5th August - Law News

Edition 3509: 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:
Solicitors Regulation Authority webinar on 'Restricting fees in financial mis-selling work'

  Focus of the Day Article:

An employment judge has dismissed claims that a lawyer was repeatedly harassed and discriminated against, warning that courts should not ‘impose legal liability to every unfortunate phrase’. An in-house legal counsel accused pharmaceutical company PSI CRO of discrimination because of sex and age, sexual harassment, harassment related to age and/or sexual orientation and victimisation, after losing her job in 2017. Full story - The Law Society Gazette

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Richard Douglas-Home: OTS recommendations for the simplification of CGT - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/EeXzXTx7RD
• Dr Brian Hunt: President’s concerns about legislative process are not new - Irish Legal News https://t.co/AL0mn9YN3
• Thompsons Solicitors establishes financial misselling unit - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/R1GWUhU2u9
• Stonehenge tunnel plans continue despite high court ruling - Highways England says it is proceeding with £1.7bn scheme after judge declared it unlawful https://t.co/u6hnI4jSHN
• Discrimination based on your name alone is a stubborn reality in Britain today - Until society confronts institutional and cultural racism, such inequalities will be immune to changes in the law https://t.co/BHCwev5JnI
• High-value alleged fraud in Scotland reaches more than £2.5m in first half of the year - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/0Z27Ot5E7E
• An Old Bailey judge has asked prosecutors if they stand by convictions of Extinction Rebellion protesters after a second successful appeal in two days. Judge Mark Dennis QC demanded the review after a protester won his appeal against obstructing a road https://t.co/9vzpRvUYC
• Footballer Jamie Vardy's phone can be inspected as part of a libel battle between his wife and Coleen Rooney, a judge has ruled. Rebekah Vardy is suing Rooney for libel after Rooney claimed fake stories had been leaked to newspapers by Vardy's Instagram https://t.co/4q5LUnlLYN
• Veteran charity runner robbed at knifepoint near Burton upon Trent - Phil Hammond, from Leeds, was stopped by a man in Barton-under-Needwood, near Burton upon Trent, on Monday evening, Staffordshire Police said https://t.co/UIxaNJj4K8
• Guideline hourly rates: an assessment | Law Gazette https://t.co/XqjQ9ktO6N
• Scottish government opens £6.7 million support fund for legal aid firms - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/X0OOZcw0T
• TLT’s Stephen McGowan publishes new book on Scottish alcohol licensing law - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/YXcyihV2m2
  
• ‘Evasive and prevaricative’ perjuress mother who ‘relished all of the attention’ held in contempt of court - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/a7XuH2gS69
• Law Society adds to criticism of PM over ‘left-wing’ lawyers remarks - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/zI2JFJqT0K
• RT @SteveMartinToGo: What’s happening? Banjo! https://t.co/Vfy1ss1VMk
• Customers of doorstep lender Provident Financial can claim compensation for mis-sold loans after the High Court backed a partial repayment scheme. The company has set aside £50m to meet claims from borrowers who were sold unaffordable loans https://t.co/luvgOx4BFR
• A footballer took his own life and had cocaine in his system when he was found dead in a hotel room, an inquest heard. Yeovil Town captain Lee Collins, 32, was discovered by the club's assistant manager Terry Skiverton on 31 March https://t.co/rz5joEPV5
• SDT warns solicitors about their personal lives | Law Gazette https://t.co/xCSWtEUyS
• Partner who lied to SRA and indemnity insurer is struck off - Legal Futures https://t.co/DUV43Yl9tF
• BHSM welcomes Rachel Nangle to commercial real estate team - Irish Legal News https://t.co/wPa3YR7DtN
  
• Government promises “integrated online dispute resolution” - Legal Futures https://t.co/9NIdvLGaQW
  
• Lawyer of the Month: David Cobb - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/IGwxFYvz0
• "A scandal within a scandal": Call to investigate Post Office lawyers - Legal Futures https://t.co/U3j75cHNJt 
• Government has seen no evidence to connect barrister pay cuts with recruitment issues - Irish Legal News https://t.co/agWRqGklZT
  
• Amazon Faces Wider Fight Over Labor Practices: A second union vote may be held at an Alabama warehouse, and new tactics by the Teamsters and other groups aim to pressure Amazon across the #US https://t.co/6MbyHz1hxw
  
• New consolidator enters market with plans to build £100m firm - Legal Futures https://t.co/l3CL3LrOZ
• MP Maria Miller wants a parliamentary debate on whether digitally generated nude images need to be banned. It comes as another service which allows users to undress women in photos, using Artificial intelligence (AI), spreads rapidly on social media https://t.co/0Qm09yAC8N 
• Judge warns of 'hypersensitivity' in lawyer's harassment claim | Law Gazette https://t.co/Y4BqfOlJGR
• SEMLA and NatWest Group to hold diversity event - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Ksb3yDm7Y
• Addleshaw Goddard sees profits of £136m - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Enxm0f8dDt
• #Iraq Reclaims 17,000 Looted Artifacts, Its Biggest-Ever Repatriation https://t.co/RiodEZ8Mgx 
• Head of judges' body backs call for 17 more High Court judges - Irish Legal News https://t.co/GIPctQf1UT
  
