Friday

11th February - Law News

Edition 3699: 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: White House call records now in possession of congressional investigators do not reflect calls made to or from then-President Donald Trump as the violence unfolded on Capitol Hill on January 6, 2021, leaving them with gaps so far in their understanding of what transpired that day, three sources familiar with the House investigation into the insurrection 

Focus of the Day Article: The government has revived intrusion of privacy plans to make pornography websites carry out age checks, which would require British users to provide data such as their credit card or passport details to prove they are over 18. Full story - Guardian Law 

Saturday Conversations on Law

  • Woodland Trust joins objection to Kirsty Young’s plan for Scottish island: Broadcaster and husband hit by claims they plan to cull wallabies and chop down trees on Inchconnachan island https://t.co/FmQIDXQ3f
  • ‘Life was lovely’: Chagossian women head home 50 years after forced exile: Women on Mauritian-chartered vessel bound for Chagos Islands recall how life there was ‘paradise’ https://t.co/4o9VhgXIUB 
  • United Kingdom Regulator Moves Forward With Greenwashing https://t.co/Nk3RHOQTkN
  • Reddit and Twitter users in the UK could be required to submit details of their passport or credit card as part of the government’s proposed age verification rules for pornography citing privacy fears https://t.co/VcVSJyGhvm
  • Metropolitan Police Commissioner Dame Cressida Dick is leaving her role after a series of damaging controversies. She had been left with "no choice" after London Mayor Sadiq Khan made it clear to her he had no confidence in her leadership https://t.co/UfKEfQgeRV
  • Barrister fined for calling opposition client 'hysterical woman' | Law Gazette https://t.co/h0urG944Sd
  • Anti-Jewish hate incidents hit record high in UK - Biggest surge coincided with bloody conflict between Israel and Palestinians as a result of illegal Israeli land grab and settlement building https://t.co/MZoXGzcdy
  • Firm to pay ex-employee £9,500 over ‘Chinese chip shop’ comment | Law Gazette https://t.co/Zy7nVfKXC
  • General accused of rights abuses made Ugandan head of police - Maj Gen Abel Kandiho is blacklisted by US for presiding over ‘horrific’ targeting of opposition activists #Uganda https://t.co/bffKmArv9b
  • Committee examines how Government reforms could change human rights protections in the UK - Committees - UK Parliament https://t.co/oDQc8F4zaX
  • The SQE is not living up to its promise on diversity | Law Gazette https://t.co/R7tybujPb9 
  • Dame Cressida Dick has "absolutely no intention" of leaving her post as commissioner of the Met Police. She intends to root out "disgusting behaviour" within the Met and had told officers "enough is enough" https://t.co/RO74dIRtkz
  • A #Russian art gallery guard has been accused of doodling on a Soviet-era painting he was responsible for guarding on his first day in the job. Two visitors spotted eyes drawn in ballpoint pen on Anna Leporskaya's work Three Figures https://t.co/dVe6vnvOla 
  • Offspring of #Italy’s last king sue state in battle to reclaim crown jewels - King Umberto II descendants take legal action over treasure kept in Bank of Italy deposit box for 76 years https://t.co/uw4wn8ILD9
  • Appeal judges throw out case after appellant fails to turn up | Law Gazette https://t.co/14WQPpWAFG 
  • International Data Transfers under the UK GDPR: International Data Transfer Agreement and Addendum laid before Parliament https://t.co/xS8dqUFizy
  • Human rights reform would leave former SC justice 'very confused' | Law Gazette https://t.co/gNymjh4Kyf
  • Met considering whether to investigate PM over Downing Street flat refurb - Solicitors for Labour have written to Cressida Dick suggesting force is ‘duty-bound’ to launch inquiry https://t.co/uZmpI7piMf 
  • A number of women who participated in protests demanding women’s rights in #Afghanistan are missing: Evidence mounts of Taliban reprisal arrests and killings https://t.co/pYoVLEkdMb 
  • #HongKong's tough Covid laws threatened by virus surge - The city has recorded more than 1,000 Covid infections for the first time since the pandemic began - a worrying milestone for officials who are aggressively pushing for zero-Covid https://t.co/9QOmLXxfLG 
  • Ghislaine Maxwell’s lawyers renew call to seal juror’s legal arguments - Scotty David, who was Juror 50, made comments about prior sexual abuse that prompted a request for a new trial #US https://t.co/5qivgcgVgs 
  • SFO’s disclosure failings to be probed by former High Court judge | Law Gazette https://t.co/peP1U7jSPd 
  • More than 50 people to face police questions on Downing Street parties https://t.co/qbLGrnOD86 
  • SRA tells firms to provide 'safe environment' for concerned staff | Law Gazette https://t.co/imbxxEP8VM 
  • Animal charity the RSPCA has taken West Ham defender Kurt Zouma's pet cats away after videos emerged on social media of him kicking and slapping one of them https://t.co/ccVPvulR5f 
  • Survey: LSRA seeks views of recently qualified non-practising solicitors and barristers | Irish Legal News https://t.co/r7vDaSOAaQ
  • ‘We have to make ourselves seen’: the New York rent strikers fighting eviction #US https://t.co/V3zS1paLfU
  • DLA Piper wades into NQ salary war | Law Gazette https://t.co/9ouDqGXmuE 
  • Catholic church in legal battle over bid to force schools to become academies - Unions write to education secretary calling on him to withdraw orders issued to group of Catholic schools https://t.co/98fh4jz3o9
  • A passenger was arrested at Heathrow Airport after a woman said she was raped in business class on an overnight transatlantic flight from New Jersey. She was attacked by a 40-year-old man while others slept on the flight from Newark on 31 January https://t.co/e9YynQ6Oba

