Sunday

25th July - Law News

Edition 3498: 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 Dutch government has been accused of not doing enough to help relocate Afghan interpreters who worked for its forces. Thousands of Afghans who helped foreign forces are now at risk of attack by the Taliban, as the armed group makes gains on the ground.

 
Saturday Conversations on Law
  • 'Thank you bonus' firm celebrates 30% profit rise | Law Gazette https://t.co/ChLKeVeBFN
  • Post-Brexit UK Shared Prosperity Fund 'risks damaging constitution further' - Irish Legal News https://t.co/0acnoXKiv
  • Scotland makes international pledge to help deliver Paris Agreement - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/WlV6PxY4u
  • A further 12 former sub-postmasters and sub-postmistresses including three who served time in prison, have had their convictions relating to the Post Office (PO) Horizon scandal overturned by the Court of Appeal | NLJ https://t.co/9XV84JOuz2
  • ‘The law is cold. It doesn’t reflect the life lost’: mothers of murder victims tell their stories. Grieving parents of two young women killed by their ex-boyfriends launch a new film to step up their campaign for justice https://t.co/WyObXvDPt
  • Six-figure awards set serious libel benchmark | Law Gazette https://t.co/LfPRUPTrI
  • Board established to oversee end of direct provision - Irish Legal News https://t.co/1rp1p3QVGe 
  • Compensation fund payouts reach five-year high | Law Gazette https://t.co/MsRm5cztvI
  • The Law Society issued a grim warning about the Nationality and Borders Bill, ahead of its second reading in Parliament this week | NLJ https://t.co/FX6p8P0Lm
  • Fatuma Kadir, missing 11-year-old Bolton girl is found in London although it is not known why she travelled alone https://t.co/PGOmWwUOsW
  • #Haiti: shots fired at Moïse’s funeral as protesters clash with police https://t.co/I4lqWgECVh
  • NI: Judge concludes there is 'real prospect' Omagh bombing could have been prevented - Irish Legal News https://t.co/J3GPUkIYRl
  • Chambers UK recognises Brodies’ expertise - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/4yDpwXIVLP
  • Employment tribunals are plagued by delays, lack of resources and too few judges, an Employment Lawyers Association (ELA) survey of its members has found | NLJ https://t.co/2y4XyKCVH9
  • Judges owed a duty of care, government concedes | Law Gazette https://t.co/vSG6Kk52q
  • Legal profession leaders are calling for urgent action on judicial diversity after official statistics revealed slow or no progress in some areas | NLJ https://t.co/pL83PavKJW
  • Addleshaw Goddard advises on GENinCode IPO - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/I8sCIFlMQu 
  • Law Commission recommendations to tackle online abuse such as death threats, racist comments and pile-on harassment have been laid in Parliament | NLJ https://t.co/Y0mLb51Nd
  • 'Her inquest concluded she'd had no training and no safety measures had been put in place to mitigate the risks to her' - Girl's tragic balloon accident death in Cardiff marked 125 years on https://t.co/OH6jcToHTz
  • The scale of violence against women demands a better response than Priti Patel’s https://t.co/0BQfLDKTE
  • RT @ianbrealey: It’s a fair point https://t.co/OwxKqV479a
  • #Eritrean footballers on the run face anxious wait in push for safe haven - Four players hiding in Uganda since 2019 are waiting for a resolution and wondering what might have been https://t.co/gom0p30kjY
  • City pay and retention continue to climb | Law Gazette https://t.co/jLtcFVimm
  • Like millions of #Americans, I can never leave my spouse. I’ll lose my healthcare - My access to doctors is tied to my husband – and his access is tied to his employer. Land of the free indeed https://t.co/dxgk2R5IEC
  • #SierraLeone abolishes death penalty - MPs vote unanimously for abolition, making it the 23rd African state to end capital punishment https://t.co/dIpFTwyR
  • ‘It’s getting out of hand’: genocide denial outlawed in #Bosnia - Move by international body set up to implement post-war peace deal follows attempts to downplay 1995 Srebrenica massacre https://t.co/I3e5a7FN4
  • Ghana: anti-gay bill proposing 10-year prison sentences sparks outrage. Bill could mean 10 years in prison for LGBTQ+ people and those who support their rights https://t.co/chBEevrhbr
  • Like many hotel owners around the country, Jess and Andrew Waggitt opened their doors to homeless people during the pandemic as part of the government's Everyone In scheme https://t.co/CTydgY8bFS
  • Suspect Tries to Compare Capitol Riot to Last Year’s Violence in Portland, Oregon - right-wing news media and Republican politicians have often made the comparison. Now, in a narrow legal context, a judge will consider the argument. #US https://t.co/gtQ5IODAI
  • Bust of Klan Leader Removed from Tennessee State Capitol - State officials removed the sculpture of confederate general and early Ku Klux Klan leader, Nathan Bedford Forrest, from the State Capitol in Nashville and sent it to the Tennessee State Museum #US https://t.co/jdCoZTJB7
  • Supreme Court: Legal basis for surrender of people between Ireland and UK post-Brexit referred to CJEU - Irish Legal News https://t.co/nuEN4UfKM
  • Scottish Legal Aid Board agrees to improve approach to equality - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/4Xf45Hd6g
  • Lawyers' tweets anger mother involved in contentious proceedings | Law Gazette https://t.co/jXAIbn0lm
  • Ad men sacked to improve gender pay gap win sex discrimination claim - London tribunal rules men axed after director vowed to ‘obliterate’ J Walter Thompson’s reputation of ‘being full of white men’ https://t.co/bV5pGiJPj
  • BrewDog loses IP battle over tiger gin - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/4XOxhP8T8v
  • Win for Angelina Jolie as court disqualifies judge in Brad Pitt divorce case - Court finds John Ouderkirk did not sufficiently disclose business relationships with Pitt’s attorneys #US https://t.co/QMZFMb15q
  • What does the latest public health guidance mean for Scottish businesses? - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/q7r513rXu7
  • The first batch of dozens of Zimbabweans deported from the UK, have landed in the southern African country. Some of them had been in the UK for decades and were forced to leave their families behind to begin an uncertain future in their country of origin https://t.co/juozj56RbP
  • Supreme Court warns of LLP lacuna in VW claim decision | Law Gazette https://t.co/cjSDr9N6lm 
  • #China is imposing sanctions on several US individuals and organisations in response to recent US sanctions on Chinese officials in Hong Kong https://t.co/62PpljxwsI

