Wednesday

15th September - Law News

Edition 3550: 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:  Nominations for candidates to be elected to the 2022 Bar Council of England and Wales are now open. Successful candidates will join from 1 January 2022 for a three-year term (except where otherwise indicated). Why join the Bar Council? Find out from existing members why it is worth joining and getting your voice heard.


Focus of the Day Story: Smaller law firms have survived the pandemic well but are very worried about possible increases in the cost of their professional indemnity insurance (PII), a report has found. Overall, it painted a very positive picture of smaller firms, with 93% confident in the future – a higher proportion than before the virus.
Full story - Legal Futures
 
Saturday Conversations on Law
  • New appointments for Gillespie Macandrew - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Rs2fWPyiKn 
  • Major rebrand for councils' pioneering ABS | Law Gazette https://t.co/0e51X28piF
  • Gilson Gray Financial Management acquires GCR Financial - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Dn5bGh5aoG
  • Plans to extend fixed costs are 'fraught with danger' | Law Gazette https://t.co/PMuv8PUFOn 
  • Still no answers for investors in Woodford Equity Income Fund - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/aKPjgP2QA5 
  • Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he would not rule out introducing mandatory Covid passports for people attending sporting events in England this winter https://t.co/DzD7RnDHMR 
  • China's ambassador to the UK has been told he cannot come to Parliament while sanctions remain in place against a number of MPs and peers. Zheng Zeguang was due to attend a House of Commons reception on Wednesday https://t.co/itjfWoO9Sp 
  • Firms roll out flexible office return | Law Gazette https://t.co/wTuxfKtxQ5 
  • Success in-house – what people don’t tell you about how to get there - Legal Futures https://t.co/VWoUpGuQir 
  • Black Chambers has welcomed the appointment of Jennifer Bain as Queen’s Counsel - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/UchY1ypf7U
  • Increased indemnity costs “biggest threat” to smaller law firms - Legal Futures https://t.co/kbYhFTHgU7 
  • Solicitor-judge in disability challenge received complaints over delays | Law Gazette https://t.co/0L67ppkJk6
  • Fraud, overbilling and more - SRA bans non-solicitors over misconduct - Legal Futures https://t.co/rqjJqNS9tu 
  • Blackadders appoints Stephen Connolly as partner - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/yP2S2PBIcH
  • Turnover and profits soar at listed business's law firm - Legal Futures https://t.co/6YJg3DaiQs 
  • The UK is to delay introducing post-Brexit checks on food and farming imports to England, Scotland and Wales, blaming Covid disruption and pressure on global supply chains https://t.co/Gazc3z1nko
  • Angry and despairing criminal Bar to "draw a line in the sand" - Legal Futures https://t.co/4HghRGbPqh
  • QC report accuses City firm of acting with conflict of interest | Law Gazette https://t.co/dlBrG8DN44 
  • Covid booster vaccine rollout to begin next week - This includes over-50s, younger adults with health conditions and frontline health and social care workers https://t.co/I975q3362P
  • Police catch as many drivers on drugs as drunk - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/xMx5XXb1BD 
  • High-flying lawyer jailed for £600,000 frauds | Law Gazette https://t.co/bMtBUlIBCL
  • Patel faces widening revolt over policing bill’s restrictions on protest - More than 350 groups join peers in challenging home secretary over ‘attack on democratic rights’ as legislation enters Lords https://t.co/8lVbRO7To
  • Immigration expert Grace McGill moves to Burness Paull - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Q0Owq5PXF3
  • Apple has issued a software patch to block so-called "zero-click" spyware that could infect iPhones and iPad. Independent researchers identified the flaw, which lets hackers access devices through the iMessage service https://t.co/U3xVQoJAWj 
  • 'Scandalous' SRA delays in investigation of disciplinary cases | Law Gazette https://t.co/ycc3mTjlOs
  • Outer House awards £290,000 in damages to family of man who died in diving boat accident - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/3YZfM5RGpO
  • Policing bill will deepen racial and gender disparities, say experts https://t.co/tMnHK768W6
  • Success for David Logan in challenge against planning permission for e-bike docking station - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/MZJLxMFPkP 
  • Menus could show how many calories there are in meals under new Scottish government plans to encourage healthy eating - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/a6iCtXADAF
  • Prince Andrew not properly served with lawsuit, lawyers argue https://t.co/ADTga7dUUd 
  • TLT signs Greener Litigation Pledge - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/LRVz54pDiO 
  • Capital and class – a radical shift | Law Gazette https://t.co/MulSzRklSw

Tuesday

14th September - Law News

Edition 3549: 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:  "Many criminal lawyers make barely more than the minimum wage," Chris Daw QC tells LBC's Nick Abbot. Chris Daw QC talks to LBC about our failing justice system and the myth of the "millionaire legal aid lawyer" 

Focus of the Day Story: Stephen O’Rourke QC has been appointed principal crown counsel, replacing Alex Prentice QC in the role. Mr O’Rourke, whose seniority is immediately below that of the lord advocate and solicitor general, will lead the advocate depute team.
Full story - Scottish Legal News
 
Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Freshfields matches Clifford Chance on trainee pay - Legal Cheek https://t.co/WU4RJpx0y5
  • Kerala High Court senior advocate designation rules challenged before Supreme Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/ePNRRQqh4T
  • Fake Walmart news release claimed it would accept cryptocurrency https://t.co/4HBKqOIps
  • Grenfell Tower inquiry: Reckless firms showed neglect - lawyer https://t.co/WtJ3Ww8JRx
  • In the latest stage of the sexual assault case against him, Prince Andrew is expected to argue he has not been served papers, and will challenge the jurisdiction of the case https://t.co/ETf2XVqVy9
  • Tomorrow: The Legal Cheek September 2021 UK Virtual Law Fair - Legal Cheek https://t.co/m6akdpfk3L
  • The Boutique Lawyer Show: Putting the community first - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/0OwhZU9vaZ
  • More top firms confirm trainee retention scores - Legal Cheek https://t.co/j2H0goimCL 
  • Two Parents Are the First to Face Trial in College Admissions Scandal - At issue are the parents’ conduct, U.S.C.’s admissions practices and possibly the fairness of the college admissions process itself #US https://t.co/sLtBnohF0D
  • Centre will introduce new law on mediation: Law Minister Kiren Rijiju | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/lXeDTUCNK4
  • Supreme Court judge expressed 'relief' at Lord Sumption's resignation in previously unseen email exchange - Legal Cheek https://t.co/gZkIXLktuG
  • The Corporate Counsel Show: Rise of the start-up GC - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/NZa3dJnbf3 
  • President Ram Nath Kovind: Just society only possible when women are represented in justice system | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/OizQW51sqo
  • UK scraps Covid-19 vaccine deal with French firm Valneva: The firm said that the UK government served notice over allegations of a breach of the agreement, which it "strenuously denies" https://t.co/JArmiLiu5T 
  • Taylor Wessing opens in Dublin - Legal Cheek https://t.co/OLblTCPTCg 
  • Seqwater decision to be reviewed for potential High Court appeal - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/YwzzZlRMEx
  • [COVID-19] But for video conference, judiciary would have come to a grinding halt: Delhi High Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/j4NXREzPkW
  • QC criticises "partisan" City law firm over advice given to RICS - Legal Futures https://t.co/ZfNKSfrZr
  • British American Tobacco negotiated bribe for Mugabe, new evidence suggests https://t.co/jTjB4syhDl
  • Eversheds Sutherland retains 45 of 50 NQ solicitors - Legal Cheek https://t.co/7io21ZxtSX
  • Nearly a third of people arriving in England and Northern Ireland as the coronavirus Delta variant took off may have broken quarantine rules https://t.co/PFBpylNkQY
  • Male barrister suspended for groping female clerk and trainee solicitor - Legal Futures https://t.co/SBlgbvdtgF 
  • Solicitor reprimanded, fined for falsely witnessing signature on e-affidavit - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/juhL6EmjDk 
  • £50k fine for partner at leading firm who "recreated" letters - Legal Futures https://t.co/vfuvcuy9Vw
  • #Mexico’s Supreme Court Greenlit Abortion. Will Doctors and Nurses Listen? https://t.co/xb0AsHg49X
  • Solicitor accused of injecting blood into supermarket food previously worked for A&O, Milbank and HSF - Legal Cheek https://t.co/kPRbYrUDij 
  • CPS lawyer rebuked over offensive Facebook posts - Legal Cheek https://t.co/VOQ6qPWlsL
  • Centre clears appointment of members to Armed Forces Tribunal | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/7leP4DFu0P
  • Legal YouTuber reveals what magic circle trainees really do in a day - Legal Cheek https://t.co/hi250KO0IO
  • Bar aptitude test ‘not effective filter’ of weak wannabe barristers - Legal Cheek https://t.co/XylzVsegNv
  • The Metropolitan Police commissioner has accused tech giants of making it harder to identify and stop terrorists. The focus on end-to-end encryption was making it "impossible in some cases" for the police to snoop https://t.co/3EEgAGX1Qq

Monday

13th September - Law News

Edition 3548: 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:  Pro-independence protesters threw objects and shouted abuse at police during rallies on Catalonia Day in Spain on Saturday. They burned large photos of the Spanish region’s leader, as well as Spain’s prime minister.

