28th October - Law News

Edition 3592: 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:  Four years after Beijing's crackdown on the mainly-Muslim minorities in Xinjiang, the high-tech police state is being replace by a push or tourism - but AP journalist Dake Kang, who recently visited the region says the sense of normality is far from the truth.

Focus of the Day Story: A fresh attempt to assess the advocacy standards of solicitors is one of the stand-out features of the business plan for the coming year published by the Solicitors Regulation Authority. The regulator said that standards of representation within the criminal and civil justice system continue to be a key issue, brought into sharper focus following the pandemic. Full story - The Law Society Gazette

 

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Investigators exploring fatal New Mexico film set say there was "some complacency" around safety. Presenting their initial findings on Thursday's shooting, officials said they believe actor Alec Baldwin was handed a gun loaded with a live round #US https://t.co/aaGY2ChdAy
• Trump’s judges will call the shots for years to come. The judicial system is broken #US https://t.co/f7EUhR93RG
• Fieldfisher names Robert Shooter as next managing partner | Irish Legal News https://t.co/kQkNOVIZ2w
• Book: Funding Personal Injury Litigation in Scotland - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/EGRiRRFM7y
• An Italian man has pleaded guilty to all charges relating to a £26m series of burglaries that targeted the luxury homes of celebrities in west London. Jugoslav Jovanovic previously admitted to conspiring to burgle the homes of the wealthy https://t.co/kSHO8DHrXV 
• Homicides in Scotland fall by 12 per cent - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/wHAS9bT6lp
  
• Scottish corporate insolvencies rose 29 per cent between July and September - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/cpZ5pvUntm 
• ECtHR: Spanish law giving father’s name precedence over mother’s ruled discriminatory - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/q934uDL9d7
  
• Glasgow City Council ordered to pay over £1.3 million to man abused in foster care - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Pej7Lma8P0
• Government approves Labour Court recommendations for construction pay rise | Irish Legal News https://t.co/cyA6Osrw5u
• A man has been arrested after deputy Labour leader Angela Rayner received threatening and abusive phone calls. The 52-year-old was held by Greater Manchester Police on suspicion of malicious communications at an address in Halifax on Wednesday morning https://t.co/kW9bhNuVVH
• UKSC: Employer’s circumvention of trade union in pay negotiations ruled unlawful - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/cAb7HtXnNM
• Louisa Knox appointed to Scottish Financial Enterprise board - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/H13H2zbZO9
• #Poland told to pay €1m a day in legal row with EU https://t.co/fTskzRGFeU
• Call for addiction services in new family court system | Irish Legal News https://t.co/oi63l7gfJ0 
• A serving Metropolitan Police officer has been charged with rape. PC Adam Zaman, 28, is alleged to have carried out the attack in the City of London on Sunday evening when he was off duty https://t.co/x2IIVqwYsp
• Funding ‘emergency’ advice makes fiscal sense | Law Gazette https://t.co/1uth7rMzGf
  
• Law firm first to sell advice using cryptocurrency tokens - Legal Futures https://t.co/L7NOZeBRld
• The master of a Cambridge University college has described the return of a looted bronze cockerel to representatives of Nigeria as a "momentous occasion" https://t.co/39HD6OZJRy 
• Cleaver Fulton Rankin awarded business continuity management certification | Irish Legal News https://t.co/H844WsbZRa
  
• SRA business plan targets solicitor-advocates and technology - Legal Futures https://t.co/tb41hOMmbw
• Former police office Wayne Couzens, Sarah Everard murderer, applies to appeal against whole-life sentence https://t.co/1mw30og7sD
  
• Siblings appeal strike-off over property scheme advice | Law Gazette https://t.co/StgSLz1lds
• Listed law firm to buy its own corporate adviser for £10m - Legal Futures https://t.co/ZYA0nAGRqn
  
• Opinion: The ‘special practice’ at the International Court of Justice which has to cease | Irish Legal News https://t.co/YsoWm4X0SP
  
• Major private equity house buys top-100 law firm - Legal Futures https://t.co/V1GM5fV0SR
• Northern Ireland Office may directly instruct trusts to offer abortion services: Brandon Lewis warns he will soon have ‘no alternative but to take further steps’ to ensure services are provided https://t.co/2Wp2Y8aFWS 
• Almost 1m Tripadvisor reviews in 2020 found to be fraudulent: In total Tripadvisor penalised 34,605 properties for fraudulent activity and banned 20,299 members https://t.co/jsTrbSYgdl
  