Saturday

24th July - Law News

Edition 3497: 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:
 
"How Can India Say No To Investigation When Other Countries Have Started?": P Chidambaram On Pegasus, "There should be an investigation. France, Israel and Hungary have ordered an investigation. How can our country say they won't investigate this? Our minister is saying there was no unauthorised surveillance. Does that mean there was authorised surveillance?" says Congress leader P Chidambaram.

 
Saturday Conversations on Law
  • US sanctions #Cuba over crackdown on anti-govt protesters https://t.co/ricpi2VdIL
  • #Israeli security forces ‘complicit’ in the surge in settler attacks – report https://t.co/QWNZIXS1
  • Partner profits up 50% at RPC | Law Gazette https://t.co/v60bIRBzkp 
  • Las Vegas murder case cracked with smallest ever amount of DNA #US https://t.co/WdxBqzDtr
  • High Court: Trip-and-fall claim dismissed because plaintiff failed to look where he was walking - Irish Legal News https://t.co/BuFZP1xnCR
  • Defence lawyer agrees strike-off over prison visit expenses | Law Gazette https://t.co/mTb7MxzY0F
  • Brandon Malone calls to the English bar - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/DoTPz0pdMw 
  • Scottish commercial property investment shows signs of recovery - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/a64vmwyeNx
  • To assist with jury trials in the High Court, eight sheriffs have been appointed by the Scottish ministers to act as temporary judges from 1 August 2021 - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/amIpdijLFD
  • Three students have been refused exemption from travel quarantine rules because their vaccination certificates do not show they have had two jabs https://t.co/k3aLYTEQgk
  • Wales manager Ryan Giggs has pleaded not guilty to using controlling behaviour and assaulting his ex-girlfriend https://t.co/0WGvXiymIV
  • Ten years after neo-Nazi massacre in #Norway survivors say ideology lives on https://t.co/6KB10CtRsE
  • Post-Brexit UK Shared Prosperity Fund risks damaging constitution further - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/OP8x2gk8CM
  • Limited number of critical workers to be allowed to avoid self-isolation https://t.co/2zHtZkhxzG 
  • #Australian activewear firm fined £2.6m for claiming its clothing "eliminated" and stopped the spread of Covid. Lorna Jane had advertised that its clothing used "a groundbreaking technology" called LJ Shield to prevent the "transferal of all pathogens" https://t.co/xtVQnHek0X
  • Firms "overlooking compliance implications" of homeworking - Legal Futures https://t.co/2bdq2eYpJF 
  • The Ministry of Defence is investigating the death of a soldier at an Army barracks. Emergency services were called to Larkhill garrison in Salisbury at 12:20 BST on Thursday following the death of a woman in her 30s https://t.co/3GsmNb2Mhp
  • Grad wrongly thrown from bar course and refused waiver wins appeal | Law Gazette https://t.co/DcBE31Ora7
  • High Court criticises Bar Standards Board for "unjust" decisions - Legal Futures https://t.co/g9vMRQdaEu
  • Failure to pay fiscal fines going unpunished - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/LLsau3l5Wl
  • Omagh bombing could have been prevented, says high court judge - ‘Real prospect’ 1998 attack by dissident republicans could have been thwarted, says Mr Justice Horner https://t.co/eYap1uffbY
  • Youth violence likely to explode over summer, UK experts fear - Long-term issues overlain with stress and isolation of Covid have set scene for ‘eruption’, charities say https://t.co/WcSBmjCfsP
  • John Barilaro’s lawyers brush off ‘pork barrelling’ statement in Friendlyjordies defamation case - The NSW deputy premier’s legal team has launched an attack on the YouTuber’s defence, labelling it ‘rubbish’ #Australia https://t.co/HFXqos6NAO
  • SRA: Number of workplace bullying investigations on the rise - Legal Futures https://t.co/5TmXJPPpBQ
  • ECtHR: Man detained under terror suspicions had human rights violated by Turkish authorities - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/2VvPXFhGWK
  • Supreme Court upholds six-year non-compete clause signed by law firm - Legal Futures https://t.co/jvZNN01XGr
  • Thousands aged over 65 failed to apply for EU settled status – report https://t.co/sJ79W7A8S
  • SFO receives welcome boost from watchdog | Law Gazette https://t.co/ymri44ZBqz
  • Lidl prevented from selling Hampstead gin - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/vxemxKGtVu
  • ‘Incel’ Is Charged With Plotting to Shoot Women, #US Says - Tres Genco, 21, of Hillsboro, Ohio, was charged with an attempted hate crime and illegally possessing a machine gun, federal prosecutors said https://t.co/Mz0muBIYVp
  • #Chinese Health Officials Shocked by W.H.O. Covid-19 Origin Study https://t.co/unEbC9dIri
  • Trading sex for cosmetic surgery in #Mexico's narco capital https://t.co/jBwIjMofkA
  • The government has said it will not search the private email account of former Health Secretary Matt Hancock for discussions on official business. Downing Street has admitted Mr Hancock, who quit last month, used his personal address for this reason https://t.co/lQQEfeQCce
  • Six people have been taken to hospital after being struck in a serious crash as a car hit a pub in south Wales. A pedestrian has suffered life-changing injuries after the collision outside The Windsor Hotel in Pontyclun, Rhondda Cynon Taf https://t.co/RcTif7TgVC
  • Tech firm hit by giant ransomware hack gets key to unlock victims’ data - Kaseya’s universal key can free the files of hundreds of organizations, ending the worst of the attack’s fallout https://t.co/bVtYmUCofa
  • District judge recruitment crisis 'could take years to fix' | Law Gazette https://t.co/zVIg5Bnr3e
  • Central Bank proposes ban on 'price walking' by insurers - Irish Legal News https://t.co/8HZhfdLje
  • #Italy is introducing a mandatory Covid vaccination certificate from 6 August, the latest country in Europe to announce such a scheme https://t.co/BB4Q6Ppynq