• Are plans to change the Official Secrets Act a threat to journalism? https://t.co/wVnjyojXss 
• Amazon slapped with €746m fine over alleged GDPR breaches - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/JUMEWPI1Bm
• Penal policy report to be published in the autumn - Irish Legal News https://t.co/dSJQrxu9rb 
• Investigators said they corroborated the claims of 11 women who accused New York governor Cuomo of inappropriate behavior, from suggestive comments to instances of groping #US https://t.co/s11AR9yQxM
• Rupert bare: how the Oz obscenity trial inspired a generation of protest art https://t.co/39GJY2LSMw 
• Met police seek judicial review over senior black officer’s reinstatement - Force insists it was correct to sack decorated black female officer who was sent unsolicited child abuse video https://t.co/LaUb07p616
• Paradise Birmingham: DLA Piper office goes fully flexible | Law Gazette https://t.co/NqBbwmgKAW 
• A Panama-flagged ship has been hijacked by armed men in the Gulf of Oman and ordered to sail to Iran, Lloyds List Maritime Intelligence has confirmed. The bitumen tanker MV Asphalt Princess is heading into the congested approach to the Strait of Hormuz https://t.co/xXACvtJj44 
• Define to Defeat: Perceptions of Sexual Harassment. Subtitle: If we only define “Sexual Harassment” in the way we have until now, we will never be able to defeat it. | Paula Koller https://t.co/JN6fAGHSR
• Ban on ticket touting comes into effect - Irish Legal News https://t.co/WUQgXngef
• Partner promotion and senior hire for Anderson Strathern - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/yCl23o4JW
• Profits rise to £614m at DLA Piper - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/8XvNvBMYbi
• Matheson appoints Niamh Counihan as pro bono partner - Irish Legal News https://t.co/HCIPxRGWCB
• NI: Lewis Silkin joins forces with Belfast-based Jones Cassidy Brett - Irish Legal News https://t.co/4hzyflbIL
• DLA Piper to move to larger Dublin premises - Irish Legal News https://t.co/bLv1eVDXNt
• EU citizens seeking settled status being detained and threatened - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/1CDKrW4ivN
• FBI used pictures of staff for undercover sex crime stings #US https://t.co/0BWwoOSFh7
• Seven men have been found guilty of murdering a student who was shot dead in a feud between two tyre firm owners. Aya Hachem, 19, was mistakenly killed in the botched drive-by shooting in Blackburn on 17 May last year https://t.co/BHsIHq6Ze9
• Helensburgh castle residents fail to challenge ejection decree obtained by trustee in sequestration - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/eQ9K15e2k
• Officer dies after being stabbed outside Pentagon, officials say #US https://t.co/JrBRNhV3gR 
• Former monk sentenced for historical sexual offences against children - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/BNioRlZSSk

 

4th August - Law News

Edition 3508: 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 Bar Council's annual International Rule of Law Lecture encourages awareness of the importance of the rule of law to all. This year’s speaker, Judge Kimberly Prost (elected as Judge of the International Criminal Court in 2018) gives a keynote speech on Advancing the Rule of Law on the international stage.

  Focus of the Day Article:

A standard non-disclosure agreement (NDA) for use when beginning negotiations over corporate transactions has gone live with the aim of having 1,000 organisations commit to its use. The next step will be to create provisions that make it suitable specifically for merger and acquisition activity. Full story - Legal Futures

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Julian Assange: peering through the murk | Law Gazette https://t.co/zQ18h7nBW
• Val McDermid and thousands of authors have called on the UK Government to rethink a copyright law change that would have a “devastating” impact on writers https://t.co/kKYNdznMsC
• Two drug dealers who were caught after their car got stuck in a supermarket trolley bay have been jailed. Asim Akram and Ibrar Hussain were trying to evade police as they crashed at Morrison's in Banbury on 18 May https://t.co/mgKwuZ7xSv
• My legal life: Rachel O’Connor, Michelmores - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/iUkjte16g
• High Court judge blocks case seeking judicial review of 5G rollout due to lack of evidence, after backers raised more than £160,000 on crowdfunding platform https://t.co/7586oK02mA
• Midlands firm embarks on recruitment drive after 'incredible year' | Law Gazette https://t.co/i69JVOKpnj 
• Robyn Williams: Met Police takes legal action over officer's reinstatement https://t.co/qG75y7FmJh 
• A sweat-inducing pompous relic or a status symbol that brings order and ceremony? Whichever way you slice it, wigs in Victorian courts appear to be near extinction #Australia https://t.co/oJPayzRECs
• Setting the standards for lawtech | Law Gazette https://t.co/3VGVpYDlGE
• A nightmare to practise as barrister for the overseas trainee? https://t.co/cPFxI6Xh59
• A rapist has been jailed for 11 years after his daughter - who was conceived in the attack - provided DNA. Carvel Bennett, 74, was found guilty of raping a 13-year-old in Birmingham in the 1970s, leaving her pregnant https://t.co/ZumlIR7tUW
• Panasonic GC ups the ante on compliance | Law Gazette https://t.co/Ldpp4b5FeC 
• Almost all of Scotland's remaining Covid-19 restrictions are to end from 9 August. Social distancing will be dropped in most settings, meaning more capacity in pubs and restaurants and larger crowds at sporting events and concerts https://t.co/qkFjqEUHAD
• Biden Administration Pushes States to Prevent Eviction Crisis #US https://t.co/w2UvRmhxkL 
• It has been 200 days since the publication of the report from the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes. Bethany Home survivor Derek Leinster doesn’t know how many more days he has left to wait for a semblance of justice #Ireland https://t.co/Xrays5nCr9 
• Black barrister to lead independent police oversight board: Scrutiny board headed by Abimbola Johnson among initiatives that show police accept they need to change https://t.co/YcQ5m3TiSF 
• Costs judge concerned by 'exceptionally large' rise in firm's hourly rates | Law Gazette https://t.co/lbsXOzzsaP
  
