Sunday

20th June - Law News

Edition 3463: 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:
On Sunday, Armenians will vote in a second parliamentary snap election in less than three years. Four political blocs and 22 parties are going up against caretaker Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, who stepped down in April following months of protests demanding his resignation. Many called him a traitor for signing a peace deal that ended six weeks of fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh, but returned swathes of territory to Armenia's long-standing rival Azerbaijan. Four former leaders are running in Sunday's vote, including Robert Kocharyan who's seen as the opposition frontrunner. 
 

Saturday Conversations on Law
  • CJEU: Poland could face EU infringement action over attempts to discipline lawyer for Donald Tusk - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/I2jsxpWuZ6
  • Costs judge invites case against firm over ‘secret’ commission payments | Law Gazette https://t.co/LOj9gSBBs8
  • Lord Chancellor: Rule of law being misused to ‘weaponise the courts’ against politics - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/fD94VEZ81B
  • Supreme Court clarifies duty test in Grant Thornton ruling | Law Gazette https://t.co/js89SZ7XY
  • Scottish Lib Dems call for an end to ‘carousel of pointless drug prosecutions’ - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/MtoRe80SmX
  • #US Catholic bishops are on a potential collision course with President Joe Biden after voting to commission a document that may call for him to be barred from Holy Communion https://t.co/zn5pYQhVU
  • A man who collapsed on a London street after suffering a stroke is hoping to track down the "guardian angel" who saved his life. Mathew O'Toole, 47, was outside Ole & Steen on Wigmore Street in Mayfair at 08:30 BST on 10 June when it happened https://t.co/869ABeghaU 
  • ‘Parochial feel’: judge warns of post-Covid complacency | Law Gazette https://t.co/wHCYKUwttT
  • Mega class actions becoming ‘mainstream’ in Europe | Law Gazette https://t.co/CNVI3U4SLa 
  • A number of Scotland fans took part in a clean-up of London's Leicester Square after the area was covered in litter during Euro celebrations https://t.co/B1RRCQPmPu
  • The UN has issued a rare call to halt to arms sales to Myanmar in response to this year's violent military coup https://t.co/U3pEp52gK7
  • Elizabeth Denham: Use of live facial recognition technology in public is deeply concerning - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/AvasnPSx
  • The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has announced the extension of the Solicitors Indemnity Fund (SIF) for a further year | NLJ https://t.co/t5oL0VRdSt
  • Slater and Gordon: stop these fishing expeditions on baseless claims | Law Gazette https://t.co/Ieg38bDAOq
  • The Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) has backed a law firm’s claim the government used overly simplified data in its submissions to the Independent Review of Administrative Law (IRAL) | NLJ https://t.co/dkncDG5ld7
  • Government apologises to rape victims for criminal justice failings | Law Gazette https://t.co/mNBn1aEC0P
  • An extra 750 courtrooms have been equipped to hold video-enabled hearings since the start of the pandemic, according to a HM Courts & Tribunals Service (HMCTS) blog | NLJ https://t.co/4bsu9mZ7S6 
  • Bruce Craig: New expenses regime looms - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Me1wToHs1F
  • CILEX Law School has been formally approved to deliver the new CILEX Professional Qualification (CPQ) | NLJ https://t.co/Ehb5o565Oq
  • Australia open to junior lawyers under new trade deal | Law Gazette https://t.co/vFWwZ8a9jX 
  • Support Through Court, the charity that supports litigants in person and was formerly known as the Personal Support Unit, has appointed Bridget Blow as Chair for the Board of Trustees | NLJ https://t.co/F6xQnLzbF
  • Freedom of information laws to be reviewed - Irish Legal News https://t.co/8B91NS7WbD
  • Lord Justice David Richards has retired as Lord Justice of Appeal after a distinguished career in law | NLJ https://t.co/9VhIt1LGGy 
  • Daniel Morgan case: 'I don't accept Met apology over my dad's murder' https://t.co/HOmjNQQOun
  • Informing family justice and Court of Protection recovery plans post-pandemic: a rapid consultation https://t.co/diAsoSj1BU 
  • Northern Ireland: UK legacy proposals would ‘undermine the rule of law’ - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/l9CTagIg2g
  • Immigrants and Greece: Pensions at crossroads | George (Georgios) Symeonidis https://t.co/JMHoYEivhU
  • #US Supreme Court’s Newest Justices Produce Some Unexpected Results https://t.co/tSBYFykupu
  • Court backs solicitor who oversaw handbag invoice search | Law Gazette https://t.co/DZAea8iNve
  • Jury service reforms effectively shelved after working group disbanded - Irish Legal News https://t.co/c114Tp9tjy
  • England: Handling of rape cases to be ‘scored’ in bid to raise cases reaching court - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/jxMtzLlPPX
  • Caravan courts: The way forward? | Law Gazette https://t.co/2adqdxiWmN 
  • High Court: Claim of misfeasance against council struck out due to 22-month delay in delivering statement of claim - Irish Legal News https://t.co/HV6pml8cYT
  • MP Andrew Hastie set to testify on allegedly ‘blooded’ rookie soldier in Ben Roberts-Smith case #Australia https://t.co/HNdxhYZA0N 
  • Pride month in #Guatemala marred by killings of three LGBTQ+ people https://t.co/GDmqqtiB2M 
  • Rape survivor calls for cases to be reopened following landmark review - Kat Araniello, whose case was dropped by CPS, says if ministers are ashamed of failures they must act https://t.co/uE9qljkbgs
  • Outer House finds HMRC wrong to refuse claim for backdated child tax credits by refugee couple - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/geLDiDluNX

Saturday

19th June - Law News

Edition 3462: 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: Why the right to dissent upheld by the Indian supreme court should be valued and protested.

Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Faulks: I wanted to publish government submissions on judicial review | Law Gazette https://t.co/YX3YoDBV
  • NI: Care and justice campus to move forward following consultation - Irish Legal News https://t.co/TNqXNhygoW
  • Conservative MP to stand trial charged with sexually assaulting a 15-year-old boy in 2008. Imran Ahmad Khan, MP for Wakefield in West Yorkshire, denies sexually touching the teenager in Staffordshire https://t.co/SiK5roG3Cm
  • Françoise Hardy, ‘close to the end’ of her life, argues for assisted suicide https://t.co/57SvAUKbXR
  • Retired solicitor struck off for overcharging dead client’s estate | Law Gazette https://t.co/LhkAajwVZ0
  • The pandemic has meant setbacks for women’s equality | Law Gazette https://t.co/c3xym8ykZr 
  • #US Supreme Court Limits Human Rights Suits Against Corporations - Six citizens of Mali had sued Nestlé USA and Cargill, accusing the companies of profiting from child slavery on Ivory Coast cocoa farms https://t.co/zLui6B4uZc
  • The EU has lost a legal battle in Brussels to force Anglo-Swedish drug maker AstraZeneca to supply 120m doses of Covid-19 vaccine by the end of June. It went to court last month after the company delayed shipment of the vital vaccines https://t.co/WvRjuppKXX
  • ICCL targets big tech with German lawsuit against 'world's largest data breach' - Irish Legal News https://t.co/JJcTKVcWh
  • NHS plans to centralise patient medical data cause privacy concerns | Law Gazette https://t.co/69NFuU1Jy
  • Rape: why have prosecutions fallen so dramatically in a decade? https://t.co/eT3MOjtBw
  • NI: Rosemary Connolly: Claimaint in sex discrimination claim fails to win interim relief - Irish Legal News https://t.co/CcTc4bf69
  • What victims’ groups and voices from legal profession say about rape review https://t.co/CVP3rR1QK
  • Thacher, a California Prep School, Apologizes for Past Sex Abuse #US https://t.co/LRfnEmlOcs 
  • UK government rape review is a starting point, not a ‘victory lap’ https://t.co/vSv7RRooal
  • A dispersal order for central London has been issued ahead of the Euro 2020 macth between England and Scotland. The Met Police said it would "prevent the public being caused alarm, harassment and distress" and stop criminality in the local area https://t.co/LLSikoqaH
  • Alieu Kosiah has been found guilty of war crimes in a #Swiss court, becoming the first Liberian to be convicted in connection with Liberia's civil war https://t.co/nXmv6oyvkH
  • A 33-year-old pilot has confessed to the killing of his young British wife, Caroline Crouch, police say, in a crime that shocked #Greece https://t.co/uR4oLVb6g
  • Harry Richford: East Kent NHS Trust fined for failures over baby's death https://t.co/fchjVlmBaM
  • Lindsays supports competition for video game start-ups - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Aocv0U95K
  • #Israeli Officer Who Killed Autistic Palestinian Man Charged With Manslaughter https://t.co/aevzRu5e
  • Round-up of deals involving Irish law firms - Irish Legal News https://t.co/hZzo3o0tfD
  • On Thursday, #US President Biden signed legislation making Juneteenth, which commemorates the end of slavery in the United States, a federal holiday https://t.co/uClIlDgZDi
  • The Power of Money: How Autocrats Use London to Strike Foes Worldwide https://t.co/oaxRq5xW7H
  • Seven people have been charged with electoral offences by police investigating a missing £10.25m loan to Northampton Town Football Club. The six men and one woman have been charged over donations made to Northampton South Conservative Association in 2014 https://t.co/dmWnXWMxP
  • People in Hong Kong have queued up to buy copies of the pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily, a day after its newsroom was raided by police #China https://t.co/nzenHUnOh5
  • A third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic is already under way leaving Wales facing a "serious public health situation", the first minister said. Mark Drakeford said Wales may be two or three weeks behind England and Scotland in terms of rising case numbers https://t.co/3oSmuWZhoF
  • NI: Legacy practitioners warn UK legacy proposals would 'undermine the rule of law' - Irish Legal News https://t.co/bIiyqZh4n
  • #US supreme court upholds Obamacare after Republicans seek to gut law https://t.co/qNg8DwyRdp
  • Profession pays out £10m to cover losses from dishonest solicitors | Law Gazette https://t.co/FkYXx5PveD
  • Gateley criticised for not protecting client data - Legal Futures https://t.co/0rEJuC8BZE
  • Scottish poets in the spotlight at justice conference - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/S5zA1kE1m
  • Are inheritance disputes set to become disputes with will-writers? - Legal Futures https://t.co/RAAq6XqkJ
  • High Court: Labour Court erred in dismissing HSE employee’s claim under fixed-term contracts legislation - Irish Legal News https://t.co/qJyJmXaVoc 
  • #US Supreme Court Backs Catholic Social Services in Case on Gay Rights and Foster Care https://t.co/4HVZ2D0dL
  • The EU legal framework and the administrative arrangements for the protection of asylum seekers victims of torture during the refugee influx in Greece (2015-2017). | Angelos Pappas https://t.co/JqXDfWv5g
  • SRA to follow FCA on capping claims management fees - Legal Futures https://t.co/0mMqHgMrnL 
  • Buckland: Rule of law 'should be above party politics' | Law Gazette https://t.co/zliVEhRq4Q
  • Ministers urged to make annual Dáil statement on progress of implementing UN disability convention - Irish Legal News https://t.co/QT2uSGOVW8 
  • Digital courts take next step forward with damages claims pilot - Legal Futures https://t.co/pIfZj3k4aM
  • Extra £90,000 to support women involved in prostitution - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/gAsR4ygCMk
  • Police to crack down on drones flown dangerously https://t.co/JnO4qGpjOv
  • Everyone aged 18 and over in England can now book their first Covid-19 jab in what the NHS has described as a "watershed moment" https://t.co/zozP3fLQXz 
  • #US lawyer couple who pointed guns at BLM protesters plead guilty - Mark and Patricia McCloskey agreed to give up the guns used in the 28 June confrontation in St Louis, Missouri https://t.co/T8vAaxJhtF
  • Two men jailed after Berkshire law firm defrauded out of £2.3 million https://t.co/X5asrjoXpV 
  • Deepak Sharma to bring next Economic and Judiciary Revolution https://t.co/OMMp4qY3Iv