• Activists from the environmental group Insulate Britain obstructed the A40, which connects with the M40 and M25, in west London during rush hour on Wednesday https://t.co/N9foaqJGnx
• Pro bono week turns 20 | Law Gazette https://t.co/ZiWr7161yi
  
• Julian Assange: what to expect from the extradition appeal https://t.co/O9458JGBNi
  
• The Irish Prison Service (IPS) has withdrawn its appeal of a significant High Court judgment which found that the service must provide reasonable accommodation to disabled prison officers | Irish Legal News https://t.co/tQieaqM12i
• A 19-year-old man has been charged with murder after the death of two teenage boys. They were found fatally injured in Regency Court, Brentwood, Essex, at about 01:30 BST on Sunday https://t.co/B7PDP6tVW9
  
• Online testing for future judges piloted in Northern Ireland | Irish Legal News https://t.co/8gYT1R1ppN 
• Prince Andrew’s lawyer asks to keep 2009 legal agreement sealed: Attorney says the deal can protect the prince against a lawsuit that claims that he assaulted Virginia Giuffre when she was 17 https://t.co/cKR8bYSgFS 
• JR bill back in Commons as Davis threatens to rebel | Law Gazette https://t.co/siAz8NS0Mt
• Bobbie Goulding in group of ex-rugby league internationals to sue over brain damage https://t.co/phpMf2tKKO
• A former close aide to Hillary Clinton has reportedly written in a new memoir how she was sexually assaulted by a US senator. Huma Abedin said the unnamed politician pounced on her on a couch in the mid-2000s #US https://t.co/wu8xaQ5fEI
  
• Council worker sacked for comments about Zionism wins back job - Stan Keable awarded £70,000 after tribunal judge in London rules he was unfairly dismissed from role https://t.co/rJCUS9YfCE
• Barrister disbarred after sexual assault conviction | Law Gazette https://t.co/4MGObiDKSj 
• An English & Scottish conflict: the impact of untraced insurers on the exercise of discretion in respect of limitation - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/4J4TJ5APP8
• Solicitor struck off for dishonest evidence opens appeal | Law Gazette https://t.co/lIf3NUlLj4
• David Davis to rebel against ‘profoundly unconservative’ judicial review bill - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/fvFJn9hhkM
• Pregnant women are being turned away from Covid vaccine clinics, experts warn: Members of JCVI say focus on those who have not had any jabs must take precedence over efforts to increase booster uptake https://t.co/EmFNosPPbU
• SRA to look again at advocacy standards | Law Gazette https://t.co/WtKZj8Rgmo
  
• Edinburgh sheriff rules writing on back of envelope did not alter terms of Irish citizen’s will - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/A5T73wYaK4
• Tesco shopper thrown out for using £100 cash to pay £60 bill wins £5,000 compensation - The man was interrogated by police over his rare choice of payment method https://t.co/YHhXx24Fy2 
• Bar's aptitude test must be scrapped | Law Gazette https://t.co/wYqdObvyXY
• Face coverings have been made mandatory for everyone working in the House of Commons except MPs https://t.co/TE1cIXCeSp

27th October - Law News

Edition 3591: 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:  Migrants are dying in Poland's forested border with Belarus, as the countries are locked in a geopolitical standoff. Polish authorities accuse Belarus of deliberately abandoning migrants near its border in an attempt to destabilise the EU due to the bloc imposing sanctions on Belarus after its disputed election. Poland has responded by declaring an emergency zone, forbidden to journalists and activists, where it is believed that, hidden from sight, they are illegally forcing asylum seekers back over the border instead of processing applications.

Focus of the Day Story: The Court of Appeal has rejected an attempt by a man found guilty of soliciting the murder of his partner to blame his lawyers for abandoning his appeal against conviction. Lady Justice Thirlwall said it was clear that David John Harris was “content to and did abandon” the application for permission appeal on the advice of his lawyers. Full story - Legal Futures

 

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Outer House judge reduces licences for lethal control of Scottish beavers after petition by environmental charity - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/8m3TPsXsGd 
• Serial LiP with conspiracy claims against 13 lawyers is ordered to stop | Law Gazette https://t.co/8gc8bREpIF 
• Academics call on PM to end oil and gas exploration - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/In7lqke0Dx 
• The government says it will force water companies to make a "progressive reduction" in the sewage it dumps in rivers. Peers proposed a change to the Environment Bill last week in an attempt to cut the pollution, but it did not win enough support from MPs https://t.co/Pz67MZAGC1
• Is a lesbian transphobic if she does not want to have sex with trans women? https://t.co/OeVseyfm9c
  
