Saturday

16th October - Law News

Edition 3581: 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:  Rise in India fuel prices hits Chennai's lower and middle classes hard. For Babu who works in sales, his monthly fuel expense has increased by Rs. 2,000 over the last six months as the price of petrol in Chennai has crossed 102 rupees a litre, up by ten rupees in just seven months. However, his salary has not kept pace. As he filled up the fuel tank of his motorcycle, he told NDTV, "Half of what I earn is spent on petrol. I have to manage all my household expenses with the rest". Babu works as a salesperson.

Saturday Conversations on Law
  • McCann FitzGerald wins double at the Lexology Client Choice Awards 2021 | Irish Legal News https://t.co/YvUEmqfXbT 
  • Lawyer of the Month: Rosalie Chadwick - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/5FjrcoHTfQ 
  • Being told to “grow up” does not amount to discrimination at work, a tribunal has ruled after a teenage hairdresser sued her employer - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/rK1nly7Gsy
  • A £3m diamond fraud trial involving The Only Way is Essex star Lewis Bloor has collapsed after the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) admitted it failed to disclose some evidence https://t.co/VRMTtn3XJV 
  • Supreme Court dismisses appeal alleging UK government failed to provide effective remedies for enforcing workplace harassment claims - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/WduooR8yv3
  • Top 200 firms in advanced talks to merge from next year | Law Gazette https://t.co/W5ufMl1ux3 
  • Man arrested for allegedly luring woman on pretext of job, raping her on M-4 motorway near Punjab's Gojra #Pakistan https://t.co/LjSRzmynWj
  • Northern Ireland Secretary ‘failed to comply’ with duty to provide abortion services | Irish Legal News https://t.co/edhtdD2IbE 
  • Conservative MP Sir David Amess has died after being stabbed at his constituency surgery in Essex. Police said a 25-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of murder after the attack at a church in Leigh-on-Sea https://t.co/vkZSWxfkq
  • Society voices 'genuine concerns' about power of attorney reforms | Law Gazette https://t.co/gVXqCxjr2M
  • No formal investigation into Met police chief Cressida Dick: London mayor’s office opts not to proceed over finding that commissioner obstructed police corruption inquiry https://t.co/3JNtuFSbzG
  • Uthra Murder: Dummy trial, expert evidence that led to conviction of husband Sooraj on circumstantial evidence | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/Tw9mcwNNzG
  • Conservative MP Sir David Amess stabbed multiple times in incident at constituency surgery https://t.co/cmH5S406BR
  • SRA visits 85 firms in a year as part of AML crackdown | Law Gazette https://t.co/BoWBL3r6Fp 
  • A mob in western #Kenya has killed a self-confessed serial killer who escaped from custody two days ago, police say. Masten Wanjala, 20, was traced by villagers to a house in Bungoma town and beaten to death https://t.co/lizRG62UtK
  • #Kenya rejects UN court judgment giving Somalia control of resource-rich waters https://t.co/dme0ybwx3
  • #Italy's Green Pass becomes mandatory for all workplaces on Friday, but there are fears of disruption among transport workers and at ports where Covid vaccination rates are relatively low https://t.co/VglrjbaK48 
  • Defamation law reform report to be published this month | Irish Legal News https://t.co/mmDaomYmZt 
  • Vaccinated #Australian citizens and the parents of residents will be able to visit Sydney from 1 November without the need to quarantine https://t.co/1fBRpmgA1R
  • Burford earmarks $100m for cases led by diverse lawyers | Law Gazette https://t.co/60k1lp66Es 
  • Lorry driver shortage: Government to lift rules on foreign haulier deliveries https://t.co/8muiJ5q7sa 
  • Imelda Higgins appointed general counsel at Interactive Brokers Ireland | Irish Legal News https://t.co/K5HmVg1oa2
  • Huge rise in domestic abuse cases being dropped in England and Wales https://t.co/LMH2D7LW5h
  • Shoppers start to use new £100 contactless payment limit - The spending limit on each use of a contactless card has now risen from £45 to £100 - but not every shop will accept the new payment threshold https://t.co/q2xO4Q2K5R
  • Around 43,000 people in England may have been wrongly told their Covid-19 test was negative because of errors at a lab. Testing at the Wolverhampton laboratory has been suspended https://t.co/6Zp85rOPZ8
  • 'They will hang me': #Afghan interpreters blocked by UK seek appeal https://t.co/Ef6w6BMzNZ 
  • Common Platform blip 'illustrates danger of overestimating technology' | Law Gazette https://t.co/3y7HEUjLzq
  • Amazon asks Ring owners to respect privacy after court rules usage broke law - Court upholds harassment claim after neighbour complained about use of security cameras and doorbells https://t.co/YUJkooL2Be
  • Court suspends Giulio Regeni murder and kidnapping trial - Decision follows hours of deliberation over whether it is fair for four Egyptian security officials to be tried in absentia #Italy https://t.co/ukrTWquJBc 
  • MPs prepare to debate judicial review reforms | Law Gazette https://t.co/FfudWcUAXo 
  • Human rights commission to intervene in domiciliary care allowance case | Irish Legal News https://t.co/sRhfDkYSBJ
  • SFO ends Quindell investigation after six years | Law Gazette https://t.co/WXcTXJgNQj 
  • Shoosmiths moves to new office at Glasgow’s Garment Factory - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/5h3nkFJdy6
  • A&O matches rival with £107,500 NQ starting salary | Law Gazette https://t.co/Wj7LYcvl3H

Friday

15th October - Law News

Edition 3580: 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:  Australia plans to stop AstraZeneca vaccine production early next year. The government will not renew its contract with biotech giant CSL beyond the 51 million doses it's already contracted to deliver. This decision is causing concern for developing countries that still need to vaccinate millions of citizens. University of Reading’s Dr Alexander Edwards says it’s difficult to keep track of where various vaccines are being made.
 

