Sunday

24th October - Law News

Edition 3588: 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:  Italy's former Interior Minister Matteo Salvini has gone on trial for his role in blocking a migrant rescue ship in 2019. The far-right politician is accused of kidnapping and abuse of power, for preventing two vessels from docking for days. Salvini says he was just carrying out the policies of the government at the time.
 
Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Court backlog 'will remain a problem for years to come' - National Audit Office | Law Gazette https://t.co/uWGbK03o6N
  • Optimism is returning to the legal sector, with recruiters reporting a ‘record-smashing’ jobs market and PwC’s annual survey finding confidence and increased revenues at law firms | NLJ https://t.co/PA8vzFnUFM
  • Disabled people need more help to live, not to die https://t.co/qm0yF33QHw
  • Taylor Wessing mourns stalwart who was with firm for 35 years | Law Gazette https://t.co/RtDfaRR6DT
  • Cleveland police chief says criminalising drug addiction is causing deaths https://t.co/Ileprbg9D8
  • Faculty Christmas Collection returns: The nights are drawing in and there’s a definite nip in the air. Winter is on its way, which means so is the season for giving - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/IBSVM0SDl0
  • Matteo Salvini, right-wing #Italy politician on trial for blocking migrant boat https://t.co/lTCYZhdUqi
  • Veteran solicitor agrees to be struck off after almost 50 years on roll | Law Gazette https://t.co/jp22Pvjd66
  • The Sentencing Council has proposed changes to sentencing guidelines for terrorism offences, following the Counter-Terrorism and Sentencing Act 2021 | NLJ https://t.co/urp9OdGbiu 
  • SDT starts drive to recruit 25 new members | Law Gazette https://t.co/F2e11qMyLM
  • Ministers ‘have grown accustomed to the ease with which laws can be made… and seem reluctant to relinquish law-making functions back to Parliament’ now the initial stages of the pandemic have passed, the Bingham Centre has warned | NLJ https://t.co/pu9Uhxan7G 
  • SRA approves PII clause clarifying cybercrime cover | Law Gazette https://t.co/SGWWMlzVEd 
  • Demand for civil legal aid fell sharply during pandemic year | Irish Legal News https://t.co/bcWKpnqXXl
  • Gillespie Macandrew announces uptick in profits to £3.9m - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/BEa2CAv5Yw 
  • Small businesses are crying out for lawtech, government-backed initiative claims | Law Gazette https://t.co/ya6ByuIRzH
  • Twitter says Online Safety Bill needs more clarity https://t.co/hwha1Znf5a Oct 23, 2021
  • The government should link legal aid fees for defence lawyers to the rates of pay of the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), according to a major report by the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Legal Aid | NLJ https://t.co/BbVQBpTadr
  • The former president of the Supreme Court has revealed that he is ‘unconvinced’ by a major argument used to justify the government’s controversial judicial review reform | Law Gazette https://t.co/hxbOv7yBV
  • Bill to enhance transparency around deductions from insurers’ Covid settlements | Irish Legal News https://t.co/U3YQvJU0q2 
  • Gardener ordered to cut down ‘obscene’ hedge after neighbour complains - the hedge pointing towards the entrance. He initially carved it as a joke for drinkers in a pub when they teased him for trimming his bushes https://t.co/L217tTyugQ
  • Lady Brownlie, whose husband died on a driving tour organised by Four Seasons Hotel Cairo at Nile Plaza, has won her appeal at the Supreme Court, in a decision that has significant implications for travelling English nationals injured overseas | NLJ https://t.co/sc4Iipz7d5
  • What are prop guns and why are they dangerous? https://t.co/xDVd7dIpfC
  • The circularity gap and the growth of world movements for environmental justice | Joan Martinez-alier - https://t.co/5rtcFMoW5u https://t.co/69v3SwvsMO
  • Alec Baldwin told gun was safe before fatal shooting - court records https://t.co/CdwN8irKqB 
  • Where have so many RTA claims disappeared to? | Law Gazette https://t.co/Rt0r2hKaW5 
  • Residents in a North Lincolnshire village have been left feeling a little disorientated after a road sign was erected welcoming people to Yorkshire https://t.co/CErSk69yHh

Saturday

23rd October - Law News

Edition 3587: 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:  Whistleblower Sophie Zhang alleges "Facebook took selective action against fake accounts" in India. She further adds, "only AAP, Congress linked accounts were taken down by Facebook, accounts tied to ruling BJP MP not removed".
 
Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Most Britons want assisted dying legalised. Why are MPs too cowardly to do it? https://t.co/dNgnDfzUC3
  • Scottish courts used to conduct politics in Article 50 case, says Attorney General - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/KHJ6tLnYoP 
  • Assad regime ‘siphons millions in aid’ by manipulating #Syria’s currency - Government pocketed half of donations in 2020 as central bank forced UN agencies to use lower exchange rate https://t.co/Xv4LhRlNni
  • Dunoon man arrested for assault following petition for warrant refused suspension order by High Court - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/FzjnUli2bw 
  • Two men arrested in Nottingham spiking investigation https://t.co/ReWi7yU8Cu
  • Gateway open for British tourists injured abroad to sue through UK courts | Irish Legal News https://t.co/qBZseaGdlh 
  • Five police officers are facing misconduct proceedings over messages sent about Sarah Everard's killer Wayne Couzens. The police watchdog said it had carried out two investigations into messages sent on WhatsApp and Signal https://t.co/kKQGeTOPi
  • Widow wins right to sue Cairo hotel in English courts | Law Gazette https://t.co/SqnCzrEpm1
  • The man accused of killing the MP David Amess will face trial next year. Ali Harbi Ali, 25, is charged with murder and the preparation of terrorist acts, following the attack a week ago https://t.co/22Mg4MLIdb
  • Having lawyer parents boosts job prospects, salaries for law grads https://t.co/BX3yR0mI88
  • Failings by NHS 111 contributed to the death of an autistic teenager, a coroner has ruled. Hannah Royle, 16, suffered a cardiac arrest as she was driven to hospital by her parents after a 111 algorithm failed to notice she was seriously ill https://t.co/dL728KCoF3
  • St. James’s Place named Law Society of Scotland strategic partner - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/BJcGMysUfB
  • Victims to get more time to report domestic abuse in England and Wales https://t.co/VYeSHZYLsq
  • Luxembourg first in Europe to legalise growing and using cannabis - Relaxation is part of government rethink designed to keep users away from illegal market and raise valuable tax revenue https://t.co/c3o7fEXHSD
  • New Zealand deal will 'drive collaboration' between regulators | Law Gazette https://t.co/y20CfMY1eL
  • #Bangladesh High Court asks e-commerce platform Evaly customers not to insist for refund in six months https://t.co/SmRAicg0Ps
  • SRA leads Agile Nations project to create global legal services market - Legal Futures https://t.co/J4k5sRR8dj
  • Police Scotland has been urged by a watchdog to take a “strong and bold” position on equality and diversity - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/JOrIS5fZYe
  • Ex-Hong Kong leader calls for China-wide ban of global law firm in statue row - Legal Futures https://t.co/Kdkj79qMK1
  • The weekly Law Society Gazette magazine is to go fully digital from 2022. The final print version will be published on 13 December – 119 years on from the magazine’s foundation https://t.co/IlO4QXitHs
  • Delays in bringing whiplash claims "may be tactical, not technical" - Legal Futures https://t.co/tJ7ns0iRgE
  • Proficiency in English, anger management and other tips by Fali Nariman to become a good lawyer | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/piu8jwDRW5 Oct
  • England and Wales court backlog crisis ‘to go on for several years’. Report says MoJ and and HM Courts and Tribunals Service ‘not yet working towards shared objectives’ https://t.co/T6Vp7sEBVw
  • Retired solicitor struck off for falsifying letter in bid to explain rule breach - Legal Futures https://t.co/HaZS0x1rCs
  • Fertility treatment and the legal workplace | Law Gazette https://t.co/DBoyDgXzUY 
  • Government will take 18 years to reach rape charges target, data shows - Analysis reveals that at current pace ministers will fall far short of increase promised in England and Wales https://t.co/xQYjiTf7O8
  • A woman has died and a man has been injured after actor Alec Baldwin fired a prop gun on a New Mexico film set. Police in the #US state said Mr Baldwin discharged the weapon during filming for the 19th Century western Rust https://t.co/KQaQMf0apS
  • Most whiplash claimants still relying on lawyer for portal | Law Gazette https://t.co/JvFG0xJ75S 
  • Wilson Nesbitt announces key promotions | Irish Legal News https://t.co/3iR8UU0qWK
  • ‘School-to-prison pipeline’: youth justice services failing black boys - Probation inspectorate finds lack of curiosity behind inaction on youth offending disparities across England https://t.co/cqEX8a7US
  • Pioneering female barrister Helena Normanton became the 976th recipient of an English Heritage blue plaque at a ceremony in London's Bloomsbury | Law Gazette https://t.co/kX86OPLECI
  • ECtHR: Bulgaria violated rights of top judge who criticised government - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/wEbfHS16h9
  • 'Claims R Us' portal could transform civil justice, says master of the rolls | Law Gazette https://t.co/AILXQQtpwi 
  • The #US House of Representatives has voted to hold ex-Trump adviser Steve Bannon in contempt of Congress, opening him up to a potential prosecution https://t.co/K3isrVQvLP

Friday

22nd October - Law News

Edition 3586: 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:  “I feel violated, I don't understand why they did this” - the words of a young woman who believes she was injected with a date rape drug. Several police forces are investigating similar reports from women. Home Secretary Priti Patel has now asked all forces for an update on the issue, and students have launched an online campaign, Girls Night In, to boycott venues until more measures are put in place to protect people against spiking.