Friday

23rd July - Law News

Edition 3496: 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 Israeli firm accused of supplying Pegasus spyware to governments has been linked to a list of tens of thousands of smartphone numbers, including those of activists, journalists, business executives and politicians around the world, according to reports.


Focus of the Day Article:
Bitter leadership dispute at India’s L&L Partners sparks 21-partner breakaway fir. Top New Delhi corporate lawyer Mohit Saraf unveils ‘modern’ and ‘inclusive’ Saraf & Partners  Full story - The Global Legal Post
 
Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Pilot praises RAF Lakenheath plane spotter for saving his life https://t.co/znZ2SWCbY
  • Sheriff solemn cases exceed pre-Covid average - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/cUg1I1N3sP
  • Partners of fraudster allowed defence against client claims | Law Gazette https://t.co/hiXoUolhsf
  • Many popular websites fell offline on Thursday in a widespread global outage of service. Visitors attempting to reach some sites received DNS errors, meaning their requests could not reach the websites https://t.co/IoXDbLsSlr 
  • UK food workers to be exempt from Covid isolation https://t.co/qqYwVF5HEg 
  • Lawyer-turned-politician Des O'Malley passes away at 82 - Irish Legal News https://t.co/z0lV2vHNSU
  • Judicial conduct guidelines to close 'gap in judicial accountability' - Irish Legal News https://t.co/3hpVkT8G6
  • An analysis of the Nationality and Borders Bill | Law Gazette https://t.co/kHzuaQOX9r
  • Some Tory MPs to boycott conference if vaccine passports required for entry https://t.co/uE54yThD7
  • We have no confidence in Priti Patel, says Police Federation - Police officers in England and Wales furious at pay freeze after months on frontline of Covid crisis https://t.co/FAnEZyIDcn
  • The British tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch should be extradited to the US to face criminal fraud charges, a London judge has ruled - home secretary to have the final say https://t.co/3DT8V43XIS 
  • Supreme Court: Condition of sentence restraining employment of accused person for seven years was disproportionate - Irish Legal News https://t.co/Sm3BMB8Px
  • Lords: ‘Legal but harmful’ online content regulation poses threat to free speech - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/629OWSnlnl
  • Solicitors could be forced down digital route on LPAs | Law Gazette https://t.co/7ogbbOp9bn
  • More than 220 groups criticise UK review of Human Rights Act - Charities, trade unions and belief groups among coalition, which is also attacking judicial review bill https://t.co/8BgkGjga9i 
  • Judicial review bill to let judges modify quashing orders - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/XapumIrypM 
  • Anti-Islam activist Tommy Robinson has lost a High Court libel case brought by a Syrian schoolboy. Jamal Hijazi was filmed being attacked in the playground at Almondbury School in Huddersfield in October 2018 https://t.co/sjMCpZVUsV
  • Law Society Scotland warns justice secretary to pay heed to presumption of innocence - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/qhI1p8meA
  • Croydon tram crash: Passengers accidentally killed, jury finds https://t.co/VyQRsa3KhW
  • Teodoro Obiang Mangue, vice-president of #EquatorialGuinea who is said to have spent £199,000 ($275,000) on a glove worn by Michael Jackson is among five people to receive new UK "anti-corruption" sanctions. https://t.co/k61ObabAW