• Volume litigation business targets 30,000 new cases a year - Legal Futures https://t.co/byzV2pqCUX
  
• #NewZealand's Human Rights Commission launches investigation into country's housing crisis https://t.co/NrqFDU5LZ7
• Solicitor agrees to leave profession over property sale irregularities - Legal Futures https://t.co/YsjuSiVY3K 
• Coalition of lawyers announces ‘universally standardised’ NDA | Law Gazette https://t.co/EDyMPX8Xb9
• Drug deaths in England and Wales highest since 1993 https://t.co/bZWY3YLD3
• #US Health insurers could do more to encourage vaccination, including letting the unvaccinated foot their bills https://t.co/jqIXtcxUgS
• #Haitians Investigating President’s Death, Under Threat, Go Into Hiding https://t.co/Kg0tad7diC 
• Standardised NDA goes live with plan to develop further 'modules' - Legal Futures https://t.co/vX35iLCuQx
  
• Daughter of 13-year-old mother raped in 1970s wins justice at last: Daisy, 45, overcame years of police inaction after persuading her mother to testify against Carvel Bennett https://t.co/vKGbFpchkx 
• Assessing partner profits – changes afoot - Legal Futures https://t.co/PPZxLkLH4A
• Work where you want, Womble Bond Dickinson tells staff | Law Gazette https://t.co/WdP9U3VsHq 
• The north Wales seaside town of Rhyl is one of the most violent and deprived areas in England and Wales. The number of serious offences went up every year for four years until the first coronavirus lockdown https://t.co/KnrW7BA6wh
• A proposal to create an "amber watchlist" of countries at risk of moving to red in the travel traffic light system has been abandoned https://t.co/31jNQJLtiw 
• Gangs are using e-scooters to sneak on to UK farms and steal high-value GPS technology, an insurer has said. Similar gangs operate in cities as well utilising covid mask requirement to remain anonymous https://t.co/6DymbMTgfg 
• The head of a group helping people flee #Belarus has been found dead near his home in neighbouring Ukraine. Vitaly Shishov's body was found hanged in a park in Kyiv, a day after he failed to return from a jog. Police have opened a murder inquiry https://t.co/IwlAlwpFfc 
• Tetraplegic pupil was no publicity stunt, tribunal rules | Law Gazette https://t.co/5tzY7tvVOc
  
• Hourly rates rebuff for non-London commercial firms | Law Gazette https://t.co/bGAvCcsKsa 
• Best of the blogs - 31 July 2021 | Law Gazette https://t.co/DA82pDLNS1

3rd August - Law News

Edition 3507: 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:
A sprinter from Belarus who refused her team's order to fly home early from the Olympics has been granted a humanitarian visa by Poland. Krystina Timanovskaya, 24, is at the Polish embassy in Tokyo after spending the night secured in a hotel under protection from Japanese police. She said she was forcibly taken to the airport for criticising coaches, and voiced fears for her safety. Belarus says she was removed from the team because of her emotional state. Ms Timanovskaya told the BBC on Monday that she was safe, but said she had been advised not to give further details at this stage.

  Focus of the Day Article:

In R (NB & Others) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2021] EWHC 1489 (Admin), the High Court ruled that the treatment of asylum seekers at Napier military barracks did not meet minimum legal standards, that the process for allocating asylum seekers to accommodation centres was flawed and unlawful and that the six claimants had been falsely imprisoned during the “inevitable” Covid-19 outbreak. David Manknell of 1 COR was junior counsel to the SSHD. Full story - UK Human Rights Blog

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Strength in numbers - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/QNjflt8XJE 
• The frequency of ransomware attacks has risen substantially in recent years. In an age where remote working is mainstream, ensuring one’s firm or business is protected is more critical than ever before - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/LVeOlnWZm8
• Rapper Dizzee Rascal has been charged with assault, following an incident in south London. The 36-year-old whose real name is Dylan Mills, was charged after police officers visited an address in Streatham on 8 June https://t.co/7CzgZbel4a
• Norton Rose Fulbright 'software error' causes staff pronouns to change in emails - Legal Cheek https://t.co/DhHv42M7PW
• Craig Murray to be jailed after Supreme Court refuses permission to appeal - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/DMHNQsaj7M
• 5 steps to creating greater confidence - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/7mwBGUhNAX
• Scotland’s courts are sitting on an estimated backlog of 48,993 cases, figures from the Scottish government show - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Ks6H1vgSmu
• English court allows appeal by Sky in trade mark infringement action against email migration service provider - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/t8OBOQhjC1
• Dominic Cummings brands legal Twitter royalty as 'charlatans' - Legal Cheek https://t.co/ESSoTo6VvJ 
• Subsequent marriage with victim will not absolve accused of rape charge: Delhi High Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/QbyKIw4mbf
• Evaluation of flexible court hours stresses need to get lawyers onboard - Legal Futures https://t.co/C7yPJMM0xc
• Jimmy Savile: 10 years on, what has changed in uncovering abuse? https://t.co/0R3eoCDLu3
  
