21st November - Law News

Edition 3617: 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: For more than a year now, farmers across India have been holding mass protests, strikes and sit-ins. Their actions have been against a set of farm laws they say, hurt their livelihood. But the government had long defended the legislation - which would have ended minimum price guarantees for produce. That was until Friday, when Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a sudden announcement his administration will withdraw the controversial laws

 

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Callan Tansey celebrates five years in Ballina | Irish Legal News https://t.co/JN34OYdc1r
• HS2 contractors not immune from wildlife prosecutions, court rules | Law Gazette https://t.co/aB8LB6ERiv 
• The Windrush Compensation Scheme is over-complex, lacks independence, suffers from delays and inconsistencies and is administered by inexperienced caseworkers, legal rights group JUSTICE has said | NLJ https://t.co/jm6tsg2K4X
  
• Do long jail sentences stop crime? https://t.co/ljasVkIcPx 
• Prosecutor apologises to Court of Appeal for ‘incomprehensible’ charging decision | Law Gazette https://t.co/eFAig9tWmb 
• Amnesty: Article 16 risks human rights protections in Northern Ireland | Irish Legal News https://t.co/DILO1yWxn7 
• Solicitor struck off for lying during job interview | Law Gazette https://t.co/Z3AGx1wuEb
• MSPs to examine Scottish government’s use of emergency rule-making powers - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/RZLv2vlbiP
  
• SRA seeks big increase in fining powers | Law Gazette https://t.co/StiFZVgSua 
• Former chief justice Frank Clarke to launch Pro Bono Week Ireland | Irish Legal News https://t.co/FuiPGdbNh1 
• Nine Insulate Britain activists ordered to pay £5,000 each in costs | Law Gazette https://t.co/TDDm3cft2F
  
• Lawyers’ groups reject SCJC attempts to entrench online courts - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/pZOfNfZA4
• Single-use plastic: Plates, cups and cutlery ban edges closer https://t.co/oaUSOKNedN
  
• Fast-track card holders may still face court checks | Law Gazette https://t.co/6Aomq5V2tU 
• Treat terrorism like other crime regarding mental health, says watchdog Legislation reviewer warns against treating mental health differently in terrorism investigations https://t.co/iCsbF9FFDV
  
• Tesla drivers left unable to start their cars after outage - BDozens of owners posted on social media about seeing an error message on the mobile app that was preventing them from connecting to their vehicles https://t.co/UjBX32pRru
• Inner House refuses permission to appeal asylum decision by Iraqi policeman who claimed to have witnessed corruption - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/04lHcOJKjK N
• Taxpayers may be liable for up to £335m after a government bank failed to scrutinise collapsed lender Greensill Capital properly, MPs have said https://t.co/1U3iwuGhco 
• #US President Joe Biden has said he is angry after a teenager who shot dead two black men during racial unrest last year in Wisconsin was cleared by a court https://t.co/o2nb39SQF8
• Offer of support was 'not genuine', ex-DWF solicitor tells tribunal | Law Gazette https://t.co/OUGWmIBVIY
• McCann FitzGerald names Stephen Holst as next managing partner | Irish Legal News https://t.co/qPUpkv5ow8 
• Ex-MP Charlie Elphicke jailed for sexual assault now claiming universal credit https://t.co/fDWTJztx50
  
• #Croatia violated rights of Afghan girl who was killed by train, court rules - Madina Hussiny, 6, died after police refused to let her family apply for asylum and made them walk back to Serbia https://t.co/Hj91EBjXJZ 
• Lawyers must be prised away from witness 'comfort blanket' - judge | Law Gazette https://t.co/ZrzbifSiUo
• The law is failing domestic abuse victims in England and Wales. But we can change it https://t.co/BWVfyQ2Ery
• Sexism in the office? Women can be worse than men | Law Gazette https://t.co/VZVLr2Cwnd

20th November - Law News

Edition 3616: 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: India's Prime Minister has admitted defeat and announced that the Union government will withdraw the controversial farm laws that led to protests across the country. Farmers who have been protesting at Singhu border, one of the prominent venues of the anti-farm laws agitation, reacted on the centre's move and shared their experiences of the protest site.

 

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Criminal investigation opened on outage that caused conveyancing chaos | Law Gazette https://t.co/ZHDaPUPGRe
• Mr Justice Kevin Cross retires from the High Court | Irish Legal News https://t.co/sFVAp6YKo3
• Former Daily Mail editor Paul Dacre has pulled out of the contest to become the next chair of media regulator Ofcom https://t.co/pT3eVKRcv
• A #US teenager who shot dead two men during racial justice protests has been cleared of homicide and all other charges after claiming self-defence. Kyle Rittenhouse, 18, killed the men and wounded a third on the streets of Kenosha, Wisconsin https://t.co/YXqQDuiwfX
  