Focus of the Day Story: US law firm leasing activity rebounds to highest level since onset of pandemic. Long-term leases and relocations have fuelled a resurgence in leasing activity in Q3, new report shows. Full story - The Global Legal Post
 
Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Poland may be deprived of Covid funds over rule of law dispute with EU - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Ny2ghb0ytP
  • After two successive landslides killed dozens of people in the northern #Indian state of Himachal Pradesh, people are still reeling from the shock: 'Human greed causing death and destruction in the Himalayas' https://t.co/WngZMFp1lz
  • Sailing in the good ship Law Society | Law Gazette https://t.co/1jrEhyOMJ
  • Northern Ireland’s PPS defend Hutchings prosecution - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/yqscsp0p7
  • Court of Appeal: County council not liable for €113,000 injury due to non-feasance rule for highway authorities | Irish Legal News https://t.co/Wfn2dEAzc0
  • Russia introduces ‘Orwellian’ metro payment system - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/qbx3NFG8oK
  • Megachurch buys Golders Green Hippodrome after mosque plan blocked: Hillsong plans to hold Sunday services at Grade II-listed former theatre after locals objected to Islamic centre https://t.co/bVd7sTZcU2
  • Court rejects £150,000 costs cap that would have killed off claims | Law Gazette https://t.co/15ybfgYm5t
  • A British-built robot that uses cameras and a robotic arm to create abstract art has been released after #Egyptian authorities detained it at customs https://t.co/pFrIpwWlvc
  • Thorntons welcomes five new solicitors - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/6xmU4lzAF
  • Ali Harbi Ali has been charged with murder and the preparation of terrorist acts after the fatal stabbing of MP David Amess https://t.co/rwWO5aOqO4
  • Conservative MPs don't need to wear masks during debates because they know each other, Jacob Rees-Mogg has claimed https://t.co/grxku0Eg6o
  • Bar to clamp down on chambers that keep quiet about fees | Law Gazette https://t.co/Jvc9nbBx7H 
  • The hot graphic design trends in the legal sector - Legal Futures https://t.co/THKcBoBGq6
  • Germany: Secretary of Stutthof goes on trial for complicity in murder of 11,000 people - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/oIuGL46Im
  • 'House of brands' group makes first non-legal acquisition - Legal Futures https://t.co/hK6QchnzW
  • Fraud prosecutors concealed misconduct files in bribery inquiry, court hears https://t.co/u9JH7fXuk
  • Directors and staff at Gateley rake in £11m from share sale - Legal Futures https://t.co/v5GbN952m
  • Burness Paull becomes first law firm to use Pawprint for Business - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/9Aiy5clWgX
  • Court throws out claim over law firm’s “trivial” data breach - Legal Futures https://t.co/Dub5MtTZ7W
  • Unfair proceedings ruling over advocate ‘with soft voice and hand in pocket’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/mMcp3VUQFb
  • Aryan Khan drug case: Why did Mumbai Sessions Court refuse bail? [READ ORDER] | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/ZwORjBd6vU 
  • The great betrayal: how the Hillsborough families were failed by the justice system https://t.co/Ho7xUowESY
  • ‘Huge win’ for charities as Coalition declines to appeal landmark case - Decision gives sector greater freedom to engage with the political process without threat to funding, advocates say #Australia https://t.co/JFh1vaEeeH
  • A 14-year-old boy has been charged with murdering a five-year-old boy who was found dead in a river. Logan Mwangi, also known as Logan Williamson, was discovered in the River Ogmore, Bridgend county, on 31 July https://t.co/qzLS2fLZ87
  • Major tax evasion and avoidance schemes have cost governments an estimated €150bn (£127bn) in lost revenues, research shows https://t.co/0TX01JD8Nt 
  • SRA needs "radical rethink" to change disproportionate focus on BAME solicitors - Legal Futures https://t.co/G6E2WJfzCb
  • Gore & Grimes Solicitors LLP welcomes four new associates | Irish Legal News https://t.co/uoXdx2LiRB 
  • The UN Ban on child labour jeopardises right to survive https://t.co/5ndCYNF1nL
  • Female #Afghan Judges and Lawyers Now Fear For Their Lives https://t.co/I0P383dn1r 
  • Consumer panel speaks out over ‘woeful decline’ in justice spending | Law Gazette https://t.co/MiBWSh3QRK 
  • A police force is investigating 12 reports of spiking where the victims believe they were injected with a needle. Nottinghamshire Police said victims reported effects that were "consistent with a substance being administered" https://t.co/Jiz0yFnU9s
  • COP26: Document leak reveals nations lobbying to change key climate report - The leak reveals Saudi Arabia, Japan and Australia are among countries asking the UN to play down the need to move rapidly away from fossil fuels https://t.co/1CZoNjdEWc
  • Woman wins right to sue Egyptian hotel in English courts over husband’s death - Lawyers hail judgment as landmark case for English nationals injured or killed abroad https://t.co/Tzj3z4LcmW
  • Nearly 1,500 arrests in county lines drug dealing crackdown https://t.co/Y8MAfd5aAo
  • Gateley staff in line for windfall as share scheme matures | Law Gazette https://t.co/q16d4NtHbx 
  • #Egypt detains artist robot Ai-Da before historic pyramid show https://t.co/K7mYlHmsUT 
  • NI: 500 local solicitors attend Online Conveyancing Conference 2021 | Irish Legal News https://t.co/4bgxdMZDBD
  • Netizens wonder whether Human Rights Minister Shireen Mazari and her daughter Imaan actually talk at home #Pakistan https://t.co/1wlJp9TyTQ 
  • Green signal for railway group action | Law Gazette https://t.co/AwagXh7BlU 
  • Human remains found in search for Gabby Petito fiance Brian Laundrie #US https://t.co/oX7Hgnbd0t
  • Government tight-lipped on legal aid reforms despite inquiry report | Law Gazette https://t.co/B1BLAJwUD
  • Government taskforce to tackle sharp rise in scams during pandemic - Ofcom research finds 45m people received at least one fraudulent message in last three months https://t.co/Tc8H7QTCaH

Thursday

21st October - Law News

Edition 3585: 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:  In Brazil, a congressional inquiry has reportedly recommended President Jair Bolsonaro be charged with crimes against humanity over the handling of the pandemic. The report is the culmination of six months of hearings that have revealed a series of scandals and corruption schemes within the government and the errors that led to hundreds of thousands of deaths.