Focus of the Day Story: Litigation funder earmarks $100m to fund racially diverse and female-led cases. Burford Capital broadens focus of Equity Project launched in 2018; portion of profits from successful cases to boost funding. Full story - The Global Legal Post
 
Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Cambridge University halts £400m deal with UAE over Pegasus spyware claims: UK institution was in line for huge donation but has paused talks due to concerns Gulf state used hacking software https://t.co/UaZ4O24Bjq
  • Clive Palmer loses high court battle with WA over law blocking mine compensation bid #Australia https://t.co/VtLyPFFgQT 
  • There were 92 football-related arrests at England home matches during the 2020-21 season of which 90 occurred at Euro 2020, Home Office figures show https://t.co/qo3TnJHKt3
  • A judge has ruled that security cameras and a Ring doorbell installed in a house "unjustifiably invaded" the privacy of a neighbour, in a case that could have implications for home surveillance devices: it broke data laws and contributed to harassment https://t.co/TtFxu9gvZZ
  • A police constable who took two packets of Jaffa Cakes from a charity stall without paying full price has been sacked from West Yorkshire Police. PC Chris Dwyer paid just 10p for two packets of the snacks from Halifax police station's canteen https://t.co/qJd4G2ZtWE
  • A committee investigating the 6 January Capitol riot has said it will pursue criminal charges against former Donald Trump adviser Steve Bannon next week #US https://t.co/SohzB6XFa8
  • North Yorkshire Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner Philip Allott had faced sustained criticism for urging women to be "streetwise" in a radio interview and finally resigns https://t.co/kvp8pugZjG 
  • Thorntons holds menopause seminar for employers - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/7cPemd9zHb 
  • Legal aid budget increase ‘only a drop in the ocean’ | Irish Legal News https://t.co/OI16fyfCLt 
  • COP26: courts could hold power to climate change action - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/nbPrQoDM5Y
  • Ayr solicitors’ half-century of service recognised - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/lS6bb5CBD3 
  • WBD launches roadmap to achieving net zero by 2030 - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/dkRfZDwErz
  • A #Pakistan parliamentary committee on Wednesday rejected the anti-forced conversion bill after the Ministry of Religious Affairs opposed the proposed law while lawmakers from minority communities protested the decision https://t.co/hmPSlI42u7 
  • ‘Chance to get ahead’: Undergrads to take SQE course | Law Gazette https://t.co/1CHKUPdWGz 
  • Belfast solicitors raise over £3,500 for charity | Irish Legal News https://t.co/9d4ofmsSTb
  • ECtHR: Holy See’s state immunity affirmed in Article 6 case - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/APNmkeDr21
  • Insulate Britain suspends road protests for 11 days - In an open letter to Prime Minister Boris Johnson, the group says it will halt its "campaign of civil resistance" until 25 October https://t.co/3JZ4MUUf3G
  • McFarlane reveals mediation voucher scheme success | Law Gazette https://t.co/VYIVmI1nP6 
  • What is the ‘new model’ the EU is proposing for Northern Ireland? https://t.co/0bXpc6hBXp
  • Giulio Regeni: trial of Egyptian security agents charged over death begins in Rome, #Italy. The accused, all members of the National Security Agency, are being tried in absentia after the researcher’s kidnap and killing in Cairo https://t.co/0o2vRGjLZA
  • Lakhimpur Kheri Case: UP court denies bail to main accused Ashish Mishra: Mishra, who is the son of Union Minister for State Ajay Mishra Teni, is the main accused in the killing of 8 persons | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/lZFYly0UCY
  • A man arrested over a deadly bow and arrow attack in Norway had converted to Islam and there were fears he had been radicalised, police have said. The 37-year-old Danish citizen is accused of killing four women and a man https://t.co/hJtF7gkPzr
  • Corruption in Fragile States: What the Corruption Perceptions Index does not Reveal | Timipere Allison https://t.co/YP5lvhWxOB 
  • The old normal? Official stats reveal summer dip | Law Gazette https://t.co/pj5XrzRpIq
  • Architect erased from register loses Court of Session case challenging decision - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/VLvbnHjBaZ
  • Climate lawyers call on ICC to investigate Bolsonaro over treatment of the Amazon - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/dTy5mspsye
  • Ronan Daly Jermyn recognised for commitment to diversity and inclusion | Irish Legal News https://t.co/dD78hKwwSN
  • Amazon drivers poised to launch potential £140m group claim | Law Gazette https://t.co/JJDTq6bxBt
  • UK prisoners allowed to play chess in global online tournament https://t.co/rYYVxM0n9h
  • 'Invasive' police algorithms need legal safeguards, Lords hear | Law Gazette https://t.co/8FHGBsMLjb
  • Thousands of trafficking victims should be given right to remain - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/QWtDaHp4FL
  • Mishcon loses seven lawyers to Greenberg Traurig ahead of IPO | Law Gazette https://t.co/0UBBTBQnhP
  • Wilson Nesbitt welcomes five newly-qualified solicitors | Irish Legal News https://t.co/XlPYE8l8dz 
  • SRA in new drive to 'sell' unbundling to reluctant solicitors | Law Gazette https://t.co/htIFBgtxvC

Thursday

14th October - Law News

Edition 3579: 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:  Join The Bar Council of England and Wales online on 16 October for the Pupillage Fair 2021 to find out everything you need to know about a career at the Bar. Sign up free of charge to get for advice from barristers, discuss your prospects with pupillage providers, and find out how to build your CV and access sources of funding and support. Book your place at www.barcouncil.org.uk/PupillageFair2021
 


