Friday

28th May - Law News

Edition 3440: LawNewsIndex is a UK based daily legal news archive on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Jurisprudence, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics & Human Rights since 2011  

-------------------------------------------------------------

 Today's Highlighted Video Story: In this episode of Modern Masculinity, Guardian journalist Iman Amrani speaks to writer Derek Owusu about his journey to being diagnosed with borderline personality disorder (BPD). They discuss growing up in foster care, his positive experiences of the NHS and why he thinks it is so hard for black men to have open conversations about mental health.

 Focus of the Day Article:
Ashurst elects UK corporate head as first woman chair. Karen Davies to replace Ben Tidswell in August as he heads for Competition Appeals Tribunal  Full story - The Global Legal Post
 
Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Seven appointments at Shoosmiths - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/WeMk6ntlA
  • Chelsea footballer Antonio Rudiger asks why the recent proposed European Super League collapsed within 72 hours after combined objection from fans, while racism remains a "complicated" subject https://t.co/CCEaHSiGBg
  • Airbnb has extended a ban on house parties until at least the end of summer despite easing Covid restrictions in some countries https://t.co/YfAkAHQyg5 
  • Live music events can return immediately in Wales, it has been announced. The Welsh government confirmed performances could begin again but the change does not apply to the usual drunken revelry at nightclubs https://t.co/izl1Myd4gi 
  • Boris Johnson backs my case for unlimited sitting days, says LCJ | Law Gazette https://t.co/LiRxp60uDv 
  • Legal aid: Lawyers in talks with Scottish government over disbursement of resilience fund - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/nESORfOt8r
  • NI: Concerns raised over lack of consultation on Professional Qualifications Bill - Irish Legal News https://t.co/0MQI4S7ea
  • ‘Frictional costs no longer acceptable’, says PI firm backing ADR | Law Gazette https://t.co/keiGH1MNw
  • Up to three quarters of new UK Covid cases could be of the Indian variant, Health Secretary Matt Hancock has said. Public Health England data shows cases of the variant have risen by 3,535 to 6,959 since last week https://t.co/qDiFlzpPt
  • Government backs reproductive health-related leave bill in principle - Irish Legal News https://t.co/dESuNyB6
  • Faculty: No case for immunity from judicial review - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/DtfHa086
  • Civil liberties campaigners challenge case for renewing Covid-19 legislation - Irish Legal News https://t.co/IHO5OsGh
  • Conveyancers urged to be transparent over fees as stamp duty deadline looms | Law Gazette https://t.co/yIMcJlK5l
  • NI: Modern slavery strategy to be published only every three years - Irish Legal News https://t.co/RpNJ8Us0s
  • Baileys maker wins trade mark battle against rival ‘McBaileys’ - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/VUR8UZ6d4s
  • FLAC appoints Danielle Curtis as PILA legal officer - Irish Legal News https://t.co/JV1dRS59SR 
  • ‘Conspiracy theories’: Dechert rebuts negligence claim | Law Gazette https://t.co/yj4geX0PHk
  • SRA cyber-losses clause “could force firms to close” - Legal Futures https://t.co/ubH1MO7Dnm 
  • Nearly £30m has been offered in compensation to victims of the Windrush scandal, it has been confirmed, amid criticism over slow payments. The Home Office said claims had sped up and that £20.4m has been paid to 687 people, with £9m offered to applicants https://t.co/s21XBCv9TP 
  • Lord Hope raises concerns over absence of plans to consult Scots lawyers on new bill - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/5ZSZk9oeN
  • Eoin Brady joins FP Logue Solicitors as consultant - Irish Legal News https://t.co/VwOWxnet0R 
  • CCRC admits it lacks funds to handle glut of Post Office cases | Law Gazette https://t.co/mHn6JE1
  • Law firm to recoup money paid out of client account without consent - Legal Futures https://t.co/DDHtNtb6V
  • Solicitor who misused vulnerable clients' compensation struck off - Legal Futures https://t.co/GM5gld7YtM
  • Landlord who instructed sheriff officers to serve notice to leave on tenants successfully appeals rejection of eviction application - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/3yWlcq2fW
  • #Tanzania judiciary's endeavour to fast-track dispensation of justice and reduce case backlog has garnered momentum with the launching of a new Strategic Plan https://t.co/dz4aIhc9ap https://t.co/k5ihkvZ7K
  • Melbourne lockdown: Fears over outbreak sparks #Australia's second most populous state Victoria will enter a seven-day lockdown to counter a fast-spreading outbreak in its capital, Melbourne https://t.co/44nFSz5bG
  • No human remains have been found by police searching a cafe in Gloucester for a suspected victim of the serial killer Fred West https://t.co/5cdyn15Zk
  • Northern Ireland First Minister Arlene Foster has been awarded £125,000 in damages after a defamatory tweet by TV presenter Dr Christian Jessen https://t.co/6XuhjgFn9R
  • Lord Chief Justice attacks “idiotic” loss of talented court staff - Legal Futures https://t.co/bMlUiiiUka 
  • Consumer clients say they are happy to Zoom with their lawyer | Law Gazette https://t.co/t4xfs9lo7E 
  • Hillsborough: why has the trial collapsed and what happens next? https://t.co/ATxmJwhesh
  • MacRoberts invests in workforce with qualifying trainees and commitment to Kickstart Scheme - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/BHakmu9TXN