• Windfarm security guard died of hypothermia after companies’ failings - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/bfMK9TsDLw
• Top firm extends paid paternity leave to 12 weeks | Law Gazette https://t.co/GelTyt1Z7Z
• Brodies receives higher education legal appointment - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/CrHQl1XK44 
• Open borders in EU has led to ‘mass migration crisis’, says Priti Patel: Home secretary says policy to blame as France ‘overwhelmed’ with migrants trying to reach UK https://t.co/hygXrOGtCE 
• A cinema has been told to shut down after the owner defied the law and refused to ask for Covid passes. Earlier this week, Anna Redfern, owner of Cinema & Co in Swansea, said she would not be complying with the Welsh government rules https://t.co/7J25rdFZ2g 
• Consultant solicitor was not an employee, rules employment tribunal | Law Gazette https://t.co/qvevN8rWkc
• Commercial lease obligations – where are we now? - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/p8aYPzyKZL 
• Pandemic has highlighted digital gaps, property lawyers say - Legal Futures https://t.co/jvWGITyqyH
  
• Judicial diversity update criticised for scant detail on selection process | Law Gazette https://t.co/7PlnwRBiB4
• Solicitors rebuked for frying pan attack and non-disclosure agreement - Legal Futures https://t.co/yR6O5nORnU
  
• While Liverpool called for calm, home secretary Priti Patel exploited the terror incident for political gain https://t.co/QeXME0GZL
• Law firm closures fall during Covid but support scheme abuses emerge - Legal Futures https://t.co/F03zxUbLxL
• Solicitor struck off for lying in job interview about previous sacking - Legal Futures https://t.co/TiC3B0chN
• Advocate Paul McNairney has passed away at the age of 39. Dean of Faculty Roddy Dunlop QC said: “It is fortunately rare, and thus doubly tragic, when we see the passing of such a young member of Faculty.” https://t.co/sLDolP5boh 
• Tim Paine has stepped down as #Australia Test captain before the Ashes over a historical investigation into sexually explicit texts to a female colleague https://t.co/kPSMdWRvOP
• #India's ultra-rightwing PM Narendra Modi has announced the repeal of three controversial farm laws after a year of protests https://t.co/83xKqdSbWb
• #Pakistan PM Imran launches 'digital power of attorney' portal for overseas Pakistanis, felicitates them on getting voting rights https://t.co/1uOpkjlIVC
  
• Government did nothing about chambers sanctions because 'it needs Chinese dosh' | Law Gazette https://t.co/Y0IscT7bkh
• "Why are you not in Court?" Justice Subramonium Prasad asks lawyers who failed to appear physically | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/aIadd8llGi
• #Malaysian transgender Nur Sajat: 'I had to run away'. The offence was to wear a baju kurung, the traditional long-sleeved outfit worn by Malay women, at a private religious ceremony she held in 2018 https://t.co/bSVW6yusYH
• About six million Sky routers had a significant software bug that could have allowed hackers to take over home networks, researchers say it took Sky 18 months to address the issue https://t.co/S87eAZPdBW
• Research reveals Garda influence over selection of criminal defence solicitors | Irish Legal News https://t.co/m1L2hM0kWi
  
• Outer House judge rejects averments of pre-contract discussions in dispute over quality of construction stone - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/ew3W6BLQRl
• Inability to find criminal lawyers 'chickens coming home to roost' - LCJ | Law Gazette https://t.co/IpEhFUnhXg
• A recent EAT judgment finds even costs incurred by choice need to be deducted when calculating NMW - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/UhmDhM5VcH
  
• #Germany is set to introduce tighter curbs on people who have not been vaccinated against Covid-19, as cases in the country hit a record high https://t.co/ltOYlZIh9j
  
• US Secretary of State under pressure to condemn UK government’s Troubles plan - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/0fRtISjlub
  
• Burnett: Lawyers like remote hearings so they can do more | Law Gazette https://t.co/z0LoYUwkQd
  
• Simmons & Simmons becomes lead sponsor of women’s rugby at Railway Union RFC | Irish Legal News https://t.co/HU3AqJLAid 
  
• Worklife, wellbeing and mental health: Bringing men into the frame | Law Gazette https://t.co/uWOJGBW0r2
• ‘Non-issuance of e-visas to UK tourists wanting to visit #India may impact bookings’ https://t.co/fBBh4W7NrE 
• About 150 British army Royal Engineers will be sent to help reinforce Poland's border with Belarus, the defence secretary has said. The border is seen as an entry point to the EU https://t.co/YOCooZqptD

19th November - Law News

Edition 3615: 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: Travis McMichael, a defendant in the trial for the death of Ahmaud Arbery, said that Arbery never threatened or pulled a weapon before he was shot and killed. Criminal defense attorneys Anne Bremner and Sara Azari discuss

Focus of the Day Story:  Talent wars pose greatest risk to law firms' prospects but outlook remains 'bullish', survey finds. Leaders have definitively shifted their focus from cost cutting to standing out in a hypercompetitive market and using tech to build value. Full story - The Global Legal Post 

 

