gone offline. Monitors say a payment website and a blog run by the REvil group became suddenly unreachable on Tuesday https://t.co/nTAiJqXv8I
  • An outbreak of Covid-19 has been confirmed on the Royal Navy's flagship, HMS Queen Elizabeth. There have been around 100 cases on the aircraft carrier, which is part way through a world tour https://t.co/7aGSIuXLh2
  • Tardy defendant allowed to fight £101m case ‘by skin of his teeth’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/qmo1M6AQBD
  • Kennedys appoints Irish partner to lead EMEA operations - Irish Legal News https://t.co/7yF5Zk4l2c
  • Court of Appeal: Injunction granted against prosecution of 88-year-old man in historic sexual abuse case - Irish Legal News https://t.co/r1lYbqG4O8
  • John Cairns, professor of civil law at Edinburgh Law School, to chair roundtable on race and the Scottish Enlightenment - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/KydLtFahoX
  • Compulsory vaccinations for care home staff in England backed by MPs https://t.co/4Fe80tBBic 
  • Law Society issues Covid court warning ahead of ‘freedom day’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/A06OsuWMA1
  • CPS diversity declaration rule to put chambers under spotlight - Legal Futures https://t.co/bnaZvch16J
  • Transvaginal mesh: contracts awarded for private surgery - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/jmToxF0hr6
  • England fan who stormed Euro 2020 final at Wembley defends his actions - ‘Pablo’, 24, estimates at least 5,000 ticketless fans got into Wembley on Sunday and explains how they did it https://t.co/L3YRakL4aL
  • #Dutch government sued at World Bank tribunal for fossil fuel phase out plan https://t.co/HSOy8cVS3u
  • The Special Tribunal for #Lebanon: What does its closure mean for Lebanon? https://t.co/2UJBZuyPiP
  • A Review on Environmental Impact Assessment of Modunaghat Water Treatment Plant, Chattogram, Bangladesh | Syed Rafid Tahmid https://t.co/pRg6sgDzP
  • Hoagy Carmichael was an attorney, a singer and one of the great songwriter/musicians of the great American songbook era https://t.co/pArI9tiUPM

Wednesday

14th July - Law News

Edition 3487: 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:
At least 45 people have now died in the violence that has been engulfing parts of South Africa since the jailing of former President Jacob Zuma last week. This includes 10 people killed in a stampede during looting on Monday night at a shopping centre in Soweto, the country's biggest township. Almost 800 people have been arrested in the unrest that began last Thursday and turned violent over the weekend.


Focus of the Day Article:
There is near unanimity among the public that lawyers should have to demonstrate more actively than now that they remain competent throughout their careers, the Legal Services Board has found. Research commissioned by the oversight regulator uncovered concerns that the existing arrangements leave room for incompetence to go undetected and unchallenged. Full story - Legal Futures


Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Ex-Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn: How I escaped #Japan in a box https://t.co/HXliAiqnS
  • Face coverings must be worn on London's transport network despite restrictions easing on 19 July, London's mayor says https://t.co/PLYHLQ2xJB
  • Australia deal may open Pacific door to UK lawyers | Law Gazette https://t.co/rGL2HsMxSb
  • Magnus Mackay joins Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie LLP - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/9dlZqNjkft
  • Ivana Bacik to swap Seanad for Dáil after by-election victory - Irish Legal News https://t.co/fuaCLoloa0
  • Master of the rolls gives green light to mandatory ADR | Law Gazette https://t.co/tQhF1e6fJQ
  • The law should recognise Branson's astronaut wings | Law Gazette https://t.co/68zVjLrVV
  • NI: Sexual orientation discrimination case against health trust settled for £2,000 - Irish Legal News https://t.co/BdHXULug8
  • At least a dozen gardaí subject to domestic abuse barring orders - Irish Legal News https://t.co/Z92uK7IWR
  • Old stations net Police Scotland more than £28m - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/OAiQMHMjEU
  • NI: Parental contact to be allowed during prison visits - Irish Legal News https://t.co/tFHrIjZNwE 
  • The SDLP leader Colum Eastwood has used parliamentary privilege to identify a former soldier facing two murder charges over his actions on Bloody Sunday https://t.co/I18JSiRTj
  • Public-access barrister who told judge falsehood is suspended | Law Gazette https://t.co/JjAX8znna
  • Aberdeen DPLP students take bronze in international negotiation competition - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/CgsVVg4nx
  • An education union is providing legal advice to school leaders under pressure from parents who are threatening to bring in lawyers if they are not satisfied with their children’s exam grades this summer https://t.co/ec5zM0524
  • My legal life: Jago Russell, Fair Trials - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/PoICXEMjq
  • Uefa has opened disciplinary proceedings into security breaches at the Euro 2020 final. Fans fought with stewards and police as they attempted to break through gates for Sunday's showcase event https://t.co/4yRim1J6k
  • The government has fended off an attempt by MPs to force it to reverse its cut to spending on overseas aid. The House of Commons voted by a majority of 35 to keep the budget for international development at 0.5% of national income https://t.co/bSeQmICRQ
  • Formula 1 driver Lando Norris was mugged and his team-issued watch worth £40,000 stolen after the Euro 2020 final at Wembley on Sunday https://t.co/p8Tf25aIR
  • Police Scotland has launched a formal investigation into the SNP's finances after receiving complaints about how donations to the party were used - Seven people made complaints to the police, which has set up a probe following talks with prosecutors https://t.co/4CyJ1gjbJ
  • Government guidance on whether nightclub owners should make their customers show Covid passports is "disingenuous and unclear", a senior industry spokesman has said https://t.co/ZUzIhwtqt
  • Scotland is to move to level zero of Covid restrictions on 19 July, but mandatory use of face coverings is to remain in place for "some time" https://t.co/Cx505Yzm9X
  • News focus: Client satisfaction surges – time to give the profession a break? | Law Gazette https://t.co/rf1EWC9lA
  • ‘Hidden’ luxury property market thriving in Scotland - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/kiWBYAcLBo
  • Just Employment Law and Partick Thistle team up in aid of charity - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/lA7TetjNY
