Thursday

14th April - Law News

Edition 3761: 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: Police in the United States have arrested a man over the subway shooting in New York. Frank R James is accused of setting off smoke bombs and shooting 10 passengers in Brooklyn on Tuesday morning.

Focus of the Day Article:  The Solicitors Indemnity Fund (SIF) – which was first due to close in 2017 – has been given another stay of execution and will now go on to September 2023, a year later than the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) had planned. Full story - Legal Futures
 
Saturday Conversations on Law

  • Cosmetic surgery – compensation and regulation | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/PZnjUGOjig 
  • A law requiring workplaces in Wales to take precautions for Covid will be axed from Monday https://t.co/UbSBlTfzsG
  • Ali Harbi Ali has been given a whole-life sentence for murdering David Amess MP https://t.co/LFdUyuUIbu 
  • Wayne Couzens requests jury trial for indecent exposure charges https://t.co/yOCzk8MNOQ 
  • Some asylum seekers will be flown to Rwanda to have their applications processed, under new government plans. Boris Johnson is set to unveil the plans on Thursday, before Home Secretary Priti Patel signs a migration deal https://t.co/ym7lDAweUH
  • Justice minister Lord David Wolfson quits over Covid law-breaking at No 10 https://t.co/8S9ODjpMn5
  • Help shape our work on climate change | Law Gazette https://t.co/WHIaMvx4Ik
  • Women accuse Met of missing chances to charge alleged serial attacker https://t.co/6GynyZqdhE 
  • Whiplash portal ‘needs saving’ with claim numbers still low | Law Gazette https://t.co/tBOHVAcvPF
  • SDT fines veteran solicitor for multiple accounts rules breaches - Legal Futures https://t.co/1cGkUpEo8c
  • Matthews case was a futile and expensive mistake | Law Gazette https://t.co/Omd3elpsnS 
  • ECtHR: Italy violated Article 2 after failing to protect woman and her children | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/14wKT2ga7c
  • ‘Unnecessary and irresponsible’? No – barristers are striking because justice is being denied | The Secret Barrister https://t.co/P8vWJvFDDz
  • City solicitor to stand trial over SFO probe ‘tip-off’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/6YwJGyIKbm
  • Crime of fashion: Spanish jailers object to quality of prisoner‑made uniforms #Spain https://t.co/P45JozbqLP
  • Regulators urged to work more with legal comparison sites | Law Gazette https://t.co/EcAdwKfscj 
  • Why raising the SRA's fining powers is good for solicitors - Legal Futures https://t.co/F1WTwGE0ew
  • 'Defendants in the bath': magistrates reveal remote-hearing concerns | Law Gazette https://t.co/8JiGiwwDCe
  • [INS Vikrant fund misappropriation case] BJP's Kirit Somaiya moves Bombay High Court for anticipatory bail | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/RfSFMjh8GN
  • Sexual assault: regrettable, but no impediment to a parliamentary career n https://t.co/j7ziATSbkP 
  • Judge Helen Boyle recognised with UCC Alumni Achievement Award | Irish Legal News https://t.co/IlaCPJT7g7
  • Replacing Human Rights Act will weaken protections, say peers and MPs: Joint committee on human rights says plans contravene principle that human rights are universal https://t.co/VG9Mm872Bs
  • Litigator's claim against ex-firm struck out for unless order failure - Legal Futures https://t.co/H8BwbprU5g 
  • Slaughters joins NQ salary war | Law Gazette https://t.co/BVHQPzJNlg
  • Colston Four acquittal to be referred to court of appeal: Unusual move to seek legal clarification, which cannot reverse verdict, amounts to the ‘politicisation of jury trials’, says defence lawyer https://t.co/KnODXaQRvB 
  • GMP police chief apologises to Rochdale grooming gang victims https://t.co/fxsYDx51Cr 
  • A judge told of how he was "inspired" by Insulate Britain protesters as he fined some for holding a demonstration on the M25. The group blocked traffic, including an ambulance with a patient, by sitting at junction 3 near Swanley, Kent https://t.co/Xwq0PMHjIn
  • The SIF lives on - SRA gives fund yet another stay of execution - Legal Futures https://t.co/sxA83biydY 
  • Another P&O Ferries vessel has been detained after inspectors found a "number of deficiencies", the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) confirmed https://t.co/yshS6stxzb
  • Former Dechert client denies ‘perjury school’ knowledge | News | Law Gazette https://t.co/rW35nHILsS 
  • Protecting the rights of women and trans people https://t.co/JXp9OFD4Uo
  • Nolan Farrell & Goff appoints Rosie O’Flynn as partner | Irish Legal News https://t.co/DmH44dQyGW
  • Latest OIC portal data shows lengthening settlement times - Legal Futures https://t.co/RrX2guQe1s
  • The Scottish Conservatives are encouraging Scots to have their say on the removal of MSPs who fail to carry out their duties, before consultation on the Removal from Office and Recall Bill closes | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/YWDugFuy12 
  • Fresh reprieve for retired solicitors' safety net | Law Gazette https://t.co/gK4Jr5RQ7m
  • One in eight privately rented homes in England pose threat to health, MPs say https://t.co/TZdjKwLuWH 
  • Ukraine announces arrest of Putin ally in ‘lightning-fast’ operation: Viktor Medvedchuk had escaped house arrest on treason charges days after the #Russian invasion of Ukraine https://t.co/qxrkGdYM9b