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Post Office willing ‘as general principle’ to waive privilege | Law Gazette https://t.co/c0wr2gxq4c
• Fraud rises by two-thirds in Scotland during pandemic - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/oISDRXspwP 
• ClubsNSW wins federal court order restraining whistleblower from ‘intimidating’ statements #Australia https://t.co/ZhUWOhjg0J
• Afghan girl footballers reach UK on Kim Kardashian West-funded flight https://t.co/QgLueWJli7 
• Covid passes may be used over Christmas in order to keep pubs and restaurants open, the Welsh government has said. But First Minister Mark Drakeford said no decision would be made on introducing the pass to the hospitality sector until early December https://t.co/A3H9TyGbYE 
• The government has named 50 companies given fast-track "VIP" contracts to supply protective equipment after the outbreak of Covid-19. Eighteen were nominated by Conservative politicians https://t.co/7EnkqtMTa3 
• Oklahoma's governor has halted the execution of prisoner Julius Jones hours before he was due to be put to death #US https://t.co/a2XBJgJKUj
  
• Novice conveyancer paid out £42k deposit without proper checks | Law Gazette https://t.co/zIpXBQDLkj
• Delhi court refuses interim injunction against Salman Khurshid's book on Ayodhya, RSS. The Court said that an injunction would cause hardship to the publishers and curtail the author’s right of speech and expression | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/dHCbFMpMZt 
• Zephaniah McLeod who launched a deadly stabbing spree in Birmingham has been sentenced to at least 21 years. Jacob Billington, 23, died and seven others were hurt in five separate incidents carried out in 90 minutes across the city on 6 September 2020 https://t.co/iUm0gNlje1 
• Appeal hearing to be live-streamed in court first - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/cB9LG3RDUw 
• More than 125 people who were caught up in the deadly Astroworld music festival crush have sued rapper Travis Scott and other organisers for $750m (£556m) https://t.co/UGRDdMDkXU 
• Pacific trade deal raises IP law concerns | Law Gazette https://t.co/yVUTsHdtCW 
• Chelsea goalkeeper Edouard Mendy has criticised media outlets for mistakenly using his image in stories about Manchester City's Benjamin Mendy. The latter has been charged with six counts of rape and one of sexual assault, and remains in custody https://t.co/JeKnHhxY8P 
• Inquiry into foundation linked to Prince of Wales launched - Charity Commission investigating claims donations intended for Prince’s Foundation went instead to Mahfouz Foundation https://t.co/VjbKS3owCU
  
• A public inquiry will be held into the death of Novichok poisoning victim Dawn Sturgess, the home secretary says. Priti Patel said Ms Sturgess's inquest could be converted into a public inquiry to examine any Russian involvement in her death in 2018 https://t.co/aqOnASuFCp 
• CJEU: Hungary broke EU law with anti-migrant law - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/nlyXBALPfz 
• How to achieve a return on your legal software investment - Legal Futures https://t.co/kC2IBRfCJo
• Scottish Sentencing Council made ‘significant progress’ despite pandemic - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/TueBJedOvH
  
• Pandemic has hindered lawyers' careers, survey finds - Legal Futures https://t.co/taK6Ibvbl5 
• University of Warwick stabbing: Two arrested on attempted murder charge https://t.co/NLko7Peszh 
• ‘Embarrassing’ state of court buildings deterring bench applicants - LCJ | Law Gazette https://t.co/2DLk8tytfH
• Law firm fights off wages claim from consultant solicitor - Legal Futures https://t.co/kzpDucoR5n 
• McDougall McQueen celebrates 40 years in business - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/pMBpAa3S75
• Lawyer faces jail for contempt after failing to hand over files to SRA - Legal Futures https://t.co/luTunJhCDv
• Law Society: Irish solicitors upbeat about future despite Covid-19 impact | Irish Legal News https://t.co/s7eZaZyS6Q 
• US private equity funds “will buy large UK law firms next year” - Legal Futures https://t.co/BQ3DtMKlJw
  
• The widow of a top Scottish government official, who died after contracting Covid, believes the full details of his illness were concealed to protect the reputation of a troubled hospital https://t.co/RXDDTXHZ9S
• Nine Insulate Britain activists jailed for contempt | Law Gazette https://t.co/U6GyZqUg1U
• Across Eastern Europe - from Belarus to the Balkans - people fleeing conflict and poverty are trying to seek asylum in the EU https://t.co/NpIwtkaS8Q 
• Israeli court halts return to Italy of boy who survived cable car crash - aternal grandparents in Israel have appealed in latest round of custody battle with paternal relatives https://t.co/t8CsDIFLXy
• Who are the key figures involved in the Yorkshire CCC racism scandal? Rafiq, Hutton, Harrison, Arthur, Moxon, Malik, Vaughan and Ballance make up leading characters in sorry tale https://t.co/i1fJ9GziIo
  
• A Welsh minister has said that she had to “remind” a conductor to tell passengers that masks are still “mandatory” on trains in Wales https://t.co/o0tVQSeopO
• Graham Brady faces questions over ‘opaque’ £800 an hour job: clarity sought over work done for constituent’s firm by head of the Conservative 1922 Committee https://t.co/u7DvwVYiT2
  
• Prince Philip’s will: legal battle launched over media exclusion from hearing - High court ruled in secret hearing in September that Philip’s will should be hidden from public for 90 years https://t.co/4B6bV3TSTC
• Housing experts have said that the shared ownership scheme, touted as an easier way onto the housing ladder for those on low incomes, is deeply flawed and must be reformed https://t.co/IDhCEOQMbD
• Sustainable Development and the Ethical Issue of Human Morality; an Overview | Ibrahim U D A L E Hussaini https://t.co/zG9gWEL7MI
  