Friday

18th June - Law News

Edition 3461: 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: Underworld boss Bilal Hamze has been killed after a drive-by shooting in the heart of Sydney's CBD overnight, sources have confirmed.


 Focus of the Day Article:
In-house legal teams struggle with data management amid online platform boom, study finds. Legal departments lack policies to retain data for eDiscovery and litigation purposes. Full story - The Global Legal Post
 

Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Angus Niven wins 2021 In-house Rising Star Award - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/IvOffDRdxa
  • Gateley admits client data lost through cyber attack | Law Gazette https://t.co/DZ1YW05C0B 
  • Police have charged two more men over the shooting of black equal rights activist Sasha Johnson. The 27-year-old mother of two remains in a critical condition after the attack at a house party in Peckham, south London, on 23 May https://t.co/N9dZiABxIT
  • Justice Secretary Robert Buckland has apologised to rape victims for low conviction rates in England and Wales and promised to "do a lot better" https://t.co/BVLD8Ds
  • MacRoberts advises BAM on ‘game-changing’ Atlantic Square development - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/5AUTXj3xMP
  • Scholarly Groups Condemn Laws Limiting Teaching on Race - More than 20 states have introduced legislation restricting lessons on racism and other so-called “divisive concepts.”#US https://t.co/EdE0xMr929
  • MoJ unveils one-stop shop for court judgments | Law Gazette https://t.co/20Y5ZEiVtM
  • Lord Turnbull to stand aside from criminal hearings upon appointment of Lord Advocate - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/cilQ4jkiWz
  • Volatile fluctuations in Scottish house prices continue - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Ll2S4rhh1D 
  • Manchester Arena Inquiry: Bomber Salman Abedi should have been identified as a threat by security, the inquiry chairman said https://t.co/vgwaB2CpdH 
  • Hardship ahead for Northern Ireland's commercial renters - Irish Legal News https://t.co/FefQNjNP16
  • ‘Gruelling’: Criminal lawyers reject old ways of working | Law Gazette https://t.co/ip2DJZGzRa 
  • NI: Road resurfacing contract judgment will not be appealed to Supreme Court - Irish Legal News https://t.co/qqK6VvKIbV 
  • Legislation providing for a clear, statutory definition of perjury has cleared the Oireachtas and will now go to the president for his signature - Irish Legal News https://t.co/CEb3JMsir0
  • Crown Office makes U-turn on Cameron House Hotel FAI - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/d39YO78zwk
  • Presumption of innocence doesn’t mean a suspect is innocent, leading Sydney barrister warns - Bret Walker SC, who represented George Pell and Christian Porter, cautions against ‘magical thinking’#Australia https://t.co/v67ubhEV
  • Inner House refuses asylum appeal by Pakistani student who claimed to be at risk because of his homosexuality - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/GH1XBPFS7
  • Replace GDPR, says prime minister's regulatory hit-squad | Law Gazette https://t.co/qTg3VEsjZX
  • British barrister Karim Khan takes oath as International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor https://t.co/Q5bbJd1qCn
  • Employers can claim from the furlough scheme for staff who are self-isolating. The entitlement exists despite government guidance stating it is not what the scheme is intended for https://t.co/Av5tUFLkLp
  • #Italy's public broadcaster Rai has faced strong criticism for airing leaked CCTV footage of a fatal cable car crash that killed 14 people https://t.co/qxgNXw4Q2W 
  • Judges to be forced to register financial interests - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/HMniOQZhv2 
  • Linklaters denies sacking paralegal after ‘harassment’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/Hn7Z0IF62S
  • Justice Dept. Ends Criminal Inquiry and Lawsuit on John Bolton’s Book #US https://t.co/ond5HHFWTv 
  • Asylum seekers entitled to backdated child tax credits as Govan Law Centre win landmark case - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/uRG8fUa14h
  • QC: Menopause “made me feel I was losing my mind” - Legal Futures https://t.co/xl6kXyIiL9 
  • Court of Appeal: €69,000 award upheld for injuries sustained in low-speed car accident - Irish Legal News https://t.co/R8uEHCDx6T
  • Acclaimed British cellist has passport cancelled by Home Office - Spokesperson apologises to 22-year-old musician Sheku Kanneh-Mason for error and pledges to issue replacement https://t.co/qeHAECjv3T
  • Free wills “as profitable as charging a few hundred pounds” - Legal Futures https://t.co/fXHI4CJroQ 
  • #India's gender ratio is one of the worst in the world. Girls are seen as a financial burden, particularly among poor communities. Most unwanted female foetuses are aborted with help from illegal sex determination clinics https://t.co/b4SplYLK0e 