Focus of the Day Story: The Solicitors Qualifying Exam could result in ‘precarious and exploitative’ jobs for junior lawyers, as small firms replace two-year training contracts with temporary positions, a trade union representing legal sector workers has warned. Full story - The Law Society Gazette
 
Saturday Conversations on Law
  • UK government embarking on ‘unprecedented programme of rights reversal’ - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/nVkyMS2Lg
  • Cabinet policy obliges ministers to delete instant messages - Legal challenge launched after use of self-destructing messages raises concerns over avoidance of scrutiny https://t.co/zkIYYuLHX2
  • Appeal judges uphold Order for Lifelong Restriction on Aberdeen man convicted of assaulting ex-partners - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/u1OkzSafOp
  • Migrant families to Scotland could be better supported by series of changes to UK government immigration rules, an independent expert group has said - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/OzsU0BTOJ0
  • Mergers, acquisitions and new firms abound in autumn rush - Legal Futures https://t.co/2nh71TSsja
  • ‘Time to rethink our museums and return stolen goods’, says high-profile lawyer | Law Gazette https://t.co/g7lLo94Byx
  • MP Claudia Webbe found guilty of harassment - Leicester East MP was accused of making unwanted phone calls and threatening her partner’s female friend https://t.co/cCCc90VDOh
  • Big firms’ support for clients during pandemic hit billable hours but not profits - Legal Futures https://t.co/7y5df6N5Gp
  • Tense scenes as lorry drivers use vehicles to try to break through demonstrators’ blockades - Drivers threaten Insulate Britain activists in Essex protests https://t.co/sZPMQP6yBi
  • UK Border Force could be given immunity over refugee deaths - Priti Patel is seeking legal protections for officers who ‘push back’ migrant boats https://t.co/zPME7oh5UG
  • Julia Launders appointed editor-in-chief of Hibernian Law Journal | Irish Legal News https://t.co/LCrMhkUHgG
  • #Pakistan Supreme Court remands Saad Rizvi's detention case back to LHC for two-member special bench to decide https://t.co/NbYd4lJ65
  • UK government embarking on ‘unprecedented programme of rights reversal’ | Irish Legal News https://t.co/suzkc3VgW
  • Unbundled family law service to expand as SRA eyes pilot - Legal Futures https://t.co/Y72vJw6jYi
  • Built on the bodies of slaves: how Africa was erased from the history of the modern world https://t.co/zwVmOQp19y
  • Female police officers say misogyny remains unchecked https://t.co/nUVv9TY7lI
  • Football coach jailed for 25 years in #Dubai after four bottles of vape liquid containing cannabis oil were found in his car. Billy Hood from Notting Hill, west London, was arrested on 31 January & claims he was forced to sign confession in Arabic https://t.co/GB93purym
  • NI High Court rules DUP ministers acting unlawfully by boycotting north-south meetings | Irish Legal News https://t.co/2reRk7XnFZ
  • The NHS Covid Pass, used to show a person's vaccine status for travel and events, stopped working on Wednesday https://t.co/0JsSoxq7oX
  • ‘Cheaper ticket to greater exploitation’: Trade union takes aim at SQE | Law Gazette https://t.co/A6fyT4jiZR
  • Watch: From heading the crime division of a Glasgow law firm at the age of 26 to becoming the first female rector in Glasgow University’s 571-year history, Rita Rae, Lady Rae, has had a long and illustrious career as a lawyer - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/AFSdQ7ayUT
  • Religious treasures looted by Britain could be legally restored to Ethiopian Orthodox Church | Irish Legal News https://t.co/c1UPgkpcb
  • Police have arrested 16 Insulate Britain protesters who have blocked another junction on the M25. Essex Police said officers were called to a slip road at junction 31 for Thurrock, near the Dartford Crossing, just after 08:25 BST https://t.co/6Zi1TidF1
  • Listed tech startup acquires conveyancing firm as test bed | Law Gazette https://t.co/e2wWM12wh
  • Trailblazing Matheson partner recognised as world-leading antitrust lawyer | Irish Legal News https://t.co/4dFQ2Vzo0
  • National Trust warns of threat from ‘ideological campaign’ waged against it - It was prompted to speak out as members raised concerns about a range of “extreme” positions taken by individuals involved in a group called Restore Trust https://t.co/RiNc5GfJTQ
  • Why are political parties allowed to erect flag masts in public spaces without permission? Kerala High Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/8ql1Zi2jby
  • A Scottish TikToker has won a victory against one of the UK's biggest food retailers after using her platform to campaign for a batch of "lumpy" oat milk to be removed https://t.co/wXb5mqKidL
  • The rise of cyber-criminal threat for law firms since Covid-19 - Legal Futures https://t.co/rstPS7NM7A 
  • So you want to be an… in-house lawyer? - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Al7raLx3U1 
  • Immigration solicitor fails to overturn second strike-off decision | Law Gazette https://t.co/mX0n6wn76K 
  • The prevalence of antisemitic messages and memes on Instagram, where almost 70% of global users are aged between 13 and 34, and TikTok, where 69% of users are between 16 and 24 years old https://t.co/VDq2O2oNgV
  • Mortgage cryptocurrency "will lower cost of solicitors' PII" - Legal Futures https://t.co/u2aCsS2MXV
  • Trafficking victims should be granted leave to remain in UK, high court rules - Landmark judgment will apply to thousands who may otherwise have been sent back to home countries https://t.co/6t7Mjkpkva
  • Court throws out wasted costs order bid against Baker McKenzie | Law Gazette https://t.co/SonBUZeKoB
  • Ten newly qualified solicitors secure permanent positions with Thorntons - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/LaltXylftl
  • Negligent firm escapes liability as client "wouldn't have listened" anyway - Legal Futures https://t.co/ZrlfH2YZAy 
  • Scullion LAW’s support for Marie Curie reaches £250,000 - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/6YjLuHJnSp 
  • Ex-Slater and Gordon solicitor misled clients over struck-out claims | Law Gazette https://t.co/K2Ybb7qVAD 
  • High Court rejects appeal from sham marriages solicitor - Legal Futures https://t.co/WKkPwxt2uS 
  • Court dismisses 28 separate divorce petitions with identical wording | Law Gazette https://t.co/UvUrpBCXO0
  • Tech firm buys conveyancers to test products in “live environment” - Legal Futures https://t.co/ADd5vJQBb6 
  • Harper Macleod advises on £121 million windfarm sale - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/gZuyMsaUMP