• Irish government proposals for mother and baby homes payments ‘too little, too late’ | Irish Legal News https://t.co/T8zJWm41lr 
• We have enough courtrooms to hear jury trials in England and Wales and enough money to pay for them, the lord chief justice told MPs yesterday. What we don’t have, Lord Burnett of Maldon added, is enough judges https://t.co/4RJnZiGNey 
• Father of man who suffered brain damage in car accident fails to challenge English court’s finding of contributory negligence - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/gbgCgKKylR 
• Registered foreign lawyer in contempt for failing to deliver files to SRA | Law Gazette https://t.co/dwqNwB84rl 
• Boris Johnson plan on ‘second jobs’ would hit fewer than 10 MPs https://t.co/mzBvWwbUdA 
• Post Office willing ‘as general principle’ to waive privilege | Law Gazette https://t.co/c0wr2gfPcE 
• UK-born extremists pose main threat, says top counter-terrorism officer. Comment comes after home secretary claimed Liverpool attack suspect was able to exploit UK’s asylum system https://t.co/aOpiEUr5pS 
• Rust script supervisor sues Alec Baldwin and producers over shooting | Rust film set shooting #US https://t.co/K24Q4xX3vo 
• A senior #US prosecutor says two men convicted of the murder in 1965 of the US civil rights leader Malcolm X are to have their convictions quashed. Muhammad Aziz and Khalil Islam did not get the justice they deserved, the Manhattan District Attorney says https://t.co/xA38w5oSmo 
• Conveyancing giant still restoring IT systems after 'security incident' | Law Gazette https://t.co/BVx6v1vQea

18th November - Law News

Edition 3614: 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: His testimony to MPs gave harrowing insight into the closed world of top-flight cricket. Azeem Rafiq's account of the bullying and racism he faced during his time at Yorkshire County Cricket Club caused much soul searching among cricket's authorities yesterday. But what long-lasting impact will it have?

Focus of the Day Story:  A not-for-profit organisation engaged in a series of legal battles with the government has publicly apologised after falling foul of civil procedure rules. In an apology published on the Good Law Project (GLP) website, founder Jolyon Maugham QC said he wanted the organisation to put its hand up ‘promptly and fulsomely’ when it made mistakes. Full story - The Law Society Gazette 

 

Saturday Conversations on Law

• RCCW takes on seven new members of staff - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/QFDqulcupu 
• Peng Shuai: Doubt cast on email from #Chinese tennis star - One of China's biggest sporting stars, she has not been heard from since she made sexual assault allegations against a top Chinese official https://t.co/F8NGSqAZUf
• Potential class action over NSW police strip searches focuses on Splendour in the Grass #Australia https://t.co/JiXgL4XYt0
• Ronan Daly Jermyn appoints five new partners | Irish Legal News https://t.co/u48LZq00Eo
  
• ‘Stocktake’ requirement before heading to court discussed by civil rule-makers | Law Gazette https://t.co/pRViOeSo5
• #US tourists fined for sneaking into Rome's Colosseum for a beer https://t.co/NZbsRCYgU
• Insulate Britain activist says he will block more roads if not jailed - Ben Taylor, 27, was one of nine members of group accused of breaching injunction over M25 https://t.co/zFpm9TRHz
• New bill quietly gives powers to remove British citizenship without notice: Clause added to nationality and borders bill also appears to allow Home Office to act retrospectively in some cases https://t.co/3ybCnDUCGN
  
• Northern Ireland ministers have voted in favour of Covid vaccine passports to be introduced from next month. Under the measure, people have to provide a passport or proof of a Covid test result to access nightclubs, pubs or restaurants https://t.co/QVjz6goMY
• Jacob Anthony Chansley of the baseless QAnon conspiracy has been sentenced to 41 months in prison for his involvement in the #US Capitol riot. He was among the Trump supporters who tried to stop Congress from certifying the 2020 presidential election https://t.co/ljaJvdvAjx
  
• Michael Gove backer won £164m in PPE contracts after ‘VIP lane’ referral - David Meller’s company was among 47 awarded PPE contracts after referrals from politicians and officials https://t.co/yJ3FHJeoOx
• The sisters of Stephen Port's final victim launched their own investigation when the Met Police failed do so, an inquest has been told https://t.co/mMcJdLRuyl
• #Australia moves towards raising age of criminal responsibility but advocates say 12 still too young https://t.co/GdZF8UMqjr
• The Archbishop of Canterbury has apologised for saying a "significant cloud" hung over the name of the late Bishop of Chichester George Bell https://t.co/ZRtijMlzv
• Victorian pandemic laws: what changes have been made to the controversial bill? #Australia https://t.co/A1elKOoif
• European court to rule on challenge to Irish president’s religious oath | Irish Legal News https://t.co/vL6RIIcMd0 
• Vaccine research among cyber attack targets https://t.co/oY60SGYqxG 
• Insulate Britain protesters jailed for defying road blockade ban https://t.co/m3ZFyBuBt0
• Claimant solicitors 'told clients to delete' holiday social media posts | Law Gazette https://t.co/9Hp9gjEEz
• "Abusive" to bring minor data breach claim in High Court - Legal Futures https://t.co/n35PJny6SO
  