• #Palestinians facing eviction from East Jerusalem offered deal - Judge proposes compromise to settle dispute over home ownership with Israeli settlers in Sheikh Jarrah https://t.co/uiobCQZELg 
• The burnout profession? Why City law culture needs to change - Legal Cheek https://t.co/h7rT9joEFB 
• Princess Latifa campaigner had ‘phone compromised by Pegasus spyware’ - Human rights activist David Haigh targeted in attack suspected to have been ordered by #Dubai https://t.co/uLR8lklrqA
  
• No grounds to suspect "fidelity, accuracy and sincerity" of CBI investigation in Unnao accident case: Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/JG5QnAM9zd
  
• Goldman Sachs has increased its salaries for younger bankers following complaints of long working hours. It is understood that first-year investment bank analysts globally will get a pay rise this year to $110,000 (£80,000) from a previous $86,000 https://t.co/fXV4gYbw1K
• A police officer has been found guilty of assaulting two members of the public on consecutive days when he wrongly suspected each of a crime. PC Declan Jones committed both offences while on duty for West Midlands Police in Birmingham last year https://t.co/MzuweXQwS6
• Why #Turkey’s Regulators Became Such a Problem for Google - The antitrust backlash against Big Tech is playing out in places not known as regulatory hotbeds https://t.co/i97crm33h3
  
• #Australia Private Practice Salary Guide & Market Report 2021-2022 - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/i4FKffmHNR
  
• BTAS rejects calls to soften sanctions for 'low level' sexual misconduct - Legal Futures https://t.co/mf8ATIEyo6
• Riots Shatter Veneer of Coexistence in #Israel’s Mixed Towns - Israel’s Jewish and Palestinian communities looked past each other until violence and bloodshed forced a reckoning https://t.co/LQmQo4p4U2 
• A terrorist who stabbed two people in Streatham had been released from prison just days before the attack despite concerns he "retained extremist views", an inquest has heard. Sudesh Amman, 20, was shot dead by surveillance officers after the attack https://t.co/VfHKpT36h1
• Civil Justice Council pushes ahead with guideline hourly rates changes - Legal Futures https://t.co/iOiXmy2WV4
• Thousands Protest #France’s Vaccine Pass for a Third Week https://t.co/VVMssNtypp
• Law firm's pupillage offer to tetraplegic student "not a publicity stunt" - Legal Futures https://t.co/01UoQvK5Lg
• What ancient Greek oracles warn us about predictive justice - Legal Cheek https://t.co/lYhdNuBxjJ 
• Lengthy judgments, unlimited arguments | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/ypIXO5TOTc
  
• New York Is Pushing Homeless People Off the Streets. Where Will They Go? - Cleanup crews are clearing encampments, but advocates say the sweeps just move people from one place to another and fail to address the housing crisis #US https://t.co/BNph6v4Q9w
• How to rebuild your team culture when you’ve been apart for so long - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/s3gbiUqMSJ
• #Belarus Olympian Krystina Timanovskaya seeking asylum in Poland after refusing 'forced' flight home https://t.co/PyFeuRW0oM 
• A TikTok star has died after he and a friend were shot at a southern California cinema, according to police and his family. Anthony Barajas, 19, was at a cinema in Corona with Rylee Goodrich, 18, on Monday 26 July when they were both shot in the head #US https://t.co/ayTwtaa0YO
• Grenfell Tower: Man accused of burning model to face retrial - Paul Bussetti was cleared of posting the "grossly offensive" video in August 2019, but the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) appealed against the verdict https://t.co/4hfY1rPH8R
• Home Office challenged over ‘sped-up’ removal of Vietnamese nationals. Signs that detainees were victims of trafficking are being overlooked, say campaigners https://t.co/fPnT186FjQ
• Courts failed people ‘caught up’ in UK riots in 2011, says ex-chief prosecutor. Custodial sentences for rioters were much harsher, despite a fifth never having committed a crime before https://t.co/CfOsEJdrlb
• [POCSO cases] Victim's testimony sufficient for conviction unless there is strong reason to discard it: Madras High Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/6n3v4t9Vwn 
• Salmond blogger Craig Murray hands himself in to police to begin jail term. Ex-diplomat found in contempt of court over ‘jigsaw identification’ of women who accused former first minister of sexual assault https://t.co/jUTdiVNs2i
• Board work makes you a better lawyer - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/8j2v9pSi8
• L Brands Agrees to New Policies Tied to Sexual Harassment Claims. The owner of Victoria’s Secret will release current and former employees from certain nondisclosure agreements as part of a settlement of a shareholder lawsuit #US https://t.co/8Pn8xnYo68
• Serious questions raised by solitary confinement in prisons https://t.co/aAnezMWjC8 
• People who have been fully vaccinated in the US or European Union no longer have to isolate when arriving in the UK from an amber list country. The rule change came into effect across the country at 04:00 BST on Monday https://t.co/MMYiVtC0sm 
• Police have arrested two adults and a 13-year-old boy on suspicion of murder following the death of a five-year-old boy. The body of a child was found in the Ogmore River in Bridgend https://t.co/bpwHMeIxac
  