Focus of the Day Story: An independent legal aid fee review panel, publicly funded training grants and developing robust mechanisms to measure legal need to inform the commissioning of services are just a few of the detailed recommendations made by a cross-party group of MPs following what is believed to be the biggest legal aid inquiry ever conducted. Full story - The Law Society Gazette
 
Saturday Conversations on Law
  • UK competition watchdog has music streaming in its sights https://t.co/qcHfEtyyZ
  • Legal academics defend Professor Kathleen Stock - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/2lBY3BO7TL
  • A protester has been arrested for a public order offence after a mock gallows was erected outside Parliament. The action was part of a small anti-vaccine protest  https://t.co/CgGaxOqX0A
  • A former English National Ballet principal dancer who used his "fame and prestige" to sexually assault his students has been jailed. Yat-Sen Chang, 50, attacked girls and women https://t.co/Rwy9rx8bwR
  • Terror threat against MPs raised to substantial - home secretary Patel https://t.co/FMzIZxaL0e
  • #Morocco bans UK flights due to Covid cases rising https://t.co/usRiBoMrp
  • Insulate Britain: Injunction banning protests on London's roads extended https://t.co/Ma9gkIbo2C 
  • New digital platform to be introduced for evidence - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/bruwoKuj3I 
  • European lawmakers and competition authorities focus on tech transactions https://t.co/80fkpsbYWY
  • Court orders that SRA be given access to shut down firm’s files | Law Gazette https://t.co/GZiKMPvMpX
  • Facebook and Instagram remove 'magician' who incited murder https://t.co/O6PFZGPWJU
  • Woman stabs husband and tells police ‘I admit it all’, footage shows - Penelope Jackson, 66, said she hoped ‘bully’ David Jackson, 78, could not be saved, in video shown to Bristol crown court https://t.co/X6fyjF8tBK
  • Lawyers must defend judiciary, senior American judge tells Edinburgh audience - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/wf3tnU2B26
  • Trump files lawsuit to block release of Capitol attack records #US https://t.co/eiWk5Cks0A
  • Simpson & Marwick’s David Coutts has become dual accredited in both family and child law by the Law Society of Scotland - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/wgb8cELaba
  • ‘My friends called him PC Perv’: the police officers who prey on crime victims for sex https://t.co/mqHpvKX0VI
  • In the first eight months of 2021, at least 79 girls with disabilities have been subjected to rape in the country, according to a recent report by the National Girl Child Advocacy Forum #Bangladesh https://t.co/J75lOOtAU8
  • Purported assignee of standard security relying on redacted document ruled to have no title to enforce by Glasgow sheriff - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/0nLhpFLbfw
  • Soft Law and Externalisation of European Border Management: between Political Effectivity and Legal Validity | Martino Reviglio https://t.co/VPAwWMbkoP
  • Rebranded council ABS 'not trying to compete with private practice' | Law Gazette https://t.co/ElyRAt2O2e
  • Plain-clothes officers in London will video call a uniformed colleague to confirm their identity when stopping a lone woman, the new system would be introduced after Sarah Everard was murdered by a serving officer who faked an arrest in order to kidnap her https://t.co/CngLIK6IR1 
  • Metaverse “could help law firms with remote working” - Legal Futures https://t.co/72kkLvvFmQ 
  • Fleeing Taliban rule, Kabul's last Jew divorces wife over Zoom to be allowed into #Israel https://t.co/rPCPLtDxmA
  • Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema has gone on trial in #France accused of complicity in an attempt to blackmail fellow footballer Mathieu Valbuena over a sex tape found on his phone https://t.co/uJDSiIwJ5u
  • Disappointment after government confirmed it would reject almost all the changes made to the Environment Bill by the House of Lords. The changes included a legal duty on water companies to reduce sewage damage to rivers & protection of ancient woodlands https://t.co/5p6SXotkby 
  • Largest ever legal aid inquiry calls for independent fee review | Law Gazette https://t.co/qz4XXVOIRV 