  • Specialist bar association for climate issues to be launched - Irish Legal News https://t.co/yo2HjMQ4d3
  • Democratic politicians in Texas have left their state en masse in an effort to prevent Republicans there from passing a law to tighten voting rules #US https://t.co/tjPnYBtmoB
  • Firm faces £20k costs bill despite winning unfair dismissal case | Law Gazette https://t.co/BS1n2wvGg
  • NI: Action needed to help courts with debt collection and historic debts - Irish Legal News https://t.co/9BMwXUjnf
  • Killer Colin Pitchfork to be released from prison after challenge fails - Parole Board rejects government call to re-examine decision to free man who murdered two schoolgirls https://t.co/YUl2jNVQ
  • Met Police seize record £180m of cryptocurrency in London https://t.co/auMouRTgwS
  • Over £6 million for state-of-the-art forensic laboratory - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/dF7JvMwJGQ
  • Free speech bill gives legal protection to hate speech, says Labour https://t.co/GkOxXvDJe
  • Lawyer in the news: Claire Hall, Child Poverty Action Group - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/XQehFLIRuP
  • Arrest in #Haiti Assassination Leaves Some Baffled: ‘Nobody Ever Heard of Him’ https://t.co/6zm6xISmuV
  • The EU countries 'pushing back' asylum seekers at sea https://t.co/hFwugCZCh
  • City results season kicks off on a high | Law Gazette https://t.co/yD600gCR6N
  • Why we should be giving therapy to violent offenders - As a forensic psychiatrist I have learned that helping prisoners confront their offences is best for them, and for society https://t.co/6zFzCeN54Q 
  • #US President Biden Hosts Meeting on Gun Violence Prevention - https://t.co/fqrAhhETGK
  • Are Online Legal Services Really A Competition To Lawyers? https://t.co/6pCO4T62ez
  • Apple might leave the UK market, claims lawyer in patent case https://t.co/QIq9gQpGKM
  • ‘Kraken’ lawyer weeps in court hearing as she faces sanctions over backing Trump’s ‘Big Lie’ on election fraud #US https://t.co/znfFPdw9X
  • Carlisle doctor to face allegations at tribunal including failing to appear for shifts https://t.co/bXRjkvG3V
  • Former Carillion workers win right to seek compensation after tribunal ruling https://t.co/fflMsJYd0
  • UK tribunal hears competing forex claims in first-ever carriage dispute https://t.co/JxUng3bxrB 
  • Law Society HQ prepares to reopen | Law Gazette https://t.co/AwX3aKP2RM
  • England footballer Tyrone Mings has accused the home secretary Priti Patel of pretending to be disgusted by racist abuse, after she previously described taking the knee as "gesture politics" https://t.co/9g7wG25DCZ
  • The removal of Allen Weisselberg from dozens of subsidiaries could signal a looming shake-up in former President Donald Trump’s family business #US https://t.co/igjS27E7NC
  • Robin Munro obituary - Human rights activist devoted to exposing abuses in China and observing people’s aspirations to freedom https://t.co/2vTG3VeHj
  • Irish researchers collecting evidence on displacement of Palestinian Bedouin - Irish Legal News https://t.co/BWhPnvGsH
  • Case for genderless passports to be made at Supreme Court today - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/lfs7YjMh1q
  • Revealed: what judges really think of budgeting | Law Gazette https://t.co/eYIO5lxOmq
  • High Court: Two-year limitation period against a deceased’s estate does not apply to CAB proceeds of crime application - Irish Legal News https://t.co/8w6veUUVAB
  • Supreme Court holds ‘two-child’ tax credit limit compatible with ECHR rights - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/z8mYVk58j
  • Appeal judges back higher costs where claimant has died | Law Gazette https://t.co/fUADK6JZuW