• RPC retains 12 out of 14 NQ solicitors - Legal Cheek https://t.co/hiuOT1WgfW
• Legalising same-sex marriages made even the unwed happy https://t.co/cm77jNGXst 
• "It was an attempt to kill:" UP Judge Mohammad Ahmad Khan injured in car accident files complaint; UP Police register FIR | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/8C7zPMWAYr 
• Man, 19, arrested after girl, 15, dies at north Wales holiday park. The man is in custody after what police described as ‘domestic incident’ in Ty Mawr in Towyn https://t.co/Fr3eyXcpH6 
• #Belarusian sprinter who criticised coaches refuses to be sent home - IOC says Krystsina Tsimanouskaya now with a Tokyo 2020 staff member at airport and ‘feels safe’ https://t.co/ZjGezQI77y 
• Hundreds demand reparations for Windrush generation - Event in Brixton marking end of slavery in British empire also hears calls for restored citizenship https://t.co/nIABBS5xgG
  
• Anger as Poland plans law that will stop Jews reclaiming wartime homes. Daughter of Holocaust survivor pledges to continue her fight for family property seized by Nazi occupiers https://t.co/jllM8fdMQW 
• BJP MLA challenges appointment of Mukul Roy as PAC Chairman in Calcutta High Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/ACd6v3LB5H 
• Lawtech business gives staff Fridays off... forever - Legal Cheek https://t.co/R5cWXdt5ds 
• Court document language favours domestic violence perpetrators, analysis finds - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/EP1TQYm10o

2nd August - Law News

Edition 3506: 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:
Demonstrators in Thailand were met with police water cannons. Protesters demand the resignation of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha over the government's handling of the pandemic and a sluggish vaccine rollout.

  Focus of the Day Article:

T A change in the wording of equality legislation has not altered the burden of proof in discrimination claims, the Supreme Court has unanimously held. Royal Mail Group v Efobi [2021] UKSC 33 concerned an employee, Efobi’s claim for race discrimination in relation to job applications for IT and management roles and harassment based on race, as well as subsequent victimisation for bringing his claim. Full story - New Law Journal

Saturday Conversations on Law

• UK law firms continue to post 2021 financials - Legal Cheek https://t.co/w53NpYSKb
• The Weekly Round-Up: Freedom Day, Tokyo 2020 and the Judicial Review and Courts Bill - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/amz5yyUEu6
• People in Northern Ireland who are travelling abroad on Tuesday can now apply for a Covid-19 vaccination certificate, the Department of Health has said https://t.co/hNHut0sOd0
• The prosecutor of notorious sex offenders has told of how he quit as a defence lawyer after not wanting to represent an alleged rapist. Nazir Afzal went on to become the chief crown prosecutor in the Rochdale grooming gang cases in 2012 https://t.co/uLCunHDMsr
• Leaning on mentoring relationships during COVID-19 - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/602ClHPAFK
• Goodwin ups London NQ pay to £147k - second rise this year - Legal Cheek https://t.co/5pDTFPsvo3
• Depression and anxiety in young lawyers shouldn’t be an occupational hazard, solicitor says - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/TTOUYbo9i5
• The judge who went for a morning walk and never returned: Who was Judge Uttam Anand? | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/Z2QGkXfHuS
• What your law firm’s board needs to know about cyber security - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/bEvAz8rgON
• Polish judges unite in support of EU ruling - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Q5MQNe1DIL
• Future Baker McKenzie trainee co-hosts legal TV show - Legal Cheek https://t.co/zTvbyKeZtn 
• Are lawyers loners or aspiring solopreneurs? - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/Yyi2YUhlo
• Napier barracks conditions held not to meet minimum standards - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/TESy7mQGu
• #NewZealand's Prime Minister has formally apologised for an immigration crackdown in the 1970s against Pacific Islanders. The Dawn Raids targeted people who overstayed their visas, deporting them to their countries of origin https://t.co/4TbaZknPJ8
• A&O and Freshfields publish autumn trainee retention scores - Legal Cheek https://t.co/KmW6NXUZwt
• Financial ombudsman publishes digest of decisions highlighting impact of Covid-19 on businesses - Irish Legal News https://t.co/32DQoo1qmE
• YouTube has barred Sky News Australia from uploading new content for a week, saying it had breached rules on spreading Covid-19. The channel is owned by a subsidiary of Rupert Murdoch's News Corp misinformation https://t.co/EHTCdA3kj1
• James Kitching is living his dream as a senior lawyer for global football association FIFA. His work is every bit as exciting and stimulating as it is challenging, he says - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/WrcFEKyGD
• Professional dog walkers in London sound alarm over curbs on numbers of pets - Four-dog limit on Hampstead Heath means up to 700 animals could miss daily exercise https://t.co/ZCcFzOOqpT
• Measures are being introduced to try to identify what is driving rising murder rates in the wake of a spike in teenage deaths in some of the UK’s homicide hotspots https://t.co/VeOhW9NXNK
• Freshfields reports 5% uplift in revenue and partner profits - Legal Cheek https://t.co/3IrxukAJDG
• Latest Law Pod UK: Care orders and newborn babies - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/lPKO5aVv1
• In #SouthAfrica, Poachers Now Traffic in Tiny Succulent Plants https://t.co/fXswHQ9znF
• Anti-eviction lawmaker camps overnight on #US Capitol steps - Congresswoman Cori Bush has spent a night on the steps of the US Capitol to protest against the end of a Covid-related moratorium on evictions https://t.co/OyuCkSWLs
• Police say they are "keeping an open mind" as an investigation continues into the death of a five-year-old boy whose body was discovered in a river. He was found near Pandy Park, Sarn, Bridgend, on Saturday https://t.co/HDknorhujQ
• Young people will be offered discounted takeaways and taxi rides to get their Covid jabs in a bid to boost vaccine uptake, the government has said https://t.co/ILUI2JvXNz
• From paralegal to SYLA president: Chiara Pieri on seizing opportunities - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/vvdWEp8sro
• 7 things that make Macfarlanes ‘meaningfully different’ - Legal Cheek https://t.co/1RVixOEp2n 
• Mishcon to face disciplinary tribunal over alleged client account failures - Legal Cheek https://t.co/AbIqkcMePG
  