• Manifesto for legal services | Law Gazette https://t.co/HUNUvi4Giz
  
• Scottish government has ‘no understanding’ of legal aid problem - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/jmPx65hWJ3
• A stalker who has had a "persistent and obsessive fixation" with Emily Maitlis for more than 25 years has written more letters to her from jail, a court has heard https://t.co/fnFkneJEJ4
• Barrister struck off over sexual assault on colleague - Legal Futures https://t.co/OsNHZuWj3t 
• My legal life: Marcia Longdon, Kingsley Napley - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/ygdufMGKN4
  
• “Slapdash” conveyancer fined £10,000 by SDT - Legal Futures https://t.co/4NLcNzNWli
• SRA approves cyber-losses clause despite insurer concerns - Legal Futures https://t.co/PZPuBwHmih 
• Jailed man fails in bid to blame lawyers for dropping conviction appeal - Legal Futures https://t.co/gBxHEywDZ5
  
• News focus: Should the right to justice override the principle of transparency? | Law Gazette https://t.co/Pg7tqpik6s
  
• Ex-minister Owen Paterson could be suspended from the Commons for 30 days after an MPs' watchdog found he had "repeatedly" used his position as an MP to benefit two companies who paid him as a consultant https://t.co/NOXPuH6Y2d
  
• The authorities would have been led to "the bomb" if they had followed the Manchester Arena attacker on his return from Libya, an inquiry has heard https://t.co/KjpMqcSFN
• CoA overturns ruling in sex-worker visit case | Law Gazette https://t.co/4rPyn87HH3 
• #Dutch psychologist says he sold ‘suicide powder’ to over 100 people - Wim van Dijk says he wants to fuel debate on assisted dying and does not care about possible jail term https://t.co/BliGlLs9xB 
• Emails intercepted in £640,000 conveyancing fraud | Law Gazette https://t.co/IJl2Sj6EPq 
• David Davis vows to lead rebellion against judicial review changes https://t.co/3tWvFTqimD
  
• LSB approves new regulator for accountant probate providers - Legal Futures https://t.co/pXDXmxBZcu
• Barrister who deceived wife for divorce loses disbarral challenge | Law Gazette https://t.co/l89hCFjuQl
• #Japan's Princess Mako has married her college sweetheart Kei Komuro - thus losing her royal status. Under Japanese law, female imperial family members forfeit their status upon marriage to a "commoner" although male members do not https://t.co/mzPYF6aonM
• Banning anonymous social media accounts would only stifle free speech and democracy https://t.co/A6LUvTWDfI 
• How can law firms adapt to post-pandemic working? - Legal Futures https://t.co/4DHFRpxFmR 
• Ex-presidents leave Law Society Council | Law Gazette https://t.co/tDROeamIUJ 
• City giant to face trial over alleged conflicts of interest - Legal Futures https://t.co/5zNOdvDhjf 
• Probate experts warn against online wills | Law Gazette https://t.co/uyrq8ZcEpR 
• The Guardian view on #US abortion laws: freedoms hanging by a thread | Editorial https://t.co/KrlOUwzuCX
  
• Big law firms “more concerned about cyber-attacks than Covid” - Legal Futures https://t.co/4cASsm5SkA
• Hogan Lovells wins partial victory in conflict claim | Law Gazette https://t.co/AmBK6gJgf2
  
• UK government ‘waging secret war against transparency’ - Cabinet Office denies it is blocking freedom of information requests despite ‘downward’ trend https://t.co/KfsnrXCQCV
  
• Police officers and staff who abuse their position for a sexual purpose have "no place in policing and will be found out", a watchdog has warned https://t.co/jq7bJzXPSR
  
• A new temporary injunction has been granted against environmental group Insulate Britain after protesters brought parts of London to a standstill https://t.co/iSlEsVgHxD 
• The Metropolitan Police will apologise to the family of two murdered sisters for failings in the way it responded when they were reported missing. Bibaa Henry, 46, and Nicole Smallman, 27, were stabbed to death by Danyal Hussein in north London https://t.co/HM5OniRbgs 
• Lawyer in the news: Ahmed Aydeed, Duncan Lewis - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/VjAb1t0ZH2
  
• Be warned: this government is robbing you of your right to challenge the state | David Davis https://t.co/rlCQof0EsP

26th October - Law News

Edition 3590: 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 Frances Haugen has told UK MPs Facebook is "unquestionably making hate worse", as they consider what new rules to impose on big social networks