  • MPs and peers urge 25% pay rise for legal aid lawyers - Legal Futures https://t.co/17gLHaPthW 
  • Two former #German soldiers have been arrested on suspicion of trying to form a terrorist mercenary force to fight in Yemen's civil war, prosecutors say. Arend-Adolf G and Achim A face terrorism charges after police raids in southern Germany on Wednesday https://t.co/iSgBN2j1gY 
  • Last week, an #Indian man was given a rare double-life sentence for killing his wife by making a cobra bite her. Soutik Biswas and Ashraf Padanna piece together the events leading to the grisly murder https://t.co/7KSfASJYwr 
  • [Shahjahanpur lawyer murder] UP Bar Council asks Bar Associations to abstain from judicial work on Wednesday | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/l3m66IY2s5
  • BSB signals tougher approach to transparency rules compliance - Legal Futures https://t.co/Pf8USxNYlI
  • #US lawmakers investigating the 6 January Capitol riot have unanimously supported holding top aide of ex-President Donald Trump, Steve Bannon in contempt of Congress https://t.co/PkICvtaqO7
  • Ex-stripper drops ET claim after being refused right to anonymity | Law Gazette https://t.co/JYOEKthOU9
  • A man is being treated in hospital with life-threatening injuries after being stabbed on a night bus in east London. The victim was found just before 01:00 BST on Wednesday, suffering stab wounds on board a Route N25 bus outside Mile End Tube station https://t.co/5KHfSVaq3X
  • The Nationality and Borders Bill threatens to create a two-tier asylum system which could result in more unsafe and perilous journeys, according to the Law Society of Scotland - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/uHsyf9G0SL
  • Submarine Spy Case: Couple Stewed Over Money and Politics - Jonathan and Diana Toebbe, charged with trying to sell classified nuclear secrets to a foreign power, struggled with finances, family and the state of #America https://t.co/rcpm2Avvnw 
  • Dozens of Afghan families staying in hotels as part of a scheme to resettle them are declaring themselves homeless. More than 200 families have asked councils in London for emergency accommodation https://t.co/apAotsQ8wI
  • The NHS Confederation said a back-up Covid strategy, or Plan B, which includes mandatory face coverings in crowded and enclosed spaces, should be implemented if England is to avoid "stumbling into a winter crisis" https://t.co/ECm1yHsCSs
  • Cancel Culture Is Not the Problem - It’s time to stop litigating whether these punishments are fair and to start thinking about why some behaviors seemed OK in the first place https://t.co/YAwSkhBIPw
  • 'Huge increase in political litigation': Braverman defends JR reforms | Law Gazette https://t.co/tjFuKvwC2Y
  • With the business use of artificial intelligence (AI) on the rise, there are key legal and contractual risks that businesses using, or supplying, AI need to consider - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/NYSGAP30lx
  • Janner child abuse claims: police guilty of failing to investigate, report finds. Independent inquiry into child sexual abuse criticises ‘culture of disbelief’ at Leicestershire police in 2002 https://t.co/CnP5Tkai1a
  • 'Tick box’ AML regime isn’t working, Society tells Treasury | Law Gazette https://t.co/aR6tQaDAYA
  • Charge President Bolsonaro with murder over Covid toll, draft #Brazil senate report says https://t.co/EyjSDGv5q
  • Arran Kaur, a Coventry University solicitor named Coventry & Warwickshire First’s Young Professional of the Year says she wants to continue to help inspire more young people to pursue a career in law https://t.co/CzXXK3xzo
  • Why State and Local Law Enforcement Needs Legal Authority from Congress to Counteract Dangerous Drones #US https://t.co/cXs8iRw0fI 
  • Sheriff solemn cases at 102 per cent of pre-Covid average - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/YZAloIVwlh
  • Drop Chinese investments, MPs and peers tell parliament’s pension fund - letter from 137 lawmakers urges fund to drop stakes in firms accused of human rights violations or linked to Chinese state https://t.co/xIUnAVwK9i
  • England: Elderly man subjected to Kafkaesque trial in magistrates’ court - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/1DbU5wHC7K