• NSW solicitor to pay $480k after misappropriation of firm’s partnership funds - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/KkugiipCUY
• What we learnt during The Legal Cheek-ULaw Summer 2021 Virtual Vacation Scheme - Legal Cheek https://t.co/mjm6iUVMEh
• How can construction businesses work with supply chains to minimise disputes? - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/ODe8bWSMo6
• Ruling made on suppressed documents in Christian Porter defamation trial - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/YZeB1Zssax
• Heatwave risk from plans to convert shops to homes - From 1 August, firms will be allowed to redevelop a wider range of commercial property into flats https://t.co/qZqBD5ZFSa 
• Apply now for Legal Cheek’s 2021-22 Campus Ambassador Programme - Legal Cheek https://t.co/i2KGxWSdk2 
• 2021 #Australian Law Awards postponed until December - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/VtgITjlm0d

1st August - Law News

Edition 3505: 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:
An Indigenous vigilante group in southern Mexico says it is stepping in to provide security to communities ignored by the government. The group says it is protecting people from the threat of two big drug cartels.

 

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Covid insurance caseload boosts Clyde & Co profits | Law Gazette https://t.co/MZU6dhaPkA
• Some 60 Crown Court rooms will reopen by September, while 32 Nightingale Court rooms will have their leases extended to April 2022 to tackle the backlog of cases, the Lord Chancellor, Robert Buckland has announced | NLJ https://t.co/jep0O3AqYS
• Romeward bound: Law Society strikes deal with Italian bar body | Law Gazette https://t.co/hTNN3KQuZj
• Court backlog set to reach 50,000 - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Ks6H1uZgXU
• Police spent millions to support HMCTS during Covid-19 | Law Gazette https://t.co/pupfE9N92q 
• President raises concerns over influx of legislation - Irish Legal News https://t.co/H2KQPXyfXK 
• The majority of law firms are making increasing use of technology, although funding and scalability issues mean the development of bespoke tech is mainly aimed at helping large corporate clients | SRA https://t.co/zephhlphHM
• NGO based at London firm praised for death penalty victory | Law Gazette https://t.co/MFTHIuTR5N
• The Lord Chancellor, Robert Buckland has called for more CILEX (Chartered institute of Legal Executives) judges | NLJ https://t.co/gZ9Bbrcw7W
• Ministers are no longer considering making it compulsory for university students to be fully vaccinated against Covid to attend lectures in England https://t.co/5jIdBrbVi
• Freshfields reports solid growth after US expansion | Law Gazette https://t.co/IrzmpwvhxH
• How Disabled Americans Are Pushing to Overhaul a Key Benefits Program #US https://t.co/L65hmHDe83
• MPs have called for ‘urgent’ reform to civil and criminal legal aid, in a Justice Committee report | NLJ https://t.co/60famdLiDU
• PM's attack endangers lawyers and clients, Society warns | Law Gazette https://t.co/KhW5Gsm87
• Craig Murray to be jailed after Supreme Court refuses permission to appeal - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/DMHNQsrUwm
• MPs enjoy free tickets worth £100k during Covid large event pilots - Labour leader Keir Starmer among those accepting gifts from gambling, drinks and sports firms https://t.co/QLVCykW62d 
• The Supreme Court has called on Parliament to address a ‘serious lacuna’ in the law on solicitors' undertakings, in a case concerning rival law firms involved in the Volkswagen emissions legal action | NLJ https://t.co/GuMDl3ZCjW
• IRS must turn over Trump tax returns to Congress, #US DoJ says. Department says House panel has ‘sufficient reasons’ for requesting returns as Nancy Pelosi hails ‘victory for the rule of law’ https://t.co/WnUiI5SVGZ
• Supreme Court backs raped tourist in blow to travel industry | Law Gazette https://t.co/ns4WVsOqa
• #Spanish Court Targets Chilean Bank Tied to Pinochet https://t.co/VsIf2xm2r
• Lawmakers were racing on Friday to extend the federal eviction moratorium through the end of the year, as it’s set to expire on Saturday, and was responsible for slowing the pace of evictions during the pandemic #US https://t.co/o0hHVcPq1
• Former #US president Trump Pressed Justice Dept. to Declare Election Results Corrupt, Notes Show - The New York Times https://t.co/EXaeA9TwJi
• High Court: Judge condemns “unregulated charlatans” taking advantage of vulnerable defendants in possession proceedings - Irish Legal News https://t.co/TEjLRzZGQ
• Vaccine passports ‘a possibility’ for judges | Law Gazette https://t.co/no7kG7XlT8
• English court allows appeal by Sky in trade mark infringement action against email migration service provider - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/t8OBOQhjC
• A change in the wording of equality legislation has not altered the burden of proof in discrimination claims, the Supreme Court has unanimously held | NLJ https://t.co/oUC1qG0jET 
• A levels and training contracts – don’t ask, don’t tell | Law Gazette https://t.co/3fwoni9pw
• Convicted rapist jailed for campaign of harassment and death threats against barristers and rape victim - Irish Legal News https://t.co/ZBfd3jQpyO
• HMP Greenock indicative of Scotland’s prison crisis - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/SK1JRZV31C
• Polish judges unite in support of EU ruling - Irish Legal News https://t.co/SeANntpVHe
• Pressure grows on UK ministers to outlaw ‘no jab, no job’ policies - HR body warns firms could face legal action if they insist staff must be fully vaccinated against Covid https://t.co/JzHxIXSDxT 
• Police arrest 40 as part of child sexual abuse case in West Yorkshire. Move comes after months of investigations into historical crimes committed between 1989 and 1999 https://t.co/B4LJLOSuRD 
• Three #Cubans who took the desperate step of trying to cross one of Europe's most sensitive border rivers on air beds now face deportation from Russia https://t.co/DeZhYSkyrP