Thursday

10th February - Law News

Edition 3698: 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: Statistics consistently show that family violence is pervasive in our community, yet few victims report their experiences and even fewer perpetrators are convicted of their crimes. In the ACT Legislative Assembly, a new bill will be introduced, that if passed, will give Canberra's courts more power to impose harsher penalties on those who inflict family violence. It will also change the way sexual abuse of a children is described, a move inspired and applauded by former Australian of the Year, Grace Tame.

Focus of the Day Article: Failing to provide a safe environment for staff to raise concerns or admit a mistake could be a breach of SRA regulations, the regulator said. In 'workplace culture' guidance published today, the regulator states that firms should do ‘everything they reasonably can’ to look after their staff’s wellbeing and protect them from bullying, harassment, discrimination and victimisation. It expects firms to have effective systems and controls to supervise staff, and to monitor concerns which may affect their wellbeing and competence. Full story - The Law Society Gazette 

Saturday Conversations on Law

  • The proposed royal commission on the criminal justice system does not have a start date more than two years after it was first announced, peers have heard | Law Gazette https://t.co/1FvLmmnVuT
  • A no-fly list for unruly passengers? I have a better – and crueller – idea https://t.co/Siy6bgrw29
  • Accounts show the Captain Tom Foundation gave out grants of £160,000 to four charities and paid out more than £162,000 in management costs in its first year https://t.co/hJBnBDF4k7
  • Divorcee who showed ‘barefaced contempt’ for court faces jail | Law Gazette https://t.co/F5WzjMow5W
  • The UK's terror threat level has been lowered from severe to substantial, meaning a terror attack on British soil is considered "likely" https://t.co/sFEHtxLXSA
  • West Virginia students to stage walkout over Christian revival at high school. Students instructed to raise their arms in prayer at event in public school’s auditorium #US https://t.co/RgQRKB70hK 
  • Court of Appeal: €85,000 award upheld for woman who witnessed aftermath of fatal car accident | Irish Legal News https://t.co/Vc2dHFkpS7 
  • Metropolitan Police to review No 10 quiz decision after Boris Johnson photo leak https://t.co/43CY8B4TJ
  • All remaining Covid restrictions in England - including the legal rule to self-isolate - could end later this month, Boris Johnson has said. Under the current rules, anyone who tests positive must self-isolate for at least five full days https://t.co/9mMu7YMhZi
  • ENRC ‘highly disputes’ allegations in ‘dirty money’ book, High Court hears | Law Gazette https://t.co/Bhw9VoQRAS
  • #Ireland's Justice Minister Helen McEntee is to be asked why the Courts Service enjoys a private parking arrangement outside Cork’s circuit courthouse building, the Irish Examiner reports | Irish Legal News https://t.co/f4owuPfbS
  • Solicitor ‘played to harmful lawyer stereotypes’ with £2.9m costs claim | Law Gazette https://t.co/KEKYzBTHc