  • Chloe Kahn and Jodie Marsh rapped by watchdog - The Advertising Standards Authority has named and shamed four influencers it said repeatedly failed to disclose when their Instagram posts were actually advertisements https://t.co/5SbIJ6R9Dm
  • Profit-conscious bosses of Jet2, Easyjet and Manchester Airport have criticised the government for not putting the Balearic Islands, including Majorca, on the green travel list https://t.co/cTkvKdrsBX
  • Covid restrictions in Wales are unlikely to be significantly relaxed until July because of concern about the Delta variant https://t.co/RtI5abqZTe
  • A man has been found guilty of murdering two women 21 years apart. Gary Allen strangled Samantha Class, 29, whose body was found by three schoolchildren on the banks of the Humber Estuary in 1997 https://t.co/PfALDEi8LV
  • Dorothy Bain QC to become Lord Advocate - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Y2dZ9XjmJs
  • RT @ishkolhatkar: Ishan is 9 seconds late to a meeting https://t.co/6Ja7ifyHXB
  • Temporary entry and transit visa restrictions lifted - Irish Legal News https://t.co/CZbppWsRWa 
  • CPS staff in danger of 'burnout', DPP warns | Law Gazette https://t.co/0DSw0FsZHI
  • £10m paid out last year to victims of solicitors' dishonesty - Legal Futures https://t.co/1cAjTO3QBG
  • The Covid epidemic in England is growing - with much of the growth being driven by younger age groups not yet immunised, a study suggests https://t.co/NNuasiysbW
  • An independent employment law review group, modelled on the Company Law Review Group (CLRG), is set to be established to shape the formulation of employment policy and legislation - Irish Legal News https://t.co/P4q0oM7oyh
  • Child protection services in England are too focused on investigating families in crisis and do not provide enough early support, a report says https://t.co/QaNPJ3DEHe
  • Some 500 policemen raided the offices of pro-democracy paper Apple Daily in #HongKong, alleging its reports breached a national security law https://t.co/AA6556sobt
  • Former director of housebuilding company entitled to bonus payments post-departure - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/YfOPUx6aOZ
  • Ryanair and the owner of Manchester, London Stansted and East Midlands airports are to launch a legal challenge against the government over the travel traffic light system https://t.co/D2Gd7wHNV3
  • Construction Flaws Led to #Mexico City Metro Collapse, Independent Inquiry Shows https://t.co/WSr0CegQEi
  • Emergent BioSolutions was awarded a $628 million federal contract with no competitive bidding. Top executives received big bonuses while factories mostly sat idle and tens of millions of Covid-19 doses were thrown away #US https://t.co/jbltQnxJFq
  • Varadkar: United Ireland could continue to have two legal systems - Irish Legal News https://t.co/Eq2apEm1MO 
  • Wedlake Bell and Moon Beever to merge | Law Gazette https://t.co/nH8nAbrJ1I
  • Patents of precedence granted to 25 barristers and 12 solicitors - Irish Legal News https://t.co/4AR5lOfZtY
  • Scott Styles: Reforming the roles of Lord Advocate and Solicitor General - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Pew5fwheAR 
  • SRA lays ground for fee-capping in financial mis-selling claims | Law Gazette https://t.co/eHoFFosN2g
  • We don’t have to be Eeyores about our future | Law Gazette https://t.co/hjaW2NAci2 
  • England and Wales: Court judgments to be published by The National Archives - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/LesIkYvCDo 
  • Interesting judgments make bad examples | Law Gazette https://t.co/HcIGwLbJKg
  • Legal scholars publish letter calling for Stephen Breyer to retire from supreme court - Academics join groups including Black Lives Matter and Sunrise Movement following Mitch McConnell’s remarks on Biden nominees #US https://t.co/F5lYMcELGq 
  • Climate activists take #Norway to human rights court over Arctic oil plans https://t.co/IBvGSy5N4a 
  • Human rights tribunal findings on Indigenous children unreasonable: government lawyer #Canada https://t.co/E57n8CpBj5 
  • Azeem Rafiq employment tribunal case against Yorkshire started on Wednesday https://t.co/mi5NQycpX6 
  • New campaign aims to convince consumers that “legal wood is great” #Cameroon https://t.co/DEqZZwWcgI 
  • Holbeck legal red light zone in Leeds to be discontinued https://t.co/GV5gfGllts 
  • Sinn Féin 'will not back new first minister without Irish law' https://t.co/Df94xITamK

Thursday

17th June - Law News

Edition 3460: 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: New figures show that more than 5,000 people have tried to cross the Channel so far this year, over 100 of them yesterday alone, picked up by Border Force officials as they attempted the dangerous journey to UK shores. It's more than twice the number of migrants intercepted during the same period last year, despite the Home Office's pledge to stop the numbers of people entering on small boats. But what's happening to the people who have managed to make it here, in the hope of beginning a new life?
 