Wednesday

13th October - Law News

Edition 3578: 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 BBC's Moscow correspondent, Sarah Rainsford, was recently expelled from Russia, a country she first began visiting in her teens as a student. She has reported on the country since the start of Vladimir Putin's presidency, but has now been barred for life and declared a 'security threat'. The move comes during an unprecedented assault on rights and freedoms in Russia, where critics of the Kremlin are increasingly being labelled as hostile 'agents' of the West.
 
 

Focus of the Day Story: The global coronavirus pandemic, and the rise in people working from home, has unfortunately provoked a growth in cyber-crime. The UK government estimates that the cost of cyber-crime is £27bn per annum. Full story - Legal Futures
 
Saturday Conversations on Law
  • SIF saga latest: Solicitors 'should pay extra £10 a year' for retirement protection | Law Gazette https://t.co/pYTD17uFGP
  • Scots rights watchdog welcomes UN resolution on environmental rights - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/ceZSx1U2ZA
  • LCJ reveals new platform for remote hearings | Law Gazette https://t.co/xnIgnUaW2A
  • Tesco recalls own-brand chest and cold remedy https://t.co/JrcgZXMV
  • Disability charities call for new braille labelling legislation - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/mpVTCaSFXB
  • Brexit Minister Lord Frost has proposed plans for an entirely new protocol to replace the existing Northern Ireland Protocol. In a speech to diplomats in Portugal on Tuesday, he described his new legal text as "a better way forward" https://t.co/LxmZXeEZk0
  • Lawyer in the news: Alistair Robertson, DAC Beachcroft - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/mO7TfV4bd7
  • Radio presenter Emma Wilson has said Sarah Everard's murderer Wayne Couzens flashed her in 2008 and that Met Police officers laughed when she reported it https://t.co/AylIjo3tlE
  • Irish lawyer elected as Lord Mayor of the City of London | Irish Legal News https://t.co/JdjyoUQrdA
  • Law firms blocking solicitors from bench - circuit chief | Law Gazette https://t.co/eNflwUfLhA 
  • Law centre warns carbon tax hike could exacerbate fuel poverty | Irish Legal News https://t.co/yaj0gJrAHY
  • Elephant in the maternity room | Law Gazette https://t.co/e0Svw9lzJI
  • Lawyers are often the last line of defence between a publisher and a lawsuit, the Guardian’s director of editorial legal services writes https://t.co/v9Rjk1nCRK
  • Shepherd and Wedderburn welcomes 28 new associates and senior associates - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/dZoAnLQTnL
  • Social Movements for Gender and Sexual Diversity: Case Studies from Jamaica, Nepal, and Japan | Diana J Fox https://t.co/SUMJeJWSlZ
  • Inner House refuses Greenpeace appeal against consent for new oil field production wells - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/E7fwF57a2
  • My legal life: Tomas Vail, Vail Dispute Resolution - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/CIzz4y98Wo
  • California has become the first #US state to require large retailers to display toys and childcare items in gender-neutral ways. The new law, signed by Governor Gavin Newsom on Saturday, does not ban boys and girls sections in shops https://t.co/81iZQe5kFm
  • The steps to take to apply for a spouse or partner visa from the United States - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/tzYvOnk4tT
  • Police claim busting gang involved in sale of stolen cars on OLX in Karachi #Pakistan https://t.co/0kSpbE69vh
  • City firms unite to create ‘formidable’ litigation team | Law Gazette https://t.co/nKzVIO7IHI
  • Wife stabbed husband and put knife in again as he called 999, murder jury told - Penelope Jackson heard to say ‘I thought I’d get his heart but he hasn’t got one’ on recorded emergency call https://t.co/C8bth4PZs
  • Prison healthcare in Northern Ireland requires ‘significant uplift’ in funding | Irish Legal News https://t.co/AnXsb6k7u6
  • UK journalist wins £80k damages after being hired ‘to smear’ UAE and Egypt critics https://t.co/VrWFHTLGLk
  • Nationality and Borders Bill shows questionable priorities | Law Gazette https://t.co/PmZV1mRMab
  • Missing Apostrophe in Facebook Post May Cost a Man in Defamation Case - An #Australian man claimed a real estate agent did not pay its “employees” retirement funds. The lack of a punctuation mark may cost him thousands https://t.co/CNWEc6Lxbm
  • Together with its territories overseas, Britain is instrumental in a global game of deceit - The Pandora Papers Expose Britain’s Role in Money Laundering https://t.co/JEiskWN1D
  • In emails detailed by The New York Times, Raiders Coach Jon Gruden casually used misogynistic and homophobic language to disparage people #US https://t.co/6LRXMvi8YB
  • Ryanair bans Covid refund passengers from boarding new flights - Holidaymakers say they were given just hours to pay back cash claimed through credit cards https://t.co/SIygu9nJhC
  • An #Afghan interpreter who helped rescue then-senator Joe Biden from the harsh Afghanistan countryside has managed to leave the region with his family https://t.co/71YKqLv5U
  • Footballers demand compensation over 'data misuse' - Led by former Cardiff City, Leyton Orient and Yeovil Town manager Russell Slade, 850 players want compensation for the trading of their performance data over the past six years https://t.co/ZTfzRbybt1
  • #India Supreme Court reduces sentence of rape convict as offence committed before 2018 Criminal Law amendment | Bar & Bench https://t.co/lfV3zuoxPK
  • London barrister from Northern Ireland shortlisted as young pro bono barrister of the year | Irish Legal News https://t.co/BdWZK5pmb5
  • Society ponders SDT support for lawyers | Law Gazette https://t.co/yDrDEZX4f
  • Scottish expansion for fee-sharing law firm Spencer West - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/N3TktC54XB
  • Government faces potential JR over efforts to help Afghan judges | Law Gazette https://t.co/vcltX0bgwZ
  • Labour backs public inquiry into 2015 prisoner death - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/lQYYCFcpZg
  • New clash over magistrates' jailing powers | Law Gazette https://t.co/aE0QN0v0kn
  • Nearly 250 complaints of sexual misconduct against serving police officers - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/WOZ2oA46WG 
  • Firm found negligent fights off High Court claim | Law Gazette https://t.co/CqhFFDBG2q