  • Manchester United forward Marcus Rashford said he received "at least 70 racial slurs" on social media following Wednesday's Europa League final loss to Villarreal https://t.co/Lctjul28tH
  • Changing affirmative consent laws felt like the fight of a lifetime. So what now? https://t.co/QUzd5XrweW 
  • Nine people were found in an uninsured and unroadworthy car during a police traffic stop. The passengers and driver were crammed into a five-seater Skoda Octavia near Malton in North Yorkshire https://t.co/CE4R3jYmN
  • Academic project on unity referendums urges need for 'clear plan' before vote - Irish Legal News https://t.co/W2YulzTA2
  • Simon Woolley, a former senior government adviser on race disparity until last year, says it should now be mandatory for companies to disclose their ethnicity pay gap https://t.co/OClwO3smZ
  • Licence to content: Amazon’s MGM takeover gives it access to Bond and beyond https://t.co/H5n0QMGvs
  • Barrister faces negligence case despite out-of-time claim | Law Gazette https://t.co/2FeGwWS5H0 
  • Heavily tattooed maverick bikies' lawyer 'got his client to organise a cocaine deal for him on the day he received parole on drugs charges', court hears #Australia https://t.co/UHw4mgxg1D
  • New chairman eyes growth for outsourced data protection officer provider - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/zgTOMPdmaN
  • A trainee solicitor from Chesterfield “ran off” when he saw police officers after crashing his car following a five-pint drinking session, a court heard https://t.co/9mmREmOKUM
  • Heed the shoeshine boy theory - but crypto is more than Bitcoin | Law Gazette https://t.co/nMTKZfaT9S
  • #Iraqi Activism Fights for Survival Amid Murders and Threats https://t.co/l0CkyLf1D
  • Johnson Hana appoints Sinead Garrett as director of legal operations and solutions - Irish Legal News https://t.co/GrWblTV7m
  • Guide brings environmental claims under increased UK consumer law scrutiny https://t.co/ETd0LLPG2m
  • Macdonald Henderson advises Emblation on investment by Apposite Capital - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/CTFJTxuft
  • Anti-abortion movement bullish as legal campaign reaches #US supreme court https://t.co/4jlxt1jFc
  • #Nigeria’s court strike paralyses underfunded justice system https://t.co/spUTbm2yR5
  • US business immigration firm Erickson expands into Dublin - Irish Legal News https://t.co/cAmcECGNGU 
  • A crackdown on county lines drug dealing gangs resulted in the arrest of 1,100 people and the seizure of 292 weapons https://t.co/wDmeu5VXf
  • HS2 dishonest over compensation claim, says report https://t.co/zBr7EzmNUK
  • #France has become the latest European country to introduce restrictions on UK tourists due to the spread of the Indian coronavirus variant # https://t.co/TXJlrnks2f
  • Brad Pitt awarded joint custody of children with Angelina Jolie #US https://t.co/3BFriTZ5Jk
  • New #Namibian Industrial Property Tribunal Rules - Intellectual Property https://t.co/YcsZ7KBKAc
  • #India's Income Tax Appellate Tribunal Rules in Favor of Shipping Agency https://t.co/xPyuVScUy4 
  • UK's Uygur Tribunal has no legitimacy, likely to recruit familiar actors at hearing: Xinjiang officials in #China pronounce https://t.co/ZpAOQfEkvo
  • CervicalCheck tribunal has received just three of 250 claims lodged against State #Ireland https://t.co/wyesWG1wsN
  • Morocco Reveals Pedro Sanchez's Chavismo, Exposes weakness of #Spanish judiciary https://t.co/Y65X7qWXWw 
  • #US Senate confirms Kristen Clarke as top Justice Dept. civil rights lawyer https://t.co/2OAEBvVG2I 
  • Ex-Dechert lawyer ‘threw his client under the bus’ to salvage ties with SFO, court hears https://t.co/U2Lv9rHTin
  • Aung San Suu Kyi's lawyer sees little chance for a fair trial in #Myanmar https://t.co/qqNXAptA8E 
  • Key impeachment witness sues Pompeo over $1.8 million in unpaid legal fees #US https://t.co/upzPkZh4rn 
  • DUP: Nichola Mallon seeking legal advice over north-south boycott https://t.co/Po2LoMnbCt 
  • Glitz and glamour as the Conveyancing sector celebrates at British Conveyancing Awards https://t.co/g1ByiVLD6
  • LSL sells its 50% stake in conveyancing firm LMS for £12 million https://t.co/nPmUKXZIwD 
  • Adapting To The Cyber Domain: Comparing US And UK Institutional, Legal, And Policy Innovations https://t.co/k8tPZerIov 
  • Judge warns of electronic ‘Big Brother’ across Europe after court finds UK broke law with bulk data interception https://t.co/w8v5ubr6YP 
  • Reed Smith UK Mentor Scheme Valid For Billable Hour Credit https://t.co/jLtP6CuRZB
  • SULI conference Reflections on Scots Law to be held this August - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/xKY5lOeMaX 
  • Friends of Christian Porter’s accuser threatened to make things ‘very bad’ for his barrister, court hears #Australia https://t.co/uZhWsNK1wv
  • Nottingham blackmailer Declan Ryan has had his sentence increased following an intervention by the Solicitor General, Rt Hon Lucy Frazer QC https://t.co/bNu9qnNFyA
  • The Dominic Cummings Chronicles: Boris Johnson's Ex-Adviser to Testify https://t.co/e1NCCVlS3P
  • Roman Protasevich: A #Belarus Activist Who ‘Refused to Live in Fear’ https://t.co/BE1aE23w4j 
  • Human rights ignored by public bodies during pandemic - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/MJsu5H7qrV

Thursday

27th May - Law News

Edition 3439: LawNewsIndex is a UK based daily legal news archive on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Jurisprudence, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics & Human Rights since 2011  

-------------------------------------------------------------

 Today's Highlighted Video Story: Australian writer Yang Hengjun says his health is deteriorating and has accused China of "taking revenge" against him in a defiant message released the day before his long-awaited trial in Beijing.