 Focus of the Day Article:
The Court of Appeal has rejected the opportunity to grant interim relief to a litigant with a claim for sex discrimination after concluding that any award would completely change how employment tribunals are handled. Full story - The Law Society Gazette
 

Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Barristers change name over slavery links - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/eNQxtfIO0
  • Firms tear up office return plans as PM extends Covid restrictions | Law Gazette https://t.co/E6hb1uaofS
  • The Metropolitan Police commissioner has rejected accusations the force is institutionally corrupt following a report into the unsolved murder of Daniel Morgan https://t.co/oqzPFA6Wd
  • Eviction ban on firms behind on rent is extended by nine months - The ban, which stops landlords taking tenants to court for non-payment, was due to end on 30 June https://t.co/xCWpeGkO3s
  • MPs vote for a four-week delay to England's lockdown easing https://t.co/zOTfeEgSCD
  • LSB pushes for consistent sanctions against lawyers | Law Gazette https://t.co/HqtUitlWtD
  • Aberdein Considine in Newcastle recruitment drive - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/bzDR84DF9O
  • Health care assistants removed from ineligible occupation list for immigrant workers - Irish Legal News https://t.co/uXqOSWmeXM
  • Australia will open door to UK lawyers, says government | Law Gazette https://t.co/nPtzahjokW 
  • England: City law firms introduce fertility benefits - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/MJwNjWsdS6 
  • Court skewers solicitors over ‘multiple errors’ of service | Law Gazette https://t.co/uFTUZE3d5u 
  • SRA postpones indemnity fund closure for 12 months | Law Gazette https://t.co/ERWWMpFrOW 
  • A deaf campaigner is taking legal action against the government, after complaining that it failed to provide in-person British Sign Language (BSL) interpreters at No 10 Covid briefings https://t.co/EKwfCaWxQn 
  • Goldman Sachs delays return to office for workers https://t.co/23t8quic8Z
  • Sainsbury's and Pets at Home are among retailers to have recalled a type of dry cat food over a potential link to a rare and fatal cat disease. Owners should return food made on behalf of the brands by manufacturer Fold Hill as a precaution https://t.co/qGIB2PvMdE
  • No duty on law firm to investigate client’s struck-off solicitor agent - Legal Futures https://t.co/6w7LDSD8Zk 
  • Legal student secures triple for City of Glasgow College - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/YiDowvuaf8 
  • SRA formally begins life as a separate corporate entity - Legal Futures https://t.co/Za7cxo0GXk 
  • NI: Stormont hears cross-party calls for miscarriage to be included in parental bereavement bill - Irish Legal News https://t.co/Rjzo3tQUhz 
  • Conveyancing platform aims to be “central source of truth” - Legal Futures https://t.co/bGeUFhbTM
  • The Jesus and Mary Chain sue Warner for £1.8m over copyright infringement https://t.co/xOix3gJNqm
  • Call for sanctions against lawyers over 'SLAPP' tactics | Law Gazette https://t.co/GxW21ds1KD 
  • Man charged after BBC reporter Nicholas Watt chased by protesters - Martin Hockridge, of Harpenden, will appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court on 29 June. He is accused under the Public Order Act https://t.co/1ew7OKUv9V
  • Boris Johnson called health secretary Matt Hancock 'hopeless' in WhatsApp message - now made available by former aide Dominic Cummings https://t.co/Kxobg0CrtQ
  • Ban for law firm revenue controller who diverted payments to own bank account - Legal Futures https://t.co/bzd7EWix77 
  • Tenerife: An investigating judge alleges Anna Gimeno Zimmermann and her six-year-old sister Olivia were killed by their father Tomás to "cause the greatest pain imaginable" to their mother #Spain https://t.co/2C5ZHIhMB
  • UK warned it is unprepared for climate chaos https://t.co/PGPn54D6Q
  • A Malaysian judge has overturned an inquest verdict of misadventure in the death of 15-year-old Nóra Quoirin, changing it to an open ruling https://t.co/EdAP9XqXqN
  • Ireland's Evolving Equality Architecture - Irish Legal News https://t.co/Ak8PPZdTCw
  • CJEU: GDPR proceedings may be brought by watchdogs which are not lead supervisory authorities - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/L66as1cUGn
  • Supreme Court: Motion to set aside refusal for leave to appeal rejected in student transport case - Irish Legal News https://t.co/AFjN97KNbW
  • Matheson launches new impactful business programme - Irish Legal News https://t.co/SqtGMNDNI8
  • Hardwicke Chambers changes name over links to slave trade backer | Law Gazette https://t.co/SHVp8A27Wm
  • Hazel Chu to take part in panel discussion during Law Society MOOC - Irish Legal News https://t.co/RGmFVLh03T
  • Former residents of Argyll children’s home who alleged historic abuse have actions dismissed - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/MWJZuQv0UG
  • Seanad backs bill to ban NDAs in workplace sexual harassment cases - Irish Legal News https://t.co/aJPtc1C9t7
  • Linklaters rebuts sexual harassment allegations | Law Gazette https://t.co/UDw9ydZ8aW 
  • 'Not digging up that coffin': Law Commission rules out home information packs | Law Gazette https://t.co/BUPkqf8s63
  • Paralegal who embezzled £220,000 from Aberdein Considine jailed - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/c7AledQKcE
  • CJEU: GDPR proceedings can sometimes be brought by watchdogs which are not lead supervisory authorities - Irish Legal News https://t.co/RmTIdCyyBy
  • Court of Appeal rejects major shift on interim relief for ET claims | Law Gazette https://t.co/zWbBhEpJ6Z 
  • A significant milestone will be reached for the Law Society of Scotland later this year when long-standing chief executive Lorna Jack steps down - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/FBoxIdhpnV 
  • Lawyers could use “performance-enhancing medication” in the future to maintain parity with machines, according to a new report from the Law Society of England and Wales - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/TfhCQaKz7L

