22nd January - Law News

Edition 3679: LawNewsIndex is a UK based daily legal news archive on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Jurisprudence, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics & Human Rights since 2011.   

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 Today's Highlighted Video Story: The Indian state of  Karnataka today lifted the weekend curfew, however, the night restrictions (10 pm-5am) will continue as part of efforts to stem the spread of coronavirus

 

Saturday Conversations on Law

• A Lords committee has called for the creation of a revitalised, better-functioning and less rancorous United Kingdom in a new report | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/5PrB36ZwBf
• Registered foreign lawyer Jakub Wojciech Pawlak sentenced to 13 months for contempt | Law Gazette https://t.co/zUbWtYDdO3
• UK incident reporting laws updated as ransomware attacks rise https://t.co/5a9xWxG6hu
• A "Devil-obsessed" murderer has been warned he faces a whole-life prison term for killing a woman and attacking two others in the space of four hours. Brian Sengendo was convicted at the Old Bailey of seven charges, including the murder of Therasia Gordon https://t.co/IITQHiio7H 
• Anti-vaxers use 'crime number' to try to halt jabs - Police say it "merely acknowledges" an allegation has been received, but there is currently no criminal investigation https://t.co/876Zx7vMr5
• Physical Irish court hearings are due to resume on a “phased basis” from Monday following a month dominated by Covid-19 disruption | Irish Legal News https://t.co/1qDHlD41C9
  
• Noted #Indian criminal lawyer Shrikant Shivade, who represented Salman Khan in hit-and-run case, dead at 67 https://t.co/xiO4B9k08f 
• We must do something to level the playing field in the SDT | Law Gazette https://t.co/lL83eDd9b8
• Self-acquired property of Hindu male deceased before Hindu Succession Act devolves by inheritance; daughter entitled to it: #India Supreme Court | Bar & Bench https://t.co/NpJHyW58Fn
  
• Government pauses plans to rewrite UK copyright laws after authors protest - Intellectual property rule changes were mooted in the wake of Brexit but have been shelved after warnings about how this could hit writers’ incomes https://t.co/sbkNIAyIFr
• An appeal has been launched to find a man who was filmed kicking a cat which he had on a lead in Newport. The man was filmed by a cyclist's head camera on a path off the Southern Distributor Road in the city at about 14:25 GMT on Wednesday 12 January https://t.co/JigOuH6fB7
• British astrophysicist shot dead while visiting his girlfriend in the #US state of Georgia, local police say. Dr Matthew Willson, 31, from Chertsey, Surrey, was found in bed with a single gunshot wound to the head https://t.co/Lx3bPwlhhi 
• Fee earner who rushed to backdate document is banned | Law Gazette https://t.co/PKJRMOYpng 
• After consensual sex with his Grindr sourced victims, 28-year-old Anouar Sabbar would claim he was actually an escort and demand payment for his visit. He stole £2,360 from his victims between April 2019 and June 2021 https://t.co/PV3dmq6YJo
  
• Met Police detective Neil Corbel jailed for three years for voyeurism https://t.co/Jmqn871Q7c
  
• Kerida Naidoo SC has been nominated for appointment as an ordinary judge of the High Court | Irish Legal News https://t.co/K50FbJ0Vrz
• The Irish Society for European Law (ISEL) will next month host a careers event highlighting opportunities for Irish lawyers within the EU | Irish Legal News https://t.co/nHaEQVEoep
• ‘Zero’ bug in whiplash portal stopping claims getting through | Law Gazette https://t.co/1WobYLtTTI
• UK Nationality Bill: Legal experts fear 'disproportionate' impact on minorities - Human rights barrister Raza Husain and other legal experts described Clause 9 of the proposed bill as 'unconstitutional' and 'ill-defined' Eye https://t.co/kSm8mpcjyV
• Facebook stalling report on human rights impact in #India, allege whistleblowers - Papers leaked by Frances Haugen revealed users in India were inundated with fake news and anti-Muslim posts https://t.co/FAS34WyR8X
  
• US charges four #Belarus officials with aircraft piracy over flight diversion https://t.co/irCobSF3Xq 
• A dyslexic judge in England has won a disability discrimination case against the Ministry of Justice over its failure to provide her with voice recognition software and training | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/mLwPdM78VS
• UN is Urged to Ban Abusive #Bangladesh Unit from Peacekeeping Role of Rapid Action Battalion Should Be Reviewed Following US Sanctions https://t.co/kBYIPkjTVQ
• Trains told to get rid of torrent of 'Tannoy spam' https://t.co/J8b7b1lsQA
• CPS denies suggestion it shrinks font to reduce page count | Law Gazette https://t.co/oI5n5CVVU2
• Pro-Palestinian lawyers will next week host an online event to help lawyers and law students navigate apartheid-related issues in the UK courts, including in asylum, defamation and discrimination cases | Irish Legal News https://t.co/yZVN4zPTvu 
• From student law to Steinem: Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s library up for auction - Bonhams says late #US supreme court justice’s collection gives sense of who she was and how she came to be https://t.co/82WKx9FxE
• The government has announced plans to tackle what the head of the Environment Agency has called the "new narcotics" of fly-tipping and waste crime https://t.co/N54WqXgyXx
• Lawfare and the UK Court System - House of Commons Library https://t.co/xznsU5wJfn
• City firm launches domestic abuse support service for staff - Legal Futures https://t.co/4O3cDjptAJ
  
• UK ethnic minorities face a breathtaking legal onslaught https://t.co/6U9wIHS6E4
  
• Struck-off solicitor’s JR against regulator refused | Law Gazette https://t.co/k5XZGZkwfS
• Record proportion of Crown court backlog outstanding after a year | Law Gazette https://t.co/GvhsyB796J
  
• Analysis: Supreme Court ruling is a bitter legal and personal blow to Trump #US https://t.co/oE6OrLPkWB
  
• Partners fined for letting non-lawyer take control of group litigation - Legal Futures https://t.co/lNrCS2KjgS 
• BBC My Family, the Holocaust & Me: Judge Robert Rinder's real story of his Jewish family's tragic history https://t.co/AmllQCMacx
  