  • Subpostmasters wrongly convicted of offences in a Post Office IT scandal will get interim compensation of up to £100,000, the government has said. As of this week, a total of 59 former sub-postmasters have had their convictions quashed https://t.co/BGhm6ZFOc
  • NI: Stormont unanimously rejects proposal for Troubles 'statute of limitations' - Irish Legal News https://t.co/hOS4neqSBA
  • Ashurst partner profits surpass £1m | Law Gazette https://t.co/WAJFjmdT2r
  • Offering more law degrees “could save struggling universities” - Legal Futures https://t.co/UqnSGe0Qm
  • Fiona McLeod: Update – revised property factors code of conduct - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/UkyIBBDEQY
  • Coping with Identity Threat as Minority in Nigeria | Igazeuma Okoroba https://t.co/zvEwfGvgTj 
  • Keith Brown promises reforms to raise conviction rate in sex cases - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/M0G6XdHdS
  • Solicitor struck off for “reckless” prison legal aid claims - Legal Futures https://t.co/jUOKQe3UN
  • Solicitor elected 'first black senior partner' at UK top 100 law firm | Law Gazette https://t.co/QKsfJRFxgn
  • Law firm uses exit shares to tempt consultants - Legal Futures https://t.co/e1JV4QPqUP 
  • Lord Matthews appointed to Inner House - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/6VilcOwzQ
  • Chinese billionaire Cheung Chung-kiu granted planning permission to construct eight-storey, private palace overlooking Hyde Park - Westminster council unable to block grand plans for Knightsbridge property despite ban on “Monopoly board-style” homes https://t.co/SKG0wNl30H 
  • Regulators target inconsistencies in approach to bullying and harassment - Legal Futures https://t.co/hmpLmyj4p
  • The International Olympic Committee and Tokyo 2020 organisers have performed a U-turn over their stance to stop their social media teams from posting pictures of athletes taking the knee at these Olympic Games https://t.co/iGWQXYJ
  • Harvey Weinstein pleads not guilty to rape and sexual assault in LA trial - The convicted rapist is serving a 23-year prison term in New York and now faces the possibility of another sentence in California #US https://t.co/2zjaCwtS4R
  • Drug Distributors and J.&J. Reach $26 Billion Deal to End Opioids Lawsuits #US https://t.co/BgRwB9ggEG
  • 'Ringing alarm bells': concern mounts over Judicial Review Bill | Law Gazette https://t.co/FieDgl3Ugu 
  • Olympics opening ceremony director sacked for Holocaust joke - Footage of Kentaro Kobayashi from the 1990s recently emerged in which he seems to be making jokes about the Holocaust #Japan https://t.co/ymumSRio
  • Combatting Chemical Weapon Disinformation | Adaku Jane Echendu https://t.co/fEmGwiibjQ
  • Scotland’s malicious prosecution scandal – the silence is deafening - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/H0K1oRwby4
  • DWF reports profit turnaround after office closures | Law Gazette https://t.co/DoMaFlrcA7
  • ECtHR: Post-mortem examination of baby violated parents’ humans rights - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/4t8tzwZDcT
  • #Argentina has unveiled a new national identity system for people who identify as non-binary. Under national law, Argentinians have the right to identify themselves as gender neutral https://t.co/xasVJLXxTo
  • JR bill boosts online courts agenda | Law Gazette https://t.co/QQJIucb6gF Jul 22, 2021
  • DWF profits up over a fifth to £172m as firm returns to pre-Covid activity - Irish Legal News https://t.co/2opyfYzvCT
  • Donna Brennan joins BTO as legal director - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/cvXLgpC7AU 
  • Bill seeks to 'draw a line' on ouster clauses with new JR framework | Law Gazette https://t.co/XahJHtfioj