Focus of the Day Story: The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) sparked controversy with its recent judgment passed down in IX v Wabe eV and MH Müller Handels GmbH v MJ. This case required the CJEU to again consider the right to freedom of religion. It ruled that employers can ban workers from observing religious symbols, including headscarves, to maintain a neutral image in front of its customers. Full story - UK Human Rights Blog

 

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Jammu & Kashmir fast track court sentences sub-judge to 10 years in jail for rape | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/B3EUGBpQeL
• The Binance backlash: the potential dangers of crypto derivatives - Legal Cheek https://t.co/CjnJ79JhuM
• Accountants to gain client credit risk transparency through new partnership - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/43iHOjXn9n 
• Whistleblower Frances Haugen has told MPs Facebook is "unquestionably making hate worse", as they consider what new rules to impose on big social networks https://t.co/onALubP3Ul
  
• Law firm partner workloads increase as remote working makes it more difficult to delegate to juniors and trainees, survey finds - Legal Cheek https://t.co/CORGlyM9X2 
• People’s faith in judiciary is biggest strength of democracy: Chief Justice of India NV Ramana | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/AbQnB9QUAX
• Ex-Eversheds trainee who sexually assaulted two sleeping students at house party jailed for 8 years - Legal Cheek https://t.co/q1caNtUlb
• Tory MPs have been defending themselves from accusations they have given the go-ahead to water companies to dump raw sewage in rivers. Proposal from the Lords to the Environment Bill to place legal duties on the companies to reduce discharges was defeated https://t.co/Q39INealhg 
• ‘Own your experience as a law career changer’ - Legal Cheek https://t.co/YKCxxTZuVz
• Common aim of judges, lawyers is to administer justice: SC judge Justice DY Chandrachud | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/6FJ3fKo7M6
• BPP looks to secure welfare benefits for society’s ‘most vulnerable’ with new student-staffed pro bono clinic - Legal Cheek https://t.co/3fFRUufkC2 
• National Living Wage set to rise to £9.50 an hour https://t.co/ffI5uOr4Sk 
• Possessing book of Bhagat Singh not barred by law: Karnataka court acquits UAPA accused | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/nLhaGZDi76
• The Corporate Counsel Show: Unpacking trust levels in legal departments - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/WoREgt1n9t
• Jailing of most mothers for non-violent crimes should stop, says report - UK consultancy also, for first time, uncovers huge cost of putting children in care during sentences https://t.co/kCS2jZ2pAF 
• NQ solicitor pay hits £140k at Cleary Gottlieb - Legal Cheek https://t.co/4BpdS7GoLg 
• Jehovah’s Witnesses, blood transfusions and capacity: PW | Law & Religion UK https://t.co/evS08YRJS5
  
• The first weekend of enforcement of Scotland's vaccine passport scheme was an "unmitigated disaster", according to a body representing night-time venues https://t.co/8Yi5md7awG
• CBI is used to settle scores; congress used it, now BJP is using it: Siddhartha Dave [Part 2] | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/B958bs93fj
• Major phone networks have agreed to automatically block almost all internet calls coming from abroad if they pretend to be from UK numbers, Ofcom has confirmed. Criminals have been using internet-based calling technology https://t.co/XDUiilQfVk
• Navigating the trauma of loss - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/hQce2gAlYF
• Members of #Sudan's transitional government and other civilian leaders have been arrested amid reports of a military coup. Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok is among those reported to have been put under house arrest by unidentified soldiers https://t.co/5QdtU2GWjV
• CCTV use by churches | Law & Religion UK https://t.co/IHGOYWy9RE
• Court of Justice of the EU allows prohibition of religious symbols in the workplace - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/Qj3oEb05sP
• Monitoring Attacks on Health Care as a Basis to Facilitate Accountability for Human Rights Violations https://t.co/M0jfYjaZNU
  
• Safeguarding the Lives of Children Affected by Boko Haram: Application of the SAFE Model of Child Protection to a Rights-Based Situation Analysis https://t.co/B7zVv3GxCA
  
• LEAP to ‘celebrate the many great achievements of the profession’ - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/GvV28yh0Ix
  
• 'The hurdles I overcame on my path to partnership' - Legal Cheek https://t.co/zCHHq92pnY 
• Disrupting Legacies of Trauma: Interdisciplinary Interventions for Health and Human Rights https://t.co/O2B001A1rJ 
• ‘Cycle of deceit’: The law firms buying into media scams to fool clients - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/KATkQVDlEU

25th October - Law News

Edition 3589: LawNewsIndex is a UK based daily legal news archive on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Jurisprudence, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics & Human Rights since 2011.   