  • Washington Commanders defensive back Deshazor Everett has been charged with involuntary manslaughter following an investigation into a fatal car crash - His girlfriend, Olivia Peters, died from injuries sustained in a one-car accident on 23 December #US https://t.co/A5sau86CBx
  • The Scottish legal system can be a mystery to English lawyers and there are plenty aspects of Scots law which are (understandably) entirely alien to our friends south of the border | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/UHVPueUJxx
  • 'We did not panic': minister praises courts backlog progress | Law Gazette https://t.co/GEV7uM8SZY
  • Nepalis who made UK’s PPE speak out on claims of abusive working conditions: Glove manufacturer Supermax has repeatedly won NHS contracts during the pandemic, despite claims of forced labour. Now, a group of former workers are seeking justice https://t.co/5KZlPWpMyR 
  • Investigation has raised fresh doubts about the evidence used to throw thousands of people out of the UK for allegedly cheating in an English language test https://t.co/ZXtnzC6BDp
  • JR reforms face tough committee stage in Lords | Law Gazette https://t.co/QGjKTTuMkD
  • The University of California has agreed to pay nearly $250m (£185m) to over 200 women who allege they were sexually assaulted by a campus gynaecologist, James Heaps https://t.co/1YHREQDTL4
  • Iranian refugees face deportation from Turkey for attending demonstration: Lawyer says refugees, who were protesting against Turkey leaving Istanbul convention on violence against women, are at risk in Iran https://t.co/Bn9fAQv0rK
  • Latest MoJ figures reveal continuing legal aid decline | Law Gazette https://t.co/5nLvPh9WTv 
  • Bristol student tells court she faced ‘intimidation’ from trans rights activists: Raquel Rosario Sánchez launches civil action claiming University of Bristol failed to stop ‘bullying’ https://t.co/uKQCeqwX9
  • Listen to prosecuted solicitors for ‘balanced’ view of SRA, says Society | Law Gazette https://t.co/eYGsat6dkY
  • Tory health minister has apologised for continuing with a meeting despite discovering she had tested positive for Covid. Gillian Keegan said she found out her result during a visit on Tuesday, after taking a "precautionary" lateral flow test beforehand https://t.co/5tqtiAseBd
  • It would be wrong to think that concerns about the Pegasus spyware from NSO, the Israeli company, are behind us here in the UK, particularly in relation to lawyer confidentiality | Law Gazette https://t.co/lUWnzCJZ7f
  • Rebekah Vardy said it was "war" after Coleen Rooney publicly accused her of leaking stories, a court has heard. A trial is due to start in May, and the two-day hearing this week is to decide what evidence can be used when that comes around https://t.co/pft6r3iSxv

Wednesday

9th February - Law News

Edition 3697: 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: There are an estimated 5million CCTV cameras dotted around the country. In an exclusive interview, one of the UK's leading forensic scientists has questioned the quality of CCTV facial comparison used in criminal convictions.