Wednesday

13th April - Law News

Edition 3760: 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: Britain's most famous gated community is in trouble. The residents of Number 10 and 11 broke the laws they made for the rest of us during an unforgettable period when we weren't allowed to attend funerals, christenings - let alone birthday parties. 

Focus of the Day Article:  Prosecution of Russian war crimes is ultimate test for Ukraine’s state. With almost no successful major prosecutions over the last 30 years, those building cases hope things will be different this time. Full story - Guardian Law
 
Saturday Conversations on Law

  • KRW Law instructed by George Galloway in challenge to Twitter | Irish Legal News https://t.co/mrv5j7qpKQ
  • Twitter has 'anti-Hindu' bias, allows glorification of Aurangzeb and Tipu Sultan: Wokeflix to Delhi High Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/J5dGhBqkHa
  • Best of the blogs - 9 April 2022 | Law Gazette https://t.co/Ako4slcjXl
  • Kennedys continues Scotland growth with appointment of Lesley Allan | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/t9yeAW7enY
  • Austrian chancellor confronts Putin over Ukraine war crimes #Russia https://t.co/b5vIIW3zbm 
  • An online forum providing criminals with stolen personal data has been taken down, in a global operation which saw its founder arrested. Its founder and chief administrator Diego Santos Coelho, 21, from Portugal, was arrested in the UK on 31 January https://t.co/GwQsGr01Kh
  • Five people have been shot and 13 injured in a shooting during morning rush hour at a New York subway station. According to police, shots were fired at the 36th Street station in Sunset Park #US https://t.co/bQ8t4ONKwA
  • Can the Council of Europe help us with our problems? | Law Gazette https://t.co/WtTqGwUcMx 
  • Prosecution of #Russian war crimes is ultimate test for Ukraine’s state https://t.co/sKLoSmp4vF 
  • 23 chambers declare support for 'no returns' as action begins - Legal Futures https://t.co/YuimQwRIWT 
  • Defence firm given another chance after missing hearing | Law Gazette https://t.co/DDXWFImyJi 
  • Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak to be fined over lockdown parties https://t.co/PgLLPyzj8U 
  • Law Society looks to boost income by £8.4m through PC fee rises - Legal Futures https://t.co/5bN86N5y7P 
  • Litigation funder warns of ‘below expectations’ profits | Law Gazette https://t.co/tv5ZdyFX5F 
  • Six criminal appeals potentially affected by CJEU ruling on Irish data retention law | Irish Legal News https://t.co/NOx58PB1UK
  • Ben Roberts-Smith defamation trial: SAS colleague felt threatened to testify by newspapers, court hears #Australia https://t.co/0stZdjuoK2 
  • Point of no returns: barristers begin legal aid action | Law Gazette https://t.co/H81VSmigou
  • Barrister’s treatment of more junior opponent “verged on bullying” - Legal Futures https://t.co/jQntiYyek8
  • Hibernian Law Journal annual lecture to discuss Irish use of emergency powers | Irish Legal News https://t.co/EdT4B2Hu7F
  • England: $4.2bn ‘Ukrainian case’ adjourned for a year due to Russian invasion | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/6DRhPd1n7N
  • Ince’s takeover of Arden is back on | Law Gazette https://t.co/1FIPVQ2hVv
  • SRA decides against retrial of junior solicitor who left case on train - Legal Futures https://t.co/f6JNqq25pJ
  • Johnny Depp’s $50m defamation lawsuit against Amber Heard begins #US https://t.co/AUSEEpQQjz
  • Shared ambitions: London chambers agree merger | Law Gazette https://t.co/TflSW7m445
  • Paul Motion: Out of the traps – Scottish civil courts move quickly | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/OQARzyXTlU 
  • Vialex has welcomed lawyer Scott Moncur as head of financial services and sustainable development, a newly created position | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/o7KfRzVw5B 
  • Struck-off junior Matthews free to practise after two-year ordeal | Law Gazette https://t.co/WxCCFqbVlE 
  • Flynn O’Driscoll appoints Mark Roberts as corporate partner | Irish Legal News https://t.co/Pg3gNqbfQI

Tuesday

12th April - Law News

Edition 3759: 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 free SRA webinar tells you the options available to candidates whose performance in SQE assessments is negatively impacted by particular circumstances – commonly known as mitigating or extenuating circumstances.