31st July - Law News

Edition 3504: 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:
Education at all levels has been ravaged by COVID-19. The digital divide in India means that a huge number of children are nowhere close to being able to afford a data connection or a smart phone to get an online education. For the students who are attending online classes, the mental impact is immense. This brings us to the big question on the Big Fight - is it time to reopen schools now, and should vaccines for kids be a prerequisite to reopening schools?

 

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Divorce applications rise by a third after legislation changes - Irish Legal News https://t.co/afcLHBS0fu 
• MPs rebuke police for ‘systemic failure’ to improve record on race - Failings have led to ‘unjustified inequalities’, says landmark report that finds little progress in 22 years since Macpherson https://t.co/lsDudi8yRa 
• Dianne Millen joins Watermans Legal as head of family law - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/nkCYK7xT6d
  
• BTAS Sanctions Guidance Review Response to first consultation https://t.co/WS4ZGTdt9d
• Campaigners have won a court battle to prevent the "scandalous" construction of a road tunnel near Stonehenge. The £1.7bn Highways England project aimed to reduce A303 congestion but campaigners said it would detrimentally affect the world heritage site https://t.co/eVGK2zGZXZ 
• A Wembley steward has admitted trying to sell security wristbands and lanyards to ticketless fans for the Euro 2020 final. Yusaf Amin, 18, of Clifford Road, Newham, pleaded guilty to theft at Willesden Magistrates' Court https://t.co/WqxsSctYV6
  
• New fathers to receive 26 weeks paid leave at City firm | Law Gazette https://t.co/ZhwL5W2NCL 
• Douglas Chrismas, Gallery Owner, Arrested on Embezzlement Charge - The Los Angeles art dealer Douglas Chrismas has surrendered to the F.B.I. and a trial date has been set for September #US https://t.co/4Kge6vIOLx
  
• Human rights commission and media company reach agreement over property adverts - Irish Legal News https://t.co/fLAGBnybMh
  
• UK waste firm fined £1.5m for exporting household waste - Biffa convicted of exporting filthy rubbish marked as waste paper for recycling in India and Indonesia in breach of ban https://t.co/dkcMaBMMt5
• #Australian court finds AI systems can be recognised under patent law - Federal court judge says allowing artificial intelligence systems, as well as humans, to be inventors is ‘consistent with promoting innovation’ https://t.co/8g9emlvCMv
• Home Office failed to put in place system to protect detainees with HIV - High court judge issues ruling after man was denied antiretroviral medication for four days https://t.co/AywtEYIN7Y
• FLAC joined by 42 signatories in letter to Justice Minister over civil legal aid review - Irish Legal News https://t.co/bS9T0pZLWf
• Law Society: Solicitors must not use AI without clients' consent - Legal Futures https://t.co/5RYeLtTpQV 
• Lewis Hughes, 24, from Romford, east London, admitted one charge of assault by beating Prof Whitty in St James's Park on 27 June https://t.co/21VM5c8hxf
• Labour MP Apsana Begum has been cleared in court of making fraudulent housing claims. She represents the constituency of Poplar and Limehouse, and was accused of three counts of making dishonest applications https://t.co/M3xDOrw1Fg
• Solicitor rebuked for losing unencrypted USB stick | Law Gazette https://t.co/S87XyjEFYa
• Conditions that led to 2011 riots still exist today, experts warn - Data analysis finds large-scale cuts to youth services and increase in racial disparity 10 years on https://t.co/gAXWoUHbk
• Legal actions against Department of Education more than doubled last year - Irish Legal News https://t.co/XulMv9wVjz
• More than 1,300 people died of drug misuse in Scotland last year, with the country seeing a record number of deaths for the seventh year in a row. The annual figures showed that there were 1,339 drug deaths last year - an increase of 75 https://t.co/wPsQL3fscQ
• A security guard has been jailed for more than five years for stabbing 16 cats in a series of night-time attacks. Steven Bouquet killed nine cats around Brighton between October 2018 and June 2019. Seven more were injured https://t.co/HAJcPYK4s2
  