• Clyde & Co and Fieldfisher latest firms to boost NQ pay | Law Gazette https://t.co/qg3UacOJdk 
• The UK government has refused permission for a £1.2bn electricity link between England and France. Aquind Ltd wanted to lay cables through Portsmouth, Hampshire, to Normandy https://t.co/L1DSuDYqO0 
• Lawyers hits back at attacks by international bodies on privilege - Legal Futures https://t.co/YdGUDFRwqf 
• US congressional investigators have asked Ivanka Trump, the daughter of the former president, to testify about the 6 January riot at the #US Capitol https://t.co/sTr3RHegxC 
• Insurance firm develops AI app to boost clients’ reserving - Legal Futures https://t.co/yRZvOfOV30
  
• Highway Code: Cyclists to get priority on roundabouts with new 2022 driving laws https://t.co/zVZswcn1P0 
• Ince set to complete takeover deal after shareholder vote | Law Gazette https://t.co/idsGDAvfIv 
• The AA faced a backlash after customer Helen Mott was told lone male and female drivers were given the same priority as "that's equality" https://t.co/R6ivQf47vt 
• Supreme court rejects Trump bid to shield documents from January 6 panel - Court’s move leaves no legal impediment to turning National Archives documents over to congressional committee https://t.co/FXHB9sGosS

21st January - Law News

Edition 3678: LawNewsIndex is a UK based daily legal news archive on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Jurisprudence, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics & Human Rights since 2011.   

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 Today's Highlighted Video Story: The Federal Court releases the reasons why it upheld the federal government's decision to cancel the visa of tennis star Novak Djokovic, five days after he was deported from Australia

 

 Focus of the Day Article: Global graft enforcement set to rise as regulators revive anti-corruption efforts. Compliance burden also likely to increase around ESG issues. Full story - The Global Legal Post

Saturday Conversations on Law

• PI firm still suffering 'headwinds' from Covid lockdown | Law Gazette https://t.co/sDCbqgkh5V
• Ex Guantánamo detainee plans legal action to restore British passport: Moazzam Begg’s application for new passport rejected despite terror prosecution collapsing in 2014 https://t.co/Nhgwkzs1Ox
• #Thailand plans to make marijuana legal and axe jail terms for possession https://t.co/roxRWDtda
• Tory defector says whips told him to back PM or lose school funds: Christian Wakeford allegation comes as senior Tory urges MPs to report claims of attempted blackmail https://t.co/BDxB57g1oG
• Legislation to bring the promotion of crypto-assets under the wing of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) will be introduced when parliamentary time allows | Law Gazette https://t.co/Cg6mQkMP4g
• Former #India Supreme Court judge Justice AK Sikri joins as associate member of 4 Pump Court in London | Bar & Bench https://t.co/4cXpB74G8G
• MoJ criticised for not prioritising work to support female offenders | Law Gazette https://t.co/zXRW4TuLup
• Stormont ministers have agreed to drop the use of vaccine passports in pubs, restaurants and cinemas in Northern Ireland from midday on Wednesday. The move is part of several relaxations to Northern Ireland's Covid rules https://t.co/2tsaesYC7R
• Delays in prosecuting suspected criminals have hit a record 708 days for the average time it takes to go from offence to completion of a case. In the three months to September 2021, the average time it took to deal with a crime rose 15%, up from 620 days https://t.co/xCaDYdhcNc
• An Edinburgh nursery has been fined £800,000 after an 11-month-old boy in its care died after choking on a piece of food | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/GXTT9BifE3
• Conveyancing firms may be forced to buy stand-alone cyber cover | Law Gazette https://t.co/p3rg11SZ5c
• Analysis: Reflections on the judicial review application on the UK government’s use of a PPE ‘VIP lane’ | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/8y07eavzZX
• Solicitors are facing a ‘more parlous’ situation than barristers in relation to legal aid, the retired judge who led a government-commissioned review has told MPs | Law Gazette https://t.co/BmeZ1V5hyY
• Legal opinion by leading immigration barristers finds clause 9 of Nationality and Borders Bill gives Home Secretary “exorbitant, ill-defined and unconstitutional” power to remove citizenship https://t.co/AJpR59xFQg
• McCann FitzGerald survey finds employers want access to employees’ vaccine status | Irish Legal News https://t.co/MOUqytP4ND
• Former pope Benedict XVI failed to act over four child abuse cases when he was archbishop of Munich, a #German probe into the Catholic Church has found https://t.co/7hx7D49NuF
• Police unlawfully ‘vetoed’ Everard vigil, High Court told | Law Gazette https://t.co/lSYvTu3o1L 
• From barrister to bobby on the beat - meet the County Durham man who changed career at 51 - Defence barrister Christopher Mitford has given up courtroom antics in exchange for policing the streets of County Durham https://t.co/TXXHFxAovl
• Peers in the Lords have voted in favour of an amendment to the Police, Crime, Courts and Sentencing Bill to scrap the Vagrancy Act across England and Wales| Scottish Legal News https://t.co/yfqIXCDdAF
• Fake endorsements from the Duke and Duchess of Sussex are being used on social media to promote Bitcoin-related investment schemes. Photos and bogus interviews with Prince Harry and Meghan and other celebrities are being used to attract investors https://t.co/X6zh5rrYIs
• Mona Warren obituary - A solicitors and former councillor for Broadwater, justice was core to her outlook – but social justice, not just narrow legalism https://t.co/bl55ttoSw9
  
• Ex-Dechert partner alleged to have put investigator through ‘perjury school’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/F77tnuASVs
• People owed an estimated £2m by English Defence League founder Tommy Robinson have appointed an independent insolvency expert to try to recover their money before a March deadline https://t.co/7iXglS9lKY
• Ghislaine Maxwell has officially requested a retrial, weeks after she was convicted on sexual abuse charges. The 60-year-old was found guilty of recruiting and trafficking young girls to be sexually abused by the late American financier Jeffrey Epstein https://t.co/oztP3poITW
  
• #Italian police arrest alleged Black Axe Nigerian mafia members over trafficking https://t.co/9LITnQxvqI
  