Wednesday

20th October - Law News

Edition 3585: 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:  Ring Camera Court Case: Must You Remove Yours? This video is a discussion on the recent judgement in the case of Ring cameras and doorbells. The case involved claims for harassment, breach of data protection, and nuisance. The analysis is by a barrister in England and Wales from the Youtube channel BlackBeltBarrister 


Focus of the Day Story: An elderly litigant in person (LiP) who said he could not hear a local authority solicitor at a hearing relating to unpaid council tax has succeeded in his judicial review of the decision. David Pittaway QC, sitting as a deputy High Court judge, said justice had not “been seen to be done” at the hearing at Ipswich Magistrates’ Court, which LiP Denis Paling compared to an episode from Franz Kafka’s The Trial. Full story - Legal Futures
 
Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Abbey Law welcomes Evelyn Larney as new partner | Irish Legal News https://t.co/yS9aGhO0fh
  • A court in the southern #Indian state of Kerala is due to hear a petition next week from an unhappy citizen who does not want Prime Minister Narendra Modi's photograph on his Covid-19 vaccine certificate https://t.co/hTfPDAOMT2 
  • Best of the blogs - 16 October 2021 | Law Gazette https://t.co/SS5WgXpHtY
  • Shoosmiths has announced partner David Jackson is to become its CEO from next May - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/jjs853AVRs 
  • Intersex people undergo surgery when too young to give consent, inquiry told https://t.co/ydnnmvL2US
  • Time for Westminster to let go of Wales? | Law Gazette https://t.co/llCzsb1sKo 
  • Lord Janner: The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) said Leicestershire Police officers "shut down" investigations into Lord Janner "without pursuing all inquiries" https://t.co/hRkPwZ44q4
  • Sheriff Edington retires after more than 20 years on the bench - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/GPtLNz03Zt
  • COP26: Scotland’s bar associations opt out of duty solicitor scheme - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/nzFygfTgYS
  • Embracing the collaborative era for junior lawyers | Law Gazette https://t.co/Ucw14JjGUE
  • Dean of Faculty and Lord Hope warn against attempts to let civil justice languish online - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Et54EnZk7l 
  • A student who believes she was injected with a needle during a night out says the experience has left her "genuinely really scared". Zara Owen, 19, said she blacked out shortly after arriving at a nightclub in Nottingham on 10 October https://t.co/e46to39D1E
  • Expect a spike in negligence claims as lenders take hit from pandemic - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/kR0jhyMHQm
  • A detective at Greater Manchester Police has been charged with child sexual abuse offences. Lee Cunliffe, 40, a detective constable based in Salford, was charged with 11 offences earlier https://t.co/2cXSTlUblU
  • Outer House finds Marks & Spencer not in contempt of court for limited re-opening following order to fully re-open Glasgow store - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/gDfuTqd389 
  • My legal life: Ashleigh-Hannah Spencer, Fletcher Day - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/sQdGUuxTaz
  • Polish PM Morawiecki has accused the EU of blackmail in a heated debate with European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen over the rule of law. The clash in the European Parliament follows a top Polish court ruling that rejected key parts of EU law https://t.co/6Y5GRzFi4F 
  • The elder brother of the Manchester Arena suicide bomber has left the UK ahead of an appearance at a public inquiry he had been ordered to attend. Ismail Abedi, 28, has always refused to answer questions from the inquiry in case he incriminates himself https://t.co/i4xizwGroL
  • Delhi High Court refuses anticipatory bail to man who posed as Army Major on matrimonial site | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/4fLXbuKeJn
  • High Court orders solicitor to hand over firm's files to SRA - Legal Futures https://t.co/zHOJEfIYg
  • School’s out for Weightmans’ class of 13 | Law Gazette https://t.co/iS2fTbv4lO
  • Legal sector “one of the worst” for workplace culture - Legal Futures https://t.co/XWk3Hu4yKo 
  • Pakistan Supreme Court grants bail to Zahir Jaffer's mother in Noor Mukadam murder case https://t.co/YLocgG85kV
  • UK government ordered to reveal firms awarded ‘VIP’ Covid contracts https://t.co/vlJ9kMKmLj 
  • Society will fight to save SIF from closure | Law Gazette https://t.co/c82mZmaCJz 
  • Thousands of potential trafficking victims held in immigration centres, data shows https://t.co/yzrMGoUvq3
  • England: Hundreds of barristers have left the criminal courts since 2016, prompting fears of a shortage - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/QuvRpxhq3I
  • LiP who said he could not hear solicitor succeeds in judicial review - Legal Futures https://t.co/GJNFrrMSaI
  • A seriously ill two-year-old girl whose parents wanted to be at home at the end of her life has died in a hospice. Alta Fixsler, from Salford, suffered a brain injury at birth. She died surrounded by her family on Monday https://t.co/Vz9C1sWV3h 
  • Young barristers aim to provide single platform for women at Bar - Legal Futures https://t.co/Y2ERfQxU6G 
  • Firms on ‘hiding to nothing’ with SDT inequality of arms | Law Gazette https://t.co/S9RoJlC9p7 
  • Welsh independence is one of the options to be considered by a commission examining Wales' future relationship with the rest of the UK. The new body, set up by Welsh Labour ministers, will look at how the current system of powers could change https://t.co/N6ZDqvNAkI
  • PwC: Optimistic outlook for UK law firms as fees and profits rise | Irish Legal News https://t.co/L6794EBkPX
  • PwC: Optimistic outlook for UK law firms as fees and profits rise - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/zmmOXkoZVE
  • #Bangladesh President Md Abdul Hamid has permanently appointed nine additional judges in the High Court Division of the Supreme Court https://t.co/mRgztkFFFt
  • Will the latest Assisted Dying Bill get through? | Law Gazette https://t.co/HLyLyvBXG1 
  • A forensic review of the Clydach murders has made "significant findings" linking convicted killer David Morris to the crime scene, police have said https://t.co/ccuSLCZKk8
  • Dunfermline Sheriff Court to gain solar power - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/GzvLahLTmX 
  • Eco-barrister denies 'publicity stunt' in Supreme Court appeal | Law Gazette https://t.co/sUDfB77Moy
  • Law Society issues warning over Hamilton Douglas Legal | Irish Legal News https://t.co/XIZUFp7wcD
  • A government plan that could see MPs face by-elections if they are suspended for sexual harassment or bullying is being debated in the Commons later https://t.co/SFwlnPam0V 
  • Lawyer in the news: Oliver Carter, Irwin Mitchell | Law Gazette https://t.co/hHs1ac1C15 
  • In open letter to Taliban, Malala urges Afghanistan's new rulers to let girls return to school https://t.co/GcXay7PA2o

Tuesday

19th October - Law News

Edition 3584: 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:  In an increasingly digital world, legal services are changing. They are being offered in new ways, while consumers expectations are shifting. The Solicitors Regulation Authority wants to support the responsible adoption of legal technology and innovation - helping legal businesses improve and people access legal help more easily

Focus of the Day Story: A sheriff in Livingston Sheriff Court has found that a charge under Section 1 of the Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Act 2018 of engaging in a course of abusive behaviour against an accused’s ex-partner was able to be sufficiently corroborated by Crown evidence. Full story - New Law Journal
 