Focus of the Day Article: The pandemic has had more of an impact on incomes at the lower-earning end of the Bar than among the big billers, according to new research by the Bar Standards Board (BSB). One in four White male barrister earns more than £240,000 a year, compared to one in 15 female barrister from a minority ethnic background. The regulator’s latest analysis of data on barristers’ income by gender and ethnicity showed the same overall patterns as when it was first published two years ago, with women earning less than men, and those from minority ethnic backgrounds less than White barristers. Full story - Legal Futures 

Saturday Conversations on Law

  • IPRT report finds regression in the penal system over five years | Irish Legal News https://t.co/rhoL8Tx6UX
  • United Kingdom and the Republic of India formally launched their negotiations on an ambitious free trade agreement (FTA) last month (13 January 2022) | Law Gazette https://t.co/Kh5MLUXu7E
  • Burness Paull launches new family law practice | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/1oJGOMJEm9
  • #Czech millionaire investigated over alleged 417km/h motorway drive in Germany - Radim Passer is now being investigated for his apparent drive along a motorway in the state of Saxony-Anhalt https://t.co/LlKOr9aNUT
  • Best of the blogs - 5 February 2022 | Law Gazette https://t.co/kkHvB1gxYW
  • The UK's Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) was the target of a "serious cyber-security incident", it has emerged. The details came via a tender document published on a government website, seemingly by mistake https://t.co/SRsKx2Ea8
  • Cocaine use is contributing to drive a rise in disorder at matches in England and Wales, says the country's lead police officer for football. Fan incidents are also post-lockdown related, added the English Football League security chief https://t.co/9iBK3oaX5e
  • Lawyer of the Month: Blinne Ní Ghrálaigh | Irish Legal News https://t.co/porrcQNNgC
  • SRA and Post Office agree disclosure order in Horizon investigation | Law Gazette https://t.co/8ihKBZtkbl
  • Review sought over failure to provide deaf man with interpreter in court | Irish Legal News https://t.co/8ZEpNpwW5b
  • London firm to train solicitor-apprentices on business services | Law Gazette https://t.co/j1oMbT410N 
  • Fionntán O’Flynn has been named the recipient of the Scott Scholarship, which is awarded through the Law Society of Ireland | Irish Legal News https://t.co/M4SbNFzZXc
  • My legal life: Laura Frederick, founder of How to Contract - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/KQZVRcTPZw
  • Edinburgh Foundation for Women in Law book club | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/nSsIQFWVEr 
  • Network launched to link “lonely” class representatives - Legal Futures https://t.co/vJobqaPB2T 
  • Disbarral for fabricating court order in ‘Trump dossier’ case | Law Gazette https://t.co/46nyqBp8Sm
  • Pandemic hit lowest-earning barristers hardest as big pay gaps persist - Legal Futures https://t.co/bECVqecNL6
  • The government has revived plans to make pornography websites carry out age checks, which would require British users to provide data such as their credit card or passport details to prove they are over 18 https://t.co/2cQtxCY3e5
  • Solicitor who used disbursement cash to prop up PI firm struck off - Legal Futures https://t.co/xMEj2FYEQc
  • Women barristers' incomes are half those of men - BSB | Law Gazette https://t.co/kHZXh5FWHo 
  • Family law firm embraces employee ownership and plots big expansion - Legal Futures https://t.co/qiOyJ6mSuH
  • Ex-owner of Norton Motorcycles faces jail over breaches of pensions rules https://t.co/L81F6tPJlP
  • West Ham United have "unreservedly condemned" Kurt Zouma for hitting his cat after a video emerged of the France defender kicking and slapping his pet. The video shows 27-year-old Zouma kicking the cat across the floor and slapping it in the face https://t.co/sTuEzZQ99
  • Porn site legal requirement to verify users' age would benefit age verification companies while offering "little practical benefit for child safety, and much harm to people's privacy" https://t.co/zrvJdsXfdf
  • Oil giant BP has reported its highest profit for eight years, amid calls for a windfall tax on energy companies. BP posted a profit of $12.8bn (£9.5bn) for 2021, and it made more than $4bn in the final quarter of the year when oil and gas prices surged https://t.co/ZtRFzs6Wg2
  • Solicitor banned after not paying disbursements for seven years | Law Gazette https://t.co/pF6tUxZyjB
  • The Tories’ ‘tough on crime’ stance has only led to misery and death in prisons https://t.co/opCOP9l3WI 
  • Warner Bros sued over ‘abysmal’ Matrix Resurrections release: Production company Village Roadshow says December release of sci-fi sequel was ruined by a simultaneous streaming release in #US https://t.co/PtddR1LOTR 
  • Midlands firm announces recruitment drive for 100 roles | Law Gazette https://t.co/gTl1IZ7JLf 
  • [Hijab ban] Two more college students move Karnataka High Court - This is the third such petition to be filed in this regard before the High Court. The matter will be heard on Tuesday | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/O7Nw8xouhp
  • Roma accuse government of hypocrisy over Jimmy Carr joke: Ministers’ criticism of comedian at odds with planned laws harmful to Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities, leaders say https://t.co/RcS0I0OhSC