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 Today's Highlighted Video Story:  Pro-military protesters blocked roads and bridges in Sudan’s capital, Khartoum on Sunday, but were dispersed by police, as tensions mount between supporters of the generals and interim government backers. 

Focus of the Day Story: 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 English nationals injured or killed while travelling overseas. Full story - New Law Journal

 

Saturday Conversations on Law

• The legal profession needs to focus less on individual resilience & more on resilience as a function of social groups in order to improve the general mental health of the Australian legal industry post-pandemic, according to one professor - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/A1rx5xzW6z
• Fund legal aid training contracts and pupillages, MPs and peers urge government - Legal Cheek https://t.co/3EXM1SKjJn
• Omagh revisited - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/bS3i0ed5bt 
• Eight men have been arrested on suspicion of murder after two teenage boys died. Essex Police said officers found three people injured after receiving a number of calls to Regency Court, Brentwood https://t.co/N9u2SNmKsE
• Aberdein Considine hires banking veteran George McNaughton - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/OQM58oCLr8
  
• Assisted Dying Bill (England & Wales) | Law & Religion UK https://t.co/91lDyF9PTL 
• Why litigation is a game of chess - Legal Cheek https://t.co/qFB6h08BD6 
• Leaving law to become a sex and relationship coach - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/EytuOArafj 
• Terra Firma ranked in five practice categories in latest edition of Chambers & Partners - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/TSW6gtuY0S 
• The Weekly Round-up: Human trafficking, climate protest and algorithmic discrimination - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/trmPSddeDu
• Abertay law grad sues uni over probe into ‘offensive’ gender comments - Legal Cheek https://t.co/HRdNElmubZ
• Ampersand Advocates welcomes top rankings in latest Chambers guide - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/3Cg9UhLXL
• Anger as ministers block ‘fire and rehire’ bill in Commons - Opposition and unions say government is siding with bad bosses by scuppering proposed legislation https://t.co/4WSb2k5aRz
• England: Backlog of criminal cases to last many years - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/wJvrm2XjCm 
• Crew on Baldwin film raised prop gun concerns before fatal shooting - Text message warning of ‘super-unsafe’ conditions was later followed by a walkout by camera operators #US https://t.co/HMBP3ncVPY
• BARBRI tests commercial awareness and creative thinking with new full SQE1 scholarship - Legal Cheek https://t.co/RcJucNDgw
• Facebook boss ‘not willing to protect public from harm’. Frances Haugen says chief executive has not shown any desire to shield users from the consequences of harmful content https://t.co/YPAHXe6aRb
  
• Customer service and having a good reputation online are as important as resolving a legal matter satisfactorily, law firms increasingly believe | NLJ https://t.co/SrGzKtrVk4 
• Police investigating after Palace fans display banner at Newcastle match: The banner, depicting an image of the club’s new Saudi Arabian owners, PIF, about to behead a magpie as faceless fans in the background sang: “We’ve got our club back https://t.co/Cx6lrouWLG
• UK government paves way to bring in tough ‘plan B’ Covid rules: Councils consulted over support for measures such as vaccine passports https://t.co/zMYugpHiK9
• #Colombia's most wanted drug trafficker and the leader of the country's largest criminal gang has been captured. Dairo Antonio Úsuga, better known as Otoniel, was seized after a joint operation by the army, air force and police on Saturday https://t.co/9Q0fwhTCub
• Cleaver Fulton Rankin recognised for people management excellence | Irish Legal News https://t.co/PQTPAcCpV
• Proven Concepts in New Contexts: Applying Public Health, Mental Health, and Human Rights Strategies to Atrocity Prevention https://t.co/V96zSQlwk1 
• Top ranking for Compass in Chambers UK Bar 2022 - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/fw6fdpbp87
  
• New gambling regulator to become operational next year | Irish Legal News https://t.co/bNrUs2AnQ6
• Top law professors pen letter in support of academic freedom - Legal Cheek https://t.co/AAV0K9pIRb
• A&L Goodbody names David Widger as next managing partner | Irish Legal News https://t.co/B3OVFaywbs
  
• Navigating multi-billion pound deals and cross-border transactions as a City lawyer - Legal Cheek https://t.co/sq8JRyhQLA 
• Best of the blogs - 23 October 2021 | Law Gazette https://t.co/7CqzVfd1qz

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

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

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

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