• Criminal law solicitors suffering more than barristers, says Bellamy - Legal Futures https://t.co/bkYwuunVWH
• Without reform of child justice, things will get bleaker | Law Gazette https://t.co/Z05RxgIffP
• Hacking attack on Red Cross exposes data of 515,000 vulnerable people - Global headquarters forced to shut down computer systems for programme that reunites families separated by conflict https://t.co/WNJKxDqSlm
• MoJ threatened with fine over huge data request backlog - Legal Futures https://t.co/yGgsK9lljX 
• Government could be forced to draw up new bill after ‘draconian’ protest laws defeated by Lords https://t.co/RzzLfAKasg
  
• Úna Butler appointed to Competition and Consumer Protection Commission | Irish Legal News https://t.co/lOq7n2nKWu
• Barrister disbarred for false judicial review promise - Legal Futures https://t.co/FihSmVwolt
• A man has appeared at a special court in the Republic of Ireland charged with the murder of Ashling Murphy. He is Jozef Puska, 31, with an address in Lynally Grove, Mucklagh, Tullamore https://t.co/ccs1zjredI 
• Solicitor exploited elderly client to arrange under-value sale | Law Gazette https://t.co/NjY7v5zvIZ
• Scottish beer giant Brewdog sent multiple shipments of beer to the US, in contravention of US federal laws: Staff at its Ellon brewery were put under pressure in 2016 and 2017 to ship beer with ingredients that had not been legally approved https://t.co/Ho4xi7RKQz
• Christian Porter and barrister Sue Chrysanthou ordered to pay Jo Dyer $430,000 in legal costs #Australia https://t.co/OfXB99QkP4

20th January - Law News

Edition 3677: 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: This intimate portrait of Gamal 'G' Turawa, an ex-Metropolitan police officer, explores his memories of racially profiling and harassing black people and homophobia in his early career.

 Focus of the Day Article: Public authorities do not generally owe a duty of care ‘where it has intervened but has done so ineffectually’ in a way which fails to confer a benefit rather than ‘making matters worse’, the Court of Appeal ruled today. Lord Justice Stuart-Smith rejected the claimant’s argument that a duty can arise ‘where a defendant had the power to exercise physical control, or at least influence, over a third party, including a physical scene … and, absent their negligence, ought to have exercised such physical control’. Full story - The Law Society Gazette

Saturday Conversations on Law

• You win some, you lose some – class actions post Google - Legal Futures https://t.co/rgEfOkzxyr
• Thorntons Solicitor gains data protection certification | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/koo9N2yH56
• Ruling in $5bn fraud case expected ‘imminently’, High Court hears | Law Gazette https://t.co/d55ccr3HJQ
  
• Thousands more to be called for jury service in Northern Ireland | Irish Legal News https://t.co/1w3zBBn0i9
• Conservative MP Daniel Kawczynski has been given a one-day suspension from sitting in Parliament. It follows an apology to the House of Commons from the member for Shrewsbury and Atcham earlier for undermining an initial apology for bullying staff https://t.co/o3QkAgn8Al 
• Solicitor ‘didn’t realise’ client’s case was struck out years before | Law Gazette https://t.co/140Bo7fRHs
  
• Intervene Project: Providing representation for the abandoned | Law Gazette https://t.co/iuLNtUzQpB 
• A high-profile US lawyer who represented Guantanamo Bay detainees and NSA whistleblower Chelsea Manning will argue for the abolition of Ireland’s Special Criminal Court at an online event next week | Irish Legal News https://t.co/5d4qPQSnm8
• At Westminster Magistrates' Court, the 14-year-old, who cannot be named, admitted three counts of possessing information useful to a terrorist https://t.co/nFzW6ghpeV
• White extremist Ben John told by a judge to read classic literature after being found guilty of a terrorism offence will be jailed after a suspended sentence was quashed https://t.co/bG4Vs1e91G 
• Twelve of Britain's most-wanted suspects believed to be hiding in Spain have been named by officials in a bid to flush them out https://t.co/017TwZXOd9
  
• Negligence case ended against firm after claimant guilty of 'warehousing' | Law Gazette https://t.co/ZO8obeOzPj
  
• Barrister Joanna Torode, 46, blames “horrific” working conditions at the London office of international firm Ropes and Gray for a “meltdown” in front of colleagues https://t.co/Aa3ovF0Ntv
• Magistrates to get power to impose one-year jail terms to cut backlog | Law Gazette https://t.co/g0v97wfaqO
• I study crowds – that’s why I know the police and crime bill will make us less safe - Priti Patel’s crackdown on peaceful protesters ignores all the evidence about how to handle large demonstrations https://t.co/ZjpVyQsNOA
• 'Westernisation' can provide basis for leave to remain in UK, tribunal rules | Law Gazette https://t.co/iqvCUtqwZx
• A man has been charged with murder after a child was found dead in a barrel in #Australian bushland. The victim is believed to be a nine-year-old girl who went missing last week from a property in the Blue Mountains near Sydney, police said https://t.co/KPVN5zIcK
• Ruth Innes QC joins as advocate member and Lynsey Walker as solicitor member have joined the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service Board. Their four-year terms began this week. They replace Dr Kirsty J Hood QC and Simon J D Catto | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Yqu1quK72g
  