Tuesday

8th February - Law News

Edition 3696: 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 second-hand clothing trade is a well-established business in Chile. Traders import unwanted garments – mainly from Europe and the US - to resell locally and to other Latin American nations. But more than half of the 60,000 tonnes of clothes imported each year ends up in illegal desert landfills, with dire consequences for the environment and the local community.
 

Focus of the Day Article: When the IHRAR was announced by Robert Buckland in December 2020, it was accompanied by some of the usual rhetoric about the courts “rewriting” legislation, but the more hyperbolic claims about foreign criminals and pet cats were absent. The Terms of Reference given to the IHRAR were relatively narrow and the Call for Evidence emphasised that it was ‘not considering the substantive rights set out in the Convention’. Instead, the Review was to focus only the operation of the HRA under two themes: the relationship between domestic courts and the ECtHR; and the impact of the HRA on the relationship between the three branches of the state. Full story - UK Human Rights Blog 

Saturday Conversations on Law

  • Lawyer wellbeing charity LawCare sees spike in stress-related calls - Legal Cheek https://t.co/gUBVAiMwvV
  • Amit Prasad, Special Public Prosecutor in Delhi Riots: Spotlight - This week | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/W2sC9ljwP4
  • Two people have been arrested after clashes between protesters and police protecting the Labour leader. Starmer was taken away by car near Parliament shortly after 17:00 GMT on Monday, having been surrounded by a group of demonstrators https://t.co/wOrXok8yvO 
  • Mishcon delays stock market listing - Legal Cheek https://t.co/ZvHveER6GK
  • Senate committee gives clause 12 of Religious Discrimination Bill green light - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/KMaImtzTz
  • Karnataka High Court passes resolution to place Dr. BR Ambedkar's portrait in all judicial programs | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/Igg6esyDzw
  • Chelsea agree to pay damages to 8 former youth team players who alleged racial abuse at the club in the 1990s. 4 players suing the club were due for a High Court hearing next month about alleged abuse by former coaches Gwyn Williams & Graham Rix https://t.co/0ICRGIa4Fl
  • Primark accused of selling 'hugely sexist' kids clothes - shared images on social media of tops in a Chester store urged girls to "be kind", "keep on smiling" and to be "always perfect" https://t.co/Cbs9E2its9
  • Over two-thirds of law applicants are female - Legal Cheek https://t.co/Bh6R93cLL0
  • UK Nationality and Borders Bill risks ‘sending people to their deaths’ https://t.co/v5uEr2w2rs 
  • The Boutique Lawyer Show: Understanding different client types - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/8h82E6KNvp
  • MoJ consults again on international mediation convention - Legal Futures https://t.co/NmhQBI51R
  • Trowers increases London NQ pay to £77.5k - Legal Cheek https://t.co/ErzNXiwuJt