 Focus of the Day Article:
A serial litigant in person has lost his latest claim in the High Court with a judge concluding he had ‘played the system’. In Nicholson v Hardy  deputy ICC Judge Barnett ruled that there were no grounds for Mark Hardy’s claim for compensation against a liquidator handling the affairs of a company where he was a creditor. The judgment stated that Hardy owed a six-figure sum in adverse costs orders for other cases but had paid nothing towards them. Full story - The Law Society Gazette
 
Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Battle station: the celebrity podcast that explains modern warfare https://t.co/Me0gbq1vEe
  • Time bar for same roof rule cases approaching in criminal injuries compensation cases - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/vBhFYGQYZm
  • Hillsborough families attack ‘ludicrous’ acquittals of police https://t.co/Y0t3rZpZLN
  • Scotland considers fast-tracking legal aid fee increase | Law Gazette https://t.co/2VpkMvQl9i
  • Will the Tories finally tackle Islamophobia in their party? https://t.co/6cYRbdRDAC
  • Remand population grows by a third over lockdown - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/ct4nPx9rsW
  • Ultán Anderson: Ransomware payments – an insurance perspective - Irish Legal News https://t.co/P2Hi3Jzvp4
  • Ex-City partner ‘turned' on client to boost workload, court hears | Law Gazette https://t.co/zTT6utYhK4
  • Mike Piggot joins Lindsays in Dundee - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/YZ8ki7KGGJ
  • WhatsApp sues #Indian government over ‘mass surveillance’ internet laws - Lawsuit says controversial new laws are unconstitutional and violate the right to the preservation of privacy https://t.co/Yer2kdLkwt
  • Barrister can be sued for second advice on same case, CA rules - Legal Futures https://t.co/oIo1A1Ifcw 
  • 'Enough is enough': Patel's plea to deportation disruptors | Law Gazette https://t.co/snIgpv3SbB 
  • #Italian cable car brakes ‘tampered with’, say prosecutors https://t.co/eokGNC22QU
  • NI: Newtownards Courthouse to be renovated over summer - Irish Legal News https://t.co/P0KcBpbBra
  • A drug dealer inadvertently landed himself with a lengthy prison sentence after taking a photograph of a block of Stilton cheese - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/aFD19GYrF4 
  • New cryptocurrency Chia blamed for hard drive shortages - Speculators buy up vital components as demand surges for rival to bitcoin that requires huge storage space https://t.co/IrIuNO6OYV 
  • EU citizens win right to access personal data held by Home Office - Appeal court ruling means people denied settled status or immigration visas can see records used in the case https://t.co/eQIRmDpaVV
  • Court orders Royal Dutch Shell to cut carbon emissions by 45% by 2030 https://t.co/b938Hu9oYQ
  • MPs set deadline for bereaved to get public funding at inquests https://t.co/CmVcpB5S71
  • Matthew Austin: Small companies will welcome proposed administrative rescue process - Irish Legal News https://t.co/EYC3dpZQp
  • Surveillance regime contravened privacy right, ECtHR rules | Law Gazette https://t.co/lFFZEYFHMN
  • McKenna & Co Solicitors names Focus Ireland as 2021 charity partner - Irish Legal News https://t.co/8cFKkPhIJp 
  • Dentons puts home-grown talent at the heart of marketing campaign - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/9c4ewUtbZZ
  • DWF shares return to pre-Covid levels on back of profits and bolt-ons - Legal Futures https://t.co/PllN1366r
  • Upbeat DWF announces Canadian and training acquisitions | Law Gazette https://t.co/bMfG6IalMn
  • A 16-year-old boy has been stabbed to death, with three teenagers arrested on suspicion of his murder. Rayon Pennycook was killed on Constable Road in Corby on Tuesday evening https://t.co/FC5p04jnSY
  • Retired police officers & an ex-solicitor accused of altering Hillsborough police statements, acquitted. Retired Ch Supt Donald Denton, retired Det Ch Insp Alan Foster and former solicitor Peter Metcalf had denied perverting the course of justice https://t.co/a41FnTH9DR 