Focus of the Day Story: The Online Safety Bill Part 2: Do these proposals go too far, leading to overzealous policing?
Full story - UK Human Rights Blog
 
Saturday Conversations on Law
  • US law firm targets grads with launch of Belfast support hub - Legal Cheek https://t.co/UfjN4rLLWE
  • Centre clears appointment of members to Armed Forces Tribunal | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/7leP4DnT9
  • Blending contemporary branding with traditional practice approaches - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/XZykj4qRpQ
  • Bakers, Burges and Simmons reveal autumn trainee retention rates - Legal Cheek https://t.co/DpppGvQEvT
  • Labour has called for a probe into reports the home secretary met two airlines and the boss of a hotel chain without any officials present - Ministerial rules say officials should be present or informed if government business is discussed https://t.co/4qF0DA6Nq
  • Fake certificate for appointment: Jammu & Kashmir govt terminates service of judicial officer | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/9sUgCO9XL3
  • ‘Significant funds’ drained from bar charity’s bank account without permission - Legal Cheek https://t.co/0gaFm1lObs
  • Plans to raise National Insurance to fund health and social care could lead to the breakdown of struggling families, the UK's tax authority says https://t.co/NH8O2XtOHx
  • Support rises for Charter of Human Rights in #Australia - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/mEFZmDTH6w
  • Life at a US law firm in London - Legal Cheek https://t.co/9hahyxOynA
  • The UK's Afghanistan Resettlement Scheme - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/T9I2Wk1Bdu 
  • FBI begins declassifying documents into #Saudi 9/11 links https://t.co/LCbgibdHLh
  • Top City law firms feature on ‘family-friendly’ employers list - Legal Cheek https://t.co/0O1y1SLV0P
  • Plans to introduce vaccine passports for access into nightclubs and large events in England will not go ahead, the health secretary has said. Sajid Javid told the BBC: "We shouldn't be doing things for the sake of it." https://t.co/VWPamrdTpR
  • The Weekly Round-Up: “undue lenience” and unpopular social care proposals - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/XJvrZWyayT 
  • Mishcon trainee and junior lawyers set to become firm shareholders as flotation gets go ahead - Legal Cheek https://t.co/gV6x1hMZw9
  • Men are inventing new excuses for killing women and judges are falling for them - Sam Pybus claimed his fatal act was consensual, and was given just four years in prison https://t.co/Yk7opuzokN 
  • Who is Lorraine Finlay and why has her appointment as human rights commissioner angered some? #Australia https://t.co/wFgqJewqxK
  • The Online Safety Bill Part 2: Do these proposals go too far, leading to overzealous policing? - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/2g4J5tO3m6
  • Covid Vaccine Resisters Seek Religious Exemptions. But What Counts? #US https://t.co/wyC3DrMUOL
  • The Conservative Lawyer Behind the Texas Abortion Law #US https://t.co/FxFQDLxEAF 
  • Shearman steps up NQ talent battle with improved £145k salary - Legal Cheek https://t.co/Tz3Ln1ygk2
  • Carnival fails to block international passengers from joining Ruby Princess class action - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/JBoxAiiObV
  • Charles Russell keeps 25 of 26 NQ solicitors - Legal Cheek https://t.co/GBNEcewth
  • Calcutta High Court quashes FIR with “absurd allegations” against journalist for tweets about | Bar & Bench #India Covid management https://t.co/Nvyu2PKBps
  • Stephen O’Rourke QC named principal crown counsel; new roles created for Alex Prentice QC - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/iKwpOLX8nH
  • #Indian pilot's error and failure to follow safety guidelines led to the crash of an Air India Express plane in August last year, investigators say https://t.co/MSfvXCbnmj
  • Foreign travellers from Wales can use a wider choice of Covid testing firms from 21 September, the Welsh government has announced https://t.co/48oWhFv7xF 
  • Barrister apprenticeships? Quite possibly says pupillage expert - Legal Cheek https://t.co/IoLGRxE0Rg
  • Vaccine certification plans approved by Scottish Parliament - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Dw1hd8KYMm

Sunday

12th September - Law News

Edition 3547: 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 world is facing a stark choice with Afghanistan: accept the Taliban as the country's new leaders, or continue shutting them out. The group's been barred from accessing the Afghan Central Bank's foreign assets worth 10 billion dollars, and aid has dried up. The UN warns 97% of the population could be living in poverty within a year. So what will the international community do now?


Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Donald Findlay QC launches website - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/3GFOho6zO0
  • Means test to be removed for bereaved families in ECF cases | Law Gazette https://t.co/Rsnq8kQqf
  • Alan McKee joins board of Business Beats Cancer Glasgow - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/PxWExvmDpJ
  • Court adds City firm and ex-partner to hacking conspiracy claim | Law Gazette https://t.co/5chPUgkTTp
  • Police investigate Didsbury Mosque fire as hate crime https://t.co/QWoSCDMEt
  • Legal action planned as NHS closes doors to new patients at East Lothian hospital - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/wRKkAyc9xZ
  • Digital divorce portal to become mandatory | Law Gazette https://t.co/OpFo63p6pc
  • #Spain Arrests Former Venezuela Spy Chief Accused of Drug Trafficking https://t.co/M4xkcX5DKo
  • A banner supporting a woman who accused footballer Cristiano Ronaldo of a sex assault has been flown over Old Trafford during his return game for Manchester United: The Level Up feminist group said they wanted to "remind crowds" of rape allegations https://t.co/4ivaq8nDpA 
  • Blog: Managing risk throughout the construction materials shortage - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/RnYHg6tz5
  • Manchester super court opens in battle against the backlog | Law Gazette https://t.co/9gFq8Z5Hts 
  • 20 Years On, the War on Terror Grinds Along With No End in Sight - Only the weapon manufacturers and contractors benefit https://t.co/ta5TQSq37W
  • Prince Andrew's team do not believe that legal papers from lawyers for the woman who has accused him of sexual abuse have been successfully served https://t.co/SbcgwBZlLb
  • Six men arrested in £160m cocaine haul off Plymouth coast https://t.co/5IzJKvLTFE
  • ‘My son misses his Papa’: Brexit rules force families to split: Partners and spouses are being kept apart by Home Office delays in processing revised versions of entry permits to Britain https://t.co/39oFinuH20 
  • Inaugural Theresa Hunt Prize in Excellence awarded - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/jBztYGwjmx 
  • Solicitor-judge takes government to court over disability struggles | Law Gazette https://t.co/gOAf8DxJHD
  • ‘Every message was copied to the police’: the inside story of the most daring surveillance sting in history #Australia https://t.co/TCQeMTpstW
  • Bar sticks to its guns over harsher sexual misconduct sanctions | Law Gazette https://t.co/EIwzkOkF2Y
  • Declassified documents show #Australia assisted CIA in coup against Chile’s Salvador Allende https://t.co/dL8kuM10q4
  • In US Drone Strike in #Afghanistan, Evidence Suggests No ISIS Bomb https://t.co/XWZLoVbXkE
  • Google illegally underpaid thousands of workers across dozens of countries https://t.co/KfsxcIkcF7
  • England: ‘Super courtroom’ to allow for trials of up to 12 defendants - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/v2Kf7CMG7o
  • #US military trial of 9/11 suspects drags on 20 years after attack: Torture, secrecy and dysfunction plague military tribunal at Guantanamo Bay with no resolution in sight https://t.co/pywnaYZKNZ 
  • Defendant solicitors and their clients will welcome fixed costs expansion | Law Gazette https://t.co/GU6ugMrhW
  • How Southeast Asia’s hardline groups saw September 11 attacks - Groups like Jemaah Islamiyah were already carrying out attacks in Southeast Asia when 9/11 happened – an attack of an altogether larger scale https://t.co/rO2acb0SqG
  • Fraud warnings not good enough for young adults, says charity https://t.co/YuLNdVlVBb
  • Tax on landlords could help pay for social care, says the Labour leader https://t.co/5RSPqq6Vww 
  • Obituary - Kingsley Williams, who has died aged 94, was a solicitor who served on a number of public bodies in the Hampshire area from 1960 onwards https://t.co/kvMQQmUU4V
  • Defendant solicitors and their clients will welcome fixed costs expansion | Law Gazette https://t.co/GU6ugMISNV
  • Faculty and SEMLA event: How to become an Advocate - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/CCiNYkAGUR
  • A judge has issued an arrest warrant for a woman accused of killing two of her children in a crash on the M1. Mary McCann, 35, of Bamford Avenue, Derby, failed to appear at Aylesbury Crown Court https://t.co/3gu04j5CSv
  • What is happening on court-imposable PPOs for Scotland? - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/JNcorD7xiG 
  • The Northern Ireland Protocol and the limits to ‘creativity and flexibility’ - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/9SNuaPdmzG
  • Lucy-Anne Rushton murder detective jailed for witness signature forgery https://t.co/OuQFP8RPZt
  • Glasgow sheriff orders Brexit Party to pay £22k in unpaid invoices to advertising firm - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/syv6lLkkjo

Saturday

11th September - Law News

Edition 3546: 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:  Two hours before play, the Manchester Test match was called off due to fear of COVID-19 cases in the Indian camp. With packed schedules and bio-bubbles ranging from 15-45 days for tournaments, is India playing too much cricket in times of a pandemic?