• An advert for Dairylea cheese has been banned for encouraging unsafe behaviour, after showing a child eating while hanging upside down https://t.co/KyKfTQfgW4 
• Negligence claim brought over negligence claim to proceed - Legal Futures https://t.co/EyzpVIpFw7
• Master of the Rolls legality of Upper Tribunal Practice Guidance Note https://t.co/ebzPhA6cNo 
• Sewage regularly dumped illegally in England and Wales rivers - It found seven water companies in England and Wales discharged untreated sewage into rivers and the sea more than 3,000 times between 2017 and 2021 https://t.co/ntPqHvjhS
• 'No going back': Criminal bar gives resounding 'yes' to direct action | Law Gazette https://t.co/k361wkeys
• Not only Devas management, officials of Antrix as well as those of Department of Space are facing prosecution for fraud, criminal conspiracy and offences under IPC and PMLA #India https://t.co/4jyAnUlhDi
• Torture complaint filed against new president of Interpol - Move against Ahmed Nasser al-Raisi made by lawyer for human rights defender jailed in UAE https://t.co/bqPV3Z9yNQ
• Medical involvement in crimes against humanity in Xinjiang, China https://t.co/rsXiRyLuvM 
• Conveyancers might be forced to buy cyber-insurance in PII rejig - Legal Futures https://t.co/N9aB5Xyn8X
• A man who pretended to be a lawyer, doctor and council official to control his girlfriend's life has been given a two-year suspended prison sentence: The 29-year-old used fake email accounts to lie, including saying his partner had been drugged and abused https://t.co/sb7tktC0Qr
• "Warehoused" case against law firm struck out - Legal Futures https://t.co/OvlSOy4zb3
• Mastercard fined £31.5m over illegal UK prepaid cards cartel: Five firms fined total of £33m for agreeing not to compete with each other for local council business https://t.co/XUYEsZE3q4
• Mills Selig recognised by Diversity Mark Northern Ireland | Irish Legal News https://t.co/okbHWLwVpf
• How many more babies must die before England stops jailing pregnant women? https://t.co/SEK169YAwJ 
• Solicitor who "accidentally bought run-off cover" struck off - Legal Futures https://t.co/zuSpFTuBNp
• The UK Home Office has pledged to introduce a new law requiring venue operators to consider the risk of terrorist attacks and to take proportionate and reasonable measures to prepare and protect the public https://t.co/gipnYaJDqL
• Magistrates will get power to give one-year jail sentences to cut backlog. Pandemic has caused huge delays in justice system but barristers claim change in England and Wales is ‘distraction politics’ https://t.co/2SejDZ2tVz
  
• Keystone predicts pre-tax profits ‘materially ahead of current market expectations’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/H61eiaq0RS

19th January - Law News

Edition 3676: LawNewsIndex is a UK based daily legal news archive on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Jurisprudence, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics & Human Rights since 2011.   

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 Today's Highlighted Video Story:
A six-year cold case investigation into the betrayal of Anne Frank has identified a surprising suspect in the mystery of how the Nazis found the hiding place of the famous diarist in 1944

 Focus of the Day Article: A heavyweight City solicitor and leading Welsh in-house lawyer have been named as new members of what is now the smallest-ever board of the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA). Lisa Mayhew, co-chair of Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, joined the board on 1 January, while Nicola Williams is legal and compliance director and company secretary of Welsh Water and will join the board in September. Full story - New Law Journal

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Two teenagers arrested in England as part of the investigation into a hostage-taking at a synagogue in Texas have been released without charge, police say https://t.co/IFymD8TDbK
• Conveyancers told to 'get ready' for fee increase | Law Gazette https://t.co/B4G6cPKRX
• Staff in Priti Patel’s department had drinks and snacks to celebrate a Home Office policy leading the six o’clock news in March 2021 https://t.co/BYqrJfTwD5
• Witness willing to testify she saw Prince Andrew with a ‘young girl’ at London nightclub - Virginia Giuffre’s lawyers seek her statement to counter the royal’s insistence he has never met their client or visited the club https://t.co/yn1U2cqcOG
• Scotland's Covid-19 restrictions are to be eased, with nightclubs reopening, large indoor events resuming and social distancing rules dropped. The changes will take effect from Monday 24 January https://t.co/8WbmJ1c2b
• Mastercard would gain £180m a year as group action members die, CAT hears | Law Gazette https://t.co/zAE9lRLA9V 
• Fate of Nazi-looted Pissarro to be decided by #US supreme court - The legal battle over the painting, in the hands of a Madrid museum, has spanned more than 15 years https://www.theguardian.com/
  
• Second government cash boost for family mediation | Law Gazette https://t.co/AgYWGE1KMM 
• ‘Kill the bill’ protests: new legislation is proportionate, says Buckland: Former justice secretary defends police and crime bill as it reaches final stages in parliament https://t.co/2viNIJSMO
• Judge demands costs security from ‘Dr Bitcoin’ company | Law Gazette https://t.co/CE6V4aWIi6 
• Lawyer of the Month: As one of Scotland’s busiest trial counsel, Thomas Leonard Ross QC is well-known for passionately fighting for justice – in the courtroom and out of it | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/WeDRIlkt1G
• Arron Banks may have been ‘used and exploited’ by Russia, court hears: Journalist Carole Cadwalladr gives evidence as she defends her reporting on multimillionaire Brexit backer https://t.co/ni0BKPVNEy
• Government breached duty over solicitor-judge's disability struggles | Law Gazette https://t.co/ozPW7jEV2o
• Boris Johnson has "categorically" denied he was warned a drinks party in the No 10 garden risked breaking lockdown rules https://t.co/UH8La9bzsE
• EY Law to increase Irish headcount to 50 within three years | Irish Legal News https://t.co/YO43zo5fAZ
• Law school extends ‘money back’ offer to jobless graduates | Law Gazette https://t.co/YrP4PzxjYq
• Event: Edinburgh Law School to launch new alumni engagement programme | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/x0drTcAcu
• Whiplash portal bosses want to know why LiPs aren’t using it | Law Gazette https://t.co/rm2qeJ9w74
• Djokovic case exposes ‘dysfunctional and dangerous’ #Australian visa rules, experts say https://t.co/EI0n6WrZOD
• Academics defend human rights expert Colin Harvey after abuse | Irish Legal News https://t.co/WOm5ZHGf7l
• Crime bill: The government has suffered a series of defeats in the House of Lords over its plans to clamp down on disruptive and noisy protesters https://t.co/MV7gykZUKc
• Man seeks to change name to ‘Kill the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill’: Nick Newman applies to high court to change name in protest at legislation going through parliament https://t.co/HtVkPZggRN
• Fraud trio who conspired against employer ordered to repay almost £6m | Law Gazette https://t.co/ObDOYuKTY
• Charge against Frank Lampard of using phone while driving dropped https://t.co/QoiULiDi6F
• Law Society invites nominations for Cupar, Dunfermline and Kircaldy Council members | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/TDVXf3tO54
  
• My legal life: Saadiya Ahmad, UEL Legal Advice Centre - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/Tq9TjbjHTA
• A disabled woman is calling for greater understanding of female safety after she "begged" a bus driver to let her travel home when her pass did not work https://t.co/BzJaqGH3Mu
• Legal Twitter, can you help? | Law Gazette https://t.co/7SaeiI3Xre
• More MI5 alerts to come to counter foreign interference https://t.co/mjBL8mfa7Y
• David Strang has been named as the new chair of the Drug Deaths Taskforce. He is a former chief constable who previously chaired the independent inquiry into mental health services in Tayside | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/KxygzE9YCX
  
• No action will be taken against transgender activists who targeted author JK Rowling, police have said. The Harry Potter author complained to police after campaigners posted a photo of her Edinburgh home on Twitter https://t.co/ZHziEZeS83
• Best of the blogs - 15 January 2022 | Law Gazette https://t.co/BVTHdt3u8b
• The government has suffered a defeat in the House of Lords as peers voted to make misogyny a hate crime in England and Wales. The move would enable judges to impose stronger penalties if prejudice against women is proved to be the motivation https://t.co/MV7gykZUKc

18th January - Law News

Edition 3675: LawNewsIndex is a UK based daily legal news archive on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Jurisprudence, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics & Human Rights since 2011.   