  • Consumers willing to use lawyer anywhere in country, research finds - Legal Futures https://t.co/70zZxmXT6y
  • Crown Office accused of second malicious prosecution - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/35EMuCvrg4 
  • EU report details role of race and ethnicity in use of ‘stop and search’ - Roma, sub-Saharan Africans and other minorities stopped frequently by police across Europe https://t.co/3a1ZWc99w5
  • Law firm diversity – are you ready for this year's survey? - Legal Futures https://t.co/PTV6yVJeys 
  • No dividend from claims firm after pandemic profit plunge | Law Gazette https://t.co/Sna04e0fJF 
  • Irish solicitor Robert Burke appointed partner at Liechtenstein law firm - Irish Legal News https://t.co/lDJloCMRr
  • From Advocate General to Moderator – an interview with Lord Wallace of Tankerness - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Cv98sMv9H3
  • NI: Political setback for proposed sexual and domestic violence protections - Irish Legal News https://t.co/6bvWnT01F
  • Covid Amended Advice: people should minimise travel into and out of Bolton, Blackburn, Kirklees, Bedford, Burnley, Leicester, Hounslow and North Tyneside https://t.co/2SQDiQh4cw 
  • More than a million households are struggling to pay their water bills, a consumer group has said. Some people have even had to skip meals to pay for water, the Consumer Council for Water (CCW) said https://t.co/AsSa4KddZe
  • Remote supervision – training in 2021 and beyond | Law Gazette https://t.co/M919X67JOj 
  • Work resumes on Four Courts dome with investigative phase to complete this year - Irish Legal News https://t.co/ZEEWQjL9rJ
  • Outer House judge finds Scottish Ministers liable to pay over £5 million to guarantors of Ferguson Marine - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/SAyPdQMvz
  • GCHQ’s mass data interception violated right to privacy, court rules - Human rights judgment follows legal challenge begun in 2013 after Edward Snowden’s whistleblowing revelations https://t.co/uxMum3rCBh 
  • Good Law Project’s Jolyon Maugham: ‘They see us pushing back hard’ https://t.co/rkD2vvPfhu 
  • Law student helps client administer stepfather’s estate - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Wz3DbMqm7h 
  • Vexatious LiP made himself ‘bomb-proof’ from £200k unpaid costs orders | Law Gazette https://t.co/mAroDsPXXV
  • Simon Boendermaker: Relinquishment and assignation of 1991 Act tenancies - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/8KYIiZYPVa
  • Bar Council speaks out against remote juries | Law Gazette https://t.co/EReDhUwaVz
  • Three new consultant solicitors for Inksters - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/9z2QjiNmo5
  • People aged 30 and 31 in England are being invited to book to have their first dose of Covid vaccine https://t.co/ZlNQ5gAsE6
  • Delay in chairman posting to stall administrative tribunal operations #India https://t.co/869bGHPwc6
  • MP feels ‘vindicated’ in not reporting sexual assault to police https://t.co/nEPIKwRQ8d 
  • #China denounces people's tribunal on alleged Xinjiang abuses https://t.co/hXdx65zWUB
  • #Kenya: How Unilever allegedly failed to protect its workers from ethnic violence leading to killings & sexual violence; includes company's comments https://t.co/ypMvkl0e2p 
  • Amnesty International announces awardees of human rights bursary in honour of late Gaëtan Mootoo https://t.co/qqhmZq1VdV 
  • Kidnapped, Raped, and Robbed: Dangerous Title 42 Expulsions to Mexico Continue #US https://t.co/gWARwwVh9y 
  • #Cuban dissident artist should be released from custody, human rights group says https://t.co/o3TZLaZKxf 
  • EFF's unsubstantiated attack on judiciary continues - in Parliament this time #SouthAfrica https://t.co/y9AXmR72A8
  • Ex-Officer Is Sentenced to 6 Years in Beating of Unarmed Man #US https://t.co/WCbv3sfjhZ 
  • White House Confirms That Justice Dept. Can’t Seize Reporters’ Records -#US https://t.co/2ksbXtZQuh
  • Pinsent Masons announces employee rewards package - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/tb8v4ZC1mx