Thursday

22nd July - Law News

Edition 3495: 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:
 Indian PM Narendra Modi has been accused of “treason” and spying on his main political rival, Rahul Gandhi, following reports of surveillance of Indian politicians, journalists, activists and government critics using Israeli-made spyware


Focus of the Day Article:
The High Court has refused an application from a London firm to be substituted for their deceased client in a £1.5m litigation claim. Mr Justice Marcus Smith ruled in Farrar & Anor v Miller that an assignment signed by Peter Farrar to his solicitors Candey Limited had transferred nothing to the firm and had no effect.  Full story - The Law Society Gazette
 
Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Top-50 financial results table: updated live | Law Gazette https://t.co/bEQsXQjLnV
  • California couple whose gender-reveal party sparked a wildfire charged with 30 crimes - The pyrotechnic device sparked the destructive El Dorado fire, which destroyed five homes and killed one firefighter #US https://t.co/XD7ZRPb28P
  • Medical evidence must be up to date and focus on correct issues - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/LlB5yZF6H4
  • The discredited legal tactic that’s putting abused UK children in danger - Our family courts are allowing perpetrators to use the bogus idea of ‘parental alienation’ to gain access to their victims https://t.co/ugTrjx3gH
  • Solicitor banned over forged signatures on loan application | Law Gazette https://t.co/Vm5VaMezt9
  • Grants awarded to 13 crofters - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/BkwsvZ9SnK
  • Home Secretary Priti Patel has defended a new £54.2m deal with France to stem the rising number of migrants crossing the English Channel, denying that it was "sending good money after bad" after a £28.2m deal last November failed to limit crossings https://t.co/vn546CLq4
  • #Spanish police have arrested a 22-year-old UK citizen, Joseph O'Connor in connection with the hacking of 130 high-profile Twitter accounts, including those of Elon Musk, Barack Obama and Kanye West https://t.co/WEb3Drhl7
  • Words – how a right becomes a cost | Law Gazette https://t.co/qGtcgXZBQ
  • LSRA handled over 1,400 complaints in its first year as complaints body - Irish Legal News https://t.co/ePnTGIvJdQ
  • Court blocks firm being substituted into claim of dead client | Law Gazette https://t.co/VYs3vs3bWb
  • A neo-Nazi who created two banned terrorist groups has been jailed for seven years. Andrew Dymock, 24, from Bath, was convicted of 12 terror offences and three hate crimes last month https://t.co/ko0E6YniXp
  • New sentencing guidelines approved by High Court - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/lymTnpwNL3
  • James Crawford when, as director of the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law, he invited me, a non-lawyer, to become a member and pursue an interest in the political aspects of international law in the creation of the international court of justice https://t.co/d2RRoPY294
  • What does climate change mean for your practice? | Law Gazette https://t.co/EySJZjA5tA
  • Emily Hunt fought to make sure no woman is filmed naked without consent https://t.co/bbsZZAEl45
  • Eversheds Sutherland partners with Children's Rights Alliance - Irish Legal News https://t.co/BsFx5mDUDr
  • What is #SouthAfrica’s ‘inevitable showdown’ really about? - This crisis presents the chance for the government to accelerate the undoing of the country’s corruption and apartheid inheritance — otherwise risk its survival https://t.co/EXK3HleTj
  • Colonialism, dehumanisation and neoliberal state-building in #Palestine https://t.co/QBaKrbCtX
  • Negligence action against lawyers over amputation not time-barred - Legal Futures https://t.co/0U55q6iZg3
  • Dr Michael Heath: Families feared they cremated the wrong person - Two bereaved families feared they had "cremated the wrong person" due to errors in the post-mortem reports of a serially discredited pathologist https://t.co/Fue8Bkuvaa
  • Government seeks regulator for electronic IDs | Law Gazette https://t.co/EVZJkxZdWp
  • Digital LPAs to be registered in two weeks under reform plan - Legal Futures https://t.co/aY57t6SXe
  • High Court: Planning permission for safe injection site near primary school quashed - Irish Legal News https://t.co/0byfc905e
  • Family Counselling, De-radicalization and Counter-Terrorism: The Danish and German programs in context. | Daniel Koehler https://t.co/C5mXsXLht2
  • The growth game – better to buy than build? - Legal Futures https://t.co/el2mWIefbF
  • Law Society sounds warning against judicial review bill - Some fear legislation, to be published on Wednesday, will prevent challenges by most marginalised https://t.co/x14G4Xgzt2
  • Home working helps profits bounce back at Gateley | Law Gazette https://t.co/euK7CUFOwW
  • Unsolicited sending of obscene images should be made illegal through the creation of a new offence of cyberflashing, a UK government-commissioned review recommended https://t.co/ONyj9TocfJ
  • More wrongfully convicted subpostmasters vindicated - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Ko3qY9tp8
  • Journalists could face 14 years in prison for embarrassing the Government under proposed law change https://t.co/FIhAbnazg
  • Thomas Barrack, Trump Fund-Raiser, Is Indicted on Lobbying Charge - the chairman of Donald Trump’s inaugural committee, was accused of failing to register as a lobbyist for the United Arab Emirates, obstruction of justice and lying to investigators #US https://t.co/F7Ot4mVbLX
  • Buckland hopes to deter crime with 'highly visible' unpaid work | Law Gazette https://t.co/psyFisyt5J 
  • Home advantage for Scotland’s Telders mooters - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/sAduWyAvXT 
  • Vue cinema chain fined £750,000 over seat crush death https://t.co/tRMbChlsFF
  • Parenting charity calls for ‘new vision’ for child contact centres - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/G4Bzdw6kVR
  • Bullish Clifford Chance hails ‘strongest performance to date’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/x7TIbN8ln5
  • A top police officer will be put in charge of tackling violence against women and girls in England and Wales, the home secretary will announce. The creation of the role was recommended in a report after 33-year-old Sarah Everard was murdered in March https://t.co/Cb7k0B2SJa
  • Covid cases pass 100 at HMP Perth - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/smSOEPhRWQ

Wednesday

21st July - Law News

Edition 3494: 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:
 Pegasus spyware, made by Israel is capable of bypassing your phone's security and gaining complete access to your device - including emails, messages, GPS location, photos, video, and your phone's microphone. A Guardian investigation can now reveal widespread abuse of the Pegasus technology by government clients around the world who purchased the spyware from its Israeli manufacturer — the NSO Group. People who were selected as possible targets include journalists, lawyers and human rights defenders.



Focus of the Day Article:
A former Belgian judge was denied an effective remedy to challenge a judicial body’s decision in breach of her rights, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled.  Full story - Scottish Legal News
 
Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Woman ‘stole diamonds worth £4.2m by swapping them for pebbles’. Court told Lulu Lakatos posed as gem expert to steal seven diamonds from Boodles in Mayfair, London https://t.co/9yPmJCGmiY
  • Retired solicitor sees off harassment claim over ‘puerile’ blog | Law Gazette https://t.co/XEVuqxTbu6
  • Blog: CJEU rules on liability of internet platforms for user uploads - Irish Legal News https://t.co/zfJs9Oreg3
  • A pragmatist seeking to restore high ideals | Law Gazette https://t.co/TenCW4o3tg
  • UK firms owe HMRC £2.7 billion after VAT holiday - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/J1GJOeKCpH
  • Travellers from green and amber list countries may no longer face Covid checks on arrival in England, a union representing border staff has said. Officers will not routinely verify that arrivals have tested negative https://t.co/r8frCRl0Ch 
  • Getting camera-ready for interviews | Law Gazette https://t.co/4pFdhIp0G
  • Human rights lawyers around the world allegedly targeted with Israeli-made spyware - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/bd4WTMH2a
  • ‘Don’t do ADR on the cheap’ ​industry experts warn | Law Gazette https://t.co/J6Q8INVmhV
  • Dorothy Bain QC recuses herself from Rangers litigation - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/mimblQGSUj 
  • UK competition watchdog to gain new post-Brexit powers - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/UY2dsE5sKV 
  • Vaccination proof may be required to attend sports events of about 20,000 or more capacity https://t.co/kRf7rqRxus
  • Rennie: Fraud probe into SNP shows the need to split Lord Advocate role - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/xp1WRZpwV6
  • Data breach claimants lose bid for anonymity in court | Law Gazette https://t.co/ZAdbquCFPd 
  • ECtHR: Lack of effective remedy for former judge breached human rights - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/wr7WMKsJVT
  • Nearly 100 confirmed cases of Covid in HMP Perth - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/C1Y2Ix6Ehi 
  • Biden Administration Transfers Its First Detainee From Guantánamo Bay #US https://t.co/yTjJXZqcyi 
  • Borders bill 'risks driving wedge' between solicitor and client | Law Gazette https://t.co/KPcIfqSIWv 
  • Rockets could be heard exploding nearby during prayers in #Afghanistan to mark the start of the Muslim festival Eid al-Adha https://t.co/15uDXDUxLy
  • My legal life: Katherine Rayden, Rayden Solicitors - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/p02LpXTU3
  • High Court refuses to let law firm take place of deceased claimant - Legal Futures https://t.co/jwIGDcYikI
  • Gilson Gray Financial Management acquires Westbourne Wealth Management - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/GAYhBl5nc6
  • A police officer in the centre of an alleged incident of police brutality in Newport has been taken off the front line, Gwent Police has confirmed https://t.co/ejb6eD5zqw
  • A Premier League footballer has been arrested on suspicion of child sex offences. The 31-year-old man, who has not been named for legal reasons, was detained on Friday by Greater Manchester Police https://t.co/QD1nzTB4h
  • A man stuck in long tailbacks when a lorry fire shut a motorway started playing football on the carriageway https://t.co/cTTqsh8l
  • Women's state pension: Compensation closer for Waspi campaigners https://t.co/0ZMQepazFJ
  • Stronger rules on ongoing competence move step closer - Legal Futures https://t.co/Pbcfyu6LlT 
  • LawtechUK proposals for legal data are a tall order | Law Gazette https://t.co/QgZ7sbP1dP 
  • Solicitor who forged loan documents is struck off - Legal Futures https://t.co/t1U9lJLnBl 
  • Irwin Mitchell announces family-friendly pay policies - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/5q2J5uFZG7
  • How an organisation operates in the Global South, including its attack on sexual and reproductive rights in #Kenya https://t.co/ZH8S27IR6G
  • Ex-boss of London PI firm struck off over unpaid loans | Law Gazette https://t.co/udZFsylyAO 
  • New legislation to limit cost of credit on moneylending loans - Irish Legal News https://t.co/rfAlLT7t9g
  • Lawyer in the news: Jenny Wiltshire, Hickman & Rose - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/QnYyYLpd7o
  • How a proposed secrecy law would recast journalism as spying - Home Office plans would remove the public interest defence for whistleblowing, and could put reporters in jail https://t.co/YjD5fBGQz0
  • Terri Janke: the #Australian lawyer trying to stop Indigenous cultural theft https://t.co/GF88JKChGu 
  • A trainee solicitor who claimed that he was paid less than minimum wage during his traineeship has been awarded €24,155 in back pay - Irish Legal News https://t.co/7hnmlrwZbP 
  • Judges starting to show restraint on JRs, says lord chancellor | Law Gazette https://t.co/d0F9QeF3dC
  • Ben & Jerry's to stop sales in Palestinian territories - The company said it was "inconsistent with our values for Ben & Jerry's ice cream to be sold in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) #Israel https://t.co/laDaxfH7Wr
  • At least 430 migrants crossed the English Channel to the UK on Monday - a new record for a single day - the Home Office has said https://t.co/dS4J4kHN9N 
  • Covid: Isolation rules loosened for critical workers https://t.co/R0WWgrJ4dr
  • Reed Smith staff taken off furlough | Law Gazette https://t.co/HKA9HI9PRZ 
  • High Court: Hotelier must pay €200,000 domicile levy after court says his income is more than €1 million - Irish Legal News https://t.co/Xk1cwLrJhs 
  • Pandemic cooperation keeps clin neg claims out of court | Law Gazette https://t.co/r4KDlBuHhu 
  • Walkers Ireland announces multiple senior lawyer promotions - Irish Legal News https://t.co/asEWxRQayJ 
  • Minimum salary recommendation amended to include SQE candidates | Law Gazette https://t.co/VL7NzFUhCY 
  • Family farms and businesses to be excluded from care costs - Irish Legal News https://t.co/VnX7P3YiB2
  • Ex-Dechert partner accused of lying to court over SFO link | Law Gazette https://t.co/zppaXzxcF6 
  • 100,000 sitting days: HMCTS sets out post-Covid action plan | Law Gazette https://t.co/YeFZYgUcD
  • Best of the blogs - 17 July 2021 | Law Gazette https://t.co/usw47jwurz

Tuesday

20th July - Law News

Edition 3493: 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 of England and Wales - Meeting of the Bar Council – 10 July 2021