• Felix Main becomes third recipient of Kirk Murdoch Scholarship - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/RBNioDAEgS
• Consumer panel and Bar Council at odds over future of aptitude test - Legal Futures https://t.co/G1ewN23Pj
• Parliament to vote on bill to ban child marriage in England and Wales - Marriage of under-18s associated with risk of domestic, sexual and ‘honour’-based violence, say MPs, who will vote on Friday https://t.co/v0u8rF3puO
• Women lawyers write to CJI, Supreme Court judges to continue hybrid hearings | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/c3VpZwBxf1
• Tributes paid to first Muslim QC Sibghatullah (Sibghat) Kadri | Law Gazette https://t.co/AhQz1pDtyQ
• An #Australian man has launched a defamation case against one of the nation's biggest news channels after it wrongly identified him as an alleged child abductor https://t.co/fCTolbatLo
• The students losing thousands in an Edinburgh rental scam https://t.co/AxHrDnKTiH
• Northern Ireland to hold inquiry into mother and baby institutions and Magdalene laundries | Irish Legal News https://t.co/3P3xDz0gIu
• CJC backs new pre-action protocols and ‘good faith obligation’ - Legal Futures https://t.co/SXoDhVnLUN
• Under Taliban rule, female judges in Afghanistan have reportedly been tortured and received death threats. Hundreds were forced into hiding https://t.co/ovTTyCLnp4
  
• RT @CrimeGirI: https://t.co/WOvVZVexCV 
• Amazon to stop accepting Visa credit cards in UK - It said the move was due to high credit card transaction fees but said Visa debit cards would still be accepted https://t.co/7TzE3Ld0oC
  
• Every part of justice system fails mentally ill people, inspectors find - Six regulatory bodies say people with mental health issues in England and Wales are offered poor support https://t.co/Ym9rM5KTdA 
• Research to establish if and why Catholic children more likely to be detained in Northern Ireland | Irish Legal News https://t.co/sFTL5x7Sf1 
• 'The UK is not remotely a corrupt country' | Law Gazette https://t.co/RxAP5c6aq9 
• Family law one year on – less intimidating, more efficient - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/3rOPzRdDfS 
• Lawyer’s anger as £27m NHS claim is settled two days before trial | Law Gazette https://t.co/6kB1bzzlnB
  
• Prince Andrew’s £1.5m loan paid off by firms linked to Tory donor – report https://t.co/2sP4u4AU0L 
• High-profile solicitor seeks to get SRA prosecution thrown out | Law Gazette https://t.co/hxrpLWQ84R 
• Man who published tweets encouraging terrorism against India sentenced - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/MdUwmIuwmf
• Drunkenness no basis for avoiding contributory negligence, Court of Appeal rules | Law Gazette https://t.co/By8lrDMCAD
• English High Court orders construction company to pay over £220,000 for aggregate it claimed was unfit for purpose - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/uGpyjinwRF
• SMS hotlines and integrity officers set to tackle racist abuse at #Australian sporting events https://t.co/uwQTrQfAAc
  
• Ex-Dechert partner to explain how mobile phone was stolen | Law Gazette https://t.co/RSOSO3RDRN

17th November - Law News

Edition 3613: LawNewsIndex is a UK based daily legal news archive on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Jurisprudence, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics & Human Rights since 2011.   

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 Today's Highlighted Video Story: On the border with Barcelona, L’Hospitalet de Llobregat is one of the most densely populated cities in the European Union and home to a large migrant community. Dedicated to protecting the most vulnerable members of this fringe society, a group of young volunteers set up Sindicat, a renters union. The group is working relentlessly to counteract the housing crisis engulfing the often undocumented residents, who at times resort to squatting as they fight for a place to live in their city.

Focus of the Day Story:  A leading QC has criticised NHS Resolution for “unacceptable” delays in settling one of the largest ever settlements in a clinical negligence case. Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust agreed to pay £27m after a young boy suffered life-changing injuries in 2009 because it failed to diagnose that he was suffering from the HSV virus when he was admitted at the age of 17 months with a seizure. Full story - Legal Futures 

 

Saturday Conversations on Law

• The Liverpool bomb attacker was a failed asylum seeker who had been refused permission by judges to appeal to stay in the country https://t.co/BtKgCCtWQ
• The Supreme Court’s ruling in Lloyd, blocking a multi-billion-pound claim against Google, exposes the lack of legislation providing redress in mass claims. But CPR 19.6 could offer a way forward | Law Gazette https://t.co/sF0yaCguFT
• Inner House reverses commercial judge’s decision to bar damages action against investment group - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/zHhy3cBEVa
• Looking after our juniors | Law Gazette https://t.co/jL2fzSKVNP
• Ireland referred to CJEU over alleged breach of drinking water laws | Irish Legal News https://t.co/2vphPrj6Kb
• Director “had no standing” to challenge assignment to litigation funder - Legal Futures https://t.co/eF57R6QkEU
• Costs in pension divorce case a ‘shaming indictment’ of our legal system | Law Gazette https://t.co/bqQbZ6wM8H
  