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 Today's Highlighted Video Story:
The rabbi of a US synagogue who was taken hostage on Saturday has described how he threw a chair at the gunman in order to escape. He and two other hostages were then able to get out "without a shot being fired", following a 10-hour siege in Texas. The hostage-taker, named as British citizen Malik Faisal Akram, was shot dead after a stand-off with police. 

 Focus of the Day Article: Lawyers across Scotland are withdrawing from legal aid schemes due to their continuing dispute with the Scottish government over fees. Solicitors in Edinburgh, Aberdeen and the Borders are not participating in duty solicitor schemes in a move that should cause widespread delays to court proceedings and police interviews. Full story - New Law Journal

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Bishop Franco Mulakkal: Ten reasons why court acquitted him of rape charges | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/t6LU9enkEa 
• NQ lawyer pay at Mayer Brown hits £105k - Legal Cheek https://t.co/h7szEFIT0y
• Retired GP broke Covid rules to hug bereaved woman at clinic - Dr Prit Buttar's Twitter thread has generated hundreds of responses and thousands of likes and retweets https://t.co/zVokepOAIV
• The Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal is currently “crippled”, and urgent action is required - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/ae1fcIqSG3
  
• Lords watchdog launches inquiry into Michelle Mone over ‘VIP lane’ contract: Investigation into Tory peer relates to PPE company awarded £203m in government contracts https://t.co/gnAbCMleZB
• Far-right #French presidential candidate Eric Zemmour has been fined €10,000 (£8,350) by a Paris court for hate speech. The case was launched over a TV appearance, where he described unaccompanied migrant children as "thieves", "rapists" and "murderers" https://t.co/KKZoX8wj70
• Arbitrations Have a Safe 'Future' in India | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/3cYQ2B6JJN
• Call to stop jailing pregnant women in England after baby dies in prison toilet: Courts urged to use more community and suspended sentences https://t.co/afIFn7XV0t
• A knifeman who stabbed five people at random in a shopping centre has been detained under the Mental Health Act. Shoppers ran for their lives and dived for cover when Raphael Chevelleau caused "widespread panic" in Manchester Arndale in October 2019 https://t.co/W9V7mKTvsr
• Human rights lawyer jailed for contempt after deliberate breach of High Court order - Legal Cheek https://t.co/Utic1gp6JN
• The Corporate Counsel Show: Becoming an award-winning counsel - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/6HC1fydOLb
• Indo-Pak war veterans move Supreme Court seeking SIT probe into Dharam Sansad hate speeches | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/d6wlbBnaq
• Shoosmiths opens first international office - Legal Cheek https://t.co/DnTxnAACVL 
• Elevate becomes second business with US and English ABSs - Legal Futures https://t.co/zRV0mmjHpk
• Leaving the ‘lawyer’ title behind - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/9qUnA55dQX
• City firm boss and general counsel join slimmed-down SRA board - Legal Futures https://t.co/2B5HxJKiK
• Sufferings of women continue in Taliban controlled #Afghanistan https://t.co/xN8TYN1fbV 
• MIB to probe why unrepresented claimants are shunning whiplash portal - Legal Futures https://t.co/KpfdUH5Y8N
• National law firms Weightmans and RadcliffesLeBrasseur to merge - Legal Cheek https://t.co/fjIBTP79Wp
• The chairman of global banking giant Credit Suisse, Antonio Horta-Osorio, has resigned with immediate effect after breaking Covid quarantine rules https://t.co/c1gsq5fHwE
• Finding your voice as a lawyer - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/kdDglotP2I
• High Court allows in-house lawyer to appear in $213m contract battle - Legal Futures https://t.co/m41kxgivfH
• The Royal Navy are set to take charge of operations looking to limit migrant crossings in the English Channel within weeks, the BBC has been told. This move could free up the Home Office to focus on reforms to the asylum system, a government source said https://t.co/3rqaJz5qUN 
• How boutiques can use social media to their advantage - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/KGnTHE85F
• Two teenagers have been arrested in England as part of the investigation into a hostage-taking incident at a synagogue in Texas on Saturday. British citizen Malik Faisal Akram, 44, from Blackburn, was shot dead after a standoff with police in Colleyville https://t.co/TCE89lqtER 
• The president of the Law Society of #Singapore has urged the legal industry to modernize, in order to stem the tide of staff resignations from the profession https://t.co/vwi9lkbVBv
  
• Top Apple lawyer earns 10 TIMES more than magic circle partners - Legal Cheek https://t.co/E7VSWy2N
• 'I was the lawyer for Wales' worst-ever serial killer Peter Moore' - Dylan Jones said the case resulted in him having a nervous breakdown and suicidal thoughts but that he had no regrets taking the case, even though Moore 'chilled my blood' https://t.co/GWxnSmyd0f
  
• The Corporate Counsel Show: Why in-house recruitment is so busy right now - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/N8jmmFpZkn
  
• Why Harry is taking UK government to court over protection costs https://t.co/OFh1O0reB4
  
• Criminal defence lawyer Deearnah Truran-Fowler talks taking on the tough cases #Australia https://t.co/jRIRkmziUg
• The British government had been directing investors towards the law firm run by a woman accused by the country's own intelligence service of political interference on behalf of China for years, documents from its trade department show https://t.co/yecCTExxpc
• New online course offers 'behind the scenes' look at the Supreme Court - Legal Cheek https://t.co/NSWXBDFkfK 
• ‘Dismay’ at Cambridge University decision to axe prisoner scheme after terror attack - Penal reformers and ex-offenders criticise decision to halt programme in wake of Fishmongers’ Hall deaths https://t.co/BNGUmGahaS
  