Focus of the Day Article:  In Episode 162 Clare Ciborowska and Richard Ager, both family law experts from the Brighton Annexe of 1 Crown Row, talk about the difficult subject of reproductive coercion where such allegations arise in child contact cases. Fact finding hearings, Scott schedules, safeguarding enquiries and risk assessments are proceedings about children’s interests: how is the court to assess and weigh allegations of reproductive coercion and control, where the victims of such abuse are reluctant to repeat the trauma by reliving the details. Full story - UK Human Rights Blog
 
Saturday Conversations on Law

  • Legal Lightbulbs: Is law firm market differentiation a unicorn? - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/bTvx35XPa9 
  • Lady Danbury dropped out of law school - Legal Cheek https://t.co/OlAejrAcsU
  • What makes a good dealmaker? - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/1hgmmPiARq
  • NQ pay latest: Addleshaw moves to £95k, while RPC boosts to £85k in commercial team and £80k in insurance - Legal Cheek https://t.co/bADZuIc7gS
  • Ashley Cole among victims of high-value robberies, court hears https://t.co/apvOJAIY49 
  • An MP has been found guilty of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old boy. Imran Ahmad Khan, who was elected as Conservative MP for Wakefield in 2019, had denied groping the teenager at a party in Staffordshire in January 2008 https://t.co/bUtSt0Bs3Z 
  • Meet the law professor standing for Labor in North Sydney - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/yEfLSp7Kxf 
  • Hidden wealth of one of Putin’s 'inner circle' revealed #Russia https://t.co/zO5bJ1gFQo 
  • Give pupillage seekers better feedback, urge rookie barristers - Legal Cheek https://t.co/pJcWJVKNgs
  • A jury at the Old Bailey took just 18 minutes to convict Ali Harbi Ali of murdering Southend MP David Amess and preparing acts of terrorism https://t.co/nyhHLFDyY8
  • Former Cabinet minister Lord Pickles has apologised for getting the number of people who died in the Grenfell Tower fire wrong while giving evidence to the inquiry into the disaster https://t.co/UtJgkJZTQZ
  • The Boutique Lawyer Show: How should small firms interpret the 2022 budget? - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/8GQVbwAz0l 
  • Gender pay gap narrows slightly at A&O - Legal Cheek https://t.co/YbvFWSYsYk
  • Catalysing class actions using litigation funding - Legal Futures https://t.co/SEumCqvbXL 
  • SQE assessment fees to increase by £135 - Legal Cheek https://t.co/yq13xYGjSo
  • Having achieved many of her goals in running a successful practice for over two decades, Kathy Constan realised she needed a new challenge. Observing the advent of legal technology and how it could reshape the legal profession - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/W3u1ipt0R3
  • The sister of murdered primary teacher Sabina Nessa said if their family was a "normal British white family" they would have been treated better. Koci Selamaj was jailed for life for attacking Ms Nessa in a park in south-east London in September 2021 https://t.co/0xfJlHraZ3
  • 'I left law to launch a theatre company and start a family - but now I've returned a more well-rounded lawyer' - Legal Cheek https://t.co/qkCRe3AGZo
  • Prosecution of #Russian war crimes is ultimate test for Ukraine’s state https://t.co/sKLoSmp4vF 
  • Why government work is so meaningful - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/4buMll56iP 
  • WFW partner named as British man killed by landslide alongside youngest son - Legal Cheek https://t.co/j35iedqn3O
  • £10m Ince deal in doubt amid slew of listed law firm announcements - Legal Futures https://t.co/BKqEnpZvqz
  • Chancellor Rishi Sunak has asked the PM's independent advisers to review his declaration of interests, saying he is confident it will show he followed the inadequate present set of rules https://t.co/2DjKjFeu9y 
  • Nearly 2,500 barristers who are essential to the criminal justice system in England and Wales are starting industrial action over concerns about legal aid funding https://t.co/8TKZkEMOCA 
  • The Power of Archaeology in the Construction and Formation of National Identity: Early Americanist Archaeology (Pre-1850) | Michael P Fedoroff https://t.co/fdTLO1tgxm 
  • Dentons and ULaw launch separate SQE pathways for paralegals - Legal Cheek https://t.co/aedeZ7GHX1 
  • The Bombay High Court’s recent observations on PILs indicate a worrying trend | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/4LRkJi4oD6 
  • ED moves Supreme Court against bail granted to Kerala CPI(M) leader's son Bineesh Kodiyeri | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/S239IBVTzI 
  • Clifford Chance reports 'class pay gap' - Legal Cheek https://t.co/8tm3sQcQIx 
  • Not necessary for FIR to be registered immediately for investigation to be valid: Karnataka High Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/chtyV5xtXJ

Monday

11th April - Law News

Edition 3758: LawNewsIndex is a UK based daily legal news archive on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Jurisprudence, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics & Human Rights since 2011

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 Today's Highlighted Video Story: An inquiry is under way into how details of UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak's wife's tax affairs were leaked to the media. As a "non-dom" UK resident, Akshata Murty has not been required by law to pay UK taxes on her overseas income. However on Friday, Ms Murty announced she will now pay UK taxes on the overseas income she earns. She owns £700m in shares of the Indian IT giant Infosys - founded by her father - for which she received £11.6m in dividend income last year.