Wednesday

26th May - Law News

Edition 3438: LawNewsIndex is a UK based daily legal news archive on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Jurisprudence, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics & Human Rights since 2011  

-------------------------------------------------------------

 Today's Highlighted Video Story: Federal prosecutors investigating Rudy Giuliani, former Trump lawyer, have seized material from a wider array of individuals than previously disclosed, including messages from email and iCloud accounts they believe belong to two former Ukrainian government officials, as well as the cell phone and iPad of a pro-Trump Ukrainian businessman, according to a court document unsealed Tuesday.

 Focus of the Day Article:
LA High Court judge has struck out a £58m unlawful means conspiracy claim against a law firm, four solicitors and a QC, which she described as “structurally fatally flawed, abusive and lacking in pleadable substance”. Full story -Legal Futures
 
Saturday Conversations on Law
  • House prices to continue upward trend, Nationwide predicts - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/d7VCjqNpOZ
  • Home Office must compensate trafficked women for lack of childcare, court rules - Two mothers from Albania brought the case after their children had to be at appointments where abuse details disclosed https://t.co/7RyzYZnxHS
  • More than five years after an Italian student's body was found in Cairo, a Rome judge says four senior Egyptian security officials should face trial over his kidnap, torture and murder #Italy https://t.co/ud7BML5FnH
  • An international charity working to prevent children being trafficked from Afghanistan says a delay to promised UK government funding is "devastating". The government had agreed to pay War Child £500,000 from July https://t.co/NKkRn347Gd
  • James Bridgeman SC appointed honorary consul for Georgia - Irish Legal News https://t.co/b41Q4wK8A7
  • Blog: Urgent reform is needed to the law of damages for unlawful eviction - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/ET2fSeCpF
  • Risk to investment in UK life sciences sector from national security regime https://t.co/XcIAYZOU6u
  • We are family - Naomi Angell - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/6LZh5cS0XS
  • Option for online exams to become permanent, SRA decides - Legal Futures https://t.co/PhasMAnZl8 
  • Activist Scottish lawyers lobby for legal aid support | Law Gazette https://t.co/MvkWNS3JIS 
  • NI: Papers lodged in legal challenge against abortion regulations - Irish Legal News https://t.co/aS91noezz2
  • News focus - Bar: ‘no end to justice emergency’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/kcuSm0uxu
  • The madness of crypto… another tulip? - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/rnlwMV9hBG
  • Review of UK R&D tax credits system begins https://t.co/8ModDQJVEZ 
  • #Vietnamese lawyer Nguyen Thi My Dung has been elected as a member of the FIFA Disciplinary Committee for the 2021 – 2025 tenure at the 71st FIFA Congress, which took place virtually on May 21 https://t.co/ZpwU5Mf9Y
  • My legal life: Razzaq Ahmed, Brown Rudnick - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/0YSXbx3tyJ 
  • "Startling" - SME firms saw profits per partner rise during lockdown - Legal Futures https://t.co/LjmAO2uozP
  • Boris Johnson's comments about women wearing the burka have given an impression that the Tories are "insensitive to Muslim communities", an independent review has said https://t.co/FmqG2S5m8g
  • Conservative MP Rob Roberts told staffer to be 'less alluring' - the Tory politician faces being suspended from Parliament for six weeks after an independent panel found he sexually harassed a member of his staff https://t.co/kGTjPOrxHy
  • A former prison officer has been convicted of murdering his friend and dumping her naked body in a forest. Ross Willox, 41, killed Emma Faulds, 39, after a party at his house in Monkton, South Ayrshire https://t.co/uQxdEMTGQ
  • Sasha Johnson, a prominent Black Lives Matter activist, was shot by a group of four black men at a party in south London, police say https://t.co/MgLyY5IDW
  • "If a military aircraft intercepts you and gives you command, you obey". That was the view of one pilot who said the decision of #Belarus to force down a passenger aircraft was "absolutely reckless" https://t.co/03nNkBF3Mh
  • A hospital in Bolton has said it is taking "urgent action" to manage a surge in patients with Covid. Royal Bolton Hospital said it had experienced "one of the busiest days we have ever had" and urged people to attend A&E only "if absolutely necessary" https://t.co/PuCSl13zke
  • One of the country’s leading estate agents claims some solicitors are charging exorbitant fees on transactions as they near the latest stamp duty holiday deadline https://t.co/YGchc2A1Ln
  • #Japan’s ruling party accused of violating Olympic charter over LGBT rights | https://t.co/uPufJp86EK
  • Bar chief vexed by super-regulator’s mission creep | Law Gazette https://t.co/Edt1Sjpuqn 
  • Children living in 'deplorable' conditions in local authority-run halting site - Irish Legal News https://t.co/zG7WQi6Ph6
  • England: Cryptocurrencies becoming more prominent in divorce proceedings - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/YL4C1MHsNM
  • Remote hearings ‘fragmented’, say civil court users | Law Gazette https://t.co/NJBIfReJRB
  • Biggest firms finalise office return plans | Law Gazette https://t.co/zQgA2r4p9p
  • “Abusive” claim against lawyers in Jarndyce-style litigation struck out - Legal Futures https://t.co/ci0Drdfqc8
  • US issues #Japan travel warning weeks before Olympics https://t.co/bgw1ynmaJP
  • ‘Cash cow’ mining company accuses City firm of inflating bills | Law Gazette https://t.co/qLkcbONjV5
  • A Labour MP has said she has decided to take a "step back" from her work because she is suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Nadia Whittome said she has been advised by her doctor to take several weeks off for her health to improve https://t.co/o9ma6pZ8SI 
  • EU agrees new #Belarus sanctions after plane arrest https://t.co/sxeBwpVD9p
  • Sean Ivey, a former Royal Marine whose home was destroyed in a suspected arson attack after he stood up to anti-social behaviour says he "doesn't think the cowards should win" https://t.co/iunTMVTW3F
  • NI: PSNI urged to cut ties with Israeli police and security services - Irish Legal News https://t.co/q4wuYQ4c2m
  • Tweeting barrister faces BSB probe | Law Gazette https://t.co/GjQsyuOdG7
  • Glasgow University School of Law Workshop awarded £6,000 - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/bCX29ZaMbM
  • 'Safe space': judge highlights benefit of office returns | Law Gazette https://t.co/G7gYoZ643w 
  • Society opens annual PC fee consultation | Law Gazette https://t.co/CK7l1MRLW
  • SRA votes to keep online exams after lockdown | Law Gazette https://t.co/L3l6YzHqVn 
  • The skills and post-16 education Bill gives us clues as to where the government is headed on policy in the further education sector https://t.co/F17lnKlORR
  • Child care cases delayed by HSE cyber attack - Irish Legal News https://t.co/mEGVkVDggo
  • South-east Queensland lawyer charged after allegedly defrauding elderly client of more than $60,000 #Australia https://t.co/ki8VgYIcxa
  • Sir James Munby: Judges use child protection laws to cover up their decisions - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/HqphIKWUcf
  • Derville Rowland elected chair of EU investment funds committee - Irish Legal News https://t.co/q1znf1u8Wc
  • Remote hearings: A view from the Civil Court Users Association | Law Gazette https://t.co/vwDBudHZxW
  • Health minister slated for 'offensive and disrespectful' comments about solicitors' profession - Irish Legal News https://t.co/nyrIJFwJ3f 
  • UK urged to intervene after another photo of Princess Latifa emerges #Dubai https://t.co/gnbUf6hMR4