Tuesday

12th October - Law News

Edition 3577: 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:  SRA's free webinar on reporting anti-money laundering concerns to us, and making Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) to the National Crime Agency (NCA). This webinar will give you further insight and guidance around common issues with SARs, as well as how to make sure your reports are as effective as possible. You can get answer to queries by submitting questions in advance or live on the day.
 

 
Focus of the Day Story: In this claim for judicial review, the issue was whether it was lawful for the claimant independent fostering agency (Cornerstone) only to accept heterosexual evangelical Christians as potential carers under the Equality Act 2010 (EA 2010) and the European Convention on Human Rights (the Convention). Ofsted wrote a draft report in which they considered this policy to be unlawful when reviewed in the context of the EA 2010 and the Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA 1998) and in a report issued in draft on 12 June 2019 Ofsted assessed the effectiveness of Cornerstone’s leaders and managers as ‘Inadequate’. Full story - UK Human Rights Blog
 
Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Aspiring barrister who sought refuge alone in the UK at 17 launches campaign to help other young asylum seekers - Legal Cheek https://t.co/x3pLv3Kmxx
  • An Israeli court’s approval of a ‘quiet’ Jewish prayer at the Al Aqsa mosque has been condemned and has raised concerns of another illegal takeover by the occupying state
  • ‘Minor cases’ of violence against women can escalate https://t.co/X9QC00EuiX
  • Hit billing targets and earn £150k, Orrick tells London NQs - Legal Cheek https://t.co/2y7zc0KuF5
  • What you need to know about the #Poland-European Union rift https://t.co/U3MMr4OMdz 
  • #US police probed after man screaming 'I'm paraplegic' dragged from car - Bodycam footage shows officers stopping Clifford Owensby in Dayton, Ohio, last month https://t.co/qOIHRD3abM 
  • For African nations, capital punishment is a grim colonial legacy that lingers on https://t.co/6RkQSCbH5O
  • Latham trainee looks to challenge LexisNexis and Westlaw with free case law hub - Legal Cheek https://t.co/qs3AlrKzDb
  • How PayPal’s ‘digital discrimination’ is stifling the #Palestinian economy https://t.co/tCTUun6q8
  • The Boutique Lawyer Show: Life as an international parental child abduction lawyer - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/ENiPSwV28
  • California bans non-consensual condom removal during sexual intercourse #US https://t.co/npP3dixQz
  • Manchester City defender Benjamin Mendy has been refused bail for a third time ahead of a trial facing multiple charges of rape and sexual assault https://t.co/x4xuoyMYD
  • Eversheds launches legal tech grad scheme - Legal Cheek https://t.co/XKljgzFSXE
  • Trainee solicitor pay reaches £62.5k in the City - Legal Cheek https://t.co/pY56g3JwFy
  • Conviction or acquittal cannot be set aside merely because there was possibility of joint/ separate trial: Supreme Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/3Oj9Gahxo0
  • Tory MP says using term ‘white privilege’ should be reported as extremism https://t.co/fTF5JBCc05
  • London law firm launches novel association with Italian MDP - Legal Futures https://t.co/8QnBbjk40x
  • Old wounds are exposed as #Spain finally brings up the bodies of Franco’s victims https://t.co/XvEXvf1C6r
  • Judge's fury at suggestion his clerk leaked draft ruling - Legal Futures https://t.co/1vmzvPYi0K 
  • Centre notifies new Chief Justices for 8 High Courts, transfer of 5 others | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/TRlyINy742 
  • Court finds Withers negligent again but causation lacks once more - Legal Futures https://t.co/Ok4LfHLCBi
  • Law Society calls on government to fund SQE loans as over 1,000 students enrol for first exam - Legal Cheek https://t.co/XrxmDjw1N
  • The legal profession is letting down its graduates - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/XSoYVSgtpN
  • Don’t extend magistrates’ powers – there’s a better way to reform the court system https://t.co/lML5fqH2v7
  • At least 750 allegations of sexual misconduct were made against serving police officers across Britain over five years, new figures show. Data was obtained from 31 police forces in England, Wales and Scotland under the Freedom of Information Act https://t.co/ltQgac6fsG 
  • The Corporate Counsel Show: An extraordinary life and legal career - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/lnNfVIggt
  • The Metropolitan Police will not take any further action against the Duke of York following a review prompted by Jeffrey Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre https://t.co/SNkRjzMyqX
  • A Year After ‘Defund,’ Police Departments Get Their Money Back - The abrupt reversals have come in response to rising levels of crime, the exodus of officers and political pressures #US https://t.co/IUnq7yWvzm
  • Mass protests in #Poland amid EU law controversy https://t.co/X7FkQlEFeG
  • Osborne Clarke to mentor disadvantaged school kids in social mobility push - Legal Cheek https://t.co/fHqUa4hF
  • A critical juncture for debt recovery - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/AXt0YqzCcA
  • Fossil fuel companies paying top law firms millions to ‘dodge responsibility’ https://t.co/E8cvkZuFDD 
  • 'Cruella de Vil QC' hits back at Boris Johnson after PM takes pop in conference speech - Legal Cheek https://t.co/IEWvUQLxI
  • Harvey Weinstein PA says abusers still have the legal power to silence victims https://t.co/oZ0SqceOa9
  • 'The pressure to be mentally strong can be dangerous' - Legal Cheek https://t.co/OPpOJlVj1q
  • Now live: The 2022 Chambers Most List - Legal Cheek https://t.co/tZsvwZ4uhL