Tuesday

13th July - Law News

Edition 3486: 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 Bar Council and the Criminal Bar Association looking at opportunities for barristers in international criminal law practice at courts and tribunals.


Focus of the Day Article:
Rashad Maqsood Abbasi and Aliya Abassi (Applicants) v Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (Respondent) and PA Media (Intervener) [2021] EWHC 1699 (Fam). Takesha Thomas and Lanre Haastrup (Applicants) v Kings College Hospital NHS Trust (Respondent) and PA Media (Intervener) [2021] EWHC 1699 (Fam). The focus of this judgment was on the jurisdiction, if any, that the High Court Family Division has to maintain a Reporting Restriction Order (‘RRO’) prohibiting the naming of any medical clinicians as being involved in the care and treatment of a child who had been the subject of “end of life” proceedings before the High Court prior to their death, and where an RRO had been made at that time preventing the identification of any of the treating clinicians and staff until further order. Full story - UK Human Rights Blog


Saturday Conversations on Law
  • City lawyer Neil Gerrard rejected the notion he lied under oath during a multimillion-pound High Court trial after text messages emerged suggesting he knew one of his client’s senior employees was secretly giving evidence to investigators https://t.co/zBrxuKevNw
  • Proximity acquires Canberra-based consulting firm - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/WZEXyhmF2N
  • Estate agent Savills suspends employee over racist tweet after England defeat https://t.co/dga6N8Qx8
  • The government has explored ways to address a shortage of haulage workers, including creating a short-term visa scheme for foreign lorry drivers https://t.co/0fHgGdXRA
  • Watchdog Testimony at Human Rights Council Presses UN Over Killing of #Palestinian Authority Critic https://t.co/fjGH0hcsNc https://t.co/cLj0nFcPiY
  • Scottish mesh patients can have corrective surgery in US and England https://t.co/tPsY1r0GZl
  • #Myanmar: From political crisis, to ‘multi-dimensional human rights catastrophe’ https://t.co/AJNGveJYcr
  • Pregnancy discrimination: Beautician's claim for $150,000 in emotional damages could set new record #NewZealand https://t.co/a6CJOZmj3
  • High Court confirms business interruption insurance exclusion - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/8HQKLVsJM1
  • Nightclubs and other large event organisers are being advised they should ask for proof that people have had their jabs https://t.co/AN74gcBKtf
  • Heathrow's Terminal 5 saw long queues at security on Monday morning because of the absence of more than 100 staff. The airport said the issue had arisen because the security staff were instructed to self-isolate https://t.co/7lP0RiYrA
  • England will move to the final stage of easing Covid restrictions on 19 July, the health secretary has confirmed. It means almost all legal restrictions on social contact will be removed https://t.co/bavcn8mqiP
  • A mural honouring footballer Marcus Rashford has been vandalised with graffiti following England's defeat to Italy in the Euro 2020 final https://t.co/qiu73dHF4X
  • Woman who got the sack after for asking if toy was racist wins employment tribunal - Marian had worked for Sainsbury's for 28 years and questioned the toy as she was changing prices https://t.co/BYOOOeFSE
  • What comes to your mind when you think of fashion and law? #India https://t.co/4bzwApvOXB 
  • NEXT WEEK: The Legal Cheek Summer Virtual Vacation Scheme - Legal Cheek https://t.co/ZvUE0yxUuX 
  • Decade-old lawsuit against Edmonton police delayed again after lawyer for EPS appointed a judge #Canada https://t.co/26Ip0Pbmmm
  • Law firm boss avoid costs order after losing whistleblowing claim - Legal Futures https://t.co/VoNbVwNn
  • High Court confirms business interruption insurance exclusion - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/8HQKLVKl
  • "Extraordinary things are happening" outside of traditional law firms - Legal Futures https://t.co/DRhmD4ERdA
  • Stormy Daniels’s former lawyer Michael Avenatti jailed for Nike extortion #US https://t.co/8QxSVEqpVo
  • New evidence that #Kenyan authorities have a hand in the arrest and extradition of Nnamdi Kanu, the Indigenous People of Biafra leader, has emerged https://t.co/zaL48dKMau
  • #Italy’s sluggish legal process under the spotlight as devastated relatives fight for cases to go to trial https://t.co/aVQ3eiiiFj
  • Westminster to scrap law that stops Welsh MPs voting on England-only laws https://t.co/HxBusEwhLJ
  • Police in #Haiti claim they have arrested a doctor they believe is a key suspect in organising last week's assassination of President Jovenel Moïse. Christian Emmanuel Sanon, a 63-year-old Haitian national, flew in on a private jet with "political motives" https://t.co/1CvoYIn9hF
  • Tory changes to election law seek to undermine the very fabric of our democracy https://t.co/NVXvp7WLM
  • A lightning strike killed at least 11 people and injured many more in Jaipur in northern #India on Sunday as they were trying to take selfies for social media profiles https://t.co/VePPiBKr8k
  • It is 40 years since Anwar Ditta won her campaign against the UK Home Office and became one of the first to use DNA evidence to win the right to family reunification https://t.co/o5HgEgkzAj 
  • New bill will have significant repercussions for Great Barrier Reef - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/dRTJ7FZXUJ
  • Legal scholars urge court to reject Trump’s ‘spurious’ free-speech defence in Capitol riot lawsuits #US https://t.co/EfFgXXPVZX
  • CMS becomes latest City firm to launch non-law grad scheme - Legal Cheek https://t.co/l5dVo9QFU
  • SQE rival for school leavers gets go-ahead - Legal Cheek https://t.co/AQPmK2XITT
  • Elon Musk mocks British wig-wearing barristers - Legal Cheek https://t.co/v1id5NgF2
  • A small number of ticketless fans broke into Wembley Stadium for the Euro 2020 final, after videos showed crowds pushing through barriers, police said https://t.co/rtPlg7eZrU
  • Fijian-born soldiers given right to live in UK despite legal battle loss https://t.co/1LzKurUKoU 
  • The Football Association has condemned racist abuse aimed at England players Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka after Sunday's Euro 2020 final defeat by Italy https://t.co/Hxy71l5wrF
  • Stormont ministers fail in legal bid to force police to help remove loyalist bonfire https://t.co/XWpzkZ6uMe
  • Garda whistleblower who said he was targeted ‘became irrational’, tribunal finds #Ireland https://t.co/DOyvtL3ZgN 
  • Legal case search | Equality and Human Rights Commission https://t.co/WdPDWiwasl 
  • Manchester Airport Group lead legal action against the Government over travel rules https://t.co/BXPlrmQ7Le