Tuesday

25th May - Law News

Edition 3437: LawNewsIndex is a UK based daily legal news archive on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Jurisprudence, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics & Human Rights since 2011  

-------------------------------------------------------------

 Today's Highlighted Video Story: International sanctions have been imposed on Belarus, after a Ryanair passenger jet was forced to divert and land there, so the authorities could arrest a journalist on board. Roman Protasevich, 26, is a journalist and blogger and a well-known critic of the Belarusian head of state President Lukashenko. The Ryanair flight was on its way from Athens to Vilnius in Lithuania, when it was intercepted by a fighter jet and forced to divert to Minsk, the capital of Belarus. Mr Protasevich and his girlfriend were arrested.

 Focus of the Day Article:
Lord Advocate and Solicitor General to step down. James Wolffe QC and Alison Di Rollo QC are to resign once replacements for them are found. Full story -Scottish Legal News
 
Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Landers & Rogers has welcomed a new addition to the firm’s rapidly growing family and relationship law team - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/s5gwB3Xlyc
  • Law Pod UK: First Episode in Family Law Series from 1 Crown Office Row Brighton - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/fwAJu7kge6
  • An explosion that killed a child was caused by a gas pipe being cut inside a neighbouring house, police said. Two-year-old George Hinds died in the blast in Mallowdale Avenue in Heysham, Lancashire, on 16 May https://t.co/SQLpDtiM7I
  • Barristers to share Gray's Inn with 300 kids as new primary school gets go-ahead - Legal Cheek https://t.co/JDFbZ0o2KC
  • Robert Sutherland appointed Scottish editor of Garner’s Environmental Law - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/BLThbA5olf
  • Exeter Law School to 'move away' from 'white, Eurocentric curriculum' - Legal Cheek https://t.co/9heWsFozfg
  • Court of Appeal holds modern slavery conclusive grounds decisions are NOT admissible as expert evidence - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/bJOFgbjgcP
  • [COVID-19] Grant Rs 30 lakh compensation to families of deceased lawyers, treat lawyers as frontline workers: Bar body to CM BS Yediyurappa | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/q4ce2zvSmV
  • Newcastle’s thriving legal scene offers new opportunities for aspiring lawyers - Legal Cheek https://t.co/XxfwwxDpdp
  • A Year After George Floyd: Pressure to Add Police Amid Rising Crime #US https://t.co/kZMfX7Js7a
  • Frame rules to prioritize disposal of DRT cases having claim amounts of Rs. 100 crores or more: Delhi High Court to Centre | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/EROgwBJ1XF
  • An #Indian couple reportedly chartered a plane and held a mid-air wedding with more than 160 guests in an effort to escape coronavirus restrictions. Video footage posted on social media appeared to show the couple and their guests packed into the hired jet https://t.co/c6kVroWor5 
  • Eight men have been arrested in dawn raids targeting scam text messages. The suspects were allegedly involved in sending fake messages, primarily posing as Royal Mail and asking people to pay a fee to retrieve a parcel https://t.co/6Xa9jabNuT 
  • Man who claimed self-defence in knife attack despite denying having a knife loses appeal against attempted murder conviction - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/aDxCEUDF5d
  • An eruption of Arab-Jewish violence inside #Israeli cities has focused attention on a movement of religious nationalists seeking to strengthen the Jewish presence in areas with large Arab populations https://t.co/4PPY4fwEqo 
  • Lawyers are ‘way too nice’ with fees and billing - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/mhKlPk45a2
  • #Belarus KGB believed to be on plane forced to land in Minsk, says Ryanair CEO https://t.co/zt3a9CMqSy
  • Will changes to how law in England and Wales treats rape bring justice to survivors? https://t.co/LIYUu5RKaE 
  • #Indian state Kerala uses tracking of patients and supplies, a network of health care workers and coronavirus “war rooms” to succeed where the national government has fallen short https://t.co/qwv7wRbDzC 
  • 20 organisations call for greater corporate integrity in #auspol - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/hiJrGOqpR4