• QC criticises NHS Resolution for "unacceptable" delay in settling huge claim - Legal Futures https://t.co/KeXzB7zv9W
• Victoria’s controversial pandemic bill poised to pass parliament after amendments #Australia https://t.co/y1FIdDYAtt
• Transport for Wales (TfW) has tried to reassure fans ahead of Tuesday night's Wales v Belgium fixture at Cardiff City Stadium. Chief operating officer Marie Daly said 600 people tried to travel between Cardiff and Newport after the Belarus match https://t.co/GyWVgR5lcz
• Scotland's vaccine passport scheme could be rolled out to cinemas, theatres and more hospitality venues from 6 December, the first minister has confirmed https://t.co/B0kCrXc2i8
• Police have started a major search for a woman missing since 2012. Claire Holland, 32, from Lawrence Weston in Bristol, was last seen on the evening of 6 June, the day after the Queen's Diamond Jubilee weekend https://t.co/tcgSy8edMo
• Boris Johnson has set out plans to stop MPs from working as paid consultants, ahead of a Commons debate on banning some second jobs https://t.co/nJEblvyYDm 
• Disciplinary hearings for judges to stay private in revamped system - Legal Futures https://t.co/a3b58f0vf8
  
• Union ballots HMCTS staff over Common Platform rollout | Law Gazette https://t.co/liU07pLrda 
• Tribunal: Barrister's 'fundamentally dishonest' claim was not fraudulent - Legal Futures https://t.co/KUixGs2Pa
• PM fails to stifle sleaze scandal as ratification of Paterson report blocked | Kwasi Kwarteng https://t.co/4MzSYoGye4
• England cricketing trio Matthew Hoggard, Tim Bresnan and Alex Hales accused by Azeem Rafiq in DCMS select committee racism related testimony https://t.co/LKQ5aPIMy7
• #Polish forces have used tear gas and water cannon against migrants trying to cross into the country from Belarus. Videos showed migrants throwing stones and other objects at the Polish forces guarding a fortified border crossing https://t.co/jRn9WAgXUZ
• Legal Ombudsman's costs had to be challenged | Law Gazette https://t.co/ZHzQuX3i3c
• Manchester City defender Benjamin Mendy has been charged with two further counts of rape. Mr Mendy, of Prestbury, has been summonsed to appear at Stockport Magistrates' Court on Wednesday https://t.co/m7sbyS1OOE
• Amnesty report: #Qatar migrant workers trapped and exploited before World Cup https://t.co/6iCR8iLfcv
• Ministers have rejected a call for greater oversight of the UK’s Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) after a foreign agent crossed ‘red lines’, Sir Brian Leveson has told the Gazette during his first interview as investigatory powers commissioner https://t.co/zHOo7XvACn
  
• Use of bail and remand consultation launches - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/xkh6CvVLQw 
• My legal life: Joanne Cummings, Spencer West - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/CR8v6srReG 
• Almost £225,000 in wages and freebies taken from gambling industry by 28 MPs - Guardian audit since August 2020 shows 19 Conservative MPs and nine Labour were beneficiaries https://t.co/NEOHfpnjRo
• JUSTICE raises serious concerns over Windrush compensation scheme - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/jkNgORh3Zu
  
• More than 2,500 police officers and staff are working without the appropriate level of vetting. Figures show more than a quarter of UK forces have not checked all personnel to meet national guidelines introduced in 2006 https://t.co/bLP4haLgIi
• The government's attempt to reverse its changes to the system for monitoring parliament's standards has been blocked by a Conservative MP. The Commons was expected to pass a motion on Monday night that would scrap the controversial reforms https://t.co/NJaho1SXa7
• Legal aid for Windrush victims 'would save taxpayer money' | Law Gazette https://t.co/fSYsxS7rc
• Private practice solicitor of the year Anne Kavanagh talks about hospitals, career breaks and test cases - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/oJ3ENwt4gL
• Ex-DWF solicitor alleges he faced discrimination as wife’s carer | Law Gazette https://t.co/LoPOZ2GOdY
• No convictions under Northern Ireland mental capacity law | Irish Legal News https://t.co/36EKhBavKF
• Banned caseworker fined £700 for breach of the Solicitors Act | Law Gazette https://t.co/pM0trz4uaH
• Youth diversion projects to benefit from €5m funding boost | Irish Legal News https://t.co/Ya2ufK984
• Maugham apologises for Good Law Project’s procedure rules mistake | Law Gazette https://t.co/dilOlbrGWH
  
• Thirteen law schools to compete in 12th National Moot Court Competition | Irish Legal News https://t.co/pdcpV1hJ8j
• Judicial misconduct findings should be ‘more detailed’, but no public hearings | Law Gazette https://t.co/ZjX84fwvLn
• The man who died when a homemade bomb exploded outside Liverpool Women's Hospital has been named by police as Emad Al Swealmeen. The 32-year-old was a passenger in a taxi when his device blew up https://t.co/Lj2I2UfISV

16th November - Law News

Edition 3612: 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:
“People think when you get exonerated the fight is over - it’s just beginning." Dontae Sharpe spent 26 years in prison for a murder he didn't commit. After proving his innocence and fighting to have his name cleared, he was granted a full pardon on 12 November 2021. This documentary highlighted the miscarriage of justice, and his fight with the criminal justice system that stole his freedom.