Wednesday

16th June - Law News

Edition 3459: 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: CNN has uncovered disturbing evidence of human rights atrocities by Russian mercenaries in the Central African Republic. CNN's Clarissa Ward and her team were denied entry to the country because of CNN's previous reporting on the activities of the mercenaries. But working with local journalists and an independent investigative group The Sentry, CNN has assembled evidence of a pattern of abuses, which one UN expert says may amount to war crimes
 


 Focus of the Day Article:
A hardening indemnity insurance market and pressure from the Law Society have persuaded the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) to keep the Solicitors Indemnity Fund (SIF) open for a further year. The SRA said the society had “expressed reservations about its ability to run a discretionary hardship fund” in the absence of SIF. Full story - Legal Futures
 

Saturday Conversations on Law
  • #Israel says it has launched air strikes in the Gaza Strip after incendiary balloons were launched from the territory https://t.co/f9GhJrOsLV
  • Peebles High School wins national debating tournament for second year in a row - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/dufwP1iMqg
  • Marking social mobility successes | Law Gazette https://t.co/1uWfciHfFf
  • Can law firm IPOs keep junior lawyers interested? | Law Gazette https://t.co/3ioFbxaPUT
  • Life management business takes holistic approach to divorce and bereavement - Legal Futures https://t.co/8vKmg91vJ
  • Shirley Wyles: Fire and smoke alarms in Scottish homes - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/3SuWIFqp5z
  • NI: Carson McDowell becomes Northern Ireland's largest partnership after double appointment - Irish Legal News https://t.co/fQzcbm1Bgi
  • SRA grants one year of grace on indemnity fund closure | Law Gazette https://t.co/ZwpsJMq9PV 
  • If resigning is not enough... - Legal Futures https://t.co/fT1NmEGvNz
  • Time to update ‘Dickensian’ county courts | Law Gazette https://t.co/rga9mh5Yuq
  • NI: JMK Solicitors sponsors 'touch the car' competition for sixth form pupils - Irish Legal News https://t.co/yce6P1wJF
  • Lindsays demonstrates pandemic resilience - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/pggeI1sQzP 
  • Landmark bill to put police search, arrest and detention powers on statutory basis - Irish Legal News https://t.co/WMsEI2VZV0
  • 'Fertility benefit' offered by Clifford Chance and Cooley | Law Gazette https://t.co/LOtKGECL5I 
  • First-ever convictions for human trafficking handed down - Irish Legal News https://t.co/MovHvWpbQz
  • SRA keeps SIF open in face of hardening insurance market - Legal Futures https://t.co/HMf134TsT4
  • Fidelma McManus: Is cost rental a feasible approach to increasing Ireland’s affordable housing supply? - Irish Legal News https://t.co/UEFJkh9jYl
  • Giulio Regeni’s last messages before his death in Egypt counter spy claims. Facebook messages from the Italian student killed in Cairo in 2016 show his concerns about studying in the country #Egypt https://t.co/XxKcuenKAU
  • Prisons inspector warns complaints system is 'unfit for purpose' for third successive year - Irish Legal News https://t.co/62ftzvnvF4
  • Consolidation gathers pace as firm numbers dip below 10,000 | Law Gazette https://t.co/whw16Ez1Bc
  • Chambers changes name over Lord Hardwicke's links to slavery - Legal Futures https://t.co/18ddJnia5x
  • E-bike sales boom despite high prices and confusing rules https://t.co/NghfY2QGfG
  • The UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has confirmed it is investigating Apple and Google over their dominant position in the mobile phone market https://t.co/eeraOEUbpi 
  • Call to curb return to practice of barristers suspended for sexual misconduct - Legal Futures https://t.co/R9eZ71jkVU
  • An independent panel has accused the Met Police of "a form of institutional corruption" for concealing or denying failings over the unsolved murder of private investigator Daniel Morgan https://t.co/DTwNRDp6d9