  • Influential Labour Party group with extremely close links to Keir Starmer is under investigation by the UK's Electoral Commission after allegedly failing to declare over £800,000 in donations within the time required under law, Insider can reveal https://t.co/34bx9lZtt6
  • In a wide-ranging interview, the author of “The Age of Surveillance Capitalism” talks about why people should pay attention to how big tech companies are using their information https://t.co/YnAgEIiHzK
  • Bridging the skills gap within the legal sector - Legal Cheek https://t.co/GnNdQllqMk
  • Building law firms back better post pandemic - Legal Futures https://t.co/PMhpWKPKVj
  • Enrollment as lawyer two days before accident does not exclude person from definition of 'dependent children' under UP Rules: Allahabad HC | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/rPUHOjhqn4
  • Covid drives surge in thought-leadership marketing at biggest firms - Legal Futures https://t.co/3QBbrBkJsA 
  • #Samoa's first female prime minister has been sworn into office in a tent after she was locked out of parliament by her opponent, who has refused to step down. Fiame Naomi Mata'afa took the oath of office in a marquee in the parliament's gardens https://t.co/hye72skIyi
  • #Italy has launched an investigation into the cause of Sunday's cable car accident that left 14 people dead. The car plunged 20m (65ft) into the side of the Mottarone mountain near Lake Maggiore in northern Italy https://t.co/k2k1wb9HwJ
  • Helpline launched to report abuse and harassment in educational settings has taken hundreds of calls since it opened on 1 April. It was set up after testimonies alleging abuse were posted on the website Everyone's Invited https://t.co/3cK9ecxS9K
  • City Law School suspends two-part bar course following low student sign-ups - Legal Cheek https://t.co/fLdFUQwtNN
  • Law firm fails to strike out claims brought by ex-property clients - Legal Futures https://t.co/oR0KdaX5K7
  • Retention of data on alleged rapist lawful despite acquittal in criminal proceedings - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/iVECQJD5SI
  • BSB probing barrister who tweeted about "stroppy teenager of colour" - Legal Futures https://t.co/9mnhP2ZfsW 
  • Cambridge law student crowned London Young Lawyers Group vlogging comp winner - Legal Cheek https://t.co/5pO6HAwrVu 
  • Barrister who switched from crime to family "was not on top of the rules" - Legal Futures https://t.co/nnnhcqBCRu
  • More ways of supporting people to self-isolate in areas with higher coronavirus infection rates are to be piloted in England. There will be "buddying" services for people needing mental health support https://t.co/mCgVdjwtqo
  • Children tell of neglect, filth and fear in #US asylum camps https://t.co/HdvtZhusVa
  • ‘It is a disgraceful prosecution’: Geoffrey Robertson condemns #Australian government for secret trials of Bernard Collaery and Witness K - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/qTsL2IBQ1l 
  • How a poor industry image provides golden opportunities: A lack of trust in lawyers is a golden opportunity in 2021 - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/OWSQYJ64pj
  • Taylor Wessing thanks lawyers and staff with Covid bonuses and firm-wide holiday - Legal Cheek https://t.co/mg9GLTgUjd 
  • A national mid-tier practice that pays out 70 per cent of a lawyer’s collected billings now boasts 50 partnership equivalent across Australia, after just seven years of operation in the country - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/5BzdutqIdF
  • Hundreds celebrate National Pro Bono Day by walking for justice - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/KAIQDaMHvG 
  • Following one of the most-downloaded episodes of last year, Kernel Property returns to the show to discuss the state of affairs in commercial leasing for legal practices across the country - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/l4wUSZtfaH 
  • [Raghu Rama Krishnam Raju case] Andhra Pradesh HC initiates contempt against ADGP; objects to "brazenness, arrogance" with which AAG argued | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/abmniDvfOE
  • Jammu & Kashmir High Court ends practice of permitting cases related to Jammu wing being filed in Srinagar wing and vice versa | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/3jlbstqNdN
  • Supreme Court e-committee releases Manual for “e-Courts Services Mobile App” in 14 languages | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/3Y14NjoDm0