• New book traces trajectory of feminism in modern China https://t.co/9dnL5k3nZ9 
• One date to rule them all: McQuillan, McGuigan and McKenna [2021] UKSC 55 - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/X2qcMzh8n4
• Prince Andrew's lawyers want to interview Virginia Giuffre's husband after duke claims she 'may suffer from false memories' https://t.co/hDID0nwvf
• Tesla asked Cooley to fire lawyer who worked on SEC Elon Musk probe #US https://t.co/QRYo39PQzn 
• Covid conspiracy theorist runs support group offering legal advice to NHS staff https://t.co/ibdHLHDdQj

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 Today's Highlighted Video Story: Thousands of protesters from the ‘Kill the Bill’ and Youth Climate Action movements took to the Bristol streets to demonstrate against two equally controversial bills – the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill, and the Nationality and Borders Bill – that are being debated in the House of Lords.

 Focus of the Day Article: Sole practitioners are swapping private practice for consultancy at larger firms in increasing numbers due to rising professional indemnity insurance (PII) premiums, research shows. Full story - New Law Journal

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Concern for UK security as anti-vaxxer groups evolve towards US-style militias - Counter-terrorism officials are monitoring movement amid military-style training and lurch towards violent extremism https://t.co/cS0gBKACSW
• Liverpool John Moores law grad jailed over £1 million drugs trafficking conspiracy - Legal Cheek https://t.co/qgnZZagu6E
  
• POCSO Act: Supreme Court issues notice on schoolteacher's plea challenging Madras High Court conviction https://t.co/pkCRR9HzJC 
• The Criminal Bar Association (CBA) is polling its members on taking direct action or ‘as a minimum’ adopting a no returns policy should ministers fail to commit to increase fees | NLJ https://t.co/pwSq8RKnM
• The Weekly Round-Up: Colston Four acquitted, the new offence of breastfeeding voyeurism, and the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/hp6xAB57N1 J
• GDL providers take different approaches to exams in response to Omicron spread - Legal Cheek https://t.co/ezLs9txdhC
• "In these stones horizons sing" https://t.co/ocqAIq7PmI
• The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is delighted to share with you that the next CPS Legal Trainee Scheme (LTS) is open for applications | NLJ https://t.co/aoIMbyOvZM
  
• Best of Law Pod UK 2021 - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/1BMYkZQfaG 
• MI5 issues warning about SRA-regulated solicitor working as 'agent' for Chinese Communist Party - Legal Cheek https://t.co/7CGcZOpLnx
• Nextbike resumes in Cardiff after vandalism and thefts - Stations have been closed in Cardiff at Brachdy Road, Stacey Road, Newport Road, and Star Hub, Splott https://t.co/3m4wOqzc0I
• The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is delighted to share with you that the next CPS Legal Trainee Scheme (LTS) is open for applications | NLJ https://t.co/NlISYuYo2b
  
• [COVID-19] Kerala High Court decides to revert to online hearing from January 17 | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/pKKv3ijK1T 
• PIL filed before Bombay High Court to implement e-stamping in Maharashtra | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/cFMyTAxUhV 
• BBC licence fee to be abolished in 2027 and funding frozen: Government announcement will force broadcaster to close services and make further redundancies https://t.co/EWcab1sCTJ 
• ‘Dismay’ at Cambridge University decision to axe prisoner scheme after terror attack - Penal reformers and ex-offenders criticise decision to halt programme in wake of Fishmongers’ Hall deaths https://t.co/BNGUmGahaS
• The best legal work and study set-ups from across social media - Legal Cheek https://t.co/qw7TQdPnTX
• What is Operation Red Meat? Boris Johnson’s plan to rescue his premiership explained https://t.co/Opsn6u4WTC 
• A hostage taker who detained four people at a synagogue in a suburb of Dallas, Texas, was a British citizen, reports say. The man interrupted a morning service in Colleyville on Saturday and has since died https://t.co/1MuqBBtz7c
  
• Linklaters narrows gender pay gap - Legal Cheek https://t.co/2HQ43Wjifw 
• ‘Minimal’ activity such as offering subscriptions in the UK is enough to make a US online magazine subject to the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR), the Court of Appeal has held in a landmark case | NLJ https://t.co/XCJ6k9ZPBA 
• British man made stateless by Home Office has citizenship reinstated: The plight of the father of three, stranded in Bangladesh since 2017, foreshadows the dangers of the nationality bill now before parliament https://t.co/GQhKZrn5jD 
• Langwith Junction, murder probe after woman, 88, found in house - Officers were called by paramedics at 09:30 GMT on Saturday to a house in Station Road, Langwith Junction, and found the couple https://t.co/gqMPB0S5bp
• ‘There is so much we can do that is not necessarily taught at law school’ - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/gmy9YtRDQ
• Novak Djokovic is set to be deported from #Australia after losing a last-ditch court bid to stay in the country. Judges rejected his challenge to the government's decision to cancel the unvaccinated player's visa on "health and good order" grounds https://t.co/2gc2PiVGI6
  
• 'When is the best time to specify my preferred NQ department?' - Legal Cheek https://t.co/mCQOzhF6rs 
• Sole practitioners are swapping private practice for consultancy at larger firms in increasing numbers due to rising professional indemnity insurance (PII) premiums, research shows | NLJ https://t.co/kqc9ZWdEbY
  
• Jamaican authorities have arrested a former #Haitian senator who is a prime suspect in the murder of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse. John Joel Joseph was arrested on Friday, Jamaica Constabulary Force spokesman Dennis Brooks said https://t.co/MImK39tphV
  