Saturday Conversations on Law
  • We look at interns as potential next generation leadership of an organization: Rousseau Anai, Ex-Head of Asia Pacific, Cantor Fitzgerald | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/rul6ZZ6L2R
  • County Court advocate is a 'worker', says employment tribunal - Legal Cheek https://t.co/5RsTqg5wPp
  • Bus lane camera mistakes woman's sweater for number plate https://t.co/QKX9RQZNW
  • General trend to have firearm licence not in the interest of noble profession of Advocate: Allahabad High Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/yTSHIr6noa
  • Crowell & Moring to launch in Denver with seven-lawyer team - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/Cpx1tObFdL
  • Paul Hastings launches year-long legal innovation internship - Legal Cheek https://t.co/z6FiIfx31U
  • Goto Energy has become the latest UK energy firm to cease trading amid a sharp rise in wholesale gas prices https://t.co/tkHZkhDGID
  • Has Interpol become the long arm of oppressive regimes? https://t.co/xnjySAw4xy
  • Justice Secretary Dominic Raab has unveiled a planned overhaul of the Human Rights Act, claiming the European Court of Human Rights was imposing too many “obligations on the state” - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/PPhqrFhe2F 
  • Litigation funder earmarks $100m to fund racially diverse and female-led cases - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/RR8meQdKSC
  • Malicious Prosecution Scandal: Crown Office pays out £35m - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/ftIA8T68AL
  • Supreme Court judge Justice UU Lalit flags off bike rally 'Ride for legal Awareness' in Ladakh | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/HsfsF5iuqy
  • 5 reasons school leavers should consider a solicitor apprenticeship - Legal Cheek https://t.co/nbvBNWtEPf 
  • Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced the Queen has agreed Southend will be granted city status following the killing of MP Sir David Amess https://t.co/1imWSk6rsV 
  • The courts have a new chance to block Texas’s abortion law. They must take it #US https://t.co/RyDcvv86IU
  • Sheriff rejects no case to answer submission from man charged with statutory partner abuse offence - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/hFc4qcYNjI
  • Failure and Fault: What the NatWest case tells us about corporate liability for money laundering – The Barrister Magazine https://t.co/ZkYFZPDpuF 
  • A man has pleaded guilty to a charge relating to the flight in which footballer Emiliano Sala died. David Henderson, 67, admitted trying to arrange a flight for a passenger without permission or authorisation https://t.co/hE0GTGfHdD
  • UK top 100 firm in merger talks with City player: Royds Withy King and Goodman Derrick merger plan to create firm with revenue in excess of £50m - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/utbTtPygyb
  • Big law firms “failing to adopt their own innovations” - Legal Futures https://t.co/jwgVb1ST4I 
  • The Bar Council highlights barristers championing social mobility – The Barrister Magazine https://t.co/jcjPhRHvB7
  • Economic crime levy "could impact law firm structures" - Legal Futures https://t.co/2myEfxiytA 
  • New Member Adding “Academic Lustre” to Addington Chambers: Virtual barristers Chambers now totals seventeen in little over a year. – The Barrister Magazine https://t.co/ZDl5aLOU6a
  • Solicitor fails in challenge to ruling over recruitment costs repayment - Legal Futures https://t.co/7iptuo6HO2 
  • [Vidhispeaks] Prosecutorial independence compromised by politics | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/cEIja5iq4e
  • Analysis of the whole life order imposed upon Wayne Couzens for the murder of Sarah Everard – The Barrister Magazine https://t.co/2B1eFioQPC
  • Legal regulators slammed for "lacking expertise" on comparison data - Legal Futures https://t.co/DzaB9AQA6q 
  • What challenges will the Bar face in the next five years? - Legal Futures https://t.co/fUseNFsA4t 
  • The Boutique Lawyer Show: Likeability trumps skill (and other lessons for lawyers) - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/ZTbkhaXxak
  • The African Origins of Democracy (Democracy did not start in Ancient Greece but in Africa) | Bernd Reiter https://t.co/JSORu9SbkG
  • The Scottish government's vaccine passport scheme has become enforceable by law from Monday morning https://t.co/yTIKgpn8Kk
  • College of Legal Practice strikes SQE training deal with Solent Law School - Legal Cheek https://t.co/oahYRVRGEg 
  • #Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez pledged on Sunday to outlaw prostitution in the country https://t.co/z5FdcFE1l4
  • Woman conceived through rape wins award for campaign to convict father. 45-year-old known as Daisy wins Emma Humphreys prize for contribution towards ending male violence https://t.co/RvBLpCF3Ly
  • Barrister relocates from London to join Exchange Chambers – The Barrister Magazine https://t.co/wClttNeyAf 
  • All cases filed by government should be through e-filing from January 1, 2022: Supreme Court e-committee to High Courts | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/6GPKlPwTmy
  • My journey from law student to junior lawyer - and what I learnt along the way - Legal Cheek https://t.co/fvJ9Awl5Vy
  • Withers grows Italy presence with six-strong tax team from Gianni & Origani - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/5t3bvrMLiz 
  • Viral TikTok of law student who continued moot comp despite passing out prompts debate over profession’s focus on resilience - Legal Cheek https://t.co/6matrX8aOJ
  • #Canadian lawyers call on re-elected PM Trudeau to combat climate change with review of laws and justice system - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/p1SMZasCzs 
  • From The Gherkin to Gotham: Kirkland & Ellis to leave iconic London home after 15 years - Legal Cheek https://t.co/6zbzVhca46