  • [Covid] Masks not mandatory for people driving alone in cars: Delhi government | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/22GepOWSv
  • Large firms failing to optimise social media in hot recruitment market - Legal Futures https://t.co/AaQ8TRXH7i
  • Rose Alchin & Associates barrister on embracing pandemic-driven flexibility | NZ Lawyer https://t.co/ECAfPEK4dY
  • Another Pure business goes down but is bought in pre-pack - Legal Futures https://t.co/rm3FxD4qzg
  • Big law firms lag behind on partner diversity, SRA reports - Legal Cheek https://t.co/59qV4ObhRA
  • Protégé: The initiatives protecting aspiring lawyers on the ‘front line’ of the climate crisis - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/arl3wp8aaz
  • SRA rebuke of solicitor revoked for "serious procedural error" - Legal Futures https://t.co/IhW7o8ps3r
  • No fundamental right to seek removal of Prime Minister's photo from COVID vaccine certificate: Kerala High Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/Y9zWwxXlj6 
  • #Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai says there has been a "huge misunderstanding" over a post in which she made a sexual assault accusation against a former Chinese party leader https://t.co/bweZ7H6REU 
  • Clifford Chance retains 70% of spring qualifying trainees - Legal Cheek https://t.co/WcNK9gTIU9
  • Private car parks will have to display prices more clearly, introduce a fairer system for appeals and give drivers a grace period for lateness as part of a government crackdown https://t.co/f4h5nHE5CF 
  • Husband moves Supreme Court against order barring secret recording of wife's phone calls | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/YkDoEsDozk
  • Seabin partners with BigLaw firm to tackle marine pollution - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/ZIGXfEg6J6
  • CMS retains 24 of 25 spring qualifying trainees - Legal Cheek https://t.co/VPtN3IMDkd
  • Pupillage numbers bounce back following Covid dip - Legal Cheek https://t.co/PrEfQX563o
  • #Canada's Ottawa declares emergency over 'out of control' truckers' protest https://t.co/k5oX6OBBi1
  • ‘Shameful’ to let David Goodwillie keep playing, says woman he assaulted: Denise Clair condemns ‘silence’ of Scottish FA after footballer found to have committed rape in 2017 https://t.co/BchkHg8GF9
  • Johnson & Johnson faces push to force global ban on talc baby powder sales:Move to hold shareholder vote follows withdrawal of product in US and Canada and lawsuits alleging link to cancer cases https://t.co/QsAlYs34B8
  • Paul Hastings pumps NQ pay to over £141k - Legal Cheek https://t.co/8eAkavm7Fu

Monday

7th February - Law News

Edition 3695: 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: Protesters in Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, and in over 20 other cities in Brazil, took to the streets demanding justice for Moise Kabagambe, a Congolese immigrant who was beaten to death, reportedly after asking for pay for two days he'd worked for.
 
Focus of the Day Article: Evolving societal expectations of business and post-pandemic employee requirements are among four emerging risk trends for legal and compliance over the next two years. Full story - New Law Journal 