 
Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Dishonest solicitor who faked boss’s signature allowed to stay on roll | Law Gazette https://t.co/pNiQDS9U
  • As national eviction protections lapse, much of the rental assistance sits unspent. Aid was slowed by red tape, resistance from landlords and the difficulty of navigating an informal market #US https://t.co/JeHiZ4QZd9 
  • Plans to boost GSOC powers branded ‘draconian’ by Garda commissioner | Irish Legal News https://t.co/e0ZAyyojNl 
  • Lawyers for Virginia Giuffre who has accused Prince Andrew of sexual abuse claim they have successfully served him with legal papers. Legal papers have to be "served" before the case can proceed https://t.co/yJnua2Ni6G 
  • Building Safety Bill gives leaseholders 'worthless' legal right | Law Gazette https://t.co/qJ2TEEv5v5
  • The world's poorest countries say they are worried about getting to the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow in November. Twenty are on the UK's Covid red list - meaning hotel quarantine for arrivals https://t.co/OfgdrWJVi
  • Apple has been dealt a major blow in its ongoing trial against Fortnite-maker Epic Games. A court in Oakland, California #US, has ruled that Apple cannot stop app developers directing users to third-party payment options https://t.co/WTxGJwS99y
  • A total of 31 late-stage terror plots have been foiled in the UK in the past four years, the head of MI5 has said https://t.co/VQt5bUmYXa 
  • Pfizer accused of holding #Brazil ‘to ransom’ over vaccine contract demands. Leaked supply document reveals clauses to protect US pharma company from legal action in the event of serious side-effects https://t.co/rOLXz9hLk
  • Criminal cases in Northern Ireland took nearly a third longer during Covid-19 pandemic | Irish Legal News https://t.co/HmxsDEUeb5
  • A new law puts Missouri at the vanguard of states challenging federal authority on guns #US https://t.co/2UUam4UsXP 
  • Buckland calls for tougher corporate crime laws | Law Gazette https://t.co/Ua77MkTM8
  • Law firm was akin to "slow-motion car crash", tribunal finds - Legal Futures https://t.co/EpCq4XFEFT
  • Brodies’ family law specialist reaches solicitor advocate milestone - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/8y0TF5jQHX
  • Post Office scandal inquiry urged to put more focus on the lawyers - Legal Futures https://t.co/d974CRS8pN 
  • TLT takes top floor in Glasgow’s flagship sustainable office development - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/xQXmJFu7o3
  • Mishcon de Reya to list - and more firms are set to follow - Legal Futures https://t.co/ff95LoIouG 
  • Firm posts £3.5m annual losses as pandemic hits turnover | Law Gazette https://t.co/Qm3cydnvA
  • Cressida Dick, Met commissioner has been given two-year contract extension - On Thursday a number of high-profile signatories wrote an open letter accusing her of "presiding over a culture of incompetence and cover-up" https://t.co/QsMoomKs8I
  • Treat personal mitigation "with caution" in cases of sexual misconduct - Legal Futures https://t.co/v83teEGXhS
  • Initially reluctant to enact mandates, the #US president is now moving aggressively to require vaccination as the Delta variant races across the country https://t.co/qJmgglwZV0
  • Ampersand trio takes silk - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/lZb6emN7w
  • West Midlands Police apologises for failing domestic abuse victim - The family of a 34-year-old domestic abuse victim have received a public apology following failings by police https://t.co/hFav9Dp0p1
  • Nuisance calls could lead to multimillion-pound fines in UK - Ministers considering bringing punishment in line with GDPR, which can issue fine of up to £17.5m https://t.co/gLvvoi1gmI
  • Valerie Armstrong-Surgenor: Our ‘cookie’ recipe to assist you with compliance - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/ljHtwHDPoX
  • Azeem Rafiq was the "victim of racial harassment and bullying," according to the findings released from a report by his former county cricket club Yorkshire https://t.co/M84Av9fHeq 
  • Tribunal questions ‘stale’ allegations against veteran solicitor | Law Gazette https://t.co/bx85JMs2Eh 
  • An experiment that hung rhinoceroses upside down to see what effect it had on the animals has been awarded one of this year's Ig Nobel prizes https://t.co/921kPUl79g
  • #Austria man kept dead mother in cellar for pension, police say https://t.co/Fy9ppoJwJ2 
  • The UK's first LGBT business champion has pledged to build a bridge between the government and the LGBT community. Iain Anderson, executive chairman of public relations firm Cicero, will focus on improving workplace equality https://t.co/mvwr1WEDho
  • Five new solicitor advocates admitted - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/65XzCINxbs 
  • The fall of Afghanistan to the Taliban is likely to have "emboldened" so-called lone wolf terrorists in the UK, the director general of MI5 has warned https://t.co/VQt5bUmYXa
  • #German footballer Jerome Boateng has been found guilty of assaulting his ex-girlfriend, and has been ordered to pay a 1.8m euro (£1.5m) fine https://t.co/PRZ6Eej47G
  • The trial of Elizabeth Holmes: perfect for the age of the Instagram influencer https://t.co/sWMagP6305 
  • Mishcon partners vote for stock exchange listing | Law Gazette https://t.co/A7Ydyv878g
  • Tributes have been paid to Gordon Nicol, who passed away last week at the age of 68 following a short illness - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Ri6mE7oD3e
  • KRW Law welcomes acquittal of Birmingham pub bombings convoy participants | Irish Legal News https://t.co/srfN1OdBic
  • Brexit pre-settled status: EU nationals in UK face losing out on jobs and housing - Some people cannot prove they are in the country legally because of glitch in digital residency permits https://t.co/OwOuLVxxg8
  • Crimestoppers launches appeal over 1994 unsolved murder of Shona Stevens - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/DSy9FPMU1g
  • A former student has been jailed for 20 months for hacking university computers and selling exam answers for thousands of pounds. Hayder Aljayyash, 29, was studying for a master's degree in embedded system design at the University of South Wales https://t.co/sDGAThChRb
  • Joanna Boag-Thomson elected chair of Scottish Council for Development and Industry - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/bDUkphuPXp
  • Twelve new Queen’s Counsel appointed - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/4pqgvXLQc5
  • The Queen and the royal family are supporters of the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement, one of the monarch’s representatives has said https://t.co/iQnzgdUiOc 
  • UK negligent in failure to stop customs fraud, says senior EU lawyer = Non-binding opinion says UK allowed criminal gangs to flood Europe with cheap Chinese-made clothes https://t.co/1cuqZBqOA1 
  • Texas sued by #US justice department over ‘clearly unconstitutional’ abortion ban https://t.co/uZ2sBtkqmR