Monday

11th October - Law News

Edition 3576: 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:  Scuffles between police and Yellow Vest demonstrators broke out during the latest round of weekly protests against the implementation of a national COVID pass

Focus of the Day Story: A second opt-out Collective Proceedings Order (CPO) has been made, this time in the £469m Justin Le Patourel v BT claim in the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT). Full story - New Law Journal
 
Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Sharukhan Khan's son Aryan Khan denied bail by Mumbai court in cruise ship drug case | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/Mc12yHkbC5 
  • The British Virgin Islands (BVI) High Court has the power to grant a freezing injunction to assist enforcement of a prospective foreign judgment, the Privy Council has held in an eagerly awaited decision | NLJ https://t.co/OlUnNL6Lxb 
  • First Minister Sturgeon received no written briefings from her chief advisers on coronavirus during the first months of the global pandemic, the Scottish Government has admitted https://t.co/8FlZpKqkDw
  • Dozens of Afghan girls with promising football careers, who fled the Taliban, have been told they can come to the UK to be resettled, along with their families https://t.co/zhw4S4CZc
  • A #US navy nuclear engineer and his wife have been charged with trying to sell nuclear secrets to what they thought was a foreign state. Jonathan Toebbe and his wife Diana were arrested in West Virginia on Saturday, the Justice Department announced https://t.co/DLMJOoL8b
  • Individual with poor mental health may not be mentally ill: Bombay High Court allows abortion | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/U0wQsO1YoK
  • Lessons from rural and regional advocacy work - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/MsbaEtMpF
  • Forty small boats with 1,115 migrants on board have crossed the Channel in two days, the Home Office has said. On Saturday, Border Force picked up 491 migrants on 17 boats, while the French authorities prevented 114 people from making the crossing https://t.co/RmHaaznk6v
  • CILEX lawyers face discrimination and unfair treatment by fellow professionals and employers, a major survey has revealed | NLJ https://t.co/Mh4r3jN5th
  • From mispronouncing the firm's name to being told to 'smile more': Law students share interview 'horror stories' - Legal Cheek https://t.co/7l3d3Kv6UI
  • Former Eversheds trainee accused of raping law student at house party - Legal Cheek https://t.co/zJ4tb2Yef3
  • A second opt-out Collective Proceedings Order (CPO) has been made, this time in the £469m Justin Le Patourel v BT claim in the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) | NLJ https://t.co/QCf89j8zI
  • Police filing POCSO cases at behest of family opposing relationship an unfortunate practice: Delhi High Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/BDWTU5R2q
  • The Weekly Round-Up: Women and the Police - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/1G1q0oZXnY
  • From the 2008 financial crisis to Covid: My career as a capital markets lawyer - Legal Cheek https://t.co/wIJs6LQV5z
  • Isolate if you have Covid symptoms but negative PCR, says local health official - Advice follows discovery of anomalies in which people had positive lateral flow tests but negative lab results https://t.co/7sLsaAU872
  • The #US Department of Justice Is Investigating Americans For War Crimes Allegedly Committed While Fighting With Far-Right Extremists In Ukraine https://t.co/esmZhvh2QX
  • Black History Month: Pioneers in British black history https://t.co/mLh0Bg0QWZ Oct 10, 2021
  • What data says about lawyers’ wellbeing in lockdown - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/nnnKLqtDg7
  • My work as a lawyer in the renewable energy sector - Legal Cheek https://t.co/Aw1Cia5EQi 
  • Court of Appeal rules on the legality of Christian requirement by fostering agency - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/m0Ifu0tYeB
  • Domestic violence victim says UK justice system is 'like the abuse' https://t.co/9eGxXIBFC
  • #Guatemala police free 126 migrants from abandoned container https://t.co/B9PFGxpEQY
  • Innovation on the rise in restructuring and insolvency market - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/ykYgyLgj7c
  • ‘Is it acceptable to take all my annual leave as a trainee?’ - Legal Cheek https://t.co/AOgbH8ZynC
  • [Aryan Khan drug case] What does the Magistrate bail rejection order say? | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/pg5IsMqkzC
  • Wills are being left undiscovered and individuals wrongly deemed to have died intestate due to cuts in will searches by Bona Vacantia, a leading probate researcher has warned | NLJ https://t.co/cu8kYwm2WI 
  • ‘I completed my training contract remotely while pregnant’ - Legal Cheek https://t.co/PagM0QMP3H
  • The career highlights, successes and ambitions behind The New Liberals leader’s switch from law to politics - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/f8ki9TSOot
  • English law underpins hundreds of trillions of pounds of world trade, and its global popularity gives UK businesses an advantage because of lower transaction costs, a report by LegalUK has found | NLJ https://t.co/nR712a5Or8

Sunday

10th October - Law News

Edition 3575: 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 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to two journalists, the Philippines’ Maria Ressa and Russian journalist, Dmitry Muratov, for their fight to defend freedom of expression. The Norwegian Nobel Committee announced the pair as joint winners of the 2021 prize.
 

Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Scottish government announces £30m fund for victims - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/yYg42nbrc
  • Wales legal chief attacks Westminster for ‘political trick’ on devolution | Law Gazette https://t.co/HiANyqeMl3
  • Vast majority of Irish solicitors want hybrid working post-pandemic | Irish Legal News https://t.co/ryA8FMTJo
  • Law Society celebrates solicitor ‘champions’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/VxUcNOuDKM
  • The unprecedented challenge made by #Poland's prime minister, Mateusz Morawiecki, to one of the European Union's core legal principles has seriously escalated his government's dispute with Brussels https://t.co/sAmDeDmExN
  • More than 500 cases of Covid-19 have been linked to the TRNSMT music festival, new data shows. About 50,000 people descended on Glasgow Green for the three-day event last month https://t.co/VjkVVaIeQ6
  • Winding up petitions – new law gives small firms breathing space - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/pVca3x8hDR
  • 15-year-old & her mum say they were intimidated by anti-vax protestors outside a Covid vaccination centre. Grace Baker-Earle, who uses a wheelchair after contracting Covid, was confronted after receiving the jab at Cardiff's Bayside mass vaccination centre https://t.co/oGxNbTWfpU
  • HMCTS splashes £40m on solar panels and green technology | Law Gazette https://t.co/5MqkoIyYIk
  • Carer’s Allowance Supplement Bill passed - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/6DXqCgZIP
  • Commissioner sounds alarm on data protection reforms | Law Gazette https://t.co/IpqWa6v4Vs 
  • A round-up of human rights stories from around the world | Irish Legal News https://t.co/qwxztDQTK2
  • Plans for a phone service aimed at protecting lone women walking home: It would allow users to opt into a GPS tracking system and an alert would be triggered if they did not reach their destination on time https://t.co/m3KighTeQX
  • Former president of Ukraine wins London jurisdiction challenge | Law Gazette https://t.co/MDv1OO1JWD
  • Facebook says it will begin clamping down on the illegal sale of protected areas of the Amazon rainforest on its site https://t.co/pS3k5vzxO
  • Despondent defendants say Supreme Court costs ruling is ‘alarming’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/iQcQI9o7wz
  • Met appoints Whitehall troubleshooter Louise Casey to wipe out misogyny https://t.co/WPg4Vvum1V
  • SYLA: Race and ethnicity – access to the profession - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/ClOZG4qmKB
  • A #US appeals court has temporarily reinstated Texas's near total ban on abortions. The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals agreed to a request from Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton that an injunction imposed against the law be lifted https://t.co/lMEz3slFYS
  • Revealed: anti-vaccine TikTok videos being viewed by children as young as nine https://t.co/NbKOPKXx9F
  • Police in Berlin say they are investigating after staff at the US embassy reported experiencing symptoms of the so-called Havana syndrome #Germany https://t.co/rnW6ZXjfo
  • Six out of 10 people 'not comfortable' approaching solicitors | Law Gazette https://t.co/G0wHatLR9Y
  • #US President Biden has rejected an attempt by Donald Trump to withhold documents from the congressional committee investigating the Capitol riot https://t.co/Wff7MbVAGa
  • Brussels vows swift response to #Poland’s ruling against EU law https://t.co/ydJxZeElTi
  • MBM Commercial launches World Tech Legal - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/on1Midbsq7 
  • #US Federal court rules insurers don’t have to pay out more than $1bn in Covid claims from businesses https://t.co/WYsJFySIgc
  • Barrister jailed for child sexual offences | Law Gazette https://t.co/4VWgLTiXmm 
  • Leman Solicitors and Tughans join World Tech Legal | Irish Legal News https://t.co/77ifvDacN8 
  • Serial killer Stephen Port was identified by police as a "significant witness" with a rape allegation against him hours after his first victim was found dead, an inquest has heard https://t.co/qlQLeNMDeI
  • People in the #Indian state of Rajasthan are using snakes as murder weapons - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/QuPHvxpqhl 
  • District judge criticised for dismissing abuse allegations | Law Gazette https://t.co/rLYda9BhVk 
  • Poland set for fresh battle with EU after judges rule country’s constitution trumps EU law - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/QJmfQnQEbE

Saturday

9th October - Law News

Edition 3574: 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 drugs cases in #India, but different ways of dealing with them. In Gujarat's Mundra, a massive drugs haul last month was estimated to be worth Rs 21,000 crore. However, in focus is the Aryan Khan case, in which a few grams of drugs were recovered from a cruise ship off the coast of Mumbai.
 