Focus of the Day Article:  The £1bn UK class action against banks for Forex rigging (FX Claim) cannot proceed on an opt-out basis, the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) has ruled by a 2-1 majority. Full story - New Law Journal
 
Saturday Conversations on Law

  • Mediation Bill pending before parliamentary standing committee; will become law soon: Law Minister Kiren Rijiju | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/n4P7HaxtSv
  • [POCSO] 16-year-old victim knew consequences, accused had used condom: Bombay High Court grants bail to rape accused | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/KDJx31e67X 
  • Hogan Lovells joins City pay war with improved £107.5k NQ rate - Legal Cheek https://t.co/QQNfnzNn7P 
  • Four Snoopy sculptures forming part of a South Wales trail have had to be withdrawn after just two days because they were smashed by vandals, the organisers have said https://t.co/fQlrjgJpHH 
  • The Corporate Counsel Show: Helping run the FIFA Women’s World Cup - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/eWV81KGuNA 
  • Working pro bono is one of the greatest traditions of the profession and, in the Afghanistan crisis, one that has saved countless lives in real time. The legal community's response is gargantuan | COUNSEL https://t.co/slydGi0Xl3 
  • Privy Council rules on the constitutional status of same-sex marriage in Bermuda - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/5ItRjwmXMO 
  • Imran Khan threatened to impose martial law, documents suggests - #Pakistan’s now ousted PM appeared to give opposition ultimatum: agree to fresh elections or I’ll bring in army https://t.co/FjbaOjFuag
  • Stamp duty holiday tempted buyers into ‘marathon’ loans https://t.co/Pvy8NNJtGo
  • World law school rankings: Top 20 spots for LSE, UCL, King's and Edinburgh - Legal Cheek https://t.co/rz3M4Ha4k1 
  • A police officer has been injured by a man wielding a machete in east London. Emergency services were called to Skelton Road in Forest Gate at about midday on Sunday https://t.co/5RM6IfDeF
  • Solicitor offered to settle client's complaint if they did not report firm - Legal Futures https://t.co/MQ0zfL6rhp
  • Cleary Gottlieb criticised for charging out top lawyers at £1,131 an hour - Legal Cheek https://t.co/ldXomc86zc
  • Reproductive Coercion and Control: allegations of abuse in child contact cases - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/z5yc5v74xd 
  • Meet the Romani trainee solicitor shining a light on the challenges faced by his community - Legal Cheek https://t.co/AmQkztvWVZ 
  • Meet the barrister standing for the Liberals in Menzies: Keith Wolahan – a solicitor-turned-barrister who has served multiple combat tours in Afghanistan - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/FRB2S2EXop
  • Hogan Lovells launches pro bono clinic to support public with rising living costs - Legal Cheek https://t.co/0ldbBuPT3s 
  • ‘Cruel’ move to deport charity worker from UK overruled: Home Office criticised by tribunal over its decision to send Anthonell Peccoo from Britain to Jamaica https://t.co/HmadnprVS5 
  • The former head of Goldman Sachs in #Malaysia has been convicted for helping to orchestrate one of the world's biggest financial corruption scandals. A US jury found Roger Ng guilty on all charges in the trial https://t.co/0kYCck95Fx 
  • Fund pays out £27m to victims of dishonest solicitors - Legal Futures https://t.co/ZZ50NeRa6X 
  • ‘Meltdown’ at UK passport renewals forces travellers to cancel Easter breaks - Frustrated travellers complain of backlog at HM Passport Office prompting many to cancel breaks https://t.co/KUfQ1I1VLG 
  • The Weekly Round-up: Offensive weapons sent to Ukraine, war crimes, gay conversion therapy and Afghan immigrants - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/4z02Dz7YNu
  • Freshfields and Slaughters follow Clifford Chance in upping LPC maintenance grants by a quarter - Legal Cheek https://t.co/IfQc2f195J 
  • ‘Your pen is always mightier than the sword’, says expert negotiator - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/3hbbLEUAsC 
  • Court slams "reprehensible" firm for trying to shift blame for failings - Legal Futures https://t.co/rcyOPTcUpZ 
  • Justice minister hits back at Charlotte Proudman's criticism of court procedure for rape victims - Legal Cheek https://t.co/vembTYNj2F 
  • NSW lawyer given suspended jail term for working without a practising certificate #Australia https://t.co/W9P6WnwoWX 
  • Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation a ‘catalyst for opportunity’ in #Australia - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/fwW7JMopgS 
  • Live TikTok Q&A! Top training contract application tips from a future City trainee - Legal Cheek https://t.co/9pBSzC7EVu 
  • Angry chancellor Rishi Sunak demands inquiry into Akshata Murty tax leak, and is more interested in who leaked it than the ethics of legal tax avoidance https://t.co/rEbhqM0HvT 
  • If mythological Krishna had succeeded in mediation to prevent the fictitious Kurukshetra war, many lives could have been saved: CJI NV Ramana | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/txYvySUQio