Monday

24th May - Law News

Edition 3436: LawNewsIndex is a UK based daily legal news archive on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Jurisprudence, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics & Human Rights since 2011  

-------------------------------------------------------------

 Today's Highlighted Video Story: As the US military packs up to leave Afghanistan after nearly 20 years of war, it has destroyed its equipment so it can only be used by local scrapyards – and not by militants. Scrapyard and iron warehouse owners were seen looking through piles of scrap metal outside Bagram Airfield. They buy the scrap from the US military and sell it on at their own warehouses. Although the US clearly believes in the phrase ‘One man’s trash is another man’s treasure,’ many scrapyard owners have lamented the disassembly of equipment as an enormous waste, as both parties could have made significantly more money by selling the equipment intact.

 Focus of the Day Article:
YZ, R (on the application of) v Chief Constable of South Wales Police (Rev 1) [2021] EWHC 1060 (30 April 2021). The claimant YZ had been acquitted on three counts raping his former wife but details concerning these matters remain on the Police National Computer (PNC). These proceedings concerned whether such retention was lawful. Full story - UK Human Rights Blog

 
Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Arthur Cox partner Brian O'Gorman appointed to advertising standards committee - Irish Legal News https://t.co/mddbMDXuTz 
  • With visits from the outside world suspended and rehabilitation and other activities stopped, prison inmates endured a ‘double lockdown’ during the pandemic | NLJ https://t.co/nNYWePDbgB
  • SRA shelves Compensation Fund cuts | Law Gazette https://t.co/K4ndDgrUnZ
  • ULaw awards honorary degrees to campaigner Gina Miller and magic circle lawyer turned pro football player and pundit Eniola Aluko - Legal Cheek https://t.co/HJYHF9KKwH
  • #Canadian soldier has been court-martialled for allegedly serving cannabis-laced cupcakes to an artillery unit during a live-fire exercise https://t.co/qpVKUcBBYn
  • High Court reviews ‘inexcusable’ relationship between judge and barrister - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/PwvP9PoiRL 
  • NSW Solicitor who falsely claimed witness to signature reprimanded - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/DSXN5V9irF 
  • The University of Essex publishes Akua Reindorf’s Review of two events involving external speakers, concerning the controversy surrounding events at which Professor Jo Phoenix and Professor Rosa Freedman had been invited to speak https://t.co/TQtu4eF0RO 
  • Britain's human rights watchdog has not renewed its membership of a diversity scheme run by LGBT group Stonewall. The Equality and Human Rights Commission says it told Stonewall it would be leaving the Diversity Champions scheme in March https://t.co/tmodX3Buqa
  • Scotland's top law officers have confirmed they are leaving their posts. Lord Advocate James Wolffe QC and Solicitor General Alison Di Rollo QC have said they will continue in their roles until replacements are appointed https://t.co/QSEVDvPbrb 
  • Firm targets lawyers in 'poison' breast implant scandal | Law Gazette https://t.co/uPrC3rY4y4 
  • Home Office considers charging EU citizens to visit Britain https://t.co/ff76nCzFIq 
  • National firm cements blockchain-based legal agreement in AusLaw first - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/HwVECYIXPO
  • The Scottish government has said it is working to rectify a security flaw which could allow people to edit Covid vaccination status certificates https://t.co/mo4DFgvqSy 
  • LGBT rights in Northern Ireland - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/mCOZLDXTpW
  • How a Sweeping New Proposal Would Limit Police Use of Force in N.Y. #US https://t.co/wbT1UubE1L
  • Law Society issues trainee support guidance following flurry of flexible working policies - Legal Cheek https://t.co/6sBsmcPWfd 
  • #US police records show threats to kill lawmakers in wake of Capitol attack https://t.co/1NoDlxub3k May
  • Anna Bradley has been reappointed as the chair of the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) Board for a second three-year term, up to December 2024 | NLJ https://t.co/rXpNJkU7X9
  • Validity of the marriage cannot be a ground for denial of protection to couple who face threat from relatives: Punjab & Haryana High Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/GKB9HYx8lZ 
  • Law students could challenge marking on grounds of free speech - Legal Cheek https://t.co/oO4gQvokw
  • The head of the French armed forces has criticised a UN report which blamed his troops for killing 19 civilians in an air strike on a wedding in #Mali https://t.co/sx5kp3AzOC
  • Ten people have been arrested during protests outside McDonald's depots. Animal Rebellion prevented lorries leaving premises in Basingstoke, Hemel Hempstead, Coventry and Heywood in Greater Manchester on Saturday https://t.co/1hJixRU5Ja
  • A&O targets 50% reduction in carbon emissions by 2030 - Legal Cheek https://t.co/yiAb6NdwqI 
  • Priti Patel has unveiled a US-style digital visa system that she claimed would help the government to count numbers of people entering and leaving the UK accurately for the first time https://t.co/MV8boNNQ1E
  • Campaigners say Labour leader should not follow Tory agenda over night curfews at north London park: anger as Keir Starmer intervenes to back closures at popular Primrose Hill https://t.co/hkr8zMWesp
  • Audrey Ferrie: Protect staff as UK hospitality sector reopens - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/JVS1uwhkmj
  • RPC employee's not so secret life as TikTok music star - Legal Cheek https://t.co/UwOOrrldkI 
  • SME law firms are witnessing an increase in requests for fixed fees, as well as greater profitability – and the future looks bright for charging in such a fashion, too - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/aSWOotWIlW
  • #India's government has instructed social media companies to remove any content that refers to the "Indian variant" of Covid-19. https://t.co/lc8BWIwB5D
  • 'Did weak wi-fi password lead the police to our door?' https://t.co/REoKCSOUJ
  • Disproportionate representation at the Supreme Court: A perspective based on Caste and Religion of judges | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/Sgmin8wbEb 
  • High Court grants injunction against publication of stolen HSE data - Irish Legal News https://t.co/jsiMUmxI5f 
  • Fiame Naomi Mata’afa was set to be sworn in Monday as the country’s first new prime minister in 22 years, until the head of state suspended the #Samoa Parliament https://t.co/WLKItzNP9n 
  • Here’s what a 150-year-old land law exam looks like - Legal Cheek https://t.co/aD53Aut0By 
  • Does a $75m settlement make up for three decades in prison? #US https://t.co/4mC08RnTKu 
  • An eviction in East Jerusalem lies at the center of a conflict that led to war between Israel and Hamas. But for millions of Palestinians, the routine indignities of occupation are part of daily life #Israel https://t.co/GYJlqSNYvu 
  • Liberty and Conscience—For All Seasons - Douglas B. Rasmussen | Law & Liberty https://t.co/3u2QxAPeW0
  • Appeal dismissed despite ‘inexcusable’ 34-month wait for ruling | Law Gazette https://t.co/4nizgydsWx
  • 'Has anyone had a good experience doing their TC remotely?' - Legal Cheek https://t.co/DWZy5xTMt6 
  • Rosalie Chadwick appointed global head of oil and gas at Pinsent Masons - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/QCweWCUxXh 
  • U.S. Backs 15% Global Minimum Tax to Curb Profit Shifting Overseas https://t.co/c0meUz6TWS
  • HR professionals in public sector concerned about flexible and remote working issues - Irish Legal News https://t.co/jm2xQlBdaR 
  • Four people have been arrested in connection with violent disorder in Swansea on Thursday. Seven police officers were injured and families described being trapped in their homes after violence erupted in Mayhill https://t.co/JAlrzBMXLV
  • 2021 edition of Edinburgh Student Law Review published - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/7cMqvOfY2l
  • Lawyers take the reins at Fife Chamber of Commerce - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/a2MNJVQvdP 
  • High Court: Directing concurrent wrongdoer to disclose other potential wrongdoers does not require proof of wrongdoing - Irish Legal News https://t.co/l2ARK51rSF