Saturday Conversations on Law
  • University defends ‘academic freedoms’ after calls to sack professor https://t.co/24luO67a3U
  • QUB School of Law welcomes eight new academic staff | Irish Legal News https://t.co/i2obl0jIKC 
  • Baroness Louise Casey of Blackstock will lead an independent review into the Metropolitan Police's culture and standards following Sarah Everard's murder, the force has announced https://t.co/TYjObtCQdg
  • Lord Advocate to meet bereaved families over Crown delays - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/kCWh1B6dTN
  • BDO awarded £3.4m in Rangers case - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/4Psaa8La9
  • #Polish court rules EU laws incompatible with its constitution https://t.co/9Oc8ooDPE
  • Gove looks at cutting insurance costs to tackle building safety crisis - Housing secretary may also push developers to pay for repairs in signs of renewed push to fix problem https://t.co/mgNDVCr2t
  • A man admits killing two women in 1987, a court has heard. David Fuller, 67, of Heathfield, East Sussex, attacked Wendy Knell, 25, and Caroline Pierce, 20, at their Tunbridge Wells bedsits https://t.co/wsYI6Ven3p
  • Irish lawyers asked to help find accommodation for Afghanistan’s women judges and lawyers | Irish Legal News https://t.co/y0CTqfq8B
  • Tory peers to defy Boris Johnson with push to make misogyny a hate crime: Lady Newlove confident of cross-party support for amendment, despite PM’s stance https://t.co/hXXi6aMOAv 
  • Omni Energy switched unprofitable customers without express consent - Firm is struggling financially with record high gas prices and removed customers who used the most energy https://t.co/bJ2rD1t7Dx
  • The indecent exposure epidemic: ‘How are they not taking this seriously after Sarah Everard?’ https://t.co/wsSzDgTTmd
  • A “high number” of people in the south west of England have reported testing positive for Covid-19 in lateral flow tests and then negative in subsequent PCRs – sparking fears of faulty tests or a even a new variant of the killer disease https://t.co/v0VFdmtVkQ
  • CILEX lawyers 'bullied and belittled by solicitors' | Law Gazette https://t.co/mzyKw1KJCE
  • Students used by law firm for agency advocacy are 'workers' - Legal Futures https://t.co/xLC5TSSwyE 
  • Mumbai court to hear Aryan Khan bail plea at 12.30 pm tomorrow in Cruise ship drug case | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/M7dmHAdA5s
  • Journalists Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov have won the Nobel Peace Prize for their fights to defend freedom of expression in the #Philippines and #Russia. The Nobel committee called the pair "representatives of all journalists who stand up for this ideal" https://t.co/gZAM3PUNzG
  • A police officer is to face a misconduct hearing after being accused of taking Jaffa Cakes from a charity tuck shop without paying. PC Chris Dwyer is alleged to have taken the items from the canteen at Halifax police station in January https://t.co/80RGG6JvSJ
  • Former lawyer, Tory MP and ex-Northern Ireland Secretary James Brokenshire dies, aged 53 https://t.co/sEDMPiYyn2
  • Jail sentence for barrister guilty of child sex offences - Legal Futures https://t.co/3L0x4FnQR4 
  • Police have arrested 35 Insulate Britain protesters who blocked a major road in central London and a junction on the M25 during rush hour https://t.co/8dos8nK9kw
  • Backlog of crown court cases denies women justice https://t.co/kYXoixybHl
  • Court lets late solicitors off hook - but don’t expect more ‘indulgence’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/tCyOYVThI
  • #India Supreme Court to revert to physical hearings on Wednesdays and Thursdays from October 20 | Bar & Bench https://t.co/TNGJyxRR2R
  • New ABS regulator grants first licence to lifetime planning business - Legal Futures https://t.co/ZRTWzWC7yT
  • Supreme Court’s UNCRC ruling ‘dark day for democracy’, according to Greens - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/XcaW79N1Zs
  • Nearly 1,200 students sign up to first SQE sitting - Legal Futures https://t.co/fsRC09KCOT 
  • Female firearms officer victimised, tribunal finds - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/nbkQjI1tov 
  • Officials in California have said the man identified by private investigators as the so-called Zodiac Killer is not currently a suspect in the case #US https://t.co/hUVeCm9x7M
  • Lakhimpur Kheri: #India's junior home minister's son evades police questioning - Ashish Mishra was called in six days after he was accused in an attack that left eight people dead https://t.co/mlxbzdGl54
  • Insolvency funder prepares for Covid caseload surge | Law Gazette https://t.co/isxL19cW2T
  • Whisky firm fails in trademark case - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/2HsSCIzrmR 
  • Doctors are being warned about a dangerous pre-workout trend called dry scooping that some gym-goers are doing. It involves eating protein-rich powder supplements neat, rather than diluting them in water, as recommended by manufacturers https://t.co/Iun0zUveFT
  • Flu jab vital this winter along with Covid vaccine https://t.co/R9Xh6I6ETB 
  • Nevada judge recommends dismissal of Cristiano Ronaldo rape case #US https://t.co/7ZEj8LwiuS 
  • Solicitor sanctioned over fake signature appeals tribunal decision | Law Gazette https://t.co/oCSJnadugW
  • Scottish Human Rights Commission recommends 14 steps to government - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/nrwzDynxDZ
  • International law firms putting emphasis on wellness to retain talent - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/2UH3q6lieq 
  • Dubai ruler had ex-wife and solicitors’ phones hacked, court rules | Law Gazette https://t.co/pc4uy4EFEO
  • Multi-disciplinary speaking panel at this month’s Personal Injury Conference - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/eMDKFyFUbl
  • City unites to train grads in legal tech operations | Law Gazette https://t.co/OKSAUZSQNZ 
  • Standing junior counsel to Advocate General for Scotland appointed - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/UZfpmgnDVj 
  • Claimant loses in Court of Appeal despite defendant offering no evidence | Law Gazette https://t.co/2eygjSlYUz 
  • UK travel red list cut to just seven countries https://t.co/vzACrO9FLn 
  • Karachi court issues bailable arrest warrants for 12 officials in Mehran Town factory fire case #Pakistan https://t.co/gUL8HWRpMx 
  • Aberdein Considine advises on funding deal - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/BZ4Aun3BF9