Sunday

10th April - Law News

Edition 3757: 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 funeral has been held for a Palestinian man shot dead during an Israeli raid in Jenin. The raid also injured 13 people. Jenin has long been viewed by Palestinians as a stronghold for resistance and during the Second Intifada, the refugee camp was subjected to one of the largest raids by the Israeli military. 

Saturday Conversations on Law

  • Government leaves open possibility of turning PIAB into quasi-judicial body in future | Irish Legal News https://t.co/zTF7jVXalh 
  • Yorkshire solicitor and well-known businesswoman, 67, named as victim of fatal house fire in Brearton https://t.co/s9scdMpUin 
  • £400,000 financial remedy costs bill 'woefully excessive' | Law Gazette https://t.co/ElpvyX90NF
  • Lawyer of the Month: Rosie Walker | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/tSffj8sNJA 
  • Justice Department is reviewing how classified material wound up at Mar-a-Lago #US https://t.co/4hn7MaZgWB
  • Law Society plans £11 rise in PC fee after years of cuts | Law Gazette https://t.co/cosqRykIMZ 
  • Gilson Gray promotes Joe Davies to partner | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/q8xTGHbDs8 
  • Publicly-funded criminal barrister numbers drop by 11% | Law Gazette https://t.co/HBgnXN6DnX
  • Compensation fund payments soar to £27m | Law Gazette https://t.co/eziPBrKZbV 
  • Supreme Court upholds constitutional validity of Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Act, 2020 | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/dLyxXAy33T
  • Mulholland Law welcomes two new paralegals | Irish Legal News https://t.co/gQkaKuO4Gi
  • Publicly-funded criminal barrister numbers drop by 11% | Law Gazette https://t.co/HBgnXMP1Zn
  • NSW lawyer given suspended jail term for working without a practising certificate #Australia https://t.co/W9P6WneNyn
  • AQP have an expert team dedicated to Executry and Trust affairs | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/ZV8JcJ33uj 
  • Co-op Legal’s profits up 28% as business grows to 600 staff | Law Gazette https://t.co/qpfG3oqi6o
  • #Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan has warned that if he is ousted from power, he will not recognise an opposition government https://t.co/LJjzJHi6tg 
  • Dentons promotes Ciaran O’Boyle to partner in Dublin | Irish Legal News https://t.co/uyolmabXDQ 
  • Manoj K Mishra elected President of Supreme Court Advocates-On-Record Association | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/SOaZoaPP60 
  • ‘We understand’: Law Society issues guidance on bar action | Law Gazette https://t.co/5K0bVpof27 
  • Ketanji Brown Jackson ‘honored’ to become supreme court’s first Black female justice – as it happened #US https://t.co/vulFpokuBL 
  • Court of Appeal: Concurrent wrongdoer provisions of Civil Liability Act 1961 do not apply to debt claims | Irish Legal News https://t.co/Sg9pa7mDJA 
  • Mother in law: Being mindful | Law Gazette https://t.co/ZdjuGIPOhA
  • Two airline passengers accused of "unruly behaviour" have been hit with the largest fines ever proposed by the #US Federal Aviation Administration - penalties on the two flyers accused of violence are part of $2m (£1.5m) in fines levied this year https://t.co/NG6WUb0DGd

Saturday

9th April - Law News

Edition 3756: 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 Congress spokesperson Shama Mohamed criticised the Centre's policy of attaching a price tag to booster doses, and questioned where excise duties, GST funds and funds from PM Cares had been allocated.