• Virtual student event NEXT WEEK: How to secure pupillage - with Gatehouse Chambers, Henderson Chambers and Radcliffe Chambers - Legal Cheek https://t.co/zVw0CpK5M4 
• Prince Harry is seeking a judicial review against the refusal of the Home Office to allow him to personally pay for police protection when in the UK. The Duke of Sussex says his private security team does not have adequate jurisdiction abroad https://t.co/PsNzWDhQn0
• Meet the ULaw student sharing his hilarious law school struggles on TikTok - Legal Cheek https://t.co/UWMEP1AAsA 
• Prince Andrew will no longer be ‘HRH’ – and that is now the least of his worries https://t.co/iMKaI9f4Nv
• Get to grips with crypto and blockchain, top judge tells lawyers - Legal Cheek https://t.co/bMwftwTN6L 
• Police in the #US state of Texas are negotiating with a man who has taken several hostages at a synagogue in the town of Colleyville. One hostage was freed late on Saturday, police said. He was unharmed and no other injuries have been reported https://t.co/prZEHINgBY 
• How #Lebanon’s antiquated citizenship laws deny stateless people and their children basic rights and welfare https://t.co/RiDFJpPhu2 J
• Beauchamps appoints five new partners | Irish Legal News https://t.co/Xef3uqDmac 
• [BREAKING] Alapan Bandyopadhyay moves Delhi High Court challenging CAT principal Bench order | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/47CqAi9Uhy

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 Today's Highlighted Video Story: Tennis star Novak Djokovic faces deportation after Australia cancels visa for second time. Australian government says Djokovic may pose public health risk because he is unvaccinated. Australian immigration minister says it is in the public interest to cancel his visa. An Australian court quashed an earlier attempt by Canberra to revoke the tennis star's visa. Novak Djokovic arrived in Melbourne last week to defend his Australian open title.

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Court of Appeal overturns 'Traveller injunctions' ruling | Law Gazette https://t.co/g5GyXyMpLx
• Lindsay Montgomery appointed lay member of Judicial Appointments Board for Scotland | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/alxxnYMaCu
• The man who received the world's first pig heart transplant once stabbed a man seven times leaving him paralysed, his victim's family have revealed. David Bennett, 57, was convicted of the 1988 stabbing of Edward Shumaker https://t.co/vuVQV6BjW8
• Weightmans and RadcliffesLeBrasseur reveal advanced merger talks | Law Gazette https://t.co/BwAjSQpSSb
• Lewis Silkin appoints associates in Dublin and Belfast | Irish Legal News https://t.co/5MKqyWLL38 
• Novak Djokovic's chances of winning a record 21 Grand Slams hinge on an imminent decision by a court in #Australia. The Federal Court will hear his appeal after the government cancelled his visa for the second time this month on grounds of public interest https://t.co/1WcTsYMWBG 
• A barrister who lied about his earnings to reduce the amount of tax he paid has been jailed for 21 months after HMRC investigators compared his VAT declarations with those of his chambers | Law Gazette https://t.co/5PGQo3P4m9
• Nadine Martin made legal director at Gibson Kerr Solicitors | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/tFHJSNHIMr
  
• Crypto: Let’s party like it’s 1996 | Law Gazette https://t.co/iQnJux1hKU
• Police Ombudsman identifies ‘collusive behaviours’ in RUC handling of UDA/UFF attacks | Irish Legal News https://t.co/ZdrVJ49jZM
• Landmark ‘secondary victims’ cases heading for Supreme Court | Law Gazette https://t.co/IhyLljgbfK
• A couple who were fined £70 for visiting Asda twice on the same day have issued a stark warning to other shoppers. They were accused of staying in Asda's car park for nearly six hours after a camera error https://t.co/Kxmukwiy5m
• Law firm launches collective action against Facebook on behalf of 44m users - Legal Futures https://t.co/FsLAuk9uoP
• Firm’s £3m claim against former client reduced to £21,000 | Law Gazette https://t.co/wVmBhGrSIx 
• Former World Seniors champion Peter Lines has been fined £2,500 after accusing Xiao Guodong of cheating and challenging him to a fight. Lines was angered by an incident in his 4-3 loss to China's Xiao in a qualifier for the 2021 Northern Ireland Open https://t.co/riTBm4ARXZ
  
• Callan Tansey expands into Limerick | Irish Legal News https://t.co/BjcFx74mTz
• Los Angeles railway littered with thousands of parcels stolen from trains #US https://t.co/OhqslIiaU2
• Lawyers for the woman accusing Prince Andrew of sexual assault are seeking testimony from two people in the UK, according to court documents. Virginia Giuffre's legal team want Robert Olney, the prince's former assistant, to provide a statement https://t.co/ogGXkU0zX2
• Putting health and wellbeing first at a time of seismic change | Law Gazette https://t.co/L0F67DIYlr
  
• Clinical negligence, a changing market - part 1 - Legal Futures https://t.co/2gv7goPSSi
• Solicitor’s latest attempt to be restored to the roll rejected by SDT | Law Gazette https://t.co/xU5vrFYhBn 
• Labour peers to oppose amendments to police and crime bill - Move means late changes focusing on powers to control protests could be voted down in House of Lords https://t.co/COtwqlP6SS 
• Professor Jo Shaw appointed head of Edinburgh Law School | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/UH8g9ji0Cj
  
• Unsealed claim forms were not good service, Court of Appeal rules | Law Gazette https://t.co/1EjYMLQmqY
• Pearson and CILEX to begin work on creating legal services T-Level - Legal Futures https://t.co/23mbkOOx8S
  
• Former Syrian official jailed for life for crimes against humanity | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/74eHGVpxdD
• Struck-off solicitor accuses SDT of Islamophobia in bid to return to profession - Legal Futures https://t.co/Ru1SekUh9Y
• CPS proposes new guidance on 'mercy killings' | Law Gazette https://t.co/NtFWiURBFp
• England: Prosecutors less likely to pursue mercy killings under proposed guidance | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/fAFwQwJwIp 
• Solicitor named in Westminster ‘influence buying’ alert | Law Gazette https://t.co/LnqVxQ0cVm 
• An American fugitive believed to have faked his own death is facing extradition after being arrested in hospital in Glasgow. Nicholas Rossi, 34, was wanted by Interpol and faces a charge of rape in Utah in the #US https://t.co/TDejLL7o5j

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 Today's Highlighted Video Story: A court in Kerala on Friday acquitted Roman Catholic Bishop Franco Mulakkal of the charges of raping a nun in a convent in the southern state, triggering emotional reactions from nuns who support the survivor, while the jubilant priest urged followers to "praise the lord and be happy".