Friday

10th September - Law News

Edition 3545: 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:  Imagine going abroad to visit your in-laws and suddenly being told you have no right to go back to Britain because of a mistake in your passport. That's what happened to Richard Black, who went to Trinidad almost 40 years ago to see relatives and has only just won his battle to be allowed to return to the UK. But like so many families separated by the Windrush scandal, the nightmare continues. Mr Black's daughter, who was born in Trinidad while he was stranded, is being denied the same right.

Focus of the Day Story: UK government taps TLT-led consortium for post-Brexit trade agreements. TLT to work with partners McDermott Will & Emery and Borden Ladner Gervais along with a network of subcontractor law firms
. Full story - The Global Legal Post
 
Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Fixed costs extension helps those with deeper pockets - Law Society | Law Gazette https://t.co/ryTpUF85XD
  • Police Scotland disgraced in court after admitting failings which led to M9 death - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/ittt5xF12L
  • Home Office cancels third deportation flight to Pakistan in a year - Sources say charter plane stopped due to UK’s refusal to take Pakistan off red travel list https://t.co/3KCXv2INw
  • Elections bill is a dangerous assault on democracy - The Conservative government is attempting to rig elections in the party’s favour with the proposed changes, say readers https://t.co/KZnSsdfDu7
  • Third of BAME staff in NHS mental health services face racist abuse at work https://t.co/vNLfXA3r6
  • #Austrian man mummifies dead mother to keep receiving her benefits: Man, 66, admitted to freezing her body after she died before wrapping her in bandages to absorb any fluid https://t.co/Zgmj1Hf1kl
  • France accuses Patel of blackmail in row over Channel migrants: Interior minister says UK plans to return boats of vulnerable people would not be accepted https://t.co/gyoMbFX3D
  • High Court: Landlords not entitled to evict tenant until statutory appeal has been determined | Irish Legal News https://t.co/yUbbyQR6d
  • People in Scotland will need proof they have been fully vaccinated before they can enter nightclubs and many large events from 1 October https://t.co/vpjhxwrQF
  • ULaw cashes in on online learning as profits soar | Law Gazette https://t.co/1eSEcPa1y
  • Suicide still treated as a crime in at least 20 countries, report finds https://t.co/hXqcDQdakl
  • Fiscal claims she was sacked after raising sexual harassment allegations - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/5AX56ocx3
  • #France threatened with legal action over use of pesticides https://t.co/1inKgiYfc
  • CPS and Pinsent Masons among top 10 'family friendly' employers | Law Gazette https://t.co/03mQ1YlZYT
  • #Poland to be fined by EU over judicial crisis | Irish Legal News https://t.co/mXRPtg2rv2
  • Work begins on Scottish Human Rights Bill - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Mm8Uvhov8V
  • Public should be ‘reassured’ that COPFS deals properly with allegations against police - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/7KHyxVv5w8 
  • High Court refuses appeal against trial judge’s decision to review evidence admissibility in sexual offences trial - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/C5TnHMSHk
  • Public wants outright cold call ban after most tormented by CMCs | Law Gazette https://t.co/HPPTvLhtoz
  • The UK medicines regulator has approved the use of Pfizer and AstraZeneca as Covid booster vaccines, paving the way for a rollout ahead of the winter https://t.co/zw4IwUJZ69
  • Journalists in #Afghanistan say that they have been beaten, detained and flogged by the Taliban when attempting to cover protests https://t.co/MU7oJyPxL3
  • Biden Legal Team Divided on Scope of Rights of Guantánamo Detainees #US https://t.co/EUXE4CVLaX
  • Exclusive: Lady Wolffe joins Strathclyde Law School as professor of practice - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/DbaGqibJK
  • London transport staff warned of anti-vaccination posters with razor blades https://t.co/rYld1REtaM