Saturday Conversations on Law

  • Ukraine: Evidence of Russian forces extrajudicially executing civilians | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/L393zisUzm 
  • #Australian Human Rights Commission’s status at risk over Coalition’s appointment process https://t.co/9NB7aNhR4b
  • Activist Lawyer featuring Eoghan O’Sullivan launches | Irish Legal News https://t.co/RZwxmk0CeV
  • #Canada joins calls to remove Russia from UN Human Rights Council over ‘heinous’ acts https://t.co/bNMaTvJcud 
  • Firm owner told client he could not complain to regulator | Law Gazette https://t.co/KH5qC6sRGm 
  • A Turkish millionaire's fraud claim have linked a further payment to the Duchess of York. Court documents show lawyers of Nebahat Isbilen have updated who they claim received her assets, in allegations against business adviser Selman Turk https://t.co/pKAiSRRRH4
  • Ex-tennis star Boris Becker has been found guilty of four charges under the Insolvency Act relating to his 2017 bankruptcy https://t.co/XLhMQ3MRV
  • Will Smith has been banned from the Oscars gala and other Academy events for 10 years after the actor slapped comic Chris Rock at the Oscars https://t.co/KjnZpPF2tZ
  • England: SRA conducts spot checks on law firms over Russia connections | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/dCRF4LskVY 
  • Solicitor mother of triplets unfairly dismissed by British Gas | Law Gazette https://t.co/0TFzGUfNJ9 
  • Personal injury solicitor returned €2,000 in costs to client after LSRA complaint about settlement | Irish Legal News https://t.co/RJ9ijadph1
  • Ince’s takeover of Arden thrown into doubt | Law Gazette https://t.co/Nle0P4mKto 
  • Number of SRA investigations lasting more than a year hits 1,000 - Legal Futures https://t.co/kyoc9RU2Y5
  • Crypto specialists cautiously welcome regulation plans | Law Gazette https://t.co/cf4iYLRqsT 
  • Northern Ireland law centre raises alarm over service provision for disabled children and adults | Irish Legal News https://t.co/z3OQ86hoi4 
  • Human rights heavyweights join war crimes hunt | Law Gazette https://t.co/sa4wM2dpl3 
  • UK’s freedom of information laws are being undermined, warn journalists https://t.co/4FJrmZqLIy 
  • In-house solicitor with triplets was victim of discrimination - Legal Futures https://t.co/aGTVI0zFVs
  • Refugee pupils with no school places have lessons in Manchester car parks. Volunteers run makeshift classrooms for ‘hundreds’ of children at hotels facing long waits to get into schools https://t.co/2CTFdThpuX 
  • Koci Selamaj, 36, has been jailed at the Old Bailey for life with a minimum term of 36 years for the murder of the primary school teacher Sabina Nessa https://t.co/4Uz3YZ4jFi 
  • Flights should be banned in continental Europe and car use banned in city centres to save energy and prevent Vladimir Putin profiting from fossil fuel sales, campaigners have said https://t.co/YU2akgYlB0 
  • BBC blocked from naming alleged MI5 informant accused of abusing women - Attorney general wins injunction to stop identification of man after arguing it would damage national security https://t.co/5gRJZAcmS1 
  • AG granted injunction over BBC ‘MI5 informant’ story | Law Gazette https://t.co/IU2X6bZw4B 
  • HMRC names avoidance scheme promoters for first time | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/HMhIz7xf2c
  • Liberty threatens to sue government over ‘racist’ joint enterprise law - Human rights group argues law unfairly attaches gang motives to black and minority-ethnic young men https://t.co/PRlgUhbuAL 
  • How A Human Rights Watch Investigator Searches For War Crimes Evidence In Bucha https://t.co/SSrqxIa1Yc
  • Ukraine war service trumps litigation, judge rules | Law Gazette https://t.co/leHiRnOqZF 
  • Family lawyers “should be asking clients about the menopause” - Legal Futures https://t.co/BfECvpm6Mr
  • #Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan could face removal from office this weekend, after the country's top court ruled his move to block a no-confidence vote was unconstitutional https://t.co/MW6RJeZBx2 
  • #Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has proposed a two-year ban on some foreigners buying homes. The measure comes as the country grapples with some of the worst housing affordability issues in the world https://t.co/amZYUOBzUV 
  • Ketanji Brown Jackson makes history as first Black woman confirmed to #US supreme court https://t.co/bzRm15MPt4 
  • Why did no-fault divorce take so long? Blame my parents | Law Gazette https://t.co/0tthn4SnXC 
  • Akshata Murty’s non-dom status is totally legal – and perfectly toxic for Rishi Sunak https://t.co/TF0KtDpPql 
  • Solicitor Clare Burns among new SCSSA board directors | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/q4s9ym3c1A 
  • Law firms under pressure to improve safeguards against dirty money | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/MdoIhrK6t0 
  • Chancellor Rishi Sunak's wife pays £30,000 a year to maintain her non-dom status, her spokeswoman has confirmed https://t.co/sAq4ZHuMsV

Friday

8th April - Law News

Edition 3755: 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 Bob Brown Foundation has said an issue with a decades-old piece of legislation means the Tasmanian government has been illegally logging forests in the state for years. The government has denied the issue rendered past logging operations "illegal", however Resources Minister Guy Barnett said he intended to introduce legislation that would remove doubt.