Focus of the Day Story:  What happens when someone is convicted of a criminal offence and is given a custodial sentence? Sometimes, the individual will serve at least part of their sentence in prison and the remainder on licence. But, what happens after they’ve served the totality of their sentence? Full story - UK Human Rights Blog 

 

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Pioneer Legal Promotes Anupam Shukla and Shoubhik Dasgupta to partnership | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/vVTzNb0e1T
• The Boutique Lawyer Show: Why this firm has a dedicated LGBTQIA+ practice group - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/9fpaJkWW7p
• [NDPS case] Mere non-recovery of drugs not ground for grant of bail: Mumbai court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/Dr2rFdzHWJ 
• Firms must better support clients’ climate risk journeys - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/Zf2SEiFYoB 
• An exploration of the financial ties between Conservative MPs and private health companies https://t.co/fbBsWbUADx
• NHS bosses advise all hospitals to review security after Liverpool blast: NHS England to send guidance to all trusts as terror threat level in country upgraded to ‘severe’ https://t.co/MhUJELEdXw
• Alex Jones liable for damages over Sandy Hook shooting claims, judge rules: Court in Connecticut will determine amount conspiracy theorist must pay over claims that school massacre was a hoax #US https://t.co/tfIitxwyAL
• [Vidhispeaks] Abortion Rights in North America and India: A comparative socio-legal analysis | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/RlCx4anOkA
  
• How to stand out in training contract applications - Legal Cheek https://t.co/mGTAQQ2z96
• A group of Australian women who were strip-searched and examined at Doha airport are suing authorities in #Qatar https://t.co/OjfbH21ajC
• The UK terror threat level has been raised to "severe" after an explosion outside Liverpool Women's Hospital https://t.co/fQVbo1F53t
• Leading NewLaw firm LegalVision is set to launch in the United Kingdom, following growth in #Australia and #NewZealand, which has “exceeded expectations” - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/aMHwQEEU5C
• Following an investigation into a number of posts made across the G&B Lawyers Facebook page, solicitor Nathan Buckley has been suspended from practising until June 2022 - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/iICtjE2sPw
• Italian gang jailed for £26m celebrity raids: Jugoslav Jovanovic, Alessandro Maltese and Alessandro Donati each admitted to burgling the Kensington mansion of Tamara Ecclestone in December 2019 https://t.co/PQAB3sCjQz
• Trump ally Steve Bannon surrenders to authorities to face contempt of Congress charges after refusing to give evidence about the Capitol riot #US https://t.co/et9ujk2dWm
  
• A #Kenyan court has jailed four police officers for the manslaughter of British aristocrat Alexander Monson, who died in custody after being arrested in Mombasa in 2012 https://t.co/uhNbppxtoW
  
• Union considers legal action over Channel refugee ‘pushbacks’: Border Force staff express concern at Priti Patel’s proposed tactic of forcing boats back to France https://t.co/V2rWLV0rDe 
• Protégé: From one side of the system to the other: How this new lawyer is building a legal career with unique first-hand experience - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/5dXgKdyhGg 
• "Profound conflicts of interest": US lawyers push back at ABS moves - Legal Futures https://t.co/WzffCHzVl3
• Is it all over for law firm freebies? - Legal Cheek https://t.co/fAxNBytVpV 
• Solicitor who used client account like a “piggy bank” is struck off - Legal Futures https://t.co/dCwba61dpx 
• Centre has been requesting HC Chief Justices to consider SC/ST, OBC, minorities, women candidates for judgeship: Kiren Rijiju | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/KDTIpu1zWW
  
• Legal bodies, QCs oppose new Victorian pandemic bill - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/7G9RcoJVfy
• Clients' desperation grows as impact of Simplify cyber-attack stretches on - Legal Futures https://t.co/H0jZukiSX5
  
• Lottery scammers pretend to work for Simmons & Simmons - Legal Cheek https://t.co/NXR6UAltAC
  
• Regardless of a firm’s choice of data sharing techniques, said businesses will have to get ahead of the game if they are to better serve clients and navigate evolving regulatory and security requirements - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/65vhj3LRhd 
• Racial discrimination on Northern Circuit "legitimised by silence" - Legal Futures https://t.co/oiipGitrhP 
• 47 students receive total of ₹40 lakh as part of CAN Foundation's Eklavya scholarship | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/6Yp1Z5eoxc
• A Maori tribe has told anti-vaccine protesters in #NewZealand to stop the use of a famous haka "immediately" https://t.co/gk02zTDgGC 
• Akin Gump boosts trainee pay 14% to £62.5k - Legal Cheek https://t.co/A8K5ogomm9 
• If global finance can step up to the net-zero challenge, governments surely can | Mark Carney | The Guardian https://t.co/AmR2bi9FID 
• Why science grads make great lawyers - Legal Cheek https://t.co/VNOjlJqlKe
• Boris Johnson’s betrayal of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe shows us who he really is https://t.co/OVKw1XP5fD 
• ULaw appoints academic management heavyweight as new CEO - Legal Cheek https://t.co/uMLPM3jnVX

15th November - Law News

Edition 3611: 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:
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Glenn Greenwald spoke to RT’s Chris Hedges about the eerie similarities between the US government’s legally excessive actions after the 9/11 terror attacks and the Capitol riot earlier this year.