  • PayPal is introducing new fees for payments between businesses in the UK and those in Europe, from November as a result of Brexit https://t.co/NoWECrtHB3
  • Tribunal conference looks to the future - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/hOWbvb4nm
  • Mason Hayes & Curran commits up to €50k to UNICEF vaccination campaign | Irish Legal News https://t.co/SO0Z0WYFdN
  • Eddie Obeid did not know of conspiracy’s developments, his lawyer tells judge #Australia https://t.co/ztQJ8dXRuw
  • Victims of police injustice are calling for the prime minister to replace Met Police Commissioner Dame Cressida Dick when her contract comes up in April https://t.co/RU21KK5Mj
  • Mishcon sets up £150m litigation arm | Law Gazette https://t.co/B5laEh1Wwd
  • Deaths of 3 adults with learning disabilities at a failed hospital, at Jeesal Cawston Park, Norfolk should prompt a review to prevent further "lethal outcomes" at similar facilities, a report said https://t.co/T7zt14H1l
  • Leading firm rebuked for letting £21m pass through client account - Legal Futures https://t.co/TzEDAf15L
  • Scottish Land Court and Lands Tribunal for Scotland to be unified - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/3d69aLTIE
  • Patel’s plans to send migrant boats back to France ‘dead in water’, union says - Union says maritime law would have to be rewritten, and French government has rejected proposals https://t.co/H15ZWoFIP
  • Law firm invests own capital in £150m deal with litigation funder - Legal Futures https://t.co/8MAY5Ja4ED
  • First for Compass as female members become co-directors - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/2rS96IEhuE
  • Barrister apprenticeships a “viable option”, specialist argues - Legal Futures https://t.co/iahGKyBeDw
  • Northern Ireland public invited to complete survey on rape myths | Irish Legal News https://t.co/e8PRDkIL2J 
  • Supreme Court Stays Execution in Dispute Over Pastor’s Role #US https://t.co/0bRfYXsJzb
  • Fire Kills at Least 41 Prisoners in #Indonesia https://t.co/uYnTbrXBM5
  • Court denies relief from sanctions after nine-year delay in application | Law Gazette https://t.co/IxZZ1erbZ2
  • Facebook accused of allowing sexist job advertising https://t.co/fBVllilwlI
  • MSPs to vote on Scottish vaccine passport scheme https://t.co/WAQI2Zsvnb
  • Prisoner recalled from community release on two previous occasions fails in challenge of decision not to release him on licence - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/iuyaTOdciE
  • Home Secretary Priti Patel wants to allow the UK Border Force to be able to turn back boats carrying migrants across the English Channel https://t.co/WpYjja8p1y
  • Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes "lied and cheated" for money and fame, prosecutors alleged on the first day of the former Silicon Valley star's trial #US https://t.co/t1TkIWOYv
  • Complained-about conveyancers to pay more for ombudsman | Law Gazette https://t.co/XOlNYbKiuW
  • Pacitti Jones acquires Alexander, Jubb & Taylor - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/IhhahkspEh 
  • Urquharts welcomes two solicitors - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Gi0s4n24g
  • Jean Wilke joins School of Law at Aberdeen University - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/ZctsUMbYjY
  • Edinburgh sex attacker who raped four women 'checked pulse of victim' https://t.co/Mjo9wJwRZ
  • Law Society accuses Scottish government of dragging heels on legal aid - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/4bCc6cy5dO
  • Man ‘subjected to homophobic assault’ in Madrid says injuries were consensual: LGBTI protests against hate crime in #Spain will still go ahead https://t.co/ZbUI95rdto 
  • Social care backlash grows after MPs vote through tax plan: Care sector leaders become increasingly concerned about limited resources set out in proposals https://t.co/jzfQPe3qPD
  • After 15 years campaigning, Satya Naresh believes it’s time for #India government action to stop the custom that causes a woman to die every hour through murder or suicide https://t.co/YFkDD86Oe9 https://t.co/YFkDD86Oe9
  • Our regular round-up of deals involving Irish law firms | Irish Legal News https://t.co/3lqELL7Yvv