Monday

18th October - Law News

Edition 3583: 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:  Thousands participated in a protest in Milan, where, under a recently government-mandated decree, a ‘Green Pass’ is now mandatory in the workplace


Focus of the Day Story: Ruling in R (oao KTT) v Home Secretary [2021] EWHC 2722 (Admin), Mr Justice Linden upheld the 33-year-old claimant’s case that she should have been granted leave to remain on the basis it was necessary due to ‘her personal situation ie in order to pursue her asylum and human rights claims based on her fear of being re-trafficked if she is returned to Vietnam’. Full story - New Law Journal
 
Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Womble Bond aims to run all offices on renewable energy by 2026 - Legal Cheek https://t.co/nApFZVH4H
  • Law Pod UK latest episode: Can AI receive patent protection? - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/GxLXJilqYV
  • 'Here's to the return of in-person legal events' - Legal Cheek https://t.co/FxbYszYsP
  • The Boutique Lawyer Show: Life as an international parental child abduction lawyer - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/ENiPSwDrgt
  • Police have launched a murder inquiry following the death of a 14-year-old boy who was stabbed at a railway station in Glasgow. Justin McLaughlin was found seriously injured at High Street station at about 15:45 on Saturday https://t.co/XzXoAksqN
  • Magic circle pay war: A&O matches Linklaters with £107.5k NQ lawyer salary - Legal Cheek https://t.co/AIckq0oD
  • Four young musicians join Evershed Sutherland Accelerator Academy | Irish Legal News https://t.co/Cj5JeW1XD
  • High Court refuses fresh inquest in welfare benefits case - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/2Qro3TtX9m
  • Victims of trafficking should be granted leave to remain, the High Court has held in a landmark judgment | NLJ https://t.co/9XOG8Uzlds
  • Heathrow protest barrister gears up for Supreme Court appeal | Law Gazette https://t.co/uXApAmHACc
  • Henrietta Lacks and her immortal cells: Lacks estate sues pharmaceutical company - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/tsHWo
  • Why being a global finance lawyer is the next best thing to being a rockstar - Legal Cheek https://t.co/k0juvxKnlv
  • Giving MPs police guards at local meetings is one of a "range" of steps that could protect politicians, Priti Patel has said after an MP's killing https://t.co/5wQCvRM43D
  • Slater & Gordon to offer ADR for all contested low-value PI claims - Legal Futures https://t.co/CoZwVeJmsZ
  • Most personal injury claimants no longer accepting PIAB awards | Irish Legal News https://t.co/iDxqXwpubz 
  • The Weekly Round-Up: Assisted dying, the Human Rights Act 'overhaul', and the limits of Scottish legislation - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/BYg28GhgY
  • Ghana: Brief but critical presentation for a successful developmental State | Isaac Owusu Nsiah https://t.co/TC36ZV6lsI
  • One of President Nicolás Maduro's closest aides has been extradited from Cape Verde to the United States, where he's been charged with money laundering #Venezuela https://t.co/fX4LtFlszl 
  • Fad or future? Elite law firms target tech-savvy students for non-law roles - Legal Cheek https://t.co/kmUe3zLxjw
  • #French President Emmanuel Macron has called a bloody crackdown on Algerian protesters by police in Paris 60 years ago an "unforgivable crime". On 17 October 1961, French police turned on Algerian demonstrators. Some were shot, others were drowned https://t.co/6HPhiSwFd
  • The Speaker of the House of Commons has said he is working "at pace" with police and the home secretary to find ways to improve safety for MPs https://t.co/f1D4u1d8Dz
  • A formerly homeless couple have a chance to buy a house for £1 under a scheme to help key workers and others on to the property ladder. Tim Perry and Aaron Parsons are among the first tenants who have moved into 12 new houses in Wolverhampton https://t.co/EnWivHnYkZ
  • Treasurer urges non-complacency as employees return to office environment - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/6FNgR88VFx
  • High Court ruling on relationship between judge and barrister may have major repercussions on judicial wellbeing - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/XtffLGNAw
  • Law Societies condemn 'harmful' economic crime levy | Law Gazette https://t.co/89WrcNNV6a 
  • Government accused of ‘shirking responsibility’ in bid to overturn ruling against Aboriginal deportation #Australia https://t.co/NWpN5gGAdg
  • Future City trainee: 'I want to work in the EU. When is the best time to make the switch?' - Legal Cheek https://t.co/sLuXeq6Hh
  • Better protections for gig economy workers needed - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/E47NCMykWA
  • Man declared proclaimed offender in 20-yr-old fraud case denied bail by Delhi court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/3hhFm2wHi3
  • Top City firms join forces to launch legal ops grad scheme - Legal Cheek https://t.co/85chKT7NJ
  • In conversation with minister Kasiviswanathan Shanmugam SC | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/yFFf5KzfU9
  • Courts service sets out ICT strategy for next three years | Irish Legal News https://t.co/aaFzpqfZaK
  • Centre notifies appointment of 7 new judges to Gujarat High Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/uFf9Mz6XgX
  • Dublin’s legal scene through the eyes of two junior lawyers - Legal Cheek https://t.co/I2uTBl6mMw