  • Blackadders boosts commercial property team with three new hires - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/PQque7cj7t
  • Gardaí ignored thousands of 999 calls about domestic violence - Irish Legal News https://t.co/taHKaaucFY
  • My legal life: Helen Goatley, Moore Barlow - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/v5zvAfHFxI
  • 2005 Constitutional Reform Act up for review | Law Gazette https://t.co/y7R7nwVm4d
  • Morton Fraser announces 17 promotions - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/mKFmrAmTs
  • A French court has ordered Ikea to pay a fine of €1m (£860,000; $1.2m) after the Swedish furniture chain was found guilty of spying on staff in #France https://t.co/VW3hgnPLg1
  • Mason Hayes & Curran LLP becomes first Irish member of The International Stock Exchange - Irish Legal News https://t.co/zuKCImUmeh
  • The sexual assault of sleeping women: the hidden, horrifying rape crisis in Britain’s bedrooms https://t.co/J1kceqsLas
  • British nationals in France face losing rights if they miss residency deadline - Call to extend 30 June deadline over fears Britons will lose access to healthcare and pensions https://t.co/g3UAQLLxko
  • Appeal overturns 'Checkmylegalfees' PI costs victory | Law Gazette https://t.co/MznaJhoiqc
  • High Court: Personal injuries claim struck out against Swedish airport for want of jurisdiction - Irish Legal News https://t.co/nCxScR7uge
  • UK police forces have received more than 800 allegations of domestic abuse against officers and staff over the last five years- just 43 cases - about 5% of the total - were prosecuted https://t.co/3sx4geJ1P
  • Americans Plead Guilty in #Japan to Aiding Carlos Ghosn’s Escape https://t.co/NZUXjrr68r
  • Judges Halt Race and Gender Priority for Restaurant Relief Grants - Approvals for thousands of Restaurant Revitalization Fund applicants were rescinded after court orders struck down a policy that favored historically underserved groups #US https://t.co/DU2IaLb6i
  • Edouardo Jordan's Restaurant Staff Quits After Sexual Misconduct Allegations #US https://t.co/pZc1lcZqd8
  • Woman Dies After Driver Hits Crowd in Minneapolis - The group was gathered on Sunday night to protest police brutality. Three other people were injured, the police said #US https://t.co/hJNec8CyC
  • Bitcoin's Many Flaws https://t.co/HTWzsLJ5GZ
  • Professor Colin Harvey: Making Northern Ireland’s ‘special arrangement’ work - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/miwpRG7HQ
  • More than 40 human rights organisations have condemned the Home Office’s introduction of 24-hour GPS monitoring of people on immigration bail in an expansion of surveillance powers that has involved no consultation process https://t.co/Bqh6Czl9t
  • MoJ analysis confirms that disputed judicial review data is wrong | Law Gazette https://t.co/cH9kiMhJ8
  • Man out of time: David Gauke - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/wtTV9qMSF
  • Legal futures - What will the profession look like in 2050? | Law Gazette https://t.co/EYdgFEmo48
  • Corries digs in for ex-miners’ pension justice - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/tCm7EA8Ngj
  • ‘Best-friend relationship’: Thames Valley firm merges with commercial specialist | Law Gazette https://t.co/rG8wN5KEth
  • Vladimir Putin refuses to guarantee Navalny will survive prison - In US TV interview, #Russian leader deflects allegations over cyber-attacks and human rights https://t.co/z6iCV9DREh 
  • Betting firms won £1.3m in stolen money from gambling addict https://t.co/8mFncd5lsB 
  • Appointments at Davidson Chalmers Stewart - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/wS6zkneWSf 
  • UK and Australia agree broad terms of trade deal https://t.co/Pzq3sV1UCI 
  • Travel insurers criticised over extent of Covid cover https://t.co/QW4X6zzdcz 
  • Self-harm warning signs can appear decade earlier https://t.co/aSLfPsiWM2