Focus of the Day Article:  The Solicitors Regulation Authority has begun spot checks on firms named in parliament as working for Russian oligarch clients. In his report to the SRA board ahead of last week’s meeting, chief executive Paul Philip revealed that the regulator had responded to allegations that lawyers are helping individuals included on the sanctions list to seek a defence. MPs have also alleged that firms are not conducting proper checks on clients, or are threatening litigation in a way designed to stifle public debate. Full story - The Law Society Gazette
 
Saturday Conversations on Law

  • Law firms under pressure to improve safeguards against dirty money | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/MdoIhrK6t0 
  • Chancellor Rishi Sunak's wife pays £30,000 a year to maintain her non-dom status, her spokeswoman has confirmed https://t.co/sAq4ZHuMsV 
  • Belfast firm Edwards & Co welcomes employment partner Niall McMullan | Irish Legal News https://t.co/dsIRjteVO4 
  • New York's top lawyer has asked a state judge to hold Donald Trump in contempt of court, for allegedly failing to turn over files for an investigation into his business practices #US https://t.co/p8UB1iM0Z7 
  • Philip Lee appoints Gerard Byrne as dispute resolution and litigation partner | Irish Legal News https://t.co/OaZ6OKMciO 
  • Murgitroyd’s expansion continues with acquisition of Creation IP | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Z0kU8EwmeS 
  • British solicitor named as Australian landslide victim | Law Gazette https://t.co/c3wbjmJiC3 
  • Dentons promotes three to partner in Scotland | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/gtyPaABk7N 
  • PI business ready to expand following £13.5m investment | Law Gazette https://t.co/xuzgqZc8hI 
  • Law Society warns of six-month gap in implementation of new capacity law | Irish Legal News https://t.co/12j1pban0R 
  • Judge finds ‘no justification’ for firm charging £1,100 an hour | Law Gazette https://t.co/61inICYDMk 
  • Ban on fur farming comes into effect | Irish Legal News https://t.co/zN5GBWrZ0I 
  • Former MP’s barrister apologises for disclosing skeleton | Law Gazette https://t.co/D4mYuRZJkV 
  • SRA bans host of unadmitted staff for backdating documents - Legal Futures https://t.co/i8lmvCe7nJ 
  • #Australia's government seeks legal power to deport Aboriginal non-citizens https://t.co/A5RzKA1RaI 
  • Eversheds makes up 19 UK lawyers to partner | Law Gazette https://t.co/RcPGUddgjA 
  • How tech can help firms achieve their post-pandemic goals - Legal Futures https://t.co/nCoq5rb2pr
  • Co Galway firm appoints Laura King to lead second office | Irish Legal News https://t.co/kvuHLUKFDV 
  • Security guards in Qatar working on projects that include some linked to the 2022 World Cup have been subjected to conditions "which amount to forced labour," claims Amnesty https://t.co/2EPO2REtK8 
  • SRA starts visiting firms named as acting for Russians | Law Gazette https://t.co/ADMTb4nUug 
  • Regulator probes law firms accused in Parliament over oligarch work - Legal Futures https://t.co/7CjpuKGtwE 
  • Reed denies political ‘pressure’ over departure from Hong Kong | Law Gazette https://t.co/AyAFuSQnP2 
  • No criminal charges will be brought against a Minneapolis police officer who shot dead 22-year-old Amir Locke in an apartment during a "no-knock" raid #US https://t.co/v6BSM2MkRX 
  • How minority power brokers command ideology and homophily on the online Gab network of the alt-right – fake news, brokerage and advantage through social capital | Yannick Bowe https://t.co/cXivwzYn74 
  • Mason Hayes & Curran: Regulatory issues the greatest challenge to digital transformation in financial services | Irish Legal News https://t.co/kTzhu33lNy
  • The US has imposed sanctions against #Russian President Vladimir Putin's inner circle, including his daughters https://t.co/74xO7BbXfg 
  • D-Day for family lawyers as no-fault divorce arrives | Law Gazette https://t.co/zUnl9cBRxp 
  • Tigray has been the scene of ‘ethnic cleansing’, say human rights groups - Human Rights Watch-Amnesty report accuses #Ethiopian paramilitaries of war crimes and crimes against humanity https://t.co/N7VqEMy5LS
  • Chancellor Rishi Sunak's wife, Akshata Murty, worth nearly 500 million has revealed she has non-domiciled status for UK tax purposes. The status means Ms Murty legally does not have to pay UK tax on income she earns outside Britain https://t.co/EsmCC2Hrfq 
  • Personal injury group raises £13.5m to aid international expansion - Legal Futures https://t.co/OB1b8EjR1t 
  • #Russian teacher ‘shocked’ as she faces jail over anti-war speech pupils taped https://t.co/36cp3JCCN9 
  • Eversheds Sutherland backs launch of new anti-fraud body in Northern Ireland | Irish Legal News https://t.co/m9VCmyNO4P

Thursday

7th April - Law News

Edition 3754: 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: Qualifying work experience explained by the SRA - What is qualifying work experience? (QWE) Join the free webinar to find out and get the facts on: what counts as QWE how someone meets our requirements what confirming QWE involves and who can do it how a candidate records their QWE and what they need to tell the SRA.