Focus of the Day Article:
The Supreme Court has rejected a challenge against the two-child limit on the individual element of child tax credit payments. In a unanimous judgment delivered by Lord Reed, the Court held that the provision imposing the limit was not contrary to the appellants’ Convention rights. The Court found that the rule was potentially indirectly discriminatory against women, as well as children living in households with more than two children. However, any such discrimination could be validly justified and was considered to be proportionate on the basis of ‘protecting the economic well-being of the country’.  Full story - UK Human Rights Blog
 
Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Why leadership today has to be a collective pursuit - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/ksUbXs98Zd
  • Plans to make Covid vaccine passports mandatory at nightclubs are "deeply concerning," Greater Manchester's night-time economy advisor has said https://t.co/EF5NsLN5mn
  • Kanwar Yatra cancelled in Uttar Pradesh after Supreme Court suo motu intervention | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/VGUXWpuV7h 
  • Northern's self-service ticket machines hit by ransomware cyber attack https://t.co/GZPszx0Zy
  • #Turkey says EU headscarf ruling ‘grants legitimacy to racism’ https://t.co/Fj00VIvQ8K
  • A Florida man has become the first to be sentenced to prison for his part in the US Capitol riots on 6 January #US https://t.co/xcyfHNsTdh
  • An extreme heat weather warning for parts of the UK has been issued for the first time by the Met Office https://t.co/5GH0YX7zKd 
  • People attending nightclubs and other venues where large crowds gather in England will need to be fully vaccinated from the end of September, the government says https://t.co/y5ujprVM8
  • Numerous jurisdictions around #Australia have recently passed sweeping reforms to defamation law, which could have a substantial impact on major cases in the future, and arguably could have altered the circumstances of recent trials - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/TOWBXPF1Dn
  • Child Tax Credit: Two-Child Limit and the Limits of Review - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/brYaOrZbbf
  • 5 habits of high-performing lawyers: An outsider’s view - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/YuW3DY9rzk
  • Keen to start live streaming of Supreme Court proceedings; working on full court consensus: CJI NV Ramana | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/z484YPFNq
  • Political extremism, conflict identities and the search for ontological security in contemporary established democracies | Ben Rich https://t.co/N945ZQkW5N
  • Too soon to celebrate a win for female lawyers in #Australia - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/QWnWTbwaq9
  • Jury Awards $125 Million After Walmart Fires Woman With Down Syndrome #US https://t.co/tv6fKLSGHH
  • NI: Journalist challenges PSNI in tribunal over Troubles-era secrecy - Irish Legal News https://t.co/yiNCc92D8Y
  • 7 Indian and 3 Foreign Law Firms help Paytm raise India’s largest IPO | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/rD9YCndvUG
  • The Guantánamo prosecutors’ use of information from a brutal interrogation had troubled Biden administration lawyers and was a source of tension with the chief prosecutor at Guantánamo Bay, who will retire soon #US https://t.co/z4quxAWg4O
  • Constitution the North Star against which State action is judged, irrespective of govt's electoral legitimacy: Justice DY Chandrachud | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/fuIXu12Dmp
  • More NHS claims settling without proceedings as costs payouts fall - Legal Futures https://t.co/xXaIbRIrGv
  • Barrister reprimanded for pushing female practitioner’s head towards crotch - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/k2LfKUtVFV
  • Solicitor fined for signing divorce client up to unlawful DBA - Legal Futures https://t.co/91EWIkYpwV
  • JUDGMENT - R (on the application of SC, CB and 8 children) (Appellants) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and others (Respondents) https://t.co/OlCcEOZ6wy
  • US judge allows lawsuit against Grenfell Tower cladding firm https://t.co/UF7QGcLF0J
  • Only 10% of new BPTC graduates found pupillage due to Covid - Legal Futures https://t.co/sX3LTNBmgK
  • CMC boss banned for encouraging bogus holiday sickness cases - Legal Futures https://t.co/SAI2YHL0vR
  • U.S. Moves to Return Antiquity Said to Be Stolen From #Cambodia - Prosecutors say a sacred work known as “Skanda on a Peacock” was sold at one point by Douglas A.J. Latchford, a collector who was accused of trafficking stolen artifacts https://t.co/uj2lSSeUQq
  • Conspiracy theories about SouthKorea’s turbulent past have spread online. Now the government is pushing criminal penalties to crack down on misinformation https://t.co/8GhhUaFHsn
  • NI: Latest report shows continued improvement for Northern Ireland's labour market - Irish Legal News https://t.co/YOZgXAA8m0
  • An American father and son have been sentenced for their role in ex-Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn's escape from #Japan in 2019. The Tokyo court sentenced US Special Forces veteran Michael Taylor to two years in prison https://t.co/5sNGnHXKhQ
  • British right-wing commentator Katie Hopkins to be deported from Australia over quarantine rules https://t.co/zf7YuoV3fa
  • Firms across #Australia, big and small, have completed their 2021 promotions rounds, with many appointing new partners. For those joining the partnership ranks, there are critical lessons to learn - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/SnJVSQHuiH
  • A&O equity partners earned $3.3m profit in past year - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/Q4ZggtIK9
  • Calls for legal review of UK welfare screening system which factors in age https://t.co/Vf0RZjioK9
  • Explaining the HSE's complaints procedure - Irish Legal News https://t.co/l9L4MidWkl 
  • New Liberals, ex-prosecutors assemble legal team to launch private criminal case against Christian Porter - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/JVWoznXQdv
  • Court cannot be oblivious to legitimate expectation of COVID-19 warriors for higher education: Supreme Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/yiZn3jqftJ
  • Knife crime in Cardiff: The scourge of the city as told by those who have lost everything https://t.co/2jVz3ytpsp
  • Rights activists, journalists and lawyers around the world have been targeted with phone malware sold to authoritarian governments by an #Israeli surveillance firm, media reports say https://t.co/oTPHEioOEJ 
  • Prime Minister Boris Johnson has urged caution as most legal restrictions on social contact lift in England https://t.co/qDJuv54sFz