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Investors sue Kim Kardashian and Floyd Mayweather Jr over crypto scheme - Class action lawsuit alleges celebrities and EthereumMax executives made ‘false and misleading statements’ https://t.co/hkUv7h1cYH
  
• How will the police and crime bill limit the right to protest? - Priti Patel says changes in protest tactics mean new measures are needed but critics says plans are ‘oppressive and wrong’ https://t.co/9EnEWWPxbU
• Philip Lee promotes Inez Cullen to corporate partner | Irish Legal News https://t.co/5FFtaWAnIk
• Linklaters narrows gender and ethnicity pay gaps | Law Gazette https://t.co/nPUNkyvh2I
  
• Squalor of Sheffield autistic man's attic 'prison' revealed in picture - Matthew Langley, 22, was left "close to death" after being locked in the attic room for seven months https://t.co/sKauKn0WyO
• Increased repression and violence a sign of weakness, says Human Rights Watch https://t.co/wD8qE9JRev 
• A former Covid taskforce chief hosted leaving drinks in the Cabinet Office in December 2020, it has emerged. Kate Josephs worked for the unit, responsible for drawing up coronavirus restrictions, before she became chief executive of Sheffield City Council https://t.co/MZztcD6JUc 
• Jailing of Syrian intelligence officer ‘step towards justice’, say former detainees - Anwar Raslan’s conviction in Germany sends signal that Assad regime systematically uses torture, say detention system survivors https://t.co/WWMRe1WSv0
• Law firm worker was not entitled to his offered bonus, tribunal rules | Law Gazette https://t.co/aF9BxQTFSx
• MBM Commercial advises on management buy out for Highland Forestry | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/lep6VrtboI
• Extinction Rebellion activists cleared over London rush hour disruption: Jury decision over 2019 action is the latest acquittal involving a high-profile protest https://t.co/MyTNZ66c43 
• Next cuts sick pay for unvaccinated staff who are self-isolating https://t.co/b3IiGAr5my
• Windrush descendants lose high court fight to expand scheme: Court rejects case brought by four people who arrived in UK as adults to join family members https://t.co/AvdFam0hyh
• High Court dismisses JR over immigration detainees’ legal advice | Law Gazette https://t.co/NCvEoRKwvk 
• More than a dozen #Ukrainian government websites went down on Friday, in a cyber-attack that also targeted embassies. The foreign and education ministries were among those hit, along with embassies in the UK, US and Sweden. Russia is yet to comment https://t.co/HqVlxgZqwS
• Suspicion of opening foreign bank account, investing in foreign company not grounds to stop person from travelling abroad: Delhi High Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/sEhP0dxxj4 
• Vigils are to be held across the island of #Ireland on Friday in memory of murdered teacher Ashling Murphy. The 23-year-old was attacked on the banks of the Grand Canal outside Tullamore, County Offaly, on Wednesday afternoon and died at the scene https://t.co/QkG7Ojg492 
• Landmark legislation which would establish a new watchdog to regulate online services has been published by the government | Irish Legal News https://t.co/K16CiSXSxB
• Downing Street has apologised to Buckingham Palace for two staff parties in No 10 the night before Prince Philip's funeral. The gatherings, first reported by The Telegraph, took place on 16 April 2021 and went on until the early hours https://t.co/lUnvme0oiM
• Next week's court appearance of Anne Sacoolas over the death of motorcyclist Harry Dunn has been postponed. Mr Dunn, 19, died in a crash with a car near RAF Croughton, Northamptonshire, on 27 August 2019 https://t.co/JVx31tmr3x
• Farmers given right to buy tenancies in Crown Estate pilot | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/V6FMe9edG
• Firm fined for dumping 1,200 unallocated payments into holding account | Law Gazette https://t.co/Q6Z8rjhCSS
• #Australia has revoked tennis star Novak Djokovic's visa for a second time in a row over his right to remain in the country unvaccinated. The decision on "health and good order" grounds means he could be deported and get a three-year visa ban https://t.co/m8gduOD4zM
• Legislation putting the Construction Industry Register Ireland (CIRI) on a statutory footing and requiring builders to register with it has been published | Irish Legal News https://t.co/vX2D5wj0WV
• Litigation funder went under owing £43m to its backer, administrator reveals | Law Gazette https://t.co/4y8VO5OHFS
• Dawn Robertson joins BTO in Edinburgh | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/OFtP84CNF0 
• #German court jails former Syrian intelligence officer for life - Anwar Raslan found to have overseen murder of at least 27 people and torture of at least 4,000 at Damascus prison https://t.co/Qn4wHRwaYM
• Legal rights group FLAC has reported a “significant increase” in family law queries to its helpline since Christmas | Irish Legal News https://t.co/DCy37RzkiF
• Two men have been charged in connection with the death of a girl after a boat crashed during a sightseeing trip. Emily Lewis, 15, was fatally injured in the excursion, off Southampton, on 22 August 2020 https://t.co/4rO5j3J58Z
  
• Londoners told to reduce physical activity on Friday due to pollution: Government advises older people and those with lung or heart issues to avoid strenuous activity altogether https://t.co/6c0QpFyXMF
  
• A young teacher, Ashling Murphy, who was murdered in Tullamore, County Offaly, is not believed to have known her killer, gardaí (Irish police) have said #Ireland https://t.co/CE4xaTaahS
• #US supreme court blocks Biden’s workplace vaccine-or-test rules https://t.co/sFDpKks8bS
• Weightmans LLP and RadcliffesLeBrasseur LLP to merge | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/9UQd146Cax
• Prince Andrew: Why the military titles and royal patronages meant so much https://t.co/A5BBh0O0Km
• Failure to prosecute over boy’s drowning in Welsh river ‘irrational’, court told - Mother of 13-year-old Christopher Kapessa, who died in 2019, mounts judicial review against DPP decision https://t.co/nXH2oLWQL5
  
• The #Netherlands' King Willem-Alexander has announced that Dutch royals will cease using a historic golden carriage amid a debate over slavery links, the horse-drawn carriage, called De Gouden Koets, is decorated with an image that glorifies colonialism https://t.co/fsEw5MrOu1
• Now we know No 10 broke the rules, Britain needs an amnesty on Covid fines https://t.co/xjZsobb1vt
  
• In pictures… New trainees at Balfour and Manson | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/L9OZ58wRit