Thursday

9th September - Law News

Edition 3544: 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:  Rex and Trish Grady are Victorian residents who have been stranded in Albury. They're hoping to be included in the first group of people given the opportunity to return and quarantine at home.

Focus of the Day Story:
Members of the public will continue to be prevented from watching remote civil court proceedings in Scotland until contempt of court safeguards are in place, it has emerged. The Scottish Civil Justice Council (SCJC) has opened a consultation on new court rules covering the most appropriate mode of attendance at civil court hearings in the Court of Session and sheriff courts. Full story - The Law Society Gazette
 
Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Law Society’s opens annual competition for latest ‘lightbulb’ idea in risk management - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/mKvUMd4Lpn 
  • Eversheds embarks on junior hiring spree | Law Gazette https://t.co/33s78p2aoK 
  • Companies fined £50,000 each for failing that led to man’s injury - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/PFba9fIFRB
  • Fixed costs plans ‘untested and misguided’, say critics | Law Gazette https://t.co/HIG3dx09Cr
  • Failure to appoint replacement contracts administrator leaves employer picking up the bill - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/ZmYpnDj7Gn
  • Web cookies rules could be set for shake-up | Law Gazette https://t.co/7etW0gnu2S 
  • Lord Advocate commits to tackling domestic abuse amid rising reports - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/YWlWQX8xJ
  • UK climate laws ‘falling short’ despite emissions reductions | Law Gazette https://t.co/1sB7zgopso
  • England fan admits abusing players after Euro 2020 loss - Scott McCluskey, 43, posted the comments on Facebook shortly after the penalty shoot-out loss to Italy https://t.co/kvpRH6QD8D 
  • Social media abuse: Anton Ferdinand questions if it will take a tragedy for companies to act - Former West Ham defender Ferdinand was among a number of ex-players giving evidence to the Home Affairs Committee inquiry into online harm on Wednesday https://t.co/oVn086vgXf 
  • Law Society and APIL lead opposition to fixed costs extension - Legal Futures https://t.co/h0139fzKcV 
  • With highway code changes down the road, it’s still safety first message for cyclists - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Mq3chCnwyd 
  • Solicitor threatened law firm in bid to have it withdraw complaint - Legal Futures https://t.co/O5Xpymmzvw
  • Open justice restriction to remain in Scotland s | Law Gazette https://t.co/FzO5KXYeKW
  • ‘Regrettable’ that only two paramedics at fatal cage fight, says coroner https://t.co/bdFkz7bCRi 
  • SCJC consults on mode of attendance at court hearings - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Uce1mRRX0s
  • Amazon pays £492m in UK tax as sales surge to £20.6bn - GMB, the union for Amazon workers, said the company's tax bill was "frankly insulting" and said firms that had profited from the pandemic should pay more https://t.co/WzLaftcHY5 
  • #Egypt accused of widespread state-sanctioned killings of dissidents https://t.co/7hpQG65DrS 
  • LK Shields makes double associate appointment | Irish Legal News https://t.co/4HAu1FGK0h 
  • “Angry” public wants total ban on PI cold calling, survey finds - Legal Futures https://t.co/hfKmyevgK2
  • An historic trial is beginning in #France over the 2015 Paris attacks which left 130 people dead https://t.co/mKdHVT5CjL
  • Calls for closer scrutiny of crown prosecutors’ social media accounts: CPS lawyer was rebuked for sharing Britain First posts calling for Nelson Mandela’s statue to be torn down https://t.co/9YxtSp7mVG
  • Litigation funder launches “automated secondary market” - Legal Futures https://t.co/XYjULjgsmu
  • Solicitor struck off for billing elderly former client | Law Gazette https://t.co/sxKsnSUqy0
  • Implementation of Irish Sea border checks delayed again | Irish Legal News https://t.co/LMvD68n3E7 
  • The 'soft landing' growth strategy for law firms - Legal Futures https://t.co/w51q4fXm8S 
  • Northern Ireland marks opening of the new legal year | Irish Legal News https://t.co/oeMt0gzORU
  • The Hong Kong Alliance is known for organising the city's famed annual vigil for victims of the deadly 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown, several members now arrested https://t.co/GHCauD41NK
  • NI businesses in rent arrears to be protected from eviction until March 2022 | Irish Legal News https://t.co/EDGnuPiDkW
  • Darlington man jailed for four years for killing woman during sex: Campaigners say Sam Pybus’s sentence for strangling Sophie Moss sends ‘dreadful message’ https://t.co/75pmIZyEy5
  • The home secretary is expected to hold talks with her French counterpart about the number of migrants crossing the English Channel to the UK. Priti Patel and Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin are both due to attend a meeting of G7 ministers in London https://t.co/vsNxB1fdvR 
  • Britney Spears' father has filed papers in a Los Angeles court to end the 13-year conservatorship that saw him overseeing her life and finances #US https://t.co/M0TGu6MeFk 
  • Wales could lose eight of its 40 MPs under major proposals to change the country's Westminster constituencies https://t.co/uBDyJzCVu
  • Andrea Constand on Her Memoir and Cosby's Overturned Conviction - As she releases her memoir, Constand details her reactions to the court decision that overturned Bill Cosby’s conviction on sexual assault charges #US https://t.co/tsgvhPFiAH
  • Developers Plan to Demolish Al Capone’s Mansion. Some Want It Preserved #US https://t.co/hnMygIzU06
  • Terra Firma Chambers has announced the passing of former member Steven Stuart QC. Mr Stuart called to the bar in 1979, taking silk in 2008 - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/rwVM0JMhmi 
  • Proposed UK government amnesty ‘even more far-reaching than Pinochet’s’ | Irish Legal News https://t.co/NcTIEOHYYQ
  • Official: MoJ will extend fixed recoverable costs | Law Gazette https://t.co/vn4EBsonLV 
  • Melissa Rigby joins Fraser Irvine Sheriff Officers in Edinburgh - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Xf0nfkW2Ln 
  • #Mexico decriminalises abortion in landmark ruling https://t.co/8RMPizMkx6
  • City courts need more money to stay competitive, warns lobby group | Law Gazette https://t.co/91TY44epOE 
  • Anderson Strathern team raises funds for Social Bite - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/jNYbugu6L6 
  • Secret soundings for judiciary must go, says Boyce | Law Gazette https://t.co/VXd6V0Cf0K 
  • What has Boris Johnson announced in his social care plan? https://t.co/NMVLeKDOT9 
  • Sheriff Appeal Court finds certificate for repair costs on burdened farm property contained manifest errors - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/qawxYjEVXy 
  • Crisis appointments at rape crisis centre tripled at end of lockdown | Irish Legal News https://t.co/hdwVd4srXq