Monday

19th July - Law News

Edition 3492: 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:
Several protesters arrested after altercations break out between marches supporting and opposing transgender rights in Los Angeles, United States



Focus of the Day Article:
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. Full story - New Law Journal
 
Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Scottish and Welsh ministers demand respect for devolution - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/S7h5snIOB
  • Law degrees: the saving grace for UK universities? - Legal Cheek https://t.co/C0RISlSom
  • Nine new devils receive scholarships from Faculty - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/TmvEvvibo
  • City firms publish strong financial results despite Covid disruption - Legal Cheek https://t.co/tTcvNz7zv
  • Govan Law Centre hails successes in face of ‘challenging’ year - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Jc3kAk8CNx
  • Forensic examination: the case for a criminal review commission in #Australia https://t.co/z5NPlrkYQO
  • Hogan Lovells and Simmons latest to up junior lawyer pay - Legal Cheek https://t.co/uzJeINhsMW
  • Majority of Covid misinformation came from 12 people, report finds - CCDH finds ‘disinformation dozen’ have combined following of 59 million people across multiple social media platforms https://t.co/2L9UGZy604
  • Court of Appeal: Murder convictions overturned for two men in joint enterprise case - Irish Legal News https://t.co/vo69CSzQQL
  • Supermarkets have warned they will have to cut opening hours or even shut shops if the number of workers forced to self-isolate continues to rise https://t.co/8Qu87Mg6oC
  • Slaughter and May offers junior lawyers 'job share' option - Legal Cheek https://t.co/MVoh2ZxTk2
  • Poland’s disciplinary rules for judges break EU law - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/32yKER3ZjY
  • MoD ‘using scare tactics’ to force public away from ancient woodland - Walkers and cyclists defy closure of Ash Ranges they say is illegal under 1876 grant to armed forces https://t.co/neWE9NGg7w
  • 8 legal cases that shaped history… retold on TikTok - Legal Cheek https://t.co/TaiAkmpmyE
  • Protesters demand wealthy MP pays up for family’s slave trade past - Rally outside home of Conservative Richard Drax demands reparations for 200 years of trade in Barbados https://t.co/C0ONEB0u
  • Trainee solicitor dismissed a month after revealing pregnancy loses employment case - Legal Cheek https://t.co/rOcOLQyZCc
  • Law student-led Oxford Uni a cappella group belt out Bruno Mars hit - Legal Cheek https://t.co/1fqmL5Jcpl
  • Conditions banning radical preacher Anjem Choudary from public speaking have been lifted. He was jailed for five-and-a-half years in 2016 after being convicted of inviting support for the Islamic State group https://t.co/6xeiok6wQ
  • Disabled teenager mounts legal challenge after benefits cut off - Cameron Mitchell, 19, and his mother seek to overturn rule after payments suspended while he was in hospital https://t.co/m8RonmHIRf
  • The prime minister and chancellor will now self-isolate as normal after contact with Health Secretary Sajid Javid, who tested positive for coronavirus - they had refused earlier until public criticism forced action https://t.co/l3Wix4zok
  • Scottish care home owner banned for six years for failing to explain £518,000 spend - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/fQcGB9Nwjl
  • A&O partner profits leap 17% to £1.9 million - Legal Cheek https://t.co/5NGMhTvKR
  • Priti Patel ‘misled’ MPs over plans for protest crackdown - FoI responses suggest home secretary did not consult Police Federation and did not have data on modern slavery https://t.co/ucC77r29Mm
  • Images of 10 men being sought in connection with disorder which saw ticketless fans try to force their way into Wembley ahead of the Euro 2020 final have been released by police https://t.co/XrV5iInBm2
  • The prime minister and chancellor will not be self-isolating after contact with Health Secretary Sajid Javid, who has tested positive for coronavirus https://t.co/Yqk3pHIAcD
  • Insurers were already skittish after losses from repeated hurricanes. The recent condo collapse has brought new insecurity. How long will Florida’s coast be insurable? #US https://t.co/nuh6842HAl 
  • Barrister complains that judge is 'rubbishing' their arguments - Irish Legal News https://t.co/KPP1VrO9t1
  • Fraudsters use fake Reed Smith ID card in Bitcoin ‘romance scam’ - Legal Cheek https://t.co/5dzURVWsUS 
  • Bar course pass rates drop 18% during pandemic - Legal Cheek https://t.co/pHOhFwJ8ye 
  • Top-50 financial results table: updated live | Law Gazette https://t.co/bEQsXQjLnV
  • Linklaters retains 45 of 48 autumn qualifying trainees - Legal Cheek https://t.co/e3rMIEUmWt 
  • Extradition cases tripled in four months - Irish Legal News https://t.co/tLGR2UC4mV
  • Allen & Overy results reveal £1.9 million earnings for equity partners - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Jy0BwDvdCP
  • Virtual student event NEXT WEEK: Secrets to Success London — with Clyde & Co, Dechert, Pinsent Masons and ULaw - Legal Cheek https://t.co/7HmzUYrgYj