Focus of the Day Article:  Mid-tier London law firms are “rubbing their hands with glee” at an influx of new oligarch clients turned away by the big City firms, a leading media lawyer has claimed.. Full story - Legal Futures
 
Saturday Conversations on Law

  • How could Vladimir Putin be prosecuted for war crimes? #Russia https://t.co/jlxy4DfMH6
  • A security guard at the British embassy in Berlin suspected of spying for Russia has been extradited to appear in court charged with nine offences under the Official Secrets Act https://t.co/wk56Zskth8 
  • Graham Dwyer succeeds in EU challenge to Irish data retention law | Irish Legal News https://t.co/pNKgwK8qk9
  • The pandemic has not reset the culture in law | Law Gazette https://t.co/uPAAovMpIu 
  • Lawscot Foundation: Applications open for ‘less-advantaged’ aspiring Scottish solicitors | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/LMkCD2vWoG 
  • It’s totally OK to break laws in England – just ask the MPs who make them https://t.co/mYGC8yeagk
  • International firm rebuked over insufficient checks on mass group action | Law Gazette https://t.co/dl0Cn7pilC
  • Client suing law firm ordered to pay security for costs - Legal Futures https://t.co/oBGWRQVSqn 
  • Allen & Overy narrows gender pay gap | Law Gazette https://t.co/LfTisUzySs 
  • Victims of #Brazil’s Mariana dam disaster seek compensation through UK courts https://t.co/M56qiQ9zkC
  • Family judge sorry after ‘everything went wrong’ in contact dispute | Law Gazette https://t.co/TMCKZ9bz6l 
  • UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson says he does not believe transgender women should compete in female sporting events - a view he conceded may be "controversial" https://t.co/UUliXuNeGp 
  • Electric vehicle charging points in a council's car parks have been hacked to show a porn website on their screens. Isle of Wight Council has three charge points in Quay Road, Ryde, Cross Street, Cowes and Moa Place, Freshwater https://t.co/eRXRagFwPJ
  • Tributes have been paid to a British lawyer who died in a landslide with his nine-year-old son while hiking in Australia's Blue Mountains. Mehraab Nazir, 49, died with his son at the scene https://t.co/4albldQH7G 
  • Mid-tier law firms “rubbing hands with glee” at new oligarch clients - Legal Futures https://t.co/qXZVOoq1qT 
  • The most far-reaching change in divorce laws in decades has come into force - ending the need for separating couples to blame one of themselves. The launch of no-fault divorces for England and Wales comes after years of campaigning by family lawyers https://t.co/y1ei4axuhh 
  • Entrepreneur appealing contempt finding in £200,000 dispute with Farrer & Co | Law Gazette https://t.co/7goV4Q1iIg 
  • SRA rebukes leading class action firm over conduct of struck-out claim - Legal Futures https://t.co/TBnVNGuYBR
  • A judge ruled that Ed Sheeran had not plagiarised the 2015 song Oh Why by Sami Chokri, a grime artist who performs under the name Sami Switch, had claimed the "Oh I" hook in Sheeran's track was "strikingly similar" to an "Oh why" refrain in his own track https://t.co/cvf6eQFIcZ 
  • Bakers top-paid partner drew £4.3m last year | Law Gazette https://t.co/lZN6cfEsCJ 
  • A former P&O Ferries chef is suing the company and its chief executive, claiming unfair dismissal, racial discrimination and harassment. John Lansdown is the only seafarer to take legal action after 800 staff were sacked without notice last month https://t.co/B4VZ1lno8C 
  • #Sudan militia leader denies war crimes at landmark ICC Darfur trial - Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-al-Rahman is accused of 31 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity https://t.co/hoVHs1Njg3
  • Lawmakers in Oklahoma passed a bill that would impose a near-total ban on abortions in the state. The bill would criminalise performing an abortion in almost all cases, except where it could "save the life of a pregnant woman in a medical emergency" #US https://t.co/rUDc6TCp3R 
  • Ince Group granted injunction after ransomware attack - Legal Futures https://t.co/tdOGL8CsWn 
  • Most in-house lawyers want to work from home | Law Gazette https://t.co/RTBIc99Y0x 
  • Scotland’s prison population rate remains above European average | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/GXoM1kjCjt 
  • Law Society of Northern Ireland challenges new ministers to deliver on access to justice | Irish Legal News https://t.co/wJqLG7h2YG 
  • Global grandees join call for Ukraine war crimes tribunal | Law Gazette https://t.co/VvijDRWnZ1 
  • ECJ rules in favour of Irish murderer Graham Dwyer in phone data dispute #Ireland https://t.co/Zn9QTNHfoI
  • Laura Falls made partner at Addleshaw Goddard in Edinburgh | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Pld2n5V0OI
  • There’s no such thing as ‘no-fault’ divorce – the phrase they’re looking for is ‘everybody’s fault’ https://t.co/mUUdmHkLFl