Tuesday

15th June - Law News

Edition 3458: 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 trial of ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has got under way, four months after a military coup removed the elected government from office. She is charged with owning unlicensed walkie-talkies and violating Covid restrictions. Later trials will focus on allegations of corruption and breaking the official secrets act. Ms Suu Kyi, 75, has been held under house arrest since the 1 February coup in Myanmar (also called Burma), and little has been seen or heard of her apart from her brief court appearances
 

 Focus of the Day Article:
The Good Law Project is seeking a declaration that Boris Johnson’s decision to nominate Tory donor Peter Cruddas for a peerage last year was unlawful. Full story - Scottish Legal News
 

Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Good Law Project to seek declaration Lord Cruddas’ peerage nomination was unlawful - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/rtGtczLyFZ 
  • Linklaters looks to slash emissions by up to 70% - Legal Cheek https://t.co/wlb4A3H2KT
  • Daniel Morgan report could link Rupert Murdoch empire to ‘criminality’ - Panel has considered describing News of the World as ‘linked to’ murder suspects in its long-awaited findings https://t.co/yVMPKQlH47 
  • Lawyers of the future could be required to take productivity-boosting drugs, Law Society predicts - Legal Cheek https://t.co/ZWiwApNCgX 
  • #Belarus parades detained journalist Protasevich at media event https://t.co/e1F5W3PZtX
  • The final stage of easing lockdown restrictions in England is to be delayed until 19 July https://t.co/F4VLGKMDw2
  • A teenage student was murdered by her father to silence her claims that he sexually abused her, a court has heard. Bernadette Walker, 17, was last seen when Scott Walker, 51, picked her up from his parents' Peterborough home, jurors heard https://t.co/gWhNjuG3c
  • Paisley man run over by bakery van while intoxicated wins appeal against dismissal of damages claim - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/JECRFE7X6W
  • Lawyers need to be better public speakers - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/cmaZiai1mP 
  • Law student's Legally Blonde photoshoot gets Elle Woods seal of approval - Legal Cheek https://t.co/b9CZK9xnP6
  • Father of infant with rare disease moves Kerala High Court for assistance from State to procure life saving Rs 18 crore drug | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/sAoLu6gSoR 
  • Starting out in law: 5 pieces of advice I’d give to my younger self - Legal Cheek https://t.co/PBSV1dyjdF
  • Allahabad High Court grants bail to accused charged under anti-conversion law | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/rXHhC21LH
  • Demonizing Critical Race Theory #US https://t.co/3WKEgGxZXR
  • Super regulator sides with pupillage seekers in row over rejection by silence - Legal Cheek https://t.co/WCqO1S8eif
  • Susskind: 'trainees will learn like astronauts - with virtual reality' - Legal Futures https://t.co/AjzWJj3le1 
  • Ex-City lawyer on £100k reveals she's taken 80% pay cut to specialise in human rights - Legal Cheek https://t.co/WS2qzhHbL
  • 'We want another homeless hotel - and we can make it work' - This is the story of the highs and lows in one of those hotels, which has just closed its doors to homeless people after 14 months https://t.co/BmtqbVCXKA
  • BCI constitutes 7-member committee to draft Advocates Protection Bill | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/U6ToO2kvww
  • Pupil victim of sexual assault by barrister "let down by system" - Legal Futures https://t.co/OZnqhO4XWu
  • Advice on e-scooter usage - “Powered transporters” fall within the legal definition of a motor vehicle under the Road Traffic Act 1988. Therefore, the rules that apply to motor vehicles, also apply to e-scooters https://t.co/xXJj57jRkt
  • Job ad for judge role on Falkland Islands promotes territory's 'amazing wildlife' and 'absence of traffic jams!' - Legal Cheek https://t.co/UqRWLJICBq
  • Vandals smashed a football club defibrillator kit hours after Danish international Christian Eriksen suffered a cardiac arrest in a game. Buxted FC in East Sussex said the damage, caught on CCTV in the early hours of Sunday, was "disgusting" https://t.co/LImF24cA3R
  • Ransomware is biggest online threat to people in UK, spy agency chief to warn https://t.co/OukiNdhV72
  • How One Epic Document Exposed the Secrets of the Vietnam War #US https://t.co/bShpbcSvf0 
  • What the Rich Don’t Want to Admit About the Poor - Why do we leave millions of people in poverty? The answer should make us uncomfortable https://t.co/gDUZylhtFn
  • NT Indigenous workers file class action over stolen wages - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/MNPJm5L9q
  • London boat dwellers protest against plans they say could leave them homeless - Boaters fear that the Canal and River Trust’s plans to trial ‘water safety zones’ will lead to a big reduction in mooring spaces https://t.co/0TLhkUUqsm
  • 'The bar must do better at giving pupillage applicants feedback' - Legal Cheek https://t.co/ijIQO34jfh
  • Bombay High Court Division Bench gives split verdict in challenge to validity of Section 13(8)(b) of Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/TkYrTdWVi
  • E-sigs gain momentum in Qld legal market - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/jrb59GVSB5 
  • Freshfields dishes out bonuses following Covid salary freeze - Legal Cheek https://t.co/lxIDOThkG
  • Google's Black Founders Fund backs UK lawtech start-up - Legal Futures https://t.co/FjFG84JMRg
  • Top firms "need to get clients paying faster" to prepare for next crisis - Legal Futures https://t.co/NRwUOdmGmj
  • Sponsorship, scholarship or save: How to fund the SQE - Legal Cheek https://t.co/dJcBxYQ55P 
  • WhatsApp launches privacy campaign after backlash - It follows a customer backlash against changes to its terms and conditions, announced earlier this year https://t.co/d57XnZLDR1
  • Lockdown easing in England to be delayed by four weeks - Senior ministers have signed off a decision to delay the lifting of all coronavirus restrictions in England beyond 21 June https://t.co/Pyx7VCoo9M
  • Uygur tribunal: Former #Chinese policeman discloses chilling account of treatment towards Uyghurs Management https://t.co/tJaC9bKApB
  • EU settlement: Fears people may miss post-Brexit deadline https://t.co/PNWdGKELw4
  • Data Protection After Brexit: How will GDPR and UK GDPR Affect U.S. Businesses? https://t.co/WIlSxe8Y
  • Want to be a lawyer in #India? New hiring strategies in the legal sphere that you should know https://t.co/Cio3K4RARM
  • Government pledges to raise legal age of marriage to 18 in England and Wales https://t.co/qRurkErTiA
  • Greenpeace launch legal action against UK government over secrecy on deep sea mining https://t.co/O72ptOpNZQ
  • Boris Johnson faces legal action over peerage for billionaire Tory donor https://t.co/uTpMs9Kr4l 
  • Barrister at Kevin Lunney abduction trial argues Gardai repeatedly broke the law by accessing mobile phone data  #Ireland https://t.co/MLIzs957rA
  • #Kenya president Uhuru Kenyatta vs the Judiciary: How it all started https://t.co/Px6VrAzbor 
  • The Boutique Lawyer Show: Data is your firm’s best friend - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/YZRQyVJVpA