• High Court warns uncooperative parties against "litigation warfare" - Legal Futures https://t.co/NTZAcJrAzz 
• Scottish government acquiesced to Queen’s request for exemption from carbon initiative - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/5qrQ5wl44j 
• #US Federal prosecutors charged Trevor Milton with misleading investors about the technology for battery- and hydrogen-powered vehicles Nikola had hoped to make https://t.co/LN4jBadgDh 
• A 29-year-old woman has appeared in court charged with the murder of a baby boy in Ardoyne, north Belfast, on Tuesday. Raluca Tagani appeared at Belfast Magistrates' Court charged with the murder of baby Liam O'Keefe https://t.co/pcbxsHrnsh
• New changes to the Highway Code will give pedestrians greater priority over cars at junctions and crossings, the transport secretary has announced. Under the current code, motorists only have to give way when pedestrians step onto a crossing https://t.co/7NU33apsI
• #Japan is extending a state of emergency in Tokyo and expanding it to new regions as the Olympic Games host faces a surge in Covid-19 cases https://t.co/dHfKe2FmjP
• New disclosure rules for ‘less complex claims’ below £500,000 | Law Gazette https://t.co/1z5DQkvfIQ
• Fee-share law firm eyes major domestic and international expansion - Legal Futures https://t.co/EDhNKuqwc
• Pandemic caused significant drop in cases heard by Irish courts - Irish Legal News https://t.co/5qdihGFAx7
• Who wants to be a millionaire? - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/FMyBqoIDl
• England: Ageing bar poses access to justice threat - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/i1zLcVB8JN 
• Jeffrey Smith, a police officer who confronted a mob in the Capitol, later shot himself. His widow blames the riot, and is asking for full death benefits #US https://t.co/f00XDmbcR
• Faculty condemns prime minister’s anti-lawyer comments - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/BSPIyAnyTw
• Theodore McCarrick, Former Archbishop of Washington, Charged With Sexual Assault #US https://t.co/DzziKCPox3
  
• Aid workers say the #Ethiopian government has effectively cut off the lone route into the conflict-torn region of Tigray, leading to a risk of mass starvation https://t.co/aSCPDl7XSV
• #Philippine President Warns of Home Detainment for Vaccine Refusers https://t.co/xZAMgHjOFX
  
• Mishcon to face SDT over client account transactions | Law Gazette https://t.co/g9NOuC4G3R 
• CMS advises on investment in space technology start-up - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/cWEABgGJ6O
• Man loses appeal against conviction over IRA membership identified by bugging - Irish Legal News https://t.co/70ucZ4iJ1G
  
• Former patients and children of a #Canadian fertility doctor who used his own or unknown sperm to impregnate patients have been offered a C$13m ($10m, £7m) settlement agreement https://t.co/jMw3rCx7Ak
• David McNaughtan and Craig Murray appointed crown counsel - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/BNE0WXK1vB
• Pregnant woman who robbed from man withdrawing cash from ATM is jailed - Irish Legal News https://t.co/zSu3HIHg3m
• Upfront property information – our digital objectives | Law Gazette https://t.co/s15wRX2RI8
  
• High Court: Refusal of visa extension quashed for inadequate reasoning - Irish Legal News https://t.co/UCbfd8pe3p 
• Grampian sheriff finds death of north-east prisoner from drug-related complications not reasonably preventable - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/19aa4E8MBJ
• A British man who went to Syria to join the Islamic State (IS) group has admitted sharing beheading videos. Stefan Aristidou, 27, entered guilty pleas to four terrorism offences at the Old Bailey https://t.co/6rwlLyi8Q5
• ‘Stop patronising me and give me an interview’: the female journalists speaking up for #India’s poor https://t.co/wQpeIp06Op
  
• Mishcon de Reya and former partner face prosecution by solicitors regulator https://t.co/oB3mybCNVW
• Boyd Legal makes double appointment - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/ivVg4eUKEa 
• Hollywood star Scarlett Johansson is suing Disney for breach of contract for streaming her film Black Widow at the same time as its cinema release #US https://t.co/GNlYBRcZfm 
• Nightclubs start asking for NHS Covid pass in England https://t.co/r62vaiyjeg