Saturday Conversations on Law

  • Gauhati High Court upholds Assam Repealing Act that converted State funded Madrassas to Govt schools | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/Bz3VjN2NA
  • Improving victims’ experiences of the justice system: CPS responds to Ministry of Justice Victims’ Bill consultation | The Crown Prosecution Service https://t.co/sbycRqcOtJ 
  • The law firms with the best offices 2022 - Legal Cheek https://t.co/8hVNFXha9Y
  • Amir Locke’s parents vow to get justice for their son killed by police executing no-knock warrant #US https://t.co/0FyCsaJJQ3
  • Is “Perception-Based Recording” for hate crime compatible with freedom of speech? - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/4MV8APsK5
  • Solicitors Qualifying Exam (SQE) candidates attempting to book sittings for the next stage of the assessment (SQE2) had to queue for hours for a limited number of slots when bookings opened this week - Legal Cheek https://t.co/7zyin3hnqt
  • The Weekly Round-Up: Partygate, trans rights and terrorist flags - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/vlgP2LuoE
  • The Corporate Counsel Show: ‘A global trading desk’ of legal services - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/TzD69FAlM
  • Des O' Connor's daughter Kristina is taking legal action after a senior Met officer called her 'amazingly hot' when she reported a crime, the officer kept his job and became a top aide to Cressida Dick https://t.co/hHBeidynY5
  • Trainee solicitor reveals it took her 17 years to secure a training contract - Legal Cheek https://t.co/niGPqssHmm
  • The man serving life for the murder of schoolgirl Millie Dowler has confessed to killing mother and daughter Lin and Megan Russell, a lawyer has said https://t.co/78aEdYWcFy 
  • Gujarat High Court closes contempt case against lawyer who alleged court was biased against a religion | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/NKq0VLU9EI
  • Supreme Court dismisses protestors’ appeal over PKK flag conviction - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/uWv6Ekr7oQ
  • ‘I’ve accepted a TC with a firm which doesn’t cover the area I want to practise’ - Legal Cheek https://t.co/DAHd3Cuhle
  • ‘Mind-blowing tragedy’: deaths of Indian family at US-Canada border put visa sales under scrutiny - #Indians embark on often treacherous journeys to North America through agents who are now the focus of anti-human trafficking officers https://t.co/SXt1QTb0VW
  • Judiciary must accept ‘burdensome personal restrictions’ #Ireland https://t.co/WaA1tweMO2
  • Removing toxicity from a lawyer’s life - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/lwAgNTMHBZ
  • How I passed the first SQE - Legal Cheek https://t.co/MuzQTnMpJ F
  • #US President Biden’s Supreme Court pledge highlights the stain of race and gender bias on America’s judiciary https://t.co/zDj9pIrn5G
  • The Duke of York will give evidence under oath next month as part of the ongoing civil sexual assault case against him. Virginia Giuffre is suing Prince Andrew in the US, and the prince - the Queen's third child - has repeatedly denied the allegations https://t.co/dgHyhJKnsu
  • Insidiously intercepting a trader en-route to the market, buying up his goods, then inflating the price, was once considered to be the most heinous crimes known to law. “Forestalling” became the beginnings of antitrust or competition law - Legal Cheek https://t.co/Wk5NtwhFZg
  • Middlesbrough fan arrested after leaving child to celebrate FA Cup win - 11-year-old boy left in Trafford hotel room while man went drinking after victory against Manchester United https://t.co/lAvQUadcis
  • Bird & Bird ups NQ lawyer pay by £17k - Legal Cheek https://t.co/RIWHwTn1ai
  • Gave up US citizenship because I felt Indian, wanted to work in #India: Sudha Bharadwaj | Bar & Bench https://t.co/SxGwY3A2mJ
  • #Israel's Mossad suspected of high-level Iran killing - In November 2020, a convoy carrying Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, Iran's most prominent nuclear scientist, came under fire. He was killed with an artificial intelligence-assisted remote control machine gun https://t.co/5u4Uuyczyn
  • There has been a significant rise in the bail matters before the higher judiciary for the past few decades in #India https://t.co/UF8GgoXV5b 
  • Northampton judge sends police armed with lateral flow test to man suspected of faking positive Covid result https://t.co/aDWs4mWv68
  • BBC barrister is disbarred after forging a judge's signature to dupe 'dirty dossier' author https://t.co/K7urbhgI62

Sunday

6th February - Law News

Edition 3694: 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: Hong Kong's leaders are under increasing pressure to change their no-tolerance approach to the coronavirus pandemic, as Omicron cases reach record levels. Economists warn that failing to relax restrictions could jeopardise the territory's status as a financial hub.