Focus of the Day Article: The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) could take legal action against the government over changes to its pension scheme, which it says will make firefighters pay the cost of age discrimination introduced by the government into the scheme. Full story - New Law Journal

 

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Paul McCann was the head of litigation and Sydney office lead partner of a top-tier firm who saw a “noticeable decline in the happiness factor” for lawyers across the board - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/hZdHpYbnHB
  
• Delhi judges should mark their leave one day in advance: Delhi High Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/u7A6tk2lma 
• Why Google’s landmark victory is music to TikTok’s ears - Legal Cheek https://t.co/60JjI4QpmS
  
• We are in the midst of possibly the greatest revolution in the way we work in the modern era, and men in law are starting to take full advantage – for themselves and their families - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/VNTTeZtQZM
  
• #Austria is placing about 2 million unvaccinated people in lockdown from Monday amid record infection levels and growing pressure on hospitals https://t.co/HtIMA69zoX
  
• Three arrested under Terrorism Act after car blast at Liverpool Women's Hospital https://t.co/7djCiKAD7F
  
• 'Should I do the SQE during my law degree?' - Legal Cheek https://t.co/KbROAH4us
• Tips to avoid lawyers’ mental health epidemic - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/4COYNWDapW 
• [Delhi Pollution] It has become a fashion to bash farmers; I am a farmer: SC judge Justice Surya Kant | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/mSdQdDGiI9
• What do corporate lawyers do? - Legal Cheek https://t.co/EtOUE51HfN
• Cocaine with a street value of £33m has been discovered in a lorry load of frozen onion rings bound for the UK https://t.co/YWzmDT3mcJ
  
• Brentford stabbing: Norris Henry, 37, is charged with the murder of Ali Abucar Ali, 20, and the attempted murder of an 82-year-old woman https://t.co/7pVRuWYzgK
• Tanya Musgrove, the ballerina who became a family lawyer - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/NiD75Waa8K
• A man who died after being stabbed in a street fight has been named by police. Officers arrived at Wilford Crescent in The Meadows area of Nottingham at about 22:30 GMT on Wednesday after receiving reports of a fight https://t.co/0hZfdfET83
• The fugitive behind one of America's most notorious bank robberies has been identified after a 52-year search, law enforcement officials have announced https://t.co/kOGnhYujA6
  
• Azeem Rafiq: from England hopeful to revealing cricket’s racism. Rafiq’s remarkable career is filled with tremendous peaks and bitter lows as a climax nears in his fight with Yorkshire CCC https://t.co/UxM3Gjj017
• City firms to offer part-time training contracts for disabled aspiring lawyers - Legal Cheek https://t.co/C5L200EDe
• MPs are keeping secret their employment agreements for second jobs worth up to £100,000 annually after quietly changing the rules on disclosure: rule change in 2015 meanns their employment contracts need no longer be disclosed to standards commissioner https://t.co/IspZr2fbW
• What happens when someone is convicted of a criminal offence & is given a custodial sentence? But, what happens after they’ve served the totality of their sentence? https://t.co/btsG8Wa4oR 
• Militaries are huge energy users whose greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are making a significant contribution to the climate crisis. Because reporting military emissions is voluntary, data is often absent or incomplete https://t.co/fHwj1hvqXw
• Backbencher Richard Fuller MP has four roles outside Parliament and advised a company that invests in surveillance kit https://t.co/insB5PjYMw 
• Wife making unproven allegations of criminal conduct is cruelty to husband: Delhi High Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/rpct8Fveq6 
• What they don't teach you at law school - Legal Cheek https://t.co/gzFfxbCx8L 
• Law departments cannot risk becoming a “bottleneck for business”. Helping the business scale their operations at this critical juncture not only helps manage workflow issues but will also help shore up the long-term relevance of the law department https://t.co/V00CcVsZd1
• Walker Morris increases trainee numbers by a quarter - Legal Cheek https://t.co/kiOVXJsuwS 
• Kangana Ranaut seeks transfer of her cross complaint against Javed Akhtar to another Magistrate | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/zhot5sQhUT 
• Clifford Chance joins magic circle rivals in upping NQ lawyer pay to £107.5k - Legal Cheek https://t.co/vKU12TDfD4
• A deal aimed at staving off dangerous climate change has been struck at the COP26 summit in Glasgow. The Glasgow Climate Pact is the first-ever climate deal to explicitly plan to reduce coal, the worst fossil fuel for greenhouse gases https://t.co/OU1sDClHXa
  
• Life as a lawyer in the fast-moving automotive sector - Legal Cheek https://t.co/Li9v7AhXNt