Saturday Conversations on Law

  • ‘We want the truth’: families of ethnic Pamiris killed in #Tajikistan call for justice as tensions rise https://t.co/3ZfanmikVV
  • Google fails to get claimant's ATE premium disclosed | Law Gazette https://t.co/YRC62QpY2J 
  • #Ireland's Judges have approved judicial conduct and ethics guidelines to be enforced by the Judicial Council | Irish Legal News https://t.co/ZXernt8Fjz
  • More clients are challenging their solicitors’ bills, research from the Association of Costs Lawyers (ACL) has found | NLJ https://t.co/oXS8b7e3xk
  • SRA closes investigation into former Freshfields partner | Law Gazette https://t.co/6uOT5nGBKo 
  • High Court: Photocopy of will not admitted to probate after original will went missing | Irish Legal News https://t.co/so0tIOtrHM
  • A round-up of human rights stories from around the world | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/pUycgfhEz1
  • Postcard from abroad: Anthony Oldfield, Clifford Chance | Law Gazette https://t.co/YVEXS2qWvU
  • Clinical negligence claimants seeking damages of £25,000 or less would only be able to recover limited costs, under government proposals | NLJ https://t.co/rtI8ZhIxQc
  • Kerala High Court moots setting up toll-free helpline for reporting sexual assault, domestic violence | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/z5GUl5geN5
  • IOC defends use of Uyghur athlete in Winter Olympics' opening ceremony. #China continues to deny allegations of genocide and establishing forced labour camps to persecute Uyghur people https://t.co/kKKL5ha06z
  • Mirror publisher makes £2m interim payment in ‘phone hacking’ litigation | Law Gazette https://t.co/jTbFoHQ3hT 
  • US podcast host and MMA commentator Joe Rogan has issued an apology over his past use of racist language on his popular show. A widely-shared compilation video showed him repeatedly using the N-word in early episodes of his show https://t.co/UKhHCtp4E8 
  • Evolving societal expectations of business and post-pandemic employee requirements are among four emerging risk trends for legal and compliance over the next two years | NLJ https://t.co/Wa2R6e5sU
  • Sending "genuinely threatening" or "knowingly false" messages are among new criminal offences being added to proposed online safety laws. If passed, it could see social networks fined 10% of their global turnover if they fail to remove content https://t.co/hTUzZXXrRk
  • The Civil Justice Council (CJC) has recommended a simplified procedure for civil claims worth £500 or less, in its final report on ‘The resolution of small claims’ | NLJ https://t.co/un8luDXj3r 
  • Criminal firm’s administration extended as £5.4m debts revealed | Law Gazette https://t.co/qe1HuHoB1D
  • Pyramid or ponzi schemes are on the rise amid an overall 42% jump in reported financial investment fraud, according to Office of National Statistics figures, published last week | NLJ https://t.co/lk50eOw7i3
  • A coroner due to hold inquests into the deaths at Shoreham air crash has lost her High Court bid to obtain video footage from the pilot's cockpit https://t.co/LkUA5hYEOp
  • Serving #Australian SAS soldier tells court Ben Roberts-Smith ordered shooting of unarmed Afghan man in 2012 |https://t.co/KUPR2zUJdf
  • Home Office to stop paying for asylum seekers’ toiletries and medication: Letter to former Afghan guard at British embassy in Kabul says measures will come into effect on 11 February https://t.co/9bzDbzBegH
  • A federal jury in New York has found celebrity lawyer Michael Avenatti guilty of defrauding his former client, the adult film star Stormy Daniels. Avenatti represented Ms Daniels in lawsuits against then-president Donald Trump #US https://t.co/TlMM0SRtrb
  • Regulatory vision set out for self-driving vehicles | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/yA5SJPp0Dg 
  • Jacob Rees-Mogg has been accused of perpetuating a "harmful clinical falsehood" about the morning after pill. Asked if he would make time for a debate on sexual and reproductive health, the minister said he would not "speak in favour of abortifacients" https://t.co/7DqjVdci3p 
  • Owen Paterson’s Randox lobbying texts to Matt Hancock released: Government forced to publish messages between disgraced Tory MP and then health secretary https://t.co/VAhsjQfLAn
  • The former fiance of late TV presenter Caroline Flack has been jailed for harassing a journalist. Andrew Brady, 31, used social media to send threats and abuse to Dan Wootton, including messages branding him a sex offender and murderer https://t.co/GwpRmou5UG 
  • Fake serious incident signs erected in London to highlight police misogyny: Protesters led by Women’s Equality party want government to launch full inquiry into police misogyny https://t.co/6vWHvL59Ue